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of Oaudjdnte*, *“ t#n llne#t charged the
K; |u d oi/itudiy n '7 ic ,j <r
■ -s transient »dv.-in- ** Eie cuiors, AJui.nUtra-
H e U*o a»» •-*’ f. , ]HW tu be advertised
KJ u -Ilrio a ay r d e y previous to the day of sale.
beheldon the that Tuesday In the
B *L e * ‘ the hoars of ten in the forenoon and three
H "It the Court house In the county la which
B P,toNu. OHOP«KT y must be advertised in like
SB '"wiwM aUdCkkwtom of an Estate must be
If * 1 tor ( tSf ' U; ‘ ltiolJ will be made to the Ordinary for
B,; u \!Srl ‘Si‘and Negroes, mast be published weekly
Ml* 1 ,u '' l<l . , ‘V' renters of Administrations, thirty days ;
HtV' 1 ' n’fruiu Administration, monthly, six months;
• 11 I,mu Guardianship, weekly, forty day?.
I# ■ ' u V MtCLorfisu oK Mobtoaoks, monthly four
W, a * ivi'r establishing lost papers, for the full space of
S' * tor compelling titles from executors °r ad-
B btra'tori wli.Ti- a bond h .i been given by the deceased,
I county officer,, Drug-
H? iut-noueer*. Merchants, and others, who may wish
ST Ike limited contracts.
pr betters addressed tog. KOsh * CO.
f KIUI l \lf MEETINGS
(I MASONS knight templars, odd eel
it lows AND SONS OF TEMPERANCE,
im.D IN THE CITY OK MACON.
iIIANONN.
li) 1 Lodsrc at Georgia tor 1563, October 2Sth.
K,'! ~, l.mlce, No. 5, tirst and third Monday nights in
' tantlue Chapter, No. 4,second Monday night in each
■ \V iMiington Council, No. C, fourth Monday night iu each
Oniei’s Encampment, Knights Templar, No. 2, Meet
,"every tirst Tuesday night in each month.
ODD PJELLOWS,
Jp<! ran 1 |,„lge, llrst Wedtfftday in June.
■b;, .i.i.t Rnuaiiipmeut, Tuesday previous.
■fl- niklin Lodge, No. 2, every Thursday evening.
¥PJwte i Brothers, No. 5, every Tuesday evening.
I Mae on Uoi.m Encampment, No. ‘l, second aud fourth
■ ouday evenings in each month.
sO\ S OF TE.tl PER ACNE.
I Grand Division, fourth Wednesday in October, annually.
ritOFESMQNAL CAROS. I
Cl/LVEKHOUSE A t \SLE\ ,
ATTORNEYS. AT LAW,
KNOXVILLE AND FORT VALLEY, OA. I
| H en.VKWIOUiE, F. A. ANSLEY, 1
Knoxville, Ga. Fort Valley, Ga. j
; II Mrp
L. M. WHITTLE,
ATTORN EY AT LAW,
MAUUN, OHO KOI A.
)KFICE next to CONCERT HALL,over Payne’s Drug Store
iaa.«, [4l-ly.]
TKIOVAS IS. CABANI§S,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Forsytli, G-a.
\ITII.I, attend promptly to all business entrusted to his
| IT care in the Omuntiesof Monroe, Bibb, Butts, Crawford,
ticj, Pike,Spalding and Upson. [may 12 ’sß]
THB GEORGIA
home ixm isa\«:c: company,
op
COLUMBUS, GEO.
CHARTERED CAPITAL - - $350,000
DIRKOTORS.
M. McGough, W. H. YoungJ
jjob’t.M, Guubjr, J. G. Strupper,
5-C.Cody, J. P. Illgea,
W. H. Hughes,
Jauieu T. Bozeman, James Ennis,
L. T. Downing.
JNO. McGOUGH, President.
M'.Wiacox, Secretary.
>n urea dwellings, stores, merchandize, cotton and othei
l'r 'duee.and all kinds of Insurable property, against loss
1 damage by tire. Applications received and policies is-
f a r dl, y JOSEPH M. BOAUDMAN,
ich io-y Agent for Macon and vicinity.
Notice to Builders and Jobbers.
msiBER FOR SALE.
npilK subscriber would inform his friends and the public
Ia that he has the largest and best lot of
seasoned pine limber
iof^■ ex>li^te and in Middle Georgia, consisting of Scantling
Sil <* and commonly used in house building; quartered
‘ ‘ Pastured flooring, wetherboardiug, ceiling, and all
v r t,"!' 1 * Suit: *t>le for building.
i , ls “ear the Central Railroad, and will deliver at
Kir h ° D •"“‘modating terms. Any person wishing to
a,,,. 48 **'address me at Irwinton, and I will send horse
uggy to meet the day train at Mclntyre’s, and convey
°‘ hf BUI free of charge.
.. e Pt-ls6l.— t s G. «. BURNEY.
THE STUBBLEFIELD HO®
Tjiko the Phoenix from its Ashes.”
f ' ar K e , new and elegant House, recently erected
>1 i 0 u ‘ e rui us of my old establishment, Mulberry street,
ti ' f l ’n*' * B u °w open for the reception and aecommda
t T h«H o&r^er3 ami transient guests.
j )c * l lou so has been newly furnished throughout, in the
1 manner, and the Proprietor will endeavor to make it a
PiliNT CLASS HOTEL.
(UHi\ l U ,^i 0 n ia eli * ible » a little below the Methodist and
i l*iar Cs of husfu^ il,teriM Church, ami near the Banks and
IpuitK- tP of lll! obl friends and of tbe traveling
‘ uov ‘ s respectfully solicited.
L W M. STUBBLEFIELD.
L ( ;‘ ; V N ITK HALL.
*1 I'kTRO.Va D t. re ! P f cUuU y infor m my OLD FRIENDS and
:W 1 ‘ the buiijinJ fire, I have obUlned the Rooms
the u., r ,. u U f m £ Nk-XT ABOVE the “Granite Hall,” and over
w^r«i h(tVeo «ehvoy and Messrs. Bostick A Lamar,
and cuatom erii 1 . ’ aU( J Wlll be pleaseff to see my friends
P pleasure. ’ “ ua w ‘‘» do my best for their comfort and
may 1 Very Respectfully,
r BENJ. F. DENSE.
IS stkl 11 all "
** TO THE PUBLIC.
Atianu. g».. NK, Proprietor
Georgia manufacture
WMKAT FANS, a ■ UilL.
warranted to work Well. “ Bta « made article
Straw Cutters
ttlD,
BUSINESS CARDS.
fHOS. rtA.aPBMAS.BH. 0 . O. BPAHE6
HARDEMAN & SPARKS,
WARE-HOUSE
AND
Commission Merchants.
MACON, C*A., j^y-
WiLL give prompt attention to the selling andTormlr
of Cotton, and to the tilling of orders for pUntatloi*
ana family supplies. With many years exueriebce r
with their best efforts to serve their friends, they hope to
D. C. HODGKINS &, SON,
DEALERS IN AND MANDFACTttftKRS OF
C3r xj isr ses.
RIFLES. 9
' il * *
Son works,
MAtO.K, GEORGIA.
T. c . NI S 13 E r r ,
HAVNID removed his FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
WORKS to the line of the Rail Road near the Macon
>fe Western Shops, he is now prepared to manufacture all
kinds of
MACHINERY AND CASTINGS,
ALSO
Steam Engines & Boilers,
On terms as favorable as any Estabklahment either North or
South. (marld) T. C. NIHBET.
JOHN SCHOFIELD, JOSHUA 30HOF1EI.D
Schofield & JBro.,
FOUNDERS AND MACHINISTS
MACON, GEOKOIA.
WE are prepared to Manufacture Steam Euu iiit-s.
CIRCULAR SAW MILLS, MILL and UIN GEAR
ING, (SUGAR MILLS,
BRASS AND IRON CASTINGS
Os every description IKON RAILING and I LK*
AiNli.lHS. Having the most complete assortment of
Iron Railing iu the State, which for elegance, neatness,du
rability and design, cannot be surpassed, and are suitable
for the fronts of Dwelling*, Cemetery L«t«, Public Squares,
Ohurcb Fences and Balconies.
Persons desirous of purchasing Railings will do well to
give a calk, as we are determined to offer as good bargains
aß&ny Northern Establishment.
Specimens of our Work can be seen at Rose Hill
Cemetery, and at various private residences In this city.
I jau 1-1851
Change ot‘ Programme.
W. J. M’ELROY &. CO.
HAVF. removed to tl>e New Building oa 4tli street
near the Guard House. We continue to manufacture
Swords, Sabre*, Bowie Knives, Spurs, and general Brass
work, Farmers’ Tools, Ac.
ALSO FOR BALI,
Tim and Japan Ware.
Sale Room up-stairs on second floor.
We will be pleased to see our friends and customers, and
serve them so far as we can.
• w. j. Mcelroy,
june 19 A. RFYNOLDB.
AGRICULTURAL
IMPLEMENTS.
NATHAN WEED,
Jftacon, Georgia,
HAS NOW IN STORE and offers to Planters a superior
assortment of the newest and most improved Turn
ing Implements in use.
Iron and Steel Plows, Harrows,
Plow Hames, Cultivators,
Grain Cradles, Scythe Blades,
Threshers, Fan Mills,
Horse Powers. Straw Cutters,
Shovels and Spades, Traces,
Spading and Manure Forks,
Weeding Hoes,
of Scovil’s, Csilins’, Brmle’s Patent American Hoe Cos.
manufacture.
Swedes and English Refined IRON of all sizes.
Warranted Plow Steel, English manufacture.
Anvils, Vices, Bellows,
Hammers, Screw Plates, Tongs, Borax,
Carpenters’ Tools,
Builders* Hardware,
Carriage and Wagon ITfateriuU,
IN ALL THKlft VAKIKTV.
mar 13
NEW
PRODUCE, PROYISM
AND
Commission Store.
r. c. FEACIN
HAS just openod the srort recently occupied by W. A.
Huff, lower end of Cotton Avenue, where he has, and
will Weep regularly on hand, all tljf staple articles of coun
try Produce and Provisions —suchas
BACON,
LARD,
CORN, in sacks and in the ear,
PEAS,
FODDER,
FLOUR,
MEAL,
GROUND PEAS, and various
other articles.
All consignments will receive prompt attention, and be
sold at the highest market pfteas. may FS-tf
NOTICE.
MACON & WESTERN RAILROAD, I
Macon, Oct. 8,1863. J
0\ ami after the 10th instant, the rates of fares and
freights on this road will be advanced, viz : Passen
gers* fare, white persons, 10 cents per mile, blacks 7 cents
per mile. All soldiers ami commissioned officers on fur
loughs to be carried at the respective former rates, viz:
2# and 5 cents per mile. The advance on all private
freight will be 10 per cent, on present rates. By order of
oct 7-2iMOt BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
BANK CHECKSf
CIIIEIKS on the STATE HANK- for sale at
/ THIS OFFICE.
Also, on alt the other Banks of the city. l* n S 26)
NOTICE.
A |.L persons are hereby notified that my wife,Francis
Evans,has deserted my bed and board, without
sufficient cause or provocation— hence I take this privilege
of forewarning all persons uot to credit her. on my account,
as I shall pot be responsible for them, neither will I liqui
date the same. HENRY EVANS,
july 82-Iy*
HO.TIE MANUFACTURE.
WE are prepared to make to order and repair, at shor
notice, MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENTS, Ac., Ac
Also,Sewing Machinesrepaired, aad new parte made, aa
machines adjusted ,hy a practical add ft perieneed workman
gffif mH...,. • a*.
MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 30,1803.
*T „ —** *»j *■ ir«MHNRPft
The Sinking of tlie Weehaukri*
off Chaiie«toift Ilurbor.
The New York Herald, Satur-iaj, cod
tains the particulars 0/ (he sinking of jk*
Monitor WecLawken off OhirUstou, oa the
iitli instant. It eorrespondeut writ 5 ;
Saturday had been a bright and beautiful l
day, with scarcely a breath of air astir, and
with a calm, uuratbed sea. lhuii-v the
night a breeze sprang up, and the wind,
blowing Iresbly at daylight on Bundhv. in
creased by nodn4to a violent storm. * The
iron-clad Heel was lying meantime at its
usual anchorage. The frigate New Irousidt s
was stationed off Morris Island, at a dis
tance of about one mile due £ast fkai Port
Wagner, or, as is now called;* Fort. Sfrong.
North of the Ironsides the flag-hfp
Philadelphia, distant about
•yards. The \\ eehuwken w r as next in line,
anchored two or three hundred yards to the
northward of the flagship! The Montauk
was ou picket duty between Fort fc'uuiler
and tort Moultrie. Astern of the Ironsides
lay the Naliaut and Passaic—the latter fur
thest away from the flagship, and nearer
than any other vessel to the Morris Island
shore. The South Carolina and the Home
were rocking ou the restless tide some five
or six hundred yards astern of the iron-dads.
The above was the position of the fleet
when the first signal of distress was made
from the Weekawkeu, at a few minutes be
fore 2 0 tdock. The signal was seen and
answered at once by the flagship, from which
four boats were dispatched to her assistance,
and by the South Carolina, which sent two
of her boats to the Weekawken’g aid. The
tugs Dandelion and Iris were also at once
culled up, and with them Commander Pun
ean, of the Weehawkeu, who chanced to be
on the flagship, and in conversation with
the Admiral, when the signal was made,
proceeded immediately, with the hope of
running Dis vessel on the beach. He had
scarcely left the Admiral when the officer
of the deck made out from the Weehawkeu
anew signal, and immediately reported her
to be siukiuif.
A moment after she settled swiftly down
by the head, careened slightly over to star
bread, and disappeared beneath the waves.
It is impossible to convey any idea of the
appalling nature of the disaster. It came
with the suddenessol athuuderbolt. When
the first signal of distress was made no one
divined how serious was the danger, and
when, at length the vessel went dowu, it
was difficult for those who saw her disap
pear to credit even the evidence of their
own senses. The cod fusion on the flagship
suiting maiitly from the difficulty oi launch
ing her boats, and the desire of both officers
and men to be first in them, was most in
tense and painful. The wind was now blow
ing with great fury, and the boats which
hastened from all sides to the scene vucuua
tered great peril in picking up from the wa
ter the few who had succeeded in getting
away from the Weehawken before she sank.
Almost at the moment she went dowu some
twenty or more sprang to the boats and suc
ceeded in gettiug away. As many others
were rescued from the surging waves by the
launches of the flagship, the South Caroli
na and the tugboats Dandelion ami Iris.—
Thirty perished.
All day the Weehawken had labored
heavily in the sea, which kept her decks
constantly submerged, and winch frequent
ly swept in huge volumes into her forward
hatch. Towards noon the crew commenced
paying out chain, to ease her, but, Accus
tomed as they were in every gale to the ship
ping of such seas, it is believed that they
had grown confident and careless of danger,
and paid no heed to the encroaching waters
until it was too late to resist them. They
dreamed of no peril till the waves had fully?
yawned to swallow them. Then, when it
was known for a certainty that the vessel
was to be lost, a panic of fright and fear
benumbed them s and the terror stricken
crew below had little power to help them
selves. There were men in irons between
decks, and the sergeant at arms rushed fran
tically away to release them. Poor fellows,
they all went down. There were invalids
in the sick bay, and to their relief the sur
geon sent his steward, who never returned.
There were firemen at the furnace, to whom
vain shrieks for a helpiug hand at the pumps
were made. A few of the confident were
rushing to their garters to save their effects,
jostling the timid on their way to the deck to
save themselves. It was in the midst of scenes
like these that the Weehawken went down.
I believe that none of the officers perish
ed save the four assistant engineers, who
were overtaken by the flood before they
could make auy effort to escape. Coramau- 4
der Duncan had only taken command of the
Weehawken ou Saturday, having been de
tached from the Paul Jones to relieve Com
mander Calhoun. The officers’ clothing,
paymaster’s funds, and the papers of the
ship, sank with her.
The yoeman was brought alive on board
the flagship, but died in spasms a few mo
ments afterward Various parties were
picked up aud taken to the nearest veescls,
where every provision was made for iheir
comfort and restoration. Those of the crew
who were saved are now scattered iu small
squads throughout the fleet. It is impossi
ble to procure at present the names of those
who were lost.
Maximilian. —A Paris correspondent of
the New York World, says: “Maximilian
will go to Mexico in Febraary ; the new
empere and the Southern Confederacy will
mutually reorganize each other. Franc*
must back up Mexico ii the recognition of
the South, and Spain, Italy and rtlafi
}»W«ri Will pronpiljr WthmUr
litiportaut from i.oni«ia«aa—Tli«>
Itlitltaty ut Fori Jarkftou Con
firm e*t.
We had an interview this morning with
a gentleman just through from the Trans
Mississippi Department, who brings confir
mation of the report by telegraph of the
mutiny at Fort Jackson, and the turning
over of the Fort to the Confederates confin
ed there.
Tbe intelligence was brought out by Papt.
Louis »j. fiinud Chief of Ordnanco on Gen
eral Gardner’s staff at Port Hudson, and
James A. lisher, Capt. Ist Tennessee Bat*
talliou, to whose thoughtful courtesy wc are
indebted for copies of the New Orleans Pi
oayane and True Delta of Thursday cven
ing.
'ihese gentlemen succeeded in effecting
their escape from New Orleans, and are re
joiced to be once again in “Dixie/' They
are expected to reach Mobile by tomorrow,
i hey say that the news was not allowed to
be published in the New Orleans papers,
but that it was undoubtedly true.
'1 he New Orleans papers are as usual bar
ren c-t news ; we may at more leis
ure find something worth copying.
The gentleman who hauded them to us
say that the uegroes in the Federal service
at Natchez were becoming insubordinate,
and they had been taken oil guard and white
men put in their places, for fear they would
follow the example of their sable brethren
at Fort .Jackson.
He also brought out some very encourag
ing reports of movements in progress and
projected, which are contraband for the
present. If his information is reliable we
shall hear stirring news from the banks of
the Mississippi before long. We may men
tion here au important rumor—which we
give for what it is worth—that a French
corvett had sunk a Federal gunboat near the
mouth of the Bio Grande. The gunboat
overhauled and tired into a schoouer loaded
with cotton, sailing under the French Hag.
1 he corvette resented the affront and fired
into and sunk »be offendiug gunboat.
P. S. Since Me above information was
received we have another dispatch confirm
ing the news published yesterday, and giving
more particulars of the affair. It would ap
ptai fro’m this that the Federals had not re
taken flic Fort ou the 14th, it having been
taken on tho 9th. W e have also reports of
an engagement progressing between Banks
add layior ar or near New Iberia.— Mobile
ileginltr.
Speciu.l to the Evening News.
Prookhaven, Dec. 20. —Two Confeder
ate officers who escaped from New Orleans
on the I4th iiist., bring the following in
formation :
About the LHh of December the negroes
in Port Jackson mutinied, killed twenty-four
out of twenty-seven of their white officers
and sunk one boat, supposfcl to be a trans
port. On the 11th they still held the fort
against the combined lanid and naval forces
of the Yankees. A conflict was expected
hhurly [in New Orleans ?] between the ne
groes and their white brothers.
On the 12th ot December Gen. Banks
remarked that fighting was still going on,
being the second day of the battle at New
Iberia. The officers saw several Confederate
officers, captured at New Iberia, who said
tbe Confederates were masters of the field,
and had driven the enemy back seven miles.
Everything fiona the trans-Mississippi is
encouraging* The army is in splendid spirits
aud dimple.
A Northern View.
The. New York World, commenting on
Lincoln’s proclamation requiring the citi
zens of the Confederate States to take an
oath supporting his emancipation proclama
tion, says:
Presideut Lincoln has shown himself ut
terly destitute of the statesmanlike tact re
quisite for dealing with a great people in re
volt ; he is as blind as was Phillip II of
Spain, when he lost the Netherlands. Nev
er, since the creation of man, has there been
a people so led captive by their imagina
tions, so subject to the despotism of ideas,
as-the people of the South. Call their ideal
grievances prejudices, if you will; brand
their ardor, their vehemence, their persis
tanee, as black and rampant treason ; but,
under every aspect in which their conduct
cau be viewed, the fact stands unshaken
that they are a people surrendered to their
ideas.
If Mr. Lincoln were a statesman, if he
were even a man of ordinary prudence and
sagacity, be would see the necessity of touch
ing the peculiar wound of the South with as
light a hand as possible. Instead of this,
be chafes and iuflames it. Ntt strong en
ough himself, though wielding the whole
power of the tiuvernment, to resist the rev
olutionary exaitati »n and fanatic fervor of
the. Abolitionists, how can he expect private
citizens of the South to brave an exaltation
and fervor which in that section is all but
unanimous? If he had stood firm against
the Abolition current, he weald have had a
great majority of the Northern people to
keep him in countenance; but who in the
South would not scorn the naan who could
so degrade and humiliate himself as to take
the Abolition oath ? We might ask and in
due time we shall ask, by what right Mr.
Lincoln assumes to propose such an oath ?
We, of course, know that he pretends to de
rive it from the pardoning power; but this
whimsical deduction is a fitter topic fov de
risioD than for serious argvmcot. As he
eaa offer a tfobditional parden, he claims
flftfhtMt and wnUlitfei he pilaw*.
VOLUME XLI-NO. 41.‘
Atfairs hlmiui C lialtaueeiti.
e have conversed with two young men
from Chattanooga, who left that place im
Tuesday last. 'Aey gir« a graphic picture
of the Mountain City. iWiotu 4o the bat
tie of Missionary Ridge, B Yankee army
was reduced almost to itarmtion, and thair
mules aud hordes were j*ying daily by hun
dreds for the want o/forage. The Yankees
out dowu all the corn stalks and rag weeds
standing in the around, and hauled
them into stock to eat; they
al>.. haulrd ut‘oak leaves
(rum the them to their ani
mals.
They acknowledged a loss of 5,200 killed
and wounded in the late battle. Those
killed iu the centre were hauled down from
the Ridge and buried in the graveyard at
Chattanooga. Their number was about two
hundred.
The car shed has been converted mto a
fortress, by filling up the openings on the
sides with logs and having loop holes for
musketry. The prisoners captured on Mis
sionary Ridge were placed in the shed on
their arrival at Chattanooga.
The destruction of property at Chattanoo
ga has been immense. Scarcely a tree has
been left standing in or around the town,
aid fences, pailiugs and framed houses have
shared in the general destruction. There
is not a fence in a dozen miles of town.
The fine residence of Mr. J Snider was torn
down and the lumbar burnt for firewood.
The machinery of the rolling mill, which
was being erected by 8. B. Lowe £ Cos., was
buried, but an old man named Riley point
ed out the spot where it was inferred, and
when our informants left, a number of Yan
kees were eugagediu resurrecting it. They
had also dug up a steam engine buried by
Thomas Webster & Cos., near their foundry,
and taking it, together with the engine be
longing to the Rebel Office, and one they
had taken from I). Kay lor, and placed them
at tho river, and were throwing water upou
Dog Hill, and from that point distributing
it throughout the town and thoirjeamps, by
the aid of troughs.
Thc Unionists were, as a general thing,
treated as badly as the Southern people.—
Bill Crutchfield, who was ordered out of
Chattanooga by Gen. Bragg, and who swam
the river aud joined the Yankees, and re
mained with Crittenden s command opposite
Chattanooga during the shelling of the place,
aud who was quite officious iu his efforts in
their favor, was stripped of everything. It
is stated that he went iu a great rage to
Gen. Rosecraus after the destruction of hi*,
property and demanded a pass to come South,
saying he would net remain with uien who
had destroyed everything he possessed, and
desired to come South, knowing he wouKi
be huDg, and wanted the matter quiokly
over. We believe that the pass was refused.
The Yankees fitted up a press we were
compelled to lcavo at Chattanooga, and with
some type on which our War Bulletin was
printed, were printing thesr orders, papers,
Ac.
The Western and Atlantic depot was used
as a Commissary Depot, and the Bank es
Chattanooga as a Provost Marshal’s office.
The residence of A. C. Van Epps was occu
pied as headquarters by General Thomas.
Chat. Rebel, Ibth imt.
ITlacoii Mumiifu.cluring €<Nii|»ni),
Loniiiiihaiy Operation*.
During this month tho the Macon Cotton
Mills have turned over to Gen. Hardee’*
army twenty-five thousand pounds of baoon,
and to the Post Commissary in Macon twen
ty thousand pounds, while for the benefit of
the poor and soldier’s families of the county
they have turned over to Mr. Howard five
thousand pounds making in all fifty thous
and pounds, distaibuted by the Company in
the month of Dceember, at prices in no case
higher than one dollar per pound. 1 hue
they. subßtantialy contributed to the cause
the ’country during this month the sum of
a hundred thousand dollars, for they could
have disposed of all this bacon at three dol
lars per pound. This “swine’s flesh” they
obtain from producers by exchanging goods
at tbe rate of a yard of cloth for a pound of
bacon, and the surplus, over aud above a
provision for their operatives, they have in
variably turned over to patriotic and chari
table uses at prices far below the market
value of the meat. It is true that taking
into account the prices which the company
fixes upon its own goods in regular distribu
tion to necessitous consumers, it losses noth-
ing—but it is equally true that putting
both their goods and the meat upon the mar
ket at fiirrent rates —that it is to say at the
market quotations of dealers, it would real
ize tort* times what they new receive; and
the company has steadily pursued this pat
riotic and liberal policy since the beginning
of Ihe war- Thus while other manufacto
ries hfcive gained great credit for liberal do
nations, the Macon corporation has w pvtißl
of fact btfen the most the liberal contributor
of them all. It is gratifying to make pub
these examples of patriotic moderation at a
time, when the general disposition is to
grasp to the last cent. — Teltyraph.
Escape or Prisoners from Point Lock
out. —Two memberi of the Maryland
—Messrs. Jacob N. Davis and George Klot
worthy—arrived here yesterday, havinff es
caped from Point Lookout a few days siboe.
They state that a day or two before they
left a large body of prisoners made a rush
for liberty, the gunboats having been re
moved from in front of the prison. They
were tired on by the guard, and seme of
them wounded, hat a lumber of
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