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44 44 leave to sell Land, 5 00
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Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00
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KAIL KOAD TIME TABLE.
t Artival and Departure of Trains at Milledgeville.
MACON Sc AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
Itay Train.
Down Train to Augusta arrives at Milledgev., 8.17 a.m.
Up Tram to Macon arrives at Milledgeville, £>24 p.m
Night Train.
Arrives from Augusta at 12:20 a m.
“ “ Macon at 12:15 a m.
EATONTON & GORDON RAILROAD.
Up Tt nin to Eatnnton arrives at Milledgev., 8.45 p. m
Down Ttain to Gordon arrives “ 2.35 p.m
Post Office Notice.
Mtt,l.EDGEvtLLE.*Jan. 18, 1872.
From and after this date mails will -lose as follows :
Mtttis tor Atlanta at d Augusta and points beyond
going north at.d east, will close at 8 o’clock A M.
Mails lor Macon. Southwestern Road, and points
beyond, going south-west, will close at 5 P M.
Mat s for Savao i.tlt and Florida cb se at 2:15 P M.
Mails for Eatont u and Monticello closes at8;45. P M
Office hours fro r 7 A. M. until 6.30 P. M.
Office open tin Sundays from 8 to 9 1-2 A. M.
Money Orders obtained from 7 A. M. until 5PM
JOSIAS MARSHALL, P. M.
Church Directory.
BABTIsT CHURCH.
_ Services 1st and 3d Sundays in each month, at 11
o’clock a hi and 7 p m.
Sabbath School at9 I-2o’clock, am- S N Bonghton,
Supt. Rev. D E BUTLER, Pastor.
METHODIST CHURCH.
Hours of service on Sunday: 11 o’clock, a m
ami 7 p m.
Sunday School 3 o’clock p in.—W E Fiankland,
Supeiiuicndent.
B riemln of the Sabbath School are invited to visit it
S S Missionaiy Society, monthly, 4th Sunday at 2 p in
Prayer meeting eveiy Wednesday 7 o’clock p in-
Rev A J JARRELL, Paator.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Services eveiy Sabbath (except the 2d in each mo)
at i ! o'clock a in and 7 p in.
Sabbath School at 9 I 2 a m. TT Windsor, Supt.
Player meeting every Friday at 4 o’clock,p m.
Rev C W LANE, Pastor.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Without a Pastor at present.
Sunday School at 9 o’clock, a m.
Dodges.
I. o. G. T.
OTillrdgrrillr I.oilge No 1 ki> meets in tha Senate
Chamber at the State Hou.^e on every Friday even-
ing at 7 o’clock. C P CRAWFORD, W C T.
E P Lane, Sec’y.
Cold \\ ater Templars meet at the State House eve
s’ Saturday afteruoou at 3 o’clock.
MASONIC.
Brnnolrnt ■.otlgc No 3 V A M, meets 1st and 3d
Saturday nights of each month at Masonic Hall.
G D Case, Scc'y. 1. H. HOWARD, W. M.
Temple Chapter meets the second and fourth Sat-
unlay logins in each mouth.
G D Case, Sec’y. S G WHITE, H P.
Itlilledgeville l odge of Perfection A.'.Si A.'.
o. u.\ meets every Monday night
SAM’L G WHITE, T.-.P.-.G.-.M.*.
Geo. D.^Case, Exc Grand tsec’y.
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Mayor—Samuel Walker,
1$ ard of Aldermen.— 1. F B Mapp; 2 E Trice;
3 T A Caraktr; 4 Jacob Caraker; 5 J H McComb;
6 Henry Temples.
Clerk and treasurer—Peter Fair.
Marshal—J B Fair. Policeman—T Tuttle.
Deputy Marshal and Street Overseer—Peter Ferrell.
Sexton— K Beeland
City Surveyor—C T Bayne.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
Judge M. R. Bell, Ordinary—office in Masonic Hall.
P L, Fair, (,'lerk Sup’r Court, “ “
Obadie.',t Arnold. Sheriff, “ “
O P tionner. Dep'ty Sheriff, lives in the country.
Jo.ias Marshall Re. ’r Tax Returns—at Post Office.
V, N Callaway. Tax Collector, office at his store.
H Temples, County Tteasurer, office at his store.
Isaac Cushing, Coronor, residence on Wilkinson st.
John Gentry, Constable, residence on Wayne st, near
the Factory.
MEDICAL BOARD OF GEORGIA.
Dr. G. 1) Case Dean. Dr. S. G. WHITE. Pres'
Regular meeting tit at Monday in December.
STATE LUNajiC ASYLUM.
Dr THOS F GREEN, Superintendent.
M R Bell, Tr. A. Steward.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
D B Sanford, Sec’y. JOHN JONES, Chief.
1 tie M Sc M I ire Co. meets at the Court Room on
the first and third Tuesday nights in each month.
SELIilNG OFF
P REPARATORY TO A CHANGE OF SCHED
ULE I have determined to close out my entire
Stock_ot SHELF GOODS at Cost for Cash. Par
ties wialiiig bargaius must call soon.
July 10, 1872.
C. B. M UNDAY.
50 tf
White Wine Vinegar (best quality)
75 cents at Cook’s.
W. A. HUFF’S
Corn and Bacon
EMPORIUM
OF MIDDLE GEORGIA!
Com ! Corn 11 Com I!!
THE LARGEST AND MOST SELECT STOCK OF
White and Mixed Com
Always to be found at the Store of
W. A. HUFF.
-:o:
BACON!
A MERCHANT OR PLANTER WILL ALWAYS
i Find it to His Interest
TO CALL ON ME BEFORE MAKING HIS PURCHASES IN
THIS ARTICLE.
W. A. HUFF.
:o:-
Flour,
Meal,
Hay,
Oats,
Sugar,
Bran,
Coffee,
Bagging,
Salt,
Ties,
Syrup,
&c.,
&c.,
ALWAYS ON HAiND, IN LARGE OR SMALL QUANTITIES,
For Cash or Good Paper.
\Y. A. HUFF.
MACON, GA., July 30, J872. ;
Practical Cookery.
The difference between practical
and theoretical knowledge applies as
well to the art ot Cooktry, as to the
other fine arts. I assume as indisputa
ble the proposition that cookery is one
of the “ Fine Arts.” If the world is
disinclined to recognize it as such in
the past, we hereby so canonize it for
all the future.
Books for instruction in this indis
pensable art are of great abundance.
We dare say that of stupid ones there
are enough, we know. But we can
say with positive certainty that there
is one written by a Southern lady,
eminently concise and practical, wise
and economical. We refer to Mrs.
Elliott's Housewife.
Mrs. Sarah A. Elliott of Oxford,
North Carolina, by this admirable vol
ume, has won a place in Ida Raymond’s
popular volume, “Living Female
Writers of the South.” Her home is
in Oxford, N. C., and persons desiring
this elegant volume may procure it,
sent by mail, by transmitting one dol
lar and fifty cents to her, or to her
publishers, Messrs. Ilurd & Houghton,
New York. Not only are the contents
of the volume excellent, but the bind
ing is both beautiful and substantial.
An examination of Mrs. Elliott’s vol
ume, and the opinions of experienced
housewives on the subject, constrain
us to say that Mrs. Elliott’s work is
the embodiment of the latest improve
ments in Cookery. It has been adopt
ed as a standard authority by Queen
Victoria in the Royal Kitchens at
Wiudsor Palace.
GOV. NUITII N LETTER OF ACtlEP
TAKt'E.
Atlanta, July 24, 1872.
Hon. James M. Smith, Atlanta :
Dear Sir—The undersigned have
been appointed a committee, by the
Democratic Convention, this day as
sembled here, to inform you that you
have been nominated, by a unanimous
vote of the Convention, as the Demo
cratic candidate for the office ot Gov
ernor of Georgia.
We herew ith enclose a copy of the
resolutions adopted by the Conven
tion.
It gives us great pleasure to make
this communication, and to assure you
that your brief administration re.ceiv-
ed the cordial indorsement of the
Convention, as it bad already previ
ously received the hearty approval of
the people.
Permit us to express the hope of
our common constituents and of our
selves personally, that you will ac
cept the nomination so heartily and
unanimously tendered.
With the highest respect for your
official and private character, and with
a Godspeed to you in the good work
you are now performing, vve remain,
dear sir, with great respect,
Your friends and ob’t serv’ts,
Jas M. Mobley,
Julian Hartridge,
Wm. E. Simmons,
Ira It. Foster,
Warren Akin,
Committee.
Atlanta, Ga., July 29, 1872.
Messrs. James M. Mobley, Julian Hart-
ridge, JVm. E. Simmons, Ira It. Foster,
Warren Akin, Committee:
Gentlemen—I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your com
munication of the 24th inst, informing
me that the State Democratic Con
vention had nominated me unani
mously as their candidate for the of
fice of Governor.
For this great honor I cannot com
mand language in which to express
my gratitude. The unanimity and
heartiness with which the nomination
was made, add another to the many
obligations, already resting upon me,
to serve with all possible zeal and
faithfulness a people who have so hon
ored and trusted me.
The resolutions adopted by the
Convention have been careful consid
ered and I take pleasure in stating
that the principles therein enunciated
meet with my warm approval. The
re-affirmance of “the unchangeable
doctrine that this is a Union of States,
and that the indestructibility of the
States, of their rights, and of their
equality with each other, is an indis
pensable part of our political system,”
is a pledge on the part of the Conven
tion that the Democracy of Georgia
will continue to adhere to the princi
ples of constitutional government.
These great fundamental principles
of our Federal system should never be
forgotten or abandoned. And yet, to
use the language of one of the resolu
tions, I fully “recognize the exigen
cies of the times wh-ch suggested and
secured the nomination by the Dem
ocratic party at Baltimore, of Horace
Greeley and B. Gratz Brown, as can
didates for President and Vice-Presi
dent of the United States, and regard
their election as conducive to the pre
servation of the rights of the States,
to locai self-government, and the pro
tection of the individual liberty of the
citizen.”
It would be uncandid in me not to
say that I should have been glad it
this exigency had not been upon us.
The power of naming the caniidates,
however, was specifically lodged by
the party in the National Convention.
That Convention, like a court of the
last resort, is the highest party tribu
nal in the land, and beyond it there is
no other or further appeal, without
going outside of the party. This lat
ter course I cannot adopt. I cannot
separate myself from my own people.
Nay, more : I would stand by them,
even when iu the wrong, rather than
give the enemies of good government
my countenance and support.
The National Convention having
nominated candidates for the Presi
dency aud Vice-Presidency, and the
State Convention having recognized
and accepted these candidates, I shall
not permit myself to call in question
either the wisdom and patriotism
which directed the choice made by the
one, or the acceptance and indorse
ment accorded the other. The
Democratic party, with Greeley and
Brown as its candidates, is infinitely,
preferable in my judgment, to any oth
er political organization in the coun
try. I shall give to the Baltimore
nominees, therefore, my earnest and
zealous support, believing that in their
election the cause of honesty and con
stitutional government will achieve a
triumph over fraud, corruption and
usurpation.
1 may add that since my accession
to office, I have had but little time to
bestow upon national affairs. We
have a great work before us here iu
Georgia, sufficient to engage the best
efforts of every patriot in the JState,
and I havegiveu my band and heart to
that work. To complete this work
successfully, it is necessary that we
preserve the integrity of the Demo
cratic party here at home. It is nec
essary that we be united and zealous
and forbearing, slow to condemn or to
magnify differences upon matters ot
minor concern. If we but pursue this
course, the good work we have in
hand will have been finished at no
distant day. Meanwhile let us hope
that the great and powerful party to
which we belong, will be enabled,
with the aid of liberal and patriotic
men from other political organizations,
to accomplish the same beneficent
revolution in our national affairs that
we have already effected here in Geor-
gia.
With the highest appreciation of
the honor conferred upon me, and with
many thanks for the kind terms em
ployed by you in communicating the
action of the Convention, I accept the
nomination, with a pledge that, if
elected, I shall, to the best of my abil
ity, discharge the duties of the great
trust placed in my hands by a confi
ding people.
Very truly,
James M. Smith.
GREELEY 8 LETTER OF ACCEPT-
ANCE.
He Accepts the lYoininnlion I'pon a Flat-
lb rut “ Inroatcatabl? Krpublicuu
aud Emphatically Demo
cratic."
The following is Mr. Greeley’s let
ter, accepting the Baltimore nomina
tion, in reply to the letter of the com
mittee appointed to notify him there
of :
New York, July IS, 1S72.
Gentlemen: Upon mature delib
eration it seems fit that I should give
to your letter of the 10th instant some
further and fuller response than the
hasty unpremeditated words iu which
I acknowledged and accepted your
nomination at our meeting on the 42th
instant.
That your Convention saw fit to
accord its highest honor to one who
had been prominently and pointedly
opposed to your party in the earnest
and sometimes angry controversies of
the last forty years is essentially note
worthy. That many of you Liberal
Republicans should present another
candidate for President, aud would
more rapidly have united with us in
the support of Adams or Trumbull,
Davis or Brown, is well known. I
owe my adoption at Baltimore whol
ly to the fact that I had already been
nominated at Cincinnati, and that a
concentration of forces upon any new
man had been proved impractica
ble.
Gratified as I am at your concur
rence in the Cincinnati nomination,
and certain as I am that you would
not have thus concurred had you not
deemed me upright aud capable, I
found nothing in the circumstance
calculated to inflame vanity or nourish
self-conceit. But that your Conven
tion saw fit to reaffirm the Cincinnati
platform is to me a source of the pro-
toundest satisfaction. That body was
constrained to take this step by no
party necessity, real or supposed. It
might have accepted the candidates of
the Liberal Republicans upon grounds
entirely its own, or it might have
presented them as the first Whig con
vention did Harrison and Tyler, with
out adopting any platform whatever.
That it chose to plant itself delib
erately, by a vote nearly unanimous,
upon the fullest and clearest enuncia
tion of principles which are at once in
contestably Republican and emphati
cally Democratic, gives trustworthy
assurance that a new and more aus
picious era is dawning upon our long
distracted country. Some of the best
years and best efforts of my life were
devoted to a struggle against chattel
slavery, a struggle none the less earn
est and arduous because respect lor
constitutional objections constrained
me to act for the most part on the de
fensive in resistance to the diffusion,
rather than in the direct efforts for the
extinction of human bondage.
Throughout most of these years my
vision was uncheered, my exertions
were rarely animated by even so much
as a hope that I should live to see my
country peopled by freemen alone.
The affirmance by your Convention
of the Cincinnati platform is a most
conclusive proof that not merely is
slavery abolished, but that its spirit is
extinct; that despite tiie protests ol
a respectable, but isolated few, there
remains among us no party and no for
midable interest which regrets the
overthrow or desires the re-establish-
ment of human bondage, whether in
letter or in spirit. I am thereby jus
tified in my hope and trust that the
first century of American independ
ence will nut close before the grand
elemental truths on which its rightful
ness was based by Jefferson and'the
Continental Congress of ’76 will no
longer be regarded as glittering gen
eralities, but will have become the
universally accepted and honored
foundations of our political fabric. I
demand the prompt application of
those principles to our existing con
dition.
Having done what I could for the
complete emancipation of the blacks,
I now insist on the full enfranchise
ment of all my white countrymen.
Let none say that the ban has just
been removed from all but a few hun
dred elderly gentlemen to whom eligi
bility to office can be of little conse
quence. My view contemplates not
the hundreds proscribed, but the mil
lions who are denied the right to be
ruled and represented by men of their
own unfettered choice. Proscription
were absurd if these did not wish to
elect the very men whom they are
forbidden to choose.
I have a profound regard for the
people of that part ot New England
wherein I was born, in whose com
mon schools I was taught. I rank no
people above them in intelligence, ca
pacity', and moral worth; but while
they do many things well, and some
admirably, there is one thing they
cannot safely or wisely undertake, and
that is the selection for States remote
from and unlike their own, of tiie per
sons by whom these States shall be
represented in Congress. If they
could do this to good purpose, then re
publican institutions are unfit and
aristocracy the only true political sys
tem. Yet, what have we recently
witnessed ? Z. B. Vance, the unques
tioned choice of a large majority of
the present Legislature of North Caro
lina, a majority backed by a majority
of the people who voted at its election,
refused the seat in the Federal Senate
to which he was chosen, and the Legis
lature thus constrained to choose an
other in his place or leave the State
unrepresented for years.
The votes of New England thus de
prived North Carolina of the Senator
of her choice, and compelled her to
send another in his stead—another
who in our late contest was, like
Vance, a rebel, and a fighting rebel, but
had not served in Congress before the
war as Vance had, though the latter
remained faithful to the Union till af
ter the close of his term. I protest
against the disfranchisement of a State,
presumptively of a number of States,
on ground so narrow and technicalas
this. The fact that the same Senate
which refused his seat proceeded to
remove his disabilities after that seat
had been filled by another, only serves
to place in a stronger light the indig
nity to Nortli Carolina, and the arbi
trary, capricious tyranny which dic
tated it.
I thank you, gentlemen, that my
name is to be conspicuously associated
with yours in a determined effort to
render amnesty complete and univer
sal in spirit as well as in letter. Even
defeat in such a case would leave no
sting, while triumph would rank with
those victories which no blood red
dens, and which evoke no tears but
those of gratitude and joy.
Gentlemen, your platform, which
is also mine, assures me that Demo
cracy is not henceforth to stand for
one thingand Republicanism for anoth
er ; but these terms are to mean in
politics, as they have always meant in
the dictionary, substantially one and
the same thing, equal rights, regard
less of creed or clime or color. I hail
this as a genuine new departure from
outworn feuds and meaningless con
tentions in the direction of progress
and reform.
Whether I shall be found worthy to
bear the standard of the great Liberal
movement which the American peo
ple have inaugurated is to be deter
mined not by words, but deeds—with
ine, if I steadily advance; over me il
1 falter. Its grand array moves on to
to achieve for our country her glori
ous beneficent destiny.
I remain, gentlemen, yours,
Horace Greeley.
To Hon. James R. Doolittle, chair
man, of the Convention, and Messrs.
F. W. Sykes, John C. Macabe, and
others, committee.
An Aggressive Campaign.—In the
campaign this fall, by no arts of their
opponents, can the Democrats aud
Liberals be placed on the defensive,
l'lie campaign is not to be fought on
the dead issues of the past, but on the
living ones of the present. The Gree
ley men are the attacking forces. On
Grant’s four-year record and the four-
year record of the Radical party will
the Radicals have to stand or fall. It
is meet, then, that in the campaign
the opponents of Radicalism should
take the initiative, and this they are
doing. All over the country the Voices
of leading Democrats and Liberals are
heard, warning the people of the dan
ger of lour more years of Grant, ex
posing his record since he has been
President, showing not alone his per
sonal unfitness, but the unfitness of
the party ot which Morton, Chandler,
Conklin<r, Cameron & Co. are the lead
ers, to be intrusted with the reins ot
power. They also show that the
movement for Greeley is from and of
the people, who are tired of keeping
longer alive sectional strifes, turmoils,
and bitterness, and have determined to
place iu power men in favor of peace
and reconciliation.
In this State the campaign on the
Liberal side has already been well
opened. Here the Radicals are most
strongly intrenched, aud the task
of redeeming the State is no small one.
But all that is necessary is a continu
ance of the earnestness and vigor
which have already been exhibited.
Tne Radicals are at a loss to know
what to do. On every side they wit
ness delaction after defaction from the
party, aud the rank and tile are already
unmanageable. Every Greeley aud
Brown ratification meeting that is held
strikes terror to their hearts. They
have in this State scarcely held a meet
ing yet. The Democrats and Liberals
have held many; are enthusiastic in
the cause, and all that is necessary to
carry the people with them is to
strike while the iron is hot—while the
Radicals are demoralized, and before
they can rally and discipline their
forces.
To redeem the State the active co
operation of Democrats and Liberals
is essential, and we are glad to see
that steps have been taken looking to
this, it having been decidtd at a con
ference of members of the Democratic
and Liberal Republican State Central
Committees, held in Grand Rapids
Thursday, to adoptdti)> same line of
action us has been tempted in Illinois,
and put a coalition ticket in the field.
The State Conventions of the Demo
cracy and Liberals will, therefore, ho
held at the same time and place. * *
But to pursue an aggressive and
successful campaign organization is the
first requisite. This must not be neg
lected. In many localities the work
has already been well begun, and Gree
ley and Brown clubs organized. The
bail must not be permitted to to stop.
There must he no resting, satisfied with
our labors, until the day of election.
Let Greeley and Brown clubs he or
ganized everywhere. Let Democrats
and Liberals vie with each other in
their determination to throttle Radi
calism, and success will surely crown
their efforts.—From the Detroit Free
Press.
A portion of Professor Agassiz’ par
ty, though not the Professor himself,
spent May-day on the island of Juan
FernamRz the scene of the story of
Robinson Crusoe. Fernandez discov
ered the island in 1-56:3, and left some
goats upon it, which multiplied, and
became the means of sustaining life to
subsequent adventurers. An Indian
was left there in 1681, and staid three
years. Then came Selkirk, who re
mained from October, 1704, to Febru
ary, 1709, in absolute solitude. The
story of the Scotch sailor amounted to
little, until the genius of Defoe trans
formed it and made it immortal. The
island is described by a Tribune cor
respondent with the Ilas&ler expedi
tion, as ten miles hy four, with mouu-
taneous ridges 3000 feet high, precip
itous shores, and deep water close in
shore. The present population con
sists of twelve persons, including chil
dren. Wild goats abound. Tne in
habitants sell beef, milk, poultry and
vegetables to passing ships, especially
American whalers.
Mr. A. T. Stewart.—The gener
ous contribution of Mr. A. T. Stewart
to the Liberal cause is not measured
in its importance by the amount.—
Twenty thousand dollars is a bag
atelle to the merchant prince, but the
expression of sympathy with the
cause, carried by the fact of the con
tribution, is worth more than as many
millions. For this act shows, more
plainly than any verbal statement,
with which party the practical busi
ness men of the country feel their in
terest safest. Mr. Stewart’s most no
table characteristic in his shrewdness
and perspicacity. No mail knows
better what is calculated to promote
the prosperity of commerce and trade,
and thence the prosperity of all class
es ; and no one sees farther into the
complicated contingencies of the fu
ture. That such as lie should hasten
to advance the Liberal cause is an ev
idence that the business of the coun
try has much at stake in the contest,
and that the overthrow of the Grant
Administration is the practical need
of the hour. It is not improbable that
the greater part of the commercial
public sympathizes in this sentiment,
since corruption and fraud in the ad
ministration of national affairs has al
ready made its malign influence felt
in trade, and another tour years of this
regime would be terrible in its demor
alizing efleet.— Boston Post.
Governor Vance’s Last.—When
Governor Vance spoke at Newbern the
Radicals, true to their low instincts,
concocted a plan hy which the speaker
wa9 to be mortified and disturbed, but
somehow, as will be seen, it rather
miscarried. The boomerang hit the
ones that threw it. While Vance was
speaking a certain animal with loi g
cars was led as near the stand as tho
crowd would allow; and presently he
began to send forth some alarming
sounds, which, once heard, are never
forgotten. Vance paused for a mo
ment, and then, waving his hand to
ward the animal, said : “ Now you
just hush, you old Radical—I never
promised to divide time with you.”
The animal and its keeper vamosed the
ranche, and the crowd yelled and hal
loaed.— Raleigh Sentinel.
There is a species of honey bees in
South Africa without stings. They
usually take possession of hollow tiees,
in which they construct rows of wax
cups nearly the size of an eggshell.
When lull of honey they are capped
over to exclude air, which preserves
the coutents in a fluid state. When
one pot is finished they proceed with
another, aud thus store up uu im
mense amount of delicious food, of
which they are invariably robbed
without the power of offering resist
ance.
Napoleon’s son is beginning to take
part in public life. He distributed the
prizes at the annual fete of the House
tor Little Boys, near London, on July
13, and on the same occasiou he made
his first speech iu public, il we except
the few words uttered at the “ bap
tism of fire,” His health was pro
posed by Lord of Cavendish, M. P. #
and on rising to respond, the uewspa
pers tells us, he was received with
rounds of enthusiastic cheers.