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QRirytS, OA.. JULY is. : sse.
** Jon* Christ and ['ociatfi.”
Among all the questionable innnvatons
that a false literature is essaying to nnkr,
there is none to which wo give a more re
luctant wo I com c than that which, impliedly
or expressly, treats of man as co ordinate
with Deity ,or, rather, which degrades Deity
down to the level oi man. An occasional
illustration, in whioh some finite quality of
man is compared to its analagous infinite
quality in Doity, liko the tangent to the
circumference of the circle, is all well enough,
and is offensive neither to pood taste nor to
a sensitive piety. When lloascau, fur ex
ample, remarked that “ Socrates died like a
philosopher, bnt Jesus Christ died like a
God,” it wss viewed as a nnwt felicitous con
ception,—not irreverent, or violative of any
of the canons of just tasto or allowable criti
cism,—and it became a household idea, as
it were, ready to serve the purpose of the
minister or the Christian essayist.
Had no ntvp beyond this been taken, it
woald all have been right; hut an insane
piety must go farther. The next thing was
to got up a “ Lifh of Christ," thereby ma
king the Creator of the Universe merely co
ordinate with illustrious founders of systems,
aa Confucius, Mohamcd, George Fox, o
Joseph Smith, llut the most offensive
of all tho efforts to degrade the sta
toa of Deity—that is, in tendency, though
not intentionally—and the ono that called
forth mainly these remarks, is tho so called
psrrsllel between Jesus Christ and Socrates,
at present being reproduced in so many of
our religious journals. We may be peculiar
in these views —but really, nothing so hurt#
our ideal of the ioconiprchcnsib'o and unap
proachable and omniscient Author and Orig
inator ( f all things, as this fashionable prac
Uoe of treating Ilim as if ho were merely some
exalted spocies of man. It would not surprise
as, in this rago for comparisons, for some
Puritan politician, to got up a parrallcl be
tween Daniol Webster and Jehovah, sum
ming-up, probably, that the former is the
more intellectual, while the latter may pos
mm more of the moral and powerful. What
wo mean to bo left ns an inference from
these allusions and accompanying remarks,
is, that tho tendency of this new fashion in
literature is to depreciate the Deity, and
thereby ignoro tho great moral relations
whioh arc the only truo foundation of all
pure religion. In other words, it is—in
bcudency wo repeat —'nothing more nor less
than a new phase of infidelity—a sugar
ooated pill, alluring to the eye and sweet to
the taste, but containing within the bitter
ness of poison and death.
To the same sohool of vicious literature,
may bo referred an appallingly-blasphc
mous poem, —entitled “ The Burial nf God ”
—whioh started recently, tho rounds of the
press, but was soon repudiated by tho piety
and good taste of the reading publio. Wo
could never read it, and what wo know of it,
ia derived mainly from an excoriating re
view of it by our accomplished friend, Major
Barrick, of Atlanta.
INlttorinlettcn.
7>r. l’nul Goddard, one of tlie most emi
nent physicians in America, died in l’liila
dalphia, after a brief illness, on tho 6th of
July.
Amino, or quarry, of what is called the
Mad Stone, it is said, has been discovered
in Virginia. Ii is alledged to extract any
sort of virus that lias been introduced into
tho aystein, —mud-dog, snake-bit, or even
of syphilis.
There was a terrible conflagration in
Portland Maine, on the 4th of July, in
which half the town was destroyed. The
estimated loss of property is over ten mil
lions of dollars.
The Conference Committee of belli
Houses have agreed to the lax of three
centa on cotton, and the tax bill now goes
to th« President.
In a recent election in Montgomery, Ala.
by a vote of 404 to 28 the people decided
to
gotntry and Eufaula railroad, and $500,000
to the Alabama Central railroad.
Some of the most influential of the Fenian
leaders, being down on the Washington
Government, since it put a stop to their
movements, are now advocating an entire
desertion of the Democratic party by the
Fenians, and a transfer of their support to
the Republican party.
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Probably the largest farm in the world
is situated in Champaign county, Illinois,
and consists of 70,000 acres of land, of
which *?3,000 are under fence and in actual
improvement and cultivation, the balance i»
used for stock raising. The owner, Mr. M
L. Sul levant, does nearly all his work by
tbo latest and most improved labor saving
machinery, employing about two hundred
laborers, as many horses and mules, and a
large number of oxen.
Head Centre Stephens, in responding to
a serenade recently given him at Washing
ton, denounced aa double-dyed trritors,
Roberta, General Sweeney, aud tbe whole
set called tbe Senate.
The total receipt* from tho Internal Reve
nue customs, miscellaneous sources, sales of
poblio lands, for fiscal year ending June
SOth, 1866, foot up over five hundred and
fifty million dollar*.
[COMMUNICATED.]
College Exercises*
The Commencement of Griffiin Female
College came off last week. It occupied
several dais, and really constituted the main
feature of attraction in our city. ') he little
folks in Miss Wagner’s Department, togeth
er with thepupi’s of the Preparatory School
were examined on Monday, an J acquit cd
themselves with great credit. Their reeita"
tions of jKjetry, and their dialogues wt-re
charming. On Tuesday and \\ ednesday,
the College classes were examined. These
exercises passed off very well indeed, and
forcibly brought Lack to our mi ds t..e
Commencement scenes of former days, when
the College wat at the lioight of its prosperi
ty. On Wednesday morning, Rev. W. P.
Harrison delivered the Annual Literary Ad
dress at the College. It was able and elo
quent, sod for artistic beauty and display of
scholarship has never been surpassed in this
city.
This address lias created a profound sen
nation in Griffin, and has not escaped criti
cism. Rut as it will be published, we for
bear any comments, as the community will
have a chance to read it and judge for them
selves.
On Thus day, Commencement Day, the
graduating class, consisting of Miss Susie
Alford, Miss I<ottic MoGehee, and Miss Ma
ry Heard, read their essays and received their
diplomas. Rev. W. J. Scott then delivered
tho Annual Commencement Address, which
was chaste and appropriate. At night, Prof.
Schoellcr gave the Commencement Concert
before a large and respectable audience. The
music was choice and scientific, ami was
well calculated to elevate the musical tasteVf
tho community. The closing scene of this
festival week, was a complimentary party
given to the graduating class, on Friday
night at tho College, which passed off dc*
lightfully. A Citizen.
“ Nkithkr Pin Non Purer.” Our wor,
thy confrere, the Maeon Telegraphy is in
favor of tho South sending to the lMiiladol.
phia Convention, to mdot next month
“ men to represent iis, neither ultra srcfdrrs
nor ultra unionists, but such as can cordially,
afliliate with conservative men of the North
and work with them in harmony for the
public good.”
Save us from these political Laodicean*
who arc neither hot nor cold! If wo do
send any one to the Conservative Conven
tion, let us, for the sake of apparent decen
cy, send soino sort of an entity that is
either “ fish, fowl, or good red herring."—
Wish) washy nondescripts, the “good
Lord, good Devil,” species, have heretofore
been our ruin, and supposo wo try, for oiicii
the experiment of endeavoring to get along
without them.
College Exercises.
Not having space for an extended notice
of the exercises of the Griffiu Female Col
lege last week, it is perhaps proper to sav
something turtner on the subject in the
present issue. As we were not present
during most of the examination, we refer
our readers to a communication on that
subject by one who attended, and who is
prepared to do full justice to tho subject.
On Wednesday, at the conclusion of the ex
amination, a lecture was delivered by the
Rev. Win. 1“. Harrisor, his subject being
“ Moderation, tho Key to all Tiulli," and as
we have been employed to limit it in pam
phlet form, wo have concluded that, while
it is in type, we will publish it in tho llcit-
AI.I), that all may have the privilege of read
ing it ami judging of it for themselves,
which will supercede the necessity of any
extended comments from us. As to its
high order, however as a literary effort,
there can be no division of opinion, About
one tliiug wo differ with Mr. Harrison;
where nature has not done her full share in
tho development of the person, wo sav, let
art come in, and fill up the desiderata, the.
chances of a bachelor being swindled by
the operation occasionally, to the contrary
notwithstanding— ho should bo sharper or
have better luck.
Tho Annual Address was delivered on
Thursday, by the Rev. W. J. Scott ; it was
appropriate to the occasion, instructive, and
well delivered ; attempting nothing wiry
or amusing, the speaker gave us a plains
sober, serious discourse, which, it is to be
hoped, wasdttly appreciated, and may be long
remembered by the young ladies to whom
it was addressed. Taking tho exercises al
together, they have been quite interesting,
and constituted an exhilarating episode to
tbe dry detai's of the every-day duties of
these dry and hot mid-summer days.
Salmons & Ward.—The name of that
popular Atlanta firm “Salmons, Simmons,
& 0o,” has been changed to “ Salmons &
Ward.” But “a rose by any other ie
would smell as sweet,” —which just means
that the firm by tho new name is just as
ready as it was with tbe old name, to sweeten
and perfume every one that will take the
offer, with the sweetest of bargains in Groce
ries, Provisions, &c., &c.
The Difference. — I'heXntional fote'li
grverr, referring to the well known State
rights antecedents of Chief Justice Chase,
and his declarations on that subject, when
Governor of Ohio, asks, “what is the differ
ence between the platform on which Govern
or Chase stood in Ohio, and that upon which
Mr. Davis stood in Mississippi 7” Both took
shelter under State “ sovereignty," and both
asserted the right of a State “to act.” The
difference is, that Governor Chase invoked
Stato “ sovereignty against slavery, and Mr
IVi* invoked it for slavery.”
, ti:lkuuai>iik.
New York. July 0 —The Rriti-h Minis
try have tendered th ir resignation, which
the Queen Las accepted.
The Italian*, under th<- Ki.. we r• r and
sed in attnrkrng th" Austrians n r V.
on the-fit of June. Tin: battle 1.1 • i uu’i
night Both pirtie fought br-vilv, but u
ended in tlie- deb-at of the Itoitn* I
Austrian- took - .Ot'tl |ri*ne. r* Tim Itali c
arm, retreated aero-s tlie Minch*
It b. |. -ilivi ly asserted that the II in .**
inn army is surrounded and must c:ip : >u c
to the Prus-ijn*. This ne. K confi tuition
Nothing known of Bencdeck’s movement-.
In the revolt at Mairid 1,000 ]rr
we re killed and the r* volt suppress and.
New Yoiik, July 9 —l be steamer New
York has arrived from aud bring
later South .American advices.
Cln'.i, Peru, Bolivia and Equator arc ,-ai 1
to have formed a league to wrest t’uba from
Spain, Ht.d have invited Venezuela and Col
ombia (New Grenada? j to join the alliance.
The first three named to furnish money, the
other.- men, and hopes are entertained of ail
from .Southern emigrants, who arc to embark
from Fast Florida.
Washington, .July 9.—The President
is much indisposed to day ; and has been com
pelted to decline receiving visitors. The
Lot weather is too exhausting even fir vig
orous constii utions
Zanesvii.i.k, Pa , July 9.—During the
storm last night lightning struck the gas
pipe in a well, and was communicated to the
tank which exp! did. The oil ran-down to
Bernehaff Run, and the flames reached IS
or ‘JO other large wells which were burned,
the tanks of all exploding, and causing the
heaviest loss ever experienced in the oil re
gions Upwards of 'Jo .<*oo barrels of oil
were destroyed.
Portland, Me , July 5 —Thi details of
the great tire .show i! to he terribly disastrous.
All newspaper anil insurance offices, banks
and hotels, eight churches and convent
schools, lawyers’ offices, including valuable
libraries, and nearly every prornim ;.t busi
ness house in the city, have been burned, as
well as a great number of private liou.-cs.—
It is estimated that the lumber of houses
burned will reach 2,000, and the loss will
exceed 510,000,000. The churches not
burned are approprafi <1 to the homeless,
and a committee 1 is engaged in endeavoring
to alluviate the sufferings of the destitute.—
The flames arc still troublesome in different
parts of the city. Nearly all the hose burst
cd, nnd several of the engines used up.
New York, Tunc 7. —Money and other
necessary reli t are being sent forward liber
ally to the sufferers ot the Portland fire
The Board of Stock brokers subscribed SI.-
000 the Horn Exchange Sl.OoO, and private
contributions are coming in. Boston has al
ready subscribed 525 ,000 in priv To cont.ri
bulions Ncwbery port if 10,000. There will
be a general movement in the Northern cities
of this character. The the in Portland was
coused by a boy throwing a tiro cracker in
some shavings.
New York, July 10. —The steamship
London has arrived with one day later news
from Liverpool, to the 28th.
Cotton was more quiet. Middling Up
land barely 13Jd. i read tuff-and provis
ions quiet.
A telegram from Bundubilz :aysibe Pi us
sittns Were beaten in a fight near Niustudt
and retreated, leaving (lo ir dead and w nnd
cd on the field. Itisn tsatel bu: supposed
that the engagement was nut g< in ml.
A Beilin telegram states that the l’rt-*i
unss were successful in an encounter near
Turin, caponing seven officers and five hun
dred privates.
The Austrsan army at t us'tozzn numbered
00,00 '.
A l’lor nee dispatch admits that while
tho Italian loss was equal or greater than
reported, tho cavalry and Buxines’ di . isi n
covered the retreat, which was <li rted in
good order.
Cotton firm. Sales of I.’iOUO bales at olia
JSo Gold 10 Its
Washington, July 10.—The President
has received visitors to-day.
There are rumors of a rupture between
the President ami Mr. Stanton, consequent
upon the arbitrary measures of the latter in
the case of Paymaster Paulding, whom lie
hurried oft to Fort McHenry under guard.
Tee President directed him to stay ail pro
ceedings until the Bureau of M ilitary .J u-tici
Could review the case and report to him;
and issued an order for Paulding's immediate
return.
CitA It LF.-TON, July 10.— Getl. Sickles
made the following e lidorsrni'. nt on the writ
of attachment served on him by the Cnited
States Maislial tlrs morning, for contempt
in not complying with coders from superior
authorities :
I decline to be arrested on this process.
(Signed) Daniel F.. So ki.es,
Maj. Gen. Com.
General Sidles received tins Marshal
courteously, and told him lie had telegraphed
to Washington for instructions. The icply
of Secretary Stanton endorsed the couibc of
General Sickhs, and ordered hHil not to be
arrested ; and ii'force was used, to resist with
whatever force was necessary. Ibis action
is taken in accordance with President Lin
coln’s proc'anmtion of 1803. Judge Bryan
has ordered ah proceedings to be laid on the
table.
®r£T It is stated by a Vienna paper that
the Russian Prime Minister has sent a diplo
matic note to Prussia, in which he says that
Russia will abandon her present neutral po
sition upon the slightest violation of neutral
ity by France. This means that the lion of
"eastern Europe will come to the aid of Aus
tria if the lion Europe extends
any aid to l’rus-daor Italy. With this jeal
ous feeling animating them, they art likely
stwn to be at each other’s throats.
Clue for llyi ropuobia.—The Leeds
(England) Times says that the nitrate of
silver rubbed into tho wound made by the
teeth of a luad dog will certainly cure hy
drophobia, or prevent all injurious conse
queueesot the wound It should be applied
us soon alter the accident as possibfe. In
six week* tho virus is disseminated through
the system and then hope is gone. Youatt
says he has been bitten eight or ten times,
and always cured himself by this means.
General Longstreet was recently
serenaded in New Orleans. He said he had
no platform on which to address his hearers.
If he approached Mr. Johnson, he was called
a traitor ; it he weut towards the Radicals he
was called a rebel , therefore, he must
content to remain on the fence
NEWS, FACTS, &C
Anew invention is being tested in Paris.
An iron tube is run up the *i<le of those
trees in public g,r l ns which require coil
-taut watering in -miner Up thin tube
xa'' r i ■ 'o b ; tur ■ I. s as to produce uu -r
!i -I --L ..vcr win ,1 net- led
An ii.g-q.ioU- p< r-.ii in New < Ili ans ha
n engaged in ni'king thread trom li.
.ks of'lhe c t u I'lai.f. Ii i- very tin
... i strong, and 1 -very much like fLx
e nir nearly a- m»‘i ad pliable. ieJ ur
p . es to mike bis thread into . lo b, which
-ays w.d be .is -trong ami durable a.* that
made from cotton it-el'.
A lump of gold taken from the North C'aro
-4 i mines, vn i-diii: u five pounds, is on
exhibit! u at S’at- »vii!e. N rth Caroline.
It is the lirg.st lump found in the State
since ! S 2H.
Special-t o u Sr. Paul ri po t the discov
ery of mar- very rich mines at Vermillion
Lake. Thousands are rushing to the new
Eldorado.
XE W ADVERTISEME \TB.
Money Wanted.
C tiii.l) SILVER, BANK BILLS and SPALD-
J
INC. COUNTY SCRIPT, wanted by
.T. 11. JOHNSON,
At \Y oo.lruff's Carriage Repository, Griffin, Ga.
.Inlys ts
test
rISK siJtfuribers, having coinplcto<l ar-
I are now prepared to furnish the
itizons *•! Urillin, aid surrounding country, with
TOE in quantities to -nit, lit their new 1 1 ’l
llllt SK, opposite llie Passenger Depot. The
price for tire present is five eer.ts by retail, nml n
liE. rai j. dilution will be mode to the trade.
.1 uIV stf M ANI.I.Y A JACKSON.
WAR DECLARED!
US’ ETTHOPE.
JOHN H, WHITE & C 0. 3
Propose to sell tin ir cutire Stock of
( B )ODS at greatly
R/;l) r CE I) PIH CE s
Until the first of September next. If you
want BARGAINS, now is the time, and
John 11. White & Cos.,
is the place to get them. Call soon or the
chances may all be taken.
UTMJ (.noons
Now in TRANSIT l will be included :n
/
the proposed reduced rates. Come and
sati-fy yourselves.
Griffin, Ga . July ;’> ts
ELECTION NOTICK.
V Election w ill be held on Saturday. .Inly 7th. j
“Netwe.'ii the hours of!) o'clock, A. M. ami j
a bv< ,-U. |*. M .at the City Hall. I'oi one Abler
limn to tiilt the vacancy occasioned by the resig
nation ofJno. T. Hansom.
A. BELLAMY, Mayor.
.luae 2t.
PHILLIPS & SPIER.
VLI. I’F.RSONK INTERESTED AUK I tiiltK
l,y rcipiircd to Inks notice that the mercan
tile firm of Phillips and Spier is this day diaolved
v nwtual consent
vi a. It. I'iiii tars, ) ITIILLU’S it SPIER.
W m 11. .'imn. (
Locust Grove, Henry County. Ga. June 25. lit.
J. K. HARMAN,
B cal TVstato Agent,
TIIIUI>»r.. M U O.V GA.
Having had long experience in tho Land Traof.
and Ui:u INtalt. Uvm.m-.as, generally, offers hi
seivices to the public, in Buying, Selling and
i;....ii„e l-'nnns. in the Cotton growing sections of
theS' at ; and. ulm, Buying and Selling Wild
l amis iluoughout the state.
Persons w ishing to make investments in Real
Estate. Lave now an opportunity of doing so to
advantage, ns some of the finest faints that are to
be found in Ihe South are now being offered.
heferkxces :
J. It. B, Washington, Henry Horne, Mix and
Kirtland, T. It. Bloom, K J. Johnston, W. A.
Cherry.
dune, 28th. Bm.
NATIONAL HOTEL.
Corner Whithall Street and \\. A A. Railroad
\TI. V AT.A, • • GEORGIA.
This Newly .Free ted. Commodious,
First Class Hotel
Fill gaudy furnished throughout., ai.d complete in
all it- appointments, is now open for the reception
of guests, and in successful opeiaiion.
Attached to this Hotel is a fine Billiard Parlor,
with Phelan Tables <\ First Class Bar, fullv and
completely slocked with choice liquors, Wines
and Cigars.
The patronage of the public is respectfully so
licited. PRATT, POND it CORKY,
Proprietors.
H. D. IT arris. Clerk,
Late of the "Brown House,” Macon, Ga.
| June 28tli. 3m.
Sheriff's Sale.
ON the fli-st Tuesday in August next, between
the usual hours of sale, will he sold before j
tho Court House door, in the city of Griffin, the 1
following vacant Lots of land, according to the
Plan of said city, to-wit: Lots No. hand 4 in,
square 13 . No i in square 14: No. 3 in square
15 ; all i-oiitnmti g one acre each No. 2in sqi are j
■I t; containing on. acre to tie laid off in four Lots
of one fourth acre cacti, square :,<S containing 4
acres, known a< ihe Parade ground; Thirteen
business Lot -on Lot No. 4 ill square 43 fronting
Hill and Taylor streets Alt levied on ns the pro
perly of the City of Griffin to satisfy ti fa from
Spalding Superior Court in favor t Tho*. Nall,
Administrator. de toni. non come tutameuta an
ti fxo ot Bartlio o new Stell, deceased, vs Mayor
an 1 Council, of the City of Griffin, property
pointed on* bv the defendant.
D. If JXIYAI. f-h'ff
c-fT Macon telegraph. Era and Intelligencer.
' of Atlanta, copy until! day of sale, and send bill
! to D. I>. Duval, Sheriff. *" june2S:tds
ALSO,
! TEXT-ILL BF SOLD BEFORE THE COURT-
W house door, in the City of Griffin, between
the* usual hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in
August next, one one horse wagon, levied on ns
the property ot Wm. H. C. Mickleberry, to satisfy
costs on fi ta issued Irom Spalding Superior Court.
Chas. Street, for the use of Hanover Bank, vs
Andrews, Newton A Mickleberry, property
pointed out hv Mrekieberrv.
June ;b tde ‘P P POYAL £hff
WM A, 111 TPs
mi, mm. uu uu mi
EMPORIUM!
1500 Sacks Mixed and Yellow
1200 Sacks WHITE CORK,
TIIK Mixed ami Yellow Corn I am selling at $1,40 by the Car Load, and in
smaller quantities $1,45. The White at $1,52 1-2 by the Car loan, and $1,55,
in small lots. Stocks large—Orders promptly tilled.
W. A. HUFF,
30 CASKS CLEAR SIDES,
25 CASKS SHOULDERS,
5 CASKS HAMS,
This Bacon I am selling at the following prices :
\
( LEAK SIDES, by the Cask, 23 cents.
( LEAK KIJJ, " 22 12 “
KIB SIDES, “ “ 22
SIKH I.DEKS, “ _ “ 19 “
11A MS, “ “ 25 to 30 “
W. A. HUFF,
•aS
75 BARRELS SUPER-FINE,
80 “ EXTRA,
100 “ FAMILY,
luO “ FANCY BRANDS.
This Flour I am selling at Prices ranging from £lO 00 to £lB 00.
W. A. HUFF,
500 BALES OF BMMS HAY.
This hay I am selling at £1 90 to £2 25 per hundred, according to quantity
ordered. This is agn at reduction in prices on that article.
In addition to the above leading articles in my trade, I am prepared to fill
any and all orders that may be offered for
Corn Meal, Stock Peas, Syrup,
SUGAR, COFFEE, SODA, MIALS,
Osnaburgs, Shirtings, Cotton Yarns,
Tobacco, Shot Bagging Rope &c.
W. A. HUFF,
"WT anted
-62,000 X IST GOLD .
82,000 IN SILVER.
HIGHEST PREMIUM PAID BV
W. A. HUFF-