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T- i_i- Jenkins, DBS H|| ’ HAMILTON, GA. ~ciiATT.\noochee HOUSE, Bv J- T. HIGGINBOTHEM. WKST POINT, G A DOZIKK, Attorney and Oodnselor at Law, COLUMBUS, GA. Practices in Store and Fedora! Cemrto in Georgia and Alabama. Office over C. A. Held & Co’s I*2G Broad st. dec4-6m ~ SAND Y A LEX AND Eli'S BARBER SHOP, OsLETIIORPE STREET, COLUMBUS, GA. Give me a call when you come to town, nl 1 will do my best to please. decll-Gm Hinos Uoseior, ATTORNEY-AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA 'W'il! practice in the Chattahoochee Circuit, or anywhere else. Office In the Northwest corner of the Court-house, up-stairs. jonß ED~TERIIY*S BARBER SHOP\ COLUMBUS, GA. Go to Ed Terrr’o, if you want an easy ■have, and your hair cut by fiist-cjuws har hert and in a fi.at*claas barber shop. Loca ted uuder the Rankin House. sep4ly li A NKINHOUSE COLUMBUS, GA. . ;j. W. RYAN, Prop’r. RUBY RESTAURANT, Bar and Billiard Saloon, UNDER THE RANKIN HOUSE. *nTO J. W. RYAN, Prop’r, Read This Twice. V The People's Ledger contains no continued •lories, 8 large p-tyea. 48 columns of choice misaellaneous reading matter vvery week, to- Ifether with articles from the pen? of such well-known writers ss Nasliv, Oliver Optic, Svlvanutt Cobh, Jr., Bihs A f cott, Will Cari ton, J. T. Trowbridge, Mark Twain, etc. (ttr I trill send the People's Ledqer to any address every week for three months , on trial, on receipt of only 50c. The People’s Ledger is an old established and reliahle weekly paper, published evert Saturday, and isverr popular throughout trie New Tv gland and Mi Idle i tabs,. Address HERMANN K CURTIS, Publisher, dec2s-3m 12 School st. Bostoo, Mass. " NOTICE. Having heretofore held stock in the Geor eis Home Insurance Cos., of Columbus. Ga.. I hereby give notice that I have sold said stock and transferred the same, and under recto,n 14G6 of the Code of 1873,1 am hereby exempt from any liabilities of said Company. h- WJTTJCH. Twutee, -U , .... 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ESTABLISHED 15 YEARS. A STANDARD INSTITUTION, LARGEST, CHEAPEST AND BEST 15 THE SOUTH. The only Business School in the South con ducted by an e xperienced Merchant and Prac tical Accountant, The actual expenses of students are from fifteen to twenty per cent Ihss than it will cost them to attend second clrsilK)' - imported institutions. The C mrseof Study is conducted on Aet na] Butane Principles, supplied with Banking and o her offices, combining every known facility for imparting a Thorough Practical Business Education in the shortest possible time and at the least expense. Graduates of this institution, as practical accountants, stand pre-eminent over those from any other Busi ness School in the country. The cstahli'hed reputation of this Institu tion, the thorough, practical course of Ps study, and the success of its Graduates, ranks it the leading BUSINESS SCHOOL IN THE SOUTH. Onr course of a cm: at. business training is the best and most practical of the age. No vacations. Students admitted at anytime. No chews Business Advocate, containing full particulars, mailed to any address. B. F. MOORE, A. M., President. MOTHER’S MAGAZINE Is one of the oldest and best monthlies for the family circle within our knowledge It is ably conducted, and its png s wd! fillet 1 by talented and experienced writers.—Christian Observer & Commonwealth, Louisville, Kv. It i? a very useful and instructive raaga zin", and should lie in the hands of every mo'hpr.—Haverhill Gazette. Mass Terms, $1.60 a year, postage pnid. Care fully seheted engravings to subscribers, at cost. Send ten cents for specimen copy and terms. Address. Mother's Magazine I. O. box 3157, New York. declK-.t spTpitualism. The recent extraordinary attention the subject is attracting, and its investigation by eminent sc=omi-t*, Inert ases thg druuand for current literature devoted to tbe subject In • rder that all may become familiar with the most able, fearless and widelv circulated es n..nent of spiritualism, we will send the Re pcir,-Philosophical Journal three montbis ter ibirtv cents postage prepaid by us after Jan. ,g 5 The Journal is a large W-cek ft Zp’jSZ.ttJSTSZI. HARRIS CO., GA„ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1875' Hgytifetic' - All of the Jatost stylus in dress furnished in patterns cut to any n ca-uie—price from t< nto thirty cents each. Send for Catalogue, which is free to all. ‘DOMESTIC’ SEWING MACHINE. • Tho most perfect awl reliable machine iu the world, and capable of doing work that no other machine can. Send for pi ices and directions how to choose. ‘DOMESTIC’ MAGAZINE. A beautiful Family Journal, published monthly at $1 50 a year—intended to make home happy. Send for specimen number— price 25 cents. Addre s DOMESTIC S. M. CO,. jul3 6m 27 Marietta st, A’lanta, G,i. TIFF. T- MOORE, At Van Riper’s old Stand, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Offi rs his services as a 3E*22.0t0 g;x*£A fowl! wanting Piturps from card,toJjfejiia! OUI WctuTss tarn I* —, ... -~.i- -i m ... j ~- „ . —. -~~~ . water. Lor.tr experience au 1 nnatirpas-ed fticililie enobie mo to offer an good imtucimi-nts as nnv Gallery in the State. All work guaran teed t‘> rv:it customers, or no charge, at rates as low as any. jut3-(jm HARRIS SHERIFF’S SAI^EST - Will sold before (be Court-house door in rinmiiton, w ithin the legal liours of sale, on the first Tuesday in Match next, the fol lowing property: 'J'iie mill and land whereon the mill is sit uated on the west bank of the Chattahoochee ‘ iver in Dav idson’s <’i trict of Harris county, to satisfy a ft 1a issue I from Troup Superior Court in ‘kvor of li IT Bigham vs. Elisha Trammell. S lid mil 1 better known as Tram mell's mil), below West Point on s i I river. Abo 150 neves of lend more or 1' SH in the 20tl. district of Harris county, consisting of paitsof lots Nos 280 and 281, known as the Mis Tilth place, to sat ! sfy a Justice Court fifa is tied from the t>79‘b dist G 31 in favor of K F Mattox vs G S Haling. Levy made and re’ omed to mo l*y L. C ° A1 o fifty acres tit land in southeast cottier of lot No 174 in 20'h dist Harris county, to satisfy two Justice. Court tifas issued from the 717th dist G 31 in favor of D 31 Poor vs Kd mund Glass and G< orge Evans. Levy made and returned to me by L C,° Abo 400 acres of land, consisting of lots Nos 9 and 27, in the 3d dist of Harris county, to satisfy two tax fi fss issued by the Tax Collector of Harris county vs. G M llryan. Levy made and returned to me by L. C. Also north half of house now occupied by Dr T 8 Slit- hell as an office in the town of Hamilton, fronting the public square fifteen feet and running back fifty feet. Levied on as the property of said Mitchell to sa'i-iy a fifa issued from Harris Superior Court in favor of G A I! Dozier, administrator of WO Rut ledge, vs T S Mitchell, defendant. Also east half of lot No 129 in 21st dist of Harris county, containing one hundred acres, except the dower and the estate's remainder interest, to satisfy a fifa tetied from the Court of Ordinary of said county jn favor of Cath erine Parks, for a year’s support, vs Q T Pur cell administrator of A J Parks, deceased. fel>s-td B. 11. WILLIAMS, Dep. Sh’ff. II \IiILTDV HALE liMfilTE, This Institution, undi r the care of Prof La Hatte. a practical tecchcrnf twelve years’ experience, is now ojicn for the rece; tion of students. Patronage is solicited, with tliis understanding: That boys Mtsr learn if they come to this school. 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A California nian pounded his wife, was fined S9O, and he sold her silk dress to pay the fine. An evil minded boy in Brooklyn propelled a snow ball at his aunt the other day. and dodging into a neigh boring area, sal down on a scuttle foil of hot ashes. Thu ; doc- tcl rilm live justice quickly follow a wicked act. Three Kaginaw girls of the,, Metho dist persnuMOti having met together, concluded to pray for the welfare of their lovers, but the first one had not got very far dong in htr jtetition when it was discovered that they were all engaged to the bsuijc man. The religious exercises were at once terminal ed. A Brooklyn husband comforts his wife for the loss of their dear little eigHimonths-oid, by reminding her that there will be more room on the clothesline now. An unsatisfactory meal—A domes tic broil. “Ism not lazy,** said the loafer; “but I was born tired, anti that’s v, by I don’t like to woik.” A St. Littjs obituary cl.set thus: “Jlo leaves a w ife and five children, but bad a suit for divorce pending in the Circuit Court.” “The one thing needful for thc perfeet enjoyment of love is confi dence.” Same wiih hash and lau ■ages. From the Western World. THE BURNING SHIP. BY ROGER RTAItnUCK. In July, 18—, tho ship Wingfield, New York, Captain Brown, was bound to tho West Indies, for a cargo of cotton, coffee, spices, etc. The vessel was a finely built oraft of five hundred tons, with clipper bows, and painted bluok with the ex ception of a narrow red stripe, extend ing fore and aft in beautiful contrast with the sable color of the refit of her hull. Nothing could have boon nioro exquisite than the delicate tapering of her tall spars, her yards, her bosons, and tho beautiful cut of her snow-white sails. The noble craft—one which any sailor, might have envied, would Ho<m bo the captain’s own; the voy age, if successful would enable him to pay the small remainder of the m st ailment s, which tho proprietors had charged him for their vessel. It was therefore nitural (hat be should t ike good cure of the ship, especially in regard to fire. Notwithstanding his precautions, ho would at times feel a strange uneasiness, a strange fear that the “ fire-demon ” —that most dreaded foe of the sailor—would burn up the prize be coveted, and for which he had worked so long. Tho mate, however, would try to relievo him, remarking that fire was impos sible where a captain was so careful. lie. had sailed the sea forty years and never yet been burned out. Bo bad tho skipper, and putting tho mate's case and his together, he would, therefore, endeavor to cheer up. Brown was a good captain, except that he was too fond of taking the law in his own hands, with regard to five treatment of his men. At times lie would tie some unfortunate offen der in tho rigging, and whip the poor fellow on his hare back, with tho cat o-uine tnils, until the sufferer could scarcely stand. Now there was aboard this vessel fl > trrwfh - iwAnu I■ ■ (ifoMM'YAMbk, firmuHl Jnev w.-Kntw.i—o half-breed between a Gayhead Indian and a white. Like most Gayhoaders, who seem to take to salt water like ducks, Jack wtts an excellent seaman besides which he could dive and swim like a fish. He was a lively fellow, too, full of song and laughter, when he first, shipped in the Wingfield; hut alas! a cloud soon came to darken hi3 spirit forevermore! Five days out from home, while blithely ascending tho main shrouds, he by accident let fall a tar bucket, thereby spilling the tar, not only on deck, but a portion all over the bran new blue jacket, with bright brass buttons, which, a present from a muchloved daughter at home, Cap tain Brown had donned that very morning. i| “ Come —down— here— you—ratf! cal! ” he slowly cried, glancing up at Bowshot. Jack shrugged his shoulders, hut, scorning to show fear, bounded to the deck, tossing his straight black hair from his handsome brow and looking the skipper square in the oyes. Those eyes were now blood shot with passion and the veins upon the clenched fist were swollen like .ropes. “You blasted dog!” aiming a tre mendous blow At the young fellow's head. .Tack, lithe nsa serpent, twisted his tall form hull-way round, par tially, yet, not wholly avoiding the stroke which falling cm his brow, drew blood, There was a glitter in his great black eyes—he caught the captain by the throat with one hand, and with the other, striking him upon the jaw, sent him whizzing, swift a* a thun derbolt, into the lee scuppers 1 Then followed what ofieu follows such resistance on shipboard; the first, second and third mates, pounc ing upon Jack, knocked him down, hand-cuffed him, held him np lor the captain to stria e once or twice, and bundled him into the run! j Next morning, it was “All hands ! ahoy I aft hero to wit less punish* j ment I ” There was Jack in the rig | f>ing, naked to the vvji.st, looking i cool and defiant us ever, and there I was the captain, behind him, with | the cat*o-nine-iai! ir, hajjd. The men, tumbling *•*> stood in line, watching Drown flog Jack, aud not daring to say a word. Tbp Hay header bore his puniphrpejit with In dian-liko fortitude, aud showed not the slightest emotion, when, a huu dred blows having beeii givqej k was returned to tho run. After that, Jack was occasionally brought on deok, much altered. H grew gaunt and lean, his cheek-booes j showing conspicuously, whilo his form bore resemblance to a akeleton. At last, after tho vessel had reached and left Cuba, the captain released Jack, ordering him forward to do his duty, with an injunction to “be lmvo himself.” “ Ay, ay, sir,” the half-breed an swered meekly. “ \ou see I have thrashed the spirit, out of him,” said the captain, one morning, turning to his first mate. The mate, however, shook his head. “ You never know,” said he, when you are safe with these Indian chaps! ” Towards night, there was a ter. rifie squall during which llowshot showed no disposition to sulk or shirk while taking in sail, but per formed his duty nobly. The squall had nearly slbsided, when a heavy roll of tho vesso), by which her lee rail was neatly buried, upset the gal ley stove, tho lashings of which the cook was repairing at the time. The stove-lids falling off, out rolled a heap of Lot coals, and soon a portion. ot the cook-house was on fire. All hands, with the exception of the captain, otic man at the wheel, and nntoher, a half-cripple forward, were aloft at tho time, so that the flames were rising fast before a drop of wa fer could ho thrown on them! In fact the shrouds must soon have been ablaze, but for tho prompt action of the half-breed, Jack Bowshot, who, sliding like lightning down the main-topmast backstay, to the top, caught therefrom a roll of canvas—an old topsail—which he at once threw over tho galley, thus quenching the fire sufficiently to prevent its spread ing before It could all bo extin. guished. The danger being soon past, and tho captain, having reprimanded tho cook, turned to Bowshot, nhook his ninn, after afl. ' ? " *f.<Mood Tho half-breed showed no emotion at tho compliment, beyond a slight, peculiar sparkle of his ooal-blsick oyes. It ovidently whs not from gratifi cation, for as ho walked forward, his wasted brow contracted darkly a mo ment; then, an imperturbable oxpres. sion of gravity settled upon his guant face. Tho circumstance of tho fallen stove again roused the captain’s fear regarding fire. Ho summoned the men aft, at night, ordered them to bo careful never to smoke their- pipes in tho hold, and to bo sure and have the forecastle lamp in a safe plaoo. “If this craft were to bo burned,” he added, “thero would be thousands out of my pocket, eaten up. R would make a poor man of me! ** Tho men, promising to be careful, marched forwaad, and the skipper then fell secure. After that the vessel had fair winds, and finally was within a day’s sail of her destined port. On this day, ovidently beating up for the same port as the Wingfield, thero was a vessel, a mile or two to windward. At about dusk, this craft w-as still norer. “ We’ll soon he home, now ! ” said the captain, nibbing Liis hands. At two hells ho went below to sleep; at four hells lie was awaken by a smothered cry: “ Final ritnl firb! ” The perspiration broke out upon his brow —he half raised himself, to make sure that he waa not dreaming. Soon be heard the hasty trampling of feet over his heed, and saw a red gleam bursting through the dead, lights. He sprang up, and was on deck in a moment to sec tho Haines already bursting from the hatches licking the lower part of the shrouds, All hands were sot at work, but it was too Uu% On rolled the fiery bil lows, in variegated colors, climbing higher and higher. Forward, a little detached from the rest of the flames, there was a long red and blue column, which seemed to go up to the very skies, bending, twisting, and writhing like a huge serpent hefting the heavens with jts tongue. Behind it the flames were npw in one huge, rolling mass, which, as it leaped coin lurid clouds, sending out tlivUKaias ‘f sparks, rushed with a‘ $2.00 A.YEAR. sullon roar towards the stem of the" craft. Peering into the steerage, the men seemed to see a furnaoe, for the hold was a whirlpool of fire, devQTtr-, ing all in its path. Meanwhile, the boats had been lowered, and sailors andoffieers were bundling into them, when—away wont the mainmast, toppling over, till, with t\ crash and prolonged h ss, it fell into the sea, sonding lurid stars shooting crossways, through the red and pink smoke of the conflagration, The whole ship now was a sea of fire —llio sea itself seemed ablaze for miles—the sky, far and near, was aglow, as if another sunset had eoms at night; while, a mile away, gleam ing white, like some spectral vision, in tho ghastly rad and blng reflection of the fire, was the stranger, vessel, creeping cautiously down to pick Qp the boats of tho doomed vessel. The boats were pulling away front the burning ship, when, for the first time, it was noticed that Bowshot was missing 1 As the light craft were pulled around the stern, however, a feeble voice was heard, and the half-breed in a deplorable condition, clinging to a spar, was picked up, His clothes were nearly burned from his book, the hair entirely from his head, and his face and hands were daubed with tar. Inwardly as wall as outwardly seorebtd, ho a husky voice, and was evidently dying. “ This is a sad business,” groaned the captain, gazing from tho prostrate man towards his burning ship. ‘*l can not imagine how jt could have happened, sinoe every precaution yna taken to prevent fire I ” He bade his men stop pulling, while tie continued to watch the flames. Faster and faster they rolled, and boomed and hissed—the fore and mizzenmast fell—ton thousand start seemed to rise heavenward— tho flames now Bhootiug orosaways almost licked the boat; then there was a dull crash, as the vessel, burned through, parted amidships, the two halves opening ft red, fiery jaw! Then clouds of thick smoko rolled 'frsih ihrmrlrf sudden black ness aFciirm—fnorc , sound—an avalauche of stnimpiMr* the last farewell gleam of the gasping blaze shot athwart the sea l In that gleam, the white, spectral face of the dying half-breed was for an instant seen uplifted, his hollow black eyes shot lightning, while hj* gaunt hand was pointed towards the expiring flatne*, “Bowshot’s work! Bowshot's re. vonge ! He turned the ship because the captain flogged him! Dog of ft captain ! Bowshot is glad! he dies contented 1 ” Bo saying, be fell beck and expired. “ I don’t blame the chap,” bluntly spoke out an old sailor, “ for being mad at your flogging him, captain, but, it was sartainly wrong of him to burn the ship; It’s plain he go* ome how canght in the bold, after firin’ tho poor croft, and that’s why he couldn't get off in time to save him. self.” The captain only answered with ft groan; to lose his ship ft day’s sail from home, was a misfortune which almost crazed him. Soon the castaways were picked op by the strange vessel and taken t# New York, after which the captain sailed on many a voyage, but waa never known to flog seaman, the Bpeetejr of hia burning vessel being forever preseat in hi* mind. Tom Hood, at a lord mayor's din. net* once, leaned back at about the middle of the feast and requested the waiter to bring him the rest in money, They have a teachers* club at the seminary. When we went Xt> school they used a ratan. But every gene ration grows harder, Young ladies use powder, perhaps, because they think it will make them go off, mm, rn <■„ ... Question to member of Legislature j “ What do ypu consider the object of legislation ? ” “The greatest good to the griatest number.” “ What nuiti.- ber ? ” “ Number one*” “Why do you set your cup of coffee on thechair, Mr, Jones?” said a wpr. T fhy landlady. “It is ao very weak, madam, 1 thought I would let it sit down awhile.*? i —i —. 1 ♦ .■ . “ Your feet are uot very ntydsh,” said a young man to a frietuj, who** feet were covered with bunioi sy* E“ No, not stylish; but exceedingly nobby,” was the g*od i glared reply-U