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THE DAILY TIMES.
Joan M. MARTIN. - - - Bdiutr.
Columbiia. Ob..
FRIDAY MARCH 0, 1877.
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LARGEST CIRCULATION
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Twenty shares of Central Railroad
stock were sold In Savannah, on
Tuesday, at #341 per share. Other
shares were then withdrawn.
0* Monday, J. A. Bilbro was elect
ed Mayor, and the following gentle
men Gouncllmen of Tuskegee, Ala.:
R. E. Conlngton, L. P. Phillips, H.
Kyle, and J. C. Smith?
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The Washington Nation of Satur
day says: “A careful Inquiry niscov
ered that no less than three hundred
and seventy-five capable candidates
for the Cabinet were represented at
the severul hotels of thl9 city last
evening.”
The municipal election in Opelika,
on Mouday, resulted la the eholoe of
R. M. Oreen as Mayor,and the follow
ing gentlemen who ran on the same
ticket as Alderman :J. K. Edwards,
F. M. Sutton, J. E, Andrews, J. M.
McNarae, J. 0. Farley.
According to the Kansas City Price
Current, the cattle driven from
Southwestern Texas during the year
was 317,698. Of this number 250,252
were driven north to Kansas and to
fill Indian contracts. The indica
tions are that the drive for 1877 will
be fully equal to that of last year.
Blaine gives a very good reason,
and a personal one, for his obstinacy
in insisting that Hayes shall recog
nize Packard. He says: ‘‘lf Hayes
does reoognize the Nicholis and
Hampton governments he will dis
grace all his friends, who have insis
ted that he was elected when he was
not.”
The Mobile Register thinks that
the election of Senator Barnum to
succeed Mr. Hewitt as Chairman of
the National Democratic Committee
is not calculated to aid in reviving
confidence in the management of the
Democratic party.
We agree with the Register. The
Chairman ought by all means to
have been a Western man, and we
think that the very man for the
position was Thompson of Ohio.
Jebe Black’s Speech.— Wo copy
Judge Black’s speech before the
Electoral Commission as a philippio
of extraordinary severity, but at the
same time jiersplcuously true and
just. Did ever Judges iu this country
have such language addressed to
them before? Did ever a body of
men #and it as meekly as the cow
ering eight whose guilty consciences
told them that they deserved it.
The official report of the pork
paekiDg at'.Cincinnati, published on
the 6th inßt., shows the following fig
ures relative tothe winter packing for
theseason from N0v..1, 1876, to March
1,1877: Number of hogs packed,
523,576; decrease compared with the
previous season, 39,783; average
gross weight, pounds, 274,70-100: in
crease, 13-100 pounds; average yield
of lard per head. 38 2-10 pounds; in
crease, 4-10; average cost per 100
pounds gross, $5.9018-100; decrease,
$1 37 35-100.
A Philadelphia dispatch says that
Win. H. Weldon, the man who made
a pretense of assassinating Packard,
is now in that city, having been re
leased on bail; also, that it is believ
ed ho will not be prosecuted 1 , “owing
to the interpositiou of frlonds of his
father.” Does this mean that the
friends aforesaid raised “hush
money” to prevent his prosecution,
or that he is not to be prosecuted be
cause his so-called attempt was ouly
a sham? If Weldon really attempted
to kill Packard, he ought to be prose
cuted and sent to the penitentiary
for it, for a severe example ought to
be made In tbe punishment or party
madness which takes that turn.
Tho Democratic National Commit
tee and the Democratic Representa
tives in Congress have Issued an ad
dress to the poople of tho United
States, reviewing tho frauds of the
Southern returning boards, the sta
tioning of Federal troops In the South
to control the elections, and the no
tion of tho Electoral Commission.
The address forcibly denounces these
aggressions on the rights of the peo
ple, and concludes’:
By these methods, under the forms
prescribed by the law constituting
the Electoral Commission, Ruther
ford B. Hayes has been declared
President of the United States. His
title rests upon the disfranchisement
of lawful voters. The false certifi
cates of the returning officers acting
corruptly with the decislou of a Com
mission which has refused to hear
evidence of alleged fraud. For the
first time are the American people
confronted with the tact of a Presi
dent fraudulently -elected. His in
auguration will be peaceful, and In
that hour the most infamous con
spiracy of all history will receive its
crown. In tne excited days just
passed the foibearance of the people
has maintained the peace. Let it
not, however, from this be under
stood that the fraud to be consum
mated March 4th will be silently ac
quiesced iu by the country. Let
no bqur pass iu which the usur
pation is forgotton. Let agita
tion be uDceasiDg, that at every
opportunity the people may ex
press their abborence of the out
rage. Let want of confidence be vo
ted at every election in Mr. Hayes
and his administration. Both must
be controlled by the conspirators,
who have elected the one and will
organize the other, and whatever of
good may come from either will al
ways be darkened by the stain upon
their title. Let the Democratic party
at once organize for tbe new contests
to secure overwhelming victories,
that conspirator* may never again
attempt the experiment which now
humiliates the republic, and has
installed in its highest office an
usurper.
TIIK EXTKk IRIMION qtKWTION,
It was at first announced as inevit
able that an extra session of Con
gress would have to be called to pass
an Army Appropriation bill, the one
before tbe lust Congress having
failed. Then It was reported that
this would not be necessary, ns a
law had been found which authorized
the War Department to contract
debts for the support of tho service.
And now a later report is that the
extra session will probably be called
in June.
From a long article in the New
York World, we learn that the old
taw which it was thought would ob
viate the necessity of an extra ses
sion, was the provision of the Ap
propriation bill approved June 23,
1861, which enjoins the advertising
of all purchases and contracts, but
adds:
“No oontrset or purchase shall hereaf
ter be made unless the same be authorized
by law or be under an appropriation ade
quate to !t fulfilment,except In the War
and Navy Departments for clothing, sub
sistence. forage, fuel, quartoas or trans
portation, which, however, shall not ex
ceed the necessities of the current year."
This, it will be noticed, was an ex
traordinary measure, passed during
tho war, and to meet the ’exigencies
of the war. Tho JForWoontends that
even if it did not expire by limitation,
it was repealed by sectlou 3,079 of the
laws of 1870, which makes this sweep
ing provision against which all “old
laws” granting special licenses to
tho Navy and War Departments will
be of no avail:
“No department of the Government
shall expend in any one fiscal year any
sum in excess of appropriations made by
Congress for that fiscal year, or Involve
the Government in any contract for the
future payment of money in excess of such
appropriation.”
The World concludes : “Mr. Hayes
cannot assume to carry on
this Government independently of
tho supplies granted by Congress
without tuking up tbe attitude of
King Charles ugainst tho Parliament
of England. If he proposes to begin
a conflict with the American people
over the right to dispose of their own
money, such as Charles and Stafford
began two centuries and a quarter
ago lo England, the Democratic par
ty will accept that challenge with
enthusiasm on the instant.”
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MEMATUH KEY’S POSITIO.V.
The following is published as an
extract of a letter, dated Feb. IG,
written by Mr. Key of Tennessee,
whom Mr. Hayes has nominated for
Postmaster General:
“I am ready to do all I can to re
store confidence and Rood govern
ment to tho people of tho South,
This can only be done by a hearty
fraternization of the sections for
which I have labored. * * * If,
without requiring of me the sacri
fice of my personal or political inde
pendence, you find my name can be
used for the good of the South, in
your best judgment, you are at, liber
ty to use it. If I were to become a
member of an administration I
should not feel myself at liberty to
place myself in any opposition to its
general policy, but should feel bound
to build it up and strengthen it in
the hearts of the people, and if tho
time arrives when I could not hearti
ly cooperate with it I should resign.
As rauttors are in the South, I could
bo more useful to our people by an
Independent position, and if ns I
hope and believe the administration
will develop a broad and liberal poli
cy toward the people of tho South, I
would not hesitate to incorporate my
fortune und self with it.
This letter was before President
Hayes last night when he had con
sultation with Mr. Key, prior to his
final selection aa Postmaster-Gener
al.
STATE AUIICVLTIIRAI. COWEV
TIOSf.
There are nearly three hundred
members in attendance, aud, as
usual, they are a very sensible and
intellectual assembly.
On Wednesday, the Convention
discussed a resolution favoring the
establishment of another Agricultu
ral College, und referred the matter
to a committee to report at the next
session.
Several addresses were delivered—
one by Dr. Stevenson on the value of
agricultural journals; one by Mr. P.
J. Berkmanns on Peas and Pea Hay;
one by Prof. W. L. Jones on The Far
mer, and what he should be; one by
Capt. J. N. Montgomery on Im
proved Agricultural Implements and
Machinery; and one by Samuel Bar-
Dett on the question “Does Farming
Pay?”
We condense from the correspon
dence of the Macon lelegraph.
Where they split.
Washington, March 4. —The following
is the full text of the section of the Army
Appropriation bill which was the subject
of irreconcilable difference between the
House of Itcpresentatives and the Senate,
and which being adhered to by the House,
caused the failure of the bill;
Suction 5. That no part of the money
appropriated by this act, nor any money
heretofore appropriated, shall be applied
to the pay, subsiatcncu, or transportation
of troops uaed, employed, or to be em
ployed in support of the claim of Francis
T. Nicholis or of S. B. Packard to be
Governor of the State of Louisiana ; nor
shall any of the money be applied in sup
port of the claim ol the two bodies claim
ing to be the Legislature of said State,
presided over respectively by L. A. Wills
and Louis Bush; nor of the two bodies
claiming to be the Legislature of said
State, presided over respectively by
C. C. Antoine and Michael Hahn; nor in
support of the claim of Thomas C. Mam
ning and associates to be the Supreme
Court of said Slate; nor lo support of the
claim of John T. Ludcling and associates
to be the Supreme Court of said State;
nor in aid of the execution of any process
in the hands of the United States Marshal
in said State, issued in aid of and for the
support of any such claims; nor shall the
army, or any portion of it, be used in sup
port of the claims, or pretended claims or
claims of any State Government, or offi
cer thereof, in any State until such Gov
ernment shall have been duly recognized
by Congress.
Any person offending against any of
the provisions ol this act shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con
viction thereof shall be imprisoned at
hard labor for no less than five nor more
than ten years.
Paste for Fruit or Meat Pies.— An
excellent paste lor these may he made
with two-thirds of flour and one-third of
boiled Irish potatoes and some butter or
dripping; the whole being brought to a
proper consistence with warm water and
a small quantity of yeast when lightness
Is desired. This makes also very pleas
ant cakee for breakfast or supper.
JERE BLACK'S SPEECH ON SOUTH CAR
OLINA.
LANOUAOK THAT MUST HAVE BUHNT LIKE
CAUSTIC.
From tho Coufire** tonal Record.]
Mr. President and Gentlemen: I had
not, and have not now, any Intention
to argue this case. I never heard the
objections, nor knew what they were,
until they were read in your presence
this morning. It would be presump
tion in me to attempt an argument
before a tribunal like this, on such a
case as this, having had no previous
opportunity to oonsider it which
might put me In a condition better
than that of the Judges themselves.
You have beurd as much of this case,
and know as much about it, as I do.
My idea of the duty which a coun
sellor owes to a court, or to any other
tribunal, judicial or quasi-judicial, is
that he should never open bis mouth
except for the purpose of assisting
the Judges in coming to a correct
conclusion; and if he is not in a
situation to do that, he ought to keep
silence.
Besides that, I am, I supposo, the
very last man iu this whole nation
who should be called upon to speak
here and now. Everybody has suffer
ed more or less by events and pro
ceedings of the recent past, some by
wear and tear of conscience, and
some by a deep sense of oppression
and wrong. But perhaps I, more
than most others, have felt the con
sciousness that I have lost the digni
ty of an American citizen. lin com
mon with the rest, am degraded and
humiliated. This nation has got her
great big foot in a trap. It is vain to
struggle for herextrication.
I am so fallen from the proud estate
of a free citizen, you huvo so objected
me that I am fit for nothing on earth
but to represent the poor, defrauded,
broken-hearted Democracy. And
because I suffer more, they think me
more good for nothing than the rest,
and conclude to send mo out on this
forlorn hope, judging, no doubt truly,
that it matters not whut becomes of
me. 1 ought to go gladly if any
thing which I can do or say might
have the effect-of mitigating the
horrible calamity with which the
country is threatened; a President
deriving his title from a shameless
swindle, not merely a fraud, but a
fraud detected and exposed. I know
not how I would feci if called on to
suffer death for my country. I am
not the stuff that martyrs are made
of, but if my life could redeem this
nation from the infamy with which
she is clothed, I ought to go to tfie
grave as freely as I ever went to rny
bed. I see, however, no practical
good that I can do, and it is mere
weakness to complain.
Wo have certain objections to the
couuting of this Hayes vote from
South Carolina which look to me in
superable, but I can not hope that
they will wear that appearance in
other men’s eyes. Perhaps the feel
ing which I, in common with mil
lions of others, entertain on this sub
ject prevents us from seeing this
thing in its true light. But you are
wise; you are calm. You can look
all through this awful business witn
a learned spirit;no passionate hatred
of this great fraud can cloud your
mental vision or shake the even bal
ance of your judgment. You do not
think it any wrong that a nation
should be cheated by fulse election
returns. On the contrary, it is rather
a blessing which heaven has sent us
in this strange disguise. When the
omnipotent lie shall be throned and
sceptored and crowned, you think we
ought all of us to fall down and wor
ship it as tbe hope of our political
salvation. You will teach us aud
perhaps we will learn (perhaps not)
that under such a rule we are better
off than if truth had prevailed and
justice been triumphant.
Give, then, your cool consideration
to these objections, aud trv t hem by
the standard of the law. I mean the
law us it was before the organization
of this Commission. I admit that
since then a great revolution has
taken place in the law. It is not now
what it used to be. All our notions
of public right and public wrong
have i suffered a complete boulc
versemenL
The question submitted to you is
whether the persons who Rave these
votes were “duly appointed.” Duly,
or course, means according to law.
What, law? The Constitution of the
United States, the acts of Congress
passed in pursuance thereof, the
Constitution of South Carolina, and
the authorized acts of her Legisla
ture—tbese, taken altogether, con
stitute the law of the case before
you.
By these laws the right, duty and
power of appointing Electors are
given to the people of South Caroli
na; that is to say, the citizeus of the
State qualified to vote at general
elections. Who are they? By the
Constitution of the State in order to
qualify them as voters, they must be
registered. The registry of a native
citizen is as a sine qua non to his
right of voting as much as the natu
ralization of a foreigner.
Now, the Legislature never passed
any law for the registration of voters
and no registration of them was ever
made. No doubt has been or can be
entertained that the object and pur
pose of this omission was fraudulent
and dishonest; for the Legislature as
weil as the Executive Department of
that Government has beeu in the
hands of the most rederaptionless
rogues on the face of the earth. But
whatever may have been the motive
nobody can doubt that the legal ef
fect of this omission is to make the
election illegal.
That is hardly the worst of it, The
election itself, emancipated from all
law and all authority, was no better
than a riot, a mob, a general satuna
lia, in which the soldiers of the Uni
ted States Army cut the principal as
well as the decentest ligure. We
offer to prove—the offer will go upon
record, and there it will stand for
ever-that. every poll in Charleston
county, where they rushed into the
ballot-box 7,000 majority, was in pos
session of the soldiers.
A Government whose elections are
controlled by military force cannot
be Republican in form or substance.
For this I cite the authority of Lu
ther vs. Borden, if, perchance, the
old-time law has yet. any influence.
Do you not see the hideous depth of
national degradation into which you
will plunge us if you sanctify this
mode of making a President? Brush
up your historical memory and thiuk
of it a moment. The man whom you
elect in this way is as purely the crea
ture of the military power as Caligu
la or Domitian, for whom the Praeto
rian Guards controlled the hustings
and counted the votes.
But then we cannot get behind the
returns, forsooth! Not we! You
will not let us. We cannot get be
hind them. We may struggle for
justice; we may cry for mercy; we
may go down on our knees, and beg
and woo for some little recognition
of our rights as American citizens ;
but we might as well put up our
prayers to Jupiter or Mars, as bring
snit in the court where Rhadaman
thus presides. There Is not a god on
Olympus that would not listen to us
with more favor than we shall be
heard by our adversaries. We are at
their mercy : It Is only to them that
we can api>eal, because you gentle
men. unfortunately .cannot help us.
You are bound by the new law which
you have made. You are, of course,
addicted like other people to the vice
of consistency, and what is done once
must be done over again.
Iu the Louisiana case the people
appointed Electors In favor of Til
den, recorded their act, finished it,
and left their work in such a state
that nobody could misunderstand it.
But other persons, who had no pow
er to appoint, falsified tho record of
tho actual appointment, partly by
plain forgery and partly by fraud
whioh was as corrupt lu morals and
as void iu law as any forgery could
be. You thought it right and legal,
ami just, to suy that you would not
look at the record which the people
had made; the forgery, the fraud,
and the corruption were too sacred
to bo interfered with ; tho truth must
not be allowed to come iu conflict
with tho imposture, lest the conclu
sions might be duuiugiug.
This precedent must be allowed.
It is new law, to be sure, but we
must give it duo welcome; and the
new lords thut It brings Into power
must be regarded as our “very noble
and approved good masters. Hav
ing decided that Electors were duly
appointed in Louisiana who were
Known not to be appointed, wo can
not expect you to take notice or any
fact similar or kindred to it in South
Curolina.
Then, again, the question of “duly
appointed” was decided in the case
of Lcvisee, an Elector who was an
officer in the United States Govern
men at the time he was appointed,
and continued to be afteward. Tbe
Federal Constitution says that no
man shall be appointed wbo is in
that relation to tue Federal Govern
ment. But you held, according to
law, mind you, that he was a lawful
Elector and his vote a good vote. In
other words, a thing is perfectly con
stitutional although it is known to
be in the very teeth of a constitu
tional interdict.
Now you see why we are hopeless.
The present state of the law is sadly
against us. The friends of honest
government are in deep despair. We
once thought that the verifying powei
of the two Houses of Congress ought
to bo broug it always into requisition
for the purpose of seeing whether it
is a genuine and true certificate on
the other.
But while we can not ask you to go
back behind this certificate, will you
just please to go to it—only to it—uot
a step behind. If you do you will
find that it is no certificate at all,
such as is required by law. Tbe
Electors must, vote by ballot, and
they are required to be on oath be
fore they vote. That certificate does
not show that either of those require
ments were met; and where a party
is exerolsing a special authority like
this, they must keep strictly within
it, and you are sot to presume any
thing except what appears on the
face of their act to be done.
If anybody will cast back his mind
a little into the history of Presidential
Electors, or look at the debates of less
than a year ago. he will remember
that Mr. Jefferson was charged when
he was Vice President of the United
States with having elector! himself t y
means of, not a fraudulent, but a
merely informal vote sent up from
Gergia. The informality was not in
the certificate inside of the envelope,
but In the outside verification. Mr.
Matthew L. Davis, in 18IS7, got up
that story. It was ne t true, but it
cast great odium on Mr. Jefferson’s
memory. It was notan informality
that was nearly as important as this,
nothing like it. But one of the Sen
ators now on this bench referred to
it In a debate only a short time ago,
and denounced Mr. Jefferson as
having elected himself by fraud, be
cause lie did not call the attention of
the Senate aud House of Represent
atives to that fact.
If Mr. Jefferson’s memory ought to be
sent down to posterity covered with infa
my because he in his own case allowed a
vote to be counted which was slightly
informal on the outside of the envelope,
I should be glad to know what ought to
be done to those who count this vote
which has neither form nor sahstance,
which leaves out all the esscntail par
ticulars that they are required to certify?
This great nation still struggles for jus
tice; a million majority of wuite people
send up tneir cry, aud a majority ot more
than a quarter of a million of all colors
dem.md it. But we cannot complain; 1
want you to understand that we do not
complain. Usually it is said that “the
fowlersetteth not forth his net insight of
the bird," hut this fowler ret the net
in sight of the, birds that went into it.
It is largely our own fault that we were
caught.
We arc promised—and I hope the
promise will ke kept—that we shall have
a good Government, irauduleut though
it he; that the rights of the States shall
he respected and individual liberty he
protected. We are promised the same
reformation which the Turkish Govern
ment is now proposing to its people.
The Sultan promises that if he is sustain
ed in his present contest he will estab
lish and act upon certain principles;
1. The w'ork of decentralization shall
commence immediately and the automny
of the provinces shall he carefully looked
after.
2. The people shall be governed by
their natural judges; they will not send
Mohammedans nor Christian rengrades
from Constantinople down on them, but
they shall be governed by people of their
own faith.
3. No subordinate officer, when he com
mits an illegal act, shall be permitted
to plead in justification the orders ot his
superior. How much we need exactly
that kind of reform in this country, and
how glad we ought to he that our Gov
ernment is goiug to be as good hereafter
as the Turks’!
They offer us everything now. They
denounce negro supremacy and carpet
bag thieves. Their pet policy for the
South is to he abandoned. They offer us
everything but one ; but on that subject
their lips are closely sealed. They re
fuse to say that they will not cheat us
hereafter in the elections. If they would
only agree to that; if they would ouly re
pent of tlieh election frauds, and make
restitution oi the votes they have stolen,
the circle of our felicities w T ould he full.*
If this thing stands accepted, and the
law you have made for this occasion
shall be the law for all occasions, we can
never expect such a thing as an honest
elestion again. If you want to know who
will he President by a future election, do
not inquire how the people of the States
are going to vote. You need only to
know what kind of scoundrels constitute
the Returning hoards, and how much it
will take to buy them.
But I think that even that will end
some days. At present you have us down
and under your feet. Never had you a
better right to rejoice. Well you may
say, “We have made a covenant with
death, and with hell we are at agree
ment; when the overflowing scourge shall
pass through, it shall not come unto us;
for we have made lies our refuge, and un
der falsehood have we hid ourselves.”
But, nevertheless, wait a little while. The
waters of truth will rise gradually and
slowly, but surely, and then look out for
the overflowing scourge. “The refuge of
lies shall be swept away and the hiding
place of falsehood shall he uncovered.”
This mighty and puissant Nation will yet
raise herself up like a strong man after
sleep, and shake her invincible locks in a
fashion you little think of now. Wait,
retribution will come in time. Justice
travels with a leaden heel but strikes with
an iron hand. God’s mill grinds slowly
but dreadfully flue. Wait till the flooa
gate is lifted and a full head of water
comet rushing on. Wait .and you will
see fine grinding then.
Funeral Notice.
THE member* of WILSON
WILLIAMS LODGE NO. 361
F. A. M., are rcquonted to meet
at tbalr Lodge room tbi# day
March 9th, 1877, At a o'clock v m.
tor the purpose of attending the '•
funeral oi BROTHER B. L PICKETT.
The member* of Columbian and Mt. Herraon
Lodgea and all other M*ou* iu good ataudlug iu
Columbua are respectfully and specially invited
to meet with ua.
lly order of the Worshipful Master.
W. 8. BALDWIN.
rohPlt Secretary.
Funeral Notice.
THE members of CBRTRAL AaJHL-rV
MECHANICS FIBE COM- ./ffjSgjgV
PANY NO 6, are requested
meetatlblrengine|room at -
o'clock, thif (FKIDaY) afternoon, for the pur
pose ofatteudiug the tuueral of our deceased
Brother ROBT. L. PICKETT. Wear rap and belt.
M AUK MASTERS, Prea’t.
WM COO BILL. Sec’y.
mch9 It _
IVOTICK TO TIIK
RUPTURED.
A_ll persons buffering from this
terrible calamity should avail themselves of the
opportunity given them by tho temporary pres
ence in this city of
DR. W. G. GREMPIEN,
fall* IS Cl A.lulfc*T in the treatment for
the Relief and Radical Cure of KI PTI KE, and
obtain hi* services without delay. He haa open
ed a temporary office at the
RANKIN HOUSE
Hi* method in*urea the Patient the three lead
ing point* required by all RUPTURED Pe venue.
Comfort, Security and Cure.
Consultation Free!
can refer to patient* from Atlanta, Au
gusta and Macon,
tf mh9
D. H. BTJH.TS.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
(OLUMBI'B, GA„
18 prepared to represent all claimant* under
the recent act of Congress, which hut made
an appropriation for payment of mail contrac
tor* in the B<>mh for the year* 1859, 1860 and
1861, without proof of loyalty,
mchft d&w4V
Election Notice.
rfIHFKE will be an election held at the office of
X the Ordinary ou Tuesday March 27th. 1877,
for five Trustee* of the Muscogee Asylum for the
poor. The said Trustees to be elected by the
Mayor and Conned and Ordinary.
F. M. BROOKS,
mch7 td Ordinary.
NOTICE.
\LL persons having claims against JOE
CLARK, deceased, are hereby notified to
present them to mo within the time pre
scribed by law, and those indebted to said deceas
ed to make immediate payment.
W. H. JOHNSON,
Executor Estate Joe Clark, dec’d.
mchl2 w6t
jySSOLUTION NOTICE.
The firm of WILHELM & HARINGTON, Pain
ters, is this day dissolved. The business will be
continued by the undersigned, and all outsand
lug business will bo settled by him.
J. B. WILHELM.
Columbus, Ga., March 7. 1877. tf_
BY C. S, HARRISON:
FINE FURNITURE
AT AUCTION.
t Til o'clock on FRIDAY NEXT, the 9th inst.,
yX I will sell, at my Store, for a party leaving
the city, a geueral assortment of Fine Household
and Kitchen Furniture, among which is a splen- ,
did Bed-Room Suite. Also, at the same time, an
Elegant Single-horse Victoria Phaeton and Har
ness. Also, the thoroughbred Harness Animal
known as the Mclntosh Mare.
Sale positive. Terms cash,
Columbus, Ga., March 6, 1877.
mh7 wefcfri
HAVE YOUR
Houses White-Washed
I AM prepared with the BEST LIME to WHITE
WASH houses, and Plaster rooms,
PLEASANT RUSSELL & CO.
Between Muscogee and Georgia Home build
ings. feblfldlm
$7,060
WORTH OF
DRY GOODS.
AT RETAIL
AT XO. 137 It ICO % I> STREET.
(Roatritr rf Ctapp'a Old St ami.)
Great Sacrifice!!
GOODS MUST BE SOLD EEGARD
LE3S OF PRICES!
THE Store will be opened to-day (WEDNES
DAY,) March 7th,aud the sale continued from
day to day until the Goods are sold.
SHOES A SPUCIALTY.
STANDARD PRINTS, at retail, 6c
DRESS GOODS, from 10c. upwards;
Full lines of NOTIONS;
Ladies' and Childrens' Hosiery.
Gents' and Boys' Hats-all new;
White Goods, Linens and Piques.
kg“ Now is the time to get good goods at your
own price.
#ip* All are invited to call,examine and purchase.
MRS. E. M. CLAPP,
Executrix of J. B. CLAPP, dec'd.
Columbus, Ga. mhi s.tAw
NX ARABLE HOTEL,
NORTH-EAST CORNER OF SQUARE
LA FAYETTE, ALA.
Mrs. S. W. Williams, Proprietress.
Board by the Day, Week or Month, at the moat
reasonable rates.
Ltvkby Stable connected with the House,
WAtdtit
WM. SCHOBER,
Healer In Ohm aad Ammunition.
Guns, Locks. Ac,, Repaired.
Bcp3o-tf 39 Randolph St„ near Times office.
PLANTERS ATTENTION.
STEAII.MS
AMMONIATED BONE
SUPERPHOSPHATE;
Ono oT tho ZOJEST FEH.TILI!EEm.S
FOII HALE IIV TIIIM MARKET.
VNALYHIH ACCORDING TO DOCTOR J ANES’ REPORT OF THE AGlufeuLTmiL lIUREAt'.
STATE OF GEORGIA, 1877; mde Irom Sample, of Stock now lor Sale.
Soluble Phosphoric Acid 6.65
Reduced,
Total Available Phoaphoric Acid.., 12.06
Analysis from 3f Brands from different companies sold this year.onlytlve, show as high a grade,
600 Ton** on hand and to Arrlte.
ROSETTE, LAW HON & CO
AGENTH.
Jacques’ Building,
ColumtMiN, Ga. febl7 tiiaprl
AT THE
Cash Dry Goods House.
RECEIVED YESTERDAY:
Lon I’rinil l’iques. Victoria Lanus,
■.attics’ I.incn Collars A C nil's. Spuing Canimerei lor Hoys.
SPBXKTG PRINTSi
lllack Alpaca 27 inches niile- 8T 1-8 cents.
I.nrgr Line Ha in Burgs.
J. S. JONES.
HEir’SCli <&. HCeolxt,
AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
100 llroad St., Opposite Kankin House, C olumbus, Cn.
Clonnignment* solicited of every diaeription and liberal Cash Advance* made and settled prompt’
J iy*
Corrospondonco Solicited.
Rofercnocs, by PoriuissioDi
Chattahoochee National Bank, - National Bank of Oolumbus, Ga
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company.
NEW DERTUPARE.
O
Drugs and Medicines for the Million!
G
AT J. W. BROOKS’ OLD STAND.
IRKBPECTFUI.It NOTIFY THE CITIZENS OF COLUMBUS AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY.
that I have bought the JOHN W. BROOKS Drug Store aud now have on hand a complete Stock
of
Drugs, Medicines, Clicmioals,!
PATENT MEDICINES. TOILET ARTICLES. FINE BRANDIES and WHISKIES for Medical use*,
GARDEN SEEDS, FISHING TACKLE, PAINTS,OILS, BRUSHES, together with all ciber article* gen
erally kept in a firat-oiaaa Drug Ktore, all of which are frech and pure, and will be sold at price*
lower thn ever be!**re. lam detei mined to n aintaiu the well-ebrned reputation of tbi* House,and
offer my godi n Wholcsalci und It etnll aa cheap a* any similar bouse in tb® South.
l>lt. *J. *J Olt L>AiV, a fGiupt tent anti experienced Cl tmiHi, i* with me, in charge
of the PRESCRIPTION Dl PART MINT. wb will be aeccaafbl* *t atl hour* by day and night.
aJTorclo.il*B celebrated Joyoun *Tuleu I>, COUGH MIXT CBK and TONIC BITTERS will
be kept constantly on hand at wholesale and retail. Also BROOKS’ famou* CHII-L PILLS put up at
ail time* from original receipe. Special attention to orders from Country Druggist* and Physicians,
to whom extra inducement® will be offered. Public patronage rtspectluily solicited.
W. R. KENT,
107 IIItO.ID, ST-
I will be ple&iecS to meet my old friends and patrons in my new quarters.
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Real Estate Sc Insurance
John Blackmar,
BROKERAGE, REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE.
St. Clair Street, Georgia Home Building,
next to Western Union Tele
graph Office.
Land Warrants Bought.
RKFKB, BY REMISSION,
To Banks of this city.
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Insurance and Real Estate Agency.
Office No. 5. Crawford street, with
DR. E. J. KIRKBCEY.
IAM PREPAREED TO INSURE YOUR LIFE
or property. Gin Houses and Contents In
sured with safe companies.
Also: Real Estate in all its branches promptly
attended to.
W P TURNER,
octls 8m Insurance and Real Estate Agt.
t. s. spear.
No. 101 BroalSt,. Cikimb*s, Ga.
Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Repaired promptly
all orders will receive prompt attention.
Remington Sewing Machine Demit.
Cheap! Cheaper! Cheapest!
Best and cheapfst lot of iiam
burg Trimmings ever offered in
this market.
Ladles Bilk Handker
chiefs, 40c., (50, 75 and sl.
Complete Line 01 LONDON CORDS Just Re
ceived.
BLACK ALPACA, Best Makes, Warranted to
Retain both Color and Lustre.
PRINTS, DOMESTICS, and all other GOODS at
Lowest Prices, by
F. C JOHNSON.
febll eod 'm
DR. C. E. ESTES
Office up Stairs ovur W. E. KENT'S
, „ Drag Store.
decß eodSm °
EVERYBODY SUITED,
We are this Season In Receipt ot a Large
Supply of all Sizes of Our
Celebrated
Charter Oak
STOYES.
For both Woal aud Coal
Besides . full sssertm.int of other Popular
COOKING AND HEATING STOVES
GRATES, .Ve.,
And feel Justified in saying that we are SUBS
we can suit any and all classes of purchasers, both
in quality and price.
Of other Goods In our line, we have a large and
complete assortment, such as
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE
or ZVXBY DESCRIPTION,
HARDWARE. TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY,
CROCKERY. GLASSWARE, COAL
HODB, SHOVELB, AC.
All of these articles we CAN and WILL aell a
VERY BOTTOM PL ICES,
fan 1 dtf W. H. ROFARTB A CO.
NEW FURNITURE
JUST RECEIVED.
I AM NOW IN RECEIPT OF A FULL STOCK
OF
PTT RIMTURE
Of all kinds in the line, consisting of
BED-ROOM SETS,
FINE and COMMON
PARLOR SUITES,
CHAIRS of all kinds.
BE.ADSTEADB in Great Variety. Ac.. Ac., all of
the latest styles and fresh, and will be sold low.
Fnnltnre Repaired Promptly
Cheaply.
L. ROONEY,
83 nod 85 Brood 81., Up *olrs.
wh4 eodAwim , - ■ ;
Dr. O. B. Leitner
OFFERS his professional services to the cM
zens of COLUMBUS; Oftick opposite Timka
Omci, Randolph street: at night can be found at
his residence, upper end of Troup street; house
formerly occupied by L. Haiman.
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XT. F. TieXEK, Drntlst,
Randolph street, (opposite Strapper s) Colombo
jam ly) Georgia,