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JOHN H. MARTIN .... COLUMBUS : Wednesday Morning, Hot. 22,1866. HOW MBCTIONAL IM8TRUST IS KEPT UP. We copy from the Now York Evening Poet a letter from this portion of Georgia, to which we invito attention. It is by tetter* such as this from Southern men, •a well as by the representations of trav elling (and of courso only surface-observ ing) correspondents of the Northern press, that *o great a feeling of distrust of the Southern States is still kept up. We do not doubt that tho correspondent ef the Evening Post has heard expressions . Apch as those that he communicates. But be ought to know that such expressions ere, in the first place, natural and excusa ble in many who aro smarting undor tbo disappointments and weighed down by the gloomy forebodings of their present situation; and, in the next place, that they do not represent the calm sentiment and purpose of the great body ol the people. Let us revert to what Georgia hat done, in opposition to tho representations of this letter-writer as to the sentiments of bar people. Her Convention repealed the ordinance of secession as its first work after organi sation,.and by a unanimous vote. It struck from the Constitution of tho State all those declarations of principle that seemed to favor the old doctrine of Gtate sovereignty, or the right of secession, such as the following: “God has ordained that men shall live under government; but as the forms and administration ef civil government are in human, and there fore fallible hands, they may be altered or modified whenover the safety or happi- ' ness of the governed roquiroeil”; and the following: "A government which know ingly and persistently denies, or with holds from the governed such protection, when within its power, releases them from the obligation of obedience.” Those as sertions of popular lighlB do not go a whit flirther than tho old Colonial Decla ration of Independence, but the Conven tion struck them from the Stato Constitu tion because they seemed to contain ideas of Stato rights that the war has compelled us to surrender. Yet this correspondent says, “the old doctrines are cherished”—“tho core that generated so much harm yet fosters and grows, unchecked and uneradicated” I Further—the Convention struck from the Constitution those clauses that appear to be antagonistic to the present Federal Occupation and military rule in tho Slate, auch as the following: “Martial law shall not be declared, except in cases of extreme necessity.” “Large standing armies, in time of peace, are dangerous to liberty.” •‘Mo soldier shall, lu time of peace, be quartered in any bouse without tho con sent of theownor; nor in time of war, but In a manner proscribed by law,” &c. 8till further—A. clause waa inserted in Che new Constitution, rocognizing the Constitution of the United States as tho aupreme and paramount law of the land, and the laws of Congress as of higher au thority than State laws. ■ In all of this the Convention went even beyond what was required of it in repu diating the old doctrines of State sov ereignty and the right of secession, and in announcing tho submission of the State and her people to the triumphant idea of central supremacy. In view of those political /acts, how can any Georgian write to a Northern paper, (0 be spread before the already prejudiced Mdrthern people, statement that “the reptile” of secession and State rights is "not killed, but only scotched,” that there is yet "the old yearning for State suprem acy,” and that “the old hatred for the Government of tlieUnitedStatos is enter tained” ? Tho action of the Convention in regard %o' slavery, and to tho freedmen within the State, is equally at variance with the rep resentations of this correspondent. The Convention fully recognized emancipa tion, declared slavery forever abolished, mado it the duty of the first Legislature to pass laws for the protection of the froedmen, and appointed a commission composed of several of tho best lawyers and most reliable public mea of the State to report amendments of the statute laws to conform to the new statue of the col ored population. Does this look like con ceding “only nominal” rights to the freed- men, making them "free in name but alaves in fact" ? The Pott s correspondent soems to bo exercised at the prospect of Foino penal ties being enacted for compelling freod- aqen to fulfill their contracts, and it is evi dent that this is wbat he regards as so much inconsistent with their freedom. Of course we do not know what the Legisla ture may do in this respect. But the con viction is a general and settled one among all who are acquainted with the negro charaoler and have been observers of the habits of the negroes since they were made freedmen, that some moans mutt be found to make them perform their contract*.— Unless they observe them voluntarily, or are msde to observe them, this country never can recovor from tho prostrating ef fects of the war, until it obtains laborers of another color who will do wbat they contract to do. And why should not the negro be made to carry out bis contracts? The very concession to him of the right to make contracts is an acknowledgment of bis freedom, but at the same time of his rvtponeibilUy. The hardest lesion for tho negro to learn seems to be the fact that he incurred new responsibilities, as well as hew rightt, by tbo result of the war. One of theae responsibilities it tbo obligation to perform his contracts. Tho while man has to perform his. There aro laws im posing penalties if ho fails or refuses to perform them. Tbo negro freodraan must also be made amonablo to laws and ponal. ties thst will make him perform his obli gation..; else be never will bo a useful or reliable member of society. Gov. John son, in hia tpeoch in this city as early as July last, took the ground that negro la bor must be controlled by contract, and time has demonstrated the truth of the proposition. Gon. Howard, tho chief of the Freedmen'a Bureau, end Gen. Till son, tbs Commissioner for this Stale, both comprehend the fact and announce that they will make the negro perform his eentvaets while they have control of the natter. Why should not State laws also make bins do what be contracts to do? We do uot advocate eny harsh maasures | or any that will detract from the recognis ed freedom of the negro, Jto enforce R.eom- pliance with his lafeo^ contracts, ovon though we well know that th« prosperity of this Southern country at a great plant ing region depends so materially upon the faithful observance of their contracts by those wbo are to do tbo chief la))or of the field. But we say that, if no other means are found effectual, it is better that thoso making such contracts should for feit a part of their time as a penalty for non-compliance, than that both they and thoir employers should he involved in ut~ ter ruin by their rofusal to work them out. We do not understand, howover, how such a harsh recoursocan become necessa ry, or even how it will meet the case. If the employer cannot mako a freedtuan stand up to his contract this year, how can he, by enforcing the forfeiture, make him do better next year? Or rather, would not tho same force or authority that could compel a negro to work next year as a peualty for not abiding by his contract this yoar, also be effectual to make him fulfil his present obligation ? We have no plan to suggest, but our present idea is, that if Gons. Ilowaid and Tillman can find means to make the froedmen stand up to their contracts, the same means may well bo adopted and enforced by appropriate legislation; and thoso two high officers of the Freodmen's Bureau will uo doubt see the necessity for the continuance of tbeir system, if successful, and invite tho civil authority to follow in tho road blazed out by thomaelves. It is also our general opinion that freedom is an inheritance or a boon inexorably modi> tied by eaeh man’s peculiar condition and his surroundings, and that his duty to bo an orderly and useful member of society is superior oven to his perfect freedom. We speak of the state of the white man as well as the negro. Freedom from in dividual ownership is a different thing from impunity to disregard solemn duties or covenants of importance to other par. ties or to the community at largo. This correspondent is excessively an noyed because the President has pardoned so many prominent men who participated in tbo rebellion. And herein, we think, we have a cluo to a good deal of the dis trust and suspicion which his letter reveals. He has not, himself, ns ho confesses, con' sented to ‘‘lei by-goncs bo by-gones.’ The truth is, there is a class of men at the South, of whom this correspondent is evi dently one, who will not be placated by any humiliation or concession on the part of those who aided the rebellion. They have still in view a doeper gulf to which they wish to consign them. Happily, such vindictiveness is not shared by tbo President of tho United States, by tho great mass of the people of the North, or even by the more considerate of the radi cal party of tho # North. The Evening Post is well known as one of tho oldest and most consistent abolition papers of the country, and ovon it gently rebukes its correspondent for the uncharitabloness of some of his views. As tho writer (who ever he may be) may possibly not see tho Evening Post, and may be accessible to our paper, we close these strictures by appending tho comments of tbo Post on bis letter : as heaped utf—thbjBmancipa- tooled, and tho.consequent K • _ .^..tution.of tbe negroes 'iWlescsTit upon the errors which mimilted in its conduct and man agement, and eloquently criticise tho tac tics of its Gonerals, and sigh over the ras cality of quartermasters and commissa' or laiqent the wide-snruad disorgani xatiou of the morality and religion of tho people. But not one word does he utter In con demnation of the principles which brought it-about and in which the South were educated and yet cherish. On tho contrary you hear, ns tho conclusion of the whole, .-uch observations as these: “And yet, if it was to bo done over again, I would do exactly as i have done.” "I believe in tbojrightof Recession, and that tho South wus right in tho war.” “Noth ing but overwhelming force subdued us.“ “Wo are not conquered, wo nro only overpowered with similar utterances, showing that the evil is not removed ; the reptile not killed, but only scotched. There is no r'cgrot uttered at tho mad- poss and wickedness of attempting to de stroy a great ami beneficent government —the sorrow is only for tho failure of the attempt. Tbero ia no shame expressed for tho suicidal act pf rebellion—tho poig nancy of defoat is alloviated by tho re- mombranco of how well ihey fought, and they find a solace in the failuro of a ty rannical government by proudly point ing to its actual duration. Such chsos are not exceptional. They »ro tho rule whenever you moot one who hft9 been in tho army of tho rebels, whether officer or private—the exception boing only when you oncountor one who was forced to tako up arms. Although it is fondly believed at tho North that the effect of the WAr lias been to destroy forevor the doctrine of Slate rights' und Stato sovereignty, and not withstanding the conventions of two States have solemnly recorded their con victions upon the subject, still the thread- baro argument, “If my SUto does so, I must,” is as rife as ever, and as firmly believed in by these chevaliers of politi cal industry. Tbo old doctrinos aro cher ished, tlm old arguments used, and the old hatred for tho government of ths United Stales entertained. Go whore vou will wilhiQ tho limits of tho acceding States, and enter conversation with any man of education you may meet, and if iny statements nro not venfiod by tho re sult, I wiil candidly acknowledge it. Mow, with these old feelings, this old yearning for Slate supremacy, this smothered but living hatred of the gov ernment that has'“overpowerod but not conquered” the South, what result can bo looked for by thoso who have str&inod every muscle of intellect or of force “to restore the Union?” Do they expect a cordial and un.oaeiveji acceptance of tho fuels which tho war has established and a consequent abandonment of the i\prr»i* cious theories that induced it? quainlancQ with governmental affairs, either by participation or by ro *J .1*’ sot as members of a great constitutional convention. ,. . . But a worse result than thu bat been ac- complished. The vory election of somo of thoso mon has been tho means or ob taining for thorn what they would havo waited for along time—I mean, their par-, dons. There are some who have hold high military commands in tho rebel ar my, and who would havo boon compelled to'wait a longer period for thoir enfran chisement. ovon if thoy obtained it at all, who havo neon thus oleotod to the Conven tion, and as wo now learn by a telegraphic dispatch, nro to bo pardoned in a lump by tho Prosidont, simply because they aro members. , _ _ , I do not impugn the motives of i rest' dont Johnson, for I know he is honest, and i9 straining every nervo to reconstruct tho orring Slates aod restoro peace and concord. But I submit that it is bard moasure to bo doalt, by tho hands of such a Union man as he is, to such Union men hs wo have and always have had during this waa in Georgia. There are men who have contendod with their very lives in their hands, for four years, against seces sion, and all of its ministers and votaries, who have striven openly and secretly to combat or curtail its advances, and who havo lost, wholly or partly, all they pos sessed—who have been -neered at, perse cuted, opprossod, on account of their fldol- ity to the Union, which is now triumphant, who find thnmselvesin thohourof victory in a minority, still snoerod at, if not de- |Wo FOR SALE, Slx-hor«o Watotrs, One Bet blacksmith Tools. Apply to JKFFEUVON A HAMILTON. nov 22 2t THE LEWIS HOUSE, COLUMBUS, GA. A N 1CW and desirable House on Front street, noar tho Bridge. for permanent and tran sient boarder*, convenient to tbe stages passing the Bridge and to the jandiua at the River. Conducted hyMra. L. A. Lewis, who solicits tho patronage of tho public generally and her iriemU in particular. L. A. LEWIS, nov 221m spiseff . by thoso who Tauntingly stood forearmst in tho ranks of robollion, and aro compelled to give place and newer to the vory men who have boen denounced as traitors and rebels. And these same Un ion men. who are now besieging the White House for pardons under tbe thirteenth section of the Proclamation, who have en dured so much fbrthe cause of truth and justice, are set aside to ‘tarry yet awhile,’ und tho real guilty ones, by one swoop of Executive clemency, are lifted to thoir old rights of citizenship, and, I am sorry to add, to thoir old power of doing mischief. I regrot to write of the puncity of the crops in this the garden of Georgia. Tbero is a gonernl complaint of the light crop of corn, although sufficient has doubtless been made to supply the wants of the peoplo if due care is used in its consump tion. The cotton crop, of course is small, absurdly ho whon compared to the great crops anterior to the war. I hazard little in placing the entire cotton of the South, this year, at under two hundred and fifty theusaud bales. S km per. JUST RECEIVED _A_t No. 86. VARIETY STORE. SMITU A WESSON'S POCKET PISTOLS. COLT'S do <>° SHARP’S do BACON’S Jo <|o With Carlricl*e» to Unli ke alovo. Powfior, Shot. Water l’rotli and G. D. Cain. — AND— ASSORTED CANDIES, Fine and common, at wholes,la and retail. Also, jjUSKIRK’S WORLD RENOWNED SOZO- Opinion in thk South.—We print elsewhere a letter from a southern Union ist, upon which we wish to make a few remarks. Our correspondent, as we know, line always been a loyal man; he ha* suf fered much during the war, and he doea not fool very indulgent or kindly toward tho apirit of secession, which ha knows to have plunged him and his state into mis. fortune. He resenta all utterances of this spirit; he hates all its manifestations—and no one can wonder that bo does bo. But ia it not futile to complain that men bold certain opinions? “Semper” writes that many of tbo officers and men of the rebel army are still secessionists; they still “go with their state;” they own them selves defeated, but will not confess them. selves in tbe wrong; they regret tho blun- cbieta, but "would do it all dors of their euioi., out wuuia uo it at; over again.” Well, wbat are we to .do about it? They hold these opinions, which we believe to be mistaken, mis chievous, foolish; can we prevent their holding them? Can any force upon earth make mon change thoir opinions? Espe cially men who have seen themselves ruined and their state* made waste by tbe direct oflect of their opinions—and yet hold them? The defeat of the robel movement did not necessarily change all men’s opinions; it did bring light to many minds; but the chief advantage of our victory is that it put an end to armed resistance to the laws, and brought us back to the domain of peaceable argument and discussion. The President’s pardon, of course, can alter uo opinions—it only binds men, by tho threat of punishment conditionally remitted, t9 accept a certain order ana condition of things, and to be personally faithful to those conditions. Of course it cannot hind a man to oelievo them the best. Probably the greater number of tbo par doned continue to believe slavery right, and secession a stateaman'ike doctrine; thoy promise only to refrain from any at tempts to carry these opinions into prac tice. And more wo cannot expect to be ac complished by forco—tho rest must bo done by the power of free and full discus sion, which will bring victory to tho truth. It is our part to discuss, to enlighten, to convince by facts, by arguments, to omit no opportunity for declaring tho truth amongst the southern people. Thus only can we enlighten and instruct, public sen timent and spread soundand Just opinion [N. F. Evening Pott, From tho Now York Evenine Post. 9th instant. OPINION IN GEORGIA. The Future of the Freedmen—Letter from a Southern Unionitt, The following letter is from a Southern man who has always been a Union man, a slaveholder for many yeurs, and a man of position in his State, He remarks in a private note; “Please understand that I speak of what I eee and know, as a resi dent, and not as a stranger, who has cas ually come here.” Ho speaks from tbe standpoint of a life-long Southern Union man, who always opposed the secession movement: News by Telegraph. Mobil*, Nov. 20.—Sales of 900 halos of cotton to-day; Middlings 49 to 50 coots. Good demand—market firm. A CONY KUS AT ION ABOUT THU FBEKDMEN. 1 have persona! and frieudly relations with mnny leading men of this section. I bad before the war. I huve met many of them in New York and in Washington within the post few months, and havo, as a citizen of the South, had frequont con versations with them upon our luturo und tho means that should bo employed to be gin it auspiciously. These interviews have boon free and open in interchange of opin ion, and I must believe that! had laid before me tho intentions of those who mu9t and will again assume tho leadership here. If they are not so honored, their opinions wi 1 show how they would lead had they the power. Among thceo woro four ex-govornoro of throe different States, who had received pardons from Prenident Johnson. Our convolution naturally and necessarily turned to the future of the emancipated negroes. Their past and present condition was discussed, and their chancos as well ns our own were of courso considered, and everything that could bear upon their fu- turo was canvassed. Tho course to bo pur sued by tho legislatures of tho reconstruct ed States and the laws to bo pnacted, in order to obtain the fulfillment of contracts with the froedmen employed, occupied no sumll portion of ccusiderut on. In this wuy 1 had - full opportunity to learn the opinions of thoso who'have been and will be again looked up to as the leaders and directors of southern opinion and senti ment. Tno unanimity of all was not the least singular thing, especially regarding the status of the freedmen and their rights hereafter. -If legal chicanery can avail, those rights will bo but nominal, and they will remain as they havo ever been, isola* ted and apart—treo in name, but slaves in fact. Has it ever occurred to you how empty and pretentious tbo charter of liberty can be made that declares ‘that slavery or in voluntary servitude is forever abolished, unless for the commission of crime, and then only after duo trial by a competont court and conviction thereby ?’ It will require no stretch of tho imagin* ation to coneeivo a law enforcing contracts between employers and freodmon, and declaring a failure to perform upon the part of tho lutter a misdemeanor—the pen alty, selling the services of the party fail ing to the highest bidder fora special time without compensation. Or a law for the collection of dobte, on tho return of ‘no propeity,’ establishing a lien upon personal services until the debt is paid. Take two such laws and construe them together, and I ask you what becomes of tbe liberty that has been bestowed upon our freedmen? The etatutes concerning guardian and ward offer even in tbeir prosont form, op portunity enough for retaining a species of ouasi slavery. Wbat will tho friends of free dom say when these come to bo enlarg ed and adapted to the now state of things —such as binding out orphans or the child ren of those who do not or cannot support them until they are twenty-one years of ago? lnsload of filling our jails and pen itentiaries with tho*e convicted of petty crimes,bow jjreferablo to sell their servicoa or bind them out to planters for u limited time? Such are a few only, I regret as a south ern man to say, of the devices that are be ing organized for tho action of our legis latures, and which have their origin in the brains of such mon as I have spoken of, who will lead in controlling public opin- GRAND GIFT SALE $6000 WORTH OF VALUABLE PROPERTY. Southwkktxrn Giorgio, I _, Uctober 22, latiii. 1 Editors Evenine Post: H i* too much the fashion of writers and ^correspondent* for the Northern press Tone down" the condition and con duct of tho Southern peoplo, and, as it were,generously gloss over glaring incon- sutenciee, or palliate errors which really lie at the root and give nourishment to the whole crop of crime and misfortune, which has been so prolific of evil to the country. Tbe doctrine of allowing “by- to be bygones” is not always prao- gones . ^ __ ticahl*; no philanthropist will agree that it is always right, especially when the core that generated to much harm yet festers and grows, unchecked and une- radicated. I am led to this opinion by what I have heard and do constantly hear throughout the South. You meet and enter into conversation with one who wes an original secessionist, or wbo took an aotive part in the rebellion: he may have been perdoned through the clemen cy of the Executive end restored to his former right* es e citizen; you soon dis cover tbe same pernicious doctrine* in his telk that wore so openly vociferated be fore the war, and which Inflamed and urged the mass to arm*. He regrets very deeply the war—the ruin it bne brought- ion in this State and in tho South. For one I havo accepted, in all their length and breadth, tbe entire results of the wer, without any reservation what ever; I bolieve that tho success of tho federal arms established ono fact at least—the supremacy of the Union. That it the State ot Georgia is rccoustruetod and restored to ita former position in that Union, it must ho by an unqualified ac ceptance of the t»rme of President John- son’s proclamation, and that any opposi tion by any part of the people is in fact a refusal of tho terms oll'ored. Or, if accep ted, reserving rights whioh am incompati ble with that proclamation, it is equiva lent to a rejection of tho same. This, at letat, is n fair and honorable construction of that document, and is such as a high, minded and willingly patriotic peoplo would asaonl to. Time, and a very short time, will show whether the plans of form er leaders shall succeed, or whether tho truth and honnsty of the mass of the peo ple will override the schemers. NO UNION PARTY POSBIUI.K. I havo only partially onterod upon this subject, my intention being to draw your attention to what is daily and hourly can vassed among IIS. that you may Fee a littlo Into the inner lifo and opinions of those Who Seek to shape tho future of our State. Of ono thing you may be assured, what' over segregation of parties there may be at the North, under whatever names they may rally, there will not bo a Union party here. Ambition is not bold onough to dkrestruiid itself by sailing under the flag of Union, and office presents too many charms to run the risk of losing it by ap propriating a title which, to say as little as I can, is unpopular, . Look at tho rosults of the roront election in this State for members of Convention. Whon any ono who had served at an offi- cer in the rebel army, or had gained any distinction therein, Locarno a candidate, he has been elected, without regard to bit qualifications or fitness as to his knowl edge or statesmanship. In many, very many cases, lie has been elected over bet tor men, men well qvaliflvd by U*lr aq- A COMFORTABLE DWELLIN8 HOUSE AND LOT WITH FIFTY-SEVEN ACRES OF LAND FOR ON LY TWENTY DOLLARS 1 ALSO. GOLD COIN; GOLD WATCHES and Chains! FINE MELODEON; ROCKAWAY A HARNESS; GOOD GENTLE FAMILY HORSE, PURE SILVER WARE. Ao. Nil EACH I AUCTION SALES. ROSETTE & LAWHON WILL SELL tn i m a-fl-Y. At 101-2 O't'lock, MARBLE TO!’ BUREAU, No. 1 COTTON MATTRESSES, CANE SEAT CHAIRS, quiets, wiiat not,' WINDOW SHADES, 7 PACKAGES SUGAR. GROCERIES, DRY GOODS, READH1ADE CLOTHING, at auction. Motion sales HY D, I*. ELXjjg (Lata Ellis, Livineston A c».) ” O N THURSDAY, 2id „ „ , I wiil sell In Hunt of store ' M 1 0 ‘SH A FAIR VERY FINE MARKS-, I rears old—Morean and Frank All,, kind, broke to single and double entnu,' * ed by H, H. Erring, Esq. ROSETTE & LAWHON WILL SELL ■W3330Kr23SX>-A.ir, November 22*1, at 10 1-2 O’Oock, GROCERIES, A Very Fine BUGGY AND IIARNh s I A do do EXPRESS WAGON A do do ROAD WAGON, A VERY FINE CLOSE CARRjgqg Harness, of modern stylo and mads to has boon but little used, A VBRY FINK PAIR MATCH H 0Bl A FINE FIIiBTON AND 1 ly as good ss new. I PAIR GOOD CABRIAGH BORSEi I IS HEAD GOOD HORSES. II do do MULBS, SO do FAT SHEEP. 0 MILK COWS AND CALVES, ALSO, 10 SHARKS MUSCOGEE R.I nov 19—*10 >• STOCK f 10 KITS MACKEREL, 3 KEGS BI. CAR. SODA. 6 BOXES PEARL STARCH, 5 do ADAMANTINE CANDLES. 5 do No. 1 SOA P. 1 CASK—100' i Boxos—SARDINES. 10 BOXES INDIGO. 10 ilu GINGER, 10 do ALLSPICE, 10 do CLOV Kr. DRY GOODS, BY ROSETTE & LAWHON. W E Would call the attention of the ottUeni of Columbua and vicinity to a GRAND GIFT SALE! to toko pleoe at our Auotlon Store, on SATURDAY 231 DECEMBER NEXT, or soouer if the tickets are sold. We will dispose of the following valuable nronertv. in.wit. • GOOD WBLL BUILT DWELLING HOUSE with four room* and hall, cellar under neath the houue, and allneceaaary out-buildings in good repair; with lot of Fifty-seven acres of land—about half wood land—ploaaantly situ ated in Wynnton, two miles from tho oity. Titles perfoot. Possession given lit January next. No. 1, $50 in gold coin “ 2 1 Sett Silver Tea Spoons 8 1 lino Meersohaum Pine & SO 20 4 1 Good Roekaway und Harnoa*. 5 1 Set SUrcr Fork* 6 1 Silver Plated Pickle Stand (1 _1 Good Family Horse (» i wood f amily Horse 81 Set Silver Plated Castors 1 V 1 $20 Gold Piooo 1 10 1 Set Stiver Table Spoons ' 111 Fino Molodoon * 12 1 $20 Gold Piece ' 131 Sot Silver Cake Knives 15 1120 i lfil dor. Silver Desert Knives- 17 1 Spring Wagon. 2 seats 18 1 Diamond Breast Pin 191 Silver Water Pitcher " 20 1 Fino Gold Watch and Chain “ 21 1 $20 Gold Pieoe...... " 221 Good Iron axle one-horse Wasroi “ O-S XHF ,InlT a M --a T ri— ■- 45 THE 1I0UIE and LOT. 57 oera. 4000 „ 16.000 The above property will be disposed of in the following manner: three hundred tickets, num' bering from 1 to 300, will be sold, and the same number of tioket* with corresponding numbers Placed in a box. 25 of which will ba drawn from tho! box. and tho holders of tbe tickets with tho numbor corrtsponding with thoso drawn will ho entitled to tho property—tho first drawn No. to the No. 1. and so on, and the last drawn number to tho HOUSE AND LOT. The drawing will be superintended by throe disinterested oltlsens. Tickets can be procured at our store: Price of Tiokete *29. Cell soon or you will lo»a rare ohiaee. For furthor particulars enquire of ROSETTE A LAWHON, nor ^ Auctioneers. CHECKS ON NEW YORK, At Half Per Cent. Discount, IN SUMS TO SUIT PURCHASERS, FOR SALE BY WM. W. GARRARD. Trust Sale. % twyisaSr Wagon and all the WOOLFOLK, Trustco. Cotton Mill for Sale our COTTON MILB. loca- wua 1420 Coos* County, Alabama larn, address SIMPSON A MOORE. Care of Lehman, Durr A Co.. Montgomery, Ala. Mules! Horses!! Mules!!! ia it 5ft HEAD of fino Tennessee Mules and Hors- ^for ydo at tbe Livery Stables of Thl-l. an lAINKS. MeOKirfelACO. This is all good stock—free from brands of Calteoom "* '‘ m in » tm> ’ °» v g tf B. J. PINCKARD. Just Received nov fit M »• »A*W4BD A CO. New and Fashionable Goods FrOR LADIES: LINEN AND COTTON HOUSE FURNISH ING GOODS. HOSIERY. GLOVES, WHITE GOODS. CASSIMBREfl, SATTINET8, JEANS for Men’s and Boys’ Wear, A Good Assortment of FLANNELS AND BLAA’KETS. Together with SHAWLS. CLOAKS. BALMORALS, DRESS TRIMMINGS, BOOTS, SHOES. HATS, CAPS, Ao. JNO. 8. CARGILL Si CO. nov 21—tf White Sulphur Nursery. ^ Proprietor w now prepared to fill orders 1 a limited supply ot his FINE BLACK GRAPE, so much admired by all visitor* at tho Springs. Also, a few hundred of tho MARKS MAM MOTJ1 PKACH, 2 years grafts. And a small stock of the best varieties of PEAR TREKS, (l)warfj2 years old. The best of which aro tho Jiartlett, li'Anocnltme. Law rence, JJ'Oremlmrp, and Buerre all grafted from bearing trees on tho place, and S arrim.tofl cmt|inA. Ifp has also Cherried, ectarines, Apr loots nnd Plums of all the beat varieties, but nono of them aro yet in bearing. and ho profen not to sell them until tho parent trees aro proven. All orders loft with Mr. Win, Beach by tho 200 YDS DKLAlNSt 50 HOOP SKIRTS, 40 BOXES SPOOL THREAD, 30 DO/* LADIES’ COT. HOSE, 15 do WOOL V. HOSE. 10 do LINEN NAPKINS, lo I*. 0. HANDKERCHIEF* 100 PACK PINS. BY D. 3?. ELLI (Late Bills, Livineston A Co.) DESIRABLE ~REAL ESTllj 1 CLOTHING, HATS AND SHOES, ion CASSIMEllE COATS AND PANTS. 50 PR. MEN’S GAITERS, 10 D0Z. HATS, assorted. FANCY WOOL OVER SHIRTS, WOOL DRAWERS. ENAMELED TRAVELING BAGS. Nov 19 is ROSETTE & LAWHON will sell iu iront of my auction roou HOUSE AND LOT formerly oooupied by W, II. Webb, i Muscogee R. U. depot, and fronting Ean{i mon, with about one aore ground attj House hao five furnished rooms, kitchen,* house, stable, garden, and all nocessai;j{ buildings. Terras oash. Titles good, nov 18 $10 ALSO, HOUSE Jt LOT, Corner of Bryan and McIntosh atxeets, by Mrs. C. U. Chisolm, lately occupied bj| Hagan. House has 0 rooms, with neceng buildings, garden, Ao. A very comfor residence. Titles good. Torma liberal, nov 19 $3.50 ALSO, A VERY DESIRABLE FARM IN RVtf COUNTY. ALA, Containing 2io acres land, roven miles( Columbus, ono milo south of Crawford r tho Uohee Creek, with 135 acres fresh c and under good fence, 80 acres rich land, balance good pine und hiokory. If you want a good farm oomo and buy] Terms Cash. Titles good. dov 21 $0 AT PRIVATE SALE. 25.000 0SNABURG SACKS, 10.000 LBS. POTASH. BY D. B. ELUI (Late Ellis, Livingston A Co.) JUST RECEIVED A. V. BOATRITE, 1-27 Broad St., 15th December, trill be tilled and sent to his care in good time to plant out by the olose of the year, which I consider tho beet season for put ting out. Troes $1 each. Vinos 50 cents each for 2 years A Chance for a Bargain, T OFFER FOR SALE, a valuable place in A Russell county, Alabama, 6 miles distant from tbo rivor Bridge, on tho “.Middle Road.” containing abovt 630 acres of land, of whitb a little more than half is in cultivation, the rost well timborod. This place formerly belonged to Noland Lew- iB, is well known in the neighborhood. It is situated noar the Little Ucheo creek, consists mainly of creek bottom land, is very free nnd productive, and tho winter pasturage for cattlo amlatook. is of the finest character, 1 he improvements aregood-an eight room framed and painted bouse, framed outbuild ings, a first rate garden, Ao. Ac lhis place combines the advantages of a country rosidenoe. a market aod dairy-farm, oafy accessibility to the city, by a high ridgo rowi, and the finest opportunity to raise ootton and corn. Terms $5,000 cash. block, corn, Ac. will also be sold \t desired. ■• 01 0 H. C. MITCHELL. Tiov 21 2w at Gunby’s old corner. FRENCH GARDNER. T BUSSARD offore hia services to the . xlUaen.oI Columbua and vicinity, to lay xxi. and keep in order, Oardons, Flower Ynrdf, and Cemetery lot, :n I'ronct or English style and unoorlakos to plant Vinysrde with sttoie-s All work will be warranted, 1 havo also on hand, an assortment of choice n.w rose, of groat variety; also a fino collection of shrubbery, that I will soli at a moderate price. Orders rocoived at my place in Girard ...... squire JossoU&y, or at Mr. Bidder's shop in tho rear o 1^ Mr. bpeur s Jcwolerj store, FANCY PRINTS. FANCY DELAINES. MOURNING DELAINES, BLACK SILKS, SILK ALPACAS, DOLLARS AND CUFFS, BRITISH HOSIERY. HANDKERCHIEFS CANTON FLANNELS. PLAIN FLANNELS, SAUUE FLANNELS. CASSIMERKS, UNION CLOTHS, JEANS, TWEEDS, DRILLS, SHIRTING, SHEETING, OSNABURGS, YARNS. 10-4 SHEETINGS, Blenched nnd Brown, TABLE LINEN. PILLOW LINEN, IRISH LINEN—Dunbar, Dickson A Co. make. NAPKINS. TOWELS. FANCY AND JET DRESS BUTTONS, VELVETS, Trimming:, Whole Rone, CORSETS, BED BLANKETS, Ac.. Ac, An invitation to call and oxu fully siren to all. nov 172w A. V. BOATillTK. reepoct- FRESH ARRIVAL NEW GOODS! 1,000 ACRE8. VALUABLE PLANTATION foia sale oh rent. THE Plantation and llotldenco of Mre. V. H. A .Walker, in llama oouuty. is mile»abovo ... rentei ) on lll(| m Columbus, will be sold jfies on the 12th of December nexl tothehighest bidder. Also, will bo hold corn, fodder, mulct), :>n« Puffin lint/l X 'I'a.me — wagons, cattle, hogs, *ko. Terms' ea«j\ _n A. c. WALKER. BARNETT & CO., COTTON FACTORS, GROCERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Corner 8t. Clair and Broad at,., COLUMBUS, GA. DROMPT Attention ( iv.n to all Contl.n xxd Bhipm.au ef Cotton to New York, New Orleans and Liverpool. Liberal advances anode on oonnigninonts, nov 17 tf FRESH ARRIVALS “ GROCERIES. W E f 0r “tli K JUST RKCEIVliD ‘“J Oder 5000 lbs Western Bacon Sides; 1500 lbs Prime Western Lard; I Basket, lleidsick Chutnpajne, q’la and p’U: i Case, Crome de Boiiy do; Ftench Brandy: Pur. Old Bourbon Whi.!i.yj Holland Gin; Sootelt Whisker; Porter; Ale; Crushed and Coffee Sunn; Rio Coffee; 6 Bill, No. 1 Cider Vine*ar, Ao., Ao. „ BEDELL & CO. taken up, A fo5r A c, L flv2 R ,^ L 0 f3 A ^."''x*f. S. CHERRY & CO., (AT J. P. ILLGES’ OLD STAND.) i'24: Broad Street, H AVE J ml opened a new mid complete as sortment of STAPLE AND FANCY DRY GOODS, to which they; invite tho attention of the Ladies, and other citir.ons of Uolumbun and trarround ing country. \V<? havo tho best of American, Nprngue, Merrfmne and Philip Allen PHINT8. LADIES' DRESS GOODS, of all kinds; Cuff* nnd Collars, (paper and linen,) Dress Trimmings, Tinsel Cords, Velvet d riilk Ribbons; Braids, of all colors ; Mngio Also, a good assortment of Liiilics' Cloaks, Breakfast Shawls, Nubias, ic. IRISH LINEN, Bleached DomcBtics; Whito. Bod, Shaker, Canton, Salisbury and Opera FLA ^ N fc*LS; Shirting* Sheeting, De- nims, 1 iclcing, (Jtmnburfijt, otc. For the Gentlemen wo havo n good lumort- oa^ *PrK0E (HOODS. TWIJUDS, JKAN8, SAlINKfS, <. ASS1.M EKES, etc., with a large ment 8 ATI lot of RUDY-M1DE CLOTHING and FURNISHING GOODS of every descrip tion, A complete .stuck of Ladios’ and Qitntl BOOTS AND SHOES, HATS, CAPS, etc. Also, CROCKERY nnd GLASS WARE. Pocket nnd Table CUTTLKUY. Call and examine ear Guodv. all nf whiei,... oiler »l llic 1,0 WEST CASH PRICES. '™ W ° W. H. GRISWOLD, by A Co„) would bo pleased examine tbe Good: enumerutwtTn thhadT*r- tisoment. S. CHERRY .k CO® JJI Broad Htrooi, Culumbu,. Oa. Seasoned Wagon Timbor. Hounds, AxTctron*, 1 1’olcs nnd Wheela. a I,» ^ ni ttlvtreo9 ami Doubletrees, All ifoiled and rondy for n*e. All of good soa- aii ironed and rr •oned timber, Sotoo r#oe * vou a K00 ^ iU,, *urtuont of Rogors* Carpet Tacks, K null and 1‘ad Looks, bhevols und Tongs, Pruning Tliettrj. JV ENNUI X 00. uov U> Ilu k* sold on the promises to tL»h ; bidder, on Thursday the 14th dayofDt ber next, at 12 o’clook a. m., nil tho Roalfi with all the rights, privileges and appursi oee belonging to tbe &AO.LE MA.NUH TUBING COMPANY. 1 This well known property consists of iX Loti, with and without water nriviletil operatives' Houses on both sides of the ilT hooehee river, together with three-fooi3 tho Water Lot Company’s property and rid all more particularly dcsoribod below, ul On the east side of the river five (5) lotiJ 4,1 d three (3) Lots without water privily Three-and : a-half (3&f Lots' with’ tiro ] (3) brick and two (2)1 —containing in all two huodrsl sixteen rooms for operativcr ; And three-fourth iaterost in the Wm| Company* rroperty, consisting of . Water Lota. All the above Lots are 72 feet front. , Gn the west side of tho river, ten Lotid river bank, and nine Lota in Girard. 1 Twenty-six acres land, on whioh in| Dwelling House, forty-eight operatives'Ilf and one work-shed. The aale will be without reservo. Tiui erty will be shown to persons desiring chase, at any time previous to tho day of Apply to R. M. GUNBY, F oetSl-td* PUBLIC SALE. O N the place known as the StratfoH* miles east of Salem. Ala., on til day ot this mouth, will be Bold witooutrt at auction, all the personal property a B romines, consisting of Hogs, Cows, Yd orses, Ac.. Corn, Fodder, Wheat, Pcsa *o.. Wagons, Roekaway, Buggy nndUJ CopperStills, with twonty stands, togothel other artioles. " TERMS CASH. Salo to commence at 10 o’clock, a. , Plantation can be bought at priviU* will.be rented for 1866. 1 A. H. DeWII ralcm. Nov. 16 tds NOTICE. A LL portions having claims again* u t*te of II. C. MoKeo, deceased, *ni by notified to present said claims r . — claims nrc r —. tilled at onoe. And all parlies iadebted w estate by note, or otherwise, will pies and,settle at onoe, or I will be oompi collection, a* this ostato must b#» mediately. J. a. McKEK, i nov 16 tf Sun copy tli furthor notice. Advances on Cot W?n" advances S will SHIP COTTON to first clitfl in New York, and make liberal dvanoos. oet27-tf J. r. IVBYil COTTON SEE! W K ARE prepared to furnish Cotwl in any quantity. Thoy are oil mi »? many quantity. They are on w Kind ol ootton and warranted fresh sod I* Parties at a distance oan be furnished,- . ootZ)lm j. R. IVK1 j FOR SALE, ONE half interest in the Cotton P^l Warehouoe, situated on the south-**! ®*f t°£S*. and Troup streets. ALSO, one buggy horse und set ofnw J. M. MULPOM ’19 It Ne k r. S>H L* BlfftiC ) havo *i tk in tbo I also be |nd sale. t-tlag Be koffiimit other i Ijd numbe 1 this sal) hose wan k- can be )rard, at a L T. Simc | year, an od office: ■don’t wa V G. Wo Jaluablo | Iker. tsbraon A (than thej he gift eel I number the prii ideas, to L-etvii I open to Imbus pu 1 Barnard \lot of n i fine c< | it o fibre , Pi neb hd harm I Felix 1 j & Co., ! See his : Rise in |pectation t high on vestordaj cooler. ports tba ■our impr j has beet jeompesec It is rop las betwt Isey, stood ■that iu Ing candii VALUABLE PROPEBj AT AUCTION.; TTsT OOXiTJOSdlBTJS, QaI Bell fibers.. ipoosa.- Idoga.. polph.. official i Ko be 30 ah Advances on Gotto re prepared to nu|j Cotton oonslf0W H NBW YORK, fpHB Undersigned are prepared to rod* 1 Cash Advances ou C , M friends in LIVERPOOL. Parties desirous of shipping Colton 1 Kbtive j»omts are invited.tp_f iveJthemsJ nviteri to give tuem*;' GREENWOOD A Oj FOR SALE, . «i, oi nusse 3000 BUSHELS COTTON SI > mt, of Dang he residence aslant, by B sy, of Russe GINNED THIS YEAR. CANDLER, BROWN i* novPtf 146 Brosd*^ 1UKODORK H‘l U. S. HOTEL LOUISVILLE, K y 'sinful anxiut hood tdiu hud '.and os she : Nov. 11.1865—ly CHECKS ON NEW YOB IN SUMO TO SUIT PURCUAS® 11 P°»fcl.b, wma HANiWD< Bov 16 lot ly fond reraeu ty. and the coi •d py all who Pride of their