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DAILY ENQUIRER - SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING. MARCH 8. 1877. Sailg f£n*iturcr. COLCMBITI. HI. > THURSDAY UABQH 8, 1877. LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION! AND MORE THAN TWICE THE LARGEST AGGREGATE OIROULATION! Mb. Bath wu over-anxiona to be Pres ton t. He wae eworn in before bla term At the Mardl Graa bait in Hew Orleana a Ban Franoiaoo belle wore #60,000 worth of diamonds. Tux Boaton Traveller farore the ap pointment of Ben Hill to a place in HayM' Cabinet. » — » - - Tn play-bill which Lincoln had in hia hand whan he waa ehot brought #4.19 by aaotion tn New York the other day. SmuToa Bum, of Connecticut, haa bean appointed Chairman of the National Democratic Committee vioe Hewitt, ra- aignad. Tux New York 8vn flxea Hayea' rank aa en orator a little below that of Grant, and adda: “Grant la eome timea faceti ous, bat never pione.” ei* Tan reoeipta and disbursements by the Hampton Govarnment amount to #120,- 141.77. Thia ia the raaponae to a call for one-tenth of the annual State tax. Tan New York Tints thlnka that the reeognltlon by Hayea of Niobolla and Hampton will be aomewhat of the nature of a compromise, bat ia not a anrrandar of Be publican prineiplaa. Tan rumor that Tilden’a friend*, with hia eonaant, will oontaat the Preaidenoy with Hayea before the Supreme Court ia authoritatively denied; aa ia aleo tha re port that he waa aworn in aa President on the 4th. Tan Permanent Exhibition Company on the Centennial grounds in Philadel phia haa decided to inorease the capital ■took to #000,000, and the exhibition will open with all dne oeremoniea about May 1. Tnx negroes of Packard's Legislature beaded by Antoine have published an ad dress. They enter an emphatio protest against being deserted, and olaim that Paokard’s election was made certain by tha inauguration of Hayas. Jabbitt A Palhxs gave up Booth's Theatre beoauae they oannot stand the rant. Forty thousand dollars a year does make an ugly hols in the earnings. As the World justly remarks, it is worae than the rent the envious Oaaoa made. Tax year 1876 will be memorable as the most remarkable in the history of the sugar trade. Good refining Cuba declined to 7J cents, the lowest figure since 1818, and rose afterward to tha highest prioe attained in many years. Joan Tuunxb, one of the proprietor! of the Grand Faoiflo Hotel, Chicago, got a bad shave twenty years ago. Leaving the barber shop he said ha would “be d—d if he would ever shave again." He has kept his word, and his beard flows to his knees. Tan House, by a party vote on Satur day, passed a rule giving the Clerk all the authority of Speaker until a Speaker is eleotad, and providing that the Sargeant- at-arma oould appoint an indefinite num ber of meu to preserve order during the election of Speaker. Or 160 auicides last year in New York, 42 died by the pistol and 63 by poison, 22 of the latter using Paris green. Of the whole number 69, or nearly one-half, oame from Germany; less - than one-fifth were natives of the United States. Of men there were 114; of women 86. Mb. Fostxb, Hayas’ friend announced in the House Sunday that he believed in the doetrine “that the flag should float over States, not provinces, yet he spoke and voted against the provision in the army bill provided none of the appropria tion should be employed to use the army in ooeroing a Bute. AwMoiraciucxMT is made that Mr. Man- rioe Strakosoh haa secured tbe right to use Prof. Elisha Gray's marvellous inven tion known as the telephone in publio entertainments throughout Europe and Amerioa. Mr. Strakosoh will soon give some oonoerta in New York, in wbioh it is promised that melodies performed in Philadelphia will be distinctly heard by local audienoea. Tnx first public sale of short-horns and Jerseys in Kentuoky occurred at MUlurs- burg on Maroh 1st. They were the prop erty of A. B. and Wm. MeOUntook, de ceased. Fourteen short-horn eows and heifers and four bulla were aold for #3,966, the former averaging per bead #287.86, (he latter #881.36. The stock was sold to aloes a partnership, and the animals were thin in order, and very plainly but well pedigreed. Tnx records of I860 present Florida aa the healthiest Btate in the Union, except Vermont, Iowa and Wiaoonain. The im proved culture and eondition of things since the war would show an improve ment even in that necrological exhibit, if the fatal diseases brought into the State from other localities by fugitives fleeing too late to the land of promise for pulmo nary disease* and most other invalids were exoloded from the computation. Kb estimated cost of sustaining the Btate government of Florida for 1877 is #188,886.81. Of this sum #67,374.81 is already paid, and there is left to pay #130,961.60. There is also a defleienoy for 1876 of #12,102.88. The estimated value of the taxable property in the State is #31,000,000. Thia does not include the railroads, as tha Bupreme Court has decided that railroads oonatruoted under the internal improvement sot of 1866 are not taxable. This bonded debt of the Btate, after dednoting all the items ex. ported to be allowed and whioh properly M* to her credit, is #1,181,700. CABINET OF H» PRADULEMOY. The nominations ware sent ia yesterday and the Bepnblieans are not exultant over them. Wiih the exception of Sherman, they are not regarded as extreme seen. The only Southerner is Mr. Kay, of Ten' neasee. We give brief sketches of the members. tbx sbobbtabt or stam. William Maxwell Evarts was bonf at Boston, February 6, 1816. His father was Jeremiah Evarts, D. D., best known as tbe Beoretary of the American Bosrd of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (1821.31). William Evarta graduated at Yale College in 1837, studied at the Har vard Law School, and in 1841 was admit ted to the New York bar, where he soon took a high position. In the impeach ment trial of.Preaident Andrew Johnson, in the spring of 1868, Mr. Evarts was the leading oonnsel for the defendant, and from July,1868, to the dose of Mr. John son’s administration, he was Attorney General of tbe United States. In 1873 he was oounael for the United States in the tribunal of arbitration on the Alabama claims at Geneva. Tbeae are strictly the only publio ofiloes which he has held, although his name has been several times brought forward in oonneotion with the highest posts in the Government. Although an accomplished scholar, he has publish ed only a few occasional discourses and addresses. He received the degree of LL.D. from Union College in 1867; from Yale in 1866, and from Harvard in 1870. He delivered the oration at the Centen nial last 4th of July, and was Hayes' oonnsel before the National Betnrning Board. SBOBBTABT OB TUB TBEASUBT. John Sherman, of Mansfield, was bom at Lancaster, Ohio, Hay 10, 1823; re ceived an aoademio education; studied and praotioed law; was a member of the Whig National Conventions of 1848 and 1862; was a Representative in the Thir ty-fourth, Thirty-fifth, Thirty-sixth, and Thirty-seventh Congresses; was elected to the United States Senate as a Republi can to sucoeed George E. Pugh, Demo crat, (S. P. Chase, who had previonsly been eleoted, having been appointed Sec retary of the Treasury,) and took his seat in 1861; was re-eleoted in 1866, and was again re-eleoted in 1872. His term of service will expire Maroh 8, 1879. He is a brother of Gen. Sherman, oommand- er-in-ohief of the United States army, and is noted as an extreme Republican. BIOBBTABT OF WAB. George W. McCrary, of Keokuk, was born near Evansville, Indiana, August 29, 1836; removed with bis parents to the Territory whioh now forms the Btate of Iowa, in 1836; was eduoated in the publio sohool and aoademy; studied law, and was admitted to tbe bar at Keokuk, Iowa, in 1866; in 1867 he was elected to the State Legislature; in 1861 he was eleoted to the State Senate for four years; and after de voting all his time to the practice of his profession until 1868, he was elected to the Forty-flrBt, Forty-second, and Forty, third CongrosBes, and was re-eleoted to the Forty-fourth Congress, receiving 11,384 votes against 9,621 votes for Loroy G. Palmer, Liberal and Democrat. SKOIIETAHT OP TOE NAVY. Of R. M. Thompson of Indiana, we do not remember ever to have heard. Like 'Poodles’ man he spells Thompson with a “p" and many readers will rooall Toodlaa’ opinion. We believe he was onoe a Uadical member of Congress from Indiana. Morton urged his appointment, but it is thought Hayes has determined it re gardless of Morton. BEUIIXTABX OF TUB INTERIOlt, Carl Bcliurz was born near Cologne Prussia, Maroh 2, 1829, and was eduoated in the gymnasium of that plaoe and in the University of Bonn. In 1849, he escaped after an attempt to raise an in surrection at Bonn to the Palatinate where be served the revolutionary army as adjm> tent, and when Rastadt was surrendered escaped to Switzerland, but returned to Germany next year and by his skill sue- oeeded in releasing bis former professor and commander from a fortress where he had been condemned to twenty years imprisonment. He spent a yest in Paris ss correspondent, and another in England, tesohing; oame to the United States in 1862; resided three years in Philadelphia and then emigrated to Wis consin; canvassed in 1866 for the Repub licans in German and the following year was defeated for Lieutenant Governor. In 1868 in tbe Douglasa-Linooln Senator ial contest delivered his first speech in English. He was a member of the Re publican National Convention ia 1860, and advocated Lincoln afterward, who ap pointed him Minister to Spain, which poet he resigned in De cember, 1861 to the enter Fed eral army. He was commissioned brigs diet general in 1862, and major general in 1863, and fought at Second Ma- naaseaa, Ohanoellorsvillo (where Jackson cleaned him out),at Gettysburg and Chat tanooga. After the war he returned to the praetioe of law and was newspaper correspondent. In 1866 he made a report as apeoial commissioner appointed by President Johnson on the condition of the Southern States, which was submitted to Congress. He established newspapers first-at Detroit, and then at St. Louis, labored earnestly for Grant; was elected U. S. Senator from Missouri for the term ending 1876, and became a Liberal Re publican and in 1872 presided over the Greeley National Convention at Cincin nati. He visited Europe in 1873 and 1876, and returned to oppose the reflec tion of Gov. Allen in Ohio. In the last oampaign be promised virtually to sup port Tilden, but changed to Hayea. He is classed as Liberal. ATTOBNBT GXMBBAL. Ghas. Devens, a lawyer in Maaaaohe- setts, has never achieved a national repu tation, and outside New England few ever heard of him. He ia not the oholoe of Butler or Blaine. POSnXASTSB OBMBBAX.. David MoKendree Key, of Chattanooga, was born in Greene oounty, Tennessee, January 27, 1824; hia family moved in 1826 into Monroe county, where he wm raised on a farm, studying at the winter schools; Mitered Hiwaass* College f 1845, and graduated in 1860; studied la- wm admitted to the bar, and entered into ? notice at Chattanooga in 1863; wm residential elector on the Bnehanan and Breckinridge ticket in 1866, and on the Breekinridge and Blair ticket in 1860; entered the Confederate army in 1861, and served thi anh the entire war m Jolocef of 1 Lieutenant Colons the Forty-third Tennaaae* Infantry; wm a member of the Btate Ooaatitalioaal Convention of Tennessee in 1870; WM elected Chancel lor of the Third Chancery District in 1870 and held tbe position until appointed to tbe United StatM Senate in 1876 ms Democrat, to fill the vacancy oooMioned by the death of Andrew Johnson, Demo crat, taking bis scat December 6, 1875. Tbe last Legislature failed to elect him. He is classed m a Democrat. SIB ANT'S CABINET. In tbe eight years of his administration he bM had twenty-five Cabinet Ministers. Only one, Gen. Rawlins, wm removed by dMth. We give them by departments and in succession: Secretaries of Btate—Elihu B. WMh- bnrne and Hamilton Fish—total 2. Secretaries of Treasury—A. T. Stewart (could not Mrve on account of being en gaged in trade or oommerce), George B. Boutweli, Wm. A. Biohardaon, Benj. H. Bristow, LotM. Morrill—total 6. Secretaries of War—Gen. John M. Schofield, Gen. John W. Rawlins, Gen. Wm. W. Belknap, Alphonso Taft (changed to Attorney General), Don Cameron—to tal 6. Secretaries of the Navy—Adolph E. Borie, General George M. Robeson—to tal 2. PostmMter Generals—John A. J. Crea- well, Marshall Jewell, James N. Tyner- total 3. Secretaries of the Interior—Gen. Jaoob D. Cox, Columbus Delano, Zsohariah Chandler—total 8. Attorney General—E. Rook wood Hoar, Amoa T. Akerman, George H. Williams, Edward Pierrepont, Alphonso Taft—to tal 6. The New OrlMns Democrat continues to deny that the South is to blame for HayM’ triumph, and, addressing the men of the North, adds : “The people of Louisiana have concluded to acquiesoe in in Mr. Hayea’ Presidency, not uncondi tionally M you have agreed to acquiesce in it; they have determined to acquiesoe in it, in spirit m in profession, only in ease they are left alone to establish and sustain their own State Government. But if Mr. Hayes shall attempt to continue the old policy of his party toward this State ; if he shall attempt to foist upon this Btate the infamous Packard government, with its gangs of rascals and rings of thieves, they will resist him to the last extremity. In sueh an event there will be war from one end of the Btate to the other, and in every neighborhood where a Packard • of- ficial puts his detMted foot Hayes will have to send a company of troops. The Bouth bM simply entered into a treaty of pesos and amity with a superior and re cently hostile power. The Northern De mocracy have acquiesced in a flagrant fraud. Democratic Addbbss.—That to tbe American people issued by the National Democratic Executive Committee and ap proved by the party oauous, we give in our paper this morning. TelegramB say it was written by Congressman Hurd of Ohio,, but the Republicans olaim it is the production of David Dudley Field. No matter who may be the author, it is able document. It succinctly statM the leading incidents of the late eleotion and the fraudulent means by wbioh Hayes was declared President. The evidenoe* ob tained by the Congressional committees is briefly summarizing, and energetio ap peal is mad* to the Democrats of the land to stand by their colors, and thus secure the viotory whioh is surely awaiting four years hence. The oonduot of the Elec toral Commission is handled mercilessly, and the true character of the Louisiana Board whioh the Commission endorsed and justified, is revealed in its true in fsmy. Disoustibo Tub Extremists.—If re ports be true, the extreme RadioalB are beooming disgusted with his Fraudulently He is controlled by the more conserve live. Don Cameron is said to have re marked “we had better taken Tilden,” in Wbioh remark Demooraoy will thoroughly agree. Blaine, who appears desirous to usurp the position so long oooupied by Morton, appears to have little influence with the administration. It is to be hoped he has not. Wux Thbx Dbsibd Gen. J. E. John ston.—Gen. Sherman, and many of the Conservative Republicans of tbe conserv ative class urged tbe appointment of Gen. J. E. Johnston for beoretary of War on the grounds that be would improve the department, and an intimation from him to the Governors of Southern States would always prevent outbreaks and the conse quent employment of troops in our aeo- tion. They say several of them Govern ors were oommanders under Johnston dur ing the war and would heed his slightest hint or warning. The Result.—That of yesterday's de bate in whieh Bayard and Blaine took the principal part wm that Kellogg's ease was laid on the table to be referred to the Committee on Elections and Privileges when one is appointed. Carpet-bag Spen- oer succeeded in delaying the admission of Gen. Morgan,but it is very evident from tbe votes cast that Spenoer eannot pre vent hia being sworn in. It is evident, too, that the Senators appearing from both South Carolina and Louisiana are to be carefully aeanned. The extremists will no longer have their own way. Mad.—The Republicans generally do not like HayM’ Cabinet. Oonkling is mad because Platt, of New York, wm not ap pointed PostmMter General, and Sohurz, bis pet aversion, gets e plaoe and his rival Evarts takM the leading position. Morton is mad beoauM he could not get Tyner retained in the Cabinet, and Blaine is sulky and wrathy on various accounts and ia endeavoring to boM everything. Chambbblain toRbsion.—Stanley Mat. thews, endoteed by Evarts, hM written a letter to Chamberlain requesting him to rosign for tbe good of the ooontry. Cham berlain, through Corbin and Blaine, hM appealed to the United StatM Senate to know what he must do about it. Ex-Gov. Fenton, , of New York, is now in Columbia consulting both Chamberlain and Hamp* ton. It is said that Chamberlain will be rewarded with a good ottos if he will get out of the way without amuse. UEWRUiA NEW*. —Judge John Andrews, of Griffin, la dead. —An agent to furnish was noem is in Savannah. —Two for a quarter laths way shad Mil ia Savannah. —The banner whieh Gaotgia won from Tsxm ooat #460. —John E. Owens wilt play la Atlanta on tbe 16th and 17tb. —Farrow Mys he will not run for Con- gress'in the 9th distriot. —There are twenty-one orphan* ia th* Methodist Orphans' Home at Decatur, —Mrs. Wiley Trammell of Stewart oouuty, died very suddenly on Wednesday of last week. —Rev. J. W. P. Faokler bM received the unanimous call of the Baptist church at Cuthbeft. —There is a man in Taylor eouaty, forty-five yearn of age, who never owned a bible until recently. —The first number of tha Bom* 1W. Weekly Tribune, Col. B. F. Sawyer’s pa per, hM made its appearance. —The raoes at Thunderbolt Park, Sa vannah, commenced yesterday. Tan fast borsM have arrived from Florid*. —A Whitfield county Saw mill lua a oontraot for on* hundred and fifty thou sand ‘feet of white oak lumber from an Atlanta factory. —The transportation of lumber overth* Brunswick and Albany Railroad is rapidly InareMing. Trains are passing down the road almost daily. -Seventy-six United StatM prisoners, charged with illicit distilling, nave been 4*. She wm buried in y suffering w*s th* <oanset He had loosing his eyesight end gttagMd by without a th* grave with' —Tuesday morning, Mr. John en old and respected citizen of wm found dead in Ms room Near tol wil Bodily Ing hia eyesight end . Mthma. Ha wm a Oartnanby aged 66 years, and an artiat by profession, and hM painted portraits of General Howell Cobb and Chief Jostioe Lumpkin. He hM been in Georgia some 26 years. He lMvee a wife and children. —The Brunswick Journal mys s “Th* total number of miling vessels whioh ar rived here during the month of February wm 27; total number of them whieh cleared, 24—the largest number ever elMrtngfrom here in one month. Of a 18 oleared for foreign ports, * iter number of foreign olearanoM i any previous month sen show. There ber, 13 for foreign and lfi fpc ooaatwtoa ports. This is the largest number of ves sels ever her* at en* tlu*y and all th* in dications seem to point to an active busi ness, particularly in th* lumbar trade, during tbe coming month. We bear of one firm who have a oontraot for 2,600,- 000 feet to be delivered at one*, and th* others all Mem to be crowded with orders. The lumber trade 1* certainly reviving. Prioe* are improving a little, while th* demand i* fully up to the eapaeity of th* illicit distilling, released in Atlanta, and there are 200 more to turn loose. —A Florida man named JamM Peacock, who wm on his way to Valdosta with fish to sell, wm drowned while attempting to ford the Withlsconohee. —The smoke houra of Joem Andrews, a few miles from Gritto, wm dog under on Tuesday night, and about three hun dred pounds of baoon stolen. —A Maoon man oomplaln* in print be cause the Telegraph Mys he repreMoted the character of a gentleman at a reMat masquerade ball in that quMr village*, —Fort Valley Mirror: Oapt. John P. Milner, of Griffin, who is now post the meridian of life, hM been married ' five times, and immediately after the death of each wife, one of hi* ohildren died. —On lost Friday night the dwelling' of Mr. A. Martinez, of Columbia oounty, wm burned. A small amount of clothing and hotise furniture wm all that he saved! His loss is said to be about #3,000. No insurance. —The gin house of Mr. A. 0. Zaohry,of Morgan county, with all its oontents,oon- sisting o( ootton, cotton-seed, guano,et*., were entirely consumed by fire on Tum- daylast. Lorn about eighteen hundred dollars, with no insurance. Atlanta Constitution: It wm< only after much persuMion that a member of Legislature could be prevail ed upon not to introduM e bill abolishing the Federal Cabinet. He thought it “one o’ them domed bnrows.” —There are at pnaent stored away at the depot at Calhoun between four and five thousand bushels of com, a large por tion of whioh is from the farm of Samuel Pulliam, on tbe CoosawattM, and a por tion also from the Humphreys farm. —Perry Eome Journal: “There hM not been a single bushel of Western corn sold in Perry since Christmas, and from conversation with some of our farmers we learn that there is more than 8,000 bush- els of Houston raised corn for Mle within ten miles of Perry.” —Mr. Mark Woods caused a oolored AUCTIOHEER8 AND COMMI88IOH MERCHANT#. 'mI HIRSCH & HECHT, AuetfotfeePs and Commission Merchants, 109 RroM Mr*#t (Opposite Rankin Houaa), COLUMBUS, GA. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED OF EVERY DESCRIPTION AND LIBERAL CASH ANVANCEB MADS; AND— BALES SETTLED PROMPTLY. iwoa aoxiioxvas BANKINC AND INSURANCK. trooper, named Lorenzo Tbnaher, allow a pistol ball on Batnrday Ust, in Morgan oounty. Lorenso was making for Mr. Woods with an axa, when tha latter stopped his progress, tha ball striking him on the ehin and ranging downwards. —On Sunday firs broke out in the eigar and tobaoeo store of Wilson k Dun bar in Augusta, whieh damaged the atook #2,000. It wm thought to have been oaoMd by rate knawing matohea. Tbe etoek wm insured for nMrly #6,000, in the Georgia Home, North Ameriean and Underwriters. —Cm. Carson, oolored, the notorious thief, gambler and murderer, made hia exit from the jail in Butler, lMt Thursday night, by the skillful nse of an augur,fur nisbed from ontaide tbe jail by some one. He also liberated another negro who hod been placed there for stealing ■ hone. This is the eigth'eeoepe in five jeers. —The Constitutionalist proposed to do tbe work of Augusta city printing st ten oents per square and the Job work at reMonable rates. The Chronicle and Sentinel proposed to do the printing at #1,000 per annnm and job work at raa- aonable rates. Referred 4>aek to printing | committee to see whioh wm ehespMt. —The Monroe Advertiser: Smell grain i orops do not look vary promising. It is too early to Mtimate tha probable yield, but it is hoped that tbe mild and pleasant weather whioh hM been prevailing for several days will start tha erops to grow ing anew. The severely oold weather of the past winter, undoubtedly did a gnat deal of damage to wheat and oats, particu larly to the latter. —Fort Valley Mirror: Col. Wallace says during the oold weather lMt Decem ber, hawk feetbere oould have been gath ered in Flint river swamp by the bMket full. He acoounte for it in this wiae : The weather wm so oold and the elMt on they wings so heavy, that they oould not fly around in searoh of prey, and Ilka Cannibals they oommenoed a tarribla war on each other to get food to sustain life. —Savannah Newt: A dentist and a newspaper man made a bet sometime ago, or rather an agreement, that if Tilden wm inaugurated the dentist wm to fill a tooth for the newspaper man fra# gratia. But if Hayes wm inaugurated tha newspaper man was to fill a tooth for tbe dentist. Tha newspaper man will oall on the dentist thia morning to taka his first lesson in tbe art, and Mys ha intends to pay thia bet if ha ean manage to keep the dootor’e month open —The earrings of the Macon and Brunawiok Railroad, for the year ending November 30, 1876, were #317,829 18; expenses #307,064 78; net earning! #10,774 40, whioh would have been larger had other roads fulfilled agreements. The statements of the General Oommiasionsr of the Southern Railroad and Steamship Association,show total balanoes in favor of the Maoon and Brnnswiek of #62,166 87, of whioh amount the Central Railroad hM paid #11,681 92 and #18,697 62, being a settlement in fall by that Tbe other debtor eompaniaa have' #29,66 ALABAMA NEWS. —Mrs. Haney, of Eufaula, is daad. —J. B. Gilmore feeds the panpen of Lamar oounty for #4.90 eaoh a month. —Theodore Tilton leotnne in Mout- imery to-night on “The Problem of ife.” —The political disabilities of th* Hon. Charles L. Scott, of Alabama, ham bean removed. —A burglar at Cltiborna,stole from Hr. Bchiff #100 in money and a gold watch worth #160. —NearFlaming Station, A. AO. Rail road, a few nights ago, Brantley Steph ens wm ran over by a train and instantly killed. —To fill the vaoaney occasioned by the resignation of Gan. Shelley, Mr. Georg R. Meson wm on Wednesday appointed Sheriff of DellM county. —A gentleman by the name of Boetlek, beyond the meridian of life, committed euioide near hie home, about six miles from Newmarket, in Madison eonnty, ImI week. —The Atlanta Republican says A. L. Harris, of that place, haa bean appointed master of transportation and superinten dent of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad. —Chanoallor Tamar has made a deeraa ordering tbe sale of the Selma and Gulf Road, for a sum not lem than #160,000, of whioh #60,000 ia to ha paid in cash at the time of aide. —On Monday night of this week, m the WMtward-bonnd train on tha Memphis and Charleston Railroad reeobed Court- land, Conductor A. J. Hall waa assaulted by a negro named Harmet Ashford, whioh raaalted in Mr, Hall getting hit with a stiek, and the negro receiving a pistol ■hot from the hands of a bystander. —Oapt. Jim Soott aold his little farm near Enfsul* and removed to Tsxm with hie wife and daughter. The latter soon died. Disappointed in expectations the parents turned towards the old home. Tha husband died on the way. The poor wife, destitute of means, reached the old home, whioh was in possession of another, sought the poor house and died. —Jesse Marion Andrew Jaokson Thom- M Jefferson Napoleon Bonaparte Knight, ie the name of e oitizen of Fiokens ooun ty. He wm born and raised in Fiokens, and bis father, Benjamin Knight, a pen sioner of tbe war of 1812, died in that eodhty at tha age of 104 yean. Tha son, whose lengthy name is above given, bide fair to reach an old age, notwithstandiu the prevalent opinion that a ohild witl many names dies early. —Montgomery Advertiser : Under ro« cent orders issued from headquarters of the second regiment of Alabama volun teer troops, the oompaniea composing the regiment are required to seleet offloers. This order is made neoesaery by the pro visions of the late militia law. After tbe eleotion of company officers, regimental offloers will be re-eleeted. We understand that a convention for that purpose will be held in this oity during the month of April. We nre always pleased to reoommend ■ good article. Dr. Bnll’B Cough Syrup never fails to ours a Cough or Cold in a short time. The prioe is 25 oenta. ■ » “The Best is the Cheapestl” This Maxim applies with peeullar force to your FIRE INSURANCE!! PLACI YOUR RISKS WITH TH1 RICH," PROMPT, RELIABLE COMPANIES We represent, end when Loesee ooour, you will eurolv be Indemnified ; LONDON A88URANCE CORPORATION, HOME OF NEW YORK, MOBILE UNDERWRITERS, GEORGIA HOME. Office in the CEORCIA HOME RUILDINO. Semper Idem ! Semper Idem!! :o: 1849. WILLCOX’S 1877: Insurance _A.gen.cy! :o: The Same Time-Tried, Fire-Tested Experience! The 8am# Old, 8trong, Rich List! The Same Maailve Array of Gold Assets 1 The 8ame Prompt, Skillful, Liberal Dealing! XtSAS TBH XaXttTl Aetna Inturano* Company Assets (Gold North British on# Moroontile Insurance Com’y Amts Hartford Fire Inturanoo Company Assets Royal Inturano* Company a Assets Continental Inturano* Company Assets InauranoaOompany of North Amarioa Assets (Gold!. New York Underwriter*’ Agenoy Assets (Gold), Phanlx Inturano* Oompany Assets (Gold), Union Marine and Fir# Inauranoa Company Virginia Horn* Inturano* Company ...Assets (Gold), ...Assets (Gold), 8,040,086.0 6,601,884.61 8,860,781.47 2,792,902.92 766,781.97 288,199.99 Total Assets (Gold).. #62,888,904.14 OVER SIXTY-TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS I Those same Grand Companies paid their SIXTEEN MILLIONS for losses la Chisago sad Bos tea la 1871 aad ittl without heslt atlon or delay. For Policies In sueh Companies apply to WILLCOX’S INSURANCE AGENCY. BUhl tahsn Miwhsts In the State. Losses paid hero. lehtesdtf #2,888 63, lraving due #29,608 09. milea of new railroad aad 260,000 Tha D. H. BURTS, Attorney ■ oat - Xawwi COLUMBUS, «tA., _ ,_.ed to represent all claimants nndsi the resent act at Congress whlsh has mods ™ at Mall Oon. an lfie, imi *inh» dfcw4t To Hy Friends and Patrons. HAVE THIS DAY.sold my Interest and _ good will tn the Bag and Junk business to Mr.Gno. W. Gannon, and respeotfnlly solicit for him tha Uberal patroness heretofore ex- tendod to ms. JOHN MEHAFFEY. Columbus, On., Feb. 20th, 1877. mh8 lw NOTICE. A IaL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE late firm of BARBEE A WHATLEY will please oall at II* Broad street and make settlement with Mr. J. B. Ivey. Ha hM ear looks and will rooept for all coilaetlon*. (signed) W. P. BARBEE, W. V. WHATLEY. Mereh 6, l»77. mhttttthAM) •7,000 WORTH OF DRY GOODS at xuitaxxj, AT NO. 1ST BROAD AT., BOATMITM A CLAWS OLD STAND. GREAT SACRIFICE?! GOODS MUST BE SOLD Regardless of Prices I 3 no L i am oross ties ware laid during tbs y< epidemic on the ooMt greatly tojarad th* basin —Th* Outhbart Appeal publiabM tbs following aad and touohing story; “On Saturday tost Mr. Holt,living nsar Ward's station, lost hia littla son, about six y**rs old, by dastb. Mrs. Holt, at tha Uma of her ohild’* death, wm in perfect health, but her low proved mors than ah* oould bear. She prayed earnestly that God would take ber with bar little boy—that aha did not wish to live away from him— and at nine o'clock on Sunday morning ■he wm a oorpae by the aide of her dead ohild. Just before her death ah* *ak*d har aiator if the,would take bar infant, a ohild some six months old, and baing in formed that aha would, retired open bar bad raying *1 will now di*,' and axpiitd SHOES A SPECIALTY. Mtnxxdmrd Prints At Bsloll, • cowls. DBEM GOOD* from 1* seals *pwM*(| r*U Lines of NOTIONS; Ladles' and Children's HOSIERY; Gents' and Boys' HATS—all new; WB1TNOOODB, Lit! BN Bern* TIQVKB *W New Is tha tlm* to gat good Good* at your own prioe *W All arah MIU. E. M. CLAPP, Executrix of J. R. Clapp, Dao'd. Colombo*, Oa. mh7 tf • invited to call, examine end par. CR0CERIE8. J. J. WHITTLE GEO. II. YAHBOHOUOH, JOHN T.HcLHOM J. J. WHITTLE & CO. HAVE OPENED IN COLUMBUS, UNDER CENTRAL HOTEL, A New Wholesale i Retail Grocery House, Where they will keep constantly on hand a Large and Complete Stack «f STAPLE A FANCY GROCEHIKS, lOMFRISING, IN PAST,'SHOES AND STAPLE DRY GOODS; BAGOINO AND ether Goods kept In a first-olas. Grocery House. Oar terms will be M LOW AS TUB LOWEST, and we solicit tha patronage et tha shy aad nmudlMt oomnlry. f*b4 8m J. J. WHITTLE Jfe GO* W. J. WATT. j. A. WALKER. CHAS. H. WATT- WATT & WALKER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS 4 COMMISSION MUIITS CORNER UNDER RANKIN' HOUSE. Have the Largett and Best-Selected Stock of Groceries in this City oomnonna or BAOON BIDES, BULK BIDES, BAOON 8HOULDEB8, BULK BHOULDXBS BULK HAMS, BAOON HAMS. LAUD in tineas, Lard in buokets and kegs. FLOUB of all grades, including the oelebrated SILVER LAKE brand, tha beat in tha world. BAGGING, TIES, BALT, SUGAR, MACKEREL, SOAP, CHEESE. COFFEE, OYSTEBB, SARDINES, CRACKERS, POTASH, SODA. 8TABOH, SHOES, BOOTS, and STAPLE DRY GOODS, snoh M 08NABUBGS, SHEETING, SHIRTINGS, CHECKS, STRIFES, YARNS PANTS GOODS. Also, a well selected stock of WHISKEY. from #1 per gallon to #6, and of any brand or pn otnL proof that may be desired Our stock of SugAT In eludes every grade and prioe, and our lot of Synp oannot be equalled in thia oity. It inoludM all grades of New Orleans IA hartals also, Mveral hundred barrels choice Florida Syrup, whioh to superior anything in tha market, and muoh cheaper in prioe. It hM a delightful flavor and rioh, clear color, aad aslaotad expressly for our trade. W Oaab easterner* ean always nvs money by giving us a trial before purohaain “IraSfdAwtf WATT 4 WflLKtRs PHOTOGRAPHIC ARTIST. DISSOLUTION. K I FIRM OF WILHELM k HAM- ’OTON la this day dissolved by mutaal oonssat. Th* bills will be settled by th* an- idsratgnad. J. B. WILHELM, mbltf GLACE VS. BURNISH! THo X*ublio la Invited to oa*U eat WILLIAMS’ FINE ART GALLERY A ND axaaia* th* OLACE PICT USE tbs only aiss»-rinlsh. No atksr place In tha oity amount of rubbing. Cannot he soiled by water, alcohol, t The Borolsh Glass madoot other ploota Is only imitation, — . Uma. Aa SATISFACTION IS GUARANTEED and w* are responsible fsroar rsaalu, and monently located, yon hnvo nothing to risk In giving us your patronago. Priori tha ivm vpatlivvln all Styles *ndSls*s . . ■ . —agw^aajtgjaar ***• wmu “ are perm on so Lowasv m «i Regardless of alTnmrto
