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A GpU)Ktf . uuuxr. f * r\ —| * J \ *:: Tii lRt, vrhsu new gwld fields were bring il isco vereii every <ly in the eastern portion ol'California, there were a number of peraons who, tired ol the uncertainties of mining, were looking around through the valley lor some spot to settle down into agricultural pursuits. Several families crossed the hay from San Francisco, and pitched their tents on either side of San Leandro Creek, about eight miles above Oakland at a point less than one i(nie,i[oi fte lopt of the moun tains. " " Among these settlers was a carpenter, named Robert Gilmore, originally from Pen sylvania, where he had a family. Deserting them for a woman named Klizabeth Miller, the two proceeded to the Golden State to gether; and after a lot of hard knocks, we find them keeping an inn at the foot ol the mountains near San Leandro. At this time, about the only frequenters of the house were the Spaniards and ‘greasers;’ and as money was very scarce with them, the Gil mores did a very poor business in the way of cash. Robert Gilmore was the most consum mate scoundrel the world ever produced. He was apparently about 45 years old, and car ried a lace that would deceive any one. He must have belooged to a good family; lor, besides a thorough education he was polish ed in his manner, clean in person, and care ful in dress. At a tale of want, his fine, open countenance expressed commiseration in every feature, and he would be the first man to decry villainy of any sort. He en joyed the confidence of a great many ot the early sattlers, and his tavern was sometimes trequented by capitalists and stock dealers from San Francisco. It was in the early part of April, and near the hour of midnight; black clouds had been scudding along the mountain-tops, and the wind was howling against the swinging sign ol s Ranche,’ as the inn was called. Big drops had commenced to tall from the heavens, and all nature seemed con vula-d in agony as thunderbolt after thun derbolt reverberated through the gorge. It was a night that was long remembered Rain had seldom fallen so late in the season, and a thunderstorm had never been witness ed in that valley before. Soon the water was pouring down in torrents and the creek was sending an angry flood-offering to the bay. A horseman, dripping with wet, dashed to the inn, threw himselt Irom his steed, and dropped with the butt of a heavy whip on the floor. ‘What ho! House, I say!' he cried. Lights were lit within, the bolts thrown hack, and Gilmore threw open the door of welcome to the drenched stranger. ‘A fearful night, sir! You are lucky to find a shelter so soon. Take something to drive, out the damp.’ ‘Thank you; l don't care if l do,' answered the guest. ‘And I'll be obliged to you if I can get a bed. I don’t s'pose there's any use in trying to do anything for my marc, is the ref It won’t hurt her, my dear sir. A Cali fornia horse don’t want anything to keep out the damp.’ And their glasses were filled with liquor and drank off, Gilmore.laking an inventory of the stranger's effects. He carried a ‘blacksnake' heavily loaded at the butt, as could easily be seen by the swing of the whip, as the stranger caught it near the middle, and swayed it backward and forward like the pendulum of a clock, It was only an involuntary movement; yet its motions did not escape the quick eye of the landlord. ‘That's a heavy whip you carry,' observed he, as the stranger looked up and caught his eye on it. ‘Yes, I reckon it is,' answered the man laughing. 'lt’s pretty heavy;’ repeated he; and unscrewing the flange poured out on the redwood counter a mass of gold pieces. The innkeeper’s eyes sparkled at the wel come sight. He turned the old daybook that was used as a register toward the guest, and striking an attitude that would have done credit to a first-class actor, he laugh ingly exclaimed, ‘A bed! Ay, ye shall have the best bed the house affords! 1 his castle is at your service, sir—command me ’ The traveler took the proffered pen, and traced the entry in easy, flowing hanih ‘lsaac Askew, Supt. Yellow Jack Mine, N irginia CUTv, Nevada. ‘Ato. you're from the Comstock Lode! How are the mines working now. sir'’ •Beyond all expectation, the richest lode in the world. But the storm still rages, and that poor mare of mine needs some care. Ive rode hard to-day, and. but for the storm, would have made San Francisco my stop ping place. Let us drink, and let the storm take care of itself.’ The miner shivered as he looked out into the night, and drew a long breath of satis faction that he was so secnrely housed from the storm. His dress was the ordinary one of the miner in all its outward seeming; but as he threw off an outer coat of pilot cloth, the white shirt, stylish cut- waistcoat, and carefully tied cravat, betrayed his status at a glance. Isaac Askew was one of the best metal lurgists on ihe coast; and to his skill and en ergy the success of the new mines at Gold Hit! ton! Virginia -City were mainly due Under his management the rich deposits of silver were brought to the surlace in im mouse quantities and his mine was becom ing famous throughout the land. He was now on business relating to the company, ami carried a considerable sum of money on his person. “The cupidity of the inn keepsr was imme diately aroused on beholding the shining mass of gold in the possession of the miner; and although he affected a hilarity in keep ing w ith his open manner, he was hastily concocting a plan to relieve him of it. The inn fronted towards the north at the junction of Mission Saq Jose aud the Castro Canon road, while the rear of the building overhung the frgek, with,a series of piles in suppo'rti Beneath fins'portion oi the struc ture the turbulent waters were boiling atif bubbling in a fearful manner, and threaten ing to carry off the frail-looking support. fhe miner drank and grew merry with the avaricious landlord, and told marvellous stories of the mines in Australia, where he had spent a considerable portion,ol his life He had traveled in many lands, and told his stories with great humor. Among the nii ners *f Peru awl Mexico he had witnessed exciting incidents, which he narrated in rapid succession. In the meantime the innkeeper plied his victim with liquor, and a! length lih began to succumb to its potent influence. ‘I think I II go to bul, landlord,’ he mut tered, his head faffing on his breast wea rily. ‘Well,Come-atdng. then, old boy, we II take care of you!’ And assisjing the miner to his feet, he Itftf him to his apartment, a room over the bar or office. ‘A fitting night for a good job,’ he mut tered; ‘the elements are at war with all the world. And I, tool’ The miner, overcome by the liquor he had drank, was buried in profound slumber. He grasped the whip tightly in his hand, as though he was aware of the effort being made to rob him. He had merely lad aside his outer clothing and on throwing himself on the bed, had carried it along wuh him. The innkeeper disappeared from the apart ment; but, in a few moments be returned, accompanied by a woman of 40or 4.> years. She w as the opposite of her companion in every respect, for where his features denoted intelligence, hers were almost idiotic, except when her eyes blazed out in fury and greed at the sight of the sleeping miner. She glared down on him as though she were filled with a hatred nothing but death could ap pease , . •His money is in the w hip, Liz. he whis pered;‘lots of it, too,’ ‘What are you going to do with him. Bob? asked the woman. ‘ Take the money, hide it securely, and leave the rest to chance? he answered. ‘Chancel Fool. *ouW you go to jail for chance!’ The woman sneered out. ‘Take him by the heels, and throw him into the creek. It’s a fearful night, and many a man has perished since sundown. 1 ‘That’s the chance I intend for him. Do you think I’d have a lot of fellows spying about here, as they would he if his money was lost in this house. No, 1 uin’tsuoli a 100 las that,’ he added. ‘I go in lor si lence!’ Amid the raging of the storm the bloody deed was committed, and the body of Isaac Askew, the Miner, with the skull crushed in by a blow Irom the whip he had carried through dangers in many lands, was thrown into the torrent below Towards dayl'ght the storm ceased, and when the sun shone out on the beautiful lace of nature, all evidence ofadreadfnl deed hav ing been committed at the cross road inn was obliterated. ‘Minder will out,’ at least, in this case, was brought about in so summary a man ner as almost to look like the work of an avenging spirit. The public mind was agitated over the discovery of gold in Alameda county, and San Francisco was in a ferment. A nugget weighing about an ounce and a half had been found near San Leandro Creek, and was on exhibition in Montgomery street. The excitement was intense, and hun dreds were leaving for the new fields daily It was so entirely unexpected that it carried everything by storm. The whole valley had been prospected thoroughly, as it was thought, long before, and not a color was found. The office in which the nugget was on ex hibition was thronged with an excited crowd daily; and on satisfying themselves as to the reality of the drift, they would strap on their blankets and break tor the prominent El Dorado. The mysterious absence of Isaac Askew from the post of Virginia City excited much surprise among the directors oi the mine; and as he had never been seen by the officers at San Francisco after leaving the former place, it was really surmised that he had fallen in with a party of robbers who then infested the State. It was a com mon event in the early days, and only last ed until anew excitement arose. A friend who had accompanied him from Australia was the cnly one likely to be worried about the affair. Ibis friend, named James Price, was also in the employ of the same company; and the two men were so often seen together that they were called ‘the Australian brothers.’ Price, becoming tired alone in the moun tains wandered from camp to camp in search ol tidings of his lost partner, until he reached San Francisco. All interest was centered in the hope of finding him. He cared not for all the gold in the country, as long as his friend was missing. They had often perilled their lives for each other, and he would have willingly laid down his life for that of bis comrade. The What Cheer House was the favorite resort ot the honest miner, and thither he repaired. An excited state of alfiairs exist ed here also, the all-absorbing topic of con versation being the new gold discovery. It was contended by an old gray-haired miner that the nugget exhibited was a fraud that there was no gold on the Pacific slope like that found, or said to be found, at San Leandro. Price did not sleep much that night. He was in a feverish state of excitement, and tossed on his bed until near daylight. He then settled his hill, and took the first boat tor Almeda Point, where he fell in with a party of five or six old acquaintances, and together they proceeded towards San Lean dro. ‘Gilmore's Ranch,’ was the only house open at the time as a drinking place, and here were congregated the prospectors as Price and his party came into view. ‘The fraud was played by someone to make money' out ot it, cried a man with a pick and shovel across his shoulders; ‘and who would or could make anything out ol it, except a man who has got whiskey to sell, and who s got whiskey to sell hut Bob Gilmore?' . Here he threw his implements on the ground, and proposed to fight it out with the innkeeper When Price looked in the face of Robert Gilmore, he shook his head, and muttered to himself, ‘1 ain't on the light track, after all. If he is the man that turned that up, I might just as well go back.’ The pugnacious man would not be ap peased. and strutted and bellowed about until the hostess made her appearance upon the scene, armed with the identical whip that formerly belonged to Isaac Askew. Price knew it as soon as he saw it, and be uttered an exclamation that brought the attention of ail to bim. “Whetc’s the owner of Ibis whip?” he shrieked, snatching it from her hand; ‘‘where’s the nun who had it in his pos session less than one month ago? An swer tne, or I’ll do ye harm.” “.No one but my old man there has had that whip in his possession. We’ve had it ever since we came to the country, was the undaunted answer of the woman. “You lie, you hag," retorted the miner. “See here, men. This whip belonged to my partner; he carried it, to my certain knowledge, for the last twelve years, here and in Australia. The butt was Ins speci men case, and he bad gold from every part of the world in it. “See! he cried, as he unscrewed it. Kager faces pressed dost! around, anil behold ! there was the name engraved in full on the inside plate : “Isaac Askew, Sydney, Australia.” . 'The inkeeper was shaking as if in an ague fit. All his confidence seemed to have deserted him in an instant. “When I heard that the nugget said to have been found up here was a foreign gold,” resumed Price, “I suspected that it was some of my partner’s Unit had been Used as a decoy* and so I came up to work it out. I've seen the game played before, but never saw it work so well.” Robert Gilmore was arrested for the murder of Isaac-Askew, and at the first session of the County Court was con victed and sentenced to death. The evidence was circumstantial, hut no doubt existed as to his guilt. He con fessed that he had moulded the nugget found from a S2O coin, which lie fired from a gun into the earth, yet died pro testing his innocence of the murder. A few days after the execution, a body was found lodged in some bushes that lined the San Leandro Creek, a short dis tance from Gilmore’s Ranch, and was identified as that of the missing miner. ****** Years after this occurrence, a woman laid on a dyiDg bed in Stockton, and among other crimes confessed was the murder of the miner, whose assassin was brought to punishment by means of a golden bullet. False Impression. It is generally supposed by a certain Claes of citizens, who are not practical or experienced, that I>yspepsia cannot in variably be cured, but we are pleased to say that Green’s August Flower lias never, to our knowledge, failed to cure Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint in all its forms, such as Hour Stomach, Costive ness. Hick Headache, palpitation of the Heart, low spirits, &e., &o. Out of 30,001) dozen bottles sold last year, not a single failure was reported, but thousands of complimentary letters received from Druggists of wonderful cures. Three doses will relieve any case. Try it. Sam ple bottles lb cents. Regular Size 75 cents. For sale by muhl3 tf GiIiBEBT & Thobnton. •—a . Tlirash's roii-iimpiii-n Cure, Sure cure for Consumption, Bronchitis. Coughs, Croup, Colds, and all long affec tions; and restores lost voice, *o. Wholesale and retail by A. M. Brannon and W. E. Kent. Trial bottles at all drug gists In the city at 35c. mh24 eoddssun Value or Money. Hunt's Merchants' Modulus,| A silver dollar represents a day’s work of the laborer. If It Is given to a boy, he has no Idea of what It has cost, or of what It is worth. Ho would be as likely to give a dollar as a dime for atop or any other toy. But If the boy has learned to earn his dimes and dollars by the sweat of his face, he knows the difference. Hard work is to him a measure of values that can uever be rubbed out of his mind. Let him learn by experience that a butidred dollars represents a hundred weary day’s labor, aud it seems a great sum of money. A thousand dollars is a foriuue, and ten thousand Is almost inconceivable, for it is far more than he over ex pects to possess. When he has earned a dollar, he thinks twice be fore he spends it. He wants to In vest it, so as to get the full value of a day’s work for it. It is a great wrong to society and to u hoy to briug him to man’s estate without this knowledge. A fortune at twenty one, whithout if, is almost Inevitably thrown away. With it, and a little capital to start on, he will make his own fortune better than any.one can make it for him. German mild Need in any quantity, witii directions for culti vating, It can bo sown any time until July, and will yield more forage to the acre ttian anything you can plant. It ma tures in sixty days. For salo by J. H. Hamilton. apr2o d&wt.f FINE SHOES! Ladies’ & Misses’ New ports plain and with buckled. SAMIVLS V\l> WMIM'ICKS, in new and tasty styles. BURTS’ Fine BUTTON BOOTS / A ENTS' B ItOWN gjjk I WmtTmfc U cloth-top,liut-f HI * OXFORDS, (the* handsomest SHOE out.) I Also, a full line of Spring work in all popular styles; ALL at reduced prices. A heavy Stock of Brogans, Plow Shoes, and Staple Goods for Whole sale Trade. For auythlng In the Shce or Leather line, Call at “THE OLD SHOE STORE.” Wells <fc Curtis, 73 BROAD STREET. Sign of the Big Boot. Tax Payers, Take Notice. r|!HE attention of Tax Payers is specially called 1. to the following section of the Code, viz: It shall be the duty of the Tax Receiver to re quire all persons making returns ofland in his county, to retnrn the same by district, number aud section, if the lands have such designation; 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 oi 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 ro coivt s returns in any other manner. Having been Instructed to enforce the require ments oi this section to the letter, I hereby no tify all tax payers that, when they make returns of their lauds to me, th‘-y must do so by .tisirict number, Ac,; otherwise the return cannot be re ceived. M. W. THWEATT, April 21, 1877.. Tax Receiver, M. C. Attention Mail Contractors ('IONGRFRS having passed an act for the pay j nieut of elaims tot Mail Contracts performed previous to the War, we are prepared to collect them. If the Mail Contractor is dead, his heirs can recover. Mir Apply for information to our Associate At torney CIIA.B. 11. WILLIAMS, Columbus, Ga. IMKE & JOHNSON, Attorneys at Law Washington, D. C. mchlß d&wtf ELECTION NOTICE. rnHE following named persons aro hereby ap pointed managers of the election to be held at the various precincts in the county of Musco gee, on Tuesday, the 12th day of June, 1877. for delegates to a Convention to revise the Consti tution of the Btate, viz: City—Wm. F. Williams, J. P.; R. W. Ledsinger aud R. H. Goetchius. Nances—T. C. Rees, J. P., O. H. Miller, J. P., and A. J. Floyd. Bozeman's—Anderson Howard, J. P., J. H. Brooks, J. P. and John D. Ridenhour. Steam Mill—JS. P. Willis, J. P., O. P. Poe and Wm. A. Cobb. Edward’s -G. M. Bryan, J. P., 8. W. Anthony, J. P. and R. N. Simpson. TJpatoie—John F. Boyd, J. P., C. C. U. Mat thews and Oscar Lee. Given under ray official signature, this May 19th, 1877. T. M. BROOKS, my 20 d&wtd n a TFIJT obtained for mechanical de r A I r as I \vices, medical or other com- I H I Lll I Vponnds, ornamental designs, trade-marks, and labels Caveats, Assignments, Interferences, etc., promptly attended to. I.\VE.\TIX THAT lIAVJE BEEN nr- irnTrn y the Patent Office may UjL IL I I L I Istill, in most cases, be se ll L-JLiU I £U cnre<l by us * Bpin K op posite the Patent Office, we can make closer searches, and secure Patents more promptly and with broader claims than those who are remote trom Washington. iiiuriiTnno* d ub a mo<lel or Nl'i.N I UK \aketch of your device; Ilf f LiII I wllWwe make examinations free of charge, and advise as to patentability. All correspondence strictly cenfidetial. Prices 1“W, AND NO ( IMAGE UNLESS PATENT IS SECURED. We refer to officials in the Patent Office, and to inventors in every Htate in the Union. Ad dress, in German or English, C. A. SNOW & CO., Opposite Patent Office, Washington, I>. EXECUTOR’S SALE. G< F.ORGIA MUSCOGEE COUNTY.—Under an T order ot the Ordinary of Muacoges county will be Bold within the usual hours of sale, on first Tuesday in June next, by 0. S. Harrison, in front of Abbott A Newsom s store, in Columbus, Ga., the bonse and lot on Jackson street, wltn ten feet alley to Oglethorpe street, adjoining property of Downing. McOehee and others. Sold as the property ol Mrs, Mary E. Hardaway, de ceased. Terms: one-third cash in thirty days, one-tbtrd first of January next,- one-third first January 1879. Mortgage to be given by purcha ser. Taxes for present year te be paid by pur chaser. B, A. HARDAWAY, May Sth, 1877. Executor. my 4w Dr. O. B. Xieitnex* OFtaLRS bis professional services to the citi zens of COLUMBUS: Office opposite Time* Office, Randolph street: at night can be found at hiH residence, upper end of Troup street; house formerly occupied by L. Haiman. feb7 tf EVERYBODY SUITER. We ire this Season in Receipt of a Large Supply of all Sizes ot Our Celebrated *£ For l>otli Wood mul Coul Besides a full assortment of other Popular COOKING AND HEATING STOVES GItATKM, sVc., And feel Justified iu saying that we are SURE we can Mint any aud all olaaauA of pur chasm , hot! In quality and price. Of other Goods in out line, we have a large and complete assortment,. tch .as TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE OF KVEUY LKHOBIPTION, HARDWARE, TABLE AND POCKET CUTLERY, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, COAL HODS, SHOVELS, AC. All of these articles wo CAN and WILL soli a VERY BOTTOM PRICES, tan 1 dt# W. H. ROBABTB k 00* T. S. SPEAR, No. 10' Broad St., Columbus, Ga, Watches, Jewelry and Clocks Repaired promptly /vll orders will receive prompt attention. Remington Sewing Machine Deoot. City MarshaEs Sale. VI rILL be sold on FIRST TUESDAY IN JUNE YV NEXT, at Abbott & Newsom’s corner, on Broad street, in the city of Columbus, Ga., the undivided one-half interest in that part of City lot No. 175, lying and being in the City of Colum bus, Muscogee county, State of Georgia, on the east side of Broad street, corner of Broad aud Randolph, running 140 feet more or less, north from Randolph up Broad street to an aliey, aud running east from Broad aud along 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 oi Columbus, to satisfy three tax ft. fas. in my hands for city taxes for the years 1874, 1875 aud 1870, transfer red to said bank. Property pointed out by Sam’l B, Cleghorn, Administrator of estate of Charles Olegjmrh, Amount $1,877.76. TIFF. T. MOORE, myf lawtd City Marshal. CHEAPER THAN EVER I Plantation Wagons, T. K. WYNNE. Phenix Carriage Works! Herring & England OOLKTHOHPK HT. OPPOSITE OLI> TEMPEBANCK HALL. A ItE prepared with „ ,n xjL compfcteut w<jrk- I Srfn* , men to do Carriage work iu all it branchea in the best atyle, and aw V/1 KzLS low an the loweat. We aIBO manufacture new work of various styles. tny!B cod&wly IUEMOVAXj. The Public are Informed that have moved my Tailoring Establishment TO THE STORE NEXT TO Ilogan’s Ice House, Broad Street. FOR THE PURPOSE of carrying on my Busi ness, I have this clay sociated with me Tlr. 11. SEIJ4IAX. A fine and prompt Wort-man. We will be pleased to serve the public, and w ill guarantee as FINE WORK as ,be done iu the United Statea. Bring in your orders for Suits aud they will be furnished with promptness. Respectfully, KiEIINE & SELLMAN. oota tt NOTICE. rpHE undersigned bavin# hfiretoforo held stock X iu the Merchants & M<Jchanics Bank in the city ofColumbus.Ga., hereby gives notice that he has sold his stock in said Company, and had the sains transferaed, and claims in conformity with section 1*96 of the Code of Georgia, that he is ex empt from any liabilities of said Bank, mhll lamGt A. ILLGES. LAWYERS. IIKKNKTT 11. CRAWFORD, Attorney anil Inmisellnr-nl-l.nw. Utiles over Frazt-r, Hardwart, Storo, JatHtr IIKKHK CRAWFORD. J. M. McNKII.I,. Crawford & McNeill, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, \'£H Brood si., < ohimtiiiM, <.a jau!6 Thomas J. Chappell, Attorney fit Law. OFFICE OVER 119 BItOAt) STREET, 4 oliiiiilmis, 4.a. march? tf Joseph F. Pou, Altoniey A 4 'ouu.vllor lit l.tttt. OFFICE west side Broad street over store of W. 11. Roberts A Cos. Practices in State and Federal Courts. Advice and services tendered to Administrators. Executors, Gusrdians, Ato. Spe cialty made of Couvoyauciug, Examining Titles, Ac., iu Georgia, or anywhere in the United Siati’S. All business promptly attended to. i*. J. lUloniP}' n( Ijm, OFFICE over Georgia Home Insurance Com pany. Office hours from Ist October to Ist June, 10 to 4 y. u* sop 19 ly CHAS. H. WILLIAMS, Attornoy at Law COM Mill’s, GA. Will l*ructlce Iu uny 4'ourt. Office over Abbott A Newsom’s Store, ja‘2l tf • HAM L B. HATCHKU. U. U. OOET4 HJU HATCHER A GOETCHIUS Attorney* and Counsellor* at Law. Practice iu State ami Federal Courts. Office—<l7 Broad sti eot, over Wittich A Kin i- Ir> Btorb. fiepl iy J. D. Rambo. W. W Mack all. RAMBO & MACK ALL, Attorneys at Law, Office in Burma’ Building, Columbus, Ga. to hi eod&wly THORNTON & GRIMES, Attorney* nt Law. OFFICE over Abell k Co.’s, corner of Broad and St. Clair streets, Multibus, Ga. Jnlft ly GRIGSBY E. THOMAS, Attornoy at Law 4 oliiiiilmis, 4xA. Office over 0. E. Hochstrasser’s. Jan 12 tl __ IaIO\1:Ij i\ JLUYV, Jr., Attorney and Countiellor at Law. Commissioner of Deeds N. Y. ami other States. Office over Georgia J'oma Bank. ESTATES.—SpeciaI attention to keeping accu rate accounts, vouchers, Ac., aud making an nual returns for Guardians, Administrators and Executors. B<’p2‘.-ly o. OALHomr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, t.enevn. (in. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUKTB OF the Chattahoochee Circuit. Special attention given to Collections. Ho is Corresponding Agent lor the Geneaal Collecting Ageucics ot New York tmd Savanuah. Therefore his facilities for pursuing that branch of the pro esaioft is unsurpassed by any lawyer in the State. if W. Xj,. IiATECAM. Attorney at Law, Hamilton, Ga, \\ r ILL practice in the counties of the Chatta n :heo Circuit. fabfily B. F. HARRELL, Attorney at Law and Solicitor in Equity LUMPKIN, GA. tfifflperial attention given to Collections and remittances promptly made. uovl-tf Lee McLcstci’, ATTORNEY AT LA W, CUKBETA, A. In Superior Courts and Courts of Ordinary, will be assisted by .Joseph F. Pou, Esq., without extra charge to my clients. at' PROMPT ATTENTION TO COLLECTIONS. IVOTICi:! U. S. Internal Revenue SPECIAL TAAKS, MAY 1, 1877, to APRIL. JIO, IH7B. Office of Internal Revenue,) Washington, D. C., January 20th, 1877, J rpilE REVISED STATUTES of the United 1 states, sections 8*232, 3237, 3238, and 3239, requires every person engaged in any business, avocation or employment which reders him lia ble to a SPECIAL TAX, TO PKOCTftE AND PLACE COX NPICUOUNI/Y IX HIH JUNTA H LWIIUENT OK PLACE OP KLHI.UJEHH, a STAMP denoting the payment of said SPECIAL TAX, lor the Special-Tux Year beginning May 1, 1877, before commencing or continuing business after April 30 1877. a return, as prescribed on Form 11, is also re quired by law of every persem liable to Special Tax as above. The Taxes embraced within the provisions of the law above quoted are tkefollowing, viz: Rectifiers S2OO Dealers, retai 1 liquors 25 Dealers, wholesale liquors 190 Dealers in male liquors, wholesale 00 Dealers in malt liquors, retail 20 Dealers in leaf tobacco 25 Retail dealers in leaf tobacco 600 And on sales of over *I,OOO, fifty cents for every dollar in excess of SI,OOO. Dealer sin manufactured tobacco $ 6 Manufactures of still 50 And for each still manufactured 20 And for each worm manufactured 20 Manufacturers of tobacco 10 Manufacturers of cigars W Peddlers of tobacco first class (more than two horses or other animals) $ 60 Peddlers of tobacco, second class (two horses or other animals) $ 23 Peddlers oftobacco, ad class (J horr e or other animal 9 lo Peddlers of tobacco, fourth class \Ob foot or public conveyance) * sl9 Brewers of less than 500 barrels 60 Brewers of 600 barrels or more 100 Any persou so liable, who shall fail to comply with the mregoiug requirements, will bo subject to severe penalties. , Persons or firms liable to pay any of the Special Taxos named above must apply to Andrew Clark, Collector of Internal Revenue at Atlauta, or to the Deputy Collector of their Division, and pay for aud procure the Hpecial Tax Stamp or Stamps they need, prior to May the Ist, 1877, aud WITHOUT PURTHER NOTICE Spec a!-Tax stamps will be transmitted by mail only on receipt from tlic person or firm order iug thesaine of specific directions so to do to wcttisr with ttie i eccß-ary postage stamps, or the amou.it required to pay tho postage. The post age oil one stamp is three cents and on two stamps six cents. Jf it is desired that they be transmit ted by registered mail ten cents additional should accompany the application. GIIEEN It. RAUM, Commissioner Int’l Revenue. FOR SALE OR RENT. rrtHE PROPERTY IN OOLUM- i/SbLP'' l, J BUS, known as the deGral-Wj-, . i - property: for particulars M, I#HISIL apply toG. E. Thomas, Esq., Co- i LLiilsfcr- Inmbus; Marshall deGraffenried, Atlauta, or J. i. Waddell, Seale, Ala. fob 16 tf L. L. COWDERY IMPOHTEH OF AXI> OFAIffHI IX CROCKERY, China and Glassware, House Furnishing Goods, &c. On Hand are the Falla wing Articles: VKCQRA TED TEA A \L> JUNKER SETS, DECORA TED CJIJ MHER SETS, DECORATED COLOON E SETS, DECORATED CHINA and ROM EM lAN VASES , DECORATED MOTTO TEA AND COFFEE rrrX, TA RLE AND POCKET GUTTLER V, SIL TEH PI A TED and HRITA NTA WA RE, FEA TI/ER DUSTERS, COAL OIL LA MI'S, TRA VS, LOOKING GLASSES, CHANDELIERS, LAMP FIXTURES of aU kiwis. WOODEN and WILLOW WARE, DECORATED TIN CHAM HER SETS, dc. J&jt Xiowcst Possible Prices. 120 Broad Street, Columbus, Ga. INSURANCE. Fire Association of Philadelphia. ORGANIZED SEPT. 1,1817. CHARTER PERPETUAL. 4’ISII CAPITA!,, ... <4 54444.4(440.4144. 4.'ro**i Assets IlMl. Ist. IHtt, (II;il-Ud Yiiluc) !t,TMH.4405.0 t. liifi-fiisfMl in the Year 1*741. - - 2241,:t2.4. iVcl sturphis over till IJo hllilies iiirlisdiii? Ite-lusiiruner anil 4 ’o|>ilsil (A. Y. Simulart) 81.4444 1,147(4.4144 JAS. H. LOW & CO., Atlanta, Ga., General Agents Southern Department. 0 "BRITISH AMERICA ASSURANCE COMPANY.” ESTABLISHED 1833. OF TORONTO, CANADA. 4 nsli Capital, (4:441,1*) - - - 854444.4444.4444. 4'asli Assets .Ittiiimry I. 1.H7 7. #1,1!tt4,1444H.14’i. 4'ash Assets in tS. Komis 4t‘s $4 5 44.414144,4)41 Ihmh Stoelis, - • 4Cf.7 444.:tl l ash and other Items - 10,114.544-#415,570.H1. WALKER & BOYD, Atlanta, 6a., General Agents Southern Department. O TXTE aro prepared to issue policies in the above First-Class Fire Insurance Companies, aud hope T V our fellow citizens will give us a share of their patronage. Call aud see üb. MULFORD & ESTES, Agts, CHATTAHOOCHEE NATIONAL BANK. KOAUI4 or ki:i’i:ki:\4 i:n ky PKisnissiov: H. H. EPPING, President Chattahoochee National Bank, H. S- ESTES & SON. SWIFT, MURPHY & 00-, EPPINQ & HANSERD, FLOURNOY & EP PING; MoGEGEE & HATCHER, R. L. MOTT luch'iOtf Semper Idem. Semper Idem. 1849. WILLCOX’S 1877. Insurance Agency. The same time-tried, Eire-tested Experience ! The same Old, Strong, Rich List! The same Massive Array of Gold Assets! The same Prompt, Skillful, Liberal Dealing! H33AX> TIIE LIST: ABtna Insurance Company Assets (Gold). $ 7,278,127 44 North. British nud Mertantilo Insurance Cos “ “ 15,887,892 26 Hartford Firo lusurauceCoinpany “ “ 3,273,809 24 lluyal Insurance Compuny “ “ 19,559,429 05 Continental Insurance Company “ “ 3,040,985 29 Insurance Company of North America “ “ 6,601,884 51 New York Underwriters’ Agency “ “ 3,360,731 47 Phenix insurance Company “ “ 2,792,902 92 Union Marine and Firo liiHUraneo Company.., “ “ 765,781 97 Virginia Home Insurance Company “ “ 283,199 99 Total Assets (Gold) $62,833,904 14 44VK11 SIXTY-TWO U11.1444VS 44F OOLLARS! These name Grand Companies paid thdir .N*XTEENf JVIIJLIOX* fnr losses in Chicago and Boston iu 1871 aud ’72 without hositatiou oc dolay. For Policies iu such Companies apply to Willcoi’s Insurance Affenev. ESC Risks taken anywhere in the State. Louses paid here. f*b2B qodtf JOHN BLACKMAE O Non-Board Fire Ins’nce Agency. •* 1 * • ' K - jlii ‘ V' 1 ’ ’ ' ll > a NEXT TO TELEGRAPH OFFICE, In Georgia Home UirLlciing. ’,{ f ••, I f. , FIRE RISKS WRITTEN ON Gottoo, Merchandize, Dwelliogs and Furniture At LIVING HATES in Good Companies. Losses Settled Equitably and Promptly aprl 8 tf ———— GROCERIES. J. J. Whittle. Uko. M. Yarbrough. Jno. T. McLeod J. J. Whittle 4& Cos. HAVE OPENED A XEW WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERY HOUSE, Under Central Hotel, YTTHERE WE WILL KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A- LARGE AND COMPILE STOCK OE W “rAPLP iiii<l FANCY OBOCEIWW. IDlwrt 01 Hoots, Shoes and Staple Dry Goods, Baeon, Lard, Su gar, Coffee, Cheese, Flour, Syrup, Bagging & Tics, mnUAPCO WHTBKFY BRANDY and WINES, of all grades,‘ SALT. CORN, TEAS of all Brands, togethtrwlth s Rill line ol sJi othsr goods kept a Ax,t-clss. Grocery House. . . . , *#-OUR GOODS are til NEW and FRESH, sad were bought for the CASH. ed we will be able to SELL THEM AS LOW AS THE LOWEST, ~, ~a A#-We solicit the patronage of the Cit-y and surrounding country, , , J. J. WHITTLE 85 CO. ortTJ-eodkwtf * “