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YOL. I. TEUMN CF THE Columbus Daily and Weekly Times. WYNNE .V MARTIN PubllNlient and Proprietor*. DAILYj (INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.) One Year $8 00 Bfx Mouths 4 00 Three Mouths 2 00 Due Mouth 75 WEEKLY: Oue Year $ 200 Six mouths 1 00 (W* paying postage.) K ITEft OF ADVERTISING. One Square, one week. $ 8 00 Oue Square, oue month 8 00 Oue Square, six months 22 00 One Square, oue year 38 00 Transient advertisements SI.OO for first inser tion, ami 50 cents for each subsequent insertion. Fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates to larger advertisements. TEMPERANCE. Cusseta, Ga., December 29, 1875. Editor of Times: In September lost a Council of United Friends of Temperance was organized in this place, which now numbers sixty eight members. On Friday night the 24th Inst., at a “social” given by the members, an essay was read by Miss Ida Murphy, and an address delivered by Mr. Leonidas MeLester. The Council requests a publication of these pro ductions, and an appeal to you to give space for their publication, believing that they will be read with interest and profit, and hoping that thereby someone may be aroused to the danger that surrounds, or that some other may be warned and shun the cesspool of intemperance. W. A. F. ESSAY BY MISB IDA MURPHY. Respected Friends: By the request of our Worthy Primate I will try to offer a few thoughts on the evil effects of the in temperate use of ardent spirits, and should I fall shortof what is required for the good of our order, I beg that you will judge me leniently, for I feel utterly incable of doing justice to a subject which to the outside avoided is hackneyed and threadbare, but which should be of vital importance to us here in our loved Council room. There are none who will deny the necessity of arresting this growing evil ere it be too late; let us then, standing upon the threshold of a new year, make new determinations for turning our backs upon every thing that is wrong, remembering t hat we go forth either for good or evil: we may rely upon higher aid than our own weak resolution in overcoming the manifold tempta tions that will assail us; but faith without works availeth not; we must put forth individual efforts and re solve that we will be not “wearied in well doing,” but with renewed zeal gird on the armor of total abstinence and with the smile and blessing of an all-wise Creator resting upon us, we will go forth fully panoplied to battle with this mighty soul destroy er. this moloch * upon which our young men, the future hopes of our country, are daily sacrificed, having inscribed in living characters upon our unfurled temperance banner, ever faithful, ever true. Intemperance is the rock in life’s rugged ocean upon which so many precious lives are wrecked—the. great miclstrom which drowns in its hid eous roar the cry of orphanage, the widow’s lament, the mother’s prayer —but it cannot, even in its mighty fury, blot out their remembrances, black and bitter. See that young man as he goes forth in life’s bright morning to win a name—his hand clasping the golden chain of hope, his heart beating high with lofty am bitions and noble aspirations. Con trast him as you knew him then with what you find him now—a fallen creature. What was his first step in the downward path of degradation ? ’Twas the fatal wine-glass at the social board—proffered, perchance, by the one he loved—and, fearing the taunts of those who fawn upon him, he quaffs the maddening beverage, and finally he finds the fairy links of hope’s severed chain in glittering fragments at his feet; despair enters his soul, and he sinks into a drunk ard’s grave, bnhonored and unsung. His gray-haired mother had long since drank deeply of the chalice of grief, held to her lips by him, her earthly idol—and unable longer to cope with the darkening storm clouds that gathered o’er her, she sank to rest still praying for him who in earlier years knelt beside her in childhood’s innocence and prayed, “Lead us not into temptation.” There are others who also mourn his fall: a proud father,who had hoped to bequeath to him his untarnished name; an affectionate sister, who looked with bright anticipations into the future of her noble brother; she sees him at the head of a mighty host conquering an invading foe, the lau rel crown of victory encircling his manly brow, and in her fond imagin ings she sees his wonderful achieve ments chronicled on history’s fair page; but she wakes to find “’twas but a dream,” weeps over his fallen honor, sighs to “think what might have been” had not this serpent, this wily monster, trailed o’er cherished Eden’s flowers, Infusing its deadly venom into her heart. Where, too, is the one who first tempted him to go astray? She, with others, who proud THE DAILY TIMES. ly bore the name of friend, deserted him when they saw the dark days dawning, and beheld the angel of de spuir hovering, with sable pinions, o’er his devoted head, proclaiming the dread flat “eternal woe!” Young lady,let mo begyouto bewaro how you offer to a young man the in toxicating cup. Heaven forbid that you should so far forget yourself, und the good of your fellow-beings, as to place in the way of auy a barrier to an ennobled life, a barrier, which without a chance of reform suoh as our loved institution here affords, causes the souls of many an existence to sink behind clouds of gloom and darkness. Young man, look well ere you touch the flowing bowl, though it be offered by a siren, touch it not; tho demon that lurks there is the same as that which hold such po tent sway at a midnight revel; though the goblet be flower wreathed and in its sparkling transparency would equal in beauty the fabled nectar of the gods, yet the thorns upon tho roses that cluster there will pierce your lips ere you have tasted that which “biteth like a serpent and stingetk like an ad der.” Fathers and husbands, pause before you lift the glass; think of those dependent upon you for au ex ample which by following, will fit them for a higher life; think of her, who in early girlhood linked her des tiny with yours for better or worse; the one you promised to love and cherish. Will you prove recreant to trust? Ponder well the thought that perhaps in later years you too may hear the tearful petition, “Please fa ther, dear father, come home,” when you cannot heed that plaintive prayer for tho fetters that bind you down. My dear friends, though our Coun cil may be tho subject of ridicule to many, yet to some it’s blessed teach ings are as welcome as the tight that shines with resplendent lustre guiding the unwary mariner o’er temptations stor my deep from the hidden rock, upon which he would soon have been a stranded wreck. Shall we not then do all we can in forwardihg this philanthrophic un dertaking? Can we sit idly down when perhaps the happiness of thou sands is dependent upon ourfaithful ness? No, we will do all we can to uproot this evil, this blight upon the religion of our Lord Master, this stigma u|>on a nation’s glory, and with one decisive blow for our hearths and homes, we will unsceptro the fiery monarch and leave him to lament his fallen empire, his crumbled throne; and when the keel of our life barque shall grate upon tho sand’s of Eternity’s shore and angel voices sing us a welcome homo, we will rest more peacefully iu the light beyond, in the conciousness of having per formed our duty while here, securing as our reward the approving “Well done” of Him who rules above. ADDBKSH BY LEONIDAS M LKSTF.It. Worthy Primate, Ladies and Gentle men : In searching the pages of his tory, we find intemperance stands pre-eminent to all other curses that ever rested upon our country. War, with all its bloody fields and hard fought battles, never left that ruin, desolation and sorrow in its track that follows intemperance. The one comes to our homes with a,n insidious creep, and ere we are aware of it stig matizes our idols with shame and in famy and drags them down to an ig nominious grave. Tho other lures them on to a glorious death by a heaven-sent spark called patriotism. We have biblical authority for saying that a good name is to be more valued than much gold; then who would not prefer an untarnished character to all the gold of the universe? It is a well established fact that habit is but a repetition of acts, and no man ever began bacchanalian revelries with the remotest idea of becoming a drunkard, and yet, be fore he knows it, he sinks into the debris embraced in the meshy folds of the demon, intemperance. The habit is as insidious as it is degrad ing. It is formed and it’s vulture clutches fastened upon us before we are aware of It; and, when it once be comes inveterate the interposition of a divine power is the only thing that can break the fetter that bind us to it. Who of us here to-night have not witnessed some drunkard riding their very streets with bloated face and blood-shot eye, profaning the name of the very God that made him? Ah! we see him now in our mind’s eye as he stands wrapped in the solitude of his own infamy beg ging for drink. We hear his cries: “Here take my money, give me drink; take my honor, give me drink; take my character, give me drink; take my family’s bread, give me drink.” Hideous indeed does the picture grow, as we follow him to his home, where instead of sunshine and happiness exists one continued thea tre of demoniacal scenes. His chil dren flee from his vile life and stag gering steps. His wife, that one be ing whom he has sworn to love, cher ish and support, and the failure of which duty is perjury in the sight of Heaven, sets with her face bathed in tears wearing out a life that isundes eribably miserable, at last sinks into an untimely grave, a martyr to the causeof duty, and the victim of his own infamy. We as a body are united in our ef forts to drive this curse from our midst. With what rapture must Heaven look down upon this little COLUMBUS, GA., Fill DAY, DECEMBER 31, 1875. band, where virtue, beauty and in tellect aro all oombiuod and working for our grand purpose. lam unable to conceive of anything that is more edifying to man or more pleasing in the sight of God. Tho mother as she sits over tho cradle of her now born babe, trembling lest it too, might somo day fall a victim to this soul-damning drug, rejoioes in heart at our organization, and wishes us God speed. Society, whose bright est lights are daily plunging into the vortex of ruin, blesses ourefforts with its best wishes. The Church, the very foundation of which is being shaken by it, in each petition sent to the eternal throne invokes God’s blessing upon us. Then, brothers and sisters, assort here to-day, boldly and fearlessly, that we are public benefaotors and working for the good of all. To speak of the baneful ef fects of intemperauco, in all its bear ings, would bo useless, and a waste of time. Its existence is almost oo eval with mankind, and from time immemorial society has withered un der the poisonous shadow of this Upas tree. Its weaklng effects upon the mind are at once seen and felt by those who are addicted to it. Its de grading effects, morally, can best be seen by looking at the beastly inmates of our prison walls. No one will deny but what whiskey gives rise to nine-tenths of the crimes that are committed in our land. For many long years the women of America have suffered, and struggled to de stroy this monster, whoso blood stained banner has waved in triumph over their households, and sent un told thousands of their husbands, brothers, fathers and sons, into the drunkard’s grave. Under its mad dening influence tho very hands that, were pledged beforo high Heaven to care for and proteot them, have held from them tho means of life, and been converted into beasts, of whom they were afraid, and flew from in terror. Our Legislature has wisely prohib ited tho sale of whisky in our village. That law has boen of incalculable advantage to us, and to-day there is not a man living in this place—and would that I could add in this county —who would have it repealed, know ing that the repealing of it would be to the detriment of his country. At the next election for a Representa tive, I have no doubt in my own mind but what tho repealing of that act will be made an issue by some inde pendent candidate, lam aware of the mighty influence that such would have upon the minds of the colored population, and I assert here to-night that the man who would do it should be “immortalized in living infamy.” He who seeks office at his country’s ruin should be shunned by all as a viper enemy to our Republic. Where then shall we look to for help to crush this selfish spirit that actu ates men to such deeds? Woman! it is to you that we appeal. God has ordained that you should wield an immense influence over man, and every nerve of yours should be stretched to it’s utmost tension in attempting to develop his nobler fac ulties. Man is naturally ambitious, and he might be tempted to “wade through fields of slaughter to a throne;” but the proudest trophies of ambition are valueless without woman’s sympathy. It has been fabulously stated by ancient writers, that when the name Plutarch was mentioned the echo replied philos ophy. So when you are called upon to sleep your lust sleep in the silent city of the dead, arid your names shall be uttered by the living, may the response in every heart be bene factors. In conclusion, I beg the privilege of addressing a few remarks to the youDger members of this Society. I see before me here to-night many of my comrades who, like myself, are just entering the threshold of life. The habits you are now forming will characterize your future; then let me entreat you to live so that in your declining years,when your sun of life has nearly set, that you may look back upon your past without regret or shame. Stand firm, and under no circumstance* forget your pledge, for the violation of it would be like tho dog returning to its vomit. “To be or not to be” is the great question that rushes to our minds as we enter the stage of life. If we wish to achieve eminencce excelsior must be our watchword, nil desperarulum our mot to. Beautifully hath Meredith said: He who seeks but one thing and only one, May hope to achieve it ere life be done: But he who seeks everything wherever he goes, Only reapn from that which around him he SOW*— A harvest of barren regrets. As we look back at the galaxy of renown we find each star implanted there was possessed of an unflinching determination to succeed, connected with sober habits. Intemperance is the great breaker upon which the barque of life of too many young men is ruthlessly rushed. The life a Washington, a Lee, a Stephens, and Georgia’s proudest hero John B. Gordon, rise up before us as beacon lights to guide our wandering steps, and as we contemplate them in all their grandeur, forcibly do the lines of the poet rush to our minds: Tho lives of great men all remind ns, That we can make our lives sublime; And departing leave behind ns Foot-prints in the sands of time. ♦ The Weather North. Nkw York, Dec. 30 —The stormy weath er in this vicinity continues, and this morn ing a steady drizzling rain is falling. It has rained every day this week. Tempera ature mild; thermometer 37° above zero. ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. SENATE. Special to the Times by 8. A A. Lino. Montoomehy, Dec. 30.—The Presi dent mado tho following appoint ments on committees to till certain vacancies. Internal Improvement, Thornton, McClollan, Talt; On Edu cation, McMillan, Thornton; Rovison of Laws, Safford. Bills introduced, Snodgrass, to au thorize Commissioners Courts of the several counties iu this State to pre scribe a rate or fix a limit of taxation for the incorporated towns in the counties respectively. Mr. Curtis—To secure to Registers in Chancery and others payment for transcripts of records in their oourts. Mr. Martin, of Conecuh—to allow married women to sue in their own names alone when suoh suits relate to their separate estates. Mr. Carmichael, a bill in relation to the custody niyi expenditures be longing to minors in certain cases. All of which ordered to a seoond reading. Mr. Little, from the joint commit teg appointed at last session to inves tigate tho cluims of Senator Spencer to a seat in the U. S. Senate, submit ted a lengthy report showiug tho fraudulent manner by which the said George E. Spencer held his seat in that body. Mr. Cobb moved that the report, with the accompanying documents, be received and two hundred copies ordered printed; also to allow the committee further titno to prepare a memorial based on the evidence adopted. Message from tho House—A joint resolution that three hundred copies of tho new Constitution bo printed in pamphlet form for the use of the General Assembly. Mr. Dereen, by leave, presented a paper denying tho statement made by tho report of tho committoo to investigate the election of Senator Spencer, which referred to his having got an office in consideration of tho services rendered by him in that election. Mr. Cunningham, by leave, a resolution that so much of tho Governor’s message as refers to tho Public Schools bo referred to a joint committee of two on the part of tho Senate and three on tho part of tho House. Adopted. Mr. McClellan, a resolution that a com mittee of five bo appointed to tako into consideration the propriety of retiring the State’s obligations, so far as tho condi tion of tho Treasury will allow. Adopted. Senate adjourned till to-morrow. hoimi:. limns ON SECOND HEADING. Xo appropriate SIOO,OOO for the malnte of tho Public Schools. Referred to Com mittee ou Education. Mr. Greene, of Jefferson, to constitute Birmingham a separate school district, and for tho regulation of the Public Schools therein. Also, to authorize the Trustees of the Insane Asylum to sell certain lands. Mr. Greene, of Leo,|a resolution to refer all portions of the Governor’s message which have rot been otherwise disposed of to a special committee on tho Constitu tion adopted. A message from tho Senate—joint reso lution raising a committee of five to inves tigate the purchase of lands sold for taxes by tho State, and also the fraudulent dis posal of lands of the Alabama A Chatta nooga Railroad to tile detriment of tiio State; whose duty it shall be to investi gate thoroughly and report as early as practicable. Committee on part of the Senate, Messrs. Snodgrass and Carmich ael; House, Messrs. Price, Woolf and Greene, of Lee. 'rill'. UNITED STATES ANII SPAIN. EUROPEAN GOVERNMENT SUSTAIN OURS— SPAIN GOING TO DO WHAT SHE NEVER DID ANYWHERE BEFORE—EVHYTHINa SERENE. New York, Dec. 30.—A Herulil special from Washington says it is believed the different European Gov ernments have expressed themselves satisfied with the attitude of the Pres ident on the Cuban question and ready to lend the support of their moral influence with Spain to press upon her the necessity of as imme diately as possible restoring peace in Cuba. Tho Spanish property owners on the island are weary of burdens and are now ready to assist the new Captain General in measures looking towards through reform in the ad ministration and a pacification of the troubles. There is at present no reason to apprehend any difficulties with Spain, as there was at a time previ ous to the publication of the Presi dent’s message, when somo appre hension was felt that Spain would suddenly tako offence at the tone of that document, and it was thought proper to bring the fleet into condition for any emergency. It Is evident, however, that the crisis is past, at least for the present. The present prospect of a peaceable set tlement of our difficulties with Spain and of her renewed energy in the pa cification of Cuba, is so good that un less an unexpected change should oc cur there is no probability of hostili ties or the necessity of intervention. Deaths train Explosive Oil. Baltimore, Dec. 30, —Annie Reinhold, the young girl who was bo shockingly burned by the exptosion of a gasoline lamp last night, died at 2 o’clock this morning. Her mother, who was also burned, is considered in a precarious condition. The coroner’s inquest censures the use of the fluid, which was above legal strength. Mpatn and European Powers. Madrid, Dec. 30. — The Impartial asserts that Spain will shortly address a commu nication of importance to the various Euro pean cabinets on the subject of Cuba. TEI.EUUAPIIIC MAMMARY. Griggs Ik Dehorns carriage factory, at Wilmington, Ohio, was burnt yesterday. Loss, $20,000; insurance light.* Mrs. Rynes I.ockwell Gordon and her three children, residing near Sun, Indiana, were burnt to death on Saturday night, by the house catching fire while the family were asleep. A dispatch from Montreal reports that an injunction has been placed on the Montreal Telegraph Company to prevent its paying a five per centAlividend, but it is understood that this has been done in the interest of some gambling “sports" who want to tem porarily depreciate the stock so that they can advantageously buy what they need. Dispatches from Albany, New York, Cincinnati, Ohio, and other cities, announce the making of extensive preparations for a great and noisy celebration of the com mencement of the Centennial year by mid night demonstrations. Fifty mechanics in the Baltimore <fc Ohio Railroad shops at Newark, Ohio, were dis charged yesterday ; cause said to be hard times. Robert Parker,of Pennellville, New York, was killed yesterday by being crushed be tween two freight cars. The Nashua, Acton A Boston Railroad has been leased to the Concord & New Hampshire Railroad for ten years. A cheaper transportation line is effected as the result of the lease. A gang of female thieves has just been discovered at Tipton, Ohio, the leaders be ing Mary Clerse, mother and daughter, and Mary Shuller. The gang has robbed va fious stores to a large amount. The whole gang has been arrested. To be Hrmovetl. Hartford, Ct., Deo. 30.—A special dispatch to the Hartford Times, from Washington, says that Commissioner Burdett., of the General Land Office, Is to be speedily removed. Office Macon and Brunswick 11. It. | Macon, Ga., December 12, 1875. J Tho undersigned Board of Directors, appoint ed by His Excellency, James M. Smith, Gov ernor of Georgia, by virtue of the authority given iu tho act approved March sth, 1876, invites scaled bids up to 12 o’clock meridian of Tuesday, January 25,1876, for the lcaso or purchase of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad, extending from the city of Macon to Bjunswick, in Glynn county, Georgia—a distance of oue hundred and eighty six miles, with the branch road extending from Cochran to Hawkinsville, a distance of ten miles, and about five miles of side track on *tlie main line of the road, and about two miles of extension in the said city of Brunswick, togother with the franchises, equipments, and other property of said Railrodd, (which was sold on the first Tues day in June last as the property of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company,) consisting of its road-bed superstructure, right of way, mo tive power, roolling stock, depots, freight and section houses, machine shops, carpenter shops, grounds, furniture, machinery, tools and mate rials csnnoctod therewith. Also, the following property of said Company, to-wit: Tracts or parcels of laud Nos. 1, Sand 4 In District Twenty, and Nos. 124, 126, 127, 144 145, 146, 151, 155, 156 and 157, in District Twenty ono, all lying and being in Pulaski county, Geor gia, and containing each two hundred and two and a half (202 ft) acres. Also, a certain tract or parcel of land lu the city of Brunswick, known aH the wharf property of tho Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company. Also, one-half (undivided) of lots Nos. 8 and 4 of block 37, In the city of Macon, known in the locality as the Guard House property. Also, city lots Nos. 1, 2 and a portion of No. 3,’ In square No. 65, in the city of Macon. Also, a tract or parcel of land in said city o Macon, there known as “Camp Oglethorpe,” con taining ten acres more or less. Also, city lots Nos. 1 and 7, In block No. 10, in southwest Macon. Also, city lots Nos. 3 and 5, in square No. 13, in said city of Macon, with the building there on. Also, tractor parcel of land No. 217, in District Three, Wayne county, Georgia. Also, four hundred and forty shares ofstockin the Southern and Atlantic Telegraph Compauy, certificate 1,009. The foregoing property is offered for cash, for bonds of the State of Georgia, or for the first mortgage bonds of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company, endorsed in behalf of the State under authority of the act approved Decem ber 3d. 1866—a1l or a part of either. Bids involving time payments, or installments, not exceeding seventy-five per cent, of the amount will be entertained. By the conditions of the 3d Section of the first above-named act, no sale or lease can be binding without the written approval of tho Governor, as is therein required. Should any bid be accepted by the undersigned, and approved by the Gov ernor, notice thereof will be given as soon ss pos sible to the party Interested, and fifteen days frem date thereof will be allowed to arrange for compliance. If not promptly done the Directors reserve the right of accepting the next best bid. They also reserve the right of rejectfng any and all bids. Any special information concerning tho prop erty will be furnished on application. E. A. FLEWELLEN, W. A. LOFTON, G. 8. JONES, Directors Macon and Brunswick Railroad. doc 17 law4w Adrainistor’s Sale. WILL be sold ob the first Tuesday in Jannary next, within the legal hours of sale before the Court House door In Cusseta, Ga., the fol lowing property,to-wit: 101 ft acres of lot of land No. 117, 28 acres of lot No. 140, and all of lot No. 108, all in the 6th district of Chattahoochee county. Ga. Hold as the property of the late John Majors, deceased, tor purpose of distribu tion under the will of said deceased. Terms made known on day of sale. W. J. MAJORS, Administrator, decs wtd do bonis non with will. John Mehaffey, AT HIS OLD STAND, oorner of Ogl*thorpa and Bridge streets. ColumbuM, On.. Will Pay tlie Highest Market Pr c roa lings. Old Cotton, Hides, Iry and Green, Furs or ALL Kipnw, Zleeswax and Tallow, Old Metaib, &c., Delivered at Depots and Wharfs in Columbus, Georgia. Jan 31 tf Muscogee Sheriff Sales. WILL be sold on the first Tuesday in January next, In front of Preer, Illgos k Co's corner between the legal hours of sale, all that tract or parcel of Land lying and being in the city of Col umbus, Muscogee county, State of Georgia, as follows: North part of lot No. 473, in 'said city of Col utr bus, containing ft of an acre.more or less,em bracing north part of said lot, levied upon to satisfy afl fa. iu my hands in favor of John R. Mtt vs. Win. Baxter. Also, at the same time and place, thirty acres of land, being the lot in Wynnton now occupied by the family of W. L. Williams. Bounded on the north by the old Macon Road, on the east by Btrother, on the south by Dancer, and on the west by road between Williams and Schley. To satisfy afl fa in my hands in favor of J. M. Fletche r vs. W. L. Williams. Levy made by law ful constable. deot td MAIIKETB IIY TBLBdKAFH. Special to tho Daily Timkh by the 8. k A. Line. FINANCIAL. Nkw York, Deo. 80—3 p. m.—Gold closed 13. MWall street, 0 p m—Money closed easy at 4 and 5. Gold closed 13; stocks closed firmer. Georgia bonds 6's 92ft; euding 100 ft. Gold bonds 100. PROVISIONS. • Cincinnati, Dec., 30.—Lard lu moderrto de maud; prime steam rendered 12,ftc per pound; holders asked ft more; kettle rendered 18ft; mesa pork quiet; $19.75(ij)20 for prime city mess; shoulders dull. COTTON. Liverpool, Dec. 30—1 r. u. —Cotton quiet and steady; middling upland 6 15 16; middling Orleans 7 3-16; Sales 12.000; speculation 2,000. Receipts 18,500; Americau 8,900; Arrivals stea dier; Dec and Jan delivery low middling 6 13-16. 4pm . —Cotton quiet; middling uplands 6 15-16; mid Orleans 7 3 10. Sales 12,000; of which 2,000 are exports and speculation. Americau 0,500; Feb and March shipments from low middling per sail 6?*. Nkw York, Dec 30—2:15 p. m—Spots closed dull; ordinary 10 ft; good do lift; strict good do 12ft; low middling 12 11-16; strict low mid 13 1-16; mid 13,ft; mid Ala 13ft ; middling Orleans 13 7-16. Futures closed quletand easy; saleslC 500; Jan 13 5 32(g>3-16; Feb 1311-82; March 13 19-32: April 141-32; (4)1-16; May 14 ft(o)9 32; June J 4 13-32(4)-, 15-32; July 14 13-32(0>15 32 ; Aug 14ft@9-16; Deo 13 1-8.(55-32. tr, a. ports. Receipts at all ports to-day 34,800 bales; ex ports to Great Britaiia 18,942 bales; Continent 1,580 bales. Consolidated 149,142; exports to Groat Britain 5G,31' k bales ;to Continent 2,348 Frauce 9,711; stock at all porta 805,511. WlioleNale Prices. Apples—per barrel, $5; peck, 76c. Bacon—Clear Sides 7ft lb —o.; Clear Rib Sides l4fto; Shoulders 11 ftc; Ice-cured Shoulders—c; Sugar-cured Hams 15c; Plain Hams 14c. Bagging (g)l6. Bulk Mkats—Clear Rib Sides ISftc. Butter—Goshen 7ft lb 40c; Country 30c. Brooms—V dozen, $2 60(g)$3 50. Candy—Btlck V lb 16c. Canned Goods—Sardines 7ft case of 100 boxes sl7; Oysters, lib cans 7ft dozen, $1 20 to $1 35. Cheese—English 7ft lb 00c; Choice 18ft; West ern 17c; N. Y. State 16c. Candles—Adamantine 7ft lb 19c; Paraphine 350 Coffee—Rio good 7ft lb 23c; Prime 23c ft; Choice 24 ft c; Java 330 to 37c. Corn—Yellow Mixed 7ft bushel $1 12ft; White, $1 15 car load rates in depot. Cigars—Domestic, 7ft MW s2o<ss6s; Havana. $70(4) $l6O. Flour—Extra Family, city ground. If) !b $8; A $7 60; B $6 60; Fancy $9. Hardware—Swede Iron 9c.; Refined Iron 4(4)5c; Sadiron 70.; Plow Steel 10ft$lle.; Horse and Mule Shoes 7ft(ja)Bo.; per lb.; Nails per keg $4.25; Axes sl2(g>sl4 per doz. Hay—7ft owt. $1 40; Country 40@60c. Iron Ties— 7ft lb 6fto. Lari>—Prime Leaf, tierce, 7ft lb 16c; halves and kegs, 18($ 19c. Leather—White Oak Sole 7ft lb 45a55c; Hemlock Solo 33a35c; French Calf Skins s2(s4; American do s2(a)s3 50; Upper Leather $2(4)53 50; Harness do. 4(K4i45c; Dry Hides 11c. Green do. 6c. Mackerel— No. 1 7ft bbl $12(4)15; No. 2 sl2 60; No. 3 sll 60; No. 1 7ft kit $1 40($$3. Pickles—Case dozen pints $1 80; f quart Molasses—N. O. gallon 75c; Florida 50($ti0c; re-boiled 75c; common 45(550c. Syrup—Florida 55(alCOc Oats—7? bushel 86c. Oil—Kerosene 7? gallon 25c; Linseed, raw, $1 20; boiled $1 25; Lard $1 25; Train sl. Kick—7ft lb 9ftc. aaok $1 85; Virginia $2 25. Tobacco Common 7ft lb 56c ; Medium Bright 70c; Fine 75c; Extra $1; Navy 60<g>650; Maccaboy SnutT 75(85e. Shot—7ft sack $2 40. Sugar—Crushed and Powdered 7ft lb 13@13ftc; A. 12ftc.; B. 12c,; Extra C. 12c..; C. llftc.; N. O. Yellow Clarified lOftc; do. White 13c. Soda—Keg 7c 7ft lb; box 9c. Starch—7ft lb 9ftc. Trunks—Columbus made, 20 inch, 76c; 36 inch $2 HO. Tea—Green 75c; Oolong 65c. Whiskey—Rectified 7ft gallon $1 36; Bourbon $2(o) $4. White Lead—lft lb ll@l2ftc. Vinegar—7ft gallon 35c. 1,500 Acre Stock Farm For Halo. I OFFER ALL OR A PART OF THE VALUA BLE plantation known as the Motley place lying on Randles creek, Muscogee county, Ga. The lauds are rich and healthy, near the Railroad and 12 miles due east of Columbus. AS A STOCK FARM, Texas has no advantage of it and it will be sold for less money than you can buy in Texas. Five fiundred head of stock can be carried and never cost a dollar for feed. AS A GRAIN FARM, it is as good as the State affords an average of 25 bushels corn per acre, has been repeatedly made upon its rich bottom land and not unfre quently a bale of cotton per acre. AS A GRASS FARM. no other place In Georgia, known to the under signed has produced without an hour spent on preparation SIOOO worth of grass cut, cured, and delivered in market in six weeks at a cost of $l5O, This result can be quadrupled. WHY SELL A PLACE SO VALUA BLE? I am In debt, and must pay. If you want a place unsurpassed in its advantages, come and see me or enquire of Estes & Son, J. Marion Estes or the undersigned at the plantation 3 miles south of Wimberly, ou S.,W. Railroad. A map of the place can be seen at this office. octl6 Awdeoutf R. M. GRAY. Cusseta Male and Female Academy. The subscriber will open this School on tho second MON DAY IN JANUARY NEXT. Tuition ujEjL —s2, $3, $4 and $5 per month; due v&Vmj? • at close of term of nine seholactic months. Board (exclusive of wash ing) from $8 to $lO per mouth, monthly in ad vance. Send for circulars. J. B. HUFF. Cusseta, Ga., Nov. 23, 1875. novQj, wGt. NOTICE. To the Patrons of Husbandry XJAVING made ample arrangements for the Storing, Sale & Advancing ON GRANGERS’ COTTON, MUV RATES OF STORAGE AND COMMISSION, R. ti. WIM.IAMM, sep2B w3m Agent of the Grangers. Notice. rpHE undersigned having heretofore held stock 1. iu our individual names lu the Georgia Home Insurance Company iu the city of Colum bus, hereby give notice that they have each sold their stock iu said Company and have had the same transferred, and claim, in conformity with section 1502 of the Code ol Georgia, that we are exempt from any liabilities of said Insurance Company. F. J. SPRINGER, d*cl7 larn6m CHAB. BUBBUB. Chattahoochee county; ordinary’s OFFlCE—Whereas Helen M. Wynn, execu trix of the will of John S Duncan, late of said county, deceased, applies for dismission from said trust. These are to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of said estate, to show cause (if any they have) on or by the Ist Monday in March, 1876, why said dismis sion should not be granted. W. A. FARLEY, dec7 wtd Ordinary. Mortgage Sale. WILL BE SOLD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY IN January, 1876, before the court house door in Cusseta, Chattahoochee county within the le gal hours of sale, one cream colored Mare, levied on as the property of J. A. Gurge, to satisfy a mortgage 11 fa in my hands issued from Talbot Su perior Court, in favor of Charles M. Smith, against J. A. Gurge. Property pointed out in fi fa. JOHN M. SAPP. oct29 td Sheriff. NO. 307 THE WHOLESALE GROCERY HOUSES OF J. & J. KAUFMAN, 1 t Ac I<* Ui uafl Mt., Oolviixxlmin, Geo., KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND ABOUT 100,000 pounds Bacon, 1,000 barrels Flour, 500 sacks Oats, 500 “ Salt, 100 “ Coffee, 200 barrels Sugar, 200 “ Syrup, 1,000 boxes Soap, 1,000 “ Sundries. ALL GOODS SOLD AS LOW AS ANY HOUSE IN THE UNITED STATES We Charier no llrayaac or Wharfage. J. & J. KAUFMAN. nov2o 2m WESTERN RAILROAD OF ALABAMA. ESbiaHtBSSL Columbus, Ga., Dec. 16th, 1876. TRAINS LEAVE COLUMBUS DAILY 1:20 a m. Arriving at Montgomery 6:45 A M Selma 10:38 A M Mobile 2:55 pm , New Orleans 9:80 pm Louisville 6:66 a m 8:60 a M. Arriving at Opelika 10:50 a m Atlanta 4:15 pm New York 4:10 pm 3:00 pm. Arriving at Opelika. 6:00 pm Montgomery 8:26 p m Selma 11:26 p m Making close connection at Montgomery with fastest trains, and Arriving at Mobile 4:15 a m New Orleans 10:00 a m Brascbear City 1:00 pm Galveston 8:00 am TRAINS LEAVING COLUMBUS DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY.) 7:00 a. m. Arriving at Opelika 9:37 a m Montgomery 2:17 am Selma 7;(J6pm TRAINS ARRIVE AT COLUMBUS DAILY From Selma and Montgomery 1:12 p m From Atlanta 6:14 a m From Atlanta 7:07 pm The train arriving at Cdlumbus at 7:07 p m, leaves Atlanta daily at 11:00 am. E. P. ALEXANDER, President. H. M. ABRETT, Agent. dec!B-tf Notice. mEsaggirwdi OFFICE MOBILE k GIRARD RAILROAD. 1 nov 30, 1876. J ON and after this date Wednesday, Dec. Ist Trains ou this Road will run as follows: PASSENGER TRAIN Daily (Sundays excepted) making close connec tions with M & ER. B. at Union Springs to and from Montgomery and Eufsuls. Leave Columbus 1:60 P. m. Arrive at Montgomery 9:42 p. u. •• “ Eufaula 10:08 p.m. “Troy 8:67p.M. Leave Troy 1:00 A. M. Arrive at Columbus 8:32 a. m. Freight Train for Union Springs with Passen ger car attached will leave Columbus Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays as follows: Leave Columbus 4:40 a. M. Arrive at Union Springs 10:36 ▲. m. Leave " “ ....11:30 a.m. Arrive at Columbus 6:30 p. m. novSO tf W. L. CLARK, Bup't. PHOTOGRAPHS AND FERREOTYPES. THE undersigned having purchased the PHO TOGRAPH GALLERY over Wittich k Kin sell’s, corner of Broad and Randolpu streets, re spectfully solicits the patronage of the Public. Having ample experience, can guarantee as good Photographs and Ferreotypes as any taken, and at lower prices than other places. My copying Old Pictures cannot be surpassed in quality or price. I have employed Superior Coloring Artists, and am able to get up any size Portraits, finished iu Ink, Water, or Oil Colors, desired, and at tbs Lowest Prices. All are invited to call, and by doing Good Work at Low Prices he hopes to merit a share of public favor. Remember the place—corner of Broad and Randolph streets, over Wittich k Kinsell’o Jewelry Store, Columbus, Ga. A. A. WILLIAMS, oclOtf Photographer, Champion Violet Copying and Record Fluid. rpHIS is the only Ink made that wiU copy per- JL fectly months after it is written. It flows freely, will not corrode pens, and duplicate copies can be made at any time. Wet the copy ing paper well, do not take off all the auxplua moisture with blotting board, as this will not spread. On receipt of $1.60, will send a quart bottle by express. Address all orders to J. W. PEASE k NORMAN, BOOKTELLRRS AND STATIONERS, No. 76 Broad Street, COLUMBUS, GA. nov2ltf