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gIJIDAT MOBNINH. DEC. 31.
THE OLD MB SEW.
11 Ring out the old, ring In the new,
Ring out the false, ring In the true.”
Before our readers will hail the rising
ol the next sun, the chin of the old
year will have been tied up, his eyes
quietly closed and he be laid tenderly
away in the sepulcher. The new, hot j
with young blood, champs the bit, flings j
off the blankets of snow, and with limbs
of lightning speed, pitches madly for
ward.
Time has a pittiiess heart and a tire
less wing. He stops not to chat idly
with individuals or nations. Unlike
the Ancient Mariner, whether on your
way to a marriage or a funeral, he
grasps you with no skinny hand nor
lures you with the glitter of his eye.
He says with mute but eloquent lips,
here am I, if you have anything to
learn or communicate, it were well it
be done quickly. With equal and
silent step, I knock once alike and with
the same power at the palaco and the
cottage, tho church and the chapel, in
halls of laughter and song and in the
house of sighs and tears. To-day, you
are healthy in mind and body, pros
perous and happy—to-morrow, sad and
afflicted and, perhaps, a tenant of a
mad house. To day, you are clothed in
gold and purple and wield a kingly
scepter—to-morow, you are food for
worms and laid side by side in the grave
with the beggar in rags. There is no
blatant sophistry, no false philosophy,
no hypocritical cant nor mock philan
throphy about this equality and frater
nity. Time and death are the only
true Agrarians. We are what the
buildors of Troy, Babylon and Ele
phantiswere, and what they are, we
will bo—dust.
The past year has been fruitful in
events. A part of the two hemispheres
has been desolated by fire and sword.
The most military nation in Europe
has licked the foot of her conqueror
and the Queen City of the West is filled
; with ashes. God smites only in wis
dom and goodness. Purified by their
'baptism of blood and flame, may each
'afflicted one spring forward with re
•newed life and vigor, and join in the
’grand march of progress of cities and
nations.
We have neither time or space to
dwell on the other important revolu
tions and incidents of 1871. We hope
;1873 will but increase the spread of
virtue, intelligence and good govern
ment among all people and be especi
ally beneficial to our own beloved and
desolated South. Spring will again
clothe our fields with verdure, after the
witherings of Winter ; industry will
again make our barns burst with plenty
and scatter with a bountiful profusion
our snowy staple, blackened by the
smoke and fires of war; our sad homes
may again resound with songs and
gladness, but no Spring, with its flow
ers, or Autumn, with its fruits, will
ever return to gladden that people
whose spirit is brokon and whose necks
ate quiet under the yoke of injustice
and tyranny. May this oppression be
removed before the end of 1873, when
we can exclaim, with no “bated breath”
or affected joy, “A happy new year !’>
As tima doffs his old, to put on new
garments, so we will follow his exam- j
plo and appear on next issue in anew
robe. This we deem but a tribute of
gratitude to those, who during the past I
year, have welcomed the light and heat [
of our orb with kind and liberal hearts
and hands. May each successive year
And our patrons happier, because wiser
and better.
Navanunh aud Memphis Railroad.
On the occasion of a recent business
visit to Opelika, we made a trip over
jibis road to its present terminus, twen
lly five milos from Opelika, and five
from Dadeville. We found the road in
fine order and doing a good freight and
passenger business, and making consid
erable over running expenses. The
except one rock cut, is com
pleted to beyond Dadeville. The great
drawback to the progress of track-laying
lias been the bridging and tressel work.
This is now progressing rapidly, and it
is confidently expected by the manage
ment that the cars will be running to
Dadeville, a distance of thirty miles
from Opelika, by the first of March,
.when it is believed the earnings will
jdouble the expenses of transportation.
Beyond Dadeville, the grading will be
much lighter than it has been on this
side, and the bridging and tressel work
much less. Capt. Sharpe, the indefati
gable and untiring Superintendent, feels
sanguine of being able to extend the
road to the fifty-mile post by Novem
ber or December. The company have
ilready iron bought, paid for and on
the way, to extend the road forty miles,
which they anticipate having laid down
by June. This will take it to beyond
Youngsvillo, into a fine agricultural
section ot Tallapoosa county, and con
tiguous to fine agricultural districts of
Coosa, Clay and Talladega counties;
from which sections our merchants and
in:; icturers have reason to look fora
brisk trade.
Ia Opelika, we put up at the Opelika
House, presided over by that prince ol
landlords, Mr. B. Y. Cooper. We
found everything as neat as anew pin,
the table well supplied and the meals
cooked in the best style of the art. We
commend the Opelika House to the
traveler in search of a good meal.
The tendency of Opelika is decidedly
to spread over territory, and in every
dirtc.io dwellings are going up—most
ol them modeis ot flue taste, ilcr met
chants appear to be doing good business.
The first class steamer “Darien” will
leave Savannah od the l‘2th, direct tor
Liverpool. All who ship by her get
dispatch for their cotton and an avoid
ance of New York. Andrew Low & Cos.
Savannah, are agents. See notice.
Other steamers will follow her.
Cotton Receipts. —Those of yester
day, at Columbus were the smallest of
any day since the second week of last
September. They were only 33 bales,
against 186 same day last year.
Fkekdmen.—A large number was in
the city yesterday. Very few farmers are
hiring them. Some are renting lands.
The prices both for labor and land are
greatly lower than those oflaat year.
A Wall street broker, named Chas. C.
Allen, sues Fisk, jr., and Gould for
false imprisonment. Their object, Al
len alleges, was to suppress his evidence
regarding Black Friday. The damages
claimed is $50,000.
TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA.
Fellow Citizens —As Senators in
the present General Assembly, we sub
mit to you through the press a brief
history of the proceedings of that body
At its late session, and the reasons lor
its action on cert tin measures now laws,
notwithstanding the veto of the acting
Governor. We do this because we have
been acting for yon, and feel that you
should know all. And many things
which have been done, and the reason
for their doing you could learn in no
other manner. Only one day before
the meeting of the Legislature ia No
vember last, liufus B. Bullock, justly
fearing impeachment for his many
crimes committed against the Constitu
tion and laws of this State, which he
had sworn to maintain and obey, re
signed his office of Governor, and the
Hon. Benjamin Conley, the then Presi
dent of the Senate, according to the
provision of our Constitution, having
first taken the proper oath, commenced
to exercise the functions of the Execu
tive Department of our Government.
These events met the Representatives
of the people upon their assembling at
the Capitol, and necessarily produced
much excitement and confusion. How
Mr. Conley should be treated after the
organization of the two Houses, when
his office of President of the Senate had
ceased, was a grave question. Was he
to be treated as Governor of the State
for the unexpired term of Rufus B. Bul
lock, or as an usurper of this great of
fice ? While a large majority of the
Representatives in both branches of the
General Assembly believed, as they
still do, that tlie right and duty of exer
cising the functions of Governor when
that officer had resigned or had been
removed from his office, were simply
incidents of another office, that of Pres
ident of the Senate, until the vacancy
iu the office of Governor could be filled
in the manner pointed out by the Con
stitution—on election by the people; yet
it was agreed, in order to preserve the
peace of the State, that Mr. Trammell,
President of the Senate, should not
quality as Governor, and that Mr. Con
i ley, ex-President of the Senate, should
remain undisturbed until an election by
the people could be had in pursuance of
the Constitution.
This was a concession which Bhould
forever suppress all clamor about the
revolutionary designs of the Democrat
ic party in Georgia, considering that the
Constitution, in terms of the plainest
character, declares that the President ol
the Senate shall exercise the Executive
powers of the Government in case of the
resignation of the Governor—not that
one who has been such President, and
ceased to be such, shall exercise the
duties of the Executive Department.
This determination having been
formed and executed, it is necessary to
say a word on the rignt to have an elec
tion now so strongly disputed by Mr.
Conley and his friends. Have we such
a right, or is it true that Mr. Conley can
legally exercise the functions of Gover
nor until January, 1873? The right to
an election arises from a provision of the
Constitution in these words: “The Gen
eral Assembly shall have power to pro
vide by law for filling unexpired terms
by a special election.’' If a bill, provid-
ing for a special election to fill the un
expired term of Rufus B. Bullock, has
been passed by both branches of the
General Assembly, has been vetoed by
the acting Governor, has been passed
by a constitutional majority over the
ueto, the requisites of the Constitution
have been complied with. The right to
make provisions for filling unexpired
terms is not restricted to a provision in
advance of the vacancy, but covers all
cases, either by general law before a
vacancy happens or by special law after
such vacancy occurs.
The first important action of the
Legislature which incurred the hostili
ty of the acting Governor, was the
resolution to suspend the 30th section
of the Appropriation bill, which had
been used under the title of the “india
rubber clause,” to spend over $50,000
on newspapers, nearly the same on
lawyers, aud a very large sum, many
thousands of dollars, on real and pre
tended captors of felons. The acting
Governor assumed the ground—though
inconsistently with his previous opin
ion, as he, while in the Senate, had
joined in suspending tax laws by reso
lution—that a law could not be suspend
ed by resolution.
It will be seen by reference 1 to the
case of Jones vs. The Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad Company (39 Georgia
Reports, page 138) that in the opinion
of the highest legal tribunal in the
State, a resolution may be used to sus
pend the provisions of a law. On
account of the time which might be
consumed in discussing the first veto,
and the facility with which the same
object might be other wise accomplished, ;
the Senate referred this veto message
to a committee, from which no report
was ever made.
The second measure which called
forth from the acting Governor a veto
message was the bill to provide for an
election to fill the unexpired term of
Rufus B. Bullock, a measure proposed
by the Democratic party in a spirit of
peace, to preserve the quiet of the
State, and to avoid any claim for Fed
eral interference. This measure, though
vetoed by Mr. Conley, was, neverthe
less, passed by a constitutional majori
ty over the veto, and is now the law |
of the land, aud however it may be
treated by law breakers, will receive j
from all good citizens that respect and
obedience due to the law. We hope,
under the circumstances attending the
passage of this bill, that the acting i
Governor, having already contested the j
matter with the General Assembly and
been defeated in a constitutional mode,
will make no further contest when the
result of the election is announced, but
will surrender the office of Governor to ;
him whom the people have selected to j
hold it.
If Mr. Conley will observe the oath
which was administered to him when
he entered upon the duties of the Ex
ecutive office, he will surrender the
office. If he is a law-abiding citizen,
desiring the welfare of the State, and
that “law and order” may reign su
preme, he will interpose no obstruction
to the execution of the law.
The third measure which called forth
from the acting Governor an exercise
of the veto power, was the bill to repeal
laws suspending a collection of the poll
tax for several years past. The Radical
party, which for the last three years
has ruled and ruined the State, in order
to preserve its power, had from time to
time suspended the collection of a poll
tax, claiming that such suspension ope
rated to destroy the validity of the poll
tax levied for such years, and thus re
lieve their many deluded colored adhe
rents who had not paid their taxes,
from the ban of the constitutional re
quirement which makes payment of
taxes a necessary qualification of an
elector. . . ,
This tax was, and is the principal
source from which to raise a iund lor
common schools, and though pretend
ing to be the especial friend to common
schools, the Radical party had illegally j
used its power (for a partisan purpose
as shown alreaoy) to prevent the col
lection of this tax, and thereby strangle
the common schools. The Democratic
Legislature, honestly endeavoring to
carry out the constitutional require
ment to promote common schools, and
to cause the right of suffi age to be re
spected and appreciated by the voters
of the State, very early in the session
determined to act fully aud fairly on
this matter, and when the veto of the
acting Governor came in, the bill, uot
withstandingWiis veto, was made a law
In the manner pointed out by the Con
stitution. So, now, this matter is set
tled,and the teachers of common schools
will’feel that a part, at least, of their
just dues will be regularly and certainly
! paid, and the voters of the State will
feel that the privilege of voting, elect.
j n g rulers, and legislators, and officers,
depends upon the prompt payment of
the poll tax.
The fourth measure of the General
Assembly which incurred the hostility
of Mr. Conley, acting Governor, was
the bill to repeal the act organizing
the District Court. This justly odious
court, which the Radical party had fas
tened on particular districts of the State,
Mr. Conley exerted all his strengtn to
perpetuate. Incompetent Judges and
State’s Attorneys, and the enormous
cost of the court in the amount paid to
District Judges and Solicitors, were
the reasons, and amply sufficient they
were, for the abolition of this court.
To veto a measure ridding the op
l pressed and poverty-stricken people of
the State of a court unsuited to their
circumstances, and overwhelming them
with taxes, seems to us most extraor
dinary.
In this veto, as also in several others,
the acting Governor abandoned the
usual grounds of Executive veto, and
in a role peculiar to himself, has en
croached upon matters entirely of leg
islative discretion.
The fifth measure of the Legislature,
which the acting Governor vetoed, was
the bill to reduce the pay of members
from nine to seven doilars per day.
When we consider that Mr. Conley,
without any scruples, has, trom his ex
cess of patriotism, served the State 328
days, exclusive of this session of the
Legislature, at the modest sum of sl2
per day, making the amount received
by him for fastening the District Court
upon the people, and all those equally
obnoxious laws passed in 1868,1869 and
1870, $3,936, this veto places him in a
mo3t ridiculous attitude. His veto of
this bill was in part founded on the idea
that as the existing law, enacted by
himself and his friends, gave members
of the Legislature nine dollars per day,
the per diem could not be reduced by
the men entitled to receive it. Verily
a Solon has arisen among us, and a
Daniel come to judgment!
The sixth and last measure of the
Legislature which Mr. Conley, for the
time being exercising the functions of
Governor, endeavored by his veto to de
feat, was the famous Bond bill. This
bill requires all persons holding funds
of the State issued since 1868. to report
the same to a special commission for
registration before the first of April,
1872, and if such holders fail so to do,
said bonds are to be deemed prima
facie illegal and fradulent. It also re
quires the commission to examine into
the transfer of said bonds, how they are
held, and upon waat consideration; and
also prohibits the Treasurer of the State
from paying interest on said bonds un
til the further order of the Legislature.
Tho sth section, which contains the
clause last cited, excited the special op
position of Mr. Conley and his friends
the Bond holders. He and they de
sired the interest paid on all the bonds
issued since 1868, and registered in the
Comptroller General’s office. They
claimed that Buch action was necessary
in order to sustain the credit of Geor
gia. The Democratic Legislature passed
this bill over the acting Governor’s
veto, believing it absolutely necessary
to protect the bona fide holders of reg
ularly issued State bonds, and to pre
serve the tax-payers of the State from
utter ruin. It was known to the lead
ing Democrats in both branches (f
the General Assembly that one banker
in New York, Russell Sage, held for an
advance of $375,000, at least one mil
lion dollars in Georgia bonds; that the
confederates of Bullock and Ivimkall
(Henry Clews & Cos.) for advances and
payments with a large amount of usury,
amounting to nearlysl,7oo,oo,held $2,-
500,000 of Georgia bonds; that Bullock
himself had declared that SBOO,OOO of
the bonds held by Clews were invalid,
and $500,000 of those held by Russell
Sage were of a similar nature; and that
other large holders of Georgia bonds
had only advanced partially on the
bonds held by them. With such knowl
edge, how could the Legislature, with
any show of justice, allow these bond
holders to collect interest on the
amounts named in the bonds? How
could they have acted otherwise to
have protected the bona fide creditors
of the State, and the tax-payers, than
to have required the holders of bonds,
issued during a period tvhen fraud was
abroad in the land, and rogues and
swindlers filled the high offices of the
State, to come forward and show in
what manner and upon what consider
ation these bonds were in their posses
sion? In addition to all this, it waa
well known that Bullock had fled the
State because he had issued $l,t!00,000
of gold bonds to Kimball & Cos. for the
benefit of the Brunswick & Albany
Railroad, in defiance of the Constitu
tion and laws made by his own Radical
Legislature. In our opinion, if the
Legislature had not passed this bill over
Mr. Conley’s veto, it would have mer
ited universal execration. We believe
if the Legislature had passed no other
bill than this and had consumed the
whole forty-five days in so doing, it
should receive the commendation of the
people. A rigid adherence to the pro
visions of this bill will save the bur-
thened tax payers of the State from-that
ruin which a few short weeks since
was staring them in the face.
Besides these measures, so necessary
to the welfare of the people, the Legist
laturc, in a short session of forty five
days, passed many important general
laws and more local laws than were
ever before matured and passed in the
same period of time. The new Consti
; tution having thrown upon the Ordina
ries of the several counties of the State
the whole county business, it had been
in some places neglected, in some uied
for base purposes, and in others had
overwhelmed the Ordinary by its
amount and character. To alter this
state of things required much special
legislation.
Then much special legislation was
needed for the cities, towns and villages
to enable them to preserve peace and
order in the State. We think that the
Legislature has not only merited the
commendation of the people for the
acts enumerated, but for its assertion
and maintenance against the acting Ex
ecutive of the invaluable right to con
tinue its session without the consent of
the Governor beyond the forty days
allowed by the Constitution. When
, the acting Governor, on the day before |
j the expiration of the forty days allowed
1 by the Constitution for the length of
; the session unless continued by a two
[ thirds vote, notified the Legislature that
he, only allowed to hold his office for a
I few short weeks for the sake of peace,
would not recognize your representa
! tives as the Legislature of Georgia after
13 m. on Sunday night, then the repre
sentatives could only prove recreant to
the people by yielding to Mr. Conley,
or maintain the rights of the General
Assembly and remain in session (hav
ing first continued the session beyond
the forty days in the manner pointed
out by the Constitution) long enough
; to satisiy the pro tem. Executive that
his failure to recognize would not affect
: them. The General Assembly, as we ]
j believe and assert, fully complied with
! the requirements of the Constitution in
I extending the session five days. Both
Houses, by a two-thirds vote, on the
! day before the expiration of the forty
| days, agreed to extend the session five
! days after the expiration of the forty
j days, and due notice of this action was
immediately given to Mr. Conley. We
maintain that the action of the Legisla
ture was constitutional and necessary
to the preservation of liberty. Suppose
; it had been on one of the very last days,
! say the 39th day of the session, discov
ered that the acting Governor had done
the same thing (illegally indorse rail
road bonds), for which his immediate
predecessor and friend, Bullock, had
fled the State; suppose further, that
it had, in the time above mentioned,
been discovered that Mr. Conley had
sold pardons of felons for "moneys
numbered suppose that it had been
in like manner discovered that the
acting Governor, in the interest of
the bondholders and for money
paid him, was induced to veto the
bond bill; suppose farther, that it
bad bten discovered that Mr. Conley,
while acting as Commissioner to in
vestigate and audit claims against the
“State Road,” had, lor money paid him
allowed unjust claims to pass and be
paid, would not a construction of the
Constitution, which gave the Governor
the right to break up the General As
sembly, when both branches had agreed
to continue in session to investigate his
conduct, be received with astonish
ment ? A construction which would
allow the Executive such opportunities
to deftat the General Assembly can
only be tolerated from necessity. Now,
is there any such necessity ? The words
of the Constitution on the subject of ex
tension of the session are as follows :
“No session of the General Assembly,
after the second under this Constitu
tion, shall continue longer than forty
days, unless prolonged by a vote of
two-thirds of each branch thereof.”
“Every vote, resolution or order, to
which the concurrence of both Houses
may be necessary, except on a question
of adjournment or election, shall be
presented to the Governor, and before
it shall take effect be approved by him,
or, being disapproved, shall be passed
by a two-thirds vote.” “No provision
in this Constitution, for a two-thirds
vote of both Houses of the General As
sembly, shall be construed to waive the
necessity for the signature of the Gov
ernor, aB in other cases, except in the
case of the two thirds vot9 required to
override the veto.” If this last cited
clause refers to the one first cited, as
to the extension ot the session, then Mr.
Conley wa3 right and the Legislature
was wrong. To what, then, does this
last clause refer ? In our opinion it only
refers to those provisions in the Consti
tution which require a two thirds vote;
for example, to fay off new counties, to
abolish counties, to pass a bank charter,
to make a donation to any person, etc.
We do not believe that it refers to the
section Hirst cited, because, as we think,
whether a session shall be continued
longer than forty days involves a
question of adjournment over which, by
express provision of the Constitution,
the Governor has no jurisdiction.
When the Constitution declares that
the session shall not continue longer
than forty days unless prolonged by a
two-thirds vote of each branch of the
General Assembly, it declares, as we
understand, that, after the expiration of
forty days, the Legislature shall ad
journ “sine die ” To adjourn “sine
die ” is to break up the session—to con
tinue it no longer. Hence to continue
the session is to refuse to adjourn “sine
die.” The resolution properly passed
declared the intention of the General
Assembly to be to continue the session
after forty days, not to adjourn “sine
die,” but to adjourn at the expiration
of five days thereafter. We believe the
question of adjournment was passed
upon in two aspects: firstly, in refusing
to adjourn at a certain time and agree
ing to continue, and, secondly, in
agreeing to adjourn sine die at another
time than the expiration of the for
tieth day. Richardson, ia his large
dictionary, defines the meaning
of the word “adjourn” to be “to dis
continue.” The question of adjourn
ment is then simply one of continuance,
and over this question the Constitution
declares that the Governor has no con
trol. As the precedents (so called) on
this question are nearly equally divided
we make no allusion to them.
Precedents to be of value must have
arisen out of contests and discussions.
Having made thie contest for the rights
of the General Assembly against the
activg Executive, we have done what
we believe to be our duty, and confi
dently appeal to the people of Georgia
for their approval.
Wm. M. Reese,
Charles Kibbee,
Thomas J. Simmons,
Jno. T. Burns,
Columbus Heard,
C. J. Wellborn,
George Hillyek.
From the Atlanta Sun.
Tlio New Hampshire Democracy.
We invite the attention of our read
ers to-day to a letter in another column
from tho laud of Levi Woodbury and
Franklin Pierce. In the letter, a copy
of the resolutions adopted by the late
Convention at which Gov. Weston was
unanimously re-nominated for tho of
fice he has filled with to much ability,
enclosed. Wo publish them, that Dem
ocrats everywhere may see and know
the principles on which their brethren
in New Hampshire go into the contest
for Constitutional Liberty.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted by the Convention, and are in
these words:
THE PLATFORM.
Resolved, That the Democracy of
New Hampshire firmly adhere to the
principles hereby enacted:
Ist. The perpetuity of the Union, a
strict obedience to the Constitution aud
an honest enforcement of the laws.
2d. The protection of the rights of
every citizen, in accordance with the
fundamental law.
3d. Opposition to every species of
corruption in all the departments of
municipal, State and National Govern
ments.
4th. No privileged classes and no
privileged capital..
sth. a A tariff tha t raises money for the
necessary expenses of the Federal Gov
ernment, and not|for the benefit oi mo
nopolists..
Resolved, That the recent declaration
ot martial law over a portion of the Re
public is an atrocious use ot an uncon
stitutional enactment; and we here
by denounce that enactment as subver
sive of every principle of civil liberty,
false to its pretexts, and in its enforce
ment an outrage demanding earnest re
monstrance and rebuke; and we invite
all patriotic citizens ot New Hampshire,
who are opposed to the present National
Administration, to join with us in ef
forts to stay the tide of corruption and
centralization which threatens to de
stroy the civil liberties of the people.
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves
to a reform of the civil service of the
General Government, to a vigorous
prosecution of reform in our own State,
the reduction ot its expenditures to the
lowest practical limit, the elevation of
the courts of justice above the influence
of any personal or partisan considera
tions, and the enactment of all neces
sary laws which public sentiment will
sustain and public officers be required
to enforce.
Resolved, That we reaffirm our confi
dence in Gov. James A. Weston, as
personally and officially above reproach;
and we pledge our united efforts to se
cure his re-election.
These resolutions breathe the right
spirit throughout.
There is in them no lowering of the
old Democratic Banner; no departure
from Jeffersonian principles. But in
them is presented a bold front against
the usurpations and corruptions of the
party in power, which have brought
the country to the verge of ruin and
despotism. A. H. 8.
Sew Hampshire Politic*— luterest
lug- I.etter to The Sun.
N ■, New Hampshire, )
December 14, 1971. )
Hon Alexander H. Stephens :
My Dear Bik : Thinking a letter
from this far Northern Stale might be
interesting, I will endeavor to give you
some idea of the state of public feeling
here in regard to the threatened danger
of the complete overthrow of those
principles which form the bulwark ot
our liberties and distinguishes the Gov
eminent from an Imperial Despotism.
Our State Convention met on the 13th.
It was one of the fullest attended ot
any ever held in this State. Delegates
were present from every part of the
State, and their uumber was about six
hundred. The proceedings were har
monious thioughout, and the greatest
enthusiasm was manifest. I can safely
say the Old Granite Slate will awake
the people in 73 by a victory which
shall send tidings of great joy to all
lovers of constitutional liberty through
out the laud. Ours is a determined
front. There is no failing—no “Pas
eiveness” in our ranks. We are going
to win on principles, which we shall
not fear to own after victory has rested
on our banner.
The New York Herald says, “the
first blast for the Democracy in 1872
has flashed in the pan by the flat plat
form qf the New Hampshire Democ
racy.”
I suppose it has become, at this day
ot advanced moral ideas, “flat” talk
to speak of “the Constitution” to which
this country gave birth, and to which
it was indebted for seventy years of un
surpassed prosperity.
I would sat t he Herald, as one ( f
: the delegates who voted for those i e*o
iutions, that we did not meet to form a
platform on which to elect U. S. Grant,
or anv other man who believes in Can
tralization. We formed a platform for
the People, not for men who aim to De
their masters, and, with God’s help, we
intend to elect our men on that “flat”
platform. We want a flat platform;
one that will hold the people of this
whole country; not one that “rolls
over” as soon as the people attempt to
stand on it. We do not take our ideas
of Republican Government from men
who, if they do understand our form of
Government, dare not stand boldly out
and maintain it at all hazards.
If this be “flat” doctrine, beware of
what decisive words mean; for the
“flash in the Democratic pan” of New
Hampshire will be like the roar of
many guns. The time is passed for
policy. That has had too much to do
with our party of late years. The Her
aid had better study that musty old doc
ument once called “the Constitution,
and see if it cannot get a clearer idea of
what a party means when it says in its
platform, that it stands by the Consti
tution.
If the people never stand on any
i “flatter” platform than the New Hamp*
shire Demoracy now Btand on, our
rights under the Constitution are safe,
and the advocates of a strong govern
ment routed. Truly yours
* * *
From the Southern Home.
Failures.
The people across the Susquehanna
fall down and worship success as the
Israelites mil down ami whorshippeil
thegoiden call. With the people be
yond the Susquehanna, success means
the getting oi greenbacks by ia.r means
and by tout means, and acquiring noto
riety by good deeds or by bad deeds,
provided they are sufficiently sensa
tional. A. 1. Stewart aud Jim Fisk
are objects ol sincere veneration; the
one has made money by houeal indus
try, the other by sharp tricks. George
Francis Train has his huudreds oi
thousands oi admirers, having won no
loriety by iuiputcnl glibuess of tongue.
Mrs. Woodhull is a celebrity and htr
Freelove Lectures and Spiritual hum
bug have made her rich and therefore
a popular idol. Waid Beecher is the
sensational preacher aud draws crowd
ed houses; his mountebank wit being
as much admired as that ot the clown
in the circus. A puic Gospel cannot
be preached and the minister, who
would attempt such folly, would be re
garded, as a fool, because unsuccesstul.
Beast Butier is hugely admired, because
of his beastliness and thievery. Grant’s
army of defaulters are leaders in soci
ety because ot their successful roguery.
Charles Sumner is a man of mark, be
cause he became notorious by getting a
flogging. Old Bennett has got rich by
black-mailing, by numerous cow-hid
tDgs, by veering with every popular
breeze and by pandering to the vilest
passions of mankind. But old Ben
nett, the millionaire, has probably more
influence than any editor in America.
So it is in every department at the
loyal North. Success in getting rich
and notoriety hunting is regarded as
the test of merit and always secures
homage and respect.
With the people south of the Susque
hanna, the same low false standard of
worth is beginning to be set up. The
man who succeeds in business,it matters
not how, is the honored man. But he
who fails, gets many a kick and cuff.
Now we protest against this injustice,
and contend that the real benefactors of
mankind have been those whom the
world called failures. The great ideas,
which have blessed our race, emanated
first with those who acquired no fame
and no fortune. Who can certainly
point to the author of any grand inven
tion ? For how many generations was
the idea entertained of using steam as a
motive power? With whom did the
thought first originate? Did it not
start with some poor, plodding, un
known, failure of a man ? Who first
devised a sewing-machine? Who is
the inventor of the wonderful art ot
printing? Cyrus 11. McCormick did
not invent the reaper. His father is
the real inventor, and he died in pover*
ty and obscurity, laughed at by all his
neighbors as a crazy dreamer. John
Gill, of Newberne, N. C., invented the
revolver and Colt made fame and for
tune out of it. Clemmons, of Rowan
county, invented the telegraph and
Morse has a huge monument to his
memory. As the world goes, Gill and
Clemmons were failures.
AH men, whose ideas are ahead of
their age, are neglected if not despised.
Thousands ol ihem have died deaths ol
martyrdom. The jeering, hooting mob
of Jerusalem thougnt Jesus Christ a fail
use, when his laßt cry of agony broke
upon the air of Judea. Measured by
the world’s standard, Lee and Johnson
were iaiiures; Grant and Sherman the
heroes of the war.
The sentiment oi mankind is seri
ously injured by this salsa standard of
measurement. Instead ot condemning
the man, who has failed, it would be
wiser as well as more humane, to in
quire why he did fail. It may be that
as a business man, he was surrounded
by sharpers aud fell a prey to their
snaie9. It may be as a politician, he
was too dignified to pander to the tastes
of the mob. It may be that as a
preacher, he had too solemn a sense of
the duties of his sacred office to tickle
the ears of the giddy multitude. It may
be that as an editor, he was too manly
to shift his sails to every wind of popu
lar favor. It may be that as a soldier,
he had too fearful odds to contend
against. L. may be that as an author,
he was too pure-hearted to write the
filthy, sensational clap trap, which the
millions crave. It may be that he had
too much genius for the tread mill
routine his calling forced upon him.
The stupid dolt often succeeds in that
when the man of intellect fails. An old
blind mule will turn a bark-mill better
than a war hm 9e. Is the mule the
nobler animal ?
In that Great Day, when ail mistakes
will be corrected and all wrongs will
b 8 righted, it will probably be found
that those, who have been the true
benefactors of mankind, have lived
neglected and died despised. All
honor to the unknown heroes in the
battle of life, whom the world calls
miserable failures !
No Connection with Gov. Bul
lock.—J. Edwin Conant & Cos. want
to know of the New York World on
what auihoiity they say “the two
Averys and Gov. Bullock” are con
nected with their firm, aud say :
To the Editor of the World :
Sir —We notice in your issue of to
day, io an article in reference to the
arrest of Charles Callender, a statement
that the two Averys and Gov. Bullock
are said to have been the Cos. in the
firm of J. Edmund Conant & Collate
of Wall stieet. We cannot conceive
what authority your reporter had for
making such an unjust statement. Our
firm had the contract for building the
Brunswick and Albany Railroad, of
Georgia, and we built 100 miles of it
satisfactorily to all concerned. On the
19th of November, 1870, we sold our
contract to H. I. Kimball, of Atlanta,
Ga., who had some intimate connection
with Gov. Bullock, but our firm never
had any connection with Gov. Bullock,
and would not have, which was the
principal reason we sold out.
The President of the road, while we
were connected with it, was Charles L.
Frost, and the Treasurer, Henry Clews,
Esq. Mr. Frost retired from the Presi
dency when we sold out, and Mr. Kim
ball took his place, but Mr. Clews re
mained, and we believe is still Treas
urer of the company.
If you should want any further par
ticulars on the subject we would refer
you to those gentlemen. The Presi
dent of the Portage Lake Ship Canal
was never a member of onr firm. His
brother, Mr. Wm. L. Avery, was and
is a partner.
Respectfully yours,
J. Edwin Conant & Cos.
New York, December 32, 1871.
IIUDBON G. WOLFE»B
BELL BCUNAPFS,
AN IN' VIGORA.TING TONIC AND ME
DIO IN AL BEVERAGE,
Manufactured by the Proprietors
AT fcUHLEDAM IN HOLLAND,
Is warranted perfectly pure, and free from all
deleterious substances. It is distilled express
ly lor cases of Dyspepsia or Indigestion,
Dropsy, Gout, Rheumatism, General De
bility, Catarrh of the Bladder, Pains in
the Back and Stomach and all diseases of
the Urinary’ Organs. It gives great relief
in Asthma, Gravel and Calculi in the
Bladder; £>iren? ihens and invigorates the
system, and will keep off tLat dreadful
scourge, Fsveh and ague, when taken in
time.
Especial pains have been taken as to its
quality, and a permanent uniformity is guar
anteed This is calculated to make the Bell
Schnapps the mosi reliable and popular arti
cle of its kind. It is •'ifiilled from Barley of
the finest quality, ami the Aromatic Juniper
Berry of Italy, n* a healthful beverage it
hsa no snperlor.
To the Invalid and those who travel, and are
subject to changes of water and climate, they
will find it an invaluable agent.
Hudson G. Wolfb was, for the period of
twenty years, connected iu the Schnapps bus
iness with h’.s uncle, the late Udolpho
Wolfe, and his long experience and knowl
edge of the business in wnich he ia engaged,
should be a sufficient guarantee that he fully
appreciates the wants of the public for an ar
ticle prepared expressly for the diseases above
mentioned, aDd all he asks is to give the Bell
Schnapps a trial, and compare the same with
others that make the like pretensions.
Caution ! Ask for “II G. Wolfe’s Bell
Schnapps.”
For sale by all respectable Grocers and
Apothecaries
HUDSON G WOLFE & CO.,
Office, 18 South William St., New York.
For sale by J. 6c J. Kaufman, Columbus,
Ga. nov7 d&w3m
Contracts for the Hire of Laborers,
or sale at the Sun Office.
Blank Clerk Fi Fas, and Affidavits of
Taxes Paid, for sale at
d&w Sun Office.
WEEKLY REVIEW OF MARKETS.
Columbus, Ga., Dee. 29, 1871.
lINANCIAL.— GoId: buying 110; selling 112.
Silver: buying 104; selling 108. Sterling.—Sight
exchange on New York, buying % discount,
selling par to % premium. Currency loans
1% to 2% per cent, per month.
The Prospect.— The roeeipts at the United
States ports to this evening snow 255,163 bales
less than in 1870 tor tho same time, and 57,075
ahead of 1869. The receipts at tho principal in
terior towns show a deficit ofsomo 140,000 bales.
Their stoess are, united, 11.881 bales less than
on Dec. 29th, 1870. This added to the decrease
at the ports makes the total deficit 267,044 bales,
in sixteen weeks. It is generally believed in
the cotton belt that the receipts will fall off
greatly next month. Certainly in Georgia
there is not half the cotton thero was at this
date iu 1870. The same holds true in Alabama,
and it is contended this is the case in tho
Southwest and West. Well informed commis
sion merchants in Galveston expect that in
round numbers that port will receive 200,000
bales, against 300,000 last year.
Upon the course of receipts depend prices. The
falling off after this date must hereafter be
much greater than heretofore to maintain even
the present pricos. Cotton has been sent to
market much faster than last year, for the
gathering was earlier,prices better; in order to
prevent its stealage, to secure cheaper insur
ance and to fulfil obligations, to invest in fu
tures, a mania which effects many, and from
the fear prices would never be hotter, but rath
er depreciated. Tho consumption in Groat
Britain continues much heavier than last year,
and the continent is taking a goodls supply.
If the courso of receipts in past years does not
fail, Columbus will warehouse in the neighbor
hood of 43,000 bales. Many freedmen have
been in the city this week, but thero is no large
demand for labor. The request for hands is
less than any Christmas since the war. Few
can run again large plantations as money has
Deen lost by them.
To bulls, bears, farmers and all other readers
is extended tho wish for a happy New Year.
It will be noticed that this week the receipts
at tho ports are greater than the same time last
year. This is oi no very great importance as
the great declines aro expected the remainder
of tho winter and the coming spring, The re
ceipts at the interior towns indicato this.
Money here remains vory tight. This checks
trade and collections and keeps .business dull.
The Weather.— I Tho thermometer for the
week has averaged 57°. Heavy rains Saturday,
Sunday and Tuesday. Cloudy to-day.
The corresponding week last year the ther
mometer averaged 36°. Heavy snow storm re
ported below here.
The Markets.— On Saturday last, Liver
pool closed steady; Uplands 9%@10d; Or
leans 10%d; New York, dull; Uplands 20%c;
Orleans 21c. Gold 108%. Columbus, quiet at
18c. for Middlings; sales 201 bales.
Monday, Christmas Day and general holi
day.
Tuesday, Liverpool, not reported; New York
easier; Uplands 20; Orleans 21. Gold 108%.
Columbus, unchanged; sales 335 bales.
Wednesday, Liverpool, quiet; New York
easier; Uplands 20; Orleans 20%. Gold 108%.
Columbus unchanged; sales 169 bales.
Thursday, Liverpool, quiet; Uplands 9%d;
Orleans 10%; New York dull; Uplands 20c;
Orleans 20%c. Gold 108%. Columbus unchang
ed; sales 107 bales.
Friday, Liverpool, steady; Uplands 9%@10d;
Orleans 10%d; New York nominal; Uplands
19%c; Orleans 20%0. Gold 109%.
On the Week—Liverpool has remained
‘ about the same; New York declined %c.; Co
lumbus remained the same for better grades.
Future Deliveries.—They are quoted in
New York, basis Low Middlings, as follows:
December, 19%, 19 5-16, 19%; Jannary, 19%,
19 7-16,199-16; 19%; February, 19%, 19%, 20;
March, 20 3-16; April, 20%. 20 7-16; 20%;'May
20 9-16; June 20%.
To-day, Friday, market quiet, little doing;
sales 115 bales at the following prices:
Ordinary 15 @15%
Good Ordinary 16%@17 "
Low Middlings 17%@-
Middlings 18 @—
Sales of tho week 927 bales—l3o for Savan
nah, 130 on Northern account, 635 for Northern
spinners, 13 for home consumption, 19 for Eu
rope.
Week’s receipts 1,332 bales, against 3,209 tho
fwevious one, and 2,412 the corresponding week
ast season—3l by S W R R, 575 by M& G R
R, 68 by Opelika RB, 227 by river,43l by wag
ons. Shipments 1,151 bales—l,l3B by S W R R,13
for home consumption.
WEEKLY STATEMENT.
Stock Aug. 31st, 1871 1,650
Received past week 1,332
Received previously 26,616-27,948
29,498
Shipped past week 1,151
“ previously 18,194-19,345
Stock December 29,1871 10,153
On the weok the stock has increased 181.
Shipments thus far 19,345—18,267 by S WR R,
1,078 for home consumption. Last year they were
37,192—36,499 bySWK R,093 for home consump
tion. Sales thus far 18,997 against 37,439 last
year.
MODES OF RECEIPTS.
1870 1871
Southwestern Railroad 1,277 751
Mobile and Girard Railroad.. 15,990 8,616
Western Railroad 2,097 1,091
River 3,436 2,949
Wagons . 25,104 14,541
Total 47,904 27,948
STATEMENT PRECEDING YEARS.
I 1867-8 1868-9 1869-70 1870-1
Stock, Aug. 31, 1 358 280 i 125 1572
Rec’d to Dee. 29 . 63628 31382 , 47906 47904
Stock Dee. 29.... I 18743, 12274 15759 12284
Year’s receipts.. 85685] 48500 ] 67274 75007
U. S. Crop 1243089312260567 ]3298000 4398687
At this date last year at Liverpool Uplands
were B%d, Orleans B%d. In Columbus
Middlings were 13%c., In Now York 15%e.
Gold 110%.
Freights.—Per 100 fts cotton: To New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, $1 30; Boston,
♦1 40; Savannah 60c.
Through Cotton.— By Mobile and Girard
R. R., 876; by Western R. R. 13,513, against 1,798
and 21,815.
The U, S. Ports.—For the week ending to
night, the receipts have been 130,000 bales,
against 127,744 the previous one, and 128,675 the
corresponding week of last year. The total
movement is as follows:
1 70. 1871.
Stock Aug. 31 7 '1 118,966
Woeks receipts 1- <■> 130,000
R’pts since Aug. 31 1,625,95:1 1,370,790
Stock iu interior towns 106,643 94,662
Week’s exp’ts G’t B’n 65,570 38,870
“ “ Con’t 11,533 8,039
Total cxp’t3 G’t B’t 787,290 524,001
“ “ Con’t 130,107 148,908
Total exported 917,397 672,909
Stock 520,884 488,735
The Principal Ports.—The following are
the receipts thus far:
1870. 1871.
Savannah 389,530 208,741
Charleston 199,190 164,630
Mobile 179,299 169,477
New Orleans 506,407 410,253
Galveston 75,506 104,726
New York 180,006 142,010
Other ports.. 96,015 110,953
Total 1,625,953 1,370,790
Now York has a stock of 57,000 bales, against
74,168 last year. Manchester has a stock of
320,000 against 130,000.
The visible supply last Saturday showed an
excess of 177,134 bales over last year, and the
India shipments 1,100,000 bales, against 997,000
last year. For the past six weeks Great Britain
has averaged 34,437 of American cotton con
sumed, asrainst 28,001 bales last year.
From Liverpool the following is telegraphed
for the week:
1870 1871.
Stock 375,000 567,000
11 American... 109,000 169,000
“ Afloat 462,000 401,000
“ “ American 355,000 187,000
Week’s Receipts 95,000 93,000
11 11 American 75,000 57,000
Sales of the week 63,000, of which exporters
took 9,000 and speculators 5,000.
OFI'IOE DAILY BUN AND TIMES, j
Columbus, Ul, December 30, 1871. s
Oottok. Market quiet at 180. for mid
dlings.
WHOLESALE PRICES CURRENT.
Bacon—Clear Sides %7 It 10c; Clear Rib
Sides Shoulders 9%c; Sugar-Cured
Hams 18c; Plain Hams 15@16c.
Bagging —lndia yard 22c; Scotch Flax 20c;
Kentucky 18c; Borneo 23c; Piece 18c.
Bulk Meats—Clear Rib Sides B%c; Shoul
ders 7)4 C -
Buttee —Goshen ft ft 50c; Country 35e.
doz $2 25@3 50.
Candy —Stick ft ft 20c.
Canned Goods —Sardines ft case of 100 bxs
#25; Oysters, 1 ft cans ft doz, $1 50.
Cheese— English Dairy ft ft, 18c; Western
17c; N. Y. State 17c.
Candles —Star f) ft 22c; Sperm 45c.
Cigars —Domestic ft M $18@50; Havana S9O
@IBO.
Corvee— Rio ft ft 25@28c; Java 30@33c.
Coen —Yellow Mixed bus —, White $1 05.
Hay—f: cwtsoc@sl.
Flour— Fine ft bbl —; Superfine $7 00 ;Ex
tra $8; Double Extra s9@9 60; Fancy $lO 50.
Hardware— Wide Iron ft ft 8c; Refined 6c;
Sad Irons 8c; Bar Lead 14c; Castings 6%e;
Plow Steel Cast Steel 30c; Buggy Springs
20c; Horse and Mule Shoes ft ft 9c; Horse
Shoe Nails 33j4@38c; Nails ft keg $6; Axes ft
doz $15@17.
Iron Ties—ft ft
Lard —Prime Leaf ft ft 12c.
Leather —White Oak Sole yi ft 45c; Hem
lock Sole 33c; French Calf Skins s2@4; Ameri
can do s2<g3 50; Upper Leather s2@3 50; Har
ness do 50c; Dry Hides lie; Green do 6c.
Mackerel —No 1 38 bbl $27; No 2515; No 359 :
No 1 f) 'A bbl $10; No 2 $9; No 3 $6; No 1 V kit
$3.
Meal—s3 bus $1 10.
Molasses —N. O. ft sail 70c@—; Florida 50e
; Cuba 45@50c; Golden Syrup sl@l 3d.
Oil—Kerosene £3 gall 38c; Linseed, raw $120;
do boiled $1 25; Lard $1 50; Train $1 25.
Pickles—Case pints yl doz $2 50; quarts
$3 50.
Potash—case $7 00.
Powdee —Kentucky Kifle y keg $8 50@7; %
keg $3 60; % keg $2 25.
Hope —Manilla ft 28c; Cotton 40c; Machine
Made Bc.
Kice—33 ft 10c.
Salt—3«l sack $2 25.
Shot—W sack $3 00.
Soda—Keg 7c yk ft; box 9c.
Scgak—Cuba -N ft 13@ 13%; A 15: B or extra
C 14%; Cl3; N. O. yellow clarified 14; do
white 14J4c.
Starch 1b 9c.
Tea—Green and Black yi ft $1 10@2.
Tobacco —Common ft scc; Medium bright
70c; Fine 75c; Extra $1; Navy 60@85c; Maceaboy
Snuff 85c.
White Lead— ft 12@13%c.
Whisky— Kectified fi gall sl@2; Bourbon $2
@4.
Factory Prices —Sheeting, 4-4 standard
weights 12%c; Sewing Thread, various sizes, 18
to ft, 65c; Knitting Thread in balls 60c: Bleach
do 65c; Franklin Osnaburgs, 8 oz 15c; Eagle Os
naburgs, 7oz 15c by the bale; Yarns $1 50;
Stripes 13c; Checks 15c; Gingham do 16c; Pan
taloon do 22c; Ticking 14@32c; Georgia Twills
35c; Kope, 5-16, %, %. quarter, half and whole
coils, 30c; do y. inch 32%c; Cottonades, heavy
30c; Cotton Blankets per pair s6@7: do Crib
$2 25; 7-8 Drills 14c; Huckaback Towels per doz
$1 50; Furniture Check3, 4-4 in 22c. woolen
Goods: Georgia Cassimeres 55@60c; Truck for
Trowsers 46@50c.
In addition, the Eagle and Phenix Manutac
tory are also agents for the Southern Hosiery
Factory, located in their buildings.
Blake Depositions fob Pboof of
Debt in Bankruptcy cases, just print
ed, and for sale at the Bun Office.
Warning Words.
The strength and nervous enegy of the human
body ought to be increased during the winter,(or
two reasons : In the first place, diseaso ot tho
most desidly character may be generated at tuts
season: and secondly, it Is of tho utmost impor
tance that during tho cold weather months the
system should be iu a condition to withstand
tho effects of the Spring miasma, and tho subse
quent depresslng.heat of Summer. It is there
fore advisable, in fact essential, to tone, regu
late and invigorate the digestive and secretive
organs at this period of the year, and of all the
stomachics and alteratives at present known,
Hostetler's Stomach Bitters is the most pow
erful, the most harmless, and tho most agreea
ble. The temperature of wintor would be itself
a glorious tontic, if it did not,
bring with it a volumo of chilling moisture
and unwholesome winds, which have a had ef
fect on the skin and lungs. Those must be
guarded against, or there is no security for
health. The effect of a course of the Bitters is
to give vigor ami tone to the entire oganir.it tion
—tho superficial musclos and nerves as well as
tho internal viscora. A regular habit of body,
a healthful and natural flow of bile, an a« five
digestion, a good appetite, pure blood, and a
ytKOrpus circulation of that fluid, are among
the blessings derivable from a presistent u.~c of
Hostteter’s Stomach Bitters, which not only
more than supplies the place of the best tonics,
cathartics and antisepses prescribed in their
seperate: forms by physcians, but preform the
three-fold work of invigoratlon, regulation aud
purification, at one ana the same time.
Koeadalis! Bosadalia!
Iloils, Carbuncles, eruptions anil l’lmplea an
the face, Sallowness ol the Complexion, Gen
eral Debility, are brought about by an impure
state of the Blood. Koaadalls has been loum)
to be a permanent cure for this class of dis
eases.
Wilson, N. 0., Slay nth.
I hereby oertify that during the summer and
fall of 1866 I was severely afliloted with Car
buncles—having had as many as fourteen
large Carbuncles and twelve ordlrary boils.
I suffered so much from them that I coul 1 not
getoutol the house half the time for severe
months. Being Induced to try the extract ol
Rosadalls, I was entirely cured by '.he use cf one
bottle of that truly I'afaaWcJmedlclne.
W. A. Darden, S»,
del9 eod2w
Speaks for Itself.
Chicago, June 24(5, 1871.
Dr. V. Olaueno* Patou,—My dear Sir,
Having used your Blood Enrloher several
months, with very great benefit, I desire to
testify very strongly in Its favor.
Certainly In my own case It has proved to be
a moat valuable remedy. Yours very truly,
Richard F. Bw»iT,
Pastor Epiphany Church, Chicago. 111.
Ask for Dr. Price’s Blood Enrlcher. Drug
gists have It for sale.
del9 eodlw
Dit. Price’s Special Flavobinbs, Vanil
la, Lemon, eto., are not equaled lu purity
and strength. They are made from soleot
fruits, and bottles contain one-hall uioie than
most other kinds. Try them.
Or. Hurley’s Ague Tunic.
Purely Vegetable! No Arsenic: No Mercury in
its t om position !
NO CURE, NO PAY, if directions be fol
lowed. No danger in taking an overdose, as
we put no poison In our medloines.
One dollar per bottle.
Or. Hurley’s Stomach Hitters!
lathe remedy, par exoellence, tor all dis
eases arising lroui debility, dlsordere * stom
ach, loss oi appetite, torpid liver, inoigerilon.
and ail kindred ailments, where a geu lie aud
permanent stimulant and tonic is required.
Pleasant to take. One dollar per hot 1 1«
DK. HURLEY’S SYRUP OF SARSUMKILLY.
WITH IODIDE OF POTA.hII.
This Preparation has long been reoognlted
by tbe most eminent minus In the Medical
Profession as the most reliable, searching and
harmless alterative within their reaoh, and at
a Blood Purifier it oertalnly stands without a
rival. One dollar per bottle.
DU. SEABBOOK’S INFANT SOOTHIMI IsIIMIP
Tho Indispensable remedy in the nursery.
No more use for laudanum, paregorlo, Bate
man’s Drops, or other strong opiates. No bad
effects from the use of Seabrook’s Health to
the child, rest to the mother, and a clear eon
solnce to the vendor. 25 cents per Imti le
DR. HURLEY’S POPULAR WORM i IM)Y.
Is really all it claims to be—a SPEC!FiO—
removing all worms iroin tbe huunn .isocra.
No harmful etfeot from its use. Children love
It. No danger In giving an overdose .6 cents
per box.
Dr. Seabrook’s Elixir of Bark ami Iron.
The Great Tonlo and Appetizer. Onedoller
per bottle. All for sale by druggists every
where. J. W. SEATON A C< >.,
Proprietors,
sel6 eod&wly Louisville, Ky.
MARRIAGE GUlDE—lnteresting work,
numerous engravings, 224 pages Price to els.
Address Dr. Butts' Dispensary, No. 12 North
Eighth street, St. Louts, Mo. See a.ivortlse
ment. sel3 -lAwly
*jrS«e advertisement of Dr. Butts’ 1 li- pen
sary, headed Book for the Million —ma iiruob
guide— ln another column. It should he read
by all. s«l3 ISnvly
PRINTER’S INK,
In 10 ib. cans and 20 lbqkegs, for sale at 26
cents per lb., at the SUN OFFICE.
MARRIED,
On the 27th Instant, at the residtnre ot the
bride’s father, by the Rev. J. H. Nall, Mr.
DAVID H. GOULDY, of Atlanta, to Miss
KATIE E. SIKES, of this city.
By Ellis & Spencer.
Peremptory Auction Sale
of valuable
Horses, V ehiefi es,
&c., &c.
ON WEDNESDAY, JAN. Sd 1b72, at W]4
o’clock, we will sell at the Stable ol
A. GAMMEL,
Who retires from the Livery Stable business,
his entire stock In trade, viz:
36 Head of fine HORSES.
7 CARRIAGES and PHAiIONS, witL
HARNESS.
6 Top and No-R>p BUGGIES and HAR
NESS.
4 OMNIBUSES.
3 BAGGAGE WAGONS, with olner Wag
ons, Harness, Cutting Knives, N.C., inuluding
everything belong to the Stable.
iSS-The sale will be without reserve or pro
teotion;aß tbe proprietor declines positively
to oontinue the business.
The LEASE on the Stables will be trans
ferred to any one wlehlng to go Into the busi
ness. d«2 lmßwlt
HOPEH ION! HOPEH TON!
NOTICE TO PLANTEUS
j£EEP your COTTON SEED in the dry.
Tbe Empire Oil Company, of
Columbus, Ua.,
will pay you Ten Dollars per ton, CASH, for
them, ana furnish sacks in which to ship them,
on application IAMES W. SMITH,
0018 eod&wsm Superintendent.
NEW iRRIILOFtIHS,
SUCH AS
Citron, Currants, S-edless
Raisins, Prunes, &c.
ALSC,
The American Club Ciels,
which is better and muoh cheaper than sar
dines.
«-*»• HO Broad street.
006 tufzf r. x. rKorUMo.
THE LATBSTTHIMiOUT!
*our New Bustle Hoop-Skirt.’
A LA RGB ASSORTMENT Olf
HE ADY MADE CrAIIWESTS,
yOR LADIKS’ UNDERWEAR,
And other novelties just received at the
Dry Goods Store
of T. E. BLANCH Alt l>,
nol2 d&w 123 Blond Ht.
REND AND REM AIM!
AT THE
COLU Min H
Steam Planing Mills,
Corner St. Clair and Jackson Streets,
Columbus, Us.,
w E HAVE FOB SALE |
PIIUT-iBLIS STEAM ENGINES,jgjgSJ
For Saw Mills an t Plantation use.
Iron hiiU iron Wire Hailing,
For Counters and Cemeteries.
WOOD-WOKKIMI MAPHINKKY OF ALL KINDS.
Manufacturers of
Basil, Blinds, Duors, Mouldings
anil Ornamental ticroll Work.
It. R. Goetchius & Cos.
n024 eodkwly
IV ew Crop
Magnolia Hams,
At 18c. per pound; and
New Magnolia Lard.
At t pounds for sl, by
di 29 3t U.W. BBOffX & CO.
Hl'Ck (KlißkdLOim.
\\T E have been appointed Agents to Mil
V» COAL by the car load lor the above
works, at 50 to gtt.7s per ton. Oi
ders left with us will be promptly executed.
BREWER & MO.FORD.
data eod2«r
AT COST FOR SIXTY DAYS!
contemplated clinmtoln my business, I oiler
my entire stock of Dry Goods AT COST for Sixty Days!
S^w^a^*^l0 > per pa?r^He’aVy^liceUngsat 0 i2% s * iin Hhoea at Stt lO per p»lr; Cloth
Boys’ Brogan Shoes; Hats, Trunks, Umbrellas: Vid di!Vt H,w:o
Cuffs 26 cents per pair, Ladies’ Luco-odged Linon (’.dhirV arcenl i’ VuVofiffmim- 1 eai s
rom 25 to 50 cents a yard. French Merino 85 cents a yard * lift, in,, ! n j !
large assortment of Gent’s Kid and Buckskin Gloves, .Ia inncso Ht, 4 s b ,
yard, Coats’ Spool Throad-80 cents per tloseit, a great vario vVd i.• Si!*?. f l ,,'?,*?' 1 '
Ladies 1 Hose from 10 cents to 40 cents per pair, Gent’s Halt IY, , s "To cents' , flVl'ont"
«*>-riUS IS NO HUMBUG. COME AND SEE FOR YOURSELF. ' '
N, BUSSEY,
dc29ctailm NO. 78 BROAD STREET.
THE PLANTERS’
Male aud Female Collegiate
Institute,
LOCATED AT ANNAUATIIIKE,
Nine Hilo Nnr of Lumpkin, Nicy. •
art Counts-, Ueorgts.
WILE BE OPENED ON THE
Third Moudit) iu Jauuary next
COURSE of Study and Rates of
Tuition per Scholastic Year:
Primary Department- Spel!lnu%4LUCS&i
Reading, or Writing S2O 00
Preparatory Department—Prl
mftry Arithmetic, or Googra-
Pby S3O 00
Commercial Denartmeut English
Composition, Higher Arithmetic, or
Book Keeping, 40 00
Collegiate Department Natural
Science, Latin, Declamation, Belles
Letters, or Higher Mathematics, &0.... 60 00
Tlie above School will consist ol two Terms;
six months lor the first and lour torthesooond.
Students entering either ol these terms will
be charged from the time of entrance till the
close 01 the term
4&rNo deduction made concept in cases of pro
tracted sickness. tuition due ut the close ot the
School.
Board and Lodging ctu be obtained In good
families at irorn $lO to sl2 per month.
The Trustees have ei ectco a large two stoi y
building, which Is commodious and comforta
ble throughout.
Students of application and good moral
character are the only one? who can be admit
ted into this School Drones, Idler?, drunk
ards and rowdi fashionable gentlemen ol
leisure, cannot find a h me with us. 7 his will
l/e rigidly and strictly enforced.
Special pains will be taken to prepare young
ladles and young gentlemen lot teaching.
The Trustees have engaged the servloesol
Mrs. U. M THORNTON, of Lumpkin, Ga.,
to teach Music. It Is unnecessary lor us to
speak of her In this department. Herexpeii
euce, her former pupil? aud her great success
forbid this. She has a most excellent Instru
ment of her own. So far as musioon tho Piano
Is concerned, we feel that we are presenting
advantages to young ladies not found In many
Institutions Mie Is not only a good perfor
mer, but she has the faculty of communicating
what she knows. In this particular she standi*
unrivaled. Her tuition Is $5 per month.
General llemarka.
We are determined, with the co-operation of
the Trusteos, to make th a Institution second
to none lu Southwest Georgia. Our living
depends upon our efforts; and if hard work,
close application to uurineas—the protect ion
of the morals of the .Students —will attain this
object, success will crown our labors. Hanna
hatchee Is noted lor D8 health. Board is low.
Now Is the time for farmers to avail them
selves ol good opportunities lor their sons and
• laughters. As to Mrs. I hornton’s success In
teaching. It would be idle to say anything
more. Her association with tho young ladies
will be a sufficient guarantee to pa ents and
guardians that their daughters will be advised
and properly trained. We board ourselves- — we
will work for you , and we will want the money at
the close of the School.
We desire a full attendance at the opening
ol the School.
To make good scholarship, classes must be
formed early. Those who desire to board near
the Academy, should make immediate application.
FELIX F. JOHNSON, ? PlMVmi , At o
JAMES B. HUFF, { PRINCIPALS.
Trustees:
J. M. Cleveland, J. O.Uhambliss,
Thos. U. Johnston, Churchill Allen,
John B. Armor.
Hannahatoliee, Ga Nov. 25, 1871. 4twA2td.
It. Airy
Male aud Female Academy
rn HE EXE it CIS fciy of this
I School will be resumed on the JS*
FIRST MONDAY of JANUARY
>872.
The Scholastic year will consist jQgjfiJP'
of two Terms. The first of SIX
months or 120 days. The second ot FOUK
months or 80 days.
KATES OF TUITION.
For (all clasnes) Ist term S2O 00, halt In ad*
vanoe.
For (all classes) 2d Term sl3 00, which, with
half of the Ist Term will be due, on Ist of No*
veinber.
No deduction (or absence except for sick
ness oi one month’s duration.
ily written agreement with Board of Trus
tees and Local patrons the Principal Is re
stricted to the numb roi sixty-jive pupils.
This number w iuc ti 1»-• i iroin the first ap
plications, wh* tli.r local or i>mgn.
The I'liucijiivi expresses his gratitude for
the largo patronage heretofore tendered him,
and assures his friends whom he has served
and others interested In Education, that he is
better titled up for his work than ever before.
The School Is entirely under his control. The
discipline is mild, yet indexible. The stu
dents of tuts School are required to study. An
experience of 18 years has taught the Princi
pal that he who proposes to “make learning
ea y,” Is an impostor or an idiot.
While not a principle in any branch will be
passed until 1 u.»ly explained and thoroughly
understood—the student must do his or her
rart.
The sys*em adopted Is literally and strictly
the
*• Why And wherefore System.”
Facts are impressed together with the Rea
sons up*.n which they are established.
Io those desiring it, the undersigned will
cheerful.) furnish the testimonials of many
the b»st citizens in twelve counties of
Georgia, in demonstration ot hts previous
success.
LOCATION.
Mt. Airy is sltua ed on the road from Tal
botton to « olumbus, 19 Fastot the latter and
II miles West of the former The violnity is
• listinguuhed lor the m ral bearing, open
hearted benevolence and enterprising spirit
of its Inhabitants. Harrlscounty is proverbial
lor Its healthfulness. Not a single Induce
ment to vice or extravagance exists within
twelve miles ol the School. Not a dissipated
man can be found in the entire community
Churches or various orthodox denomina
tions aboui and convenient to the School
This Is an Ante-Seotarian Institution.
The Sohool Boom recently erected is sur
passed by tew in the State for oowfort and
convenience.
BOARD
Can be had at the following low rates:
When paid half in ad vanoe for Scholas
tic year SIOB 00
When not paid until close of term of
Scholastic year 120 00
For a shorter time at same rate.
Mrs. Kobb Vandknßbrg, of Columbus,
an accomplished Instructress, will take charge
of the Music Department.
Kev. G. W. EPPS is prepared with his
handsome and commodious dwelling, situated
only a tew rods from school, to accommodate
80 pupils at the above rate.
JAS. G. CALHOUN.
Mt. Airy, Harris county, Ga., Oct. 30,1871*
del® Wlm
WEILS' CAIIOIIC TABLETS),
roll COCUIIS, COLDS AMI IIOAKHMiSS.
1 hese Tablet! present the Acid In Combina
tion with other efficient remedies,in a popular
form, for the Cure of al 1 TIiKOAT and LTJNG
Dlseases HOAIISENES- and t'LOKKA
ITON of the THROAT are Immediately re
lieved, ami statements are constantly being
sent to the proprietor of roller In cases of
l hroat difficulties ol years standing.
nill r 11,11 Don’t he docelved by worthies,
bAU I IUN Imitation*. Get only Welle’
carbolic Tablets. Price 25 Cents per Box.
JOHN (i. KELLOGG, 1* Platt street, N Y.
Sole agent lor the U. S,
Send for < llroular.
Bowdon College,
rHIKTY SIX miles West of Newoan. Ga ,
anti forty miles East Os Ollortl, Ale..
The next Session opens JANUARY 18th,
1872.
Hoard per month $H 00 to §l3 50
Tuition Preparatory Depart
ment per month §1 SO to § 3 MO
College rates per monib 5 40
No extra charges.
.Stage leaves Newnrn on Monday,'Wednes
day and Friday.
For Catalogue giving fall particulars ad
dress Rev. F. H. M. HENDERSON,
President.
J. D. MOORE, Sec’y B.T. de2B
The Aderhold Hoe.
PATENTED In 1870. The construction ol
Vhlehis such a. place, it without a rlva
tor cheapness and convenience. The blades
are of solid steel, of different sizes, square, and
adiustlble, so that each of the lour edges can
bo turned to the work, alternately, or the one
may bo replaoed with a different blade In one
minute. The fastening Is light, and made of
cast maleable Iron. ...
I propose exchanging the rlgnt to a lew
counties in Alabama for stock, lor first pay
ment. The second to be paid out of the profits
arising from the sale of the hoe.
W. T. COLQUITT.
Columbus, Ga., Dec. 12, 1871-ts
Take Notice.
ALL parties indebted to ns, either by note
or aooount, are earnestly requested to
come forward and settle, and Bave the un
pleasantness of being dunned. ~,,
de2 6tAwlm] JNO. MoGOUGH A CC.
* Love’s Young Dream,”
▲
i'UHE TOBACCO,
BROWS BY
CJ. A. Peabody,
FOR BALH BY
F. 8. CHAPMAN,
dniy HH Broad at.
Now AdvurtinemeuU
WrATt'II FIIEE to Agonts to introduce artl
cles that sell in every house. Latta a
Uo , Pittsburgh, Pa.
8 O’CL A.
tfilOK A WEEK I iioet Cheap Shuttle
Sewing Machine in tho Worl.i.
Agents wauted. J. s. HAYS,
Great Falls, N. 11.
IHFI.KS, SHOT (JINS, Uk.VOf.VKBs.'
Gun materials ol overy Mud Write lor Price
List, to Grout Western Gnu Works, Pitts
burgh, Pa. Army Runs nun uevolvers nought
or traleil for. Agents wanted.
SIOO to 250
wiiere selllnquur new seven strand White Ha-
Una Cbthes Lines. Sells readily at every
house, samples I ee. Address the HI KAif I»
WIRE MILLS, Philadelphia, pa
$lO from dOs
12 Samples §ent (postage paid) for Fifty Cents, that
retail easily for Ten Dollar*. K I*. WOLOOTT.N.V.
r I Mils IN NO HUMBOQ 1 Oft
J- By .sending OO tVENTS,
wiih age, height, color of eyo> and hair, you
will receive by return mall, a correct picture
ol your iulure I >1 Imiic or wi,o. with name and
« me ot marriage Addren* VN FuX, I*. O.
Pinner No. 24, FnUimvillo. N V.
PS \(11 O LOi.lt Fascination or Soul ( harming,
400 p iges by Herbert Hamilton, B. A. liow
to use this power (which all pcHMfes) at will.
Divination. Splrlui ilmin, Sorceries, Demonol
ogy, and thousand other wonders. Price by
mail $! 25, In cloth, puper covers $1 uo. Copy
free to m agents only SI,OOO monthly earlly
made. Address T. W. EVANS, Pub., 41 S Bth
Stroet, Philadelphia, Pa. 4w
¥hee to aqkSts
A bound oanvaasiUK book of the
i’M TRItIU, 110 712’. Him.ld.
UnntairliiK over :tO» IlliiklrHlloiiH, with
h Gomprehensive Uyei pid a explanatory of
the Nerijitures. In English aim Uehman.
Will. FEINT go.. Philadelphia, Pa
PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT I
We dosireto engago a few more Agents to sell
the World-Renowned Improved 111 4'l»-
KYK NEWlkti VlAt’lilNK, at a liberal
salary or on commission. A Home and
on ><iven to Agents. Poll particulars furnish
ed on application. Address W. A. H S.NDKK-
Sf’N A GO., Genera 1 Agents, Oi.evki.and,
Ohio, and St, Louis, Mo.
Corf' ' " «cV..in.‘r.wl a
I loci all. belli by llruEvlals
nod Heelira In PURFI SHCUY,'
Great aUmii*
tie A Pacific lea c«*.. H v hurch St.,
New York. P. O. Box 0500 Send for 'l'hea-
Nectar Circular. 4w
Good \ i; *» S
Who would not have clean, rt und, while
Teeth? All may, by using I linmion'M
Ivory Pearl Too 111 Powilei; it lx the
best Dentifrice known.
Whnt is more charming tiiau rich, soft,
glossy hair? Tl»«>ii»p*«>o’* fe*ouia«le up
time will make it so; its etlects are wonder
ful.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 26 and 60 cent*
per butt io. F. ( . WELLS A CO., 102 Fulton
St., Itm York.
It SDICTIOIY or PKICEH
TO U<INF<IBM To
REDUfIION Ol IXJIfII.V
Great Saving to Consumers
BY UKTILMI III* CLUBS.
Send for our New Price I.lst aud a ulub
term will accompany it containing lull direc
tions,—making a largo saving to consumers
and remunerative to Club oi*<iniscra.
iilb DliLAi AMbititAN UA UO.
31 A. 33 VESE* S'i’itELT,
I*. 0. Box 6«4». NEW YORK.
JMLIiiUMf IfilfA.
it is MUX A PHYSIO—It is NUT what Is
pu,<u!nr!y called a iiiX’TEKs, uor 10 It iutou.l
-as suufl. IX’ la A MflJl'ii A.IILkiOsN
plant that lias teeu u.-o<i lor mauy yoais by
tbe medical laouity ui ibuse ooumries v.llll
womleilul 1 Uioaoy as a I'ulVLld Ul. Al.-
IT.lwi 11 V E aud UM.CtUAJ.KUHUKIFiFR
UI TUI. HI.UUD and is a .Sure aim Forioot
Remedy lor all lilscases 01 the
LIVER and SPLEEN, ENLARGEMEN i'
UK OBSTRUCTION OF INTESTINE?,
URINARY, UTERINE, OR ABDOMI
NAh URGANS, POVEKIi OK 4
WANT OF BLOOD, IN I’EIUVI! i
TENT OK REMITTENT FEVERS,
INFLAMMATION of hie liv
er, DROPSY,SLIIUUISB OIK-
O 0 L A TlO NOF TU EIII. OO D,
ABSCESSES, TUMORS,
JAUNDICE, SCROFULA,
DY.- PERSIA, AGUE AND FI
VER OR THEIR CONCOMITANTS.
UK. WELLS’ EXTRACT OF JUkliliKlU,
is oflered to the public an a great invigerator
and remedy for all impurities of tbe biood, *»r
lor organic wenkuets with their attendant
evils. For the foregoing complaints
JUKI IlEliA
is confidently recommended to every »atuu> ,
a»* a iiourehoi 1 remedy, and should ne Ireely
taken in all derangements of the sy tern. It
gives health, Vlgoi .*nd tone to ul! the vital
forces aud aniuiutes and fortifies all weak aud
lymphatic uu:| er ament a.
.foil > KKUL iUG,
H Flat* Si New Y ork,
Sole Agent lor tne United .-tali p
Price One Dollar per bottle Send loi ir
ou Ur. de'2o 4w
$1,287,148:
In t ak)i (lifts to be Distributed by the
merchants’ & Bankers’
ssociation,
or nkw y uk.
Daily isrsvwlnu'M 1
A I'Jil/.t ; /'Oil EVEIIY TICKET!
ll'ashGl't $100.0:0 1 76 ' ’hUls,eadi,sl.iOO
ti ” each, 60,060 | 300 ” 4 ‘ 500
13 “ “ 2 ,00j 12 0 “ ‘ 'AO
,0 “ •• 6,000 I 650 ‘ " IVo
400 Gold Watches 7o to 300
275 .--.owing Machines 00 to 160
70 Eicgai t Pianos..••eock,s26o to iOO
oil delude ms ’’ 60 10 200
Cash Gilt-, ~liver V are otc,valued al $1,600 000
A chance to draw any the above prlz s lor
'Tickets describing prizes are waled In en
vei'„-,es and well mixed. Ou receipt ol 2.,0. a
teeliklicM Is drawn without choioo and.sent
nv mall to any addiess. The prize named
uuon K will oe t.oluered to the ticket-holder
on payment ol 91. Prizes me immediately
tent to’ any address by express or return mall.
You will know whal your prize ia before you
pay for It. Any prize, exchanged for another i.J
the same calue.. No blanks Our patrons can
depend on fair dealing.
OpirriOMH of TUk Pngas.—“Fair dealing
can be relied upon.”— N. T. Herald, Aug. 23d.
“A genuine distribution.”— World, Sept. Dth.
“Not one of the humbugs of the day.”— Weekly
'Tribune , July 7. “They give general satlslac
ttou.”—Slaats-ZcUung, Any. 6.
Kkfrhknces.—By kind permission we rercr
to the following: KrauKlln S. I.ano, Louis
ville, drew $13,0o0; Miss Hattie Banker, <char
leston, *9.000; Mrs. Louisa T. Blake ht. Paul,
Piano, $700; Samuel \. Raymond, J*: 8 * 0 ?'
as &( ft Kll u - fine H ]lrncket» Plttuburg, WMch,
♦300; Miss Annie Osgood, New Orleans, $6000;
OwV Ox O t ,'KT° 1 l U n Ul e age of 200
o ataranJMd Six tickets lor $1 ' 0,13f0r
*2 00 25 ff for $3 0), 50 lor $6 00, 200 for sls 00
wanted, to whom we oHer liberal ln
,l,moments, and guarantee sails fact um.
ducemencs, ■' BKISD< POTTER A PA).,
42 Broadway, New York.
FKEAH
COMPOSITION STONE,
For House frofits, Docks, Piers, Culverts,
Walls, Fountains, and all building l‘ ur P oi ®J»
harder, more durable and one hundred percent,
cheaper than natural stone imuhtr
Broadway, N. Y.
W.C.I. wnd Alwb.nzw M»»it •*<'-•*«
and namerou otb.r Blanks, for at thl
oCBoe
I