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THE DAILY TIMES.
OdumbiUi Go..
THURSDAY APRIL 8, 1875.
WWAUVm FOM AIM i E4Ur.
r. 11. WUMMMM. J
- ■ KKHOVAL.
The Tiuxn Office haw been removed from uu
by'n Building to the old Enquirer Office, oiniun
dolph wtreot, third door w**t of the Pont Office.
largest daily circulation
In City mut Mulmrlo.
The Savannah and Macon
Telegraph have each paid u a flatter
ing compliment. We thank them,
and will endeavor to merit their good
opinion.
Let a law be enacted making the
stealing of a hog, sheep or goat a
penitentiary offence, and we will see
those onco familiar animals again.
Otherwise let a petition be circulated
calling on old John Robinson to In
clude them in his menagerie next
winter that our children may not be
entirely unfamiliar with those neces
sary animals.
Hon. Alexander H. Wlrphrns.
We give much of our space to the
letter of Hon. A. H. Stephens, which
will be found in this issue. Mr. Ste
phens’ high political standing in
Georgia, and his extreme reticence
on his position in the last Congress,
has excited numberless inquiries re
garding him.
In the letter he defends himself
against the charges made, but the
letter is unsatisfactory, because lie
falls to define his position, or to offer
advice to the jieople. He is contented
With asserting that lie has not voted
to “sustain an usurpation.”
Plan Unit In the tiull stale*.
Under the above caption the New
York World says that “planting lias
resulted in pecuniary ruin to nearly
all who have followed it, except those
who have done so on the narrowest
scale.” Would that our own journals
could charitably sjieak as the World
does in the following'terms: “It is
sad that such brave endeavor as these
war-wrecked planters have put forth
should have such disastrous issue.
Too much x-emains to be done in re
placing stock, such as mules, cows,
pigs, etc., which the negroes, under
the pernicious system of labor and
licence (italics ours—En.) that lias
prevailed have übused or destroyed.”
Planters, subscribe for the World.
We hear rumors that many in Ala
bama are now discharging most of
their handsi and cutting down pro
duction to the smallest possible limit.
This is our true policy. Raise grain
at home and save that much. Until
our laws are made more stringent
and are executed it is folly to talk
about raising our own meat.
The Problem of the Xeitro.
The next important reason why im
migrants do not seek the South, is
owing to the fact that the system of
public schools it is not known lias
become general throughont the
South. The central government by
its educational charts lias fostered
the prejudices, scattered broadcast
through Europo against the South by
pamphlets and personal appeals.
Those sections of the country, where
education is not general are marked
with black, and the unfortunate
South is covered with a mantle of ig
norance according to this chart.
Again, the prejudices of the foreigner
and the Northerner against personal
contact with the negro in schools and
elsewhere, is very strong, as is evi
denced by the evasions with which
they avoid the enforcement of the
civil rights bill in the North. The
German, educated by Ids Govern
ment gratis at home, wishes his chil
dren to receive the same advantage
in the New World. Hitherto lids ad
vantage lias been found only in what
were known before the war ns the
“Free States.”
When Georgia will emulate Ten
nessee in preparing a book descrip
tive, not only of the liberul facilities
for getting an education by all its
people, but also a description of the
minornl wealth that lies in its moun
tains and valleys in the Northern part
of the State, together with its varied
agricultural resources, we may hope
to gradually deflect the tide of immi
gration in thiß direction.
And in this connection wo would
urge upon the Commissioner of Agri
culture the preparation of such a
work in time for the Centennial Ex
i position. That will be a cosmopoli
tan exhibition, and if Georgia will
emulate the example of the State of
lowa in the Paris Exposition of 1807,
it can not fall to have a good effect.
That Exposition will prove the best
advertising inodium in this century;
and a little table covered with speci
mens of our minerals, their accessi
bility and qualities fitly described,
will draw public attention to our dor
mant wealth. Another table, covered
with the different varieties of cotton
grown, will speak to millions of j>eo
ple its logical utterance. Stop its
production, and you wilt tic the sails
of commerce and clog the wheels of
Industry. Limit its production in the
South, and you can carry the price of
the staple as high as you please.
Tho negro is au inferior race, and
statistics prove that he is gradually
decreasing in numbers. He is at pre
sent, we may say, iu a chrysalis
state ; and it is not natural
that an untutored, semi-civilized
race can successfully comi>eto with
Ills more blessed rival, the
white laborer. We are centuries
in advance in circumstances of edu
cation and progress. The African
cannot, be completely Americanized.
If he is placed upon “reservations”
and loft to work out his own destiny,
he will jiale away like the unfortu
nate Indian. In the Anglo-Franco
Island of Mauritius the negro has de
generated, but the country has pros
pered from the Indian labor and the
new comers. To these latter the ne
gro, like the Fellah of Africa, leaves
the heavy productive labor; in con
sequence,negro population decreases.
Nor is It to bo carelessly accepted t hat
the South will gain by a negro exo
dus. In spite of the Jesuitical influ
ence of the covenant of hate—the loy
al leagues and that Ku-Klux organ
ization “tho Grand Army of the Re
public”—the negro has become a val
uable element to tho South. He has
progressed so far that we are led to
hope ho may progress further. His
only hopes arc with his only natural
sympathizers—tho Southern people.
Left to his native instincts he will de
generate into the brutality of fetich
ism ; unaided by his former masters
he will suffer; but encouraged by the
Central Government to idleness and
corruption, he will become a formi
dable barrier to Southern progress.
The enterprising foreigner lias the
opportunity hero which is afforded
him nowhere else on this Continent,
of utilizing tills cheap labor, so as to
rapidly accumulate u competence.
They will come in time.
France.
The elevation of the I>uko of Audi
fret-Pasquler to the Presidency of the
French Assembly, is a remarkable
event. He is no more a Republican
than Alexander Hamilton wus. Re
sults have proved that Alexander
Hamilton was correct iu his opinion
of the destiny of this Republic, and
it is possible that this generation will
see ills idens logieully curried out.
Jeffersonian Democracy we believe
to be the true theory of Republican
government, but Hamilton was not,
strictly speaking, a Republican. Like
tho Duke d’Audifret-Pasquier, lie in
clined to the constitutional monarchy,
but did not deem it practicable or ex
pedient.
Switzerland is the true ideal of a
Republic. Her subjects embrace an
aristocracy equal in antiquity and
tho respect paid to them, to her
monarchical neighbors, as well as a
peasantry and citizens, who are guar
anteed the same equality before the
law which characterizes democratic
America. Monarchs and the nobili
ty of all European countries throng
her cities, and prevent by their pres
ence agrarian and other extreme
doctrines. Hut France is differently
situated; and we do not believe tho
Hepubliecan be perpetuated. Royalty
went to pieces in 178!), it is true, but
Imperialism was warmly greeted in
1818. Tho Emperor Napoleon 111.
suited the French people far better
than the President Louis Naiioleon.
They crave the glitter of court pa
geants, military displays, and the
splendor of Paris, tho oaptal of the
Empire. “Paris e’est le Monde!" and
Republican rule will not admit of a
Huron Haussmann and his splendid
architectural achievements. If the
Left, led by Gambetta united with
the Moderate Right to make this ti
tled aristocrat President, it is a trib
ute to his personal worth rather than
a proof that this harmonious result
meuns a long lease of power to the
Republic.
♦ i
lli, Tax on UnriKiiitrs
Protests ought to lie uttered every
where against the unjust tribute paid
under tho above caption. If a man
holds his plantation for #15,000, at
which sum it has been assessed, and
it is mortgaged for $7,500, though the
owner of the fee has only an interest
of $7,500, lie (lays a tax on the $15,000,
and the mortgagee is likewise called
upon to pay a tax on his $7,500. A
tax oil $22,500 is collected from this
property, when it is only worth $15,-
000. We have often wondered why
such a law should exist. If it is ever
to be changed now seems the time to
doit. Hitpposo tho paity giving the
mortgage goes into bankruptcy, or
takes advantage of tho homestead
exemption, where Is the justice in ex
acting for years a tax on the face
value of tlic mortgago from the
mortgagee, when the mortgage
proves not to lie worth ttic paper
upon which it is written?
Tin* Fut'alyptn* In Uiitm*.
The Pall Mall Gazette says; Gara
buldi is occupied, among other
schemes, in planting the famous Eu
calyptus Globulus (Australian gum
tree) around Rome, with a view to
prevent malaria. Travelers in the
South of Europe have now an oppor
tunity of admiring noble specimens
of tins tree in (lie promenades and
public gardens of Nice, Cannes, Hye
res, and Algiers; while iu Spain its
health-giving properties are well
known and appreciated. Iu 1860 the
Eucalyptus was first introduced into
Spain on account of hygienic virtues,
and these were so soon discovered by
the poor people of Valencia that they
used to steep the loaves for the pur
pose of making decoctions. The Capo
of Good Hope, Corsica, Sicily, Cali
fornia, and (Cuba, have also their
plantations. The Eucalyptus, in fact,
is making the tour of tho world. Al
ready efforts are being made to intro
duce the tree into Ceylon as an anti
dote to jungle fever. Unfortunately,
it is too delicate to stand English
springs.”
The many visitors in Jacksonville,!
Fla., last winter, must have been im
pressed with tlie princely efforts of
General Sanford, late U. 8. Minister
to Belgium, to introduce successfully
foreign plants and tropical fruits in
Florida. Among these nothing was j
more notable than the Eccalyptus j
tree which he is distributing gratis
to the people of Florida.
The Convention.—Wo continue in :
to-day’s issue extracts from the State i
Convention question. A remarkable
degree of unanimity exists in the Con
servative ranks, and all the indica
tions point to a triumphant issue in
August. Tho only thing to fear, and
that we warn our friends against, is
over confidence. There is an over
whelming majority of the people of
the State in favor of a change in the
Constitution and the absolute neces
sity of a convention to make ttiese I
changes is freely admitted by all
classes. There are counties in the •
State where the sentiment is so unan- j
imous that it is possible some may
fail to voto unless the importance of j
the subject is brought constantly be
fore their readers. Another gratify
ing thing is the disposition to send
tho coolest and clearest headed men
iu tho State to the Convention. It is !
one of the best signs of the times.-
Mont. Advertiser.
Tho Tredegar Company, of Rich
mond, Vu., propose to erect an estab
lishment for the manufacture of horse
shoes, which will give employment
to six hundred hands.
letter from Hon. A. H. (tifkau.
Libekty Hall, )
Crawfordville, Geo., t
March 31, 1875. )
Editor* Morning News:
My attention has been called, by
the kindness of a friend, to an edito
riul in your paper of the93d inst.,and
a communication in the name issue,
over the signature of “Phllokris,
each containing strictures upon iny
course in Congress, which, I am in
formed, some of your readers think I
ought not to permit to pass unnotieed.
It xs due to myself, as well us to the
country, I am told, that I should au
thoritatively respond to these grave,
public charges ugalnst my fidelity to
the cause of constitutional liberty.
The copy of the pa(>er referred to
was received several days ago, hut
my time since then has been too
much occupied witii company and
otlxer business of pressing impor
tance, for me, at an earlier day than
this, to give the subject that notice
which its character, fa the opinion of
others, seems to demand.
You will, therefore, please allow
me tlic privilege of now expressing
til rough your columns, as briefly and
pointedly as possible, and afso in
language Intended to be entirely re
spectful, my unqualified protest
against the misstatement in mutter,
and what I can but look upon as the
(lisingenuousness iu tone, which per
vade both tlic.se articles. As fair
specimens of the matter, as well as
the tone, which characterize both,
from their beginning to their end,
the following extracts one from
each—may be given. In the editorial,
for instance, you say:
“It has been with extreme reluc
tance and only from aprofound sense
of duty, that we have expressed our
dissent from the course of Hon. A. H.
Stephens in upholding the usurpa
tions of President Grant, by which
constitutional government has been
virtually overthrown in the State of
Louisiana and a military despotism
established in its stead. In the con
fident expectation that Mr. Stephens
would in his place on the floor of the
House, at the proper time, give the
country his views of the policy of tire
Administration towards the people
of Louisiana, and that he would make
known tho reasons which impelled
him not only to justify the Kellogg
usurpation, but also to apprqvo the
subsequent military intervention for
its maintenance, we refrained even
from an expression of our surprise at
his course, so widely at variance with
the known sentiments of his constitu
ents and of the constitutional De
mocracy of the Union. When, how
ever, ho not only failed to raise his
voice in denunciation of a deliberate
and persistent system of usurpation
and outrage, such as has never before
disgraced the annals of even the Rad
ical party, but by his vote in the last
hours of Congress contributed to de
feat the parliamentary tactics of tho
Democrats, the object of which was
to prevent tho endorsement of the
Kellogg usurpation by tlie Radical
majority in that body, we were con
strained, more in sorrow than in any
spirit of fault, finding with our dis
tinguished Representative, to ex
press our dissent from his course.”
In the communication referred to,
signed “Philolcris,” (and which from
its position and the leaded style in
which it is put up, may bo considered
as sent forth with editorial sanction,)
the writer, after stating that what he
had said in a previous article about
“tlxo distinguished author” of “the
war bectween the States,” “was in
sorrow not in anger,” goes on with
the following language :
“And some people entertained un
bounded confidence iu his resources,
power and influence. They looked
on him as the Moses who was to lead
us through tlie wilderness of difficul
ties in which we had become involved
safe to the Canaan of restored posi
tion and weight iu tlie administra
tion of the affairs of this country.
They looked on him as the greatest
living Apostle, the very Paul of State
sovereignty. Ami wliat was the se
quel? What has he done? How tins
he defended Htato rights? What has
been his course? He has defended
the back-pay, supported Grunt, voted
with Radicals against Democrats!
Oh! what a fulling off! How have
we found our idol, clay!”
First, then, as to the matter of tlie
| above extracts, against which I enter
' my unqualified protest.
When ami where, in wliat word, or
I by what deed have I ovor “upheld,”
“defended,” or "supiKirtetl” any act
j of “usurpation” by General Grant or
j anybody else, either in low or high
official position'' I join issue witii
! you directly and squarely ujhmi the
facts on which your accusations arc
bused. You say farther iu your edi
torial that you expected me, in ray
place in the House, to make known
the reasons which “impelled” me “to
justify the Kellogg usurpation.”
When and where, I ask, did I ever by
word or deed justify any usurpation
of Kellogg? 1 aver l hat no “reasons”
nor powers have ever yet “Impelled,”
or induced me to justify or sanction
any usurpation whatever, and never
will so long as I retain tlxo faculties
of my mind. This statement, that I
have by some act or word justified
the Kellogg “usurpation,” you will
please allow me most respectfully to
say, is as groundless in point of fact
as it is injurious iu force of terms.
My life has been devoted to the main
tenance of right against wrong- the
rights of States against all abuses of
power which tend to oppression and
tyranny; and you are most respect
fully asked to specify, if you can, a
! single word or act in that life, private
| or public, at variance with this aver
| meut, You have the record of forty
I years before you,
! If I have over said or done any
thing iu relation to any act of (jen.
j Grant., which is not maintainable
upon tlie immutable principles of
right, truth and justice, you will do
; me u favor by naming it.
, Again, you say in effect, (and must
have meant to lie understood as so
: saying in terms, if you meant any
thing,) that my vote, “in the last
hours of Congress,” to take up the
report of the Committee on Louis
iana Affairs, enabled tho Radical ma
jority of tlie House to endorse the
Kellogg usurpation.
Allow me to say to you, as before,
that this statement, if you intended ;
( it as I suppose you did, is utterly er
roneous. Aly vote did not enable the
Radical majority of the House to do
any such thing; nor did that majority
do any such thing. There was no en
dorsement of the legality of Kel
logg’s election, nor of a single act of
his administration. But mv vote did
enable a majority of the House to put
their explicit condemnation upon the
huge iniquity of the Radical return
ing board in Louisiana, by which tho
Democracy of that State' had been
defrauded of tlie majority in the
House of Representatives of the Leg
islature, to which they were rightful- j
ly entitled. By my vote, which turn
ed the scale and decided tlie question 1
of taking up that report, this con
demnation was secured—a condem
nation the more signal from the fact
that it was unanimous, every Radical,
as well as every Democrat, in the
House voting for it! This grand re
sult, which never would have been
attained without my vote, however
you nud others may look upon it, I
regard as the greatest triumph in the
vindication of popular rights and
State rights achieved on the floor of
Congress for the sixteen preceding
years. It opened the way, too, for
another like vindication on the Ar-
I kansas question, which soon fol
lowed.
But iu voting, us I did, to take up
tho report of tho committee, I wus
found voting with Radicals, und
“against the parliamentary tactics of
! tho Democrats,” whose object, you
say, was “to prevent the endorsement
of the Kellogg usurpation” i That is
the “tactics” I did not yield to
which, it seems, were planned with a
view to prevent what no one even pro
| posed to do. Wise and sagacious
I leaders of the “Democracy of tixo
Union,” think you, were those who
planned such “parliamentary tac
tics” ? Heaven forbid that I shall
ever be found following such leaders
when public liberty is at stuko! and
Heaven forbid that tho cause of the
true Democracy of the United States
shall ever be committed for guidance
and control to the hands of the au
thors of sueh“tuctics”!
My groat offence, then, consists in
giving a voto by which no change was
effected as to the status of Kellogg,
but by which the crimes of the re
turning board against the rights of
the people and of the State of Louisi
ana were unanimously condemned
by the House of Representatives in
Congress; and by which, through
the peaceful instrumentalities of the
Constitution, that State has been re
lieved from the terrible scourge of
military interference, and the whole
country relieved, temporarily at least
from the anguish of one of those vir
ulent cankers upon the body politic
growing out of the reconstruction
usurpations of CoDgress, against
which I have ever warred and ever
shall war.
This, forsooth, is my blunder, mj
crime, my worse than archangel fall!
It is for this “Phllokris” exclaims;
“How have we found our idol, clay!”
In this consists my desertion from
the principles taught iu the “Consti
tutional view of tlie war between the
States?” Excuse me, Mr. Editor, for
saying that all who thus really think,
if any such there be, have my sirieer
est pity and profoundest commisse
ration. Be assured, however, tiiai u
majority of my constituents, and a
majority, I trust, of the Democracy
of the Union, are not in that class.
Your assertion in this particular is, I
ween, as gratuitous as in others. You
and “Philolcris” would do well also
to remember that it was not Moses
who fell, but those who “departed”
I from tlie true faith, and erected in its
stead n molten cull' as tliciy “idol,”
before which they bowed down and
worshipped. Hence, their troubles
and sufferings.
So much as to the matter set forth
in my double arraignment before
your readers.
Secondly, then, witii your indul
gence, 1 have a few words to add as
to the tone of that arraignment. On
this point you must allow me most
respectfully to say that us it seems
to me both articles evince an object
or purpose not unlike that of the wolf
in tile fable that was bent upon a
quarrel with his intended victim fas
I ant tie/as. When the charge of mud
| dying the waters in the stream above
him by the one below was too flimsy
a pretext to justify his ulterior de
signs, another more specious, but
equally fallacious, was soon after
wards resorted to. Whether the re
sult in this ease, if it really be as it
appears to me, will be similar to that
in the fable, time must disclose. lint
if this case is not as it seems to me,
(which you know test;) if the teal ob
ject ami purpose of these imputations
against my fidelity to true Democrat
ic principles be not barely a prelude
to u contemplated open war upon me
and my position in tlie coming strug
gle between Constitutionalism and
Centralism in the United States, why,
let me ask you, am I not only thus
assailed in your paper upon charges
so groundless, but also made the spe
cial object of assault for mv course
upon the rcjieal of tlie Act of March.
1871, increasing the pay of members
of Congress? 'Was my position on
that question different in any respect
from that of both of our distinguish
ed Senators, Gordon and Norwood?
If 1 voted against the repeal of that
Act, did not they both do tlie same?
Is it not well known that General
Gordon was in Washington the 3d
]of March, 1873, and urged liis
I friends to vote for the increase,
i though lie had not yet taken tiis seat?
; Nay, more, did not Senator Norwood
i not only vote for the increase in
March, 1873, but also receive und
retain tlie “buck pay?” If I defended
those who, like senator Norwood,
voted for and received the “hack
pay” against the charge of being
“public robbers,” or being guilty of
anything illegal or immoral for so
doing, showing, as I did, that the
ablest, truest and purest men of the
country from the beginning of the
government had received the “back
pay” on the increase of salary, does
that justly subject me to lie singled
out and denounced for my course on
this subject? Does this thus singling
me out ror reprehension in this mat
ter look much like being “constrain
ed” in tlie expression of your dissent
from my course “more in sorrow
than in any spirit of fault finding?”
To me it looks very mucli as if your
j purpose was the same as that of tlie
wolf. I speak in perfect candor and
frankness. What view others may
j take of it 1 know not. I speak only
j of myself on this point.
In regard to your “sorrow,” and
that of your correspondent, allow me
: to assure you and him that 1 feel
! duly thankful for your united sympa
thies, but thluk you amt he better
reserve them for more appropriate
bestowal. In the near future if you,
he. and a majority of the Democracy
of the Union, shall still adhere to the
worship of your “idol” erected in
Baltimore in 1872, your present sor-
I rows may be greatly increased, but
! even then, if in life. I shall say, as
, now, to you, ami all who denounce
j me for wliat I liave done in Congress,
; and shed tears of “sorrow” over it;
“Weep not for me, but for yorseives”
and for your country- brought to
ruin by the friends of the constitution
being guilefully induced to follow
those whose “tactics” load inevitably
to defeat, disaster and destruction.
Very respectfully,
Alexander H. Stephens.
Masonic Notice.
4 REGULAR meeting of Wilson Wil
„ \ Hams Lodge No, 351, A. F. A. M . will W'W
lx? hold this* (Thursday) evening at H o’cl’k.
Transient sad visiting brethren iu good stand
ing are cordially invited to attend.
By order of the W. M.
apß It J. K. RKNTFROW, Bee*y.
Key Found.
LARGE BRASS KEY found between 1
(Tune'a store and Wittich k Kiuscl's. Apply at :
p 8 It TIMES OFFICE.
Notice.
JJAMILTON GRANGE will meet on Thursday
next, the sth instant, at 2 o’clock p. m.
A ftill attendance is earnestly requested.
ap4 dawtd J. T. JOHNSON. Sec'y. j
THIS TAPIS 18 OH FILE WITH
I3OWELL & /^HESMAN
Iv Advertising Agents,
THIRD & CHESTNUT STS., T. lOUtyMO.
For Rent.
V FOUR-ROOM dwelling house A
on lower Oglethorpe street,
with a good garden spot,
well of water, etc. Apply at
mhl9 tf THIS OFFICE.
J. R. Ivey for Sheriff—J. S.
Colbert for Deputy.
jftT Having cauvnssed the oonnty, and being
satisfied thst J. R. Ivey is the strongest msu in
the race to r She riff, snd thst the people seem to
think it nothing more than Justice thst he should
be elect,*d to the position lately so sstlstHotorily
filled by his father, I hereby withdraw my name
sh s candidate, snd thank my friends for their
kind expressions of support, snd request them
to transfer the same to J. R. Ivey.
J. 8. COLBERT.
I announce my name as a candidate for Sheriff
of Muscogee county, in connection with John 8.
Colbert for Deputy, and respectfully solicit the
support of the citizens.
ap6 te J. R. IVEY.
I would respectfully state that Mr. J. R. IVEY
(son of H. G. Ivey, our late Sheriff) has been in
my employ for a year or more, and has proved
j himself a good business manager, being poa
! sessed of those qualities of sterling integrity
which will eminently fit him for the position so
j satisfactorily filled by his father.
A. J. PITRMJaEY. Gu’l Agent
; Wheeler k Wilson Maufg Co.’s Hewing Machines.
I mb3o te
To the Voters of Muscogee
County.
In compliance with the wish of a large i
| number of uiy follow-citizens, I announce myself j
j a candidate for the office of Sheriff. If elected, I
j will conduct tne office satisfactorily to the Court,
j tho members of the Bar, and the people. I rc
| spectfully ask your support. Election Thursday.
, April Bth, 1875.
! tr.b’24 te J. E. BLOUNT.
T. T. Moore for Sheriff.
Mi" Being a candidate for the offle** of Sheriff,
j and a primary election to decide who should run
| (which course I favored) not being agreed to by
: the candidates, ami h&viug assurances of support
> from friends in all parts of the county, I reapect
| fully ask their continued support. It is scarcely
| necessary to say to the mutual friends of the
I late Sheriff and myself that any eosts yet due
i him will lx* turned over to his family as collected.
apT St T. T. ■
For Sheriff.
j Btf At the solicitation of friends, which en
j dorses my own desire, I respectfully announce
j myself a candidate for the office of Sheriff of
: Muscogee county.
mh2l (lawte T. T. MOORE.
THE PARTNERSHIP OF
Peacock <fc Swift
n'AVING expired, the firm is this day dissolv
. ed by mi'.tual consent. G. J. Peacock has
\ sold to E. S. Swift his entire interest iu all tho
; property of said firm, and E. S. Swift assumes all
! liabilities of the same.
O. L PEACOCK,
j April Ist, 1876. E. M. SWIFT.
i Having sold my interest as above, in the busi
i ness of Peacock A Switt to E. H. Swift, with
j pleasure I bespeak in his behalf a liberal share of
I public patronage.
O. J. PEACOCK.
Notice.
n'AVING bought the entire business of Pea
cock ti Hwil’t as above stated, tho stock of
mn GOODS,
Complete in every department.
' Shoes, Hats, Notions, Clothing,
Hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs,
Towelings, Napkins, Table Dam
ask, Cassimeres, Cottonades,
Dress Goods, Ac ,
• In many liu• h of which New Goods ar<’ just in.
i All will be sold for cash.
Domestics and Prints
| at lo%< Ht market prie . ami all other goods at
i cost, and in many canes less than cost, as I am
l determined to close the business. Merchants
' will do well to examine! this stock, as great bar
| gains will be sold.
E. S. SWIFT.
j ap7 liu
State and County Taxes.
r |MIE TAX BOOKS of Muscogee county are now
1 open. Coim* and give iu your State and
j County Taxes for 1875 vs bile everything is fresh
i in your minds.
i office at 1). F. Will cox’s Insurance Agency.
} M.W. THWEATT,
j ajß) dtf Tax Ilceeiv-T Muscogee County.
For Sale.
17 OUR WA(K)NH, made by Wilson, i hilds k Cos.,
of Philadelphia, suitable for plantation use.
j 'l’heae wagons have 2-inch iron axles; ties two
| inches wide by thick: iron standards, and
bolster* iron plated. *au be bought cheap.
Apply to O. T. HOWARD,
i 185 lw At Southwestern Depot.
Horse Stolen.
<IN the morning of the 4th instant, from where
/ he was hitched in front ->f J. M. Russell's
j residence. Said horse is a dark bay. fifteen hands
j high, heavy built. ten or twelve years old; a flue
j pacer under the saddle, and trots well in a vohi
| cJe; had on a bridle and Texas saddle; was for
i merly owned by A. J. Odom of this county,
j From tho description given by parties who saw
j him with the horse, a noted character, by the
| name of Donaldson in the thief,
j A liberal reward will be iid for the horse, or
I burse and thief. Address me at Columbus, Ga.
apfi dStawlt FAS. D ELY
To My Patrons and Customers
HAVING MOVED to Jackson
. street, first door abovo the
Boyh’ public 1. I am prepared
to do all kind of DRESS WORK
STAMPING ! have received to
day, anew variety of FRENCH STAMPING PAT
TERNS. Home beautiful one*, for letting in insert
ing.
: np6 lw MRS. M. A. E. RYNLHART.
13RY.
I HAVK BKCKIVKI) A FULL LINT OF
SPRING ANQ SUMMER MILLINERY
AND OTHEE DESIRABLE GOODS,
For Ladies wear, which will be sold low for cash. I
Will also sell the entire stock to a person wish- j
ing to go into the business. The stand is A No. j
1, and doing a good cash business. Terms rea- j
I SOLUlhle.
ap4 tf H. R. IIOtV 4Kit.
DEPOSITORS
WITH THE
GEORGIA HOME SAVINGS BANK
YI T ILL please hand in their Pass Books, that
t } April Interest may be entered.
GEO. W. DILLINGHAM.
ap2 deod3Uwlt Treasurer, j
BRACKETS!
\I r E have juat received a nice line of Carved !
f and Plain
BRACKETS. CLOCK SHELVES AND WALL !
BRACKETS.
which we offer at low prices.
J. IV. PHASE & YOKUA Y,
Booksellers and Stationers, Columbus. Georgia. |
i'-bM t!
Dissolution.
ri-IHE firm of CARGILL k DANIEL in this day I
1 dissolved by mutual consent. J. T. DANIEL j
will continue the business, collect claims and j
pay the debts of the firm. J. W. CARGILL will ;
remain in the employment of the new firm, j
ready to serve his friends and the public gen
erally. We return thanks t>* our patrons for past
favors, and jointly solicit future patronage for i
the new firm.
April 3d. 1375. CARGILL Jc DANIEL.
Having bought out the al>ove firm. I beg leave
to anuonnoe to ray friends and the public gen
erally that I Will continue the Grocery business
at the old stand and solicit their patronage.
ap3 3t ,TAS. T. DANIEL.
jNTew Olotlxing i
SPRING StJAIAIRR I*7-.-,.
THORNTON & AGEE,
Have now in store and are constantly receiving a well selected stock of
Boys' aiul
CLOTHING,
Embracing all the latest novelties of the season.
Also, a great variety of low-priced and
good Medium Suits in Singh and
Double-Breasted Hacks and
English Walking Coat Suits.
A splendid assortment of Half and Full
Dress Suit* iu French and English Worsted;
Diagonals and Black and Fancy Cloths.
Also. Full Dress Cloth
Swallow Tail Coats.
We call special attention to our stock of Gents
Furnishing Good*, which is complete and unsur
passed. A full line of Hat*, Trunks, Valises, Um
brellas, Walking Canes, kc.
Remember our motto—Quick Sales and Small
Profits. (apfi codw2m
DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY
IN THE
GEORGIA HOME
SAVINGS BANK,
Whore it w ill ho SAFE,
.Wake you a Handsome Interest,
And ltead> v&lion you want i(
miIECTORH:
J. RHODES BROWNE. President of Company. JOHN McILHENNY. Mayor of t',. ( v
N. N. CURTIS, of Wells A Curtis. JOHN A. MeNEILL, Grocer.
J. It. CLAPP, Clapp’s Factory. .JAMES RANKIN, Capitalist
L. T. DOWNING, Attorney at Law. CHARLES WISE.
jan24 eodJtw] GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, Treasurer of Company.
RICH!
RELIABLE! PROMPT!
insuhe ttoub. pnoPEn ry
IY THE KII.IXmiY*. *1 UKTAYTI 41, 4 O.Ul> V\ll>.
.•as.' of !,4>.**S, you xx ill lx-Ml SCETO<;ET V4U It DOM:i :
Royal insurance Gompany of Liverpool, England. Gash Fund, - - 5i4.200.0G0.0i;
Lor,don Assurance Corporation, London, Eng. “ - - 14,500,000,00
The Home Insurance Company of New York. “ " - - 6,097,000,00
New Orleans Insurance Company of New Orleans. " " - - 755,800.00
4 AI*T. 4 B 1 VITTY xxill iilnu.u !<• riail.v to s.-nexm til tte
01114*4*. in tin* 4.i:4>1t4.1 \ II4UIE BEI 31,1EV4..
J. RHODES BROWNE, Agent.
j jan24 tf
1849. 1875.
Willcox’s Insurance Agency.
ESTiJJBLISHEnD 1040.
OLD! STRONG!! FIRE-TESTER f ■
mapnESEKmuro
1819. iEtna Insurance Company, .... - $6,500,000
1810. Hartford Tire Insurance Company, .... 2,500,000
1809. North British and Mercantile Insurance Company, - - 27,000,000
11864. New York Underwriters' Agency, .... 4,000,000
1853. Continental Insurance Company. ... - 2.500.000
1795. Insurance Company of North America, ... 4,000,000
1829. franklin Fire Insurance Company, .... 4,000,00
1853. Phmnix Insurance Company, ..... 2,400,000
$53,500,000
I.osiii- Experience. Kqiiitnliie Ail.jiiNinieiilM.
I’l-oinpt SelllementK.
j jnlGtf D. F. Will cox.
j - -- -■ - - - - , -
I H. H. EPPING. President. H. W. EDWARDS. Cashier. R. M. MULFOBD, Asw'tCashier.
Tho Chattahoochee National Ihink
OF
(’OIxITMHUS, <;a.
This Bank transacts a General Kaxiking Business, paj s Interest on ISejn-iF
[ under special contract, (rives prompt attention to Collections on all nercssiblf
} points, ami invites correspondence. Information transmitted by mail or Hire*
when desired. jajIIjL—
ALIVE! ABLE! AND WILLING!!
FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY!
Sail Francisco, Cal.
Gold Capital ! Ample Reserve Fund!
Fair Adjustments ! Prompt Settlements !
G. GUNBY JORDAN.
jan‘27 tf Agent.
Scoring Arrival.
LARGEST STOCK IN THE CITY
3,000 pieces Prints, 500 pieces Bleached Domestic,
500 pieces Cottonade, 50 bales Checks,
25 bales Seetings and Shirtings, 25 bales Osnaburgs.
Dress Goods, White Goods, Notions,
Hosiery, Hats, Clothing, Boots, Shoes, &c.
Having bought largely before the late advauei, w art* prepared to name prfi us thft
NOT BE BEAT in any market.
At AVliolosalo, ir>M Brond Street.
At Retail, 15 1 Broad Street.
GAWLEY <fc LEWIS.
mhXfi lUwim Columbia- GO-