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THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
BLOOM, >
ELFK. > Com.
AVINSHIP.)
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS.
^REGULAR MEETING.
Coancil Chamber, /
Macon, Ga., September 17tb. [
Present—A, B. Adams, Mayor,
Aid. Winship, Findlay, Bloom, Ellis, Elfe.
Absent—Aid. Flanders, Bostick, Johnston.
The minutes o? the last meeting were read,
When Aid Ellis entered his protest against so
mat h of the minutes ns relates to the contract for
building the City Hall.
The minutes were then confirmed.
The Bridge Keeper reported tolls for the week,
to date, S1U t;.v
The Clerk of Market reported fees for the week to
date, SCI ltd.
The Guard House Keeper reported fees for the
Week, to I lata. SI '25.
The l-'in me* Committee reported in favor of the
following accounts, via:
Jos. Stein, Dennis Sheehnn, £?l.
Tho Committee to whom was referred the en-
croachment of Win. B. Gamble, beg leave to report
U‘ ! 't they ha.e examined the encroachment, and
would recommend that Win. B. Gamble he allowed
* tret tor portico : I rovided he fill up and keep in
Rood order the side walk in front of his residence,
until otherwise ordered by Council;
Which was adopted.
Petition from the managers of tho Ladles' Charita
ble Associ iti, n, calling upon the C*ty authorities to
aid them in their benevolent efforts, was received
ami read.
When Aid. Bloom moved that his Hon. the May
or appoint a committee of three to confer with
the managers.
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Passed.
The petitions of John L. Jones and Thos. A. Brew
er, asking the privilege of advancing tlieir frontfen-
cos on the streets, was received, and referred to Com
mittee on Street Encroachments.
On motion Aid. Findlay,
Resolved, That it be the duty'of tho Street Com
mit tee to examine the condition of the Sewer passing
along the alley in the roar of the Earner House, and
ascertain whether it is used for other purposes than
that for which it was intended, and report at our next
regular meeting;
Passed.
Tho Committee on Fire Department beg lcavo to
report the floors of the Engino Bouses Nos. 1 &
2 in a very bad condition—dangerous to the Firemen
ami detrimental to the Engines, nnd would recom
mend thyt the Committee oi Public Property be au
thorized to have them repaired as they may think
best lor the interest of tho city.
BLOOM, Chairman.
Adopted.
On motion Ahl. Findlay,
Resolved, That liis Honor the Mayor appoint a
Coiti nittee of three, whose duty it shall bo to make
application to tb • next Legislature to amend the City
l I.niter hv gran ing power to appoint assessors to
value real estate of tho City of Macon for taxation;
and also for power to assess a special tax on all en
croachments on streets, alleys, or other public do
mains, in violation ol the City ordinances :
Passed.
Findlay, Bostic, and Bloom were appointed on
that Committee.
On motion Aid. Ellis.
Resolved, That the Street Committee have such
trees as are living, boxed, and trees planted where
they are required.
Pasted.
The Committee on City Hall bog leave io report
that tho original designs for the budding as well as
the plans made by Council's authority are now before
th e body.
Be it, therefore, Resolved,That the same he adopt
ed as a whole.
_ It. FINDLAY, Ch'n.
Carried.
On motion Aid. Ellis,
Resolved, That the Street Committee examine the
obstruction iu Ash Street and have it remedied as
they may gee proper.
Passed. '
Council then adjourned,
R- CORD, C. C.
Arrival of thcPersia.
Mct York, Sept. 15.—On account of the
wires being down this is sent on the line, via
New Orleans.
The steamer Persia left Liverpool on 5th
Sept, and brings threo days later news than
the Baltic, reported yesterday.
Cotton had advanced 1-16. The sales were
65.000 bales. Orleans Fair quoted at 9|; Mid
dling at 8 15-16. The mark;t closed quiet,
but firm.
The Persia’s reports are not much moreim-
portant than those of the Baltic. The Indian
troubles are still variously discussed by all
parties.
Tne lookcd-forward-to racefor the "Warwick
Cup, came off on the 3rd Sept, over the War
wick Course. In this three mile dash the
hackers of the American stock had looked for
ward to M ■ Ten Broeck's horse Lecomte to
distingu. himself, but all were badly disap-
iuted. ijitcomtc is reported to Lave been
badly be n in this race.
t i itioual by the Persia.
New York. Sept. 15.—In ':be race for the
Warwick Cup, three horses were entered.
Fisherman was the winner, and Lecompte.
(one of Mr. Ten Broeck’s American horses)
beaten by twenty lengths. The race was three
miles.
Eleven more regiments have been ordered
to India.
The Paris Court of Assizes has condemned
Ledru Bollin, Mazzini, and others to deporta
tion.
The Spanish papers deny any knowledge of
the existence of any secret treaty between the
United States and Mexico.
Diplomatic relations have been resumed be-
n Naples, France and England.
B i wian troops are concentrating on tbe
Austrian front er, to prevent any interference
in- the i-'Tairs of the principalities.
Tlier.’ re .-till rumors of minor changes in
the Brit’sh cabinet.
The ' .m Charge has left Madrid.
In London, the underwriters for the Atlant
ic Cable have ordered 364 per cent, to be paid,
and relinquished all claims for salvage.
Tlic Succession.
Our pob'tical adversaries seem to be amusing
themselves with speculations concerning the
successor of President Buchanan. Tlieir pur
poses are quite apparent, however much they
may attempt to disguise them. They have
one great leading object in view—and that is,
to distract, divide and conquer the democracy.
They know that there are in tbe democratic
ranks a large number of men of talents, ex
perience and integrity wbo are qualified for
the presidency, and who may be safely elected
to that high otlicc. They nre equally conscious
of the fact that the enemies of tbe democracy
have never elected a man to tbe presidency
who has not proved bis entire incompetency
or an fitness, and failed to command the votes
of his countryman for re-election.
All they now expect is, not an ascendancy
of their principles, but they hope to occasion a
division of the democracy, through which to
secure a plurality election, and a chance at the
federal offices. They anticipate consequences
from democratic division which they can never
• consideration of the merits of
s. It rests with the democratic
\ to • inline whether they will invite
.U-tons upon a question to be dc-
e.dou tin i < yr'rs hence, which may involve
v"t to no formed. It is onr deliberate
." sagacious and true friend of
the democracy will lend himself, or permit his
friends, so far to become the instrument of onr
enemies as now to devote those energies to the
question of succession which should be direct
ed to the overthrow of our old aud untiring
enemy.— Washington Union.
A Novel Passenger.
The passenger loeomotiveGreyhound, draw
ing the 2:10 lightning express train from Chi
cago, came into the depot yesterday with a
novoi and unwilling passenger on board. This
was nothing less than a large ram, who was
ensconced on the front of the engine, standing
upon his feet, and leaning against the end of
the boiler. He looked around upon the crowd
ns lie entered the depot in the most uncon
cerned manner possible, and seemed to think
that the mighty machine upon which he rede
lor his especial accommodation.—
'■eo struck by the cow-catcher at
• ion, ten miles from this city, and
i.t'ov . ip on the front of the locomotive,
• ' ; • ivered his feet and rode safely
h; distance. He received a 6e-
te hind leg, which was all the
damage sustained. The loi emotive ran through
a thick of a hundred and thirty, killing twen
ty-live ot thirty of them. The owner is a man
mimed Hamilton, who was on his way to Buf
falo with them.—Detroit Free Press, Hd inst.
From the B&inbriDge Argus.
The First Congressional District—
IION. JAMES L. SEWARD.
As a Georgian, we cannot but feel deeply
interested in the movements of the two parties
now engaged in a contest for the various offices
in the gift of the people, and desirous as a pa
triot, that the result may redound to the best
interests of the State aud country, whether the
standard bearers of our favorite party arc suc
cessful or not. Yet we are not disposed to es
pouse the claims of but one candidate, and for
the reason that gross injustice has been done
him by those whom he has faithfully and im
partially served, and whose interests has ad
vanced more largely than any Representative
they ever favored with their suffrages in the
past—the lion. James L. Seward, the Con
gressional Delegate from the First District.
It is conceded by every one with whom we
have conversed on the subject, of both politi
cal parties, that Col. James L. Seward has un
questionably’ made one of the most active and
eflicicn(.Representatives in promoting the local
interests of his constituents in every portion of
his District, and responding to all their calls
of duty, the people of that District ever honor
ed with their preferment. He has acquired a
reputation, not confined to the limits either of
his District or State, and, considering bis lim
ited experience as a Congressional Delegate,
must be gratifying to himself and friends, and
should guarantee to him, so long as be chooses
to serve, the hearty support of every one in the
District who prefers the good of his State to
the interests of his party.
Such being the case it is a matter of univer
sal surprise with those unacquainted with the
circumstances connected with it, why the
Holmesville Convention should have disregard
ed the claims of so faithful and popular a pub
lic servant, and nominate a man, by almost a
unanimous vote, who is not only incompetent,
but personally very unpopular, and incapable
of carrying his party voto in any county in
the District, and who, under any circumstan
ces could not be elected over any one the op
position might chooso to run. As we have
been advised of the facts in the case, and can
give a satisfactory solution of an enigma that
seems so inexplicable and incomprehensible,
we will proceed to satisfy the mind of the read
er on the snbjcct. ,
Col. Seward had satisfied his constitutency
so universally, and the wish to return him was
so well known in every portion of the District,
that it was considered by tho party he repre
sented wholly unnecessary to hold a conven
tion in order to learn the sentiments. of the
party when those sentiments were already
well known, Col. Seward being the choice of
the party, not only in the Disirict but through
out tho State. This being the settled policy
of the party, it was very easy for Col. Gaulden,
who it will not bo denied, possesses wherever
he is known, a few ardent friends, to collect a
hand full of these friends in several counties,
by his own personal efforts and have resolu
tions previously written out, adopted, and de
legates appointed for his special benefit. This,
it will be seen very readily, was an easy mat
ter : and this we are credibly informed, was
tho way in which the celebrated Holmesville
Convention, that nominated Col. Gaulden was
gotten up. And does any Democrat possess
ing intelligence enough to seek shelter dur
ing a heavy shower of rain, consider himself
bound to support the nominee of snch a con
gregation of familiar spirits ? Most emphatical
ly, No .' This question of Gaulden’s nomina
tion being settled, we will now say a few
words in reference to Mr. Bartow, the nomi
nee of the American party. "
In the first place, we would ask why is Mr.
Bartow in the field against Col. Seward, a man
who has done more for Savannah, the home of
Mr. B., than any other man has ever done in
Congress, and to whom the citizens of the gal
lant “forest city” ashort while ago irrespective
of party, proposed to give a public dinner as an
acknowledgement of his distinguished services
iu securing tbe passage of the Savannah har
bor bill ? Yes, why is Mr. Bartow in the field ?
The most satisfactory response we can give to
the query is. Col. Seward is unfortunately a
member of tbo much detested Democratic par
ty, and tbe Americans want to elect a member
of their own party in his place—in other words
it is to securo the triumph of p-a-r-t-y! And
will the citizens of Savannah, of Brunswick, of
the whole District, for the sake of parly, aid to I
overthrow and defeat the most faithful and effi- I
cient public servant they ever honored with a I
seat in Congress ? As a Georgian we sincere- I
ly hope not|
Failures.
The following is a report of suspensions, failures,
etc., for the week ending 12th inst.
Daniel IV. King, Puffield, Conn., failed.
Saroni A Goodheim, Boston, Mass., suspended.
Alden A Curtiss, Shoe-dealers, lio.-ton, Mass.,
suspended—offer seventy-five cents.
Daniel Coolidge, Boston, Mass., failed.
Debt'!es A Clark, Natick, Mass., failed.
John M. Brown, St. Albans, Yt., failed.
Acker A Harris, New York city, suspended—lia
bilities very large.
I, . A V. Kirby .V Co., Dry Goods, N. Y. city—
suspended, with liabilities ol *500,000,’and nominal
assi-ts of about sm»i,
■ Coffin A Haydock, Auctioneers, X. Y. city, sus
pended.
Tuttle, Cutting A Co., Produce, X. Y. city, sus
pended.
D. C. A E. Uealy, Merchants, X. Y. city, suspen
ded.
Stillman, Allen A Co., Iron AYorks, X. Y. city,
suspended.
D. J. A G. J. Levy, Clothing, X. Y. city, failed
and assigned.
Robertson, Hudson A FuUiam, Dry Goods, X. Y.
city, suspended.
J. II. Cotton A Co., X. Y. city, suspended—lia
bilities £250,000; asssets $525,000—will doubtless
resume at once.
Starling & McCullok, Produce, X. Y. city, sus
pended.
Peter Gassncr, Carpets, X. Y. city, suspended—
liabilities about $250,000.
Baily A Brothers, Carpets, X. Y. city, failed and
assigned.
Browning, Stewart A Allen, X. Y. city, suspen
ded.
Marks Berlimer, Clothing, X. Y. city, failed.
Cohen A Good, Cloths, X. Y. city, failed.
Lane A Porter, Dry Goods, X. Y. city, failed.
Lyons A Jones, Dry Goods, X. Y. city, sold out
and assigned.
Jared \V. Graves, Grocer, X. Y. ciiy, suspended.
James DeGray A Co., X. Y. city, supended.
Osterbcrg Brothers, X. Y. city," suspended.
Boek A Co., N. Y. city, suspended.
J. Cllman A Sons, Fancy Goods, X. Y. city, fail
ed and assigned to Bondy, bros. A Co.
AA’ardell A Pease, X. Y. city, suspended.
Burnet A Oldner, N. Y. city, suspended.
Richard Marsh, Books, X. Y. city, failed.
Alexander A 'Bauer, X. Y. city, failed and as
signed.
PliUlip Adams, Fancy Goods, X. Y. city, failed
and assigned.
AV. Pearson A Co., Coal, Brooklyn, X. Y., sus
pended.
Oliver Lee A Co’s. Bank, Buffalo, X. Y., suspen
ded.
AVilliam Foote A Co., Buffalo, X. Y., suspended.
Niles A Kurnev, Buffalo, X. Y., reported suspen
ded. ’
II. Jones, DangTiUe, X. Y., assigned.
Fitzhugh A Littlejohn, Oswego, X. Y., reported
suspended.
Pratt A Allen, Buffalo, X. Y., assigned.
AVilliams, Tanner A Co., Buffalo, X. Y., suspen
ded.
E. E. Folgcr A Co., Buffalo, X. Y., suspended.
M. H. Dale, CuylcrsviUe, X. Y., assigned.
John M. Odenheimer, Coal Lands, Philadelphia,
suspended—liabilities said to be $400,000.
Colwell A Co., Iron, Philadelphia, suspended—
liabilities large.
McBride.A Brothers, Cotton; Philadelphia, failed.
Bex A Co., Brokers, Philadelphia, failed. ■■
C. E. Spangler, Coal, Philadelphia, suspended—
liabilities large, with good surplus.
Geo. P. Evans, Philadelphia, suspended—liabili
ties about $100,000.
AV. R. Black A Co., Cotton, Philadelphia, failed.
E. T. Mott, Crockery, Philadelphia, suspended.
Smith A Barton, , Boone county, Penn., re
ported suspended and left.
J. AVaugh, Pottsville, Penn., suspended.
J. F. Gebhart, Maytown, Penn., failed.
Chapiu A Osborne, Pittsfield, Penn., suspended.
Helfiich A Fisher, Kutztqwc, Penn., failed—lia
bilities said to be $40,000.
I. F. Bruce, Lock Haven, Penn., failed and left
the place.
AVitbington A Eastman, Sugar and Molasses—
failed for a large amount.
I. T. Schamwald, AVilmington, X. C., assigned.
AYm. Elden, Portsmouth, Ohio, asking an extern
sion.
AVebb A Davidson, Decatur, HI., sold out.
Loomis, Abbott A Chapman, Chicago, Ill., as
signed to Bottsford A AVheeler.
E. R. Sweetxer, Port Huron, Michigan, assigned.
I. X. Pendleton A Son, Marshall, Mich., assigned
to Preston Mitchell.
A. F. McKenzie, Adrian, Mich., sold out.
Stiglcr A GiUet, Adrian, Mich., failed and as
signed.
Alder A Skiff, Milwaukic, Wisconsin, failed and
assigned.
AVeil A Harshberg, Milwaulcie, AVIs., failed.
Xewton A Kean, Fort DesMoines, Iowa, assigned.
M A CO]Sr, GA..,
Tuesday Morning, Sept. 20, 1867
[From the Sumpter Republican.]
Forx Valley, Sept. 14, 1857.
Mr. Editor: My attention has been called
says you congratulate yonr party that the
“ Hon. Samuel Hall, one of the Buchanan elec
tors, has denounced tbe Administration, and
avows his intention to support Col. B. H. Hill
for Governor. 1 ”
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“ AYhat wouldn't thou dearest, I can give ?’’
She asked iu her soft, gentle tone ;
Ho pointed to her purse, and said :
“ This would I have—and that a-loaa,"
ter, and we admire him and would like to bon -
or him, if we could do it with justice to others
and a due regard for the best interests of the
country, but his present position wo cannot
endorse, and regret that his love of party has
prompted him to array himself against one who
has faithfully discharged his duties as a public
servant.
The Famous Arrowsmith Hoax.
The correspondent of the London Times,
writing from Macon, Georgia, under date of
July 23d, alludes to the absurd narrative of Mr.
Arrowsmith, of a dreadful scries of murders
which he stated to have been committed dur
ing a midnight railway ride from Augusta to
Macon. After showing the utter fallacy of
the whole story, he ventures the following ex
planation of the mysterious affair, which, if
correct, places Mr. Arrowsmith in a very ri
diculous position:
•The baggage car is the smoking room of
the trains, and parties occasionally retire thith
er with ‘refreshments.’ It should be stated al
so that a bottle of champagne is known in these
parts as a ‘Monte Christo pistol,’ a brand of
that wine bearing the name of Dumas’ hero.-
In tbe narrative this pleasant and harmless ar
ticle figures as a lethal weapon, making but a
slight repo.'t, and therefore used by the hostile
parties as convenient for quiet fighting. With
the addition of as many ‘dead men’ stretched
on the boards as there is empty bottles left be
hind, some traces of a pryor mystification or
mistaken figurative language for literal de
scription became apparent; and some of the
sanguinary horror is wiped out of the story.
Encounters with tbe Monte Christo weapon in
the baggage wagon arc, I understand, is notun-
common on the line.- The courteous presi
dent of the company has I believe, more than
once been engaged in them ; hut he assures
me no fatal results have ever occurred.”
It would seem by this, that a practical joke
had been played off upon Mr. Arrowsmith,
which impressed that gentleman with such a
dcadful reality that he reproduced it with the
slight addition of making himself an eye wit
ness of facts, instead of an auditor of fables.
It appears, also, by this correspondent, that
the whole story came very near being confirm
ed in England, with additions, in the follow
ing manner:
“It amused excessively a select circle of
youth in Savaunah, who have more time on
their hands than billiards can usefully occupy ;
feeling that the author of the talc rather re
quired backers, one of them invented a clergy
man, and in his name wrote to Mr. Arrow-
smith, in England, tendering corroborative
testimony, as a fellow-passenger. The offer
was gratefully accepted, and in performance
of it, documents and affidavits testifying to the
truth of the well known details were prepared,
which would have deepened the mystery.
But one of those cross accidents which defeat
the best laid conspiracies, large or small, in
tervened ; the device of the ficticious clergy
man became known to some persons at Liver
pool before his document could be dispatched,
nnd the scheme was necessarily abandoned.
This additional incident is of little importance,
except that the correspondence connected with
it proves the delusion under which Mr. Ar
rowsmith labor to be complete, whatever might
be its cause, for he would have received the
proffered confirmation seriously and produced
in support of the creations of his fancy, a mass
of proof that would have been equally base
less. It was to have passed in Savannah as ex
cellent fun, though most people would be in
clined to call it deliberate forgery.”
The Cotton cFop.
AVe have seen enough of the cotton crop
within the last few days to satisfy us that the
amount raised this year will fall far short of
last year’s crop. The prospect is exceedingly
gloomy, and we cannot see that any thing can
improve it.—Bainbridge Argus,
I have not seen the paper allnded to, but can
not doubt the correctness of the report I have
heard—this statement, wholly unauthorized
by any thing I have said or done, certainly
occasions me no little surprise. While it is
true that I supported the third resolution adop
ted by the late Democratic Cpnvention, and
still stand upon that resolution, and while 1
think that the Administration has had suffi
cient time to recall Gov. Walker, and ought
to be censured for not having done so, yet I
must say that the support of Mr. Hill would,
in my humble opinion, afford a very poor reme
dy for the wrongs that have been committed
upon the rights of the Southern people by the
course of Gov. Walker in Kansas.
AVe have differed from Gov. Walker and
the Administration (if they approve or fail to
condemn his coarse) for the reason that we
believed, that great and vital principles have
been thereby violated. Would a decent re
gard for consistency allow us to redress such a
wrong by giving our support to men who
have always assailed and now denounce these
principles, viz: the principles embodied in tbe
Kansas Nebraska bill ? For one I have never
considered the authors and supporters of that
bill as plotters and contrivers, who had by the
bill surrendered the interests of the South for
votes, and votes only; and when I place such
a construction on that measure I may support
Mr. Hill for office—but not until then.
I do not regard any man or administration
as constituting a great political party—indeed
I think that in a government like ours the
pretentions of the greatest man are perfectly
insignificant in comparison with the least prin
ciple. With the position of the Democratic
Party of Georgia I am enlircly satisfied, and
shall, with great cheerfulness, and every con
fidence of the fidelity of its candidates to tho
principles to which they stand pledged, give
my support at the approaching election.
You will surely do me the justice to give
this an insertion in your next issue.
Respectfully, SAM’L. HALL.
The Funny Law Suit.
The following account is given of the law
suit which was noticed in tho Philadelphia
Bulletin some time ago :
A novel law 6uit came off. at Media, a few
days since. .AVaa. McMullen sued George
Barrett, a barber, for malicious mischief for
cutting his hair close to the scalp in the “ New
York fighting style,” the former claiming $20
damages. The defendant proved by two or
three witnesses that the hair was cut accord
ing to order; whereupon, the plaintiff with vio-
loncc asserted that the evidence was not true.
Squire upon this told tbe plaintiff lie was lia
ble to action for perjury for such flat contra
diction. Acting on this hint, the outraged
witness at once insisted on satisfaction, and
the litigious plaintiff got scared, turned defen
dant—and plead for mercy! The squire dis
missed the suit with costs, and the barber
laughs over his first experiment at cutting hair
in the “New York fighting style.”
Kansas Convention.
Telegraphic dispatches from Lccompton an-
tiouiio- that the coin-tiiutional convention has ad
journed to the third Monday in October. AVc fur
ther learn that the free State delegates wore refus
ed seats in the convention, but the reason of the
refusal is not given.
Democratic Nominations.
JOSE
FOR GOVERNOR,
rn e. mow
FOR CONGRESS,
1st District-
-JAMES L. SEAYARD.
Id “
MARTIN J. CRAWFORD.
U “
DAVID J. BAILEY.
4 th “
L. J. GARTRELL.
Cth “ .
A. R. AYRIGHT.
Gth “
JAMES JACKSON.
1th “
LINTON STEPHENS. ,
8 th »
A. H. STEPHENS.
STATE LEGISLATURE.
For Senator—NATHAN BASS.
For Representatives—JOHN J. GRESHAM,
ABNER M. LOCKETT.
Judge Brown’s Appointments.
Judge Brown will address his fellow-citizens
at Augusta, Saturday night, September 19.
At Greensboro’, Monday, Sept. 21.
At Madison, Tuesday, Sept. 22.
At Covington, Wednesday, Sept. 23.
At Monticello, Thursday, Sept. 24.
At Jackson, Friday, Sept. 25.
At Griffin, Saturday, Sept. 26.
At Butler, Monday, Sept. 28.
At Perry, Tuesday, Sept. 29.
At Americus, AYednesday, Sept. 30.
At Albauy, Thursday, Oct. 1.
Hon. B. H. Hill is respectfully requested
to attend and discuss upon equal terms.
To Correspondents, Ac.—Tho Editor is absent
on a visit to bis friends—will return about tbe mid
dle of October. t jf
Judge Brown
Spoke in Augusta on Saturday evening last, and
goes from there to Greensboro, Monticello, Jack-
son, and on Saturday next addresses the people at
Griffin. Mr. Toombs, Col. Bailey, and other dis
tinguished gentlemen will also bo present, and we
understand a splendid barbacue will be prepared,
and accommodations made for a large mass meet
ing. Let the people turn out to meet these gen
tlemen. They will have a frank, manly, and able
discussion of all the living issues of the day.
AA r e receive good reports of the success of Judge
Brown wherever he meets his fellow citizens. His
struggles in early life, the difficulties he encoun
tered, the dangers he has passed, the triumphs lie
has won, attach him to the masses. They sympa
thize with him—they recognize in him a fair type
of the spirit and genius of our institutions, as il
lustrating the fact tliat, honesty, industry, virtue
and talents, springing from the humblest sources
may reap the richest rewards and highest honor
of tho Republic, no has been honored by his
neighbors nnd friends, time and again. The peo
ple of Georgia have now taken him into their keep-
, and intend byji triumphant majority, on the
first Monday in October next, to make him their
Chief Magistrate, Mark our words—this is but
the stepping stone of “ this poor boy of tho moun*
tains ” to other and higher honors.
lYIiat Macon Wants
More than anything else is another outlet
to the Atlantic. Let us go to work and build
the Macon & Brunswick Road.—The people
along tbe proposed line arc ripe for it and will
subscribe in proportion to their means ; may
hap the State will lend us a helping hand; the
up country members will favor State aid to
this work, because its interest to them is di
rect and immediate. Agitate, agitate.
The Wire-Grass Reporter.
AVc take pleasure in announcing the establish
ment of another Democratic paper at Thomasville.
Messrs. Love & Hall, gentlemen young in the ed
itorial harness, but ardent in their political feel
ings, have bought out the “ Enterprise,” a Know
Nothing paper, and started the “AVire-Grass Re
porter.” ' AYe have no doubt the editors will prove
themselves able auxiliaries in the Dempcratic ranks,
and wc trust success, pecuniarily and otherwise,
will attend their efforts.
A Prolific Stalk of Cotton.
AYe were shown last week a stalk of Cotton from
the plantation of D. Adams, Esq., of Houston
county, bearingxhc immense number of three hun
dred and ninety-six bolls and forms, of which Iko
hundred and nine were fully developed. This as
tonishing yield was produced from Boyd's Prolific
variety, and we believe has never been surpassed
Ralus—Crops.
AVc havo been blessed with light showers for the
last three or four days. The air is cool and pleas
ant and the city quite healthy.
Corn and Wheat Crops are good.
Cotton comes in slowly, and from what we hear
we are under the impression that not more than
two-thirds of a crop at the outside, can be made.
C. A. Ells & Son.
AYe are happy to say that our old friends, C. A.
Ells it Son, arc soon to get back to their old quar
ter*, where they will be ready as in times past, to
furnish the public with every thing in their line at
a moments notice. In looking at their large and
handsome building now nearly finished, the other
day, wc could not help thinking with Judge Strong,
when the Central Rail Road was chartered, “ Mac
I smell the Oysters.”
The Rchoboth Baptist Association, assembled in
this city on the 15th inst., and adjourned after a
pleasant and harmonious Session, on Thursday, the
17 th. Mr. Morrow was ordained as Missionary to
Indian Missions, and much other business of impor
tance transacted. The Church in this city we are
happy to Icam, is in a highly prosperous condition,
and will continue to grow and flourish, as-long as
its present pious, learned and universally loved
Pastor, Rev.. Sylvannus Landrum, has charge of its
interests.
Chatham.
"VYc have heard that onr Democratic friends
in Chatham intend sending to our next Legisla
ture lion. John E. AVard, as Senator, and Gen.
Paul Harrison and Geo. Gordon, Esq., as Rep
resentatives. This ticket will do.
Mr. Ward, in our judgnfent, is the most
popular and efficient gentleman who has fig
ured in our State Legislature for ma ty years
past; and when we consider his great ability
and experience, wc do not wonder that our
Chatham friends require his services.
Gen. Harrison is an experienced member,
intelligent and universally popular. Geo. Gor
don, Esq., is the son of the “Gordon” of Sa
vannah and a worthy con of an illustrious sire.
He is a young lawyer of fine promise and vriU
make an excellent member.
An advertisement lately appeared, headed
“Irott bedsteads and bedding.” AYe suppose
the linen must be sheet-iron.
Speaking of the merits of a watch, Abel
says he had one that gained enough in three
weeks to pay for itself.
Twiggs Court.
AVe learn that Twiggs Court was in session dur
ing the past week. Judge powers presided, and
gave universal satisfaction by the ability and im
partiality of bis judgments and the rapid despatch
of business.
During the hours of adjournment, political atl-
dregpes were made on Tuesday by AVm. K. dcGraf-
fenried, Esq., and on AVcdnesday by Samuel Hall,
Esq. The Democracy are in high spirits, and will
give an' increased majority for Brown and Ste
phens. Col. E. G. Griffin, for Senate, and Judge
Henry Faulk, for the House, are tbe Democratic
candidates; and having served the people of Twiggs
ably and faithfully in the last session, will be trL
umphantly elected for the next Legislature.
Ron. Robert Toombs
Has girdled on his armor and his white
plume is seen glittering were dangers are the
thickest. The opposition cower before the
deadly blows of his stalwart arm, and armed
as he is with tho weapons of truth, his march
is like that of an “army with banners.”
. Mr. Toombs is no laggard in the cause of
Democracy, but ever ready to respond to any
call his friends may make upon him. Verily
he will not be forgotten.
Biiciiaiiau all right ou Kansas.
Hon. Jefferson Davis, late Secretary of AVar,
and now Senator from Mississippi, in a speech,
at Hernando, says: “ he had the best author
ity for believing that the Administration was
not responsible for the language employed by
Gov. AValker, or the reasons he urged.”
AVe have known for some time that Mr.
Buchanan did not endorse AYalker’s inaugu
ral, and it has been a mystery to us, how,
with a knowledge of Mr. Buchanan’s past
record, and surrounded, as he is, by such pa
triotic and distinguished counsellors, any im
partial Southern man could for a moment
doubt that he would with fidelity maintain the
principles which carried him into office. Let
us give him, then, our entire confidence—he
is eminently worthy of it, and will not disap
point or deceive us.
The India has arrived. Cotton advancing.
Macon, and its Prospects.
Our city is prospering in all branches of trade—
increasing in her manufacturing interests—adding
to her banking capital, and, in a short time, will be
the most populous city in the State. Thirty or
forty large and commodious two and three story
brick stores havo been erected during the past
year, and many others are in process of construc
tion. A new City Hall is under contract—a large
and elegant Presbyterian Church will ho completed
by the 1st of January—private residences, une
qualled in cost and beauty of design in our South
ern'latitude, are going up—a large Flour Mill has
recently gone into operation, nnd supplies its cus
tomers with an article better than niram Smith's
best—we have three of the largest Iron Foundries
in the State, doing an excellent business—our Cot
ton Factory is the best managed and the best pay
ing concern in the South—wc have four fire-proof
Cotton AVarcliouscs, spacious enough to hold, se
cure from fire and other casualties, all the cotton
our friends can bring, and we have numbers of
buyers with orders direct from Europe to purchase
at the best prices—our Grocery Merchants, are
ready and willing to sell from their ample and va
ried stocks, all the supplies our farmers may need,
at prices lower than any other market Then our
Dry Goods men have the latest and richest styles
for the women, and handsome and polite clerks to
attend at their counters, ready to give you the last
piece of fashionable gossip, while they put you up
a two hundred dollar silk or a “seven-pence cali
co.” Then we have Druggists and Clothing Mer
chants, Carriage Repositories, and Crockery, Boot
and Shoe, Bookstore and Hardware dealers, Fur
nishing and Furniture establishments. All the de
partments of trade are well represented in Macon.
Our wholesale trade, particularly in the Dry Goods
business, is an important feature in our commercial
prosperity, and country merchants are beginning
to find out that it is to their interest to purchase
Goods from our enterprising wholesale dealers—
thereby avoiding the expense of a trip to the North,
besides a great saving of time in transportation.—
AYe have also two good, sound, specie-paying
Banks, under the direction of gentlemen of the
highest character, able and willing to furnish moq-
ied facilities to carry on our large and increasing
trade. So come on with your cotton and other
produce—you will find Macon the best place to sell
and the best place to buy, without making pilgrim
ages to distant, and, in the long run, dearer mar
kets.
Democratic Organs—’Atlanta pa-
PERS—YOUNG AMERICA IX THE LEAD.
The four leading and most influential politi
cal journals in the Empire State, are controll
ed by young men under the age of thirty.
Tho Constitutionalist is edited by our quon
dam talented townsman, James T. Nisbet,
Esq., under whoso control this sterling sheet
loses none of the reputation which it had un
der the auspices of that veteran in the service,
James Gardner, Esq.
The Savannah Georgian, under tbe control
of Albert R. Lamar, Esq., is conducting the
present canvass with a spirit and ability rare
ly equalled. Let the Democracy of the 1st
District bestow upon this paper the patronage
it so richly deserves.
The Federal Union, edited by Joseph Nes-
bit &.S. P. Baughton, is one of the most spir
ited and reliable Democratic journals in the
country, and circulates in every nook and cor
ner of the State. It is making a noble fight in
the old Seventh for Linton Stephens, Esq.
Success attend its efforts.
Last but not least, tho Atlanta Intelligencer
and Examiner have been united and “the Dou
glass and the Hotspur will be proof against a
world in arms.” With Duncan and Lochrane
in the lead this new paper will be one of the
ablest and most effective journals in the State.
AVc congratulate them on the union, and hope
they may reap the substantial rewards which
tiieir integrity, zeal and splendid abilities so
deservingly merit. AVith such a team. Young
America will be sure to make tho connexion
in good time.
Senator Bigler, or Pennsylvania.
AYe regret very much that we have not space to
publish the very able and patriotic speech of Sen
ator Bigler, of Pennsylvania, delivered at Clarion,
in that State, on the 8th ult., in reply to tho address
of the Hon. David AVilmot, at Philadelphia, on the
24tli ult. AA r e have long known Mr. Bigler to be
ono of tho brightest intellects_in the Republic, nnd
a careful perusal of this masterly effort of his, in
behalf of the rights of the South and iter consti
tutional guarantees, proves that he possesses, in an
eminent degree, that catholic spirit of enlarged
liberality whiph is so absolutely necessary to the
faithful performance of the arduous and responsi
ble duties of an American Senator. On the sub
ject of Kansas, let him speak for himself:
“ For myself, I have believed that the spirit of
the Compromise of 1850, as in the organic law of
Kansas, contemplated the decision of the question
of Slavery, in tho Territory, by some direct action
of tho people, prior to application for admission os
a State, otherwise the question will come back to
Congress in the same shape in which it was when
referred to the people, unaccompanied by any ex
pression of popular will. That expression should,
nnd I have no doubt, will be had without any offi
cial interference as {o what it should be; and when
so had, deciding tho question of Slavery as tho
people wish. I shall, for one, assist to throw wide
open the portals of the Union, and welcome Ka
s;is as a State, Shivery or no Slavery. But I shall
not vote to admit her on tho Topeka Constitution,
because the movement was not of the people, but
of a party ; was not by authority of law, but in
violation of law, and revolutionary. Nor ami at
all inclined to indulge tbo rebellious spirit of those
in the Territory who seem determined to set the
law at defiance. If they will not net save in their
own way, nnd Kansas becomes a Slave State by tli
voice of those who do not act, the responsibility
must rest upon them.”
AA’hat docs Mr. B. II. Hill say now as to the un
soundness of Northern Democrats?
Cotton nnd Corn Crops, in Texas
The following is an extract from a letter to
the Editor, dated
Douglassvillk, Texas, Sept. 5, 185
“ Our com crops are generally good and
cotton very promising, our planters are be
ginning to do a fine business in picking. I
learn that a bale of the new crop was sold a
few days since in Jefferson at 174 cents
Washington, Sept. 14.—Advices received
at this city state that Brigham A’oung threat
ens war and a separation of the Union, if the
United States troops enter the Territory
Hon. B. H. Hill and Consiste ncy.
He was originally a Democrat—changed in
48 and voted for Gen. Taylor. A Union
man in ’50 ; he continued on that line during
the years ’51 and ’52. AVas a member of the
Pierce aud King Union Executive Committee,
and a Pierce and King man in ’52; a Fill
more and Donaldson man in *56. On the
platform of the K. X. which declared “ the
Union the paramount political good” in ’56 :
and in the spring of ’57 reports ultra Fire
Eating resolutions to the Troup meeting. Ac
cepts the nomination for Governor, denounces
AA’alker for tryiuy to make Kansas a free
State, aud calls Fillmore a second AVashing-
tou, who was in favor of the Missouri Restric
tion, inveighs against Buchanan for support
ing Alien Suffrage in the Kansas hill, and yet
lauds Fillmore to the skies who signed a liter
al copy (almost in words) of the same hill.
Was in the legislature" of ’51 and ’52, and vo
ted for Mr. Toombs for Senator, who had
previously declared for Mr. Buchanan as his
first choice, and now opposes both. AYhat say
you to this record, people of Georgia ? Is con
sistency any longer a jewel ?
Col. O. A. Eoclirane
Has made a great speech in Augusta. This is
news to us, here, who have been so often stirred
by the thrilling eloquence of our young and highly
gifted townsman. AA’e hope Col. L. will find it
convenient to make a thorough canvass of Middle
Georgia before the election. The people will as
semble in crowds to heir him whenever he is an
nounced to speak.
Col. Bailey and the Messenger.
The Messenger, in a late number, charges
Col. Bailey with neglecting ’ his duties while
in Congress two years ago. It is true, Col.
B., from his own, and the ill health of his fam-
ily, was compelled to be absent frequently,
but he never left AYasbington at an important
juncture, to come home and attend to his own
business. Can the Messenger say as much
for Mr. Trippe? We opine not. Did not
Mr. T. leave Washington and return home to
attend Monroe Court, when his vote was much
needed to prevent the Black Republicans put
ting the Proviso to the Army Bill ? Did he
not leave AVashington, at least two weeks be
fore the close of the last Session, and at a time
when all the business of the session, of any
importance to the country, was coming up, to
come home to attend Monroe Court 1 Did ho
not do this, Mr. Messenger? Wd hold that a
Representative when he accepts a public trust,
should attend to it, and his private obligations
should give way wherever the interests of his
constituents are concerned. We commend to
the careful consideration of our neighbor the
adage, “People who live in glass houses should
not throw stones.”
Honors to the “Great ConinT^**
The AVashington correspondent
ton Mercury, say? : J ' ■-
“1 perceive that Mr. Stephens
by a Georgia paper as ;
next House. Mr. Stepln,
any, among the real Democjjt:
dispute hi? advancement to an-
lie has but to be heard from
suitable Sp ( . ■
" 111 '”"1 ft
: It.-
"J" posit*
oil this
con.-cietu-e un,
re-pect to
mind more acute,
is not in the land. AVitl
and exactness in decisions r .:' j
points, he can have no superior." •
VYe heartily endorse the
that Mr. Stephens, if he dc;
or any other position will S p
os, in this region, there is n
pie love to honor more tl
phens.
scntini
res
an whom
tan Alexand,
fl-Sa.
our Gei
'■st at the tv
Tlic Next Legislature.
AYe are pleased to see by our exchanges
and private correspondence, that many of the
members of the last Legislature will he re
turned.
AYilkcs returns her two distinguished and
popular members—Mr. Pope to the Senate
and Mr. Irwin to the House. Mr. I. will pro
bably be the Speaker of the House.
The opposition in Hancock return Col. D.
W. Lewis, an enlightened and liberal Legis
lator, and barring his politics, every way ac
ceptable.
Col. JohnMilledge is up for “Richmond,’*
and if the Democrats can’t win, wc would pre
fer Col. M. to any K. N. we now know.
B. F. Ward will be returned from Butts as
Senator, and a better and wiser man than he
will not be in the next General Assembly.
Maj. Mounger of the “ old- Clark stock ”
will represent the lion hearted Democracy of
Dooly. Gucrry comes from Randolph
Charles AA T alker from Crawford. Lawson
Fields is a candidate in Cherokee, and if the
people want an able aud faithful Senator,
they will elect him. Crittenden, the first re
presentative from. Spalding, is again a candi
date for the House, and we are glad to hear
that he and Josscy, the Democratic candidate
for Senator, will both ho returned.
Taylor will send Riley to the Senate and
McCombs to the House, both good and true
men.
John W. H. Underwood, Esq., is a candi
date for the House from Floyd, and his elec
tion will be hailed with delight by the Demo
cracy of Georgia as a just tribute to his ability
and patriotism.
The next Legislature of Georgia, in our
opinion, will contain an unusual number of
distinguished members, and we confidently
look to a wise and liberal spirit of legislation
as the legitimate result flowing from the uni
ted action of wise and discreet counsellors.
T’lie Germans,
Prof. Grimmc, with a Company of <
fellow-vitizen?, volunteered to as?i?
given in Griffin on the 10th, for i,„.
Light Guards. They are excellent mnri«4*
clever fellow?, and deserve, as they ► ,
thanks of the large and intelligent 1 '
bled on that occasion. AVe have keai i ,i" ****
and know that they have attained to a V-a i' ‘
of excellence as vocalist*. May they j
in abundance Lager Beer “nut ormiu**^
Chinese Sugarcm^$ yr
Our friend, Asa Earnest, one of th
thrifty aud intelligent planters in the\^
sends us a specimen of his Syrup fr 0m Chi
cane. It is an excellent article, thick '■
flavored in fact, the Syrup is almost ^-
as our friend’s politics arc sound. It ;
True Blue Democrat.
The Result iu October
Let no Democrat in Georgia, or cir • •
deceived by the boasts <>f the onoosifi ■
in regard to the next election. It ; s t p,.' ”
liar province of our opposition friend a |. '
to elect their candidates by calculatir ■
figures, it is the good fortune of the D .,'*
cy to elect theirs by the votes of the peoel*.
it has been in the past, so it will be in theft
ture.
AYe have reliable information from «-
District in the State, aud it foots up thus- '
1st Dist.—Seward’s majority over .
and Gaulden, 800 votes. Brown over B
1,800.
2d.—Crawford and Brown over E 1
Hill, 1,700.
3d.—Stand off.
4 th.—Gartrell over-Tidwell, andBrowncra
Hill, 2000.
5th.—Brown over Hill, 4,500. Wrightc»
Hooper and Tatum, 3,000.
• Gth.—Brown over Hill, 4000. Jackses ;;.;
Simmons, 1,800.
7th.—Stand off.
6th —Stephens over Miller can’t be cousirl
Our figures demonstrate that BrownwiEV.
elected over Hill by a majority ranging fog
twelve to fifteen thousand votes. AYebcliert
we shall carry every Congressional District a
the State, to do this, our friends in the IK:: |
and Seventh must work unceasingly until th
election day. In the Third, Col. Bailey is do
ing good service, his speeches are
well received.Linton Stephens is makingikil I
liant canvass. Let the Democracy of th
Third and Seventh put their shoulders toll:
wheel and sustain their candidates with zed
and industry, and'the day will be ours. So |
mote it be. »
L. <i. €. Lamar?
The eloquent Lamar has canvassed se
counties of his district with remarkable
cess. A correspondent of the Corinth Repuh- j
lican, in Tishomingo county, Miss., writs:
In conclusion, I would remark that it
Colonel’s effort here as a statesman is
passed by any speaker it lias been my r :
fortnneto hear—in fact, upon the politic Us
ings he has no superior in the State; sad it i
strong and able debater he has no enpt r.::
the United States. He gave uuiversti afc
faction to his democratic friends, who will al
ly as one man to his support in Octobers;:..
The Savannah Republican aud
SAAIUEL HALL, Em;.
He is “ Hon.” when he joins the KnowXc: .1'?,
but plain “ Mr.” when he sticks to the Democ^T
Still they Come.— I .AA'e received »
AYe learn from good au- [patch yesterday,costin'
thority that the lion. I dieting the rumor jd?
Samuel Hall, ono of the lished by u? some
Buchanan Elector?, lias ago to the effectftoth
openly doiumneed I’.iK-h- -I i! ■'!.
an.in and Walker, a'.i-l ••< 1
says that he intend? t>> had t- :
support B. II. Hill for mini-tr.;::
Governor. — Sax. Rep. I cd to cast his w- - J
s.j.t. l'j. iMr.HilL—
Latent News.
“ Sain ” lias scratched out again”—so says ot j
friend Durr of tho Griffin Union. Sam liaiH-
clean out and put his hole in habitable order, J
Joe Brown’s coming, and will drive him •
sons.
Tiie Secretary of War, and the Sale
OF FORT SXELLIXG RESERVE.
That high-toned gentleman and incorruptible
patriot, Gov. Floyd, tho Secretary of AA’ar, has
been attacked by some of the Abolition press, and
charged with improperly allowing a sale to be made
of the Fort Snelling Reserve. Tho secret of this
attack upon Gov. Floyd lies in the fact that ho ha
prevented a parcel of speculators from getting this
land for nothing, by a plan which had been gotten
up (if the land had been sold at public outcry) for
the bidders to combine and not bid against each
other, and in that way purchase the reserve at
their own price. Gov. Floyd, anticipating some
thing of tho kind, sent ont an agent of tho Go
vernment to make tho sale, on tho best terms pos
sible for the Govceument, which was done, and
hence all this outcry,
Gor. Floyd deserves and will receive the thanks
of the couutry for thus intervening in behalf of
the Government, against the machinations of these
‘.‘Eastern Land rirates.” AA’e predict that Gov
Floyd will make the ablest Secretary of AVar we
have had for rears.
JEIcction of U. S. Senator in Ain.
The Democratic press of our sister State are dis
cussing tho claims of several gentlemen who have
been named in connection with the election for
Senator, to be made by the next Legislature.—
Hon. Clement C. Clay is the present incumbent,
and wo hope he will be re-elected. lie is one of
tho most promising men, intellectually, in the na
tion, and if retained in his present position will
continue to reflect honor upon the State of Ala
bama, which ho now so ably and faithfully repre
sents.
Straws Show how the Wind Blows.
The Illack Republican press of the North, witl
Grcely at tiieir head, are charging Air. Buchanan
with attempting to make Kansas a slave State, and
in support of tho charge, say that he lias given all
the offices in the territory to pro-slavery men—
that he upholds and sustains Judge Lecompte, a
pro-slavery Judge, who was turned out by General
Pierce, and re-appoiiited by Mr. B. Hon. B. H.
Hill, at tho South, is denouncing Mr. VI. and his
Cabinet, for trying to make Kansas a Free State.
AA’lio is right?
Let Mr. Buchanan's letter to the Connecticut
clergy answer.
Hon. W. If. Stiles.
A\ e regret to find on a perusal of the speech of
this gentleman, made at Cussville and reported by
himself, that we cannot approve its sentiments, and
do not believe the Democracy of Georgia will en
dorse the doctrines which are advanced in this
elaborate defence of Walker’s course in Kansas.
ing to his deu, never to return.
“Our Ben’s” Speech in Macon
A correspondent of the Columbus Enquire:
ting of “ our Ben's” speech in Macon on T-■
last, speaks of the poetry of his speech. Betel* ■>
that portion of it I suppose, when “ Our Ilea ' -
liis hands uuder his arm pits, anil with his :' "[
smirk, classically say—“mm lhu
something an I jess dar any of you Demo..-
say a word, I jess dar you even to give a £‘“"
Is that your Ben's poetry. Air. Daria? CK
Slate of Political Market—Kn°"
nolhin aism below par and Bogdi Ame n: ‘-'~
about to be protected- Parties aretoarn 1
deal in securities founded on the sate <■]
Stale Rail Road.
AA’Cjhopc to report that Know Nothing- 1 • “
which two years ago was held at such an ^
mous advance, and met with such ren-’o ;
on the political exchange, has now no ^
low that a purchaser cannot he tot.--
principal owners Messrs. Ilill. Hauhchr-^
drews, Trippe ist Co. having lost U’- lT1 '_
their old investment of Fox’s Book u. • ,
and pictures of tho Pope, Sec., have ^
their business and opom-d a large _
Alien Suffrage, Squatter Sovereignty’
er’s Inaugural and Letters fromn - . - .
Emancipation. Sales are dull, and a -- _
they are offering to sell at less than -
cash or “Native A’oter.?,” purchasers an ^
They have opened a branch ot their -
at Americus where they propose to dc-n . , ^
cipally in Free Trade, and have etn P ^
their agent that experienced salesman ■ ^ ^
C. Flam to conduct the business. P ^
thorized to dispose of two-thirds of 11 ^
Rail Road, but as serious doubts on
tained whether the title is in riiefirnn f
purchasers can he found. AA e n V“ ,
that the credit of the concern is failu'c’ ;;
feel it to he our duty to advise tie 1 ^
decline to take tlieir paper, which > s ,T "
ed about at every corner, at any P>“ ^
The friends of Constitutional m
gious Liberty represented by Johnson.
Stephens, Toombs &. Co., who ore t ’ ^
Stock holders in the People s ban •
have anything to do with the P a P CI
greatly fear that the firm
of HiH,
Hauln’ tcr '
Trad*
Andrews, Trippe Sc Co., with then ^ t he
Branch at Americus, will bo P rot ( " n eM'
morning of the first Monday in . j, j a e.
at which time most of their notes "i»
So look out for lame ducks. ^ ggQjjjB*