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THE DAILY TIMM
LARGEST DAILY OIBOULATION
In City nl Mutourli.
JOHN H. M tKTISi, --- Editor.
Coliinilxin. Ga.i
SATURDAY DECEMBER 25, 1875.
UKOKUI.t M!W.
—Mr. Nod Carter,'of Walton county,
only ninoty-one'ye*™ old, was married
last week.
—Mrs. Temperanoo Smith, of Tatoall
county, died on tj 13th Instant, at the
advanced ago of one hundred and never
years.
—Judge Tompkins, of Savannah, does
not recognize members of hoeo companies
as firemen, consequently docs not exempt
them.
—The North Georgia Agricultural Col
lege, located at Dahloucgti, has two hun
dred and fifty students in attendance, ac
cording to tho fopbrt Just published.
—C. C. Urown was on Tuesday last elect
ed Ordinary of Washington county, to 1111
the vacancy occasioned by the death of
Judge Brookins. There wore live candi
dates.
—The City Council of Macon lias author
ized its committee on gas to make a con
tract for lighting tho streets with tho gas
company, subject to ratification by the
Counell.
—A negro who Is believed to have been
tho perpetrator of many recent bur
glaries In Macon, was captured In that
city on Wednesday. Goods stolen at
several places were found in his posses
sion.
—The News reports tho arrivals at the
port of Savannah during tho past fojv
days as very numerous, to wit: two ships,
olghtaen barks and two reported off the
bar Inward bound, two brigs and seven
schooners.
—ln the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
the other (lay it was admitted that none
of the grocery or commission merchants
had made money the past year, on account
of the low prices they were compelled to
charge.
—Tlio Cartorsvlllo Express glvos some
of the tax statistics of Bartow county for
tho present year, which show a falling off
of $223,383, or a fraction over 5 per cent.,
In tho value of all property as compared
with last year’s valuation.
—The Atlanta papers mention the seri
ous Illness of Mr. If. W. Grady, chief edi
tor of the Herald, from pneumonia. But
we are glad to learn from tho Constitu
tion, of Thursday, that It was thought a
change for the better (n his condition had
been effected.
—The chicken fight between Tennessee
ans and Georgians closed at Augusta on
Wednesday. The Goorgla chickens won
thirteen out of sixteen fights. The Con
stitutionalist understands thut Charles
Brown and his party from Macon won
nearly $5,000 on the result.
—The Albany Nows of Thursday says
that tho "top crop” la developed In that
soctlon, and dees not e?>m<> up to expecta
tions. A few tine places have yielded well
—say about 50 per oent. on first growth—
but full 70 per cent, of the acreage is too
poor to be estimated. Albany’s receipts
so far are 8,000 bales short, of last year’s.
—A prominot citizen writing from Tay
lorsville, says: "I have rock from thoeop
por mines In Haralson county, Ga. The
mine is on T. G. Waldrop’s land. Captain
John Freeman Is working It. They have
struck copper that is as lino as you ever
saw. They say the mine Is worth five
hundred thousand dollars. If that bo tho
case It will help old Haralson out.”
—M. E. Warlten informs the Bandersvillo
Herald that ho has killed four pigs, only
six months old, which ranged In weight
from 173 to 202 pounds gross. He says
that they were fed chiefly on butter
milk and meal. The mother of these pigs,
eighteen months old, was killed at the
same time, and weighed 312 pounds gross.
The Uurald says t hat farmers report the
supply of pork hogs tiie best they have
known In that county for many yoars.
—The Griffin Nows reports tlio unusual
Incident of the Marshal dispossessing a
hotel keeper la tlint city for for non-pay
ment of taxes. The hotel had been sold
for city taxes, and was bought by Mr.
Westbrook, and tlio Marshal was execut
ing a summary process In putting him
Into possession. It was tho Staley House,
kept by Mr. J. A. Staley. The goods be
longing to Mr. Staley wore put out into
the stroet. He was going to contest the
proceeding hi a legal suit.
The Savannah News learns through a
private telegram that the Supremo Court
has sustained tho special plea in tho case
of John H. Nolan, charged with tho mur
der of Martin Grogan in 1872, and thus
reversed the doelsiou of the Chatham Su
perior Court. This dooislon releases No
lan from custody, and he Is a tree man os
soon as the judgment Is officially received
and made tho judgment of the Superior
Court.
—ln tho Superior Court of Chatham
county, on Wednesday, Andrew Sloan,
Esq., gave notice that he would apply for
a removal of the ease of tho State against
Isaac Kussell and others indicted for riot
In making tho assault on Solicitor Lamar,
to tho United States Circuit Court The
Savannah Nows says it is understood that
the ground of this application will be that
the said parltes cannot get a fair trial be
fore the State court.
—The brick work of the Atlanta cotton
factory Is completed. The officers of tlio
compauy have visited Augusta to witness
the operations of tho factories there, and
the Constitutionalist learns from them
that the new mills of the Atlanta company
are 236x72 feet; the main building will bo
five stories high, with a sub-basement.
There will bo an "L,” iu which will lie lo
cated the steam engine and picking and
pressing department. There will be 20,-
000 spindles and 500 looms, for the manu
facture of a class of ootton goods much
liner than any made at present (n the
South.
A Dr. Robinson, of Pennsylvania,
after twenty years’ ’study of the
hawk’swing, claims to have invented
a flying machine. The motive power
will be steam, and the machine will
enable a man to travel at the rate of
one hundred miles an hour. He has
not made a model yet, but he has no
doubt of success, and he intends to
pay a flying visit to the Centennial.
Tue Florida Union publishes a list
of twenty steamers now engaged in
navigating the St. Johns river. Eight
years ago steamboat trips up and
down the river were not so frequent
as they now are on the Chattahoo
chee.
A CAME IX POINT.
There is a case now on trial before
a United .States Commissioner at
Montgomery, Ala., in which the doe*
trine of Renujor Morton’s resolutions
is sought to be carried out praotical
ly-the doctrine that the States havo
no rights which the Federal Govern
ment is bound to respect. The South
ern States have long and often been
made to feel that such wus their
status in tho estimation of the Ad
ministration at Washington; and
now Senator Morton wants to have it
announced by the authority of Gon
gross that the other States of the
Union are in no better plight. Let
tlio other States thus threatened, take
warning from tho encroachments of
Federal power in the South, and be
fore it is too late to demand a return
to tho principles of tho Constitution.
Tho case on trial at Montgomery,
wus brought by a negro named John
son, a Representative from Macon
county, against the Probate Judge,
tho Sheri IT, and several other citizens
of Macon county, for arresting, try
ing and imprisoning him for the
Violation of a State law. His offense
was the carrying of concealed weap
ons on the day of an election, and his
punishment was strictly in accord
ance with the laws of the State. He
lately escaped from custody, pro
ceeded to Montgomery, and hail the
parties named arrested for “conspi
racy” against him under the Enforce
ment, act of Congress.
It is plain that If, In this case, the
Federal authorities can punish those
of a State for executing a State law,
thoy can practically annul the State
luw. Congress can prohibit Alabama
from passing or executing laws
against the carrying of concealed
weapons! And if it can thus exer
cise supervision over one criminal
statute of a State, why not over its
whole criminal laws ? 'L’ffe fact that
Johnson was a member of the Legis
lature does not at all change the as
pect of the case. He wus a State leg
islator, and held no official relations
whatever with the Federal Govern
ment. A more plausible pretext (but
still nota suffioiont warrant) for Fed
eral intervention might have been
sot up if Johnson was a Federal offi
cial or engaged in tho transaction of
any business for the Federal Gov
ernment. But tills was not tho case.
Ho claims that he was prevented
from participating in the holding of
an election, but it was purely a State
election, being the late one upon the
ratilleation of the new constitution.
And if he eDjoyed any immunity
from arrest for carrying weapons un
lawfully, because he was going to an
election, he would have enjoyed the
same immunity if ho had committed
murder. The whole cluim of Feder
al jurisdiction in the case is a mani
fest absurdity and usurpationbut it
comports very well with Senator
Morton’s claim that tho States are
dependent on tho Federal Govern
ment for all their powers.
The charge of “conspiracy” against
the Judge, Sheriff, prosecuting at
torney and witnesses in this ease, is
supremely rodlculous. They wero
doing what the laws of their State
required of them, and if they are not
free from molestation or punishment
by another jurisdiction for the dis
charge of their duties, it is a mockery
to have State Governments or State
laws. Tiie question resolves itself
into one of separate unit divided pow
er or tho concentration of all power
in the Government at Washington.
The resolutions of Senator Morton
and the counter resolutions of Sena
tor McDonald are not abstractions
merely. They affect, practical issues
and practices, as this Alabama case
proves. We hojte that its occurrence
simultaneously with the introduction
of these resolutions in Congress will
servo to admonish the country that
they involve a question which calls
for early and judicious settlement.
A Proposition to Make up the History.
The United States Oentennial.Qora
mission have sunt out an important
circular to the press of'.the country,
proposing apian for making, up tiie
history of America to tlio Centennial
year—as follows:
It seems proper thj* the local cele
brations of the Fourth of July, 1876,
which will be held throughout the
land, should bo made to contribute a
permanent historical memorial of the
Centennial Celebration. In each
county provision should be made for
the delivery of an address tracing the
history of that particular communi
ty for tho past century or from the
time of its settlement, and including
a sketch of its growth, its resources,
industries, prospects, etc. These ad
dresses should be published in a uni
form size,—that of the Congressional
documents, for instance,—in order
that they may be bound together by
States. To competent persons the
preparation of such addresses would
not be an unduly burdensome task ;
but in the aggregate they would con
stitute an invaluable historical repos
itory such as no nation has over had
the opportunity to collect.
Designations of tho historians
ought to be made without delay, in
order that they may have time to ac
complish their work. It is to bo
hoped that tho press will give geueral
circulation to the project, and that
each journal will see to its consum
mation in its own locality, and that
tho slight expense involved bo as
sumed by the county or town author
ity.
The Opelika Beformer is facetious
in its comparisons. It says:
What is the difference ? In Colum
bus or Atlanta you get three hand
saw files for n quarter; here you pay
a quarter for a hand-saw tile’. It’s a
quarter any way. Just like thopoor
est lands in Lee compared to the
richest in Texas; one acre of land in
Texas makes forty bushels of corn,
while in Lee county forty acres
makes a bushel of corn—but you
must get it before the silk gets dry,
or else it’s gone--not “where the
.woodbine twineth,” but where the
negro roameth.
THE TIMES: SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25, 1875.
COIJXTV HATES OP TAX ATIOX.
The Atlanta correspondent of the
Augusta Chronicle furnishes thut pa
par with some interesting informa
tion, derived from the Comptroller
General’s books, in reference to the
rates of county taxation in Georgia.
Tho State tax is uniform, being 50
cents On the SIOO valuation, but the
oounty taxes are surprisingly une
qual. The Chronicle attributes this
inequality mainly to differences in
the management of county affairs,
and it is undoubtedly right in saying
that generally a low rate of taxation
is a good indication tiiat the finan
ces of the county are ably and hon
estly managed. But we think that
there are many small counties in tiie
State in which even the most prudent
and honest management could uot
obv’ate the necessity for high taxes.
Some of the figures given by the
Chronicle indicate this.
An analysis of the table shows that
the lowest rate iu the State is levied
in Tutnull county—l2s cents on the
$100; and the next lowest T 7 cents—
in Madison county. Tho highest
rates are levied in the following
counties: Baldwin, $1.81)1; Appling,
$1.12; Oconee, $1.25; Floyd, $1.00;
Lee, $1.45: Mitchell, $1.05; Monroe,
$1.45; Pulaski, $1.25; Telfair, $1.15;
Wilkinson, $1.75. It will bo seen
that high taxes are not confined to
any one section of the State. The
counties just named represent North,
South, Middle and Southwestern
Georgia. These are the only coun
ties in which the rate exceeds ODe
dollar on the hundred dollars.
In the following counties tho rate
is over 50 cents and uot over one dol
lar; Bibb, 60; Butts, 90; Baker, $1;
Calhoun, $1; Camden, $1; Catoosa,
75; Chatham, 78;Clay, 87$; Crawford,
75; Charlton, $1: Dade, 50; Decatur,
$1; Hodge, 70; Douglas, 60; Early,
02; Gilmer,6o; Glynn, 75; Gordon, 83;
Heard, 60; Jefferson, $1; Jones, 60;
Lincoln, 625; Lumpkin, 67; Macon,
75; Marlon, 62; McDuffie, 80; Mc-
Intosh. $1; Merriwettier, 90; Miller,
$1; Milton,6o;Quitman, 61; Rockdale,
05; Screven,6B; Sumter,sl; Taliaferro,
80; Terrell, 80; Twiggs, 66; Ware, 85;
Wayne, 75; Webster, 90; White, $1;
Worth, 75.
In the following counties the rate
is twenty-five cents and under.
Banks, 20; Berrien, 25; Bulloch, 20;
Chattooga, 20; Forsyth, 20; Frank
lin, 25; Fulton, 20; Hall, 25; Hart,
20; Henry, 25; Irwin, 20; Madison,
17$ j Paulding, 25; Richmond, 25;
Tatnall, 12$; Walton, 20; Warren, 20;
Wilkes, 25. It will be seen tiiat, there
are only eleven counties in which the
rate of taxation is less than in Rich
mond—and in these the difference is
very little. In tho largo counties of
the State the rate is as follows: Ful
ton, 20; Richmond, 25; Muscogee, 50;
Burke, 50; Houston, 50; Bibb, 00;
Chatham, 78, Baldwin, $1,895.
—■ .
Till- Huiileal Panic In Hie House.
The introduction of Mr. Springer’s
resolution against a third term was
utterly demoralizing to the Radical
party. It took them by surprise, but
they could have gained time for cau
cus deliberation and concert by “fili
bustering” during tho day and tints
staving off the final vote. Blaine
waß evidently to much disconcerted
for this, and ho and others sought
personal safety in flight.. The Wash
ington reporter of the New York
Herald thus describes the scene;
Strangely enough, the demoralized
minority, ever so compact and cool
in previous contests with the other
side, missed their elianee at this
moment to filibuster.
With the motion to adjourn lost,
they could have moved to adjourn to
a particular time, and so have staved
off a vote for the day, if not indefi
nitely. But tho fact is, they lost
their head, literally and politically,
for their leader ex-Speaker Blaine,
thought more of flight than of strate
gy, and left tiie rank and file to their
own resources.
The scene in the group of Republi
can members had now become puin
ful to witness. Environed by tiie
Democrats and watched by the galto
rios, tiie devoted band was tho pic
ture of despair and desperation.
Thoy evinced their anxiety iu shift
ing uneasily from seat to seat, in ris
ing and going abput, from one place
to another in pursuit of advice; iu
twisting their beards, und iu nervous
clutching of the hauds. The roll
call begun; a dozen or more broke
and ran to tho cloak rooms.
As the clerk reached tlio name of
Jumos G. Blaine there was a hush
and a deep momentary stillness.
The name wus repeated, but no an
swer coming, aud tiie burly form of
the gentleman from Maine Wing in
visible to tho tliousaud of eyes direct
ed toward his vacant chair, a titter,
a laugh, and then a broad guffaw
greeted the inglorious absence of the
Republican captain. Taking time
by the forelock, he had waited uot
for the announcement of his distin
guished cognomen, but, ns soon as
the clerk reached Gen. Banks among
the B’s, the ex-Speaker boat a retreat
to tiie cloak room, aud was seen no
moro in tho House until the little,
unpleasantness was over. H
Gon. Garfield was among the panic
stricken fugitives who ran at the first
tire, but bo recovered his self-pos
session, re-formed in good order,
marched back, and, on the going
over of the roll for absentees, he val
iantly recorded himself against a
third term. The agouy was now
nearly over. A pause eusued as the
olerk footed up the result and an
nounced 232 votes against a third
term and 18 in favor of a third term.
The Democracy are jubilant over
their triumph, and Springer is the
lion of Washington to-night, as he
doubtless Will bo for the rest of the
session.
Our PuK ir-rlnylnsr Minister.
Gonoral Schenek may suffer from
partisau and personal malice, but
there is one respect iu which his rep
utation can not be assailed—that of a
careful, conscientious and indefatiga
ble poker-player. He had already
laid a secure foundation for it iu his
little book on the subject, which was
received with such favor on both
sides of tho Atlantic, but it has
gained its permanent place by the
incorporation of the argument of
the work in Appietons’ American
Gyelopa'dia. The article on “Poker”
first describes poker as it used to be,
and adds of “draw-poker,” the mod
ern variety: “The manner of playing
the game is stated substantially as
follows in a pamphlet by General
Robert C. Schenek, published in En
gland.”
And then follows a summary of that
valuable text-book, occupying a page
of t iie pro .'ions space of the Ovclo
ptodia. And to think that this gifted
gentleman, who used to be the friend
of Trenor W. Park, ami occupies a
page of the American Cyclopedia as
the greatest living authority on
“draw poket” is the Envoy Extraor
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary
of the United States at the Court of
St. James! A proud thought that for
j the Centennial year!
• •
Excitement About the lloinefiteud lo
cution.
“Halifax,” in his letter of tho 21st
inst. from Atlanta to the Augusta
Chronicle, reports considerable ex
citement In Harris county, growing
out of the results of the late decision
of tho Supremo Court affecting the
ealtf Of homesteads. We hope that
the excitement and disturbance of
sjles are not so great us reported.
Wo copy from the letter:
1 1 saw 'to-day a gentleman from
Harris county who had traveled by
private conveyance to this city, and
lias taken time to converse with the
citizens of the portion of the State
through which ho passed, aud he
finds that a gfeut deal of excitement
prevails on account of a recent deci
sion of the Supreme Court touching
tho homestead law. Under the oper
ation of the law as heretofore con
strued persons wero permitted to sell
their homesteads under an order of
Court to realize money for any pur
pose. A person might take a
homestead-, one day and thereby
avoid the payment of a debt
aud the next day, with tho consent of
tiie Court, sell tlio same iiomesteud
and devote the proceeds to any pur
pose ho desired. Underarecont de
eision of the Supremo Court, how
ever, such cannot bo done, A home
stead, tho Supremo Court says, can
not be destroyed, and the property
pertaining to any certain homestead
can be sold through an order of
Court : only for the, pur jew of chang
ing 'the, investment. The homestead
is intact, it is imperishable! Tho
title of a homestead cannot pass
from the person for whose benefit it is
obtained from his or her lawful
heirs. Now the gentleman with whom
I conversed on the subject informs me
that numerous persons in the section
of the State through which he pass
ed (and it is doubtless the case
throughout tho State) had disposed
of their homesteads under the old op
eration (>t tlio law to ordinary pur
chasers ; but now since the recent
decision of the Supreme Court these
same persons huve gone to the pur
chasers of their homestead and
claimed the property, saying that tho
law gave it to them anu they must
have it. This dotnund, of course,
the purchasers maintain, is not
only unreasonable, but fla
grantly unjust, and in a
common sense, commercial view of
the subject, wholly unwarrantable,
unjustifiable and fraudulent; and my
informant says they have resolved to
forcibly resist the law before they
will surrender their rights and titles
to property fairly purchased by
them, and are arming themselves to
maintain their rights. If the facts
as represented prove true and this
sentiment should prevail through
out, the State, it will produce fear
ful disorder among the citizens of
the State.
Jaimnrir I'lT-tinmmi-*,
The San Francisco Alta says:
“When the attempt was made to es
tablish a Japanese colony aud tiie
cultivation of the tea plant, in Cali
fornia, wo heard much of the Japan
ese persimmon, which was praised as
a,valuable fruit. Many young tea
and persimmon plants were sot out,
but the tea. experiments were aban
doned, and wo heard nothing for
years of tiie Japanese persimmon;
but several of tiie trees, fortunately,
fell into the possession of W. AY.
Hollister, of Santa Barbara, and they
have now commenced to bear, pro
ducing a fruit shaped like u tomato,
three inches in diamete# and two
inches deep, witli five faintly marked
lobes, brilliant orange in color, with
a Hkin as smooth and-giosay as glass.
The appearance and flavor are so
fine that when numerous enough to
be sold in the murket—and tiiat, may
not be for years—many will be
bought for curiosity and ornament.
Tho Virginian persimmon, about
which there has been some talk of
late, eannot compete with the Japan
ese species.”
Is not this tho same fruit as that
known in Now Orleans as mespiles,
or Japanese plums? Tlio “tomato
like sliapo” is rather indefinite, as
tomatoes are of various shapes, but
tho rest of tho description might
answer for the mespiles. Our tasty
follow-citizen, Mr. James Kivlin,
used to have one of these trees which
boro fruit riponing early in the
spring, but it had to be protected in
severe winter weathef.
smaller Industrie*.
It is a great mistake with many of
our people, in judging that to raise
cotton, or corn, and wheat, and to
turn out wares and goods from tho
loom, tho forge and the foundry, is
all wo can do here in Georgia. Yet
a great deal moro of this kind of
thing should be done. As much as
he loves his dinner, the writer almost
loses his appetite, daily, walking
through the freight depot of the
Western & Atlantic railroad, and
seeing piles and nests of tubs, pails,
rolling pins, wash boards, potato
mashers, clothes pins, plows, churns,
horse buckets, sugar boxes, knife
boxes, lemon squeezers, hatchet, axe
and hoe handles, beef-steak mallets,
rocking horses, shoe pegs, shoes, etc.
But there ore other agricultural
products, as well as manufactured
of utility, it would pay us to
Turn our attention to. Take for in
stance, our importation of silk goods,
which now amount yearly to thirty
millions. During the war, the writer
examined some beautiful silk which
was manufactured in Troup county,
by a young lady. AVhv should not
its manufacture be entered into, and
it become an important industry in
Georgia? Teas have been cultivated
successfully in the State; perhaps the
onlv tro'ubleiu making it prof
itable would be the high price
of labor, compared with its
cost in China, Why snould not the
cultivation of the’ castor bean, and
the manufacture of oil, pay?
The honey crop of California will
soon prove more valuable than the
sugar and molasses crop of Louis
iana, Texas and Florida combined.
NVill it not remunerate some of our
people to embark more iu the busi
ness ?
There are other and profitable in
dustries, which our people might
take hold of. which would diversify
our agriculture and augment the
wealth of Georgia.—Georgia Grange.
Tlic Chlnefte.
Tiie question of Chinese immigra
tion is looming up in California. It
seems that both parties in the Legis
lature have agreed upon a memorial
to Congress to reform our treaties
with China so as to make them trea
ties of commerce and to prevent the
influx oi Chinese immigrants. There
is a great deal to be said on both
sides of this question, but it is diffi
cult, to know how we are going to pre
vent the immigration of the'Chinese.
On one side ef the ocean we have an
overflowing country, teeming with
hundreds of millions of people. On
the other side we have a country
sparsely populated, with hundreds of
millions of acres waiting laborers.
Here isj a country, as large almost
as the. Chinese Empire, with a popu
lation hot ovet half a million or a
million at the furthest. Now, in the
course of nature, the tendency will
bo for the crowded millions to seek
space on the Pacific coast. Nor do
wo see how any legislation can pre
vent this, especially under our con
stitutional amendment which forbids
Congress to make any distinction in
race or color. We cannot keep the
Chinese away by force. Many good
people in California regard Chinese
labor as underlying the prosperity of
that State. ■ The difficulty is that wo
decide these questions iu our polities
too often from passion or feeling. It
is really a grave problem, one of the
gravest in our politics.—New York
Herald. m
A “Plane” Illustration of the Hard
Times.
Fayetteville (N. C.) Exprcia.)
The other day, while we were sitting
in our office, giving way to gloomy
reflections, aud trying in vain to nx
the time when Congress shall adopt
a generous system of inflation and
line the pockets of the indigent mul
titude with greenbacks, the door
opened and in stalked an old darkey
whose general appearance was well
calculated to excite other dismal
forebodings. He wore on bis head a
miserable scrap of a hat, with a
yawning gap-in the crown, through
which his dingy kinks peeped timid
ly. His coat was threadbare and
badly out at tho elbows; a ragged
pair of pantaloons Worn through at
the knees and shredded at the an
kles, afforded a poor covering for his
slim and weather-beaten limbs, and
a pair of badly wrecked brogans,
burst out at the toes and revealing
two formidable rows of corns, some
of which were quite as large
as door knobs, encased his mam
moth feet. He walked slowly and
painfully to the stove, and as he
drew the back of his right hand
across his nose aud gave a wet snuf
fle, we noticed that a large carpen
ters’s plane wus fondly encircled by
his left arm. AVe nodded, but said
not a word, for pity, excited by his
woe-begone aspect, chained our
tongue. Silence reigned supreme for
a few moments, but it was fractured
at lust by our venerable colored vis
ittor:
“Dese here is powerful hard times
we’se having, boss.”
AVe smiled approvingly and ob
served that the ago wus indeed indu
rated.
“Dat’s a fnk, boss—’tis, sho. I neb
er seed de like. Dare’s no money in
de country, boss. Cotton’s done
failed, chickens has gin out, Walnuts
ain’t wuff miffin', de banks has shot
down on us bizness men, and ef de
Continental Congress at Washington
don’t do Buffin, darnfl don’t believe
dare’ll be a gineral bustifleation.”
Here he drew the back of his hand
across iris weeping nose, and wiped
the moisture on tiie seat of Ills
breeches. AVe sighed, and he con
tinued :
“Dar ain’t no money out ob de
banks, and I tell you what it is, boss,
de banks won’te lend a feller a cent,
if he was to gib de ungel Gabriel as
kvlatteral. Use tried it, boss, I has.
Do you see dis here plane?”
We told him that the useful tool to
which he alluded was attracting our
gaze.
“Well, boss, I took dis here plane
—dis fust class plune—dis plane dat I
hub nebber trusted in nobody’s hands
—I took dis here piano and tramped
into the Fust Fashlutn Bank and
offered to let dem keep it as kylatter
til ef dey would lend mo a dollar and
a half. I did, boss, sho, and what
do you reckon de bloated bond-hold
er dat stands behind de desk said
when ho seen dat plane?”
We gave it up.
“Well, boss, he jesthisted his nose,
piuted to the door, and said, *Git out
of here, wid you dam kylatteral.’
“Well, wtiat did you then, uncle?”
we inquired.
“Well, boss, I jestbiledoceans high
wid iniquity, widout making any fuss
wuff talking about, and I got. What
am de country cornin’ to, boss, when
de banks turn up dare noses at kylat
teral like dat plane? Dat’s what I
want to know. Gimme a chew of
plug, boss.” ,
AVe gave him a chew of tobaeeo,
and he went on.
“Now, boss, I’m agin dese here
Nashlutn Banks fust, last and all de
time, and I want you to put in de pa
per dat I lias jined de noble army
dat’s gwine to weed ’om up. Jest set
down,'boss, and ef you don’t think
dese here bondholders are ruining
de country jest look at dis here
plane.”
AVe “set down” his remarks and he
departed, leaving us to ponder over
tho wickedness of national banks,
and their obstinacy iu rejecting first
class “kylatteral.”
■ ■ —r
In an adjoining county, a certain
individual was nominated by the
Radicals for an office, aud was elect
ed. Before he could enter upon the
discharge of his duties, it was neces
sary for him to give a bond. Of course
this bond had to be given in accord
ance with law, and in, consequence of
a failure on his part, another man was
appointed, who gave u lawful bond.
The first man (we will dub him Web
ster, for convenience,? complained
bitterly at, what he thought, the
great injustice done him. Iu detail
ing the facts to an old acquaintance,
Webster said : “I was nominated for
the office pusillauimouslij, which is
noire facia evidence that I was the
choice of tho people.”—Union
Springs Herald.
I.IST OF LETTEIIS
Remaining in the Post-Office at Columbus, Ga.,
December 24, 1876, and which if not called for
within seveu days will be sent to the Dead Letter
Office:
Anthony miss J W Johnson J B
Agner A Sons niesars lamb J M
Barues J Lewis L
Bell miss D Low mrs M
Bethaya J H Moses J 8
llrieroAV M Nelson E
Billups J B O’Donnell J B
Branuom miss L Odwin R K
Brown miss 8 Parker uirs M
Braine John C Peacock J B
Canon L Phillips O
Cotton miss M A Reese miss A
Dean miss J Reese miss C
Field miss M A Rayles uiiss S A E
Ford mrs M Sargeant Geo G
Giddings miss M Louder C O
Gaidings Q B Sparks W T
Green C B Tilnovr mrs M
Harris mrs N Tucker Geo
Hopkins miss M Wade mrs L
Jones L A Williams Anna
Johnston miss E Williams U
Johnson P A
UNMAILABLE LETTERS.
Bacon Maj Wm, Howard, Ga.
Carnes miss M H. Atlanta,Ga.
Stovall J W, Madison, Oa.
King 8 B, Atlanta Ga.
• W. H. JOHNSON, P. M.
Executor's Sale of E. &P. Factory Stcck.
HY virtue of an order from the Court of Ordi
nary of Stewart county, will be sold in Co
lumbus. Ga., at Freer <k Hlges' corner, on the
hrst Tuesday iu February next,
ONE HUNDRED AND ONE
Shares of the Capital stock of the EAGLE A
PHKNIX Manufacturing Company.
Sold as the property of the estate of R. R. Par
rarnore, late of Stewart county, deceased, for dis
tribution among the legatees of said deceased.
Will be sold in quantities to suit purchasers.
Terms cash.
WILLIAM E. PARR A MORE, Executor of
dec2s td R- R- Parraiuore.
Market Stalls to be Rented.
THE Stalls in the Meat Market will be rented at
the Market House, under direction of the
Committee on Market, on Monday, January 3d,
at I*2 o’clock, m. Terms made known that day.
F. W. ACEE,
T. J. NUCKOLLS,
W. J. WATT.
dec24 Myl Committee on Market.
FARMERS, ATTENTION.
300 Tons .Vos a Ncutin I.unil Cluster, IClitvun Dissolved Hour,
MtiiiMlitrfl ltonr Tlanurcs, t'hemtcai Supplies for
Hulling Iloinr Fertilizers, Arid I‘liospliute
(High fJrndr), Agrirultiirul Lime.
Field and Garden Weed and Airrlcmltrural Implement m.
HOLSTEAD Ac CO.
1-57 and ISO Itroad St. Columbus, Ga.
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THE GEORGIA HOME
INSURANCE COMPANY,
OolumUms, Ga.
A HOME COMPANY, seeking the patronage of HOME PEOPLE!
Our Charter binds all the property of the Stockholder* for the obligation* of the Company.
A* an evidence of our ability to protect our friend* from los,
WE HAVE PAID TO OUR POLICY HOLDERS SINCE OUR ORGANIZATION. $1,300,000
Office In tbfl OKOIIGIA HOME BITIJDINO.
DIRECTORS!
J. RHODES BROWNE, Pres’t of Cos. JNO. McILHENNEY, Mayor of City.
N. N. CURTIS, of Wells & Curtis. JNO. A. McNEILL, Grocer.
J. It. CLAI-P, Clapp’s Factory. JAMES RANKIN, Capitalist.
L. T. DOWNING, Attorney at Law. CHARLES WISE.
GEO. W. DILLINGHAM, Treasurer of Company
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THE
GRAND OLD IDEA
LIVE ON LESS THAN YOU MAKE!
ONLY. ONE ROAD TO WEALTH!
Save Your Money—Economy is Wealth !
EAGLE & PHENIX SAVINGS DEPARTMENT,
Columtous, Ga.
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.
The Most Sitemsftil Institution in the South,
fits- Deposits payable on Demand.
fits' Seven per cent, interest, compounded four times a year.
fits' Accounts strictly confidential.
N. J. BUSSEY, President. G. GUNBY JORDAN, Sec’y & Treas’r.
DIUECTOItS.
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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New Groceries—" Cheap.
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New crop snow-white Sugar at 12 1-2 and 13c,
“ “ Fancy Yellow Clarified at 11 1-2 and 12 l-2c.
11 Crushed and Powdered Sugar,
“ Panoy New Orleans Syntp,
Choice Teas at SI.OO to $1.50 per lb.
11 Coffees 25c. to 40c,
flndnnts Pearl Grits 20 lbs, for SI.OO,
Pearl Hominy,
Durkee's Salad Dressing ( very nice.)
Lea & Perrin's Worcestershire Sance
Crosse & Blackwell's Chow 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 99c. and SI.OO per bushel
Faiiey and lienvy tilroeeries of nil kinds lit liOivest prices for
Cash
4jrj-All purchases delivered free of Dray*ge.“feH
dec9deod*wtf J. H. HAMILTON.
FIRST-CLASS
SOUTHERN CLOTHING HOUSE
Thomas 1 Prescott
Oolumtous, Gksorgla,
Have always on hand every style aud variety of
Clothes for Men Sc Boys!
Elegant Dress and Business Suits,
Ready-Made or Made to Ojrder.
Wedding SSiiitw a Specialty !
Also, the celebrated “KNEP” SHIRT,
Which has no superior, aqd which they furnish in any quantity at $1.26, CASH.
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The Latest Style 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 style a
convenience. It is by far the easiest to learn, and has gained favor faster
than any new Machine yet introduced. It runs light and
Never Gets Out of Order.
Try One, and Yon Will Like It.
WHEELER & WILSON -MANUFACTURING COMFY.
pS Office: 100 Broad Street.
fi-3- AGENTS WANTED IN GEORGIA AND ALABAMA.
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