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THK TELROBJPII AMO MZSSKSGKS
represents three of tie eldest newspapers «*•
this section of Georgia, and for mans pears
has furnished the earliest news to that scope
of Georgia, Alabama and Florida trading at
t\ls point It finds Us wap to almost every
intelligent household and mar. of business in
that section. As an advertising medium in
that range of country it has no eonal.
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in CHS DAT, APEIL 12, 1877.
Six oc«in steamers sailed from New
York Saturday, carrying large freight and
passenger lists.
The Golf and Western Toxa* Eailroad,
of which eighty mik-g are in operation
between Indianola and Cuero, Texas,sold
at United States Marshal's sale. In Gal-
eeaton, on Wednesday last, to Commo-
doro Charles Morgan, for $100,000.
Very moderate prices are realized at
the trade book sale now in progress at
New York. Tho general averago was
about thirty per cent, of retail prices.
Tho medical books sold at exceedingly
low rates. Albums and religious books
wero rather more in request,
Tho cattle drive from Texas this spring
was estimated somo time ago os likely to
be 175,000 head, but already tho herds
on the more exceed that amount by
over 25.000, and many diatricts are yet to
hear from. The English demand for
American beef may have something to do
with it.
Anotber Holocaust.
Ths telegrams report another flightful
holocaust, in which many lir. 3 were lost
under horrible and appalling circumstan
ces. The details of the frightful scene
make the flesh creep. The Southern Hotel,
at St. Lonis, one of the largest hostelrie*
in that city or in the world, took fire at
two o'clock yesterday morning, in a
store-reom in the basement, from whence
the flamea rushed op an elevator and the
rotunda to tho sixth story with the vio
lence of a biast furnace. In a few min
utes the upper stories of Che great build
ing were on fire, or filftd with sc dense a
smoke that even tho gaslights were ex.
tinguished-
At that tour, the nnmercai guests and
employees of tho hotel wero asleep, and
Now Is the Time to Sow Upland
Bice.
If the farmers of Georgia ooold be j
made tc realize the value and importanse
of this cereal, the production of which
only a short time since, was supposed
to be limited to the “tide lands”
adjacent to the deltas of oar livers
on the coast, and deep swamps irrigated
by artificial back waters, they would at
once embark in its cultivation extensively.
How could the crowded population of
Indio, China and Japan subsist without
this cheap and nutritious food ?
In those countries it is the staple arti
cle of daily consumption, and tho plant
is nursed and tended with the greatest
assiduity. It is even transplanted and
picked oct after the meet approved hortf
tboso in tie upper storiee suddenly cultural style, and cultivated liko the
awakened by the roise, confused by tho *qnuea cf a vegetable garden. There,land
dirknesa and half suffocated by the smoko, ia Bcarco and precious and labor redun-
belook themselves, naturally, to the win- | d » at . while stern necessity calls for the
dows for relief. Some sacrificed their
lives by throwing themselves ont of them
utilization of every inch of mother earth
for the support of the teeming multi
to the pavement below. Many were res- tndea who swarm upon land and water,
ensd with inadequate means by tho gal,
lantry of the firemeo, and others, in
But eeo how vastly different it is in
this goodly land which is cur heritage.
numbers not ascertained, perished mis- I Here, tho great want of the country is
erably by fire and snllocalion.
population, and millions of broad acres
The Rotunda, as we presume, contained | l a y invitingly open at nominal prices.
the main stair ways to the different stories,
and this served as the great flue for the
fire and smoko from below. There do |
while every advantage of climate and
■oil is ours.
Still, with the choice of many and va~
not seem to have been any permanent ried productions before ns, embracing all
fire escapes on the outside of tho building the fruits and staples of the temperate
—the one mentioned us in use being por- I zone and somo which flourish beneath an
table and carried there for tho occasion. I equatorial sun, wo know of no esculent
more intrinsically valuable and profits. 1
bio than rice. And thanks to tho discov
ery of several varieties which, however
differing in external appearance from tho
Tho building was emptied of its numer
ous occupants who escaped,almost wholly
by ladders brought there.
It is a wretched story, and will draw
the attention of the whole country to the I golden, or Carolina species are yet cqnal-
TXSTIUONI&L TO SlNlTOB Goedo.v,
Tho News and Courier contains auggea,
tions from correspondents looking to the
presentation to General Gordon from tho
citizens of South Carolina, of somo testi
monial of their appreciation of tho value
of bis patriotic services in the liberation
of that State.
Tub high-moral Pecksniff is dead—but
had he lived till yesterday and read
wbamherlain’s pious farowell to the Re
publicans of South Carolina, he would
have instantly forwarded his best hat to
Chamberlain by express. Thero is no
uie for old Peck any moro. As a first-
class enmple of incarnato hyprocrisy
Pecksniff is beaten all to pieces.
Eelioious Meetings.—A very inter*,
eating protracted meeting has been pro
gressing in Dr. Skinner’s church (the
First Baptist) for moro than a week
poet, and quite n number profess to have
experienced a change of heart.
The Doctor has thrown his whole eoul
into tho work and tho interest coctinncs
to increase.
A new form of propeller for oceau
steamships has hron patented in England,
and is os exhibition in Liverpool. It is
patterned somotbing after the style of the
atern-wbeols sometimes used on river
steamboats, and tbo claim is that it can
not bo broken or lost, and at tbo samo
time will give tbo ship greater speed for
the tame amount of applied power than
the ordinary form of screw.
Tns financial results of tho postal tele
graphic system in England can hardly bo
called encouraging. In the fifteen months
ending with May, 187C, the excess of re
ceipts over expenditure was only #516,860,
but iu that time tbo interest paid on tho
debt crealod to boy the telegraph was
#1,459.525, so that thoro was a deficit of
$958,165. Only $202,510 of tho expendi
ture was for extension of the eorvico, and
the beat possible showing is, therefore, a
deficit of $750,000. In the four years
from 1872 to 1876 tho deficiency has
amountod to moro than $4,000,000.
There are many patont devices for re
moving greaeo spots from fine fabrics and
woolen goods, hut there is nothing moro
efficacious than equal parts of spirits am
monia and alcohol. A bottle of this, with
a glass stopper, should always bo kept in
tho house. It tho article ia coarse, ono
ounce of pulvorizod borax in a quart of
boiling water may be used. If thofabrio
is soaked with grease, a layor of brown
paper on it, with a warm iron (the paper
to be constantly changed) will draw it ont
by the process of ironing.
necessity of providing better means of
escape, in aueh cares, from these great
lofty stiucturcs, which aro nightly
thronged with 500 to 1,000 sleeping
gnests, and aro perforated from cellar to
roof with great wooden flues, used for tho
passage of elevators, or for stairways, but
which, in the caso of fire, aggravate its
ly nutritious and productive, this article
need no longer be a costly luxury,
Tho mo3t valuable of these is tho white,
or upland rice.
Our readers have already been fnlly
advised as to its characteristics and pecu
liarities. But as tho planting season is
now at hand it may not be improper to
fury and rapidity to a point which ren- refresh their memory in the premises.
ders resistance and escape alike difficult.
Imprimis, tho seed can be had of P.
[ Hiller in 'Walthourville, Liberty county,
or from dealers in Savannah, at- about
So mil Carolina all Bight.
On Wednesday, at 12 si . Governor I ono dollar per bushel. It may be planted
Hampton was formally placed in pos- in rows two and a half feet asunder on
eession of tho Capitol of South Carolina any land, low or high, and at intervals of
and all tho books, records and parapher- about IS inches, from 10 to 20 seed being
nalia of tho South Carolina State gov
ernment; and so, whether the skies
were cloudy or a bright snn beamed
down strong and clear on tho old Pal-
motto State yesterday, tho hearts of tho
peopto were full of hope and happlnesB.
For tbo first timo in fifteen years the
road to peaco and prosperity was open to
thorn.
For tho firBt timo in mere than a decade
their Stato officers were in the control of
men identified in interest with themselves,
holding a responsibility to tho tax-payers
of tho State, or foeling any real concern
in the general welfare. They have waited
long and almost hopelessly for this happy
consummation, bat in point of fact it has
come sooner than wo dared to hope font;
and mnch sooner than it would havecomo
but for tho desperate violence of the dis
orders inflicted on them by Radical rule.
Long and careful treatment is yet nec
essary to the recovery of tho State. The
negroes have been sadiy misled end de
bauched by evil connscliors, and it will
be somotimo before they will learn tbo
necessity of toleracco aid submission to
law end order. Crime among them has
gone pretty much unpunished for many
years, and they will now taka the re
straints of law, particularly in tbo matter
of ineuiu and luum, iu high dudgeon.
There will be some effervesconoe at first,
bnt in a fow months wo hope to seo the
deposited in each hill.
Even sandy soils that will not yield
moro than from five to ten bushels of
corn to the acre, if properly cultivated
with tho plow, and kept clean, ordinarily
produce double that amount of rice.
When the land is trodden by cattle,
tho result is almost magical, and will
compare with tbo yield on the rich allu
vial bottoms of tho rivers.
In respect to its ability to withstand
drought, we can safely affirm that a tol
erable crop can bo realized in seasons
when corn will bo almost wholly cat off.
Tho straw too ia a fair substitute for hay
or corn fodder, and is especially valuable
as winter forago for sheep and cattle.
Used as a manure for sweet potatoes,
when plowed in for a month or two pre
vious to planting, wo have never seen its
equal. In the vicinity of Darien, with
the application of no other fertilizer, tho
rice planters produce the moat astonish
iog crops of this excellent article of food
oven upon the barren sand hills which
overlook their tide water plantations.
The white rice may bo grown success
fnlly also, when planted like peas between
the hills of corn. In this manner, espe
cially upon bottom lauds, from ten to
fifteen bushels per acre can ho guxrxn
teed in addition to a lull crop of corn.
Wo are glad to learn that the cultiva
tion cf this variety of rico is rapidly ex-
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
Atlistx and Columbus both had a taste
of last Saturday's storm, as did Marietta
and Decatur. At Atlanta there were
ducks but no ’hoppers.
Tbss Constitution prints a long and hor
rible account of tho burning of Gonyers
jril and its inmates, two negro prisoners.
Of tha origin of the fire, etm, that paper
Bays:
The origin of the Cre was certainly in
cendiary. It is equally as certain that it
came from the inside of the building.
There was co one living in tho jail.
It was believed at first that ths prison
ers themselves had fired tho building in
tbe hope of effecting their escape. This
they decied while talking with tee crowd
throngh the horning bars. They said
that an Lour before they saw the fire they
heard a match 6trnck on the upper floor
and supposed it was the jailor who had
called at tho jsil to see that everything
was all right. They knew nothing more
Utl they sew the fltmea.
and Fiks to appoint delegates to meet in
convention in Forsyth cn the
EXCOSD DAT OF MAT XIXT
for the purpose cf agreeing upon tbe
number of delegates to wlich eaoo couoty
of the district is entitled; and to arrange
for the selection, by county nominations,
of tho delegates thus apportioned smong
them respectively, to be votsd for by the
voters of ths 22ad Senatorial district on
the second Tuesday in June next,
If yon feel dull,
dropsy, debilitated,
bare frequent head
'ache, month tastes
badly, poor appetite
and tongue coated
you are suffering
from torpid, liver, or
•'biliousness," and
Utiny-Wii
~ i-f* nothing will cureycu
Mr- CrF." Gibson "introduced "the f 0 u| “’t^j^a^Pennanently astotateSimrnom-
lowing resolution which was also unoni- 1 °
v ., , , .. I A SK the recovered Dyspeptics. Bilious suffer-
lusciv'd, That ths president of tbe | ers, victims ot Fever and Ague, the mcrcu*
' U—* rial diseased patient, how they recovered health.
cheenul spirits and rood appetite, they will tell
you by taking Simmon's Diver Regulator.
committee appoint six delegates and six
alternates to meet the delegations from
Bibb and Fiko counties cn the 2d day
of May next to carry out the purposes of
the above resolution.
The Preiident appointed tbe following
delegates: L. A. Ponder, J. R. Balls,
H. H. Cabanies, R. O. Banks, J. M. Shan
non, Wm. H. Head.
Alternates—G. W. Adams, J. F. Childs,
Dr. J. W. Jordan, A. J. Howard, Dr. A,
H. Shi, J. T. Crowdsr.
The Uscon Ttxeobaph and Mxssen-
Central Georgia Weekly and
BAD BREATH.
NOTHING is 90 unpleasant,
aothing is so commoo, as Bid
Breath; and in nearly erery c*
It comea from the stoma* A *rd
can bo so easily corrected you
will
Take Simmon’s Liier Beplator.
tite, complexion, and general health.
Just Try it Once
.. —j , otnt, Central Georgia Weekly and the . . , . . . ... .
££ ,^, U8Ted Barneavillo Goseffe were requested to copy
-lAnria rtf th« r.tlanrora liarl nnnrA.1 tTArn. I the proceedings of the meeting. 1 **- * * * * ' **‘*
L. N. PoNDEB, J. 0. PniXAZEE,
Secretary, President.
Tmc Columbus Enquirer learns that
“an English company has bought the . ___ _____
Alabama and Chattanooga Eailroad of | COLIC IN CHILDREN
Stanton, tho late purchaser st the sale
ordered by the United States Circuit
Court. _ AU of the officers of tho road are
to remain in slatu quo and tho seller will
bototally disconnected with it. We hopo
friends of the prisoners had ponied kero
sene oil throngh the key hole and fired
the door for tbe purpose of attempting a
rescue of their friends. This is still ac
cepted as the most reasonable theory of
the fire.
Of the negroes, ono had been sentenced
to the penitentiary for five years, and the
other for twelve months. They had both
been put in the jail on Saturday last, and
only a day and
ball before theylMtH
their lives. I this frequently sold road cm now be pat
The jail was worth about $2,000 and ia j n or d er , and all tho law Butts stopped.”
a total loss. 1
Thb Aptil term of tho Federal Circuit
Court convened on Tuesday at Savannah,
and tho following traverse jury was
sworn:
Joseph Miller, Harris county, foreman,
FOR children complaining of colic,
headache, or sick stomach, a tea-
spoonful or more will give relief.
Children, as well as adults, eat some
times too much supper, or eat some
thing which does not digest well.pro-
duciug sour stomach, heartburn, or
restlessness; a good doro of Liver
Regulator «illgive relief. This ap
plies to persons of all age*.
PILES
HOW many suffer: torturo day after day. mat-
We quote these additional items from
the same paper:
The Supposed Outlaw Released.—
Tho negro who was captured last week
in Hirria county, and who was supposed
to have been the one who attempted to
SDDointed bv the court- Tonv Hill ilnm- violate tho person of a young girl in that ins life* burden and robbing existence of oil
s^uuneu oy me courr, Aony nui, nous- . , , =V?„ „ 0 . I pleasure owicstotlie secret luffering from piles,
ton county; Clark Davis, Jasper county; sec.ion, has hten released. Ho was car Yet relief is ready to the bsndof almost anyone
At. W. Biyant, Crawford county Allen O. no “ ln l “ 0 presence of this maltreated who will use systematically Simmons' Liver Reg-
Paee. Johnson countv Washington Love femalo to be identified, but it was out of ulotor. tbo remedy that has cured thousands.
SS54SSSS? B.'F. Avery,^ouston h « Power so to do. When the negro ' *»■drost.c nolent nurse, but a rentie assistant
county ; Mnnuv if. Moody. Tattnall I w “° “rew her in the creek seised her, he . ■■■■■■
county. ’ “St a sack over her head so quickly that | CONfSTI JE* .A/TION
„ . ... she hadn’t time to seo his features. Ho
a he itavannali News tells this story of I ^ eccreted in tho corner ot a fenco
a sharp speculators in that city: about ono hundred and fifty yards from
We noticed a week or two since that her hom f> anJ a0 e h ° came along on her
the government was about erecting bea- 'T a ? hunt sweet gum on the branch
eon lights on Long Island, ono of tho c!o ? e ^e sprang upon her liko a tiger
marsh islands below tho city. This item and ““PWely overcame her before she
attracted tho attention of a gentleman of couia bav0 presence of mind enough to
this city who is always on the alert for n an J ta,n h* whatever. Tho groveling
“sDec.’' and ho immediately, evemined I brute, who did so cruelly treat this girl.
told her that he intended to kill her and
two other girls and a gentleman ia that
community, and then ho didn't care
what the consequences might bo as to
himself.
Death or a Phominext Citizen op |
Trot.—Mr. J. A. Henderson died at his
residence in Troy, Alabama, last Friday.
His age was about sixty years. He leaves
a largo family. Ho was one of the best |
log its auoient orderly condition again.
The State is fottnnnto in a Governor of |
such unrivaled executive capacity as |
Hcmpton.
popnlation of Sonth Carolina Approxim&t- J tending throughout the interior of mid'
die and Southern Georgia, and is likely
to become one of tho staplo productions
of the country. Once fairly introduced
it will prove not only a wholesome and
favorite article of food, but supplement
very materially tho revenuos of our
farmers.
We hope soon to see rice cleaning ma
chinery attached to every grist mill in
the State, though tho process of pound-
lioulslana Aflttfrs-
If wo may credit Wednesday uoon’s
dispatches Packard has substantially
consented to a reorganization of the Leg'
islature ont of members originally I0'
turned as elected by tho parish .-up.rvi-
sors, provided this course is recommended | ing ana preparing a sufficiency for family
by Mr. Hayes. Tho dispatch does not
say what tbo attitudo of tho Nicholls
men is on this proposition; but we pre
sume they would have originally organ
ized the Legislature on that basis, and
then havo contested
manipulations of the Supervisors. The
Supervisors' count gave them four ma'
jority cn joint ballot.
use costs nothing, and is very simple.
An official French document recently
made public, whioh purparts to give only
the real estate avowedly held by, or in
trust for, the ex-Empress Eugenio and
her son, rates tho Paris property at $1,-
065,000, on whioh thero are mortgages to
the extent of #240,000. Her other
estates are valued at a like Bnm, on
whioh an incambrance of $200,000
exists. Other members of the Bonaparte
family also hold a large amount of pro
perty in rations countries. Tbe personal
properly of tbe Imperial exiles is Tstions'
ly estimated, varying frem $5,000,000, to
$156,000,000.
The New York Tribune says among the
documents of Boss Tweed sow in the
hands of Harper A Brother for future
publication is said to be the evidence
that $250,000 was divided among fire
Republican legislators to secure tho pas
sage of tho city charter. The suppres
sion of this evidence, it is understood
will depend upon the alacrity with
which those who received it repay it to the
State. Thoso taus implicated are said to
havo been moving heaven and earth to
break off the compromise, at least so far
at any exposure of themselves is concern
ed.
Thx Quo Warranto.—A Now York
dispatch eays that gentlemen fully m
the confidence of Governor Tilden, and
fresh from an interview with him, aver
that the institution of legal proceedings
to oust President Hayes has been strong-
ly advocated by David Dudley Field and
freely discussed by friends of Mr. Tilden*
but that Mr. Tilden himself has never
seriously thought cf such a thing. Mr.
Tilden said to-day that he hod never
directly or indirectly advised such a pro
ceeding or encouraged it. Mr. Field
urged that evidence is certainly attains,
ble by tho overthrow of tho Chamberlain
and Packard governments which would
establish Tiiden’s claim beyond doubt
before any judicial tribunal. Mr. Tilden,
however, steadily discountenances the
idea, and of course nothing will be done
against his protest. He says in so many
words that any attempt to question Mr.
Hayes' right in view of tho present situa
tion would bo an assault upon the tran
quillity of ths country.
Too Bad—Too Bad.—Old Britain is in
a had way. Bradlaugh and Annie Be
sent are printing a book to enforce the
theories of Dr. Malthus and Miss Mar
tincan that popnlation is increasing in
that country faster than bread, and must
be kept down, or tho people will starve.
That is bad; but thero is a worso move
ment afoot thero to encourage funerals
by reducing the price. They say twice
as many would bo buried if they could
reduce tho cost one-half. This is "orful"
Tho Gallant Gordon—A Saif able
Testimonial of His Services to
< iirolliiti.
Under this head, the Charleston-Vo:,
and corrected the | and Courier prints the following com mu.
nicstion:
Charleston, April 7, 1877.
To the Editor of the Neves and Courier :
In tbo momentous campaign which cub
minuted in the election of General Wade
Hampton as Governor of Sonth Carolina,
in tbe almost equally exciting period be
ginning at the close of tho election, and
terminating most happily in the triumph
of honesty, reform and homo rnlo, many
noble and patriotic sons of our beloved
Commonwealth have dove the State some
service, and wo know it.
Scch services rendered by cur own cit
izens will ever be held in grateful re
membrance; bnt when a debt of gratitude
is due to ono who, though with us, is not
of ns; when a gallant Georgian for weeks,
aye months, devotes his time, labors, elo
quence and statesmanship to the redemp
tion of Sonth Carolina, something more
on Old Britain—cutting off the human
race at both ends, and all on account of I is deniRnded than mere expre;sioiT~of
tho scarcity of corn.
grateful appreciation.
I We do not think that from themoun-
Fobtt cities in the United States owo I tains to the seaboard there is a single
four hundred and fifty millions of munic- honest Carolinian unmindful of the irn-
....... . ..... portant services rendered ns by Georgia’s
ipal debt, just one-fourth of tho aggro- I no b],-> eoa Bnc j distinguished Senator, Gen-
gate of onr immense national debt. New
York leads with $143,000,000, then Phila
delpbia with $60,000,000, then Boston
with $43,000,000, then Brooklyn with
#42,000.000, then Cincinnati with $22,
000.000, then New Orleans with $22,000,-
000, and Chicago with $1S,000,000,
Charleston owes $4,672,663, and Savan<
nah $3,600,640. Of these forty cities
San Francisco levies the lightest tax,
$1.12 per $100, and Toledo (Ohio) the
heaviest, $4.44 per $100.
Solomon and Lite Insurance.—One
day. just after King Solomon had written
a column of solid nonpariel wise and
moral proverbs, he took his eldest son by
tho elbow, led him down the back stairs
of the palace, throngh the back j ard,
past tho woodshed, out into the alley,
backed him up behind Ahitophel's wood
pile, looked warily around to see that no
one
young
in a spread-eagle life insurance company
is better than a cart load cf preferred
stock tn the Ophir mines.” And then
tho monarch threw bis head on one side,
drew his chin, shut one eye, and gazed
at his offspring in silence. Three years
afterward, when the Great Hebraic Con-
ercl J. B. Gordon; and we donbt not that
one and all will recognize the propriety
of asking his acceptance of some tangible
evidence cf onr earnest appreciation.
We wonld, therefore, respectfully sug
gest that a fund be raised for ths purpose
of presenting a suitable testimonial to
Senator Gordon, and that a list be opened
at the office of The Neics and Courier.
Whilst thoso of oar brother merchants
who desire to contribute largely will of
course be allowed to do so, let it he un
derstood that subscriptions even as small
as ten cents will be accepted, that one
and all may tako part in the good work
of manifesting the gratitude of Caroliaa’s
fair daughters and gallant sons.
Mercator*?,
avothzb suggestion in the same direc
tion.
Columbia, April 6,1877.
To {he Editor of the News and Courier:
In the telegraphic column of your issue
ot April 4th I noticed the announcement
'spec,’' and ho immediately examined
the records and discovered that the land
belonged to the State of Georgia, and
further, that it had never been entered
by any one. Having some old laud scrip
he at once took steps to enter this hereto
fore worthless marsh tract in his own
name, with the idea, probably, of selling
it to “Uncle Sam” (some say for a hos
pital and others for experiments in dry
culture), and hud every reason to thiDk . . - ,
he had secured a good thing by this of meD ' and esteemed and trusted by all.
quick foresight. Affairs of this kind, Hl3 business wa3 large and extensive, and
however, don’t Rlwaya work right, and a I be w>as confl idered ono of tho wealthiest
little delay upset hia operation. While “ en in that section. We aro told that his
ho was getting ready to eject tho shad hfe waslnsureu for $60,000.
fisherman who erected his pine slab man- The Lost Found.—About eleven years
sion on tho riverside, the Light House a £°» Bi J 8 tha Union aml Recorder,
Department made application for this I abont twelve yeara of age, by
island, and Governor Colquitt deeded it lho na “ 3 of Green Fowler, son of Mr.
to the government at onco. The specu- a ° fcn ^' ow ' er this county, ran away
iator now says ho is going to suo the ,Iom bls P are n!s to seek his fortune in
State of Georgia or Undo Sam, or both, lho wide - wido wor | d - Soon af£er he le , f£
maybe, for damages. was beard of at Colambns, bnt conla
v, ’ ^ I be traced no farther, and the uncertainty
. *° E Coubieb. A Baitow connty rat-I 0 f fate has made his poor mother
killing last week in an old barn realized I miserable, bnt tho did not givo np all
juat ninety-two corpses. hope, and prayed throneb weary days
Date Powers has sold his mare I ^(1 nights for his return. Last week a
tlr . „ . T . „ * letter was received from him. Do
JJoaa, to Jack Chambers, of Macon, wrote ff0m TeX6B
for $1,000. She is eight years old, and [ Tni!lKS to llla A , 5 ^ t& Straddler for its
SHOULD not bo regarded as a
trifling ailment—in fact, nature
demands tho utmost regularity
of tho bowels, and any deviation
from this demand paves the way
olten to serious danger. It is
quite as necessary to remove im
pure accumulations from the
bowels as it is to eat or sleep and
no ho*:th can bo expected whoro
a costive habit of body prevails.
UsPAiLTXG Remedy toe Sick
Headache.—I have used Dr.
Simmons* Liver Regulator in my
family for dyspepsia and sick
• headache, and regard it an inval
uable remedy in theso attack*.
It has not failed to give relief in
any instance.—Rev. w. F. Rater-
ling. F. E. Tallahassee district,
Florida Conference.
CHILLS AND FEVER
YOU aro at liberty to use my name m praise
of your Regulator as prepared by you, and rec
ommend it to every ono as the best preventive
for Fever ami Ague iu the world. I plant in
Southwestern Georgia, near Albany, and must
say that it has done more goed on zny plantation
among my negroes than any medicine I ever
used; it supersedes quinine if taken in timo.
HO^.B.H.EILL,ofG«orgi a
TAKE
Simmons’Liver Regulator
FOR all Diseases of the Liver,
Stomach and Spleen, the Cheap-
est. Purest and Best Family
Medicine in the world.
This unrivalled Southern Reme
dy is warranted not to contain u
single particle of Mercury or any
injurious mineral substance, but
SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO
THE MOST POPULAR FERTILIZERS IN USE.
T AST year, ISTS. there were 112 different Brands add in tho Stato ol Georei.. tha .ales affgregat-
aa ins about 7«,ooo Tom, of that quantity tho P.citic (joano Corapmy sold 1S.OOO Tens.
PRICES.
Soluble Pacific Guano.
Purchasers paying Freight from Savannah.
Per Ton of 2000 Pounds, Cash $47 00
Per Ton of2,000 Pounds, payable Rov. l, 1877,... 60 00
or 450 pounds Cotton of the Grade Known as Middlings,
to be delivered on or before November 1, 1877, ginned,
baled and in good merchantable order, at nearest
Railroad Depot.
FOR SALE BY
FM NDEES B R03 Macon. Go.
JI. E. W.IRKKN'... —-.Vowersville. Go.
A. D. A T. G. SKKI.LIK Fort Volley. Go.
SPERRY A NILES Mar.halvilio Go.
W. W. McLENUON Montezuma, Oa.
J. W. WHEATLEY & CO_...Amcricus, Ga.
JONES & DOZIER. Dawson, Ga.
OWEN A SBALY Cuthbort. Go.
OUR AGENTS.
WELCH A BACON Albai
WKLUll s HAUU3 Albany, Ga.
HINES A GODDARD Reynold., Go.
J. W. J.IFSEY Bntlor, Go.
KILLEN A WHITE Perry. <-a.
W. A. PYB Forsyth, Ga
U. C. FAMBRO....„ Gozgansrillc, Ga.
MURPHY A HUNT Rams.ville, Ga.
R. H. BARRON Clinton, Go.
Turpin & Ogden,
General Agents, Macon. Georgia.
FIRST NATIONAL BAHK Of MAC OF
Transacts a General Banking Business
DIXIE WORKS,
MACON, GEORGIA.
OFFICE HOURS—9 A. M. TO 1 P. M.
New York Exchange,3-10 Prem
I. C. PLANT, Prest
R. K. HINES,
AITORNEY AT LAW,
KO. SO CHERRY STREET, MACON, GA,
(over J. H. Hertz A Co.)
F mlil ition to local business, I will give spccia
attention to cases entrusted to mo in tho
Albany and Southwestern Circuits, nnd. in the
United Statos Circuit and Bankrupt Courts for
Georgia norl ly
does her mile in 2:40.
AojI.i.ietox last Bundoy betweou Al
pine hnd Talladega, on tho Salma,
Borne end Dalton rdilWBy, resulted in
the death of engineer J. J. Linton, and
tho injury of several other persons—
none fatAlly, however
The Griffin News reports a threatened
tumble in keroseno oil in that town. Also
that tho Baptist church i3 out of debt
Declension op Prices.—Tho Griffin
Erics, under tlio above head, bas tbe fol
lowing comforting article:
One fruitful source of despondency in
the public mind as to our future prosper
ity, is the declension in valao of every
species of property. This is ia truth
more specious than real. It must be re
membered that sines the war we have bad
as a medium of exchange, a paper curren
cy—so irredeemable In specie, that at tbo
close of the war it required one hundred
and fifty dollars of our paper to buy one
hundred dollars cf gold. Hence, if we
went into tho markets of the world to
buy, it required one dollar and fifty cents
of currency to buy ono dollar’s value of
pet name. “Little roan ponies” is wither
ing. Bnt most folks prefer them to spavin
ed mules
The Chronicle and Constitutionalist
quotes tbe Charleston News and Courier
as saying that Geo. Sharpe alias Geo.
H.te, passed through that city on the I Al WaVS £e6T) It On Hand
PUItELY VEGETABLE
Containing those Southern Roots and Herbs
which an alMViso Frovidenco has placedir
those countries where Livor diseases most pm
vail. It will cure all diseases caused by derange
ment of the Liver and Bowels.
31st of March, and there took tho steam
er for Philadelphia.
South Carolina Railroad.—The
Chronicle and Constitutionalist synopsizes
the recent report of the president and di
rectors of the above road, as follows :
Tbe earnings of the road
during tbe year havo
been $1,126,437 40
The expenses of operating
aud maintainirg 647.752 64
Balance of earnings 478,684 40
Compared with the joar 1875
The earnings have decreased 102.SC5 80
The expenses havo been re
duced 132.975 25
Tho balance of earnings has
been increased 30,109 45
I have used Dr Simmons’ Liver Reg
ulator myself and in my family tor
years, and prinounce it oceot the
most satisfactory medicines that can
be used. Nothing would induce me
to be without it, and I recommend
all my friends, if they want to secure
health, to keop it always on hand.—
R. L. Mott, Columbus, Ga., Congress
man.
CAUTION.
Buy no Powdors or Prepared Simmons’ Liver
Regulator, unless in ourensraved wrapper, with
Trade Mark, Stamp, and Signature unbroken.
None other is genuine.
Manufactured only by
J. n. ZEIL1N & CO.,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The freight earnings of 1875 and 1876 Sheldon Collins & Co.,
goods. If we had sold a house for $1,500 in aggregated, exhibit a difference against 1
currency.and desired to re-invest ingoods ths freight earr.iugj of the present year,
in Liverpool or Pans, we could only have °£ #74.399 07.
received $1,000 for it. Now, by the cur
rency appreciating in value as it has
Tho passonger earnings, in tho com
parison of the two years, stand:
buy in foreign markets, $1,000 in goods.
So, if we can sell a house worth $1,500 in
currency in 1S66, now, for $1,050 in cur-
Makers of
BLACK AND COLORED PRINTING INKS,
Office, 26 Frankfort Street,
NEW YORK.
done, wo can, with $1,050 of currency, Earnings of 1876 $200,754 57
,— .—: w.._ , j- I Earnings of 1875 229,221 30 '
Tbo Board regard it almost unneces
sary to advert to tho causes whose effects
rency, we can buy tho samo quantity of I havo been thus shown. They stand out
goods for tho $1,050 in currency that I conspicuously, are known to all, and need
would have required $1,500 in 1866. The J E0 explanation now. Time ha3 only in-
apparent declension in the prices of j tensified tho disastrous revulsion of 1873, j T"i r\ rn A ~n r tq ii i ity -r*vr TOGO
property, is then in a great measure to aad political antagonisms, which at one Xiol ACLIoUXiU 1JN 1004
bo attributed to the approximation of cur- \ timo threatened the stability of the gov
rency to a gold value. Gold and silver ' ” ’ ’ ’
are the only trne standards of value in
tho world’s commerce, and the secret of
the high prico of property since tho war,
as conroared to ante-bellum times is due
ernment itself, added increased force to
powers which had already paralyzed
commercial activities, and prostrated
every industrial department. All specu
lative views had been thrust aside, and
to a cnrrency, whoso value was fity per j ^h 2 expenditures of tho operative depart,
cent, below gold. Currency now 13 ap- j ments subordinated to actual pressing I
proximating, constantly and regularly, a positive necessities,
specie value, and when it reaches it prop
erty will have fallen to its normal value,
and we shall hear no longer of these fluc
tuations in prices.
No commercial nation can prosper un
less its cnrrency is based upon specie. To
have an inflated irredeemable paper cir
culation, gives riso to wild speculation,
inflations and stringencies that unsettle
trade, and bring ruin and bankruptcy in
their train.
Let ths man, then, whoso house to-day
has fallen in value from $1,500 in 1866,
to $1,000 in 1877, feel assured he is as
well off now as he was in 1866, for he can
now with the $1,000 buy as much as he
could in 1866 with $1,500. Another good
result that wo will reap from the appre
ciation of currency to gold, will be that
prices of every species of property deciino
This report ia signed by W. J. MaGratb,
President of the Bosrd.
Tflo Superintendent's report is an an
alysis of the freight earmng3 chows re
ceipts from Charleston to Augusta and
beyond, $116,192 71. From Augusta and
beyond, to Cbarleston, $170,420 14.
The equipment on tbo 31st December,
1876, atauds thus:
23 first class passenger oara.
26 second class passenger cars.
357 box freight cars—being cot suffi
cient for ths woiking of ths road.
104 platform freight cars.
13 stock cars.
Tho report is signed by S. F. Solo
mons.
E. P. STRONG,
DEALER IN
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Stock is always complete, from the finest
Ladies' Gaiter to a Brogan. Call and exnm-
febll sun wed 2m
Give in Your Tales.
rpHE Books for receiving returns of State and
Count; Taxes are now open. Taxpayers will
please give in promptly, as -.ha time is short.
R. J. ANDERSON.
Tax Receiver Bibb County, Ga.
Office No. 0 Cotton Avenue, Macon, Ga.
aprl lm
Gounlry Cured Hams and Laid,
Very line, lust received from Tennessee on con-
1 o f the^irth of a daughter of Senator Gor-
S? “*.£? 1 doa-Of Georgia, bore upon the day in
^ - ’ - J ’ ce I which onr coble State was redeemed, and
being named for our State Carolina. X
would therefore suggest that a subscrip
tion be raised for the purpose of pur
chasing a line silver service to be pre
sented to the little cue as an heirloom in
recognition cf the distinguished service
aii$rw»ru, wucu iuc uicai moruic Loa* i ---j ,.,j tv.. . ** . , ,
■oXidated Stormy Jordan Life Assurance j ^bte fcAher. ^ State by her
1’ut the ball iu motion, and oblige a
Company, of vhich that intelligent youn
Prince was President, went into bank
ruptcy, tho young man was able to let
bis father, who was a little short at the
time, have 250 000 ehrkrl- f.r ninety
days, on his simple note of hand.—Burl-
'ajton Hawkeye.
Boston, says a Cincinnati paper, has
begun to can and ship baked beans.
Now, adds tbe paragrsphist, if we could
cnly order a bale of pumpkin pie from
the Hob, who would care for the tele
phone ?
daughter of
South Carolina.
When the passions, prejudices and
cold hatreds of the war shall have passed
kway, nnd the next generation comes
calmly t., lock at the events of ihe past
twelve years, they will say that the so-
cilled policy of rcconatrceiion was one of
the most smaz ng follies and political
crimes that ever originated in party raa-
pgnity, and brought disaster in its train.
—Bt.iladeiff.ie Ti .a, Ind.
A Bhised Legislature—A New York
letter Bay: “There is a feeling of posh
. . ... tive consternation among the City Hall JHR
in proportion. Wage3 may he lower, but politicians to-day, over the statement by — , ...... .. . ... .
then tne laborer, can buy a3 much now the lawyera having the Tweed prosecution I , i ^‘ e t “ !a ‘ 11 at rcTr 0 pnccs ' br
with one dollar as once C03t him one dol- I in charge, that the “Boss” has informed
larand fifty cents. Rents may be lower, them thBt over $200,000 was paid to
but one hundred dollars in rent now has | members of the Legislature three sessions
sgo, in order to get throngh whst is
known as tho “Tweed Charter.” That
charter, it will be remembered, provided
JONES * COOK.
the purchasing capacity of one hundred
and fifty, ten years ago. Again, rates of
interest decrease as tbe currency value
I Telegraph and Messenger
FOB 1877.
approEimates gold. The capitalist who I tho Ring with the neoessary machinery
now receives aix per cent, for his money,
or on an investment, is as well off ns
when he received nice per cest. ten years
ago. For his six per cent now be can
Purchase as much as nine per cent, ten
years ago.
VTe quote as follows from the Monroe
Advertiser: Cora is selling at seventy-five
cents per bushel, cash. Very little on
time.
Real estate in Forsyth is on the rise.
Mr. Lee, of Macon, who bought the
Limpkin house a few weeks since, bas
been offered an advance of #1,0G0 on his
bargain.
Meeting of the Executive Comhit-
tzjl—Pursuant to the cal! of the Presi
dent tbe Committee met on Saturday ia
their rooms. A quorum was present,
and the chair announced that the cailfor
a meeting was made to provide for the
assembling cf a. district convention of the
Twenty-second Senatorial district.
Mr. J. R- Ralls introduced tbe follow
ing resolution, which was unanimously
adopted:
Besoh-ed. That the Executive Commit-
tee of tbe Democratic party of Monroe
for comsummatiog their subsequent
frauds upon tho city treasury. Tweed,
it is understood, has famished Charles
O'Conor with the names of the persons
who took tbe bribes, bnt on condition
GREAT REDUCTION
who took the bribe?* bat on oonaitioa I /""Of and a/ ter 1st January, 1877* our Mamin oil
that he wonld not make them pnb- Weekly, the Great Family Paper of Georgia.
«- This proposal was at first declined, 1 “” binil " ! •tny-four columns, ar.-i the largest
lie.
but a compromise was afterward agreed
to, that legal proceedings should quietly
be instituted against them to recover, by
private settlement, the money for the
benefit of the State. These proceedings,
it is understood, are now under way, and,
as soon as they have attained their pur
pose, Mr. Tweed will be released from
prison. It will be a difficult matter, how
ever, to keep the names of the guilty
parties from ths public. Rumor is al
ready busy with them, and if their crime I and. pottage—20 cents. For »ix months fl W ace
is pressed home, it remains to be seen
whether any compact or compromise will
avail to shield them from exposure.
Bribery, under the statute, moreover, ia
an indictable offense, and after all, it
may be a question, therefore, whether
connsel for the people are competent to
enter into any arrangement of tbe kind
which will be binding.”
The new Chinese coin is the fiftieth
part of a cint in value; and when the
county, in view of the oppreaehing elec- baBket is passed around in a church IU
tion lor delegatee to represent the
Twenty-second Senatorial district in the
proposed Constitutional Convention, here
by respectfully invite the people of Bibb 1 Herald.
this country, some men skirmish around
in their pcckets for a nickel and regret
that it is not a new Chinese coin.—Norr.
$2 A YEAR.
and postage. Thb is lmt& small advanoelonl
of blank paper. Weekly lor six months,!! 1J
posUre. Tbe postage • 20 cents a year.
The Semi-Weelc/y,
Has been reduced to THREE DOLLARS a year
postage.
Daily Edition
Ten Dollars a year and postage* Fire Dollars for
six months. Two Dollars and Fifty Cents for
three months.
Everybody in this region will need tbe Tn*
MQUATX, and we hare pat down the price to
accommodate their necessities and pecuniary
CLISBY. JONES k RBB8B.
CUBBEDGS, HAELEHUF.3T &C0.
Bankers and Brokers.
MACON, GEORGIA.
RECEIVE DEPOSITS. Buy and Bell Ex-
As change. Bonds and Stocks
Collections made on all accessible points.
CITBBEDSE, HASLEH JEST & Co’s
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT.
I. 0. PLANT & SON,
Bankers and Brokers
MACON, GEORGIA,
Buy aud self Rxchougu, Gold, Stocks and Bonda
Deposits Received,
On Which Interest will bo Allowed
AS AGREED UPON.
PAYABLE ON OALL.
Advances Made on Cotton in Store
BAKLOW H O U S H.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA.
B. P Collins, Proprietor,
GOOD ROOMS FOR FAMILIES.
Board per Day. 2(0
M - Week
** *. Month
jan21tf
Barlram, Hendrix & Co..
and DEALERS IN
Sash, Doors, Blinds,
Lumber, Etc.
WITH their new and improved machinery are
prepared to furnish the best door for tha price,
ever sold in the South. They make, also, in any
style wanted. Monldinv, Hand-Rail, Newelli
Ballusters. aud any other articlo tho builder
needs, at short notice, and at lowest figures.
tiraatos for building or materials, given on ap
plication.
Will, also, tarnish Paints, Oil. Pattv, strictly
pure Lead. Window Glass. J.ime, Plaster, Ce
ment, etc.. nt bottom figures. Send for their
Price List. mars.
FAIRBANKS
STANDARD SCALES
MADE WITH THE
Latest end Host Valuable) Improvements.
G. W. GUSTIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
MACON, O A.
Office No. 2 Cotton Avenue, over Mix Jt Kirtlnnd
TY7ILL practice in he Courts of Bibb and ad«
J V joining Counties, iu the Supreme Court
the Stato nnd United States Courts. dec16tf
said county, for leave to sell tho real estate of B.
Bridges, situated partly in Jasper and Monrce
counties, on tho flnt Monday in May next. If
there is an v objection, let it be known on that
day. April 4,1877.
MARY A. BRIDGES.
aprStd Executrix of B.tBridges.
What Might Have Been Heard.
■ Almoat any day during tho Centennial, n. knot
of physicians might havo been seen gathered
around the elegant glass case, standing in the
main building, in which Benson’s Capeine Po
rous Piaster was exhibited, discussing its merits
and superiority over other porous plasters, and
the listener might have heard words of warm
praise fall from ihoir lips os they spoke of the
union of capcine with India rubber, and the rev
olution it would likely effect in remedies for dis
eases treated externally, such as rheumatism;
lama and weak back, spinal and kidney disease,
sciatica, lumbago, sprains and bruise*, and all
aches and pains of a local nature. With these
opinions the Centennial jurors who were also
learned physicians, were in perfect accord, and
awarded Benson’s Caprine Plaster the only med
al given to porous plasters. Bold everwhere.
Price, scents.
NOTICE TO PLANT®.
SUPPLIES OH TiME.
^yE are now prepared to furnish Planters
Groceries & Provisions
ON TZIfi 53.
With Approved Security, and would advise all
who will bo compelled to buy on time to come
forward and make their arrangements at once.
We have on hand a large stock of "GHBMAN
MILLET** Seed, which wo will'sell at a low
price
Coleman & Newsom.
jan20eod3m
FREEMAN & GREENE
i FAIR BAN KSi
SCALES
THE WORLD’S STANDARD.
RECEIVED HIGHEST MEDALS AT
World’s Fair, London 1851
World’s Fair, New York 1853
World’s Fair, Paris 1867
World’s Fair, Vienna 1873
World’s Fair, Santiago, Chili 1876
World’s Fair, Philadelphia 1876
ALbO
COFFEE AND SPICE MILLS,
TEA AND COFFEE CANS,
STORE TRUCKS, Eta
AGENTS FOR MILES’ ALARM MONEY
DRAWERS.
FAIRBANKS A CO., 311 Rrondvx?
„ _ New York.
FAIRBANKS & OO., lea Baltimore St.. Balti
more.
FAIRBANKS A CO.. K Camp St., Now Orfeanj
FAIRBANKS & CO.,216 Main St.. Buffalo, N.Y
FAIRBANKS & CO., 338 Broadway. Albany
New York.
FAIRBANKS A CO. 403 St.Paul St, Montreal
FAIRBANKS A CO, 34 King William St. Lon
don.
FAIRBANKS, BROWN A CO, 2 Milk St, Eoi-
ton.
FAIRBANKS A EWING, Masonic Hall. Phil
FAIRBANKS, MORSH A CO, Chicago. Illinois.
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO,^ Cincinnati OH.
FAIRBANKS. MORSE A CO , Cleveland. Ohio
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO, PilUburoh. Pa.'
FAIRBANKS, MORSE A CO. I.ouisvillm Kv
FAIRBANKS A CO, St. Loaia. Mo. J
PA1RUANKS A HUTCHINSON, San Froncuco
For tale by *11 leading Hardware Dealer..
fe2t dSaw aweow 20ws
5 4^! i; ;• s. ii-liNji vj
jjggF^v: ——-■: - !
VlOWA%.
Insurance Company,
or new tore.
CHARTERED 1825.
SAMUEL T. SKIDMORE. President.
12LMIY A. OAKLEY, Vice President*
Insures A^tUsisfc Lg«3 cr Bama?© by Tin-
won POLICIES APPIcY TO
J. M. Boardman,
^Tnortri, da.
CAMPHOR
G EORGIA* BIBB COUNT X.—Thirty day
after date, I will apply to tbe Court of Or
dinary of oa)d county for leave to sell personal
property belonging to the estate of Jackson De
loach, late of said county, deceased.
mr7 R. F. LAWTON Administrator
MACON, GA
fTlAlkE this method of announcing to the pub
. . lie that they continue tho manufacture o
every description of Buggies* Wagons and Drays
We have on hand an excellent assortment of
Buggies of our own make, which we are offering
at prices strictly to suit tie present hard times.
We only ask of you a trial, and a comparison of
work and prices. We will not be undersold.
We aiso havo on hand a few one-horse wagons,
built by ua either with or without bodies, which
we guarantee to be equal to any in the State.
We are offering them very low. We keep a foil
stc_*k of the very best materials, and employ the
best workmeu, ami are always ready to execute
all orders for either new work or repairing neatly
and quickly, and at bottom prices. Give us a
call. All work warranted.
Shop. SECOND STREET, next door to the
Court-house. ia!4suAweSm wSm
£2Q PER DAY AT HOME. 8am-
FOR PACKING WITH WINTER GOODS.
A BARGAIN LOT OF
Dressing Combs and Brushes
THAT WILL BE SOLD LOW.
THRASHS
Consumption Cure,
And a full Liue of Patent Medicines that are ad-
atefct M
linXhis
vertised in\h:s paper.
i
GALLONS KERO?lis T E OIL with Patent
Can. complete, for and a large stock of
Lamps, Chimneys, Wicks etc., for sale cheap, at
mr£7 ELLIS’ DRUG STORE.