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THE TELEGRAPH.
BY CLISBY <fc REID.
TILNKin BUILT!MO, GOUTKK HKOOXD k CBXfclT BT*.
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 27, 1869,
Nave Your Ammunition—No Conpw
'Hional Election.
We notice tie press continues to be exercised
about candidates for Congress and an election
next May—but wherefore ? Cui horx> t The
bill bringing on the election in May doubtless
slumbers in the pocket of the Governor—and
he is in Washington. There is no probability
that it -will be approved, and where, then, the
use of talking about an election ? We under
stand that the nominee from this district, Cot
Lawson, considers that his nomination expired
fairly by limitation some time ago. Let us at
tend to the crop: and give elections the go-by
till we are called to make them.
Railway Politicians.
The New York Times of the 23d is out in a
heavy indictment against the Erie railroad as a
political power, and charges that a combination
of the Central, Harlem, Hudson River and Erie
elected the Democratic ticket in New York last
fall, and can do just what they will if left to car
ry out their schemas. The Times does not
denounce the Pennsylvania Central for doing
the name thing in behalf of the Radicals in the
Keystone State, nor the grand combination of
landholders for electing Gen. Grant Money
will shape politics for a good long time till
something happens to stir np and combine the
great unwashed, and then capital becomes the
prey instead of the master. How long before
the big bine bottles of capital will find them
selves In the spiders web ?
Magazine*.
The Eclectic for April was received yester
day. It Is embellished with abeantifnl steel
portrait of Rosa Bonheur, and filled with choice
callings from the latest foreign reviews. Pel-
Ion, 108 Fallon street, New York.
The Riverside Mmimra toe Youxa People
is much the best of its kind in America—Hard
& Houghton, New York, and to be had of Havens
& Brown, Macon and Enfsnla.
Au Interregnum In Virginia.
The wheels of government in the Old Domin
ion are clogged by suddenly turning out all
civil officers who cannot take the iron-clad. By
a military order they all became functus officio
on the 22d. On the 23d Gen. Stimeman issued
another order making some four or five hun
dred appointments, but some time must elapse
before tho lists can be filled np.
Order in Cabo.
There is a terrible foss in Cnba, bnt if they
will send over three or four of the old Confed
erate Georgia regiments, with Gen. Gordon at
their head, they will cleanse things out and re
store quiet in a month.
The Eight Hope Law. — The squabbles
among the Northom workmen about the eight
hour law were redleulous enough, but have been
check-mated by the grocers, who insist that six
pints of molsjwes shall go to tho gallon at fnll
price. The eight hour chaps who demand fnll
prico for short measure of labor are dumb
founded at the impudence of the grocers in
running on their schedule; but they are stumped
on the argument. The eight hour law seems to
have been suggested by the Georgia Legislature
to prevent a rise in tho price of salt. It has for
its basis the very practical idea that values can
be established and regulated by legislation.
CoitxaaaiONEn or Fomas ImaaaxTios.—Mr,
John B. Jeup, hitherto leading editor of tho
Yolksfreund, tho German Democratic paper of
Cincinnati, has'sold out his interest in that es
tablishment to the partners, and it is said that
he will remove to Atlanta, to act as the Com-
missionerof Foreign Immigration for this State.
Mr. Victor Shiily will be the future manager of
the Voiksfreund.
A Mammoth Ox.—Tho Marietta Journal says
on Tuesday last there was on exhibition in that
city the largest ox, said to be, in America. He
measured eleven feet round the body, thirteen
* feet long, and his height eighteen hands, weighs
4,345 pounds, nnd only six years of age. This
monster-animal is of the Durham breed and was
raised in Kentucky.
Gold ix Texxehsee.—Gold has recently been
discovered in,Hawkin3 county, Tenn., about
eleven miios east of Rogeisville, on the south
side of the Holston river. The specimens ex
hibited are said to be of the richest qnality,
surpassing the celebrated mines of California.
A company of energetic gentlemen, possessed
of sufficient capital, havo the matter in charge,
and will fully dovelop the capacity of the mines.
Where the Specie Goes.—It seems that John
Chinaman is getting all our gold and silver.
Every steamer leaving San Francisco takes out
hundreds of thousands. - The last one carried
$823,000. This has been going on for many
years. Specie goes to China from all ports of
the world, bnt never returns. It was so with
silver before the finding of gold in California,
and now gold goes the same coarse.
There is a row among the Washington Radi
cals over the money realized by the inangura-
. tion ball—some $20,000. The committee origi
nally agreed to divide the profits with Gray, the
caterer for the occasion, but the amount is so
large they refuse a division, and a law suit is
probable. , _
Ctfa\ Grant's administration is making a deep
dent in the party. The Springfield Republican
says: “It would be useless to deny that the
. Presidential appointments are made and can
vassed at Washington in a manner that does not
strengthen the new administration in the hearts
of the people. "
Southern Chair Factories.—The Nashville
papers note at length the opening, or rather chris
tening Of a Chair Factory there the other day.
It proposes to employ five hundred hands. This
reminds ns that there is an excellent Factory of
this kind at Decatur, Georgia, the work of
which is in every dwelling in the State.
Mayor op Columbus.—CoL A- R. Lamar, of
the Sun, was nominated for Mayor of Odium'
bus, at a Democratic Convention on Wednes
day night—receiving 116 out of 221 votes—the
» minority being scattered among six other can
didates.
New York Dry Goods Market.—The follow
ing was the state of the dry goods market in
New York on the 24th inst.: Dry goods—all
classes of goods are* selling at low and unprofit
able rates. Adrian doc prints are down to Sic.
Brown cottons—Massachusetts B12J. No other
change.
Fete Times for Kid Slippers.—A dispatch
from St. Johns, in New Brunswick, on Tuesday,
says that snow was six feet deep on a level, and
the people were all quitting the low lands in ap
prehension of a destructive flood.
Arrival of Immigrants.—The Marietta Jour
nal of Friday says on last Sabbath, twenty or
twenty-five immigrants, men, women and chil
dren, arrived in Marietta, from Missouri. They
will locate in Milton county.
H. M. Turner's card to the colored people is
published again that they may all have an op
portunity to see it Let them heed.
Batler on Georgia.
Butler took up the case of Georgia in the
House last Monday, and delivered himself in
form and manner following, to-wit:
“ Batler urged that there were three States in
an unreconstructed condition, where a man’s life
is not safe—where a clergyman is shot down as
he performs the marriage sacrament and where
men are taken out of jail and hanged and shot
We are paid by the year, and should not go
home now and leave the country in that condi
tion.' . -- ■' ~ -■ - --O.
“Butler agreed in the matter of Georgia.
Congress had made haste slowly, but this was a
question of life and death to the Republicans—
the Union men of the South. Who would not
say an adjournment of Congress now would be
a desertion of them, a turning of them over to
their enemies ? Besides, if Congress adjourn
now, the Senate would remain in session as last
Spring, and the effect was, no sooner had the
House its back turned than Alaska was thrust
on the country. He thought, therefore, under
the circumstances, it was the duty of the House
to remain in session.”
Georgia, after all, is probably in a quieter
condition than almost any State of the Union,
and nearly all the disturbances -which occur are
directly traceable to a violation of the plain and
natural conditions of good order, in the sup
posed interests of Radicals and Radicalism.
Thus, in one of the cases cited by Butler to
give point to the allegations against Georgia, a
prominent Radical politician, from a place of
concealment, shoots out the brains of a village
editor while walking the streets in the broad
light of day, in retaliation for a personal arti
cle ; and . the people, in a phrenzy of excite
ment, take the assassin out and shoot him. It
is a pity that the law was not allowed to take its
course in this case: but who can say that the
demands of natural justice have been outraged
in this transaction? And in the other case-
shooting down a clergyman while performing
the marriage ceremony—the crime had no bet
ter foundation than the mistake of a newspaper.
The shooting, as ail know, was merely acci
dental.
But aa to other crimes that Batler does not
cite—the robberies, Tapes and murders by blacks
upon whites and persona of their own color
which now make up almost the sum total of vio
lation of the peace in Georgia, they are due to
the bad teachings and pernicious legislation of
the Radicals and of Congress, and are tho re
sults, direct and indirect, of the efforts to radi
calize the State, by taming society topey tarry
and putting ignorance and vice to the work of
governing and controlling the popular intelli
gence and virtue.
Patriotic and intelligent law-givers respect, as
far as they can, even the popular prejudices;
and when they see it to be duty and policy to
combat these, they accept the plain and inevita
ble deduction—that they are placed at the man
ifest disadvantage of the application of force to
supply what shall be lacking in the voluntary
co-operation of the people. But, in the case of
Georgia and the South, the Radicals run not
only counter to all which they may be excused
for holding to be mere prejudice, but they also
run oonnter to what they must know to be com
mon sense and sound policy. It is impassible
for any man in his senses to believe that the
Congressional legislation for the Sooth has its
main foundation in a desire to establish good
government in this section, or to subserve the
substantial interests of the people. On the con
trary, every man knows that these ends are to
be sacrificed, more or less, to tho overruling pur
pose to Radicalize the South and compel it to
bring grist to the so-called Republican mill
■ Consequently, when Butler and others of his
sort, talk about more legislation of the same
sort in order to restore order in Georgia, they
ore not half as honest as old Sangrado was when
he cried out for more bleeding and more warm
water to save his sinking patients. He had his
theory and honestly believed it He was con
vinced that all diseases would yield to phleboto
my and warm water, and if a little of that would
not do, a great deal mould. Bat we have too
mnch respect for the intellectual capacity of But
ler and his Radical oolleagucs in Congress to sup
pose they seriously believe any good governmen
tal object is to be secured in the 8outh by ne
gro office-holding and negro legislation. That
is not what they want it tor, and they have too
ranch common sense to suppose such an end can
be accomplished by such instrumentalities. In
deed, Batler himself, who is not generally very
cautious about accuracy, does not put the case
in that light. He wants more of this kind of
legislation for the personally security of “ the
Republicans.” But this is scarcely more sensi
ble, because nobody’s security is advanced by
increasing the public animosity against him and
the number of his enemies.
The telegrams of yesterday gave ns a new
Georgia bill and most probably it will beoome
law. It will give us the benefit of another B
sion of the Legislature—the original semi-ethe-
opian affair, at a cost perhaps of a few hundred
thousand more; and it will probably enlighten
the Savannah Republican on a point which it
seems unable to comprehend—that is, how the
fifteenth amendment may be passed in Georgia.
Unsuccessful Attempts to Elect a Sheriff
IN 'Wilkinson.—The Atlanta Constitution says:
In November last an election for Sheriff was or
dered in Wilkinson county. The Democratic
candidate was elected by a small majority. The
Radical Ordinary of that county decided the
election null and void on account of some al
leged informality, and ordered another election
in December. The same result attended the
second race. A third election was ordered in
January, and the Democratic candidate elected
by over two hundred majority. The returns
were sent to Gov. Bullock, who wrote to the
successful candidate, requiring him to answer
several interrogatories in regard to loyalty, et<x
They were answered satisfactorily, proving by
the reconstruction acts and acts supplemental
thereto, that he was qualified, bnt still no com
mission has made its appearance.
A Set of Sleepy Africans.—A curious dis
ease prevails on the west coast of Africa, espe
cially on the Gaboon, which consists in an ir-
resistable inclination to sleep. No pain seems
to be experienced, bnt the patient stumbles
readily; his step is tottering; sense of feeling
seems to be wanting, and objects used as a sup
port are grasped very unsteadily. The con
sciousness does not seem to be diminished, and
the breathing and digestion are normal. When
the patient is awaked, he returns again into a
deep sleep in a very short time. The disease
does not yield to any remedies, and generally
ends in death. Its precise character has not
yet been ascertained with certainty.
The Fate of Paraguay.—The Brazilians
are establishing a Provisional Government at
Acuncion, bnt are really preparing to take
possession of the whole country. They have
not yet captured Lopez, and it is hoped that he
will come back upon the interlopers and drive
them out of the country. He is said to have
an army of five thousand men in the mountains,
and may at any time make a decent upon the
invaders of the soil of the heroic little Re
public.
Vcn-miTn-T Gose to the Dogs.—Numerous
armed expeditions from the United States havte
landed in Cuba. This is done for the purpose
of displaying the conscientious respect of the
Government for our neutrality obligations, and
of strengthening the moral force of Gan. Grant s
demands on the British for damages accruing
from the violations of neutrality, which resulted
in the Alabama depredations.
Get out Your Thin Coats.—Summer heat
yesterday afternoon. Mercury at 75.
From Patoam County.
Upon a recent visit to Putnam we found the
Superior Court in Besston, his Honor, Judge
P. B. Robinson, presiding, and Fleming Jordan,
Solicitor, in attendance. These officers, as far
as we had an opportunity of observing, dis
charge their trusts energetically and satisfacto
rily to the pnblic. The J ndge’s great idea is to
clear the dockets of old rubbish in the way of
cases of long standing, and then, if the present
good state of affairs continues, there win be but
little hereafter arising to take np their time.
Good feeling prevails among the people of the
county, and they are the same hospitable, kind
citizens they have always been. But little crime
is committed. The relations between whites and
blacks are good. The whites are all deeply in
terested in their agricultural operations and are
experimenting largely in fertilizers, and the
blacks are laboring well. Com crops are plant
ed and the farms are better prepared for the
cotton crop than they have been for years. The
season for such work has been favorable.
The community, in general, are in a better
condition than they have been since the war.
A spirit of improvement prevails; houses are
being repaired and repainted, (by the way, good
faithful mechanics can find work there.) Among
other improvements in the village of Eatonton,
we observed that Cept. C. S. Credille bad re
paired an old store-house of many years stand
ing, and now has a nice place of business. The
merchants of the village do not complain, and
we hope are doing well. The cash system of
the present makes business much better than
formerly in its results.
From all indications there will be as many
competitors for premiums at the Agricultural
Fair next fall, from Putnam as from any comity
in the State. We wish them all success. With
a few more years of material prosperity the good
old county will be a garden spot in our State.
We cannot close without thanking our friends
not so mnch for the large amount of money they
contribute to the support* of an independent
press, like ours, devoted to Georgia and Geor
gia interests, as for their unqualified endorse
ment of the paper and their praises of the same.
Edmund Sparkler was wont to say on all occa
sions of Fanny Donrit, “She had no bigod non
sense about her.” This seems to be the idea of
the good people of Putnam aa to the Telegraph.
One friend, all of whose neighbors were already
subscribers to the Weekly, said he was tired of
reading other persons’ papers, and felt it was
his duty to subscribe himself. This should be
a lesson to those who at many points hugely
enjoy reading our paper, and thereby, as sub
scribers complain to us, read their paper until
there is not much left of it when it reaches
them. Now, gentlemen, quit this sort of busi
ness ; pay for one yourself—we will guarantee
you the worth of your money.
Postmasters, remember a newspaper is pri
vate property. Yon should not loan it to any
and every body. If any one wants to read it
let them subscribe through you, and it will be
all right. ________
From Chinn.
The following came to hand yesterday:
Shanghia, China, January 12, 1869.
Editors Jfoeon Telegraph—Dear Sirs: En
closed I forward yon a number of ooooons,which
I judge, from your description, to be aim.
ilar to those submitted to you recently by
Mr. F. S. Johnson, of Jones county, Ga. They
are very common in this part of China, and
there is scarcely a tree of any description at
Shanghai that is not to a great extent covered
by them. You will notice that the cocoon
open at either end, and not as those yon men
tioned, perforated at the time the worm makes
its escape.
The worm is chiefly found on rose bushes,
but in the Utter part of the snmmer, when it
begins to spin, travels into every accessible
place, hence yon will see among these specimens
one plucked from an arbor vitss enclosed in the
leaves of the willow. They even clamber upon
houses, and it is not till late in the fall that
they ultimately fix themselves.
They are often (T might say always) gathered
by the Chinese and sold to the keepers of avia
ries.
If Southern ingenuity should discover any
means of rendering the silk'of the cocoon use
ful I have no doubt but that China can readily
furnish yon with any qnanty of the raw mate
rial.
Believing the enclosed to be the same as those
yon spoke of I shall not attempt to give you
further particulars, but leave you to satisfy
yourselves by investigation, ete. Yours truly,
Younq J. At.un,
Missionary from Georgia.
P. S. The cocoons are enclosed in some Chi
nese newspapers forwarded herewith, of which
I am editor. By the way, how would yon like
to exchange ? The Chinese are greatly opposed
to telegraphs bnt I suppose their Fung Shni
would hardly object to the Macon Telegraph.
We will exchange with pleasure. The papers
and cocoons ure not yet received. We shall
look for them with some anxiety.—Eds.
No Place Like Home.—The Columbus Son is
told, directly after the war, a large family, liv
ing near Macon, with some eight thousand dol
lars in specie, went to British Honduras, expect
ing to realize a large fortune. A pretty long
residence in the desired haven of rest, nearly
starved them and exhausted their means. They
oould muster sufficient funds to return to
Georgia, which they have done, and are content
to remain in the State the remainder of their
lives.
—
The cause which has brought Mrs. Stowe’s
Florida plantation into the market is said to be
the insecure tenure by which that lady holds
it. It w^s confiscated daring the war, bought
for a song, and now the heirs of the original
owners are demanding their property in the
courts.
The Negro Applicant fob the Position op
Minister to Haytl—Great efforts are being
made to aecure the appointment of Ebenezer D.
Bassett (colored), principal of a school in Phila
delphia, as Minister to Hayti. He is- endorsed
by the national committee of colored men, Fred
Douglas, Downing, Langston, and others, white
and black.
Maoox and Western Railroad.—The Atlanta
Constitution says Captain William A. Fuller, for
fifteen years a conductor on the Western and
Atlantic Railroad, and who justly acquired the
title of “model conductor,” we are pleased to
learn, is the General Passenger Agent of the
Macon and Western Railroad.
■‘Float Cotton.”
Under this head Forney's Philadepbia Press
of the 23d inst takes issue with the common ad
vice to the South to “plant com. and insists
should go in for cotton and leave the west
to do the corn-growing. He says; -V. .
And now let us see what, under such circum
stances, should be the policy of the South. Ev
erywhere people are found who advocate the
planting of much com, to the exclusion of cot
ton and other staples. This advocacy was prop
er during the war, for the Southern army had to
be supplied with food. It was fittmg also dur
ing the first year or two after the war, for an
impoverished people needed food before money.
Butlast year the question of food was no longer
prominent. It could be safely trusted to the
instincts of the people. The ability existed to |
provide, and the desire also. Money was wanted
to secure additional comforts. It was had, not
by growing com, but by planting cotton; or, in
other words, by reassenting to the old compact
of division of labor. If it be said that the South
c«n grow rich by agriculture alone, we say she
can grow richer by growing cotton as a rule and
making agriculture the exception.
Last year the cotton crop netted the South
$200,000,000. Could she, with the appliances
then in hand, have cleared the same on any or
all of the cereals ? No one will answer affirma
tively. Can she, with all her facilities of soil and
climate, ever make agriculture really profitable,
in view of the immense start the West has, and
the competition she will ever offer? We think
not TreD, then, hare we not arrived at a rea
son why the South should make haste to reor
ganize the trinity of labor in the United States ?
It least, let her cotton districts grow cotton, her
igar districts sugar, and her tobacco districts
tobacco. She will thus avoid all competition.—
She will get triple as much wealth in much less
time. She will increase her self-importance and
the importance of tho whole country; for are
not the manufacturers of all Europe at this mo
ment looking anxiously for her decision of the
question? As our national prosperity before
the war was incalculably enhanced by a harmo
nious working of all the sections, and as each
section in turn became skillful and necessary to
tho other, so it will be again, if proper atten
tion be paid to the simple rules found under the
mead of Division of Labor.
■Now we ought to be much obliged to the Press!
for its interest in the matter; but, nevertheless,!
if there is one fact settled by experience beyondl
dispute, it is that cotton planting on imported
[corn meat is bound to end in rain. We have
seen it thoroughly and extensively tried, and
never knew it to escape bankruptcy for any
length of time. We are forced to bny moat,
but we can produce our own corn, and the com
supplies of Georgia are alone worth the whole
cotton product of the State. We require forty-
five millions of bushels of corn, which, at one
dollar (less than the market price), is worth]
| more than tho cotton we produce.
Gov. Bullock in Washington.—In tho Wash
ington dispatches of the 23d, to the Louisville
Conrier-Jonmal, we find the following: |
Governor Bullock, of Georgia, is here workl
ling actively with tho intense Radical faction to]
tear np tho present government in that State,
I and have Congress remand it to a territorial
condition. Of course Bullock is to be the hoad
with unlimited power of appointment and re
moval. Another point he is striving for is to
be empowered to declare martial law over any
portion of the State, so as to run the State ma-|
chine after the Brownlow style. The Georgia
bill is set for Thursday. It Is certain that that
portion of the old bill declaring the acta of the]
late Georgia Legislature inoperative, null and
void will be embraced in the new one to besub-l
I mi tied by the Reconstruction Committee.
NBW
FOB. SAM,
rpHE most doeirable vacant lot in Macon.^being^a
1 a part oflo'sfi^ and ^yh.rfVeets-rontainmg
the corner of Tniro f D< V.’\“ frnm t v. e testimony of
one-half acre. Thu locM on, fromtne
the oldest physicians and Ion* nd though
ered one of the most healthy in tne city. » ,; a , ine «g.
retired, is very »cc«wible Surpassed.
Its surface u admirable, ftnd -^fggi;jGT0NP0E.
LAST CALL
To Tax Payers of Bibb County.
v^Tme has been s^short this year I have not had
tion. which will bo in a k |j E at jj_ j. (j.. *
marfi-St Bibb County. Ga.
AUCTION.
rpHIS MORNING we will sell a’fine Safe, an Office
Desk, a Copying Pros, an elegant Marble-Top Side
Board, and other Furniture. . nn
marW-lt R/B.-jCLAYTON A CO.
FOE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
aCourt-house and Jail for this county, is
to the voters of Bibb fer their support at the election
OTitheSdof April. The Rentleinen composing it are
honest sndcom^etrat. andwiH agvng &
An “Outrage"in Atlanta. — The New Era
says :
On Tuesday a woman came to the office of Dr.
E. S. Ray and asked him to go ont and see her
sister who had been shot. He got into bis bug
gy and took Dr. Westmoreland with him, and
proceeded to where the mother of the girl, Mrs.
Williams, lived, near the cemetery. Theyfound
the little girl had been shot, the ball entering
under the right shonlder blade and passing np,
lodging in the shonlder, near the base of the
neck, from whence it was cut ont. The girl was
about twelve years old. She said she, with her
little brother, was in a neighboring wood gath
ering sticks, when a negro man came np and or
dered them off the premises. The girl refused
to go and went on gathering sticks, when the
villain drew a pistol and shot her as above
stated. After shooting the child, the rascal
made his escape, and has not since been heard
from. It was one of the most wanton pieces of
barbarism that ever came to our notice.
Rhode Island.—Lyman Pierce has been nom
inated for Governor by the Democrats of Rhode
Island
[ advertisement, j
Macon, Ga., March 25,1869.
27> the Colored Citizens of lifacon and Bibb County
Gentlemen—This will inform you that I called m
the Tax Collector’s office, to pn my taxes, yester
day, and, to my groat surprise, I learned that only
a few of my race bad paid the tax required by tho
Constitution and laws of our State. Those of ns
who are not property-holders are only required to
pay one dollar (8100). This constitutes what is
known as our poll tax, and all legal voters especially
are required to pay it 1 am not appealing to yon,
however, to pay your taxes so sa to be able to vote
again, simply; for I hope, if the present derision of
the Legislature is allowed to remain, you will never
touch another ballot-box with a forty foot pole—and
I shall so advise you at tho proper time. But our
character and reputation aa civilized and law-abiding
citizens are at stake. And onr willingness to sup
port and comply with the requisitions of onr Govern
ment will be the test of onr status. And our friends
and foee will jndgo ns from that stand-point. Be
sides, the simple dollar paid aa a poll tax goes, or is
expended, in the education of onr children. So,
you will perceive, your money will never leave the
, but will be devotod solely to our own eleva-
to tho education of onraelTes
our taxes, wo obey
onr claims to every
right of a freeman—demonstrate our capacity for
self-government—and help to dot our hills and val
leys with free schools, which sre the great elevators
of men, races, apdof the woild.
A man too contemptibly mean to labor for the ed
ucation of bis children, when the salvation of onr
race is suspended upon it, is too moan to be recog-
country,
nized by them aa a father—too mean to be called a
husband; be is not a citizen, bat a worthless incu-
Snch is the character of those who
the magnanimous side of
ride
bos on society, I
will not pay their
Now, 1 havo given
the question. The other side of the picture ie more
on the brute order. That is. if you do not pay your
taxes, yon •will be made to do it Now you can settle
the affair by paying one dollar. But if the sheriff
comes after yon with a fi.fa., or with an execution,
yon will be double taxed; and it will cost you from
two to five dollars—which will be undoubtedly done,
at once.
yon settle your taxes
Onr Tax Collector, Ur. Heath, says he will con
tinue the collection through the month of April,
though the law requires him to close hia hooka
about the 1st. This be does as a favor to the poor
and illiterate. I Woakl also advise you not to merely
treat yonr taxes to any employer, white or black, bnt
see to it yoonelf. You are responsible, and n
yonr employer. H. SI. Turner.
Will our white friends read this letter to any col
ored persona around them, and oblige H. SI. T.
FOR CO.V8TABLK.—We sts authorized to sn-
nonneo JNO. F. HEATH as a eanidate for Constable
for the 716th District, known as the Lower District-
Election to be hel l at tbs office of E. C- Grannies, on
Saturday, 3d day of April. mar21-td
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE We are
authorized to annnntceJ.C. FLYNN as a candidate
for JoJtice ofthe Peace for the 56,'th District—known
sa the Upper District. m»i27-td*
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACK—We are
authorized te announce PETER MclIENRY at a
Candidate for Justice of the Peace in the 716th Dis
trict. known as the Lower District. Election to be
held at the Office of B. C. Grannta. on Saturday, 3d
day of April. MANY VOTERS.
mar2G-td
FOR. JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—We era
authorized to announce W. G. HARRIS as a Candi
date for Justice of the Peace, for the-564th District,
known as the Upper District. mar25-td
FOR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE—We arc
anthorized to announce R. W. STUBBS, Esq., as a
Candidate for Justice of the Peace in the 716th (Low
er! District. mar25-td
fayfjjpa We are Authorized to announce JOHN
tt(ya. -ai* -- U. SHORTER sj a Candidate for Jus
tice of the Peace for the 716th District, known a3the
Lower District. marSt-tdo
siud craSrhtigt gjt. St*Vk$
als (Cattdidatnt 2ur SnmbnM tux grit-
dfffisrifhtfr im 716ten (lower) gisftirt an
;u;rigcn.
STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING,
E XTRACT from the Minutes of a Regular Meet
ing of the Board of Directors, Macon and West-
Resolved, That in comrlianee with thereqae-t of
a number of the Stockholders of this Company, a
Special Meeting of the Stockholders i? called at the
office of the Company, in .Macon, on SATO HD AY.
MARCH 27, I860, at 10 o'clock, a. v.. for the i n
of acting upon the'Amendment uf the Charter of the
Company, passed by the Legislature now in session.
* ■ * » * * • *
A true extract from the3finutes.
Stockholders will be passed free over this Road to
attend the above meeting, on presentation of their
certificates.
' , MILO S. FREEMAN,
marL-td Secretary.
NOTICE.
A N Election for one Justice of the Peace and t;ro
Constable* will be held in each of the Militia
Districts of Bibb county, on the first Saturday (the
3d day of April next) in the manner and form pre
scribed by law. The precinct for the Lower District
of the city, will be at the office of E. 0. Grannis? ; the
precinct for the Upper District will be at the Court
house (City Ball;} Precincts in the country at the
usual olaces for holding Justices' Court.
At the same time, at the Court-house (City HallJ
and the county precincts, will be held an eleotion
for ten Commissioners to locate the Court- house and
Jail in said county, and for the drainage of the swamD
adjoining the city of Macon.
C.T. WARD,
Ordinary.
J.T. B0IFKUILLET.
, J.II.BOARDMAN,
W. P.G00DALL.
G. B. ROBERTS.
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D.T. DRIGGERS.
C. A. THARP8,
W. F. WILBURN,
J. W. STUBBS,
D. DALY.
TBS “EVERETT”
Initial Paper and Envelopes,
of envelope?. Be sure to mk ior mo
INITIAL. Sent by mail, postpaid; to any address,
on receipt of price. HAVENS & BROWN.
mar27-3t Maoon, Ga.. »nd Eufanln.. Ala.
gl!W APVBRTI
clothing
FOB THE
MILLION!
CALL AT
WINSHIP & CALLAWAY’S,
To-day, and tako a look at their immeuse atoek of
CLOTHING FOE MEN AND BOTS
DR. C.J. ROOSEVELT,
SOMCHOPATECIST.
Hof\tr o ^°o^‘ C SicTaTd e oCe%Sre a erof Call early to get the beat Selection, and beatFltabe
Walnut and Third Streets. mrfl-lw
NewBooks
H OW 11E WON IIER—aeqnel to Fair Play.
The Honae ofCarda. by Mrs. C. Hocy.
Villa Eden, by Auerbach. ,
Ruby’. Husband, ^Mario^UarJand^^,
mar27-lt Macon Ga., and Kufaula.jUa.
THE HONEST PERSON
WHO. by mistake or otherwise, took from the
VV ladies’ear, on tbe Central train, last evening, a
Eooks. will receive a suitable reward upon returning
it to tbie office. No qoeetions asked.
marffi-tf WM. A. REID.
G EORGIA, QUITMAN COUNTY.-Elijah Ham
mock hu applied for exemption of personalty
and setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I
will pass upon thesameat 10 o’clock, a. V.. nn tho 5th
day of Anril, 1899, at my office. This 21th day of
March, 1666. W .P. JORDAN.
mar27-2t* Ordinary.
fo rnciAii.]
Bxccutivn Deparinkst, 1
Atlanta. Ga.. March 24.1869.1
Obdsbzd, That T. Hartley Hail, Esq., be, and he la
hereby appointed Inspector of Fertilizers for the
eonnty of Laurens by virtue of the power and au
thority vested in me by an Act entitled "An Act to
protect tho p’anters of this State from imposition in
the sale oi fertilizers”—approved September 17,1868.
Given nnder my hand and tbe Seal of the Executive
Department, at the Capitol, in Atlanta, the day
and year lint above written
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
Governor.
By the Governor:
B. B. DzQaArrzNKxio,
Moo> Executive Department.
marZ7-d3twlt
NEW AUCTION HOUSE.
W E here opened aa Auction Hoove on Second
B'reet. opposite J. W. Burke A Co.’s Book Store,
end will offer for sale, on Tuesday next, at brif-patt
10 o’clock, a. city time, in front of Store,
Carriages, Buggies, Horses & Mules
Iso. at tbe same time, in Store, a large lot of new
TUBE, consisting of
furSTi*
Cottage Setts,
Tables, Chairs, etc.
DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES.
Sale positive. Terms cash before delivery.
L. H. BRYANT A CO..
Auctioneers.
N B.—Believing weean get for Goods their value,
we will, in all ease*, cbireo full commission on all
Good, bought by the owner. Consignments solicited.
tnr J6 It
ah. DisraToiar
Mutual Li Insurance Campatj,
OF VIRGINIA.
PU KELT [SOUTHERN!
BOMB orrxes, Richmond, Va.
JNO. E. EDWARDS, Pres’t. D. J. HARTS00K. Seo.
ASSETS OYER $500,000.
Neut and Great Popular Feature— Annual
Dividends on Life Premiums with One-
Third Loan on Profils~No Notes Re
quired for Premiums—AU Restric
tions Removed,—AU Policies’
Non-Forfeitable.
a
luarag
friends
n. AUUWjeUgO OI me
icracnt of its affair?, I -recommend it to my
liiuuua in Macon and Southwestern Georgia, ae a first-
class Life Insurance Company.
R. P. PULLIAM, Agent.
Office at present, with Carhart & Curd.
Di CHAS H. HALL, Medical Examiner.
mr2*>-lm
CATHOLIC FAIR.
A T a meeting, held in the basement of the Catholic
Church, on Sunday evening, 21st inst., the several
committees were appointed for the management of
the Fair, to be opened on
MONDAY, APRIL S, 1869
The following gentlemen compose the
V COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENT:
O. G. Sparks. Chairman.
Jo W. Aderhold,
Geo. B. Turpin,
K. Isaac?,
T. Hardeman, Jr.,
J. B. Camming.
W. K. dc-irjlTenricd,
D. NeligJin,
marl4 td
T. C. Dempsey,
C. J. Carey,
P. Fitzgerald,
H. McKerrey,
E. O’Connell, '
J- W. O'Connor,
M. Daly.
Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of i _ _
MARK HOLLOMAN, Bankrupt} ^ Bankruptcy.
I & iTe «. n ?r ti ‘?, e of my appointment as As
signee of Mark Holloman, of Weston, Webster
county Georgia, who has been adjudged a bankrupt
&g.«el l ^ t ,iS3 D Dte C ° ar * ° f th °
Cuthbert.Ua.. March 24 16fl">
mar26-law:tw ’’ AS - BUCHANAN.
- —' - Assignee.
GARDEN SEED, Etc.
A FEW MORKLEFT
LAN Mr
LANlJEisTii’S garden SEED
p.. t . „ And eonuine MU8QUITK GRASS.
For Lawn and Pasture, at
mar25-tf ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.
For Rent,
^Ton "of 1 Che£v C0 T2 di ‘J UJ '
warehouse.business offers superio? advan&?<£ hc
wm be • Apply
GEO. a OBEAR,
mr!8-2w S ' QB AYBILL,
Executors.
fore tho stock U broken,
500 Suits of Boys’ Clothing.
The largest stock in the State. The ladies will tako
notice that wo now have a largo stock of Black Jack
ets, for the May celebrations. Don’t make up any
Boy’s Clothing until you see our stock.
WORKING MEN,
Call at WINSHIP A CALLAWAY’S and buy good
and substantial Goods. Yon wilL .find they are tbe
cheapest. Many havo already made the discovery
Extra-large Size Clothing-
A good stock manufactured expressly for us.
CLOTHING AT WHOLESALE.
We are determined to ouild up a large Wholesale
Clothing Trade at this place. No market in the South
shall, or can afford greater inducements.
shirts.
The reputation of our Shirts is wide-spread.’ We
receive orders for them from all part* of the State. I
yon are difficult to fit. or wish any particular style
leave your measure, or send it, and we can plea*e you
DHAWBRS.
We keep well made and excellent fitting Drawe
undershirts.
LUle Thread. Woolen and Cotton Qau.e.
For the best of Wearing Apparel for Men
*nd Boys,
WINSHIP t CALLAWAY’S,
D. APPLETON & CO.,
PUBLISHERS, ■- . f |t
90, 92, & 94 Grand st., New York,
Commence on the 27th of March, the publication of
APPLETON’S JOURNAL.
A WEEKLY PAPER,
DEVOTED TO
LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART.
t PPLETON’S JOURNAL will be devoted to pyp-
ular current Literature, an organ of advanced opin
ion with respect to all the great interests of society,
of popular Science in its best sense, and of art.
The Department of Literature will embrace—
FICTION, in the form of both Serial Novels and short
Stories ;
ESSAYS upon Literary and Social Topics;
SKETCHES of Travel and Adventure;
DISCUSSIONS upon Art, Books and kindred themes
PAPERS upon allthe various subjects that pertain to
the pursuits and recreations of tho people, wheth
er oftown or country; and r - ,
POEMS by our foremost poets, y •
A distinctive feature will bo a fuller treatment of
Science than is prevalent in popular journals. In
this branch the Publishers have secured tho services
of the ablest and moBt authoritative thinkers, men
who combino large and accurate knowledge with the
power of clear and impressive statement.
Education, in its various aspects, personal and pub
lic, at home, in tho school, and in tho college, in its
principles as a science, and in its practice as an art,
wili receive the full consideration to which it is un
deniably entitled. , - •
Illustrations will form nn important feature in the
plan of the JOURNAL. Nearly every number wili
be aocompanied by either an
Illustrated Supplement onsome Pop
ular Theme---A Steel Xlngraving
in the best style of the Art.
Or a large Cartoon Bn- *
graved on Wood. v
Novelty, freshness, and continual change will be
aimed at in this department. Tho Illustrations will
usually be valuable as works of art; those on steel and
the Cartoons, consisting of views cf American scene
ry, by our most distinguished painters, and illustra
tions of character and life, by our foremost draughts
men. They \oill be printed with extra care on separate
•heels, and may be either bound in the volume at the
close of the year, or framed to hang upon the wall.
APPLETON’S JOURNAL
Will aim to be vigorous, earnest and capable; valu
ble as an organ of thought, and pleasing to all tl
members of the household on account of its varie
sound and entertaining literature. T *«. .
Arrangements have been made to secure origin
contributions from distinguished writers, both of Ei
rope and America. In the first number will be con
menced
THE NEW STORY,
BT THE GREAT FREXCJH WRITER
VICTOR ECUGrO,
TTNDEB THE GENERAL TITIjE op
THE MAN WHO LAUGHS.'
PART I.—THE SEA AND THE NIGHT.
Pxaill.—BY THE KING’S COMMAND,
For which the French publishers’paid tbe dii
guished Author 300,000 francs.
This novel has been in the author’s workshop
twenty years, the idea of it having arisen in hisn
contemporaneously with that of ”Les Miserabl
M. Hugo here tries bis powers in a new field—I
of English history and English character, ofwhicl
has been a student and observer during his Guen
exile.
Price, Ten Cents per Number, or Four DoU
Per Annum, in advance.
For sale by all Newsmen.
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Specimen copies sent gratis npon application.
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JOURNAL, is 20 cents a year payable yearly, se
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