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Ttlegraph and Messenger, j
T^CQS, MABOH 4, 1870.
—’ FIREJ
S(or cs Barned on Ttalnd Street East
Too. s<0 R'lRht.
^ ,VI,ole Block in Imminent Ranger.
Loss About 820,000..
on e etory brick store house belonging
-rman * Dickinson, on Third street, comer of
I w ^ eT and adjoining Collins A Son’s warehouse,
[ f* destroyed last evening between 7 and 8
r ^1,8 building was occupied by Mr. M. EI-
i Law goods and clothing merchant, and by the
of Newton, Lipford & Co., family grocers, who
I rfiC * en tlT bought out Mr. Carey W. Cos. Mr.
JJ" who U now in New York, lost bis entire Stock:
I ^ <jods, with the exception of a few armsful his
I f t and others carried ont in the few brief mo-
^ i it was possible to enter tho burning budding.
trVs is about £3000. as bis stock was low and
• rm" Goods had not yet arrived. No insurance.
* u ’. S ^ grg ^wton. tipford A Co., also lost their en-
*.,„ k ^ith the exception of a cask of bacon, a
Jh of daur, etc. Their stock was also veiy
j^ t iB(1 jjjey will not lose over §3,000. Noin-
—U. was insured, wo understand, for
i we did not leam in what company.
" fire originated In the grocery store awhile
.«r dirt from a barrel of Aurora oil. Mr. New
ton b*d gone to tho barrel to draw some of the oil,
^tended by a negro who was holding a candle or
hap for him, and while the oil was being drawn it
tooth*® f ro ® l* 10 bght in the negro’s band, as be
^jbold'hgit down near the stream. In a twink
ling the barrel exploded and the whole inside of the
7T rt irta in tl&mea. There was near the barrel of
o j »lot of whisky which also immediately took fire,
tamed with great rapidity and intensity, so
B ncb so that it was impossible to save any of the
stock.
^ building formed the North-east comer of tho
ygtbonse, and it was only by the noble and gallant
tffoctt of our firemen that the warehouse, with its
j(09 or 4.000 hales of cotton, was not consumed,
jbe roof of tho warehouse adjoining the burning
IgildiDg repeatedly caught fire, but the cotton in
that p»rt of the yard was quickly rolled away, and
M t » halo was destroyed; and after getting the
cotton out of the way, tho pipemen had a fair field
to extinguish tho fire as it broke through the eave
of the warehouse.
Immediately on tho other side of the burning
etere, and on the comer of the alley, was the ex
tensive wholesale grocery store of Liglitfoot &
Jacques- winch also caught fire several times, bat
was saved by the noble exertions of the firemen.
Tbere was a wooden stairway and railing running
np from the street on the outside of this bnildiDg,
tbicb was only a few feet from the fire, which it
m difficult to remove, and which was almost con-
tlctly catching fire. And but for the fact that the
net of the store was covered with tin, as also that
dftbe warehouse, it would have been next to im-
poNibte to have prevented the whole block, be
aten Cheny and Poplar streets, from burning.
Messrs. Lightfoot A Jacques were damaged by
nterto the amount of $'250, covered by insurance.
We cannot too highly praise the condnct of onr
beavs, spirited and noblo firemen on this occasion.
They worked like Turks from the time they got
(heir engines in position until the fire was extin
guished.
Protection No. 1 with their steamer; Ocmulgee
Ko. 2; Young America, No. 3, and Mechanics, No.
4, all drew their supply of water from the now cis
tern in front of Protection, No. l’s engine honse,
while Defiance took her position at the cistern in
front of the City Bank building. This latter engine,
however, was unable to accomplish anything for
want of a sufficiency of hose. She has only about
200 feet, and borrowed three sections, hut even then
she was short a fall section. As to why she could
not borrow enough hose to take a band in the fire
when there was plenty on the ground to spare, is a
question we shall not attempt to answer.
Young America, wo believe, threw the first water
last night, but wo have no special praise to bestow
where all did so well. The powers of the steamer
were fully tested last night, and after muscle
bad exhausted she came in as full of life and vigor
as a young lien, and did great execution.
Finnnclal.—The Situation,
rrivate dispatches from New York yesterday
flowed in freely. Gold opened in the morning at
13%, then fell at noon to 13%, at which it rested at
the time we write.
Almost a panic was presented in that dry goods
market. A. T. Stewart flamed out with every species
of domestic manufacture 50 per cent. lower than
they were twenty days ago. He offered American
prints at 7 cents per yard, and other goods in pro
portion. This must have created a howl around
other counters, and completely upset the gravity
of the market Many of our own merchants are
h Sew Y'ork making their spring purchases, but
they will scarcely know what to do. It is presumed
that Stewart's object was to break down various
lading houses running against him, as there was
really no cause for such an extraordinary decline.
But the effect upon all grades of goods of this
character in the country, will be more quickly felt
thsn we anticipated. There was a general feeling
of uneasiness among onr dry goods merchants yes
terday. They fortunately hold very light stocks,
«nd the crash has come in the very nick of time.
A stupor akin to death pervaded the general mar-
h*t yesterday. Cotton ennk still lower. No orders
were given for more goods. Everybody seemed
toko waiting to see the end. Anxious inquiries
were made every honr about tho price of gold, the
rcepomse invariably being, it was still on the down
Srade.
We do not believe that this crisis will materially
•fleet Southern merchants or tho Southern people
H large. The price of labor will essentially re-
a»in the same. Our merchants are carrying small
•Mounts of debt comparatively, and will be able to
uearly, if not qnite, realize coet for their goods. It
•dl cut off profits, of course, but fail to touch
to capital or their credit materially. Our gro-
teiy men need not feel the least alarm. The crash
rill not l>e felt in their line.
But we all hope the end will soon be reached,
*ud trade once more assume its even-going chan
nel If greenbacks are really going to par, as the
signs now indicate, wo hope they will do eo quickly,
•ad enable us to form a correct basis for calcula
tion*.
Those planters who have not yet ordered their
full supplies of guano, com, bacon, etc., are be-
twaing to clamor, and justly, we think, for a re
action of prices on these articles; but until prices
iodine elsewhere, it is clear that they must remain
eethcyaiein this market. When the manufactu
re °f guano in Maryland and elsewhere, and
original dealers, come down in their prices—when
Provisions in tho Western markets fall below what
they are now selling at—then, and not until then,
•mh it be expected that Macon merchants and deal
ers in these articles will be able to respond favor
ably to the present demand of planters. The fact
I s ! if cotton and gold continue to tumble in New
Tork as they have dono the present week, the pries
of everything has got to tumble with them, and
that shortly.
& another column will ba found the advortiso-
®ent of Messrs. J. H. Zeilin A Co., Druggists, Ma-
Ga.
Simmons’ Diver Regelator is prepared only by
them, and is highly recommended hy all who have
tisen it for the diseases it professes to cure. Tho
juinor editor of this journal has derived great bone-
~t from its use. and can conscientiously recommend
d as an excellent remedy for diseases of the atom-
•A and bowels, arising from torpidity of the liver.
rorn Tallahassee Floridian.
Cheat.—A fine Durham milch coir with
voting calf was sold by CoL Clayton, the auctioneer,
Katerday morning, for only $28. The purchaser
a good thing of it, and but for the cry of fire
jh&t was made during the sale he would certainly
•avs had to pay a higher price than that for the
‘uxury of milk. _____
Sot Much or a Smash-Up After At.t..—We were
'formed by a railroad official yesterday that our
of the damages by tho recent freight train
tP’ on Southwestern Railroad, was al-
to ° '®8h- He eaid three thousand dollars
no C0Ver the lo9 ®' Tt,at ’ a not much of a smseh-
P alter all. It’s curious how some people impose
iy e were told the loss was fully
Ponlocal editors.
*
MURDER.
One Negro Kills Another by Stabbing him
Through the Heart.
A fatal affray occurred about 9 o’clock on Thurs
day night last, in tho bar-room of Ned Cooper,
negro, on ths comer of Fifth and Fine streets, be
tween two negro men named respectively, Paul
Chisolm and Tom Stephens, alias Speelix. Tbs
parties, as we are informed, had been gambling,
and Chisolm undertook to chisel Stephens, or play
a game of bluff upon him, by either forcing him to
yield the point in dispute or submit to a mauling
with a stick. But, be ibis as it may, they got to
fighting, and Stephens plunged' bis knife through
Chielom’s heart, killing him dead on the spot
Stephens then went off to another negro doggery
where he was, soon after the murder, arrested by
officers Wxye and Hancock, and lodged in the city
guard-house. When arrested he manifested the
greatest indifference, saying he would do the same
thing again under similar circumstances. That
Chisolm threatened his life and had struck hi™
with a stick, and he killed him in self-defence.
So soon as the murder was reported at police
head-quarters, Capt. Simpson notified Coroner
Dewberry, who immediately summoned a Jury of
Inquest, which returned a verdict in accordance
with the above facte, in so far as they identify the
murderer.
A Thief Caught.—Mr. Thomas Bankston, a citi
zen of Macon, had a long and exciting chase yes
terday morning after a white man named Wm. H.
Benton, who etole $500 from a Mr. Cain, near
Seago’e Station, on tho South-Western Bailroad, a
few weeks ago. Mr. Bankston first saw Benton on
upper Cotton Avenuo, and at the same time Benton
saw him, and started on the .run up by the Blind
Academy and down College street. *Mr. B. imme
diately gave pursuit, and followed the rascal out to
Boeo Hill Cemetery, thence down to the river, and
back again toward towu. He caught Benton once,
but Benton broke loose, and threw a rock or two at
Bankston. Determined, however, to arrest the
thief, Bankston told him he had just as well stop
and surrender; that he was bound to take him, and
threatened to kill him if he did not stop, though he
had no weapon to do it with. Benton then surren
dered, and Mr. Bankston brought him to town and
turned him over to officer Ferrell, who lodged him
in jail.
Mr. Bankston deserves the thanks of the com
munity for tho manly and persistent efforts ho
made to bring this rascal to justice.
The Fiee.—In hastily penning our notice of the
fire on Third street, on Friday night last, we inad
vertently failed, even so much as to name the Hook
and Ladder Company. It took a very active part in
suppressing tho fire, and in a few moments after
the alarm was given, its gallant men had their lad
ders against the walls of tho adjoining buildings
and were scaling them for duty on the roofs of the
houses. They took a prompt and noble part in the
work, and contributed as much as any other com
pany on the ground in extinguishing the flames
The whole fire department are entitled to the thanks
and gratitude of the community for the zeal, spirit
and success with which they worked on Friday night.
They saved property amonnting to twenty times the
value of every fire engine and fixtures in the city;
and but for their noble efforts the whole square in
which the fire originated would have been destroyed,
for we never saw a hotter fire for its size. There
was oil, whisky and bacon burning, which made a
moat intense heat, and on this account, it was im
possible to save more than an armful of goods from
either of the stores burned.
About 2 o'clock yesterday morning and after it
was thought the fire was ont, it again burst forth on
the floor and in the cellar, and the alarm was again
sonnded for the firemen to return to duty. Not
withstanding the severe labors of tho early part of
the night, they promptly responded and again sup-
presed tho flames; but there was so much grease in
the cellar it again got to burning at 10 o’clock
a. ar., and the firemen were again called out. They
finished up the job in style this pop, for they pnlled
down the front wail of tho building, which was dan
gerous to work around, and thus getting a fair fling
at the irrepressible grease, they deluged it with wa
ter, and not a spark of fire was left on the premises,
and at this writing a rag-tag and bob-tail crew are
scratching in the damp debris for whatever trinkets
that may have escaped the flames.
Tho ordeal to which the warehouse was subjected
was very severe, bnt being fire proof, it came out
unscathed, and, as if to show flying colors, Collins
& Son received about forty more bales of cotton
during the day than any warehouse in town.
BY TELEGRAPH
Served Hut Bight.—Ed. Shaw, an impudent ne
gro, entered Besore’s auction house last night and
got to disturbing the crowd. He was kindly invited
ont once or twice, bnt refnsed to leave. He was
then ordered to do so, but instead of going, brazenly
bucked up to Mr. James Simons, the auctioneer,
and that gentleman having an eight day clock in his
bands, Hindered it over the negro’s bead. He then
left, and in a few moments returned with that noto
rious dignitary of chukeydom, H- M. Turner, and
the two demanded an explanation and they both
got it by being ordered out with a good sized flea in
their ears. No arrests.
Coal.—In a rimble for items of city news yes
terday, we were pleased to see that our young
friend Armand L. Batts, has a fine supply of coal at
his yard, near the Macon and Western Bailroad de
pot. Since Armand got the Macon coal trade in his
own hands, he has managed it most admirably, and
we feel assured that he will in future keep the coal
business fully supplied. He deserves credit for tho
able manner in which he straightened things in
this regard after getting them in hand.
Meningitis —We most sincerely regret to an
nounce the death of little Arthur Wells, by this ter
rible malady. He died on Friday night. He was
abont ten years of age, and a bright and promising
little boy.
The servant girl in Mr; Wells’ family, who was. at
tacked by this disease, also died on Friday, and
his youngest daughter still lies in a most critical
condition with it
We have heard of two or threo other cases of this
disease. Mr. Thomas, an old citizen of East Ma
con ; also a grand daughter of Col. Palaski Holt,
are, we understand, dangerously ill with meningitis.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Special to the Telegraph and Messenger. J
Washington, March 3.—A prominent member of
the Judiciary Committee said that, although the
Senatorial question was not touched in the report
on Georgia presented yesterday, the logical codcIu-
to be drawn from it is that Hill and Miller are the
Senators. Another member of the Committee stated
to-day that the Senatorial question will not be de
cided for two weeks.
Butler attempted to gel the Georgia Bill before
the House to-day but failed. He said the Fifteenth
Amendment was awaiting action on the Georgia
bill, and he should present it as early a day as pos
sible.
Washington, March A—The Georgia bill .was up
in the House to-day. Butler spoke in the interest
of Bullock. He considered the present State Gov
ernment provisional, and held that official terms
should commence with the admission of the State.
He said that by a singular oversight the ConBtitu-
tution of Georgia contained a provision enabling
the Legislature to hold a perpetual lease of power.
To remedy this, he introduced an amendment, not
by the direction of the Reconstruction Committee,
bnt with the concurrence of some members of it,
that no election take place until 1872, bat that
thereafter no Legislature should have power to per-
petuate itself. ' .
In answer to a question of Farnsworth, concern
ing the seating of members, Butler said he would
leave the House to determine—he would be willing
to seat no member till a new election was had. He
said the question was for the House, and did not
think the Senate would interfere.
Farnsworth said: “We have got into a muddle
with reconstruction legislation, and the sooner we
finish it, the better.” He declared the State had
complied with all requirements of reconstruction
laws, and opposed, on strong grounds, the proposed
extension of official terms*
To-morrow will be devoted exclusively to debate
on the Georgia question.
Butler will move the previous question on Mon
day, at the morning hour.
Bullock, Clift and Prince were on the floor of the
House. Bullock and Butler retired to the cloak
room when the latter concluded his speech.
Washington, March A—Farnsworth, Beck, Bird
and Kerr spoke to-day against the Georgia bill.
Lawence is in favor of it. But few members
were present. Little interest is manifested. The
beat information to-day warrants the conclusion
that the bill will pass the.House, but possibly will
be defeated in the Senate. Members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee are almost unanimously op
posed to the hQL
Becoveeed.—Officers Wm. Avant and Wtye ar
rested yesterday, the negro Daniels, who stole
about $300 worth of jewelry on Wednesday night,
from Mrs. Pat. McIntyre, and recovered the stolen
property. Daniels has beon in the employ of Mr.
McIntyre for some time. He will now be very apt
to get employment with Alexander A Co., on the
Macon and Augusta Railroad.
SrniXG Fights—The spring fights opened up live
ly in this city yesterday afternoon on Third street,
with a little fiiticuff between two well known citi
zens of metal and bottom. Barring a slight scratch
and bruise or two which each received, we are glad
to state nobody was hurt. Let ns havo peace.
INewYoek, September 15th, 1869. •
Dr. TFm. Jenson, AT. V.:
Bear Sib :—While at home this Summerin North
Carolina, my youngest child, three years old, was ill
with the usual summer complaints of children in
that climate, and having a bottle of your 8outhom
Soothing Syrup, used it in her case with the hap
piest results, aa it gave immediate relief, and seem
ed also to remove all cause of disease, as her health
was not disturbed afterwards.
Very respectfully,
(Signed) Jno. A. Bradshaw.
From Eufaula.
We quote, as follows, from the News of Wednes
day:
Municipal Election.—The result of the election
yesterday was as follows: Mayor, G. A. Roberts;
Treasurer, A. A. Walker; Clerk, T. L. Hardman ;
Marshal, T. D. Patterson; Aldermen, First Ward,
M. B Wellborn and M J Bray; Second Ward, J. M.
Buford and W. E. Stammers; Third Ward, J.
M. Mackleroy and J. T. Kendall. In the Fourth
Ward two negroes, Washington Burke and Melvin
Patterson, we:e elected by very small majorities.
The vote will be purged according to law, and it is
believed the resuit will be changed. The legal re
sult will be declared at the Council meeting to-night.
The Chattanooga Bailroad Company have ob
tained from the Louisiana Legislature, a subsidy of
$3,000,000, in aid of the extension of the road
Westward from New Orleans. It is payable in In
stallments as follows: $750,000 when the road shall
have reached Bayou Lafourche, at or near Donald-
sonville; $750,000 when it shall have reached a
point at or near YermilUonvillo ; $750,000 when it
shall have reached the Sabine river; $750,000 when
it shall have reached Houston, Texas. The road
t o be open for traffic within three years.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, March 8.—Delegates from a to
bacco association are here seeking an oppoprtnnity
to argne before the Ways and Means Committee in
favor of reBolntionB adoped by a recent Convention
at Cincinnati.
The government now holds a $1*X),000,000 of
bonds subject to sinking fund, and the wishes of
Congress. •
Judge Busteed, of Alabama, departs to-morrow
to open a regular term of Court.
Tho Territorial Committee reported unanimously
in favor of the confirmation of Dr. Bard foi the
Governorship of Idaho.
Washington, March A — It is learned at the
Treasury, that Bechtel Gormly and the two Her-
wigs will be removed from the New Orleans Custom
House. It will require stronger papers than those
now before the department to move Casey.
Mr. Sumner has withdrawn his objection to the
disability bill. It now, undoubtedly, • goes to the
President, who will sign it.
Bevenne to-day, $500,000.
Col. CharleB Blunt, of the Engineer CorpB, has
been sentenced to suspension of his rank and pay
for three months, and to bo censured in general
orders.
James N. Mason, of Arkansas, colored, has been
nominated as Consul General to Liberia.
The bill reported by Bobertson, from the disabil
ity committee, does not relieve persons affected by
the Fourteenth Amendment.
Washington, March 5.—Revenue to-day, over
$500,000.
The President has signed a bill establishing a
number of post routes throughout the South.
Customs for the last eight months show an in
crease of nearly $23,000,000 over corresponding
months last year.
The President, .in accepting the invitation for the
4th of July, hoped Congress would adjourn before
then.
Currency balance $9,500,000; coin $102,000,000—
including $44,500,000 certificates.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, March 4.—Tho Committees noth
ing.
The House is upon pensions.
Georgia comes up after the morning hours.
After unimportant business the Georgia bill was
taken up.
It will bo voted on to-morrow.
Butler, in arguing the bill, said Georgia, for the
first time presented herself in proper guise for ad
mission. Butler added, if the judgment of the
House went with his own, he preferred to exhibit to
Tennessee the power of Congress against wrong,
rapine and murder.
Farnsworth, in opposing the bill said he under
stood very well the object of tho bill. It was got up
on the theory that the admission of the Georgia
members to the Forteith Congress went for nothing,
liko Rip Van Winkle’s dream, and that they were to
come back and he sworn in for tho Forty-first Con
gress. It was to prolong the tenure-of-office of
certain gentlemen in Georgia, and the bill might as
well be entitled that as anything else.
The Senate refused to consider a bill extending
civil rights to the Chinese.
Tho hill changing the Judicaiy Councils was re-
snmod.
The disability bill still hangs under Sumner’s mo
tion to reconsider.
The Committee on disabilities reported a bill abol
ishing the Iron-clad oath.
The resolution of the Mississippi Legislature for
the removal of disabilities from citizens of that
State was presented.
Tho bill to refer all claims for Quarter-master and
Commissary stores famished to, or taken by the
United States fro in loyal persons in the South dur
ing the war, was considered.
Amendments to limit the bill to a mere examina
tion of claims, and refer all claims over five hun
dred dollars to the Court of Claims with power to
diminish, but not to increase the amount, were
proposed; No action was taken.
Senate adjourned to Monday.
Washioton, March 5. — Senate. — No session.
Honse is considering Georgia.
Tho Georgia Bill occupied the House all day.
The debate promisee to be prolonged. Farnsworth
and Beck opposed the hill. Beck offered a substi
tute that no farther legielation be required. The
debate was quite animated; result doubtful. House
adjourned.
Nashville, March 5.—No quorum in the Legisla
ture, nor win tbere he daring the balance of the
session. No provision has been made to pay the
interest on the State debt.
Cincinnati, March A—Pendleton has been elect
ed President of the Ohio branch of the Cincinnati
and Chesapeake Boad. The Eastern terminus
opposite Wyandotte.
Wilmington, March 5.—An old shell exploded
to-day wounding three negroes, one fataUy.
Rochester, March 5.—Several firms have re
sumed specie payment. > *
New Orleans, March 6.—Auditor Widkliff is jailed
in default of fifty thousand dollars hail.
Sanfrancisco, March 3—Ten to fifteen persons
are missing from the Golden City. The passengers
and crew are suffering terribly.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Madrid, March 3.—The rumors of a formidable
contest rising in the North are controdicted.
Paris, March 3.—The magistrate whom Prince
Murat struck, has withdrawn his complaint.
Some Americans held a meeting on Wednesday,
in honor of Burlingame. Washhurne presided.
Specie in the Bank of France 12,000,OOOf greater
than at the corresponding time last week.
Prince Pierre Bonaparte was notified and appeared
before the High Court to answer in the "Victor Noir
homicide.
The sessions of the Ecumenical Council will be
resumed next week. The Pope is confident of the
success of the doctrine of infallibility.
Rome, March A—The Pope is confident of carry
ing the infalliability dogma.
Mazatlan, February 22.—Yeja has entered Si-
valvo. His pxonunciament ignores Juarez. The
revolutionists attacked the fortress at Mazatlan
and were repulsed.
CoL Calberas has pronounced in favorof Yeja.
The guerrillas are travelsving.tho interior of the
State, robbing indiscriminately.
Paris, March 5 Official note says that all per
sons arrested for participation in the recent con
spiracy have been duly interrogated. Those who
refused to answer were imprisoned for contumacy.
Of the fivehundred who were arrested, seventy-four
remain in prison.
Madrid, March 5.—The Duke of Montpensier ar
rived amid the firing of guns and ringing of bells.
London, March 5 The Times, to-day, reyitws
and discourages the ship canal over Darien.
Many vessels have been sent ont to cruise for
tho ship City of Boston. It is still believed safe by
the Inman Line authorities.
There have been heavy gales from eastward re
cently. It is Baid that five hundred vessels off the
coast of Iceland cannot get into any English port
until the gale ceases.
No farther advance in premium.
Londonderry, March 5.—The Prussian has ar
rived. i
Stock Killed on the State Koad.
Daring the fiscal year ending the 30th of last
September, claims for stock killed, amounting
to $10,007, most of which was paid, were pre
sented against the WeBtem and Atlantic Bail
road. This is a heavy tax upon the road. And
it is a notable faot, as is stated in tha last an
nual report, that “it unfortunately happens
that it is the most valuable stock which gets
killed.” It is estimated that the coet of fencing
the road would be about $55,000. Six miles of
fence was bnilt last year, at an expense of
$3,700, and this has greatly protected the road
from damages from filling stock —Era.
The amount presented was not paid. Prob-
»ly only one-half—5003.50. There was not six
miles of fence built between here and Tunnel
Hill, without both strings were counted. Bnt
we will suppose that six miles of the road was
enclosed, at a cost of $3,700; but we must also
admit that one-half of that fence is down at
this time, if it has not recently been repaired.
The interest on $3,700 would more than pay for
the stock killed on that number of miles of the
road. How much will the cost of keeping
this fence, and stock gaps amount to, in addi
tion to the above ? Then the Era does not give
the correct figures. It would take $85,100 to
build 138 miles of fence, if six miles cost $3,-
700. But six miles of the road has not been
fenced in.—Dalton Citizen.
LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE.
New Orleans, March A—Warmouth councels the
Legislature to extend special legislation till the ex
tra session commences.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
Montgomery, March A—The Alabama Legisla
ture after passing two hundered and ninety bills—
moslty legalizing marriages, making divorcee and
loaning the States credit to railroads, has ad
journed _
FROM VIRGINIA.
Richmond, March 3.—A portion of the Manches
ter woolen factory was horned to-day. Loea $20,-
000. One hundred and fifty hands are idle.
Mr. Palmer, a prominent merchant died.
Petersburg, March 3.—Robert B. Collier, a
prominent member of the bar is dead.
Wheeling, March A—The Legislature has ad
journed. The seat of Government will hereafter
be at Charleston. ■
FROM CUBA.
Havana, March A—Late advices from the insur
rectionary districts confirm the report that Bem-
bitta sncceeds Jordan, who has resigned.
general news.
New Yam, March 4.—Gold opens at 113%, the
lowest since the battle of Bull Bun.
New Orleans, March A—Auditor Wicklifle has
been unanimously impeached.
Preparing to Let Him “Paddle His
Own Canoe.”
In a Washington letter to the Era, we find the
following:
The mission of the Bepnhlican party as a na
tional party, has nearly ended. It found the
colored man a slave in 1856; it left him a Uni
ted States Senator in 1870.
Mach more is to be done in Georgia, Ken
tucky, Mayland and a few other States, bnt oth
er issues will come np to make a platform for its
convention in 1872.
That the colored man will still be the back
bone of Republicanism in the South, and form
the bulk of the party, is true, but Northern
Republicans feel that when Georgia and Texas
are admitted and new issues open up they will
leave the colored man to work ont his complete
redemption with the weapons they have given
him.
If the negroes could all know the real mean
ing of this, there would be very little trouble in
making Democrats of them. There is no doubt
that the Radicals mean to do just what this
writer says.
The negro must henceforth stand alone. Cer
tainly the Radicals do not intend he shall be any
dead weight to them ; nor that he shall have
a very large slice of office. When Coffy finds
himself balanced against Radical party needs
on the questions of finance and tariff, he will
soon discover what a “light weight” he is.
Tke
the
Desperate Flglit Between
Sioux anti Crow Indians.
A letter to the Omaha Herald, giving par
ticulars of a desperate fight between the Sioux
and Crow Indians about the 1st of January,
above the mouth of the Yellowstone, on the
Missouri, was dated Fort Sully, February 15. It
appears that a war party of twenty-nine Crows
had come down on foot to steal horses from the
Sionx, and fell in with two young men, Sioux,
one of whom they killed and wounded the other,
who escaped and alarmed the village. The
warriors of the village mounted their ponies
and hurried to the place where the Crows were
seen. The latter were found on the top of a
sharp bntte, which they had fortified by heap
ing up loose stones.
As soon as the Sionx approaohed, the Crows
called ont, “We came hero to be killed; come
and kill ns.” The Sionx, three- hundred in
number, charged them several times, with no
other result than leaving five of their number
dead. It was than near sundown, and if night
came on most of the Crows would escape.
A young chief, named the Spotted Eagle, then
made a speech, and offered to lead the braves,
saying he wonld be killed, but the Crows could
not kill them alL The plan was followed; he
was killed, bnt the Sioux jumped into the fort,
and the affair ended in savage style With butch
er knives. The Crows (twenty-nine) were all
killed. The Sioux had twelve killed on the
ground, and five more died the next day. The
Indians who came in say there were quite a
number of the wounded that would die.
The South Carolina Legislature expired
Inst Thurday in convulsions, produced by an
other onslaught upon the Radical organization
in that State by the recalcitrant Leslie. Les
lie flaunted their follies and rascalities before
their faoe in so pointed and irritating a manner
thatAfrioa lost all patience and turned into
rampant and profose blackguardism. Liar,
thief and other objurgations, with appropriate
prefixes, came hissing from one hundred and
fifty thick lips. Governor Scott got a first rate
aotioe—^a biographical sketch of that immacu
late functionary, who began his career peddling
drugs in the Western States—then a California
speculator, and finally culminated in full bloom
aa Governor of the American Ethiopia, and a
speculator in South Carolina stocks and securi
ties. After the adjournment, the assembled
wisdom waited outside with a fixed purpose to
“tan do hide” of Leslie, bnt he dodged them,
and thereupon the Legislature suppressed their
indignation, pocketed their winnings and sought
their rations sunning places for another eight
or ten months, until “da Legislator done meet
agin” and the State has need of their services.
The “Fat Contributor” says that he has made
$10,000 by lecturing this winter, and wonld
have made more if he could only lecture and
tend door at the same time.
Dirise Obligatiea.
From the Methodist Adroeate,
“God made me, therefore he is obliged to
take care of me here and hereafter.” So one
recently said when urged to prepare for tile
future state. While there is much truth in the
position, its application in this case was unwar
ranted and contradictory. True, God ia our
Creator, and this fact gives us claims upon his
beneficence. These natural claiint are so just,
reasonable and strong, as to amount to obliga
tions of divine goodness to supply all onr need,
temporal and spiritual, present and prospective.
The Scriptures clearly warrant this oonelusion.
The ravens and lions are fed from his
how much more the children, of men. “Are
ye not better than many sparrows?” The
father is under natural obligation to provide for
his children. The Creator reveals himself to us
as “Father,” thus assuming to care for us, and
promising to meet all our wants.
All men, religious and not religious, are fond
of claiming this divine regard; but many forget
its counter obligations. If God ia onr Father,
we are his children. If he is morally bound to
provide for us, we are equally bound to obey
and serve him. His care is to be repaid hy our
affection. His constant solicitude for us, de
mands perfect obedienoe to him. Reason and
revelation both teach that we should love God
supremely. Any failure in obedience necessari
ly forfeits all natural claims upon his bounty.
Had man never sinned, he mieht now claim
earth and heaven by right of the Divine Father,
But all have sinned. “All we, like sheep, have
me astray.” Onr natural rights In these particu-
ts, as creatures, are forfeited by sin. Only
the plea of mercy is left ns.
(y grace are ye saved.” Though we have
no plea bnt mercy, no hope bnt in pardon, God
still regards ns as children, though disobedient;
treats ns as snbjeots, though in rebellion. He
does “supply all your need aooording to His
riches in glory by Christ Jesus.” So ample is
the supply of man’s physical wants that if every
family in the world was made as rich as Sol
omon, earth’sresonrceswouldnotbeexhausted.
Of physical comforts, there are enough for
eaoh, for all, forever more. But God does not
Igive ns gold in the coin, or bread in the loaf.
“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.”
First till and sow, then reap and enjoy, is the
law of God. Gold has to be separated from soil
and rook by delving, crushing, washing. God has
made granite and marble in plenty but leaves
man to hew and polish and put in palaces. All
the fruits and flowers of Eden yet grow in the
earth, neglected it may be, and choked with
thorns and thistles, bnt only waiting the garden
er’s care to spring into abundance, lusciousness
and beauty. Ten thousand hill-sides and val
leys in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Carolina,
of this Union, might be
is, if
Bible
WE DESIRE THE FRIENDS OF THIS
TRULY VALUABLE AND RELIABLE
FERTILIZER to know that we are now
prepared to sell a limited quantity on Hme,
for approved Savannah, Augusta and Ma-
We have now in Store, and on the way,
THREE THOUSAND TONS. So SEND
IN YOUR ORDERS AT ONCE.
B. J. WILSON &CO
GENERAL AGENTS, 106 BAT STREET, SAVANNAS, GA.
JOHNSON, CAMPBELL & CO., Agents at Macon, da.
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CITY
or any other State of this Union, might be
made in a single lifetime to rival Eden itself,
by the proper employment of the time often
wasted in idleness, and the money frequently
squandered on tobacco and whiskey. So boun
tiful is Providence, that with good health, in
dustry and fair pay for labor, the poorest man
in this country, could he own ten acres of laud,
might make a home for himself and his, in ten
years, that in its surroundings of frnits, shrub
bery and flowers, wonld surpass the present
mansions of the rich. God always does his
part in providing for mankind. Ordinarily,
poverty is the premium that Providence pays
on laziness, though sometimes misfortune and
wrong keep able and good men poor. Bnt this
is not God’s fault,
supply of
possible, still more abundant The Bil
teaches all that is necessary for him to know in
order to gain eternal peace. The Sabbath is a
foretaste of the rest beyond. The church is a
fountain of moral power, whose cleansing, heal
ing waters flow perpetually for all lands. As the
air ia aronnd and above ns, so in the plenitude
of his renewing grace is the Holy Spirit ever
present with infinite resources. There is awful
mport in the inquiry of the prophet, “What
could have been done more to my vineyard that
have not done in it? Wherefore, when I
looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought
it forth wild grapes?” To the fullest extent
God does “supply all your need acoording to his
riches iu glory by Christ Jesus.” He does pro
vide for us here and hereafter.
But, as in temporal matters, industry must
wrest wealth from valley and mountain, earth,
air and water, so these spiritual provisions must
be accepted and improved by faith in Christ and
works of piety. As a beggar, without eating,
might stand and starve beside a table loaded
with food, so men may pass through a world of
unaccepted mercies to unending night. Alas!
men know not that spiritually they are “wretch
ed andmiserable, and poor and blind and naked.”
God has provided folly for them all, bnt to avail
themselves of His grace they must heed His
words. He says:
“I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the
fire, that thou xnayist be rich; and white rai
ment, that thon mayst be clothed, and that the
shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and
anoint thine eyes with eye-salve, that thon
mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and
chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.—
Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will
come in to him, and will sup with him, and he
with me. To him that overcometh will I grant
to sit with me in my throne, even as I also over
came, and am set down with my Father in his
throne."
The War or the Blondes.—The war of the
blondes upon the editor of the Chicago Times,
for his unpalatable criticisms, was remarkably
vigorons, bat of short duration, the Amazons
beating a hasty retreat after an onslaught of
two minutes. An eye witness of the entire
‘interview” says that immediately after Hen
derson asked Mr. Storey his name, Miss Thomp
son “slashed” at him with the whip, followed
by Miss Markham; that Mr. Storey grabbed at
Miss Thompson ; that Henderson then grabbed
Mr. Storey, and three or four other men “pitch
ed into” Mr. Storey on behalf of the women.
Lydia was pale with excitement, and glad at
what she had done. Pauline was comparatively teetion
cool and collected, followed np, “on time,”
Lydia’s initial blow, and bit her lip with vexa
tion when she remembered that Mr. Storey tore
her choicest thread lace collar and demoralized
her head gear; she, too, was prond of her part
in the assault. Henderson was in the worst of
unhappy plights, and his appearance showed,
from an ugly wound on his temple, that Story
must have had him in chancery,” though he
avered that he received it in defending Miss
Thompson from a blow of the editor’s cane.
The justice, at the trial, it is said, chatted and
cracked jokes with the bewitohing beauties for
a few moments, and a cordial friend of the bel
ligerent blondes avowed his willingness to
“pledge his watch,” if necessary, to secure
their release. After the bail bond was signed,
the policeman eondneted the party through the
corridor of the court-house to a oarriage in wait
ing for them, keeping, as he said, a respecta
ble distance from his prisoners, for “I must
confess, I was rather afraid of snoh handsomely
dressed ladies; and, accompanied by the jus
tice an other friends, the bevy drove off to the
hotei, rejoicing.
ERNEST
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER,
MANUFACTURING JEWELER AND OPTICIAN,
NO. 1 SECOND STREET.
LL KINDS AF SPECTACLE GLASSES FITTED AND ADJUSTED by an OPTIMETBR. WA 1
and JEWELRY repaired and warranted.
ELECTRO-PLATING
aprill-lf
AND GILDING, AND STENCILS OF ALL n»—
CUT TO ORDER.
MARRIED.
In Macon, on the 2d day of March, 1870, by the
Bev. J. Blakely Smith, Mr. A. W. Bethune, of Tal
botton, Ga., to Miss Sallie A. Welch, of At
lanta Ga. ,
Talbotton Standard, and Young American please
copy.
DIED.
Died in Macon on the4th inst., Mrs. Victoria A.
Faulk, wife of John Faulk, in the 32nd year of her
age.
Eddie, only eon of Annie M. and William W.
Wrigley, died March 4th, 1870. Aged eighteen
months.
CARHART & CURD,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
HARDWARE.
CARRIAGE MATERIAL,
Aencnltnral Mients, Circular
AND MILL SAWS,
MILL STONES, BOLTiNG CLOTHS
Belting, etc., Faints, Oils and Glass.
SIGN OF
GOLDEN PADLOCK,
Sherry Street, : : Macon, 6a
BANKING COMPANY
OP MAO ON.
CASH CAPITAL, : t $200,000!
W. P. GOODALL.
Cashizb.
C. A.
G.
directors:
W. B. JOHNSTON.
J.J. GRESHAM,
W. 8. HOLT,
J. E. JONES.
aa- Will do a General Banking Business in all its
Details.*0
T HE Stock of this Company is all owned in Macon
and vicinity. Having no circulation to protect,
ia ' the security of
the whole capital is guaranteed for
Depositors and Patrons^.
febl2-dtw3mo*
Central Georgia Baaing Compaay
or nsAcosr, a a.
Capital,
- - $200,000.
J. E. JONES,
President.
Johx 1>. Jokes,
T. G. Holt. Jr.,
T. W. MANGHAM.
Cashier.
directors:
J. S. Baxter.
H. Brigham, Savannah.
W ILL do a GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
in all its branches. Having no circulation to
protect, the whole Capital is guaranteed for the pro
tection of its customers. jau6-d*w3ra
QUBBELL & CAPRCX’S
Turbine Water Wheel
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GIVES MORE POWER,
with less water, than any
WHEEL in the market.
24-inch Wheel, $200.
Send for illustrated pamph
let for 1670. „
Manufactory, LimeRock,
Conn ; New York Office,
No 21 Courtland Street.
HUBBBLL * CAPRON
GEO. KIMBROUGH,
ATTORNEY AT IAW,
Wootten, Lee County, Ga.,
WT ILL attend to all business Intrusted to his care.
W Will also aet as GENERAL LAND AGENT in
Southwestern Georgia. My Land Partner, Dr. H. B.
LIP8EY, who is well posted with the Lands in this
section, will give bis special attention to the business.
Persons wishing to sell, can forward full description,
numbers, price, ete. We will farnish information
connected with the business free of charge.
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REJDIVIVUS I
lie S. S. S. of 1861,
Or Dr. JENSONS Original Southern Soothing
Syrup vox Children Tkethxno, ia again resusci
tated! It is a Corrigent of the Bowel disorders
contingent npon thia period; a grateful Carmina
tive ; a nutritious Syrup ; and a gentle Anodyne,
inducing calm and refreshing repose, without ths
pernicious and distressing reactionary diatnrbanoe
of the nervous system that results from the exhibi
tion of most preparations—expressly mad* fir chil
dren. Its use in the Southern Statee, ae far back
1362, estahliahed its reputation as a Southern In-
titntion, and, as a medicine unrivalled, and aa bt-
ng the best and safest preparation for children
teething, ensuring rest to mothers and huhses and
relief and strength to their infanta. It ia therefore
> new medicine, and needs no advertising where it
beet known. Every precaution has been taken
preserve and protect it from fraudulent counter
feits. It is manufactured only at the Laboratory
of Coite, Tompkins A Hurd, members of and suo-
sesaon to the old established Southern Dam House
of Hiwni., Bisley A Kitchen, 141 Chambws
streat, New York, to whom all orders should be ad-
dreeeed, and is for eato by ail respectable Druggists
and general dealers throughout the Southern Statee.
septl-deodA wtf.
DR, M. S. THOMSON,
Macon, 3a,,
H AS occnpied the front rank of Medical progres
sion for thirty years; fought calomel and the
lancet till both have succumbed; has maintained the
logical positions to which all systems are now tend
ing, ana exposed the "fallacies of the faculty’* till
alos pathos has become amisnomer. and nobody these
days advocates the substitution of one disease for the
enre of another; has set bis face against poisons,
whether vegetable or mineral, in any ehapewnatever,
and listens not to the syren song of expediency
against principle; has cured the fathers sad mothers
of many of the present generation when other means
had failed—and is prepared to do the same for them
selves and children—is prepared to give value tor
value, and turns no deal ear to the cry of distress for
wsnt of a consideration. ... .... . .
A scientific knowledge of the laws of life, and the
adaptability of remedies to Patholocieal conditions,
kesps him ont of the region of guesting, and prevents
bis blindly following a system that changes with the
moon, and whose professors of less than thirty years
■go are known to have been governed by that planet.
Consultations either in person or by letter iree,and
a candid opinion given.
Parties wish ice to avail of hia long experience in
CHRONIC CASES may do so, in acute cases only
when extreme.
Office, at the Medical College. Hours from 10 to 3
o’clock. marl-dltaw*
LOST,
B Y the undersigned—Two Notee made by Sey
mour, Tinsley * Co., payable to my order as fol-
l0 0ne December 22.1889 for8400.00.
Oae January 10.1870,for $1620.00.
All. persons are cautioned egaust tiaqin^ ior^he
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FOE SALE,
WO SMALL FARMS, each containing 900 acres.
There is 100 acres cleared on each place, and in a
;h state of cultivation. Will sell cheap.
Jems—Half cash; balaaoeoa twelve months’ time.
Sufficient force to worl
A. B. ADAMS. X. M. BAZEKORH
ADAMS ft BAZEKOBE,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
MACON. GEORGIA.
\T7TLL carry on the Warehouse and Commission
T T business after the elose of the present Cotton
season, at the Planters* Warehouse, on Fourth street,
near Passenger Depot, and opposite the Brown and
Spotswood Hotels, where they will be pleased to seu
all their friends. We are prepared to extend the
usual accommodations to planters. We have secured
the services of J. E. Crosland, of Twiggs eounty, who
will take charge of the books and financial depart
ment of the establishment.
The friends of Judge Peyton Reynolds will find him
on hand at all times to welcome them. We bespeak
foriour firm a share of the patronage extended to tha
old firm, pledging ourselvea to leave nothing undone
on our part to merit their favors, eto.
P. S.—Mr. Crosland will be pleased to see his
friends at any time and render them all the assistance
in his power. feb4-dhw3m
New Combination!
T HE undersigned, having associated themselves
together for the transaction of a General Com
mission and Warehouse business, will, under the
firm name of
CAMPBELL & JONES,
Reopen the old “Harris” Warehouse, corner of Sec
ond and Poplar streets, on the first of August next,
for the reception of Cotton. The honse will be put is
thorough Tepair before that date.
W e have engaged the services of Mr. R. H. HUTCH
INGS, of Jones county, who will be pleased to serve
his many friends.
Onr Mr. Campbell will, for the present, be found at
the office of E. A. Wilcox. Esq.
As onr Mr. Jones’ membership in the firm of Ad
ams, Jones A Reynolds eontinnea to ttaeolose of the
season, he may be found at their Warehouse until we
occupy our new quarters.
We are prepared to extend the usual accommoda
tions to our Planting friends.
We refer to the business men of Maeon generally.
CHAS. X. CAMPBELL.
late of S. A. Wiloox A Co.,
DONALD B. JONES,
of firm of Adams, Jones A Reynolds.
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F. W. SIMS.
F. W.
V. B. BSOWV
SIMS
covzoir
J. F. WHEATON.
& CO.,
rAOTOSI
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
SAVANNAH, GA.
•a- Consignments solicited; Remittances made
promptly; Advances of Provitionr, Bagging, Ties and
Rope made to persons sending us Cotton for sale.
septifi-dAwfim
Physicians of Georgia*
DR. J. A. CLOPTQN, of Huntsville, Ala,,
■fi/TAY be consulted at the Brown House, in Maeon,
IY1. March 9th and 10th.
He treats, with universal success, PILES, FISTU
LA, FISSURES, STRICTURES, TUMORS, UL
CERS. Diseases of the KIDNEYS. BLADDER,
Urethra, eto.
Special attention given to disaeses peculiar to Fe-
miles.
Cnred without the kuife.
Dr. C. will take pleasure in referring those who may
favor him with a call to many of the most respectable
Physicians of the State, who nave beeu his patients.
No better evidence of bis success can be offered to an
intelligent people.
Cell and seo for yourself. _ . ....
Dr. C. will stop in Americas, on the 7th and Sth in
stant. at the Barlow House.
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