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:* , T ■ 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. H 5.| 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.