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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!