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FOR COLORED AMER CAN. Williams, Washington Ga. Finch, Athene, Ga. I NOTICE. I ito a pressure of important ma J tbc fact that wc have been con ■ the size of our columi 1.-to have them printed on oi | ,-ess, we have had to delay tl * : : ion of a number of interestir this week. We wi r to give them a place in our r 21 American” will hence published every Saturday mon , { in order to the success of th subscribers must pay up the lions of. once, our terms bein They will he wail this next week, when it is hope promptly comply with this re \}VR exchanges. rr, ;: :he “Baltimore Communicator / OBJ ‘Motored American — Is the till * v line, interesting and busine? !. üblished in Augusta, Ga., by Mi I Shwten. It is well written an I sinucp reading matter. This I sVol, and first No. and of exec I iie and type, and a theet whit I. ::e otherwise than appreciated, 1 I. .fited with much and the rig) I,; .'day it increase weekly, an I powerful influence throughout tl L.O wabid a God speed, return the Compliment brotln I -:nicacor” and heartily wish yo success you «o kindly wish u; , , a dors would do well to take th as a leading news jour peculiar facilities in tha fjjom the fact of being so close to th . {(ioveromen t. , pii yitiotafiftX—We welcome t • <iiw2o( list the first number of ; -week y sheet, hearing the abov< . jylpub ished in Mobile, Ala., bj ij u : v. Lis beautifully gotten up. *' l ri: , )£'« n t lumns of matter on eac! v . jdprii ed in a large, clear type ;theeditorii department we find th, vetoes of » Q d, and ability to tusse hi® great: lestions of the day. W< ?.riiik recon nend it to our readers a: in every way worthy 0 I i-pmg May success attend itt : ye, Molohc Citizen.— We were much hifei in pa ising the columns of the 1 vemmedmirited weekly. We an I •'•idxjsee lie number of our news iwwereaigg daily. The time is not Aantwbl they shall wield an in Kdrougajut the length and breadth tint but tew have any idea : present. We perceive by the of the “Colored Citi jtit ia/destined to have a power " win the state of its birth. - Colored Citizen” is published in ■iti, Ohio, by J. P. Sampson & I Cristo the proprietor* very sue | .Sr undertaking. I \ eruLL Conduct.—We are lobearofour Churches becom- Leatre of disgraceful conduct on vof some of the colored frequen ’B is a matte” of surprise to us calling themselves so, would bouse of God and disturbe the s there assembled in their holy The devil himself has a holy aman who goes to church toper liuties to himself and his Maker, liquid seem that his children lacks "eding of their father. rust that we will never be called speak of thia matter again, but meh conduct not stop with this we would call upon the, church bes who are disturbed in their j f.n furnish us with the names Ikndijtg parties, when we shall i them to the public gaze. j Insurrection.—On Christmas Tie walking down the street in l.tion of the Lower Market, our f suddenly assailed with the ap- ■ s ?y of ‘ Insurrection.’ We at V of our remarks in our last W pon the possibilities and inn ■ es of a negro insurrection tak< /Son that day. A thousand con* [■ oughts entered our* breast re* - UT seemingly misplaced confi -e colored man, and that in spite 'prophesylogs arguments to ■ he W b rok«n loose and an r-'iion wai commenced \ n rea j Instinctively we foH QWed t p e who was pressing in hot haste Hhe lower end of the city, and on lat the classic ground of Bridge our horror and consternation we * a m °o»trous crowd, from whose • Ingses was issuing a perfect torrent of oaths and curses. The yells of demoniac demons and ungalvinized devils stunned our ears to the deadening. Not wishing to show the ‘ white feather, 1 we cautiously approached the heaving vol cano, and got near enough to be soothed with some • soft strains and tender com* pliments bearing tae unmistakable ac cent of that ‘ Swate Isle of the Say' Oh ! how we breathed ‘delicious relief after these sounds reached the tympanums of our ears. At tast we ventured to in* quire of a bystander of the cause of the difficulty, and casually mentioned our first fears in regard to it being a negro in surrection. ‘Negro insurrection be d—d,’ was the polite retort. 4 Its nothing but a Donnybrook Fair on a small scale that some of the daughters of Green Erin thought would add lustre to the hilarity of Christmas? Upon fuither inquiry wo found that nothing ot a serious nature had resulted to the fair combatants in their masculine manipulations except a few slight scratches, caused by the too close prox imity of the extremities of their ‘ feel-, ings ’ and each other’s faces. Shade of a Christmas insurrection, where art thou? Echo answers — Where ! SCHOOL RECORD. The following Schools will commence their regular exercises on Tuesday, 2d, J anuary: Jackson Street, Grammer School, reai oi \\ bite Baptist Church. Hours, 9 a. m. to 2p. m. Night 7to 9 o’clock. C, M. Cumming, Teacher. Broad Street, Grammer School, oppo* ‘’ite Upper Market. Hours, 9 a. m to 2 p. m. S. W; Beard, Teacher. . Springfield Free School. Hours, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Night, from 7to 9 o clock. Miss 11. C. Foote, Teacher. Trinity Free School. Hours, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. Mrs. M. E. W. Smith, Teacher. 1 hankfull Free School. Hours, 9a. m. to I p. m. Miss 11. A. Dowd, Teacher. Bethel Free School. Hours, 10 a. m. to 2 p. m. D. C. Jinks, Teacher. Miss S. A. Hosmor, do Sound Doctrine from the Far South, 1 lie San Antonio Express, a new Tex as paper, openly declares these princi ples : ‘ln its political department we ishall maintain, ‘ 1 st. That the government created and established by the Constitution of the United States is not a league of inde pendent sovereignties, with the right of each to withdraw, at its own pleasure, from the jurisdiction of the league and erect itself into separate nationality—and that it was wisely not so created. ‘2d. That the liberties of the people depend as much for safety upon main taining the full vigor of the federal gov ernment, as upon preserving unimpaired all the rights either affirmed to the States or reserved to them in the Constitution, that these two constitute one compfete system of the government, not in con flict, but in harmony with each other, when properly understood. ‘3d. We shall maintain that the Union is indissoluble except by violence or by an amendment of the Constitution in the manner prescribed in that instrument.’ It adds: ‘We can almost read our whole duty in three lines: ‘lst. Educate the people. ‘2d. Give dignity to labor. ‘3d. Plant upon immovable foundations the liberty of speech and of the press ‘Do these, and ‘all things shall'be add ed unto us.’ An Audacious Thief.—‘Burlefoh,’ the nom deplume under which Rev Matthew Eale Smith writes to the Boston Jc*r nal, tells of a remarkable robbery in New York. He says: ‘The broker was inside the counter, near the safe. A man came in without a hat, and with a pen behind his ear. He walked round to the spot where the banker stood, who was talking to a gentleman and said to him, ‘Please to move sir,’ an-d the banker did. The fellow coolly took out of the safe several thousand 11. S. bonds, and cooly walked away, and has never been seen from that time to this. Near the closing hours of business the bends were sought for and could not be found. The banker turned to one of the clerks and asked him for them, stating that he saw him remove them from the drawer. Fortunately the clerk was able to prove an alibi, and then the audacity of the was made apparent, GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Committee ou Freedmen. Strozier, Casey,' Owens, Gresham, Thorjdon, Butler, Manson, Carter, J A W jfldn* son. Passed, a bill regulating contracts be tween master and servant. If for over one month, they must be in writing; the working hours to be from sunrise to sun set; the servant to be responsible for damaging the master's property; wages to be forfeited by leaving; the employer may discharge the servant for disobe dience, drunkenness, immorality, war t of respect, or leaving service: enticing ser vants away is made a misdemeanor, pun ishable by a fine of $lOO, or imprison ment for four months. ' A bill was introduced to make free persons of color competent witnesses in the courts of this State, in certain eases therein mentioned, and to authorize the making and declaring the force of affi davets in certain cases; to provide freed men with certificates of employment, and to punish persons who employ freed men contrary to law. A bill to be entitled ‘An Act to open the Courts of this State to Freedmen, and to regulate their testimony in the same.’ Sec. I. Be if enacted by the Senate anu House of Representatives in Gen eral Assembly met and it is hereby cnac ted by authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, it shall and may be lawful for all Freedmen to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, ; in all the Courts of law and equity in : this State, and'be subject to prosecution I and indictment in the same for all crimes 1 and offences committed by them, govern ted by the same rules as obtain in the cases of white persons / Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That in all cases, civil or criminal, arising in any of the courts of this State in which Freeo men may be concerned, that they shall be admitted *0 give evidence, sub ject to the same rules and under the ssme restrictions as to competency and credi bility as so control the admision of white witnesses in similar cases. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That all laws and parts of laws militating against this act, be; and the same is here by repealed. The following resolution was intro duced to inquire, at an early day, what legislation is nec. ssary for the relief of colored persons who are orphans’, idiots, lunatics, or of unsound mind, and who are paupers; referring the report of the committee appointed by the State Con* vention to prepare a code of laws for freedmen, to the Committee of each house with instructions to prepare a bill which shall amnlv secure to the inhabitants of this State, of African descent, the rights of person and property, including .the right to sue and t x be sued, and to testi fy ia the courts of justice in cases where they are interested. In the Elouse M. Leach introduced a bill to prevent concubinage among ne groes, and to encourage matrimony. CONGRESS. Mr, Wilson presented the famous petition from the colored people of the District of Columbia, asking the right iof suffrage. It con.ains 2.500 signatures iif about as many styles of chirography as would have been exhibited by' the same number of white men’s names. No traces of color can be detected iu the signatures except in the color of the ink. Trumbull gave notice of a bill to en large the powers of the Freedmens Bureau in all portions of the United States, in Crder to protect any individual in the full enjoyment of the rights of person and property, to furnish him with means of vindication. Mr. Wilson, of Massachusetts. (Union,) called up a bill to maintain the freedom of the inhabitants of the States declared to be in insurrection and rebellion by the proclamation o/ the President, of the Ist of July, 1862. It declares all laws heretofore in foi *cc, or held valid in the insurrectionary ». States, whereby any in equality of civil i ughts and immunities exists among the inhabitants of States, on account of race or color, are null and void. Mr. Wilson ex pl ained the nature of the bill. He said i proclamation of the President of the 22d of September, 1863, declaring emanci patien, pledges the faith of the Gover. me ut of the Baited States to maintain the freedom of the persons declared to be free. This was repeated in the proclamation o 5 the Ist of January. It was, therefore, ti?e duty of the government to maintain the civil rights and immunities of these freed men. The most cold-blooded atrocities were being perpetrated upon these freedmen, and it was the duty of Congres.s to inter- ! fere at once. Whatever differences of ’ opinion there might be on the subject of negro suffrage, there ought to l> $ none in regard to the duty of making good the 1 guarantees of the government. Mr. Johnson, of Maryland (Dem.) raised legal objections to the bill, Mr. Cowan of Pennsylvania, (Union,) SENATE. SENATE. did not believe the bill would accomplish what its author desired, Mr. Wilson referred to certain laws passed in the Southern States sine? the abolitiod of slavery, which, he said, sub jected the freedmen to.a worse bondage : than slavery itself The condition of the 1 freedmen of the South was worse -to-day than it was on the nay of Dee’s surren < der Mr. Sherman of Ohio (Union) sympa thized with the objects of the bill. Congress had the power, he said, under j the second section of the Amendment, to make provision for the freedom of the blacks, and there was auother_ section of I theHJonstitution under which it could be I done; that section which gives to the . citizens of one State all the rights of the citizens of the several States. The bill before the Senate did not define the civil rights which the negroes ought to have, but stated them in general terms. In his judgment Congress ought to impose the conditions upon which the Southern States should be received back into the | Union, and they ought to be in the form of amendments to the constitution, Ac tion on the bill before the Senate ought : to be deferred until the report of the ' committee of fifteen provided for by the . concurrent resolution passed yesterday. Mr. Saulsbury, of Doleware, (Dem) opposed the bill. Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois (Union) ' thought the bill was premature in the sense stated by Mr. Sherman. On motion of Mr. Howard the Sen ate adjourned. Mr. Ste\ rens proposed a joint resolu tion to abolish the distinction of color. Mr. Farnsworth introduced a resolu tion declaring it to bo unjust to deny colored persons the right of suffrage, who have contributed to the support, of the Government and periled their lives in its defence. The resolution lies over.. ITEMS OF NEWS. Dispatches from \\ ashington say Gen. Howard s report on freedmen’s affairs is hopeful, lie does not think there will be muck suffering during the winter. The Texas planters are feeling much en couraged by the excellent prospect before them ot heavy • crops. Tbc negroes are working with noticeable increase of contentment and perseverance. . The colored people of New England, at their convention, selected George T. Downing, of Rhode Island, delegate to represent the interest- of their race at Washington during the ensuing session of Congress. Tbc Legislature of \ ermont has trans mitted to the Kentucky Legislature a resolution lately adopted by that body, the object of which is to secure equat rights, without respect to color, to a 1 citizens residing in the seceded States, including the right of the elective fran chise. Governor Bramlette opposed very strongly the adoption of such a resolution, and urged the Legislature to take immedi ate action. A negro jury was impauneled at Callao, Macon county; Mo., on the 4th instant, zl suit for assault and battery was brought before Squire Ballinger, in which the parties were colored citizens. A jury was summoned, composed entirely of colored men, who, after hearing the evidence and charge of the court, assessed the fine of $2l each, to be paid or replevined, and the case now stands recorded on the docke t of the Justice. Col. E. Whittlesby, Assistant Com missioner for the State of North Carolina, reports to General 11. 0. Howard, under date of December 8, that acts of violence and serious difficulties between negroes and whites are very rare. None deserv ing mention have been reported this month. The destitution is not so great as was anticipated, but there is reason to fear that it will increase before Spring. The Commissioner reports that from the western district of the State the freed men are beginning to look for homes, and that contracts are made for the next year at fair wages, ami many are rent ing lands on liberal terms. The greater part of the blacks understand that they must work, and are willing to do so. The temper of the better class of whites to ward the blacks is good. A New Rudder..—An experiment has been made at Havre with a newly invent ed rudder, in the presence of a number of naval officers and shipbuilders. This new rudder is described as different from all hitoerto used, being composed of four pieces connected by hinges, in place of one solid piece. By means of these joints the rudder, when set in motion by the tiller, presents a curved surface to the water, in place of a flat surface. The object is to give both a greater flexibility and a stronger action to the rudder. It was attached to a large boat, which it brought round instantly, toe boat turning oi? itself as cn a pivot. The Journal du Havre, wiiich speaks of the experiment, observes that the invention is a most valuable one and calculated to render great service, not perhaps to ships of large tonnage, but vessels heavily laden. HOUSE’ In the Kentucky Legislature, a bill to allow negro testimony has been rejected in the Senate. A resolution has been introduced, declaring that Kentucky has reserved rights which she is prepared to defend. A resolution ratifying the con stituf iocal amendment has been iutro duced, and lies over one day; also, a resolution ret i.-ing to ratify. A member from She'by denounced Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Johnson as worse traitors than Jell. Davis. have also been introduced to repeal the law providing for a civil remedy for injuries done by disloyal per sons ; to repeal the law to punish disloyal and treasonable practices; to repeal the law requiring teachers and others to take an oath; to repeal the law requiring ministers of the Gospel.to take an oath. The Freedmen’s Aid Association.*- The Rev. A. « lay ton lately delivered an address in the Universalist Church, T wenuetb-street, in which he described the condition of the negro in the South ern States, and the absolute necessity that’means should be provided for his moral as well a* bis physical wants. Mr. Clayton, who L s just returned from a Southern mission, gave interesting details oi negro efforts at self improvement, and of the labors of the'missionaries of the various religious or ganizations, and their fruitful results. lie said that without making any extravagant claims forequali ty for the negro race, confessing that he is not mentally the equal of the white man, the greater our duty to strive to elevate him, and the greater our responsi bility for his salvation. With four mil lion people calling upon us for light, there was more earnest, honest work before us tnau fell to the lot of all the missionaries lor a hundred years back; and how much greater the claim they have upon us, children of the same soil, and now before the law entitled to all the privileges that we ourselves enjoy. The reverend gen tieman then explained what had already been none by the missionaries South, since the close of the war, and called up on all true Christians to lend their aid for our suffering and less favored fellow citizen. jy. Y. Times. GEKBBATI® s OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF FEEDOM. IN SPRINGFIELD CHURCH, 7JLVZ7ARY Itf, 1865. C hairnmn, Marshall, Ist Assistant, . . ~d Assistant, ORDER OF EXERCISES. Music-* Blow Ye the Trumpet? Prayer Rev. John Bryan. Music— ‘ America.* Introductory Remarks— Rev. Samuel Drayton. Emancipation Proclamation— Simeon W Beard. Music. ■Oration- Rev. Wm. H Tumor. Music. Prayer—R. v. Henry Watts. Benediction—R e v. Edward West. exercises to commence AT 10, A. M. .. v At f ' ie C,O3 ° nf the exercises, a callee tionwill b y taken uo in behalf of the ‘Freed man s Hospital.’ AH who have Hie good of the 2onV e -i a \ ne / rt ar ® re< l uestcd t( > coma prepared to contribute towards thaUbenevoleht inanition. LEWIS B. CARTER street, where be will be glad t 0,.. wai , all of hii friends! in formation wanted, Q l ' moses waikins, who wL mid irom W. Rob’t W utkins. - When last heard of he belonged to Mr. Robert McWhorter, 5 miles from WoodviJJe on the Athens Branch Railroad If ho is living, be j 3 abou t 20 years of age and of dark complexion. A’?”' 1 ,”-*?’ of th. Mm „ , t.im.ly La? heard of, he was in Maryland Dis’t, City of Memphis, Tenn., aged about 18 years, dark complexion. Any information regarding either wilj be thankfully received at the office of thfs paper. dee3o.3tn FANNY WATKINS. IN FORM ATION WANTED, /AF lON EV JOHN ■'ON, who was sold from John H men, of Clarksville, Halifax county, near RoanoKe River, N. C. Last heard from, he was in Hobby, Alabama. Any inform ition regarding him will be thank fally rece v d at the office of this paper. <l«c3o Im KAMP JOHNSON. ABRAHAM MALLORY, BLACKSMITH St, WHEELWRIGHT, on the HARRISONVILLE ROAD, HERE anything in my line will be V V promptly attended to at cheap rates. . . Robert Kent* . Abiel Wright. . Moses Gardiner. . . Henry Mathews. ALSO,