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Martin Pail® Cntrrprisr. Lines, Wing & Smith, Proprietors, Term* of Subscription: One Year * ® 00 Six Months * Three Months 3 00 Invariably in advance. To city subscribers by the month, Seventy-live cents, served by carriers. FOR MAYOR OF MACON, HOW. W. A. HUFF. “FISIS COROYAT OPI'W" “ The end shall crown the work”— Ah, who shall tell the end ! It is a woesome way, , And clonds portend. The work is all we know— Enough for our faint sight; The end God knows. Press on ! The crown—is lignt. The Mound Builders. —Col. Thomas Picton, of New York, has a theory that the mound-builders of this continent were Welshmen. He is certain that Madoe Ad Owain Guueyed set out from the Welsh coast about five hundred years be fore Columbus was born, to seek an asy lum for Druidism—at that time threatened by the inroads of Christianity. If Madoe and his four boat loads of followers did not land in this country, where did they go ? Accordingly, Col. Pictou has ran sacked the continent for vestiges of Druid ical worship and monuments of Welsh occupancy. Like most theorists on such a quest, he has discovered all the proofs he wanted —traces of Druidism in the Aztec religion, Welsh words in the Indian tongues and Welsh features in the sup posed relics of the Aztec race, -the Mo have tribe. To allay all scepticism it only remains for Col. Picton to trace the descent of the ltocky Mountain sheep to the Welsh goat, and prove that the wild onion of our prairies is the degenerate offspring of th.e Welsh leek. The Old Philosopher. —The bitter ness of the campaign, in so far as it af fected Mr. Greeley, ceased with the cam paign ; and on the night of the election we hope there were few who could not forget the errors of a brief half year for the virtues of a long and laborious life time. The dictum of the great poet is too often truthful. The evil that men do too often lives after them, the good is too often interred with their bones ; but we have felt and said that though Mr. Greeley’s re maining years were all given to what we conceive to bo error and evil, he might still die at an age far beyond the allotted years of the Psalmist, and leave the. na lion immensely his debtor. 1 lie American people will think of him always as a man of spotless character and of great intellect, who for twenty years exercised a greater and more uniform influence for good than any of his cotemporaries in the shperc of public instruction. They will think of his long battling for the right when the wrong was strongest and most powerful They will think of his noble example of industry and temperance in private life, and of liia valuable contributions to the sum of human knowledge in many useful fields; they will think of the many virtues which made him, a year ago, the foremost man of his country in all that related to what was good and true; and if they must drink also of what has since trans pil ed, it will be in that spirit of charitable forgiveness so beautifully expressed by Sterne: “When the accusing spirit bore tire oath to heaven’s chancery she blushed as she gave it in, and the recording angel, as she wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the page and blotted it out for ever.” — St. Louis Democrat. Do Houses Reason —For many years I have made the horse a subject of care ful thought and study. At times I have been led to believe that horses have rea soning powers, and can understand and apply them in various ways. For the last three years I have driven my mare nearly every day over the same road. About one mile from my home are two roads, one leading to the church, the other to the depot. Now six days in the week 1 drive to the cars, and on Sunday to the chureli. At this point where these roads separate, I give my mare her head, leaving her free to make her choice, and on week days she will go straight to the depot, and on Sundays, she goes, of her own free will, to the church. I never knew her to fail me yet. It puzzled me for a long time to learn how she should know any difference in days ; and I have come to the conclusion that she reasons from facts—facts connected with every day life. On week days I start from my stables in a two wheel carriage ; on Sundays I start from my house in a carryall, thus making an entire change, both in time, place and carriage ; and from these facts she must be guided in her choice of roads. Many say this is instinct; if so, where does reason begin ?— O. IP Jfiske, in Our Dumb Animals. Ideal of Christ'* Person. The Christ of painters is blue-eyed and golden-haired, and such a one never ex isted save in their imagination ! A blonde in the race of Syrian Jews is unknown, lie was a brun (since we have no word in our language which describes a man witli dark hair and eyes and olive complexion) of that race. There are pious people who have recourse to a miracle to make him a blonde, with whom it is useless to argue. Generally the stoutest defenders of his divinity believe that in taking on himself .man’s nature he subjected himself to the laws which govern it, and that he thus inherited the characteristics of the race from which he sprung. Leonardo, Guido, Raphael, and other masters created their Christ, regardless of historical require ments, and invested him with an ideal character which he never possessed, ac cording to their ideas of the beautiful in art. This model, once imposed, has since been perpetuated by all painters, because they think blue eyes more spirituel than dark, and gelden hair more godlike than black. They had an idea, too, that the Jewish type of face was ignoble, which may have had some foundation from the degradation to which the race was forced for so many centuries by persecuting Christians, and they thus had their prejudices against in vesting the Saviour with the trait* of a people whom they dispised. But the Jew of Syria, in the days of Jesus, was, before his persecution and consequent debase ment, perhaps the equal of the man of any other race in point of natural advantages There, are Syrian Jew* now, in isolated habitations in Palestine, who are remark able tot Mr handsome traits.— Albert Rhodes, in Appleton'* Journal. A REMARKABLE EXPEDITION. Savans to Circumnavigate the Globe. The expedition about to be dispatched by the British Admiralty to undertake a scientific circumnavigation of the globe is described at great length by nature. The vessel set apart for this purpose is the cor vette Challenger, of 2,30(5 tons, under the command of G. S. Nares, It. N., well known as the author of a valuable work on seamanship, who has seen a great deal of active service, formerly in Arctic ex ploration, and latterly in the Suez survey, which lie now leaves to head this expedi tion. On the scientific staff are Professor Wyville Thompson, F. K. S., as director; ,J. Y. Buchanan, of Edinburgh University, chemist; 11. N. Moseley, of Oxford, nat uralist ; Dr. Von Willcmoes Sulim, of Munich, naturalist; John Murray, ol Ed inburgh University, naturalist. The three naturalist take charge respectively of the Invertebrate, vertebrata, and botany.— Professor Thompson assumes the charge of the general zoological work. A photo grapher is also assigned to duty. The whole expedition is under the immediate direction of the hydrographic department of tho Admiralty, and the ship is fitted out with a magnificent collection of scientific apparatus. The Challenger will sail from Ports mouth for Gibralter, the first haul of the dredge being made in the Bay of Biscay, if the weather should chance to be favor able. From Gibraltar she will proceed to Madeira, thence to St. Thomas, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the Azores; from thence to Bahia, touching at Fernando Norohua; thence across to the Capo of Good Hope, and, after a stay in that neighborhood, southward to the Crozetts and Marion Islands and Kerguelens Land. A run southward will then be made as far as possible to the ice, and the course thence be made to Sydney. New Zealand, the Campbell and Auckland groups, Torres Straits, New Guinea and New Ire land will then he visited. A long cruise of perhaps a year will then be made among the Pacific Islands ; thence the ex pedition passing between Borneo and Celebes, and visiting Luzon and its neigh borhood, will proceed to Japan, where a stay of two or three months is expected. Thence northward to Kamskatka, whence a run will he made northward through Behring’s Straits, and then through the Aleutiau Islands, southward to Van couver’s Island, and so through the deep eastern region of the Pacific by Easter Island, and possibly by the Galapagos Archipelago to the Horn, and thence home. The voyage is expected to take about three and a half years. It is difficult (says the Nature) to over estimate the immense benefit which sci ence must derive from an expedition such as this. Apart from the results of intense interest which may be expected from the deep sea work, Hie principal object of the exhibition, and which must go far to elu cidate a subject on which our knowledge is at present of the most imperfect descrip tion, abundant opportunity will offer for tho accurate investigation of the animal and vegetable life of many highly inter esting and yet imperfectly known, or to tally unexplored regions The investiga tion of the floras of such islands as Fer nando Norohua and the Marion and Cro zett groups cannot fail to yield most in structive results; and it it is needless to speak of the intense interest which centers in New Guinea. SPIRITUALISM. Card3 from the Rev. Dr. Harrison and the Rev. Dr. Hicks. From the Atlanta Constitution of Sunday.] Editors Constitution : —lt seems that many persons are under the impression that Dr. W. P. Harrison and I are at vari ance in respect of the so-called phenome na of spiritualism. This is a mistake. Our investigations have been carried forward with the same spirit of honest in quiry, and on the same scientific bases. I am satisfied from my own investigations that the “Od ” theory will account for all physical phenomena, but I have not been able to connect it with that class of phe nomena known as mental in the matter in haad. The subject is undergoing a thorough search, and tests of the most ac curate character are being applied by Dr. Harrison and others. I am persuaded that so soon as the link is discovered which joins the “Od,” force with the world of mcntul action the whole matter will admit of easy solution on that principle. My object in making public the extraordinary phenomena in my pos session was to furnUh my friend with diffi cult problems for the purpose of testing the theory which we have both main tained. Allow me also to say that we are inves tigating the matter together, and are san guine, to say’ the least, of success. It will undoubtedly be found that all the accred - ited mysteries of spiritualism will submit to solution, and that greater ones will be created in the process of the investigation. Yours truly, W. Watkin Hicks. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 20, 1872. Modern Mysteries. Editors Constitution As some mis apprehension exists in regard to the lan guage test which I proposed to determine the credentials of Modern Spiritualism, I beg leave to state in plain terms the test, which I consider at once reasonable and demonstrative. Ido this especially be cause my friend Dr. W. W. Hicks, has beeu quoted in proof of the compliance of the mediums to my demand. The caaea presented by Dr. Hicks do not reach my test, on the contrary they form a part of my illustrations of the theory of Od Force. At the proper time I will show the nexus between the physical experiments of Reichenbach and the mental phenomena of Modern Spiritualism. This I have promised “to do in two lecture! which I propose to deliver for the benefit of the Toung Men’s Library Association of this ! city. The terms of my language-test are as : follows : 1. I require a written communication, twenty lines or more, of Latin compoai i tion, (original matter, not a copy) from Virgil, the style, matter and chiregraphy 1 to & equal to the known productions- of that author when in the flesh. It is not to be a mere imitation, as to style, nor a jumble of Latin words, but must bear such inter nal evidence* of genuine**** and authen ! ticity as are relied upon in critical eeti- I mates of human productions. MACON, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1872. 2. 1 require like communications, sub ject to the same tests and conditions, from Plato in Gieek, David in Hebrew, Ma- Uammod in Arabic, Zoroaster in I’arsee. If these supposed spirits cannot speak their own native tonguos, they certainly cannot speak or write ours. No odyllic force can. by conscious or unconscious cerebration, produce literary compositions equal to the writings of the masters of the languages I have mentioned Such a feat as that would eclipse all the wonders of this age. When I have procured the communica tions I have solicited, I will take the prop er steps to acquaint the world with the result. Very truly yours, W. P. HARRISON. TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY. Another crisis is announced in the French National Assembly, and tho Presi dency of M. Thiers seems to be near its close. It is but another chapter in French politics. The Spanish insurrection makes no headway. The insurgents are defeated on all sides. The Emperor has created twen ty-five peers out of the ranks of Govern ment officials. The country honors the memory of Mr. Greeley'. His funeral takes place to-mor row from the Church of the Divine Pater nity—Kev. Dr. Chapin’s. President Grant will be present. The following resolution was introduced in the llouso of Congress yesterday by Mr. Dawes, and unanimously passed: Resolved, by the Senate and House of Representatives, In view of the recent death of Horace. Greeley, for whom, at the late election, more than three million of votes were cast for President, that a record be made in the journals of Congress of appreciation for the eminent services and personal purity and wortli of the deceased; aud of the sad impression created by his deatli, following a keen family bereave ment. Tho Senate also unanimously adopted the resolution, and after the reading of the President's message adjourned. A United States Court in session at St. Louis, has given a. verdict of $56,000 against Geo. D. Oruar, late Collector o r the Fifth Missouri District The Treasurer sell.-* a million of gold on Thursdays aud buys a million of bonds on Wednesdays, during the current month of December. Tire debt Btatemeut shows a decrease of $1,125,000. Coin in the Treasury, 500,000. Currency balance, $10,125,000. The office of surveyor of the port of New York, now vacant, will be filled under civil service rules. Commodore John Calhoun died Satur day at the age of seventy. Eight hundred men were discharged from the New York navy yard yesterday. The Charleston Exchange was opened for business yesterday under its new Con stitution, and in the new building. A board of directors, chiefly composed of leading cotton merchants, with William Ravenell as President, was elected. The Exchange will include in its operations! transaction in cotton for future delivery. Previous to the reading of the Presi dent's Message yesterday the following proceedings were had in the House of Representatives. Both bouses are or ganized, with Colfax and Blain in the chairs. Sumner introduced bills striking from United States flags and army register all mention of battles with fellow-citizens. He also attempted to call up the civil rights bill, bat was stopped by the rules. The chaplain mentioned Mr. Greeley in his prayers. The House is considering Banks’ re tirement from the chairship of the foreign Committee, but refuses to accept bis res ignation. Pending a resolution regarding the Cred it Mobilier, Blain called S. S. Cox (Demo crat) to the chair, and a resolution is now before the House that the temporary chair man announce the committees. Both houses took a recess to 1:30, when the message wae read. The Alabama legislature is still in a muddle. The Conservative body adjourn ed yesterday until 10 o’clock to day, in respect to a deceased member. Spencer is the nominee of Republicans for United State Senator. The Conservatives were to meet in caucus last night. The North Carolina legislature are bal loting for United States Senator. Vance has been withdrawn. The New York canals are closed. Change of Schedule. MACON AND WESTERN R. R. CO., 1 Macon, Ga., October 31,1872. ( ON and after Sunday November 3d, the fol lowing schedule for Passenger Trains, will he observed on this road: DAT PASSENGER. Leave Macon 8:15 a. M. Arrive at Macon 2:05 a. m. Leave Atlanta 8:30 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta 2:40 P. u. NIGHT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT. Leave Macon 8:50 p. M. Arrive at Macon 3:20 A. M. Leave Atkrita 8:00 p. M. Arrive at Atlanta 4:55 A. m. Making cloae connections at Macon with Central Railroad for Savannah and Augusta, and wttb Southwestern Railroad for point* In Southwest Georgia. At Atlanta with Western and Atlantic Railway for points West. A. J. WHITE, nov2tf Superintendent to merchants! MERCHANTS wishing to place their name and business prominently before the peo ple of Macon, Taylor, Crawford and Houston counties, should advertise in the BLSINKSB MIRROR. Circulation good and locreMlag very fast. Rale* liberal. _ „ . . W. T. CHRISTOPHER, Ej>. APnaT’t. Fort vaiiey, ua. * [regulator] This unrivalled Medicine Is warranted not to contain a single particle of Mercury, or any injurious mineral substance, lint Is PIIKEI.Y VEUtITABI.II. For FORTY YEARS it lias proved its great value In all diseases of the I.ivek, Rowels and Kionevs. Thousands of the good and great in all parts of the country vouch for Its wonder ful and peculiar power in purifying the Blood, stimulating the torpid Liver and Bowels, and imparting new Life and Vigor to tba whole sys tem. SIMMON’S LIVER REGULATOR isac knowledged to have no equal as a l.iv i;it niiiHcm:, It contains four medical elements, never uni ted In the same happy proportion in any other preparation, viz: a gentle Cathartic, u wonder ful Tonic, an unexceptionable Alterative and a certain Corrective of all impurities of the body. Such signal success has attended Its use, that it is now regarded as the (illrent IJnl'allinsr Nperillc for Liver Complaint and the painful offspring thereof, to wit: DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPA TION. Juundice.Billiousattacka, SICK HEAD ACHE, Colic, Depression of Spirits SOUR STOMACH, Heart Burn, Ac., Ac. Regulate the Liver and prevent UHILLN AND I 1.Y1.1t. SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR Is manufactured liy J. 11. ZEIIiIA Ac CO., MACON, GA., and PHILADELPHIA. Price $1 per package; sent by mail, postage paid, $1.25. Prepared ready for use iu bottles, *1.50. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. }sy*Beware ol ail Counterfeits ami Imitations. 112-533 mini V %tf %■ c : . LT • FITLIiRS^^ RHEUMATIC SYRUP OR VUNC V RLfUNDED SIOO REWARD FOR AC ASF of L/iiruiisi; of acugo iviicuuntuoiu, vjwug, ocia tics, Headacho, Lumbago, Ague, Nervousness or Kidney Affections accepted for treatment that I cannot cure. n022 tf CROP OF 1812. Clover and Grass Seeds. RED CLOVER, CRIMSON CLOVER, SAPLING CLOVER, ORCHARD GRASS BLUE GRASS, HERDS GRASS, LUCERNE SEED, &c., &c. Just received, HUNT, RANKIN & LAMAR, Wholesale Druggists, 146-15 C 82 and 84 Cherry Street. The Great Democratic Journal, THE 3EW YORK WEEKLY NEWS. BENJ. WOOD, Editor and Proprietor. A Mammoth Eight Page Sheet, Fifty six Columns of Reading Matter. Contain! all the newe, foreign, dorneatic, po litical and general,with full and reliable market report!. Each number aleo contain! several Short storiee, and a great variety of literary, agricultural and scientific matter, etc., etc., constituting, It 1 confidently averted, the most complete weekly newspaper in this country. TERMS, 82 A YEAR. Inducement* to Club*: Five copies, One year I 0 00 Ten copies, one year, and an extra copy to the sender w Twenty copies one year, and an extra copy to sender ;••••••• w Fifty copies one year, and an extra copy to sender Partie* eauliny club* a* above, raay retain 20 per cent, of Vue money rcceiwl by than, an com panmtion. Persons desiring to act as agent* supplied with specimen bundles. Spertaen copies wmt free to any address. All letters should be dl rected to NEW TORE WREKLT NEWS, Box 3,795, novl3-lf A’** York A** o & r '- MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS WILL FIND IT TO-THEIR AD VANTAGE TO CALL ON US BEFORE MAKING Til El R BILLS. o WE HAVE IN STORE, 100.000 LBS. BACON CLEAR R. SIDES. 25.000 LBS. BACON SHOUL DERS. 10.000 LBS. BELLIES. .50.000L8S- FLO (JK, fill grades. 500 ROLLS 2J BAGGING. 10.000 LBS. ARROW TIES. 10 BALES TWINE. JOHNSON & SMITH. JOHNSON A SMmi, Have, ami arc offering at. very low figures: 100 BOXES TOBACCO, all grades. 100 BBLS. WHISKIES. 150 BBLS. SUGAR. 50 BBLS. MOLASSES. 100 BALES HAY. 1.000 BUSHELS CORN. Together with a full stock ol all all goods in our line of business, llfi-tf Brown’s Hotel, MACON. GA. IF long experience and a thorough knowl edge of the business in nil it* diversified branches aru essentia) to the keening that which the public lms long heard n) hut seldom seen, A GOOD HOT’III., the undersigned flutter 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 and MOST COMPLETE LY AND EXPENSIVELY FURNISHED house throughout, In the State, which Is loca ted exactly where everybody would have It sit uated IMMEOIATBLT IN FRONT ANI> ADJAOBNT TO THB PASSENGER OKrOT, where travelers can enjoy the most sleep and less liable to be UJ't by the perplexlngly 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 the business, have never been surpassed for pollteucss und 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. E. E. BROWN & SON, Proprietors. Macon, Ga., April lfi, 1872. 78 1(H DAVIS SMITH, (Successor to the late firm of Smith, Westeott. & Cos., and of Smith, McGlashau <fc Cos.) MANI'KACTL'IIKIt AND lIEAI.EJI IN SADDLES, HARNESS, BRIDLES, SADDLERV AND HARNESS HARDWARE, Carriage Materials, Leather of all kinds, hoe Findings, Children’s Carriages, RUBBER, GIN BANDS, ETC., Together with every article usually kept In a * aaddiery house. ,09 CHERRY ST., MACON, GA 158-132 FOR THE FALL AND WINTER TRADE - LAWTON V BATE , Fourth Street, (Nat Iloor to Lnwton A Willingham.) prepared to furnish tlio trade with GROEERIEN, PROTIMIONI, PLANTATION NUPPIJEN, HAG GING, TlEti, ETC., mii as reasonable terms as any bouno (u Georgia. We will keep constantly on hand. BACON: I.AKD, CORN, OATS, HA i, SUGAR, COFFEE, RAGGING and TkKS, and a general assort ment of such goods as arc kept In a first ciuss Grocery House. Give us a call. We are running tho I’.Ata.E I’IiOI'RING A111.1.5, and dlroct-speclal attention to our ‘‘CHOICE," “EXTRA,” “FAMILY” Flours. Thoy will be found exactly adupted to the trado, and we guarantee ovory barrel to give satisfaction. Our prices are us low as those of the same grades can be bought. In the South. CORN MEAL, bolted and unbolted, always on hand,, of our own make and of the best quality. 120-188 s?&5. H. BAND Y& CO. tin and sheet iron roofing, Pluliif mi Jepairiif, T,N AND UALVANIZED IRON CORNICES \ ~ ESprjjp j r Executed at short notice and saUsfaetion \ 8 J \J| 1 guaranteed. jj /' \|| IN. 40 Third Ntreet, Macon, On. V ( Pip-ticular attention given to Guttering put up \ ' WOODRUFF’S \ PATENT DAVE FANTENINGI. UPRATED (HI GEAR. SOajF.THING NEW. SUPERSEDES ALL OTHER HORSE POffER IT IS NO HUMBUG If 'T'MIE settling of the (Jin House floor lmn no effect on Uie Gearing. King Post of Iron and all 1. the work bolted to iron. IT 18 MADE TO LABT, AND TO RUN TWENTY FI VK PERCENT. LIGIITERTii AN ANY OTHER POWER IN ÜBK. Cull and him*, for youaself. I build a Portable Horse Power that challenges all other MAKES, bnt it will not do Uie work with tin*, same Draft Unit my PATENT GIN (IRAK will. All kinds (f Machinery made and repaired at t lIOCUKTT’M IRON WORKS, 108-180 Near Brown House, Macon Georgia. BROWN'S GALLERY! No. 8 Cotton Avenue, Is the place where all the differ ent styles of pictures are made * at greatly reduced prices. W. & E. P. TAYLOR, Cor. Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street, DEALERS IN ■l*, IMPETUS, ROES, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, etc. ft v -* Metalic Burial Cases & Caskets, Fine and Plain Wood Coffins and Caskets. TOtf by Telegraph promptly attended to. JAAfiS U. BPOUNT. Hi AAC HARDEMAN. HLOIJ.NT A HARDEMAN, ATTORNEYSYAT SLAW. MACON, GEORGIA. OFFICE, at entrance Ralston Hall, Cherry street. „Z__ Barber Stoop For Rent. T’StfEsa&Ks&T?** fur rent This Is one of the best stand* for* ,he Clty - B ssPß HOTEL. Volume I.—Number 200 IJNMAN LINE Havai. TWIAJIj sieamshiw* ers per week. The ( IS' C JL comfort and con across the Atl*oD£ J£j^° doo to For Agent.