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THE DAILY TIMES. LARGEST DAILY CIRCULATION In (itjr mid MubHrhs. Jim'S H. WAHTI*, ... Kdllor roliiniltn*. <n.. \VHUNESDAY . . DECEMBER 22. 1375 < o>ni v):lt (iIOKI.I l \RW. 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. • • 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.” - 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. oelOdAwtf 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 ,1c 12 tf _ 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. | nets tf 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