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Juwiilry More.
Will iiractlou in th MSte sod Federal CouM*.
Th. Malle.
Tho following in a table of the Union of
arrival and closln# of tho malls Umt oome
to this city:
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N>rthMMitrti and N<rtUweat
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of Troy, Ala., la authorlzod to rooolve sub
scriptions anil oontraot for advertising for
tlio *n,Y and WBBtLT Timks anywhere
In Alabama. __
Till! TIM KM fOK AIUMtUK*.
Any one loavlnir the city for the mi turner
iinnithH can have tho Daily Times mailed
to any addross a* seventy-five eonts [sir
month (we paying postago). Leave your
orient liefnro you go.
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We desire to notify our friends and sub
acrlbers that no one is authorizod to col
loot for the Times, or to contract for it,
except our published agents or those who
have wriltm authority to do so.
Xlw Ailvrrll.rmrnlii.
Hoc list of letters—W. H. Johnson, Post
master.
Read the advertisement ofd.J. Peacock,
In regard to the Columbus Clothing Man
ufaelory, anil assist In building up a home
enterprise.
Seven dollar silk hat for IS- K. E. Yonge.
Thomas Gilbert has on hand a large
stock of paper and bags, suitable for mer
chants.
J. J. Whittle has an elegant assortment
of ilry goods, whiuh will bo disposed of at
Summer prion*. Call and examine his
goods.
Watt A Walker can supply the multi
tude with groceries at low prices.
D. H. lze Invites the farmers to his
elegant, wugon yard, and to buy hlschoice
groceries.
Now Is the time to insure your houses.
D. F. Wilcox represents nine oxcclent com
panies.
Gerit*'Furnishing goods at cost -E. E.
Yonge.
Ice for sale by L. Putney.
leiii-rdity’i !■•(.
The following was the state of the ther
mometer at tho Post Office yesterday :
July 24 — H A. M„ 85 dog.
12 M., 97 deg.
!l P. SI., 115 deg.
6 P. XI., 95 deg.
XOTIOE.
Wiihlni Arri.mpll.hrd Wlthwnl Kub
l.lns or Hollins, and In 'nul Watrr.
On the first of August the right to make
and use my Honp will be $5. All who wish
to avail t torn selvas of the right at *2 50
had uniter secure tho right at once. I
guarantee satisfaction or return tho mon
ey. Call at Dr. Mason’s Drug Store.
N.lt. K. Matkk.
Loudenber sells the best cigars.
II'E ! ICE ! I
For sale by
• L. PI'TNEY.
For Hiilf
A second-hand lot of blacksmith tools,
Including Bellows, Anvil, Ac. Apply at
j veil otxlst Kosurru, Ellis A fo.’s.
THE CASH Hit* BOIIBS iIIOPSE
Will Oder on Monday
More D| the White Victoria Lawns so
eagerly sought after the past week; also,
notable bargains In Oassltnercs, White
Kivlss and Nansook, new Sash Ribbons,
Irish Linens, Table Cloths and Towels.
Will open to-morrow a choice line of
Calicoes.
jell) tf J. S. Jones.
A beautiful line of Hamburg Edgings
and Inset-tings, at prices to suit tho pur
chaser, at
febU dawtf J. J. Whittle’s.
Those wishing a bargain in Table Dam
ask, Napkins, Towels, Ac., will do well to
call at
fold* dawtf J. J. Whittle’s.
A fresh lot of Black and Colored Kid
Gloves, just tu and to l>e sold cheap, at
api J. J, WHITTLE’S.
The place to get the Broad Is at
Jy24 2t Layitulo’s.
Best Jenny Lind and Rusk Bread Is at
jy24 2t LAYFlei.p’s.
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WuwA
A good nurse can llnd a home by imme
diate application to Times Office.
Jy23 tf
ICEt ICEI
For sale by
L. PUTNEY,
Under Rankin House, next door to Cargill
A Daniel. JySS 2t
Shoot lint Wullrry.
Oil Randolph street, near Times omce.
Come and try our new patent ‘ American
Cap Uille." This Rifle is different from
any hitherto used, requiring neither Car
tridge, Powdor or Air, shooting simply by
the force of a Percussion Cap made ex
pressly for this Rifle. Uy2l tf
•1K It *<*• vadt
A beautiful lino of Ladles’ Fancy Hose,
latest style ami colors, at
jy!9 lw John MoGouoh A Cos.
JeWelry re(>alred and made to order
Engraving and Watch Repairing done at
WrrTWH & Kinsel’s.
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able Sulphur Spring., Meriwether
County, Ob.
All persons leaving Columbus for tho
above Watering Plane are hereby notified
tliat the Stage Coach will make closi' con
nection with the 2:30 r. M. train on the
North and South Railroad, at Kingsboro,
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
jy2S if Brown, Boland A- Cos.
Fur the Former.)
A large lot of Cottonadcs. If you want
a bargain In Spring anil Summer Pants
Goods, visit _ , _ ,
J. J. Whittle s.
MvtMltr llurlnl CW,
Walnut, Rosewood and Common Wood
Coffins. Coses and Caskets, and Coffin
Trimmings and Mountings in great vari
ety, at the New Furniture Store. •
mini tf T. T. Edmcnds.
Anew arrival of Hamburg Edgings at
apl J. J. WHITTLE S.
A ('ABiolinK Kle*Ho>.
How tantallxlng to us stay-at-homes
just now, to read the morning papers,
dovotod as t hey are to advertisements of
charming summer resorts among the
mountains, guides to tourists, letters from
the springs, descriptions of Idle mowers
In green Helds by flowing (fountains,
rooky, amber-trout streams and still,
shady pmils of pallucld waters. 'How
tantalizing, we were about to observe,
would all this Is) to us, the unfortunates,
did we not happen to bo philosophers in a
modest way. We sit in our breeziest
window and wonder If after all there is
such a difference us might appear. The
whirr of tho machinery across tho way by
tho exorcise of a little imagination, Is
eas'ly converted Into tho rushing of tho
rapids down tho flume of the White Moun
tains, and we take dowu our steroscope
and enjoy that delightful locality with
real good earnest. No suffocating, dusty,
heated railroad trains; no cross, jostling
crowds of peoplo—lronically called |Meas
ure soakers—not aggravated out of our
lives by exhorbitant hack drivers and
teased into frenzy by ballad singers, and
beggars trying to make you believe you
are In Switzerland. Not thrust into a lit
tle bed room, with your trunk outside in
the hall. Not made to wait two hours for
breakfast after you have taken your seat
at the table, then hurried into swallowing
it down by tho Impatient member of tin
party so as to see the moving shadows on
tho mountains; then delayed by tho dila
tory and deli berate ones, till you get so
thoroughly worn out In tho process of en
joying yourself, that you wish from the
bottom of your heart you had never boen
bom.
Now the way we do, we rise at a seasona
ble hour- not being larks we have no un
seasonable taste about quitting the mom -
procoed in a leisurely maimer to a roomy,
airy breakfast-room, not confused with a
hundred waiters and flvo hundred mad
people making for breakfast. There ls-ing
no very particular reason why we should
be through tho meal at uny precise second,
we drink our coffee like Christian people
in quiet and ease; have time afterwards
to see an Irish neighbor, whom we have
been trying all the winter to find a mo
ment for; look over some favorite author;
received some old letters and papers that
have waited for us for months. Mr. Fussy
"getting ready” to go anywhere, every
thing has time to wait. So tho summer
days pass Into the soft summer nights,
anil we consult our thermometer, and look
at our stereoscopic views of cataracts and
lakes, cut our iced watermelon in our dark
dining-room, and manage to get through
the heated term without finding It so had
after all. _ <
High lt*ut*.
The complaint that rents are too high
seem to he raised in all parts of tho State.
The Atlanta papers have harped for weeks
on the theme; tho mefehants of Fort Val
ley consider tJiemselves much oppressed,
amt iu many other cities and towns the
same plea Is made. There is a singular
unanimity In this complaint, ami this
world lead one at first thought to suppose
that rents wore really enormous high, and
that the tenants in the land were suffer
ing oppression at the hands of property
holders. This must have been the case in
somo of the localities where the complaint
was raised, for a lowering of rents has
been tho result. The conclusion is not al
ways Just that high rents moan oppres
sion. The great law of supply and de
mand is not wholly applicable to rents.
True, Its application to rents Is not so
plain as to other things, nor are rents as
Inexorably governed by its laws. Still it
is very evident that where there is a groat
demand for houses and stores, and the
supply is inadequate to it, rents are bound
to lw high. Poople will ho willing to give
more for houses than they would if the
supply was greater, and the owners will
lie acting In accordance with the laws of
self-interest to tako just as much as they
can get. In the matter of rents, us In ul
most everything else, the effect of monop
olies Is felt, ami from this source the only
real oppression must come. Where the
supply of building* is controlled by a mo
nopoly or by a few owners who under
stand each other, then the rate of rents is
not controlled by the law of supply and
demand. A disturbing cause has come hi
and Interfered with the action of that law.
The supply may then bo large and the de
mand small and yet rents.will bo high.
Monopolies aro not governed by any reg
ular law. They often have a terrible pow
er and they use It, oppress whom it may,
so It only works to their protit.
Though the complaint of high rents Is
singularly unanimous, it seems very evi
dent that In those places where rents are
controlled by monopolies they may bo
high, but tbat where no such state of af
fairs exists rents must bo high because a
larger number of houses are wanted than
tho demand can supply and the competi
tion of tenants necessarily makes rent
rise and keeps It up until the supply be
comes nearly equal to the demand. It
seems that clamor against high rents can
bo productive of little good. If they are
high because of monopolies no apiioal or
complaint can affect them. If they are
high because of inequality in supply and
demand, they are controlled by a law
which eaunot be moved one jot or tittle by
clamor complaining. The remedy In this
case is tho building of more houses, thus
producing an equalization of supply and
demand. _
A Columbia* Hoy.
Mr. 1). Q. Abbott has returned to the city
from Emory College, where he boro off the
second honor.
He attended the college three years and
made an unusually line record, and In
leaving parted from many friends who
will watch his course with extraordinary
interest.
Tho various correspondents from the
commencement speak in the highest terms
of Mr. Abbott’s efforts, both at the cham
pion debate and on commencement day.
Tho correspondent of the Atlanta Om
st it id ion says:
"The first speaker was I>. Q. Abbott, of
Columbus, second honor, who delivered
tho Greek salutatory. While it was nil
Greek to the vast, majority of the audience
It was pure Greek to the scholars present.
Although laboring under indisposition
which afterwards prevented him from de
livering a speech on ‘Partisan Prejudice,’
he delivered his salutatory with eclat."
The following paragraph is copied
from the Stock Ketxwr of this city:
The income of Flood & O'Brien is
i stated by business associates to ex
ceed s4o*ooo per day, or $1,300,000 a
j mouth.
We hoi>e this paragraph will not
I turn the heads of any of our readers,
for all men are not likely to turn out
Floods and O'Briens. Son Francisco
j Call. _
Fruit Jar*.
j A large stock of self-sealing Fruit Jars
! for sale by
jy4 w L. L. Cos WDERY.
A large assortment of Linen Collars and
I Cuffs of the latest styles just received at
| pi 7. J. WHITTLE'S.
TO TttK FDOI'I.F OF Kl KlKI.f. COI X.
TV, AI.AK.niA,
Sealls, Ala., July 1875.
| At a recent informal meeting of some
members of tho Executive Com ml ties of
tho Democratic and Conservative party of
your county, the undersigned was re*
quested to publish an address to you, on
tho subject of thehni>ortanco to you, with
out regard to your party alliance, race or
color, of carrying the election on tho 3d of
August next “for convention,” am! elect
ing the candidatos nominated by our late
county convention. This is deem**l neces
sary, because wo fear some of you may,
and in fact appear to be indifferent to the
grave issues Involved.
All political parties in the State treat the
matter of holding a constitutional conven
tion ns not a party question; and really it
is not, or ought not to be a party question.
But for mean and sclilsh purposes, and to
recover some lost ground, almost Ihe en
tire body of Radical leader® in the State
has seen lit to array themselves against it,
regard bids of the fact that It Ik hn itera
tively needed for the relief of our unfor
tunate Stato and oppressed people. This
conduct of tho Radicals would seem
strange Indeed if it were not in k<*eping
with all their past history. They are in
stinctively opjM>s<xi to fair, honest and
economical government; and their Idea of
good government is a wild dream of power
and opportunity to get money ami ruain
tonance from the toiling public. The Dem
ocratic and Conservative party in the
State warndy favors the measure, not be
cause they deem it a party question, but
because it is a wise and necessary stop to
ward reform In government and relief of
our people. Many loading Republicans in
the State and even in Russell c ounty, favor
It for the same reasons. The most rabid
Radical does not deny that changes an*
needed in the present instrument that we
will the constitution of Alabama. Then
all their opposition to holding a constitu
tional convention is captious, and without
a Just and proper motive. For instance,
one of their principal arguments against
the convention, ingeniously made to load
you from a proper consideration of tin
subject, is that it will be a great and net*!-
loss expense on the already debt-burdened
people of Alabama. While this is untrue,
the unspeakable bnizonness of the asser
tion as coming from them shocks even
those of us who have long witnessed their
constant and ever varying tricks. Over
seven years ago these very men, the most
of them strangers to us and our institu
tions, with the aid of the military forcibly
overturned our State government, and un
eonscientiously and coutrury to law took
us in hand against our will, aud for a se
ries of years, openly in the broad light ol
day, deliberately and systematically plun
dered us and piled up this mountain oij
State debt to (IU their mm jtaekets. And
now* for thorn to turn and urge our misfor
tunes as a reason why we should continue
them in power, is simply unparalleled in
impudence, besides being crowned with
falsehood.
Competent and experienced men calcu
late the expense of holding the convention
at $43,000, and that by its alw dishing the
taking of the census this year-required
by tho present constitution to be taken
every live yeans—and abolishing the State
Board of Education, and tho offices ol
Lieutenant Governor and Commissioner of
Industrial ltesources, it will save us this
year SBI,OOO. What becomes of the com
parison when we at tempt to estimate the
permanent saving to our revenue, year
after year, ip the future?
The tax-paying peoplo of Russell county
have been trying In vain for several years
to solve the problem of our county indebt
edness, which is estimated at nearly forty
thousand dollars. Have you reflected that,
huge as this appears, it is but a small mat
ter as compared witli Russell county’s
quota of the Stab* debt? The State debt of
Alabama Is estimated at over 928,000,000;
in the State there arc sixty-five counties,
among which Russell stands about 12th in
population and wealth; therefore, her
quota of this enormous debt is about sic
hundred thousand dollars. This is the lega
cy our Radical brothers left us when wo
forced them to retire last year. And they
aro the fellows that now offer to advise
you what is best for you to do. and their
crafty pamphlets and documents have
been widely circulated amongst you, seek
ing by every plausible means to induce
you to act against your own interests and
in favor of theirs. I particularly advise
our colored friends to scrutinize with care
these specious arguments, and by no
means be further led astray by them.
The people of Russell county are an ag
ricultural people; at this time and for
sometime past they are and have l>een
extremely busy with their crops. Under
these circumstances it could scarcely bo
expected of you to manifest the same ac
tive interest in the campaign as would be
looked for from you at another season of
tho year. 1 know that your appareut in
difference at this time arises from this
fact. Impoverished by war, political ha
tred and Providential calamities. It be
hooves us as good citizens to strain every
nerve to recuperate at least some of our
shattered fortunes. Wo must do it to live.
But while our attention Ls given !to those
honorable and necessary pursuits, we are
apt to forget the duty we owe ourselves
and our posterity to improve this rare op
portunity to redeem our Slate and lay the
foundation of a healthier administration
of our hx*al affairs. Honest iu your pur
poses and intent on bettering your sad
conditions, I fear you may confide too
much in the flattering hope that all will go
well at last. While you aro virtuously en
gaged at homo, the insidious carpet-bag
ger is busy with the ignorance and preju
dice in your midst, almost under vour
very nose.
The registration in the county shows
that less than one-half of the white voters
have registered! Does this place us in a
condition Jo meet a grave issue at the
polls in ten days from to-day? It is not
yet too late. If every man who has failed
to register will come out on election day
and register, and, with the others, vote
"for convention,” regardless of what you
may hope or hear that we will have no
opposition. Those aro times when Con
servatives ought to turn out and vote at
every election. Your country needs you to
the last man, so much that it is difficult to
; And words to impress it on you with suffi
cient emphasis. If you love good govern
ment aud dasire to perpetuate the glorious
deliverance of last fall, you will each con
sider it your individual duty, yea, even
privilege, to come to the ixills and vote
“for convention.”
We need a convention to abolish the mis
erable fraud crammed ou us and choked
down us by enemies desiring our destruc
tion ; which, instead of being a wise and
just organic law for a five people, is, in
many of its wicked provisions, more like
j fetters forged on thevmce free limbs of our
i brave people. The hideous registration
; oath which it enjoins, and which all of us
; have been recently obliged to take to get
our rights, smacks of studied tyranny.
Knowing us to be a conscientious people,
| they placed It there like a lion in the path*
way, to deter us from qualifying ourselves
j to exercise the great Inherent right of free
| born American citizens- the right to vote
and participate In the administration of
the government. Next to this monstrosity
ls the disgusting oath of office, which It
requires shall !>• taken by every officer
whom you choose to elect , before he can
discharge the duties of his office. All who
have not read it are earnestly recommend
ed to procure a copy of the fraudulent
constitution and r<3ad It to your edifica
tion. Grave as the necessity for these two
changes may seetn, they are unimportant
in comparison with the great economic
changes and reforms needed.
Virginia, Georgia, North Carolina, and
other Stat>sS, from time to time, have seen
fit to hold conventions to revise their con
stitutions. Alabama i now called upon to
do the same, and this time through her
own true sous;—who shall gainsay it? We
of Russell county are close neighbors to
Georgia, whose democracy and conserva
tism has ruled with “wisdom, justice and
moderation,” while we struggled and
writhed under Radical rapacity and mis
rule. With Georgia’s example -and the
brief taste we have had of such freedom,
we would be unnatural if we did not desire,
with the most earnest and deep swelling
emotions of our souls, to hold on to our
new Democratic experience wrung with
such an effort from tho Radicals last fall,
and endeavor by every power within us to
got more and more of it whenever and
wherever opportunity offers. Our anxiety
should make us willing, without quibbling
over niceties, to quaff the strengthening
draught whenever our friends place the
cup to our lips and assure us it will do us
good. Very respectfully,
Ulysses Lewis,
Chairman Cos. Ex. Com.
E. Hkkkdon Glenn, Sec’y.
Ft*rprli.
The laudable effort being made in our
city bo organize an industry that will fur
n sh employment to so many of our popu
lation (numbers of them widows, and
daughters of our deceased soldiers), com
mends itself to the careful attention of our
entire community.
There is every reason iu favor of such
on enterprise proving successful and re
munerative, and none to the contrary.
Stock subscribed will be almost certain to
pay, and will undoubteply accomplish
much good in giving employment to a
class of worthy jwx>plo who should be near
the hearts of all good citizens.
Fifteen thousand dollars is not a large
sum by any means for Columbus and vi
cinity V) invest in this undertaking. It is
proposed, however, to call in but oue
fourth the amount at the organization of
the company, and one-fourth sixty days
thereafter; tho remainder to be paid in
six months later. Thus a party w in* sub
scribes f or one share of the stock (on< hun
dred dollars) will pay in at the organiza
tion twenty-five dollars, and sixty days
thereafter twenty-five dollars more; the
balance six months later.
This plan gives an opportunity to al
most every citizen, and well-wisher of the
enterprise, t<> participate aud become iden
tified with an industry of univejsal benefit
to our community.
Let there boa general and immediate
responses
Who Will II Itrr
It is now certain that Judge James Jack
son, of Macon, has been appointed Associ
ate Justice of the Supreme Court, vice
Judge R. P. Trippe, resigned.
Rumors arc current in Atlanta that
Judge MeCay has also resiguod, and Unit
Judge Hugh Buchanan, of Newnnn, has
been appoinUMl in ids place. Several prom
inent lawyers in the State were spoken of
in connection with these vacancies. Among
the number were 001. L. E. Bleckley, of At
lanta; Judge Win. Hope Hull, of Augusta,
and several other no less distinguished
lawyers. The report that Judge Buch
anan has been appointed Is only a rumor,
and the question is yet asked, “Who will
ho be?” __
II on o XuraHrrlnu.
Mr. Win. Snow has been hard at work
perfecting arrangements to number the
houses aud stores of Columbus. Tb* City
Council granted the privilege to other par
ties, but they found In Mr. Snow a formid
able competitor and left, leaviug him to do
the job. Every city in tho South, the size
of Columbus, has Its huoses numbered. .The
charge is very insignificant, and we hope
every one will give their order for the
work.
The KreiU K4*pututtun
j which Dr. Pemberton’s Fluid extract of
| Stiilingla tor Queen's Delight) has attained
j in all sections of the country as a
OBKAT AND GOOD MEDICINE,
j and tho largo number of testimonials
I which are constantly being received from
I persons who have.been cured by its use, is
! conclusive proof of its great merits.
THIS GREAT HEALTH RESTORER
! is a positive specific and cure for Dyspep
j ia, Liver Complaints, Constipation, Head
* ache, Dizziness, Palos in the Back, Kidney
j Complaints, Jaundice, Female Weakness,
| Lumbago, General Debility, Gravel, Gout,
| Scrofula, Cancerous Humor, Erysipelas,
i Salt-Rheum, Ringworm, Pimples and Hu
| mors on the face, Old Ulcers, Rheuma
j tiara, Mercurial and Syphilitic Affections.
It removes all Mercurial or other poisons
| from the Blood, and soon restores the sys
j tom to perfect health and purity. That
I Pale, Yellow, Sickly looking skin is soon
| changed to one of beauty, freshness and
health. It will cure any chronic or long
standing diseases, whose real or direct
cause is bad blood. A trial will prove it
Thousands have been snatched as it were
from the grave by its miraculous power,
who now enjoy health and happiness,
I Where once all was misery,
j It invigorates and strengthens the whole
• system, acts u|K>n the secretive organs,
allays inflammation, cures ulceration, and
regulates tho bowels.
DR niMRERTON’S STtLLINOIA OR QUEEN’S
DF.T.TOHT GIVES HEALTH, STRENGTH
AND APPETITE.
It pltirifles the Blood, and renovates and
; invigorates the whole system. Its medi
cal properties aro alterative, tonic, solvent
and diuretic.
For testimonials of wonderful cures,
send to the Proprietor, or call upon your
Druggists. The genuiue is prepared only
by Dr. J. S. Pemberton.
Chemist, Atlanta, Ga.
For sale by all first-class Druggists.
Office of Geo. Adair, Wall St., \
Atlanta, Ga.. July 16. 1876.
Dr. 4. S. timber ton: Dear .Sir—l have
; used your extractor Stillingia for a chron
] ic skin affection of many years standing,
: which made a cure after all other reme
j dies had failed. I have known vour Stil
| lingia used in the worst eases of scrofula,
! secondary syphilitic diseases, rheuma
: tism, kidney aud liver affections, with
great success. In fact, I have never
‘ known it to fail in the most desperate
: cases. I consider it the greatest blood
| purifier known. Yours, truly,
J. C. Evans.
For sale by
jy9o tf M. D. HOOD Jt CO.
MKiPI.
No news from the (sondng postal cards.
Go to church to-day. No matter how
good you are, you may be better.
The revenue officers have left East Ala
bama and the festive distiller now runs
his machine in peace.
Avery jealous young man in this city
does not like it at all, this way our young
ladies have of going over to Macon so fre
quently.
Oh! how Jolly Pine Knot yesterday.
There was “tripping on tho light fantas
tic toe” from early morn till dewy ove.
Other pleasures added their attractions to
the day.
Buy Silk Hats at Yonge’s for $5, former
price wan $7.
There are about one hundred pet mock
ing birds in Columbus, and yet some jmm>-
ple call it a dull place.
“There was a time in the bettor days ol
the republic'' when the mercury scarcely
ever stood above 9+ now it frequently
mounts the awful height of 99 or 100.
The .Savannah papers boast of higher
thermometers down thero than we have
in .Columbus. They are welcome to all
such possessions.
"Moonlight on the Chattahoochee," is the
rumored name of tho last production of the
leading local j>oet. Out with it!
Buy Gents’ Furnishing Goods of Yonge
below cost He will discontinue that
branch of his business.
The heat in Charleston kills buzzards
while the inhabitants are alive and happy.
Lovely Susan Anthony says that "It
is generally the case with bad boys that
they look like their mother and act like
their^father."
The brick yard iu Marshal looks very
pretty at night from this side of the
river.
The Augusta Omstitutionalist publishes
in full the address of Hon T. M. Norwood
to the Alumni of Emory College. It is a
superb effort.
Who will bring in the first sweet potato
of the season?
Respect yourselves and others will be
obliged to do so.
Many of the papers in the State are
clamoring for a reform in the keeping of
jails. This is right. Many a prison is
scarcely fit to be a hog-pen, and the men
there confined are treated worse than
brutes. Keep up the clamor. Muscogee
county is fortunate in having a clean, well
ventilated jail, and a man In charge who
knows how to keep it.
Magistrates say, “things are woefully
dull;” not even a cow case or a hog steal
ing to break the monotony.
Don’t be particular about your food. It
was settbttl by African sages long before
you were born that every mortal had to
e,at his peck of dirt, no more, no less.
The Augusta Constttutionulist hits at our
people about Sabbath breaking, and says
when we want to “bum” on Sunday we
call it a "devotional excursion.”
Watt A Walker are receiving large quan
tities of bacon. It will not l>e long before
the fail trade opens up.
The etountrywomen around Columbus
drying large quantities of poaches. There
is always a demand for this fruit, and It
will pay to dry it. Gawley A Lewis want
10,000 Impels.
One of the most singular t hings in the
world is the prejudice of an average jury
against corporations—railroads particu
larly.
They say that Revili, of tho Meriwether
Viiuiicator , just sits in the shade all day,
doing nothiug but eating watermelons and
conjuring up next week’s wit. Who would
not be a happy country (Hi It or?
Luna gets up so late now that the senti
mental youth gets practically sleepy be
fore his inspiration begins to come. No
more poetry this month.
An anonymous communication, contain
ing a good kit, was sent to this office yes
terday, but the rule must be enforced, and
it found its way into the waste basket.
The Columbus Debating Society will
surely be revived this fall. The young
men are determined to make a succes of
the society. Ono or two public debates
will probably be given in the winter. Suc
cess to the enterprise.
Now the farmers are beginning to cut
clover. He who has plenty of it is happy.
TheTAtlanta papers notice the passage
of Prof. G. R. Glenn and his bride through
that city.
The Atlanta Constitution says: "Avery
charming young lady from Columbus
reached the city Thursday, and is the
guest of Miss Harris, of Forest avenue."
Mr. W. A. Martinere is still improving.
Hope to soe him out soon.
It is already evident that Columbus will
| be well represented at the great Centen
; nial next year. Rah! for Columbus.
Would that Columbus had a mineral
spring and jn park for these hot affcer
noous. Can't we have both? Plenty of
money would make a park, and probably
would scrape up a spring.
Union services at the Presbyterian
Church to-night. Come out. Preaching
at no other protostant church.
Pleasure Is said to be the meeting of
something finite and something infinite.
Columbus Hunday-schools are not very
full now. Many of the little ones are off
enjoying the summer vacation.
The art of letter writing is probably
rarer than any other accomplishment.
Most people think a letter full of gossip is
a g(xxi letter; others writ*? metaphysical
discussions or moral essays. He is fortu
nate who can strike the happy mean and
write au interesting, instructive and pleas
ant letter. Such letters are like bilks with
a distant friend, and they leave effects
which do not soon die away.
It has been remarked that Columbus
draymen are generally very humane
to their beasts. We do not need any
society to insure the kind treat merit of the
brute creation.
The slow, steady pulse of the world has
: not|reocniiy been disturbed by any terri
ble sensation. At present all on this side
the waters at least, seems to be full of
peace and quiet.
A party will leave for Warm Springs
next Tuesday.
There is a lull iu dog killing. Have all
the badgeiess curs been slain, or has the
stem law been moved to pity?
Drcu Uoodi Below Coat.
We have placed on our Bargain Counter
a large line of Summer Fancy Dress
Goods, regardless of cost.
apl6 tf BOATRITE A CLAPP.
.Now Opening,
Full lines of new Spring Goods.
, apß tf BOATRITE A CLAPP.
A large lot of Ladies’ Light Kids to be
sold cheap at
febu dawtf J. J. Whittle’s.
Still They Cun**-!
> tieautiful lot of Spring Prints just in at
apl J. J. WHITTLE’S.
Bridal Presents of Solid Silver and
Silver-Plated Ware. Anew assortment
just received at
Wtttkti a Ktxrtx’s.
(communicated.)
The Hu*-Ills EflVct t’pon the Crop*.
That punctual servant of all work—the
sun - has been sending forth his brightest
light from morning till eve, on this, Satur
day, the 24th Inst. Yes, without even a
cloud of any dimension to chequor the
canopy of Heaven and give hope "of rain
to tho panting inhabitants of this portion
of the earth. Man is a selfish animal, but
I dare say there is notoue who w ould not
bo delighted to see a fine rain, for during
the past fortnight the sun has l>een shin
ing brightly and tho heat ranging from n
degree of ninety-five to one hundred, until
personal comfort can nowhere be found,
not even lu an ice house, (our Ice man
says he is hot and wants rain—who does
not believe it?) But it is u matter of seri
ous purporb-only think, not a rain in some
portions of the country since April, and
nowhere in fifty miles circumference ol
Columbus, in two weeks, and the ther
mometer at 98 to 102 in the shnde , while a
wertern wind has been blowing
stiffly until its heated, poisoned breath has
parch)*! nil vegetation adjacent to the
earth, and even the leaves of the trees
have not boen proof against its ravages.
Gardens are literally gone up, and a wail
and howl from the farmers is coming up
from every section of this country. Cotton
that was three to four feet high a
fortnight ago, blooming and growing
as tineas ever seen in July, live days
ago w’as scorched and burned half way up
the stalk, until every leaf was yellow and
ready to fall, while the very topmost
branches were crisped, and looked as if
they were in the agony of death. I won
der how it I<>4>ks now—don’t wish to see it.
These are facts, witnessed by my own
eyes. Th-v would have boen in print be
fore now, but it ns much as one can do to
survive the heat without the comforting
thought—the crops are ruined, and then
some would say, “You are a croaker, it is
not half so bad as you picture.” Ho I en
deavored to console myself by hoping it
would rain soon, and crops would Ik? all
right, but my hopes were in vain, for it
looks this evening as if it would not rain
in six montes. So, if the drouth does hurt,
we had better know it. The crops are in
jured at least 50 per cent.; the cotton
probably more than 50 per cent. Old farm
ers say they never such a letting down in
cotton during their experience in tho past
ton days. Hot winds while tho cotton was
vigorous and full of sap, is assigned .as the
reason. Let it rain, and all the squares,
young bolls and leaves legin to fall; then
what a howl will be made. And if this
drouth is not local, the world will be con
vinced that all the cotton will not lx* raised
this year, for there is very little fruit now
mode upon the stalk, and it will take at
l(?ast three weeks for cotton to recover
from the of the drouth, even if we
have a bountiful supply of rain from this
date; and then it will have to grow and
form squares and develop liefore the 10th
of September, which will not do to depend
on. When July and August crops are lost,
the crops will l>e short.
New l*4ilul Itulr*.
Wo have despaired of ever learning ail
the new postal rul?s. New ones are pub
lished every day, and it is mysterious
how, after the old fashioned, common
sense rules, the public can get use to these
mysteries of this new-fangled foolishness.
They now say that newspaper published
should not use paper with writing on it,
for wrappers, as it subjects every package
to letter jostage, and postmasters art*
ordonnl to examine all printed matter to
soe that it is charged with proper rates of
postage, and to detect fraud. The wrap
pers must admit of a full examination
without destroying them. Notched enve
lopes will not answer. Unsealed circulars
deposited in a letter carrier office for
local delivery are subject to a postage of
one cent for each circular, which must be
prepaid. An address may be written on
a circular, but any other writing thereon,
except the mem correction of a typo
graphical error, will render it subject to
letter postage.
When packages of merchandise or sam
ples of merchandise are wrapped so as
to prevent examination, or have any wri
ting on them except the address, it is the
duty of tho postmaster to ratethem up with
letter postage, to be oollecb*i on delivery.
Samples may be marked in pencil tr ink
witli letters or figures by which they am
to be distinguished in a descriptive letter
or invoice without subjecting the package
to letter postage.
Those ar? selected from the latest rul
ings of the department. Between tho.
rulings and the enactments of Congress
the people must get terribly puzzled over
our postal affairs, and the once simple
process of mailing a letter or paper will
soon become n mysterious operation,
which nothing but practice and patience
will make easy. The beauty of extra leg
islation is finely portrayed in the recent
postal laws. At any rate they have made
their author famous, but he is the posses
sor of a fame which nobody seems to
envy.
County Court.
All witnesses, jurors and others, inter
ested in the proceedings of the special term
of the County Court, had better Ik* on hand
to-morrow morning, promptly at half past
eight o'clock. Judge Poll holds this court
|by virtue of an act of the Legislature
: which provides that a special term shall
|bo hold for the trial of persons in jail
| charged with crime, where as many as six
l do thereinto congregate. The number has
I run over by some,mishap of sonic two or
! three thieves that wore caught Sfxiner
I than they expected to bo.
| Tho court will only transact such busi
| noss as appertains to those partl* in jail.
Turd*.
j The Atlanta Constitution makes the fol
lowing complaint against the source of its
j telegraphic news: "The associated picks
| is entitled to a leather medal for slowness.
| We mean, of course, the part of it that
! furnishes us with news. Why the papers
' of Nashville and of all the other cities
; north and west were furnished with "the
| fuller report” of Geo. H. Pendleton’s
! speech at Gallipolis on Wednesday night,
| ami we w#*r* compelled to wait until
j Thursday night for it, is one of those rays
! teries that we can’t explain. We do not
i think that Mr. Barr or any other man cun
render a satisfactory explanation of
; tho matter. The telegraphic news sor
i vice of the cotton States is slow, inefficient
| ami thoroughly bad. This explains the
; difference, and nothing else can."
Wllhoft'tTottl r~*.i Hafr, Hur- unl
tlflr Care,
The unprecedented sale of this world
renowned medicine proves incontestibly
that no remedy has superseded the use of
this reliable Tonic. No spleen has been
found so hard as not to yield to its soft
ening influence, and no liver so hypertro
phied as not to give up its long-retained
bilious secretions, and no Chill or Fever
has yet refused to fall into line. Whee
loek, Finlay A Cos., Proprietors, New Or
leans. For sale by all druggists.
daw
If you want a Black Lace Point at New
York cost call at J. J. Whittle’s.
jaflOJtf
BBT GOODS AT COST
At the
VIRGINIA HTORE !
To prepare for Fall business I have de
termined to close out my entire stock If
possible before September next, and will
offer such inducements as have not been
known in Columbus. I place on my
BARGAIN COUNTER
To-day large lines dress goods at less
than half price, ami many oilier grunln
worthy the attention of buyers.
HOSIERY, GLOVES, HANDKER
CHIEFS, CORSETS, TABLE DAMASK.
TOWELS, JUk
1,000 yards VICTORIA LAWNS at 18
cents and upward.
1,000 yards BLACK IRON GRENA
DINES at 25 wnts and up.
BLACK ALPACAS from 25 cento to finest
MOHAIR.
Large lot RIBBONS to lx? eh***! out
BELOW COST.
BLEACHED SHEETINGS. SHIRTINGS
and PILLOW' COTTONS In lieet makes.
Fresh Domestic Goods constantly arriv
ing.
Consumers will find it to their in
terest to examine my stock, as I will make
a clearing sale in the next sixty days, ami
am prepared to sacrifice to do it.
jy7 oodtf H. T. CRIGLER.
TO THE PUBLIC.
Wishing to reduce our st<K*k, we now of
fer for the next thirty days a large assort
ment of solid Gold Sets, Pins and Earrings
at less than New York cost. Also h va
riety of Silver-plated Castors. These goodpi
will and must be sold at a large sacrifice.
All other goixls at reduced prices. Terms
cash on delivery, ('all and satisfv your
self at WrmcH A Kinsel’s,
jc3o tf Jewelry Store.
('HA*. IIEYMAN A CO.’S
RESTAURANT AND SALOON.
Imported and Domestic Liquors, Wince,
Cigars and Tobacco.
CINCINNATI LAGER HHEK DEPOT,
jy2o Columbus, Ga.
Cali at J. J. W'hittle’s and get some of
the Eureka Spool Silk. It is the smooth
est, strongest and cheapest silk in use.
api
Ilf Vour Own I*h*lclu.
There is no case of Dyspepsia that
Green’s August Flower will not cure.
Come to the Drug Store of F. L. Brooks,
150 Broad street, and inquire alx ut it. If
you suffer frora Costive ne&s, Sick Head
ache, Sour Stomach, Indigestion, Liver
Cogiplaint, or derangement of the sys
tem, try it. Two or three doses will re
lieve you.
Aoub Conqubreb is the only remedy in
the United States that contains no quinine
or arsenic or other poisons injurious to
the system, that will cure Fever aud Ague*
Intermittent or Bilious Fevers, Ac., and
the Chills not return during the season.
■ It permanently cures Fever and Ague of
; long standing. mh2s dAwly
Vo Eicum- fur llrlnz Sick.
No person can use BoscmsE’s German
Syrup without getting immediate relief
and cure. Wo have the first case 4f
Coughs, Colds or Consumption, or any
disease of the Throat and Lungs, yet to
hear from that has not been cured. We
have distributed every year, for three
years, over 250,000 Sample Bottles by
Druggists in all parts of tho United
States. No other manufacturer of medi
cines ever gave their preparation such a
bast as this. Go to your druggist, F. L.
iinxiks, 150 Broad street, and get a itottki
for 75 cents and try t. Two doses wli
relieve you. Sample bottles 10 cento each
mh2s d&wly
Col I? ct lav Agent.
The undersigned offers his service** to
the public as a General Collecting Agent.
The care of Tenement House* and col
lection of rent a specialty.
Call at S. Pierry’s Store adjoining, Post
office. B. D. Casey.
The largest and prettiest *cl<action of
| Transfer Flowers in the city, is at
fehl4 d,*Wtf J. J. WHITTMt’K.
New Prints,
New Muslins,
New Pereules,
New Grenadine®.
rny3 d.twtf Boatkite A Clapp.
.Jii-i Arrived:
18,000 yards Calico. If you want a
1 pretty Spring Dyiiss, go to J. J. Whittle’*.
H* receives fresh lots w**kly. bd*27
•—*—
If you want Ladies’ or Hose, iu
medium or extra length, very cheap, go to
febi4 d&wtf J. J. Whittle’s.
SO l I*. SO t I. SO l I* !
j Every day from 11 to X o'clock, under tho
j Natura Grape Arbor of
( HAS. IIEYMAN A CO.
1 ny4 y #
MitdHia Unnoroi'i Pitttei-n*
For ladiee and children, for sale by
BOATRITE A CLAPP.
Send for a pattern book free, apn tf
| Anew lot of 10-4 Sheeting and Pillow
Case Homespun just in and for sale
cheaper than ever known before, at
feb27 J. J. Whittles.
Why Will Yon I'lnr Away
WITHOUT A PARALLEL.
The demand for Dr. J. Brad field's Fe
male Regulator is beyond precedent in
the annals of popular remedies. Orders
come in so thick and fast that thi? Propri
etor has, heretofore l>eon unable to fill
them all. He is happy to state that ar
rangements are now complete by w hich
he is prepare! to manufacture Female
Regulator on a scale equal to the emer
gency, and the public may feel assured
that their wants may now be supplied.
Physicians of high repute are using this
great remedy, in daily practice, all over
Georgia. Hereafter no woman ne**ti suf
fer from suppressed, suspended or irreg
ular menstruation. This valuable medi
cine Ls prepared by L. 11. Bradfield, Drug
gist, Atlanta, Ga., and sold at $1.50 per
i bottle by druggists through*"*t America.
HEARTY. BLOOMING WIDOW.
Marietta, Ga., March 9,1870.
Messrs. Bradfielti A Oo.:
j Gentlemen—You will please ship us an
other supply of your invaluable Female
! Regulator, and forward bill by mail. We
are happy to state that this remedy gives
' better sa’tisfaction than any article we
: sell. We have been selling it since 1808,
and witnessed many remarkable cures by
it. Among others, there was a lady
friend of ours who was sallow and sickly
until she was twenty-six years old, when
she was married. Her husband lived two
vears and died. She continued in bad
I health; in fact, she has never been what
a woman ought to be. A few months
after the death of her husband she saw
your advertisement, and came to our
store and bought a bottle of your Regula
tor from us, and took it according to di
rections. It has cured her sound aud
well, brought her regular monthly peri
ods on, and to-day she is a hearty, bloom
ing widow—with the use of but two bot
tles of your Regulator, costing her only
three dollars, when she had tried several
physicians and spent a great deal of
I money without any benefit. Wishing you
great success with your valuable reme
dies, we are, respectfully yours, etc.,
W. Root A Sons.
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