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Office Central Georgia Bank,
Macon, Ga., February 1, I860-
To the Commissioners of the Bonded
debt of the City of Macon:
Gentlemen—The undersigned com
mittee appointed to examine into the
bonded debt of the City of Macon, and the
laws under which it was created, after
some unavoidable delay tor which they
themselves were not responsible, have en-
tered upon tlwir duties and herewith beg
leave to submit a report embracing the re
sults of tlicir investigations, so far as the
same has proceeded,to which they propose
to submit supplemental reports as their in
vestigations progress.
Thinking such a course would expedite
tlicir labors, your committee have com
menced their enquiries with the small
bonds known as city currency, and the
••Whittle" and “Ross” bonds, the latter as
at more recent origin, and the facts more
readilv attainable.
The commission having already deci
ded that the “Ross” bonds were
not fundable, the committee have
only to say, in addition to facts al
ready in your possession, that the Ross
bonds, though signed by the Mayor and
Treasurer, were not only ncrer sold uutil
i recent date, but were never debited to
the Treasurer and no where appear upon
the Treasurer's ledgers as a part of the
bonded debt of the city even to this dag.
The committee find that $25,000 of the
city bonds, known as the “Whittle” bonds,
were issued and sold prior to the loth
of August, 187!*, at eighty-five cents on the
dollar, the Treasurer receiving and debit-
i ing himself $21,250 therefor, and though
I it does not appear that the proceeds of the
I ‘ale of said bonds were r.ppiicd directly to
I the redemption of that amount of city
[money, yet we find that in the aggregate
| $21,250 of the small bonds, known as city
rurrency, were burned at about the date
|of the sale of said bonds.
The committee find that $0,700 of said
(•Whittle” bonds have been paid by the
fcity since their issue, leaving $18,000 out-
Itanding. The committee recommend
(hut said 18,000 of outstanding “Whittle”
muds be considered fuudable under the
ct.
The Committee find that of the $00,-
[50.00 of small bonds, known as city
[urrency, which appears in the statement
T the bonded debt of the city on the first
January 1880, $19,011.00 had been re
routed in one way or another,andbiiong-
! to the city at the date of the paxxuyc of
te “City Funding Act" on the fifteenth
'August 1879,Jeaving $47,1:19.00 as the
tual amount of small bends, known as
Ity currency, which constituted a part of
lie Bonded debt of the city at that date.
If the $19,011.00 city money, redeemed
nd belonging to the city, at the date of
pe city Funding Act $18,927.00 was in
he hands of Mr. lluff, and $084.00 in the
lands of Mr. Corput.
1 The Committee find that the SCS4.00
fas hypothecated with Mr. Corput on the
Ixtli of January, 187!*, for the sum of
1142.00, (fifty cents in the dollar,) and
liat of the $18,927.00 in the hands
|f Mr. Huff $4,0:17.00 of city money
esidcs $1,1*95.00 uncancelled coup
ons of city bonds, and $15,000 of the
(ity bonds known «as tile “Ross” bonds—
Halting together the sum of $21,0:12—were
livpothecated with Mr. R. F. Lawton (at
fifty cents in the dollar) by Mr. Huff, for
his individual note of $10,510; which it is
alleged was borrowed for the city, when
|r/f that time and since, both the Mayor and
council were expressly forbidden by laio
Ifo borrow any money whereby tlie faith
[and credit of the city should be plodged,
[as may be seen by reference to the law
I commonly known as the “Jewett” bill.
Deducting the $4,037 in city money in-
[ eluded in the hypothecation to Mr. Law-
ton, from the $18,927 of city money in Mr.
Huffs hands, leaves $14,890 in his
hands, $11,890 of which, according to
his receipts to the Treasurer, lie was “to
use in carrying and protecting tlie credit
of the city,” under resolution of tlie Coun
cil, and $5,000 to raise money for his own
use, until the city should pay the execu
tion taken in his favor in tlie Park case,
and then this money to be returned by
him to the city.
The committee could not ascertain
from tlie Treasurer what disposition was
made by Mr. Huff of tlie $10,000 of the
••Ross” bonds not included in the $21,032
of "Koss” bonds, city money, and coupons
of city bonds, hypothecated with Mr.
Lawton.
The committee recommends that $47,-
139 of tlie small uonds, known as city
currency, be considered as a portion of
the bonded debt of tlie city, at the date ol
tlie “City Funding Act,” and therefore
fundable, and we suggest that so much of
tiic same as was sealed up by tlie Treasu
rer at or before tlie date of tlie “funding
act, and lias remained so sealed up to tlie
present time, may be first funded, and
I that afterwards, so much of said city
money as may be presented for funding,
accompanied with tlie oatli of tlie party
claiming to own tlie same, that it was
[their property at the date, of the “City
Tending Act,” and lias contin-
Ited to be tlieir property np
tlie date of sucii presentation
|Tor funding may be funded in like man
ner; provided, that such amounts of city
money so presented does not exceed in
jlie aggregate the before-mentioned sum
|f $47,13!*, considered fundable, and
jlioulo these sums, so presented, not reach
laid aggregate, so much of tlie remainder,
[onsidered fundable, as shall remain un
funded, may be funded in the order of its
Iresentation, until said aggregate of $47,-
159 shall have been reached.
Even supposing that tlie loans for which
lie Ross bonds, the city currency and
Tnupons of the city bonds were hypotlie-
ated, were made for the use of the city,
i accordance with law, your committee
Minot see wliy the Commission should
ind more than the amount of said loans,
tliich, so far as your committee have as-
prt ained, and certainly in regard to much
qc largest part of said hypothecations,
las at tlie rate of fifty cents on tlie dollar.
Shall it be said that this commission
[lall fund double tlie amount of that part
f its debt—fall it bonded, or floating, at
lour will ? Your committee think the
puling act explicitly forbids it.
All of which is respectfully submitted.
Henry L. Jewett,
William H. Ross.
I cononr in the facts set forth In the
kbove report, but for reason heretofore
pven, do not concur in all the conclusions
cached by a majority of the committee.
John P. Fort.
Below is appended a copy of the provis
ions of the “Jewett bill” so-called, to
which reference has been made, lo-wit:
Section 1. Be it enacted, etc., That
tlie Cliarter of the City of Macon, and the
various acts amendatory thereof, be so
amended that, on and after December
17th, 1824, it is hereby declared unlawful
for the City of Macon, through its Mayor
and Council, or in its corporate capacity,
in any way, to borrow money on tlie faith
and credit of the city, either on the notes
or bouds of the city, or by the issue of
scrip, change bills, or other obligations
intended to be used and circulated as
money, for any purpose whatsoever; and
that the issue or negotiation of any such
promissory note, bill of exchange, bonds,
or change bills, ofthe City of Macon, is
licreby declared illegal and void; and tlie
payment thereof or any part thereof, ille
gal, and the Mayor or member of Coun
cil so offending or violating the provision
of this act, by the issue and pledge, nego
tiation or sale, of any note, bond, change
HI, or other obligation of the City of
Macon, pledging the faith and credit of
the city for the payment of money on and
after tlie said 17tli day of December, 1874,
diall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
flail be removed from office in the man
ner as is now provided by law.
H. A. Blue,
Clerk of Funding Commission.
Plenary Amnesty in France.—In
tlie division in the Chamber of Deputies
last Saturday plenary amnesty was sup-
yorted by all the extreme left, seventy-
three members of the advanced, five of
the pure left, one of tlie left center, and
four Bonapsrtists. It was opposed by the
pure left and feft center, numbering to-
8e0>er one liunired and eighty-five, by
forty-seven of the advanced left, forty-
seveu Royalists and thirty-seven Bona-
Partists. Twenty-tliree of tlie advanced
‘■ft, eight of the pure left and forty-five
•oyalists and Bouapartists did not vote.
THE 1TXDISG COXHB8IOX.
A More Harmonious Meeting.
Yesterday the Funding Commission of
the city met at the office of Colonel John
E. Jones In the Central Georgia Bank All
ofthe Commissioners were present. The
minutes of tlie last meeting were read
and approved. The report of the commit
tee appointed at the last meeting of tlie
commission to look into the Ross bonds
and currency matters, presented its report
which, after being received and adopted,
was ordered printed, and will be found
elsewhere this morning.
The vote on the adoption of the report
stood: yeas—Messrs. Jewett, Plant, Ross,
Burke, Hanson and Ayres. In Hie nega
tive Messrs. Huff, Fort, Lawton and Dun
lap, voted.
The subject of the committee’s looking
over the books and into affairs in the
Clerk and Treasurer of Council’s offices,
was discussed, and a resolution of inquiry
presented, asking what should be done in
regard to the action of Council, at tlie
last meeting of that body, in regard to tlie
matter.
Mayor nuff explained that no objection
was made to the gentlemen of the Com
mission examining into the books as tax
payers and citizens, the objection being
made to the examination in an official
capacity.
Mr. Hanson moved that tlie same com
mittee submitting tlie report published
tins morning be instructed to go to the
City Hall and gain all the information
they wished from the city offices, as pri
vate citizens. Carried.
The currency bonds which were issued
for the redemption of large sums of city
money held by the Central railroad were
pronounced fundable.
Tlie meeting passed off much more har
moniously and pleasantly than any yet
held by tlie Commission.
Uivslilon Dots.
Yokohama crape is one of tlie new cot
ton dress stuffs for spring wear.
Six bangles on one arm is not an un
usual number for a fashionable girl.
The pull-back’s advantage—it makes it
difficult for lovely women to stoop to
folly.
Misses part their hair in the middle and
arrange the front in soft flat rings on the
forehead.
Two buttons are considered the fash
ionable number for kid gloves when they
have tops of tlie new kid lace.
Mummy clotli, much improved, will be
among tlie fashionable spring goods.
Large bonnets with poke brims, and
wide strings tying them down over the
cars are becoming more popular.
Diapholine is the latest diseoveiy of the
hair dyers’ art. It produces tlie admired
ashy blond or drab shade of hair.
Dragons, bees, butterflies and birds in
indefinite forms appear among the palm
leaves and other Eastern designs of lately
imported spring goods.
Sunday-school Convention.
On the coming Friday a Suuday-school
Convention, composed of delegates from
the Baptist Reliobotli Association Sun
day-schools, will convene in our city,
which promises to be of unusual interest.
Some of the most prominent Baptists of
our section will be present and take part
in the proceedings. The following is a
part of tlie programme: .
FRIDAY, 7 O’CLOCK, I\ M.
Praise Meeting—Conducted by Dr. E.
W. Warren.
SATURDAY, 9 O’CLOCK, A. M.
Devotional Exercises—Conducted by
Dr. A. J. Battle.
5. How shall we create and best main
tain interest in our Stinday-scliool work
in the churches.—Dr. S. G. Hillyer, Rev.
B. II. Ivey; Discussion.
0. The best method of promoting punc
tuality in Sunday Schools—Rev. B. L.
Ross, A. J. King.
3 o’clock, p. m.
7. Adult Bible Classes—Hon-to conduct
them—Dr. A. J. Battle, Rev. A. J. inos t beautiful parts of a finished play
Behavior at the Theatre.
There is no surer indication of the cul
ture of a city than the behavior of its peo
ple at the theatre. In Macon, the general
behavior in the lower part of the house is
very good. There are times, however,
when a persistency of applause even here,
annoys the audience.
The spurious article can be very easily
detected from the genuine. It is gener
ally produced by boot heels or the pave
ment end of large slicks and bludgeons
and the engineers thereof are more than
often the young America, who sit very low
in their seats, lounge back during the
acting, criticise aloud to the annoyance
of several benches around, them, and at
the close of each act or at the
end of some neater piece of
acting or sound bit of bathos or pathos
think they are the elect, who think they
have been foreordained to organize
boom for the performers. It is then they
slightly recover from their indolent atti
tudes and devote themselves to the busi
ness of organizing the said boom. Their
favorite locations are near the entrance
ofthe hall, and they sit or rather recline
there, so as to be promptly ready to pass
ont “for fresh air,” at the close of each
act, “as the performance is so tiresome,
you know,” and especially at the last act,
when an eligible position on the front
sidewalk is tlie svmmum boman of their
desires, and is indispensable to their hap
piness. Tlie professional cor is always
attent and distinguishes tlie genuine ap
plause from tlie spurious with ready ease,
and knows when to feel gratified and when
bored.
Another criticism which could be uiged
against some of the habitues of the ball
is the precipitation which is displayed in
leaving at tlie final fall of the curtain.
Very frequently several moments before
the close of a performance, the audience
exhibits a restlessness, and a number
spring to their feet, draw on their wraps,
gather the little extras together, and pre
pare to take a iront place in the grand
“exeunt.”
The closing lines arc unheard, and
what little effect they might have had is
entirely lost; the performers burry through
tlieir parts, in endeavoring to com
plete the play before their auditors can
get away.
This is not showing a proper respect to
tlie actors, wlio, as long as they demean
themselves properly, are entitled to con
sideration at the hands of their
auditors, and it disturbs those who
wish to see the pei rom
ance to its close, and are entitled to this
privilege, if not by the laws of good socie
ty behavior by the right to be undis
turbed, which accompanies the purchase
of a ticket.
The performances at tlie Hall usually
close before eleven o’clock. Those who
attend make tlicir arrangements to be ab
sent from tlieir homes until that time, and
all, with a little patience, can leave the
theatre in good time. The advance start
amounts to very little.
Another criticism, which we are glad
to say, applies almost exclusively to the
galleries, is tlie idle laughter of some one
at the close of some high sentiment or bit
of pathos. Some little contretemp on the
stage, such as tlie displacement of a
wig, will fire off tlie laughter of the
hair trigger brigade, and cause an explo
sion of merriment when a shower of tears
was expected
Remarks from the audience to the stage
should not be tolerated by an audience,
A few nights since, a prolonged nasal
“eh” from some one in tlie back of the
galleries, was received with applause all
over tlie bouse,
The galleries in Macon are ofltimes too
noisy. On the side devoted to the colored
people there is frequently a knot of little
darkies wlio very often break into the
Gheeves.
8. How to teach tlie lesson—Rev. S.
Boykin, n. M. noltzclaw.
9. Tlie true use of Teachers’ Meetings
—Dr. B. F. Tliarp, C. B. Ellis.
7 o’clock, p. m.
10. The true object of Sunday School
Labor—Rev. T. C. Boykin, C. C. Smith
—Di cussion,
11
with loud laughter, which can be beard
all over tlie house, and many a fine pas
sage has fallen still-born on this account,
Tlie behavior of the galleries has, how
ever, been better for the past few times
than formerly,
A very objectionable thing is the congre-
t Snnday-scliool helps and appiiances galionofacrowd around tlie main en-
l^Thc Question' Box—Queries an- ' * »*“ -
swered by Rev. T. C. Boykin.
SUNDAY, 9:30 o’clock, a. m.
13. Sunday-school Exercises.
11 o’clock.
14. Sermon by Rev. T. C. Boykin, Slate
Sunday-school Evangelist.
3 o’clock, p. m.
15. Children’s Mass Meeting—Conduct
ed by Rev. T. C. Boykin. Brief address
es by Brethren Warren, Tharp, Ross and
others.
16. How to use tlie blackboard—By C.
B. Ellis, Rev. S. Boykin and C. C. Smith.
*7 nV’f rw'ir i* at.
17. Sermon by Dr. S. G. Hillyer.
Address to tlie Nmiitety HeliooDior the
State,
Tlie following address lias been sent
out to the Sunday Schools of tlie
State, and is intended to arouse interest
in the plan of devoting one day in the
year to the children. The idea is a good
one. In Macon, however, it is anticipated
by the Union celebration, which lias been
observed now many years in this city :
AN ADDRESS TO TIIE SUNDAY SCHOOLS OF
GEORGIA.
Office Georgia State S. S. Ass.
Atlanta, Georgia, February 6,1S80.
At the last session of the Georgia State
Sunday School Association, held in Ma
con, it was suggested by prominent gen
tlemen that a certain day in tlie year be
appointed, to be observed by the Sunday
Schools ofthe State, to be .called the
“Children’s Day.” The suggestion was
adopted, and it was referred to tlie Execu
tive Committee to appoint tlie day and to
devise the plan of its observance. We
have appointed May 1st. We have thought
that tlie most appropriate and useful ob
servance of the day would be to hold every
where in the Slate mammoth Sunday
School celebrations. Such gatherings will
so impress the public mind with the mag
nitude of the movement in. Georgia, and
they will serve also to inspire afresh Sun
day School workers.
We address you to notify you of these
facts and to request you to coo)e ate in
working out this great idea. Where
county associations exists it seems to us
best tliat all the schools in the county
should join together at some convenient
place. In many counties that are not yet
organized into associations, this might be
well, and the grand gathering would fur
nish a splendid occasion to organize the
county. Each county and school, how
ever, will know best as to bow and where
it should celebrate tlie day, only let the
spirit of Christian unity aud brotherly love
prevail. In any case, let every school fall
in ranks that day with tlie grand Sunday
School army, which will stretch from the
mountain to the seaboard.
We will rejoice in God, aud in bis name
we will set up our bauners; for “be lias
given a banner to them that fear him,that
it may be displayed because of the truth.”
J. C. Courtney,
Chairman Executive Committee.
W. A. Candler, Secretary.
trance of the hall at the close of a perform
ance, and obstructing the egress of those
who have been enjoying the performance
on tlie inside. Along the sidewalks,along
the stairway and up to the veiy entrance
of tlie hall, m solid ranks of masculinity,
staring at the faces of tlie ladies as they
pass. This should not be so, and above
all things, crowding should be avoided.
Those who engage in it should remember
that it is Terj’ disagreeable to the ladies
who attend the theatre. This habit is on
tlie increase, we regret to see,
As a general thing, however, the be
havior of audiences in Macon is above
criticism. Macon’s people are cultured,
discerning and appreciative, always are
pleased to encourage true talent, and
when called on to pay its tribute of praise
to genius never fails to respond.
A Maniac,
Yesterday, Mrs. Kittie McDonald, of
Bartow county, while on her way to the
Lunatic Asylum at Milledgeville, evaded
the vigilance of her two guards and jumped
headforemost through the car window,
near Hampton, while the train was run
ning at full speed, receiving several
exceedingly serious, if not fatal wounds.
Medical aid was promptly administered,
andshc was enabled to reach the city on
the next train. She is a raving maniac.
CAREERS AND STAMMERING!
Office In Lanier House, Macon, Geor-
Ki«.
Cancers are radically cured by Dr. Mo
ses & Son, of Virginia, without the use of
the knife or caustic, with a purely vegeta
ble compound. Indolent and irritable
ulcers, tumors and wens, successfully
treated by an entirely new process. No
chloroform or ether used. Persons are
greatly deceived in regard to the first
symptoms of this most dreadful disease.
Waiting too long, cany thousands to an
untimely grave, after weeks and months,
and sometimes years, of intense suffering.
To prevent this, if you have a kernel or
lump in the breast, face, or any other
part ofthe body, have it cured and avoid
the consequences. Persons who do not
understand tlie treatment of cancers will
tell you it is no cancer, to let it alone, it
will give you no trouble; but after it is
too late, they will tell you it is a cancer,
and they cannot cure you. All those af
flicted will please avail themselves of this
opportuniiy at once. Hundreds of cancers
can be seen at our institute on exhibition.
Since our arrival in the city, we bave
several patients under treatment, who are
cured.
The duty off quinine did not save much,
as that drug is not as extensively used as
before the invention of Tabler’s Portaline,
to regulate tbe liver, and cure diseases
organ. Portaline will cure torpid liver.
—New York hotel keepers are serious
ly contemplating an advance in prices. _
They affirm that provisions are rising in A A . Menard; John In
price, servants , command higher wages, j j^. Bank in, Massenburg & Co.; Hunt,
and the cost of keeping a hotel is greater 1 Rankin & Lamar, wholesale and retail,
than It was a year ago. 1 fcblO-lw ■ -
The|RetolI Hons* of Messrs. Julian
A to.
The success of the firm whose name
forms the caption of this notice, for the
past few years, has been most remarka
ble. Purchasing in 1670 the heavy re
tail department of Messrs. Ross & Cole
man, they have not only met every pay
ment and cancelled the entire indebted
ness then incurred, but havegone on add
ing to their business and extending their
store accommodations until now they
claim to have the largest exclusively dry
goods retail establishment in the State.
Within tlie past year, two new store
rooms, fronting upon Cherry street, have
been merged Into their original quarters,
so that the visitor entering on Second
street beholds a crowded vista of hand
some and tastily arranged merchandise
extending back one hundred and thirty-
five feet, and expanding at the Cherry
street entrance to seventy-five feet in
width. A commodious cellar and upper
apartment, also, will soon be utilized by-
the firm to accommodate their constantly
increasing business. The name of Julian
& Co. is a synonym for gilt-edge goods.
There is no such word as “shoddy” in
their vocabulary. And yet, by the aid of
an abundance of capital and a far-seeing
sagacity, they are able to offer the most
tempting bargains to their numerous cus
tomers. Just now, particularly, when
goods are kiting upward, thanks to the
foresight which caused them, months ago
before tbe rise, to lay in an elegant and
immense stock, they are able to compete
with any of tlieir rivals. They offer a su
perb line of Hamburg embroideries, and
tbe newest and prettiest styles of spring
dress goods, prints, percales, etc., to tlieir
lady customers. Let them call and see
for themselves.
If courteous proprietors, an efficient
and obliging staff of assistants, and choice
goods should insure a liberal patronage,
then Messrs. Julian & Co. must certainly
do a rushing business tlie ensuing season,
Mr. Julian, the senior proprietor. lias just
left for New York, and will supply every
possible want of tlie establishment.
Have Your Mattresses and Feather
Beds Done Over.
There is no postulate more truthful
than that a well aired,properly constructed
couch is an important essential to good
health. Ofttimes the germs of fevers and
contagious diseases linger in the bedding
of a family long after the sick have re
covered, and there is no apparent cause
for disease. Hence tlie necessity not only
of sunning frequently ali bedding con
stantly in use, but from time to time
having it taken to pieces and cleansed
either by washing or fumigation.
Our citizens are fortunate just now in
having in tlieir midst an adept in that
kind of work, who comes backed by the
highest testimonials from Augusta. We
allude to Mr. James Macbeth, whose at
tractive advertisement may be seen else
where. This gentleman, assisted by bis
son and expert workmen, is provided with
a patent steaming apparatus which disin
fects, thoroughly loosens, fumigates and
cleanses tlie feathers of a bed, or the
wool, hair, cotton or moss of an ordinary
mattress so effectually as to leave each
material perfectly light and inodorous,
The contents are then replaced and each
bed made over anew.
Tlie writer paid a visit to the establish
ment of Messrs. Macbeth & Son, and saw
his machine-at work. Tlie steam is con
ducted into a small cylinder which revolves
inside of one of larger size, the feathers
or other material being placed outside of
and around the former. From the small
cylinder jets of steam constantly issue
through apertures made for the purpose,
and by means of a crank a rapid rotary
motion is given to tbe whole, causing tlie
separation and thorough steaming of every
feather or fibre of cotton or wool. This
process is continued unil tlie work of
cleansing and fumigation is thoroughly
done.
For hospitals, boarding houses and fami
ly use this invention is simply invalua
ble. Under its operation the feathers and
wool part with every impurity and expand
to double their volume.
Some of our best citizens are Mr. Mac
beth's patrons, and though lie has left Au
gusta, packages of bedding continue to be
consigned to him for treatment here.
Read and give heed to his extensive adver
tisement.
REPLY.
We print, by request, the following
lines which are in answer to some unpub
lished verses written to a member of tbe
Belshazzar troupe on the occasion ofthe
trip to Columbus:
Dune N.tare Iron abundant "tore*
a riigard o't tunes proves.
A- d <ive-> with •tiut. out charm alone
Even to those ah • lotei.
Kottf p-dame baa »b* proven to you,
G vine with care.
Bo* - penei «i"*e her Irvin* he rt,
Acd ta.wered ab unrevus nfcsre.
rs-m, where each gr*c<
i lorn-a lovely vtoe;
While music, verve and • waetevt son*
Adorn no move treiuol.
This 'ribute to thjr mod-st worth
And tenth* gmc- 1- given
ty one who hor.ora * ft' co rare
Aa Q-ewiaera pom Heaven.
*air d.
Arrest or a Notorious Ttalef and
Forger.
Frank Lark, a mulatto about twenty-
three years old, who has perpetrated a se
ries of crimes and misdemeanors, was ar
rested yesterday about noon by Messrs.
Adair and Henderson, members of the
Macon police.
In December last, Lark stole a trunk
from Dennis Dokcs, in Toombsboro, con
taining valuable papers and $250 in cash,
For this deed he was arrested, but suc
ceeded in making bis escape, and has
eluded detection until yesterday.
It seems tliat Lark had purloined seve
ral warehouse receipts for cotton stored
in Cochran in tbe name of James Hinson,
who resides nine miles from that place,
These he brought to Macon, accompanied
by forged letters of credit from Mr. Hin
son, predicated upon the cotton. The
letters were addressed to several mer
chants who promptly advanced the money
on them. Soon after suspicion attaching
to Lark, he was arrested and lodged in
the police barracks. A telegram from
Cochran also established the fact that the
letters aud cotton receipts were all for
geries.
In the possession of Lark were found
two valises and a trunk filled with new
clothing, and another lot of warehouse re
ceipts from the same parties. The gay
Laik was having a good time generally
when arrested, spending his money freely
upon boon companions.
The amount realized on his forged pa
pers in this city was $185, of which only
abont $20 will be recovered.
Lark was escorted to the depot by a
scare or more of his friends, and seemed
to be perfectly indifferent as to future con
sequences. A more Caring villainy was
never perpetrated upon a community. The
culprit will be tried ior his numerous of
fenses at Cochran, and we trust will have
the fullest measure of justice meted out
to him.
—In 1856 the Mississippi River steam
boat ’Effie Alton ran against the Daven
port, Iowa, bridge, and went to the bot
tom. On last Thursday an iron safe,
containing several thousand dollars, was
raked up from the bare bones of the
wreck.
—A striking evidence of the return of
better times to this country is found in the
fact that the number of immigrants who
arrived at the port of New York for the
year which ended January 31, 1880, waa
greater by over 60,000 than during the pre
vious year.
Macon, February 21,1880.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: In
your issue of the 20th instant, in a report
of a majority of a committee appointed
by the Commissioners of tbe bonded debt
of the city of Macon, I gave no reasons in
my dissent from tbe conclusions reached
by a majority of the committee; but as
there is much adverse criticism upon the
action of the minority of the board, and as
the question is presented in a somewhat
different view from tliat heretofore taken,
I have concluded, in justice to myself, that
I should present briefly the reasons why I
differ from tlie conclusions reached by a
majority of tlie board and the anthority
upon which I base my opinions.
The board has decided that tlie $25,000
of bonds known as the Ross bonds should
not he exchanged for new bonds, for the
reason that they did not properly consti
tute a portion of tlie bonded debt of tbs
city at the time of the passage of the fund
ing act of 1819, and never having been is
sued are not properly a city debt. Tbe
board having no power as a court their
opinion binds no one legally.
The Ross bonds were issued by act of
the Legislature of 1877. They were reg
istered in the Secretary of State’s office at
Atlanta, as provided by law, and they
were also put tipon tbe registry of
the Treasurer of the city of Macon.
Said bouds were not charged against the
City Treasurer “on his ledgerfor the
simple reason that they never went into
his hands, but were otherwise used by
resolution of Council.
By our Jaw a decision of our Supreme
Court is made as bindiug upon the people
ot this State as a statute.
In the 52 Georgia, page 621, case of
Alfred Shorter et al. vs. The Mayor aud
Council of Rome, et at., are the following
head notes
1. “Bonds issued by a municipal corpora
tion Laving lawful authority to issue such
intruments, are, in the hands of innocent
purchasers, binding, notwithstanding ir
regularity or fraud in the manner in
which they were placed upon the mar
ket.
2. “Power vested in a municipal corpora
tion to make all contracts which it might
deem necessary for the welfare of said
city, includes the authority to issue bonds.
3. “Certificates of indebtedness issued
by a municipal corporation, receivable in
payment of public duties, are binding up
on tlie city, notwithstanding the fact that
PERSONAL.
Mr. W. H. Kirr, of New Orleans, is
registered at the Brown House.
N. C. Wall, of Cincinnati, Ohio, is
registered at the Brown House.
Mr. John Walls, of New York, is
registered at the Brown House.
Mr. F. S. Brown, of Baltimore, is in
the city, stopping at the Brown House.
MR. George H. Watts, the popular
young shoe drummer of Savannah, is in
the city, the guest of the Brown House.
We are always pleased to see the Colonel’s
smiling face.
Colonel John Stim, Jr., of Atlanta,
is registered at the Brown House.
Mr.J. R. Mason, of tlie Mitchell
House, rhomasville, Ga., is spending a
few days in the city.
Major M. J. Donnelly, of Savannah,
is stopping at the Brown House.
Mr. Wallace Shumann. of New
Ybrk, is registered at the Lanier House.
Mb. C. W. Lamar, of Montgomery, is
registered at the Brown House.
Mb. W. Frank Smith and wife, of
Leadville, Colorado, are registered at the
Brown House.
I. J. Traywick, of this city, left for
Sandford, Florida, last evening.
Bishop Beckwith is at the Brown
House.
There were registered at the National
Hotel yesterday Miss Louise Clark, of Al
abama, Mr. George J. Paine and wife,
of Chicago, Illinois, and Messrs. Joseph
Allen, Thomaston: R. W. Respass, But
ler; J. R. McCrary, Geneva; R. F. Smith,
New York; E. M. Brown, Georgia.
CMCERS AND STIMMUIIU CAN BE CURED
It would be wo’l for all in lhi« community
and vicinity who are vfllxTed wi h either of the
ab iv* d si rowing ard hte-lomr maladies, or have
■cruful, u> lumen-, wens, moles, etc. which thin
WUuld bave removed, to consult Dr. Hoses with -
out any f rt'ier delay. His stay in Macon is lim
ited to the ! 6.b ol March, ut.d there is no timnio
b-lortin the pr*tni»e«. R-member. a cloud of
wi'n ssei attest the truth of the Uoctoi’s (kill.
Oifiee. LanitrHoute, Mscsn. Ov
l«b£2dswtf Da. MOSES* SON.
The New York Fire.
New York, February 21.—The smok
ing ruins of the burned Broadway stores
attracted crowds of lookers-on this morn
ing. Near the alley, on some timbers
leaning against the partly fallen wall of
No. 388 Broadway, was discovered tbe
body of fireman Dougherty lying flat on
its back, when it was soon dragged from
the ruins. His face was unrecognizable,
and the head and arms charred. The
trunk was comparatively unharmed, but
the feet were burned off and the legs were
lumps of hardened coal. A careful scru
tiny of the ruins revealed no trace of Cas
sidy, liis missing comrade, but it is thought
tliat bis body will certainly be found un
der the timbers. These cannot be removed
until tbe debris has sufficiently cooled to
allow the bracing of the hanging parts of
SKSS'S’lJ .he w.ll.n,l,.y, which .he*™..
The above decision has been realiimed
in the 57 Ga., page 274, in which it was
held that a party with whom bonds were
deposited, obtained a good title, although
the party depositing them had no title,
and his act criminal.
From the above authorities, my conclu
sions are irresistible. The debt is biuding
upon tlie city, if the city, by its proper au
thorities, the Mayor aud Council,made the
debt and received value for it.
To refuse this exchange, the city will
loose one per cent, on $25,000 for fifteen
years, making $5,750. The question made
that said bonds being hypothecated for ad
vances at less than tlieir value, and that a
portion of the city currency lias been de
posited as collateral at fifty per cent, of its
face value, and is therelore not properly a
city debt at the passage of tbe funding act,
and therefore, there is danger of tlie board
funding more than tbe debt due by tbe
city.
It is surely the duty of tlie city authori
ties through lier finance committee to bring
all creditors with whom any of her prop
erty is deposited to a strict settlement and
to see that no unfair advantage is taken of
tlie city. Their acts will be of record
subject to the inspection of any tax-pay
er. To suppose otherwise would be to
impugn the capacity or integrity of the
gentlemen who compose the finance com
mittee of the City Council with whom the
people’s money is entrusted, aud I feel as
sured that in this matter, we have no right
to question them without cause.
The city currency, like money, is a
binding debt from the day it was issued,
however illegal it may bave got into cir
culation.
In this, as in other matters at issue, I
believe that tlie calm, dispassionate judg
ment of the court, will concur.
I regret to differ with the majority of
the committee, who, by their standing
aud financial ability, were entitled to the
f eatest consideration, but in this matter
trust tliat public opinion, or no other
power on earth, could influence mo con
trary to my calm judgment after a full
investigation of the subject.
Respectfully,
John P. Fort.
Rough on Colonel Hardeman.
Tbe Cuthbert Appeal says:
We are reliably informed that the elo
quent and venerable President of the
State Agricultural Society, came near be
ing seriously injured while in Cuthbert.
Rumor says that at a reception given by
one of our citizens, where music and mirth
reigned supreme, the Colonel, forgetful of
his silvered locks, was easily led upon
the floor, where he kept time with his
feet, saluting his partner, swinging com
ers., etc., until foiced to retire, declaring
he was “bellowsed,” and insisting that
the music be stopped until he could
recover. At the Colonel’s request, made
early in the evening, none but the square
dance was participated in.
Additions to the Public Library.
Happening in at the Library last even
ing, we found tlie indefatigable Librarian
(Mr. Herbst) busily engaged in unpacking
several hundred volumes just received
from Mrs. Hutton, of Savannah. On s
hasty examination we found in the col
lection many valuable books, both of an
cient and modem date, among which
were Campbell’s, Bums; Mrs. Heman’s
and Mrs. Norton's poetical works, Wa-
verly gems,Gray’s, Elegy, twenty volumes,
Bentley’s novels, full set of Marryatts, the
English court, etc. This makes over
1,000 volumes deposited by Mrs. Hutton
in our Library—an example worthy of
imitation by our own citizens.
We also noticed among the recent addi
tions to the Library a splendid copy of
Hall’s arctic exploration, Hood’s Advance
and Retreat, Mrs Iiryan's new book
“Maucli,” and some interesting, govern
ment publications from Hon. J. H.'
Blount and Senator Hill.
We are gla.l to see continued evidences
of the vigorous growth of this excellent
institution, and to know tliat tlie applica
tions for membership during this month
have been more numerous than usual.
fall every moment.
Under a mass of rains lie also three
latge safes of firms that occupied the build
ing. Upon recovery of these depends the
full estimate of losses which can now only
be approximated.
Mr. Hazen, of Hazen, Todd & Co.,
states their loss would certainly approach,
if not exceed, three hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars. This amount is lully in
sured. Reflloer & Co.’s loss is estimated
at three hundred thousand dollars. James
Wilde, Jr., & Co., had just moved into
the building and cannot estimate the value
of their property which was a total loss.
It will exceed a hundred thousand dollars.
Ail offer of two hundred and sixty-five
thousand dollars was recently refused for
the building. It is fully insured and will
be immediately rebuilt. The origin of
tlie fire remains a complete mystery. Ha
zen, of Hazen, Todd & Co., said this
morning that tlie boiler and engine were
in (he rear part of tbe building in a sub-
basement. At half-past five o’clock, he,
wi(h other members of the firm and some
of the employees went to the main floor
and were sitting in the rear talking when
suddenly without warning, a rush of black
thick smoke came up the rear stairway
and filled the room and we barely escaped
with our lives. The engineer below got
out under the grating and was saved,
London, February 21.—The Russian
arrested on tbe 17th inst. in the Champs
D’Elysees, Paris, charged with being con
nected with the Moscow explosion, is
named Karl, alias Mayer, alias Hartmann,
and is believed to be tbe same man wlio
rented and occupied tbe bouse in Moscow
whence tbe explosion of tlie mine under
the railway was operated. If this is es
tablished to tlie satistaction of the
French Government lie will be surrend
ered as a common murderer, although
there is no extradition treaty between
France and Russia. The statement pub
lished this morning that some reactionary
deputies have applied for the man’s re
lease, but were told that if it appeared
that tlie man was connected with the
Moscow attempt lie would be surrendered
to the Russian autiiorities is erroneous.
Tbe fact seems to be that three leaders
ofthe Republican groups, not reaction
aries,asked Premier De Freycinct whether
tbe man is charged with a political or
common law offense, and the Premier re
ferred them to 31. Caseat, ‘ Minister of
Justice. A , dispatch from Paris says M.
Caseat claimed for the Govemmeijt pet>
feet freedom, (o take whatever course it
might think advisable, and to assume the
entire responsibility.
M. Taillander, Republican member of
the Chamber of Deputies, expressed his
dissatisfaction with this reply, but said he
wotild refer it to Ins .colleagues at the
next meeting of the extreme Left.
The irreconcilable organs are highly
indignant at the, arrest, and regard tlie
alleged offense as absolutely political.
San Francisco, February 21—At
special meeting of tbe Board of Health to
day, the report of tbe committee appointed
cn the second instaut to investigate tbe
condition of tlie Chinese quarters was read.
The report details the state of affairs found
to exist there, and, its disclosures of crowd
ing, filth, disease, crime and utter disre
gard of all considerations for the peiser-
vatlon Of life, health and proporty are
even more startling than had been expec
ted.
The report closed with a recommenda
tion that Chinatown be condemned as a
nuisance, and calls upon the proper au
thorities to take the necessary steps for
its abatement without delay.
The report was unanimously adopted,
and it is expected that immediate action
will be taken to carry out the views of the
board. The workingmen are greatly
gratified at the action taken, which, it is
believed, will meet with but little opposi
tion, except from parties directly iutcr-
ested.
financial anb Commercial.
Macon Cotton Statement.
Office Telegraph and Messenger,
February 21.—Evening.
The market to-day was quiet at 12Jc.
for middling.
Received to-day by rail . . .
by wagon. .
Shipped
Sold
STATEMENT I
Stock on band Sept. 1,1879
Received to-day.......
previously
2
13—
230
15
49223—40238
At a regular meeting ofthe Macon Med
ical Association, tbe following resolutions
were unanimously adopted aud ordered
to be published:
Resolved, 1. That as members of the
great brotherhood of physicians, we fully
appreciate the relations which we sustain
to society, as conservators of the public
health, and in the consecration of onr
time and energies for the relief of human
suffering, and for tbe cure of disease; but,
in our experience of life’s realities, we
equally recognize the force and sanctity
ofthe divine law, “the laborer is worthy
of his hire.”
Resolved, 2. That in order to meet the
demands made uponu3, and in accord
ance with the custom of all business asso
ciations in our city, we consider our bills
payable and collectable at the end of eve
ry mouth, or at the conclusion of the _ _ _
treatment of a case. (uplands 7|; middling' Orleans 7}. Re- | Rankin & Lahiar, wholesale and retail.
J. R. Duggan, Secretary. I ceipts 18,790 bales, of which 15,900were 1 ftblO-lw
40468
Shipped to-day ....... 0
previously 45714—45714
Stock ou hand this evening
Received' same day in 1879
S754
22
LATEST TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS
COTTON.
Liverpool, February 2 L-Eoon-Cotton
easier but not quotably lower; middling
American. Sales 7,000 bales, of which
1,000 were taken for export and specula
tion. Uplands low middling clause Feb
ruary and March delivery 7 11-32; March
and April 7 5-16; April and May 7 11-32®
7 5-10; May and June 7i@7 11-32; June
and July 7 13-32®7J; September and Oc
tober 7 15-32; October and November 7
1-16; November and December 6 15-16.
Futures dull.
Liverpool—3:00 p. m.—Sales of Amer
ican 0,150. Uplands low middling clause
March and Aprildelivery 7 9-32; April aud
May 7 9-92; May and June 7 5-10; July
anil August 7 1:5-32; August aud Septem
ber 7 7-16. Futures closed weak.
! New York, February 21.-Noon-Cotton
nominal; sales 186; middling uplands 13J;
middling Orleans 13 3-16. Futures opened
steady; February delivery 13.C5; 3Iarch
13.00; April 13.20; 3Iay 13.49; June 13.06;
July 13.76.
New York—Evening—Net receipts
855; gross 855. Futures closed •steady;
sales 12S.000; February delivery 12.96;
March 12.96-97; April 13.17-18; May 13.37
-8S; June 13.57; July 18.66-68; August
18.74-76; September 13.25-30; October
12.47-49; November 12.17-39.
Cotton closed nominal; sales ISO; mid
dling 13|; middling Orleans 13 3-10. Con
solidated net receipts 20,900; exports to
'ireat Britain 3,283; continent —; channel
France—.
Galveston, February 21.-Cotton quiet;
idilling 12J; low middling 12|; good or-
inary 12; net receipts 1,659;* gross —;
,les 270; stock 71,757.
Norfolk, February 21.—Cottim quiet;
huddling 12|; net receipts 2,55$ gross
; salesJ572; stock 29,242.
Baltimore, February 21.-Cotton quiet;
middling 13$; low middling 12$; good or
dinary 12{; net receipts 116; gross 431;
sales 115; stock 23,626.
Boston, February 21.-Cotton quiet; mid
jlling 18$; low middling 12J; good ordi-
hary 12$; net receipts 222; gross 580;
Sales—; stock 15,757.
j Wilmington, February 21 .-Cotton dull;
[niddling 12$; low middling 12$; good or-
tiinary Ilf; net receipts 75; gross —;
sates —; stock 0,517.
Philadelphia, February 21.—Cotton
quiet; middling 13$; low middling 13$;
good ordinary 12$; net receipts 297; gross
1,151; sales 652; to spinners 034; stock 18,-
299.
1 Savannah, February 21.-Cotton easier;
middling lsj; low middling 12$; good or
dinary 12; net receipts 2,511; gross—;
sales 2,800; stock 65,591.
I New Orleans, February 21.—Cotton
yasy; middling 12f; low middling 12|;
good ordinary Ilf; net receipts 10,854;
gross 11,754; sales 2,150; stock 370,851.
I Mobile, February 21.-Cotton easy; mid
dling 12$; low middling 12§; good ordinary
12; net receipts 199; gross —; sale3
2,500; stock 00,416.
Memphis, February 21.—Cotton quiet;
hiiddling 12§; receipts 2,013; shipments
; i,401; sales 1,050; stock 119,574.
Augusta, February 21.-Cotton easier;
middling 12f; low middling 12$; good or
dinary Ilf; receipts 113; sales 339.
; Charleston, February 21. — Cotton
P :; middling 13; low middling 12$;
ordinary 12$; net receipts 1,021;
. 500; stock 49,180.
FINANCIAL
London, February 21.-2Voon-Ene 49f.
Consols 98 3-16.
Paris, February 21.—Three per cent,
rentes 82c. 50c.
. New York, February 21.-JVoon-Stocks
opened irregular; money 5®6; exchange,
long $4.83$, short $4.86; State bonds dull;
government securities steady.
New York—Evening—Money 5|SC;
exchange $4.83$; government securities
quiet; new 5 per cents lOSf; 4$s, 109;
4s, 100$; State bonds dull.
Stocks closed irregular; New York Cen-
ral 132$; Erie 47«; Lake Shore 1C6$; Illin
ois Central 104; Pittsburg 110$; Chicago
and Northwestern 92$; do prefe*rred 105$;
Rock Island 151$; Western Union Tele
graph 114f.
Sub-Treasury balances: Gold $100,447,-
304; currency $6,S51,442.
The weekly statement of the New York
associated banks, issued from the Clear
ing House to-day, shows tlie following
changes: Loans, increase $354,000; Spe
cie, decrease $5,140,700; Legal tenders,
decrease $1,180,500; Deposits, increase
$4,472,930; Circulation, increase $117,430;
Reserve, increase $2,841,975. The banks
now hold $7,492,450 in excess of legal re
quirements. >
Liverpool
MEAL
1 3 Sal *0
75
Hotted
8J
Grits
4 59
FLOUR—Fancy, per barrel
Choioe
Hr tin family
Family
8 00a8M
8 09
7 75
7 M
Extra
6 50
C0FFK k—Con mon
14
Macon wholesale Market.
BACOX- Shoulder. none
Clear Jib ndta eviaSV
BCI.K MKAT8—Ohoiidera sjf
Clear rib tidea 7N
H\ Ms-Cboieeaugar cur.il II
BAGGING-Dixie, IX lb 10K
Globe, IX lb 10*
Union Star. IXlb..... 10K
LAED—In bbU Sa*
In tuba i 9
In burketa IdalOX
GBAIN—(Las, white, bj car Led... 7J
Miied. by car load none
Oats, feed «S
Buat-prooi seed 95
17
18WB19
56x37
X5X
PRODUCE.
Baltimore, February 21.-Flour firm;
Howard Street and Western superfine
$4.75®$5.25; extra $5.50®$0.25; family
$C.50®7.25; Rio brands $7.2507.75; Pa-
tapsco family $8.00. Southern wheat firm;
Western higher; Southern red $1.40®
$1.45; amber S1.5O0S1.55'; No. 2 Western
winter red spot and February $1.50; April.
$1.50. Southern corn firm; Western higher;
white 60002; yellow 51*0591. Oats dull;
Southern 470)48; Western white 40047:
Western mixed 45040; Pennsylvania 47
04$. Provisions steady. Pork $13.00®
$13.25. Bulk meats (loose) shoulders 5;
clear sides 7; do packed 5$ and 7|. Bacon,,
shoulders 5$; clear rib sides 8. Hams
10$®11$. Lard, refined in tierces 8$.
Cqtl'ee (inn; Rio in cargoes 14$® 15$. Su
gar steady; A sott 9$. Whisky quiet at
$1.11. Freights dull.
Chicago, February 21—Flour dull
and nominal. Wheat active, firm, higher;
No. 2 Chicago spring $.24$; No. 3 do
$1.10®$1.12. Coro stronger at 37$. Oats
quiet and steady at 32$. Pork strong anil
higher at $11.95. Lard nominally 7.25.
Bulk meats strong and higher; shoulders
4.25; clear ribs 6.65; clear sides 6.85.
Whisky steady at $1.07.
New York, Februaiy 21.—Coffee firmer
and fairly active; Rio in cargoes 14$@16$;
do in job lots 14$®! 18$. Sugar dull; fair
to good refining 7$®7$, prime 7f; refined
steady and in fair demand; standard A 9$.
Molasses quiet and unchanged; New Or
leans 38052. Rosin quiet at $1.45®
$1.50. Turpentine strong at 45. Wool
fairly active and firm; domestic fleece 45
®C0; pulled 30058; unwashed 18040;
Texas 20041. Pork higher but veiy quiet
at $12.25. Whisky nominal at $1.10.
Freights firm.
New Orleans, February 21.—Coffee
higher; Rio in cargoes 14016$. Sugar
firm; inferior 5$; common to good com
mon 6$@7, fair to fully fair 7®7|; prime
to choice 7$®7|; yellow clarified S$®8$.
Molasses quiet and weak; common 30033;
fair 86038; centrifugal 30042; prime to
choice 42052. Rice firm at 607$.
Louisville, February 21,-Flour quiet;
extra $4.50® $4.75; iamily 553>5$05.5O;
A No. 1 $5,75®$0.25; fancy $0.50®$8.00.
Wheat firm at $1.25. Com firmer; white
44. Oats steady; white 40. Pork steady at
$12.50. Lard firm; tierces 7$. Bnlk meats
firm; shoulders 4.2504.37; clear ribs 6.62$;
clear sides 6.87. Bacon firm; 'sboulders 5.00
clear ribs 7.20; clear sides 7.50. Sugar-
cured bams 9010$. Whisky steady at
$1.06.
Cincinnati, February 21.-Flour quiet.
Wheat firm at $1.20. Com higher at 39.
Oats weaker at 37. Pork steady at $12.00.
Lard firm at 7.25. Bulk meats steady;
shoulders 4.25; clear ribs 6.50; clear sides
8.62$. Bacon firm; shoulders 5.£5; clear
ribs 7.25; clear sides 7.00. Whisky firm
at $1.06. Hogs quiet.
St. Louis, Februaiy 21.—Flour firmer.
Wheat higher; No. 2 red fall $1.29$; No
3 do $1.25. Com higher at 34$®$. Oats
higher at 33$. Whisky steady at SI .07,
Pork higher; jobbing a); $12.40. Lard high
er at 7.15. Bulk meats strong; (car lots)
shouldere 4.0004.10; clear ribs 6.50®
6.60: clear sides 6.0500.75. Bacon firmer;
shoulders 4.9004.95; clear ribs 7.30; clear
sides 7.50.
Kair
Gom
Prim*..'.
Java
MOLV*fcgs—Uboic- Cuba, hhda..
Cfcoic* Cubs, tar/ela
Suuailnuse, hhdf
SuKsibouae, barrels 30
bUG xR—Golden U 8X
Brown 85**
O Coffee 9 S'
BxtraC White 9Ji*X
Standard A 1W4
Graculated 10*
Pnwtlrrel aid Crashed 11
CBACKBBS—Soda 7
Cre-.ni 9*16
ftinxer. 10
8:rawhe rv It
Fancy IS
CANoLKh—Star IS
MATCHBS-B. W.. in papar. 9 80
R. W„ in wood S SB
NULS-baxis 10i * 00
8T1BCH 6
SHOT-Urop * 0O
Buck 9 IS
BALL POTASH — BahbeU’a. 3 to
Bojal S 10
Marling 3 10
PEPPBK 18
Si-lOB to
GINGER 19*
MJTMB'58 1 teal »#
GLOVBS 58
CIGARS—Her l,«oo “7a*60
Cheroot, .9
SSUFy—Lorillard’i, Jar. -9
IiOiilLrd’a, {nil TO
TOBACCO—Common *0
Medium 0'a60
Lucy Hiuton .... SI
bine. 75al SO
Shell Road SI
CHBB3H 1GX*17
RICB .. 7a7X
POTATi"IKS—(Northernte ditns)—
r arly Bote 9 75
PeerloM 2 7S
I* oo 1 rich 3 00
Pink Eje 4 CO
ONlOiS 8 SO
MACON HILLS % SHIRTING 8
3UCON MlblS 1 tSUBETING 9
PEES OK DOOTGBP.
Tbs fee of doctois is an item tbat Vfliy
many persona are interested in j ist at pree-
0 t We believe tbe schedule for visit! is
*3, which aouid lax s man confined to his
bed for a year, and in nred of a daily visit,
ovo. a year for medical attendance
alone. And one single bottle ot Ilcp Bitters
taken In time would lava tbe $1 OOu and all
the year’s lickneaa — Poet. feblS 2w
Tbs rose Ind opening to the morn.
Wnile j* t ihe d-.w hvi ga on tbe thorn,
Exhale* leu i wedee-s than i- wont
Ta bre* the from lips tbat BOZOCONP
Has ttuihsd with a toft crimson glow
That shows the dxzz ing te.th iff eo.
feb.8 Iw <
F„ OM EMINENT WILaiFR EiilNTCN, M.
D., BALlIMOF.E.
I bave need Coldtn's Liebig’s Liquid ex*
tract of Beef aud Toaia Invigorate* in my
practice, aud bave been conch grat.lied with
the lean t. As a to Jo in ail ca*ta of debili
ty. weakness, anemia, chlorosis, ito , it can
not be ecrpassid
Sold bj John Ingalls, Macon. feb!8 lw
NAVAL STORES.
Wilmington, February 21.—Spirits ol
turpentine steady at 44. Rosin firm;
strained $1.17$; good strained $1.22. Crude
turpentine steady; hard $1.55; yellow dip
$2.55. Tar steady at 1.10.
MARINE NEWS.
New York, February 21.—Arrived—
City of Columbus, Bothnia.
.Arrireci out—Iota.
Hometcard—Luigi Accame, Pensacola;
Hederi, Pascagoulag
An acquaintauce of ours obtained re
lief when suffering with piles by using
Tabler’s Buckeye Pile Ointment, tbe bes
remedy for piles in the world. Price 50
cents.’
For sale by A. A. Menard, John In
galls; Rankin, Massenburg & Co.; Huut,
H'NfcY WARD BEECHER AtKi A QUB8*
TION.
On c un lay, Jannaiy Ilih last. B6V. Henry
Waid Beecher, in PI; month church. Brook*
lya pre ch cl io a crowd. Thetixt was from
F.ra» Timothy, vi, 10—“For iho leva of
money is the loot of all evil.” “Men may
say v mt tbsy plexse about despising monsy,
but bo rational man dees despite it. The
most liKorocs saint to whom a million is left
is quite williDg to sesume tne elewardahip of
it. While dealing in stories is ss legitimate
when stocks repr sent sotual properly as is
ibe dealing in wool or tho produce ofthe
lum, yet gambling in st.cks ia not legiti
mate, and yet it takes place unbluebingly,
am *t nrrebnkedly and increasingly. Why
ahuul i not lotteries cx'et when churches are
lull of them, when cathedrals ato opened
fi l,d with the mobt ingenious scbimss, when
church fair, are carries on with ilie moat un«
b mbit g g-m.-s of ot ano", when a regiment
ii airelhui: us foods by lbs most notorious Of
lo.tcries—wbat buBiues* have wo to rise np
in jadkin'nt ? ’ The ll8.n Grand Monthly
Drawn g»f the LmiS'ana fct&te Lottery will
take place at New Orleans. Louisiana, on
Tuesday. March 9eb. It is fur he came of
Edncttnro and Charity. For $2 you may re
ceive $31,COO. Addrees
SI a. Dauphin. NrW O.Ieare. La., or
axu.6 person at No. 3.9 Bioadsay. New York
o.ty, N. Y. i bU-lw
jim lV.ntl w'ssomiiiHir a»<up.
Bov. Sylvxnn* Goth thus writes in <he Bos
ton Ohiietixn F.oemxn: Wo wend by no
means recommend any kind ct medicine
whchwedidiot kio* to to good—putieu*
fitly fur infants. But of Mrs. Wmslow’s
Soothing Bytnp ws osn tpeik from *■ nowledge;
ia our own family it has proved a blessing
indeed, by g<vmg an infant troubled with
colic pries, quiet tleep. acd ita pMeets un
broken rest at t ight. Ilort pan uta can ap
preciate tbfa, bless cgs Here is an article
which works to perfection, and which ia
harmlers; for the bleep which ii aff jrds the
iefint is perfectly natural, and tbe little che»
rab xwa.ts as “bright s» a button.” And
raring the p:t cets or teething. Us value is
raoricublo We havefrrq-.enll, h*,rd moth
ers say they would not be wi'hout it from the
birth of tbe cbil > till it bad fiuiebed with the
teetbiog siege, on any ccmideration what
ever. Boiutyalidrcggiets. 25 cents a bot
tle. deeiS lw
GUARD AGAINST CONSUMPTION,
tbat life destro; ing sccurgo, by promptly
aubdnieg with the aid of Parker’s Ginger
Tonio every attack of Cot-gb. Cold, or Sore
Throat. There is notbirg like it- Acting
powerfullv upon tbe blood and tkm, and the
mucous en faces • f tbe ttroat anr nogs, it
speedily tv*re»mea there oatipncus disor
ders, pi’r vents ihe development of the dreed-
ed CrnsumprioD. and removes all i»‘n and
ententes mm the large. It is woi deifally
tfilaxcioie in Dyjprpilo iCl ctlcb«, ana give*
rhu mott comftrtmg ro'ioi from riexdJche,
Dietresb in the Stomach. Nsnoarn-rs. Low
Spirits, Wxke’nlnes*, Palpitation of the
Heart, Huaitbnru. oto. It ie r n'ates the
Biwels correc e both cncatuial lcx eenesi
and constipation ard etimulates the .iver to
healthy action Buy a 5) cent or $l bottle
ar d try it. Bold by all firet class Cingaiats.
For’sale by Bo'ard B Hal). j d23 8m
BHECMATiaJI
This dreadful torment, the donri* isll ns,
e in the blood, and knowing this to be true,
*e advice every sufferer to tiy a bottle of
Derang’s Bhenmalio Btmidy. It is taken
eternally and will positively cure ibs wont
-see, in the shortest lime bold ty every
iruggist in H-con I an 14 CAw8m
Whleh is i henpest
A oaikvce of Duct's Durham, ecntsinln
swaniy pip, lulls ol tho b*ia suifc.nn toba ee
mate or on* common rtcarf teach coats 10
cents antfdAw
W9GMY—“Whj wu ru imoae teaman
rohwco, when they can by Mar burs Xros.
4? Al. OP NORTH CABO j,!.- .*t she save
cr.ee. _
wanied.
Sherman A Co, Marrhal), Michigan, want
an agent in this county *' one* at a eriaty of
$100 per mouth and expenses p id. For
f a ii •>"•*—•—* address jb above
feblidawly
GRAY’S SPECIF C MEDICINE,
rap.DE MARK. TUB yeatTRADE MARK.
I' rial r m
I edy. At un
.•s«, failing ire fur
■jiM ? F teml'-d tak*
Ai ne*«,Spnrojr.1.
ff crihem In pi-
Uncy. and *11
iliacasc.* tbiia
Before Tamgquence of at-u.After Taking
aH’se; isa Irfg of it* ur. vtr'-ai b>Fituil-
p*in ibehack, dimo*** cfvit>fc«r, pniratr*
uld age. i d mur\ Oilu v *i>«tK t lb*t } a d ton
Sftnity and coimumpiion *nd a pxttLattre *r
lull jariiculars \n «ui ptimh e».«tii>h
s jetn pend Ire* Ly n l toeT«*r> r»r« 1 h© «
cificJKedicine i> *old t> all drtrici»tsai $1
p*clane, e rail f«r$5 «U| l-o smt
br xbbiI on r» ceii»t«I lb*- rue* ey by h.’d* e» i
the 6E Y VJiWLlNfcCO, N« 0 Meri» n
B oc», De'roit. Mich, told in *t*d ©
bin* **»
A OAKi >
To all aha are luffenn* Iron, tbe errors and
^discretion* of youth nerron, weakness, early
decay.iosa of manhood, etc. I will aend a roeipa
that will cure you. PRES *>k OHAbGB. The
a mat reraodv waa discovered by a tniaatonery ha
Buoib A marie*. Bend a *elf ertdrfcbaed envaopa
to tb* Rev JoeerOi f Truces. Clarion D, New
lark. . i