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THE CUTHBERT APPEAL
r, BL'aUdvB KVKKY TlIUIWT>vr M<»KXfNfl BY
SAWTELL & JOKES.
II. II. JOiUS, Efitor.
THURSDAY, DECEMUER 2,18893
Uff Rft. J. W. Muis mir only untlior-
tr»d Mavcling Agent, find ia duly empowered
to receive and receipt for moni* a due ibis office.
1ST Andy Johnson in aeandida‘e to
the Tennessee St.ite Convention aad
will certainly be elected.
Several Japanese yrntbsbave
been received into tire U. S. Naval
academy at Annapolis.
Judge Ezzard baa at length
been united u|>on for the mayoralty in
Atlanta, and we hope the happy radical
family arc doomed to disappointment
in the success they anticipated.
Ripe strawberries have made
their appearance in Florida, aud the or.
auge crop is very large.
Emigration is already brisk to that
State the present season.
*&■ In Rome seven full tickets for
Mayor and Aldermen appear in the pa-
-•per-.
Veiily to rule in that region
must be
pleasant.
Pity that like Sancbo Panza each as
pirant could not be made govern r of
some I.-land, such us the fatuous Eaira-
tarts.
Annexation is likely to be do"
featod in West Forida, by the smallness
of the vote, which was also veiy equal
ly divided in the late election.
ho whole question must be
upon again by the Legislature.
passed
The Cost of Producing Cotton.
In another column .we give the com-
merits of a writer in the Teiegrapb and
Messenger from “Lanrens Hill Georgia,”
upon onr recent article on the coet of a
pound of cotton under the free regime.
We are constrained stiB to stand by
the calculations and figures then ad
duced.
In assuming as a basis one bale of
cotton to three acres, and tea bushels of
I corn to each, the statistics of the past
i four years fall far short of any such
general average. This was the esti
; mate in the palmy days of the “peculiar
restitution,’’ when there were no carpet
hag meddlers; no mixed political as
semblages; no leaving the plantation at
will; no Saturday holidays; no nightly
conventicle dances and shoufings; but
on the coutrary, work, systematic, com
puloory work, was the order of the day.
At present, what practical planter
will concede that he realizes more than
two thirds of the effective services of
any hired freedman?.
Again, the disinclination of the free
laborer to perform any task where the
results and pay are not immediate, is
proverbial. Hence, the rice lands of
the seaboard, tbe richest in the world,
tor the most part lie idle, because the
ditches require to be opened and the
dams repaired.
Hence the increasing difficulty to
preserve and keep up respectable fen
ces, when Sambo won’t split a rail in
the Fail, because true to his migratory
propensities, he “ain’t guine to crap
dere no more.” Hence, leaves and
muck may abound within a stones throw,
or cumber the bars lot, and it is next
to impossible to get the same hauled
out and applied to the land.
Hence, old fields are cropped and
cropped again, with merciless indiffer
ence, when virgin forests teeming with
| fertility lift their umbrageous branches
in close juxtaposition.
The inevitable “fifty cents per day
and found,” must be forth coining ic-
The Cost of Producing Cotton.
Laurens Hill, Ga , Nov. 18,1869.
Editor, Telegraph and jfeueuger:
In your issue of last week, I soe the fol
lowing calculation upon ‘ the fcrtual
cost -of cotton,” copied from the Cuth-
bert Appeal. The writer makes 20
cents the actual cost, taking 40 acres of
land that will make a bale to three
acres, and 10 bushels corn per acre as
a basis, he proceeds as follows :
€23 bales of cotton at 20 cents..... ...$640 00
200 bushels corn at $1 00. 200 0U
Solon Robinson.—This old gray
bearded representative of a press which I
ever breathes out fire and slaughter
against the South, having visited the
Mncon Fair for the purpose only of ac
cumulating new sensational material to j ^tauter, cr the new friend aud brother
be worked up in his sluuder factory at \
home, has commenced his
already.
His statements fortunately are so
bare faced aud devoid of truth howev-
tr, that oven tl c bitterest radicals who
were present, expose, aud denounce
them as unworthy of credence.
The hoary old sinner was disgusted
v e learn, because the people of Macon
refused to tender him an ovation, and
failed to fete, feast, and pumper his
bloated carcass.
Per contra, JuJgo Capron who,though
a radical, has national views, aud is
kindly disposed towards our people,
both in private and in bis published re-,
marks, gave utterance to the must cor.
di tl and liberal sentiments.
His opinions as express d to the wri
ter. upon the future expansion of cotton
culture abroad, and the advice given
to planters to diversity’ their pursuits,
so .is not to bo dependent upon high
prices tor the staple, were in a remark-
a Mo degree sagacious and timely.
The judge makes aa able aud most
industrious public officer, and ids mouth- j
lv papers upon agriculture are replete
v ith practical and statistical informa
tion.
The annual reports of the commis
sioner of agriculture, are among the few
volumes of congressional trash, worthy
i f preservation. They should find a
pi lice in every gentlemans library.
wag
‘can’t see ii,” and matters must
foul jo.tings ; „ n a8 j,est they may.
It is safe to say that in Randolph
county and the entire State of Georgia,
for the past three yeavs over a bale of
cotton to five acres has not actually
iteen produced, and corn too from
drought, and inadequate cultivation,
has. fa len far short of the average
named.
If a planter is go fortunate as to own
the land he cultivates, and therefore
makes no cash outlay for rent, this
does not change the aspects of the case,
as his real estate is his capital, acd he
is entitled to the interest there of.
Our calculation too, included no in
terest on the money value of the mule
employed, (a considerable item) or tbe
ivntretcmpt which is possible, of his be
ing beaten to death or stolen. In one
particular ouly Could we consent to a
modification of our figures, and that is
embraced in the expense of feeding the
mule. In the hurry of calculation our
estimate in corn was made for two, where
but one was intended.
Still wo maintain that other particu
lars, recited, but not used in the esti
mates, more than compensate for this,
and under the present condition of
things, it is impossible to grow cotton
at a less cost than twenty cents per
pound.
Tn
TauaBassks, November 28.—Tin
Georgia ill session ti re tiave d-eiii-xl to reinun
OgJeiiiorp*! Coll.^ye lo Altunin, Ga.. provided]
ttin: city gives me land leinieren. ftnd the cifzoas 1
Macon and Western Railroad.—
Hear what the Athens Watchman says
Synod of j jf j t
On Tuesday afternoon, when
that a storm tvae approaching.
everybody saw
all crowded to
r.osa forty Ihunsaud dollars w.Uiiu a reasonable I the railway track, anxiously awaiting the arri-
tiaiel
vat ot a train. There we all- stood—each min
ute lengthening into an hoar—while the crowd
We think as well of Oglethorpe as of ^i^^.Tahow^ rhat notone in ten
^aify other sectarian college, but wish
[line whole of th* in would collapse into
^Wthing, so long as they are made the
txpODvcts of denominational dogmas
and prejudices.
Wiiy carry religions tenets into the
school room ? Bigotry is one of the
most belittling of ull blemishes.
If Emory, Mercer, and Oglethorpe
were omniifiphted from the thralldom of
ptiest cruft, and made literally seats of
hiem-v, they would take new departures
iii the road to prosperity und honor.
Witness the un sampled progress of
our State university jt
Religion, and morals should be in
culcated every where. But propagand
itrn and sectarian views have no place
in the curriculum of education. The
plastic mind of youth should be adow- i
«d to reach maturity without bias or hin
dranee. Then wheD capable of forming ;
just and proper conclusions, with all tin.*
lights before them, let each elect for him- !
uclf tbe faith and creed which is most
could get a> osml the first train. We waited
j and waited on, «till Impiug tbe train would
; come. It did not. however, but the rain did !
Aud then there was a high old time. Tbe Fed-
J end skedaddle from the first Manassas battle-
• livid was not a circumstance to it. Hundreds
j of vehicles—from dashing phaetons to wood
! wagons drawn by blind mules, equestrians on
dashing hoi-si's, negroes mounted on mules, and
! Ihou&inds ot^ podcstriaus— gallant men, stern
judges, pickpockets, beautiful women, staid mat-
ions and gushing girls—all ages, colors and sex
es—this living inass crowded along the over
land tkorougLffare to tbe city—all sushi.I along
pell-meH. maddened by the tierce tempest
which drove the rain in their faces and caused
them lo get a thorough wetting. After dark we
all arrived in the city—dinnerlers, supparloss,
and thoroughly drenched! We have known men
to differ in sentiment on all suhj<cts save one.
We do not know a man. woman or child in that
flight through the storm who did not most hear
tily denounce the Macon and Western Railroad.
We on Id fill our paper with facts going to
show the wretched mismanagement which ebar-
actecixed a*l its movements, out the foregoing
will suffi-'e. and we charge nothing for this
••fust-rale notice,’’ although they, made us pay
25 cent-s each fosall the tickets we bought.
Tbe above we endorse in full meas
ure and entirely.
A road bought comparatively, for a
mere song, which is at less expense for
repairs than any other in the State,
which abounds in wealth ana declares
Absonant with his own opinions of duty , magnifiucgt d i vidpnds> ooght certainty
■.aud religion.
Religious propaganda was the pa. ent
A t f the Inquisition, lit the fires of Sinith-
field, and instigated the dreadful massa
cre of St. Bartniellottieivs day.
YVe have no fancy for it even in the
modified fuiin of sectarian shoois and
colleges.
Bard, ot “big hickory stick”
memory, whom ever in the midst of
some ugly embroglio either with Bui
lock or the democrats, yet with an “open
fear" for escape, now essays to poke his
smse into lhe troubles of the Couslitu
tionalist and Inti lligencer.
We hate hypocrisy, and hope these
Drill -rerenta, whose quarrel wo sincere
ly deplore, will turn short about and
utterly demolish this sanctimonious
{■rater and intermeddler in the private af-
la.rs ol others.
A pretty peace maker is Mr. Bard.
We suppose however the late sop
which this Oeroeras has received from
his blatant Excellency, who was erst
v Idle so foully abused, has made
fiiore placable.
Ol) ttid emollient virtues of
gov erumenl pap.
Npw Uaplr—It >s announced that
klr. Neville late local of the Telegraph,
hacked by a Stock Company, is about to
fctart a daily iu Macon at $6,00 per an
num. . ...
Chinese .emigration has been vo
VwT'tvwn in the Tennessee Legislature.
1 to assert some claim to a decent share
of liberality and self respect.
Oa the contrary, however, after lead
ing the public to believe that ample
trausportali on would be afforded te
aud from the Fair, thousands were left
nnprovided for, and though the presi
dent was present in the City, and rode
on at least one of the most crowded
trains, not the least extra effort was
made .that we are aware of, to accommo
date the suffering myriads.
The same fmtr departures and arri
vals per day, to compass the distance of
4 milet were adhered to, despite the fact
that delicate females were exposed to
the rain, and thousands compelled to
make the best of their way lo their
homes on foot or in open wagons.
This penurious, “penny wise and
pound foolish,” management of the con
cern, together with the levy of fail fare
upon poor . ministers of the gospel re
turning flora a church synod becanse
they had neglected to get a receipt for
a little tueir money’, though they proved the fact
of its payment by several witnesses,
will do more than auy other cause to
aid in building the proposed road to
Tennille, which will effectually clip the
wings of this monopoly.
The Macon arid Western Railroad
may well be called the Camden and
Amboy Railroad of Georgia.
bint
Tot il yield *840 00
From ttiis must lav fee deducted expenses of
cultivation, as follows :
Brtcon for two hands, four pounds
per week. 420 pounds at 20 cents $84 00
Meal, 26 bn diels, at $1 26 00
Wa£«» at $20 per month 240 00
1.50 bushels corn tor mule, at $1- 150
Three plows and blacksmith work 15 00
Repairs of wagons, etc 15 00
Rent in cotton, third of $640 00.. 213 33
Rent in corn 70 00
Incidentals 10 00
Total yield- $823 33
Thi? amount, $823 82. taken from the
gross profits, leaves a balance to the
farmer of $16 67, which would be more
than consumed Hy the cost o{ bagging
and ties, etc. This calculation is some
what discouraging to. tenants, and as
these are times we all want to know ex
actly what we are doing, I propose to
make figures with tbe Cuthbert Appeal,
and see if we can’t make a small profit
on cotton at 20 cents per pound ; we
will take bis prices throughout, but will
use less bacon and corn in feeding, and
add an item or two to the total yield,
which he has omitted.
Cr.
62-3 bal«« cotton at 20 cents $666 66
200 hn-dtelt* com at $1... s 200 00
270 baskets cotton seed at 20 cents par
bushel 54 00
4,000 pounds of fodder at $1 per 100
pounds 40 00
Profit made on bulging and ties 13
00
Total yield -..$673 66
Dr.
365 pounds bacon, half pound per day
rations for two hands, at 20 cents....$ 73 00
26 bushels meal, at $1 per bushel 26 00
70 bushels corn to feed mule at $1 ...... 70 00
2,000 pounds fodder for mule at $1 per
100 pounds 20 00
Wa~es for t*o bands.. . .240 00
Repair* o a wagon, (pretty high) 10 00
Three plows and blacksmith work...... 15 00
Rent in cotton, third of $666 (Jfi 222 22
Rent in com, third of 200 bushels....,. 70 00
Rent in fodder, third of $40 13 00
Incidentals.iq oo
Total $769 22
This amount of $769 22, taken from
the gro*s profits $973 66, leaves a bal
ance to the farmer ot $204 44 above the
cost of production—take $204 44 from
$769 22 and we have $564 78 the actu
al cost of 6i hales cotton on rented land,
which is a small fraction less than 17
cents per pound ; tube off the rent for
corn, fodder and cotton, which is $305
22. and then take this last amount from
$769 22 and it leaves $454 00 tbe actu
al cost of 6§ bales without rent, which is
a small fraction less than 14 cents per
pound. Therefore we conclude that ail
above 17 cents is clear profits on rented ,
laud when the third is given for rent ;
and all above 14c. clear profit when
there is no rent to pay. With these
figures before us, we maintain that so
lar from 20 cents being the actual co6t
of cotton, that it will pay twenty per
cent, upon the capital invesfed to make
it on rented laud, and nearly fifty per
cent, on land without rent. These fig
ures are based upon the the prices of la
bor and provisions as stated by tbe
Cuthbert Appeal, and on land that
makes a bale to three acres aud ten
bushels of corn per acre ; aod yet, with
the same data precisely, we differ in our
figures. I would have put the price of
labor a little higher and corn at $1 50
per bushel, but the result would not
have been uiatetially affected by tbe
change, the expenses and profits both
being increased in about the same pro-
pi >rtioo. In either case, I contend that
a small profit can be made on cottoo at
20 cents, iu a free labor country ;
enough to keep capital and labor both
in a prosperous condition, if Jeff. Long
keeps out of the field. Please under
stand, I am not in favor of 20 cents for
cotton without a corresponding reduc
tion in the price of all other commodi
ties. I bold mine at 25 cents, and ex
pect to get it. But balancing accounts
is a different thing altogether, aod the
figures must be put down as they come.
Farmer
P. S. If any one objects to the price
of cotton seed in my credit list, I rate
them according to my rule. When cot
ton is 20 cents, 1 put the seed at 20
cents per bushel; when cotton is 10
cents, the seed at 10 cents, etc. If they
still object, 1 hope they will bear in
mind that, in a rented field, one month
and a half of the time can be devoted to
other work, without adding anything to
the expenses and add $30 more to tbe
gross profits.
The Late Mketi.vg of tub Press Contention .
—Tbe adjourned meeting of tbis Body was very
poorly attended, and we regretted to observe,
that no one of the Savannah Journals was repre
sented in person.
Onr flonrshing Seaport is vastly indebted to
the efforts of toe interior press, for that flood
of wealth and prosperity which ever pours
into her lap, aid as the centre of the arts aud
rrnnement of tbe State, should evince greater
interest in this important movement
The object of the Association is to purify and
elevate the craft in every possible manner, and
effect such combination as will render its arduous
duties at least moderately remunerative.
Piracy, plagiarism, scurrility, the degrading
undf,-bidding principle, all that would tarnish the
spotless escutcheon of the fourth Estate, will be
stamped with tbe reprobation of tbe Society.
Little was done farther than to elect perma
nent officers, adopt a constitution submitted by
Col. C. W. Styles of the Albany News, which
when ratified by a majority of the prers of the
State shall be considered binding, and take meas
ures to secure the passage of an Act by tbe Leg
islature regulating tbe official printing of each
county.
Joseph Ciisby of the Macon Telegraph k Mes
senger was elected President and A. R. Wrigh t
and C. W. Styles Vice Prcrideut3 C. H. Willing
ham recording 8 crefcvy. and H. H. Jones Treas
urer of tbe Association.
An executive committee was also cboeen
composed of Mc®=rs Avery, Christy, Dwinel,
Weston and
The above com, iae a brief resume of the ac
tion of the Couveutioo.
We will advert more fully to the same hereaf
ter.
(Published by request.)
I COMMUNICATE D.]
At a meeting held on board the steamer C. £
Fry. Nov. 29tb, L869, Rev. J. W. Simmons was
called to the chair, and Rev. A. J. Dean appoint
ed Secretary, when the following preamble and
resolntions were passed :
Wherkas, The members of tbe South Georgia
Conference on board said Steamer on their way
to the-ensuing session of said Conference, have
received many expressions of kindness, etc.,
Rtfolced, That we dHly appreciate tbe
courtesy aud kinduess of Capt. Abe Fry, com
manding. and Capt. Pratt acting Clerk, with the
other officers, and also the waiters u bewe poiite-
nca commeuda them to our kindest considera
tion.
Rexulved, That our thanks are dne, and they
are hereby tendered to said officers, for passing
us from Bainbridge to Fort Gaines at halt fare. °
ResoM That a copy of tbe foregoing resolu
tions be published in tbe BitinHridge Argos, and
also a copy given to the officers of said eteamer.
J. W. Simmons, Chairman.
A. J. Dean, Secretary,
The Commerce 4»r jSavafsah.—Ev^ry
Georgian must b« gratified to read the
following flattering exhibit of th** prog
ress of oar rising metropolis bjr the sea.
The Advertiser says ;
Of the seventy-six Customs Distr'de in tire
United S'ate*. Savannah ranks fourth in the
value of her dmneatie exports, which amount
to more than a twentieth of all the experts of'
the country. New York, New Orleans and San
Praneieco alone preceding h»*r on the Jt*t. Du
ring tbe year ending June Soth, 1863. her ex
ports w»re in value three rime* those of Jharles-
ton and one-Jhird those of New Orleans. Ac
cording to present indicalioi s. Savannah will
assume the third ptare en the list next year,
aod greatly lessen the gap between hese f ai.d
New Orlean. far, while the leccipts of cotton
at the latter port to date are about the sa ne us
at this time last fear, those of Savanrah have
nearly doubled.
In addition, wo learn from the Repub
liean, that one single tide wafted to her
wharves three ships, live barques, six
brigs, and eight schooners, 22 ves
sels.
Even New York need not be ashamed
to chronicle tbe arrival of such a met
ebant fleet
With a cotton market, expenses add
ed, heller than that of New Yolk, a
large direct importation of goods from
Europe, the establishment of ample
wholesale and jobbing houses stocked
witb every variety of merchandise, a
merchant guild, enterprising, honorable
aod wealthy, surely the ancient city of
Oglethorpe has a proud destiny in store
f >r her.
Would that every dollar created by
the sale of Georgia produce, might find
use and employment withiu her own
limits.
With Savannah as a market, why
run the gauntlet of yankec speculators,
and incur the expense- of a long and
perilous journey, to procure what may
be obtained on equally good terms at
home ?
Even now the Sonth with her manu
factories, commerce, raw material, and
boundless mineral resources, may, aDd
should be, in dependent of nil the world
“and tbe rest of m inkiqi,”
New Advertisements.
New Advertisements.
HOUSE ANDIOT
I f ffer for s*!e nr Ha
\
•nd Lot sit on ted on
College Street, and is u«e of tbe mo-st desirable
location* in the at j. The Loi entrain* 4 acres,
good well o! w&ier, aod sB nece=3a:y oaibuiid eg*.
Tbe bnnse contain* 5 rooms,all well Anished, and
lireulace in each.
Titles pe£ecl and undisputed.
dec2-»f * T.
W. AN3LEY.
N OTICE—Mrs. Vi»ginia E. Move bus applied
for exeirpfu.n ef peiacnaltr and set fin jr apart
and valuation of homestead and I wiH pass upon
the same at It) o’clock A. M., cn the 17th day oi
December, 186J), at my office.
<lec2 *2t M. OORXILEY. O.-dinarv.
G EORGIA. Randolph C4»catt —Se-b >ru Ivey
*1 ” ~~ ‘ " -----
tpplies for letter* of administration 00 tbe es
tate ot Wike Ivey late of said cooo’y deceased, a'l
persons interested are notified to ble their objec
tions if any they have on or before the Dext Janua
ry term of tbe court of Ordinary f »r said onunfy.
Given under my hand sod official signature.
dec2-Im 14. GORM LEY, Ordinary.
The Circus of the Peril
mm i mbs*
OMpINATIOlY-
THE ONE PRICE
CIRCUS
Will exhibit in
CUTHBERT,
N OTICE.—Will be aold to the nigbest bidder on
the first Tuesday in January next, if not . , _.
S4»ld at private sale before that day. bonds issued j WEDNESDAY, Dec., 8th, 1889.
by the U d nary of raid county to build a jail in
tbe city of Cuthbert and !cr other purposes. Said
purposes.
bonds will be of the denomination ol Kre hundred
dollars and will draw seven per cent interest semi
annually payable at the Treasurers office. For tor
ther pa-ticuiars apply to tbe undersigned.
dec2-lm M. GORHLEY, Otdinary.
In the IHxUii Court of the United State,,
Fim the Southern District of Georgia.
In tbe matter of )
William II. GRIFFIS, > In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. ) No. 5* 6.
T HE said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
fora discharge from all bis debts provable un
der the Bankrupt Art of March 2nd, 1867, norice is
hereby given to all pers ns interested to appear on
the 22d, day 0/ December 1S*»7, *t 9 o’clock A. M..
at Chambers of said Di-trict Court before Frank S.
Hesseltine £«q . one of tbe Register's of said Court
in Bonkrumcv at tbe office of Hood A Kiddoo ia
Cuthbert, Georgia, aad show bause why the prayer
of tbe said retiunn of the Bankrupt should not be
Craoted And further notice is given that the sec
ond and third meetings of Creditors, will be held
at the same time and place.
‘Dated at Savannah. Georgia, tbis 22d, day of No
vember 1866.
deco-lt JAMES McPHERSOX, Clerk.
Exhibition Afternoon and Night!
Commencing at 2 and 7:30 o’clock. Admission
%\ ; Children trader I0‘ years of ago 50 cte.
Thin is the only First-Class
that will visit Cuthbert this F,
Circus
■easm,
As the enormons rates charged by tbe new o 1
ere of tbe railroad for transporting Circuses pro
hibits them from travelling on it. Stone and
CASH STORE!
We have now
in store, a LA RGE and SPLENDID STOCK of
GOODS, all
Murray pay this year a large advance over the
of last sea on. which added to tbe nece*
In the District Court of the United States
For tbe Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of
ROBERT J. McCLAKY, dec’d,
Bankrupt.
( In Bankruptcy
No. 435.
p HE said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
£T
I by his Counsel for a d >charge from ail bis
Tiik Bainbridge Cutubert and Colunbcs Rail
road.—The corps of Engineers the above
ad. 1 as arrived and thoroughly organized
w*tu Coiouel Cifctke of RicUinond, Va., as Chief
Engineer, and Gee. Walker of the game plaee
aa Assistant, The Engineer* will commence
the permanent local on of the r«»nt* immediate
ly, and the contract for the buildi .g of tbe first
t*ven».y rniie* will be let out iu the next ten or
fifteen days, tine of tl e patty's who pro|>oses
to make e. bid for the contract sa}* (and what
be says is so) hr can complete t ic roa 1 from
this point !o Colquitt easily in tour mon.h*.
Now citizens of Millet, Calhoun. Randolph and
Stewart counties, doat be backward m paying
up your installment*. You may rest assured
With the assistance you have promised, tbe road
will be built speed ly.—Southern Sun.
It will l>e seen from thu abnve* that
ground will soou bd broken on our new
r»ilr.>ad.
From Mr Ra«4, the stgicioaa and
veteran editor of tbe Bainbridge Argus,’
who probably did more than any other
man in Iris section towards the comple
tion of the Atlantic and 4ulf road, we
learn it is now received a-? a fixed fact
that the road will be built, and that
speedily.
L**t not one subscriber fail to respond
promptly to his obligations.
General Lee on the Death or
Gkorgk Peabody —The following is a
noble tribune to George Peabody, which
General Lee, on bearing of his death,
wrote to Mr. Peabody Russell, the near
est relative of the deceased :
Lexington. VA.. Nov. 10, 1869.
My Dcttr Air. Russell:—The animur.ee-
roent ot fhe death of yonr uncle, Mr.
George Peuhody, has been received
with the deepest regret wncrever his
name and benevolence are known ; and
nowhere have his generous deeds—re
stricted to no country, section or sect—
elicited more bear.felt admiration than
at the South. He stands alone in his
tory for the benevolent and judicious
distribution of his great wealth, and his
memory has become entwined in the af
fections of millions of bis fellow citizens
in both hemispheres.
I beg, in my own behalf and in be
half of the trustees aud faculty of Wash
ington Odlege, Virginia, which was not
forgotten by him in his acts of generos
ity, to tender the tribute of bur unfeigiv
ed sorrow at his death.
With great respect, yonr obedient
servant, ~~ R. E. Lee.
More Cotton Burned.—On Sunday
lu6t Messrs. J. and A. Pace had thir
ty one bales cotton destroyed by fire on
the plantation of Mr. John Pace, near
Hatehechubbee, Ala., on the Mobile and
Girard railroad. It was the work of an
incendiary. Total loss. This is anoth
er warning to planters not to keep their
co ton on farms, but to bring it to ware
houses and insure it.— Columbus Son
New Advertisemets.
debt* provable under tbe Bankrupt Act of -Marvb
2nd, 1867, notice is hereby given 10 all persons intei-
ested to appear on tbe 22d day of December, 1669
at 9 o’clock, A. M., at Chamber* of Raid District
Cc-ort FraakS. Hesseltine. one of the
Register's ot said Court in Bankruptcy at the office
of Ho d A Kiddoo iu Cuthbert. Georgia, aod show
cuu*e why tbe prayer ol saiu petition of the Bauk
pnee or last ?ea on. which added to tbe necereary
expense of giving their porformauces, amounts to
about $1,300. per day.
The Artists ot Stone & Murray’s Circus re
ceive more money for their services than the uni
ted salaries of any four troupes in America.—
This will probably be tbfonly and la^t opportu
nity tbe lovers of circus amusements will ever
have of witnessmv iu one exhibition the mar
velous performances of so large a number of
super-eminent equestrians, gymnasts and acrobat?,
as tbe troupe Stone & Murray's now possess sur
passes in extent and variety of talent any similar
company ever seen in tbis or any other country,
and is admitted by the proprietors of rival insti
tutions to be umparagoned.
H.oad tb.is Xalat 3
rupt should not be granted.
■BflM ~
l ited at Savannah, Georgia, this 22d day of No
vember 1889.
□or25-2 t JAMES McPHERSON, Clerk.
In the District Court of the United, Staler t
For tbe Southern District of Georgia.
Iu the mat'er of )
DUNCAN JORDAN, j- In Bankrop cy.
Baaknipt ) No 51a.
rpHE said Bankrupt havieg petitioned the Coart
i<>r a discharge from ail bin debts provable on
der tbe Bankrupt Act of March 2nd, 1867, notice
is hereby given to all jer>ons mU-rested to appear
on tbe 2 ’d Jay M D ‘cember, 1 6J. at 9 o’clock, A.
M., at Chambers of said District Conn before Fiank
S. iie-.-eltine, E.-q , one of the Registers of said
Court in Bunkrupicy at tbe office of ilood A Kid
doo, vu Cuthbert, Georgia, aod show cause why the
prayer of the said pstiiiuu of tbe Bankrupt should
uot be granted.
Da;ed ut Savannah, Georgia, this 22d, day of No
vember 1869.,
nrtv25-2t JAMES McPHERSOX, Clerk.
In the District Court of the United States,
is
[
For «he Southern District of Georgia.
In the matter of
SEABORN A. SMITH,
Bankrupt.
In Bankruptcy.
No. 31 r
T 'lE sa d Bankrupt having petiti ned ihe Court
for a discharge from all his dt bis provable uo-
disebarge
der the Bankrupt Act of Match 2nd, 1867, notice
hereby givea to all )>ersons interested.»o appear on
the 22d day ol December, 1869, at 9 o’clock. A. M ,
a’ Cbatubeis of said D s lei C uit before Frank S.
II sstl'ine, E>q , one «*f tbe Registers of said Couit
in Ba< kruptcy at the office of H-wd A Kiddoo in
Cuthbert, Georgia, ar d stow c-use why the prayer
ot the said peuriou of the Baukrnpt should uot be
jg-anted.
Dated at Savanuah, G orgi i, this 22d of Novem
her, i Sliu.
oov25-2t. JAMES McPBEIlSOX. Clerk.
New Firm !
NEW GOODS!!
W E WOULD RESPECTFULLY CALL yonr
attention ti our large aud weH selected
Stock ol Goods, waich we have now received and
opened ou the
Fast Side *f (he Public Square,
In the CITY of CUTHBERT,
Consisting of
DRY GOODS
NOTIONS,
Keady-Made Clothing,
CLOAK and SHAWLS,
HOOP SKIRTS,
RANDOLPH SHERIFF’S SALE.
WILL be sold before the Con»t boose d iop, in
the city of Cuthbei t on the first Tuesday in Janu. -
rv. nest, (1870.) between the legal hours of sal'’, \
liOts of land No. 100 l f> I in the 6;h District off
Randolph coon*v,containing »c*w, more or Ics'.
Levied on a** tbe properiy of Win. Sawyer, bv vii- ;
tue of Randolph Supnior C »a- l ti fa ; isi?cd Xnrem* 1
ber teiui I860, in favor ot L. P. Fields vs. Wil iia
Sawyer. Pioperty poiuted out by L. A. Genvke.
$lso same time and place, J*ot of land No. 6, in
the 6 h District of srid cour.iv, containing 20'Jj
acre*, more or le«s. Levied 00 as the property of
C. W. Jonea, for btsMiate and county taxes !<>r the
year 1869. Levy made and re:mucJ to me bj Bai
liff. *
Altfo Same time and place, (110) one hundred and
ten bushels cirn as the propeity of Alston Rtvmer,
to talisfva Meretaaot’s and Facto,’a He 1 in f.*v.»r of
La*ton A Liwion vs. Alston Bavoter, issued from'
Randolph Snperior Cou*-t, Nov. Tei iu 186’J.
Also same lime and place, two bries Cotfon. a*
the prope'ty ot L. A. Gooeke, to satisfy fi Us inxoed
from Randolph Superior Com t in iavnr of J. McK.
Gunn vs. L. A. Goneke. Propertyj»-rioted out by
Plaintiff. JA3. BUCHANAN,
d“c2-td Sheriff.
LOST,
rN tbis city, on Monday, ihe ?9ih inst,. my Pock
J et Book, con aming acVeatv-fire doPars ($75)
reocy, and *undrj notes and other pspeig.—
Any information leading to the recovery ol ihe
same led at this office or imparled to the subscri
ber, wi'l be thankfully received.
.dec -C J- O. A. COOK.
Yost.
N Macon, Ga, during Fair week, tbe following
I : T ... „
notes: One on riol. Su ton, for (14*L (more o
less.) dated Feb. 22d, 1869; due Jan. 1st, lS7o,
with interest at 2 per cent.
One 00 Bass, for #150, dated Not. 6,188:'—
part due.
AU pei-sona are forewarned not to trade for Laid
notes, as I shall proceed to have them reuewed.
dec2-tt JOHN WEBB.
valuable lands
At Auction.
Hats aad Caps for Men and Boys,
HATS for Ladiea and Mieses,
HARDWARE,
CROCKERY,
S ADLERY,
BOOTS AND shop:s,
Groceries,
Etc.,
Mile. EMI LIE HENRIETTA COOKE,
Tbe 'Premier Eqckstrievxb of tbe world, the
most {rifled and during Lady Rider ever Keen in
any age or country, from the principal Ampitbe-
atres of Europe, and the
GREAT JOHN HENKV COOKE.
The ncklowledged Champion' Rider of tbe
Universe, (lato ot Cooke's Royal Circus, ot Eu
ropean fume) whose extraordinary talents com-
iid to any Artist
mand ihe largest salary ever pah!
engaged in the vocation of amusing the public.
LeJeune Burtc,
The Champion Horseback Hurdle Rider
Mile. JEANNETTE ELLSLER.
The Graceful an.l Dashing Tight Uope Dancensc.
MURRAY AND HUTCHINSON,
Tbe Peerless A-robas ! TheN iv.l Feats and
Atbletij Exercises of these skillful perform
ers have wan for them U world-wide
fame in every quarter of the globe.
THE SNOW BROTHERS,
Benjamin, \V iRiam and Alfred, the Lneqoalrt
Postures and Equilibrists.
Mr. DEN STONE,
Tho popular Clown and Humorist, who bas tbe
happy faculty of blending the s “
___ d amusing
With the ludicrous, without approach
ing coarseness or vulgarity.
MR. cn ARLES BUSS,
And his wonderful Compeer,
MR. ROBERT JOHNSON,
The two BEST TUMBLERS in the World.
THE TALLESN BROTHERS,
Paul s rd Jr rune, the s mratienaf Mi 1-Air Gyi
nasts, from tbe Hippodrome, Paris,
MISS EMILY COOKE,
Tbs Superb English Manege Equestrienne.
SIGNOR COLUMBUS,
Tte Am; zing Dalian Contortionist,
MASTER GEORGE COOKE,
The Artistic Protean Eqnestriao.
MR. WILLIAM F R A N K H*N,
Tbe Champion Somcisaul Rid r.
MR. WILLIAM KENNEDY,
The Grotesque Comedian.
MR. BURT LEE.
Tbe Champion Leaper and Vaulter.
BARRY & BEEVES,
The Coinique Pantomimists.
U L R I G D A N S E F F,
Tbe Russian Athlete.
MR. H. LOCKWOOD.
The Intrepid Paneratist.
HERR DREXEL.
Tire Modem Hercnles.
LDDORFF A RENTEZ.
Electrifying Funrmbrhsts. —
Fresh and New!
Everything for
Ladies’, Gents’ and ChildrenVWear,
Carpets, Crocltey,
Hardware, Saddles, etc.
We have adopted the
ONE FRIGE GASH SYSTEM!
Sell to Ml Mike!
AXD AT
Extremely low prices!
yourselves.
Goods.
Come and examine our GOODS and PRICES for
our
We will .take pleasure in showing you
ocl-l 3m
SCOTT & SMITH-
Fresh and Complete Stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS!
TAKE THIS METHOD OF ANNOUNCING TO MY OLD FRIENDS
and the public generally, that I have just opened a LARGE aud COM
PLETE STOCK of
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
RiaiymiL Clothing, Baats, S’jdss, Etc., Etc,
Which I offer to the public at as LOW FIGURES as can bo bought in the mar
ket. Mv Dry Good* are all FRElsH and NBA. They wore not bought at
auction, North, but from FIRST-CLASS HUXISE3, who do not deal in second
hand or damaged goods. I bought for CASH, got CASH ARTICLES, and when
Goods are compared will show they are as good as the best and as cheap.
I also have a general assortment of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
- •
Hardware, Hollow and Willow Ware, Etc.,
Which can be had on reasonable terms.
Connected wilh my establishment is that accommodating and popular sales
man, JNO. L. BROWN, who is ever ready to show my Stock, and will epare no
pains to give satisfaction to all who may favor me with a call
yy Those indebted to me, I trust, will respond promptly, ami come up pre
pared to balance old accounts. I have waited patiently until you gathered your
Cotton, and now I hope yon will not put me to any further inconvenience by
withholding tue same. Your promptness.in thu matter will but enable me to sell
to you on more favorable terms in the future.
octl4 3m ISAAC E.ASX.SY’*-
. . ' . i
The
Reopeoiug of
Etc.,
Etc.
Which wi will be ve*7 happy to show you.
permit us lo say, that we hare
And
Nnt Opened a Store for the Season,
Bnt have permanently located ourselves in Cuth
bert, and expect,
By Fair and Honest Dealing,
To build tip a good and snbV-intir.l busiaess.
Now scy to our friends anti the ‘public gen
erally, come and help us and thereby benefit your-
«u
selves :
Goods are All New,
Selected from tbe very beak bouses
City, aod
ia New York
■^J^TLL be soid, before the Court Goose doorra
Cuthbert, 00 Saturday, the 18th day of De
cember, 1669. Lot of Land No. 169. and ooe-balf ol
Lot N *. l*S, lying 5){ miles north of Cutboert on
the Lumpkin road. The 1 aud re verv good, well ,
titnbe e ; and nm’er good fence. About 125 acres
mot e or less open.
Sold for distribution. Titles perfect Terms
eash. * W. N. «>O0*E,
li \. BOOSE.
<fer2 3t I*, o. aoi*Di»t'V.
Boight at Very Low Figures.
We ho^e and believe we can seii too Goods aa
Low as can be bought in South-West Ga.
oc26-3.il
0WE2I & SEALY.
Tbe above artists will be aided by a large
force of auxiliary talent, super-added to Hutch
inson's Acting Dog*. Murray*8 trained Horses,
Den Stone's comic Mul *, and the
KU-KIUX RAXTJJIORVIIS.
Stone & Murray’s Circus
ONLY BARGAIN STORE!
H
AVI NO JUST KETCUNKD FROM THE NORTH WITH AN IM
MENSE and WELL SELECTED .
STOCK OF GOODS!
Cvnaisting of
Boots, Shoes, and dents Famishing doods,
OLUTHIN Q-,
White and Woolen Qoods 5 ^,
LADIE’3 AND GENT’S SHAWLS
Or rooeries.
And many other Articles too numerous to mention.
-to:-
Wiil exhibit in
Albany, Tuesday, Dec. 7.
Cnlbbert, Wednesday, Dec. 8.
Ft. Gaines, Thnrsday, Dee. 9-
Enfaula. Friday, Dec. 10.
Dawson, Fat nrday, Dee.
nov‘5 2t
11.
Lh
ware
* — -
; u Having attended the Latest Auction Sales in New York and Phila
delphia, I can assure my customers, and the-puhlic in general, that i am enaMed
lo sell tbe above Goods, at
LOWER PRICES than any Housa in S. W. Georgia f
All I ask ia an insjM-ction of my IMHEHSE STOCJU. Come anil see for
frareelvea, and vou will be convinced of the fact.
r Special indncementB offered to Country Merchants acd Planters joshing
id buy at wholesale. [nett 3mj M- H*