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ii ooverlJ'** Davis, <»t Wms,”
The man Davis. Tho lacked only a
little anticipated Larking from tl. Fed
eral authorities to plunge the State of
Toxae into bankruptcy and anarchy,
eocina t** be nmon- tho worst of th n po
litical *i.*ponsJo* , thrown up liy the
w are* of public disorder. KotonlydidUfia
man, a Gove run: of tlio State, approve
the hill providing for the election, which
he ha-- - ought to act aside after the totes
wore counted and the result declared,
but it now appeari that the very pro
visions of tl,,* hill which he procured the
Supreme Court to declare unconstitu
tional were adopted on his special recom
mendation. On tho ICth of January last
he addressed a flMUOge to the Legisla-
t ire on this snbjc. t, in which h*.- ray :
I further recommend that the election
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FRIDAY MORNING. JAX. 23. XML
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Jamu Gordon IiXNxrrr, accompanies
by bin sinter* re to rued from Europe
weak. |
Cojiuoporb Vaxoibbilt, William B.
Actor, and A. T. Stewart are all verging
on eighty. t
Bbooxotiv bos a matrimonial agency ’ tion bad incorporated these amendments
which advertises for "a fresh stock of ; j n the election bill—he had ap.proved the
hill—issued hi.- proclamation ordering
the election, and eanva-sed the State as a
amended to permit opi ning of
election pc.lls within each of the justice’s
precincts, and reduce the number of days
from four to one.
It was there two provisions on which,
by a forced construction of the State Con
stitution, a subservient Supreme Court
aflirmc-l the election law void, after Da
vis ha.l u -■certained that the majority was
overwhelmingly against him. A Demo
cratic Legislature upon his own sugges-
dumb women.
Nismr-FTVt pairs of twins and one
collection of triplets were added to the
population of Chicago last year.
A fsikst in Sereno, Chili, endeavored
to drive caterpillars from a garden by
formally cursing tin m. They still flour
ish.
A xrw weekly paper, called the Jim and
Eliza Journal, has been started in Miss
issippi- Jim and Klim are the editor and
wife.
PirriKS hundred cars containing
thirty million pounds of wool, pas od
through Omaha from California doling
1873.
Tine Mayor of Newton, Massachusetts,
has volunteered to assume gratis the
duties of the Chief of Police, and -eve
the town $1,500 a year.
“What is a more exhilarating sight,"
arks a Vermont paper, “than to seo
eighteen handsome girls sliding down hill
OU an ox sled ?” “Nineteen,” says the
experienced editor of the Boston Post.
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Tub Cincinnati Commercial's Washing
ton correspondent writes that Grant says
when his present terra is out he will go
to Europe with Ids family, to remain
abroad until the residende lie contem
plates building in Washington is com
pleted and ready for occupancy.
Tiikhe appears to be strong opposition
among Republican-; about Washington to
Cushing as Minister to Spain, and Grant
is reported as saying that after appoint
ing Mr. Orr Minister to Russia, it is silly
to talk against Cushing going to Spain
on account of liis political record.
I hk temperance ladies at Washington,
Ohio, finding one of the saloon-keepers
uncommonly stubborn and inclined to
mako his place uncomfortable for their
prayer mootings, have had a small build*
ing put up in front of his saloon, and pro
pose to labor with him all winter if ne
cessary.
hill ouvw
in tho UpZZijggZ recently bad a
hastent Th„ i.n, w *'*hion introduced
child ability • Pr0V,J ° 9 *“* Par-
fir-, vneematod in or about its
Jl a r. nad re vaccinated in or about
ihe eleventh
stanc
candidate for re-election under the law.
Then, finding himself defeated l.y an
overwhelming majority, he procures a
judgment from tho Supreme Court de
claring the election lsw unconstitutional
and void and thrice summons Grant's
administration to enforce that judgment
by tlie military power of tho United
States. It wa: surely a bottom wave which
threw up such a shameless scoundrel to
the surface, and tho irredeemable and
palpable knavery of the proposition,
frightened away all ideas of compliance
with'Davis’ demands.
Have We a Pope In our Midst? —
The Papal Sec.
If the allegations of a curious nonde
script styling himself Pope of Jerusalem,
and claiming alialf dozen other dignities,
albeit the dirty led handkerchief about
his throat and his dilapidated appearance
are to bo credited, Pio Xono has indcodan
American rival. But as our Catholic
friends don’t vouch for him, we nro forced
to conclude that his serene Highness is
some nnforlunato monomaniac, who has
perliaps escaped from duress.
Ho is not tlio’first by several, however,
who hare appeared upon tho scene as
veritable contestants for the keys of Saint
Peter. There Ls even a story handed down
by tradition and history, but wanting
authenticity, that in tho eighth century,
an English woman educated at Mcntz
and Athens, concealing her sex, rose by
her learning and talent from a notary at
Borne, to tho papal chair, hut after a
reign of two years and a half was de
tected by becoming a mother. Later his
torians prouounca this as “false and sa
tire.” Still it is related that during tho
dark ages in tho tenth century, owing to
the intrigue.? of the licentious princesses
Theodora and Marozia and their favorites,
John XII was crowned pope at tho ago
of eighteen yeara, and another youth,
Benedict IX, in 1033, obtained the same
august dignity at the tender age of twelve.
History asserts also, that in 1015 no less
than three popes who had obtained their
positions by bribery were living together
at Pome.
..After tljis, says the chronicle, a succes-
oxcollent^y?. ru * ora great talents and
The Master ot Prance.
i;i, march has addressed a note tC the
Pn in h government holding it respoisi-
bl.. :crtho “violence of the French ultra-
mciib.no pr. and, by clear implica
tion.'for the i i ff-ncckedneee and intracta
bility of tho aine party in Germany
a hich ha : given Prince Bismarck so much
trouble. Por the Prince would care noth
ing for the violence of the ultramontane
press in France, if it did not foment and
encourage ultramontane insubordination
in Germany. The press of France, then,
must bo regulated in the interests of tho
German government, and this new inter
national duty can have no other apparent
origin or outgrowth than tho relations of
mastery over France established by Ger
many in tlic late war. We thought the
indemnity paid by France settled that
so<ire and placed France once more on the
footing of an independent power.
These are “ hard lines ” for France.
The dan get* of the Commune have- al
ready provoked a rigid pres3 censorslup
in France in the interests of property
and Older, and now that censorship must
take a new and wider range against even
the acknowledged head of the Froneh
church, in the interests of the German
government. The demand strikes us as
exceedingly arrogant, and even possibly
made to precipitate an ecclesiastical war,
which is soon to be probable in the not
distant future, and may, therefore, be
prudently precipitated by Germany while
France is crippled from the effects of her
late terrible defeat.
TUB GEORGIA PRESS.
u *ay permit
k Garnet Wor.
Fear, according as cirenm- I then the greatest wbat ' tmS
Tho fitla ra n " n, 'vistendom.
I n; , . , P ° P ° was accord.,,i to tho
ski.rv’s preparation* I ^ Borne from tho owwHo.il jl.
" *** “'e . a’ppear that they asserted to
A County Court for Randolph.
We learn that owing to the vast accu
mulation of business on the civil and
criminal dockets of Bandolpk county, a
movement 13 in contemplation for tho
establishment of a County Court. Such a
tribunal would certainly be a great relief
to Judge Kiddoo, and besides expediting
the course of justice in all minor cases,
prove a blessing to tax-payers in the
saving of jail fees.
The name of West Harris, Esq., is
mentioned in connection with the judge-
ship of the Court, and from long personal
acquaintance with that gentleman.should
G-,v. Smith appoint him, we are sure he
will give general satisfaction. Mr. Har
ris is a member of tho Cuthbert bar and
a lawyer of largo experience and inflexi
ble integrity. Our Randolph friends
would do well to take a leaf from Bibb
ounty experience and lose no time in se
curing this County Court.
progressing. Native women lmvo been
enlisted in the transport, aofvloo, tho ma
jority of them being slaves supplied by
three ladies, natives of Capo Coast,
Banivi, Swanzy and Hutchinson. They
are paid thirty cents a day.
Th k Prohibitionists of Connecticut held
a State convention at Now Haven on the
16th in-it., uud uoutinated a State ticket,
with the liauio of H. D. Smith, of Sontli-
iugtou, at its head. Resolutions were
adopted condemning the depravity of the
Democrats and the hypocrisy of the Re
publicans, and pronounciug the license
law a failure.
Reform More Costlt tha\ Tamman-v.
Mayor Havcmeyer’s message shows tho
city debt to bo $106,871,953, an increase
since 1871 of nine millions. The amount
Of bouds issued by the present Comptrol
ler for various purposes is forty-two rnil-
Jious. The expenditures of maintaining
tho government in 1871 were twenty-six
millions, in 1872, thirty-one million- and
in 1873. thirty-two millions.
M'ss Bonny's spirit has told why she
didn t come back before a post mortem
rendered her body uninhabitable. She
says that during the first six weeks after
her departure she could readily have re
turned and raised tho body, but at the
end of tbat time she had not accom
plished all she wished to. She stayed
away a week longer, and after that all
attempts to revive her earthly tenement
were ineffectual.
Thf Rb\ John Vadohn Lewis, rector
of St. John's Episcopal Church, of Wash
ington City, occasioned a great deal of
surprise last Sunday by delivering a ser
mon which was a strong argument in
favor of the union of tho Methodist Epis
copal and the Protestant Episcopal
Churches in tho United States. He also
commented to a limited extent on the
course adopted by Bishop Cummins in
his recent secession from the Episcopal
Church, rejoicing that a priesthood will
spring up outside the limits of that
Church endowed with all the benefits of
ordination by a Bishop upon whom the
mantle of apostolic succession rests. The
sermon is quite generally commented
upon in church circles.
Dbatb in the Foo.—The recent Lon
don fog was one of the most disastrous
this generation has known. The Medical
Times and Gazette says that, to persons
with diseases of the heart or of the respi-
ratoiy organs, it has in numerous in-
stances proved fatal. The death rate in
the hospitals during the days the fog
lasted was unprecedented; accidents were
numerous, and several persons wore
drowned in the canals and river. A rhi-
nooeroo in the Zoological Garden died,
after having suffered intensely from the
closeness of the atmosphere, and some
of the London papers say that the cattle
in the Agricultural Hall were only saved
by being mad* to drink old ale. It seems
to have been only “Add Horde" that
needed stimulants, however, for the pa
tient and mlld-facod sheep survived with
out either brown stout or brandy.
temporal power
until about tho xuiddlo of tho fourth cen
tury.
Tho history of the Pap U See since that
period has been a success ion of triumphs
and f humiliations. At one moment the
proudest monarchs of Europe meekly
kissed the great toe of tho Pontiff, and
ho disposed of principalities and newly
discovered countries by a word. Again,
ho would be an outcast and fugitive from
the throne. These vicissitudes arose in
part from tho ambition of tho priestly
sovereigns, who sought earthly dominion
as well ns spiritual supremacy. And the
same fortunes liave followed tho present
successor (as he is termed) of St. Petor.
As a temporal potentate Pius IX has lost
all prestige, and his throne has even
been upheld by foreign auxiliaries.
Still lie Is regarded as the great head
of the Catholic world, and creates cardi
nals. bishops and other prelates at will.
To his Holiness also is conceded tho pre
rogative of canonization, the right of reg
ulating the general liturgy, the right of
imposing taxes upon the clergy, the right
of establishing and suppressing religious
orders, the right of granting dispensa
tions, and the right, doubted to some ex
tent by tho faithful in late years, of in-
fallibilty. It is the ruling and authority
of their great spiritual sovereign, more
absolute than the ukase of a Russian
Czar, that givos 3ueh concentration and
effect to the propagandism of the Cath
olic Church.
The splendid insignia and paraphernalia
of the altar and the external pomp of the
Romish ritual, together with the myster
ies of the confessional and the services
rendered in part in an unknown tongue,
all unite to impress and dazzle the popu
lar mind. Hence the unlimited influence
wielded by the priesthood. Their free
THE NEW CHIEF JUSTICE.
Ilmr lie Stands In Ohio—Enthusias
tic Iteceptlon of the Nomination—
His lilrtli, Age, Education,etc.
The extraordinary result of a unani
mous Senate upon the confirmation of
Chief Justico IVaito is duo, as wo sup
pose, not more to his unexceptional char
acter and standing at home than to the
fact that he has had a very brief public
record and small opportunity to make po
litical enemies. A dispatch from Toledo,
Ohio, in llio "Western papci'3 states that
Morrison R. Waite is a son of the late
Chief Justico Waite, of Connecticut, one
of tho leading jurists of New England.
He is now in his 5Sth year, graduated at
Yale College at tho ago of 22, came to
Toledo in 1838, studied law with S. M.
Young, now of Toledo, with whom ho
practiced for eighteen yeara. He lias for
many years stood at tho head of the bar
of Northwestern Ohio, and lias twice de
clined a seat on the Supreme bench of
Ohio. In 18-19 ho was elected a member
of the Legislature, serving with distinc
tion. In 1SC2 ho was a candidate for
Congress, and though defeated, he re
ceived a majority of 1,200 in Toledo. In
1871 ho was appointed as a counsel to
Geneva, which position lie filled with
honor. He is now serving as a member
and tho President of the Ohio Coustitu-
ffrrr' ISqpraMnt appo'intment.iikoail
other public honors, has come to him
without the slightest seeking on his part,
lio having discouraged his personal
friends from efforts to sccuro tho place
for him. His neighbors feel every assu
rance in this, ns in every other trust, lie
will abundantly justify the confidence re
posed in him.
Reception op the Nomination at
Cincinnati.—The news of the nomina
tion of Mr. Waite for Chief Justice was
received by him while presiding over the
Ohio Constitutional Convention at the
opening.of tho evening session on Mon
day. Hon. Rufus King rose and read the
Associated Press dispatch from Wash
ington announcing the nomination. That
body forgot its gravity and broke out
into a prolonged storm of applause, in
which every member of the convention
most heartily participated.
Hon. Samuel Hunt then moved to ap
point committee of five to draw up a
resolution of the- sense of the convention
on tho subject. President Waite ruled
it out of order, and business proceeded.
He has refused to permit any member of
the convention to u3e liis influence at
Washington for his appointment, though
several have offered to do so, and was not
aware that any of his friends had pre
sented his name. He is now stopping,
with his wife and sister, at the Burnet
House. Up to 11 o’clock lie has had no
notes, official or unofficial, from Wash
ington on his nomination.
The Cartersville Standard says a citi
zen of that place ha; just ret''rued from
Southwestern Georgia with a largo num-
ber'6f negroes to v : k on plnntat ions in
Bartow county.
TnE Atlanta Herald is informed by Mr.
R. H. Anderson, traveling agent of Vicks
burg and Meridian railroad that he had
issued passes to two hundred and sixty-
five negroes who w.mt over lit; line from
Fort Valley, Marshalville and that
neighborhood, to Memphis and other
points in the West. On to-morrow he
will send another batch of 195-from
Southwestern Georgia to Arkansas over
the same line.
GeoECIA MaTIKC ' AT WASHINGTON
Cmr.—A Washington correspondent of
the Atlanta Herald Ecnds the following
budget of news and gossip :
Alex. Stephens lias made a personal
appeal to have General Lafayette Mc-
Iivws made postmaster at Augusta.
McLaws and Grant are old friends and
classmates, and Mrs. Grant, I happen to
know, is extraordinarily friendly to Gen
eral McLaws. “ Strange things are hap
pening,” and I shouldn’t wonder to see
Grant send in McLaws’ name, although
I much doubt if tho Senate would con
firm him. Stone, Atkins and Clark are
hero in Sloan's interest, as against
Rawls. Rawls is confident, although 1
don't think he ha3 the moral support of I
several of his Democratic colleagues.
Bard still hangs fire, which now amounts
to “death.” This Ls true, although
latterly my sympathies have been
with him. It is now conceded that lie
cannot win. If Wliiteley had re
mained at home with tho yellow fe
ver a little while longer, Bard would
have won. A strong point mode now
against Dunning is that he has taken
into his office his son, who is a notorious
and rampant Democrat. To hear some
of the “faithful” talk, you would imagine
tlii3 son was the Trojan horse, and that
eternal destruction hung over Republican
prospects in Atlanta, on that account.
The claim of the State of Georgia against
the United States Government, for trans
porting troops, munitions of war, etc. over
the Western and Atlantic railroad during
the provisional Governorship of John
son has been audited and allowed by
the War Department. It will now re
quire a special appropriation by Con
gress to get the amount, which is a
little over eleven thousand dollars. Mr.
Stephens will present a bill requiring the
payment of this amount one day this week,
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8. There shall be schools of Agricul
ture, the Mechanic Arts, Surveying and
Engineering, and such ether school or
schools as the Baud of Trustees may
elect, either separate or embraced in one
or more of the schools already named, as
the wants of the University, in the judg
ment of tho Board of Trustees may de
termine. the qualifications for admission
to which shall be a satisfactory examina
tion on such studies as may he pre
scribed by the Board, with'the advice of
the Faculty. The graduates of this
school or schools shall receive an appro
priate decree.
9. There shall bo a school of Law, the
qualifications the same as in the school
of Master of Arts. The graduates shall
receive the degree-of Bachelor of Laws.
10. There shall he a school of medi
cine, qualifications tho same as above,
tho degree being that of Doctor of Medi
cine.
11. The above shall bethoregular Uni
versity Degrees, and shall be conferred
by tho Board of Trustees, on recommen
dation of the Faculty.
13. The Honorary Degrees, such as
Doctor of Theology, and Doctor of Laws,
shall be conferred only by a Board, to he
called the Board of Fellows, which Board
shall consist of tho Chancellor at Athens,
the Presidents of the Colleges, and at
least three others, selected by the Chan
cellor and Presidents for their literary,
scientific and liberal attainments.
An Important Bill to Railroads
The following is the text of a hill in re
lation to railroads, presented in the Leg-
Ulature a few days sinco by, we believe,
Mr. McDaniel, of Walton county:
Ax Ac t to amend tho tax laws of this
State so far as the same relates to rail
road companies, and to define the lia
bilities of such companies to taxation,
and to repeal so much of the charters
of such companies, respectively, as may
conflict with tho provisions of this act.
Section 1. Tho General Assembly of the
State of Georgia do enact, That from and
after the passage of this act the Prosi-
sehools and eo!logos, hospitals, and deeds 1 dents of all the railroad companies in
of charity, too, and the self-denial and tlli3 s ' la, l b® required to return on
devotion of some of their orders endear ' oat , h ’.. I “ nu ? 1I F. the Comptroller Gen
eral, the value of the property of their
respective companies, without deducting
their indebtedness, each class or species
of property to be separately, named and
valued, so far as the same may be practi-
] cable, to be taxed as other property of
j the piople of the State, and that said re-
1 turns shall be made under tho same reg-
We are certain, were it possible »uch ! u ' at ’° ns provided by law for the returns
of the people of Southwest Georgia, as ap- made to the Comptroller General,
plied to the redoubtable H. 1. Kimball, j -■ That said Presidents shall pay
the Catholic religion to its followers. In
these respects at least it affords an ex*
ample worthy of imitation by evangelical
denominations. |
Nab Him Quick.
who, it will be seen in another column, is
in Washington sporting a massive gold
chain, and as large as life. This man,
far more than short crops, panic, or any
thing else, has crippled the energies and
depreciate'! the property of the people in
that region. His “ change bills " are in
everybody's hands and not worth a groat;
and contractors, laborers and every one
who came in contact with him, liaTe been
made to suffer terribly. Witness the re
cent scaling to about one-fourth of the
hard earnings of those who were employ-
«d by this notorious impostor. Like his
prototype Bullock, he, too, sought safety
in Eight from an outraged community,
and now lives in affluence abroad. Should
ho ever set foot on Georgia soil again, we
trust a hundred indictments will show
him that the way of the tnrasgreasor is
hard.
to the Comptroller General the taxes as-
scssed upon the property of such railroad
companies, and on failure to make the
returns required by the preceding sec
tion, or on failure to pay the taxes so as
sessed, the Comptroller General shall
proceed to enforce the collection of the
same in the manner provided by law for
the enforcement of taxes against the
other incorporated companies herein be
fore mentioned.
Sec. 3. Tbat all laws and parts of laws
imposing taxes upon the income or earn
ings of the said railroad companies or any
one of them, be, and the s^me are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 1. That so much of the several
charters of the railroad companies afore
said as may exempt any one of said com
panies. or the property, or income, or re
ceipts thereto from taxation, be, and the
same are hereby repealed.
Dk. O. P. Tusksy, newsdealer at Amer
icas, has for sale the Daily Telegraph
and Messenger. . tf
The amount originally claimed was over
ono hundred thousand dollars. It is ru
mored (and believed to be proper) that
Colonel Frobel and General Thomas will
be kopt at tho Capitol during the remain
der of the session, by the State, in the in
terest of the Atlantic and Western Canal.
IL I. Kimball arrived in tho city to-day,
and is looking splendidly. Ho dresses in
tho latest stylo—wears a massive gold
chain, and apparently is in the best of
health and spirits. It is said ho visits
Washington to have a “conference” with
Jndge Lochrane, who is also here.
The Atlanta papers mention an acci
dent on the Macon and Western road
Tuesday afternoon, by which throe plat
form cars were smashed, and the Rev.
Mose3 Sinquefiuld and a negro man were
severely injured—the latter having one
of his legs below tho knee badly crushed.
A. G. Evans, of Atlanta, a switch tend
er on the Macon and Western road, had
one of his feet so severely crushed by an
engine on Wednesday evening as to ne
cessitate amputation of two of toes.
Talbot county raised 5,£32 hales of
cotton, 115,500 bushels of corn, and 11,-
727 bushels of wheat last year. The tax
collector reports that in 1SG2 tho com
product of the county was over 500,000
bushels.
The Northeastern Railroad.—Tho
Athens Watchman says:
At the regular mooting of the Board of
Directors in this city last week, tho busi
ness committee were instructed by the
Board to purchase the iron and have it
laid down at once. We learn there lias
been a reduction of §20 per ton in price
since tho work was commenced, and it is
now estimated that tl.o ■ '' i- *'
;— L - _ a no gngiiloeta aro now progress
ing with the survey on tho northern end
of tho line. It is believed that from S75,-
000 to $100,000 will ho subscribed north
of tlia Air-Line. It is a gratifying fact
that all the work done has been paid for
and tho Company is out of debt.
In 1872 the town property of Clarke
county was valued at §1,011,002, in 1873
at §1,281,120. Tn 1872 stocks and bonds
amounted to §69,315, in 1873 $164,505.
Amount invested in cotton manufacto
ries, 4.31G,OJO, in iron works, §21,700.
Aggregate value of whole property for
1S72, §3,G10,12G, in 1873, §1,303,030— in
crease, §G98,910
The Savannah Advertiser-Republican
say3 .s 75,000 worth of tho new issue of
city seven per cent, bonds wero sold on
Tuesday at SO cents.
The Columbus Sun and Enquirer re
cords the death of Mr. Win. G. Johnson,
an old citizen and-planter of Muscogeo
county, last Monday morning. He was a
native of Greene county, but had lived in
Muscogee more than thirty-five years.
Also the death of Mr. Benjamin Doles, in
Russell eonnty, Ala., near Columbus, in
tho eighty-second year of liis age. He
was formerly a citizen of Muscogee coun
ty, having moved there in 1833.
The Educational Commission. This
body which •was appointed by tho Gover
nor to take into consideration the unifica
tion of tho State University and tho va
rious colleges in Georgia, is now in ses
sion at Atlanta, and tho plan which will
be considered by tho Commission is em
bodied in the following propositions:
1. There shall be one great State Uni
versity, to which the denominational col
leges shall he attached as parts of the
general plan.
i -■ The main seat or the University
shall be at Athens, under tho Board of
Trustees of the Universitv as at present
organized.
3. The colleges shall be located respec
tively at Oxford, Atlanta and Macon,
under the same boards respectively as at
present organized; no change bein'- made
in their respective denominational fea
tures.
4. The undergraduate curriculum shall
he confined to the colleges, whose right
to confer degrees shall be confined to the
degree of Bachelor of Arts.
5th. Tlia University shall locate at
Athens an advanced school, with a curri
culum embracing three years, to which
tue graduates of the colleges of this State,'
Refunding the Cotton Tax.
In the House of Representatives, Jan
uary 12,1874, Mr. Cook, of Georgia, on
leave, introduced the following bill:
A hill to refund certain taxes collected by
tho United States on raw cotton during
the years eighteen hundred and sixty-
three, eighteen hundred and sixty-four,
eighteen hundred and sixty-five, eight
een hundred and sixty-six, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven and eighteen
hundred and sixty-eight.
Whereas, Tho sum of sixty-eight mil
lion and seventy-two thousand three hun
dred and eighty-eight dollars and seven
ty-nine cents has been collected by the
United States a3 a tax on raw cotton dur
ing the years eighteen hundred and six
ty-three, eighteen hundredand sixty-four,
eighteen hundred and sixty-firo, eighteen
hundred and sixty-six, eighteen hundred
and sixty-seven and eighteen hundred and
sixty-eight, under the provisions of tho
internal revenue laws of tho United Stats;
and,
Whereas, The Judges of tho Supreme
Court of the United States were equally
divided in opinion as to tho constitution
ality of the laws under which said taxes
were collected; and
Whereas, The burden of said tax has
fallen mainly upon the producer, both
tho white and colored raco engaged in
producing said cotton, who, while paying
this tax on cotton, have, as other citizens
of the several States of the United States,
paid their duo proportion of all other
taxe3, producing thereby great inequality
in the taxes of tho country; and
Whereas, No other raw agricultural
product of any of the States has been
taxed, even during the war; and
Whereas, it appears on the records of
the Internal Revenue office that there
wero collected and returned, from the
State of Alabama, ten million three hun
dred and oighty-eight thousand and sev
AXES E. BLOVXT. ISAAC EAEDEX.lS.
JOHN I. HARDEMAN.
BLOUNT, HARDEMAN A HARDEMAN
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
VACOY, GA.
pbicv. Cherry struc t, over S. T. Walker's.
Dissolution of Copartnership.
rpiIE law firm of Hines A Ilobbs. :»t Albany,
X Ga.. is hereby dissolved by mutual consent.
Bttber member wm sign the firm name in liqui-
aation or settlement. The law business now
pendimr in Court w ill be attended to and wound
up by the said Hines, and also by the now llr
V» men A Hobbs, woeca
Hines & Hobbs.
R. K. HtNFS.
RICH. HOURS.
31J1873.
LAW COPARTNERSHIP.
WARREN & HOBBS,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
ALBANY, GA.
*YTriLL practice retrularlv in the State Courts
> V of Leo. Dougherty, Worth. Mitchell, Laker.
Decaturand Calhoun counties, and hi the United
States Circuit Court, Savannah. Elsewhere in
the State bv siveial agreement.
L. P. D. WAttREX,
PICUL HOBBS.
Albany, Ga^ January 1,1S7-L jan‘i dm
LAW PARTNERSHIP.
R. r. LYON. i JtH|p JACKSON.
LYON & JACKSON,
ATTORNEYS AT l.AW,
MACON. GEORGIA,
\ ILL practice in tho Courts of the State and
t! or tlie l f nited States for * Gooixia.
deelTtf
Law Copartnersliip,
T HE iindersiimod liave associated themselves
together m the practice of law, under the
firm bum of
Nisbet,
Bacon & Hines.
They will practice in tho Superior Courts of tho
Macou Circuit and of the counties of Sumter.
Randolph and Dougherty, in the Supreme Court
of the State, and in the Federal Courts for tho
District of Georgia.
JAMES T. NISBET.
A. O. BACON,
deelTtf JL K. HINES.
SAMUEL D. IRVIN. THOMAS B. GRESIIAM
IRVIN & GRESHAM,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
MACON, GAi
TTflLL practice in the Superior Courts of the
it Macon Circuit, in the Supreme Court of
Georgia and in tho United States Courts for the
Southern District of Georgia.
Oflico: No. DO Mulberry street, Bonrdman's
Block—up the second flight of steps from the
corner—and nearly opposite the Court-liouso
dccll-Sm
JOHNSON & SMITH,
WHOLESALE
Wo lmvo a largo and varied
which wo offer at low prices. Wi
itock of GROCERIES uid LIQUORS in stow,
will continue fa sell to
PROMPT CUSTOMERS
On 30 days, bnt those of our friends who havo not paid up their aooounts within
that time must not expect us to accommodate them with further credit. We desire
to approximate as nearly to cash as the condition of trade will admit, nnd necessity
compels us to require hereafter tho very best security from those who wnh to buy
on 30 days.
JOIINSOX & SMITH,
MASONIC TEMPLE, MULBERRY STREET,
Macon. Georgia.
decstf
HERBERT FIELDER.
IDU3 L. FIELDER
H. & I. L, FIELDER,
Attorneys at Law,
CVTHBEUT, GEORGIA,
ILL fivo prompt attention to all business
conlhled to them, in tho counties of Ran
dolph, Stewart. Quitman, Clay, Early, Calhoun
and Terrell, the Supremo Court of Georgia, an.l
the District and Circuit Courts of the Ifnit. d
States for tho Southern District of Georgia.
septl7-tf
WASHINGTON TOE. SAMUEL 1IALL.
WM. A. LOFTON.
POE, HALL & LOFTOJJ,
uic-a aim owny-eiaa* tnousanu nnu sev- | * mmnTnvTr>ir'i Am t mb
enty-two dollars and ten cents; from the A i iURNLlS AT LAW,
State of Arkansas, two million five hun
dred and fifty-five thousand six hundred
and thirty-eight dollars and forty-three
1IAOON, GA.
Office, on Third, struct, over Citv Dank,
novltf
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cents; from tho State of Connecticut, one
hundred and ninety-three dollars and six
ty-four cents; from the State of Florida,
nine hundred and eighteen thousand nine
hundred and forty-four dollars and nine
ty-eight cents; from tho State of Geor
gia, cloven million eight hundred and
ninety-seven thousand and ninety-four
dollars and ninety-eight cents; from tho
State of Illinois, three hundred and sev
enty-nine thousand ono hundred and
forty-four dollars and forty-two cent3;
from the State of Indiana, ninety-two
thousand seven hundred and twenty-sev
en dollars and twenty-two cents; from tlie
State of Iowa, twenty-seven cents; from
the State of Kansas, two hundred and
eighty-six dollars and fifteen cents; from
the State of Kentucky, five hundred and i i. „ n , r <f.r -n ■ . • ,1 , .
fifty-three thousand one hundred and | “■* ® ®* vl «1« Adf, iH'OSlUSSl,
twenty-seven dollars and forty-fivo cents;
from tho State of Louisiana, ten million
ninety-eight thousand five hundred and I id ROM the results of the use of our Cotton ami
one dollars; from the State of Maryland, -p Com Fertilizer tlie past three seasons, :
fifty-one thousand thrqp hundred i j WI WWTOKMiPttlll 1 IVlW,! 'Cg* ^Com-
fp ii.. oJ.ee or Massachusetts, sixty- l»und is unulo up of tlin m» diemiaUi as our
six thousand six hundred and. seventy- QoJjfmimaOamJertillaavlwl iu different pro-
thirty cents; from the K& sUmu *
State of Mississippi, eight million seven I
hundred and forty-two thousand nine Tll ° Compound Contains aU tho
hundred and ninety-five dollars and nine- Elements of Peruvian
ty-three cents; from tho State of Missou-
n, five hundred and ninety-two thousand . , CvUanOj
and nmety-eight dollars and thirty-six tetma™ 0 ‘ril" k \Jl ro \ 0 .™ ^hhl a forcer as tlio
cents; from the State of Now ££*%
three thousand six hundred and fifty-six have our planters use this Compound, it w U bo
dollars and forty-two cents; from the
State of New York eight hundred
sixty-seven thousand nine hundred nnd I imrtnwm which they havo bean
forty-two dollars and sixty-eight cents; 1>I '' uuIy J wrc °l>tib 1 e on tlio
from the State of North Carolina, one THIRD CROP
million nine hundred and fifty-nine ! . . , *
thousand two hundred and four dol- mir^ i.S. ? arDaI1 pulverized and well
SMSff eighty-seven
tlie Otate of Ohio, four hundred and forty- lf “ 1S 110t «>Dvcnient to get drv stable or let
onrnn 1 .1. . t - . J 1 mnti 11 wm. —1 » • • • -
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
BUT OUR GOODS HAVE ALREADY COME
What is a more acceptable present than a handsome Chamber Suit* of Furniture?
Those we have from $30 to $500. An elegant assortment of
Ladies’ Desks, Fancy Chairs, Brackets & Wall Pockets
and
CHILDREN'S CHAIRS
Of all kinds. Come and look at them.
docl3 2tawtf
THOMAS WOOD,
Moxt to Lani.-r House.
WM. B. JOHNSTON, JR.,
(Successor to THOMAS U. CONNER,)
IJEAIjER IiV
HATS,
FURS.
CAPS,
TRUNKS,
GENTS
“W
dec4eodly
” FURNISHING GOODS!
EMBRACING
A “RTS! nmyr. * Titv htt A-wx-ctmice- i<bxa MONTI
and Every Article of GENTS’ UNDERWEAR.
UMBKEIiliAS, CANES, SATCHELS.
Cotton Avenue, next to Mix & Kirtland, Macon, Ga.
thousand five hundred and thirty-five I SiSt2. P i« coopered,
dollars and six cents; from tho State of
Rhode Island, two thousand four hundred ™ n . for lue S>«) i winds of chemicals-. cLl.. Silty
and twenty-four dollars and thirty-throe ???,♦ 1 * ? ,u be taken as eudi. Orders maybe
cents • from llio Qf.f , F c; u “ .. j Sent to us direct, ortliroii'-rli any of our aiu-ula
i®, ' .„. 0m th0 , bfcat ? South Carolina, Ill our Fertilizer business v.o have ,swi .led
four million ono hundred and seventv-two nil , h us DIt. P. R. HOLT, of Port VaUevGiu
thousand four hundred and twenty dol- “ ,ul bo supplied with faU Fertilizer or
T™r.lf t0CU fr °“ *» State of \vi“ran‘%pp|a < SSi article ol soluble Pho,
IV nne.sit.e, seven million eight hundred pRate of I.ime wlndi, when comix,ste.lv. ith cotton
and seventy-three thousand four hundred I makes agrod manure at
and sixty dollars and seventy-one cente“ “ 51 HUNT^r/A 00 ? !!$.„
from the State of Texas, five million five Wholesale Dnc,-a ml Chemical Warehotue,^’
hundred and two thousand four hundred I and SI Cli.rry street, ai:;cun. Ga.
and ono dollars and twenty-four cents;
from Utah, ono thousand threo hundred
and seventy-five dollars and thirty-four
cents; and from tho State of Virginia,
eight hundred and twenty-five thousand
eight hundred and fifty-six dollars and
eighty-seven cent3; and
Whereas the several States can more
conveniently and satisfactorily refund
said tax than the Government of the
United States; therefore,
■ Be it enacted by the Senate and Honsu
of Representatives of tho United States
of America in Congress assembled, That
the Secretary of the Treasury of tha
United States shall cause bonds of the
United ■ States to be printed in sums of
ono hnndred dollars, five hundred dol
lars, and one thousand dollars, pay
able at the Treasury of the United
States, to hearer, at the end of thirty
years from date, in gold-bearing interest,
at tho rate of five per centum perannum,
payable semi-annually in gold, with cou
pons attached, to be signed and authen
ticated in the manner directed in section
three of the act entitled “An act to au
thorize the issue of United States notes,
for the redemption and funding thereof,
and for funding the floating debt of the
United States,” approved February 23th, I COXsiili l'TioN.' ;
eighteen hundred and sixty-two, for ”
g- IS" hymapic. Colds. Couch?, Bron-
P m U“ r «ne^A S thma,V lioopineCoueh,
2i^ c ; lr ‘,'!-. r.nd Soreness iri Brea,"
uml will positively cure
per bottl„
J. S. PiiAiBURTON,Proprietor,
.RUNT. RANKIN A^LAMAR?*"
-m. WholoKslc Agts., Macon, Ga.
?■ £- f 1 ' W - W - rrax.VAGjx.
A. A . ABr.LL. R. S. MORGAN.
FLAXNAGAN, ABELL & CO.
dcoSeodA
. . S. • - the I Kc™-
or of any other State, or country, shall be amoan t °f sixty-ejght million, seventy- j ol the ThmdSSl & doom u *°" lhc
admitted on presentation of the degree of
A. B., and all others not graduated, who
shall pass a satisfactory 'eraminatio* on
the studies of the college, or tlieir equiva
lents, to the graduates of which school
siiall be given the degree of Master of
Arts. zvx
6th. There shall bo at Athens a school,
embracing two years for all who wish to
pursue an advanced course of natural
science, to which only those shall bo ad
mitted who have the qualifications for ad
mission into the school of Master of Arts
The degree in this school shall be that of
Bachelor of Philosophy.
7. There shall be a"t Athens a normal
school for the special training and educa-
tion of teachers, the qualifications for ad
mission into which shall be the same as
in the schools above mentioned, which
school shall be a separate school, a3 em
braced in one, or both of the schools
above named. The pupils in this school
shall be educated free of charge; they
shall receive an appropriate degree on
the completion of the prescribed studies,
and shall fce firmly bound, if their ser
vices are .needed, to teach at least after
graduation, four years in the common
schooti of the State, to which graduate
Commissioners of Schools, supported by
the State, shall give the preference.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MACON
TRANSACTS A CENTRAL BANKING BUSINESS.
DIRECTORS:
I. C. PLANT. D. FLANDERS,
H. L. JEWETT. \Y. B. DINSMOIIK
II. B. PLANT, D. S. LITTLE.
O. H. HAZLEHURST.
I- C. PLANT, President.
W. W. WnrORET. Cashier. nmlO-tilnovl*
X. J. GOILXIARTIX. Joins FtASXSBT.
L. J. GUILMARTIN & CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
—AXD—
General Commission Merchants,
Bay Street, Suvanuali, «:a.
A GKNTS far Bradley’* Super-PVwphsts oft
Xa Lune. Je\\vi] s -Mills Yarns out lk,nwsttr&,
...V)™,".-. K “l >< ' !1 "'I lr..u Ticsnlwii.v. „n
Lsu.il facilities extended to customers,
autri (Iw.tswOm
I. 0. PLANT & SON,
Bankers and Brokers
MACON, GA.
Buy and Sell Eieiianfe. Gold. Silver. Stnrks im.l
Bonds. '
Deposits Received
«n YYliicIi Interest will be Allow ed,
AS AGREED UPON.
payable osr call.
Advances made on Cotton and Pro
diice In Store.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
U. A. Ncttixo.
President.
W. P. Gooruix,
CxUiier.
CITY BANK
MACON, GEORGIA
Iron in the Blood
tjr liptnfakH
SI 1*UP Vitalize
an«l Kmichoa tlia
Illood, Tout s uj* tha
byateni.BuiM 3U|>t i 1 3
Brokt-n-<lo\vn, Cure*
Fenuln Complaint i.
Dropsy, Debility, 11 U .
Dior-, l!_, £ ..
Thousand* liawj
Ik cu clianifcJ by th 3
uso ol tliLj romc-Jy
from Sickly,
iuv’ra hoalth r-‘ W S tn. 6 n^™'^ n a
iu\ alidrt cadinot rco> on ubfy hesitate to glvo It a tri tl,
a^WjWL-Besureyou get tho right arliila Bo*
SSz , j yruviin Syrup’’ is blown In tho o),.,
rfa»Dldrt»ftTo.,8oadfcone. SETH W.FOiVJ.K
seplSehwiv
Sffv. J ' lr ' J0,,i ' d ' r0 - Y ’ V. MACtRAX.
DLLS CAN, JOnxSTOX CO..
Cotton Factors and General Com-
mission Merchants,
Kay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Capital apo.OOO Dollars.
BIICECTOIt.S ;
WM. B. JOHNSTON,
JOHN J. GRESHAM,
iulyrt cm
WM. a HOLT,
JNO. B. lUiSS.
S. G. Box*, l’re-id,-Ut. R. K. Lawtox, Cashiar.
EXCHANGE BANK OF MACON.
Oilier in Jmfpd Xcw Building.
Receives Deposits,
BUYS AND SELLS F.XCHANGE.
Makes Adv
on Stocks, Bonds, Cotton in
Store. Also on Shipments of Cotton.
COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
febl51y
mm.
by
deliver to tue several governors or au
thorized agents of the several States and
Territories herein mentioned, bonds
equaling in amount the amounts received
by the United States from tax on cotton
in the several States, to-wit: to Alabama,
ten million three hundred and eighty-
eight thousand and seventy-two dollar,
said States, to be refunded and distribu
ted to the parties who actually produced
‘the cotton and paid said tax, either di
rectly by themselves, or by their factors
or agents, as the several legislatures may
direct by law, as aforesaid, among the
parties who actually produced the cotton,
and who paid the said tax, either them
selves, or by their agents or factors, with
authority to the Secretary of the Treas
ury to use currency to pay fractions of
one hundred dollars in all settlements
with said State.
eigur tnousanu nnu seventy-iwo dollars „
and ten cento, etc., etc., to be held by Cotton Factors and General Com-
• • * - 1 mission Merchants,
1SJ BAY’ STREET, SAVANNAH, GA.
Airents for the English Stonewall
. - IF- CIt i‘ i’ et ?' and Ties furnished.
Dr. T. S. Powell, news dealer at
Cuthbert, has the Daily Telegraph and
MRSSEuaEE for sale. jan20tf.
for sale in Savannah, or on shipments to onr cor
respondents In Northern, Eastern or Knro^cm
niarfc.-ts. augl Cm
A.XI.SLOAX. AETHTK X.80LLRB. O.V.’wTLLI^R
A. M. SLOAN CO.,
Cotton Factors and General Com-
niission Merchants,
Ciagiiorn A Cunningham’s Range,
B Bay Street, Savannah, tia.
AGGIXG and Ties advanced on crops. Liberal
oiiMi advances made on consiirnnienis for sale
in Savannah, or on shipments to ivliabk? corrw*-
S indents in Liverpool, 3few York, Philadelphia,
ostpn or Baltimore. augl 6m
Planters 7 Bank,
FOHT VALLBY, GA.
R ECEIVES Deposits,'diaromits Paper, bu vs and
sells Lxcbamce; aiso, Gold and Silver ‘
Collections made at all accessible jxj.nts.*
on De " wiu whcn f«y«i
Wa. J.Asdsksox. Pres t. W. E. Brows, Cush
... _ . , directors
Si'":' ? 05 ' Col- Htieli Tj. Dei
Dr W T n, n re u- Math.-..-.
, lJr.ll Ii. ILHoHinshea delStf
Gift Enterprise
The only Reliable Gift Distribution in tl, c country
$75,000
IN VALUABLE GIFTS
To be Distribute! [*■>
L.
To be Distributed i
D- SINE’S
lOSth Regrular .Boutlily
GIFT ENTERPRISE Y
To be drawn Monday, February 23d, 1874.
, TWO GRAND CAPITALS OF
J | $5,000 each in GREENBACKS!
1 TWO PRIZR80V $1000 ■)
Five Prizes or saoo each in - RrppnfmoVn I
Tex prizes or {io« juieenuacKBI
EARLY ROSE.
EARLY GOODRICH.
PINK EYES.
Just received, and for sale low. bv
Seymour, Tinsley & Co.
T Horse and Boggy, with Silver-mounted Har.
ness, worth $600.
One Fine-toned Rosewood Piano, worth $550
Ten Family Sewing Machines, worth $!0it eac-li.
live Gold Wat<’hes and Chains, worth
.,J) ve Gold American Uuutii g Watcl..-s, worth
flw each.
^Tell LadiA Gold Hunting \Vnlcli.-s, worth J100
l.OOOGold and Silver Lever Hunlimr WaL-lie,
0“ till worth Iron! Sto to {.too each. * 1
Jewelry, etc., etc.
Tickets limited to
Agent* AY anted to sell TICKETS ts
"tainliberal Premiums nill
be said.
Sin^Tktetolt; Six Ticket* $5; Twelva Tick*
et« $10; Twenty-five Tickets $i0.
Circulars containing a full list of prizes, a de
scription of the manner of drawing, ami oilier in
formation in reference to the Distribution, will be
eeut to any one ordering then). All letter* must
be.addressed to
Main Office, L. D SINK. Box 84,
101W. Fifth Street. Cincinnati Ow
dec28 d£w7v»