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THE DAILY TIMES. JOHN 11. MARTIN, ... lidllor. ColuinbUM, Cia... SATURDAY DECEMBER 80. 1876, nil _ 1 ?! ... Jgl JB!. 1 " t 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. EIEST VM> CHEAPEST PRINTING INK IN THE MARKET. 1 BARCLAY ST., Y. Y. 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, To Banka of this city. 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