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I The Temperance Meeting at the Baptist
Church.
Last night the Baptist Church was well
( OlitXHUi: jj filled by a large audience of ladies and
WEDNESDAY... .FEBIlUAltY 25, 1874. | gentlemen, called together by their inter-
est in the temperance movement. The
: meeting was held under the auspices of
CITY AFFAIRS.
COLUMBUS DAILY MAH Kill.
Fimanoia'..—Sight l>tll« on Now YorkV$ per
cent. ilia stunt; on Boston % per cent.; on Sa
vannah V A por oent.; demand bills on Boston
J^porcout. Banka aro selling chocks on New
York at J^c. premium. Currency loans I@l^
pur cunt, por month. Gold and silver nomi
nal.
OoTToif.—Dull. The following aro the quo
tations:
Ordinary jo fjil
Good Ordinary 18
Low Middlings I8KC014
Middlings 14^@—
Strict Middlings
Hnlos'iiv halos.
Receipts 146 halos—18 by M. h. G. It. It. ;
M by wagons; 0 by N. h. S. It. R. ; 14 by
W. R. R. ; 0 by river; 61 by N. W. it. It.
Shlpmonts 127 halos—lea by 8. w. it. K.;
'if. for homo consumption ; 0 by W. It. It.
DAILY 8TATKMKMT.
Stock on hand Auguutaist, 1873 1,177
Kocelv
previously..
Stock on hand
Samk Day Last Y
168; received samoday
shipped same day 10 ;
stock 11,881 ; sales .'!6.
U. S. Pouts.—Ilecoii
.64,203—64,408
<AU.—August 31st, 1872,
81; total receipts 61,827;
total shipments 4',104;
Middlings luo.
*ts for 4 days 66,881; ox
jontlnen
Southern laud a pure moral |tone is FRESH ARRIVALS AT TUX VIR~
being effecte'd by the temperance men! i* INI A STORK.
and our ladies, an influence silent and j 5,000 yards yard wide Bleached Cottons
noiseles, but strong and sure, which , *4 1^$ cents—worth in the beginning of
Index to A’oi* Advertisements.
Opelika Democratic und Conservative
ticket—soo notice.
Hi rayed or stolon horse — Milton
Thwentt.
Resignation of guardianship—T. D.
Tiusloy.
Masonic grand gift concert—8. If. Hill.
Called mooting—Darley Chapter.
Drossod poultry—Brossill’s corner.
Mayor’ll Court Yesterday.
11. Blackwell and Alock I'ryur wore
chnrgod with disorderly conduct on
13th. Blackwell was charged with $5 and
Pryor $ 13 60.
Large Sale of Mule* anti /torsi*.
J. 8. Boyd advertises to sell to-day, ii
front of Thompson’s stublcs. seventy-live
head of horses aud mules. Ellis A liar
risen at o the auctioneers. Boyd hus sumo
vory lino stock.
City Jlrltlge*.
Columbus has been unlucky with her
bridgos. Both have boon washed awny
once and burned once. The lowor bridgo
was burned in 1805 by tho Confederates,
the upper one by the Federate.
/■'ire in Opelika.
A Iir*» burned up a kitchen in roar of a
brick store iu Opelika yesterday. The
Extinguishor was out and performed won-
dors, to the delight and satisfaction of all.
It saved tho store, which tho llamas hud
caught.
On the Chain Clang.
At tho present time only throo negroos
are under sentence to tho chuiu gang.
Ono of them iH quito sick. Tho numbor
is insnffic.iont to hire a guard and employ
them outside, and hence they aro being
workod in the jail enclosure.
Amount of Insurance.
Tho grist mill of Curbnlly Ac Cost in,
which was burned in Atlanta Sunday
morning, is insured in tho Georgia Homo
for $8,500. This niukos tho loss consid
erably loss than was first supposed. Tho
tiro is thought to have boon tho work of
an incendiary.
Triad for Inefficiency.
It is stated tho Marshal of Opelika was
being tried Monday for cowardioo and
ineffiojeuoy. Tho Mayor ordurod him
Sunday to arrest MoNamoo, but ho failed
to do so, being fearful of tho lattor's
weapon.
.1 Suggestion.
Wo notion that Johu G. Saxe, the dis
tinguished pout, is to deliver his colo-
bratod lecture on “Love” in Atlanta, on
March .list, for tho benefit of tho Youug
Men’s Literary Association. Would it
not bo well for the Literary Association
to invito him hero ?
The II. S. Kate*.
This reliable old eugiue—the first pur
chased by tho North and South Railroad—
1ms boon on the dry docks for six weeks
past. While pulling eight ears loaded
with excursionists, last summer, over
Standing Boy grade, an enthusiastic pas
senger declared, that with little practice
it could climb u tree.
Mothers' Hope Council of the Friends of
Temperance, and the order of exorcises
bogan by the opening Ritual, by T. J.
Apploynrd, President of the Council.
After a prayer by Mr. Kendrick, Mr.
John Appleyard introduced the liov. C.
W. Buck, who began by Raying there is
no subject so stiring the popular heart to
day as temperance. It iB confined to no
land, but comes from every clime lit up
by the sun. The cholera that wan dreaded
and cut off so many was only a short visi
tation of death. But we tremble not,
though a ton thousand limes more power
ful foe is evor raging in our midst, cutting
down the strong man in his prime, the
youth in his bloom, and tho old rnou
standing on tho brink of eternity. This
evil pervades all socioty, and happy is
that family free from its dread contagion.
There is therefore a great deal of neces
sity for this movement particularly
when wo consider that in the United
States alone 00,000 men die of drunken
ness annually, and over 500,000 men aro
acknowledged drunkards, and this out of
a population of 40,000,000. Tho amount
spent for liquor would pay tho nntionul
debt, and ono half of it oach year
would clothe aud educate evory
fatherless child, and $1,600,000,000
were spont in retail saloons in 1872:
200,000 paupers aro made by intouipor-
perauco. Yet, there is hope—there aro
to-day 100,000 Friends of Temperance at
work, 375,000 Good Templars—over
1,000,000 tornporatico men iu tho Uuited
States. All these are working to wipe out
this terrible evil, not to force it out by
tho bayonot, or to coerce, but to load and
draw men into tho work by moral suasion;
and this mode has not “played out," as
Homo men think. Education is the grent
remedy. Do educate tho children that
from their oariiest childhood they will
ontortain a horror of tho cup that kills
both soul and body.
Tho mothers of the laud can aid tho
work, and tho Legislature should inter
fere to savo tho lives, property and well-
faro of their citi/.ons by judicious acts.
The drunkard is never the tempter; ho
only injures himself. It is tho moderate
drinker that tomptH. Tho moderate
driukor is tho mau out of whom tho
drunkard is made. No man becomes a
drunkard at ouco, but Htep by Htop. Tho
speaker exhibited a chart on which were
pictures illuHtrating tho drunkard’s pro
gress. This, ho Raid, was a warning
to the child; but tho moderate
driukor, occupying positions of honor,
is the ono who sots tho first
example that loads to danger. Tho
Church cannot take tho place of tho tom-
peranco societies, for it oanuot come iuto
direct contact with tho habitual drunkard.
Yet the Church is superior to tho societies
iu that tho ono is spiritual ami the other
temporal. Ninety-nine per cont. of tho
murders in this country, ami niuoty-throo
per cent, of othor crimes, aro directly
attributable to inteniperunoo.
Tho speaker closed with a splendid
peroration iu behalf of temperanoo, total
abstiuouoo and victory.
Dr. Buck's address was listoued to with
the doepest intorest, and mot tho approval
of every right-thinking person.
Tho noxt spenkor was the llev. Dr.
Whittaker, of lialoigh, N. C., who is
Chief of tho Friends of Temperance iu
that Stato. Tho speaker made a humor
ous allusiou to his having greatness thrust
upon him hero by tho paper. Iu North
Carolina ho was never accused of being
an orator. Ho was much edified by Doc
tor Buck's address, and ho would follow
the same liuo of argument, only that he
would exhort iu addition. Six hundred
million dollars, according to Mr. Young,
is tho amouut of tuonoy spout iu manu
facturing liquor uuuuully iu this country
There aro ono hundred and ninety
thousand bar-keepers in this country,
and theso men do not work in any produc
tive calling, yet they eat and drink ; but
at w hoso expense ? The speaker made a
capital illustration to prove whiskey-sell
ers did not benefit a now country, und
therefore could not help au old one.
Many men try to shield themsolves in
moderato drinking, by stating they are
members of tho church. Wo give liberal
ly to support saloous, yet speud but little
to support the Gospel, lie estimated that
, oven among church goers twelve dollars
was spout oach year for intoxicating
drinks,to ono dollar to support the Gospel.
Mr. Whittaker's speech, which lasted
about an hour, was listened to with
breathless attention, and there was uul a
promises to regenerate the land.
It will be fun, though, if a raid is made
iu Columbus.
The Upper Bridge—Title* in Diapute.
Mr. J. T. Holland claims that the west
ern abutment of the upper bridge divides
in two a lot of his. He claims that he
finds no title belonging to tho city for
that sido. A bridge wus built at tbe same
place by a private company before tho
war, which was washed away. Wo believe
it was a free structure then. Tho city
charter allowed no toll bridge to be erect
ed three miles from the lower ono, unless
tho city nssented. The company replaced
tho structure, which was burned by the
J'uderuls in April, 18G5. It was generally
supposed the original company gained
titles to the western bank from Dr. Inger-
soU, and after concerns by long undis
puted custom, which made it and tho road
beyond a public highway. Ia the latter
part of 1857 a company, of which Mr. 8.
G. Murphy was secretary and treasurer,
contracted with Horace Godwin orHoraco
King (Godwin is the name in the con
tract,) to build auother bridge on tho site
of tho ono that was burned, for $17,372
Tho oity subscribed ten thousand
dollars in bonds, which Horace
agreed to tako at par. Tho agreement
with tho city was, the private stockhold
ers were to retain control for tivo years,
or a less time if they were reimbursed.
Tho bridgo was built somowhut narrower
than tho contract. Horuoo agreeing, tho
company early in 1808 delivered tbe
bridgo to tho oity on payment to the con
tractor of $3,500 more of bonds, which
was done, and tho city now owns it. Col.
F. G. Wilkins was then Mayor. Since
then stone piers have been constructed
If there is any dispute about that western
nhutmout, all the city has to do is to
close tho bridge. This will ruin Marshall,
and terribly incommode the Alubumian. 1
Oolumbuft has another bridgo connecting
with Alubama, to which the city has the
dearest sort of titles, which no one dare
dispute. When individuals are more
benefited than tho city is, tho corporation
should not pay anything. Columbus con
trols tho river to high water murk on
other side. _
LOCAL BRIERS.
rerday was a cheorless, disagreeable,
drizzling rainy day.
It costs more to keep the dogs in Co
lumbus than would feed nil the poor in
tho city.
Every sneeze caused by snuff costs a
cent to protect American manufacturers
from foreign sneezes.
Snipe are said to bo vory plentiful in
Kussoil county, Ala., and tho hunters ore
going for them.
It is tho prevailing opinion that cigars
are too high iu Columbus, aud smoker
are taking to pipes.
The New Jackson left yesterday.
Ye drummers have almost censed tliei
gentle visitations.
Tho boot-blacks aro doing a passable
business.
The Punm Ball promises to bo tho
grandest entertainment ever given it
Inmbus. It is to be given at tho Perry
House, on March fid. Tickets throe dol
lars each.
Tho iifo and drum last ufternoon gave
notice that Washington Fire Company,
No. 2, (eolorod) would give a supper last
night. __ ___
Firemen’s Sujijwr,
In ordor to replenish their treasury,
Washington Company No. 2, colored,
gave a big ball aud supper at Temperance
Hull lust night ; admission fifty cents. A
largo number assembled, and the uti'uir
may bo pronounced a success.
HO TEL A It It 1 VA LS.
Rankin House, Feb. »-i.
inty Fay * to be On
Muscogee county, including State,
county, municipal, and United States
tuxes, pays in taxes over $200,000 per an
num. What are taxes but paying for tbe
privilege of being governed? Of this
large sum Columbus pays seven-tenths
This government business is uo light
matter. Wo have one satisfaction, and
that is, that the county tax next year will
bo vory light. Tho entiro debt hus boon
A. Wight, St. Lou
W. Wiggins, “
W. II. Atwood, N
icut.
J. C. House, New York.
A. S. Bates, Macon, Gu.
I. L. B. Gunnell, Baltimore.
G. W. Bartlette, New York.
O. P. Wad©,
It. It. Haskell,
S. 1). Clapp, “ “
Ii. L. Leonard, Louisville.
11. M. Wukutuan, Cincinnati.
Wui. Dowuiug, Lexington, Ky
J. M. DoLaoy, Hutuheobubbee
Haven, Conuect-
Alu.
person in tho church who did not feel his
arguments wore incontrovertible.
Tho intervals botweou tho speeches
were filled in by tho splendid singing of
the Church Choir.
After tho meeting Rome twenty addi
tions wore made to the Temperance Couu
eil hero, and all felt that this first mooting
in n good cause had resulted in good.
Dr. Buck is editor of The Hood Tem
plar, ono of the best temperance papers
in the South. Headquarters at Opelika,
paid off, with tho oiooption of *B,U00 iu J 1'or.ouo deninii|> to join tho Counoil, ! *“ lu "’ " lm '" oouipols n man to support a
lunula. They would ho paid at once would ohonld h»nd iu their uiimos to Mr T J ; family '>>’ tho cultivation of poor laud,
Appleyard, at this office, or to Mr. (\ II I Tho to l>o solved by tho South
Crichton, tho Marshal of tho Council.
Attention !
As my Address on elementary Agri
cultural Cukmihtuy, teaching tho cheap
est and shortest moans for procuring mul
compounding manures, is enthusiastically
received aud heartily endorsed by almost
every intelligent planter in this section,
and that 1 may bo compensated in a meas
ure Homowliat commensurate with the
acknowledged merits of the production
and value of the information conveyed,
1 do from this date establish tho price nt
50 cents per copy. In consideration of
this change, I do hereby ngroo to
fund '.ho money to any farmer who, after
reading tho production, will certify to m<
ho iR not fully satisfied with the invest
mont. There is no slavery so hopeloss
that which compels n man to support a
the parties hulditig them present them tc
the Commissioners. County salaries, in
eluding jurors, bailiffs and costs of court
uve about $20,844 this year.
! before 1
After the
a loo.
Accidentally Shot Himself.
On Monday night Wui. II. MeNan
Register in Chancery for Lee county,
accidentally shot with his own pistol.
' Nearly evory bar keeper iu tho city re-
1 oeived the following notification yesterday
o, 1 by postal cards :
as “Mr. : You aro heieby notified,
It j that unless you stop selling whiskey by
tn hope for agricultural recu
peration and prosperity, is cheap and
liable manures. The Address solves that
problem. I defy the agricultural or sci
entific world to disprove ono faot or /kwi.
tiou taken iu the Address.
J. Monhoe Lennard,
Columbus, G.
Tho above work is for sale at fho En-
soorns, according to tho report which lias 1 Friday next, 27th inst., you will bo visit- j Wfinnu Office, where copies can bo order-
roachod us, Uuit ho bad, while under the ! ed by tho lading, who will pray that you i L ' A *>‘b "tnuip enolosod for re.
. , ’ * * * i turn postage. A liberal discount made to
lullueuce of liquor, on Sunday, tired oil save yourself ar.d the balance of man- j Grangers or farmers ordering a large
his weapon several times on tho streets of kind." | number. This pamphlet should be iu tbe
Opelika. lie stated he would not allow This may be a sell, or it may bo iu | bauds of evory planter at this time,
himself to be arrested, and no attempt to oaruest. It has certainly caused a quak- j m mmmmmmmmmbh■
mad. by tho city police. Ou iug among the liquor seller., and one has Railroad Sale of Unclaimed
the season 18c.
,000 4-4 Sea Island Cotton, 12$ cents,
worth 15 cents.
6,000 yards Spring PriutR.
10-4, 11-4 and 12-4 Bleached and
Brown Sheeting.
500 dozen John Clarke’s Spool Cotton,
only 70 cents.
Black Alpacas only 40 cents—worth in
any market 50 cents.
Jugla's and Harris' Kid Gloves for
ladies and gents.
Gents’ Opera Kids only $1.00.
Foxed aud plain Cloth Gaiters, Calf
end Oil, Goat Shoes, made to order aud
warranted not to rip.
Gents’ Hand-Sewed Shoos at cost.
•SiT Kemember, the Virginia Store is on
tho west side of Broad street.
Peyton, Gordon & Co.
ja27 deod&wtf
To Mu he Room for Spriny Ratines*
I will contiuuo to sell my entire Stock of
Dry Goods at and below cost. Many
goods at half price. I am receiving large
lines of Domestic Goods at lower prices
tbnn have been known for 15 years. 5,000
yards 4-4 Bleached Cotton 12$c,worth 10c/
5,000 4-4 Sea Island Colton 12$c, north
10c. Wide Sheetings and other goods in
same proportion. 500 dozen Spool Cotton
at 70c per dozen; New and beautiful
Calicoes at 10 and lie/ Hamburg Edges
and other white g.ods cheap; Black
Alpacas, the most beautiful I have over
shown. Cloths and Cassimeres and Cent's
furnishing goods. All Factory goods at
Factory prices. Shoes made to order
and warranted good. All consumers
should uvAil themselves of this opportu
nity. II. T. Cbioler.
feblOood
Clearing Out Sale.
In order to dispose of my Worsted
Dress Goods, already marked ut very low
pricos, they will bo still farther reduced
10 por cent, from present figures.
fobO ood J. S. Jones.
More of those excellent Shoos, still
selling at cost, at Crioler’s,
To Arrive:
A now lot Prints and Bleached Domes
tics, which will be offered at cost, at
febO ood J. S. Jones’.
Coats’ and Clark's Spool Cotton, 70
conts per dozen, at
febO ood J. S. Jones’.
Men's Furnishing Goods, Fine Cloths
and Cussimoros are selling at a sacrifice at
Crioler's,
Belay is Dangerous :
Previous to stocking up in spring, n
choice lot of White Goods, Check Mus
lins, Jaconets, Linen Lawns, Table Liu-
ouh, &«*.., ore still offered at cost. As tho
above will bo iu steady request in a few
weeks, a very little delay will result iu
enhanced prices.
febO J. S. Jones.
Coats’ and Clark's Spool Cotton at 70c.
por dozen, at
Blanchard's,
123 Broad st.
Tho Fine-Cut Smoking Tobacco nt
Buhlkr’h, now Cigar and Tobacco Store,
on itandolph street, next door to Chap
man’s Drug Store. feblO tf
The original “Lono Jack" Tobacco at
Bdhler's new Cigar and Tobacco Store.
febl5 tf
For safety, dealers and consumers
should buy Crystal Korosono Oil from C.
J. Moffett. dec2Uf
(Joed Things.
Go to the Kuby ltestaurant for your
Oysters, Fish, Game, and all things good
to oat. ootlfi tf
Elder Flower Lotion euros Chapped
Hands and smooths aud softens the Skin.
For salo at Moffett'u Drug Store.
dec2l tf
Something new'—tho “Gulebra" Cigar.
Try it; at Buhler s now Cigar aud To
bacco Store. febS tf
Dry Good* at Loir Prices.
Lnndaner A Bro. having disposed of a
large lot of dry goods to prepare for the
spring trade, offer to sell the balance of
their stock, until their new goods arrive,
at tho very lowest prices. They invite
tbe attention of buyers to their articles.
If their prices do uot suit the views of
buyers, they will make prices thut will.
They ask that all may coll, aud they guar
antee satisfaction, both as to quality and
charges. They have a msguificent stock
of goods, and they consider it a pleasure
to show their fabrics. Give them a call,
tf
The genuine Perique Smoking Tobaoco
at Buhlor’s new Cigar aud Tobaooo Store,
ou UaudolpU Rtroet, west of Enquirer
office. fobs tf
Buhler’s new Cigar aud Tobacco Store
is open. feb8 tf
Winter Cassimeres aud Dress Goods
less than actual cost, at
Blanchard’s, 123 Broad st.
Tho largest assortment of Imported
Huvana Cigars, at Buhler’s new Cigar and
Tobacco Store, on Itandolph street, west
of Enquirer office. feb* tf
Reduction for Cash !
A. Gammill has reduced prices for cash
payments for hire. Call ut his stables,
Oglethorpe street. j02!)-1m
Tho genuine imported “Henry Clay" j
cigar at Buhler’s new Cigar and Tobacco
Store, on Itandolph street, west of Eu-
quiror office. feb8 tf
Full lines of Bleached and Brown
Homespuns, at cost at
fel Blanchard’s.
Monday, to prevent arrest, ho had a off ered to sell out at low figures. A friend
cooked Derringer in his pocket, which was at our elbow suggests there are three
accidentally discharged. The ball enter- 1 things yon cant nttack successfully:
od his thigh, ranged dowuwards, and “The purity of tho church, the virtuo of
wheu our informant left had uot been women aud tho freedom of whiskey."
found. Tho wound is regarded ns very ! While tbe women of tho West are at-
seriouA. Tho wounded man is said to be, tacking bar keepers, they do uot interfere
©s a rule, very clever aud agreeable. All 1 with the houses which sell millions of
is the result of oarryiug concealed > dollars of whiskey per annum,
weapons. j We are glad to recognize that through
Goods.
mUK following named consignees »r* hereby no-
L lifted thut we will till at public outcry, be
fore the .nu lion hou*e A Eli., A Harrison, ou
Monday. March lfllb, M the utunl hour* of stle,
the follow iug article*, unless *nhi conmgnee* come
forward, pay charge* and remove freight* :
E. 0. Marie—One barrel merchandise.
II. C. Key—One atiaper.
Buy Drugs at panic prices from C. .
Moffett, 74 Broad St. dec21 tf
J. II. HAMILTON,
Wholesale mid llelull Urocer,
Jnuctlnaof Franklin, Warreu A Oglethorpe 8te.
A fresh supply of the best Prints at ] “
ten cents per yard, at
Blanchard s.
Factory Checks at 14o. per yard at
Blanchards.
T. E. Blanchard is still offering his
stock of Dry Goods, without reserve, at
Cost!