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THE DAILY TIMES.
JOHN M. II4ITIN, - - - "'■
ColuinlMH. Oa
THURSDAY MAY 16. 1N77
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LARGEST OIBCULATION
Ia the CmllM U and Tradlnc
Mi ColttMlina.
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Tilke Valrn at Nnamrr.
In accordance with a resolution passod
by the Exeoutlve Committee. The Demo
cratic rotors ortho county aro requested
to assemble at tho Court Houao on Satur
day, lath Inst, at 13 u. to determine the
propriety of a nomination of candidates
for delegatee from Muscogee county, to
ths Constitutional Convention, and the
mode and manner of selecting tho sumo.
All Democrats either for or against Con
vention aro requested to be present.
F. G. WUiKINS,
Chairman.
The Assembly of New York has, by
a vote of 56 to 48, ordered to a third
reading the bill removing the seat of
government from Albany to New
city. There seems to be a probabili
ty of Us passage.
A Neobo workman named Donelly
jumped 119 feet from a scaffold to the
ground, on the occasion of the fall of
the court house at Rockford, Illinois,
and escaped with little Injury. He
struck on a pile of ashes.
We have received from West Point,
Miss., a neat weekly paper called the
Free South, published by W. B.
Burns, and edited by E. W. Peabody,
formerly of this city. It is a very
creditable sheet, and we wish it suc
cess. Price $2 a year.
Fob the Convention.— ln Bartow
county, Messrs. Abda Johnson, John
H. Fltten and W. T. Wofford were
nominated. In the Clay, Randolph
and Terrel District, the nominnees
are Messrs. R. E. Kennon, I. C.
Hoyle, A. Hood and H. A. Crittenden.
The Russians, as would appear by
yesterday’s dispatches, are now
about to cross the Danube in force.
The point of probable crossing, as
Indicated by the reports, would take
them below the swampy Dobrudsha,
but they would have In their front
the formidable Turkish fortresses,
Shumla and Yarna.
The Legislature of Tennesseo late
ly passed an exemption law, includ
ing among other property “two
gourds and two punger gourds.”
And now the papers of that Stato are
puzzling themselves and their read
ers over the question, What Is a pun
ger gourd? They know the use of a
jug, demijohn, bottle, or anything of
that kind, but their economy does
not Include a gourd, especially a
“punger” gourd.
If there is any cause to regret the
postponement of the extra session of
Congress until October, it is to be
found in the lack of any check upon
the financial operations of the Secre
tary of the Treasury. Ilia policy, as
announced by dispatches from Wash
ington, will substitute bonds for
many millions of greenbacks by the
middle of October— a policy which
we fear will aggravate the business
embarrassments of the country, be
sides increasing tbe taxes of the peo
ple.
♦ ■— —-
The Georgia Republicans who
“knocked each other down” while
scrambling for offices in Washing
ton, only gave a fresh illustration of
the true inwardness of that party in
the South. It has for years slandered
the Democrats by calling them the
party of violence and disorder, and
yet there has been more fighting and
rowdyism between Southern Radicals
themselves within the last eight or
ten years than was exhibited by the
other political parties of the South
from the establishment of the gov
ernment to this day.
A writer in the Burlington Hawk
eye exhausts hyperbole in “going
for” his opponent, thus: “If he wore
a dry goods clerk he’d stretch the
stuff in measuring. If he were a
coal dealer he’d lean on bis cart a
while to see that a ton went out in
good weight. If he were a fisher
man he’d groan overa lost worm. If
he were a fireman he’d take off his
shoes to run to the fire. If he were
a milkman he’d open a chalk fac
tory and gather at the river. If he
were a man he’d not go out of his
waytoattaoka woman.”
A Russian army corps, we believe,
consists of forty thousand men, and
if the Russians have nine army corps
on the Danube, they must have 360,-
000 men—an immense army even for
this era of big military operations.
They must contemplate making short
work of the war, for no government
could loDg maintain in the field such
an army and another probably near
ly as iarge in Asia Minor. Tbe first
general engagement south of the
Danube will no doubt enable us to
determine whether the Turks can
maintain themselves against such a
force.
The New York Bulletin publishes
reports from many localities of the
West, tbe general tenor of which
does not encourage the hope of a
large corn crop. The general com
plaint is the lateness of the season,
caused by cold and rain. Some ac
counts say that the seed corn will
probably rot In the ground; others
that it may be impossible to get a
stand in time for the orop to mature.
In view of such reports as these, the
importance of a large corn crop at
the South ought to be manifest to
every one. It would be absolutely
minous for the South to have a large
cotton and small corn crop next fall.
Tbe reports of the wheat crops of
the West are still encouraging, but
the largest wheat crop cannot com
pensate for a greatly short corn crop.
—A cynical lady, rather Inclined to flirt,
says that the men are like a cold: very
easily caught, but very hard to get rid of.
imiKU IMI*RUt KMKWT V. THE
COTTON TAX.
The Mompbls Avalanche, which is
a strong advocate of the subsidy to
the so-called Texas Pacific Railroad,
says that it Is the “duty” of the
Southern press to oppose the refund
ing of the ootton tax, “whether it
was constitutional or unconstitution
al,” because “pressing It upon Con
gress will woaken the chances of se
curing Government aid for needod
Internal Improvements in the
South.”
We think that the mere statement
of this proposition is sufficient to ro- j
fute it. If the cotton tax was uncon
stitutional, the refunding of it to the
people who paid It, or to their States
for them, would be an act of simple
justice, and no rlght-tbiDking man
could consider it a bounty filling the
measure of compensating favor
which the South has a right to ex
pect at the hands of the Federal
Government.
The return of the ootton tax would
be a greater benefit to the South
than any works of Internal improve
ment which the Federal Govern
ment is likely to aid—at least to that
portion of the South which paid the
cotton tax. The fact that tho Texas
Pacific Railroad proposed to beuided
by Congress, with its eastern termin
us, connections, gauges, &0., finds
its strongest advocates in Memphis
and St. Louis, is of itself forcibly sug
gestive of the fact that the design is
to draw Western trade from instead of
to Southern ports by that road. If it
was proposed to extend it to Vicks
burg and adjust its conections and
gauges with roads running thence to
the nearest Atlantic ports, the road
would not be so strongly advocated
by Memphis and St. Louis, and Tom
Scott would appose instead of cham
pioning it. We submit that unless it
is given this direction, so as to be of
chief benefit to the States and people
that paid the cotton tax, it is rather
000 l to ask those States and people
to abandon their claim for the re
funding of that tax, “whether con
stitutional or unconstitutional,” for
fear of injuring the prospects of the
road by pressing tbe cotton claim!
We do not believe that the people
of the South are in favor of the Fed
eral Government engaging in works
of internal improvement for their
benefit—at least not more than
enough to give them a fairequivalent
for similar works aided in the inter
est of the North. They have doubts
whether such works are “constitu
tional or unconstitutional,” espe
cially when not of a national char
acter, and they do not favor the sys
tem as a permanent policy of the
Government. Let us ask for justice
and right— nothing more. Justice and
right call for the refunding of the
ootton tax, but do not call for works
of internal improvement so located
or deflected as to add to the aggran
dizement and favors to other sections
at the expense of tho South.
Saturday'* Action.
The people of Richmond county
are to be congratulated upon the ac
tion of the nominating convention
last Saturday. The gentlemen nom
inated as delegates to the Constitu
tional Convention will reflect
great credit upon their con
stituents. At the head of tho del
egation is Charles J. JeDkius, the
jurist, the statesman and the patriot
—a man whose whole life has been
devoted to the service of his couutry.
Mr. Adam Johnston was chosen as
the representative of the county
outside of the city of Augusta, but
he will be also a faithful representa
tive of tbe city’s interests. He is a
man of experience and talent and
comes of that sturdy stock to which
dishonor is unknown. Messrs. R.
H. May and Geo. R. Ribley are
prominent citizens of Augusta, and
will vigilantly guard the business in
terests of the Slate in framing an or
ganic law for the people. They have
line talents and strict integrity—and
they are live men. The people of
Richmond have a ticket presented
them wbich they should feel proud
to support, and the people of Geor
gia huve an assurance that au organ
ic law framed by such men will be
worth living under.— Augusta Chron
icle.
The Poisoned Waters.— Under this
head, the Atlauta Constitution of
Saturday has the following:
For some timo we bavo heard
strange stories of the impurity of the
water coming from the wells and
cisterns in the central part of our
city. It has been said that the water
was not fit to drink, and that its use
surely but insidiously bred disease.
Feeling that it was proper that the
people should be thoroughly in
formed upon this most important
sanitary matter, a Constitution re
porter called on Dr. W. F. West
moreland, yesterday, to get his views
on the subject.
Being brought to the subject of the
water, he said: “It is poison! No
more or less—simple poison. It is
insiduous but sure; every drop of wa
ter that u man drinks, that comes
from the centre of the city, carries
tbe seeds of disease to his system.”
Dr. Alexander—Yes; and no man
can drink it steady for a year with
out haviug a severe spell of sickness.
The soli in the centre of the city is
saturated with poisonous gases, with
Icecal matter. This, of course gets
into the wells and poisons them.
Reporter—lf this is true, why have
we had no epideraios ?
Dr. W.—Simply because we have a
naturally healthy city, and because
the poison of the water is so subtle
and so slow that it has not yet result
ed in an outbreak. But it has made
itself felt in this way. It is the uni
versal testimony of the physicians
that all diseases have assumed a
more malignaut type in Atlanta in
the past five or ten years 1 A fever or
diarrhoea that we could readily cure
in three days in 1806, now demands
from fourteen days to six weeks.
Diseases formerly notconsidered dan
gerous, are now very often fatal. Of
course there is nothing in the dis
eases themselves that have changed.
It is simply that we have been grad
ually poisoned and our systems so
weakened that they cannot rally
promptly from disease or respond to
medical attention.
Dr. W.—Not only that, I have no
doubt that the health of Atlanta is 30
per oent. lower than it was at the
close of the war. By this I mean
that there is now one-third less pow
er in the average Atlanta man to re
sist disease or any shock to the sys
tem than there was a few years ago.
—Since the rage for cardinal red set in,
red-headed men fool quite comfortable in
feminine society.
For th Time*.)
“lidtit m:Four, pi.eani'rk."
A celebrated author and distin
guished statesman, on one occasion
being asked, "What is tbe most
sublime word in the English lan
guage?” replied "Duly!” Ho cer
tainly had a clear conception of what
duty was. He, no doubt, had made
its performances bis chief obligation
from childhood, and in the great
drama of life departed not from its
precepts. With cheerful and reve
rent hands tbe world has crowned
duty with the richest garlunds. The
many obligations and performances
necessarily Imposed upon us are in
cluded in this ono word— duty.
At all times let duty be a primary
and pleasure a secondary matter.
Let no intervening circumstance, at
what sacrifice soever, deter us from
the full discharge of duty. But how
difficult it is at times to relinquish
the enjoyments of pleusure to attend
to the seemingly more servile obliga
tions of duly!
Napoleon was greatly impressed
with the discharge of duty when he
determined to surmount the Alpine
heights which lay between the opu
lent cities of Ituly and his fifty thou
sand starving warriors. He not only
felt the convictions of duty, but won
for himself undying laurels, aud left
a rich legacy to posterity by his in
vincible determination. Greatness
and happiness are tho certain results
of a conscientious discharge of duty.
Regret, for the most part tinged with
a melancholy hue, is tho reward of
pleasure when obtained by the neg
lect of duty.
Duty summons, let us obey. Pleas
ure invites, let us bowure lest we
taste the " forbidden fruit.”
Pleasure may be considered as em
bodying two distinct and |>eciiliar
propositions: First, lasting pleasure,
the result of tbe discharge of duty;
second, momentary pleasure, the re
sult of the neglect of duty. The first
of these is a pleasure which elevates
and encourages U3 in the perform
ance of other obligations; the other
completely dwarfs and demoralizes
our energies.
It is the latter of these I so greatly
protest against—the former Iso much
admire; since it is (and properly so)
inherent in our natures. The most
elevating thoughts and impressive
illustrations are those under circum
stances when, before our Creator, we
can exclaim thatwe have discharged,
to the best of our ability, our duties
to God and man.
The most happy days of our lives
are those in which wo can feel per
sonally conscious that we have left
no duty unperformed—that we owe
no man aught save love.
After the day has been properly
spent, we can unreservedly commit
ourselves to the care of the All- Wise,
and sleep as sweetly as the babe does
when clasped to the bosom of a fond
and anxious mother. It often be
comes necessary that we, in the dis
charge of duty, not only must relin
quish pleasure, but also make great
sacrifices, as will be clearly demon
strated by an extract from “Milton’s
Biography; “Now came the world
renowned controversy with Hulrrm
sius. Claudius Salmasius, professor
iu tho University of Leyden, had
been hired by Prince Charles, after
wards Charles 11, into writing a trea
tise in defence of Charles I and of
monarchical principles. The treatise
was producing a great effect, not only
in England, but ou the Continent.
The Council of State voted that Mr.
Milton do prepare something in an
swer to this book of Salmasius. But
Milton’s eyesight was now so precari
ous that his physicians forbade him
to engage in any literary labor, ou
penalty of total blindness. I clkl not
long balance (says Milton) whether my
duty should be preferred to my eyes.”
Though the effort cost him his
eyes, he was happy in the conscious
discharge of duty. YVe have no in
stance in which he ever lamented the
performance of that duty; but we
learn that the service which he ren
dered to the cause of liberty in this
treatise was felt by the very great,
and his fame spread over all Europe.
Momentary pleasure has desolated
and impoverished many cheerful fire
sides. It has caused many untimely
tears to flow. It has hurled many
poisonous arrows into the hearts of
the innocent. It has caused many
slurs in the social world and many
bankrupts in monetary circles.
Many, many who have devoted long
years of patient study to the investi
gation of the sciences, aud have
made considerable progress toward
fame’s immortal goal, have at lasi
turned aside to the enchanting and
beguiling voice of pleasure, forget
ting that—
“He tails alone who feebly creeps.
lie wins alone who dares the hero’s march. 1 '
Let us know that we are right
then fear no difficult;'. Duty, with
outstretched hands, points to suc
cess. Then how long will we let
pleasure predominate when it tends
to our own destruction!
“Then the purpose of life
Stood apart from vulgar strife,
l.abor in the path of duty,
Gleam’d up like a thing of beauty."
NTmpokte.
Talbotlon, Ga.
They have a telephone up at old
Mr. Mardigan’s. out on North hill,
and one evening last week, after
they had been amusing themselves
with it in the parlor, it was left ou
with all its connections. Young Mr.
Ponsoby called to see Miss Arethusa
that evening. They had beeu sitting
silent for some time, and young Mr.
Ponsonby had just taken her hand
and said, with a soft, tender, impas
sioned intonation, “Arethusa, each
glittering star that gems the lambi
eot sky, each golden-circled, soft
eyed hour of the—” and just then the
telephone spoke up, in the big bass
voice of old Mr. Mardigan: “By
jocks, Maria, I’m about tired of
sleeping in a night shirt ripped from
the tail to the back of the neck, that
hangs on a fellow like a pinafore.
I’ve spoke about this often enough,
and if there ain’t enough women
around here to mend one night shirt,
I’m going to sleep in a coffee sack.
Wonder* ol a Rra/.lllan Form.
j An English writer in Good Words
gives the following account of u
morning’s visit to a BrazilUu forest:
“As we got into the skirt of the forest
the morning broke, but the reveille in
a Brazilian forest is wonderfully dif
ferent from the slow creeping on of
the drawn of a summer morning at
home, to the music of two thrushes
answering one another’s full rich
notes from neighboring thorn-trees.
Suddenly a yellow light spreads up
wards In the east, the stars quickly
fade and the dark fringes of the yel
low sky, and, almost before one has
time toobserve the change, tbe sun
has risen straight and fierce, and the
whole landscape is bathed in the full
light of day. The woods, so abso
lutely silent and still before, break
at once into noise and movement.
Flocks of toucans flutter and scream
on the tons of the highest forest
trees, hopelessly out. of shot; the ear
is pierced bv the shrill wild screeches
of a little band of macaws, which flv
flaring past like tho rupped-up ghosts
of the birds ou some gaudy old bro
oude. There Is no warbling, no song,
only harsh noises, abrupt calls, which
those who haunt the forest soon
learn to translate by two or three
familiar words in Portuguese or
English. Now and then a set of
cries more varied and more dissonant
than usual tells us that a troop of
monkeys are passing across from tree
to tree among the higher branches,
and lower sounds, to which one’s
attention is called by the guide, in
dicate to his practised ear the neigh
borhood of a sloth, or some other
of the few mammals which inhabit
the forests of tropical South Ameri
ca, And all the insects are now
awake and adding their various
notps to swell the general din. A
butterfly of the gorgeous genus
Morpho, comes fluttering along tbe
path like a loosely folded sheet or
bright blue tinsel, flashing brilliant
reflections in the sunshine; great
dark blue shining bees fly past with
a loud hum; tree bugs in the most
singular harequin coloring of scarlet
and blue and yellow, with a metalic
sheen, cluster round a branch so
thickly as to weigh it down, aud
make their presence perceptible
yards off by their peculiar and
sometimes not unpleasant odor.
But how weak it i3 to say that that
exquisite little colibri, whirring and
glittering in the air over that branch
of bignonia bells and sucking the
nectar from them with its long
curved bill, has a head of ruby and
a breast of emerald and wing of
sapphire, as if any triumph of the
jeweller’s art could ever vie in bril
liancy with that sparkling epitome
of life and beauty/’
A Timely Resolution.
At a meeting of the District GraDge
of Central Alabama, held in Selina
on the 3d inst., the following pream
ble and resolution were unanimously
adopted:
Whereas, The state of war now ex
isting In Europe bids fair to result in
an increased demand for grain and
other articles of subsistence, with a
low price for cotton, and consequent
scarcity and want at the South,
should our home supplies fall short;
and,
Whereas, The already perfected ar
rangements for a crop render it im
practicable for our farmers to make
any substantial preparation for an
increased acreage; therefore,
Resolved, bv the Central District
Grange of Alabama, That we earn
estly recommend to every Patron of
Husbandry and our fanners general
ly, that, with a view of increasing, as
far as possible, our corn supply, all
cotton, not already so planted, be
crossed with corn.
THE lIUFADBTUFF* OUTLOOK.
Facts that Have a Perilous Siftnifl
caare lor speculators.
New York World, May 10.)
It has been universally admitted
that our last crop of wheat was de
ficient iu quantity, though much bet
ter than the average iu quality, and
it has been a question whether any
considerable quantity rematued iu
the bauds of farmers. On this point
spriug wheat does not as yet make
any decided sign. Receipts of this
growth are still very small at Chica
go and are quite moderate at Milwau
kee, but of wiuter wheats indications
are not wanting that a considerable
reserve is yet to come out. The re
ceipts at St. Louis are double
those of a year ago, and Detroit
shows some increase. The larger
supplies of winter wheat are
mi element of weakness
much more effective than a mere
comparison of figures will explain.
It has ceased to be the favorite
growth in this market. The chief
wants of our export trade are spring
wheat and flour produced from it.
The winter growth and its product
have a steady trade, withiu certain
limits; but it cannot be extended, ex
cept at prices remarkably low, and it
is a fact well known to our Produce
Exchange, that a hundred thousand
bushels of winter wheat, if pressed
on our market, would cause a greater
decline iu values than would a half
million bushels of spring wheat.
The prospects for the coming crop of
wheat are good, both of spring and
winter growth ; it is very probable
that in thirty days St.. Louis will be
receiving new wheat from Texas, and
there is little danger of a deficient
supply or famine prices for bread.
New York Herald, May 10.]
We suspect that the speculators in
wheat have exaggerated the effect of the
war and are likely to get iheir fingers
burned by operating too boldly. There is
more likely to he a decline in prices than
a further advance, and the operators will
try to save themselves by underrating the
supply iu the American market. They
can do this with great seeming plausibili
ty by quoting authentic figures of recent
wheat receipts iu Chicago and Milwau
kee. During the month of April there
was a falling off of about one-half in the
receipts of wheat at these two important
lake ports as compared with the receipts
during the same month last year, while
the receipts of other grain and hogs are
larger than in April, 1870. To a person
who should read the figures without re
flection this would look as if there were
but little wheat in the West; and could
that expression be diffused the present
speculative price of wheat could be main
tained and theover-venturesomejopeiators
be saved from loss while they are unload
ing. But the diminished receipts at Chi
cago and Milwaukee do not prove a scar
city ol wheat in the West, but only that
it had been rushed forward to the
Atlantic seaboard by other channels than
the one it usually takes in the spring of
the year. Ordinarily a ere at amount of
wheat is poured into Chicago and Mil
waukee in the month of April to take ad
vantage of the opening of lake navigation
and cheap transportation by water. But
this year the speculators . are too
impatient to get their wheat to market
and realize the buoyant war prices to
await the slow and circuitous navigation
of the lakes and the Erie canal, and the
greater portion is sent by rail. The re
gion of country south and west of Chica
go ships directly for the Atlantic ports,
without sending the wheat to. Chicago.
The receipts in New York, Philadelphia
and Baltimore are larger than they have
ever been before, notwithstanding the
great tailing off in the lake ports.
I. G. STRUPPEtt’S
GRAND OPENING!
jy|"B. HTBUPPEB baa Jnat fitted up ht
Ice Cream Saloon
An hand hour 1 am any lu the Mouth, anil is row
prepared to Airmail tho public with
ICE CREAM, SHERBET, SODA WATER,
and *ll other .imll.r refreshment..
AS-Wedding. and PSttlea .upplled at ehort
nottc*. P*> lm
FOR SALK OR RENT,
rpHK PROPERTY IN OOLUM
1 JJUB, kiiown an the dcGrai- ■fartmßW
fenrlod property; for particular* j i 18*" i jJEf
apply to O. E. Thomas, £*4}., dr*-*.
lumbill; Marshall duOraffenricd, Atlanta, or J. F.
Waddell, Seale, Ala.
feblg tf K
FINE SHOES !
Ladles’ & Misses’ Newport#
plain and with buck left.
BWBAIA \\l SIiIPPEIIN,
in new and tasty style*.
BURTS’ Fine BUTTON BOOTS
iff jff f 1 ENTB’ BRO W N ft]
* CI.OTII-TOP.But f mi
10n ° XFORL)S - ( the ***’
handsomest SHOE out.)
Also. a full line of Spring work in all popular
stylus; ALL at reduetd price*.
A heavy Stock of
Brogans, Plow Shoes, and
Staple Goods for Whole
sale Trade,
For anything in theßhce or Leather line, Cali at
“THE OLD SHOE STORE.”
Wells <fc Curtis,
73 BROAD STREET.
Sign of the Big Boot.
Something New.
WOODEN CASES AND CASKETS,
SELF-SEALING, AIR TIGHT,
At the same Prices as Ordinary Coffins,
and One-Fourth cost of Metalic
Oases.
Tiiev aiie a nbcb-sitt which has io.g j
been felt in our hot climate, and obviate
npleagant, and oftentimes dangerous associa
ion*. I commend them to the inspection of the
community generally.
Former styles of Cases and Caskets at
Reduced Prices.
49-Night n<l Sunday Bell at front door
1,. KOOMCY,
S3 AND S5 BROAD ST., CP-STAIRS.
lebll-eod.kwSm
Lumber! Lumber!!
11. C. Chappell A Hirer.,
Denier* In Lamher,Colbert, M.AO. R. IC.
furnished on application.
myß tf
Phenix Carriage Works!
Herring & England
OGLETHORPE BT. OPPOSITE OLD TEMPERANCE HALL.
4 RE prepared with
xV. competent work- I n .
men to do Carriage
work in til its branches
in tlie best style, aud aa
low aa the lowest.
We also manufacture new work of various
styles. myl3 eod&wly
EXECUTOR’S BALE.
EORGFA MUSCOGEE COUNTY.—Under an
T order ol the Ordinary of Muscogee county
will be sold within the usual hours of sale, on
ftr3t Tuesday in June next, by C. S. Harrison, in
front of Abbott & Newsom s store, in Columbus,
Ga., the house and lot on Jackson street, with
ten feet alley to Oglethorpe street, adjoining
property of Downing, MeGebee and others. Sold
as the property of Mrs. Mary E. Hardaway, de
ceased. Terms: one-third cash iu thirty days;
one-third first of January next; one-third first
January. 1879. Mortgage to be given by purcha
ser. Taxes for present year t® be paid by pur
chaser. R. A. HARDAWAY,
May Bth, 1877. Executor.
my 4 w4w
Tax Payers, Take Notice.
rnOE attention of Tax Payers is specially called
X to the following section of the Code, viz:
It shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver to re
quire all persons making returns of land in his
countv, to return the same by district, number
aud section, if the lands have such dtsignation;
and where lands have no such designation, then
by such description as will enable the Receivers
to identify them. Receivers are prohibited from
receiving any returns ol lands which do not de
signate them. And the Comptroller General is
prohibited from allowing any Receiver compen
sation or percentage for his services, who re
ceives returns in any other manner.
Having been instructed to enforce the require
ments of this section to the letter, I hereby no
tify all tax payers that, when they make returns
of their lands to me, must do so by District
number, otherwise the return cannot be re
ceived.
M. W.THWEATT,
April 21, 1877. Tax Receiver, M. C.
im. J. M 31AS0N, 1). P.S.,
Office over Enquirer-Sun Office,
COLUMBUS, GA.,
CIURES Diseased Gums and
/ other diseases of the Mouth;
cures Abscessed Teeth: inseris
Artificial Teeth; fills Teeth wifb
Gold, or cheaper material if desired.
All worn at reasonable prices and guaranteed*
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NOTICE.
THE undersigned having heretofore held stock
in the Merchants & Mechanics Bank iu the
city of Columbus,Ga., hereby gives notice that he
has sold his stock in said Company, and had the
same transferaed, and claims in conformity with
section 1496 of the Code of Georgia, that he is ex
empt from any liabilities of said Bank.
mb 11 lamfit A. ILLGES.
Dr. C. 11. Leitner
OFFERS his professional services to the citi
xens of COLUMBUS; Office opposite Times
Office, Randolph street; at night can be feundat
his residence, upper end of Troup street; house
formerly occupied by L. Haiman.
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WAREHOUSEMEN.
Planters Warehouse
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GEO. P. SWIFT. GEO. P. SWIFT, Jr.
GEO. P. SWIFT <fc SON,
SUCCESS OKS TO SWIFT , MLJiPIIY & CO.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
ColiunhiiM, Georgia.
I. Atlvnnrc* on 4onsignincntM ol‘ 4'otfon, anil Special
tllcniimi given to Stile aml storage ol'Snuic,
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GROCERIES.
J. J. Whittle. CJko. M. Yakbuough. Jno. T. McLeod
J. J. Whittle & Cos.
IIAVi; OPENED A. NEW
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERY HOUSE,
Under Contra! Hotel,
\lf HERE WE WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A LA ROE AND COMPLETE STOCK OF
feT’A.l*and FANCY GROCFRIFH Consisting in part of
Hoots, Shoes and Staple Dry Goods, Bacon, Lard, Su
gar, Coffee, Cheese, Flour, Syrup, Bagging & Ties,
TOBACCO, WHISKEY, BRANDY and WINES, of all grades, SALT. CORN, TEAS of all Brand*,
MA&EKEL and BUAP; together with a full line of all other goods kept in a tirst-class Grocery
House.
H#-OUR GOODS are all NEW and FRESH, and were bought for the CASH, and we will be able to
SELL THEM A8 LOW AS THE LOWEST,
Jt*r-We solicit the patronage of tbe City and surrounding country,
J. J. WHITTLE & CO.
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MILLINERY.
Ladies’ Emporium of Fashion!
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JLVJL JX CD . J :Hi Xlj,
r p.\KKB occasion to notify the Ladies of Columbus and adjacent section that she has just returned
I JL from New York with one of the Largest aud Most Elegant Stocks of
Spring Millinery Goods
KVKR KROi riOTTOTIIF, CITY, ( O.YSISTIXfi or
Fashionable Hats and Bonnets, Laces. Ribbons, Flowers, Trimmings.
'Jewelry, Corsels, (.'loves, Hosiery, < liililrens’ 4 Tofliing. I,n
tlies" l iNlerweiir. l’arnsols, Funs, ami nil oilier articles in my
line. This Slock is Klcgnnl ami 4'omplcle. mnl will lie sold ill
FRICKS TO I>KFY COMIMC I ITIOV.
xa- Call and e.ramine and you will buy.
MRS. L. A, liER,
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DRY GOODS.
NEW STOCK! LOW PRICES !!
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SPRING 1877!
See My Prices!
M altese suitings, ioc. best t.ondon cords, ioc.
SUMMER SILKS, 65c. to $1.25. VICTORIA LAWNS, 16c.
Good HEMMED BTITCIIED HANDKERCHIEFS 12‘£e.
Large Stock SILK SCARFS at 350. Large Btock fcILK HANDKERCHIEFS at 25c.
Good LINEN DAMASK TOWELS, 20c.
TWO BUTTON Undressed KID GLOVES, 50c. TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES worth $1 only 00c.
MISSES TWO BUTTON KID GLOVES, sl)c.
Good STOCK of FINER GR ADES.
CHILDREN COLORED HOSE, 15c. to 60c. ALL LINEN COLLARS, 10c.
tsrYOU ARE ASKED TO CALL AND SEE THESE GOODS. No Trouble to
SHOW THEM.
J. ALBERT KIRVEN,
\4>, HO ItltO \I) STItKKT.
I am Offering a Lot of Choice
Uncanvassed Hams,
ALT 11 l-*JetH.
ONLY T\~ FEW LEFT.
W. A. SWIFT,
Centennial Stores.
dec 15 eodAly
Hirsch lEieclxt,
AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
1410 Itronil SI.. Opposite Rankin House, Columbus. 40.
lonsignments solicited of every description and liberal Cash Advances made and settled prompt
\j iy.
Correspondence Solicited.
References, by Permission:
Chattahoochee National Bank, ... National Bank of Columbus, Ga-
Eagle and Phenix Manufacturing Company.
City Marshal's Sale.
Tlf ILL b sold on FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE
if NEXT, at Abbott & Newsom’s corner, on
Broad street, in the city of Columbus, Ga.. the
undivided one-half iuterestin that part of City
lot No. 175, lying and being in the City of Colum
bus, Muscogee county, Btate of Georgia, on the
east side of Broad street, corner of Broad and
Randolph, runuing 140 feet more or less, north
from Randolph up Broad street to an alley, and
running e*st from Broad and aloDg Randolph
street 70 feet more or less. with the improve
ments thereon. Sold as the property of the es
tate of Charles Cleghorn, deceased, for the use of
the Chattahoochee National Bank of Celumbus,
to satisfy three tax fl. fas. in my hands for city
taxesfor the ye ars 1874, 1876 and 1876, transfer
red to said bank. Property pointed out by Sam’l
B, Cleghorn, Adminis’rator of estate of Charles
Cleghorn. Amount $1,877.76.
TIFF. T. MOORE,
my 6 lawtd City Marshal.
.JOHN BLACKMAB,
Brolterago,
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE,
St. Clair Street,
GEORGIA. HOME 8811-DING,
NEXT TO WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH OFFICE.
LAND WARRANTS BOUGHT
REFER, BY DEMISSION,
To Banks of this city.
DR. S. 33. LAW.
On ice at A. M. Brannon’s Drag Store. Office
hoars from 12:30 to 2, and from 5 to 8.
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