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M MHY MORNING. DEC. tl. mix.
Kct. tJesse Mercer—A Misrep
resentation Corrected.
riot the Index »ixl IUpt.,t.)
My attention haring been called by a
di-lingui-hed brother to a misrepresenta
tion of tho con luet and chara.-ter of Jesse
Mercer, in a Work styled "Memories of
Fifty Years." by W. H. 8 parks, I find on
; a,;es 7U and so tho following statement:
“Very soon after his inauguration (that
of Got. Clarke) the celebrated Joesc
Mercer, the great gun of tlio baptist de
nomination in «leorgia, was invited to
preach the funeral sermon of Got. Rabun.
katR was an especial friend of Mr.
Crawford, and a more especial enemy of
Ciurko. In miny respects ho was a re
markable man, n zealous and intolerant
sectarian, and ijuite as uncompromising
and bitter in his political feelings. His
zeal knew no bounds in propagating his
religious faith, and it was quite as ar
dent in persecuting his political oppo
nents. It was doubtful which he most
hat. 1. th. devil or John Clarke. Rabun
had lieon his r-eighls>r, his friend, and,
sis.vc all. a in -tnlier and elder in his
Church. It wiui quit,, fitting, under the
cireiicistances, that he should bo selected
tooffici ate in the funeral serricaa in hon
or of the lilta Governor. From respect,
Clarke and the Legislature were present.
Tho moment Mercer's eye, from the pul.
jilt, descried Clarke, ho threw open his
Hiblo violently, and for many minutes
was busy searebing, from page to page,
some desir.-J text. At last he smiled :
.mile! It was malignant as
t mount. Turning down the
the custom of "his church—
■ ive out to bo sung, line by
ii. This concluded, ho made
hurried prayer—contrary to
and, rising from prayerful
'led his Tlihle, and. fixing his
■ ke, bo directed his audience
hi I read, 'When the wicked
rule the land mourns.*
"Thecxjir.- -ionof his countenance, tho
twinkling <.f his oye, nil pointed so clear
ly to Clark.* as to direct the attention of
uvory one pre-ent to tho Governor. This
was follow.-1 try a sermon lialf made up
of tho Irregularities of Clarke's life. This
was the tocsin to the church, and it came
down in force with the opposition to the
Governor elect. It was. too, tho slogan
1 ' ’ rawford party to rally for a new
conflict.*'
Is tlicro a living man, who know Jesse
Mercer, who can, for a moment, enter-
tain tho foregoing statement os being
true? Onu would conclude that the wri
ter was an eye-witness of what he de
scribes. Hut, I venture to say, if his
other “Memories of Kifty Years" are no
more reliable than the foregoing, his
book is made up much more of fiction
than of fact. Who that know Jesse Mer
cer, lielioves that he was on “ enemy of
Clarke,” or of anybody else; that he was
"a zealous and intolerant sectarian; that
ho wn» “bitter in his political feelings;”
that on a solemn funeral occasion, or on
uny other occasion. “ ho threw open the
Hiblo violentlytliat when he found his
text, ho smiled, and that his smile “was
malignant ns that of n catamount;” that
“ ho mndo a short and hurried prayer,**
so nuxiotis was he to degrade his sacred
calling, and prostitute a solemn occasion
by abusing John Clnrko—half of his ser
mon having been devoted to this object?
I forbear from characterizing this pre
tended historical rcniinisceneo. But I
proceed to disprove it.
Fortunntclv, for tho truth of history,
nnd for tho character of a great and good
man, so unwarrantably realigned, wo
have authentic documents, # whicli enable
us to set the matter in a tnio light. Mr.
Mercer was invited by tho Legislature to
preach n funeral discourse before that
liody, on tbo character of Governor Ra
bun. That discourse was published, and
passed through two editions. Tho intro
duction is in the following words:
"Culled as I am, by tho General As
sembly of a State in mourning for tho
sudden and unexpected death of her be
loved Chief Magistrate, to express tho
high consideration in which lie was so
justly held, nnd to afTord a tribute of re
spect duo h'S departed worth, I tremble
ns I advnnco; nnd, feeling as I do, apar-
ticnlar and melancholy interest in this
alllietive dispensation, while I make tho
compontioa only as they content
ke« a# oxygen and hydrogen, in the pro-
stances and ths facts, arc as vivid to my i portion in which th its gases unite to
form wi I ^|^^n
memory to-day as though they occurred
but yesterday, and not fifty years ago.
When I wrote the above extract I was
as well aware of the existence of this pub
lished sermon referred to, as I am to-day.
It was read by me at the time of its pub
lication and preserved for many years,
not because of any merit in the composi
tion, for it is, so far as style and matter
are concerned, contemptible; bot because
of its entire dissimilarity to the preached
aerm osa.
When the above extract was in manu
script, I read it to Mr. Shivers, who was
the son-in-law of Gov. Rabun, and who
I knew was present and heard the sermon
preached. He disagreed with me as to
the words, "when the wicked rale the
land mourns”—being the text preached
from, but said they occurred in that por
tion of scripture read at tho commence
ment of the service. And he remembered
they were emphasized by Mercer and re
peated frequently during the sermon,
and insisted the text appended to the
published sermon was the text preached
from. This may be the fact. I do not
claim infalibility for my memory. But
water. Thus, a pound of I.ignine
is composed of 8 ounces of carbon and
8 ounces of water. Adding 2 ounces of
water, we have the ronriiiumi* of 18
ounces of starch. Another ounce of wa
ter gives 1U ounces of cane sugar, or su
gar-gum ; which differ only in the ar
rangement of their component molecules.
Add one more ounce of water, and we
hare 20 ounces of milk-sugar; still an
other ounce gives ergot-sugar. One more
ounce cf water gives us 22 ounces of
grape-sugar, which, therefore, consists of
half a pound of carbon seven-eighths
of a pound of water; or the proportion
of 12 atoms of earbon, 14 atoms of oxy
gen, and 28 atoms of hydrogen, the rela
tive weights of the atoms being 12, 16,
and 1. That is, with the same base, of
12 atoms of carbon, weighing as much as
6 molecules of water, we have, by
weight:
Material equals Carbon and Water.
Lignin.- 8 8
Starch 8
Cane-8ugar fcrystolizcd).... 8
Gum (dexorine) 8
Milk-Sugar - 8
claim intalibility tor my memory. But Jlli *~ ou a ar - n
when I reflected, and called np to mind j Ergot-Sugar 8
many parts of the sermon, which were
legitimately deducible from what I sup
posed the text, and which were so pointed,
and so personal, that they aroused the
indignation of Gov. Clarke, who rose and
left the bouse in disgust, I could not sur
render my own, to tho conviction of Mr.
Shivers. And as I was writing my own
and not tho memory of Mr. Shivers, and
assured in my own mind that I was right,
I wrote tho report as it is—and now be
lieve it strictly correct—the opinion of this
honorable drone to the contrary notwith
standing.
There is not a word in tho printed ser
mon to w hi eh Governor Clarke could justly
except; then this expressive action of his
would have been justly censurable.
The truth is, this published sermon was
an after thought. The legislature, at
whose invitation Mercer preached the
sermon, requested a copy for publication,
and at a long interval after its delivery,
it was published. Mercer never preached
from notes, or delivered prepared ser
mons; moat assuredly he did not use
notes or manuscript of any sort when
preaching this sermon. I well remember
the remark of tho late William C. Daw
son, upon the published sermon when it
first made its appearance. He said "lam
glad the old man, upon second thought,
omitted the remarks so offensive to Gov
ernor Clarke." Mr. Campbell delights to
vindicate the truth of history—I prefer
to report the true history. Byron has
■xid "all history is fiction." I know of no
history to which this remark is more
truthfully applicable than Mr. Camp
bell's. In answer to Mr. Campbell’s in
quiry ‘‘who over knew Jesse Mercer to
hato any one ?” I know and presume
there ore many others living who remem
ber his hatred for Governor Clarke was
a proverb fifty years ago. I do not ex
pect him or any of his kidney to be
lieve this. He and they are so steep
ed in the bigotry of their adulations
of the man, that they would not be
lieve, though ono roso from the
dead to testify to the fact. And I will
add, I am perfectly indifferent as to what
they may believe, or in their spite do,
but will say to this fossil of the Baptist
Church, for such I understand he is, that
he is not tho only ass who was bom to
believe a lie, and dies in ignorance. I
must not be understood as speaking dis
respectfully of the Baptist Church. Like
all other denominations, sho has her big
ots and hypocrites, and I have neither
mercy, respect or charity for these, and
cannot admit that their belonging to that
church exempts or secures them from the
contempt and scorn they merit. I re
spect and honor all who, in sincerity,
worship God, but my charity will not
compass a servilo bigot, whoso only merit
is to make his malice conipicuous. For
Mr. Campbell I have no animosity, des
pite liis effort to impugn my veracity, but
would advise him when he next overflows
with malice to Bpit it at tho winds. They
can find no monitor to blow it in his face,
and trust for the future the poor man
may havo less spite, more charity and
better sense.
As to his fling at the book, I have this
to say: It is a legitimate object of criti-
cfforl tlio tenderost sensibilities of mv | c ‘ 3ra - K ^ bcen before the world
heart mourn, nnd an unulterablo grief 1*!“*« years—has gone through threo cdi-
tions—was republished in London m
thirty days after it was published in Phil
adelphia. It has met, without exception,
the commendation of the press of Amer
ica, and the reviews of England. With
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CHRISTMAS GOODS !
NEW YEAR’S GOODS!
grief
thrills through uiy soul.
"Your lab' excellent Governor wus tho
pleasant ami lovely companion of my
youth; my constant friend and endeared
Christian brother in advancing years;
and, till death my unremitted fellow-
laborer and ablo support in all the efforts
of benevoleneo and philanthropy in
which 1 hud the honor and happiness to
be engaged, calculated citliev to amend
Or meliorate the condition of man.”
After this short introduction, Mr. Mer
cer proceeded to quote the passage of
Scripture upon wliich his discourso was
founded—not tho inonvfTvl text given by
Mr. Sparks—but the following : "Know
ye not that there is a prince and a great
limn fallen iu tsreal ?” 2d Sam. 3:38-
Krom this text ho- took occasion to con
sider tho importance nnd character of a
great man in a nation, and the light in.
which bis/ait (or death) is to bo regarded.
There is not a sentence in tho discourse
that can be fairly construed as pointing
to Governor Clarke, nor indeed as having
My political bearing at all. Its charac
ter is indicated by tho few introductory
remarks given. It. is devoted to tho
elucidation of the character of Governor
Rabun, and his loss to the people of
Georgia. 1 can only give these closing
sentences: "Ami thus died Governor R*s~
tun. llis remains are deposited in the
gloomy mansions of tho dead, where
clustering sorrows grow with luxuriance,
and the adanco of death flourishes in si
lent bloom. But his departed spirit is
gone to that unknown region where the
eloek strikes one, and the pendulum vi
brates seer always / ever always! ever al-
if.iy<.’ and the clock strikes no more.”
All who are living, who wore- extempo
rary with Mr. Mercer, (os was the writer
for many years) will testify that, though
a divided character, os all great men are,
he was a man of great ability, of noble
and generous impulses, of deep piety, of
unbounded benevolence, of great meek
ness of spirit, of dignified and becoming
mein, and was every way worthy of the
respect and veneration in which he was
held by all denominations of Christians
and by nil classes of society.
Why Mr. Sparks—himself an old man
—should seek to degrade Mr. Mercer in
tho estimation of posterity is beyond my
comprehension. It is what Mr Mercer
never did towards others.
If Mr. Mercer was such a man os Mr.
Sparks represents him to have been, it is
a reflection upon the Baptist denomina
tion in Georgia and elsewhere throughout
the land, that he was so highly esteemed
while living, and that they still cherish
his memory, now that he is dead. Ho
was their acknowledged loader in this
State, and the highest honor* were paid
him wherever he went. Mercer Univer
sity. which he aided in founding and sus
taining while living, and to which he be
queathed the bulk of his property at his
death, is a standing reproach to the good
men who named it. and who still take
pleasure in its prosperity. It is duo to
him, it is due to them, it is duo to truth
and righteousness, it is due to posterity,
that this reproach should be wiped out—
that this misrepresentation should be
corrected, J. H. CxurBELL.
Perry, Go., November 11, 1873.
such an array in its praise I fancy it bos
little to fear from the malignant attack
of an obscure piney woods scribbler, or
even of those whose aid he evokes to give
it publicity.
This much I have said that the public
may know the truth. For the future I
shall pay no attention to anything from
Mr. Campbell or his coadjutors, but leave
Tray, Blanch and Sweetheart to bark at
me until they weary of their vocation.
W. H. Spares, of New Orleans,
Author of the "Memories of Fifty Years."
The above extract from the Memories
of Fifty Years has drawn upon me the
accompanying malignant phiBipics from
tho pen of one J. H. Campbell, of Perry,
Houston county. He —— ■*« my veracity
and denounces the extract a fiction. This
is done upon what he terms authentic
authority. A sermon purporting to have
boon preached as the funeral aernum of
the late Gov. Rabun by one Jesse Mercer.
This scribbler and eomo of his officious
brethren seem to think this fixes upon
me a deliberate misstatement.
Mr. Campbell says : “One would con
clude the writer was an eye witness of
“Death in the Pot,
A few weeks ago, tho American Grocer
called attention to the fact that certain
parties are selling what purports to be
sugar sirup, but is really an artifical
product, obtained by tbe chemical action
of sulphuric acid (oil of vitriol) upon
some of several substances which consist
principally of the essential material of
wood fibre. There are reasons for be
lieving that the manufacture and sale
and consumption of this vile substitute
for the genuine article is much more gen
eral than would be believed by any one
who had not personally investigated the
matter. It is probable that nearly 50
per cent, of the material which, under the
1 alluring names of golden sirup, silver
' drips, etc., enters largely into consump
tion at the breakfast table, especially in
winter, is on artificial product of the
chemist’s skill, and contains rank poison.
Tho writer has recently tested some sam
ples of “very fine” sirup, served out to
families, and found them to contain the
oil of vitriol in dangerous quantities.
The substonoe thus operated upon is
called Lignine by the chemists. It is the
basis of the fibre of wood, and exists al
most pure in undressed cotton and linen.
Hence old rags, and other equally objec
tionable refuse substance, from the ma
terial out of which this bogus sirup is
made. Revolting as are the associations
colled up by this fact, a very much more
serious objection is found in the sulphuric
acid, which still lurks in the sirup, and
manifests its presence there when sub
jected to a suitable chemical test. When
it is known that this acid is an active
corrosive poison to the human organism,
one may well shudder at the idea of be
ing murdered by inches at the table with
poisoned sweets. It is enough to moke
one regard the sirup-cup with horror like
that exhibited by the sons of the prophets,
when they exclaimed to Elisha, “Oh!
thou men of God: there is death in the
pot!”
The artificial production of sugar from
starch has long been practiced. It is
only a hundred years (1773) since Lavoi
sier discovered the composition of wa».or
a fact which lies at the foundation of the
immense superstructure now known as
chemistry. But tho starch of grain was
converted into the sugar of malt, by ar
tificial means, long before that time.
And the cheaper methods of obtaining
sugar from starch, discovered since then,
are equally harmless, and almost equally
free from objection. But these processes
do not satisfy the greed of tbe present
day ; and so sirup-makers now resort to
saw-dust, Tags, and possibly to many
other kinds of vegetable fibre, from which
they may develop the sirup by the aid of
powerful acids. These changes are ef
fected in the natural growth of the vege
table ; but there the acids are all elim
inated in the process, and the alkalies
left in th# fibrous structure of the plant.
The character of these changes forms
a very interesting group of facts in or
ganic chemistry, and they are so simple
ae to be easily presented to the ordinary
■ii), theugh not understood by the most
profound jphUoeoohor. It has been
Grape-Surar 8
It should be borne in mind that these
element* are chemically united to form
the different substances in the above list.
I We may mix starch with the required
quantity of water; but the mechanical
mixture will not form any one of tho
above kinds of sugar, until the atoms
have been induced to unite chemically.
The conversion of the starch of barley in
to tbe sugcr of malt is effected by first
wetting the grain and then boating it;
superfluous moisture being removed by
drying, when the process of chemical
union bas advanced to the required stage.
The change can also be effected by treat
ment with sulphuric acid, A small quan
tity of the acid is mixed with water, in
which tbe starch is boiled for some time.
Under this treatment the starch first
changes into dextrine, and afterwards in
to grape-sugar; but we cannot obtain
cane-sugar by the artificial process,
as the atoms will not arrange them
self in the required order. Cane-
sugar crystolizes very readily, while
grape-sugar does not, though two of the
molecules of water may be removed from
the latter without altering its general
character, making what is known as “dry
grape-sugar" (carbon 12, oxygen 12, hy
drogen 24, atoms). Hence the crystal -
ized sugar we buy is natural; the artifi
cial product being sold as sirup.
If carbonate of lime be added to the
grape-sugar (sirup) it takes up the sul
phuric acid; and the resulting combina
tion may then be removed from the «»*«.
by the mechanical process of filtering.
To make sugar sirup direct from Lig-
nine requires the exercise of much more
chemical energy than in making it from
starch; though less costly, owing to the
relative cheapness of the material used.
It requires the use of a far greater pro
portion of sulphuric acid in the water, for
which it has on affinity so intense that if
Lignine bo placed in the undiluted acid
it parts with its water and becomes
mere mass of (black) carbon. The Lig
nino is steeped in a strong solution of tho
acid, wliich is kept cool till the dextrine
13 formed, and then the process of boil In
develops the sirup from the dextrine.
And herein lies tho great danger of
eating tho sirup made from Lignine; es
pecially to the tender constitutions of
children, who use much more sirup than
robust men. The quantity of the acid
used in the process is so great that it is
very difficult to separate all of it from the
Birup; we may almost say it is impossible
to do it by any present method, in manu
factoring the sirup on a large scale. The
consequence is, tliat a portion of the acid
generally remains to imperil the stom
achs and intestines of those who eat the
villainous mixture, which is generally of
so* vile an origin that the gorge of the
cater would rise at it if he only knew the
material from which it is made.
There can really be no more serious
objection to tho use of sirup mado from
starch than to tho eating of crystallized
sugar, which has been purified by passing
through animal albumen; because the
dangerous acid is all removed. The
other stuff is so perilous to human health
that those who manufacture it, and those
who knowingly vend it, ought to be sent
to tho penitentiary for life, as conspirators
against tho bodily welfare of society.
And the evil is so great that no one
should dare to take the risk of selling
this sirup. Fortunately it is easy to
bring it to tbe test. A small quantity
of the muriate, or nitrate, of baryta,
mixed with water, makes a clear solution.
If to this be added a small quantity of
sulphuric acid, a white precipitate is
formed, which is insoluble in water.
Tannin also gives a block precipitate;
unless, perhaps, if the acid have been
neutralized by albumen. If tbe Birup
will stand these tests, it may be sold and
eaten with softy. If not, it should b,
thrown away, and its vendors prosecuted
as modern Borgias.—Chicago Tribune.
A Wooden Wedding and
Wooden Waif.
On Wednesday evening Mr. and Mrs.
Charles W. Barnes celebrated their wood,
en wedding at their residence on Ononda
ga street. The attendance was large and
the affair was characterized by a new fea
ture. About nine o’cfcck the joyous com
pany was Btartled by on extremely ener
getic pull at the bell. Upon opening the
door a basket was discovered on the door
step. Thoughts of an addition to the
family rushed througn the heads of the
bride and groom, wheih seemed almost
certain upon a closer examination of the
basket and contents. Rolled up in a
blanket appeared the semblance of a fine,
healthy child, attired in Oriental cos
tume. To the blanket was pinned a note,
on opening which was found a hundred-
dollar greenback. The note read as fol
lows:
Dear Sir—Please secure a good home
for this treasure in some pious family.
We hope the $100 hill enclosed will be
used by you for the child, and there is
more of the same sort where that come
from. Don’t let the poor fellow go to the
poorhouse. HU name U Henry. HU pa
rents are poor but honest, his faiher]be-
ng a counterfeiter. Let me hear the re
mit in the New York Herald.
A closer examination of the contents of
tbe basket showed the child to be a wood
en one, about two feet high, while one of
the less startled of the guests discovered
the hill to be a wooden one so far os its
value was concerned. The wooden waif
has been adopted by Messrs. Putnam k
Brewster, under whose fostering core it
U to be hoped it will be reared to a life
of usefulness and honor. The incident
occasioned much sport, and was one of
the many enjoyable features of a happy
occasion.
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Notwithstanding the Scarcity of Money !
And havo just opened a huge assortment of
SHYER PLATED GOODS, TOILET SETS,
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AT VERY LOW TRICES.
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desl7eoI tf
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filFT CONCERT!
WILL BE HELD AT
LEAVENWORTH, KAN.,
DECEMBER 31st, 1873,
for THE BENEFIT OF A
JUVENILE EEFOEM SCHOOL.
40,000 Gifts,
$450,000 in Prizes,
Principal Prize $100,000
Consisting of the superb palatial residence of Si
mon Abelea. Esq., unsurpassed as a private
dwelling in the United States, being only a few
blocks from the Court-house, surrounded by mag
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pleted with &U modern improvements.
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5,000 “
2.500 “
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FRUITS!
23 Barrels CHOICE RED APPLES.
50 Boxes BEST FLORIDA ORANGES.
Just received—RAISINS in boxes, halves and quartets.
CURRANTS, PRUNES and CITRON in quantities to suit purchasers.
A general osssortment of NUTS and CANDIES, and all manner of
CHRISTMAS GOODS
NOW IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE.
I have arrangements mode by which I will receive one hundred barrels of
APPLES and fifty boxes best FLORIDA ORANGES once a week, all of which will
be especially selected for the Christmas trade. Buyers will find it to their interest
to call on me.
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ESTABLISHED
24 YEARS!
$1,250,000!
86,450 “ 2 50
40,000 Prizes -
The title to the above real estate
perfect.
The liberal terms of this scheme brings it with-
in the reach of all—the greatest opportunity ever
offered for the poor man to rise to wealth.
PMICE OF TICKETS.
8inglo Tickets, $2 50; Eleven Tickets, $25 00;
Fifty-afx Tickets, $125 00; Ono Hundred and Fif
teen Tickets, $250 00.
The drawing will be made under the superin
tendence of a committee apiiointed by the high
est officials in the State, duly gworn to the faith
ful performance of the duties assigned them.
The highest official* both of city, county and
State have not ouly endorsed Mr. Abelcs, but also
his scheme.
The demand for tickets is unimrallclixl, and all
desiring to participate in the drawings should at
once form their clubs and send in tlieir orders.
AGENTS WANTED in all States, Cities
and Towns in the U. 8. and Canadas.
Money should lie sent by Registered Letter, P.
O. Order or Express, with the full address of the
purchaser in plain writing.
Every package of 11 tickets has a chance to win
11 prizes, but positively certain to win one, whfle
one person out of every ten who purchase n pack
age of 11 is bound to win two prizes.
For forthfir information ami particulars, send
for circulars to the Manager and Proprietor, and
address SIMON AKELES,
MtfiSndSD Leavenworth. Kansas.
WING & SOLOMON
Offer to the public a lsrge and newly (elected stock of
FINE JEWELRY!
STERLINQ SILVER AND HATED-WARE.
And embracing many new and novel stylo*, just out
They are sole agent* for the celebrated
L. <5c M. PERFECTED SPECTACLES!
THE BEST IX USB.
Their Work Department is complete. Xew Work and Badge* made to order. To fine watch
work and repairing,special attention is given—and guarantee their work—at moderate charge*,
octtttf
prored fcj cbemfctl
repeated, and bj man/ different mresti-
gators, that the essential substance of
ISCKJCASING SrPPLT ox Gkexxbacks.—
Tbe New York Tribune of December 13
reports the progress of inflation aa fol
lows: On the 31st of August last there
were in circulation $344,000,000 of legal
tender notes usd $45,000,000of fractional
currency, making $389,000,000 of paper
E romises to pay, after deducting the sums
eld in the United States Treasuries.
The corresponding amounts now are
$372,000,000 of legal tender notes and
$48,000,000 fractional currency, or $420,-
000,000 in all, deducting as before tbe
sums in the Treasury. This is on infla
tion of $31,000,000 in a little more than
three months.
PrrrsnuRO Printsrs* Test Cass.—
Pittsburg, December 16.—Bills of indict
ment against the members of Typo
graphical Union No. 7 oi this city will be
brought before tho grand jury of the
Court of Quarter Sessions to-morrow.
Seventy of them are presented, and all
hare given tail. The evidence against
them is said to be aceh os will cause a
true bill to be fonnd against all of them.
This is regarded by the members of
trades onions throughout the State as a
test case.
THE MACON
Fire Insurance and Tmst Association.
OFFICE 64 MULBERRY STREET.
cough fi,zov.re
TII KOAT.I N FLU-
ENZA, Y/JCOOP
ING COUGlt,
Ckolt, Bnoxciirr-
is. Asthma, cr.rt
every affection of
tho TUrOAT, X.UKG3
and chest, cro
ppeixiily and per-
nanentb- cared i>y
tho use of Du. W15-
tae’s Balsam or
_ "Wilt* Oiu:i*.nv,
which does not dry up a cou-rh and leave tho cnaso
behind, but loosens It, cleanses tho Juries and allsys
irritation, thus removing the cause of the complaint.
CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED
by a thnelv resort to this standard remedy, ns is
proved by hundreds of testimonials it has received.
Tho penuine is signed I» AfBf" on the wrapper,
8LT1I W. TOW LI*: & SONS, PaonurrocSy Los
ton, Mass. Sold by dealers generally.
MANUFACTURED BY
Langdale’s Chemical Manure Company
(LIMITED.)
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENGLAND.
Has the following Powerful Recommendations for Planters
It is aTjenuine English mado Manure, the only one in tho market, and manu
factured by a compauy having a capital of $1,250,1)00, which sells 40,000 tons annu
ally, and has the most extensive works of the kind in Great Britain, which luive
been in operation 24 years. The Langdale, therefore, has a good pedigree and is no
xperimont.
It contains a larger proportion of chemical elements suited for the promotion
of vegetable life, and especially of cotton, than any other fertilizer offered in the
South. It is ths best and safest Cotton Manure in tho market.
The analysis given with tho Manure when sold will be guaranteed. There shall
be no mistake about the genuineness of the article, nor tho good faith of the vendors.
It is tho cheapest Manure offered, as it contains nothing but what is of use in
becoming plant-food, or by chemical action on the soil, producing the same. The
test of cheapness is not the price, but tho actual worth of the article purchased.
Low-priced Manure cannot contain efficient quantities of puro and valuable chemi
cals, which can alone givo worth to a fertilizer, and bring satisfactory results. The
Langdale is as low in price as is consistent with the use of tho best ingredients, anil
a fair commercial profit on its cost.
The employment of powerful machinery in mixing and pulverizing the ingre
dients prepares every particle for service, and prevents trouble in using. The Lang
dale is unequalled in this respect, and impresses every one who sees it as a perfectly
manipulated Manure.
In its composition and preparation it is the result of careful scientific research
and experiment, confirmed by practical application for a quarter of a century. It
will bo maintained at its present high standard, and is thus what planters have
long wanted - a thoroughly reliable and safe Manure.
THE MODEL MANURE AND PLANTER’S FRIEND,
SPECIAL AKBANGEMENTS WITH GRANGES FOR CASH.
AGENTS IN
CLEMONS & JAMES,
J. BEN WILSON & CO-
RUFF, WINTERS & WHITLOCK,
B. IT. WEIGLEY & CO.,
J. W. WHEATLEY .t CO.,
G. M. STOKES, -
WM. J. RUSSELL,
C. M. DAVIS, - - -
SPEERS .t NILES,
J. D. IIAVIS,
GEORGIA:
- Colummis.
Atlanta.
- Marietta.
- Macon.
- Amcricus.
- Leesburg.
A.thens.
- Arlington.
Marshallville.
Perry.
P. O. BOX 42i
W. McKAY, General Agent, Mac on, Ga.
n. i. oraiuxnv.
JOES VXIKSXET.
Is. J. GUILMABTIN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
“AND—
General Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Lime, Jewell’s Mills Yarns and Domestics,
etc. Baggiiiff, Rope and Iron Ties&lways oil hand.
Usual facilities extended to customers,
aujrl dwiswflm
PHELPS DOREMUS & CORBETT,
(Late Phelps k Doremus.)
XAXUFACTCKKB* AND DEALERS IN
PARLOR, CHAMBER AND OFFICE FURNITURE,
MATTRESSES, SPRIN8 BEDS, ETC.,
264 and 266 Canal St., Near Broadway, Now York
PHELPS. OTIS CORBETT. WM. T. DOREMUS.
D. L. ROBERT9. V. A. CARD
DWIGHT L. ROBERTS & CO..
FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANT>
Savannah, Ga.
Liberal advances made on Produce in hand.
We have a good stock of Bagging and Ties on
hand, which we offer at low rates, sep!2 6m
i m
AGRICULTURAL DEPOT.
TH DIXIE PLOW?
This Plow is now in general uso in Georgia, and without a doubt has become tho
favorite Plot? with tho Farmers of tlio So- th. Sold only by MALONE, WILLING
HAM & CO.
GEO. B. TURPIN, Pres.
GEORGE 3. TURPIN*.
J. RANDOLPH WHITEHEAD.
BASIL A. WISE.
ADDISON* R. TINSLEY,
J. MONROE OGDEN, See. and Treaa.
SAMUEL P. DICKINSON.
JOHN C. CURD.
SAMUEL T. COLEMAN,
SOLOMON WAXELBAUM,
ALBERT MIX.
Ia now prepared to issue policies uf Insurance upon Dwellings. Stores, Stock Cotton. Kerehan-
di«e, and Household Furniture. lebXSt
J. N. LIGHTFOOT
Cotton Factor and Commission
Merchant,
IN Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Ajfent, for the sale of Merry man’s Ammon iated
Bonea.smjB am
L. M. Wimil D. XOBT. WATXE.
WARFIELD 4 WAYNE,
Cotton Brokers and Commission
Merchants,
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
O PEER their services to planters and shippers
of cotton, etc- and solicit a share of their dus-
nem. Cash advances made on consignments at
lowtwt rates of interest. All busmen* entrusted
to our care, will receive prompt attention. “Fu
ture.” bought and sold in the Savannah and New
York Cotton Exchange on the most reasonable
terms.seplZ 6m
WRIGHT’S COTTON PLANTER.
No Farmer can resist the temptation of purchasing ono of Wright’s Planters after
learning its merits, from tbe fact that the mode of distributing seed and guano with
this Planter is different from all others—saving more time, labor and seed than any
other in use. Sold only by MALONE, WILLINGHAM & CO.
Every class of Farming Implements, Com Mills, Feed Cutters, Plows, Plaw Foints,
Grass Rods, Heel Bolts, etc., etc., for sale by MALONE, WILLINGHAM & CO.
Our prices to suit the times. Before pnrehasing elsewhere, call and examine our
stock, or address us, at No. 10 Hollingsworth block, Macon, Ga. dec2-3m
and Arlington Life Ids. Co.,
OF VIRGINIA.
Home Office, Richmond, Va. Branch Office, 92 Mulberry st., Macon, Ga.
ASSETS OVER $2,000,000
POLICIES ISSUED, OVER 20,000
ANNUAL INCOME $1,500,000
PLAN MUTUAL.
John C. Herat* died worth $100,000.
This was made kaeptug . gwwiKHvig h/wi—.
He was pat into the bn nines by W«. M-
Tweed in 1870. He had three partners,
and the four often divided $20,000 a
month profits between them.
ALL CASH.
Pellt-Ies Issue*, when Meslre*. ea the fTtCK PLAIT AM* BATES, er up
ether that la Legitimate.
This is the only Southern company that has, and does, regularly pass the investi
gation of all Northern and Western State Departments, thus securing every evi
dence of security and good management that any company in our country boast of.
It retains within the State of Georgia all moneys collected is the State, and mokes
no investments, which ore doubtful, for policy soke.
It is secure, economically managed, and m the hands of well-known SAathern
gentlemen.
I refer'to any business man in the city of lfmwm or the State at Georgia, who
knows me, as to my character for honesty and integrity, and accept the decision.
T. STANLEY BECKWITH, Geiend Agt
Honest and Reliable Agents Wanted. , deefieodtm
w. nrscu. j. a. johisto.v. x. xaclss*.
DUNCAN, JOHNSTON CO.,
Cotton Factors and General Com
mission Merchants,
tl Bay Street, Savannah, La.
amrl 6m
FLANNAGAN, ABELL Sc CO.,
Cotton Factors and General Com
mission Merchants,
185 BAY STREET, SAVANNAH. GA.
M ANAGING Aprils for the Ensrlish Stonewall
Fertilizer, etc. Bapging and Tie* furnished,
and liberal cash advances made on consignments
for sale in Savannah, or on shipment* to our cor
respondent* in Northern, Eastern or European
market*. aujrl 6m
±. M. SLOAJI. JLBTHTB IT. SOLIJnS. G. V. VTTLLT, J£
A. M. SLOAN CO.y
Cotton Factors and General Com
mission Merchants,
Clmghorn A Cunningham'sBange,
Bay Street, Havana* h, Ga.
B AGGING and Ties advanced on crop*. Liberal
cash advances made on consignments for sale
in Savannah, or on shipment* to reliable correa-
ita in Liverpool, New York, Philadelphia,
or Baltimore. augl 6m
WHOLESALE
HARDWARE
CUTLERY, ETC.,
Cherry Street,
ootI2tf
Macon, G».
x. h. cons, jx- job. am
COHEN k HULL,
Cotton Factors and General Corn-
mission Merchants,
M Bay Street, uvaush, La.
■star nspecttsUy to J. W. Lathrep A Co, N
A. Hardee’, 8on A Co. Tiaon A Gordon. H. Meyer
A Co, Milo Hatch, V p. Savannah Bank and
Trust Co. seplSSm
ERNEST PESCHKE’S
Macon Standard Mean Time.
tbe exact Macon mean time to within a fraction of a second.
9 m *Special attention paid to the Repairing and Rating of fine Watches, as «cell as all kinds
new work made to order. fcil27 Ij