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MACON, GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 13, 1873.
Number (5,797
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Ti !cjm|ih Building. ooh>er <4 Cherry ami
Voof UtNCt*> Kubwnption TEN DOLLARS
, _r, FIVE HOLLARS lor »i month,. TWO
fglXAUr^l FIFTY CENTSbrUnvomomlu,
ON E HOLLA R per month lor * dwrUr
/tried.
Transient idfprtiirtnoili ono dijhr per wju.rv
af |MI Um or lou for Ant pahUcotinn, and Ally
•all(oral! !ub».<iurnt inarrtiont. Lilscral rote
,, rontractore. ,
naTB-roKirir *»n Mwnon ropn-m-nu
Itrr. o' 0*. •'Moat novapapm in Ihia section of
0«r.v and or many yrnr* haa furnished the
that laiKeaoopaof Georgia. Ala
m 1.1 and Florida trading at thia point. It
InJi w»y to aim.at every inu llipmit house-
| >I,J plarv of husinrm in that section. Aa an
.:i-Ttnoof medium in that mnjft; of country
ks, no njosl.
gchflrayJi&ggessetiflei
UTUUHAY MOBMXO. DBC. IS. iftrs.
Tnx M»<li "II (Win.) Democrat given
triJoti of <li.»loyalty, by stylinjy the
President'* nMnango "more Grant'* than
foolery.” *
Dt. Livingstons, wo aro glad to boo
hM loft Ujijiji, and by latest accounts
nt a it hill two hundred miles of the
wait, and might b<> expected homo within
two or three mouths.
Markixu.—Qen. Belknap, Secretary of
Wu, was married in ILurodaburg, Ken
til ty. to Mrs. A. T. Bower, of that place,
at Thuraday of lost week. Those who
know the bride say she will bo a valuable
acquisition to social life in Washidgton
Mat SruAxoscii tolls a reporter of
wakes’ Spirit of the Times, that Nilsson
cleared $300,000 during her two seasons
is thia country; and that 1’atU is coming
over Again under hia management, and
will receive $200,000 in gold for ono hun
dred nights.
Cuaiu.kston and Chicago. — Tlio
Charleston Nows and Courier comes to
At with a map illustrating the projected
railway between that city and Chicago.
i convention of cities and interests on
tho route mot at Charleston yesterday,
an>l tho Nows is oxultont over tho favor
able prosficcts of the enterprise.
Hon. A. II. Srxrnxns.—Tho telegrams
in jexlenlay's edition professed to report
a speech said to liavo been made by Hon.
A. □. Stephens, in tho House lost Thurs
day, on tho bock pay and salary grab,
xxalled. If tho Hon. gentleman made
that ipeoch as roportod, ho has simply
fane da/I. If he did not mako it, his re
dress must 1>0 on the Associated Press or
tho Magnetic Telegraph Company.
TuiB iizuine trial hits struck us through
out as rather a prosecution than a trial.
Tho nt tit tide of Due d’Auinale, as presi
dent of Uio court, has been harsh and
rindictirc throughout—prodicated on tho
actual guilt of tho accused, and a deter-
ciir.ition to permit no other issue of the
investigation. The opinion of tho Bor-
tin press that tho whole is tho rosult of
jttlitieal intrigue, is no doubt a just one.
Tun New York Times says ten million
pounds of adulterated tea in bond in Lon
don las been condemned as unfit for con
traption, and that somo consignments
of this tea have been reeeivod in Now
York city, and “will shortly find their
way into tho family teapot.” It is not
Tory gratifying to know that tea of such
quality of adulteration as to forbid its
passing Knglish custom-house inspection,
•hnuld so readily got through our custom
house*.
Tint Tbuqbapb awu McnsKNOEU has
reefed its soils to tho extent of nearly
eight rolums, and in its reasons therefor
tirtiully acknowledges that it has been
running non-paying ads to make a show
and keep its courage up.—Albany Newt.
Tho Tni.xxRArn and Hkssknokk reefed
its canvas to ovcul running non-paying
advertisements, which it has newer done,
and cannot afford to do; hut has always
accepted tho other alternative of «pittng
its sixo to its busiix-.iH. Moro thstta twenty
limes in tho course oJOfs history have
bu.ilar changes lietpi'made, with the
tying demands of advertisers.
Tie So-Called SUte. Hone at Atlanta
—Shall the State Pay the Wort gage
•a It.
EJilon Telegraph and Mesicnjrr: In tho
year 1870 the Iy-gislaturo, by resolution,
E urchased Kimball's Opera House in At-
atu for a State House or Capital.
At the time of the purchase there was
a mortgage on the building, held by the
Northwestern Insurance Company, for
$00,000. The city of Atlanta agreed to
pay $130,000, and the State $230,000 for
tho building. By a private agreement
between the City Council and Kimball,
they only paid him $100,000 in bonds of
the city. By agreement. Kimball was
to place these $130,000 in bond., witii
Bullock to secure the State against the
mortgage.
On the 23d of August, Mayor Ezzard
gave a paper certifying tluit $130,000 of
bonds were due from tho city of Atlanta
for the purcliase of the Opera House.
These >>onds were never in ]K>gaeKsion of
tlie State, hut were sold by Kimball anil
Bullock on their own account. Tho
mortgage has never been paid off, and
has recently lxvn foreclosed, and is now
in judgment.
By an arrangement with the Governor,
I understand, the judgment will not lie
levied until the session of the Legislature.
Tho amount now duo on said mortgage
is about $80,000. The State has already
paid $230,000 for this building. I have
Leon thus particular in giving tho facts
that I may ask you, your reader.-, and all
tax-payors, should the Legislature pay
this mortgage ? or should they refuse to
pay it and let tho building sell ?
If yon hnvo ever been in it during
session of tho Legislature, you will agree
with mo that it is unfit for tho deli be ra
tions of a General Assembly. It 13 impos
siblo for a member of tlie House to hear
any part of the business carried on at tho
Clerk’s desk if ho is so unfortunate as to
draw a seat ten foot from it. No ono bnt
Carrington can lio heard in the Hall. It
is simply impossible for a Kcprcsontativo
to speak or vote intelligently.
In cold weather it cannot be made
comfortable. In hot weather thero is no
ventilation.
Besides all this the building is unsafe.
Tho .north and west walls have Lulgod
considerably out of perpendicular. Largo
cracks have appearisl in tho walls of tho
Senate chamber, and arc constantly
widening. They have widened at least
Iialf on inch sinco tho adjournment of the
Legislature. Two years ago, Mr. Wood'
ruff, an architect of your city, made ..
thorough examination of tlio building and
reported it unsafe.
With all these facts beforo yon, would
you advise tho Legislature to pay the
mortgage ? Lot us hear from you and
tho pi-oss throughout tlio State.
Crawford.
It seems to tho TELiaitArir that were
wo a legislator called to act upon this
matter, wo should consider tlio question
in tho light of economy, and not confound
it with that other question of a removal
from or continuance of tho capital in
Kunaway Matches.
A correspondent of the Louisville Cour
ier-Journal has been ranging along the
river boundary of Kentucky and Ohio
and stopping at the places where the
runaway conples get married—the Gretna
Greens, which in this cose are sometimes
a skiff or a raft in the m util a of the river.
At Aberdeen, Ohio, Esquire Beasley, the
acting magistrate on these interesting
occasions, reported that he married an
average of about two couples a week or a
hundred a year. But tho strongest part
of Beaseley’s revelations is the follow
ing:
THK GBOBCOA PBESS.
The Savannah Nows says Central rail
road stock is steady at l!3, there being
more buyers than sellers at that price.
Southwestern is quoted at 73, ox-dividcnd.
Tho Atlantic and Gulf Railroad Company
have issued scrip, payable in December,
1874, for the November interest on the
guaranteed stock.
Ms. B. F. Moore, a student at the
State University from Crawfordville, died
on Wednesday.
Mr. Willian Lundik, of Coweta coun
ty, had one of his arms cut off by a cotton
BY TELEGRAPH.
“I learned from . Esq. B. that a great 11131 '' v '-'dnesday.
number run away to marry when there is The editor of the Dalton Citizen is
“A 1'ai.trt Trick.”—The war-with-
Spain papers have been chuckling over
the acriJmUU sinking, lost Friday, of a
Mfil barge loaded with two hundred tons
tool in front of tho gateway of the
•lock icli ere in lny tho Spanish war vessel
Arapiles, which arruLret will shut that
•hip up in the dock for some days. The
Cincinnati Commercial calls this "a pal
by trick" to detain the Arapilao—in
*liieli opinion we agree. But suppose
the Yirginius should accidentally sink be-
for« the day of her delivery to tho United
State*, what a howl of indignation over
“Spanish perfidy” wo should hoar 1
Grant on tux Labor Qiixstion.—Th
ttir-writers say that President Grant
*ill soon send a special message to Con-
t*8B in reference to labor and cheap
transportation. He has devoted much
attention to those subjects, and considers
them of great importance. I* tho dis-
evusiou of the labor problem, there is a
rmhalrility of his touching upon the gon-
w&l subject of trade unions, and the un
fortunate tendency of tho present time
among parents, which disinclines them
to put their sons to tho learning of trades
the cheap transportation question also
embraces a wide field, and tho discussion
all the elements entering into the
formation of tho "Ratoons of Husbandry”
the doctinot they advocate is antici
pated.
Tbk Row in tbx Jail.—Some weeks
*£0 the prisoners in tho jail at Clarkes-
^Ue. Arkansas, overpowered the guard,
took possession of the arms, and defied
fo» and order citizens to capture the
building. They had full sweep of the
abwts from tho upper windows of the
Ril. and killed Dave Wraters, wounded
Thomas Pano fatally, besides shooting
^oolum, Nicholson, <md one or two oth-
***• When Woolum held up a white
•^“d kerchief, the eriaaraob fired upon
b*m, and ran up a black flag, shouting
Gut that they did not expect and would
Oot give quarter. About midnight th©
c itUens succeeded in placing six kegs of
K'wder beneath the walls of the jail, and
Ting a train to a convenient distance,
*ith the intention of blowing up the
bhe prisoners refused to surrender.
T *ie besieged then gave up.
Atlanta. AVe nro in favor of restoring
tho capital to Millcdgoville, whore it
properly belongs, and wlioro there arc
already safe and appropriate buildings for
tho accommodation of tho public busi
ness. At tho timo this Opera Houso was
bought, it was done with our consent for
tho reason then stated, to-wit: that as
matters otivnl n — ——rV - *i—.um
between buying this bouse, or of building
a now ono in Atlanta, at an expense of
sovcral millions to tho State, which would
havo swollen tho public debt to more in
tolerable proportions, and tied her faster
to Atlanta, ns a capital, both of which
wero deplorable. Wo bold no animosity
at all to Atlanta; bnt the influences sur
rounding a legislature at that place are
all unfavorable to a prudent, virtuous and
economical State government. Wo want
the capital removed, by consent and au
thority of the people and in their own
interests.
Now tho question of voting to perfect
tho State’s titlo to tho Atlanta Opera
Houso, would present itself to us primafa-
cie in this light—would it be bettor econo
my in the State to lift tho uiorgageand per
fect the title ? Would slio lose less money
l>7 this course, than by permitting the
sale of the building under the niorgago?
If she should part from the titlo and then
havo to pay an exorbitant rent for this
building or some other, so long ns tho scat
of government remained in Atlanta—or
go on and build a now capital which would
not cost less than two or three millions of
dollars, while sho lia<l already lost a quar
ter of a million on tho Opera House—
surely this would bo bad management.
On tho other baud to lift tlio mortgage—
perfect tho titlo and occupy tho building
so long as the capital remains in Atlanta,
and then, when removed, to sell tho
premises for what they will bring, might
involvo somo loss, hut nothing in. com
parison with a course which remits tho
State to mere tenancy or tho other alter
native a new structure.
We aro opposed to any lino of policy
which will endanger the expense of build
ing a now capitol in Atlanta, for the rea
sons stated. Patch up this Opera Houso
and it will hold together for a timo, at
least, until the people of the State shall
have recuperated from the disasters of
war and social disorganizat ion or the cap
ital be removed. In the one case they
can rebuild at Atlanta with ease and
safety, and in tho other they would not
want to rebuild and could soil tlio prop
erty as it stood.
An Immense Business.
We invito the special attention of our
wholesale merchants to the notice in
another column taken from the Louisville
Courier-Journal, of the vast packing
houso of Messrs. O. W. Thomas & Co., of
that city. Since its publication, we learn
from their representative abroad, Mr. J.
W. Fears, that they now slaughter l.SCX)
hogs per day. it would appear that such
quantities of meat must even stock the
market- But this week Mr. Fears sold
to ono single Southern houso 100,000
pounds, and he is constantly receiving
heavy orders from all parts of the South.
A more indefatigable, wide a wake, and
thorough business man can hardly be
found anywhere.
In Go'* connection, we congratulate
that gentleman upon his recent marriage
with Mrs. Lovie P. Grant, ono of the
most ebavmiwg young ladies of Atlanta,
Mil trust the happy pair may enjoy eTcry
happiness within the reach of mortals,
and encounter the minimum number of
life’s ills.
Tux Peoria Review says that a lady
teacher in one of tho public schools was
amazed the other day by seeing a perfect
forest of juvenile hands fly up in the air,
and shake and gesticulate with violent
agitation. "Whatdo you want?” queried
the puzzlod instructor- Chorus—“Yer
hair’s fall ing off.”
really nobody in pursuit, and nobody to
object. They often do this, said the
’Squire,* in older to avoid the expense of
a large wedding feast. They are generally
in good circumstances; it is expected by
their friends that, if the blind god ispro-
pr.ious. they will spread a handsome sup
per, lienee they feign a trouble which
really does not exist, and substitute a
surreptitious objection on the part of
cruel parents for tlie outlay of several
hundrods or thousands of dollars as the
case may be.”
Thus wo see that a course of proceed-
urc which mankind in its ignorance as
cribes to parental rigor and youthful ar
dor, thoughtlessness and Indiscretion, is
frequently prompted by the coolest dic
tates of a calculating economy—aot to
say penuriousness. Given the cost of a
wedding entertainment nt home—now,
my darling, what will a trip to Aberdeen
and Bcascdey’s fee amount to ? Certainly
not more than seventy-five dollars! Why,
then, dear Charley, says tho lovely Susan,
wo can save at least three hundred dol
lars by running off, and that will buy mo
a new set of furs for the winter! Exact
ly so, says the prudent Charles, and do
consult your father and mother about it
ia the morning, and moke all tho home
arrangements for a runaway. Tell your
father that ho needn't take the tronblo
to follow us more than five miles, or put
hall cartridges into his double barrelled
gun. Just a little show of indignation
will be enough to save appearances, and
tho money too. Well, live and learn.
IJriglinm’s Nineteenth on a
Lecturing Tour.
The announcement that the nineteenth
and last wife of Brigham Young /had
started East upon a lecturing tour, lias
prompted on inquisitive correspondent
to interview the lady with a view to learn
ing something of the story which she is
prepared to tell. Her story is one at
neglected love, abuse, the want of neces
sary comforts, and of base and unprinci
pled treatment by her husband. In re
gard to tho Prophet's partiality for Ame
lia Folsom, sho says it is owing to his
fear of her, she having a violent temper
of which ho stands in great dread, thus
demolishing the theory that his partial
ity for Amelia is attributable to tho won-
i inagucLiu power sue exercised over
him. In Brigham’s public declarations
ho lias stated that ho only has' sixteen
wives. Mrs. Young declares ho has nine
teen wives, and gives the maiden name
of each one; also, tho names of forty
fivo living children. Of these wives fif
teen are married to tho Prophet for this
world and for eternity, four ore married
to him for this world alone. Theso four
wero the wives of Joseph Smith when
living, and are to bo his in eternity. Tho
children of theso four wives by Brigham
arc also to be Joseph’s for his exaltation
in the great hereafter, Brigham acting as
proxy husband for this world. Of the
Prophet's habits, Mrs. Young states that
ho rises with Amelia at 10 o'clock, when
his barber calls and mokes him as good a
looking man as possible, immediately
after which breakfast is served by one of
tho older wives, they eating alone. At
dinner the Prophot. Amelia, Eliza Snow,
the poetess and tho housekeeper of the
bee-hive have a fable by themselves at
one end of the room, with all tho delica
cies of the season, while the rest of tho
wives with their families, six of which
reside in this house, dine at another table
on tbo plainest of fore. Other interest
ing facts are also revealed in the lecture,
but those Mrs. Young prefers to tell with
her own lips.
Wasting Time.
Tlie Charleston News and Courier’s Co
lumbia correspondent sends the following:
Coluxbia, December 10.
Honest John Patterson was arrested to
day upon a new charge of bribery in the
senatorial election last winter. The war
rant was issued upon the affidavit of YV.
B. Jones, a white Republican delegate
from Aiken oounty. A preliminary ex
amination will be held to-moxrow, at 10
it., before Trial Justioo Coleman. The
movement is said to be pushed by parties
In Pennsylvania and at Washington. Dr.
M'ooro, Patterson’s brother-in-law, is the
active agent here. YY. H. Jones tells me
that YYorthington promised him four hun
dred dollars if he would Tote for Potter-
son, and also that Patterson would secure
for him or his son a government office:
that subsequently he met Patterson, who
told him that any engagements Worth
ington made in his behalf would bo all
ght.
Patterson was elected Senator by the
•groes last winter, after buying them
up at from one to ten dollars per head.
He has been h era eased once before on
this charge but slipped out. and will slip
out again. It is just wasting time to try
and punish him. H he were brought to
trial and convicted, he would simply sign
check and “Governor” Moees would see
him through his troubles. Trying to
convict him or any other trooly loyl ras
cal in South Carolina is just the most
senseless proceeding imaginable. And if
the truth were known brother, W. B.
Jones, very probably, wasn’t offered a
chance to sell himself when Honest John
was elected, and Ihif'r what ails Hannah.
New Hanover Ahead.
A gentleman in this county, who has
been married only 10 years, has 11 chil
dren and in that number there am four
pair of twins. He is still a young man,
not yet in the full prime of Me and cer
tainly deserves well of his country. We
thine this beats the State, but if anybody
can do better, we wo old Kketo bear finotn
him.—Wilmington Journal. A
If anybody can, or ha® done tPornWe arc
quite sure he will be pretty apt to Inp It
to liimsclf. The idea of not only indulging
in such eccentricities these hard times,
but actually bragging about them, is sim
ply awful.
A New York paper says that a bald-
headed man will marry three three times
to any other man’s once, all things being
hot against the egg speculators of that
town, who are buying up all that fruit for
the purpose of blocking his Christmas
“nog” by “panic” prices. We sympathize
with him, but he con get up steam on
straight whisky just as effectually.
The same paper reports the killing of
Mr. Harris, of Dalton, at Shell Monnd,
Dado county, on tho night of the 3d
instant, by a tree falling upon him.
The death of Judge N. B. Green,’ an
old and much esteemed citizen of Mari
etta, last Monday, is announced in the
last issue of the Journal.
Tnx same paper aL6 reports the bap.
tizing of sixty-six persons at Sharp
Mountain Church, Cherokee county, last
Sunday—all within sixteen minutes—the
quickest work ia this line we ever heard
fit-
“Bill Arp” remarks editorially, in the
Romo Comercial, that: "Coming right
down to figures, Pauline Markham has
the prettiest leg of any female actress in
the known world, as for as heard from.”
This from a temperance man, a deacon,
and the father of something like a dozen
children, is a mournful illustration of the
fearful demoralization caused by that
last trip to New York.
Durino tho session of tho North Geor
gia Conference on Thursday, the Presi
dent of Emory College reported one hun
dred and ninety-two students in attend
ance at tho institution during the past
year.
Miss Adelaide Neilson, tlio famous
English actress, was in Atlanta on Thurs
day on her way to Florida, to spend part
of tho winter for the benefit of her
health.
Ww. Henry, an irascible gentleman of
color, hod high fun up in Cobb county
lost week. Ho punched a constable who
was trying to arrest him, on the head
with a pistol, and then came to Marietta,
where he shot Jack Morris, a one-armed
white man, in the* month. This week,
however, a jury in Cobb court held all
the trumps, and William got twenty
years in the penitentiary.
Among tho latest fashionable weddings
announced aro those of Mr. Thomas M.
Jackson and Miss Lula Seales, on
Tf-f—in tho Presbyterian
church at Augusta; Mr. John d. tv mg
ami Miss Sallio M. People.-., at Atlanta,
and Mr. J. W. Fears—formerly of Macon
—and Mrs. S. J. Grant, also of Atlanta.
The Albany News of Friday, says:
Tho Albany Board of Trade, at a meet
ing on Tuesday evening, resolved to or
der fifty English sparrows to breed from.
It is believed that the caterpillar can bo
successfully destroyed by these industri
ous little birds; and we are glad our
leading men are about to engage in an
effort to stock the country with tpem.
Dr. L. G. Burnett, Englishman, aged
fifty-sovon, committed nnicido at Savan
nah, on Wednesday, by taking an over
dose of morphine. He made an attempt
to take his life in a similar manner tho
Friday before, but was foiled by an emetic.
The Albany News knows several ne
groes of that section “who aro making
money and growing rich on small farms;
one wo will mention Elias Toson, was a
favorite slave of Dr. C. P. Heartwcll’s.
He is now a tenant of tho Doctor’s, and
this year, with one horse, and a little help
from a sickly wife, made 3,700 pounds of
lint cotton, 350 bushels corn, 1(X> bushels
oats, 500 pounds pork, and a fino crop of
potatoes, sugar cone, peas and vegetables.
He planted pine land, and but for tho
caterpillar. Dr. Hcartwell is confident he
would have made ton bales of cotton
weighing 500 pounds each. As it is ho
has mode a surplus of provisions, and a
clear profit in his cotton of $470.”
BAY DISPATCHES.
- Congressional.
THE HOUSE.
W aspinoton, D. C., December 12.—The
Speaker laid before the House a commu
nication from the Secretary of War, charg
ing General O. O. Howard, of the late
Frecdmen’s Bureau, with defalcations
amounting to $278,573. The letter was
referred to tho Committee on Military
Affairs.
There was no session of tho Senate.
Argument before tho Committee on
Privileges and elections in the Louisiana
case is progressing. Mr. Marr has ar
rived.
More Taxes.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in his
annual report, whilo urging economy
upon Congress said, should there not be
a revival of business at an early day and
an increase in the receipts over those of
the past two and half months, additional
means would be required to meet ex
penses. Should such be the case ho
ould recommend additional taxation
judiciously laid, so os to bo the least
burdensome upon the people and business
of the country, rather than a resort to
borrowing money and increasing tho pub
lic debt.
The Secretary said thia morning the
public debt this month would be largely
increased, although it was now too early
to approximate the amount. He has
written a letter to the Chairman of the
Ways and Means Committee recommend
ing, and enclosing a bill for that purpose
the restoration of the duty on tea and
coffee, which will yield about $20,000,000
ier annum. He also enclosed a letter to
lim from Commissioner Douglass, mak
ing tho following recommendations: An
increased tax of ten cents a gallon on dis
tilled spirits, which would yield $7,000,000
annually; four cents additional per pound
on tobacco, which would yield $4,000,000;
on illuminating gas $2^00,000; on gross
receipts of railways from passengers and
freights $6,000,000; ou steamboat gross
receipts from passengers and freight $000,-
000; on express companies, $500,000; on
insurance companies, $1,300,000; on tele
graph receipts 8250,000—making in tho
aggregate $22,150,000. This with the tax
on tea and coffee would make over $42,-
000,000. Tho Commissioner says if more
revenue is wanted it could l>o obtained to
tho extent of 810,000,000 by restoring
taxes as formerly in schedule B, which
includes stamps on all legal instruments,
deeds, mortgages, etc.,—thus making the
additional receipts of over $32,000,000
from internal revenue sources.
From Key West and Cuba.
New York, December 12.—The Key
West dispatch says soveu war ships arc
now there, and sufficient naval stores have
been received thero to supply 10,000 men
for threo months.
Tho officers of tho Wyoming report the
estate of Brooks, acting British Consul
at Santiago, burned—probably by tho
volunteers.
A Swiss jeweler was warned to leave
that city or decline trade with the Amer
ican naval officers.
Consul Young says tho life of Schmidt,
the American Y’ice-Consul, would not be
worth a cent if thero were not American
war vessels in tho harbor.
Tho Chief Justiceship.
Tho Liberal republican Uenenu uom-
iuuiou, after stating tho qualifications
solved tha£rin ^tte juigmenYoY^i’ilen-
eral Committee, tlio gentleman who lias
been nominated by tho President to tho
Senate for this high and important office
docs not possess the requisite qualifica
tions, and tho nomination should not bo
confirmed.
Naval Movements.
Tho Colorado has sailed. Tho activity
in tho Brooklyn navy yard continues.
Raid on the Gamblers.
The police raided on the gambling
houses last night, hut Morrissey and a
number of other big establishments had
premonition and wero closed.
Bozalne’s Sentence.
London, December 12.—The News re
ports that MacMahon intends to commute
the sentence of Bazaino to twenty years’
seclusion.
Bozaine Calm.
Later accounts from Paris agree that
Bazaine received his sentence with tho
greatest calmness.
German Press on the Sentence.
Berlin, December 12.—Tho press re
gards the verdict against Bazaino aa tho
result of political intrigue, and censures
tho conduct of Duke d’Aumale.
The Commutation.
Paris, December 12.—Tho decision of
President McMahon in tho case of Ba-
zainc is announced this morning. The
sentence of death against Marshal Ba
zaino is commuted to twenty years’ selcu-
Dawes said no matter how strong the
proof may appear, it is. sufficient for ns
to use the words alleged defalcations.
Wood replied the Secretary of War
submitted these documents to the Attor
ney General and the Attorney General
gave his official opinion that General
Howard was liable to be tried by court-
martial, and should be so tried; but that
thero was some technical difficulty owing
to the lapse of time.
Dawes responded, all that may so, but
the proper thing is for the Committee on
Military Affairs to report these facts. I
move to insert the word alleged before
tho word defalcations.
Wood said it is a very small matter
and I will not detain the House with quib
bling about it. Let it go. But I desire
to say that if that side of the House takes
the responsibility of shielding this man,
it may do so.
Mr. Dawes said this side of the House
wifi take the responsibility of shielding
no man.
Mr. YVood said it has done so to-day.
Mr. Dawes—But it will take the re
sponsibility of passing judgment after
conviction, not before.
The resolution, amended by inserting
the word “alleged” and striking out the
instructions, was adopted.
The Salary bill was recommitted.
The appropriation of $4,000,000, asked
for by the Secretary of the Navy, passed.
Adjourned.
The Foreign Committee of tho House
organized and paid a complimentary visit
to Fish.
The Salary bill was recommitted to the
special committee, with instructions to
report a bill repealing all increase except
where the Constitution forbids a reduc
tion of salaries.
THE SENATE.
Confirmed—Scruggs, of Georgia, as
Minister Besidont to the United States
of Colombia;
Grant Speaks.
The President replying to tho Civil
Rights Convention said : I am very glad
to receivo the convention and listen to
your remarks. I have always believed
that enfranchisement and equal rights
should accompany emancipation. Theso
rights should havo followed without leg
islation. It is unfortunnte that any en
actment is necessary to secure stich
rights; but existing prejudices havo ren
dered it necessary. I hope the present
Congress will give the relief you seok.
Privileges and Elections.
Tho Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections mot to-day at 11 o’clock
at the Capitol. Senator Morton pro-
ing interrogated to-day relative to tho
Yirginius matter, said everything is go
ing on smoothly.
A delegation of bankers from New
England and New York had on extended
hearing this morning before the Com
mittee on Ways and Means, advocating
tho repeal of the tax on deposits in sav
ings banks.
The Steamer Ernst Merits Arndt.
New Y'obk. December 12.—At the
office of the Baltic Lloyds this afternoon
new news had been received in regard to
the accident to the Ernst Moritz Arndt.
The coast near the scene of the disaster
was said to be very rocky and foggy.
The steamer Therwaldsen of the some
line went ashore in that neighborhood
about a year ago. The cargo of the vessel
consisted chiefly of provisions, of which
about one-half were discharged at Havre.
She arrived at that port on the 4th inst.,
after a good voyage. She haa on board
twenty-three passengers for Copenhagen
and Stitten.
The activity in the preparation of war
vessels continues at the Brooklyn navy
yard, although a second detachment wifi
bo discharged from tho engineering de
partment to-morrow. Sixty-seven men
were discharged last Saturday.
Tho wrecking company began to-day,
tho work of raising tho sunken coal barge.
Bazaine.
London, December 12.—Marshal Ba
zaine addressed a letter to hia counsel
yesterday, thanking them for their efforts
in his behalf, and concluded os follows:
“I shall not appeal against tho sentence,
’not wishing to prolong, in the eyes of the
world, tho spectacle of such a painful
struggle. I request you to take no fur
ther steps. I look no longer to men
for jndgment. . Strong in my con
science, which reproaches mo with
nothing, I confidently await the justifi
cation which will como with tho lapse of
timo and subsidence of party passion.”
The Conservative press generally ap
prove of the commutation of the sen
tence. Tho Sieclo says it will create
painful surprise in tho country.
IE HIT I0IET
And wo olTer in cxchunaro ou
tremdr
Low Prices for Cash!
i tho chanco for dealers nnd consume
Bet bargains. If you want
DRUGS, MEDICINES,
PAINTS. OILS, GLASS,
l'KRFUMRRY. BRUSHES.
31*1083. SOAl'S,
Or any other thing in tlio ilrue line, call at
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar’s
dfic7tf 82 and 84 Cherry street.
DENNISON’S
PATENT SHIPPING TAG*
M Over Two Hundred Millions havo
been used within tho past ten years,
without complaint of loss by T:nr be
coming detached. They are more re
liable for marking Cotton* Bales than any Tag in
use. All Express Companies use them. Mold by
Printers and Stationer® everywhere:
oct4 Sm
IDUS L. riKLPEU
TnE Griffin News says John Puckett aion. Ho i3 to bear the effects of degra
dation from rank, hut will he spared the
humiliating ceremony,
and George Huff, both of Pike county,
had a shooting match about five miles
from Griffin last Tuesday, which resulted
in both receiving probably fatal wounds.
Both were drunk,
Mr. Cicer© Groggan, of Buchanan,
Haralson county, has a very troublesome
memory. Under its influence, last week,
and after it had been refreshed by a few
doses of pine top, he stabbed Mr. YV. J.
Reeves, ex-sheriff of the county, who had
once arrested him. It is thought Reeves
will die.
The Eaton ton Sunbeam has a'charac
teristic anecdote of a circuit rider famous
in that section. The Her. John Knight
is a veteran and an eccentric preacher.
He has a strong, original mind, but he
speaks his thoughts as they occur to him,
often without the remotest attempt at
connection. At a district meeting some
years ago he got happy, and, while shout
ing, he startled everybody by approach
ing Bishop Pierce and exclaiming, “Glory
to God!—George, you’vegota moustache.”
Up to that time Mr. K. had always shaved
clean, and, just as he hod concluded the
exclamation "Glory to God," he noticed
that Bishop Pierce had let his beard grow,
so he added, “George, you’ve got a mous
tache.”
Heats tlie Ames Cose.
The Mobile municipal election has
gotten into the courts, and the Demo
crats who won the victory are likely to
lose its fruits. Reed, Democrat, was
elected Mayor, but the Sheriff, a Radical,
refused to issue him a certificate of elec
tion in accordance with the returns of
the inspectors. The Democrats appealed
to a Judge of the Circuit Court who sus
tained their appeal, and ordered a man
damus served upon the Sheriff requiring
him to issue tho certificate. The trooly
loyl whose candidate for Mayor was one
Moulton—who occupies the double office
of both Mayor and City Judge—were
staggered by Elliott’s decision, but soon
recovered, and their next move was to ap
ply to Judge Moulton for an injunction
forbidding the Sheriff to obey Elliott’s
minJumu which would defeat Mayor
Moulton as his own successor. Of course
Judge Moulton granted the appeal which
to benefit Mayor Moulton.
This rather beats Ames, but it only
proves what we have always known, viz:
'Phat there is nothing the average Radi
cal will not do to grab an office—no mire
too thick or nasty for him to wade into
up to his armpits in search of plunder.
The Dentists Condemn Chloroform.
Boston, December 12.—The Massa
chusetts Dental Society has adopted a
resolution that, in their opinion, the use
of chloroform in dental operations is not
advisable.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Congressional.
THE house.
YYasiiington, December 12.—The Sen
ate bill relieving Bocock, Harvey and
Trigg, of Virginia, and Reagan, of Texas,
was passed.
A resolution directing the Secretary of
YVar to report whether certain roods to
which lands had been granted had been
paid for transportation of troopB and sup
plies since 1866, was referred to the Com
mittee on Military Affairs.
A large number of business men from
all parts of the country petition for a re
peal of the bankrupt law.
YVood offered a resolution that the let
ter of the Secretary of War with the ac
companying reports relating to the defal
cations, etc., of General O. O- Howard be
referred to the Committee of Military
Affairs, with instructions to report a res
olution providing for the trial by military
court-martial of any officers of the army
implicated thereby.
Mr. Dawes, of Massachtsetts, moved to
amend the resolution by strikingont tho
clause relative to instructions. He wish
ed to have the subject simply referred to
the Committee on Military Affairs, leav
ing that committee to take such action
in the matter as it should judge best.
The Speaker remarked that he had
been about to refer the communication
to the Committee on Military Affairs.
YVood said that he preferred in view
of the antecedent history of the Freed-
meu’s Bureau, and of Gen. Howard’s con
nection with it, that there should .be
some instructions given to the com
mittee.
Hale, of New York, objected to debate.
The vote was taken on Dawes’ amend
ment and it was agreed to. Yeas 174,
nays 88.
Dawes said that he did not desire to
shield General Howard, but he objected
to the resolution msVing statements as
facts before a hearing. It stated, as a
fact, the defalcation of General Howard.
He did not understand that thero was
any such thing in tho papers.
Wood said the resolution states os a
fact that he has been so treated in two
official documents sent nere by the Sec
retary of War. T think we can well af
ford to stand on facts which the admin
istration declares to be facts. If that
gentleman (Dawes) goes bock of tho ad- ,
ministration I wifi not.
sided, and all tho members wore present
except Sumner. The argument occupied
nearly fivo hours. Mr. Billings opened,
and was followed by Messrs. Ogden and
Ware, and Judge Dibble closed. The
committee went into secret session and
then adjourned until Monday at 10
o’clock. It is thought that they will
then agree upon a report.
The C. R. Convention.
The principal business in the Civil
Rights Convention to-day was tho discus
sion of tho report of the Committee on
Address to Congress and tho people
United States.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Office Chief Signal Officer,
Washington, December 12.)
Probabilities: For tho South Atlantic
States, light and fresh southerly and
ciomfy*'\veatfiei , ." , jo\lo'w'i.‘a n 'on ’ 'Saturday
afternoon or evening by areas of rain.
Voi* t.llD Qlllf SflltAQ klmcllt
pressure, with lower temperature ana
rain in the lower Mississippi volley. For
Tennessee and tbo Ohio valley, increasing
pressure, lower temperature, continued
rain dnriug tho night, winds shifting to
west nnd northerly, with less cloudiness
on Saturday. For the Northwest and
upper lake region, cloudy and threaten
ing weather, with rain and snow to-night,
and clearing weather on Saturday in the
Northwest. For New England, the Mid
dle States, and tlicnoo westward over tho
lower lake region, continued cloudy
weather and rain, brisk and fresh south
erly winds on tlio Atlantic coast, and
fresh to brisk variable winds in the lake
region.
Bastecd Basted.
Montgomery, December 12.—Tho jury
in the case of Lewis E. Parsons vs. Itieh-
ard Bustecd, Judge of tho United States
District Court, for false imprisonment,
gave tho plaintiff $10,000 damages. Par
sons is Speaker of tho House of Repre
sentatives. Hunter, of Lowndes, made a
motion last session looking to tho bring
ing about of a now election for United
States Senator in place of Sykes and
Spencer. Parsons ruled Hunter out of
order. Hunter refused to be silenced,
and Parsons had the Sergeant bring him
before tho bar of the House. Hunter
sued out a writ before Busteed on com
plaint that Parsons was conspiring with
certain other parties to defeat the right of
repesentatives to elect the United States
Senator.
On hearing the ease, Busteed dis
charged Parsons and co-defendants, and
thereupon Parson3|sued Busteed for false
imprisonment. Hunter is a Republican,
and his idea was that neither Spencer
nor Sykes wero legally elected, because
Attorney General YVifiiams had not de
cided either court-room or capital legisla
ture to be legal. Hence as a compromise
had then been effected, he desired to
elect a compromise United States Sena
tor about whose election no doubt could
exist.
South Carolina Politics.
Columbia, December 12.—Another at
tempt was made before a trial justice to
instigate a charge of attempt at bribery
by John P. Patterson, during tho Sena
torial election last winter. YV. B. Jones,
a member of the House from Aiken, made
an affidavit, but it was not deemed relia
ble, and as he did not appear in the court
it is thought the whole thing was an at-
temptatblackmailing the Senator. Other
witnesses did not prove anything and
the case was dismissed, and Patterson
discharged.
It is understood a warrant has been
issued for the arrest of Jones on the
charge of bribery.
Fire in Baltimore.
Baltimore, December 12.—The Mus
eum building was partially burned to
day. Bamum’s hotel was threatened,
but saved. The Theatre Comique lost its
wardrobe, etc.
Vessel Ashore.
London, December 12. — Steamship
Ernst Moritz Arndt, from New York, No
vember 22, for Stettin, is ashore on the
Island of Ireland, near Elsinore. The
vessel is leaking badly. Assistance haa
been sent.
The Virginias.
Havana, December 12.—The steamship
Virginias was towed out of the harbor of
Havana at half-past 4 o’clock this morn
ing by the Spanish man-of-war Isabella.
La Cotolica, the tug boat, returned to
the city at 7 o’clock. The destination of
the Virginias is supposed to be Key YVest.
LIFE.
HEALTH.
COMFORT
Cheertcjnessif good digestion, if socured, produces
WEAIxTII.
Liver Disease lias ulllictcil mankind severely, in
imfipost. but in tho present fust generutiou.it
□a® become a scourge almost unendurable. In
fact, man rather than boar tho burden of a life
made miserable by a Torpid Liver, resorts to sui-
ddo for relief.
More than half the ills that dotty is heir to rc«
ult from a diseased Liver, tho cure for which is
The Blissing of the Nintktilh Century.
PEE V E NTS'
SLEEPLESSNESS,
ouu.ll/r.,
intemperance.
UODlT.TIgir,
RESTLESNESS,
COSTIVENESS,
DEPRESSION.
ENVIOUS TEMPER,
NERVOUSNESS,
HEADACHE. . ,
HEARTBURN,
JAUNDICE,
FEVER AND AGUE.
Aro all caused by tlio Liver koine out of ordor.
REGULATE THE LIVER
Everywhere they are strong in tho belief that a
constitutional invigorant, a preparation uniting
the nroiierties of n gentle purgative, a tonic, a
blood purifier and a general regulator is the great
requisite in all diseases.
Everywhere they are coming to the conclusion
that Simmons* Liver Jiegulutoris precisely such
a prv para lion.
Everywhere mothers find it a sure neutralizer
of acidity of the stomach, indigestion and colic in
children.
Everywhere it is becoming the favorite homo
remedy, having proven itself an unfailing specific
in bilhousncss, constipation, colic, sick headache,
bowel complaints, dys|>epsia and fevers.
Take Simmons’ Liver Regulator, tho great
family medicine, purely vegetable. It is indeed a
marvelous medicine.
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Take care not to buy any article as "Simmons'
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HSKDSRT HKLPKR.
H. & L L7FIELDER,
Attorneys at Law,
CIITHBERT, GEORGIA,
W ILL give prompt attention to all business
confided to them, in tho counties of Ran
dolph, Stewart, Quitman, Clay. Early, Calhoun,
ana Terrell, tho Supreme Court of Georgia, ana
the District and Circuit Courts of the United
States for the Southern District of Georgia.
sepil7-t(
APPLES, APPLES
FIFTY BARRELS CHOICE
RED APPLES.
Will be sold low to close consignment nt
JAQUES & JOHNSON’S.
BANKRUPT SATVR.
B Y virtue of an order of the Honorable tho
District Court of tho United Staten for the
Southern Dixtriet. of Goovgin. will l** kuM. fnni
from all encumbrances, on tho first Tuesday in
January next, to the highest bidder, in front of
tho Court-liouso door, in Jeffersonville, Twiggs
county,the following property, to-wit:
Three thousand two hundred acres of land,
more or less, lying in Twiggs county, adjoining
lands of John T. Fitzpatrick. T. Jones and others,
Mul known as tho Myrick Mills place. Tbealioyo
property win or»ld in lots of anno-. „.vicror
less.
Terms c-asli.
Property sold as assets of S. P. Myrick, bank
rupt. BBNJ. W. BARROW.
wm. mckinley. Jr..
dccIOtds Assigm\s.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
fpHE copartnership heretofore exist ing between
X tho undersigned is this day dissolved by mu
tual consent. Mr. HENRY J. PETER is author
ized to dose up tho business.
CHARLES J. HARRIS,
HENRY J. PETER.
Hbromber 2ft, 1973.
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHES.
The Capitol.
Washington, December 12.—At a meet
ing of the House Judiciary Committee
this morning, the sub-committee on the
subject reported a bill providing for the
total repeal of the bankrupt law, which
was agreed to, and will be reported at
an early day for favorable action. They
also agreed to report favorably on the
Supplementary Civil Rights biU.
The Cabinet session lasted two hours
and a half, and it was mainly devoted to
discussion relative to our relations with
Spain. Thero are no new features in the
Cuban question. Secretary Fish, on be-
TBSTIMOXIAIiS.
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life.”—H. Hainer, St. Louis, Mo.
I iiavc used tho Regulator in my family tor
the last seventeen years. I ran saiely reeom-
meml it to the world as the best medicine I ever
used for tliat class of diseases it purports to cure.’*
—41. F. Thigpen.
“We hnvo been acquainted with Dr. Simmons'
Liver Medicine for more than twenty years, and
know it to lie tbo best Liver Riyulator uttered to
the public.”—M. K. Lyon und M. L. Lyon, Bell-
fontftinc. Go.
ONLY MANUFACTORY
In this country where
Loom Reeds, Harnesses
Patent Wire Heddles
Arc made under one management.
Alsu. SU IT LI ES used i u COTTON and WOOLEN
M ILLS promptly furnished.
D. 0. BROWN,
iulv34 dm Lowell. Masa. U. B.
J. J. ABRAMS,
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
—AID—
notary public.
L. B. ENDUES, CONSTABLE,
CHATHAM COUNTY.
Office No. 6 Bull street, SAVANNAH. 6A
P. O. Box, 3C7.
Special attention given to the collection of claim*
Warrants issued and promptly served. Office
hours 7 a. M. to 7 r. M. novx 6m
Drug Stock and Fixtures
For Sale.
The store oocupied by HARRIS & BBTER is
for rout, poHBCsaion to lw given on tho 1st (lay of
January. In the meantime tho Stock, Fixture!
and Furniture of said late firm are offered both at
wholesale and retail at figures below cost FOR
CA8H. Tho accounts due said firm will bo jilaced
in tho hands of an attorney for collection, unless
promptly arranged. The undersigned is deter
mined to done up tho business as rapidly ns pos
sible, and hopes that those against whom lie has
accounts will bo prepared to settle promptly,
norJWtf H. J. FETEII.
NOTICE.
rpHH wild land digest is now ready for those in
X this county owning wild lands in other
counties to come forward and pay their taxes.
The time is very short. C. T. WARD,
nov23 30d Ordinary.
For Sale.
A FERTILE FARM, situated one nnd a half
miles south of the town of Cutlibcrt, Ran
dolph county, and containing four hundred and
fifty acres, of which about two hundred and fifty
are cleared and under cultivation.
On the premises are a gin house and excellent
gin, one double log dwelling, and a sufficiency of
laborers’ houses, a fino well of water and a good mill
seat. There is timber and fuel sufficient outlie
place also to realize more than double the pur
chase money. This property will be spld on ac
commodating terms, or exchanged for city im
provements. Apply at this office, or to
THOS. POWELL.
octtStf Cuthbert, Georgia.
SAMUEL HALL.
POE, HALL & LOFTON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAY/,
MACON, GA
Office, on Third street, over City Bank,
novltf
PREMIUM GALLERY
the 10 premiums offered at the late State Fair.
His new process for retouching is creating quite
a sensation. liovlutf
Milo 8. Freeman, as ad-'}
ministrator of the Baron |
Bernhard Von Herzeelc, 1
late of the city of Alton- \ Bill in Bibb Superior
burg, in Germany, ( Court, fordlrection,
vs. j etc.
The heirs of said Bernhard f •
Von Herzah. J
It being shown to the Court that tho heirs of
said Baron Bernhard Von Herzeele live out of and
beyond the limits of the State of Georgia, and that
bo far aa said administrator has been able to as
certain, reside somewhere in Germany, but where
or in what place ia not known. It is now ordered
by the Court that all persons claiming to be heirs-
at-law of said Baron Bernhard Von Herzah, lat<’
of Altenburg, appear on the first day of the next
term of this Court, in person or by counsel, and
be made parties defendants to said bill, ana in de
fault thereof the Court will proceed as is provided
byi* w.
It is further ordered, That the above and fore
going order be published once p month for four
months before the next term of this Court in the
Telegraph ahd Messenger, of Macon, Gx, and
also in the Sta&ts Zeitung.of New York.
B, the court: LSCMC.
Whittle A Gustin. Solicitors for complainants.
A true extract from tho Minutes of Bibb Supe
rior Court. A. B. BOSS, Clerk.
November 11.1873.novlilamnii
FRENCH’S NEW HOTEL,
/^tOR. CORTLANDT and NEW CHURCH STS
L/ NSW YORK. On the European plan. RICH
a p.D P. FRENCH, aon of tbo late Colonel Rlclmrt
French, of French’! Hotel, has taken this Hote
newly fitted up and entirely renovated tho same
Centrally located in the business part of the r it*
Landier and Gentlemen • Dining Rooms attachcc
Junettti