Georgia Historic Newspapers

    VOL. 2.
T. K. WYNNE. W. 8. DKWOLF,
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.
Old .Hrinortm and Prr.ent Attraction*.
The Exchange and Ballard, )
Richmond, Virginia. V
Sept. 3, 1376.)
Editor Times: We are now quar
tered at the seat of justice of Henrico
county, also the capital of Virginia.
The city of Richmond is built upon
the northeast bank of the river
James, at the head of tide water,
latitude 37 deg., 32 min., 17 sec.;
north longitude 77 deg., 27 min., 28
sec., west. The city is built upon
hills, Shock® and Church being the
moot prominent; these are divided
by Shockoe creek. It is laid off in
rectangular blocks. The principal
streets are Cary, Main,Grace, Broad,
Franklin, Market and Clay. The
business of the trade of the city is
done on Main, Broad and Cary, run
ning jiarallel with the James river.
The city perhaps was founded in
1609, by West. In 1641-5 there was
a fort built by order of the Virginia
AssemWy. Richmond was made a
town by Legislative enactment under
the reign of Georgo 111. in the year
1742. In 1777 the public records of
the State were moved here from the
capitol of Williamsburg. In 1779 the
seat of government was moved to
this place-at that day, says Howe
the historian, “Richmond was but
an insignificant place, scarcely af
fording sufficient accommodations
for the officers of Government. Tile
Legislature bestowed upon it the
title of a city; but it was only such
in embryo, possessing few objects
of interest, except grand natural
scenery. The analogy of the situa
tion, it is said, to Richmond-on-the-
Thames, in Englaind, suggested the
name of the town. In 1781, Rich
mond was invaded by Benedict Ar
nold, at the head of a British army
one of the boldest acts of the Revolu
tion. He burned some public and
private buildings, and a large quan
tity of tobacco. The,Governor of
the State fled to Manchester.”
“Ten year3 after it was made the
capital Richmond had 300 houses.
Population of the city in 1800 was
5,737; in 1810, 9,785; in 1820, 12,607; in
1830, 16,060; in 1840, 20,153; in 1850,
27,550; In 1860, 37,910; in 1870, 51,000.”
In 1876 the population is 76,000.
This shows a rapid and progressive
city, well worthy to have been the
capital of the Confederacy as well as
the capital of a great State-the
mother of many Presidents.
The public schools are fine, well
attended, and conducted on the most
approved models. The State Library
has 25,000 volumes; other libraries
over 70,000. In the centre of the city
stands the old capitol of the “Lost
Cause"—now, as before, the Virginiu
State capitol; the building was erect
ed in 1792. Here all strangers gaze
with admiration on Houdon’s statue
of Washington. It was made at Paris
under the eye of Jefferson in 1786;
the figure is in the dress of an Amer
ican officer of that period; the elo
quent inscription on the pedestal on
which the statue stands was by James
Madison, as follows;
“GEOBGE WASHINGTON.
The General Assembly of the Com
monwealth of Virginia have caused
this statue to be erected as a monu
ment of affection and grutltudo to
George Washington ; who, uniting
to the endowments of the hero the
virtues of the patriot, and exerting
both in establishing the liberties of
his country, has rendered nis name
dear to his fellow-citizens, and has
given the world an immortal exam
ple of true glory. Lone in the year
Of Christ, one thousand seven hun
dred and eightv-eigtit, and in the
year of the Commonwealth the
twelfth.”
It is said to be a fine pieoe of art,
resembling in features the Father of
his Country'.
We never visit the Capitol now, but
we call back to memory the 16th of
March, the day on which Gov. Walk
er appointed anew Council, who
elected Ellyson Mayor. This was
done by authority of the “Enabling
Act.” The old Mayor contested; it
was brought before the Supreme
Court of Appeals. The case was ar
gued, and the decision pronounced
on the 27th of April. On that day a
large crowd of people, including
members of the Legislature, lawyers,
ministers, editors, policemen, visitors
from all over the State, and represen
tatives of almost every class in the
community,-gathered in this small
room to hear the result. “Two of the
five Judges had taken their seats, the
clerk was ready to read the orders,
and the dense crowd waited in per
fect silence the opening of the Court.
Suddenly there was a crash, and
those in the gallery saw the floor of
the crowded room beneath them
■ quiver. A moment later, and the
floor gave way with another awful
crash, and the clerk’s office, court
.room and gallery, with their whole
THE DAILY TIMES.
human freight of four hundred per
sons, were precipitated a distance of
about forty feet to the room below,
falling together with a mass of bricks,
mortar, splinters, beams, iron bars,
desks and chairs; and then, upon all
this, in a second more, tho false ceil
ing, with its supports, came tumbling
down, burying the victims beneath
its immense weight. The atmos
phere was thick with a dense cloud
of dust, and the human beings sent
up a groan which will ring forever in
the ears of those who heard It, Iu a
moment a few of the survivors, cling
ing to the windows and fragments of
hanging timber, and the hare and
torn walls, were all that remained to
mark the place whore just before
there was a scene of life, vigor and
hope. Sixty-two persons were killed,
and two hundred and forty-nine were
wounded. Among tho former, were
Patrick Henry Aylett, N. P. Howard
and Powhatan Roberts, distinguished
members of the Virginia bar, and Dr.
B. Brock, city editor of the Enquirer
newspaper.”
Captain Charters, Chief Engineer
ol the Fire Department, E. M. Sco
field ,City Assessor, and many other
persons prominent iu tire city orState.
The list of wounded contained also a
mournful array of leading citizens.. By
this disaster, Richmond sustained,
perhaps, the greatest of the many oa
lamitlesshe has ever been called upon
tosuffer since the civil war .and the
city will not for years recover from the
shock.”
The Washington monument is also
an elaborate work of urt, costing
$257, 913.
The Governor’s mansion is in the
north-east, corner of tho Capitol
grounds; it is a modest home, but a
superb edifice, compared to the house
occupied by Henry, Jefferson, Mon
roe, and others.
THE CUSTOM HOUSE.
“This is a large granite building,
fronting on Main street between 10th
and 11th, and extending back to
Bank street. It was occupied during
the war by the Treasury Department
of the Confederate States, and Presi
ident Davis had his office in the third
story.
At present the first floor is used as
the Post-office, and on theisecond floor
are the offices of the Collector of Cus
toms, Collector, Assessor and Super
visor of Internal Revenue, and Uni
ted States District Attorney. On the
third floor are the United States
Court-room and the. offices of the
Judges, Marshals and clerks. The
fourth floor is taken up with jury
rooms. This building passed through
the great fire of the evacuation night
without infury, while all the other
houses on both si'Jps of Main street,
between 9th and 13th, were either
partially or wholly destroyed.”
"B.”’
THE TEEL LOW FEVER
TWENTY-ONE INTERMENTS FROM YELLOW
FEVER—A SAD DAY.
From the Havanuah News, 131 U-J
Yesterday was probably the saddest
day we have experienced since the
commencement of the epidemic. The
large mortuary report published iu
the News in the morning had a de
pressing effect, and the large number
of funerals during the day seemed to
impress upon every one the fullness
of the calamity which has befallen
our city. Nevertheless it was almost
impossible to realize, amid the
natural beauty of our Forest
City—its grassy parks, stately trees,
and wide, shaded walks, and the
clear, balmy uir of early morn—
that a fearful pestilence was raging
in our midst. Before dark the
streets are deserted, tind the gen
eral gloom is only relieved by tho
lights which here and there gleam
from the chamber widows of the sick.
At 7 o’clock our thoroughfares pre
sent the appearance of midnight,
nothing but the slow tramp of the
policeman on bi3 beat., or an occa
sional hurrying footstep, as some
one seeks relief for the sick, disturbs
the solemn stillness that reigns
throughout the city.
THE MORTUARY REPORT
shows an increase of one in yellow
fever interments—t.weDty-one—but
the death record is the same as yes
terday, thirty-three. From the re
ports on the streets at noon, it was
supposed that there would be a much
larger increase, but this was caused,
we understand, by some interments
leing reported or. yesterday that did
Dot take place until to-day, owing to
the inability of the undertakers to
attend to the funerals, though per
mits had been granted for the buri
als.
THE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION
continue their noble work, and are
doiDg much for the relief of the sick
and needy. A number of our citizens
have responded to the appeal of Cap
tain Wheaton for assistance. Liberal
donations, mostly from our own citi
zens, have been made to assist the
good work, and we refer with pride
to the list published to-day of con
tributions.
The New York Steamer*.
We heard complaints yesterday in
regard to shipments of cotton from
this port, it being stated that the
railroad authorities were giving
preference to through cotton
over local shipment. On inquiry we
learn that this is not so, anil thatthe
same division of freight, between the
through freights, the Gulf Railroad
freights, anil local shipments, as ex
isted before the present crisis, now
exist. The six steamers ot the Cen
tral Railroad Company are either in
port or on their way here, and will
be loaded and dispatched as fast as
possible. Colonel Wadlev says tiiat
he thinks the steamers of the compa
ny have ample capacity for all
freights, cotton or naval stores, and
farther, that in case of any deficien
cy, the company will charter more
vessels, cnly asking the lines con
necting or merchants requiring
freight room to pro rate profits or
losses.— Savannah News, 33(/i.
COLUMBUS, GA., FEIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 15, 1870.
THE TURKISH SITUATION.
The Ten Sulim! M ill Have Hl* May
or Dlunlu Hl* Ministry.
London, Sept. 14.—A dispatch from
Odessa reports the Turks of Philo
phopolis and Tartar and Bazardjdik
have assumed a threatening attitude
towards the Bulgarian Christians
ever since the collapse of the insur
rection. They havo been deprived
of arms. Tho British ambassador at
Constantinople has been informed of
the perilous situation of the Christian
population.
Among the peace conditions pro
posed, Prince Milan shall go to Con
stantinople and pay homago to the
Sultan. No mention is made of
Bosnia or Montenegro in the con
ditions. The Sultan, in rejecting the
propositions and referring it again
to the-graml council east, said it was
necessary to make friends aud show
England that no more atrocities
would occur. The war should be
brought to a close as soon as possi
ble, Turkey giving fair conditions.
If his present advisers were unable
to effect this, ho would find others
who could.
The effect of this allocution was
stunning, especially to the Grand
Vizier, who has kept his room ever
since. The absence of tho Grand
Vizier is considered a hint to his
younger colleagues to lose no time in
acting on the ideas of tho Sultan.
They will thus avert tho danger
threatening all. Much dependence
is placed on Mahmoud Damon, the
Sultan’s brother-in-law, on whose
advice it is supposed the Sultan
mainly acts.
London, Sept. 14.—The Times’ Bel
grade dispatch says all Servian
troops have retired from Alexinatz,
except 8 batallions, who are instruct
ed to withdraw in case of attack.
London, Sept. 14.—A special to the
Times, from Belgrade says the Servi
vian lino extends from a point a little
north of D’Juuius, to Deligrade, a
distance of about eight miles, and
the number of men bearing arms is
55,000. Gen. Horavatovich com
mands the left, Tehornayeff, the cen
tre, and Protich the left at Deligrade,
On September 11th, the left was at
Alexinatz, and the command con
tained 22 batallions. When it be
came necessary to abandon Alexi
uatz, 14 batallions retired, to-day,
and with them all the artillery and
stores, and those inhabitants who
remained when the first evacuation
was ordered. 8 batallions under
Poponieh were not withdrawn.
TELEGRAPHIC ttIIMMAHY.
Georgo Lane, a convict in Sing
Sing, aged forty-eight, wus acciden
tally killed. He had been twenty
nine years in prison.
The President has signed the com
mission of J. W. Osborn as collector
of customs of Hearne river district,
Mississippi.
Secretary Chandler has returned to
Washington.
It is rumored that Count de Cham
bord is dangerously ill from treat
ment to which he had subjected him
self for nine days.
The Architectural Ironworks, of
New York, have suspended. Liabili
ties $200.(X)0. Seven hundred men are
thrown out of employment.
Tbe MaKli at rreeduinnr.
Creedmoor, Sept. 14.—Wind quite
strong—s,ooo people present. 800
yards—Canadian 492, Australia 522,
American 525, Irish 502, Scotch 525.
900 yards—Australia 494, Canadian
465, Irish 48-V American 515, Scotch
462. 1,000 yards-Score not given yet.
The American’s won by 22 over the
Irish. American total score for both
days, 3,126; Irish 3,104. Total for
the match—American 3,126, Irish 3,-
104, Australian 3,096, Scotch 3,061,
Canadian 2,923.
AVAR IN MHTII AFRICA.
THE NATIVES DEFEAT THE BOF.US.
London, Sept. 14. Advices from
Natal, South Africa, to August 22d,
say that the Boers, under President
Burgess, had been seriously defeated,
and had retired to Steelport, where
they were fortifying their positions.
They had lost all their supplies, and
many desertions had occurred. The
natives were reported to be pursuing
them in force.
Louisiana.
New Orleans, Sept. 13—Win. M.
Burwell was nominated for Con
gress by the Republicans of the First
District, in the place of Warmoth de
clined.
Gov. Kellogg has returned.
Lt. Gov. Antoine received a tele
gram that Jno. Straker, charged with
shooting Webster, the clerk of the
Court of Red river parish, has been
convicted.
Miibjuwatca Poland.
London, Sept! 14.—The former in
dependence of the Polish adminis
tration authorities has been entirely
abolished by Russia, and the office
of Secretary of State for Poland will
be suppressed.
Pnollnic Freight Karnlnff*.
St. Louis, Sept. 14.—Representa
tives of Western and Southern rail
roads have adopted a plan of pooling
freight earnings. The convention
meets again next week in Chicago.
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.
LATEST FROM WEST POINT.
No Nomination Yet.
Special to tbe Times.]
West Point, Ga., Sept. it. Tho
Convention met to-day.
Hon. E. W. Miller, of Marion, was
elected President, and Major R. J.
Moses, of Muscogee, and Mr. Bell, of
Troup, were elected Vice Presidents.
Messrs. Oslin, of TrQup, and Cherry,
of Cowota, woro chosen Secretaries.
Mr. Harris received on the first bal
lot twenty-two votes, which remained
with him until adjournment for sup
per.
On the last ballot before adjourn
ment for suppper, Harris received 22
votes, and B. A. Thornton 154 votes.
adjournment for surfer.
After supper the balloting was re
sumed.
Ou tho 80th ballot Harris received
184-5 ballots, and Persons received 19
and one fifth ballots.
Some talk of putting in nomination
Judge Crawford—We learn he was
telegraphed to know if he would ac
cept , and the reply catne, “no can
didate, but would not disregard the
wishes of the convention.”
Persons’ name was not mentioned
until after supper, the afternoon be
ing consumed in balloting for Harris,
Thornton and Hinton. On one bal
lot Hinton received 15 votes.
GENERAL COTTON CHOP REPORT.
THE LOSS IN AUGUST.
Washington, September 14.— The
September returns to the Department
of Agriculture, as was expected, show
a decline from the remarkably high
figures of July in all the cotton
States except Louisiana. Iu some of
the more southern counties or tho
cotton belt the caterpillars have been
more or less destructive, whice in a
few localities of the oxtreme South
west tho boll worm was somewhat
troublesome. The conditions of the
growth during August were quite
varied in some cases. Protracted
drought, with extreme heat, Injured
the crop, while other complaints of
excessive rain were rife. Yet the ag
gregate reduction is below what,
ought to have been expected from
the extent of local disasters reported.
The condition of the crops is
North Carolina 91, a decline of six
per cent.; Georgia 90, a decline of 14
per cent.; Florida 89, decline of 6 per
cent.; Alabama 83, decline 20 per
cent.; Mississippi 87, decline of 5 per
cent.; Louisiana 90, a gain of 1 per
cent.; Arkansas 97, loss of 1 percent.;
Texas 87, a loss of 9 per cent.; Ten
nessee 119, a loss of 1 per cent.
Fuiiernlof Ex-Goverimr \Vl*e.
Richmond, Sept. 14.—The funeral
ot ex-Governor Henry A. Wise, took
place this afternoon from
St. James’ Episcopal church. There
was an immense turn out of citizens
of all classes and nationalities, The
procession embraced all tho white
militaries of the city; veterans of the
Wise brigade, Catholic, Irish, and
German societies, mursons, members
of the legal profession and a
large number of other citizens. All
along lino of march the streets were
crowded with people following the
procession to Hollywood cemetery,
where the remains of the deceased
statesman and soldier were interred.
Floral tributes were numerous and
handsome. Stato and city officials,
including Gov. Kemper and staff,
also attended. The State and city
offices were closed during the great
er portion of tho day. Federal and
State flags were displayed at half.
mast on the capitol.
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THE INDIAN WAR.
TO BE PROSECUTED THROUGH THIS WLN
TER.
Omaha, Sept. 14 Lt. Gen. Sheridan
passed here this morniog, en route to
Fort Laramie, where he meets Gen.
Crook for a few days to organize for
a vigorous prosecution of tbe Indiun
war through the coining winter, aud
the establishment of a large canton
ment in the Powder river country.
American Fliarinaccutlcal AnhoclrMoii
Philadelphia, Sept. 14.— The Amer
ican Pharmaceutical Association as
sembled in the College of Pharmacy
this morning, Dr. Frederick Hoffman,
of New York, presiding. The elec
tion of officers for the ensuing year
resulted as follows: President, Chas.
Bullock; Vice Presidents, A. D.
Shepherd, Gustavus J. Loop and Ja
cob D.. Wells; Treasurer, Charles A.
Tofts;' Secretary, C. A. Marsh. The
report of the Treasurer, showing t he
Asssociatiou to be in a flourishing
condition, was adopted.
The Weather To-Day.
Washington, Sep. 14.—For South
Atlantic States, southeast winds,
veering to southwest and northwest,
followed by rising barometer, cool
er, clear or partially clear weather.
The first quarrel, that between Cain and
Abel, was a good illustration of the way in
which family difficulties have arisen ever
Bince. An old legend from, the Tarquin
gives u this edifying dialogue: When the
two brothers were one day in the field to
gether they said, 'Bet us divide the world
Then one of them said ‘The earth you
stand on is my soil,’ and the other respon
ed, ‘No you are standing on my earth.
One paid, ‘The Holy Temple shall stand
on my lot,’ and the other said ‘No, it shall
stand on my lot,’ ” So they quarreled, and
it ended in the murder of Abel. Half the
troubles of to-day have no better founda
tion. A little less peevishness and self
assertion and fretfulness, and there would
lie more harmony and more happiness.
MOUTH CAROLINA RADICAL* IN A
qiIANUARY.
THEY don’t KNOW WHICH CANDIDATE
HAS MOST MONEY.
Columbia, 8. C., Sept. 14.—Tho Re
publican State Convention, now sit
ting third day, has made no nomina
tions yet. The time thus occupied
by speeches by tho friends of both
parties, Chamberlain and Dunn.
The object of tho delay is stated to
be to asoertaiu who lias the most
money.
Grant n Tweed.
New York, September 14.—A Long
Branch dispatch says the President,
in conversation yesterday, said that
he was in possession of all tho facts
relating to the efforts of the Govern
ment to secure Tweed, and their final
success.
He also intimated that negotiations
for anew extradition treaty between
this country and England aro pend
ing- < 0 |
Heavy Failure.
London, Sept. 14.—Miller & Sons,
calico printers of Glasgow, have fail
ed. Liabilities £500,000.
• , ,
Gentlemen! If you want the ladles to
admire you, take l)r. J. H. McLean’s
Strengthening Cordial and Blood Purifier.
It imparts vitality, vigor, vital power and
strength, purifies aud enriehes your
blood. Dr. J. If. McLean’s oflleo, 314
Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo.
How tlir Oyster llulld* III* shell.
Mr. Frank Buekland, who conveys
instruction more agreeably than any
naturalist of the day, thus explains
the manner iu which the oyster
builds his shell:
Tho body of an oyster is a poor,
weak thing, apparently Incapable of
doing anything at all. Yet what a
marvelous house an oyster builds
around his delicate frame. When
the oyster is first horn, he is a very
simple, delicate dot, as it were, and
yet ho is born with his shell upon
him. For some unknown reason he
always fixes himself on Ilia round
shell, never on his flat shell, and be
ing once fixed he begins to grow—but
he only grows in summer. luspect
an oyster shell closely, and it wil be
seen that it is marked with distinct
lines. As the riugs we observe in the
section of a traa denote its yours of
growth, so does the marking on an
oyster tell us how mauy years he has
passed in his "bed” at the bottom of
the sea.
Suppose an oyster under inspection
was born Juno 15th, 1870, he would
go on growing up to ihe first line we
see well marked, he would then stop
for the winter. In the summer of
1872 he would more than double his
size. In 1872 ho would add to this
house. In 1873 and 1874 ho would
go on building, till he was dredged
up in the middle of his work iu 1875;
so that he is plainly five and a half
years old. The way in which an oys
ter builds his shell is a pretty sight.
I havo watched it frequently. The
beard of an oyster is not only his
breathing organ, i. e., his lungs, but
his feeding organ, by which he con
veys the food to his complicated
mouth with his four lips.
When the warm calm days of June
come the oyster opens his shall and
by means of his board begins build
ing an additional story to his
house. This he does by depositing
very fine particles of eurbonuto of
lime, till they at last form a
substance as thin as silver pa
lter, and exceedingly fragile.
Then he adds more and more,
till at last the new shell is at
least as hard as the old shell. Wheu
oysters are growing in their shells
they must he handled very carefully,
as the new growth of shell will cut
like broken glass, and a wound on a
linger from an oyster shell is often
very poisonous.
THE DAILY TIMES*.
TIMES TRADE PAPER.
We propose to issue an edition on or
about the 20th of September, containing a
review of tho business of Columbus for ..ho
past year. It will contain a complete and
full exhibit of the mercantile and material
progress of Columbus, and a reference to
the advantages of our city, as a place of
business and residence.
This edition of tho Times will bo in
great demand, for in addition to the usu
al number of papers issued, an extra edi
tion of several thousand will be struck off
for distribution. Wo will be prepared t >
furnish copies of the Times to our adver
tisers on that occasion, who may desire
to send them to their friends, or business
patrons.
For this issuo we speak for a large ad
vertising patronage.
The business men of Columbus will bo
called upon by a representative of this
office, and we trust they will liberally re
spond with good advertisements and an
order for extra copios of tho paper.
aug3l tf
AT FONT FOR CASH.
From now until the first of October I
will sell my entire Stock of
DRY GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS,
NOTIONS, iCc., AT COST.
AND A GREAT MANY ARTICLES FAR LESS
THAN GOST.
I MEAN WHAT I SAY,
as I intend to retire from the dry gooffs
business at that time.
All those wishing a bargain corns at once.
Come one, come all. and buy at a SACRI
FICE.
aug29 djfcw till ocl J. J. Whittle.
Drop in and see our new stock of Gents
Jewelry, the handsomest and cheapest
ever brought to tho city.
septo eodst Thornton & Acre.
THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM.
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Wo, tho delegates of the Democratic party of
the United States iu National Convention anseiu*
hied, do hereby declare the administration of
tho Federal Government to be iu urgent need of
immediate Ueforiu; do hereby enjoin upon tho
nominees of this Convention, and of the Demo
cratic party In each State, a zealoua effort and
00-operation to this end; and do hereby appeal to
our fellow-citizens of every former political
connection, to undertake with us this first and
most pressing prtrlotio duty.
For the Dotnocraoy of the whole country, wo
do hero reaillrm our faith in the permammeo of
tho Federal Union, our devotion to the Constitu
tion of the United States with its amendments
universally accepted as a final settlement of tho
controversies that engendered civil war, and do
hero record our steadfast confidence iu tho per
petuity of Republican Self-Government.
lu absolute acquiescence iu tho will of the ma
jority—the vital principle of the republic; in the
supremacy of the civil over the military authority;
in the total separation of Church and Btate, for
the sake alike of civil and religious freedom;
in the equality of all citizens before just laws of
their own enactment; iu the liberty of individ
ual conduct, unvexed by sumptuary laws; in the
faithful education of the rising generation, that
they may preserve, enjoy, aud transmit these
best conditions of human liappinoss and hope, we
behold the noblest products of a hundred years
of changeful history; but while upholding the
bond of our Union aud great Charter ot these
our rights, it behooves a free people to practise
also that eternal vigilance which is the price of
Liberty.
Reform is necessary to rebuild and establish
iu the hearts of the wbolo people, the Union,
eleven years ago happily rescued from the
danger of a Secession of States; but now to bo
saved from a corrupt Centralism wuich, after
indicting upon ten States the rapacity of carpet
bag tyrannies, has honeycombed the offices of
the Federal Government itself with incapacity,
waste and fraud; infected States aud municipal
ities with tho contagion of misrule, aud locked
fast the prosperity of an industrious people in
the paralysis of‘Hard Times.’
Reform is necessary to establish a sound cur
rency, restore the public credit, aud maintain
the national honor.
We denounce the failure for all these eleven
years of peace to make good the promise of the
legal-tender notes, which are a changing stand
ard of value in the bands of the people, aud the
non-payment of which is a disregard of the
plighted faith of the nation.
We denounce the improvidence which in
eleven years of peace lias taken from the people
iu Federal taxes thirteen times the whole amount
of the legal-tender notes and squandered four
times their sum in useless expense without ac
cumulating any reserve for their redemption.
We denounce the financial imbecility and im
morality of that party which, during eleven
years of peace, has made no advance toward
resumption, no preparation for resumption, hut
instead has obstructed resumption, by wasting
<>ur resources and exhausting all our surplus
income;and, while annually professing to in
tond a speedy return to specie payments, has
annually enacted fresh hindrances thereto. As
such a hindrance we denounce tho Resumption
day clause of the act of 1875 aud demand its re
peal.
We demand a judicious system of preparation
by public economies, by official retrenchments,
aud by wise finance, which shall enable the
nation soon to assure the whole world of Its
perfect ability aud its perfect readiness to meet
any of its promises at the call of the creditor en
titled to payment.
We believe such a system, well devised, snd,
above all, entrutsud to competent hands foi
execution, creating at no time an artificial scar
city of currency aud at no time alarming the
public mind into a withdrawal of that / astei
machinery of credit by which 95 per cent, of all
business transactions are performed,—a system
open, public, and inspiring general confidence,
would from tbe day of fts adoption bring healing
ou its wings to all our harrassed industries, set
in motion the wheels of commerce, manufac
tures, and the mechanic arts, restore employ
ment to labor, and renew in all its natural
sources the prosperity of the people.
Reform is necessary iu the sum and modes of
Federal Taxation, to the end that capital may
beset free from distrust, and labor lightly bur
dened.
We denounce tho present Tariff, levied upon
nearly 4,000 articles, as a masterpiece of injus
tice, in equality, and false, pretense. It yields a
dwindling, not a yearly rising revenue. It has
impoverished mauy industries to subsidize a
few. It prohibits imports that might purchase
th products of American labor. It has degraded
American commerce from the first to an inferior
rank on the high seas. It has cut down the
sales of American manufactures at heme and
abroad, aud depleted tho returns of Americau
agriculture—an industry followed by half our
people. It costs tho people five times mors
than it produces to the treasury, obstructs the
processes ot production, aud wastes the fruits of
labor. It promotes fraud, fosters smuggling,
enriches dishonest officials, andbanrupts honest
merchants. We demand that all the Custom-
House taxation shall be only for Revenue.
Reform is necessary, in the scale of Public
Kxpouso-rFedoral, Btate and Municipal. Our
Federal taxation has swolen from 60 millions
gold, iu 1860, to 460 millions currency, in 1870;
our aggregate taxation from 154 millions gold in
1860, to 780 millions currency in 1870; or in one de
cade, from less than $5 per head to more than
$lB per head. Since the peace, the people have
paid to thoir tax gatherers more than thrice the
sum of tho national debt, aud more than twice
that sum for the Federal Government alone. We
demand a religious frugality iu every depart
ment, and from every officer of the Government.
Reform is necessary to put a stop to the
profligate waste of public lands aud their diver
sion from actual settlers by the party in power,
which has squandered 200 millions of acres upon
railroads alone, and out of more than thrice that
aggregate lias disposed of less titan a sixth direct
ly to tillers of the soil.
Reform is necessary to correct the omissions
of a Republican Congress and the errors of our
treaties and our diplomacy which havo stripped
our fellow-citizens of foreign birth and kindred
race recrossing the Atlantic, of tbe shield of
American citizenship, and have exposed our
brethren of vbe Pacific coast to the incursions of
a race not sprung,from the same great parent
stock, and iu fact now by law denied citizenship
through iiaturulizationiaH being neither accus
tomed to tho traditions of a progressive civiliza
tion nor exercised in liberty under equal laws.
We denounce the policy which thus discards the
liberty-loving German and tolerates the revival
of the coolie trade in Mongoliau women import
ed for immoral purposes, and Mongolian men
hired to perform servile labor contracts.
Reform is necessary ami can never be effected
but by making it. tbe controlling issue of the
elections, aud lifting it above the two false issues
with which the office-holding class and the party
iu power Heek to smother it—
1. The false issue with which they would en
kindle sectarian strife in respect to the public
schools, of which the establishment and support
belong exclusively to the several States, and
which the Democratic party has cherished from
their foundation, aud is resolved to maintain
without prejudice or preierenco for any class,
sect or creed, and without largesses from the
Treasury to any.
2. The false issue by which they seek to light
anew the dying embers of sectional bate betweeu
kindred people once estranged, but now re
united iu one indivisiblu republic aud a common
destiny.
Rbfobm is necessary in the Civil Service. Ex
perience proves that efficient, economical con
duct of the governmental business is not possible
ii its civil service be subject to change at every
election, be a prize fought for at the ballot-box,
be a brief reward of party zeal, instead of posts of
honor assigned for proved competency, and held
for fidelity in the public employ; that th© dis
pensing of patronage should neither be a tax up
on the timo of our public men, nor the instru
ment of their ambition. Here again promises
falsified in the performance, attest that the party
in power can work out no practical or salutary
reform.
Rbfobm is necessary even more in the higher
grades of the public service. President, Vice-
President, Judges, Senators, Representatives,
Cabinet officers, these and all others In authority
are the people's servants. Their offices are not
a private perquisite; they are a public trust.
When the annals of this Republic show the dis
grace aud censure of a Vice-President; & late
Speaker of the House of Representatives market
ing his rulings as a presiding officer; three Sen
ators profiting secretly by their votes as law-ma
kers; five chairmen of the leading committees of
the House of Representatives exposed in jobbery;
a late Secretary of the Treasury forcing balances
in the public accounts: a late Attorney-General
misappropriating public funds; a Secretary oi
tbe Navy enriched or enriching friends, by per
ceniagos levied off the profits of contractors with
his department; an Embassador to England cen
sured in a dishonorable speculation; the Presi
dent’s Private Secretary barely escaping convic
tion upon trial for guilty complicity in frauds
upon the revenuo; a Secretary of War impeached
'or high crimes and misdemeanors—-the demon
stration is complete, that tho first step in Re
lorm must be the iieople’s choice of honest men
from another party, lest the disease of one po
litical organization infect the body politic, and
lest by making no change of men or parties we
got no change of measures and no real Reform.
All these abuses, wrongs and crimes, the pro
duct of sixteen years' ascendancy of the Republi
can party, create a necessity for Reform confess
ed by Republicans themselves; but their reform
ers are voted down in convention and displaced
from the Cabinet. The party’s mass of honest
voters is powerless to resist the 80,000 office
holders, its leaders aud guides.
Reform can only be had by a peaceful Civil
Revolution. We demand a change of system, a
change of administration, a change of parties,
that we may have a change of measures snd of
men.
NO. 157
WESTERN RAILROAD OF ALABAMA
Columbus, Ga.. Aug., Ist, 1876.
TRAINS LEAVE COLUMBUS DAILY, A8 FOL
LOWS:
(SOUTH!** MAIL.)
4:10 pm. Arriving at Montgomery 9:30 p u
Mobile 4:50 am
New Cries 10:30 a m
Galveston 8:00 a m
(ATLANTA AND NORTHERN MAIL.)
7:15 a m. Arrivingat Atlanta 2:50 f m
Lynchburg. 6:00 pm
Pniladclphiff 2:35 am
New York 6:15 a m
This train also connects with trains for
Selma except Sunday.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT OOLUMBUP
From Montgomery and Southwest 12:’5
From Atlauta and North.. 9 ;lfp
This train arriving at Columbus at 9:1
p. m., leaves Atlanta Daily at 1.35 f. m.
E. P. ALEXANDER, Preaiacnt.
CIIAS. PHILIPS, Agent. Jeß tf
MOBILE & GIRARD R.R.
jmrnssmm
Columbus, Ga., August 1, 1876.
MAIL & PASSENGER TRAIN,
DAILY (including Sundays) making close con
nection at Union Springs with Montgom
ery k Eufaula Railroad trains to and from Mont
gomery and points beyond, and with Eufaula ou
Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays. Through
coach with sleeping accommodations betweeu
Columbus and Montgomery:'
Leave Columbus 2:00 p.
Arrive at Montgomery 7:50 f. m.
•• “ Mobile.. 4:60 a. m.
“ “ New Orleans 10:30 a. m.
“ “Nashville 8:10a.m.
“ “Louisville.., 3:40p.m.
“ “ St. Louis 8:10 a. m.
*♦ “ Cincinnati 8:15 f. m.
“ “Chicago ... 8:00a.m.
•• “ Philadelphia 7:56 p. m.
“ “ New York 10:20 p. m.
“ “ Eufaula ,*.* 9:08 p. m.
“ **Troy 8:15p.m.
Leave Trow U 11 :*0 p.
Arrive at Columbus. 6:55 a. m
“ “ Opelika 9:48 a. m.
“ “ Atlanta..../. 4:15p.m.
“ “Macon 4:10p.m.
" “ Augusta 6:00 a. m.
“ “Savannah 7:15a.m.
THROUGH SLEEPERS TO MONTGOMERY.
Entire train through from Montgomery to Louis
ville without chauge;
Trains arrive in Montgomery two hours earlier
than any other line.
Tills is the only line making night connections
Northwest.
No extra charges for seats in through cars to
Louisville. Save twelve hours by this line.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN TRIWEEKLY.
Leaves Columbus at 8 o'clock p. m., Tuesdays,
Thursdays uud Saturdays; arrives at Union
Springs 1:10 a. m. Returning, leaves Union
Springs at 6;30 a. m., Mondays, Wednesdays aud
Fridays; arrive at Columbus 11:56 a. m. Connect
ing at Union Bprings with Montgomery A: Eufau
ia Railroad trains, and at Columbus with South-
Westeru Railroad for Macon.
Tickets to all poluts Wait, Northwest and
North for sale at the Ticket Office.
W. L CLARK, Sup’t.
D. E. WILLIAMS,
General Ticket Agent. ang3 tf
A MAN
So heartless and unconcerned as to stand silently
gazing upon a dying wife aud daughter without
an effort to save them is guilty of the severes ,
condemnation.
It is a conceded fact that a truly wenderfu
combination; a boon to all suffering female" • a
never-failing female regulator; a powerful uter
ine tonic is now ottered, that will at once remove
all unnatural monthly obstructions and derange
ments, such as painful, suppressed, obstructed,
profuse or irregular menstruation, it will speedi
ly establish nature in young girls who are feeble,
and developing slowly; and will cure many a dis
ease that
KILLS
Wife and daugbtor. It immediately cures Hys
terics, sick headache, pains iu side, back and
loiuß, chlorosis of Green sickness, afSfeemia de
bility, nervousness, palpitation, swimming snd
giddiness of the head, cold feet and bands, steril
ity or barrenness, loss or memory, sleeplessness,
and as a geuoral Tonic improving the appetite,
aiding digestion and keeping the liver snd bows)*
in a proper condition, it has no equal. Husbands
are informed that
Ilis Wife and Daughter
Can be cured of all chronic complaints, such as
Leueorhoea or Whites, nlocration of the womb,
falling of the womb, and monthly troubles, and it
imparts color to the pale, atltis strength to the
weak and feeble, ahd can bo used at aU ages aud
under all circumstances.
It is known as Dr. Dromgoole’s English Female
Bitters, and thousands of first-class encomiums
have been passed upon its peculiar efficacy, from
all suctions, l'ut up in large bottles, and has
been reduced in price to SI,OO or six for $5.00.
Sold by druggists and dealers everywhere, or
expressed on reoeipt of price. Address,
in. .i. p. imoacoou:.
lanhVii.u:, my.
mav2s tf . : ,
THE TIMES
JOB OFFICE,
Columbus, Ca.
Is prepared to execute in the
lint niunucr and at short
notiee, JOB PUIXTIiYU
of every description,
sueli ns
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEADS,
NOTE HEADS,
MONTHLY|BTATEMENTB
BUSINESS CARDS.
VISITING CARDS,
POSTAL CARDS,
SHIPPING TAGS,
ENVELOPES,
CIRCULARS,
PARTY INVITATIONS,
WEDDING INVITATIONS,
BIILS LADING BOOKS,
R. R. RECEIPT BOOKS,
&c., &c., &c.