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GOVERNOR BROWN THE BANKS RAILROADS
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE THE NEW FEE BILL
COURT OF ORDINARY, &C
Jfciwr*. Editor*:— l am politically, a Brown
man on the subject of Banks, but if the truth
must come, the greatest objection I find to
these Institutions is, a supply of their rags in
adequate to patch the pockets of my creditors.
I know little of the policy of their financial
operations and consequently have nothing to
say on that point, and I think that many of the
last Legislature who figured often in delate
upon the subject, could have saved them I\ vs
much wind, and the people much in<»ncy t by
having said lik<-ici*e and for the Mine r< i*Oi.
The various Railroad enterprises have each
their champions along their respective lint jaud
I leave this cause to their able advocacy. It
appears that the wisdom and justice which
should guide and control an enlightened ad
minislration of public affairs were prim pies
entirely too conservative for the jHindiufniti*
moderation of our recent Legislatu re ns ev need
by many appropriations refused and the Or
dinary's Fee Bill passed by’ the said Roh'/non*.
Their public acts are open to animadcer*it>n
and many call forthat grade of criticism. The
Ordinaries, who have attended closely to tlicir
legitimate business, have been too coimiantly
occupied to engage in the ‘‘free fight * be
tween the rulersand the ruled, but the pas
sage of the Fee Bill in question, was the *fnt
lick” in law according to the Statute in such
case made and provided.” The regnlutit>ti ac
complished, forcibly reminds me of the Irish
Farrier who charged his lord an enormous
Mini for having cured hi* hor*e to death.
The Court of Ordinary, with its extended
jurisdiction, its various duties ami responsi
bilities is second in importance to no depart
ment of the judiciary. Important as to the
legal issues which arise touching not only the
wishes of the dead, but rights and privileges
dear to the living, the Widow's mite and the
Orphan’s nil. As to its duties: the act creating
the Ollicc made the Ordinary ex-ofiirm School
Coinniissioner, confiding to his immediate trust
the peoples money for the education of the
poor, ami to be distributed among the teachers
of tlie same according to their several a< (founts.
The law requires him to keep a book of debits
and credits in which to enter all moneys re
ceived ami paid out for the purpose specified.
Each year he is furnished with a li t of the
children which be has to arrange tor ready
reference —a job of itself when it is remem
bered that each child —ever varying in age—is
to be located in an area of five hundred ami
forty-four square miles (as in this county.) and
each bill paid for his education, to whom and
where paid, is to be compared with the entries
upon the books of each Session of the Superior
Court and to be allowed or rejected according
to the recommemlotion of the Grand Jury.
For these several duties the law allows the
Ordinary only two ami one half per cent., upon
the receipts ami disbursements, in no instance
amounting to fifty dollars for one year—poor
pay for an experienced book keeper one month.
II is duties as School Commissioner however
are few and light and liberally rewarded, in
comparison with others prescribed by the act
creating the office. To his integrity and offi
cial management are confided millions of dol
lars and by him committed to the inrsonal
control of Executors, Administrators, Guar
diansand Trustees, in amounts vary ing from
one hundred up to one. two and three hundred
thousand dollars. He is required first to keep
a Register in which arc entered, first the names
of tnose to whom the several trusts are confi
ded, their securities, the amount of their bonds,
nature of their trust, the date of their letters,
their returns when due, when dismissed and
for what and other entries known to the legal
profession to be necessary to make a record
complete and valid in law. For this service he
gets simply nothing. lie must next open an
account with each administrator and debit,
first with every article of value belonging to
the estate as returned in the appraisement, and
is allowed to charge for this tedious service,
according to the wealth of the estate, instead
of according to the amount of labor performed.
This does not even sound fair, and is less
fair in application than the mere recitation,
for the estate is nut charged more according as
it is worth more. For instance, a man dies
who was both a merchant and farmer. If the
estate is appraised to be worth fifthy thousand
dollars, whether the deceased had debts or not,
the new Fee Bill allows the Ordinary only two
dollars and a half for recording a complete in
ventory of his stock in trade, his ready money,
judgments, bonds or other specialities and
notes of hand, together with a list of his books
of accounts and the multitude of articles found
on a plantation. When it is remembered that
each article of five cents value has a price as
sessed upon it. and these various sums to be
extended to see if tho footing is correct, and in
addition, the warrant under which the ap
praisers acted, their certificate of having acted
in the premises, the magistrate’s certificate
that they were duly qualified and the Admin
istrators affidavit that the Schedule rendered
is the true one besides the Ordinary's own on-
I try oi record—it will be seen that the amount
i of writing to be done thus early in the admin
istration is no inconsiderable job—ami vet for
all ot it, the Ordinary is allowed only two dol
lars ami a halt. This is the fee if the estate is
worth fifty thousand dollars, if it is worth les.
I than that amount by twenty-five cents, the
I Ordinary’s fee is less by fifty cents. This is
I where the fee bill operates for benefit of
| the rich man's estate, to tho injury of the Or
dinary who keeps his accounts after lie is dead.
Suppose a poor man dies worth five hundred
dollars and all invested in cattle. For the
number of head and the price assessed with the
usual certificates placed upon record, in all
alanit ten minutes labor lor a fair pensman, the
fee of one dollar is allowed. This is where the
poor man’s estate is swindled to the shame of
the legislator who prescribed the charge.
The Statute require s another book to be kept
wherein are to be recorded all the receipts and
disbursements of the acting administrator, and
for each account current thus kept—fees sim
ilarin amounts to those mentioned are allowed
the Ordinary—also according to the wealth of
the estate instead of according to the services
rendered—in this instance the Ordinary and
poor estate are both swindled as will appear to
any one acquainted with the details of the of
fice—(One who was not thus acquainted had no
business to meddle with its affairs). An ap
praisement sheet is long or short according to
the Z iioZas well as the amount of property ap
praised. An account current is long or short
according to the receipts and disbursements of
the Administrator. There are in my office ’
now, appraisements which to record at ten
cents the hundred w ords, would cost sums va
rying from fifteen to twenty dollars. Howev
er much their length may be curtailed by the ■
appraisers, matters not with the Ordinary, lie
must record the return ns they have sworn to
it, if it is in form, and in no instance for a fee
greater than two dollars and a half. The bonds
and letters of trust must each be recorded in
separate books, nor is this all, the minutes of
the Court must show a complete history of the I
administration from the date of letters to final
dismission. There are rules to be granted, ac
ted upon and recorded for inadequate fees and '
various commissions to lie issued for w hieli ,
there are no fees mentioned. The Legislature
(I think of’ss and ’56) made the Court of Or
dinary a Court of general and not. a Court of
limited jurisdiction, thereby increasing the du
ties and responsibilities which were sufficient
ly numerous for the compensation then allow- ’
cd. 'flic last General Jw-cinbly, distinguished
for its w isdom and dignity, increased these du
ties Ito judge from the caption el a bill publish
ed) and witli characteristic liberality prescribed
no additional fees.
Tiie duties mentioned are not all that are in
cumbent upon tire Ordinary to perform, mid as
there is more recording to be done in his than
in either of the other offices, it would seem but
resomible that the Ordinary should be allowed
the same fees as are allowed the other Clerks
for the same amount of labor, mid especially
when this pay is barely adequate renumeration
for cither. To become acquainted with the
law regulating the administration of estates and
its application, requires both time and study.—
To enforce this law tiie Ordinary must, or
render himself and securities liable in many in
stances for damage and waste. Toperform the
duties of the office requires the assiduous at
tention of the Ordinary whose Court the law
requires to be in constant session. Then the
emoluments of the office should at least lie suf
ficient to command the services ot a man qual
ified and obedient to the requisitions of duty.
With such a one, the ends of justice would be
better subserved, the widow and fatherless bet
ter protected, lawsuits be fewer, mid mankind
generally in their transactions with dead men's
estates, would be more honest if from no high
er principle than mere policy's sake. Aiithont
such a one for such an ftttice, there will be liti
gation without end, patrimonies squandered,
the poor swindled, mid the justice of the law a
mere nullity. None better than the legal pro
fession know that at least one-third of the suits
in which dead men’s estates arc involved, owe
their origin to the license taken by administra
tors, and allowed if not irinled at by Ordinaries,
wanting either sense or nerve or principle, and
in many instances where upright administra
tors, having respect for the sanctity of their
oatiis and aided by competent counsel, could
persuade neither sense, or law, nor principle
into them. None better than the legal profes
sion know that business is facilitated, and the
aims of the law seldom defeated, when an offi
cer well qualified, executes without favor or
fear.
For the office of Ordinary such a man can al
ways obtain in other pursuits compensation ad
equate to his services. Picayune pay will se
cure the services only of pieaynae men. No
officer whether Ordinary or other, can in con
science demand or receive a fee to which he'is
not justly entitled. Can the State in better
conscience require of an officer services for
which she is unwilling to pay just renumern
tion? 1 trow not. High authority teaches that
the laborer is worthy of his hire, and the task
master, who, in the mere wantonness of power
will exact and obtain services for vyhich he is
unwilling to render an equivalent, merits the
unmitigated contempt of the world and the
1 “rest of mankind,” and if, unfortunately for the
i people, he is a legislator, he knows nothing of
i the generous sentiment embodied in the lines.
I “Happy when lioth to the same centre move,
' When Kings give liberty and subjects love.”
That the tees charged by the Ordinaries
of the State should be uniform, I freely admit,
that they should be adequate to the services
rendered, who will deny ? That the regulaition
of the same was not a fit subject for legislation,
is not tiie issue.
The just grounds of complaint are first that
the Farrier who “cured the horn to death," did
not make a proper diagnosis of the case, in
other words, tiie framer of the said Fee Bill
knew nothing more of the duties, responsibili
ties and proper feesof an Ordinary's office, than
a South-Sea Islander, and I alledre. that, for
MACON, GEORGIA, TIH RSDAV, JAM ARY 28, 1858.
having been ruled for bis mismanagement of an
estate by the Ordinary of his own county, he
seeks revenge by curtailing the fees of every
other “Judge of Reprobates.” if Inm wrong
in my suspicions, I will make the amende hon
orable upon due notification of my error. I
object further to the Bill because it discrimi
nates between the rich mid poor estate to the
detriment of the latter—that in neither case
docs it allow proper compensation to the Ordi
nary for services actually rendered, imd in ma
ny others, not counting his responsibility in
the premises, it does notallow him tiny at all.
It raises the fees of other officers who perform
I<m and curtails the fees of him who performs
more labor—a policy inconsistent with wise
legislation and to be pursued only by a legislator
crippled in the head.
Another objection is, thut in view of tiie
facts, that the Ordinary must be in his office
and hold open Court every day except Sunday,
that he and his securities are in many instan
ces liable for the mismanagement of adminis
trators, that officer should receive just pay for
the responsibility he incurs and his close con
finement, to say nothing of the many laborious
duties to be promptly discharged, for which
there are no fees prescribed. It may be argu
ed that the administration oi these duties can
not be forced upon one, that assuming the re
sponsibilities of the office is in a great degree
voluntary, and that the regulated fees are only
lor those who deem them fair and remunera
tive—granted. In answer allow me to say
that the office must be filled by some one, and
that six hundred dollars a year (and in more
than halt of the counties the regulated Bill
makes the salary less) will not secure the ser
vices of n man <>f qualification and nerve and
promptness to enforce the law. Such a one
can make more by peddling ground peas and
other hog feed so essential to the voting power
ot the mere machines that grind out laws for
the great Empire State of Georgia.
To perform appropriately '-igh and respon
sible trusts, the officer must feel proud in the
discharge of whatever duty is obligatory upon
him to perform; to secure no tangible reward
tor labor is poor pay for the poor man ; a rich
one does n»t want the office of Ordinary.—
The honor of being Ordinary for the pay with
which a Tyrant would not insult his galling
slave, I very much question, and hold to be
as queetiouable as the honor of Ik ing mere vot
ing automata in the General Assembly of a
free and enlightened State—Georgia is a great
State—great in her resources physical and
moral—earc should be taken that her “ lioasted
air-line route to human perfection, called pro
gress, is not a circular rail-way of long
radius” and that her engines of power are
not “cats in a fit pm suing their own caudal ex
tremities.”
Now I disclaim the thought that the sun
will not shine and the world perform its ac
customed revolutions because of the State ex
acting services for which she oti'ers a niggard
ly recompense —I disclaim being like the edi
tor out west who attributed the election of
James K. Polk to the Presidency of the I'nited
States to the fai t of a man having stolen a hog
in New Jersey, I disclaim having a talent for
tracing such astounding results to such remote
causes, but this I do own, that the legislature
who would liunriidy discrimiuate for a rich es
tate against a poor one. and pari pawn in favor
of one officer to the prejudice of another, is
possessed of an infinitely small soul, and of this
I put myself upon tho country.
JNO. 11. BItANTLY, Jr.
Ordinary of Pulaski Connty
MEETING OF PLANTERS.
Peiiiiv. Jan. 5. 1858.
According to previous notice, a portion of
the t'otton Planters of Houston county, met
this day for the purpose of forming an organ
ization, which, tor the future would give sys
tem, so far as they arc concerned, to a common
interest.
The present condition of the Cotton Market,
both foreign and domestic, is immiturnl: such
circumstances being nnustial, mu.-t be left to
work out their own remedy. The commercial
world, like ever) thing else, is subject to such
revulsions, which are produced by a combina
tion of circumstances that can neither be
forseen or avoided. We need not undertake
to specify what we suppose to be the causes,
or any of them, for that is only incidental to
our organization—we venture, however, to
make this suggestion ; that it will best promote
the interests of Planters, if they will dispose of
no more Cotton on hand, than will discharge
their obligations to Merchants and others to
whom they may lie indebted ; for it seems rea
sonable to suppose that things « ill soon begin
to settle back into their accustomed clumnel,
and regularity be finally restored in the com
mercial world. Demand and supply will al
ways fix the price of every merchantable arti
cle : that is, if the demand for an article in
market be limited and the supply large, the price
of the art icle must rule low,and onthe other hand,
if tlu demand is large andthe supply limited, the
article mnst rule high. This is not only true
as to Cotton, it is also true as to evi'ry other
commodity brought to market for sale. Now
it is known that the supply of Cotton under or
dinary circumstances, cannot by any means ex
ceed th? demand, (if the demand can be met.)
and therefore Cotton should command a high
I price. It is known that the crop of 1856 was
a short one, and that of 1857 will not much
exceed it. This shows that the demand which
is constantly increasing, cannot more than be
met; andthe increased price which Planters
were realizing before the revulsion, was noth
ing more than reasonable. A few years ago
Cotton at eight cents per pound, was quite as
goixl as Cotton now at thirteen cents per
pound, for it is well known that the high price
of Cotton, lands and laborers now. show .as
large a per cent, to exist, as there is between
Cotton at eight cents in 1850, and Cotton at
thirteen in 1858; perhaps the ja r cent, is much
larger.
\\ hatever may have been the causes of the
present revailsion. direct or incidental, it is
clear, the Cotton planters w ill have to bear the
most serious losses of any portion of the com
munity. This is wrong, and thut thia and oth
er tcronge, may be prevented for the future, is
the main reason for bur organization.
The follow ing Articles will express the nature
and objects of our Association:
Ahtici.e Ist. This Association shall be known
mid designated as the Cotton Planters Associa
tion of Houston county.
Art. 2nd. There shall be a President and two
Vice Presidents; one of the Vice Presidents
shall preside in thCmtsence of the President.
Art. 3rd. There shall lie a Secretaiy, who
shall record in a book, (procured ut the ex
pense of the Association,) ull the proceedings
he may be directed to record.
Art. 4th. The Officers of the Society shall lie
elected at the first meeting of the Association in
each year.
Art. sth. There shall be ttvo regular meet
ings of the Association in each year, to-wit:
on the first Tuesday in January, and on the
first Tuesday in July. But the President, or
last presiding officer, may call meetings of the
Association whenever, in hisjudgment, lie shall
think proper. There may also, be adjourned
meetings.
Art. 6th. This Association shall be auxiliary
to any general Association that may be formeil
in this State, having the same or similar ob
jects in view.
Art. 7th. None but Cotton Planters shall lie
members of this Association.
Art. Bth. The President, or last presiding of
ficer may, either during the session of the As
sociation, or at any other time, appoint in the
respective districts, such committees as the in
terest of the Association may require.
Art. 9th. It shall be necessary to member
ship in this Association, that each member
subscribe his mime to these Articles.
Art. 10th. All elections made by the Asso
ciation, shall be by Ballot, unless otherwise
ordered by the Association.
Art. 11 th. The single object of this Associa
tion shall be to promote the interest of Cotton
Planters, by adopting such measures and mak
ing such suggestions, as may appear to present
the most reasonable mode of action.
Art. 12th. This Constitution, and no Article
| thereof; shall be altered but at a regular meet
ing, and by two-thirds of the members present.
B. F. THARP, President.
J. 11. Ha vis. Secretary.
■ At the above meeting a Resolution was pass-
I ed requesting the Cotton Planters of the respec
tive counties in the State, to form County As-
| soeiations without delay, and elect delegates to
a Gem nil Convention, to be convened in tiie
city of Macon on Taeedny after the third Mun
day in February nest. Robert W. Baskin ami
Howell Cobb were appointed delegates ou the
part of the Houston County Association. •
2nd. It is hereby recommended to the State
I Convention, that they designate such news
papers a< they advise the members ot County
I Associations to support.
3rd. Our delegates are authorized and re
quired to adopt such measures, as in their
I judgment, will best subverve the interests ot
I those they represent, and Cotton Planters at
| large.
4th. We. approve of direct trade with for
. eign ports, and will use our best exertions to
promote that object.
sth. Keuolced, That the editors of the Ma
con papers be requested to publish the above
proceedings, uud editors generally will please
copy.
MISCELLANY.
I xtf.bestisg Statistics kok 1857.-From a
number of statistics published in the New York
Herald, we gleam the following:
During the year 1857 there were 227 fires
in the I’nited States, where the loss at each
was over 8’20,000. The total loss is set down
at $15,7'12.000, against $21,159,000 in 1856.
; The number of lives lost at tires this year was
i 158—last year 183.
Numlier of steamboat accidents this year 36;
lives lost 322, and 86 wounded. La.--t year
there were 29 iwcideuts, 358 killed and 127
wounded.
Number of railroad accidents 126; persons
killed. 13<i ; wounded, 530. Last year there
were 143 accidents, 195 killed, and 629 w ound
ed.
During the present year 2(1 revolutionary
soldiers have died, as have also 25 persons of
one hundred years of age and over.
Ai i.EooF.ti Cviie eoi: Dki xkexness. —An ex
change recommends the follow ing as an infali
ble cure for beastly intoxication :
•• Whenever a person is in a stupid anil in
sensible state, from the abuse of intoxicating
drinks, lay him on his right side, elev ate his
left arm. and pour cold water down it slow ly.
Before a common pitcher full can be emptied,
the man will walk, perfectly sober,”
Woman's Rights.—Judge Coon, the Police
I magistrate of San Francisco, Ims decided, in nn
interesting case la-fore him, that there is no
law preventing a woman from appearing in any
rig that she chooses to don. If she prefers
breeches to petticoats, she has a perfect right
to wear them, and no unmanly or inquisitive
policeman must disturb her in their use.
Some atrocious caluminator of the fair sex
says the ladies are about to introduce a new
fashion this winter, no less than an immense
caleshe. to be attached to their waists, to be
raised and lowe red at pleasure, like the top of
a buggy.
SiXGCi.Aii.- —W idow Stoddard died in Fulton
county, N. Y., on Christinas day. She was
born in Connecticut in the y,ar 1763, on
Christmas day. was married on Christinas day,
and died on Christmas day, aged, ninety one
years.
A Fhke Sight.—Speaking of lions, said a
a hardshell preacher discoursing of Daniel in
the den of lions, “ There he sot all night, look
ing at the show for nothing; it didn't cost him
a cent.
Washington Irving now seventy five years
old, walks to Dr. Creighton’s Church, in i ar
rv-town. and back, a distance of five miles,
nearly every Sunday.
A Yankee doctor has contrived to extract
from sausages a powerful tonic, which he says
contains the whole strength of the original
bark. He calls it the “ Sulphate of Canine."
THE FIGHTING PREACHER
Me have heard an excellent story of a rev- i
erend gentleman, once a citizen of Pittsburg.
He was what the ladies called a “dear good I
man.’ mid the young misses “a dm-k of n fel
low.' His charity was not confined to those
who were his immediate followers, and in all
the private relations of life he bore the charac
ter of an honest and upright man. It is said, I
however, that he possessed a violent temper,
and when anything disagreeable occurred, be- 1
| haved in a manner by no means clerical.
I On one occasion, a member of the eongregn- l
tion, as passionate as himself, reproved him for |
, Using language in the pulpit highly improper
! in itself, and altogether unbecoming one pro- 1
tessedly devoted to the service of his Divine
.Muster. The clergyman replied that he was 1
governed by his own sense of propriety, and i
that he Would pelmit no puppy to speak to
him in that manner.
To this, a blow was the only reply. A dread
ful fight was the consequence, which continued
for the space of thirty minutes, at the end of
which time the layman was forced to cry,
“Hold, enough!”
The battle ended, and the preacher with an
I injured face, « alked home in triumph.
; News ot the quarrel spread like wildtire
i through tiie congregation. Old ladies put on
their bonnets and ran all over the citv to hear
the particulars ; fast young men called on the
| reverend gentleman, complimented him highly
I for having behaved so well, and left him witii
the assurance of their great regard and distin
guished consideration.
Hie Sunday following, the church was filled
to excess—all anxious to hoar the minister's
explanation. People of all ranks, all conditions
—men, women and children—saints and sin-
I ner.—professors of the manly art of self-defence
| —all individuals who until that time knew not
what the inside of a church was made of, were
I assembled there.
J list as the great bell struck for the hist t ime,
the clergyman entered the church. 1 leliberate
ly he wended his way to the pulpit, and calm
ly contemplated the scene before him. The
choir sang the psnhn commencing with :
“ Blest is the man who shuns the place
M here sinners love to meet ’’
After which the preacher made a short and
fervent prayer. He then took his text, ami de
livered the following address, which was han
ded to us by a gentleman who was present:
brethren— M e are commanded to love our
enemies, and to respect those who despiteful!}-
use us. It is our duty to do so. Forgiveness
is the finest quality m the Christian character.
It distinguishes him from al! others, and causes
him to be looked upon with respect mid admi
ration. He iv ho is able to forgive an injury, is
more than a man, because lie rises far above his
fellows, and is conscious of posse-..->ing parts to
‘ which Others are strangers. In my short, clieq
| uerid career, 1 have always endeavored to
; overlook every little injury I have received.
In most instances 1 have been siK'Cesstul—thus
proving that the immortal ami the Christian ar
! rises far above the mere man. But my dear
brethren, it has not always been the rise,
i l''i-vqueuUy my pi-omi heart and violent pas
sions prevail over the commands of wisdom
ami the voice of prudence. A few days since,
1 forgot my position and struck the oifemler.
I mu well aware that vve are commanded when
-mitten on the right check to turn the left; and
1 only think it proper to do so; but my breth
ren, irZ<« a man ><adi rtaki. to care in my load,
I am there!"
The spm-ting characters present, gave three
terrific yells, which created so much confusion
■ that the services immediately concluded for the
I Jay-
Histckv of oil; Abused Ukhdit. —M e pre
sent the history of our abused credit during
' r the past week :
t Monday, I started my bank operations;
I Tuesday, owned millions, by all calculations;
M’ednesday, my brownstone palace began ;
Thursday, drove out a spanking bay span ;
Friday. I gave a magiiitieelit ball;
Saturday, smashed—with just, nothing at all.
REMOVAL.
E. SAULSBURY
I S now located at his NEW STOKE, on Mulberry I
1 Street, opposite the Lanier House, and is prepared
to show his old customers and the public ireneraiiv, 1
as large and varied assortment <4 FINE HEADY- 1
MADE CLOTHING and CENTS FLRNISHING
GOODS, as can be found in this market. He will be i
receiving constantly weekly shipments fruin New (
York, embracing the latest styles. E. S. !
oct ±Mf ' j
BTlO'VAriNr’S ITOTED,
M \( UN, GEORGIA,
E. E. BROM V. Proprietor.
H‘ A VI NG been fully convinced of the ex- '
ceedingiy annoying inconveniences to i
which the travelling public, passing over our HSi
I various Kailroads, were constantly subject
the Proprietor determined to erect and in up, at the
most eligible and convenient point, ahotel that would
supply everv demand and be entirely worthy the pa- I
truiiagc of the public. He has, after much labor aud
expense, carried out his original purpose, having se '
1 lected a site immediately opposite, and within thirty 1
I yards us the Tasseuger Depot. Persuns leading on,
the night trains can enjoy, ut least, an hum's sleep ’
I longer here than at any <4her hotel in the city ; and
the table is furnished witii the best the country af
fords; the rooms are comfortably ventilated amt sup
plied with necessarv furniture, nml the servants uie
well trained and may be summuned at any hour.
I He has spared no pains or expense to meet every
want, and aappiy every convenience, and now even |
thing being complete, he Hatters himself his Hotel us- ■
fords eipial ad\ antages to any other in the Stale.
Remember this Hotel is immediately opposite j
the Pa-senger Depot.
Ma' ■ ii. < •<!.. N-'v 17.
HATS’ QIATS!
B E JL 3D E KT <Bc CO-,
\KE now receiving at their Fashionable HItCV '
Store, under K.dston’s New Conceit
I (‘lierry Street. Mneon, a larg M »n<! varied assortnS-ia
of G "»ds in their line, consisting in part of the fol- I
low ing articles ;
I FALL SILK HATS. EXTRA FASHIONABLE
Black Beaver Hats. Extra French Felt Hats,
Mens’ (’ushmoiettc, Mens' Mantilocs,
Mens’ Drah Beavers, Mens’ Silk Vel
vet Caps. Metis’ Navy Caps, Ex
tra Ladies' Biding Huts,
extra tine.
Otto Caps, extra, Bovs’ Hats. Fino Cashinorctte and
Fine Black and Fur Hats, Wool Hats, Navy
and Black X elvet Caps, ('loth Caps, from
s<»cts., to $2 Also a large m. i
sortmcut us Plantation Goods,
Leather Hat Boxes, Um-
brellas, Ac.
All of which will be sold at fair prices. Jocbxhs j
from town or country, can have their Stock icplcn
ished on favomble terms.
oct 17
LAMER HOUSE.
MACON. GEOKGIA.
LOGAN & MEARA, Proprietors.
rpHEI ROI’KIETORSof this well known
.1 establishment, respectfully site notice
that they are still candidates for the patron- pUHH
age of the Travelling public, and determined AuAmL
to omit nothing to deserve well of their guests and
maintain the reputation.of the Itouse.
Free Transportation
Os Passengers and Baggage, to ami from the Hoium?, J
I by a tine new Omnibus ami Baggage M agon, which
[ they have provided fur that pui |M»se. Passengers ’
I hereafter wdl be at no expense w hatever for transjior
■ tat ion of thrmseh es and their baggage cither wav be
lt ween the Lanier Huiix* ami the Kailwav Stations in
' Macon. We ask a continuance of public patronage !
I and promise nttention and c« mfort to our guests.
'. oct LOGAN A MEAKA.
SELECT SCHOOL.
r pi IE exercises of B. M. POLH ILL’S School will
1 be resumed on Monday, 4th of January.
Tr«ws>- per annum.
For Classics and higher Mathematics, ♦<;<) OU per
annum, one half payable in advance, at the begin
ning of each term.
Dec. Ulßt, 1M57.
BAZAAR Ol' FAwiIIOWT -
$60,000 ’WOB.TH
)E thw most elegant, rich and varied assortment
Fall and Winter Dry Goods
just received and in store at
ROSS, COLEMAN & ROSS’.
Cotton Avenue, ever before offered to the criticism of
a fashionable world. Allow us most respectfully to
solicit an early inspection of our European and Home
fabrics, consisting of everything that can charm the
eve or captivate the taste of eveu the most fastidious.
We feel m» hesitancy in proclaiming it the largest,
richest ami moat \ aried assortment, by far that was
ever brought to Macon. A notice of only a few of
our novelties, w ill give a slight idea of the magnifi
cence of our stock, and the bright and beautiful no
xelties that mlurn our shelves and counters.
Point D’Alencon LACE ('OLLAKS, from sl2 to
*7< i 00 each.
Real French EMBROIDERED SETTS, from $3 00 to
$25 OU per set.
Embroidered HAN DK ERCHIEFS, from $1 00 to
$25 no each.
Jaconet and Swiss BANDS, from S 5 cents to $7 UU
a strip.
Rubes, Aquillce in worsted and silk embroidered with
velvet, from $5 no to slon no a Dress Pattern.
Lady Courtnay Morning Robes, from SI2OV tos.»no.)
THIRTEEN HENDRED DOTXARft
worth of new Jaconet and Swiss frillings—exclusive
styles, at all prices.
Cloth and Velvet MANTILLAS, from $3 on to |IOU
00 each.
Embroidered Velvet MANTILLAS worked with Silk
end Ostrich Feathers.
Oil Painting-;, among which are Svbd’s Cave at Ho
boken, New Jersey, uud the tomb of Koaciusco.
A great variety of Tapestry, Velvet, Tapestry Brus
sels, Three ply and Ingrain ('aqanings,
Rugs, Druggets, Oil Cloths, Ac.
Our stock of planti'tion goods is most ample and
complete, 8-4 White Blankets at <»2 1-2 cenw aach,
ami prices running up to $1 25 each.
Everybody is earnestly solicited to give us a call,
as our stock is unusually large and we are bound to
sell.
remember to get nt the right place on
Cotton Avenue, at ROSS, COLEMAN A ROSS’.
oct 22
WATCHES, JEWELRY,
SIL VEH AND PLATED WARE. Ac.
r pilE undersigned most respectfully inform* z
1 his friend* and customers that he is now V/Y
opening n beautiful stock of Goods inhisline, u .
which for beauty nml elegance cannot In? surpasse<l,
ami requests those w ho are purchasing to give him a
call as they will be sold very low for cash.
Store ou Cotton Avenue one, door below Bostick A
Rein’s. M. D. BARNES.
WATCHES
Gohl and Silver Watches, Chatoline, Fob, Vent and
Guard Chains, for sale cheap bv
M D. BARNES.
PINS and EAR RINGS, a large Stock us every va
riety , and will be sold verv low bv
M. D. BARNES.
BRACELETS,
Finger Ring-. Watch Keys, Pencils, Watch Seals
and Chains. A large supply for sale bv
M. D. BARNILS.
SILVER SPOON’S.
Fork*. Ladle*. Pic, Fish and Pickle Knives, Salt
iMtd Mualard Sp< on*, Ac., fur sale bv
M‘. D. BARNES.
Plated Ware Cutlery, and a thousand other pretty
things which wiil be >old on the most liberal terms
by M. D. BARNES.
Watches, Clock*. Jewelry. Ac., repaired at short
notice aud warranted to give entire satisfaction, bv
in M D B\ i:\T.S
BOOTS AND SHOES.
\T THE SIGN OF THE BIG BOOT. No.
3, Cotton Avenue.opposiseWashington WSI
Hull Lot, Macon, Georgia. The J AJ
would return their thanks for the very liberal and
long continued patronage extvnde«l to them, and
would most respectfully solicit a continuance of the
same. We have in store u large ussortmeut of
BOOTS AND SHOES.
mostly of oar own mannfm ture, to which weekly a«l
•litmus will be made, of ail the different styles aud
pattern* usually called for in a shoe store, and would
invite those wi*hing to purchase, to cull and exam
ine our stock, as we are prepared to sell us low us
anv house in the citv or State.
oct 19 MIX A KIRTLAND.
lIOOTS. —A full assortment ot Gents' tine French
> Calf Boots, pump sole, welted aud water proof,
of various kinds and qualities, both sewed and peg
ged. Just received and for sale low bv
MIX A KIRTLAND
1)1 BBER SHOES. A large assortment <»f (lenls
k and bovs Rubbers. ANo Ladir* slipper and san
dal rubber Shoes of Goodyear’s celebrated patent.—
Just received aud for sale low bv
<■<!! • MIX A KIRTLAND.
IJLANTATION BROGANS. Now in store the
best assortment us Negro Shoes, we have ever
offered in this market. Men’s double soled peg and
( nailed black and russatts; do. heavy single soled
j black ami russetts; do. boys and youths block and
| ru **etts. all of which we arc selling verv low.
oct I.' MIX A KIRTLAND.
IbOOTS VND SHOES Men'* nnl Boys and
) Yuuth’s Hue calf and kip peg’d Boots ; Men’s
-font kip limiting and mud Boots : Gents lasting
(Waiters. Monterey, ojtera and ties, and tine calf Bro
gans; Gents, boys'* and youths’ patent ami enam
elled Brogans ; Men’s boys’ and youth’s California
kip Brogans, u large assortment.
MIX’ A KIR FI AND.
TAY Loll s
A V TI-B1 SFEPTIC ELIXIR
ll r E would call attention to the above valuable
» > remedy as being the best ever discovered fur
Dyspejisia ; and for this alone we recommend it. We
have many certificates, and could get many more,
from some of the most prominent men in our section
of the State—but we decline this mode of adverti
sing.
We only want the afflicted to give it a trial—and the
worse the ca.-e* the more marked tlie relief—to con
vince ull that thi* is trulv a wonderful remedy. We
only w ish we had the influence to induce every suf
ferer from this terrible disease to give this reriiedv a
trial, us we have never know n of a case yet that was
n d cured <>r relieved by it even with one bottle.—
Give it a trial bv ull means. For sale bv
GEORGE J’AYNE. Macon.
SMITH A EZZARD, Proprietor*.
nor li'-tini Atlanta, Ga.
THE
MUTUAL LIFc iHSURAHCfc CO.
0? NEW YORK.
'V ’ ET ASSETS, (Exclusively Cush, • Four and a
half Millions of Dollars-
S cured by Bond ami Mortgage on Real Es
tate in the City and State of New York, worth over
The entire profits of this (’ompany. sl,Con,o(M),
(1-1 June, 107,) arc the proporb of the assured.
Wives can insure the lives of their husbands for a
sum free from the claims of his creditors.
Creditors can insure the lives of their debtors as a
security for their claims.
Purtiv- can insure their lives fur a sutn payable on
their attaining the age of 45, 50, 55, or •;•» years, and
so make a provision for old age, or payable to their
heirs should they die in the interim.
A fixed sum cun be secured by one payment, with
power to increase or decrease the amount deposited,
renewing die amount assured equitaldv.
FRED'K S. WINSTUN, President.
T«aac Abbatt, Secretary.
Sueppakd Hom vxx, Actuary.
Pamphlet* giving every information, and blank
applications, can be had at mv office.
T. K. BLOOM,
nov 5 Macon Ga.
JOSEPH M. BOARDMAN.
W YSHINGTON BLOCK.MI LBEKRYST.
M ACON. GEORGIA.
I AW. Medical, School, miscellaneous and Juven
ile Books.
Blank Book*. Stationery. Draw ing Taper, Roll Pa
per, W ater Color*. Artists’<Hl Colors, Boxes of Oil
and Water Colors, Mathematical Instruments, Mathe
matical and Engineering Book*. Copying Prcssesand
Books, Writing Desk*. Port Ftdios, Pocket Books,
Gammon Board.*. Writing Fluids and Inks of the
very best kinds. Faber’s and Lubin’s Drawing Pen
cils. Steel and Gold Pens, and ail the various articles
usually found in a Book Store.
Al«'», \ gent of the Southern .Mutual nsiiranre j
< onipain. oct 17 1
NUMBER 15.
mead quarters
FOR
DRY GOODS
■ >’L IKK A KEIN would invite the attention of
1 f everybody, especially the i.auie.s, to tiieir u,w
stuck ot
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
w hich nre now just opened and ready for inspection.
It is a well known tact that our House has always
been “Head Quarters,” for the Newest, Bacbeat
and most fashionable styles of Dress Goods, and wa
boldly assert, that our present assortment will com
pare in point of taste, variety and elegance, with any
stock in the State of Georgia.
Ijadies, one and all, we invite you to call and see
the most magnificent stuck of
Maple A Fancy Dry <»oo«1m
ever opened in Mneon.
Come, whether you wish to buy or not; we want
you to see them, so that you can tell your neighbors
and acquaintances how beautiful the goods are.
Oct 1» BOSTICK A KEIN.
j ATTENTION PLANTERS.
yiri! can snpplv you with Negro Blankets, Ker-
V V seys and Plantation Goo<is. on as favorable
terms as any other establishment in Georgia. Give
ns a call. ’ BOSTICK A KEIN.
oct 19
r |’ , llE largest, handsomest and cheapest stock ever
1 brought to Macon, including every style, color
and price, from sl2 to a pattern, just opened
| at BOSTICK A REIN’S,
oct 19
CURTAIN GOODSANDCARPETINGB.
\lavsr<- supply just received, end wiil be sold very
cheap by BOSTICK A KEIN.
oct I l .'
ISAACS’ SALOON,
On Cherry Street, near Ralston’s New Hall,
MACON, GEORGIA.
| F yon are fond of good bating and drinking—if
1 you want to find all the delicacies of the season—
a conifurtabh breakfast—an excellent lunch—a sub
stantial dinner a first-rate supper, or anything else
in that line, you can’t be better suited than at Isaac’s
Cei.ebrathd Saloon.
At this far-famed establishment, Strangebs and
Residents can have whatever they call for, served up
at moderate charges, in the best style and by the
most attentive waiters, at any hour from early in the
morning until late at night.
Look at his Bill of Fare, and choose for yourself:
OYSTKHB
From New York, Savannah and Brunswick, in the
shell or by the measure, raw, fried, stewed, in any
wav you want them
ALSO,
Shrimps and Crabs,
Wild Game of every variety,
Venison and Beef Steaks,
Mutton Chops and Veal Cutlets,
Hani and Eggs,
Deviled Ham and
Deviled Terapins,
Mountain Oysters,
Turtle Soup,
Ac., Ac., Ac.
Wood cock. Grouse, Mountain Geese, Squirrels,
Wild Ducks, Fish, and anything that an epicure
wants, can always be bud when in season.
ISA ACS invites the nt NGBT and thirstt passing
through Macon, to give him a call, as his LARDER
is daily supplied w ith all the dainties to be procured
in the Savannah and New York markets, and his
BAR furnished with the best of Liqiors, Sbgars and
other accompaniment*.
Confectioneries and Fruit.
ISAACS also keeps constantly uu baud a good as
sortment us
Cl >X F ECT ION BUI KS,
Oranges,
Apples,
Bananas,
Pine Apples,
Various descriptious of Nlts,
Cakes, Ac.
All us which can be purchased at low prices for C'tuh.
Be •ure and call at
THE ISAACS HOUSE,
or,
ISAACS’ RESTAURANT,
CiiEßur Street, nbar Ralston’s nkw Hall,
JZacua, G'tiuryia.
oct 17
SOFTI j-W ESTEKN GEOKG IA
LANDS!
LEE COUNTY.
I l.t llistriet Nos, 118, 135, IGI.
ISth “ “ 1«.
i 14th “ «5. »5. »9, 100,138,13#. 15T.
SUMI’TEU COUNTY.
15th District— Nos. 80, *‘2, 135, 212, #54.
l«th “ “ 22«, 240. 245, 247.
TERRELL COUNTY.
12th District —Nos. 65, 66, 122.
4th “ “ I#l.
RANDOLPH COUNTY.
sth District—No. 205.
WORTH COUNTY.
1 ;th District Nos. 162, 188, 189, 196, 229. 231. 234.
' l.’.th District Nos. 60, 64, 66, 72,157.
1 11. 20. 21, 4.1, 44, .53, 54, 116, 117,
128, 137, 143, 144, 154, 159, 160, 165, 166, 171,
IKB, I*9, 195, 197, las, 232.
DOOLY' COUNTY.
j 2<l District—Nos. 68, 202, 206.
3d “ “ 30, 67.
1 '*•' “ “ 2,4, 19, 20, 30, 35,36, 40, 51, 54,
I 112, 113, 147, 179. 205, 206, 212, 237, 230.
7th District- Nos. 1, 65, 66, 129, 121, 132, 188, 189,195,
l“'h '• “ 82, 110, 111, 116, 134, 141 142 143,
147, 167, 197, 223, 255, 256.
■ 14th District—Nos. 16,18, 19, 13#.
PULASKI COUNTY.
4th District Nos. 76, 77, 82, 79, 85, 110,176,177, 204.
205,211.214.
sth District Nos. 150, 151, 161, 162, 168, 172 177
178, 189, 198,199, 210, 216, 265.
CRAWFORD COUNTY.
, :r<l District—Nos. 35.
7th •• “ 21,41,56,61.
MACON COUNTY.
Mh District—No. 93.
Ist “ “ 116.
2ud “ “ 178, 208.209.
MARION COUNTY.
3d District- No. 65.
4th “ “ 97, 98, 125, 158.
11th “ “ 2.
CH ATTAHOOCHEE COUNTY.
6th District—No. 32.
TAYLOR COUNTY.
l-.’th District—Nos. 187.199, 20«, 209, 215. 228, 256.
l ; 'h “ “ 13,98, 126,132,134,152,153,155,
156, 158, 168, 182, 174, 198, 217, 243, 252.
14th District Nos. 9.3, 98, 103, 126.
L>th “ 137,187, 158, 229.
TALBOT COUNTY.
16th District—Nos. 73, 102. 103.
EARLY COUNTY.
26th District- Nos. 35, 36, 37, 38, 84, 85.
DECATUR COUNTY.
14th District—Nos. 12, 13, 16, 17, 51, 68, 66, 76, 69,
'J”. 92. 93, 96, 141, 146, 147, ISO.
| 16th District—No. 2*>.
-'7 th “ “ 266, 264. 298, 299, 300,301,302.
THOMAS COUNTY.
sth District—Nos. 389, 391, 392.423, 424
l.'th “ “ 212.347,348.374.376.
Ths above lands owned and for sale by
WM. B. JOHNSTON.
_ _ ~ Macon, Oa.
Office at E. J Johnston A Co.’s. nov 12
DeLORMEi
IIAI HE DE VIE,
OR
Balsam of Life.
. llarran/at toheetrictly a Prepanti m.
CARJtFCLLT AND ACCURATELY PREPARED FROM THE ORIG
INAL HECIPE OF DR. LRLEIVRE.
r PHIS valuable preparation has been in use for
£ nearly a century in Europe and the West India
Islands, and for a shorter period in these United
States, with the most satisfactory results. No medi
cine was ever compounded which has a more univer
sal application than this. For the permanent cure of
all diseases arising from a disordered Liver, Stomach
or Intestines, such as Liver Complaint, Jaundice,
Dyspepsia, Nausea, Constipation, Ac., this remedy
has never been excelled. For diseases of the nervous
system, Sick Headache, Nervous Debility, Ac. In
the numerous affections peculiar to females, this
medicine is a perfect balm. The proprietor has huu
dre is of testimonials from gentlemen and ladies of
the hiphrwi respectability, throughout this State, as
to its efficacy.
Manufactured by CHARLES DeLORME,
Sumter, S. C.
For sale in Macon bv E. L STROHECKER A CO.,
V A- MENARD and FITZGERALD A NOTTING
II AM. nor 5