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TUESDAY, APBIL 23. I87S.
f.t-orglu Prn« Convention.
The annual meeting of the Georgia
Prea* Ataos’iation will be liei.l at Gaine*
Ville on Wcdneiday, the 8th of May.
The < atrnJ, Southwestern, Atlantic,
anil Gulf, Western and Atlantic, and Air-
I.ine Railroad* hare kindly extended their
uaual ooortcaiee to members desiring to
attend the meting. Representative* of
papers on the line of the three first
named Railroads will bo furniehed with
ticket# on application to the President.
J. H. E8TILL, President.
C. P. Haw.rli., Roe. Sec’y.
n.i.T Hscssaiow to Ho**.—A Pari*
dispatch to the Herald tells of the im
pending secssaion to the Roman Catho
lic Church of throe millions of members of
tbo Church of Engl tnd. headed by Biah-
ojm. Priests, and deacons. This, if true,
will make a great sonsation in the reli
gious world, and show a reactionary
movement almost unparallaled. We
judge, however, that the extent of the
defection has been over-estimated.
Tlio Hark Azor,
It seems, did not get to sea until Sunday
morning, when she left with 250 passen
gers—men, woaion and children. Thrice
the ship was cleared of supernumeraries,
with great difficulty, the last timo 36G
having been found aboard, and one apart
meat, intended for fonr, found to have
twenty stored away in it. These super-
numcraries had paid their paasago and
had tbeir effects in the hold; but the
law limiting tho number of passengers,
they had to be sent ashore. Twice this
operation was repeated, but the ejected
passengers managed to find tbeir way
back again, until tho ship was put under
military guard.
On tinnday morning two passenger
steambMt* crowded witbjaegroes saw tbo
bark over the bar and take a duo Sonlli-
eastrrly course for the I.and of Promiso
and the Land of tbeir Fatbors. How
much they will all learn in Ibe onnrso of
tho next six month*!
Dentil of Win. Ortou.
Wtu. Orton, the well known President
of that gigantic corporation, the Western
Union Td^raphic Company, died at
seven o'clock Monday morning from tbo
effect of a stroke of apoplexy, with which
ho was smitten at eleven o’clock the
night before. So suddenly, and liko a
vapor, baa vanished from the earth one
of its most active, astute and onergetio
minda—a man of wonderful administra
tive ability, and boldinir a wwiti™ whiofc
year r.
It ia possible that Mr. Ortou was quite
unconscious of any abuse of his system
from over taxation, until the catastrophe
came sudden as tbo collapse of a steam
ongino. But the human machine can
not be long and persistently overstrained
with impunity, and such sudden catas
trophes as this should remind us that
moderation in labor is as essential to
health amtemperauco in diet.
Tbo Anglo,Kusslan War.
Tiie two days of Ulrgramo pnnttd
in this (Toefd»y) morning’s edition, rep
resent nothing more than the extreme
Kuisia to a single avenue which might
conduct the parties to peace negotiations.
Even the agreement made to leave the
neighborhcol of Constantinople with
their fleets and armies is found impracti
cable of execution on account of the deep
jealousy and distrust existing between
the parties.
Oftbetwo.no doubt Russia ia mott
anxious to avoid war. She ia financially
bankrupt, and it is difficult to see how
she osn carry on war on a foreign soil io
ttU condition. It is thi* fac\ coupled
with her vast financial resources which
makes Great Britain ao indifferent
peace. She sees in Russia a rival in
Eastern conquest and trade, and in the
present situation an opportunity to crip
ple her; but if there be any human effort
particularly tiresome and unprofitable in
its very nature, it is that of mere repres
sion and obstruction.
Against Russia nothing worse can be
done. She can be driven back to her
own territory and there the story ends.
Within it, she cannot be seriously hart,
any more than England can be; but as
Great Britain feels that tho elements of
her material greatness lie outside her
own immediate domain, we may forecast
what mischiefs are likely to befall her if
perchance she ovorstraina the patience
of southern Europe and brings about an
alliance against herself.
At present she is busily collecting
the materials for a great army from Home
and from India, with the apparent inten
tion to operate in European Turkey
through Greeco.
Last Week’s Cotton Figure*
According to the New York Chronicle
the receipts at all the ports for the seven
days ending last Friday, 19th instant
were 39,016 bales, against 18,010 last
yosr—showing an excess of 21,006 bales.
Tbo total receipts of the current cotton
year to that date were 4,013,751 bales,
against 3,730,429—showing an increase
of 247,322 bales.
The interior port receipts of tho same
days were 18,243, against 8,669 tho same
week of last year. Shipments 30,897,
against 13,621. Stocks 95,979, against
128,411.
Tne Chronicle’* visible supply table
showed on Friday night list, 2,597,608
bales of oolton in sight, against 2,961,789
lut year—2,918,171 the year before, and
2,860,576 in 1875. These figures show
a deoroaso of 364,281 balo9 on the supply
of lest year—320,663 on the supply of the
year before, and 263,063 on the snpplv of
1875 at same dates.
The New York market daring the week
was unsettled and feverish—owing to
continned heavy receipts—the Lancashire
strike and tho threatening aspect of Eu
ropean affairs.
Tbe Chronicle'* weather reports apeak
of tco mnch rain all over the cotton re
gion; bnt Macon mast be excepted,
where it is getting dry as a powder-horn.
Gxmebai. Bakre’s Licturr. — To
night onr citizens will enjoy tbo oppor
tunity of testifying their appreciation of
a gallant living Confederate, and it will
be a fitting prelude to tho solemnities of
memorial day. In honoring the noble
dead of tho loat cause, they bnt discharge
a sacred and patriotic duty which shonld
never be neglected through all tho cycles
of advancing years. But 1st us not for
get also to weave chaplet* for those who
bared their bosoms in dofenso of our
dearest right?, and faced the leaden temp
est of death side by side with tbe heroes
who fell on the stricken field.
That distinguished citizen of a sister
State, tho “Eagle Orator" of Alabama,
General Alpheus Baker, was one of these
who fought and blod for Southern liberty.
Moreover, bo is a gctitui «r,,i knightly
gentleman, a cultivated man of letter.,
and most eloquent speaker.
His lecture, we learn, ia a literary
gem, foil of sparkle, wit and pathos, and
will strike a sympathetic chord in the
heart of overy true Southron.
Co—* out then and hear him, youog
i~~ \ Mw that Macon doe* ap-
. I . . . r ® nIU *, - not unmind
ful also of the living as well *. tho dea a
soldiers of the Confederacy
A Hig Fnct with au Iinnorianf
I.csson.
■an 1 dux-.ration of tho importanoo of
opening the Mississippi river to sea-going
lo furnished in a statemeni that
comes ironi Davenport, Iowa. Tho Oa-
: <'te, of that city, announces that a lend-
ing produce firm has jast sold 10,000
bushels cf i>Ln»t for direct shipment
from Davenport, via St. Louis, to Liver
pool, aedaays: '‘The 10,000 bnsbei* are
to be loaded in a barge, towed to St. Louis,
where tt will be put with a tow of 5 barges
and so be taken to New Orle •■is and trans
ferred to an oeeau veaset oonnd fer Liver
pool. What is the freight rate from
Davenport and JLdverpool? Why just
forty cents » hundred pounds—or twenty
fonr eon-* c bushel—the same rato of
gram by railroad from Davenport to New
link ei:y. Tnongb, now and then,
wheat will be taken from this city to New
\ork by rail for thirty-live cents per
hundred pounds. But think of
wheat conveyed from this city to
Liverpool for only five cents more than
t he rail rate to New York harbor ? Who
can estim.te the value of the Mississippi
route to toe sea and Europe, to Iowa and
the Northwest, with that facility of trans
portation and that_ tariff to Liverpool ?
Why, we II have New York prices right
here at bom* for wheat and corn, with
such a state of things, before long, pro-
vided the railroads leading to tha Missis
sippi give a riasonble rate to the great
river."
Tns Fat Man.—Tho London corres
pondent of the Chicago Times says:
The ‘fat man' whom I mentioned in my
last letter is now exhibiting himself at the
Egyptian Hall, in London, and making
a good thing of it. Fsnoy, yon 'can, a
young man only 22 years old, weighing
72b pounds, and measuring S feet round
the shoulders. He seems in perfeot
besltb, and is very chatty, a peculiarity
and who seems pioud of having the big
gest btwbtcd of itpy woman in. England
Dr. JBattle’s Discourse.
The terrible fire which, at a lato hoar
tho preceding night, laid in rains that fa
vorite and famous hostle, Brown’s Hotel,
and tho entiro block upon which it stood,
ncarr, ana in cunsequeuuo rue aiAtoumn
upon tbe several churches was smaller
than usual. Still, a goodly number as
sembled in tho Presbyterian honse of wot
ship, and listened with delight to the able
sermon of -Rev. A. J. Battle, D.D. As
usual, tbo Doctor was peculiarly felicitous
both in bis theme and tho manner o*
treating it. Wo took no notes, end shall
merely announce the text and speak tren-
erallv of his effort.
The snbjeot of tho discourse was drawn
from tbe 15th chapter of 1st Corinthians,
14th, 17tb, 18th and 20ih verses:
“And if Ohrlst be not risen, tben is our
preaching vain, and yonr taitb ia also
vain. And if Christ be not raised, yonr
faith ia vain: ye are yot in yonr ain
Then they also which aro fallen asleep in
Chrlrt are perished.
Bat now is Obrist risen from tbe dead,
and became the first frnits of them that
slept.”
The speaker opened with a beautiful
comparison of nataro at this season with
tbe resurrection and rehabilitation of tbo
body in tho spirit world.
The expanding buds and blushing flow-
ore, tho emerald robe which has banished
the gray of winter from tho forests, the
springing vegotation and flourishing
crop*, tho sweet voices of tho feathered
songsters in tho trees, the hum of tbo
newly awakened insect throng alt con
spire to typify and illustrate tho reanr-
of the body from tbo dull sleep
of the grave. -
Tbo Doctor then procoednd *n an ana
lytical and logical manner to divido and
expatiate upon his subject in «1| its bear
ings, with great force and clearness.
Somo of the most salient paints wo re
member and are tempted to reproduce;
bit it might tend to mar the symmetry
of the whoio in tho estimation cf those
vho listened to thi* noble pulpit exprsi
tion of oae of the sublimest truths of the
gospel cf salvation, and we forbear,
The resurrection i Is it not the key
stone to the arch which snpnort
house of “many mansions" prepared for
tbe redeemed aud regenerated in the ce
lestial city ? To doubt it, is to subside to
the level of the brute creation, who sim
ply live "od die.
B-c thanks bo to God there is a bright
er, higher destiny for the souls of tho
saints made perfect through the blood
and mediation of the Savior of mankind.
Dr. Battle’s discourse was not only
able and excellent, but carried peace and
comfort to the sonls of believers, and
many returned thanks to him for his
words of cheer aud consolation.
How fortunate that the head of a great
institution of learning should also be an
humble eervant of the living God, and
truo exemplar of the precepts and teach
ings of the blessed Redeemer.
Cardinal de Bonnechose tell* this
story of tbe late Cenolsv. ; Cardinal Peooi,
who, the previous evening, had received
tha largest number of votes, was, on that
Wednesday morning, pale and agitated.
He went to one of the members
of the Sacred College, in whom
he bad every confidence, and said to him,
before the openiog of the ballot: ‘I esu-
not restrain myself; I feel the necessity
of speaking to the Sacred College; I fear
it may oommit an error. People have
given me the reputation of a learned
doctor; I am believed to be assvant; I am
not. I am snppo-ed to have the qualities
necessary to be a Pope: I have not. That
is what I wish to say to the Cardinals.'
fortunately his interlooutor replied: ’As
to your doctrine, yon have not to judge
of it. but ns; as to your qualities for the
Papacy. God knows them, bnt let Etim
i Yankee Opinion* or Southern
Life and Habit*.
ATbomaaville correspondent of the
Boston 7ranseript. who has the earmarks
of a feminine, perhaps some school inarm
or New England blue stocking with a
-cough, and a marrowleia phyeique, gives
her impressions of TbomasTille and the
South in very piquant language. There
is an odd admixture of truth, prejndice,
self-complacency and drcllery about the
writer rather refreshing than otherwise.
Listen to a few extracts from her let
ter:
Sometimes, as on the seats under tho
tiers here, there are brief written mes
sages addressed to us, which begin, “to
the Old Yanks;”— and that don’t seem
quite respectful, yon know ; but without
aoubt these are penned by small boys,
who don’t know onr fu,l name. “Yank
ees" are treated very cordially and re
spectfully, and their mcney L appreciat
ed highly—and, indeed, it goes a great
way in supporting the se people.
J don’t think I ever lmd ten minutes’
conversation with a Southern gentleman
or lady without be or she introduced the
war- It is almost impossible to balieve
hare that it ia tho same war that we some
times speak of in onr social intercourse,
but even tben oa something which hap
pened long ago. A lady said to mo tho
other day, ‘ ‘We never had to economize
before tbe war, and we’ve not learned
how yet.” How much longer than
dozen years must it take to teach one to
plan a little for a better appearance,
which in this instance this lady called
economizing? If my dreas was faded
on one side, I think it would not take me
many years to leatn to turn the fresh side
out; bat that is a lesson Southerners
have not learned. To make the best of
what they have, they do not know how to
do.
I call it ahiftlew when fences are down
chimneys braced up, the outside door of
a hcuEO fastened tor ten years by a chair
and a table poshed against it for want of
a couple of screws in the belt (an actual
occurrence in a Southern boarding
house); when a Southern hotel will en
tertain Northern tourists in a room, tbe
window of which has been curtained by
an old sheet, fastened on one aide of the
casing by a one-lined broken carving
fork, and on the other by a big shawl
pin (and this the best hotel in the city
of prominence). It lookB very shiftless
tome to seo the cows in theso streets so
thin, so poor, that they actnally can
stand bnt a little while at u time, turned
into tho streets to get their living, which
they mostly steal from countrymen’s
carts. I have seen three cows at one
time before this dcor with their fore
feet on tho stdo of a cart trying to reach
tbe male’s feed wbioh the driver had
stowed away in tho bottom. I would not
dare wear a greed veil In theso streets.
Tho starving bovinea would cat it off my
head, I am sure. It is really the most
painful sight I have seen in a longtime
those bony, starving oattle leaning against
something, often, for support. How I
b&ve prayed that a mild Bore throat might
sond Bergh down here ! The stock is a
disgrace to Southern Georgia, just for tbe
want of a little energy. Tbo oxen, which
are minnte creatures and very thin, are
driven by reins tied to their horns, and it
is a vast improvement on our method of
gotting them along by beating them over
tho head and screaming at them, and they
got over tbe gronnd about twice as fsBt
here.
Now, there is more troth than poetry m
tho cattle part at lsast of the above, and
our people deserve to be touched to theraw
for tbeir shameful neglect of both oattle
and sheep, which, with tho slightest mo
dicam cf attention, would prove lucrative
sontces of revenue.
Hear her on tho negro question:
A Southerner will entertain you one
hour by telling yon what a care and ex
pense slaves were; how each had to be rooover,
1/,-VaiS nvar everv day to see that he waB
take cold; how clothes uuu w ——i* „ n ,
ed and made so often ; how medicine bad
to be administered to somebody every
hour in the day; how the mistress bod to
spend whole nights in negro cabins nur
sing tho sick. The ex-slave-owner will
work npon your sympathies by these tales,
till you feel a great rolief for him whou
bo adds that, arter all, the war came and
took them away; and you oan't possibly
bring yourself to sorrow with him over
bis loss—his robbery, aa bo calls it.
Many of tho plantations aro let out to
negroes on shares, and a mule is farn-
nisbed with each acre of land. Butas
the management is almost entirely left
to the negro hands, the owner being too
careless to take any oversight, it is not
surprising that tho rotarns of the negro
are ridiculously small, and there ib great
complaint of their dishonesty and shrewd
ness in always getting tho better of the
land owners. Certainly no laborers ever
had a better opportunity for cheating
their master*.
It takes four servants here to do the
work on* does in the North, aud the
houses are very small. They tell us the
black* were born to serve, bnt there was
not born with them that knowledge es
sential to know how to eetva. A North
ern lady could not endure tho domestic
servants I find here. Tbe warm climate,
which induces languor, is to be remem
bered, bat Southern ladies complain bit
terly of negro servants. I’ve never seen
one that did not call tbem liars and
thieves and entirely irresponsible, and
they talk bitterly of thu laziness of tho
blacks. They are in a terrible condition,
it is true, more terrible in some parts
of tbe South than can be imagined, un
less you see them.
Now, why don’t that reformer, mayhap
Bloomer, do something for the half starv
ed and neglected blacks of her ownseetion
to say nothing of the oadaverona factory*
girls and operatives inoessantly striking
for bread?
One more extract:
Tbe Thomasvills ladies send flower pieces
to *11 distinguished people visiting the re
sort. Ycntcrdxy an ex-Cocfcderate gen
eral was tha reoipieu. „«■ - —k <Wnl
piece representing the rebel flag (they
dote on thatfls«r H ‘ , * rn here,) and I’ve seen
— -.lcj atk since I cams bat the Confed
erate one which hang* in the library. I
think the Stars and Stripes would bo as
novel a sight to a juvenile a* a snow
ntorm. “Did yon ever sea snow?" I
asked onr ebony waiter to-day. “Neb-
bai” ho replied. If I were to take up
my residence here, I should surely weary
of these perpetual flowers and long for
the beautiful snow *torm now and tfcea,
and verily these people do miss mnch.
The smsll boy* of Thomasville are very
naughty. Everything is attributed to
boys which is at all unpleasant to a North
erner, bat one wonders who taught these
boys—born since the war—there saught-
inefs. One of their recent naughtinesses
was tbo mutilating of the Scribner por
trait of Lincoln in the public library with
some rather remarkable additions to Mr.
Stoddatd's tribute to the martyred Presi
dent.
This is a home thrust at Southern
mothers, but they can survive it.
Our word for it.this Thomasville strong-
minded woman is some satellite of Mrs.
Harriet Beecher Sto we, who, while >ping
the philanthropist, yet nurses rancor in
her heart for those who to long and gal
lantly withstood the myrmidons of the
North,snl their auxilliaries of every race
and nation. But tbe letter ia readable,
and we can afford to smile at tbe ebnlli-
tiens of this Miss, old maid or grass wid
ow, who can’t live without breathing the
atmosphere she affects so much to de
spise.
THIS OEOBOIA PRESS.
Tax Foiat or Building Upon ant
Othir than Youb Own Foundation.
—Tbe Constitutionalist gives the finale
of the great “Jennens case," which has
been in the English Chancery Court for
lo, these many years:
It seems it was the original of the
Jarcdycevs. Jarndyce case, mq0e famous
by Dickec*. Neaily a century ago Wil
liam Jennens died near Birmingham,
leaving a sufficiently large estate, the
value of which has since increased to one
hundred millions of dell ire. The prop
erty fall into the possession of the Ashe-
ton-Curzon family, whose title, however,
was not disputed until half a century la
ter. Then some one discovered that the
rightful heirs had been left cut in the
cold, and, as the rightful heirs had by
that time grown formidable in nnmbers
and Ecatteiod to the fonr winds, there
was difficulty in tracing them cat and
raising a fund for the prosecution of their
claim. Many were in America. Final
ly after nnmerons delays, .the
case has been decided. The
Court ruled that there was no occasion to
produce proofs of heirship. That might
do admitted. Under tbe English law,
the present holders of tho property hav
ing been in possession fifty years, and
there being no allegation'of fraud, on
tbeir part, they were legally invested
with tho ownership, and the numerous
Americans who have been looking for
fortunes from that source, may now aban
don tbeir great expectations.
This is the way these English wind
falls usually terminate, and we advise
every body to rely npon nothing save their
own wit and mnsclo to make both ends
meet.
“A Cheering dinner" is the way the
Constitution put* it in speaking of the
Sabbath school Jubilee in Oglethorpe
Park on Saturday. Tho little people
had tho first seat* and faiily made the
goed things squat. There is no guaging
the appetite of a ten year old boy or girl
for good things. They eat for to-day
without bestowing a thought upon the
stomach ache of to-morrow.
Addresses were made by Hon. John
Hill of New Jersey. Rev. W. E. Hall of
New Orleans, Rev. Dr. Wilson of Missou
ri, Mr. Waring Kennedy of Toronto,
and Dr. Van Lennep. The lattar who
has resided for many yeais in Turkey,
sung a Turkish song and appeared In
Turkish costume,
The next meeting of tho Inter-National
Sabbath School Union will be held in
Toronto, Canada. Mr. Waring Kennedy
in his speech alter Toronto had been se
lected, said:
In heaven itself I ask no more than jast
a Southern welcome.
I feel so permeated, so saturated, with
tbe graoicu* influence of this convention,
that if I am spared to return to Toronto
I believe it will oczs ont at every pore.
1 regret that a larger number of delegato*
from tbo Dominion could not have mado
it convenient to attend here. I shall en
deavor to tell them when I return to To
ronto bow much they have lost. I know
a thrill of joy willpass through the hearts
of our Sumiuy-Schooi workers, and also
the members of tbe Young Men’s Christian
Association, when tho intelligence rescue*
tbem that you have conferred thi* honor
oa onr city.
This was drawing it pretty strong, and
will make an everlasting enemy of Conk-
ling and Wendell Phillips.
Tho samo paper says Mr. Reeves,
pressman at Dodson & Scott’s printing
office, had his head struck by a switch,
and was knocked off of the train on its
last trip from the Fair Grounds. He will
Macon PaxvBTTiBT.—Wo condense the
following from the Sumter Sept.blic.in:
This body met iuAmcricus on Wednesday
Tbe opening sermon was preached
list.
The roll of
Ministers—
by Rev. J. T. McBride.
Presbytery was as follows:
Dr. J. N. Nall, Rev*. J. T. McBride, T.
B. EngliBb, W. McKsy, J. R. McIntosh
and A. W. Clisby. Ruling Eiders—
J. T. Aoee, E. A. Link, Wilcox, of
Colomtu-: ‘T.D.Ell-.ott, J.W.Wh, v.ty.'V.
H. Croesman, G. M. Stoke*, J. W. Sbil-
don, T. W. Fleming, L. McLester and A.
J. Williams.
Daring that time sever*! fine steamers
leave, and by that time passage will bo
redneed to it* lowest. Organize parties.
Several in oar city think of going; organ
ize and club yonr fares until yon are
aoross, and tben you are at liberty to
choose a dozen rontes. Captain Tom
Henderson, of Maoon, is getting up the
excursion, car people must join, forqnite
all of them wit be Middl* Georgians.
He has booked some from Griffin, Albany,
Eitonton, Americas and other towns,
aud promise to get a round trip -ticket
from New York to Paris for $100.00.
If he does this the tnp ihonli not cost ex
ceeding $250.00. You may not live in
princely style on this sum, but you can
live as well as you do at home, aad see
Rev. T. R. EngliBb, of Cuthbert, was I M much as tbose who spend their thou-
Grand Auction Sale
—or-
elected moderator and Elder J. T. Acee,
of Ephesue, temporary cletk.
Dr. J. H. Nall, minister, and Elder T.
W. Fleming were appointed principals
to the General Assembly, and Rev. J. R
English and Elder D. F. Wilcox alter
nate-.
Dr. Nall reported that $500 had been
contributed for the Theological Semi
nary.
The revised took of discipline, a* sent
down from tha General Assembly, was
adopted,after some ducus*:.on,by a decid
ed majority.
Albany was selected as thu next place
of meeting for tbe Presbytery,
Libebal.—The Bepubli:an says: Mr.
S. T. Jenkins, editor of the Southern En
terprise. with a spirit and zeal that is
commendable, ha* offered a premium of
500 choice fruit tree* from his “Harvest
Home” nursery, to the Association or
county that sends the largest delegation
to cither of the fair* to be held in Alba
nr, Americas, Cuthbert or Thomasville.
What county or organization will carry
off tho premium at our fair?
A CasxBFUL Cbop Outlook.—Albany
Advertiser: PI toting operation* were
commenced early and with good cheer in
this section this year, a ;d the young
crop* are looking unusually promising.
Corn is from six to eighteen inches
high, and many of onr farmers havo fin
ished “chopping out” their cotton.
Driving through tho western portion
of Dougherty county a fev* days ago, we
did not find oats looking as well a* we
would have bsen pleased to see; but we
found plenty of them, and believe that
sands. By all means go to Paris.
Col. Thomas Hardeman has been in
vited to deliver tho address at the Bain-
bridge fair.
Upson Enterprise : Quite a largo num
bar of farmer* in Upsen have decided to
go back on cotton and plant .more core
Good. _
Don’t catch cold, but if you do, noth
ing will meet the requirements of the
case as well as Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup
Price 25 cents.
A Novel Feature
presents iteelf to those who use Parker;
Hair Balsam, in the discovery of its rare
and remarkable merits. Many ^ have
written us expressing their delight in the
fact that it acts liko a charm. Its d’sin-
fectant properties in chemical combina
tion rendering it healthful, cleansing
and healing are bearing fruit, and the
beautiful hair it produces, with the clean
healthy soalp, entirely freed from Dan
drutf and falling hair, are achievements
for which we have reason to feel proud.
A patron assures U3 that he ha* used
twelve different Hair Preparations and
that Parker’s Hair Balsam surpasso
them all. To hair that has beeotuo gray
or faded, it restores that beautiful natu
ral color of youth, and produces a vigor
and luxuriance that surprises every one.
Boy a bottle from yonr druggist, Roland
B. Hall, and test its merits.
EVERY MOTHER
will greatly add to her own strength nnd
comfort by the freo uso of Parker’s Gin
gerTonic, while its Invigorating proper
ties that soothe the nerves and induce
refreshing vleep, are imparted through
tho milk to her" nursing babe, making
p ___ the little ono quiet, contented, cheerful
with anything like a favorahlo season I and happy—the best way to make the
there will bo fullv as large a crop made fretful child a “good baby.” It is al o a
An unpleasant passenger in a street
car is a crying Baby. In such cases Dr.
Bali’s Br.bv Syrup should be given to the
littla sufferer to ease its troubles. 25
cents a bottle.
shared b, * ho accompame. him ‘^ Tot « given^’ him, Taring “exceed
the two-lhirds of the total, he was named
Pope.”
Query: "Why will men moke common to
bacco, when they can buy Marburg Bros. ’SBAIi
0F gpRTHCAROIJNA.’ iat the aame’pricer
j t n.oeodl
AncnERT.—This anoient and beautiful
Yzu'iah nasttmo seems about to be revi
says, next Saturday the ladies of St. Phil
lips church will havo a picnic to Mariet
ta, which will bo one of tho moat pleas
ant events of the season. Tho chiof a
traotion of the city will bo an archery
contest for a fine lace wood bow; there
will be oiiongb contestants to make the
fun exciting. The arobory club will be
well represented on tho oooaaion.
OuAMr.NET Island.—A correspondent
of the Sunny South writing from below
says: Our rente lay by Obampney island,
at present owned by Captain A. S. Barn
well, and cultivated by bint aa a rice
plantation. It contains nearly ono thou
sand acres, of whioh one hundred and
sixty remain m native swamp aod forest,
requiring nearly two hundred dollars per
acre to levee, ditch, clean off the timber,
and put in cultivation. You can see at
once tbe value of rioo lands. Captain
Barnwell has seventy penitentiary con
victs leased from the Stats, who are very
humanely treated by him. I spent three
days on the island, and saw that they are
fed with plenty of wholesome food, per
forming their work with alaority. The
vigilance of the foreman—Mr. Jones—
and bis gnards, has prevented tbe escape
of n single oonvict doriDg their fifteen
months’ oocnpanoy of the" island. There
is not a oase of sickness in tbe oamp.
Tne island produces tbe finest of sweet
oranges—I hod tbo pleasure of plaoking
seme from tho trees myself. Captain
Barnwell has about five hundred trees,
some of wbioh are just beginning to bear.
His faith in being ablo to raise them ’
saoh that he has seven thousand scions
for transplanting this fall. Mr. Leigh,
of the English nobility, owns an adjoin
iDg island whioh contains a fine orange
orchard, bnt strange to say most of tbe
trees are of the soar variety, and are con
sequently worthless. This, however,
being speedily remedied by planting tbe
sweet, and cutting out the sour, and by
grsftiog tha limbs of the Bweet upon the
stock of tha sour.
The Ring ov the truh Metal.—
Southerner and Appeal: For ourself, we
will support no man by our vote, no mat-
*•« is- nor what office he seeks,
woo puts himaelf m tin, -raae ths
regular Democratic nominee.
Sharp Shooting.—Greensboro Herald
Brigadier Jeremiah Hnnkydory Lewis
must surely like the taste of lager beer,
as his pet—the Herald—is printed on pa
per which, at a distance, corresponds in
color to that drink; or. In other words,
it looks like it is printed on old worn ont
pieces of wheat sheets. Let’s rest.—
Broad Aze and Itemizer.
Or, ic other words, Eitonton baer is
the color of a wheat sheet; or, in other
words. Corporal Cheap Wit Sparks sees
through a b»er glass dimly.
Go to the Press Convention, gentlemen
get reconciled, and take a good hearty
hug. Then ifyou must take something
let it be that same beer.
Albany Advertise--. The recent rains
and wind have stripped the peach trees
of a good deal of their young fruit.
The same paper says: We are informed
by Mr. B. J. Cutliff, the efficient and ac
commodating telegraph operator of this
city, that on and after Monday, April
22 j, all rates of telegraphing to and from
Maccn, Savannah, Columbus and
Charleston will be increased twenty-five
cents.
Wanted.—Yaldosta Times.—We have
sixty or seventy men wa wish nominated
for Governor, but will have to wait ’til we
get a revised list of them. In the mean
time, if any of our readers know of a real
good Governor, they will please send in
his name.
Following Suit.—Darien Gazette:
Fortune Bos*, one of old man Campbell’s
constables, who has been out oa
hoods for orimee committed again*',
the State, was turned over to the sheriff
a few day* since by hia bondsmen. He
ia now confined in jail awaiting a hearing
before Judge Tompkins.
Our Darien contemporary say*: The
Gazette ia nearly fonr years old and i* not
dead yet. No, its jus’ fall of life—in
fact, coaid apare a little to some of oor
country exchanges.
large a crop
ad there was luet year.
We wero glad to see that a good deal
of wheat had been plantec, and that it is
generally looking very well.
Railroad Meeting.—Marietta Journal:
At a meeting on Sat unlay, April 13th, of
the stockholders of tbe M. <fc N. G. B. £.,
Gen. W. Phillip* introdnued tbe follow
ing:
Sssolved, That alt stockholders of the
Marietta and North Georgia railroad be
urged and requested to coueent to an as
sessment upon their stock sufficient to
pay off tbe encumbrances and complete
the road to CantOD.
A Noble Act.—Prom the same : A
dear and dumb stranger while passing
through our city on Sucdo-y last had
a very hard fit in front of Mr. Agricola’s
residence. A coaplo of ourpublic spirit
ed citizens seeing his condition, had him
cared for and next morning raised a purse
sufficient to eend him to bis home. Ken-
tacky.
Gills at JIcmlle Peg.—The Journal
snys “Mumble the Peg" is a favorlto
game and tbo Park is a very good place
to play it, bnt the young man who was
so ungallant as to compel u couple of
young ladies to root the peg on Wednes
day afternoon, should bs inteiviewed.
However they did it well.
A Theiptt Little City.—A corres
pondent of tho Southerner and Appeal
writes of Dablin:
On eutering the town, a visitor is struck
with tbe unusual beauty of the various
styles of oottage architecture, with which
uiurbcfenlurAanie, when to is reminded,
by experience of fatigue, that it is fat—
not lc.-s iban twenty miles—from n a rail
road station, and, wbsn viewing its
street*, buildings and but mess, is con
strained to pronounce it a remarkably
live, out-of-the-way place. We were in
formed that to the talents of Colouel J.
M. Stnbbs shonld most of the new archi
tectural designs be oredlted,
Poor Fallows.—Quite a number of
employes of thu Western and Atlantio
Railroad were suspended Tuesday, owing
to the falling off of freight
Item* from the Baii bmdge Demo
crat.—Eldred Bruton, a well known and
estimable colored man, is dead. Tho De
mocrat gave him a most eicellent charac
ter.
Oun Brethren cp the Press.—All
editors aro oordialty invited to attend our
spring fair. We shall ent.eavor to make
their visit pleasant nnd agreeable. While
the fair docs not expect to assume
“Grand” prooortions, it will doubtless
provo interesting. Ocme, Brethren of
tbe quill, and spend a day with us.
Hamilton Home Journal We have had
fine rains this week, whlc h were, badly
needed. Sweet shrubs and honeysuckles
are making tbe little folks happy. From
present indication* (ha frnit crop in thi*
section will be enormous,
The annual meeting of the grand oom-
mendery of Knights Templir will be held
in Savannah on tbe 15th and 16:h prox.
Moppet Bill Punch.—Let us have
the Moffet Bell Panch in Bainbridge. If
each bar-room was fitted up with one of
these silent tax-gatherers, oar town would
bo out of debt in a short time. Read the
article on our second page in reference
to the system, copied from the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger. |
The editor of the Demo-zrat has been
elected Memorial orator by tbo ladies cf
Marianna, Florida
Crops.—The Democrat siiye: The crop
prospects were never better until the late
heavy rains. Farmers eay the rains have
packed the gronnd so hare, that vegeta
tion has ceased to grow. This difficulty
will be overcome, however, in a short
time.
How AN OLD Musa.il- -Ujui_EHoon.
The Cuthbert Appeal says: On Wednes
day last, a negro boy on A. J. Moye’a
place, near town, attempted to show four
or five little negroes now he could han
dle an old musket. The little negroes
were interested in seeing where the ball
came out at, and whilo inspecting that
feature the gun was discharged and three
of them wero seriously, if not fatally
wounded.
The Horticultural Faj b of Ran
dolph County.—The Appeal publishes
tha following.
By the nnanimons agreement of the
Executive Committeo of Raidolpb coun
ty Agricultural Society, the Horticultur
al Fair will be held tn the city of Cuth-
bert, beginning on tbo 4:h c'ay of July,
aud close on the evening of tbe 5th,
Timely notice will ba given of the list of
premiums, various committees, and the
Orator. A. Hood, Pres’t.
A. O. Bary, Sec’y.
Prom the same:
More Sturgeon.—Seventeen more
sturgeon were caught yeste: diy. and for
ty-two of the cartilaginous xaocsters lash
the water in captive tury. The fish will
net sixty pounds each, wbicb, at five
cents per pound, brings in tto handsome,
gain of $126 00 for two daj3 work.
Many visited the Beene yesterday, the
fish in each nnmbers being a rare sight.
Old Capitol: The Military Excub
sion.—Next Friday will be a great day in
Maoon, and great preparations are being
perfected to render it pleasant to tbe
visiting military and other friend*.
Arrangements have been pen'ected for an
extra train over the Central wbioh will
bring tbe Rifles and guests from Estonton
and take on the Blues and their guests at
this depot.
The Old Capital has this id say in be
half of a trip to Parie: We ihould learn
lesson from'oor Centennial expenses.
Many impatient people hurried off to
see tbe big show, and paid dearly for the
privilege. Jnly will be plenty early.
most comforting remedy for the aged,
the feeble, and convalescent; it builde up
and sustains tho strength, soothes the
nerves, banishes melincholy. and is in
comparably superior to wines or liqnore,
whilo it does not intoxicate. Buy from
yonr drnggUt, Roland B. Hall, a $1.00
bottle, or a sample bottlo at loc, and test
its merits. aprlO 3m
SEALED PROPOSALS
W ILL be received until Monday, April 15tli
I 1378, for supplying tho city of Macon with
rSBeine for the balance of the year, until De
cember 17,1878. List otnrtidea io be tarnished
can bo found at tbe effico of the Clerk of Coun
cil, where bids must bo left.
JAMES a NELSON. Chm’n.
S It Pit ICE,
BOLAND B HALL,
apr9 4t Com. on Charity.
CARD.
Charles j. MILLER, lateof Savannah. Go,,
Cotton Broker and Commission Merchant, 125
Pearl SIrect, New York.
Orders for purchase and sale o •■Future*
promptly attended to. ... , , . ,
Charges $25.00 per hundred bales (complete.)
feb 8 tf
PIANO &ORGANlASrsabaieb
hold tho field and compete with the world. 1,000
Superb Instruments from Reliablo Makors at
Factory Rate*. Every man his own asent. Bot
tom prices to all. PIANOS, $135, $150, $173.
NEW ORGANS, $10, $30, $07. Six years guaran
tee. Fifteen days trial. Maker s names on all
Instrument*. Square dealing, the honest truth,
and best bargains in the U. S From $50 to $100
actually saved in buying from MJDDbN 4
BATES’ SOUTHERN WHOLESALE PIANO
and ORGAN DEPOT. SAVANNAH, GA
feblOwlmdlawlm
raOMDI XSVXM3
tud tbm JBJSST MEDICINE
FOR
Dyspepsia and Indigestion
NETTTOir. N. n, March 27.1877.
Mr H R Stevens—
Dear Sir: Once more I take tho pen to praise
that king of medicines, Vegctine. when I begun
to take Vegetine two year a ago with such mark
ed benefit, my friends thought it was a stimulant
effect, and would aoon subside, leaving me os bad
as before. Thinking that some of those who read
the testimonial which I wrote at that time,
might think tho same, I write once more to sntis*
fy them on that point. Since I began to take
\egetino almost two years ago, I have gained
steadily until the present time, at which I am
enjoying my former health, and consider myself
cured by Vegetine. Two years ago I was as low
as man could be and be live. I was confined to
the bed foa eight months, and given up to die by
eight doctors, some of tho most skilled in this
State. They said I had several diseast 3, includ*
iiur consumption, heart disease, ami sev.-ral r th
ere equally fatal, and mast die. But Vegetine,
taken at a last resort brought me through, and
to thit 1 owe my life. Since my health began to
improve I have made a study of disease, and find
tbe cause of all my symptoms to hare been Dys*
peoBia or Indigestion, and I also find that five
cases of disease of every six, are effects of the
same cause. When the food is not properly di
gested in the stomach, it becomes a poisonous
pttrid mass, which is absorbed into tlie blood,
and by that it is convejod to all parts of the sys •
tem, causing symptoms of disease in any or all
of the organs of the body, and if this cause is
not removed, theso symptoms become in time
organic diseases. I have given Vegetine a thor
ough tes, in my own case, and also in that of
many of my acqusintmettj, and find it to bo the
very best medicine extant for Dyspepsia or Indi
gestion. one of the symptoms of which is usually
tho belief that you have some fatal organic dis
ease. I am well known in the towns of GoCs-
town, Weare. aud Newton, of this State, (N. H.
and can furnish an undeniable corroboration c
all of these statements, i will willingly answer
any letters of mquirv in regard to my case, or the
useof Vegetine. Yours truly,
A. J. BURBECK.
If Vegbtixb is taken regularly, according l.
direction*, a certain and speedy cure of Dyspep
aia will follow its me.
Vegetine.
FOR
ASTHMA.
Philadelphia, Fa,
Mr H R Stevens:
Dear Sir—For thu last fifteen years, duringtke
month* of May and June. I hare been afflicted
with-what the doctors died Asthma. It wa*
was very distressing, rendering and miserable
so that I dreaded it* commit on. I wo* recom
mended to use Vegetine. I took two bottles be
fore I exnected the attack, and wa* entirely ru
liered. I feel grateful to Vegetine.
JNO T BALLINGER.
1103 Greek St, Philo.
DRY GOODS
I Will commence on MONDAY NEXT the Sid inst, to dose out at Auction, tha balance nr«.
stocfc'on band at the old stand formerly occupied by MORRIS A WAKE. Mv itock cn*l£J
mo ny desirable and u»eful goody, which will be sold without limit or reserve. ™nnit
50 Pieces Bleached and Brown Domestics,
Fifty pieces Calico.
20 Pieces Choice Cassimeres,
-A LARGE LOT OF-
Hamburg Edgings and Inscrtings,
Ladies and Misses Hosiery,
White Lawns and Piques,
Handkerchiefs, Table Damask
Corsets, Huchings, Silk Ties.
Ribbons, Collars, CnilV, Veiling,
Bnttons in endless variety,
Linen Dress Goods, Lace Points,
Lace Sacques Beits, Fans, Trimmings and Laces
of all kinds, etc.
The sale will commence at 10 o'clock a. m., and cuntinuo from day to day, nntil the itock i*
tirely disposed of, during which time tho strictest order will be preserved. The ladio* csiwvimii.'
aro respectfully Invited to call. eapeciui,
m. s. ware.
J, R, MCCAIXTJM &. CO. AUCTIONEERS. ap.204t
F. A. SOHONEMAN,
74 CHERRY STREET, MACON. GA.
—SoleAgeut or the
piratei Bur offfi. J. Lei’s Westers Brewery,
ST. LOUIS, MO.
NO TWO FRICB3.
GUS N1FSSMUM
Has the largest, most complete, and best selected stock of
Men’St Youths’ and Childrens’ Clothing;
ever brought to the city, at
25 per cent less than former prices.
.caiovs, wix eivgwun ana nuditco variety ot
GENTS’ FURNISHING 6000$
of the latest novelty,
500 dozen Gents’ Linen Collars
500 dozen Gents’ Linen Collars, best quality
31 !m <3XJ^ NUSSBAUM,
Corner Cherry and Third Streets, Macon, Ga.
00
1.50
VEGETINE
FOR
Pimples and Eruptions of
the Skin.
HR Stevejs—
My mother has used your valuable medicine,
Vegetine. for Tetter and Eruptions of the Skin,
and has tound great relief by the use of it I can
recommend it for such complaint*.
R A BLACKWELL,
Dec 20,1879. Uniontown, Union co, Ky.
PIMPLES
m
Humors on the Face.
In this condition of the akin, the Vegetine i*
the great re wed y, as it acta directly upon the
blcod. It cleanse* and purifies the blood, there*
by causing humors to disappear. By internal
treatment all impurities are thrown out. Ve*re
tine sires a good circulation to the blood, reliev
ing the inflamed or congested organism, restor*
ing the health, giving a good, clear complexion,
VEGETINE.
H. R. STEVENS Boston, Mass.
EGETINEIS SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
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A THING OF BEAUTY.
I THE BOOK STOKE
OF
J W. BURKE Sc CO H
No. 60 SECOND STREET,
Is one of the moat beautiful Store* in tbe South.
If you have not seen it, go at once and sec it.
They have a Jot of
Beautiful Papeteries.
They are selling at greatly reduced rates. They
sell all kinds of St&tiocery aa low aa the loweat.
Be sure to see the Store. aprlS
McComb’s Hotel,
Milledgeville, Georgia
Kept in elaiMtyle by
iltafm WNM cCOM
MILK. MILK. MILK.
TT7-E haye au abundance of good, rich milk,
v V which we will aell at market price. Our
wagon makes its rounds twice a day, and deliv
ers milk to consumers in good time for break
fast and tea. Orders left in Butts A Ross’order
boxes at tho post office, and at the .tore of
Hears Winship A Callaway, will receive prompt
MBk delivered J in any quality to
E. A. ROSS A CO.
attention,
any part of the city.
mr20*lmo
Hard Times,
Excursions.
HO! FOR CUMBERLAND ISLAND,
ST. SIMON’S ISLAND,
JEKYL ISLAND,
PERNANDINA.
BRUNSWICK.
FLORIDA.
rjpHE MACON A BRUNSWICK RAILROAD
bare nowon sale excursion tickets for
FISHING and HUNTING
PARTIES,
at reduced rates to Any point on the road. To
parties lor the islands near Brunswick.or Fer-
nandina, the following low rates sre offered*
Parties of 4, Macon to Brunswick and return §11
Parties of 5 to9, inclusive, Macon to Brunswick
and return, $8.
Parties of 10 to 14 inclusive, Macon to Brunswick
and return, $6 50,
Parties of 15 or more, Macon to Brunswick and
return. $5.
Baggage, tents, dog*, outfit, etc, free.
Round trip tickets between Brunswick and
Cumberland laland SL75 oach.
first class passenger steamer, FLOR
ENCE, runs daily between Brunswick and Fer*
nandina, touching at Cumberland Island going
and returning.
The«e tickets will onlv be for the party travel
ing all t>)gether ai one body and wifi not be rec*
ognized singly or in numbers less than the v hole
body together, who first purchased the ticket*.
For further information apply to
TIIOS L ROSS
mch24*sun wedtf Ticket Agent MkBRL
LOW PRICES.
1T7ILL offer for the next sixty dtys tbeir stock
T V of Bugties at such fiaurea that cannot feu
to suit the closest buyer. We have on hand a lot
of our own and Northern manufacture and we
are determined to sell.
Our Repair Department is supplied with a fair
corps of the very best workmen, and we will re-
pair all kind-, of Vehicles at the lowest price* m*
in tbe most workmanlike manner.
Cali and see us-
Repository in the rear of Good, Small A Co*
Third 8treet.
Shops next door to the Court House. Second
Street. 3Iacon G*. mar 17 >unslw&n
Echeconnee Bridge.
U NTIL Tuesday May 7th next, bids will be
received at tbe office of Bibb County Com-
mmionert, for the contract of constructing at
Echeconnee Bridge, on Macon and Ptrr.v road.au
earth embankment of the following dimensions,
to-wit: 180 feet Ion?, 17 feet high, 20 feet at top,
and to feet at base; bids to show the amount
charged per cubic yard. Theworkwill be paid
for Jointly by the counties of Bibb and Houston.
Theright to reject any and all bids is reserved.
By order of Board Bibb County Commissioners.
anrlSeod td W G SMITH. Clerk.
? 5
Nisi
Fancy Cards, Snowflake. Marble, etc, no two
_ alike, with name, loots, Nassau Card Co
uamu.N. Y.
OSITIVELY ONE WEEK ONLY.
H H.HRLLER. Professor of Natural Magic
• and Legerdemain, ha* for sale, at No 82
Mulberry Street, ODjJoaite Lr.nier House, Macon.
Georgia, a large variety of those wonderful and
magical tricks which havo created *uch startling
sensations in New York, London, Paris and cth*
er large cities of Europe and America, whenever
performed. A rare opportunity h now offered to
those desiring to have pleasingevening entertain*
ment?, ia having coins aoptar and disappear at
their command, and how to perform any of the
rand fe at* in legerdemain. aprietf
Application for Leave to Amend
Charter Macon Harmonic Sc-
ciety.
BIB B SUPERIOR COURT, APRIL TERM 1878
G eorgia, bibb county—to tits srre-
■ rior Court ov Said Cousty:
Tbe Macon Harmonic socitty rcpeclfuliy pe
tition the Court for leave to amend their charter
by striking nut from laid charier tbo following
words, to wit:
1. “Which property .ball sot be divided among
tile members of the corporation, but shall tie •
•rend to their successors until the die, dutioc ot
the same," and by adding the following in w“
thereof, “Said Society shaft be a joint stock ilom-
pany with a capital itock of *300 divided into
shares of ten dollars each; said stockholders to
bathe owners cf all tho property of 8ocietj no»
held bv tha Society, aad that may be hereafter
acquired.
2, By striking ont the tnird section of •*!“
charter, and inserting in lieu thereof the follow
ing: Tho government of tho tociety shall oo
vested In a board of directors to be eloeted from
tbe stcekhe'der,. wh-.st number shall be deter
mined by tbo by laws: they shall bo elected on
the third ThurMlayin September of each year by
tho stockholder?, and such board riiall elect from
tbeir number a president and Tice-pres‘d ent -
Wherefore your petitioners pray that ail order
may be granted amending said charters* afore
said in terms of tbe lew.
E F BEST,
Solicitor lor petitioner:.
A true extract from the minutes ot Bibb Supe
rior Court. April ISth, 1978, .
aprlG lawkw A B ROSS. Cl«rt-
New York Office: Root. W. F*t e r*®’
154 Front 8trcet. Ppeo»> x2. T,n
H. FRASER GRANT'
tteieral Commission Mercliaof,
annah. georgi
SC BAY STREET. S
FLOWER POTS.
A T the solicitation o! onr many cui , '- T nj.i . -•
ha-e ordered ami now have on band
assortment ol Flower Pot., which will be awl *
reasonable prices. A supply can be found a
.-■toreof Mrs Woodruff. Cotton Avenue, next ujo.
to Messrs Mix .V Kirtland.
apr!2dlw
jttiana. . .
D B WOODRUFF. Flora-