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THE MONKOE JB&L ADVERTISER
GEORGE A. KING A CO.,]
VOL. XVII.
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FORSYTH, TUESDAY, JAN. 28, 1873.
Kx Governor Brown and family have returned
liom ;Ltir trip to Cuba, with impioved health.
7 he Columbus San learns that there is a i erlect
rush ol Degroes to Middle Florida, especially Ircm
Southeastern Georgia.
Griffin has a small pox .care, originating in
the death of a negro who had Jtut returned from
Mississippi.
At an auction sale of perishable property in
Chattahoochee county on the 18;h, corn 6old at
$1 per bushel, fodder $1 30 per hundred, dry cattle
110 to sl2 per bead, and cotton seed 21 cents per
bushel.
The editor of the Savannah Advertiser writing
from Atlanta to that paper, ventures the predic
tion that Judge Hansel), of Tbotnasville, will be.
appointed Judge of the Southern Circuit—the po
sition from which he was ejected by Yankee bayo
nets.
The Legislature has authorized the Council of
the city of Atlanta to increase her Georgia West
ern Railroad subscription to $1,000,000 if the peo
ple say so. Should the increase be voted for,
each man, woman child, “ without regard to
race,” etc would have anew debt of S4U to look
after.
Mavor Huff, of Macon, has commenesd his
new term of office under very favorable auspices.
He has just completed negotiations with theCen
tral Railroad and Ranking Company whereby the
institution purchases two hundred thousand dol
lars of the bonds of that city at eighty-five cents.
He Is also retiring the. city currency, and before
another week one hundred and seventy thousand
dollars of shin-piasters will have been burned.
Hon. A. H. Stephens for Congress —From
the Constitution we learn that at a meeting held
in Atlanta, on the night of the 22d, at which all
the Senators and Representatives lrom the Eighth
Congressional District were present Gen. Robert
Toombs presided. The meeting unanimously
requested lion A. H. Stephens to ruu lor Con
gress in that District to fill the vacancy created
by the death of Gen. Wright. All the candidates
have declined in Mr. Stephens favor. Mr. Steph
ens accepted the nomination. His election is
sure.
Marietta enjoyed a rare sight a few days since
—fire on Kenuesaw mountains. The Journal
says: It seems almost like rivalling Italy, to say
that we had a young Vesuvius in the appearance
of Kennesnw Mountain last Sunday and Monday
nights. Running across her mammoth propor
tions, from summit to base, was a line ot tire, de
vourieg the dry, combustible material of a sum
mer’s accumulation, witlia fierceness and glaring
brightness that presented to the citizens of Mari
etta a scene of attractive beauty, portraying to
the mind some conception ot a burning volcano.
♦+♦ ...
The law governing the election for United
States Senator is laid down in the 14th volume o
the United States Statutes at Large, page 243. It
provides that both branches of the General As
semoly meet in their respective chambers at 12 m ,
and vote for United States Senator. The next
day at 12 m , they will meet in joint assembly to
ascertain who, if any, has a majority, tor until
then they are not supposed to know. The jour
nals of each house will then be read and if it. ap
pears that no one has a majority of ail ttie voteß
cast, they will proceed to vote viva voce one or
more times, and meet from day to day at 12 m.,
until a Senator is elected.
Hon. E. W. Beck, has introduced a bill in
Congress providing for the creution ot anew Ju
dicial District in Georgia, with the Courts to be
held in the city of Macon. The dispatch further
states that the bill has been (avorably considered
and will probably become a law. If it does pass,
the bonetits to the clry and the district will be
great. There will follow a handsome appropria
tion for public buildings; persons in the sur
rounding couuties summoned as witnesses and
Jurors will not have to make long trips to Savan
nah ; and parties accused of crime will be tried
nearer home, and in a community where they are
knowji. It Mr. Beck can secure the passage of
this bill be will deserve the thanks of his entire
constituency.
A correspondent, writing from Blackshcar
under date of the 18th, says: Two white men,
John Morrison and Townsend Miller, and a negro
men, John Robinson, were drowned last week
while rafting in St. 111a river. The particulars
are not known. It is only known that the hats,
coats and shoes of the white men were found on
the raft, and that they themselves are missing. No
vestige of the negro has been seen or heard of.
They were on separate rafts of timber eoiDg down
the river toward* “ Burnt Fort” to sell them. All
were hard-working good men. Morrison and
Robinson were old timber hauds, and were expe
rienced pilots on the river. Miller was a young
man, the eon of a widow woman, and not accus
tomed to the water, and was with Morrison to
learn the river. Robinson and the white men
were drowned at different ilaces in the river.
Mr. Lamar, editor ol the Savannah Advertiser,
writing from Atlanta, say* the removal of the
capital is actively and persistently canvassed in
Legislative circles, and appears to gather strength
from agitation. And he adds: To refer to it in
public subjects one having the fist (cot always
tidy) of some indignant Atlantese shook under
one’s nose. In this cold weather it is doubtful
which gets the worst of it nose or fist, but the
operation i* not pleasureable. There is no sense
in disguising the fact that this is a troublesome
question, and is likely to remain one until satis
factorily and definitely settled. The opinion is
general that Atlanta has not behaved well iu tbe
purchase of and payment for that shaky rattle
trap, known as the Opera House, aud the people
of middle, southern aud eastern Georgia are
averse to being taxed to erect 'public buildingi
here while they already possess suitable ones
elsewhere. The House has just refused to carpet
the Representative Hall, tnd it is in no huino*
to appropriate lands for repairs and improve
ment*.
The following letter, or notice of contest of a
seat in the legislature of Georgia, is a notable
specimen of the intelligence of the preponderat
ing element of the State:
Atlanta, Ga., November 12, 1f72.
to The Georgia
legislature
to The House'
of Repprwentatlvee
To Honnuable James M. Smith EX Governor of
Georgia Contest Ellection Dear Sir w*s a ellec
tion held En ThU County oC 2 1572 Witch The
Republican was Badly By K K Kluism. Mr. Jo
seph Morris was nominated by The republican
party and 16th of September About 2 o’clock in
The night A. D. 1872 About 75 Mouuted Men on
Hors.-Back perAded through District an! assal:
upon Mr. Joseph Morna and one Henry Charlton
colored and Clgubs. uunns and pistols fires on
JAcksonville Beat Damn Doors and run Women
Children.
All Made They Secapes to Woods and at the
County Seat WK was Daring to vote a Republi
can ticket )
and WK Citjaens of WHkerson county Cl aim
That mr morris Beentitel to a Seat in the House
oi Representatives En The Place W. C. Adames
please to look on your Relection Cord and you
will See in IS6S Bullock Majority 931 off Demo
cratic party. Joseb morris,
Wilkereon County,
Gordon, Ga.
The senatorial Contest Ended.
On Wednesday last the contest for the Senator
ibip from Georgia was ended, resulting in the
election of Gen. John B. Gordon. Upon the meet
mg of the joint convention the vote of the previ
ous day—published in our last—was consolidated,
and no election reported, when the members jro
cecded with another ballot.
On the first ballot Gordon received 34, Stephens
71, Hiil 35, Fielder 8, Akerman 14. No choice.
On the second ballot Gordon received 87,
Stephens 71, Hill 35, Fielder, 5, Akerman 14. No
choice.
On the third ballot Gordon received 87, Steph
ens 75. Hiil 32, Fielder 4, Akerman 14. No
choice.
On the fonrth ballot Gordon received 94,
Stephens 75, 11111 28, Akerman 14. No choice.
On the fifth ballot Gordon received 112, Steph
ens 86, and Akerman 7. At one time General
Gordon had received the requisite majority, but
several changed from Gordon to S f e >hens, and
afterwards it fluctuated between Stephens and
Gordon, and when it became apparent that Gor
don was elected, several more added their votes.
On the last ballot the members voted as fol
lows :
Those voting for Gordon were Senators Blance,
Cameron, Cannon, Carter, Crawford, Cone, Er
win, Harris, Hnyl, Hudson, Jervis, Kibbee, Kirk
land, Lester, W. P. Mathews, Mattox, McAffee,
Nicnolls, Payne, Roberson, Simmons, Steadman,
Winn, Wofford. Representatives: Adams, An
dersdn, Barkwell Baxter, Blackwell, Bostwick,
Brantley, Butt, Candler, Carlton, Cason, Clem
ents, Colding, Cook, DeLoacb, Dorminy, of Hart;
Duncan, of Rabun; Dunlap, Eakes, Edwards,
Ellis, Felton, Fort, Foster, Fowler, Foy, Free
man, Grant, Hightower, of Polk; Hightower,
Jackson, Jenkins ot Putnam, Kaigler of Terrell,
Lampkiu, Latham, Lee of Appling, Leither, Lott,
Lowe of Catoosa, Lowe of Stewart, Masters,
Mathews oi Houston, McArthur Mcßae, McKib
ben, Mercer, Merritt, Morris, Newton, U6borne,
Ousley. Reid, Richardson, Simms, Smith of Bry
an, Smith of Telfair, Sneed, Stephens, Stewart,
Taliaferro, Teasley, Tomkins, Towers, Turnbull,
Twitty, Welehel, Williams ot Dooly, vVilliams of
Union, Williamson, Wills of Macon, Young, Mr.
speaker—lol.
Those voting for Mr. Stephens were: Senators
Araow, Black, Brown, Cain, Gilmore, Heard,Hes
ter, Knigtt, Peddy, Reese, Mr. President. Rep
resentatives Baker, Barksdale, Beatty, Bell, Black,
Blakley, Blanton, Brassell, Clark, Davis, Dell, Du
Bose, Dumas, Dunn, Evans, Fcagin, Fiizgerald,
Fiyut, Glisson, Griffin. Hargett, Heard of Elbert,
Hight, Hoge, Hurt, Hutchins, of Haralson, Jen
kins of Pike, Johnson, Johes of Burke, Jones ol
Chattooga, Kaigler of Quitinau, Kirk, L’psey,
Lockett, Mathews of Upson, Mattox, Mcßride,
McDaniel, McClellan, Moses, Murphy, Peabody,
Pierce, Phillips, Poole, Ree6e, Robert, Rogers,
Roper, Sadler, Shewmake, Shi, Sirmons, Spence,
Stapleton, Summerlin, Trammell, Tucker, Tutt,
Walsh, Watt, Willis, of TolDert, Wofford, Yow
—76.
Those voting for Mr. Hill were Senators Hillyer,
Jones. Representative & Calhoun, Coleman, Cul
ver, Cureton, Dorsey, Duke, Gilbert, Hamilton,
Harris, Hill, Hoggard, Hutchinson of Clayton,
Longley, Leigh ot Coweta, Long, Lyon, Mills,
lumim —2O.
Those voting for Mr. Akerman were Senators
Anderson, Briuberry, Clark, Devanx. Represen
tatives Atkinson, Battle, B ue, Campbell, Duggar,
Heard, ol Green, Loveless, Nicholson, Swear
ingen, Thompson—l 4.
Changes from one candidate to another assum
ed an epidemic form.
The following changed from Gordon to Steph-
ens :
Senator Mattox; Representatives Brantley,
Lott.
The following changed from Hill to Stephens:
Representatives—Colemau, (fareton, Duke, Gil
bert, Harris, Hill, Hoggard, Longley, Long.
The following changed from Akerman toSteph
ers:
Senator Brinberry; Representative Thompson
—l4.
Those who changed from Mr. Stephens to Mr
Gordon are—Representatives Peabody and Mc-
Clellan.
Those who changed from Mr. Hill to Mr. Gor
don are—Senators Hillyer, Jones. Representa
tives Calhoun, Culver, Hamilton, Leigh of Coweta
Lyon, Mills, Tumlin.
Those who changed from Mr. Akerman to Mr.
Gordon are—Senators Anderson, Devaux, Repre
sentatives Swearingen—l4.
Mr. Baker, of Bartow, changed from Stephens
to Gordon then back again to Stephens.
Mr. Watts changed from Stephens to Gordon,
then back again to Stephens.
Mr. Dorsey changed from Hill to Stephens, 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. Steph
ens’ 86; Mr. Akerraan’s7; wtole number of votes
cast 205. Gordon was declared elected during
the greatest enthasiasm and wildest excitement.
Hats were thrown up.
During the balloting, President Trammell sev
eral times ordered the Sergeant-at-Arms to clear
the hall and galleries in consequence of the fre
quent applause.
One Senator was very enthusiastic—too much
so for a Senator.
The Cotton Tax Question.
The members of Congress from the cotton
growing States have been consulting fully in order
to secure unanimity of action upon a common
measure tor refunding the cotton tax. There are
several bills for this purpose now before Con
gress, one was proposed by Mr. McKee, and an
other by Mr. Mclntyre, of Georgia. Although
there has been a strong feeling in favor of refund
ing this tax, yet it has been insisted that the
interests of the producer were not sufficiently
provided for in the McKee bill. The conference
held on the 20th was harmonious, and some im
portant modifications were ordered to be made in
the McKee bill, which were in the interests of tbe
producers, and were accepted by the friends of that
measure. This unanimity of opinion gives a much
better chance for passing a bill at this session.
The bill as agreed on provide for a restitution
of the tax imposed after June 24th on raw cotton
for a commission of three persons to be appointed
by the President and confirmed by tbe Senate,
with power to examine, hear, and determine all
claims, and to direct payment of the same to the
persons legally entitled thereto, The most im
portant change is one made to section 1, providing
that the said restitution shall be made to the party
who actually paid the tax, whether paid by the
party himself, his agents or attorneys. Bection
fourth provides that the commission shall have
power to call on any officer of the Government for
books, papers and proofs under their control con
cerning said taxes. Where the original collector’s
receipts for the tax monies and books can’t be
produced, nor certified copies be bad, or such
books fail to show the payment of the tax claimed,
the commissioners may satisfy themselves by the
testimony of sworn witnesses. To this section
the conference directed the following provision to
be added: Provided such receipts and entries and
copies as aforesaid shall enure to the benefit of
the producer, unless it shall affirmatively appear
that some other party paid the said, tax, and has
not been repaid the same, which latter fact may
be established by the books of the party who paid
the tax so far as to b eprima facie evidence of the
same. When such books are lost or destroyed,
secondary evidence ol their contents may be in
produced.
The dispatches of the 20lhsay there is agrowing
feeling in Congress in favor of the justice of re
funding the tax, and among other leading men it
is now expected that the chairman of the Ways
and Means Committee (Mr. Dawes) will support
a we.l guarded hill. Mr. Pierce baa been in
structed to present the foregoing bill, and to
move its reference to the Committee of Ways and
Means.
GEORGIA, TUESDAY" MORNING, JANUARY 28, 1873.
Ex Confederate Generals.
Where They Are and What They Are IhAny — Fact*
and Falsehood* from the New York Herald.
General Kershaw, of South Carolina, is a lawyer
in the quiet town of Camden, and is making a
livelihood. Ex Senator Chestnut is also a lawyer
In the town ot Camden, S. C., and makes a fair
living. General D. H. Hill keeps a school In the
town of Hilsborough, and meantime edits a peri
odical published once a month, called the “ Land
We Love,” and makes a living. Ex-Senator Yu
lee, of Florida, has been connected with some
railroad affairs in that State, and is in a moderate
condition of prosperity. General William Ma
hone is at Lynchburg, Va., president of the Atlan
tic, Mississippi and Ohio railroad, and endeavor
ing to 6ave it from the jaws of Tom Scott, who
has flanked him by the Danville road and mooted
connection of the same. Mahone was one of the
firet rebel officers to get on his feet, and he is a
combination of Ancient Pistol and Cceur de Lion,
mighty in words and energies. Ris road is in a
much improved condition. Herscnel V. Johnson,
who ran on the ticket with Stephen A. Douglass
lor the Vice-Presidency, is a planter in Jefferson
county, Ga., and was a candidate for the United
Btates Senate. He is said to be somewhat moody
and downhearted. Forest, the great cavaly man
and ex-negro trader, has been a railroad president
and livery stable keeper at Memphis, and some
times appears to be
ON A “PERMANENT BASIS.”
Joe Brown is fifty-five years old, and is the Bis
marck of Georgia. He is pretty rich—is worth
anywhere between SIOO,OOO and $2,000,000 —and is
President of the W estern and Atlantic Railroad.
His State road connection is thought to be the
strongest in the South, and Simon Cameron is
said to be interested in it. Brown is an indefati
gable worker, a good writer, fond of notoriety,
and plain in hb ideas. General P. M. B. Young, a
leading cavalry officer in the rebel army, is a
planter at Cartersville, Ga., in moderate circum
stances, and has just been re-elected to Congress.
Joe Johnson is thriving as a life insurance man
at Savannah. He is growing old with composure.
General Lafayette McLaws, who was quite cele
brated during the war on the Confederate side, is
the President of a Confederate monument associ
ciation, and resides at Augusta, where he is a law
yer of moderate practice. The sons of Howell
Cobb are farming and get along tolerably since
the decease of their father.
Ben Hill, (ex-Confederate) is practicing law at
Atlanta, and is said to be the best lawyer in the
State. He was a Senator of the Confederate
States, and had a personal collision with Yancey.
Alexander H. Stephens lives near Crawfordsville,
Ga., in a small and not very comfortable house,
which he dignifies as “Liberty Hall.” He is
charitable, and gives away all the excess he makes
after providing for himself; and he writes long
and abstract books, showing that nothing ought
to be as it is, and what might have been in case
something else happened twelve years before. He
is anxious to reappear in public life, and his re
cent visit to Atlanta was interpreted by Governor
Smith’s friends to be an electioneering campaign
for the United States Senate. As I rode past
Crawfordsville a fat Georgia boy, who looked
if he had been eating chickens all his life, pointed
out the direction to Stephens’ house, and 6aid:
“The greatest man in the United States lives
yer.” General Sibley, the inventor of the Sibley
tent, and opponent of Canby on the plains of New
Mexico during the rebellion, is now a brigadier
general under the Khedive of Egypt, in company
with his son, who is al6o an officer and with Gen
erals Rhett, Stone, Mott and others. These offi
cers get about six thousand dollars a year. Gen
eral Sibley’s wife and married daughter reside at
Atlanta, where his son-in-law, John Stokes is su
pervisor of pensions under the United States Gov
ernment.
Brigadier General J. H. Clanton, of Alabama,
was the leading Conservative in the State up to
the time of his unfortunate rencontre with Nelson
at Knoxville, Tenn., where Clanton was killed.
He resided at Montgomery, and was by many
thought to be the head of the Ku klux. General
C. H. Battle is an insurance agent at Tuskeegee,
Ala., and is doing only moderately well. General
E. M. Law, who is the best fighter Alabama pro
duced, is president of military institute at York
ville, 8. 0., where he is snugly fixed. General E.
M. Pettus, of Selma, is a lawyer in good practice,
and was a candidate for Governor of Alabama last
year. General Grant, who was one of the half-dox
en brigadiers in the Confederate army appointed
from Arkansas, became a Republican before the
close of the war, and he now holds an office under
THE CLATTON GOVERNMENT AT LITTLE ROCK.
General Albert Pike, a brigadier from Arkansas,
is practicing law at Washington City with ex-
Senator Johnson, ot Arkansas, and has just repub
lished his delicate poems. General Pickett, who
obtained $75,000 for tbe small-pox documents
which were purchased by the War Department
during the last political campaign, fluctuates
between Washirgton City and Canada, and in the
latter Dominion he is said to have advertised for
more documents, and to have undertaken to re
cover the great number of State papers which
were secreted there during and after the war.
This is about as queer a business as any Confed
erate officer has assumed. [Thisis false. General
Pickett is an insurance agent in Richmond, and
never sold any archives to the Federal Govern
ment.—Eds. Dis.J General Dick Taylor is prob
ably the richest of the Confederate Generals, and
is engaged in backing aud other large operations
in New Orleans, abetting Warmouth.
JAMES LONGSTREKT
has a public position which suffices to maintain
him and his numerous family. Beauregard is su
perintendent of street railways in New Orleans,
with a good salary.
General Hood has been a cotton factor and in
surance agent at New Orleans, and makes out but
tolerably well. Colonel Carter, of the rebel army,
is now acting with Piuchback, and, like Long
street has been on all sides.
JEFF. DAVIS
is president of the Carolina Insurance Company at
Memphis, under the patronage of a Mr. Wick,
whose bank recently went up when the Southern
Security Company recently drew a check on it for
an unforseen amount. Davis long resided at the
Peabody Hotel, but has now moved into private
quarters. He makes a respectable support Simon
B. Buckner is said to be in thriving mercantile
business, and to stand much better than the bulk
ot his associates. General John C. Breckinridge
lives at Lexington, Ky., and was given an impor
tant place at one time by the Chesapeake and Ohio
Railroad. Governor Isham G. Harris resides at
Memphis, where he would have a very good world
ly condition if he were not annoyed by some old
lawsuits growing out of the war. Of tbe three
Canadian commissioners from the Confede racy
JAKE THOMPSON
is living in moderate circumstances at Memphis ;
Clement C. Clay is buried at Huntsville, where
his property was pretty much torn up by Sherman,
and George Sanders is supposed to be in New
York city. General John T. Morgan, who is said
to be the best orator in the South, on the stump,
is a lawyer at Belma, Ala , and doing fairly well.
General W. W. Allen, the cavalryman, is a planter
near Montgomery, where his success has not been
uniform. General Jones M. Withers, a West
Pointer, is the editor of the Mobile Tribune, aud
wa* a candidate for mayor duriDg the present
year. General L. Pope Walker, ex-Secretary oi
War of tLe Confederate States, who avowed his
intention to plant the rebel flag over Faneoil Hall
alx months after the war began, is practicing law
“In Grod we Trust.”
with 6ome success at Hatsuville, Ala. Judge W.
F. Brooks, Preiident of the Secession Convention
of Alabama, is a rather attenuated and wrinkled
old gentleman at Seßsa; he is a fine speaker, a
prominent lawyer, and a bitter Conservative, like
General Pettns. Major-General Joseph Wheeler,
commander of Wheeler’s celebrated Confederate
cavalry, and a West Pointer, has married a rich
lady in Northern Alabama and lives at his ease,
unwilling to call King George his uncle.
General Polly Robinson, formerly of Hood’s
Division, is a planter in Texas. General Harry
Hayes, ex-Colonel of the Texas Rangers, has mar
ried a lady of means, and has been once Sheriff of
New Orleans. Well fixed.
GINERAL CHEATHAM,
having made an unsuccessful run for Congress
against Horace Maynard, has retired to private
life, breathing scorn upon Andrew Johnson, who
divided the Democratic vote with him. Ex-Gov
ernor T. H. Watts, of Alabama, who was the At
torney General of the States, is a bit
ter Conservative, practicing ialr at Montgomery
witt success. Ex-Governor Andrew B. Moore, of
Alabama, is a planter, and rot having much luck.
The family of the late Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who
was nominated on the ticket with Douglas for
Vice-President in 1869, are all rich, large land-
holders, and inheriting the fruit of Fitzpatrick’s
thriftiness and long public occupation. The fam
ily of William L. Yancey resides on a faim near
Montgomery, Ala., and are in only moderate
circumstances. Y’ancey’s tomb is a small affair.
It is said that two of his sons are In Brazil, where
they emigrated at the close of the war.
General Braxton Bragg lives in Mobile, and is
snperintendant of street railways, with a fair salary.
Commodore Ebea FatraDd, who was a gallant
officer and is a cordial man, keeps a hotel in the
north of Alabama, at the town of Attala, and Is
said to be as poor as Job’s turkey. General P. D.
Roddy, who had a cavalry brigade, is a banker in
New York, in good circumstances. General W.
H. Hannon is a real estate agent in Texas. Gener.
al M. L. Bonham, ex Governor of South Carolina,
is the agent of a Brooklyn (N. Y.) life insurance
company at Atlanta, and was beaten for tax col
lector at the late election. Genenl Ambrose
Wright is the editor of the Daily Chronicle, and
has Just been elected to Congress by the Demo
crats. [He is dead.]
ADMIRAL RAPHAEL SEMMBB
Is practicing law in Mobile, and seems to be in
good circumstances, which leads gossping folks
to imagine that he must have saved some prize
money. He is quite a favorite in that
rather bitter in his feelings, end his son has just
been elected to the Legislature. Semmes is hard
on to sixty, and begins to feel the hand of time*
Captain Maffet, long of the Florida, is said to be
in Europe. He has not made any display since
the close of the war. Judah P. Benjamin has a
good law practice in London, England, but his
clients are nearly all Americans from the South
ern States. Ex-Senator Robert M. T. Hunter has
a poor farm on the Rappahannock fiver, in the
tide-water part of Virginia, and is said to be
dispirited, although his counsel is cheerful at all
times and his intellect retains its full vigor. Char
-166 James Faulknei has been one of the most suc
cessful men in the Confederacy. He resides at
Martinsburg, Va., and practices law at Bhepard
town and throughout the State of West Virginia.
His income is about $20,000 a year. The sons of
General Lee, as well as Lie nei.jhow, Fitzhuerb, are
in fair circumstances, Custis 'Lee is having all
his lather’s success at Washington College.—Rob
ert Tyler, ex-clerk of the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvania, and son of President John Tyler, is the
editor of the Advertiser, the Democratic State or
gan at Montgomery, Ala., Major General Henry
D. Clayton is a lawyer at Clayton, Ala., and fairly
successful. General Alpheus Baker lives at Eu~
faula, Ala., and was defeated last time for Con
gress at large. General S. A. M. Wood is a lawyer
at Tuskaloosa, Ala., and he bas been.
GRAND MASTER OF THE MASONS
so that his ordinary success was assured. Gov
ernor Mouton, president of the Secession Conven
tion of Louisiana, lives at Si. Landrey, and is
moderately well off as a planter. Governor A. M.
Roman Is a planter at Bt. James, Louisiana. Most
of the family of the late John Slidell still resides in
Europe. Governor Tom Moore, of Louisiana, is
a planter in Rapides parish, near Alexandria, and
is well off. He is the man who used to examine
packages of northern newspapers as they came
out of the mails for incendiary matter. General
J. B. Walton, ex-Colonel of the Washington ar
tillery, of New Orleans, is an auctioner, and not
very flourishing. Ex-Governor Robert Wickliff
of Louisiana, practices law at Bayou Sara, is well
off, and he voted for Grant. Paul Morphy, the
chess-player, is a modest lawyer in New Orleans
THE LEADING LAWYERS *
in New Orleans are T. G. Semmes, cousin of Ra
phael, counsel for Governor Warmouth, and John
A. Campbell, ex-assistant rebel Secretary of War.
Semmes has a practice of $40,000 a year. Neville
Soule practices law In New Orleans with a moder
ate success. Ex-Governor Paul O. Herbert is a
planter at Iberville, and spends most of his time
in New York city. He has been a supporter of
Warmouth of late. Robert Ould and Bradley
Johnson, ex-commissioner to exchange prisoners
and ex-brigadier for Maryland, are among the
leading lawyers at the Richmond bar. Mulford,
the Federal commissioner of exchange, also re
sides in Richmond, and acts with the Conserva
ives.
HENRY A. WISE
has a criminal practice in the courts of Virginia.
Ex-Governor Vance takes his deieat at the hands
of Merrimon in had sort; but it looks very much
as if North Carolina was now irredeemably Re
publican. Governor Moses, who has just ascend
ed the sable throne or South Carolina, is, lttu Yu
lee, of Florida, (formerly Levi) of the fine Hebrew
stock In the South, immemorially resident there.
As Secretary to Governor Pickens he raised the
rebel flag over Moultrie in IS6I. Duke William
Gwinn has very valuable mining property in Cali
fornia, and is one of the unquenchable men of the
Confederacy.
Senator Sherman’s specie resumption Scheme,
now pending in Congress and strongly supported,
Axes the first day of January, 1874, as the time
for resumption. It breaks the force of an abrupt
resumption by providing that greenbacks 6hall be
redeemed in coin, at the assistant Treasury in
New York, alone, and even then only when pre
sented in sums of SI,OOO, or e multiples thereof.
The presented greenbacks are to be redeemed in
coin, or exchanged for 5 per cent coupons or reg
istered bonds of SSO each—these bonds being ex
empt from taxation of all kinds, and payable at the
pleasure of the Government after ten years from
date. It authorized tree banking on the national
plan, by permitting any new bank to be establish
ed after the first of July next, on a deposit of
Government bonds to secure circulation. It ex
empts from the requirement of holding greenbacks
as a reserve all backs that may redeem their notes
in gold or greenbacks from the first of July next,
and authorizes the establishment ot banks with
out circulation upon a deposit of *IO,OOO Govern
ment bonds with the Treasurer.
New York State owes twenty-five millions of
public debt. She reduced her debt four millions
last year.
The Democrats of Savannah have elected An
derson, Mayor, and the entire Board of Alder
men.
Gov. Dix, of New York, recommends the en
largement of the Erie Canal.
Mr. Fowler, of Milledgevilie, has been nomi
nated postmaster.
MACON ADVERTISEMENTS.
M 1 x eft? BLirtland.
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
BOOTS AM SHOES,
3 COTTON AVENUE 3
AND
6Q Third Street.
MACON, GA.
WOULD inform their friends and all in want
of Boots and Shoes of any kind, that they
have on hand one of the largest and best assort
ments to be found in this State.
They cordially invite their numerous old cus
tomers and all others in want of anything in their
line, usually kept in a First-Class Store, to
Call and Examine.
They pledge themselves to sell at the LOWEST
POSSIBLE PRlCES—either at their Ola Stand
No. 3 Cotton Avenue or their New Store, 66 Third
Street, Macon Ga.
Sole Agents for the PATENT EXCEL
SIOR GAITER.
apr!6.ct
THE LATESTS BEST FROM MACON!
ALL the latest styles of Fashionable Hats, of
the Best Quality, at
THOMAB U. CONNOR’S.
A LARGE assortment of Gentlemen’s Under
wear, to fit anybody from a Dwarf to a Giant,
or even an Alderman, at
THOMAS U. CONNOR’S.
DRESS Shirts, Collars and Cuffs, and Silk Neck
Wear, at
THOMAS U. CONNOR’S.
TRUNKB of all styles, Satchels, Valises and
Umbrellas, at
THOMAS U. CONNOR’S.
Wedding Outfits a Specialty,
THOMAS U. CONNOR’S.
s3?“The Fashionable Place in the City of Macon.
junell.ly
COLEMAN & NEWSOM,
WHOLESALE GROCERS WHOLESALE
Liquor, Tobacco,
PROVISION DEALERS,
58 & 60 Cherry Street,
MACON, OA.
dec6.ct
BERND BROTHERS,
of and
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
HARNESS, SADDLES,
COLLARS, BRIDLES,
Leather, Hardware, Etc.,
novs.2m MACON, GA*
I. J. TRAYWICK,
DEALER IN
@ll QQ2IIIIIBS*
And Country Produce,
THIRD STREET,
novs.2m MACON, GA.
CARHART & CJJRD,
Wholesale and Retail
Dialers in Hardware, Guns, Cutlery,
Agricultural Implements, Iron, Steel, Nails, Hoes,
Hollow-ware, Springs, Axles,
Cotton and Corn sweeps,
Carriage Makers’ Material and Trimminga,
Chebrt Street, MACON, GA.
jan24-ly*
E. J. JOHNSTON,
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry,
Silverware,
FANCY GOODS, CUTLERY, Etc., Etc.
Particular attention given to repairs on Fine and
Difficult Watches. Jewelry Repaired.
Corner Mulberry and )
2d Btreets, opposite > MACON, GEORGIA.
new Court House. )
janO.ly
Brown Blouse^
Opposite Passenger Depot,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WF. BROWN & CO., Proprietors—Success
• ors to E. E. Brown & Son.
This large and popular Hotel, elegantly furnish
ed throughout, will still be found unsurpassed in
point of elegance and comfortby any Hotel in the
South. jan9.lv
WEEDS & CORNWELL,
Importers an<L Dealers in
Hard-ware, Iron, Steel,
NAILS, TIN-PLATE,
Hubs, Spokes, Rims,
Shoe, Powder, Hope, Rubber Belting, Etc.
0ct29.1y BAVANNAH, GA.
WM. B. ALEXANDER. WSf. A. BUSSELL.
Wholesale Grocers,
Cor Abercorn and Bryan Sts.,
BAYANNAH, GA
decls.ly
W. T. KEWTCAJf. Z. D. HARBJSOS.
NEWMAN <fc HARRISON, Attorneys at Law
Atlanta r -
POPULAR PRICES!
JOHN A. DANIELLY
J3 RECEIVING A FULL ASSORTMENT OF GOODS IN HIS LINE:
Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Notions, etc., etc.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, OF THE LATEST STYLES!
Calicos, Bleaching, and a full line of DOMESTICS. A great variety of
Cassimeres and Kentucky Jeans, Flannels and Linseys. A large stock of
Common, medium and fine—for Men, Boys’ and Children’s wear; Blankets,
white and colored ; Bhawls, of every style and quality; Balmoral, Boulvard
irtS ’ 4,0 everybody, in quality and style. A large
Boots and Shoos
Of the LATEST BTYLEB and BEST QUALITY; Trunks, NOTIONS,
(this department is very full,) Umbrellas, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Hand-
CutleS and Tobacco”’ CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Hardware,
TO MY FRIENDS AND THE TRADING PUBLIC:
. „.oi lan !K ,R f° r Pe®* favors, mv friends ane the trading public are invited
to call and inspect my goods. Prices guaranteed as low as any in the market.
octl * ct JOHN A. DANIELLY.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS!
POPULAR PRICES!
W. L. LAMPKIN. h B EAN.
BANKIN G HOUSE
or
WM. L. LAMPKIN & CO.
PORYTH, GrA. '
pEALERS IN
Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver Coin, Uncurrent Money and Exchange
DEPOSITS received; Commercial paper discounted; Loans made on Stocks, Bonds, or other
first-class Collaterals. ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON in store, or on growing crops and on
shipments of Cotton to any city in the United States.
Certificates of IDeposit
(Bearing interest) issued. COLLECTIONS made in any part of the United States. INVESTMENTS
ot any kind effected promptly for our patrons, and a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS conducted
m all its details.
Having first-class business connections in all the principal cities of the United Btates, our facilities
prompt transaction of any kind of business in our line are unsurpassed.
We have provided a large Fire-proof Vault for the use of our patrons, where any kind of valuable
papers, silver plate or jewelry may be deposited for 6afe keeping, fre9 of charge.
Forsyth, Ga., December 16th, 1871.
and ® fte^ an p ar y Ist, Henry G. Bean will be a partner in my business, which will thereafer
be conducted under the firm name of Wm. L. Lampkin & Cos.
decl9 ‘ WM. L. LAMPKIN.
IW. C. * J. F. KISER,
JOBBERS OF
DRY GOODS,
BOOTS. SHOES, HATS, NOTIONS,
COB PRIOR AND WALL STREETS.
oct22.3tn Opposite Kimball Honse, ATLANTA, GA.
GUERNSEY, BARTRUM, & HENDRIX,
BUILDER’S SUPPLY STORE !
Blake’s Block, Poplab Btbit, between Third and Fourth,
MACON, GEORGIA.
WMte Yellow Pine Werk s
BASH, DOORS, BLINDS, FRAMES,
BRACKETS, Newell Posts, Balusters, Mantles, Etc., Etc., Carpenter Tools, Locks, Nails,
Hinges, paints, oiis, glass and putty, etc. CONTRACTORS for BUILDING. Dressed and
rough lumber at our factory,
nov2.3m Dixie Works, Cherry Street, MACON, GA.
EE. P. WESTCOTT,
Of the late firm of SMITH, WEBTCOTT & CO., has opened at No. 63 Cherry street, a foil
line of
SA1B&1S, HAS MSS,
COLLARS, WHIPS. LEATHER,
HARNESS and Saddlery Hardware and Horse Furnishing Goods of all Descriptions. Also,
Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather, Calf Skins, Kip Skins, Lining Skins, Shoe Findings of all kinds,
which he proposes to sell at the very lowest figures. He Is also prepared to manufacture Harness
and Saddles to order. None but the best of workmen employed. Repairs done r'
tsar Come and see me.
[PUBLISHERS AND PROPRIETORS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NO. 48.
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.