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Telegraph <fe Messenger.
WEDNESDAY MOKNIXO. SEPf. 13. » 871 -
for Snmlor-SW
rt,
THOS. J. SIMMONS,
Of UBB OOCKTT.
Election VYadnraday. 13th Septombw-
Tt lecr»l»U Slate Fair IlnllrUn.
Tto GeStaBtoto Fair lor 1871 wiU to
Mraon, Monday, Ootobor 23d. and
Friday following. Extraordinary «**P*™“
. " ta nwmu to roako this Fair the moat ex-
are to progroaa wn “" “7 1 ._ Jlillll ,i l i e |i
tenaira mid popular h**M**F^jr£
hra • U« witnessed to the SootomnW**-
To meet all the newspaper
ao important an ooeaaion, the Tnxo
will, during the day. of Um«;
poaition, iaaue an edition to be eaBed
r.oarir Brew Kara Bnxrrzx, ^viog 0"£*“*
tclegraphio and mall news—foil *®P°
progreat of to* 0 n the
hihita, speeches and reporU deUrtred
oeeaaioa—and very *oH de*ripiion*
triala of apeed and prowem by tend “d water.
In the size of thia aheet and of He ed^ona.
will meet erery requirement o* 1518 T ..
of eitixena of Georgia and alrangera fromaU
partaof the Booth and the country,*
gather here at that time. The opportnm y
buatoesa publicity it wiU afford to b “ sin8 “““
in Maoon and every other part of the co try.
North and Booth, will be very great 'Ve win
pnbliah adrertlaementa -in thia piper for Ute
ithole jtrriod of the Krpotiiion at the n © °
dollar, an inch, allowing a discount of tw*n* «>
thirty per cent, upon advertisement* louRer
*i* inches, in proportion to length. A re
menu inserted once will be charged one dollar
per inch to length. ^Cuanr. Jozw A Kami.
ELEOTION TO-DAY. —LET SIMMONS’
FRIENDS ORGANIZE A MASS MEETING
AT THE TOLLS THIS MORNING AT SIX
O'CLOCK, AND STAY THERE UNTIL THE
LAST MAN HAS VOTED. 'VE WANT FIVE
HUNDRED MAJORITY, AND WE MUST
HAVE IT. ^
Cotton Crop of 1H70.
Wo haro a circular from tbe offlee of tho
Commercial and Financial Chronicle, reporting
the crop of laat year aa foDowa:
^Year ending Sro.1-,
1870-71. 1869-70.
Hacelpta at the shipping port* 1,032,1M 2,911,121
Add atiipmenla from Tennss-
r^a?. e '. di " Ct . l ° 228,922 153.828
Mlate Alt* to nanafaclnrra. I THE «EOBGJA PRESS.
Onr oorreepondent «‘P.," in a commnnieaUon ^ ^ of ^7Abridge San
to^ay^adrancea and eupporta tho idee tout tho j recenU ^ Tcry handsomely, by about
'* twenty of the best citizens of that place.
State ahould lend her “credit” to private adven
tnrea to manufacturing. It is hardly worth
while to waste words upon so wild a proposition;
bnt what bo says goes to show the folly and in
justice of the whole business of forcing a gov
ernment out of its legitimate functions into
Tho Sun says that James Ivey, yonngu-1 son
of Mr. Dorsey Ivey, a prominent citizen of Ba
ker county, was killed on Friday, by a negro
named Sam. He wes shot through the head
and heart, with a double-barrel gnu, loaded with
Total 6,261,977 3,064,946
Manufactured Booth, not in-
eluded in abovo 90 - 000
Total cotton crop for tbe year 1,352,319 3,151,966
Tho result of these figures isi a total of 4,362,-
317 halos aa the crop of tho United States lor
the year ending Angnst 81, 1871.
That falls abort of onr anticipations about
60,000 bales, resulting from an over estimate of
the overland movoment. Of this crop Northern
apmnere have token 1,100,196 bales snd South
ern 01,240 and the foreign exports have been
3,106,742.
Tbe Charleston Courier of tbe lltbmikea tbe
cotton crop of 1870, 4,299,081 bales, and values
it in round numbers at $800,000,000.
KNOW. WHAT HIS OTPONENT IN, THE
LORD ONLY KNOWS.
Tus CaurJBNU Enioito*.—Tne World at
tributes the unexpected defeat of the Demo
crats of California, fint, to the unpopularity of
Iheir candidate for Governor, (Haight) and the
folly of renominating him to a second term of
four years. Secondly, to the nomination of a
native Californian for the seoond place on the
Radical ticket, which drew to its rapport a large
part of the unlive population. Third, «v> vh»
“advanced” position of the Radicals upon the
aubjootof common school education. Fourth,
to Iho superior activity of tbo Radicals in the
trade. The dot, of government ia to maintoin The negro esesped.
justice and pnbltc order and protect tho people; ^ ^ . brunette ^mp meeting in
and when it is prostituted toporpooraof prireto M ^ b . very „***, ^ nei .
advratog. to any shape, whatooever, either to K ^ ^ ^ ^ chicken, in tho neigb-
bnilding Mot Mhadng WtMo- ^^Appeared,
rice, or protecting them by diacrimtwattogtoriga, of m, Mbs Lucy Linton,
and other dev ces of unequal taxation, it opens T J homaavU1 ^ woa theWor of having
^ h *•-» *- - “• —
jw. „ a. !a , s. „
of government, no boundary i» toft-no limrto. ^ uouad below ThomasviUe trying to
tion «eem« to be practicable. Wo ere hunted “£* aggregate «rcnlstion” of tho
on from step to stop—every advance fumfahtog dwi^intiafraction.
new reason for another, until Ihe togRimato Thonumvilto Enterprise reports as fol-
rmd, of government are m danger of being for- OQ ^ cotton prospect of ^ Beotion .
feited in the wild mazes of these prostitutions ^ CoTTO!t Pamar ,_ 0la ftTme „ report
and perversions. What baa not Georgia lost j ^ prospect aa anything bnt promising to thia
from embarking to tbe railroad business either section. Tbe boll worai continues its ravages,
as principal or endorser! Wo behold her now I which in some localities amount to almost a total
plunged to .vratratuMdebt-dirorderedtoUretru^oftoe^Wto
finances—corrupted to morals—with contingent shipping off the tolls and forms, and
liabilities of many millions staring her to tbe 1 muddying and scattering the open cotton. De
face and threatening to mortgage the energies sides this tbe top crop, which promised well a
. , . , , , , “ I month ago, seems to be doing bnt little, and
and labor of her people forgenerttioMtoeome. witbont 7 n ’ im p roTemen t, with a favorable and
And, bad aa onr case is, how much worse is uta faU> lt ^ prove . f»jlnre. An intelligent
that of tonlalana, North Carolina, and other | farmer told as yesterday that be did not believe
Southern States, where this insane folly of pros- the cotton crop of Thomas county would to
™’ nt lnto a men trading mi- than half aa great aa that of lest year,
turning government Into a mere trading ma Another> , ho u f.^g npon u, e best lands to
chine has made her the associate and the victim I ^ p Unted for ISO bales, bnt now
of abarpere, ahavere, and swindler*, and crip-1 hopes for only 80. Upon the same lands last
pled all her material and moral energies for the I year, with less artificial appliances, 125 bales
true and legitimate purposes of government! I were realized.
There is, perhaps, no bettor illustration of the I Of the prospects of the extension of the
danger of this oontagion—the subtle and info- I Southwestern railway from Albany to Blakely,
aive nature of thia deadly poison—than that it I the Early County News says:
is now gravely proposed to posh the govern- I Onr friend, CoL James Bnchannon, who re
men on from endoraing wretched railway spec- tnroed from Albany a few days since, informs
, “ .. , . I ns that tbe first ten miles of tho Road from
alationa into standing security for private cot- A)b|ujy to BUkely have been located, and about
ton mills, plow and gin manufactories—wagon I two hundred hands are at work upon it The
and all other trade speculations. And if | balance of the line will be located daring the
why not cotton snd com plantations end montos of October and November next Tbe
. 3 , _ . , . ... I contractors, Messrs. Maxwell & Barnwell, say
rioe swamps 7 What business has the State to they viII road to Blakely in the course
lend “ credit'* to one citizen or occupation and J Q f twelve months.
not to another ?’* I ’Wright Blackshear, Trho was confined in the
Tho great aspiration of ev<*y patriotic Geor- Cathheii on a obarge ot f OTRtTJ in TerreU
gian should now bo to put a final stop to *Stato connly> j a8t Sunday,
aid” at once and forever, and set about repair- Wo clip tho following Items from tho last
tog, ns soon as possible, the awful moral and j-^jy Oonnty Nows:
material damage which that hereby has toflictod I jXiebiosabt Wshted.—On Saturday night
upon this commonwealth. Ruin stares us in I last, having occasion to go to tho postoffiea to
the fsoo, if there is not virtne enough in onr I mail a letter, on passing one of onr groceriej
save, out of tho millions which have been or l ni.i^.iy , good missionary preacher. Tho
must certainly be wrockod, such portion of tho I Ohristians of this town are either too poor, too
wretched assets ss may be available to rednoe I stingy, or too something else, to sustain preach-
"»
IF SIMMONS’ Fill ENDS, AND
FRIENDS OF SOUND PRINCIPLES AND I that twelve montlts ago they would have scorned
EOI.IAXES, IV.LL ONUT NADEV ATTOE 23S
POLLS TO-DAY, EARLY, AND STAYX ded church member, tho young son of a good
THERE, HE WILL BEAT HIS OPPONENT engk^ ZTSZSfZg =
FIVE HUNDRED VOTES IN BIBB COUNTY, every passer-by conld not bnt see them. Is
IT IS THEIR DUTY AND THEIR INTEREST “** amis-
TO DO IT, AND WE BELIEVE THEY WILL. I Finn at Mtxvobd.—On tho night of tho 29th
■ - • —* I ult.. an wo learn from Mr. I. B. Donclass. who
Wlmt JlaUcs an I.lolntcr ? | ^‘.hore on tho next day, the store 8 hotUe of
Mr. JAMES TIN LEY having accepted the nom
inatiun of candida'o for Senator for tbo Sid Sena
torial District, will be enpputted by tbo lb-publican
party and
acpSte* HAN'T FRIENDS.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
COLLINS & LITTLE
tol t^icrry meet, Xacon, Ga.
Dealers in
WAGONS,
Agenta for ABBOTT, DOWNING & CO.'S
CONCORD BUGGIES
CONCORD WAGONS.
Tbe above work speaks for iteelf.
Agenta for the Celebrated
Studebafcer Wagons,
Rav. James Beecher, to his Brooklyn Ealo-1 Mr. Sparlin, together with a small stock of
ginra of tho Chinese, has this remark: Rood*, wrv entirely consumed by fire. The
h , . . . . -bo-n I hotel bmlding adjoining the store was also eon-
“I do not wit* to ga-the Obtoe«, Mmve aum6d _ ^ st « of tbe ho tel was oc-
CbriaUans, or **“ <^L^'“^of too cupiod as a Masonic Lodge. The property of
I do say that with , bv tho Lodge was a total loss. Disooveries were
Swedes and some atheQermana.theyareby ^ rondored it 8Ti ,,„. .u.,
far the moat desirable owtp^ratanAobmi>ver tbg of an iQCCndj .
come to onr country. There is, however, an J
objection raised to them on tho ground that | Shads*.— Mr. Richard H. Brooks, who Uvcs
WE APPEAL TO EVERY MAN IN THIS
CITY WIIO WANTS TO SECURE THE TRI
UMPH OF A SQUARE MAN ON A SQUARE
PLATFORM, OVER A DOUBTFUL MAN ON
AN OFFICE-HUNGRY PLATFORM, TO GO
TO THE POLLS AND VOTE AND WORK
FOR SIMMONa WHAT EE IS ALL MEN theyare idoUUre TlintH bo “tarn toex-1 about five miles westof Blakely, informs one
amtoo tbe accusation it will be found that the of our ciaxwia that within a cireniiof fonr miles
Chinese are not idolaters; and secondly, that in his neighborhood, twenly-nmo rntUo snakes,
HARNESS FURNISHED
Coiu'Taoixxn Cowioix*.—It would appear
from the dispatches that Comptroller Connolly'
department in New York has been entered and
robbrd ot sundry vouchers which were .supposed
to oonviet that functionary of “loading" claims
against tho city to a stupendous extent Tbe
oonviotion that Connolly himself is the robber
has inspired such a clammor for bis resignation
from Mayor Hall down, that the World says
Now York will be too hot to hold Connolly if be
don't resign.
NOW IS THE TIME TO REDEEM THIS
DISTRICT. A STRONG PULL WILL DO IT
EASILY. LET THE OPENING OF THE
POLLS FIND AT LEAST FIVE HUNDRED
OF SIMMONS' FRIENDS ON HAND AT AND
AROUND THEM, AND READY FOB WORK.
LET IT BE SEEN THAT THERE ARE
ENOUGH OF HIS FRIENDS.PUESENT TO
0 PROTECT ANY AND EVERY COLORED MAN
WHO WISHES TO VOTE FOB HIM.
II. U. Tennis.—Thia important personage
taking umbrage at the remark of onr local that
he bad “left yesterday to canyon Monroe
oonnty to the inleroat of Mr. Tinley,” contra
dicts the statement and waxes very indignant.
The Reverend Rad, says the truth is, of late he
hat taken no part to polities, but to use hia own
elegant expression, has been engaged “head
and eare" in preaching. Hs intimates that it is
a little too late for him to spread himself note,
bnt next time he will show what hia influence
to the county amounts to.
Mama, tbs Osoaoia Wiss-GEowia. —From
Mr. Martin of Outbbert, whose delicious wines
of home manufacture are already in high repute
npon the tablee of the luxurious bon titan ts ot
Savannah, we are indebted for a basket of 1ns-
eions aouppernong grapes.
They embraced two varieties, the ordinary
white or straw oolored and a deep blue berry
fragrant and beautiful, and of exquisite flavor.
Mr. Martin deserves credit for this enterprise,
and we trust his snooeas may equal that of the
oeiebratod Longworth of Cincinnati.
Act FYrtt—tINLEy"a8KING THE DEMO
CRATS, last winter, to nominate
HIM FOR THE LEGISLATURE. Act Second—
TINLEY DON'TQETTHENOMINATION. Act
Third—TINLEY ASKING THE REPUBLI
CANS TO NOMINATE HIM FOR THE SEN
ATE. Act Fourth—TINLEY GETS THE
NOMINATION, NUNS, AND IS “OATAWAM-
* POU8LY CHAWED UP.” Act Fifth—.Tnn fv
WANTS TO KNOW WEICE SIDE HE /N ON.
Con. Fixldib'i Limas.—We invite the at
tention of the reading public to a aeries of let
ters (one ot whit* appears to-day) from the pen
of thia gifted gentleman, upon questions emi
nently practical and useful to the people. CoL
Fielder to a deep thinker, and writes with ease
and graee. II# communications are —
to do good, and WiU be songbt after and read
with avidity. °
Tbi New York Son aaya that while Sheriff
O'Brien, of that city, was taking hie usual
morning walk daring a recent visit to Saratoga,
he was met by an elderly party who boastingly
Informed him that the had just drank fifteen
gUtsre of On gross water. “Woll, don't Jet me
detain yon, was hia quiet reply,
IF EVERY COLORED Man WHO STAl’TS
TO THE POLLS TO-DAY TO YOTE POT
tinley, will osly stop and ask m u-
SELF HOW LONG THE LATTER HAS Befv
A RADICAL, AND WHAT HE HAS F.YEU
DOSE FOB THE PARTY, HE WILD TEAR
UP HIS TICKET AND VOTE FOR SIMMONS.
CiutiiSTOS Iicraovoro.—The Courier Kiya
that in OOarse of conversation with a master
builder, on Satnrdey, he remarked that there
had never been a timo since the war, when so
many new buildingfl were going up, and others
repairing, ss there is now in onr c:t).
Godbx Fob Octouxb.—Messrs. J. W. Burke
& Co. bend ns the October israe of this “old
reliable" fushion magazine. It is the first fav
orite with the ladies and well merits all its popu
larity.
Dr, Hurley’s Ague Tonic
N O CURE. NO PAY, is diroctiona bo followed.
No danger in taldcg an overdoee, as we put
no poison iu our mediemes. One dollar per bottle.
Dr. Harley’s Stomach Bitters
TS tbe remedy, par exeeneo—, for all diaeasea
X arising from deb”'ty, disorders atonueb.
loss of appetite, torpid liver, indigestion, and all
kindred ailments, where a gentle and permanent
stimnlant and tonio is required. Fleaeant to take.
One dollar per bottle.
Dr. Hurley’s Syrup of Sarsaparilla'
WITH IODIDE OF POTASH.
T HIS Preparation has long been recognized by
the most eminent minds in the Medical Pro
fession as tbo most reliable, searching and harm
less alterative within the'r reach, and as a Blood
Purifier it eeitainly stands without a tivzl. One
dollar per bottlo.
their peculiar views concerning the Deity are meaaurtog from five to seven feet in length,
such as alwnyH aooompanyundeveloped civilize- hevo been kltied the present summer. Two oth-
tkm. After Vo yearV residenoe to China, I era were seen by some little tiris that were not
can say I never saw a Chinaman who was an disturbed. CapL W. n. Dnbose, who lives in
idolater nor did I over see « Chinaman who the edge of town, informs ns that in resetting
ever raw a who was an idolater. Tho some p6sts, a few days since, ho unearthed and
idolfl are used merely as symbols; they serve I killed thirty ground rattlesnakes,
to bring tbo Doily near the people: and in this I Tho Savannah locals have resumed the game
they differ bnt little from many Christians. of now Jon Me jt &nd now yon don , t Me u> with
And.upon this a very senaiblo newspaper rays ^ 8croven Honfi6 Ieas0 . Now ^ ray it is a
Mr. Boocher “has finally disposed of one, very Mr DlTi5j fnm Wilmington, who is going to
formidable objection to tho introduction of ihe {ibQW what ho know3 abont keepin g 0 hoteL
Chiricso. This raises the inquiry whether, in- Major j„ 8- ■WDliams, a son of the late
d8td « there ever was a people idolaters to tho Colonel w Thome Williams, of Savannah, and
sense of believing that the image or device wor-1 ^ tn)jwn e - Uzcn of ^ ^ djod on
shipped was per so the sentient deity ho prayed suton T .,.„ a lagt T hcrsday.
to ? We think not. A people intelligent enough A filt Iolded ^th wood rank in tho Bavan-
to oomprohend the need of a religion^of any ^ rf near tho * dty> ^ foturday niglR,
kind, must oertoinly comprehend that the in«-1 atwom£Dj m , bUa ono b lack, were
imato stone or wood they bow down to is pow-1 dr0WBed
erlem and can be nothing more than an image, I We ^ ^ following from tbs Savannah
sign or symbol of an intelligent and invisible I ^ ew(> of Monday .
deity-potent for good or eviL We cannot be- A WjOTB Bov Shot bt a Neqbo Wrrnocr
lieve, therefore, that a Chinese idolater differs I PaovociTtos.—Yesterday afternoon, abont four
to this psrlieular from any other idolater the I o'clock, a ton of Mr. W. H. Dooncr—a mere
world over. AU of them,'probably, from the lad. about raven years of age-whilst going to
. > a ,, IT rfmnlv fo* plzce of Mr. James Dooncr on tho Spring-
most intelligent to the most degraded, mmp y plantation, had occasion to pass by the
embody their ideas of the person and attributes I pi4 Ce Q f a negro named John Cooper. Young
of a sentient god in stock or stone, and-worship Dooncr was accompanied by h*s cousin, a young
it ra a sign or symbol and not as the active and ““^^l^we^Ting^ongqui^ly^
sentient god whose displeasure thoy deprecate !ie4cell biy. Suddenly, without a word of trem
or whose favor they tovoko. An idolater is ono j Dgi they were fired into by this negro Cooper,
who worships what is not tho true God. and young Dooner very seriously wounded.
, r — Young Dooner and his companion had not tres-
IF ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO DO A I passed upon tho villain’s land, nor had they any
GOOD DOT TOOK FOB TIIEIlt 8TATEI
MORNING JUST SO SOON AS THEY ALE tb# ftnna 0 f his cousin—having received the full
OPENED AND CAMP THERE UNTIL THEY benefit of a large load of No. G shot in tho fsce,
__ r in the arm, to the side and in the back. Tho
ARE CLOSED, SIMMONS WILL REDEEM 1 wcandod R d was carried by his companion to
THIS DISTRICT BY ONE THOUSAND MA- tho house of his unde, Mr. James Dooner, and
_ rT r .rarnr I thence brought back to the dty. Dr.
JOItITY AT THE LOWEST CALCULATION. | ^varing, who is m attendance, nrononnees the
WHERE'S THE MAN WHO WILL FAIL IN boy seriously, bnt not fatally injured,
suen A CRISIS ? We find the following to the Griffin Georgian,
I of yesterday :
Pebsosal.—In alaio allusion to W. H. Tison, ^ A Socui. Equaurz Pbexciieb.—Wo are in-
Esq tho senior of the firm of Tison A Gordon, formed that one Rev. Mr. Watcra is preaching
Savannah, wo stated he was bom in Florida, social eqnality to the negroes of Spalding coun-
_ ’ , , .. . „ . . ty at a colored church, near McUantzs, called
This was a mistake, as that gentleman is n na- Hosanna h church. He, it is said, sleeps to the
tive of Glynn county, and began his mercantile I houses of the oolored people, eats with them,
life as a dork in this eity. While here, to 1835,1 and ia hauled to and from church by the negro
he enlisted with the Macon Volunteers and women. He ta taking up collections, and no
served through the Florid. toriRJmtlk *££££*£ one of the oldest
Tison moved to Savannah in 18 j’, and has been ^ best citizens o[ this community, who left
engaged to business there ever since. His es- j f or Qalifomia some two months sgo, returned ...
teemed partner is tho son of CoL W. W. Gor- on Saturday last, perfectly satisfied with west- adjoinkg the lands of Thomas R Barron and otb-
of the Centre! Rdlroad. I cm life, and willing to remain anddie a citizen «. bdongmg to the estate of Garoway O-Davto
Agents for the Old Reliable
WHITEWATER WAGONS,
BARKER WAGONS,
TINGLE’S - WAGONS,
Valentino & Freeman Wagons,
SPRING WAGONS,
ONE-HORSE WAGONS.
RAILROAD DUMP CARTS,
PLANTATION DUMP CARTS.
Send for Circular.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Painters wanted.
TWO DAYS ONLY!
TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY,
Afternoon and Evening.
COURT HOUSE SQUARE.
F IVE or Bix good Honso Painters, to whom good
wages wi>l be prid, are wanted at the Fair
J Grenada. Apply immediately to the undersigned,
I on the Grounds. .
eeplO 6t W. A. HUFF.
IOGMULGEE B, & L. ASSOCIATION.
R egular meeting Wednesday, soptembor
13,1871, at 8X O'clock r. a. Shareholders
I wiU please to pay in their duee during the day and
I save fines. A. B-FBELMA«,
eep!2 2t* Secretary and Treasurer.
FOR RENT.
T HE Store now occupied by me aa a Book
Store. Also three rooms in Washington block.
sepl2 3fc J. M. BOABDMAN.
FOR RENT,
[ gTOBE under Flint House.
eop3 aunAwedtf
Friday and Saturday, Sept. 22, 23.
SUCCESS OF THE PERIOD!
CARPENTERS WASTED.
I WANT fifteen to twenty first-dass Carpontora—
men who are not afraid to work, and who know
] how to do it. Good prices will be paid to good
workmen.
Call at once on me at the Fair Grounds.
ang!8 tf W-A. BUFF.
| ON CHERRY STREET AGAIN
R. J. BLOCK, Agent, would respectfully in
form bis friends and the public generally that
[ he is again back on Cherry atreet, with a large
stock of the most choice Cigars, embracing aU the
favurite brands, and Chewmg and Smoking
Tobacco of all descriptions. His store ia
next door above Valentino’s Saloon and Restau-
MASSIVE SOUTHERN COMBINATION.
I00TEH i HAIGHT’S
TORRENT.
A FINE Store on Chany street, in tho Flantors’
House block.
„xr°
J. VALENTINO,
03 Cherry street.
TO RENT.
1 STORE in Hollingsworth Block, on Poplar st.
Possession given let October.
EMPIRE CITY
CIRCUS,
UEVUiEBIl! AND IHU(]0>.
/-.rv.. -V- T-y
■' ' 'VftSqjW
Apply to
sep3 tf
L. W. HOLLINGSWORTH.
WANTED.
A YOUNG MAN—unmuried—who can give the
highest testimonials as to character, capacity,
I and experience, wishes a situation in some Middle
Georgia county, to superintend a large farm. He
is a practical faimer, and thoroughly understands
I bis business. Address Editors of this paper.
eepStf
TOR RENT.
STORE, also a suit of rooms raitable for a cot-
tonbu
sepBtf
11 ton buyer. Apply at THIS OFFICE.
Dwelling Houses for Rent.
O NE ot tho tenoment houses near the oorner of
Wainnt and Spring streets. Also a boose on
I Spring street. Inquire at PLANTERS’ BANK.
aug22tf
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COMPETITION DEFIED.
M R. GEORGE HAY, the celebrated CANADIAN
HORSESHOED, devotes his exclusive stten-
I tion to this branch of his profession, and has made
I it a specialty for twenty-five years. He treats
I scientifically all diseases to which the feet of horses
[ t ro incident. He can be found at the carriage shop
of B. T. English, to the roar of J. W. Burke & Co’s
| bookstore. aept6-tf
i
AHOHEEMEKT EITBAORMHABY!
TOURNAMENT NOTICE.
T HE young men of the city and vicinity who may
be disposed to participate in a Grand Tonrna-
I ment during tho ootxJng State Fair are invited to
meet at the office of Oapt. A. O. Bacon on Thurs
day, tho lithinst-, at 4 p. m.
1 T. G. HOLT, Jn,
A. O. BACON.
sep9sat|thu W. W. CARNES.
CORBIN & VIRGIN,
At Walker’s Old Stand, opposite the Market,
life, and willing t
of Georgia.
Onto.—The Charleston Daily Republican, I The Rev. W. P. Harrison, formerly of the
the Radical organ of that city, suspended pub- North Georgia Conference,and recently editor of
lion tion last Friday, to use iu own language, the New Monthly (Methodist) Magazine pub-
■becauso the Republican administration at Co- iu*ed at Nashville, has resigned that position
lumbia, will its death”—the plain English of I on account of ill health,
which ia that Scott refuses to allow it to gorge I Atlanta Era of yesterday says:
at the same swill tnb whereat he and his cro-1 T.ivtnrmr.T.i Coust-Hocse Dzstbotxd.—
are feeding to fatness. If tone ont of ten Lawrenceville, Gwinnett county, Conrt-honse
of the chicken pie cocoerns Calling tfaemselve ««« destroyed yesterday morning abont one
<v aii , .. .. . , . I o clock by firo. All tho county reoords per-
loyal” papers bad their rations stopped in this ^ most 8lreunoua efforts w „ 0 ,n,de
manner they would suspend, too. I b y the citizens to rave the must vahtahle papers,
W. bnt the conflagration spread with such rapidity
TURN OUT THIS MORNING EARLY, GO I that it was found impossible to save anything.
TO THE POLLS AND STAY THERE TWL |
THE VOTING IS OtER. A FULL RALLY I J n g matches and a pistol in his pocket has been
WILL SEND COL. SIMMONS OUT OF BIBB arrested, and is suppose to be a member of the
gang who fired the building. The loss u heavy.
WITH FIVE HUNDRED MAJORITY.
We clip these items from the Monroo Adver-
Wuebe Arrx^uskDBOWtfzxiTHEHrssks.—The I tirar, of yesterday:
Sun rays that st Wallack’t Theatre on Thursday Oeddiist Potts Ixiiicted — Pluncebixo
evening. Miss Lydia Thompson, as usual, sang: I Sctroas Exrosxn.—The indictment of Ordina-
May Grant return the lot r l Potts, by the Grand Jnry at toe Uto term of
Of nreeents tliat he's got, I the Superior Coart, has occupied much of pub-
If ever I oeaao to love. iio attention daring the past few days. ^
Tho storm of plaudits was prefaced by a few became known that a thorough investigation
, SL ,. I waa progressing, various opinions were formed
feeble hisses. When the applauso subsided, the ss to the probable result, and general anxiety
hissing was reenmed, only to be again drowned j was not rat at rest until the Grand Jury report-
by band-clapping. Several times was the feeble I ed their action on Friday last, when three in-
hissing repeated, snd each time it was over- ^ents were returned in upen Court. The
, . *, JT , _ .. _ , . I firat of these charges him with embezzling pub-
whi-.u’.od with applause. The hissers numbered jjo funds; the second with official malpractice,
not more than ten to an audienoe of sixteen | and the third with assault and battery upon an
hundred. Majority for Dr. Greeley, fifteen old woman on the poor farm,
hundred and ninety. A i adi £*J examination of these charges will
J «— i I most probably occur, at the adjourned session
Evznr day seme newspaper tells us of a wo- j of court in November. Many rumors are being
man burned to death, and adds, “She was try- I circulated aa to the facts elicited. The jury,
. .. .. - .... »t .,1 * however, has very properly preserved the se-
tug to kindle a lire with kerosene. AU women mta tf tha(z icq ' ^ ez C e pt S o far as it was
who do not take the newspapers, and who do I essential that they should be commnnicatod to
take coal-oil, ahonltl at osoe memorize and sing J the court officially, and with this status of afiTaiia
honrlv the Rood old tvmn bt Rim-irig: ' h ® public mn^t r^t aatiKfled. It waa elected
uul “ • h -,. -T, ♦ * i, 1 for some days that a trial would oocor at oace,
Fa>or L.day Brown, to uaetcu u.u.gs, j it was necessarily postponed cutil Novem
ber.
The Flood.—Tho rain atorms that have oc-
[Covricr-JoumaL 1 curred for many years past have simply been
called *-freshets, ** but that last week was a real
111 every COLORED MAN WHO THINKS flood, and although not of tbe dimensions of
ra AT IN VOTING FOR TINLEY HE LS the one in tho days when arks were es^nUal
VOTING FOaSSt® BLUE REPUBLICAN daSs to the wunty were
V ILL COUNT TIP THE MONTHS SINCE | £wt , pt nwav .
TINLEY WAS ASKING THE DEMOC1UTS The bSfce on the Russellville rotd at Mc-
TO NOMINATE HIM pon TtiF T.EGISI.A- Cowan's Mill, and the dam at the same poinG
TUBE, HE WILUcO Je T JtL CONCLU- aestroyed. The bridge at Searcy's M.ll
emvrniTsrr’ii I was rendered impasaabie, and the dam floated
SION THAT bUCII bUDDLN CONV EltblONb ofl - q- ba Xowaliga was ton feet above Wilson a
ARE TOO SUSPICIOUS, AND WILD VOTE bridge. The crops on bottom lands were ma-
F0R SIMMONS. I uri&Uy injured.
things,
Pon-a oil upon the coat:
The neighbors meet at nlghfi and pray
"Have mtrey on her eonl.
Dr.Seabrook’s Infant Soothing Syrup
T HE indispensable remedy in tho nursery. No
more use for laudanum, paregoric, Bateman'a
Drops, or other strong opia'es. No bad effects from
tbe use of Seabrook's. Health to the child, reet to
the mother, and a elerr conscience to the vendor.
25 cents per bottle.
Dr. Harley’s Popular Worm Candy
r l really a“ it claims to be—a SPECIFIC—remov
ing alt wot ms from the human viscera. No ha.in
fill effect from ita use. Children love it. No dan
ger in giving an overdose. 25 cents per box.
Dr. SealiM’s Elixir of Bart and Iron,
T HE Great Tonic and Appetizer. One dollar per
bottle. AU for sale by druggists oveij where.
J. W. SEATON A CO., Proprietors,
acpI3eod&wtf Louisville, Ky.
G EORGIA, BIBB CODNTY.—Jamee Lloyd baa
applied to me for exemption of personalty and
setting apart snd valuation of homestead, and I
will pass npon the same at 10 o’clock a. at., at my
office, on the 30th day of September, IS.I.
seplS 2t a T. WARD, Ordinary.
Administrator’s Sale.
T) Yjvirtuo of an order from the Con . of Oidinary
Jj of Marion county, Ga , will he sold before tbe
Conrt-honse door to the toan of Bnena Vista, on
the first Tuesday in November next, seventy acres
of land, it being a part of lot No. 272 to the 21at
district of originally Lee bat now Mai ion county,
deceaaed. Bold for tho pmpoee of paying debts of
said deceased. Tonne cash.
, MORGAN KEMP,
Adm’r de bonis non of Q. O. Davis, dec'd.
e«pl3wtd
p EOBGIA. DOOLY COUNTY—Whereas, Tbos.
(JT J. Owen applies to me for tbo exemption of
personalty and setting apart and valuation of
IiomestoiJ, an l I will pass npon the same at 10
o'clock on tbe 23th day of September inat., at my
office in Vienna. This September 9.1871.
aep!2 2t WM.IL DAVIE3, Ordinary.
G EORGIA, CLAY COUNTY—Whereas, John
T. Mandevilie, of said county, having applied
to ma for exemption of personalty and for setting
aside and valuation of homestead—notice is hereby
September 4,187L
aep!2 2t
JOHN a WELLS,
Ordinary.
EORGIA, CLAY COUNTY—Whereas, John
(JT n. Calloway, of said oonnty, having applied
to me for exemption ot personalty, and for setting
aside and valuation of homestead: Notice ia here
by given to all parties interested that I shall pass
upon the same at my office on Saturday, the 23d of
this instant.
Witness my hand and official signature, Septem
ber 9,1871. JOHN O. WELLS,
sept 12 d2t'Ordinary.
G EORGIA, CRAWFORD CO—Thomas J. Miller
has applied to me for exemption of personal
ty, and I will pass npon the same on the 2id day of
September tost., at 12 o'clock *• at my office, to
Knoxville. This September 9,1871.
sop!2 2t* E. A. WALTON, Ordinary.
Iu Bankruptcy.
is Tins Dismcr com or niz I'anxD status roa
tub socman DrsiEicr or oxoaou.
In the matter of Mosoe H. Baldwin, Bankrupt.
2b (V Creditors of ilota II. Baldwin, Bankrupt:
T HE undersigned, assignee of tbe estate of the
above named banktopt, hereby gives notice
that a third general meeting of the creditors of
said bankrupt will be held at Dawson, fa said Dis
trict, on the 30* day of September, A. D. 1871, at
10 o'clock a. w., at the office of C. B. Wooten, Esq.,
before Ieaaa Beckett. Esq., one of the Registers in
Bankruptcy in said District, for the purposes
named m ilio 27tli section of the act of Congress
entitled ’ p au act to establiab a uniform system of
Buikraitcv t [iron, turn I the United States" ap
proved Maxell X. 1SG7.
■pl0 2lann.wed LEYI C. HOYL. Asalgnee,
'LOUR., FLOOR. FLOUR.
\\1 E axe now rec«vmg & moat auperior brand of
VY Flour fr-jta tlio
Palace Mills, Columbus,
And confidently present it to the public aa being
Inferior to None In this or any Other Market
We solicit orders from our friends and the public
S “r2tS r ' E. B. POE A CO.
D EALERS in Fancy and Family Groceries, Pro
visions, Butter, Chickens, Eggs, etc. A'so,
A little less than one year ago, when this grand I Fresh Fish, Oysters, Game, etc., to their season,
enterprise was organized in Atlanta, Goorgia, many All goods delivered free of cast to any part ot the
tag actons people predicted failure to its infancy; I city.
iut the unprecedented success crowning it every- I We have engaged the services of Mr. C. H. Free-
vhero it has been, has satisfied them or tho error I man, who has been catering to the tastes of the
d their judgment. No exhibition on the road has I citizens of Macon for the last twenty-eight years,
gron greater satisfaction, and none have achieved I and will still continue to do his best for all his old
ai great a degree of popularity. Neither labor nor friends who may favor him with a call. sepl2 tf
money has been spared to make it the most expen- I
five and choice exhibition on the road, and the I LAST INSTALMENT,
Almost daily tremendous audiences applauding tho I „
feats of the different artists, have served to stimu- Jxf™? ?* co jL‘’ Tr ' I P D *
'ate the Management to even greater efforts. . eta 00 *, Ga-, Bepiember J, 1871.
Tbronghont tho Middle States and New England, I J~\N motion, ordered; That tho third and lastfa-
tio Dominions of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, \J stalmentof fifty per cent, on subscription to
frtoco Edward Island, Cape Breton and Newfonnd- Macon 8treet Railroad Stock be called for, payable
And, there has been but ono voice from tho press J on or before the 25th of September, 1871.
Aid public as to the intrinsic merits of this mam- I As a portion of the iron has been received and
AUth enterprise. Messrs. WOOTEN A HAIGHT now being laid, and ths balance, with the cars, will
ieol an excusable prido in thus referring to their be ebipped fa a few days, it is absolutely necessa-
repcated triumphs andpraiso of the world which xy that tbie 'neta'ment be promptly paid, to meet
Ira but ono verdict as to the high character and I onr payments.
rcporioriiy of this first-class arenio and xoological
combination.
sopI2 tijjjj
COBB,
Secretary and T.essurer.
SCENES OF ORIENTAL GRANDEUR!
GLITTERING SPECTACLES!
TWO STARTLING TREE SENSATIONS!
And the finest etna or
bred horses on earth,
the streets and dispute it if ycu can.
penonmng ana inoruusu-1 owl -. - .. .
Look at them aa they pass Terms: English $7; French 3 per month, to ad-
1 vance. Hours, from 9 to 2 o’clock.
References : Mr. J. Clisby and Rev. H. K. Rees.
eeplO tf
MRS. FORD’S SuHOOL
FOR GIRLS,
COB. COLLEGE ST. AND COTTON AVENUE,
Will be opened on tne 2d or October, 1871.
I MRS. L. FORD Principal.
HRS. T. B. FORD, Teacher Eng. Studiee and Latin.
| H'LLE 8USANNEBOTT French.
M’ho will aiao form a Select Clasa of Yoons x»'
“rhonl.
French 8 per
Four Lady Equestriennes, Five Male Riders,
Forty Acrobats, Three Glorious Clowns, Two Dens
of Living Lions.
LIVE GEESE FEATHERS.
I TUST received: 500 pounds of Buperior quality,
t) for sale by
1 eopiil tf SEYMOUR, TINSLEY A CO.
FRUITS AND FLOWERS
H AVING been appointed Agents for Macon by
E T. Pilkinton, for the sale of hia celebrated
I and world renowned Smoking Tobacco,
| Fruits and Flowers,
Planters’ Pride,
Commonweal tli,
MR. GEO. WAMBOLD,
We are prepared to offer Merchants any ot tho
above to quantities from one to fifty cases. As we
. . ,, sell this Tobacco on commission exclusively, wo
The World-Bonowned Paslnrer-Contortiomst, and guarantee to Merchants who buy by the
hia troupe of |
Factory [Prices
WITH FREIGHT ADDED.
We eolicit orders for these goods from our
friends everywhere, feeling convinced that we can
save them time and money.
eopt7 Ct GEO. T. ROGERS SONS.
A DOZES PERFORMING DOGS!
A world of Wild Animals, and a drove of Bactrian
Camels. Grand gratuitous
Balloon Ascension!
THE MISSES LANE
| TTTILL open a Boarding School for Young La-
VV dies to Now York city, on Wednesday, Sop-
, . tember 20.1871. For reference and circulars apply
Every day at ono o'clock—wind and weather per- I to J. J. Gresham, Esq., Macon. Ga. jnllS 3m
mitting—and prior to each performance, afternoon
and night, MR. HARRY WAMBOLD, the expert
COAL CREEK COAL.
£rial Pedeetrian, wiU traverse a single wire to the I , . ..... ., , , . .
top of tho pavilion, and return to the ground. A T * °t
grand dual spectacle, and more free attraction 1 lump) of C- C. Coal. Lay m your supplies,
than was over before Offered by any similar eetab- All ordera will bo promptly filled,
liahment. | augl6-tilioctl
Apple tons 9 Journal.
TWO BENS OF WILD LIONS, | FOUR m>.THS rOKOXE DOLLAR.
SPECIAZi RATES
Perfonned by MI8S MINNIE WFXTH, the Lion I tii-i-d iTOTAT OTTTt VP'RTPTTnTfl'SI
Qneon, and GUSTAVE BERG, the acknowledged j i OH lztlAjj OUlJOuiAljrIJ-UIld
best Animal Trainer. , ■ -—
(ii PPLET0XS’JOURNAL ia now one of the
jM. most generous in size, elegant to illustra
tion, and interesting: to reading contents, of any
Attached to ihe Zoological Department will be I periodical published. '—[Boston Post,
found a Urge collection of choice and (rare Ani
mals, Birds, etc., and a WORLD OF MONKEYS.
In the A-enic Department can bo aeon
Tbe first artists of Europe and America.
Milo EL0ISE LaCLAEE, the dashing Equestri
enne.
M’lte E. STOKES, tho beautiful Horso-woman.
Mile ANDREWS, the chaste and elegant Rider.
M’lle LOUISE, cords elastiquo and volante.
EDWIN WATSON, the daring Rider.
JAS. B. HAWKINS and FRED. SYLVESTER, the
Rrcnt Eqaeatiima.
Th®wo *
Iona, tho
Persona not now tnbraribera to Applotons' Jour
nal can. as a trial subscription, obtain the remain
ing issues of ths enprent year—from September 2—
arou oak iioixui. This large reduction IS offered to
new subscribers to enable those not now acquainted
with tbe Journal to fully test its merits. Remit
tances must bo mailed direct to tbe publishers.
Appletona’ Journal is published weekly, and con-
I siats of thirty-two pagoa quarto, each number at-
[ tractively illustrated. Its contents consist of illus
trated papers npen the various subjects that per
tain to the purenita and recreations of the people,
I whether of town or country; pictorial descriptions
of famous localities; biographical sketches, with
I portraits, ot celebrities to ait, literature, and sci
ence ; illustrated travels and sketches of adventure;
I sanya upon literary and social topics; entertaining
I papers on tbo many subjects that enlist the sym
pathy or pique tho curiosity of intelligent minds;
and choice fiction, to the form of serial novels and
abort stories.
Price 10 cts. per Bomber; Kcgnlar Sub'
scrlptlon Price Si per Annum In Advance.
[D. APPLETON &To., PUBLISHERS,
NEW YORK.
sep!3 2twedAsat
.'he wor.d-reuowuod and only rivals of thoHan-
WATSON BROS.,
W. Andrewa, J. Wilcox, Jeromo Tuttle, W. Sme&J,
Adolph Stickney, J. O. Long, Jam?a Easier. Leon
CaateUo, and a boat of talented auxiliaries
HEBB KOPPES’ Bilver Cornet Band will pa
rade the Btreela eregf day at 10 o'clock a. h.
Beautifully carpeted aeata for Ladies, and no
amokins allowed iraide of pavilion.
ADMISSIOX—75 Ceuta; Children under 10, 50 I
Cento.
W. W. DUB AND,
eeplS-Ilt* General Agent.
FRESH ARRIVALS
JQ kegs FULTON MARKET BEEF,
41 bales extra heavy BORNEO BAGGING,
20 bbla. Pure APPLE VINEGAR,
15 bbla. Hiram Smith's PBEMTUM FLOUB,
5 car loads choice Tennessee SUPERFINE,
EXTRA and FAMILY FLOUR,
POTATOES,
ONIONS.
CHEESE,
BUTTER,
. RAISINS,
^ ALMONDS,
FRESH PINEAPPLES AND p£A0HE3>
Now is the timo to lay in your supplies cheap, at
tbo wholesale house of
Bepl2 tf SEYMOUR, TINSLEY & CO-
W. A. HUFF,
PRODUCE MERCHANT.
MACON, GEORGIA.
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