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man U buainee* in that aoctim. A% no adrer-
t.ainr medium in that nr
equal.
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ONIS’DAV. DECEMBER h !. Ih71.
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No subscriptions to the Weekly odition
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Compumobt Educatiou is now the law
in seven 8tatos. It takes affect in Now
York State the first day of January next.
Uaewzk still secretly believes in it,
but ho hates to havo a man come up and
aay,: " tiood morning, Mr. Darwin; how’e
your old baboon of a grandfather, and
how’s tho apess, your grandmother."
bone of tho leading New York hotols
rent at very high rates—Fifth Avenue,
<200,000; Windsor, $125,000; St. Nicho
las, $100,000; Metropolitan, $105,000;
GiUoy/’-<#5,TX)b - ; Hoffman, <75,000, and
Brunswick, $35,000.
We woro visited, yesterday, by Mr.
Frank D. Hatfield, advertising agent for
Colgate & Co., tho well-known soap man
nfocturcrs of Now York city, who be-
stowed upon n.t an i.rmfuil of , ’.out
merit..
P. S.—Mr. H.i very emphatically dis
claims any suggestive intention in tho
selection of his Christmas gift.
Next spring 100 .BaulUh~''swoll3” aro
coming for a grand baffalo hunt on tho
plains. Tho hnnt is to bo organized on a
magnificent scale. Twenty scouts, head-
od by Buffalo Bill, will chaperon them,
and in addition to a vast retinue c? ser
vants, cooks, grooms, valets, etc., they
will be Mcompasied. by a brass band,
whiob-will discourse sweot music os they
gather about their camp-firo to partako
of tho evening meal of buffalo meat.
Piatonii.—Wo had a pleasant call
.yesterday from Mr. Gregg Wright, of tho
Chronicle and Sentinel, who spent tho day
bar city. He represents ono of tho
best papers in tho State, and is himself
one of the hardest workers and cleverest
members of the profession, anywhere.
Wo were glad to learn from him that
Pat Walsh was doing as well ns could bo
expected under that heavy pressure of
his about that cotton seod correspond-
encc.
Ootsn words from the St Louis Den:-
Oerati
There ought to be n limit upon tho
power of a majority of tho voters to
burdon all tho lands and resources of a
country or city for generations to como.
Wo can see no other limitation which
would be as likely to secure caution in
the voting and eoonom)- in tho uso of
public money os to require that those
who want any improvement 'shall pay
for it. Perhaps wo should not got for
ward quite as rapidly; but thero would
then bo no step backward.
The Virginia City (Nevada) Chronicle,
of December 5, tells how somo of tho
peoplo engaged in silver mining wake up
in tho morning to find themselves million,
aires. •‘General Thomas H. Williams,’
it says, "bolds in his own namo 6,500
shares of California and 3,000 shares of
Consolidated Virginia. Tho first - Cost
him littlo or nothing, it having been
awarded him at the time of the California
consolidation for his share of Central No.
2. Ha can sell his shares in California
to-day for $1,950,000, and his shares in
Consolidated Virginia for $750,000, a to-
tal of }2.700,000. His clear profit, if ho
sells in time, will be over $2,000. In the
last twenty-four hours California has.
risen $100 a share. Tho General's profit
in those twenty-four hours has been
$650,000; more than than $25,000 an
hour—$500 a minute.”
The senior editor of the Truro aarH hod
no word of concern with it, and yet he is
daily addressed by letter with Inquiries
about the Hyack-Bellysinger cotton seed,
the writers of which will feel themselves
neglected when they receive no reply.
Toe origin of the hoar, we think; was
this: Some time last winter tho Angus-
to Chronicle and Sailing printed a letter
from Florida describing a wonderful kind
of cotton produced on the plantation of
one Hyack Bellysinger, yielding, on
■talks somewhat smaller than a live-oak
tree, bolls of cotton as big as an oaonge
or a cocoannt, from which tho fleecy sta
ple was tom in great double-handful Is!
This stoiy went the rounds, and wa■
generally sup,posed to be alittiotoo mon-
for credulity.
But not all the public viewed the story
in that light, and the consequence was,
the Chronicle and Sentinel office was soon
well nigh deluged with letters of inquiry
for the seed. Thia waa something more
than the editors of that paper looked for,
and they were soon brought to explana
tions. Then one of our mischievous ju
niors, seeing their embarrassment, and,
with fell purpose to make it worse, vol
unteered information that tho seed could,
in point of fact, be had of Patrick Walah,
Esq., of tho Chronicle and Sentinel, yberep
upon the said Patrick, on rctributioif in
tent, and without tho Email eat respect for
personal justice, or reverence for our
years, did declare that he had parted
with all right, title and interest in the
seed to the senior of tho Tzleohaph, and
constituted him sole agent tor th# sale
and distribution in Middle Georgiai—
Thus it happens, that, without a par
ticle of concern in this hoar, or writing
a word about it, tbe senior nlluded to
finds himself daily addressed with inqui
ries by mail, which ho has so leisure to
respond to, and yet some come with
stamps enclosed for answer.
As his reputation as a well disposed
and prompt business man is likely to suf
fer from thia machination and device of
tho editors ctthO’ Chronicle and Sentinel,
we have entertained some thoughts of
bringing them to justice in a civil suit
for humbug before the bench of colored
justices .in Richmond county, and -ifywo
do, lot them prepaid for tho worst;} vtbey
shall not bo'mero Bellysingers, but they
Bhall groan and writhe all over.
.Last Week’s Cotton Figures
The New York Chronicle reports re
ceipts of the seven days ending last Fri
day night, 18th instant, 188,434 bales,
against 196,431 the corresponding week
of last year—showing tho first declining
week of tho cotton year. The receipt^
since 1st of September last aggregate
1,821,858 bales, against 1,514,615 for the
corresponding period of last year—show
ing on increase of 297,2-13 bales. |
Tho Associated Press report of tho
samo date, printed in our edition of lost
Saturday morning, is as follows:
Comparative Cotton Statement for the
Week Ending December 18.—Net receipts
at nil U. S. ports for the week, 193,11(1;
same timo last year, 200,139; total re
ceipts to date, 1,818.053; to samo date
last year, 1,547,993; exports- tor the
week, 9:1,'500; for tlia saiaBjtimo Inst
year, 97.67G; total'to'dife, 891,508; to
same date last year, 701,346; stock at all
U. 8. ports, 747,813; last year, 637,010;
at all interior towns, 147,409; last year,
120,016: Liverpool; 531,000 ; last taUr,
456,000; American cotton afloat for Grebt
Britain, 361,000; last year, 225,000.
Tho Chronicle's statement of tho into-
• . - ——ior tno week is as
follows : Receipts 71,217, last year 7$,-
797. Shipmento 57,611,-last yean 59,9X2.
Stocks 197,130, last year 140,281.
Tbn Cl—‘- w -— 1 ——n
shows 2,GlO,94S halos, against 2,294,504
last year, ahet 2;187,010 tho year before—
showing an incrcaso of 3-16,444 bales on
the stock of 1873, and 453,938 on the
stock of 1872. Middling uplands- iirtha
Liverpool market were quoted lai); Friday
at 7J'to 7Jd.; at the samo 'date' in 1873,
8jd.; nnd at tho corresponding date of
1872 they brought 10 ( to 10)d.
■Weather reports aro of littlo or no im
portance, ns tho cotton crop is all har
vested. Tho average temperature of the
week, was 41 in NashtiM, 44 in Memphis,
■16in Macon, AtlantaandAugusta,48 in
Selma, 49 in Colnmhus. GO in Montgom
ery, 52 in Charleston, .58" in Savannah
and Vicksburg, 55 in Mobile, 67 in Son
Antonio nnd New Orleans, Gl„ in India-
nela, and 71 in Galveston.
Tho market in New York was feeble
all tho week, though steadied a little at
tho closo by diminishing receipts.
THB1 GEORGIA PRESS.
IY.om tho Savannah News: - ■ . — I
The foreign exports of cotton from Sa
vannah Saturday amounted to 6275 bales,
valued at $ 111,203 87. C "" i
The schooner Edwin Janet arrived
from tho Bahamas on Saturday with two
hundred and fiftylcight thousand oranges,
three hundred nnd fif ty-seven dozen pine
apples, ono hundred and fifty bunches of
bananas, and a lot of grape fruit.
He. Jons D. Caeter has retired from
tho position of editor of tho Savannah
San. Ho has dono good work on tho Sun,
and it* readers will miss hhnr_-
The total through- cotton far, Savan
nah and New York from Colnmhus, via
tho Western railroad of Alabama, from
September 1st to last Friday night, footed
up 26,796 bales.
The Constitutionalist, says one of the
horses in the cavalry procession at Au
gusta last week, was on old Confederate
veteran—being eighteen years old, and
having been used during the whole war
in Hart’s battery. Another served raoet
of the war in Cobb’s legion.
Civil Rights, Edccatiox, Etc.—The
Romo Commercial, under the above head,
speaks out plainly as follows:
Thero ore some efforts making to pass
the civil rights bill in a modified form.
The whole thing in any form is an abom
ination, and we sincerely hope it will be
defeated. Ono of the modifications which
it is supposed will render it less objec
tionable, is that it does not propose to
force whites and blacks to mix in schools,
provided wo estabFsb as good schools for
the negroes aa for whites. We suppose
it is well known that the white people
pay nine-tenths of all the taxes; yet
when we go to disburse it the negro is to
come in for an equal share. This inter
ference of the Federal Government with
the schools, the taverns, the theatres,
etc., is a gross usurpation of power, and
all such legislation as this odious bill will
bo swept from the statute book as soon
as the Democratic party gets into power.
For ourselves we are opposed to the pub
lic school system—if it can be called a
system—as it now- exists in this State.
It is, in oar opinion, worse than a nui
sance. At best, it is an expedient for
saddling upon the tax-paying close—the
education of other people’s children. If
we are to be required to provide aa fiber-
ally for the education of the children of
non-tax-paying negroes as for that of our
own children, and the non-tax-paying
whites, we say destruction speedy and
complete to the whole iniquitous scheme.
We are hostile to education by taxation,
unless a plan of taxation can be devised
which will secure from each tax-psyer,
just money enough to educate his own chil
dren. If that can’t 1m done, you tax one
man to educate another man’s children,
and this is robbery. Yon may call it
compelling him to be beneficent. IVe
the effects of tie wound “®. epposea to compulsory beuifieence.
It is not a civil right of negroes to be ed
ucated by white people or of one man to
hare his children educated at the expense
of others.
The above might be more moderately
expressed, but it embodies, substantially,
the views of tbe junior editor of the
Teuosat* j™ MsasaaosSt for which,
however, he alone is responsible.
Save the SsEdanrOla Ceorytan
It is gratifying to know that an unu-*
A sin case was heard at the Greenwich
police court in London the other day. A
young woman named Florence Helps was
charged with wounding William Mann in
the face with an umbrella. It appears
that tbe prisoner and another young wo
man, while out walking, were followed
by a knot of troublesome boys. One of
the party trod on Miss Helps’ dress, and
made offensive remarks to her. She told
them to go away, but they continued to
molest her and her friend, and at last
Florence Helps made a thrust at M«wi
with her umbrella. Unfortunately tho
umbrella struck him in tho face and in
the left eye. He fell down, hitting his
head against the curbstone, and became
insensible. Florence Helps assisted in
rammg him and carrying him to tho
■••veat surgvary. She gave the medical
gentleman his fee, and also paid for a cab
in which the unlucky lad waa conveyed to
the Seaman’s Hot-pi tal, Greenwich.’ Sub
sequently she called on the boy’s parents,
and the nsxt morning she went to the
hospital to inquire after him. The case
is, sc cording to the medical testimony,
vary curians, tor. although he is likely to
taporer from the effects of the wound
mbits, by the umbaalla. rupture of the
brain has supervened os the blow on the
hand he oanght in falling, he has become
paralysed cn ora* aide, and has lost his
mammy. Mias Helps was committed to
jMl to assart bar trial, hail hung refused.
Is snare of oar American States man-
atoochtor ia practically a for fighter
crime than liras* atsaliafi. but if the
«*—» *» • Mr Hlmfrell in of English
joatioa, it errs aa far tb* other way.
day that he had sowed about two bun
drod and twenty-five acres in wheat.
CoaMderable at this land will produce
one thousand pound* of seed cotton to
the acre without manure. In addition to
this, ha put in liberally of rye and
oats.
We learn from the Bainbridge Demo
crat that lart Monday week, nearAttapul-
gus, Mr. Wesley F. King attacked Mr.
,W- E. A. J. Cox, firing two shots at him,
enact which took effect is tbe lung, in-
flitting a very severe if sot fatal wound.
Hr. Cox returned the fire, with'five shots,
twoof which took effect on King’s person,
the other three striking his mule. His
wounds were slight. King ha3 left for
parts unknown.
Mr. Jas. Baldwin; of Atlanta, him
been bragging that he owned the finest
breed of coon dogs in the State. Bo
wont hunting one night last week near
'Covington, as we learn SErom the Enter
prise, and they captured and killed
eighteen sheep. That hunt only coetc
him $04.
Old man Murray, of Griffin, one of the
most “trooly loyl” men in the State, and
at present Federal register in bankrupt
cy. has, the News says, recently written a
letter on colonizing the negroes in Africa.
He argues, says the News, "that they
were placed in Africa by the Creator, and
that it is the duty of the government to
return them there. He admits that it
would be a violation of all legal obliga
tions to Jorce them to go. but as self-pro
tection is the first taw of nature, aad^the
negro cannot live in this country, on
terms of political equality with the
whites, that the general government has
the right as a revolutionary measure, to
send them out of the country. He takes
tho ground that the negro will not work
any more than 13 absolutely necessary,
and being of a thieving disposition, will
prey upon the earnings of others, and
hence he is a public curse."
Mr. A. J. Daniel, of Heard county,
lost eight hundred bushels of com and
ten stacks of fodder—the whole valued at
$1000—last Sunday night. Incendiary.
The Franklin News cuts out the follow-
ing work fora constitutional convention,
provided one should be called:
To amend tho homestead law in-some
way so that an honest man can collect
what is justly duo him; to repeal all class
legislation which exempts from taxation
certain corporations, aril compels tho
widow to pay tax on her night-cap; to
make the penitentiary largo enough to
hold tho convicts, and put thorn at somo
profitable employment for tho'State; to
kill the Bullock bonds too dead to skin;
to Buffer no mOre endorsement of railroad
bonds by the State; to atopincorporatin^
all tho little watertank town3in Georgia;
to compel Obadiah.Scagg3,if ho-wants to
poddlo without license, to apply to tho-
ordinary of his county.
Fuel Passes for Members or the Leg
islature.—It is to bo hoped, says thq
Griffin News, that "no member of the
Georgia Legislature will accept a free
pass from any.railroal in Georgia during
his term of service. While they may not
consider it a bribe, yet there is no de
nying tho fai^, that tho granting of such
favors by these corporations without any
consideration, place3 tho recipient under
some obligations. In addition to this,
each member draws mileage from the
Stato Treasury at tho rate of 20 cents
per mile, and it is not right to take it,
when they havo free passes in their pock
eta. There sro bnt few Senators or Rep
resentatives ever complimented in this
way longer than their connection, with
the Legislature, and it is evident that
railroads expect to uso such favors for
some purpose. In somo instances mem-
bers save large sum3 in railroad fare, and
it amounts to the same thing as if that
much had been paid them in dollars and
cents/'
Tiie Columbus Enquirer, speaking of
the' policemen o! that city during the
canvass for Mayor,says:
livery officer lia3 the right to vote, and
vote as he pleasg_3,_ Tho city pays him,
however, to arrest violators of tho law
and preserve tho peace. When he be-
come3 an active canvasser ho
XTTTisi a law-breaker himself,and ought
to leave tho force. Ono class of mcir
docs not support him, but tho entire city
pays tho salary of officers, and tho good
order of Columbus only should be re
spected by those who take her money
and promise to render service. Their
duty is to tho city, and not to individ
uals. We aro confident we give tho
opinion of every good tax-payer in theso
remarks. The policeman’s first dutyi3
to Columbus.
All of which wo heartily indorse,
whether as regards Columbus or Macon.
- - ... ■■■■ . - r
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Miller, December 21,1874.
TO AND FRO ON the CENTRAL RAILROAD,
Your correspondent is bound on a do
mestic errand to-day which takes him
from Macon to this; point, distant 79
miles from Savannah, and home again
by the np-train. He never before prop
erly realized tho amazing swiftness, con
venience and utility .Of the much, abused
railroad.
Fifty years ago, to accomplish this
journey of 226 mile3, would have re
quired at least-ten days’ stabling and
rest of carriage horses, tho overhaul
ing of harness and vehicle, the cooking
of whole hams (with the skin on), chick
ens by the half dozen, biscuits in untold
quantities, besides tho addition of tea,
coffee, frying pan, pot and. .kffidle,.medi
cine chest, hammer, nails and extra cord
age for breakage, and-a solid trrrir of te
dious, laborious travel. Streams had to
bo forded, freshet 'or no freshet, lock-
chains fastened to the wheeU when de
scending precipitous steeps, hard push
ing and some "cussing” resorted to in
climbing long ascents, colicky or founder
ed horses doctored, broken springs and
loose tires repaired by tho way-side smith,
drenching storm and fiery suns encoun
tered, and occasionally the -"stand and
deliver” summons of the highwayman.
But now a cup of smoking coffee and
capital breakfast at mine host’s of the
Brown House at 7 a. k., the tinkle of a
bell, and cry of
ALL ABOARD,
the rush of steam and shrill whistle of
the locomotive, the gradual overcoming
of tho vis inertia; of the ponderous train,
and of we go, laughing to scorn time, dis
tance, rivers, swamps, hills and valleys,
and measuring the route by a time table
almost as immutable aa tho laws of tbe
Medes and Persians. Meals, too, are eaten
with the regularity of the hoarding house,
save that railroad guests have better ap
petites. Our destination was reached soon
after the sun had attained tothemeridiac,
and with a fall hoar of loitering to spare,
by God's providaoee we shall be back “in
our nest" again by the close of day.
What would Kip Van Winkle and other
old stagers say to this, if their mute voices
could be heard once more ? And such
A GLORIOUS DAT.
All nature bosks in the genial sun
shine, while bracing airs stir the dead
leaves and whisper of the joys and com
forts of the ingleside at home. The
feeling that " merry Christmas is com
ing,” too, softens the lines of care in the
most anxious countenances, and inspires
with exuberant delight the young and
hopeful, who thus far have only tasted
of tho nectar of life, and know nought of
the bitter drops that must be drained
ere they reach the bottom of the cup.
Happy season of recreation; - blessed
stopping point in the whirl and rush of
existence, when the grim relax their
austerity, the miser targets tor the nonce
to sate his penny and actually gives it,
the weary and overtasked ignore the fu
ture and throw dull care to the winds,
the pinched and hungry resolve at every
sacrifice to have one full meal, the la
borer and mechanic throw down their
tools, the bonks and money changers sus
pend usurious profits, the wheels of trade
stand still, and all Christendom pauses
to do homage to the nativity of the Son
of God and Redeemer of mankind, and
celebrate with orisons, bonfires, feasting
and rejoicing the auspicious event.
Pity that these universal holidays oocld
not be increased in number, for they go
fax to subdue the innate selfishness of
poor humanity, and send joy and happi
ness to tbe hearts of the dear children of
tbe country.
a mart visit to the south.
Near tho writer sat a black-eyed, pret
ty woman from tbe far off North, who
had never crossed over into Dixie >efore.
Her tribulations on the great A^-Line
read from Richmond to Atlanta were
heart rending.
The train would stop in the wods for
he*, seemed to be ages, to be watred by
means of pesUs filled from spring and
branches by the wayside, and thosgh it
was fearfnlly cold, the passenger or had
neither carpet or fire. The darky in
charge was interrogated on the pent by
an irate sufferer, and declared "dej had
come and gone and stole all his kinoitg.”
si,, all t.ha wanning they sad
on the entire route wa3 from tbe clips
this blubber-lipped African picked up
whenever the ears stopped.
Our pretty friend "calculated,” t»o,
that the land was mighty poor, and aa for
tbe cows, she wouldn’t live here nohow
unless her own
prr CRUXFLS-HOBNED BRINDLE
became a habitue also. She had essayed
to ride over Macon, but found the
roads "fearful,” and wondered where all
the people were, and what was going on
in these parts.
As to Sambo he got no quarter, and
his hovels and curious clay chimseyei
“all outside,” excited’ the profouaiest
Ho Room lor Rejoinder.
AVe print the following article on usu
ry from the New York Journal of Com-
It is in reply to General Toombe’
extraordinary utterances on that subject,
arul leaves the General without s leg tb
.stand on. He need not trouble himself
to even attempt an answer- He can’t
make a case if he should try a thousand
years: »
Public attention is just now called to
A Gashing Letter from the Plymouth
pastor to Elu Scon Proctor—He-
ply of the latr-
Nxw Yonr, December 19.—The follow
ing is published:
Brooklyn, December 17, 1874.
Mr Dear Miss Proctor: Of all men,
surely I have the right to congratulate
you on the effectual disposition made by
the referees’ report of the miserable and
shameless slanders cast upon yon. I
roSSaio: ^£2ff »n» a® innocent cause of great
naij utterance# concerning it by General sorrow to yon- Such wanton aspersion
Toombe, of Georgia. A correspondent at
Rome, in that State, has sent us what
purports to be a copy of the General’s
statement,-with a request for farther in
formation. We propose briefly to exam-
the argument by Which General Toombs
defends thi3 relic of the barbarous ages.
L He states distinctly that "it has
been condemned by the great philoso
pher, Jesus Christ.” This is the very
reverse of the truth. The case cited by
Mr. Toombs in proof of his assertion is,
the overthrow of the money-changers in
tbe court of the Jewish temple. The ac
count ia given in tbe 21st of Matthew,
wonder and disgust. The idea that suchj the 12th of Mark and the 2d of John*. It
creatures should be allowed to intrude: had no reference to interest npon money-
tbemselves into the society of ladies n The money-changers in the temple were
Where she came from, they knew better not lenders, but exchangers of money—
than to attempt it. ostensibly Jor the convenience of those
WE EXCHANGE CONFIDENCES.
Our companion was decidedly piquant,
manners. ■
of Southern (not private) matters, mak
ing statements for which our only hope
is in the absolution to be granted by
PioNono, or some of bis Macon repr»-
sentatives. In return, she said she was
an old man’s darling and bride of two
yeara only. Her husband waa!’. gray-
headed, gray-moustached, and twenty-
two yeara older than herself; but the
best man in the world—never let her
want for aught. She wa? his third.wifg,.
who had offerings to make in. the temple
service. They cheated the people whose
coins or bullion they changed into such
intelligent, mid ve^ pleasmrt-in her to S
manners. We made a clean breast tiiey wer0 thieves; but it was their
lishonesty and sacrilege in the choice of
places, and - not their business, that is
’condemned, for the same epithet is ap
plied with eepecial emphasis to those who
add oxen, shoep, and doves for sacrifioe,
and all "that sold and bought in the tern-
pli" were driven out with the same
scoirge of small cords which pursued
the money-changera. Their dishonesty
male them especially offensive, but the
tratiag character of their occupation, it
predecessors'" were'all dead as Julius
Ccesar, and had sir feet of sod and heavy
monuments to keep them from hopping
to the surface again. She was happy,very
happy. And somehow these old codgers
do seem to renew their youth when they
tackle on to "sweet seventeen,” and
profiting by a half century’s experience,
make the best of hnsbands.
REBELLION IN THE WIGWAM.
But oar spirited little wife with charm
ing naivete, declared that Mr. , her
husband, had gone to an interior village
to 'visit his son, who had' lately made
him a grandfather, and this was all right
—it wa3 his duty to do it. But he had
wanted her to accompany him and she
had positively refused. What! have ur
chins call her grandma when she hadn’t
a chick in the world or a wrinkle in her
cheek? Tho idea was not to be oven en
tertained. If She had acceded to Wire-
quest, sho would ’.<? '
SPANK THOSE CHILDREN
every timo she saw them. Wo admired
the little black-eyed beauty’s spunk, bnt
some how the words “for better or for
worst?’ in tho marriage vow would obtrude
themselves, and it became a grave ques
tion for casuists to decide whether this
child-wife should not put on anto-diluvi-
an caps, a gray coiffure, and all tho para
phernalia and dignity of age, that she
-might rightly "fulfillher mission” os the
grand mother by election of her husband’s
descendants. We hope an affirmative de
cision by matrimonial quid nuncs’, won’t
cause a rise in arsenic and strychnine.
MATRIMONIAL LESSON NUMBER TWO.
In another partruf the catthe attention
of the writer wa3 attracted to a jolly per
sonage who represented the obverse of tho
picture wo have been describing. It wa3
tho literal resurrection and reappearance
of ■—r*
■ r MAJOR EAGBTOCE-
of Dickens memory on tho scene. The
performance and delineation were per
fect. Tho Major, orhi3 prototype rather,
had recently become the fortunate hus
band of a young lady, comely and at
tractive, and his enthusiasm knew no
bounds. Ho wa3'as frolicsome as a colt,
and disported around his cara sposa like a
-youth ju3t emerged from his teens. But
then he- knew so much more — could
sample the cau-de vie in his flask and tell
to a day the date of its vintage—was
au fait in arranging.a lunch,.' Chestor-
fieldian in tho grandeur of hia attentions
to tho ladies, and tho lean ideal of tho Ion
vivant and experienced courtier. With
such qualifications to recommend them,
ouf upon the insinuation that young girls
TOkAmpggnfe'iythg
or tho blandishment of honeyed^words.
They prefer ripe fruit and the solidity of
character that .belongs to the well tu
tored widower;ortbe amorous enthusiasm
of the confirmed old bachelor just awa
kened to a sense of * delayed^ happiness”
by tho charms of his inaiabrata- - And
why not concddo'the propriety of ^tho ap
othegm, chacun a son gout, every one to
his taste ? This reminds U3 of another
scene wo failed to portray a week or two
since, which was witnessed in these iden
tical cara. *
MATRIMONIAL LESSON NUMBER THREE.
The parties were a drunken husband
and his better half on their return to the
old home in Barke county. The former
had been employed as watchman for the
Great Ogecchee bridge on tho Atlantic and
Gulf railroad, but waa discharged for
taking too much “red eye.”
The wife, who was also a little tipsy on
this occasion, was loud in the abase of
her liege lord. "-THe had thrown awaj a
good situation,” sho said,' which yielded
the' large sum of "twenty "dollars per
month, besides rations, consisting of one
bushel of meal, a quart of salt, and twenty
pounds of bacon.” On this ho ought to
have grown rich, especially as she added
“seventy-five cents worth of fish per day/'
tho product of her own hook and lino to
the common store. But it was the same
old story,
WHISKY DID THE BUSINESS,
and salary, earnings, rations and every
thing olso found their way into the capa
cious maw of tho rumselier.
There was nothing left bnt to return
to old Burke again. But the good wo
man, after growing maudlin, and shed
ding a flood of tears over a little inno-
oont which had never.even seen the light
a half score years ago, suddenly, at some
remark of her husband, pitched into him,
hitting him right and left, and deliver
ing her licks with the precision and effect
of Heenan or Morrissey. The .‘/gray
mare” triumphed, and to the no little
exultation of the.deponent, the poor devil
collapsed and subsided into the subser
vient henpecked husband. _
With a leer of the eve she then ex
claimed," “Mister, he didn’t fool-me so
bad after all; you, see this big bundle,
it’s chock foil of dresses I bought in
Savannah. I give Bill $8 to buy tiskets
to Waynesboro, and the fellow, in two
minute arter, spent one whole dollar for
whisky. I seen him walking along to the
depot with a gang of niggers at his heek,
andjiningthe crowd asked what they
was following him for. ‘AVhy,’ ses one
chap, ‘he is got money, and we wants it.’
‘I slapped that black face so white, it’ll
take a pound of lampblack to gin him
his nataral color agin,’”
MATRIMONIAL LESSON NUMEER FOUR.
At one of the stations by the way, a
man and his wife got on board with four
children, three of whom were of similar
size, and as moch. alike as peas in the
same hull. It was a clear case of trip,
lets, and every eye in the car was turned
npon them in friendly commiseration.
But the pity was soon turned into sym
pathetic admiration, a3 the fond parents
played with their little ones, and seemed
never to become weary in nursing and
waiting npon them. It wa3 a beautiful
and fascinating picture, peculiarly edify
ing to bachelors and those who are so
prone to forget that they too were once
young and helpless.
MATRIMONIAL LESSON NUMBER TTVE.
Again our attention was directed to a
young couple, who had evidently but re
cently been bound in vinculo matrimonii.
To the unspeakable disgust of the
writer, in this instance the husband was
a3 cold ass frog; and not even the soft
arms of hU gentle wife about his neck, or
the exquisite titillation of his whiskers,
or any other chaste and delicate endear
ment coaid arouse his insensate nature.
He was a brute—a monster—a wretch,
who richly deserved the pillory, and we
axe sure every .loving wife in the land
would say anion to the sentence.
MATRIMONIAL LESSON NUMBER SIX.
This exercise per necessity we are
forced to omit. , .
That “domestic errand” had been ac
complished, and we would post the read
er in tbe premises and give hia oar oon-
nufatal experience also, bat that the wri
ter don’t like to “see the stars” in the
day time, and that conch-shell music caus
ed by a sound box upon the ear never hod
any charms for him. Here, then, we re
tire, as the train, under the skillful direc
tion of Conductor Marlow, once more
gently glides into the noisy car shed.
Tbe deponent had been to Milieu and
w&3 hack again safe and sound the same
day, bearing with him hia alter ego and
a four year old specimen of perpetual mo
tion. Header, excuse the egotism con
tained in the last sentence, and consider
thia missive as nothing more than a lit
tle Christmas nonsense “ founded npon
fact.” H. H. J.
bnF what’did-thatmatter?' -They, hen
M T " T ’"“ '7Ji ed the 8acred puce. That this
“Geat Philosopher” did not regard the
taSng of usury as wrong, is clearly
pnyed from the parable where he likened
hisown kingdom to an administration in
which the master said to an unfaithful
servant (Matthew 25:27), “Thou oughest
therefore to have put my money to the
exmangers (that is, bank—Luke 19:23),
anc then at my coming I should have re
ceded mine own with usury."
2. The General continues his argu
ment against permitting free trade
monef, on tho ground that it “is not. an
articli of commerce.” But the old Jew
ish law made no distinction. Since Gen,
Toonfcs seoms to believe so strongly in
the Siripturo authority (although he has
so stfily misquoted and applied it), we
woull refer him to tho whole case plainly
staMI in Deuteronomy 23d, 19-20:
“Th*a shalt not lend upon usury to thy
brother; usury of money, usury of vict
uals usury of anything that is lent npon
U3uiy. Unto a stranger thou mayst lend
upon usury.”
Most superficial thinkers who have not
examined tho subject aupposo that usury
in tho Scriptures means the samo as in
hunan statutes, that is, tho, taking for
the loan of money a sum in excess of a
certain established rate. But this is not
ths meaning or scope of the Mosaic pro
hibition. Usury there meant the demand
ing or receiving any reward or payment
whatever for the loan of money or other
commodity to a brother. The hire of a
torse, or ox, or of food to a brother Isra-
«lite, is as sternly prohibited as the hire
of-money. ' Usury did net mean an ex
cessive rate of hire, but any rate. The
man who took ono penny for twenty
years’ interest of a thousand talents, vio
lated the law as truly as if he asked
“ cent per cent.” per annum. And if he
took a penny for the hiro of a team, or
the loan of .food, or .any thing whatever
that can by any possibility be lent, be vi
olated tho law.
This wa3 dono to promote liberality and
brotherly kindness, and to restrain the
national cupidity. That it was not be
cause tbe payment of tho use of money,
or the hire of the other property, is in
itself wrong, or oven uncommendable, is
Been from tho positivo legislation in re
gard to strangers: “ Unto a stranger thou
mayst le'ad upon usury.” Thero is else
where a strong injunction of kindness to
strangers under a threat of tho sorest
vengeance, so that tho loan of money to
a stranger upon usury was not an act of
unkindness, as judged by tho most sacred
oLstatute^omug uisneo. Georgian closed
his plea by an averment that tho usury
law continued in existence in England
until about 18C6, when it was abolished;
that ’ after that “ things went on from
bad to worse,” and Parliament has re
stored it. This will be news, wo think,
on both sides of the water. The usury
laws were repealed, in substance, early in
the reign of Queen Victoria (about 1840),
all obligations over .£10, and not having
more than twelve months to run, being
exempted from their operation, and
twenty years ago they were abolished al
together as related to ordinary money
transactions:
4. As a last plea Gen. Toombs adds:
“The- whole theory of free money is un
sound, and is a gross oppression, against
the tyranny of which the people ought to
ho protected.” This assertion is entirely
unsupported, is in tho face of all logic,
and is opposed to tho plainest dictates of
common sense. It is also contradicted
by all-human experience. What has
been the invariable effect of usury laws
where they have been kept on the stat
ute book ? What tyranny have they re
sisted ? What poor man have they ever
protected ? Thero cannot ho cited an in
stance of their enforcement in our time
anywhere, except as a cover to tho most
shameless roguery, or at any rate as an
evasion of an equitable obligation. They
aro a dead letter all over the world, except
as an instrument of injustice in the hand
of the dishonest or fraudulent debtor. The
laws themselves tyrannize over borrowers,
who are made to pay more for the use of
money because of these oppressive re
strictions; hut General Toombs cannot
lay his hand on a case where, as they now
exist, they have boon cited infavor of tho
people! If enforced in this State, they
would shut up in prison as a criminal
every man who accommodated his poorer
neighbor in a season of pressure, [and
who thereby saved him from insolvency.
They violate the plainest principles of
equity and fair dealing, and authorize in
justice and villainy. They are not en
forced, or their necessary operation would
give them a blacker character than any
we could paint. They havo no defender
but those twin champions of ancient
wrongs, ignorance and prejudice.
Religion Among the Southern
Negroes.
Huntsville, A!::., Correspondence If. Y. Times.1
Soon after the war ceased it was re
marked that tho negroes of the South
had changed in many respects, and that
among other things they had given up
dancing and singing. How their principal
amusement consists in going to church
and shouting themselves hoarse in what
they call “the holy dance.” Here in
Huntsville, nearly every negro in the
place has “sperienced religion,” as he will
tell you with a sly affectation of meek
ness that ia truly laughable. Having ex
perienced religion does not mean with
them, however, that they shall try to live
pure, good, lives, or that they shall sacri
fice any thing for the sake of their faith.
Beligious negroes steal as much and get
drank quite as often as do the very few
who are not in the church, and I am in
formed on the very best authority that
black men and women, after passing half
the night in a protracted or revival
meeting, will leave the house of God
to engage in the scenes of dissipation that
are too disgusting for description.
In a former letter I tried to convey an
idea of how terribly immoral the country
negroes were. At this time it is only ne
cessary to add that several colored preach
ers in Korth Alabama are known to have
more than one wife, and that the leading
sister in the Methodist Church in this
place ia the keeper of a den frequented
only by negro thieves and women of the
lowest class. In church matters the col
ored people are very exclusive; at the
same time they are excessively proud of
the particular denomination to which
they belong, and loud in their denuncia
tion of those who join other churches.
In Huntsville the so-called Hard-shell
Baptist congregation is by far the largest,
numbering upward of two thousand
members. A day or two since I asked
an old darkey, who is a prominent elder
in the Methodist Church, how it was that
that the Baptiste were so numerous.
“Lor 1 aah,” said he, “dat’s easy ’nough
’splained. Niggers is sinful fond of show,
and the Baptiste gives it to ’em sure;
no natural nigger can’t resist the fasci
nations of a public baptisin’.”
sorrow to yon- Bocn wanton aspersion
would be intolerable npon aman,but upon
a woman so little able to defend herself,
so sensitive even to the very .shadow of
dishonor, such slanders are atrocious
crimes; but no w that you have been vin
dicated, I am content not to have quite
had my own way. For I was at first hart
not a little that the case was adjusted
without giving me an opportunity to pub
licly and under oath to deny the shame
ful allegations made, and to brand tho
stories as malignant falsehoods in their
1 relation to you and in their relation to
me. ’ Yon know assuredly that I never
uttered any alleged injurious statements
concerning yon, as I know there were
never any grounds on your part for such
wicked stories.
I am, as over, very truly yonra,
Henry 'Ward Beecher.
P. S.4—Do yon know that we have come
to the shortest days ? After two or three
more every day will have more Bnnlight
in it than its predecessor. May the
omen be blessed.
Brooklyn, December 18.
Dear Me. Beecher : I thank you for
your letter of yesterday. With its ex
pressions of sympathy at tho terrible in
justice and cruelty I have had to endure,
and with its congratulations npon the
end attained, I should have been glad if
you could have had an opportunity to de-
ny publicly, under oath, this atrocious
story. At the samo timo I attachod lit
tle importance to such denials, for it has
always seemed to me that the absurdity
and impossibility of your ever having ut
tered a syllable of thrn slander must bo
as apparent to all the world as it i3 to
myself, and now that tho lie has been re
tracted in open court by those who pro
claimed it, with tho abhorenco and scorn
it merits, I dismiss it forever. So my
heart uplifts itself, and though these are
dark December days I feel that I atn en
tering not winter bnt spring. Trusting
that the future will, indeed, bring you
sunlight without clonds, and that your
remaining years will be the happiest and
most useful of your life. I am yours, cor
dially, Edna Dean Proctor.
rTIHK great success attending tho introduction
JL in this msrket of tbe
ROCHESTER BEER!
ESTER, bottled by outside parties, ajd lro-
apectfally call attention to the subjoined notice
fromtbewell-known,pxtensiro and responsible
house of Hollender * Co., general agents for the
genuine Rochester Beer.
H. DRETFOC9, Agent.
New York, November 17,187*.
IUlHesexHreyeou*, JIaoon. Ga.:
In reply to your honor dated the ISth. you will
find enclosed agency for Macon, Gs., which you
will use a, advertisement, ^>”“5i’UVJvk 1 *
rnffleient to stop Messrs. OPPEN HETMEB. A
STRAUSS from selling their COMMON MALT
SUQA& BBER for Rochester. They never
bought any Rochester Beer, and only use the
name of this celebrated article to self their IN
FERIOR and COMMON STUFF. Your far
ther orders awaiting. VTe notify you that we
have made extraordinary improvements in our
bottling department, rendering our Rochester
Boer durable for SIX MONTHS.
Respectfully. H 0Il LKNDER * CO-
TAKE NOTICE.
We hereby appoint Mr. Henry Dreyfous. at
Msccn, Gs, our ONLY and exclusive agent in
that city for our celebrated and GENUINE
Bartholomay Brew Company’s Rochester:W»
Boer. All other beer told under THAT NAME
by anybody else but Mr. H. Dreyfout in said city
U IMITATION and FRAUD. _
HOLLENDER A CO..
General Agents for Bartholomay’s Brew Com-
pany, Rochester. nov24-u_
Eufaula Items.
According to the Times, Eufaula had
received up to the 21st 22,392 hales of
cotton—showing an important trade.
The Times says:
Mayor Huff’s message, or rather ad
dress, to the City Council of Macon beat3
Grant’s message to Congress all hollow,
either a3 a literary performance or as a
sagacious and ablo state paper.
Which is a fact. The same paper has
the following:
Inquest.—Coroner Theo. Piuden held
his first inquest since his election on
Thursday la3t, over the body of the ne
gro, Walter Jackson, who was killed early
that morning by another negro named
Henry McTyer, on the MeTyer place, sir
miles south of the city. Dr. Copeland
made the post mortem examination, and
found that the scull had been badly frac
turod on the left side of tho head, by t
blow from a heavy stick or piece of tim
ber. Thero was no contusion or even
break of the akin on tho outside of the
head, and tho physician had to take off
tho scalp to expose the wound to tho jury.
Both deceased and his slayer were in
the employ of Mr. McTycr, and both
bore good characters on the place and in
tho neighborhood. No blamo is attached
to Henry for the killing. Tho difficulty
seems to have been the resnlt of a gross
misunderstanding on the part of the de
ceased, and ho was too impulsive, or ang
ry, to hear an explanation, and, conse
quently, lost his life in the fight he
would have.
General Chanzt, the present Govern
or of Algeria, and who opposed such a
bold front to Prince Frederick Charles
around Orleans, is ranked as the best
general of the French army- Canrobert,
McMahon and Bazaine, the old broken
reed Marshals of the Second Umpire, en
tertain a alight-feeling of jealousy for
him. He was the only “West Pointer”
not badly smashed by the German hosts.
LENOIR’S TENNESSEE SAUSAGE
In 20 lb. tins.
Lenoir’s Tennessee Leaf Lard,
In SO lb. tics.
CHOICE TENNESSEE ROLL BUTTER, in
barrel,, boxes and tins.
15 bbls. PEARL GRITS.
500 buxhel. Bolted and Water-ground MEAL.
2000 bushels choice White CORN.
2000 quarter sacks low grade FLOUR, at very
low prices
SUGAR. COFFEE. SOAP, CANDLES.
LIVERPOOL AND VIRGINIA SALT.
AJ1 for sale, very cheap, by
TO THE PUBLIC.
In answer to an advertisement of Mr. H. Drcj 1
fous, sole agent of Messrs. Hollender 4 Co* wo
wish to stato that the arrogance of Messrs. Hol
lender & Co. is only excelled by tho ignorance of
Mr. H. Dreyfous, for the following reasons:
First—Tho dtycf Rochester has more than ono
brewery.
Second—Tho beer of tbe Bartholomey Brewing
Company
Is By Far Not The Best Brewed.
Third—We never sold
0UB ROCHESTER BEER
as coming from said Brewing Company.
Fourth—We will put up
One Thousand Dollars in Cash,
CHEMICAL EXPERT
Who will decide, that while
ALL THE DIFFERENT BRANDS OF
BEER TTE SELL
Contain nothing bnt
HOPS AND MALT,
His Rochester Beer will contain ingredients
Not Strictly Necessary for tho Pro
motion of Health.
Through onr
Spurious uni Trashy Malt Sugar Beer,
We have, within
EIGHTEEN MONTHS,
Built np a shipping trade
Second, to None In New York
Respectfully,
OPPBNHEISIER * STRAUSS,
92 Tuano Street.
New York, December 10.dcclS Ct
dcelS.lt
JONES A BAXTER.
Notice from D. Daly & Bro,
A S we belong to the chureh, and are not bet-
tinctncn. we have one thousand customers
whooTorSloarh as a bet tint Messrs. E. An-
heuscr A Co-’s Beer,which we are solo agent, for
in Macon, is the best in the United States.
rnooF.
Specific gravity. per rant.
Extracted matter — 7-32 do
Carbonicadd - -0-W 60
Alcohol. AS9 do
Ashes -0A4 do
From there figure, it will be readily «ecn that
the "St. Louis Lager Beer" proves a heavier spe
cific weight than all other Beer now manufac
tured in the United State* i its substance of car
bonic add Is superior even tofcgthAta^
Chemist of U. S. Naval Laboratory-
New York. September. 1S74. <Ucl8-*t
DISSOLUTION.
rTUIE firm of W'. L. HENRY & CO. is this day
JL dissolved by mutual consent. J. B. rapy re
tiring. W. L. Henry assumes all liabilities, and
is sole receiver of all dues of the Utefira.^
j/bTpapV.
On retiring from tho lato firm of W.L Henry
4 Cal respectfully tender my thanks to my
friends and many patrons while connected witn
the above firm, and bespeak tor W* L- Henry a
continuance of tho s»mc. I will remain m the
house a short while with him. and will welcome
my old as well as new friends as henrtily *■_ in
the past.
dec!8 St
J. B. DAVY.
C0RPUT,
SWATTS
&C0„
Family and Fancy
G-ROCERS
DEALER3 IN
FOREIGN and DOMESTIC
FRUITS!
Fresh Pish, Oysters,
Game, Vegetables, &Ice,
63 Cherry Stroet, Macon, Ga.
Get tho best, buy the clieauert and freshest
eonrts, thereby rare money and promote health.
tVe keep everything usually found in a first-
das, grocery «toro. and many thing, never be
fore brought out. Our
Bibb County Sheriff's Sale.
-np virtue of an order issued by Hon. Barnard
n Hill. Judge Superior Court. Miron Circuit,
will be sold, at thcitora of C. O. Yeager A Co., on
Fourth street, in the city of Moron, on Mon
day. the Sl«t day of December. 1S74. during the
legal hour* of silo, the following property, to-wit:
One lot lamp chimneys. 1 lot soap. 1 lot empty
flasks, II water buckets. 1 chicken coop, 1 step-
ladder. 1 choeso safe. I olfico desk. 1 meat bench.
1 mSW box, S demijohns, 5 firs pickles. 1 lot ink,
IS candy jars and contents 17 jars peaches. 1 lot
jars. 5 quarter sack! Hour, 11 barrel, wilt, S boxes
cheroots. 1 lot canned vegetables, I lot canned
fruit, 1 lot barrel covers, S sifters. 7 boxes toys,
1 lot glass lamps, 1 lot baskets, is fans. 1 lot emp
ty kegs, 2 part laurels of vinegar, 1 lot canned
oysters, S bushels meal, 7 coffee pots, 3 dinner
buckets, 4 washboards, 1 lot bar fixtures, 5 clothes
lines, 1 lot pipes 1 lot axe handles, 8 kits fish. 1
lot matches. Hot wrapping paper. 1 lot candles
9 bottles sweet ofi, I atove. 1 lot spool thread. 1
lot pins, 23 packages corn starch. 1 pair platform
scales. 1 pair counter scales, 1 beer chest Oh(l fau-
rot, I lot empty barrels. 25 bottles liquor, 2 show
caaes aad contents, 1 kerosene can and pump, !
lot crockery-ware, 1 lot glass-ware, 4 boxes ci-
gara. Levied on a, tlm property of C. O. Yrogcr
it Co, to satisfy a mortgage tl fa isnied from Bibb
Superior Court in favor of Jacob Rupell. trustee,
vs C. O. Yeager St Co. Property pointed out in
,0 GEO. F, CHERRY. Sheriff.
J. WERTHEIMER,
V MANUFACTURER of
Havana and Connecticut Seed Leaf
C S G A. El S !
- MACON, GA.
How Much Hard Money There Is In
the World.
The New York Times says the Director
of the Mint at Philadelphia, in his an
nual report, says that of gold and silver
Sfe^nS’uuaor'Tfuhe last was 5ounrT’to*Eo
$166,846,228. The world’s stock of pre
cious metal3 is from ten to twelve thou
sand milUons of dollars, nearly equally
divided as to the two metals. Of this
amount tho Director of the Mint at Faria
asserts that Franco possesses in gold
money one thousand millions of dollars,
and in full-valued silver pieces three hun
dred millions of dollars. Tho present
annual production of gold throughout the
world ia estimated at ono hundred mill
ions, and of silver at eighty millions of
dollars, giving an addition to tho accu
mulated stock of ono and one-half per
cent, per annum. The rate of production
13 unquestionably diminishing, and as
three countries of Europe—Russia, Aus
tria, and Italy—havo, like ourselves, not
even begun to collect gold for tho res
umption of payments in coin, there is
very little clTance of priceB suffering in
thia century any inflation from a redun-
dency of the precious metals.—New Tori
Times.
To dun a debtor on a postal card has
jost been decided by the Snpremc Court
of Ohio as unlawful. The court held that
anything so written as to injure tho credit
or reputation of any one is a crime. The
decision was made in the case of a man
who dunned a debtor for an old acconnt
on a postal cord, and in that manner
made the matter public to the detriment
of tho latter’s credit elsewhere.
Assignee's Sale
Great Bargains to be Had.
within tho lejral hours of sale, on FRIDAY,
TJARY 16,18!
to tho estate
from all incumbrance, —- —
IDENCE, with grounds attached, containing four
acres, more or less, in tho town of Hawkinarille,
and near to the businesspart of said town, known
as tho place where said way now lives. Also, one
fine Office and Lot, fronting on Commerce street
fifteen feet, more or less, in said town, between
Jackson and Houston streets, and known as tho
offico of Dr. E. F. Way. Also, one plantation,
comprising lota of land Noa. 301.813 and 324, in
the Twenty-fourth district of said Pulaski
county, containing 605 acres, more or less. Said
place is well improved, has a good dwelling. con-
taining six rooms, has good out-bonaes, is within
a few hundred yards of Magnolia, a station on
the Macon and Brunswick railroad, about thirty
miles from Macon. This is a fine plantation, r
well watered and eligibly situated. There is
bargain in it. Salo positive and without reserve.
Terms cash.
Something Sweet.
A LARGE supply of Maillard’i excellent Can-
JL dirojustroecivetiat Tj . MERKEL’S.
Just Arrived.
A LARGE ASSORTMENT of Boys’ Wavons.
Wheelbarrows, Velocipedes. Rocking-horses.
Aire, Magic Lanterns, Mechanical Toys, Chairs,
D S tC - at L. MERKEL’S.
L. C. RYAN,
FOR.
SALE OR RENT
__ containing460 acres—200 of
which aro cleared—vineyard, orchard, gin-house
and screw, cotton gin, herse-power, etc.
Apply to
To Rent, Lease or Sell.
A VERY level and fertile plantation, in a high
state of cultivation. Five hundred acres of
open land, thoroughly stocked with fine horses,
mules; cows and hogs. Also, corn, fodder, peas,
cotton seed, oats plantation tools; 800 loads of
domestic manure; a largo modem dwelling, spa
cious cow and horse barns, all new; one-third of
the acreage having produced corn enough to sup
ply the place the last five years.
Ability to pay or secure to me the value of my
perishable property, the only condition necessary
to a trade of renting, leasing or selling.
Place located one hoar's ride down Southwes
tern Railroad.
Apply to G. W. Head, Macon. Ga.. or myself.
TJ. 31, GUNN,
declG-eod-tf Byron, S. W, R. IU Ga.
Receiver’s Sale.
B Y virtne of an order of Hon. Barnard Hill,
Judge of the Superior Court of the Macon
circuit, will be sold before tbo Court house door
in the town of Perry and county of Houston, on
the first Tuesday in January next, 1875, between
the legal hours of sale, the plantation in said
county known as the
C. M. Wiley Plantation,
The same being situated in the eleventh district
of laid county, and consisting of:
Lot number sixty-two (62.)
Lot number sixty-three (63.)
Lot number thirty-five (35.)
Lot number thirty-four ' ’
Lot number sixty-seven
Lot number sixty-eight
Lot number seventy* '
Lot number ninety-t
Lot number sixty (60.)
Lot number sixty-one (6L)
And also the north half of lot number thirty-
one, (31), the whole containing two thousand one
hundred and twenty-six and a quarter (2.12CI)
acres, more or less.
The Receiver reserves to himself the privilege
of offering the entire farm in one body, or in
Three or More Tracts,
s he may announce on day of sale.
Terms of Payment:
One-half cash, and the other half in twelve
months from day of sale, with interest at seven
per cent, per annum. T. G. HOLT,
Receiver of Charles M. Wiley.
November 28,1874. dec!5
DENTAL NOTICE.
DXI. J. F. Jfc'W. Mo lOLXl M,
nently, cure Abscessed Teeth, insert Artifice*
Teeth, dean and bleach Discolored Teeth, extrac
Teeth Without Pain AU work guaranteed.
Price* reasonable. fanfttf
Hotel for Rent.
rpHE subscriber offers for rent the Central
J. Hotel in Jonesboro, Clayton county, Geor
gia, on the Macon and Western RAflroad. The
bouse has, besides parlors, dinii
thirty-two * * "
facilities a.
fine, healthy location for a summer retort, having
the best of water arid a pure, cod aad bracing
atxnoaphere. Apply by letter or otberwteto i
- Jonesboro. M. B. DlVAUGHAN
novttlm*
Brick, Brick, Brick
hereafter be:
For average lots, cither upon the cars or in tho
city, is per thousand.
All Hard, $9 per thousand.
All Salmon, 57 per thousand.
\V. G. HOGE,
GREEN J. BLAKE,
W. F. ANDERSON.
ANDERSON & HARDEMAN,
decll-lm PETER HARRIS.
Important to Planters
Macojt, Ga., August 1,18 74.
T ) meet the demands of tho times, wo deter
mined, early in the Spring, to attempt a re
duction in the rates of Storage and Commission on
Cotton, and now announce the following change
OLD RATES, I PRESENT RATES.
Commission... H per ct I Commission-. lipcrcL
Storage GOe per b. | Storage. .25c per b.
Thankful for the liberality of our friends in the
past, we must look to them for increased patron
age to enable us to adhere to the low rates we
have inaugurated.
Mr. J. W. Stubbs, a prominent Granger and
planter of this county. Trill bo our weigher the
present season.
Advances made on cotton in store at lowest cur
rent rates. We guarantee our best efforts for the
interests of all who favor us with business.
Respectfully,
CAMPBELL & JONES,
Warehouse and Commission Merchants,
sep31tf Macon. Ga.
GOOD, SMALL & CO.,
63 Third Street,
JJAVE on hand, and arriving
500 bushels Cora, white and mixed.
1,000 bushels Oats, for seed and feed.
2 cars Bacon Shoulders.
5 cars Bacon C. R. Sides.
500 bushels fresh Water-Ground Meal.
200 bbls. Irish Potatoes.
100 bbls. Onions.
50 bbls. Sugars—A, Extra C and C.
50 sacks Coffee.
100 boxes Tobacco, all grades.
100 bbls. Whiskies, Brandies, Gins, Roi Bjt tc
10 barrels, 20 4-barrels, 50 4-barrels, 700 kits
Mackerel, Nos. 1,2 and 3.
In addition to tbe above, we have a largo and
well-selected stock of Lard. Haras, Bagging, Ties,
Molasses, Salt, Candles, Soap, Potash, Soda, etc.,
which we aro offering low for cash.
FLOTJB! FLOUR I FLOUR!
We have in store, and to arrive, 500 barrels
Choice Tennessee Flour, in \ and whole Backs,
which muet be sold inside of thirty days. Parties
who consigned it are needing money. Come and
see us before going elsewhere.
GOOD, SMALL & CO.
E. B. POTTER , M.D.,
HOMCE OPATHI8T
O FFICE, Weed's block, Second street, third
door below Johnston's jewelry store. Resi
dence, corner of Second Walnut streets.
mar24tf
WANTED.
A NO. 1 COOK, WASHER and IRONER,
without incumbrances, can procure a good
home by applying to
dec!7-tf
OR. W. W. FORD,
DENTIST
(106 Cherry rtreet, over M. R. Rogers t Co.)
my 27 MACOK, GA.
Open Again.
Fine Horse Shoeing !
At his old stand and Porter A Heath's stables.
Look for as fine work as can be done. Call and
him..nov28-lm
FOR RENT.
plete, at Byron, on the Southwestern rail
road. Also, a comfortable Dwelling. Apply to
aprttf DR. C. H. RICHARDSON.
JOHNSON HOUSE,
SMITHVILLE, GA.,
T. W. JOHNSON, Proprietor,
All trains on Southwestern Railroad, take meals
at this House. .
rpHE proprietor having been engaged in the
JL Hotel business in Alabama for the pest three
years, has returned to his old stand, where he
would be glad to see bis old friends again, and
hopes by untiring energy to merit a continuance
of the patronage so liberally bestowed heretofore.
decl5-tf
Paper For Sale.
—Irene no grert outlay of mooey
topnrebare tha office.
Terms—HaR ouh, ImT.nr. j n
ten monte,. Address “B„
Ore* Twacmph aad Messenger,
WHI
la a power
p* to ran it
be required
fire and
“V
Ga.
Dividend No. 42.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY,')
Macon, Ga., December 15,1874. S
A DIVIDEND of Three Dollars and Fifty
Cents per share has been declared on the
capital stock of this company, us held on the
night of the 30th November, payable on and af
ter 21st tost., in the currency of the United
States as now received. .
Stockholders in Savannah will receive their
ividends at the Central Railroad Bank.
jsuh »eis Teem for
__Pto brick residence comer Poplar and Second 1
streets, and has just introduced Celluloid, tbo
most beautiful, durable and comfortable cheap
base known for artificial teeth. Fall sets for 320. |
Satisfaction guaranteed iu every instance. | I
marl51y
A NEW AND PINE SELECTION
—or—
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silver
ware, Spectacles, Cutlery, Toi
lette Sets, Etc., Etc.,
Received and offering at
POPULAR PRICES!
FINE AND DIFFICULT WATCHES repaired
on short notice and guaranteed.
PLAIN RINGS AND BADGES madetoorder.
ENGRAVING nently executed,
call.
treet, opposite the Co
E. J. Johnston.
| EVERYBODY READ THIS!!
AND OO TO
HINKLER’S
NEW
[Confectionery and Toy Store, j
On Mulberry Street,
TO BUT
[CHRISTMAS GOODS!
TOYS
Of every description.
[Confectionery, Fruits,]
Silk. Wire and Comic Mask,.
I In great variety, and everything usually f
9 kept iu a first-class
|Toy ana .Confectionery Store! j
Having bought, my entire stork for cash, f
Rememember tho place, 43 and 5t Mul-1
I berry street-oppoute Floyd Hourosquore. |
J. DISKLEE.
SEEDGATS
500 BUSHELS CHOICE SEED OATS
For sale by
dec3-tf SEYMOUR. TINSLEY A CO.
SALT FISII. ETC.
and WINES, both foreign and domestic, bring
purchased by a competent ludgr, we can guar
antee pure nnd o! better grade tlsan have hereto
fore been offered only tur medicinal pnrpore*
Thia utock wna purchased cxdu.ivelj fro caah.
and will be sold on iinnlar terms or to A Bo. I.
gilt-edge monthly customer*. octlltt
NEW GROCERY STORE.
I Have Opened a Choice
Family
Grocery
Store!
No.SO CIIEKBY (STREET
(orrosixK ins Isaacs house.)
My Goods are all New
and First-Class, and I
■will Sell them for Cash
as Cheap as any house
in the city.
E. H. MALONEY.
$500 REWARD. |
E SCAPED from fail, one GEORGE A BEE,
■ charged with the murder of John J. Cln-rry
in March last, lie is about twenty-ono or two
yfcars old, weighs about 170 pounds, has rather
gray oyes, with dark sandy hair, about five feeC
six or seven inches high, nnd has a mark on nta
arm of t hree chain links made with indelible mk_
In conversation has a rather thick tongue, brags
and uses the words “ By God " more than almost
any others. Ho will probably try to get to At
lanta, and then go westward. 1 will w.tnfl
Evwua tur in* delivery to tno Sheriff of
this county. A liberal reward is also offered by
the Sheriff, and, no doubt,thero will be a reward
offered by tlio Governor, as two other prisoners
escaped with him—all charged with murder, fl
nov24tf W. A. CHERRY.
$500 REWARD!
T?SCAPED FROM JAIL.—THOS. A. GRAY-
JCi About SO or 55year* old ; light complexion-
ed; sandy hair nnd beard; thin visage: about 5
feet 10 or 11 inches high; weighs about 140 <
150 pounds.. In jail for murder.
JOHN J. DUNN—About 25 years old; light
complexion, sand? hair and beard; very high
check bones; quick spoken; about 5 feet 7 inches
high; weighs about 140 or 145 pounds. In jail
for murder.
GEORGE F. ABEL—About 21 years old;
light coraplexioncd; grayish-bluo eyes; light
hair; very little beard; round face; good teeth;
quick spoken. In jail for murder.
I am authorised to offe- the above reward for
the apprehension of George F. Abel.
GEORGE W. MOORE.
novS t-tf Acting Jailor Bihh County.
From the Record.
THE PENN MUTUAL
Xml 2S
Insurance Co.
Is the Favorite of the Macon
People,
Bemuse it is the oldest company doing burines.
‘ n BeSSro FOB TWENTY-EIGIIT YEARS ita
ratio of expenso to income baa been amalicr than
any other company doing burinesa in Miron.
iiecauio FOB TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS It*
dividends to policy-holders have been much
larger than any other company doing business in
Macon.
Because FOR TEN YE ARS the interest on its
assets has exceeded its death losses, proving that
daring this period it could have continual its
prosperous career without new business—the
best test of solvency. No other company doing
business in Macon has done so well.
Because FOR TEN YEARS the average rate
of interest realized on it* assets has been heavier
than any other company doing business in
Macon. . , .
Because for twenty-eight years it has fnrnislied
the best quality of Life Insurance at the lowest
possible cost to the assured.
Because busmens men know lbr.fc the above
tell* of ECONOMY. HONESTY, FINANCIAL
ABILITY and SOLVENCY.
GOOD ENOUGH!
Insure with
THOS. U. CONNER,
State Agent, at
Conner Bros.' General Insurance Agency.
nov29 tf -
Georgia and Florida
SYRUP.
200
BARRELS Choice
2TEW CHOP!
For salo by
decO-tf
SEYMOUR. TINSLEY A CO.
GILT EDGE A2TD DAIRY
BUTTER!
q() PACKAGES Choice, in assorted tiled
packages.
decO-tf SEYMOUR. TINSLEY & CO.
Bulk Sides!
SHOULDERS!
^ CAR LOADS for sale
Low for Cash!
dacS-lf SEYMOUR. TINSLEY 4 CO.
Montpelier School.
J |\kiE second session of Montpelier School will
. °P e ,? July 20th. The extraordinary salu-
$*ke situation of this school, with its me
dicinal springs, offers unrivalled inducements to
during the summer season. For tea&s,
are exceedingly moderate, address the
Principal,
luitfStf
B/M, POLHILL
ROWN^ HOTEL.
REDUCTION OF BOARD!
83 OO PER DAY !
uuu menus HI.IL via iuiu am i uiu -
timber tho rate, will be reduced to SS
Tbe proprietors would respectfully return tnor
grateful thanks fro the ven liberal patronage ex
tended to the house for nearly twenty jrora. ““
assure their many friend, that wo will vie our
best endeavors for the future to give the sesne
satisfaction that wo have in tho past. hveiT at
tention given to ladles and families, and “JP
rooms always in readiness for commerori travel
era visiting Macon. .
auysotr E. E. BROWN A SON.
ONLY MANUFACTORY
In this country where
Loom Reeds, Harnesses
—jun>—
Patent Wire Heddles
Are made under one management.
Also,SUPPLIES used in COTTON and WOOLS-''
MILLS promptly furnished.
BUILDING MATERIAL*
J. L. JAY;
DAWSON, - eEOiel*’
MAXUYACTUSJUt A2TP DIAAKB Iff
YELLOW PINE LUMBER*
LATHS, BBICKS,
SASH, DOOES, BLINDS,
MOULDINGS, Etc. Etc.
Special attention Urn to tewing and ihiPP®
long Bridge Timbers and other Lumber of
’’'orderafrom abroad respectfully »olirit«d«’ i
will receive prompt attention. juino®