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y Joseph Cltsby.
MACON, JUNE 7, 1859.
Yoloie 37.
GEORGIA TELEGRAPH
. CI'BLISIIED EVSKY
day M OK NINO.
Ti:r.M a:
IDOLI.ARS, IN ADVANCE,
lioin every case where the subscriptior
1*1 out of the Office-
Ventures by flood.
BV [lit. S. CO.MPTO.X SMITH.
j\,t—01—but it* cold!"
cUtnation- accomp.-wiecl by a shiver-
nndatoicible drawioR in and cz-
rf the breath* uttered by my cow
i tre Loth emerged from the swollen
„y current of the Navosota.
during the freezing, Texan norther
, ridden over a portion of the rolling
extending from the bottom timber of
.iiv. towards the Drazos River. We
-a facing the biting storm for some
Li,.; in"'' to our chngrin we found this
irani all over its swampy bottom,
e was no help for it;—for on the side
approached it. there was no shelter for
iiles; besides. I was accompanying a
.or, who had been sent for me in hnste.
person dangerously wounded; and
■could admit of no delay. Our bor-
used to swimming the Texan streams,
. jred them into the turbid current,
their experience. Wo had safely
the freezing waters, and ascended
_-»cd bank, when our horses were
sept fmm their feet, by the rapidly
■ id.
•hi—C>!—again shivered the Texan;
; or tune. we've got through the worst
nsuie of all the powers, evil and
I; fseltiBirtl. "have we any more swim-
Ido!"
-not unless the sloughs are full. But
t he jure of that, with this booming cur-
And t >urhiug the muddy flanks of his
.the fexan darted ahead, through the
torn; while 1 followed shivering in
It. and dripping like a newly risen
Llr my companion reined in bis horse,
nl whistle, expressive of astonish-
id perplexity.
tu the trouble now, Reynolds?” I
-1 rode up to bis side, and found our-
mding upon the edge of a wide stream,
| sitli mad velocity through the bot-
• r enough. Doctorwas his reply.—
-and he'pointed to the wild waters, ns
hod roaring through the breaking tim-
l! momentarily increased in volume nnd
|. 'See there!—the furious old river is
If her tantrums, and has taken a chute
be large slough.”
koceed further was now entirely out of
§tion.— for tho looming waters before
t literally covered with masses of drif-
[' and trees, which, heaving and tuuib-
each other, went crashing and sur-
xii the stream. Great trees that for
id withstood the assaults of storms
ids. now yielded to and fro, for an in
i' if swept by a strong wind, and wilh
ting sounds fell crashing among the
L- drift. Their great brushy tops
the muddy waters about and churned
to winrows of dingy froth,
aws stood thus gazing upon the fright-
’ isudden rushing, tearing sound in
oased us to look behind us
haven! Doctor, we’re caught in a
«tlook yonder!—the river is com-
it *u upou us I”
nugh!—wa were indeed in a tight
I 'Vc hud crossed what had been the
unocl of the stream, which had now
■ by one of those sudden freaks by
' - Texan streams arc governed. It
,ea an abrupt bend, a little distance a-
'.rre we had crossed nnd it was now
li-eadloug down the old slough. We
xudiiig on n narrow tongue of the
ivtwecn the old and new channel, and
swelling flood overleaping nil
. was pouring frantically down upon
y spot on which wo had halted. In a
amts more, the soft vegetable mould,
ire were, would be dissolved by the
Lppronching waters.
Ktoss the stream was out of the ques-
I: r it was impossible even to find tho
I.. re the old ford had been; so rapid was
L zc which had taken place. The entire
Irould in a little while be swimming; ami
ha the “old Navosota" would be boun
ty by the prairie, a long suite each way
b ordinary channel.
I xuimals frightened by the sound of the
[.• waters, and the falling trees, and ap
tly appreciating the danger of onr situa-
italih d beneath us, and fairly groaned
ptor,
kahove
where we stood, lay the trunk of
typress, of that variety which does
This tho quick eye of the Texan,
-fbeeii taking a rapid survey of the
-caught sight of; and springing from
-i’. he stripped it hastily from his trem-
aiisng. 1 instantly followed his cx-
t do you propose to do !” I inquired,
t must try to save our horses. Doctor;
focrmlves, we cau take to a tree, when
M>t comes. We arc in for a sleepless
lia the swamp to night, and let's make
pi of it we can."
L1 see no possible chance <5f saving the
Features: They certainly cannot swim
p this surging insss of floating logs and
I dow rushing down the maddened wa-
sow that,” cooly observed the Texan ai
* his saddle into the crotch of a tree,
'tinned me to do the same,
e your lariat, and strip off your bridle
he coutiuued. lu a moment more our
stripped of the last article of their rig-
‘tood cowering and shivering together
H, v deeply interested in our further
mg.
r. Doctor, do you see that big cypress."
nchfr, pointing to the fallen tree a-
1 "Well that will break oft' tbo force
Went for some time;" nnd handing
niff, aud tossing bis heavy Mexican
it* tec—"There you cut that into strips
■®?. while I gather some loga for a raft.
of ours arc too valuable not to make
Pbr. I'll tell you what, I've been in
L lighter place than this, but J liain’t
■*f to tell yon about it now."
ihe tough old Texan; wading out into
■ % thing water, began to gather the
logs, which he dragged to the lower
•be cypress, and ranged side by side.
c meuntime, I had completed the strip-
ofthe blanket, to which I had also
7 own, and now joined him. In a few
lt! : almost in less time than it lakes me
j? “• *e had constructed a ruae foun-
“f a raft, with blanket ropes, and our
reins, together with one of the lariats,-
f strongly lashed, aud made it secure.—
we laid at right angles across the logs,
quantity of reeds, of which tho swamp
r- Tliese made a safe and smooth sur-
lof craft.
bad been working all this time with the
«p to our waists, aud the rising flood
'o pour over the cypress, and was grad-
'“oenniaiog the spot where stood our
"*■ just as our task was completed.
?*•’shouted Reynolds: "it's all snug
i'll; 1 wouldn't swap fiats with old
^ ihf deaf ferryman of tho San Anton'
"£• Hurrah! for tho horses 1" And
the buoyant craft toward the tree iu-
^ *e bad thrown our saddles, tho Tex-
wr making fast to it one end of his stout
ru ‘»riat, and throwing the other into
whittled encouragingly to his little
who, seeming perfectly to nnder-
“* iutentions of his master, advanced
, “ l; and with some little effort took his
it. My own animal required
r ^_'fi°g; hut after a moment wu had the
“**«» of seeing them both standing side
®pen the sub.iauiiul aud buoyant tim-
This was scarcely accomplished when the I stream at the base of the hills. I had to travel
current, bearing down great masses of rub- with the utmost caution, as there were Indians
bisb, lodged them against the now snbmerged I at all the crossings, and their signs 'vere all
cypress. The great log forming a nucleus about me.
for the drift, soon gathered a huge pile, which "At length I bad left behind me the last
broke o«f the force of the flood from the little I spring branch, running into the Live Oak, and
ra ™ , . as I reached the broken and wild country be-
>>e had clambered to the limbs of a large tween that stream and Pecos. I began to'con-
becch tree, to one of which we had made fast gratulate myself with the hope that I should
“J f n d °f the lariat, and thns held our horses I avoid the moving bands, and reach the ford
safely floating upon the wild waters. of the river undiscovered.
All the time we had been engaged in provi- "I had had a hard day’s ride in consequence
ding for the safety of our animals, the excitement of the long detours I had been obliged to make,
and exertion of the work had kept our bodies I and determined to encamp in a clump of mes-
wnrni. But now. as we sat in the tree top. I quite* within a couple of miles of the Pecos,
with our clothes saturated with water, wo were 1 had stripped my weary animals, and staked
soon benumbed, and scarcely able to speak, I them out to grass ; and was just in the act of
from the excruciating cold we experienced. striking a fire to cook my supper, when my
Ilad we been forced to liave remained on half-breed borse, a stallion who was watchful
tho open prairie in that condition, we should I as a well trained mastiff, give me notice of
most certainly have perished. As it was, we danger by a loud snort, and an ineffectual
were in n great measure protected from the strain at his lariat. I ran out from the cover
influence of the norther by the thick timber I of the raesquites to rcconoiter. I had but lit-
of the bottom. I tie time tu do so, for the spot I had selected
At length it occurred to us to strip to the for my encampment was entirely surrounded
skin for a little while; and wrapping ourselves by Indians. They had seen me from the hills,
in our saddle bankets, which wo had fortunate- and had came down noiselessly upon me.
ly saved, we wrung the water from our clothes, “I bad no time to saddle up, but catching
and bung them about ns to dry. This being I my rifle I sprang to my horse, leaving my otb-
completcd, and again dressing we found onr I er animal and everything else behind. I hid
s.tMtionat lenst endurable. I barely time to cut my lariat, and reach bis
Still the water continued to rise; but onr back, when the savages, filling the air with
jood cypress proved all we conld hope from it. their wild yells, were upon me.
It we had bad a choice from the whole Navo- "There were a hundred of them, at least.—
sota bottom. w« could not have selected a sa- I A few of the old rascals baited at my camp to
fer harbor. The dark current raved and strug- examine my traps, and divide the plunder be-
gled pn either side of us, but our break water I tween them, while the rest continued to gire
remained staunch and true to its purpose.— chase to me. My noble stallion flew over the
The raft, securely lashed to onr tree, rode I ground like a bird, and soon distanced my
bravely, and the horses, becoming accustomed pursuers. But the latter were mounted on
to their position, browsed contentedly upon fresh horses, and I knew that in a long chase
the green tops of the ennebrukes within their my weary and already overridden animal would
reach, as their floating craft swayed from side break down.
to side, with the motion of the swelling flood. “I pushed out directly for the river, as my
It was late in the day when wc reached the chance for life was tosecret myself somewhere
stream, and we had not been long in onr clo-1 among the broken rocks on its banks,
vnted lodging, when tho shadows of night be- "The savages kept on in hot baste after me.
;an to creep through the gloomy forest. We and as I approached the stony ground near
liad secured our seats, and mado ourselves as the stream, my speed was necessarily slack-
comfortable as possible, resigned, like true ened. They came rapidly upon me. Soon
xhilosophers, to a fnte we could not avoid—a I reached the margin of the river. Bat, thongh
ong, sleepless, dismal night among the impas- the bank on my side was low, the opposite
sable waters. Wc knew the flood had about I side presented a preciptuous cliff of rock, far
reached its height, as the bottom from prairie as I conld stretch my eyes up and down the
to prairie, was quite fall, and we also knew stream; and the current, broken by jagged
that it would subside as rapidly as it had risen, rocks, rushed along with the impetuosity of a
Daylight would doubtless enable ns to proceed torrent.
on onr way. "To cross at this point was impossible. To
It was an object with ns to pass the sapper- turn either op or down the stream was cqual-
less night as cheerfully as the circumstances I ly so, for the ground was broken up into deep
would admit, and I proposed to Reynolds to aud impassable barrancat.
shorten the weary hours, by each narrating! "I bad no time for reflection, for as I check
some thrilling or amusing incident of his own ed my panting horse for an instant, the sava-
cxpcricnce. ges giving vent to fierce yells of exaltation,
“Agreed," was his response; "and now sup- sent a shower of arrows whizzing about my
pose you lead off.” cars. One of tbe barbs struck my poor stal-
"No,” I answered. “Did you not say you lion in the flank. Frantic with the pain, and
had been in a tighter place than this ? Relate ungovernable with the bit of the lariat I had
that incident, and then I am at yonr service.’ I hastily knotted over his nose, the creature dar-
“O! but tlmt's n long story." ted headlong into the rushing torrent
"So much the better; for"l can then make "He bad, however, hardly touched the wa
mine the shorter." ter when he sank over head aud ears into
"Well then,” replied he, "I will gtvo yon deep crevice in the rocky bottom. With
the story ns briefly ns possible. The fact is, despcratostruggle, he managed to free him
I arc more in the notion of listening to-night I self front it; bnt still he madly rnshed on into
than talking. To-morrow; as we ride over the I tbe boiling rapids. Again he sank among the
prairie, I will fill up the outlines, if you desire rocks, this time pitching me over his bead, far-
it. I theront into the stream. The roaring of the
“Were you fever upon the Pecos?" he asked, wild waters drowned the exultant yells of the
"No," I answered. savages, as they gathered along the bank of
"Then yon have missed seeing the wildest the river, and enjoyed with a fierce delight the
and dreariest portion of God’s earth. Take I exciting scene.
my advice and never go there, unless you have "I was always reckoned an excellent swim
a good crowd of jolly fellows aloug and are I iner. In ordinary water; I had never met my
prenared to fight Camonches. There’s plenty I match. Bat what avail was the skill or
of that kind of game about there. strength of man against the rush of waters in
“About two years ago I wa* a kind of sut- which I was struggling. My poor horse was
ler at Fort McKavett; I supplied the post with entangled ia the rocks and drowned immadi-
gratitude, I stood once more upon the green I »■
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" In two days after this perilous adventure,
I was sale in the pallisadcs of Fort Davis, and
delivered my despatches all safe and sound into
the hands of the commanding officer.
“ Now, Doctor,” concluded Reynold, “ let us
hear yorr s»ory.”
But just then tbe light of day began to steal
through the Navosota bottom, and showed us
our horses quietly filling themselves with the
succulent cane, at a little distance from their
rude ark. which lay high and dry upon the
bank of the new channel. The drill had ceased
to fill tli e stream—the waters had subsided as
rapidly as they had risen; and descending from
our roosts, we saddled up, and crossing the
stream, soon luxuriated in a good breakfast,
which the hospitality of a friendly settler made
us welcome, and to which wc were prepared to
do ample justice.
I still owe my Texan friend the promised I styles :
story. dent's BarrlMa Style Mole Hats.
New Orleans Style Silk Ilata,
Tlie "fountain Aleadows massacre I “
A TALE OF HORROR. I ** Black, Urab, and Pearl Fasti. C’aaaimeres,
One of the dread mysteries of Mormondom
which the United States Judges in Utah aro
endeavoring to unravel, greatly to the con- We also have something very superior for gen-
sternal ion of the "Saints,” is the horrible mas-1 V£* r u \ h . 0 St ™ w llne - ,
sacre, at Mountain Meadows, of one hundred v Lnshsh f Danstablos, Straw and L-ghoms of every
emigrants, on their way from Arkansas to We'invite particular attention to onr Stock, and
California. At the time, we were told thatthe I promise to sell as cheap as any house in tho city c
unfortunate victims fell under the weapons of I titate. C. B. STONE 4 BROTHER,
the Canosh band of Paravant Indians; but I —* pr 19
various, subsequent developments have estab
lished the conviction that these were merely j
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Itwill be remembered that our Salt Lake Cor- a brother.
respondent, last Sommer, presented some evi-
fresh meat, particularly that of Buffaloes and I aufty
deer. There was little else to be bad there— I “I was thrown from rock to rock by the
unless it was horse-beef. Rut that’s a delica- wild rapids, as if in wanton sport, and as I es-
cy Uncle Sam's men navo rarely tasted. Mus-1 sayod to clutch at their projecting points, it;
tangs were plenty, and so were buffaloes and feelile grasp would slide over tbeir smoot
deer; and 1 never went out without bringing J surfaces, and still down tbe heaving current
back one or more horseloads of the two last, was thrown. I was approaching a deep ca-
"I was doing a first rate business, and 11 non, whose sides were perpendicular, and like
have no doubt 1 coaid soon have made my pile polished marble. As I was tossed up and down
if the boys had not been too shrewd for me at upon the tumbling waves, I caught oceasion-
“poker.” The fact is, Doctor, tbe only bad I at glimpses of the blue, misty sky beyond the
habit I have is being too fond of handling the month of the canon, but, beyond that, no wa-
pictured past boards. I let the lazy devils ter was visible. A heavy clond of vapor ap-
win my money as fast as I made it. Never pcared to be resting upon the ciiff, and bang-
mind, it was a’ merry life we led there; for, be-1 ing in the air over tbe spot. Great heaven '
tween banting and card playing, the time flew I before me stretched a yawning gulf, down in
swiftly gnough. I to whose wild depth the mad waters which
"One day au express party arrived from I were tossing me were about to leap! I heard
San Antonia, with important dispatches for I the roaring of the waterfall, which thundered
the frontier posts. The escort had had a fight I in my ears, above the noise of the rapids.—
with Kioways some where between Fort Mor- Down—down 1 was borne. Almost upon the
mon and our post, and had been pretty rough-1 very crest of the precipice, a cluster, of broken
ly handled. The messenger was brought in rocks reared their beads above the torrent,
badly wounded, nnd of course could proceed 1 Conld I bnt gain that, I would have nt least a
no farther. moment's respite from the awful death that
"Captain Thomas sent for me to come to his I awaited me.
head quarters. “With a desperate effort—an effort in which
"Reynolds, said he, “have yon ever beau was contrcntrated an almost superhuman
beyond the Pecos ?” strength—I caught at an angle of the jutting
“I replied that I had, and was familiar with rock; and os I drew myself up toil—oh, God!
all passes of the Lampia mountains. the treacherous mass, slackened by tbe water,
"Then,” answered he, yon are the very man broke beneath my weight, and was lifted like
for my purpose. Will you take an express to a peaco of wood onward, mid over the cataract.
Fort Davis?'* " _ “One more desperate effort—one more strug-
I reflected for a moment before I replied, gle for life—and again I clutched the rock,
fori knew that at that season the country [ This time it proved firm; nnd. Heaven be prais-
would be covered with parties of Indians on I ed, I was safe!
their way to the lower plains to commence "How I managed to climb through tho dasb-
their fall hunt; and I would have to run the i n g, blinding spray that broke against the rock
gauutlet through them. The distance was I cannot say. But, when recovering from a
two huudred long tniles; bat I thought by stupor of exhaustion, I looked about me, I
giving tbe water holes a wide berth, I could I found myself upon the top of the mass, be
get'through, and told the captain that I would yond the reach of tbe waves.
g 0 . * "My first thought was to throw myself up-
..“Very well,"replied tho officer; "youshall on my knees and offer up the iuccnse of a
have an escort of twenty dragoons, and. on grateful heart to that God who had guided me
yonr return, two hundred dollars in gold." j safely throngli tbe fearful water.
“Yonr last proposition meets my warmest -Bat what better off was I for this respite
approbation." I answered; “but I’d rather be I from death by drowning! A still more fear-
exensed from the first.” fol death awaiu me—from starvation. On
"You certainly would not attempt the jour-1 either side of mo rnshed the headlong rapids,
ney alone?" I while directly beneath me gaped an awful
"I assured him I conld perform it much sa- abyss, to look down which made my brain diz-
fer alone than with a crowd of rattling, noisy \ t y with horror. .
soldiers, who wtmld be sure to draw upon “To escape Was impossible. My fate was
them tbo attention of tbe Indians ; and in the I like that of Prometheus—chained to my pris-
event of a fight would prove of no service to 1 on rock ; and soon the cruel vultures of bun-
me . n * I ger and despair would be gnawing at my vi-
“I don’t wish to disparage your fine-looking Uals.
troopers. Captain ;*’ said I; “but the truth is, «*Xhe Indians remained upon tbe top of the
I’d give more for half a dozen true grit Tex- cliff, gazing upon mw with wonder and aston-
ans. in an Indian skirmish, than for all the ishment. They began to think I was posses-
imported paupers that ever drew rations from 1 gc d ofn charmed life, and refrained from wast-
Unclo Saiu'a crib." • ing their arrows upon me. Night gathered a-
“Ilave your own way then,” he replied, round the wild scene, and still I could per-
laughing. "When will you bo ready to start?" I ceive their dark outlines upon the sky, as they
••In an hour,’’ I an*werod ; and in lew than | approached tbe edge of the cliff, and peered
that time I had received my packet of papers, j down into the dark canon,
securely envelojicd in a bladder, and with a “I cannot describe the horrors of that Jive-
led horse, carrying my blankets and a small ] on g night J ■ ■•’ .
store of provisions, was a good league on my **At length the grey streaks of dawn began
jfQY. I to appear; and soon the rave of the morning
‘•My route lay directly westward, over a S tm lighted up the ravine, and painted a bean-
barren plain wheresenrely a tree or bush was tifuliris upon the mist of the cataract.
to bo met with in aloug day's ride. The ground **The bright bow of promise revived my
was not level, bnt brokeu into little knolls, fainting heart, and Hope, which had nearly
nnd cut up by deep barrantas or gullies, which deserted me. smiled again. So strong is tbe
sometimes made it necessary to go great dis- j 0 re of life, that even in as desperate emergen-
tances out of the way to cross. A# I came up C y as was mine, despair does not get entire
to the edge of one of these dry water courses, possession of the soul.
I bad nothing else for it but to follow along “The savages had disappeared; nor did they
its bank till I struck into a mustang trail, which return. What is that dark object I behold
would lead to a crossing somewhere. upon the edge of the rock below me. It is
I had travelled rapidly over this desolate the body of iny poor horse. It had become
region for two days, heading for the west as disentangled from the rocks where he bad met
far as tbe nature of the ground would permit. 1,is death, and the rapids had cast him at iny
I had seen no signs of Indians. The feed was f ee t. At Ibis sight a happy thought occurred
good at intervals, and the water such as it was. to me, and I lost not a mom sat ia putting it
abundant enough. I travelled lntcand early, into action. The piece of lariat still remained
barely halting long enough to give my horses about his head ; with this I tied tbe body se-
time to fill themselves with the sweet mnsquitc curely to tbe rocks, and in less than an hour
ras< I had stripped off his hide, and had cot it into a
® ,.j t ' was my intention to cross Live Oak I | 0D g. stout lasso. In another hour, with the
Creek, opposite Old Camp Lancaster; but as i, e lp of the sun, it had become sufficiently dry
I approached the stream, a long lino of blue to use. ’ . . _
smoke rising from tbe scrubby timber, warn- «On ‘he edge of the western cliff I had dus-
- - B - T lian . I approach-1 covered tlie stem of a broken mesquite. Over
ed me of the vicinity of In
ed cautiously, nnd discovered several villages
of Kioways and Catnauches scattered along
the creek bottom. They were beginning to
break up camp preparatory to the route south-
"I now had to make a wide detour, to avoid
thsss fsllsw* and cross tbs bead wator of tha
tins I succeeded in throwing the noose of the
an-1 drawing it lielit. and making m\
end of it fast to the rock, I ventured upon it.—
Hand overhand I worked my way along the vi
brating rope, with my feet almost touching tho
leaping rapids, till at last I readied tbo cliff,
with sxoltsat bound, sod • hosrt full of
In Ladies’ Goods
I of all kinds, onr Departments are extreme)/ gor
geous, ellicitiog tbe admiration of ail who honor us
| with a call. In our
Carpet Department
It is useless to say that oriental style and courtly
magnificence is brought to the sense by its brilliant
array aud costly fabrics.
Iu Laces, .Mantillas, La Favorite, French Tricot,
V **V* a aw i . . n , | Robes Almeds, Robes Magicitnne, Velsar Impera-
Hight, John D. I Srfiftmftl* Kll fllti I trice,Illuminated Organdies, Robes a Denx Volant,
three Mormon I & * Robes Fleuris, Robes Saltaine. Gros deTour, Cripo
Cbinons, Toil Da Nard, Robes Diiciieese, Robrs
Simulee, Oros d' Epsoare, Milanaise. Dacals, Shawls,
The Wreck of Matter and the
CRUSH OF WORLDS!
Ttanttor and Lightning!
wholefearfu 1 truth stands reveaM, predating MIVER^I, MYPl.lf.IUTinY f
one of the most shocking cases of cruelty and I .
crime that has ever stained the records of a
civilized community. The witness says :
“While I was residing at Cedar City, I was
called upon by Messrs. Isaac ' ' " ' —
Lee. and John Higbee—all
military officers—to go a few miles out south I A:iD T,,E
of the city, which I did. There I found 30 or TOWCr OR the Stone Mountain Blown luhaUlu’.sndw'thimumj'varietiMth«i a woSd vreajy
40 others, selected from different settlements. *f*> OS W/' 3STJ the patience to read.
We were addressed by the above officers, who .,v„r in Europe and the Mh l.ilnl Iti.iu tf ! I Their assortment purchased directly from
told us that they had sent Canosb, the Para-
Tremendous Excitement in
23 TT DE?, O 3? 33
oonoen.amU. inmu, north
«« '""•>; *"■ Of if; W.°r „ refused, er AND SOUTH AMERICA ! !“«“&£ 'SSSSi'-SStfSB!?
betrayed them to the Americans, they would I The w hole World turned up-aide down ! look here!” “Arn't this beautiful I" breaks forth in
take good care of him hereafter. Here we
were all ordered ou the quick march to the
Mountain Meadows, where we found the emi-
grantii, with their wagons formed into two cir
cles, with their families in the midst, trying to
dciend themselves against the merciless and
blood-thirsty savages, who lay around in am
bush, killing them ns opportunity presented.
"Hight and Lee formed their men into two
companies, and made a preripitont rush at the
poor defenseless victims.
I tones so sweet and feeling, that an Anchorite is
I stirred even beyond the measure of bis cold and sor-
1 did nature.
MERCHANTS
DRY GOODS FOR NOTHING !
Five Hundred per cent less than Cost
OF THE RAW MATERIAL.... ^
I from the surrounding Towns and country wonld do
T HE baying member of tbe Firm having had an I well to call and examine our Mccond Stock of
experience of uinefy-tkret years in the Dry IMPORTED ROODS, as we can sell them
Goods business, snd finding that fifteen visits to tlie I goods as low as they can be bought in New York,
Northern and Enropean markets rack season and a I Philadelphia or Boston.
tremendons slock brought out each time, will not sup- 1
the one hundretii part of his STUPENDOUS
ADE, has concluded to spend all liis time there.
To our Patrons
The men inside of except when at home. Some faint idea of the vast- we would asy that we shall daily receive from the
:■ , , ... °‘I .*». and smwr«t/y of our businesa may be formed Northern and European Markets everything that
the circle* rose up, out instantly fell dead or 11— inspection of our invoices, which will reveal I cao please the eye or captivate tbe senses, thereby
mortally wonnded, under the fire of the the fact that tho scrapping paper alono used in. our combining in one grand and unprecedented whole,
wretches who so cruelly sought their lives. I buslueas. costs auuually, thirty three thousand four I a stock at all times unrivalled In Us beauty, and
Nothing remained to be done, except to kill " 'ISSpSSSSSTt ROSS,
t he fi iglitened females and their innocent chil- I u( , f or our sales amount to many billions more than I april is
dren clasped in their arms. Others clung with I the Rothschilds ever dreamed of. By our enter- 1
desperation to their bleeding, dying husbands, I prise and immense capital, wo have succeeded in
piling in vain for mercy at the bauds of the Z22SE& TO^Vew*
Christians who controlled tbe no more savage I world, and with tbo exception of a few of tbo com.
Indian assailants. I momest Dresses, coaxed out of ns by the Courts of
Joins D. Lee now sent to the Indian chief England and Franco, by the most pathetic appeals,
the survivors, directing nuh to spare uuiyiholtomem. o«VM<<sh»s» -i«kt „„.t u» } -_ [
little children, who could not talk. The sav- I The sacrifice of life among our operatives has been
ages came instantly, with knives drawn, and I tmly fearful, caused entirely by the superhuman ef-
To Southern Dealers!
IJ. H. RANSOM & CO.
32 COURTLAND AND 39 DEY STREETS,
NEW YORK,
Manufacturers aud Wholesale Dealers in
BOOTS & SHOES,! | l-ALNTS AND VARNISH, BRUSHES AND SASH
FAILIL Am WUTTER
STOC K,
AT I'HEUt. OLD dl'ANu. ~
T HEIR Stock consist in part of tbo folic wing
GOODS, to which they invite the attention of
Merchants and Planters:
SO bales Gunny Cloth
200 coils Richardson Rope
1000 pounds Baling Twine
ISO Ipgs Coffee, Java, Porto Rico, Rio slid La-
guira
to chests Black and Green Tea
75 barrels A B A CSngar
25 barrels crushed and Powdered Sugar
5 boxes Loaf Sugar
15 bogsbeada fine Porto Bioo
300 aacks Liverpool Salt
100 sacks Alum Salt
150 boxes Adamantine Candles
40 boxes Sperm Candles
75 boxes No. I Soap
20 boxes Family Toilet Soap
30 boxes assorted and Fancy Candy
125 kegs Nails
50 boxes Starch
too jars Snuff
50 whole, half and quarter kegs of Powder
20 cans Duck-shooting Powder
100 bags Shut
100,000 Segars. various brands
50 boxes Tobacco
20 cases Magnoliaand Combination Tobacco
20 bales Osuaburgs and Stripes
5 cases Homespuns, bleached
10 bales Georgia Kerseys
5 bales Northern Kerseys
15 bales Blankets, all sizes
CO baskets Piper’s Heidsick Wine
75 cases Ginger and Blackberry Wine and
Brandy
50 barrels Rye and Com Whiskey
10 barrels Extra old Bourbon
50 barrels Gin, Rum and Brandy
10 casks Madeira, Port and Sweet Wine
10 cases London Dock Gin
15 cases Boker's and Stoughton Bitters
10 cases Lemon Syrup
20 casks Ale and Porter
10 boxes Oinger Preserves, Prunes and Figs
30 boxes Assorted Pickles
20 boxes Sopor. Carb. Soda
30 barrels and boxes Soda and Butter Crackers
25 boxes Herrings
5 sacks Ashton's Table Sslt
10 dozen Well Backets
5 cases Ashton's Table Salt
25 dozen Blue Buckets
10 nests of Tubs
30 d nzi-Wool Hats
20 boxes Leverit Axes
10000 pounds White Lead and Zino
100 barrels Linseed Oil
10 barrels Tanners’ and Machine Oil
ALSO, A FISC LOT OF
CHROME GREEN. YELLOW, PRUSSIANBLUE
TERRA DE SIENNA, BURNT UMBElt, io,Ac.
Fancy ani Staple
DRY-GOODS.
JNTEW STOCK.
YTTE havejust opened tt large and elegant Stock
VV of Goods in one of tbo New- Stores under
GRANITE HALL,
Selected with grrU care t-> suit tin-tra-i-of Mjk.-i-u,
and adjoining country—among which are:
SILK :ROBE3 A LEZ,
SILK ROBES DOUBLE JUPE,
SILK ROBES VOLAKTES. or 2 FLOUNCE3.
FANCY SILKS in great variety,
PLAUf aud FIGURED BLACK SILKS,
EVENING DRESSES.
DfLAMEand MERINO KOBESALEZ.
PLAIN and FIGURED DxLAINES.
Plain and FIGURED MEltlNOES,
VALENCIA S, POPLINS, PLAIDS,
POIL DE CHEVKES, MOURNING, and vail
ous other styles of
Embroideries, Real French Cambric anu Swiss
Collars, Setts, Handkerchief, Ac.
Vnlenciennes Coilari and Setts,
Linen and Pique Collars and Setts,
Mourning Collars slid Setts,
Illusion Berthas,
Real Thread and Valenciennes Laces,
Hosiery and Gloves, great variety, 3
Dress Trimmings, Ribbons,
Cloaks, from Brodic’s,
SHAWLS—Nett, Stella, Long, Mourning, and othei
varieties.
A full assortment of
STAPLE GOODS,
Which we offer to sell on as favorable terms as any
' - /T ^ House in tho State.
tyPLEASE CALL AND EXAMINE.
N. S. 1'KVDDEN A CO.,
oct!9 Granit-i Hall Block, Macon,Ga.
CLOTHING.
£S. W insliip
Has now in ^tore
ONE OP THE LARGEST STOCKS OP
FINE READYMADE CLOTHING
IN THE CITY,
and will receive weekly, the latest styles offered in
the New York market. He invites eapectnl atten
tion to his large stock of
Black Cloth and French Drab De
Ete FROCK COATS,
which for quality, style and fit, cannot he excelled.
He has just received a large lot of superior
Black Doe Skin and Drab De Ete
PANTS.
In the way of FANCY CASSIMERS and LIN-
ENS, bia Stock is complete. All he asks is to give
him a call before making your purchases.
£p*Xext door to Strung & wood’s Shoe
Macon. April 19. 1859.
3 Shoe Store.
speedily finished the bloody work. The scene 1 1 *Fir FN HAVE constantly on hand a LARGE stook _M_ ,con ’ SrpL 28,1859
N
C. II. BAIRD'S.
OVELTIES IN CASSIMERE VESTINGS at
C. H. BAIRD’S.
FRENCH'S HOTEL,
On the European Plan,
CITY OF NEW YORK
Single Rooms 50 cts. per Ray
City Hall Square, corner Frankfort Street.
Upjin.si:-' City H:il,
Meals, as they may be ordered in the spacious Re
factory. There is a Barber’s Shop and Bath Rooms
attache^to the Hotel.
N. B.—Beware of Runner* and Hackmen who
say we are full. R. FRENCH,
mar 1—3m Proprietor.
beggars description. Tbo demoniac yells of I supplr the wants of our customers’snd cannot stop OF FINE and NEGRO GOODS, expressly for the
tbe savage monsters, mingled with the shrieks to consider hnman life. | Southern Trade, which they will sejl at the lowest
and prayers of helpless mothers and daugb- ? ur 6°°fi» are always perfectly fresh and new, for
Iocs J„.,L I if they are not seized within an hour after they are i _Jj
tcr»’ while the death blow* were dealing with opened „„ Immediately box them up and send them XT' LEG ANT SPRING OASI.MEUE SUITS, at ■
unflinching bands, and scalps were torn from to tbe AUCTION ROOMS of New York, Fhiladel- ill C. H. BAIRD'S.
heads which bloomed wilh beauty and iuno- ( pbia and Baltimore, and we would state for the ben- I
cence but a few hours before. Now the work " ato . r .l5 a an . ioi . ,i * , J d th i ,hef , e * nctio , n r ®°” s are ov 'ELTlhS IN NECK TIES, COLLARS, Ac.
. j i rnt j ,t I supplied exclusive from tbe rtf use good« of our es- | li
of butchering ended. - The murderers threw I tablislunent,thereby affording employment to many
the dead into two heaps, covered them slightly men abroad and a few at home,
with earth, and left them ’to feed the wolves Th»t our goods are far cheaper, our stock larger,
and birds of prey,' and returned home with bSS5 CUPERIOR FRENCH BLACK CASSIMERE
their booty ot cattle, and wagons, aud a great roan any other house, is evidenced by the fact that O COATS nt C. H. BAIRD'S,
quantity of goods, etc.’’ | wears .he parlies who say so in the public BLACK clmTl FROCK COATS st
Kussiau and Turklsli Discipline.' | Boi nth cr too busy ourselves to get up a suite-
A Turkish and Russian officer, on some oc lieadrerlisemmt we entrusted the above to onr friend | IS LE THREAD SHIRTS, SOCKS 8c GLOVES,
casion of truce, bad scratched up an acquain- I Baron Munchausen and we are afraid be has put I at
tancc. As they sat together the conversation j*«» w’SESf.5? ifwewouldkeepupwlth A
turned on the comparative perfection of disci- I tbo * nd | ay f OT once oor 0 j d fogy ism — | at
pline and the obedience to which their respec- Hi* suggestion*, about the impolicy of hiding our . vothfi* i ot
tive troops had been brought. Togiveaspec- light under • bushel and being restrained in the A TON SOCKS .at
itnen, the Russian called in his orderly. ‘Iran,* I i^nn™tion*huTits wifiv? frn!n YL w* I
aays he, “you wili mi tosuch nndsuch a to- ma , t nJ h !? be th e re.pon.ibuily £)KAP D'ETE. ALPACCA and LI^E^ { CgAJ-g.
bacomst, you Will buy an oke of tobacco; pay | Apr. 1». W. \V. PAKKERACO. | I and patterns usuaLIy called for in a shoe store,Lid
for it and bring it home straight.” Ivan sa- niccolnlioi, of Cnnartneishin rjUPERIOR FANCY MARSEILLES VESTS just would invite those wishing to purchase, to caU and
lutes and goes. The Russian pulls out a! ... ... • U recoivcdby C. It. ItAZItl*. I examine our stock, as wu are prepared to sell as low
• ' •- ' rrUILpartncrahip heretofore existing under the I april 3 Telegraph Building. as any house in the city or State.
1 Firm name of C. A. Ells A Son, has been this 1 I - - —
C. II. IS VIRD'S.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
A TTHESIGNOFTHEBIGBOOT,No.3, |
Cotton Avenue, opposite Washington I
I Hall Lot, Macon, Georgia.—^Tho ■bfemsWiM
NOTHER LOT OF SUPERIORKIDGLOVES ^^000^Sd
_ n ' I would most respectfully solicit a continuance of th
NOTHER LOT SUPERIOR ENGLISH COT- same ' WehaT0 now in store a large assortment ofe
. H. BAIRD'S. I BOOTS AND SHOES,
watch, “Now Ivan is going to the tobacconist; | .... , ,_, B
now he is there; now be is paying for tbe to-I day dissolved by mutual consent. The business I Cnrinn- Xr diimmor Voc-hin-no f-— I
bacco; now he is coming borne ; now he is on will hereafter bo conducted by Henry N. Ella, (tbo I OpilDgf Ol oUHUHCr X tISulOIlS ior f) OOTS.—A full
the stairs; now he is here—Ivan!” Ivan comes j““'" “ eol ! ) nf ® f “ ,d fi .™Lf ho *» “uthorizeJI to | -f 8RQ | K> FreuchCalfB
• 1. ,. , „ , I collect tho debt, due said Firm. In retiring, Mr.
in. samtes, and hands over the tobacco. Pek-1 c _ . E11 , dB ,- lre , to ret „ r „ h u thanks to his friends
MIX A KIRTLAND.
do as much ^ Mustafa! ’ "Effendim !’ say* I continuance ofsimilar favors to bis Son and sue
Mustafa, bursting into the room, and touch* cessor—who will carry on the business at the old
ing bis chin and forehead in the curious doub-1 stand oppo.ite the Lamer House,
Ic-ac(iou salute of the Turkish soldier. He
receives the same directions, word for word,
and departs. His master hauls out a gigan
turnip of a watch, such as Turks delight i
.'mil,proceeds, in imitation of the Russian, to
tick off Mustafa’s supposed performances
Now he is paying; now he is coming home;
now he is here—Mustafa!”
1859.
TO THE LADIES!
. F. DESSAU,
TRIANGULAR BLOCK,
g Bostick, Kein & Co’s Store.
G RATEFUL for the very liberal patron
age of winch she has so Ion# been the re
CHAS A ELLS I dpi© 0 * from both city and country, begs
HENRY N. ELLS I announce to her patrons and the ladies g
f AlUhose indebted to the firm will please come | Sum,ner
assortment of Gents' fine fif
Calf Boots, pump sole, welted and M
waterproof, of various kinds and qualities, both
soled and pegged. Just received and for sale low by
Sept. 28. MIX & KIRTLAND.
P LANTATION BROGANS.-Xow instnre^^|
the best assortment of Negro Shoes,
1 have ever offered in this market. Men’s double
soled peg and nailed black and russetts; do. heavy
single soled black and russetts ; do. boys and youths
black and russetts, all of which we are selling very
\ND
Sept. 28.
MIX & KIRTLANT
B OOTS AND SHOES.—Men's, Bovs and
Youth's tine calf and kip peg'd Boots;
Stock, consisting of every desertion o. _ Youth's fine calf and kip peg - Ji
[fill liner Jr SC DrCSS JL rilllllling* Men’s stout kip hunting and mud Boots; Gents last*
^■OOC?,gf I ing Gaiters, Mouterev, opera and ties, and fine call
„ , Which for richness of materia), elegance of stole. V ^rfifo^a
, H firm of C. A. Ells A Son, which he hsa been M,ent an<1 ruiety, are worthy of attention. Her SjaroSKVliSge SirortmenL ° ™
'Effendim!’’ re- I compelled to relinquish by feeble health, I hive this I SILK, ItAREGE AND ORGANDY ROBEH, I Sept.28 * MIX A KIRTLAND.
plied Mustapha, again bursting iu. day termed * copartnership with my cousin, C. W. Lace*, Mantillas and Cloaks. Traveling Dress
P IVhere’sriietobacco?” “Papouclilerbottl- “fc“"beI ^*?****'>&-“^bou*.HeadDre»e^ Flow-
ISTew Firm.
H AVING bought out my father’s interest in the I
firm of C. A. Ells fc Bon
!.ip
madim—I have’nt found my shoes yet.”—
Blackwood.
II. N. Ells & Co.,
ilcNdr N. Ei.ls,
Cha». W. Eli.s, apr 5—3m
tdP^MowoPgor and Citiaen copy 3m
T. C. NISBET,
Jrhe
ifiS s ffiK^i?^Sr:|rw»der; and Machinist.! Hardware,
[ era. Wreaths, and Bouquets are all of the very la-
| test importations, and will be sold at reasonable pri
ces. AU orders by mail promptly attended to.
mar 29—tf
J. CLKOHORS .0X0. SMITH
CLEGHORN & SMITH,
Manufacturers of, and Dealers in
Baddies, £5^ Harness, I
LEATHER, 1
WHIPS,
RUBBER BELTING,
SADDLERY,
At the old stand, where we hope to receive the
DOCS Dir. Crittenden Back Out! I continued favor* of aU the friends and customers of
,l* f 4h n 1 tbo late farm, and to make new ones by polite and
little paragraph to this effect is going the conrteons treatment, and diligent attention to busi
rounds of the newspapers:—A republican in I
Washington having proposed to lion. John J. I ■ ..
Crittenden that the republicans should make I ‘h® Lsnier House, Mnlborry street, Macon, Q*.
him their candidate for President in I860, be I ' L '
replied, “I conld not carry a single Southern I
State as your candidate; and how many could
ou carry North with me for yonr candidate?
partv would sink me in the slave States,
Is' ' ' ' * ~
your policy to take up
Southern Slaveholder.”
Now, whether such are or are not the views I
of Mr. Crittenden, there is considerable force I
in them, and they are doubtless the views which I
no»v govern, and will continue to govern, the!
leaders of the rebubiican party. They will |
not take up a Southern Slaveholder for tlie all-
sufficient reason that the South is closed against I
this republican party any how. They will be
compelled to adhere to their Northern organ
ization and their Northern support on the slave
ry issue; and so the conservative old line whigs
and Americans of the South and of the North
would do well to determine, as soon as possi
ble. what they mean to do in 18G0. If they
act in season, they may control the issue of the I The above Screw took tho
battle—if they wait for the opening of some xne C2TT -r t-tti-i—i /'"•TT'Pl.Z . — —
back door into the republican church, thev \ Tiff) YUPTC! J?rn
may wait till their forces are frittered awav. I »t the last ANNUAL FAIR. OII1I lb, CX WcIS, OCC
'erbnps they are awaiting the resulta of t£c j^ u o ar ^ 1 ^ s ^ rom ^^ to r I E* VllNSIIIP
irginia elcctiou. Very well. Before the end Hotsc Powers, new and improved, $75. Has just received another lot of the
of the week we shall have them, and then let STEAM ENGINES AND BOILERS, I Gfl n l f ] on T-Till Qlaivfc
have, one way or another, some definiteI (Hastings and Machinery in General. | 'JUlULll J-Xiil 0X111 Ibj
dies slipper and sandal rubber Shoes of Goodyear’s
celebrated patent, dost received and for sale low by
Sept. 28. MIX A KIRTLAND.
Low Frioes for Cash.
!mw STORg-4'RW goods.
AC., AC.. AC.
OPFOSirB E. UO.MI S STORE,
Cherry Brnur,
jan 4—ly Macon, Ga.
Lands for Sale.
T HE Subscriber, desirous of moving west, is of- j
faring for sale his Plantation in Crawford Co..
Ga., containing 1500 acres, a good quantity of heavi
ly timbered wood-land, tome good bottom land in I
cultivation, comfortable Dwelling, Gin House and |
Screw. Qranaiy, and a large number of other bailil
ings, every house needed on a farm yard or planta
tion, with fencing in good order, and Wells and I
Springs. The place has been remarkably healthy,
and lies on Walnut and Echeconnee Creeks, two
miles from Hopewell, and twenty-two from Macon.
Grain, Stork, Ac., can be had with tbe place.
Terms to suit the purchaser.
Address JOHN A. DANIELLY.
apr 12 Russelville P. O., Monroe Co.. Ga.
movement of the conservative
ments of the whole country.
i oppose
Al Y. 1
tion ele- |
Herald.
may 3
a very superior article. Also Linen and Jeans Draw
ers; Cotton, Lisle. Mead and Silk Undershirts;
Lisle, Mead, and white and Biown Brittish Cotton
A Broad Hist,—The great man of the vil
lage being at dinner, allowed one of his ten
ants to stand while he conversed with him.
WANTED
T AM .till buying Military bounty Laud Warrants’ I Suspenders,
1 and will always give tlie highest cssh price. (.lovM.LmbrcUas, Trunks, t alises. Ac. Ac.
Macon Oa. uJy28 ly G. J.BLAKE | “P™ 19
I Mortar
SECOND STREET,
TRIANGULAR BLOCK, MACON, GA.
Would invite the attention of
CITIZENS, MERCHA NTS
AND PLANTERS,
To their Urge Stock of
: Boots, SllOOEi,
LEATHER AND FINDINGS,
j Selected expressly for this market, and
comprising
( ONE OF THE LARGEST
AND
FINEST ASSORTMENTS ;
IN THE STATE,
Which they offer at
LOTY PRICES FOR CASH.
! Examine our Goods and Prices before
buying elsewhere.
! march 29—ly
Try ua, and you will be suited.
FIRE WOOD.
T HE undersigned is prepared to furaisc 500 cords
good Black Jack and Oak Wood, to be deliv-
I end at the booth-Western Railroad Depot, Macun,
I between tbe first of June next and the first of Au-
cu9t- Lay in your fire wood for next winter. Price
j S3 00 per cord. W. 8. BRANTLY.
«pril go—5t
NOW READY,
A SPLENDID assortment of Silks, Bereges, Or
gaudies, Lawns, Ac., at
WATERMAN'S.
White Qoods, Embroideries, Laces. Ac, at
WAIERMAN'S.
Domestic Goods, Bleached and Brown Home-
spans. Tickings, Stripes,Pantaloon Goods, and Coat-
ings, at WATERMAN'S.
Irish Linens, French and American Prints, White,
Colored and Figured Brilliants, at
WATERMAN'S.
Chaliiea, Ginghams and Mourning Goods, at
WATERMANS.
Hosiery and Qloves, good and cheap, at
WATERMAN'S
Mantillas, Berege Shawls, Talmas, Dusters and
Traveling Basques, at WATE If MAN’S.
Tho place to get good Bargains—at
WATERMAN’S.
mar 2» Cotton Awnne, Macon. Ga.
@PGSP'N@
th an d
Summer Trade.
E. J. JOHNSTON & CO.
H AVE in addition to their former stock received
and made recent selections of
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
SILVER .v SILVER PLATED WARE,
fancy goods, cutlery, &c.. &a
Making one of tho largest and most elegant asanrt-
ments of goods to be foond in tbe Southern cities,
and offered on the most moderate terms.
SAn inspection and careful comparison of qualities
and prices, respectfully solicited. Three door.
aboTe the Lanier, Macon, Ga.
E. J. J OHNSTON. G. S. OBEAR.
mar 22
Pianos
O F elegantly carved Rosewood, and all the plain
er varieties, just received and for sale on the
b estterms,by E. J. JOHNSTON A Co.
IdS^OId Pianos taken in exchange,
mar 22
Silver Forks, Spoons, &c., &c.
T) ECEIVED by late arrivala, making tho large.t
XV and best Block ever offered in Macon. War
ranted of sterling quality, being 225- ICOOtha fine.
Aiao, a fine lot of warranted “U. S. Coin,” at low t
prices. fmar 22] E. J. JOHNSTON A CO.
Hair Work to Order.
/"VVER 250 designs from which to make selection
U by (mar 22) E. J. JOHNSTON & CO.
n lLLlARD BALLS, Cue Leathers, Wax, &c , a
ways on hand and for sale at low prices.
M EER3HAM PIPES, warranted genuine, fo
sale* by E. J. JOHNSTON & CO.
F ANS fn large variety. Traveling and lieticole
Baskets, Leather Satchels, Ac., for i
W ATCHES and Jewelry repaired and Warrant
ed by E. 4. *r
• JOHNSTON & CO.
CARPETINGS, 9
FLOOR OIL CLOTHS, MATTINGS, RUGS,
AXD MATSU
A LARGE Stock, and a great variety of atyles ot
the above Goods, just received, which will be
sold at far lower figures, and give purchasers a se
lection from the best stock ever offered K Macon.—
ALSO,
SATIN, DeLAINE, DAMASK,
LACE and MUSLIN,
WINDOW CURTAINS,
WIN D O W S H A D E 3, GILT CORNICES and
BAN D3 in great variety.
Purchasers will consult their own interest by ex
amuiing my stock before buying,
aog 3—tf B. F. ROSS.
NEW
SPRING GOODS!
T HE Subscriber is now receiving a large and
Handsome stock of
STAPJL1E AND FANCY
X>ry Goods,
Suitable for tbe
SPRING AND SUMMER TRADE.
He invites his friends and the public,
TO GIVE HIM A CALL.
GEO. W. PItICE.
Mrrch 29.1859.—3m
Hardeman & Sparks
Ware IIouso
AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
•liftcoil, G
VY TILL continue to give prompt attention attheh
VV FIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE, cutbe cor
ner of 3d and Poplar streets, to all business commit
ted to their charge.
With their than&s for past favor*, and r. renewed
pledge of faithfulness to all their friends and cna-
tom .rs, they hope to receive their fall tharo of pub
lit* f f.tronagf.
L: beral advances made on Cotton and other pro
due* when required.^
CP*Planter's Family Stores, also Bagging, Rope
8cc„ furnished at the lowest market rarea.
THOS. HARDEMAN*. O. O. SPARK*
sep 7
BKOWN’S iiOXIHL.
OPPOSITE THE NEW KAIL KuAb DEI i,
MACON, GA.
E. E. BROWN, Proprietor,
hi eals Ready on the Arrival of every Train,
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$50 Reward.
BOOK BINDING.
DR. I. M, COMINGS
except that a sow of mine it litter of thir- '
teen pigs, aDd she tins got only twelve teats.' J ejfe f rom 1„ to , t , n /f rom a to e, daring tbe day.
•What will the thirteenth do ? asked the marts—3m
CLOTHING. . I J^ROKE JAIL at Irwinton, Ga., on the night of |
landlord.
Do as I do,’ returned Hile; *it will stand |
and look whsn ths others eat,
trn ROLLS White and Red Chwh Matting, for j
DU tala bv BOST1SK KFlh A CO.
■qrlf '
. _ . ghtofl*/ description of BLANK ACCOUNT BOOKS, and BINDS
^ 0 L ^ the 13th inst., MERIDITH HONEYCUTT,! in iny stylo desired. Magazines, Law, Masicand
BROWN LINEN COATS—-Sack., Dusters j alias Dick Honeycutt, alias Dick Leathers;, who was MiscellaneousBooka, clerks* record and dockkt
OUlJ ami Frocks. charged with the offence of negro stealing. Said ’ bocks, with or without printed forms, and warrant-
#00 Alpacca Frock and Sack Coats. J Honeycutt is about 25 years old, fair skinned, light I ed best quality paper.
500 Fancy Marseilles Vests. hair, weighs about 130 pounds, has a down look CP* Engined s’ profile paper made from the best
100 White “ M . when spoken to. and is naturally a mean looking English drawing to any length or width-
200 White and Brown Linen Vests, just re- J man. The above reward will be paid for his arrest ] All orders from tho country promptly and careful-
1 offanilnil f .. Ail; . . ah A YHllUft OLfl (IftOT
ceived and for sale cheap at wholesale or retail, by so I can get him
april 19 B- WINtfHIP. | may^4-*3t
e pai
fi. peason;
Jailor.
ly attended to. Othoe on Cotton Avenue one door
I below Rose and Coloman’a. •I 113