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THE DAILY TIMES.
JOHN 11. MARTIN, ... lidllor.
ColuinbUM, Cia...
SATURDAY DECEMBER 80. 1876,
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LARGEST CIRCULATION
la tk| Caoatlea ARwnl to oad Trading
at Calnabm.
The Executive 'Committee of the
Tildeu and Hendricks Reform Club
of Washington have decided to hold
a grand Democratic meeting there
on the Bth of January. Ford’s Opera
House has been scoured, and It Is ex
pected that many distinguished
speakers will bo present,.
The Cincinnati Enquirer ot the 23d
says: “Suppose—yes, suppose—
Hayes gets Grant to use an army to
make him, Hayes, President of the
United States, and then, after hav
ing driven out Tilden, Grant declares
himself Provisional President, leav
ing Hayes out in the cold. It would
be doing just what Dias did In Mexi
co. Hayes should take warning.’’
The Cincinnati Enquirer suggests
the leasing of the “Southern Rail
road” of that city to the lessees of
the Georgia State Road, so as to
form one through line to the heart
of the South. That would undoubt
edly give Cincinnati a great advan
tage, and our city and section would
be greatly benefltted if we could have
a more direct connection with the
line.
The latest advices from Illinois
justify the strong hope that the re
election of John A. Logan to the
United States Senate will be defeat
ed. The Legislature is very closely
divided—the Republicans have only
two or three majority over the Dem
ocrats und Independents. It has
been ascertained that all but two or
three of the latter will act generally
with the Democrats, and all are
agaiugt Logan. Two Republican
Senators and ono Republican Repre
sentative from Chicago are also
against Logan because he opposed
their election. Logan can now only
count a majority by claiming two or
three Demasrats, but it is almost
certain that he will not get a Demo
cratic vote.
THE PLOT AVOfVKH.
Thursday'B dispatches of tho Amer
ican Press Association transmit an
editorial of tho Washington Repub
can (Adminfcttration organ) of that
morning, which undertakes to state
tho modus operandi by which tho
Senate and the President will pre
vent the inauguration of Tiiden.
The Republican's editorial is headed
‘‘The House Cannot Elect the Presi
dent." It says in conclusion :
“But after all. what cun the House do,
Its hands are closed tighter than a snugly
pressed vice. Should it attempt to elect
Mr. Tiiden the Republicans will withdraw
and loave it without a two-thirde majority
of the States necessary for a quorum.
Again, alter the fruitless joint commit*
too convention is broken up by a failure
to agree on a mode of counting the vote,
the President of the Senate will undoubt
edly proceed according to the constitu
tion to perform tho duty of counting and
deciding the vote. Should the Democrat
ic portion of tho House refuse to
join the Senate in the performance of
tiiose duties, and retiring and holding a
session of its own in which the Speaker
announces that, as no President of the
United States has bwn elected, the House
will proceed to ballot for tho same, then
the moment this move Is made ho would
become the assailant of constituted au
thority and a traitor to the lawful Gov
ernment of tile United States, and would
bo summarily arrested In company with
all those disposed to join him in Ills revo
lutionary action. Tho House ha* its pow
er, but it will find it a dangerous scheme
to attempt to oppose constitutional au
thority,"
The gist of this article is that the
Republicans can proceed as irregu
larly and disorderly as they please,
and it will all be right; but let the
Democrats attempt such a thing and
the President will at once step in
with the military and arrest the
members cs "traitors. ” For instance,
the Republicans may withdraw and
leave the House without a constitu
tional quorum If it attempts to elect
a President, and Grnut will have
nothing to do about it; but let. the
Democrats withdraw and proceed to
elect a President, and then come
Grant and his bayonets. The sole
reliance is upon force and the arbi
trary action of the President.
The Republican is mistaken, or
makes a misstatement, about the con
stitutional quorum of the House to
elect a President A "two-thirds ma
jority of the State" is not needed,
but the presence of a member or
members frem two-thirds of the
States. The Democrats have major
ities of the representation from 22 of
the 38 States, and Representatives
from three-fourths of the States.
The Rev. Dr. Tyng, Jr., recently
told his congregation that, it the la
dies of his church would give up
their three-botton {gloves and wear
one-button gloves instead, enough
money would be saved to support an
orphan house; whereupon one of the
ladies suggested to their reotor the
possibility of saving out of the cigar
money of the male members of the
church, from the rector down,
enough to carry on one or two
asylums. They suggested also that
three-button gloves do not make a
dirt, or an unsavory odor, and that
they have no deleterious effect on
the nerves of the ladies who wear
them ; while, on the other hand, the
brethren would be cleaner, sweeter,
and healthier if they would quit the
use of tobacco, and give to the cause
of the orphans the money they now
expend on this carnal gratitlcation.
But the brethren cannot see it
through the smoky clouds exhaled
from their incinerated Havanas.
—Somespprehension of a"coal famine"
is felt In Atlanta, In consequence of a
strike of the Tennessee miners. There
was no Georgia or Tennessee coal for
sale in the city on Wednesday. But the
fbeattaefton, after Interviewing several of
the coal dealers, eomee to the conclusion
that no scarcity is to be apprehended In
Atlanta, The Alabama eoal mine# are
relied upon to supply the deficiency which
now exists.
—Accounts from several eeuntles say
that the recent cold weather has been
very damaging to the oat crop, thinning
the stand greatly.
lION. n 11. lIII.D.
“A viper entering a smith’s shop,
looked up and down for something
to eat, and seeing a flic, fell to gnaw
ing it as greedily as could be. The
flla told him, very gruffly, that he
had best bo quiet and lat him alone;
for ho would get very little by nib
bling at one who, upon occasion,
could bite Iron and steel.”
APPLICATION.
By this fable we are warned to re
flect who one is, before we attack
him in any way whatever: particular
ly how we let our tongues slip, and
more particularly, how we let our
pens run, ( scripta litera manet) in
censurlugthe actions of thoso who
are, In the opinion of the world, not
only of an unquestioned reputation,
so that nobody will believe what we
Insinuate against them, but of such
influence, upon account of their own
merit as well as their known reputa
tion for the recollection of and state
ment of fact, that the least state
ment from them would pick a flaw
in our own reputation and ruin our
credit to all intents and purposes.
If we are satirical, and that vein
must have a flow, let us be cautious
at whom we level it; for if their un
derstanding be of better proof than
our own,all our ingenious sallies,like
a liquid squirted against the wind,
will recoil upon our own faces and
make us the ridicule of every specta
tor who knotty our own record.
This fable is not an inapt emblem
of envy, which, rather than not bite
at all, will fall to whero it cau injure)
nothing but itself.
If there is one thing more nausea
ting to the public than another, it is
to have its best men assailed by
Irresponsible authors of “interviews”
never had, and of sentiments never
uttered. The want of modesty requi
site iu reporters to invade the privacy
of personal opinion is, at last, bear
ing its legitimate fruit; and, when
they cannot obtain what their brass
prompts them to believe they are
entitled to, they take to downright
hard lying, and represent public men,
or indeed any man, in u way thatsuits
the pjirty or person that furnishes
the money to pay for their quill
driving.
We have been led to these reflec
tions from misrepresentations else
where, and the receqt attacks mado
so freely upon the Hon. B. H. Hill
by quite a number of persons in
Goorgia, where, it seems, last of all
places, should a voice bo heurd
against him, whose every public ut
terance has been an honor to the
great Commonwealth; whoso whole
public life will challenge the confi
dence of every advocate and lover of
constitutional forms; whose integri
ty to principle and patriotism was
first manifested ia his Herculean de
fence of Constitutional union against
secession as a remedy, until Georgia
demanded his allegiance during “the
Wur of the States;” and whose patri
otism then showed its finest quali
ties as he ciung with unwaveriug
loyalty and devotion to the govern
ment his State had helped to erect,
and was found in the “last ditch,”
when many of the “blood drinkers,”
so-called, hud long since fainted at
the storm they hud stirred up, and
had retired into some good fat bomb
proof or had turned disorganizes
and were openly weakening the ad
ministration at Richmond or giving
it but hypocritical aid.
In order that Mr. Hiil may be at
tacked and his importance to the
State be overshadowed, now that he
stands in somebody’s way to the U.
8. Senate, even some of those who
deserted Georgia in her extremity,
are brought forward in this hour of
her prosperity and political liberty,
as the sainted champions of her
rights. So fierce is the influence of
partisan feeling, that no nico consid
eration is taken of what shall be
grasped to accomplish the end in
view.
One man may be put iuto place by
the pulling down of another and
worthier man, but it is not tiie manly
and honorable way to advance hon
orable men into position.
If Mr. Hill had been a United
States Senator when he last went to
Washington, it is possible, nay, moro
than probable, he would have been
misrepresented by part of the North
ern press, for he is a bold, free,
broad-minded thinker, who is apt to
be imperfectly comprehended by
surface brains; and his words have
been wrested by the violent haters
of the South, to aid the cause of usur
pation, and by a few personally en
vious scribblers in Georgia, who
never breathed tho atmosphere of
the altitudo in which Mr. Hill moves.
The eagle soars in the atmosphere
“of which the mole hath no concep
tion.” Besides, there are some few
in Georgia, whose lives have been il
lustrated to their disadvantage by
contact with Mr. Hill; such, with
their henchmen, are eternally gnaw
ing at the file. But the great mass
of the press would have had but one
voice and that in his praise and sup
port, had Mr. Hill been
United States Senator on
his return to Washington.
These parties have rung the
changes upon the “Delano ban
quet” until the littleness of the mat
ter has, at last, surprised them into
silence. Like a man that puts the
end of his own finger in his throat,
he not only creates a nausea, but its
consequences; so those who have
shed so many tears over Mr. Hill’s
egotism, find themselves only drown
ed in their own seif created flood.
The public do not lend their sym
pathy. Who of any sense cares wheth
er or not the greatest man of his State;
the readiest man in the national
council; a man of national sentiment;
a lover of liberty and Union; the
man who as a private citizen defied
the military satrap in chargeof Geor
gia in 1860, and dared him to put in
execution his threatened banish
ment: the man whose interpreta-
tion of the handwriting on the wall
against the Radical party restored
the South before the world to her
historio glory and pride of map hood;
“the man brave enough to want
peaoe, but not cowardly enough to
accept dishonor"; the man whom the
people love, honor and trust and only
the politicians huto—who cares if his
sc if assertion is strong and promi
nent, may, even amounts to what
may seem to modest politicians
and virtuous offleo seekers, egotism!
If the immortal Clay, who "would
rather bo right tbun President,”
could be charged by the nibblers at
a file among his enemies and envious
con tern poruries, with egotism, be
cause they could not comprehend
the grandeur of his self-poise and
conscious greatness, shall it be
counted strange that the only coun
ter-part our generation has produced
of that great man shall meet with
like accusation?
The fact is that outside of the poli
ticians and thoso directly aligned
with some candidate for the Senate,
the people are a unit in the sentiment
that Hill should be sent to the Sen
ate. The peoplo feel confident he
eau sustain the honor and reputation
of Georgia better than any other
known public servant.
The author nseds no ai>ology. He
is one of the people, not in the line
of preferment, would not put his
best friend ahead of Mr. Hill to
Georgia’s detriment, but only claims
a sympathy with the common senti
ment—the people’s judgment.
“GOV. HAVEN AMI THE NOIJTII."
The Augusta Chronicle copies an
oditorial of the Cincinnati Commer
cial, with the above heading, which
it says was sent by Gov. Hayes to a
citizen of Augusta, in response to an
inquiry by the latter as to his South
ern policy iu the event of Ids being
President. We cunnot conveniently
copy tlie article to-day, but will do
so to-morrow. The Chronicle says
that the sum and substance of the
article is that if Gov. Hayes be de
clared President o f the United Statts,
he will “labor through all the legiti
mate agencies of the General Gov
ernment to promote the effort of the
people of the Southern States to ob
tain the blessings of honest and ca
pable local government,” provided
the colored race be protected in the
enjoyment of all their legal rights.
This is a very general and indefi
nite declaration, and modified by a
proviso which may be construed to de
stroy the entire promise. We would
have liked it a great deal bet ter if
Hayes had said that the local govern
ment of the people of the Southern
States was a matter with which he
had nothing to do, and which he
should leave them to regulate for
themselves. That is the constitution
al doctrine—Tilden’s "doctrine—and
what the peoplo of the South claim
and must eventually have.
The Chronicle further says the ar
ticle tells some unpleasant truths
oo nee ruing a Republican President
and a Republican Administration.
It asserts that Grant “is not, in the
slightest sense of the word, tv states
man ;” that “the misgovern meat of
the South-through Grant’s adminis
tration is not an obscure fact in his
tory ;” that Grant “became entangled
in his favoritism and had bad advis
ers, and was forced into close rela
tions with persons unworthy of his
confidence;” and admits that “there
was carpet-bagging and scalla-wag
giug in the South that was deplora
ble and that had the countenance of
those in authority.”
The Chronicle well remarks, in ref
erence to these promises of reform:
But in the event that Governor
Hayes becomes President can he
give force to tils declarations con
cerning the South 7 That is the
question. He may be the purest and
best of men, he may speak in all sin
cerity, and commence his adminis
tration with most excellent inten
tions, but can he embody those in
tentions in deeds? We fear not.
Wo fear that while Governor Hayes
is a very different, mau from General
Grant—is everything that Grunt is
not—his administration of the Gov
ernment would bo but a continuation
of the odious administration of the
past eight years. We fear t hat Gov
ernor Hayes is not a stronger man
than his party, and we know that the
South can expect nothing save injus
tice, intolerance and oppression
from the men who lead that party.
The "bad advisors” of Grant would
be the “bad advisers” ot Hayes, and
these advisers will not have peaoe iu
the South because they thrive upon
discord and strife. The Mortons
and Camerons and Chandlers would
surround Hayes just as they sur
round Grant, and their evil counsels
would still bo potent for evil.
LIST OF LETTERS.
The following it the lint of letters remaining
in tli post office at Columbus (Ga.,) December
30th.
Allen L J Konou mrs Julia
Andrews mrs Loueimla Eadken 11
Austin J (col) I.eo K N 2
Bentley W I) McClnskey C
Berry K Metcalf mrs 13 A
Bentley Coihado Morgan mrs Luo
Berry mrs M A Murphy A
Bigger* J W Murry S
Balden 8 Murry mrs Mary
Bine 1) L U Nelson J
Cook H (col' Oneltree W
Davis II Parker mrs Anna
Davis miss Catharine Pew A
Deeauch 8 1* Kusaell C M
Furgeaon M G Keott J 11
Fergoraou mrs Mattie Simmons
Foster J Shirah
Eli Ford Smith mrs Bettie
Gibson O H Spinks mrs John
Gibson II Stewart A
Gordy T Stewart mrs E A
Grubbs R Thompsou 8 J
iiartis W A Thomassou J M
Harris miss Liaa Thomas miss Amanda
Hammock A Treadwell J It
Heard miss Mary Upton Elie
Jackson H Wethersby mrs Epsev A
Jones N Wilson A E
Jones mrs Susan Williams Elixa Jane (col
Johnson Lee Williams mrs K
Johnsou F P Williams mrs Julia
Johnson J Williams D M
Woldridge mrs E
W. H. JOHNSON. P. M.
♦ •—— ■■■ ..—•
—The Macon Telegraph mentions a call
from Rev. J. W. Simmons, who has been
transferred from Brunswick to Savannah.
It says that, “he has not yet fully recov
ered from the effects of the dreadful epi
demic through which he passed, but is
gradually regaining his strength and
will soon be able to enter fully upon the
discharge of liis duties.”
—Too cold to do anything but ail up
by a big log fire.
THE Oil EGON CANE— C HONIN I I GAI -
I.V EGECTEU.
It is to bo regretted that some
Democrats In prominent position
are begining to concede that tho
vote of Cronin, from Oregon, should
not be counted for Tilden, and that
the true legal aspect of tho Oregon
question is to count only two votes
for Hayes, figmi that State, thus
throwing the election with the
House.
With ail deference to the high
authority from which these opinions
emunate, we suggest that the action
of Governor Grover in giving Cronin
the certificate instead of Watts, was
and is strictly legal. It bears no an
alogy to the conduct of Returning
Boards in Florida, South Carolina
and Louisiana, has not tho slightest
taint of fraud, nor does it conflict
with tho spirit and essence of popu
lar sovereign.
Tho proper standpoint from
which the question maybe viewed,
is that from which purtisan or politi
cal considerations are entirely elim
inated. The Constitution and laws
in pursuance of tho same ignore, of
course, ull party questions.
Constitutionally each State
is heard in the Electoral
College, only through the medium
of those Electors, to whicli each
State is entitled according to the
prescribed ratio. In the earlier and
better days, Electors were chosen
without reference to candidates or
designated persons, for whom under
modern usage, the Electors are only
figure heads or factors, through
whom is worked out the* problem of
success for tills or that particular
person. Following up, then, the orig
inal idea of appointing Electors ac
cording to the words of the Constitu
tion, Oregon had the right toappoint
three. Each State appoints “in such
manner as the Legislature thereof
may direct,” and the Legislature of
Oregon has directed that they may
bo appointed by a plurality—not ma
jority-ot the popular vote. Gov.
Grover himself holds office on a plu
rality-vote, having received less than
ten thousand in a popular vote of
nearly twenty-six thousand. Now
six individuals offer themselves
to the people of Oregon for the
position of Presidential Elector,
only three of whom cau be chosen.
One of the six (Watts) cannot possi
bly exercise the franchise or perform
the functions of an Elector. He is
at the time of ids so-called appoint
ment by the popular vote of Oregon,
under a constitutional inhibition;
and all the votes cast for him are as
completely thrown away, as if given
for a sixteen year old female idiot.
Now then, because a numerical ma
jority of the voters of Oregon choose
to throw away one-third of their
Electoral right by voting blank, shall
a pluralty comprising about forty
eight per cent, of the voters be de
prived of theirs? If out of the six,
one is ineligible, ore not the three
highest who are eligible enlit led to
the appointment? Gov. Grover
thought such there elected, and such
was the Oregon law. From 1851 to
1871 the law of Georgia on tho effect
of ineligibility was as follows : “If
at any popular election to fill any
office, t he person elected is ineligible
under the foregoing rules, the per
son having the next highest number
of votes who is eligible whenever a
plurality elects, shall be declared
elected, &c.” During the time men
tioned suppose three men had been
before the people for sheriff of Mus
cogee county. One of them. A, gets
Bt>o votes, 15 750, and C 700. If A
forsotno reason had been ineligible,
would not B. have been elected, and
would not the Governor then in
office have commissioned him? Most
assuredly so; and the case is exactly
in point, for a plurality elects Presi
dential Electors in Oregon. What
was the law of Georgia once is the
law of Oregon now, and is not Cronin
properly "appointed” under the fore
going rules?;
Gov. Grover’s action, then, was a
matter of strict law. It is merely ac
cidental that Watts’ ineligibility and
the Governor’s action in the premises
is the “petard" with which the Rad
icals have themselves been “hoist,”
They clamor for the face of the re
turns according to th.e count of the
boards, with the further cry of nulla
vectigia retrorsum, and the Democ
racy of Oregon accept what is “nomi
nated in the bond.” The necessity
for claiming the advantage of every
legal right, would not have been so
imperative on the Democracy, if
Louisiana, South Carolina and Flor
ida had been fairly counted, for Til
cion would then have had much more
than a majority; but even in that
case Gov. Grover’s conduct, to have
been strictly in conformity with law,
would have beeu the same.
EXCELSIOR
Printing Ink Cos.
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decSO dAw2m
STORES to RENT,
Nos. 78 & 80,
T.
Or to JOHN BLACKMAIL
Real Estate Agent.
augl7-tf.
Third and Last Call to. Tax
payers.
rrux COLLECTOR'S BOOKS UNDER INBTRUC
-1 TlONSfrom tho COMPTROLLER GENERAL,
will soon be closed. Tax pavers will save Execu
tions and Coats, by settling at once. No further
notice will be given.
D. A. ANDREWS.
novl2 tf State and County Tax Collector.
Something Nice.
Genuine English Plum Pudding import
ed, Canton Ginger Preserves.
For sale by J. H. Hamilton.
nov> tf
Announcements
FOR ORDINARY.
I RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AH A i
candidate for re-election to the office of Or- j
Uiuary of Muscogee county, at tho ensuing Jau- '
miry election, promising if elected to discharge ;
tho duties of the office in the future, as I have i
endeavored to do in the past.
December 3d. 1870. F. M. BROOKS, j
dec-3 tc* j
TO THE CITIZENS & VOTERS
OF
MVICOaKE COI'XTY.
I' ANNOUNCE MYSEI.F A CANDIDATE FOR
. the office of Clerk of the Superior Court, at
the election third of January. 1877.
dec3 te WM. A. BARDEN. _
For Clerk of the Superior
Court.
I RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE MYSELF AH
a Candidate tor the office of CLERK OF THE
SUPERIOR COURT. Election first Wednesday in
January. GEORGE Y. POND.
novM te
To the Voters of Muscogee.
County.
VT THE REQUEST OF SEVERAL OF MY FEL
LOW citizens, I announce myself a candi
date for the office of Tax Collector at the ensuing
election, first Wednesday in January, 1877.
d<elo dltvrtjß BUB. W. IB MICHAEL.
For Coroner.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CANDIDATE FOR
re-election to the office of Coroner of Musco
gee county, at the ensuing election.
djclptLVwte* H. O. LLOYI).
For County Treasurer.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CANDIDATE FOR
. re-election to tke office of County Treasurer.
Election first Wednesday in January, next.
nov24 d&wte T. MARKHAM.
For County Surveyor.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF A CANDIDATE FOR
County Surveyor, at the election in January.
declOdliwte ROBT.M. HOWARD.
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.
¥N ANNOUNCING MYSELF AS A CAVDIDATE
B for RE-ELECTION to the office cf Tax Collec
tor, I refer my friends, and the public, to the
manner in which my duties have been performed
heretofore, and ask of them the. same cordial sup
port accorded me in the past; at the ensuing
election to be held on first Weducsdav in Janua
ry, 1877. DAVIS A. ANDREWS,
decc te
For Sheriff.
1* MOST RESPECTFULLY ANNOUNCE MY
SELF a candidate for re-election for the office
of Sheriff of Muscogee County. Election first
Wednesday in January, next.
J.G. BURRUS.
liov‘29 te
TO THE
Tax Payers and Citizens of
Muscogee County.
rpHK IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT HAS AT
1 last arrived; 1 again announce myself a can
didate for your suffrage for Receiver of Tax Re
turns for this county. Election Wednesday,
January 3d, 1877.
I hope iny many friends and numerous
nephews will rally around the “Old Hero,*' and
protect him against this avalanche of office-seek
ers. Boys to the Rescue.
DOTH te M. W. TiIWF.ATT.
For Tax Receiver.
TXTE ARE AUTHORIZED TO ANNOUNCE THE
name of Richard M. Gray as a candidate
for TAX RECEIVER of Muscogee County. Elec
tion in January, 1876. oct29-te
To the Voters of Muscogee.
I ANNOUNCE MYSELF AS A CANDIDATE FOR I
TAX RECEIVER of Muscogee county, and re
spectfully solicit your suffrages.
novl’J tde JNO. M. PATTRICK. j
Real Estate & Insurance
mr-. —— -'7- - - I
Jolm Blacksnar,
BROKERAGE, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE.
St. Clair Street, Georgia Bona* Building,
next to Western Union Tele
graph Office!
Land Warrants Bought.
mcrsK, BY IK MISSION,
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feb2ft tf _
NOTICE TO DEPOSITORS.
mHE DIRECTORS OF THE EAGLE A PHE
.JL NIX Manufacturing Coibpany deeming it
just to the Company and to the beat interest of
the Depositors in the SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
have this day added to their Rules and Regula
tions:
Rule No. 12: While all deposits will be pay
able ou demand, in ordinary times.the Company
reserves the right during times ofun usual finan
cial excitement to require a notice of not longer
than (60) sixty days for withdrawals on all ac
counts aggregating more than one hundred dol
lars.
In compliance with the Regulations of the Sav
ings Department, public notico of his rule is
herewith given.
Any depositor desiring to withdraw before thin
rule becomes operative will please apply during
next ten days.
G. GtJNBY JORDAN,
dec2l lOt Treas’r.
For Sale or Rent-
ACEE & YONGE, AUCTIONEERS.
IF NOT RENTED on the first Tuesday in Jan
uary, I will sell at auction, my place three
miles east ofpolumbus.
The place contains 200 acres of Land, sixty
acres iu the woods—well timbered. On the place
is a Fish Pond watered by two springs; comforta
ble house and and outhouses. Apply to
P. W. PRYOR,
dec2l 2w or Aeee tc Yonge.
FIREWORKS PROHIBITED.
WUE following ordinance© i published for iu
l formation of all concerned, to-wit:
“The setting off of any Sky Rockets, Roman
Candles, large Fire Crackers or Torpedoes, or
Balloons, at any places within the corporate lim
its of the city, except north of Franklin street
and south of Thomas street, is hereby prohibit
ed during the Christmas Holidays,under penalty
of fine or imprisonment, atjthe discretion ot the
Mayor; and the Police are specially instructed to
enforce this prohibition.”
Done by order of Council.
M. M. MOORE.
dec2o tilj.iul Clerk of Council.
MACON & BRUNSWICK
IU9LUOAB
FOR SALE OR LEASE.
OtKicr. Macon & Brunswick It. R. }
Macon, Ga., December 6, 1876. j
i TYY virtue of authority given by the General
; I } Assembly of the State of Georgia, in the act
approved March 5. 1873, the undersigned offer
i I r sale or lease, the Macon & Brunswick Rail
t road, together with the franchises, equipments
i and *-i her property which was sold on the First
Tuesday iu June, i875. as the property of the Ma
con & Brunswick Railroad Company, and bought
by the Governor of Georgia, in ihe name of the
State. Also, such additional property as has
since beeu acquired for said Railroad.
This road extends from the city f Macon to
the city of Brunswick, a distance of 186 miles,
with a branch from Cochran to Hawkinsville,
about 10 miles.
Beaded bids are invited up to [l2 m.,
January 23, 1677. Cash bonds of the -vttate of
Georgia, or bonds of the Macon k Brunswick
Railroad Company.endorsed in behalf of the State
by authority of the act approved Becember 3,
1866, will be received.
Speci&l information concerning the Road or its
property will be furnished #n application.
The right to reject any aud all bide is re
served.
E. A. FLEWEI.LEN,
W. A. LOFTON,
GEO. S. JONES.
Directors Maeon & Brunswick Railroad,
i declQ law4t
DRY GOODS.
Dry Goods! Dry Goods!
CHEAPER THAN EVER,
M. JOSEPH,
SUCCKWBOR TO JOSEPH A BRO.,
HAS JUST RECEIVED:
500 PIECES BEST STANDARD PRINTS @6 1-2.
LARGE LOT OF CORSETS @soc. each.
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, CHECKS, OSNABURGS aud FACTORY JEANS
of all makes at FACTORY PRICES.
CARPETING from 20c. a yard and upwards.
SHOES, IIATS, SEA ISLAND BLEACIIINGS, in largo quantities at BOT
TOM PRICES.
Sir J BUY AND SELL FOR CASH AND Ait PREPARED TO
OFFER BARGAINS.
M. JOSEPH.
.A. T
“The New York Store.”
3,000 Yds. CURTAIN LACE,
. (BOUGHT AT AUCTION.) •
Just Received ; Commencing at 25cts.
per Yard.
GORDON & CARGILL.
Columbus. Ga. Dec. 28. ‘76. octleod 12m.
COUNT MB IN
WHEN YOU WANT
DRY GOODS AT LOW PRICES.
O
T AM NOW RECEIVING MY SECOND FALL AND WINTER STOCK OF DRESS
GOODS and OTHER WOODENS.
The choicest stock of DRSS GOODS at 25c. in tho city.
Colored Alpacas, 20c.; Reps for Wrappers in Cardinal figures, only 20e.
Black Cashmeres, from 65c. to $1.50; Good Woven Corsets, 50c.
Ladies’ and Childrens’ extra-long Colored Hose, 25c.
Ladies' Gaiters, $1.25; Whole-stock Brogans, $1.25.
10- 4 Sheeting, 22%0.; yard-wide Bleached Cotton, 80c.
Largest stock of Ribbons, Scarfs, Collars and Cuffs in tho city.
If you wunt Iturgaiiis rail on me. Xo trouble lo allow tlooili.
J. ALBERT KIRVEN,
pot.s 'lcod&'.v \Q, OOitlCO VII STKKET.
GROCERIES
W. J. WATT. i. A. WALKER. CHAB. H. WATT
W ATT & WALKER,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
#
Grocers ami Commission Merchants
Corner under Rankin House.
Have the Largest and Best Selected Stock of Groceries In the City of Columbus.
CONSISTING or
BACON SIDES. BULK SIDES, BACON SHOULDERS, BULK SHOUL
DERS, BULK HAMS, BACON HAMS.
LARD in tierces, Lard in buckets and kegs.
FLOUR of all grades, including the celebrated SILVER LAKE brand,
the best In the world.
BAGGING, TIES, SALT, SUGAR, MACKEREL, SOAP, CHEESE,
coffee, Oysters, sardines, crackers, potash, soda,
STARCH. SHOES, ROOTS, and Staple Dry Goods, such as
OSNABURGS, SHEETING, SHIRTINGS, CHECKS, STRIPES, YARNS
and PANTS GOODS. Also, a well selected stock of
WHISKEY, from $1 per gallon to $5, and of any brand or per cent
proof that may be desired.
Our stock of SUGAR Includes every grade and price, ansi our lot of
SYRUP cannot be equaled in this city. It includes all grades of New Or
leans in barrels and half barrels; also several hundred barrels of choice
FLORIDA SYRUP, which is superior to anything in the market, and much
cheaper in price. It has a delightful flavor and rich, clear color, and select
ed expressly for our trade.
Cash customers can always save money by giving us a trial before pur
chasing elsewhere.
j,n 1 tf WATT ft WAI.KBB.
TILDEN & HENDRICKS
ABE FOR REFORM. AND
Wilhelm Sc Herrington,
ARE IN COLUMBUS TO
PAINT & PAPER YOUR HOUSES
and make them look as good as new.
TOour friends and thecitizens of Columbus and vicinity, we would say please giro
ug a trial. We will do your work Dirt Cheap and Gurrantee to all Satisfael ion in
"every instance. We make a specialty of PAPER HANGING and FRESCOING
in Plain and Fancy Colors. We do K&lsomining and Wall Tinting; making old walls
and ceilings to look as good as new. .... ~,,. T ANARUS..„
Also : GRAINING, in Oak, Ash, Walnut, Rosewood and Mahogony. ENAMELING
and GLAZING. Old Furnture made to look as good as new, with WILHELM’S
PATEN T FURNITURE POLISH.
ear We are also prepared to do SIGN PAINTING in the most modern styles and
finish. We shall keep on hand all kinds of Painters’ Material, Mixed Paints of any
color; Linseed Oil, Turpentine, White Lead, Varnish, Glass, Ac., Ac. Onr shop is on
Oglethorpe street, next to Murdoch McLeod’s old bar, where we will be happy to see
all our friends and take contracts to Paint anything.
N. B.—County work Promptly attended to.
None but the best workmen employed.
WILHELM & HERRINGTON.
<i<v2 pocltf
CLOTHING.
EXCELSIOR ! !
CLOTHING,
AND
Hat Store
Thornton & Acee,
NO. 83 & 85 BRONZE FRONT,
Rooney Building, Broad St., Columbus, Ga.
DEALERS irsr
Men’s Olotliiiis:,
Boys’ Clotmng,
ClilldLren’s ClotDlng.
Mott’s Hats, Boys’ Hats, Children’s Bats.
T\ JEN'S AND BOVS’ FURNISHING GOODS. TRUNKS, VALISES, UMBRELLAS ui WALKIN
I JYL CANES. <jrWe are constantly rsaaiviag goods *f all kinds, and will tell as law as a
i Market in the State. Mira ms a eall. ••tl-dSaa