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Telegraph & Messenger. SUNDAY MOUSING. NOV. 10. 1871. THE PI'IIIJC DEBT OF GEORGIA. The Stale AI<1 Bond <lne*Uoii. The greitfst topic of the present Legislative session most unquestionably is that which ro utes to the credit of the State, asserted to be pledged for the redemption of the bonds issued by Governor Bollock in aid of certain railway and other speculations by himself—his political and personal friends, and of all others who, on various pretexts hare availed themselves of the recklessness of an extravagant and unconstitu tional LegisUture, to get possession of fnnds on the alleged faith of the State. There U no need of any special accuracy in statins the amount af our public indebtedness, already inoarred end which must ultimately ac- erne if the series of State aid acts already passed, «b.ii b« carried into effect according to the practices and precedents of the late Governor, or upon the general terms of those unconstitu tional statutory pledges of the public faith. In auoh a case Georgia would no doubt incur a total debt of somewhere between twenty snd thirty millions, requiring a yearly interest-pay- ment of more than a million and a half, and burdening the Ubor and productive resouroee of the State almost inextrioably. The products of the toil of this and the next generation would all be spent in advance, and Georgia terribly crippled in the great effort for self-extrication and progress. We learn from Atlanta that some important biU covering this question, in part, will probe- bly be reported the preeent week, but without knowing a single one of its provisions, we desire in this article merely to express, as briefly as possible, our own convictions on this general subject matter. It is too clear for dispute that whatever powers the LegisUture of Georgia has, either to pledge the faith of the people or to do any other act of Legislative authority, must be derived from the Constitution of the State. What the Constitu tion warrants, they may do; but what it pro hibits, they cannot do. Their action against a constitutional prohibition is s dead letter, and all proceedings under it are null and void. Now, the Constitution of Georgia has no other provision authorizing the Legislature to pledge the faith of the State for the benefit of private corporations, except one limiting that power. It is the last half of the fifth paragraph of Motion sixth, article third, meeting the Leg- UUturo and defining its powers. It reads as follows : “The General Asaembly shall pass no Uw making the Btale a stockholder in any corporate company; nor ahell the credit of the State be granted or loaned to any company without a provision that the whole property of the oom- pany ahall be bound for the meurity of the State, prior to any other debt or lien, except to laborers ; nor to any company in vhieh there ie NOT ALREADY AN EQUAL AMOUNT IN VESTED BY TRIVATE PERSONS; nor for any other object than a work of publio im provement." Now here, the people have laid down very explicitly the conditions on which alone the Leg iaUtnre may lend the oredit of the State in aid of works of public improvement, and they are ell throe very important conditions. First, the work mnstbe a publio improvement—it may not be a mere private enterprise or speculation. Second, the i(hole of it, except merely liens to Uborers, must be pledged to the State as secur ity ; and, third, there must have been private means to an equal amount already invested be fore the endorsement can bo made. All these ' together constituted the most ample security, under which the State held a dollar in hand for every fifty cents guaranteed by her endorse- ment, and under which, also, she was protected from all speculative schemes of desperate ad venturers who should build railroads merely to get endorsed bonds upon which they could raise money for speculative purposes. Before they could reoeive one dollar of Slate endorsement they must show some pecuniary resources, as weil as their own faith in their enterprise by potting a dollar of tbelrown money in the work. TheM conditions clearly expressed, and im peratively demanded by the Constitution, could net be Ignored then and cannot be ignored now. If the Legislature has ignored them iu the so- called State aid bills, those bills are a dead let ter. If the Governor has ignored them in en dorsing bonds, the endorsement is null. Neither the Legislature, nor the Governor can bind the Btate in disregard or deflanoe of the Oonatltn tion. Nor can tho alleged rights of third par ties intervene to bind the 8tate. These rights aocrue to them under the laws, and were, when they entered into any contract of loan, just w>at the laws of Georgia defined them to be. It is the business of every contractor to look into all the conditions of the oontract, snd they cannot be presumed to have been ignorant of these; for they were its fundamental condi tions. All the authority for the State endorse ment rested in the single constitutions! provi sion we have quo^pd; and to suppose any lend er ignorant of this provision, is to suppose a man making a bargain with an agent acting un der power of attorney, without looking into that instrument, or earing to know anything about it. Now this view of the case makes the duty of the Legislature too clear for doubt or dispute. Can this or any other Legislature innocently de prive the people of Georgia of the securities which they had demanded and published to the world as fundamental conditions to any loan of their oredit long before any snob loan was made ? Suppose your agent, instructed to en dorse a friend's paper and to take ample secu rity in shape of a mortgage, should make the loan without taking the security required— would he not be guilty of a gross breach of faith and be liable to an action for damages f And if any snoh endorsement has been made in defi ance of the Constitution and in collusion snd fraud npon the rights of the people, dare any Legislature beoome accessory after the fact, by acknowledging snoh an endorsement as binding npon the State, when the State long beforehand warned the whole world that she conld not and would not be bound except on such and snch essential conditions—which have not been com plied with ? That would be an act of fraud upon the people not less criminal than the acts of those by whose conni vonco any such illegally en dorsed bonds would have been pnt in circula tion. The people of the State cannot be legally or righteously swindled into an unlawful en dorsement any more than they can be legally swindled out of their fands in the Treasury if any be there. A legislator sworn to support the Conatiintinm v.« no right either to violate it himself or to permit or assent or be privy to its violation by others. The rights of the people in connection with those State aid bonds are clearly defined by the Constitution, and no leg islator oan permit those rights to be violated, without being false to the people and false to his offioial oath. It is, therefore, the duty of this General As sembly to moasure all these State aid obligations by the plummet and square of the Constitution, and to notify all holders cf unconstitutionally endorsed bonds, if any such there are, that they must look for their seeuiity solely to the obli gors and the property they represent. And this should be done without delay and with all the candor the case demands. The Legislature should not delay a week this measure of justice and protection to the people, and thus pnt a final atop to the farther issue or hypothecation of any spurious and unconstitutional securities of this character. Ax ipote to Tax Gares Aran.”—Brown & send ns a pamphlet with the above title, eb is intended as an answer and antidote to it the writer conceives to be the heresies of - Ajar." W„ b. Te not i it, but if there is any force In it at all it st effectually demolish Miss Phelps' hete’ro- : notions which were neither planaible enough powerful enough to influence or even con- • a ten j ear old child of fair intelligence. What Will lie Do With It? Acting Governor Conley bad the Elec tion bill in band as early as last Thurs day, and the question now is what we have written aboTe. Our opinion is that he will veto it, and then comes the tag. In the House the veto will be smashed in short order, bat we hear unpleasant double expressed as to its fate in the Senate. “They say” some of the weak-kneed are flattering, end that if Con ley can only manage to have tome “ martial law” dispatches from Washington freely circu lated, they will light on the veto side. It is s disgrace that snch a thing should be even hint ed, but we fear there is some fire under the smoke. Shame, bitter, blasting shame upon any man calling himself a Democrat and a free man—if there be each an one in the Senate— who baa not the manhood to do hia duty regardless of every other consideration. Wc hope to annonnoe when the veto is sent in, that every Democrat, at least in the Senate, stood square np to the rack, even though with thp certainty before him that Grant had hia pen ready inked to still farther infsmixe himself and outrage liberty, by proclaiming bayonet end handcuff law for Georgia. Birds of a Feather. Under this head the New York Son, a Repub lican journal, expresses tho opinion that Bol lock is probably correct when he says that the people of Georgia, who desire his impeachment are opposed to the re-election of Gen. Grant. Neither does the San think it strange that snch should be the case. The interests of tha vile rabble of thieves who have recently been plun dering the people of Sonth Carolina and Geor gia are thoroughly Identified with those of Grant To a man they hope for his renomination, be cause they look to him for protection in their robberies in the fntnre, as they have hid it m the past Throughout the South it will be found that wherever a prominent politician has been detected in acts of marked depravity, that poli tician has invariably been conspicuous in his dsvotion to the personal ambition of ths great Present-Taker. The reason for this is obvious. It is an old adage that birds of a feather flock together; and the carpet-bag thieves are fully aware of the faot that it wonld be a moral im possibility for any other President to be elected, who, in return for the personal snpport they bring him, wonld consent to degrade himself so low as to countenance the atrocions system of plundering which has been the chief charac teristic of their caroor in the Southern States. Cl Bono ?—The Washington correspondent ha Charleston Connor says the High Joint sty is to be fiercely assailed in the House ooming session, by Butler and others of both ies! What is the use of that? Are they ig to repudiate the treaty ? nr Boott Bonds.—The Charleston Conner atains that common honesty demands ths upt repudiation of all the bonded liabilities be State under the Scott administration. To ignize them would be offering a premium to Itndfcnl Robbery In Lonlslana. The New Orleans press indicates a very high degree of excitement in the city and State, over the enormous burdens pressing upon the people in the shape of exorbitant taxation, and the certaioty that tho State has been redneed to hopeless insolvency by the Radical robbers. Take what they may in tha shape of taxation— yea, take sway the bread from the months of the people, and still the bottomless gulf of debt remains unfilled. The State is financially rain ed—as much as Sonth Carolina and North Caro lina, aDd Florida. As much so as Georgia will ba if we do not have bold, prompt and decisive action by our Legislature. The people of Ne Orleans are so much excited, that the Times, printing a communication which calls npon Jndge Lynch to string all the robbers, State and municipal, np to the lampposts, exhorts the peo ple to abate their choler, and return to reason and moderation. the GEORGIA VP ESS. Communists in New Orleass.—A correspon dent of the New Orleans Times, signing himself “Communist,” says that thia “great brother hood” numbers hundreds of members and holds regular meetings in the heart of that city. He says believing it to be his duty to “jine in” with a movement to “overwhelm tha few who base their superiority on bloated capital, or tho in herited accumulations of ancestors,” he took the oath and went through the ceremonies of initiation. These must have been as bloody and brutal as those of the Union League elubs—for he says: I dare not mike publio the ceremonies of in itiation, or even hint at the tremendously horri ble effecta the reading of the various charges produced on me. It is sufficient to say that they were soul-harrowing. * * * When reason, relieved of the unwonted tension, recovered it self, I was s sworn member. We wonld hnmbly suggest to these gentlemen of the petroleum cans to omit that part of their right! and duties which is to be discharged by fire for the present Consider that Sbehnan, with 200,000 of the elub, marched through the South some few months ago and did for us all that was absolutely necessary to be done in this line, leaving no “bloated capital’' whatever in hia track. Grant as a Prophet.—It is shown that Grant was once a prophet. On the 20th of January, 1864, he wrote a letter to Hon. I. N. Morris, of Illinois, on the subject of the Presidency, in whioh he said: “In your letter yon say that I have it in my power to be the next President. This is the last thing in the world I desire. I would regard aueh a consummation at being highly unfortu nate for myself, if not for 1he country." If Grant should want any evidence as to the “consummation” in question, havtag turned out just as he thought, so far as the country is <xnre cernod, he can get it in such quantities ss was never known before in any case since the world was made. We do not hesitate to express the deliberate conviotion that his eleetion wss the most fatally ruinous ovent for the American people that their history records. But it has not been “highly unfortunate” for himself snd his tribe of greedy kin, if full pockets are the only measure of good fortune. Side by side in the country's annals, hereafter, will stand the dark atory of bis assaults npon the peace, sad pros perity, and liberties of his fellow citizens, and the sickening details of his shameless nepotism and scandalous present taking. I.cttcr from Arkansas to is .vineon Citizen. Camden Arkansas, Nov. 11th, 1871. Gents:—YonrsofthsIthinsL,issthsnd. In answer wa have to 6ay, that Sonth Arkansas makes this year about one-third leas cotton per sore than last year, and about one-third less acres planted—tho crop last year was a heavy one, for the character of our uplands, say one- half to three-fonrths to one bale per acre. Oar bottoms yon are no donbt aware are the best cotton lands in ths South, viz: Red Arkensas and Birtholomon bottoms; onr own River is not so good. To this date we have a hMntsfat Full, and the eotton gathered, classes clean and in best condition. The oorn crop of onr State is good, snd we want emigrants, and invito especially, Geor gians. Wc are both from Georgia, and in onr oariy days, wc used to haul eotton to yonr city. Reapeetfnlly yours. Kzuah ,V. Mono AN. Tke Other Aide or the (Tews * Co. Account. We have taken the pains to see Mr. Crosby, the attorney of Henry Clews A Co , who is now in Atlanta, to learn the information he might be disposed to communicate in regard to the large claim of Clews A Co., against the State. Mr. Crosby is a pleasant, intelligent, qniet, modest gentleman, under middle age. His ap pearance and manners are decidedly prepos sessing. He talks frankly about this matter, says Clews A Co. have nothing to ooncaal, and that they are willing to afford the fullest insight into the entire details. He states that when Clews A Co. were nrged to beoome the State's agents, they knew nothing against Bollock, and they felt complimented to represent the finan cial matters of ao great and famed a State as Georgia, peoognizmg Bollock as the Gover nor, folly authorized to act for the State, they have advanced him in good faith all the money he desired, not considering themselves bound to look to its disposition. At the same time, they are ready to give all the assistance they tell all their information, that mnv can. and tell all their information, that may lead to light on tho subject. They eimp'y ad vanced funds as desired, and have participated in no misnae or improper appropriation of those fnnds. They have charged interest for the money, and commissions for negotiating securi ties. They have in all cases taken Bullock's order for all their edvances and expenditures for the State.—Atlanta Constitution, ISA Radical Justice—Six white men have been Arrested in Edgefield, S. C-, on suspicion of having shot the negro nnrse who bntchered Mr. Brewers’ little child, bat of the negroes who murdered yoang Turner an hour afterward not ono ha, been arrested. A black akin is a blessed thing in Sonth Carolina. according to the Chronicle, figure. 126 40-boU According to the New Orleans Times of Thure day, the receipts there Lad been 147,852 bales against 20c,474 last year, ahowing a falling off at that port alone of CO,605 bales. Hawkinsville is short on cotton 2000 bales, as compared wi h last year's receipts np to the same date. T. R. RoycTaft lulled a negro named Ned Collins, at Copeland, Dodge oonnty, on Friday night, by catting his throat The Hawkinsville Dispatch goes for Robin son’s Circus with a vim. It says that concern swindled the people ontrageonsly. A man named Matthews had his pocket picked of $200 daring the performance. A man named William Morphy was arrested at Dykesboro, on Wednesday, for horse steal ing in Thomas connty, snd taken back to Thomasville. Mr. Thos. Persons killed a wild cot weighing 20 pounds, within three miles of T.Jbotton, on Thursday. A little daughter of Rev. G. W. Msxon, aged five years, fell from a balcony at Talbotton, last Thursday, and reoeived snch severe in juries ss to cause her death in a few hours. A negro named Joseph Davis was drowned by the upsetting of a boat off Dswfaskie Island, below Savannah, on Thursday. Mr. Benjamin L. Cole, an old citizen of Sa vannah, and at the time of his death Deputy Sheriff of Chatham connty, died Thursday morning. An attempt was made to fire Moreman's livery stable, at Albany, with keroaine oil, on Wed nesday night. The infernal staff is not doing mischief fast enough, it seem,, by roasting women and children. Cornelias Norwood died at bis father’s home, near Perry, on Tuesday night, of congestion of the liver and Inngs. The Perry Sporting Clnb started on a grand hnnt last Monday, bat came back Tuesday, on account of the demijohn's becoming empty. The caterpillar crop of Houston connty hav ing failed, the hogs down there are on short rations, and are hard pnt to it to live—so says Waterman. Tbs matrimonial fever is raging down at Perry, and even Waterman is becoming alarmed —which shows that the disease mast be of a very virnlent type. The Houston Home Jonrnal says the latest ru mor “in these parts is to the effect that Hi Kim ball is coming to Fort Volley to run a street railroad from the depot to the Fair Grounds. A number onr enterprising friends there are ms tling around to get conductors’ places, and we are getting onr green ink ready to print him some “currency.” Waterman had better dodge the Fort Valley cake merchants when he comes to Macon here after. Hear how he slanders them: a Kind reader, don’t yon die till yon have seen the ginger cakes they have in Fort Valley. They are about two feet and a half long and two wide; it takes a good cbnnk of a boy to tote one. Messrs. Thos. Barrett, George W. Crane, and J. K. Evans have been nominated for aldermen by the Democrats of the second ward of Au gusts. The jail at Augusts caught fire Tuesday night, and was only saved from destruction by the bravery of a negro prisoner named Peter Blair, who went out npon the roof—which was so steep as to make the mere act of standing a perilous job—and drowned the flimes with buckets of water. A petition for pardon ba3 been sent to Atlanta as a reward for bis gallant oondacL The Washington Gazette has found a place where the mnchly married B. Young, Esq , can finds refuge. It says: We have a place down here for Brigham. If he will only pnt wool on “the top of his head, the place where the wool ought to grow,” and black his face, be can live in perfect peace and qniet in the nigger settlement on the suburbs of this place, and have as many wives at a time, and change them as often as he pleases, and nobody will bother him about it We find the following items in the Colnmbus Sun of yesterday: The Mobile and Girard Railroad—Confer ence of Directors.—The last meeting of the stocknolders invested the Directors of the Mo bile and Girard Railroad with power to sell or lease the property on terms they deemed best Monday. Messrs. R. L. Mott ti. T. Downing, John Peabody, J. Rhodes Brown and John King—all members of the Board—went to Sa vannah to consult with President Wadley and the Directors of tho Central Railroad. Most of the gentlemen retamed yesterday and report no practical result. In answer to the claim for a lease and a small dividend, the Central re plied that last current year the road did not pay expenses and interest, and it would hardly be fair to ask that the Central should pay a divi dend besides defraying losses. It is understood that onr Directors have of fered to lease the road on condition that an annual dividend of 24 per cent on nnscaled, or 6 per cent on preferred stock, is paid. All the Directors of the Central Road were not present at the meeting, end as it was desired to have a fall discassion, the matter was left with them for consideration. Death of Capt. Arnold Seale.—This gentle man, one of the pioneers in this section, was bnned from his residence at Chunnenuggee, Alabama, on Wednesday, 15th instant He was one of tho most remarkable men in this conntxy. Though aged about seventy.six years, he was possessed of wonderfnl vitality and vigor, and retained all his intelligence to the end of life. He once represented Chambers connty, Alabama, in the Legislature. He came here in early years and settled among the Indi ans, whose language he spoke fluently. He was one of the prime movers in the bnilding of the Mobile and Girard Railroad, and was never dis couraged at its slow progress. At one period he was President pro tern, of the Company. To him is greatly dne its completion. Seale Sta tion, on the road, the capital of Russell county, was named after him. It is rather singular that the engine which bears bis name was wrecked near this station woek before lost while he was on board the train. The shock might have had something to do with bis death. Six infelicitous couples were unyoked in the Superior Court of Fulton oonnty, on Friday. Look out, Chicowgo! Mr. William Pearman, of Greene connty, was caught in the cogs of a gin last Friday, and instantly killed. The Atlanta Constitution, of yesterday, says that Col. Lewis Tumlin of Cartersville has sold to a milling firm of Marietta 5,000 bushels of wheat for $10,000, to be delivered on the 20th of next July. tale, so that it may be truly said, he is a self edccated man. lie held high and honorable positions in the old as well as Confederate Gov ernments, and President Davis justly said him that he was the most efficient head of „ bnrean in the government. HU war record will compare with the best He held a civil position all the time in Richmond for which his talents and training were better suite J. bnt hw se rvices were none the less valuable to his country. And tils service* were not alone de voted to hia ofireal duties as hundreds of worn veterans cm testify. He never turned hu baek on a *»ldi*r, bnt was always ready to aid him in time of need. Hundreds of heart broken wives, mothers, and sisters can testify to hu kiedneas in forwarding their letters through the lines, often at his own expense, and other tokens of love snd affection, to their loved ones languishing in Northern prisons. As to hu competency to fill the office, he has few equals and no superior. As to hU merits, a life of nnaeltUhness and unstained honor form the proper answer. In politics he is an unswerving Democrat, and ever has been, as hU votes on all occasions will show. Among those who know him well, vindication of his political integrity U nece-,— ry. He is perfectly willing for the whole record of hu polities], as well as hU private acts to scanned, and U willing to respond to any ard questions respemang either. While many en riched themselves by the spoils of position, the capitulation left him almost a pauper, ever since which time he has been struggling for honest support for himself and family. Democrat. ) be Editor! 7 degraph and Messenger: I see your paper a card from J. A. Ansley. of Ameri cas, in which he compUins that Mr. Speaker Bmith had ignored that portion of Georgia lying south of Macon in making np hU com mittees. Mr. Ansley uses the following words: “Of the twf nty-fonr standing committees in the House, I believe Mr. Speaker Smith conferred the chairmanship only on two sonth of the city of Macon, to.wit: Mr. Bush of Miller, and Mr. Craig of Telfair.” The above statement U a misrepresentation of the facta. There are five members sonth of Macon who are chairmen ol important committees, to-wit; Rawls, of Ef. fi ogham, chairman of the Finance Committee; Phillips, of Echols, chairman of Privileges and Elections; Heidt, of Chatham, chairman of Pe titions and MemoriaU; Bush, of Miller, on Journals; and Craig, of Telfair, on Auditing. In Macon there are two chairmen of important committees, to-wit: Nutting, of Bibb, on Public Expenditures; and Bacon on the State Library. The Judiciary Committee U composed of sev enteen members, a majority of whom live south of Macon. In every committee of importance, Sonth andSonthwest Georgia is well represented. No one will donbt that Captain Hudson U a good lawyer and worthy of a place, but there are other members equally as worthy, who are not on the Judiciary Committee. Mr. Hudson got an appointment for a friend, and U himself a member of one or more important committees. As to friend Brady, he is a member of the Com mittee on Agriculture, and at the time the committees were appointed he was so unwell as cot to desire any position. So far as I have been able to assertain the members are satisfied, and why should Mr. An9ley complain ? And hereafter when Mr. Ansley complains, he should state facts. The article does Mr. Smith great injustice. Member. CnEirzr. and Better Gas—A New Experi ment.—A patent gas company has just been formed in England, with a capital of $250,000, in $5 shares, which proposes to distill gas at a low temperature instead of a high one, as on the present system. By this means it is possi ble to nso iron retorts, instead of retorts of clay, at a great saving of expense, while the gas pro duced from the same coal is 30 per cent, more in quantity and of 50 per cent better quality than the gas produced by previous methods, and the remaining products are also more valuable. There is said to be little or no sulphur in this new and cheaper gas. Snch is the account of the invention which has been privately making way. the latest facts ooming ont regarding it being that n French company has bought the privilege of n-iug the patent in France for $500,000, and that works are being erected for lighting the Town of Barnet, England, with gas at an early date, which will snpply an experi ment on the largest scale. It is hardly to be wondered at, therefore, when the pnblic mind is beginning to be awake to snch matters, says the London Economist, that the original $5 shares are at 13 preminm, having been at 18 to 20, and that the new issne, which is only to ex isting shareholders, is at 4 to 5 premium. Illinois Wont Have Female Lawxebs.—The Rockford (Ill.) Register says: The Supreme Court, we learn, has just re fused to admit to the bar Miss Alta Hnlett, t law student of thia city, on aeoonnt of her sex. This we regret, as we understand Miss Hnlett to be a yoang lady of superior talents and at tainments, and well qualified to entor npon the profession of her choice. Under an appoint ment of the Circnit Jndge hero. Miss Hnlett was examined for admission to the legal pr.c- tice by Messrs. Wright, Miller andBraxeeof the Rockford bar, who certified to her ample qualifications. Bat the Supreme Court has again, as in the late application of the gifted and accomplished editress of the Chicago Legal News, decided against the admission of women to the legal profession. Legislative* The following bills passed (he Senate on Fri day : bill to make certified extract from the works of railroad companies and chartered banks evidence in certain cases. A bill to require clerks of the Superior Courts to keep on hand printed instructions for taking interrogatories. A bill to alter and amend the fee bill, and to prescribe the fees of sheriffs and clerks of the Superior Courts, in oertain cases. A bill to make it penal for any person retail ing spiritnoe liquors to famish the same to any minor without the written consent of the parent or guardian of said minor. A bill to regulate the trial before juries in oertain oases, providing that a rejected charge shall not be read to the jury. A bill to repeal so much of an act to create a iow judicial oiicuit ont of the Southern and Brunswick Circuits, to be called the Allapaha Circnit, as relates to the oounties of Lowndes, Echols, Clinch, Coffee and Ware. A bill to provide for taking the bonds of pnb lic officers, and qualifying the same. A bill to compensate ordinaries, sheriffs, and clerks of the Superior Courts- A bill to enforce section 5, article 12, of the Constitution relating to the providing of juries. A bill for ths relief of Zsba King and legalize his marriage. A bill to provide the manner of incorporating documentary evidence in bills of exceptions and for other purposes. A bill to merge the jurisdiction of the courts of law and eqnity in this State, makiug it a mis taken form of action amenable on notice. A bill to amend an act to authorize the Ordi nary of Lumpkin county to issue bonds for the purpose of bnilding e jail. In the Hou3S —A message from the Govern or was received, saying that the resolution re quiring offioers and agents of the State Road to pay into the State Treasury sums of money in their hands has been approved and signed. Also, a resolution to oonaoliJaie the Com mittees of Agriculture and Manufactures of each house. The ifonse was miinly occupied in discussing tho report of the Committee on Privileges and Elections upon the seat of Mr. Pierce, from Calhoun, and adjourned, the question still pending. ■■Honor to Whom Honor la Dne.” Editor Constitution: Colonel Thompson Al lan is a candidate for the office of Comptroller General, and is specially commended to the fav orable consideration of tho preeent General Assembly. His merits, only exoeeded by bis modesty, have not been trumpeted before the pnblic or the LegisUture; but truth, candor, and a proper appreciation of true worth, re- Thk falling off in eotton np to Friday nicht 3°''“ “ Oti0S - 00101161 AU * n »“ to™ cording to the Chroniel. . ’ humble circumstances, and reared at the plow handle, until about seventeen years of age. What education he has, was obtained at a man ual labor school, where he labored three hours a day as part payment for board and tuition. The expense of his education waa deducted from his distributive share of his father's es- A distinguished ex-Governor of Ohio, famous for Btory telling, relates that on one occasion, while addressing a temperance meeting at Georgetown, District of CoInmbia,and depicting the misery caused by indulging too frequently in the flowing bowl, his attention was attracted to the Bobs of a disconsolate and seedy looking individual in the rear part of the room. On going to the person and interrogating him, he was told the usnal tale of woe; among other and sod incidents thathad occurred daring the time, be had buried three wives. The Governor, havinf; buried a few wives of bis own, sympathizer deeply with the inebriate, and consoled him as much as was in his power. Said he: “The Lord lias indeed afflicted yon.” The mourner sobbingly replied: “Yes, yes, ho has,” and pausing a moment, and wiping his nose he con tinued : “But I don't think the Lord got mneh ahead of me, for ss fast as he took one sway ~ took another.” Sutbeme Court Decisions.—Messrs. W. A. Hemphill A Co., proprietors of the Atlanta Constitution, will accept onr thanhs for a pam pnlet copy of the decisions of the Supreme Court at its late session. They will fill all or ders for copies at one dollar each. The advantages of life insurance are shown in a pamphlet issued by an English company in the following lines: When poor pa died and went to heaven. What grief mama endured But ah! that grief was soon assuaged, For pa he was insured; And when ms went there, oil, how fanny The office paid her all the money. A bear weighing six bnadred pounds was killed recently, on Fottsbnrg creek, in Florida, by a party of hunters. He kiiled a cow and a dog before succumbing. A bright little girl in West Springfield, on seeing a novel carriage pass, labelled “Weed Sewing Machine,” said: “Papa, i* that the ma chine they sow weed seeds with ?” FOR SALE. A FARM of 450 acres, (more or lees) of fertile land, one hundred and fifty in a high elate of cultivation, the balance well timbered, within two milee of the city of Cnthbert. An excellent mill site npon the land The Bainbridge. Cnthbert and Oolnmbua railroad passes through the tract. Ap ply to JOHN B. BUCHANAN, Cnthbert. or at this office. novld&wtf ON CONSIGNMENT. 10C0 pounds TWINE. Bargains offered. nolUtf SEYMOUR, TINSLEY A CO. DR. EMERSON H AS retained end will resume the practice of DENTISTRY at once. nov3 dtf FOR RENT. "jy£plantation in Houston connty, twenty miles ill from Macon, containing 1.400 acres, 800 in high state of cultivation. Seven moles, a si six horse wagon, a cart, oxen and a lot of cattle can all bs bad with the place. 9 For particulars spply to COL. J. RUTHERFORD, Macon, or MRS. M. E. LAMAR, YmeviUe. novl5d2!eodlw DE8IEJLBLE LANDS FOR SALE. YH’ Oakland and Howard Farms, on the Macon —IX and Western Railroad, ten miles from Macon. If desirable, will be cat np into lots to suit the convenience of purchasers. Good land—fine water —and unprecedentedly healthy locality; conve nient to Macon; highly suitable for fiuit farmt and market garden-, and country reeidenoes for town people. 151163 indisputable.' and terms rea sonable. Apply to Batts A Brother, Mason. aepl9eod3n,» A. LeSUEUB G eorgia dooly couniy —o. c. cmk has applied to me for exemption of personalty and the setting apart and valuation of homestead, and I will pass npon rhe s ime on the 30th day of November. 1S7I, at It! o’clock, at my office, at Vienna. This the 15'h day of November 1871. doy17 2t wa. U. DAVIES, Ordimry. G EORGIA, BAKER COUNTY —B. Lester ap plies to mo for valuation and setting .part exemp i an or realty and personalty, and I will pace upon the suns on the 2d day of December next at 10 o'clock, at my uffic >. Given nndermy hand and official signalnio al my office in Newton, Ga. This 15:hd.y of November, 1871. novl7 2i»CLEMENT GORE Ordinary- WANTED IMMEDIATELY. paid. Appiy to J. H. BANDY & CO..’ nov96t No. 40 Third Street. Macon, Ga. BACON, BACON. OAA HOGSHEADS Wes tom Bacon Sides, Shoal* dera an4 Ha^fl. AUo 10 hhdd of choice Country Cored Sides, to arriv*. S2.0C0 pound $ of New* Balk Meat. novl5 tf SEYilOUB, TINSLEY A CO. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS Fine Perfumery. MASONIC NOTICE. SPECIAL COMMUNICATION MIZTAH LODGE SO. 47. M EMBERS will meet St Lodge Room promptly at 1 o’clock f. it THIS DAY, for the purpose of paying the list tribute of respect to onr de ceased brother, Henbt W. Cowles. Members of Macon Lodge No. 5 and sojourning brethren are fraternally invited to be present. nol9 It A. L. MAXWELL, W. H. HUNT, RANKIN & UMAR, Druggists, Have in store a large and splendid lot of Macon Lodge, No. 5 F. A. M. T4 AEMBERS^ of this Lodge will attend a regular Handkerchief Extracts. Colognes, Pomades, Cosmetics, w Lily White, etc.,etc JYL communication To-morrow (Monday) evening I invite all who are or may be in want of I at 7 o’clock. All brethren in good standing are fra- | “f* to c * ll an , d examine their stock- They | temnlly invited to attend. By order of & E.dP. TAYLOR Comer Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street 9 -DEALERS IN— ’ , Carpetings, RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, WINDOW SHADES, ETC. JNO. G. DEITZ, W. M. W* F. Grace, Secretary. novl9 It LOST. QN Cotton Avenue, or near the Fiist_NationaI _ Bank, a Coral and Gold Ear Bing. The finder I will be rewarded by leaving it at nov!9 It THIS OFFICE. | sell the beet goods at low prices. Families will also find the best Yeast Powders, I Seda, Spice*, Feppor, Cloves, Nutmegs, Flavoring I Extracts, itc , etc., at HUNT, RANKIN A LAMAR’S nov!2 tf Drag Store. DR. I. JL. HARRIS -pyAflNQ retired from the drag business. has re- | WATCHES, JEWELRY, | SILVERWARE. F.TC. Burned the practice of medicine. Office over I Strong’s shoe store, Second street. noviO eod3t | POTATOES, POTATOES. W E have just received a large lot of Potatoes I which we are offering for much less than | I am now receiving, FOB THE FALL AND WINTER TRADE, they can be bought anvwhere fho in the city. novI9 tf COLLINS & HEATH. A fine selection of LADIES’ AND GENTS' I Enalisli, Swiss anft American Watches Select School for Girls and Boys I A.M delighted to announce to my former pa trons, and the good people of Macon generally, that I will be able to reopen my echool as eoon as & , suitable locality can be bad. Early application moat I OPEKA, LUNTINE AND VEST CHAINS, be made to T. R. Sclater, with Hama A Peter. I $6 per month for English Branches, Mathemat- I Handkerchief Rings, Lockets, ies and Latin; 68 per month for English Branches, j Sdver Forks and Spoons, and Mathematics, Latin, Greek and French; 85 for I Cases for presentation purposes, English Branches only. ^ Plated Tea Bets, Castors, etc-, A. SCLATEB, Grad. Umv. of Va,, I To which public attention ia respectfully invited. nolSduntjanl Principal. | E. J. JOHNSTON, 97 Mulbeny afreet. METAL IG BURIAL CASES AND GASKETS Fine and Plain Wood Coffins and Caskcls. ’ Orders by Telegraph promptly attended to. . rovts 3m Dr. J. Emmett Blackshear, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN,] WATCH WORK I am prepared to have done in the best manner, at short notice and at moderato prices. octI9 tf E. J. JOHNSTON. INCORPORATED Office. No. 2 Cotton avenno (np-staira), next door I A "V A T .TT A "RT ."P 1 . T7 1 A T? "M" to Mr. Favne's Ding Store. Residence, Walnut ^ V U * -fi-ttriVL, street. McBumey's tenement bnilding. * — JL 3 3 © . 1ST HOUSTON COUNTY, At Administrator’s Sale. TTfTILL be Bold in Perry, Houston county, on the I WILLC0X, C CCretary. VV first Tuesday in December next, at public I outcry, the valuable Farm of the late Dr. Edmund I rp, _ J. McGehee, deceased, lying about eeven miles I xilO l/iiartSr Makes StOCKlloXders •Individuality Ti.Li west of Perry, on the water* of Big Indian and liable. ASSETS, JANUARY 1, 1870, $495,406 45 ci rim, *350,000! J. RHODES BROWSE, Pres. HAVE JUST DECEIVED A LARGE 8TOCK OF Cap letter, Note, Legal and Bill PAPERS, BLUE LETTER AND NOTE PAPERS, Savage creeks—containing about eleven hundred I and thirty four acres well improved and in a good I | etate of cultivation; subject to the widow's dower, I _ { ^Terms? Ctafrthrtd°cashfand tae^b&lance atone PrGmiTXm^RecmVGcl and Losses Paid since 1865. | “#<£f£?5lentare, see Houston Homo Journal, | £8^ SS I I published at Ferry. | Received in 1868 159.653 71 1 Paid in 1868 -?.5l2 U nolGd&wtd EDWARD L. FELDER,. Admr I Received in 1869 229.001 301 Paid in 1869””.’.“ SS? 3 W Received in 1870 315.014 40 I Paid in 1870. ■ 17 -S69.339 a Plantation For Sale. . 118,468 2S A BARGAIN in a plantation, six miles from Ms- Agent3 at all Prominent Points throughout the Southern and olter 0 ^en ,d toteB^m^uTcontattag Southwestern States, to whom apply, or to 1,721 J£ acres, half rich creek land,l< tag on Tobesof- i\ « tj-tt • « , « , , lsI1 ? of good qnaiity. I Jl« t . ll ILLtll.V, Scc'y, ColUIUbliS, (jit. FRENCH NOTE PAPERS, INITIAL PAPER IN ,? 26 *® res , CIeak lacd are in a high state of DAVENPORT & SPEER, Agents at 1 cultivation, as alto upwards of 600 acres upland. T. s. POWELL, Agent nt The improvements are good and ample. These I WT, J. ANDERSON, Agent at BOXES, . | lands compare favorably with any in Middle Geor- I JNO. A. DAVIS. Agent at • GOLD PENS STEEL PENS e ia - o. B. Callaway, Esq., cultivated the place this S* “ , - W-L,!J JC-.EUINO, oawm I year, and I wilt be pleased logo over it and show I A ’ J£ ’ Agent «t Americas. tilth lien. Fort Valiev. Albany, AT OUR DRUG EMPORIUM I year, and I will be pleaaed _ w the land and crops to anyone wishing to purchase. Terms part cash; time payments easy. If not eold by the 15th of December, 1871, the I place will be for rent. J. N. SEYMOUR. oct7-tf WM. W. CARNES, Agent, Macon. Ga. OFFICE. SOUTHEAST CORNER THIRD AND CHERRY STS Will be found all tho newest and latest articles per* tabling to PHARMACY, DRUGGIST 8UNDRIE3, TOILET ARTICLES, PERFUMERY, S0AP3, etc. B EFORE placing articles of late invention on . sale, we endeayor to see that they aro worthy I Incorporated.—, of being introduced to our patrons. In this con- I Capital and Assets nection we cordially recommend to your notice: . tT'HOMAS U. CONNER, Cotton avenue, three doors from the new Comt-bouee, invites von tn in.,.-, Till? P It A U P f A TTAlfTP A the new goods purchased daring his recent visit to New York. In Gent’e Furniehing^Go^ksKS 1 il ill VJ LU11 uTA JllUMT/ hs^mplet® “lock, embracing various styles of Shirts, in linen and cambric, of all sizes, for sp.«j 9 o r LU.AJ buttons, to open in front, or at the side, or in the back. His arrangements are perfect for E Z epeciM orders for Drees Shirts by measurement, and he guarantees perfect satisfaction in every i-stan™ "The Paragon” shirt is his specialty. Collars and Cuffs,lhu n and paper, Neck Ties, 8carfs and torn of late styles, in all colors; the best stock of Underwear in the city, containing all wool, in white and scar- INSURANCE CO., Of Columbus, Georgia. I bo displays an attractive stock and asks attention to prices. The winter stock of Hats and Cao* P !a 1830 ahead of anything in the State, and contains all the styles in felt, wool and cloth, stiff Hats of vauocs 8404,959 55 shapes and colors, and the lightest, handsomest and most graceful pattern of the young man’s Broai- way silk Hat to be found. Men who have large beads will find a pretty stock of Haft in extra sizes- cloth silk and velvet Caps Remember he keeps tho largest and best stock of Hats and Caps for children «i,ri boys. Tho variety of THE BOSTON PERFUMER. Au indisponeablo toilet article. EXTRA HE&VY RUBBER COMBS, Specially Adapted to Ladies’ use. Untonchod by the Chicago and other disasters, continues to furnish indemnity against loss by fire [ on all insurable property at adequate rates. J. RHODES BROWNE, President. D. F. WILLCOX, Secretary. C3‘ Applications received snd policies issued by WJI. W. CARNES, Agent, 0ctl7 d6t thfitawlm Office 8G Chetry street- LADIES’ FURS I JUST RECEIVED, A new and Urge aseortment of LUBIH’S EXTRACTS AND SOAP. FOB SALE, The New Non-Poisonous Disinfectant, BROHO CHLORALUM, The best article of the kind pi iced before the public. Special attention ia given to onr retail depart ment. and our patrons will bo waited on with cour- tosy and dispatch. J. H. ZEUJN & co., nov!9 tf Wholesale Druggists. day of December next at 12 o'clock m., in front of the guard house, all the land and build- | inga that the city owns in block No. 37, known as I the guard-house Jot, blacksmith shop, mule lot and the dwelling house where the guard-bouso keeper > resides. Terms and conditions on dsy of sslo. ROBERTS, STRONG, DALY, no!7tf Committee on Public Property. and Mieses and Children's Furs* is very great, and the prices range from $3 to $100 per eet. He simply aaka you not to purchase euch goods until you have seen his stock, which embraces all kind* of Fats from all countries, m »de with great care arid trimmed elegantly. Prices will suit you, and certain induce- CITY PROPERTF FOR SALE. -yy ILL be sold to the highest bidder on the 16th | menttt " m be offered which are not customary, and’ which but few houses presenti BANKRUPT SALE FINE DIA3IONDS, MACON GOLD AND SILVER WATCHES, CARRIAGE and WAGON GOLD BINGS, CHAINS, FINS, HIM MflfMacoi BANK OF DISCOUNT, DEPOSIT AND COIr LECTION! AND JEWELRY OF ALL KINDS, /GEORGIA. BIBB COUNTY—LewellenPhillips, vx trustee for Sarah H. Phillips, has applied for exemption of personalty and sotting apart and val- I nation of homestead, and I will pass upon the same at 10 o’clock a. u. on the 29th day of November, I 1871, at my office. Given under my hand officially. nov!9 2t C. T. WARD, Ordinary. FOR SALE! FOR SALE! FINE PLATED WARE, CUTLERY, FIELD AND OPERA GLASSES, FINE OIL PAINTINGS, ETC., ETC. W E offer for sale an old and well established and profitable business. It pays a larger percent, on the capital invested than any business in the city. We will sell in connection or separate from the business a boose and lot in a desirable part of town. COLLINS A HEATH, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, novlG tf 69 Second Street. PRIVATE BOARD AND LODGING. AM prepared to accommodate two or three gen tlemen on liberal terms. Booms with private entrance, placing occupants under no restraint in going and coming at late hours. Residence, cor ner First and Fine streets. I can be aeen daring basinees hours at the M. A W. B. It. depot, novltf J. W. BLACKSHEAR. BABY GABS. L>’ MANUFACTORY. VALENTINO, FREEMAN & C0„ MULBERRY STREET, (Nearly opposite New Conrt-bouse). Having organized tho above establishment with FIRST-CLASS WORKMEN, Iu every Department, Aro now prepared to manufacture or repair CARRIAGES, SULKIES AND WAGONS, T HESE goods will be on exhibition to-day and to-morrow, (Saturday) in the house formerly I occupied by J. G. Coukliu, next door to Botrdman’s I book store. They will be sold at auction, beginning I on Monday at 10 a.m., and continuing until the goods are disposed of. These goods are from the establishment of M. H. Prince A Sons, Washington, D. O. All goods warranted as represent ed or money | refunded. nov!7 St CORBIN & BATES At Walker’s Old Stand, opposite the Market, H AVE now on hand and are daily receiving choice lot of FAMILYGROCERIES & PROVISIONS Consisting in part of HAZOR, SILVER LAKE, and other brands of fine Hour. Gilt edge GOSHEN BUG-GKLES, BUTTER, Cheshire Cheese, Magnolia, and other good brands of Hams, Smoked Beef. Mackerel Codfish, Atmore's Mince Meat, 8ngars, all grades, Coffee, Tea, Spices all kinds, Flavoring Extracts HP HE finest assortment of Baby Cabs and Per- ^ ^ .. _ I In a number one style as regards workmanship. I Candies, Apples, and Orange's, ambulators ever received in this city. For sale material and finish Also. Batter, Chickens, Eggs and all kinds of All work thoroughly warranted, and satisfaction C0DNTEX PRODUCE. A fine snpply of ’. —— I Brandies and Whiskies, cheap by octl5 tf CAR HART A CURD, MISS A. O’CONNOR A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—By virtue of an or- H AS now on hand an elegant assortment of Mil- I sold at tho residenca if*iho lat^DaniapHaugabook? I *° r U8e * ant ^ aE other articles usually kept linery Goods, Sash Ribbons. As specialties, dec d. commencing on Tuesday 2Sth day ofNovem^■ ,• . * - - - - — ^ 1 her 8871. the personal property belonging to the estate I We will deliver goods to any part of the city free " expense, and soy article can be returned if not " was represented. Give us a call; we will I mention Real Lace in Valenciennes, Thread and Wi’ 3! MS™[property belonging to the estate We w Dacheafifi Lflrn RaaI t ii>n i■ ra r*nr» I dec d,at hu ltto residence, on# and & half miles I of ©xpe Fr 8 e^hik>reeta em A I^^SSeK,’ u^o^bSt7ndea7orstoplca^ 'cT«mo“ttota -P 0 .™’ ZephyrWorsted. A fine stock | HMres.Jjhtiefc MtichCow.and Calve.,Beef Cattle | SSI4LLPK0FITa quick gAT.Fg Any of our customers who prefer indulging in a Ortton Avenue,imderRidSo’ePhotl^raphGaflery; I | * h ® ^nta^SfoJe^ 11 ^“ ar octlStf continued from day today until all of said property I 13 sold. Y aiUablQ Plantation for Sale. , Torm f and no prorerty delivered until paid for, and any person or persons bidding off property TXTILL be sold on the 15th day of December,next and not paying for it the prorerty will be again sold V V if not eold privately before that time, at the ¥ S-SMSA® 0 ®?, Adm’x. MIX & KIRTLAND, residence of the subscriber, 650 acres of land, aitn- ated three mile© from Gordon, Central Railroad, Location high and healthy, aociety good and near a first c'aea echool; poatoffice and milling facilities very convenient, well timbered and productive. TCill anil tn a lvxrl»- re. .re l.i. —.a. — 1 novl2 d2tawtd A. D. SMITH. Adm’r. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in TJri.TTIVXrtb.3Xr cltJ G-HLEEM - , Will sell in a body or separate lota to Sait pnrebas- I sis. There is a good frame dwelling, well of fine I water, good orchard, soil particularly adapted to frnit, place wail filled with epringa and small I streams. For further particulars call on the sub- I scriber on the place. Turns made known on day of sale. JOHN LEWIS, nov!6 d&w30» Near Gordon, Wilkinson Co. GEORGIA LASD AGEXCY. T HE undersigned (surviving partner of Butts & Brother), has valuable Cotton Plantations and Farms for sale or rent, in Bibb, Houston. Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jones, Baldwin, Monroo, Crawford, I Sole Agents, Macon, Ga. Macon, Sumter, Eaily, Baker, Decatur, Mitchell, and other oounties. Also, Mill Property, and Wild Lands euitablefor lumber, turpentine and minerals. For sale, Batts’ New Map of Georgia—mounted, portable and pocket foim. Office on Second street, near the New Court house. nol8codAwtJanl A. G. BUTTS. BOOTS AND SHOES, No. 3. Cotton Avenue, and 66 Third t. M.1COX, GA. ■^^■pULD inform their friends and all in want of BAR AND BILLIARDS. THE GLOBE,” . . Boots and Shoes of any kind, that they have | on hand one of the largest and best assortments to be fonnd in the city or State. They cordially invite their numerous old ens- I tamers and all others in want of any thing in their ! line, usually kept in a first-class Btore to call and | examine. They pledge themselve to sell at the LOWEST POSSIBLE PEICES. ON THIRD STREET, Either at their Old Stand No. 3 Cotton Avenue, or their New 8tore 66 Third Street, Macon, Ga. oct 21eod2m&b WOOD! WOOD! WOOD!! AT 60 CENTS A LOAD—ALL CUT. Apply to TTNDER theproprietoreMp of JOHN B. GBIF-. . . U FIN, has recently been beautifully frescoed I I t 130 J? 1 *.? and decorated^ and is now fitted np with three of | eep5 (j a ^ 0r ‘ FOR RENT. t STORE, also a suit of rooms enitable for a cot- ' * - - THIS omcE J. J. OLAY, .Fair Grounds. XitriYCBEa. XzUMBEBt. AT $6 to S3 PER THOUSAND, Can be bought from J. J. CLAY, Fair Grounds. the finest BILLIARD TABLES in the city. THE BAB is supplied with the best Wines, Li- I quora and Cigars that can be had. Call at the finest Saloon in the Sonth and spend I a pleasant hour. You will receive & hearty wel- oct 18 eodlm MRS. F. DESSAU Has just returned from New York, and has on ex hibition the nov!4-lw A BARGAIN. T HE undersigned will sell his Premises Belle I View, containing six acres, more or less, on the Houston road, about one mile from tho Court house, in the city of Macon. The grounds aro j SEED OATS. . 2 c A A BUSHELS of trood eeod Oita recaiv- Us . t ® ,alI y Irtd ont and embellished with evergreens ,0(ju ing and for sale by “ andflowers. an excellent well of pure water, and ^ siOUIt TINSLEY & CO J all the noceesary ont-honaea. The view from Wind- novt5 tf COMMISSIONER’S SALE. necessary out-houses. The view from Wind sor Hill is unsurpassed by any around Mocod. The j furniture, all new, will likewise bo disposed of. The hoase is firet-claes, nearly now. and contains i ten rooms, the titles to which aro indisputable. Terms $12,000—one-half cash,balance to be deter- Latest Novelties in Millinery, CLOAKS, SAILOR SHIRTS, POLONAISES, And all the articles necessary to complete a FASHIONABLE OUTFIT, To which she invites the attention of her customers oct4 3m and the publio. Y virtue of a decree of the Honorable the Bn-. . .— * perior Court of Bibb county, I will offer for I **y seller and purchases. sale on the first Tuesday in December next, be- I oct26 2tawlm* JAMES T. WILKEBSON. tween the legal hours of Sheriff sales, beforo the I mrrmwr Ttnnumt* T door of the new Court-house in the city of Macon, AIKEN PREMIUM LAND S 4T.F to the highest bidder, the lot on the comer or Wal- UttHD O JIjDi nut and New streets in the city of Macon, whereon "\TOYEMBER 39th is close at hand. On that dav the colored Methodist Church lately stood. Sale to -*-l the distribution of prizes in tho Aiken Pro be made subject to the confirmation of the presid- J Land 8ale, takes place at tag Judge Of said Court. Ts^offretereA Girard) ’s Opera House, Augusta, Ga. nov2 tde ' Commissioner. | T h?i®S“, t ,£ ealE8tat0 P" 23 13 worth 425,000! DIXIE works, E XCHANGE on New York for sale at lowest cur rent rate. Exchange bought on New York, Philadelphia and. Savannah. Advances made on Bonds, Stocks. Cotton in store. or shipments of cotton to good Northern, Euro pean. Charleston or Savannah houses. Collections promptly attended to in aU carta of the United States. Onr circulation is amply protected by United States Bonds. f. C. PLANT, President. W. W. Whig let. Cashier. augl6-tiioct28* CUBBEDGE & 1IAZLEHIRST, Bankers and Brokers MACON. GA. R eceive deposits, buy.and sell ex change, GOLD, SILVER, STOCKS, BONDS and Uncurrent Funds. Collections Made on all Accessible Points. CvYOr.ieo open at all hours of the day. eeptl-lyr CUBBEDGE & IIAZLO! UM S SAVINGS INSTITUTION. INTEBEST PAID ON ALL SUMS FROM $1 TO $5000. O FFICE HOURS, FROM 8 A. a. to 6 r. JL febS-tf -A.ca-Ejsrc'sr Savannah Bank and Trust Co* MACON. QAPITAL ONE MILLION DOLLARS, all paiilin ADVANCES MADE ON COTTON. EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND MJLD DEPOSITS RECEIVED, On which Interest will be Allowed^, AS AUBZXD UPOH. jan25-ly I. C. PLANT A SON, Agfa. EXWAKD HAIGHT & CO., 123 2ST IS. JE2 3EL &k No. 9 WALL STREET, NEW YORK. Five Per Cent, Interest Allowed m De posits. T HE business of onr firm is tho uni as any State or National Bank. Individuals or firms banking with ns may deposit and draw as they please, the same as with any bank, except that we allow Interest on all balances (of five per cent). We buy and sell Bonds, Stocks, Gold, Business Papers, and collect business notes and drafts throughout the United States, giving prompt re turns. no4 lm SEE THE FIGURES^ How the eagacious and well posted merchants of New York City appreciate the INSURANCE COMPANY. B EFORE the recent Chicago fire its premiums in New York City far surpassed those of any other Fire Insurance Company. Since that fire its increase of business is without a parallel. Compare receipts as below in New York City alone: 1870. 1871. October 15, $2,783 37 October 16, $6,018 88 ’ 17. 907 00 “ 17, 8,497 27 • 18. 1,060 50 “ 18, 9.527 90 ’ 19, 775 50 “ 19, 9,535 80 ‘ 20, 62000 “ 20,13,818 74 ‘ 21, 2.022 00 “ 21, 8.431W Tho average daily premiums received by the Company in the United States dor- , ing the year 1870, was $7,162 <* The average daily premiums received in the City of New York alone in the above week, *as 9,20493 The following comparison of receipte of premia® 3 in the United States is also tateres’tae: MACON, GEORGIA, NOTICE. The lowest $300. Shares $5, including an engraving worth the money. Six ehares $25, including engravings. m * rpHIRTY DAYS alter date application will M£*&£££%& J- taafie tottho City Council of Macon to cloee | out eDgravtags, $10. Seven shares $20. that put of Tatnall street, and all tiie alleys run- Shares sent on receipt of money, or by express rung through the property deeded by the said O. O. D. Address * * Council to Mercer University. J. C. DERBY, Manager. Augusts, Ga. _ | Or apply to Messrs. Brown A Co., Booksellers, r ” no7tu,frtq no!5 law30d free- Lvwtj Jiustees, m. V. — ^ — I yawn, Ga, * Guernsey, Bartrnm & Hcnflrlx, Tropr’a., Contractors, Bnllders, and Dealers in DOORS, SASH, BUNDS, BRACKETS, MANTELS, WINDOW3 AND DOOR FRAMES. WHITE FINE WORK, SCROLL WORK, And all Boris of Taming done to order. Beady Dressed Flooring, Ceiling, Bough Lnmbe and Lathee in any quantity always on hand. tftden solicited and promptly filled. 1870. October 13, $11,14649 14, 10,07146 15, 6,669 53 16 .-... 17, 12,249 63 18, 2,457 60 19, 6,069 93 20, 5,571 25 21, M| 1871. October 13, $20,411 56 •■ 14, 32,93999 “ 16, , "lA5£692 “ 17, 14,165 60 « 18, 20,384 29 “ 19, 16,417 55 “ 20, 26,548 79 21, 30,127 37 With assets still of $20,000,000 Gold, and tho ta- dividnal liability of ita stockholders for all its en gagements, it offers a security nnequaled by any company in the world. L O. PLANT, Agent. oct21-tseplt Macon, Ga. TOBACCO! TOBACCO! BOXES of Virginia Manufactured Tobacco all grades, including tho celebrated Lucy Hinton and Bwanona. The latter brand took the premium at the latt Geoigia State Fair. As To bacco ia only a small portion of our business can sell at very abort profits, which w< An «EV\rnrm otvst do. noy!5 tf promise to- ’SEYMOUR, TINSLEY A 00.