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MM** 4S£m ^ JEg- ►mrfjjnu Jlwortor. milledgeville TUESDAY, MAY 23, 1 871. Griffin is jubilant over the prospect of liorse-races. The crops in the vicinity of Columbus are reported to be rather unpromising. The Rome Commercial and Courier are calling each other pet names, which are not as affectionate as they might be. Savannah is just now much agitated over a schooner that has been found imbedded six feet under ground, and seventy-dive lrom low water mark. Quitman boasts of cabbagesheads that weigh sixteen and one-half pounds. That’s nothing; we have seen cabbage- heads that weighed nearly two hundred. Brunswick thinks that she must have' a brass band this time. Brass and wind, the essentials, are represented as being quite abundant among the young men. LaGrange complains of thieves that don't understand their business. They are troubled with compunctions of con science, and leave their plunder on the door steps. Lovers of order in Marietta put up a lamp in front of the church to scare off bad boys, thiuking that they love dark ness rather than light because their deeds are evil. Negro burglars in Savannah light lamps and explore houses with an air of tang froid that causes “ye locals” to think that they are suitable companions for Beast Butler. Incendiaries in the Forest city, tired of the old sport of burning houses, re lieve the monotony by attempting to burn a man in bed. The man was for tunately extinguished. Marietta is furious about a train load of Atlanta negroes, who paid them a social visit, fought, shot, knocked, scratched, and howled the whole day, much to the disturbance of the said suburbs of Atlanta. John R. Holsenbake charged with the mnrder of Col. Fish, of Oglethorpe has about plead guilty, and considers himself justifiable in the homicide. We are of his opinion, provided his testimony is true. Dr. Harrisou Westmoreland of Ati lanta has been convicted of the crime of attempted murder on the person of Dr. Redwine, and sentenced for ten years. A new trial is moved, and the couusel will carry the case to the Supreme Court. The Cuthbcrt Appeal dubs Mr. H. I. Kimball with ‘‘Hon.” Taat is excru ciating to the gentleman no doubt, but he may soon expect Savant ah to affix the *‘Rev Dr.,” to his name as he has beeu delivering Sunday Schodj lectures in that city; A runaway horse in Augusta on Thursday, after throwing ont his driver and seriously injuring him, ran on 6ome distance, and getting on the side-walk, knocked senseless an aged lady, Mrs. Lucy P. Read, Her recovery is hoped for. Query.—What does the Augusta Con stitutionalist of Friday rnetQ by publish ing on - one page the “Address of the Democratic Congressmen to tbe people of tbe United States,” and on another a long Ku Klux outrage from a scala wag paper I It reminds ns of a witti cism of Charles Lamb. “I never mix wa ter and whisky together, it always spoils two good things.” Atlanta has a soap factory. The New Era has been ground through the machinery, and thinks she has been somewhat purified thereby. Anything that experiences the contaminating touch of Bullock certainly needs purification; but we fear that tbe Era is past all hope of a better condition, unless some friend of bis race presents her a keg of powder with a red-hot poker in it. Tbe Griffin Star makes npits outside from tbe columns of the Atlanta Era, but does not say so.—Era. Stealing is perfectly honorable when Bullock rifles the State Treasury; but when the Star possesses itself of the bard-earned treasures (?) of the Era. there is a fuss in the family forthwith. Milton says in “Paradise Lost,” “Devil with devil damned firm concord holds,” bnt Milton, poor fellow, did’nt know everything; he did’nt live to see the present time, or he would have beeu heartily ashamed of himself for having written so senseless a verst}. Augusta was sorely put to her wits last week to decide the momentous question, “Has a teacher the right to paddle a pupil at a pic-nic 1” Two moral little boys were seeiug “what stuff each was made of,” ami the teacher to quiet his pupil's nerves, administered a flagellation. A suit for assault and bat tery was tbe result. Tbe Court with a legal acumen bordering somewhat on the miraculous, wisely decided that both were guilty, ami divided the costs equally between the plaintiff and defen dant. But tbe plaintiff was afterwards dead-headed. Atlanta is in trouble about her grand Union Passenger Depot. The Macou Sc Western trains refuse to come to the rar-sbed, and the President of that road has concluded to take a piece of plank and a dozen nails, and build a little car- shed of bis own. Bullock has become mixed up in the affair, in connection with tbe State Road, and naturally, ev erything is going wrong. Work on the building has beeu stopped for some time, with no prospect of speedy resumption. Come, H. I. Kimballville, such a state of affairs will never do for “that little station at tbe other end of the Macon & Western road” as Macon would say. For tlie Southern Recorder. A New City and a New Prosperity. Messrs. Editors : That invitation re cently extended through our papers to upright industrious men of every creed and section to come and make their home with us in Georgia, though it was chiefly signed by ^citizens of a single county only, correctly expresses the sen timenfs of the men of intelligence and worth throughout the entire State. Let the world be assured that Georgia holds out a standing offer of welcome to indus try, integrity and capital, from whatever quarter they may come. Every Georgian must take pleasure in learning that a Northern Company composed, not of reckless adventurers, but of solid men, who have a national reputation in business circles for abund ant capital, high integrity, and success ful enterprise, have gradually purchased several hundred thousand acres of land in the new county of Dodge and the ad jacent counties. They are initiating an extensive lumber business, and propose as the land becomes denuded of mercan tile timber, to sell farms on easy terms to actual settlers, having an eye to char acter both for morality and industry in their numerous employees, aud in ibe settlers introduced. A blight prospect opens before that section of tbe State. The new county was named after one of the Company—a man eminent for bis princely benefactions for tbe good of his race. The County site, Eastman, is named after another one of the firm—a man of a like liberal spirit, who is vigo rously carrying out the plans of the Com pany. They recognize the great truth that capital forgets her noblest function, if she aims solely at heavy dividends, and neglects to promote the social, edu cational, and religious interests of man. Taking tbe Brunswick train at Macon, after a run of 55 miles, you 6top for din ner at Eastman, tbe new county site You emerge from the cars and go up to tbe house of our enterprising friend, Gen. Foster, who to accommodate tbe public has temporarily consented to keep the dinner house. Ihere you get a capital dinner. As you look around you before the whistle blows, your first impressiou is, that Eastman will probably be a mere way-station for years to come. Yet there are unmistakable signs that East man is to be tbe city of the future *or that belt of Georgia. It is just ready to expand into a vigorous, rapidly grow ing life. It is finely situated fora large town. Occupying tbe highest poiut of land between Macon anl Brunswick, its healthiness is above suspicion. It is very favorably situated for being tbe great business and light centre of an ex tensive portion of lower Georgia. It is now being laid off into lots, aud numbers stand ready to purchase and build. Mr. Dodge, for whom the couuty was named, presents the county with a -new Court House, to be built immediately, at his own expense. An Academy building for a first class Seminary, is also to be put up this Summer; a hotel and other public buildings are soon to follow. The work goes briskly on. As a specimen of the vim with which things are pressing on at Eastman, on Tuesday, the 9th iust., work was begun on a school house ca pable of holding an audience of, say, 150 persons. In four days aud a half the house was finished—scats, desks, ros trum, curtained windows and all. The chips and shavings were all cleared away on the 13th, and on Sunday, the l4th ? leligious services were held in the new school house morning and night for the white people, and for the colored people in tbe afternoon. A Sabbath School al so was orgauized at the close of the morning service. Thus the first regular religious services held within the corpo rate limits of Eastman, were held in a building which was literally non-existent a week before! On Monday morning, the 15th inst., a Free School was begun in the new building. The Company, or individual members of it, stand ready to take tbe lead in a very substantial way, in building a capacious church just as soon as tbe school room becomes too small for the congregation, which will be very speedily. In the raj il and healthy growth of Eastman and snrrounding country, the indications are strong tbat in quiet old Georgia there is soon to be a parallel to the magic growth of Western cities and districts, in material prosperity and pop ulation—and a more than Western growth in all tbat is really of the highest value in modern civilization. In that elegant picture of toe building up of Carthage, drawn by the hand ot Virgil, tbe busy workers labor at tbe theatre, tbe forum, the city wall, the massive gate, the citadel, the heathen temple. This is a fit type of a classic and Ghristless civilization, wbich.fails to seek the elevation and happiness of all classes as its highest aim. 'Tis tbe glo ry of a Christian civilization tbat, in building her cities, her chief reliance for security and permanence and success, is not upon the citadel, tbe massive gate, the wall bristling with armed men, but upon the school house, the academy, the church—upon wide-spread intelligence and enlightened consciences among the people. We "congratulate our fellow-citizens of Eastman, of Dodge aud the adjacent counties, upon the brightening prospect before them. We heartily wish that a thousand such Northern Companies with integrity and capital, and elevated con ceptions of the mission of capital, were pushing forward enterprises in every part of the sunny South. Among other blessings, it is perhaps tbe most efficient of all methods of healing tbe alienations of tbe war, as such enterprises bring in to visible identity of interest aud practi cal brotherhood, the men of the North and the men of the South. VIATOR. COMMUNICATED. Oak Grove Montgomery Co., Ga. ) May 4lb, 1871. j Mess ns. Editors.—On the morning of the 1st inst, the academy at Mont gomery Camp ground, was the scene of a gay assemblage of tbe fashion and beauty of this couuty, who had been invited there to witness the exercises of a May Celebration. Mr. Ratchford, a scholar and gentle man, is the Principal of this institution and on this occasion made quite a dis play of his knowledge of the art of con ducting examinations, &c. The School which numbers seventy students, has not been in progress more than three months, a short timo to be sure, for them to reflect so much credit on themselves and teacher as they did on this occasion. The girls seldom failed to answer questions which were asked them in grammar, rhetoric, geography and phil*. osopby. The boys showed to advantage in the mathematics, and in gOGiuetry they appeared to be in their natural element. After a rigid examination of all the students, the boys were put on tbe stage to show their abilities in decla mation. We could readily perceive from tbeir manner and delivery, tbat they had been well instructed in the art of oratory. Iu fact they spoke so well, that I began to think that I was on the floor of some parliamentary body. At length they finished, and Mr. T. Smith of this county, arose and entertained us briefly, with some very appropriate re marks. But the crowning glory of the day was, when the girls made their appear ance in robes as white as snow, each bearing a 9ceptcr weathed with flowers and evergreens; aud presented them to the Queen, who was seated on the stage. They made some pretty little speech-, es to her royal highness, and then pla ced tbe crown upon her brow. After these ceremonies, tbe grand air of “Queen’s Delight,’’ was suDg with solemnity and pathos. The singing of this tunc mado the girls look prettier than ever, and I could not help thinking of Byron’s to tbe maid of Athens, “My life I love you.” The hour of 2 o’clock having arrived, dinner was announced and all present were invited to the table which, stand ing under some umbrageous oaks, groaned under delicacies of every variei ty. When this excellent repast was partaken of we returned to the acade my and singing was tbe order of the evening; and we might add a little courting; but this we fancy. The crowd dispersed late in the day, well pleased at what they had heard, seen and eaten. VISITOR. SUBSCRIPTIONS Are respectfully solicited for tlie erection of a M0IUHES1 The Production and Consumption of Whisky.—From the statistics of tbe man ufacture and production of whisky lately i compiled at the Census Bureau from tbo results of the recent census, it appears that there are 303 grain distilleries iu Confederate Dead of Georgia, ing to these figuresrtose of the molasses distilleries, and thefie is a production of 216,354 gallons daily. Tbe consumption is estimated at 230,000 gallons daily, which shows that to supply the domestic market 16,000 gallons ®t imported whis ky must he consumed daily. Tbe con sumption is large, but tbe figures become much lccome much less startling than they appear at the first glance, when it is remembered tbat nearly one-haif of tbe raw whisky manufactured here is made into alcohol and used iu the arts. Cherries are in market at San Fran cisco. The fruit crop of California will be immense. The vintage is estimated at 510,000,000. The people of Arozona have deter mined to protect themselves against tbs Indians, and after the massacre at Camp Grant they started in pursuit. Soon af ter they came upon them encamped and killed eighty-five of the party. Drs. Gray and Vanderpool, who were appointed by Gover»»r Hoffman to ex amine the prisoner Ilulloff, under sen tence of death at Binghamton, N. Y., have made a report declaring that in their opinion Rulloff is in sound physi cal health, and entirely sane, A negro man in Vidalia, the other day, having been found guilty of lar ceny, by a negro jury, was asked by the Court what he bad to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. “I’ve got nothing to say except that I ain’t guilty.” “But,” said tbe Court, “about the matter there is a wide dif ference of opinion, as this jury of twelve men say you are guilty.” “Well, Mr. Judge,” said tbe prisoner, “you might as well get a dozen ringtailed monkeys to give a man justice as to let him be tried by tbat jury.” This convulsed the Court, and the prisoner was remanded.—Natihez Dan. Chas. Dana, of the New York Sun, has been sued by the French Consul for libel. Damages laid at $60,000. il^, - Atlanta Air-Line lloud.—A private lotter from Habersham county to a cit izen of Augusta states that there are now upwards of two hundred hands at work on the Air-Liae Road, within seven miles of Clarksville. It would appear that our citizens will soon have the opportunity of going through Ra bun Gap by way of Atlanta. Augusta Chronicle. And those Soldiers froifti other Confederate States who were killed or died in this State. THE MONUMENT TO COST §50,000. The Corner Stone it is proposed shall be laid on the 4th of July, or so soon thereafter as the receipts will permit. For every Five Dollars subscribed, there will be given a certificate of Life Membership to the Monumental Association. This certificate will entitle the owner thereof to an equal inter est in the following property, to be distributed as soon as requisite number of shares are sold, to-wit: First. Nine Hundred and One Acres of Land in Lincoln county, Georgia, on which are the well known Magruder Gold and Copper Mines, val ued at §150.000 And to Seventeen Hundred and Forty-Four Shares in One Hundred Thousand Dollars of .United States Currency; to-wit: MACON ADVERTISEMENTS—FINDLAY’6 COLUMNS. ] s-hare of 1 2 10 10 20 100 200 400 1000 §10.000 5.000 2,500 2,00!) 1.000 500 100 50 25 10 §10000 5 000 5,000 20.000 10,000 10,1 00 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000 The New York Democrat says. “The sole ambition of Senator Oliver P. Mor ton, of Indiana, is to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Whatever else he may take is but a stepping-stoae to tbat. He vow ed in 1854 to some day occupy the po sition, and he has been unscrupulous in his efforts to push himself forward ever since. When Judge Taney died, Mor ton wrote tbe roost piteous appeals to Presidant Lincoln, but tbat functionary was not at tbe time prepared for such au infamy as tbe elevation of Morton to tbe high position. It wall be a sorry day for this country if be ever reaches it. but there is no doubt bo would if there should be a vacancy at this time. He is Mr. Grant’s particular hench man.” Rev. Dr. West, of New Bedford, once heard that his choir would refuse to sing on the next Sunday. When tbe day came he gave out tbe hymn: “Come we who love tbe Lord - ” After reading it through he looked up very emphatically at the choir, and said: You will begin at tbe second verse, “Let those refuse to sing wbo never knew our God.” Tbe choir sang. A little four-year old remarked to her mamma on going to bed: “I am not afraid of tbe dark.” “No, of course you are not,” replied her mamma, “for it can’t hurt you.” “‘But mamma,, I was a little afraid once, when I went to tbe pantry in the dark to get a cookey.” “What were you afraid of ?” asked her mamma. “I was afraid I couldn’t find tbe cookies.” §100.000 The value of the separate interest to which the holder of each Certificate will be entitled, will be determined by the Commissioners, who will announce to the public the manner, the time aud place of distribution. The following gentlemen have consented to act as Commissioners, and will either by a Committee from their own body, or by Special Trustees, appointed by themselves, receive and take proper charge of tbe money for the Mon ument, as well as the Real Estate and the U S. Currency offered as inducements for siib- scription, and will determine upon the plan for the Monument, the insertion thereon, the site therefor, select au orator for the occasion, and regulate the ceremonies to be observed when the corner-stone is laid to-wit: Generals L. McLaws, A. B. W right, M. A. Stovall, W. M. Gardner, Goode Bryan, Colo- onels C Snead, Wm. P. Crawford, Majors Jos. B. Cumming, George T. Jackson, Joseph Ganahl, I. P. Girardey, Hon. R. H. May, Adam Johnston, Jonathan M. Miller, W. Good rich, J, D. Butt, Ileury Moore, Dr. W. E. Dear- ^The Agents in the respective counties will retain the money received for the sa.e ol Tickets until the subscription Books are clos ed. In order that the several amounts may be returned to the Shareholders, in case the number of subscriptions will not warrant any further procedure the Agents will report to this office weekiy, the result of their sales. When a sufficient number of the shares are sold, the Agents will receive notice. They will then forward to this office the amounts received. L & A. H. McLAWS, Gen. Ag’ts. No. 3 Old P. O. Range, McIntosh sts. Augusta, Ga. W, C.D. ROBERTS, Agent at Sparta, Ga. L. W. HUNT &. CO-, Agents Milledgeville Georgia. r p t n May, 2, 1S7L 6m. pDec‘24’70 50 ly. rMay2’71 17 ly. A Beautiful Assortment o F 1 EMBROIDER) ES, PIQUE TRIMMINGS, RUFFL1NGS, PUFFINGS, TUCKED NAINSOOKS, DRESS LINENS, ETC. 10-4 LINEN SHEETING -5-4 P. C. LINEN, BIAS TUCKINGS, SKELETON CORSETS, TUCKED SWISS, G. F. CORSETS, GLOVES, FANS, HOSIERY, ETC., IN PROFUSION. :o» The Courier-Journal is now investi gating tbe Georgia Diamond question.. She says : “Geoigia is unquestionably a great State. Even Georgians themselves have been known to acknowledge the fact. She has a right to boast of her re sources and the enterprise of her citizens, and is justly proud of her flourishing cit ies. But we can’t help thinking that she iB coming it a little too strongly in the diamond discovering. When we were told tbat a citizen of Hall county had, when a boy, a round pebble which he habitu ally used for a “middle-man” in playing marbles) that his children used it for the same purpose for years; that it was finally lost somewhere about the premis es; and that it was then, and not nntil then, discovered to be a diamond worth two hundred thousand dollars, we swal lowed the story without a murmur, -but when Georgia, taking advantage of our credulity, comes along with tbe declara tion that somebody down there has found a diamond weighing thirty-five pounds, we feel that we would much rather she wouldn't do it—tbat we would rather she would select a smaller stone or tell tbe Itory to somebody else." OuR General Slock ol Fancy and Staple Dry Goods is large and com plete, and our prices are guaranteed to be as low as any house in the city. *W. -A.. Banks Sd Sons, 43 Second Street, Triangular Block, MACON, GA. E March 21, 1871. 11 3m. Grand Opening OF Spring and Summer Dry Goods AT HOPSON’S. OFBNIKTO DAY, EVERY DAY FROM DATE. SUNDAY EXCEPTED. Our Customers may expect decided Bargains, as we appreciate the scarcity and value of money, and shall ‘'govern ourselves accordingly.” w. A. HOPSON & Block, Macon, Ga. fifl’c. Fab. 14,1871, C0-, 41 Second St., 20 Triangular the Findlay Iron Works! HEAD OF THIRD STREET, Macon, Georgia. S3S2J Of “TSSISW H-M.” Steam Engines and Bailers OF ANY REQUIRED KIND OR SIZE, Circular Saw Mills, Merchant Mill Gearing. Iron Railing, Leffell Turbine Water Wheel, Hubbell & Uapron Turbine Water Wheel. In Fact, anything and Everything of Cast and Wrought Iron and Brass. Norihern Prices Jor Machinery]Duplicated! CHARLESTON HOTEL. —0— , E. Ei. JACKSON, Proprietor. CHARLESTON. S. C, SCREVEN HGU SE- SAVANNAH C3-A., T.8.N1CXEM, sc PROPRIETOR. DARBY'S RHUCTIC FLUIJ). rptUiS invaluable Family Medicine, lot J-purifying, cleansing, removing baa odors in all kinds of sickness; tor hums sores, wounds, stings; fur Erysipelas, rheumatism, and all skin diseases; for catarrh, sore mouth, sore throat, diptheria; for colic, diarrhoea, cholera; as awash to soften and beautify the skin; to remove ink spots, mildew, fruit stains, taken in- ternally as well as applied externally; so highly recommended by all who have used it—is for sale by ail Diugeists and Conn- try Merchants, and may be ordered di- rectly of the DARBY PROPHYLACTIC CO. 161 William Street, NJY. Findlay & Craig’s Eclipse Screw Cotton Press. [PATENTED FEBRUARY 2lST, 1S71.] Warranted the best and the Fastest on Record. CRAIG’S PORTABLE HORSE POWER, [patent secured.] -:o:- The Celebrated Moore Cotton Glln. AND A Genuine Pattern of tbe Celebrated “GRISWOLD GIN ” Manufactured and for sale at this Establishment. tf. Particulars of all the above in subsequent issues. Send lor Descriptive Circular. R. FINDLAY’S SONS. par April 15 1871. maoon ga ' 15-66 6b