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Song of tbe Turtle and Flamingo.
A lively young turtle lived down by the banks
O! a dark-rolling-stream called the Jingo,
And one summer day, aa he went out to play.
Fell in love with a charming flamingo—
An enormously genteel flamingo 1
An eipanaively crimson flamingo I
A beautiful, bouncing flamingo 1
Spake the tnrtlo in tones liko a delicate wheeze:
"To the water I’ve often seen you go.
And 3 our form has impressed itself deep on my
shell.
Touperfectly modelled flamingo!
You uncommonly brilliant flamingo I
You tremendously * A One' flamingo I
You incx-prea-zi-Dlo flamingo I
"To bo sure I’m a turtle, and yon are a belle,
And my language is not your fine lingo;
Bat smile on me, tall one, and bo my bright
flame.
Yon miraculous, wondrous flamingo!
You blazinglv beauteous flamingo !
You turtlo absorbing flamingo 1
You inflammably gorgeous flamingo I”
Then tbe proud bird blushed redder than ever
before,
And that was quite un-ne-ecs so-ry.
And she stood on ono leg and looked out of oi
eye.
The position of things for to vary—
This aquatics], musing flamingo!
This dreamy, uncertain flamingo!
This embarrassing, harassing flamingo 1
A HOBBIBLE ■AS9ACBC.
And you’re an illogical turtle—
A waddling, impossible turtle I
A low-minded, grass-eating turtle 1
A highly improbable turtle 1"
Then the turtle sneaked oft with bis nose to the
ground.
And never more looked at the lasses;
And falling asleep, while indulging hit grief.
Was gobbled up whole by Agaasiz—
The peripatetic Agassiz!
TTm in I tie rtissni tinu Agaasiz I
The illustrious, industrious Agassiz I
Oo with me to Cambridge, some cool, pleasant
AndtSife skeleton-lover I’ll show yon;
He’s in a hard case, but he’ll look in your face.
Pretending (the rogue!) be don’t know you!
Oh, the deeply decept ire young tnrtle!
The double faced, glassy cased turtle 1
The preen, but a veiy mock turtle f
A Quaker Trick.
From tbe Detroit Free Press.]
When a stranger ha3 climbed four pairs
of stairs and mode a half dozen turns he
finds himself at the door of the chief edi
torial room of the Philadelphia Bulletin.
Max Adeler sits just inside, and as the
stranger enters he is seated at Adeler’s
right hand. He is seated in an old-fash
ioned splintbottomed chair, the bottom
of which has gone to look for the dust of
the Pilgrim fathers. There’s a newspa
per spread over the vacant spot, and Mr.
Adeler cheerfully remarks t
“ Sit right down—fine day—when did
yon arrive P”
The man sits down. If he is a small
man he sits on the floor, bis feet slant to
ward the ceiling, his knees dig into his
throat, and his back is dreadfally bent,
while his hat is jammed over his eyes.
“Pell through, eh ?” inquires Mr. Ade-
lor as he looks around. "How do yon like
Philadelphia?’’
The stranger struggles, finds himself
fast, and asks to be extricated. Ho is
politely informed that it is against the
rules of the office to extricate any one
who falls through tbe chair in which Ar
temus Ward used to sit, and is in just the
condition he lefr it.
"Does Philadelphia come up to your
ideas?” kindly inquires Mr. Adeler as ho
opens another exchange.
Tbe stranger sets to work to bast that
ohair or break his back, bnt he can do
neither. He thinks the joke has beer
carried far enough, bnt is informed that
it is not a joke—that no man aronnd that
office was ever more sober in his life.
The victim tries to langh, and remarks
that five minutes more will finish bis
spinal column.
” Oh, no it won’t,” replies Mr. Adeler.
“ Why, I have known men who were on
the verge of the gravo to live in your po
sition for one hour and sixteen minutes l”
After a quarter of an hour or more Mr.
Aedli-r calls in three more editors and
introduces them to tho stranger, and they
want to know if he is pleased with Phil
adelphia, and if he has any hard feelings
against the memory of William Penn.
Five minutes is then spent in debating
whether tbe victim can bo extricated un
der a suspension of the rules. The vote
is a tie, and the city editor is called in to
cast a ballot. He makes a speech ex
plaining his reason for voting "yes,” and
after twenty five minutes have passed
away tbe stranger is released, a photo
graph of William Penn is given him, and
he is told that any street car lino will
take him to tbe Centennial grounds.
Improre the Cotton.
A South Carolina correspondent of tbe
Southern Cultivator says:
The subject of seed improvement de
mands tbe serious and careful attention
of every farmer who expects to succeed
in his calling; and yet, bow sadly negleo-
tedl In the spring of 1870 I procured
some D ckson a ed. The yield not com
ing np fully to my expectations, I com
menced selecting with a view of improv
ing it, and have succeeded to a consider
able extent I also tried other varieties
of eottoD, and have onme to tbe cocclc-
eion that all “cluster” and “short-limb
ed ” cotton has been over-estimated. I,
therefore, determined to experiment on a
long limbed cotton, with a view of en
larging the bolls. lost year I found a
stalk in my select Dickson Euiicd to my
purpose, having very Isrge bolls, nearly
oval in sbape, contaiLing five lobes to
each boll. I selected several bolls from
that staik, and a few from others
somewhat similar in growth; planted
them to themselves last spring npon a
piece of old field, applying a small quan
tity of gnano in the drill. Tho patch
made at the rato of 1800 pounds of seed
ootton to tbe acre. I selected twenty of
the largest bolls, which weighed one-half
pound. This may seem inoredible to
some, but I have proof to substantiate
the fact I expect to improve this cotton
nnti) fifty bolls will make a pound on an
average. Should I sucoeed, it is evident
that one hand can gather as muoh as two
oonld of the “olnster” varieties. I think
also, that I shall be able to make as muoh
per acre on fitly rows as can be made on
seventy cf the short limbed varieties,
which will be a considerable item In tbe
saving of labor, both ploughing and hoe
ing.
The principal advantage claimed for
the cluster cotton is, that it will hear
crowding both m the raws and in the
drill, which I consider a very poor argu
ment in its favor. The great question
is, how to mako tbe most with tbe least
labor? All experiments, which do not
tend to this great end (the saving of
labor), are practically almost worthless.
Tub Turkish battle hymn, of which
the following is a portion, famishes an
excellent text for the horzible brutalities
perpetrated by Turks in moments of vic
tory: "Allah calls us! Allah invites 1
Alas 1 Up to the seventh heaven risethe
vile odor and the insolence of the infi
dels. Allah calls! Allah invites! The
bloody combat opens. To the conquerors
the Prophet will open the gates of Para
dise. Allah is great! Tbe corpses of our
brethren will remain upon tbe field of
carnage, that they may breathe pesti
lence, desolation and death into the camp
of our enemies. Weep not for them 1
The avenging sword of the sons of the
Prophet will slay by the side of each a
hundred os a compensation for their
death.. Dead or alive, may their corpses
or their weapons sow destruction and
mourning in the infidel ranks 1 "Weep not
for them ! Allah is great! The Chris
tians crushed, our dead will inherit all
the joys promised by the Prophet in bis
lore tor his people. To the combat 1 To
carnage I Allah calls ns! Allah invites
nsl”
ScHOouciSMS as Waitxbs.—A board
ing-house keeper in Chicago read how
hotels in the White Mountains had
schoolmistresses and divinity students
for waiters, and to follow the example,
induced a youDg man and two female
teachers, whoso salaries had been cut
down, to undertake waiting at table.' The
first youpg woman was addressed by a
boarder to "pass them beans,” where
upon ehe fainted and spilled a plate of
soup over the best false hair and down
the back of a young widow. Her com
panion, when called upon for a plate of
"pud'n," said kindly, "Ton mean pud-
dlng, do yon not? ”—Exchange.
The Atrocities fu Bulgaria Almost
Past Description.
From the London Times. |
The next part of the report deals with
the case of BaUk—-"the most fearful
tragedy that happened during the whole
insurrection.”
The Medjlisa of Tartar Bazaijik, hear
ing that preparations for revolt were go
ing on in the village, ordered Acbmet
Agha, of Doshpat, to attack it, and this
individual, having joined his forces with
those of Mohammed Agha, of Dorova,
proceeded to carry out these orders. On
arriving at the village he summoned the
inhabitants to give up their arms, which,
as they mistrusted him, they refused to
do, and a desultory fight succeeded,
which lasted two days, hardly any lots
being inflicted on either aide.
On the 9th of May the Inhabitants see
ing that things were going badly with
them, and that no aid came from with
out, had a parley with Achmet, who sol-
elmnly e were that if they only gave np
their arms not a hair of their heads
should be touched. A certain number of
the inhabitants, luckily for them, took
advantage of this parley to make their
escape.
The villagers believed Achmet’s oath
and snrreadered their arms, bat this de
maud was followed by one for all the
money in the village, which, of coarse,
had also to be acceded to. Ho sooner was
the money giTen up than the Baahi-
Bazouks set npon the people and slaugh
tered them like sheep. A large number
of people, probably about 1,000 or 1,200,
took refuge in the church and chnrch-
yard, the latter being surrounded by a
wall. Tbe church itself ii a solid build
ing, and resisted all tho attempts of the
Bashi-Bazonks to burn it from tbe out-
aidc ; they consequently fired in through
the windows, and getting npon the roof,
tore off tne tiles and threw burning
pieces of wood and rags, dipped in pe
troleum, among the mass of unhappy
human beings inside. At last the door
was forced in, the massacre completed,
and the inside of the church burnt.
Hardly any escaped out of these fatal
walls.
The only survivor I conld find was one
old woman, who alone remained ont of a
family of seven. "When tho door was bro
ken iD, and she was expecting immediate
death, aTark took her by the hand, and
saying, "Come old woman, I am not going
to hurt you,” led her away and saved her
life. The spectacle which the church
and churchyard present mast be seen to
be described; hardly a corpse had been
buried; where a man fell there he now
lies, and it is with difficulty that one picks
up one’s way to the door of the church,
the entrance of which i3 barred by
ghastly corpse stretched across the
tbreshbold. I visited this valley of the
shadow of death on the 31at of July,
more than two months and a half after
the massacre, but still tbe stench was so
overpowering that one conld hardly force
one’s way into the churchyard.
In the streets at every step lay humah
remains, rotting and sweltering in the
summer sun—hero a skull of an old wo
man, with the gray hair still attached to
it; there the false tresses of some un
happy girl, sliced in half by & yataghan,
the head which it adorned having been
probably carried off to be devoured by
some of the dogs, who up to thi3 have
been the only scavengers- Just outside
the village I counted more than sixty
skulls in a little hollow, and it was evi
dent from their appearance that nearly
all of them had been severed from the
bodies by axes and yataghans. From the
remains of female wearing apparel scat
tered about, it is plain that many of the
persons here massacred were women.
It is to bo feared, also, that some of
the richer villagers were subjected to
cruel tortures before being put to death,
in hopes that they would roveal the ex!
iatenceof hidden treasure. Thue Fetro
Triandaphjilos and Pope Hecio were
roasted, and Stoyan Storchoff had his
oars, nose, hands and feet cut off
Enough I think has been said to show
that to Achmet Agha and his men be
longs tho distinction of having commit
ted, perhaps, the most heinous crime that
has stained the history of the present
centnry, Nina Sabib alone, I should say,
having rivaled their deeds. As regards
tbe number of killed, I bare before
stated that abont 0,000- is my estimate.
I am aware that others place it higher,
bnt be this as it may, whether the slain
are to bo counted by hundreds or thuuo
and.-? does not lessen in the least the
criminality of tbe slayers. The inten
tion was to exterminate all except those
few girls (probably abont eighty) whom
they carried off to satisfy their lusts.
Those who escaped owed their safety to
their own good fortunes, and not to the
tender merciae of their neighbors.
A HOTEL DITOBCE.
Harried Eight Years, and Then Rep-
aratlna Because of a Previous
Marriage.
Davenport Gazette.]
A new case was entered on the docket
of the District Court, now in session. It
was entitled "B. B. Babcock against
Fannie Babcock," It seemed to bo an
urgent case, for Judge Hayes heard it laet
evening at Chambers, and disposed of it.
It appears that eight years since Miss
Fannie Hard and Mr. Babcock were
united in marriage. The bride was
highly respected by her acquaintances,
and well known here as a music teacher.
Four years of happy wedded life passed,
and then the wife,impelled by conscience,
confided a troublesome secret to her hus
band. Years before her union with him
she vra3 the wife of a man in Pennsylva
nia; no clergyman nor justice had
officiated at that marriage—tbe two
promised each ether to be true to
each other, live os husband and wife,
made vows as solemn as though a
preacher had joined them, and kept house
and lived as a married couple, and were
respected as snch by their relatives and
tho neighborhood. After somo years the
husband went away—and then tho wife
came West. What troubled her was the
fact that she became tho wife of Mr.
Babcock without having been legally
divorced from her first husband, who was
still living, and without informing Mr.
Babcock of the facts. She made her
confession, 83 stated, four years ago, and
during the period since, until recently,
Mr. Babcock made no motion of conse
quence for separation; in fact, a child,
their second one, has been born to them
daring this period. Batlately both parties
have become impressed with tho idea that
they were not doing rightin living togeth
or, their consciences wero burdened and
they felt separation was tbe only coarse
allowable. Judge Hayes heard the facts
in the case; he made himself sure that
the poor, sorrowing woman was perfectly
free in her assent to the proceedings in
stituted—questioned her th orotighly. She
bad implicit csnfidenco in her husband,
and felt just as he did abont it. So tho
Judge granted a decree declaring the
marriage of Mr. Babcock and Miss Hurd
a nullity on account of previous marriage
of the lady, which had never been set
aside, ono child to be retained by the
father and the other by the mother. The
proceedings were not instituted for the
purpose of obtaining a divorce from the
previous husband and thee remarriage,
for the separation is intended to be final.
Build Up a Homestead.—The feeling
that you are settled and fixed will induce
you to work to improvo your farms, to
plant orchards, to set out shade trees, to
enclose pastures, to build comfortable
outhouses, and each successive improve
ment is a bond to bind you still closer to
your homes. This will bring content
ment in the family. Your wives and
daughters will fall in love with the coun
try; your sons will love home better than
grog shops, and prefer farming to meas
uring tape or professional loafing, and
you will bo happy in seeing the con
tented and cheerful faces of your fami
lies. Make your home beautiful, conve
nient fctid pleasant, and your children
will lore it above all places; they will
leave it with regret, think of it with
fondness, come back to it joyfully, and
seek their chief happiness around their
home fireside.
liove and Ambition.
" I lore yon, I lore yon.” tbe fond wave sang,.
Aa ahe crept to the garment's hem
Of the lordly hill, where her wistful tears
Were gemming it gem on gem.
° I lore yon, I love yon s oh, lift me np
To tour place in the sunlit sir;
Or bend, if you will, your face to mine.
Till I kiss the gold of your hair.” ,
"Nay, nay, fair wave, yet ever be lure
Your tore it aweet aa can be;
It tonrhrth me even at tonrheth tbe wind,
Whoee harp maketh music for me."
“The wind, the wind,” aaid the murmuring
wave;
" The wind if not constant a day;
It blows where it liatetb, while L O hill.
Am faithful for aye acd aye.”
“The wind and the sun and the rain,’* quoth he.
“ Are friends, who my vendure renew;
But you. little wave, with your softest caress.
Whatever, to help me, do you t”
“Ah, nothing,” she sighed, " hut to love and to
lave
Your feet with my kisses and tears;
Only this have I done through the centuries
psst.
Only this can I do through the years.”
" Oh wave, keep your tenderness all for the a
I have work which you know not to do:
You cannot mount up to the stars with me.
And I msy not come down to you."
But love has no choice: and the constant wave,
A worshipper early and late.
8tili kisses the hem of his eTer.green robe,
And whispers in patience, “ I wait,"
A LITERARY HIGHTMABE.
“Hark Twain" in the Atlantic Monthly Maga
zine for Februai7.]
Will the reader plea3e to cast his evi
over the following verses, and see if hi
can discover anything harmful in them :
"Conductor, when you receive a fare.
Punch in the presence of the pstsenjarel
A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare,
A buff trip slip for a six- cent fare,
A pink trip slip for a three-cent fare.
Punch in the presence of the paasenjare I
CBoaus.
Punch, brothers! punch with care I
Punch in the presence of tho psssenjare I”
I came across these jingling rhymes in
a newspaper a little while aero, and read
them a couple of times. They took in
stant and entire possession of me. All
through breakfast they went waltzing
through my brain; and when, at last, I
rolled up my napkin I could not tell
whether I had eaten anything or not.
I bad carefully laid out my day’s work
the day before—a thrilling tragedy in the
novel which I am writing. I went to my
den to begin my deed of blood. I took
up my pen, bat all I conld get it to say
was, "Punch in the presence of the pas-
senjare.” I fought hard for an hour, but
it was useless, iiy head kepthnmming,
"A blue trip slip for an eight-cent fare;
a buff trip slip for a six-cent fare,” and so
on and so on, withont peace or respite.
Tne day*8 work was rained—I could see
that plainly enongh. I gave np and drift
ed down town, and presently discovered
that my feet were keeping time to that
relentless jingle. When I conld stand it
no longer I altered my step. But it did
no good; those rhymes accommodated
themselves to the new- step and went on
harassing me jugt as before. I returned
home, and suffered all the afternoon;
sred mil thiough an unconscious and
anrefreshing dinner; suffered, and cried,
and jingled all throngh the evening;
went to bed and rolled, tossed, and jin
gled right along, the same as ever; got
□p at midnight frantic, and tried to read;
but there was nothing visible npon the
whirling page except" Punch! punch in
the presence of the passenjare.” By sun
rise I was ont of my mind, and everybody
marvelled and was distressed at the
idiotio burden of my ravings—“Punch!
ob, punch 1 punch m the presence of the
passeDjare!”
Two days later, on Saturday morning,
I arose, a tottering wreck, and went forth
to fiulfill an engagement with a valued
friend, the Eev. Mr. , -to walk to the
Talcott Tower, ten miles distant. Ho
stared at me, bnt asked no questions.
We started. Mr. talked, talked,
talked—as is his wont. I said nothing;
I heard nothing. At the end of a mile,
Mr. said:
‘Mark, are j on sick ? I never saw a man
look so haggard and worn and absent-
minded. Say something; dol”
Drearily, without enthusiasm, I said s
Punch, brothers, punch with care 1
Punch in the presence of the passenjare!”
My friend eyed me blankly, looked per
plexed, then said—
“I do not think I get your drift, Mark.
There does not seem to be any relevancy
in what you have said, certainly nothing
tad: n i io vet ir~ ro’ **• was the way yon
said the words-—I never heard anything
that sounded so pathetic. What is”—
But I heard no more. I was already
far away with my pitiless, heart-breaking
"blue trip slip for an eight cent fare,
bnff trip slip for a six cent fare, pink trip
slip for a three cent fare; ponch in the
presence of the passenjare 1” I do not
know what occurred during the other
nine miles. However, all of a sudden Mr.
—— laid his hand on my shoulder and
shouted—
"Oh, wake npl wako up! wake up!
Don’t sleep all day! Hero wo are at the
Tower, man 1 I have talked myself deaf
and dumb and blind, and never got a re
sponse. Just look at this magnificent
autumn landscape! Look at it 1 look at
it 1 Feast your eyes on it! You have
traveled; you have seen boasted land
scapes elsewhere. Come, now, deliver an
honest opinion. What do you say to
this?”
I sighed wearily, and murmured—
"A buff trip slip for a six cent fare, a
pink trip slip for a three cent fare, punch
in the presence of the po3senjaro.”
Eev. Mr. —— stood there, very grave,
full of concern, apparently, and looked
long at me; then he said:
"Mark, there is something about this
that I cannot understand. Those are
abont the same words you said befere;
there does not seem to be anything in
them, and yet they nearly break my
heart wnen yon say them. Punch in
tho—how is it they go ?”
I began at the beginning and repeated
all the lines. My friend’s face lighted
with interest. He said:
“Why, what a captivating jingle it is l
It is almost music. It flows along so
nicely. I h&vo nearly caught the rhymes
myself. Say them over just once more,
and then I’ll have them acre.”
I said them over. Then Mr. —— said
them. Ho made ono little mistake,
which I corrected. The next timo and tho
next he got them right. Now a great
burden seemed to tumble from my
shoulders. That torturing jingle de
parted out of my brain, and a grateful
sense of rest and peace descended npon
me. I was light-hearted enongh to
sing, and I did sing for half an hour
straight along a3 we went jogging home
ward. Then my freed tongue found
blessed speech again, and the pent talk of
many a weary honr began to gnsh and
flow. It flowed on and on, joyously, ju
bilantly, until the fountain was empty
and dry. As I wrong my friend’s hand
at parting, I said:
“Haven't we had a royal good time!
But now I remember. Yon haven’t said a
word for two hoars. Como, come, ont
with something! ”
The Eev. Mr. tumod a lacklustre
eye upon me, drew a deep sigh, and said,
without animation, withont apparent con-
scionsnessi
"Punch brothers, punch with carel
Punch in the presence of the passen
jare!”
A pang shot through me 03 I said to
myself, "Poor fellow, poor fellow I he
has got it, now.”
• •••••
How did I finally save him from the
asylum? I took him to a neighboring
university and made him discharge the
burden of his persecuting rhymes into
the eager ear of the poor, unthinking
students. How is it with them now ?
The result is too sad to tell. Why did I
write this article? It wa3 for a worthy,
even a noble purpose. It was to warn
you, reader, if you should come across
those merciless rhymes, to avoid them—
avoid them as you would a pestilence 1
Tee Irish citizens of Biohmond, Va.,
are raising foods for a monument to the
lata ex-Governor Wise, in recognition of
the stand which he took against the
Know-Nothing party when he waa a
leader in Virginia politics.
BIBB COUSTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS*
Superintendent’s Kepert or Dpera
tlane far the First Quarter of the
Fifth Year.
To the Beard tf jPvbUe Education:
(lawn The following report of
operations for the last three months, the
same constituting the first quarter of the
present school year, is respectfully sub
mitted:
The country schools authorized for the
present year wero, with one exception,
opened in Jnly or August. Under the
plan adopted for the management of
these schools this year, the time of open
ing them and the length of the school
term, were to be regulated by the local
trustees of the respective districts. It
may be well to notice briefly the reasons
that induced the Board to make this
change in their policy in reference to
these schools. Daring the last two yean
the Board had maintained schools in all
the districts on fair salaries for a term of
eight or nine months. In every case the
rate of salary to be paid the teacher and
thelength of school term were fixed by the
Board. As soon as it became known to
wards the latter part of last year that the
County Commissioners had cut down the
appropriation for schools to jnst one-half
the amount granted last year,the people in
the different districts began to manifest
mnch concern as to the future of their
schools. Some communities protested
against any redaction in tho salaries of
their teachers, urging that the teachers
conld not be retained if reductions were
made; while others remonstrated against
a shorter school term. In view of the
difficulties thus presented of pleasing all
parties, it was thought best by the Board
o appropriate to etch school distinct a sum
about equal to half the amount expended
for the respective schools last year, and
leave the local trustee to use it in em
ploying teachers npon such terms as they
deemed most satisfactory. In some dis
tricts last year’s salaries were main
tained, and the school term is conse
quently only four or four and a half
months; in others the salaries were re
duced, and the school terms correspond
ingly lengthened.
The whole number admitted to the
country schools to this time (dating from
tbe beginning of the present term) is
566, against 532 to the same time List
year.
Tho twelve colored schools authorized,
were opened the first of July and contin
ued in session three months. The whole
number admitted to these during the
term is 592 against 699 for the same
months lost year.
The schedule for the city schools pro
vides for six teachers less than were
employed last year, requires a reduc
tion of twenty per cent, in the salaries
of those retained, and reduces the
school term to eight months. Under
this schedule there are twenty-two
(22) teachers in these schools the
presens year, sixteen (16) in the white
schools and six (6) in the colored sohools.
The schools wero opened on Monday,
the 2nd of October, and the reports for
the two weeks show the following enrol
ment:
North Macon school 210
South Macon school 237
East Macon school 52
Fourth street school 36
Vmeville school 24—559
Lewis (col.) school 303
Total 862
The number enrolled in tho white
schools is 116 less than it was at the same
time last year. In accordance with onr
plan to form no first-year classes at any
of the schools, I refused admission to all
applicants who would have been assigned
to these grades. Estimating from the
records of previous years, I think tho
number who would have entered had
provision been made for these classes,
would have been about one hundred and
twenty-five. This would have made the
number enrolled tho present year fully
equal to that of the same date last year.
The number enrolled in tho colored
school is about the samo as it was at thiB
UmA loaf. roqp.
Tho teachers have all entered npuu
their work with zeal and energy; the
slight changes in organization have not
materially affected the efficiency of any
of the departments, and I confidently
predict for the schools the present vaar a
jetter record than thoyhavo ever shown.
It is a fact, however, too plain for ar
gument, that tho system cannot be main
tained permanently on such a schedule
as we have been compelled to adopt the
present year. Nor is it reasonable to
expect it. Last year the appropriation
was {20,000, and with this the Board
maintained schools wherever needed
throughout the county for a term of
eight months. The whole number of
pupils enrolled exceeded three thousand,
ana the cost per scholar per month was
{1.02, or about fire cents por day. The
rata of taxation was twenty-ono cents on
a hundred dollar’s valuation, or two dol
lars and ten cents per thousand. And
this, let it he remembered, wa3 not a tax
as in former years to provide for the
children of the indigent only, but it pro
vided for tho children of every citizen of
tho county. To hundreds of men, in
stead of being a burden, tbe tax was ac
tually a great relief and saved thousands
of dollars to the people of the county.
In nothing else can it be shown that tho
taxes paid by tho people were used to so
good a pprpose, or bestowed benefits upon
so large a number. And yet - this is
not enongh. Some still argue that
the schools aro too costly and the
school term too long, and this year
the appropriation is only cno-half the
amount granted last year. Tho system
cannot he maintained with justice to all
parties for each a sum, and the people
should take the matter under serious
consideration. The system must com
pletely supply tho demand of the people
for school facilities, or it should give way
entirely to private enterprise. To at
tempt to mske the schorls public for a
part of the year and leave them depend,
eat upon subscription or tuition charges
for the remainder will give tie neither
efficient public sohools cor good prirato
schools. Nor can good pnblio schools he
had withont cost, and ro man, be he rich
or poor, is exempt from the tax levied to
support them. Nor are their benefits
confined to any particular class *of the
people, but all directly or indiroctly share
m their rdr.-int-gcs. They belong to the
people, and to them their claims for sup
port are submitted. Eoepectfully.
B. M, Zrrrx.ES, Sup’fc.
Macon, October 11,1876.
to be made by the parties directly inter
ested, so that the social equilibrium mav
be restored, or will try to dictate the
course to be adopted ? If their "fear"
leads them to distrust themselves and
cease from interference, the adjustment
will be accomplished with the minimum
of social friction.
Fears of a “Solid South.”
Professor TTv. G. Sumner, of Yale Col
lege, heretofore a zealous Republican, is
writing a series of letters to tho New
York World in regard to tho pretended
fears of a "Solid South'," especially by
certain Northern journals andpcliticir cs.
He s*y3 some of these alarcmU fe.r re
pudiation, others fear unlimited Coa'-.'d
erate claims, whilst still others expreas
tho fear that the negroes willb* depr red
of political privileges. Professor Sum
ner reviews these objection ; to a "solid j
South” seriatim, aad demonstrates
groundlessness of the fears ezpri.’-tcd Of:
what the South is flgbtifl,
Prolessor Surnuar says .- •
It is fighting forptic . order, security j
andcelf-goverameiit. Are wo p-eiare-T j
to take sides against them cad in favor J
of ignorance* tuisrul - r.-id corraptioh?
In tbe present temper of the Siii'.h the !
movement which is going t* • wSV-net-j
cease with the Presidential .'umpeign. It j
Tbe Use «r Treeps.
Special to tbe Journal of Commerce.]
Columbia, October 11,1876.—'The fol
lowing dispatch was received by Colonel
Haskell this morning, from the sheriff
of Aiken, and speaks tor itself:
Columbia, S. C., October 11.—Hiram
Jordan, Sheriff Aiken County:—You are
the sheriff referred to in Mr. Corbin'
statement to Governor Chamberlain.
Please report what is the condition of af
fairs in your county.
(Signed) C. Haixxll,
Chairman Ex. Com. Dam. Party.
Amir, October 11,1876.
To Colonel Eatlell, Chairmant Every
thing is quiet in this oounty. I bare not
now nor have ever had any resistance of
fered to me in serving any judicial pro
cess placed in my hands. I can individ
ually and alone arrest any man or set of
men in this county, npon the proper pro
cess of my courts, as I did in the Ham
burg case, and need no help in making
such arrests, not even a poeae, muoh less
the aid of Federal soldiers. X have been
in many parte of this oounty and know
of no armed bands or assemblages of men
prepared to resist the law. I learned
that the posse engaged in suppressing
the EUenton riot, under a constable, die
parsed when the Federal soldiers promis
ed that they would disperse the negroes.
(Signed) H. Jordan, S. A. C.
THE AQUARIUS.
How a TFhale was caught on the
Cenat of Labrador and Brought to
Mew York.
New York Sun.] - ,
Coup’s Great New York Aquarium, the
first of the kind on this continent, was
opened last evening. The most interest
ing object in the exhibition is the young
white whale, bom lass spring, and ten
feet long by two feet in diameter at his
widest part. He reached this city yes
terday, and the box in which he lay was
hoisted by a derrick and tilted, bo that
he might roll into the immense tank
that had bees prepared for him. He at
once disported joyfully after his impris
onment. He waa taken at Grain Harbor,
Labrador.
There is a long cavity in the beach
opposite Grain Harbor village, left dry
at low tide, A deep tank was dug in it,
and one day, at high tide, sixty men
formed their two dozen boats in a semi
circle, and were rewarded for their sev
eral days’ waiting by finding soveral
young whales between them and the
shore. This young whale took refuge
in the cavity, and hid in its depths.
Guarding the two inlets against hia es
cape, the men waited for tho tide to ebb,
and as the water became shallow he ran
into the tank, and thence he was lifted
into a boat bedded with seaweed. A
canvas was thrown over the boat, and it
was towed to a schooner, and hoisted by
a derrick, and lowered down the hatch
way into a tank, well cushioned with
seaweed, in the hold.
The water in this receptacle was
scarcely two feet deep. This shallowness
was necessary to enable the whale to lift
his head and blow. Tho tank had a depth
of only threo feet, and had it been full
he would not havo had water enough.
His back being dry, it was essential that:
two men should pour buckets of water
upon it every fifteen minutes. After
seven days the schooner reached Quebec,
and there tbe tank was transhipped into
railroad car.
The whale is fed with minnows and
shrimps.
AS USUSUAL ALLIANCE.
Tounr English Christian Lord to
Hurry the Daughter of the Hebrew
Baron Hothschild.
New York World.]
The Court Circular states that the mar
riage is announced of Lord Bosebery to
Miss Hannah do Bothechild, the only
daughter of the late Baron Meyer de
’Rothschild. Tho late Baron was a great
33 J an i. a "J if was also very muoh
attached tv i—^i Eosebery, vio la »ow
to take (o himself one or u—
ble, if not the handsomest, of au
Botbschild ladies. Lord Bosebery was
horn in 1817, and is consequently in
his twenty-ninth year. In marrying
Kiss de Botbschild he marries the
richest heiress in the world. The late
Baron left eight millions of money
and hi3 daughter, being his only child,
received seven out of the eight under her
father’s will. The Rothschilds are very
averse to theso marriages; and even
when the Hon. Eliot Yorke, about two
yearB ago, married Miss Annie de Roths-
child, the second daughter of Sir An
thony Bothschild, the feeling about the
marriage was so keen that Sir Anthony
forbade it. It took place, however, and
Mr. Eliot Yorke married her though her
father refused to give her a dowry. The
ex-equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh
oonld afford to put up with the loss, for
■he had an income of some .£18.000 per
annum which she derived from her
grandfather. On the other hand. Lord
Bosebery is coming to America and Miss
de Bothschild is going to the Mediterra
nean, so perhaps the Court Circular is
mistaken.
Gbass has a beautiful effect when
growing from pine cones, and requiree
no other attention than a alight water
ing. Tho cones may he set in sand, soil,
or moss, as convenience or taste may dic
tate. While they are yet dry and open,
sprinkle as mnch soil aa their scales will
rotain; next sprinkle in fine gross seed,
and finally sprinkle water lightly over
the whole. The cones should be kept in
a moderately warm place, and at first
wstered sparingly once a day. In lees
than a week the sells will Bproat, and
scon the graceful spears will begin to jet
out in every direction. It is not abso
lutely neoessaiy to introduce any soil or
sand, a« the seed will grow merely sown
in tho bare scales; but Soil at least
serves to prevent the cone from cloiing
too tightly when moistened. A very
pleasing effect may be produced by set
ting a wet sponge in a glass bowl and
soxing it over with flax, grass, mustard-
teed, or all kinds mixed. Before long it
will be covered with a thick growth of
tender green, and, if it be judiciously
watered every day, tho muBtard will in
time put forth its tiny yellow blossoms.
IF jot* feel dull,
drowsy, debilitated,
have frequent bead
’ache, mouth tastes
badly, poor appetite
and tongue coated
you are suffering
torpid liver, or
"biliousness,** tllJ
nothing will cure you
ao speedily and permanently as to take Simmons’
liver Regulator.
A 8K the recovered Dyspeptic*, Bilious suffer*
XV erz, victim: of Fever and Ague, the mercu
rial diseased patient; how they recovered health,
cheerful spirits and good appetite— they will teli
you by taking Simmons’ Liver Begulator.
BAD BltEA-TH,
NOTHING is ao unpleasant,
nothing is so eomm-m, as Bad
Breath; and in needy every ease
it oomes from the stomach, aad
can be ao easily corrected if you
will
*u:iu9
Tate Simmons’ Lirer Regulator.
Bo not neglect ao snrearemadyfor this rvpul-
nre disorder. It will also improve your appetite,
complexion, and general health.
JTust try ii Once.
COLIC IN CHILDREN
FOB children complaining ot
colic; headache, or sick stomach. ,
a teaspoonful or more will give
relief. Children, as well aa
adults; eat sometimes to much
supper, or eat something which
ooes not digest well, producing
sour stomach, heartburn, or rest
lessness t a good doee of Liver
Begulator will give relief. This
applies to persons of all ages.
PILES.
BEEND BROTHERS
UANUFACTmtUM
An
WH0ZZ8ALX AND BIT AIL DEALERS
nr
HARNESS!
SADDLES!
COLLARS!
BRIDLES, Sto-
oi every description.
Saddlers, Harness and Shoemakers
Material and Tools.
LEATHER
OF ALL KINDS.
Tus On. Mxn Happy.—Tho Titusville
Herald records a rapid and marked appre
ciation in the value of oil during the third
quarter of the present year, and adds:
“We are now chipping 40,000 barrels of
c ane per day, and have only a produotio
of 20.000 barrels par day. Oar Btock on
hand in iron tanka is claimed to be a
little over 3,000,000 barrels. In order to
supply the export and home demand for
the next three months it will require this
40,000 barrels per day of shipments to be
kept up, or a draft upon the stock of over
1.250,000 barrels before January 1, pro-
v Jed our production doea not materially
increase during tbe interim. By the
close of this month the number of drill
ing wells on new and old territory will
havr, reached some 800 to 1,000, which,
from the steady decline in existing wells,
( i inadequate to keep up the production,
for,, u“icss, perchance, some new and prolific
: rntoiy meanwhile is discovered. For
*.V first time in the history of the region,
tbts ufore, we are compelled to fall back
iir>nn old territory to keep up tho anp-
P*F-” .
Look r.t it. IVhcn the war closed the
F-idenl debt w as {2,600,060,000. During
witi go on untif tbe C,£h-r.ntr-nt TsiiS <h-; i the eleven and a half yeara succeeding,
hands of those- V -o-au -iuiug t the Bv-.-ublioan Administration collected
about how to u-e it? Thesoilrag? ouee - by taxation from the pooplo {4,400,000,-
given isixrevocablo. and sonwaiijustment * 000, and only $000,000,000, according to
will have to be fsnnd oudwj* it. The > t uo eho wing of the party, ha* been paid
question for the Northern prcpie is [ on the publio debt. It is a disgraceful
whether they wifi allow the adjust incut' exhibit.
HOW many suffer torture day alter day, mak
ing life a burden aad robbing existence of all
l deaaure, owing to the secret .uttering from pilee.
fet relief is ready to tbe hand of almost any one
who will use systematically Simmons’ Liver
Begulator, the remedy that has cured thousand*.
No drastic, violent purge, but a gentle assist
ant to nature.
CONSTIPATION.
SHOULD not be warded as a
trifling ailment—in fact, nature
demands the utmost regularity
of the Dowels, and any deviation
from this demand paves the way
often to serious danger. It is
quite aa necessan to remove im
pure accumulations from the
bowels as it is to eat or sleep, and
no health can be expected where
a costive habit of body prevails.
Ukvailiso Bejcedt vox Sick
Headache.—I havo used Dr.
Simmona’ Liver Begulator in my
family for dyspepsia and sick
headache, and regard it an inval
uable remedy ia these atteks. It
has not failed togive relief in any
instance.—Eev W. F Esterling,
P. B. Tallahassee DUtrict, Flor
ida Conference.
CHILLS AND FEVER.
YOU are at liberty to use my name in praise
of your Begulaicr as prepared by you, and rec
ommend it to every one aa tbe best preventive
for Fever and Ague ia the world. 1 plant in
Southwestern Georgia, near Albany, and must
say that it has dote mors good on my plantation
among my negroes than any medicine I ever
usod; it supersedes quinine if taken in time.
HON. B. H. HILL, ot Georgia.
TAKE
Simmons’ Liver regulator
FOB all Disease* of the Liver,
Stomach and Spleen The Cheap
est, Purest and Best Family
Medicine in the World!
THIS unriva’ed Southern
Ucmedy is warranted not to con
tain a single particle cf Mxxcubt
or any iniurions mineral sub
stance, but is
PURELY -VEGETABLE,
CONTAINING tho.e Southern Boots and Herbs,
which an aU-wisc-Proridenra has placed in those
countries where Liver Disease* most prevail. It
wiU cure all Di.easos caused by Derangement of
the Livor and Bowels. — - .
ALWAYS KEEP IT ON HAND.
I HAVE used Dr. Simmons’
Iiv, r Begulator myself and in
my family for years, and pro
nounce it one of tho most satis
factory medicines that can be
used. Nothing would induce ms
to be without it, and 1 recom
mend all my friends, if they want
to secure bealtb, to keep it al
ways on hand.—B. L. Mott, Col
umbus. Ga , Congressman.
CAUTION!
Buy no Powders or Prepared Simmons’ Livor
TOylator, unlees in our engraved wrapper, with
None other'll%]SfSP- »nd Bignatnre unbroken.
MASU7ACTUXZD OJttY MY~
J. H. ZEILIN ft GO.,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Peice.IL Sold by all Druggists.
auglO eodAwtf
WHIPS, FLY MKTS,
SUN UMBBBLLAB,
LINEN LAP HOBBS;
AND HOESH OOVXHS.
Full and Complete 8took of
Everything in onr Line.
We also buy
HIDES, SKINS AND FUBS,
WAY, WOOL AND TALLOW. GINSENG,
DRIED PEACHES and BLACKBBBBIBB.
FINISHED AND BOUGH LBATHBB
mayfZ-wtill.novl
CAMPBELL ft JONES,
WAREHOUSE and COMMISSION MERCHANTS
REMOVAL.
G-TJS NUSSBAUM
H AS removed to the old stand of GREBE,
LAKE AGO., comer Cherry and Third
streets.
Where He is Daily Receiving
The best and well selected stock of
DRY GOODS,
Clothing,
Boots and Shoes,
Hosiery, etc., etc.
He will sell nothing but the
Very Best of Goods
In tbe above lines, and will endeavor
T0B1VE SATISFACTION TO HIS PATRONS.
Remember the new fitted up store, comer
Third and Cherry.
aeplt deodtwlm CPI NCBBBAPM.
TO THE FARMERS OF MIDDLE GEORGIA
JS rent wing tbe offer of our tervioes as
COTTON FACTORS.
We ask your attention to our vsiy moderate
charges, viz:
COMMISSION FOB SELLING ...It per cent.
STORAGE (first month) sOrts.abale.
STORAGE (after first month) .25 eta. a bale.
Tou will observe that on an avenge bale of
cotton, say 470 pounds, at ten cents, the commis
sion is only 70 cents, storage SO cents. Total
}1 80. Our commission depending or price, low
prices give us correspondingly low small pay.
We have remodeled and enlarged our Sues
room, and leel that our facilities for handting
Cotton are unsurpassed.
We aro prepared to make
Advances on Cotton in 8tore
At lowest Bank rates, and to fill orders for Bag
ging and Ties on best terms.
CoL Stubbs continues with us as weigher.
sepQ dJfcwSm CAMPBELL ft JONES.
Katies To Planters or Georgia.
I AM now prepared to open my Warehouse on
Mnlbeny street, oppotiso Floyd House Block,
FOR THE STORASE AND SALE OF COTTON.
I win be grateful fora share of your patronage.
Advances on Cotton in Store at
Sank Bates.
Bagging and Ties fumishod on best terms.
seplOJkwlm. J S. STEWART.
tax receiver.
T HE friends of W. F. DUNCAN announce
his same as a candidate for the oi&ee of
Receiver ot Tax Returns of Macon county, at
tba uext election for oounty officers, subject to
the setion of the Nominating Convention, if
such Convention be held for said oncers.
aep9-wlw MANY VOTERS.
FOR SALE.
A T brick
Now ready for delivery. All ordera for CA8H
promptly filled. U*** ,.*™*.
sepS-im MaocpyGa..
N otice for leave to sell lands.-
Feurwetics from date application will be
made to the Hon. James J. Ray. Ordiharyof
the county of Crawford, and State of Georgia,
to aril at private sale all the unsold wild lands
belonging to the estate of R. W. Ellis, deceased,
comprising the following lots of land: Nomher
96. in tho 9th district of Appling oounty-, num
ber 98, in fbe 16th district of Wilkinson county i
number67, in tho lstdistriet of Irwm county;
number 284, in the 4th districtof Irwin oounty;
number 885, in the 4th district of Irwin oounty.
SOP304W JOHN W. BLLI8. Adta’u
fjlXBOUTO R’d BALE.—In accordance with
J2i the last will and testament of James M.
Gray, late of Jones county, deceased, I will sell
before the Court-house door in Clinton, Jones
county, on the first Tuesday in December next,
two separate parcels 'of land belonging to said
estate. One piece ot land containing 333 acres,
moreor less,known as the Lockett place; situate
three miles north of Clinton. This place has one
house upon it, and is one of the best stock farms
in the country—fine pasturage and some good
land; plenty of water and timber. The other
piece; containing 835 acres, more or less, situate
two and a half miles wett of Clinton; no im
provements, fair land, with plenty of timber and
water. Terms—one-third cash, b.ianoe in one
and two years’ time, at 10 per cent, interest—
tho land held as security for second and third
payment:. ROLAND T. BOSS,
octtstda Executor.
of great merit, which win in a short time be
found in every household.” "They are all that
the manufacturers claim for them, whsce name
alone is a suffldenf indorsement oi tbrir genuine
merits.” "The best remedy known for allexter-
nal dtfflmltues or local disturbances.” “They
are vigorous removing almost instantly tbe
most TioJentpain and insuring a speedy cure.”
“I consider them a great and needed improve-
ment overall other porous plastcni they give
■roapt relief and eureqafckly; they are beta in
high esteem." “They are now prawned over all
others. They cure where other porous plasters
simply relieve.” When suffering try them, and
you will not be disappointed, price 85 cents.
Octl4 dftwlY
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L. J. 6D1LM1RTIK & C0. s
Cotton Factors
COMMISSION MEflkOTTA XTTS
No. 70 Bay street, "Stoddard’s” Lower Range,
Savannah, Ga.
Agents For Bradlej’f Phosphate,
Jewell’s Mills Taras and Domestics, etc.
B AGGING and IRON TIES for salo at lowest
market rates.
PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL
BUSINESS ENTRUSTED TO US.
LIBKRAL CASH ADVANCES HADE ON
CONSIGNMENTS. augis dwftswGm*
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BIBB COUNTY
M«r bmrjsf
administration on the eetate of 1
late of said county, deoaased.
These, mw therefore, to d» sad miaerMi all
parties interested, whether kutdiad srcntaitaHL
to show cause, if any they bare, wilhtu the Use
ZORGiA. BIBB OUU ^
WHOM IT MAT OOS
James A. Foster and Willh .
have applied to me for letters of l ,
oo the estate of Mrs. M. M. UelUaz,!
oounty, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite aod - ,
parties interested, whether kindred ore.,
to show cause, if any they have, wham tt
prescribed hr law, why letters sheuM
granted to laid applicants.
Witness my hand, this October
oetistd O. T. WARD. Ordinary.
» BORGIA. BIBB OOUNTY —1.
Ay whom it mat con<jimn.~«
Cornelius Bultivaa has applied to m
ot administration on the estate of ,
win. late cf arid oounty. deceased:
prescribed by law, why letters should not ha
granted to said applicant.
Witness my hand, this October % WC
oct7 Sod 0. T. WARD.OxHsary.
JONES COUNTY.
A DM INI8T BATOR’S SALE.—In
XV to an order from the Ooart of C
Jones oounty. Georgia will be arid
Court- bouse door in Clinton, oa the AMI 1
daj in November next, withia the lapel I
sale; tour hundred aad hv aerator laa-
or lest, property of the estate of Jaehap 8.
ard, deceased, and told for distribution. T.
good laud, well improved, with plenty at <
water and timber: situated in a good nthth
hood and suneauded by toed people: one seat a
half miles from the Maoon and Augusta ratbeeC
in Jonea county; one hundred acres in eeltfvu-
tion: i« a good investment that seldom puttate
itself to the public. Terms cash.
For lurther particular*, apply at Clinton (0
JAMES W. TURK
seo!9 td«* Adtn’r de bonia non.
VJ"OT 1C B.—Notion is hereby given teaUpta*
J-V son. having claims against tbe estate at
Bryant Balkoom. late of Jones county, deceased
to render in an aco. unt of the demands to she
undesigned as required by law. and all owseBs
indebted to said estate to make immediate pay
ment to -- vmasb uftit
B.F. BALKOOK, .
J. F BaLKCOM,
Mpaaew Biecutnr* of Bryant KsUrom.
jVEOEGlA. JOAKo OollJil'A.
Y Parvoni Crutchfield applies to me for adotfS-
istration on the estate of Beniamin OruteMakL
late of the State of Mississippi, deeeued i
Them are to cite and admonish *11 perauBB
concerned to b« and appear at this o9oe an at
by the first Monday in November next, aad
show cause, if any they have, why the note
shall not be granted
Witness my hand official ly.thi* September tt,
1876. ROLAND T. ROSS,
wfSt-lu* ~ v . WEIEmmtarJ <
TONES COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF'S
O SALE—Will be sold before tbe Court-booth
door, in the town of Clinton, ou tbe first Tues
day in December next.between tho legalhoupt
of sale, the following property, to-wit:
One hundred and twrnty acres of land, known
as part ot the Darby place, adjoining the lands
of Luke B. Honor and the Allen placu and
other*. Levied on to satisfy a mortgage fi. fa.
issued from the Superior Court ot said county
in favor of Lawton ft Willingham va. James H.
Holmes, executor of Jonathan T.,Holmes, de
ceased. Property pointed out fu fl. fa., and in
possession of James H. Holmes.
W. J. GRESHAM.
oct7w8w Deputy Sheriff.
an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Jonea county, duly granted, will be sold before
the Court-house (toer in the town of Clinton,
said county, on th» flr-t Tuevdnv in December
next, or* hundred and thirty acres (l!0) of land,
more or ie-s, belonging to the estate ot Wiley
Little, decea-ed. lying on tbe Ocmulgee river,
east side, and adjoining Little a old ferry. Good
ordinary land and improvements; sufficient
quantity of timber; in good state of cultivation;
in a good neighborhood Sold for distribution.
Terms cash. H10HAEL LITTLE,
ocU-4w* Administrator.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
G eorgia, crawford county.—sixty
days alter date application will be made to
tbe Ordinary of Crawford county for leave to
sell the lands belonging to the estate of Thomas
Sanderiur,dec’d. EDWARD ANDREWS,
rap8860-l Administrator..
n EORGIA. QUITMAN COUNTY.—Whereas,
\J Curtis M. Lowe and William Lewis, exec
utors ol the last will of Thomas Miller, deceased,
represent that they have fully administered
Thomas Miller’s estate and executed said will:
This is, therefore, to cite all persons interested
to show cause, if any they can, why said execu
tors should not be discharged from said trust,
and letters of dismis-ion be issued to them on
tbe first Mondsy in January. 1(77.
oct!4 3m W. P. JORDAN. Ordinary.
STfftm por <?ATj
Telegraph aad Messenger
FOZl 1878.
GREAT REDUCTION
f\N aad. after 1st January, 1876. our Mammoth
U Weekly, the Great Family Paper df Georgia,
containing siity-lour columns, and the largest is
the South, wifi be sent to subscribers at
S3 A YEAH.
and postage. This is but a small advance on cosi
of blank paper. Weekly tor six months, gl and
postage. The postage is SO cento a year.. -
The Semi-Weekly
Will be reduoed to THRBK DOLLARS a yea:
and postage—SO rents. For six months »1 Wand
postage.
Daily Edition
Ten Dollars a year and poatege. Five Dollars for
six mouths. Two Dollars anf Fifty Ceuta for
three months.
Tho stirring events of tbe Greet Geutesmial
Tear ot American Hiatoiy, which include the
Presidential Struggle, will render 1S76 one of the
most memorable in our annals. Everybody in
this region will need the Tsumxaph. and we
have pot down the price to accommodate their
neceasitita and pecuniary status. _
CLISBY. JONES ft RBB8E.
$250
A MONTH—Agents wanted evi
where. Business honorableand(
class- Particulars sent fire®. Ad<*
J. WORTH A CO,. 8t. IsootoaF
FOB SALE.
BENSON’S CAPC1NE POROUS PLASTERS.
Hear What the People Say.
“The best, cheapest, zafest and rarest remedy I
ever offered an intelligent people.” . "An article 1 0(1/1 BU8HBL8 ST. DOMINGO YAKA
’ ’— JLe2 VJ V/ for seed. Prioe, In barrels or bas
es. and delivered st the depot in Americas. t» W
per buhel, *1(0 per half bushel, tl 00 por peck
or |2 23 per bushel not in barrels ortoxes. de
livered at Americas, or $8 oo per bushel athifi-
to be delivered between I'.bruary 15 and Msre*
16,1875. Address G. W. 0. MUNRO.
Buena Vista, G*.
This Is to certify that we have given the pots*
toes of Goa W. C. Muaro au impartial examto*
rin. and decide that his St. Dosiingp YsJas havt
four times the quantity of the ccsamce
Janv and eat as well BuTPt A. Pacsax.
wtf 75% a. Beene-
. _ ^^“Jllter date application will be
for leave to sell all the :«w nt Jonea oounty
estate of Jonathan T. Holmes, deram-ea. - -A
JAMES H. HOLMES.
oct44w Executor.
G EORGIA,URAWFORD OOUNTY.—Where
as. James and Kinchen Taylor, executors
of Willis Taylor, decocecsed, represent to me
that they have fully executed their trust.
These are, therefore, to cite aad admonish all
persons at interest to show cause, if any tbey
can, on or before the flnt Monday in Neveumr
next why letters ot dismission should not be
granted said executor*
Jutld wtm* JAMES J. BAY. Ordinary 0.0.
BAKER COUNTY.
G eorgia, biker county - whereas, it
has been represented to me that the estate
of Jesse Siocumb, late of said county, deceased,
nas not been fully represented i
Tbis it, therefore, to notify all parties inter
ested to be at my office en me first Monday in
November next, to show nave. If any they havs,
why letters ot (kminittratim de boms non
should not be issued to the Clerk of the Supe
rior Court ur some other fit aod prnpor parson.
Given under my hand oSMallr this Septem
ber 81,1.1876. • J. P. BROAD VWAY.
sep86-30d* Ordinary.
A Plantation for Sale.
I OFFER my place for ale, lying tea miles
from Macon, on the Southwestern Railroad,
containing 600 acres, 800 in cultivation and under
good fence; good rig-room dwelling, with good
jun-hotue, iron screw, Wtth good barns and all
necessary out buildings for hands: vr-U watered,
and good range for stock, winter and summer. ’
For further particulars, apply, to A. MOB..
PITT, - Upper’s Cruising, Southwestern Rail
road. or B. H. WRIQLY. city. octB dltJtwri*
Sale of Talnabie Lands*
TTNDER a decree of tho Superior Court ot -
U Dooly county, will be sold at public out
cry, on the first Tuesday of December next, be
fore the Court-bouae door, in Yiaona, in said
county of Dooly, fifeen hundred seres of land
known as tho W:ley Cobb plantati n, situated
within four milea of Vienna, and abaat twenty-
five mBta from the railroad. Tbis body consists
ot oak and hickory and pine land, has on it about
acres of cleared land, fenced and in culti-
vamon. ti maybe divided into throe or four
good settlements, and will be told in a body er in
separate parcels to sail purchasers.
Also, five and a bait acres of land, with mill,
mill privileges and improvements, known as the
Dsn Mih. situated on Cedar Creek, in the Tenth
district of Dooly county, and also, sixty-eight
acres of land adjoiaing and within the town cf
Drayton, which has on it a good, substantial
dwelling and all necessary outbuildings for. a
family and small farm. The whoio or any part
of the above mentioned property will bediipoaod
of at private tele If application be m.ide prior to
the 15th day of October nnt Terms of sale,
one-half cash, and the other half at one year,
the purchaser to take potseuiou tho Sd of Jan
uary, 1877, and to receive titles when the last
payment is mado. Applications for purrhiae
may be made to the undersigned at Macon. Ga.
D. B. JONES,
Administrator of James Cobb, deceased, and
Commissioner under said Dccroo
Hawkinsville Dispatch copy and send bill to
tbis office. JullSwtds j
jan4weow6t*«
700 SUPERB VARIETIES
KOSES. Half a railboB
Greenhouse Plants. Mailing
Plants a Specialty. Illurtrnv
ted Catalogue Free. B. Y»
Tsis ft Co-Richmond, Ind.
INVESTED HAS
‘j\m
PAID A PROFIT
Dnnng tbe part few months, under onr improv
ed an 1 of operating in Stocks. Risks reduced
te nominal sums aod profits increased. Beak
ooataiauac full iniormateoa sent on appUratten.
TUMBRIDGB ft CO. Bankers and Broken,
mayktf 98 Broadway New York.
and Meiphlnv halo: .ata&luwta eng
ill j cured- Fuinicu: nnnaMfiltr
Efcimp.&c particular*. Dr. Ofcrl* j
1SI WMh&ftcu St., Chkuffo. t
OPIUM
CITY II O TKL,
Q. O. 3?AKM, Proprietor.
■BUXIW1CK, - - CM 0*014
|Mr«. P* r ®»Y. •* *•-
Transportation to ihq 4iffptet Islands.
nUbedteto*rata*, • fsbl9-YMr
J ONES COUNTY DHPUTY SHERIFF'S
SALES.—Will be sold before the Oeurt-
housedoor.ini be town of Clinton, on the first
Tuesday in November next, between the Iqpl
heura of sale, the following property, to-wit:
’1 wo hundred acres of land, more or lose, ad
joining the lands of William Jackson and Wil- .
liam Childs and Jonathan I). Mavnsrd and
others, and known as tbe Thomas Cmlda plaea.
levied on b> satisfy a fl fa ii-uod from the flu-,
perior Court of said oounty in favor ot riinm
J.'Childs va Seth Towles, and transferred to H.
B. Ridley. Property pointed out by H. B, Sad
ler, and in possession of defendant.
. -Also, at the fame time and place, will be toll
two hundred and twenty-five acres of land,
more or less, adjoining the lands of L. B. Mer
ger and John J. itarefield, deoeaved. and known
as the Taylor Holmes place. Levied on to sate
My all. fa. issued from a Justice Court of the -
45Uth District Georgia Militia, in favor of A. A.
Barfield vs. James H. Holmes, executor at
Jonathan T. Holme*, deceased. Properly,
pointed oat by Plaintiff. Levy made by a Oso-
atable, and turned over to the Sheriff.
-Alao, at the tame time and place, will he sold
one black mare mule naaed Dolly. Levied OR
as the property of James Q* Holmes, to satisfy
a Lon n. la issued from the Superior Court A
said county in favor of D. Flanders ft Sen vs.
James H. Holmes. 'Property pointed out in
fl. fa. w. J. GRESHAM.
0Ct7 w4w Di-putv Sheriff.