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CITY COLUMN.
ELAM CHRISTIAN,
CITY REPORTER
AUTHORIZED AGENTS.
W. G. Whidby, Esq., Is authorized, as agent for
the Daily Telegraph, to contract and receipt for
advertisements and subscriptions.
Mr. A. E. Marshall is tbe authorized travelling
agent of tbe Macon Telegraph, and will visit dif
ferent sections of the State within the neat few
■weeks. Contract* for subscriptions and advertis
ing, made by him, will be filled without delay.
Jas. H. Bruce, of Nashville, Tenn., is our au
thorized agent for that city.
WOOD WANTED.
The proprietors of the Daily Telegraph desire
to contract for seventy-five cords of good solid
wood. Cash will be paid on delivery. Applica
tions desired without delay.
igj-THE New Skirt por 1865.—“Bradleys Du
plet Eliptic.—A wonderful invention for ladies. Un-
qestionably superior to all others.
Don’t fail to read the advertisement In the Macon
Telegraph containing full particulars every Tuesday
morning. octll-5tw3m.
New Advertising Index.
Amusementr-See theatre advertisement
Mechanics wanted—Wilder & Dnnn.
Notice advertisement for proposals—James Mc
Donald.
Groceries—A P G Harris.
Boots and shoes—IP Strong & Sons.
Nails—Jewett & Snider.
Sexton wanted—Apply to Jamca I Snider.
Lumber—Findlay & Kcnrick.
Boarding—JasH White.
Sole Leather, etc.—Singleton & Hunt.
For Rent—G J Blake.
lsaportaat Not***—sabseriber %*s im
mediately on the banka of Flint river, in Mitchell
county, an excellent site for a Steam Saw and
Grist Mill—surrounded by eight hundred acres of
heavily timbered pine land. All lumber sawed at:
this point, could be floated to Appalachacola, for
foreign markets. With some suitable man, who
would furnish the machinery, he believes he could
form a copartnership advantageous to both parties.
ROBT. J. BACON.
P. S.—My poet office is Albany, Ga. octl5-2w*
Eif Just received at the News Depot, -Harper’s
Monthly for November; Harper’s Illustrated
Weekly; Leslie's Illustrated Weekly; Scientific
American; N. Y. Weekly; Police Gazette; The
crap Book; Courier Des Etata Unis, and many
others.
To Machinists.
Machinist will find several thousand pounds of
old type meta! for sale at the office of the Daily
Telegraph. .tf
1ST If you want a cap, cloth or velvet or a
brush hat, or the finest quality fur hat, Shaw & Co.
have them. octS5-3t
X3T~ Goto A. S. Patrick & Co.’s to get the best
Stationery; Also, wrapping paper. seplT-tf
1ST Buy your Arnold’s writing Fluid and copy
lug Ink at the News Depot, Triangular Block.
sepl7-tf _
ESf Boys hats of every style and quality eanbe
found at Shaw & Co. over T. W. Freeman’s.
oct25-8t
More Cow Sfealiso.—On Monday morning
last about an hour before day, a cow belonging to
Col. Cumming, chief marshal, was killed in a lot
adjoining his. The hind quarters were taken, and
one of them was traced to the store of a Mr. Taber,
near Findlay’s foundry. He gave bond to the
amount of $1000 to appear at tbe superior court in
November. This store was closed yesterday by the
commandant of the post, because of suspicions
circumstances connected with it.
Mr. M’Arthur’s cow was killed near Dr. Thomp
son’s laboratory on Tuesday morning. A large
number of stray negros are gathered in .that neigh
borhood, and it is thought that they carry on a regu
lar joint stealing business. We learn that the offi
cer of the day inspected the premises yesterday,
and found several indications of harbored proper
ty-such as chicken coops under beds, etc. This
dangerous gang should be broken up by all means.
J. W. Burke & Co., have removed their Book
Store and Printing and Binding establishment to
their splendid new quarters in Snider’s Brick
Building, Second street, next to Baptist Church.
Although it is a little out of the way, it will pay to
look in upon their stock of Books, Stationery,
Fancy articles, etc. ' oct25-3t
Home Again.—After [lawfully entitling ourself
to the use of the word “ we," (plural) and taking
a brief respite from business, our hat (and bonnet)
is raised to salute the indulgent readers of the Tel
egraph, on returning to our post of duty. Hav
ing added to ourself what has been termed “ the
greatest institution for finding out things” known
toman, we trust that those who anticipate a pro
fusion of “items” will not be altogether disap
pointed. We appreciate the congratulations of
our friends upon the success we have met with in
our endeavors to "Christianize” the world, and our
final capitulation to the Irresistible heart-captain—
Cupid; and with abounding sympathy for wife-
hunters, and heart-felt Implications against bach
elorism, we jay “ let the good work go on.”
Yon Can’t Open Yodr Lips, Ladles, with
out revealing whether you use the Fragrant So-
zodont, or not. No occasion for words. Your
teeth and breath speak for you. Tbe lustre and
purity imparted to the dental machinery by that
peerless fluid, and the fragrance it gives to the
month, cannot he realized by the use of any other
article accessible to the human family.
oct24-3teod
MAYOR’8 COURT.
October, 25.—George, (colored) was caught by
another negro in Mr. Scott Clark’s hog pen, and
guarded by him with an axe until Mr. C. reached
tbe spot, and captured him. He was put where he
won’t need guarding, to wear a ball and chain thir
ty days.
Henry and Martin also went into the pork busi
ness, bntdid’nt “tnatfair,” gotanotherman’s hog,
and were sent to share George’s retirement, and
sport ironic jewels.
George, (colored) forfeited his honesty instead of
a kingdom for a horse, and was sent to the gnard
honse sixty days with hall and chain.
Major, (colored) for cutting wood off the city
reserve, was sent to the guard honse twenty days
with ball and chain.
jgyHave you seen those heautifnl silk hats
Sbaw & Co. are offering for sale? They are extra-
fine, and the “court” will take great pleasure in
showing them. Don’t forget—they are to be seen
up stairs over T. W. Freeman’s, Cherry, street,
°ct25-St _
Important to Grocery Merchants—Mr. A. 8-
Rutherford, formerly of Columbus, now connected
with the house of Hutchins, Duncan & Co., whole
sale dealers in groceries, Louisvills, Ky., is now in
this city, and is prepared to offer superior induce
ments to parties wishing to make wholesale pur
chases of anything in the grocery line. His expe
rience in the grocery business, and his known re
liability as a business man bespeak for him
"lair showing” by our city dealers. Mr. Ruther
ford can be found at the store of P. P. Pease, for
o*e week.
Sbaw & Co. have on hand, and are deter
mined tp keep, the finest hats to he had in the
South—give them a call if yon wish to see some
thing handsome. . oct25-3t
Escaped From the Guard House.—On Tuesday
night last six negroB made their escape from the
guard house by chtting through the floor of the
second story, and going down into the stockroom,
where they bnrsted the door open. Two were
confined for stealing cotton, and the rest were
wearing ball and chain lorvarions misdemeanors.
jgyMcmbers of the State convention, and visi
tors at the capital during the session, can obtain
first class board at Mrs. Harrison’s, corner of
Washington and Wayne streets, opposite the State
House. No more comfortable, convenient, yet
quiet home, can be seenred in Milledgeville. 2t
Robbery.—The honse of Mr. John Springer
near the point where the Houston wagon road
first crosses the M. & W’. railroad, was entered by
thieves on Tnesday night, and he robbed of his
pocket hook, some money, and other articles of
value.
J. W. Burke & Co., 2d street,;next to Baptist
Chnrch'do all kinds of Printing and Binding in
theneatest and most expeditions manner. Give
them a call. oct25-3t
ggp We invite special attention to the adver
tisement of A. P. G. Harris, commission merchant,
and dealer in dry goods and groceries. He is now
receiving a fine stock Of goods, and his popularity
as a dealer obviates the necessity of commendation
from ns.
Photoohalhic Albums, Pictures, Foolscap,
Letter, Note and Billet paper—all kinds of Envel
opes, Inks, Pens, Slates, school and miscellaneous
Books on bad and for sale at J. W. Burke <fe Co.’s
Bookstore, next to Baptist Church, 2d street.
oct25-3t
Council Proceedings.
Regular Meeting, I
Connell Chamber, Oct 24,1865. f .
Present—The |Mayor, Aid. Sparks, Goodall,
Groce, Weseott, Powers.
Absent—Aid. Adams, Monghon and DeLoach.
The Minutes of the last meeting were read and
confirmed.
BILLS PASSED.
J. Springer, $86; J. J. Cornell, $6; and J.jK.
Harman, $40.
BILLS REFERRED. ■!
B. W. Whitney, J. S. Schofield, W. A. Huff, J.
B. Wiley and Thos Pierce.
The Sexton reported the interments at Rose Hill
and Oak Ridge Cemeteries, from the 20th Septem
ber to 1st October, whites, adults, one; children,
10; colored, 14; total, 25; of whom one was a
non-resident.
Mr. Geo. H. Hazlehurst, Acting President Ma
con & Brunswick R. R. and Chief Engineer Macon
& Augusta R. R., communication requesting Coun
cil to appoint a committee, with whom he can
confer on the subject of depot sites of the M. & B.
and Macon <fc Augusta Railroads, andsettlingsome
other questions in which the city is concerned, was
received and read. Aids. Sparks, Goodall and
Groce, were appointed that committee, and on
motion his nonor, the Mayor, was added to said
committee.
AN ORDINANCE.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of
the city of Macon, &c., &c.,
That the sexton shall be allowed to charge, in
addition to his fees for burial, as allowed by city
ordinance, twenty-five per cent, on the cost of al;
material (bought at market prices) nsed in wall
ing up graves.
On motion tbe rules were suspended and the or
dinance read the second time, and passed.
On motion Council went into an election for
Sexton, and npon ballot Mr. A. K. Harman was
unanimously elected.
On motion Aid. Sparks.
Devolved, That the price of hauling a load to or
from any part of the city, shall be fifty cents, when
the weight does not exceed twelve hnudred pounds;
for a load of 2,000 pounds one dollar, and cotton
fifteen cents per bale. Passed.
Council tbefi adjourned.
Richard Curd, C. C.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
DISPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
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Office Chief Commissary,
Department of Georgia,
Augusta, Ga., Oct., 20th, 1865.
Sealed proposals in duplicate will be received at
the office of the Post Commissary, Macon, Ga.,
until 12 o’clock 1C, Monday November 6th, 1865,
for furnishing troops in District of Columbus,
with Fresh Beef from that date until the 31st day
of December, 1805,
The Beef te. he of good marketable quality, dressed
in cqnal proportions of fore and bind quarters
(excluding neck, shank, and kidney tallow.)
To be delivered ready dressed in tbe quarter at
snch times and places as the Commissary may des
ignate, and In such quantities as the Commander
of the District may direct
Persons submitting proposals, will state the av
erage nett weight and the quality of the Beef pro
posed to he furnished.
The successful bidder will be required to give
bond and security for the faithful performance of
his contract.
Bidders are invited to he present at the opening
of the proposals.
Proposals will be subject to the approval of the
Commissary General of Subsistence.
JAMES MCDONALD,
oct26-tCn Capt. & Chf. C. S. Dept Ga.
List of Arrivals at Brown’s Hotel.
October 25,1865.
M H Sharpe, Quitman Ga; T S Davie, Rome, Ga;
Dr John Shannon, New Market; John King, New
York; Jas M Williams, New York; J F B Jackson,
Dalton; J M Richardson, Dalton; D Toleafcrro,
Dalton; J C Austin, Dalton; Win Luffman, Spring
Place; B F Parker, Spring Place; Jno H Walker,
Washington co; EB Arnold, Henry co Ga; An
drew Sloan, McDonough; G A Miller, Talbot co;
O C Sherman, Upson co; L D- Watson, Indian
Springs: G W Adair, Atlanta; B D Johnson, Heard
co W M K Watts, Heard co; John Hale, Henry co;
R D Harvey, Rome Ga; J O Scott, Chattatogse; T
T Park, LaFayette; A L Huie, Clayton co; J K
Moore, Webster co; J H Carley, Ga; J W Hall,
Pincville; M L Bivins, Pineviile; J H Martin, Col
umbus; S J Howard, Milledgeville; W T Holmes,
Talbot oo; Frank Clandlne, Albany Ga; H Morgan,
Albany Ga; F H West, Lee Co; 8 Slafford, Blakely
Ga; Capt B A Hudson, Oglethorpe; Col W H Wil
lis, Oglethorpe; Gen P Cook, Oglethorpe: J M
Stiles, Oglethorpe; C B Hudson, Ellaville Ga; J C
Lassiter, Ellavllle Ga; G W Williams, Oglethorpe
Ga; B F King, Dawson Ga: J B Jennings, Eufaula
Ala; J G McDuffie, Eufaula Ala; Col M B Locke,
Enfna’a Ala; T II Byrd, Cnthbert; J L Var
ner, Cuthbert; Maj w A Harris, Isabella; J M
Rouse, Renwick; J R Hay .Womick Ga: A B Wil
liams, Womick, Ga; Geo W McDuffie, Marion co;
J W Perry, Blakely Ga; BHBobinson, Blakely Ga;
Henry Hays, Calhoun co Ga; G W Corley, Calhonn
co G; R w Irvin, Henry co Ala; A J Womick,
Clay co G; C S Mitchell, Inch Sami Smith, Albany;
W O 8aflord, Madison Ga; E Safford & svt, Madi
son Ga; L L Force, Ga; Mrs Jas M McCow, Mo
bile Ala; O S Payland, Columbus Ga; Thos Hyde,
Plains of Dura; J M Sheppard, Webster co; G W
Brown, Webster co; A L Dillard, Webster co; 8 A
Thornton, Brooksville; W H Harrison, Sparta Ga;
WGBell, Sandersvllle;MrsAdamB,G; Miss Adams,
Ga; A W Athon, Fntman co: E Y Naylor, Louis
ville Ky; A B Shepperdson, Balto Md; Wm Sims,
Stewart co; H T Nash, Lee co Ga; A M Speight,
Griffin Ga; Phil Vacard, Louisville Ky; W A
Swatts, Barnsville; H Green, Zebulon; T S M
Bloodworth, Liberty Hill; Vf J Vason, Augusta
Ga; A S Ruckcrford, Louisville K; O Warner,
Mcrriwether cm J M Bass, Atlanta; J B Evans,
Forsyth; B F Wilson, Atlanta; Lewis H Roberts,
Ga; J E Lambright, Ware co.
Colonel John Heart, formerly of the Wash
ington Globe and Charleston Mercury; Leon.
Trousdale, of the Memphis Appeal and Nash
ville Union, and Rolfe S. Saunders, of the
Memphis Eagle, and Enquirer and morning
Bulletin, have become joint editors and pro
prietors of the Memphis daily Commercial, in
connection with Mr. J. M. Keating. Mr.
Saunders is in this city at the present, pur
chasing a new outfit for the Memphis Com
mercial.
John 'Mitchell Released.
Philadelphia, Oct. 21.—The Fenian con
gress, is largely attended, and is a complete
success.
Its deliberations are strictly secret.
The convention will probably adjourn to
night;
This morning’s papers state that John
Mitchell, 'the Irish patriot, recently in con
finement at Fortress Monroe, has been un
conditionally released, through the instru
mentality of the piemans. There is great
rejoicing in consequence.
Government Matters.
New York, Oct. 21.—The expenditure of
the navy department for year ending June 30,
1865, amounted to one hundred and twenty
millions. The secretary estimates the ex
penses of the current year at 23,000,000.—
Although commissioners have not formally
resigned their position, and. the secretary of
the treasury has fully decided to appoint the
present assistant commissioner, E. Ralleus,
his successor.
The Herald's Washington special says the
secretary of the treasury has decided to issue
the gold notes for the use of New York, in
denominations of 500,1,000,100, and 20 dol
lars. The 1,000 5:20 bonds are now ready,
and being issued from the register’s office.
Bonds of other denominations will be ready
before the end of the month.
The trial of Bfrsby for the murder of the
girl Octavius Rossau, in this city, last Novem
ber, was concluded to-day by the acquittal
of the prisoner after 10 minutes deliberation
of the jury.
Soldiers’ and Sailors’ League.
Washington, Oct. 21.—The soldiers’ and
sailors’ league last night adopted resolutions
that the soldiers and sailors of the countrv
unite to press on the _ govemment their jus?
claims, and call a national convention to meet
on the 4th’ Monday in January next, for the
purpose of effecting a permanent organization
and urge on congress and the departments
the justice of giving the preference in employ
ment to men who have honorably served
their country as soldiers and sailors. It will
be recollected that one, perhaps both branch
es of congress, at their late session, passed
resolutions to support the above, but recently
the secretary of the treasury issued a circular,
clearly intimating, that applications from
those who have been disabled in military arid
naval service be investigated.
Terrible Accident.
New - York,.Oct. 21.—In the United States
mail-settlement known as Blaziug Star, about
15 miles from Rahway, N. J., the boiler of J.
A. Stunbasser’s establishment for preparing
phosphate of lime, exploded about 5 o’clock
Tuesday, p. m.. with such terrible effect that
the boiler was hurled a distance of 400 yards
from the place and 200 feet high. A number
of men were in the building, three of whom
stood hear the boiler were instantly killed*
The President on Reconstruction.
New Yohk, Oct. 23.—The substance of
President Johnson’s remarks on tbe subject
of reconstruction in the Southern States, dur
ing a recent private interview with him, is
given, with the president’s approval, by Maj.
George L. Steams,' of Massachusetts.’ The
president, in reply to the remark that the
democrats claimed that he had gone over to
them, intimated that the democratic party
had discovered that he was in advance of it,
and that it was now trying to seem up’ to his
standard, and he hoped it would succeed in
so doing. He re-enunciated his doctrine,
that, notwithstanding the secession of certain
States, they were never out of the Union, but,
by their rebellious course, they had forfeited
their civil government, to reconstruct the
machinery of which, ad soon as possible, he
considers .the chief duty of the time. This,
he snys, cannot be done in a moment, but
such great and happy progress is being made,
in it; that the results sometimes appear to
him like a .dream,, lie did not expect to for
ever deprive of their former civil rights, even
a majority of those who were excluded in the
amnesty proclamation; but he intended that
they should sue for pardon, and thus realize
the enormity of their crimes.
He is in favor of allowing those negros who
served in the army, those wlio can read and
write, and those who 1 are possessed of certain
qualifications, to vote, but does not think it
politic, or that he has a right to force these
conditions on the white people of the South,
though lie believes they will, ere long, con
cede this privilege to the freedmen. The
President also favors basing representation
upon the number of qualified voters, instead
of the population, as at present.
Fenian Excitement in Canada.
New York, Oct. 23.—The Herald's Toron
to correspondent says, the members of the
Provincial government, and their supporters
in Canada, are in a state of great agitation in
regard to the Fenian movement. A Fenian
organization has been known to exist there
for years, but has occasioned but little con
cern until the occurrence of recent events.—
England, Ireland, and the Canadian govern
ment have, it is said, organized and .distribu
ted throughout the province a force of spies.
Great activity is reported to prevail in mili
tary affairs.; changes in the disposition of
troops are being made, garrisons strengthened
in regions where the Irish predominate, and
an investigation of the loyalty of the officers
and soldiers instituted. Arms are being
distributed for the use of citizens known to
oppose Fenian designs. Custom authorities
are nervous over the recent large importation
of ammunition, which is believed will ulti
mately find its way into the hands of the Fe
nians. The present movement in Ireland is
merely a ruse, and will be a grand design
when England has thrown into Ireland the
troops, the order in this country shall seize
Canada, and declare it an independent State,
and place it under protection of the United
States. ;
The Earthquake in California.
New York, Oct. 23.—A dispatch from J.
A. Donaho. president of the San Francisco
chamber of commerce, to A. A. Low, presi
dent of commerce, says the earthquake shock
on the 8th inst. was very slight, doing no
damage of moment,-- and there has been no
interruption of business.
Henry Ward Beecher’s Sermon on Public
Affairs.
New York, Oct. 23.—Henry Ward Beech
er yesterday delivered a sermon in which he
gave in his unqualified endorsement of Presi
dent Johnson and his reconstruction policy;
urged forbearance and kindness toward the
South; insisting they must regulate negro
suffrage for themselves; discountenanced any
interference; and claimed we must have con
fidence in the loyal professions of the South
erners and that their self-respect must not' be
offended. He also puts forth kind words for
Gen. Lee.
In the report made by Captain J. H.Mooie,
who was sent to Andersonville to mark the
graves of the Federal prisoners, he states that
he has recognized and placed proper tablets
at the head cf twelve thousand four hundred
and sixty-on j graves, leaving but four hun
dred and fift7-one “unknown.” This shows
that the dead there were not indiscriminately
and heedlessly buried, as has been charged.
Mysterious Woman in New York.—
The New York World, in an article on the
Central Park, has the following:
Among the talk of the patrons on the turf
in the track is one upon the celebrated “ La
dy of the Dawn.” She is described as beta,
very beautiful, but of strange pallidness an!
silence. She enters the park at the earliest
hour of the morning, and rides rapidly up
the most secluded bndle-paths, never accom
panied by any one, and refusing to speak or
halt with anybody. She has always worn a
coal black hat, plume, and skirt, and dark
gloves, but she is without a riding whip.—
Aiter a half hour’s ride she emerges, and is
never seen to enter the park gates at any oth
er time of the day. Her countenance is very
melancholy; nobody seems to know her; she
is so much of a mystery that the policeman
only call her the “ Lady of the Dawn.”
MR. ST*PHE!«rtrf«iWW YORK.
It seems that Megans, Steji^ns and Reagan
were lionized in New York. The World of
the 19th, says; v ■ " :5 - ' - M '
The announcement in yesterday’s World of
the arrival of Alexander H. Stephens and
John C. Reagan had the effect of drawing
together at the Astor House, drying the day,
crowds of persons desirous of seeing them.
From as early an hour as 9' o’clock in the
morning till late in the evening, messengers
in attendance at the office of the hotel had
much to do to deliver all the cards of the
visitors to Mr. Stephens, and to answer the
various questions of tliq curious loiterers in
the hall. It wdiiltTbe' impossible to’convey
any idea of thq grqajydesire.inaiufested by. all
who came into the ante-rooms, and walked
to and fro into the corridors, to see the ex-
Confederate vice-president. (Those who had
read the World in the. morning, and whose
faculties for-remembering-'occurrences and
descriptions, were about as good as the gen
tleman who owes his tailor a small amount
but always manages-to forget it, remembered
that bis hair was white, and that he carried
a cane; and, of course, every man with hoary
locks and walking-stick that passed by was
certain to be pointed' but as being, in all
probability, Mr. Stephens. Indeed, the curi
osity tp see the latter gentleman bordered,'
in . some cases, bn the ridjeujous. T?qr
instance, in one of the ante-rooms,
the entrance to which afforded to
the occupant a favorable view“of all persons
passing through the corridors, an old gentle
man, who, to all appearances, was studiously
engaged in perusing the columns of the morn
ing newspaper, at every Step heard, sounding
on the marble floor of the hail would peer
over the top of his paper through a huge
pair of gold spectacles that were carefully
ensconsed upon a nasal organ of no mean
dimensions, and survey the passer-by with
tlie^ most intense scrutiny. This done, lie
►would then resmne^his^rcqding with an a ' r
that said plainfy* enough, ® You’re’-not the
man.” During the entire afternoon, the old
gent remained in,his quasi observatory posi;
tion, and the last our reporter.-sAw of him
was in one of the upper halls in search, as
he bruskly told one of the attendants, of
“ room No. 129,” and'there, no doubt, his
perseverance of the day was rewarded by
meeting the object of ids',admiration—Mr.
Stephens. '-'itillCbtitiJ ill lolLo-A
This instance will serve to show with what
perseverance some of the calif rs at the Astor
House waited yestefSay Hlhtirtlfej^hs’d been
successful in. obtaining*a sight of the ex-in
mate of, F.ort Warren. The-latter gentleman
—even though he may have'felt a certain de
gree of gratiflcatiori'at : being sd sought after
by those, by-gones being by-gohes, who saw
in his person the same man whoc-shod Such
lustre as a statesman in our national .sen
ate—must have found,ill molbgrecable task
to respond,to the proffered palms of so great
a crowd. Jfow he managed to stand it so
long as he did, is . a mystery, to many,
for from morning till evening the hinges of
tin- door^i his room would scarcely move to
offer egress to one individual, before two oth
ers would eiitet ill tiled hii j|)ftee. ; , At onfe
time during the day, however, he'-was ‘ob
liged to find a little peace and quiet by'flight,
and while numbers were impatiently-await
ing their turn to see him, he was enabled to
escape by a private entrapoe tp a carriage in
the street, and was thus relieved for,a.time
from the importunities .of the numerous host
of persons whom curiosity ni Admiration had
emboldened to call upon him. His return to
the hotel, however, was but a' return to the
ordeal he.souglijt to avoidjby a piecq of; strat-
1 egy which'held' good omy while it ’ lasted.
Up.to now about 200 gentlemen and several
ladies had btM renewed’ by Mr. Stephens,
among the more prominent of whom were
Senator Wils6h-'oFJMhys.y ! G<oi£&-.-T. Curfft,-
Esq., Hon. James Brooks, Leroy Wiley, Esq.,
and Hon.- Benjamili" Wood. 'Sir. Stephens;
evidently recovered bv. a good night’s, fesp
from the fatigues of his journey, fr'Ojn Boston,
was in the happiest of moods, and received
all who called upon him with that -graceful
courtesy and urbanity of tnhriner which come
so natural to him. Every ohe of the Visitors,
not,.excepting those, wlioiji, curiosity; solely
had prompted to call on him, and who may
not have entertained the!best ofifeeliiigs to
ward Mr. Stephens as a Southerner, left high
ly pleased with their visit, and no doubt wiser
in tbe knowledge that two men ean differ from
each,’other.in opinion‘without necessarily be
ing enemies. Sonjo of the gentlepigp, who
called on Mr. Stephens conversed very freely
on the questions tbatbhtsve arisen, nnd'that
will, as a natural edict of the poliev of the
administration, arise to fie settled between
the North and South before lasting peace and
harmony can be. considered as fully establish
ed throughout the-States lately in insurrec
tion. In every instance when the restoration
policy of the .president ~ wa»atl tidedfo,-Xr.,
Johnson’s«coUrsfe • was - considered^ fiy tile
Southern gentleman as the safest, and, beyond
all doubt, the.best? adaptc'diD' dlie existing
state of affairs that could, feave been decided
upon hv an administration desirous of win
ning tbe respect* and dutiful "obedience of a
people who are as wanh and sudden in their
impulses as they are jealous of-all- that con
cerns their homes. No doubt was expressed
as to the ultimate and" happy; rCsuft which
would be certain to follow the present
course of the. president oh.-.the question
of the reconstruction of the Southern
States, if strictly- adheredi-to. He was,
as Mr. Reagan expressed it, doing all lie
could to bring the: two sections of the coun
try together again, to enjoy all the privileges
and rights of sovereign States under the laws,
as before the w ( sr. He had, he said, a diffi
cult task to perform, and if ncrwlies w*itH the
North to support Jiim in Jfs .completion, for
the South virtually, as matters now stood,
had no power in the matter, either for good
or for ill.*- In giving ftee^confessipp tp their
sentiments in regard tc.-'^he ’policy pf the
president toward the South, they were not,
Mr. Reagan said, avowing mere individual
opinions, but were Only giving ttic ! true state
of the prevalent feelings of.the Southern peo
ple, and many letters thathe had received him
self during his imprisonment at Fort Warren
from different sections of the South were unan
imous in endorsing the president’s policy as
fara3 tested. the negro question was touch
ed upon, and seemed to be considered the
worst twist in the Gordian knot of obstacles
that stand in the way of the peaceful settle
ment of the difficultiescaused by the late
war, and this, if is alleged, related t not to
any opposition of the emancipation of the
slaves by the South, but as to how. harmpny
could be re-establishe’d betweetrthe'twd'rkficl
—a harmony that would.-last; not only during
the presence of the j’ederal military in the
South, but for all time. : ft was' the most se
rious obstacle to the complete pacification of
the States lately in rebellion, Mr. Reagan
thought; but’he believed' that ; Mr.' Johnson'
would do-all that could be done to achieve
this much desired end, and, if supported ' by
the people at the North, he had not the
slightest doubt of his ultimate success.
VARIETY.
The Virginia military institute is now a
heap of nuns. A correspondent of the New
York Hews says the trustees had made ar
rangements to resume the exercise of the
school on the 1st of October, prepared tem
porary buildings for the purpose, and filled
with suitable professora the chairs made va
cant by the fall of Stonewall Jackson, Gen.
Rodes, and Colonel Crutchfield (formerly
Jackson’s chief of artillery). There was a
prospect of a large number of cadets, when
suddenly an order comes from “headquarters,
department of Virginia,” abolishing the
military feature of the institute, which in
effect abolished the school itself.
A, Canadian paper says that orders have
been received by the Belgian for the purchase
of oats and barley in Canada, for the home
market. This is a new feature of the grain
trade, rendered, necessary by the short crops
this year in Europe and the United States;
and, in view of the probable abrogation of
the reciprocity treaty next March, is a pleas
ant feature. It is estimated that the differ
ence between the price of oats and barley in
England and Canada, at the present time, is
sufficiently large to make a trade between the
two countries profitable to the Canadian pro
ducers.
Admiral Farragut gave a dinner on Thurs
day evening, 12th inst., to the French admiral
comnianding the imperial squadron in New
York harbor, at which were present about
twenty-five gentlemen, .principally American
and French naval officers of the highest rank.
There were no formal speeches on the occa
sion, but many neat impromptus. The affair
passed; qffjirith great satisfaction to all who
were' present, Admiral Farragut presiding
with admirable tact and courtesy.
A newly married couple went to Niagara
On a visit, and the gentleman, in order to
convince his dear that he was as brave as he
was gallant, resolved to go down into the
Vcave of the winds.” She, of course, ob
jected; but, finding that he was determined,
affectionately requested him to leave his
pocket-book and watch behind,
j A French engineer has invented a plan for
propel ling'Vessels by electricity. A special
Committee has been appointed by the French
government to examine and report upon the
system.
It is stated that McCormick, tho inventor
of the famous reaping machine which bears
his mime, has recently died in an insane asy
lum in Illinois.
j At a Welsh watering place, a number of
young ladies in ’“Zouave bathing dresses,”
swam through the figures of a quadrille.
; American society in Paris is described as
“desolated,” on account of the absence of the
beautiful Mrs. Bigelow.
Queen Victoria has now eight grand-chil
dren, six of whom are boys.
The English detectives are thickening in
New York about the Fenians.
Roger A. Pryor is about to start an eve
ning paper in Baltimore,
Gen. Lee one day found Dr. Cutting, the
army ..surgeon, who was a handsome and
dresSy man, arranging his cravat complacent
ly before a glass. • “Cutting,”said Lee, “you
must be the happiest man in creation 1 “Why
General!” “Because,” replied Lee, “you
are. in love' with yourself, and you have not
a rival' upon earth.”
i " The Cotton Region.
! A’ West Tennessee exchange, in the course
of some interesting, remarks on cotton culture,
; says that the older inhabitants of the Missis
sippi Valley agree that the center of the cot
ton region advances steadily up the Missis
sippi Tiver; that the productiveness of the
linds increase slowly but surely; that the
lands of West Tennessee, the comparatively
poor hills in the neighborhood of LaGrange,
increased 75 per cent. It expects (if cotton
continues to command present prices) to see
the prairiesof Central Illinois yet “whitened
.by the snowy staple.”
In'noticing the prediction, the Murfrees
boro’ Monitor says:
1 In confirmation of the idea advanced we
fan say-(and the -farmers of Rutherford and
statistics of the county will sustain the asser
tion) that the cotton crops of Rutherford, the
quantity produced per acre have, all things
equal, constantly increased. We recollect
.when six hundred pounds per ncre vvas con
sidered a very fair crop. How, unless from
eight to ten hundred is made, it is considered a
failure. An old friend, a cotton farmer, told
us to-day that he made on the few acres he
planted last year a bale to the acre, and that
he would make this year, notwithstanding the
drought, seven dr eight hundred-pounds. We
have, therefore, ascribed the increased pro
ductiveness of the land per acre to improved
modes of culture, but the principle stated in
tiio Argus leads us to doubt whether it can be
ascribed entirely to that cause.
Whatever the cause, it is a fact of import
ance, and deserves consideration at the hands
of those who propose to invest in Southern
lands, whether for culture or speculation.
We do not regard this as a matter of con
jecture at all. There is a great principle at
the bottom of it. So soon as free labor shall
be firmly established in the South, the mar
kets of the world will be supplied with a
better, more abundant, and more profitable
article of cotton than they ever had before.
The whole labor system of the South in for-
. mer times was a political, social, agricultural
and financial blunder: And there is nothing
which so quickly provokes a sensible man’s
temper as to read a rigmarole of lugubrious
predictions in some half-fledged, slave-ridden
Mississippi journal, on the collapse of the
cotton interest under the barbarizing influ.
ence of free labor. The old slave monopoly,
Consisting of some 300,000 members, has in
deed collapsed, but the genuine cotton in
terest, in an agricultural and commercial
point of view, is just taking a fresh, healthy
start in a career of prosperity which will be
safe and permanent As to the cotton region
traveling north, that is all moonshine, unless
the climate changes.—Hashville Press and
Times. -
N. A. MEGRATH, AGENT,
Wholesale aad Retail Dealer in
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS, &0,
At Ells’ Old Stand, Opposite Lanier House,
MACON, - - - ' ’ ' GEORGIA.
23P A special dispatch to the Cincinnati
TJOOW .H .X
It is stated confidentially that some of the
leading politicians, both of the republican
and democratic I(organizations, have been
making an active movement, within a few
days past, looking-to the early reconstruction
of the cabinet, the main object being the re
moval of the present secretary of war. Mr.
Johnson listens patiently to their arguments
and representations, but keeps his own coun
sel its to what he intends to do in the prem
A fashionable opera cloak costs as much in
• N»w York as a farm, in Illinois. ,
The Wandering Jew.—The legend of
the Jew ever wandering and never dying,
even from the crucifixion of Jesus to tho
present day; is spread over many European
countries. The accounts, however, as in all
fables; do not agree. One version is this:—
When Jesus was lead to death, oppressed,by
the weight of the cross, he wished to rest
near the house of Ahasucrus. This man,
however, rallied forth and thrust him away.
Jesus turned toward him, saying: “I shall
rest, but thou shalt move on till I return.”—
And from that time he has had no rest, and
i3 obliged incessantly to wander about. An
other version is that given by Matthew, of
Paris, a monk of the thirteenth century:—
When Jesus was lead from the tribunal of.
Pilate to death, the door-keeper, named Car-
taffiiouB pushed him from behind with bis
foot, saying, “walk on, Jesus, quickly, why
(lost thou tarry?” Jesus looked upon him,
and said, “ I walk on, hut thou shalt tarty till
I come.” And this man, still alive, wander*
from place to place in constant dread of the
wrath to come. A third legend adds that
this wanderer falls sick every hundred years,
but recovers and renews his strength; hence,
it is, that after so many centuries, he does
not look older than a septuagenarian. Thus
much for the legends. Not one of the an
cient writers mention this wanderer. The
first who reports such a thing is a monk of
the thirteenth century, when as it was known,
the world was full of pious frauds, even to
disgust. However, the story has spread far
and wide, so that it has become a proverb,
“ He runs about like a wandering Jew.”
I SHALL receive GOODS every week, and shall keep my stock so assorted that mer
chants and consumers can FIND ANYTHING THEY WANT, at all times.
I WILL SELL .A.S LOW .A.S ANYBODY.
X. A. MEGRATH, Agent.
t&~ p - S.—ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY PRODUCE WANTED.
oct20-3m
N. A. M.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
Chattanooga, W)ct. 18, 1865.—E. B. Walk
er, Supt. M. & W. K. R.—Our rate from Dalton to
New York on cotton is $9 per bale.
A. A. TALMAGE,
oct24-3t Slipt. E. T. & G. R. R.
Macon & Western Railroad, Macon, Oct.
21,1865.—Members of Georgia Conven tion can ob
tain return tickets over this Road, (fare one way,)
on application to J.R. Crew, General Ticket Agent.
oct24-8t, E. B. WALKER, Supt.
ESP Go to Bryant, Stratton & Co’s. Nasbyillc
Business College for a thorough knowlcdgo of
Bookkeeping, Pensmanship, Commercial Calcula
tions, Commercial, Law Partnership Settlements
and Business Forms and Practice etc. Send for Col
lege paper, Circulars, etc. Address 1 AJ •
BRYANT, STRATTON ,V CO.,
octSl-tinx Nashville, Tenn.
Atlanta Medical College.—The course of
Lectures In this institution will commence bn the
first Menday in November next, and continue four
months—the Faculty having changed tlie time for
the session from summer to the winter months, r
JOHN G. WESTMORELAND,
oct 21-lm Dean..
Light! Light! Light!
Petroleum Oil, just received and for sale at the
Drug Store of A. M. BOYD.
Batchelor’s Bair Bye! "-. Ai-
The original and best in the world! Tho only
true and perfect hair dye. Harmless, reliable and
instantaneous. Produces immediately a splendid
black or natural brown, without injuring the hair
or ikin. Remedies the ill effects of bad dyes.—
8old by all druggists. The genuine is signed'Wil
liam A. Batchelor. Also, Regenerating Extract ot
Mlllcfleurs, for restoring aud beautifying the hair.
CHARLES BATCHELOR, I
augl5-lv New York.
Itch! Itch! Itch!—Scratch! Scratch;!”
Scratch!—Wheaton’s Ointment will cure the
A. M. ROWLAND & CO.
(Mulberry 6treet, Opposite Lanier Hbuse.)
Wholesale and Retail Dealers
In China, GIus* and Queensxvare.
We have now on hand and will open from time,
to time,
A LARGE AND WELL ASSORTED STOCK
of China, Glass and Qneensware, Table Cutlery,
Coal Oil aud Coal OilLamps, which.we will Belt
cheap, both by Wholesale and Retail.
Our supply consists partly of the foliowining
articles: fl.; ;-.t
Gilded and Plain China Dinner Setts,
Gilded and Plain China Tea Setts.
China Cups, Saucers, Plates,'
Mugs and Vases,
. Porcelain and.White Granite,
Plates, Dishes, Bowles, etc.
Glass Pitchers,
Jelly Stands and Fruit Stands,
t Glass.Preserve Dishes,
Butter Bowls and Pickle Jam,
Glass’ Tumblers,
Goblets and Wine Glasses,
JapanedWare,
Salvers and Toilet Setts (complete,)
Coal Oil,
Coal Oil Lamps,
Lanterns, etc. : > ■*
, BAR FIXTURES.
_-.lr.f- Such as Decanters,
; h Sugar Bowls,
Bitter Bottles,
Cigar Lighters,
Beer Mugs,
Ale Glasses,
': Tqmblcrs, . • .
Chamnagnc Glasses,
o-, Wine Glasses, --ii
White Granite and Rock Spittoons, etc., etc:
Together with everything else that can be found
itch in 48 hours. Also cures salt rheum, ulcers,;.
chilblains, and all eruptions of the skin. Price 50-in a FIRST GLASS CROCKERY ESTABLISH-
cenU. For sale by all druggists.' By sending 60 ' MENT. octl7-3m
cents to Weeks & Potter, sole agents, 170 Wasli-, . p— _ __
ington street, Boston, Mass., it will, be forwarded • U U X _L O JN .
by mail, free of postage, to any part of the Uillted
JOHN T. EDMUNDS & 00.,
To the Citizens of Georgia! r-.--.-i7 4, , - ,, . . ,
The termination oi a sanguinary contest, which D.UlkCl'S & ConiluiSSiOH MprcLftlltS,
for the past four years has presented an impassa-: ,,, ' _» r
ble barrier toall social or commercial intercourse r - ''' , . " , O 1* . , -
between the two great sections of our country, 0 Hceoll Third Street, next doer to Post Office.
having at length happily cleared away all pb- .
stacles to a removal of those relations which TTTTE are prepared to make eash advances on
formerly bound us together in a fraternal u'nion, VV shipments of cotton to Norton, Slaughter &
I take the earliest opportunity afforded at pr t° bur correspondents in Livcr-
this auspicious event, to greet my. Southern 'r-fKintere^aml-ouniers or''.<mtton cnbjisttiig the
friends, and to solicit from them a renewal of same to our care for sale’or shipment, shall have
that extensive business connection which for a P r °mpt rrturns of sales, in gold or currency as
quarter of a century has be.en uninterrupted save 't^sffiicitord’ers for the purchase of cotton,
by the great public calamity ,to. which I have . Gold aud silver and sight exchange oh New York
adverted. , We refer by permission to JB Ross &8on, Bow-
It is scarcely necessary, on the threshold o.f.ja , dre :& Anderson, Knott .&■ Howe; Hardeman &
business re-union, I should repeat the warning Sparks, R W Gubbedgc, N A Hardee As t’o, Savan-
iventnmv friends—to beware ot all nab;'Third ,National Bank, Nashville; Citizens’
iven to my inenas,—to Deware ot an , r 011 ikv„le: Commerei.il Bank. Louisville.
so often given
those spurious and deleterious compounds which,
under tbe specious and false titles of Imported
Winos, Brandies, Holland Gin, Liquors, Ac., have
been equally destructive to the health of OUr
citizens as prejudicial to the interests of-the le
gitimate Importer.
Many years of jny past life have been expen
ded in an open and candid attempt to expose
these wholesale frauds; no time nor expense has
been spared to accomplish this salutary pur
pose, and to place before my friends and the
public generally, at tho lowest possible , market
price, and in such quantities as might suit their
convenience, a truly genuine imported article.
Twenty-five years’ business transactions with
the largest and mostrcspectable exporting houses
in France and Great Britain have afforded mo
unsurpassed facilities for supplying our home
market with Wines, Liquors, and Liqmures oi
the best and most approved brands -n Europe,
in addition to my own distillery i-i Holland for
the manufacture of the “Scliiud.m Schnapps.”
Tbe latter, so long tested and approved by the
Medical Faculties of the United States, West In
dies and South America aB an invaluable Thera
peutic, a wholesome, pleasant, and perfectly safe
beverage in all climates and during all seasons,
quickly excited the cupidity of the homo manu
facturers and venders of a spurious article under
the same name. : 1
I trust that I have, after; much'toil and ex
pense, surrounded all my - importations with
safeguards and directions with which with ordi
nary circumspection will insure their delivery,
as I receive them from Europe, to all my cus
tomers. ” ',
I would, however, recommend in all cases
whore it is possible, that orders bo sent direct to
my Depot, 22 Beaver Street, New York, or that
purchases be made of my accredited agents.
In addition to a large stock of Wines, Brandies,
Ac., in wood, I have a considerable supply of old
tried foreign wines, embracing vintages of many
past years, bottled up before the commencement
of the war, which I can especially recommend
to all connoisseurs of these rare luxuries.
In conclusion, I would specially call the atten
tion of my Southern customers io the advantage
to be derived by transmitting their orders with
out loss of timo, or e&lling personally at the
Depot, in order to insure the fulfillment of their
favors from the present large and well selected
assortment. UDOLPHO WOOLFE,
sept26-lm 22 Beaver Street, New York.
AT AUCTION.
WE WILD SELL, ON THURSDAY NEXT,
A Fine Morgan Stallion,
Seven years old, in fine order, and all right.
oct25-2t R. B. CLAYTON & CO. .
FOR SALE,
A GOOD Steam Saw and Griss Mill, which has
two runners, one for com and one for wheat.
All in good running order. Said Mills situated
four miles north of 14th Station, C. R. R. Mv
price for ssid property is $8,000 In green backs. I
can be seen at the Mills at any time.
oetl4-2aw8w J. I. IRWIN.
Bank, Louisville; Commercial Bank, Louisville.
Journal & Messenger, Slercantile Mirror, of Ma
con, Educational Journal, Forsyth, Sumter Re
publican, Americus, and Albany Patriot, Colum
bus Times and Enquirer, LaGraugc Reporter,
Griffin Union, Milledgeville Recorder, publish one
-month and send bill to
o t JOHN T. EDMUNDS & CO.,
oct 25-lm ' -; . Macon.
GOOD COTTON PLANTATION
FOR RENT,
I OFFER for rent, tbe ensuing year, one-half of
what was known as the land belonging to the
estate of A. J. Coalson, lying on the east side of
the Ocmulgee, six miles above Hawkinsville, and
eight mile* west of Coley’s Station, on the M. &
B. R. R.
Between five and six hundred constitute the num
ber of cleared acres, every field of which is well
watered. A good dwelling, with all necessary out
buildings, two gin bouses, one screw, com cribs,
etc., on the place.
I will also hire to the tenant seven head of good
work mules, and will sell all the produce made
on the place this year, as cheap as it can be bought
anywhere.
This plantation i6 well known for the amount of
cotton that has been grown upon it, and those
who wish to engage in . the business in the year
1866 will do well to give me a call. I will be
found on the premises. Letters may be addressed
to me at Hawkinsville.
oct25-6t* S. COALSON.
FLINT HOUSE
ON FIRST ST, NEARLY OPPOSITE CITY HALL,
Has been thoroughly renovated, and is now open
for the accommodation of
TRANSIENT AND DAY BOARDERS.
My friends, aud the traveling public generally,
visiting Macon, arc invited to make their borne with
me, and no pains will be spared to make them com
fortable. J. M. REYNOLDS,
oct25-2w» Proprietor.
COTTON.
W E wish to purchase a few hundred bales of
good Cotton, in good shipping order, will
pay U. S. currency, gold or sight exchange on N.
Y. Apply to
oct2o-3t ROBERTS, DUNLAP & CO.
j..; To Rent.
T HE Large and commodious Store Room under
the Hotel part of the LANIER HOUSE, ad
joining Mrs. Damour’s property. Possession given
'immediately. Apply to
J. L. JONES,
oot25-2t* Treasurer.
iSFotice.
Y~VN the 1st of November next, will be 6old on
(J tbe plantation belonging to the estate of R.
H. Sl^tpey, is H ouston county, all the perishable
property, to-wlt
Mules, Cows, Meat, and Stock Hogs, Sheep,
Com and Fodder, Cotton, Peas, Symp, Wagon and
Plantation Implements.
. JACOB HILY,
R. H. SLAPPEY, Jr.
oct24-10t* Ex’rs.
For Sale or Rent.
fjA ACRE8 Orchard, Vineyard and Garden with
O'-? gooddwelliDg, stables and all necessary out
improvements, only two miles from the heart of
the city.
CARR, GUNN & WRIGHT,
oct 24-lw* Office in Ralston’s Building.
Cane Mills and Syrup Boilers.
A FEW more of those very superior Cane Mills
and Symp Boilers, for sale cheap, at
ang 183m SCHOFIELD’S.
