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THE MONROE ATItERMER; GEORGE A. KING & CO.,] VOL. XVII. 2lit gloom Q&vcxtmx. FORSYTH, TUESDAY, FEB. 11, 1873. Mks. L. A. Johnston Las been appointed Post M l*tre at Griflln. Tub Kingston (Gm.) flooring mills were burned on the night of the 4th. ♦. . On the Ist !u#t. the lower House of Congress passed a bill removing the disabilities of Cos!. Hardeman. Tub Quitman Banker cays Dr. Briggs, the President ol the Quitman Factory Company, la shipping large quantities of yarns to Savannah and other cities. That’s business ! Till Atlanta and Great Western Railroad Company has reduced Its fare from Cincinnati to New York and return to 914. Ihe distance is between five and six hundred miles. Dblboatks from eighiy-Uve counties, to the number of about two hundred and fifty, will at tend the Utate Agricultural Convention, which asm rubles at Augusta to-day. On account of prevalent sickness In Mr con th Wesleyan Female College has declared a two weeks' holiday, and a greut many ot the students left for their homes. ■ " • Tub Indian Spring hotel—Varner property—ls advertised tor sale on Saturday next, by Hon. R. P. Trlppe and Jas. 8. Boynton, Commissioners. This property is conveniently located to the Bpring, and valuable. Tub Enquirer says: Col. Washington Poe, of Macon,.hat bought the plantation of Mr. J. R. Banks, ten miles from Columbus, on the South western Railroad, consisting of 1100 acres, and he will probably remove there duriug the com ing summer. The Sun learns that a move is on foot to build a freight track around the city from the Georgia road to the Macon & Western. This is a grand idea and will be hailed with joy by those who have so frequently to wait at the crossing at Whitehall street for long freight trains to pass. Tub Savannah Sabre Club has disbanded for the reason that uearly every member thereot belongs to some of the recently organized military com panies of that city, and could not attend to the duties of both. The handsome prizes won by the club, together with its archives, pictures, etc., have been turned over to the keeping of Mrs. Gen. R. H. Anderson, wife of the captain of the club. Tub Athens Georgian states that the State Uni versity opened this year with about two hundred and fifty students in the two departments, and the number la daily increasing. The prospect is flat tering for a large attendance. This is as it should be. The Professors cannot be surpassed for high literary attainments, the citizens of the place tor morality and honorable characters, and the city for its health and fine salubrious climate. The discipline of the college is what it should be. Instbab of inviting their lady acquaintances to go “coasting,” in Canada, the young men ask the young gitls to go “ tobogganing.” The tobog gan, in its highest development, is six or 6even feet long and twenty inches wide. It is made of light, tongh, wood, perhaps three eighths of an inch in thickness, and furnished with cushions, while paint, gilding, a lamp or a string of bells are added, according to the owner’s taste. In this kind of a sleigh young gentlemen and young la dies go coasting down the steep hill sides. ■* ' Tni bill for the erection of a public building in the city of Atlanta, as amended by the U. 8. Ben ate, appropriate# the sum of one hundred and ten thousand dollars for ihe purpose. This appropri ation, however, is made upon condition that the city Rives a valid title to a lot of land sufficient tor this purpose, and that this donated site be Independent and unexpo#ed from the danger of lire from any adjacent buildings. This site more over, is to be exempt from taxation by the city or State government. • Fhom the Constitution we learn that on the morning of the 4th inst., Mrs. Montgomery, wife of Judge W. W. Montgomery, of the Supreme Court, boarding at the Kimball House, met with a serious accident. Mrs. Montgomery went to the entrance of the elevator, en the first floor, intend ing to go up to her room, and finding the door open, presumed that the elevator was there;, un fortunately such was not the case, and stepping through she fell some twelve or fifteen feet into the basemeut on some iron railing, breaking her collar bone, one rib, one of her wrists, and one finger. Jcdoi Rbnsb has Introduced a bill in the Sen ate to enable the Governor ot the State of Georgia to purchase, tor the State, the Macon & Bruns wick Railroad and the appurtenances, rolling stock and fixtures, to protect said State in tfce event that the same fall into the control and possession of the authorities of the said State on account of non-payment ot the interest accruing on indorsed bonds of said railroad. A correspondent of the Telegraph A Messenger says: It is understood that the Governor and Judge Reese have had the subject under consulUtion for some time, and doubtless the bill is indorsed by Governor Smith, whe is probably taking precaution to secure the State from loss in the eveht the road and its assets and eflects revert to the State. Tub Dair and Dumb Astlum— The Trustees of ibis benevolent State Institution, report the operations of last year as having been successful. The pupils number sixty-one. The cost of the institution was $14,649 70 in 1573. Some money la asked for drainage and water. There are 16,305, deaf mutes In the United States, or one to 2.500 people. Georgia, accord ing to this ratio, should have 533, of which 350 should be at the Asylum, whereas only 61 attend. The object of this asylum is to make deaf mutes self-eupporUng by educating them to practical labor. The course takes six years, and in this time they can be learned to carry on conversation by writing, transact ordinary business, read sim ple books and newspaper articles, and know something of arithmetic, geography and history. Th Albany News speaks hopefully of the plant ing outlook is that section, and says that not withstanding the short crops of last year, and the ruinous system of borrowing and provisioning o i time, and high rates of interest and exorbitant Profits on bacon and corn, the planters of Dough erty are commencing the work of 1573 under bet ter auspices and better prospects than any year since the war. There is no scarcity of labor, and it has been hired upon reasonable terms. The last year’s crop was gathered and gotten out of the way before the close of the year, and there was no hindrance to early preparations for this year’s crop. Froprletc re have learned the lesson, by sad experience, that planting cannot be made suc cessful with free labor, by proxy, and have re solved to give their personal attention to the bus iness. Many who have heretofore spent their time hnndreds of miles away from their planta tions, and relied upon managers for good crops and profitable results, have discovered their mis take, and era now directing their own afiaira. The Xew Georgia L>aw Makers. The Atlanta correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial, writing on the 3lst nit., furnishes his estimate of a certain class of Georgia law ma ker#. Its publication in a Radical paper is rather singular, but its truthfulness is beyond question; and the people on either side of Mason & Dixon’s line can be enlightened by perusing the letter. A sudden change in the weather, amounting to about fifty degrees in thirty hours, and a small coal grate, no larger than a man’s hat, and not of much more warmth, caused your correspondent to change his quartern the other night and estab lish himself in a warmer latitude. Returning from Stephens’ speech I was shown my room in the third Btory of an imposing brick. It was large, with a cheerful fire at one end and two beds at the other. A short but black negro, under a ping hat and wrapped in a heavy cloak, stood before the fire. The servant of some guest —statesman, who occupies one of these beds, 1 thought—an ex-slave who still clings to his oid master. _ “Whose room is this?” I asked o! the negro. “ Senator Blank slays here, Bah.” “ Are you his servant ?” “ No, sab ; I'se a member ot the Legisiatur.” “Oh, indeed 1” “ Yes, sih, and I came here to meet the Senator to talk and cousuit about this here election that’s coming on.’’ “The Senatorial election t” “Yes, sab; that business is getting red hot,” and the legislator laughed a silvery laugh. “ Is the Senator you spoke of a Republican ?” “ Yes, sab ; we are both from down on the coast, where all the Republicans come from that’s elected?" “ What's the matter that so few of you are iu the Legislature ?” “ Well, sah, the white men have got the money and the braius, and they just fix up party business to auit themselves. Our party is about played out in this State. Every election we get less. A heap of the darkie6 are getting to vote the Demo cratic ticket as a regular thing. I know one county down on the coast where seventeen hun dred darkies voted the straight-out Democratic ticket.” “ Why didn’t you work with them?” “ Oh, I did; I made a heap of speeches, but it ’pears like it did no good. Them niggers down there have got a big Democratic devil iu ’em. You had just as well Calk to stumps. They have soured on our party. A Democrat can take a bale of cotton and vote a hundred. I laughed. “ It’s a fact, sah; a burnin’ and a shameful fact, as I tell ’em It’s a disgracement to the reason of mankind. I tell yon I went for ’em in my speeches. But a heap of times they would only laugh and tell me to come down and give ’em a chew ol tobacco Why, they mighty nigh beat Col. Whitely for Congress. Colonel Whitely is one of the greatest men that walks on this yere country. The fool niggers voted the Democratic ticket so much that we only elected our man by fifty votes. We worked every day and night. I made fifty speeches. We spent all onr money, Cos). Whitely put in the last cent—the last cent, sab. One day I went to his house for money to bring out the darkies. His wife kept the money. ‘ Wile,’ said he, ‘give Jim some money.’ ‘ There ain’t but twenty dollars in the house,’ she says. ‘Give it to him,’ he says: * I am going to spend the last cent,’ and he did, but we only missed be ing beat by a mighty little. Next time they will set him. I will tell you, sah, some of these days the Democrats will have every bit of this State under themselves just as they want it.” I was about to obseivc to the despondent col ored brother that they had it now, when the door opened and the Senator—a tall, epare white man— cuine in. We introduced our selves and chose beds. “ This is Jim,” he said, turning to the negro. “ He’s a member, and has come up to help us whip the d—d Democrats.” As there are about six Democrats in the Legis lature to one Republican it looks as though the whipping out process might be good exercise. "Jim,” he continued, “do you know all the black members ?” “ Yes, sah.” “ Well, you stir round and get them into the caucus Monday night. We must act together. I don’t 6ee how we can vote for Stephens, Goidon, or Hill. If the thing gets close we may hold the balance ot power.” “Yes, sah.” “Do you know what that is ?” •’No, sah.” “That means if the vote is close between two Democrats we will all vote for one or the other, and elect him.” “Yes, sah.” “Which one of the three, Jim, can we swallow the best ?” “Some says Stephens.” “No, Jim; I’ll be d —d if we can go for Steph ens. Do you know Stephen’s record ?” “No, sah.” “Well, he’s an old Democratic sinner. I’d just as soon send Jeff. Davis to the United Stales Senate as him. I tell you, Jim, our chance is Hill. We can’t possibly go for Gordon or Steph ens. You put up the boys on this. We can’t help ourselves in this fight, and we mu6t do all we can to hurt the Democrats. Jim, how did you leave business at home?” “Pretty fair, sah.” “Glad of it. I tell you, if we can bother the Democrats it will pay us to stay here all the spring. The boys will plant our corn and cotton, and it they don’t it may go to thunder. Onr bus iness is right here to worry the Democrats. Jim, did you know the Democrats had ruined this country once? “Yes, sah.” “And they’ll do it again. They would send the devil to the Senate it he could serve. But they can’t get him, so they will try to send old Alex. I know Alex, mighty well. Did rever tell you, Jim, about what old Alex, did in the Secession Convention ?” “The which, sah ?” “The Secession Convention that took the State out ot the Union?” “No, sah.” “Well, they held secret secession, Old Alex, was in there. I gave the doorkeeper a dollar to let me open the door half an inch. You can buy a heap of people for a dollar, Jim, and a d—d sight of them for ten dollars.” “Yes, eah." “Well, as I was saying. Old Alex, was speak ing. Says he: ‘Mr. President, lam opposed to the policy of secession, but if it has to come, let it be done before vonder sun sinks in the west. I am a Georgian, and will stand by Georgia to the bitter eDd.” You see, Jim, he thought more of this one horse State than he did of the whole country. That’s why we can’t vote for him. No matter what comes, Jim, we mustn’t allow a sin gle Republican vote to go for Stephens.” “ No, eah.” “We will throw away our votes on Akerman first.” “Yes, sab.” “ Bnt I think we had better vote for Hill if we can beat Stephens or Gordon with him, don’t yon ?” “ Yes, sah.” “ Now, Jim, yon may go, bnt mind that you don't talk too much.” “Yes, sah;” and the honorable colored mem ber folded hla martial cloak around him and with drew, a:id I went to sleep to dream of strange Georgia scenes. Lunatic Astlum Committee.— The Joint Leg islative Committee on the Lunatic Asylam spent two days ot last week in our city (says the Mil ledgeviile Federal Union of the sth,) on the accns tomed visit of inspection to that institution. Among them we met with great pleasure our for mer fellow citizen, Hon. W. A. Harris, of the Senate, and eur worthy representative, Hon. W. W. Williamson; also, Hon. John W. Hudson, of the Senate, (from Putugm) and Hon. W. F. Jen kins, representative of the same county. We doubt not the gentlemen of the committee have discharged their duty faithfully; and we doubt not their report will be equally honorable to them selves and creditable to the excellent institution which they visited. * Millbdgbvillb has been suffering from menin gitis. The last Union and Recorder fays: We mentioned in our last issue that Joel Walker, son of Samuel Walker, died on Monday night of last week, of meningitis contracted at Mercer College. On Wednesday, Alice Dillard, a niece of Mrs. Walker, a lovely girl of about twelve years of age, died ; and on Friday, Mrs. Walker also died of the same fatal and fearful disease. Thus in one Bhort week has death claimed three victims in the same household, leaving only one—Mr. Samuel Waiter —remaining. Nebraska having paid out $10,600 in bounties under the Gofiber law, without realizing enough extra from her crops to make up the amount, want* the law repealed. FORSYTH, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 11, 1873. The Credit Mobilier Plague. The New York Herald gives as a full report of the ravages of the Credit Mobilier plague among the Washington notables. The distinguished dead are numerous. The terrible and wide-spread ravages of that extraordinary dieease culled Credit Mobilier are alarming the whole nation. The epizootic was as mild as the measles compared to it. It has already carried off many most distinguished victims. It did not come from Canada like the epizootic, nor from Asia like the cholera, nor from the Weet Indies like the yeiiow fever. It is believed to have started somewhere in Pennsylvania, and meeting with a favorable condition of the atmosphere in Washington, District of Columbia, stayed there,- and was developed by reason of the defective aan e itary arrangements !n the political systems of th ’ capital. Great sympathy is lelt for Massachusetts so many of her distinguished citizens have been swept off. The subjoined list of deaths will be read with painful interest by the public. The no tices are inserted (contrary to our usual custom) free of charge : Ames, Hoax, of Massachusetts, died of Credit Mobilier (long and lingering illness,) aged sixty nine. O lofty worth, whose virtues were unknown; O shining light, whose glamor was unseen; Whose latest spaam of godlike work has shown What men were not, but what they might have been. Thou toldst the truth, tho’ hid ’neath many cloaks, O concentrated essence of a Hoax. All the stockholders of the Union Pacific Rail road who received a higher dividend than 750 per cent, are cordially invited to attend this funeral. Massachusetts papers please copy. Alley, John 8., of Massachusetts, died of C. M. (not cholera morbus—was discovered with the disease too late for the physic,) aged about a cen tury. O’er this sad wrsck let mankind never dally; Fraud knocked down every ninepin in this Alley. This is nobody's funeral. Allison, John 8., of lowa, died of C. M. (an overdose of dividend hastened his departure) aged fifty years. Long dead to us, sweet Allison, The Hoax thou could’st not rally ; If so soon done, why wer’t begun, Thou fragrant son of Alley ? Remains will be embalmed. Bingham., John A., of Ohio, died of C. M. (sup posed to have caught the fatal infection from Dawes) agad sixty-two years. Moan for him, welnin, he’ll wake yon no more With shouts against theft, Buckeye Bingham, The death-bells shall boom how he garnered his store, And gentle Ben Butler will ring ’em. Announcement of the funeral hereafter. Ohio paper3 please copy. Brooks, Jim., of New York, died of C. M. (pro testing to the last that he was well in health; no remedies were administered;) aged sixty-two. He chattered, chattered, as he went, To join the great Salt River; Hoax might threat or Hoax relent, But he’d deny forever, ’Mong well-filled “ banks ” his way he picked With watered “Credits” ever, McComb might “ dam,” McComb convict, Jim Brooks dealed forever. His funeral will have no political significance. Colfax, Bmiler, of ludiana, died of C. M. (the agonies of this poor victim were intense; to the last he insisted that it was something else besides Credit Mobilier); aged forty-two. A beautiful smiler came in our midst, Too lively and fair to remain; They stretched him on racks till the eoul of Coifax Flapped into Heaven again, May the fate of poor Schuyler warn men of a smiler, Who dividends gets on the brain! Indiana papers please copy. Dawes, Henry L., of Massachusetts, died of C. M. (he had the reputation of having |a powerful constitution, but it was evidently a delusion), aged fifty-seven. Retrencher! Leader! Thou has left us, Plymouth Rock thy loss will feel; For a pottage-mess bereft us, Old Honesty is ausgeyneU. Funeral strictly private. No wake. Garfield, James A., of Ohio, died of C. M. (strug gled hard against tho dreadful epidemic, hut, it was no use. He caved in unexpectedly), aged only forty-two. Here rests his head upon its lap of earth, A youth to fortune and misfortune known ; Mobilier frowned upon his bumble birth. And Hoax Ames henceforth marked him for his own. Will be buried at Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D. C. No Cards. Kelley, William D., of Pennsylvania, died of C. M. (too much iron in his blood and too little protection of himself made him an easy victim to the fell destroyer), aged sixty. Weep not “pig iron,” ptblic dear, He is not dead, tho’ sleeping here ; His thunder’s hushed, his eye is dim, Mobilier put a head on him. His remains will be “ protected ” in a metalic casket. A oae-horse funeral announced hereaf ter. Patterson, James W., of New Hampshire, died of C. M. (his sufferings drew tears from his friends; he persisted to the end in supposing it was a different complaint) ; aged fifty years. Peaceful be Uriah’s slumber, Heep ed he is in burial low; Thirty shares his coffin cumber, How it is yourself you know. Mourning by Senators for thirty days. A gran ite sarcophagus will inclose the mummy. Schofield, Glenni W., of Pennsylvania, died of C. M. (passed off quietly), aged fifty-three. Hoax Ames, the Ancient Mariner, Btopped Navy Schofield bland, He held him with his glittering eye And with his skinny hand, Then Schofield did a hellish thiDg And it did work him wo, His ten shares clipped him on the wing, And laid the Quaker low. Pennsylvania papers please copy. Funeral at an early day. Music by the baud: “Down in a coal mine.” Wilson, Henry, of Massachusetts, died of C. M. (great hopes were entertained of his recovery), aged sixty-one. His sinninga sore long time he bore. Like martyr on the rock, Till bad Hoax Ames, oi sinful games, Had eased him of his stock. His “ sole’’ had ne’er unto the void been cast Had he “ waxed” firm and stuck unto bis “ last.” Natick (Mass.) papers please copy. Memorial services at Faneuii Hall. No Irish need apply. Wilson, Jesse E , of lowa, died of C. M. (aston ishing everybody, he had hitherto enjoyed such excellent health); aged forty-five. Tears, idle tears, he knew not what they meant, But counted them three dollars tor a share ; They blotted out a life we thought well spent— Ah! was his sweetness nothing but a snare? Rev. Dr. Newman will conduct the services and preach the panegyric from, the campaign notes. Free list entirely suspended. Baldwin county takes the banner. The Union and Recorder says: W. J. Myrick, a planter re siding in this neighborhood, raised on his farm last year, with one mule, twenty-one bides of cot ton, twenty of which were sold by J. & W. A. Beall & Cos., of New York, at 21>£ eta.—producing the sum of $5,135 37. Here’s a one-mule crop of old Baldwin. Commodore Maury died at Lexington, V irgiu ja, 10 o'clock Saturday, February Ist. He was a true Southern man ; as a scientist, his fame was widespread throughout the civilized world. Whbn the sheriff at Helena, Aikansas, has a warrant for a desperado, he shoots him and then serves the warrant on the body. That is a safe ountry for frodmen to locals in. “In C3-od. we Trust.” Bright Hours Only. A lesson iu itseil sublime, A lesson worth enshrining, Is this —" 1 take no heed ot time, Save when the sun is shining,” These motto words a dial bore, And wisdom never reaches To human hearts a better lore Than this short sentence teaches. As life is sometimes bright aud lair, And sometimes dark and lonely, Let us forget the toil and care, And note the bright hours only. There is no grove on earth’s broad chart, But has some bird to cheer it, So hope e’er sings in every heart, Although we may not hear it. And if to-day the heavy wing Of sorrow is oppressing, Perchance to morrow’s sun will bring The weary heart a blessing. We bid the joyous moments haste, And then forget their glitter, We take the cup of life and taste No portion but the bitter. But we should teach our hearts to deem Its sweetest drops the strongest, And pleasant hours should ever seem To linger round us longest. The darkest shadows of the night Are just before the morning, Then let us wait the coming light, All boding phantoms scorning. And while we’re passing on the tide Of Time’s fast ebbing river, Let’s pluck the blossoms by its side, And bless the gracious giver. Mr, Georgs Torrey, a respectable cotton planter of Mississippi, recently went to England to induce farm and household servants to come hither with a view of permanent settlement. In a letter written at Liverpool on the 6th ult., Mr. T. informs us that he finds some difficulty in procur ing emigrants of the proper kind in England, but thinks they may be obtained in any number from Alsace and Lorraine. The cost of passage from these last mentioned places to Liverpool would be about eleven dollars, and from Liverpool to New Orleans thirty-five dollars. Colonel Torrey’s letter is accompanied by one from J. L. Fiuegan, Esq , who is fully endorsed by Father Nugent, of Liverpool. Mr. Fiuegan speaks in high terms of the people of Alsace and Lorraine. He says: “They are remarkable for their sobriety and in dustry, and are indeed the best agricultural labor ers to be found in France.” He adds : “ Having lived in France for many years, and having only recently returned from France, I could easily open official communication either iu person or by letter, whereby you could obtain one hundred (or more, if requisite) of these people, who would only be too glad to emigrate to Louisiana. I may tell you that, for the most part, these Alsatians and Lorrainers aro Catholics, and could readily adapt themselves to the customs and manners of a free country,” etc. Rejoicing. — l’he Baltimore Mirror has this to say about the movement, on foot to send Mr. Stephens to Congress: Alexander H. Stephens is coming back to Con gress. It is the field of his glory. For sixteen years he sat in that ouee grand body of American leaders. For ten years at least, he was its master spirit. Pure as Aristides he returns to the cotni tium, but what a change in public morals since his voluntary withdrawal nearly fifteen years ago. The false gods have enshrined themselves in the higi places, and great is tfummon in the Capitol. Gordon is no doubt. I woivv,v man but,Stephen?, vieorgia’a greatest eoiiTitvTng or dead, tho states man of forty years service, the political philoso- Eher, who alone of all our public men at this day, as proved himself able to grapple with the pure principles of political science, deserved better of the State, in whose service he has labored so well, than the second place in the Senatorial ballot. When Bristol rejected Burke, Malton enjoyed the privilege of bis service. “ That humble borough,” says Adolphus in his History of England, “ gained by such a member an honor which the greatest commercial city might reasonably envy.” By naming Mr. Stephens lor Congress Georgia has redeemed herself from the sin of ingratitude. His nomination of course implies his election. After all it is meet that the eloquent Commoner should re-appear in the popular branch of the govern ment where he first won his enduriug triumphs. After the battle of Actium political eloquence slumbered for a thousand years. Postquam j>ugna tum cst apnd Actium magnet Ula ingenia ccssere. At this day the decline is not so lengthy. The at tendants on Congress alter fifteen years of sever ance, are about to see and hear their old favorite again. The Accident at the Kimball House.— The Atlanta Herald of the 4th, after Investigation, gives an account of the accident to Mrs. Mont gomery, and the cause. It says: About eleven o’clock, yesterday morning, the elevator made its morning ascent, and the colored man in control, after turning off the steam and securely fastening the door, left the house. Ev erything, he asserts, was left in order, and there was ao cause for any mishap. About noon one of the minstrels registered at the Kimball House was taken suddenly ill on the street, and was brought to the Kimball by his friends. Entering the side door hurriedly, they rushed up to the door of the elevator, and finding it closed, jerked it open and placed the sick man in the Beat. Immediately taking hold of the rope, they endeavored to make the elevator ascend, but the engine being without steam, they did not succeed, however, they left the valve open, and the elevator in a condition to raise as soon as steam was supplied. Finding that they could not reach the up-stairs in this way, they left tho elevator, opening wide the door, and proceeded up the stairway. About the dinner hour the engineer, as usual, put the engine in op eration and supplied the elevator with steam. At once it rose to the filth story, without the knowl edge of the managers of the house. As there was no call for the elevator, and no occasion to visit it, the managers were unaware that the door was open, and under the circumstances it was but a trap-door to a pit eight or nine feet deep. Unfortunately the door remained open until dark, at which time Mrs. Judge Montgomery re turned to the hotel, after takiDg her evening walk. Being in the haoit of reaching the up-staira in the elevator, and surpecting no danger, she op proached the door and stepped into the empty space. Before she could regain her balance she was precipitated to the bottom. Our New*Senator. —The Atlanta correspond ent of the Cincinnati Commercial—H. V. Redfield —writes that paper:the following description of Senator John B. Gordon : General Gordon has nothing of the Stephens in bis composition. He is as different as white is from black. He is young, |ardent, stout, elo quent, full of nerve, energy, vim and push; a brilliant orator, dashing military officer, and a man who never knew fear. In the Southern army he won the title of the bravest of the brave. He is forty years old, well built, about medium height, and slender, and would be handsome if a piece of bombshell had not made an ugly gash in his cheek. He was in all the battles he cou Id by any possibility get into, and bears scars all over his body. This gives him strength among the colo nels, captains, and lieutenants who make up a good portion of the Georgia Legislature. They remember their “comrade in arms.” Camp fire and hard-tack ties are not severed in seven years. The Savannah Advertiser has this paragraph in one of its Atlanta letters: Tha State road plunderers Lave been compelled to disgorge.' Varney Gaskill emptied bis pocket- Dook of $9,000 and took a quit claim title to the penitentiary a few days since. Hoyt is out on bond. Fatty Harris still lords the muddy streets of Atlanta, and Whitaker has become an object of charity and commiseration. The weather con tinues as bad as possible. Trains come in on every road sheeted with ice. The Atlantese indignantly deny any imputation upon the health of their vil lage, but we have the most undoubted authority for the statement that meningetis does prevail here. There was a case here last night, and there were several deaths from the disease at the Ci ver*Ue d' Afrique last week. Thh City Committee on Claims in Boston have come to the conclusion that the city is legally lia ble for the destruction of property hy the blow ing down of buildings during the great fire, the matter coming strictly within the range of the statute Igw, and not subject to the application of the common law. This is a just ruling that afcoald always obtain. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. THE MONROE FEMALE COLLEGE, Forsyth, GJ-a. rniiE SPRING TERM will open WEDNESDAY 1 JANUARY 33d, 1573. FACULTY. K. T. Asbuut, A. M. Pres. I Mrs. M. A. Turner. Kkv. S. G. Hilltkr, D. D , Miss Eugenia Amos. Prof. H. Bbcutkr. | Miss L. Hillyxr. Miss Kate Millrdgb. j Mrs. C. C. Morhall. REMARKS: The success of the Institution for the past year has been encouraging and gratifying to its friends. Its patronage has steadily and constantly increased. Discipline has been firmly hut gently maintained. Most of the old students will return, and an un usual number of applicants have applied lor the present year. Expenses •• Board and Tuition, Spring Term, 6 Months, 1189 20 Board and Tuition, Fall Term 4 Months.... 96 80 j. ayment lor each Term required iu advance. For further particulars apply to n „ I Q T R A T - ASBURY, Pres. Fac. Dr. J. 8. Lawton, Pres. Board Trustees. jan7.ly HILLIARD MALE INSTITUTE, -E'orsyth, C3-a. THIS SCHOOL offers facilities for ftcqrtlrlotr I thorough mm II CLASSICAL DICITIOI. The Principal Rev. THOMAS G. SCOTT, and the Assistant, ROBERT G. ANDERSON, have both taught successfully in Forsyth and its vicini ty for the last twelve or fifteen years. JSf”The Exercises will be resumed MONDAY, JANUARY lorn, 1873. J-3?” Good board in the village on reasonable terms. Rates of tuition 93.00, 94.00, 95,00, per Scholastic month. 23?" Tuition payable in advance. dcc9.tf Mix cto mrtland > / Wholesale aud Retail Dealer* BOOTS MB SNOBS, 3 COTTON AVENUE 3 AND 6© 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 Old Btand No. 3 Cotton Avenue or their New Store, 66 Third Street, Macon Ga. Sole Agents for the PATENT EXCEL SIOR GAITER. aprl6.ct THE LATEST & BEST FROM MACON I ALL the latest styles of Fashionable Hats, of the Best Quality, at THOMAS 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. TRUNKS of all styles, Satchels, Valise* and Umbrellas, at THOMAS U. CONNOR’S. Wedding Outfits a Specialty, THOMAS U. CONNOR’S. £sjf The Fashionable Place in the City of Macon. junelLly THOS. B. CABANISS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, FORSYTH, GA. WILL practice in the Courts of the Flint Cir cuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, the United Btates Court at Savannah—and elsswhers by contract. Office— ln the brick building, N. W. corner public square. feb4.tf L. T. WHITCOMB, Agent, 99 Bay St... Successor to J. A. Brown,.. .99 Bay St. IMPORTBB OP AND DBALBB IN West India Fruits and Vegetables. PINE APPLES, Oranges, Apples, Bananas, Lemons, Potatoes, Nuts of all kinds, Onions, Etc., Etc. 99 Bay Street, BAVANNAH, GA. aprß.tf Globe Hotel, AUGUBTA, GA. A. J. S. JACKSON, Proprietor. ct29.et A e TO AC) r\ Per Day! Agents Wanted! All 5? J classes of working people of either sex, young or old, make more money at work for us in their spare moments, or all the i me, than at anything else. Particulars tree. Ad dress G. STINSON & CO., Portland, Maine. janl4.ly JOB PRINTING of every description ntatly ex ecuted at Ths Advbbtiseb oflQce. POPULAR PRICES! ' , r- JOHN A. DANIELLY n F RECEIVING A FULL ASSORTMENT OF GOODS IN HIS LINE: Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Notions, etc., etc, W A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Q jp LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, OF THE LATEST STYLES! I-H o . 9 allcos * Bleaching, and a full line of DOMESTICS. A great variety of Caesimeres and Kentucky Jeans, Flannels and Linseys. A large stock ot tSOSSiS® I Q „ M common, medium and line—for Men, Boys’ and Children’s wear; Blankets, i__ white and colored ; Shawls, of every style and quality; Balmoral, Boulvard stock bkirts ’ MATS to suit everybody, in quality and style. A large Boots and Shoes _ o , T Of the LATEST STYLES and BEST QUALITY; Trunks, NOTIONS, pH (this department is very full,) Umbrellas, Hosiery, Gloves, Corsets, Hand ,l kerchiefs, Suspenders, etc.; CROCKERY and GLASSWARE, Hardware, /-s r “] Cutlery and Tobacco. h“i rv . T 0 MY FRIENDS AND THE TRADING PUBLIC: Thankful for past favors, my friends ane the trading public are invited to call and inspect my goods. Prices guaranteed as low as any in the market. anl4 ct JOHN A. DANIELLY. isaoraj WirTciou” W. L. LAMPKIN. H q BEAN. u house OF WM. L. LAMPKIN & CO. FORSYTH, Gr.A IN Stocks, Bonds, Gold and Silver Coin, (Jncurrent 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 i>art of the United States. INVESTMENTS of any bind effected promptly for our patrons, aud a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS conducted in all its details. Having first-class business connections in all the principal cities of the United States, our facilities for the prompt transaction of any kind of business in our line are uusurpassed. 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 safe keeping, free of charge. Foestth, Ga., December 16th, 1871. From and after January Ist, Hbnry G. Beau will be a partner in my business, which will thercafer be conducted under the firm name of Wm. L. Lampkin & Cos. declO. WM. L. LAMPKIN. LOOK IRi!} everybody ! {LOOK HBRE! L. GREENWOOD & BROS. WISH TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE DETERMINED TO SELL OFF THEIR EN tire stock of Dry Goods, Clothing, Notions, etc,, BELOW COST. NO MISTAKE. NO HUMBUG. The Choicest Selection of Gry Goods ever Brought to this Market. 13?“ We invite the attention of our patrons>nd friends to the superior inducements, offered in this proposed sale of our slock. 0T Call at once at our store room in Pye’s new brick building, and secure the best bargains! janl4 ct L. GREENWOOD & BROS. ATLANTA NURSE RIES. ATLANTA, GEORGIA. HARDEN & COLE, Proprietors. OFFER FOR SALE THIS SEASON a large stock of well grown Trees and Bmall Fruits adapted to the Southern climate, consisting in part of Apple, Plum, Nectarine, Quince, Grape, Straw berry, Peach, Cherry, Mulberry, Pomegranate, Gooseberry, Raspberry, i ear, Aprico*, Almond, Jrig Currants, Blackberry. The Ornamental Department Is full of choice Deciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, fine Roses and Flowering Plants. Descriptive Catalogues sent Iree to all applicants. Address HARDEN & COLE, Atlanta, G*. I MR. W. W. ANDERSON. Agent at Forsyth, Ga. _ octL4m [PUBLISHERS NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. "NO. 50.