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Cljes)amtltoaoisi&r BY pTwTI). UOWLtY. t The Stonn in Columbus. * *Wom thaAnqnirer of tbeWOth, we learn that the nil oC. rain vary heavy All the railroad jVerc morp leps damaged, and the running of fraitUfl was flbstruofed. At Rocky crcel% on the South wee torn road, eight miles from |he city, a trestle was washed away, and an engine and three passenger cars plunged into the creek. The persons on board saved themselves by jump in ff- Bo great was the fall of water in the city that the sewers were unable to carry it jiff, and some portions of the city wst flooded. Gardens were badly damaged, and some street bridges were washed away. Thomas street* looked like a lake two or three feet deep. The southernporlion of the court houW wah dApletcly and hoys floated round outflanks, beams, Sonm ptto(if(T from .the suburbs 9 k Pno of the corporation basdfr,a, t negro, while pihhiug -drift* woo# 2away from the *#wer o* (Jpornas his balacej*Mid was carried in* tl current and drowned. , A son of Mr. Geo. Ilunggrfdrd, while paddling about on,’a plank with some other boys, fell off, and'was sucked into the sewer and Tdrownedv The damage to the crops near Co lumbus is heavy. Creeks Kira rivers were several feet out of their banks, aud low lands were submerged/ 9 * The bridges on Bull and Girard creeks are alL'more or leap jliunqgqfl. The mill and dam of Clarke it Wimberly, on creek, were washed away. ' ' , Mr. lost his jlara on Stand ing Boy creek. Mr. Ogletrea’s full, near Nance’s, was moved from its foundation, half of the dam washed away, and a heavy overshot wheel moved 160 yards. The fith ponds of Messrs. Young and Webster broke, aud several trout were caught on dry land. The river rose twenty feet, and all the factories except the Columbus had to stop work. Tho public schools gave holiday, as the pupils could not wade to them through the water. For tho timo it lasted, the rain fall is represented to have been the heaviest ever known by the oldest inhabitants. Wrong. —The Columbus Enquirer, in an editorial notice of a tribute of respect to the memory of the late Col, A. W. Redding, passed by Ellerslie Lodge and published in that paper, alludes to it as “Ellerslie Lodge, No. 144, of tho Patrons of Husbandry.” Why, llro. Martin, you surprise us I Don’t you know the Patrons have no lodges, but granges / that their oflicers are not callod “ worthy masters,” or “ ward ens;” and that they have no “jewels” to drape in mourning? Since we come to think of it, we have seen some jewels in a grange room. They were live ones, though, and were not draped in mourning—some having on tho gayest of colors. Women are the only jewels possessed by tho Pa trons, and some of them are of price less value. Better Feeling. —The nomina tion of Gen. MoLaws for collector of Internal revenue for the first Georgia district has keen confirmed. He is the first Confederate geueral who has been confirmed by the Seuate, with out forsaking his principles. Others have been so favored, but they did ao by embracing tbo politics of the Republican party. Departed.— -Capt. Chipley, late superintendent of the North and South road, left for Washington last week. Before leaving, several of his friends met in tho rear room of Capt. Blanch ard*e store, where Capt. C.' was toasted, and presented with a hand some gold ring, that he might daily be reminded of his Columbus friends. N. A 8. Road. —We learn that there were five or six breaks and washes in this road, and that repairs going ahead as fast as possible. There has been no train since the Bth, but it is hoped one can be run to morrow, or Monday. Atlanta Commonwealth. —This pa per began exchanging with us, when it started, and after we had given it an editorial notice, its visits suddenly ooased. Why was the Visitor treated tbuaf Another Tichboruo witness has been convicted of perjury. #MrtjNnrs in Georgia, f TltjjffSffquirer says about a thous ands wiickens were drowned by iHe .late flood in The Atlanta Commonwealth threat ens the exposure of frauds in connec tion jritjf/he 9pte Road fnetit, *. * *4 Eddie Downs, of Talbot* to*?,““WPS employed as a page by the last Legislature. On the adjourn tnety of that body, be was seen at tlje # Adl*ta-4>ft<wengeif f depot, since which nothing has been heard of him, The first anniversary of the West Point GoflJwTemplars was celebra ted on the 7th, by speeches and a dinner. A large crowd was present. A wild cat weighing twenty-five pounds was recently caught in Stew art county. ' 5 Mr. J. A. Barron, of RogansviUe, died lately in hia room, all alone. He had been drinking heavily for a longtime. The. Columbus Enquirer reports 58,152 hales of ootton warehoused up to. Friday last—thirty-four more than the whold of last season. The factory takings -rtow amount to 6,485 *mopo this dat^last President Blnnehqxd, of thCNorth ahdf flfutjliltailsopu, Ira returned from New York. nave been madA pupf fi\negoti- hfibpgard to thwroacT. % chain-gang numbers | ten periNins. f % The griffin Nqws relstds what it calls a Singular d&itfeideupe that hap pened in that place a fes days since. “Thd*-old flag staff ’Vsrected by SwtyzU, frbra which to {fy the stars and stripes over the cotguered ‘rebs’ jfl\, afd in falling struck a * fifteenth amendment * squarely on the top of thf cranpifn, knocking him down and hurting'nim severely. The old dar key cocked an eye and remarked, HJ%st o{ gwine back on us niggers at last!’ ” A m a Veil factory is about to be es tablished in Atlanta, Mrs. Dalton, a widow lady who lived near Gainesville, was found dead in her house on the 3d inst. When discovered, she was sittiug at her loom, with her bands crossed, her head upon the shuttle, her breast upon the beam, and her feet upon the treadle. She must have died while weaving. The Lumpkin Independent learns that Miss Mittie Tompkins was se verely burned, at a concert in Cuth b'erl, lately, by her clothes taking fire from a match that had been thrown upon the floor. Green peas sell at fifteen cents per quart in Savannah, Some of the college students at Athens have bad a fight with a lot of negroes. Result, one negro badly out with a knife. New Irish potatoes have made their appearance in the Savanuah market, and sell readily at forty cents per quart. The Grangers of Southwest Geor gia are going to begin at once the erection of a warehouse in Americus. The annual meeting of the Press Association will be held in Macon on Wednesday, May 13, at 12 o’clock. Tho Barnesville Gazette learns that a club of gentleman in that place dretv <25,000 in .the Louisville lot tery. There is a gentleman living in Car roll county, forty six years of age, who never Bwore an oath, took a drink of spirituous liquors, or a cup of coffee or a chew of tobacoo. Dr. Harrison Westmoreland, who attempted to murder Dr. Red wine, of Atlanta, some time ago, is among the penitentiary convicts sent to Washington county. The Albany News says the oat crop throughout Southwestern Geor gia is unprecedentedly large, and as fine as oould be desired. Frank Baily, of Conyers, was ar rested for horse stealing, and taken to Walton county. Large quantities of oats have been sown in Middle Georgia. Liberty county opens the snake season with a rattler four feet in length. The Alapaha Forester predicts a heavy wool crop iu that section. Sheep shearing has just commenced. Mr. H. J. Parish, of Berrien coun ty, as we learn from the Georgia Forester, ran three plows last year and made 28 bales of cotton, averag ing 500 pounds per bale—no fertili sers need only home-made. Also made 850 bushels of oorn, and 800 bushels of that was made on lOacree; about three hundred bushels of sweet potatoes and seven barrels of syrup. He had planted 44 acres in cotton, and nine bales were produced on ten acres. The steamship Europe was aban doped at sea. Vessel and cargo valued at over two millions lars. and crew saved. The Eurbpq belo&B to the same com pany that own&rjtje ill-fated Ville fin Havre. For the fifst time since the negroes began voting, the Democratic ticket was elected in St. Joseph, Mo., on the 7 th. The Democratic majority in Cin cinnati is about 60,060. Tile Democrats were victorious in St. Louis. Six armed and disguised men visi ted the jail at Opelika, Ala., on the night of the 7th, and forced the jailor to deliver to them one B. F. Moore, who was confined on a charge of murder. ' Tha Texas mail Stage, containing eleven passengers, 'was attacked by highwaymen between San Antonio and Austin. The band comprised four men, and they got $3,000. It is reported that 5,000 natives have died from disease and starva tion tality from famine insensibly abated by the relief measures of she govern ment. Three singular marriages recently took place in Iredell, N. C. Two brothers married two sisters; a son of one of the. brothers married his cousin, and his cousin married bis daughter. The New York Methodist Confer ence commenced its eighty-fourth session in New York city recently. The Pennsylvania Central Railroad has 20,000 cars. The new city directory of St. Louis, just published, puts the pres ent population of the town at 473,560 souls. In a breach of promise case at Fort Wayne, the lover was found guilty of writing, “mi hart beets ownly for tho mi darlin hunny.” The Mayor and Public Commis sioners of Dayton, Ohio, have issued a proclamation requiring the police to keep the bands of women away from saloons, as their presence on the curbstones provokes indecency. About two hundred thousand pounds of cotton, tho growth of California last year, have been mar keted in San Francisco. It is said that there is a colored school teacher on one of the islands adjacent to Charleston who can neither read nor write. The State Journal learns that J. C. Stanton has formed a company who will purchase the Alabama and Chat tanooga Railroad, at the coming sale, and will put it in splendid condition. Judge Ely, of the Probate Court, was found guilty of issuing a mar riage license to a minor, by the City Court of Montgomery. The penalty is <SOO. The case will be carried up, A negro woman named Sallie Wil liams was arrested in Montgomery, upon suspicion that she murdered and concealed an infant child, whose skeleton was found between the curbing and side of a well in that city. An engine and four passenger cars broke down a bridge on the Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad, near Pa tona, and Mr. Rhodes, the mail agent, was Beriously injured, and a fireman mortally wounded. Coal has been sold in Alabama, fronv barges on the Black Warrior river, lately, as low as six cents per bnshel. The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Times says that the river rose fifty-five and a half feet at that city during-the re cent freshet. The steamer Tigress, formerly of the Polaris expedition, while seal fish ing, exploded her boiler. Two engi neers and twenty of the erew were killed. - The boiler of a factory in Hamil ton, near Glasgow, exploded lately. A large portion of it was driven sev eral hundred feet through the air, and crushed into a school house full of children. Three of the ehildren were instantly killed, and thirty are reported more or less injured. Three thousand colliers are on a strike in Somersetshire. • There is a farmer near Flushing, N. Y., who owns a Kentucky bred mule that has, within the last thirty dsys, kicked in seventeen barn doors, unroofed a dozen chicken coops, and trampled the life out of four of his favorite pigs. He calls it Hn BaOer. The funded debt of St. Louis has advanced daring the ps.t ten years from less than five to fonvteen million dollars. I The Supreme Court of Louisiana has adopted a rule limiting the argu ments of lawyers to fifteywo minutes. Written for tlie Visitor. Picnic Party. The rising generation are some times made happy by assembling themselves together in the capacity of a picnio: snch Was the case last Saturday week. A party of young folks gathered at Osahatchee trestle on the N. <k and spent quite a pleasant evening in fishing, promenading and strolling the woods. “Red candy” was the order of the day, but the young gent “ who did despise a crowd,” and says “ three is a crowd,” in his eagerness to be with one*, lost his share. “ Red candy ” seems to have a merit pecu liar to itself, judging from the man ner in which the young men below here invest in it. The party were denied the pleasure of an “Irish Trot,” from the fact that the hoflse was across the creek, and the rocks being slippery, the young ladies were afraid to venture over. It is sad that Chop Hatchet allowed his “queen of hearts ” to slip in, which caused rather a dampness with some of the party—but his hat was the dampest thing we saw. Can’t the boys raise a subscription to bridge that creek? G, A Puzzi.kb. —In the local depart ment of the Columbus Enquirer ap pears a communication from a lady in Russell county, Ala., stating that she lately unpacked a large box which was packed in 1868. In the box was a microscope enclosed in an air-tight glass frame. In the frame were some small pebbles, seed, a little bug, and two hairy worms. The bug and worms are alive and crawling, and the correspondent wishes an expla nation. DeVotie is “on the fence,” seeking a solution of the mystery. If it was our turn to speak, we should do so by asking how the fact oan be accounted for of live frogs having been found in the trunks of trees, and inside of rocks that had been broken open, where they had probably been for years. Snuff.— lf you want snuff by the wholesale, go to Storey’s; if you want it at retail, go to the same place. We are no judge of the arti cle ; but we handed the sample Mr. Storey gave us to a lady who is, and she pronounces it good. Remember, when you want to get good snuff, to call at Storey’s. “To Let.” —The Columbus Enqui rer of the 15th has four blank spaces in its advertising columns, averaging half a column each, headed “To Let.” Send us your terms, Colonel. Per haps we can trade. ISF“ It is said that oat-meal por ridge is good for a dog that has the distemper. As some of the dogs about town have this disease, there would be no harm in trying the por ridge, I ■ l Late News. —The Talbotlon Stan dard of the Bth came to hand on the 16th. As we had a mail on the 12th, we don’t see why it didn’t come on that day. NEW GOODS. Wc have in store a full and well-selected stock of SPRING GOODS, BOUGHT VERY LOW. Dry Goods? Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes, Clothing, Crockeiy, Hardware, Drugs, etc., which we will sell at the Lowest Pricks tor CASH. A nice lot of Ladiks’ and Misses’ Hats, which we will sell very low. Prints, best brands, 10c. Coats’ Thread, 80c. a dozen. Brown Homespun, 7 to 16c. Bleached “ 7 to 20c. Clothing.— Coat*, $1 to $lB. Pants, $1.25 to $9. All other goods ns low ns they can be bought in any market Booth. Ail wc ask is, Give ns a call. COIVSERT & KIMBROUGH. Hamilton, Ga., April 17, 1874—3 m TO THE TAX-PAYERS OF HARRIS COUNTY! The following Is a list of my appointments for my second and third rounds, for the pur pose of receiving tax returns; Blue Spring, May 4th and June 15th. Hamilton, May 6, June 2 and 22, July 1. Ellcrslle, forenoon of May 6th and June 9, and at Mt . Airy in the afternoon. Waverly Hall, forenoon of Slay 7th, and all day on June 10th. Milner's X Roads, afternoon of May 7tb, and all day on June 11th. Valley Plains, forenoon, Barnes' afternoon of May Bth and June Pith. Goodman's X Roads, May 9 and Jane 13. Catania, May 11th and June Bth. Lower 19th, May 12th and June 16th. Tipper 19th, May 13th and June 17th. Whitaker's, May 14tb and June 18—Har gett’s in forenoon, Billingslea’s afternoon. Whltrsville, May 15th and June 24th. Ifevidson'a, May 16th and June 19th—Flat Top in forenoon, Johnson's Mill afternoon. Cochran’s X Roads, May 18 and June 20. By an act of the last Legislature, Tax Re ceivers are required to lay before the Grand Juries, at the fall terms of the Courts, their returns; and if, upon examination, they had any property given in under market value, said J urors are required to re-assess the same. JOHN M. WISDOM, apt. -vt Receiver of Tax Returns. $400,000,000!!! Congress having the * lions, look out for a rise m Gold, Cdttoti and Uolhi - 0 . THORNTON & ACRE, 78 BROAD ST-i COLUMBUS, GA* Raving received their new stuck of SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHING, cl*! condition of the country, anil having purchased then entire strnk -for Cush,; tlity„ enabled to offer gTeat bargains to all buyers of good clothing. Their stock of Furnishing Goods is complete, new, novel and cheap. Give them a Call. . |dOHi m SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO John S. Reese & Cos., Baltimore, General Agenti o— , CASE PRICE, 856 00 PER TON. ALSO, ON TIME, FOR COTTON OR CURRENCY The use of this Guano for the past eight years lias established its-charac ter for excellence and reliability. I need only assure Cohs timers that the Guano brought into market this season is precisely the same in composition and quality as that heretofore sold. .. . , The large fixed capital invested by this Company in this business fttmishe the best guarantee of continued excellence. The Company has a -greater interest in maintaining its stahdard of quality than any number of Consumer! can have. . ; Orders received, and information furnished, on application to my Agent at various local markets. o COMPOUND ACID PHOSPHATE OF LIME FOR <3©MP@SYOTG WITH! OOTTOISt SERB. PERUVIAN GUANO, BISSOLVED AM ONI ATE D BONES, LAND PLASTER, Ac., If, : . : i- .-.yy-V-. W. H. YOUNG, 12 Broad St.. Columbus, Ca. W. C. JOHNSTON, Agent at Kmgsboro. feb2o-2m J. W. PEASE & NORMAN, COLUMBUS, GA. WHOLESALE AND DETAIL DEALERS IN. SS@@2ESa SS&Sn(2)KriSl£*ir 3 OT©ii3ra 9 ©HUMES? EJraSIKSi, MiVECUSa Rosewood seven octave Pianos from <3OO to SSOO. Geo. Woftds it Cos, Mason & Hamlin, and other Organs. Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Banja mduth harps, sheet music, etc. We make orders for sheet music and mnsi books every few days, and anything wanted alid not in stock, will b ordered and furnished at publisher’s prices. novi-ly W. J. CHAFFIN* BOOKSEIsIsER tfc STATION BB AND DEALER IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS, CH&OSISOS, mAMSS AN® MOTO.SOTGS, NO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. A- WITTICH- C- M- KINSEk WITTiCH & KINSEL, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKERS, iiWILIii ISi IHiIAISRS* NO. 67 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA. AH of tla© Xiatest Manufactured An entirely new stock of the best goods and the latest styles has been recently bought is New York, and is hereby offered at the Lowest Cash Prices. , Diamonds, gold and ailver Spectacles and Eve-Glasses, gold and silver Thimbles, ladies' gents' Chains, plain and fancy Gold Rings of beautiful workmanship, and every variety of article found in a First-class Jewelry Store. Stencil Plates of every description cut at short notice. Sole Agents for the celebrated Diamond Pebbled Spectacles and Eye-glasses, and Age® for the Arundel Pebble Specks, which are slightly colored, and in high favor with evert' body using specks or eve-glasses. Watch, Clock and Jewelry repairing in all its'branches. Hair Jewelry, Society Bsag* Diamond setting, or any new work made to order at reasonable chargee. Engraving promply executed. oct24-'T FALL AND WINTER GOODS. CHAPMAN & VERSTILLE * Announce to their friends and patrons that their stock wilt be kep* to ° stantly replenished with Seasonable Goods at Lowest Mark** F ncc *- j£SJ- Will receive in payment Eagle & Phcnix money and Cotton at highest market **