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CALHOUN TIMES.
ELAM CHRISTIAN, - - - EDITOR.
CALHOIS, OA:
TIIU R BDA JANUAR Y 20, 1871.
fife’iT* Revenue officers have raided the
mountains of Tennessee, and destroyed
150,000 gallons of whiskey.
B£sr W c are indebted to George W.
Childs, Esq., for a copy of the Public
Ledger Almanac, for 1871. It contains
a great deal of valuable information.
|@T Mrs. General Sherman and one
thousand other ladies on Thursday, pre
sented to the Senate of the United States
a memorial protesting against woman
suffrage.
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Receipts by the German Consul
General to the 21st, for Germans wound
ed and families of the dead, aggregate
over three hundred thousand dollars.
Favro asks for safe conduct through
the German linos to attend the confer
ence. All the diplomatic corps except
the American ask leave to depart from
Paris. The Piussiana refuse permission.
The local of the Atlanta Intelli
gencer, don’t seem to appreciate our in
tended compliment in speaking of him
in connection with a dog. Lest the mat
ter should get up a muss, we promise to
drop it. if that local will beg the dog’s
pardon for us.
tkiT The World suggests that those
complaining of bad faith on the part of
Alabama and Tennessee, in not meeting
their financial obligations, should go to
Congress for reimbursement of their
losses. That virtuous body destroyed
the genuine States of Alabama and Ten
nessee, and put in their places sham gov
ernments for which Congress is respon
sible. The Radical party should not re
fuse to meet its own liabilities.
W&iT A bill abolishing the franking
privilege was passed by the House, at
the last session of Congress. Rut the
Senate did not agree, and thus the re
form was left in an incomplete state. —
The Postmaster-General now tells the
grave Senators that it costs the people
two and a half millions of dollars per
year for franks, and thus presents addi
tional reasons for an agreement with the
House. There are no good reasons why
Senators and Representatives should not
pay their own postage, and the sooner
such a change is effected, the better for
tax-payers.
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Refitting the British Navy.—
The Herald, prints a list of twenty sev
en ships of war, which are on the stocks
and ordered to be pressed to completion
without delay, at an enormous expense
outside of any Parliamentary appropria
tion to meet it. The Herald reasons
that the ministry must be in possession
of important facts to justify them in as
suming so heavy a responsibility. Some
of these ships are being constructed by
private firms outside of national dock
yards. What is to be done with this
transcendant naval power ? is a question
seriously agitated. —Macon Telegraph.
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The “H kathen Chinese” Subsi
ding.—The San Francisco Bulletin re
ports a great decrease of Chinese immi
gration, and says that for some time past
the departures of these people have
been more than the arrivals. The sur
face mining, the great attraction to Chi
namen, is about exhausted; the comple
tion of the Pacific Railroad returned
about 5,000 tp a depressed labor mar
ket; and women and children are being
employed in factories to the exclusion of
the Chinese. In short, an extraordin
ary and exceptional demand for labor
having ceased, the Chinamen are being
rapidly crowded out of the way by the
whites.
The magnificent theatre in Santiago,
erected by the municipality at a cost of
§500,000, was totally destroyed by fire
last Thursday night. Fortunately the
fire broke out after the audience, esti
mated at considerably over two thous
and persons, who attended the concert
of Patti, had withdrawn, or a frightful
loss of life would have resulted. After
the fire the' charted remains of oue em
ployee were discovered iu the ruins, and
it is feared that two other employees re
ported missing, have also perished.
“ChoosTYe.”
A glass of whiskey is manufactured
from about seventy grains of corn, the
value of which is too small to be estima
ted. A glass of this mixture sells for a
and ime. and. if a good brand, is considered
worth the money. It is drank in a min
ute or two. It fires the brain, deranges
and weakens the physical system. On
the same sideboard on which the delete
rious beverage is served, lies a newspa
per. It is covered with a half million
type —it brings intelligence from the
four quarters of the globe. The news
paper costs less than the glass of grog,
but it is not less true that there is a
large number of people who think corn
juice cheap and newspapers dear I The
newspaper is a source of pleasure and
enlightenment to the home circle, as the
family are gathered around the bright
glowing fire ou a winter evening; nud
the results of newspaper reading prove
beneficial through life.
Editorial Brevities.
The Georgia papers are considerably
divided on the State Road Lease —the
majority, we believe, leaning to the Joe
Brown Company.
The editor of the Lumpkin Tele
graph. who was waylaid by a desperado,
some two weeks since, is rapidly recov
ering.
The Cuthbert Appeal , under its new
editorial management —Messrs. Sawtell
h Ferry, is still in keeping with its
former reputation as a good, newsy, fam
ily paper.
The Monroe Witness is now in the
hands of Mr. Billings. Wonder if he
is any kin to Josh?
The Atlanta Constitution has not yet
made up its mind about the State Road
lease.
Gen. Lee’s birth-day—lnst Thursday,
was celebrated in an imposing style in
Savannah.
Mrs. James A. Oates is legging it in
Savannah.
The Constitution “goes for” the Ma
con Telegraph for publishing Executive
proclamations, whereupon the Telegraph
hints about the sour grape fable. Wheth
er the fruits arc sweet or sour, we don’t
see how they “set well” on a good dem
ocratic stomach.
Griffin is a liberal place. She has
presented a coinmedia n with a gold
watch and an actress with §IOO. Sure
ly there are no widows and orphans in
Griffin.
[communication.]
Dental Ethics and Hygiene.
BY I)R. BUFK WALDO THORNTON.
It seems to us that it must be appa
rent to every practitioner of Dentistry,
the necessity, for the public good, of
general information in the principles of
his profession; but when we look back
art the history of Dentistry, we are not
surprised that nothing has been done in
this direction—not that its members
have been idle, but that they have been
laboring industriously and nobly to build
it up from its humble —yea, disreputa
ble beginning, to the position it now oc
cupies, and are striving with redoubled
ardor and zeal to carry it still higher,
which they are achieving daily. Den
tistry is just beginning to be apprecia
ted by the people, and we deem that the
time has now come that their hearty co
operation is necessary for its further,
speedy advancement.
No art nor science has risen, with,
perhaps, the exception of Surgery, from
so low an origin to so high a position as
Dentistry. At a very late day—almost
within the recollection of our fathers,
the important functions of these two
arts and sciences were incumbent upon
the barber —his office being that of sha
ving, cutting hair, bleeding, and extract
ing teeth. They have grown from this
humble beginning to the position they
now occupy—in point of honor, equal
to any calling. They are engaging some
of the finest talent of the world, and
promise to take the highest position
among the professions, where science
and art are involved. In their history,
they are brothers. In their interests
and aims, they arc near relatives. Den
tistry is a speciality of Surgery and Me
dicine—drawing largely upon both,
science and art, and that incalculable in
fluence that it is capacitated to exert on
the human family physically, mentally,
morally, is hardly dreamed of by, even,
those who are educated in its principles.
The teeth, perhaps, show greater
signs of degeneracy than any other part
of our organism, and as they perform a
most important function, the secret of
their preservation is commensurate with
their usefulness. We propose, in a se
ries of articles, to which this article is
merely introductory, to set forth the
principles of Dentistry, as interesting
the general reader, and giving such in
formation as to best enable him to pre
serve his teeth, and to improve his gen
eral organism through the admirable
principles of this curative sekuiee. If
the public should be benefitted thereby,
we shall be more than repaid for our
labors.
Statistics show that iu the United
States during the past year one hundred
thousand persons were sent to prison for
intoxication, reducing three hundred
thousand children to a state worse than
orphanage. There are six hundred
thousand drunkards made annually, and
sixty thousand go to a drunkard’s grave
annually in America. If these figures
are not exaggerated they surely evidence
a state of things which it is not mere
sniffling sentimentalism to labor against.
Ex-Senator Hendricks, of Indiana,
now in Washington on professional bus
iness, is “the observed among all ob
servers.” His prominence as a Demo
cratic candidate in the next convention,
together with the flattering probability
of the nomination, secures for him rath
er more attention than is agreeable.—
Os course there are many who call to
testify their genuine respect and friend
ship, but there are others who go to
“grind an ax,” or who are grateful for
favors they expect to secure.—[ IFosA
ington Letter.
The best society and conversation is
that in which the heart has a greater
share than the head.
Hon. Alex. H. Stephens.
He Replies to Joe. Brotrn About the
State Roml Lease — As Governor he
Would hare Given the Lease to the
Dobbins Blodget Company.
Crawfordville. Ga., )
January 21, 1871. j
Hon. Joseph E. Brovn. Atlanta Ga.
Dear Bir: Your letter to me of the
10th inst., has been received, both in
manuscript and newspaper form. No
apology was needed, either for its length,
or its having been given to the public
| before it was received by me. I have
read it with interest from beginning to
end, as I doubt not the people of the
State have.
At first, it was my intention to let it
go to the country as you sent it, without
I any reply or comment whatever on my
part. It was evidently addressed main
i ly to the public —related mainly to the
public interest; and contained nothing
requiring notice from me. But upon
reflection, in view of our long, uninter
rupted, friendly personal relations, en
tirely disconnected from public ques
tions and politics; and in view of your
allusion to these relations, especially in
reference to my connection with the
company to which the lease of the road
was awarded, and your service to me in
the matter, for which I felt duly obliged,
I have come to the conclusion that per
haps you may be expecting to hear from
me, at least upon these points; and
would feel even more aggrieved, if I
were to remain silent on them.
I therefore think it proper without
discussing the merits or demerits of the
ease, or becoming iu any way a party
to any discussion of this sort, further
than is absolutely necessary for my
present purpose—to say to you, as I now
do, that it was not without clue sensibili
ty I read these parts of your letter, in
which you complain of me for not hav
ing conferred with you, or consulted
with you, and inquired into the facts
attending the letting of the lease, before
taking the course I did. You express
the opinion that I, by withdrawing im
mediately upon seeing Mr. Seago’s
exparte statement of facts, did an act of
injustice to you and other members of
the company, etc.
To this 1 have simply to say, that I
regret you took such a view' of it, and
think your feelings of complaint arose
from an entire misapprehension of the
objects, reasons and motives of my with
drawal ; and without due consideration
and weight of the words I used in my
letter to you, and the one for the pub
lic on the subject at the same time. —
Be assured nothing was further from
my intention than an act of injustice to
you, or any member of the company. —
By what 1 did it was not my intention
to cast the slightest reflection upon the
motives, character, integrity or honor of
any person whatever, much less upon
you, or any member of the company. —
My opinion of the members off the com
pany, as far as I have seen their names
announced, had been clearly given in
the publication setting forth my connec
tion with the lease. That opinion was
not changed by the statement of Mr.
Seago, nor did I mean to be understood
as changing it, in the least, by the act
of my withdrawal.
In my letter to you, inclosing tlie re
linquishment of my interest in the lease,
I expressly stated that it was immateri
al with me whether all the facts as de
tailed by Mr. Scago, be correct or not;
and in this letter to you. as well as the
one addressed to the Editor of the Con
stitutionalist for publication, I also ex
pressly stated that in what I did under
Mr. Seago’s statement of facts, I acted
only for myself without wishing to be
understood as passing any judgemnt up
on the conduct of others.
This was broad, and unqualified ; and
was intended to exclude all reflection or
imputation upon others. I acted alone
for myself. I expected you, and others,
to do the same—to act each for himself,
if you and they saw occasion for doing
it. This you have done.
It was not, allow me to say to you,
in my judgment, a ease for conference
or consultation with any body. It was
one in which my owa act could not, and
would not, have been governed, or in
fluenced by the opinions or judgements
of others, few o v many. I felt and act
ed just as I should have done, if. at pub
lic auction, property had been knocked
off to me, as the highest bidder under
the terms of sale, by which it was thought
I had made an advantageous bargain ;
and someone had stepped up, and said
that lie had made a higher bid, which
had not been entertained by the crier.
In such case, I should have made no
inquiry into the facts of the matter. I
should not have insisted for a moment
upon any legal rights I might halve had,
nor should I have thou|lfF?Tf deferring
or counselling with any one upon the
course to be taken. I should have act
ed promptly for myself, and told the
auctioneer to put up the property again.
In so acting for myself, I should not
have intended to reflect by my action in
the least, upon the conduct of any other
person who, under exactly similar cir
cumstances might have insisted upon
his legal rights.
These are the principles upon which
my conduct in relinquishing my inter
est in the lease was founded. It was,
you will allow me in this connection to
say, from no over sensitiveness, as some
seem to suppose, to acrimonious censures
on account of she smallness of the sum
for which the road was let. I did de
fend the lease, as you say, when it was
assailed barely on that ground; and
should have continued to defend it, and
my connection with it, perhaps, in per
fect disaegard of all censures, if the as
sault had been confined to that ground :
just as I should have defended my pur
chase of property, in market overt, if it
had been assailed solely upon the ground
of the smallness of the sum bid for it.
where competition was open and fair.—
The question in this case was totally
changed, with me, when the fairness of
dealing with bids properly made, was
assailed.
It is proper for me. further, to state
that you are in error in supposing that
if all the facts of the case as you gave
them, and as they have since been pub
lished. had been before me, I would
have acted differently. On this point
I say to you most explicitly, that if all,
these facts since given to the public had
been before me at the time, I should
have acted just as I did; and equally
without intending by my action to cast
any reflection on the conduct of others.
I will say, further, if I had been in At
lanta and bad known the state of the
bids on the 27th of December —just as
the facts now appear before the public
—I should have gone to the Executive
and advised him to except the bid for
§86,500 per month, instead of the one
for §25,000, in which I was interested.
It is not a case in which I should
have insisted on legal rights, even if I
supposed I had them. In speaking
thus frankly and candidly to you of my
self, I wish you and all others to dis
tinctly understand that I do not mean
to cast the slightest reflection, ekher
morally or otherwise, upon you or others
who stand in this case, or any other up
on supposed legal rights, where I would
not. 1 only speak for myself, and so in
this instance, solely for the purpose of
explaining to you as clearly as I can the
principles upon which I was governed
in the course I took at the time, and un
der the circumstances it was taken. A
rule of my life—one for the guide of my
whole conduct—has been never to stand
upon bare technical legal rights against
individuals ; much less against public
interests. This rule Ido not set up for
others, but it is one I have ever acted
upon myself, and here state it for the
sole purpose of making you fully under
stand that my course in the matter in
question was not rashly , or hastily token,
under a misapprehension of important
facts attending the case.
will pardon me for saying fur
ther, that such is now my estimate of
your character, that if you had been in
the Executive Chair, instead of the bid
der, I think you would not have award
ed the lease as the acting Goneruor did.
I think you would have accepted the
bid offering to pay the State over eight
ond a half millions of dollars , for the
twenty years lease, instead of the one
offering only six millions.
If the parties offering to pay the
eight, millions and over, had failed to
comply with the terms of their bid, in
giving the security tendered, you would,
I think, then have re-let the Road at
their risk —as is usual in cases of pub
lic sale or leases of tsust propesty.
The company which made the high
est bid, as now appears, was abundantly
able to have responded to the State for
all damages at least, which wouhi have
attended the delay and expense of a re
letting of the Road.
In this I only state wliat I think you
w T ould have done if you had been Gov
ernor at the time, and watchful as you
ever were of the public interests during
the long period you held that high and
responsible position.
It is certainly the course I should
have taken. But, again, I say, that I
do not set up my conduct, or the course
I should have taken, or the one which I
think you, as Governor, would have to
ken, as a rule for others. In all this I
am but explaining to you the reasons of
my own conduct in the matter referred
to, and the principles upon which the
rule regulating it is established, and to
let you closely understand that in noth
ing I have done or said did I or do I
mean to cast an injurious reflection upon
you or others.
In conclusion, I will add that as many
persons seem, from letters received, to
be anxious to know what reply I have
made to your letter, and as the public
generally is certainly entitled to the in
formation desired, I shall send a copy
of what is herein written, to the press
by the same mail which carries the orig
inal to yourself.
With the same feelings of friendship
and personal regard with which I have
ever addressed you, I still remain,
Yours truly,
Alexander H. Stephens.
Judge Linton Stephens.
A case is progressing in Macon now
before J. Clarke Swayzo, States
Commissioner, that possesses a peculiar
and absorbing interest for every true
Georgian. The cause and the accused
are alike worthy of the attention of the
good and the patriotic.
Judge Linton Stephens, one of our
best men, a representative son of the
State, a peerless citizen, worthy wearer
of an honored name, a distinguished
lawyer and public man of brilliant worth,
ability and virtue, is dragged before a
tribunal whose presiding spirit is a man
of bad name and unacquainted with the
law, on a charge made by negroes, and
involving an act of high heroism done
in the broad light of day, in the dis
charge of a brave citizen’s duty, and in
vindication of the laws and solemn Con
stitution of the commonwealth. It is
<>»*> of ttoroc «l«*eTn***»o oi*«ot*orna wlicjnc
the accusation is self-evident persecu
tion, where the alleged criminality is the
courageous performance of ehivalric pa
triotism; and where an offender repre
sents the interests and the rights of the
public under the most sacred of consti
tutional laws.
It is a reversal of ordinary providence
and the surroundings of the Courts
The culprit is usually the violator of the
law, and his punishment involves the
vindication of the law. Iu this case the
accused is vindicating the law’s majesty
against the violence of her enthroned
custodians, and his acquittal is the pre
servation of popular rights and consti
tutional liberties from the polluting ag
gression of political tyranny.
Who does not feel a deep interest in
the issue and its result ? Judge Steph
ens is defending his own case, and the
full measure of his splendid abilities,
ringing eloquence, and great legal expe
rience may be expected to be exercised.
—Atlanta Constitution.
Washington, Jan. 22.—The major
ity of the Senate Judiciary Committee
will report in favor of Hill, but against
Miller for seats from Georgia. Allega
tions of political disabilities were made
against Miller.
—
Fifty Representatives iu Congress
voted for woman suffrage Kelly, of
Penn.. Julian, of lad., and Cobb, of
Wis., voted for it. This shows progress,
certainly.
The Tomb of Lee.
Beneath the Chapel, covered with a
plain marble slab, lie the remains of Lee.
Simple flowers arc laid upon it by fair
hands, and with a grief too deep for ut
terance, a mourning people visit the spot
to gaze upon these tokens of affection.
Flowers have been sent from the fair
South to lay beside these more hardy
plants of Virginia’s soil.
One wreath of autumn leaves alone
has a card attacked, on which these
words are written : “Flowers mourn for
Virginia’s Lee.”. Every day a student,
selected by the acting President of the
University, is in charge of the tomb, to
gether with the General’s office, where
his books and papers remain just as he
left them.
There is the chair in which he used
to sit, and the table upon which he was
accustomed to write, and in various parts
of the room are the articles he used al
most daily. Every attention is shown
to visitors, and all are invited to come
and see these precious things as often as
they may desire. Already the friends
of Lee arc beginning to offer suitable
mementoes to be placed in the memorial
room, the entire lower part of the chap
el being devoted to the dead. From
New York there will come a bronze
statue, and from New Orleans a hand
some painting of Lee and Jackson ; and
as soon as it is known throughout the
land, people from all parts will vie with
one another in filling the chamber with
such statuary and paintings as will be
appropriate. —Southern ('ollojian.
Hon. A. H. Stephens.
The Hartford (Conn.) Times, pays
Mr. Stephens this splendid and deserved
tribute :
“Ilis unbending probity, and his high,
governing sense of honor and right, are
almost of what the world has come un
fortunately to consider as ‘the antique
pattern’—overlooking, as the world does,
the fact there are as many honest men
to-day as there were at any former time,
the only difference being that the ratio
of dishonest ones has also kept pace
with the growth of population, and that
the rogues arc now more aspiring and
successful, in all walks of life, than it
was possible for them to be under the
old fashions, and the ancient, simple or
der of things.
“This is one phase of modern fash
ions with which such statesmen as Al
exander H. Stephens have nothing to
do. They look upon the abounding evi
dences of misgovernment, corruption
and manifold abuse which arise on every
hand all around, them, and, unable to
prevent the wholesale wrongs, take good
e ire to preserve their own character and
conscience pure, and to set at least a
good individual example. Nor are such
examples so powerless for good, even in
the most corrupt times, as many would
imagine. The power of truth and jus
tice is never destroyed. The example
of such men as Alexander H. Stephens,
always honestly striving to do right, and
but seldom failing to find and keep the
right path, exerts a sileut influence not
less potent because unseen, and in quar
ters where such influence would hardly
be suspected.”
Tom Paine as a Writer. —Mr.
Westcotfc, in his History of Philadel
phia, in his account of the newspapers
and magazines of that city a century
ago, says:
The Pennsylvania Magazine or Amer
ican Monthly Museum, was commenced
in January, 1775, by Robert Aitken.—
The celebrated Thomas Paine was one
of the principal writers for this work,
and had egreed to furnish monthly a
certain quantity of original matter for
its pages, with which condition it was
often very difficult to persuade him to
comply. Aitken relates that on one of
these occasions, when Paine had neglec
ted to furnish hig quota of material for
the magazine until near the day of pub
lication, he went to him and complained
of the neglect. Paine heard him pa
tiently, and cooly answered, “You shall
have them in time.” Ait-ken, however,
was not thus to be put off, and he insist
ed that Paine should accompany him
home, and there write the articles, as
the workmen were waiting for the copy.
Paine accordingly went with him, and,
being seated at a table with writing ma
terials—which. in his case, always inclu
ded a glass and a decanter of brandy—
he proceeded to his task. “The first
glass,” says Aitken, “put him in a train
for thinking; the second I feared would
disqualify or render him intractable, but
it only illumed his intellectual system;
and when he had swallowed the third
glass, he wrote with great rapidity, in
telligence and precision, and hig ideas
appeared to flow faster than he could
commit them to paper. What he penned
from the inspiration of the brandy wa*
perrectiy nt for tne press, without any
alteration or correction.
—
In New Hampshire the Radicals
have nominated a Methodist minister
for governor, the politicians having all
played out.
A New Hampshire man is said to
have sold his right to a “hair restorer”
for SIOO,OOO, after making a small for
tune by its manufacture.
Another disastrous fire occurred in
Valdosta, on last Friday night. The
stores of J. C. Wisenbaker, Dr. Parra
more and Willis Allen were destroyed.
The first named, we understand, was in
sured for £6,000.
In man’s works, as in those of nature,
the intention is the great thing to be
tudied
When an extravagant friend wishes
to borrow money, consider which of the
two you had rather loose.
A keeper of a gambling-house being
asked what trade he was. answered that
he was an “ivory turner.”
Why do girls kiss each other and men
do not ? Because girls have nothing
better to kiss and men have.
Labor is a school of benevolence as
well as justice. Next unto virtue, let
children be trained to industry.
When we record our angry feelings, let
it be on the snow, that the first beam of
sunshine may obliterate them forever.
TELEGRAPHIC.
London, January 22.—The confla
gration at Longevey is confirmed. The
country around Valenciennes i» inunda
ted in consequence of the approach of
the Germans.
The Mobile Guards behaved badly at
St. Quenten, and fully 15,000 of them
pan iced.
A Cambria dispatch, dated the 20th,
says there is a panic among the people,
as the Germans are approaching.
Faidherbe has gone to Donal—Geu.
Favrc to Lille.
The whereabouts of one division of
the army is unknown. Gambetta at
Lille, in a dispatch dated the 2lst, re
ports the utmost consternation. Wo
m<u*and children are fleeing from the
town. Troops are arriving in a pitiable
state. Gambetta spoke, advising resis
tance to the bitter end. lie denounced
the partisan and cowardly cry of pence
on any terms, and repudiated a desire
on his part to form a dictatorship. He
urged the people and army to do their
duty, promising a final triumph.
The victims of the bombardment,
killed and wounded, are 92 men, 49 wo
men, and 39 children.
London, January 22.—Cambria is
summoned to surrender.
The Germans arc entering the depart
ments of Calvados aud Aone.
Bismarck declines to enter upon ne
gotiations for Fuvre’s safe conduct to
the Conference.
Advices from Paris say Trochu. at a
council Friday, stated he shonld hope
for outside assistance, but should it fail,
it would be his duty to surrender the
city before the Germans destroyed the
public buildings and fired the center of
the city.
The Emperor telegraphs Queen Au
gusta 21st: “The enemy yesterday en
tirely withdrew into Paris. Total French
loss at Quenten 15,000. The enemy
has withdrawn to Yallencicnnes and Do
rai. We have re-occupied Cambria.”
Bismarck, in a letter of the 17th, re
plying to the American, Swiss, and oth
er foreign ministers in Paris, denies the
reasonableness of their demand, that
their compatriots might be allowed to
quit the city. Neutrals, he says, had
abundant notice before the siege. The
only outlet now is capitulation. Facili
ties for intercourse with their respective
governments continue, though they, are
inconvenient. The firing of buildings
containing ATomen, children, and inval
ids is unintentional, but unavoidable.
The domestic market at Paris is quo
ted, rabbits 35 francs, chickens 35
francs, geese 70 francs, turkeys 80
francs, eggs 2 francs per piece, and dog
flesh 8 francs per pound.
San Francisco. Jan. 22. —While
the passengers on the eastward bound
train ou the Ceutral Pacific Railroad, ■
were at dinner, near the Sierra Nevada
mountains, the mail was opened by false
keys, and all registered letters and a
package of ten thousand dollars was
taken out.
Governor Saffold, of Oregon, recom
mends a war of extermination against
the Apache Indians, and is in favor of
employing volunteers who would be
fighting for their homes and families, a»
they would be more effective and cheapo
er than regular troops.
New Advertisements.
NOTK'R
THEREBI notify the Rood Commissioners
of the different Districts of the county of
Gordon, to meet on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, at the Court If*use, for the pur
pose of Grading the Pnblie Roads as the law
directs. This January 25, 1871.
Printers fee SI. D. W. NEEL, Ord’y.
DR. W. J. REEVES 7
Surgeon & Physician,
CALHOUN, - - - GEORGIA,
MAY be found at bis office, in the Brick
Store of Boaz, Barrett & Cos., day
or night—wheu not professionally engaged.
jan26’7ltf
pEORGIA, GORDON COUNTY.—Whereas,
\J Curtis Bailey, administrator of Grove
Tomlinson, represents to the Court in his pe
tition duly bled and entered on record, that
he has fully administered Grove Tomlinson’s
estate. This is therefore to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said administra
tor should not he discharged from his admin
istration and receive letters of dismission on
the first Monday in May next. This Janua
ry 25th, 1871. D. W. NEEL. Ord’y.
pEORGIA. GORDON COUNTY.—Whereas,
l J Jesse Miller, administrator of Stephen
McGinnis, represents to the Court in his pe
tition duly filed and entered on record, that
he has fully administered Stephen McGinnis's
estate. Tins is therefore to cite all persons
concerned, kindred and creditors, to show
cause, if any they can, why said administra
tor should not he discharged from his admin
istration and receive letters of dismission on
DICKSON FERTILIZER
Company.
STANDARD FERTILIZERS!
WA Till AXT El) Free From
AD ULTEIit TIOX !
DICKSON COMPOUND, £6O per ton.
DICKSON COMPOUND.
(Diamond A.) $65 per ton.
Dissolved bone and super
phosphates, ACIDS, POT
ASH, AMMONIA, MAGNESIA.
SODA, and all
Standard Fertilizing Materials
Os the Beet Quality!
We use no inferior or adulterating
materials in our manufactures.
Planters are invited to visit our works.
Send for Circulars.
JAS. T. GARDNER. President,
Augusta, Ga.
W. S. CARROLL, Agent,
jan262tu Atlanta, Ga.
Retail Prices of Goo<ls
pm Tmm
c.n.norx, geo. ' ’
“ S T r ' 6 j to,„, , lo , Wf 1
Choice NO“ m „
Porto Rico “ 9 •» „
Java Coffee, JU •« M
Coicc Kio coffee, 4 •* M
Strictly prime coffee, 4J “ «
Prime coflee, 44 ** ..
Kiee, 8 „ 44
New Orleans Syrup, new crop. $!
Cuba Molasses. oO cents per jrallon
Extra Family Flour, 4 cents per pontH
Family Flour, ”<| cents per pound
Roswell Thread. $1 50 per bunch.
StarCandles*, 2D cents per pound.
Spices. 30 to 60 cents per poand.
Shot, 15 cents per pound.
Powder best thribblc F, 50 cent, per pout*!
Lead, 16 cents per pound. v L
Axes, (best brand.) Ea., f 1 25.
Nails. 8 cents per pound.
Wrought Nails. 12J cents per pound
Horse Shoe Nails, 25 to 28c per lh • Hers*
and Mule shoes, 8 to 9c per lh.; Com kk.T
ers, sl2 to $25 ea.; Trace Chains, 80 to $1
pair; Breast chains, 75 to $1 pair; Ala ' % .
shovels, 1,50; Rowland’s shovels, 1 %
Spades, 1,25; Petro Oil. 50e per gallon kV
osene Oil. 60e per gallon ; Spirits Tiirr**n
hne. $1 per gallon : ChstorOil. $1 perqu.rt-
Reboiled Linseed Oil, 1,40 per gallon - T.*’
ncr’s Oil. 1,25 per gallon ; 8 or O s nab« r «
by the bolt, lbsc; { Granitrille shirting h.
the bolt, 12c; Double half-sole Roots 4 50,„
5,00; Double half-sole shoes, 2,00; thnib].
half-sole Boys shoes. 1,66; Gam Camphor
1,40 per lb; Assafcetida, 90c per lh; Rora,’
50e per lb; Ex. Logwood, 30c per lh •
nesia, per paper, lt>e r Nnlphur and S a i,\
per lb; Spanish Brown, 2De perlb- Vene
tian Red, 10c per lb; Scovill Hoes, W com*
Strictly Pure White Lead, 15cperlb; p u „ T ’
10c; "Window Glass, various sires, 7 to ?6c
per light; Rope, various sixes. 20c per lh •
Shoe Pegs, 10c per quart; Bi CarhSoda, 10c
per lb ; Soap, 10 to 12Jc per lb ; Axle
20c per box; Brooms, 40 to 50 each ; Clover
seed, per bushel, ten dollars.
“Live and let live” is our motto—
Quick sales and abort profits. Cash
paid for grain. jaul9’7l
(mat rani
for
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CASH!
TOUR GOODS OF
BOAZ, BARRETT & CO.,
AT THU
Hig Brick Store !
NEAR THE. RAILROAD.
WE are nFwayw prepared, with a fall
ami evwplete stack, to offer induce
ments tc purchaser* <A
STAPLE. DRY GOOD,
FANCY IHI ESS GOODS.
FURNISHING GOODS,
CLOTHING,
HATS,
BOOTS,
SHOES,
NOTIONS, Ac.
9
Mo also keep a largo and choica Stock of
Mil,l (MERIES!
Which we are prepared to sell as Cheap as
anybody in this part of the country.
Our stock consists in part of
SUGAR,
COFFEE,
FLOUR,
BACON,
LARD,
SYRUP,
RICE,
SALT,
Tobacco, Snufir,
And. in fact, everything usually found in
a FIRST CLASS Family Grocery Store,
and will sell as
CHEAP
As any one in this markejL
We are “regularly in” the
Wheat .Market,
and pay the Highest Market Prices for
Wheat and Produce generally.
BOAZ, BARRETT k CO.
Calhoun, Ga., Jan. 12, 1870.tf
A. W. BALLEW,
DEALER IN
DRY-GOODS,
NOTIONS,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Groceries,
Hardware, Queensware, &c. f
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,
FACTORY YARNS, SHIRTINGS,
AND
READY-MADE CLOTHING,
KM .M, - - CALHOCX, GA.
Nov. 10, 1870-ts .
St o uts, Coffees, Teas, Syrup, Rice, Cheese,
Pepper and Spice, and Paetory Yarns ia
abundance at DkJOURNETT \ SON'S,
Corner Store, Rome, G*-
A Goon assortment of New Mackerel,
White Fish, &c., Ac., for sale by
De.) OUR SETT A SON.
Cor. Broad k Bridge ate., Bern*-
DeJoukxrtt & Sox, Rome, Ga., will • '" a - 3
pay the very 1 ighesi market price for 1
try Product.