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^Q0$, FREDA'S, APRIL 30, I SCO.
rffciit Inspire* the Appointments.
" ‘ ( jj 9 Washington correspondent of the
' • iton Courier, asserts that the chief idea
^ 'Ifcg G erL Grant’s removals from and ap-
f nts to office, is a deadly hostility to An-
^ Johnson. Grant cannot tolerate anybody
5**^ bad connection or association with
in any shape, and will wage a war of
' iar-tien against all the latter’s appoint-
<Ite V ..jte they good, bad or indifferent. Grant’s
5i3 lw i(h Ross, this correspondent says, was
:th* simple fact that Ross voted against
& t0 ^on of Johnson in the impeachment
^ftadtbe appointment of the notorious Ash-
^ Territory of Montana, notwithstand-
W * tnown venality, was dne to his sym-
v rith Ashley in the impeachment. Ashley
. .< amnaQAVmAnf
**. COJT espondent also takes another view
,.. ^sdoses a degree of personal intolerance
'^oaidbe sorry to impute to the President.
1 r'T n crain^ there were some Republicans
J ihdneht that the welfare of the country
* Mbc observed by the election of Chief Jus-
rfcase to the Presidency. Upon such men,
, unfortunate enough to be in office here,
Option has fallen aith a heavy and tyran-
’^i hand. One more illustration of the mo-
£, Roverning the appointment to office is
■ ".Ito-dav in the removal from an office of a
w ho’bad been appointed, by the request
"•^Secretary Seward, and-for that reason only.
yru«TEHia Sraxso. — The Columbus Sun
thes« watering-places, situated in the
Stains of Meriwether county, Georgia, will
“Vjaed on the 1st of May. The spring is a
i jlpshof strong chalybeate water, pouring
forth 1!# gall 0118 P® r Its health-giving
Kioertks have been tested by thousands. The
is very beautifuL Grounds and cabins
been throughly overhauled, summer
C-i’s erected in various quarters, and every
jusflgement perfected to secure heath or pleas-
ixoiar* Lost Cause—Pbobably.—A corres-
—dentof the New York Journal of Commerce,
Iridently friendly to the Cabans, in a letter
vel Havana, 17th instant, concedes that‘“the
- tenunent has obtained advantages which have
r-)red injurious to the hopes of Cuban inde*
pesdenee.” He says: “The constant arrival of
from Spain, and the failure of the revolu-
33,04* to obtain arms or war material from
jbrotd, aeem to have overthrown the prospects
of revolutionary success." Sorry for it.
tvsnnvo Women of Boston.—In the.proceed*
ags of the Working Women’s Convention, in
Uosoa, it is stated that there are upwards of
XOOU working women in Boston; that in nu-
-ftons shops where there are over a hundred
tailored the earnings of each are not more
tfcn sixty or seventy-five cents per week; that
iterate, in many cases, obliged to live on one
Mitv u6al a day.
Low Faxes.—Some time ago the London and
SorthwMttra Railway reduced its freights and
fttes to one-sixth their former amount, and
food sock an increase in their local traffic to
result from it that their profits were soon
b-onsjfct np to ninety per cent of what they had
Wen under the previous rates—the gain to the
eaesimity being, meanwhile five hundred per
cent
Odd Fellows’ Celebration.
FBESENTATION of a flag, orations, etc.
The Macon Brotherhood of Odd Fellowship cele
brated their semi-centennial anniversary yesterday,
in a most imposing and brilliant maimer. At 10
o’clock A. m., the Order turned out about one hun
dred strong in their beautiful regalia, and marched
in double file, from their Hall on the comer of Mul
berry street and Cotton Avenue, to Ralston’s B*M,
where a large crowd Of ladies and gentlemen awaited
their coming, and to witness the morning exercises.
The Brotherhood was seated in the parquette, the
officers on the stage, and the audience in the drew
circle and gallery. When order and quiet bad been
obtained, the Italian Band opened the exorcises with
• inasmuch'as I am favored with another opportunity
of tcStifylag my devotion to the great and glorious
principles of our Order. Hallowed by active associa
tion for nearly a quarter of a century, 1 cherish its
teachings as among the most treasured recollections
of the past; and I would not, for the material wealth
of a thousand worlds, dispossess myself of the glori
ous reminiscences of Odd Fellowship.
I make no pretensions to oratory—can promise no
display of rhetoric or flight of fancy; but, in hum
ble, earnest phrase, present a few practical thoughts
for your attentive consideration, upon the character
and genius of Odd Fellowship, and rehearsing its
prominent features, present some of the induce
ments which it holds out to us to leern to labor
and to wait.”
Odd Fellowship is one of the noblest ornaments,
one of the most attractive features, one of the
crowning excellencies of the age in which we live.
a grand overture, at the conclusion of which Grand, Its wonderful rise and rapid growth are unparalleled
Plan: Railroad.—The telegraph annon-.-es
da: the present termini of the approaching • n-
rife mboads are but twenty-five miles *p..rr.
sal that the gap will be closed and the whole
line from New York to San Francisco open in
theeonrse of a week. Various excursions have
beatplauied to the Pacific, among them a party
of government officials, with President Grant at
thtirbead, and for whom a special and magnifi
cat! car has been built
Tee Supposed Mysterious Mujiderix Atlanta.
From facts coming to our knowledge, says the
Constitution, we are forced to believe that the
Italian, Louige Leone, whose death we chroni
cled yesterday, committed suicide. He was ob
served crying on the day previous, and other
circumstances tend to establish the fact
Forging Letters of Credit.—The Borne
Commercial says that one Bell, a young man of
respectable family in Chatooga county, was ar
rested on Saturday and brought to Rome on
charge of forgery. He had written letters of
credit to different houses in New Yoifc, signing
to them the names of prominent business firms
in Rome.
Representative John G. Dcitz introduced Mr. Girar-
dy, who read the proclamation ot the Grand Sire of
the Order in the United States, in a very clear, dis
tinct and impressive manner. Prayer was them
offered by the Chaplain, P. G. M. Rev. J. 17 Burke,
after which was sung the Anniversary Ode—“Fifty
Years”—beginning:
Fifty years, both blessed and blessing,
Stands tlio Order in crar land;
Twig and tree and flowing branches.
'Planted by our Wildey'a band. , , ,
Sailing safe—our land,’her ocean—
Our good ship is on the wave;.
Freighted with her gifts of mercy,
Free to find and quick to save.
Hien followed the interesting ceremony of the
flag presentation, by tho “Daughters of Rebekah,”
three of whom were upon-the stage in the regalia of
their Sisterhood. Their beautiful flag was pre
sented to the Brotherhood by Mr. D. B. Woodruff,
ia the following words i
Noble Grand : In the name and in behalf of tho
“Daughters of Rebekah,” I have the honor of pre
senting you this beautiful emblematic flag of your
Order, tho work of their hands, and beg your accep
tance of the same in behalf of the Brotherhood hero
assembled.
It symbolizes tbe purity and honor of “Odd Fel
lowship,” whose high mission is to “visit tho sick,
relieve the distressed, bury the dead and edneato
the orphan."
We revere the memory of its founders, and re
spect all those good and true men, who have conse
crated their lives to the holy cause.
Desiring to express our appreciation of its exalted
teachings of the Degree to which we have been-ad-
vanced; we esteem it an honor to appear on this au
gust occasion, and by this symbolic offering, assure
the Brotherhood of our sincere sympathy and cor
dial co-operation.
We no w commit it to your bands, with our prayers,
feeling confident. Sire, that its honor will always re
main untarnished. Long may it wave over "your
temple—tbe emblem of peaco and good will to men,
and may every brother who gazes upon its symbolic
tripple-nnks receive into bis heart, the solemn les
sons they inculcate, and by purity and innocency of
life, become tho recipient of that glory, sank and
power, to which all will surely attain who devote
their lives to the sacred catise of Holy Friendship,
love and Truth.
The flag which Mr. Woodruff hero presented was
a very laigc and beantiful one indeed, being 7 by 12
in size, bearing upon its folds tbe following inscrip
tion—L G. O. F.—and just under theseinitiais were
tbe three emblematic links of tbe Order, and then
below was tbe word “Georgia.” The lettering and
trimming of the flag was red, and tbe ground a pore
white. It was attached to a verypretty, gold-mounted
staff, and, altogether, was tbe most handsome thing
of tbe sort we have seen in a long while.
It was received on tbe part of tbe Brotherhood by
M. R. Rogers, P. G., who said:
Brother : As the representative of the Odd Fel
lows of Macon, it affords me extreme pleasure to
receive through you, from the fair ‘ Daughters of Ro-
bekah,” this emblematic flag, bearing upon its pure
white bosom a chain of three links welded in the
fires of purity, “Friendship, Love and Truth,” sa
cred emblems of our order.
Brother: It is.evidence strong as Holy Writ, that
our labors of love have not been in vain. Fifty
years ago to-day. a small seed was deposited in a
fertile soil that has yielded an abundant harvest;
and to-dav, harvesters’ songs of praise ascend to
Heaven as tbe happy reapers gamer indsheir pre
cious tritits. We ask no other evidence of the glo
rious future that awaits our sacred order, than that
it has for its support tho smiles, labors andprayers
i of woman.
All past experience demonstrates the fact, that
; woman has been happily associated with sSl those
, j ure and glorious events 60 often portrayed for our
■•sample and guidance, in the treasured history of
our organization. I could refer to many instances,
■ -.tid time permit, in which men of great renown,
> poets, statesmen, warnors and kings attained their
high positions through tho gentle teachings of wo
man. But I will notice only a few of those who
have their names recorded in tbe great book of
books. An Job! what a glorious galaxy glitter on
those saeved pages. The beautiful and graceful
Rebeckab, who being pointed ont by God above as
a suitable wife for the patriarch Isaac, tamed her
back upon home, family and friends, to travel life's
journey with a stranger in a distant land. And De
borah, of whom it has been so beautifully said, “In
time of tribulation rose like a morning star over
tbe gloom of Israel's darkness. At whose command
the stars in their course fought against Seeara.”
And, also, tbe unselfish and queenly Esther, who
unflinchingly risked etation and life to shield her
people and race from a merciless foe. And last, the
vestal prophetess, Mirriam, the sister of Moses and
Aaron, who stood forth inferior to none in that which
makes true woman great and renowned. It was no
unmeaning song of rejoicing that eminated from her
bps when, at the head of the Hebrew women, on
the banks of the rapidly closing Red sea, her clear,
loud voice burst forth in notes of praise and prayer
ful thanks to God.
The Raleigh (N. C.) Sentinel says: ‘"One of
the insane in our asylum recently visited our
Legislature. Upon his return tho Superintend
ent asked him what he thought of it. Relaps
ing into a ‘brown study’ for a moment, he
looked np and said; ‘Well, I think they area
branch of this establishment.”
Personal.—From a Memphis paper, we per-
ttive that Captain Barney Hughes, so favorably
known as an operator in the magnetic telegraph
«Soe in this city, is now passenger agent of the
Memphis and Charleston Railroad. We wish
bin much success in his new field of operations.
Mm Stephens.—The Milledgeville Recorder,
the .'7th, says:
be have just been conversing with a friend
hom a visit to Mr. A. H. Stephens, and are
?PPy *° state that he is gradually improving.
hopes that in the course of a few weeks
-f vill be able to resume his labors on his second
■lOrne of the “War between tho States.” He
•- walking around his room at present, sup-
potted by chairs.
kuxois Editors .is Alabama.—Speaking of
Illinois Editorial Convention now in Mobile,
w Montgomery Mail says:
Most of the visitors ore accompanied by their
?*** The total number of editors is one hun-
* and twenty three, and the total number of
Vi si<ss two hundred and eighteen.
, Me glad to learn that a movement is on
among some of the leading citizens, irre-
If^tiTe of “
-'KOmery.
'down this
party, to invite these visitors to
" : ->?omeryr The invitation will probably be
evening.
Hawkinsville Debating Society will dis-
‘* ! .next Friday night, the question, “Will
"tension of the Macon & Brunswick Rail-
tasd
•-y to Fort Valley be beneficial to Hawkins-
” a estimated that the border States will sell
f ^ eotton States this year upwards of twenty-
" iuilliona of dollars worth of mules. All that
ought to be kept at home. Planters
taise their own mules.
, MtmopoBT, (Conn.,) Company, are said to
. Te 43 order from the Spanish government for
million* 0 f metalio cartridges for the Ber-
^leech-loading musket.
Sound the loud timbrel of Egypt, dark sea,
Jehovab baa triumphed his people are free.
The Great Author of our being, knowing tbe
weakness of human nature, exclaimed. “It is not
good for man to be alone.” Acting upon this con
clusion already conceived by the Almighty, and be
lieving it good not to be alone, we instituted tbe de
gree of Rebekah. eo we could the more effectually
secure tbe cordial co-operation of woman in our la
bor of love. .. „ ,_ ,
Once more permit me for, and m behalf of irank-
lin and United Brother Lodges, to express the grat
itude of our hearts to tbe sisterhood for tbe beauti
ful flag, as a sacred promise of their faithful deter
mination to labor with us and promote the beloved
principles of our holy order. The gift is doubly
endeared to us being accompanied with your prayers,
for this is the instrument made use of by Divine
Providence to free tbe world of sin and misery and
opens to us the portals of heaven. .
But unlike the warrior who goes forth to batt-a in
the cause of fidelity to baptize his banner in tbe
blood of his foe. we, on the contrary, pledge you
tbe mission of this shall not be of strife, but of
peace. Its pure and spotless folds shall be unsul
lied and untarnished; the ring of battle and clash
of arms shall become no part of its existence. Its
every fibre shall testify to sincerity and lasting
peaco. We seek to improve and elevate the charac
ter of man; to imbue him with proper conceptions
of bis capabilities for good; and to enlarge the
sphere of bis affections. In a word, our «im is to
lead man to the ultimatum of the true fatemal re
lations', designed by tbo great Author of his being.
We war against vice in all forms; Friendship to
wards man prompts the contest; the gentle influence
of Love supplies the weapons; while Truth conse
crates the effort and leads to victory. Wo not only
pledge to you the good will of tho Odd Fellows of
Slacon. but tbe fidelity of a mighty army of three
hundred thousand others as good and true, scatter
ed over this continent, that the sacred principles
emblemized in this flag, shall ho handed down from
sire to eon, as pure and spotless as when it came
from your fair hands. And once again, we cordial-
Iv welcome and invite von to join with ns in our la
bors of love and evmpatby. United, we may move
onward in our holy work until misfortune has no
want to relieve and sorrow no tear to dry.
dj Telegraph, of Sunday, came in
j a .v*** r d*y. Two days from Macon is noth-
V° "tag of.—Atlanta Ntio Era.
speed, considering the times.
Rons & Dalton Railroad,— The
Commercial says:
FojjVp'l ft v 'sit to the headquarters of Messrs.
UjV about three miles from the city,
c?p, f A p 'atm pushing forward the grading
i 6 10a ^ great energy. Thev
k“ n< ta at work, and from general
U vo „ ~ CM they are well fed, and made to
The band then played a fine selection from one of
tbe Operas, after which Grand Representative J. G.
Deitz, introduced the orator of tho day.
ADDRESS.
DELIVERED ON THE SEMI-CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF
ODD FELLOWSHIP^
At Macon, Ga., April 26th, 1869.
By P. G. H. L. WOODRUFF.
In the long calendar of revolvingyears, that make
up tho historic cvcle of time, we find eras rendered
illustrious bv the birth of great events, standing ont
in bold pre-eminence, fragrant with happy mem
ories, and glowing with holy inspiration.
The Lirthdav of nations, of States, of associations
and individuals, is invested with profound and
chiding interest. Its yearly return is bailed with
increasing delight, and is crowned with the choicest
gems of eloquence and of song. Tho human mind
instinctivclv venerates the memory of those illus
trious sires'of the past, self-sacrificing and self-de
nying. who. strong in faith and hope: with prophetic
eye and untiring hand, consecrated their Uvea to tho
sacred cause of benevolenco and truth.
I It delights in tracing the practical working or
these great moral principles through all the dim and
shadowv past, up to the fountain head; and com
prehending tho inestimable benefits which flow out
from thence to the afflicted and sorrowing race of
humanitv, it avails itself of the privileges of each
recurring Anniversary,to testifyits appreciation, and
heart and hand and voice unite to honor the lay, to
extend its principles, to chorish its teachings, and
tohailowitsmemoiw..
In accordance with this commendable custom, ana
agreeable to the request of the Supreme Grand
Lodge of the Order, we have assembled this morn
ing with grateful hearts, to celebrate, in a proper
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Weekly Review of the Market.
creatures, children of sorrow and familiar with grief, . levers that move the world with more than Archi- PTW A XTPT AT A MTl flflMHAPP P.T A T
treading alone the slippery patus of youth. The nudean powers, and. thousands of their foUowers r lil.tt.IX vliLLi AllU UUmjXLXiXbuXJlJLii
orphan! Pronounce the word anywhere, at any rise up on this great thanksgiving day and call them
time, and it sweeps over the chords of the soul like i blessed.
a funeral dirge. It speaks to the heart rather than : On that eventful dav they laid broad and deep the
to the ear. It tells of childhood fatherless and ! foundations nponwhfch has since risen the proud
motherless; it tells of a loneliness which the world j superstructure of American Odd Fellowship. All of
cannot cheer; of a sadness which sympathy catmot J this Uttlo baud of noble men have passed to the
solace; of a heart bitterness which strangers cannot land of the living and become deathless evermore 1
1 Green be their memories in the hearts of tho
Brotherhood forever! On Fames bright scroU they
stand recorded among the few immortal names that
iif .
assuage—
The loss of father or mother ia remediless!
The orphan mav find friends, but parents, never
more 1 were not bom to die f
In the Providence of God, thousands of these be-1 We promised at the outset to present some of the
reaYed little ones have been committed to our inducements which this subject holds out to us to
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charge. Ynien I inquire if our Order has accom
plished any good, or is worthy of being perpetuated
on earth, the thousands of orphans scattered over One of these is the ever present, all-pervading
the •• wide world” bend up tins thrilling response, consciousness that this is but a life of probation:
learn to labor and to wait, ’ but time warns us to
be brief.
in tbe history of our race.
Its immortal principles, its sublime truths, its
precious precepts, its nolv aims, its unselfish pur
poses, its splendid achievemente, and its stainless
history, must command the admiration of the phil
anthropic historian down to the latest period of re
corded time.
Odd Fellowship is becoming a power on earth for
midable in numbers and mighty in deeds.
In the comparatively brief span of its existence, it
has outgrown this Continent, extending from the
Atlantic to the Pacific shore; and expanding and
progressing on its holy mission of peace and good
will to men, it leaps o’er the dark waters that divide
two worlds, and erects its temples and its altars,
and proclaims its tenets In tho far distant land of
golden Australia.
Splendid as are its achievements; mighty and
wide-spread as are Us conquests, its glorious work
is scarce begun.
Its future triumphal career., and final -success,
may be affirmed beyond tbe shadow of a doubt, or
tbe-possibUity of failure. And the day is mot very
far distant, when it can be as tmthfullv said of Our
Order, as it has been of Brittannia’s Flag. “That
upon the domain of Odd Fellowship, the golden sun
shall never set.
Odd Fellowship makes no pretentions to hoary
antiquity, but -stands confessedly the perfected
work of the philanthropists of the'nineteenth cen
tury. It rises up over and above the wrecks and
rains, the mould and mist of the post, and stands
forth fresh and fair, winning the homage and devo
tion of the good and true throughout thb civilized
world.
Odd Fellowship is an institution formed by good
men for the advancement of the principles of Be
nevolence and Truth, and has for its aim and ob
ject the-amelioration of human suffering. and the
elevation of human character. It is a vast mutual
aid society, founded upon the principles of tho
purest philanthropy. The foundation of the super-
structure-is laid in the acknowledgment of nniversal
fraternity.
We recognize but one country, the world, batons
family, “tho human race. From this principle we
learn that all are children of one common Father;
as brethren of one universal family; and as fellow
travelers through this dark world of sin and sorrow,
wo are bound to sympathize with, to aid andjiro-
tect our brother man.
Upon this foundation is erected a system of-prac-
tical benevolence, that sends its influence through
all society, and that this may not degenerate into
an indiscriminate system of sums giving, which con
verts the earnings of honest industry into a reward
for pauperism and idleness, it has established cer
tain checks and balances, by which its active good-
.liiess is restrained within proper limits. Its first
duty is to its own household, but its influence is felt
beyond; uniting good men in the practice of ac
knowledged duties, requiring no surrender of re
ligious or political creed, leaving speculation for
practice, it has gono forth among the homes of men
like some missioned spirit of good with its words of
kindness, its deeds of comfort: wherever it has
moved it was for the healing of disease, the allevia
tion of pain; the tear of sorrow has been wiped
away, and the face of anguish illumined with a smile;
it has no marble altar, no wreathed statue, no of
fering of incense; but hearts of affection build up
its shrine; the widow and the orphan are its living
monuments, and gratitude pours ont for.it a free
libation.
Uniting men under the influence of the social
principle, Odd Fellowship demands the practice of
benevolence and charity; and in order to impress
these duties on the mind, and fumiMi incentives to
action in those moment of relaxation-to which all
are subject, it has instituted solemn ceremonies,
ordained frequent meetings, and formed a language
of signs—all designed to produce a habit of bene
volence. and by educating tbe moral faculties, pro
mote tbe well-being of society. Tbe principles
emblazoned upon our banner and inscribed upon
our own altars, are Friendship, Love and Truth—
and it is the constant and unvarying inculcation of
these principles that causes Odd Fellowship to be
strictly practical. We claim not that it is perfec
tion, but we claim for it a conspicuous place among
the excellencies of human nature and human asso
ciations: We claim all the advantages embodied in
the fact, that it brings together men of the most
discordant opinions, and unites them in the bonds
of brotherly love. We claim that it is eminently
calculated to develop those fine and social feelings,
which are an honor to our nature.
We set forth Odd Fellowship as a means of doing
good, as a valuable way of bettering the condition
of our race, of alleviating human ills, of -softening
down some of the rugged asperities of our sublun
ary sojourn, of wiping away many a bitter tear, and
of soothing many a heart throbbing with the keen
est affliction of loneliness and anguish. In short,
we claim for it all the good which may arise from
the principles of equalizing fraternity—a-universal
brotherhood of our race
We find this principle of universal brotherhood
most strikingly exemplified in tho stellar universe.
We pass out as tho shades of night gather around,
and gazing upward, behold the myriads of stars
that like diamonds stud the blue vaulted arch on
high. Those glittering specks, those little wisps of
shining light, are in reality snns, and systems of
suns, distributed through the immensity of 6pace.
We arrive at last at the comprehension of a uni
versal brotherhood of worlds, of different degrees
of glory, and each moving in its allotted sphere,
and all'revolving together m the most perfect order
and harmony. Sadi, in its purity, is Odd Fellow
ship. And where it is maintained in its purity,
there men must be made better and happier; more
social, humane, generous and self sacrificing.
There society must possess greater attractions, bet
ter qualities, nobler intentions, and holier motives.
Bnt ours is not a religious association. Odd Fel
lowship is not religion, nor is it intended as a sub
stitute for religion, yet the golden rule is the fund
amental basis on which the entire fabric reposee.
It assumes no higher authority than tho regulation
of the moral action of its members, while it con
fides an elucidation of the sublime requisites of the
sacred Scriptures to the ministers of religion. It
demands no obligations which would in tho slightest
degree violate a man's duty to his God, his country,
his neighbor or his family. It exacts no perilous
vows which would implicate his fealty to his spirit
ual persuasions, for it embraces within its compre
hensive organization men of every creed, sect, tenet
and religious denomination. Nor is it arrayed in
any of its teachings or practices against religion,
nor does it assume a hostile attitude towards any
moral, benevolent, or religious association. We
war only against vice in all its forms, and we bid
a hearty “God speed” to every institution that ha3
for its'aims the same noble purpose. “Like the
still, small voice” upon the ear of the prophet when
the wind, and the fire, and the earthquake, _ had
passed. Odd Fellowship, the noiseless spirit of
benevolence and love, has trained its children to
follow in the path of desolation and affliction, whis
pering peace, and binding in tho golden bonds of
Fellowship, Love and Truth, the sheaves left stand
ing in the fields, over which Death and Sorrow, tho
^Olio^^tirerhood of B God,” and the “brotherhood
of man,” then, are the great underlying principles
of “our Order,” embodied in the mottoes thereof.
“In Goa wo trust,” and “Friendship, Love, and
Truth.”
Tho great round of duties devolving upon us, aro
summed up in the terse command of tho Supreme
Head of “Our Order.” “Wo command you to visit
the sick, to relieve the distressed, to bury the dead,
and to educate the Orphan.” A nobler, holier, mis
sion was never entrusted to human hands. These
duties and responsibilities aro of the most sacred
and imposing character.
This Instititution, when considered in a moral
point of view, must be pronounced one of tho most
sublimo undertakings that ever emanated from the
hand of man.
No spectacle so grand, can bo presented to the
eye, as that of men coming voluntarily forth to tho
relief of the distressed and suffering. _ Science, by
its unceasing energy, its daring flights, its profound
reasonings and marvelous skill; and art by its
creation of beauty, and its embodiments of life, and
light and grandeur, may delight the philosopher and
scholar, and excite feelings of admiration and awe;
but to tho friend of man, tho truo philanthropist
bending over tho emaciated form of his suffering
brother, presenting to his fevered lips the cooling
draught; smoothing his passage and lighting his
pathway to tho land immortal, is a scene so benign,
so Godlike,that it calls forth the noblest feelings of
our natures, and involuntarily wins tho homage of
all true and feeling hearts.
Such acts are tho crowning glory of our humanity,
and ally us to the “Infinite One." Just here shines
forth in all its winning beauty ono of the cardinal
principles we profess: that of “Mutual Relief.”
Our brother in health contributed bis regular dues
to tbe general fund of tho Lodge, which now re
turns to him in tho shape of a weekly benefit. Nor
do wo wait until a brother’s iliness has utterly ex
hausted his means, and reduced his family to want;
but wo step in at the beginnig of his sickness, and
keep afar off that utter poverty which might bring
submission to pauperism, or drive to crime. Then
is tbe time for they of the “mystio tie,” to prove to
tho world that Friendship is something more than a
name. ^
But Friendship cannot atty the hand of Death,
the nniversal conqueror; and another sacred dutyis
imposed upon us, to tenderly bear tho body of our
brother to ills last resting-place on earth. Who can
realize how much it softened the anguish of that
last sad hour of parting, when the dying brother
knew that those he so fondly loved, would be kindly
eared for when he was gone. ■The benefactions of
Lr?i r ° I ^ r rs 8* rd taT cleanliness. The grad-
t-uv T v ® miles from the city is very
<■••’» after thav ernt thmrtrAa
ttey get through with that, the
route, with the exception of three
- with them
^7 trip to Dalton. • - V
and becommg roa^r.^^^t^mM^^e^ re8ted that famfiy, the mother’s
u^stamJd^pu^c TpSg lJb£n allotted wounded heart has been soothed, her burthen has
the^esponsibie task of standingTip as the champion been lightened, her children J;.ave been sav^rto
. .. * 11.1 Ia nwv'ltiro it« nnn-
of the assembled Brotherhood, to proclaim its prto-
ples, its aims and its object,./would that the
penury and want, and their minds and hearts prop
erly educated.
«n . -- --- -- - .. j h -Rnt re- There are some words in our language that poa-
duty had been^ei^ed to abier ro- ^ mAglc ^ thrilling power, and those rare
membormg it ia *■ J .. - tranficendant terms of exhaustleas pathos, we count the Orphan.
vocrte.I^ffl^f^ho^tlnaitetran^idant «•(«, H ow'mournful the sound: What
ments humble speaker images does it conjure, of desolation and delection-
me 7 pleasure, however, of pitiful faces steeped in tearo-of homeless lntle
soft as the breath of an angel, yet heard at their . Is but the .beginning of what will never end, and
Heavenly Father’s throne: i that every thought, word, and deed, makes or mars
It saved us from-destitution; our characters forever. Everytliinghereistransi-
It saved us from oppression: ;i toty and incomplete. Every lesson taught here
It saved us from years ot wasting sorrow; j points to another life. We cannot solve the great
It saved ns from premature graves! 1 problem of life; we cannot reconcile its manifold
Make it immortal, for its deeds of love 1! j contradictions and perplexities, without tho admia-
Snch aro the foundation principles of our Order, i sion of another sphere of existence.
Such are the great and solemn duties that constitute Here vice is luxuriously arrayed in purple and
its life and spirit Friendship, Love, Truth, Hope,
Charity, Temperance, Chastity, are among its talis-
manie watchwords—proclaiming clearly and unmis
takably its mission to be, "peace and good will to
men; mutual relief and brotherly love. . ,
Can any doubt the necessity of labor in such a
cause ? Behold the vast -sea of human agony 1 A
world of sin and sickness, of sorrow and deaui 1 A
race of mortals struggling for immortality, and all.
needing the sympathv and support of each other!
On the key stone of the great Arch of Christianity
is emblazoned in letters of gold the command that
man ‘ •should love his neighbor as himself,! and
should “do unto them as he would that they skould
do unto him.” Yet, under this benign and blessed
rule, with all its healing for the diseased spirit,
with-all its heaven-bom solace for the ills and trials
of Efe, with all its precious promises, with tae aid
of its sublime and stupendous model, superidded
to statute and example, “man’s inhumanity to man
still.makes countless millions mourn.” Dps in
humanity, if not positive, is negative; if not acted
directly and overtly, is displayed by stolid apathy
and unconcern. . .1,
Tho tenant of the palace sits securely from tho
■storm which nots outside, and amid the terrific and
commanding wail of the elements, as they startle
his nerves and disturb his composure, he may
shrink at the guilt which conscience summons; but
when the clouds disperse, the winds slumber, and
the clear blue sky smiles again, he little thinks, lit
tle knows, perhaps little cares for the toiling mil
lion—their wants, their woes, their sorrows or their
sufferings disturb his equanimity no more than if
they were not of the same race dr famly.
This picture, in a thousand varied firms, is daily
seen in every city, town and village ths world over.
Just here, as aii humble offering in' the Master’s
cause, doth Odd Fellowship interveie. What a
glorious sight 1 To behold this vast trmy of three
hundred thousand truo, heroic men, net with fire and
sword spreading death and desolatioa throughout
the land, bnt nobly battling in behalf, of suffering
humanity, and bravely struggling to foil back the
mighty tide of sorrow and woe that ever threatens
to engulf so many of our race.
In this sacred work, true, herods woman bears a
faithful part. Ob, bow firm is woman in the cause
of sorrow and humanity. How often Has she trod
den the wine-press of bitterness, to shire the woes
and sorrows of him who with her toils tlirough the
rugged pathway of life, and for whom she has given
up all else this side of heaven. Wherever she hears
the sigh of sorrow, the moan of the heart-broken,
the appeal of the destitute, or the wail of the mis
erable, she is quick in her ministrations of mercy,
not passing by on the other side, but flying to xe-
lieve.
Audit is not strange, therefore, that when Sus
picion and Bigotry: Selfishness and Contempt,
leagued together to stifle our existence and crush
our Order, the bright eye of woman cheered us on
in our labor of love. Woman, as a ses, true to her
self. her instincts and her impulses, smiled upon
our labors, rejoiced as wo prospered, defended our
principles ana honored our name.
Grateful for her thus becoming a shield to ward
of all attacks, we have established a Degree admit
ting her to our councils, and sharing in our labors
of love, as a testimonial that the confidence thus
reposed in us is most cordially and heartily recipro
cated.
While conferring it upon her, we not only honor
and confide in the sex as we should, but we also
realize a long-cherished plan of an organized co-ope
ration with us in visiting the sick, relieving the dis
tressed, and protecting the orphan.
Such, too. is woman's noblest work! By the
couch of suffering she stands peerless aud unri
valled. To the wounded patriot who. borne from
the immortal battle-fields of life, lingers upon his
comfortless bed, overshadowed by the dark wings
of Death’s Angel, she comes like an angel of light;
and under the soothing and hallowing influence of
her divine ministrations, the soul of tho dying war
rior rises superior to the pangs of dissolution, and
catches a glimpse and foretaste of that Heaven of
rest, and peace and love, into which he is so soon to
enter.
Nor does her care and affection end with the ad
vent of Death, bnt true “as the needle to the pole.”
her loving heart clings to the memory of her fallen
heroes, and her tender hands guard with reverent
care their sleeping dust. Yes, on this very day. ere
yon golden sun shall set, true, loving, heroic woman,
with wreaths and bright flowers and evergreens,
will crown all these deathless heroes with the sym
bols of immortal Hope and undying Love.
In this sphere, her resplendant virtues brightest
shine : and in this sphere has she gathered her most
unfading laurels. The Daughters of Rebekah give
to onr Order its brightest ornament aud its crown
ing grace.
With wc
fine linen, faring sumptuouslv, while virtue is
shivering and starving m rag3: Here
woman for an ally aud co worker, we must
and will succeed! Always, and everywhere, more
sinned against than sinning, we crown her Queen of
our hearts, star of onr hopes and light of our life.
With woman’s approving smile andtheDivlue bless
ing, all things are possible, and possessing these, our
Order shall never fail.
Built on these immutable corner-stones, Friend
ship, Love and Truth, the mighty temple of Odd
Fellowship rears its stately form toward the skies;
andthere it will ever stand
As some tall cliff that lifts its mighty form.
Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm;
Though ronnd its breast the rolling clouds may
spread,
Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
And now having heard so much of the principles
of our organization, you have the right to inquire :
What of its practice? Where is the evidence that
it has fulfilled its high mission ?
To answer this question satisfactorily, we have
compiled from the official records, the following
statistics of the Order in this city.
Franklin Lodge No. 2, was instituted, September
20.1843.
United Brothers No. 5, was instituted, Novemher
10.1843.
Since that time there has been expended in round
numbers the following sums:
For the relief of its members §9,300.00
Fot the burial of its members 1,800.00
For the burial of its members’ wives..... 600,00
For the relief of its widowed families.... 500.00
For the education of orphans 500,00
A sum total of .§12,100,00
Being distributed among 600 families of the
members.
Now wo take a wider range, and gleaning from
tho official records of the Grand Lodge, the follow
ing statistics, showing the working of its benevolent
features throughout the entire jurisdiction for a
period of fifty years. There has been expended in
round numbers:
For the relief of its members §9,000,000
For the relief of widowed families 3,000,000
For the burying of tho dead 3,500,000
For tho education of orphans §250,000
The Encampment Branch of tho Order
has expended for these benevolent ob
jects about 1,000,000
Making a grand total of nearly 17,000,000
These funds, thus employed, have relieved 600,-
000 of its members, 60,000 widowed families, and
buried 40,000 of its members, with the last rites of
the order.
There is one Supreme Grand Lodge, 41 State
Grand Lodges, S200 subordinate Lodges, and over
300.000 contributing members in good standing.
I leave to your imagination tho lack of filling up
tbe mammoth outline, which these ponderous sums
suggest, by which you may secure an approximate
estimate of the immensity of good our organization
wields in behalf of suffering humanity.
And it will awaken in eveiy reflective observer tho
highest admiration for tho eamst mind, active labor
and great ability which have wrought out so grand
a consummation.
How few, when wo regard tho myriads of human
beings who have lived and moved upon this earth as
we now live and move, and who havo passed away
as the leavos of autumn from it3 surface, havo sur
vived death; who, being dead, still live in the mem
ory of men 1 Nor is this experience confined to the
humbler and less conspicuous grades of men; many
havo attained celebrjtv and renown in their day and
generation, in some path of art or science, in some
fields of genius and mental vigor—it may be as
benefactors; as patriots, whoso lives have been of
fered up on their country’s altar; yet even these
have perished away from human sight, and their
memory,lost in tho mazoand labyrinth of revolving
years is whelmed beneath the oblivious waves of
Lethe’s stream.
It is alone those who havo loomed up upon the
world’s canvass with pre-eminent and colossal gran
deur, that tho memory enshrines from generation
to generation, and reveres with a devotion and earn
estness which the everinteiposing marvels and nov
elties tho world supplies cannot abate, and whose
lustre the rust of time can neither dim nor obscure,
much less destroy.
These stand out in bold relief upon the panorama
of the paet, as great stars upon its vast sky, fixed,
permanent and unchanged; growing brighter and
brighter as ages roll on, casting along the vista of
time away into tho unknown future rays of quench-
. _ .. wrong tri
umphs over right, and error crushes truth to the
earth! Here the evil prospers, while the good is
but imperfectly rewarded. Here the wicked nourish
like a grCen bay tree.'revelling in luxury, and pass
ing away, in a blaze of splendor, while"the humble
righteous suffer privatum, oppression, and want,
and finally, overwhelmed with affliction and sor
row, go down to their graves unwept, unhonored,
and unsung!
All this is inharmonious and contradictory. This
cannot be tho end. Our own humble reason pro
tests against it; and, above all. Divine Revelation
proclaims the reality and certaintv of another sphere
of existence, where vice will be punished and virtue
rewarded; where the wrongs of earth shall be made
right.
I know that there are some who pronounce tho
sacred volume a fable, and would with flippant
sneer consign it to oblivion, affecting to believe that
all of lifo is confined to this present state. But I
sincerely trust and believe that no Odd Fellow can
be guilty of such folly. Without tho Bible, Odd
Fellowship would be a lifeless spectre, an airy
phantom, a baseless fabric, and would soon become
as the sounding brass, and as the tinkling cymbal.
From that sacred volume, the pure fountain of wis
dom, truth, light, life and love, has our Order de
rived everything that is lovely and of good report.
From thence has it drawn the most of those great
symbols which embody the sublimest truths. From
thence has it derived its pure, chaste and expressive
ritual—and there is not a degree from the Initiatory
to the Royal Purple, but owe3 its origin to that
blessed book! And from thence we receive this
most cheering truth, that
Beyond this vale of tears
There is a life above:
Unmeasured by the flight of years,
And all that life is love!
Behold the inducement to labor and to wait!
Now we would superadd to all this another great
truth. Our influence never dies. Every thought
we breathe, every word we utter, every deed wo
perform, be they good or evil, bear the 'impress of
April 2S—Evening, 1869.
Die trade of the city has not been very active the
past week. In fact, it has been rather dull during
the whole month now drawing to a dose. The hulk
of trade has been confined to the dry goods line, and
there is, daily, considerable activity about the lead
ing dry goods jobbing houses.
There has been some improvement the past week
in the stock and bond market; but it is still rather
dull, and we hear of no very heavy operations in
either. We give revised quotations:
SXCEAXQK ON NEW YOBK.
Buying.
Selling.
UNITED STATES CURRENCY— LOANS.
Per mi-nth — 1H to 2 per cent
GOLD AND SILVER.
Buying rates for Gold.....— ? 1 30
Buying rates furSilver.
ill:
VS prem
prem
Louisville. Aprii 23.—Mess Pork 3125. Lard^ 18-
Bacon, shoulders clear sides n%<tsVll£.
Mobile, April 28.—Cotton sales 400 bales; re
ceipts 897 ; no exports; low middlings 26<u,2GJ%.
Nsw Obleans, April 28.—Cotton sales 1608 hales ;
receipts 519: no exports; market easier; middlinRB-28.
Gold 34%. Sterling 45%. New York Sight %
premium.
Flour dull: superfine 5 70; double extra 5*75(9
6 00: treble extra 6 25. Corn quiet; white 75@T7-
Oats 70. Bran 1 50(ol 60. Hay, prime 80 00. Mess-
Fork dull at 32 25. Bacon, jobbing, shoulders 13%;
clear rib sides 17%; clear sides 17%. Lard dull;
tierce 18%; keg 19%. Sugar 'dull; common 10(313;
prime 13%. Molasses unchanged. Whisky firmer;
Western rectified 90{§95. Coffee unchanged.'
Selling...........
135
1 2 @1 22
:... 1 25@1 28
RAILROAD STOCKS AND BONDS.
Central Railroad Stock 125
Central Railroad Bonds ....l (l l
Macon A Western Railroad Mock...™ —150
Southwestern Raiiroad Stock 100
Southwestern Railroad Bonds...—. — 100
Maco.i Jt Brunswick Railroad Stock u 35
Macuo A Brunswick Railroad Endors'd Bends......... 10
Goorgia Railroad Stock — ..lOo
Georgia Railroad Bonds............. —.100
Muscogee Railroad Bonds 95
Foreign Markets.
Liverpool. April 28, noon.—Cotton quiet; to- ‘
lands ll%(jJ12; Orleans 12%@12%; sales 8000
bales.
Liverpool, April 23, afternoon.—Cotton, easier;
uplands 11%; Orleans 12%-
Liverpool. April 26, evening.—Cotton dull; up
lands 11%: Orleans 12%; sales 10,000 bales.
Common RoBin 5s.
Havre, April 26.—Cotton opens unchanged.
Havana, April 28.—Sugar quiet at 8%@8%.
—. ■—— ■"
Atlantic A Gull Railroad Stock..—
Augusta A Waynesboro Railroad Stock
South Carolina Railroad Stock....—..—
. 9o
4S@50
STATIC AND CITY STOCKS AND BONDS.
Macon Gas Company Stock —.......140
Macon Factory Stock....— 110
City of Macon Reserve Mortgaged Bonds —. 85
City of Macon Endorsed Bonds.....— —..ICO
City of Macon Bonds - 75
State of Georgia, new 7 per cent Bonds....—.—.. 94
State of Georgia, old. 7 per cent Bonds 91
State of Georgia, old, 6 percent Bonds 32
GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS
Trade in this line has been generally dull during
the week under review, exsept in the articles of com
and bacon. Com has advanced sinco our last re
port about 2 cents per bushel, by the car load. Bacon
has been rather active since Monday last, and prices
have advanced since that time fully the fourth of
a cent per pound. Flour is rather firmer than at
the date of our last report, and the stock in the city
has been materially reduced since that time. Quota
tions tell the rest:
Bacon—Clear Sides (smoked) 8 @
Clear Ribbed Sides (smoked)— <3
Shoulders — 15V
Hams (country) 21
Canvassed Hams, sugar cured- 19
immortality!
We see not in this life the end of human actions,
Diev sweep along down through tho ages, in ever
widening circles, and leaping across the dark valley
which divides two worlds, swell on and on through
out the endless cycles of eternity 1
Eveiy morning when we go forth, we lay the
moulding hand upon our destiny; and every even
ing when we have done, wo have left a deathless
impress upon our characters and lives, and upon
the age in which we live.
We touch not a wire but vibrates in eternity, we
speak not a voice, but reports at the Trone of God 1
The past, the present, and the future, are indis
solubly linked together in an unbroken chain of
events.
No circumstance so minute, no event so humble,
no voice so feeble, but it tends to swell the grand
total for good or evil. All the sublime purposes
of the Divine mind,far-reachingand comprehensive,
are progressing from age to age, widening and deep
ing and approximating tho final consummation.
In view of these great truths, how infinitely im
portant becomes every word and action. How care
fully should we avoid all evil and zealously the good
pursue! What absorbing interest attaches to the
great lesson wo would strive to leam and teach:
“Leam to labor and to wait” To labor for tho
right and wait for the reward, which must surety
come. The Supreme Architect of the Universe has
forever consecrated and hallowed the sphere of la
bor. It is the full and complete realization of life's
mission. Everything that is grand and enduring is
the fruit 01 patient, earnest, continuous, persever
ing labor. Ages elapse from tho inception to the
consummation of those great designs which produce
works of beauty that are a joy forever!
But, while God is slow, men aro fast! Bees He
wish to accomplish anything an hundred years
lienee. He is working for it now. Man, fitful aud
impatient, despairs if his work is not accomplished
in a day. If tho fruits of his labor aro not suddenly
visible,* he mourns and complains. Hence the im
portance of our theme: hence the necessity of hav
ing this lesson engraved on our hearts.
Conscious of our integrity in pursuing a course of
right, consecrating our fives to the sacred principles
we confess, we should nover despair of their final
success. Our labors, however brief, cannot be in
vain. We may pass away, hut the good work will
go on. and if we nave patiently done what we could,
we shall surely receive our reward, and the good in
fluence we have put in motion will never cease.
Leam to labor and to wait; it is the key-note in
life’s grandest hymn; it is the sure foundation of
’> ,.C0.1 ?c : l: >. is the never fai!iu„ prompter c (
noble deeds; it is the encouragerof high resolves: it
is a firm support against all discouragement, and a
certain assurance of ultimate triumph. Let us,
then, my brethren, leam to labor; always and ev
eiy where. at home’and abroad, by the wayside and
in the workshop, by night and by day, unceasingly
labor for the amelioration of human suffering and
the elevation of human character.
As Odd Fellows, “ leam to labor,” for our cause
is holy, our aim sincere, our purpose pure, and to
wait for the reward which is certain. Above all, be
not weary in well-doing.
For why ? The answer embodies a sublime pro
mise that should awaken the careless and cheer the
desponding. For indue season yo shall reap, if yo
faint not. And superadd to all this that the pro
mise of the Crown of Life is not to him that put-
teth his hand to the plough and tumeth hack, but
to him that endures to the end.
Let ns then leam to labor faithfully in our allotted
spheres, performing with fidelity our respective du
ties, and patiently wait for the gradual unfolding of
those great plans of Him who is over all and above
all. Labor for Heaven-bom friendship, and wait
for the coming of that period when hatred and
malice, and envy and strife shall ho heard and
known no more forever. Labor for Eacred love,
and patiently wait for tho perfect consummation of
its gioriouawork. Labor for truth divine, “a gem
of purest^v serene,” and trustingly wait for its
certain and ultimate triumph! For
Poa k—JI ess
Prime Mess.—
Bulk Meats—Clear Sides
Clear Rib Sides —.
Shoulders..—.— — —.
Cofkke—Kio
Laeuayra
Dried Fruit per pound—......—.
Rice per pound
Tra— Black ...........
Green —.
Eutikr—Goshen...—
Tennessee Yellow —.
Country —
Cbezsk—(According to quality)-
Sugar—(According to grade;.
■3i
35 00
33 00
19
18%
1*>
03
21
no 00
0000
0000
Molasses—According to description
Kite...—
Salt
—Liverpool per sack.... .....
Virginia
Whisky— Common Rye-
Fine—...— —
Bourbon..—
Ale—Per dozen—
Tobacco—Low grades per pound—
Medium. — —
Good —
Bright Virginia
Flour—Superfine, per barrel S 00
Extra - —.. 9 50
Family 11 (9
Fancy Family Brands —.. 13 00
15
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% 12%
2 75
2 50
1 20
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1 15
3 00
3 50
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GRAIN AND HAY.
“Troth crashed to oarth shall rise again;
The eternal years of God aro hers,
While error wounded writhes ia pain
And dies amid her worshippers.”
Labor for the poor aud needy, the weak and the
oppressed, tho lovely and the fallen, the sick and
the suffering, tho failing and the dying, the widow
and tho orphan, and wait tho Master's approval 1—
Labor zealously, through this brief span of time, in
the cause of virtue and right; and confidently wait
the beatitudes of the Eternal! Learn to labor, and
to wait and to pray for the success of onr cause, tho
triumph of our principles and the perfect fruition
of our dearest hopes 1
And now, to this vast audience who havo listened
to me for the first and last time, a few parting
words: lathe name and in behalf of tho officer^
and mombers here assembled, we tender you our
sincere and heartfelt thanks for having favored us
with your presence on this joyous occasion. Your
K tient attention, and repeated and cordial appro-
I tion, demands tho expression of my profound
satisfaction. If aught we have uttered has given
the least offence to any one, cover the same with
the mantle of sweet forgetfulness; and if we have
said anything that shall lead you to think more
kindly of our benevolent Order, our highest am
bition will havo been accomplished.
Let us bear away with us these most solemn
troths, “that wo live in deeds, not years; in
thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, notin figures on
a dial.” And that “ho most lives who thinks most,
feels tho noblest, acts tho best."
“Wo should count time by heart throbs;” for
more precious than tho wealth of Ormus and of Ind
are the golden sands of time.
Time is so precious that thero is never hut one
moment in tho world at a time, and that is taken
away before another is given. -
Life is fleeting, and the end draws near. Soon—
oh! how soon, to some of us, will all opportunity
of doing good be closed forever 1 Here in this pre
sent state all is transient, evanescent, fleeting; but
pure thoughts, kind words, and good deeds, will
live forever.
Tho cloud capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
the solemn temples—yea. the great globe itself
shall dissolve, and liko the baseless fabric of a
vision, leave not a wreck behind; hut Friendship,
Love and Troth, the foundation and glory of our
Order, a matchless triad of immortal principles,
will survive the ruins of time, and the wreck of
worlds, and bloom forever in all their pristine
purity in tho golden mountain lands of Heaven.
The foregoing address was frequently interrupted
by tho heartiest applause. At its conclusion tbe
closing hymn was sang and the benediction pro
nounced, when the audience dispersed and the
Brotherhood returned to their hall. After unfurl
ing their banner to the breeze from the roof of
their building, they dismissed until the hour for the
evening festivals.
The celebration closed at a late hour last night,
with a splendid supper in tho Teutonia Hall, at
Corn—Yeitow. Mixed and White.,
Meal
Wheat—Per bushei
Field Peas —,
Hay—Northern —......
Tennessee Timothy
Herds Grass
Tennessee Clover—
1 05
110
1 25
240
209
1 90
2 00
2 00
1 10
1 15
1 35
1 00
2 50
1 fO
225
200
000
0 00
FERTILIZERS.
No. 1 Peruvian Guano, pure, per ton...... i
Chesapeake Phosphate —.
Baush^ Phosphate — —..
Flour of Raw-bone, Oakley Mills,...
Fatepsco, cash —
OD tinHiii--iiiiTiirmTii.i..nnmi.ninn.n
Gnstin’s RawbonePhosphate,Standard cash
Extra “
95 09
70(0
70 00
25 00
80 00
70 00
SO 00
60 00
70 00
Cotton.—Receipts to-day 24 bales; sales 256;
shipped 87.
Receipts for the week ending this evening (the
above included) 237 bales; sales for same time 642;
shipped 923—showing an increase in receipts for the
last week over those of the week before of 8 bales:
increase of sales 65 bales.-
The market during the week under review has
been, generally, dull, and prices have had a down
ward tendency throughout. Yesterday and to.day,
however, it was rather more steady and the demand
was some better. The market closed this evening
with a fair enquiry at the following rates:
Ordinary 21
Good ordinary 22%
Low middlings 24
Middlings 25
Good middlings 25%
MACON COTTON STATEMENT.
Stock on hand Sept. 1,1868—bales... 1,326
Received to-day 24
Received previously 66.945—56,969
53,295
Shipped to-day S7
Shipped previously 53,474—53.561
Stock on hand this evening 4,734
NEW YORK STOCK EO AUD—CLOSING
QUOTATIONS.
REPORTED BT HOYT a GARDNER, NO. 5 NEW ST.. N. Y.
Specially Diepatched to the Macon Daily Telegraph.]
New York, April 28.1869.
American Gold
Adama Express
New York Central.,
Hudson River, (ex-dividend;
Reading
Michigan Central
Aiichigan Southern.—
Cleveland and Pittsburg! (ex-dividendt._
Chicago and Northwestern 86%
Chicago and Northwestern Prof.. - 9S%
Cleveland and Toledo, (ex-dividend)
Milwaukee and St. Paul -
Milwaukee and St. Paul, Pref. .....
Lake Shore, Ex-dividend ofo per cent.......
Chicago and Rock Island
Toledo, Wabash and Western..™
Toledo, Wabash and Western. Pref-
New Jersey Central (ex-dividend)
Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, (ex-dividend)—
Ohio and Mississippi
Hannibal and fit. Joseph
Hannibal and St. Joseph, Pref.
Tennessee, old..... —
Tennessee, new 68%
Georgia 6’s.....—......... 82
Georgia 7’s — 95%
North Carolina, old— 62
The Negro Minister to HajrH Opposed
by Whites and Blacks.
A letter from Port an Prince to the New York
Herald says:
“The grand excitement here sinco tbcarfivftl
of the steamerfromNew York is the news that a
colored gentleman is to supersede the present
American Minister. T. H. Hollister. As there
is no other Minister resident here, and as he is ~
chief of all the foreign representatives io-xank.
Charges d’Affaires from England, France, trod
Spain, who are gentlemen of high social posi
tion, do not feel complimented with the netrs;-
The American consuls and other officers repre
senting us here do not wish to have a colored •
man for a chief. Wc have had, visiting, and
stationed, at this port during the last ten months,
six American ships-of-war. The commandants *
and the officers under them, like the- other gen
tlemen of onr navy, are persons of culture, and
would not relish this change.
Rumor says that President Salnave (negro) '
was heard yesterday to remonstrate with ike
American merchants in town against this-me&t-
ure, and that the parties present all agreed, in
sentiment. The President remarked (so the ■’
story goes) that he already had more black men 1
here than he could take care of. He considered J
the black race equal to the white race, took
asked very pointedly whether our Government
entertained such sentiments, and if so, why we.
did not send black men to represent ns in ling--
land and France? He said the question - was-*
not what he thought about the equality ofrarces, .
but that he did not consider this discrimination •
in favor of Hayti to be complimentary.
The Fillibusters in Savannahi
The Republican of Tuesday says:.The United,
States revenue cutter Nansemond steamed dowry
the river on Sunday morning last, under secret
orders, and may, doubtless, go as fa£*s Florida,
but it is supposed she will anchor*bff Tybee.
The secrecy with which the agents of the Caban,
revolutionists in this city veil all their move
ments has thus far been successful in baffling-
detection, notwithstanding the vigilance exer
cised by the Spanish Consul and his employees.
The sudden departure of the entter was remark
able—in fact, Captain Raker is untiring in. car
rying ont his instructions; bnt while the com
munication remains open between Savannah
and Jacksonville, etc., men and material may fo*
carried to the “Land of Flowers;” andwe would
not be surprised to leam of the departure of an -*
expedition to Cuba from some part of the Flat- —
ida coast at any moment The success of the ->
“ Harry Berdan” has emboldened the sympathi- -
zers with the revolutionists. So for, however, -
as any attempt to prevent the work, which is go
ing on in Savannah, in aid of the parties, is <
concerned, we hazard nothing in saying that it •
would be futile. Well managed by bold, yet cau
tious men, who are not only supplied with ample
means, bnt also enthusiastic m the cause, the -
undertaking is moving on without interruption,
and is daily assuming more formidable propor
tions. We shall speak further at another time.
The latest news from Cuba indicates that what——
ever is to be done must be done quickly.. *- "
Farm A Hairs in Pa(ua'tn.~'
The Eatonton Press & Messenger, of Toes-" ~
day, says:
Onr farming friends in this section are busy
as bees. The recent rain having put the ground
in good condition, all the available forces on the
plantations were mustered into sendee. By*
this date the most of onr planters have their wo-
tire crops in the ground and are ready, as they -
demand it, to give them the first working.
We fear some of our planters, in their eager
ness to retrieve their lost fortunes by the pro
duction of large crops, have overtasked them*-
selves, and will find it difficult to keep.the gross
under control; bnt they think different, and
assure us that if the laborers do their dutyT of
which there is but little doubt, jndging/froan -
the way they have commenced, and with.any
thing like favorable seasons, they will he able *
to keep np. with their work and crops. We ’
hope they will, and in the end reap the reward »*'
of energy, industry and enterprise.
Goon Joke on the Children.—A widow in
Onondaga county, New York, recently cut her
own daughter in the good graces of her lover,-,
and married him herself. To obtain revenge-
for this unmotherly trick, the daughter seft-hex *
cap at the young man’s rich father, of whom he •
was the only heir, to the infinite annoyance of"
her step-children.
North Carolina, new
Alabama S’s—
Alabama 5’s
Virginia 6’s
Missouri G’a...,
I’.ie'iSc Mail
Western Union............ — 42%
Gold strong. Governments firm. Stocks strong.
LATEST MARKETS—BY TELEGRAPH.
This proud pro-omincnco, this enviable inimor- i which the beauty and fashion of tho city were as-
tality has been attained by the founders of our sembled, and where a general re-union of the
Order, and our task would be signally incomplete,
did we fail to pay due regard to their memory.
Their names are Thomas Wildey. John Welch,
brotherhood of the city and visiting brethren was
had. Wit, music and hilarity were the order of the
John Duncan, John Cheatham and Richard Rush- evening.
worth—the place of their assembling the city of i „ „<■ , ■
Baltimore; tae time fiitvyears ago this dav. They <>ash Gaenee, of Gadsden, Ala., hooked a
were humble men 'tis true—but thev had beans turtle, a regular logger-head, weighing ninety-
filled with Frith, Hope and Charity—tSe three great seven pounds.
Domestic Markets.
I New Yoee, April 23, noftn.—Flour, low grades
5Q10 better. Wheat, spring firmer; winter dull.
Com unchanged. Mess Pork firm. Lard dull, Djx-
pentino steady at 48@48%. Rosin steady. Freights
Cotton quiet at 23%®2S%.
Money easy at 7. Sterling 8%. Gold 33%. 1852s
21%. North Craolinas 63%; new 56%. 'Virginias,
ex-coupons 59; new 62%. Tennessees, ex-coupons
69%; new 68%.
New Yobs, April 23, p. a.—Cotton quiet and un
changed; sales 1700 hales.
Flour, low grades fimier; high grades heavy.
Wheat, spring better; winter dull. Com, new un
changed ; old 1 better. Mess Pork heavy at 31 25®
3137%. Lard heavy; kettle 18%@18%. Whisky
dull at 91. Rice firm.- Sugar steady Coffee firm.
Molasses dull; New Orleans SO. Naval Stores quiet.
Governments strong; 1862s 21%. Southerns
quiet. Money 6@7. Sterling S%(29. Gold 33%.
Stocks feverish.
’ BAE-mroEE, April 28.—Cotton dull at 28.
Fionr favors buyers. Grains steady. Mess Pork
31 75@32 00. Bacon, shoulders 14%. Whisky S3;
stock light.
Virginias, old inscribed 51 bid. North Carolinas,
ex-coupons 63 asked.
Savannah, April 28.—Cotton sales 1300 bales; re
ceipts 410; fair demand; middlings 27%.
Augusta, April 28.—Cotton sales 67 bales; re
ceipts 84; maiket dosed weak and dull; middlings
26(u26%.
Charleston, April 28.—Cotton sales 300 bales;
receipts 191; exports, coastwise 280; market dull
a.nil easier; middlings j
WmnxoTos, April 28.—Spirits Turpentine 41%@ !
42%. Resin quiet at 185®S 23. Crude Turpentine
unchanged. Tar unchanged. ,
A Mouse Jumps Down a Judge’s Thboat.—
While Judge Archer, of Marshall, Indt, was re
moving some boxes from a shelf, one day this-
week, a mouse jumped out of one of them txaS
into the mouth of the Judge, and started di
rectly down his throat. The Judge, nnlik».
John Chinaman, did not relish the tast;, and,,
after several hawks, succeeded, despite ther ef
forts of the mouse, in getting him ont of here
throat into his mouth, but was rather slow in
getting hold of the “littlo devil,” and he made
another attempt to get down the Judge’s throat,
but was again unsuccessful. Whether tbe
mouse was trying to commit suicide, or whether
he wanted merely to “revive the inner man,’’
we have no way of ascertaining, but we are as
sured that he was successful in scaring the
Judge considerably.
CONCENTRATED 1NB1GO-
FortLe Laundry.—Freefrom Oxalic kcil.- 3*r
Cbembf* Certificate.
A Patent Pocket Pincjshon or Emery Bag
Cl liCHWmitCMTKg.
For Sale by all respectable Grocers antlDragglsta..
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GEO. PAYNE. Macon. Ga^ -
And Depot 105 South Front Street. -
Philadelphia.
Cooper’s Old King- Cotio© Sweep.
Midville, Burke County. Ga..
April 25.1S69.}
I ■ WILL state to the Farmers and Planters that!"
hnve succeeded in perfectins a Sweep for the ccl-
tivatiou of Com and Cotton, that far surpasses .utr
other Sweep ever invented. It is strong and durablst
simple in its e-instruetion, and not liable to get ont of
order. Any boy can handle it with aa mnch eaienv-
he can the best turnice plow.
I will give a Silver Pitcher, worth 825, for a Sweep
that will do better work, and can be mid for lew
money, than COOPER’S OLD KING COTTON/
SWEEP. Price, complete, 57. Address
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G W. COOPER,
Midville, Burke County, Ga.
G EORGLA. BIBB COUNTY.—Four week? after
date hereof application will be made to the Court
of Ordinary ot said countv, for leave to sell all ti>«
real and personal estate of Robt. Findlay, lata of said
county, deceased. _ i
J. MONROE OGDEN.
apr2S-w4t Adm’r de bonis nosr*
rV EOROIA, BIBB COUNTY.-Four weeks Liter'
VJT date hcre-ff application will be i
— ,, . — made to the Coart
of OrJir arr qf said counts’. for_ leave to ecH IkereaT
estate belonging to Eliza Daniels, minor orphan of- *
Marth Daniels, late of said enuntv, decked. . \
, C.J. ROOSEVELT. - .
npr2S-w4t Guarditro.
G EORGIA, BIBB C'iUNTY.—Four weeks after
date hereof application will be mads to the Court
of Ordinary of said county, for leave to sell the retd
and pers-.ual property belonging to tbe estate of An
drew Dowd, late of said county, deceased. ■ _
EDWARf) O'CONNELL.
apr2S-w4t Administrator.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.—By virtue of aa
order from the Court of Ordinary of Bibb courv-
ty, will be sold on the 1st Tuesday in July aaat. at
the Court-house, in said county, between the.
hours of sale, the following described property r Lot
Ne. 9, square 13, with toe house and improvement*/
thereon, on Maaisou street, in that part of Maooa-
know Q3 Collinsville. .
Also, an undivided L interest m ten acres of ianok
lying on the Macon Reserve, near the city ofMaeoo.
and known in the plan of said Reserve as Lot No. 1.
and formerly use! as a Distillerv.
Also, Lot of Land No. 253, 6th District, Boosts*
county, containing 202% acres.
Also, an undivided one-half interest in a Planta
tion in Early county, known as the Wade Place, »od-
taiuing Lots of Land Nos. 191,198, 165, 207 and that
part ofLotNo. 153, lying on the east tide of Sprit:*
part of Lot No. 133, lying on the east tide of Sprit:g
Creek, all in the 6th District of said county, being ha
all 1200 acres, more or lest.
Sold aa tbe property of John G. Gilmer’s estate, in
the benefit of thaheirssnd.creditors
Axtaumgmoot
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