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Olisjy, Jones & heese.
MACON, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER *27, 18/3.
Number 0,781
THE DAILY TELE8RAPH AND MESSEN6ER
I« #v*Tyroornmt^ IIonday’» excepted—
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a mr.FIVK DOLLARS for » 5 x ninths. TWO
DOLLARS and FIPTT CENTS
•ii.l OXK DOLLAR prr month Lr a
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admtiwmMnta one dollar per square
of ten linn* or leaa lor drat publication, and fifty
i\**u fur all Mtbarquent inaertionr. Liberal vatee
TtM TXLSQRAm A3VI
thnM of the oMnt newspaper! in this section of
Georgia, and or many yean ka» furaUbed the
earliest new* to that lanrr eoopo of Georgia. Ala
bama and Florida trading at thia point. It
haJ« its way to almoat «>wvy intelligent house
hold an J |<lac« of business in that section. As an
adtwrtisfnff medium in that range of country it
1£ehflnij?f(<$3ffesscnQcr
THURSDAY MOUSING. NOV. *7. 1*7*.
P*w* in the fashionable New York
chutuhe* may be bad cheap *inee the re
cent panic.
Tax charge for regirtering letter* will
be reduced from fifteen to eight cent*
after New Year**.
Madam Birroni, who it now in Lon
don, ha* been giving *o<no roprcienta-
tion* in English.
Cattaix MACMNiiu.of che** notoriety,
talk** of organizing a world's che** con'
grew for th* national centennial.
A Brooki.t* geaina ha* just produced
a “patent ruff-foil” for lue by gentlemen
during the fervid period of courtship.
Jlrttsn told hia *on, who propoied to
buy a cow in partnership, to bu aure and
buy the himler half, a* it cat* nothing
and give* all the milk.
A Cucvklaxd bridegroom gave the aix
bride.maid* who officiated at hi* wedding
gold locket* *ot with diamond* and en
graved with monograms. Such men are
nut married every day.
Thu* i* naid to he u project among
the newapoper proprietor* in London to
obtain an net declaring all original mat
ter in a newspaper copy-rigbt for forty-
eight boar* after publication.
Gail Hamilton think* that Joseph
waa tho gentleman of Genesis. If Gen
oa** in thaw day* were dependent on
gentlemen like Joseph there wouldn’t be
any Genesis.—Brooklyn Argus,
N*w York ha* filed the maximum (al
ary of male principal* of grammar schools
at $3,000, and that of female principal,
at $2,000. The principle on which they
found th* difference is not stated.
Tux Supreme Court of California ha*
decided that the taxation of a mortgage
on land or the money aecured thereby,
and the taxation of tho land, 1* double
taxation, and therefore unconstitutional.
Tun Japanese minister of State, Iwa
Kura, i* laid to havo atutod that he *aw
nothing in all hi* travel* which astoniih-
ed him *o much a* the change* which
took plaro in Japan during hi* ab.senro.
SronTiuo men in Ns* York are betting
that tho American eagle will scream on
Cuba'* shores within sixty days. If that
lit so, perhaps the bird had hotter keep
off tho shores. It might ho hurt aure
oaough.
“I au weary rith life—bury me deep
on the bill side,” wrote a young man in
Dubuque, but they pumped him out and
' that Mine night he went to tho circus
and laughed till ho cried at the antics of
the trick mules.—Detroit Free Press,
Say* tln> Atchison Glebe: “While the
soldier* were digging up the dead at old
Fort Kearney, lost week, one coffin was
taken up that was literally filled with,
snakes. Some wng remarked that it was
plain enough what that fellow died of.’’
Sexier* di lurbanoesare feared among
tho Indian tribo* of tho Northwest, and
some unansineu is felt in consequence in
tho sett!.■incuts, the moro so bocatwo of a
suspicion that the half breeds ore con
nected with and fomenting the disturb
ances.
Jat Cook A Co. were forced into bank
ruptcy yesterday. Those two lines tell
of the amiability of human affaire and
the perils of greatness. Tho lords of
American finance are now beggar* at the
gate, and must be sold out just like any
lumkrupt corner grocery. So we suppose
all tho bubble# of the civil war will burst
in time.
Thk distre** of the Chinese with re
gard to tho audience given by the Em-
jHixor to the foreign representatives is
ludicrously apparent from the accounts
-which continue to appear concerning the
.interviorv. At Kivel-yang-fooit was told
that the euibaasadors were so paralyzed
at tho nug«*tne*s of hi, Imperial Majes-
tv that not one of them could speak a
*r ird, and that inoit of them had to be
led out in a fainting condition.
Wires wo worno to figure down in onsh
tho indemnity to be demanded from the
Santiago executioner.*, the calculation
will lie a simple one. Senor Alfaro’s
offer of a million dollars for his life, and
the Spaniard's refasal of that princely
ruu-Mui, give* u* a W«U upon which we
may, up to the latirt’advice*, fairly
ground a Jaim of one hundred and ten
million.-, with n good many ohanx* of a
further in r. **■■ yet to boar from.
Tux Chicago Tribnno suggett*—and
wo second the me* ion—that when the
Home of B-preeaoMtivws pa*** a reso
lution for war with Spain it will also pro
vide that each Congro-tnan shall forth
with deposit hi* back-pay an.t increase
of salary in the 'i'r.'.u-nry to help foot the
b;u. Wo might thus got money enough
to pay for three or four corvette* of the
site of th* Tornado, and this would help
us materially in enptn -ing »ndpunishing
that offending croft.
A nkw journal of a new kind, which hoe
aieen from time to time announced for a
luig time past, is to appear before the
o»kA of the pro* nt year. It is to btealleil
the Daily Press, to be published in Lon-
. Jon between 0 and 10 a. 3*., and to contain
a reproduction in miniature of the orig
inal articles an ’. . r.'-p.-:'. ’., * ... pul dished
by all the other morning journal- issued
at 5 a. >». Thus, one page will lw devoted
to the Tima*, one to the Telegraph, one
l v ti;,' Daily News, and so on; the whole
forming • g li ie to the pro*-* of the day.
.How long the regular journal* will sub
mit to thi* *ort of tiimg remain, to be
No I’nper To-Morrow. .
To*lay being a Federal holiday, sol
emnly set apart by Hi* Excellency, U. S.
Grant. President of the United States, aa
a day of thanksgiving and rest from
secular labor—we will all rest, and issue
no paper to-morrow morning. Some old
rebels flare up when those proclamations
come out, and say they will pay no re
spect to them. We. on the contrary,
like to show our submission to authority
in every thing which chimro in with our
inclination*.
Hence, we shall obey the injunction of
the President to suspend secular labor
and rest. It is a fine example, in the
same line, which the President seta us.
He rests—rest, often—rests a long time,
and get* double pay for it. If Congress
would only pot ns on the donble pay list,
we would be able to copy the President
more closely in this particular. Like duti
ful citizens we would draw the money,
lock up the office and rest by the month.
“IWt for our bene* we Ion* to find,*’
bat there’s no rest to the unhappy men
who grind in tho dally newspaper mill,
except on Sundays and these legal holi
day*. It is true, our case just now is not
quite so hard as the jolly Bobeson's, who
has not bad hi* pantaloons off for the last
three weeks; hut Bolieson is only crowing
over a little episod* of business, while we
are compelled to turn the old mill regu
larly and all the time. When Robeson
has done scouring up his iron pot*, and
sent them off to Cuba or to the bottom
(it is an even chance where they will
bring up), he will take off his pantaloon*
and rest on his laurels; but there will be
no rest for the Tkliczai>h.
Man should not pity himself, but even
Uncle Toby “pitied the poor printers."
Hence wo will rest to-day and blow, and
leare our readers to hunt for the paper
to-morrow morning ami never find it.
AU city subscriber* should send down a
sable son or daughter of Africa by eight
o’clock to-morrow morning with the in
formation, “Mr. Doolittle aay he got no
paper di* mornin.” The cause of truth
is greatly promoted by these messages.
Some ssy it is hard for these people to
tell tho truth, but if yon are at the Tkl-
koeafh office early to-morrow you will
hear more truth Spoken in thia single
sentence than would shingle a meeting
honse. And truth, as Mr. Sampson
Dnus remarked—“Truth, gcntlemen.aye,
she U a high and holy thing.” Tho
aauao of public morality is under infinite
obUgation* to u* for the amount of truth
which will come from careless lip* to
morrow morning, announcing “Our paper
iUd not come to-J.oy." Jest to l
The Spanish Muss.
The day dispatches in this edition re
port Secretary Robeson in a worse hurry
than ever with his naval war preparations.
If the Secretary’* movements continue
to accelerate so rapidly, hi- best friends
fear that so far from not finding time to
take off his pantaloons, ho wiU have to
strip to the work, however cold the
weather may be.
According to the Now York Herald tho
Secretary has sent to all the navy yards
urging them to the most desperate state
of activity in getting ready every thing
which can float. He ha, also telegraphed
to all tho naval squadron* on foreign sta
tions, telling them to put steam on every
tiling, and hurry it forward to Key Wert.
This is startling; but we turn with
■one oomfort to Jennings, of tho New
York Daily Times, who donble leads an
announcement that everything is pretty
nearly serene, and getting more so every
minute. We know thnt Jennings is the
New York organ-grinder, and should he
well informed. It is true that Bobeson
is a member of tho Cabinet and onght
also to be well informed—but Boboson it
evidently flurried, wbilo Jennings is cool
Jennings is tho boy for our money, and we
will stick by him to the tart.
The dispatches also state that General
Phil Sheridan has been ordered to Wash
ington and will take command-in-ohief of
tbo land forces to operate against the
Cuhans. That looks unpromising. It
look* an if the administration doubted
tho maintenance of peace. And then, too,
there is tho London Daily News, rumor
ing that tho American ultimatum is equiv
alent to a declaration of war with Spain.
On the whole, wo shall stick by Jones.
Going Hack on tlio Man and
IJrotlier.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
of Friday, says "Israel Brown, a Georgia
negro, who is to be hung next month, has
sold hi* body to a doctor for $10, and is
investing tho money in hair oil, cuff* and
fine shirt*.''
Now thi* i* very hard on poor Sambo,
and indeed, is equivalent to wounding
him in the house of his friends. The Ad
vertiser is a Bcpublican Grant sheet of
tbo "straighteit sect,” and if such a cate
of reckless and insensate folly can be
found among tho blacks of Georgia, which
is extremely apochryphal, the Bads and
carpet-bag agencies are responsible for
it. They have arrayed the negroes xgainrt
tho whites, and played the old Harry
generally among them.
Every one knows that the children of
Ham aro creature* of to-day only, and
havo no thought for the future. Like the
sailor after a cruise, they spend inconti
nently, and for tho gaudiest trifles, tbo
hard earning of long months. But with
tho halter In prospect or any imminent
danger, mortal terror takes tho place of
every other emotion.
So we don't believe this cock and bull
story of “a Georgia negro,” «ml think his
northern brethren ought to he moro
charitably disposed than to circulate each
monstrous canard* against their dusky
allies.
Hon. Jos. H. Hlouut.
Our friend and representative in the
Forty-third Congress, Hon. Jas. II.
Blonnt, left for Washington City Tues
day night. We gaTe him our benedic
tion, and loaded him with good wishes.
We hope ho will hare a good time, so
cially, morally am. politically. We know
I ho will do his whole duty a* a represen
tative of the people of Georgia, and that his
vote and influence will always be found
on the side of truth and right. If we are
not very much mistaken in the man, he
will make one of the most active, useful
members from the South. He is patient,
per severing and industrious—of irre
proachable habits, fine judgment, and
great firmness and decision of character.
We are snro his Congressional career will
add greatly to the high esteem in which
he is held by hi* constituent), and reflect
much credit u; n him both-a* man and
legislator.
Or Cora»K.—Tho
who have been plying their vocation at
•Columbia, South Carolina, for five years
represented as heartily favoring
■the annexation of Cuba, but equally
averse to any personal participation in
•hostilities. They all agree that Culm
-would let a splendid place to “carpet-bag
to. South cteratio* leing about exhaust-
wd. Neagle. ei-Contxaiier of the Slate, is
represented by the Charleston News as
proposing to lead tie ad ranee, there m t
l*ung tne idightest prospect of liis ever
getting another lick at what is left in the
Carolina strong box.
Paorzssoa Chandler, of New York, in
urpot-W thieve* I a V*P* ^ tho Health
Association, said that during: the war
there was n rumor that Southern emiasn-
{ ties intended to poison the drinking
water of the city. He made a little cal
culation of tho matter, and found that to
poison the water supply of the city for a
| single day would require one hundred
■ and fourteen tons of araenio or three and
i a half ton* of strychnin*, of which there
wo.- probably not a ton in the whole
world.
Boss Tweed Secures Ills Spoil. :
The New York Herald gives a list of
real estate rained at $1,335,000, besides a
large amount of other property, which j
has been conveyed from time to time by
W. M. Tweed, tho convict, to members
of his family and other parties within
the port two years.
With fiendish sagacity, as soon as be
discovered that his knavish transactions
were awakening suspicion, the work of
hiding away his ill-gotten gains was
commenced. To completely perfect the
arrangement, in some instances these
transfers have changed hands many
times, with every formality of law, so
that the condemned felon is still un
doubtedly a millionaire. The longest
time for which he can be sentenced to
the State’s prison is fifty-one years, but
the general opinion seems to have settled
upon fifteen years as the period of his
imprisonment. In the meantime active
and ingenious counsel will make a strong
fight for a st»y of proc eeding), and con
test every inch of ground for their weal
thy client. With such vast means at
command also, it is safe to affirm that
locks and prison bars win bo powerless
to confine this august villain if he re
solves to be free. A moiety of his wealth
would raise and equip a secret force of
desperadoes, who could storm and cap
ture any fortreM in America. The po
tent influence of gold, too, can still he
brought to bear upon keepers, sentinels,
and even high officials, if tho experience
of several years past affords any criterion
in the premises.
On the whole, then, it is easy to per
ceive that, birring the bubble reputa
tion. Boss Tweed’s case is by no means
desperate, and hia example will be treas
ured up in the rogue’s calendar as a
splendid success.and eminently worthy cf
imitation.
But the saddest consideration is, that
this arch conspirator and thief has many
followers in an humble way in the coun
try. Thousands actuated by similar mo
tives seek to sequester and cover up their
property from the sight and reach of
honest creditors. This is all wrong, and
a most fatal policy. It tends to luirden
the pnblic heart against the tenderest
appeals of tho needy, and will destroy
confidence between man and man, and
mako utter shipwreck of all credit.
Moreover it will he a blight and indelible
stain upon tho character and prospects of
those, who thus seek to abjure their
legitimate obligations.
Tho cases are few in lee 1 where an
h*nest man. willing and nnxiou- to pay
hia just debt*, cannot obtain time and ac
commodation from his creditors. Noth
ing but malice or insanity could induce
them to pursue any other course. It
would lie cutting open tho goose to get
the golden egg. Lot us hope then thnt
our people will gird np their loins and
address themselves with renewed energy
to tho liquidation of their honest debts.
The bankrupt law is good in its place but
should never be abased, and honesty is
the best policy nndcr all conditions and
circumstances.
Since tho above was written, it has
transpired that Tweed was sentenced to
thirteen years confinement in the New
York Penitentiary, and to pay a fine of
$12,500. Tho motion for a stay of pro
ceedings has also been denied, and the
Judge administered a withering rebuke
to tho prisoner when passing sentence
upon him. - If the gnilty offender could
be indeed pat to constant hard Labor on a
regimen of bread and water, and made to
serve hi* entire term in the State’s prison,
it might do some good. But we doubt,
capitally, whether such will be his lot
On the contrary, he will probably be per
mitted to enjoy every luxury that money
can command, and find obsequious ser
vant* in bis janitors. Such is the influ
ence of gold, even admitting that he does
not yet escape the shackles of the Law.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Hon Tax-payers arc Plundered, That
Itadira! FaToritcs May Lire LVitli-
ont Work.
It looks as though it will soon be
cheaper to abandon duties on imported
goods than to incur the expense of collect
ing them. In thirty port* along the New
England coast, the receipts in 1872-73
were $025,000, and tho expenses $232,000
or moro than one-third. In sixteen of
these port 9 , or more than one-half tho
number, thi cost of collection actually ex
ceeded ike receipts. In some cases, as at
Stonington, Conn., tho excess of expenses
was small, about $200 more than the re
ceipts. In others it was enormous. At
Ellsworth, Me., it cost tho government
$16S to collect every dollar received. In
Kennebunk, Me., just $0 29 were collect
ed during the year, and the expenses for
collecting were $1279. The ports of
Gloucester and EJgarton furnish the
worst cases of political custom-houses on
record. In the former it took $18,910
lost year to collect $3G62, and in the lat
ter $0050 to collect $675.
Georgia State Agricultural So
ciety.
Atlanta, Ga., November 23, 1873.
Editors Telegraph and Messenger: The
premium (a diploma) for “best Georgia
made no-top buggy” was awarded at the
recent State Fair to T. J. Hart, Esq.,
Dawson, Ga., instead of W. A, Ledbetter,
Albany, Ga., as published in your report
of award* on the 6th inst. The entsy
was made by Ledbetter as agent for Hart.
Plcaso make the above correction and
oblige. Yours very truly,
M. Johnston, Secretary.
The Chicago Tribune has an eight-cyl
inder Hoe press and a Bullock press, the
two throwing off 30,000 impressions an
hour, yet so great is the circulation of
the Tribune that the publishers are con
templating adding two more presses. To
print both sides of their edition, includ
ing their snpplement, requires 140,000
impressions. Tho Tribune has expended
on its new building—erected since the
great fire - and upon machinery, $300,000.
This gives a very good idea of how much
capital it takes to carry on a great news
paper-
Ths Church Union styles “hot and hot
ter’’ the fact that the First Unitarian
Church of Baltimore has had for its pas
tors, in the order named, the Be r. Messrs.
Fumiss. Bellows, Sparks, Blazcup and
Burnop
Thanksoivino.—Some people will say
or feel that they have little to be thank
ful for to-day, but they should reflect
how little they deserve, and yet what is
left to them, and what they enjoy.
A Hard Wurrsa.—The navigation of
the Hudson river to Albany closed yes
terday—earlier than any year in the
present century. This indicates a hard
winter. .
Wx suppose it is with a view of the
Spanish situation that the Tipton Becord
places at the head of its columns, this
1 -gend : “Let us hare peace.”—U. S.
Grant.
The Vicksburg Times states that Gov.
Powers will contest the legality of the
late election in MU.-Uiippi by an appeal
to the Supreme Court.
Moexion husband* in Utah nr
be cutting down expenses, by i
the number of their wives.
i said to :
educing j
The Cardiff glint is said to have bees
sold recently in New Orleans for the
small sum of $8.
Tns Savannah “colored troops,” un
der the lead of that eminent Christian
and renowned warrior, H. M. Turner, had
a meeting on Monday night and resolved
that “ the American eagle must not be
driven to its nest, and our citizens longer
gored by the Spanish bull.” They also
howled for tvnjsoaeevengeance—with a
big Y—and “stood ready to raise 5000
volunteers for Cuba.” None of the speak
ers, however, have set the example of
volunteering up to date. When thia news
reaches Madrid,.Cartelar will fall cn his
knees and beg for mercy.
The Savannah Advertiser is very right
fully of the opinion that the "alacrity
with which the people have taken tho
cue of cunning men for a war cry is nei
ther a natural nor a healthy political sign.
A people just out of such a war as .ours,
with all of its horrible consequences,
should have been taught a lesson about
war strong enough and deep enough to
have 1 tiled a generation, at least. There
are graver questions than thi* one of
Cuba pressing upon the attention of the
American people. The country is bank
rupt and the people are Buffering. Be-
cent events indicate but too plainly that
the party which had brought about this
ruin is to be brought to the bar of public
opinion, condemned and cast out. Fer-
haps these Cuban bombs are being fired
to demoralize the serried and advancing
rank* of the Democracy. Let ns straight
en out our own country, and govern it
proaerly b-fore undertaking tho guardi
anship of a strange and not over-tracta
ble people. It is not altogether unnatu
ral to desire the possessions of others,
particularly if they rre fair. The South
may desire Cuba—quick, even upon a
boom—but she does not want Cuba or
anything else ut tho erpenso of war.”
On the same subject the Constitutional
ist makes these pointed remarks :
Mr. Stephens may he right and wo may
be wrong: bnt we are clear on one point,
and that is the entire neutrality ef the
South. What has the South to do with
fighting Spaniards ? What has the South
to do with freeing negroes, many of whom
are recently from the African coast?
What has the South to do with making
a fresh hero of Grant and helping save
the Badieal party ? What ha* the South
to do with fighting for a flag which has
dishonored her. and for a government
which has sought her destruction in war
and during an angry peace ? Will the
Northern States make friends with us
and return U3 to liberty and prosperity,
after thousands of our men are slain in
such a problematical cause? Ponder
that. When the chestnuts ore drawn
opt of the fire, who gets them? War
against France was to have united Ger
many. Has it done so ? Yes, to some
degree, by Prussianizing the weaker
States and shocking the spiritual inde
pendence of the South Germans. If we
are fooled with tho idea of making a good
thing by playing bob to tho Yankee kite,
let us reflect that the chances of being
laughed at for our folly are very excel
lent indeed. We still think that the
United States will avoid war, if possible.
Whether war comes or not, the South
should keep her neutrality ami ut ile her
power felt by masterly inactivity.
Me. Thomas M. Broom, of Augusta,
while out hunting last Saturday, hod a
stroke of apoplexy just after firing at a
squirrel, and fell to the ground insensi
ble. He died the next day.
The Atlanta Constitution says the Bos
well Factory is running on full time and
full wages to keep up with its orders.
The auction sale of a portion of tho
real estate owned by Mr. James, the At
lanta banker, took place on Tuesday.
Three buildings and some vacant lots
were disposed of. The Constitution says
some of the property “sold at cost, and
some sold low.” The five-story building
on tho corner of Whitehall and Hunter
streets was sold to Win. Markham for
$16,103. It cast $32,000. The store on
Whitehall street next to Mr. James’ hank,
was bought by Dr. Angier for $10,000.
The sale aggregated $55,000. Mr. J. es
timated it would reach $60,000.
We find the following in the Columbus
Sun of Tuesday:
All Not Going to Cuba.—Wo have
made up all tho officers—commander of
the frigate. Majors and Brigadier Gen
erals. regimental and company officers,
etc.—but have not yet any men. Heap
of people are willing to offer their swords,
but we* have met no men yet who aro
anxious to carry muskets. Tho officer*
wont to stay on tho Florida coast during
the bunting reason. The Spaniards have
such an uncomfortable way of shooting
people who land on tho island for warlike
purposes, that few want to visit the
‘‘Gem of the Antilles.” It is also ex
pected to rent the old shell of tho Chat-
; The Annexation of Cuba -Au Unau-1 secretary R^aasox criticised.
sm-rablc Argument. j The Capitol egt this n.orffing sharply
The Chicago Tribune, the great news-
paper power cf the Northwest* does not
tahoochee Boat Club to carry the Colum- f ® r <* or •» the P99™* excitement in-
ira. s™™, te tho .’.tend » to flame. In tae eveht of
bus troops to the island. Y/'
Death of E. A. Faber.—This w t 'l
known contractor and . builder, who lias
lived in Columbus for thirty years, died
at hi* residence Sunday at the ago of
forty-five years. He wa3 a good man and
a good citizen, and in his death Columbus
loses much.
Sad Death.—That of Dr. B. A. Ken
nedy, which occurred Sunday at Seale,
Alabama, is a sad one. He was a young
man, full of hopo and promise, no mar
ried, went to the State fair at Macon on
a bridal trip, caught the small-pox, and
a few weeks after his wedding he is a
corpse.
Th* Milledgeville Union and Recorder
reports the death last week of Messrs. S.
B. Brown and Elias Barnett—two old
citizens of that place. On the night
after Mr. Barnett's death, his store was
entered and robbed of at least a wagon
load of goods.
Tho Union and Becorder has this addi
tional item:
Fire—Gin Hons* Burned.—The new-
steam cotton gin and grist mill of Mr.
Wm. Harper, at Midway, waa destroyed
by fire on last Friday afternoon. After
considerable trouble and expense, Mr.
Harper had just got his gin in good work
ing order when thu calamity befel him.
Some twenty bales of cotton, belonging
mostly to neighbors, brought there to be
ginned, were destroyed or injured. It is
believed a match in the cotton caused the
fire. The gin was at work at the time
and Mr. H. made a narrow escape from
tho burning building. A negro boy was
badly burned.
The editor of the Lumpkin Indepen
dent haring read somewhere that the
South will be* called upon for 10,000 men
to take Cuba before the year is ended,
proceeds to define his position as follows:
Wanted at this office immediately ; a
ten years lease of some secluded spot in
the Okefinokee swamp, dampness of situ
ation is no particular objection, so there
are no roads leading to the tract. If any
retired local preacher, of any sort of per
suasion, has any old certificates of his
calling that can. in case of war, be rend
ered avalliable by a change of dates, we
would like to inspect them with a view
to purchasing. We would like also, to
learn something of the tanner’s and shoe
maker’s trade. We would like in this
emergency to see the receipe for produc
ing hemorhsge of the lungs at wilL If
oar patriotism cannot find employment
otherwise, we would take a commission
as enrolling officer. We want alto, a cer
tificate from some J. P. that we were shot
dead at the battle of Bull Bun.
We find these items in the Monroe Ad
vertiser, of Tuesday:
"Bather Queer.”—We understand
that the talented editor of a Temperance
paper published not a thousand miles
away, and one of tho leading lights in
the great Temperance Reform movement
in the State, undertook to visit Forsyth
last week, but his brain, usually so clear,
seems to have been so mystified that he
mistook Smarr’s -tutiua for Forsyth. All
of which resulted in a five-mile promen
ade in the cool, refreshing morning air.
“ Watchman, what of the night ?'
More Cotton Destroyed bt Fire —
On last Sunday evening, a brilliant light
was distinctly discernible in a westerly
direction from our city. The fine proves
to hare been, so we are informed, th* gin-
house of Mr. W. B. Morphy. We under
stand that twenty-five tales were de
stroyed. We conjecture that tho fire
l regulate-i from the work of sons fiend
ish incendiary, as it occurred on Sabbath
evening.
The grand jury of the Federal Court
at Savannah presented seventeen true
bills on Monday, and were discharged.
seem to have lost its head amid the war
clamor of that section. It presents tho
following argument against hitching on
Cuba to the tail «f the American eagle.
We should like to see some of ihe enthu
siastic favorers of the hitching operation
attempt to answer it:
Cuban annexation is a myth. It is
about the worst thing that could happen
for the Un ted States at the present
time, and probably the worst thing that
could happen for Cuba. It is idle to dis
cuss the reasons why the Cubans oppose
annexation. It is enough for ns to know
that the Peninsulars (the Spanish party),
the loyal native planters, and the insur
gents are united in their opposition to
this scheme, though they are at logger-
heads about everything else, ft will not
be difficult, however, to show why the
United . States, can . have no interest in
such a project. In the first-phtoe, ths
separation of Cuba from Spanish rule
will inevitably lead to the abolion of sla
very. Slave-labor being mere universal in
Cuba, and more closely identified with
its prosperity than it ever was in tho
Southern States, the revulsion that will
follow its abolition is likely to bo moro-
deploralile in a commercial sense than
we have seen it in the former slave States
of this country. No government of fore
thought and hone.-ty would care to as
sume the responsibility of carrying Cuba
through the ordeal awaiting 'it. As an
integral part of the United States, its
condition, under these circumstance-',
would be rendered worse than ever. A
carpet-bag government would be set up.
by comparison with which that of Louisi
ana or Georgia would be of primitive sim
plicity. The oonglomerate population of
t)>■• taiiu.1- witii flu> dlv.u-aifcy of interests,
would make it an easy prey for tho prac
ticed political bandits who would seize
upon its government, skilled in the arts
of official plunder through their experi
ence in the Southern States which they
have already helped to “reconstruct.”
Cuba has a population made up of all tho
elements of tho world, with new species
which are tho product of amalgamation.
Beside* the American, tho English, and
the French colonies that have held
themselves somewhat aloof, there are
Spanish, Portuguese, Creoles (natives),
Hindoos, Coolie-.Chinamen,other Asiatics,
mulattoes. Quadroons. Mestizos, and ail
infinite variety of mongrel races. It is
said that over 100 different names are re
quired todistinguish tao various divisions
and subdivisions of the Cuban population.
Here would be splendid material for the
experienced carpet-bagger to work upon.
Tho wealth of Cuba would rapidly
dwindle away without giving America
any of the benefit of ‘it, and the next com
plication would be a war of races, with
which tho American Government would
havo to deoL We have enough of this
sort of thing on oar hands now. Let ns
take care of tho territory we liave already
before we attempt to acquire any more,
even if the temptation should come, as it
d -es not in the case of Cuba. When we
can moke thrift of Arizona and Alaska,
both of which were acquired by purchase;
when we can govern the Indians in the
West peacefully and the negroes in the
South honestly; when we can populate
the Northern Pacific country, and when
we grow up to the clothes we are now-
wearing, it may be time to think of an
nexing a new territory. That time seems
now to be a good way off.
The Tribune, in another editorial of
the same issue, from which the above is
extracted, says that a careful examina
tion shows that the leaders oE the war-
elamorers are divided mainly into two
classes—bankrupt politicians and “bust
ed” speculators.
In the former class will bo found the
back-pay grabbers, the Credit-Mobilier
corruptionists, tho carpet-bag adventur
ers, the lobbyists seeking for spoils, and
all who have been engaged in the frauds
and corruptions and dishonest transac
tions which have been so abundant dur
ing the last four- years. What more
available method of hiding their own
misdeeds is there than to get up a for
eign war? Ip the inevitable excitement
which must follow, their transactions will
be forgotten, and, if they can tide them
selves over the next session of Congress,
they are safe. Every Congressman who
has taken back-pay or forward-pay, every
politician who has been engaged in job-
bery, subsidy and: speculation is an ar
dent war man, and is egging on tho
people to deemhd a declaration of
war, and 03 ’ the time for Congress
draws nearer and nearer, they will clamor
louder and louder. The other class is
composed of broken-down stock and gold
speculators, who see in this war fever an
opportunity toretriavo loBies incurred du
ring the late panic. They’'also are urging
on the people, manipulating public meet
ings, and filling the air with wild rumors.
tion of zeal regarding the navy, and says
the Gulf squadron has been allowed by Sec
retary Bobeson to become inefficient and
useless, while he and tho President were
at Long Branch enjoying themselves.
THE WAR FEVER DYING OUT.
It is generally conceded to-night that
the leading m*u in Congress, whether Re
publican, Democrat, or Liberal, will be
opposed to making war it Spain shall
accede to the just demands of the Govern
ment for satisfaction and indemnity.
There is consequently a visible toning
down of excitement.
a-HS WASHINGTON NAVT-TARD.
Warlike preparations are. however,
going on very actively atthe Washington
navy-yard. Material of war is rapidly
prepared and shipped. Seamen and ma
rines are recruited, and the latter force
is already largely increased at the yard.
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST CABINKT OF
FICERS.
Grave report* are current to-night im
plicating certain members of the Cabinet
in preparing dispatches calculated to
flame the public mind and bring on war
with Spain, and nt tho same time sup
pressing other dispatches which would
allay excitement. One of the officials is
said' to havo sent a statement of facts to
a newspaper man here, with a request to
write it up in the most sensational man
ner, which was done. The President,
Mr. Fish, Attorney-General Williams
and Secretary Richardson are not incul
pated in these transactions. In addition
to this, it is well known thnt certain cor
respondent* connected with leading pub
lic journals are engaged in the daily fab
rication of news, interviews and tho like
in order to increase the excitement and
get up a reputation for enterprise.
THE GULF SQUADRON.
It is stated in naval circles that at the
time the Virginius was captured not ono
of the Gulf squadron was in Cuban
waters.
TTby the Clergyman’s Daughter Shot
Mr. Haynes. •
Jackson (Tenn.) Whig ami Tribune, Nov. 22J
The Corinth (Miss.) News, November
15, says: “The daughter of Bev. Mr.
Richardson, living a few miles from this
place, having some misunderstanding pre
viously with a gentleman, went to his
home, found him at work, spoke to and
shook hands with, and then drew from
under her shawl a pistol, placed it to his
breast and fired. The man at last ac
counts was living, bnt in a hopeless con
dition.”
The above article is true, and the gen
tleman wounded was Mr. Mark Haynes,
of MeNairy county. It is said that he
was engaged to be married to the young
lady. Miss Mattie Kiehardson, and was
about to “go back” upon his plighted
word and honor, and had so notified his
fair affianced. When she received intel
ligence of his contemplated apostacy,
she grew so indignant that she rode
over to Haynes’ residence in a buggy, in
company with a young brother, and, call
ing Haynes towards her, she drew forth
a pistol from under her shawl and shot
him, as above described. Miss Richard
son and her brother were both arrested
after the shooting, and had a preliminary
trial before James Houston, Esq., who
bound them over to tho next term of the
Circuit Court of MeNairy county. Tho
bond of Miss Richardson was fixed at
$1,000, and was promptly given. Haynes
was w ounded in the right lung, and his
condition at last accounts was extremely
critical. He is a new-comer to this sec
tion, and hails from Georgia.
war with Spain,
they see an opportunity of running gold
np, and advancing the prices of stocks.
Without such a war, there is very little
prospect that their balloons can be in
flated again and set flying. It matters
little to them how many men are killed,
how many widow.* are made, or haw much
suffering is caused; provided the stock list
goes up and profits come in.
Cuba Talk in 'Washington.
Correspondence of the Cuurier-Juurn.il.]
Washinoton, November 23.—Very
little has been said of the coarse pursued
by tho British Government in respect to
the sixteen Englishmen who ware put to
death by the Spanish officials in Cuba,
and the seven Englishmen yet held as
captives; but it is certain that the Brit
ish Ministers are acting with their cus
tomary energy and decision in such mat
ters. The cases of the two governments
against Spain being somewhat different,
they will not act jointly in their reclama
tion against the Madrid Government,
but there is reason for the belief that
there has been a free interchange of
opinion, and that each is advised of what
the other is doing. Tho policy of Eng
land is to avoid foreign complication,
and not press extreme demands against
Spain which will necessarily involve a
war. It is believed that England‘will
demand positively the surrender of the
English captives and a money compensa
tion for the families of tho Englishmen
whoso lives have been taken by Burriel,
and that she will also tender moral sup
port to the demands which tho American
Government may make. England, like
the United States, will contend that,
Spain having constantly denied the ex
istence of a state of war, the capture of
the Virginias on the high seas was tech
nically a violation of public law; and
that in any view of the matter tho sum
mary condemnation of the vessel and ex
ecution of the captives was indefensible.
THE SPANISH AND CUBAN FORCES.
According to the reports of the English
agents in Cuba, ont of one hundred and
five thousand Spanish soldiers sent to
Cuba, only thirty thousand are now living,
the rest having fallen in battle and by
disease. Tho Cuban insurgents, accord
ing to the same authority, are stronger
than at any farmer period, and have now
fourteen 'thousand well-formed regular
troops.
THE SENATE NOT IK FAVOR OF WAR.
According to present appearances, the
Administration may count on the support
of the Santc in its Cuban policy. Messrs.
Morton, Sherman, BoutweU, Stockton, all
seem to think that the difficulty may be
settled without war. Messrs. Hamilton,
of Maryland, end Bayard, of Delaware,
are also counted a3 for a conservative pol
icy by their friends, and it is almost cer
tain that the Republican Senators will
as a unit sustain the Administration.
Leading Democrats aro reserved and
cautious in their utterances, and say
they will wait to see what the Admin
istration does before they - acquit or
condemn. One of these, who has
been especially prominent in national
politics, said last night that the excite
ment about Cub* was partly fictitious,
and-was prompted by tho naval officers
in order to avert a cutting down of the
navy. He thought the Administration
were seeking to divert attention’ from
their responsibility for the depressed con
dition of* trade, and industry. Another
public man, identified with the Adminis
tration. said he wanted to know if the
Democratic party meant to commit sui
cide by forcing the Government into a
war with Spain. He said that the first
step would be the passage by Congress of
a loan bill equal to tu..t of ISC-', a large
increase of the army anl navy, heavy
taxation, duties on tea and coffee, the re-
imposition of the incouie tax, and that,
if they wanted a C.esar, this iras the way
to get it.
$30,000 Gone Glimmering.
Parsons, Ks., November 24.—Walt.
Grayson, a Creek Indian, farmer and
stock dealer, living near here,was robbed
Friday night of over $30,000, mostly gold
and silver, by a party of three white men.
One of the men had been at Grayson’s
house and about his premises for two or
three days under the pretense of buying
horses. His confederates arrived Friday
evening, well mounted and heavily
armed, and Grayson was immediately
seized and his money demanded. He re
fused to deliver, whereupon he was hung
to a tree until nearly insensible. Ho still
refused, and the hanging was repeated
six or seven times, and not till the rob
bers threatened to hang his wife did he
reveal the place of it3 concealment.
There were several half-breed Indians
and negroes about tho house, but most of
them were confined to the upper rooms,
and all were intimidated to such a degree
that they offered no resistance. The
robbers were traced to a point a few
miles south of the Canadian river, where
they separated, ono going south and the
others going north. A nominal reward
of $1,500 is offered for tho apprehension
of tho robbers, which would doubtless be
greatly increased if the men were cap
tured and the money recovered. Gray
son is an old man, nearly sixty-five, and
now lying very sick from the effects of
his maltreatment.
Tho Story of a Nice Young Man.
Columbus, O., November 24.— The
sonsation of the day is the arrest of Wil
liam Begg, a well-known young lawyer,
charged with forgery. Begg is secretary
of the Young Men’s Christian Associa
tion, and has been regarded as on up
right and sincere member of the Second
Presbyterian Church. He on several oc
casions, as attorney-at-law, has collected
notes and bills and appropriated the
money to his own use. On Saturday ho
forged his mother’s name to a chock on
the Citizens’ Savings Bank for $160 and
drew tho money. He was arrested, but no
money was fonnd in his possession, and
the bank officers, out of consideration for
his mother, who 13 a widow in moderate
circumstances, will not prosecute the
case. Begg waa again arrested for ap
propriating $100 collected by him for a
client. It now appears that he has pur
chased goods at various stores, giving
checks for larger amounts than tho goods
camo to on banks where he had no
money and receiving the balance in
money. Begg is now in jail.
News in the New York Son, of the
22d:
The upper waters of tho Hudson are to
be stocked with Salmon.
The only paper at Fort Dodge, Dakota,
has suspended, the lost issue saying:
“ If another idiot attempts to establish a
paper in Fort Dodge, we hope there will
be a mule handy to kick him into the
river.”
The Georgia State militia ore to turn
out in encampment at Maccn in July.
Tho city of Macon contributes a purse of
two thousand dollars—fifteen hundred
dollars to go to tho best drilled volunteer
company, and fivo hundred dollars to the
best band.
Bishop Hebkr wrote the popular
hymn “From Greenland’s Icy Moun
tains ” one Saturday evening in the old
vicarage house of his father-in-law, Dean
Shirley, who needed it for a special occa
sion. He composed it in a very short
time, only one word needed correction,
and it was printed that evening and sung
the following day in ‘Wrexham Church.
The printer is still living who set up the
types when a boy.
BY TELEGRAPH.
day dispatches.
The Naval Department In a Terrible
Flurrj.
New York. November 26.—A dispatch
to the Herald says on Tuesday evening
Secretary Robeson received information
which quickened, if possible, tho activity
in his department in preparing for the
crisis.
Orders peremptory and ]denary were
issued by the Secretary to the chiefs of
bureaus to put the uavy iu the best pos
sible condition without awaiting for the
approval of the Secretary.
The next orders issued were to Bear
Admiral Case, commanding the European
squadron to leave but one ship at Cadiz
and proceed with the other vessels under
full steam to Key West.
Dispatches were then prepared for the
Bear Admirals commanding the South
Pacific and South Atlantic stations, tjhich
are now on tho way, to order all vessels
of their fleets to Key West under steam,
and report to tho navy department at
that point.
A telegram was sent the commander of
the East India squadron, informing him
of the gravity of the situation, and to
issue orders at once to every vessel of the
fleet to prepare for any emergency.
The Times Cool.
Per contra, tho Times, in a double
leaded editorial, says: “Wo havo reason
to believe the negotiations with Spain
have assumed a slinpe which places the
prospect of war at a much greater dis
tance than was the case yesterday.”
• New York Banks,
Tiie associated banks have $33,000,000
legal tenders.
Resignation.
Washington, November 26.—Mr. John
Delano resigns the chief clerkship of the
Interior Department, on account of ill
health. Hu was capable and polite, and
his retirement, under the circumstances,
causes general sorrow among his asso
ciates and those who havo hod business
with his department.
Jay Cooke & Co. Adjnilged Bankrupt.
Philadelphia, November 26.—In the
United States District Court this morn
ing Judge Cadwallader presiding, tho pe
titions of sundry parties asking for an
adjudication in bankruptcy in the case of
Jay Cook & Co., was granted and J. Gil
lingham Fell, Esq., appointed receiver.
The Judge intimated that future proceed
ings under adjudication should be hod
under the 43d section of the bankrupt net
which authorizes the appointment of a
trustee and committee by the creditors.
Hudson River Closed,
New York, November 26.—The navi
gation of the Hudson to Albany is sus
pended. The steamers havo gone into
winter quarters. This is the earliest
closing during the present century.
Strikes.
Under orders of the union, the Brook
lyn plasterers stopped until tho employ
ers shall guarantee four dollars a day for
the winter. The employers generally re
fuse.
Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Philadelphia, November 26.—In
creased activity prevails at the navy
yard. Admiral Porter inspected the ves
sels yesterday. Dispatch boat Pinta has
been ordered to sea.
Sheridan Ordered to Washington.
Chicago, November 20.—Gen. Sheri
dan has been ordered to Washington to
confer in regard to military affairs in case
of war with Spain, in event of which he
would have chief command in the field.
Disastrous Explosion.
San Francisco, November 26.—Tho
boiler of a book store exploded to-day.
Loss $90,000. Three persons were hurt
—one fatally.
Jersey State Grange.
Camden, N. J„ November 26.—A State
Grange was organized hero to-day.
Junketing In Uavann.
Havana, November 26.—A grand re
ception and serenade lias been given to
Senor Zolcr, Colonial Minister, at the
Casino Espagnol.
London Press on War.
London, November 26.—General Wole-
sley complains of his Ashantoo auxilia
ries os utterly worthless. Ho is unable
to follow up his advantages on account of
their tardiness and cowardice.
The London Times is hopeful of a pa
cific solution of tho Virginius question,
Tho Daily Nows says it is rumored
that the ultimatum of the United States
equivalent to a declaration of war.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Office Ciulf Signal Officer, 7
Washington. November 26. )
Probabilities: l’or the northwest and
thence to th.- lower Missouri valley fall
ing temperature, northwesterly winds,
cloudy weather and occasional snow,
clearing on Thursday; for the lakes and
thence to tho Ohio Valley, southcasterlv
winds, cloudy weather, snow and oc
casional rein; for K- utucky and Tennessee
southerly winds, cloudy weather and oc
casional rain; for the Southern States,
southwesterly winds, increasing cloudi-
n.’-'s and rain in tho Gulf States; for the
Middle State* winds veering to southerly
and easterly, rising temperature to-mor
row and cloudy weather; for New Eng
land northwesterly winds, low tempe'ra-
ture and generally clear weather. Cau
tionary signals are ordered for Duluth,
Eseanaba, Marquette, Chicago, Milwau
kee Grand Haven.
Boiler Explosion.
Burlington, Iowa. November 2G.—A
shingle mill Iniiler exploded to-day, kill
ing one and hurting eight.
Fine for Claiming Civil Rights,
Columbus, O.. November 26.—A negro
was lined $14 for assaulting a door-keeper
who refused him admission to the dress
circle of a theatre.
Another Failure,
Kansas Oitt, November 20.—J. B.
Hunter A Co, live stock dealers, have
failed for $100,000.
Raised to tho Peerage.
London, November 26.—The Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Common
Pleas has been raised to tho Peerage, and
becomes Boren Coleridgo.
Ten Men Browned.
Ton of the ciew of tho ship Clyde,
wrecked off Valcntia, Ireland, were
drowned.
Coming Home to Roost.
Madrid, November 26.—Tho Igualdod
newspaper justifies tho execution of the
Virginius captives, and cites as a prece
dent for the action of the Spanish author
ities, a circular issued by tho United
States Government during the civil war,
declaring Confederate privateers pirates.
LIFE.
HEALTH.
COMFORT.
ChcGi’fulucs*, gvjoJ ditfe-ttion. 11 secured, produces
wealth.
I-iver Disrav In, atllirted mankind severelv
lanes paw, nut in the present fast aenerition.
lias become * scourge si must unendurable,
hot. min rather than ls-ar tho burden of* 1
mude miserable hy a Torpid Liver, resorts to si
ciue fur relief.
More than half the i’.Lthit fleth is heir to i
suit Irom * diseased Liver, the cure for which is
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
A Coin from King Solomon’s Mint.
IVe were yesterday shown, by Mr. A. Z.
Rosenthal, a Jewish "shekel,” supposed
to have been coined probably in King
Solomon’s reign—ono thousand years be
fore the Christian era. Perhaps it is the
identical kind used by King Solomon in
paying the laborers who built the famous
temple. On one side is a representation
of a vase, or probably a sacrificial altar,
and tbo inscription in Hebrew "Shekel of
Israel.” On the reverse side is a repre
sentation of a tree, and the inscription,
“Holiness of Jerusalem.” It is of about
the size and weight of what we have
known as the “Spanish” or “Mexican
quarter,” formerly in common circulation
in this section.—Columbus (Ky.) Dispatch.
The veritable pin3 used by the Salem
witches, and now on file in the office of
the Clerk of Courts of Essex county, have
been so often appropriated by relic-hnnt-
era that the balance ore sealed in a vial
and can only he seen through a glass.
The death warrant of one of the male
factors, with the return of the officer that
he hid caused the prisoner to bo hanged
nntn she was dead, and burned (though
the two last words are erased), still hang3
on the wall of the clerk’s office in an ex
cellent state of preservation.
Dr. Hopkins : “ What does your en-
of a witty man depend upon?”
ident: " It is in proportion to his wit.”
Dr. Hopkins: “ Supposing ieis a good
nu»n ?" Student: “ It is in proportion to
hi* goodness.” Dr. Hopkins: “Well,
supposing he knows a great deal r” Stu
dent : "In proportion to liis nose.”
(Class howi.)—WOKW limns.
Latest War Notes.
Washington, November 2G.—It is said
that Admiral Porter is to command the
West India squadron. Tho Secretary of
State has no nows from Madrid to-night.
Tweed.
New York, November 26.—Tweed is
to be kept in tho Toombs several days, to
allow him to settle his private business.
William M. Evart3, it is reported, has
been added to his counsel, and will apply
for a stay of proceedings.
Tlio Ingcrsoll Case.
In the Ingersol case the jury brought
in a verdict of guilty. Scntcnco was de
ferred until Friday.
Scrip to bo Issued.
The aldermen of this city to-day passed
a resolution to toko initiatory steps to is
sue legal tenders, secured by tho city, in
payment for labor on cily works on ac
count.
The So-Called Nathan Murderer.
John T. Irving, self-accused of com
plicity in the Nathan murder, was ar
raigned to-day and committed for trial
on the old charges of burglary.
An Internal Machine,
Filled with powder and ball* anil lucifer
matches, was sent to Comptroller Green
by mail to-day.
The Embargoed Cuban Estates.
Havana, November 26.—Tho Official
Gazette to-day publishes a communica
tion addressed by tho Spanish Colonial
Minister, on tho 2ith instant, to tho po
litical Governor of tho Island, directing
immediate compliance with an alleged
telegram from tho Spanish Government,
dated September 15, ordering the release
of embargoed estates of foreigners.
Invited to Resign.
Berlin, November 26.—Archbishop
Lodochow.ki lias been ordered to resign
within a week from the notice. He has
received a letter from tho Pope exhorting
him to firmness.
Tho Germans heforo Cartagena.
London, November 26.—A despatch
from Madrid says tho North German
squadron on Tuesday last, formed in
line of battlo before Cartagena, to enforce
tho demand upon insurgents for the res
toration of twenty-five thousand esetas(?)
which had been extorted from German
subjects in that city. Upon notice that
a refusal would be followed by bombard'
ment the insurgents paid the money.
Tie Blissing of tbe Mnelfeolh Ceoturv.
rrevskts
SLEEPLESSNESS.
SUICIDE,
INTEMPERANCE.
DEBILITY,
RESTLESXESS,
COSTIVENESS,
DEPRESSION,
ENVIOUS TEMPER,
NERVOUSNESS,
HEADACHE.
HEARTBURN,
JAUNDICE,
FEVER AND AGUE.
Aro al! caused by the Liver being out of onler.
KEGULATE THE LIVER
MIGHT DISPATCHES.
Tho November Statistical Report of
■ tho Department of Agricalturc,
Washington, November 26—Tho No
vember statistical report of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, now in press, makes
a showing for tho oorn product quite as
unfavorable as that whioh forecasted the
short crop of 1869. The preliminary re
port of the aggregate quantity in that
year, indicated a total of 874,000,000
bushels loss than the estimate for the
large crop of. 1870; and the present re
turns point to a product of about 858,-
000,000. The' estimate of last year’s crop
of Illinois was 217,000,000. The estimate
of the present is 132,000,000. Only six
States show a crop equal to last year’s,
viz: Virginia, Georgia, Florida, West
■Virginia, Oregon and Rhode Island.
The percentage of deficiency in the
principal corn growing States, in com
parison with tho total product of last
year, is as follows: Kentucky, 4 per cent;
Ohio, 11; Indiana, 22; Illinois, 39; Iowa,
23; Missouri, 32; Kansas, 31. The defi
ciency for New York is 8 per cent., and
16 for Pennsylvania.
In moat of the Southern States the
crop is smaller than that of last year. A
direct comparison is mode between the
total product of grain in each county in
1872 and 1873, having for it3 elements
both tho comparative yield and the ex
tent of area.
The Cotton Reports
Of November, nnlike thore of the com
parative condition earlier in the season,
make each estimates tho expected crop
in each county, stated in tho form of a
percentage of last year’* crop. Tho ag
gregate of these estimates varies little i
from 3,700,000 bales. The season for *
picking has been unusually fine thus
far; yet the result may bo mod
ified by an exceptional favorable sea
son in tho latter part of November,
and in December, or by storm* affecting
injuriously tho saving of the top crop.
The State percentages, in comparison
with lost year, are calculated aa follows:
North Carolina, 92; Georgia, 97; Flor
ida, 97; Alabama, 91; Mississippi, 85,
Louisiana, 80, Texas, 112; Arkansas, 102;
Tennessoe, 102. These figures would be
much lower hut for the increaso of area
planted. Tho estimated total area is, in
round numbers, 9,500,000. A tabulated
statement of the results of these returns,
including the area and yield per acre,
will be found in the report now in pre33.
Capital Notes.
Washington, November 36. — The
Honse will caucus for officer^ Saturday
night.
The departments closed at noon and
will remain closed to-morrow.
The Star gives the following as the
points of arrangement between Secretary
Fish and Admiral Polo: The surrender
of the Virginias; the usual salute to tho
flag; the restoration of the surviving
members of the crew and proper indem
nity to the families of thore executed.
The Mahopoc has passed Cape Henry
en route to Cuban waters.
Sheridan comes here ostensibly for con
sultation over Indian affairs.
The Grangers’ ResolTcs.
Atlanta, November 26.—Tho Conven
tion of Grangers to-day adopted resolu-
tiona to establish the direct shipment of
cotton to Europe; urge the refunding of
the cotton tar to legitimate claimants,
and the removal of all imports except on
conceded luxuries. They endorse and
urge the construction of the Atlantic and
Great Western Canal. The Convention
adjourned tine die amid enthusiasm.
Malone to be Hanged.
Gov. Smith, refuses to commute Ma
lone’s sentence. He hangs on Friday.
Robeson on HU Travels.
New York, November 26.—Secretary
Bobeson reached the Brooklyn navy yard
at noon to-day in company with the Na
val Constructor. They visited the Tor
nado ond expressed themselves satisfied
with the manner in whieh the work wa3
going on. Work will be continued to
morrow as usual.
For Rent.
TpHE rasidenro of the late J. It. Butts, on First
X fctrwt. occupied at present by J. I*. Sauls-
bury, eligibly located anu convenient to business.
Possession given October 1st. Apply to
A. B. ROSS.
ropiotf Or CAPT. A. G. BUTTS.
HOOT, BAM SLAW
uvea, a complete stock of
N. B.—Our Retail Depatrmcnt is also full, and
Prices to Su xho Times.
BUNT, RAXKIX A LAMAR.
JOHN INGALLS,
DRUGGIST and PHARMACEUTIST
HEALER IS
PUEE MEDICINES
And special agent far Caswell, Hazard A Cow’s
STANDARD PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
COD
novfStf
And stricly pure
LIVER Oil-!
A NORTH GEORGIA
IIP J&. 3FI. IMS.
FOR SALE.
T OPPER FOR SALE, on reasonable term*.
both as to price and payments, my farm in
North Georgia, contninimr 2,000 acres of land,
some 500 acres cleared. The cleared land em
braces some fine level mulatto lands, some eray
lands, and about seventy-five acres of bottom
land. The wood land heavily timbered with oak,
hickory, poplar, and interspersed with pine. The
dwelling house ii finely built, eontf»i. r iin«r ten
rooms above and brick basement, costing alone
$8£00. Barns, stables, gin-house and tenant
bouses B36 ample for the place. A fine, unfailing
spring of free stone vraterconyenient to the house.
It is located ten mile< from Dalton, on a n«$r line
of East Unuf niri * ' mnma Railroad, the road
running within a mile of the house. It is two and
a half miles to the nearest station; five miles to
RjgjLf-StS. and si'v.'n mites to Tunnell Hill.
J., •}].• Stats’ Road. Th - place ;>* healthy, and
offers a beautiful home in a fine rawing region of
country. Sold for the reason that othc
ments pre
Everywhere they are strong in tho belief that a
constitutional invigormnt. a preparation uniting
tho properties of a gentle purgative, a tonic, a
blood purifier and a general regulator is the great
requisite in all diseases.
Everywhere they are coming to tho conclusion
that Simmons’ Liver Regulator is precisely such
- preparation.
Everywhere mothers find it a suro neutralizer
of ncidity of the stomach, indigestion and colic in
children.
liverywhere it is becoming the favorite homo
remedy, having proven itself an unfailing specific
m bUuousneo, constipation, colic, sick headache,
bowel complaints, dyspepsia and fevers.
Take Simmons* Liver Regulator, tho great
family medicine, purely vegetable. It is Indeed a
marvelous medicine.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
OR MEDICINE,
Is harmless,
Is no drastic, violent medicine.
Is sure to cure if taken regularly.
Is no intoxicating leverage.
It is n great aid to tho cause of Temperance.
Is a faultless family medicine.
Is the cheapest medicine in tl* world.
Is given with safety and tho happiest results to
the most delicate infant.
Does not interfere with business.
Does not disarrange tho system.
Takes the placo of Quinine and Ritters or every
kind.
Contains the simplest and best remedies.
Beware of Counterfeits and Imita
tions, and Preparations not In
our Original Packages.
Tako rare not to buy any article as “Simmons’
Liver Regulator,” that baa not our irenuino label
and stamp Upon it. Accept no imitation or sub
stitute, however plausibly recommended. Buy
the powder and prepare it yourself, or buy tha
Homd in bottles preinred only by J. H. ZE1LIX
PRICE ONE DOLLAR!
Manufactured only by
J. H. ZEILIN & GO.,
MACON. GA- and PHILADELPHIA.
TESTIMONIALS.
“I havo never seen or tried such a simple, effi
cacious, satisfactory ami pleasant remedy in my
life.”—11. llainer, St. Louis, Mo.
“I havo used the Regulator in my family for
tho last seventeen years. I can safely recom
mend it to the world as the best medicine I ever
used for that class of diseases it purports to cure.”
—M. F. Thigpen.
We havo been acquainted with Dr. Simmons’
’er Medicine for more limn twenty years, and
know it to be tho beat Liver Regulator offered to
tho public.”—M. It. Lyon and M. L. Lyon, Bell-
fontaine. Ga.
DENNISON’S
PATENT NHIPPINC2 TAGS
Over Two Hundred Millions havo
il>ecn used within the past ten years,
I without complaint of loss by Tag be-
_'ooming detached. They are moro re
liable for marking Cotton Bales than any Tag in
use. All Express Companies use them. Mold by
Printers and Stationer* everywhere;
ort4 Bin
For Sale.
A FERTILE FARM, situated one and a half
miles south of the towm of Cuthbert, Ran
dolph count v, and containing four hundred and
fifty acres, of which about two hundred and fifty
are cleared and under cultivation.
On tho premises are a gin house and excellent
gin, one double log dwelling, and a sufficiency of
laborers’ houses, a fine well of water and a good mill
scat. There is timber and fuel sufficient on tbo
place also to realize more than donble tho pur
chase money. This property will bo sold on ac
commodating terms, or exchanged for city im
provements. Apply at this office, or to
1 T1IOS. POWELL. Trustee.
octSStf Cuthbert. Georgia.
LOOK HERE!
IP Ayr 02tE TELLS TOO -
D. J. BAER
r ! not sellin? Foods 25 pot cent, ohraper *imn
any storw in Macon. Giv., cii; arouml and con
vince yourscli. Seo Price List :
500 palr Gents’ Fino Colt Sewed Boot, at $5 a pair.
SOO pnir Gents’ Sewed Gaiters nt $2 a pair, worth
LOol/pair Men's all leather Kip Brogans, at $t 25
a pair, worth $2 a pair.
q ooo pair Ladies’ Sewed Kid and Cloth Shoes at
$1 50, worth S3 50 a pair.
10 dozen latest stylo and colors Gents lair Hats
nt S2. worth Mcnoh. A special Binyuin.
50 dozen Gents’ Black and Brawn \tool Hats at
50 cents each, w orth SI each.
Boys’ and Children’s Hats, ut 50 cents and ,5 cts.
extra bargain.
10,000 j-artls fast colored and best quality Calico,
at 10 cents a yard.
Bleaching. Cassi.mercs, Jeans, Homespuns n\ fac
tory prires. I nducements offered to dealers.
Call early at the well known ‘‘^j 0 a\ER,
Comer Third and Cherry sts.', Macon. Ga.
oct2*i 8m
Iron in tlie Blood.
THE PERUVIAN
BT8UP YttaSzoa
and Enriches tho
Blood, Tones up tho
System, Bulldsup tho
Broken-down, Cures
Fraud© Complaints,
DropswDebllity,Hu
mors, Dyspepda. Ac-
Thousands havo
been changed by tho
tw of this remedy
from weak, sickly,
e offering creatures, to
that
Esjtfftee. s^tfeon’r. 8F.TII W.FOWLE
& SONS. Prai'A'tors, Beslon, Mass. 1 is ulo 1/
drusslsts |cncraDy.
jmswH
WANTED.
pt tho:
who c
1 fur-
1874. Nooe need apnlj —
nish testimonials of nigh moral charactcrandem-
in- nt qualifications as a totchcr. v
Application should be made to ^andogn**
immediately. •
novS ga w^w Secretary Board 1 rusu-es
^ from giving i
! ion* Tor further partieula
Griffin. Ga.
i-taotf
iy personal at-
adaress me at
ALEX- M. SPEER.
GIN YOUB COTTON.
JERE HOLLIS,
on Houston road, three miles from town,
sept 17 JitawU
CARPETS t
Oil Cloths.
MATTING, RUGS,
mats, etc.
T nF Iarvest stock of Hit stars (roods ever of
,■ 1 i„ this market now in .ton: and amv
1.. - daily direct from lnanufaclory, of tho bes
quality of good, and r t reduced pnec.
BODY BRUSSELS CAkPETS.
TAPESTKT BRUSSELS CARPETS.
THKEE-FUY carpets,
extra super carpets.
MEDIUM and LOW GRADE CAR-
1 YeXETIAN CARPETS,
HEMPS CARPETS,
VELVET RUGS,
BRUSSELS RUGS,
BEAVER RUGS,
MATS OF ALL STYLES,
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS,
LIXOLILUM FLOOR CLOTHS,
FELTS AND DRUGGETS,
TABLE OIL CLOTHS,
COCOA MATTINGS,
CANE MATTINGS,
CANTON MATTINGS,
WINDOW SHADES.
WALL PAPERS.
Purchuaers are invited to examine my stock be
fore buying, aa I can show a greater variety and
at as low prices an any market in tbo South.
No. 98 Cherry street, next door to Roes X Cole-
man's wholesale dry goody house.
Kpiteodsm B. P. BOSS,