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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 25,1859.
—Tbe fUinnent U afloat again that
Colnorl Tuns Scott U hopelessly ill.
ItEauXAl.. — Congressman O'Conner
arrived in the Hty, says the Charleston
Vm and Comrlrr, on Saturday from
Wadunston. lie ezpresaes ‘himself as
very hopeful of passing the two measures
which hr lias introduced in Congress, 1st,
to prusidr for the payment to tlie deposi
tors of the broken Freedman's Bank the
amoont of their losses, and 2d, the bill
to allow national banks to lend money on
real estate.
—Jay Gould's new telegraph company,
Use American Union, is extending its lines
throughout the country with unexampled
rapidity. From Mr. tiillig, a representa-
the of tie- company, the Times correspon
dent learns that over 20,000 miles or wire
hare been strung since the 1st ot May,
No offices liave as yet been opened for
business, llic intention being to iiave a
simultaneous opening all over tlie country
within six week*.
What Mu. Oo«eu Pboinwwkl—
The friends of Mr. Cornell, tlie Governor
elect of New York, intimate that there
will be one |>assagir in bis first message
which will lie apt to create a stir, namely
.% recommendation that all real estate
held by ecclesiastical corporations shall
la- taxed as other property Is. The new
(•otrrnnr, they say, b determined, as far
as |i»ssible. to make a reputation for him
self as a friend of economy, reduced taxa
tion and tin- equalization of tlie people's
burdens, and this is Ikiw lie means to
In gin.
Fcxalk Athuctks. — Tliat of the
twenty-five women who started to walk ill
Gilmore's Garden a week ago, only sevt
dnipprd out liefore Saturday night, is
remarkable fact; and not less so is tin:
fart tliat oftlie eighteen that remained in
fifteen made more than 250 miles each,
ami six more tlian 350 miles each, while
tin- tmo higin-st scores ran up to 393 and
mib-s. Nevertheless, every Innly
glad tliat this walk is over. Such a six
day trial of femiuiiic endurance is not
fit spectacle to offirr tlie public, or to lie
ranked among creditable amiisemcnl.s.
Eotsox's Lamps a Scccess at Last.
—Tin- {'incituiati Commercial says, we
were not speaking unadvisedly tlie oilier
day wlirn we said tliat Edison bad perfec
ted liis electrical lamp and made it a com
plete success. Tim point of the discovery
we make known this inoming is tliat car
bonized paper answers tlie purpose tliat it
was I lx night platinum alone could serve
and is uot only as cheap as ashes, but
better Ilian precious metal. All dlfficul
tics but this of tlie composition of the wick
of the electrical candle had been over
come. Tbe generation of electricity lias
become familiar. Tliere arc many well
known electrical machines. Tlie divisi
hility of tlie current has been found possi
ble. It is as divisible under Edison'
process as a volume of gas. What of the
Edison lamp? It can be made at a cost
of twenty-five rents. In its simplest form
it is as cheap as a gas tip. It is a plain
glass gloix*. about tlin size of a small or
ange or large lemon, in the bottom
fitted a metallic stopper, through which
the copper wires pass, and a strip of car
bonized pa|K-r, >liai>ed like a horseshoe,
connects Ux- wires. The air is exhausted
in tlx- ghdie. Tum on tlie electricity,
which is quite as simple an operation
turning on gas, and the carl ion becomes
and remains luminous, giving out a soft,
brilliant, powerful light, and the wick
endures. No limit to its endurance lias
'been found. No matches arc needed
strike a light. You touch tlie key and
there is your illumination. Tlie glass
globe does not become heated. It grows
warm, but by no possibility can tlicrc be
any combustion. Break tlie glass and tlie
light is instantly and utterly extinguished.
The moment tbe air enters, the Ijglit
out. It would be perfectly safe, there
fore to use such a light in a powder maga
zine. It will be of inestimable advantage
on shipboard. It can be employed with
tbe happiest results in mines heretofore
extra-hazardous. It will, by abolish
ing tbe use of matclies in our houses,
atxl introducing a cheap light that
neither heats nor enkindles, vastly reduce
the liability of fires, and thus speedily put
down tlx* rate of insurance. This light
will do away with tbe necessity of heat in
well lighted apartments. One can pro
duce a dazzling illumination without
changing tbe temperature. .Vs there is
combustion, there is no smoke, so tliat
this is tbe light long sought for picture
galleries. Wherever a wire can be stretch
ed. light may be cheaply produced,
there will he no excuse for dark alleys.
This will be the terror of burglars, for by
the noiseless touching of a key, not only
an apartment, but an entire lxmse, may
be instantly flooded with light, to the ter
ror and discomfiture of all who seek dark
ness that they may do evil.
It is a light that does not harm the eyes,
and that may be shaded and regulated at
plrasore—combining the softness of the oil
lamp with the splendor of the burning of
carbon points.
The Mississippi Jetties.
Tbe controversy as to the deleterious
cfiiec! upon the depth of water in the riv
ets flowing into the Upper Mississippi,
Captain Eads' operations at the mouth of
that great stream still continues, and
waxes hotter and hotter. The Xew Or
leans Ffcaymte says:
Tbe mouth of tbe river has not been
daaaaaed np; on the contrary, the theory
of tbe Jetties is to increase the velocity of
tbe current at a particular point, and thus
throw tbe sediment far out into the Gulf.
Tbe site of these works is a small outlet
Utletto not having a sufficient depth of
wider to admit square rigged vessels. By
confining the water passing through this
outlet, its scouring power was increased,
a«d the ditrims carried further into the
Galt The two principal mouths of tbe
Miaimpp were left open as before, and
the Toftnne of water is comparatively free
to open a auffident channel to the Gulf
by natural laws. Any serious check to
tbe velocity of tbe current at the Balize
would have resulted in rapid shoaling
{■Mediately above tbe jetties, and thence
on np the river to Xew Orleans, where
there b a depth of one hundred to one
bandied and nfty feet, and could certainly
not have W->-n first felt along the Missis
sippi alxrt ,* Cairo, and on the Ohio river
at an altit mle of several hundred feet above
the delta.
"AiicrryCbirtaiat.’* j
An Atlanta doctor, who left tbe Federal
army and settled there at tbe close of the
war, discoursed the other day to his old
neighbors in Western Xew York, on the
Southern status, and gave them some sur
prising and accurate information and re
liable counsel. Tlie tiling that chiefly
amazed him, was the absence of race hos
tility in the South. He expected to see
tbe relations between tbe negroes and
whites at the close of the war, on a throat-
cutting basis, but truth to say, there would
not have been the smallest interruption to
universal friendliness but for the arts of
that interesting tribe of Xorthem politi
cians who had special uses for negro
votes.
This man was not at all exceptional or
Singular. Xo man unacquainted with
'Southern society in slavery times ever did
or ever will comprehend the average re
lationship which then subsisted between
master and servant, and the general har
mony of the races. True, the fact that a
four years' war was fought, social order
maintained and armies supported by the
products of the soil while four-fifths of
Southern soil was emptied of combatants,
should throw a great deal of light on the
subject, but it to not willingly considered.
There is one relic of the olden times
and manners which, in tliesc holiday
times, constantly obtrudes itself on atten
tion—It is the relic of the old-time Christ
inas. Tlie average mature darkey still
clings to his ‘‘Christmas gift,” and is most
reluctant to yield his prescriptive right to
tiie good cheer of the holidays. As long
he lives lie will claim his share in the
festivities of the old family and place,
and think regretfully of the 'changes in
fortune which liave segregated interests
which bore him a happy dividend in tlie
holidays.
This Christmas—this very day—thou
sands or them are thinking and talking
over those merry old times when the pot
boiled and tbe oven smoked for all—and
when all from the smallest baby to the
most aged patriarch came for his “Christ
mas gift,” and got an arm full. The old
place rang with mirth and jollity. Tlie
fiddle, the jaw bone and the banjo made
lively music for lively feet. The song
and cliorns were heard from afar. All
hearths smoked with fat and plenty. “Ole
Massa” brought out liis box of silver coin
and bis bundle of small bills, and parted
with hundreds of dollars and good wislies
Ole Mitsui bail licr huge piles of comfort
able clothing—gay handkerchiefs and cal
icocs, and wound up with a libation of
egg-nogg to every man, woman and child,
“Pc CllllUUS,” young and old, brought
up tlieir contributions, and by ten o'clock
everybody on “de ole plantation'' was
merry and rich.
Those old Christ mas times are dear to
tlie African breast as well as all others
who saw them.
There’ll never lie any more such jolly
old Cliristmasses. Hereafter white and
black will wrest their merry makings by
snatches from tlie jaws of old carking
Care and scanty stores as best they may,
We will take it by snatches and possibles
and consistencies, as it can be had, in bro
ken doses.
1
Court Usages.
Promptly with the settlement of the
next Presidential nomination in Fhiladcl
pliia, it is plcnsant to sec that the papers
of that city introduced, at once, all impe
rial courtly formalities, and the move
incuts of General Grant for sixteen hours
out of twenty-four were chronicled with
the greatest assiduity. When he rose,
where lie breakfasted, went to church
dined and supped are recorded with un
failing punctiliousness. And not only so,
but where lie sat in church—who he sat
with—how many there were to see him
sit, and what they thought about it,
It was also observed minutely what he
wore—that his face wore a cheerful color—
(rubicund, some world say)—that liis
whiskers were a little grey—that lie sat
all unconscious of tlie thousands who were
staring at liim—tliat he listened with ap
parent interest to the sermon and was not
at all discomposed when, after the bless
ing, the people rushed up to get a nearer
view of the great immortal
Tlie preacher, however, in the course of
Ids sermon had taken the precaution to
drive a safety valve or spiggot into the
higli pressure of man-worship and human
vanity. He had shown from history—
citing tlie case of King Canute—and
that however great and powerful a man
may become, there is one tiling he ean’l
do—and that is—lie can't control the tides.
King Canute tried it in vain. He had to
move liis chair back or get wet feet.
Mrs. Partington also failed to keep the
ocean back with her broom, though she
did her best; and so Gen. Grant, though
he could do so much, could not “keep
natur in check.” Milk would sour—
the winds blow—the stars in their courses
move and beer work iu spite of him,
This was a sad and harrowing reflection,
We are finite creatures after all. It was
no doubt a profitable Sunday, and wc are
getting things in trim for imperialism.
Silver at a Premium.
This much despised factor in our cur
rency lias suddenly asserted its dignity and
rights, and comes to the fore ahead of its
shining competitor, gold. A prominent
citizen sends us tlie following note:
I desired very much to obtain a few
hundred dollars in silver on the 22d inst
I could only obtain it at tbe Exchange
Bank. I purchased $400, for which I paid
one per cent, premium. Mr. Cabauiss,
tlie cashier, informed me that he sold on
tlie 22d, $3,000 at one per cent, premium.
He stated that it cost the banks six-tenths
of one per cent, to bring it to Macon, and
the demand was so great that he sold all
he could get.
Xow, in the name of common sense
why docs Uncle Sam persist in hoarding
np those forty millions of surplus silver
dollars, which are lying perdue in the
vaults of the Treasury ? A million or
two of the “shiners” at this time in Ma
con, and other Southern cities, would
prove a wonderful lubricator to the finan
cial machine. Change yesterday was
not only scarce but impossible to be ob
tained. The merchants were almost in
despair, and their runners might be seen
gojng inevety direction in quest of it.
One bank even refused to give silver
change for five dollars in greenbacks.
And yet the Xorth raises the cry of “in
flation” and wishes to deprive even that
small portion of the Greenback issue that
passes as “legal-tenders” of that valuable
feature.
Neither Mr. Hill or Senator Bayard can
convince the impecunious South of tbe
wisdom of this measure.
Macon'* 1» oble Public Schools.
It was deeply regretted by the writer
that be arrived too late to listen to the
major part of tbe highly interesting exer
cises of the South Macon Grammar School
on Tuesday night. The concurrent testi
mony of all who were present, however,
(and the apartment was packed to its ut
most capacity) is that the pupils acquitted
themselves most admirably.
The programme rendered was as fol
lows: A song, “Merry, Merry Christinas,”
by tbe fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh
classes; speech, subject “Liberty,” by
Jerry Fountain; recitation, “MyEarrinp,”
by Leila Aultman; dialogue, “Milkmaid,”
by Willie Carter and Annie Streyer; song,
‘Sweetly Carol,” by the sixth class: read
ing, “The Beautiful Snow,” by the fifth
class; 'speech, “Extraordinary Sale,” by
Walter Deming; recitation, “Grandma’s
Beaux,” by Mamie Henry; song, “Ring
Out tlie Bells,” by the seventh class;
speech, “ Death - Doomed,” by Martin
Kahn; recitation, “AbouBen Adhem,” by
Lydia Dickinson; song, “CristmaS Bells,"
by the fifth class; dialogue, “Sweet Six
teen,” by Gracie Stewart and Laura Harris;
song, “Come, Birdie, Come,” by Alice
Boland; recitation, “To the Poor-House”
by Jennie Boifcuillet; speech, “Old Coat
of Gray,” by James Cargylc; song, “Sing
ing Cheerily,” by the sixth class.
The singing was very sweet, and all of
the children rendered their pieces with
grace and emphasis.
At the conclusion, Superintendent Zet-
tier delivered a most timely and well con
ceived address to tlie schools. His words
were full of encouragement to the chil
dreu, and right gladly were they received
and vociferously applauded.
The Superintendent is unquestionably
the “right man in tlie right place,'’ and
wields the authority and magnetic power
he possesses in an eminent degree over
the pupils, with great tact aud discre
tion.
On the night previous (Monday), the
exhibition of the primary classes of the
South Grammar School took place,
was not our privilege to be present, but
competent judges say the exercises were
superior to any ever held before. There
were thirty recitations and songs on the
programme, yet tlie whole was accurately
and gracefully rendered in the short space
of one hour and fifteen minutes. The
children showed great care in their train
ing and a surprising degree of proficiency.
The teachers of the South Macon
Grammar Scliool'are the Principal, Mr.
W. T. Connor and seven lady assistants,
whose names are as follows: In the
primary classes, Mrs. Villipigue, Miss
Horton, Miss Landsberg and Miss Ander
son. In the more advanced department,
Mrs. P. F. Mason, Miss O. L. Andrew
and Miss Mattie Lipford. Mr. Connor
also has charge of one class. Of this
gentleman it can lie truly said that lie
brings to the discharge of his duties a ripe
scholarship and inflexible integrity.
Indeed, the entire corps of teachers in
the Macon public schools arc capable aud
laborious, and under their judicious in
struction tlie children learn rapidly, and
the system is daily becoming more popu
lar. We only wish that the teachers,
among whom are some of the most refined
and excellent ladies of the community,
were better paid for their faithful services,
wmamm
1$. Paper Ta*mdrr<ftr.
To-day trying Clirlstmas there will Mj
paper tti-moiTow. The next issue will
on Satufdayjmomifig.
Afghanistan.—A Jagdulluk telegram
to Calcutta reports heavy firing heard in
the direction of Cabal for thd past .forty-
eight hours. As the British by last ac
counts were in no condition to assume the
offensive, a deep interest will be felt to
know what that heavy firing portends.
The Tariff will be Revised.
There are many odious protective fea
tures in the present tariff, which justice to
the consumers, and the great mass of our
people, demands should be modified. On
this subject the Baltimore Sim re
marks:
If Congress can so far forget itself as to
spare time from President-making to take
up this subject of the tariff in a serious
wav, and agree, without respect to party
lines, to get rid of those extreme protec
tive features which shnt out competition,
and give to some of our manufacturers a
monopoly of the business, with liberty to
charge to users and consumers any price
they may deem fit, it would accomplish a
good work and make a coamission tliat
would be gratifying to the great hulk tf
our people. The simple removal of the
duty on quinine at its last session was
hailed with satisfaction everywhere. But,
as the Xew York Times says, there are
many private interests protected by the
tariff which are no more entitled to favor
on the principle of the greatest good to the
greatest number than gold or silver mi
ning, “or we may add, than quinine.”
A Chat with Ex-Govkbnob Sey
mour.—Several press representatives vis
ited exGovemor Horatio Seymour at
Utica, Xew York, Thursday, and were
accorded interviews. In regard to the-
possibility of his nomination for the Pres
idency by the Democrats, Sir. Seymour is
reported as saying: “I do not think there
is a general disposition to nominate me,
nor do I think it would be wise to do so,
for many reasons. I should not be a
strong candidate, and what I have said in
regard to myself, in answer to numerous
invitations to make addresses, political or
on other subjects, would, of itself, be a
good reason why I should not be elected
even if nominated. I have no idea that I
shall be named by any convention for the
Presidency even if I sought the nomina
tion. I should be guilty of a self-compla
cency which would be ridiculous if I
thought a great party were anxious to
make me a candidate against my wishes.”
Mr. Seymour further expressed faith in
his political convictions and the correct
ness of views held by the Democratic
party. He affirmed that ho oould not
doubt the success of tlie party, but when
or how it was idle for him to speculate.
An impression seems to prevail in Utica
tliat Mr. Seymour would net decline the
nomination from the Democratic National
Convention, provided the nomination was
tendered him unanimously. At the same
time he could not be induced to become a
candidate in the ordinary acceptance of
the term.
The Loss of the Bohcssa, it seems
probable, was atttended with extraordina
ry sacrifice of life. She left Liverpool
with seventy-five emigrants for Xew
Orleans and Texas, and, at Cormnna, in
Spain, took on board eighty more for Cu
ba. She must have had, in all, say forty
officers and men besides—making say 195
souls. Only fifteen are so far reported as
saved.
Macon’s Trade.
The worst enemy tb tlie beautiful and
rapidly growing city of Macon, could he
have seen tlie rushing tide of humanity
which has constantly ebbed and flowed
through the streets for several days past,
and the immense trade that has been done
by her merchants, would be forced to ac
knowledge that she is indeed the proud
“Central City” of the Empire State.
A glance at the map, and enumeration
of tlie railroads entering here and radiat
ing elsewhere, should be sufficient to es
tablish this fact.
It is no idle assertion when wc affirm
tliat tlie wholesale trade of Macon is equal
in volume and value to that of Atlanta,
Augusta or Savannah. Last week one
merchant sold in a single day $9,000 worth
of goods. Another in two or three day
$15,000, and we doubt not that a half
score or more of others can make
an equally good showing. We have
made no effort to ascertain particu
lars. But to the most casual ob
server it must be apparent that Macon is
prospering and doing a tremendous busi
ness. Her real estate is advancing; her
burnt district will soon be resurrected in
a far more imposing shape than evir,mag
nificent stores, some of them equal to the
most imposing structures in the
State,have been finished, or are iu process
of erection, her numerous hotels have
been re-modcllcd aiul will compare with
any in the country, her factories are coin
ing money, her banks stable and sound,
her merchants enterprising and their
credit “on change” gilt edge, her schools
and colleges superior in number, and
equal in reputation to those of any other
city in Georgia, her society is refined and
intellectual, and, indeed, in all that goes
to make up a desirable and flourishing
community, where can her superior be
found at the South?
It is pleasant thus to chronicle tlie
growth and progress of our fair city, and
we wish each and every one of its inliab- ’
itants a very “Merry Christmas.”
Edisox’s Light.—Edison says in the'
Xew York Herald:
“I never announced that I would show
the light on Christmas Eve,” was liis re
ply.
“But it has been extensively announced
that you would,” suggested the re
porter.
“I cannot help that,” said Mr. Edison*
“it was without my authority. I made no
promise for Cliristmas. I had intended
to give the exhibition on Xew Year’s, and
will be all ready to give it on that date if
tlie company tliat controls the light will
permit. Since it lias gone out of my hands,
you must know,” he added, “their wishes
in the matter are binding on me. How
ever, I don’t think there will be any doabt
that the public exhibition will be made
on Xew Year’s, bnt certainly not on
Christmas. Ample notice will be given,
so tbat all who desire may come and see
it.”
“Then your electric light is all com
plete?” asked the reporter.
“So far as the work on it is concerned,
yes,” replied Mr. Edison. “It is finished,
but, on account of the latest patents, I am
compelled to keep tlie laboratory closed to
all visitors until the public exhibition
takes place.”
Open to all Denominations.
We are glad to amend the statement
recently made concerning the future re
ligious services of the Yinevifle Church,
by adding that one Sabbath of every
month will be placed at the disposition
of our Episcopal friends. It is the fifth
Sunday, whenever it occurs, that will be
devoted to social worship under the aus
pices of the laity of all the churches.
This arrangement will be very accepta
ble to the community, who, without re
gard to sect or creed, are in the habit of
worshipping together, and contribute alike
to the expenses of the church edifice.
The Liverpool markets closed last night
until Monday. Cotton at 6 15-16.
A Terrible Arraignment of the New
York Press.
The World, Herald, Tribune, aud other
Xew York papers, all of them, indeed,
save the sagac:ous aud reliable Commer
cial Bulletin, are receiving broadside
after broadside from the opponents in the
West, of Senator Bayard’s bill to repeal
the “legal tender” feature attached to
$340,000,000 of our greenback currency,
We never remember to have seen
more nervous bit of reading than the fol
lowing which is extracted from the Chi
cago Tribune: j
“The attitude of tee entire Xew York
Press is sectional, provincial, servile and
insincere. It is sectional in teat it is wil
ling to prostitute the interests of the whole-
country to the greed of tone section. It is
provincial in that it.’ takes a contracted
and obstinate view of a sujeet of national
concern. It is servile because it volunta
rily prostitutes itself to tee exactions of
clique whose opinions are not even shared
by the community which the Xew York
press purports to represent. It is insin
cere because it attempts to deceive both
parties into tee belief teat contraction of
the currency will serve party ends, know
ing all the while that such counsel is ab
surdly false. The Xew York newspapers,
in their treatment of the currency ques
tion, are little better than hired assassins;
they would mortally stab the prosperity of
tee country at the command of tlie Wall
street bandits who seek to plunder the
people. If it is a crime to organize and
urge tee robbery of a bank or a residence,
then it is also a crime to organize and
urge the robbeiy of a whole people. This
is precisely what the New York press
doing. It would steal from the many to
further enrich the few. It would rob tee
people of its abundance of currency for
the transaction of business in order to se
cure to the money-lenders a higher
interest on their loans. It would rob
tee producers and tlie manufacturers
of fair prices in order teat tee wealthy
may buy more with their gold. It would
increase tee burdens of the debtors every
where in order that tee creditors may ex
act more than is their due. It would de
prive tee country of its prosperity, stifle
public confidence, check tee new impetus
business has acquired under the stimulant
of expansion which resumption has pro
vided, swell the public and private debts,
force people to do business on a falling
market, and at the behest of its masters
and in order to gratify their greed. Such
transparent and despicable servility as
tins is not likely to influence anybody of
intelligence and character.”
This is as strong as Junius could have
made it.
THE GEORGIA PRESS.
The Southern Rifles are going to have
a Christinas tree. This lets Mumford in
again. If tee affair was a target practice
Mum. would have no chance, hut when
comes to walking up and plucking a fat
turkey, or tee jowl of a barbecued pig
from a Christmas tree, and that, too, at
short range, we will hack him versus the
world. y —„,
The Spirit of Drew it abroad in Savan
nah, and 249 blue ribbons flutter in tee
breeze.
The centre of crime appears to have
been shifted to the neighborhood of Col
umbus.
It is said teat Hawkinsville’s jail is so
dilapidated, that they have hung a notice
on tee inside, requesting prisoners not to
lean against tee wall.
Thebe is still no clue to tee murderer
of Mr. Gammon. The Columbus papers
report a thorough sifting of the evidence
during the inquest, hat no facts were
vulged that would throw any light upon
tee mystery.
From the Columbus papers we learn
tee particulars of tee murder of two Irish
boys, peddling in Bussell county, Ala
bama. It will be remembered teat some
four or five negroes were arrested and two
bung by the infuriated mob that captured
them. The Times says:
A few weeks ago tee boys left this city
with packs of goods and started out to
peddle them through the country. About
two weeks since they went to the house of
Mr. Ed Reese, and he gave them what in
formation he could about tee country, and
told teem that tee section around Jurne-
gan would be a good place for them to sell
their goods. Accordingly they .went to
that section. The night of the murder
they went to the house of Mr. Tom How
ard and asked permission to spend tee
night. He had company at liis house and
was not prepared to take them in. They
started off apd soon after met up with
some negroes and sold them about sixty
dollars’ worth of goods, for which they
received the money. The boys teen star
ted off again and tee negroes went around
ahead of teem and shot one of the boys as
they were going along tee road. The
other bov begged them not to kill him,
and told them they cotdd take all _ liis
money and his good*, but Ids pleadings
were in vain. They also shot and killed
him. After tee killing they borrowed a
viigon of Warren King, and placing the
iodies in it, carried them and threw them
In (he river to hide their bloody crime.
One oi them, however, could not stand the
gnawing of his conscience and revealed
what had been done. He said that one
of the negroes had brought a new pistol
from Eufaula, and with this he did the
bloody work.
A Fatal Accidext.—Constitution:
From a passenger who reached this city
yesterday, we gather the details of a
shocking accident of a fatal character,
which occurred yesterday afternoon on
the Georgia Railroad near Anchovy sta
tion. A negro by tee name of George
Thom, engaged as a train hand on the
construction train, stepped backward and
fell between the cars. In some way a
portion of liis body became fastened in
the brakes aud he was dragged a long dis
tance, his body coming in contact with
the ragged and worn edges of the iron
rails. When the discovery was made tlie
negro was found to be nearly severed in
two, his flesh having been literally tom
away from his body and distributed along
tee track for the distance of a mile. He
died soon after being removed from his
position. His remains were taken by tee
construction train to Conyers, where they
were delivered to liis relatives.
Chronicle and Constitutionalist: Last
night as Christopher Flag, a respectable
young colored man living in this city, was
walking along Campbell street, between
Fenwick street and tee Union depot, he
was approached by a shabbily dressed
white man, evidently a tramp, who asked
him in what direction the lower market
was. Flag told him and raised liis stick
to point out tee way. As soon as he did
this the tramp jerked at his watch chain,
but Flag put out his hand and warded him
off. The tramp then cut at him and
wounded his finger, at the same time try
ing to get Flag’s watch with his left hand.
Flag, by this time, got his stick in posi
tion and struck the tramp across the face.
Flag says the tramp teen ran one way and
he ran another and they saw no more of
each other.
Brunswick Gazette: The new bridge
built by Mr. Stead, under contract with
Pike an Meriwether counties, at Chunn’s
feriy, was swept away by tee heavy rains
of the 13th and 14th instants. We b.ilieve
there was a guarantee that tee bridge
would stand seven years. When tee
river was filled from hank to bank and
the water was sweeping down tbe bed, we
leam teat a negro man on the opposite
side, called a colored woman on this side
to bring him the little batteau chained to
tee tree and he would pay her a quarter of
a dollar. The woman made up her mind
to make the quarter and unchained the
barge from the tree. She got in and row
ed toward the middle,Jwlien the swift cur
rent became too strong for her and turned
tee little boat down stream. On she went
with increased speed. The last account
of her was five miles below the ferry,
right side up with care, still riding above
the angry current. Seven miles below a
little boat was seem, bottom side up, float
ing on to tea sea, Whether this was tee
barge in which the woman attempted to
earn twenty-live cents is not known.
Whatever became of tee woman no one
as yet is prepared to answer. She may
have gone into a watery grave or she may
have reached tho bank aud yet return to
her home.
Savaxnah News: Yesterday morning
about half-past seven o’clock, considera
ble excitement was created in tee neigh
borhood of East Broad and Congress
streets, by tee report that Mrs. Ann Poun
der, living in a house on Congress street,
three doors west of East Broad, liad been
found dead on tee floor of her kitchen, in
a position that gave rise to suspicions of
foul play. Quito a number of people col
lected in the vicinity, and tee matter was
brought to the attention of policeman
Prendible, who reported it to tee bar
racks. Shortly after this report was
made, Thomas Pounder, the husband
oft tee deceased, stopped at the bar
racks and informed Lieutenant Howard
tliat he had been to the cosoner’s to notify
him of the death. Undo- tee circum
stances, Lieutenant Howard deemed it
prudent to detain Pounaer until tee result
of tee inquest was made known. About
11 o’clock. Coroner Sheftall came by the
'barracks, on his way to tee house to hold
tee inquest, when Pounder was sent with
him in charge of an officer.
The unfortunate woman had been
found lyiug on tee kitchen floor, with face
downward, partially under tlie table.
She was barefooted, and her face and
neck were very much discolored and
swollen. The examination developed the
fact teat she was of intemperate habits,
liad been drinking hard on Sunday, and
had been addicted to tee use of liquor for
years. The witnesses sworn knew noth
ing-beyond this, and there was nothing
elicited to show teat tho husband was
cognizant, of her death, although it ap
peared teat tho couple had not lived very
harmoniously of late, but, so far as known,
no quarrel occurred between them on
Sunday. His young daughter, who is a
deaf mute, first discovered her mother,
but it was impossible to ascertain what
she knew about the manner of her death,
or if she knew anything at all.
We clip the following pleasant notice
of our city from tho Albany Advert iser:
Macox.—Wo bail with delight every
thing teat adds to tee material welfare and
prosperity of this important central city.
Being naturally tee distributing point for
all Southwestern Georgia, its prosperity-,
as a necessary consequence, is closely con
nected with teat of tho immense section
ol territory in a manner tributary to it.
The very energetic movement now percep
tible in railroad and other business cir
cles, to buy up and extend tee line of tee
M. &. B. railroad foreshadows its early
and inevitable consumption, and will, be
yond a doubt, redound more to the city’s
interest and advancement than any move
that has been made for a .quarter of a
century past. This is said, with the pro
viso always understood,that the contem
plated movement is not headed off, and
defeated, by the powerful and unscrupu
lous combinations formed to thwart and
delay tee enterprise.
We are glad to note, too, other lesser,
but still auxiliary advantages, recently ac
quired by Macon. A dispatch from Con
gressman Blount tells of tee passage of
the bill introduced by him, to create a
new United States judicial circuit for
Georgia, with Macon as tee centre, and
place of holding tee courts, viz: the Uni
ted States District and Circuit Courts.
We see, furthermore, that on the 1st
of January the postal carrier and free
delivery system -will be inaugurated,
showing the importance of tee city in
tho ■ estimation of the Department at
Washington.
| If the boom keeps on it is quite likely
that “Ross’s X Roads” may in time en
title itself to recognition as deserving a
place on tee map of Georgia, even at
the hands of the Atlanta Constitution ed
itor.
Whyhreirv tohr throat find patience
•nth that wretched cough whena twenty-
five cent bottle of Dr. Hull’s Cough Syrup
Will cure you?
THE HOLMAN
Fever and Ague,
LIVER AND STOBACH PAD.
AND
rnKUICALABSOKFTITE.
£| BODY andFOOT PLASTEBS
SP^ AXD
£| AliSOBPTIoir SALT
W. A. HUFF & CO.,
uF or Baths.
Cara without medicine, limply by Abruption
I ho beu Liver, Stomach and Spleen
Dcclcr in the world.
Facts for the Public
The.tomtchind
Liver are thesour.
co« ol vigor and.
health if kept in a
healthy condition.
There is no known
remedy tbat will
so jumntly’ and
effectually insure
a healthy stomach
and liver, and so
thoroughly lortiiy
the system against
the sudden chan
ges ot our climate
as the wonderful
vitalizing, health-
living Holmsn
Liver and Stom
ach Pad. It is also'a sure preventive of disease*
Do not fail to try it. The Holman Liver and
Stomach Fad worts by absorption.
18 two-fold in Us action—gives and takes.
IT is honeit, affective, harmless.
ITii marvelous initsprompt and radical cure
of every species of liver and stomach difficulties,
tbe seat of moit all diseases.
IT is worn over tbe vitals, liver and stomach.
IT remove* torpidity of the liver, gives tone
to the stomach, arresting fermentation and pain
by giving it the natural quantity of bile and gas
tric Juices. ...
IT also vitalizes the entire system with ha-
tnre’a true tonio. . . ...
IT arrests all deteriorated and poisonous fluids
in tbe stomach, and thus prevents their entering
tho syst-m by way of circulation.
IT abiorbs from the body every particle of
blood poison, whether bilious, malarial or medi
cinal, ant leaves tbe wearer inperieot health.
WE WILL FORFEIT *50 TO ANY MAN,
WOMAN OK CHILD TUB PAD FAILS TO
COKE OF FEVKE AND AGUE TEN DAYS
AFTER PUTTING IT ON—AND WOBN AS
DIRECTED—IIFON SATISFACTORY PROOF
OB OATH OF A RESPONSIBLE PHYSICIAN
TH-tT THE WEAKER HAS FEVER AND
AGUE.
IT is a fact incontestably proved in thousands
and thousands ot esses that the HOLMAN
FEVE B aud STOMACH PAD will do all that is
claimed for it. It will cure Fever and Ague,
nervous Disorders. Liver complaints Intermittent
Fever, Periodical Headaches, Dysp msia, Mguo
Case, ‘'hill Fever, Dnmb Ague, Bilious Fever,
Jaundice. Neuralgia, Kidney Troubles, Irregular
action of the Heart, Rheumatism, all kinds of
Female Weakuoss, Sick Headache, Lumbago,
Sciatica, Pain in side, back, stomach, shoulders
nd muscles. Bilious Colic, Bilious Diarrhea,
to.
For safely, convenience and effectiveness, it
Immends itself to every household.
From Hr. Lovle Pierce,
Father of Bishop Pieroe, who isknownall over
the United States.
Macox, Ga, June 16,1877.
Holman Liver Pad Co:
Geotlemen-l putontho Fad two weeks ago
to-night, and can say now that I am fully per
suaded of its just claims to all its converts have
said in its favor. How tho fnturo will be I am
unable to say. For the first five days tho effect
was so decided os to make ms doubt my own
experience. 1 suppose I have opened a market
for a half dosen mere to-day just for my opinion.
I think my *ad is working wonderfully, consid
ering I am in my nicety-third year, and my de-
rangemsnt ol t n years hold on me.
Respectfully, LOVIO PIEROE.
PARTICULAR NOTXGB.-Invallds at a dis
tance by writing to us a full description of their
oate will receive the same considerate attention
as if they were present in our office. All infor
mation and consultation GRATI8. Send for Dr
Pairchild's famous lecture, “Nature's Laws/'
mailed fieeuron application.
DESCRIPTIVE PRICK LIST.
REGULAR PAD—$7, incipient disease ot the
Stomach and Liver, first stages Chills
ana Fever, etc.
SPECIAL PAD—$3; Chronic, Livsr and Storu
ach Disorders of every form; also Mala
ria, Biliousness, etc.
XXX PAD OR BPLBBN BELT—$5, fs intended
to cover Stomach, Liver and 8rleen :
and is a sovereign remedy for enlarged
Spleen and obstinato constipation.
INFANT PAD—JlfC; preventive and cure of
Cholera Infantum, Diphtheri “ * ‘
Fever, summer complaints.
Address HOLMAN LIVER PAD Office.
SMYTH «5c CO,. Agentt
57 Whitehall,street ATLANTA. GA,
'.00 Brouvbton street. SAVANNAH, GA.
N B.—Cut ibis outforluture refereuco.
novHdtbsun wtf
A Stine of Wealth.
There is a mine of wealth for tee peo
ple in Warner’s Safe Pills; for health is
■wealth, and nothing so contributes to the
health of a large class of people as these
pills. As a laxative and regulator of the
bowels and a cure for bilious troubles and
malaria they surpass all other remedies.
dec23-2w
A Shrewd Smuggling Ruse.
The Honolulu Advertiser says: The
bark Kalakau, which has just arrived from
San Francisco, brought with other cargo
a lot of pine wood. An inquisitive cus
toms officer discovered that some of the
wood had been split, then glued and nailed
together again; and, pursuing liis investi
gation, discovered, on taking the nailed
nieces apart, a niche had been cut out of. . .. . . _ __
teewntre large enough to contain a four ! The genuine McLane’s Liver PlLIX
pound can of opium, which lay snugly i {****■ *£“ D?" atares .? f C ' McLane an(i
45 Years Befoi-e the Public.
THE CENUENE
DR. C. McLANE’S
CELEBRATED
LIVER PILLS
FOR THE CURE OF
Hepatitis, or Liver Complaint,
DYSPEPSIA AND SICK HEADACHE.
MANAGERS
MACON. DECEMBER 23.1879.
The market opened in New York this momiag with an advance of
five to fifteen points, then suddenly fell off and continued to decline
through the day till a loss of about twenty-five points had been reached,
closing a shade higher and steady.
MACON COTTON MARKET.
The Macon market has been firm with a good demand notwithstanding
the weakness in New York futures, and middling remains steady if not
strong, at 113-8 to II l-2c.
NEW TORE COTTON MARKET.
Spot Cotton in New York to-day was quiet and steady at 121-2 cents.
Liverpool cloBed dull but steady.
COTTON FUTURES.
The following table shows the fluctuations of cotton in New York .to
day:
New York, December 24,1879.
Time
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Much.
ADril.
May.
June.
July.
August
10:20
15.61
12.70
12.90
13.22
13.45
IS'62
13.75
15.87
13.96
10:40
12.64
12.67
12.99
13.24
13.45
1362
13.77
15.87
IS.87
11:28
11.60
12.66
is .Q8
13.26
13.45
12:S3
12.57
12.85
12.15
15.23
13.41
15.60
1S.78
15.89
13.90-
1:57
—
12.66
12.97
15.25
13.41
13.63
2:4ft
12.60
13.68
12.93
15.26
13.43
13.66
13.81
15.96
14.03
3.50
12.53
12.67
12.97
15.24
15.41
13.64
13.79
13.01
14.01
Symptoms of a Diseased Liver.
P AIN in tee right side, under the
edge of the ribs, increases on pres
sure ; sometimes the pain is in the left
side; the patient is rarely able to lie
on the left side; sometimes the pain
is felt under the shoulder blade, and
it frequently extends to the top of the
shoulder, and is sometimes mistaken
for rheumatism in the arm. The stom
ach is affected with loss of appetite
and sickness; the bowels in general
are costive, sometimes alternative with
lax; the head is troubled with pain,
accompanied with a dull, heavy sen
sation in the back part. There is gen
erally a considerable loss of memory,
accompanied with a painful sensation
of having left undone something which
ought to have been done. 3a slight,
dry cough is sometimes an attendant.
The patient complains of weariness
and debility; he is easily startled/jiis
feet are cold or burning, and he com
plains of a prickly seiTsation of the
skin; his spirits are low; and although
he is satisfied that exercise would be
beneficial to him, yet he dan scarcely
summon up fortitude enough to try it.
In fact, he distrusts every remedy.
Several of the above symptoms attend
the disease, but cases have occurred
s’here few of thenr’existed, yet exam
ination of the body, after death, has
shown the liver to have been exten
sively deranged.
AGUE AND FEVER.
Dr. C. McLane’s Liver Pills, in
cases of Ague and Fever, when
taken with Quinine, are productive of
the most happy results. No better
cathartic can be used, preparatory to,
or after taking Quinine. We would
advise all who are afflicted with this
disease to give them a fair trial.
For all bilious derangements, and
as a simple purgative, they are un
equaled.
BEWAKE OF IMITATIONS.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
_ Every box has a red wax seal on tee
ltd, with the impression D?.. McLane’s
Liver Pills.
pound can of opium,
witliin. Only four tins have been discov
ered thus far, but tee returns are not all
in.
Bitter Times ^
The business revival and new era
prosperity which has commenced are ui . pronunciation.
Wins with the increased health and
happiness all over the land, resulting ;
from the introduction of Warner’s Safe :
Kidney and Liver Cure. “The changes
wrought by this remedy,’' says Rev. Dr.
Harvev, “seems but little less than mirac
ulous.” dec23-2w
Fleming Bros, on the wrappers.
Insist upon having the genuine Dr.
C McLanf.’s Liver Pills, prepared by
Fleming Bros., of Pittsburgh, Pa., the
market being full of imitations of the
name 3Ichane, spelle-* differently but
OPIUM
cared. Fxptff x
pl&ista; Bode of .
tealimooials of tdree, <
Also a trial
Sales, 87,000 bales,
Macon Meat and Grain Market.
Bulk meats were firmer to-day under tbe advancing tendency of tho
west, and sellers less anxious about their stock. Bulk sides, 7 to 7 1-4;
bams, 11 1-4 ; bulk shoulders, 51-4 to 5 1-2; tierce lard, 9 1-2; corn, 68
to 70J; rust proof oats, 85; mixed oats, 60 to 62-
WESTERN MARKETS.
CHICAGO FUTURES.
Chicago, December 24,1879.
Tbe following table shows tbe fluctuations in wheat, com, clear rib
sides, mess pork and lard, in tbe Chicago market to-day:
b ■■ —
!. 1 i WHEAT.
0. RESIDES.
PORK.
j LARD, i
i j
j Dec.
1,
Jan.
II
Dec.
i Jan.
! Feb’y.
; Jan. 1 February i Jan.
i 1 i
Feb. ;
9.30 |
13251
134^4
6.49
;6.67
16.60
115.60 :13.82
)7.65
7.75 i
9:34
131V4
6.40
•6.67
: G.S0
•1S.60 |13.62
:7.es
7.75 •
9:37.1...:...
1S3V*
13414:6.40
:6.67
•6.S0
113.60 113.82
: 7.C2
7.75' .
- 10:30..—!
138^
134
6.40
;G.C7
:M2!4
: 13.70 113.82
:7.C2
7.80 j
10:87
133
13414:6.40
•6.67
683)4
i 15.70 -13.82
•7.62
7.80 :
j —
133
m
6.40
:6.67
•6.82)4
: 13-70 :13.S2
: 7.6)
7.77)4!
12 20.....:...
133
134
6.40
•6.60
•8.70
113.45 113.67
! 7.f0
7 77),:
8:17 :
13254
134 16.40
16.67
: 0.72)4
•13.62 113.75
i 7.5754
7*7 v;
Market closed dull and weak.
Factory Stock.
Augusta Factory Stock 12001251 Lsnzley Factory Stock............
GnmiteTille Factory Stock 11531201 Enterprise Factory Stock...
..11S8120
•Mothers, yon can relieve your baby of
its discomfort without administering
opium, teat deadly drug, by using only
Dr. Bull’s Baby Syrup
Job. Scemonelli,
MERCHANT TAILOR.
Fin. anitsmade to order and fits guaranteed
N 2 Brown Housa Macon, G*
IMMn
Macon Bank Stock.
National Bank Stock
Central Georgia Bank Stock...
Exchange Bank Stock
Capital Bank Stock „...
Macon Savings Bank Stock
..too a
„ 7r
none offering
..lCOand none offeiieg
Municipal Bonds,
Cityof8avannahnew5 per cent. Bonds... 72 to 751
City of Aflguita 7 per cent. Bends ,
City ot Rome new Bonds
City of Columbus Bonds
...100 to 1011
, 80 to 85 |
..75 to 80 I
City ot Macon 7 per cent- Bonds75 to 77%
Cty of Atlanta new 93 to 100
“ old 7a 102 to 105
• 8s... 100 toll*
State of Georgia Bonds.
Georgia8 percent, long dates.
“ 8 “ short ‘‘
“ 1 “ Bonds.
“ 6s old..
“ Gs new
Georgia Baby Bonds 4i...
.....112 to 115
.1(2 to 105
_U1 tolls
...ICO to 102
Railway Stocks and Bonds.
Central Railroad Stock...
Georgia “ “ ..... ...
Macon and Augusta Raiiroa I Sleek........
Port Royal “ ........
Southwestern “ “ ......
Angusta and Savannah “ ......
Atiautaand West Point “ *
“ «... iostom
“ 107 to lot
“ 100 toll*
Georgia Rsilroad 7 per cent. Bonds 105
** “ 6 “ .......................................... 102 :
Macon and Angusta first mortgage Bonds —•-—......... 75 to JO
“ “ “ endorsed by Goorgia ar.l South Carolina R. R 100 to 102
Real Estate Wanted*
“Webavean order for a small farm of 100 to 200 acres, anywhere)'
within four miles of Macon. Any person having such property for sale* -
can find a buyer by calling on
W. A. HUFF <fc CC
REAL ESTATE EOR SA
We have now on ' our "sale book fseven good bouses and lots,
ranging in price from 81,000 to $1,800. Some very.cheap and desirable
■property. Those wanting to purchase a cheap bouse can get a bargain
by calling _ w. A. HUFF CO;