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JOHN H. MARTIN .
COLUMBUS:
Saturday Morning, Deo. 9, I860.
Tbe Legislature.
The Miioon papers were not printod
yesterday morning, and we received no
report of legislative proceedings by letter.
Had anything important been done, vre
should have heard of it by telegraph.
We are merely advised that on Wednes
day both branches adjourned over lo
Friday.
as eliewber, the n«gro«* have repeatodly I
exhibited a spirit of rebellion and restless •
discontent, and have been known to make i
threat! openly and in clandestine moot-
From the London Times, Nov. 18.
The denials— Hxaalliatiou and Declaw
ration nl* Stephen*, f lie Head Centers
In Dubllno
The investigation into the charge against
ings. We, iht citizens, have seen them | .Stephens, the Head Center of Fo-
mnrch off in crowds from the village, on ! niantitn in Ireland, and the three persons
Saturday evenings, to the woods, with
guns in their hands, to shoot squirrels; ire
have discussed the illegality and impro
priety of allowing them to keep llre-arms;
and yet we have supinely neglected to
take any action on the subject; and should
they perchance commit any deprodHtions,
toe alono would be to blame. These oul-
who were arrested in his house at Sandy-
mount, was resumed at Dublin, before
Mr. Strong'). The evidence was chit fly
documentary, and did not involve any
now feature of special intorost. Al tho
close of tbe caso ior tbe prosecution the
magistral!) said: Mr. Stephens, Mr. Bro-
phy and Mr. Kdward Duffy, you ara
charged with confederating and conspi-
ing with Olliers to levy war against the
ice aiouo woum uo w o. - t0 ost! ,hli,h a ropublio in this coun-
rsges would be perpetrated, too, in face of >n ’ a , Q , #panite it 'from Ecglutd. I
the feel, that there arc men and boys I ,. m tcn dy to boar you if you have any-
Tbe Territorial Condition.
The message of tbe President, according
to tbe meagro telegrapbin report that baa
reached us, is consistent with the principle
upon which he is understood to have acted
from the imitation of hi, plan of restora
tion, via: that the Statos in rebellion have
never been out of tho Union (the Govern
ment of the United States never having
admitted their right to socede), end that
therefore they should bo restored to their
old status in the Union upon their return
to loyally end obedience to the laws. Hut
it is eppsrent from developments already
made at Washington, that a considerable
portion of the radical party will endeavor
to remand the States to a territorial condi
tion and hold them for soma time to this
relation to the Union. This plan of recon
struction, unlike the President's plan of
restoration, admits the right or tbe power
of a State to renounce its relations with the
Union, for certainly, if the Southern States
are not now States of tho Union, they arc
out of it by their own act, not by that ol
the Federal Government. This view or
the relation of the'Statas to tbe Union is
inconsistent with all our history. The
Congress of tho United Stales never did
create % Stale government. In every in
stance this work has been loft to the people
included within certain territories. And
there is no constitutional provision that
permits tho taking away by Congress of a
State government from tbe people who
have thus organized one. Congress it au
thorized to guarantee to euch State a re
publican form of government, but it would
he a great stretch of power to say that this
provision authorized the entire abrogation
of State governments and the remaoding
of a portion of the people to a territorial
state. And this view would make the
Federal Government deal with and punish
State*—would make thorn responsible for
the acts of secession, and of consequence
release individuals front liability to pun
ishment—at least any other individuals
than those who constituted the govern
ments of tho Status in rebellion. If tho
penalty of rebellion is the taking away of
a State government, it is tho Stale that
loses position and incuts punishment by
the act, and all its people, loyal or disloy
al, sustain a common digrsco and loss of
position.
President Johnson’s policy, on tue oth
er hand, contemplates those who assumed
the governments of tbe States in rebellion,
and declared and upheld their attempted
secession, as usurpers; and, while it holds
them to individual responsibility for their
acts, looks to the restoration of the States
to their old Federal relations as soon as
they shall have boen placed under the
government of men loyal to the Union
and shall have undone and repudiate the
acta of those who attempted secession. In
the qualification of men to do this work,
as well as in the retause of individuals
from the peoalties incurred by secession,
the Eiecutivo clemency is liberally resort
ed to.
This, crudely expressed, is our view of
the difference in principle between the
radical plan of remanding tee States to
territorial government, as d the President’t
plan of the restoration of tbe State# to their
old Federal relation,.
enough in nnd around Knon to form a \ thing lo say, but at tho same limo it is my
regiment We arc informed, also that | fluty, undcr.Jke ^{^c.utmn »•»
the people in all the other parts of lli« yourselves it will be token down and given
county ate alive to tho Importance of
intdtebt and solf-prescrvation. Old and
young, everywhere, should go energeti
cally about the work of organization,
subject to the call of duty nt any moment;
and, ns a preliminary step to action, ought
to ferret out and take away arms of every
description from the negroes. Any mili
tary officor will sanction this course, or
grant written authority lor such proceed
ings, if appliod to beforehand. If, after
making preparations for dofcncc, it should
turn out that our approhonsions were
unfounded, there will be cothing lost by
an act of prudence, proper at all times
and under ordinary circumstances.
Will not our citizens organize immedi
ately? We take tbe liberty of nomina
ting, without consultation, Col. Caldwoll,
of £non, as a suitable person to head our
band. What say you, Colonel ?
ClTlZKK.
Nkoko InscrrkctioNB.—The count!y
is lull of rumors in reference to negro in
surrections in different quarters. Wo
know not how much credit is due to these
rumors. We do not know, indeed, whetli
cr tbe ignorant creatures intended to do
any thing wrong—whether they have act
ed on their own motion, or been prompt
ed by bad white men.
Tho facts, as far as we can learn, are
about as follows: For ten days or two
weeks past, there has been considerable
excitement in Morgan, Greene, Walton,
Colton Ultimate.
A dispatch from New Orleans of the 2d
inst. says that Neil Bros. & Co., an old
and prominent cotton firm there, having
spent some time in personal examination
into the condition of tbe cotton orop in
the Southern States, have issued a circu
lar report on the subject. They estimate
that in Slay last the old crop amounted to
1.660.000 bales; new crop 400,000 bales;
total delivered to 30th November, 1,090,-
000 bales; estimated amount yet to come
forward, 060 000 bales, or, in round num
bers, total of old and new crop, 2.000,000
to 2,100,000 bales; the quantity totally un
fit lo spin is not over 100,000 bales; yet to
come from section! tributary to New Or
leans, not incliiding Texas and Arkansas,
270.000 bales.
excitement in Jiorgan, ureeno, » amm,
and portions of this and Jackson counties,
in referenco to on apprehended rising of
the negroes. This grew out of certain rev
elations and confessions on tho part of ne
groes whose testimony was considered re
liable.
We learn that a number of negroes were
arrested in Madi-on on Friday last, charg
ed with being concerned in tho proposed
insurrection, and taken by the United
States authorities to Augusta for trial.
Two companies of IT. S. troops left this
post last Friday morning, for Washington,
Wilkes county, it is understood, for tho
purpose of suppressing an outbreak there.
Id this county, Walton and Jackson,
we learfl that numbers of negroes have
been committed to jail, who are implicated
in the proposed insurrection.
We trust that, upon investigation, it may
turn out that the negroes did not really in
tend anything serious. Ignorant as ti e
large majority of them confessedly arc,
they surely tnve more sense than to at
tempt what they must know would bring
ruin upon the whole race in this country.
[AUiens Watchman.
How Do National Hanks Hrtak t
••Broken National Banks —A gen
tleman who is well posted in financial af
fairs furnishes us with the annexed list of
National Banks which Are broken : First
National Bank of New
lional Bank
Bank of Syracuse,
of New Bedford, Mass., National Bank
of Lowell, Mass.
"Wc are informed that a large number
of tbe bills are in circulation. Our citi
zens should be on their guard.
dks wnica are oroken : r iret
ink of New York city, Na-
of Utica, N. Y., National
•acuse, N. V., National Bank
We find the foregoing paragraph trav
nas, and recollect
News b y Telegraph.
Muulcipal Clectloua.
In Montgomery, Ala., on the 4th inst.,
W# L. Coleman was re-elected mayor,
W. B. Hughes olcctod elork, and the fol
lowing gentlemen elected aldermen : A.
Straisbaigher, J. F. Johnston, W. H.
Bmitb, W. C. Ray, E. Bebee, J. W.
Powell, Thompson, S. G. Harda
way, J. T. Hester, S. Scheussier, John
Durr, John Law lor.
In Atlanta, on Wednesday, J. E. Wil
liams was elected mayor, and A. F. Boll,
D. P. Ferguion, P. K. McDaniel, F. M.'
Richardson, J. G. Kelly, Robert Craw
ford, W. T. Mead.J. H. Porter, Anthony
Murphy and B. D. Smith, aldermen.
eling the nowapapor roun>
to have seen several of these bills, pnrtic
ularly those of the First National Bank
of New York, circulating in this neigh
borhood. It will be well to refuse them,
if they ore "bro/idi 1 '—but in our igno*
rauce, we fail to comprehend the modus
operandi of breaking a National Bank.
These banks deposit U. S. stocks with the
Comptroller nf the Treasury, and receive
therefor an amount of bills for circulation
less ten per cent of their deposit. The
deposit is locked up by the Comptroller
apd held inviolable for the security of the
bill holder. A National Bank, therefore,
cannot over issue, and if, in tho course ol
its business, it contracts engagements
which it cannot meet, :tnd is thus com
pelled to stop operations, its circulation,
one would sunposo, must bn still just as
valuable as that of any other National
Bank, being secured precisely ru the same
manner and to the same extent. But as
this new banking system sprung*up while
we were absent from the country, to-wit:
in the *‘so-CHlled Confederate States,"
and we have not yet bad time or inclina
tion to study into it. If somebody who
comprehends It will enlighten us we shall
be obliged.—Macon Journal.
We notice tha^ Peterson’s Detector for
December gives tho above named Nation
al Banks in its list, and refers to counter-
in evidence against you. I may tell you
that you are not bound to say anything.—
What do you say, Mr. Stephens? laui
ready to take—
Stephens—I am under the impression
that it was only when committed—
Mr. Btronge—The case is closed against
you. Previous to my slating what decis
ion I have ariivod at, I wish to know if
you dosire to say anything bolore 1 an
nounce what I intond doing. The case is
so clear, prim a facie, that I shall be
obliged to commit you.
Mr. Lawless suggested that the prisoner
should abstain from making any state
ment.
Stephens—You look on this matter as n
lawyer, but I look on it as a patriot.
Mr. Strongo—1 need not remind you
that thoro are a great many others involv
ed in this charge.
Stephens—1 am sure to get hr much
credit for tho other gentlemen as anything
else; and if I say anything at all, 1 feel
bound to say it.
Mr. Strong*—l shall be bound to take
down what you say in reference to tin?
charge. .... i
Stephens—Certainly, take ti down, i
fool bound to say, with the view to my
own reputation, that I have employed no
attorney or lawyer in this case, ana that J
mean to employ none, because in making
a plea or defense of any kind I should be
recognizing British law in Ireland. Now
i deliberately and conscientiously repudi
ate the existence of that latV in Ireland,
its right or even its oxietenee.
Mr. Btronge—That is, you repudiate the
existence of that law ?
Stephens—1 repudiate thb right of its
existence in Ireland, and defy any pun
ishment, and despise Hiiy punishment,
that can bo inflicted on mis I have
spoken. , , , , .
Mr. Stronge—Then J apprehend that,
with reference to the charge against you,
you make no statement?
Stephens—None whatever.
Mr. Stronge—That is as regards—
Stephens'—1 have said all I mean to say.
Mr. Stronge—And you make no fur
ther statement?
Stephens—No further statement
Stephens, in reply to an observation of
Mr. Lawless, said: You are looking at it
from a lawyer's point of view. (To Mr.
Barry)—I moan no offence, gentlemen.
Mr. Stronge— Mr. Duffy, havoyou any
thing to say ?
Duffy—I have nothing to say.
Mr. Btronge asked Bropby if he hnd
anything to say.
IJrophy—Have you any further evi
dence?
Mr. Stronge said that they had nothing
to do with that at present.
Bropby said—Then I think it is very
easy to satisfy you. A portion of the evi
dence, with regard to commercial transact
tion>, given boro to-day, waa in the ordi
nary course of my business. I with, fur
ther, to correct a misstatement tnado by
tiiCrown on a former occasion.
Mr. Strongo—That is, alleged to have
been maue.
Bropby—'Well, it appeared in tho news
papers. it was slated I had absconded,
whereas, at that very time I was attend
ing to my business.
Kickhain, having been communicated
with by means Of an ear trumpet, stated
that he had nothing to say.
Tho prisoners were then committed for
trial, Stephen#, before his removal, re
questing the reporters to give his observe
tinmt fullv and Hcruriitolv.
N xw Orlkanh, Dec. 6,-^On account of
rainy weather very little business has been
doing, and the market is very dull, at
S rices lest quoted. Ordinary 40 to 42.
ood Ordinary 44 to 46. Middling 46 to
48. Good Middling 61. Bales principally
under these figures.
Nkw Ori.kan*, Dec. 6.—Business hat
boon excessively dull. Tho cotton mar
ket is unchanged since last report oxcopt
Middling, which can be quoted 60 cts.
Factors a»k higher which checks active
operations. Kales only moderate.
AVasuinoton, Doc.5, 1866.
7b the Governor of Alabama :
Tho I' resident congratulates you and the
country upon tho acceptance of the Con
stitutional Amendment of tbe Constitution
of tho United States by the State of Ala
bama, which State being th« 27th, fills out
the completion of the two-thirds and gives
tbo Auundment finishing effect as part of
the organized law ot the land.
W. H. Seward.
Washington, Doc. 6.— Senate.—The
credentials of Messrs. Alcorn and Sharkey,
Senators olect from Mississippi, wore pre
sented. No action was taken upon them
by tho Senate.
House.—A resolution was unanimously
passed that tbe public dobt ought to bo
promptly paid.
The President’s Message absorbed noarly
all tho time of both Houses.
Washington, Doc. 6.—The Secretary
of tho Treasury recommends the collec
tion of tho internal revenue tax, but that
in those States in which tho tax accrued
previous lo the establishment of collecting
offices, tho tax bo indefinitely postponed.
IIo also recommends that the sales of
properly, Under tho direct tax law, be sus
pended until the States shall have an op
portunity of assuming the paytnwptof the
lax asresred upon them.
New York, Doc. 6.—Tho steamer City
of New York, with Liverpool dates to the
221, via Queenstown 23d, arrived hero this
morning.
The Shenandoah sailed on tho 21?t for
Now Yoik.
Livbrihm>l, Nov. 22,—Tho sales of cot
ton on Monday and Tuesday reached 11,-
000 bales. The ma. ket opened steady, but
closed with a slightly declining tondoncy.
The Manchester market was quiet.
Liverpool, Nt»v. 26.—The sales of cot-
tarn wr four days were 26,000 bales. The
market was drill and slightly lower.
Five-twenties were quoted at 03J»04.
Consols 89-1*894.
Tho bank rates were reduced to six.
LiVV&YOOL, Nov. 26.—The sales of cot
ton un yesterday and to-day wore 16,000
bale*. The market closed nominal.
Breadstuff* opened more active, but
closed with a downward tendency.
Prvivisicvns quiet but steady.
Nxtv York, Dec. 5.—Cotton dull.
8alas to-day 1000 bules at 50 cents.
Gold 48{.
New York, Dec. 6.—Liverpool, Nov.
24.—Bales of cotton for the week 61,000
bales. Prices declided quarter of a penny
—the market closing firmer. Middling
Orleans 20d.
United States 5*70* s 644.
The bullion in the Bank of England
some revenue by (axo? on hoathon tem
ples and worship. Has Congrusa ever re-.
riouily thought of tho revanu# thet Alight
bo made by taxing extra wives in Utah?
Tho ln«t stroke of British genius was that
of tlie railway managers in India organ
izing cheap excursion trains to tako tho
Hindoos to the great Boodhift festivals.—
They take a pious heath«n over a -thou
sand miles and buck forsixdollars. Think
of » Hindoo buying a return excursion
ticket to a festival of Juggernaut! AH
that get crushed under tho car of that fa
mous idol nuke a clear gain to the com
pany, beiddos being safe frcun the risk of
collision on tho return trip. The Church
Congress, just hold at Norwich, did not
havo this matter up for dticussion.
A Nkw Kuddkr.—An experiment has
been made at Havre with a newly in
vented rudder, in tho presence of a num
ber of naval officers and shipbuilders.—
This new rudder is described as*different
from all hitherto used, being composed of
four pieces connected by hinge?, in placo
of one solid piece. By means of theso
joints tho rudder, whon sot in motion by
the tiller, proseuts a curved surfaco to the
wator in place of a flat surfaco. Tho ob
ject is to give both a greater flexibility nnd
n stronger action to the rudder. It wae
attached ton largo boat, which it brought
round instantly, tho boat turning on itself
as on a pivot. Tho Journal du Havre,
which speaks of the experiment, obsorvos
that the invention is u most valuable one,
and calculated to render great service,
not, perhaps, to ships of largo tonnage,
but vessels heavily laden.
“An illiterate contributor to the Memphis
lijlletin thus describes tbo '*wntorfull,”
that monstrosity of the feminine toilet:
"Ef cusin Bully ud take down that big
gord yu put up at yuro bouse fur a martin
box, an wild tack tho crooked handle un
der her hnr so*a it wouldn’t sho, and let
tho big part bulge out behind her lied, an
lciver this all over with Ike’s fish net, elide
bine, it ud give yu u putty good ideo of
tho waterfall.”
[For the Columbus Enquirer,
llury Me In 8he Land of my Birth,
Farewell lo my dear nutive land,
Farewell to my cottage and vino :
I couio to tho land of the stranger,
Its joys and pleasures are mine.
But when llfo’ii fleeting Journey is over.
And earth again mingles with earth,
Bury mo not iu tho land of the stranger,
Tako me back to the land of my birth.
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A new set of wool cards, ju.t bunt,
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Partiej oan leave their Wool and rooeiv. tb.lr
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tiona fully and accurately,
It was stated that piles of document)!,
revealing all the secrets of the organiza
tion, were found in Ktephons’ residence,
hiui that Fenianism was an open book,, at
1 can to tho administrators of the law.
feits on some of them, but says nothing
about their being broke.
One Judge Warmouth i* at Washing
ton, claiming a seat in the House of Rep
resentatives as a delegate from the terri
tory of Louisiana. It appears that an in
formal eloCbion was held in some of tho
parishes of Louisiana, at which negro
votes were polled for this Judge War-
mouth (while roan), and he claims a seat
as a delegate by virtue of this olection.
The claim it ridiculous, for even if Loui
siana is a territory, no election for a dele-
gat* to represent her could have been
held without u previous enabling act of
Congress. But it would not surprise us if
Judge Warmouth finds members to sus
tain him in his claim.
Knon, Ala., Dec. 7, 1866.
Editor Enquirer . —After reading the
report of the chairman of the committee
appointed for the purposo of investigating
certain Insurrectionary movements among
the negroes of Harris county, Ga., con
tained in jour paper ol yesterday, we are
reminded that there exists great dissatis
faction with the freudmen in other locali
ties, if not over the entire South, and that
secret designs are formed by many to
attempt mischief about Christmas.
Being “forewarned,” it would thorefore
appear to be but the dictates of true
wiedom and discretion that we should bu
'•forearmed,” and ready to thwart any
criminal plot that may have been con
cocted, in iD inoipienej. Here at Knon,
South and North.—Wo notice that
some Northern papers are raking together,
from all quarters, all statements and sto
ries of wrong, injustice nnd bad treatment
to blacks in the Southern State?. Of course
they are able to make up quite a formida
ble show of material, such a* it in, and are
able, moreover, to make it appear that tho
poor negro, since his emancipation, is in a
truly frighlty condition. We have no
doubt that an equal amount of diligence
upon tho sumo thing, if applied to the
Northern States, ana aided by an equal
amount of imagination and malignity,
would enable them to make an equally
appalling exhibit of negro maltreatment
in our own action. If all tbe Northern
newspapers were searched daily for cases
ot assault upon negroes hy white men, for
cases in which negroos were treated un
justly, or refused credit, or turned out of
houee and heme because of their failure to
pay rent, it would seem to outsiders ms if
the white men of the North spent the
greater part of their time and muscular on-
ergy Hi persecuting tbe black men and
woman.
Suck a courso toward the South is wick
ed in itself and cruel to the negro, as well
as baneful to the countrv in keeping up
sectional animosities. Thoro are many
wrongs and much injustice practiced upon
negroes in the Kouth ; and it is a sad fact
that among ourselves and the world over,
there are wrongs enough committed by
mao upon man every day to makotho hu
man race ashamed of itself. But is as
criminal to stigmatize the whole people of
the South- as being responsible for and
gloating over the wrongs, as it would bo
to characterize the Northern people in like
Mexican News,
New Yoyk, Dec. 3.--The Kl Passo,
Mexican, correspondent of the Herald,
under date of November 3d, writes ti fol
lows: Tbe Jfreneh General Brinoourt
led L’bibuahua in the direction of Duran
go tbe ultimo. This movement is
tbo first confirmation of the recent report
from the City of Mexico, to tbe effedt that
Marshal Bazino was about concentrating
all his forces in the interior. In tho States
this is further corroborated by tho fact
that the French have abandoned the States
of Sonora and Sivalon.
There remains only about four hundred
of the invaders at Mazatlnn, and these
also were apparently traitors, having al
ready gone to Teesier..
President Juarez will take his departure
for Chihuahua on the llib or 12th of De»
cembor.
'Hie officers in the garrison at Franklin,
Texas, have congratulated tbe members
of the Liberal Government upon the pres
ent favorable aspect of affairs, and have
given renewed evidence of their sympatky
with tbe Repeblican course. * s
On the 30th ult. Senior Macerya, the
temporary Governor of Chihuahua, dis
patched a special messenger to Kip&aso,
apprising the government of President
Juarez, so that tbe return of the supreme
authority to Chihuahua will be anxiously
expected by the inhabitants of the former
Capital.
Wahhington, Dec. X—Sogii-oflioiel
news from tbe City uLMexio), tender date
has increased i!77.U)0.
Conlols 89*h89
Washington, Dec. 6.—The President
received a dispatch, dated Miliodguvillo,
Jo-day, from Gov. Johnson, informing
him that the Legislature had passed, and
will pass, laws amply protecting freed-
men in their rights of person and proper
ty, and allow them to testify in cases
where they are interested.
Nkw Y’ork, Dec. 0.—Tho cotton mar
ket was dull to-dey. Kales fourteen hun
dred bales at 50c.
Naval stores firm. Gold 47 1-4,
A dispatch from New York says:
‘Washington dispatches say among late
arrivals from the Kouth is Judge VV r a-
mouth, who appears as delegate from
Louisiana. Ho whs elected b> a constitu
ency of over 10,1100 votes, most of whom
were black. It is thought bo wilt bo placed
on the fame fooling as other delegates from
Southern States.” #
“It is thought'’ is, no doubt, a great liar.
Wamouth is «»n impostor, one of tho vile
scamps that the seething political caldron
lias thrown with other scum to tho sur
face. He is just about us much a “dole-
gato” to Congress from Louisiana as the
man in the moon. Suppose John Jones,
B:q., of Davidson county, Tennessee,
should be' chosen a delegate to roprusut
Tonnc*6ScO, by white men and negroes vot
ing without regard to law, on a day select
ed by themselves, assuming that the State
was a territory, and he should appear at
Washington claiming a seat in Congress,
would not every deceut mao in Tennessee
denounce tho fmposl ion ? This is Wa-
mouth’s Case. At any o hor time ho would
bo honored in disgrace from tbe Federal
Capital.— Nashville Union.
Ti? true that it mutters hut little,
Tho’ living, the thought makea mo pino:
'Whatever befalls this poor relic
When tho spirit has lioWn from its shrine,
But oh! when lifo's journey is ovor.
And earth again mingle? with earth,
iluty mo not iu tho land of the stranger.
Bury inis in the land ol' lyy birth.
A Virginian.
FLOUR,
JUST RECEIVED on consignment
60 Bbls. Double Extra SL Clair Mills Flout,
rqusl to Hiram Smith's* «
dec A-4 w FORT AIM A JKKWK8,
udern philosopher has appropriated
Seven yours in childhood's sport and ploy.
Seven year? in -chool from dny to day.
Sevou year* at a trade or college life.
Seven you is to hnd a place and wife
Seven year? to Pleasure's follies given.
Seven years to business hardly driven.
Seven years lor some a wild goose chase.
Seven year? for wealth a bootless race.
Sevou year? t'«»r hoarding tor your heir.
Sevon year? in weakness spent and care.
Then die end go—you should know where!
Unsound Cotton Seed.—As a great
deal of umound cotton seed will bo bought
and sold this winter, a correspondent of
the Bninbridgo Chart and Compass, re
commends tho following precautionary:
Count, say 100 or 1,000 seed, place them
iii rich earth, moistened with wurm wujor
iu it vessel, nnd place tho vessel in a warm
placo ut night and morning, and during
the day place the vessel in the sun—Koifrb
aspect—side of a wall so that the rays of
the sun may be reflected on the seed, and
ull the sound ones will be up iu a few days
and the amount of ration seed can bo de
termined.
BRANDEIS & CRAWFORD,
IjOUIS KY#r
GRAIN DEALERS,
^ND _M«n ufhoturers ol Jhe following brand?
rd k Co,
o.l. We
lay kXK
, Choice
eodbarm
Family
will Beilin front of *lore
46 ACRES LAND six mil#* wto/A
adjoining John K. Jonc?, W. V. Bouz
M. Danoer, with 25 aero# rloarad, |oM
log House, with orchards £«»., ou the
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BY D. P. A R. BUI
(Latr Ellis, Llvinptw ICn.i ^J n ' u y
S*le ofValuaMe Property lij
n«1I I.UBly, AM. '
ureh
,tv anj
dealt
ala's
nth, eoana
O N MONDAY, Dm. m
91’. o’clock, I will sell at mj- r.iita , , .
mtleistfwrtheCitrof Columbia— the clo
90 h»*4 ot cattle, mostly Devon stock,' rcorru
that# Sac Millj Cows; 1 yr.k.oU f , j
100 head flu. i>ork Ho,s ;
a.e Saddle Horse.; Huffy : Carries.,
oua; Plantation implements:
7 barrels fm. Syrup;
Beef Cattle aad Slieep;
\\ heat, 0,0, Shacks;
«t a It
rraalet
fhoso
veil pi
dee 9 lm*_
public
Columuu#, tix n Dec. 8th, ISO).
loitUK: Permit us through the wedi-
.our columns to lay betor. the votiug
as well as tlie community gcucrally, the
reatoru why wK TOto for
Uol, JOHN H.UIN Tor Mayor,
llocausc wc believe that the preeeut iuouw-
bcutoltho Muyoralty has (in all conrcieaoo)
enjoyed that high oivlo dignity ruibcIcuLly lout;
to satisfy the reasonable ambition of auy ouo
manner because similar wrongs are perpe
trated in their midst.—A’. K Timet.
Galveston dates to tho doth ult bare
been roceived at Now Orleans :
Governor Hamilton bad authorized the
chief justices of tbe counties to raise u
•pecial polioe force of fifty citizens to aid
in maintaining peace and enforcing order,
and to act with military provost marshals
re-eatablisbed by order from tho depart
ment headquarter,. Tbo Governor bnd
iesued a very aenaiblo address to the freed-
men. In some of the interior counties
the freedmoo have commoncod making
contracts for next year.
On the rich coast plantation! the plant
ers have generally abandoned planting,
ezeept for enough to iupporl their fami
lies, owing to the difficulty of getting the
freedtnen to work with any regularity, or
keep their contracts. The uwnura of these
plantations are neeking to lease them.
The old businoes men at Galveston and
Houston are holding back from liade,
bring apprehenilve of a general collapse
from overtrading by March or April.
of November 17, ha, been reoetved in tb'a
city.
At the Mexico legislation Laugblins,
tlie Mini-ter of tbe Treasury, whom Na-
poioon put to Maximilian Iu order to ar
range tlie finances of the Empire, has de
clared that it is impossible to sueeoed in
that enterpreise, as the budjet amount,
to 4U,(Xl0,000 und the receipts do put quite
reach the sum of 16,000,000.
There is not confirmation of the repo. I
of the defeat of the Liberal forces under
Miller, Nugaldoand Kegunes.
Tho French wro cencenlrnling their
forces in San Louia Potosi, the City of
Mexico and on the Ilia Grande.
The abandonment of thn States of 8»-
noro, Sinola, Chihuahua, Novo, Leon and
Cohulia, is officially confirmed in the late
advices from Moxico.
It is roported that the Liberals are daily
gaining ground, and that the number of
their forces is always increasing.
Gen. Ding defeated an Imperial force in
the Stale ol Puebla, and afterwards went
lo Lula AI hurls, te combine a decisive
movement against the French.
The Iturhido family have renounced
their right to live in Mexico, and all the
political claims they may have to the
Mexican tbronm for the sum ef one hun
dred thousand dollars specie.
Mr. Argel Iturbido has given his own
child to Maximilian, and the hoy, only
two year, old, has been adopted by MaxL
milian and made an Imperial Prince.—
Mrs. Iturbide, his mother, lias beeu the
victim of an infamous plot. She has boon
taken from her son after being compelled
to sign a paper ronuunciud her right as a
mother. It was decided to send her out
of the country.
OENXKoua Sxktimektb,—Gen. Grant
thus writes in response to an invitation to
attend a moating of the "Union Comoiis-
siop," in the city of New York : “How
ever we may have differed from our South
ern brethren in the events of the last four
years, we have now become one people,
and with but one interest"—"whatever is
calculated to inorease the friendship and
brotherly fueling between the two sections
of our country 1 heartily approve of.”
The lliobmond Whig commenting on
tbe foregoing extract from the letter of
(fen. Gram appropriately observes.
It I* a striking feature in the develop
ment of Northern sentiment, that those
who have borne themost prominent and
most successful pat tin restoring the South
ern State* to the Union, are thoso, now,
nsort in favor of healing tho hweratlons of
war, or .nothing wounded sensibilities and
ef re uniting toe people of the two sec
tions in the bonds of harmonious brother
hood. Thoso whoadvocate vindicliveand
humiliating measures are, for tho most
part, tbo men who neither exposed thoir
lives nor contributed their sorvioes in the
onune of tbe Union. Thoy can only he
likenod to that wretched class who prowl
aoout the fields of slaughter when all dan-
gor is over to plunder tbe dead and to slay
and rob the wounded. General Sherman
fitly compared them to old Jack Fglstulf,
who feigned death white thn fight was go
mg^on. but at its conclusion, bore off the
y of the gallant Percy, slain by Prince
Hal, to secure the "reward of valor.
WaeutKQTox, Dec 8.—Mr. Schado, tbo
counsel of the late CapL Wirz, has just
rncolved an affidavit from Mrs. Wirz, In
due legal form, denying as altogether false
the story that she attempted lo convey
poison to the inouth of her husband, while
kissing him, and that he was prevented
from swallowing the drug by the prompt
intervention of Gen. Baker. Frequent op
portunities occurred in her private Inter
views wilb her husband for the perpetra
tion of such a scheme bed she been so
wicked a, to meditate it,
Bocxue ix Tun Hhaziusn Fohrhts.—
The silence and gloom are realities, and
the impreasinn deepens on a longer ac-
quainUnca The few sounds of birds are
of that ponsive and mysterious character
which intensifies the feelings uf solitude,
rather than imparts a ser.se uf llfo and
cheerfulness. Sometime,, in fbo midst of
the stillnesf, a sudden yell cr scream will
startlo one; this conies from some defense,
lesa, fruit-eating unimnl, which is pounced
upon by u tiger cat or stealthy boacon-
sLrictor. Morning and ovoning the bowl
ing monkeys inako a most fearful and har
rowing noise, undar which it i» difficult lo
keep one’s buoyancy of spirit. Tbe feel
ing of inhospitable wildness which the
forest is calculated to inspire is increased
tonfold under this fearful uproar.
Often, even in the still hours of mid
day, a sudden crash will bo heard resound
ing afar through tho wilderness, as some
great hough or entire tree falls to the
ground There are, besides, many sounds
which it is impossible to account for. 1
found the natives generally as much at a
loss in this respect as myself. Sometimes
a sound is heard like the clang ol an iron
bat .gainst a hard hollow tree, or a pierc
ing cry rend, the air; Ibegearenvt repeat
ed, and the succeeding silence tends lo
heighten the unplousant impreasinn which
they make on the mind. With the na
tives it i» always ’.lie Curnpira, the Wild
Man, or the .Spirit of the Forest, which
produces all the noise, they aro unable to
explain.
Invitation to Uivk EvinaxcK.-’-TlH com
mittee ou the financial operations of the State
semis us the following for publication, and vre
call especial attention to it:
Miu.i:axrit,LK, Nov. 2S, ISfij.
Whereas, we have been convened for the par-
pose ef making “a thorough Investigation and
examination of the financial operations of the
State of (loorgia fiom 1881 to tho present
time," ami desire, without prejudice or partial
ity, to dheharge the duty imposed. We invite
all persons to come forward eud live, under
oath, all the evidonoe they may have that wiU
throw light on tho subject matter of Investiga
tion.
On motiun, the above resolution was referred
to the Provisional Governor for publication.
THOMAS SAFFOLD, Obgtruian.
C.J. JORDAN,
0. A. LOCH RANK.
dooT-dSw
HARDWARE!
HARDWARE!!
J. ENNIS & CO.,
Bocauftu wc think that tho interest# of munic
ipal, as well us .State and Fedorul Governments,
aro best subserved by tbo old fashioned repub
lican system of “volution in office.”
"Cities nnd communities o»ce the reward of
their approbation to faithful public servant#
by wnoso prescience and care their prosperity
secured ami by whose prudence their welfare is
maintained.”
Tbo most usual und the most appropriate
motio for conveying tho expressitm of such ap
probation is by electing such men to tbe highest
office in their gift.
OWing to the faot that our candidate did not
off dally posses# tho opportunities to show thu 1
bis " prescienco and care” would have eavod
the city, wo cfn only adduce on behalf of his
claims to eleotion, the nitument# of his long
public services, his zeal in the accomhlishinont
of his duties, (extending over a period of thirty
years), his practical busiuoss knowledge of city
affair?, (evidenced by his always acting a# dep
uty Mayor), and his disintere? odne#s. exhibi
ted by the following striking incident, to-wit:
•‘Before thfc dismissal Pf Council last year a
resolution was offered in that body appropria
ting one thousand dollar* (*1000) to remunerate
Alderman Quin for- the faithful transaction of
city busines? confided to his ohurge.”
“This compensation old Quin promptly and
decidedly refused,” thinhing, doubtless, that
the services thus rendered had beeu already
paid for by the city, and should huve been per
formed by the party who had been paid !
The above incident, Mr, Editor, very plainly
shows u?, tbul, iu nil case?, poets are not propb-
eis, otherwise the prediction would havo been
verified, a? follows;
ARK AT THKIH OLD *f ASJfr*
95 and 97 Broad Street,
Where they hhve in store and to arrive a fine
stock of
HARDWARE,
and such goods as ore in their line, which they
offer to everybody at a# low prices m oan be
afforded.
Wc reepeotfully return our thanks to our old
oustomers and friend# wJio have bestowed on
us their patronage, and we hope by pursuing
tbe seme course which we have through the
past to recieve your trade. We re»p9otfallj in
vite everybody trading to Columbus to give tks
a call,
OUR TERMS ARK CASH,
nov 29 tf
Besides other valuable propjirtr
0. B. i’AlXta book’
The above ?ule, advertised toti’ti pi „ „ nr
is changed to Monday. Dec. llth. [ “ c en t r
I, of l
coiui
in dei
dll or
By D. P. & R. EU i; *
(Lute Ellis, Livinrston ,Vc Coj
JjATWHS AND PEREMPTORY SAB
Reidy-Made Clothi
BOOTS, SHOES, if,
O N TUESDAY, the 12th December.
o’clock, we will sell at our A notice
iu the city of Columbus, without rm
nod ou account of a merchant Iravicfti
200 Over-Coats, of all grades aud qualiy
400 Pair Cassimere, Doe Skin and Cloth!
300 Basinets and Dree# Coats, of all nul
200 **' *' Vest*. "
100 " * duite, of all qualities
20 Dot, White and Col'd Flannel Shim
18 " White and Col'd Coil on aud B
Dtaurer#;
Gents poen, Cotton and Si)k Haidta
Searffi, Suspenders, Bhirts, Collate, Olovi
almost every article found in zhtaUWii
iug&Wrf,
980 Pair BOOTS and SHO
Far Mon, Women, Boys. Girl* sol Cbil
iu original packages.
Tho above goods are of the bo#t kind*
purchased for lha city trade, by »ted
chant who Ir nbout Jenriag Ihe «(£■'
be sold in lots to suit MERCHANTS,
dec 1
id
» J. ENNIS a CO.
H AVE on hand Plantation Iron, all sites.
nov 29 tf
J. ENNIS & co.
J. ENNIS & CO.
H AVE on hand CARPENTERS’ TOOLS.
u6v 29 tf
J. ENNIS & CO.
J£AVE on hand BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS.
J. ENNIS & CO.
K on hand BUILDING HARDWARE.
Tug English in India - The English
in India, say, an exchange, ara making a
f lood thing, commercially and financiully,
n many ways. Thoy are a model for lo
oxporiencodpeople and government,. For
example; The good OlirL
Hiri.liarii in Uir-
niingliaiii manufacture for India quanti
ties of bronze gous aud goddos.es, and ar
ticle* lor the templar, which pay a good
profit. The more conscientious manufac
turers give tau percent, of their profit* to
Ilia sorioly for the propagation of lb«
Gnapal in foreign part*. Then the Kng-
— _li*h^_Gov»jnmont In indie raiio* a hanu-
———-; Sound luuAwith gold,
l will sink into hi* venal toul, like lend
Into the ueon. und firing up alime and uiud
And ooxo too, trom the bottom.
Col, Quin'* ohaiuoter rlood 111, test, and its
gold oauo from the fountain untarnished I
In yesterday'* "San A Time*," Mr. Editor
some injudicious friend of Col. Wilkins, (ovor
the rigonturo of ’Ciiizon”) endearors to ezoul-
pato the Col. from all filunio attendant on tks
burning of Columbus, (and this i n couuozion
with tho Mayorality contoat) by parading Col.
Wllklun’ patriotic valor in the trencher I "This
trench, i* shout u.r suitable for a city guardinu,
at tho forlorn hop." would be for a oomuiandor-
lu-e!ilef! Thoy Boom to imderttnnd oivie du
ties hotter in our airtor oity ot Montgomery,
wherothoy havejuat Rt-Ki.xcrspto tbe Mayor-
allty It. C. Coleuiau for performing for Mont-
goiuory, precisely what Col. Wilkins did
pet form for Columbua 1
"Citizen" lays «o muh stress upon the faot.
that the city of Columbus wa* "under tho con
trol of tho Confederate authorities,” that I
would like to know undor whose eontrol were
tho attics of Montgomery, Mobile, Macon, Ac.,
before they wero taken poisenion of hy the
Federal commanders?
Tito Mayor of Columbus,inatead of imitating
the prudout example of IhoMayors of the above
places, not only did nor exorcise their wisdom
in deprecating a defence hy a handful of un
disciplined militia against a "Corps d’Arutie"
of Veters* troops, hut on the contrary, urged
old »nd young by mflrmmitory appeals through
the prers, to engage in tho hi, pci eta oontest
which hus testified in s. heavily damaging tfi,
iuttrostd ho wu? elected to preserv#.
One more point, Mr. Editor, in response lo
Citisen, and I will dismiss the consideration or
lulsuiidoritnndlng of Ih. part ho undertook to
sustain in ploying Dsmon and Pythias. I won
der if ho imagined whon ho penned the ariiole
reverted to, the poor meathew of the Committee
appointed by Council to co-operate with the
Mayor in rebuilding tho bridge, whioh was so
needlessly sacrificed to a want of duty, « 0U M
not fool complimented by his soatohlns ,h.t.
tho’cofou'efii brow.'* '*
Vary rrnpeotlully.
daco-it * ,A!,V CiTixsxa.
J. ENNIS & CO.
H ave.,..hand agricultural implk-
ME NTS, nuT 29 t f
J. ENNIS & CO.
H AV !mio“ d PUTTY. GLASS, PAINTS
AX and 0IL8. nov 29 ti
J. ENNIS & CO.
H AVE on hand HOLLOW WAKE and
CA8JI1SG8. nov 25 tf
J.ENNI3 & CO.
1 HE sole agon's for Howe’s, Rsll Road. Dor-
A uant. IMutform and Counter Scales. War
ranted equal to Huy other make, which we sell
at monulacturer s prvoes. nov 29 If
J. ENNIS & CO.
S KIjL Uuriffht and Circular Mill Saws. Also.
tiros? Cut Shwi. Mill Rock, Boltinx Cloths.
n ire ior Screen#. nov 29 tf
BY D. P. & B. M
' '(Late Ellis, LIvlngSMo A Co.i
VALUABLE PROPEB
AT AUCTION.
IJST COLUMBUS, GA
WILL be sold ou tho prouiUw to !hfl'
it bidder, on Thursday tbe 14tl
her next, at 12 o’clock a. m.. all the
with aU the rights, privi
oe* belonging to tbo B1AGLL
TUNING COMPANY. .. .
This well known property euniishon
Lote, wikh and without water pflnjS
operative?' 11' UsW ou both
hooohee rivor, together with
Hie Water Lot Company s ^rowerty
ell mar* particularly described
On the e«M side of tho river five6 *'
and three (3) Luts without,wol©r
Three.and-a-lmlt ham •»«*
sixteen room? for operatives: .
And three-fourth intorert ip •"*. ■.»
Company's iroperty, gonstiUBf
Water Lots. „ „ - .
All th« above Lots are 72 fc«t thnit
An thn •agtgiil»nftb« river. 14# **
J liOlS in
Twenty-eix meres lend, oo
Dwelling House, f.irty-eigntop#n“
and one work-shed. ... 1Mr
The sale will be without rrtW;
arty taiU be short) to person!^. 0 *! «-»u»u
° Appl?tl qy timc Tm! l«mbu
oot31*-tds »
T. S. SPEA
PRACTICAL AND EXPBM 1 ^
WATCHMAKI
I 1 s*X2 U Pool l et Table Cutlery,
J. Sensors and Shears, t eather Dusters. Guos.
'•all on
J. ENNIS 6c CO.
THE GEM
RESTAURANT,
(I’NDICU T. 8. IPIAH’il.)
repared to Mr-
-v- .••vtice, at
any hour, D*r cr NiaMT.
fir the dtllcaoie. of lha
MndTToWLS.F^iS^ 0A “ K ’ * *
BAR-S'Ski’vfft ,U * "tabliahaaat la a In*
"bleb the purest and Snast Liqucrs
aud Wiues may be had.
_2*u£_. m«r ABT '
Advances on Cotton
To^SteSL"* 4 Prepared to make cash
frl.u3.in 0,1 aensigned to their
NKW YORK.
—AND—
JEWELER
Corner Broad and Rnndoipi 1
AT HIS OLD STAND-
Has now open a new and rich ttcuk rf
FINK GOLD WATCHES.
RICH GOLD JKWKLBV.
STERLING SILVER
FINK PLATED CASTOR 5 .
CUPS, KNIVES, FORKS,
SPOONS, FICKLE STA» IR
SYRUP CUPS, Ac
ALSO-A fine aoscrlmont of ;
THIMBLES, Gold and Silver ^
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PEBBLE —- 1Fr>BW
In Gold, Silver aud 6I«I " ,y
WATCH WORK aud Jewelry r«P»
and reeponslble workmen.
MR. JAS. FRICKEB
lias charge of the wawu
In itself ti a GUARANTEE thst
b* don. In th. best posilblo m»" •
Person, having FLAW
th.m JEWELLED, either Iu
Garnet or Aquamarine.
MR. IN0MIRE,
Who i, too wall known to
datum from me. has ch " r *,!
.KmnIm niftiHDiul stUiog. Ebs
Jewelry. Diamond setting,
Oct 90-u ion »W
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