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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. Just Received, » FINE LOT ROl’K; Sugar Cured U.m,) Cheese, Candv, Potato*.; Union). Copper*.; Staruh, Sordino); Applo Vinegar; Osnaburgs, Cotton Yarn,; Chewing and Smoking Tobacco: Fcvcnty-flve thousand Cigar,; Pea., Meal, and Bacon ; All Tor sale, either at wltol*«ale or retail, bp CANDLER-BROWN A CO. decMt 14S Broad Street. Wanted to Rent, A HOUSE AND LOT. either In the City _ or in Wynnton, with four to six rooms. Apply to AUCTION SALfi ByD. y u- P- & B. ELLi S (Lat, BUt«, Birin,,tor, * (, (| , oyiKvtia,fc“ a », A SPLENDID 10T NEW FliRto 1 Marbla-top Roouwood lluir.,,. CANDLER. BROWN A Co. ltd Broad Street, o JAMBS H. BROWb NO IMPOSITION t Direct Importation of Habana Cigar*. J 0NDRKS PRINCIPK, of Wnll*.; Londros Intimidad: Brerns Ingenuidad: Londros Sculapio: Conchas el Viajero do Lima; Wholesale and retail hy It. F. DURAN, Corner Randolph and 11 road streets. Wool Carding! Wool Carding! A new set of wool cards, ju.t bunt, nr. now in full opora’ion nt th. Bite of tho OI.D COLUMBUS FACTORY. Aleo. our Oriel Mill, lor grinding both wh.at and corn. Partiej oan leave their Wool and rooeiv. tb.lr -tgp Roaowood Unrein l Walnut Cottage Beditend; 9 Mahoganjr Rooking Chair,; 1 Oral Marbtt-top C«ntre T»bl«- 9 8#* Wata»l8#fa-hottomCb,lr, f>0 Yd., Tapa.tr, Carpeting; 1U0 do. New India Matting; Wa.h Stand.) Bedstead,; Tirana; Table,; A ytn liae Mahogany Kgt,n.j Table. ■■on i); lir. Tho; (. L, J U-Tbc jinU.t giiroatl: CROCKERY AND GLASS^jy 9 PINE CHINA TEA A very fine Plated TEA SET, T pteen, With other wimble good, in the Bom, lux Une, ALSO. A Complete set Black#mith Tool* ALSO. 10 bbls. Northern Onions, dec 0-1U BY D. P. & B. ELU (Late Ellis, Livinsrston \ Co., Roola from J. J. Clapp, at the Drugstore of e<wrs. Dawson, Collier A Co., under Cook a Hotel. 6*0 & 2vr Sun copy 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 L0( sum AUEN Jlr. j M lrf ll folk lh«0oi M.F. If®. I* B. F. »• ta-« I. W. 1) 9. c. Bi W. 8. A II. 11-Si At Gene At Bull; At Fort At Joan rJierni Un chi jounwd {liatelj. 92t [I, P. i ich odil Itndvcr 4 cumf [per »n I! lie fo rortiioi ,rdt. F. 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 ^ HAIR WORK' Once Won •ales i ir yet ds bj gpari ut a tly b Sh di ught i Wo itifiud te oi bsbljr how i fount he Mi Tin o nuu opeten ions I our p cm ou ill ad n prev heir o' Aid ited b. openoc of tin the bi lulumb nt, wo is of t rind oi At It, and Th 'lory,; ir pot Ur. credit h th me * struct msoh old i r has 1 Indus "U pat Uii ro pp wi tsriall note i n lust days, very y unai lari f< organ oniric next ides tl hargi sight, let. 1 :o a cli advar all*' '■ hash lers th G F rs I 1’ G T M R L J T W ideslfncri- SPEOTACLb 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 ChHs 1 DEI,I Mr, V W U ( R J T Jno M W W 11 TL M H T\ L FC W B Jno O Mira I H T . Jno I Jno I TU J Jno A ni i DU ]