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TUESDAY. DECEMBER 30,1870.
—Mr.
Spurgeon u at Mentone, very
1! in fpirita, and his condition ox
(jlci tone snxictj*
—'The effect of Use Atchin war U uTin-
ficur the Dutch national debt, which
lad been steadily diminishing. It
^«~h at 9SUJKl6,OOt> guilders.
—Virginia has ff7."> colored schools
taught by 415 colored teachers. The
male teacher’s salary averages $30
month, the female’s $24.
In Sent land the marriage of parents
subsequent to the birth of a child renders
such child legitimate, and in England and
Ireland it does not.
—A Harvard student was going from
Barton to Newport, but he bought a ticket
In New York, because it was only $1
while the fare to Newport was $1.00. At
Newport, bowavjr, the steamboat officials
would not let him get off until he liad
paid the extra 00 cents. He sued the
company and lost the case.
\ committee of the Park Street
llmrrh. IVnton, reported lately that it
had made patient investigation among the
converts <>f the recent revival meetings in
that city, and found a marked falling
fturn grace among those who luul been
ennew in religious professions a year ago.
The iter. Dr. Withrow, in reading the re
port from his pulpit, said Hurt with few
exceptions the converts had relapsed Into
• condition worse than that in which they
were jew ious tp their professed change of
heart.
—The fume* from tire smelling of lead
ore are now passed through a very long
line <4 pi|*es and woollen bags, and con-
den-d into lead again as steam is conver
ted iuto water. Tlie lead thus obtained
is a powder of exceeding fineness, which
make, an excellent blue paint. An in
tense heat melts this powder, and by a
similar of catching the fames, a
while powder is olitained, which makes a
superior white paint.
Wt:i.m:i> ltri.i.kts.—(ieneral Roger A.
I'm* if Krnnklyn lias received from a
Virginia friend a enrtous relic of tlie war.
It oeisist, of two bullets tliat evidently
m~: in the air over some battlefield, and,
hapswinng t<> strike each other on their
Conical points, wen.* firmly welded to-
pether. Tlie hail that, from its shape, is
soja,- d to liave lie'll fired from a Union
soldiers gun. apparently was going with
greai.r ,|<eed llun tin* oilier, and is more
cnnspirMoiis in the relic. Tlie liases of
the ball, an* split apart and flattened
again,} each other. The relic has been
mauufed in gold as a pendant.
—An attivney at Boston a few mornings
since, meeting a German friend wlio is
m*t exactly "up” in the most approved
••Kin English," ask«*d him if he heard
the mss from Maine. ‘•No. vas is dot?”
"They say that Maine has gone Democra
tic row the vide is counted, and the Re
publican* say that the Grecnbackers and
Dcsnurrata stole tlie Slate tlie way they
stole Iamisiana.” “Ish ilot so’.*” “Yes,
that's a hat they say.” “Vel,” said the
(•email ".•ntleiuam "dot gliickens come
home t« stay all night, eh?”
—A pretty American girl in Romo went
frequent ly into Utn streets unattcndeil,
contrary to the custom tlie re. Tlie young
Romans followed and annoyed her, until
she inranted a novel method of rebitflling
them. She provided herself with a pocket
ful of rentesimi. each the value of a fifth
of a cent, and whenever a man spoke to
hrr. pretending to utterly mistake his
words, sin- graivfully extended her hand
and dropped lliis fifth of a cent in his
hand, saying, in her broken Italian. “Hun
gry, arc you. poor mau? Well, take this
and buy some bread.”
Kiasi.s ami tiik Aux—Tlie Trenton
ti.izrttc. Grant Organ, says when the Gen
eral took his place in tile private box
Mi** Grancell, the young lady who made
the speech, a very pretty brunette, was
sent for. The General embraced tlie
young lady tenderly anil then kissed her,
while she blushed crimson. Of course
this kiss will at least be historic in the
Grancell family. Tlie young lady's child-
mi—assuming that so accomplished and
pretty a maiden will, of course, get mar
ried—her grandchildren and great-graml-
chikben will boast that their beautiful
ancestor was kissed in public by tlie great
General Grant. It will be a proud tradi-
, fina in the family no doubt through the
agus.
—A Dakota man was moving his family
iso a new house, and left his stove for
the lad trip. Within a hundred steps of
the bouse his wife was taken ill- Leav
ing the two youngest children in a dry
goods box on the haml-sleigh, he helped
her and two older children into the house,
where, in order to prevent their freezing,
they were all potto bed- He then return
ed for the two children, and was frozen to
death before be readied them. The wife
lay in bed until the next day without fire
or fbod. The father lay dead near the
corpses of his two boys in the box, but,
although the children in bed with tlieir
anthrr were frozen nearly to death, it is
hellrred that they will recover.
BremliTKlV nf NEW EXGLAXD.—
The Boston Ucrald says: "It will hardly
do for our New England moralists to hold
-y their hands in holy horror over the
ahsewe of financial integrity in the South
and West la view of the tact that some of
owr own towns seem in no way tadkpgjai
to repudiate their Just indebtedness when
a favorable opportunity offers. The town
ef Boekspors. Maine, is now proposing to
act ia this dishonest manner, some of the
leading citizens of the place being fore-
mmt in their advocacy of giving tlie bond
holders who have advanced money to the
town the sold rtartte.
PrinViT T i,,..—One of our exchan-
m v. w: -FiveofNew York's million-
estimated to have been worth $2S0,-
Btl.OM, dropped off close together. John
Jacob Astor went first, and then in quick
pamrtioa CoanaodaM YrtfMIk, A- T.
r*. » art. Wax. C. Rhinelander and Robert
tlirlu Aster's wealth was estimated at
y. 00.008, Vaaddbilt's at $100,000,000,
smd Stewart's about the same. Rhine
landers property represented, itissup-
j. i’.M* ‘.VJOO, and Goelet's is estima
ted at $- .000.000.’' This is mere coiyec-
t^i, fta ah mtfhff 4f rtjf hlwfi
••the general public regard ir- 1 these great
1 -raws is that theee defunct persons
were gi«d enough to leave ever/ cent
behind them.
The Railroad Convention.
This body will assemble to-day at 11
o'clock a. m., in the city hall, the use of
which has been kindly tendered by the
Mayor and Council. The dc legal 3 from
Bibb are Messrs. Samuel Coleman, S. R.
Jacques, S. S. Dunlap, Thomas Harde
man, Jr., A. R. Tinsley, Frank Johnson,
G. B. Roberts, J. H. Campbell, C. L.
Bartlett, and C. J. Harris. All good men
and true, who the taxpayers of Macon
will gladly have represent them.
Wc are authorized to state that after the
Convention has concluded its delibera
tions, the members will be entertained In
an adjoining apartment with a collation
provided by their Macon friends.
Our dty gladly welcomes, the represen
tatives of Middle and Southern Georgia to
our homes and firesides, and hopes that
the tie that unites us will be drawn still
closer by the action of tlie Convention,
with whom this community is in fall sym
pathy.
The TJtes.
Sunday’s news from the Utes puts an
end to suspense and bids tlie country pro- ’ from that date the quotation was 5
Last Week’s Cotton Figrtres.
The New York Chronicle reports the
cotton receipts of the seven days ending
last Friday night at 207,601 bales, against
199,081 for the corresponding week of last
year. Total to last Friday 3,012^49 bales,
'»gain«t 2^76,136 for the same period of
list year, showing an increase of 436,413
bales.
The interior port operations far the same
days were as follows: Receipts 112,210,
against 82,425 for the same week of last
vear; shipments 00,793, against 09,100
stocks 304,920, against 294,718 last year at
the same date.
, The Chronicles visible supply table
showed on Friday last 2^370,290 bales
cotton in sight, against 2,304,004 last year
at same date; 2,345,761 in 1977 at same
date, and 2,833,060 In 1S76 at same date.
These figures show an increase of
bales on the visible supply of last year
24,529 on the supply of tlie year before
and a decrease of 464,770 bales on the
visible supply of 1876 at the same date.
Middling upland was quoted in the Liv
erpool market last Friday at 0J. A year
pare for war. The Commission were In
imminent hazard of losing their scalps,
and the northwestern frontier of Colorado
was exposed defenseless to savage brutal
ities. The roads were so obstructed by
snows, and the weather so extremely cold,
tliat it will be next to impossible to move
troops or supplies for some months, and
the Indians will probably work their will
on tlie people. The authorities of the
United States have shown great rurDear-
ance to these Indians, and it is important
now tliat, unhindered by any more cant,
nonsense and romanticism, they take hold
of the matter and take hold of these and
all other troublesome savages finally.
They should be located at some convenient
point for feeding them, their arms taken
away, their wings clipped to a flight of
forty acres a piece,tlie young put to school
and the old to work, and being comforta
bly fed and clothed, required to keep the
peace. A class of sentimentalists in the
North maunder about the wrongs of tlie
Indians and frighten the government from
doing its duty. It is mercy to white and
Indians both to apply strong repressive
measures in tlie premises.
Gov. Hampton Vindicated.
Our readers have been advised of tlie
unfortunate personal differences existing
between tlie gallant Hampton and Gen
eral M. IV. Gary, who is spoken of as a
candidate for Governor in South Caroli
na. These differences, if they lead to the
dismemberment or serious division of tlie
Democratic party of our sister State,
would be almost tlie greatest possible ca
lamity that could befall her now happy
and prosperous people. Every effort
should bo made to reconcile these noble
sons of Carolina, who are in every sense
par nobile fratrvm.
One charge against Senator Hampton
is that he sold out the State to Hayes af
ter tlie last Presidential election. But the
yews ami Courier publishes an emphatic
denial of this by Associate Justice Mc
Gowan and ex-Judge Haskell, who de
clare that the Democrats of South Caroli
na, under tlie leadership of General Wado
Hampton, made every effort to insure the
success of tlie Democratic electoral ticket
in 1876. The letters are published to re
fute a recent statement of General M. W.
Gary to tlie effoct that General Hampton
wanted tlie Democratic electoral ticket
abandoned in South Carolina. General
McGowan, after reciting many facts to
prove tlie sincerity, good faith and activity
of tlie Democratic electors for the State of
South Carolina in the Presidential can
vass, anil that Tilden and Hendricks were
not deserted, adds: "Under these cir
cumstances it is mortifying to fail, if tliat
bo tlie result; it is mortifying to fail by a
mere handful of votes—less than five
hundred; but it is still more mortifying,
because it is unjust, to be told that tlie
State gave a lukewarm support to Mr.
Tilden, and was lost to tlie National De
mocracy by the bail ‘policy’ of one wlio
was not an elector, but a candidate for
Governor.”
No one who knows tlie dashing and
chivalrous Hampton could ever doubt his
fealty to the Stato lie bad contribntcd so
largely to pluck from tlie rapacious' jaws
of Radicalism.
Another World’s Fair.
New York proposes to hold an interna
tional World’s Fair in 1883. Secretary
Sherman favors the project, and indulged
in tlie following spread eagle language to
the committee wlio recently waited on
him at tlie Fifth Avenue hotel, and asked
his opinion concerning it:
We may almost hope to see the day
when New' York will be the Empire City
of tlie world, when tlie finances of all na
tions shall seek through her tlieir ex
change. Even now it is rapidly becoming
so. San Francisco and tlie West is be
coming the clearing-house for the trade
of China and Japan, and California and
San Francisco must necessarily make
tlidir exchanges with New York. I be
lieve that in the future tlie money power
of the world will be here in this city of
New York. There is nothing which we
may not hope for in this country of ours.”
Sensible.
The ninesville Gazette says tlie colored
people of Liberty county have no idea of
leaving this good land for the uncertain
ties of Kansas qnd Nebraska. Their con
dition is undoubtedly improving each
year, is shown by their schools, the ap
pearance of their farms and the rice and
cotton which they are selling.
The writer had the opportunity, some
months since, of verifying the above state
ment by personal observation. There are
negro fanners in that county wlio will sell
1,200 bushels of rice the present year,
worth over $1,500. Tlie colored people
are also very civil and well behaved in
that portion of the State.
A Great and Prosperous Country.
The latest statistics published, by author
ity Ahow that tlie value of the agricultural
prodnets of the United States for 1879
amount to the stupendous sum of $1,904.-
480,659, against 1,488,570,856 as the total
of the previous year. This gives an in
crease of more than four hundred and
sixteen millions of dollars—enough to
feed a huge slice of the world's popula
tion. Verily, if any man ever deserved
to bo canonized, it was the discoverer of
America, Christopher Columbus.
Emancipation in Cuba-
In the late vote of the Spanish Cortes
at Madrid by which the gradual abolition
of slavery in the island of Cuba was re.
solved upon, all the Cuban Senators voted
in the negative. It is said the act pleases
neither slaves or planters. Cuba has al
ways been a hard nut to crack, and a
costly jewel In the Spanish crown.
Lovers op Fine Stock—An attempt
has recently been made to steal General
Grant’s fine span of Arabian horses from
General Beale'S farm near Washington.
The rogues only secured a lot of turkies
and chickens, and have since been ar
rested.
Boston had a severe conflagration on
Sunday night, principally among the pub
lishers, paper and book men. A large
amount of property—something over a
million, was destroyed.
-in
1877, at that date, 6», and in 1876, at that
date, 6 15-16.
As to the Chronicles weather reports
for the week ending Friday—Texas re
ports ice, killing frosts, light rains and
picking ended. Louisiana reports light
rains and good roads. Columbus, Missis
sippi, has had 1.46 of rain. Little Rock
had a day of sleet last Wednesday.
Nashville had 2M of rain during the
week. aiempTiis had 2.01 ot ram ana
quarter of an inch of snow. Mobile had
a little ice. Montgomery had five rainy
days and very cold on Tuesday. Selma
says three-quarters of her crop is mar
keted. Savanah and Augusta had light
rains and Charleston the same.
The Chronicle insists tliat receipts must
stop showing an increase or people must
revise their estimates. As the thing
stands now, the following is the showing:
1879. 1878.
Receipts to Dec. 26-
bales . . . 3,010,000 2,576,000
Increase in interior
stocks on Dec. 26 . 350,090 290,000
Overland to mills to
Jan. 1 . . . 325,000 174,000
Receipts from planta
tions after Dec. 26,1,581,000 1,581,000
Overland after Jan 1 . 300,000 300,000
Southern consumption, 165,000 152,000
Total . . bales, 5,731,000 5,073,000
Or 688,000 bales in excess of last year’s
crop, with equal receipts from this date.
The Carolina Phosphates.
Professor Charles N. Shepard, Jr., has
recently delivered a lecture before the Ag
ricultural Society of South Carolina,
which, for scientific knowledge, depth cf
research and practical information de
duced from prolonged and laborious per
sonal investigations of the subject under
discussion Jias seldom been equalled. In.
deed,Iiis paper on the Carolina phosphates
is by far the most complete and satis*
factory account of those wondcrful’deposits
ever given to the public.
Tlie Professor starts with a description
of the phosphate bearing area of country.
This lie describes to be confined in Caro
lina, to a low, fiat district extending about
fifty miles from tlie coast, and intersected
and permeated by numerous sluggish
streams which take tlieir rise in deep,
wooded swamps in the interior. The
tide ebbs and flow’s almost to the sources
of these dark and turgid watercourses
which are more or less brackish. All the
circumjacent lands are almost a dead
level, very few elevations reaching the
height of twenty feet. The soil is a deep
and "rich alluvial very imporfoctly draincil
At a greater or less depth—but usually
within a few feet, and cropping sometimes
even to tliejsurfaco, tlie phosphatic nodules
are to be found. These also abound in tlie
beds of rivers, either lying on tlie bottom or
hid by a light covering of mud, shells or
marl. They are raised by wading and
working, at low water, or the use of tongs.
AVlien the depth of water is too great
dredging is resorted to with success.
Where the deposits underlie the soil
which often occurs in tracts embracing
many hundred acres in extent, it is mined
as follows:
A trench is dug across or on the side of
the tract to bo mined, tlie natural drain
age of tlie field being kept in view. This
is carried below the odular stratum and
serves as tlie starting point of opera
tions. The superincumbent soil and earth
is thrown behind the laborers, the rock
bearing seam in front on the undisturbed
soil, whence it is put in cars or carts to be
dragged by steam or mules, usually over
an iron road to the "washers.” The man
ual labor is performed by blacks under
the supervision of whites; and if at times
unreliable, is with proper management
quite satisfactoiy. The blacks are usually
employed on "task” work, and under or-
dinaiy circumstances produce half a ton
of rock to the man per diem.
The larger pieces of rock, after beta]
crushed but not pulverized, are then thor
oughly cleansed from adhering mud or
debris by means of a long “washer,” made
of wood and iron, within whose axis re
volves a shaft armed with projecting steel
teeth, which slowly move the nodules up
tlie inclined bed of the trough, and against
a copious stream of water. Other clean
ing expedients are also employed.
Subsequently, the rock, after all shells,
stones and fragments of marl have bean
picked out, is subjected to a drying process
in sheds, through the agency of hot air
pipes, around which it • is heaped. These
pipes are supplied with heated air driven
from aieoven by a fan. A few days suf
fice to expel all the moisture, and the
rock is then ready to be ground and treat
ed with acids, or to be exported.
now THICK.
The usual thickness of the phosphate
stratum varies from only five inches to
thirty inches, which is the extreme limit.
Ordinarily it extends from six to fifteen
.nches, with an average depth of about
eight.
The yield per acre of the dry rock of
commerce is from three to twelve hun
dred tons. The average yield of land
beds is from seven to eight hundred tons
to the acre. Prof. Shepard estimates the
area now in Carolina of
ACCESSIBLE PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS
at 10,000 acres. But the rock is known
to exist in more or less quantities on the
whole Southern coast from North Caroli
na to Florida. It has been found when
boring for Artesian wells in Charleston
and vicinity, at a depth of300 feet beneath
the surface, and in the form of pebbles,
even much deeper. These lower deposits
are too thin to admit of successful work
ing.
NOT PROFITABLE.
Contrary to general opinion, the mining
of phosphates has not usually proved re
munerative, and ranch money has been
sunk by these embarking in the enter
prise. The price of late years has aver
aged but $6 per ton. The State, how
ever, by her royalty of one dollar per ton,
has covered into the treasury not less than
$540,905.75.
The total production to date of Carolina
phosphates is put down at 1,500,000 tons,
worth, at present prices, $9,000,006. Some
parties have made Money at the business
The annual yield is about 200,000 tons
Of late a statute has been discovered levy
ing a tax upon each ton of phospate, both
past and present, and it is asserted that
if the attempt is made to enfore this law,
it will greatly curtail production and well
nigh rota the business. We trust no such
suicidal policy will he pursued. The roy
alty alone. in all conscience, is tax enough.
While there lias been a falling off in
the export of phosphates, at home the de
mand and consumption is rapidly increas
ing not only In the Southern, but Middle
and Eastern States.
Wc regard the discovery and practical
utilizing of the phosphates of Carolina as
one of the greatest boons to the country.
Through their agency, judiciously applied,
all of our old fields and desert places can
be made to “bloom and blossom like the
rose.” Already hare they been the means
of reclaiming a vast area of womout land,
and the gradual increase northward of the
cotton growing district is due to the
stimulating effect of the compounds of
which they form the chief ingredient
Under their influence the weed will ma
ture full three weeks sooner than former
ly-
The paper of Professor Shephard
deeply interesting, and we regret that
lack of space does not enable us to review
it at greater length.
The Maine Trouble.
In order to comprehend the telegram of
points to ho submitted to the Supreme
Court, communicated by Hbn. Lott Mor
rill, it will be necessary to read the reply
of Governor Gareelon to Mr. Morrill’s orig
inal proposition, to which this is a rejoin
der. The following is that reply:
Lewiston', December 25, 1879,
Bon. Lott M. Morrill, Chairman, etc.:
Sib: Your communication of the 24th
reached here yesterday, just as I was leav
ing Augusta, and I take this early oppor
tunity to reply. The excitement in the
public mind is, in my judgment, wholly
■without excuse, and is, without question,
the result of a systematized attack of vitu
peration and slander upon the Executive
Department, not only without parallel,
but witliout-causc. Be that as it may, it
is the duty of every good citizen to use his
best endeavors to allay public excitement,
however created, so far as he is able, and
to resort to such measures as will allay
civil strife, and at the same time secure
the ends of justice.
You intimate that it is in my power to
restore peace and tranquillity and good
feeling to the State and all its inhabitants,
by asking the opinion of the Supremo
Judges on each law point involved in the
variations of the count from the returns.
Nothing would give me greater pleasure
than an authoritative opinion upon points
involved in the present condition of af
fairs, and also upon such as might be like
ly to arise. Please to indicate the points
that occur to you which have not already
been adjudicated upon, and I doubt not
that we may be able to secure a satisfac
tory solution of doubtful complications; or,
if not satisfactory, at least such as may be
deemed authoritative. The fact to which
you allude, that so large a number of Re
publican members elect failed to receive
certificates, is due to the fact tliat so many
municipal officers failed to comply with
constitutional requirements, and which,
by judicial decision, the Governor and
Council have no authority to overlook.
This condition of affairs is no fault of the
Governor and Council.
Respectfully yours,
Alonzo Gabcelon.
A Fearful Railway Disaster.
The great Iron Tubular Bridge, on the
North British Railway, fell yesterday
morning with a railway train conveying
about 300 passengers, all of whom were
lost. The bridge was two miles long,
and from 88 to 130 feet above the surface
of the water, and the water was forty to
•fifty feet deep. Nothing was known about
the catastoplie, as no one who witnessed
It survived to tell the tale. A violent
storm had been Taging, and it is not
known whether the bridge succumbed to
the lateral pressure of the gale or fell with
the pressure of the train. This is the
most fearful catastrophe of the kind yet
recorded.
The Afghans Badly Whipped.
The British in Cabul, it seems, have
settled accounts suddenly with the Af
ghans and cleared the decks with very lit
tle difficulty. Those gentle Britons’ make
little account of barbarians at best. Ten
to one is small odds in their estimation.
But the Afghans should have been formid
able on their own soil.
It is impossible to diminish poverty by
multiplication of effects; but the best
tiling to diminish the effects of a heavy
cold is Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup.
GEORGIA PRESS.
Charles Greaves,who received a few
days, since in Savannah, a blow on the
head from tlie hands of 'Walter Small,
died of his injuries. Both parties were
negroes.
Abram Neal, colored, under sentence
of death, and imprisoned in the Chatham
■county jail, died of consumption.
Two of the “now issue” police of Sa
vannah, doing special duty in Yamacraw,
had a tough time with the negroes, and
were forced to use their pistols to preserve
their lives. They succeeded in arresting
two darkies each, and carried them to the
lockup. One of the policemen was
wounded in the head by the usual brick,
and one negro was twanged through the
neck by a pistol ball.
The Blue Ribbon movement got a se
vere set back Christmas day, with New
Year day to hear from.
Augusta had her share of the Christ
mas fracas. Near the city limits on the
Savannah road, George Harris, colored,
lammed"Colonel West DeLacy over' the
head with a gun, and the Colonel is no
more. At the market there was
triangular fight between three white
men. One was hanged up generally,
another had the parting in his hair ex
tended down between his eyes along the
nose, across the chin and into his neck,
with the point of a knife. The third was
prodded’in various portions of the body
and face with a bodkin. James Thomas
and Arthur Moore got up a razor duel on
the Sand Bar Ferry road. James failing
to guard the shoulder cut, was slashed
across the head, and showed veiy palpa
ble signs of having been hit. Added to
these cases were several minor fights and
casualties. It may be well to remark
that Augusta is the quietest city in Geor
gia. - - r
The Albany bar met at the office of
Hon. W. E. Smith, and passed resolu
tions commemorative of its regard for
Judge P. J. Strozer, who died at his
home, four o’clock Monday morning of
last week.
The Georgia Weeklies are beginning
to arrive in half sheets.
Speaking of the Findley gold mines
in Lumpkin county, a correspondent of
the Athens Chronicle says :
These are owned and run by Colonel
Hand of Minnesota, and are said to yield
from $5,000 to $10,000 per month the best
of any in that belt. Our genial guide,
Mr. Simmersour, with cordial politeness^
showed us through the entire process of
digging and preparing the crude ore for
market; and had we not already overrun
our space, we wonld inflict you with a
jietition.
The Pigeon-roost mines, higher up in
Lumpkin county, were so flooded by the
recent rains, that they have had to sus
pend operations-for a few days.
The miners are a robust, ruddy, set of
men, and we were told by our guide, that
sickness was unknown to them, that oc
casionally one fell over and kicked a little
and died, but that was all.
Although we left much pleased with
our visit, we did not catch the “gold
fever,” and mentally declared that the
dear old hills of Athens were better far,
than these mountain ledges with their
glittering contents.
Savannah Wetrs: On Christmas morn
ing, about 11:30 o’clock, some sensation
was created in the southeastern portion
of the city by an occurrrenee at a private
house. From a resident in the vicinity
we learn that the attention of the neigh
bors was drawn to a lively racket in the
house mentioned, the occupants being en
gaged in a combat. In a few seconds the
door was thrown open, and two men were
sent spinning into the street by a woman,
who did not stop to see the laughable
acrobatic feats of the aforesaid individuals
as they lost their equilibrium and tumbled
heels over head into tlie sand, but hanged
the door to and retired. The parties wlio
had got this grand bounce recovered from
their amazement and surprise, and again
entered the domicil. And for a few mo
ments quietness reigned; but it was not to
last. The disturbance was again heard;
the door was quickly thrown open, and
two men appeared, dragging a third by
liis feet, and very unceremoniously depos
iting him on the sidewalk, returned in-
sido and locked the door. The ejected
one, having no company this time, became
indignant, and finding it impossible to
gain admittance, commenced to “rock”
tho house. A policeman had in the
meantime been sent for, and the “rocking”
individul was “rocked” ofl’to the barracks,
where, at the request of the parties con
cerned, he was kept until he got sober,
and then discharged,
Fight in Union Springs.—Columbus
Enquirer: Christmas the. little town of
Union Springs was the scene of some ex
citement, occasioned by a shooting scrape
From what we can leain tho particulars
are about as follows: Dowdell Adams
was shooting Roman candles, and shot
one of the balls in tlie face of Sam
Knight, wlio asked what he meant by it.
Adams replied if lie didn’t like it to help
himself. Knight then walked toward
Adams, when he (Adams) drew a pistol
and shot him. The ball struck Knight in
the left hip, inflicting a painful, but not
serious wound. Mr. Knight came to the
city yesterday. Mr. Adams is the man
who killed Love and threw Ids body in the
Chattahoochee river at this point and was
acquitted of the charge of murder.
Lawyers’ Fees.—In noticing some
largo fees awarded in certain big cases,
the Atlanta Constitution, of Thursday,
says:
“It Is said that General Henry R. Jack-
son, has just gained a case in Florida
touching the ownership of certain railroads
in which his share of the amount gained
will bo over $100,000, and it is more than
likely that the case will be settled in a
short time. Mr. Guerrard is said to have
an interest in this decision, representing
other bondlielders, that will yield him a
fee of about $10,000. Colonel Daniel S.
Printup, of Rome, is the only lawyer of
North Georgia that we know of that has
made much more than a competency.
He lias established a hank in which liis
sons are doing a large business—making
character and money. Messrs. Alexan
der & Wright, of Rome, made a $10,000
foo for collecting an old war claim.”
Augusta Chronicle: Christmas after
noon a somewhat mysterious affair occur
red on Jones street near McKinnie, at tlie
house of Gabriel Waiters, colored. Mr.
Alex. Miller, who had been spending tlie
day with relatives nearly opposite to
where Waiters lives, went across to tlie
latter’s to get him to carry himself, his
wife and child to their home in another
part of the city, in liis hack. When lie
knocked at tlie door it was opened by
Mary Waiters, wife of Samuel Waiters,
son of Gabriel. While the two were talk
ing the woman suddenly put her hands to
her stomach, made an exclamation and
sank down. Her motlior-in-law came to
her assistance and put her 011 a bed, when
it was discovered that she had been
wounded by a pistol ball. A physician
Was sent for, and. mionliis arrival, probed
tho wound, but was unable to find the
ball. Mr. Miller, wlio had returned to his
relative’s residence, was arrosted a
short time afterwards and carried
to tlie City Hall. He protested that
he knew nothing about tlie cause
of the accident. He said to a
Chronicle reporter, who talked with him,
that when tlie woman cried out he was
much surprised and could not imagine
what was the matter with her. He had
THE GENUINE
XH-Z AIDE’S
Celebrated American
WORM SPECIFIC
, OR
VERMIFUGE.
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
T HE countenance is pale and lead
en-eolored, with occasional flushes,
or a circumscribed spot on one or both
no pistol, never saw the woman before, -cheeks; the eyes become dull; tlie
and there was no reason whatever why he
’should injure her. He cannot account for
the wounding in any other way than that
it was the result of accident, tlie ball be
ing fired from a gun or pistol some dis
tance away. He was released yesterday.
He is anxious for an investigation. Samuel
Waiters, the husband of the wounded wo
man, declared to a Chronicle representa
tive that his wife was satisfied Mr. Miller
had shot her, as she heard tho report of
the pistol. The woman herself, however,
told Chief Christian, a short time after
the shooting occurred, that she heard
no report whatever. Mr. Miller is said to
be a very quiet, peaceable citizen, and
everybody who knows him is satisfied that
he liad nothing to do with the shooting.
The general impression is tliat some one
fired a gun or pistol at random, probably
hundreds of yards off, and the ball acci
dentally struck the woman. Another
theory is that some little boys firing a toy
cannon thoughtlessly put a bullet in it,
and that it was that which caused the ac
cident. Tho wound, while serious, is not
considered to be dangerous.
Atlanta Constitution: President
Hayes was arrested by one of the capital
jolice Saturday. There are certain seats
n tho rotunda set apart for ladies. Mr.
Hayes stopped in the rotunda, and for a
few' moments sat down on one of these
seats. The policeman not knowing Mr.
Hayes ordered him up, and the President
not responding very readily the policeman
arrested him andstarted for the guard room
when an employe recognized the officer’s
mistake and informed him whom he had
arrested. Tho officer made profuse apol
ogies, but the president “said that is all
right, I suppose you were carrying out or
ders.” jjTlie officer is named Alex Ste-
ihens Birch, and was' named for Hon. A.
3. Stephens, and was placed on the force
by Mr. Stephens. Mr. Birch’s mother
signed Mr. Stephen’s bond when he was
released from prison after the war.
In active pursuit of pleasure or gain,
tho inestimable blessing of health is too
often forgotten until disease is firmly seat
ed, and the fact only realized by great
bodily and mental suffering. The Liver
is the vulnerable point in most persons,
and the disarrangement of the organ in
volves almost the whole system^ hence tho
reason why under the Liver disease is
enumerated such a number of afflictions,
and we claim tlie Simmons’ Liver Begula-
tor to be a remedy for them all. f
Parents will get rest and the Baby will
be relieved from pain by using Dr. Bull’s
Baby Syrup, a harmless but reliable rem
edy." Price 25 cents,
—Paper as a substitute for wood in the
manufacture of lead pencils is being at
tempted in Germany. The paper is steep
ed in an adhesive liquid and rolled around
the core of the lead to the required thick
ness, and is colored after drying, when it
resembles an ordinary cedar pencil.
Bitter Times.
The business revival and new era '
irosperity which has commenced are ia
reeptag with the increased health and
happiness all over the land, resulting
from the introduction of Warner's Safe.
Kidney and Liver Cure. “Hie changes
wrought by this remedy,” says Rev. Dr.
Harvey, “seems but little less than mirac
ulous.” dec23-2vr
"—The late Wm. McKee owned three-
fifths of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
which last year paid a net income of $120,-
000. His whole estate is estimated at
$750,000.
—London World:—“Adelina Patti is
now free to sine in Paris or anywhere she
likes. She paid the Marquis de Caux
,000,000C, and is now advertised to ap
pear at the Gaiete, in Paris, on the 14th
of February next. The performances be
gin with ‘La Traviata.’ ”
THOBBURF’S
FEES 5 GARDEN SEEDS.
TTPON receipt of the tmeantwe wQlma to
d applicants the following eeuocable pure
Mfltt
per 01. per lb
Jener Wakefield Cabbage SSo 5 3 50
Superior Flat Dutch 20c 2 00
Sxtra Early Eryptian Beet ISO 75
Early Forcing Carrot *0c 125
Long Orange Carrot 10a 75
Monpariel Cauliflower ..80c 10 00
Georgia Collarda 20c 2 00
Scotch Kale 10c 1 GO
Large Flag Took 250 250
American Gathering Lettue?... 25c 2 50
White Cabbage Lettuce 20c 2 00 j
White Portugal Onion™..___ 15c 150
Curled Parsley... 10c 100 j
French Breakiaat Radiih...^„ 15c 75
Bound Savoy SDinach 10c 50
Balalfy’. - VOe 200
T ' ’ - ’ - "
to
octI4 6m
DeecriptiTO priced cstalorues upon application {
J MTHORBURN A CO.
II John atreet, New York.
W.A.HUFF&C0
Brokers and Commission Merchants,
managers
lacoi Mo and Produce Una
MACON COTTON MARKET.
Tho symptom* ot LiYer
Com plaint arc a b ittor or
bad taste in the m ©nth
pain in the baek* aides
MACON, DECEMBER 29.1879.
p«u m vue _ The market opened dull, quiet and steady this morn-
with but light offerings, and consequently but little
doing. We quote middling 11.}. Receipts to date at
Macon 43,900 bales.
stomach* loss of appetite, bowels alternately
costive and lax, headache, less of memory with a
painful sensation of hating failed to do some*
thin* which ought so have been done, debility,
lo w spirit*, a thick yellow appearance ot the skin
and eves, adryoongh often mistaken for con*
sumption. Sometimes these symptoms attend
th* disease, at others, very tew.
Pain in Side f« Three Years, j NEW r If ORK OOXXOiM
Spots cotton in New York ruled quiet and nominal to.
day at 12 9-16.
Liverpool closed dull and steady,
NJEW YORK COTTON FUTURES.
The following table showB the fluctnations of cotton in New York to
day:
New York, December 29, 1879.
Time
Dec.
Jan.
Feb.
Starch.
Anril.
iisy.
June.
July.
August
8cpt.
Oct.
11:20
11.40
11.50
12. S3
12.14
18.21
1352
13.68
13.78
13.85
10:45
lt«
12.56
12.84
12.12
12.22
13.E0
13.65
13.77
13.68
13.30
11:21
12.54
12.80
12.98
12.18
18.40
12:40
12.57
12.82
12.*3
12.19
1S.S9
13.63
13.72
13.811
13.91-
1:25
12.53
12.S7
18.12
13.53
13.53
2.42
11.60
12.55
12.81
18.10
‘lS.SO
13.49
13 64
IS Td
13.33
2.17
11.50
12.54
12.52
18.08
12.27
13.43
13.62
13.72
13.83
r -—.
East Foist. Ga. March IS, 1872.
Dias Bins: I have been down ten year, with
liver complaint; hare lay year, at a time. I have
hrd a aerere pain In my aide for three yean,
with a dry eough. This last fall my cough be
came aerera and would cough up half a gallon
per day. The best doctors in Atlanta and my
settlement said it was the last stage of consump
tion. I was sc weakened down by New Year’s
Day I had to take my bed. I then sent and got
Simmons’ Liver Regulator. I commenced taking
it regularly, and now my cough is nearly gone,
the painhas left tnysideand I amableto aitup
nearly half a day. I our a. G M DODD.
I Might Have Been Bead.
[Extract of a letter from M V Bryant. J
Housloir. TbXAS, Feb 10,1870.
Gins: My health beretotore has been very J
poor. About fourmonths ago I commenced tak.
ing Simmons’ Liver Regulator, which relieved
melnaahort time, ana now lam able to say,
and thanklully too. that I am quite well—owing
to the uae of your Regulator. If I had not taken
regularly when I was taken sick at Marshall, I i
might now bare been dead. My faith in the ]
meticins cannot be shaken, and I am a Arm be
liever in the virtue and all-powerrul curing
qualities of the Regulator, and I would like
everyone to know its efficacy. Yours truly,
M VBRIANT,
Cored of Dyspepsia in Six Weeks.
Pottbtlvabia City, VA.Feb 15, 1879.
DBAS Bibs: I had the dyspepsia about three
years ago: ithad ran on me for two or three
years, ana I tried nil of our doctors and every
kind of medicine I could think of, and nothing
did me any.good at all. I happened to get one
ot Simmons’ almanacs, and saw the Regulator
highly recommended for Dyspopsia. I was in
duced to try it and after taking the medicine
about six weeka it made a perfect cure. I have
recommended it to a great many persons, and it
has given general satisfaction.
J W LANDRAW.
It Cor93 Chills and Fever,
Loss. Kas. Nov Is, 1S79.
Bias: I hare triad 8immono* Liver Regulator
and pronounce it as repreicnted, and can say
that any one that uses it canno t remain unwell.
Itcurea the chilli and tavorand fluxuponme.
Yours very respectfully
W TMTJST.BR,
Proven-s Billions Attacks.
8outn Bostok, Halifax Co, va,
Mbssbs J H Zeilih A Co,
Dbab Bibs: 1 have used your Regulator upon
hmichi]“andfove?fOTanumblrof'which j Markets all round strong, with an upward tendency.
has greatly affected mv nervous system. Am al- * " 1 *
ways bilious. When I feel the attack coming on
a good doteof the Regulator will always reliovo
me, V. ry truly yourc,
DR G FRBBDBNSTKIN
Purchaser, should bo careful to see that tboy I
get the genuine manufactured only by
J H ZEILIN A CO,
Philadelphia, l’a.
Price IL For sale by alldruggirta. septt
Sales, 102,000 bales, Receipts 40,948.
Macon Meat and Grain Market.
Under the advancing tendency of the Western markets
the Macon market has ruled firm and strong during the
week, with but little if any change in prices Bulk tides
7 1-4 to 7i, bulk shoulders 5 1-4 to 5 1-2, lard 9 1-2 to 10,
hams 11 1-4, corn 70 to 71, mixed oats 60 to 62, rust-
proof 80 to 85.
Western Provision Markets-
Spots meats in Chicago to-day for bulk sides 6 1-2,
Cincinnati 6 5-8, St. Louis 6 55, Louisville 6.65 to 6 3-4.
CHICAGO FUTURES.
Cuicaoo, December 29, 1879.
The following table shows the fluctuations in wheat, corn, oats, bulk
[ sides, mess pork and lard, in the Chicago market to-day:
pupils dilate; an azure semicircle
runs along the lower eye-lid; the
nose is irritated, swells, and sometimes
bleeds; a swelling of the upper lip;
occasional headache, with humming
or throbbing of the ears; an unusual
secretion of saliva; slimy or furred
tongue ; breath very foul, particularly
in the morning; appetite variable,
sometimes voracious, with a gnawing
-.ensation of the stomach, at others,
b.itirely gone; fleeting pains in the
stomach; occasional nausea and vom
iting; violent pains throughout tlie
abdomen; bowels irregular, at times
costive; stools slimy, not unfrequent-
Iy tinged with blood; belly swollen
and hard; urine turbid; respiration
occasionally difficult, and accompa
nied by hiccough; cough sometimes
dry and convulsive; uneasy and dis
turbed sleep, with grinding of tlie
teeth; temper variable, but generally
irritable, &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR. C. MpLANE’S VERMIFUGE
will certainly effect a cure.
IT DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
in any form; it is an innocent prepa
ration, not capable of doing the slightest
injury to the most tender infant.
The genuine Dr. McLane's Ver
mifuge hears the signatures of C.
McLane and F leming Bros, on the
wrapper. —:o:—-
DR. C. McLAKE'S
LIVER PILLS
are not recommended as a remedy “ for
all the ills that flesh is heir to,” but in
affections of the liver, and in ail Bilious
Complaints, Dyspepsia and Sick Head
ache, or diseases of that character, they
stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used prepar
atory to, or after taking Quinine.
As a simple purgative they are un
equaled.
beware of imitations.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has a red wax seal on the
lid, with the impression Dr. McLasTs
Liver Fills.
Each ..’rapper bears the signatures of
C. McLane and Fleming IJi.os.
Insist upon havir.g the genuine Dr.
C. McLane’s Liver Pills, prepared by
Fleming Bros., of, Pittsburgh, Pa., the j
market being full •.( imitations of the ]
name 21cLane, -peiicd differev’ly bul
same pronunciation
TEACHER WANTED.
^ VACANCY in the Faculty of tho South-
\ Pec.
i Jab. ; Feb \v| Ttc.
i . * _ i
| Jan. | Feb’y.
\ Jan. j
■ 113&j 335 1
16.77
i 1133a; 13a?4i
• : 6.77J4
I 153Jii 138!*
:6.£0
:
.-HI,
: 135 136 i
•0.80
!. :
....]
!
12834: is»B; :
je.SO
zp,
Z’.ZZ\
Hi
13.85
13.85
13.85
f LAP.11. ]
r| Jan.
i Feb.i
17.62
7.75 i
: 7.02
7.75
17.62
7.75
; 7.«3
7.7ft :
: 7.62
; 7.75
Factory Stock.
Aueosta Factory Steak
GraniteviUo Factory Btoik
■.US$120
...12081251 Langley Fattory ^Stcck
GraniteviUo Factory Btoik 11581201 Enterprise Factory Rtock_„ Cl«6t
Eaale and Phenix (Columbus) 10S@1M! Muscogee •• •• . 70A71
Columbus Factory Stock “ Cj-4C5
Bank Stocks throughout the State.
First National Bank Macon- 100® I Atlanta National Bank , ,
_ , (none oUerimt) | Merchants Bank. Atlanta
Central Georgia Bank 75® 80 I Bank 8tate ot Georgia. Atlanta.
Exchange Bank “ - 508 55 | Citizens Bank, " .
Camtel Bank “ 78® SO i Gat. City National Bank. Atlanta...
Macon SaTjcgi Bank .lro . Georgia Bank and Tru«t Co.. “ ...
_ (none offering) ) National Bank Augusta..,-
Chattahoochee NoYn’l Bank Columbus.,.I98®1101 national Exchange Bank, Augusta .
Merchant. «nrl Vftw-ti.rLi-a -• ...IOS'3103 [Bantot Aurmta.
j r
Mercbants and Mechanics
Nation^ Bank of Columbus
„10*@101 ( Commercial Bank,
058100
...... SOfi >5
...... 910100
65
. 978100
. 75a 77
, C7a 70
, (8a 90
Municipal Bonds of &eorgia>
City of Rome new Bondi 85a 90
City of Columbus new Bondi,.,.... 70a 71
Cty of Atlanta new 6 per cast, bonds— 9»al0O
cld 7 “ “ .lKalOS
“ “ 8 “ “ —.1108112
“ “ 10 “ ’* 111*115
City of Augusta short date 7 pr et. bends lOOalOl
•’ “ long ’• 7 •’ ” lotiios
“ “ 6 “ “ ICOalOl
City of Savannah new 5 per cent. Bonds... 7fa 72
City of Macon old 7 per cent. Bonds — 78a 80
State of Georgia Bonds.
Georgia 8 per cent, long dates.
8 ’• short “
7 “ Bonds...
0a old.
6s new —
Georgia Baby Bonds Sr
112 to 115
1(2 to 102
111 to 112
—.It0tol«2
109 to 119
95 to! 106
Railway Stocks and Bonds.
central Bailrsad Stock.— —
Georgia “ “
Macon mad fiacMto Railroad Buck-
Port Royal “ “ .
South western ” “ — ....
Augusta and faTannab “ —
Atlanta sad West Tolnt ‘
103 to 104
-. 107 to 108
— 109 to 112
102
Macon and Angueta first mortgage Bondi—-’ZZZ!ZZ~. 75 to SO
“ “ “ endorsed by Georgia and Sontb Carolina R. K— 160 to 102
Georgia Railroad 7 par eent. Bonds.- —.
Waited. City Money and City Bonds-
We want city money and city of Macon bonds in large
ffiw’wldS^fr^du^rfte^ffiat^i or small quantities, and will pay, until farther notice, 79
cents for city money or city bonds delivered at our office.
EXCHANGE BANE STOCK WANTED.
We want 25 shares of Exchange Bank stock at 50 cents.
Who will firnish it ?
dais mile college.
Apply promptly to
J03N T. CLARES.
President Board of Trustees.
Cuthbert. Georgia
For Sale.
BAD 88 STOCK OF OLD NSWS-
papers at 50 ant* per Hundred, and Four Dol
lar! per Thousand.
Much cheaper than any other kind of Wrap-
Cl IT EE Ala ESTATE FOB SAXE.
We have now on our sales book eight good houses and
lots, and seven vacant lots. The latter located pn the hill
pmg paper, and very useful about Packing I an( j the most desirable property in the Macon. Those
Good*, cutting Pattema, washing windows wanting cheap houses and .good pioperty will please call
** , and see us.
THXB OFFICE. I W. A. HUFF A CO.