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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
NUMBER Al.


The eccentric II. II. Breckinridge,
one Of the judges Of the Supreme
Court Of Pennsylvania, when a young
man, was challenged to a fight a du-
el by an English officer, whom he
answered as follows;
II have two objections to this du-
el matter-the one lest should hurt
one, and the other lest you should
me. | do not sec what good it would
be to put ball through your body.
| can make no use Of you when you
are dead for any ordinary purpose,
a, would rabbit Or turkey. | am
no cannibal, to cat the flesh of men.
Why, then, shoot down a human
creature, of whom | could make no
use? A buffalo would make better
meat; for, though your flesh might
be young and tender, yet it wants
the frmness which will take and re-
tain salt. At any rate it would not
do for a long sea voyage.
"You might make a good barbe-
cue, it is true, being OF the nature
OF a raccoon or opossum; but peo-
pie are not in the habit of barbccu-
ing anything that is human Low
As to your hide, it is not worth Ia
king oil, being little better than a
t.o-year old calf
$50 much for you. AS for myeelf,
| do not like to stand il the way Of
anything hurtful. l am under the
impression that you might hurt ne.
This being the case, | think it the
most advisable TO stay at distance,
If you meant to try your pistols
take a tree or barn about mysdi-
monsions. If you hit that, send me
word, aud / will acknowledge that
ii | had been in the same place, you
might have bit me"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
Tobacco.

The total quantity of tobacco
grown in the country during the
wear ouding June 3Oth, 1871, was
2G2, 1854 pounds, which yielded,
when manufactured, a tax of $685.
5S7,9O7. The production Of States
was as follows: Alabama, l52,742
pounds; Arizcna, l01; Arkansas,
59i, $50; California, GO, 500; Colorado,
500; Connecticut, S,32S,79S Della
ware, $50; Florida, 157, ,4O5; Georgia,
2S8, ,50G; Illinois, 5,2i9,27l; Indiana,
9,325, ,392 Iowa, II, ,7J2; Kansas, 3d.
2ll; kentucky, 1O5,3O5,S Lou
isiana, 1854; Maine, Is; Maryland,
l5. .7S5, $3.50; NIHssachuso is, 1912 ,SS5i
Michigan, $685.; Minnesota, S,2l7
Mississippi, G1,Ol2; Missouri, 49,
800, ,4S3; Montana, 600; Nebraska
s, ,9Ss; Nevada, 25; New Hampshire
l55, 1884; New Jersey, 4O,S71; New
Mexico, 8,5S7; New York, 2,34O, 79S
| North Carolina, 11,150,087; Ohio
lS,7l1,9 ,973; Oregon, 1851 Pennsyl
vania, 3,467, $50; Rhode Island, 1856
South Carolina, 34,SO5; Tennessee
21 ,I65, ,452; Texas, 59,7O6; Vermont
76,671; Virginia, 37OS6, ,364; Wash
ington, 1852; West Virginia, 2,O46
452; Wisconsin, 96O,819.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
The New Postal Bill.

This bill became a law Just before
the session closed, making some
changes in existing postal reGula-
laiions which are of general interest.
The most important is the authori-
zation Of one cent postal cards for
correspondence or for printed circu-
lars, similar to those which were in
troduced in Great Britain two years
ago, and which are now i'll use in all
European countries. The House
provided in the bill for cards with
flap to cover the writing. The Sen
ate changed this to an open card.
In conference com mittee the style
of the card was left to the Postmas-
ter-General, who prefers the open
card, and will order that Kind only
to be manufactured. The face OF
the card will bear onc-cent stamp,
and will be provided with lines for
address, ard the back will be ruled
for the letter. The price Of the card
and stamp will te only one cent
1t will probably be three or four
weeks before they will be ready for
sale, as the plates for printing are
yet to be prepared. The postage on
circulars, newspapers, and other
transient printed mater, which un-
der he old law was two cents for
every four ounces or less, is now one
cent for two ounces or less. Small
circulars, which formerly cost two
cents to mail, Can now be sent for
one cent-an important reduction
to business men who use the mails
largely to advertise to their business,
The change is now in force, the law
being immediate in its effect. The
First Assistant Postmaster General
refused to-day to recognize the law,
however, when an attorney laid the
question before him, after having
been tod at the post office that his
circulars with one-cent stamp
would not be sent. The official
claimed the right to suspend the op-
Grafton OF the law until it could be
promulgated to the post masters
throughout the country, This claim
is regarded as iDdefensible. The law
is now operative, and everybody is
entitled to claim its benefits post
masters being expected to know its
provisions as we'll as other people
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

Rev. Peter Akers, D. D., delegate
to the Methodist General Conference
now in session has passed his eighty
second year. Ho entered the itine-
rant ministry in the Kentucky Con
ference, at the age of thirty, fifty-two
years ago. He has boon elected to
ali the General Conferences from
1882 to the present session.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
SOUTHERN MANUFACTURERS.
Whnt IL COSt 10 Build Cotton Fac
tOTy.


Here is simple statement of facts
derived from an authentic source,
being statistics furnished by Eastern
manufacturers, upon the basis of
which many mills are now being
erected in the South: The cost OF
a complete cotton factory, with ca
pacity OF two thousands yards of
A standard sheelings is $4,000.
TO ororate such mill will require
an additional capital of 5000
The total cost of running such an
establishment is $l,234; the total re-
ceipts $500 per week; leaving the
net profit $2GG per week, $l3,SOO
per year, which is thirty per cent on
the investment. These are bona fde
statistics, entirely reliable, and upon
the basis laid down in them cot
ton factory can be erected and sue
cessfully operated.
A cotton factory would give EN-
ployment to three or four hundred
workmen, thus attracting to the city
a valuable class Of population, crea-
ting demand for houses, land lots as
residences, enhancing the value Of
real estate, and proving an adyau-
tago and blessing to the city iumany
other ways Thirty per cent PEI
aunum cannot be made upon money
invested in banking, loaned out Mt
interest, or used in real estate spec
ulations, except in very rare instan.
ces. Invested in cotton factory
however, the return of this high per.
centum is certain, year in and year
out. We submit these facts to gen.
tlemon who have money they desire
to invest profitably.
1t is not necessary for us to relel
to the advantages manufacturing es
Establishments Of this character woulC
bring to community, They arc
too manifest to require recapltula
ton.
WHAT MANUFACTURES DO.
With West Point, Ga, as u center
and within radius OF less thar
twenty miles, already since the war
Jhoro have been five cotton tactoriel
built and furnished, running owe
five hundred looms and spindlcs tC
supply-gjving employment to owe.
one thousand operatives and a sup
port 10 them and their f1milies.
Towns have sprung up in th'
neighborhood of these factories, Civ
ing employment to mechanics
market has been opened for the sur
> plus Of the county, giving employ
lnent to merchants, Three of th'
largest of these factories have beel
built and furnished since the war
Rock Mills, now owned by W. L
Randall, was built in 1S67-not
: house near it at that time, now
! neat little village of three hundred
inhabitants. These we're all bull
) and rurnishod by stock companies
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

"Ierc waiter" said q gentleman,
as he was about leaving q hotel,
ohere's a dollar for you because on
have attended to my fires so well
THANK your honor; may you live
long, and may have I.g making OF
your fires hereafterF
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

The topic before the Boston Con-
gregational Ministry at Park street,
recently, was the proposed religious.
amendment to the Constitution OF
the United Statos. The brethren, OF
whom nearly q hundred were pres
ent, regarded the movement as one
which can result in no good, but
from which much harm is to be
feared,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
LADIES' COLUMN.

Kate Fields lecture on Dickens
gives satisfaction in English audien-
ccs.
Statistics show that not ono wo-
man in hundred marres the man
she loves.
Ladies are once more beginning
to disfgure their hands with black
net mittens.
Ppnch says it is very natural for u
man to feel girlish when he makes
his maiden speech.
A recently published British pam
phlet asserts that Queen Victoria h|s
boarded $35,OO0,OOO.
Neither death nor life ia as serious
us marriage. Yet nothing ID cnterci !
iuto half 50 thoughtlessly.
The Princess of Wales has appe Il
cd very often in public recently, with
her own hair dressed very plainly.
Two thousand women or girls ar-
employed i'll Birmingham, England,
in the founding trade.
There is girl in Minnesota, only
is years of age, who by herself and
two BOYS runs farm OF 200 acres
She put $500 in a st. Paul band last
year.
The Harpors are about publishing
biography of Prof Morse, from the
pen Of Mrs. Frances Gerry Fairfield
It will give a complete history o'
the electric telegraph,
Worth's fayorite combination o
colors in costumes this season is
dark green and salmon color, garnet
and rose pjlk, and blue and light
shade of pink.
A Cincinnati man is searching
through the West for a runaway wifi
and $4,000 in bonds which she tool
especially the bonds.
Madam" said a husband to hi.
young wife, in little alteration
which will spring up in the bes
regulated families, "when mai
and his wife have quarreled, anC
each considers the other at fault
which of the two ought to advance
towards a recouciliation?" 9Th
best natured and wiser of the two,
said the wife, putting up her moutI
for kiss, which was given with al
JUNCTION.
Two young girls at a boardin
school, deyotedly attached to on
another, finding that at the close c
the tenn they were to be separated
concluded to take poison and die tc
gether rather than to live apart.
was accordingly done, but discoyere
by the teacher, powerful antidotC
administered, and the girls live
Each accused the other of treacher,
and after a dreadful quarrel the
separated the most bitter and dea'
ly enemies.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
lNRS OF TnE nAN.

elcdcy'soSe? Cabbage.
time Mending n
b. Grcclcys character is
pos.
orange rcelif you wish
gUlck step,
pie dish of Graft and
tOce alone
r fact-to-day will be
morrow.
say hogs in Indiana
p is the term.
defines Irritation to be
elthont intention, "
ping We take in life is
thing is our bier.
are worth nothing, and
orihless.
on which Mr.. Greeley
pest articles was Vcgo
@.a6'e does Greedy most
r'de-he,boggar. (Can
impossible is the mo.
q tile souls, said Lore
called "tbc sen of litera
'''Se nsw books arc out
Ot We to find the mill
'llaness? In the pale o
u s.ory teller once as
l' voice was still for In,
folt was.
,9a' 5i a lawyers acquaint
'VnC IL apt to be a brie
unS'on says she gets II.
Y at the shrill carlo.
tlelicr. WV ~
t1OOng 1 does not look OH
'!o'lS' He has a hal
lS a bachelor.
VvloOgs to us, for all tim
N ,,''nB out-A dangerou
pflS,lng Connecticut mil
o1 VI growing cocoanuI
a arG never i'll. Cons,
0a,: ,,,s diseases may be cla
s''l0ns y Of the living.
SSail aGilreSeloy's appearance
6""a, law, Convention an agr
yoaaol'pment2 ya,' 1t was
''fy rare species.
~, aa lately married say
N, p' 80 oasy as q need
bob;'ll 'llt II, a camel's eye
''uiOdt word nit a vo
n0,, '''1Vn Herald is in !
PEI perinmed note askin
,no'l pS' Mr.. Byron, who us
dsta isi \, nice, sweet poet
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

A parsimonious sea captain an
swering the complaints of his men
that the bread was bad, exclaimed:
"Whot! you complain Of bread that
is made from -four? What do you
think of the Apostles? They ate
'shew bread made from old boots
and shoes"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

A gnshing poet asks in the first
line Of recent efusion "How many
weary pilgrims lieP We give it up,
but experience has taught us that
there are o good many.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
Icon NBEACON
III query SATURDAY
-Bf WARD

ono year, CllaliBc" IN IN
.s,;ii''''i,i Iii bC charged TwENTY1 FIVE ,i,,I
S VIII I.o cards of individual
t,n PEI "i I6e general nows mat
!. and tributes OF respect
+, = No"Iycrtisements 4" Will be
i,,o must be specified.
Iio ior = benevolent purposes
A half price. rr,,ted at
In respectfully solicited
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

When David slew Goliath with .
sling, the latter fell stone dead, and
was quite astonished, as such thing
had never entered his head before
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

A married lady in Rock Island
Illinois, had been in the habit OF pla-
cling needles in her mouth NOW "
and then she swallowed one, and 1t
was suro to appear in some strange
locality few months after passing Z
down hor throat. During the last
Gyo Years aoycu needles have boen
extracted from her body, in different
nlaces--two from the region OF the
stomach and short ribs, one from
the leg, near the knee, and !, recently
ono m wos taken from the left temple
The The lady has always enjoyed good 90,
health, and has never suffered any
Inconvenience from her metallic
| diet
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
The Weather of 1872, Past andt to Come.

The weather of 1872 presents, thus
far, marked contrast to that of the
two years preceding. Those yeas
were charac terizcd by u rain fail far
lees than the gener al average all over
the civilized world, and by unusual
elevations of temperature, due to o
Il mnished evaporation from the
ground. This spring has been
marked by c,pious rains in most
parts Of the land-surfaco of the globe,
50 far as heard from The eastern
states, especially, those which sf-
fered from lack Of rain in 1870 and
1871, even more than most parts of
the Northwest, have had an abund-
unce Of pluviaL blessing within the
last two weeks. The same is true Of
the southern part of our state and
Iowa, where many wells are now full
for the first time in score Of
months. AS with rain, so with tenn
peraturo, the two being, in fact,
closely connected. The water came
down freely in the shape of snow, in
many portions of Europe, and the
spring was a very backward one in
all the cereal-producing climes. To
this we may add that the earthquakes
and tornadops have been unusually
frequent, with attendant volcanic
cruptions, and we have great mass
of meteorological fact which. places
the first half Of 1872 in marked con-
trast with 1870 and 1871, III many
important points, s,-most important,
as they bear directly on the general
welfare of humanity. The most OBJ
vious inference to be drawn from a
consideration of these facts is, that
year is one of compensation. Long
before the movements in the atmos-
phere could be lAtelligently watched,
still less predicted, the law Of gene.
raj averages was reasoned out and
applied to meteorological conditions
The average temperature or rainfall
at any particular point, ascertained
by observations of series Of years
is found to hold good for subse
quent series; hence, If one particular
year presents me- geological excess
5 another year will be deficient, SO AZ
to restore the mean and keep up the
general average, 1t is true that w
) cannot, as yet, tell in advance wheI
these compensations will occur; bu
we are none the less certain that the,
belong to the established order o
= nature. The atmospheric conditions
/, thus far, point to the year 1872 a
the year that shall compensate 70
Y the unusual dryness Of 1870 an,
e 1871, and we are, therefore, justi6e,
+ in expecting that, while the presen
h summer will be spasmodically ho
$ with perhaps n couple of mouths i
It which but little rain will fell, it wi
+ be followed by wet autumn, some
G what similar to that Of 1866, wit
n its attendant physical prostration
@ and possible damage to the mature
$ but unharvested crops in many part
n of the civilized world.
" A physician visiting a sick Lao
l. during u storm, she expressed col
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

A cynical old bachelor says that 1t
is the privilege of hoops to surround
the loveiiest Of human things, among
which are the girls and wbiskey'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

An elderly maiden lady, hearing
for the FIRST time that matches are
made in heaven, declared that she
didn't care straw how soon she left
this sinful world for better land,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

Men never fall so deeply in love
that they cannot climb out by the
ladder OF reason. Women have as
many heart-breaks as headaches, and
with "a little serlons results.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

George Sand is publishing frag-
ments of her diary in lie Temps, in
some of which she attacks the dis
crowned Eugene with great severity
and bitterness. She controverts the
opinion that the rapid and senseless
changes of French fashions were a
benefit to trade, for as they changed
monthly by q decree of court, guam
titles of unsold merchandise encum-
bered the manufacturers and mer-
chants establishments, and sudden
ly fell to an inadequateprice, involv-
nc many retail tradosmen in ruin.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

A physician visiting a sick lady
during storm, she expressed con-
Germ at his having come SO far in
such bad weather, to which the doc
tor unluckily replied; ooh, madam,
l have another patient initfis neigh
borhood, and by that means, you
know, l kill two birds with one
stone." Doctor" replied the lady,
you are too good a shot for me,
and dispensed with his further at
tendance"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
OF POETRY.

r,lth and Love
.I.ll trembling from itS birth
cVI,, ,hr ;,y orall the earth;
',,,,od Hig bigh anI white,
S.c the worlds delights Shti,,,o.g
Meet lilies show a 'n'Fh'o''
,p lis thorns excels them
christina g. Bosse'h
], lave lave is like Il play, ,,,
o,r, land smiles are blended
|,it6lc,s Arril day. ,,.
Sioe with shower IS ended;
gIr"pCok "C poyuucnt, rather roush
la exposed to loses;
Ii,rhlapd plaid, all stud,
uni imll of crosses. Prded
Reason.
would mako
ho, she should sometimes sit
e,y.sidc, while | traced
|s"Icasant wilderness
wonld bc my counselor
For the spirit needs
i,.n.r source than hors,'
,;on. in tho mind OF man
'1IS n"on with awe. Bryant
Hope.
With all her heavenly power,
a1ticipatcl hour?
.e,s the face of man,
Hboaudcl tot span;
hnsuto tho view,
loo severely true,
Iiopc, resides the heavenly
Acar,plurc on the sight
IUpe.
Beyond.
sreD have deemed, there be
!oau t,!oi u ,ho ,"U, "sU,dJnccc
ly vain of dubious lore;
I'd in concert tn adore
amadc our mortal labOr' light
IA wc feared to hear no more!
bly, shade reycaleI 10 SlsnnL
lnIan' sage an" MI ""o '""h"'
l.nOh.
Browning.
min, ,ho, none hear
',ns nj ,tcrcis dclight
.ln .i.n ,,.o;so, ',.o;v III aInnc
III y tav ,l, pI"r "a bi,n faraboyc.
our y. ,,a,oo.i aoo,ii I'"1 ! anj 'i bricffSr thee,
N N = h,"rcr sIvyT" was alive and hale,
,,,;rn =, 1'V"S ~, Cv cvc nrtopcuc or ytop
| ,,ln' ~ H., niS warmer climcs
.i,,o,,.o 'n,,, % ,tr"mysr wing: the
'"'e''
~ lhou playcst with borne ON
and AmalIi where
bee, singing song iOr song.
WdliT Shpdg6 L'''''to''
PRAYER
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

California ladies' speculate in min
ing stocks in place of bothering
their dear little heads over imprach.
cable political theories, after the
manner Of many of their Eastern sis
ters. Some of them operate upon
their sagacious Judgment, while
others rely upon the advice of male
friends who "knowwhat is going on" ="
One lady has raked in the snug sum
Of 10000, another counts her gains
at $4,000, while another fair one is
spoken of among her fricuds as hav-
ing realized quite fortune" This
is certainly profitable, if not better
in every way, than strutting upon
platforms in outer clothing and
shortened hair, dispensing dreary
latitudes to ae 1reary audiences.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06

New Orleans is distressed for wa
ter,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1872-07-06
beyond.

lren have deemed, there be
kyond that sable shore,
ItIrIne Of the ,adducco
ly vain of dubious lore;
ID in concert tn adore
'.madg our mortal labor' light
lcc We f.arcd to hear no moro!
lv shade revealed to sight,
lnian, sage, and all who taught
Itns,u
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-04-25
Throwing OF Their Disguise.

The Liberal Republicans +" of Philadel-
mia "who are bound for the Democratic
camp by way of Cincinnati" held meeting
in that city on Saturday evening under the
auspices of A. X. MCCLURE. One of the
principal orators at the meeting, as well as
one of the leaders of the revolt, was Gen.
VIM. p. THOMAS, and he had the honesty to
declare that she was engaged in work
looking to the humiliation of the Republican
party" MCCLURE, though not quite 50 bold,
avowed the movement as rebellion. vi
course it is, and he and all engaged in it are
as much traitors as those who led the rebel
lion against the Government a few years ago.
The only difference is legal and not a moral
one. The bread and butter traitors are aiding
the traitors of 1861 to gain through the ballot
what they failed to obtain by the bayonet.
If this unprincipled crew of office-hunters
should succeed in defeating the Republican
candidate, the Government passes once more
into the hands of the very party who plunged
the nation into long and bloody war for the
preservation of slavery. This is what Libe
raj Republicans mean everywhere. But
they are not everywhere honest enough to
ayow it as i'm Philadelphia.
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-04-25
Senator Summers Position.

We feel entire confidence in saying that the
" Liberal Republicans" have been counting
without their host in claiming Mr.. SUMNER
as supporter of the Cincinnati movement.
While it is undoubtedly true that he is most
decidedly opposed to Gen, GRANTS renomi-
nation, we feel justified in stating that if
nominated he will not oppose his election,
much less support the candidate of the Gin
cinnati Convention, whoever he may be. Of
course he will neither attend that convention
nor have any part or lot in it. We desire
our readers to understand. that we have no
authority for the opinion so positively ex-
pressed. But if time does not prove it to be
well founded, we shall be forced to believe
that pure and patriotic life in the past is no
guarantee for consistency and fidelity in the
future