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DAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA SATURDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 13, 1875.
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JOHN1I. IARTIKi . . • Editor.
(UUHlirii. HA. I
SATURDAY FEBRUARY 13, 1875.
The lofsuis Timet learn* that the
Oommiaaionera' Court of Barbour connty,
Ala., now in aeaaion at Clayton, baa hira.l
out the oounty convict* to various plan
ter*, at an average of about two dollar*
per mouth until the end of the varioua
term* for which they were sentenced.
Bar. H. G. Fui.ua, of Thomaevilla,
fall through the rotunda of the aecond
■tory of Mitehall'a hotel in that city, on
Tuesday night, striking his head. He
ha* since been uuoonacioua, end, though
no fracture of the skull has been discov
ered, hia condition is considered critical.
Wm learn from the LaFayette Clipper.,
that nine oar loads of meat,5,containing
180,000 lb*., arrived at West Point the
other day, and that there are now several
hundred tons of commercial fertilizers in
the place. If we understand the mean
ing of thia, and we think we do—it is
that the planters are preparing for another
heavy cotton crop. Who will resolve in
time to save himself t.y producing little
cotton and big food crops?
Thi Gainesville Sovlhron of the 0th
inat. hoists the naaia of Hon. B. H. Hill
as its candidate for Coegress. It saya :
“ Did w* not of our ewn aocord hoist ths
name of Hill for Congress, the earnast
appeal* to us from the people—from
right-thinking farmers and daily laborers
throughout the district—would force us
to it. There is a deep and broad under
current—a regular “ground swell"—for
Hill almost inoradible.”
Thi iiooaao Tunnel of Massachusetts,
through which the first train passed the
other day, ia tho greatest work of its kind
in this country, and second in magnitude
only to tbo Mount Ceuia and perhaps ono
other tunnel in Europe. The Huoaao is
intended to straighten the lines of com
inunication between Boston and other
New England cities and the West. It is
a work that has coat the labor of an im
mens* number of men for many years,
the expenditure of $13,0110,000, and the
sacrifice of 142 lives. The tunnel in
nearly four miles long.
Mas. Woounui.L (whose reliability as a
witness we do not vouch tor) baa statad
to an interviewer of the Leavenworth
Timtu that not one-tenth part of the
truth connected with the Beecher and
Tilton scandal will bo brought to light;
that Tilton, and even Moulton, have con
cealed as much of it ns possible ; that aha
(Mrs. W.) and Mrs. Btanton and Miss
Anthony know a great deal raoro than has
been revealed, but that they will not be
called as witnesses because they know too
much. Not a very likely story.
Thu (Supreme , Court of the ; United
States has before it a case in which Mra.
Virginia L. Miner, of Missouri, sues a
registering oflloer of that State for refns
iug to register her and thus deprivingher
of the right to vote. She claims that the
14th Amendment of the Federal Consti
tution gives the elective franchise to all
citizens of the United Htates—of whom
she is one—without any mention of sex,
and that ths clause* of the State constitu
tion restricting this right to males are
repugnant to the Fodernl constitution and
therefore void. The esse was argued at
Washington on Monday, but the decision
is not yet announced.
Wa have not heard of any movement in
any Boutberu Htuto to increase the poll
taxes. The trouble ia, rather, to collect
thoso already imposed. In all of the
“reconstructed'’ States, with whose laws
on thia subjeot we are definitely acquaint
ed, the poll taxea are limited by their
constitutions, aud therefor* cannot soon
or easily be changed. But wa would
enqnire wbero Congress gets its right to
fix the rate of poll taxes for the Btates ?
Has it not just a* much right to regulate
their ad valorem taxation on property—
to say that Radical South Carolina and
Mississippi, whose lawa tax property from
1 to lj per cent., shall raduce the tax te
4-10thsof X per cent, because that is the
rate iu Democratic Georgia? Will Con
gress next undertake the running of the
entire machinery of government in the
Sonthern Btates ?
Bditor Enquirer: The ahareterA which
you call the “short and,” but whose proper
name is “Ampersand” (vide Webster), is
not in any sense “ahorl”; it is simply a
union, or ligature, made by the flourish
of the pen try copyists before the art of
printing, between the letters*aud t form
ing the Latin et. The uee of the charac
ter is proper in all oases where the word it
represents should ocour, and is purely a
matter of convenience or taste. I ueed
not aey to you that,
De OUSTinua NOS 1ST Dlsl'CTXUDIM.
We were not looking for tho original
us* or application of the character, but
for the proper discrimination to make iu
applying it to our compound name*. We
understand from Webster that it means
rind peree, or and by itself—that is, and
by the use of only one character, or “in
short." But our correspondent fails to
answer our question why it should not as
well be used in writing or printing W est-
ern A Atlantic Railroad r.s Smith A Bi ewn.
Its use ia a mere matter of taste now, as
it* different applications show ; but our
suggestion is that same conformity ought
to b* established.
sen rr's p stint’.
The country is again agitating the con
struction of tho Traus-Oontinental Rail
road, popularly known as the 'I exas Pa
cific. This road ha* been built we be
lieve as far west os Fort Worth, Texas.
It is located some distance beyond, and a
preliminary survey made via El Paao and
the Gila to San Diego, eroasing the Rio
Colorado at Fort Yuma. There are cer
tainly strong arguiuenla to be used iu fa
vor of thia road, but they are urged only
by tboaa directly interested in it,
or anxious to have a competing line in n
southern Istitude. It is claimed (1) that
Scott’* road running on a lower latitude
and contending with smaller elsvstions
can never be impeded by snow as is the
Union Pacific. (2.) That it will open up
a new and wealthy agricultnral and
mineral region. (3.) That the aetttlement
of the couutry bordering its track will
drive back the mountain Apachea, thus
aaving the government immense snrns of
money now spent in maintaining forts,
and lastly, that the neighboring provinces
of Northern Mexico would soon become
tilled with Americana and the resnlt of
anoexat ion would speedily follow. Theae,
with many minor arguments, are urged
on Congress for subsidies and hddditional
land grants.
Th* qnestion is too important to dis
cuss lighlly, and wars wa not thoroughly
familiar with Ihe matter, and acquainted
from observation with the region through
which thia road is to run, we wonld pru
dently let the aubjeot alone. The ques
tion of lower latitudes cannot b* gain
said, and traina never would b* stopped
by snow or ica, or . mountain slidss,
provided any trsiu could oroas bnadredaof
miles of woodleaa, waterless, desert and
carry the essentials for steam, in addition
to a paying cargo of through freight.
West of the meridian of ninety-eight
(Gieenwioh) in Texas to El Paso, there in
no laud that can bo cultivated without
irrigation, and although much of it is a
gi.od grazing country, a stretch of three
hundred miles ou Ihe south border of the
Llano Eatacudo ia treeless and waterless,
ar,d aav* at ths time of lb* bnffalo migra
tion in th* Spring, lifalosu. Along th* Rio
Oratide and about El Paso, there is soma
bottom lend and a little soft timber,
but beck from tbe strip of valley the
tounLy ia worthless, save for stook rais
ing, aud not good for that. For two
hundred mils* west of the point the
lountry is a jumble of erupted tufa and
broken mountains. There is some coal
north in the Rio Grande Valley and rich
cupper mines, but thsre is not enough
coal accessible for the necessities of
traus-contiuonta! road, nor eaoagh mines
possible for three hundred miles in either
diroution to give that road employment.
The Hierrs Msdra is crossed with diffleu!
ty, uud were its sides stripped of every
stick of timber fit for ties for a hundred
miles north aud south enough could uot
bo procured to build back to El Paso.
From the Maricopa Wells to Fort Yunra.
Scott’s road would be foraed to follow the
Gila, and tor montha iu the year thia fa
mmii river aouth of the .Pima villages is
as destitute of mointurs ss a Columbus
street sftor a three mouths drosght. A
few Indian “villages” adorn its banks,
but white rnou dread its treacherous quick-
Bauds; end even the by no moans particu
lar Mexican eauuot be induced to build any
number of adobes on its banka. All tbe
way down to Ynnm on Ihe Colorado it ia
a country of aaliuo plains, shark tooth
mountains, and angular rooks, so black
and glistening, aud hot looking, that Ihe
salamander dies when ho touches them
aud even the urid cactus blisters and
shrivnls iu their shadows.
Yuma is on the Colorado as every school
boy knows, and every soldier and traveler
will agree there never was a more barren
horrible river thau the Colorado ; where
it is uet walled in by rocks it shows its
western wildness by never having the
aame bed two years in succession. There
is one little steamer on it aud it is said to
have drivon a small army of pilots crazy
trying to pole her up every tbroa montha
to Fort Mojave. There are three
forts on the river, yet enough
corn cannot be rnised in thevnlleytofeed
tb* handful of men kept there to inlimi
date a few bands of Indians that never
ware clothes aud never had ingenuity
enough to make s bow. They lire on
mezquit beans and dwarfed saurians.
Yuma, but the lass said about that place
the better, w* were told there, so hot is
it, that soldiers lately dying without proa-
pect of heaven, sent hack spiritual mes
sages begging for blankets, the change
from Yuma was so gient.
But Bcett’a road has not reached the
worst place yet. Between Yuma and the
Coaet mountains, a distance of nicety
milea, there is ouly one place where water
can be had,aud that is as uncertain for nine
months iu tho year, and so salt, that after
tasting it piekla would be a delightful
beverage. We appeal to all tbe surveys
to prove the nature of the whole country,
described, and ask is thare any necessity
for this road save as a hug* speculation
and to bnild np Ban Diego, on whose
very streets tbe cattle died with thirst a
few years ago. Cochise is dead, and the
Indian question is settled. As to the ac
quisition of Northern Mexico it would be
dear for nothing and we have more coun
try now than can be properly governed.
A railroad west from Albuquerque by
Zutii to Los Angelos might do, but we
see no urgent necessity for it. C.
troops to b* sent iuto that State last fall,
and that be had no corres
pondence . on tb* subject with
the Governor of Alabama, but “acted on
information front other Sources.” Under
any pterions administration, such an act
a* this would have subjected the usurping
official to impeachment. No such move
ment has been mad* in this case, and it is
obvious that it would be useless to at-
teaipt it in this Congress. But unless
there is a vary marked change in public
sentiment within the next two years, the
constitutional limitations will have to he
more closely observed or high officials
will have to “atop down and ont.”
It is no answer to this to say that the
Reconstruction or Enforcement eels
of Congrees authorize such’.nee of the
Federal troops in the States, because if
those seta undertake to do such a thing
they are unconstitutional; and as they
are not manda'ory but permissive only in
Allowing the use of the troops, they tt f_
ford uo justification to an executive offi
cer whoas.>worn obligation is to ot serve
tb* constitution.
TBE
FLOBIDA'N HEW sF.SATOK.
The Montgomery. Ad Ctrl iter aays of
Hon. C. W. Jones, who baa just beau
eleoted United State* Senator by tb* Lsg-
islature of Florid*: “Mr. Jone* is ■
•launch Democrat. He wa* fairly elected
to Congreas in 1872, but the Returning
Board counted him out. At thelaat State
elaotiou the Democrats of Eac&mbie coun
ty nominated him and his excellent asso
ciate, Mr. John Maguire, for the Legisls-
UTKOXO HEAKXES FOB
THE SOUTII.
The Washington correspondence of the
Baltimore American (Administration
paper) speaks positively et to ths meas
ure* agreed upon in Radical caucus .for
tbs control of Southern elections. Tele
graphing on the 9th inat., this correspon
dent says:
Ths eommittee appointed by the Re
publican caucus to consider affairs in the
Southern States hav* perfected a bill,
whioh will be reported to tbe Senate and
House, A section has been agreed to
making it unlawful for any of tbe recon
structed States to impose other qualifica
tions for voters then those existing at the
time such Htates were admitted under the
reconsti notion act. The purpuse of this
eeotion is te prevent any of those States
from imposing an excessive poll-tax,
thereby practically excluding the negroes
from participating in election*. This sec
tion is made to apply specially to election*
for member* of Gongrssa. It i* not in
tended to he partiaau in it* application nr
affect, but solely in the interest of fair
elections, ss are the other sections of the
bill, which provide for the appointment
of Deputy Manhole and Supervisors of
Eleotionv, and the counting of tbe ballots
and sealing of th* boxes immediately
after the polls have been closed. Except
the first section, whioh authoiizes the
President to suspend (he writ of habeas
corpus iu oertain cases, the Dill is devoted
to maintaining the freedom and guarding
the purity of tho elections. It received
unanimous endorsement from the joint
committee of the caucuses.
And we are to have Federal supervis
ing, returning andoouating boards to ma
nipulate the Southern elections. After
what w* have witnessed of Radical ex-
pertuess et this business in Louisians,
and the ready support given to it by the
Administration at Washington through
it* military forces, thia news is not very
comforting. Why not fix up everything
to enit, without the mockery of auy elec
tion st ell ? There would be some honeety
in that mode of reaohing the roault deter,
mined on, whatever w# might think of
it* legality. And thoa (hare would b* no
necessity for suspending the writ of
habeae corput, whioh of course the Ad-
minixtridion ia reluctant to do.
If the Southern States are to be de
privad of tba right of establishing the
own tax r/i o*—if Federal officials aud ap-
poiuteas must manage their elections, r*.
turn and count their votes—if their peo
ple are to be deprived of the writ of liabeat
ctrpue at the pleasure of Congress aud
the President—and if they aro to be sub
jested to invasion and bsrrsasment by
Federal Bcldiory ou the application of any
Administration partisan (as Attorney Gem
era! Williamr admits that Alabama was)—
what are the attributes of political fre*.
dom left to us?
ALABAMA LEUI8LATI/BE.
To prevent the burning of any ear
train, or cam, bar shad, cotton house, cot
ton pan, ar corn pan ; to incorporate the
Truoka and Axe Company ia tba city of
Troy, for municipal purposes; to change
the time of boldiog tha Circuit courts of
Ia* aud Ruateil counties; to fix tha term
of offico of the alderman of tho city of
Mobile, and to provide for filling vacan
cies therein; to amend aeotion 2354 of
the Revised Code ; to prevent Solicitor*
from commencing prosecutions by affida
vits mad* by themaelves; to authorize
the Mayor and Aldermen of Tuscaloosa to
issue bonds of said city in sompromis* of
a certain chancery suit in which the city
is a party.
To change the lines between Russe'.l
Bud Barbour counties.
To,flx the time for the trial of crimi
nal cases in the Cireuit Court of Choctaw
county.
To amend sections on* and three of the
act to confer upon tbe several Chancery
Conrta of this Stale power to declare
married women free dealers, approved
April 15, 1873.
To amend the act entitled an act to in
corporate Ihe Alabama Oil and Mining
Company.
To euable private corporations to dis
solve their charters end to wind up their
otfioes.
M 1
ENCHANTS’ BUILDING AND LOAN
STUCK FOK BALE AT 1* per cent. DIS
COUNT. JOHN BLACKMAN.
feblS It
Stray Horse.
LARGE BAY MARE, which ^
th* owner can recover by applying to
felS eodfcwtr EI) T SHEPHERD.
Simpson Cotton Seed.
fJtHE BEST VARIETY, FOR SALE, OR
will exchange for Manuring Seed If early Ap
plied for.
fel4 eodfcwtt) ED T SHEPHERD.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A ll persons having demands
Against the estateurMarshall J Wellborn,
deceased, are notified to present them, duly
S rovod, to the undersigned, and all persons In
ebted to the estate are colled on to pay. Any
one having any boons or other effects of said
estate will rl«a*e deliver them to
JOHN T OLAHKE, Adm’r of
• Marshall J Wellborn, decM,
febiawOt Cuthho.t, Oa.
In the District Court of the
United States,
SUPREME COURT DECISIONS.
John S. Linton, of Athens, appealed
from a decision at the Court below sus
taining the right of the municipal author
ities of Athena to tax his land. Ha show
ed that be was a farmer owning a valuable
tract of land about a mile and a half from
tha ccutro of tbe city of Athena; that the
city government was of no benefit to him
uud he bad no interest in it, but that the
limits of the city had been exteuded to a
distance of about two miles from the
centre and took in his land, on which he
wbh t.xed $99 10 by the municipal incor
poration. Tha Supreme Court decided
that tho Legislature, having the taxing
power, hai delegated it to the municipal
ity of Athena for city purposes, and un
ion it could be shown that the plaintiff
had been invidiously taxed ha had uo
right to claim exemption from taxa'ion
ou tho ground that the city government
was of uo beuefit to him.
In the case of McLellan vs. Th* Mayor
and Council of Marietta, th* Buprcma
Court decided tlut “a municipal corpora
tion in not liable io be garniahed for the
salaries of its officers,and this is true even
if the debt claimed to be due from tbe
officer is for provisions for himself and
family.”
Iu Taylor vs. Stewart, for Cobb, held
that “under section 358jj ot the Code, the
possoasiou of lands for four years dis
charges it only from the lien of judg
ments against tbe vendor."
In Ballanger vs. McLain, from Cobb
(h iboas corpus), the Supreme Oourtdacided
that an order binding a minor child ss sn
apprentice wa* defective for holding tbe
child .when it won shown that the petition
asking tbe indenture did not state the
residence of tbe minor, and that th* bond
contained no stipulation to teach the ap
prentice any trado, business or oooupc-
tion as required by law.
Iu Crane, adm’r, vs, Barry, from Clarke,
“To an actiou brought upon * common
law award,‘made by arbitrators under*
general submission, the defendant may
plead that the award was made on a mat
ter not brought to tho consideration of
the arbitrators by the parties, end thst
there was no evidence before them iu
reference to it, nor auy dispute or contest
between the parties upon such matter,
without filing a copy of the testimony
which was submitted to tbe arbitrators.'
For tho Southern District of Georgia.
No. 747. In the matter of)
JOHN K:N(i, > In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. )
_IF. sai-l Bankrupt hav log petitioned th.
_L Court for a oUcnnrge from all his debts
provnhlo under tho Bankrupt Act of March
2.1, 1807. notice is hereby given to all persons In
terested to a; pear ou the 27th day of February
1876, at 1 > o'clock, a. m.. at Uhamhors ot said
District Court before L. T. Downing, Esq., ono
of tlie.Regi.-tersoi said Court in Bankruptcy,
at his office at Uolutnhus, Ga., and show oauso
why the prayer of tho suid petition of the
Bankrupt should not be granted.
Dated at Savannah, ueurgla, this 10th day of
February, 1876. JAMtS McPHERSuN,
Iehl3 osw2t iderk.
SIMMONS
ss s
milUkun for rhouttiaiitm ti. 1
stornarh i, witu jL, T> ‘Z
appetite aod sick nos, I ” f
•l« iugin -ml costive, ’
time Is troubled with JJ?"'
-allot Mth lax. Th"
rain, end dull, hoavj eemstton, eo„ftd«i»Me in.
of memory, accomp.id«t withmatnfol ismon
of hawing left aadane luiunthiffg which ou2S i”
hwvs I* loan don. Often complaining of
debility, and low spirits. Soiuotiavt liiun- .
tb. tiho*. sympt ms a:tend rh. ulses*,-
ether times vsry fow of them; hut tho Live.,
generally tire .rw»n most 4imdv«d. “
REGULATOR
In the District Court of the
United States,
For the S juthorn District of Georgia.
0 744 In the matter of)
WILLIAM W fOY, J In Bankruptcy.
bankrupt. )
. UK said UunUrupt having petitioned tha
1 Court for a discharge from ull his debts
provable under tho Kankrupt act of March 2d,
1867, Uutice is hereby given to all purmins intonat
ed to appear on the 20ih day of Manh, 1875, At 10
o'clock a. m., at chambers of suid District Court,
before Is. T# Do*niug, i£btj., one ol' the Kegisters of
6tbid Court iu Bankruptcy, at his oflko at Colum
bus, Georgia, and ‘■lmw cause why the prayer cf
tho 6aid petition of tbe bankrupt should not he
granted. Aod further notice is ^iven that tho sec
ond and third meetings of creditors will h« held
at the same timo aud place.
Dated At Savanuab, Ua.Jhis 10th day of February,
1875. JAMKS McPIlfiltSON,
fit 13 oaw2t Clerk.
New Advertisements.
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the city, and ilver and bay for many miles.
Tho College has a g< od library, chemical and
philosophical appaitus, cabinets of minerals,
medal?, coins, gem-. Ac., and the courso of in
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poramimn.
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One Grand Cask Gift 26,000
6 Cash Gifts $20,Ou» e*oh 100,000
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Tbe Federal constitution provides that
“th* Uuited Btates shell guarantee to
each State iu this Union a republican
form of government^ and nhall protest
each of them against invasion, and on
application of tha Legislature, or of the
Executive whan the Legislature cannot
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tore, and they wore elected by a hand- | ident to send troops to intarfere iu any
aome majority. The pc*ple of Florida ! manner with St at a affair*. There must
will how b*va a true representative in th* ! he dom**tio violence to warrant tb* ap-
B*nate Chamber and Carpet-bagger Gil- plication, and the application mhst be
bert will probably return whence ha cam*. I made by tha State Legislature or tha
Mr. Jones is u fin* lawyer, an effectivo Governor. Yet Attorney General Wil- j House amendment ot the Funding bill,
gpuaker and a moat excellent eiitizen iu , Items testified tha other day before the | Tba Governor informed tha two Houses
•vary relation of life, aud will taka high ! Congressional Committee investigating of hi* approval of tha following, among
rank at Washington." j Alabama, that A* ordered ths Federal „|h*r bill*:
J I
Thureday, IMA—Iu the Senate, a aub
stituta for tha bill iu ralation to the draw
ing of grand and petit jurors was made
special order far Tuesday next. Th
Senate took up tha Funding bill with the
House amendment, amended it, and then
passed it as amended; so it goes back to
th* House. On tha call of districts, Snod
grass introduced a bill to require licanae
to be produced by all doalers iu seed cot
ton in Montgomery, Lowndes, Butler,
Barbour, Dallas, Bullock and Msrqngo
countie*. Referred, with an amendment
extending its provision* to all the eouu-
tioa. Mr. Martin, a bill ta construe the
meaning of tha act by which married
women may make appeals to higher
conrta—referred. Mr. Harris, of Lee, to
better provide for the maintenance of the
paupais of Lee county—paase.1. The
Judieinry Committee reported favorably
to th* following bills, which were passed:
To repeal the act amending Sec. 40l!3 of
tba Revised Code, approved December,
18GK. [Relates to maanar of drawing
juries.] To nmand Seo. 3705 of tbe
Code. To require Sheriffs, Clerks and
Registers to turn over moneys to their
successors.
A message was received from the Gov
ernor, submitting a proposition from
Thomas Williams, to laaas th* penitenti
ary farm for a term of years.
In tho House Mr. Clements introduced
a bill, whioh was referred, to provide for
the canoellation and retiring annually of
two hnndred thousand dollars in amount
of the bonds issued under and in pursu
ance of au act entitled nu aot to provide
for the funding of th* domestic debt of
tbe State, approved December, 1873. Tho
Committee ou Way* nod Means was in
structed to take into consideration tho
propriety of fnuding the outstanding
“State obligations.” A number of new
bills vara introduced on the coll of the
oouuties. Mr. Betts offered resolutions
denying tbe right of George E. Spencer
to represent Alabama in the Senate of
the United States. Tbe consideration of
these resolutions was cut abort by the
special order to prohibit the sale of agri
cultural produots after dark, which in
turn was out off by the aeoond special or
der—the bill re-diatrioting the State. The
last named bill was finally passed, by e
vote of 58 to 34, after much oppoeitiou
from the Radicals. Tha House con
curred in ths Sensts’s amendment tojtha
UOXCRKM.
“STBOMO U11SDBES FOB IU SOUTM" M-
005CINO LBS8 PBOBABLB—PEAOB AT
THU SOUTH EUUABUASaiia TO
Tnn RADICALS
Cvrre*peD*.nr. N, Y. ll.r&id ]
Washington, February 7.—Tha regular
work of tba session—tha appropriations
ntcasaary to oury on tha government—be
gins to press upon both house.. Only twen
ty three days remain of the session, includ
ing Sundays, aud so much necessary work
is yet to be done that it doss not sssin
possible for Cougrass to do much more
than this. Tha chance of passing “strong
measures for tbs South” gruws less tnd
less daily. Tha attempt will probably be
made, bat the republican* are not inclined
to have the new Congress called together
on the 4th of March; and they will bo care
ful uot to daisy tha appropriation bills t :o
long. The debates in the Senate coutii.«.e,
and show no sigu of ending. The demo
crats have can.od it to be clearly undaratood
that they will not delay any appropria
tion bill, but will giTs wayat auy moment
fortheiutroinciionexammation and, pas
sage of auy of these kills; bnt, aside from
this, they are prepared for discussion, and
tbe tiTil li ghts bill, the Loniaiana ques
tion, tbe Arkuunas question, tba Pinch-
bsok question, all offer templing topics.
Meantime ths peaceful condition of the
South—the lack of outrages, ia tha most
embarieaaing part of tb* Southern prob
lem to the administration men, A good
batch of Southern outrages is needed to
fire the hearts of Congressmen, for sgood
many republicans begin to baliava that
tbe white people of the South are -human
boiegs. The newt that General Sheridan
had left Now Orleans for Chicago raised
a eiuile here. It was a very obvious lower
ing of th* danger signal. Tba report of
the Arkansas Committee, following upon
the rep’’‘.rt of tho New Orleans Sub-Cum-
mittea, has its effect ii making thought
ful members question the wisdom of far
ther interference iu Southern affair*.
There can be uo doubt that tha Sonthern
people tan now help the cause of good
government as well as themselves, very
greatly by extreme care io preserving
peace and order. Tbe quiet and orderly
attitude of New Orleans , in the midst of
tho Intense excitement caused by the dis
persion of ths Legislature and th* des
patches of General Sheridan, did mor*
than a hundred speeches in Congress to
m*k* harsh legislation unpopular in Con
gras*. Every day’s qniet iu th* South ia
worth a dozen day'a debate. Tbe number
of republican member* who disapprove of
harsh measures for ths Boath is slowly,
but constantly ineraasing. It is highly
desirable for coniervatives in th* South
te understand this, and to koow that tho
friend* of peace and of eonatitntional
government in th* ropnblican party here
get their strongest moral support from
th* faot that peace seem* to prevail in
tbe Southorn States. It is not too mnehto
say th* light ia breaking on the Southern
problem, and that tha order and peso* at
New Orleans have bred a feeling here
which is very muoh opposed to violent
TESTIMONIALS.
“I have never seen or tried ench a simple er
ftcachms. BMi*fivetory and pleasant remedV in
mjr —H. Uaim’.h, St. Louis, Mo.
IION. ALEX. H. STEPHENS.
“I occasionally u?e, when my coudltion re
quires it, Dr. Siminous’ Lher Ue«ulntor with
goad effect.”—Hon, Alex. H.*Stuphek»,’
GOVERNOR OF ALABAMA.
“Your Rc^ulat >r has been iu use in inv ratnl-
ly for some time, and I am persuaded it u*
valuable addition to the medio*l science
Gov.J. Gill Shortuk, Ala.
“I have used tho Regulator in my fami
ly for the past seventeen years I cnn8af«w
recommend it to tbo world us the best medicine
I have ever used for that class ot dUeaseiit
purports to cure.”—H. F. Thiopbn.
PRESIDENT OF CITY BANK.
“.Simmons’ Liver Regulator has proved a
good and elfioaoious medicine.”—U. A. Hr-
TING.
DRUGGIST.
“Wohavebeon acquainted with Dr. Sim.
mons’ Livor Medicine for more than twenty
years, and know it to bo the best LUer Regula-
ter offered to ihe public.”—M. R. Lyow aud
H. L. Lton, Bellefontalne, Ga.
“I was cured by Simmons’ Liver Remilator
after havli<K suffered several years wlthlMii
and Fever.”—K.F. Anderson.
THE CLERGY.
“Have been a dyspeptic for years; began the
LADIES’ INDORSEMENT.
“I have given your medicine a thorough trial,
and in no case has it failed to give lull satis,
fiction.”—Ellex Meal ham, Chattahoochee,
Fla.
SHERIFF BIBB COUNTY.
“I havo used your Regulator with successful
effect in Hillous Coiio and Dvt'pepsia. It U au
o.Tcollcnt remedy, and certainly a public blew
ing.”—C. MASTKiiSON, Bibb o unty, Ga.
MY WIFE.
“My wife and self have used tho Regulator
“I think Simmons’ Liver Regulator one ot
the best meilioines ever made for the Liver.
My wife and many others have used it with
wonderful effect.’—E. K. Sparks, Albany,
Ga. t
M. D.
“I havo used the Regulatorin my family.&nd
also in my regular practice, and have found it a
most valuable anu satisfactory motdeine, and
beliove If it was used by the profession it
would be of service in very many cases. I know
very much of its component parts, aud can cer
tify its medicinal Qualities are perfectly harm-
less.”—B. F. Griggs, M. D , Macon, Ga.
dcc20 deodfcwdmo
Notice.
ers iroin New Yor k and.
Savannah after tMs date will bef
Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Wm ROGERS, Gen’l Sup’t,
W I* CLARK, Gen’l i g t.
feb!2 d3Awlt
For Tickets or information, ad ’ .us
Tiiob. e. HHi.ni.KrrK,
Agent and Manager, Louisville, Ly.
PUBLIC IMARFTp KESTUCKlf.
Death of Cov. Bram lotto-Action
oftho Trusteos-A Successor
Appointed—No More Post
ponement — Drawing
Certain on February 27th.
At a meeting of the Tru3toe» of the Public
Library of Kentucky, Jan. 14, 1875, it was re
solved that. C. id. Briggs Esq., who under tho
late Hon. Thos. E. Bruiuiotte was the real bus
iness manager oi the gilt concert already giv
en in aid of Hie Public Llorary of Kentucky, bo
and is bo hereby umnorized to tako the place
made vac.Hiit by the death ot said Bramletio,
in the affairs of tbo fifth nd la-t gift concert,
and that tho drawing announced for Februar>
27.1816. shall positive y »nd unequivuoaliy tak*
place on that day without any further post
ponement or delay on any account whatever.
R. r. DUURETl’, I’rei.
John S. Cain, Secretary.
Hereafter all communications relatlnx to
th*» 6th Concert should he addressed to the un
dersigned, a».d I pledge rnysolf that the draw
ing shall on mo off tebruury 27tJi or that every
dollar patd for tiowotfl shall bo returned.
C. M BRIGGS, Agent und Manager,
Room 4, Public L brary Building,
Louisville, Ky.
HERRING’S
Patent Champion Safes,
ESTABLISHED MOKE THAN A 'THIRD
lOF AOENTURY,
REDUCED IN PRICE.
ALSO TWO HUNDRED SECOND-HAND
SAFES FOR SALE AT VERY
LOW PRICES.
HERRING & CO.,
51 and a.V* BROADWAY, New York,
senna OO 8UOIIURY Hr., nos ton-
feb!2 deod3m
HUSBAND'S
Calcined Magnesia
Is free from unpleasant tastos, or rouuhness to
tho tench or Tuilu-tu. Ju cue-thlrd the dose of
eoinmun in iguesia it rl*R%v.cs Slok-Headache,
Sour-Stomach, Costiveness, and other diseases
of the stomuch aud bowels. The World’s Fair
Medal and lour Fust Premium Silver Medals
awarded it as tho beet in the market. For sale
by druggist8 uud country store-keepers, aud by
1. J. HUSBAND, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa,
A DVLUTIhlMi* Cheap; Good; Sys-
lemalic—AU persons w.io omtempUie
inakinz contracts with newspapers lor the In
sertion of advertisements, should send 25 erntn
toTIeo P. Rowell & Co., 41 P .rk Row, N. Y,
** AMPHLET-BOOK (ninety-seventh
edition), containing lists of over 2>00 newspa
pers and estimates, showing the cost. Adver
tisements taken fur leading pipers in man?
States at a tremendous reduction from publish
ers’ ra! os. G*t thk rook.
tj* fT K A WEEK to Agents to sell an ar
<25 • tJKlcloftAL»M*LB AB VLOUR. Profits Ira
Addrosa BUCKEYE
amonthto agents everywhere
Address EXCELSIuR M’E’G
CO., Buchanan, Mloh.
GREER’S ALMANACS
For X87Q, at
J. W. Pease & Norman's
Book-Store.
HOTELS.
VALKN11NES.
N ext Sunday (F«t>ru*ry i«th> i< st
Valentine’s Day. We have just opened
our stock, which is NEW AND FRESH. W«
offer many new kinds of fine and comic VAL
ENTIN ES at low prices. Everybody, old and
young, are invited to call and sse them.
J W PEASE A NORMAN,
Booksellers and Stationers,
dec29 tf • Columbus, Ga.
Rankin House,
ColumbuH, Ga.
J. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
Fbskk Golden, Clerk.
Ruby Restaurant,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
Ukdeb the Kakkin House.
MJ24 d*wtf J. W. RYAN. Prop’r.
RESTAURANTS.
SANS SOUCI
Bar, Marat iTeiPiiADej.
OYSTERS, FISH, GAME, and Choice
Meals sorved at all hours, at reasonable prices,
an 1 private room-* when desired.
THE TEN PIN ALLEY is the best ever
constructed In Columbus Mr. JAS. FOR AN
has charge.
^jW^t^^j^J^OLATn^roprletc^
CLAIMS
NOT TOO LATE !
States Government, for Property used
uy tho Army without compensation, for Pen
sions. Back Pay, Unset ted Accounts, Ac.,
will do well to apply at onee to me, I have
facilities in wasninutnn which guarantee
uioinpt and full settlement of all accounts.
Rejected claims can be again considered.
Revolutionary and otbor claims, If valid, still
collectable.
Apply at once by letter or iu person to
FRANK WESSELS, Agent,
novl Enqtttrur Ornou.
87 to 81lli >er V. u , r t0 ¥ J dle * or Qen, »' Patent
IPI ” Novelties. Addre*, H. D. Brier A
Co., Atlanta, Ga.
S5?J!2n‘ ) , e , rda ^ th0Ia * : T«^fr«^Add're.,
Q *°’ fc Uo 'i Portland,Mo.
|Th *| T A WEEK gaarjtiteed to Male or Fe-
II f f mole Airrut*, In their locality. Cost*
2 I'WX'
~ * ■ guata, Me. *4 W
T3 s Y O U OMANOV;'Vr~EUULlHrAl<Ml
JL IISG.” How eithor sex may faclnate
and gain the love and affection of any person
they ehooBe, instantly. Thi* nrtsll eon poares*
free, by mail, tor 26 cent*; losether with a
Marriage Guide, Egyptian Oracle, Dream,,
Hint* to Ladles, etc. 1000 oco sold. A quoor
Njok. Addre.. T. WILLIAM fc OO. Kid* i ,
Philadelphia. iantl 4w j
Receipt Lost. j
jremtessRw«fi:
f*bitdit* I ’tsuMly.
Egg Macaroni 25c per pound.
Italian “ 25c '*
New Turkish Prunes l> 3.4c per lb.
“ Currants 12 l-2o “
Kingsford’s Oswego Corn Steroh, 20c.
“ “ Sil. Gloss “ 15c.
Maltby's Prepared Coooanut.
Atmore’s Mince Meat, 5 lb pails $|
10 •• $2
ROB’T S. CRANE,
A GOOD
OPPORTUNITY.
We are doing an extensive Imslnu 5 ? in
CLOTHING and CUSTOM TAILORING,
through L'lcal Agents, who are supplied with
samples showing our Realymado and Cus
tom Pieco Goods Stock. Tho plan is working
well lor Consumer*, Agents, aud ourselves.
We desiro to extend our business in this line,
and for that purpose will correspond with bona
fide applicants for agencies. Send real naino
aod reference as to character.
DEVLIN k CO.,
P. O. Box *356. New York City.
tobfl d«l
J. J. & W. R. WOOD
H AVE opened a FAMILY AND FANCY
CIBOUEKY STORE at 77 Broad St.,
with Choice and Select Goods, Butter aud
Eggs a specialty.
Canned Goods, all kinds ;
Preserves and J< llios,
Fruits,foreign and Domestic,
Pickles, assorted;
Crackers, a select assortment.
Seodloss Raisin*, Camlica m
W eat variety.
are, Brooms and Um-
kets. We keep everything in the I Ious ®,, e *K
ing line. Wo respectluUy invite tho public to
give us a oall aud examine our goods anu
prices, second door below Wells k Curtis.
AU goods delivered. doc6 3m^
HIDES.
REMOVAL.
M. M. HIRSCH
HAS KEMOVJCD TO HlS OLD STAND OH
CRAWFORD STREET,
Near Alabama Warehouse,
W HERE ho will continue to psyhlgh*' 1
prices for /
Rags, Hides, Furs and Wax,
and will Fell
PAPER at Lowest Patffi
DRUCGISTS.
Blue Drug Store.
I® his stock of DRUGS dully, so®'•
*21 now prepared to tarnish ooluro™
and ylclnlty with anythin,? i“ b ,f * ,n “r
WHOLESALE AMD RETAIL.
He proposes to pay special attention to
JOBBING TRaLe, and offers kroatlnuu
insnts to Country Merchants. He keel
PURE AND BELIABLE DRLOS.
Cell end see him st 135 Brood Street.
From tble dste eseh la required tor •» 4