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THE DAILY TIMES.
Joil\ II HABTIN, - - - BdKiir.
Columbua. ***•■
FBIDAY FEBIUJASY 9. 1877.
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LARGEST CIRCULATION
la tfc. Ooantlea A<|cnl (a and Trading
at rolualmi.
It Is not at all probably that Con
gress tvlil at this short session do
anything affecting the finances. The
whole subject wilt go over to the next
Congress, and will probably consti
tute one of the chief tobies.
Oov. Colquitt has, by proclama
tion ordered an election in the sever
al counties of the Ninth Congress
ional Dlstriot on the 13th of March
for a Representative to Congress to
fill the vacancy caused by the elec
tion of Hon. B. H.H 111 to the Senate
of tbo United States,
1)r. B. P. Henderson, of Bullock
county, Ala., was shot and killed by
a Mr. Perkins on the 30th ult. They
had disputed about the collection of
some accounts, Perkins struck Hen
derson. and the latter drew his knife,
when Perkins shot him, and then
fled.
Wells’ sickness has interrupted
the returning board investigation.
It is said that Mr. Field has letters
and documents that will expose his
falsehoods and trickoy when the
examination is resumed. Wo refer
to the report of Monday’s cross-ex
amination of Wells, to show how im
prudently he denied some’things and
refused to testify concerning others.
One bad result of the decision of
the Electoral Comission on Wednes
day, that it upholds tbo inviolabili
ty of returning boards, whose ras
cality may not be inquired into. We
expeot the next Presidential election
to be carried by the party that has
the largest momberandjlhe most un
scrupulous returning boards. Wells
will then have a chance to make his
million dollars by instructing these
sacred institutions all over tho coun
try.
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A Wahhingtss reporter telegraphs
to the Cicinnatl Enquirer: Every
one admits the final defeat of tho
Texas and Pacific bill for this ses
sion. In fact, there is not a lobby
man in tho city who will make his
expenses this winter, except those
engaged'by Jay Could to persuades
Republican! Senate not to pass a bill
to force him to an honest settlement
with the Government.
Th* report of the New York State
Assessors shows an apparent gain
in the valution of real and personal
property In 187 G amounting to $289,-
483,045, or 18.7 per cent. This how
ever shows, not a rise in valuation,
but an increase In the estimation of
the Assessors. There is some $300,-
000,000 in church property whieh es
capes taxation altogether, and the
great railroad corporations, whose
lines cost $625,000,000 in 1865, are
now assessed for $50,000,000.
These men are Judges, not parti
sans, and when the labors of this
Commission are ended, and peace
and brotherly love are assured in
this land we shall have occa
sion to thank our Maker, that
amidst all the wickedness of our gen
eration, He has bestowed upon us
the blessing of an uncorruptible Ju
dioiary,—urifflii New#.
We don’t want to interfere with the
thanksgivings of the New#, but we
greatly fear that in a few days it will
discover that the majority of the
Judges on thatCommiasion ought to
have its prayers.
Taa House of Representatives of
Ohio last week passed a bill, of a
general ebaraoter, providing that
"the estate of a widow divorced from
a deceased husband shall, at her
death, be divided between her
heirs and the heirs of such descen
dants,” And now the papers aro
puzzling themselves to And out how
a widow can be divoroed from a de
cease husband. Wo give it up with
out worrying over it. The electoral
tangle is puzzle enough for us at
this time. But our Impromptu sus
picion is that the framer of tho bill
did not know how to put English
words together so as to express his
meaning. Such mea get into Logis
islatures some times.
Reeobts from Washington say that
the Democrats will probably pass
through the House of Representa
tives the bill of Mr. Banning, pro
viding that’the first session of Con
gress hereafter shall commence on
the 4th of March, instead of tho first
Monday in December. They will
run a risk of permitting tho Radi
cals to control the organization of
tho House by so doing. Tho Demo
cratic majority is only four or five,
and if the House would meet on the
ith of March there would be two
Democrats from Georgia absent—
Mr. Hill, who has been elected to
the Senate, and Mr. Stephens, whose
health will hardly permit his atten
dance. With this close division, an
accident might give the Republicans
a majority.
Ws have never seen a more cxpl icit
confession of the Radical idea of the
“higher law” of what they call ''loy
alty” than is made by the Mont
gomery State Journal iu noticing a
&MV remark ol tfcAfipaper. The
Journal says:
"The implied statement of tho Times
that anything is ioytl,which is oohstitu
tlonat.or, aeoordtnjrttHtoe Supreme law,
under the constitution, and that every
thing Is disloyal which is unconstitutional
or against the Supreme law, is absurd.”
The difference between the two
parties is pretty nearly stated In this
sentence. The Democrats do believe
that everything constitutional is
loyal, and everything unconstitu
tional is disloyal; while, according
to Radical practice, everything |is
disloyal, even tf constitutional, if
opposed to the Interests or the rule
of that party.
THE BEAT CHANCE.
Wo regard tho doolsion of the Elec
toral Commission on Wednesday,
os to the soope of the evidenoe which
it would receive from Florida, as In
dicating very clearly that neither
that State nor Louisiana will be
counted for Tllden and Hendricks;
and we think we might as well, in
view of this decision, give up any
sanguine hope of the election of Tll
den In any way except possibly by
the House. Of course bis election
by tbo House will depend upon the
throwing out of some vote or votes
and declaring no election by the
Electors. This may be done by the
rejection of the vote of Watts of Ore
gon, which (if both Florida and Lou
isiana should be counted for Hayes,
and if the vote of Frost of Missouri
should bo counted for Tlden) would
make a tie in the Eelectoral vote. If,
as we have from tho first suspocted,
tho prime concoctors of tho arbitra
tion designed that it should work a
compromise, it may thus end in the
election of Tllden by the Houso and
Wheeler by the Senate. By such a
result tho Democrats would gain
nothing, becauso they could have
elected Tildcn by the Houso in the
eveDt of a disagreement between the
too branches as to the counting of
the Electoral vote. Tho House
could have thrown out the votes of
Florida and Louisiana, just
as it threw out tho votes of
ono or two Southern States in
1873. Its failure to do so, un- *
dor the circumstances, would only
show that a Democratic Houso of
Representatives in 1877 had not as
much firmness in standing up for its
prerogatives as a Radical Houso ex
hibited in 1873. Tho lack of this
firmness in maintaining its constitu
tional rights is in our judgment the
solo cauao of tho now almost certain
loss of a portion, if not all, of the
triumph which tho Democratic vo
ters of tho country achieved in No
vember ; and we believe that this
result is in great part due to tho
timidity of Abram S. Howitt and a
few other Eastern Democratic Con
gressmen, whose fears of a disturb
ance of business and a depreciation
of bonds were so great as to influ
ence thorn to imperil principle and
popular rights by submitting to tho
uncertain chances of arbitration a
controversy the determination of
which thoy hold in their own hands.
No wonder the people have confidence,
when the host physicians are prescribing
Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup in all cases ot
Cough, Cold, etc.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE.
WKB.VKtiBAV, FKItUSASV 7.
SENATE.
The Sonnto sustained tho Gover
nor’s veto of the bill for the relief of
John Keboe. sheriff of Tuscaloosa
County; and concurred in House
amendments to the following bill:
To more effectually carry into ef
fect the act for the relief of maimed
soldiers; To authorize the Mobile
& Girard Railroad Company to is
sue bonds, &c.
Mr. Chambers from the Committee
on Finance, reported favorably on
bill to prescribe and regulate the
mode of assessments in this State
passed.
Also, to change the county of
Sanford to Lamar—passed.
Mr. Armstrong from special com
mittee, reported favorably upon the
bill to regulate tho levy of certain
taxes by the commissioners courts
in this State—passed.
To declare u lion in favor of wood
workmen and blacksmiths. House
amendment.
Also, to provide for the appropria
tion of the surplus bridge fund of
Pike county—passed.
nous*.
Senate amendments to House bill
to organize the volunteer milita of
Alabama, were concurred in.
The House appointed a committee
of conference of the disagreement
between the two houses as to the
rate of taxation.
Mr. Herndon, from Judiciary Com
mittee, reported adversely on Senate
bill to provide for the trial of crimi
nal cases on certain days—passed.
The Senate amendments to House
bill to establish, organize and regu
late a system of publio itstruction in
the Stato of Alabama, were cocurred
in.
Mr. Jolly, from Coramitteo of Con
ference on the bill to regulate the
rate of taxation in this State, report
ed that the committee had agreed
upon fixing the same at seven-tenths
of ono percent. The report was re
ceived.
Senate amendment to House bill to
require tax collectors to pay United
States currency into tho Stale Treas
wheu collected by them, were con
curred in.
Senate amendment to House bill to
regulate the mode of assessment in
this State, were concurred in.
The Governor announced his ap
proval of the following and some
other local bills:
To amend sections 6,7, 8,11 and 12
of an act entitled an act to provido
for the registration of electors in this
State, approved March 18,1875.
To authorize the Governor to per
form in certain cases the duties of
commissioner, appointed under an
act approved Dec. 14th 1876.
To amend section 89 of an act en
titled an act to incorporate the town
of Tuskegee, Macon county.
To change the boundary line be
tween Pike and Crenshaw counties.
To authorize the city coucil of
Eufaula to adjust and settle all
claims of indebtedness now outstan
ding against said city.
To repeal au act to authorize the
commissioners court of Barbour
county to lovy a special tax for coun
ty purposes.
To authorize the commissioners
court of Barbor county to com-
Sromise and settle the bonded in
ebtedness of said county, incurred
for Btock subscribed by said county
to the. Vicksburg <s Brunswick
railroad.
—At Nowort, R. 1., last Sunday, a youth
of nineteen eloped with a school girl of
sixteen, and the party h&vonot since been
heard of. They made their exit in abuggy,
and without a cent in their pockets. The
anxious parents want to forgive them,
but can’t get an opportunity.
—A long slender dress without scarves
in front, and without looping at the back,
is being affected by elegantes. These are
worn without a&y tourfiure, and are as
straight down the back as the front. But
at the floor the train spreads out sudden
ly, like an open fan, near the wearer.
THE MTATK AID 4)IIEMTION.
"
DEBATE ON TUESDAY.
We copy tho Atlanta Constitution's
report of some of the speeches made
in tho House of Representatives of
Georgia, on Tuesday, on the bill to
grant Htate aid to the Marietta and
North Georgia Railroad:
Mr. Turner moved to strike out tho
preamble to the bill. He was oppos
ed to the bill on high moral* princi
ples. The preamble was sugar coat
ed. He denied that there wus any
contract on the partof the state made
by the act of October 21, 1870. Htate
aid was the presiding genius when it
was passed. On its face it was an
unmitigated fraud. The act does not
contain the provision of ttieconstitu
tion ot 1808, that before the state is
required to endorse tho bonds an
equal amount must bo subscribed
by private persons. Tho act pro
vides for $15,000 per mile, when ten
miles arc completed and equipped.
The advocates of this measure talk
about tho wealth of this section and
the poverty of lire people to develop
it. Tho chairman or the finance
committee speaks of marble moun
tains being utilized to pay tho nubile
debt. The demand is so smull that
there would be no profit in transpor
ting it. The map speaks of gold. If
there is gold it needs no railroad to
develop it, as California and the
Black Hills demonstrate. As to iron,
we know that it is unprecedentedly
low. Fnrnaces are ceasing to ope
rate. Talk übout its agricultural
wealth, when corn was hlgheriu Elli
jay last summer than in southern
Georgia.
It is said that this is an undivel
oped section, and State aid has .been
given to other sections—aye! State
aid has been granted, and it is a ca
lamity we will not recover from in a
generation. If you pass this bill,
then comes tho Knoxville and Au
gusta. the Elberton Air-Line and the
unfinished roads for aid. If you do
it for North Georgia, what will you
say when it is asked for South Geor
gia?
Retrenchment and reform has
been the cry. How many crimes
may be perpetrated under this name?
The chairman of the finance commit
tee is for retrenchment and reform,
and yet would create more debt to
bring marble to Atlanta.
This section has received aid al
ready, for the grading is being done
by convicts.
State aid is not only dead but
stinketh? There it lies dead in the
gutter. The filthy birds that fat
tened on it aro now hovering over
this capitol in quest of new carrion.
(Applause.) I can almost hear the
rustling of their wings. If you wanf
to reioaugurate this scheme wipe out
all your denunciations of Bullock,
recall Ben Hill from the Senate and
send Blodgett in hi3 place, and in
stead of adorning the wall with a
portrait of General Howell Cobb,
substitute oneportraying the portly
form of Fatty Harris on horseback.
(Applause.) Dismiss your honest
executive and reinstate ltufus B. Bul
lock. He called upon the people of
Atlanta who had spurned the con
stitution as a bribe, and the men
from, the wiregrass who had I
ever stood firm, to stand by the honor j
and credit of the State in this emer
gency. (Applause.)
Mr, Phillips, of Cobb, said he loved
tho mountains and the mountain
people better than any other section
or people. The gentleman from
Brooks was fighting with an open
hand, it is true, but with specious ar
guments. He voted for the constitu
tioual convention, he said, to cut off
such bills as these. Not one doUar
was ever given to this section. And
he would shut up the people of the
mountains forever! He did not come
here pledged to retrenchment and
reform ; that meant everything and
nothing—a sugar-coated pill to catch
the deur people. He proposed on
every measure to vote according to
the dictates of his conscience, and
legislate for tho best interests of the
people. The gentleman from Brooks
had alluded to lobbyists. Who ure
the lobbyists, and whero are they?
They were poor men from Fannin
and other counties. He defied any
one to produce the proof that any
speculation was connected with tho
enterprise. As to the convicts used
by the road, they were fed and cloth
ed by the people of that section.
Have not the people of that section
as much right to employ convicts as
Col. Tom Alexander? Will you dis
criminatelagainst them in everything?
If tho gentleman from Brooks had
inquired he would have ascertained
the reason why corn was so high in
Ellijay. Seventy-five farms were idle
because the men were confined in jail
for distilling corn into whiskey, it
being impossible to transport their
corn to market.
Who passed the act of 1870? Among
those aiding it was W. D. Anderson,
the purest among the pure and the
bravest of the brave. The reason
why the road did not get the in
dorsement under the ac, was be
cause a majority of the directors re
fused to issue the bonds until the
oonsiitutional provision was com
plied with. The State in 1874, gave
$1,000,000 to tho Atlantic and Gulf
railroad.
Mr. Turner—Tho stock was worth
less and given to tho road to enable
her to obtain credit.
Mr. Phillips—The State invested
$1,000,000 in the road and had to give
it to the road because it was worth
less. It became worthless because
it had never been completed. Had
it been extended to Pollard, Ala.,
what would have been the trade or
Savannah to-day? Are we not inter
ested in our own seaports? We do
not ask you men of tho wire grass to
to follow Bullock, but to follow in
the lead of Gov. Towns, H. V. John
son, C. J, Jenkins and A. J. Miller.
While other parts of the State are
depreciating, property on the Air
Line is appreciating. If property in
the State enhances, taxes decrease;
if property decreases, taxes are in
creased. The building of this road
will increase the taxable value
of property and lower taxa
tion. "No one will say that
Gwinnett, Hall and Habersham
counties will compare with Cherokee,
Pickens and Gilmer, and yet these
three first counties show an increase
of $1,468,966 over the eight counties
along the line of the Marietta and
North Georgia Railroad. While tax
able values fell offin the State 9 per
cent.., they increased on the Air-Line
Railroad 22 per cent. A word on the
subiect of marble. Sixty oar
loads of marble from Vermont
have arrived at Marietta and thirty
more are to come. Granite is
brought here from Maine to build
your custom house. It costs fifty
per cent, of the cost of marble for
freight. Who pays for It? From
Pickens county to the North Caro
lina line there are fifteen shades of
marble from black to pure white.
The freight on this saved to Geor
gia and the employment given to
our people will add to our revenues.
When the Macon and Brunswick
railroad bill was up, a man from the
mountains favored it. It was urged
then that Pennsylvania had incurred
a debt of $42,000,000 to develop her
coal and iron. He replied that they
might live to see the day that tbey
had wished they had expended the
same amount in Georgia for the same
purpose. While Pennsylvania was
making arms for the United States
government, during the war. we in
Georgia were making pikes,although
we have better iron than Pennsylva
nia. Pennsylvania has now only a
debt of fi1.000.000.
Tho reports of tho Unitod States
commission to the Paris exposition
state that Cleveland, Ohio, is tho
cheapest place to make iron, except
tho belt from North Carolina to
Alabama, where coal and iron are so
close.
In the Cincinnati exposition of 1870
the reports show that upon an exam
ination of specimens of iron from all
parts of the world |that from the belt
from Pickens county to Murphy
N. C. is equal to the best Swedish or
Norway iron.
The copper mines at Ducktown pay
SIB,OOO per month, and they want a
direct route to our seaboard. These
mines will furnish sulphuric acid
enough to make fertilizers for tho
entire south.
The people ofthe mountains never
call on one another to vote down a
measnre because it benefits another
section.
He then referred to timber for wag
ons, iron for plows,fchesnut, oak,
bark for tanning, and resources
which developed would add to our
material wealth,
Mr. Moses moved to amend the
preamble by striking out the follow
ing: “Whereby the stute guaranteed
to the citizens living along the pro
posed line of said road the endorse
ment of the state on the first mort
gage bonds of said Railroad Compa
ny to the extent of $15,000 per mile,”
and “without such endorsement of
the State acting upon the plighted
faith and solemn guarantees of the
State in (lue form of law,” and the
words guarantee and contract
wherever they occurred. He denied
that State aid was dead. Let ns
show by our acts that State aid has a
resurrection and a life, and that
Georgia’s arm Is not paralyzed to
give aid to meritorious objects. Be
cause State aid has been abused shall
we abandon it? As well abandon
civil and constitutional liberty be
cause fraud exists in high places.
The Republicans assert that Democ
racy is dead, and yet we see it re
storing our constitutional govern
ment to what our fathers intend ited.
[Applause.) If there is virtue in it,
redeem it. If there is vice in it,
crush it out.
He came hero prejudiced against the
bdl, but he had investigated the bill on its
merits, and proposed to crush out error
with truth. [Applause.] He had never cast
his eyes on the rugged mountain tops, or
beheld the beautiful scenery of north
Georgia. A mountain barrier separated
them. Ho loved Georgia in her entirety,
and sympathized witti the people in that
section. (Applause). The bonds of the
state are now quoted at 103 to 106. Who
gave you that credit? The Western and
Atlantic railroad with her assets ol $lO,-
000,000. In 1836, the representative from
Muscogee opposed the Western and At
lantic railroad. I rejoice that I occupy
now the same position then held by Geor
gia’s dying statesman. State aid Bhonld
not be indiscriminately given. The ques
tion should be asked, does the benefit ex
ceed the burdens? Tho reason who gold
hunters are in north Georgia now was
that they had exhausted the surface gold
thirty years ago. He then reviewed the
increase in taxable values on the Air-linc
and Western Atlantic railroad.
In 20 years the state would receive $26, •
000 more in taxes than the entire amount
of the loan and interest. He wanted the
mountain barriers broken down and the
people of that section made to glory in a
eom!ivn country trees which they were
aow shot out. fApptause. ]
Mr. Moses r Joea wiitairew his amend
ments ml (hit 1 aof'Oß to strike oat the
Pf flint in fti 1 valus tA.
Mr WtiaA suyrtA to Amend the title of
the Ml! sc s to read, “bil! to loan the
credit of the suie to the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad,” which was agreed
to by yeas 88, nay* 28.
Pending a vole on the passage of the
bill the house adjourned.
DISSOLUTION.
— ♦ ——■■ii in i
riIHE firm of Wm. H. ROBARTS k CO., a* here-
JL tofore existing, has been dissolved, by the
withdrawal of Mr. Wm, H, Robarts, from the
concern.
WM. H. ROBARTS,
MADISON L. PATTERSON,
L. T. DOWNING.
Columbus, Ga., Feb’y 0, 1877.
We, the undersigned, continue the business un
der the firm name of Wm. 11. Robarts k Cos.; Mr.
Wm. H. Robarts thereto consenting.
MADISON L. PATTERSON,
LEMUELT. DOWNINO.
febß dkwfit
Safe For Sale.
A STEAM FIRE PROOF SAFE, COMBINATION
LOCK—nearly new, and as good as new.
Will be sold cheap. Apply to
fobß if JNO. MEHAFFEY.
MARABLE HOTEL,
NORTH-EAST CORNER OF SQUARE
LA FAYETTE, ALA.
Mrs. S. W, Williams, Proprietress.
Board by the Day, Week or Month, at the most
reasonable rates.
fiST Livery Stable connected with tho House,
witdfit
Groceries & Provisions.
I RESPECTFULLY announce to my customers,
that my stock of
FAMILY GROCEIU£§
is fresh and varied. My supplies are obtained
of Eastern, Western, Southern and Foreign mar
kets with such as can be secured from the sur
rounding country.
Having disposed of my interest in the Liquor
business, I shall discontinue keeping Whiskies.
Everything usually found in a Family Grocery
will be kept at LOW PEICES.
No charge for delivering goods in the city.
I>. It. SIZE.
ja2B deod2w
Milch Cow for Sale
J HAVE A FINE COW—A FOUR
gallon Cow, with a five weeks old
Heifer Calf, for sale.
tebSiW JNO. MKHAFr EY.
Make Your Tax Returns.
PARTIES owning Real Estate in the city are
requested to call and make return of the
numbers of their lots, the values have been fixed
by assessors. The value of all household and
kitchen furniture, jewelry, silver-plate, musical
instruments, horses, mules and other animals,
and all vehicles, kept for use or pleasure is also
required to be returned. The time is limited
and parties interested will please make returns
by 16th inst. Office at Court House.
M. M. MOORE.
feb7 tills Clerk Council.
I>R. S. B. LAW,
OFncRatA.M. Brannon's Drug Store. Office
hours from 12:30 to 2, and from 6 to 6.
ja‘2B tf
TWO ffiLUARD TABLES
FOR SALE
AT Ruby Restaurant, under Rankin House.
City Taxes are so high I cannot afford to
run them.
3*54 eodlm A. F. CLEMENTS * CO.
Ayer’s
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tßrf For Scrofula, anil all
JRI scrofulous diseases,Efy
jSjUffi sipelns, Rose or St. Aii
thony’s Fire, Eruptions
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IW Ingredients are so skilfully
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to purge out from the system thoso
impurities and corruptions which
develop into loathsome disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures, and the confidence
which prominent physicians all over
the country repose in it proves their
experience of its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues
have accumulated, and are con
stantly being received, anil as many
of these cases are publicly known,
they furnish convincing evidence of
the superiority of this Sarsaparilla
over every other alterative medicine.
So generally is its superiority to any
other medicine known that we need
do no more than to assure the public
that the best qualities it lias ever
possessed arc strictly maintained.
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Practical and Analytical Chemits.
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PROCLAMATION!
BY THE
King of the Carnival.
O
TO all whom these presents shall come—Greet
ing. KNOW YE, that inasmuch as
Mardi Gras,
THE THIRTEENTH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1b77
is set apart and ordained as the Grand Fete Day
of His Most Gracious Majesty, tho
KING OF THE CARNIVAL,
and dedicated to the annual visit of His Majesty,
to the Royal Capital,it is hereby ordained and de
creed:
1. That all lines of transportation, extending
throughout the Royal Domain, immediately cause
to be promulgated a reduced tariff of fares, for
the benefit of all loyal subjects who may desire
to visit the Royal Capital on that day.
11. That in order to testify their loyalty and
to preperly honor His Most Gracious Majesty, on
the occasion of His triumphal entry into the
Capital, all loyal subjects resident therein are
hereby commanded to forthwith form themselves
into organised bodies, reporting promptly to the
DEPARTMENT OF WAR, for assignment to sta
tion and service.
XII. That, in consideration ot ready and im
plicit obedience to this, our Royal Mandate, each
and every loyal subject is hereby absolved from
all service or allegiance to any other power than
that of His Most Blessed Majesty, and all public
buildings and places of business in the Royal
Capital are hereby ordered to be closed through
out the day.
Gol> SAVE THE KING
Given under our hand and Beal, this 16th day of
January, 1877, and 878th year of his
reign.
BY THE KING HIMSELF,
REX.
Montgomkbt, Ala. feb6 tf
Boots and Shoes-
Wells & Curtis,
ARK SELLING
Boots, Shoes & Leather
THIB YEAR
FOR CASH;
And notwithstanding
CHI great advance in \
rt L S R
GOOD WORK AT REASONABLE PRICES.
m
WE HAVE A HEAVY SAOCK OF
PLANTATION BOOTS, BROGANS AND
PLOW SHOES,
A FULL LINE OF FINE GOODS IN ALL THE
popular styles.andare constantly replenish
ing our stock with
SUCH GOODS AS THE PEOPLE WANT.
All purchases must be considered as lor
CASH ON CALL.
unless by special agreement.
Wells & Curtis,
73 BROAD STREET.
Sign of the Big Boot.
Lime, Lime, Lime.
I ■will deliver
CAUSTIC SHELL LIRE
en cars at No. 7 if. & G. Jt. R,, Ala., in barrels of
350 pounds each at S&GO (eight dollars) per ton,
CASH. Addres* JNO. H. LEITNSB,
,i*lo tf Flora, Ala.
BANKING HOUSE.
Till]
NATIONAL BANK
OF COLUMBUS.
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A BANK OF DISCOUNT AND DEPOSIT
O
Deals in Exchange.
Collections Made on all Points.
Accounts and Correspondence Solicited.
GEO, W. DILLINGHAM, J, RHODES BROWNE,
Cashier. President.
Jal6lm
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WAREHOUSEMEN.
ALSTON WAREHOUSE.
FLOURNOY & EPPING
(SUCCESSORS TO FLOURNOY, HATCHER & C 0.,)
Having purchased the interest op he. B. T- HATCHES, in the business of
Flournoy, HateherA Cos., we Ual) continue the
WAREHOUSE and COMMISSION
BUSINESS
a heretofore in ail of its branches. We solicit a continuance of the liberal custom so long bestow*
ed upon the house.
We are Agents for
Zell’s Gruano and tho Cotton Food)
both well-known and highly endorsed.
J. F FLOURNOY,
H. H. EPPING, Jr.
febfUwtf
NEW WAREHOUSE FIRM.
O
McGeliee & Hatcher,
(LA TE OF FLOURNOY , McGETJEE dt CO.)
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants.
FONTAINE WAREHOUSE,
Columbus, Ga.
HAVING leased the above well-known and commodious Warehouse, (formerly occupied by
Messrs. Allen, Freer A Illges), and made ample arrangements for accommodating our custom*
era. we respectfully solicit a share of the public pati onage. t
W We are Agents tor the sale of Fertilizers; including the celebrated PATAPfcCO GUANO;
which we offer on reasonable terms— K one ton fur 500 pounds of Cotton.)
fill. WN. J irK*OHf, who so long served as SCALES MAN with Messrs. Allen, Preer k
Illges, will occupy the same position with ns. where he wLI be glad to meet his friends.
C C. McGEHEE,
ben:t. HATCHER.
The Great Fertilizer
FOR COTTON, FOR CORN AND ALL CROPS!!
WHANN’S
Raw Bone Super-Phosphate!
FOR SALE FOR CASH OR COTTON OPTION
BY
W. A. SWIFT,
Centennial Wagon Yard, Columbus, Ga.
declßeodltv
DRY GOODS.
GREAT REDUCTION
IN PRICES AT
“The New York Store.”
JN ORDER to prepare for the spring trade, we have marked down onr entire stock. We now offer
DRESS GOODS AT HALF PRICE.
500 Pieces Hamburg Trimming at 6c. and upwards.
10,000 Yards Curtain Lace at 20c. and upwards.
Cloths, Cassimeres and Gents’ Furnishing Goods reduced
25 per cent.
Kid Gloves reduced from 25 to 50 per cent, to close stock.
Anew lot of Ladies’ City-Made Shoes just received.
Cheapest line of Hosiery and Corsets in the city.
500 Pieces New Prints just received.
bought out the entire stock of WOLFSON k MOSES at a sacrifice, we are pre
pared to offer great bargains in TABLE DAMASK, PAPKINS and ALPACAS.
GORDON <fc CARGILL.
fr‘l3 dtf
Dry Goods! Dry Goods!
CHEAPER THAN EVER,
M. JOSEPH,
SUCCESSOR TO JOSEPH &, BRO„
HAS JUST RECEIVED:
500 PIECES BEST STANDARD PRINTS @6 1-2.
LARGE LOT OF CORSETS @soc. each.
SHEETINGS, SHIRTINGS, CHECKS, OSNABURGS and FACTORY JEANS
of all makes at FACTORY PRICES.
* CARPETING from 20c. a yard and upwards.
SHOES, HATS, SEA ISLAND BLEACHINGS, in large quantities at BOT
TOM PRICEa,
I BUY AND SELL FOR CASE AND AM PREPARED TO
OFFER BARGAINS.
M. JOSEPH.
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