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mmemmam J7'..7*rt»-M I h « da^'-nboa." Naturally enough | wood On (Ligaine), starch, and tbe dif- .v‘*n’ «* «nU.date each was the Hart, and : ferent kiads of nuv, differ in their — V ~z ' ? * I in doing to, I endeavor*} to be fhithful to the facts. The scene, the circum- ond such that of a cat loaf—m »n : he rote and < line, hit hya a short and bit < imtein position, *»!•. eye npoti Ch to hit text, 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 10 11 11 li 13 14 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. WALKER & BOBBS Have got the Panic “ Bad,” and have marked their Goods down down down down down down DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN TO A P I N T. WE ARE DETERMINED THAT THE PEOPLE SHALL HAVE CHRISTMAS, CONSUMPTION CURED. GLOBE FLOWER COUGH 8TBUP tea y—YiWm Cur*, mm if be mape, CoId*, Cough*. Bronchit.?, Asthma. Whooping-Cough. Sons Throat, Hoar-sene*. Consumption, and all LongDiaeaM. We hare never known tho second door to fail in giving immediate relief in Croup, Utt great of children and terror of mothers. Globe Flower Syrup ha* been tested In X000 caaes of Consumption, in which it cured nearly every ease. , It cures when all other boasted remedies toil. It ha* cured hundred* cf people who are living to-dav with only one remaining lung. Thu rare and delightful remedy is the active principle, obtained by chemical process, from tbe “Globe Flower/ known, also, aa "Button Root/* and in Botany "Cepkolantkns Occidental is.” We can with truth assure the community that this incomparable remedy does not contain a particle of opium, or any of its preparations, no lobelia, ipecac, squill*. mercury, hydrocyanic add. or any poison whatever. The action of the Globe Flower Syrup on the human system is mild and benign, and adapted to all ages, from the infant to the adult, ana to every variety of temperament and constitution. The effects to be looked for after Globe Flower Cough Syrup, are first, a soothing and controlling mkuenoe over any Cough, affording Refreshing Sleep; second, promoting an easy Ex pectoration ; third, invigorating the whole sys tem. curing the Cough, and bequeathing to pos terity one of its greatest blessings. S*ul Lop iri Innitj Irtm Cnsniptin. For testimonials of Wonderful Cure*, send to the proprietor, or call upon your druggist. One bottle will prove to you its wonderful virtues. For flale by all Druggists. DR. /. S. PEMBERTON ft CO..Prop’s. Atlanta, Ga. HUNT. RANKIN A LAMAR, decs eod A w2m Wboles&le Arts* M aeon. Go- THE SHOETEST BOUTS TO FORTUNE. HIM.,,, FOR ONLY *1 SOI THE LARGEST RETURN’ FOR THE SMALLEST INVESTMENT. Notwithstanding the Scarcity of Money ! And havo just opened a huge assortment of SHYER PLATED GOODS, TOILET SETS, MOTTO CUPS, ETC.. ETC., AT VERY LOW TRICES. Come and sea for yourself, and remember that our Goods are USEFUL as well os ORNAMENTAL, quite an item these times. desl7eoI tf W ALKER <3c DOBBS. AGRAND 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 nificent grounds, orchards, gardens aud vine yards. The building has been only recently com pleted with &U modern improvements. PRIZE LIST. $10,000 each. 5,000 “ 2.500 “ 1,000 “ 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. decUtf J. F. BARFIELD. 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