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She ilontcc Advertiser. G A KING, B.T.KIKG, W D.SIOSE, PROPRIETORS. * WILLIAM D. STONE, Editor. [FORSYTH : TUESDAY. : : : : MARCH 11, 1873 Mr. Stephen i wm in AUr.nra on Friday last. \V H. Smythi: ta* been reappointed U. 8. Mar shall for Georgia. Mku( i:r haj> bad another death fr in ineningilla. sir. Allred Stafford, a student l:cm Dalton, died Fiidaj night. Ano Mi Ih- monthly raic tifc*vaonab, on lues day, were thi.'leeu slums < 1 Central Railroad stock at s'Jl 7. r > per share, two, ditto, at SO2 per share. Am ok,lib 1 -.g.cal curiosity i. on exhibition at lid. liitk’a, in Macon. It i- a silver-spangled Po land r KXti r, weighing eighteen pounds and sport ing tin toes on each loot. A (,range <>( the order ol Patrons ol Husbandry has been established ii. \ -Id :ta and ie rapidly growirg in numbers. Whtt are the Forsyth “ Patrons” doing ? Major Jos.iau Kvkkittk, a well known and popular ciliz n ol i hotnss county, diid last week. He Lad friqueutiy repr< rented the county In the i.i gisiature. A Strung corps of engineers commenced the eii'iy ol tin louie of the Atlanta, Monticello and Macon Railroad ye'u rday morion';, at Covington. Muji r Campbell VValiac* will j usli the work for ward. .,* ViKiii . r University has nburned its exercises, with go< and promise lor the future. Tne Telegraph ibjs that v. iib about ten exceptions the former pu- I ils lia\ •• all returned, and new ones are coming in. The “ F.ig'n Slate Company” was organized at Atlr i ts or. Thursday wltli u capital stock ot $23,- 500. <> A. Locbrane was elected President. The comp: y control the quarry ia I’o'k county, for merly i weed by the Blanoheville Mining Compa ny, and will go to work at an early day. Tub Griffin Star says the farmers of Spalding have made hut little? pr< gif ts in preparing their lands for n cro| . Veiy little land has been broke y t, and what has been, the hard and continuous ,sins have beat It down until it is about ns hard as ever. —.— From i •(•toiler Ist IKTI, to !Hember hist, 1873, the total cotton exports from Savannah were 710,- ‘'lift I!• sof up'tnd cotti n valued at $05,281,010; 0,14:’, hales c l sea island cotton, valued at $1,118,- •I*o, at il lumber valued at 81,700,065—making a grand total ot $(18,100,104. Mr. Thomas. Blauksheas, ot Americus, in re turning home on bulurday nigtP, heard the growl of a dog near him ; lie out with his pistol and shot at an object, the night being d-ik. He shot a negro who was leading a deg, and who failed to make himself known bmoie Mr. B. fired. The wound wn ii. tl.i- leg, ! ■;? not serious. IHi i.ti were one Lum . and and tblrty-slx iuter iiuiub in Laurel Grove met cry, Savannah, dur ing Fel t nary—the iurg • t number lor any month slnci There wcri eight deaths from menin gitis, m.ii tin Advertiser says there are a large nurnm i c>f eases of that disease in the city at pres ent. Mao n pissed an ordinance r< quirlng owners ot st< ek, oihtging animals for sale to that city, to de; it it one dollar per Lead with the City treas urer— raid deposit to be refunded if no sale? were efli eted. The bon-emeu combatted the ordinance find it has been declared unconstitutional. The Telegraph says one thousand mules have been sold iu Macon this year. • ♦©♦ The Rome Commercial is informed that where evi r wheat lias hern overllowed by the recent floods it is almost ruined, and that the ground would tie more profitably n- < and if it were ploughed up ami planted in corn, oats or cotton. The far iners ou the Coct.a have futtered very heavily In less ol fencing laid time, and in having their wheat, which was looking well, stand under wa ter for so long a time. s 'i nn Columbus Sun says one house iu that city biiG sold to date 7U) tons ol guano this season. Making this as the basis, and estimating from the rates of last, year, some three thousand tons must have been sold in Columbus thus far this s< ason. .Much mi re w ill be sold before the latter past o! Mmeb. The demand tor fertilizers is as great as during a few seasons ago, when 4,000 tens were sold by dealers in Columbus. We hope the coin tie Ids will receive a goodly supply. The Enterpiise announces the death of Judge Allied Iverson, ou Wedne. day hint, at his reai den ■ in East Macon, from u sudieu attack of iu tlaiuatinn of the bowels. Mr. Iverson was au ola and respteted citizen of Georgia, and had been a resident of Macon for several years. He was a member of the United States Senate, for two or thtee terms, and was among the brightest minds of that time. He was beloved and respected by all who knew him, and his loss will be sorely felt. His remains were taken 1o Columbus, h's former home, for burial. Asa legal cariosity the Telegraph and Messen ger notes r.n English will, which is supposed to be a fair sample of how some things are conduct ed in that country. The document is written ou six sheets of parchment, each sheet about a yard square, and it is burdened with seals and rope* until the whole apparatus does not weigh much sLort of six pounds. The testament is oue be queathing property to the amount of oue million of dollars. It was sent to Capt. Bacon to be used by him in the settlement of a part ol the estate which is located in Macon. Tub Telegraph says the cost of constructing the Macon and Cincinnati Railroad, via Knoxville, will be about six million dollars The State gives 15,000 per mile aid. Five hnudred thousand dollars are wanted from Georgia It is claimed the road w ill produce a revolution in Western freights and cbespen coal. Route has been surveyed to the Chattahoochee river. Aid from loreign cap italists is promised. Central Railroad has no con trol over the enterprise. A road now running ont from Knoxville including a $1,200,000 bridge has been otl.-red to the company at a low figure, to be paid in capital stock and bonds. . 1 us last Union and Recorder notes having re ceived a call from Mr. Geo. W. 11-rnsou, of At lanta, who, having business near Milledgeville, embraced the chance to pay bis respects to his old home, and adds: Mr. Harr son is Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Court, and a man of prom ise. He is the youngest of the four sons of the late George W. Harrison, former Secretary of State—all of them intelligent and useful men. Ml.ledgevjlle can point with pr.de to the large number men reared and educated here, who are now prominent and Influential citizens in other portions oi the State. The Bibb planters are goii g to have another fair, and the Telegraph says all the preiimicarie* have been arranged, premium list completed, committees and judges appointed, and every step taken to assure a tlrst cia-s exhibition of the probucis of old Bibb, at the Annual Fair iu June utxi. The managers have gone to work lu dead earnest, and intend to make such au exhibition as will challenge the admiration oi the stale coun try, m.l prove beyond peradveuture that this is the banner county of Georgia in agriculture, the flue arts, sud all that appertains to mateiial prog- , res:. The premiums are bjnaf.de] aud will all be ! paid in specie. Scrimmage in \en Orleans. On the 6th ins!., the political muddle in Lou ls!*na came to a head. Tae dispatches infoim us that there were five minutes sharp musketry when the police unlimbered the cannon and fired three shots down Cbarle? Btieet. The militia retreated, but Were being strongly relntoiced when the stall officer ot General Emory a; peared on the *c* ne,to whom the commander ol ih - militia surrendered. General Emory acted, srd the militia General, Waggamaw, surrendered in obedience to the fol lowing : " Washington, March 5. W. H. Emory, Com manding: The President directs you to prevent ny violent interference with the State Govern ment of Louisiina. Acknowledge receipt. (Signed), W. T. Sherman, Gen.” Gov. McEnery disavows having ordered the demonstration against the police. One was killed, several wounded. The fallowing correspondence explains itself ard shows that the mastery of the situation rests with the Federal forces: Executive Office, i New Orleans, March 6, 1873. f Major-General Emory, Commanding DejMrtrnent of tKt (rulf: General—X have the houor to submit to you the inquiry, whether or not the action of the Metropolitan police force ot this city, ia the seizure of the Odd Fellows’ Hall, this morning, and the armed prevention by said forees of the Assembly of tbe Legislature of this Stale, in the State Hall, meets with your countenance and ap proval, and whether or not the United States for ces under your command will support this armed occupation of that building? I have the houor, General, to remain your obedient servant. John McEneht, Governor of Louisiana. Head Quarters Department of the Gulf, ) New Orleans, March 6th, 1873. | Hon. John McEneht—Sir: —I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communica tion of this date, in which you ask, (here follows tbe contents of McEnery’s letter). In reply, I have to state that the seizure ct the said building by the Metropolitan police was without my know ledge, and made without conference with me. In regard to any expression of opinion as to the act, having no authority in the premises, I must respectfully decline to make any reply. Iu answer to that pari of your letter which asks whether my command will support this armed occupation ot that building, I have tbe honor to enclose to you a copy of a telegram received last night, from which yon will see that it is made my duty to prevent any violent interference with the State Government of Louisiana. Previous instruc tions have directed me to recognizs the Govern ment ol the State ot Louisiana, to be that repre sented by the Hon. Win. P. Kellogg. If tbe act referred lo by you in ycur letter is tbe act of Governor Kellogg, and of the govern ment ot the State of Louisiana, represented by him, and if any violence is used to interfere with this act, I shall, most assuredly, consider It my duty, under my instructions, to use the whole lorce ot the United States at my disposal, to pre vent such violent interference. I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, vV. 11. Emcry, Colonel Commanding, Brevet Majr-General. The telegram alluded to Is the one received from General Sherman. About fifty citizens of the malHia, who partici pated in last night’s affray, were arre ted, charged with violating the act of Cougress, passed April 20th, 1871, section two of an act to enforce the provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, and for other purposes, volume seventeen, United States stat utes at large. They were taken before a United States commissioner, and released on a thousand dollar bail each. Death of Hon. John Schley of Savannah.— We find the following sad announcement In the Savannah Republican, of Wednesday: The startling intelligence was announced in the city yesterday that Hon. John Schley, a gentle man long and favorably known in Savannah, had suddenly died at his residence on Perry street, between Barnard and Whitaker. For some time past Mr. Schley had been residing at his place at Beulah, near the city, and had anly last week re turned lo his former home ia Savannah. Always active and energetic, he had gone to t is wood pile yesterday about noon, and, taking an axe had been chopping tor some time when, experiencing a strange sensation iu the region ot his breast, he went back into his residence, and teiiing his sis ter, Mre Nulew, lhat he felt qmte badly, asked b6r to have a fire built in the parlor. While Mrs. Nafew was superintending tfie building of the tire bereelt, Bhe heard a sonud as of someone strug gling for breath, and turning to her brother, who was seated on a chair, saw his head had fallen on his breast. Immediately running to his asssist ance, she aided bill) in down, Olid without a word he expired ere she could cal) any one else or render him oiher help. His physician’pronounc and that congestion of the heart was the cause of his death. Mr. Schley was the eldest son of the late Judge Schley, who far a long time and ably occupied the bench on the Augusta circuit, and was born in the city of Augusta on the 18th day of Februa ry, 1808— being at the time ol his death sixty-five yeurs oid. He vras a brother of the Honorable William Bobley, the present able .fudge of the Eastern Circuit, and ot I)r. J. M. Schley, one of the most prominent physicians in Savannah. In early manhood Mr. Schley studied law and for some years prcticed his profession in Columbus, subsequently returning to Augusta, and thence before the war removing hit her During his life he was public spirited, and was often honored with positions of responsibility and trust by his fellow citizens, and was several times a member of the Georgia Legislature. Southern Appropriations.—Sunday civil ap propriation bills lately passed by the House con tain the following items : Appropriating $72,- 081 52 for tbe completion of the Custom House at Charleston, including $23,220 Cfi for constructions and repairs of wharves; for continuance of con struction of the building for the Court House and Post Office at Columbia, $SOO,GOO; for a screw pile light house at the entrance of St. Andrew’s Bay, Florida, $22,000; tor completing the first ordered sea coast light house at Alligator reef, Florida, in addition to former appropriations, $25,000; of appropriations of $25,000 for day bea cons on the Savannah river; for a screw pile light house to replace light ship at Ty'oee Knoll, Savan nah river, SIB,OOO ; for completing sea coast light Hunting Island, South Calolina, in addition to former appropriations of $50,000; for commencing the rebuilding of the first order sea coast light on Morris Island, 8. C., destroyed during the war, $60,000; for continuing the survey of the Atlantic Gulf coast of the United States, including com pensation of civilans ergaged in the work etc., $41,000; for surveying public lauds in Florida, $12,000; for expenses of the office of Surveyor General of Florida, $1,500. Such of our readers as contemplates investing in the Augusta Cotton Pool, will watch statis tics. The latest figures are that the total receipts ol the seven days ending February 28th, were 105,- 528 bales against 109,153 bales last week, 122,052 bale* the previous week and 126,521 bales three weeks since, making the total receipts since the first of September, 1872, 2,715,515 bales agains* 2,244,058 bales for the same period of IS7I-72, showing an increase since September 1, 1572, of 471,757 bales. The reports from the interior ports show re ceipts of the week 20,003 against 116,093 last year —shipments 12,835 against 16,907—stock 97,921 against S6,BSS at same date last year. The Chroni cle’s table of visible supply foots up 2,421,329 against 2,428,119 at same date last year—being decrease in the cotton supply ol 1,770 bales. The mercury averaged at Macon and Charleston 60, Columbus 47, Montgomery 46 and Selma 59. The New York market was dull—quotations irregular and a decline ot au eighth during the week. The Telegraph and Messenger admires (?) the financial wisdom o! some of car Georgia members of Congress lately defunct, lor it has this para graph. Upon the adoption of the report of the Confer ence Committee upon the bill raising the salaries ot the President, Vice-President, members of the Cabinet, judges of the Supreme Court, and mem bers of C ongress—the increase as to the latter to members ot the forty-second, or last Congress— the Georgia members voted as follows: For the increase—Messrs. B gby au i Whiteley (Radicals), and DM Bose, Price, and Young (Democrats). Against it—Mclntyre (Democrat). Mr. Beck, the member trom the 4th district, was absent or did uot vote. Those members of the House whose le.ms expired ou the 4th instant—Messrs. Bigby, Price, and Du Bose—wifi thereiore come home with a nice little consolation lor not being re-elec ted in the shape ot $5,000, and about as easily earned as any similar sum la onr knowledge. The Sun mentions a report that a wealthy man ufacturer, on a visit to Columbus, intends selling oat his Interests in Massachusetts and erecting new establishments in Columbus. Another rumor is that the Warm Springs, iu Meriwether county, are to be purchased by a Northern company, and extensive improvements made. Another Big Swindler Abroad. Tae Bank of the State Ot Georgia, Savannah, has met with a loss cf about $30,000, by the ab squatulition of Mr. Allen G. Jotes, general book- ; keeper. Falling to return, bis accounts were ti- ; amined, and tbe result la thusstaUd by’one of the City paper*: The prctracted absence of Mr Jones and no ti- | dings ot him, not withstanding diligent search and inquiry in the direction of his ostensible destina tion, induced tbe officers of the bank Monday to begin overhauling his accounts. The first dtacov- j ery of any ii regularities happened about six o’eiocK, Monday evening, when it was found that j be varied in checking near tbe first of last month. A teiegram was immediately tot warded to the New Fork agency ot the bank, giviDg warning of the missing bo >k-keper and advice of tbedtscov- i ered irregularity; when a reply was received, it stated that Mr. Jones bad already called at the New York Agency with a certified check and drawn six thousand dollars on it. It seems that Mr. Jones had been gradually ac cumulating funds ot the balk during February, keeping the postings of his books behind so as to avoid detection, at the same time telling the bank officers that he lacked oniy three or four days in being up with them. Tais appears to be the stat us of matters when he left lor bis four days tour to Carolina. Tne officials of the batik say lhat the defalcation of their late book keeper, Allen G. Jones, may reach thirty thousand dollars, and that the reserve fund of the bank is more than sufficient to cover the loss; and that the capital stock of the institu tion will remain unimpaired. The latest news proves that Mr. Jones was an adroit operator. A New York dispatch cf the Bth says: Allen J. Jones, late clerk ef the Southern Bank of Georgia at Savannah, came to this city with fraudulent drafts lor $32,510 which were endorsed by Kissim <£ Cos. He drew money lrom tbe Park Bank, in tLis city, with which tbe Southern Bank of Georgia is a expositor. The fraud was discov ered to-day. Jones has absconded. Liberal Promising.—A correspondent inform* the public, through the Montgomery Advertiser, that an “ English Company of ample means,” etc., has made a promissorial purchase of the railroad and lauds ol the Alabama and Chattanoo ga Railroad Company, from Gen. Louis, of Ala., and undertake to pay down at cnce to the State (whenever the Governor is luthorized to make a good title to the same by the Legislature) two hundred and thirty-five thousand dollar*. They also assume payment of the indorsed bonds and one million and a half of straight bonds when they mature; to pay the Georgia debt, amounting to one hundred and ninety six thousand dollars, and the interest thereon in the future; also the interest on all the bonds as above stated, half yearly, commencing on tbe first day ot July, 1874. They acknowledged the lien of the State on the road, whenever they shall make default in the payment of interest for one term, and assume the liability of what the receivers, under Judge Brad lsy’s order, have expended on the railroad, amounting to, it is understood at present, upward of three hundred thousand dollars, and are cow grading a line connecting road between New Or leans and Meridian. The directors of this road reside in New Orleans and are men of respectabil ity and wealth, as has been certified to by leading bankers in New Orleans. They are also indorsed by Messrs. Duncan, Sherman & Cos., bankers, New Xork, and late financial of the State; by Messrs. Forstall & Cos., financial agents of Messrs. Baring Brothers & Cos., who, next to Rothschilds, are probably the wealthiest financial house iu Eng land. These gentlemen propone immediately on obtaining possession of the railroad to put it hi perfect rnnnii g order and stock it with sufficient rolling stock for Us efficient working. They fur ther propose to bring capital and immigration from abroad to develop the lands of the company along the line of tbe railroad, and have made ar rangements for a thorough survey of these lands with this purpose in view. The Republican Frolic.—The correspondent of the Charleston News ha* this to say of the lo an ru ration dance at Washington: Tne ball was a brilliant success, and the scene on the lloor of the improvised ball building is a gorgeous one. At the Northern end of the hall there*is a platform or dais, one hundred feet, long, and thirty feet wide lor the President and ms iamlly ; the Vice-President and the most prominent of the invited guests. Back of this whole wall is a blaze of glory from tbe dais to the roof. An enormous rising sun represents the morning, and contains in glittering gas jets, the initials “U. 8.” From the sun a series of brill iant rays diverge until the noon is reached, and here a semicircle bears the legend, “ Grant and Wilson,” also in gas jets. Beyond the rays, made brighter by golden rods, culminate in the blue sky of evening, studded with stars, and from this arch of blue the colors of tbe nation follow the lines of the sun’s rays until a stone areh —the out er arch of all, representing strength—is reached. Iu the centre of the ray s composed of the national colors composed of tbe national colors, the word “Union,” in gas jets, is seen. In the stone arch the word “ Washington” is spelled, with stars al ternating with each letter. At the top of the areh is the shield of the United United States. Direct ly opposite this, at the south eud of the hall, is the entrance door for the President, Vice-PresS dent and invited guests, and the reception, dressing and supper rooms for them. The wall inclosing these rooms, seen from the ball room, has draperies, aud “ Puace” aud “ Grant and Wil son” in gas jets. The decorations of the 6ides of the hall com prize a dazzling* combination cf national colors, State coats of arms, and gas brackets, in vatiou* designs. The festivities will probably be pro longed until long after midnignt. Disgusted with Texas.— The Hawkinsville Dispatch of Wednesday says : It was only three weeks ago to day (Wednesday) that John K. Par tin, Seaborn Manning, and Remus R. Woods, all young men ot Hawkinsville, left here for Texas. They arrived in the “ Land of Premise ” in due time, and two of them, Remus and John, obtained work at their professions. Seabe Manning, how ever, took a decided dislike to Texas, and deter mined to return to old Georgia. He astonished his acquaintances by making his appearance in Hawkinsville last Sunday. It required just eigh* teen days for him to make the trip to Texas and return disgusted with the country. He rec)t?3 many amusing and apparently incredulous inci dents ot his brief sojourn in Texas. He says one farmer engaged him on his farm for sls per month. Another farmer agreed to give him S2O. Beabe made contracts with both farmers, but soon after ward another farmer offered him $26. This was a good offer, and Seabe accepted it also. He told the farmer to send his wagon after him on Mon> day, but when Monday came Seabe was on his way to Georgia. He left the other boys at Waco, Texas, and made his way to Galveston. When he reached that city he had bat $32 75. He gave the $32 for a ticket to Macon, Ga., and invested the ~5 cents in cheese and crackers, up.Qa which he sulsisted until he arrived home. A Man of Frugal Mind.— Ex Hop, John B, Alley, of Credit Mobillier renown, is said to he very wealthy; and no wonder. Having to testify before two of (he congressional investigating com mittees in one day last week, he frugally drew mileage and per diem compensation from each. That’s the way to pile up a competency against a rainy day. It is related of Alley that when he left Congress the “D. H.” ticket he held on the Avenue street cars expiied with his Congressional term, and in order to utilize it to the utmost, he rushed from the Capitol two minutes before the close of the session, and, hailing a car, reached it in breath less condition, holding his watch in one hand and his ticket in the other, to 6how the conductor tuat the latter was yet “ good.” An acquaintance in the car hailed him with the inquiry, “Halloo, Alley, what’s your hurry ? Anything up?” Alley replied, still glancing nervously at his watch, “ I must go down town. My ticket expires at twelve o’clock, and I must get down town before that time.” The late saved by Mr. Alley was live ceuts, but he lost somethiug in perspiration.— Washington Star. The first cotton mill ever established iu the Northwest was established in Jonesville, Mich, a few days ago. The occasion was celebrated by a ball and banquet which was attended by 600 persons. The company has a capital ot SIOO,OOO, and is engaged in the manufacture of brown sheeting. Troubled Conticieum. A few days since a fanny ini id -lit occur.ed ia Congress between O.kes Am sand Judge Pidtnd which Is worthy of note The Judge, it will be remembered, made tbe cu-todiau by Kelley of the ten shares of Credit MobUier stock which he demanded from Ame 6a* hi- pr perty. During the investigation Judge Pul .ml deposited the stork with the Sergeant at Arm-. Since he approached Ames and asked him what he should do with it. Ames replied lhat it belonged to Kelley, and be had handed it over to him when he demanded it; that Kelley bad handed it ov.r to Poland, and it was immaterial to him what Reposition was made of it. “ You had better consult Kelley if you are anxious to get rid of it,” sai l Ames. There are due on this stock dividends in securities of the Union Pacific Railroad Company worth about $5,000 which Ames had withheld subject to the determination of tbe McCotnb suit. The ques tion is, what Is to be done with it ? Kelley swears that he wiil hive nothing to do with it, and Po land gays he doesn’t went to be investigated for holding Credit Mobilier stock. In the event of neither ot them demanding it of the Sergeant at- Arrns, that officer fears he may be investigated also, and avows that if somebody doesn’t claim it ho will turn it over to the conscience fund of the Treasury Department. The Northern Methodists.—The Northern Methodist Church in the past few weeks have be. n ; mightily stirred up with the spirit of inquiry as to the causes of their manifest declension in pres tige, influence and power. Tne New York Sun of last Monday, hits the nail on the head, aud gives 6ome good advice in the following : We lately took occasion to show that the real trouble with the Methodist church is the lack of religion in its members, their failure to keep the commandments of God, the immunity of rich aud raseally Methodists from uLcipline, and the gen eral worldliness which drowns and smothers the church. Tais view was adopted at the conference of preachers last Monday morning and advocated with encouraging earnestness. “ Tae two things necessary for revivals,” said the Rev. Mr. Bradley, “ are inward prayer aud holy living. The church disciple should be enforced without distinction at to worldly condition. It. is not right to enforce ceremonial discipline upon the man has not a cent in his pocket and leave the millionaire our in the cold.” It was also said that “ the greatest hinder ance to God’s holy word Is, too much for a good investment for their spare capital. A minister of the gospel cannot preach self-denial when this love of money engrosses so much of his time. Look at Washington, at New York, aud you will come to the conclusion only too soon as the root of the difficulty why God's word is not not better practiced and praeched.” That is the true doctrine. If the Methodists would save their Chnreh trom destruction they must root out the loves of the world and of the flesh which have taken possession of it, aud once more live up to the spirit of their old hymn: “ Let worldly men, from shore to shore, Their chqgen good pursue; Tbv Word, O Lord, we value more Than treasures from Pern.” The Methodist ministers owe it to themselves, as well as to their brethren and to their God, to purge tbeir chucii of the lust of lucre and of worldly gain which is now eating out Us very life. This pandering to the domination of riches and the pursuits of politics has degraded the preach er*. The New Yoik Sun says that Joseph T. Curry, the leader of the “ New Canaanites,” the sect whose’settlement in Columbia county, not very far from Augusta, we have heretofore noticed was “formerly a preacher in good standing among the denomination called Second Adventists, and had eome reputation for scholarship. About eight years ago he was seized with a fever which re sulted in a permanent derangement of his mind. Then he became possessed of the idea that he was the prophet Elijah, and found in Springfield, Mass., a congregation crazy enough to accept him as such. Having founded anew sect, he went abroad iu search of proselytes, and succeeded in gaining them in Boston, Philadelphia, Maine, and some of the Western States. Several of his dis ciples contributed considerable sums of money to carry rut bis purposes, one man giving $3,500, while ail sign* and a promise to o'rty the prophet implicitly and receive his interpretations of Scrip ture. During the last days of the session of Coagrjss, Butler assailed Mr. Whitthorn, a member of Cou gress ft om Tennessee, charging him with having fraudulently abstracted moneys belonging to cer tain banks of Tennessee. Mr. Whitthorn deter mined to test Butler’s capacity to stand up to his words. He accordingly selected a friend, General Cross well, of Kentucky, to wait on Butler, and ask if his allusions had been correctly reported. To make the matter more formal, and to clothe It with all the incipienc-y of a thieatened duel, Crosswell was armed with a lette? in which Whit thorn quoted the offensive r?marks, and explained that he denied the truth of the assertion as ap plied either to himself or cx-Goveruor leham G. Harris, of Tennessee, on whose staff ho served at the time the abstraction of moneys is alleged to have occurred. Old “ Ben ” was too wily, however, to be en trapped by such an emissary a.-, Crosswell, and declined to answer in writing. So the Kentucky General was compelled to report to his principal the utter failure of his mission. He did this in a note addressed to Whitthorn, in which he states that Butler had admitted that he intended no per sonal allui ions, and, farther, had promised to make the matter rignt in his corrected speech. Very Full Indeed.—Doun Piatt and Edmund Yates, the English novelists, both wrote descrip tions of the situation at Washington, the day be fore and the day of the inauguration for the New York Herald, and capital both were, too. To show how full Washington was, the former tells the following: “I called upon the Hon. Jeremiah P.lack, at the Arlington. I found him in a so-called bath room, with not only a bed therein, bat a cot. The venerable jurist was stretched upon the first named, and I hailed him frum the outside. “ Hullo !” cried I, “Do you mean to say that more than one occupies this den ?” “ Only two,” he responded. “land my fifteenth amendment;” meaning thereby his colored servant, George Washington. “Climb over and speak,” ke 60ft> tinned. “ Why, Judge, this is St crowd.” T gai(J “Tes, Indeed," he replied. "I wake n e d up Just night to know if I R”' u lq not accommodate Dick Yates. I rp aponded that he could sleep with George. He has done fo much for the nigger, the nigger ought to do something for Dick. But he did not respond.” From all this you. may learn that a fearful crowd is gathering in the na tional capital. The Hon. L. W. Love, a member of the North Carolina Benate, writes as follow *to the Athens Watchman: 1 have just got a bill through both houses char tering the “ Rabun Gap Short Line Railway Com pany.” The charter has extraordinary privileges in it. By necessary provisions every vestige of the “Blue Ridge Railroad” is wiped out, aud the way is now opened to capitalists who may ish to connect the railroads of Georgia with those of Tennessee, through this remarkable passage in the mountains. It is the oniy line that can cross the Blue Ridge without a tunnel. Here the cut is not thirty inches. I think I will write you again on this line, which has been locked up in the hands of “ speculators” and “rings” since 1851., It is now open. “ Sharp and Quick.”—The Columbus Enquirer of the 7th reports the latest instance thus : We hear the report that a gentium an. from a neighboring village eame to town a night or two ago. He told a friend he believed he Would like to marry, and asked him if he believed be could find him a wife on short order. The friend re plied that he thought he could. Alter supper the twaiD called upon a“gherl,” communicated the nature of their business, and asked if she could be considered “ in.” Said “ she didn’t care if she did.” They sent for a ’squire; the little busiutss was fixed up, and the loving couple next morning departed for the home of the bridegroom. This, from the Columbus Sun, shonld serve to stimulate capital in every available section in Geor gia : We heard competent authority say that the pre6ect has been a most, propitious season for tbe manufacture ot yarns. A pound ot cotton for which eighteen ceuts were paid, costs, when work ed into yarns, including labor, twenty-five cents while the yarns have averaged thirlv-tive cents! After paying taxes and insuianee, the manufac turer realizes a profit of forty per cent., or in tbac. neighborhood. Such statements, coming from, a! trustworthy source, should have the effect uo stimulate tue erect’on of cotton minufactories. Fock negro children were burned to dea tU. jn Talbot coQßty laet week. I,me Item* nail An average of 200 barrels of cotton seed oil s shipped weekly north from Nashville. A single saw-mill at Muskegon, Mich., cut 21,124,909 feet of lumber last session. Sixty million pounds of cheese are annually exported from this country. George William Curtis, editor of Harpers Weekly, is seriously ill of typhoid fever. Senator Conklmg will contest with Senator Morton lor the leadership of the new Senate. The Supreme Court of Tennessee has deci ded that a railroad must be located belbre a subscription can be voted. The legislative committee on the Revision of the laws of Alabama is composed exclusive ly of negroes. A Wisconsin editor offers a bottle of stomach bitters as a premium for every new subscriber to his paper. One hundred thousand pounds of oil cake were recently sent to Liverpool from Nash ville. A young Irish girl in Jacksonville, Illinois, has refused if 100 ;or her hair. It reaches the floor when she stauds erect. The Federal Collector on the Bth seized the property of the New York Central Railroad lor non-payment of nearly $500,000 taxes. The total number of acres planted in cotton in 1872 is set down at eight million four-hun dred eighty two thousand nine hundred five. A report from Madrid that the great powers will jointly withdraw their diplomats from Madrid, if a federal republic is proclaimed, is denied. A La Crosse (Wis.) girl rubbed her cheek against her sister’s husband's hand to get tip a healthy glow for a bail, aud she has been turn ed out of the house lor it. The Republican general committee in New York has passed among other resolutions one disapproving conduct of the administration in Louisiana matters. The Mississippi River at Muscatine, la., at last advices had been closed by ice a fortnight longer than in any preceding winter for thirty eight years. The snow is so deep in the forests of Ver mont that wood cutters cannot ply their v 3ca tion, and farmers in many parts of the State are reduced to burning their fences for fuel. The Houston (Texas) Union says that more cattle have perished in that State, this winter, by cold and starvation, than in any former etjual duration of cold weather. Vermont—where, is well known, no liquor is sold—has 10,000 drunkards, 4,01*0 habitual “hard drinkers,’- and 20.000 young men just beginning to drink. Maine proposes to stretch its legislatorial prerogative by an ex-post facto enactment de claring all places where liquor is sold to be amenable to the existing statutes against nui sances. The Senate ha s ratified the treaty with Meacham for the O ontinuance of the Mexican mixed commission for the adjustment of claims. The action of the Mexican Government is yet required. In the suit brought by Mrs. Fisk, Judge Blatchford enjoined the Credit Mobilier from taking any proceedings for its own dissolution appointment of a receiver, or transfer of effects. A female shoplifter in Syracuse, New York, who has recently been pardoned out of jail, is said to have accumulated a fortune of SBO,- 000 by stealing. It was securely invested and could not be discovered at the time of convic tion. The General Assembly of Virginia has ap pointed a special committee of five to invests gate the charges of mismanagement against the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Association. The charge is unauthorized speculation upon visi tors to the tomb of Washington. A Washington dispatch of the 9th states that Members of Congress have been excited over their extra pay which they voted them selves—some $5,000. Comptroller Taylor has finally decided that there are technical objec tions to paying them. In 1872 Cuba pnoduced GOO,OOO tons of sugar and two-hundred thousand tons of molasses. Out of this amount the United States took four-hundred forty-one thousand six hundred tons of sugar and one-hundred eighty two thousand tons of molasses. Mr. Gladstone is rated thus for the wording of the Queen’s speech at the opening of Par liament : “It is strange that accomplished and scholistie statesmen should year after year, ascribe to the Queen phraseology which might be pardoned it it. were composed by a washer woman.” The Naturalization Treaty between Ger many and the United States will probably be amended so as to provide that Germans who have returned from America and remained two years at home shall be considered to have renounced their rights as naturalized Ameri can citizens. The Louisville Courier Journal, commenting upon the fact that New Yorkers want rapid transit, says: “If they will hitch the Custom house officials to a train of cars at one end of the city and tell them there is something to steal at the other they will have about as lap id transit as they can possibly want. The Pope, replying to an address presented to him on the Bth said that reconciliation with the Italian government was impossible. God would punish the invader of his dominions. As the Catholic* were ever unshaken in their faith, he had the utmost confidence in the ulti mate triumph of the church. Comptroller Taylor, of the United g tateg Treasury Department has been prev-^J' to reconsider his first opinion the extra ' question. He has now co; ne roun(J anJ f the five thousand dol ars’ v hnch our economical Congressmen voted to themselves at the close of the recent ses sion. President Thiers lately remarked to a friend, as he touched the movable head of a grotesque Chinese figure, and sent it wagging irorn right to left; —“ The magot says No,” then, mak i ing it nod up and down, “Now it says Yes.” He added, “Well, that is what the Committee (of Thirty} wants to make of me.” He con tinued, smiling, “But I do not think they will succeed.” A special dispatch from Berlin to the Lisbon Times says the government of Prance has offi cially given Germany financial guarantee for the payment, at the designated time, of the last milliard of francs of the war indemnity, and that negotiations between the two gov ernments for an entire evacuation of French territory by the German troops at an early day, have already commenced. A meeting was held in New York, on the evening of the 7th, of a large number of Southern gentlemen, including the most prominent Congressmen from the South re siding here. Ex-Gov. Lubock, of Texas, and Col. Hart of Georgia, delivered addresses. The object of the meeting was to form a Southern association, for social, benevolent and other purposes, which should include all gentlemen connected with the Southern trade. The Illinois woman suffrage convention met at Chicago, last week. The attendance was small, and Miss Anthony, who was the lead ing spirit, attributed this to the fact t.iat the down-trodden women of Chicago didn’t dare ask their husbands for the 50 cents admission fee. One solitary man lifted up his voice and spake, but a sister informed him in a loud whisper that he had better “dry up,” for they had too little time for the much they had to do. But they didn't do anything. The President signed on the last day of the cession of Congress a bill so construing the "bankrupt law as to allow bankrupts the exemp tion provided by the constitution and laws of each State in 1871, such exemption to be valid Against old debts, and any judgement, lien, or ■decision of a State court to the contrary not withstanding. Southern Republican Senators notified the administration tnat for Grant to defeat this bill would annihilate the Radical white party m the South. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. |>7::: ISAAC WINSHTP. ' 1873 EXCLUSIVE DEALER IN Hides, leather and Shoe Findings. „ r ., L pAY TaE HIGHEST MARKET MUCK >S ALI. DESCRIPTIONS OF Hides, in large or Small Quantities. KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND , , oi.inc •KM tun ore New York, Cincinnati and I.oui-ville Uk r* r-nch and American Un and kip S*. °. k ’soie Ml qualities. Harness bridle and Upp-r Lea’her. Sole Leath r ; Fbii and 1 r o;>ped Uemlotk sme E , c Qf whicb will be sold ,s low as iu Shot* findings, L-i-ls, Lining*, I 'Vp.>'!-s U 7,’,, , rl^r s'uud Mauufietuier-. All of my friend anv Southern citv. a- 1 get m> good- . om orders, or call aud see -nr Stick, qnaintrtuce' and the rest ot mankind are invited to sen ISAAC WIXSHiP, Send for Price List of Leather amt .-kw-* (q.erry Sire- f, Macon, (la lii-rli.ly ARRANGEMENTS!! ,nsro. A. STEELE Has opened in the elegant Store Room, lortnerlv occupied by ' "• Ancer.-mn, a Large and varied Stock ot SEASQNA£IE SKY COOUS t And lave on hand the following winter Stock, which will he sold AT COST ’ CASSIMERS, WORSTEDS. JEANS, DELAINES, FLANNELS, AND /. PULL STOCK OF STAPLE GOODS And will also keen on hand an extensive SPRING STOCK. The bn-iins- wi!i lie under the immediate supervision of Mr. R. P. BROOKS. CALL AND SEE ME. feb‘Js-tf ■’*'(). A. STEELE. CHESAPEAKE. GUANO. WE are siill agents for the above TRIED and RELI ABLE Fertilizer, and alter FIVE Vi'AKS experience in gelling ii, unhesitatingly recommend it to oar planting friend* as to any manipulated Fertilizer made. IT Ift TSTO EXPEIUMENT. In no case has it tailed to give catire satisfaction. N im- roui testiinonit’s in our p i-.se- u>a from some of oar most successful planters, wiil satiny any one as to its a erils. 10\F,§ & KWTER, febll.tf 100 Cherry St., Macon, Cx DOORS, gjaslT &: B T/nuf Mouldings, brackets, stair Fixtures, Builders’ Furnishing Hard ware, Drum Pipe, Floor Tilts, \\ ire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Marble and Slate Man tie Pieces. Window Class a Specialty. Circulars and Price Lists sent Lee on application, by P. P. TOALE 2(1 Hayne and 33 Pinckney sts., * Charleston, S. C. oovl). ly EXL . Xj ZS. fit XX , J ewelry. j WATCHP.S ASD Jewelry Repiircd. L°d§ e -iui Notary Public Seals, CANCELLATION, STAMPS, ETC. No. 50, Whitehall Street, ATLANTA, GA. feblSSm THE BROWN COTTON GIN. PLANTERS should examine the above-named old and reliable Gin before buying any other. It combines the required qualities ol Simplicity Strength and DurahiliU. It gins fast and clean, makes excellent lint (often bringing R'e. to 3Y’- per lb. above market ) and is universally admitted to be the lightest running gin made. We have had thirty years’ experience i:i the business, and war rant every gin perfect. Gins constantly in tbs hands of our agents, to which we invite inspection (Jiiculars, with testimonials and full particulars may be bad bv addressing ISRAEL F. BKOW.V s’re*.. Brown Lofton Cin ( ieb2s.4m. New Lordon, conn. G Ti A N O S. GUANO. PHCENIX GUANO Wf LCOX, GIB2S & CO.'S’ MANIPULATED (jUi.NO. These celebrated guan <s imported aud prepared by Wilcox, Gibbs & Cos., Savannah Ga., anil Charleston, S. C., are for sale :or cash,or on credit on accommodating terms, payable it. cotton, by B. PYE <K SON, .Agent-, Forsyth, Ga. LaP’ Special attention-is called to the use ot the Piiienlx (iuano composted with Cotton Seed. Send or apply as above lor circulars giving testimonials from planters, prices, terms, Ac. feb2s.6w. For Saio or Rent. A VALUABLE HOUSE AND LOT LOCATED at the lootol Main street, plastered and ceiled. The lot contains about one acre and three-quar ters. The above described premises will be sold for a reasonable sum, or rented cheap. Persona desiring to purchase or rent cm call upon Col. A. D. xiamuiond. ALEX. M. SPEER. leb2s.tf. 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. B. C. DA Via. 1 jan‘2l.tf | Builders’ asd Contractors’ Special No- ! tice. —Door , Sashes, Blinds, Window and Plate; Giass, Buildeis’ Furnishing Hardware, Mouldings,: Stair Fixtures, Marble aud Slßte Mantlepieets,; Encaustic Floor Tib-, Drain Pipe, etc , at lowest! wholesale prices, at the great Southern Factory ol; P. P. Toale, Charleston, 8. C. Send tor his price; list. 2m | B. PYE & SON, Vv Y\ % , XiAi* Nil ..i -til'd :ii hi out fa.*. W ..■ FORSYTH, GA. O; oVlNij r in v,d our nßice in Hie avxr txcf ot liie Earl loom ot our Is ii V, BKTCK BLOCK. o*i tbo South side o* tbe Public * quart itid having piocured FIRE AND BURGLAR PROOF SAFES, Are prepared lo receive DEPOSITS, Bay and sell EXCHANGE. GBLD. SILVER, STOCKS, BONDS! And URCuiii-iit !nn<R ColieetioriH niomptls ittcr.ded to. COLLECTIONS Made on all acce-silde joint- OFFICE l al * uc , ra of the day.. ii. PYE A 30. TANARUS„ , ~ Bn.Lers, FORSYTH, O-i- NEW ARRANGEMENT. Ta My Old Friends and Customers. I BEG to announce to the public generally .that I have told my stock ot goods, etc., to Mr. ! John A. Steele, who will hereafter conduct a gen- Ltml mercantile bus ness at my old stand. | In taking leave of mv friends and customers i [de-ire to Tinder them the. expression of my warsa jest thanks tor their long continued support. Also, j o commend my successor, Mr. Steele, as a gen- ItlemftE who will be found deserving ol all tbe 'patronage the house has hitherto enjoyed. Ilia stock is cow a large aud unexceptional one, and will be tully replenished for the early Spring :rade. Respect!uliy, W. W. ANDERSON. To the Purchasing; Public. HAVING purchased tbe meicantile interest of . Mr. W. W. Anderson, I respectfully solicit a. continuance ot support from his old patron.-, and the citizens of Monroe and adjoining counties* generally. By pursuing a liberal course in as ’i business operations I intend to at least deserve a liberal patrouage. Very respectfully, feb2s.3i JOHN A. STEELE. TOMMEY, STEWART & HECK, Hardware l^erchantsy Cor. Decatur & Pryor 3ts. fronting Kimball House, ATLWTA, GA. Daalets in Iron, Steel, Hoes, Chains, I Grain Crad’es, Builder and Carriage Material, Powder, Rope, Belting, Etc. fcblß.3m CHAPMAN, RUCKEIt & CO. "W holesale Gr rocers ANI) [Commission Merchants, COR. ALABAMA & FORSYTH STS., 1 „ . ATLANTA, GA. I feblS.Sm*. W. L Carmichael & Cos., Having replenished tiieir stock since the tiie, now offer tor sale an good a ‘stock ot PURE DRUGS, MEDICINES DYE •stuffs, paints, oils, tobacco, cigars. ‘and every article usually kept in a tir&t Drug '.Store —all cheap, lor cash. : Aiso—a full assortment ol fresh I.andretL’s ana! iPmking’s Garden Seeds. ! Gall and see us; you owe don't fail jto settle. Our old books mast be balanced. | fsblly. P. H. KILLER, \ TTORNEY AT LAV/, FORSYTH, GEORGIAN I 7A- Wiil practice in the counties comprising tie Flint Circuit, in the Supreme Court of Georgia, l S. Supreme Court, and elsewhere per special contract. Office tn the Court House, Up Stairs feblS.ly