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£,L Es, Wing & Smith, Proprietors, MAYOR HUFF’S RKFOKT. Macon, Oct. 18ih, 1873. To Ur- t'itiMn* and Tax Payer* of Macon: _ A vjttv and distim'uished Georgia politician one,. ai.i. that the slanders and abuses heaped s.n a man while in official position is the nJimltv he pa\s for his advancement. Ana if R n not mistaken the dubious honors enjoyed bv me as Mayor of Macon, have all been more Sau atoned for by the merciless attacks made ut). >n me during the last twelve months. Kn the fall of 1870, while pursuing the quiet oven tenor of my business career unbiased by political prejudices and untempted by public honors, 1 was approached on the streets by a prominent lawyer and Democrat of this place, with the proposition that 1 should run for Mayor. Within a week from that time I was called upon by many of my white and colored friends and solicited to make the race. I fool i lily consented. A public meeting was called, and 1 was nominated by acclamation. But un fortunately for me and mv political record (a thing 1 never had before) it was at the motion or suggestion of a colored man in that meeting, seconded by a good white Democrat, that my nomination was made unanimous. And from that day to the present 1 have been laboring under the disability of Radicalism in the esti mation of certain well known parasites of the woul i-be Democratic party in Macon. 1 here has been no escape for me. The presence at that nominating meeting of the Chairman of the Democratic State Executive Committee, together with many of the more prominent and loading Democrats of the city, as well as their uctive participation in said meeting, all did not serve to wipe away the odium and relieve me of the suspicion. The work of political defa ult! lion there began, and the snaky, slimy, stenlthv tongue of filthy slander, has since wormed its crooked way into every possible no ok and corner where it was possible for any he . ring to be had or any effect produced Some men found it pleasant while others found it necest-ary to give full credence to there insidi ous falsehoods. Time passed on until within three weeks of the election, when it was cur rently reported on the streets that 1 had bar gained with the Radicals, and had promised the guard house keeper’s place—the street over- Beei ’ - place, and half the police torce of the city to the negroes. And I am sorry to say that some men whose pretended respectability should have saved them from such dirty work, .ac tually assisted in the circulation of the rumor, if in no other way, by making insinuating allu sions to it. But these and other cowardly at tacks made upon me did not influence pub lic opinion and I was elected. 1 appreciated the compliment. My pride and my ambition were alike stimulated, and I went to work earnestly and zealously in the interest of my iialive city. For a time confidence und good fail'd prevailed and there seemed to be peace and harmony in the municipal camp and its sur roundings. It was not until after the holding of the Georgia State Fair here last fall that I became cognizant of the violent attacks made Kpon me and my administration. I was then told that my private and official integrity had been assailed —that my purest motives and best intentions had been impugned and that mv ability had been openly questioned. 8o prevalent indeed was the opinion that I had been overtaken by failure if not by fraud, and so clamorous was the public for an exhibit that certain anxious but well meaning scribblers made open warfare upon me through the pub lic press. And although my prompt reply to these newspaper attacks provided the curi ous with some temporary relief, it was not until after my published official report was placed be fore the public, that anything like perfect quiet prevailed. The magic influence of that report seemed to have acted like a charm on the finan cial nerves of some men more suspicious than honest, and more anxious than wise. They found to their great astonishment and hitter chagrin, no doubt, that the city had not been robbed, nor,-had the administration disgraced itself. The sneering, muttering, discontents so common about the town were then hushed up. The simpering sigh of the sorehead, and the whimpering whine of the “outs,” and the disgruntled were heard no more. A sort of forced confidence und unwilling satisfaction pervaded the city—even in its most warped and prejudiced localities. At all events I was spared h formal impeachment, and with the exception of an occasional croak and hiss from a certain old wounded “snake in the grass,” compara tive tranquility prevailed until the recent agi tation of the charter question, when to my re fgretl found the old eruption breaking out in i.ew places, and belching forth a perfect tor rent of personal and official abuse upon me with all its wonted power and volcanic force. Political chicanery, personal defamation, party intrigue and official duplicity were all summon ed and brought into requisition against me. Misrepresentation as to the past, and wholesale pervertion of facts as to the present, have in turn been resorted to, and— “ Men have lied, who never lied before, And those who always lied, have only lied the more.” Not content with home thrust?, some of these poor disgraced and polluted disciples of an infamous conspiracy have been induced to carry this war of “stab in the dark” into the Georgia Legislature and attack ine there. I have been made the object of malicious and cowardly attack at home and abroad. Promi nent among my traducers are men here in Macon, who meet me on the streets daily with the 6iuile of the hypocrite beaming on their perjured faces—men who would fain teach ine by their pleasing patronising looks to believe that no lurking slander lies shaded under their foul lips. And yet these men have sought, and are now daily seeking to injure me in my private business as well as my official capacity, by slyly whispering damaging re ports and slurring remarks into the ear of merchants and planters who visit our city on business. Men’s ignorance is taken advantage of, their political prejudices are appealed to ; and what is even worse than all tins —the most outrageous statements and slandeious asser tions are allowed to be made by sneaking hounds and dirty smut bags in the very pres ence of these smiling, hypocritical, two-faced counterfeiters of a pretended friendship,and not one word of manly protest or contradiction is ever heard to fall from their treacherous lips. Such scenes of gossip and slander are of almost daily occurrence,'and are often reported to ine with the names of the places and c haracters figuring in them before the villifying breath ings are cold on the lips of these idle, vicious, craven worms of political debauchery and crime. And theae men thus wantonly attacking me are no strangers of mine or of my past history. They have known me from my childhood; they have, in days gone by, solicited, obtained a-id enjoyed my kindness ; they have been tbc recipients of my favors both personal and offl i-ial. Some of them have eaten my provisions, and borrowed my money, and the accounts are still open against them on my books. And these in -ii know full well the great violence done to e nninon decency, common veracity, common sense and propriety when they give utterance to these dastardly reports and cowardly insin uations. But I should, perhaps, not blame t hem. Its a business and a profession with t itm—lieing is-tbeir trade, indeed, it has be c >me a sort of recreation with some men, and is in reality the meat and bread and transpor tation of others. It’s tile winning card in the great political deck now being shuffled and so cautiously dealt out by these gambling knaves, and they must play it at the risk of all their manhood’s pride and party honor. Among the milder charges now brought ag linst me are the following: Firtt —that I belong to the Radical or Union I.'-atrue here and furnish money and means for it) support. Skuwl —That I have bargained with the Rad icals here, yielding and pledging to tin- negros half the offices in the gift of the Mavor for ’heir united support in the approaching elec tion. third —That I packed the charter meeting recently held at Ralston Hall with negros and scalawags ; and that I employed money, whis ky and other means in connection with the united strength and support of mv police force t bring in the negros from the adjoining counties to accomplish my object. (This page of my book of infarnv was read for four or five days before the credulous members of the Georgia Legislature, especially those in the Senate.) Fourth —That I but recently went to Atlanta t> attend a Radical nominating convention, and while there afljliated with that element, only. Fifth —That in order to have my claims prop erly‘set forth in the coming city campaign, 1 have bought up and otherwise subsidized one or two newspaper offices here, in the interest of myself and friends, and that it has been through newspaper influence that I have lived, and moved and had my official being. I say these are some of the milder form of sins which are now laid at my political door. And when I inform the public as l now do that there is not the shadow of the shade of truth in any one of these charges or anything similar to them, I want it distinctly understood that 1 do not make the assertion or otter the denial for the purpose of conciliating certain Demo cratic influences, or of catering to the morbid taste of a so called “straight-out” movement here, headed as it is by presumptions ignor ance, swaddling arrogance, catch penny peila gogism, supercilious pedarianism and a sort of youthful apprenticeship in bigoted legal prefer ment—no feature of which has ever yet reach ed tlie dignity and respectability of second-rate demagoguism in the eyes of decent and well informed men. Indeed I want it understood that 1 am not just now cultivating the peculiar taste or the special favor of any party clique or clan. I have not yet entered the arena for p flit cal honors—have not disposed of my political birthright, and until I do I shall cer tainly claim the light to an independent course of action, politically and otherwise. There is no obligation pending between myself and any political party now in existence, except it he such obligation as should be felt by the true Democratic Conservative party for the uniform support 1 have always given it. But as 1 make no charge for services rendered in that direc tion, I trust that honors will remain perfectly easy. The correction now given by me to the infamous reports already alluded to, is only done in simple justice to iny friends and the position 1 occupy. Personally, I care noth ing for the sting of gossip’s tongua. I have long since learned to regard with supreme contempt that vulgar tiling called public opin ion, fostered and led, as it too often is, by the vilest food and the most corrupt and corrupt ing influences that ever disgraced a people or cursed the face of decent society. Politically 1 have never been much enthused —at least, not to that extent which would induce a man to sit up all night to vote next morning. Nor lias tue voting privilege ever been abused by me— my natural prejudices are all strongly against too much suffrage. The few ballots voted by me have all been east for the Democratic party, or men in harmony with that party— men whom I believed at the time to be most liberal und Conservative in their views—and voting in every instance, as I always have, for men and principles, and In no case for mere party faction, party power and party influence. This has been and shall be the rule of my life; and if there he any semblance or tincture of Radicalism in it I hope my political admirers will make the most of it. And whatever may be thought or said of my course by a pander ing set of political extremists, I here venture the assertion that I have contributed more genuine influence and more material aid and support to the true Democratic party of Maeon and Bibb county than any half dozen of that mongrel crew which are now waiting and watching like well trained puppies and wil lingly wagging their truckling tails close at the heels of bigger dogs with the lively hope of being at la6t made full blooded “setters” in the great political field of partisan spoils. 1 have been taught from my earliest recollec tions to revere politics as a great humbug, and my veneration for the thing has only increased with my maturing age; and if the mellowy influence of manhood’s years has taught me nothing more, it has taught me not to dabble in that dirty cess pool, where men like geese are bought and sold for what they are worth. And I am perfectly sincere and candid in say ing that I had rather be defeated as a business man for any office I might run for than be ele vated as the representative of any violent or extreme party faction. The special purpose and fixed determination of my whole life has been to avoid party strife, partisan issues and political records; and it may surprise some of my most ardent traducers to learn that I have never yet attended or participated in a politi cal meeting of any kind. That I have never been seen or heard in a political caucus, pri vate or public, Republican or Democratic, it may surprise them further to know that 1 never had thirty minutes conversation with any political leader in Macon, white or black, prior to or since my election to the Mayoralty of the city. And it may be news to some of my kind slanderers to know that I have never, in all my life, wasted one half hour in the dis cussion of any political question. And I might furthermore gratify the curiosity of some and perhaps tickle the fancy of others by saying that I am not now nor have I ever been an active working member of that “nose pulling,” “button-holeing” brigade, which is now said to be marshaling its forces for a grand straight-out Democratic movement here in local affairs. lam to-day where I have always been, in the ranks of the Liberal Conservative party. That party to which all true men, white and black, can look with an eye of po litical faith, confidence and trust. That party from which all peace, all restoration and all amnesty must at last come. That party which proposes to rule and govern the world, not by duplicity, brick-bats, bludgeons and pistol law, but by confidence, kindness, educational influences and the equal protection to the rights and interests of all. That party from which must spring a fusion of sections, a re conciliation of races, and a grand homogenicty of interest—all of which must be obtained be fore we can expect our peace to be permanent and our institutions to be national and great. This is my party, and while it is politically no party at all, I have no sympathy for any other party. This is unpopular doctrine I know. Such doctrine as will almost buzzard a man’s social as well as political safety in certain “red hot” quarters. But these threatening ostra cising influences now so pinch in use among the party drill-masters of the day, have no ter rors for me. I have studied business charac ter and watched, tlie ill-fate and hard luck of old party hacks too long here in Macon to be come intimidated by their bickerings or enam ored of their questionable honors. Observa tion has taught me much, and among other things it lias taught me tliut while some men in Macon, blessed with more brains and better opportunities than I ever had, have been plead iug witli the fickle god of Democracy and hunting after fat offices, I have been hard at work, laboring for business position and in dependence; and now after a lapse of strug gling yeurs I am brought to look calmly around me with mingled emotions of pride and satisfaction while viewing the striking contrast our positions present Party and party men, party faction, and party power, party rule and party patronage, have disgraced us as a nation —dishonored us as a Btate, and are now seeking our discredit as a municipality. Corruption has triumphed over hanesty, chi canery over integrity and vice over virtue, until the whole political fabric seems to be tottering and tumbling under the prostituting hands of power and pelf. And as a conserva tive man and tax pay .*r, I shall fight tuch in fluences in whatever shape they may come. No matter whether it be as red-hot democracy, or rampart republicanism. From a business stand point I eau recognize no difference in these violent extremes. All men are entitled to their personal and political prejudices, provided they are honest in them—and the stronger his personal likes and dislikes, the tetter I like the man. But the nearer a business man approaches total ex emption from all political partisanship, the nearer that man approaches perfection in my estimation. I have but little confidence in, and le*s sympathy for that class of men who are openly known as avowed, declared, and pro fessed politicians. And whenever the financial interest and business management of a city is brought under the special influence and con trol of these men or their allies, I can hut irt dulge in a feeling of insecurity and positive, apprehension for the safety and protection of all concerned. To say thAt appearances indi ; cate an early return to this policy of shame in our city and that the tendency of thing# is now* drifting that way is but to echo the voice of tlmt powerful effort now being made to accomplish the work. Men are enguged in it who arc as unscrupulous as sin and as earnest as hate. Men ready and willing to compromise every principle of honor in the struggle for peaife and the race for power. Men who have fought bad politics, mean whisky and the tiger here in Macon until they are actually with- I out character or credit as respectable sports. : These are the political architects, the partisan MACON, GA., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1872. assassins of our municipal government. The men who make and unmake city charters —elect mayors and arrange aldunnanie boards at pleas ure and then in turn, kill off*, depose and break up at will. These scheming,time serving agents of corruption intimidation and fraud have never been thoroughly defeated and routed hero but once and hence their love and admiration for the man who did it, must necessarily he great. These men come bravely up now and agaiu propose to control our city affairs. These are the little mean impecunious metal-faced gentry who have done the dirty work and lying for venal rings and petty placemen in our muni cipal and county elections for years. And if you will examine the city and county tax books you will find that one honest hardworking in dependent straight-forward business man pays more revenue into the treasury annually, than any half dozen of these political wire pullers anil partisan popinjays. And yet these are the men who would set themselves up as the critics of a business administration. These are the paid proselytes of a would-be bourbon- Utic faith—a class of political Christians in the South of whom it is said —“they forget noth ing and learn nothing” —men who devote all their leisure time and talents to the unprofit able task of “digging up yesterday,” and who accept nothing as orthodox, but the stubborn teachings of their own blind prejudice. These arc the surface exponents of.that party here now which proposes to make it a straightout fight between Democrats and Republicans— white men and negroes in the approaching city election. “No more citizen meetings” they say; no more middle grounds; no more com promise; no more peace measures for Macon. Red-hot Democracy, or square out Radicalism is now the proposition to be submitted to the voters of Macon, without any regard whatever as to the personal qualification of the candi dates offering, or the amount of important fi nancial and business interest involved. The intelligent non-partisan reader, and the quiet observing hard working business man and tux payer, might ask why all thi i sudden and un seemly blaze of devotion to party interest in Macon. The broad and liberal minded merchant, hanker and real estate owner might stop to en quire why so much anxious watelifulness about our local affairs politically, when our whole nation is bending and concentrating on one grand and glorious effort at compromise, harmony and peace? The honest politician himself might querry, how is it that as national men we can preach, practice and proclaim so much conservative liberalism, while in our local affairs we affect so much rabid Bourkonism ? Ah, gentlemen, this is what might be called shaking hands over the bloody clmsm with a vengeance! Shame upon such democracy, if democracy it can l>e called ! But call it what we may, such consummate mockery of principle can never be set down to the credit of “wis dom justice and moderation”—our proud old Georgia motto would blush at the association. AnTl the intelligent, progressive and unbiased thinking men of our city will never he led astray by any such specious pretext and political clap trap. It is unworthy the dignity of men. It can never be called Democratic Liberal Republicanism. On the contrary it must go to the account of factious intolerance: That in tolerance which always proscribes: That intol erance which dries up Conservative influences, and keeps had men in office. That intolerance which provokes anger, foments strife, and in vites difficulties und broods dissensions be tween men und races. Let the sober secoml thoughted men of Macon stop und consider well this question of local antagonism before casting their ballots in the December election. The cool effrontery of some men about Macon who have recently been eminently officious in our city affairs is put well nigh to the blush in their awkward attempts to play—“straight outs” at home—and “compromisers” abroad. I suppose that in a modern political vernacular wc might call them “Democratic straights” and “ National crookeds,” —such conduct is perhaps the happiest illustration of a virtuous necessity which has ever been offered the po litical world. And it teaches this wholesome lesson to all aspiring partisan youths, that ex pediency is after all the real quintessence of all political faith, and partisan warfare. Really the present political situation has the appear ance of being an anomolous one in many res pects. And I would like to inquire how it is that we as white men, Southerners and Demo crats can fallow the Father of Abolitionism all the way round from New York, via Cincin nati and Baltimore, and there jump upon his platform and endorse his compromise meas ures, accept his pledges, approve his peace offerings and ratify his nomination with bom bast, benzine and pyrotechnics as we have done here in Macon—and finally in November vote for him with all his ultra and ugly isms—and yet when we come home and turn to look upon ii local issue involving purely a question of domestic business management in our mu nicipal affairs, we at once declare open violent warfare upon every thing and every body ten ding towards peace, harmony and reconcilia tion. Do we mean Greeley and compromise, or do we mock the truth! Perhaps the only true solution to my question might be found in the remark of a certain prominent politician made on the streets hero last week when he said : “The manipulation in regard to the ap proaching city election must and will have an important bearing upon the county and district election, and we must see to it that there is no fusion, no compromise, no half way ground taken* in anything.” Ah, gentlemen here’s a part of the milk in the cocoanut. As the old lady said when she handled the teat of her fa vorite cow—“here’s richness for you, honey!” Yes, the county and the district must always be looked after, and the poor oppressed tax payer* of Macon must pay the fiddler and furnish the coffins while this great political county and district dance gdcs grandly on. A few hun dred men in Macon have the sagacity to under stand and appreciate this trickery and double dealing, while u few others have the boldness and independence to speak of it. And I for one had rather expose it, and be defeated for the highest office in the gift of the people, than pass it over in silence and he elected. In the one case lain serving my city. In the other I would he serving myself and quietly en dorsing what I know to be a mean corrupt po litical ring. And now I ask can such infamous trickery be called true Democracy ? Is this the standard by which this time-honored party comes now to be judged ? Is this the doctrine now promulged by our great National standard bearer ? Are we fighting for peace, or do we strike for war: a war of races and a war of property, lias not the time arrived when we should forget old hates, bury old revenges, frown down proscription, obliterate the ugly past, and boldly assuming a Liberal Conserva tive policy in city as well as National affaire, come proudly up to the rescue of manly prin ciples and business like interest. Htriet party lines may be drawn here to the exclusion of all moderate men, and the busi ness affairs of Macon may pass into the hands of party men and party leaders. The earnest, constant and successful efforts which have been made here for the past two years to place our city upon a true basis of business credit and | financial prosperity may be forgotten and en tirely lost sight of in the dirty scramble for of ! fice fiere this fall. But my great faith and abid ing confidence in the practical business men of Macon induces rue to hope and believe that ! this disgraceful thing can only he done under the blackened seal of their honest and indignant j protest. The better class of thinking men will not submit to it tamely. But whatever may ! be onr fate I shall always point with a just pride and satisfaction to the present adminis j tration as being unmarked by partisan zeal or ! political influence. I point to jt with pleasure as being untrarnelled by power—untainted by j the smell of rings-and unstained by any Bern i blance or color of clique. I refer to it proudly as being unbiased by prejudice and unswerved by monopolies. The general welfare and in | terest of the public good has been watched i over and guarded with that jealous fidelity pe | culiar only to personal interest and private trust. For nearly two years I have made the financial feature of our City Government rny daily study and special pride, and I think it may be said without cavil that the present, simple, easy and economical condition of our finances, together with the business-like ad ministration of our affairs gives some slight . evidence of the success which has attended my efforts. Arrogance is an ugly virtue in any rn*n, and I do not propose to assume vanity or affect egotism when I say that the city credit of Macon has been improved ten to twelve per rent, during the last eighteen month* us review a little and see what the exact con dition of affairs was when the present admin ' [CONCLUDED ON FOURTH I’AOE. | Wm. M. Pbnw.bton. Wai.teh T. Ross. PENDLETON & ROSS, (Successors to J. M. Boardman.) Corner Mulberry and Second Streets. . UKO). u,t„ WIIOI.IiSAI.E AND RETAIL. DEALEUS IN SCHOOL BOOKS, MEDICAL BOOKS, LAW BOOKS, MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, CAR, LETTER and NOTE PAPER, ENVELOPES, LEGAL BLANKS, WRITING INK, COPYING INK, CARMINE INK, INDELIBLE INK, GOLD PENS, PENHOLDERS, STEEL PENS, PENCILS, CHALK CRAYONS, RUBBER, WAX, OIL COLORS, WATER COLORS, COLORED CRAYONS, BRUSHES, CANVASS, PLAYING CARDS, CHESSMEN, BACKGAMMON BOARDS, DOMINOES, BILLIARD CHALK, CHROMOS, PICTURE FRAMES, MOULDINGS, GLASS, ETC., ETC., ETC., Aiul in fact everything usually kept in a llrat class Book and Stationery Store. Orders from the country will receive prompt attention. Prices us low as any other house in the South. Orders for printing solicited. PIiAIH.IiTOY A HOSS. 113-524 Maeon, Georgia. Guernsey, Bartrn & Hendrix, UdILDEIt-S SUPPLY STOItE, Itlakr's llldi-h, Peplnr Slrrrl, (Between Third and Fourth.) WHITE AND YELLOW PINE WORK, Sash, Diiors, IIIIikIn. Fi-iiiiiom, llrackrts, Arwrl Posts, Hulustcrs. Mantlets, Etc.. Etc. Carpenter Tools, Cocks, Nails, llinures, Paints, Oils, Glass and Pntty, Etc. CONTRACTORS for BUILDING. DRESSED AND ROUGH LUMBER AT OUR FACTORY, DIXIE WORKS, CHERRY ST. 138—tf BYINGTON HOTEL, GRIFFIN, GA. r | lis HOTEL ranks second to none in X Georgia, for GOOD COMFORTABLE 1100M8, WELL SUPPLIED TABLES, AND CHEAPNESS OF RATE. Asa resort for the residence of the present hot term, It is unequalled, the njghts being remarkable cool and pleasant. The best Water in Georgia. G. W. LYING TON, 110-lfio Proprietor. Till: HBISI niKAPKNT, SODA WATER MANUFACTURED 13 V W. P. CARLOS HU .llulberry Si., Jllicon, Git. lAM now fully prepared to furnish pure bot . tied HOD A WATER in any quantity. Ord ers by muil or telegraph promptly attended to. • I have in store and am constantly receiving every description of Fancy and Family Groceries, WINES, I.IQUOUS, and CIGAKS, FOREIGN ar.d DOMESTIC EIUIIT, KIHII, GAME, and every delicacy when in season. liar and Restaurant up stairs, supplied with tin 1 very haul in the market. Parties purchasing goods from me can always rely upon them ticing fresh and liret class In every respect. Will. I*. ( Alll.ON. 1-tf Change of Schedule. SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFCE, ( Macon Ac Brunswick Railroad Cos., r Macon, Ga., Hepteinber 21, 1872. ) ON and after Monday September 22,1872, trains will run as follows: DAT ACCOMMODATION TIC A IN. DAILY. Leave Macon H: 15 a. m. Arrive at Jcsup 5:50 i*. m. Arrive at Brunswick 10:00 i\ m. Leave Brunswick 4:20 a. m. Arrive at Jcsup 0:45 a. m. Arrive at Macon 5:20 r. M. Connects closely at Jcsup with trains. oj At lantic and Gulf Railroad, to and from Havannah and Florida. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN, DAILY. Leave Macon 7. 15 i\ m Arrive at Savannah 7. 15 a. m Leave Savannah 7. 00 i*. m Arrive at Macon 0. 45 a. m HAWKINHVILLE TKAIN DAILY, (SUNDAYS EX CEPTED.) Leave Macon 2:5.5 i*. m. Arrive at llHwkinHville 0;20 i*. m. Leave Uawkinsville 7:00 a. m. Arrive at Macon 10:20 a. m. WM. MacRKA. 140 t/ General Superintendent. INDIAN SPRINGS. EI DER HOUSE. i:i.l>i:u A soy, Proprietor. ryMIIS well-known house Is now open to all I who wish to visit the fur famed Indian Sprint;. The Hotel Is nearer the Spring than any other, with pleasant and shady walks lead ing thereto. KATES OK BOARD. Per Day $ 8 00 One Week 10 00 One Month 35 00 Children and servants half price. :>tr FEWER * SON. MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS WILL FIND IT TOTIIKIIt AD VANTAGE TO GALLON US BEFORE MAKING THE 111 . BILLS. WE HAVE IN STORE, 100.000 LBS. BACON CLEAR R. SIDES. 25.000 LBS. BACON SHOUL DERS. 10.000 LBS. BELLIES. 50.000L85. FLOUII, all grades. 500 ROLLS 2J BAGGING. 10.000 LBS. ARROW TIES. 10 BALES TWINE. JOHNSON & SMITH. JOHNSON & SMITH, Have, and are offering ut- very low figures: 100 BOXES TOBACCO, all grades. 100 BBLS. WHISKIES. 150 BBLS. SUGAR. 50 BBLS. MOLASSES. 100 BALES IIAY. 1.000 BUSHELS CORN, Together with a full stock of .'ill all goods in our line of business. 118 tr Brown’s Hotel, MACON, GA. IF long experience aiul a thorough knowl edge of the business in all it# diversified branches are essential to the keeping that which the public It OH long heard of hilt Htidoin uteri, A IIOTKI m the undersigned flatter themselves that they are fully competent to discharge their obliga tions to their patrons; but they are not only experienced in hotel keeping, they modestly would claim to have the BEST ARRANGED ani> MOST COMPLETE LY AND EXPENSIVELY FUHNISIIED house throughout, in the State, which is loca ted exactly where everybody would have it sit uated IMMEDIATELY IN FRONT AND ADJACENT TO THE PASSENGER DEPOT, where travelers can enjoy the moat nhtjt and loss liable to la*, Oft by the pcrplexingly constant departure of the trains. To all these important advantages is added a TABLE that is well supplied with the best and choicest dishes the city and country can afford : nor would they omit to mention that their servants, trained to tin*, business, have never been surpassed for politeness and atten tion to guests. For the truth of these statements, we refer the public to our patrons who reside in every State in the Union. K. E. BROWN <fc SON, Proprietors. Macon, Gu., April 15, 1872. 78-104 DAVIS SMITH, (Successor to the late firm of Smith, Wcstcott. A Cos., and of Smith, McGlashait <fc Cos.) MANUFACTURER AND DEALER IN SADDLES, HARNESS, Jill IDLES, SADDLERY AND HARNESS HARDWARE, Carriage Materials, Leather of al 1 kinds, Shoe Findings, Children’s Carriages, KI.'BDCK. BAWDS, i:TC'„ Together with every article usually kept in a auddlery house. JO? ( IIIIRHV NT., MACON, UA 130-1 Mi FOR THE FALL AND WINTER TRADE LAWTON -Sc BATES, I'onrtli Street, (Next Door lo Lnwlon * Willingham.) Y UK prepared to furnish the trade with GltOt tiltIDS, I-KOVINIOAM. IM.A.VI'ATIOA NI’PIMJBN. BAG GIYU, TICS, FTC., on ns rciisomihle terms as any house In Georgia. Wo will keep constantly on hand, BACON: I. \111), CORN, OA l'S, IIAY, SUGAR, COFFEE, BAGGING and TIES, and a acncral assort ment of mui'li Lpmds ns urn kept ill a first class Grocery House. Givens u call. \Vc are running; the UAGI.i: l'I.OI!KI.Y MIIXX, and direi l special attention to our "CHOICE," “EXTRA,” “FAMILY" Flours. They will ho found exactly adapted to tlm trade, and wo guarantee every harrol to yjivo satisfaction. Our prices are as low as those of the same grades cun lie I anight 111 the Hontli. CORN MEAD, bolted ami iinliolLed, always onhuiid, of our own make und of the host ■imility. 130-188 /^J.n.BANDY&CO., TIN AN# S,,EET 1 ,tO - v aoowNQ, sjdkfW Bittniit Plirtiif art Bpriii, Jiwfsk ffniH wN 1 1 V tin and galvanized iron cornices nSd// (/] I \ Executed at short notice and satisfaction \ Eg \ m'l I guaranteed. j) y* \ij l No. to Third Ntrcet, Macon, Gu. \ i Particular attention given to Guttering put up l \ with \ JJOODRUFF’S \ PATENT CAVC UAXTENINGN. IMPROVE) CHI GEAR. S< >MiTn ING NEW. SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER HORSE POWER IT IS NO HUMBUG!! rCI 110 Hettlinn of the Gin House floor has no client on the Gearing. Kin)- Post of Iron and lilt JL tile work bolted to iron. IT IS MADE TO KART, AND TO RUN TWENTY FIVE PERCENT. LIGHTER THAN ANY OTHER POWER IN USE. (hill and see for youasclf. I hulld a Portable Horse Power Hint challenges nil other MAKES, but It will not do the work with tlie same Draft that my PATENT GIN GEAR will. All kinds of Machinery made mid repaired at CKOCUCTT'M IKON WORKS, 108-130 Near Brown House, Macon Georgia. BROWFS GALLERY! Ho. 8 Cotton Avenue, Is the place where all the differ ent styles of pictures are made at greatly reduced prices. — ■ ■ I r* n ' - ' W. & E. P. TAYLOR, Cor. Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street, HEADERS IN FURNITURE, CARPETINGS, RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, etc. Metaiic Burial Cases & Caskets, Fine and Plain Wood Coffins and Caskets. 70tf li?"Orders by Telegraph promptly attended to. .. .1A AEH It. BLOUNT. ISAAC HARDEMAN. ■ll.Ol Vr Ai HARMWAW, ATTORNEYS AT ‘LAW, MACON, GEORGIA. OFFICE, at entrance Ralston Hull, Cherry street. _ AD-.tGO Barber Shop For Rent. rp|)E Basement room, formerly occupied by 1 Mike Napier, In Brown’s Hotel building Is for rent This is one of the best stands for a M,,,,, I. u. My. „ mTTh Volume I. —Number 169 INMAN LINE KOVAL MAH. STEAMSHIP*- rpnE Liverpool, New York and PhUaddp/m 1 X Steamship Company dispatch two ***•- era per week. The quickest time enr m*ie across the Atlantic. Every eonttort ami eon venli-nec. For further information apply “ep’-r. tf H. C. STEVENSON, Agent.