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THE DAILY TIMES.
LARGEST DAILY CIRCULATION
In (itjr mid MubHrhs.
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\VHUNESDAY . . DECEMBER 22. 1375
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Mr. 1. 1?. Iteaney, tlio engineer wound
i-d by the explosion of the boiler of the lo
oomotlve Htovall, died In Atlanta on Kun
day.
A convention of thOHCVnral Councils of
the fnltod Friends of Tein[>eraneo In
Stewart county will be held In Lumpkin
on Friday next.
The Lumpkin Independent doubts if
the oldcnt citizen of Htcwart oouuty ever
saw more extensive preparations for a
large oat crop than at the present time.
Nearly everybody has sown, and in most
places they are up and growing finely. A
tine crop of wheat lias also been planted.
A Rome paper reports the return of a
family from Texas to their old homo In
Georgia. It says that they left Folk coun
ty to go to Texas, then worth several thou
sands; they left Texas after live years of
suffering and hard work, with barely
money enough to get them baek to Polk.
The Orlflln Nows Interprets the re
mark of the Cartersvllle Express, that at
the proper time the “most Influential press
wf the State" will bring forward for Gov
ernor "a man whoso name and reputation
is national,” Ac., to mean that the Ex
pross will nominate Hon. A. 11. Ste
phens.
Mr. Ezekiel Ootheren, of Sparta, has
gone deranged on account of financial
troubles. Ho Is one of the wealthiest citi
zens of that place, owning a largo cotton
factory at Sparta. Ho has just had to
suspend operations because of no sale for
his good. This together with the gloomy
outlook ahead, we suppose, caused his
insanity.
Wo learn from the Lumpkin Indepen
dent that on Monday of last week the gin
house of Mr. 11. W. Davis, of its county,
was fired by a negro girl named Narcissn
Walton, and the house and its contents to
tally destroyed. Three hales of cotton
and the seed from twelve bales were nil
burned. The girl and a negro man named
Richard Franklin, who is believed to have
lieon her accomplice, have been arrested.
The Augusta Constitutionalist learns
that the store and dwelling of It. G. Whit
kowsky, at Lawtonvllle, on tlio Central
Railroad, lielow Waynesboro, were burned
about nine o’clock Saturday morning.
There was a largo stock in the store, the
most of which was removed and saved,
and also n considerable part of the furni
ture.
The Jasper County Banner reports the
sud death of an oid gentleman of that
county named Benjamin McOehoo. Ho
was riding across u mill-race, when a bun
dle slipped from Ills hands, which ho dis
mounted to pick up, and when he attempt
ed to raise himself Into the saddle, the
stirrup-leather broke, causing him to fall
backward into the race, where he was
drowned.
-The Washington Gazette advocates
the opening to navigation the Savannah
and Broad rivers, for a long distance
atKivo Auguste, by a series of short canals
around the shoals. It believes this work
practicable, uml at an expense far less
than that of making a passage through
the shoals; and It contends that it would
bo infinitely hotter than the building of a
railroad up the Savannah river valley.
-Shelton Edwards, of the firm of West,
Edwards A Cos., of Atlanta, was on trial
liefore Judge Hopkins on Saturday and
Monday for contempt In not delivering up
books, papers arid monoy. The evidence
disclosed somo “crookod” practices. Ono
Atlanta merchant testified that a few
days before tlio failure of the firm he
iKiughlof them 700 barrels of flour at $4.25
a barrel, nnd that the lowest grade was
worth $5.25 a barrel nnd the best $7 a
barrel. Tlio case was not flushed up to
noon Monday.
—Many of tlio farmers of Monroe coun
ty have returned successfully to the old
plan of raising their own moat. Tlio Ad
vertiser gives some of tlio results. A
farmer of Kedbono district lias killed 20
hogs, of an average ago of sixteen months,
that netted 5,720 pounds, and the largest
weighed 400 pounds. Mr. A. 11. Floyd lias
killed a numlier, and among them two
that weighed 020 pounds, at an age of
sixteen months. Mr. Jerry Howard killed
twelve that weighed 2,450 pounds. We
mention these facts for the encourage
ment of others.
—The News furnishes a list of the May
ors of Savannah, successively, since 1840,
with t heir terms of servloo. They were—
Robert M. Charlton, Win. Thorne Williams,
Dr. R. I>. Arnold, Dr. Richard Wayne, Dr.
H. K. Burroughs, John E. Ward, Edward
C. Anderson, James F. Screven, Thos. M.
Turner, Charles C. Jones, Thomas Purse,
Thomas Holcombe, John Screven. Mr.
Anderson held the office eight years in nil,
l)r. Wayne live and a half years, and l)r.
Arnold live years, but not in regular suc
cession. The others held it from one to
three years each.
The Monroe Advertiser dot's not think
that the preiwsed reduction of county ex
penses by the consolidation of offices will
amount to a very large sum, and the sav
ing of a little money Is not so much an
object as the securing for a good salary
the services of a man who will give the
whole of his time to the discharge of the
duties imposed upon him. Correct—but
what does the Advertiser say to the pro
portion to do away with about one-third
of tlio county organizations of Georgia,
by consolidating the counties and re-ad
justing their boundary lines ? Certainly
a very large saving both to the counties
and to the State may bo effected by this
measure.
What did that close vote for Pres
ident pro fern. of the United States
Senate signify? Who would have
thought that the present strongly
Radical Senate would have permit
ted a Democrat to come within three
votes of an election as Vice President
rjr officio of the United States? It is
said that a number of Radical Sena
ators have urged Ferry to resign ns a
means of settling the doubt
which Senator Edmunds alluded
to, but that he obstinately holds
the position, intending to make the
Senate either displace' him or recog
nize hint as the lawful Vice President
by virtue of his election last spring.
It may be that the close vote was in
tended to admonish him of a coming
defeat if he adheres to this position.
The settlement is only for a few days,
and a sufficient mini ber of Radical
Senators have failed to vote for Fer
ry to turn the scale against him when
the question comes up again.
THK 111 Kl, XKtR AI 111 NT4.
The late fatal duel between two
Augusta gentlemen lias revived a dis
cussion t hat on similar occasions has
been agitated for centuries. It is a
controversy for a lecture, for general
ly only one side takes an active |>art
in ID that arises whenever a commu
nity is shocked by the bloody termi
nation of an “affair of honor" which
generally society would have censur
ed ono side or the other for avoiding.
Bfitng thus spasmodic and emotional,
it is not. surprising tbut even many
men who condemn duelling in prin
ciple or in the abstract have not the
moral courage to decline a challenge
when given to themselves. After all
the denunciations of the practice and
after all the horrors that It has occa
sioned, we find that the temperament
or the customs of a people have more
than unything else to do with its con
tinuance or abandonment. It is a
practice of rare occurrence in our
Northern .States and in Great Britain,
not because men have been ethically
convinced of its criminality or ab
surdity, but because their tempera
ments do not prompt them to de
mand or give redress in that way;
while in France it is as common a
practice as ever, and in Germany ap
pears to be growing rather than de
clining. In our Southern States, we
are glad to believe, it is becoming
less frequent, and we trust that its
decline among us Is due to a keener
perception and real conviction of Its
evils and horrors, not to the lack of
sensitiveness to injury or insult to
which its discontinuance in other lo
calities is mainly due.
In the case of the duel near Augus
ta, there does not appear to have
been any necessity or justification for
it, and we are glad to see that the
two papers of that city are earnest in
denouncing it. One gentleman had
repeated common reports derogatory
to the other; the last named demand
ed his authority; the first replied
that as the reports wore very com
mon he could not give the authority;
a peremptory challenge followed,
was accepted, and the challengor
(Mr. Tilly) was killed. Now itseems
,to us that no seconds ought to have
encouraged, or even permitted a duel
to grow out of a difference of this
kind. Neither of the parties had
done the other such an injury as to
require the spilling of blood. The
misunderstanding between them was
one susceptible of honorable adjust
ment without a duel, or if one party
was obstinately bent on a light, the
correspondence and mediation ought
to have been continued to the point
of putting him clearly in the wrong.
Mr. Ratcliffe, the surviving princi
pal, has, we see, felt it incumbent
on him to declare that the fight was
forced upon him—that he had no al
ternative but to accept or decline
a peremptory challenge. Tho facts
appear to be as he states them, but
slill it does not follow that this sole
alternative ought to havo been per
mitted by the friends of the one side
to be presented, even if those of the
other ought to have acquiesced in it.
Men may quiet their consciences, in
serious affairs of this kind, by argu
ing that they only did what honor
required of them, but they would
find much more solid and satisfac
tory consolation in the application to
themselves of the text, “Blessed are
the peacemakers.”
Duelling is undoubtedly a great
evil, but wo see that very severe laws
do not suppress it. It is doubtful,
indeed, whether a jury of Southern
men could be found to bring in a ver
dict of murder in any case of duel
ling, no matter what the law on the
subject might be. As wo have said
above, tho temperament and customs
of a people are tho chief agencies in
tolerating or abolishing the practice.
So long as people are disposed to
redress their own private grievances,
and public sentiment looks upon a
resort to legal proceedings as merce
nary or cowardly, so long will a prac
tice that is really a relie of barba
rism and a characteristic of tho bra
vado linger among us. But we trust
that universal public sentiment will
condemn and make infamous duels
not founded upon grievous injury or
insult, and which could be avoided
by a little moral courage and a wise
forethought of ensuing horrors.
Wliltfwaslilns needier.
The New York Herald severely
criticises the action of Plymouth
Church in response to Mrs. Moul
ton's charges against Beecher. It
says that the church has taken steps
for submitting its affairs to anew in
vestigation by an ecclesiastical trib
unal chosen by itself. The public,
in the interest of peace and decency,
protests against any further stirring
iq) of tiiis scandal to poison tho so
cial atmosphere, and, above all,
against a one-sided, whitewashing
investigation. This is a cunning
trick to parry the effect of the mutual
council called for by Mrs. Moulton.
Plymouth Church refuses to submit
to the mutual council any otherques
tion than the merely technical one
relating to its right to drop Mrs.
Moulton from the roll of members
for non-attendance at public worship.
They want an excuse for narrowing
the investigation before a body in
which both sides will be represented
to that single point, and the excuse
they have devised is to refer all gen
eral matter to a council of their own
I selection, before which no adverse
I party can have a hearing. Such a
| one-sided affair will be regarded bv
| the public as an elaborate piece of
I whitewashing. As nobody will bo
!>crmitted to participate in it except
ministers known to be friendly to
Mr. Beecher, its foreseen result will
have no moral weight, however em
phatically it may exculpate the I’ly
mouth pastor.
To Exchanges.—Some of our ex
changes havo not been supplied for
several days within the last week,
owing to the inadequacy of our print
ed edition to “go round.” We think
that we can promise them the more
regular receipt of our paper here
after.
THE TIMES: WEDNESDAY MOUSING, DECEMBER 22, ix,;>.
Illnlnr no ■ I cutler.
The Rudicul press are exultant in
thoir pruise of the parliamentary
skill and matchless tucties of cx-
Speuker Blaine. They boast tiiat
the leadership of such a man in the
Houso of Representatives compen
sate for ih large Democratic major
ity in the body; and tiiey instance
his discomfiture of Fernando Wood,
on the first day of the sessioD, when
tho latter tried to obtain a recogni
tion of the McEnery government in
Louisiana, as a master stroke of par
liamentery strategy. But Mr. Blaine
as the chosen Republican leader, cut
a very different figure in the House
when Mr. Springer, of Illinois, unex
pectedly sprung upon it his resolu
tion against a third term. “Oh where
was Khoderio then?” At the first
blast of the Democratic bugle horn he
actually turned his back to the. foe -
he vamoosed—cut stick skedaddled
—ran! He did not stop unlil he was
clear out of the hall and snugly en
goonsod iu ono of the side rooms. He
might have assumed the attitude of a
crowing cock after his encounter
with Wood “unheeled”; but at the
first sight of the, metallic spurs on
the Democratic rooster, he "hacked.”
His demoralized party, thus left with
out a leader, scattered or scampered
in a most disorderly manner,
and thus, in the first manceu
vering for position upon a real un
avoidable issue of tiie coming Presi
dential contest, it goes before the
country discordant and disorganized,
while its opponent presents a solid
front and holds a strong position.
Mr. Blaine’s abilityasa partramen
tnriun and a leader is unquestioned,
but it will be found on many occasions
before the session is out that he is un
equal to the task of successfully
managing so bad a cause as that of
tho Republican party.
The Hi*lit of Alabama.
A writer in the Mobile Register
furnishes a tabular statement of the
present bonded debt of Alabama,
which is presumed to be very near
correct. Tho regular Stute debt, bear
ing interesl at rates from five to eight
per cent., is $G,619,800, with interesl
unpaid for throe years, amounting to
$1,236,088 -total $7,856,488. The orig
inally given State bonds to railroads
are $2,000,000 to the Alabama & Chat
tanooga and $300,000 to the Mont
gomery & Eufaula $2,300,000. The
straight bonds given to the South &
North, Selma & Marion, and Mobile
& Atlantic Grand Trunk ruilroads, in
exchange for endorsed bonds, amount
to $1,112,000 making a total of
straight bonds $11,207,488. The en
dorsements for railroads (of which
$580,000 to tho Alabama it Chattanoo
ga are pronounced spurious) are SB,-
860,000 —making a total of bonds of
every description $19,927,488. Besides
this, the State has $1,020,415 of filiat
ing certificates and obligations, and
owes $2,800,273 to the Educational and
Trust funds. The annual revenue
(exclusive of poll tax devoted to the
Educational fund) amounts to sl,-!
090,000.
The San Francisco Alta is of the j
opinion that the great four-mile race,
first set for the 14th of November arid j
afterwards indefinitely postponed,
will not come off thisyear. Theepizoo
ty among the horses and very rainy
weather caused the jiostponement,
and now two or three of the horses
entered have been ordered East.
The House Committees.
When the Houseof Representatives
met on Monday, Speaker Kerr an
nounced the appointment of the reg
ular committees, and the House then
adjourned. The following are the
chairmen of the committees:
Elections -Harris, of Virginia.
Ways anil Means -Morrison, of Illi
nois.
Appropriations--Randall, of Pennsyl
vania.
Banking and Currency-Cox, of New
York.
Pacific Railroad Lamar, of Mississippi.
Judiciary—Knott,of Kentucky.
Public Lands—Saylor, of Ohio.
Foreign Affairs—Swan, of Maryland.
Military—Banning, of Ohio.
Commerce—Hereford, of West Virginia.
Post Office, Ac.—Clarke, of Missouri.
War Claims—Eden, of Illinois.
Naval Affairs—Wiiltthorue, of Tennes
see.
Revision of Laws—Durham, of Kentuc
ky.
Education and Labor—Walker, of Vir
ginia.
District of Columbia-Buckner, of Mis
souri.
Public Buildings and Grounds -Holman,
of Indiana.
Patents—Vance, of North Carolina.
Invalid Pensions—Jenks, of Pennsylva
nia.
Revolutionary Pensions -Hunton, of
Virginia.
Indian Affairs—Scales, of North Caroli
na.
Coinage, Woights nnd Measures—Ste
phens, of Georgia.
Territories—i-iothard, of Ohio.
Agriculture—Caldwell, of Alabama.
Mines and Mining -Bland, of Missouri.
Private Land Claims—Gunter, of Arkan
sas.
Public Expenditures -Mllllken, of Ken
tucky.
Railways and Canals—Jones, of Ken
tucky.
Mississippi Lovees—Gibson, of Louisi
ana.
Reform in Civil Service—Whitehouse, of
New York.
Manufacturing—Stone, of Missouri.
Militia -Cowan, of Ohio.
Cetnennlal -Hopkins, oflPennsylvania.
Captaiu Eads writes to the Presi
dent of the Jetty Company in St.
Louis, that one mile of the east jetty
at the Soulli Pass of the mouth of the
Mississippi has been completed, con
tolling the river to high water mark,
while groat progress lias been mado
upon the west jetty and other works
included in the plan for removing
the bar. Asa result of his opera
tions thus far, Captaiu Eads reports
that, not less than 700,000 cubic yards
of earth have been removed, thus
effecting a decided deepening of the
channel. It is found that the tidal
action of the sea, which is controlled
to some extent by the guide piles, is
also aiding the work; and with the
river scouring the bar on one side,
and the sea on the other, it is be
lieved that the success of the jetty
plan is now fully assured.
Bishop Haven’s Quandary.—Bishop
Haven defends his right to pray for a
third term, and, at the same time,
says he is “bound to pray for those
who are already in power.” This
means the Democratic majority iu
the House. But if he prays for Grant,
who wants a third term, and for the
Democrats, who don’t, which of the
petitions does he expect will be fa
vored?—New York Herald.
M. K. APPOINTMENT*.
COW J M HUH — UROW9EVILT.K —Gift A lID.
Bpeciftl to the Timeu.J
Amkhuts, Dec. 21. Tho following
are theappoitments for Columbus:
J. B. McGehee, P. E.
It. J. Corley, St. Luke.
J. S. Key, St. Paul.
J. M. V. Morris nnd W. H. John
son, Broad Street Church.
W. P. Wonlluw, Girard.
J. A. F.
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HKWAKK OF TUB t|I’KKK.
A COMPLETE LIST OF COUNTERFEIT BANK
NOTES.
Tlio appended list of dangerous
counterfeit bills is finely to prove
useful to our commercial friends ;
Hundred Dollar Bills First Na
tlonal Bank of Boston ; First Nation
al Bank of Elmira, N. Y.; Fourth
National Bank of Cincinnati; Cen
tral National Bunk of City of New
York; Ohio National Bank of Cincin
nati; First National Bank of Cincin
nati.
Fifty Dollar Bills—Commercial
National Bank of New Bedford, Mas
sachusetts ; Fourth National Bank
of New York Citv; First National
Bank of Palmyra, N. V.: Tioga Na
tional Bank of Oswego.
Twenty Dollar Bills Commerce
National Rank of city of New York;
City National Bank of city of New
York; Tradesmen’s National Bank of
city of New York ; Stute of New York
National Bank of city of New York;
Market New Y’ork National Bank of
city of New York; Lebanon National
Bank of Lebanon, Pa.; First Nation
al B ink of Chicago; First National
Bunk of Portland, Me.; First Nation
al Bank of Portland,Conn.; First Na
tional Bank of New Albany, Ind.;
First National Bank of Plainfield, N.
J.; First National Bank of Indianap
olis, Ind.; First National Bank of
Boston, Mass.; First National Bank
of Utica, N. Y.; City National Bank
Of Utica, N. Y.; Oneida National
Bank of Utica, N. Y.; Merchants’
National Bank of the city of New
York; Mechanics’National Bank of
the city of New York; New York
Banking Association of the city of
New York; Shoe and Leather Na
tional Bank of tho city of New York ;
Ten Dollar Bills-First National
Bank of the city of Now York ; Ninth
National bank of city of New York :
Commerce National Bank of city
New York; Marine National
Bank of city of New York; Market
National Bank of city of New York;
Mechanics’ National Bank of city of
New Y’ork; Tradesmens’ National
Bank of city of New York; Union
National Bank of city of New York;
City National Bank of Albany,N. Y.;
Firemen’s and Merchants of Buffalo,
N. Y.; Cent ml National Bank of
Cherry Valley, N. Y.; First National
Bank of Lockport, N. Y.; Exchange
Bank of Lookport, N. P.; Farmers’
National Bank of Malone. N. Y. ;
Highland Nationul Bunk of Nevvburg,
N. Y. ; Westchester National Bank
of Feekskill, N. Y.; City National
Bank of Poughkeepsie, N. \\ ; Farm
ers’ and Manufacturers’ Bank of
Poughkeepsie, N. Y,; First National
Bank of Poughkeepsie, N. Y .; First
National Bank of Red Hook, N. Y.;
Flour City National Bank of Roches
ter, N. Y. ; Central National Bank of
Rome, N. Y. ; Syracuse National
Bank of Syracuse, N. Y’,; Mutual
Bank of.. Troy, N. Y.: First, National
Bank o; Whitehall, N. Y.; First
National Bank of Thorntown, Me. ;
First National Bank of Lebanon, N.
H. • First National Bank of Philadel
phia. Pa.; Richmond National Rank
of Richmond, Ind.; Merchants’
National Bank of Chicago, 111,; First
National Bank of Houston, Texas;
Merchants’ National Bank of City of
New York.
Five Dollar Bills Trader's Na
tional Bank of Chicago, Illinois;
First National Bank of Chicago, Illi
nois; Third National Bank of Chica
go, Illinois; Merchants’ National
Bank of Chicago, Illinois; First Na
tional Bank of Canton, Illinois; First
National Bank of Canton, Ohio; First
National Bank of Aurora, Illinois;
First National Bank of Paxton, Illi
nois; Commerce National Bank of
New York city; Merchant’s National
Bank of New York city; People’s Na
tional Bunk of Jackson, Michigan;
First National Bunk of Louisville,
Kentucky; Jewett City National
Bank. Jewett City, Connecticut;
First National Bank, Peru, Illinois.
Two Dollar Bills -First National
Bank of Newport Rhode Island ; First
National Bank of Providence, Rhode
Island ; Roger Williams Bank of Prov
idence, Rhode Island; Jewett City
National Rank, Jewett City, Conn.;
First National Rank of New York
City; Ninth National Bank of New
York City ; Marine National Bank of
New York City; Market National
of New York City,St. Nicholas Nation
al Bank of New York City ; State of
New York National Bank of New
York City; Union National Bank of
Ivinderhook, New York; First Nation
al Bank of Palmyra, New Y’ork;
Westchester National Bank, Peek
skill, New York;Sixth Nationul Bank
of Philadelphia, Pa.
♦ ■
Another natural Rats Robbery anti
Outrage.
The New York Sun calls attention
to the enormous wrongs inflicted
upon settlers on the public lands
under the present, administration,
through iniquitous decisions iu the
General Land Office, which lias been
conducted entirely in the interest of
railroad corporations and land grab
bers. While Delano, says the Sun,
was in office he did not hesitate at
any time to reverse long established
rules of the department if lie could
oblige a railroad company by doing
so, regardless of law, equity, or the
ruin which his decision might entail
upon whole communities of indus
trious citizens; and although lie has
left the Cabinet, with a certificate to
his integrity from Grant in his pock
et, the ruinous effects of his acts will
long be felt in thousands of once
prosperous households. Just now
great excitement exists in California
over the discovery that settlers who,
through the decisions of the Interior
Department, have been obliged to
contest in tlio courts their right to
' the possession of their homes, have
been betrayed, as they believe, by
eminent counsel whom they had em
ployed to conduct their defense.
These cases relate to lands within
the limits of Mexican grants claimed
by the Central Pacific Railroad.
That the owners should be called
upon to defend their claims at all
will seem surprising to every one
who knows the facts. These farmers
settled on public lands iu good
faith, complying with all the require
ments of law. They bought their
farms from the Government, receiv
ing patents therefor, and for years
have gone on making valuable im
provements, resting in fancied secu
rity upon titles received directly from
the United States. And now they
are called upon to surrender their
property upon an arbitrary decision
of a Washington official—which was
iu direct contravention of all prece
dent-to a railroad company which
hail no legal existence at tho time
that a large proportion of these set
tlers bought and paid for their land.
The Mexican grants cover about one
seventh of all the land iu California,
and property worth more than SIOO,-
000,000 is involved in the questions at
issue.
UK.tVT’n IIOKSI', TRADE.
HOW THE PRESIDENT FRIGHTENED THE
VENERABLE BON IE AND BOUGHT \
LIVELY VAIII OF 11AVS.
From tin* Cincinnati Gazette.]
McDonald, who used occasionally
to entertain tho President when the
latter visited Bt. Louis, tells the fol
lowing story:
"One morning lie expressed n de
sire to drive, and 1 said ; ‘Now, Gen
eral, let me drive a team of ponies
around here for you to try. You
know very well you can't hire any
such animals as you like b> ‘it be
hind.’ The President said; ‘Mac,
have you got something real nice -
something von are willing to recom
mend?' Said I: ‘lieu. Grant, did
you ever know ine to have a poor
horse?’—you see, I was in tho livery
business when the President first
knew me. Said lie: ’Mac, I never
did. You may drive them around.’
In a few minutes around they came,
and the President invited Mr. Borie
to sit in with him for a drive. Mr.
Jlorie looked at tlio ponies with a
suspicious air, but got in and off they
went sedately enough.
“Irian hour or so they came back,
and it occurred to mo to interview
Mr. Borie gently about the ride be
fore I spoke to the Presiecnt. I knew
“ ‘Mr. McDonald,’said he, ‘there is
a very great deal more sliced iu those
horses than I am accustomed to. The
President took them along at an ex
tremely rapid rate, though he did not
seem to be aware how fast we wore
getting over the ground, or what uni
versal attention we were exciting. To
tell the truth, after wo got out of the
town a ways he pulled them on the
side along the dirt road, and we fair
ly flew along. lam not accustomed
to such a rate in Philadelphia, and
after holding on awhile for ray life, I
intimated to General Grant that we
seemed to be going like lightning.
But lie simply said in an abstracted
away, “Work up lively, my boys.”
though we were going so fast I could
not see any boys; and when, a while
after, he checked up and answered
my suggestion, he said, “Mr. Borie,
I was not driving fust. No, it could
not be properly termed fast; but, af
ter all, those ponies are tolerably
lively—tolerably lively, sir.” I think
the President enjoyed the ride, Mr.
McDonald, but you understand it was
a little too rapid for Philadelphia.’
“After tiiis,” said Gen. McDonald,
“I was prepared to ask tho President
about the noises, so I walked up and
said, ‘Well, General, liow did tlie po
nies please you? Did you like the
way they stepped along ?’
“The President spoke upquiek, and
he said, ‘Mac, I like those horses well
enough to give you a thousand dol
lars for them.’ Said I, ‘General, I
wasn't trying to sell those horses to
you.’ ‘No, Mac, said the President.,
j I did not suppose you were; but I
was not speaking ironically. I’m in
earnest, and I like those animals well
j enough to give you a thousand dollar
I bill for them.’
“To this I replied, ‘Gen. Grant,
you cau have ’em for just wlmt they
cost me, to a cent, if you want ’em,
j and that is not far from a thousand.
I gave $445 for one, and $495 for an
other, and I have had ’em just a
month, nnd a month's board is SBO,
I and that makes it to a dot.' So we
! closed the trade.”
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I ifilrl ~K THK Oeohhia Hume. 1
iKWUIUNCB CoMIWNK, f
Columbus, Ga. )
i r pHl£ amnia) meeting ol tho Stockholders of thin
I Comi any will b held at th>.*ir office on the
2tith day of .January. 187(1.
J. RiIOEES BROWNE,
decli) td President.
Found.
\ SMALL rool of Money, which the owner can
. K‘t by deacribtag the same and paying for
j this advortiHement
j ileclfi 3t MURDOCK M< LEOD.
iFire Works! lie Careful! !
THE netting off of any Sky Rockets. Roman Can
■ dies, largo Firo Crackers or Torpedoes or Bal
| loons at any places w ithin the Corporate limits of
| the city, except north of Franklin street ami south
I of Thomas street, is hereby prohibited during
j the Christinas holidays, and under penalty of fine
or imprisonment at the discretion of the Mayor,
and the police are specially instructed to enforce
this prohibition. M. M. MOORE,
Clerk of Council.
dec2l 4t (Enquirer copy]
MILES AT AUCTION
Deceinlier 23i1. iiisl.
On Thursday we will Sell in Font of our
Store,
j Hlx fiootl Farm. Mulen and n
Fine no top Buggy.
KOSISTTK, IAAAS X ( O.
' deell 3t
EVERYBODY SUITED.
We are this Season in Receipt of a Large
Supply of all Sizes of Our
Celebrated
For both Wood ami Coal.
Besides a full assortment of other Popular
COOKING AND HEATING STOVES,
GRATES, Ac.,
Anil feel justified in saying that we are SURE
we can suit any and all classes of purchasers, both
in quality and price.
Of other Goods iu our line, we have a large and
complete assortment, such as
TIN AND SHEET-IRON WARE
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION,
i hardware, table and pocket cutlery,
CROCKERY. GLASSWARE, COAL
HODS, SHOVELS, kC.
All of these articles we CAN and WILL sell at
I VERY BOTTOM PRICES.
lan 1 dtf W. H. ROBART9 A CO.
DR. 1). W. JOHNSTON,
SPECIAL AGENT
—FOR THE—
Cotton States Life insurance Cos.,
OF MACON, GA.
POLICIES taken in this staunch and reliable
Company on most favorable terms.
With headquarters at Columbus, my field o
operatious will be the adjacent sections of Geor
gia and Alabama.
ecl4d Into
W. F. TIGXER. dentist.
Randolph 6treet, (opposite Strapper's) Columbus
janl ly] Georgia.
Tho Latest Stylo Sewing Machine
IS THE
!WHEELER & WILSON NEW NO. 7,
With Work Going from the Operator.
Those accustomed to using Machines of other makes will find this 9tyle a
convenience. It is by fur the easiest to learn, and has gained favor faster
I than any new Machine yet introduced. It runs light ami
Never Gets Out of Order.
Try One. and You Will Like It.
WHEELER A WILSON MANUFACTURING COMP’Y.
■f*" Office: 100 Broad Street.
AGENTS WANTED IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
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New Groceries-—Cheap.
o
New crop snow-white Sugar at 12 1-2 and 13c,
“ “ Fancy Yellow Clarified at 11 1-2 and 12 l-2c.
Crushed and Powdered Sugar,
“ Fancy New Orleans Synip,
Choice Teas at SI.OO to $1.50 per lb.,
“ Coffees 25c. to 40c. “
Hudimts Pearl Grits 20 lbs. for SI,OO,
Pearl Hominy,
Dnrkee’s Salad Dressing (very nice. >
Lea & Ferrin's Worcestershire Sauce,
Crosse & Blackwell's Ohow Chow,
Cooking Excracts, choice and cheap,
Cox's Gelatine,
Underwood's Devilled Ham,
Spices and Raisins,
Shepp’s Dessicated Coacoanut
Borden's Condensed Milk,
Star, Sperm and Wax Candles
Selected Cream Cheese,
Plain and Fancy Crackers,
White Kerosene Oil at 25c. per gal.
Family Flour at $7.50 at $8.50 per bbl.,
Fancy “ Gilt Edge, $9.50,
New Corn Meal 90c. and SI.OO per bushel.
Fancy and heavy tiroceriw of till kimls til lamest lor
4 ilsll
i* A* All purchases delivered free of Drayagc.-***
J. H. HAMILTON.
THE GEORGIA HOME
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Oolviratovus, C3-a.
A HOME COMPANY, seeking the patronage of HOME PEOPLE!
Our Charter binds all t lie property of the Stockholders for the obligations of the Company.
As an evidence of our ability to protect our friends from loss,
WE HAVE PAID TO OUR POLICY HOLDERS SINGE QUR ORGANIZATION. $1,300,000
Office in tlio GEORGIA HOME BUILDING.
DIRECTOIIS:
'J. RHODES BR<>WNE, Pres’t of Cos. JNO. McILHENNEY, Mavor of City.
! N. N. CURTIS, of Wells & Curtis. JNO. A. McNEILL, Grocer.
J. R. CLAPP, Clapp’s Factory. JA MES RANKIN, Capitalist,
iL. T. DOWNING, Attorney at Law. CHARLES WISE.
GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, Treasurer of Company
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GRAND OLD IDEA
LIVE ON LESS THAN YOU MAKE I
ONLY ONE ROAD TO WEALTH!
Save Your Money—Economy is Wealth !
EAGLE & PHENIX SAVINGS DEPARTMENT,
Columtovus, G-a.
Every Depositor has, by Special Law, a First Lien on all
the Property of the Company.
STOCKHOLDERS INDIVIDUALLY LIABLE TO DEPOSITORS.
Capital Stock, $1,250,000.
Tin- nst Successful Inslit ill lon in Hie Sonlli.
.Etr~ Deposits payable on Demand.
Seven per cent, interest, compounded four times a year.
X4T- Accounts strictly confidential.
N. J. BUSSEY, President. G. GUNBY JORDAN, Sec’y & Treas’r.
in itir* •Tones.
W. H. YOUNG. CHAS. GREEN,
DR T W. BATTLE, Lumpkin, Ga. Pres’t Sav’h Bank and Trust Cos.
N. j. BUSSEY. ALFRED I. YOUNG.
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FIRST-CLASS
SOUTHERN CLOTHING HOUSE
TlrorxYEts I Prescott
Columtous, Georgia,
Have always on band every style and variety of
Clothes for Men & Boys!
Elegant Dress and Business Suits,
Ready-Made or Made to Order.
Wedding- SSuilx sx Specialty !
Also, the celebrated “KNEP” SHIRT,
Which has no superior, and which they furnish in any quantity at $1.25, CASH.
novl7 eodtf
! H. H. EPPING, President. H. W. EDWARDS. Cashier. R. M. MULFORD, Ass’t Cashier.
The Chattahoochee National Bank
OF
COIATMBUS, (IV.
This Bank transacts a General Banking Easiness, pays Diterest on Deposits,
under special contract, gives prompt attention to Collections on all accessible
points, and invites correspondence. Information transmitted by mail or wires
when desired. janl tf