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COLUMBUS DAILY ENQUIRER. A STRICT CONSTRUCTION OP THE CONSTITUTION-AN HONEST A\ll ECONOMICAL. ADMINISTRATION OP TIIE GOVERNMENT. 3, Proprietors. COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER IB, 1805. VOL. VII.—NO. 249. 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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 is follows: 0 25 A. M. 12 .M 9 15. P. M. t A. M. 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