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Hon. 11. H. Hill’s Speech.—We give
Mr. Hill a hearing to-day in full. It is
not free from his accustomed egotism,
ami not ipute wo denunciatory of bis op
ponents as some of his efforts mid for
tliis it commands respect. We think his
heart is right when his brain is level, and
not addled by a “vaulting ambition which
overleaps itself and falls on ’tother side.”
Married in Hamilton. —Mr. T. A. Can
trell, of Columbus, and Mrs. E. Florence
Powers, of Hamilton, were married in
the latter place last Tuesday night, by
Uev. W. F. Robison. T'lie attendants
were Messrs. S. It. Greer, Tolm M. Hud
hou, It. F. Carter, J. W. Kimbrough,
Uohert Bruce, I. L. Pollard, J. A. Kirven,
It. A. Russell, and Misses Carrie L. Doug
lass, Emma Riggers, A. O. Riggers,
ibnma G. llnnley, Willie F. Webster,
Marie l.igon, I .aura A. Kimbrough. J im
liiie Mobley.
The City Claiming Cotton Money.—
Among the cotton destroyed by Yankee
General Wilson was 180 bales belonging
to the city. It is proposed to make ap
plication to the (J. 8. Court of Claims to
pay for it. We suppose it will not be
difficult to prove that the municipality
was tolerably loyal, no matter what may
be the loehugs of individuals. It can be
proven also that this cotton was held not
for our own, but for the bentiit. of Nor
thern bondholders. The city still has the
receipts. This cotton, when burned, was
worth, in greenbacks, sixty cents per
pound, and a total of $54,00(1. The re
covery of this sum is very desirable.
River News.— The Raudy Moore arrived
at noon yesterday, with the -1111111 St. Clair
in tow. The boat is not injured much,
excepting the boiler. The local United
States Inspectors—Captain Dan Fry and
Colonel I*. Wise—were assisted in their
investigation by Captains Whitesides and
Golden and Mr. Stanford. Some wit
nesses are to be examined before an offi
cial report is made. It is reported that
Hie cause of the explosion was, there was
not sufficient water in the boiler.
Eire Friday Night. —The mantel in the
store of Jackson & Pratt, was discovered
to be 011 lire about 11 o’clock Friday night
by Mr. Sellers, of the Central Hotel. The
stove pipe from an adjoining kitchen
empties into the chimney of the store. A
spark fellintoßome straw, which,igniting,
tired the mantel. Mr. Sellers was awak
ened by the smell of the burning, and
with the aid of other gentlemen broke
open the back door and extinguished the
(lames without raising an alarm. Had it
been discovered a little later an extensive
conflagration would have ensued, unless
as many allege, Columbus whisky puts
out instead of feeding fires.
Enquiries from Abroad. —We hear that
litters from English capitalists in London
and others have been received in Colum-
Ims, enquiring into the water power and
facilities of manufacturing for this sec
tion. Os course most favorable replies
were given.
It is alleged that a colony of Swedes
propose establishing here a manufactory
for only the very finest class of cotton
goods.
Factory Takings. —Since August 31st
onr factories have taken from the Colum
bus warehouses 2,408 bales, against 1,.u0
the same time last year; showing an in
crease of 838 bales in five months. If
this cotton had been sold, it would have
brought $216,720. Sent from our facto
ries it brings $650,160—a gain of $433,-
44u. Quito a handsome difference in fa
vor of Columbus.
Tax on Cotton. —Columbus taxes ware
housemen who sell cotton as factors oue
tenth of one per cent. This yielded last
s «asou SI,4H 90. This is the only shape
>n which this agricultural product is taxed
it this city, and there is no tax imposts!
00 auy other. Our warehousemen do not
chsrge planters with it, and hence the
latter have no cause for complaint.
li"NEY Should be Plentiful. — There
bivc been sold to Columbus shippers
Aug. gist, 35,684 bales of cotton,
"liicii have realized to planters $3,211,-
'‘•'h I'he great bulk of the cotton re
rtivetl is from a section within a radius
us about thirty mites. In this region
tate been distributed over three million
dollars in live mouths.
Kma; Survey.— Capt. Hodges, and Mr.
11 ' t . on. of the U. S. Surveyors,
■ , i iii surveying Flint river,
s " a-' In ....,.j anue whether it is practiea
ll,e te so improve it as to make Albany the
head of navigation.
Given Bond.— Mr. M. W. Thweatt gave
*‘ ls bond as Tax Receiver, Friday. Among
k' B securities are Gen. Benuing. Gol. Mus
han and J. B. Dozier.
I‘ekcvun Guano.—The attention of
o,lr readers is directed to the advertise
ment of this reliable fertilizer which will
* r feund in our advertising columns.
11. G. Lay is the agent in Savannah,
' "hom all orders should he addressed.
1 eacock & Swift advertise anew lot of
* "amiful prints, bleached domestics,
•'M sheeting, pillow casings, Jtc. Desir
able goods of all varieties, can be found
,p, ttl '« store, at the very lowest prices.
ie stock is kept supplied with all kinds
J Gie choicest staple and fancy goods.
THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
Wednesday, Jan. 22, 1873.
Senate met at 10 a. m., pursuant to ad
journment—President Trammell in the
chair.
Prayer was offered by Uev. Mr. Warren
pastor of the First Baptist church.
Roll called, and yesterday’s journal
read and approved.
Leave of absence was asked and ob
tained for Mr. Estes, on account of sick
ness in his family.
t *^ r - Reese, chairman of the Judiciary
Committee, reported back several bills to
the Senate.
The Senate then took np bills which
were made the special order for to-day.
First in order was the bill to amend the
charter incorporating the Cnthbert and
Camden railroad, and extend the* act as an
extension of the road, via Lumpkin to
Columbus, and the State to lend its aid in
the construction of the said Camden and
Cnthbert road thus extended. On this
bill the Committee on Internal Improve
ments reported adversely to its passage.
Mr. Hoyl moved to disagree with the
report of the committee.
In 18(18, the State had proffered its aid
to a route from Bainbridge to Columbus.
This road had never been built—nor never
would be. The State had already given
its aid to a road from Camilla to Cnthbert.
We now ask an amendment to extend this
aid to the road as now contemplated. It
is fifty-eight miles from Cutkbert to Co
lumbus. This road would connect with
the North and South Road, thus giving an
outlet to the great West. It would open
up a valuable country. Our people desir
e-1 connection with the outside world, and
whose products would commend wealth to
these people. The blight had swept over
this country the past season; the crops
were short, and at present labor was leav
ing these valuable lands. He called upon
the Senate not to let hearsay evidence—
that the road would not pay—govern them
in refusing to open up and develop this
land, etc.
Mr. Wofford, in defending the action of
the Committee in reporting adversely to
the passage of the bill, said it was against
the policy of the State to indorse any
more bonds for railroads. It had not been
made clear to the committee that the State
would be safe in indorsing the obligations
of the Company. However, if it could be
made clear to tho understanding of the
committee that the State would be made
safe in rendering these bonds, the com
mittee would doubtless agree to report fa
vorably on the passage of the bill.
Mr. Reese favored the report of the
Committee. As the bill now stood before
the Senate it was clearly unconstitutional.
Not a word had been said in regard to the
payment of any stock by private corpora
tions. This might have been an oversight
which might lie overcome by an amend
ment, etc., but as it now stood, the Senate
wits debarred from taking any considera
tion of the bill.
While discussing this subject the Sena
tor desired to enter his protest against the
re-inaugnration of the policy of granting
the indorsement of the State to railroads.
'l'llis contemplated road had not even es
tablished by figures that it would be a
paying investment. lie was at liberty to
stateto the Senate that the great corpora
tion known as the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad, which nearly all man believed
would pay—this corporation which had
cost the State two and a half millions of
dollars—would, in less than GO days, be
thrown back on the State. If this is true,
will it be wise to keep up this policy,
which have the same results?
On motion, the bill was laid on the table
for the present.
A bill relative to amending an act cre
ating county courts in certain counties of
this State, and for other purposes.
Mr. Brown—A bill to incorporate the
Southern Laud and Immigration Compa
ny.
Mr. Harris—A bill to allow the Albany,
Mobile and New Orleans Railroad Compa
ny to adopt a road, now being built from
Albany to Mobile, to be included in the
privileges of its charter.
house bills on third reading.
A bill to create an act allowing tele
graph companies to use the right of way
of railroad companies, for the purpose of
constructing telegraph lines. Passed.
The hour of 12 111. having arrived, on
motion the Senate proceeded to the Hall
of Representatives fov the purpose of
counting and consolidating the vote for
United States Senator.
HOUSE.
SENATE BILLS ON FIRST READING.
To amend the act preventing gaming of
any sort in retail liquor houses. Minor
or minors inserted in lieu of person or
persons.
To require the Secretary of State to
furnish the Ordinaries of this State with
all election blanks.
To change the time of advertising sales
by administrators, executors and trustees.
To amend the claim law.
To amend the garnishment laws.
To amend the act establishing county
courts.
To amend the jury laws of this State.
To amend section 2013 of the Code.
To prescribe the manner of appropria
ting money by resolution.
To provide for the return and payment
of taxes on w ild lands.
To regulate motions for new trials in
criminal cases.
To amend section 4522 of the Code.
To provide for the trial of accessories
before and after the fact, where principals
have been pardoued or otherwise dis
charged.
To amend section 4432 of the Code.
To amend section 4243 of the Code.
To amend section 3, paragraph 1840, of
the Code.
Toameud an act authorizing the Council
of Talbotton to subscribe to the capital
stock of the Talbotton railroad. «
ELECTION OF UNITED STATES SENATOR.
At (lie hour of 12 m., the Senate came
into the Hall, and the General Assembly
was called to order by President Tram
mell.
The journals of the Senate and House
were read, and the vote as given yester
day declared and published. No one
having received a majority of the votes
cast, the General Assembly proceeded to
ballot.
Mr. Nieholls nominated General John
B. Gordon.
Mr. Harris nominated Hon. B. H. Hill.
Mr. Huge nominated Hon. A. H. Ste
phens.
Mr. Wofford, of Bartow, nominated
Hon. Herbert Fielder.
Mr. Campbell, of Mclntosh, nominated
Hon'. A. T. Akerman.
Mr. Peabody, of Muscogee, announced
that he was authorized to say that Gov
ernor Smith would not permit his name
to be used in connection with the Sena
torship, nor would lie serve if elected.
Five ballots were taken, which, with
the one of the previous day, made six.
The following was the result:
On the first ballot Gordon received 84,
Stephens 71, Hill 35, Fielder 8, Akerman
14.
SECOND BALLOT.
On the vote of the first ballot being an
nounced, President Trammell ordered a
second ballot, which resulted as given be
low:
Gordon
Stephens **
Hill 35
Fielder ®
Akerman
Total voting -12
Necessary to a choice 167
Three votes were gained by Gen. .Gor
don on this ballot, Mr. Stephens remained
stationary, while Mr. Fielder lost three
votes.
On the third ballot—
Gordon received 87 votes.
Stephens ‘ •’
Hi11...* 3 :
Fielder * 4i
Akerman
No one receiving a majority there was
no election.
On the fourth ballot —
Gordon received 65 votes.
Stephens ‘
Hid .i
Akerman 1
On the fifth ballot —
Gordon received 11 7 votes.
Stephens 8( ' „
Akerman
When Gen. Gordon was declared elected.
We give the fifth and last ballot in full:
Those voting for Gen. Gordon are : Sena
tors Blaiice, Cameron, Cannon, Crawford,
Cone, Carter, Erwin. Harris, Hoyl, Hudson,
Jervis, Kibbee, Kirkland, Lester, \V. r.
Mathews, Mattox, McAfee, Nieholls,
Payne, Roberson. Simmons, Steaoman,
Winn ’ and Wofford. Representatives ;
Adams, Anderson, Barkwell. Baxter, Black
well, Bostwick, Brantley, Butt, Candler,
Ca-l’ton Cason, Clements, Colding, Cook,
DeLoacb, Dorminy, Duncan of Hart,
Duncan of Rabun, Dunlap, Eakes, Ed
wards Ellis, Felton, Fort,-Foster, Fowler.
Fov Freeman. Grant. Hightower of
Johnson, Hightower of Polk, Hopps,
Howell, Hudson, Hunter Jackson,
Jenkins of Putnam, Kaigler of ler
rrell, Lampkin, Latham, Leo of Ap
pling, Leitner, Lott, Lowe of Catoosa,
Lowe of Stewart, Masters, Matthews of
Houston, McArthur, McKibben, Mcßae,
Mercer, Merritt, Morris, Newton, Ots~
borne, Ousley, Read, Richardson, Simms
Smith of Bryan, Smith of Telfair, Snead”
Stephens, Stewart, Taliaferro, Teaselev,”
Tompkins, Towers, Turnbull, Twittv’
Welchel, Williams of Dooly, Williams of
Union, Williamson, Willis of Macon
Young and Mr. Speaker— 101.
Those voting for Hon. Alexander H.
Stephens are: Senators Amow, Black,
Brown, Cain, Gilmore, Heard, Hester,
Knight, Peddy, Reese, Mr. President.”
Representativee Baker, Barksdale, Beaty,
Bell, Black, Blakey, Blanton, Brassed,
Clark, Davis, Dell, Dußose, Dumas,Dunn,
Evans, Feagin, Fitzgerald, Flynt, Glisson”
Griffin, Hargett, Heard of Elbert, Hight,
Hoge, Hurt, Hutchins of Haralson, Jen
kins of Pike, Johnson, Jones of Burke,
Joues of Chattooga, Kaigler of Quitman,
Kirk, Lipsey, Lockett, Mathews of Up
son, Mattox, Mcßride, McDaniel, McCel
lan, Moses, Murphy, Peabody, Pierce,
Phillips, Poole, Reese, Roberts, Rogers,
Roper, Sadler, Shewmake, Shi, Sirmons,
Spence, Stapleton, Summerlin, Trammell.
Tucker, Tutt, Walsh, Watt, Willis of
Talbot, Wofford, Yow—7G.
Those voting for Hon. B. H. Hill are:
Senators Hillyer, Jones. Representatives
Calhoun, Coleman, Culver, Cureton, Dor
sey, Duke, Gilbert, Hamilton, Harris,
Hill, Iloggard, Hutchinson of Clayton,
Longley, Leigh of Coweta, Long, Lyon,
Mills, Tumlin—2o.
Those voting for Hon. Amos T. Aker
mau are: Senators Anderson, Brimberry,
Clark, Deveaux. Representatives Atkin
son, Battle, Blue, Campbell, Duggar,
Heard of Greene, Loveless, Nicholson,
Swearingen, Thompson—l 4.
Changes from one candidate to another
assumed an epidemic form.
The following changed from Gordon to
Stephens:
Senator Mattox; Representatives Brant
ley, Lott.
The following changed from Hill to
Stephens:
Representatives Coleman, Cnreton,
Duke, Gilbert, Harris. Hill, Hoggard,
Longley, Long.
The following changed from Akerman
to Stephens:
Senator Brinberry; Representative
Thompson—l 4.
Those w-ho changed from Mr. Stephens
to Mr Gordon are—Representatives Pea
body and McClellan. •
Those who changed from Mr. Hill to
Mr. Gordon are—Senator Hillyer, Jones.
Representatives Calhoun, Culver, Hamil
ton, Leigh of Coweta, Lyon, Mills, Tum
lin.
Those who changed from Mr. Akerman
to Mr. Gordon are—Senators Anderson,
Devaux; Represenative Swearingen—l4.
Mr. Baker, of Bartow, changed from
Stephens to Gordon then back again to
Stephens.
Mr. Watt changed from Stephens to
Gordon, then back again to Stephens.
Mr. Dorsey Changed from Hill to Steph
ens, and from Stephens to Gordon.
Mr. Lee, of Appling, changed from
Gordon to Stephens, and back again to
Gordon. This made Mr. Gordon’s vote
112; Mr. Stephens’ 80; Mr. Akerman’s 7;
whole number of votes cast 205. Gordon
was declared elected during tho greatest
enthusiasm and wildest excitement. Hats
were thrown up.
During the balloting, President Tram
mell several times ordered the Sergeant
at-arms to clear the hall and galleries in
consequence of the frequent applause.
One Senator was very enthusiastic—too
much so for a Senator.
The Senate, on motion, retired to their
chamber
THURSDAY.
A NEW CAPITOL BUILDING.
This morning in the House, Mr. Wil
liams, of Dooly, introduced a bill provid
ing for the construction of anew Capitol
building. The preamble recited that the
Capitol building was in need of repairs,
and w r as moreover very ill-adapted to the
purpose of a Capitol. The bill provides
for the appointment of a committee of
five, three from the House and two from
tho Senate, who are instructed to adver
tise the present Capitol building for sale
in New r York, and the principal cities in
this State, to be sold to the highest bidder
in three months, and that the proceeds,
together with other necessary funds, be
appropriated to the erection of anew Cap
itol building in Atlanta, the sessions of
the Legislature to be held in the Capitol
at Milledgeville until the new Capitol
building is completed.
SENATE.
The Committee on the Asylum for the
Blind, was granted leave of absence for
a few days.
On motion of Judge Reese, a resolution
providing for the appointment of a com
mittee of four, two from the House and
two from the Senate, to investigate the fi.
fas. against the securities of Foster Blod
gett, was agreed to.
The following bills were read the first
time:
Mr. Erwin —To effect the organization
and maintenance of the State Lunatic
Asylum.
Mr. Trammell—To provide compensa
tion for sheriffs; also, to appoint report
ers for the Superior Courts.
Bills to provide a public school fund
and to provide for paying the public debt,
were made the special order of the day for
to-morrow.
The following bills were passed :
To speed the trial of criminal cases.
This bill was explained in a letter some
days ago.
To provide for the registration of voters
in the several counties of the State. Pass
ed by substitute.
PROTECTING THE BALLOT-BOY.
The bill to protect the ballot-box from
fraud and to provide a registration of
voters, was taken up. The bill provides
that all citizens shall pay their taxes be
fore voting, and that his tax receipt shall
be his voucher as a legal voter. On the
stub of the receipt shall be printed the
mark “V. 1,” “V. 2,” “V. 3,” etc., indi
cating the number of times he has voted,
since paying his taxes, and this mark shall
correspond wdth his receipt for taxes in
order to entitle him to vote.
The bill was endorsed by Mr. Simmons,
who, in a pointed speech said there must
be some reform in the manner of con
ducting elections.
Mr. Reese said that 78,000 persons had
voted in the last election illegally, be
cause they hail failed to pay their taxes,
and the people demanded that they should
be protected from such fraud. The bill
was passed by 25 yeas to 16 nays.
THE JUDICIAL CIRCUITS.
In the Senate this morning Senator
Matthews submitted the report of the
committee appointed to reduce the num
ber of the judicial circuits in the State.
Senator Matthews, in making the report,
stated that the committee had found it
inexpedient to reduce the number to fif
teen. The bill was read the first time.
The following is the appointment:
Rome Circuit —-Dade, Catoosa, Walker,
Chattooga, Floyd, Polk, Harralson, Pauld
ing.
Cherokee Circuit—Union, Whitfield,
Murray, Gordon, Bartow, Cherokee, Pick
ens, Fannin, Milton, Cobb.
\\ estern Circuit—Rabun, Towns, White,
Lumpkin, Dawson, Forsyth, Habersham,
Hall, Banks, Franklin, Gwinnett, Clarke,
Walton, Jackson.
Northern Circuit Madison, Elbert,
Oglethorpe, Wilkes, Taliaferro, Greene, !
Warren, Glascock, Hancock, Morgan,
Hart. !
Augusta Circuit —Richmond, Columbia,
Lincoln, McDuffie, Burke.
Tallapoosa Circuit—Carroll, Campbell, j
Coweta, Douglas, Heard, Fayette, Troop,
Meriwether, Spalding. j
Atlanta Circuit —Fulton, DeKalb, Clay
toil.
Flyut Circuit—Newton, Rockdale. Hen
ry, Butts, Pike, Upson. Monroe, Bibb.
‘ Oemulgee Circuit Jasper. Putnam.
Jones, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Washington,
Twiggs, Johnson, Laurens, Jefferson,
Emanuel.
Chattahoochee Circuit —Harris, Musco
gee, Chattahoochee, Talbot, Marion, Tay
lor, Houston, Crawford.
Pataula Circuit Webster, Stewart,
Quitman, Clay, Randolph, Terrell, Early.
Baker, Calhoun, Miller.
Southwestern Circuit—Sumter. Schley,
Macon, Lee, Mitchell, Dougherty, Worth,
Colquitt, Dooly, Thomas, Decatur.
Southern Circuit —Lowndes, Berreiu, Ir
win, Telfair, Coffee, Pulaski, Clinch, Ech
ols, Wilcox, Pierce, Ware.
Brunswick Circuit. —Glynn, Mclntosh,
Liberty, Camden, Charlton, Appling. Tat
uall, Bullock, Screven, Wayne, Dodge,
Montgomery.
Eastern Circuit —Chatham, Bryan, Ef
fingham.
SIB. STEPHENS.
Mr. Stephens seemed not to be at all
disappointed at the result of the election.
His candidacy was the result of the earn
est solicitation of many friends, who were
anxious to see him in a position where
they believed he could effect much good
for "the country.
After tea about fifty persons, from all
the counties of the Eighth Ditrict, held a
conference at No. 49 Kimball House, and
unanimously nominated him for Congress
from that District. Among those present
were General Toombs, ex-Gov. Johnson,
Judge Reese, Judge Hook, Major Cum
ming, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Moore, Mr. Pierce,
Senators Heard, Hesster and Gilmore,
Mr. Dußose, Mr. McGregor, Mr. Staple
ton, Mr. Evans. Judge Tw iggs, Mr. Poole,
Mr. Flynt, Mr. Tutt. Judge Mathews and
Colonel Reed. General Toombs presided,
and, at the request of the conference, he
told Mr. Stephens “he would have to
stand for the old Fifth or the voting
Eighth. ”
Among those present were three or four
prospective candidates for Gen. Wright's
vacancy, all of whom personally waited on
Mr. Stephens and assured him that they
wonld withdraw in his favor, and tendered
him their cordial support. Mr. Stephens
replied that he did not desire to interfere
with young aspirants, but if the people of
the District elected him he could not re
fuse to serve them.
The conference authorized the chairman
to issue an address to the people, and also
one to Mr. Stephens. It is conceded that
Mr. Stephens will be elected without op
position.
THE SENATORSHIP.
We would not give a red cent for a man
or w’oman who, in this rough and wicked
W'orld, could not extract balm from net
tles and honey from vinegar. Such an
one has no grateful heart, and is fit for
treason, stratagems, and a cocked eye for
spoils. Let no such person be trusted,
but rather give us for a companion the
philosopher, w'ho, if he chances to fall
and break his leg, at once springs to his
feet and thanks his God that his neck is
all right.
We confess to a regret and disappoint
ment that Mr. Stephens was defeated.
We rejoice that he will be returned to the
House of Representatives, and that in the
Senate we will Lave so good and brave a
man as Gen. Gordon. To be candid and
truthful, we fear the evil communications
of Washington and the United States Sen
ate. Gen. Gordon is young and innocent
and he will there be surrounded with cor
ruption which boils and bubbles until it
overruns the stew'. The seats once filled
by Clay, Webster, Wright, Benton, Crit
tenden and Calhoun, are now occupied by
men who make merchandise of country,
and sell their votes for gold. Then, Sen
ators w r ere poor and gloried that their
poverty was the wealth of their States, and
the fame and prosperity of a great confed
erated Republic, respected at home and
feared abroad. Now, three Investigating
Committees are in session at Washington,
and “eye hath not seen, ear heard, nor
did it ever enter into the heart” of an
honest man, the quantity of rascality be
ing exposed. Like John Randolph’s rotten
herring, it “shines and stinks and stinks
and shines ” until the whole atmosphere
is poisoned, and every nook and corner
of the Capitol is covered with political
laud-rats, polecats and human buzzards,
pulling and tugging and gnaw'ing at the
national treasury. Like the voracious
army-worm, after having eaten every
green thing, these vermin now attack and
swallow each othor.
Now, is General Gordon so armed and
mailed in proof that his virtue can with
stand such temptations or assaults ? He
is young, handsome, talented and ambi
tious, and if he escapes the snares of the
male Philistines some lobbying Delilah
will give him a wink, and forthwith he
may be put in her little—purse forever.
Wiser, braver and better men than Gordon
have fallen before at Washington under
such persuasives and manipulations. The
same objections might be urged against
the election of Mr. Hill; for we all ap
preciate the combined strength of wine,
wit and women in steaming up railroads,
digging canals, and increasing population
in favored sections of our wide land.
There is a beauty and purity in the
lives of certain men and women which
instinctively repels wicked approaches,
and, like the wife of Caisar, keeps them
above suspicion and temptation. Let
the devil come in any shape—whether in
wealth, power, title, office or pleasure—he
feels rebuked in their presence, and even
blesses what he came to corrupt and de
stroy. Such a man is Mr. Stephens, and
even the present Senate of the United
States might be rebuked and purified in
his presence. We regret that the Legisla
tors of Georgia did not gracefully confer
on themselves, as well as on an old and
faithful servant, an honor which would
have blessed both the giver and recipient.
The honor refused by the Legislature
will be properly appreciated by the people
of the Eighth Congressional District.
Mr. Stephens will onee again shed the
rays of his genius in the House, to warm
and brighten the almost cold corpse of an
expiring country and Constitution.
Legislative Scenes on the Senatorial Elec
tion,
The Atlanta Herald, giving an account
of the last ballot, says:
On the fifth ballot Gen. Gordon rallied
wonderfully, and took all of Fielder’s
strength and five of Hill’s votes. Just as
this roll was being commenced, Harris,
of Worth, and Wofford, who had been
voting for Hill and Fielder, came to Gor
don with a rush, bringing nine votes with
them.
The excitement was intense at this
point, and the great crowd xvas seething.
The sixth ballot opened, and at the close,
Gordon had 101; Stephens had 85; Hill,
2t>, and Akerman 12. Then commenced
a scene which beggars description. Mr.
Dorsey, of Fayette, called out
“CHANGE MY VOTE FROM HILL TO GORDON !”
amid the wildest applause; he was follow
ed quickly by Lyons, of Dougherty. Gor
don’s friends meanwhile yelling with an
almost frantic joy. In vain did President
Trammell order the arrest of the applaud
ers; nothing could stop them. Speedily
enough votes had changed to Gordon to
give him the election by one vote, but be
fore it could be announced, Mr. Baker, of
Bartow, called out,
“CHANGE MY VOTE FROM GORDON TO STE
PHENS,”
which threw Gordon behind again; he
was followed by Lee, of Appling, who
changed from Gorddn to Stephens, and
by Messrs. Hill, Longley and Duke, who
left Hill for Stephens, and by Mr. Brin
berry, a Radical, who changed from Aker
man to Stephens, inducing the idea that
the Radical vote would follow him.
A GORDON STAMPEDE
was imminent, and it was thought, having
been elected once, he would now be beat;
when, like a flash, George Hillyer rushed
into the aisle, and in that clear, ringing
voice, which always arrests attention, and
which came like silvered notes from a
clarion —
“ Mr. President, change my vote from
Hon. Benjamin H. Hill, to General John
B. Gordon.”
This checked the stampede! This long,
lingering, clear-cut declaration gave Gor
don’s friends time to ra ly, and the ap
plause over Hillger’s conversion had not
died away before it was caught up again
as gallant Charles Hamilton came hand-in
hand with Tom Tumlin into the Gordon
camp, followed by Simmons, of Gwinnett,
and Baker and Lee, who returned to Gor
don before the vote could be announced.
Thus he was elected, after five minutes of
the most exciting fighting we have ever
seen in any hall or in any contest.
Gordon is a great man. In a contest
with Ben Hill and Aleck Stephens, two
giants skilled in force, to have come out
defeated would have been honor—to have
beat them is certainly a most heroic feat.
The same paper, which has steadily ad
vocated Gordon’s election, says, editorial
!y;
All things considered, indeed, the odds
seemed decidedly against the Senator
elect, and it is not impossible that had an
other ballot been necessary, he would
have been defeated. Fortunately for
Georgia and the South. Mr. Hill s sup
porters left him before the vote was an
nounced. and the changes made in their
votes sent General Gordon to the United
States Senate.
Messrs. Vandevendere and McHwaine
have purchased the ore beds of Mr. A. J.
King, near Cave Spring, and are daily
shipping the crude ore to Indiana. They
have now employed over fifty hands, and
will soon increase the number to one hun
dred. They are now distributing about
four hundred dollars pier day for labor and
and frieght and net profits in the commu
nity, and ail this comes from Northern
consumers. Over SIOO,OOO per annum is
thus added to the productive interests of
Floyd county.
GEORGIA ITEMS.
Governor Brown has returned from
Cuba.
Griffin buried 59 whites and 80 negroes
in 1872.
Wm. S. deck, an old employee of the
Macon and Western R. R., was found dead
at Macon on a car of the passenger train
which had just arrived from Atlanta The
coroner's inquest shows that he was thrust
on board the train by three Atlanta police
men. who gave him a ticket furnished by
the Mayor of that city, one of whom said
Cleck had been sent to Atlanta from
Macon, and now they were going to send
him back.
The recently elected State Printer com
mences his work in the January session of
1874.
A convict escaped from Messrs. Grant,
Alexander «fc Cos., some days since, and
after wandering about'returned and vol
untarily gave himself up.
Bainbridge has elected Capt. Geo. W.
Lewis as Mayor.
Camilla has elected James H. Spence
for Mayor.
The Augusta Fire Department celebra
ted Gen. Lee's birthday Monday. Hon. ,
J. C. C. Black delivered an address.
Burglars entered four houses in Augusta 1
Sunday and attempted to rob a fifth. I
They secured S4OO andfsl4oo certificates ’
of deposit from the residence of D. S. I
Boutet, and $25 from Mrs. C. Emery, be- !
sides other’property. They were scared
from the other houses.
Monday, Gen. Lee’s birth day was cele
brated with imposing ceremonies in
Savannah. The military companies
in line numbered 473 men, all arm
ed and uniformed among them
the Georgia Hussars (cavalry) and
the Chatham Artillery, with three brass
pieces. Gen Wade Hampton delivered
the address.
The colors’of the Savannah Republican
Blues were imported‘from England prior
to the war, and at a cost of $1,500.
The Savannah Jasper) Greens have re
ceived their compliment of sixty guns.
A bill is before the Legislature to cre
ate a board of j three commissioners to
manage Chatham county affairs, and pay
each a yearly salary T>f’sl,2oo.
The Supreme Court is now in session
in Atlanta. The Blue Ridge Circuit is
now occupying attention.
The Manufacturers Association is still
the talk in‘Atlanta. J. C. Kimball made
a speech Tuesday’night. Said he and his
five brothers were carriage makers.
A former resident of Atlanta has con
tributed sso_to furnishjthe poor of that
city with wood.
The receipts ? at DeGive’s, in Atlanta,
on Mondaynight|were $1,230, and t not
much less Tuesday j night. Joe Jefferson
was the attraction.
The Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday,
publishes the following card:
Office United States Attorney, >
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20, 1873. j
Editors Constitution —I see a card in
your issue of Saturday last, from Hon.
Thos. Hardeman, alluding to certain in
formation given by me in my official ca
pacity to the legislative department of the
government at Washington, concerning
the “Macon massacre,” and his responsi
bility for the same. He publishes only a
portion of my letter and suppresses the
remainder, and then declares it “libelous
ly false,” and further declares that he
challenges the widest investigation. If he
wishes an investigation at Washington, let
him or his friends again present his name
for relief, and the investigation will come,
as I have written the chairman of the
committee informing him of my readiness
to appear and sustain the charge.
The matter will undergo the most thor
ough investigation in the court in which
I am the prosecuting officer, and it is not
proper for me to controvert with him
about a matter wherein I have official du
ties. I shall discharge my duty, however,
without regard to his newspaper articles.
Henry P. Farrow,
United States Attorney.
The Joint Committee on Reduction of
Judicial Circuits have partially agreed to
reduce the number of circuits in the State
to fifteen, with the understanding that the
present incumbents be retained either as
active judges or supernumeraries.
Colonel A. R. Lamar ventures the pre
diction that Judge Hansell, of Thomas
ville, will be appointed judge of the
Southern Circuit—the position from which
he was ejected by Yankee bayonets. He
also writes that the “ opinion is general
that Atlanta has not behaved well in the
purchase of, and payment for, that shaky
rattle-trap known as the Opera House, and
the people of Middle, Southern and East
ern Georgia are averse to being taxed to
erect public buildings here while they al
ready possess suitable ones elsewhere.
The House has just refused to carpet the
Representative Hall, and it is in no humor
to appropriate funds for repairs and im
provements.”
Mr. Francis Williams, a thirty-seven
years’ employee of the Central railroad,
died iu Savannah on Monday. He was
cotton registry clerk.
Savannah polled 1,780 votes in her mu
nicipal election. It is thought Colonel E.
C. Anderson is elected by 150 majority,
and a Democratic Board chosen.
Mr. W r . F. Malone, of Jasper county,
en route for Arkansas, fell from the Ma
con and Western train aud broke an
ankle.
Macon last year had $33,200 of fires—
sl7,6oo insured.
Mayor Huff, of Macon, has just com
pleted negotiations wilh the Central Rail
road and Banking Company whereby that,
institution purchases $200,000 of the
bonds of the city at eighty-live cents. Be
fore another week $170,000 of city shin
plasters will have been burned.
Macon imposes a tax of $1 on every SIOO
of real estate, and a tax of $3 or five days
work on each voter.
W. S. Davenport, a young i brakesman,
was knocked off a freight train by the
Vineville bridge, on the Macon and Wes
tern Railroad, Wednesday morning. He
was run over by the train and killed in
stantly.
Monday night in Macon, owing to the
bursting of a water pipe, the book store
of Pendleton J: Ross, and J. A. Pugh’s
photograph gallery, were flooded and sus
tained several hundred dollars damages.
George K. Stepihens, from Detroit,
Michigan, died at the Brown House, in
Macon, Wednesday. Walter Gugel, son
of Mr. Qan M. Gugel, died of meningitis
the same day.
A Bibb county correspondent says only
the “select lazy” of the negroes are emi
grating.
The Perry branch road has been com
pleted to some two miles of that place.
Emigration from Thomas county is
lively. Thirty or forty persons from that
county left last Tuesday and others are
preparing to follow.
A correspondent, writing from Black
shear, under date of the 18th, says: Two
white men, John Morrison and Townsend
Miller, and a negro man, John Robinson,
were drowned last week while rafting in
the St. Ilia river.
A correspondent of the Brunswick Ap
peal furnishes some facts of interest con
cerning the sheep and stock raising busi
ness of Coffee county. He says:
There are in Coffee county several gen
tlemen who make a business of stock and
sheep raising. The largest flock is owned
by Henry Peterson, of Douglas, and num
bers 4.000. Henry Vickers, of the same
place, has 1,000; John Vickers, 800; Ja
cob Harper, 3,000; Henry Harper, 800;
Thomas Paulk, of Daniel s Station, 300;
E. Lott, of Catlin Station. 400; Joel Lott,
400. The average clip per head through
out the county this year was only three
pounds. The season was unusually wet,
and not having shelter or care, they be
came poo.r—hence the small yield of wool.
The breeds are poor, and it is unreason
able to expect much. Merinoes properly
taken care of would pay handsomely, but
in all our travels in this part of the State
did not see a single one.
Mr. Thomas Paulk has also 300 head of
| cattle. Benajih Piereeion, of this place
has 300, and Hiram Sears 200. But the
I breed of cattle, like the sheep, are arnaz
ing poor and consequently, not profitable
—so much so that milk was not to be had,
and butter, if ■" i md at all, was from—as
the people say here—Goshen.
The three military companies in Au
gusta have received, each, arms and
! equipments for sixty men.
Gen. Wade Hampton delivered his
eulogy on Gen. Lee. in Augusta, Wednes
day night.
Col. Jack Brown declines to contest the
election of Gen. Phil Cook to Congress.
Chief of Police Christian, of Augusta,
has received from a prominent Northern
detective, a photograph of Mrs. Yates,
who seems to be a stout woman of about
forty years of age, and offering a reward
of SI,OOO for her arrest. She left her
home, in the Province of Ontario, on the
23d of last December.
The Atlanta Sun says that in the late
Senatorial contest there was no principle
involved, as General Gordon, in the late
contest, stood with Mr. Stephens upon the
Georgia platform, and refused to sanction
the Cincinnati platform, though he sup
ported Mr. Greeley. The Sun says the
contest was one between military distinc
tion and civil qualification.
The Coal Tar Kefinery, situated near
the Atlanta Gas Works, was burned Wed
nesday afternoon. Belonged to Mr. S.
Smith, who gives his loss at $3,500 and
insurance at SI,OOO.
The Legislature has authorized Atlanta
to increase her Georgia Western railroad
subscription to $1,000,000 if the people
say so..
The late Catholic Fair in Atlanta made
$6,295.
Mrs. Bartow, the mother of the lament
ed General Francis Bartow, died last Mon
day in Chattanooga. She was buried in
Cave Springs, Ga., by her daughter, Mrs.
Ford, of that place.
Mr. Alex. Dickson, aged twenty years,
died at West Point, Tuesday.
Mr. John Gammell, living in Harris
county, was shot and killed in West Point
last Saturday about dark by Robert W 7.
Richards.
The Rome Courier is informed that
nearly one-half of the Georgia Legisla
ture are now suffering from the throat
malady. Hot Tom and Jerry’s do have
that effect at times.
Colonel Jack Brown officially notifies
General Phil Cook that he will not contest
his seat in Congress.
Colonel Lamar writes to his paper, the
Savannah Advertiser, that Joe Brown fa
vored Mr. Stephens for the Senate. Col.
L. says “Joe looks much improved in
health, and smiled to the right and the
left of him with that broad smile that
reaches from ear to ear, but never extends
above his nose. It is a smile, but a pecu
liar smile —such a one as nobody but Joe
Brown can get up.” He adds that a
prominent Liberal Republican remarked
that “ Joe Brown would own a plantation
in Cuba before long.”
It is generally supposed in Atlanta that
Joe Brown and Delano went to Cuba on a
political mission looking to the acquisi
tion of that island. They report the Span
iards cannot subdue the rebels; that
slaves are treated brutally, and if the
United States gains the island they will
be freed.
Colonel Lamar predicts that Colonel
Estes, an accomplished and popular law
yer, will be raised to the bench of the
Western Circuit.
The following new post-offices have
been established in Georgia during the
past month ■ Owen’s Ferry, Camden
county, G,230, Waynesville to Owen’s
Ferry; Tallocus, Brooks county, 0,193,
Quitman to Tallocus; Ocopilco, Brooks
county, 6,193, Quitman to Tallocus; Ethel,
Hall county, special from Gainesville;
Wahoo, Lumpkin county, special from
Gainesville; Jamaica, Glynn county, 6,191,
Brunswick to Albany; Irwin’s Grom Roads,
Washington county, Wrightsville to Ten
nille. Re-established : Black Creek, Seri
ven county, 6,127, Halcyon Dale to Sylva
nia.
Savannah has elected Colonel E. C. An
derson 'as Mayor. The Aldermen-elect,
are: Messrs. Brigham, Villalonga, Ar
nold, Harden, Douglas, Cunningham,
Blair, Lovell, Meyer, -McMahon, Bruner
and Wetter. The poll was only 1.780 —
about 600 less than the registered vote.
All Democrats and the regular nominees.
President W. S. Haymoud, of the Indi
anapolis, Dreplin and Chicago Railroad
Company, has appoint 1 a meeting to be
held in the city of j mapolis, on the
sth of February next. . the purpose of
consultation with pai .r. •> throughout In
diana, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Caro
lina and Georgia, who may be interested
in building an air-line nulroad from Chi
cago to Savannah, passihg through the
cities of Indianapolis, Lexington, Ky.,
Knoxville and Augusta.
W. J. McGrath has been elected Presi
dent of the Macon and Augusta Railroad,
Dr. J. A. S. Milligan, Secretary and Treas
urer. The Directors are, Messrs. J. P.
King, S. D. Heard,»W. J. McGrath, G. W.
Hazlehurst, Jas. T. Gardiner, T. G. Bar
ret, J. K. Evans, J. O. Mathewson, Chas.
Estes, A. J. Lane and L. N. Whittle.
The widow of the late Win. C. Dawson,
of Greensboro, has a claim of $55,124 be
fore the Southern Claims Commission.
Samuel Bevins died in Sumter county,
on the 19th.
The late county election in Worth comi
ty has been contested, and the facts for
warded to Gov. Smith for his decision.
The Macon Volunteers and Eioyd Rifles
have, each, received equipments and arms
for sixty men.
Mr. Wm. Fowler, one of the earliest
settlers of Macon, is dead.
The Georgia (colored) Minstrels, which
left Macon directly after the war, are now
in Baltimore. They have made an ex
tensive tour through Cauda, Great Britain
and the continent of Europe.
The Macon Enterprise says the case of
Peter Lewis vs. the Central Railroad
Company, has been compromised by the
payment of S3OO by the Company. Lewis,
it will be remembered, is from Americus,
and lost his wife and two children at the
recent collision at Bear Creek, on the
Macon and Western Railroad.
Mr. Charles W. Hubner, one of the
most genial and accomplished men in the
profession, has become connected with
the Atlanta Herald
Two hundred and eighty-five bills have
been introduced in the House.
The Atlanta Constitution says Gordon
received only three Radical votes.
Messrs. Bell & Willis have established an
SB,OOO manufactory to make hats in At
lanta.
Atlanta paid $48,000 for educating
1,200 pupils at pay schools, and $50,000
for educating 2,800 at her public schools.
Colonel Miller Grieve, jr., is clerk in
the Treasury Department under Colonel
Jones.
The Albany, Blue Ridge, Macon, Mid
dle and Ocoonee Circuits are abolished in
the Legislative bill to reduce the judicial
circuits.
Professor Orr delivered an address on
education in the Representatives' Hall,
Thursday night. He was frequently ap
plauded.
The Macon, Monticello and Atlanta
Railroad Company has elected Campbell
Wallace as President and the following
Directors : John J. Grant, John 11. James,
Atlanta; W. A. Huff, C. A. Nutting, G.
H. Hazelhurst, Macon ; E. Steadman, W.
N. Davis, Newton county; G. T. Bartlett,
F. Goldsby, Jasper county; L. Clover,
Jones county; W. P. Oruie, Secretary and
Treasurer.
The employees of the Atlanta Sun office
Thursday, through the manager, Mr.
Echols, presented to Hon. A. H. Stephens
an elegant morocco writing case, as a
slight testimony of their respect and ap
preciation of the great statesman.
The taxable property of Greenville,
Meriwether county, as reported by the
Marshal for 1872, amounted to $05,000.
Greenville has elected as Councilmen
H. Freeman, President; John A. Simon
ton, John S. Grant, J. E. Adams, E.
Winslow. A good selection for “city
fathers. ”
Franklin. Heard county, has elected as
j Councilman F. S. Loftin. E. C. Gipson,
W. M. Power. H. B. Lane and J. D.
Mitchell.
LaGrange has elected as Mayor, B. F.
Reed; Aldermen, E. E. Lanier, W. E.
Jones, J. P. Miller and W. Collins.
The LaGrange Reporter says there are
seven murders without arrest on the
dockets of Troup county.
Floyd county numbers 22,000 people—
one-fourth colored—and has an area of
800 square miles.
Mr. Bates, of Gordon county, lost by
tire liis gin house and eight bales of cot
ton, a few days ago. Friction. Loss
SI2OO. No. 70.
The cotton gin, saw mill, ten bales of
cotton, and shingle machine, belonging
to Mr. J. M. P. Hawkins, nine miles south
east of Spring Place, Murray county, was
destroyed by fire a short time since. Loss
$2,000. No. 71.
A telegram to the Atlanta Herald says
Major Geo. A. Allen, of the firm of Walk
er & Allen, in Savannah and Augusta, on
Thursday morning, seemingly in perfect
health, sauntered to the fashionable club
room in Augusta and shot himself dead.
He was a member of the 2d Kentucky-
Confederate regiment, was badly wound
ed, married Miss D’Antignac and settled
in Augusta. The firm was prospering.
Cause of the suicide unknown.
Mr. Francis H. Cato, one of the best
citizens of Washington county, and for
many years Justice of the Peace in his
district, died on Sunday last.
Mr. W. J. Pritchard, jr., and Miss T.
A. Hamil, both of Harris county, were
married on the 11th. Rev. M. J. Well
born officiated. •
Right Rev. Archbishop J. Rosevelt
Bailey, of Baltimore, is expected
in Savannah in a few days. The
Archbishop visits the city for the sake of
his health, and will probably remain there
two months or more. The Reverend gen
tleman is the highest Catholic prelate in
this country.
The bondsmen of F. Blodgett are
required to show cause by the next term
of the court, why the bond, which is to
the amount of five thousand dollars,
should not be forfeited.
Georgia—Her Population by Census
from 1790 to 1870. —In 1790, a popula
tion of 82,548; in 1800, 162,686; 1810,
252,438; 1820, 340,989; 1830, 516,823;
1840, 691,392; 1850,906,185; 1860, 1,057,-
286; 1870, 1,184,109.
Judicial Appointments and Confirma
tions.- — The Governor yesterday recom
mended, and the Senate confirmed the
following appointments :
Col. John L. Harris, Judge of the Bruns
wick Circuit.
Col. W. I). Kiddoo, Judge of the Patau
la Circuit.
Albert H. Cox, Solicitor-general of the
Tallapoosa Circuit.
W. A. Little, Solicitor-general of the
Chattahoochee Circuit.
J. T. Flewellen, Solicitor-general of the
Pataula Circuit.
G. J. Orr, State School Commissioner.
N. J. Hammond, Attorney-general of
the State.- —Atlanta Con.
alabamTnews.
The guard-house prisoners of Mobile
are made to wear a blue cap to distinguish
them from other people.
Gov. Lewis has proclaimed the appoint
ment of Frank Draxler, of Mobile, as
commissioner for the State of Alabama
to attend the great Vienna expo
sition for the year 1873. The Governor
adds: “It is desirable that all persons
wishing to send specimens of the re
sources of Alabama, which would invite
labor and capital to immigrate to the
State, should as speedily as possible pre
pare the same for shipment. Specimens
of whatever the State has of minerals,
metals, earths, machinery, the products
of agriculture, art, science and handi
work, are desirable. Any statistics re
specting healtbfulness of climate, fertili
ty and capacity of soil, for variety of
crops, water power, lumber, mineral
springs; all information respecting facili
ties of transportation and travel, and
whatever tends to show that Alabama is a
desirable home for the immigrant from
Europe, are desirable.”
Persons wishing to send such articles
should communicate with the commis
sioner.
Mr. C. R. Brumbie, of Atlanta, and
Miss Sallie,sister of tlie late Gen. Clanton,
were married in Tuskegee on Thursday.
The Montgomery and Mobile Railroad
train ran over aud killed a negro on the
Gatoma creek trussel Thursday morning.
Mr. Joseph Jennings, who was stabbed
in an affray in Tallapoosa county Christ
mas week, died Friday night from the
effect of the wound.
Hale county has elected Bristol Bussell
(Radical) Representative to fill the va
cancy occasioned by death of R. L. Ben
nett.
Alien Thornton, a colored suffrage
sliuger of Stewart county, Ga., started to
Texas, a few days since, but as he was ac
companied by two mules belonging to
somebody else, be only got as far as En
faula.
Court land has a leal sensation in a mur
der case that has recently come to light.
An old gentleman named Turner was
murdered and robbed at Lamb’s Ferry,
near that place in the last week of De
cember, and lately his body has been
found in the river with several plows tied
to his neck. The citizens of Courtland
have raised $1,500 for the purpose of as
sisting in the capture of the murderer.
The Hickerson family, now thought to be
en route for Waco, Texas, are suspected.
A lady just arrived from Montgomery,
reports in Macon, Ga., 21 deaths from
meningitis in that city on Monday last.
We presume most of the deaths are among
colored people and the fact3 somewhat
exaggerated.
The Montgomery Advertiser’s special
from Washington, has these items:
It is rumored and generally believed
here that in case Judge Busteed should
resign, or be relieved from the Bench, ex r
Governor Lindsay will receive the ap
pointment. Spencer is said to be working
to that end.
Stroback is anxious to get the Austrian
mission.
It is reported that W. B. Jones, late
Grant Elector in the 4th Alabama Dis
trict, will get an important Consulship.
The fire at Montgomery, Friday night,
cousumtd the shops of the Montgomery
and Eufaula Railroad." Tools lost. No cars
or engines injured. Originated from a
defective flue or new stove pipe.
Miss Katie Norton, of Montgomery, a
young lady, daughter of Dr. Norton,
while on her knees at prayer, was seri
ously burned Friday night by the explo
sion of a Kerosene lamp, which was set
ting near by. It was reported very late
she died.
Mr. Stanley Mellon and Miss Lottie
Erwin were married in Opelika Friday.
FLOmDr7It.MS.
Dennis Eagan is confirmed as Commis
sioner of Public Lands aud Immigration;
■I. C. Gibbs Superintendent of Public In
struction and Gen. John Varnum Adjutant
General.
Rev. C. D. Nicholson, of the Alabama
Conference, and Rev. Geo. Bright, of the
South Georgia Conference, have been
transferred to the Florida Conference,
Methodist Episcopal Church South.
Rev. Green B. Carroll, an elder in the
Baptist Church, and Rev. T. A. Carruth,
an elder in the Presbyterian Church, were
admitted to membership in the Florida
Annual Conference, M. E. Church South,
at its late session.
In the United States District Court, re
cently in session at Jacksonville, the bond
of F. W. Webster, late Surveyor-General,
was declared forfeited, he not having an
swered to the call of his name.
Five-sevenths of the practicing attor
neys, four-fifths of the county officers,
and all the editors in Marianna, have
gone to Tallahassee.
Dr. N. H. Moragne, of Palatka, has a
Tangerine orange tree —the only one of its
kind in the State—that has borne fifteen
hundred oranges this season.
The State Pardoning Board pardoned
fifty-seven convicts during the past year.
The Thirtieth Annual Convention of
the Diocese of Florida assembled in
Trinity Church, St. Augustine, on Wed
nesday, the 22d inst. The Right Rev. J.
F. Young, D. D., Bishop of Florida, pre
siding.
Unprecedented Success. —Within the
past year 200,000 boxes of Dr. Tutt’s
Vegetable Liver Pills has been sold, and
not a single instance is known where they
have failed to give satisfaction. If you
would enjoy life, have a fine appetite and
robust health, use these Pills.
Augusta,Ga., Nov., 1869.
Dr. Wm. H. Tutt:
It affords me much pleasure to testify
to the great value of your Liver Pills.
They are all they are represented to be.
In my opinion, there are no Pills so well
adapted in the Southern climate as they
are.
Yours truly,
Jos. Brummki,,
late of Richmond, Va.
DR. TUTT’s HAIR DYE IS ENDORSED BY THE
BEST CHEMISTS.
“A Dose in Time,” Ac.
If “a stitch in time saves nine,” it is equally
certain that a dose of a healthy tonic like Hos
tetter’s Stomach Bitters taken at this inclem
ent soason of the year may save many an un
pleasant twinge. A dose, however, is not suffi
cient. The system should be thoroughly charg
ed with this genial vegetable stimulant and in
viirorant. Commence taking it with the com
mencement of the atmospheric changes which
distinguish the winter from the autumn. There
by you will avoid those disturbances ot the di
gestive and secretive organs, and those painful
diseases of the muscle and the nerves of sensa
tion which often render the period of the year
which should be the merriest, a season of pen
nance and disquietude. The extraordinary vig
or and regularity which this exhilarating resto
rative imparts to the most important functions
of the body, render it an invaluablo remedy for
nervous debility, constipation, indigestion, tor
pidity of the liver, and intermittent levels.
A GREAT BLESSING.
Never, since the time “when the morning
stars sang together,” has there been a greater
medical discovery and blessing to the human
race than the
Globe Flower Cough Syrup.
This delightful and rare compound is tho ac
tive principal, obtained by chemical process,
trom the “Globe Flower,” known also as “But
ton Root,” and in Botany as “(Jephalanthus
Oceidentalis.”
Globe Flower Cough Syrup is almost an
infallible cure for every description of Cough,
Colds, Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Croup, Whoop
ing Cough, Pleurisy, Influenza, Asthma, Bron
chitis, &c.; and will cure Consumption, when
taken in time—as thousands will testily.
Globe Flower Cough Syrup will cure the
most obstinate cases of Choonic Cough and
Lung affection, when, when all other boasted
remedies fail.
Globe Flower Cough Syrup does not con
tain a particle of opium or any of its prepara
tions.
Globe Flower Cough Syrup does not con
tain a particle of poison, or any ingredient that
could hurt the most delicate child.
Globe Flower Cough Syrup has become,
whore known, the most popular Cough Medi
cine in the country, because it has successfully
withstood the three great tests of merit, viz:
Time, Experience and Competition, and re
mains, alter passing through this ordoul, the
host article of its kind in the world.
Globe Flower Cough Syrup is pleasant
to the taste, and does not disagree with the
most delicate stomach.
Phjslcians who have consumptive patients,
are invited to try the Globe Flower Couoh
Sy'RUP. Its magical effects will at once he
felt and acknowledged.
Beware of counterfeits: the genuine has the
words, Globe Flower Cough Syrup blown
in each bottle, and the signatures of the pro
prietors upon each label. The trade
mark label and compound are protected by Let
ters Patent.
Don’t take any other article as a substitute
for Globe Flower Cough Syrup. If your
Druggist or Merchant has none on hand, re
quest him to order it for you.
Thousands of Testimonials of the most won
derful cures are constantly being received from
the North, East, West and South—some of
which seem almost miraculous.
Sold by Druggists at $ll.OO per bottle,£s.oo
lor one half dozen.
J. S. PEMBERTON A CO.,
Proprietors,
Atliuntu, (la.
For sale by A. M. BRANNON and MAR
TIN HOOD, Columbus, Ga.
janl9 eodlm&w3m
M A It 1C 1 ED,
On Thursday morning, January 23d, at the
residence of J udge James Weaver, near Pleas
ant Hill, Talbot county, Georgia, by Elder
John Harris, Di. J. BIRDSONG to Miss
M. L. WE ,UK.
NOTICE.
Depositors with tho SAVINGS
BANK of tho GEORGIA HOME
INSURANCE COMPANY are requested to
hand in their Deposit Books, that the accrued
interest to J anuary Ist, 1873, may be added to
their account.
GEO. W. DILLINGHAM,
ja2s 2t Treasurer.
Mules.
j" WILL have FORTY MORE^
FINE MULES to arrive on Monday,
27th, to be sold CHEAP, as before.
ja2s d&wlt* H. A. KEY.
GUANO.
"PURE PERUVIAN, IMPORTED DI-
X RECT, and for sale at Government prices,
by R. G. LAY, Agent,
j a26 2m Savannah, Georgia.
The Hannah More Seminary
JS NOW OPEN FOR PUPILS.
For circulars apply to Rev. SAM-eOLkS—? "
UEL HIGGINS, D. D., 5075 Main
St., Germantown, Philadelphia. dels
CARPETING AT COST !
W E offer our extensive stock of BRUS
SELS, 3-Ply, and INGRAIN CARPETING,
at Cost for Cash.
ROONEY & WARNER,
al2 dlw&w4t 83 & 85 Broad st.
NOTICE.
WE tat e pleasure in announcing to the pub
lic that we are opening at our old stand a
COMPLETE STOCK
OF
Fancy and Staple Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c.,
which we offer at wholesale and retail as LOW
as the same quality can be bought in this mar
ket.
Ci-'Call, see, examine and buy.
Those Indebted to us prior to September,
1871, will please come forward, pay up and
commence anew.
JNO. McGOUGH & CO.
j&10 dlw&wlm
Hr
r|JWENTY YEARS’ hard kitchen service
has proveil the
Charter Oak Cook Stoves
to he the best, most reliable and most du
rable of any in use.
Tho late improvements on it make it SUPE
RIOR to any Stove ever before offered in this
market.
Every stove guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Sold in this city by
W. H. ROBARTS & CO.
anufacturers of Tin, Sheet Iron and
Copper Ware, and Dealers in
Stoves, Hardware, Cutlery, Crock
ery and House-Furnishing Goods
Generally. ja24 eod&wlip
Purissima et Optima
CsSS
r/ ’S- 1 M M O N s > 1
L;AT or'
Nearly all Diseases originate from indi
gestion and Torpidity of the Liver, and rb-
LiEFis always anxiously sought after. If the
Liver is Regulated in its action, health ii
almost invariably secured. Want of action in
the Liver causes Headache, Const:cation,
Jaundice, Pain in the Sho lders, Lough,
Chills, Dizziness, Sour Stomach, bad taste
IN THE MOUTH, BILIOUS ATTACKS, PALPITA
TION OF THE HEART, DEPRESSION OF SPIRITS,
or the blues, and a hundred other symptoms,
for which SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR
is the best remedy that has ever been discov
ered. It acts mildly, etiectuately, and being
a simple vegetable compound, can do no Inju
ry in any quantities that it may bo taken. It
is harmless in every way; it has been used for
40 years, and hundreds of the good and great
from all parts of the country will vouch for its
being tlie purest and best
The Symptoms of Liver Complaint are un
easiness and pain in the side. Sometimes the
pain is in the shoulder, and is mistaken for
rheumatism. The stomach is affected with
loss of appetite and sickness, towels in gen
eral costive, sometimes alternating with lax.
The head is troubled with pain, and dull, heavy
sensation, considerable loss of memory, ac
companied with painful sensation of having
left undone something which ought to have
been done. Often complaining of weakness,
debility and low spirits. Sometimes many
of the above symptoms attend tho disease, and
at other times very few of them; but the Liver
is generally the organ most involved.
Price 41 00 per package; sent by mail, postage
paid. $1 25, prepared, ready for use, in bottles
$1 50.
Manufactured onlv by
J. H. ZEI LIN & CO.,
Macon, Ga., and Philadelphia.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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Vinegar Bitters are not a vile Fancy Drink,
made of Poor Rum, Whiskey, Proof Spirits and Refuse
Liquors, doctored, spiced, and sivet .ened in please the
taste, called ‘‘Tonics,” “Appetizers,” “Restorers'*
&c., that lead the tippler on to drunkenness and ruin,
but are a true Medicine, made from the native roots
and herbs of California, free from all Alcoholic Stimulants.
They are the Great Blood Purifier and a Life-giving
Principle, a Perfect Renovator and Invigorator of the
System, carrying oIT all poisonous matter and restoring
the blood to a healthy condition, enriching it, refreshing
and invigorating both mind and body. They are easy
of administration, prompt in their action, certain in their
results, safe and reliable in all forms of disease.
No Person can lake tlicse Hitters accord
ing to directions, and remain long unwell, provided
their bones are not destroyed by mineral poison or other
means, and the vital organs wasted beyond the point
of repair.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion. Headache, Pain
in the Shoulders, Coughs, Tightness of the Chest, Diz
ziness, Sour Eructations of the Stomach, Pad Taste
in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks, Palpitation of the
Heart, Inflammation of the Lungs, Pain in the regions of
the Kidneys, and a hundred other painful symptoms,
are the offsprings of Dyspepsia, fn these complaints
it has no equal, and one bottle will prove a better guar
antee of its merits than a lengthy advertisement.
For Female Complaint*, m young or old,
married or single, at the dawn of womanhood, or the
turn of life, these Tonic Bitters display so decided an
influence that a marked improvement is soon percen
tible.
For Inflammatory an«l Chronic Itliou
mat ism and Gout, Dyspepsia or Indigestion, Bilious,
Remittent and Intermittent Fevers, Diseases of the
Blood, Liver, Kidneys and Bladder, these Litters have
been most successful. Such Diseases are caused by
Vitiated Blood, wlrch is generally produced by derange
ment of tlie Digestive Organs.
Tliov are a Gentle Purgative as well ns
a Tonic, possessing also the peculiar merit of acting
as a powerful njzent in relieving Congestion or Inflam
mation of the Liver and Visceral Organs, and in Bilious
Diseases.
For Skin Disease*, Eruptions, Tetter, Salt-
Rliemn, Blotches, Spots, Pimples, Pustules, Boils, Car
buncles, Ring worms, Scald Head, Sore lives. Ery
sipelas. Itch, Scurfs, Discolorations of the Skin, Humor*
and Diseases of the Skin# of whatever name or nature,
are literally dug up and carried out of the system iii a
short time by the use of these Bitter*. One bottle in
such cases will convince the most incredulous of iheir
on rati ve effects.
Cleanse the Vitiated It loot! whenever you
find its impurities bursting through the skin in Pimples
Eruptions, or Sores; cleanse it when you find it ob
structed and sluggish in the veins ; cleanse it when it is
foul; your feelings will tell you when. Keep the blood
pure, and the healih of the system will follow.
Grateful thousand* proclaim Vinkgar Bit
tkks the most wonderful Invigorant that ever sustained
the sinking system.
Pin, Tape, and oilier Worm*, lurking ia
the system of so many thousands, are effectually de
stroyed and removed. Say* a distinguished physiol
ogist: There is scarcely an individual upon the face of the
earth whose body isexempt from the presence of worms.
It is not upon the hea il»v dements of the body that
worms exist, but upon th« diseased humors and slimy
deposits that breed these living monsters of disease.
No system of Medicine, in* vermifuges, no anthelmin
itics, will free the system from worms like these Bit
ters.
Mechanical Disease*. Persons engaged ia
Paints and Minerals, such as Plumbers, Type-setters,
Gold heaters, and Miners, as they advance in life, will
he subject to paralysis of the Bowels. To guard against
this take a dose of Walker's Vinegar Bitters once
or twice a week, as a Preventive.
Bilious, Remittent, and rntermiitent
Fevers, which are so prevalent in the valleys of our
great rivers throughout the United States, especially
those of the Mississippi, Ohio, Missouri, I Ten
nessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, Red, Colorado, Brazos*
Rio Crande, Pearl, Alabama, Mobile. Savannah, Roan
oke, James, and many others, with their vast tributa
ries, throughout our entire country during the Summer
and Autumn, and remarkably so during seasons of
unusual heat *nd dryness, are invariably accompanied
by extensive derangements of the stomach and liver, and
oilier abdominal viscera. There are always more or less
obstructions of the liver, a weakness and irritable state
of the stomach, and great torpor of the bowels, being
clogged up with vitiated accumulations. In their treat
ment, a purgative, exerting a powerful influence upon
these various organs, is essentially necessary. There is
no cathartic for the purpose equal to Du. J. Walker’s
Vinegar Bitters, as they will speedily remove the
dark colored viscid matter with which the bowels are
loaded, at the same time stimulating the secretions of
the liver, and generally restoring the healthy functions
of the digestive organs.
Scrofula, or King's Evil, White Swellings,
Ulcers, Erysipelas, Swelled Neck, Goiter, Scrofulous
Inflammations, Indolent Inflammations, Mercurial Af
fections, Old Sores, Eruptions of the Skin, Sore Eyes,
etc., etc. In these, as in all other constitutional Dis
eases, Walker’s Vinegar Bitters have shown their
great curative powers in the most obstinate and intract
able cases.
Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Hitters
act on all these cases in a similar manner. By purifying
the Blood they remove the cause, and byresolving away
the effects of the inflammation (the tubercular deposits)
the affected parts receive health, and a permanent cure
is effected.
The properties of Dr. Walker’s Vinkgar
Bitters are Aperient. Diaphoretic and Carminative,
Nutritious, Larative, Diuretic, Sedative, Counter-Irri
tant, Sudorific, Alterative, and Anti-Bilious.
The Aperient and mild Laxative properties of
Dr. Walker’s Vinegar Bitters are the best safe
guard in all cases of eruptions and malignant fevers,
their balsamic, healing, and soothing properties protect
the humors of the sauces. Their Sedative properties
allay pain in the nervou% system, stomach, and bowels,
either from inflammation, wind, colic, cramps, etc.
Their Counter-Irritant influence extends throughout
the system. Their Diuretic properties act on the Kid
neys, correcting and regulating the flow of urine. Their
Anti-Bilious properties stimulate the liver, in the secre
tion of bile, and its discharges through the biliary ducts*
and are superior to all remedial agents, for the cure of
Bilious Fever, Fever and Ague, etc.
Fortify the l>o<ly against disease by puri
fying all its fluids witli Vinegar Bitters. No ep*
demic can take hold of a system thus forearmed. The
liver, the stomach, the bowels, the kidneys, and the
nerves are rendered disease-proof by this great invig
orant.
Directions. —Take of the Bitters on going to bed
at night from a half to one and one-half wine-glawsfull.
Eat good nourishing food, such as beef steak, mutton
chop, venison, roast beef, and vegetables, and take
out-door exercise. They are c omposed of purely veget
able ingredients, and contain no spirit.
J. WALKER, Prop’r. R 11. Me DON ALDA CO..
Druggists and Gen. Agts.. San Francisco and New York,
asr SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS ft DEALERS
Georgia, Muscogee County.
TO all whom It may concern: Joseph A. L.
Le* having applied to me tor letters ot ad
ministration on the estate of John T. Lloyd,
deceased:
This is, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased, to he and appear at my office within
the time prescribed by law, to show cause (if
any they have) why letters of administration
should not he granted to said applicant.
Witness my hand and official signature, this
January, 1873.
ja24 4w F. M. BROOKS. Ordinary.
State of Georgia, Muscogee County.
rpHOMAS P. RANDLE, guardian of Wil
-1 li tm L. Jeter, Laving applied to the Court
oi Ordinary of said county lor a, discharge Irom
his guardianship of the said William L. Jeter:
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned
to show cause, by tiling objections in my office
on or before the first Monday in April next,
why the said Thomas P. Randle should not be
dismissed from his said guardianship and re
ceive tlie usual letters of dismission.
Given under my official signature.
ja24 td I'. M . BROOKS, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
STATE OF GEORGIA. MUSCOGEE
COUNTY.—By virtue an order from the
Court ot Ordinary lor Muscogee County, will fie
hold on the first Tuesday in March next, 1873,
at the auction house ol Ellis tc Harrison, in
the city of Columbus, in said county of Mus
cogee, between the legal hours of sale, city
lots Nos. 610 and 274, each containing one-hall
acre, more or less, as part of the real estate of
E. A. Smith, deceased. F. A. SMITH,
ja24 td Adm’rix, ice.
Georgia, Muscogee County.
SA RAH FORD has applied to me for exemp
tion of Personalty, and I will pass upon the
same at my office, oil Monday, the 3d day of
February, 1873.
t ja24 td F. M. BROOKS, Ordinary.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
WE would respectfully ask ALL those who
are indebted to us to come forward AT
ONCE and settle. The time in the year ha3
come when old scores should be settled up. We
feel grateful to our friends for their liberal pat
ronage heretofore, and make this call upon
them to enable us to offer them inducements in
the future. WATT be WALKER.
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Printer's in k.—ln 10 lb. eans aad 20 lb.
kegs, for sale at 25 cents per lb., at the
Sum Owick.