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. £iic 0ailg Celtgrapfe. rpnr.Nr bench. ,*» «ve |>oWi* vw thfe-p ■■ *n this hMccI we intend . B. DUMBLE, 8 M»AV MORNING, DEC 1865- PERSOSAL. K' ffjtB, Ga. — iijwirttnt. plain, and present to our readers s i down at B. > t Ai.i:nicTORV 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. £tfX"A - : Ironi Gea. Caul Pi •fact tlu.t Eds a Ar '‘\\t t >t lo be hsngird. ron. the - nr«: 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. f / \