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VOL. 2. T. K. WYNNE, W. 8. DEWOLF, JOHN H. MABTIN, JOHN H. STKWAHT. Wynne, DeWolf & Cos. Pul>Ulier* and Proprietor*. 11.i11.Y, (In advance) per annum, $7 00 “ atx months, 4 00 . three months 200 “ one month..... 75 WEEKLY, one yar 2 00 (bhurter term. In proportion.) RATES OF ABVERTISING. Square, one week $ .7 00 One Square, one month...,. 0 00 One Square, aix month* 28 00 Transient advertisement* SI.OO for first iuior on, and 50cents for each subsequent insertion. Fifty per cent, additional in Local column. Liberal rates toiartfor advertisements. MANUFACTURINE. Extract Irons a Npcrcta Urllvcred by Hon. R. J. Roses, before the llemo rratlr Nominallint Convention. # 7 THE FUTURE OF COLUMBUS DEPENDENT ON THE SUCCESS OF ITS MANUFAC TURING INTEREST. In tho time that I have to devote to this question, making it part of a polit ical speech that has perhaps already wearied your patience, I do not propose to make an exhaustive argument, nor vouch for the literal accuracy of my statements. I can only hope to approx imate to the main diets that underlie the subject. It will not lie within the scope of my remarks to trace tho causes which have contributed to the deeline of Columbus, and forced many of her most valued cit izens to abaudon their cherished homo and seek in new spheres more prolitable employment for their energy and in dustry. I will not, until I have fully examined the subject, say how much, if any, of the present stagnation of her trade is due to uqjust discriminations of rail roads ; this will be a matter for legisla tive inquiry; but I do say that 1 will use all constitutional means to secure to Columbus an equalization of freights. I shall go to the Legislature with but one purpose—to maintain tho right, to correct abo-es, and to relieve against unjust legislation, regardless of whom it hurts or whom it helps ; and I will see to it, that while I advocate the rights of others, I will maintain my own unim paired. The manufacturing interest is impor tant for good or evil, not only to Colum bus hut to the whole State. It is a question which, as a candidate for the Legislature, I have felt i) my duty to examine, and test the truth of former convictions. I have done so. My conclusions are that the future, not only of Columbus but of the whole State, depends largely upon the successful de velopment of its manufacturing power. I will now state, in reference to Co lumbus, tho reasons upon which my judgment is founded ; and these reasons, in a greater or less degree, (controlled by local circumstances.) are applicable to tho whole State. My data are taken from the cotton receipts of Columbus, Sept. 1, 1875, to Sept. 1, 1870—51,000 bales. And from the tax returns of city sales for the same period. The value of cotton from September, 1875,* to September, 1870, is estimated at SOO per bale- The rate of profits on manufacturing is based upon the Eagle and Phenix Factory, varying from 9] at its greatest depression, to 25 per cent, at its highest point. With this data I assume 15 per cent, as the natural profit on manufac turing, when business is neither unnatu rally depressed nor unnaturally excited. From these premises 1 reach tho fol lowing conclusions : Ist. That every bale of cotton brought to Columbus, and not manufactured, has a purchasing capacity to the extent oj the value, SOO per bale, of which about S2B would be expended in Columbus, if there were no factories. 3d. That every bale not manufactured, but sold, leaves a profit to the city of about $5. 3d. That every bale manufactured is increased in value times, which gives it a purchasing capacity of $l5O per bale; that from $1 30 to $l4O is expend ed in Columbus. 4th. That every bale manufactured in Columbus leaves a profit of $30.75 per bale. sth. That a city receiving 51,000 bales cotton, and manufacturing none, does about the same trade in merchandise that a city would do which received and manufactured 10,000 bales; and that the profits in favor of the manufacturing town arc about $120,000 per annum in excess of the town that docs not manu facture. Bth. That Columbus ought, in ten years, to manufacture 50,000 bales of cotton; which at present prices, SSO per hale, will create a business of about eleven millions, with an annual profit of about two millions. I arrive at these results as follows: The totftl nnies of Columbus from September 1, 187 i, to Septem ber Ist, 1876, sre about *1,'.1115,000 Exclusive of manutactured goods 045,000 Total 12,850,000 Sales exclusive of factories 1,005,000 Groceries, $1,054,000, profits 10 per cent 103,400 Dry goods, $450,000,15 do 67,600 Foundries, hardware, shoes, and sun dries, etc.. $461,000, 20 do 90,200 Net profit iulondliug 51,000 bales cot ton $1 per bale 51,000 Total $314,100 SACKS OSXaiED BIT KAKCVACXEIBSa 10,000 BALES. Manufactured goods sold in Coiambus. $945,000 balance shipped abroad 556,000. Other goods sold in Columbus, the de mand for which and the purchasing power of which can be traced exclu sively to the factories *450,000 $1,396,000 Capital employed about 2,000,000. Coat of 10,000 bales cotton 600,000 Dividend on capital 15 per cent *300,000 Fay rolls $250,000, added to findings and other expenses, makes 600,000 Total amount goods manufacturer 1,560,000 Out of the items marked thus (*) the wages are $350,000. This being all con sumed ih feeding and clothing, &c., per sons employed in the factories, must be spent here or wherever the operatives trade. Then I assume that out of the dividends and balance of expenditures, at least $200,000 are spent here. This makes up the $450,000 of sales credited to the manufacturing town; and as with out the manufactories, neither the de mand nor the purchasing power would manufactories, and would make the ac count stand thus: The town without mnu£c 906,000 would sell *450,000 Lew this * Deduct frtm*!rpro4t. ‘mouutiug to >14.100 $167,000 profits 01j>400,u00.. ThismevesitaSofita.:,, T*e £7ng W " *h>9s,oC rvHe^t taeDd “. 0U 300,000 „ o? 3S!oM ssles of merchandise other thsn umnuisc- , 0 _ 6QO tores $367,500 -he sales of the two towns are nearly equally divided —$1,395,000 against sl,- ||p m. Profits-f3(i7,s(K)> ? amst $240,- THE DAILY TIMES. To raise 50,000 boles cotton with $!!,- 000,000, allowing four bales to the hand, it will take 12,500 laborers, who would have to support a population of 50,000; whilst 5,000 laborers would increase its value $4,500,000 and only have to sup port a population of 20,000. Hence the difference between tho profits of agri culture and tho profits of manufacturing. ****** It is admitted that in the cost of cot ton alone wo have an advantage of ten dollars per bale. Our seasons are more open; nature never stops for a moment tho spindle and tho loom; nor does it, with its ice-bound rivers, confront labor with haggard want by enforcing idle ness. For this reason our labor is 25 per cent, cheaper than it is North. Lumber, bricks, and other building material, are scarcely half of Northern prices. The difference in mechanical labor employed in erecting factories will more than cover the additional cost of trans porting machinery. The demand is tho same hero for man ufactured goods as it is at tho North. The world is our customer as it is theirs. Old England is moving her machinery to the East Indies to get it in near neighborhood to East India cotton. New England must do the same to the cotton of the South ; she can not use her old machinery and comi>eto with the South using new machinery, with its natural advantages superadded. The time lias come when tho cost of transporting tiio raw material, the frozen rivers and climatic disadvantages of tho Now England States proves as hard a taskmaster to them as Pharaoh did to tho Children of Israel, self-interest will be tho great chieftain which will lead them to the Soutli as the promised land. All we want is a few years of peace, and the exodus will commence. Northern manufacturers who own l ast properties contiguous to their fabrics, tile value of which is dependent on the loca tion of factories in their midst, will strug gle against the change, but capital that is not bound to a particular locality by those collateral interests, will sock investment at the Soutli, and the Northern manufac turer will be compelled either to change his location or adopt his machinery to now styles of goods that require luss cot ton in their manufacture. Columbus will feel its llrst impulse, owing to great natural advantages, and to the further fact that it is the spot where, since tho war, tho profitableness of manufacturing lias been practioally illus trated. Look at the Eagle & Phenix No. 1 and 2, tho Muscogee Mills, the Columbus Facto ry, Clegg's Factory, brown's Spinning Mill, Hines' Hugging Factory, the Colum bus Foundry, Porters Foundry arid tiiat Leviathan Eagle A Phenix No. 3, now rearing its gigantic head in deflnnco of the panic ami tho commercial storm which Is leveling all industries and sweeping away tho profits and capital of northern factories. Those evidences of success give assu rance to capital, that Columbus possesses not only one, but combines all tiie ele ments necessary to successful manufac turing. The last proposition which I wish to touch upon is this: THAT IN TEN YEARS COLUMBUS OUGHT. TO MANUFACTURE 50,000 BALES. (live us a government that will simply let us alone, cease misrepresenting us, lot tiie North understand, as the South does, that our laws are well administered, that there is no conflict of races at present or probable in tiie future, tlmt there is no incendiary torch now lighted, that capi tal is as safe here as it is anywhere in tho United States, that tiie only enemy it lias is a hostile party which I trust will soon bo overthrown or induced to change its policy,and Northern capital will do what, Southern capital has already done—it will seek investment in manufactures, which have been exempliiiied as offering tiie most prolitable investment coupled with safely, that can be found anywhere in tho Union. Underthese circumstances.is it unrea sonblo to expect in the next ten years to seo ten millionsemployed in manufactur ing in and about Columbus? Ought wo not to move fourtimoa as fast in the next decade as we have moved in tiie last? In the last ten years manufacturing was still an experiment to be tested. It was confined to Southern capital and tiie expe rience of Southern men. It had been pre coded by innumerable faiiureslin our very midst, and tho previous experience was, that patriotism and ignorance invested Its capital in (manufactures, and sunk its in vestment, leaving cupidity and intelli gence to fall heirs to the wreck, and profit by tho errors of its proprietors. The Southern people were impoverished, just emerging from a four years’ war, with fortunes ruined and energies destroy ed ; and yet in ten years they liavo invest ed two millions. In the next ten years, If we can only have a Government, I won’t say favorable, but not hostile to us, we will move for ward with the capital of tho world open to us, witli the success of tiie industry devel oped, with an advantage of $500,000 a year in tho manufacture of 50,000 bales of cot bin. This is proven to a demonstration in the raw material alone. We have besides, other advantages, to which I have refer red ; ami witli this predicate, I say it is reasonable to assert that wo will move four times faster in the next ten years than we have done in tiie last. If we do that, wo will manufacture 50,- 000 bales of cotton. This will give us a trade in manufac tured goods of about, $7,000,000 In sales to operatives and emsloyues of Factories directly and incidental ly connected with them of about .... 2,500,000 Ami if our other trade; drawn from cotton Bales, does not increase an it must of necessity, we will have our present, 1,500,000 $11,000,000 Making an aggregate trade of eleven millions against our present $2,850,000. With that amount of manufactures trade will increase from numerous sources, which cannot be defined. A homo purchaser of 50,000 bales will make Columbus a cotton centre, and <>ur receipts would probably bo doubled. We would increase our general trade, for wo would become a bettor grocery and dry goods market; our hardware and shoe stocks would bo larger. Manufactures in great variety would spring up; each'new enterprise wouid but bo the forerunner of one still newer. Our industries would bo di versified; commerce would Ire vivified, nnd the active future of Columbus will leave no trace of the “Sleepy Hollow” it would have been had the roaring of its waters never been ac companied with the music: of the “spindle and the loom.” A few more facts in this connection. To manufacture ten thousand bales of cotton now employ 1,000 to 1,200 hundred people, and supports a manufacturing population of 3,500 to 4,000 Fifty thousand bales would require five or six thousand operatives, and would support a population of 15,000 to 20,000. Fifty thousand spindles now consume 103)00 bales. One hundred and fifty thousand will consume 50,000 bales. Wo have water power enough to turn 150,000 spindles be tween the City Mills and the lower facto ry now building. Between the lower factory and tlio Co lumbus factory we have water power enough to consume 170,000 hales, and to support a manufacturing population of about 80,000. To employ it all, we would only have to do a little more than one-third the bast iness of Fall River, at which 1,250,000 spin fllcs are at work. The first one of which at mufjßgßßgVSßr im&m over *0 years, An .nV,?i, 3 ' Ibles which I have made will Sim ... ruaui, •"ijlA irgr. part of the advantanges i- fibroin manufacturing is represented byahvd* It ip therefore the interns.. . to keen at home as much of this-ominous nossibfe, and to do this we must et/tt as age small manufacturers; this requlrw aid and encouragement, arjlgghj dreds of skilled men who have no capital to buUd factories „ , to let.” At the North they have power to . Wa must have it here, 'Ve must nave cheaD*houses and not drive our operatives to drive their small trade with them, utilize your commons, Keep the fee and make leases at low rates, either to factories or to skilled mechanics. Let the city erect a building with a num ber of rooms, give it steam power, rent the power and the room in small titie6. as Clegg hires his room and his newer and you will give an impulse to a class c’f industry that will keep all of its COLUMBUS, GA., FBI DAY MOKNING, OCTOBER 13, 1876. profits at home. From suoh small bogln- Ings, gome of the largest manufacturing capital has been acquired In tho northern cities. Fall River and Lowell have both felt its Inlluenoe. and Philadelphia, a oity that covers a larger area, and housos more poople comfortably than any other in tho United States owes much of Its prosperity to this system of rentals. To my agricultural friends it is only ne cessary to any that you cannot advance thu manufacturing interest of Columbus without its beneficial influence being at once extended to eveiy acre of land with in the trading limits of Columbus. It will Increase the value of every ncro of land, because it will increase the profits of every man who cultivates the land. It gives an increasing market for a diversified crop that peculiarly depend on population for consumption, it givies you an active and advantageous market for your great staple, and will stop that exodus of labor which seeks tho West for the same rea son that manufacturers seek the South. Tho West can raise cotton cheaper than we can, but cotton raised at the placo of manufacture is worth more to tiie factory by the difference of freights than cotton raised at a distance. Lot Georgia become a groat manufac turing State, and she will become a greater agricultural State. Your waste lands will be takeu up, because popula tion will flow in and not out. Manufacturing North and Soutli will be very different in its effects on popula tion. At the North manufacturing towns arc purely manufacturing towns, they have no business that does not flow from manufacturing, and no population tlmt is not wholly dependent upon it. At the North they "exhibit pictures of massive lortunesand extreme poverty side by side. At tbe South it will be different, agricul ture and manufactures will combine to build your cities, and here it is only a question of whether wo shall more than double our wealth by adding manufac tures and agriculture and letting our city reap the benefit of the commerce that flows from both. So far as Columbus and the county of Muscoggee is concerned, the proposition is self evident to my mind, that unless manufacturers grow up, or the direction of cotton is turned back from the railroads to the river, our farmers and our mer chants are without u futnre. Year by year your lands will decrease in value, the area planted will be less and less, your agricultural population will move away, and then your city and its real estate, al ready overburdened with taxes, will lose all value because it will have lost all trade. Our future can never brighten unless the Republican party is overthrown, or changes its policy toward us. We are held up as lawless and violent as a people urging a conflict of races, where tiie torcli ol incendiarism is already ablaze to de stroy capital tlmt may be brought here with its accumulated earnings, where the life of the capitalist himself is unsafe, these falsehoods are impressed upon the Northern mind by tho machinery of the Republican party and they are believed at the North. We know- them to ho false, we know that capital is as safe here as it is anywhere, and to this knowledge you may attribute the large investments mafic by Southern men, and the success of manufacturing as developed at tiie South, but capital is timid, and had Southern minds like Northern minds been alarmed, not the first dollar of these maguificient investments would have been mode. Our people are suffering from slander and mis representation, power seeks to maintain itself careless of the means; we must buckle on our armor and work out our own salvation. It is unnecessary to appeal to (Georgians in the pending political contest. There are two parties, one has already sum moned the military and opposes to our bleeding hearts, “Fixed bayonets.” Tbe other holds out the Olive branch, offers us peace and fraternity, and bids us abide in the House of our Fathers, with none to make us afraid. The choic is easy. Fight under tiie ban ner ot Democracy. If defeat comes, it will be but another sacrifice made io the eter nal principles of justice. i am not confi dent of results, but 1 know where duty leads us; our place is in the Democratic column. I shall be there ! Let us at least carry the State by an overwhelming majority, so that Colquitt may have s'rength to inaugurate reform if there is room for reform. His administration must scrutinise closely the whole question of taxation and expenditure and see if it is not possible to reduce the burdens of taxation below the enormous amount now drawn from an impoverished people. Is it not strange that you farmerswho de sire a countryman to represent the agri cultural interest should seem to be opposed to the Agricultural Bureau on the score of economy' Why, gentlemen, you expend $13,000 for this department, which is all you get back of $700,000 paid by the agri cultural interest in the shape of taxes. That bureau gives you these facts, (besides saving you millions). Before the war we had over six hundred millions of capital, and raised seven hundred thousand bales ol cot ton, while the Government was supported by a tax of $475,000. Now it has about 270 millions of capita], raises less than 500,000 bales of cotton, and is subjected to a tax of $1,1)00,000, of which agriculture pays half, or nearly so. Here are statistics gathered from that department on which to start your investigations. Without it you wouiden at sea. I believe it to be the most importabt department to agriculture inau gurated since the war, and with my present views I shall give it an earnest support. You want to know if I am in favor ot a Constitutional Convention'! 1 reply to you that I am—-it is the great necessity lor thorough and absolute reform, and I shall support it, unless otherwise instructed by a vote of the people, 1 pledge myßelf to make a searching inquiry into the expend itures of the Government, and find out whence arises this enormous increase of taxation. And wherever expenses can be retrenched, I will advocate retrenchment. The State has lost $174,000 by twice pay ing that many bonds. It is said that if the Governor and Comptroller General had done their duty under the plain letter of the law, this mistake could not have happened. I wilt investigate this, and if the fault rests upon either of these departments instead of the Treasurer, I will see that the depart ment in which the negligence originated shall bear the burden of the wrong. I de clined to answer any questions before the nomination, because in this canvass I have thrown my personal character in the bal ance, and thank God the result shows in this flattering endorsement of the people that 1 have not been found wanting. In conclusion, fellow-citizens. I can only say that I will endeavor by my course in the Legislature to satisfy you that I de serve your confidence. Note. —The factory now building will add 20,000 spindles to the 30,000 now in opera tion. The sum of $314.45 in “condemned money” wum tniaon nt tllo gates of the Centennial Exhibition up to Sept. Ist, Three-fourths of the pieces of silver had been mutilated; the re mainder were counterfeits. The largest amount of counterfeit money received on one occasion, $16.50, was on New Yorkday, The stile-keepers, Yryn whose salaries this loss is de work, 1 * have really done excellent 000,000 pm although 3,005,000 or 4,- their hands, oi>ave passed through been found worttnfew hundred have Love A Wilson celebrated Belts will cure chills, cOrfWfcL 1 deranged nervous systems, strengthen the appetite, and actively aid in restoring mpaired health. For sale at aprtOtf M.U.HoodACo.h. THKYELLfW FEVER. Ke|M>rt* train Niivunnnli Tho progress of tho yellow fevor, says tho Mommy Nows of Wednes day,indicated by tho mortuary report for tho twonty-four hours oudlng at G o’clock r. m., yesterday, -shows a slight decrease from tho day previous, the total interments from ail causes of death being niueteon, of which thirteen were declared to bo yellow fever eases. The weather has moderated con siderably. Tho pleasing intelligence is con veyed to us by telegraph that tbe epidemic is considered at an end in Brunswick by l)r. Bruns, owing, we presume, to tbe want of material upon which to feed. Tho following are theilgures which indicate tho mortality for the week ending 6 o’clock yesterday afternoon : Yellow Other Date. lever. diseases. Total. October 4. .... 17 7 24 October 6 18 9 27 October 6 19 to 29 October 7 13 9 22 October 8 8 3 u October 9 15 7 22 October 10.. 13 l9 108 51 154 lii answer to numerous inquiries tho AVtes states that Col. W. T. Thompson is still confined to his room, hut is slowly recovering from his illness. The following is the mortuary re port for the day euding October 10; Laurel Grove Cemetery Whites— Harriet D. Alden, aged 64, years, 9 months and 4 days; John J. Wald, aged 40; Goo. DeJ. Thompson, aged 26; Ida If. Stokes, aged 5 years and 5 months; yellow favor; Infant Ray, aged 1 month, inanition. Colored Rebecca Munroo. aged 16; Al fred Murrel, aged 12, yellow fever; Jlnfant BoifouUet, aged 8 days, lockjaw; Sarah Blake, agod 24, child bod. Whites, 5; colored, 4; total, 9 (yellow fo vor.fi.) Cathedral Cemetery.— Whites -Pat rick Roddy, aged 56; John Powers, aged 16; Sister Mary Blandina, aged 18; Infant of A. B. Paeettl, aged 4 days; Mary Ann Lee, aged 15; Margaret Gertrude Van Nowton, aged 6 years, 5 months, 5 days; yellow lover; Frank Dowd, aged 65, hem orrhage; Infant of John Fahy, aged 20 days, spasms. Colored—Eugene. R. Campboll, aged 9 years, bronchitis. Whites, 8; colored, 1; total, 9; (yellow fever, 0). EVERGREEN BONA VENTURE CEMETERY. Whites—Cassio Theme, aged 7 years, yellow fever. White, 1; colored, 0; total, 1; (yellow fever, 1). RECAPITULATION. Laurel Grove Cemetery—Whites, 5; col ored, 4; total, 9 (yellow fever ). Cathedral Cemetery—Whites, 8; color ed 1; total, 9 (yellow fevor 6). Bonaventure Comotory—Whltos, 1; col ored o; total 1 (yellow fever 1). Grand total, 19. Yellow fever 13. UEORGIA CROPS. Report of the Agricultural Department, Atlanta, Ga., Oot. 12.—The feport of tho Georgia State Commissioner of Agriculture for September shows corn crops 34 per cent., better than last year; cotton 15 hotter; sugur cane 33, ground peas 4, and sweet potatoes 11 [better. Turnip crop al most a failure,on account of drought- Very little small grain sown on ac count of drought; hut it is not too late to save yet in this climate. Cotton picking much further ad vanced than last, year. It isestimated that the bulk of tho crop will be gathered by the Ist of November. So far it is nearly all gathered in un usually good condition. Hogs have been unusually exempt from cholera this year, and those for slaughter ttiis fall 7 per ceut. greater iu number and bettor in quality. Tho stock ofjhogs is generally im proving. All forage orops are saved in ex traordinary fine condition, and neur ly a full supply made. Tho season has been remarkably favorable for gathering matured crops, hut very unfavorable for crops not matured, and for saving small grain. The Markets, A press of other matter compelled us to leave out the details of our mar ket reports to-day, and content our selves with a summary. As the re ports to be received to-day will give the weekly statements, aud as we notice any changes In the omitted reports, nothing will be lost. The cotton markets in the .South were reported steady or llrm, and New Orleans strong, with good re ceipts. United States consolidated net receipts for the day, 114,756; ex ports 21,800. Futures in Liverpool closed l-10d. eheaperithan the day’s highest prices. February and March delivery 5 31-23d. Wheat and flour were firmer and more active [in tho New York and Western markets. Rio Janeiro and Santos advices to the 11th report coffee very animated and advancing. Gold in New York opened at o, and closed steady at Bj. TRHKIBI.F. EXPLOSION IX PITTS. Hl'Kli. Many I-tve* Lol. Pittsburg, Pa., Out. 12.—At 8:05 this morning a terrible explosion oc curred at Znr &Co’s. mills, corner 13th and Etna streets, attended by great loss of life. The Boiler in the main building exploded, and that building and more than half of the rolling mill were demolished. A large number of employees were at work and it is impossible to tell how many were hurried in the ruins. Great excitement prevails. The buil ding caught fire, aud tho flames have not yet been extinguished. So far 10 dead bodies have been taken from tho xuiuM. BEGONE) DIBFA.TCH, Pittsburg, Oct. 12.— At the time of the explosion 150 men and boys were working. The building was literally torn to pieces; the roof falling back rested on the rail machine, enabliug the men to crawl out before the wreck was in flatnes. A partial list of the killed : Thos. Murphy, fireman; Andrew Sullivan, fireman; Frst'ffk Cupps, Peter Ken drick, John and Joseph Anderson, idlers; two brothers named McCaf hean au unknown man whose has not bo. wn o jf aP( i w i loao body list of woundev. n^jjje( j an j a ] on g INDIANA. A SPLENDID DEMOCRATIC VICTORY. Indianapolis, Oct. 12.—Flvo hun dred and sixty-three townships and wards, in 82 counties, give a net Dem ocratic majority of 258. The same places in 1872 gave a not Republican majority of 1,456. Official and semi-official roturns from 28 Democratic and 27 Republi can counties give Harrison, Rep., for Governor, 5,002 majority. In tho re maining 23 Democratic counties and fourteen Republican .counties, Hon drlcks received in 1872, 5,971 majori ty. Harrison’s gain iu tho counties heard from over the vote of 1872, is 547. Retnrns from 070 townships aud wards in 83 counties, which givo a net Democratic majority of 2,423. Tho same places in 1872 gave a net Republican majority of 230. GOV. HENDRICKS —A SETTLER. New York, Oct. 12.—The following lias been roooived at. Democratic headquarters: Indianapolis, Oct. 12.—Majorities of from 5,000 to 10,000 for the entire ticket. [Signed] T. A. Hendricks. • The Latest Election News, INDIANA DEMOCRATIC, AND OHIO RE PUBLICAN. Columbus, 0., Oct. 13.—The Repub lican State Committee to-night re ceived their returns and now esti mate Barnes’ majority at 0,700 in tho 152 counties reported. The balance of tho State ticket will reach 9,000. The Republicans] gain five Con gressmen. Indianapolis, Oct. 12.— Nine hun dred and forty returns from 896 town ships and wards in 85 counties gave a net Democrat majority of 1,344. Same places in 1872, gave net Demo cratic majority 1,335. The counties from which nothing has been heard, gave Hendricks n majority of 3,130 last election. Hurrah for Tilden and Hendricks. THE INDIAN SITUATION. Kill Eagle interviewed. St. Louis, Oct. 10.—Tbe steamboat John M. Chambers, Captain Labarge, which left St, Louis with military supplies for the Yellowstone Jast August, arrived iiere from tho Upper Missouri last night, being the first arrival. Captain Labarge had an interview with Kill Eagle, one of Sitting Bull’s chief warriors, at Standing Rock. Kill Eagle claimed that General Custer could have escaped had he seen fit to abandon his men; that the Indians, who always loved the long-haired warrior, would have permitted him to escape. II intimated that General Reno could have prevented the light had lie been fleeter of foot. He says Sitting Bull was not in the fight, but iu the council; but Capt La berge denies the report that Sitting Bull has white blood in his veins ; that he is a full-blooded Indian, insignificant in figure, and a cripple, hut witli a fine bead. He considers Sitting Bull the most famous chief of the day ; says the army officers indorse his opinion. He further states that Sitting Bull is in camp at the head waters of the Little Missouri, with the main body of the hostile Sioux. As soon as they received word that the campaign against them had been abandoned they decided to remain on American soil and not claim British protection. Friendly Indians will supply them with provisions, and they will make a raid into the Black Hills country close to their camp when their provisions give out. WEST VIRGINIA. TEN TO FIFTEEN THOUSAND, New York, Oct. 12.— The following dispatch was received at the Demo cratic Headquarters to-day: Wheelinu. W. Va., Oct. 12.— You may rely on 10,000 majority in tho State, with a good prospect of 15,000. [Signed] Alex. Campbell. COLLISION A T ICEVILj.i;. Two Men Killed. Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 12.—The freight train on the Western & Atlantic road ran into the passenger train at Ico ville. Two men were killed. The Coroner’s jury that soon assembled censured the conductorand engineer. Careless officials should be forced to leave the railroads. Gov. Chamberlain and the Rifle Clubs.—A correspondent sends the Augusta Chronicle the following in reference to the Governor’s recent proclamation : The Rock Hill Rifle Club, in obe dieuco to Governor Chamberlain’s manifesto, have forwarded to him their arms, consisting of an hun dred year old flint-lock gun, an old rusty sabre, and antiquated pistol, mounted in reverse, and have re solved themselves into a base ball club, only asking of tho great Gov ernor that when elected to return them their arms aud allow them to be again a rifle club. They are also forwarding to his Excellency a most precious piece of artillery—being nothing loss than a fire-lock—the in vention of a negro Democrat, made of solid wood, with a brass muzzle and depository for matches, to be tired when his Excellenty wants to light his cigar. The donation of arms from Williston will largely ex cbed any yet made in gun barrels and old sabres, accompanied by a bomb and a fan, with the solemn inscrip tion to “keep cool.” The Nashville American says, with much truth and point: Nation al taxes do not go down. Yet, all the West is a great railroad cemetery. All the East is a tomb of sunken for tunes, the rich dragging down the poor. The national debt is $2,000,- 000,000. The municipal debt is $1,900,- 000,000. The railroad debt $4,000,000,- 000. Our total indebtedness is ten billions. Our interest charges are $600,000,000, ortwo-thirds of tho total aggregate of our foreign trade. Yet taxes do not go down, and Govern ment expenditures are as extrava ant as ever. TAILORING. Tho FALL FASHION PLATES dis play many handsomo STYLES, which I am now making up to ordor. Merchants doaling in CLOTHS and CABSIMEREB are now oponlng a handsomo lino of theso goods. Offering tho best exertions, I ex poot to please even the most fastidious In execution and In promptness. CUTTING and REPAIRING will reocive strict attention. 0. 11. Jones. NOTICE TO N( USURIIIEHK. Thoso of our subscribers who will move their residence or placo of busi ness, will please notify us in time, that wo may liavo their papers properly deliv ered. sep2otf Fresh (■units Gilt Edge Buttor, Choice Cream Cheese, Irish Potatoes, Onions, Cabbages and Apples. A full supply of Canned Goods to ar rive—all fresh. auglS tf G. W. Brown. Saddles, Harness and Trunks, cheap for cash. Mr. W. R. Kent is with me, and would bo glad to servo his friends, nets eod3t Mark A. Bradford. HUN. 11. XV. HILLIARD'S APPOINT. lIKNTS. lion. Henry IV. Hilliard will address the pooplo on the political issues of tho day, at tho following places; Hamilton, Tuesday, October 10 Buena Vista, Tuesday, October 17 Hon. Henry R. Harris is invited to be present at thoso appointments, and others to bo hereafter published. [eel7-eodifcw HINES DOZIER, Attorney at Ixaw- Hamilton, (>u. WILL practice in the Chattahoochee Cir or anywhere else. Mr. G. A. B. Dozier will be found in my oftice on and after October let, 1875, and will assist in all collections and office work entrusted. ho]>2s ly CAREY J. THORNTON Wm, F. WILLIAMS. Thornton & Williams, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS. OFFICE UPSTAIRS OVER THE STORE OF C. E. HOOHBTRASBER, Broad street. Will practice in the counties of Harris, Talbot, Taylor, Marion, Chattahoochee and Stewart, and iu tho Supreme Court of the State, District aud Circuit Courts of the United States; also iu the counties of Lee and Russell, Ala. Will also give special attention to the purchase and sale of Real Estate, Examination of Titles and Conveyancing. Also, to Renting and Collec tion of Rents. uov!4 tf KAM‘L B. HATCHER. B. H. GOKTCHIUB. HATCHER & GOETCHIUS Attorney* and Counsellor* at Law. Practice iu State and Fedoral Courts. Office— 67 Broad sheet, over Wittich A Kin el's Jewelry Store. [sepl ly *HAS ON HAND Two Horse Plantation Wagons, y^isro BUGGIES— Both Side and End Springs, FOR SALE CHEAP. REDUCTION IN BOARD. Rankin Columbus, Ga., Oct. 8,1876. From this date and until further notice the rates of board at this House will be $2, $2.50, and $3 per day, according to lo cation and size of room. Single meals 50c. Mrs, F. M. Gra,y. octa dSWfcw Proprietress. $6 0,000 ! $6 0,000 !! DRYGOODS! DRYGOODS!! DRYGOODS!!! $60,000 WORTH OF Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Boots and Shoes AT COST. Having determined to retire from the dry GOODS BUSINESS, Wo offer our Entire Stock, of DBT J?®?® .Ac., at C< )ST mid LESS THAN COST. Our Stock is one.of the moat oo plftte in tho City, and comprises a fall line of all goods usua y First Claps Dry Goods Store. The public a in: invited to examine ouit stock as and we aaimre them that they can buy of us GOOD GOODS at Prices th action. We are new receiving a Large Supply of FRESH GOODS, which we will also sell AT COST, amine our stock before buying. _____ * r r rfr- AS WE MEAN BUSINESS, CASH IS REQUIRED FOR ALL GOODS SOLD. _ _ JNO. MoGOUGH & CO. 1 • t•- >la v 1 ;ii J. B. WILHELM. “ HKKBINOTON. Wilhelm & Herrington, House, Sign, and Ornamental PAINTERS. WE are now prepared to do all kinds of Painting on the shortest notice, most modern style, and at the Lowest Price. Kalsomining, Wall Tinting, Gilding, Graining ami (<lazing. Wall Papering a Specialty. rv LEAVE YOUR ORDERS AT JNO. HOGAN’S ICE HOUSE, AND THEY WILL BE PROMPTLY ANSWERED. CENTENNIAL STORES W. -A.. SWIFT, PKoPKicrroH. f JMHESE NEW STORES ARE NOW OPEN AND FILLED WITH A | FULL AND COMPLETE BTOCK OF Groceries#Domestic Dry Goods, Which will be sold at the Loweit Cosh Kates. |>ACON, TLOUB, and FINE LIQUORS A SPECIALTY. BAGGING for .Hie at 10c.; TIES ay*. Mr. T. J. HUNT (formerly of Harr ia) and Mr. SOULE REDD, of Columbus, will give their pe ciul attention to this department. THE NEW CENTENNIAL WAGON YARD, JUST COMPLETED, 1. Io connected with the e.tabli.hment, No expense haa boon .pared to make it attractive both iu comfort and security for the traveling public. Mr ELIJAH MULLINS, of Harris, baa charge, anil will do all in hla power for the comfort of 1U patrons ’ Irepeot fully auk from those vlaiting the city to a trial of the NEW WAGON YARD, and solicit the patron age of the trailing community to my atock of GROCERIES. W. A. SWIFT, Proprietor. I. JOSEPH. Wholesale Grocer AND LIQUOR DEALER, I VOKIt RANKIN HOUSE, - . COLUMBUS, GA. I IIEG TO INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT I HAVE BOUGHT A VERT HEAVY STOCK OF GBOCEHIES and I.IQCOHH, which I offer to the trade CHEAP MrCONSULT MY TERMS BEFORE ORDERING ELSEWHERE. FARMERS' SUPPLIES a Specialty. I. JOSEPH. Hats! Hats! Hats! IHAYE OPENED AX THE OLD STAND OF ACEE & MURDOCH A FULL AND COMPLETE STOCK OF HATS, UMBRELLAS, WALKINC GANES, &e., AND AM PREPARED to suit m Styles and Quality the taste of ibe most Fastidious, and in nrico the Pocket of the most Economical. v Xjoghuajntd wuxom?. OctH-dli)..' -A. - o. oALHOunsr. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Geneva, Ga. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OP the Chattahoochee Circuit. Hpeci&l attention given to Collections. He is Corresponding Agent for the Geueaal Collecting Agencies of New York snd Bavanuah. Therefore biß facilities for pursuing that branch of the pro. ession ie unsurpassed by any lawyer in the Htate. <x?t2l if R. .1. MOSES, Attorney at Law. OFFICE orr Georgia Home Innirance Com. pan y. Offiwi hour* from Ini October to Ist June, Hto 4. M. eeplD ly Joseph P. Pou, Attorney A Counsellor at Law, OFFICE -west side Broad street over atote ol W. H. Roberts k Cos. Practices in State and Federal Courts. Advice and services tendered to Administrators, Executors, Guardians, Ac. Spe cialty made of Conveyancing, Examining Titles, Ac., in Georgia, or anywhere in the United States. All bubinxs* promptly attended to. feb7 dtf THORNTON & GRIMES, Attorney* at Law. OFFICE over Abell k Co.'s, corner of Broad j and St. Clair streets, olmnbua, Ga. jnlfi ly NO. 181 ■* 4—~ 1 m ' PEABODY & BRANNON, Attorneys at Law, Have moved their Office to corner of Broad and Randolph streets, over Store of R. S. Crane, Octi-dlm Thomas J. Chappell, Attorney at Law. OFFICE OVER 119 BROAD STREET, Columbus, Ga. mrohU tf LIONEL C. LEVY, Jr., Attorney on* Counsellor t Uir. OomffilMioQer of Boede N. Y. eud other State.. Office oyer Georgle tow Bulk. \ ESTATES.— Hpeciel Attention to keeping eeen \ rete Accounts, youchere. Ac., end mAlong n -\ nuel return, for GuerdUn., Adminl,trtor ; \ end Emeu tor,. MpW-ly REMOVAL. IHAVE MOVED MV OFFICE TO THE ROOM in the Tear o! the Chattahoocbeo National Bank. All parties indebted lo the City Mills will please call immediately and settle. Hep'iO.tt R. L. MOTT. j. D. It am bo. W. W Macsall. RAMBO & MACKALL, j Attorney* at I-aw, Office in Burros’ Building, Columbus, fln. to hi eodAwly