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FBIDAT, SEPTEMBER 17, 16C0.
Politics Dcnd
rrtgtwm in politics is always bonu<l
I ..he jls of a Presidential election.
only tho re-actionary state after a period
>S rnial excitement—but it is a case set-
has been joined and ydydict given
^ rr#nd popular tribunal—tho victors have
^ v-ession—the vanquished have become
^ojless resigned to defeat, and time mnst
* before new questions can be raised or
brought to a rehearing. Tho field of
I is, therefore, barren and lifeless in the
"" g fter a Presidential campaign.
P** j t j s specially so in the South at this time
’% guperadded to this ordinary condition,
^greno praotioal politics of any kind in
potion which are not more or less nn-
disgusting. Tho best propositions
v Conservatives are bnt little more wel-
i •;tr t(, than the nostrums of tho Radicals,
f *ho!e contrivance is out of joint, and we
' ^ forced to deal with practical questions
t * ic - gimply as a choice between evils and
which are all revolting to our taste
Statement- There are no practical polices
t be country that we have any relish for,
L> that is another reason why tho people are
0 f them, and the subject is laid on tho
able. . — ■
I lent of Macou Successfully
^rre.itcd for Consumption, l>y Dr.
j/inic.** -*• ft n n ter.
Macox, Ga., September 11, 18G9.
X?w!v five years since, I placed myself under
I v Hauler's care, and adopted his system of
I ^snnen! for diseases of the lung3, at which
I jse 1 was very low with consumption, so low,
I Jjhl, that both myself and friends were hope-
I ya of my recovery. I had used many rem-
prescribed by my family and other pbysi-
I jjjj whom I consulted, without obtaining any-
I |>ig wore than mere palliation of my symp-
Ijpj, which were very distressing. I was
I pjcite.l and feeble—unable to read more
Uis» few paragraphs without exhaustion, and
I OuA night and day from hamssing cough,
srisse night-sweats, and burning hectic fever.
I j.^ Dr. Hunter’s treatment for a period of
Urwonths, and steadily improved from the
L/r outset My distressing symptoms disap-
joitfi, and I rapidly gained flesh and strength,
= jl i presented an appearance of robust
htlth. which has remained good during the
ii-rvening period of nearly five years. I be-
vrt I owe tho preservation of my life and the
t .d health I have since and still enjoy, solely
b Cr. Hunter's efforts, and trust that those
vit» co'jflilt him during his visit to Macon will
b as much benefitted by his treatment ns 1
[tsrebeen. J. R. Hopkiss.
Journal and Messenger Office.
Going to Hash their Quarrels.
Tha Atlanta New. Era, of Saturday, ecstatic-
i!lv p.nnonnccs that “peace is fast being re-
gored to the Republican party in Georgia, and
ibt the day is very near at hand when ell
imrE and discord will be forever banishod
torn oor counsels. It is our intention to look
a this pleasing subject more fully in our issue
d to-morrow.” .
We hope the Era will give us all the articles
in this treaty of peace. Has Gov. Bullock
withdrawn his appeal to Congress against the
Stole of Georgia, or have the Em and its friends
irnti to go for tho proconsulate ? Which has
come over to whom ? What is how and how
ever? Who apologises for affronts personal
tad political, and whether the Era or the
iuerican Union initiates the fraternal em-
bace i Tell us all about it.
C^OTgia/--Weeldy •5f©l^a3?ai>3i.
m
Execution op Jesse Watkixs.—The Savannah
pipers of Friday morning say that the following
dispatch had been received by J. W. Brincker-
hoJ, in response to representations forwarded
hr him to tho Governor in behalf of Watkins:
Papers were received and carefnlly examined.
In my opinion they do not establish the inno
cence of Watkins, nor a sufficient doubt of his
guilt to justify farther executive action.
(Signed) Rurrs B. Burdock,
Governor.
The execution was, therefore, to take place
during the day. Watkins, it will be remembered,
wuconvicted of the murder of poor little Charlie
Wilson, a year ago last Augnst, in the most bar-
buons manner, while the latter was hunting in
the neighborhood of Savannah. Dick Bolding
(negro), who was with Watkins at tho time of
the murder, and, as he 6ays, remonstrated with
Wsfkins, hut afterwards helped to dispose of the
body of the unfortunate lad, gave in his testi
mony »fall account of the horrid transaction;
and tho blood spots on the clothing of the par
ties, and the body of the victim, corroborated
his account remarkably. Watkins also, accord
ing to the testimony of Simmons, another negro,
acknowledged at night that he had lolled a little
white boy during the day. Bat, notwithstand
ing this testimony, the Advertiser says that Wat
kins, in view of immediate execution, protests
his innocence—and says he will assert it with
his last breath, and declares he shall die a mar
tyr, as did his Saviour. Wo presnme the execu
tion took place daring the day, according to sen
tence.
Eiplakatouv.—We hope any omission on ottr
F*rt to notice the personal allusions and criti
dsms of contemporaries will not be attributed
to intentional slight, or indifference to their
good opinion. The truth is, our space is small
~our time much occnpied—and, actuated by a
iesire to make the Teleqbath as useful and en
tertaining os wo can, wo are obliged to maintain
control of our own moderate resources, instead
of, in effect, placing them at the disposition of
those who except to our course and conduct.
Controversy is generally unprofitable, and it
hkea too mnch time and space. Misconceptions
He often best remedied by time and observe,
Hon; and, after all, tho personal belongings of
Ite conductors of the press are of little interest
to the public. Let ns direct onr efforts to the
•olid interests of Gergia.
Foknev announces that tho administration is
tbont entoring upon a more onorons policy re-
tpecting the “ Cuban question.’’ The adminis
tration has certainly been vigorous so far in be
half of Spain and neutrality, and it is donbtfol
whether it can trust the poor Cubans now, if it
tries, without taking a hand in the business of
subjugation.
Facts fob the Ladies.—I pnrehased my
Wheeler & Wilson machine July 10th, 1857, and
for the first six years used it constantly from
Homing until late in tho evening on heavy cloth
utd Marseilles work, and the. remainder of the
time I have used it for family sowing, without
repairs, and the machine is in so good condition
that I would not exchange it for your latest
number. It will wear a dozen years more with
out repairing. I have used one needle nearly
three years, and have some of the dozen needles
that I received with the machine.
Jeraoy City. Mas. T. Edmoxson.
Mn. Ephraim Tzuxx, of Rhlnebeck, N. Y., is
now in Georgia with a view to select small
farms for himself and neighbors, who wish to
immigrate this falL He reports a large num
ber of Dutchess county .farmers as coming in
October to settle. Mr. Kelsey, a real estate
broker, of New York, is also making an inves
tigation of the mechanical tod mineral re-
leurces of Middle Georgia, with a view to in
vestment.
Railway Travel in Georgia. ..
Tho Cuthbert Appeal, in an article copied
yesterday, calls attention to the increase in trav
el npon the Southwestern Road, since the adop
tion of the half-fare system, and thinks it de
monstrates that the high fares operated as an
embargo on travel We, ourselves, have noticed
a marked improvement in the appearance of the
passenger trains from and to Macon since the
reduction. The Central trains go full of pas
sengers—that is to say, so far as we hove the
opportunity to observe theiri. ‘ ‘‘
We hope the railways will never go back again
to five cents a mile, which is a price altogether
behind the times—a hundred per cent, above the
Northern and Western roads, while it is a fact
that, price of labor, fuel and relative amount of
capital invested being considered, the Southern
roads can be rnn much more cheaply than the
Northern or Western, and the difference .in the
accommodations they extend to travelers is so
marked that comparison is grotesque. As soon
as practicable, it is highly desirable, for the
credit of the South, that so many of the “mod
em improvements,” in passenger carriage as
are practicable should be introduced.
Again, the time is at hand when our railways
must get ont of the notion that they are above
and beyond the necessity of popular conciliation.
It is not healthy for the people or tho enterprise
either that the managers should feel that they
are superior to the sentiments and opinions of
the people, and r.re exalted as august exceptions
to the rule that business must thrive by popular
favor. It is possible that, for a time, trade may
bo controlled by tho iron hand, and the people
dragooned by combinations of capital; but, after
all, it is an uphill business—it i3 an exhaustive
process—it is like rowing against wind and tide
—it is a strain all the time, and the moment ten
sion is relaxed or the oars break serious misfor
tune follows. It is not a sound policy. The
Sun made the traveler throw off his cloak, after
the Wind had tried its utmost fary to blow it
from his shoulders.
But to retnm to cheap fares: As we remarked
some weeks ago, mnch time must elapse before
the proper effect of these reduced rates will be
discoverable. The business and the pleasures
of the people will be comparatively slow in
adapting themselves to the change. Many peo
ple will be slow in acquiring a relish for travel,
to which they have been unaccustomed. But,
after a time, the people will find travel a ration
al, healthful and improving pastime. They will
visit the towns to do their shopping and will
make many a personal examination and pur
chase, at the trade centres, which they never
think of doing now.
In this way they will keep np with the times
and improve and enlarge their tastes and ideas
in every department of life—from the field to
the fireside; and the effect will be none the less
beneficent npon our population than we believe
it will be on the roads, which will then become
far more popular than if they stuck to the Shy-
lock policy of demanding double price, 6imply
because tbgy could get it from the few com
pelled to travel.
We hope, therefore, that the roads will not
only adhere to tho reduction, but rationalize
and oqaalize it, by changing the retnm ticket
system to an absolute chaTgo of two and a half
cents per mile for every distance.
Women in Germany.
We published a few days ago a very sensible
letter from a correspondent who describes her
self as having long been a resident in Germany,
and whose remarks have reference to a recent
article in these columns on the domestic condi
tions of the wives of certain cultivated middle-
class householders in that country.
“A German professor,” she wrttes “wishing
to marry on what would l>o a hopelessly small
sum in England, does not marry a cook, in the
sense of a person who knows nothing but cook
ing, bat a young lady who has had a good ground
work of education, oh which subsequent intel
lectual culture may be based.” She goes on to
tell how, when the young German lady leaves
school, she does not adopt elegant idleness as
her sole occupation, bnt accepts her fair share
of household duties, and occasionally accom
panies her mother to market. She is not a
scrub or a drudge ; indeed, she does not work
derogatory to the most dainty fingers; but
neither her dignity nor her sex is considered
outraged by her having to dust the best china,
wash the most delicate glass - , and extend her
lively energy on light household tasks. More
over she is introduced by her mother to the
kitchen, where she is indoctrinated in the pre
cious mysteries of cake-baking, preserve-mak
ing, jellv-makiDg; and though she does not
herself bake, boil, or roast, she sees with her
own eyes how the baking, boiling and roasting
arc done and how they ought not to be done. We
share onr correspondent’s inability to see how a
participation in these homely functions need in
terfere with the acquisition of graceful accom
plishments, baulk the practice of needlework, or
stunt those generous faculties which make a wo
man’s presence and discourse both the salt and
the adornment of society. She is, however, dis
posed to deprecate one German custom, which
gives the female members of the family a some
what menial position at the table, and which may
be best described by an account given elsewhere
of somewhat similar habits among ourselves in
olden time: “When some notable friend chanced
to arrive, the wife served her husband and the
guests. Dinner being brought in, she proceeded
to wipe the chairs with a fine linen towel, and
invited tho company to sit down. Then placing
herself behind her husband’s chair, she gently
reminded him from time to time of his duties as
a host, and in tho intervals of serving snatched
from his plate with bar fingers a potato or por
tion of meat. She joined freely in the conver
sation, and sate down to servo tho pudding.
Barring the “ snatching,” the above is a faithful
description of the reception which a traveler
may still meet with in tho houses of some very
distinguished German Professors.—London
New*.
The British Press on Cotton.
From the X Y. Herald. September 5.]
The British press continues to be very much
exercised about tbe supply of cotton. Every
day or two there, are leading articles and any
amount of correspondence on the snbject, and
there is hardly any conceivable plan for increas
ing the production of tbe raw material that is
not discussed. The insufficient supply is termed
a calamity, and is said to be owing to an in
crease of the consuming power at a time when
the raw material is decreasing. A writer in the
London Times takes a very sensible view of the
matter when be argues that tho true way to in
crease the production of cotton is for the manu
facturers and capitalists of England to co-operate
with the grower. That is, we suppose, to em
ploy their capital in connection with the labor
of. the planter in order to stimulate a larger
growth.
This writer remarks, too, that it would be fol
ly for the American planters to grow five mil
lions of bales at double the expense of land
labor when the same profit can be realized from
half that amount. But where are the English
manufacturers and capitalists to use their money
in co-operation with the growers? India and
other countries have been tried, and a vast
amount of capital has been sunk in the experi
ment. There is, however, one place in the
worid where raising cotton is not an uncertain
experiment, and where planting never fails to
be successful and profitable. In onr Southern
States there Is a vast area of cotton lands yet
uncultivated. If there were capital and labor
enough ten millions of bales or more could be
raised. This is the country, then, for the Brit
ish to invest in if they would get an ample sup
ply of cotton and a handsome return for their
capital
The Hon. R. M. T. Hunter gives notice in a
card, published in the Richmond Enquirer, that
he is not a candidate for United States Senator
from Virginia, and that his pnblic life ceased
•with tie war.
The matrimonial market at "White Sulphur
Springs has been the best of this season.
Next to the astonishing fact that each of tho
Now York evening papers has a larger circula
tion all the rest combined, is the singular
incident that each published the news of the
boat-race “in advance of all competitors.”
A Lady in. Portsmouth recently declined the
offer of a gentleman on the ground that he had
ao taste in arranging his necktie.
Seventy women two years r.go emigrated from
Massachusetts to Oregon. Sixty-nine erenow
married. •• ,
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Terrible Fanaticism in Rnsefa.
All the extraordinary proceedings of the many
fanatical sects whose rapid increase has excited
so much anxiety in Russia are fairly thrown into
the shade by a terrible act of self-immolation
which is reported from the Government of Sara-
tow. A few months ago the prophets of a new
religion made their appearance in that part of
the empire, preaching self-destruction by fire as
the only sure road to salvation; and so readily
was their dreadful doctrine received by the ig
norant and superstitious peasantry, that in one
large village no less .than seventeen hundred
persons assembled in some wooden houses, and,
having barricaded the doors and windows, set
the buildings on fire, and perished in the flames.
The anthorities are doing all they can to stay
the progress of this now madness, but their task
ib obviously a difficult one. The punishments
Which the iaw can inflict mnst have little terror
for enthusiasts who deliberately choose a death
so horrible as the “ The true road to Heaven.”
The Strong 3fan In His Agony.
“I never heard,” says a Paris correspondent
of the London Star, “a more striking instance
of strong men ‘dying hard’ than one that is
given in the Paris papers. A well known
wrestler and athlete, of Avignon, bearing the
illustrious name of Meissonnier, caught, a few
weeks ago, his death illness by carrying a little
girl across a swollen ford, which she was obliged
to traverse in order to take to her father his
dinner. This action was performed in the
most good-natured way. Meissonnier seeing
the child, who was to him an utter stranger,
trembling and weeping on the brink, said to
her, ‘Take heart, little one, I’ll serve as a ferry
for yon.’ Swinging her on his shoulder, he
carried her over. On returning to the bank
whence he started, he slipped, and was thor
oughly submerged. A cold, which led to a vi
rulent fever, was the result. As his end ap
proached, Meissonnier literally struggled with
the malady, and his last words were, ‘Oh,
Death, if you were a man what short work I’d
make of you.’ ”
Snooks says there is a marked difference be
tween birds and women. As an illustration of
this, he cites the fact that a hit of looking-glass
on a fruit tree will frighten away every bird that
approaches it, while the same article would at
tract more fair ones than a load of cherries.
Scene at Long Branch: “The horrid snrf
makes me keep my mouth shut.” Sarcastic hus
band—“ Take some of it home with you.”
A spobhxo man by the name of Grant arrived
in Washington yesterday. It is announced,
however, that he will leave to-day to attend a
horse-race “upnorth.”
The champion rat-terrier is in Illinois. He
recently disappeared for eight days, at the end
of which time he came up, lean but fierce,
through tho ground, where he had been burrow
ing in his chase for a rat that length of time.
An Englishman was recently canght and al
most cudgeled to death in Spain. The people
thought him a wizzard who carried off little
children to eat their flesh and nee their fat to
grease the telegraph wires.
It being important to prove a young man’s
age in a recent trial at Erie, Pennsylvania, the
family Bible was introduced, and its record of
fered as satisfactory evidence. The opposing
counsel at first accepted it as such, hut on glanc
ing at the title page, he found that the book was
printed in 1865, and he successfully demanded
that the evidence should be excluded.
“The first marriage of a Hindoo widow” is re
lated. How could it be her first if she were a
widow?
A smart man in Buffalo is organizing a divorce
excursion to Chicago. Tickets will be sold cheap
to any one desiring a divorce.
Puffing and blowing are often considered as
synonymous terms. You will discover a differ
ence, however, if instead of puffing a man up
you should blow him up.
The difference between the bachelor and the
married man is that the former has to look ont
for number one, and the latter for number two.
“ Well, farmer, you told us your woods was
a good place for hunting; now, we’ve tramped
through it for three hours, and found no game.”
“ Just so. Well, I calculate, as a general thing,
the less game there is the more hunting you
have.” •
A Salt Ljutr correspondent writes as follows
of the Young harem: “Brigham’s wives, as
among themselves, are social and cheerful, so
far as can be seen. They make but little show
of intellect or of literary or artistic tastes,
though some of them play the piano. They are
rather of the domestic turn, and talk freely
with a stranger (properly introduced) about
their children, past, present and fnture; boast
laughingly of their fecundity, and all that sort
of thing. What fashion, literature, art, sorosis
are to the civilized wife, child-bearing is to
these women. It absorbs their thoughts and
forms the staple topic of their small talk, either
among their own sex or the opposite.”
On Monday afternoon four hundred and twen
ty-nine Mormons, from England landed at Cas
tle Garden, New York. About half of them are
women, and one hundred and twenty-nine chil
dren are under eight years of age. Folly forty
per cent, are under twenty. Most of them are
natives of England and Wales. A few are from
Switzerland, Denmark and Germany. Besides
the President of the company, there are nine
missionaries accompanying the pilgrims. The
men are chiefly mechanics and f actory opera
tives, and a few are colliers and farmers.
An ear of com has been produced in Graves
county, Kentucky, having a center cob around
which are clustered and interlaced sixtv-two
distinct ears of corn, each regularly grained.
It is about five inches in length by ahout the
same in diameter. On the stalk on which it
grew there is another ear, or combination of
ears, equal to this in number, making, as tbe
product of one stalk, one hundred and twenty-
four ears.
French ingenuity has invented a new amuse
ment for persons waiting for the appearance of
those on whom they call A lidv in Paris has
had placed in her drawing-room’ an immense
marble shell in which are to be seen a great
number of fishes of various species. A gentle
man called upon her for the first time the other
day. “Madame is at her toilette,” said the ser
vant, “bnt if, while waiting for her, monsieur
would like to pass his time in fishing, he will
find here hooks, lines and bait As for fish, the
shell is full of them.”
Mb. Chables Dickens is either so unacquain
ted with the geography of this country as to
suppose that Harvard ’University is within the
bounds of the late C. S. A, or else was the least
bit satirical in his speech at the banquet given
the contestants in the late boat race, on Tues
day night, at the Crystal Palace. Referring to
the Harvard boys, he is reported to have de
clared that “nothing is more remarkable in
these descendants of our forefathers than the
invincible determination with which some of
them fought against odds in the late war, and
the dauntless spirit with which they sustained
defeat”
A gentleman took the cars at Morrisville for
Raleigh, a few days since (says the Carolina
Tiroes), but before proceeding far discovered
that he bad left behind a satchel containing
several thousand dollars in specie. The cars
were brought to a halt, the gentleman got out,
procured a horse, and went back to Morrisville
and inquired for snch a piece of baggage. No
one had seen anything of it. He next inquired
of the railroad agent, who replied that he had
in his possession, in a secure place, the satchel,
which was produced, and tho twelve thousEnd
dollars in specie came ont all right This agent’s
name Is R. E. Young; a son of Dr. T. W. Young
—“a chip of the old block.”
Postage Stamps to be Changed Again.—
General Terrell, the Third Assistant Postmaster
General, in order to remove the dissatisfaction
expressed against the present postage stamps,
proposes to change them, and with this view has
directed the Bank Note Company which furn
ishes them to prepare the designs for new issues.
The heads of Washington, Jackson, Franklin,
Lincoln and Jefferson are to be restored in place
of the present designs, for the various denomi
nations. The stamps are to be larger than those
now in use, and oblong. Instead of one hun
dred and fifty being printed on a sheet, there
will be only one hundred. The former color
(red) will also be restored. A month or two
may elapse before the new stamps will be ready.
General Rawlins’ Views. — A Washington
correspondent says: General Rawlins, before
he died, expressed himself very freely on polit
ical matters, and in favor of the most liberal
interpretation of the reconstruction laws, and
the early admission of the Southern States into
the Union on such terms as would leave no re
grets. He also expressed tbe desire that all the
moral aid of the government should be given to
the Cubans, who are now struggling for inde
pendence.
A son of an ex-President of the United
States, who, for some months, has been living
no one knows exactly bow, has been admitted
to ft charity ward in Providence Hospital, Wash-
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To the Press or Georgia.
At the recent press convention in Atlanta, the
followingcommitteemenwere appointedon rates
of legal advertising and advertising generally:
C. H. C. WilliDgham, S. B. Burr,_ M. D win ell,
Willis Mz Russell, and Elam Christian.
As chairman of tho committee, I respectfully
request that each editor and proprietor in the
State forward to this office such suggestions and
views in regard to this matter, as wiU enable the
committee to make a report satisfactory to the
press generally. The committee will be pleased
to hear from every press in the State on this sub
ject, and all such communications will bo held
as strictly confidential, if desired.
C. H. C. Willingham.
The Fire Fiend.—The losses by fire through
out the United States during the month of Augnst
just passed, amounted to $6,438,000. This is a
startling statement. The loss is nearly double
that of August, 186S, and mnch exceeds tho total
of any month during the past or present year.
The value of property destroyed by fire since
January 1,1860, already amounts to §27,100,000,
while the total losses in 1868 were less than $33,-
000,000. The firo of August 5, in Philadelphia,
when property valued at $4,000,000 was burned,
was the most destructive one that has occurred in
the country since July 4, 18C6, when the city of
Portland, Me., was devastated—the loss amount
ing to $10,000,000. The widespread drought
has, of course, been one of the principal causes
of this great destruction of property. In this
connection, New York has special cause for
thankfulness. The total loss by fire in this city
during the month of Augnst was less th B n
$88,000, and at no one conflagration was prop
erty valued at §10,000 destroyed. So much for
the blessings of our never-failing Croton and
the efficiency of onr fire department.—New
York Herald.
A Shocking Death.—On Saturday evening
last, Mr. J. J. Gilley, a laborer at Jones’ Saw
Mill, in this county, while bearing off a pun
cheon, attempted to raise one end of it over the
saw, and failing, bore it against tho saw, which
caused him to fall across it, nnder a foil head of
steam. He was cut through his right shoulder,
ranging across towards his right hip to the navel,
when the saw turned its eoarse so as to saw into
his left thigh. The unfortunate man died in
stantly.
Mr. Gilley was a stranger in the community,
being employed only the day previous, but from
a memorandum book found in his possession, it
was ascertained that he came originally from
Sevier county, Tennessee, bnt of late had been
engaged in selling a patent medicine for Dr.
Beasely, of Tronp county.
If any of Mr. Gilley’s kindred should see
this notice of his death, it will afford them
pleasure to know, that although Mr. G. had no
money or valuables whatever, he was given a
decent burial—Neuman Herald, 10M.
The Adkins Mystery.—The Atlant
tution says, notwithstanding the fact that the
military have been so long in Warren county,
and have been very vigilant, it appears that no
arrests have been made. The family of the
deceased claim to know the perpetrator, and
yet no effort has been made to bring him to
punishment. The publio are anxious to know
•whether the whole movement was gotten up to
gratify the revenge of a miscreant, or for party
purposes, or that silence is maintained because
the murderer is not a Democrat.’ A gentleman
from Warren county informed ns yesterday that
the current belief in that county was, that he
wa3 killed by an interested party, as his life was
insured for* ten thousand dollars. It seems
passing strange that after all the efforts made
to discover the slayer of Adkins, nothing shotdd
be elicited.
Advertising Extraordinary.—Tho eccentri
cities of advertising are always interesting study,
Just as we hear that one of the managers of New
York has engaged a man to advertise his estab-
ment by writing with chalk on the sidewalks—
which may be considered a return to first prin
ciples—we have an instance of the value which
advertising facilities have gained. The postmas
ter of New York, having several applications
for the use of the fence round the City Hall
Park, while the postoffice is building, advertised
for bids. There were over a dozen offers, rang
ing all the way from three hundred dollars, for
the privilege of posting bills on the fence for
two years, to fifteen thousand dollars for the
same right. The highest bid was accepted, and
tho lessees will lay ont the fence into lots and
arrange a graduated scale of prices, according
to location. Owners of fences and dead walls
in general mnst not expect to be at once enrich
ed by the lease of the bill-sticking privilege,
for this fifteen thousand dollar triangle is on ex
ceptional bit of fence, in the busiest place, in
the busiest city in the country. The amount of
space covered by the contract is twelve hundred
feet long by ten feet high.
Macon and Columbus Trains.—The Colum
bus Sun of Friday says a change of schedule on
the passenger trains is talked of on the streets:
The latest report is that trains will leave for
Macon in the morning and return in the after
noon—making close connection both ways.—
The change will not take place in some weeks,
if at all It’s the “say” on the street.
Ten negroes have been arrested in Clarke
county, Mississippi, for hunting a man named
Fittard to death, driving him into Chickasahay
river, and shooting him in the head while swim
ming. He had had a quarrel with a negro a
few days before, and slightly wounded him with
a knife.
This is how a Paris correspondent describes
a sweet thing in sleeve-buttons: One gold but
ton, as large as a small cheese plate, is covered
with crystal, under which the ronyc et noir rou
lette, the other its companion contains under
crystal cover three dice, a touch of the nail sets
a httle cook going, and round turns the ronlette
disc in unison with the other bntton, which,
when touched, also sets one of the dice leaping
somersaults, when both stop, the die on one
cuff shows a number, and either rouge or noir
stands at the hook. In this manner gentlemen
can gamble in railway trains, in bed, at the
cafe, anywhere, and set a new fashion besides.
At the sub-treasury in New York, "Wednes
day, a subscription of $50,000 for the benefit
of Mrs. John A. Rawlins was proposed, and
§15,000 was subscribed on the spot, including
§1,000 subscribed by President Grant by tele
graph.
Cotton Cut Off.—The Columbus Sun and
Times says: There can be no doubt that tho
cotton crop of this section has been injured,
probably to the extent of fifteen or twenty
thousand bales. Sixty to sixty-five thousand
bales are the limits of ’the estimated number of
bales to be received at Columbus. Cotton along
the river is little affected, the weather being
suited to it. A rain would greatly add to the
yield of the uplands. The continued drought
is injuring all on the sandy lands. Buyers say
this season’s cotton is the prettiest they h&vo
seen in a long period. Enough corn has been
raised to supply homo need3 until Spring. Time
will show. High prices have had somethig to
do with hurrying in cotton as well as the bolls
opening rapidly.
To the Reading Fueuc.—Havens & Brown will
be open for your special accommodation this morn
ing until ten o’clock. You will find on their coun
ters a very choice and varied lot of literature from
which to make your selections. All the latest news
and literary papers, magazines, and novels of tho
day just received. Call and supply yonrselves.
Activity in business is steadily on the increase in
this market, and we think the trade of the week
just closed will compare favorably with that of tho
corresponding week of any year in the history of
Macon.
A local editor in Southeastern Alabama desires
to know of us if liquor which tastes like a torch
light procession going down tho throat is good. It
depends altogether, sir, upon the object for which
you drink it. As a glowing stimulant such a bever
age is excellent.
A Physician whose skill can be relied upon is a
leasing to any community. This is eminently true
of Dr. Hunter, of Louisville, Kentucky, who treats
all private and special diseases with unparalleled
success. The Doctor has made private and chronic
diseases tho study of his life, and from his large
practice, which extends throughout the whole of tho
great South and West, must have acquired great
skill and treatment. Any one so desiring, by call
ing at the doctor's office or sending a full statement
of their disease by mail, will receive his opinion as
to its nature, probabilities of a cure, time required,
expense, etc., free of charge. We doubt if any phy
sician in America, having so large a practice, makes
so liberal an offer. Bead what he says in his pam
phlet, a work of forty pages, which should he in the
hands of every youngman in America. Sent to any
address on receipt of two stamps. July 25-dAwtf
The present weather is fully up to the standard,
if not» few per cent, above. Better could’ript be
desired.
m -
On the Tracks—The engineers and laboreraat the
Laboratory are now at work on tbe track to be used
for testing the speed and bottom of horaos. It
will bo a circuit of a mile precisely r wiH lie well
and be prepared in the best manner. .-The stand
and amphithetre will occupy nearly a 'central posi
tion inside the track, and from them a horse can be
seen at any point while moving around it. Tho ar-
rangemeut for an ample supply of water is also
being pushed forward, and will when completed,
be sufficient to supply all demands for water that
may be made. ‘ '
While on the grounds yesterday, we noticed a
pretty strong force at work under the immediate
supervision of Hr. Boberfc' Cunningham, and in
ahout a fortnight, wo think, he will have the race
track completed, and a beautiful ono it will be. .We
were assured by an active and prominent member
of tho Executive Committee who was present, that
the work of preparation for the Fair will, from this
time forward, be pushed along with all possible dis
patch, and he expressed no'donbt that all the pre
parations which the Committee propose to make
will be completed in time for the great exhibition.
As the time approaches for this great affair, the
interest of the people of the State and country
seems to increase, and already the proprietors of
our hotels are receiving daily application for rooms
during Fair week. A gentleman who came up from
Eufaula on' Friday last, and is well posted in the
affairs of his section of Alabama and the senti.
ments of the people, told U3 yesterday that five
hundred persons from Eufaula and surrounding
country would be hero at the Fair. Every day we
have indications that there will bo in Macon at that
time even a larger number of persons than we
at first conjectured, and it behooves all of us to be
putting our houses in order and making preparations
for their reception. If every citizen will do the
best he can toward making the Fair a grand and
brilliant success, it will be such, and the fame of
Macon and her people will be sounded throughout
the length and breadth of the land, by tho thousands
of visitors when tlioy retnm to their homes, in all
quarters of the country. Our reputation as a re
fined, hospitable, and spirited people are at stake in
this matter, and it most be fully and gloriously
sustained. __
Heavy Business In order to meet the pressing
demand for transportation, Mr. Hart P. Smith.
Master of Transportation on the S. W. B. B.,
is now running four daily freight trains, instead
of two, as heretofore. The reader can, therefore,
form some idea of the immense business which this
road is now doing. This demand for transportation
extends to all the railroads connected with Macon,
and the business on each is now of extraordinary
dimension. Tbe Central and Macon and Western
roads are now bringing through very heavy freight
bills each trip, and in order to meet the emergency
it was absolutely indispensable to double teems on
the Southwestern road. __
I. O. O. F.—We are indebted to Col John G.
Deitz, Grand Secretary, for the proceedings of tbe
B. W. Grand Lodge of the State of Georgia, at its an
nual Communication held in Macon, August 4th,
1869. The pamphlet.is very handsomely gotten up
and has jnst been issued from the printing house
of J. W. Burke & Co.
Heavy Cotton Receipts.—The freight trains on
the Southwestern Railroad, yesterday, brought
through for Savannah 1108 bales of cotton, and for
Macon 319 bales. Total receipts of the road yes
terday, 1427 bales. For tho 11th of September, the
foregoing receipts exceed anything in the history of
this road.
No Amusement.—It has been a long while since
we have had an entertainment or exhibition of any
kind on our’ theatrical boards* and now that the
evenings are growing longer and the weather is cool
and pleasant, we should like to patronize the drama
for awhile. We want something, however, worthy of
patronage; but for the sake of Thespis and Orpheus
deliver us from such acting and singing this season
as wo had occasionally during last fall and winter.
Give us something good, oh, ye devotees of the
drama, and we shall give you good crowds, nightly
in return.
Messrs. Havens & Brown, No. 46 Second street,
have just received the following late papers: Ap
pleton’s Journal New York Ledger, Fireside Com
panion, Western Worid, Saturday Night and Police
News.
Mayor's Court -Three cases were docketed in
tiffs Court yesterday morning—two for disorderly
conduct and one three cornered fight. The first
case of dis. con. cost the offender $10, or he conld
steep it out in the guardhouse for ten days. The
second customer for the same offence was find $5,
which he paid and retired. Tho parties who were
up for fighting had their ease continued until Mon
day, and the Court adjourned.
Enough fob all.—We notice that L. W. Hunt &
Co., Druggists, Chany street, have been receiving
large quantities of goods for two or three weeks
past. Their store seems to be fall This is one of the
largest Drag establishments in the State. Their
stock is sufficiently ample and varied to supply tho
wants of Middle and Southwestern Georgia. Lead
ing articles, such as patent medicines, quinine, mor
phine, paints, glass, etc., they sell at manufacturer’s
prices. No country merchant or physician should
go North to buy drugs, etc., before giving Messrs.
Hunt & Co, a trial.
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep,
And don’t know where to find ’em:
Let ’em alone and they’ll come home,
And bring a Back-Eye Machine.
Thero was an old woman, she lived in a shoe,
She had so many children she didn't know what to
do,
Her troubles were the awfnlleat that ever were saw,
So she bought her a Buck-Eye Sewing Machine.
Thero was a little man that had a little gun,
With bullets made of lead,
He bought a Buck-Eye Sewing Machine
That sewed with a double thread.
Old Mother Hnbhard, sho went to the cubbard
To get her poor dog a bone,
When she got there the cubbard was bare,
So she give him a Bnek-Eye Machine 1
When I was a single man I lived by my self,
All the bread and cheese I got, I laid upon the shelf,
Bnt now I am a married man, I, I, I, I mean—
My wife bothers me to death for a Buck-Eye Sewing
Machine. • - •*
And why is Milk of Violets admired above all
other preparations for blemishes of the skin ? Be
cause the ladies agree unanimously that it is the
only article of the kind really perfect. Sold by
druggists and fancy goods dealers. V. W. Brinck-
erhoff, N. Y., general agent.
T. C. NISBET’S
\l A< •< )N. <3-A..,
£T£3AR PASSEISTGEIl DEPOT,
CAST IRON SCREW, NO. 1.
9-12.FEET 7 INCHES .DIAMETER AND 3 INCH FITCH.
[Price, - - - - SS5 OO.
Sinohos.
FROM THE NUMBER OF
TESHMONTALS^TO TBgCVAT.UR OF EACH OF THESE SCREWS, I
DOUBLE BRIDOU, UPSON COUNTY, JUNE 27, 1869.
Yours of the 17th came to hand on yesterday and contents noticed,
last fall gives entire satisfaction. I commenced racking my crop w"
that 600 pounds was being put in; but when I came to sell my cotton t
Ke/ereuce of those using the above Screw .-
louston county. I Henry Farlst, Baldwin county,
Houston county. | John Pascal, Putnam county.
Wronglit Iron Screw,
4 Inch Wrought Iron, 3 inch Fitch Screw. PRICE, - - - $90 06.
Dear Sir:—I amusing one of your 4 inch Cotton Press Serews^3'timhpi?<S^S fever*? adapted to
mule-power. I, however, never use mule-power but run it down by hand. I am satisfied that it will do
more work in tbe same time, and with muehmoreeaae, than the old wood screw, and thatit is ten times
as durable. You will allow me. at the same time, to recommend your horso-power as a valuable gower to
gin cotton.
Yours respectfully.
JOB^J
PERRT, JUNE 21, 1869.
Dear Sir:—I am using one of your 4in. Wrought Iron Serew«. 3in. pitch, and dels all you represent it to be.
I pack with hand-power levers, and hare put 600 pounds in a bale with six hands. I like the press so well
that I want you to get me up another and shall be in Macon about the 1st of August. ■
JAMES W. B0UNDTREH.
Jteferenee of some of those using the four inch Press, three pitch .•
Garret Smith, Houston county. I W. C. Carlis, Bibb county. .
Johs W. RJoolfolk, Houston county. I Thos. H. Joxfs. Twiggs county.
William Adkins, Dooly county. | J. P. Bond, Twiggs county. — .
N. Tucker, Laurens county. | J. W. Sessions, Washington county.
WROUGHT IRON SCREW, NO* 2.
; 1, 1F8 AND' 9 INCJH PITCH;’ [
IPIfcieJE, - - - - - $80 OO.
1 inch.
CLINTON. Ga.. 186S.
T. C. Nisbet, Esq.:—I can safely say your Press is all, and perhaps more, than you claim it to be.
It is the cheapest, easiest and most convenient packing apparatus I have seen. I have seen two
hands pack a bale of cotton that we supposed to weigh S00 pounds. -
HENRY J. MARSHALL*
- ’MACON/Ga., 188S.
T. C. Nisbet, Esq.:—I am well pleased with yonr Press. I have packed with six hands a bale of feTR
cotton weighing six hundred and forty pounds in thirty minutes. - >3'
‘ R. F. W00LF0LK. lViinch
John King, Houston county.
W. A. Atwood, Putnam county.
Benj. Barron, Jasper county.
REFERENCES.-
Wu. Scarborough. Monroe county.
Thos. Barron, Talbot county. • >
J. A. Spivev, Macon county.
No. 2 CAST IRON SCREW, v
Pin 7 1-2 Feet Long, 6 Inch Diameter and 2 inch Pitch.
PRICE, $70.--' • -v
2ineb.
i! - ' ■ •- ^ ^ „ FORT VALLEY. JUNE. 1869.
T.C.Nisbet—DearSir: Ihuvobeen using your Cast Iron Screw Press, 2 inch pitch, for two seasons. I have
no hesitation in recommending it as a simple, compact and durable press. I have mule-power levers, but
press altogether by hand. ... . J. A - . MADDOX.
Reference to a fe>o of those using the abots Press ••
Stephen E. Bassett,Houston county. I '
H. J. Clark, Houston county. |
Tho above Screws are all warranted for ono season,
draft to build from will be furnished.
IRON FRAME, Price .$55 00
WOOD WORK, complete... ...^ ;.. 30 00
These Screws are Ions enough for a nine foot Cotton Box, as the entire length of- the Screw eau be used;
but when a longer Screw is required it can be furnished up to 12 feet.
John Teal, Quitman county. - • <
A. Dawson, Wilkinson county.
The price does not include Frame and Box, but a
Wotico to Physicians, Druggists and
The Public Generally:
W E, the undersigned, practicing physicians in
city of Columbus, Go., beingfully advised of
superior excellence of “Epping’s Compound Fluid
Extract of Bucbu,” now being manufactured and of
fered to tho public by Messrs. L. Pierce A Co., take
great pleasure in certifying to all of our profession—
and to all druggist and all persons who may need an
Extract Bnchu—that this Extr.-.ct is by far the best
article ever used; so much so tbit we give it great
prominence in all those diseases in the treatment of
which Bnchu is useful.
John E. Bacon. M. D., T. W. Grimes, M. D..
J. A. Biffing, M.D.. Wm.K Ecbley. M.D.,
E. J. Colrey. M. D., T. J. Wood. M. D.,
Elisha J. Kukscey, M. D.
Columbus, Ga., April 2C, 1869.
S3- Wholesale Agency at L. W. HUNT & CO’S,
Sep2-w3m ■ 82 and 84 Cherr vst.. Macon, Ga
r llS brand of LEAD is warranted. Satisfaction
guaranteed or_the mone^ rejhnded.^Try it I
Proveitl. ...
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Agents for Macon,
G- I 3ST GEAR.
EIGHT FEET GIN GEAR, PINION AND BOLTS
NINE FEET GIN GEAR
TEN FEET GIN GEAR.
PORTABLE HORSE-POWER, ADAPTED TO GINING.
420 00
22 00
...... 25 00
......126 00
18 inches
' Cane Mill IPrices :
EIGHTEEN INCH MILL.
SIXTEEN INCH MILL
FIFTEEN INCH MILL
ELEVEN INCH MILL
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130 GatelMce vS. _
100 *•
65
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ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY GALLONS...
ONE HUNDRED GALLONS
EIGHTY GALLONS -
SIXTY GALLONS
25 Horse Steam Engine, price,
20 Horse Steam Engine, price,
Boilers to Hatch the above Engines,
Circular Saw Hill,
$1660
1666
166
506
SEND FOR A CIRCULAR.
sept20-2tawAw3m f. C. N'TS BET.
WM. HENRY WOODS,
COTTON FACTOR AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT,
Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
^ GENT FOR REESE’S SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO. Is prepared at all time* to advance liberally
on .Consignments for sale in' Savannah, or for shipment to hi* oormpondents in New .York u£
Liverpool. augU-w6m«
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