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roVRNAL;_AtfI) MESSENGER.
S. ROSES* S. B- BITRR.
rDITQM A*l> fOTK*™™
MACON, THURSDAY NOV. 8, \W.__
Of,* MItLMWWILLK C«*»PONI>KNOE,
by some means, did not reach us last night.
VVe cannot account for its non-arrival.
ova loss.
Day by day do we begin to realize the
irreparable loss we have sustained in the
sudden “taking off” in the midst of Ins
usefulness of our friend and associate,
Augustus P. Burr. Nor are we alone m
our'expressions of regret for a good and
true man. Our MUledgeville correspond
ent, under date of 31st ult., thus truthfully
portrays the feeling of sorrow with which
the announcement was received in the
State Capitol:
I, in common with the whole Press assembled
here, drop a tear of sympathy and pay the tribute
of a sigh to the memory of Mr. Burr, the news ot
whose death reached here tbi« morning. I knew
him well, and can honestly echo all that can be
said of him as an able writer, a good citizens aod
an honest man. Mey God temper the wind to the
shorn lambs—his affectionate wife and orphaned
children. I hare not time or heart to add more.
G. A M.
ENLABGEMENT.
It has been evident to the most casual
reader that our columns were becoming
too crowded with advertisements to do
full justice to our subscribers in the way
of reading matter. With the exhaustion
of the present size paper —which will bo in
about a week—the Journal and Messenger
will be much enlarged, both in length and
width. We prefer adding on four columns
to our present size, rather than printing an
Advertising Supplement that is seldom
read. The very liberal encouragement we
are receiving will warrant this increased
outlay, and it shall over be our aim to tru
ly deserve it.
A DEARTH OF NEWS,
The failure of the mail yesterday beyond
Atlanta deprives us of our exchanges be
yond that point, and will account for tho
lack of our'usual variety.
We have received a regular re
port of the proceedings of a meeting of
rather an extraordinary character, held in
Ainericus last week, which we are request
ed to publish. The subjects concerned
are of the darker order , and- the 11 lit noce ”
was perfumed with the peculiar North
Caroiina scent, in addition to the African
—no doubt much to the disgust and dis
comfort of the parties concerned. The
case was also “sound on the goose.” As
wo published all the material facts on Sat
urday, from tho Sumter Republican, it is
unnecessary to repeat the dose.
What is Saleratus f —Wood is burnt to
ashes, ashes are lixiviated, ley is the re
sult Ley is evaporated by boiling, black
salts is the r«»sidium. The salt undergoes
r,j me, aim me poiasn ox com
merce is obtaiued. By another process
we change potash into pearlash. Now put
these in sacks and place them over a dis
tillery wash-tub, where the fermentation
evolves carbonic acid gas, and the pearlash
absorbs it and it is rendered solid ; the pro
duct being heavier, whiter and drier than
the pearlash. It is now saleratus. How
much salts of ley and carbonic aeid a hu
man body can bear and remain healthy, is
a question for a saleratus eater. Some
people say saleratus will not harm the
stomach. It is a ley.
Recently, in France, the heirs of
the last Due de Montmorency brought an
action against the steward for the exami
nation of [his accounts. It appeared that
the steward, who was never known to
have any fortune, managed the Duke’s af
fairs for thirty years, never showing any
accounts to his employer. The latter died
in 1819, [and the heirs then attempted to
obtain the steward's accounts. When
they succeeded, which was not until long
after the Duke’s death, the steward
brought a claim for 2,500,000 francs
(£100,000), money which he alleged to
have been borrowed by the Duke from
time to time during the period of his ser
vice. The heirs contested this claim, but
with only a few trifling deductions the
■teward gained his cause.
£3T The last of Napoleon’s famous
Mameluke Guard, who were immediately
attached to his person in his campaigns,
and followed him from Egypt, died in
France, not long ago. The cross of honor
given to him by Bonaparte for a gallant
feat m the Egyptian campaign, was buried
" ftn turn, in the Russian campaign his
right foot was frozen.
The only persons at the funeral, apart
from a few officials, were a few totterin
veterans of the “Old Guard.”
M hat a subject for Horace Veruet’s
pencil!.
ThcX. O. Picayune of the 14th says:
“*lr. \\ atterson, of Tennessee, who has
been here, by direction of the President,
cooking after certain matters, leaves this
evening for the North, we learn. We re
gret he could not have extended his visit
as far as 1 exas, where there is much to
see and hear that the President would be
glad to know.”
Wnr.i Long street and tfo*/.—The Pica
yune, «.f the 24th ult., says: “These two
- BO L d:ers ,e st here last evening
on i-ie steamer Kilgore, at 5 o’clock. Gen
Lc«p.w g* to St. Louise privat< ;
where he will be wohsomed by !
legion of friends, and Gen. Hood to Wash
iogton cty for the purpose of seeing Mr'
Jefferson Davie, but will tarry m . old
Kentucky ’ for a short time, to visit th o
home of his boyhood.”
Shall Georgia Repudiate ?
The following sound and incontroverti
ble views on this ail-absorbing subject
have been distributed among the members
of the Convention for their consideration. |
It will be seen that this “so-called” Con
federate war debt but little more than dou
bles the actual and necessary expenditures
for carrying on the civil government of the
State; and the whole debt now owing by
Georgia, reduced to a specie standard,
will not exceed three or four million of dol
lars, That the good name of a great State
should be bartered for this paltry sum and
an unenviable notoriety, is too pieposter
ous to be entertained lor one moment by
any roan having one pnrtielo of State pride.
But to the article:
The writer is neither a capitalist nor a politi
cian, and has neither money to make nor oflice to
gain! He does not own a dollar in these Georgia
notes or bonds—he never expects to, and has no
pecuniary interest whatever in this matter. Hut
to the extent of a desire —deep, ardent and unal
loyed—that ho shall be the citizen of an upright,
promise-keeping State, rather than the contrary, |
he is deeply interested, and it is this interest alone
that prompts him to the present use of his pen.
In what he has to say he will endeavor to be brief,
to be candid, to be fair. His figures are such as
all can officially verify, and his other considers*
lions of a nature, it is'hoped, that may merit the
attention, if they be not foitunate enough to win
the approval of those whom he addresses. Should
he present useful information in a convenient
form, he will feel that his labor has not been cn-.
tirely in vain. And should, by anything he ttUy
be able to say, even one undecided delegate be
brought to stand square up in the stirrups and de
clare that, so far as he goes, Georgia shall not re
pudiate, the writer will feci that he has, at least,
done something to help a good cause along.
But to the matter in hand. It is declared byi
the Comptroller General in his late report that the
entire debt of the State, at this date, is $20,811,-
525.85. By the same report, (p. M,) it appears
that $3,646,250 of this amount was contracted
previous to the late civil war, thus leaving the ae
tual debt of the State, since the inception of that
struggle, $17,160,275 85, not $18,136,775, as, by
some oversight, stated by the Provisional Gover
nor in his message.
Now this is what b popularly called “The
Georgia War Debt,” and is the debt referred o
by the Provisional Governor as “of no legal or
moral obligation because it was created to aid in
the prosccutiou ol a war of rebellion against the
United States.”
Passing by, for the present, this churactcriza- j
lion, it is first proposed to speak of certain misap
prehensions arising from the words “The Georgia
War Debt.” To very many this nomenclature
conveys the idea that the whole $17,166,275.85,
above referred to, was contracted for war pur
poses. This is very clearly, as will be shown, not
the case, nor is the debt—in its entirety—a war
debt in any other sense than that it was contract
ed duriug a time of war. Fully two seveulhs of it
was contracted to meet governmental expenses
that would have had to Lave been met though the
four years last past had been years of the pro
foundest peace. Governors, legislators and judges
must be paid, the insane and the blind must be
cared for, the cadet must be trained, the child in
structed, the criminal fed and clothed and guard
ed alike, whether Peace unfold her wings or War
unsheathe her sword. The State must be kept up,
and if debt be contracted to do it, that debt,
though contracted amid bombshells and bullets, is
a peace debt, both legally and morally binding.
But to arguo this point would be to insult com
mon sense, and the writer will proceed to some
figures showing that this peace debt is very near
two sevenths of tbis whole “war debt—“ so-called."
And these are the figures:
Total For War For Peace
Expenditures. Purposes. Purposes.
1861 — $ 1,055.751.32 $ 161,557.57 $1,794,103.75
1862 7,942,617.30 5,294,812.00 2,629 8(5.89
IS63 — 7,351,841.43 5,808,589.85 1,543,251.58
1864 13,288,435.94 11,353,812.22 1.934,623.72
1465- 11,573,605.00 7,336,633.71 4,236,971.30
$42,094,251.09 $29,955,405.85 $12,103,845.75
Now, from this statement, which may be relied
on as officially correct—being, in fact, obtained
from the financial reports for the years named—it
will be seen that the peace expenditures of Georgia
duripg the late, to
exact proportion borne bv the indebtedness of the
State for civil purposes, to the total amount of her
present post-war indebtedness, cannot be given to
the dollar, by reason of the writer’s inability, from
stress of time, to search each item out in the
books, but a glance at the four millions of civil ex
penditures in 1865, and the seventeen millions of
total liabilities, will show the same ratio of two
seveufhsstill, to all practical purposes, existent.
Subtracting, theu, this two sevenths front sl7,
166,275 85, we have remaining $12,261,625 61,
and this is that debt that, without a plain misno
mer, can be called “The Georgia War Debt.” It
looks large, it is true, but it is in Confederate dol
lars. It is twelve millions of money, but that
money is qualified by an unfortunate adjective
that seldom meant anything good save when it
was coupled with the words fortitude, devotion
and valor.
Os that whole seventeen nominal millions now
owing by Georgia, three millions seven hund ed
thousand was contracted in funds worth seventy
five cents on the dollar ; very near five millions at
thirty*three and a third ; a full five millious at five
and a quarter cents only ; aud still another million
at even less.
Cutting down, then, these swollen, so called
millions to the real value received, and now—be*
fore God and. man—justly owing, this sounding
sum-total shrivels to a specie liability ot fioni
three to four millions. This would not break a
respectable bank, aud it is certainly insufficient to
self discredit a noble State.
But let us look at this matter in another liglit.
It is the opinion of s ime—and the opinion linds a
felicitous expression in the late message—that the
debt, be the Amount what it may, is of no legal or
moral obligation, because it was created to aid in
the prosecution of a war of rebellion against the
Lnited States, first the Prophets and then the
Law The moral argument to begin with. Solar
as the writer is conversant, with clitics, it is no,
where a cannon of that philosophy, that oris wrong
justifies another. If Georgia has committed tica
son, that is no reason she should refuse to pay her
debts. If 1 loan a man money, which ho spends
in debauch,ug innocence, is he to tell me that this
is an immorality to which he cannot add the fur
ther immorality of paying me buck my own? If
SO, what becomes of that moral rule which for
bids the evildoer to plead, f or his own benefit,
his own evil deed i ’
And now for the law, upon which point the writer
n , Tillt,,c Supreme Court de
!'l n act !°" °* Georgia was rebellion,
aud that a rebellious htate cannot contract debt, it
is evident that these points arc—legally speaking
eitlior Z d r de , 6 : f ° r ' ° f cours °. ,1( > declaration of
whieb Ji, bl r IV.l V .- ° r c * cculivo oan settle that
determine! Let i ; H \ J T CU ‘ y 10
that Georgia must not T y Aut . ho ' lt^
must bow to that high
solemn tabernacles of thp T ’ Ull ’ botutlc
date there is at a-- > COmes that mau
& - ■.iu!' z •?
she may think bestconsTl 115 i ,udebtcdacafl “
her honor. Hts with her interests and
But to take still another
regrets that to take it he must , th , C - 'Y nt . cr
firm ground of fact and
of fancy. But it is held tEt i1 r no h t e t nTM?™
est of the State to pav this and. bt ,n i er '
words, that it is not expedient u'l ° T '- i U 1 0thar
will oppress the people,that it will ah?** “
ation, that it will impair c “ t 1 W”'
scarecrow to capital. How tbdl UWI be a
debt deserves the uame of on*. 0 pdytllt,ar ' of thia
i. somewhat », . “* £ mi the write,
few, perhaps, who have nor .1 / hc e ale but
another, found it no easy Z.V*! °' ne tlu,e or
S!iS^"2;V. n L”K ,1 e
baCO , n ’ le ! lthßr . alKl nlofh P iluch of
blvT' mim o nMm°tS
Sfor ea hom: and ™ eat for 80,diera ’ Gmiltel* toluy
P“8 80 / 0ur braves; for furnishing
and cotton cards, that good old mothers in Israel
might clothe, against the winter, their ragged and
Yes, there were milliSS th!i
®pcnt, and the books of Georgia show it in a.
*•' «“•»*" * r*« f >»«
one. Certainly it is. The writer never meant to
deny that. He only wanted to meet an objection,
and to show that tens of thousands of Georgians,
from Cherokee to tho sea board, at home or on
an hundred battlefields, in every year of the war,
received steady, direct, necessary, substantial ben
efit from the money whose repayment they are
now asked to ensure. The total expenditure of
the State during the war was $42,094,251 09, and
of this soldiers’ families got $9,365,685, and the
Georgia Relief and Hospital Association $1,280,-
000, making in all $10,645,685, nearly one fourth
I ot the whole disbursement.
But still to pay this debt would oppress the peo
ple. Let us see. Twenty-five cents oa the hun
dred dollar-, basis 1860, Blaveß excluded, would
pay the interest on the whole debt of this State,
this year, support the Government, and leave
something for sinking fund. For the next two
years none of this debt falls due, and wheD, there
after, payments become heavy the State will have
<o far recuperated as to be able to meet them with
comparative ease. The burthen is fitted to our
backs by a Providence that never abandons the
man or the people who will do what is right.
Hut it will check recuperation. How? By giv-
ing the sick man a fair start into convalescence?
But. putting Georgia before the world, wet as she
may be with tears and crimson with the blood ol
her dearest, at least not ignobly smuttered with
broken promises?
But it will impair credit. Lucas a non luccndo.
it impairs credit, it seems, to err, if you err at all,
on the side of paying a debt—to have a chival
rous sense of promises that will not permit you to
evade a fulfillment the law cannot enforce. If
for Georgia to say that, come what may, she had
this money and she means to pay it, be to impair
her credit, it is evident, is not a thing at all to be
desired. Hut all humau nature rises up against
‘his doctrine. Credit is the lovely first boru of the
uptight and dwellcth not in the house of the pro
mise-breaker. Let Georgia say that she will pay this
debt and her people can borrow capital to-mor
row by the million throughout the North. Let
her say she will not do it, and iter business meu
will be told just as the Alabama merchants have
been told—your State has repudiated and we can’t
draw the line between its reliability and your own.
Show a disposition to pay 'and every stroDg box
will fly open. Deny obligation and security ten
deep can hardly get a dollar.
Mouey has no polities and capitalists seldom ad
vance ou their feelings. To pay a debt under
strong adverse temptations is something Wall
street cau appreciate, but no party consideration
could withhold its derision ol a solvency based on
expungement of obligation—scccssiou or other
wise. |
Hut to pay will deter capital from seeking in
vestments. Why ? Because the taxes will be
necessarily high. Now not a single position taken
in reference 10 the argument immediately prior
but applies with equal ionue here. Where would
the immigrant be apter to go, docs any one sup
pose—to North Carolina or Alabama where, now
that the.thing is started, he might be repudiated
out of his house ere well settled in it, or to South
Carolina or Georgia where the taxes might be a
little higher but the State promise was inviolable?
Deter capital, indeed. Why, w here in all the world
are taxes higher and interest lower than iu England,
and yet what people have more foreign capital invest
ed iu their securities, and can negotiate, at pleasure, a
larger toreigu loan? The truth is, England’s financial
good faith is the root of England’s prosperity. She
never dishonors a money promise and she never lucks
a loan. Planting the same seed, Georgia can reap the
same golden fruit.
And now one point more. The expression, scaling
Uit deU is often heard. It bus been even employed in
the presentation of these views. By some it is sup
| posed to mean some sort of repudiation. It is nothing
lof the sort. It is simply what its etymology imports
—a weighing of a largely fictitious debt in the balance,
ft the State of Georgia gave me an obligation acknow
ledging the receipt and promising the repayment ol
one thousand dollars, and she really received one thou
sard paper dollars, worth one hundred dollars in gold,
it is evident one hundred in gold is all 1 loaned and all
she borrowed—all I ought to ask and all she ought to
pay. This is scaling the debt —putting it in the uner
ring scales of Justice to fiud out what it really comes
to.
And now to recapitulate. The writer has endeavor
ed to show:
Ist. That the entire indebtedness of the State—con
tracted during the war—is $17,166,275 85, aud not
$18,135,795, a reduction at once of very near a million
from the popular estimate.
2d. That even of this amount, $4,236,971 SO were
contracted lor purely civil purposes, thus further re
ducing the war debt proper to $12,929,304 55.
3d. That this indebtedness was contracted in a high
ly inflated currency, and that really, while nominally
twelve it is only front three to four millions, when
sealed down to the actual specie value received and
now owing.
4th. That though the necessity arose by reason ot
war, yet the people ot Georgia—the poor, the sick, the
exile, the wounded, the dying—received the substan
tial benefit of a very large proportion of this debt.
sth. That a tax of twenty-five cents on the hundred
expenses beside7and that in 1868,
wl en the payments begin again, ability to pay will
keep pace, pars jmssu, with demand.
6th. 'I Lat faithful, conscientious fulfillment of prom
ises, strengthens, not impairs, credit; promotes, not
checks, recuperation ; invites, not discourages, immi
gration; and superinduces, iustead of deterring, influx
of foreign capital.
And with this the writer closes the few considera
tions he has ventured to present to the Convention.
Minor points might have been touched on, but the
object has only been to group, as clearly as might be,
the salient considerations in lavor of a fair payment ot
an honest debt. Feelings, too, might have been, ap
pealed to, but the writer has ever loved fact better
than limey—principle more than sentiment. And yet,
studiously as he has sought to eschew emotion, he has
at times, when writing, almost fancied be could hear
Georgia pleading for her honor—that this, at least,
might be left her, though all else were taken away.—
Pointing to a bosom, already too deeply gashed by the
reeking sword ot war, she has seemed, with tears and
piteous imputations, to entreat that she be not further
stabbed with the filthy poignard of disgrace. Bidding
her children remember that the sun will yet shine up
on her path, she asks this thing only—that she may
walk in that daylight, when it comes in its splendor,
as one who has nothing whereof to be ashamed.
And upon you, gentlemen of the Convention, it de
volves that sue be not disappointed. The honor, the
good name, the business credit of the State, are in) our
bands. Be wise, be just, be moderate, and they are
sale. Being safe, and through your means, Georgia
will bless you, and, consoled by that one thought in
all her troubles, will cry, ball smiling through her
tears, “ My children are as honest as they ate brave.”
The Mexican Loan. —The N. Y. Herald
has an interesting statement relating to the
new Mexican loan, for §30,000,000, which
was placed on the raarkot on the 21st, anti
also a representation of the bonds of the
denomination of §SOO. Already, the de
mand for these bonds is very great, and ap
plications arc pouring in from banks and
individuals.
Foreign papers say that Duke Tor
louia was dying near Itoinc at the last ac
counts. Will his servant be sent out to
collect a scudo of every guest invited to the
funeral, as he has been so many years to
levy for that amount ou the foreigners,
who were invited to tho Ducal banker’s
parties ‘t
B&. The household effects of the late
Mrs. Surratt, were sold at auction in Wash
ington on the 27th.
-
lour gentlemen from Northern Ohio are
on a visit to Florida, as a delegation from a large
community of German farmers, to examiue the
character of the climate and soil, the price of
lands and the temper and disposition of the inhab
itants towards foreign emigrants.
03T Geu. Webster, Chief of Staff to General
Shcrmau, has bought an interest in the Cahawba
Iron Works, at Irondale, Jefferson county, Ala
bama, and intends settling there permanently with
his family.
sag" A cod fish weighiug 14 stones, (21 pouuds)
having in its stomach a pair of spectacles with
brass frames, was caught about three miles from
Flambro’ Head, by William Wareup, fisherman of
that place.
52gT On the 29th nit., a lad fell down tho shaft
of the Galmpton Iron Mine, in Devon, a distance
of more than sixty feet, and escaped with one or
two alight injuries.
The New York Herald says the present
whereabouts of Samuel Cooper, senior General in
the rebel service, remains a mystery. He parted
company with Jeff. Davia at Augusta, previous to
the capture of the latter, and has not since been
heard from.
How Things Work. —An insipionfc insur
rection has been recently quelled in Barnwell
District, as we have been advised by a recent
visitor from that quarter. The negroes
had arms, and bad banded themselves lor
the purpose of destroying the whites. They
gad become possessed of the idea that, with
the destruction of the whites, they would
become possessors of the land. They way
laid the crossings, and their plan was to
beat down the travelers with cudgels, then
drag them into the woods and murder them.
One or more of the whites have been mur
dered. McCue, a firmer near Barnwell,
was one of the violins. They had also
burned some barns, with all the gathered
crop of the season. They were dissatisfied
with their allotment of share, and proceeded
to improve it by destroying the whole. Tho
plot has been discovered, and the scheme is,
for the present, scotched. But what will
happen, when the crop is generally to be
shared out, is a problem of great difficulty.
It will be well if a strong guard of soldiers
shall be present at the plantations, severally,
whenever the distribution of the harvest
shall take place. We learn, also, that
things are looking very squally above George
town. One gentleman assures us that the
negroes in that quarter are almost in a
state of revolt. —Charleston News, 'loth
ult.
J5gT The cholera has appeared in Southampton,
England.
New Advertisements.
I’UNERAL WOTICJE.
The friends and acquaintances of Mas. James Tay
lor and Wm. Taylor and family, are respectfully in
vited to attend the funeral of Miss Mary Ann Taylok'
front the Episcopal Church this afternoon at $ o’clock’
Macon, Ga., Nov. 2nd, 1865. 11*
THEATRE
CHAS. NESBITT... Lessee and if AN ACER.
S. H. VERNEY ...Stacie Manaur.
LAST NIGHT BUT TWO
—or THE—
WREN DRAMATIC COMBINATION.
Thursday Evening;, Nov, 2d.,
EAST LYNNeTeAST LYNNE!’.
A T the request of several citizens, we have been
A. induced to repeat the beautiful and moral play
in Five Acta, of
EAST LYNNfi ;
OR, THE
ELOPEMEsYT.
ELLA WREN-NEBBITT, in the double characters
of Lady Isabel and Madame Vine.
To-morrow night, (Arand Complimentary Benefit to
ELLA WREN-NESBITT.
VENETIA;
OR, THE ITALIAN BRIDE,
and the immortal
TOODLEB.
Fur cast, see small oills.
ADMISSION:
Dress Circle and Parquette. $1 00
Gallery 50
Good order will be strictly maintained.
The seats in the Dress Circle are numbered and can
be reserved between the hours of 10 A. M.and 1 P. M.
Doors open at quarter past 7. Peiforaance to com
mence at 8 o’clock. ' nov2-lt
To Journeymen Tailors.
WANTED immediately—two good Coat Hands.
Apply to
W. C. KENNEDY, Macon, Ga.
XST Atlanta and Columbus papers please copy, and
send bill to tbis Office.
nov2~2t
STOCK
to w»*a AY ArCil OiH.
I WILL sell at Auction, in fiont of mv Office, at 11
o’clock, A. M., this day,
8 Head of Horses and Mules,
2 Good Buggy Horses,
1 Fine Saddle Horae,
ALSO,
1 Buggy and one Jersey Wagon.
Sale positive.
L. H. BRYANT,
nov2-lt Auctioneer.
FOR SALE
On Consignment,
Kt SACKS of Coffee. Also, Tobacco, Bacon
Flour, Salt, Sugar and Soft Soap.
COLLINS k FOSTER.
nov2-lt* West side of 3rd Street.
HOUSTON COUNTY LANDS FOR RENT.
THE undersigned wish to rent for the year 18U6,
the two Cotton Plantations of the late Dempsey
Brown ; lying on Big Creek. One in Houston, the
other in Dooly County, adjoining the lands of the late
Hugh Lawson and Jsbo Powers. Esqs. Said lands
not excelled for the production of Cotton—about 120 TANARUS)
acres open land on each place. Apply to
R. C. BRYAN, Houston Factory.
J. M. WIMBERLY, Henderson, Ga.
nov2-6t
Georgia, Crawford County.—Whereas, Jason
Castleberry, applies to me for letter* of Administra
tion, on the estate of Sarah Patterson, late of said county,
deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and
•how cause (if any they have) why said letters should Dot
be granted to the as id Jason Castleberry.
Given under my hand at office, this K6th day of October,
•Bes. JAMES J. RAY,
nova—sod» Ordinary.
GEORGIA* Dooly County.—Whereas, James
P. Powell, applies to me for letters of Guardianship
of thepersons and property of Benjamin F., Henry W.,
Sarah G. and Homer M. Powell, .orphan children of Silas
H. Powell, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
thekindred and creditorsof said deceased, to he and appear
at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show
oause, if any they have, why said letters should not be grant
ed.
Given nnder my hand and official signature, this 2uth
day October, 180. WM. If. PA Via,
Ordinary.
GEORGIA* Dooly County.— Whereas, James
P. Powell, applies to me for letters of Guardianship,
of the person and property of Sarah G. Powell, minor and
orphan of John F. Powell, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish tho kindred
and credltors n f ■•dddec’d to beano appear at my office on
or by. the (first Mondayfn WSPefiber next, then and there
granted C 4 U an *' wb * **'<! letters should not be
Given under my hand and official signature, this 2Cth
day ' > o‘lA t ? ber * 18#6 * WM. H. DAVIS,
nov2 ~ Bod Ordinary. '
,! p»on County.— Whereas. Robt.
VJ M. Collier, applies to m» for tho Guardianship of the
persons and property of Sarah Whatley and James »hat
of Vvhatleydeceased Unt *‘ ° rph * n chi,dren of J * mes
*> ve of persons con
cerned, to showteause (if any th*y have) on the first Mon
be granted MXi ‘ " bj *‘ ,d Bu»rdianshlp should not
Given under my hand at office, 30th October) 1565.
nov2—Bod WM ‘ A * ooßB ' Ordinary,
AUGUSTA HOTEL
PROPRIETORS: J
S. M. JONES, Z. A. RUT.
WE respectfully invite our old friends and the trav
eimg pubfic to give us a call. Our House is located
in tne heart of trade, and conveuiout to the depiV-
Augusta, Qa., Aug. 24. 1865.
N. SLBDOI. KIIWARD PAESONS.—Late
of thb Perry House, Columbus, Ga.
SLEDGE HOUSE,
OPELIKA, ALA.
T>REAKFAST House for Passengers from Columbus
iSaMnld^ on th * W. P, R. R. a few fumi
h® accommodated during the summer months.
Terms moderate, rooms well ventilated, and table sup
plied with the beet the market affords. Cool ntehte
and no muequitoes. *
. SLEDGE A PARSONS.
* Proprietors.
New Advertisements.
-Aj '* ~
EEORGANIZED
FOR A GRAND SOUTHERN TOUR.
• WWf
SEASON OF 1865-66.
Positively the largest Establishment in
lh« Soulliem Country.
THAY.R & NOYES'
great
UNITED STATES CIRCUS,
WILL EXHIBIT IN MACON, ON.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
Nov. 61li, Till and 81li, 1865,
FOR TIT REE DAYS ONLY.
* i * ____
Location on the Court House Lot.
POST!VELY ONLY THREE DAYS !
riNIIE munaecuidß would respect
| fully state that in organizing
their Circus Company for a grand
Southern t/mr. tfcey spared
neither time, labor nor money, to
make their present Combination ihe
trillint and attractive ever \ft *
presented to the pafronaj of The
nublic Through the indomitable
perseverance oHbeir special Agents
! ukkdby the prestige of Hhe world
wide reputation of the I ropnetors)
they have made the four quartets jggkw
of the globe contribute their choicest .
gems to form this
This Grand Alliance of Talent is \ *• YrK
organized on a scale of unprecedent- IX
ed” magnificence, and the extraor
dinary and varied performances of
the great array of \
FOREIGN AND NATIVE ARTISTES Vfr
WiUinaugurate anew era in amuse- AYq
menti The* Entertainment will be
produced with a degree ot origmati-
ty and splendor never before at
tempted in this country.' w
The iolossal toiubiuatiou
ABOUNDS IN
Superb Acts, Thrilling Feats, (fJjfrilsSm
Gorgeous Spectacles, _ rAAA&ffisla
Classic Displays, Regal I'astimps, •* •
Picturesque Gaines,
Sumptuous Festivities, .
Fascinating and Vivid Pageantries, &
Beautiful Groupings,
Marvelous Sensations, Graceful
Horsemanship,
Brilliant Arenic Gems.
Sparkling,Corruscation ol Wit, I
ana Racy Humor,
FO KM INGA
Pyramid of Wonders gm
Truly magnificent, enriched by the fJLjsAg.
crowning adornment of an eio
inent and glorious
CYCLE OP GEHIVB.
THE FOLLOWING
STAR PERFORMERS:
Mr. S. P. Hticknev,
Mins Emma Stickney,
Kohl. Stickney,
Mrs. Tom King. ®f3ww* ssS,,i ’
Mr. Jas. C. Reynolds, .
Willie Dutton, ’
Messrs Boiirrows
ami Kelley,
John Sanders, I\. I •
Mr. Wm Sparks, I
j. Uazelett, \
Mons Merest, _\€h
Master Cook, ‘'•Ml
M’JI Virginia,
M’lle Lu|»tere,« .
Whitney. rfsgjpjDp It
Holton,
Duval,
Watson, jT
Jacques, Mr
tt throng of Juveniles,anu
a host of Auxiliaries. AM
—o— TBgSm
Mr. W. Noyes *
will introduce the celebrated Per
fotming Monkey
“Slyitor l ‘ittor,”
and the wonderful ]’er f orming gl
«GR\r EAGLE, Jr.” flip
Each entertainment will
mence with a
ORIENTAL CAVALCADE, jj^fl
And concludes with tiie laughable l*; » **. 1
peiforipauces of Dr. Thayer’s
Comic M/ules,
Messrs. Thayer aud
Reynolds,
CLOWNS.
At! mission - e ,
Reserved Seats ...!!..!! *1 °oo S '
Children under lo years oid .! ] * ’.'so cents.
* * C. WHITNEY. Agent.
V ERV IIVPOKTANT NOTICE.
insignificantly indifferent. * 9 literally good or
noTl—6t
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS a.
A. M. ROWLAND A CO
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN **
tim, his in min
OPPOSITE THE LANIER HOI si.
MULB EBH V ST H K ET,
M.A.OO3NT, ■ ■ * ■
Great inducements are offered to Merchants, to whom «, „
CROCKERY BY THE CRa^
or selected pieces, at reduced prices.
TO COUNTRY MERCHANT
AND
Dealers Throughout the Bout), j
OUR Stock being complete, we are prepared to Ml, . .
Trade to examine our
IMMENSE STOCK OP 1 DKY ( }(H|
BOTH ST A PEE AMD PA.lev,.
ALSO,
BOOTH , Sit OKS, MMTS\I'«tPH, ( Hi i 7 ,
« ii,
* *' ALSO
LARGE STOCK OJv OHOCKHII
SUCH AS SUGARS OF ALL GRADES AND QUALITY
COFFEE, Rio and Java.
RAGGING aud ROPE.
TOBACCO and OSNABURGS.
MACON and AUGUSTA SHEETINGS and SHIRTING?
COTTON YARN, CHEESE and CANDLES.
SOAP, CANDY and SODA, (both in keg* an! bciw
RAISINS, STARCH and SNUFF
NUTMEGS and CATSUP, (various trui j
SPICK, PEPPER, GINGER, Or..
It would be useless for us to attempt to enumerate ; i*u
that we can fill most any kind of an order, and at ae LOW Eil
AS ANY HOUSE. Our facilities being such in making our ;*
ses, that we use every advantage, and buy goods as low w am :l
if not lower. Since the Fall Trade opened, our sales havr |««|
precedently large, rendering it necessary that a membti ot
should visit the Northern and Eastern Markets to make fur
chases, that our Stock may be kept up to its maximum ataiuh
care not for competition, all we desire is an EXAMINATION 0:
GOODS AND PRICES. Our purchases are made exclusive:»
which makes it necessary that we sheuld confine ourselves to ‘
system, believing it to l>e better and safer for the country at U.
J. B. BOSK & SOI
Corner 2nd & Cherry Sim*
oct23-lui*
•V. A. MEGRATH, AGED
WHOLESALE AND BETAII. DEALER IX
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, WINES. LIQUORS, CHJHF I
At'Ells’ Old Stand, Opposite Lanier House.
MA-COIST, G-EORGI
■:o:
I SHALL receive GOODS every week, aud shall keep my stock so Me-ffteu •»
chants and consumers can FIND ANYTHING THEY WANT, at all tm-i-
I WILL SELL -AS LOW JVS ANYBOI’
IX. A. lEGRATH. HP
m- p. S.—ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE WANTFP **
ret 21-3 m •* j,
G.F.&H.E.OLIVEI
SECOND STREET, MACON, GA.,
WHOLESALE AND RETA 1L
DEALERS IN
Corn, Rye, Oats, Whisky, French B rtt ?
Champagne, Mackerel, Cheese*
Axes, Backets, Tubs, Selves,
more’s Cotton Cards,
Salt, Bacon, etc.
We would inform our friends, and liar F» k,lf ( ~
have on hand, and are constantly , * , * fresk
above articles, which we sell on
VERY REASONABLE TERMS'
Parties at a distance, sending their order* <• **’ mr *
satisfaction in every particular. u c oi iVE^
Bept 29-tr Q p # gL H. E- OLIVC.