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-e^ted on the Streets
the SsTanaah RrpM\,
xd ofthe arrest of our we# #
Government de-i
lietly made laic i
1.. ur arternnor."while Mr. larav ww w |
). j ia& * coinlurial.lt wjH-kt al te- nu'* red. ftilor- (Stems of the Senate
,\n ‘. en Broughton street The natiirc ofl irnrf f&ar Bfematatime r
ih;* irmt i* of *iul« a character, that in obe
dient* to «i request from the authorities. we
l„rbe*r < otottrering or divulging any furtl.c
al present parfr-rriag itrawnit future- Jevclop-
meat* of the int
Mr. Laratr bs
•—M hit"' hcvenomuu , t '.
have rrstor.-d aff.-'.tior.. U:: •_•
precise limit to their continuance
THE I tcinible. They would havc^H
’SEF OBt'QE'if BBSS. A T TEH: | incalculable and exhajHting
"' ,r *? OF TBE EXITED STATE5 TO THE
TtnnitW8&m:-
COHurSFEMEET OF THE FIRST! ful emigration to and from!
aMSHIBB OF TBE THIRTT-HIHTH the country i» one of the best
UMiGHF. M. i» , a t— . «i. .. i tbo-tlfo-rh'
itc-.I:
sttogfipe.
Bed to comforta.
t:
hie <|0»rtc
nirtit end day
and ir under edict sutreiUnce
lo one being allowed to visit
with him without
startling disclosure
■■by an sot of paracidalBBBHH
The gricf 'of th» nation is Mill fresh; it fads
some solace in the conside ration that be lived |
to ei..oy tl.e inchest p r .. . .1 it' coi.:'. : u.
by entering on the renewed term of the Chief
lugMMUMiMnlH had been eteafafc
I that he hail brought the civil war substantial-1
a special
BWteQHMMIa win no
bortly r which U wotAfJM 1 1»Mjiss i!pli»|pn'
port to reveal at present. UlfWsffllfM, onWWitig) p*-
" _ _ tion* have rendered ju-:ice to his — -- —
His ren.nvsl east i.iK.r. me a
for
»rm*ti«*n
tasm* fo r
icU COCT 'V
ATI-* STIC XXD GhCXT WtSTElUt BxILItOAD.
- from • jfaeapMOTof. the Hew Oricaas
Ipiroynu we extract the following in respect to
(bb very important road:
A* one of U»e evidences of the return to
pr.e^erity of this country, ire have lrot to
je.int to the great hrtWMMak^tlpalie and
Great Western Railroad, which w as msderta-
en and rv.n.pi. te<l .hiring the strife and coo-
vntiu n of the war, and to-day staminas one
, { the great links in the r! -.in that binds this
I'nioo «. firmly together. It knowsnoXoyth,
no Soutii.no Ka-:. no West, but swallows np
in ! ab.-.rha all. as the great Father ol
.la' have sanctioned inv ti-iiarture by tilt SxeCUr * granting tabaidiesti oCiitrmjtl-!ii-uiirtil|) *i;w nffisoto renew tocif d.prfctiUMis. The
no --lai
tailed. H-MWVcr. a concession of the elec- petition k>r ocean sen ice to the poitage carn-
tiv traaciiiae totiie freed men. by net of the for-, vt commended to the cartful consideration
|i Resident of the United States, musl L Rave , of Congreve. Jj .
Iwbtrcver It appears* from the report.of Uic.gccrtUrv of
the Navy, that while, at th.-commencement. i ti
prtw nt year, tb-re -ware in conimi?*ion 5oO vc>*-<ta
ot ail claw and d-crirt^, *nnH with
manned bv .'.l.OOOmcn, tbc murKroi
' • commission U 117. xvith ^0
tbi* prompt icdnctiou
... expend of the Government
Lave becu Urjelv diminished, » number of
. v omcIs, pUThbaaed for ua\ al purposes from tLc nu*r-
woalil have wirrtnteil. chant marine, have been rvturnrd to the peaceful
rian^cr of eon- ! purauits of commerc e. Since the suppression of
■iMtlenient ,,t' the \ acllTe hostilities our foreWn st,uaJ:on- have been
s^uitmtnr oi uit rc .^ tabUslied auJ con5l5l oi vessels much more
Mate. | efficient than those .mj*- * — ! “
previoua
been extended to all colored men. wherever
that can ; found, and so must have established a change
jarmonvri in the Northern. Middle, and Western-Statos.
: been pre-! not less than Ik tbeEouthrrm and Southwest-
p . l il'.irallv wealthy legion, are
greater than, unless under extreme necessity,
I should be willing to intrust to any one man;
they are such, as for myself, I ooeld- never,
unless on occasions of great
Ttsa»a»i
sore, and whether it is to lie adopted at once I ml
sent to exercise.
era, if continued through a period of rears,
would hare endangered the purity of the
general administration and the liberties of
the States which remained loyal.
will sooner obtain a participation in the elec
tive franchise through the Statcstlianf
. ,u.>» their former
I** uy a* they m»y
t-ord
■ bm I Water- -w allow * up and absorb all it* tril.u-
s - ipiredl knowing I tari.-s and feeders. An outlay of nearly one
, — I hue-1 red millions of moneyhas made this
, grrat thoroughfare themostpeirfect and com-
-,«r» '.sJ ”* f.,rtaMe mute by which the traveler liotu the
. -aeli G.-'t they ran rmili the great evtie-of the Konli.
.,i»er and reiww In l.road ami Hiir«.th and perfect track, and
-taw-’ wfa their nwir. -isendid .Hiititofwideand roomy palace can.
with ladies state-room.-, sleeping carl on all
night train*, attended by cure'til and polite
.ttei.-iant*. render* wliat w» ' bee a tir.xime
! and daigcroM trip one ol p.Jsiure and con-
fpsorhlt l-OMTION-1 Tcnienro
We under-tsn.l that it is the intention e.f
tin English capitalists who recently vi-ite-U
country, to at once complete the great
1 gauge Atlantic and great Western rail-
tl.eir 1 rtx id through the South to New Orleans At
xml present the road rain ran lx reached by stcam-
t-oo er at St. Ixmis or via the Illinoi* CeTit’ral rail-
..' road from Cain.. Thesu splendid accoinmo-
dations. combined with comfort, safety and
time -peed, should induce' all traveler- from the
theme South to ]>atronizc it. Wi- understand that
A . •. ' th- F.ngli-b capitsli-t- above referred to have
ahandoncel the idea of purchasing the New
“ * York Central, and have- purchased the Cala-
s a. h - Morris and Essex road, and w ill make
U an * gauge track over them to New York, mak-
i * are ing the shortest line of all from the South to
ta. | the North.
) ooj. ' The Latest Railroad Butchery.
j_l' From the N. Y. Hernltl of the 2d inst., we ex-
| tract the following sickening details of one of
ae I those ever-recurring railroad catastrophes,
i: 2d, I w jth which the papers are filled:
i Sd, ; The pale hor*c of the Apocalypse -corns to
i be transformed into the iron horse in our
1 days Day after day it is our melancholy du-
__ ^ ty'to record some fearful railroad disaster, liy
which human Icings arc at once hurried into
ernity without a minute's warning. East
id Wat, North and South, tile same unva-
ing talc of blood—the deadly switch, the
. - ■ . .. ,arel>- employee, the treacherous cnbank-
*■ * meat and tin: death-hock of collidingloco-
«H<jTe*;*re fla*heJ along the wires. Yester-
b famy Ik' But j d* n„ .raing, at» quarter past eight o'clock,
amShfa■■»**!****** ^r n " h * r i* a
.mi i vrrcckcNi tram anti lnu’-.ilatctl passengers pre-
’ v«r* wni rain-1 ^ . t ^ OIlthc centS rililr03 ,i of
-11"V ! -l«-c>ty j Xew-Jersey.- The express train, going cast,
e «*t we mu-t nui into a coal train hound in the -amc direc-
ptirring! tion. Seven persons were -killed -outright,
1. The
memory.—
U)K>n me a iicavier weight
of cares than ever devolved upon any one r,f
his predcces-ors. To fulfil my trust, I i-.ceil
th<- siipiw.rt and confidence of all who are as
sociated with me in the various departments
.l^ceJT’th- people. Tl,cre P S’hu t oL way
ceased to exf But the true'
Jtowhteh guide my condnct, and thff an- I ^ry^ that til preluded aids of ay^ou
plication to the
aware that the i
a great measure,
undivided approbation,
e Ynion of the L'ni
B of great emergency, con- live franchise through tbe btatcstlian turou^.i
The wilful v->i of such pow- the general government, even if it lia|l [low er
through a period of years,' to Intervene. "When the tumnlt of emotions
the establishment of one in fresh water for
dad veaada. Is deserving of conaideratlen, a* is dal
the recommendation lor a different location and
more ample grounds for the Naval Academy.
In the report of the Secretary of War, a ge
summary is given of the military campslgi
1-*M an if 1965, ending U the-snrrres-lon of a
resL-tance to the national authority in the insurgent ■■
State*. The operations of the general admin'istra- and,
ope
that have been rmiaeel by the sudilennea of j tire Bureaus of the War Department during the
the social change shall have subsided, it mav. past year arc detailed, and an ultimate of the ap
prove that they will receive the kindliesV
State- then in'rehellion, Increasing their deso
lation and misery by thaprolongatioii of ourcivil
contest. Ithad, moreover, the effect, to a great
-tentjto drive the Ameriesn flag from the sea, and
trawler much' of nor shipping and our com-
■fan to the very Power whose subjects had crea
ted the necessity for snch a change. These event*
t~-k Ibefore 1 a j-,-riled t-Mbe sdininistration
ef the Government The sincere desire for peace
by which I am animated led me to approve the
proposal, already made, to tnbmlt the qnestkfos'
which had thus arisen between the countries to nrJ
bitratioiL- These questions arc of inch moment that
they must have loinmauded the attention of tbe
great power*, and are so Interwoven with the peace-
end interest- of every one of them as to have iusur-
I led an Impartial Becision. I regret to Inform you
that Great Brillan declined the arbitrament, but,
on the other hand, inTited ux to the formation ofn
joint commission ae settle mutual claims between
I the two countries from which thoao for the depreda
tions before mentioned should be excluded. The
beendechnedl* VCI Tnniatisfactory form, has
Die United Staten did not present the subject
an impeachment of the good taitU of a power which
“ ."?• l'™ f «** l, ig the most friendly dispositions,
but involving quesUons of public jaw, of which
the settlement is essential to the m
••i
• et*est,untie* » ni1 sev< nteon more or leas injured,
u .c p | tcene of tlic incident was about .twomiles be-
lusuit. ■ - j' White I j 111:1 tie latter -tat loll
•' ' •! ■ j to I.chanmi, there are two inclined grades,
j tva, -ri sr-i« ami -air meeting almost an angle nt the -pot where
j the collision took place. The grade next to
( White House is about twelve feet Vi the mile
—the other, on Ctedthtung, or Pickle’- mouiv
tain, lorty-tivc feet. Tlie coal train, consist-
lantei - nri.lrv— ti’ ing at tiffy---ven coal cars, was descending
mi! - I.XfUenor. the Uttergrmie at a speed of eight 'miles an
^ k«,,m hour towarils White House, on time, when it
.ussier . ,r •» a freight train oil the up track', oppo-
irg forth Gte Lebanon station. One of the hay cars of
him the th,. freight train broke loose alter "the coal
i.-H.r iml reader. I tiuin p.i««cl, and ilesceudul the incline at I
Uls, that a it I--41 M" 0 *' "liich 'Was soon x eelcratcd to fifteen
, mile' an hour.
w i>a
Mi .b-1
Wolvcrtou, the conductor of tbe
nun ihi.4 c;ir nenring them on
cnmrkcit to the cn^iii)- r.
H. Cuv. that if the runaway car was
pped
car pft;
KMtnd
be
jbk tW- >'*i •
'.V taMUMslthc .!
vfMcrifiwnl Mlj
T l
the Is*' inst
it«4 9-««i,-s *nt'je«: lo
■ c*>ope-
■ wrengih and -uc-
aiid it is
(to lea counter to the
or to wei t*> weak
Its indues, siwl iii-
lllls^isno
jcectdcl
ait s«
the runaway
Hide with the exp
s the car passed
d from his own train, threw a cross-tic
■ rail- Mbit the fiigitive and succeeded
in eh* < king it- speed to some extent, lie
I i lien caught hold of oneofthc ropes that tied
ha* and swung him-elf on the car with
I difllcuily. lie applied the brake and brought
I the car lo a halt jti«t in time to prevent a col-
li-i,Hi. for the cx|)rra«*wa* just then a
j ing. The engineer of his train in the mean
time lutd gone on to flag the'express, and
-no • i-ded in -topping it also in time. The
. qpdtx tor,mot knowing whether any intima-
ti«n of danger had l«vn given to thewi-t
waixl bound train, jumped otT the freight car
which he had stopped and van down to.aig-
n.-d the expre— train.
AU thi- eati«e*l a d-.-iav to the coal train of
half an hour, and the express trningoing cast
w as then due. The en gineer of the coat train
ae* ordingir startral histrain. in order to
to White House on the switch in time; out
the coupling of one of his ears broke at ti
vBrv moment of starting, dividing tbe train
. into two equal -rations. He and conductor
j W olrenon then ran luck to signal the expre—:
1 hot they h.nl not gone far when it came thmv
dcring round a curve and down the incline at
! n -pi v*l of over twenty miles an hour. The
engineer of tile express train. Edward Kim
I all,-aw the danger when too late, but
tone nhistiraLdown the brakes and reversed
l tbe engine. In-tead of jumping offtossv
him-. If. thi- gallant fellow held on to hi
xml po-i amt grasped the brake of hi- engine a
-a- it It daslie 1 into the n-ar ear of the e
will, in
jjjj^^U. _ ted States of Amcri-^
ca was intended by its authors to last an long
as the State- themselves shaft last, “The
L’xio.n shall be pebpetcai..*' are the words
ofthe .Confederation, “To POEM A KOBE
PKmn .cr Extox,“ by an ordinance of the peo
ple at the United State-, is the declared pur-
Mae of ltja Conatitotion! The hand of Divine
’rovidenr* wa* ntver more plainly risible in
thi dMw M anew than in the framing nnd the
ulopting of that .instrument. It is, beyond
cofapaxxsMLthe greatest event in American
biston-, ami indeed Js it not,' of all events in
modem times, the moat pregnant with eCMM-
picneea for every people of the earth f The
members of the Convention which prepared
it brought to their work the experience of the
Confederation of tiieir several States, nnd of
other Itepoblican Government*, old and new;
l>ut they needed and they obtained a wisdom
superior to experience. And when for its va
lidity it required the approval of a people
that "occupied a large part of a continent and
acted separately in many distinct conventions,
wind is more wonderful than that, after earn
est contention nnd long discussion, nil feel
ing* nnd all opinions were ultimately drawn
in one Vay to its support 1
The Constitution tp which life was thus im ■
larted contains within itself ample resources
or its own preservation. It' has power to
enforce the laws, puni-h treason, and ensure
domestic tranquility. In case of the usurpa
tion of the Government of-a State by one
man, or an oligarchy, it becomes a duty of
the United State* to make good the guaran
tee to that State of a republican form of gov-
canmc-nt, and so to maintain the hemogcnc-
ousness of nil. Docs the lapse of time reveal
defects ? A simple mode of amendment is
provided in the Constitution itself, so that its
conditions can always be made to conform to
the requirements of advancing civilization.
No room is allowed even for the" thought of a
pn—Utility oi its coming to an end. And
these powers ol self-preservation have always
been asserted in their complete integrity by
every patriotic Chief Magistrate—by Jeffer
son nnd Jackson, not less than by Washington
and Madison. The parting advice of the
Fnther of his Country, while yet President)
to. the people of tlio United States, was, that
“the free Constitution, which -.was the work
of their hands, might be sacredly main
tained and the inaugural words of Presi-
di at .Tf-lVcr-uii lii-lil up "the pre-ervatiou of
the General Government, in its Constitutional
vigor, as the sheet-anchor of our peace nt
home and safety abroad." Tin- Ci.n-titutiou
is the work of "the People ofthe United
States,” nnd it should be as indestructible as
HBVf V _ y Y - . "
It is not at rouge that the framers ofthe
Constitution, which bad no model in tbe past,
should not have fully comprehended the ex-
I. lienee of their own work. Fresh from the
struggle' of an arbitrary ponfer, many patriots
suffered from liarrassing fear» of"an absorp
tion of the State governments by the General
Government, and many from a dread that the
States would break away from their orbits.
But the very greatness of our country should
allay the apprehension of encroachments by
the General Government. The subjects that
come unquestionably within its jurisdiction
arc so numerous that it must ever naturally
refuse to be embarrassed by questions that
**** lie beyond it. Were it otherwise, the Execu
tive] would sink beneath the burden; the
channels ot justice would be choked; legis
lation would be obstructed by excess; so that
there is a greater temptation to exercise some
of the functions of the General Government
through the States than to trespass on their
rightful sphere. “The absointc acquiescence
in the decisions of the majority” was, at the
the close ofthe war. it i- not competent for P«cc footing, couiprehen ding COJXX) troops.of ail
the general government to extend the elect- die“ranks'tod£hly.twSUioulxad six
■PM .neiPHP^™ ,Te franciuse :n ,he several States, it is equal- hundred, if the circumstance- of the country should
tT 1 f f "*« were, from the beginning, null and void. The ly dear that good faith require* the security require an augmentation ofthe army. The volun-
’ LSUUa cannot commit treason, nor aciccn the^of the freedmen in their libertyLand tlicir I tcer force has already been reduced ly the dis-
individua) citizens yti
treason, any more ths
treaties or engage in
any foreign power. The States attempting
to secede placed themselves in a condition
; hat ’ <rau«* v
era alive
• apt nothing <
Mh* rvwdt-k of
[ •Uidiii v'. and
»*»ttrn»r»« t " of
. and
IVucd In
* the psth
full ri^-
^t ij
t»y the
k, At.v.v
r.sperr-rat tin-
a*l fated to
*^taalerti»g air.
t frautc* 1
1 train.
Thi* fireman, Morris Lunger, and John Flint,
a telegraph repairer, were crouching under
him in the “fab.** When the horrible crush
*.iwo\er, anti the work of death done, the
three men on the engine were :\*toni>hed to
find them*4*lvoabnddied together against the
tmdnr unininnsl.
n»irteen <*o:d car* wt-re thrown off thetraek
by the dioek. twit wlien they turned to their
•*wn train .1 f. trial right met their eyes. The
hasrvage ear Lad gone right thri5uglitlie first
jvtHsengrr ear. the platfonn on a level with the
top* ot the -u-sts. uhI it wa« enclosed in it
like th. s!i,\ of a telescope. Inside this pri-
of death were human beintrs in every va
riety of suffering, .»nd th** mo*t heart-rending
ries and vnwiiN issr.ed from it. The em-
ol*.\ ee- on :h*- train went to work with hatch
et- ar.xl pickuxe* to release the unfortunate
victims, ur.it wen* umterially aadsted by Con-
i to fiuct.jr King, whose train, also gtfing cast,
we - had -tfoppAsl iu*ar tlif scene of the at-ciilent.
and -'V on« tl»< imu^itt*v) forms ot ihe de«»k)
». * anal were taken out and placed in
e dot fan* ear.
The following i< a correct lid of the suffer
er* in this disaster .
Tun Ku l.y.ii K ,s>
r.i.. agt*»l rixtv vears;
a>hington. N. J • >
iugtoi*.. X. J.wa; ? cd dx
West Tvvent\ •fVtntU
C’hi^Iev. of Eaaton,
K« * waixl Johnson. ..f
Irs Francis, of Wmh-
ty, residence Vo. * v ^
>trvet; Jamr-s Trier,
j ears
lished, we will liopeforevcr, that there lies no
appeal to force.
The maintenance of the Union bring with it
“the suppport of the State governments in all L
their right^ M but it is not one of the rights ofl
any State government to renounce its own
place in the Union, or to nullify tbe laws of the
Union. The hugest liberty is to be maintain
ed in the discussion of tlie acts of the Fedtr-I
al Government; but ffcefels no *ppn[j 44ft
its laws, except to the various branches of
the Government itself, or to the people, who
grant to the members of the Legiriature and I
of the Executive Departments no tenure but
a limited one, and in tltat manner always rc-|
tain the powers of redress. | jj ■
44 Tlie sovereignty of the States ” is the Ian-1
guage in tlie Confederacy; and not the lan
guage ofthe Constitution. Tlie latter con
tains tbe emphatic words. “The Constitu
tion. and tbe laws of the United States which
-ball be make in pursuance thereof. And all
treaties made or which shall be made under
the authority of tin- United States, -hall be
tlie supreme law of the land; and tlie judges
in every State-hall be bound thereby, any
thing in the Constitution or laws "of any
Suite to the contrary notwithstanding.”
Certainly the Governmeut of the United,
States is n limited govemnti nt; and so if
every State government a limited govern
ment. With us tliis idea of limitation spreads
through every" form of administration,general.
State, and municipal, and rests on the great
distinguishing principle of the recognition of
the rights of man. The ancient repulics ab-
sorlied the individual in the State, prescrilied
liis religion, and controlled his activity. The
American system rests on the a.-sertion ofthe
equal right of every man to life, lilierty. aDd
the pursuit of happiness ; to freeuomofeon-
sciencc. to the culture and exercise of all liis
faculties. A- a consequence, tbe State Gov-
emmen is limited, as to the General Govern
ment in the interest of the Union, n- to the
individual citizen in the interest of freedom
Statt-% with proper limitations ofpower, are
cs-ontial to the existence ot tlie Constitution
of the United States. At the Very commence
ment, when we is-iimed a place among the
Powers of th*- earth, ilie Declaration of Inde
pendence was adopted by States: so also
were the Arti'ii - of Confederation; and when
"Xlic people ef iIk United States" ordained
and eteahKahei the Constitution, it was the
* a-oent of tbe States, one by one. which gave
j t-*Mskiira. Tn jbe event, too, of any amend
ment to th. ■ astitution, the proposition of
' i** — * -be confirmation of States.
where their vitality was impaired, but not
extinguished—their functions suspended, but
not destroyed..
' But il fay 8tkH of* refufks to per
form its offices, there is tbe more need that
tbe General Government shonld maintain all
its authority, and, as soon as practicable, re-
-tunc the exercise of nil its functions. On
this principle I have acted, and have gradu
ally and quietly,,and by almost impercepti
ble steps, sought to restore the rightful energy
of the General Government and of the States.
To that end, Provisional Governors have been
appointed for the States, Convention* called,
Governors elected, Legislatures assembled,
and Senators and Kepre.-entativca-chosen to
the Congress ofthe United State*. At the
same time, the Courts of the United States,
as far as could be done, have been reopened,
so that the laws of the United States may be
enforced through their ngency. The block
ade has been removed and the custom-houses
re-established’in ports of entry, so that the
revenue of tlie United States may be collected.
The Postoffice Department renews its cease
less activity, and the General Government is
thereby enabled to communicate promptly
with its officers and iigents. The courts
bring security to persons and property; the
opening of the ports invites the restoration
of industry and commerce; tlie postoftice
renews the facilities of social intercourse and
of business. And is it not happy for us all
that the restoration of each one of these func
tions of the General Government brings with
it a hjessing to the States over which they are
extended. Is it not n sure promise af har
mony and renewed attachment to the Union
that, after all that has happened, the return
of the General Government is known only as
a beneficence!
I know very well that this policy is attend
ed with some risk; .that for its success it re
quires afcleast the acquiescence of the States
which it concerns: that it implies an invita
tion to those States, by renewing their allegi
ance to the United States, to resume their
functions as States of the Union. But it is a
risk that must be taken; in the choice of dif
ficulties, it is the smallest risk; and to dimin'
ish and, if possible, to remove all danger, I
have felt it incumbent on me to assert one
other power ofthe General Government—the
power of pardon. As no State can throw a
defense over the crime of treason, the power
of pardon is exclusively vested in the Execu
tive Government of tlie United States. In
cxcrcisjajj? Mat C> MWfiXMOcc&Bwyi
precaution to connect it with the deafest
recognition of the binding force of tlie laws
of tlie United States, and an unqualified ac
knowledgment of tlie great social change of
condition in regard to slavery which lias
grown out of tbe war. . .
The next step I have taken to restore the
constitutional relations of the States has been
an invitation to them to participate in the
high office of amending tlie Constitution.
Every patriot must wish for a general am
nesty at the earliest epoch consistent with
public safety. For this great end there is
need of a concurrence of alt opinions, and
the spirit of mutual conciliation. Aft parties
in the late terrible conflict must work together
in harmony._. It .is not too much to ask, in the
name of The whole people,'that, oh the one
side, the plan of restoration shall proceed in
conformity with a willingness to cast the dis
orders of the past into oblivion ; and that,
on the other, the evidence of sincerity in the
future maintenance of the Union shall be put
lieyond any donbt by the ratification of the
proposed amendment to tin- Constitution,
which provides for the abolition of slavery
forever within the limits of our country. So
long as the adoption of this amendment is
delayed, so long will doubt, and jealousy, and
uncertainty, prevail. This is the measure
work of
cannot too strongly urge a dispassionate from *516,'Jto,131 to *33,814,401, which smount. In
Itreatment of this subject, which should lie I the opinion of the Department, is adequate for a
carefully kept aloof frora'all party strife to oS^mrausnS'bra^'OT^hlfservice a”
must equally avoidh^ty assumptions Of Any . ffibit a diligent economy worthy of commendation,
natural impossibility tor the two races to live Reference Is also made In the report to the neces-
•oe by JMA,ib a atoie.Of mutial WnefU aiul hity ^providing for a uniform militia system, and
|good will. The experiment involves us in no J to tMU>ropriety of making suitable provision for
Tnconsistency; let us, then, go on, and make I wounded and disabled officers and soldiers,
that experiment in good faith, and not be too
easily disheartened. The country is in need 8 £ onld command the earnest comidmifoiio^Con-
of labor, and the freedmen are in need of em- mss. The Secretary of tlie Treasury will lay be-
ployment, culture and protection. While I tore yon a full and detailed report of the receipts
theif right of voluntary migration and expa- and disbursements of the last fiscal year, of the first
triatlon is not to bq questioned I would not
kdvjsethciHorM^emoval and colonization. | tens an d the estimates for the year following the
OUR STORE' tS AGAIN OPEN.
,-H£W -MODS! BUT TUE OLD FIRM!
M
Ciai lo xucm eivcs ana ra uic cuuuirv .mu, md decisions. But the paramount Impoi
instead of hasty anticipations of the certainty q,®subject so presses itself on my uiiu j that l5?
of failure, let there be nothing wanting to not but lay before you my views of the measures
the fair trial of the experiment. The change which are required for the good character, and, I
in their condition is the substitution of labor I ralghtslmost say.for the existence of tiffs people.
freedman cannot fairly be accused of unwil- equally true that a good revenuo svstcm'is the Ufo
lmgnessto work, *o long as a doubt remains I ot an oresnized government. X meet you at a time
about bis freedom of choice in liis pursuits, when the nation has voluntarily burdened Itself
and the certainty of his recovering his stipu- Vut .**
latcd wages In this the interest oftlio cm- with thc eounUc'sU t ^?n^ ttot S wul‘S
ployer and tnc employed coincide.- The cm-1 conlcrred upon our conniry and upon man by the
plover desires inliis workmen spirit aiulaluc- preaervatiou ofthe n.oionV life. Now.onOiftgrak
irity, and these can be
in no other waj*. And |
able to enforce the contract, so ought the I motion, and which J shaU commend itself to those
other. The public interest Will be best pro- who come after us for its continuance. We must
there is no chance
of their labor, and ^
will not rest on them. I mediately begin t'o effect a reduction of the debt,
I know that sincere philanthropy is earnest IS’T**®
• r IwJt tiniete nV^reann'pL,°^ 21 rcm ° test It is our first duty to prepare in earnest for our
auna, but time is always an element in reform. I recovery from, the cver-increasing evils of an
It is one of the greatest acts on record to 1 irredeemable currency, without a sudden revul-
liave brought four million ofpcopleinto free- I sien, and yet without untimely procrastination,
ddm. - Tlie career of free industry must be I I ' ort,iat end * wo must, each in our respoctive
fairly opened unto them; and then their fu- P? 3 .^ 0 ??' P rc ,P are , th f I bold it the duty
♦nro r.rneiw.ritv mil eonriitinn A ,, I of the Executive to insisL'upon frugality in the
T Sv nn rira'r af ?, cr al, | expenditures; and a sparing economy itself a
rest niatnlj on themselves. It they fail, and I great national resoureo. Of the banks to which
so.perish away, let us.be careful, that the i authority has been given to issue notes secured
failure shall not be attributed to any denial I by bonds of tho United Statos, wo may require
of justice. In all that relates to the destiny of tllc B rcat °st moderation and prudence, ond the
the freedmen, we need not ho too anxious to Iaw SS3? bo -,r, igidly enfo r ccd " bcn :u Iimits
ro"ri till- fnttire • manv ineirlonfo i r 10 I exceeded. Wo may, each ono of us, counsel our
read the future, many ineiuents which, from ac ti V o and enterprising countrymen to bo con-
a specnlanve point of view, might raise alarm, stantlv on their guard, to liquidate debts cou
will quietly settle themselves. | traded in a paper currency, and, by conducting
'■ ™ more and and silver. To aid our fellow-citizen, in the
more apparent. Slavery was essentially a prudent management of their monetary affaire,
monopoly ot labor, and as such locked the the duty devolves on us to diminish by law tho
States where it prevailed against the incom- “ ,oount of P“P= r money now in circulation. Five
ing of free industry, .mere labor was the ago.thohank note circulation ofthecountry
^ . -en (1,„ , amounted to not much more than two hundred
property. Whiteman was I millions; now the circulation, bank and national,
excluded front emplmmcnf, or had but the I exceed seven hundred millions. Tho simple
second best chance of finding ft, and the for- statement of the fact reeommends more strongly
eign emigrant turned away from the region than any words of mine could do tho necessity
wherVhis condition would be so precarious of restraining this expansion. The gradual ro-
Witli the destruction of th e monopoly, free dacUon of tha currency is the only measure that
world to assist in developing yanous and im- ceptibly accomplished by gradually funding the
measurable resources "Which have hitherto I national 'circulation in securities that may he
lain dormant. The eight or nine States near- made redeemable at the pleasure of the Oovern-
est the Gulf of MexicoTia ve a soil of exhnber- m 5, nt , ... . ., , , .
aatfcrtiUtv. a climate fri L .„ ( n T to ] on „ life Our debt is doubly secure-first .n th. actual
andean sustain a denser population tLn SI
reparation to their irju
BBP . owyd inltelBjon decision
sguinet Great Britton, such compensation was not
tfielr primary object They had a higher motive,
and It was in the interests of iH-ace and iustlee to
establish Important priaeiplesorinternatiPBal
' ce will he placed before yot
he British Minister rests hi
ntiallv that tha mnnlclpal
a nation, and tho doinetlie Interpretations of that
law. are the measure of its duty as a neutral; and
I ml Bound to declare ntv opinion, before vou , nd
before the world, that that justification cannot be
sustained before the tribunal of n*tions. At the
same timcl do not advise to any Perscu attempt
it redreis by sets of legisistioo. For tlie future,
friendship between tho two countries must rest on
the basiJof mutual justice.
From the moment oi the establishment of our
Constittntlon, the civilized world has been con-
vnlsed liy revolutions in the interests of democra-
cyorof monarchy; but through all those revolu
tions tlie United States have wisely and firmly
refused to become propagandists of republican
ism. It is the only government suited to our con
dition; bntwobavo never sought to impoao ttou
others; and we hate consistently followed the
advice of Washington to recommend it onlr in the
careful preservation and prudent use of tlie bless
ing During all tlie intervening period tho policy
of ^ European Powers and of the United States has,
on tho whole) been harmonious. Twice, indeed,
rumors of the invasion of 6ome parts of America,
in the Interest of monarchy,have prevailed; twice
tny predecessors have had occasion to announce
tho views of this nation in respect to snch Interfer
ence. On both occasions the remonstrance oftlio
United States was respected, from a deep convic
tion, on the part of European Governments, that
the system of non-interference uud mutual abstin
ence from propagandise! was the true into for tho
two hemispheres. Since thoso times we have ad
vanced to wealth and power; But we retain the same
purpose to lcavotho nations of Europe to choose
their own dynasties and form their own systems of
K raent. This consistent, moderation may
lemand a corresponding moderation. Wc
regard ttas a great calamity to ourselves, to
the cause of good government, and to the pcafc of
the World, should any European power chUwq
the American people, as it were, to the defence of
republicanism against foreign interference. We
cannot forsce and arc unwilling to conaider what
opportunlttca might present themselves, what com
bination* might offer to protect ourselves against
designs Inimical to onr form of government. The
United States desires to act In the future as they
have overacted heretofore; they never will be driv
en from.tliat course hnt by tho aggression of Euro
pean powers; and wo rely on the wisdom and Jus
tice of those powers to respect the system of uou-
interference which has so long been sanctioned bv
time, and w-lilch, by its good results, has approved
itself to both continents.
The correspondence between tlie United Stales
and IMfain reference to questions whtcMmc^
GOODS 50 PER CENT LESS
THE! MW BERN SOLD S EICON, SINCE TBE VAR.
F. FEUCHTWANGER & CO..
-~ WOULD respectfully inform their old friends a ml customers, the citizen.-of M-.e.m and vlclaltj.
tliai,they bay) Just retffraed from the Eastern Staikets vtitli one of the LARGEST, FINEST AND
CHEAPEST 4»» «■ « .* ^ y ,|’.' : . -s, . '
■JXAXUskt JMUT HTJJ trUKIUtteO ! ill* • b : -tete»*4
Stock of Dry Goods, Shawls ami Cloaks,
EYEH BKOUGUTTO THIS MARKET, which they Oder to their old friend* and customer*, and the
public Hilary ft
GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
Having bought for, cash, under tlie last heavy decline of Goods, we can saiure our customers that
we can sell them * - t , . » .
THE YERRY BEST CLASS Ot' GOOHS^
■' " Cheaper than they can be Bought South of the Ohio !
>:iu A :ia/IV-UD .- .KTAAU3HHIC fVi«. wro I
Our Mr. FEUCHTWANGER, well known to the citizens, of Macon and vicinity. ftateMfaJgj
favors when anii'ugst you, beg- leave to assure all, that he is now prepared to inow tbun BETTEI.
\ND CHEAPER GOODS THAN EVER!
Come and *M our stock of ,i „- . u
SILKS, ;•»•« lb.. - .i-‘ . it ini, • a,. ..
DELAINES, T'i
GINGHAMS,
CALICOS,
fi H I rct ; f BALMORAI.S,
and everything belonglu to a first class
Dry G oods Establishment.
Wc would call especial attention to our
HOOP SKIRTS,
e.f Hast«P*.: Sylvester Mettlor, t>! Phillip*
bwg, £-J lurinefr in the emph \ t»f th.
: iUiwaivl Davfo of Bt*!vu.erv, X. J
S. 'N . Kdinjfr. .»f CarpwttrsfBlr. X'. J. i Without Staus. «.nc ureal branch of the lc^-
V.ce Woi —W_m^Re\, engineer, triunjhdatirp »*iFernB«t*nt woohl l>e wanting. Anil,
Phifolel
cultivated nations m Europe. From the suf- in proportion as its people arc free; that the
ferings that have attended them during our ST*—— 1 '' Q«rhl.to»yr
late struggle, let u, look away to the future, beliere?dertifcd to give i?T im more
wince is sure to be laden for them with great-1 s i g „al illustration The secret of this prosperity
t r prosperity than has ever before been [springs not merely from tho fact that in a repub
known. The removal of the monopoly of I lie the national obligations are. distributed more
slave lal>or is a pledge tlmt those regions ^ideW through countless numbers in all classes
^ fiSHS* b Y ? numerous and enterpris-
in 0 population, winch "ftl vie with Bhy ^ in I welfare, and bear their fair share of tho public
the Union m compactness, inventive genius, I ijurdenn. Daring the war. under the impulses
-Wealth-andindustry. , j *>f jiatriotism, tlie men of tho great boilv of the
viriich will efface tlie sad memory of tlie past;
this is the measure which will most certainly
call population, ami capital, am I security, to
those parts ofthe Union that need them most.
Indeed, it is not too much to ask of the
States which arc now resuming their places
in tho family of the Union to give this pledge
of perpetual loyalty and peace. Until it is
done, the pad, however much wo may desire
it, will not be forgotten. The adoption ot
the amendment reunites us beyond all power
of disruption. It heals the wound that is
still imperfoctly closed; it fenioves slavery,
tlie element which has so long perplexed ami
divided the country; it makes of ns once
more a united people, renewed and strength
ened, bound in ore than ever to mutual affec
tion and support
The amendment to the Constitution Iielng
adopted, it would remain for tlie States, whose
powers have lieen so long in abeyance, to
resume their places in the two branches of
the National Legislature, and thereby com
plete the work of restoration. Here it is for
you, fellow-citizens of the Senate, and for you,
fellow-citizens of tlie House of Rcjiresenta-
tives, to judge, each of you for yourselv es, of
the elections, returns, and qualifications of
your own members,
Our Government spring* from and was mado people, without regard to their own comparative
for the people—not the people for thoGor-1 P”” 1 “nmyd to By smite afaflBa*
nrnmon* Tv* ai,„ TO ;* -jL our fleets of war, and held tuemselves ready to
erament. lo them it owes allegiance, from 1 0 fj* or their lives for the public good. Now, in
them it must derive its courage, strength, .and J their turn, the property and income.of the coun
wisdom. But, while the Government is thus I try should bear their just proportion of tho bur-
hound to defer to the people, from whom it | den of taxation, while in our impost system,
derives its existence, it should, from tile verv I through means of which increased vitality ;ti
^oweJTf leLta^e toTe’cs’tabft"blent of
power of resistance to the cstabli&liinent of I as to fall most heavily on articles of luxury,
inequalities. Monopolies, perpetuities, and leaving the necessaries of life as free from taxa-
clnss legislation, arc contrary to the genius of tion as the absolute wants of tlie^tyovernment,
free government, and^ught not to bo allowed, economically administered, will, justify. No
Here, there i3 no room for favored classes or | favored class should demand freedom from
monopolies; the principle of our Government I ?3 cssme ?V a JP d tlje 1 taxcs should be so distribu-
is tliatof equal la^-s a,.3 freedom ofindustry.
M herever monopoly attains a foothold, it is ahou ia look av the national debt just as it is-not
sure to be a source of danger, discord, and as a national Messing, but as a heavy burden on
trouble. We shall but fulfil our duties as tho industry of the country, to be discharged
legislators 1>T according “equal and exact jus- without unnecessary delay,
tice to all men,” special privilege to none.— It is estimated by the Secretary of the Treas-
rhe Government is subordinate to the people, nrythatthe expenditures for the fiscal year, antl-
but. as the agent and representative of the
people it mpt be held superior to mOnopq, that it is also estimated that the revenue
lies, which, in themselves ought never to be f or the rear ending the 30th of June, 1SC7, will
granted, and which, where they exist, must exceed the expenditures in the sum of $111,882,-
i)C subordinate and yield to the Government. 818. This amount, or so much as may be deemed
. Co,lst , it f on confere on Con r,^ tIlc S
right to regulate commerce among the sever- lIav of October, 1S6S, was $2,740,851,730. Every
al States. It is of the first necessity, for the reduction will diminish the total amount of
The full assertion of the powers of the maintenance ofthe Union, that.ihatcommerce int jivst t.» l»f* jui l. and -• > .niar/*
become subjects of discussion between the two
governments, will, at a proper time, be laid before
Congress.
XV nen,' on the organization of our
under the Constitution, the Frcsldcnf of”thc "uni
ted States delivered his inaugural address to the
two houses of Congress, he said to them, and
through them to tbe couutry and to mankind, that
“tho preservation ofthe sacred fire of liberty and
the destiny of the republican model of government
are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally
staked on the experiment intrusted to tho Ameri
can people.” And tho House of Representatives
answered Washington by the voice of Madison:
“We adore tho Invisible hand which has led the
American people, through so many difficulties, to
cherish a conscious responsibility for the destiny
of republican liberty.” More than seventy-six
years have glided away since these words were
spoken; the United States have passed through
severer trials than were foreseen; and now, at this
new epoch in our existence as one nation, with
our Union purified by sorrows, and strengthened
by conflict, and established by the virtue of tho
people, tlie greatness of the occasion invites us
onco more to repeat, with solemnity, the pledges
of our fathers to hold ourselves answerable before
our fellow men for the success of the republican
form of government. Experience lias proved its
sufficiency hi peace and In war; it has vindicated
its authority through dangers, and afflictions, nnd
sudden 'and terrible emergencies, which would
have crushed any system that lmd been less firmly
fixed lu the hearts of the people. At the inaugu
ration of Washington the foreign relations of the
c*nntry were few, and its trade was repressed by
hostile regulations; now all tile civilized nations
pf the gIBBe welcome our commerce,.and their
governments profess toward us amity. Then our
country felt its way hesitatingly along an untried
path, with States so little bound together by rapid
means of communication as to he hardly known to
one another, and with historic traditions extend
ing over very fmr years; now intercourse between
the States Is swift and intimate; the experience ol
centuries lias been crowded into a fewgenerations,
and has created nn intense, imlesirueUbte nation-
ality. Then our jurisdiction did not reach beyond
the inconvenient boundaries ofthe territory which
had achieved independence; now, through cessions
of lands, first colonized by Spain and France, the
country has acquired a more complex character,
and ha* for its natural limits the chain of takes,
the Gulf of Mexico, and on tlie cast and the west
tho two great oceans. Other nations were wasted
by civil wars for ages before they could establish
for themselves the ncccssaiy degree of unity; the
latent conviction that our form ot government is
the best ever known to the world, E
to emerge from civil war within four years, with a
complete vindication ofthe constitutional author
ity of the general government, and with our local
liberties and State institutions unimpaired.
The throngs of emigrants that crowd to
shores are witnesses of the confidence of all people
in onr permanence. Here is the great land of tree
labor, where industry is blessed with unexampled
rewards, and tbe bread of tbeworkingmanls sweet
ened by the consciousness that the cause of the
country “ Is his own cause, his own safety, his own
dignity." Here every one enjoys the free use of
his faculties and the choice of activity as a natural
right Here, under the oombined Influence ot i
fruitful soil, genial dimes, and happy institutions,
population has Increased fifteen fold within a cen
tury. Here, through the easy development of
boundless ttalpiltei, wealth has increased with
two-fold greater rapidity than numbers, so that we
have become secure against the <in«iJq.i vicissi
tudes of other countries, and, alike in business and
In opinion, areself-centcredand truly independent.
Here more and more care is given to provide edu
cation lor every one born on our soil. Here reli
gion, released from political connection with the
.civil government, refuses to subserve the craft of
statesmen, and becomes, in its independence, the
CLOAK AND SHAWL DEPARTMENT.
forbrimTins gobds enjoyed but by a few, and are determined 10 BE l N DE.tM
i have faciUUra
OLD BY NONE!
, COUNTRY . MERCHANTS.
elsewhere. A wordtothewiso IssutUcicnL A call and trial is all we ask.
cinnot
ng }»»
E. FEUCHTWANGER.
TRIANGULAR BLOCK, MACON. GA.
N () X I 0 E .
rrxo RENT, In Stewart county, Georgia, a settle-
i nuuit of Lund containing twcnty-tnrcc Iran-
dred (2300) acres—fourteen hundred (1400) clear
ed—will bring from 1000 to \200 lbs. Seed Cotton
>cr acre. Tuo Settlements on the place—well
mproved; two Gin Houses; two Cotton Screws;
with Grain Thrash and Fans; eight good Negro
Houses on one place, and five on the other. One
hundred acres small grain sowed. The Plantation
well -watered and in a healthy locality.
There Is to sell on the settlement, if rented—
21 head Mules and Horses.
5 fine Milcli Cows,
12 head Dry Cattle,
100 “ ' Stock Hogs,
35 ■■ Purk ti*"! F**-
1,000 bushels Cnrii.
1,200 ** Cotton Seed, ' I
10,000 lbs. Fodder, ' :
1 set-Blacksmith Tools,
Plows "ml Plow Gear,
1 Six-Horse Wagon and Harness,
1 yoke large Oxen and Wagon.
There arc twelve grown Negroes on tlie pl»ce
that can he employed—one a No. 1 Blacksmith.
CHEESE ANP FLOUR.
*J00 ITAMBURG CHEESE,
:XK) W. It. CHEESE,
100 BBLS. MIAMI MILLS FL0UK,
100 BBLS. EXCELSIOR FI.OlH,
100 BBLS. X X BKODWAY MM FLOUR,
100 K COILS GREEN LEAF MffS.
100 MO. HEMP CO. ROPE.
J. W. FKAR8
Will be on tho market until Ike llr*t of Januaiy,
I860, If not disposed af before that time. .* » j
For inloi inution address
W. L. JARRELL,
• Luihpkin, Stewart co., fla.
decO-tJanl <<; (care Chamberlin & Bojuton.j
General Government requires the holding of
Circuit Courts of the United States within
the districts where their authority has been
interrupted. In the present posture ot our
public affairs, strong objections have been
States where the rebellion has existed; and
it was ascertained by inquiry, that the Circuit
Court ofthe United States would not be held
within the district of Virginia during the
autumn or early winter, nor until Congrea*
Jhould be free and unobstructed. Xo State ] .-till/urther iv.lucti.-.n:-. until u-.-t..;.-
can be justified in any device.to tax. thetran- liquidated; and Uiis, as will be seen from the
tit of travel and commerce M^n State.-
Theposition of many States is.inch, that, if they | j n a period not exceeding tHirtv y«
were allowed to take advantage of it for pur- faith that we shall do all thi* withii
urged to holding those courts in any of the poses of local revenue, the commerce between ble time: that, as we have amazed the world by
HCtafafaite ’ — . . - - States might be injuriously burdened, or even tbe suppression of a civil war which was thought
virtually prohibited. It is tlie best, while the 10 be.beyond the control of any Government, s -
country"is still young and while the tenden- SSp^d^hfffi^
coeuuj maim yuiui 0 , auei n uiie uie icuucu- institutions br the prompt and faithful discharge
dangerous monopolies of this kind u of our n ahon'al obligations. g
, - . . , - , ^ t,u feeble, to use the power ot Congress so as The Departmentof Agriculture, under its pres-
should have ‘‘an opportunity to consider and to prevent any rellisli impediment to the cir- ent direction, is accomplishing much in develop-
act on the whole subject." To your dcliber- dilation of men and merchandise. A tax on | ing and utilizing the vast agricultural capabilities
ations tbe restoration ot thi* branch ofthe travel and.morchandisc, in their transit, con-! of the country, and for information respecting the
civil aothority of the United States is there- ' stitutes one of therworst forms of mohopoly/r de fa‘i s management reference is made to
fore necessarily referred, with the hope tliat ] and the evil S increased if coupled with "a th ® •*“*'J'P°£Commissioner,
early provision will be made for the resamp- denial of the choice of route. When the vast | ^. au ,e of thrir tianteemlanUrai^tanci? Unde?
tion of all its functions. It is manifest tuai i extent ol our country is ronsKlcred, it is.plain any circumstances our great extent of territory
treason, most flagrant in character, has been tliat every obstacle to the ircc circulation of j and variety of climate, producing almost ev
committed. Persons who are charged with commerce between the States ought to be thing that is necessary for the wants, and <
* -- 1.1 1 1 ; ctomlr imu i-#l oil orroincf kr nnixvAnnofn Inret- til fa (VimforLS ftf TTlflTI. I n q » 11 c «zi m (Till A rl v i
its commiarion should have £air and imp.ir- sternly guarded ;‘.c:ain.s; by appropriate legis-
tial trials in the highest civil tribunals ofthe • lation, within the limits of the Constitution,
country, in order thal th« Constitution and: The report of the Secretary of the Interior ex-
the la<fs may be fully vindicated; the truth T-buns th* couditionof the_ public lands, the
territory
every-
^ i even
the comforts of man, make ns singularly inde
pendent of the varying policy of foreign powers,
— J protect us against every'temptation ‘ ““
ling alliances/’ while at the present
tangling a
* present moment
transactions of the Patent Office and tni- Pension’! “-^biishment of harmony, and the
spiritual life of the people. Here toleration ti ex
tended lo every opinion. In the quiet certainty that
truth needs only a fair field to secure the victory.
Here the human mtndgocs forthnmhacklcd In the
pursuit of science, to collect stores of knowledge
and acquire an ever-increasing mastery over the
forces of nature. Here the national domain ti of
fered and held In millions of separate fret holds, so
that our lcllow-cltlzcns, beyond the occupants of
any other part of the earth, constitute In reality a
people. Here exists the democratic form of gov- ■
eminent, and that form of government, by the con
fession of European statesmen, “givesa powerifo
which no other form to capable, because it incor
porates every man with the 8tatc. and arouses ev
erything that belongs to the souL”
Where, in past history, does a parallel exist to
the public happiness which is witldn the retch of
thepeopieof the United States ? Where, in any
part of the globe, can institutions be found so suit
ed to their habits, or so entitled to their love, at
their own free Constitution 7 Every one of them,
then, in whatever part of the land he has ills home,
UUtit wish U* perpetuity. Who of them wilt not
now acknowledge, In the words of Washington,
that “every step by which the people of the Uni
ted States have advanced to the character of an in
dependent nation seems to have been distinguish
ed by some token of Providential agency J” Who
;4rflla6Bjoln with me in tbe prayer that the invisi
ble hand which has led us through the clouds that
gloomed around oorn|& will so guide us onward
to a perfect restoration oi fraternal sfle tion, that
we of this day may be able to transmit e ur great
inheritaaee of State Governments in at. their
rights,' of the General Government in its w Vole
constitutional vigor, to our posterity, and the, to
their’s through countless generations ?
ANDREW JOHNSON.
Wxsuixoto*, Dtcember4,1885.
GENERAL INELLIGENCE.
RENT’S EAST INDIA COFFEE!
EQUAL TO JAVA! ^
HALF THE PRICE ! (“J
Goes Twice as Far !sS
Recommended and Used by All!
CLERGYMEN, PIIY8ICIANS nnd Professional
Men as the cheapest, healthiest and best beverage
in the world i
FOR SALE BY ALL GROCERS IN THE NORTH
AND SOUTH.
The Soutiicm Trade, to which it is specially
adapted, supplied throngh the New York City
Wholesale Grocers, or direct from tlie Manufac
tory, !'r T ti
fer'Reade ][)4street' c S5&
NEW YORK.
RICIIARU DAVIES, Prop’r,
Aad General Wholesale Dealer in Teas and Coffee.
^■faOTfai IV D » ,w
icfiai
fir*.
Jounial <fc Messenger copy.
City Property and Land for Salo for Ottreicj
OR COTTON _
gltc Burke A* Co.’*.
Tbe Dwelling House and Lt4. in* Mauuu. <tyo*
site Gaines <fc Co.*s.
The Store House and Lot la S&st Macon, kt»wn
aaKel»t>u*.
The Lot In Amcricus, knuw« m tbe Hill Stole
rtfcr m a !,■■■■■.
The Brick 8lcre in Geocgetown, formerly oou-
pied by D. Morris.
Tbe Strq>ed Store InAlbaur, known
Stoic.
9 Lots of Pine Land In Appling conuty
price $2 GO per acre.
7 Lota of Fine Load In Clinch counH •
price $2 50 per acre.
7 Lots or Oak and Hickory Land In Decatn
county, price |5 per *
JAMES SEYMOUR.
The Latest and Most
A'n'KACTlvf, li/iJ.!..{
. rToo a / j
December Sth, lb65.
mnBvb.t (fp.e/ln iteteuJ
T IIE following Goods have Just been received
and are offered af low figure.-:'- (
EMPRESS CL0Tn3, in black,
do do in colors.
OTTOMAN VELOURS, in all colors,
the handsomest goods ofthe season.
BLACK CLOTH & CASSIMERE CLOAKS,
surpassing in style any yet offered.
PLAID POPLIN’S 1 , 1 . |WU*«
lauiMu TI tJ am BLACK REP SILKS,
FIGURED DELAINES, ****•« 1 j
COLORED REP SILKS*
BOMBAZINES AND ALPACA8,
»ii i t SEA 18t A >,VT) HOMESPUN, &c.
To he brief, my stock is noir complete, and I in
vite tbe public to come and iaspect. No house can
or shall undersell me. So, reader, think of that
before yon make your pun-haac*. W
decO 8. T. COLEMAN.
G EORGIA, Quitmax ConsTY.—Camilla Gnu-
ford having in proper form applied top
For Rent.
M Y Residence on the Houston road, about
mile from the city. The dwelling contain*- 1
seven large rooms, well arranged. On tbe premi
ses are all necessary out buildings. Water, good.
Fifteen acres land will be rented with the dwelling.
The plate la a very dexirablc one, and will be rent
ed very low' to a good tenant.
am>l
• Li«
itate of Tho*.
same time, that the question may be judicially | reference to matters of local interest in the Dis-
settled, finally and forever, that no State, of trict of Columbia.. It also presents evidence of
iLs own will. h:i> a right to renounce its place J successful operation of the • Homstead
C onstitution of the | elector? 1 »y the proclaraatinn c
■petettv ot tli< Consti-1 I took for mv counsel theVc
k teTCHl the teter of die Cousritu-j in the Untofi. . " #
AxraetA.r of our country, its ca- i The relations Oi the jeneral Goternment during the last fiscal vear—more than one-fourth
irehei«iiia£ w ithin its jurisdic- towards the four millions of inhal>itiinii of the, whole number tdacres sold or otherwise
u yntal emv -r is due t«» tbe J whom the war has called into freedom, have disposed of daring that period. It is estimated
Thebot ■n.'carity for the' engngevl iny most serious consideration. On that the receipts derived from this iouree are
ifthe States is the *\*ui- the propriety of attempting to make freedmen sufficient to cover the expense? incident to the
- r - - - - e nf th<»FT-#v*r»tivD J surrey ana alspoeal of tha lands entered under
* .* » if this act, and that payments in ca«h to the extent
. - . on^ntutlpii ltedf, 1 f rom forty to fifty per cent, will be made bv
itthtr of tl» States; the interpretations of that instrument by it? settlers, who may thus at any time acquire title
os what we are, J authors anti tiieir contemporaries, and recent before the expiration of the ."period at which it
their cocnuTtion i' j legislation by Congre*^. Whfl, at the first would others i?e vest The homestead policy
vxiit with- movement towanl* imlependencc. the Con- »“ established only after long, and eaniest_re- ■ . Our commerce iritl, qm-ih I TA •” *
. n f the rniteri Srai.--Jneniri-A the »r 1 !, stane-’; experience prove* its wijflom. The i° . ” a ^ e - '- lu . r commerce with South America f u ] but hij pliyaiciacs ana friends now enter-
w.t!: t&e:2Te*."l the l o,teq hteir., inr..ue.cti the rev- e a ‘.ImI ; aabontto reernve eneouragemeiit bv » fi.reet 1 . -1 xE.i. 1 •”
r _ u . flmgiig
in : own. they left each State to decide for itself. ir e Are«>'ir""c*?. are wofthm«*to the United slates 1 The distimroished party ef aim of sci-
1the conditions for the enjoyment of the firm- than if they had been reserved as a solitude for 1 ence ?l ave recc “ tl 7 left our country b make
on .i !hr chise. During the jierio^J ofthe Confederacy, future purchaser*?. j J. 6€W *““ C exploration of the natural
I tht ' re coniinffiHl to exist a very great divers’i- The hm-.eaiabie enrata of the last tour years, , Jy ',^ t retried frouT^
u*tt-1 tym the «iualihcations of elector* ui the sever- and the sacrifice*imadc by the gallon* men of onr , E mwror that c^nemn** welcoOAe which
and tbe | »i States ! and evua within a State, a distinc- “HLSt^Zs til 9“ ‘ ten faSST- «££
it will be my r. . i;n to promote peace and
amity with all foreign nations and powers: and
I have every reason to believe that they all,
without exception, are animated by ihe same
disposition. Our relations with the Emperor of
China, so recent in their origin, are most friend) yl
The legislature of Alabama, on the 28th
nit, elected Provisional Governor Parsons
and Hon. George S. Houston, senators to con
gress. Mr. Houston resides in Limestone
vuiuBfSwruueuua uieirongm, aremojurienaiv. ~ - ... A v » a i l
Our commerce with his dominions is receiving '[Count), ancl has had great experience as _
new developmenta. and it is very pleasing to * legislator in the lower branch of congress,
find that the government of that "rreat empire 1 Gov. Parsons is at present prominent in the
manifests ssttifiaction with our police, and re- j whole country as one of the ablest and most
poies justcon^dence in the fainiese which marks : reliable appointees of President Johnson un
ta the extent “ ar The unbroken harmony between der hU reorganize tion policy,
la. -e.s. the United States and the Emperor of Rum:* is I , , X" „ .
title rei^rin, s new .upport from an eaterpri,e de- . A corr^pondent of tha Boston Poet wnt
signed to carry telegraphic lines aero** tlie con- i from Concord, November says that ex
tinent of Asia, throngh his dominions, and so to President Pierce is now slowly convalescing,
connect us with all Europe by a new channel of \ At one time his recovery seemed quite doubt- •_
*„ ■ iUC ^^course. Our commerce with South America | f a ^ but his physicians and friends now'enter- dcc9 * 3t
lands, in the hands of industrious settlers, whose * _4| rec ^. J tain the hope that the crisis is past. *
^ g in proper
Letters of Administration on t
X Guilford, late of said county
This is to cite all and singular, the creditors and
next of kin of Thos. J. Gunford, to he and appear
at my office within the time allowed by law, and
show cau»c, if anv they can, why pennaneut ad-
miuUtratiou should pot be granted to the appli
cant. j _
Witueas official fignature, Dec. 4,
1805. Jfr -J. w MERCER, brd y.
18 BRAXnAM.
For Rale —A IIou»e and I*ot.
A HOUSE and Lot on \b«* Houston road fcr
sale, consisting of a Cottage with six rooms,
29 acres of land and necessary out building* near
the city limits. Apply to me. '•
dec9 A. A. LOCHBAXE.
NOTICE.
W E take this method of lnfonalng the public
tliat we have disposed of our store and stocic
to Messrs. T. J. & D. LANE, and it affords m
n Measure to recommend them cordially to our
riends and custoraeo as energetic, obliging and
‘ reliable business men.
dec9-3t 1BW1N & WHARTON.
Good Things still at tlic Corner.
W E, the undersigned, take pleasure in Inform
ing our frinds and the public generally, that
W# have again resumed business in Macon, at tbe
well known “WHITE STORE,” corner Third sod
Cherry street*, formerly occupied by Messrs. Ir
win «fc Wharton, and Invite all, both from city and
country, to give u* a call. We feel confident that
we can supply all with article* in our line, Mich a*
Hats, Clothing and Family Supplies, oa u good
terms as can l>e secured cnywh« re in the eitj.
dec0-3t T. J. A D. LANE.
tfi Cook Wanted.
A GOOD COOK AND LAUNDRESS, who rmu
come well recommended, can cbthin employ-
application at this office.
Plano For Sale.
A SPLENDID SEVEN OCTAVE PIANO. On*
ofthe very best.
L R. BRANHAM.
WANTED TO BUY.
S10,000' INT GOLD,
Pine Wood.
(t A A CORD8 Pine Wood at Gordon, on Co-
OvV trai Rail rot d. For sale by
decd-3t* J. H. ANDKBSON A BON
WANTED.
STEADY, SENSIBLE MAN, to take ckaj
GEO. W. HARDXE.
cipieA on j tion of <
; gnd even will
ualifahmoni* ~p x
'r^d tfrti^hT/for to:
. ci-f who wert to tie chosen. The • Moni tea, 85.986. roqnhtas for toeir anunal pay- k” 0 '" promotin K toe sdvan* eat f
h palling■ I Gmstitution «f the Unked States recognizes cxelosivc of expense*, the sum of $>»,023i,445, r inowled FT: A hope is entertained tL?m ;r«a.-i
k ' coci' these diverseies wkentit tnjffina that, in the 1 .Th* number orappUczfioss that have t**n til on. 1 «»* popnlooa eourA - -h.t
* ^ TTnna*. Tftenr**, since that date win require a large incifaa*e of border toe Mediterranean ae* may b-J
a ” ^ r " e P re * this amount for the next fiscal year. Tbe —increaaid. Notohig will bewanting#;,
t-ttes. th * electors for too payment of the stipends due, under °* "hirGoTwiaBestfti txter-d toe -- A -
plhe qoAlifi<ions re- . io^ wn, u> taf dhabled soldiers and tilion *Msd to '-'^r geWrflwoO
Pff toe most rroraerona ftnUte* otsneh «. qaie pemhtd in toe af 'lOtHottfan to.
Afar tie «*> «r*3gr
ptton.
:&reaclt8ta%.to
„ these diversifies wkentit enjoin* that, in the ■ Thenamher*
Et has l^hoice of rasanbenr O&tot House of He
the j lyitalivzs of the U '
[ lire • is each State shall
for.
SkV -"f_toe ■State
Rev. Dr. Birney.longa baptist missionary in
Btirmah, and for several years pastor of one of
the churches in Savannah, Georgia, is about
to settle in New Orleans.
A dispatch from Albany, New York, dated
N'ov. 28th says 7-1***ttmKe I
The United State telegraph company liav
to Riclinn
completed their line to Richmond. Virginia,
znd Abe office in that city was opened for bu
I vutms off Tuesday. The line is in fisjt rate
— onli
Wttt _
“Sooth ward
utioo in Houston
fto sliont 21 iiaud*.
E. A. NI8BBT.
Mseon. Dec. 8,1865-6to
my f>\
next year. —
X
EORGIAr^CLi-T COUSTT.—Louifta D. Alexu
VX der, having in proper form applied to me for
Letters of Administration on toe estate of C. W.
Alexander, late of said county deceased.
This Is to eiteall and singular ti e creditors, and
next of kin of th»* Raid C. W. Alexander, to bciiud
appear at my office within the time allowed by law,
ana *bow canoe, if any they can, why permanent
Letters of AdtmnUtrxtiou should not be granted to
Loubu D. Alexander on C. W. Alexander*# wtate.
WltneM uy hand and oiffatal SJ '
Ordlmn-.
Heavy Stock of
BOOTS & SHOES.
W E are now daily receiving large additions to
«ur stock of
BOOTS, SHOES AND HATS,
to which we invite the attention^
chant* and the j
Onr rtock j
tar, *