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so far as heard from. In the Second ' District the returns are against Tift, 1 , late Democratic incumbent, and in.fa- . vur oi V>"hiU-2y. Republican. Tin- Legislature villba largely Democratic, j the returns indicating heavier Demo-1 ! cr-atic gains than wasexpected. Both j ; Republicans and Democrats charge; : frauds in the election. Jqo h-S uston Homs Journal GENERAL LEE- Colonvi Cooke, in the Introductory Chapter’of Tils life of General Lee, re fers to the -'-groat departed” as follows; s’ Tjic- name of Lee is beloved and re- j spected'thronghout' the -world. Men ! of all parties, and opinions unite in i this sentiment, hot 1 only” those who end thought and fought with - him, bnt most violently opposed to hisjM>litieal '.pyievrs and career. It is natural that i his <§rn people should love and honor ihe i him as tiiair great leader and defender 1 tiyi : IikAj£rnggIe of intense bitterness— feed | -Uiat his old enemies should share this ions'tprDferord regard and admiration is Ji£AT, MEAT, MU. A. CAB LOADS wdLcnAl X db Dry Salted sides and SEonfe eady for Smoking, on consign-; or sale very cheap bv JONES & BAS ! Sjsctswocd Hotel Hnfned—Trlghtfcl Scenes and Terrible Lass ob-Lb-'- p£|jggj8KPB5ry; -•a ! Richmond, December 25. — The t Spotswood Hotel and all the buddings ; of the block, the finest in the city* ; were burned at two o’clock this, morn ing. The following business Iionses were burned: Branch and Current.-,' crockery store, Adams’ Express Com pany’s office, Howe’s Sewing Machine store and other smaller stores. The weather is the coldest for thir teen years. The ground'is covered HoustonTemalc Institute OSCAR D. SCOTT, Principal. AT J. C. GILBERT'S DRUG STOEE. <kc28-tf -/A iLA No. 13 Cotton Avenue. Choice Leaf Lard, A CANS new Tennessee jJ \J just received and for sale t -/ONES & B.AXt December Cth. 1S|U, ;it the residence ot su.l nair.s iiotr,-.-. iaeiLume fioseiy. . _ { Fiest.—Having feakeaJthe old-Ftmid Lhown. ^ the bride’s ©other, -by fiev.-B. breech- - }>;x*wi£s.£rirGisllsry, and refitted it Up inlne best i - •. - ' . ‘ rT'' - . ' {.manner, \ve aim da rered t<> execute the fiuc-st and love, Air. JesseL'Waite, to Miss Comkxe best-work. V - - ~ •?j- ;EosiL, all of FortYalley, Ga. No cords. betJi'lSsjSkur Macon. 5 ””’ 1 ’ Tanm—We guarantee perfect iaUaiactioii 1n every eftije, or no charge. Fourth.—The only Premium given at the recent ihtcon Fair for the; best Plain Photographs was Cheap Whiskey. XOTHEE'cinliidriow-prieed ir| . just received on consignment ;-,p ' JONES ABij; two,. As a porter was waking the pas sengers for the Southern train, the fire was discovered in the basement. An | effort was immediately made to wake the gnests. The seenewas indescriba ble-men running about, and tryingto save their baggage—women half-naked and- hare-footed rushed iatoihe snow- covered streets. The engines were promptly on the spot, but- the water was frozen and caused delay. Before twenty minutes the flames prevented an escape'by the stair-eases, and the gnests commenced jumping, from tho windows and lowering themselves by blankets and 7 ropes. E. P. Clark, steward, was fatally injured'in leaping from the third story.' Mrs. Emily Gop’eKim.- -Jiouserkeeper, with two or three other ladies, appeared at the windows of the fifth story, New Business! F<U1 Session, ....S15, *2u, $2S aXiuacj .l, .......... $6 per month ' Board cam be obtainedingoodYamllios at reas onable rates. Dspe^ses jnnst be paicHit tile end of each month. For further particulars apply to tue Principal. dec28-tf Batter,Potat 0 PACKAGES choie •20 packages fresh a Butter, 50 barrels Irish Pc 25 barrels JTenness* ' For sal FURNITURE Per dez, card size ior the Album, any style, $L00 Half “ “ “ “ “ “ “ ■ - .:2^0 **'■ ’•* Victoria Card, 44 '; 4 00- “ 44 Imperial 44 . 44 •«: 5 00 tho Jfprffi,” noTess than the people of j the South, feel that Dee was truly great; and the harshest critic hasbeen- uhle. to find nothing to detract from tins- view, of him. : The soldier was great; hut the man himself was great er. Ho one was; ever simpler, truer, g5 more honest.’ Those who knew him best loved him. v the' most. Re served.an<J silent, -witfe a. hearing ofial- most austere, dignity, he impressed many persons as-cold, and unsympa thetic, and his true-character was long. HAWKEsSYILEE; GA, He trill spend the first half of each month in his office in Perry over the old Ding Store, and one fourth, orthe Latter halfof each month will be given to his practice in Hawkinsvitle at Mrs; Hudspeths. -iiTie Plaster And Ce.it A lf.YAYS on hand bv JONES i BAX; All Persons inflebteil .to !ou^ flm, by draft or otherwise,' -who fad -to settle liy the first of janu- ; ary, neat; wDl find their papers in the bands of- : C. C. DXTNC4JJ, Attorney, for sollscfion, We. are compellCL 1 . tolapse out the bustoew of JSTOTp pre- I pare for 1871. dec28-tf J. W. MATHEWS & OO. PEllliY HIGH SCHOOL. __ screaming for help. The firenteh’s ladders felled to reach them, by two stories, While the. firemen were -endeavoring to lengthen them, the women disappear ed m black smoke-rdhe roombiighten- ing up a' few moment later with fJames. The persons known to lm lost, np to noon to-day,-are, Erasmus Rosg, clerk of fhe jobbj prison . during the way; Mrs. Emily Corndius, housekeeper, Samuel Wi .Robinson, clerkyith Enker ■& Bro, kand Samuel Hines,. clerk with Milhizer 2c Co. . The register of the hotel .being- destroyed: it is impossible iii n-vcaling itself to the world. : To*; tlay all men ;;know what' his Mends knew dnrin|r his yfer—that, undo--, the t -graye. est'erior of the soldier, oppressed, y.ith cure and' anxiety, beat a warm • and kindly heart, full, of - an even ex traordinary gentleness and sweetness; that the man himself was not cold, or stiff, brharsh, but patieht, forbearing, charitable under"many trials of 1ns | equanimity, and magnaniihpim without effort, from the native impulse of life heart. . Friend and’foe thus to-day re gard hiip with much the same, senti ment, as ,a genuinely hdgest man, rin- capable of ,'duplicity ’ ip thought or ! deed, .whoily trae and sincere, inspired always under all temptations by that prisca fldes "which purifies and. enno bles, and. resblntcly befit, in the dak. hour, as in the bright, on the fnlilper- formaiicebf his duty. “Dhty is the sublimest wordin~our language,” he wrote-his 7 sen; and, if we add that R AMSDELL'S Norway Oats. S Oats, He:ivy IVhite Prinvu E: fsbind Oats, Tennessee Seed O.v. sale by JONES A BAX'. Now0fBS--ttl»E 1 on which bur ’Saviour was.born.- •: This L 5svus according to the old style; by. the -newstylc of rockbiniig.it would be the. 'fith ofijamupy, . , 1 T’iie Roman Catholics, - (or the Chris tian Church, it was then,-) .celebrated * the day by Three masses—ime at 'tfie ‘midnight provii>n3;'one at- day break; - —. u —.—. . i..—. — .I--i.n-1,-.11,,■ i -T: uxi- Your accounts are pow (fee, and you are respectfully requested to call and pay up. My terms are CASH and CASH ONLY. dec28-2t J. -0. GILBEET. BAB BEDS more Fine Gsor t rtijioi- s.tie cheap by JONES & BAXTE 17-3m- . 100 Ohurry B0Alt!) AT $15.00 TEE MONTH, in good families. ■Wrilien Examinations are held -in the middle and end of each session, to test thoroughly the familiarity of each pupil with his studies. To obtain a laudable ambition, AVE OF— FEE HIS TUITION, THIRTY .DOL LARS, to any boy who will STAND BEST in the 8chool, at the final examination next July. We ask every one who hns'a son to edu cate, to give us atriaL CHARLES 2L NEEL, . PrincipiL For reference, apply to Mr. W. J. North ern, of Mi. Zion, or to any of our patrons. decI7-lf For Sule Lou; for Cask J.partakp of • a .eoliat-iou between "the 'jnasses,-'si> its tb.be better-able tp en- 1 dure'tife protracted services, and then ‘ l kh»v trafisition was very natnrid and’ easy to’give festivity and merry : mak- (ing.tho predominance' on the occasion. J ' The old English Christmas is, pow , hops; the perfection-.of pttpeitd festival. ; The revels used to begin on Christmas . Eve aml last till Twelfth 'night (Jaie J X>lli): and .sometimes, even to Gnndle- mas (Fi-b fid.) In-tlio houses of 'the 1 ' nobles great preparations were ritade ’■"kiyt the festirity; the.Tiirdoj;' was filled with tni-keys,;cliiekeiis,': geese,, duicks,' First-class Pictures There are about a dozen unclaimed trunks of parties from New Y’ork and other. Northern cities, it js a pptioea- ble feet that tiie fee left npe building pn(ttie comeTr-nthe sanje -house winch checked the'eyapuatietth conflagration, in 1865, P* Shaffer.-State printer, escaped from the fourth story by <lrop- ping-from window cornice to window cornice— : reaehing 7 the. ground badly burned, but nQt otherwise- wninjured.. .A correspondent of tiie Nep-York Herald narrowly,escaped; APie'guests lost alj their clothing., The fire result ed in three hundred thousand dollars of . loss—insure.d . mpstly-in Northern offices. ' . Lateb.—Additional names known tp be lost: H..A Thomas; agent Pano rama of the Pilgrim’s Progress; W-. A. Pace, Dahyjile,- Ya.,- United States 9ge Thousand Maple Bedsteads, The best articles^ ia tbc market, at Low Also Coflius in Rosewood, Maho^nyr Cedar, 'ttal- unt, and iinltutlonB. • ?aOS..WGG&- Hext to Lanier K*>u*e, dec28-Sm * -■ . S1ACOS, GA. Sew. .Flietd^raph^.GlUleiT' IK PERRY, Gift. The undersigned - have opened a temporary Branch GfiHexy in Perry for the convenience of everybody in Houston who want First-Class Photographs 'without the trouble of going to a city. " All styles and sizes of the better cTskb o'WOrTx executed m bit tlic per fection of the latest 'improvements. Is tho ulaco to-buv PTTEE and UNADUL- '. ’ TEEATSP AIEDieniES. .. The crowning, grace; ‘of; this .man, w'ho was. thus-not only great but good, was tho humility and trnst in God, whicb lay at the foundation of his character. Upon this point we shall -quote the, words of a gentleman of . Man, vcmau and cliild Id Houston cotintr should know tiiat lay & Gord^sdi Uit- cbeoaos&ml bent goods to be frnmd lliis side of the luouu. if »ay body tsu go to to'- moon to^radc, we advise them to do so; bnt if they have to stop anywhere short of that, let them go to Hay & Gordon’s, Any HE SELLS AT MACOff PRICES. commanding inteflect, a bitter oppon- ent of the. South in the war: “Lob is worthy of all praise. As a man, lie was fearless A J. RIDDLE, the well known proprie tor of Riddle's Fhotograpliic. Temple, iIn- eon, G:u,—the same Riddle who photo graphed for the Army of Tennessee, under ■•(.ild Joe,” respectfully informs the citizens of Houston county that he wfll establisU a branch Gallery in Perry, on Jnntmry. loth, 1870.- Having given the picture business his undivided 'attention for many years, he among men.^. As §140,006, and insured' at ‘ a soldier, he had. no superior and no Sublett, Luck & Go., bad § equal; In the course.' of Nature, my surance on the furniture, ai career pp. earth may soon terminate.— on the wines and carpets, God grant that; when the day of my tional Insurance Company, death shall epme, I may look np to more, loses §8,000. Afe t Heaven with that confidence and faith; ready for delivery in the Son which the life and character of Robert press- office were burned, A "E. ’Lee gave him. He died trusting in seen at an upper window’, a God as a good man, with a good life, paralyzed by fear, tearing p and a pure conscience.” ' smafl pieces which he-threw Ho had lived, ns he died, with this streets, till he fell |>ackintot "supreme trust in an overruling and Among tire narrow escapes merciful Frovidence; :and this;.senti^ Mafllbfert, bl.New York, en ment, pervading his whole being, was tbe Janies River olistmotloi the-origin of that august ctdnmess with Pearce, of Columbia, S.. 0 which be greeted the most crushing Secretary to .Senator .Sprag disasters of his military career. . His .Magill,!proprietress -of- the; :faith and'humbje.trfidi; snstaineid Mm' R. H. Stowell, member of 'after tiie war, when: the-woes Pf the The DeLaves lost tiiefe bagg South wellnigh broke his great^spirit; hptd.’re^ster is found; find and lie" , dalmly : expired; as- a weairy strangers . are unaccounted .child fallsrasLee'p; knoWliig that , its naine bi the housekeeper -bti father is near. . ‘ Mrs. Kennedy., The foUowi THIRD STREET, MACON ». 1 "Oq CliVintmas evo tbo befis were rang; On CliriHtnni8 eve tlso moss was .sung; ' Then opene'd wide the; baron’s ball .To vassal* serf and tenant all; '■Power laid liis rod of rule aside, • And ceromony.doffod bin pride;. j' - All bailed yritb imcfndroll^d dcl'pht, - And general voice the liiippy nigbt,. That to Hie cottage, as. tiie croWir, * a night tidings of Balvi.'tion down, • En;;'a?id w*as merry Ellwand when - Old GJiristmas bronght bis sports again, VTwas Christiuas bwattlied the mipditieBt all; ; ,’Ttt'as Christmas told thc mcYriest talo; •' - jA Christmas gambol oft wonld cheer ■ - ’ i A poor mrm'H Jieart .through half ; ihe year. . .(^■hristmas is not observed in Eng- .land'or anywhere else, on so extensive i a scale ns formerly. -Some of’the J Churches still make it the oecasion of : special religious' services; but iu gen eral, its return is marked only by'spe- .-^ij^jijnigun-e.in social pleasures, t|ic r re;ipii»n of families, tiie tpyingof pres- teifif, and the fact that it is'.tis? close of Ihcjenr. ’ 1 Among the many superstitions re lating to, ChristmasV we, r ffnd the fol lowing; It is an old RwuSlish tradition that at the festival of Christmas, the men living in the cdJcC nqrtiini'n.* pSrts- aro snddenlv and '-strangely changed decl7-3m HIS 'PICTURES CANNOT BE EX CELLED That wants to inspecj tho most olc-gact assort ment of Dry Goods t!iat flie ever bdirltl. should not delay, bnt pro^riUnunediateli tu l«4 Gor don’s, where she most certainly if desired. Now is the time to call on Mr. Schaub who will remain in Perry until Christmas only, and get the best pic tures at low rates. - SCHAUB & HAYGOOD. dccl7-2w. - By any in the Slate. Every closeription of Picture known, to the profossion taken in the highest style of the art- Remember the tints; he will opeir jiis: gidlery on the 15th of next January. . Let all avail themselves tn'rrtaf.'rrnrvfi r»ipfnrf>c* rtn FOEEIGH AND DOMESI H. hi. HDLTZCLAW, ATTORNEY AT LAW, PERRY, GEORGIA. Anything she-wints to hip 7 , «nd that too-at the very lowest prlres. Ttoy havo the best Prints at 12Ji cents; Bleac)ied i-i Soau^nin at' 1eeuta; Dress Goods at less-than Macon prices; a icwmore of those Bol'l'.'vsrd skills at £1, and anytliili- else in-the Dry; Goods line, besides Perfumery, Toilet Artldes,- Table and' Pochet Cntlery, Hardware, Wooden-ware, etc., etc. (If yon want to know what is included in “etc..” come and see for yourselves.) They have agir ami always intend to keep Handsomest Stocks IN MIDDLE GEORGIA. CAMPBELL & JONES A Good Unparalleled Suffering IS1ETTS LIVER MEBIf RtlSX & K8RTLAND Assorbnent of- Heady-made Clothfng, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Cups/and Geiits 7 Fumlshiog Goods, which; in quality and price; are warrauted to.sujfc any reasonable man--Now,.young man, if you want to play havoc'with the hearts of the ladies, be . snre to buy your clothes at Day A Gordon's. Eveiy married lady should see to it that her A NAJ'E AAR CERTAIN ndieuly and sinmgply changed into wolves, nnd.tlu:t a large multitude ot them meet together .at an appointed place dra-iug the night-' find rage so fiercely against mankind; ancl 'oilier creatures not fierce by nature, ihat.the ^'habitants of that c.ountrysuffer.moi’Q Spin l heir altaefc; than they ever do frp-jj natural wolves. ' ‘ftwiisau old English superstition ihat on Christmas eve- the oxen' were allvays found on their Icnecs-'or in an nliitede of devotion. . This was derived from a prevalent medkeval notion that an. ox and an ass which were present'at Hie birth of Christ, fell upon their kiv*^iu a suppliant posture. Thefe Wits a famous hawthorn in the Church yard of Gbstonbu'ry Abbey, which tdways budded op. the filth and . blossomed on the 25th of December. After the chauge of style, it was ob- •served that it blossomed on January St-h'phich would have been Christmas day according to old style. It is said that slips from this l h'om are preserved which blossom on January 5th, to tbe fircscnt- time. Near Raleigh there is a valley said'to have been caused by an earthquake e, ^terirs ago. which swal lowed up' a whole village and a church. It was formerly a custom for people to assemble there on CUristiaivs morning 1 to.listen to the- ringing of-.tho l)3ls be-! ncath them. Although Clirislraes has lost many ; of ils distinctive feat u-s; although if js not observed cither socially or relig- jonslya sit: formerly wsspin-ithgagh we ; do not know that the day we rc-coguize is the exact tinm when the Saviour ' wv.s born, let us ever remember the oe.- j perdon which caused its estcdferiiin -ut ps a festival—“whin'sheph-rds lyetch- j pu their iliieks 1 >y night, all scet-'d on \ the ground,” mullet us cnleaver to. make our Eves one grand response. to |ce glorious anthrm the angels cb.anted j ib.ru: “dory to God in the highest, i But don’t, be alarmed, reader, for it did not Luppen unjwiiQre intliis-iiei gliborliood; infeet such a thing coifid- not take place MERCHANTS, Boots, Shoes, Leather AND EINDINGS, LIVES CO^?LAi?n ; d in the popular teach fractious Radicalism a lesson. It t “albolishe'd” the fe that when the people-speak, they the country. It mu;j t be obeyed. Holden attempted f million of huiuan to override the law in his State and confidence in our' (he people rebuked him. Smith at- for it no substi-. tempted to retain gubernatorial chair sort off inveried, iii Alabama, in violationdf the popular ' s about—happily TO te, and he has been compelled, by ffsh” the Jtepubr legal proems, to withdraw his claims. !And all tlieczse? anti iudlspcfi- •oiiguiffUf fro iu a state •- Uty of the JLivtti:, snch aa Husband C. F. COOPER No. 3, Gojton Avmug, IIACON, GA., Chronic and Acute iu^aiaiufe decl7-tf Docs his trading with Day & Gordon, for theirs is certainly tiie store at which the test goods are sold at vey low prices. - TherC is no mistake about it; they inean. what they say—if you want proof of it, call and see them. * Now let the -whale populace of Houston comity mskc; a grand Vfcsh FANCY Holden wfll be impeached and Smith should;be indicted for high treason against the ~ Qommonwealth of Ala bama. TIME IS KONEV, CALL AT CATEB’S NEW STOEE And see best prints at 12Ja. " Osnabnrgi'at 14 and 15c, A-iSheet&gs at Ifijc. Best Kip Brogans at 2.00 and many goods at Mficon Prices. ' v decl7-lfc ______i— GUANO! GUANO! - PHENIS GHANO, ; SALT AND PLASTER COMPOUND, i YvTLCON GIBBS A'CO. MvVNOPU- j . .- BATED GUANO. I am offering the above well known j-staridard fertilizers for cash or on : time at . -' .■ ;j , GREATLY REDUCED PRICES to correspond with the low price of tt-'.n. C-. D. ANDERSON, Fort Yalley, Ga. idcciT-tf- - Bacon, Lard, Flour, Fish, The Hon. Thomas "W. Thomas, of Georgia, Judge o£ the Superior Court (now d.;adg wits an eccentric'genius, who tpldmany stories of himself, and -had more told of (him, ; His favorite method of getting rid. bf worthless, characters from the town where he lived was to get them into mock duels, and, if they stood fire, to let the op ponent fall as if dead,-and alarm the sliootiSt by the terrors of law. One summer a fellow was served in Hite way, and the last seen of him was at 'Craft’s Ferry, bn the Savannah River, saying, “For the Lord’s sake, let me over—I’ve just killed a man in: a- dire], ! and all of Ms kin are after 'me!” And : once over, he was seen no more. A ' few -weeks Liter it was desirable, tb get- ■ rid of a drunken tailor, and the field • of honor was again tried. Immediately THE ELECTION Passed off very qnietiv in Honston. resulting in the triumph of the Radi cals, by a large majority, as follows: For Representatives, Joel R. Grif fin, George Ormond, Arb'y Simmons. For Sheriff, YT. D. Pearce—for Clerk Superior Court. J. C. McCoy—for Tax Receiver,--Samuel Hunt—fgr tax col lector, Benjamin Cobte-for county- treasurer, J. A. Holtzclaw—for county Surveyor, J: S. Pugh—for (Coroner, Samuel Tooke. Thefollowing is ft -summaiy of the news of the" State election. We hope to be'able to give otScial figarcs next -week: - \ -Radicals Fever and Ague, EiliousYu: Dropsw Mid Jaundice. To Day & Gordon’s, for they rosy rest assured that they will save money by so doing. :'SAAU.;* •' ", ' ; . . deda-tf lished in tho Southern and West?rs ^ UVreqnire further racommendaLo^ j Tha wise will give its ^ o£ Certificates from tin men in the country attest the v=^ * FRICH CUE pOLLA? Sent by mail on receipt of CHAWFOBJ) & W 11 TEOPHIETOBS, MABSTTAliXjTnJiE, GA- 2 IWT-MsyIakes It! AxiiiSTA, December 27. concede that- Georgia has gone Demo cratic by ic-majority of from tlnrfy-five to-forty thousand. Thus far only two Radical Senator’s "have been elected, both colored. The Democrats will have 1 a majority in both Senate and House. • ... - ( .. - Augcs!:*. December 27.—The elec tion returns come in slowly, bnt con firm the election of Democrats to Con gress from the First, Third, Fifth, Sixth and Sevenths Districts, with chances in favor of Lawton, Democrat, in the Foorth. The vote is very close This time t-ho (fellow cooly tried his' pistol bar rel with a brig, and said, “Thar ain’t no ball in here, and 1 uiuw lo fcill irieat I did. Put in one.” And it cost Thomas five dollars in corn-whiskey to get the duel out of the tailor’s head. Kails, Brags, Patent Medicines, Ft? Sfpii, tt li Fra, CYSEHTEY A5D FLUX, Tor liver ni Sidneys it hi so epi EUfiESISOLUABLE, PACIFIC GUANO, COMPOUND ACID PHOS. LIME. I am selling these guanos at reduced prices. Orders solicited. C. D. ANDERSON, Fort Valley, Ga. AH of which will be sold very low for Cash, j LOOK OUT, MU CREDIT HAS PLAYED OUT. He is daily receiving ALL THE GOOD THKGS OF THE SEASON. He Las put down the prices.to suit tl iin’.e-c Call on "him and yen cvnnnf foil: be :s.;rtcd. c ’- e -SS-tf ATI ANTED ! A GOOD MEtJ^ji } f tiie year 1S71. He must c ’-" recommended. Apply to ■* r - J E. L-rELD* Feu!- F6R SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. MASUFACTrEID BY I). C. BRADY & CO. LOtnBVTUiE, KY. The weather, Saturday find Sunday, ; was unusually cold at Savannah. Tiie s.:...- t guito'n were full of ice, -and on the ponds in the vicinity ice was formed strong enough ior skating.