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I0USTOM V
about 7i o’clock, a 5re broke our f..
Meridian, Mias, in the store of T.
Sturges, resulting in the destmetion
I of the entire block on Front. between
j Lee and Johnson streets. The follow-
• ing are tlie tames of the sufferers with
the amounts of their los:-..--. as given by
the Gazette:
Hurlbntt Pro. 's store and stock, in--
' sared for §13,000; Theo. Strj'gcs, two
buildings andstock, insured iet $d,(K)0;
1 Rosenbaum & Gully, store anil st.ock,
i insured -for -33,606; the old Henry
| House; occupied as a fumily <r.\ >■ ,
■ most of the stock* iosty Mrs- M. E.'
[ Chadvyiek’a storehouse,- insm-oil. for
3d,000; UeCaskill, -insured for $S00;
j house* owned by J.'W. Her
pied by SL Boos, loss h;
! insurance, on goods; Fry s j
Hund’s sulooh;'honss owned by Dr.
Broneh, unoccupied; the old Tenno-
barun bailing, recently purchased,
and one payment made by Mrs. H.
Scott, not insured—furniture, etc.,
loss to the amount of 83,030. Total
losses about $75,000, with $28,000 in
sured. - The fire -originated in the
garret of Sturges’ shire,* where there
htid been no fire during the day, and
was doubtless incendiary.
'There was considerable plundering
by negroes during. the fire, and a tar-
named Billy Gloptoh,
j. T. WATERMAN,
PERRY, OAjMARCH 23, 1371.
BY J: T. WATERMAN.
! best and most- profitable way of ob
taining a hop plantation, because, j
: though, the plants raised from seed do j
; not bear until the third year, the j
! yield of fruit is considered superior in;
; quality and quantity. j
: Every spring it is necessary to open j
i the hills and cut off the shoots and j
SCHAUB & HAYCOOD’S
PHOTOGRAPHIC ROOMS
“It stands in a lonely 'meadow,
The house so mossy and brown,
Tilth its cumbrous old stone chimneys,
And the grey roof sloping aoira,
.The trees fold their green arms'round it,
The trees a century oM;-
And the winds go chturitirig thro r them,
And the sunbeams drop their, gold.'
J ®r,.;..........v., .52-50.
Months, *.&■:*; 50
ree Months, -...... 1 00
)be paper will be stopped at the eipira-
iof the time paid lor, unless the sub-
ptioh is previonsly renewed,
f the address of a subscriber is to be
aged, we must have the old address as
ivy, some
Loci shop;
and figure* below. .Examine them closely.
Pxasx.—Having taken the old stun! kn«*tm as
UaiKuTpJLxt (jaHciy, aad reMted-ifcjip in the beat
niauiu-r. wu are prepares, to execirte tile finest*and
befit work.
Secuni).—Onr prices.' as vrlJl be seen, are greatly
below tiiuse of any other Gallery in Macon. *
TfliiU).—We giurraaitee, ijorfect satisfaction in
every tase, or no ctiat’ge.’
Foumth.—The oxlv PBKJirtDigiveii at thexecent
Macon Fair for the best Plain Hiiotographs was
awarded.to tiis,.au«V.Wk* are tletenmned to keep uyy,
the merit of our iucrcusiug reputation,
t Fleth.—Our facilities ajje fiubh that vft? can pro
duce the. best pictures in Middle Georgiy and at
reasonable prices! : • r
: i every second year. ' Farm yard ma
nure and good superphosphates are
the best fertilizers for hops.
The plants or seed can be easily
- bought from any, of the hop-raisers of
Wisconsin. The poles, which ought
to be of chestnut, are from twSVe to
fifteen'feiUt long,.‘one at least to every
hill, and set firmly in the ground so
as to resist severe wind storms. The
vines or', bines, as they are called in
England, when the hops are ripe and
ready to gather—which would be
about the end of August or the begin
ning of September at the South —
should be cut about three feet from
the ground-—not lower because itr
would cause the plants to bleed too
much—the poles are then lifted out of
the ground and laid on. frames ■ made
expressly for the purpose, and then
the pickers ’ go to work, picking "the
hops into baskets, care being taken
not to allow discolored or immature
fibwers to be mixed with those that are
Of the best quality. After gathering
the hops are immediately taken to the
lriln to be dried, a process which is
complete in a short timej and after
bei*.g stored a few days they are
“The cowslip spiriigs iri the marshes
And theroses btoom on the hill;.
And beside the brook, in the pasters
The herd go feedingat will,
Within, in the wide old Mtchen.
The old-folks sitin the sun,
That-creeps through the shelt’ring
dow,
When the day is nearly dona
GENERAL MEECHANDI
a three months. ..
fo attention paid to' anonymous commu
nions, as we are responsible for every-
ig in our reading columns. This rule is
jerative
jiy one sending us five new .subscribes
L 312 50, will receive the Home Jooenai,
.year fsee.
Splayed advertisements will be charged
riding to. the space they occupy.
Ill advertisements should be marked for
iecificd time, oi hey will be continued
i charged for until ordered out
dvertisements inserted at jnhawals. will
Iharged as new each insertion,
dvertisements to run for a longer .time
i-three months, are due and will be col-
ad at the beginning of each quarter.
“There chiitiriin havegOne and left them;
• They sitmThe^un-iATOej
And the old wife’s ears are failing,
As she harks to the well known lone
That won herlieart in her girlhood,
.Tliat has soothed it nunanya care
And praises her now, for the .brightness
Her old rice used to wear.
Prices of Plain Pho togr aphs:
Per du2, card size for tlie Albmu. any style, $4 00
Half « *• “ “ . “ “ 4< , 2 50-
•* Victoria Card, 44 44 4 00
“ *4 - Ixujierial * 4 44 *• . 5 00
A Phofograpli if'- xtf 1 * iiidies, nicely framed, 4 00
“ “ 44 - ; 44 5 00
10x 12 44 44 44 7 00
44 11x14- 44 44 .10.00.
Prices of Paintings:
A naiuting ll-x l4 inches, liaudsomeV framed $20
14 x17 44 , 44 , ^ .. 44 30
. ' 20 x24 ‘ “ Life-size;gold.gilt fraine oO
44 - 22 r 27 44 .*,• bust 44 44 - 44 - 00
Old PictureK copied to any. of the above sizes,, or
larger, and finely fininhed. A reduction is; made
in onr re.t^ular prices to families and larjie parties.
TIiankiiiK our p.t-ons for tbeir libetal patronage
ill reaiKHrtfully ask a continuance of
tiie same. . . ' •
r-^AYGOOD/
Macon, Ga.
bulentnegro
who has a so-called negro militia at
his command, and was parading tliem
in arms on the street previous to the
fire, expressed great exultation at the
sight-of “irebel property’’ burning.—
The Gazette says:
He drew a pistol on a man.who re-
monstrated and would have killed him
but for the interference of a friendly
negro. While marching up the street
in front of the fire with pistol in hand,
Cursing rebels and gloating over their
misfortunes, he : was suddenly and
very unexpectedly kupcketl down, dis
armed and left to* life colored comrades
who carried him out ’ of ; the crowd,
when he beat a hasty retreat for home.
Aliout this time, while the fire was
raging, and our citizens struggling to
arrest it and save a little of their prop
erty, the" bell at the African church
pealed forth the usual signal for the
This was
WORM CANDY!
,—a- . -
‘ in lac bnuiftu iKn‘y.
Symptom 1 .; of iVorins.
Alternate iratenees and flneliing-of countenance,
a dull expression of tlie eyes, droweiaesa,
of tbe nose, a swelled, iiutkit ltR.
luriHd _and' J t1;kkIy Mjretklfd 1
“Shetlniiks again ofher bridal,
TVneii dressed iu her robe iof white
She stood by her gay young lover
inthemormng'sfosylight;-
Oh! the morning isrosy as ever,
But the rose torn lier cheek has fled,
And the sunshine still is golden;
But it rills on a silvered head.
oh work must be paid for on delivery.
rged only for the time published. -
firriago Notices and Obituaries hot ex-
ling ten lines *ill 'be pnbiishetb’frtrs.—
tuaries of more than fen lines will be
rged for at regular advertising rates,
fotica? of a personal or private character.,
nded'to promolfe any 1 private cntiapriti
nterest, will be charged as other adver-
dverlisers are reqnesfeiHo heind in their
wmP?i*ihle £
ipmtjuc- uiuv-jy
jttu-rn x t . - w. - .*r ..ItJl wifi ppotfi/irtiQ
.bieatli-'and‘ cuuuicd bfliy. a Jm: bnl or p&sa&.
swelling ot-ptdfincss of tbe fik'Ai, a-bt:< *t‘.ug in tlie
'grinding of.tlic tvstti,.* swinatKm as i
■ soraetiiing ^vcrc. lodged lb tlio tiirnui, a gi’aduai
Ayasting orCuv.flcifli^ siekncKS of tiiC stomach, vom-
ffij, Rflhort a. v cr.u;*h, st-jfttontrs vura-
citrufi, at otlier time-a feeble.- an umiatuial oravjng-
for dirtj Cjiaik or clay, bo»v«:b semet mt-R ctislive.
t;i£cs^ Ioomc, gi'tat.fretfuluc. j s and irnta-
bHvty of temiKsr, yains^ in th«: stoiiiscli aud. bowels,
‘C«.lic, fits*. conVulfri^JiV pa •‘V,
- FcA.diT%tiQn«itc»l> of the box. It would be
“fyeS to give a Kniall dof-o of ca.<ftT»r oil, with n few
,droi>« of spllrts' of tnrpcutin:;. after the candy, to
'bring away Bio womij'. This civiidy gives imme
diate xeliuf. . Preiiarcd only by .
T XV* XJTTV'T »- nr\
'dci*28-3m
FURNITURE
“And so the thoughts ofher girlhood
Come back in her olden time.
Till her feeb’e pulses tremble
■With the thrill, of spring- tide's prime—
And looking forth from the window,
She thinks how the trees have grown; :
Since clad in her bridal whiteness,
She crossed the old door stone.—
"£. wi ht?xt -t co..
Dnij&iit*, Macon, Ga.
janlO-Gm
[‘ Set aside'h liberal prii'enliige for ftdver-
[ng. Keep yourself jinceasingly before
& public; and it matters not what business
ii are engaged in, for^ jf;intelijgentiy and
^ustriohsly pursued, a fortiine'will be the,
rulL”—Hunt’s Merchants’ Migazlne.
“After I began totidvirtise irij- Irpnwhre
ely, business increased with .nnazing ra-
hty. For ten years past I luivc spent
0.000 yearly, to keep my superior \voros
tiliird in aiB
‘ ‘They sat in peace in the sunshine,
Till the day was almost done;
And then, at its (dose, an. Angel
Stole over the threshold stone— .
He folded.theh hands. Jpgcther;
He touched theii eyelids, .with balm;.
Till tbrir hist breath floated outward
Like the dose of a solemn psahn.
HO ME-M A B.E F E RTIL..I ZE R.
Kcejw constantly on hand a good assort
ment of
negroes to repair there,
more than our people conld'sfavnfl, and
.a company, was at Once formed an d
marched’to the residence of the sheriff,
where a tender was made of. the posst
and a reqnest made for the arrest of
•Cttoptoh. -The sheriff sent his deputy,
Mr. Belk, in charge of tlie posse and
arrested-Mr. Olopton and placed him
under: the guard in the court-house:—
The turBiilent threats'of the negroes
and* their white'allies called the citi
zens together again Sunday afternoon
and evening, wlieii one hundred men
volunteered to vindicate the law and
crash’ lawlessness, no matter from
whenceit might come. The town was
■matl pniifj'd Kimtbiv night and a strong
guara“ot citizeiw lieptover
see that lie wits; neither rescued nor
molested.
A squad of armed negroes was dis
persed arid Sent home, and Monday
morning a large meeting of the citi
zens was held in the interests of good
order. ! In the afternoon the examimi-
tion of Cloptori and two others, Aaron
Moore and Warren Tyler, came on be
fore Justice Bramlette, and the evi
dence showed that violent incendiary
IONIC LUSH BITTERS,
BEDSTEADS, TBUNDLE BEDS,
tVARDilOBES. TABLES, CHAIBS,
WASHSTANDS, CRADLES,
CR3S, SAFES, ETC.,
ftSve prfcsesseVt-hrv'
-McL.-oil Belton;'
It > Tint a vrltfsky ttrinkn romiurniul of
ve^ctabli? w^tii jmtv atTMUlrfHt i* rti -;
• JiHlu&iidccL ill JtH riibi r* wlitile a toUb* ;*«;d jruiitlu
laxative Ik TitjbdjtfI. Gf“-
.billty, Ian;iuor. 3:c.*ui-ai'iie a;;d ccHtivcmtBr*, tlinfir
Irltturfi a£c usiri'f'u'tUy coimtlcudcd. A« n ih^vei-tlv*:
of cuuls r.art fever* It vr0. btrfoinnl- fr.» b-i a valr.n-
•Ble medicine. l»v ^hntiy fit-ianintni" ’Ci? and
aKBlfithi(( uatiive to tUra’Y.oif iu ; asi;:a. 'J ake oae
two or Uiruc iBjhc.s auay-rju*t cn ni^ii to produce
a full. byaitiAl' iietiAm Diuthe 7f •ycu.haxi,
cause* to use bittei's of-jv:ty^ldnd RiiS.ls wLat you-
v/aut.' Prepared only by
L. W. ZVST k CO.. . .
• * -. *• ilactrii.'Ga.
Advertising, lilve Midas! ionoli, Inrnfi
•vthiu" to gold. By it your .f iring rnen
Wlmt audacity is to love and Mdriess
rar, thersWlB^njWof
:oss business. —Henry n aru.llecchcr.
The newspapers made Fisk."—James
‘ ‘But the shapes they left behind them;
The wrinkles and silver hair,.. . ’- --
Made holy .to ns by the kbsses,
The Angels have printed-there;
T7£el hide away. Ineath the willows,
When-tlie day is low in the West,
Where the sunbeams cannot find them,
Nor the winds disturb .their rest
MATTRESSES
ON HAND AND MADE TO ORDER.
A general assortment of METALLIC, and
every description, of IV^QODEN r -
Georgia.. December Ctli, 1570.
r itbout tbft aid of ad . r 4: scinoiitri. I
' UlUSb 'K.VllW'a-'in
AtlVeriistng is tin! royal road
-P. T. -Biuraum.
“Perhaps in that miracle country,
They will give their lost youth back;
• ^ as,-1.
A Hearse can be foriiished to order at any
time, on short notice. I can be found in :
the day time at my store, next to the Hotel;
at night, at my residence, adjoining that of
Dr. Havis.
inter's-inli
Imsi’-ieas.
Will bloom in their spirits trait
But will suffer no tell-tale tombstone
With its age and date to rise
O'er the two who are old no longer,
In onr Father’s house in the skies.”
jt. j. .r.AMAf.:
poumied a ton lor Mr. John Moreiunl. <11 this eminiy
rej-uit Yoia-o rospjoiftiliy, •
bc|r-SOjvt£X
lEALEBS I
AGRICULTURAL
Furniture Made to Order,
I will sell
and repaired at short , notice,
yoh Fnmi;nre as CHEAP AS IT BAN BE
BOUGHT IN MACON. •
GEORGE PAUL.
dec17-ly
From tlie Southern Farm and Home.
Hop Culture in the Southern States.
Chickasawhatchie, December Gth, 1870.
K*»ytr id your iuquiiy 44 Hu\\‘ did iny Home-
G-rate.” i consider it a.s go<Kl ns n majority
p expoiiNive. Tlie, next season' I. shall use
h lue. with tlie ehemieais to make it.
u JOHN MOItELAND.
8STRUM£HT§j
Maile i\
Is a^leuaot, eafi-MiO (dfr-t-toe nud'a-inain foiy-tir.
colds, auieherf. o(. ISC .
; scale.wouliimot cost much, and might
lead to the establishment of a very
profitable industry.
threats had been made at the negro
gathering Saturday. Tyler insultingly
cohtradictedTh'e testimony of a Mr.
Brantley, who threatened him with his
cane, and advanced towards him with
in eight or ten feet
At thjs juncture, says the Gazette,
Gen. Patten, City Marshall, . caught
Brantley unil held him. While lie
Whs thus held Tyler drew a repeater
and corDirieii'ced -firing at Brantley. —
At the fixst'fire Judge Bramlette was
shot through the head mid instantly
killed. The room was crowded with-
wlnfe aiul black'who were attending
the trial; and as great excitement was
ineyaiiih* • an indiscriminate 1 firing
commenced, in which William Clop-
icrccii lcl-Uiiz;-r.,; and hoi
: Home-nuaie, il you afiS
Tours imM
Although hop-growing has become
one of the prominent and most profit
able industries in the Northern States,-
especially in Wisconsin, it has been
almost entirely neglected at the South.
We do not remember to have seen
anywhere, in what are called the Cot
ton ,States,a single, hop garden, .or
indeed,, any thing more than a few.
straggling vines winch are :rieyer pal,
tivated, and of coinrse never, yield any
produce. ,, _
: It is'but a short time since' hops.
illllcNTS.OllS
KVL-'-Vj
cold. Tlie diacasus.ol tue au* iii\‘ dt ^iun*
•iuteVcfit, to. every JiiJtuiligc.ut oeinx* Tfiv-.Uui:cHit: ;
or^ttuizatim ol tue cuifet&ar l- •itt
and tiicfr IxMfig cxpurtcu iu Cuutsiit oi' -dir Oi sUcii
various
iintaiaij^ liiUiroia nii.-«t*fTuL 'i in .t JemiCi- theut
e«pcciaUy iialilc fd cLsv».-iCii, ami Uio&e ox mufit nv-
rious ciia.a*_ter.
meUaCiue lie;d, \vc aujfpda u icw cc c >
It Gave Itcadr and E:;iiru- Itillif.
Xt’jirly ipur ycate a^o. wilcn puiferiuij from a Re
vere cough. I was iiitiuJWl'Ly Mj*. £,jhu to try'liis
Cough byrup. It gave finch rt-ady aud wit.Tu ie-
lief that i tiQ:.* eat .pleasure i*i l v-vouiuiemlixig it
Beauty of Fanning. . ..
-- There is nothingrmeari about farm
work. There are no'such sore or sore'
things to ^eal with as we inedt every
day among mean mem Defaulters,
liars, thieves, ’ have no * place - on' the
■farm v These iriisefabler’chariicters are
in towns. Tlie farmer onght'to be a
good roan. ' He'has less tengjiatiorito
tiwa bad man tSari any cfianicter we
know of. All'lfis woiJ^is ennobling.
His contract is with nature. His deal
ings are With the eatib. which Is the
Handsomest Stocks
have been cultivated to any extent in
the United States; but so profitable
has the business proved, and so much
have the usd of hops and the market
for them increased,- the crop now
amounts'to twenty or thirty millions
of pounds, and though* English: hops
-are annually imported to the extent of
3,000,000 lbs, the supply -is riot equal
to the demand; arid this large quantity
sells easily at fifteen cents per pound,
yielding. net profit of. fully seven
centsper _pound to the produce?.. The,
crop, of 1867,. wMchwM^ayeay r large
one, brought sixty to eighty cents per
pound. .
& KIRTLAND
Our Patrons, To Dealers, and to the'
General Public.' ; “ i
Aflbr ded iuuaediaie.ItolicEf S' -
Macon, Ga., Jauuaiy 5* 1S70' .
Messrs.*L. WsTIUXT Jt CO»: -
- Guxt/'*:—Umlei-Ktimliiif; tLst y«fu 3»yf*‘eiif.’jigod.
in tue mailuiacturc of I*. J.on.L’.s ^yrujj, rt
affords me pk-asure ti> bi-nr t j:-.t.iuoity tij its iucr-
it l ivas enlferiiigfroui a very-trt»tibksoxue eougb
wlica Mr. Luud prescutcd xyc witli a IMtlc of Iut>
^Syfup, tBe use of wludi adordi d uu.- unmcd-RU-
^jlief. My -mother iwe'd;a smaii. pdliron left by
toe; with similar beuefic ai refeuils.’
. ReBpectlully, yours. J. C. Cuxu>.
were killed, and several persons,
white and blaek, wonnded. After fir-
ing several shots, Tyler jumped out of
the windoW and ran up the street. As
soon as it was- known that he had
killed Judge Bramlette, he wa3 pur
sued, and on refusing to surrender,
was instantly killed. Tyler fired a
number of shots at the parties iri- pur-
suit.of hind, and resisted his capture,
until the very last
Judge Bramlette was a man uliver-
saUy loved and respected. He had
been Judge of probate, and was. a
the time of his death, Justice of the
Peace -Wd'armemter of tlu> Board of
Ald(?rinan. Clopton and Tyler'were
turbulent and disorderly negroes, who
hadfe berii ritirring up strife in this
community f or the last two or three
yearsr Their- greatest desire seemed to
ITE feel that we cannot do a betto than
; * to raific a voice of wai mug a^tinfit tiie-nirt
Juiiiato iu>e of Patent Mtilicines, whose name is
wXegion, a large majority of wiiiclx are putup-
the market by igixoraut tiuachs, who do hot ac-
Mly know anything oi inedieme. Many of tiie^e
AND FINDINGS
lacs wliich they in^rlably x^grR.V;tte, tlius m-
lility or fihoTf eiiing the life of the imfeviduat
No. 3, Cotton Avenue, MACON, GA.]
* and’ sell these nostnrifas, which we d^for just
it they are. As a protection to the people from
s8 imposition, and front the suffering that is
-p. Shtailed on tkeni bylhe’UH^ 6f the clasiuof
ten entailed on tliem ^
•stnrnis above mentioned, we have prepared and
Raising Turkeys.
-The Turkey is the most tender when,
young,' and the most difficult to raise
of all the domestic fowls; yet-, with
proper care in setting the eggs under
game hens, and cooping the brood at
night generally, while' the turkeys are
young, they may Be easily raised in
- J.. .1 13 -RT X : JT
We, believe that hops could be suc
cessfully and.very profifabiyraised in.
our country;- and - that though-^toe-
number Of acres planted in hoym
might be doubled and toe crop doub
led in extent, the business woffid^ noi;
be overdone, or prices fail much be
low what they are at present
Hop calture is in the highest per
fection in -the ; ;county of Kent; 1 : in’
England, where in our youth, we
haveneen hundreds upon hundreds of
acres planted in this crop, producing
annually from eight hundred to twelve
hundred pounds per acre, and inla good
year, yielding a profit to the producer
-of-from.-fontto five , hundred dollars
on each acre
1 The ’ toil for hops should* be rich,
THOMAS J. OATEH
- - i- - A
deep and mellow with a calcareous
subsoil. It should bo thoroughly!
plowed and subsoiled as'deeply as pos
sible, for hop roots have been known
to extend as far as fifteen-feet The
nearer the preparation of the soil ap-.
preaches the perfection of garden cul
ture, the more surely will the hop
plants flourish and yield abundantly.
The Hop yard or garden, after careful
preparations, should belaid off inrows
six feet apart, then crossed at the
same distance, and where the rows
-PUBEcTDIG THE BLOOD.
SrSSSSSS
Paints, Oils, Varnishes,
AH of which win he sold very low for Cash,
as
. CREDIT HAS PLATED OUT.
He is daily receiving
ALL THE GOOD THINGS OF THE
Season.
He has put down the prices to suit the
times. Ceil oa him and you eumot tail to
be suited. MM
fcdlde of