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tfv Oltsby, Jones A: Reese.
MACON, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 10, 1873.
Number G,794
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WEDNESDAY MORNING, DISC. 10, 1S7S,
IIiuirs Fire.
Tho nomination of "Williams, as Chief
Justice, him •. fire, it appears. Wo have
little liopo that it will be defeated,bat
this Imitation l>y tho Senate is a tribute
to Hie d. , ;i and widespread dissatisfac
tion evinced by tlie country. Compared
with Hoar, whom the Senate once re
jected as on Associate Justice of thosamc
court, Williams is a Tombs "shyster,”
but wo fear ho will yot be allowed to
desecrate a chair onco honored and illus
trated by Marshall and Taney. Tho
lowest depth of sickening servility to
Executive power and patronage will have
been reached when even a ltadical Sen
ate shall Imvo that proved the baseness
of its metal, and its utter contempt
for everything but Cicsar’a will apt! "tho
thrift that follows fawning.”
The Devil Turned Saint.
llamum, of Mormaid memory, who,
after having tho ehoelc to publish and
toast of tho frauds and deceptions ho hail
practiced upon tho public, turns deliber,
atoly around and repeats the experiment-
ia again in full blast, with circus, mu
seum, impossible specimens of man, and
brute beasts, nnd everything else that
can delude a gullablo people.
Ono Now York paper is paid to stylo
his establishment "Bantam’s Great Mor
al Show.” Wlmtnext? Nothing, unless
the prineo of humbugs opens with prayer
and proaclios a short sermon for tho edi
fication of his motley visitors.
Nsiv Postal Tksatt with Germany.
Tho new postal treaty between tho Uni
ted Slates and Germany, proviiling for
an interchange of postal canls between
the two nations, wont into effect Monday,
1st instant. The rate of postage is ono
silver groselien in Germany, and two
cents in tho United States, for each card,
the biter being paid by putting an addi
tional one cent stamp on tho United
States postal card. Tho full postage
must be prepaid, or else the cards will
not bo forwarded. Tlio treaty includes
not only the German empire, but also tho
empires of Austria, Hungary nnd tho
Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, so tliat
practically tho post'll cards can bo sent
now to almost tho wholo of Central Eu
rope!
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New Gold Dis.-ovKr.iKS.—A good deal
of excitement has "been created in Wash
ington Territory l>y reported gold discov
eries on Swank river, and already several
hundred miners are at work there. Tho
Swank river, n branch of tho Yakima,
is twenty-five miles in length, nnd from
its source to its mouth rich indications
are found at all points, ns also on its
small tributaries and in tho surrounding
hills. It is said that specimens from
those placers have assayed at $11 50 the
ounce, and tliat prospectors have picked
up solid lumps of gold weighing from
half an ounce to an ouneo.
Tin East Hi run Uni doe.—The Sun says
woil ( .n this bridge has been suspended
for tlio winter. All of tho men employed
except a few carpenters engaged in build
ing the arch centres havo been discharg
ed. Tho company employed between
three and four hundred men daring the
season, Tho New York tower is 128 feet
above tide water—S feet above tho road
way of the span. Twelve thousand cubic
yards of masonry have been laid during
the season. On the Drooklyn tower the
masonry is 2$ 1 foot al>ove tide water, and
almiit half of the nrcli stones are bid.
There is 51 foot yet to build.
Tnn is something about this obitua-
ry quatrain in a Doylostown, lb., paper
which strikes ns as an unpleasant mixture
of woe and " wittles:” "Dear Mother, tlion
has left us here, to mourn our loss; and
as wo meet at our lonely meal, that va
cant chair of thee reminds us.” We be
lieve it. A person must have an uncom
monly poor appetite who thinks that
"loss” is an allowable rhyme for "us.”
A groat deal of poetry has been written
upon an empty stomach, but then the
hope of a square meal sometimes proves
extremely inspiring.
Tbc Great Cuba Meeting.
The telegram.' have informed os that
a monster Cuban meeting is to be held
in New York on Friday evening next.
Ono of the editors of tho Telegraph ro-
c.-ivi-l ye terday an invitat!- n t"
on that occasion as a Vice President, and
wo judge tliat similar invitations havo
been sent to the pros of tho country in
all tho States, so ns to give the meeting
more than a local character. The invi
tation define* the purpose of trio meeting
as follows: "To give expression to our
feelings of horror at the brutal treatment
indicted on Americancitizens and women,
by the Spaniard in Cui a, and to prepare
and present to Congress a memorial,
praying tlie intervention of this Govern
ment, to canse the war in Cnba to bo so
conducted a* to have n resemblance to
the practices of civilized nations.”
While we would not bo in favor of
making these atrocities in war ground
for an armed intervention of tho United
States in the affairs of Cuba, wo do hold
that the government and people of this
country ought long ago to have made
them matter of indignant protest nnd
remonstrance, as nn outrage on eiviliza
tion and humanity, and invited all Christ
endom to declare their disapprobation in
a simibr manner. But cruellies in war,
and especially in civil war, are so com
mon and so mixed up with questions of
retaliation and rebtivc responsibility,
that they furnish very uncertain and un
satisfactory ground for the forcible inter
vention of third parties.
But if ono desired intervention there i:
a hotter ground for it in tho apparently
interminable character of tho conflict.
Tho Cuban war lias raged now since
1863—more than five years—and Spain is
certainly for less able to subdno the Cu
ban insurgents now than she was at tho
beginning. Spain 1ms a habit of leaving
wars to drag on interminably, as well as
of waging them atrociously. The Mexi-
an revolution broko out in 1810, but
Spain did not acknowledge tlie independ
ence of Mexico till eleven years after, and
long after subjugation had been practi-
cally given up as hopeless. So the war
with Cuba may probably drag on for an
equal, or oven greater length of time—
Spain, able neither to wake an end of nor
to suppress the insurrection. Sho has
always hail time enough, and more than
enough, to suppress it, if she could do so,
and now the interests of humanity de
mand, not that sho shall wage war with
Cuba less cruelly, but that she shall stop
it altogether as a useless waste of human
life.
It is a farce for a set of Spanish emi
grants, after a scries of revolutions at
home, during which they havo changed
allegianco three or four times, until they
now nro really in truo allegiance to none,
to be fighting tho nativo Cubans ns reb
els and insisting they shall como under
their yoke, ns a quasi dependence of a
government they themselves are in vir
tual hostility to. Tlio interests of civili
zation and trade might well justify an
effort to put an end to bloodshed and dis
order on such pretences, and this might
probably l>o good, solid and philosophical
ground for intervening to put a stop to
such a quarrel. But we aro not in favor
of armed intervention in the Cuban war
on any grounds. In our opinion, the truo
interests of our own country forbid it.
Last Week’s Cotton Figures.
Tlie Chronicle reports the cotton re
ceipts for the seven days ending last Fri
day nh;ht. 5th instant, at 170,084 bales
against 123,879 bales last week, 133,386
bales tho previous week and 12-1,060 bales
throo weeks since, making the total re
ceipts since the first of September, 1873,
1,150,063 bales against 1,277,930 bales
for the nme period of 1872, showing a
decrease since September 1,1873, of 128,
862 bales. The interior port receipts for
the same time were 55,591 against 35,85-t
last year; shipments 36,193 against 32,-
889, and tho stocks foot up 99,882 against
78,871 last year.
Tlio visible supply table shows 2,066,077
bales against 2,138,583 bales last year,
and 2,053,761 the year before, showing a
reduction of the deficit to 52,506 bales.
Tlie quotations of middling uplands in
Liverpool compare as follows: 1373, 8|d-;
1872, 1(X1.; 1871, 914, It will be seen
that tho cotton receipts of tho week were
remarkably heavy, and as ono result
there wa3 a net decline in the New York
market during the week of a quarter of a
cent.
Tho week was generally stormy through
out the South, with considerable rainfall.
Tho mercury averaged 62 at Galveston,
G2 at Montgomery, 56 at Macon, 60 tt
Mobile and 65 at Savannah.
The India cotton advices during tho
week, especially from Bombay, were vry
favorable, and bear out the most promis
ing estimates of the crop,
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Tits Thomasville Times publishes
statement of the crop statistics of that
county, from which it appears that 0,212
bales of cotton, G6.35S bushels of oats
239.G4S bushels of corn,GO,134 bushels of
sweet potatoes, and 52,129 gallons of syr
up were produced this year.
Tu* Hall Mysteht.—Under this head
the Times lia3 the following:
In our account last week of tho disap
pearance of Mr. Juniper Hall, we stated
that the negroes had confessed to having
killed him, and subsequently putting him
in the cypress swamp; or rather pond,
just beyond the eight mile post. It
poems that upon tire parties accompany
ing tho self-confessed murderer to the
place they failed to find the remains, and
have failed to do so up to tho time of
this writing; although large bodies of
citizens have linnted diligently ever since
the fatal Tuosday night, but have failed
to find a single clue. Tho entire party
who accompanied Mr. H. to town have
been arrested nnd placed in jail, to await
the unraveling of this my»terioii3 murder.
The Times is of opinion that tho search
should be continued, as it thinks the |
body of the murdered man is concealed
in some cave or hole in tho ground.
The Houston Home Journal records
the death of Mr. Arch Parker, of that
county, after a long illness.
The Atlanta lawyers have resolved to
indulgo in n grand jamboree after their
monthly meeting in January. It grieves
us to learn, however, that there is a fear
ful amount of dues still unpaid, which
BY TELEGRAPH.
DAY DISPATCHES.
American Chop Estimates.—Within may interfere somewhat with the pro-
the next two weeks, says the Chronicle, posed spree
we shall mako up our usual estimate of
tho cotton crop; wo are now gathering
tho necessary information. A telegraphic
summary of the November report of the
Agricultural Bureau was issued on the
2Gtli of November, by which tho total
crop is given at 3,700,000 bales, and the
percentage of the States, “ in comparison
iril/t last year," as follows: North Caro
lina, 08; South Carolina, 92; Georgia,
07; Florida, 07; Alabama. 01; Missis
sippi, 85; Louisiana, $0; Texas, 112;
Arkansas, 102; Tennessee, 102 percent.
The estimated area in round numbers is
0,500,000 acres.
Tiik New York liauks hold $11,123,000
of legal tenders. The bank statement
shows loans increase $4,000,000; specie
increase $13,125,000; legal tenders in
crease $2,375,000; deposits $7S,000,000.
Tiik appointment of M. Bartholdi, the
secretary of legation at St. Petersburg,
its French Minister at Washington, to
succeed Marquis do Nonilles. is an
nounced.
A Grander, assisted by an "intelligent
compositor,” gave us some Latin yester
day. r nchilo nchil at" says the I. C.
That is "hog Latin,” sure enough.
Bisuor Cummins publishes a card say
ing it was Bishop Mellvaine, not Potter,
w ho said that ritualism must be put down
now or it would bo too Lite.
The prosecuting counsel, in closing his
& rguun-nt in the trial of Bazaine, urged
that tlie marshal bo first degraded and
*'i< n executed.
i’lli Washington. D. C„ Star considers
the constitution of the Kinking and cur
rency committee favorable to inflation.
• N,1; w Youk has appropriated $79,000 to
’ho hospitals and other asylums of shel
ter, and to feed tlie poor.
i he Cuban Junta, at New York, say
’hey have no knowledge of any Cuban
expedition fitting out.
Tonglt Times for Monopolies*
The writer saw yesterday, a private let
ter to a prominent gentleman in this city
from an authentic Atlanta source, which
announced that it has transpired that the
Southern Kailway Security Company, of
Pennsylvania, would fail to pay the in
terest due on tho bonds of tlio Airline
road in January. It was intimated also
that a like misfortune would befall all tlio
other roads which had been leased or bar
gained for by Tom Scott, as the repre-
ntativo of this mammoth concern.
Tliis would in effect amount to a col
lapse on tlio past of this groat company,
and nothing would bo loft to it but to re
turn tho dozen railway lines, which havo
been leased or bargained for, to their
original owners and shareholders. These
worthies would find themselves weaker
than over before, and bo sadder, if not
wiser men.
This Tom Scott railroad monopoly ha3
boon second only in magnitude to tlie
Grand Pacific enterprises, which made
shipwreck of tlie reputation of so many
members of Congress, who were suborned
to support and uphold them.
Without wishing harm to any innocent
private individual, wo can but hope that
every monopoly, which seeks to absorb
and destroy existing enterprises of worth
and long standing utility, and mako them
all subservient to the despotism of grasp
ing cliques, may alike come to grief.
We are opposed to centralization in
the Government, and centralization in
any single department of trade, com
merce, or internal improvements. Each
State and locality knows best how to fos
ter and protect its own interests. And
these monster aggregations of capital to
promote the. wealth and aggrandisement
of rings and stock jobbers, are a national
calamity, and subversive of all genuine
liberty and private rights.
A Voice from Liberia.
The Eufaula News, of Saturday, says a
prominent gentleman of that city re
ceived a letter yesterday from Willis
Fort, colored, who is now living in Grand
Bassa county, Liberia. Willis is well
known in this immediate section as a
good carpenter, who worked for a long
time with the late Captain George W.
Whipple, and when he left this country
to go to Liberia was better oif than he
has boon since, or perhaps will be again
for a long while. He writes a most dole
ful tale of Liberia. He says: “ Wo have
no horses hero, no buggies, nor wagons:
uo good cows, and, worse slilh no money.
Hard times all the time is the way we
live. As far as the government is con
cerned, it is poor and bad, and I would to
God I could get away to-morrow. If I
could I would gliilly do so. If any of
my white friends will send for me I will
pay them well for it. I can’t mako any
money here at all, anil liave last all I
had when I got here. Can't you make
up a puree for me to get back ? and I
will work hard and pay it all again if I
live. I was a great fool for coming here
at first, and I beg you to do what you
can for me. Myself and family are all
well and alive yet.”
A oenti-kman lately refusal to cele
brate his silver wedding on the ground
that he was "pot yet reduced to beggary.”
“Progress.”
We suppose the passage of tho bill re
moving nil disabilities from Southern men
in the House on Monday may oouio un
der tliis head, though we must confess it
of a very slow kind. Now let us see
what the Senate will do with it. It is
very certain there aro no more reasons
now than there havo been any time the
Lost five yeara for such progress.
This disability business was bom of a
sectional vindictiveness quite out of
place in, and anything but creditablo to,
men pretending to be statesmen. It lias
been a stigma—a blistering ahauio upon
those who havo ruled the country since
the war, and the tardy manner in which
itlias boon removed almost spoils the
grace of the act
Wo suppose Sumner will attempt to
burden it in the Senate with his infamous
negro equality bill, but wo should think
his expcricnco in that business, as told
elsewhere, would dampen Ills ardor some
what Of ono thing, however, he and his
congeners may rest assured: There will
never ho any real peace in tlio country
until this act of justico is done.
No Bed of Boses.
Poor Williams, who has just been
hoisted bodily to tho pinnaclo of fame’s
temple by the block and tackle of Presi
dent Grant, must feel decidedly uncom
fortable on his lofty perch. Ho is lit
orally riddled from a hundred arrows,
which come hurtling from every point of
tho compass.
The New York Sun says: “ Tho rejec
tion of George n. Williams by tho Sen
ate would be as great an event ior the
canso of good government as the convic
tion of Tweed.”
Tho Hartford Times characterizes this
appointment of a Chief Justice as "little
less than a national disgrace and a public
shame.” - v
Scores of other presses also pile on tho
agony with such terms as "a fifth rate
man,” "eomination not fit to be made,”
“Grant's parasite, etc., etc. Verily Mr.
Williams had better gcback to California,
and scratch for gold in some of the
gulches of hex mountains all the days of
his life, in preference to facing such
music.
Negro Intimidation.
The Montgomery Advertiser of Sunday
tells the following remarkable story:
A gentleman going home two nights
ago was astonished to see two negro
women jump a low fence on the roadside,
followed shortly afterwards by an irate
colored individual of the mala persuasion,
who puffed and blowed like a.porpoise.
“What is the matterr” queried the
gentleman.
"Why, I voted for Dr. LeGrand last
Monday, an l my wife and her sister have
been trying to whip me out for it. So I
just gave them a thrashing out and have
run them off tlie lot. Why, there have
been three negroes at my house since I
voted for Dr. LeGrand, who have offered
my wife to rent a house for her if she
would leave me.” The gentleman as
sured him tliat he should have protection,
and that if these persecutions continued
ho could invoke the enforcement act in
his own defence.
This incident shows the Petty annoy
ances nud persecutions to which I
who attempt to act
subjected. It is no woi
act with the Democratic party. It would
bo quite different if the Democrats would
protect them, and encourage them by
their patronage to be really and truly
freemen. No man is free who is com
pelled to act contrary to what he knows
to bo his best interests, as many negroes
are who would be the friends of the white
man if they dared.
Dow They Served Hint.
A late Washington letter to the Balti
more Sun says:
"Senator Sumner is very much exer
cised over the ingratitude of some of his
colored admirers in this city. They ser
enade him, he opens his doors free, and
then several black sheep in the flock pick
up everything they find lying around
loose. He was serenaded a few nights
since, and now he mourns tho loss of two
foot-rugs, (which were imported by him)
a vase, and other articles, which he is
using every effort to recover."
Served him exactly right. His skull is
pretty thick on the negro question, but a
few more lessons like this may perhaps
teach him some sense. We hardly think
“Chawles” will illustrate "equal rights”
in his own house, in a hurry, again.
i negroes
independently are
wonder that so few
djyou
said a gentleman to his friend who, walk
ing in his garden, stumbled into a pit at
water. "No matter,” said the friend, "I
have found it.”
A Presbyterian Church was organized
at Stone Mountain hut Saturday. Eev,
D. Fraser is the pastor, an 1 Messrs. A.
C. Smith and J. It.' Smith, ruling elders.
The Itoman Catholic Church, of At
lanta, will be dedicated this morning, on
which occasion a grand " Pontificial
High Mass” will be celebrated for the
first time in that city.
The Savannah Nows, of Monday, says
Mr. John Feely purchased, on Saturday,
the two fine horses, “Sunshine” and
"Tempest,” from Mr. J. J. Clay, of this
city.
The same paper unfeelingly remarks
that "it is very consoling to know that
the progressive journalism of tho day
will soon havo occupied all the eligiblo
wood and water stations in the country.
There nro several vacant sites for nows
papers along the line of tho Central rail
road, and these we hope to seo filled be
fore tho new year.”
The Atlmta Constitution reports fivo
cases of small-pox in that city, and says
a po3t-house lias been fixed up for their
reception.
The Brunswick Appeal says Dr. L,
Heins, of that place, has invented nnd
patented a valuable addition to the sew.
ing machine. The Appeal describes it as
chain attached to two treadles and con
necting with the fly-wlieel by means of
two small cog wheels. The machine is
run by pressing down the right treadle,
tho left treadle being used for tho pur
pose of reversing the chain and for tho
perfect control of tho movement of the
machinery, tlio operator being able to
halt tho machine almost instantly by n
gentle pressure of the left foot. The
great advantage claimed for this inven
tion lies in tho fact tliat by ono down
pressure of the right treadle the machine
will make sixty stitohi**, whereas by the
present treadle us.il it requires a down
pressure of tlie treadle to every four and
ono-half stitches. Tho machine, with
this attachment, makes aliout six hun
dred stitches to the minute with but ten
down pressure! of the treadles, whereas
to secure sir hundred stitches l>y tho
present treadle it requires about one hun
dred and fifteen down pressures of tho
treadle.
The Houston Home Journal reports
two “ commercial tourists,” named Jas.
Johnson and Patrick Gillespie, 03 in
trouble down that way. They sold some
negro children a cotton handkerchief for
twenty-sir dollars—the aforesaid dol
lars being taken from tho strong box of
the children’s mother, who was absent at
the time the trade was made. Gillespie
was hound over in a bond of $600 to ex
plain tho transaction to a jury.
The case of tho State vs. Itov. James
L. Pierce, of the Methodist Church, is
now on trial in Bartow Superior Court.
Mr. P. is charged with making indecent
proposals to a lady member of his congre
gation while in charge of the church at
Cartersville. He was tried by the Con
ference and acquitted, hut the matter
was carried into tho courts. k'
Dr. Middlebeooks, of Doraville, a
small village on tho Air Lino road, near
Norcross, jumped* from a train on that
road last Saturday evening, and sustained
frightful injuries—breaking his jaw and
one of his arms and fracturing lii3 skull.
Ho is not expected to live. Tho irain
was running at the rate of. thirty miles
an hour at the time.
A negro named Sam Low, who had
been sentenced in Troup Superior Court
to the penitentiary for ten years for as
sault with intent to murder, attempted
to escape, from tho Sheriff last Saturday
while being carried back to jail from the
Court-house, but was recaptured after
being shot several times. His wounds
will probably result fatally.
Bishop Cummins’ New Church.
In a conversation with a reporter in
New York on the subject of his action
and the probable future of the new eccle
siastical organization. Bishop Cummins
stated that his congregation in that city
would net be organized before Christmas
or the first Sunday in January, owing to
the want of copies of the Prayer Book
of 1785. In response to a question ask
ing the reason for instituting his reform
movement, the bishop replied that he
was obliged to sanction, by his official
presence, ceremonies he deemedintroduc-
tive of error, and to remain in a commu
nion whose practice and worship he con
demned did not to him seem honest. He
did not think the deviations of ritualism
could bo corrected within the church by
the moral influence of evangelical men,
or tho force of ecclesiastical law. The
growth of these errors might be accounted
for by the effect upon the imagination
produced by the elaborate ceremonial, by
the desire of young “clergy” to be con
sidered “priests,” and by the seeming in
dorsement of their views by the Prayer
Book. In regard to the prospects of the
"Reformed Episcopal Church” the bishop
felt sanguine, stating that there were
many Presbyterians in sympathy with
the movement, and that several of the
Episcopal clergy of Philadelphia who had
signed the circular condematory of his
course had expressed regret for their act.
Gen. Forrest Tenders His Services.
Memphis, Docombor 9.—Gen. N. B.
Forrest, in view of possible war with
Spain, made a formal tender of his
services to Gen. Sherman, who, writing a
characteristic letter to Gen. Forrest, said
he had sent the letterto the War Depart
ment with this endorsement:
“Eospectfully referred to the Secretary
of War for file. Among the hundreds of
offers that cometome.Idoemthis worthy
of a place among the archives to wait
coming events. I regard H.“ B. Forrest
as one of the most extraordinary men de
veloped by our civil war, and were it left
to me, in tho event of war requiring cav
alry, I would unhesitatingly accept his
services and give him a prominent place.
I believe now ho would fight against our
national enemies as vehemently as he did
against us, and that is saying enough.”
[Signed] "W.T. Sherman.”
General Sherman don’t believe there
will he war. Neither government want3
war.
Congressional.
Washington, December 0 In tho
Senate Alcorn, of Mississippi, introduced
a bill to provide for the construction of
levees on tho Mississippi river. Tho kilt
was referred to the Committee on Levees.
Hamilton, of Texas, introduced a bill
to erect public buildings at Austin, Tor.,
wkieli was referred to the Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds,
The IIouso is engaged on salary and
Lack pay.
New York Items.
New York, December 9.—Tho St.
James and Grand Union Hotels have
been placed in the hands of receivers.
Irving, who protended to know about
tho Natlian murder, has been convicted
of burglary.
The Tribune says editorially that pri-
vato dispatches to that office from Mad
rid announce Gen. Sickles’ peremptory
resignation.
Hotter dam, December 9.—It is be
lievod tliat the Konig Wilhelm, of Now
York, for Bremen, will float after being
farther lightened.
Spanish News.
New York, December 9.—The nerald’s
Madrid special says there is a heavy do
clino on the Bourse in consequence of
Grant’s refusal to accept Sickles’ resig
nation. The Spanish Government claims
that it is not bound to deliver tho Vir-
giniiu until the 18tU of December.
Madrid, December 9.—The Minister
of War reports tliat the reserve recently
called out numbers 46,000 men.
Details of the bombardment of Carta
gena show that tho principal damage
done to it was to the buildings within tho
walls of the city. Tho forts and batteries
are almost intact. Tho insurgents aro
strengthening their works and armament.
A London Fog.
Loudon, December 9.—A dense fog
liangs over this city. At this hour, 2 p.
x, it is as da v k as night. Locomotion is
slow and hazardous.
Tho Bazaine Trial.
Versailles, December 9.—Tlio Ba
zaine trial is drawing to a close. It is
probable that judgment will be given to
morrow.
Fire.
Philadelphia, December 9.—Hull's
tar works at Fort Breozo were burned to-
iliy.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Capital Notes.
Washington. Deaomber 9.—McMillan
and I’inclibaok’s cases have boon post
poned to Friday.
Judge Soutliworth, of Mobile, arrived
here yesterday in tho interest of tlio Mo
bile and Ohio railroad, and also in tho
interest of Sykes, as against Spencer,
who now holds a seat in tho Senate.
The Committee on Privileges and Elec
tions will probably not reach the Spencer-
Sykes cose before tho holidays.
Proceedings against the Mobile and
Ohio railroad have, by order of tho At
torney General, been suspended. Tho
order to tho District Attorney in effect
‘You are ordered not to bring suit
for duties paid the Confederate govern
ment by tlio company during the war,
and, if brought, to dismiss it.
Congressional.
THE HOUSE.
The proceedings in the House to-day
were of a lively character. After the
passage of a bill for tho redemption of
the $20,000,000 loan of 1858, the question
of the increased salary bill came up, and
wasdiscussodtill the hour of adjournment.
The two chief advocates of tho repeal,
who appeared on the stage to-day, were
Cox, of New York, and Lawrence, of
Ohio. Tho former was pretty thoroughly
riddled by Negley, of Pennsylvania, while
Lawrence was made tho butt and laugh-
_ stock of the House because he had to
confess that, as a member of Congress in
18C6, ho had pocketed $4,000 of back pay
under circumstances quite as discredita
ble as those which characterized the last
salary grab.
Tiie only Southern man who partici
pated in tho discussion was Lynch, of
Mississippi, who boldly avowed that the
Southern members were opposed to any
reduction, and, at least, wanted that no
reduction should apply to the present
Congress. On the whole, the salary grab
bers were in the ascendant.
A two-third vote will bo asked, but
hardly reached to-morrow.
the senate.
Several financial bills were introduced.
Alcorn introduced a hill for levees on
the Mississippi.
Alcorn was appointed on tho Committee
on Mines and Mining.
Tho Vice President gave notice that he
would bo absent several weeks, and sug-
ested the election of a President pro
tern. Adjournment.
The Bcpublican caucus nominated Car
penter and the Democrats nominated
Thurman for President pro iem. of tho
Senate.
On a War Footing.
Secretary Bobeson claims that he is
putting the navy on a full war footing,
and asks $5,000,000.
The Civil Bights Convention.
The Civil Eights Convention elected
Congressman Elliott temporary chair
man. A committee on credentials was
appointed and the convention adjourned.
Two hundred delegates are present.
BUI of Levees on the Mississippi.
Alcorn’s hill to provide for the con
struction of levees on the Mississippi
river, authorizes the Chief Engineer of
the Army to cause to be made, as soon as
practicable, such explorations, surveys
and drawings as may be necessary for the
location, design and execution of a com
plete system of levees for the reclama
tion of the Mississippi below Cairo and
Balize, the work to be let out to con
tractors and executed under the superin
tendence of the Secretary of War and
Chief Engineers of the Army; provided
that disputes as to the location of the
levees shall be decided by an engineer of
the army on the one side, and on the
other by a civil engineer employed by
and at the expense of the State, and
county, individual or individuals con
cerned in each of said disputes, subject to
final appeal to the Secretary of War.
It also authorizes and requires the Sec
retary of the Treasury to issue and sell
bonds of the United States having not
more than forty years to run, and bearing
interest at a rate not exceeding five per
cent, per annum, this issue and sale to
be made from time to time as may be
necessary for the purposes of this act
provided, tliat said issue shall not exceed
such a par aggregate as may bo necessary
torealize $36,000,000 in currency.
The 5th section provides tliat the pro
ceeds of the saji*s of the bonds shall be
set apart in the Treasury, subject to the
order of the Chief Engineer of the Army,
countersigned by tho (Secretary of War,
for the expenses of tho survey, superin
tendence and construction of the system
of levee3; provided, that this act shall
not he held to apply to any drainage dis
trict in which the State, or States, leveo
district, or levees districts, county or
counties, and the individuals concerned
shall not have been complied with in two
years from tho date of this act, with tho
following conditions of its operation, that
is to say:
First—All tho swamp or overflowed
Linds held and owned by any State, or
States, within the drainage district, shall
be receded to the United States.
Secondly—All right and title in tho
Linds, embraced within the base of the
said levees, with full'jurisdiction over
the same, shall bo relinquished, without
charge, to tho United' States, -aijil tho,
right to borrow earth on either sideTor
both sides of that base, for a breadth not
exceeding two hundred feet, shall bo con
veyed, for tlie purpose of constructing
tlie leveo, to the United States, without
charge.
Thirdly—A tax on the drainage dis
trict, sufficient in tho opinion of the Sec
retory of War, for the maintenance of
tho levee3 within tliat district at their
original size and strength, shall be placed
at tho disposal of tho Secretary of War
annually for the repair of these loveo3,
beginning in the first year of their com
pletion ; tho maimer of levying, collect
ing and paying over tlii3 tax to bo made
by State legislation satisfactory to the
Secretary of War; Provided, further,
that nothing horin contained shall ho
held to cause delay in commencing tho
explorations, surveys and locations neces
sary for entering on tho execution of tho
said leveo works.
Tho sixth section provides that tlio
levee within each drainage district shall
bo tho property of the United States and
shall ho policed, repaired and protected
from trespass under such regulations,
penalties and system as may hereafter
bo determined by law.
Tho seventh section provides that this
act shall bo in force from and after it3
passage.
Tho Cabinet
Was not in session more than an hour.
All tho members woro present excepting
the Secretary of War. No now features
were presented concerning onr relations
with Spain.
To-night it is said, on high authority,
that every thing is believed to be in a fair
way of accommodation.
A Governor Resigns.
It is said Governor Burbank sent Ills
resignation ii3 Executive of Dakota to
the President.
Sicklos.
Tlie friends of General Sickles say ho
will, on his return to Washington, for
mally tender Ills resignation as Minister
to Madrid.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Office Chief Signal Officer, 1
Washington. December 9. )
Probabilities : For New England, tlie
Middle States and tlie lower Lako region,
incresing pressure, with clearing weather,
will prevail during Wednesday ; for the
upper lake region and tlio Northwest,
and thence south to the Ohio valley, de
cidedly colder and partly cloudy weather,
and light nnd occasionally fresli north-*
easterly to westerly winds; tho winds
iu the upper Mississippi and upper Mis
souri valleys shifting to southerly, with
increasing cloudiness by Wednesday af
ternoon ; for tho Southern States, less
cloudiness, with light to frenli variable
winds on the Atlantic coast, and north
erly to easterly winds, with lower tem
perature, in tho Gulf States. There aro
indications that a storm of some severity
is now central in tho southern portion of
tho Gulf of Mexico.
Tlio Dnty on Fruit.
New York, December 9.—By a recent
decision of tho Secretary of the Treasury
no dutiw are henceforth to ho charged
on importations of tropical fruits. This
will mako a difference of between four
and fivo hundred thousand dollars annu
ally iu tho customs receipts.
Steamer Sunk.
Brownsville, Tex., December 9.—Tho
steamboat J. S. Lee, belonging to tlie
Eio Grande railway, struck a snag near
EioGrando City, and sunk. Tiie boat
and cargo aro reported to bo a total loss.
She was bound for Ringgold Barracks
with a general cargo and Government
stores and supplies for tho upper military
posts. No lives were lost.
About the Yille tin Havre Disaster.
New York, December 9.—In answer
to a dispatch from tho agent at New
York, tho following is received from the
chief director of the General Tran3-At
lantic Company, dated Paris, December
9: The report of tho crew of the Loch
Earn is absolutely false. The officers and
crow fully discharged their duties, Capt.
Summont especially. Tho Loch Earn
only was in fault. We will send tho re
port and testimony of witnesses.
Off for Cuba.
Lewes, Del., December 9. — Tho
Powhattan, with the Manhattan in tow,
went to sea this morning.
Tho Carpet Weavers Opposed to Be-
Auction.
Philadelphia, December 9.—Tho car
pet weavers refuse to change their decis
ion to resist the reduction offered by em
ployers.
Death of nn Old Merchant.
Charles McAllister, an old merchant,
and one of the Peabody trustees, is dead.
The London Fog.
London, December 9, 3:30 r. m.—A
dense fog prevails, said to be almost
without precedent. It is impossible to
transact business. All traffic has ceased.
The streets are filled with persons bear
ing torches.
Contribution to the Yilie dn Havre
Survivors.
Paris, December 9.—President Mc
Mahon and his wife have contributed
5,000 francs to tho fund for the survivors
of tho Yille du Havre disaster.
The California Senatorship.
San Francisco, December 9.—Thirty
five Democrats members of tho Legisla
turo in caucus last night, resolved to
make nominations for United States Sen
ators. None, however, were made. Thi
purpose appears to bo to block proceed
ings in joint convention by voting stead
ily for Democrats.
New Cable.
Portsmouth, N. H., December 9.—
Surveys and soundings are progressing
to locate a new English Atlantic tele
graph cable at Eyo Beach.
Bcsnnied.'
Kearsago cotton mills resumed work
on full time at reduced wages.
Closed.
The Jarvis hosiery works are closed.
A Decision.
Knoxville, December 9.—In the Su
preme Court to-day tho case of the Bank
of East Tennessee against Mabry, ad
ministrator of Churehwell, deceased, in
not having half a million property in
Tennessee and two millions in other
States, a final decision was rendered in
favor of General Mabry,'of Knoxville.
Elected Mayor.
Boston, December 9.—Samuel C. Cobb,
Democrat, but nominated oil all tickets
except tho straight -prohibition,-wa3-
elected Mayor to-day.
Governor or Jamaica.
London, PKcuiim o. on. Wm Orcr
liaa been appointed Governor of Jamaica
GRANT’S CHIEF JUSTICE.
Opposition to Mr. Williams—.Some
Piquant .Scandals itcvlrcd.
Prom the St. Louis Republican.)
Washington, December 4.—The oppo
sition to Williams does not abate. It has
reached proportions formidable onough
to put the White House lobby on tho qui
vice, and much feeling is being worked
up on the subject. All possible pressure
will be brought by tho President to bear
to crush the opposition, and it is gener
ally believed that Williams will be con
firmed, despite tho opposition of a con
siderable lx>dy of the Administration Sen
ators headed by Pratt, of Indiana. In
this connection tho unpleasant scandals
concerning Mrs. Williams are brought
out in force. Allusions to these havo
been made in my dispatches, already,
coupled with expressions of doubt as to
tlieir truth. Williams, as is well known,
divorced his present wife from her former
husband when he (Williams) was a judge
in Oregon. It is also staled that a son of
Mrs. W., by a former husband, is serving
a term in the penitentiary. 'These aro
knonrp facts, but they affect tho lady’s
character only by implication. But thero
are other stories which aro more direct.
Eldridge, of Wisconsin, tells ono without
tho least reserve, which, to say tho least,
admits of no ambiguous construction. It
suffices to say that its nature excludes it
from your columns. Tho current of sen
timent on tho subject Is indicated by such
expressions a3 "Tlie appointment is an
outrage! It is an insult to the nation! A
piece of cxecutivo indecency 1” and simi
lar bitter utterances. Those things nro
said as freely in administration as in op
position circles.
LIFE.
HEALTH.
COMFORT
Cheerfulness, pood digestion, if secured, produces
WEALTH.
Xsiver Disease lias afflicted mankind severely in
inuspust, but in the present fust generation. it
tuts become a scourge almost unendurable. In
fact, man rather than bear the bunion of a?life
made miserable by a Torpid Liver, resorts to sui
cide for relief.
More than half the ills that flesh is heir toro-
ul t from a diseased Liver, the cure for which in
Symptoms of Catarrh.
Obstruction of nasal passages, dis
cliargo falling into throat, sometimes
profuse, watery, acrid, or thick and tena
cious, mucous, purulent, bloody, putrid,
offensive, etc. In others a dryness, weak
or inflamed eyes, ringing in ears, deaf
ness, ulcerations, scabs from ulcers, voieo
altered, nasal twang, offensive breath
unpaired smell and taste, etc. Few only
of above symptoms likely to be present in
any case at olio time.
To cure—take Dr. Fierce’s Golden
Medical Discovery earnestly, to correct
the blood and system, which are always
at fault, also to act specifically, as it does,
upon the diseased glands and lining mem
brane of the nose and its communicating
chambers. Tho more I sec of this odious
disease, the more positive is my belief
that if we would make treatment perfectly
successful in curing it, wo must use consti
tutional treatment to act through the
blood, as well as a soothing and healing
local application. Dr. Sago’s Catarrh
Remedy, when used warm and applied
with Dr. Pierce’s Nasal Douche, effects
cures upon "common sense,” rational and
scientitic principles, by its mild, sootliin^
and healing properties, to which tho dis
ease gradually yields, when tlio system
lias been put in perfect order by the uso
of Golden Medical Discovery. This is tho
only perfectly safe, scientific and success
ful uiodo of acting upon and healing it.
• So successful has the above course of
treatment proven that the proprietor of
fers $300 reward for a ease ho cannot
cure. All tho means sold by druggists.
R. V. Pierce, M. D., Proprietor, Buffalo,
N. Y.
JOHN INGALLS,
DRUGGIST and PHARMACEUTIST
PURE MEDICINES
Ami ‘-porinl agent for Caswell, Hazard & Co.’s
STANDARD PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS
COO
novtM
And stricly pure
LIVER OIL.!
Apply to
• novlTtf
FOR RENT.
MRS. REEVES,
Cor. Spring st. and Washington a
FOB BENT.
r Brown’s book-
pi v til onco to
FREEMAN.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
From New York.
Nfw York, December 9.—Tho Board
of Appeals of the National Trotting As
sociation heard a number of cases to-day,
but no decisions were reached.
A wrecking company ho3 taken the
contract to remove the coal barge sunk in
front of the dock, in three days, which
will enable the Spanish frigate Arapilos
to leave. Lioutenant Mayer leaves in tho
ship.
One hundred and fifty recruits aro_ ex
pected at the navy yard to-morrow from
New Orleans.
Steamer Etna sailed for Jamaica to
day with a number of Cabans on board.
Bank Burglars.
New Castle, Del., December 9.—
There is great excitement here over the
esming whipping of the bank burglars.
There is a report afloat that an attempt
will he made to-morrow to liberate the
four men.
The Uddersook Case.
Wkstchestkr, December 9.—A motion
fora new trial in the Udderzook ease was
argued to-day—the main point of the ap
plication being that two jurors had ex
pressed an opinion before the trial. A
decision was reserved.
LOST.
the inscription: “T. W, Rowland, Wells
Chapter, No. 42, Nov. 17,1S57.” The Under will
lie rewarded, by leaving it at
nov27 If TIIIS OFFICE.
FOR KENT.
rpWO DWELLING HOUSES, rlKil.lv located.
J. Apply to It- 1'. LAWTON,
jiih-17 If
At Exchange Bank, c
Dr. A. P. COLLINS,
At Collins’ & Heath’
For Bent.
rr\IIE residence of the late J. R. Butts, on First
X street, occupied ut present by J. L. SauLs-
hury, eligibly located and convenient to business.
Possession given October 1st. Apply to
A.B. BOSS.
seplOtf Or CAPT. A. G. BUTTS.
Bar and Bestanrant.
OPEN ALL NIGHT.
J. VALENTINO,
H AVING refitted his entire* premises, is now
prepared to furnish his friends and patrons
with everythin*; pertaining to a first-class restau
rant, which will be served in the very best style.
He will always have on hand
FRESH FISH, OYSTERS, 8AME, ETC.
Strangers visiting Macon should give him a call.
I will oi«*n on the 1st of October, at No. C6
Cherry street, next door to my present restaurant, a
readies’ Eating Saloon*
The Blissing <*f (he Nineteenth Century.
PREVENTS -1
SLEEPLESSNESS,
SUICIDE,
INTEMPERANCE,
DEBILITY,
RESTLESNESS,
COSTIV LAEso,
DEPRESSION,
ENVIOUS TEMPER,
NERVOUSNESS,
HEADACHE.
HEARTBURN,
JAUNDICE,
FEVER AND AGUE,
Are nil ransod by tlio Liver being out of order.
REGULATE THE LIVER
And the whole system keeps time like
clock work.
Everywhere they aro strong in the belief that a
constitutional invigorant, a preparation uniting
tho properties of a gentle purgative, a tonic, u
blood purifier and a general regulator is the great
requisite in «li dteiuw.
Everywhere they aro coming to the conclusion
that Simmons’ Liver Regulator is precisely such
preparation.
Everywhere mothers find it a sure neutralizer
of ucidity of tho stomach, indigestion and a colie in
children.
Everywhere it is becoming tlie favorite homo
remedy, having proven itself an unfailing specific
in hilhousncss, constipation, colic, sick headache,
bowel complaints, dyspepsia and fevers.
Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator, tho great
UbQj medicine, purely vegetable. It is indeed a
marvelous medicine.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
OB MEDICINE,
Is harmless.
Is no drastic, violent medicine.
Is sure to cure if taken regularly.
Is no intoxicating beverage,
It is a great aid to the cause of Temperance.
Is a faultless family medicine.
Is the cheapest medicine in tho world.
Is given with safety and tho happiest results to
tlie most dclieato infant,
Docs not interfere with business.
Docs not disarrange the system.
Takes tho place of Quinine and Bitters of every
kind.
Contains the simplest and host remedies.
Beware of Counterfeits anil I id na
tions, and Preparations not lit
cur Original PacJcuKC*.
Take care not to buy any article as "Simmons*
Liver Regulator," that has not our genuine label
and stamp tijioii it. Accent no imitation or sub
stitute, however plausibly recommended. Buy
tlio powder and prepare it votirself, or buy the
liquid in bottles prepared only by J. II. ZEILIN
& CO.
PRICE ONE DOLLAR!
Manufactured only by
J. H. ZEILIN & 00.,
‘ MACON. GA., and PHILADELPHIA.
TESTIMONIALS.
"I have never seen or tried sucli a simple, effi
cacious, satisfactory and pleasant remedy in my
life."—II. Jlniner, St. Louis, Mo.
"I have used the Regulator in my family for
the last seventeen years. I can wifely 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 lx*en acquainted with Dr. Simmons’
Liver Medicine for more than twenty years, and
know it to lk) the best Liver Recrulator offered to
tho publie."—M. R. Lyon and 3L L. Lyon, lieli-
fontaine. Go.
DENNISON’S
PATENT SHIPPING TAGS
Over Two Hundred Millions have
been used within the past ten years,
without complaint of loss by’ Tag be-
looming detached. They are more re
liable for marking Cotton Bales than any Tog in
use. All Express Companies use them. Hold t»y
Printers nml Stationers everywhere:
octt 3m
NOTICE.
T IIE wild land digest is now ready for those in
this county owning wild lands in other
counties to come forward and pay their taxes.
Tlio time is very’ short. C. T. WARD,
novSS S0d Ordinary.
E. B. POTTER, M. D.
HOMCEOPATHIST
O FFICE Wood’s Block, Second street, third
door below Jolinston jewelry establishment.
Uesideueo Lnnior House.julyir, U'
Dissolution of Copartnership.
r llE copartnership heretofore existing between
tho undersigned is this day dissolved by mu
tual consent. Air. HENItY J. PETER is author
ized to close up the busine:
November 29,1873.
Drug Stock and Fixtures
For Sale.
The store occupied by HARRIS A PETER is
for rent, possession to be given on tho 1st day of
January. In tho meantime the Stock, Fixture*
and Furniture of said late firm are offered both at
wholesale and retail at figures below cost FOR
CASH. The accounts due said firm will l>c placed
in the hands of nn attorney for collection, unless
promptly arranged. The undersigned is deter
mined to close up the business ns rapidly as pos
sible, and hopes that those against whom he has
accounts will be prcjnired to settle promptly,
HivSOtf H. J. PETER.
E. ESPENNER,
Up hoi sterer
Cherry 8t.. Next Door to Isaacs House.
all iis branches done at
short notice,and done well. Either new w ork
or repairing promptly attended to.
Satisfaction guaranteed in all cases.
nov29 lm
DR. W, W. FORD,
DENTIST.
H AS removed his office from Mulberry street
to No. 100 Cherry street, over Major 3!. R
Rogers’, next door to Mr. Beggs*.octl2 3m.
U. M. GUNN,
ATTOllNKY AT LAW,
BYRON, Southwestern Rnilroiul. Ga.
tf
DRS. J. P. & W. R. HOLMES,
DENTISTS,
SUCCESSORS OF DR. O. W. EMERSON.
84 Mulberry Street, Macon, «o.
References: Dr G W Emerson; Rev Dr F M
Kennedy, Rev J W Burke, Mr R H Hutchings.
Mr R W Bonner, Mf con: Gant V T Pitts, <-a,it R
T Ross, Dr Sam Parsley. Mr Robert Barron, Rev
Jos Carr, Clinton; Mark W Johnson, Bnrrpujrlis
& Win*;, Atlanta; Dr Hollin*shead. Fort Valley;
Dr Jas Knapp, New Orleans. nov,ti