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. B. DUMBLE,
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MORNING, DEC
1865-
PERSOSAL.
K' ffjtB, Ga. —
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With thu>
nt proprietor,;
Aril and fair exposition of whit ire /cel and
believe to be the beat interest* of Abe people.
Much ha* been said abont the nqpessity of
reorganizing the supreme court by patting
back on the bench the old members; in oth
er word*, w dsdiag the same men to the
bench who were its first judges; and this is
placated to be the win aad the voice of the
people. We do not think one single man in
the legislature believes any such sentiment
Hduct P rer * Us amom * the P*°I ,,e - We * ,ye j7 1
— Onr a, ecesaors arc Means. 8. Borxnr j *******
W. a.R«d. The paper will be edited by
the former gentleman, in connection with J.
R. f •• r,i:xi, E»o, vcQ known as editor of the
Savannah heyMiam, and published under the
firm mum of W. A. Ron* Ca Theae gentle
man are too wall and favorably known to the
citizens of Georgia to need any rrcnmmc-ndn
tion front m. They will, doobUean, InAtae new
life and energy into its columns and sWy sus
tain the reputation which the paper acquired,
yearsago.
Oar reaaoal for selling the Tnixoiura are
of a purely personal aad private nature—our
anecem in ita publication having been greater
than onr moat as nffasc anticipations. When
nnr hark waa first taapehari upon the popular
rarrent. the night Waa fearfully dark and
the tempest raged. Our course was, of neces
sity, somewhat tortuous, in endeavoring to
steer dear of the metal and breaker* which
threatened u* upon either aide, finally, a
ray of light beamed athwart our pathway-
in the reconatrnction policy of President Johx-
aox—and we bailed ita advent as a forerunner
of peace aad prosperity to onr 8tatc and sec
tion ; and although the clouds have not yet
all disappeared^ and the muttering* of dis
tant thunder ran occasionally lie heard, we
confidently trust and expect, that the silver
liniag upon oar political horizon, like the
moon through clouds, will illumine our fiitnre
and direct us into the glorious sunlight of
penes and progress.
During our connection with the Tzi.r-
nnarn, if we know onr own hearts, onr chief
object has been to fruitfully represent the
interests, and vindicate the honor of (fie Em
pire State. We have never contributed to
arbruini of individual advancement, to tlic
prejudice of the public weal; und we leave
the paper with the consciousness of lisring
endeavored, to the best of onr poor ability,
to protect and foster the social and political
interest* of the State of Georgia,
Prom our brethren of the press, who linvd
licea too generous ia their appreciation of
onr humble effort*, and onr friends, general
ly, throughout the Btatc, we cannot sever our
heretofore pleasant Intercourse, without ex
periencing a pang of regret. Coming among
them, a* comparative .strangers—fhn right
hand of fellowship was promptly extended,
their confidence cheerfully Igmtowetl. Wo
can never forget their courtesy and kindness.
Wherever oar lot may be east, In the future,
we will never cease to bear, to the people of
Georgia—her public men, and her citizens,
generally—oentimentsof esteem and affection.
Onr hearts will ever thrill with pride and
pleasure, at the mention of her great names.
Vav die soon take 1. r position in the great
sistirhond of States; recover her pristine
strength and glory, and gird up her loins for
on onward inarch to honor and renown.
L. Cl.ATI.AKH.
J. B. Dtruni.v.
Governor in office as lqpg as he acted well ;
or of calling him back to position after he
had declined the place. We are progremive,
and want every man to have a chance in the
honors of the State.
In connection with this subject, we see men
whose reputation for ability [and private
worth is as great as any men in Georgia, men
tioned as Candidate*: Judge Harris, a man of
high and elevated order of intellect; Judge
Clark, n man of distinction and merit; Judge
Worrell, said to be a pure and impartial
Judge. An<l then we have in our town here
one of the ablest men in Georgia for the place
—a man who would gain more reputation on
the Bench than any man we know—who
iroold stand by the laws in all time, and amid
all circumstance*—a man who would protect
personal liberty, shield cripples and sick men
from lieing drugged into service if plunged
in foreign war, which is not impossible. We
have published hts decisions against the sus
pension of the habeas corpus—on the substi
tute question—on treason—on the jurisdic
tion of the State courts, etc., etc.; and we
confess we feel satisfied that he would, upon
the bench, in the future, protect the liberty of
the citizen. If the Legislature wanted to
elect a man who would hend the law to pow
er, and helievrd the Constitution authorized
tile dragging of tree white men into compul
sory military service. Judge Lochrane would
Jbb n bod selection. Blit if the want is on
honest, fearless, independent Judge, who by
his record stands pledged against all arbitrary
arrests and illegal nets of power, we would
recommend to them Judge Lochrane, of Ma
con ; and we might add the name of others
if wc had time.
CoavKDKiiATK* AnnnsTKD.—Three prnm-
*nent citizens of Texas have recently been
arrested by order of General Sheridan, and a
few day* ago passed through New Orleans en
route for Fort Jackson, where they arc to tie
confined. The gentlemen incarcerated arc
Judge Thomas J. Devine, formerly of the
Confederate State* court, who was arrested nt
hi* own residence; another is Sacktield
Marlin, formerly a Major in the regular army,
I art who resigned before the war, and after-
ward became* Major in the Confederate ar
my ; and Phillip N. Lnckct, a Colonel in the
Trans-Mississippi department, and were ar
rested on their return to Texas. vUl had sent
in their applications to the President for par
don. but whea unde prisoners, time sufficient
hail e.,»t clap*ed t«r answers to reach them,
On thsir way through Near Orleans, they
f .• strong appeal* jh the president for
psrdor. and release, and sent them to OoY-
svnor M ell*, requesting his endorsement, he-
'"anting them.
1 v Tobacco.—The British Minister has
; mally claimed MO hogsheads of tobacco,
which hero bean secreted in Richmond for
wm »«*th*, and which are about being re-
*•>" the government agents to New
V.TK. under the confiscation law. The French
Mini-tor also Haims this tobacco as belonging
t" A .tend Belmont, agent of th* house of
Roitu hilda. The French consul at Richmond
pr uo-u Against it« seizure by the government
' f illH* fcJJO. *•
i:. ni n.niMi nr ran Tuple.—The Jews,
'•oth in this country and in Europe, hare,
■ r set oral tears put, been making great ef
fort- to rai-m subscription* for the rebuilding
of the Temple of Jerusalem, permission to
tin.! < tr.ct having brew given to them hv the
Tnrind, government There is a sublimity
ff purpose a’ out the movement which rami
' _ r.sp*ct and sympathy of christen-
douiY
I ,.i. A. npj:XT.-Jn*t before going
to pr,-- SC received inftfnnation of an aeci-
'' h 1. m . f.-arhas face* disastrous Salts
iHa. The -tranter Comet, on its wav to
' 1 ■ ' .h. We-, up ahout
opinion daring the last six months and we
confess 'this one is new to ur
We do not think the men who were origi
nally on the Bench would give it either pop
ularity or confidence over many of the men
whose names are mentioned in connection
CESEltAt INTELLIGENCE.
fei'Di;
STUB
Trigg presiding, commenced its session at
Knoxville on the 27th. Nineteen hundred
indictments for treason will come up before
**■&" g g '3~ § “I . 1
Vigilance Committees jfre Jx-ing formed in'
Boston to patrol the streets during the fir-t
half of the night, so Ixild have the gunoterx.
and robbers become.
In Liberty county, Texas, they are organi
zing a militia force to resist an anticipated
insurrection of negroes. <
. Geo. W. Julian, of Indiana, the must rabid
of Northern radicals, received a severe' cow-
hiding at the hands of 8oL Meredith, on the
27th.
Important movements are on foot to im
prove the rapids of the Upper Mississippi.
The Canadians, having somewhat recover
ed from their Fenian scares, the provin-
with the office. In fact, we arc opposed, ut- j ^ a | confederation scheme will again lie agi-
terly slut emphatically opposetl, to the rule I tated.
that excludes the young and aspiring man J Jt i# mnoamx a that all commisioned vol-
frnm place. We lielleve:in giving^vciy man . untt( . r offi , trs . not io romm an<l or nssign-
n chance to distinguish himself. We are not j ^ to ac rive duty will he iimnedintc muster-
in favor of a principle that would keep a | w | out
Confederate service. The two jast named
went to Mexico cm the surrender of the ^wllOnt penmanship, order at.d system in all
Clerk of the IIon«e of Representatives.
Mean. KilUon—I am gratified to see the
umimincomcpt, in the Atlanta Jntelligeneer,
of the name of L. Carrington, Esq., of Mil-
ledgeville, a* a candidate for clerk of tlic
next house of representative*. To old mem
bers of the house, no rceonmiendation of Mr.
C. Is necessary, lint ns there nre many new
members elected, I have thought it would
be (loing-thera a good service to call their
attention to rlio particular importance of
pliicing the moat experienced and efficient
men in the office* of their house, as they will
Im (Wiled iqwin to delilicmtc and net upon
the most momentous questions that ever en
gaged the attention of any former legislature
of our State, and all know liow much, expe
rienced officers contribute to tbeforder and
dispatch of business.
Mr. Carrington lias been clerk of the house
for several years, and his untiring energy and
industry have enabled him to dispense with
the large corps of thirty and forty clerks,
which lira predecessors had found it necessa
ry to employ, and with a corps of less than
one-third this number, he has discharged the
duties of his office to the entire satisfaction
of the'Honse, and saved many thousand dol
lars expense to the State.
IBs strong lungs, distinct articulation, cx-
his subordinate departments, his good cheer,
and disposition at all times to assist and
prompt the new members of the honse, have
won for him the sill merited reputation of
“modol clerk.”
In conclusion, I would state that this re
commendation made in no partizan spirit,
but is done without the knowledge of Mr.
C., and solely for the good of the house of
representatives and the State at large.
Georgia
Macon. Dec. 3,1805.
THE MANTLE OF CHARITY.
The Chicago lime* says:
-A bill lias been introduced in the Mis
souri legislature making it n penal offence for
any person to spcalcVif an officer connected
with the Confederate army, and give his title
without prefixing Prebel’ thereto. The
avowed design of tb<V|bill is to make treason
odious. The real pit i rj* sc is to vex and insult
those who sustained the rebellion, to gratify
the petty malignity ofjtlic fanatics now con
trolling the State. Foolish and mischievous
as are the provisions of the hill, there is a fair
prospect of its passsg#'
It is melancholy to observe the feelings
of vengeance yet cherished toward the pros
trate Southern sympathizers in Missouri, by
the victorious radical part^iana. In the pure
ly Northern States, such ns New York, but
little, comparatively, of the vindictiveness cx-
ista. It is this barbarous system of proscrip
tion which produced the butcheries of Qr.vx-
trma and other guerrilla leaders. Tlic in
dulgence of these inhuman feelings of Wo,
have made Missouri, appear more during the
last four ycras like an inner African heathen
| country, than one of the States of the great
up aliout j Republic, J* the cry of peace not a delusion,
*‘ lc ,st **d a snare when such an inquisitorial system
passen- : of proscription is tolerated.
mynto* are tote. No] ,
received. j Is Ssrrr Poisoxotx?—A respectable man
j residing in Pans, Tenm, had received from a
vary, recently tinder j nephew • present of a half a pound of snuff.
for stealing several articles | and had placed it on the shelf of a cupboard
■ _r. on tie ground that pan- l>y the side of a similar amount of coffee just
' i ,: ' : ' t> n ' m Mealing; purchased. ITiswi:''. in preparing their break-
.-, b . f-vc.al paperawhid - "
wht* he grta fruriv started,
fast, took the wrong package, and without
perceiving her error, mode a beverage, of
j which they partook, supposing it to he coffee,
f November, at the | although they at the same time observed that
athcr. at Tennilie. it had a very bitter, disagreeable taste. They
i n and Mi«a Axs.t, were both shortly after seized with rympioms
j of poisnitmg, and then only discovered th*
bn- tagpi.-t ..r i . drkSad, * j mistake. MsAeal asristimee was obtained,
j bnt tlie husband shortly after expired: the
wife, however, uBInjatclv recovered.
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i . r ) . • I LortsiAXA DsLBoATtoa.—The Louisiana
9 J JdcgitUs consists of the following persons r
OsMt's-bt-1 Martin, First District; -Jacob Bark-
bicn - r,timed 1 Second District; R..C. Wiekliffe, Third
kili IK -tThomp- District; John E. King, Fouqh-District;
• 'red r, h . nt. 1 John Rav, Fifth District. \
The regular annual convention of the
Ohio State Sorgo Asssciation will be held in
Cincinnati, commencing Tuesday evening,
December, 5th, 1865.
Hon. Rolicrt C. Winthrop, of Boston, was
married in Brooklyn, last week, to Miss
Adele G. Thayer. The pfesent is Mr. Win-
throp's third wife. Siie is very wealthy.
Argnclles, whose delivery by 3Ir. Seward
to tbe Cuban authorities provoked so much
comment front the press, is about to be set at
liberty by the Spanish government
The total asscsed value of property in 'Wis
consin is $157|41C,298; and the State tax
levied for this year is $94,371.
lion. Thomas Settle, a Union man, was
elected speaker of the North Carolina State
State senate on Tuesday.
A Federal paymaster was murdered by
Cortinas’ forces above Brownville, who fled
with $35,000 into Mexico.
The amnesty proposed by the emperor has
been accepted by some of the leaders of the
opposition on the Rio Grantle.
The Adams express company offer n reward
of $1,000 for the arrest of Rndolpli S. Dodge^
who lias escaped from the VieVsbnrg jail,'
where lie was confined on a charge of rnli-
liing that company.
Maximilian has given orders to fortify the
Mexican frontier.
Ex-Govcmor Lubbock was released from
Fort Delaware last Friday.
Prceilmen in Savannnh’whn hnVe been oc
cupying lands which have been restored to
their owners, nre notified to remove before
the 20tli of December.
John Donovan; son of the late eminent
Irish antiquarian, had liccn committed for
trial on a charge of high treason. Bail was
refused. He had been giving lectures to the
Fenians on the use of the rifle.
Gen. Baker has entered bail to the amount
of one thousand five hundred dollars to nn-
swer tlic indictment found against him at
Washington, on tlic oaths of Mr. and Mrs
Cobb. The trial is set for the second Friday
in December. /
” . There is now a daily line of steamers !>c-
ttveen Mobile and New Orleans.
A troupe of genuine African minstrels has
been giving concerts in Raleigh, North Caro
lina.
The Eutaw (Ala.) Observer, notices the
death of Mr. Hopkins Ricce, one of the first
settlers in that county.
Forney, having got Wire satisfactorily hung,
heads an editorial in his press—‘’Now for Jef
ferson Davis.”
Nearly $100,000 has been subscribed in Lon
don for a monument to Cardinal Wiseman.
Tlie Chattanooga Gazette states that a meet,
ing was held in that city on Wednesday last-
to take initiatory steps towards building a
Raitroad between Chattanooga and Cincin
nati. ‘
Literary liens.
- M. Laras nine ban coniBinraed' •*- • pub
lication of a Life of Byron in Paris.
The Hon. Mrs. Norton is engaged on the
‘‘History «f the Sheridans,”.
An edition of Baron Mpncliauscn is soon
to appear; with one hundred and. fifty illus
trations liy Gustave.
A new poem by Robert Browning, a strange
and wild Italian story, with a flimsy founda
tion ol fact, will soon he published.
The author of "John Halifax”—Mrs.Cralk.
better known as ML» MulAck—announces.*
new book—“4^NobU; Lije.” y .
Sampson, Low A: Co., of London, will soon
publish, “A Walk from London, to Land's
End, with notes by tbe way,” by Elihu Bur-
ritt, the learned blacksmith.
The complete works of Roger Aschaiu, now,
for the first time, collected, with a life of the
author, by Rev. Dr. Giles, will soon be pulo
lislied in London.
Mr. David Mason has lieen appointed by
the British government to-the chair of rhe
toric and Englldi literature in Edinburgh
University, vacated by the death of Professor
Aytoun.
The author of the popular novel “Kate
Kennedy,” announces as a new book, “ Com
mon Sense,” to be brought out simultaneous
ly in New York and London.
Charles Rcade is writing a story for the
Argosy, a new monthly magazine, to be pub
lished by Sampson, Low & Co., simultaneous
ly in London and New York. He has also
completed a story called “ Jealousy,” to he
published in the Atlantic Monthly, lieginning
with the January number.
George Routlege & Sons, of London and
New York, have just published a new edition
of their valuable biographical dictionary of
u Men of the Times.” The sketches of living
Americans have lieen increased. Among ac
tors we have Kate Bateman, Charlotte Cush
man, Forrest, Patti and Sothem; while sev
eral Federal and Confederate Generals figure
conspicuously.
DKTTSSIOX OF JUDGE TREAT, OF THE t .MTEP
STATES DISTRICT COURT TOR TnKSOUTBRRX
DISTICT OP B-UNOIS. . •
The Great Southern Cotton Case.
Tlie dedsioirin this important case has al
ready been alluded to by telegraph:
The United States vs 650 bales ot cotton, etc.;
788 bales and 52 sacks of cotton; 400 bales
and 139 sacks of cotton, and 1,000 bales of
.cotton—in prize.
Wliithenbury & Doyle, claimant, of 935
bales «f cotton. : ? *5
Grieff & Zunts, claimants of 955 bales of
cotton.
G. A.-Le More * Co.,-daimsnts of 836
bales of cotton. — '
• - BT TDK COURT.
In April, 1864. the United States, navy seiz
ed 950 bale* of cotton on die banks of the
. and
Mo'
j5r
iy had none to
Tlie Tact that ~
they were citizens of France does not alter
tlie case; If they Vad-purch&scd directly
from the Confederate agent, perhaps they
woulB hare acquired title. But it is useless
to enter upon the discussion of that question.
It is enough for all the purposes of this case
to say, that they received no title to the cot
ton. for the reason that Quevrousc had none
to impart.
All of the claims must be dismissed.
The Conspiracy Against the Whites of the
South.
Hon. Montgomery Blair, late PostmaBter
General in Sir. Lincoln's cabinet, in his recent
speech at Buffalo, N. Y., alluded to the de
sign of the Radicals to give over the South
to the control of the negroes. He says:
There are a class of men who propose to
take advantage of the condition of the South,
and to substitute the dominion of the negro
for that of tlic master. This is no chimera.
It is a well digested plot. Sumner is no pig
my. He is a wonderful man, and a wonder
fully dangerous man. Thad. Stevens is ano
ther able and dangerous man. As the leader
of the RcpuMieans in the House, he stands
with his whip to drive his partizans to the
support of his revolutionary schemes. TKesc
men aariimc tlie negro to be the only loyal
man, in the face of the fact that two-thirds of
the white men of the South had no heart in
the rebellion.
Upon this scheme he thus commented:
■The plan of reconstruction of the Union
by taken np the Southern negro and placing
liSni upon terms of political and social equal
ity with the Southern white man, and of de
priving the Southern white man of political
existence, is only worthy of such men as Mr.
Sumner and Thiiddeus Stevens. It is a deep
laid plan of securing to their party an assur
ance of the political power for all time to
come. They had no notion, probably,'of
mingling the Wood of two races. They urge
the loyalty of the negro as a mere-pretext for
accomplishing partyends. They propose to
put the negro in the master's place—to put
arms in his hands, and accept him as the
ruling power in fifteen States of the Union,
Ix-cause of his alleged loyalty, and because of
the alleged disloyal^ of lus master. This
claim is false and unfounded.
Fewer negros, in proportion to their num
bers, joined the Union army, with all the com
pulsory efforts that were brought to bear upon
them than whites from the slave States. Only
140,000 of the former werejlriven, coaxed or
voluntarily enrolled fronr the North, while
Missouri put 100,000 white men into the field,
and Kentucky 60,000 on the Federal side, be
sides large numbers from other slave States.
These white people should have some little
consideration shown them in their sacrifices
and the perils they incurred in standing tree
to the Union in the day of peril. But, no,'
they are to have np regard paid to their rights
of citizenship, bnt the negros to take their
places and control the destinies of the ’ ebel-
lions Stateqemd through them in league with
the Radical* of the North, the destinies of the
nation.
By this negro equality policy, you not only
degrade u* of the South, blit ynp degrade
yourselves. Adopt this policy, and a half-
breed in Charleston will haTe as much power
as a wliite man in Bnffalo. You cannot punish
the Sooth without punishing yourselves.—
Though a Southern man, he spoke as an
American man. He wanted Northern indus
try, enterprise and capital to he felt at the
SoqtU for the mutual benefit of our common
The St. Louts Democrat notices the
discovery of. lithographic Stone in Si. Louis
county, which is said to be equal for litho
graphing purposes to the stone found in Ba
varia. It is said this stone is found nowhere
else in this country.
Terrible Steamboat Disaster.
From the Jlempliis Apjaal, of the 25th ult.
wc take the following account of the colli
sion between the steamers Niagara and Post
Boy, by which the former sunk in about .three
minutes, involving a loss of from seventy-five
to a hundred lives:
From Mr. Greenough, clerk of the Niaga
ra, we learn that on Friday night about nine
o’clock, whereabout seven miles above Hele
na, they discovered the Pbst Boy coming
down and running in towards the Arkansas
shore. The usual signals were given and
promptly answered, but in a few minutes it
was discovered that the Post Boy was bearing
down upon them by crossing over to the chan
nel. Capt. Fitzgerald, who was on the roof
at the same time saw danger and immediate
ly ordered the engine stopped, which was
(lone about the same time that the Post Boy
struck her on the larboard side nftof the boil
ers, or in other words, amidships, cutting
through into her hull and causing her to sink
to the boiler deck in about three minutes.
Tlie Niagara had on board at the time be
tween two hundred and fifty and three hun
dred cabin and deck passengers, including
one hundred and twenty-nine colored sol
diers who had lately been discharged, and
the scene that ensued when the collision oc
curred will never be forgotten by those who
witnessed it. In the cabin there was less con
fusion than might have been expected, con
sidering the large number ofladtcs on board,
they were cool and collected, much more so
than the men, until the ill-fated vessel
sank beneath the waves, and the heart
rending erics of the deck passengers
arose beneath their feet, and they real
ized the fact that hundreds of lives were
iiciug lost. Captain Fitzgerald and the
other officers immediately set to work to cut
away the cabin floor in order to rescue
them from their impending fate, and nobly
did they strive, athidst that dreadful scene at
which the bravest stood appalled, as the floor
was cut away, and disclosed them struggling
in the water, whilst tlie cabin resounded with
their shrieks for help. Capt. Fitzgerald and
the officers, assisted by some of the passen
gers, worked with an energy almost super
human, and only ceased when the turbulent
waters had silenced every cry and closed over
the lifeless bodies of those who so recently
had been struggling in it. Abont fifty or
sixty were thus saved.
The Post Boy remained alongside and ren
dered all the assistance possible in taktng off
the passengers, until the Kate Hart came up
and took the majority of them on board.
How many lives were lost is unknown, ow
ing to the fact that a portion of the passen
gers refumed to Helena, but the lowest esti
mate is seventy-five, principally of the color
ed soldiers, whose names are unknown, and
probably will remain so. No cabin passen
gers were lost, and no baggage except wliat
was stored in the baggage room, which is un
der water.
Her entire cargo, consisting in part of two
hundred and fifty bales of cotton and a large
amount of merchandise for this city was lost.
The boat, as we have before stated, sank to
her boiler deck, and lies straight with the
current, but it is feared that lierliullissobad-
Iy damaged that she cannot lie raised. She
was a new, first class boat, owned by the At
lantic and Mississippi steamship company,
valued at one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars; and insured by the company.
g| Stboxg-mikded but Sexsiele. — The
strong minded women of Germany, number
ing one hundred and thirty, recently held a
convention at Leipsic, to consider the evils
undo- which the sex labor in that country,
and to devise remedies. A few got excited,
but tlic majority entered into the dicussion
with coolness and ability. A pretty fradUin
suggested that the Lest remedy would be a
wholesale female emigration to America.
TRIBUTE TO WORTH.
At a regular meeting of United Brother’s Lodge
I. 0.0. F., on the 2Sth nit, the following pream
ble and resolutions were unanimously adopted,
and ordered to be published:
Tho “insatiate archer,” Death, hae again strick
en down one of tho brotherhood, who has long
participated in onr counsels and enjoyed our
common’privilegee. The doom of all—“dust thou
art and onto dost thou shall return”—has fallen
upon one who has special claims upon onr kind
liest consideration and regard. Be it therefore,
Bctoltti, That in the death of Bro. Past Grand
Jake* M. Dsateb, this Lodge recognizes the fact
that one of onr “most worthy” members i* forev
er lost to onr earthly circle and association; one
whose devotion to the principlee of onr order and
practice of ita precepts, has endeared him to all
who had thepleasnre of his acquaintance.
Badltci, That in all the relations of life,
whether in the business mart of trade, in the so
cial reunions of the Fraternity, or in the home
circle, Bra. Draper proved himself to be worthy
of the highest confidence and respect of the com-
-mnnity in which he lived.
Rooked, That we, the members of the United
Brother's Lodge, feel deeply sensible of the great
loss sustained by this afflictive dispensation, and
in token of onr unfeigned respect for the memo
ry of “so good an Odd Fellow” and excellent citi
zen. it la ordered that these resolutions he in
scribed on a separate page of onr records, and
that the Lodge be draped in the customary ha
biliments of monrning for the space of thirty
days.
itoolvol. That we tender to the bereaved fami
ly of Brio. Draper onr deep sympathy and sincere
condolence, in this, the hoar of their great griefi
and thsit a copy of these resolutions be communi
cated to them by the Secretary.
Bv Order. ' ■’BiAL C. BEASLEY,
; • j Secretary.
A. P. G. Harris has two millions pounds of
Salt for (ale. See his double colnmn advertise
ment. -- v.
Ouachita river.' in' the State of Louisiana.—
That part of Louisiana was then subject to
Confederate dominion and had baen from the
breaking out of the war. The cotton was
brought into this district, and labelled as
prize of war. It was sold under an interlo
cutory decree, and the proceeds deposited to
the credit of the coart. There are three
claimants to these proceeds: Willicnbury &
Doyle, Grieff & Zunts, and G. A. Le More &
Co. These claims are now submitted to the
consideration of the court. The proofs dis
close this state of facts:
1. The cotton was raised by Tatum & Sim
mons, near the place of seizure, and sold to
them by the government of the so-called
Confederate States in December, 1802.
2. Withenbury &. Doyle, being citizens of
the State of Ohio, purchased the cotton from
A. W. McKee, an agent of the Confederate
States, in January, 1864. When the war
commenced, they were owners and masters of
two steamboats running between New Or
leans and upper Louisiana; with these boats
they rendered services to the Confederate
authorities. The cotton was sold to them in
consideration of these services. They how
ever insist that the services were rendered
under compulsion. They had the permission
of the general commanding the United States
forces m the department of the gulf, to pass
through the United States into upper Louisi
ana, and bring to New Orleans affd sell 2,500
bales of cotton.
3. On the capture of New Orleans, by the
United States forces, in May, 1862, the
Louisiana State Bank, a moneyed corporation
located in that city, had on hand a large
amount of confederate currency. In Decem
ber, 1862, the commander of the United
States forces in New Orleans, authorized the
bank to dispose of this currency, in the pur
chase of cotton vfithin the confederate lines.
Under this permission, an agent of the bank
passed through the United States lines into
uper Lousiana, and purchased tlic cotton in
question of a sub-agent of McKee, in August,
1863, and in March, 1804, the bank sold the
cotton to Grieff & Zimts.
4. Early in March, 1864, Leon Qneyrouse,
a naturalized citzcn of the United States, re
siding in New Orleans, purchased tlie cotton
of Buckner, an agent of the Confederate States,
and later in the month Queyrouse sold the
cotton to G. A. Le More & Co., ctizens and
residents of France.
Section 5 of the act of congress of July 13th,
1861, among other things, provides, that “it
may and shall bo lawful for the president, by
proclamation, to declare that the inhabitants
of such State, or any section or part thereof,
where such insurrection exists, are in a state
of insurrection against the United States; and
thereupon all commercial intercourse by and
between the same and the citizens thereof
and the citizens of the rest of the United
States shall cease and be unlawful so long as
such condition of hostility shall continue.”
The same section also contains this proviso:
“thatthe president.may, in his discretion,
license and permit commercial intercourse
with any such part of said State or section,
inhabitants of which are so declared in a
state of insurrection, in such articles, and for
such time, and by Such persons as lie, in his
discretion, may think most conducive to the
public interest, and such intercourse, so far
as by him licensed, shall be conducted and
earned on in pursuance of rules and regula
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Treasury.”
On the 16th of August, 1801, the President
issued a proclamation, deelaring.“that the in
habitants of tlic said States of Georgia, South
Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennes
see, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Mississippi and Florida (except the inhabi
tants of that part of the State of Virginia ly
ing west of the Alleghany mountains, and of
such other parts of that State and the other
States hcrein-beforc mentioned as may main
tain a loyal adhesion to the Union and Con
stitution, or may be from time occupied and
controlled by forces of the United States en
gaged injthe dispersion of said insurgents) are
in a state of insurrection against the United
States, and that all commercial intercourse be
tween the same and the inhabitants thereof
(with the exceptions aforesaid) and the citi
zens of other States anil other parts of the
United States, is unlawful, and shall remain
unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or -
has been suppressed.”
We do not entertain a doubt as to the true
intent and meaning of the act of July 13tli,
1861. Indeed the language is so clear and
implicit as to render discussion unnecessary.
The act interdicts all commercial intercourse
between the loyal andinsurrectiohary parts of
Union duringthe existence ofthe rebellion, ex
cept wliat may be licensed by the President,
and conducted under regulations prescribed
by tbe secretary of the treasury. It express
ly declares all commercial intercourse not
within the exception to be unlawful. Prohi
bition is the.rnle, and license the exception.
The inhabitants of the loyal and disloyal dis
tricts are tendered incapable of dealing with
each other, so long as the rebellion continues.
Every' contract between them not founded on
a license is simply void. It neither passes
title nor gives aright to action.
The act invests the president with power
to put the prohibition into operation and de
fine the limits of insurgent territory. This
power was executed by the proclamation of
August 16th, 1861, and from that date to the
prohibition had all the force of positive law.
It is clear that the contract between With-
enbufv & Doyle and the Confederate agent
was within the prohibition. It was an act of
commercial intercourse between citizens of
Ohio and of that part of Louisiana in insur
rection, in violation alike of the letter and
spirit of the statute. The contract was,
therefore, null and void. The claimants ac
quired no title to the cotton. The question
of ownership remained unaffected by the
transaction between the- parties. They had
no legal capacity to trade with each other.
While tlie war continued, it was not in the
power of these claimants to acquire title to
this property except through a license from
the president.
It is equally clear that the Louisiana
State Bank was within the prohibition. It
is true that the city of New Orleans was
originally within insurgent territory. Bnt
on its capture and permanent occupation
by tlie United States forces, it fell within the
last exception in the President’s proclama
tion, and ceased to be in a state of hostility
to the United States. Snch was the ruling of
the Supreme Court of the United States in
tlie case of the Venice, 2 Wallace, 258. And
the President, in his proclamation of Mnreh
31st, 1863, in again defining the limits of the
insurrection, expressly excepts New Orleans.
And this act of the President was prior in
date to the purchase by the bank. It follows
that after the Gth of May, 1861, the prohibi
tion extended to the inhabitants of New Or
leans. and they had no more right to trade
with Upper Louisiana than had the inhabi
tants of Ohio or Illinois. Nor can the pur
chase of the bank be sustained under the
permission of the commanding General. The
President alone could authorize commercial
dealing within the Confederate lines. As the
bank acquired no title, it had none to trans
fer to Grieff & Znnts. The latter have,
therefore, no interest in the property in dis
pute.
The case of G. A. Le More & Co., is just as
free from doubt. Queyrouse, through whom
they chum, was clearly within the prohibi
tion. He had no legal,capacity to deal with
the Confederate agent. ' He.acquired no title
Sot Thte.—Both Sharkey and Humphreys
claim to be Governor of Mississippi, and it is
reported that Gen. Thomas visits that State
to settle the question of authority.—Ckingo
JieptMiapt.
We heard Judge Sharkey say, within the
last week, that he did not claim (o be Gover
nor of Mississippi, lie recognizes Gen. Hum
phreys as Governor. ‘Judge Sharkey is under
the impression, wc imagine, that he is United
States Senator, for he intends to teavc for
Washington in a day or two.— Yich/iura
Herald.
A Mcxificext Doxatiox.—The editor of
the Montgomery Ledger has been informed
that the Hon. E. M. Bruce, a member of the
late Confederate Congress from Kentucky,
and now doing business in that city, has pro
sented to General Breckinridge a check for
the magnificent sum of one hundred thousand
dollars. The Ledger says that this is a noble
gift, from a noble donor, to a noble recipient
New clothing Store.
ALBERT & BORK,
OF NASHVILLE,
HAVE opened a Branch House at McEVOV’S OLD STAND, on Mulber
ry Street, opposite the Lanier Honse, where they are prepared to sell clothing
at the following low prices:
Overcoats from $15 to $50, Fine Bl’k Cloth Suits, $20 to $00,
Business Suits $18 to $40 t Jeans Pants a$.’t 50 to $4 00,
Hats, finest fur, &c., $3g50 to $4 50.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
- i
WRIG-LEY & KNOTT,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS
Hardware and Cutlery,
BUILDERS’ HARDWARE.
Mechanics’ Tools
HOUSE FURNISHINGS
WILLOW WARE.
Buckets, Tu"bs
NEW STYLE MEAL SIFTERS,
At Wholesale and Retail.
Ralston’s Range, Next to Express Office,
MACON, GEORGIA
Cotton Shipped Direct
BTIOW 7Kra.MC.Mfo9
WITH BUT ONE HANDLING.
rjxiIE 6ubacribera_having made arrangements.for
will receive cotton on board their boxes at Macen
and Landings below, and give bill of lading for the
came through to New York.
Tlie iinportaiice’of shipping cotton by this route
where the vessels meet the boxes and when practi
cable, transfer the cargoes immediately from the
boxes on board the vessels giving it thereby bnt
one handling, wlU be readily appreciated by all
cotton shippers.
INSURANCES
They arc also impowered to insure cotton ship
ped on board their boxes to a limited extent and
at moderate rates.
BUTTS & BROTHER,
■tlec3-2w Macon, Ga.
BRFDH, BRICK, BRICK.
1 HAVE now ready for delivery THREE HUN
DRED THOUSAND well burned BRICK.—
Persons wishing to purchase will apply to myself,
or at E. C. Granniss’ where they will find Tickets
and also direction bow to find my Brick-yard.—
No Bricks will bo delivered without Tickets.
Macon, Dec 3, Ot* WM, G. HOGE.
Houston Plantation
FOR SALE OR RENT'.-
B EING unable to give tlie business my personal
attention, I propose to sell or rent my Oak
Land Plantation In Houston county. The place
lies ontbetOcmulgcc river, four miles from the
Buzzard Roost depot, on the Macon & Brunswick
Railroad. It contains twenty-one hundred and
fifty acres of rich lime land—-about 1,400 acres
cleared, and most of it very productive. I will
sell tbe land lor twelve thousand dollars cash, or
to any one who will buy the stock and provisions
on the place, I will rent it on moderate terms,
either In money or for apart ofthe crop.
dec3-4tt JOHN J. GRESHAM.
Public Sale.
W ILL be sold at the plantation of J B. Wiley,
deceased, near Eufaulo, Ala, on Friday, the
8th of December, at public outcry
30 HEAD OF MULES,
100 HEAD OF CATTLE.
10,000 BUSHELS OF CORN
j uuijioi up uumi,
200 HEAD OF HOGS,
0 WAGONS, a large lot of
PLOWS and ,
PLANTATION TOOLS,
BLACKSMITH aud
CARPENTERS TOOLS,
FODDER,
COTTON SEED,
HOUSEHOLD and
Kitchen Furniture and many other tilings too tedi
ous to mention. 8ale positive and will commence
at 9 o’clock precisely.
dcc3-3t L. M. WILEY.
E. 8. JLATHEOP, O. P. SKIDDS.
E. S. LATHROP & CO.,
Grocers and Commission Merchants,
E. C. LEGBIEL & CO’S OLD STAND.
dec3-3m* ‘
For Sale.
THE STORE NOW OCCUPIED BY THE
Subscribers.
For terms apply to
E. S. LATIIBOP & CO.
50,000 Pounds Leather.
GO Boxes Florida Leaf Tobacco.
For Sale Cheap by
T. R. BL003L
clec3-6t.
TAKEN UP.
F Houston county, on the 25th of November, a
LARGE BAY MARE MULE,
abont 9 years old.
Her owner is required to come forward, prove
charges, and take her away, or the
proDerty, pay charges, and take her away, orM
will be sold at public auction, according tolaw,
rgy Call at City Guard House.
deC3-St* J. A WEST.
A Co. have received a large stock of
latest styles boots and snoc=,*ri qualities and
prices.
ALSO A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
GENT’S FUE,WISHING GOODS.
At lowest rates in this market.
As we iutend remaining permanently in Macon, we offer our goods at the
lowest prices, in order to establish a regular trade. Feeling confident that we
can sell cheaper than any other house in the city, we respcctliilly ask a trial,
to convince the citizens of Macon and vieinitv, of tlie truth of our assertions.
Capt. WILL CARLOSS having associated himself witli onr firm, will l*o
pleased to see his friends, and take pleasure in attending to their ordora.
dec3 3m
ALBERT & BORK,
McEvcy’s Old Stand, Opposite Lanier House,
Macon, Georgia.
E. JACKMW.
fl.
THE BAZAAR OF
3- PEYSER
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
DRY GOODS
MACON.
So O O _ 7
In COLEMAN & ROSS’ old stand on Cotton Avenue, between Cherry and Mullieny streets.
A Large and Complete Assonnent of
Ladies “Dress G-oods,
SILKS. MERINOS, WOOL DeLAINS, EMPRESS CLOTn. EMBROIDERIES.
LACES, RIBBONS, HATS, ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, PLUMES, SONTAGS,
CLOAKS, SHAWLS, NUBIAS, HOODS, BONNETS. GLOVES,
HOSIERY, SHOES OF ALL KINDS AND DRESS IIAT
TRIMMINGS OF ALL VARIETIES.
A LABOR LOT OF
Oil Cloijjb.s and Carpets
OFALLPATTERNS.
Gents Hats.
Furnishing Goods,
Broad Cloths,
-» Casaimcres, Boots and Shoes,
and Ready Made Clothing.
Doe Skin,
Vestings,
Satinets,
Tbe attention of the Ladles or Macon, and or Dcalears who visit the city, hi particularly Invited
to tills well selected stock of FANCY GOODS. Tbe retail room will be found on tlie loser Uour, awl
visitors will lie attended by polite and experienced Clerks. The second floor Is devoted to the whole-
sale trade. Give the MACON BAZAAR an early call.
S.
PEYSER Jk CO.
P. S.—We also keep opena^onr old stand on Cherry street, east side, between 8ecoad and Third,
8. p. a co.
where wc wlil be pleased at all times to welcome our customers.
dcc2-lm
FOR SALE.
A HANDSOME PHASTON AND 1?ARNESS.
JAMES A. NISBET.
BE -A. RDEISr & CO.,
(LATE OF GEORGIA,)
20 REA VKR STREET, HEW TORE,
General Commission Merchants
For the sale of Cotton. Wool and other Pro
duce. Liberal advances made on Consign
ments shipped to our house,
GAINES & CO., MACON, GEORGIA,
Will make advance* upon Shipments to us.
dcc2-6t* B. & CO.
HARDWARE AND CUTLERY.
• CAB HART & CURD.
Iron Front Store, Cherry street,
Have In store and are receiving dally a fqll (
nave in store and are receiving dally a fqll com
plete stock of Hardware, Iron, Steel, lie.-., Chains,
and Tool* of every discription.
PLANTERS,
CARPENTERS,
MERCHANTS,
MACHINISTS,
BUILDERS,
BLACKSMITHS.
Carriage and Wagons Makers can be supplied with
everything In their line.
For Steam Saw Mills a Full Assortment of
A VERY DESIRABLE
Building Lot For Sale,
On High Street, near Blind Academy.
Apply to TOBY & OGDEN,
Real Estate and Insurance Agent*,
dcc2-3t. Jewett’s Building, 2d st.
AT PRIVATE SALE.
A PLANTATION, miles from Brown Sta
tion, on the South Western Railroad, in Ter
rel county. Ga., containing about 1000 acres, more
or less, 300 cleared and in good state of cultivation.
It has on the place a good dwelling and all neces
sary out houses. The land lies on Middle creek. 6
miles from Dawson, in a splendid neighborhood,
and cimnot be surpassed as a cotton Cum. 150 acres
are of the best Hammock lands, the remainder not
cleared, heavily timbered. For further particulars
apply to or address J. G. LAIRD. Atlauta, Ga.,
dec2 6» or Judge E. G. Hill, Brown Station.
To tlie Ladies.
'WEE HAVE jnst received from some ofthe best
YV and most fashionable Shoe Manufactories In
In Philadelphia, the following described goods:
Ladies fine English Lasting CONGRESS GAITERS
both thick and thin soles,
Ladles English Lasting BIDE LACE GAITERS,
Ladles French Kid BALMORALS end Walking
SHOES,
Ladiea POUsn BOOTS,
Misses Lasting Congress GAITERS and BALMO
PALS.
AT T. OF SUPERIOR MATERIAL AND FINISH*
The above goods we had made expressly for this
market. Ladies who wish fine Philadelphia Shoes,
can
i be supplied by callina at the Store of
SINGLETON, HUNT & CO,
dccS-St
Opposite I.Mi^r^un^
CO.,
CUBBEDOE, CALDWELL &
. - Bankers aud Brokers, j’
MACON, .’.A GEORGIA.
/“XYFICE, SECOND STREET, formerly occupied
selves?n theBankingaudBrokrraKcbnEir^jj,and
hope to secure tlmlibewl patronage which has
been bestowed on the CUBBEDGE,
O A CALDWELL.
WMHAZELHUB3T.
RUBBER-AND LEATHER BELTINGS,
CIRCULAR AND MILL SAWS,
And everything in their line.
Wc arc satisfied that with five year*,
and personal attention to business, we ran iaakr It
advantageous to the interest of purchaser, to bay
of us. Call at
dec2-lm CARHART & CURD.
The Latest Arrival.
Turpin & Hurtz’s
XUST RECEIVED a large and well selected
* - ' a Business a ■
O stock of Overcoats, Busine*. and Dre.s Salts.
Also, the latest styles of French, English and
American Caulraem, together with a fine assort
ment of;
Gents Furnishing Goods,
wliieh we offer for sale to onr friends and patrons,
and to the public in general, at the lowest Briers,
suitable to everybody’s means. Come and look
Ifwcdonotsuit yon, no charge will be made for
showing tbe
Best and Cheapest the Market can Afford.
C3T* Clothing made to order on short notice by
Mens. Rousse from Pari*.
TURPIN * HCRTZ.
•»- n. “VA”
Omct Upson Cocntt Rah-ioad, I
December 1st, 1863. (
T HE annual meeting of tbe Stockholder* ofthe
Upson County Railroad Company, will be
held In the town of Thomas ton, at one ofthe rooms
at the Court nouxe, on Saturday the 30th day of
thta month, to electa Board of Directors, to man
age the business of the company for the year 1800.
It Is earnestly requested tli.it all t!i>- ftsdlioMas
attend, as ba.lncsk ol importance will 1* before
the meeting. A. J. WHITE,
dec2-td „ President.
Journal ,t Messenger copy. ,
Notice.
I HEREBY appoint Mr. A. SPRINGER, of this
city, my lawful attorney, to collect all clsim.
dne me, and request all those indebted to tne bv
account or note, to come forward and --ettlc up
without delay. On tbe first of January next. I
will turn over an unpaid accounts and notes, in the
^°iL slaw3rcrforcoUfcU a5AB tumor.
GEO. W. HARDIE,
BROKER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT,
WACOX, GEORGIA.
Collections msde with quick return. Orders
received for the Purchase or Sale of Cotton, Bond*.
Real E.tatc, etc., etc. Gold for sal,-, also Exchang.-
OB New York and Louisville. Office on Cotton
Avenue, Freeman's old stand. d,-cti-12t»
House Servants.
t HOUSE SERVANTS WANTED AT ONCE,
ft. -
dec2*2t
. J. Lamar,
VineTllle.
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