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MACON, GEORGIA, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1871.
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Tb<* AIiiIhiiuis »nil CIinttHiicogn Bail*
road.
Clovebdalx, Dade County,) ■
Angast 25, 1871. )
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : The Ala.
hamaand Chattanooga Railroad is attracting
much attention everywhere jnat now. It is a
big thing, for the nonce in a state of suspended
snimation. That you may judge of the dban-
inn with which the Stantons spent money on it,
read the figures below, furnished mo by one of
its late offioers:
Bonds endorsed by the State of Ala-
b.ma 8 4,728,000 00
Interest on bonds endorsed, paid by
the State of Alabama......: 638,240 00
Alabama bonds loaned the Company. 2,000.000 00
Bonds endorsed by the State of Geor
gia ‘ X 194,000 00
Interest paid on do. by the State of
Georgia 15,620 00
Chattanooga bonds .*.... 65,000 00
Sidetracks, eta, endorsed by Ala
bama 480/00 00
Second mortgage bonds, nnendoraod. 2,700,000 00
Third and fourth mortgage bonds se
cured by publio lands 3,000,000 00
Floating debt,. 2,900,000 00
l.abordebt.. A 050,000 00
Amount necessary to complete tho
road .... ^ 500,009 00
Amount necessary to equip it as first
class ••••..••••.••••I 1,000,000 00
. - . $18,770,700 00
Extending from Chattanooga to Meridian on
the Mobile and Ohio Uoad, 295$ miles, this
road is built two-thirds of the way in a massive
atvle, unsurpassed by any in the country. The
balance of tho way it was built hastily, and is
not finished. ..And yet tho above figures are
frightful—being double what any of our good
railroad men in Georgia wonld have expended
in its construction. Alabama will lose nothing
however, as-she is secured by mortgages on tho
road. Besides its construction will compensate
B Alabama in many ways. It is the shortes!
I route on an air lino from Now Orleans to New
I York, and will lake the through business from
I all competing lines. Thon it opens np to mar-
I ket the fertile and beautiful valleys of North
I Alabama, s6' lofig lockod in by mountains, and
I will develop amongst the very finest coal and
I iron fields on the continent. It is probable, too,
I it will become an associated road of the Sonth-
I em Faeiflo. But alas! whilst Alabama will be
I benefltted, hundreds of confiding people on its
| line will be ruined, unless the Stantons come
I back with pockets full of money to pay them—
I an advent looked for now by fow, bnt which
I everybody wduld hail with delight.
WHAT WILL DO WITH THE HOAD.
| The Stantons haying failed to provide for the
I interest on tntf bonds, Alabama, through Gov.
■ Lindsay, hM paid ihA arrearages dno in January
I and July last And now Alabama lias tho nick elo-
8 phant on its hands. In Juno last, Gov. Lindsay
K went to New York and satisfied himself tho Stan-
I tons were hors du combat; and, after paying the
I July interest he returned home and seized tho
I road in Alabama, wbioh is about 240 miles. He
I baa since secured its possession in Mississippi;
I but in Georgia and Tennessee he is met with an
I array of attachments and other legal processes
which cover the road and its rolling stock with
a bristling epidermis of litigation. In this di
lemma, Alabama has retained and availed her-
herself of the professional services and advice
of Messrs. Clanton & Clopton, Pottns & Troy,
of Alabama; CoL Baxter, of Tennessee; and
Kisbets 4 Jackson, of Macon, Ga. And after
careful consideration it has been determined to
file bills In the chancery courts of all tho States
through which tho road runs to settle its debts
and bring it .to sale. Proceedings will accord
ingly soon be instituted. It will be a hugo liti
gation and harvest for lawyers, as a variety of
liens and clashing claims have to bo settled.
THE OEOKGIA UAH.HOADS AND THE WESTEEN BUSI
NESS.
When one comes np this way and sees what
is going on, the reluctant oonviclion is forced
upon him that the Western business will, at no
distant day, be diverted from tho Georgia roads,
which have enjoyed it. Louisville and tho Lou
isville and Nashville Bailroad Company are en
ergetically pushing on their subsidized lines of
roads by Nashville and Decatur down to Mont
gomery. Cincinnati, refused a charter for its
road by tho Kentneky Legislature, has devised
and launched a grand competitive scheme of
roads, with which to measure arms with Louis
ville for the Southern trade. It was regnlarly
organized at a meeting of railroad Presidents
about six weeks ago at McMinnvillo, Tenn., and
extends throngh Kentucky and Tennessee, to
Huntsville, and thence by Gadsden and Opelika
down to Eofaulo. Tho powor of railroad com
binations and commercial capital will send
Western trade and travol, for Alabama, Florida,
portions of Mississippi, and Southern Georgia,
over these rival Louisville and Cincinnati lines
with all reasonable oertainty. And so Georgia
has made a good trade in tho lease of tho West
ern and Atlantic Bailroad, and the Central a
miserable pocr one in the leare of the Macon
. and Western. In two years all tho Georgia
roads that do not catch these great Western cur
rents will have to depend on local business, and
most of them will dry up. Atlanta, the won
derful creator of this Western business, soes
her danger, and will avert it if energy and pub
lio spirit ean do it. Augusta and Macon seem
to have made up their minds to tho result, anil
each is casting about for nn “ Euthanasia.”
Manufacturing may save Augusta, and the road
to Knoxville come to Macon's relief, provided
it ean be built
A NOVEL LAW SUIT.
When at Knoxville, Tenn., a few days since,
I heard of a novel and important law suit
Among the enterprising houses of this live town,
Cowan, MeCluog 4 Co. stands conspicuous, as
one of the largest wholesale dry goods houses _at
the South. This house satifiod itself that on its
business for Inst year, it paid $40,000 more
freights than if it had been located at Memphis.
Seeing ruin staring them in the face, Cowan,
MeClung 4 Oo. have instituted suit against tho
East Tennessee and Georgia Bailroad Company,
toreooverthe money. Able lawyers are em
ployed, and they are sanguine of success. Oh!
what a tale Macon merchants could tell of like
discriminations, and how our whole people
bleed and suffer by what is called “throngh and
local rates,”a system cunningly devised to stick
the beak of remorseless extortion into every
man’s produce and business. And yet, strange
to say, a few Maoon men have been aiding tho
great monopoly, to bring every interest as food
into its voracious jaws. In England, these dis
criminations had tc be cured by act of Parlia
ment. In Illinois, after a sharp fight, the rail,
road monopolists were whipped, and a saving
law enacted. And in other States the great bat
tle of “Ammageddon"’ will have to be fonght
between tho people and these grasping corpora
tiona. J. A- N.
Supreme Court on tlie Relief Law.
Laubexs Hill, August 28, 1871.
Editors Telegraph arid Messenger : I have
heard that tho words “ Ye knew your duty, but
ye did it not,” aro written upon the walls of the
infernal regions, to intensify and perpetuate
the bitter pangs of remorse felt by those who
are doomed to inhabit those gloomy regions for
ever ; and I have no donbt it is a reflection that
gnaws the conscience like “the worm that never
dies.”
The relief men of Georgia, throngh their
organ, the Supreme Court, it seems to me, are
trying to fa den some reflection of this sort upon
the minds of our unfortunate and mnch injured
class of creditors. For one, I emphatically dis
sent from the decision of tho Court, both in re
ference to the constitutionality of that law, and
in the construction pnt upon some portions of
it by the Conrt, in their late decision. They
take the ground that by the law the creditor was
allowed six months to pay taxes and file bis affi
davit, thereby trying to make it appear that it
is entirely the fault of tho creditor if he has
been “ denied tho aid of the courts," for the
reason that at any time before the expiration of
six months he might have paid taxes on notes
not given in ns solvent debts previous to the
passage of tho law, and that this gracious pro-
visioH of the law keeps it from being a pen
alty or from impairing the obligation of
contracts. If this can really be rendered
tho proper construction of tho law, I most
confess it is not a coDStrnotion that satis
fies my judgment. A plain straight-forward
fanner never could havo construed it in that
way I am snre. The wording of the bill, and
the common-sense meaning of words will not
admit of such a construction. The wholotenor
of tho bill from begining to end is intended to
cripple tho creditors at every step, and it closes
the door forever against him who cannot swear
that “all legal taxes chargeable by law have
been duly paid for each year since the making
or implying of said debt or contract,” and if he
had not done this, six months or six hundred
months could not enable him to file an affidavit
that he had done it. Making an affidavit with
somo people is a very serions matter of con
science, and in matters of conscience, wo allow
no ono to dictate, or tell us “what is truth.” We
do the swearing and mnst be permitted to judge
for ourself. Tho law requires an affidavit that
“all legal taxes chargeable by law have been
duly paid for each year,” and this certainly
means that tho taxes mast have been paid when
due (duty-paid) for each year; and it cannot
mean paid at any other time, or paid ont of due
season. This is tho only fair construction I am
able to pnt upon the law, and of course in my
judgment, it does impair the obligation of con
tracts, and inflicts a penalty without the proof
of gnilt. I say without the proof, because re
fusing to file an affidavit is no certain proof
that tho taxes have not been paid. That omission
might have resalted from a fixed and dogged
determination on the part of the creditor not to
bo pnt to any moro trouble, expense and in
convenience in collecting tho debt, than was re
quired by tho laws existing at tho time the deb-
was contracted ; or in other words, from a de
termination on his port not to be pnlled and
hanled abont by an cx post facto law.
More than six months havo elapsed since the
relief law was passed, and it comes with a bad
grace, for tho conrt no w to decide that an oppor
tunity for six months after tho passage of: the
law was afforded tho creditor to pay his tax to
tho Comptroller General, and thus comply with
tho law and secure tho aid of tho courts, (we
nover know boforo that tho Comptroller General
was a tax collector) and if tho tax requirements
of the law could havo been so easily arranged
with him as the conrt decides, why did it not
give ns tho benefit of that opinion sooner ? No
body cares for their opinion now. Nobody cares
to be told how they might have done, when it
is too late, or how they might have complied
with the law and had a trial before a jury. Bnt
there is ono thing we wonld like to know, and that
is, how mnch a noto on a tricky debtor is worth
in tlioso loose and slippery times? and now
mnch tax any sensible man would be willing to
pay on such a papor, even to secure so groat a
boon as not to be “denied tho aid of the courts”
—how mnch? This tax talk is all bosh. TheSu
preme Conrt very well know that a resort to a
forced construction was the only possible way to
keep tho law from coming in direct conflict
with tho Constitution of tho United States; and
rather than let it do this, they discard the com
mon acceptation of ideas convoyed by English
words, and give it a construction which in their
judgment keeps it from being expost facto, and
ono that does not violate the Constitution of tho
United States, or, at least, a construction which
comes less in conflict with that instrument than
a straightforward, common-sense construction
of the law wonld do.
Did tho makers of the relief law intend to
give the creditor any such chance to pay Ins
tax as that held up by the Supremo Conrt? I
cannot believe they did. Neither would I be
lieve if they were to say so themselves; be
cause if they had so intended they could have
made the law plain enough for all to understand
it, and besides such a presumption is not char
acteristic of the man who made it. IVe say to
the whole concern, they are welcome to all tho
glory there is in robbing creditors by expost facto
legislative enactments, and if .their feelings of
philanthropy and good will toward men have
improved by the operation they are welcome to
that too. If they ride upon the topmost wave
of popularity and eDjoy all the honors and
emoluments of office, we envy them not. If
they make all the debtors rich and the creditors
poor let them go it. Pnt ns on a gopher hill
and we can still live with a clearer conscience
than they who cut a dash upon moneys fraudu
lently obtained by the aid of corrupt laws. One
thought moro, and we close. We do not love
an equitable settlement, so-called, less than
some other men, bnt we do love the Constitu
tion of onr fathers more, and wonld be prond
to seo tho old land marks kept np both for our
good and for tho good of posterity.
A Cbeditoh.
two or three feet, have been traced to a length
of. ten or fifteen feet in a light sandy soil.”
The quality and position of tho fertilizing
matter will determine the direction as well as
the quality and number of the roots. Where
the mannre is applied superficially the develop
ment of the roots i3 near the surface. “Nobbe
allowed com to grow in a poor clay soil contain
ed in glass cylinders, each vessel having in it a
quantity of a fertilizing mixture, disposed in
some peculiar manner, for the purpose of ob
serving its influence on the roots. When the
plants had been nearly four months in growth,
tho vessels were placed in water until the earth
was softened so that by gentle agitation it could
be completely removed from the roots. The
latter, on being suspended in a glass vessel of
water, assumed nearly the position they had oc
cupied in tho soil, and it was observed that
where the fertilizer had been thoroughly mixed
with the soil the roots uniformly occupied its
entire mass. Where the fertilizer had been
placed in a horizontal layer at the depth of one
inch, the roots at that depth formed a mat of
tho finest fibres. Whore the fertilizer was sit
uated in a horizontal layer at half the depth of
tho vessel, just there the root system was spher-
oidally expanded. In the cylinders where the
fertilizers formed a vertical layer on the interior
walls, the external roots were developed in num
berless ramifications, while the interior roots
were comparatively unbranched.”
Where the soil is naturally sterile the plant
sends ont comparatively few roots, feeble in
organization, and when once severed by the
plow or hoe, they are with difficulty supplied by
the formation of new roots, and the plant is
necessarily retarded .in its growth, and sheds its
frnit. Where there is an abundance of food the
loss of a few roots is scarcely felt; for in an
incredibly short time rew roots spring ont as by
magic, and the plant pursues its onward course
of development without feeling the shock.
Plants have the faculty of decomposing salts
of lime, potash, iron, and soda, where they are
found in an insoluble state in feldspathic, mica
ceous and ferrnginons deposits, and appropriat
ing them to their own use, and the presence of
humus or decaying vegetable matter greatly aids
them in this process. Thus you perceive that
the action of manures is not merely in supplying
the elements of ammonia, phosphoric acid, lime,
potash and salica, found in bam yard mannre,
and well prepared composts, bnt it aids the
roots in seeking sustenance from all collateral
sources of nutrition. Yon will readily perceive
that land which has been deprived of its vege
table and mineral elements of nutrition by long
and unremitting tillage demands for its success
ful cultivation the highest degree of agricultural
skill, far more than tho writer or our friend
‘P.” possesses, although I presume the latter
has few superiors among the followers of agri
cola ; for when the plant arrives at a certain
stage of development, sufficiently advanced to
enablo it to send ont its roots to any considera
ble distance, the application of the taming and
shovel plows is an exceedingly hazardous ex
periment, on account of the want of recupera
tive power of the plant, for many roots are
destroyed which may be very tardily supplied,
and the crop receives a pormanent check to its
growth.
When the soil is naturally fertile or artificially
made so, abounding in plant food, the roots ex
tending but a short distance, and in great num
bers, tho deep culture system may bo practiced
with far less detriment to the plant. This fact
was illustrated, two years ago, by Mr. Gustin,
who, if I recollect aright, plentifully enriched
his land, and cultivated his cotton crop with a
subsoil plow, and when a disastrous drought de
stroyed the crops of his neighbors, his cotton
retained a green, luxuriant growth, and matured
an abnndant yield of fmit. It is, therefore, not
so mnch in the -method of cultivation as in the
poverty of oar land, that onr success in plant
ing is so often rewarded with “hope deferred.”
We aro prone to contrast onr experience in good
old ante-bellum times when our lauds were
fresh, and Cnffee was lithe and pliant, with the
prenent, when tho virginity of our soil has
passed into the “seer and yellow leaf,” and
Coffee is obdurate and self-willed. Then we
skinned and butchered our land, and having
gleaned our last penny worth of substance from
its ever willing bosom, with Cnffee and onr
fiocks and herds we migrated to more abnndant
pastures and a virgin soil to repeat the same
rontine of impoverishment and waste.
In our altered oirenmstanees we must follow
the beacon lights which applied science suspends
over the pathway of progress, and nse every
available means for increasing our stock of do
mestic manures. I am acquainted with a young
planter who, dnring the last year, with four
mules and a stock of cattle, made manure
enough to enrich sixty acres of cotton, and the
crop of the present year bids fair to return the
proprietor a yield of one hundred per cent, in
excess of the production of the natural soil.
Mannre is the cornucopia that pours her golden
treasures into the lap of industry. Let _us
therefore curtail the area of crops that require
close tillage, and make one acre prodace as
mnch as three do now; diversify our products
by cultivating more extensively small grain and
root crops. Then will onr granaries, as of yore,
be filled to overflowing; Cnffee will be more
dooile and efficient, and we will once more en
ter upon the road to prosperity and wealth.
N J. P. S.
Baker county, August 30, 1871.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
TESTIMONIALS:
It may be observed thatno attempt is made to hunt
up out-of-the-way or unknown places to find names
to endorse this medicine ; it is appreciated right at
borne, and wherever it has been used. All that is
asked is to give it a trial, and we have no fear of the
TRY
Simmons 5 '
LIVER DISEASE and Indi
tion prevail to a greater exte
than probably any other malady,
relief is always anxiously soug
ter. If the Liver is regulated
action, health is almost i
secured. Want of action
er causes Headache,
Jaundice. Fain in t'
Cough, Diiziness, S
Bad Taste in the
attacks. Palpita
D e p r ession <
and a hundre
HARDEMAN & SPARKS
Shoulders,
ir Stomach,
Mouth, Bilious
tion of the Heart
the spirits, or Blues
other symptoms
N*S LIVER REG-
is the best remedy for
ever been discovered It
[y, effectlly, and being a
notable compound, can do
r \ It is harmless in every
"it has been used for 40
and hundreds of . the good
great from all parts of the coun
try will vouch for its virtues.
Regulator.
We most respectfully refer to
Hon. Alex. II. Stephens. _
Jno. W. Beckwith. Bishop of Georgia.
Geo. S. Obear, ex-Siayor of Macon, Ga.
Hon. Jno Gill Shorter, ex-Governor. Alabama.
Gcnoral Jno. B. Gordon. . . „ _ ,
Rev. David Wills, D. D., President Oglethorpe Col
lege
Bishop Pierce, of the M. E. Church of Ga.
GeD, W. S. Holt, President S. W. R. R. Company.
Rev. J. B. Felder, Perry, Ga.
Col. E.R. Sparks, Albany, Ga.
C. Masterson, Ksq., ex-Sheriff Bibb county.
Dykes and Sparhawk, Editors Floridian, Xallahas-
soe, Fla.
Rev. J, W. Burke. Macon, Ga.
Virgil Powers. Esq., Superintendents. W.R. K.
Grenville Wood. Woods’ Factory, Macon, Ga.
Hon. C. B. Cole. Judge Superior Ceurt, Ga.
C. A. Nutting, Esq., President City Bank, Macon.
Stephen Collins. Esq., ex-Mayor, Macon. Go.
J. B. McNairy, Esq..firm of Lord andMcNairy.New
TV. *P. Goodall, Cashier City Bank, Macon, Ga.
J. F. Winter, Ksq., Columbus, Ga.
W. H. Risley, firm of Hairell and Rislcy, N. Y.
Hon. James Jackson, firm of Howell Cobb and
James Jackson.
R. L, Aott, Columbus. Ga.
J. H. ZEUJN 4 00., Macon, Ga.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS,
aug 12tf
SAVANNAH CARDS.
EDUCATIONAL.
LIBERAL CASH ADVANCES ON
COTTOjST.
GROOVER, STUBBS & CO.
Savannah, G-a.
R ESPECTFULLY inform tho Merchants and
Planters of Georgia, Florida and Alabama,
that their LARGE FIRE-PROOF WAREHOUSE,
capacity 25,000 bales, is now ready for the Btorage
of cotton, and that they aro bow prepared to make
liberal cash advances on cotton in store and to hold
a reasonable length of time, charging bank rates of
interest. If you want monev, send vour cotton to
GROOVER,'STUBBS 4 CO.,
aug29 dSm4w4m Savannah, Ga.
SAUNDERS, GOODWIN & MILLER,
COTTON FACTORS
—AND—
Commission Merchants,
14G BAY ST., SAVANNAH, GA.,
—and—
91 SOUTH ST., BALTIMORE, MD.
Liberal advances made on consignments.
Agents for Chesapeake Guano.aug30 3m
L. 3. OUna.VETB. JOHN FLANNERY
Is. J. 6UILMARTIN & OO.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants
BAY STREET, SAVANNA II, GA.
AGENTS FOR
BRADLEY’S SUPERPHOSPHATE OF LIME,
Jewell’s Mills Yarns, Domestics, etc., etc.
BAGGING AND IRON TIES ALWAYS ON HAND.
Usual Facilities Extended to Customers.
aug20d4mw6m*
W. DUNCAN. J. H. JOHNSTON. M. MACLEAN
DUNCAN & JOHNSTON,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants
92 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
Will make liberal advances on Cotton and other
Produce consigned to us.r.ug20dAw6m*
JNO. W. O’CONNOR,
WHOLESALE DEALER IN
BUMS, ALE AND PORTER.
And solo agent for his Premium Whisky,
Old Monongahela Rye.
X X X X.
Just received—
15 barrels nm WHISKY,
100 caseB CLARET and ST. ANDRE,
50 cases CLARET, (HARDY 4 CO.),
150 M DOMESTIC CIGARS,
Together with a full liinrof SEeiries. Ports.
Champagnes. Mill tit. Croix Rum, etc., all
oi which will bo sold cheap for CASH, or on time
for approved paper.
bo givon.
JNO. W. O’CONNOR,
60 Cherry street.
Jun21 toctl
COTTON
STATES
Life Insurance Co.
PRINCIPAL OFFICE, MACON, GEORGIA'
Authorized Capital $2,000,000
Guaranteed Capital 500,000
Deposited with State Comptroller for se
curity oi Policy Holders 160,000
W. B. Johnston President.
W. S.Holt Vico President;
Geo. S. Obear Secretary.
J. W. Burke General Agent.
J. Mercer Green, M. D Medical Examiner.
W. J. Magill Superintendent of Agencies.
O. F. McOay Actuary.
WESLLYAV FEMALE COLLEGE,
MACON, GA.
T HE Thirty-fourth Annual Session of this Insti
tution will open on MONDAY, OCTOBER 2,
lb7I, with the following
FACULTY:
Rev JOHN M BONNELL.D D, President and Pro
fessor of Mental and Moral Scienco and Rhetoric.
Rev COSBY W SMITH, A M, Professor of Mathe
matics.
Rev WILLIAM C BASS, A M, Professor of Natural
Scienco.
C SCHWARTZ, A M, Professor of Modem Lan
guages and Latin.
Mrs ALICE CULLER COBB, Assistant in Literary
Department.
Miss JULIA O SIJIS, Assistant in Literary Depart
ment.
Miss LAURA A BARKSDALE, Assistant in Liter
ary Department and Teacher of Calisthenics.
ALBERT N WHITNEY. Professor of Music.
Mrs JULIA H WHITNEY, Assistant in Music.
Mias MARIA KING, Assistant in Music.
Miss JANE KENNEDY, Assistant in Music.
Mrs ET CROWE, Teacher of Drawing and Paint
ing, and Assistant in Music.
TERMS PER ANNUAL SESSION.
QSFrayable Quarterly in Advance.Jgy
Tuition in tho Regular Course § 90 00
Tuition in the Preparatory Class 67 50
Incidental feo (paid by day scholars) 3 00
Board (including fuel, Washing and
Lights) 225 00
Latin, Gymnastics and Class-singing without addi
tional charge.
OPTIONAL BRANCHES.
French $30 00
German or Spanish, variable, according to
number in class
Instruction on Piano or Melodeon in highest
class.................................... 75 00
Instruction in the less advancod class 60 00
Use of Piano, one hour per day : 12 00
Use of Melodeon, one hour per day 6 00
Special Vocal Lessons (siDg'le) 75 00
Special Vocal Lessons in sets, from 24 00 to 40 00
Instruction in Drawing.. 45 00
Instruction in Oil Painting GO 00
Now pupils charged from tho beginning of tho
month in which they enter, except tor board when
tho entrance is after the middle of the month.
For further information address the President.
O W. SMITH,
nngI5-til0ctl Secrctaiy Facility.
F. W. SIMS & CO.,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants
Bagging and Ties supplied, and advances made
on consignments. .
Remittances Promptly Mads.
aug20d3m
wm. H. TISON.
war. W. GORDON
TISON & GORDON,
COTTON FACTORS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
112 Bay aireci, ou»«uimu, w».
BAGGING AND IRON TIES ADVANCED ON
CROPS.
Liberal cash advances made on Consignments
of cotton. ang20-d4w6m*
MERCER UNIVERSITY,
MAOON. GA,
T HE next Term WILL OPEN in Macon, on
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1871; and the
collegiate year will extend to the First Wednesday
in July, 1872. with a vacation of one week at
Christinas. Plans for a suite of elegant buildings
are now preparing, and they will be pushod to an
early completion. Very valuable additions have
been recently made to the chemical and philosophi
cal apparatus. ' ' .
Tuition for tho collegiate year, $100; Board, in
cluding lodging, fuel and lights, in good private
families, ranges from $25 to $28 per month.
For further information apply to Professor J. E.
WnXET, Ponfield, Ga., until October 1st; and at
all times, to Rev. H. 0. Horkady, General Agent,
LaGrango, Ga.
FACULTY:
REV. J. L. M. CURRY, LL. D.,
President (elect) and Professor of Systematic
Thoology, Intellectual and Moral Philosophy,
SHELTON P. SANFORD, A. M.,
Profossor of Mathematics, Civil Engineering and
Astronomy.
JOSEPH E. WILLET, A- M., U. D.,
Professor of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Ge
ology and Botany.
WILLIAM G. WOODFIN, A. H.,
Professor of Ancient Languages.
REV. JOHN J. BRANTLY, D. D«,
Professor of Theology, Belles Lettres and Modem
Languages.
D. E. BUTLER,
S. Landrum, President Board Trustees.
Seo’y Board Trustees jnly28 toctl
A. H. COLQUITT.
JAS. BAQGS. H. H. COLQUITT
COLQUITT & BAGGS,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
DEALERS IN GUANO AND SUPERPHOSPHATES,
No. 70 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
aug20d8m*
M. KETCHUM.
A. L. HARTRIDGE
St. Lotus has inaugurated a reform among
the drinking saloons of that city, by the enforce
ment of an ordinance which stipulates that no
application for a dram-shop license shall be
granted unless it is accompanied by a petition
signed by a majority of the tax-paying citizens
in the block where it is proposed to locate the
establishment. It is found that the lowest class
of dram-shops are unable to obtain the approval
of their neighbxirs, arid the result of this has
been that some of tho lowest dens in the city
havo been closod.
From Baker County.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: Your
correspondent of the 22d inst, in endeav
oring to account for the poor com crops of this
and tho adjacent counties, assigns as the chief
cause the prevalence of the sweep culture, and
the innovation of so-called scientific fanning,
thus discarding the benefits resulting from re
searches in the application of Physiology and
Chemistry to tho art of agriculture. Allow me
to suggest that it is rather a want of a clear un
derstanding and proper appreciation of tho
principles which are unfolded by the light winch
science, especially within ibe last 30 years, has
shed npon this subject. Agricultural science,
teaches in its ash analysis, that the plant is corn-
composed of various acids, alkalies, and salts,
which are derived from mineral substances in
the soil, as well ns from vegetable hnrnus,
whioh enters largely into the composition of
natural soil; and that when tho latter becomes
exhausted of plant food, vegetable growth lan
guishes even with tho most skillful system of
cultivation. It is true, that proper preparation,
and subsequent culture, by supplying air and
moisture and enabling the plant to send ont its
roots in search for food are highly beneficial, as
well as in ridding the crop of noxious weeds
and grass; bat lands that are not bountifully
supplied with mineral substances that may be
made available by subsoiling, drainage, etc.,
and that have been exhausted of vegetable mat
ter cannot bo made productive with the most
approved system of cultivation, and with most
propitious seasona.
Now we believe that close and deep prepara
tion and surface culture are better adapted to
poor, sandy, porous land, devoid of clay or lime,
tban to rich, tenacious, clay or loamy land.
When seeds germinate, the roots are at first
formed without reference to the quality of the
soil in which they are planted. When they
arrive at a certain stage of development they
seek nutriment for self-sustenanoe, as well as
for the development of the plant proper. The
number and quality of the roots are dependent
npon the poverty or fertility of the soil. Where
they find an abundance of food an immense
number of short, spongy roots, and rootlets are
formed, and extend, comparatively, but a little
distance from the plant. You have observed
that where a hill of corn or cotton is manured
in a circumscribed locality, the fertilizing ma
terial is matted with short, spongy roots pene
trating every portion of its texture, whereas,
the adjacent hill, a few feet distant, not fertil-
ized, sends out a comparatively few weak, long,
OEND their annual greeting to their many friends
O and patrons. They aro at their old stand, ready
and willing to serve them in tho
Storage and Sale of Cotton.
They deem it unnecessary to make pledges—for
by their fruits yo shall know them.” Jndgo us by
theso—we aek no more. Your intoreat is onr inter
est ; and our lODg experience enables us to guard
and advance it. More we cannot promise—more
you will not expect.
The usual accommodations extended to those
who honor us with their patronage.
aug26 3m HARDEMAN 4 SPARES-
INSURE ON ALL POPULAR PLANS.
INSURE YOUR LIFE AT HOME.
ALL ITS FUNDS INVESTED IN GEORGIA.
ALL LOSSES PAID WITHOUT DELAY.
IT IS MANAGED WITH ECONOMY.
ITS POLICIES ARE NON-FORFEITING AF
TER TWO YEARS.
F. M. HEATH, Special Agent,_
KETCHUM & HARTRIDGE,
Jankers and Commission Merchants,
Exchange Building, Savannah, Ga.
REFEnEXCES: Moses Taylor, President City Bank,
N. Y.; P. C. Calhoun, President Fourth National
Bank, N. Y.; John J. Cisco 4 Son, Bankers, N. Y.;
Morris Ketcbum, Banker, N. Y.; J. N. Norris,
Cashier First National Bank, Baltimore; M. McMi-
chael. Cashier First National Bank, Philadelphia
aug256m
jnlStf
Macon, Georgia.
COTTON!
CAMPBELL & JOKES
Again offer their services to Planters and Mer
chants, as
Warehouse & Commission Mercliauts,
And ask a continuance of the patronage so liber
ally given them the past soaaon.
Close personal attention given to the STORAGE
and SALE of COTTON, and to the filling of orders
for Bagging and Ties and Plantation Supplies.
Refer to the patrons of tho past season. Re
member the place—
ion Warehouse, Poplar st., Macon, Ga.
P. S.—Agents for the Winship Improved Cotton
Gin and John Merry man 4 Co.’s Ammonia ted Dis
solved Bones, which we now offer at a reduced
price. sap* 3m
attenuated roots extending almost incredible dis
tances in search of food. “The roots of com,
which, in a tenacious and rich earth extend but
Of Middle and Southwestern Georgia.
"N again placing onr name before onr numerous
planting friends and cotton dealers of the State,
we do so with the assurance of our ability to suc
cessfully render satisfactory all business entrusted
to our care—pledging the usual honest effort to
Bp&re no pains in doing our whole duty.
We make the sale of cotton a specialty, using our
best endeavors to always sell on an excited market.
We return our most sincere thanks for past liberal
favors, and hope to have them continued, and hope
to have a liberal trial from those who have not be
fore patronized ns. We consider this the best inte
rior market in the South for the sale of Cotton, our
buyers being liberal and spirited business men.
Plantation supplies furnished when desired.
Liberal advances made on cotton in store.
JONATHAN COLLINS 4 SON,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants,
aug9 SOd Macon, Ga.
TH.UMA.N ifc GREEN,
aug27-3mo
A DESIRABLE FARM FOR
SALE.
S ITUATED within one half mile of Marsh all villa.
on the Southwestern Bailroad, containing five
hundred acres, two hundred cleared and three hun-
dred well timbered. The improvements of this
farm aro superior to a great many—having a large,
comfortable eight-room dwelling, with all necessary
cut-buildings, good bam and stables, new ginhouse
and screw, two choice peach orchards. Besides
thc-TC is a splendid water power on the farm suffi
cient to run moet any amount of machinery. The
farm is well watered, with cool, delightful springs
The society of this community ie of the very best.
Every convenience is to be found in this farm. If
desired, more land can he purchaesd adjoining.
Address Box 27, Marshalivilie, Ga.
angU 1m
NOTICE
WILLIAM H. BURROUGHS,
(Senior of tho late firm of Burroughs, Flye 4 Co.),
actor and Commission Merchant
80 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Consignments respectfully solicited, and liberal
advances made on produco in store. aug24 3m
THE 6fc WAIiIiIS” TIE
Diplomas for Best Cotton Tie
GRANTED BY
LOUISIANA STATE FAIR, April, 1870.
GEORGIA STATE FAIR, October, 1870.
COTTON STATES FAIR, October, 1870.
MISSISSIPPI STATE FAIR, October, 1870.
ALABAMA STATE FAIR, November, 1870.
Made of the Best English Iron
RAPIDLY AND EASILY ADJUSTED.
OCTAVU3 COHEN 4 CO.,
General Agents. 8%Y&nn&b^ Ga.
UGHTFOOT & JAQUES,
angOl lm Agents, Macon, Ga-
ANDERSON. GEO. W• ANDERSON, JR>
JOHN W. ANDERSON.
m. W. ANDERSON'S SONS,
COTTON FACTORS
AND
General Commission Merchants,
Corner Bryan and Drayton Streets,
Sevan mill. Ga.
^"LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE ON CON
SIGNMENTS. ang20 dAwGm
CHARLES N. WEST,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Wfll attend diligently to aU business confided to
his care. ang24 6m
RAILROADS AND STEAMSHIPS.
NOTICE.
MACON AND AUGUSTA RAILROAD,!
MacoX, August 19,1871. j
U NTIL further notico a tri-weeklv night freight
and accommodation train will be ran on this
ro&d as follows:
Leavo Macon Tuesday, Thursday and Sat
urday 6 30 p. xr
Arrive at Augusta 2.45 a ar
Leave Augusta, Monday, Wednesday and
Friday 7.00 P. 31
Arrive at Macon 4 45 A. 5t
This train connects with through mail train
North, leaving Augusta at 3.25 A. si.
aug20 tf S. K. JOHNSON, Supt.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE. f
MacoX axd Bruxswick Railboad Cosipaxy, >
Macon, Ga., August 5,1871. )
O N and after Monday evening, August 7,1871,
the following schedules will bo run, viz:
DAY ACCSISIODATIOX TRAIN DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCKrTED).
Leave Macon (Passenger Shod) 8.20 a. m
Arrivo at Jeseup 6.15 p. ir
Arrive at Brunswick. 8.55 p. m
Leave Brunswick 6.00 A. M
Arrive at Jessup .' 7.12 A. at
Arrive at Macon (Passenger Shed) 6.25 p. m
NIGHT PASSEXGEB TRAIN DAILY (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED)
Leave Macon (Passenger Shed) 8.10 p. m
Arrive at Jessup O^OO a. it
Arrivo at Savannah. 8.85 A. ai
Leave Savannah 7.00 r. M
Loavo Jessup. - - .. .10.20 p. si
Arrive at Macon (Passenger Shed)..... ,. 6.50 A. si
HAWKINSVTLLE TRAIN DAILY, (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED).
Leave Macon 3.05 p. si'
Arrive at Hawkinsville 6:45 p. si
Leave Hawkinsville 6.45 a. ii
Arrive at Macon 10.30 a. si
augG-tf WM. MacRAE, Gon’l 8up’t.
J. 33- BRES,
lotto! Factor & General Com. IcrcM.
No. 196 Gravier street, New Orleans.
un20 d6mw3m F. J. RAGLAND, Agent.
GUILFORD & HILL,
Musical Emporium of Georgia.
UHIYEHSITY Off ALABAMA.
TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA.
MATTHEW F. MAURY, LL.D., President.
W. S. WYMAN, A. M., Professor of Latin.
W. J. VAUGHAN, A. M., Professor of Applied
Mathematics. _ . — ...
B. F. MEEK, A. M., Profossor of English Litera-
D. S. PECK, A. M., Professor of Pure Mathematics
GEN. GEO. P. HABRISON, Professor of Military
Engineering and Commandant.
A. 8. GARNETT, M. D., Profossor of Natural His
tory and Surgeon. _ _
BEV. TELFAIR HODGSON, A. M., Professor of
Moral Philosophy.
W.'A. PARKER, Pb. D., Professor of Greek.
G. GRISWOLD, Ph. D, Professor of Modem
N. T. n £uPrON, A. M., Professor of Chemistry.
E. A. SMITH, Ph. D., Professor of Geology and
Mineralogy.
1. The plan of Instruction adopted for the reor
ganization of the University is that of Independent
Schools.
2. The discipline will be that of tho best military
institutions of the country, under the direction of
the President and Commandant.
3. An applicant for admission into the lowest
class class in the Institution mnst pass a satisfac
tory examination on English Grammar, Geography
and Arithmetic; and for admission into an advanced
class must satisfy the Professor in each school
into which he proposes to enter of his ability to
profit by the instruction to be given.
4. The scholastic year is divided into two terms,
Tho first begins on tho first Wednesday in October,
and continues to the second Wednesday in February.
The second begins at tho close of the first, and con
tinues to the last Wednesday or June following.
5. The mode of instruction is by Lectures and
Text Books, accompanied by daily examination.
6. Expenses—Tho following charges include ev
ery necessary expense per session of nine months,
half of whioh must be paid at the beginning of each
term: an
Board and Lodging ^
Washing
Fuel, Lights and Attendance zu
Hospital Fee
Music Fee
Total
7. The" estimated annual coat of Clothing, includ
ing Uniform, which can he purchased of the Quar
termaster, is one hundred and fifty-seven dollars,
It is required of each Cadet to deposit with the
Treasurer $205 at the beginning of each session,
with the understanding that he shall pay for only
what he actually receives. A strict account will he
kept of his expenses, and, if they shall prove to be
loss than the sum indicated, the balance will be paid
over to him at tho end of the year. Beyond the
amount deposited no supplies will be furnished,
until an additional deposit to defray their coat is
made.
8. A Cadet may bring with him the usual supply
of under clothing; ot outer clothing ha should
bring none excepting the suit he wears.
9. One Cadet from each county will be admitted
into the University free of expense for Tuition,
upon the recommendation of the County Superin
tendent of Education, and acceptance by the Exec
utive Committee of the Faculty.
10: Persons desiring further information on tho
subject of the University, will make application to
Prof. W. S. Wyman, Chairman of tho Executive
Committee, at Tuscaloosa.
JOSEPH HODGSON,
augStiloctl President of Board of Regents.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
NO CHANGE OF CARS BETWEEN AU
GUSTA AND COLUMBUS.
GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, 1
Georgia Central Railroad, )-
Savannah, May 27, 1871. j
O N and after Snnday, the 28th, inst., Passenger
Trains on the Georgia Central Railroad will
run as follows : ' ■
up day train.
Leave Savannah 7:15 am
Loavo Augusta 8:15 A M
Arrive at Augusta. .-... 6:38 p it
Arrivo at Miliedgeville 8:45 r m
Arrive at Eatonton .10:45 p M
Arrivo at Macon 4:61 pm
Connecting at Augusta with trains going North,
and at Macon with trains to Columbus and Atlanta.
DOWN DAY TRAIN.
Leave Macon 7:00 am
Leavo Augusta 8:16 A M
Arrive at AugUBta... 6:38pm
Arrive at Savannah 6:26 pm
Making same connection at Augusta as above.
NIGHT TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
Leave Savannah 7:00 pm
Leave Augusta 8:30 p m
Arrive at Macon 5:15 a m
Connecting with trains to Columbus, leaving Macon
at 5:26 a m.
NIGHT TRAINS GOING NORTH-
Leave Savannah 7:00 pm
Leave Macon : 6-20 p m
Arrive at Miliedgeville 8:45 f m
Arrivo at Eatonton. 10:45 P M
Arrive at August a 2:45 am
Arrivo at Savannah 6:30 A M
Making dose connection with trains leaving Au
gusta. Passengers going over tho Milledgevillo and
Eatonton Branch will take night train from Macon,
day train from Augusta and Savannah, which con
nect daily at Gordon (Sundays excepted) with the
Miliedgeville and Eatonton trains.
An elegant sleeping car on all night trains.
THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL POINTS can bo
had at the Central Railroad Ticket Offico at Pulaski
Houso, corner of Bull and Bryan streets. Office
open from 8 a m to 1 v if, and from 3 to G r M. Tick
ets can also be had at Depot Office.
WILLIAM BOGERS,
may30 tf General Superintendent.
CHAHGS OF SCHEDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, 1
Southwestern Rmlroad Company, >
Macon, Ga., May 28, 1871. )
O N and after Sunday, the 28th inst.. Passenger
Trains on this Road will ran as follows:
DAY EUFAULA PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Macon 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at Eufaula 4:58 p. m.
Leave Eufaula 7:45 A. M.
Arrive at Macon 4:35 p. m.
Connecting with the Albany branch tram at
Smithville, and with Fort Gaines Branch Train at
Cuthbert.
EUFAULA NIGHT FREIGHT AND ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Leavo Macon 8:50 p. m.
Arrive at Eufaula 10:00 A. M.
Leave Eufaula 6:10 p. M.
Arrive at Macon 5:00 a. m.
Connect at Smithville with Albany Train on Mon
day, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights. No
tra leaves on Saturday nights.
COLUMBUS DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leavo Macon
5:25 A. M.
Arrive at Columbnfj. ,r
11:00 A, M.
LeaVO CnlnmhriH . t
12:45 P. M.
Arrivo n.t Mnonn , T ...........
6:12 P. sr.
COLUMBUS NIGHT FREIGHT AND
ACCOMMODATION
TRAIN.
Leave Macon
8:15 P. M.
Arrrive at Columbus
4:45 A. M.
THIS PIANO FOR SALE AT
$ 2_0 O !
Leave Columbus. 8 05 p. M.
Arrive at Macon .--4:10 A M.
VIRGIL POWERS,
jnnlO ly Engineer and Superintendent.
ECLECTIC INSTITUTE
BALTIMORE.
37 AND 39 MT. VERNON PLACE.
Mrs. Lititia Tyler Semple, Principal.
T otr School will open, as usual, on the 18th of
September, 1871, and close June 25, 1872.
Number of Pupils limited to 40.
The Summer Session begins the 17th of April,
every year, and pupils may be entered either for
half "session, closing IstSeptember.orfor full scho
lastic session closing first week in February.
For circulars, apply tc the Principal,
julyll 2taw2m
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CQ.’S
THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA,
CHIIVA A.3STD .TA-PAKT,
Touching at Mexican Ports
ASJ) CAHKYING THE U. S. MAIL.
Fares Greatly Reduced.
O NE of tho large and splendid Steamships of
this line will leavo Tier No. 42 North River,
foot of Canal street, at 12 o’clock, noon, on tho 15th
and 80th of every month (except when those dates
fall on Sunday, and then on the preceding Saturday),
with ASPINWALL, connecting, via Panama Rail
way, with one of tho Company’s Steamships from
Panama for SAN FRANCISCO, touching at MAN
ZANILLO. ,
All departures connect at Panama with steamers
for South American ports. Departure of 15th
touches at Kingston, Jamaica.
For Japan and China, steamers leaye San Fran
cisco first of every month, except when it falls on
Sunday, then on the day preceding.
One hundred poundB of Baggage allowed to each
adult. Baggage Masters accompany Baggage
through, and attend ladies and children without
male protectors. Baggage received on the deck the
day before sailing, from Steamboats, Railroads, and
passengers who prefer to send down early.
An experienced Surgeon on board. Mecuane and
attendance free. . ..
For Freight or Passenger Tickets, or further m-
formation, apply at the Company s Ticket Office, on
the Wharf, foot of Canal street, North River, New
Y °^1 1v« F.R. BABY, Agent.
SEWING MACHINE*
T HIS Machine stands without a peer for simplic
ity, durability and variety of work.
SPECIAL PREMIUMS, GEORGIA STATE FAIR.
For the best specimen of work done on this
machine (money) S25 00
For best operator, under 12 years of age,
(gold badge of honor) 20 00
aug 22tf
Providence Conference Seminary,
BAHT GREENWICH, B. I.
BEV. DAVID H. ELA, A. M Principal.
1VTINE efficient Teachers. A first-class Male and
lNi Female Seminary. A thorough English course
of study. A College Preparatory Course. A La
dies’ Graduating Conree. A Commercial Col.ege
Course. A Musical Graduating Course. Beautiful
and healthy location—overlooking NaiTaganeett
Bay • half-way between Providence and far-famed
Newport Only six hours from New York by direct
route. Fall Term begins August 21,1871. For in-
1 formstion address the Principal, at East Green-
wich, R. I. jul22 3m
THE GREAT REMEDY
RHEUMATISM!
A CERTAIN CURE for Rheumatism, Neuralgia,
Lumbago, Sciatica and all kindred diseases.
It ie not a liniment, hut an internal remedy. It
acts as an Alterative, thoroughly rectifying that
morbid condition of tho system that induces and
keeps up those diseases- For thoee obscure p^ins
and aches in the bones, joints and muscles that
constantly afflict some people, preventing sleep
and making life generally uncomfortable, and if
not cured, ultimately crippling and disabling them
for life, it is a speedy, permanent and infallible
cure. A trial for forty-eight hours will convince
any one so afflicted of that fact. .
For sale in Macon by Dr. I. L. Hams Co.,
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar, and by druggists generally
throughout the State.
At wholesale by
Dr. J. D. HOYLE & BRO.,
s,ugl8 eod3m Cambridge, Ga.