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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 P* 0 *- ai Xrmnti' nt •divrtivraents one dollar per aqua re d let* r flr*t puhli t inaerti.rti' at»on. and fifty Liberal rates Mtnhon. |M TXIKOUAI e a the oldfl rjia, and or ieat nows to U •MM lads iu wa loti ami pi* AVI M KasKXOKK represents nowkpap. r.any Jem 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&gtf 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