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THE TELEGRAPH.
BY CUBBY & REID.
•JXX.XQB.UH BUILDING, CORNER CHIRRT St SECOND STS.
SATURDAY MORNING. MAY 10, ’68.
‘ Skk Fourth Page.
pg~For our election table and list of mem
ber* to the lower House oT the Legislature,
see first and fourth pages.
Crrr Editor.—We beg leave to introduce
to the Macon public, as City Editor of the
Telboraph, Mr. R. D. Shropshire, and
solicit the aid and co-operation of onr busi
ness men, public officers and others to render
bis services valuable to''themselves and the
community generally. We have great con
fidence that Mr. Shropshire will be able to
add materially to the usefulness of the
Telegraph.
Cuthbert Appeal.—Mr. J. P. Sawtell,
Senior proprietor of the Cuthbert Appeal,
offer* one-haft -interest in that paper for sale
nt a Imrgnin, if application is made within
thirty days The Appeal office is well
furnished, doing a good business, and is lo
cated in one of the most beautilul, healthy
and flourishing towns in the South-
Excursion to Fort Valley.—It will be
seen from the advertisement that members of
the congregation ofthe Second Baptist Church
have planned a pleasure excursion to Fort
Valley next .Thursday,-. If the writer were
younger Us song would be longer. We would
forecast, for the benefit of young men in par
ticular, what a nice time will be bad with the
intelligent and pretty ladies and agreeable
gentlemen of that energetic and rising con
gregation ; and what a sweet combination of
piety and fun it will be to upbuild the Church
by riding 28 miles beside a pretty girl, eating
a good dinner and having a fine time gener
ally at the small expense set forth in the ad
vertisement. The way the Churches manage
these matters now-a-days it is actually a
pleasure to be good—there’s no merit in it,
whatever, we speak from observation merely.
Personal.—We had the pleasure of seeing
in our office, yesterday, Gen. W. 3. Walker,
formerly of South Carolina, but now a resi
dent of Atlanta, Ga. General Walker be
longed to the regular U. S.' army before the
war, but resigned at rhe commencement of
hostilities and entered the Confederate army.
His rank was Captain, from which he rose to
that of Brigadier General. He was in com
mand, in front of the enemy at Hilton Head,
S. C., for 18 months, receiving his commission
as Brigadier General for gallantry at the fight
at Pocotaligo. From thence he was trans
ferred to North Carolina, and from there to
the lines aronnd Petersburg, where in one
day he received three desperate wounds
by which he was disabled for life.
He has accepted the general agency of the
Atlas Mntnal Life Insurance Company of St.
Louis, for the State of Georgia, Atlanta being
his residence.
Change in Schedule.—We call attention
to the change in the schedule of the South
western Railroad, to-morrow and thereafter.
53T" The Montgomery Mail learns that in
the case of Ryland Randolph—who wonnded
a negro with a knife while the latter was
about assaulting him with a club—the ac
cused was sentenced by the military commis
sion to ten years confinement and hard labor
at the Dry Tortugas.
Water in the Desert.—The London
Spectator says that Sir Robert Napier, in his
Abyssinian expedition, compelled “a lofty
African desert to yield water by an Ameri
can device not a twelvemonth old.” “A half
a dozen mules,” it says, “are drawn up and
loaded with thin steel tubes. Tap, tap, tap,
goes a hammer, rigged up in five minutes,
and in ten the curse of Africa has been con
quered as if a new Moses had smitten the
rock, and pure water for an army is spouting
among the 8ton'*a,”
Northern Mail.—It seems bard for the
Department to determine by which route it
will send the mail destined for the South.—
It has tried several of late and got matters
into such confusion that the mail comes to
hand only “semi-occasionally.” We hope
it will soon settle the question definitely, and
in the mean-time we would say that the
Eastern lines, via Weldon or Danville, would
deliver the mail at this point nearly twenty-
four hours in advance of the Western lines.
Off for Liberia.—The Golconda—emi
grant ship of the Colonization Society-
cleared at Savannah on Thursday with fonr
hundred and forty six colored passengers, all
of whom propose to settle in the negro colo
ny of Liberia. The emigrants were chiefly
from Savannah and Colnmbus and their
vicinities. We wish them a pleasant voyage,
and comfortable hooBCS in the El Dorado of
the East.
£±T* We are sorry to see by the Tallahassee
Floridian, that Mrs. Pbiloclea Alston Walker,
tbe amiable and accomplished wife of the
Governor, expired suddenly in that city last
Thursday week.
Cart. John A Cobb.—Tbe Athens Banner
says: “Wc are glad to learn that our much
esteemed and valued friend, Capt. John A
Cobb, formerly of this town, bnt now a resi
dent of Americu9, lias been elected member
of tbe House of Representatives from Sum
ter county. The citizens of Sumter have
done well and wisely. They have elected
the right man, and if he is allowed to take
his seat, they will find that they have be
stowed their confidence on one in every way
worthy of it—on one who is “the noblest
work of God”—an Honest man.
“ Capt. Cobb’s ability, sound practical sense
and administrative talent, will make him a
very useful member, not merely to bis immedi
ate constituents, bnt to the entire State. We
venture to say, poor old Clarke will not be
forgotten in her hour of distress”
Insurance Extraordinary.—We were
aware that three of the merchants of St.
Lonis had each insured his life to the amount
of one hundred thousand dollars, bnt a feat
was recently accomplished in that line which
is something of a novelty. The Atlas Life
Insurance Company, of SL Lonis, insnred an
entire association at one fell swoop—the
“Boatmen’s Association.” Forty-eight mem
bers passed the surgeon’s examination.
Colltston and Loss of Life.—We learn
that a collision of trains occurred Thursday,
on the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad,
in which tbere was a general smash-up. The
postoffice ronte agent was killed, though we
were unable to learn bis name or further par
ticulars of the accident. It took place a few
miles beyond Bristol.
railroad economy.
The annual -reports of officers of the
various railroads in the South, so far as they
have appeared, show a sad falling off of busi
ness. In most instances it is ascribed to a
deficiency in the amount of travel, chiefly
local. Mr. King, the intelligent President of
the Georgia Railroad, extracts from whose
recent report appeared in our columns yes
terday, estimates the falling off of gross
profits with his own road, as compared with
last year, at the high figures of $183,418 25,
and says this decrease “has been almost ex
clusively in local travel—for which there is lit
tle or no competition, and clearly indicates the
impoverished condition of the country im -*
mediately tributary to our (his) road.” The
deficiency exists, too, despite tbe fact that
the Road transported twice as much cotton
as it did the year previous.
Such is the trouble. In Beaching through
the report of Mr. King, we were somewhat
surprised to find that he suggests no remedy
for so scrions an aspect of affairs. The loss
is conceded, and the report seems to take it
for granted that the Company must be con
tent to submit to the inconvenience of reduced
profits until prosperity shall have returned
to tbe country under a wise and equitable
management of its affairs. We find, how
ever, in perusing tbe report, that Mr. King
has really stumbled on the key to most of the
railroad troubles at the South, his own among
the rest, though his sagacious mind seems
not to have suggested to him the way of put
ting it to practical use. We quote Tjis ex
act langnage, for it contains an important
thought, which all railroad men should re
member, and reduce to practice. Ee says i
“In previous reports, tbe Directors have
3tated their reasons for the belief that the
only reliable resource for profit* i* the local
business, or the business of the country natu
rally tributary to the Road.
"This, as a general truth, becomes more ob
vious as railroads multiply and competition
increases. Previous to the institution of rail
roads, the marts of commerce, as well as the
leading channels of communication with
them, were generally established by nature.
They are now established, or mainly con
trolled, by money, and the labor and enter
prise of man. No distant or through busi
ness can be safely relied on. By new lines, it
is constantly liable to be diverted, or rates
ran down by competition below the paying
point. Judging by tbe past, our local busi-
ss should not only pay, bnt pay well.”
Here is a valuable idea, clearly set forth,
and sustained by unanswerable logic. Un
fortunately, tbe conclusion that necessarily
follows such well established premises, has
never received a due consideration from the
railroad managers of tbe South. If “the
local business, or the business of the country
naturally tributary" to a road, be its best
and “most reliable resource for profits,”
how strange it is that, as a general rule,
bo little effort has been made to encourage,
foster, and bnild np that bnsiDess. The nsnal
practice of onr railroad men is to consider
that portion of their business as secured fast
by tbe law of necessity—they hold it as a
monopoly—it coaid not go elsewhere if it
would—the parties residing on onr line are
obliged to patronize us whether they wish
to or not, and consequently we have the
power of dictating onr own terms. Has not
snch been tbe general policy of onr railroads,
and in proof of the fact is it not trne that
the people residing along the line of a rail
road arc, almost invariably, inimical to it and
complaining of its arbitrary impositions.—
They are charged higher in proportion than
other people for,bofh fright and passage,
and the whole policy of tbe road toward
them seems to say, “Wo have you in onr
power and wc intend to grind yon.”
Now, we submit, is this the proper treat
ment for anybody toward his “best and most
reliable” customers } Is it wise to pnt large
and regular patrons on harder terms than a
man who throws yon a penny once in six
months or two years I Is the farmer, who
visits his market town five or six times a year,
and pays large amounts into the treasury of a
road, entitled to less consideration than
stranger from a distance who passes over the
line once a year on his trip to the North ?—
We think not, and yet sncli is the practical
economy of Southern railroads. Tbrongh
freights and passage, which, as Mr. King
truly says, “are constantly liable to be di
verted” by competing lines, are reduced
to the lowest figures possible, while way
freights and passage—permanent business—
is taxed in order to extend the privilege.—
We maintain that this i9 neither justice nor
sound policy. It wrongs the public and
eventually harms the road.
Never was there a better time than the
present for the inauguration of a salutary re'
form in onr railroad management. After all,
it tarns out that the people have some power
even over monopolies. They most send
their produce and bring their supplies, bat
they are not obliged to travel, and jnst here
the railroads are losing thousands, by
monopoly prices, which they might bring
into their coffers by a liberal system of rates
for passengers. The trains are obliged to
ran, and it costs about as mnch to run them
empty S9 to ran them fail. If the companies
would only reduce their way fares one-half,
we are convinced they wonld overcome, in a
great measure, the losses arising from the
“impoverishment of the country through
which they pass,” and make friends instead
of enemies of the public. Their local travel
wonld be qn&drnpled, and the cities at either
end wonld be built up and their languish
ing trade revived.
These suggestions are not intended as a
scold for any particular road. They are
prompted by tbe report of Mr. King, and are
given to the pnblic with a sincere desire to
promote, as far as wc can, the best interests of
both tbe roads and the people.
“THE CASE CLOSES AND THE PEOPLE
WAIT I”
A Sign.—The Cincinnati Gazette, an ultra
Radical paper, has a double-leaded leader in
its issue of Tnesday, in which it concedes
that “the developments in the Court of Im
peachment indicate the acquittal of the
President.”
General Grant on the Test Oath.—Ac
cording to a Washington telegram in the
New York Herald, General Grant has in
structed General Meade that the oath pre
scribed by the reconstruction acts to betaken
by all persons “elected or appoi nted” to office
in the “so-called States” of the South is not
to be taken by those elected under any new
Constitution which may be adopted nnless
tbe Constitution itself so provides. This is
the only conclusion at which any fair-minded
man could arrive, and we were surprised
when it was announced that General Meade
had decided to apply the iron-clad oath to
members of the George Legislature just
elected.
So Says Secretary Foruev, at the head of
an article in one. of his dailies, announcing
the conclusion of the impeachment plead
ings. Mr. Forney does np everything politi
cal in a style decidedly melo-dramatic, but
unfortunately he does not always state the
case correctly. He sacrifices too much of
truth to mere effect. In the present instance,
the case has closed and the proper addendum
would be “ Congress beeps the people waiting."
The Jury have heard all the evidence—have
retired to make np a verdict—bnt it is an
nounced that they have pocketed the papers
and intend to withhold the verdict until
after the Chicago Radical Convention. The
illness of one of the Jurors might be an
apology for delay until lie got better—well
enough to send in his vote; but certainly not
for waiting until “after the Chicago Conven
tion.”
Is it to be charged or insinuated that grave
Senators, upon their oath to do justice ac
cording to the Constitution, are desirous to
consult the assembled party fuglemen at
Chicago a3 to what is to be gained or lost
by the party on a verdict of guilty or not
guilty, before they finally determine the
answer J If suoh a thing were charged, will
not the world concede that the Senate have
clearly laid themselves open to it ? We sup
pose no previous Senate of the United States
would have ventured upon such a course for
any consideration. They would have con
sidered it a clear compromise of reputation
If a petit juror, in charge of a case involving
the amount of five dollars, is seen, after the
evidence and before the verdict, hobnobbing
privately with one of the parties to tbe suit,
he is disgraced. He may be talking about
the weather, but people will not believe it
In this case the parties to the suit are the
President and the Radicals. It is trne they
have made the people parties, but it is a mere
legal fiction. The people have nothing to do
with it Three-quarters of them utterly
condemn it It is a movement by reckless
party leaders for their own advantage, and
the people will be very apt to say tbe Senate
has adjourned this verdict over to Chicago,
in order to bring the pressure of the Con
vention to bear upon refractory Senators—ot
to shift the responsibility—or to determine,
after a general consultation, what kind of a
verdict it is better, under all the circumstances,
to bring in. Doubtless the Radicals will
pronounce this proceeding all right, fair and
satisfactory ; bnt not one of them wonld sub
mit to such treatment by a jury in a case be
fore a Justice’s Court, involving five dollars.
CONTRADICTORY FEDERAL LEGISLA.
TION.
It is next to impossible for the Southern
people to find out exactly what is required
of them by the Radical legislation at Wash
ington; if, indeed the latter know themselves
half the time what they are doing. Oae day
we have one demand made U9, and the
next still another wholly inconsistent with
the first. The suffrage question, for instance,
bos got into an inexplicable muddle. The
Ominibns bill—as it iscalled—just passed by
the House, deprives the Southern States of
all power to change the suffrage features of
their Radical Constitutions, and yet the same
Congress requires of the same States, as a
condition indispensible to reconstruction, to
ratify an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States which reserves all power
oyer the question ot suffrage to the States l—
Owe section of that amendment reads as fol
lows : x
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be apportioned
among the several States according to their
respective number of persons in each State,
excluding Indians not taxed. Bat when tbe
right to vote at any election for the choice
of electors for President and Vice-President
of the United States, representatives in Con
gress, executive and jadiciat officers of a
State, or the members of the Legislature
thereof, is denied any of tbe male inhabi
tants of such State being twenty-one years of
age and citizens of the United States, or in any
way abridged except for participation in re
bellion or other crime, the basis of represen
tation therein shall bo reduced in the propor
tion which the number of such male citizens
shall bear to tbe whole number of male citi
zens twenty-one years of age in snch State.”
Here, remarks a Virginia contemporary, it
is expressly conceded that every State has the
right to say who shall vote in that State, bnt
in order to prevent the Southern States from
depriving the negroes of the right of suf
frage, it is provided that the negroes shall
not be represented in Congress at all unless
the male negroes are allowed to vote. This,
when ratified, it ratified at all, will be a part
of the Federal Constitution; while the law
providing for tbe admission of the States will
at most be nothing bnt an act of Congress,
not to say an unconstitutional act of Con
gress. The act will of coarse have to yield
to the Constitution, and so the stringent con
ditions proposed by Mr. Stevens will amount
to nothing.
As exhibiting a specimen of the
character of people whom Radicalism has
thrown into important pnblic offices in Geor
gia, wo copy the following paragraph from
the Savannah Republican-of Thursday:
A Radical Official in Limbo.—On Tnesday
the grand jary ot the Superior Court found a
true bill against Richard W. White, negro,
Clerk of the Superior Court, by virtue of tbe
recent show of hands at tbe Court-House, for
larceny of cotton after a trust delegated. A
bench warrant was issued for his arrest and
placed in the hands of Officer Isaac Russell,
who searched for White all the evening, and
finally arrested him about 1 o’clock yesterday
morning and lodged him in jail. Yesterday
White gave bonds in the sum of one thou
sand dollars for his appearance to answer to
the charge against him.
Sergeant Bates, it is reported, being
lately bantered to take a tour through New
England upon the same conditions on which
his Southern tour was performed, gives the
following reasons why such an undertaken
would be a great risk:
First—To undertake a journey through the
New England States without money is equiv
alent to starvation. Second—To travel
through that region with money he ran
great risk of being robbed on the way.
ISf Watermelons are abundant in Sumtef
county, on the St. Johns.
Gen. Frank Blair for the Presidency.
A friend has handed ns a copy of the Wash- j
ington Union, with certain marked articles ]
in advocacy of the nomination of Gen. Frank
Blair as tbe Democratic nominee for the next
Presidency. The points are pretty mnch em
bodied in this extract: . ’ '
Gen. Frank Blair combines many elements
of popularity, with the people of the North,
as parties are now constituted. He was, in
Missouri,. an original emancipationist, and
with that party, with Col. Thomas H. Benton
as its leader, left the -Democratic party in
1853 orl854, orprobably anterior. He tested
the sincerity of his convictions by freeing hi4
own slaves which he had inherited. He was
bold, eloquent aDd defiant in the proclamation
of his views when arid where it required
nerve and genuine manhood to assume and
maintain such a position. Time rolled on,
and the organization to which he, at its birth,
inJMissouri, unitediimself, increased in num
bers and influence. He supported Lincoln for
President in 1800. When the late war was
inaugurated, he entered the Northern .army,
and was speedily promoted to the posi
tion of - Major General of Volunteers;—
He bore himself gallantly through
many a bloody battle, until victory finally
crowned the Union forces. When Gen
eral Lee surrendered his armies, General
Blair laid aside his sword, and traversed, his
State from one extreme to the other in de
nunciation of the Jacobin cabals which held
in vassalage his own people, declaring for
the equal political rights of Northern and
Southern soldiers and the integrity of the
Union, for which, and that alone, he had im
perilled his life. Fro^ that time until the
present, bo-jkks been and aggres
sive advocate efthe restoration of the South
ern States to their Constitutional relations to
the Government. There has been no tempo
rizing or compromise in anything he has said
done. Ho is no hesitating or half-way
man. Determined in his character, compre
hensive in his mind, and consistent in his
militaiy and political record, his name, if
presented by the National Democratic Con
vention which assembles in New York on the
Fourth of July to the people of the North,
will be the rallying point for. every shade of
opposition to the Radical despotism, which
is now rasbing the country headlong to ruin.
So far as the Telegraph is concerned, we
shall be content to leave the business of se
lection pretty much to tbe judgment of the
Democracy of the North and West. As they
have the brant of the battle to bear and must
decide the result, let them choose the leader
and marshal the forces. “Once upon a time*
the South did undertake to arrange these
matters exclusively to her own liking, and
the resnlt was unpleasant and altogether un
fortunate. We are confident she will now be
content with any fair man the other sections
may agree upon as most likely to embody the
elements of success.
The straggle next Fall will fairly and nn
doubtedly involve tbe question of a speedy
return to republicanism—to constitutional
government and all the guaranties and usages
of civil liberty, or a lapse for possibly lialf a
generation into the despotism of mere law
less majorities, and, as a consequence almost
inevitable, into a practical autocracy, called
by whatever name it may be. It is, there
fore, a particularly serious business, and it
will become those wbo do the preparatory
engineering to be well np to their work, and
see they make no blunders, or endanger tbe
great ends of tbe conflict by the undue indul
gence of personal or local favoriteism and
self-interest. We hope tbe national democ
racy will cultivate views adequate to the vast
emergency, and this is all we have to say
upon the subject.
Sale of the Florida Central Rail
road.—The Jacksonville Union says: “On
Monday last, pursuant to notice, J. C. Gree
ley, Esq., Deputy Collector United States In
ternal Revenue, sold the F. A. & G. U. R. R.,
at public auction, at the office of the Super
intendent in Jacksonville, for the non-pay
ment of United States taxes. All parties in
terested were present at the sale. The engine
“Gen. Lee” was sold to Col. Sanderson for
five dollars; the engine “Stonewall” to some
party for ten dollars; the engines “Columbia,”
“Jacksonville” and “Perry,” with six freight
cars, to E. Houston, President of the P. &
G. R. R., for one hundred dollars, and the
Railroad from Jacksonville to Lake Citj
with its depots, grounds, etc., to Col. Hous
ton, for seven thousand five hundred dollars.
We trust the sale will be final -aud rihttle all
questions as to the rights and liabilities of
the present owners of the road.”
NEW APVURTWHM MTM.
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Tickets $1 00
Reserved Seats..—........., 1 25
Seats can bo securod at once for any of the per
formances of tbe Blaok Crook at HaTens A Brown’s
News Depot, PI Cherry street.
Doors open at 7%: performance to commence at 8
South Carolina Bone Phosphate.—Some
time ago the Charleston papers announced
the discovery, UjjHrn tbe Ashley River, a large
deposit of bonciphosphate, invaluable for
fertilizing purposes, which we were in hope
wonld materially assist in restoring wealth
and fertility to that unfortunate and afflicted
region. Wc have observed nothing further
upon the subject except the following from
tbe Baltimore Gazette of the 11th:
The fact of the discovery of a large deposi
of bone phosphate on Ashley River, South
Carolina, was noticed sometime ago, and it
was said to be of a very superior quality. Tbe
steamer Falcon, which arrived at this port
on Saturday, brought a consignment of sixty
tons to Robert Turner & Son and Charles J.
Baker. It is said to contain from seventy-
nine'to eighty per cent, of pure bone phos
phate. Many of the pieces appear to have
been tbe bones of immense animals, and the
formation of some of them are still very dis
tinct. Among them is the tooth of the shark
in a good state of preservation. The deposit
is said to range in depth from bight inches
to five feet, and to cover several thousand
acres. A large tract of land has been pur
chased by tbe parties to whom the Falcon
brought tbe first consignment, and it promis
es to be an important branch of trade to Bal
timore, because of the ease with which it can
be obtained, and its superior quality as a fer
tilizer.
' Before the Southern Methodist Mis
sionary Board, which was in session some
days ago in Louisville, Dr. McFerran made
a brief exhibit of the finances, showing that
the collections and disbursements in the des
titute regions of the South during the year
reached $50,000.
The Northern Methodist Church.—We
have repeatedly called attention to the in
sidious efforts of that great Radical machine,
the Northern Methodist Church, to obtain
foothold in the South. The last number of
the New York Tribune confirms all that we
have said as to the political character of this
Church. After giving the statistics presented
by the General Conference as to the strength
of the Chnrch in the South, the Tribune
adds:
The figures which we have-quoted have a
a political no less than an ecclesiastical sig
nificance. There are probably not a dozen
voters in all tbe Conference named who will
vote the Democratic ticket. Thus, these
Conferences represent a considerable portion
of the Republican party of the South, and
their rapid growth must bo hailed as one of
the most promising proofs of all real recon-
w s traction.”
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1C f Alabamians Chained like Dogs.—The
■ Pensacola Observer of Saturday says that:
S “Seven young gentlemen, from Greene coun
ty, Ain., were prisoners aboard the Lavaca
which touched at the wharf yesterday, on
their way to the Dry Tortugas. They were
manacled and chained together and guarded
by sixteen bayonets. They were sentenced
by a military court, sitting at Selma, toward
labor for ono and two years. The heinous
crimo for which they were convicted as we
have understood, was, that one pf the young
men struck a “carpet-bagger” by the name of
Hill—a miserable creature who is said to
have been expelled from the Masonic frater
nity and the Mctbodist ministry for stealing
hogs from bis neighbors. They were all
young men of high respectability and refine
ment. To see these seven young Southern
gentlemen standing on the deck of that
steamer,chained like dogs, waswell calculated
to cause the blood to boil and seatbe, aud tbe
heart to throb with emotions which we are
compelled to conceal for fear that an expres
sion of them might condemn us to alike pun
ishment.”
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THE CELEBRATED
SEYEN SISTERS!
AND THE MYSTERIOUS
-8CLUX KLAN.
BACON AND CORA,
on the following terms and conditions, vis—
CORN, at $1 75 per bushel.
BACON, (Sides and Shoulders equal'
25 cents per pound.
Payments to bo made from OCTOBER 1st to OC
TOBER 10th. Good CITY ACCEPTANCE. with
lien on Crop and mortgage on a sufficient number o;
Mules, to secure payment in case of failure of Crop.
W. A. HUFF & CO.
april2S-d&wlm)
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CHANGE Or SCHEDULE.
SoCTHWKBTEBX RAILSOAD CosPAXY,
Office. Macon, Ga., May 15,136
r\N a ND AFTER SUNDAY, MAY 17th. 1868. THE
KJ Columbus mail and passenger train will ran as
follows: -
Leave Maoon 725x.it
Arrive at Columbus—... 122 r. it.
Leave Columbus — -12 25 p. it.
Arrive at Macon-— 6 05 p. v.
Connecting both ways with tbo Central Railroad at
Macon, and with the Montgomery St West Point Rail
road at Coinmbns.
VIRGIL POWERS,
Engineer and Superintendent.
may!6-12t]
WANTED,
A WHITE GIRL, WHO CAN TAKE CHARGE
of a baby, and who is a good sewer. Nose others
need apply. JNO. W. O’CONNOR.
maylG-4t) At Homo & Co’s store.
15
NEW GOSHEN BUTTER!
TUBS VERY CHOICE, JUST RECEIVED
and for salo LOW, by
JONES, BAXTER It DAY.
Cotton Avenue.
may!6-3t*)
AUCTION.
A T 10 O’CLOCK. THIS MORNING. WE WILL
■ell.
I Male, Saddle and Bridle
100 Sacks
9 Stoves.
-ALSO.-
Lot of Cheese, Herrings,
Cod Fish and Mackerel.
A lot of Store Pictures, including throo pairs Seales,
Measures, Scoops, etc.
may!6-2t] R. B. CLAYTON * CO.
WANTED.
jyj-ACON & BRUNSWICK RAILROAD STOCK
Apply to
mayI6-lt CUBBEDGE Sc HAZLEHURST.
OLD NEWSPAPERS.
A LOT OF OLD NEWSPAPERS CAN BE HAD
on application at this office.
t3-Pfttcx: *1 PER HUNDRED.-**
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CREDIT.
-yy-E ARE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH
parties with
BACON, CORN, FLOUR, Etc.,
For good Warehouse acceptance, due in October
and November.
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SEYMOUR. JOHNSON * CO.
FOR RENT,
mo A RESPONSIBLE PARTY. WITHOUT
JL small children, my RESIDENCE on Walnut
street, from Jnne 5th, next, to September 5th.
For partienlan, apply to
m»yl5-2t) HENRY HORNE.
A CERTAIN CURE.
33XL. XT*. WILHOPT’S
ANTI-PERIODIC
FEVER AND AGUE TONIC
Never known toiail. Forsalc,wholesale and retail,
by
L. W. HUNT & CO., Druggists,
General Agents for the State of Georgia.
1)®.The trade supplied on liberal terms.
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NOTICE.
OEALED PROPOSALS WILL BE RECEIVED
O until the 16th instant to build a SEWER on Pop
lar street—one-half of the Sewer to be laid in good
cement, and the other half in good lime mortar.—
Contractor to use the roek in bottom of Sewer, and all
the brick there are on the ground.
Contractor required to connect alltho branch Sow
ers to main one. and to do all the excavating, and the
city to do all the filling in.
Payments—Ono-half cash; the other half m city
bonds.
For farther information, apply to
B
J3F" The first negro divorce in this State,
was granted at the last term of the Circuit
Court, for Oktibbeha county. Judge H. W.
Foote, presiding.—Vicksburg Herald.
maj!4-3t)
TURPIN.
CROCKEtE, .
N. L. DRURY,
HOUSE, SIGN AND ORNAMENTAL PAINTER,
Has removed to Fonrth street, over Lawton Sc
Lawton’s.
Fresh. Arrivals
—AT —
EC. ECOB-KTE cfc GO’S
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERY STORK.
Jg BOXES FRESH SODA CRACKERS
10 boxes Fresh Lemon Crackers
10 boxes Fresh Milk Crackers
10 boxes Fresh Sugar Crackers
10 boxes Fresh Mesina Lemons
10 boxes Fresh Mesina Oranges
Clear Sides, Clear Ribbed Sides and Choice Hams
in Tierces, all for salo CHEAP FOR CASH.
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Notice.
riEORGIA. BIBB COUNTY.-BIBB SUPERIOR
VT Court, November Term, 1867.
Florence English vt. John H. English.—Libel for
Divorco—Rule to perfect servioe.
It appearing to tho Court, by the return of the Sher-
" that the defendant, John H. English, does not re-
. .Jo in said county, and it further appearing that he
does not reside in safe State, on motion of counsel for
plaintiff, it is ordered by the Court that the defendant
appear and answer at the next term of said Court, else
that tho caso bo considered in default and the plaintiff
allowed to prooeed; and it is further ordered, that
this rule be published in the Macon Telegraph once
month for four months.
A true extract from the minutes, February 15,1866.
mar6-lamlm. A. B. ROSS, Clerk.
ON TIME!
E ABE NOW PREPARED TO FURNISH ALL
good, prompt and responsible parties with
CUBBEDGE & 11AZI RT11RST,
BANKERS AND BROKERS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
T>ECEIVE DEPOSITS; BUY AND SELL EX-
JLti CHANGE, Gold, Silver* Stocks, Bonds and Un-
current Funds.
Collections Made on all Accessi
ble Points.
M’INTOSH HOUSE,
INDIAN SPRINGS, GA-
TP HE SUBSCRIBER. HAVING TAKEN CHARGE
JL of the above well known establuhment, takes
pleaeure in announcing to the pnblic seekers of health',
pleasure and recreation, that
THE HOUSE IB NOW OPEN
For the reception of visitors. At this place can be
found as fine Mineral Water aa there Li in the United
States, and not inferior to celebrated Mineral Waters
of Germany, besides delightful climate and beantifol
scenery.
There will be in attendance every evening, a splen
did BAND OF MUSIC. Mrs. Collier, who has ad
ministered to tho wants of tho gneata of tho establish
ment for the last twenty-four years, will be in atten
dance, and dispense her nsnal kindness; especially to
the invalids.
COMPETENT PHYSICIANS IN ATTENDANCE.
AJ-Coaches and Hacks always in readinesi on the
arrival of the cars at Forsyth.
may7-tf] B. A. COLLIER.
City Tax Returns.
A LL PARTIES RESIDING OR OWNING PROP-
1i_ ERTY in the city will please come forward and
make their returns, tho books now being open. I
trust all interested will not delay or fail to moke their
returns, and thus .void being ApgfegW*
may3-Im) ~ Cleric and Treasurer.
EVERYTHING
-APPERTAINING TO THE-
CHINA, CROCKERY
COAL OIL BUSINESS,
QAN BE PURCHASED. NOT AT “NEW YORK JOBBING PRICES,’’ (ADDING TRANSPORTATION.)
but at prices and bargains which will astonish buyers. I am prepared to fhrnith the trade with
MEDIUM CHIMNEYS—annealed goods—at 70 cents per dozen, in
packages,
COMPLETE LIMPS at from $3 70 to 39 00 per dozen,
And if any dealer* IN THIS MARKET, is prepared to sell any goods, in my line, at a lower figure than
I am NOW offering mine, OF THE SAME QUALITY, he con find a purchaser by applying to
T. J. IFLUN'T*
69 Second Street, Macon, Ga.
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MA-COIST, GEORGIA.
IMPORTER OF
TABLE AID POCKET CUTLERY, GIYA
AND
CROCKERY-WARE,
AND DEADER IN
SILVER PLATED WARE,
House Furnishing Goods,
STOVES, TIJST and
WOOD-WARE.
I now have on liand a Stock NEVER SURPASSED*
IN MACON, andean offer as great inducements, to buyers, as any
house in the Sonth.
B. A.. WISE,
Clierry st.» Macon, G-a-
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