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THE WONDKRN OF MYCKN E.
WHAT DR. SCHLIEMANN HAS AND HAH NOT :
discovered. j
Ah far us all genuine and ascer
tained history goes, our knowledge
ot Myoena; la somewhat vague. Per
seus Is said to have founded it, but
the evidence ou which we are asked
to believe that he laid the founda
tions of the capital of Argos is exactly
equal in value to that which accred-.
its him with, killing a Dig monster
half •lOlphla aud half sea-serpent.
After Perseus came Agamemnon,and
Agamemnon led the tea year’s siege
of Troy. That the siege of Troy act
ually tqok place cannot be possibly
questioned. Modern scepticism has
been pushed in the latter days to
extreme lengths. We are asked to
put Homer altogether aside as au
authority of no historical value or
credit whatever. The reasons gives
for this bold request are simply that,
if we believe in Homer as au historical
authority, we are also bound to be
lieve in Theda, Juno, Minerva, Venus
or—if we are to be strict Ortecists—
ApnvodUe Jupiter or
Zeus, andeveu theswciq itseir. inis,
it is true, is* somewhat large mouth
ful to swallow, eaen tor the largest
historical appetite. At the same
time, in dava when people believe in
the •‘lsYiatiPA’’ heavy dining
room It is a little hard to see
why the cbld frown of scepticism
should be thrown upon all those
other venerable characters whioh the
course of long and uninterrupted
tradition has Imbued with sueh a
substantive reality that they are en
tiled fully as much matter ot estab
lished record as the coffin of Mahom
et, the skittfe-pins of Gargantau, the
footprint of Crusoe’s savage and the
club with Which Captain Cook was
brained. ‘
To put the matter seriously, My
cenae has no history, in the genuine
sense of the term. Properly speak
ing, Stonehengo . has no history*
King Arthit toayv hara built it—if
there ever was a King Arthur at all
—or he may not. It is—from the
purely critical and historical point of
view—a abnibwhat large demand
upon our faith to'lnsist that we are
to accept Tennyson’s "Idylls of tho
King,” from title page to colophon,
as sober and credible history, simply
because a lot of big stones happen to
be standing on Salisbury Plain. Dr.
Sehliemanu’s discoveries place all
people who have any real knowledge
of the kindofavidench upon which
ancient bietory if fcmudetl in a some
what similar diflfwnlty. We ought to
extend to history precisely the same
rules which lawyers apply to evi
dence. There are cyclopean build
ings of rough stone in the Laud of
Bashan; they prove themselves, but
they do not prove the existence of
Og and his brethren. There are ef
florescent crystals of foul smell and
disgusting taste to be picked up by
the handful on the margin of the
Red Sea, but we cannot reasonably
accept them as testimony to the
truth of the traditional history of
Sedom and Gomorrah. For pre
cisely the same reasons we are not
bound; because Dr. Schliemann goes
grubbing about ia the neighborhood
ofMycouscand comes upou a gold
bowl, at once to admit that it is the
very depot amphikupellon out of
which Agamemnon drank his fare
well draught before he set sail for
Troy.
On the other hand, even if we take
Dr. Sehliemann’s discoveries simply
for what they are worth, itisdiffiouit
to over-estimate their value. Nie
buhr used to boast; that he had a per
sonal faculty of his own which led
him right in the investigation of his
torical problems where everybody
else went astray. Dr. Schliemann
has an analogous genius for excava
tion. Others dig and And nothing,
aud go empty away. Dr. Schliemaun
digs-i--behold! the earth at once
teems with hidden treasure. The
catalogue of his "find”—if we may
so call it—at Mycenae would till a
column. He has brought to light
great bowls or “cratei es,” cauldrons
—shall we say “pots?"— or “Lebalea,”
buttons or spangles—so Dr. Schlje
mau calls them -whioh are probably
the golden head or the heads of the
iron nails with which its covering of
bull’s hide was fastened ou to the
circular wooden shield or the ancient
Hellenic hero; screptres sueh as
Agamemnon himself might have
borne, or Ulysses might have used
for the administration to Thersites
of a timely thump; buckles, sword
handles, breast-piates, women’s
combs, rings, necklaces, arrow-
heads, daggers, drinking glasses,
brooches, amber heads—Priam’s
whole treasure house, in a word,
could hardly have held a more brave
store than that which thiedetermined
archssoiogilt ta rooted up. out ot
the undutattog twrf where tradition
declares Mycenae to have stood. He
has not, it i3 true, yet succeeded in
lighting Hpon the chariot in which
Agameajaqp returned from Troy ; the
tenpenny piece, or boos megas, with
which according his wife
bribed the faithful sentry; the bath
into which he was persuaded to get,
the net that was thrown over him, or
the axe with whioh he was slain. On
the other hand, he may console him
self with the reflection that nobody
ever expected him to find these par
ticular relics, and that all genuine
studentajpt anident history are re
joicea thftt his should
have been successful as they un
doubted
The Czarevitch.
The youog Russian Czarevitch is a
perfect Hercules, resembling greatly
in build and stature his magnificent
grandfather, the great Czar Nicholas,
though with less handsome features,
his countenance being thoroughly
Calmuck in type. His strength (says
the correspoadentofjthe Philadelphia
Telegraph) is something prodigious;
and of its display, and of the great
control that he exercises over his na
turally violent temper, a curious an
ecdote is told. On one occasion he
discovered that his private corres
pondence had been tampered with
while passing through the postoffloe.
He went at once to the Emperor,
laid the case before him, and begged
to know if it wa3 by his orders that
his letters had been opened; for in
that case, as a dutiful son and sub
ject, he would say nothing more; but
unless such orders had been
given he would demand redress.
The Czar sent at once for the really
guilty party, the Chief of police, se
verely repremanded him in the
Prince’s presence, and then bade
him sternly begone and sin no more.
Terrified and trembling the abashed
official was about to make a hurried
exit, when the Czarevitch, who had
been quiet and, to all appearance, a
perfectly unmoved spectator of the
interview, merely twirling some lit
tle object between his Augers as the
colloquy proceeded, came forward
and stopped him. Without a word
the Prince placed the thing where
with he had bsen toying in the offi
cial’s hand—it was a silver ronbie,
twisted round and round in a cork
screw fashion, as ordinary bands
might twist a scrap of paper. With
this startling prbof of the coscentra
ted wrath of the heir to the throne
the luckless functionary was suffered
to depart _
Kid Gloves.
A full Use in party shades at
jat aod2w Kyles.
Railroada
WESTERN RAILROAD OF ALABAMA
Columbus, Ga., Dec., Slat, 1870.
TRAINS LEAVE COLVMBIH DAILY, AS FOL
LOWS:
•i V* - (aovTSK&a mail.!
‘•fIJOEW. Arrive at.Montgomcry 7:B3pm
Mobile 0:00 am
New Orleans 11:30am
r A- Nashville. 8:00 A M
LoniaviUe 3:40 pM
Memphis 3:00 PM
(ATLASXA. ABO XOimUtBM MAIL.)
0:00 am. Arrive at Atlanta 4:73 pm
Washington 11:03 pm
Baltimore 3:10 am
. NewTork 0:30 AM
Alto by thla train arrive at MontgomorylS :34 p M
Selma 3:40 p M
Vicksburg 10:00am
TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS
From Montgomery and Southwest 13:63rM
From Montgomery and Southwest...... 7:00 p m
From Atlanta and Northwest 7:0O r m
03 r This train arriving at Oolumbna 7: 00
r. m.; Leaves Atlanta 11 aM.
E. P. ALEXANDER, President.
OHAS. PHILIPS, Agent., Jeß tt
MOBILE & GIRARD R.R,
SSSSuBEEMi
Columbus, Oa„ November 70. 1870.
Double Daily Passenger Train
MAKING close connection at Union Spring!
with Montgomery A Kufaula Railroad trains
to and from Montgomery and points beyond.
This is tho only lino making utght and day 'con
nections at Moutgemcy for tho Northwest.
Through coach with Bleeping accommodation#
botween Columbus and Montgomery:
Passenger k
Mail Train Freight Train.
Leave Columbus 1:60 r. m. 7:36 i\ M.
Arrheat Union Sp'gs. 5:30 p. m. 12:32 a. m.
~“ “Troy.... 7:60 p. m. 3:IG a. m,
“ “ Kufaula 6:30 a.m.
“ y Montgomery 7:40 p. m. 6:35 a. M.
“ “ Mobile .... 5:25 a.m. 4:00p. m.
M New Orleans 11:25 A. M. 9:50p.M.
“ ■ Naah\ille ... 8:00 A. m. 7:55p.m.
•• “ Louisrille.., 3:40p. m. 3:30 a.m.
“ “ Cincinnati .. 8:15 p. m. 7:25a.m.
“ “ Bt. Louis.... 8:10a.m. 7:33p.m.
“ “Philadelphia. 7:35a.m. 3:30p.m.
“ “ New York.... 10:25a. M. 6:45p.m.
Leave Troy 12:30 a. m. 8:00 a. m.
Arrive at Union Sp’gs. 2:22 a.m. 9:67 a.m.
“ “ Columbus... 7:10a.m. 3:30p.m.
“ * Opelika 9:20a.m.
“ “ Atlanta 2:50p. m.
“ •• Macon 7:05 p. m.
“ “ Savannah.. ..11:45 a. m.
Passenger# for the Northwest will save twelve
hour* time by this route.
Trains arrive in Montgomery one hour earlier
than any other line'.
W. L. CLARK, Sup’t.
D. E. WILLIAMB,
General Ticket Agent. augStf
EVERYBODY SUITED.
We are this Season In Receipt of a Large
Supply of all Sizes of Our
Celebrated
For l)ot li Wood andCoal
Besides a full asaortmunt of other Popular
COOKING AND HEATING STOVES
G RAT EN, ate.,
And feel Justified In eaylng that we are SURE
we can init any and all classes of purchasers, both
In quality and price.
Of other Goods In onr line, we have a large and
oomplete assortment, such as
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE
OP KVKHT DXSCBUTIOS,
HARDWARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, COAL
HODS, BHOVELB, AC.
All of these articles we CAN and WILL eel] a
VERY BOTTOM PRICES.
lan 1 dtf W. H. ROFARTB ft 00.
VICTORY! VICTORY!!
THE “SINGER” ALWAYS AHEAD!
Read the special dispatch from
THE Centennial Exhibition to the New
Yerk Sun:
Philadelpaia, September 27, 1876.
“The very highest honors which could be con
ferred on any exhibitor—TWO MEDaLS OF
HONOR and TWO DIPLOMAS OF MERlT—
have been awarded the Singer Manufacturing
Company for Sewing Machine#.”
2,000,000 IN USE
Sales in Excess of all Others!
The Singer Manufacturing Company,
99 Broad Street,
COLtIMIIUS. GA.
WANTED.
Good salesman to sell the new
Light Bantling BINGKIt BEWINO MA
CHINES in the Counties connected with the Co
iambus Office. Apply to the Singer Manufactur
ing Company, CHAS. 8. HOLT,
oct7-im Agent
Collinsworih institute,
FOR ROYS AND GIRLS,
Talbotton, Ga.
The undersigned have ta
ken charge of this well known
lustitue with the determination
make it a Schoo* noted for its thor
oughnesß and cheapness. The school
a pleasantly situated, one mils from
Tslbotton and six miles from Geneva. The build
ings are ample and admirably situated in a beau
tiful grove.
The “Geneva Lamp," a weekly newspaper, is
published at the Institute, the type for which is
set by the pupils of the school, each pupil being
required to devote five hours a week to type set
ting, under the instruction of a practical printer.
Tbia is not to make printers, but to give practical
lessens in the construction of our language.
BOARD AND TUITION:
Board, including lights, fuel, kc per
month -..510 00
Tuition, for the entire session of four
months 2 00
Information and circulars furnished on appli
cation. Address, J, L. &P. B. DENNIS,
THE
CO LUMBUS
DAILY TIMES
"MT
hJP ■■ mm
riIITIK OFFICE.
Columbus, Ga.
f
' “i -A.
Hi rS • tgfira
Being Supplied with Modern im
provements and the Latest
STYLES OF TYPE,
Presses, &c.
IS PREPARED TO FILL ORDERS FOR
JOB PRINTING
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
At Short Notice and at Reasonable
Rates, Including:
fq f $; MM
BILL HEADS, CIRCULARS,
LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES
NOTE HEADS, SHIPPING TAGS,
R. R. RECEIPT BOOKS, MONTHLY STATEMENTS,
BUSINESS CARDS. WEDDING INVITATIONS,
VISITING Cards, party invitations,
POSTAL CARDS, BIILS LADING B#OKB,
HAND BILLS, POSTERS,
BALL AND PARTY PROGRAMS.
k!
Aud in Fact AMTIIIVL IV the
JOB PRINTING LINE.
——O ’
HTOrdtrs from a distance solicited and filled promptly, at short notice. Samples
and prices sent on application}
WYNNE, DeWOLF & CO.
LAWYERS.
BENNETT It. CRAWFOBD,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
Office over Frazers Hardwire Store.
(LUtle k Crswfonl dissolved Jsnutry lit, 1877.)
_ Jail tf
Thomas J. Chappell,
Attorney at Law.
OFFICE OYERII# BUOAD STREET.
Columbus, <sii.
much] tf
REESE CRAWFORD. J. M. MuNEILL.
Crawford & McNeill,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
12M Brood St,, t oiiitnbUH, Ga.
Janls
BAM’L B. HATCHER. B. H. OOKTCHID
HATCHER & GOETCHIUS
Attorney# and Counsellor# at Ijw.
I'racticc in Btato and Federal Courts.
Onto*—67 Broad #tieet, over Wittich At Kin
•l'# Jowelry Store. |#epl ly _
HINES DOZIER,
Attorney at Law,
Hamilton, Ga.
WILL practice in the Chattahoochee Cir
or anywhere else.
Mr. G. A. B. Dozier will be found in my office
ob and after October Ist. 1875, and will assist in
all collection# and offleo work entrusted.
#ep2s ly
CAREY J. THORNTON Wm. F. WILLIAMS.
Thornton & Williams,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
AND
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
OFFICE UP STAIRS OVER THE STORE OF
0. E. HOCIISTRABBEK, Broad street.
Will practice in the counties of Harris, Talbot,
Taylor, Marion, Chattahoocheo and Stewart, and
in tho Supreme Court of the State, District and
Circuit Court# of tho United State#; also in the
counties of Loo and Russell, Ala.
Will also give special attention to tho purchase
and sale of Real Estate, Examination of Titles
aud Conveyancing. Also, to Renting and Collec
tion of Rente. nov!4 tf
Joseph F. Poii,
Attorney A Counsellor at Law.
OFFICE west side Broad street over store of
W. H. Robarts k Cos. Practices in State and
Federal Courts. Advice and services tendered to
Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Ac. Spe
cialty made of Conveyancing, Examining Titles,
Ac., in Georgia, or any whore in the United
States. All business promptly attended to.
feb7 dtf
J. D. Rambo. W. W Maoeall.
RAMBO & MACKALL,
Attorneys at Law,
Office In Burma’ Building, Columbus, Ga.
mhl eodAwly
THORNTON & GRIMES,
Attorneys at Law.
OFFICE over Abell A Co.’s, corner of Broad
and St. Clair streets, olumbos, Ga.
J* 115 , 1 ? __ _ _
GRIGSBY E, THOMAS,
Attorney at Law
Columbus, tin.
Office over 0. E. Hochstrasser’s.
janl2 tf __
LIONEL €. LEVY, Jr.,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
Commissioner of Deeds N. Y. and other States.
Office over Georgia Tome Bank.
EBTATEB.—Special attention to keeping accu
rate accounts, vouchers, Ac., and making an
nual returns for Guardians, Administrators
and Executors. sep29-ly
Leo MoLostor,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
c;USSETA, GA.
In Superior Courts and Courts of Ordinary, will
be assisted by Joseph F. Pou, Esq., without extra
charge to my clients.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO COLLECTIONS.
o. QAT.TTornxr.
ATTORNEY ATLAW,
Geneva, Ga.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the Chattahoochee Circuit.
Special attention given to Collection#. He 1#
Corresponding Agent for the Geneaal Collecting
Agencies of New York end Savannah. Therefore
hi# facilities for pursuing that branch ef the pro
esftion 1# unsurpassed by any lawyer in the
State. octal tf
R. J. MOSES
Attorney at Law.
OFFICE over Georgia Home Inaurance Com
pany.
Office hours from Ist October to Ist June, 10 to
4 p. m. sepl9 ly
XV. li. IiATHAM.
Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ga,
WILL practice in the conn ties of the Ghatta
hoochee Circuit. feb3 ly
li. F. HARRELL,
Attorney at Law and Solicitor In Equity
LUMPKIN, GA.
j|QrSpeci&l attention given to Collections and
remittance# promptly made. novl-tf
REMOVAL.
The Public are Informed that
have moved my
Tailoring Establishment
TO THE STORE NEXT TO
Hogan’s 100 House, llroad
Htreet.
FIR THE PURPOSE of carrying ou my Bual
uesa, I have this day associated with me
Hr. n. BELLHAIV.
A fine and prompt Workman.
We will be pleased to serve the public, and will
guarantee as FINE WORK a#o% i be done in the
United State#.
Bring in your order# for Buits aud they will be
furniihed with prwmptne##.
Respectfully,
K(EHNE & SELLMAN.
oot3 tt
DR. C. E. ESTES
Office up Stairs over A, M. Brannon’s
Drue Store,
decß eod3m ° _____
WM. SCHOBER.
Dealer In Gnu and Ammunition.
(tana, Locke, Ac,, Repaired.
ScpSO-tf 39 Randolph 8t„ near Time, office,
G-R.HSA.T SALE
OF
Buggies; Wagons
AT
Auction.
Owing to continued unfavorable weather this Sale has
been postponed one week, to
THURSDAY, JAN’Y 25th, 1877,
C. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer.
Having determined to close out my
Suggies
And large Stock of
PLANTATION WAGONS.
e
I will sell them WITHOUT RE
SERVE AT AUCTION, on THURSDAY,
18th inst., commencing at 11 o’clock.
o
STOCK consists; OF
WOODRUFF CONCORD BUGGIES
The Best Buggy in Use;
AND 20 IRON AXLE TWO-HORSE
MlTagons
Of Best Workmanship.
Cash! or Warehouse Accep
tance at 30 days.
THOS. K. WYNNE.
Jan6-d&w2w
FARM LAND-
Only Remedy for Hard Times.
CHANGE YOUR SURROUNDINGS.
—. mk
ALL WANTING FRUIT FARMS, ESPECIALLY ADAPTED TO THE GROWTH OF THE TINE
WHERE IT IS AN ESTABLISHED SUCCESS AND PAYS LARGE PROFIT. THE LAND IS
ALSO ADAPTED TO THE GROWTH OF PEACHES. PEARS, APPLES AND SMALL
FRUITS i ALSO, GRAIN. GRASS AND VEGETABLES.
Many hundreds of exoellent VINEYARDS, OBOHABDS and FARMS can now
be seen. J ,n Mt i j,a a chopD tl
Tho Looationis only 34 miles south of Philadelphia, by r.llroad, In .mild, de llgh tful cl i m*te, wo
zt the very doors of the New York and Philadelphia markets. Another railroad run. direct to
New York. asAi |
The plane 1. alreadylarge, auooeesfnl and pro.perou., Ohurclwe. mshoola, and other privilege,
are already established. Also, manufactories of Shoe., Clothing. Glass, Straw Goods, aud other
thlnge, at whioh diffeietft members ofahunlly can procure employment.
It has been a health resort lor some year, past for people suffering from pulmonary affeotions.
Asthma, Catarrh, Ague and debility; many thouaanda have entirely recovered.
Anew brick Hotel ha. Just been completed. 100 feet front, with back buildings, four atorioa high.
Including French roof, and aU medern improvement, for the accommodation of visitors.
Price of Farm Land f28.n0 per Acre, payanlo by lnatallments, within the period of four years. In
this climate, planted out to vinee, 30 seres olland will count fiHly ss much as 100 acres further
n 'persons unacquainted with fruit growing, can become familiar with it in a short time en account
° f Fhre Aore, and Town Lots, In the towns of Landisville and Vineland, also for sale.
While visiting the Centennial Exhibition, Vineland can be visited at amall expenao.
A paper containing full information, will be sent upon application to
CHARLES K. LANDIS, Vineland, NT. J., free of cost.
The following Is an extract from a description, published in the New York Tribunt, by the wel
known sgriculturlst, Solon Robinson:
All the farmers were of the "well to do" sort, and some of them, who have turned their attention
to fruits and market gardening, have grown rich. The soil Is loam, varying from sandy to clayey,
and surface gently undulating, intersected With email streams and occasional wet meadows, in
which deposits oi pest or muck are stored, sufficient to fertilise the whole upland surface, after it
has been exhanaied of Its natural fertUltv.
It Is certainly one of the most extensive fertile traete, in an almost level position, ami su ithle
condition for pleasant farming, that we know of this side of the Weetern prsiries. We found oofoe
ot the oldeet farmß apparently just as profitably productive as when first cleared of forest fifty or a
hundred years ago,
Tha geologist would soon discover the oanse of this continued fertility. The whole country is a
marine deposit, and all through the soil we found evidences of calcareous substance, generally In
the form of indurated calcareous msrl, showing many distinct forms of ancient sheila, of tno tertia
ry formation; and this marly substance is scattered aU through tho aotl, in a. very comminuted
form, and in the exact condition most easily assimilated by such planta as the farmer desires to
cultivate. -
TANARUS, S. SPEAR,
No. 101 Broad St„ Columbus, 6a.
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Repaired promptly
All orders will receive prompt attention.
Remington Sewing Machine Deoot.
EXECUTOR’S SALE.
By C. S. HARRISON, Auctioneer.
ON the firat Tuesday in February next, within
the legal hours of sale, I will sell at Abbott
ft Newsom’s corner in the city of Columbus, a
TWO-ROOMED HOUBE, and tne lot on which It
stands, situated on west aide of Oglethorpe St.,
nearly opposite Perry House, and two doors be
low the Steam Cotton Factory. Bald premises
belonging to the estate of the late Griffin Pinck
ard, and known as his late residence. TERMS
CASH. Pnrchaeer to pay tax of 1877.
ja<> tds __ THOS. K. WYNNE, Executor.
W. F. TIGHTER, Dentist,
Randolph street, (opposite Strnpper a) Column,
lent lyl n ——