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She SCocal Advertiser.
FORSYTH. TUESDAY. FED. 25, 1873.
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Thanks—To Hon. T. M. Norwood, U. 8. Sena
tor, fer copies of Pobllc Documents;
Personal.—Hon. A. M. Bpeer made ns a call
on Wednesday last, and was (freeted generally by
bis many old friends In Forsyth.
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At Home. —Judge R. P. Trippe was one of the
congregation, as usual, of the M. E. Church last
Banday. He came down from Atlanta Saturday
evening.
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Ahothkr Justice. —Mr. Wm. H. Dewees has
received a commission and been qualified as Jus
tice of Peace in the 557tb District, O. M. Mr. M.
J. Goodwin Is Bailiff.
Ybt Another.— Buttfijcoanty will soon have a
working organ. Dr. H. M. Edge has purchased
printing material, and will issue anew journal at
Indian Spring In a few days.
Tbmferance.— The U. F. T. organized on last
Friday night at the M. E. Church. We have
not received any report of the proceedings, which
we regret. The number of members, and interest
thown, is propitloua.
The Bar —ln addition to the local bar, we
notice In attendance on Court Hon. A. M. Speer
of Griffin, Hon. C. Peeples of Atlanta, Col. C.
Anderson of Macon, Messrs. Greene, Simmons and
Sandwich, of Tbomaston, and Cos). Hunt, of
Barnesville.
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Cold and Colder. —Sunday gave us a cold and
windy experience, and on yesterday morning we
found ice foimed In exposed situations fully half
an inch thick. Old winter is lingering to greet
Spring, and may yet be caught in the young
Misses’ lap!
Mistaken. —The Barnesville Gazette says that
larmers from Pike and surrounding counties, re
port gloomy prospects for anything like an aver
age wheat crop. The severe winter has greatly
retarded its growth, and thinned it out to not
more than half a Bland. So far as Monroe sur
rounds Pike our advices are to the contiary.
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Notice —We have been requested to state
that the accounts due Mr. Jas. P. Harrison, for
subscript ion, advertising, etc., have been placed
in the hands of Judge E. Dumas for collection,
and ail who are indebted will confer a gieat favor
by calling at the Ordinary’s office and making set
tlemi nt without delay.
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llAhd Fed—A cow tatted on the sweepings
from Tailor's mill floor was killed a short time
since, emd 120 six and eight penny nails, and 80
broken nails, were found in her stomach. In ad
dition a large needle was Imbedded in her liver.
The animal had thrived wonderfully, and the
wonder is how It happened.
Right. —Noticing the appointment of Judge
Trippe, the Barnesville Patriot eays: Judge
Tilppe Is one of the best theoretical lawyers in
the State, and will make one of the ablest judges
on the bench. We congratulate Judge Trippe on
his promotion, aud commend this action of the
Governor, as we believe that Judge Trippe was
the choice of the eulire profession.
New Business— We call attention to the
advertisement of Jno. A. Steele E6q. Mr. Steele
having purchased the store roon and goods ol
Mr. W. W. Anderson, will sell his winter stock at
coat, aud keep constantly on hand, a full supply
ol tirst class seasonable goods. The business will
bo under the direct supervision of that clever
clerfc, Mr. R. T. Brooks.
Married. — Sanford — Talmadge: In Athens, Ga.,
on the morning of the 13th inst., 1873, by the Rev.
Dr. Skinner, Mr. D. K. Sanford, of Fayetteville,
K. C., to Miss Jessie Talmadge, formerly of For
syth, Ga. The ceremony being performed at the
residence of the bride’s mother, the married
couple departed thence on a wedding tour of some
weeks. We wish them a safe journey and a pleas
ant time daring their brief stay in Texas.
Tub Sabhath.—On Sunday last the churches
were well attended. Dr. Hillyer filled the pulpit
a t the Baptist church. His discourse was founded
cn the text, “ It is the Lord; let Him do what
seemeth Him good”—I Sam. iii. 18. This language
expresses resignation to Divine will. God, the
creator of the universe, is its great proprietor,and
as such has an absolute right to dispose of it as He
pleases. This right embraces the universe as a
whole and the recognition of this right is the basis
of resignation to His will. Resignation i6 founded
upon the rectitude of God. sovereigns are some
times unjust but this Great Sovereign is just and
holy. “ Justice and judgment are the habitation
oi His throne.” “ Shall not the Judge of all the
earth do right ?” The recognition of this perfect
rectitude iu the moral Governor of the universe
is auother foundation of resignation to His will.
In the wisdom of God He not only possesses a
right to dispose of his creatures, and perfect rec
titude In all His purposes In thus disposing of
them, but in His profound aud iuflnlte wisdom.
He kuows best how to dispose of them. The
knowledge of this truth also enables us to say, “It
la the Lord, let Him do what seemeth Him good.”
In the love of God, “ God is love •” he is too wise
to err aud too good to be unkind. Benevolence
presides over and directs all the dispensations ol
His will; and the pious heart bows, on this
ground also, w ith resignation to HU providence.
It pay# the highest honor to God which it is pos
sible tor a creature to pay. Abraham, with Isaac
upon the altar, gave more glory to God than a sin*
less Angel in Heaven could possibly do. It affords
our best support under affliction. It weans the
aoul from the world. It strengthens our faith and
contirms our hope “ because the love of God is
spread abroad in onr hearts by the Holy Ghost
which is given unto ns.” Thus we discover that
our sorrows are mercies in disguise.
The services were conducted in the Methodist
church by the pastor. The subject discussed was
“The Equality of God's ways” in dealings with
men; lounded upon Ezekiel viii. *24-81. This is
one of more than ordiuary interest and importance,.
but it would require considerable elaboration to
bring out the principal points discussed so as to
give the reader any proper view of the discussion.
This cauuot now be done.
Thb Pricb of TvMessrs. Geo. P. Rowell
$: Cos., ancoance that they have at their ware
hou4e in New York an assortment of type from
one of the most celebrated foundries in the world,
that of Figgins, Loudon, England, which they
will sell at 90 per cent, discount from the Ameri
can scale ; when ordered In fonts of 100 pounds
and upwards. They also offer to import large fonts
on special orders at a greater discount from the
American scale, and profess to be able to dll the
largest order in eight weeks from date of its re
ceipt in New 1’ ork. They supply sorts In large or
small quantities from their stock on hand in New
York at the American scale rate. They aseeit
that if the present duty on type shall be removed,
the price oi the article, both of home and foreign
manufacture, will immediately fall 40 per cent
below the present scale. Messrs. Geo. P. Rowell
& Cos. are known as conducting the largest adver
tising business ever secured by one house, and are
also extensive dealers in piinting material. They
are compelled to import foreign goods because
American founders, governed by a close corpora
tion or ring, keep the price vastly too high, and
at the &ame time make it an exception to every
other species of merchandise by recognizing no
wholesale price ; the same amount per pound be
ing charged to the purchaser of dve thousand
pounds as would be paid by him who wants but
any.
The Superior Court —Court conveaed yestei
day, Judge Hall on the Bench. All the new
officers—the Judge, Solicitor, Sheriff and Clerk
filled their respective stations the first time in
Monroe with commendable promptness and abili
ty, and in a manner that gave full assurance that
the public has lost nothing in the change* that
have been made. The list* of the Juries empan
nelled are as follows:
The Grand Jcrt.— The Grand Jury empaneled
for this week, is composed of the following gen
tlemen: J. T. Crowder, foreman; C. F. Gibson,
A. A. Turner, D. G. McCowen, M. M. Maddox,
W. W. Anderson, J. M. Collier, G. W. Walker,
Wm. McCommon, W. 11. H. Bash, C. S. Rober
son W. W. Floyd, W. A. Pye, R. H. Bailey W. C.
King, W\ J. Dumas, A. D. Clark, W. M. Brown.
Pbtit Jurt, No. I.—D. G. Proctor, D. E. Wil
li*, N. W. Newman. L. Greer, W. B. Amos, T. J.
Fletcher, T. J. Leary, W. 8. Wright, J. G. Good
rum, T. W\ Barrow, G. M. Middlebrooks, Wiley
Fleming.
Petit Jurt, No. 2.—W. T Maynard, W. J
Williamson, F. L. Watts, J. T. Dillard, O. Hol
land, Jr., A. N. Bash, J. M. Whatley, V. T. Lase
tcr, Jno. M. Shannon, T. D. Pennington, S. B.
Freeman, Simeon Mabrey.
Judge Hall, in his charge to the Grand Jury,
presented the usual points clearly and forcibly,
and it was generally couceded that he dispatched
the preliminary business of the term with great
regularity and promptness. He also gave good
evidence that order would be preserved in the
Court Room and the rulea of the Court be en
forced in every instance. The friends of law and
order will endorse the most rigid action in this
particular.
The injunction case came up for hearing in the
afternoon. Col. J. 8. Pinckard made the opening
speech, against the petitioners, and his speech
was able and lengthy. Ha was followed by Col.
Peeples, counsel on the other side, who occupied
the attention of the Court until the hour of ad
journment, without closing his argument. Ths
caae will be resumed this morning, and Col.
Peeples will be followed by Col. Clifford Ander
son, against the petitioners.
How to Mars a Town. —The Watchman tells
the people of Athena “ How to build up a town,”
in such sensible language that we feel compelled
to give tbe same advice to our local readers.
The unthinking masses do not seem to under
stand how towns prosper, or to know how they
are built np. When they hear the announcement
that Mr. Shoddy, the rich capitalist, is coming to
town, they all rejoice—believing he will be a great
acquisition to the place; while Mr. Blank, the
industrious manufacturer or mechanic, or enter
prising editor, or competent teacher, is scarcely
noticed.
Let us see what are the practical results : Mr.
Shoddy loans Lis money at 15, 20, 25 and 38>f per
cent., to the industrious, hard-working citizens,
and <ihey soon find that they are working tor him
and that he receives all the benefit of their labor.
He turns out to be a moth, eating up the substance
of the community. As he grows richer it grows
poorer, and thus it goes from bad to worse.
Suppose we take the manufacturer, who fur
nishes employment to the poor, creates a market
for old rags, or some other comparatively worth
less article, and after converting the 6ame into
paper or other article ol value, sells the same in
other communities, and thus brings in money
from abroad. What is the result ? Everybody in
the community, whatever his occupation or con
dition, is benefited either directly or indirectly.
This money from abroad is disbursed by the man
ufacturer and his employees, thereby adding
largely to the aggregate income of the community
instead of being a tax upon it* industry. The 6ame
is true of the industrious mechanic, teacher or
editor.
Take a newspaper, for example : It gathers up
small accounts, it is true, but in aggregate they
run up to five, tec, twenty or forty thousand dol
lars a year. This money is drawn from a vast area
of country—here a little and there a little—but,
like our noble rivers, it is the aggregate of the
thousand rivulets which feed it, and when gath
ered makes a resistless flood. This amount is
expended in the community, and every man, wo
man and child receives a benefit from it, eithre
directly or indirectly.
It will be seen, then, that whatever brings
money into a community and puts that money in
general circulation benefits and bniids up that
community.
Whatever will build np the schools, colleges or
other educational interests of a community, must
necessarily benefit everybody in that community.
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Bcbibner’s Monthly.— The number for March
is on our table. The illustrated article* include
an interesting description of Life in the New Dia
mond Diggings of Boulh Africa; Professor Morse
and the Telegraph, with the only correct account
of the sending of the first telegram, as well as a
fac-simile of the first daguerreotype of the human
face ever made in America; Napoleon 11., King
of Rome and Duke of Reichstadt; with several
portraits of the son of the first Napoleon and cu
rious particulars of his life; and Folk-Wife in
German By-Ways with a number of interesting
pictures. The literary articles are, as usual, both
instructive and entertaining in the highest degree.
This is our favorite Monthly. Terms $4 00 per
annum. Address Scribner A Cos., 654 Broadway,
N. Y.
The Publishers will 6end back numbers aud
bound Volumes to any subscriber or dealer until
the 31st of March next, (when these terms will
positively be withdrawn, as the back numbers
cannot be reprinted) at the following reduced
rates:
For $1 50 the 12 numbers of Vols. 111. and IV.,
containing the beginning of Mrs.Oliphant’s Serial,
“At His Gates.” For $3 50, the 24 numbers of
Vols. L, 11., HI., and IV., bound in cloth. To be
sent by Express, at subscriber’s cos't, unless oth
erwise ordered. The postage on the Monthly is
24 cents a year.
Covers for Binding, sent postage paid, for 50
cents each. The back numbers will be exchanged
for bound Volumes, at 75 cents each, subscribers
paying charges both ways.
Wisdom! —The New York Journal of Com
merce thinks that people who sit nervously in
counting-house or behind their goods, waiting for
men to take them by storm, and making no eflort
to let the world know the bargains they have to
offer, will find the seasons very nnpropition9.
Many of tLoee who have spent large sums in hir
ing drummers, and paying for other well known
appliances of trade, have tflected laige sales, bnt
swallowed np too large a share of the receipts iu
such enormous attendant expenses. The best
remuneration has been found by tnose who have
returned to the more legitimate, old fashioned
methods of pushing their businefs. We say it,
not simply because we are interested in this line
of expenditure, but as our best advice to all who
wish to be enterprising or to secure a larger cus
tom, there is nothing now so effective to this end
as judicious advertising- We do not believe that
any who have valuable service or desirable prop
erty to offer can fail of a rich harvest by continu
ous advertising on a large scale.
Littkll’s Living Age. —The numbers of The
Living Age, dated respectively Feb. Sth and Feb.
15th, contain the following noteworthy articles:
Mr. Fronde’s English in Ireland, Tne Emperor
Alexander and the Policy of Russia, Heroism,
Some Curiosities of Criticism, The Three Inter
ests in Old English Literature, An L*gly Dog, The
Emperor Napoleon, Brantome, Overwork, Dr.
Carpenter on Mental Acquisition and Inheritance,
together with instalments of “ His Little Serene
Highuess,” translated from the Platt Deutsch of
Fritx Reuter, and of “The Two Brothers,” poetry
and miscellany. The first number of January be
gan anew number and anew series, with entirely
new serials, affording an unusually excellent op
portunity for the beginning of new subscriptions.
The subscription price of this 64 page weekly
magazine is $S a jear, or for flO any one of the
American? 4 magazines is sent with Tbe Living
Age for a year. Littell ds Gay, Boston, Publish
ers.
Thb Suvlniah News says Rome is now the
Venice of Georgia. (lon will observe she is
bound to be in Italy.) People visit each other in
boats, and even the venerable CoL William Arp
sometime* paddle around on a phmk. Much dam
age haa been done by the freshet.
Correspondence,
Teb Good Templars Editor Adtnrtiter: In
view of the tact that this instils:, .-a ha* ceased to
exist, and inasmuch as it has made great preten
sion# and considerable progress in the cause of
temperance, it seems proper that we should pause
and consider the causes of its untimely end and
speedy dissolution.
It is a self-evident truth that no organisation
can prosper that doe* not control its own mem
bers. Laxity of discipline is subversive of every
principle of government, human or divine. A
Lodge of Good Tenyilars was organized in our
town about the 20th of March, 1870, under the
auspices of Dr. Dozier, of Atlanta. A great many
person* joined the new institution, and in a ehort
time its membership exceeded that of any parvenu
Lodge in the Btate. Success everywhere crowned
the efiorts of our leading temperance men, and
the new Order spread forth itself as a green bay
tree, and was .-anguine in the hope leading captive
the mighty host* that King Alcohol had mar
shalled together on Armageddon’s plain. Affairs,
however, soon changed ; and since the beginning
of 1871, the Good Templars, instead of achieving a
brilliant success, have fared no better (to use a
heavy expression,) than a bobtailed cow in fly
time.
And why 7 Simply because they did not enforce
those laws which were obligatory and binding on
each and every Individual member of the Order.
But they seemed to think that all was well. Mem
bers became enamored to “ little brown jug,” and
no notice was taken thereof. And yet their osten
sible object was to “ rtclaim the fallen and to save
others from falling!” This being the state of the
case how could they expect to accomplish any
good? Why, sir, they might sooner expect to
swim across the ocean with a millstone tied abont
their necks, than to have brought about a reforma
tion under these circumstances. One objection,
therefore, against the Order of Good Templars is
want of discipline. But that’s not all; it’s a pity
but what it was.
Another serious objection against the Order is
that the obligation required of candidates for ad
mission is clothed in ambiguous and equivocal
language. It is something like this: Youpiomise
that you will not make, buy, sell, use, furnish or
cause to be furnished to others as a beverage, any
spirituous or malt liquors, wine or cider. Now,
what i6 a beverage? A hundred different people
are ready to ask the question, all of whom are
likely to interpret the word differently. And
judging by their actions, they did so interpret It.
The word served as a screen, behind which they
could hide themselves, and thus evade the de
mands ol their imperative obligation. Some con
cluded that it was no harm to take a little soda
water “dashed;” another class kept up their fa
miliarity with Jamaica ginger, billiards and “ rain
bow while a third clan clung with tenacity to
eggnog and sillabub, aud, to cap the climax, a
fonrth party is said to have put upon his obliga
tion a still more latitudinarian interpretation.
While in pursuit of piscatorial amusement, he i
said to have in a manner saturated a loaf of bread
with wine and put the morsel through a process
of mastication and deglutition. After having per
formed these wonderful feats, he attended the
Lodge at a subsequent meeting, and when it was
asked if any one tad violated the pledge, inno
cently responded “I have not I” Sick persons
were permitted to use alcohol as a medicine. And
oh it’s a matter of profound surprise how many
Good Templars got sick ! Even one of the fair sex
is said to have taken a quart of brandy to cure the
sting of a wasp, inflicted on her tender loot. O
temporal O tnores! What an efficacious remedy
brandy is, when it requires only a quart to cure
the sting of a wasp !! Thus by the misapplication
of a single word they could make the obligation
point as many ways as a mariner's compass. Those
who did not wish to observe its requirements
usually resorted to some excuse, however flimay
it might be. And the man who expects the Good
Templars to succeed under their discipline may
congratulate himself on living until the dawn of
the Millennium.
The third objection is that the obligation is life
long in its duration. lam in favor of total absti
nence, but think it wrong to require a life-long
obligation from any one to that effect. The Order
admits to membership youths as young as twelve,
many of whom know nothing of the sacred char
acter of an oath. Nay, furthermore, little boys
are lured to join out of the novelty of the thing,
whose kindred and associates are habitual drink
ers. And yet they are expected to keep their ob
ligation pure and inviolate, it may be, through a
long life of temptation and toil! Why, sir it would
be to my mind a stupendous wonder if they
did. Inebriates who take this obligation will not
keep it, and this Is the reason why it should not
be administered. To take a besotted drunkard
out of the gutter, nay, out of the very lowest
depths of intemperance, and expect him to keep
a Good Templar’s obligation for life is simply re
pugnant to the first principles of common sense.
The fact is a drunkard has to be reformed in a
measure in order to keep an oath. Yet many
seemed to think the organization almost fault
less, aud professed to be confident of ultimate
success.
After our Lodge had been in existence about
four months, it was agreed to have a public
celebration, and oar temperance friends in Barnes
ville were invited to participate in the festivities
of the day. Speeches were made, and everything
seemed to pass off well. The principal speaker,
however, was a Bro. H. from Barnesville. About
this time the ideas of Dr. Wills on the subject of
temperance created considerable ire among his
opponents. Oar friend the speaker, however,
showed no quarters to the opinions of the Doctor,
but abused him in terms of unmeasured severity
and of the most extravagant denunciation. The
writer has not volunteered to defend Dr. Wills,
since he is so well able to do that himself, bnt
thinks him wofully misrepresented. But I am
about to digress.. The speaker held forth about
an hour, and it was evidently his opinion, as well
as the opinion of many others, that their Order
was the antidote of intemperance, and that the
day was not far distant when we should be deliv
ered from those abominable pests, called bar
rooms. Now I’ll tell you how firmly I believe all
these things. It is said there is an enormous bird
that inhabits the East—so large, indeed, that when
it flies along at noonday the shadow of its wiDgs
darkens the whole region round about. Its dep
redations extend over a large portion of Asia,
though confined principaliy and almost exclusive
ly to that division of the globe. It is carnivorous
in its nature, and preys upon every animal that
“ files in the air, floats in the ocean or ambulates
the earth.” It has often been known to attack a
flock of elephants, and seizing ene in each talon
and another in its bill, flies away to its nest and
tears them up to feed its young. It is furthermore
said that this bird came over to America at one
time; and perching itself aloft upon some elevated
peak of the Rocky Mountains, it stretched forth
its neck and drank out of the Atlantic, washed its
tail in the Pacific, and flapped its wings from Lake
Superior to the Gulf of Mexico ! Well, Mr. Edi
tor, I believe the Good Templars will bring about
the glorious results of which they boast, just
aoout as firmly as I believe in the existence of that
bird. Our temperance leaders were evidently on
extremes. The tendency of their teachings was
to make the Bible stronger than it really is. They
would quote the passage, “Touch not, taste not,
handle not," and apply it to strong drink. But
this is not right, for Paul uses tbe expression on
an altogether different subject. It is really amus
ing to contemplate the language they employed in
describing the evils of alcohol. It reminds me of
the young urchin who was expatiating od the
evils ot tobacco. “ Why, sir,” said the little boy,
“ tobacco is such a tremendous evil, that a drop
of the jaice on a dog’s tail will kill a man in flv#
minutes.” And tbe ideas of some temperance
men were almost as extravagant on tbe effects of
whisky as those of the little boy on tobacco. I
am as much opposed to whisky as any of theae
men, and think if they will work with half the Beal
with which they need to talk, they can accomplish
more good.
If permitted your readers will hear from me
again. At which lime I hope to treat of, among
other things, a temperance organization better
adapted to the principles of human nature.
Fnuwnn. 1
TO-DAT,
Don’t tell me of to-morrow !
If we look upon the past,
How much that we have ltli to Jo
We cannot de at last!
To-day ! it is the only time
For all on this frail earth—
It takes an age to form a life —
A moment gives it birth.
Don’t tell me ot to-morrow !
Give me the man who'ii say
Whene'er a good deed * to be dour,
Let'* do the deed to da) ;
We mjj all command the present.
It wc act and never wail,
But repentance is the phantom
Ol the past that comes too late.
Old Jim Turner, cf Georgia.— ln the good
old county of C., State of Alabama, there lived
one John Smith, who, unlike the remainder of his
email family, was peculiarly afflicted with a want
of discrimination between his own things and
those of other persona, or who, rather, was ignor
ant of the laws relating to meum el teum. Now
once on a time, the *aid John Smith, weile labor
ing under a severe attack of the above mentioned
disease, and being further impelled by the vocifer
ations of aa empty stomach, went under the cover
of night, and feloniously took and carried away
from his neighbor’s pen a shoat valued at one
dollar and fllty cents, with the intention of ap
propriating the same to his own use. But unfor
tunately, Johnny was detected, and in due coarse
of time was carried before Judge P. for trial. The
witnesses were introduced, aud the fact of the
theft was proven beyond the shadow of a doubt.
The jury retired, to make their verdict, to an
adjacent grove of trees, and were not out long u.-
fore they returned, with a verdict of “guilty c f
hog atealin’ in fust degree.” Tbe Judge told them
that their verdict was proper except that they had
omitted to assess the value of the property stoleu,
and that there was no degree to hog stealing, aud
to retire again and bring in their verdict in “prop
er form.” Again they retired, with pen, ink and
paper, but rather nonplussed with regard to
“ form." They pondered long and deeply over
what he meant by “form.”
At last, aid W. Jim Turner, who hau been Jus
tice of the Peace in Georgia, with a bright counte
nance, and 6ly wink, as much as to say: “Look
at me, boys, I understand a thing or two,” wrote
the verdict and returned to the court house. One
by one they filled in, old Jim in the lead, and
took their seats. Old Jim handed the verdict to
the clerk, with anxious pomposity, and sat down.
Julge of the laughter when the clerk read the
following:
“We, thejeury, pusilanimously find the de
fendant guilty in the sum of 1 dollar and a % In
favor of the hog.”
Spain. —The politicians of Spain seem to be
setting out on their new schedule on a spirit of
compromise. On the 20th, in the Assembly to
day, Prime Minister Feguras made a speech, in
the course of which he defined the powers of the
existing Legislature He also reminded the
members that the National Assembly was transa
tory and not constitutional, and in its decrees and
acts should strictly observe the Constitution. The
governorships of tbe four provinces of Spain ar*
to be divided equally among the Radical* and Re
publicans. The Secretaries of the Radical GuV
ernors are to be Republicans aud those of the Re
publican Governors’ Radicals. A general meet
ing of the members of the Conservative party will
soon be held. General Sickles, the American
Minister, has intimated to the Spanish Govern
ment that the United States are not disposed to
press embarrassing questions relative to Cuba,
desiring to place no obstacles in the way of the
republic.
News from Bombay is to the effect that in no
pievious year has the cotton crop of that section
promised such excellent results. Unless some
nnforseen accidents should destroy whole fields of
cotton, the shipments lrom Bombay, during 1873,
will aggregate not less than 1,250,000 bales—
namely, an increase of more than a quarter of a
million of bales above last year’s shipments, 1872.
Great attention is being given to the culture of
cotton in India, and that accounts for the heavy
increase of the staple. As it can now be shipped
to France and England through the Sues Canal,
instead of around the Cape of Good Hope, the
profits to all parties are greater, and that fact will
etimnlate India to still greater efiorts in that field
of native production.
Of the late flood in the Chattahoochee the Co
lumbus Sun says:
Tbe heavy rains of Saturday, and the torrents
which descended in North Georgia and Tennessee,
swelled our river to immense proportions. It was
said to be higher on Sunday than any period since
1862, when the upper bridge was washed away.
The water lacked some six feet of being as high as
on that memorable occasion. This time the rise
was to a point about a foot below the piers. It
is thought there was as much water in the Chatta
hoochee as in the famous Harrison treshet, when
the lower bridge was swept off. The river i3 one
hundred yards wider than at that time. Yester
day the stream was subsiding, and at two o’clock
had fallen a foot. The factories were stopped
yesterday. All the creeks were very full. We
have heard of no damage to bridges.
Thb Boston Bulletin, in an article on the ordi
nary methods of insurance’ says; “ Let us have
policies so drawn that, when a man insures his
stock or his house, pays the premium asked, and
gives the insurer every opportunity to examine
the property, and decide, in advance, upon its
value, he can, in case of its destruction, go and
get the full amount of his insurance, and not be
insulted by offers to “ settle,” based on flue print
conditions, purposely so printed that they will not
be read. Companies should be protected against
fraud; but when a man makes an honest loss, he
should be honestly paid.”
How. F. Clarke, Vanderbilt’s son in-law and
right bower, was once one of the most eloquent
lawyers of New York city. One day, being poor,
he went into Vanderbilt’s office and said, “ Com
modore Vanderbilt, I like your daughter, and
she likes me. I want your consent to my marry
ing her !” “ Ah!” said the old man cynically,
“you want my money, do you 1” Clark turned
toward the door and said: “ Oh, you and your
money be !” “ Stay! young fellow !” shouted
Vanderbilt, “ come back here, you can have her!”
So he married the girl, went into Wall street, and
is worth twelve to fifteen millions.
A Lhttbr from Cuthbert to one of the editors
Of the Telegraph and Messenger, contains the sad
tidmgs that after Saturday, the I6th inst..embrac
ing a period of five days, thirteen deaths occurred
from meningitis. This mortalit. is appalling
among so small a population, and in a place which
is so justly noted for ita salubrity. The Appeal of
the 21st is draped in mourning for the death ot
ten citizens, but nothing is reported ot the pres
ence of Meningitis.
As Usual. —Fitch would be out of his element
if he didn’t be odd. His notice of Judge Trippe
is this:
CoL Bob Trippe is no longer Bob. He is now
one of tbe Lord Chief Justices of the King’s bench
in Georgia. He was sworn in in due form on
Wednesday last, the venerable Judge Warner ad
ministered the oath of office in an impressive
manner. Judge Trippe immediately went upon
the bench and went to business apparently as
much at home as it he had lived there all his life.
But fifteen per cent, of the lands on the Island
of Cuba are under cultivation, yet 6he ex
ports annually to the amount of 190,000,000.
There is a yearly revenue of 137,000,000. A
third ot the island is covered with timber, which
yields woods of many valuable kinds. It is aleo
rich in gold, copper, lead, and iron. In view of
these facts, it is no wonder Spain clings to the
island with stubborn tenacity.
Prbsidbnt Grant has issued a proclamation di
recting that all tracts or parcels of land included
in the San Juan boundary award be withheld from
sale or disposal under pre-emption, homestead
or other laws of the United States, until after the
claims of the occupants shall have been adjusted,
and public notice thereof given.
Notice. —Those who have not settled their ac
counts and notes made prior to January l6t 1873,
will please call and settle. All claims past due
will be subject to bank ratea of interest
Jon A. Daxik.lt.
TIE MIIHOE ADVERTISER.
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and 75 cents for each subsequent insertion.
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from any cause before the expiration of the time
specified, will be charged at the rates established
for the time published.
Professional cards, 1 square, S2O per annum.
Mairiage notices, $2. Obituaries, $1 persquare.
Latest Btylks.—By ordering goods frequently,
Mr. Danielly keeps his stock full, and always has
the latest styles of Dry Goods for the Ladies,
Clothing Hats, etc., for the Gents, Notions, Hard
ware, Crockery, Cutlery, Tobacco, etc. By way
of variety he has 175 different kinds and styles of
Boots and Shoes. Quality and prices guaranteed.
feb4.tf John A. Daniklly.
Woodruff Buggies.— These Buggies, known
as the “ Woodruff Concord,” are offeied for sale
nowhere in the State except by Mr. W. W. Wood
ruff, at his Carriage Repositories at Macon and
Griffin, Ga. All who want a good Buggy that will
stand hard usage— run lighter, and last longer
than almost any Buggy used in the State, can get
them at Macon or Griffin.
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All who have not settled up for the last
month, will please come forward and settle, as we
neither have the capital or inclination to run long
accounts. Bramblett & Bno.
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month are subject to 2% per cent, interest,
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Just Received.—A new supply of seasonable
goods, consisting of Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats,
Boots and Shoes, Crockery, Hardware, Tobacco,
Umbrellas, Notions, etc.
feblß.tf John A. Danibllt.
Great Bargains—Will be offered for thirty
days in a portion of my stock. Call and see.
feblß.tf John a. Danielly.
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Seven years experience in the Stove busi
ness has taught us that the Buck’s Brilliant with
its chilled iron fire back, and the Charter Oak
with its malleable castings, are the best stoves now
in use. For sale at Macon prices, freight added,
by Bramlett & Bro.
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Porter Celebrated Combination garden
Hoe and Rake, for sale by
febll-tf Bramblett & Bro.
IST Garden Tools of every description fo r
sale by Bramblett & Bro.
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Plows, Hoes and Farming implements for
sale by Bramblett & Bro.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
Why Endure What is Curable? “What
can’t be cured must be endured,” says the prov
erb ; but indigestion can be cured, aud therefore
it is the merest stupidity to endure it. Dyspeptics
have certainly a right to continue dyspeptics to
the end of their days if they choose, but as it is
not supposed that any human being prefers physi
cal torment to ease and health, the probability is
that if all sufferers from indigestion were con
vinced that an absolute, infallible remedy for their
complaint existed, they would with one accord
resort to it' We most emphatically declare that
such a remedy does exist, and that its name is
Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. The record of its
success extends over a period of twenty years, and
it is fearlessly alleged that during the whole of
that time it has never failed to afford permanent
relief in any disorder or derangement of the
stomach that was not organic, malignant, and in
curable. The testimonials that go to establish this
important fact can be counted by the thousand.
Stomach complaints that had been aggravated
by a total disregard of all dietary rules, and inten
sified and rendered chronic by medicinal treat
ment or drastic purgation have in hundreds of
instances been cured within three months by the
systematic use of this celebrated stomachic aDd
alterative. It should be remembered that weak
ness of the organs involves many other ailments.
Biliousness, headache, nervous debility, spasms",
palpitation of the heart, rush of the blood to the
head, nausea, vertigo, and sleeplessness are among
Its concomitants and results; and lor p.il these tht
great vegetable tonic is a specific. It acts first
upon the secretory and nervous systems and bow
els, its general effect being always genial and
beneficent.
Unprecedented Success. — Within the past
year 2,000,000 boxes of Dr. Tutt’s Vegetable Liver
Pills have been sold, and not a single instance is
known where they have failed to give satisfaction.
If yon would enjoy lile, have a fine appetite and
robust healtq, use these Pills.
Augusta, November 1869.
Dr. VTm. H. Tutt: It affords me much pleasure
to testify to the great value of your Liver Pills.
They are all they are represented to be. In my
opinion, there are no Pills so well adapted in the
Southern climate as they are. Yours truly,
JOS. BRUMMELL, late of Richmond, Va.
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The Only Remedy. — Those who suffer from
foul breath are open to the charge of carelessness.
It is an offense that can be speedily abated, as a
single bottle of the fragrant Sozodont will unmis
takably accomplish the work. No toilet table
should be without it. It preserves and keeps the
teeth white, and the breath pure and sweet.
Builders’ and Contractors’ Special No
tice.—Doors, Sashes, Blinds, Window and Plate
Glass, Builders’ Furnishing Hardware, Mouldings,
Stair Fixtures, Marble and B!ate Mantlepieces,
Encaustic Floor Tile, Drain Pipe, etc., at lowest
wholesale prices, at the great Southern Faetory of
P. P. Toale, Charleston, 8. C. Send for his price
list.
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Dr. Tutt's Hair Dye is endorsed by the best
chemists.
Spalding’s Glue, who would be without it?
Dissolution of Partnership.
rpHE copartnership heretofore existing between
JL the undersigned has been dissolved by mu
tual consent —Mr. Davis retiring. The business
will hereafter be conducted by 8. F. Wilder &
Son. 8. F. WILDER,
F. N. WILDER,
A. ti. C. DAVIB. j
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NEW ARRANGEMENTS!!
-TISrO. jA. STEELE
vari^Kk D of the elegaDt St " re Room ' ‘°rerly occupied by W. W. Anderson, a Urge and
SEASONABLE DRY GOODS!
And have on hand the following winter Btock, which will be sold AT COST!
CASSIMERS, WORSTEDS, JEANS, DELAINES, FLANNELS,
AND
A FULL, STOCK OF STAPLE GOODS
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CHESAPEAKE GUANO.
TERMB: TWO DOLLARB PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE.
W®“L e , 81111 a ,sentß for the above TRIED and RELIABLE Fertillxer, and after FIVE YEARS
m\nipulated Fertll“zl e r mTde.’ nnhesltaUnKly recomra e“ d “ our planting friends as equal to any
IT IS INTO EXPERIMENT.
In no ease has it failed to give entire satisfaction. Numerous testimonials in our possession
from some of our most successful planters, will eatisfv any one as to it* merits.
f ... „ JOXES A BAXTER,
oil - u 100 Cherry Bt., Macon, Ga.
WA®©*t
WE HAVE ON HAND THE
BEST WAGON on the (X)NTINENT.
15? Can supply any kind or size.
IRON AXLE or THIMBLE SKEIN!
J-iU Come and see them.
HAVE ALBO ON HAND a fine Line of LUMBER, LATHS, BHINGLEB, BRICK,
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER.
SASH, HOORS, BLINDS !
In fact everything In the BUILDING LINE.
WILLINGHAM & DUNN,
jan6.3m FORSYTH, GA.
M .GLOWER. w B CPLp3ppga ‘
CLOWER & CULPEPPER,
GROCERS AND PROVISION DEALERS,
HEAD’S BRICK BLOCK, FORSYTH, GEORGIA.
JJAV E now on hand, ind will keep for the trade, a large supply of
CORN. BACON, FLOUR,
SUGAR! COFFEE I SYRUP!
FISH! SALT!
And a full supply Family Groceries Also,
HUNT, RANKIN' & EAHAR’S HOHE HADE FERTILIZER,
For which they are the Sole Agents in Monroe County. This the best and cheapest now In use
PRICE $25 00 PER TON.
HT Call and get a Circular, with certificates from some of the best planters In tha country
, eMI „ CLOWER & CULPEPPER.
DOORS,
Sstsb. &: Blinds,
Mouldings, brackets, stair
Fixtures, Builders’ Furnishing Hard
ware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire Guards,
Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and Slate Mantle
Pieces.
Window Class a Specialty.
Circulars and Price LUta sent free on
application, by
P. P. TOALE
20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney ets.,
Charleston, 8. C.
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L. S. MORSE,
DENTIST,
FORBYTH, .GEORGIA
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THE BOTTOM KNOCKED OCT.
HIGH PRICES PUF DOWN!
BARGAINS in
BARGAINS in TABLE LINENSr
BARCAINS IN SHAWLS!
BARGAINS IN
CLOTHING,
Bargains In Domestics.
Goods Bought Direct from Importers
And resh supplies are received at ali times,
Btore Room in Pye Block. CaU on
Jtn2lly isrvivißf Parteer.