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By Gmsby, Jones & Reese.
MACON, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 16, 1873.
Number 6,799“
DAILY TELEIMM AMO MESSEMIEJt.
i, . ; .|/>idled every morning— Mixiday*» cxcept^H—
tg£tTeWmph HuiMinr. corner of Cherry and
. :.l SulMcription TEX DOLLARS
HW DOLLARS for »ix month*. TWO
l* )LLARS ami FIFTY GBKTSfor three months.
0ti ONE DOLLAR j«*t month for a thorler
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Xrmnti' nt •divrtivraents one dollar per aqua re
d let*
r flr*t puhli
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at»on. and fifty
Liberal rates
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nowkpap.
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i. Unco %4-i.im: of Georgia. Ala*
» trading at this point. It
ilevery intelligent bouse-
itinrm aii Duit section. At an
i in that mnjrt- of country it
fclct\riiph rtiggesse tiger
, I I SDAV MOHVINfl. DKC. lr.. 1K7S.
<>l,t Santa Claus,
Vrboh^flMtolilUhod hi. hciulquartur* thia
jeu in Macon with ituowx A Co., sent the
writeryostrr lay n bundleof thin", to (lia-
!:.l h. I• 1 1 ■ 1 *ty. We will not under
take to d«c 'i!>o what might ho found, if
WW wore toupoa that hugebundle. It
igain.t tho rule to open such bundles till
tbetim<ioo:n.-i. A t the little folks say,
they ate nnd tmut not bo cx-
iojinej or dietarbed. Hut tho fact is, it
will M just ns easy to tell what is tied up
in that bundle as what is left behind, in
the magazine of art, fancy and utility,
kept by tho Browns. They liavo cer
tainly ono of the most tasteful and oxten-
■ire aseortinentsof curious, beautiful, olo-
pat and useful things, adopted to holi
day presents tliat can bo met with any
where, even in tho largest cities, and fas
tidious indeed will ho tlio taste which
cannot find hero just tho thing for mama’f
present,as well rut jaat tho thing for baby,
and just the thing for all the home cotcrio,
at they riso in the dignity of age, height
uni capacity, till they come to papa him-
self, and U ion branch off among tho aunts,
cousins, nephew^ nnd nieces. Old Santa
Clans has put his trade mark on Brown Sc
Co.', concern this year, and ho says it can’t
bj beaten.
Pnscii.—Tho United States Senute is
in throes of agony on tho question of seat
ing tho yellow fellow, Pjncli., as Senator
from Louisiana. Tho preliminary ques
tion which ought to be first put at rest
la: “Did l’ineh. faithfully servo out his
term In tho Now Orleans penitentiary for
larceny 1” If he did not do it, then jus
tice and comity to Louisiana demand that
the Senate should send him back under
tho care of tho sergeant-at-anns, to fill
out his “unexpirod term.” When Pinch,
has done that, in our judgment ho will bo
teller fitted fo£ tho United States Senate
than ho is now. If the Senate takes to
encouraging fugitives from justice by
mtiag persons who cscapo from the jails
tad penitentiaries in that body, the sa-
. (Ted cause of a pure judicial administra
tion may sustain prejudice at their hands.
, He Senate should protect its character
and reputation nnd insist that all its
members who liavo been guilty of felonies
and misdemeanors should servo out their
terms of imprisonment regularly.
Berenue and Public Debt.
The Secretary of the Treasury asks for
an increase of taxation, amounting to
forty-two millions of dollars. Forty-two
millions was a great rum but a few years
ago. Twenty-five years ago it compre
hended the sum total of the receipts and
disbursements of the United States for
every purpose of government. It sup
ported a compact aud well disciplined
army of 14,000 men. It floated a navy in
•.•ctiisi til I excellent condition for service, and, in
hss funii.lit'4 tbs fact, to its extent, the admiration of the
world for order, discipline and efficiency.
It gave us a far more efficient mail scr
vice than we now have; and what a glo
rious public administration it supported
in every department! The Eiocutivo was
always surrounded by counsellors of ahil
ity and distinction. The Supreme Bench
was the moot pure and dignified tribunal
on earth. Tho Senate of the United
States—why, what might we say cf th
Senate when such men as Cass, Benton,
W’riglit, Woodbury, Preston, Berrien and
others were never classed in tho first
grade of her statesmen. The Ilouse was
a brilliant arena, of diameter, talent and
reputation, which illustrates the best
capabilities and the highest patriotism of
the younger mind of the country.
All this was supported on less than is
now asked in tho way of additional rev
enue to carry on tho Covermucnt. Wo
run tho Mexican war and acquired New
Mexico and the Californios, with all their
golden treasures, nnd supported tho civil
list at the samo timo for about seventy
millions a year, while the Government
now asks an increase of forty-two mil
lions on tho bock of between three and
four hundred millions, to run affairs in
timo of peace.
Never before in tho history of mankind
was thcro such an amazing increase of
public expenditure for less reason. In
twelve years our governmental oxpenaes
hnvo been increased more than COO per
cent., and yet the Secretary of tho Treas
ury gravely assures Congress that he is
running behind at the rato of about five
million dollars per month, and must liavo
forty-two millions more of annual re venu e.
The progress in public waste and ex
travagance exceeds all the previous obser
vation and cxperionco of men and puts
Time itself outof breath. It ia tho result,
not alono of dishonesty, bnt of official inap
titude. As we view it, the Northern peo-
plo have never yet displayed any aptitude
for governmental administration. They
nover took command of the ship but they
run her ashore, and this must be the final
result of the experiment to carry on the
government in the exclusion of all South
ern counsels. The vast drains by taxa
tion on tho earnings of the people under
which we are all groaning, will all amount
to little, for tho reason that waste, mis
application nnd extravagance move pari
pastn. It is a melancholy thing to con
template, and with tho subsidence of tho
disorders of war, tho peoplo are bound to
feel these exactions with increasing sen
sibility. And moro especially under a
revenue system which practically makes
these enormous taxes a sido issue, subsid
iary to a system of so-called protection.
The Catholic College.
Mayor Huff and a number of gentlemen
of this city, met Bishop Gross by appoint
ment at the parsonage on Walnut street
Sunday afternoon to confer with him on
Giant and Sum.vkh.—General Grant
(ays the Richmond Dispatch) gavo Mr.
Stunner a back-handed lick in his address
to the negroes on Wednesday, in which
he informed them that if they did not
get their rights tho present winter it
would l>o ''because an extreme measure is
urged by some person who claims to bo a
particular friend of tho colored man.”
“Some person" understands this very
well, and will bo suro to rocognizo him
self in tho allusion. No man more read
ily recognizes himself than Mr. Sumner.
He has that t c 1 f - ad miration so happily
illustrated by the gentle man who. when-
•ver he heard his own name, lifted his
hat out of respect for it. General Grant
knows this trait of Mr. Sumner’s charac
ter, and once hit it off very pointedly in
aeoarersation with a gentleman who said
that Mr. Sumner did not behove tho
Bible. “Why should he?’’ said the Gon-
wal. “ho did not write it.” That hit cost
the President heavily; and now he has
rat out more work for tho melancholy
fanatic of Massachusetts.
IxnxDrKDNxss or Ohio—Tho annual
feport of tho State Auditor mado last
Friday shows tho amount of debts of coun
ty V-wn.-iiips, cities and villages and
•ehaol districts in Ohio is $20,083,1*3, an
increase over ls72 of $2,442,575. The
city debts are seventy-live per cent of
the whole indebtedness, and debts of
Cleveland, Cincinnati and Toledo, amount-
to $10,275,840, is sixty-seven per cent
nf all the debts of tho cities in Ohio. Tho
Auditor recommends the passage of a law
Providing for tho appointment of a special
''Seer whose duty shall bo to examine in
to the affairs of every county in Ohio.
Tns Southern Claims Commission.—
U appears from tho report of the South
ern Claims Commission that the gross
Mueunt of claims filed is $<50,000,000 and
the aggregate amount passed on $10,-
f'Al.OOO, there remaining 17,000 claims
^Mounting to $50,000,000, to bs adjudi-
roted. The amount claimed in the whole
ttuber of cases reported is $ 1.71S.891,
***d tho amount allowed in settlement
1,003 approved claims is $644,365,
^ average allowance of $590 to each
r-iimant.
Tckoai. Notice.”—The Edgefield
Advertiser' says “our young friend, Mr.
Fd. Calhoun, of Houston, Texas, sends
us a placard witli a hugo coffin and cross
Fuses upon it and the above heading,
‘t frightened us at first, but our fear soon
'Urned to joy. It is tho funeral notice
* Radical party of Texas. Around
•he Coffin is the profane but fitting in.
‘cription : -No Moro Chicken Pie!’’
A female Justice in Wyoming recently
h*d her husband brought before her on a
vharge of drnnkenness. The poor man
waj Penitent, but the Justioe was inex-
u ribi-,- tuij inflicted the penalty of a fine,
^ud tlu-n paid the fine herself to prevent
er husband going to prison.
Ao-isni.—The telegrams yesterday an-
Ueunoed the death of Professor Agassiz—
' distinguished leader of science on tho
nicrican continent, and a man whose
1*r*,iial virtues rivalled lus scientific at-
nuieuts. The whole country will la-
toen t i.i demise.
Very Cheering.
Tbe Hartford Times says that tho ru
mor that Congressman Barnum has of
fered tho Democratic managers in Con
necticut, $20,000 to secure a Democratic
Legislature, if they will moke him Sena
tor, is a mistake. Such a money offer lias
not, and will not be made, an tho Demo
crats are all right, and need not such
peculiarly Radical aid as that.
This is indeed encouraging news. And
now if our Democratic members of Con
gress will imitate tho example, and scout
the bock pay grab, inaljre tho shrill ex
hortations of the feeble "straight” of tho
8th district, once an Ajax, now an old
man in his dotage, tho integrity of tho
party may ho preserved. If the “law al
lowed” that retro-active measure which
gave $5,000 more to every member for
work which ho had bargained to do, for a
given stipend under tbe then existing
statute, would it not have been perfectly
legitimate and logioal under tho interpre
tation of Mr. Stephens, if Congress had
chosen to vote that one million should be
paid each member for back services?
Concede the privilege, and where can any
limitation he assigned ?
Back-pay rations in the face of an ac
cepted salary established by law, looks
very much like stealing. And so tho
peoplo have decided, by re-electing only
a oorpotol's guard of thoso who had tho
temerity thus to appropriate a large sum
from the treasury, in addition to their
legal compensation.
These remarks, of course, do not apply
to new members, who receive the salary
os fixed by their predecessors. But
it will be for them to determine whether
this increase should or should not bo re
pealed, in view of the heavy burden of
taxation, the distressed condition of
the country.
An Important Decision.
A gentleman just from Savannah in
forms the Chronicle and Sentinel that an
important case was decided in the United
States Circuit Court, in that city, on Vast
Friday. It was a case in which was in
volved the statute of limitations passed
by our State Legislature. By this ict,
approved March 16,1969, it was declared
that all actions or causes of action found
ed on contracts made prior to the first
day of June, 1865, on which suit was not
brought by tho first day of January, 1870,
should be barred. Tbe constitutionality
of this set, though doubted by many of
the ablest lawyers of the State, was af
firmed by our Supreme Court. It was
generally believed that the decision would
be reversed by tbe Federal Court, but it
seems that this lost measure of relief has
found fsvor in the eyes of United States
Judges. Judge Woods delivered a
lengthy opinion—in the case above al
luded to—sustaining tbe act, and declar
ing it not in conflict with the Federal
Constitution.
THU GEORGIA PRESS.
The Columbus municipal election was
held on Saturday, and resulted in the
choice of S. B. Cleghorn for Mayor, over
the subject'of " establishing thfc i^Utu“ Join h * 12 ““j^ty in a total vote
tion in Macon, and also to learn what steps I of 817 ’ nnJ of Moesr *- Mocre for
—if any—he had taken towards definitely ! a ° rIc of Council, M. W. Murphy for Mar-
determining the location of the college. sba1 ’ W ’ L KoL:nson ' De P ut y Marshal,
The Bishop stated that whUe he had “d Messrs. John Mehaffey, C. B. Grimes,
received some quite advantageous offers *“ McGehee, T. E. Blanchard, A. M.
1 Brannon, C. A. Redd, J. C. Andrews, W.
R. Kent, L. G Seheussler, John Durkin,
J. G. Chalmers and G. R. Flournoy as
Aldermen. Of tho 817 votes polled, G31
were whites, and 181 negroes.
BY TELEGRAPH.
from other places that desired to hare the
college, his preference was decidedly for
Macon, and that he was here now to de
cide at once in its favor, provided such
inducements were offered as would justify
him in giving Macon the preference. He
had looked at several sites, one of which
aoemed to him specially desirable, and
which, if presented to him, he would cer
tainly accept. It was for the gentlemen
to say whether or not that would be done,
and if done, Uien the matter would bo
considered settled. After a freo inter
change of opinion, it was concluded to
ask tho City Council at its meeting to
night to purchase and present tnis site to
tho Bishop, and thus secure tho certain
location of the college here. Tho Bishop
stated that if tho property was secured
ho wonld commence building at once, and
open the college next September with at
least ono hnndred students, and with tho
certainty of increasing that number to
three hundred in a very short time. Thus
the matter stands now.
Wo sincerely trust that Council will act
promptly nnd favorably upon the petition
that will ho laid before them to-night.
We are utterly opposed to tho principle
of municipal or State aid to corporations
or sects of any description, hut as thcro
are no rules without exceptions, so there
aro cases where a waiver of such opposi
tion seems to us not only right, hut also
eminently for tho public benefit. In our
judgment, this is emphatically ono of
such cases. Wo have already given lib
orally to other denominations for such
purposes, nni it is only just that we
should equalize matters. Tho precedent
of aiding institutions of learning, with
tho object of advancing tho cause of edu
cation, and at the same time buildin;
up tho city, lia3 already been set, and, we
are happy to believe, with the most sat
isfactory results. We feel suro that in
thu case tho results will amply vindicate
tho wisdom and propriety of similar OC'
tion.
Tho aid asked is also a were bagatelle
For four thousand dollars at the outside,
we can have a college that will gather
here every year two or tliree hundred
students from all parts of the country.
That is all council is asked to appro
priate. Wo cannot and will not believe
they will reject this oiler. Our Catholic
citizens have already pledged themselves
for n sum sufficient to erect the buildings
necessary to commence operations. Wo
leave tho matter with the gentlemen of
tho council, with tho confident trust that
they will not let slip so splendid an oppor
tunity for advancing the educational inter
ests of the city, nnd of still further en
larging our prosperous borders. As a
mere matter of dollars and cents it will
pay, and pay handsomely—of this wo feel
assured.
A Goon Showing.—W. T. Webb, of
Talladega county, worked three mule* on
his fora this year. The following is a
statement at the products ef his crop ■
Cotton, 23 bales; com, 700 bushels;
wheat, 250 bushels; oats, 70 bushels;
sweet potatoes, 200 bushels; clover hay,
20 tone; plenty o< fodder, aud a good
crop of rye, peas and (umipe, and lias
hogs enough to make his pork—betl<r
than all cotton.—Talladega Reporter.
Out upon the Xarrotv-ininded
Wretch.
A writer under the appropriate signa
ture of “Cynic,” in the New Tort Com
mercial Advertiser, is down upon tho cus
tom of making Christmas gifts. Ho in-
timatos that many poor clerks and me
chanics foolishly lavish upon such useless
purchases much money that might bo
ppliod moro profitably to tho comfort of
their familcs. Now, our word for it, this
sapless curmudgeon has a skin as thick
and scaly as on alligator’s, and a heart os
insensible to warm emotions as the toad
in his slimy abode. If blessed with chil
dren, ho should ho placed in tho pilloiy
and pdted with rotten eggs by all tho
juveniles of tho community. It is of
such men that misers and tyrants arc
made, and they form almost exclusively
that class, who dispense the “cold char
ities of tho world.”
What if a tender but poverty-stricken
parent does submit to privations, usually
of a purely personal character, to obtain
the means of sending sunshine and glad
ness to the hearts of his little ones on this
auspicious day, which “comes but once a
year ?” Is he not more than compensated
in tho happiness they enjoy? And is
life ever to be on unvarying treadmill to
tho poor without an hour’s respite or
change ? If tho truth were known, they
who have made the most sacrifices to
gratify the loved ones at home on Christ
mas, will enjoy the day themselves, far
more than tho opulent, whoso gifts really
cost them nothing. Let rich and poor,
block and white then, ransack the beau
tiful stores and toy shops for the chosen
articles which will be most appropriate as
presents for each household. Wo trust
every youngster in the State will be made
happy on Christmas with his tempting
bon Ions and pretty play things.
Proposed Restoration of tlie
Franking Privilege.
Under date of Friday, the Baltimore
Sun’s Washington correspondent sends
the following:
The House Committee on Post-offices
and Post-roads held a meeting this morn
ing, at which the sub-committee to whom
the subject was referred presented a bill,
which was adopted, with reference to the
, delivery of public documents through the
mails. The bill agreed upon, in 6ub-
i stance, authorises public documents to be
sent free through the mail-, the freo ex
change of newspapers and the free de
livery of newspapers in the counties
wheroin they are published. In the dis
tribution of public documents a stamp is
pi«rid ?d to be placed in the custody of
on «Scer of the House, and to be attached
to eveiy kook, pamphlet and document
tom either branch of Congress. To
pjerect the abuse of the power by unau
thorised parties, it is also necessary for
the name of the member sending a docu
ment to be appended to tho package.
Theocmmittee agreed to report favorably
a hill looking to the free delivery of seeds
front tho agricultural department, and
will no doubt regulate their distribution
«j«nil«r to the means provided for send
ing public documents.
A societt of naturalists in New Hamp
shire was recently presented with a beau
tiful specimen of a hornet’s nest, twelve
feet in circumference. A day was ap
pointed to investigate the treasure, but
unforeseen business engagements pre
vented any of the members attending.
Bcsinessovths SounnvESTEBN Road.
Tho Columbus Sun says :
Thus far this road has taken from Co
lumbus this season 42,792 hales of cotton
against 33,000 last year to same. Of this
amount 18,330 bales were shipped from
our warehouses against 22,498 last year;
1,463 bales was through cotton received
from tho Mobile and Girard railroad
against 1.718 last yen-, and 22,999
through cut'ou ftvai the Western rail-
rocid of Alabama. All this shows an in
crease over last vear’s cotton business of
3,892.
Duiuno the last week $500,000 in ex
change were remitted by Augusta mer
chants to New York.
“Botch” Garrett, an Atlanta gam
bler who jumped his bail in that city,
was arrested in Augusta and sent hack
on Saturday, by 111'- bondsman, Mr. Col
lins, of Atlanta.
Ike HborEn, negro, killed Howard Sat-
terwhite, ditto, on Friday night at Au
gusta, while out serenading with a hand
of which both were members. Satter-
white was arrested the next day at Gran-
iteville, S. C., and sent hack to Augusta,
31ns. Jane Beck was killed on Satur
day, near Cartersville, by the tongue of
a wagon which struck and broko her
neck. She wa3 riding on a dray, which
was run into by a pair of runaway horses
attached to the wagon.
The fino merchant mill of Loviek
Travis, at Griffin, was burned Saturday
morning. Loss, $10,000, and no insur
ance.
TnE Savannah News is of tho opinion
that a great government tliat can resort
to such a contemptible trick os sinking a
coal barge to keep a Spanish war ship
in her dock, “will need all tho saluting
tho Spanish navy can give io preserve the
honor of tho flag.”
The British hark. Nelson, now in port
at Savannah, was built in 1801, and used
as a transport in all the numerous wars
Great Britain engaged in for many years
after that period, and thcro is hardly a
port or stream navigable to a vessel of
her capacity into which she has not enter
ed and floated.
The Chronicle and Sentinel comments
sharply upon Mr. Stephens’ late defence
of the hack pay grab. It says:
Mr. Stephens has made a most inau
spicious beginning for liimsclf in defend
ing the back salary grab. It is not onlj
a great blunder politically, but hi3 speeCl
docs ijolencc to his constituents, who
sent lnm to Congress neither to justify
and defend this legalized raid upon tho
public treasury, nor to bo tho apologist
of President Grant, no appeared in the
first role Thursday, and actually justified
and defended the back pay steal as being
proper and just, both morally and legally.
Wo shall not be surprised if Mr. Ste
phens next appears as tho apologist and
champion of President Grant. With Mr.
Stephens’ admiration for President Grant
—lus high appreciation of what ho is
pleased to term his private virtues and
his wonderful ability, and his justifica
tion of the President's outrage upon the
people and State of Louisiana—it will
not be a difficult task, hut a pleasing duty,
for the distinguished Representative from
this district to appear in tho House of
Representatives as the cliampion of Pres
ideut Grant. It is now well known tliat
Mr. Stephens, in private conversation,
is lavish in his encomiums of our modern
Ca--ar. His -pee.-h iu the House Thurs
day will elicit from tho peoplo of Georgia
•specially from tho people of this dis
trict—prompt and empliatic condemna
tion.
The Savannah News and Rome Com
mercial also strongly disapprove Mr.
Stephens’ defence of this iniquity.
Ur to Friday, 15,000 halos of cotton
had been received at Amcricus.
Mn. J. C. Courtney succeeds, the late
Owen Lynch, as general book-keeper of
tho State Road.
There arc 300 hands at work on the
Augusta canal enlargement, of whom 116
aro convicts and 35 Chinese. Tho latter
receive ?35 per month, in gold—other la
borers $1 25 per day.
The Miliedgoville Every Saturday has
the following local sporting notes:
Deee Killed.—Mr. Jno. M. Edwards
killed a small buck a few days since,
while out with a party of hunters. Thirs
seems to he a great many deer in the
county along Camp creek.
Mr. James Sherlock killed with a rock
an English woodcock, within the corpor
ate limits of the city a few days since. It
weighed exactly one and a half pounds.
The same paper says fifty cases of new
English machinery costing, about $6,000,
have just been received at the Milledge-
villo cotton factory—making about
$15,000 tho company have expended this
fall in firing up their mill.
The railroad track at tho wharf depot,
Bainbridge, is the favorite resort of the
nurses of that town, with their charges.
Not long since a baby was snatched from
the track by a negro nnyi, just in time to
save it from an approaching locomotive.
Me. H. D. Randall, Clerk and Treas
urer of A morions since I860, and a highly
esteemed gentleman, died last Thursday
night, aged thirty-fmr years.
The North Georgia Conference on Sat
urday elected Messrs. Jesse Boring, A. G.
Haygood, W. H. Potter, H. J. Adams, J.
E. Evans. E. W. Speer and W. F. Cook,
clerical, and Messrs. L. D. Palmer, J. M.
Beall, A. II. Colquitt. G. M. Noland, J.
Hunnicutt, and C. P. Crawford lay
delegates to the General Conference which
meets at Louisville, in May.
Fifteen thousand dollars worth of
goods were seized at Savannah on Satur
day, by a United States marshal. They
had been sent to that city by Shulman &
Fraukfurther, of Montgomery, Ala., who
have been thrown into bankruptcy by
essrs. Shultz Sc Co., of New York, who
•old the goods, and who allege that the
Montgomery firm sought to swindle them.
Mosrr sold at thirty and thirty-one
per cent- premium, at the meeting of the
Forest City Mutual Loan Association, of
Savannah, on Friday night.
DAY DISPATCHES.
The Plachbaek Case.
AVashinoton, December 15.—In the
Senate the Committee on Privileges and
Elections, Mr. Sumner being absent, re
port themselves officially divided upon
the merits of the case between McMil
lan and Pinchbick, and refer the whole
matter to the Senate, and ask to be dis
charged from its further consideration.
Later on Plnchback.
The Senate 'Committee on Privileges
and Elections; divided thus: Morton,
Logan, Anthony and Mitchel, tot seating
Plnchback on prima facie evidence. Op
posed to it, Piflchback, Carpenter, Alcorn,
Hamilton and Saulsbuiy. In the Senate
Morton moved that the Senato seat
Pinchback on prima facie evidence. The
question comes' up to-morrow after the
morning hour. Ferry is arguing a reso
lution tliat all testimony be printed and
laid on tho Senators’ tables. Ho wished
to avoid tho contingency of an alleged
illegally elected Senator from Louisiana
legislating in the Senate of tho whole
United States, pending tho question of his
right to perform such functions.
Increased Debt and Taxation
Secretary Richardson, in his letter to
Representative Dawes, reiterates his pre
viously expressed views that it is tho bet
ter to obtain the necessary money by
taxation than by an increase of the pub
lic debt by loan. Ho says he selected tea
and coffee because the public would feel
the tariff on these articles less than on
any other.-;, and as to the articles of taxa
tion pertaining to tho Internal Revcnuo
Bureau, the money could be collected
without additional expen30 to tho Gov
ernment.
Tho Secretary to-day, after tho neces
sary examination, ascertained that tho
public debt lia3 increased since the first
instant five million dollars.
Bishop Cheney.
Mr. Cheney has been installed Bishop
of the Reformed Episcopal Church.
Pnslied Overboard.
New Yoke, December 15.—John Wil
son, Captain of tho bargo Virginia, was
arrested this mbrniug charged with push
ing overboard. Edward McGoodrich, who
was found drowned.
Steamship Greece.
Steamer Greece, in tho mud off Bedlow’s
Island, is compelled to partially dischorgo
her cargo. Tho vessel is uninjured, but
will ho delayed several days.
Bam and Harder.
Hazleton, Pa., December 15.—David
Stony, a saloon keeper near tho outskirts
of the borough, was killed on Saturday.
Tho police liavo arrested suspected per
sons. Hazleton is supposed to havo a
local option law in force, but seventy sa
loons aro openly selling liquor.
Preparing for the Virginias.
Key West, December 15.—Tho steam
er Dispatch sailed this morning with four
officers from tho flag ship and an extra
crew of thirty-six men, to receive tho
Yirginius. They will probably take her
to some northern port. Tho Dispatch
canics a full compliment of officers for
the Yirginius.
Chicago Short.
Chicago, December 15.—It is stated
that David Aa Gage, the City Treasurer,
is four hundred thousand dollars short.
The bulk of this sum is looked up in sus
pended National Bonks. It is thought
the city is secure from ultimate loss.
Floods In Ohio.
Cincinnati, December 15.—Tho rain
was moderate in South aud East Ohio,
hut there arc serions apprehensions of a
great flood. Tho Ohio and Indiana streams
are booming.
Death of the Queen Dowager of
Prussia.
Berlin, December 15. — Elizabeth,
Queen Dowager, of Prussia, is dead—at
tie age of 72.
Death of Agassiz.
Boston, December 15.—Agassiz is dead.
erfulac
The Montgomery Advertiser says thir-
-two immigrants from Houston county,
Gn., passed through that city on Wednes
day on their way to Texas.
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Capital Notes.
Washington, December 15.—Two tugs
are towing tho Monitor Montank to New
York.
The War Claims Committee of the
House ask for power to send for persons
aud papers.
Nominations.
John L. Pennington, of Alabama, Gov
ernor of Dakoti; James W. Watson,
Postmaster at Helena, Arkansas; Sam
Bard, Postmaster, Atlanta; Cob K. W.
Hughes, District Judge of the Eastern
District of Virginia; Wm.H. Hunt, Mar
shal of the Southern district of Florida;
Thomas F. Parnell, Marshal of the West
ern District of Texas.
Confirmations.
Judge Williams, as Chief Justice, hangs
fire. The caso was up to-day without
conclusive action.
THE SENATE.
After the Louisana contest finances
were resumed.
The House hill for the redemption of
the loan of 1S58 passed with several un-
mportant amendments.
Without other definite action the Sen
ato went into Executive session.
West introduced a hill regarding tho
St. Philip ship canal, as recommended
by the new Orleans Chamber of Com
merce. # ,i
Gordon’s resolution of inquiry, rogard-
ing postal affairs, with some modifications,
passed.
TIDE HOUSE.
A large number of bills were offered
under the regujaf call, among -them one
for a commission on alcoholic drinks; one
amending tho third section of the act of
the 12th of March, 1863, for the collec
tion of abandoned property in the insur
rectionary States; one to establish a
light-house at York river, Va.; one
granting pensions to the soldiers of the
Mexican war; ono allowing producers of
leaf tobacco to sell without tax; ono to
establish an iron ship building navy yard
on tho Southern coast; one granting
public lands in Alabama to public
schools and internal improvements ; one
for public buildings at Oxford, Miss; one
for the construction of the St. Philip
ship canal, as suggested by the New Or
leans Chamber of Commerce (introduced
by Sypher); one for internal improve
ments in Louisiana (by Darrell); one for
rebuilding the Mississippi levees (by
Morey); one for a canal OTer Muscle
8hoals, Tennessee river; one declaring
the Memphis City and Kansas railroad a
post road; one for the improvement of
rivers and harbors in Florida, and grant
ing belligerent rights to Cnba (by
Walls); one for the improvement of Gal
veston harbor and buildings at Houston
(by Giddings); one removing all tax on
apple whisky.
There were three hundred bills read.
A petition was read from three thou
sand druggists, representing two hundred
and seventy-five cities, asking a repeal of
the stamp tax on medicines, or a modifi
cation to confine the tax to patent medi
cines.
The Judiciary Committee reported a
bill repealing tho bankrupt act.
Tremaine moved to suspend the rules,
but finally the bill was made the Bpecial
order for to-morrow, and to vote after two
hoars’ discussion.
The first section of the bill repeals the
bankrupt law and all its amendments.
The second provides that when there
are bankrupt proceedings pending, a ma-
cority in value of the creditors, whoso
jlaimi iiavebeen proved or are provable.
to determine in what manner and on ) LIFE
what terms and conditions tho estate of !
the bankrupt shall be adjusted and such ,
resolution shall be immediately confirmed |
by the court.
Further sections arrange the details.
There was a long debate in the House
on a proposition from the Committees on
Ways and Means and to refer back the
annual estimates to the heads of depart
ments for the purpose of having them re
duced. the object being to avoid, if possi
ble, the necessity of having to meet the
estimated deficit of $42,000,000, by im
posing a duty on tea and coffee and in
creasing the taxation on whisky, tobacco
and other articles. The party of infla
tionists was headed by fiutler, of Massa
chusetts, who favored tho issue of con
vertible bonds to meet the deficit.
The resolution was finally adopted and
then the House passed a resolution to
adjourn over the Christmas holidays,
from Friday, 19th of December, to Tues
day, 6th of January.
Synopsis Weather Statement.
Office Chief Signal Officer, )
Washington, December 15.)
Probabilities: For New England and
the Middle Atlantic States, partly cloudy
weather, with less pressure and but
slight changes of temperature will pre
vail, tho winds gradually shifting to
southerly with increasing cloudiness; for
the South Atlantic States and thence
westward to tho lower Missouri valley,
light northerly to southerly winds with
less pressuro and a slight temperature,
weather continuing partly cloudy with
light rains ou the eoa3t; for the Ohio
valley and tho hike region, the pressure
will diminish with increasing cloudiness
and slight changes of temperature; for
tho Northwest, generally clear weather
with southeast to southwest winds during
tho greater part of tho day.
Lost Hoars of Agassiz.
Boston, December 15.—The last hours
or Prof. Agassiz were apparently passed
in unconsciousness. At 2 p. si. ou Sun
day lie had an attack similar to one ex-
rienced before a suspension of respiration,
which continued half a minute, accompa
nied by other indications of approaching
dissolution. Tlieso were succeeded by
unnaturally rapid breathing, that con
tinued to grow fainter with departing
vigor. Tho patient lay upon his side and
beyond occasional convulsive movements
of his limbs, there were no signs tliat ho
suffered pain and the end was scarcely
perceptible.
Presidential Election.
Rome, December 15.—Dr. C. Schenck
has been elected president, and Dr. E.
Witte vice president of tho Swiss confed
eration. .
How Eugenie Takes Bazaine’s Degra
dation.
London, December 15.—Empress Eu
genio was deeply affected at the verdict
and sentence of Marshal Bazaino. Her
agitation is so great that she lias been
compelled to postpono tho visit she was
about to mnko to Queen Victoria.
Death of nn M. P.
Henry Selfe Page Winter Botham,
member of Parliament for Strand, and
under secretary for tho Homo Depart
ment, is dead.
Tho schooner John Libby from Boston
for Genaircs, capsized. Three of her
crew perished. The remainder were res
cued by tho ship Sterling, which has ar
rived at Flushing from Philadelphia.
HEALTH.
COMFORT
, jrwxl digestion, if secured, produces
WEALTH.
Dissolutiou of Copartnership!
rpiTE uopnrtivrsMj, lioivt-.L.r,’.•
L the undt‘iMirn.-d it th.« d*iv disM.iw U
tuul consent Mr. HEN RY J/PE1 LR;. uuRer-
ized to dose up tho business.
CHARLES J. HARRIS.
HENRY J. PETER.
November 29* 1S73.
f.iwr Disease has ntllicteJ mankind severely in
iw tspast. but in the present fast ^iteration, it
ims become a scourgo almost unendurable. In
fact, man rather thin I «‘nr tho burden of a*life
made miserable by a Torpid Liver, resorts to sui
cide for relief.
More than half the ills that llosli is heir to re«
ult from a diseased Liver, the cure for which is
The Blessing tf the Nineteenth Ctntnry.
raEVE NTS
SLEEPLESSNESS,
SUICIDE,
INTEMPERANCE,
DEBILITY,
RESTLESNESS,
COSTIYENESS.
DEPRESSION.
ENVIOUS TEMPER,
NERVOUSNESS,
HEADACHE.
HEARTBURN,
JAUNDICE,
FEVER AND AGUE.
Are all caused by tho Li ver being out of ordor.
REGULATE THE LIVER
Drug Stock and Fixtures
For Sale.
Tho store occupied by HARRIS A lil'.TER is
a to 1m' given on the 1st day cf
meantime the Stock, Fixttxroi
aid inf.* firm nre offered both at
wholesale and retail at figures below ccst FOR
CASH. The accounts due said firm will bo placed
in the hands off an attorney for collection, unless
promptly arranged. The undersigueJ is deter
mined to close up the business :ia rapklly as pos
sible, and hopes that those against whom bo has
accounts will be prepared to settle prompt!
H. J. PEI
novSOtf
'ETf.R.
ffE FAIT MONEY
Low Prices for Cash!
MIDNIGHT DISPATCHKS.
From Washington.
Washington, December 15.—E. E.
Hoar, of Massachusetts, offered a reso
lution instructing the Judiciary Commit-
too to inquire and report whether the ac
tion of tho House is required concerning
the official conduct of the Judge of the
United States Court for tho district of
Alabama, aud especially whether tho
judge has hold the terms of his court as
required by law, and whether ha has con
tinuously and persistently absented him
self from the State, and whether his acts
and omissions in his office of Judge have
been such as in any degree to deprive
tho peoplo of that State of the benefit of
a district court therein, and to amount
to a denial of justice. Adopted.
H. A. Chadwic, formerly of Willard’s,
hut now connected with the Grand Pacific
Hotel, of Chicago, is hero on a visit. His
ruddy cheeks and portliness confirm tho
wisdom of Greeley’s advice, “Go Woat.’’
In the House to-day Judge Harris, of
Virginia, offeredabill to abolish tho tariff
on printing paper, type and type metal;
also a bill to pay old soldiers and their
widows of the war of 1812 without proof
of loyalty.
General Wigfall was on the floors of the
Senato and House, and attracted cour
tesy from all points.
John A. Mitclracr, in charge of tho
dead letter office, has been held in $5,000
bail on the chargo of stealing money
from dead letters.
The House passed a resolution to ad
journ from tho 19th instant to tho 6th
proximo.
The Loss of the Yille du Havre.
Nrw York, December 15.—Mr. Waite,
of tho Brevoost House, has received
letter from his son who was one of the
saved from the Ville du Havre, givinj
some interesting details of the sad event.
Shortly after leaving Now York gales
commenced, breaking ono blade of our
screw on Monday. From that time until
Friday morning there were continuou:
fogs and gales, when it cleared and we
had a lovely day, also a fine evening with
a clear sky and stars. The young man,
after describing tho appcaranco of the
hole made by the Loch Earn and his ef
forts to save his sister and some other la
dies, says while, with some other gentle
men, ho was ongaged in an effort to get
a boat afloat the steamer gave one last
plunge and tho waves rushed over, cov
ering them at once. He was one of the
first persons rescued. The purser
was picked up by the same boat
with scarcely any clothing, hut instead
of coming on board the English ship re-*
mained on the boat and rowed from an
hour and a half to two hours—saving
many people. Upon being transferred to
tho Tri-Mountain, tho Captain of that
vessel cared for them os well as human
beings could bo under the circumstances.
Capt. Uquhart is a noble man, and has
done nobly by us all. He gave up every
thing to us, and having carried his wife
often with him, was able to provide the
ladies, of whom there are eleven, with
dresses and other comforts. Of course
his provisions were very plain and not
very plenty, but he was ablo to give the
ladies three meals and the men two eveiy
day. They were mostly of salt meats and
pork, but as the cargo was principally of
flour, we had plenty of good bread. Twen
ty-four of us slept on the floor of the
cabin or improvised beds.
I think thoso saved did everything in
their power to save the passengers, but
the steamer Bank so quickly that there
was hardly time to launch the boats or do
anything. One poor woman, Mrs. Spof-
ford, of Chicago, who lost four children,
has been very low, and we feared for her
life.
A Boston lecturer the other night re
peated a story which an old lady once
told him. This lady at one time Kept
the most select boarding-house in Cam
bridge, near the college. One day a
seedy-looking man, with unkempt hair
and beard, came to her door and asked
for board. “Sir,” said she, “understand
that I receive none but gentlemen into
my house." “Very well,” he replied, “I
will go elsewhere.” “And who do you
think that shabby fellow was ?” the ven
erable lady said to the speaker. “He wa3
no lens than Prof. John Quincy Adams,
now President of the United State;.”
Itrorywhere they are strong in tlio lvlief that a
ronMiliili.-nnl imievnuit. u i-n par-itum uniting
the properties of a gentle punrative. a tonic, a
blood purifier and a evnerut regulator is tho Kreut
requisite ill all diseases.
Everywhere they tine cenbnt to the conclusion
that Simmons'I.iver IteguhZorifl precisely such
a preparation.
Everywhere mothers find it a suro neutraliser
of aridity of tlio stomach, indigi-sl ion anil colic ill
children. .
Everywhere it is heeomins the favorite home
remedy, haring proven itseli an unfading specific
iff biillousuess, comti pat toil, colic, sick headache,
bowel complaints, dyspejaia and fevers.
Tako Simmons' Liver Regulator, tho great
family medicine, purely vegetable. Itiaindn
marvelous medicine.
Simmons’ Liver Regulator
OR MEDICINE,
Is harmless,
Ia no drastic, violent medicine,
Is sure to cure if taken regularly.
Is no intoxicating beverage,
It is a greut aid to the cause of Temperance.
Is a faultless family medicine.
Is tho cheapest medicine iu tho world,
Is given with safety and tlio happiest results to
the most delicate infant.
Does not interfere with business,
Docs not disarrange tho system.
Takes tlio place of Quinine and Hitters of every
kind,
Contains tlic simplest and best remedies.
lleware of Counterfeits ami Imita
tions, and Preparations not In
our Original Paeka^cs.
Tako care not to buy any article as “Simmons*
Liver Regulator/' that has not our genuine Ih1k?1
and stamp upon it. Acsvpt no imitation or sub
stitute, however plausibly recommended. Huy
tho powder and prepnro it vourself, or buy the
liquid iu bottlesprejmred only by J. II. ZKIL1X
&CO.
PRICK ONE DOLLAR!
Manufactured only by
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
MACON.GJUnnd PHILADELPHIA.
TESTIMONIALS.
*‘I have never seen or trod sueh a simple, elll-
(ncious, satisfactory und pleasant remedy in my
i;r. •»—|i. Hainer, st. Louis. Mo.
Now is the chance for dealers nni consumers to
got bargains. If you want
DRUGS. MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS, GLASS,
PERFUMERY, BRUSHES.
SPICES. SOAPS.
Or any other thing in the drug line, call nt
Hunt, Rankin & Lamar’s
doc7tf 82 nnd 81 Cherry street.
NOTICE.
rjAHR wild land digaat is now ready for those in
_L this county owning wild lauds in other
counties to eome forward nnd ptty their taxes.
Tho timo is vary short. C. T. WARD.
novftS 30d Ordinary.
*‘I havo used tho Regulator in my family for
tho last seventeen years. I can safely recom
mend it to tho worhf ns tho medicine l ever
used for that class of diseases it jnirj>orts to cure.**
—M. P. Thigpen.
“Wo hnvo been acquainted with Dr. Simmons*
Liver Medicine for more than twenty years, mid
know it to be the best Liver Regulator offered to
tho public."—31. R. Lyon and M. L. Lyon. Bcll-
fontair.e, Ga.
CHRISTMAS GOODS!
—Foa— , |
YOUNG AMERICA!^
OlTVIvLilSIfc’.-ri |
NEW CONFECTIONERY AND TOY STORE. |
51 Mullwrry st.. next to Street It. R. oJilco. 9
“I HAVE just opened on.) of the largest und js
_L brat selected stocks in my lino ever breugt g
to Macon, embracing Toys, Confectioneries, fl
Fruits, etc. Everything m ray store is new H
nnd just from market. Silk. Wire nnd Comic fl
Masks in great variety. Suppers for partit-sF
nud weddings propsn»i at short notice. Gi veil
» a call when buying your Christmas good.* Is
teciotil j;
For Sale.
miles voutli of the town of CutUbert.
dolpli county, nnd containing four hundred nnd
fifty acres, of w hich about two huudxvd and lttty
an? cleared and under cultivation.
On tlic premises are a gin house and excellent
gin. ono double lug dwelling, and a sullieiency of
laborer** hous**s.n line well of water and n p.*>d mill
scat. There Is timber and find Miiticieiit on thft
place also b» realise more tlian double the pur
chase money. This property will pe koM on r.c*
eominodatiug terms, or cxehaiUKxl for city im*
provements. A only at this office, or to
THOS. POWELL.
oot>f Cnthbcri, Georgia.
WASHINGTON l»ON. * OXSLVEL CALL,
ini. A. LOFTON.
POE. HALL A LOFTON,
A1T0BNEY3 AT LAW,
MACON. GA.
OJficr, on Third street, over City Bank.
Situation Wanted.
A S a dry goods or groeri^v clerk, by n young
. man largely acquainted m Middlennd fk nth-
west Georgia, who am give the best an.I u&st
satisfactory references. Address
T. J. I...
►vlCtf Care Telegraph and Meauwger.
FOB SALE CHEAP.
street between Oak and Arch. Is within
minutes walk of the business part of tho city, de
pot and workshoj»s,andhas proven to be a healthy
place. Apply to
J). D. CBJHG.
auelO codlf
. A. MORRIS.
AGENCY MONTOUR MANUFACTURING CO.
J ONES A BAXTER.agents for above factory.
will keep constantly on hand 4-4 SHEET
ING. 7-8 SHIRTING, 5-lfi. or Plow Line COT
TON ROPE, which they w ill sell nt lowest mar
ket rates for cash. dccl21w_
Lime, Plaster, Cement,
LATHS Alfo PLASTERING HAIR.
A LL of best quality, always on hand, and for
sale cheap for cash, by
*12 iw JONES A BAXTER.
LENOIRS POTATOES.
TATOES. Th ebest in the market.
sale by
declSlw JONES & BAXTER.
CREAM CHEESE.
K/'A BOXES just received on consignment
tJ U and for sale low by
For Sale.
AXEtof the most valuable places in Vinexille,
V/ know u a-s the Bryant pltc ‘.containing about
forty-five acres, will be sold for cash or cotton* or
exchanged for real estate in the city of Macon.
Apply to A. J. QSLB>
nrtlfieod tf At Oliver. Douglass & «>.*
Land For Sale.
I OFFER for sale or lease 7,131 acres on Ca-
nanna crock, in Pulaski county, ten miles from
Hawkinsville and near the HawkinsriUe anil Eu-
faula railroad, (nowbeing constructed),—300 acres
cleared. Land divided to suit purchasers. Terms
liberal.
Parties wishing to buy or sell Georgia lands will
find it to their interest to address
WAI. LUNDY.
sc p2Sd 2a\v Awt f. Macon. Ga.
/■'I BORGIA* QUITMAN COUNTY.—William
"JT II. McKelvy has applied to me for exemption
of nersonalty, and I will pan upon the same at 10
o’clock, a. -M., -oth day of December, 1873, at my
cilice.
This December 12,187S.
decH 10d* W. P. JORDAN. Ordinary.
1§E)
clecl2 1 w
JONES & BAXTER.
VIRGINIA MOUNTAIN
RYE WHISKY!
Made in Martinsbury, Va.
TN Barrels and Half Barrels. Warranted pure.
JL For sale by
dec 12 lw
JONES & BAXTER.
Corn ! Corn! Corn !
Ann r.rsiiKLs choice white
.UUl I CORN, ill two-l.u-h. l IVn!:,].
JOXES Sc BAITER.
COW FEED!
150,000 PO0 - msw,1BlTIiRAX -
For sale cheap for
JONES A BAXTER.
BANKRUPT SALE.
B Y virtue of an order of the Honorable the
District Court ot the United States fur the
Southern District of Georgia, will be sold, free
from fill encumbrances, ou the first Tuesday iii (
January next, to tho highest bidder, in front of
thu Court-house door, in Jefferaonville, Twiggs
county,the following property, to-wit:
Three thousand t vo hundred acres of land,
more or less, lyinij in TwLfgn county, adjoining
lands of John T. Fitzpatrick. T. Jones and others,
and known as the My rick Mills place. The above
property will be sold in lots of 2u2i acres, more or
Terms cash.
Property sold a.i assets of S. P. Myrick. bank
rupt. BENJ. W. BARROW,
wm. McKinley, j r „
dcclOtds Assignees.
The only Reliable Gift Distribution in the c.
L _ D. S2N7S
TWKNTI F. rll
oln
To be drawn Thursday, January 1
iUK.
IN VALUABLE GIFTS
GRAND CAPITAL PRIZE.
$20,000 IN GREENBACKS !
ONE GRAND CASH PRIZE,
$10,000 IN GREENBACK:!!
ONE CASH PRIZE’ OF$5,080 IN GREENBACKS
h
Oite Prize of $3000
Six Prizes of
Ten Prizes of $500
“'I i! > j Greeubac
2,300 Gold and Silver Levc.
(in all) worth from $20 to $bi»
Coin Silver, Vest Chains,
Plated Silverware, Jewelry, i
Whole number of Giitj
ited to 100,000.
cts In
DEN NISON’8
ATE NT SHIPPING TAGS
•ver Two Hundred Millions havo
been used within tbe past ten years,
without complaint of loss by Tag be-
_looming detached- They are more re
liable for marking Cotton Bales than any Tag in
use. All Express Companies use them. Hold by
Printers and Stationers everywhere:
octt 3m
Agent* Wanted to sell TICKET*;
whom liberal Premiums will
be paid.
Single Tickets $2; Six Tick«-N 510; Twelve i
ets Twenty-five Tickets £40.
Circulars containing a full list pf pri.yyt, a »
scription of the manner of drawim-, and oth- r
formation in reference to the Distribution, will
sent to any ono ordering them. All letters n.,
be’addreased to
Main Oitice, L. D. SINE, Bov t '»l,
101 W. Fifth Street. Cincinnati. O
novl9 dJtwGw
FRENCH’S NEW HOTEL,
CtOJL CORTLANDT ami NEW CHURCH STS
NEWYORK. Onthe European plan. Kit'll
ARD P. FRENCH, son of the late Colonel Richard
French, of French’s Hotel, has taken tins lie : •
newly fitted up and entirely renovated the
Centrally located in the business part of merit*
Landies r and Gentlemen s Dining Rooms attaehs.-.-
junoI9tf