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o. D. GORMAN & U. A. HOLMES, Proprietors. VOL. IV. TALBOTTON STANDARD. WEDNESDAY IK Hi XING, JUNE 18, 1873. KKJVOVATIOOP WORN-OUT ■W****. '**" ’ SOILS. BY PilOF. MLSBA, OF MESSINA, ITALY. To the Editor, of the Talbolton Standard: Si*—l beg to tresspass on your col umns fot a few words on the question of “Renovation of worn-out Soils.” The interest of science anil agriculture will, I hope, obtain of you this favor. I will noiatwpnat the arguments so cleverly set down by Mr. C. IV. Howard against the rather silly article set forth by Dr. Pendleton on the subject. lam sure that in Georgia many a noble heart rejoioed at seeing sneb misrepresenta tions unmasked ; and though 1 have not the honor of being acquainted with Mr. Howard, and wo are so far apart, still 1 hope that that gentleman will not disdain, if I beg of him. to shake hands heartily across the Atlantic, as generous feeling makes friends throughout the world. Dr. Pendleton, chemist, professor of agriculture, Banter ami manufacturer of a commercial fertilizer, hesitates not to assert that tho great essential difference botween a primitive and a worn-out soil is the abundance of hnintis in tho one and its great deficiency in the other. Very good. But Dr. Pendleton being a chemist should be able to tell us what is humus. A hundred years ago this word was uukuown to agriculture ami to chemistry. Till the time of Timer, this word was not employed hut to express foul earth, or burial-ground, and so one said humatio to express the burial. See ing that a soil rich in putrid organic matter was more fertile than another not so rich, Timer, to give a base to his em pirical system, borrowed the latiu word humus, or pntarid earth, to express what he thought to be the only cause of fer tility. Tho humus theory began with Timer and lasted till Suussure and Lie big. I hope these names are not un known to Dr. Pendleton,who is a chem ist. At present, the humus theory is become something like an anti deluvian fossil; or, keeping us to chemistry, like the phlogmtique. But what is humus ? Can Dr. Pi ndieton.chcinist, tell its what humus is ¥ Chemistry is able to give us the true definition of almost ever} body that cornea ami ir our senses. But I defy Dr. Pendleton,chemist, to give us a right definition of humus. Science is at present in possession of two identical explanations of humus,the one given by Prof. Vi!lt* in Ims great Con ferences of 18(54.the other given last year by Dr. Dretmcr in Germany. Both make a description, but neither giver the definition Of it. Both succeeded in producing huifius artificially in the lab ratory by boiling sugar in a solution of sulphuric acid. Humine extracted from natural huinns is quite identical with that body obtained by boiling sugar in a solution of sulphuric acid. They are both isomeric bodies. However,the hu mus’ or humine s formula is not yet ex actly known toe,luauislry. What science teaches of its constituents is, they are nothing but-earbon and water, that is, such elomeufs as plants have plentifully at their disposition everywhere in air, rain-water, and in every soil. How then can humus be the cause of fertility? ,Still it is a fact that tho most fertile natural soils are in general rich of humus; but it is another fact that, not all soils rich of humus are fertile. Turf-soil,for instance, is the richest of humus, but turf-soil is not fertile. .We said the fertile natural soil; for, fringe thirty years wc have known how to make the most fertile soils without humus, and to enrich the poor est that have no humus, not bjutlie ap plication or aid of humus, but by employing purely mineral substances. Should we like to fertilize a poor soil with humus, we have but to add to it the universal sul'-Vances which fertilize soil without humus. With humus alone no one can fertilize a poor soil. Then it is not humus that fertilizes, hut the minerals which arc associated with it, and one can apply these self-same min eral without humus and he will obtain the same result. Should Dr. Pendleton adhere to his opinion, that Ramus is indispensible to restore a worn-out soil, he might, as chemist, manufacture and sell it. If boiling sugar in sulphuric acid is too expensive, ho inight as well take saw dust, instead of sugar; for their compo sition is almost identical: carbon and water are the elements of sugar as well as of cellulose; or saw-dust We expect, then, Dr. Pendleton will benefit the cul tivators by manufacturing humus cheap ly; we fear, however, that he would soon leave off both his undertaking and his antiquated ©pinion. The mostaotural and economical way, which Is practiced in many places, to enrich poor soils with humus, is to plant them with trees and leave them for a century or so* to grow into a forest. Then as every plant grows in the shmo proportion under and above the ground, the roots will go deeply in search of minerals, which will go up the plant with sap to the leaves, there to be fixed in itsasaimili.- i nby evaporation, and to fall with the leaves on-the surface of the ground, where, by successive falling of leaves, abed will be formed; leaves will rot with njbisturo,the minerals they con tain wiff be get free, and will form saline combinations fit for absorption by other plants, ifnen by clearing up the forest and the bed of rotten leaves with *the soil beneath, one will bare a soiLfertile and rich with humus. However, one could in such a soil culti vate such plants as take minerals and leave or produce humus, meadow for in stance. Tlnm, after sometime, he will have his soil rich with humus, but poor with minerals,and almost as unproduct ive ns dry sand. It is evident, then, that it is not humus that fertilizes, but the minerals which come from the decompo sition of organic matter,so much so that these minerals can be exhausted and humus remain quite unproductive. One might ask Dr. Pendleton if he thinks primeval vegetation, so vigorous, grew through humus. Since humus is originated of decaying plants previous ly formed, how could there be humus with primeval vegetation ? Such is the muddle in which the hunuis theorists find themselves. They must answer which was first produced the chicken or the egg. Dr. Pendleton might say that Kuropaan humus is not like Georgian humus, and that tho references and ex periments made on the first are not con clusive with regard to the latter. There upon ho must know that, before coining to any conclusion, science has made re searches on humus taken in every quar ter of tho world. As wo have said we would *iot to repeat any of the arguments so cleverly sot down by Mr. Howard,we must refrain from pointing out many of Dr. Pendleton’s blunders. We must tell him, however, that not only the most conclusive experiments of Prof. Ville have been made by him without the least of humus, but that his experi ments on natural soil have not been lim ited to European earth. He went to Asia and Africa, experimented his ma nure both on the muddy and on the sandy fields of Egypt, quite under the same latitude of Georgia. His field of experiments at Vincennes is pure sand without the least of humus. Many fields in Europe are ns devoid of organic mat ter as Southern fields may be. Vir gin soil dug up from under ground,quite deprived of organic matter, became, at once as fertile through chemical manure, as the most worn-out soil, ns well as the soil of Egypt, of Russia, of Holland,and of everywhere,under the same treatment. It is true that humus ameliorates physically every soil, retaining moisture, supplying nitrogen, setting free carbonic arid to dissolve the insoluble phosphates and other minerals useful to plants, ren dering such minerals tit food for them. It is true also that caustic lime is only useful where humus abounds; but it is not true that lime, even caustic lime, is useless where there is no humus, for it is a good amendment both for clayey and for samly soils, making the first more germeablo, anil giving more con sistency to the second. Still it is false that Villo’s chemical manures contain caustic lime. Not one of his manure formulas contain caustic lime. It is likewise quite incorrect that Mr. Ville takes it for granted that humus is necessarily abundant in every soil, as it is not true that in the uncultivated soils of France there is rarely any exhaustion of humus. It is as equally untrue that Prof. Ville heralds u complete manure for every soil, as that tho proper formula of Villas complete manure for cotton would not be remunera tive to tho planter and cause a pre mature exhaustion of tho soil and an early blight of tho plant. Every manure to be effective and remunerative must bo in accord with three conditions: 1. With the composition of the one par ticular soil to which it is applied. 2. With the composition of the plant to be fed. 3. Must be in the most assimilable form. To know tho composition of the particular soil,neither chemical nor phy sical analysis are sufficiently available. To attain the object more practically,Mr. Ville has given anew method consist ing in essays of culture through differ ent combinations of the components of chemical manure, so that every planter can know before hand what his soil con tains and what not. By applying such method, Dr. Pendleton could have known beforehand that the soil on which he was going to experiment was suffi ciently provided with potash, and per haps with lime also, and that he should have applied only the nitrogen and phosphatic constituents of manure. Another soil in. Georgia would not, per haps,be in the same condition with that of Dr. Pendleton; and the result of au experiment like his would be quite dif ferent. The first thing, then, is to know the particular condition of the soil; and this is obtained through the application of Ville’s series of the agents of fertility. The second thing is to know the compo sition of the plant which is intended to be cultivated, in order to settle the for mula of manure which may correspond to the composition both of soil and plant. We will give the composition of the cot ton plant according to analysis made by Prof. Ville, who made it while directing personally some experiments of cotton cultivation in Egypt. Composition of Cottou Plant-100 part i of dried matter —contain : Ashes. Nitrogen. Boots, 6 10 1 39 Stem 1 87 1 31 Leaves... 17 26 3 79 Capsule... 14 76 141 Filaments, 1 80 0 66 Grains ... 4 96 5 17 The Ashes contain, per 100: Roots. Stems. Leaves. Grains. Carbonic acid.. 17 09.. 19 13. ..11 77. ..04 71 Sulphu’c acid... 3 97.. 4 94. ..11 84... 4.13 Clore 6 54.. 6 75... 3 50.,. 108 Soda 10 17.. 702 .. 7 19... 305 Mancsia 6 59.. 8 33. .. 509 ..13 88 Oxyde of iron... 5 70.. 111... 4 08... 087 Silia soluble .... 5 96. . 104... 3 23... 051 Sable 2 93.. 0 51... 9 02... 059 Phosphoric acid, 6 00.. 909 .. 6 00.. .34 79 Potash . .18 84.. 22 21. ..13 75.. .32 87 Lime 17 90 21 68 .26 16. 948 Nitrogen 1 39.. 1 31... 3 79... 517 “WHAT IS IT BUT A MAP OF BUSY LIFE, ITS FLUCTUATIONS AND ITS VAST CONCERNS.” TALBOTTON, GA., WEDNESDAY JUNE 18, 1873. One can' see that if wo except magne sia, which t-o a certain point can bo sur rogated by lime, or at least always ac companies limo in nature, tho elements the most abundant in seed cotton are phosphoric acid, potash, lime,and of the organic elements, nitrogen. Cotton is cultivated particularly for seeds or wool. Besides, it is now ascertained that tho dominant constituent of cotton is phos phoric acid, and that in warm climates, nitrogen must bo incorporated to a moderate degree in manure. Now if wc suppose that, a given soil, of grunitique origin, for instance, or where for a long time yard manure has been employed, containing abundant potash and lime, and that it is under a tropical climate,it becomes evident that in such a case with a manure almost all composed of soluble phosphoric acid and a moderate degree of nitrogen, one might reap a very good cotton harvest. To obtain a good and remunerative cotton crop, one should give about 04 pounds of phosphoric acid and about 24 pounds of nitrogen per acre. Bo: Superphosphate ot Lime, 400 pounds ) Chili fwltpetre, 200 pounds j per acre. Ti.tal, 600 pounds. The best way would be, not to spread it all together, hut rather one half at sow ing time, and the other half when plants are one foot high. In tho case, however, that soil is not so provided with potash and lime, these elements should be giv en with the other constituents of manure. As for tho form of tho constituents of manure, tho most soluble and assimila ble form of phosphoric acid is either su perphosphate or precipitated phosphate of lime. Nitrogen should he in the form of nitrate rather than ammouiacal salt. Potash can lie either sulphate, nitrate or silicate of potash, that one which is tho cheapest on the place, minding, however, that manure should contain between 150 and 180 lbs. of real potash. As for lime, it should never bo caustic lime,but good gypsum containing about 0.33 of lime. For food-want to tho plants, lime contained in superphosphate would bo enough, but gypsum is also added for another object; it keeps manure in an uniform state of composition, division and driness, and it is an excellent complement for oveiy soil. The manner in which Dr. Pendleton talks of humus, gives us to surmise that he has not been qualified for making ex periments, and that the failure suould have been ascribed, not to chemical pro cess, but rather to the chemist operator. If wo look to advertisements in tho magazine, Tho Plantation, we cannot suppose that chemical fertilizers arc dearer in Georgia than elsewhi re. So, as they are remunerative elsewhere, they cannot fail to bo equally so in Georgia. As to their effective action, which ap peared too slow for Dr. Pendleton, we defy him to intimate other fertilizers more active. Wo hope that he will not give us to understand that nitro-phos phate is not a chemical fertilizer. So, to prove that chemical fertilizers are ex pensive and slow, he comes forward with a chemical fertilizer in his hands, show ing that, it is neither expensive nor slow. We will not suppose that he would go so far ns to believe that nitro-phos phrte is humus. It would, however, not be astonishing that lie, keeping to the antiquated empiricism of Thaer, held likewise the chemical opinions of that time; for Thaer believed that lime in plants becomes potash. Wlmt then if Dr. Pendleton believes that uitro-phos phate is not a chemical fertilizer, but that it is, or becomes humus ? If to him humus is everything that feeds plants, it follows that every food for plants is humus to him. Paris, France, May, 1873. - —■——♦ ♦ ♦ Tomato Pudding. —Place pared and sliced potatoes to tho depth of an inch or more, in a bright tin basin. Bprinkle sugar over them. Next a layer of light bread in slices,well spread with butter. Then a deep layer of tomatoes and sugar agaiD, and lastly a layer of bread and butter on top. Flavor with lemon or nutmeg. Bake from ono to two hours, according to the size of your dish. Wo found tho past winter that canned to matoes are excellent served in this way. ♦ . ♦ Number of Words in Use. —We are told, on good authority, by a country clergyman, that some of the laborers in his parish had not 300 words in their vocabulary. The vocabulary of the an cient sages of Egypt, at least as far as it is known to us from the hieroglyphic inscriptions, amounts to about GBS words. A well educated person in Eng land, who has been at a public school and at the university, who reads his Bi ble,Almkespcare, The Times, and all the books at Mudie’s library, seldom uses more than 3,000 or 4,000 words in actual conversation. Accurate thinkei's and close reasoners, who avoid vaguo and general expressions, and wait till they find a word that exactly fits their mean ing, employ a larger stock; and eloquent speakers may rise to command 10,000. Bhakespear, who displayed a greater va riety of expression than probably any writer in any language, produced all his plays with about 15,000 words. Mil ton’s works are built up with 8,000; and the old Testament says all it has to sax' with 5,6-12 words.— Prof. Mcue Muller. The Henpecked Man. —’The henpeck ed man, says Josh Billings, iz most gen erally married; but there aro instances on tho record of single men being har rassed by pullets. You eau alwns tell ono ov those kind ov men, especially if they aro in the company ov tliair wives. They look az resigned tew tliair fate az a lien turkey on a wet day. Tharo aint nothing that will take tho starch out ova man like being peeked by a woman. It is was than a soven months’ fever and agy. The wives of henpecked husbands most always outliv their victims, and I liav known them to get married agin, and git hold ova man that time (thank the Lord! j who understands all the hen peck dodges. One of these kind ov husbands iz an honor to his sc'x. Tho henpecked man, when he gets outomungst men, puts on a air of brav ery and defiance, and once in a while will get a lectin drunk and then go homo with a firm resolve that ho will be cap tain of his household; but tho old wo man soon takes the glory out ov him, and handles him just as she would a half-grown chicken, who had fell into a swill barrel, and bad been jerked out awful quick. For over FORTY YFARri this PI H ELY VR< IKT ABLE LIVER MEDICINE /la* proven /■; be (hr Great Unfailing Specific for Liver Complaint and -its painful offspring, Dyspepsia, Constipation, Jaundice, bilious at tacks, Sick Hoadarlio, Colie, Dcpression of Spir its, Sour Stomach, Heartburn, Chills and Fever, etc., etc. After years of careful experiments, to meet, ur gent demand, wc now produce from our origin al Genuine Powders, Tlio Pi’opstrod, rt Liquid form of SIMMONS’ LI VKI! REGULA TOR containing all its wonderful and valuable properties, and oiler it in Oii 1) oil u r 1 1 o t Uloh The Powders, (price as before,) SI.OO. Sent by mail LOL ;7rC“<'ACTION. liny no Powders or Prepar ed Simmons’ Liver Regulator Tiniest in our en graved wrapper, with Trade mark, Stamp, anti signature unbroken. None other is genuine. J. 11. ZLMTX A CO., Mneon, Ga., and Philiadelphia. ;rTr- Sold by all Dm? |' 13*0. DR. JNO. W. KAIGLER Having located in Talbolton, respectfully ten ders his services to the citizens of the town and surrounding country. Special attention given to Obstetrics and Dis eases of Women and Children. Jlo may he found nt the residence of Mrs. Blount or at the Drug Store when not profession ally engaged. apr3o-tf. J. M. MATHEWS, Attorney at I.jiav, TALBOTTON,’ GEORGIA. —o— Will practice in till the Courts of the Chatta hoochee Circuit,Fed* ml Court at Savannah,and Supremo < ourt. of tho Sf afo. mchlO-tf. CALVIN CALHOUN, " rY 11 oi*ii e y si I I. nw, BOX SPRINGS, TALBOT CO. * pnr Will practice in all fno Courts of the Chattahoochee Circuit. znchl9-tf. L. F. M’LAUGH LIN. ClUfl. O. RUSH. McLaughlin & rush, DKNTISTS, TALBOTTON, GEORGIA. (Office South Side Public Square.) Tj. F. McLaughlin will continue to travel in this and adjoining counties. Calls from a distance w ill receive prompt attention. Dr. C. 0 Rush will remain in the operating room, which will be open to patients at all hours of the day. MoLAUGHLIN & RUSH. January 23-lf, L. L. COWDEItY, DEALER IN House-Furnishing Goods, SILVER PLATED WARE, <; L A H S XV A U E , Best White and Gilt,French China, White Gran ite anti Iron-Stone Ware, Common Cream-Color ed Ware, Ac., Ac. Home Building, Columbus,Ga. Jan. 16-1 y. W. O. CLEMONS, W. A. JAMES. CLEMONS JAMES, Cotton & CommisHion M E R C H A NTS, Columbus, ------ Georgia. Agents, Spring Villa Manufacturing Company ‘ ‘ Patapsco Guano jan 16-tf. LoYort Femnlo Colle^o, TALBOTTON, GA. After a week’s intermission, for \he Christmas holidays, the regular exorcises ot this institution will bo resumed oh Monday, Dec. 30th, 1872. Besides the usual advantages iu tho Literary and Scientific department, special advantages are offered in Music. Mrs. Vaudenborg,(late ol Columbus, Ga.,) with twelve years experience, wil continue to have charge of this department. ,T£r*For further particulars apply to the President Rev. V. E. Man get. jano-ly. Talbolton, Ga. Collinsworth Institute, Talbotton, Gn. Spring Term, for 1873, begins February 3rd, and ends July 18th. Fall form, for 1873, be gins August tth, and ends November 21st Tuition: 82, $3, $4 and $5 per month, ij con* traded far the Term , and paid in advance. Board, tuition, washing aud incidentals, ter Spring Term, $121.00. Those who prefer it, may sottle their bills at the close of each schol astic month. jJR&-For further information apply for Circular J. T. M< L AUGH LIN, A. M., janlG-ly Principal and Proprietor. ! J. B. ARTOPE & SON, I ft §Tfl hi Vi V ■ A. y.... m vit n l i : AND— Granite \V orks. Also, Iron Itailing and Slate Mantles, First class Designs furnished and Estimates giv en on short notice. >rdtTH solicited. Corner Third arul Plumb Streets, March 19-ly MACON, GA. LA W TON & WILLINGHAM” At ACO N, <i A. , —OFFER TO THE— FARMERS or TALBOT COUNTY AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, Plantation Kupplies O IST T I iVt El XCoi- Approved Paper. pstn Write thorn or call when you visit Macon. mch2G-tf. Marshall House. A. B. LUCE, Proprietor. BOARD THREE DOT,LARS TER DAY. Hflvtininth, Gn. HENRY D. WELD, | GEO. CORNWELL, | JOB. I>. WEED. WEEDS & CORNWELL, IMPORTERS OF Hardware & Iron fh2o-tf SAVANNAH, GA. IYiAiV hidi > & <j 0., LIQUOR DEAL Elt S —AND Tol>H< <• o A(jon ts , 110 UIlOAl) STREET, COLUMBUS, OA. Jim 16-Gm. THE New Haven Organ COMPANY —MENU FUTURE THE CELEBRATED — Jlil >ilee Temple ORGANS, These Organs are unsurpassed in quality of tone, style ot finish, simplicity of construction, and durability. Also. MELODEONS in various styles, and unequalled in tone. Bend for Illustrated Cata logue. Agents wanted. Address NEW HAVEN ORGAN CO., mch26-tf. Now Haven, Conn. Farmers, Read This ! A LARGE STOCK OF Planters Scorn,, and Scovil’s Pattern Hoes, Trace Chains, Axes, Scovil and Plan ter’s Hoes, Pad-Locks, Table Outi.ery,Pocket Knives, Hollow-Ware, Ac., &c. IS OFFERED TO THE PEOPLE OF T ALBOT AND ADJOINING COUNTIES, TVEItV LOW PRICES! pS-Vir, eau suit everybody in Stoves,with the great favorites, ‘•SUNNY SOUTH," “COTTON PLANT,” “BENEFACTOR” itnd “STEWART.” Every stove guaranteed. Oall and see us or send your orders to f OLIVER, DOUGLASS A CO., I spr3o-tf Macon, On. KTKAM SASH AND BLIND FACTORY. The RED SHOP, on Third Street, near Artope’s Marble Yard. It. C. WILDEIi A SON, Proprietors. CION rUAOTOKS, Builders and Manufactory Jin all branches of Carpenter Work. Make and keep constantly on hand Suwli, Doors, Blinds, Mantles, Mouldings and Brackets. Any kind of Scroll Sawing at short notice. Rough and Dressed Flooring, Ceiling and all other kinds of Lvniaher and, Building Material. Do any repairing wanted, and build anything from a Fence to a Temple. Como and see us. ILVes moderate. Terms, cash. jan'd-Gm R. G. WILDER <fe SON, Macon.G DOORS, SASH and BLINDS, Mouldings, brackets, stair fixtures, Builder?’ Furnishing Hardware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles. Wire Guards, Terra Cotta Ware, Mar ble and Slate Mantle Pieces. Window Glass a Specialty. Circulars and Price Lists sent free on application, by P. P. TOALE, 20 llayne and 33 Pinckney Sts , oet l()-tf. Charleston, S. C. White I’ine Lumher eor Sale ! | DANIEL COLLINS, manufacturer and dealer in All kinds of Furniture. Old Furniture Repaired. All kinds of Wood Turning and Houso Mouldings furnished at short notice, OPPOSITE tho EMPIRE MILLS, Columbus, Ga. jan 10-ly I-i • W . llasdul, DEALER IN LIQUORS, WINES, ETC., MACON, CA. Great bargains offered to the trade, npl t-ly, School Notice! Parents who have daughters to educate are re spectfully invited to remember that MONROE FEMALE COLLEGE at FORSYTH, GA., is in successful operation and presents advantages worthy of consideration. The following officers compose tho FACULTY: R. T. ASBURY, A. M., President, Rev. S. G. Hillykr, D. TANARUS).; Prof. 11. Hechter, Miss Kate Milledge, Airs. M. A. Turner, Miss Eugenia Amos, Miss Louisa Hillyer, Mrs. 0. G. Moiiral. Tho Institution has a healthful location, teach ers of experience and reputation, excellent facil ities for improvement in the fine arts and the so cial and moral Kiirroundtngs of one of the best communities in the State. Hx>ecial Reduction on Expenses I For the balance of this term ending July 15th., Board and Tuition may be procured for SIOO. For further particulars apply to the President of the Faculty. Du. J. G. LAWTON, President of the Board of Trustees. Andrew Dunn, Secretary. feb2-6m. LIVERY FEED & SALE STABLES* Talbotton, Ga. Gamnge & Martin call the attention of travel ers and the people generally to their new lino ot business at the old stand formerly occupied by Wm. B. Spain, deceased. They run the hack twice a day from Talbotton to Genova, meeting trains from both cast and west; and are prepar ed to send parties in coaches, carriages, hacks or buggies to uuy point in this and adjoining counties, at reasonable rates Fare from Genova to Talbotton, SI.OO. Tick ets sold at $9.00 per dozen. 11 letters or packages to be sent off by the hack, must be deposited at the office, with Capt. Gainage, who will give them his prompt attention, and in no case will they be received by the driver, on leaving town, causing deten tion. Parties wishing to go off on the hack, must be ready by 7i O'clock, a. m., and at 3 o’clock, P. m., and the driver is not allowed to w ait longer than 3 minutes for gentlemen and 5 for ladies. Those living in the suburbs ol the town must give no tice in lime, so that they can get to the office by the time the hack leaves. The hack will only run to Geneva once on the Sabbath and then in tho afternoon,except in ur gent cases, when conveyance will be furnished jpTr-( 'Apt. Geo. W. Gamage bus fitted up and open i il his jewelry, watchmaking nud repairing establishment at the stables, where he will be glad'to see all of his old friends and attend promptly, and with dispatch, anything in his line that may be entrusted to him. jun3o4f. GAMA<IE & MARTIN. THE “VICTOR” S. M. GO’S Njiw Sewing Machine “VIC T Oil” Runs very Easy, Runs very Fast, Runs very Still. Has a New Shuttle superior to all others. Defies Competition. Great Improvements in Needle. Cannot be Set Wrong. JSSay- Agents wanted. Address THE “VICTOR” S. M. CO., apr2*tf 862 Broadway, N. Y. TIIHUIS, 82.00 PER ANNUM. NO. 25. The Rankin House (Formerly COOK'S HOTEL.) Broad Street, Columbus, Ga. J. W. RYAN, Proprietor. FRANK GOLDEN, Clerk. READ, READ! —WE HAVE ON HAND & TO ARRIVE : 10,000 Uuslielfs Prime "White Corn. 50,000 lbs. Bacon and Bulk Meats 3,000 Bushels Oats. 300 bbls. Flour, Family, Extra Family and Fancy. STOCK OF GROCERIES IS Full & Complete, Ami we are prepared to sell at the low est market price. E. BARNARD & CO., mchl2-tf Columbus, Ga. W. J. CHAFFIN, Bookseller, tSta.ti.oner, —AND J E VLEIt IN— Musical Instruments, .VO. 92 BROAD STREET, COLUMBUS, QA. aprii2-ly, THE PLACE TO BUT HARDWARE CHEAP! —IS AT— JOHNSON & DHNLAP’S, 72 THIRD STREET, MACON,GA. apr'JO tf. BOROUGHS & WING, lITOB4CCO.iI COMMISSION MEROHA’IS AND WHOLESALE DEALEHS IN Cigars, Snuffs, Pipes and Smokers’ Articles, 14 DECATUR ST., ATLANTA, OA. Jtm. 23. 6m, Sugar Creek Paper Mills MANUFACTURE— BOOK AND NEWS PAPER. JsSrSee “TALItOTTON STANJDAIUJ,” lor specimen of tuuir paper. Highest cosh price paid for OLD "NEWS ' and "BOOK" PAPERS/ —AND PCIIE— WHITE PAPER SHAVINGS. WM. McNAUGHT & CO., may7-3m. Atlanta, Ga.' COTTON GIN REPAIRING! Fred J. Clemons, formerly with Messrs. W. Ct. Clemons, Brown & Cos., has located him* self at the Columbus Steam Planing Mills (R.R. Goetchius A C 0.,) whore ho is prepared to re model and repair all kind of Gins in a work manlike manner. Long experience in this bus iness haß rendered him competent to give gener al satisfaclion. Send in your Gins before yon want them, and give mo time to do you a job that will please you. F. *T, CLEMONS. may7-fim Columbus, Ga. W. E. RAGLAND. C. W. KIMBROUGH. RAGLAND & KIMBROUGH, COMMISSION MERCHANTS, -IN- General Groceries -AND- Staple Dry Goods, and Shoes, AT WILSON’S CORNER. f.QF' Will commence business the First of April. Gmsignments solicted. We will sell for Gush ! Give us a call. mchl9-tf WM. E. ALEXANDER, \ j WM. A. RUSSELL, JOS. E. ALEXANDER, f ( CHAS. B. MAXWELL. * ALEXANDER & RUSSELL,. WHOLESALE GROCERS, ao'). Ahecom and Bryan Streets, Savannah, Ga. Jan. 9-6 m. Hoes ! Hoes ! I 10 Dozen Genuine Scovil Hoes at the following prices: No. 1, 70cts.; No. 2, 85cts. Brades Crown Hoes, No. 1, SOcts.; No. 2,6octs. For Cash or time. apv23-4t O. D. GORMAN.