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A Voice from the Bench.
Wnpresent t<> our renders, subjoined,
v" reV.er portion of n rhargo lately ile-
ta,S by Ins Honor .Judffo Clark, of the
Southwestern Circuit, to the Grand Jury
fCalhoun county, in this State. The
irtiportion of this charge is in roforencc
idly legal mutters, which might not
J*je« the interest for the public that wo
[jUiCY ihr.v he found in that part given
toi.iw, as follows Const.
In renewing our official relations upon
• new order of things, and after the imp-
jeniDjf of the mighty events which con
tour destiny, it will not bo inappropn-
ilwto take n brief survqy of our situation
mdibepart we Imvo to porlorm. The
wsn tof civil government, of mails, of
public speaking, and a comparative want
Jnewspapers, have* obstructed the usual
pwues of communication aud provontod
Iht interchange of thought and opinion
to necessary to correct conclusions. Wo
jnd ourselves, after a protraotod, bloody
uddwolftting war, a defeated poople, 10-
Juced almost to poverty. Besides tho im-
owii* amounts in Confederate in vest-
awls, voluntarily made or oUiorwibo, wo
karelost tho entire capital in four mil
lion; of slaves. Whether this calamity
eould have been- avoided, thorn is a eon-
liand variety of opinion. Tho gift of
farsight has not boon givon by God to
us,:*) as his judgmont is as good before
uhi< knowiodgo is aitor an event. Thoro
nr,however, a few tact* which can pro
late no controversy. Tho3o arc*, that a
wtmajority of ibn peoplo Ol the IlnUHCl
JtitB worn llxc-d in their judgments
ipin-t ifs upon the subject of slavery,
ad determined upon its abolition at tho
In:practical moment-—that the people of
IliilaYpholdmg States (although differing
m to tho time when) wore equally deter
mined to vindicate their right to hold
line; as property—that from tho tone and
tetnwrof both sections a collision at some
time was inevitable. From those follow
the conclusion that tho act of tho South-
on people merely hastened a conflict
ibichtho “logic of events’' rendered cer
tain. The result ol such a conflict could
not at any timo be doubtful, as it lias boon
demonstrated in tho most solemn mannor,
that upon the slavery question tho powers
of (bo whole Christian world wore against
ui. Their refusal to recognize us after
two years of successful war against great
odls-awar then lasting as long ns tho
Crimean—their refusal to follow prece
dential by themselves in tho recognition
of the independence of other revolution-
ins struggling for ti. separate nationality,
can bo ascribed only to tho fact that a re
public baled upon slavery was against the
progress of the ago and the moral senso of
their subject*. A bravo and determined
people cun accomplish much, but not im-
ponibilities. There will always at hoiiio
point he found “a limit to human endu
rance.’’ That we should fail in a warfare
where we had to tight tho special advor-
*ry p ositivoly, and tho balance of the
world negatively, is not surprising. Wo
expected the usual and uniform sympathy
w the outside world, but wero mistaken
ud’disappointed. Tho fact now stares
P8 in the face, that all tho great and ruling
powers of the earth had determined that
ahe right of man to hold property in
should ceuio throughout tho globe.
African slavery exists now only in Brazil
JMopiuj. Tho former is inaugurating
we moans for its extinction, and whenever
England, Franco, and the United States
it will cease in tho latter. Kevolu-
"° D, of sort never go brekwards—al-
syi onward—and do not stop short of
JJ^raplidling their objects. It is olten
urn • ‘‘history repeats ts.clf,’’ which
.»U of truth; and away “down tho cor-
bme," too far to see or imagine,
IDa l )3 l *f lioth hemispheres may
«been reformed—when tho earth may
tifiii °!. Cur ^cd with a new civiliza-
umiZ • n ^ r ? e l^lmr in climes tropical
•ff-toopical may have proven n fail-
i,L iT . cn West Indies and the Span-
wh»ntk l& ”!!*? * mvo “gone to bush’’—
a b h il 1 i»T a J^* l *ysof'the Amazon, Orinoco
of ihlf v aa bo in the sole possession
-whonik ^'K’bh'd* and servants of prey
ro*n«!E- fr i n cxhaustiblo soils may yet
WS™** but noxious weeds and trees
LisP.i of llu K u dimensions, some othor
tem,.* 88 ,n “y deem it humanity to in-
Th ?° of compulsory labor.-
r <T0 i„,j® v ? n not so improbable as that
>5 civilization contompl .tod by
w v, e 1 n »” R8 be says in his coin-
Podm^m on Ranke’s History of tho
ihill in * om ® traveler from New Zealand
kii i'un8 6 m,( ^ 5st °f R vast solitude, take
brid#f» t/% °. n . a . br °ben arch of London
1 Bat daw tbo vuinsof St. Fauls.”
which ii 8nt * far boyond any time in
wnv hAfifiili 0r - our descendants can have
*ovnru« u ! nlG /? Bt ' , fi, avery ns it existed
AmenL 1 ^>n the United States of
it onii l bcro is no resurrection for
by degrees. Tho Constitution of tlie Uni
ted States adopted in 17S7 prohibited
Congress from abolishing tho slave trade
prior to 1808, and limited tho tax so as not
to exceed ten dollars per head. A like
course whs adopted by tho British Parlia
ment; what Wilberforco began on the Dili
of May, 1788, was not accomplished until
January 1st, 18G8. On the 2 l April, 1702,
William Pitt made perhaps the most elo
quent of his many eloquent speeches in
support of Wilberforce’a motion for the
immediate abolition of the slave trade.
But as an author states, the private pecu
niary interests which boro upon the house
wero too weighty to bo overcome, and
Mr. Dundas’ plan for a gradual abolition
had tho preference by. a majority of 08
votes. He adds, furliier, “Mr. Dundas
now brought forward his scheme in de
tail, which was passed by a majority of
19, but the bill was lost in the house of
Lords," It is then not surprising that
embarrassment and confusion should be
the consequence of a sudden change in
the labor system of the country. Slavery
in the South was an institution that
“grew with the growth” of the people,
and to which they pertinaciously adhered.
It acted whore it existed, upon other in
terests, as leaven does to broad—it
“leavened the whole lump" of invested
capital. Therefore when slavery fell, it
carried down with it, more or less ot
every other species of propony in the
South. The fair and disinterested oppo
nents of the slave labor system every
where, cannot fail to sympathize with us
in tho difficult role wo huvo to play. Tho
citizens of the Northern and Western
States must do so, if upon no other prin
ciple?, upon Unit of “generosity to a fallen
foe."
Prosperity presents no emergency but
tho people will bo equal to. It is adver
sity that “tries men’s soul-." 'J'he times
impose upon us tho necessity to act ra
tionally—not to give way in panic? to the
consternation ol < tho moment, but like
courugeous men taco the danger and pre
pare ourselves for that now battlo of life
wo have to begin in the autumn of our
days. We must at once fully realize that
henceforth tree labor is our system of la
bor, and tho government of llm United
States is our government. There are
tlioso who in the future de; pair of equal
rights and good government, and design
to abandon tho country. Tho young man
in health muy treat tho world as his oys
ter, ‘which ho, sword in l and, will open,’
but the old man, and the man of family,
cannot hope for a home among strangers
speaking a strango language. Individuals
may emigrate, but a nation cannot.
Reared as we have boon in a republic, wo
must bo miserable in a government where
we can have neither vote nor influence.
Many feel it impossible to live? in unity
with tho foes of the loved ones slain in
battlo, or of those who survive with man
gled forms. And there are those who will
not bo comforted, particularly our noble
countrywomen, who feel more intensely
and heartlully than men. Nevcrth/doss,
such will act the part of good citizens,
SdSs SSi jam
Sc lit to . nn *f e lai Roan so sudden it is dif-
100,1 ?!Sudden changes in the
Ht| like those lr. tho uinto-
oOternJji P r °duee panios, collisions, and
"Hiiun M-'oqaenco,. When omun-
Stales ... . 0,1 place elsewhere in
••tot i/> j oule3 ' U,1< 1 '-U c intorost was
do,,,*? deserve consideration, it was
Isle u ltoi U M y ' or substantially so. As
*Wf s , ero wero 230 slaves in Now
for the i.C.T* “ lc! 7 s 1828 a slave was sold
Ik Ti,„7 a 8nt ol a d«bt in l'ennsylva-
ltd Dun-h 1 't as ' n 1R° Knjiliub, French
HeoMdau i “Jonin. In Jamaica it was
!*d»u .ii? j 7 F ( '. RrB ot apprenticeship,
*ooliiirw,«ion.r with compensation. It
tonfe *? that slavery has coased
in, Uutch Outana. tho slaves hav-
tlslveye. apprenticed without pay for
■“"fsoru. . ®u'»iicipation has hoen
ttt Afri.7? Hradual, so has its fororunnor
slave trade huuit suppressed
nnd yield to peace and loyalty, nil but tho
tributo which nature's tics both demand
and yield. Wo arc now living towards
tho close of the nineteenth century. \\ v
are not tho only Christian poople whom
misfortune has overtaken. Our Knjrlish
ancestors have endured greater suderia^.
Vet the descendants of the S i.xon and the
Norman—of tho i’uritan and the Cavalier
—of tlie adherents of the house of S' unrt,
and the I'ollowers of William and alary,
after tiffhtinR valorously against each
other at the oill'eront epochs of their coun
try’s history, “stood aid-- by side and
shared in the glories ol litenhemi and
Wutorloo. From Hie chaos of so many
revolutions, and so many years of civil
war, has outerjted a nation which has
stood firm and unchanged jor nearly two
centuries, in tin. constitution and laws,
that furnish ton basis lor our system of
government. Wo the offspring of a peo
ple who Imvo made the prerogative of the
crown and tho privileges of tlie subject
harmonize with the protection duo to life,
liberty and property, have no reason to
despair. Wo, tlie imtnudinto descendants
of tlie patriots of our own groat Involu
tion of 1770, have every reason to hopo.
Hence it is a duty we owe ourselves, our
posterity, and tho government we have
been born in, and to which, by oath, we
have renuwed our allegiance, to make tho
very best we cm out of the unprecedented
condition of tho nation. Wo may desire
otherwise, but that can avail nothing.
That very wise, and very good man, J‘. 1-
mtind Burke, who lias “loft on earth no
blot on his name,” and whoso speeches
and writings have crown into political
muxims, says: “A man lull of warm
speculative bcnevolcnco may wish society
otherwise constituted than lie hiuls it; but
a good patriot and a true politician always
considers how lie shall make thu most of
the existing materials of hi* country. A
disposition to preserve nnd an ability to
improve taken together wou.d lie iny
standard of a statesman. it very thing
else is vulgar in the conception and peril
ous in tlie execution.”
True statesmanship requires the concen
tration in one man, or a lev/ men,that po
litical wisdom wbicli tlie masses ought to
have the good fortune to possess. Then,
each and every one of us, in this emer
gency must not nut from choice—from
passion, or from a selfish interest—but as
wise and honest statesmen, who will do
all wo can for our country out of her ”8x-
isting materials.” ...
The inevitable result of emancipation is
tlie substitution of free for slave labor,
and the freemen w.ho have to bo employed
in the production of Southern staples aro
those who have just escaped from a state
of bondage. Tins to our peoplo is a new
nnd untried field. Tho experiments made
elsewhere are discouraging in tho ex
treme. All intelligent men know that in
Jamaica—in the (juianas—in New Orn-
nadu, tho products of the country have
been sadly roducod siiua? tbo change, and
tho owners ol' the soil aro sucking to find
reliable lahoiers among the coolies,
brought from a. distanco of thousands of
miles, over a vast “expanse ot waters,
which they fail to find in tho termer Af
rican slave at their very door. I hose ho-
ing fuets, candor compels their admission.
Notwithstanding, our people should not
sutler themselves to bo discouraged, wR
at onca examine, and decide, 11 their con
dition, and those named, are in every ma
terial rospcct ftnalagous. Gn instituting
u comparison it will bo found : ,
First. That slavery in the Southern
United States was very different from that
which oxis od in tho \\ est Indies arid tho
Spanish Main. There, the slave was almost
entirely a creature ol intorest. No alien-
tioB was paid to ills moral or religious
training. No effort was made to pfoserve
tho health of tho young and tho old, that
they might descend to the chib Iren of than
owners, and bo perpetuated in the Umily.
No regard was paid to keeping up an
equilibrium between maks and females.
To gel all tho labor possible, within tho
shortest time, regardless of consequences,
was tho policy of tropical planters. J '•«
slave’ wus seldom, if over, rogaruoil as
within tho purview of tho domestic rein-
liens. llonoo there was little or lie alive-
tion between master and slave. 1 ho ,r sit
uations wore strictly antagonistic, it was
this condition of things that horrified the
world, nnd procured first the auction ot
tho slave trade, and then emaneipatlon.
Here, tho convorse of all these l"'“'J0SI-
tions was almost universal, the etbict s,
that our former Slav, s are mote intfllll-
gent, iiiatal and religious, and thoruli'i
Hond of affoction between them and tlioir
former masters, which wHI never ho en
tirely severed. And m view ot this latter,
tho master should not cnt-rtain feelings ot
hostility against Ins lormor slits -, H h«
Second,
rcsions ro
which yielded spontaneously thn fruits «*T
Iho earth in sufficient abundance to sustain
life without labor. Hero they must work
or starve.
Third. Tho products of those soils which
required labor wero virtually luxuries,
while tho cotton of tho South is a strict
necessity, and of a quality which expo*
rienco has demonstrated cannot bo raised
elsewhere. This makes it to the intorest
of all Governments, especially of tho Uni
ted States, to put forth every energy, nnd
uso every fair means to secure iu success
ful cultivation.
Fourth. They w. ro in distant colonies,'
far away from tho “Homo Government,”
while ours are all upon Iho main land and
immediately under tho ere of our Gov
ernment, both Slato and national.
Fifth. Thoro the black and color 'd pop
ulation vastly outnumbered tho lv.iropean
—hero the reverse is the truth. There, tho
frosts of winter never purified an atmos-
phero deadly malorious, and as conse
quence prostrating the energies of man—
hero wo Imvo all the chunges of seasons,
and a salubrious climate running through
twelve degroes of north latitude.
These aro some of thn differences be
tween us and all others who have parsed
through thu same ordeal. They givo us
reason to hope, to take coura^n, anil press
forward with all our energies to try nnd
to perfect the new system. Thoro are two
things which may bo considered certain.
One is, there will bo no more cheap cot
ton—the other is, the soil remains to us.
Whoever succeeds in raising tho former
will bo well remunerated. Whoever re
tains tho latter, can put it to tho nm-L pr*ic>
tienl use, and apply black or white labor
according to circumstances. There is an
immense domain in tho bands of {South
ern landowners. Many own estates of
which a British Peer might bo proud.
Population increases, but lands do not.
If others can sncceed under tho now sys
tem, it should bo borne in mind that the
Southern planter can—and can nmro-sure
ly, for ho has tho acquired skill and expe
rience. This admonishes you net to un
derrate the value of your lands. Do not
sail for less than a compensating price.
There are thoso who huvo every confi
dence in using free negro labor stiec. 83-
fuily who would buy your binds f'lrivtli-
I ing. Do not submit to such a sacrifice.
“It is as well to dio by tiio sword as tho
famine.” Give tho experiment a fair trial.
Tho Government finding you loyal and
sincere, will give you all nece-Miry pro
tection. And this must bn done, whether
it becomes the duty of tho State or the
General Government, or both.
Unfortunately for us and tlm good of
the nation our troubles do not end in test
ing tho merits of free negro labor. There
is a largo parly at the North, led by men
of ability and sustained by a powerful
press, who insist, not 011I3’ upon the i 111-
modialo emancipation of the slave, but
Upon investing him at the same time with
tho right to vote. The fact that one is free
docs not nocoBanrily secure to him all the
rights of citizenship. Sox, ago, color, or
want of mind may inuko a ditb ronc \ nnd
this difference, or qualification, lias always'
ways been judged of by each State at her
own pleasure, and settled by legislation.
It is now proposed to force free negro suf
frage upon the seceded Stales in a m'edi
tion precedent to tlioir restoration to tlie
Union. Upon tho solution oi this question
will turn tho admission of our j! pro
sen tali vos to their seats i:t tho National
Congress in December next. As wo will
then be situated, being subject to tlie plea
sure of tho loyal States, we can only re
monstrate against the infliction. 11 intend
ed as a governmental policy, tho emana
tion ot true statesmanship, common jus
tice and consistency would require that
all the Suites who did not lob-ruto slavery
should first extend free suffrage to t/nir
free ncgroca. If intended as a punishment
to us for secession, executed in n pmt of
revenge, it should bo nun unbared that
“revenge is a sword which cut- the hand
that uses it." Jt might accomplish the
object designed upon us, but its effect Upon
the nation might bo ruinous.
In a republican government where suf
frage is universal, tho right to vote im
plies the right to hold office. Those rights
separately, or together, produce to a great
extent social equality. From social equal
ity comes the “ mixing of the racos," and
in the course of time our country would
not be far behind tho Republics of Central
and South American, which.have pupil*
lations without character, morals, <>r any
particular color. It would bo either this
calamity, or its other alternative, u war of
the races in which tho weak would be ox*
terminal d by tho strong, but not without
war, desolation, and indiscriminate mas
sacre. F’o great a folly surely educated
men, however passionate, vindictive, or
fanatical, will not perpetrate. Their self-
respect—their self-interests—their own
reputations, and common decency forbid.
Tney would present Ihemsclv^ L> the
civilized world a strung ? order of enlight
ened human beings, ol tho Anglo .Saxon
in Providence, and thus trustfully hope.
l'ne conservatives of tho nation have n
du»y to perform which may go beyond
the settlement of the question touching
free negro suffrage. When that is dis
posed of, will agitation cease? Shall wo
or nut rapidly pa-s from this into a roli-
gious controversy? Already tho cloud on
tin? horizon, “not bigger than a man’s
hand," is to bo seen in the crusade began
against the Catholics by some of our eccle
siastical bodies. A voice, too, comes
across water proclaiming the too rapid in
crease of Catholicism in “old England."
Shall wo or our children go to the block
ns Catholics did, or shall both Catholic
and Protestant be dragged to execution
on Iho same hurdle, as in the roign of tho
8th Henry ? Or shall tho Urea of persecu
tion again blaze to destroy Protestants as
in the days of tho first Mary ? When we
feel there is no danger of Mich, let us ro-
nmmbor that history has often, and may
again “repeat itself."
Rioii a HD II. Clark,
Judge Sup’r Court,
Bouth western Circuit.
September Term, 1805.
Spiritualism vs. Jugglery.
The Paris oorresponde. t of the Dublin
Daily Express writes as follows:
I)r. Lynn, tho son of an English cler
gyman, following tho bent of a roving
di-mosition, at an early ago left his country
ana lias returned, after an eight years’
absence, skilled in every department of
the “occult art." Whatever tlie Hindoo
jugglers or tlie Japanese wonder workers
could impart he has acquired, aud his
lithesome fingers can accomplish. More
important still, whatever the most highly
gifted of spiritualists and their familiars
can perform shrouded in darkness ho can
repeat, without confederate or mechanical j
contrivance, in the open day.
Dr. Lynn, during a brief visit to Lon
don, with :f view to make preparations lor
u winter’s campaign (lie is, 1 understand.
t«* visit Dublin before acting down hero) 1
gave three private seances, at two of which
I was present. Avoiding the toy tricks of
professors of magic, who come from vari
ous points of tho compass and astonish
children of every growth, his progrutnmo
is stored with Eastern novelties, and his
performance is tho perfection of slight of
hand. The closest observer is baflled by
his astonishing dexterity, and the ease and
grace with which the most difficult feat is
accomplished are as admirable as the dox*
terity is marvellous.
I will mention but one or two items. A
graphic writer upon Japan some timo since
made Iho world acquainted with the most
graceful ami beautiful, and at the same
time wonderful, of all the feats performed
by the jugglers of tin* country. They
wore tlie top and butterfly trioRs. A top
is set spinning in tho nir; on its descent it
is caught on tho point of a sword, whero
it, whirls merrily; then it is brought along
tho hoen edge to tho handle; then it re
news its flight to be again caught; nnd
ultimately it is sent, like a miniaturo
Blondin, across a silken-thread which is
invisible to tho audience; <imot.iines it
descends the slack, soniotini'*s ascends the
hilt, but is always sure of foot, and walt
zes its way over tho narrow path from tho
boxes of a theatre to the back of l he stage,
as readily as across a drawing room. The
butterflies aro cut out of paper of many
colons, and fly about us if endowed with
life. In obedience to the wave of a fan
limy fly high or fly low; now they flutter
over a lady’s bouquet, now they light
upon the spray of a wreath, now gyrate,
moth like, round tho gas jets. This loat
alone is sufficient to take the town by
storm.
Bill what will he said of tho greatest of
the-spiritualists’ tricks—nninely, the wri
ting on the arm? Let mo briefly state
my own exp ionco of it. I was requested
by Dr. - i to write tho name of any
persoi;. i any country, who has died since
tho world began. I did so .in a romoto
part of the room, before leaving which 1
tightly folded tho paper on which the
name was written until it resembled a
doctor’s pill, and then placed it on tho
table, where it remained in presence of
and close to all present except Dr. Lynn.
That he did not touch it, and that lie had
no means of ascertaining what the name
was beyond the meagro bint to bo dorivod
from a reply to his question of how many
words and letters it was composed, I can
positively vouch. Within two minutes
the name was traced upon his arm, and in
letters each of which, if 1 may say so,
was an enlargod fac simile of my own.
Fivo other names wero written by dill'cr*
ent persons, and one wa« selected at ran
dom out of tho fivo, and with a precisely
similar result. On the previous evening
thirteen ladies wero present, as well as a
number of professional men—lights of law,
literature and medical science. A name
was written by each lady, and thirteen
titm s, to tho unspeakable arnuzoinent of
all present, the writing on the arm cories-
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Through to Atlanta.
SUPERINTEND A NT’S OFFICE, )
MUSCOGUE RAILROAD CO., Y
Columbus, Ga., Sept. 9th, 1805. J
Muscogee Kail Itoail ScUedulc.
O N AND AFTER MONDAY, 11th last., the
Passongor Train on this road will
Loavo Columbus at 7 o’clock, A. M.
Arrive in Macon at 1.10 “ P. M.
Loavc Macon at 7.24 A. M.
Arrive in Columbus at 4.24 P. M.
Macon ami Wcvtcin il. 11. Schedule.
NHH1T TRAIN.
Leave Macon 6.80, p. M,
Arrive at Atlanta 2.23, A. M.
Leave Atlanta »>.:30, P. M.
Arrive at Macon -3.30. A. M.
sop 10—ti W. L. CLARK, Sup t.
MIAMI! OF SCHEDULE,
# SJPEllINTKNDANT'S OFFICE, )
M. & W. P. 11. H.. >
Montgomery, Sept. 20,1805. )
22d, 1805, T-atns
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1 15 P. M.
. P. M,
Great Reduction iu Freights
—ON—
COTTON.
Quickest and Cheapest
ROUTE TO
NEW YORK.
Leave Columbus at
Arrive West. Point
Arrive at Montgomery-
West
Arrive at Coloumbus - . - - -
Connecting with trains of A. A \\. P. K. R
at West Point which arrives in Atlanta at 1 1.
M., in time to connect with tho Western and
Atlantic Rail Road tor Chattanooga and points
north,
sept 22 tf
KTotioo.
MO 111 LIS AND Gill AUD RAILROAD.
On and alter Monday, 9th instant, the Pas
senger Train will loavo (Hrard for Union Springs
at 2 o,clock, P. M.
oct G—2in IL E> WELLS, Sup t.
Notice!
i
J.
MURRAY,
, 11 . . . . , . 1 1 . , ; till lHIVMI , i, HIU WlIvllIK Ull UU’ (.ini twi 1 uo-
racj, who would grant at onco to iho hthi- Jj0n( i ( .j w j t ), tho writing on tho crumpled
opeun, tho lowest intellectual!v m the , f jH lho lu(Jy - s | llin d. This was Fos-
scalo ol humanl y, rights and piivilegcs tor’s groat spiritual trick, and it is to the
which they rot uso their own male chi.- 1 crrt dit of Dr. Lynn that I10 utterly dis-
dren, educated in high schools, and oven j 0 j u j m3 Hn( j im Ig hs at tho idea of spiritual
collogos and universities, until thrtJF have H » onC y j n j< lS performance,
passed a probation ot twenty-one yoars. | n J
What it takes tho Anglo Saxon experience
and study to learn, the negro is to know
by intuition. Those very men, forming
a separate class of politi dans have insi tod
that African slavery in the South demor
alises and debases the slave, and yet this
debased creaturo is adjudged capable of
self-government. All his life lie has boon
governed by another, and ignorant as he
is, ho must be allowed to make lih impress
upon tho institutions of n government,
that must fail, unless her citizens are vir
tuous and into ligent. it is shrewdly cal
culated by some of the advocates of i.egro
suffrage, that tho negro vote can bn used
to advunoe their parly purposes. Il should
occur to them, that tho employer of one
hundred negro voters upon a plantation
will likely have at least us much influence
upon his operatives as the Dowell manu
facturer has upon his. A maj uity of
Congress can cortuinly not become so de
mented as to confound sufl’rago with free
dom, and to forgot that this is the country
of tho whito man while Africa is that ol
tue negro. However, it cannot bo expect
ed that reason can prevail against fanati
cism in tho forum of tho fanatic. Thoro
must be an appeal to the palrioti.-m, hon
or, and good sense of all men, of ull par
ties, in aL sections ol tho Union. Old
party issues are dead. The war has set
tled there shall bo uo more, involuntary
III UroA'i Streeti Columbus, Georgia.
Maker aud Dealer in Guns,
ALL KINDS OF OWN MATERIAL AND
ARTICLES IN THE SPORTING LINE.
Ro-stoeking and Repairing ilono with neatness
und dispatch.
POWDER AND SHOT FOR SALE.
Keys liitod and Locks Ropaired.
EOpl 13—tl'
FOR SALE.
V VERY Desirable Residence in Chunno-
/x. nuggeo, Ala., on tho Mobile and (Jirard
Railroad, about 50 wiled from Columbus, (Ju.,
and five miles from Union Springs- Oa tho
•0 is a good two story trained dwelling,
TREASURER’S OFFICE, \
Muscogee R. R. Co., f
Columbus, Oa., Sept., 1st, 1800, J
On and after this date tho faro on this road
will bo Iiv, c -y A >-™ u »- lvINSi Trcaiurir .
Sept 1-tf
NOTICE TO SHIPPERS.
SUl’ERINTENDANT’S OFFICE,
Muscogee Rail Roaij.
Columbus, Oa., Aug. 1 b Go.
Shippers and Consignees aro hereby notified
that this Compnny will not bo responsible for
freights shipped to any Station on this Road, or
at Columbus, after it is discharged trout our
cars . W. L. CLARK, Sup’t.
ftug 14-tf
NOTICE.
OFFICE MUSCOGEE RAILROAD CO., I
Coi.UMiiua, Oa., Aug. 11, loiw, )
THIS COMPANY is prepared to mako eon-
1 tracts tor tue delivery at Ibis place ol Oak
nml Pino Wood by the car 1 mil. Parties, wish
ing same will ploaso make uppUcalion imtuodi-
atoly. W. L. CLARK, Sup t.
Notice to Shippers.
Office Muscogee Railroad, !
Columbus, Oa., July 3L.»t, 1805. I
Tho Muscogee Railroad is now running a
DAILY TRAIN to Macon, aud are prepared
to forward freight with dispatch to Macon.
Millcdgoville, Atlftttta.nnd intermediate points,
julyfll-1* W. L. CLARK Snn't.
Notice to Shippers.
TnEASURK»’»Office. Muscogee R. P.Co.,1
Columbus, Oa., July 31st, 1Hu:>. j
From and after tlie 1st August, pro-payment
will bo required for .ill freight shipped to But
ler and intermediate Stations.
Tho freight on all goods received at this placo
from any point, must bo paid on delivery ot tho
Shippers will ploaso take notice, as thoso
rules will be rigidly on forced.
Julyffi-tt . J. M. HI VIA b. Irons
JNTotioo !
OFFICE MOBILE & (HRARD H. IL. I
August la, 1805. 1
An adjourned meeting of the .Stockholders ol
this Company will bo held at tho Office, UIrani,
Ain., on tho tliir.l Wednesday in Oatohor noxt,
atli o'nlock, A. M. J. M, l'KA/l'.ll.
nuK M heuretary.
REV.,7
sfiooN', iia., Auxustli, iSfiO. J
Dy order from Treasury Department, taxes,
whon duo, uro roquireil to be puid bolero siiiii -
mont of cotton can bo made from this district.
The 'dd District is composed of Iho following
oountios: llakor, Bibb. Butts, Calhoun, Chatta
hoochee, Crawford, Decatur, Dooly, Douxberty^
Early, Harris, Houston, Loo, Macon, Marion’
Miller, Mitchell, Monroe, Musuogoo, l'ulnsM*
Pike, Quitman, Randolidi, Soliley, Spauldinx)
Stewart, Sumpter, Talbot, Taylor, Terrell, lip-
son, Webster aud Worth.
' JAMES C. MoBURNEY,
Aujtust 22,18fi“-tf Collector.
Internal Revenue Nolice.
Official instructions having been recoivod this
day from tlie Commissioner of Intornal Revc-
nuo. Rail Roads, Steam Boats. Express Com
panies and nit ltcvaonn a-o hero y notified not
to transport any Cotton, or move it out of the
2d oollectoral district, unless they first procure
u pormit from this office or from my deputies.
Cotton can ho shipped on any Railroad to Ma
con. Duty con ho paid atColumbus to Richard
W. Ju'iuos, Deputy Colloetor.
JAMES C. McBURNEY,
Auaust 22- tf Collector.
OFFICE COLLECTOR INT'L REVENUE,1
2n Distkiot np Okoroia, >
Macon, Auaust 11, lSo». I
Notice is hcroby givon that all Distillers ol
apples, pcoohos, grapes, corn, or other substan
ces, and c.11 manufacturers of tobacco, oigars (
See., nro required to tuko out a licuuso and give
bond. Those who fail to give bond and procure
license are, in addition to all other penalties
and forfeitures, liable to pay ono hundred per
centum additional duties thereon
Notico, merchants and others purchasing
liquors beforo tho duty is paid, do so at their
own risk, a'Btho law coiupols me to seize it,
mutter in whoso hands it may bo found.
JAMES 0. M.-UUHNEY,
aug 22-tf Collector
2 & E a £ lr:
& *> ® "• fc-
a a a s a a s
£ *3 5*5 53 55 K
s g s 8 a i
Uu Us Un X U. tfa U.
Revenue :
At Johusonvillc, on tho Tennessee river, a
dose connection is made with a lino Daily Line
ot bteamers, to St.. Louis. They will receive
tho Cotton and pay all accrued charges to that
point, and transport it to St. Louis, giving
through bill of lading to New York. At St.
Louis tho Cotton is transferred by the boats to
Broad Hague. Mississippi A Ohio River rail
road, free of drayage, ami by them is carried
to New York without change of cars. If ship
pers prefer the route by way of Louisville, the
agents of tho different Through Freight Lines
to New York, will receive it at Nashville ami
forward it all the way by Rail, paying accrued
charges, without extra expense, Tho Nash
ville ami Louisville, and tho Nashville A Chat
tanooga Roads being connected, Cotton ship-
pod by way of Johnsotiville will not change
cars at Nashville.
Rates from Johnsonville to New York $6 per
bale; from Nashville (ull Rail) $10 50, tus we
are advised.) Parties desiring to reship at
Nashville, instead of Jonnsouvillo, can have
opt ion of shipping by Steamboat to Cincinnati
—“the Cumberland River being in fine boating
order," at low rates of Freight, not exceeding
$2 per bale to Ciucinuati, end from that point
over three different lines of Railroad, at $5 i or
bale. Cotton by either route can be laid down
iu New Y’ork from Eufaula, Montgomery, Co
lumbus or West Point, in twelve Gays.
.Shippers must consign to .Steamboat Agent nt
Jobusonvillo, and to Agents of Through Liues,
or a Commission Merchant at Nashville. (»ov-
ormnent permits must accompany each bill ot
lading.
R. BAUGH,
.Sunt W. A A. U. R.
GEU. G. HULL,
Supt A. X. W. P. K. R.
CHA8. T. POLLARD,
Pres’t M. & W. P. K. R.
W. L. CLARK.
Supt Muscogee Railroad.
VIRGIL POWERS.
.Supt S. W. R. R.
II. B. WALKER.
Supt M. \ W. R. R.
E. II. EWING.
Gon’l Freight Ag’t N. Sc C. and N. ac N. N. K R
sopt 22—tf
WILDMAiV, YOUNG & IIUO.,
EXCHANGE BROKERS,
No. 110) Emit Side Ilroad SI.
GOLD, SILVER, BANK NOTES,
STOCKS, BONOS,
Foreign and Domestic Exchange,
bought and sold.
MONEY !NVESTED ^AS PAIITIKS MAY
City Council Money For Sale.
September 1, 1865—2in'*
(>. W. nOHBTTK. 8. K. LAW 1ION.
ROSETTE & LAWH0N,
AUCTION
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
131 BROAD STREET,
COLUIIIUUS, GA.
PERSONAL and prompt attention givon to
-t- consignments.
^i*CDi'Tn.v purchased. july20—tf
W. L. SALISBURY. «>, ». AVARNOCk.
WAKNOCK & CO.,
COTTON BROKERS
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Office No. 131 Broad St.,
(lloscttc Sc LawUon’s Auction Room.)
T HEY-are prepared to storo Cotton, Merch
andise, Pro luce, Sco.
#5^ Particular attention given to tho sale of
COTTON. PRODUCE. See.
Bagging, Rope, ike., f urnished at the market
price.
Columbus, Ga., Aug. 3,1365.—tf
J. A. TYLElt SAM'I. E. UOIJISON.
TYLER & ROBISON,
Grocery & < oiumission Merchants,
NO. 129,
{Nearly Opposite the Bank of Columbus,)
K EEP on hand a good stock of FAMILY
(ritOt'FHIFS, CHUCK Fit 1’and S TOiSF-
WAHK, 1'UILFT SOAP. FI NS. N FK DLL’S.
COM US, SPUUL-CU TTUN, DOMESTIC Bit Y
GOODS, c£C.
Particular attention given tn the purclia :o or
sale ol any kind ol pro-luce or mercHandiso.
J. A. TVLEll,
ftug5-tf tiAAPL E. ROBISON.
BEDELL & OO,,
Grocers and Commission Merchants,
t Nearly impolite Bonk « /’ Coin mb»«,
(JOLUM13UB, HA.,
K EEP constantly on baud GROCERIES add
COUNTRY PRODUCE of every kin.i.
Consignments of Merchandise judieitod.
Prompt attention givon to tho purchase and
sale of Goods of every description.
W. A. BEDELL,
A. (J. BEDELL.
Jttlyl1.--tf (J. 8 HARRISON'.
ATKINS, DUNHAM iV CO.,
COMMISSION and FOltlVAHDIMi MEMHASW,
APALAOllICOLA, FLA.
_JulyJltli, 1 st.j,.—tt
J. T. PEYTON,
ATTORNEY AT ],A\V,
.11 K311MI IS, T 1C X \ 1C s S KIC •
f )RuMPT attention given to all business cn-
1 trusted to his care,
lletcrs to Hon. lliue.- Holt, Columbus, Ga.
sept 8,1865—6ui
I Establish Ri> in ISIS. J
Will, SMITH BROWN & CO.,
WHOLF.3ALR DEAL US IN
BOOTS AND SHOES,
No. 03, Chamber* St
R. J. MOSF.S, SENIOR. K. J. MOSES, JUNIOR.
L.AW NOTICE.
r PlIE UNDERSIGN ED have formed a co-
A partnership, under the name and stylo of
R, J. .MOSES, and will establish an utlico in
Columbus, Ga , on the 1st October next. In tho
meantime letters addressed as above will be
promptly attended to.
The senior partner will attend regularly the
United Slates District Court at Savannah, the
Supremo Court of Georgia for this Judicial
District, the Courts of tho Chattahoochee Cir
cuit, and upon special retainer in important
oases will attend any of tho Courts iu Georgia
(Federal or state.)
K. J. MOSES, Senior.
aug 15-tf It. J. MOSES, Junior.
New York.
ALEX. C. MORTON,
Att’y at Law, Conveyancer,
AGENT FOR REAL ESTATE.
Uttices: No. 100 Broad Street.
M R. Morton will practice in tho IJ.S. Courts,
which aro held in Georgia: and, on special
retainer, will attend to thu adjustment ot
claims in the States of Alabama and Florida.
july24-3m
sion, and make cash udvanccs on shipmuiiU.
His arrangements are such as to insure faithful
attention to tho interest of tho consigner.
Sept 15—2m
WILLIS & CHISOLM,
Factors, Commission Merchants,
AND
SHIPPING AGENTS,
CIIAKI.KSTOX, S. C.
tf. WILLIS. A. R. CHISOLM
IIT1LL attend to the purchase,sale and ship-
Tf incut—(to Foreign aud Domestic Poria;—
of Gotten, Lumber, Naval Stores; to the Col
lection of Drults, Purchase and Sale of all Se
curities. Consignments of Vessels solicited.
rkfkr to :
Messrs Joan Frasier Si Co., Messrs Goo W
Williams Sc Co., Messrs Geo A lUndey A: Co.,
Charleston; S. C.; Geo Soliley, hup, L S Motcall,
Esq., Augus»a, Ga.; Messrs Clark, Dodge Sl Co,
Messrs Morruy Sc Nephew, New York; Messrs
E W Clark Sc Co., Pnila ielph'ni, Penn,; Messrs
Pendergast, Fenwick Sc Co., Baltimore, Md.
aug 21 -2m
- taining 8 rooms, with
aprvitudo and no moro secession. 1 lie all necessary out-houios, in good, ronair, with u
debt of the Government will roqtiiro a good well m D^tecunsurjuisse in, the country.
soointngly ono timo treats bilit \Nitl»
Biatiluae, .ml tin’ll repent..
tho public Ittmis. The lln.ncwl oxiu'en-
cies exclude miy controversy now about
tho independent Treasury, or :t N.tionnl
Hank. There niu.t be . party bq-ed U|um i
tlie issues of tuu dny, led b.v wi.-c :”>• pn'.- |
riotic men. The loadinK idon shmtld lie n
scrupulous r*yurd for lito ( onstiLifctioii,
pnrttculurly no the rlfiliU of the fepdcq
that there may h" no morn diant) ''Lion,
no more dan^'r <>f rovolu.um. O. pro- |
judic -s and luases should In)
“in ilte deep bosom of the •a vail l*.i:*i** i. (
Conservative men everywhere, ot every
“shade of .quuion” khuuld unite under ,
ono naniu, an i go to battlo undnronn I a i |
nor. Ent all now “isms” bo condemned j
and rejected. Thu abolition i ! ivory
should make tlie pnoul'j ot tho North, the .
South, tho East, ami tho Wfl*t bou» >ro- :
neous, anti us a consoquonco, harmonious. 1
Tho sudden au i tarriblo ohaii^u \y *
d Post Oftlco upon the premises.
One of the host schools in tho country in about
j..i) y.u J, nt Urn id i-e and a^Molhodist church
with a t.itdmed minister. For health und so
ciety ii U un.-urpa««od in tho country. For
terms of sale and any further information in
io. aid to iuo tdaco, apply to
DAVIS A. ANDREWS,
Chunnenuggcc. Ala.,
Sop VJ-lm No. VA M. und G. K. K.
Sun copy and pond bill to D. A. A.
COLUMBUS, Ga.. August 22. 1865.
b80n appointed Doputy Colloetor for
good htiihlo, barn and | tho eouutioaembracing Muscogee, laioot, itar-
1 1 ~ ! * u “ ris. Marion, ChattahoochooandStewart,nil par-
tieflenguged in distilling spirituous liquors iu the
abovo named countios will apply at onco ut my
offleo, opposito tho l’oiry House, and tile bond*
nnd procure permits,
RICHARD W. J AGUES.
Deputy Collector
Internal Rev. 2d Dist. Gn.
luring may ruin ub, but it may bo the j f orwar .|ci by the most expeditious routes,
naierity. A half century j cr s must be oocoiauaniod with the
salvation of posterity -
bonce, and the few survivors ol to-'i i.>
nmy look buck and soo tho Rood wlm h
the pros jnt lights d» not
though t\«o
tlEXERVL PURt'IIASl.NU AGENCY.
ISRAEL F. BK0WN & SON,
\st:w w.vvox coxxtvricuT,
U r ILL attond promptly to the purchasing
und fjiwarding >d ull classes of M ERCIi-
AND1SE and every description of MACU1N-
|.;kY. applicable to tho wants of the Southorn
* AU purchases made freo of Commi-uion till
October noxt, at tho lowest ^market rat
inmio^, and
tw eft l to UL
»d time is one of sorrow, th<
w. - ui» cither nt Now London, Conn.,
■ sj John Si root, New York. . ,
liefer to E E. llrown. Macon, Oa., and W •
. Clciuoim, Co uiubuH, Ga.
uugl U
aug 22-tf
To the Voters of Columbus.
IN compliance with th
1 namos «>1 ull persons e
annual election, for “Muy
lairing the
... vote at t he
_ l Aldermen und
_ t Columbu*. to be
ave opened a list ut tho Council
tho Court Homo t r this purpose.
General Collecting Agoucy,
rpnK undersigned is now prepared to receive
I all accounts tor collection, bolh tnuu the
North und South. My office, tor tho Pros on t.
will be ut tho law room ot tl Inmc- M. Kus-
Jill* over tlio store of il. C. Mitchell St Co., late
R. M Gunby A Co.
I refer to Mossrs. Gunby Sc Co., J Ennis A
Co. Columbus: h. A. Wilcox, cotton brokor,
Macon; J. MoNab, Eufaula. Ala ; Jim. ll.Wal-
Kcr A Son, Augusta, and Jno. W. Anderson A
Co., Savannah, Gs.
«ct 4-liu W. il. BENNETT.
j. c.m’fkbban, r j.mknkfkk, jno. h. m’krkra.n
McFERKAN A MENEFEE,
COTTON FACTORS,
General Gommissiou Mere hauls
AND DEALERS IN
PROVI8XONS,
BALE ROPE AND BALLING,
MAIN STREET,
BETWEFN FIRST AND SECOND STREETS,
1.0 LIS Vi ELK, KV,
lowest cash price, direct from tho factory.
Now ou hand
4500 Pieces Assorted Brands Kv. Bagging,
250) Coils choioo Machine Hope.
.FORWARDING.
To this branch of our business wo are giving
special attention, any goods
will have prompt dispatch. , ,
Uur facilities lor the handling and sale ol
Cotton arc unsurpassed by «i»y b°fl
Wo t. When desire
CASH advances
will make liberal
consignments to us or
■ ijiiui iiivi.uo.n New York-
aug 22Jiin M«?FERR A N A MENEFEE^
WM. J. BHANNON & 00\
Auction & Commission Mersliants,
EUFAULA. ALA.
P ARTICUI.AU littontlon given to tho sal.
ami tiusiucss ot CUlT'ON.
July 20-3m
JAMK8 NKLI.1U/N, LEON VON SIN KEN.
NELL1GAN A: VON ZINKEN,
COTTON FACTORS,
—AND—
Geueral Oouimissiou Merohants,
-10, CAltON D15LRT ST.,
NKW mtl.KAKit, I.A.
August '£*, —3m
JAMES M. RUSSELL,
Attorney at Xsaw,
(Uffice over Storo of Gunby & Co.,)
VING rosutacd the |
will heroafter give my i
to all business entrusted to i
tiguuus counties,
july 2U-ti
XjEGtAIji ca.r.x>.
Judge U. A.Loourane, I B. A. Thornton,
.Macon, Ga. | Columbus, Ga.
W E have itssocialod in tho practice for tho
purpose ol attending to all legal business
growing out of the late war; also, claim cases
against the United Stales. Especial attention
paid to eases cd pardons.
Parties will find it to thoir intorest to cousult
_j, as Judge Lochmno has recently returned
from Washington City, with all the necessary
forms aud instructions.
Uffice in Muoon: f (Office in Columbus;
Washington Block. J- < Next to Agency B’k
July II—3m* ) l Charleston.
LAW NOTICE.
devoting his exclusive
notice of law.
HINES HuLT.
Cidumhu-’, Ga., .1 uly •». 1 S<* .. ;t
Law Notice.
THE undersigned, at their old office, Craw-
1 form, Russell county, Ala., aro prepared to
tiie applications for pardon under thu Presi
de nt's amnesty proclamation, and also to trans
act all othor professional business.
G. D. A G. Wu. HOOPER.
aug^U-tf _
DOCTOR STANFORD
surgical attention can find comfortable accom
modations in tho city.
(.mice Hours from 11 till 2 o’clock, P. M.
Sept 6, 1805—tf
DU. It. M. CLECKLEY,
II OMEOr^TIIIST,
i 'ENDERS his service* to thuciti/ens of Col
umbus and vicinity. Uliico at his residence
on McIntosh street, betwoc.i Kambdph und St.
Clair, next door to Dr. Cushman’s burnt corner.
Office hours from 6 to 8 A. M. and from 1 to f»
P. M. aug 18-tf
Dr. A. E. Ragland,
/"OFFERS his prolossional scrvi- os to tho oiti-
X-/ sens of Columbus. Wyimtou and tho vi
cinity; and will uttond promptly to all profes
sional calls, lie maybe found at Mr. Bran-
nau’s Drug Storo during the day, and at hi*
fathor’s rcsidonoo in Wynuton at uight.
CRANE, JOHNSON & GRAYBILL,
SAVANNAH, GKOlUilA,
FORWARDING ami COMMISSION MKUC1IANTS.
I U. GRAYBILL takos pleasure in inform-
•l • mg Ins many friends iu Columbus and tho
country that he has ro u.-dnldithod his firm iu
Savannah and will give carclul attention to all
bu>moss entrusted to thorn,
u. a. ckan'i:, John r. Johnson, j. ii grxvbii.i..
sept 13—3 m
ROBERT C. GWYER,
SHIPPINGS
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT
No. Ul Water slrret-Acw York.
Itifer**er—L. Merchant A (
)ul>2n-:im