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W3. A.REID * CO., Proprietor*. J. R SHEER.] [S. BOYKIN, SUNDAY MOBJUSO. DEC 24, 1865. pT Hr. Stmael Lumley, of the Cuthbert Reporter, will wait upon oor merchants, who nay wish to extend their business in that section, for their advertising favors, all of this week. The Macon Merchants. Our advertising columns arc eloquent and Qlostntivc on thi. topic. They show the enegy and enterprise of our businessmen in every department of human want But, as a Macon journalist, we can not forego the expression of our feelings of pride, when we witness so much of genuine go-a-head- itiveness on the part of our business men. Wc have commission, dry goods, book and stationery, grocery, saddlery, hardware and variety merchants, besides foundries, facto Ties, flouring and grist mills, hotels, restau rants, bar rooms Ac., &cf, all of which are not mere existences on paper, but real, tangible concerns, of the first class, and provided with stocks that can be excelled by those of no other «ity of the State. Wc have also news papers and news dealers, officers to provide for the interlecUial wants of all. Wc have looked aronnd upon this “map of busy life': and felt proud of the enterprise and spirit of our adopted city. The people of this section arepcculiarly favored in this regard, fortherc is not a fancy or real want to which the city of Macon cannot successfully administer, and on terms as favorably as can be found in any other city of the South. We then say to everybody, whatever you may need, come to Macon, and your wants shall be supplied. / Christmas.—As we publish no paper on Monday, wo accept this day in advance to tender the compliments of the season to all onr readers. We wish them, what few will see, a “merry Christmas.” We have been sad long enough; let us, if but for a day, turn aw iy from tba dark aide of the picture of life, and regale our eyes and hearts with the more pleasant scenes that Hope may paint lor the future. To one and all we ssv^m o good cheer. Wc have much yet left tlKric life desirable, and wc have only to improve that with which Heaven has blessed us, to command an incrensa of the store. Bills or Bhokes National Basks.—We published in Friday's issue, a full explana tion of the relations of National Banka to bill-holders and to the Government In the same connection we wonld take occasion to call attention to the advertisement of the First National Bank of Macon, L C. Plant President, offering to receive on deposit the bills of all National Banks reported to have been broken, on the same footing with other bilft£ It will be found on this page. Atlantic asd Gulp Railkoad.—The Savannah Herald has assurances from con tractors, that the entire line of this road, from Savannah to Albany, will be completed and in running order before the close of January. "g?“Cbnrlea Carroll, (civilian) of Savannah has been sentenced by a military commission to three years, confinement and hard labor, at Fort Pulaski, for shoving a negro named Anderson overboard from which the latter was drowned. _ . , NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP. Cljt Jtinrflll Doull tLnPgraplj A proper system of government for the ne gro race, recently set free in onr midst, is cue of the most serious and difficult problems of the times. We cannot bestow too much careful thought on the subject, for In it is involved the welfare of the white as well asof the black race. Indeed, so intimately are they now bound up, that it were impossible to devise measure for one that will not have its corresponding effect on the other. This is a fact that we cannot too earnestly impress upon the minds of onr Southern rea ders. Wc fear it has not been fully considered and appreciated by our people, and a mistake may prove fatal, not only to our prosperity, but to ottr' peace. As germain to the subject, we propose, at this time, to offer some reflections on the sub-* ject which we have chosen for a head—Ne gro Apprenticeship. It is one that com mands serious thought, and should engage the attention of both the legislature and the people. We must in order to arrive at any valuable end, contemplate it dispassionately, without prejudice, and with an eye directed solely to the public good. In order to set- le it aright, wc must bring to its considera tion the soundest policy and most enlighten ed humanity. Our legislation regarding the adult portion of the negro population, apart from the criminal code, will be confined chief ly to contracts for labor and proper measures for enforcing them on the part of both hirer and servant, so ns to make the duty to be performed and the compensation to l>c paid equally certain. The question of proper care for thc'agcd and infirm is full of perplex ities, if, indeed, such a consummation be prac ticable at all; but this topic is foreign to onr present object. If the views expressed be just and humane here, in tin direction of the coast, yon strike > let no man oppose them, North or South.— “g** a country as can be found 'in the Whatever right of interference tho Congress may claim under tba recent constitutions! amendment, wc trust thej trill insist on noth ing that is subversive of Southern prosperity, or opposed to enlightened humanity. Norm.—It cay ns best to state, in explanation to a portion cf our readers, that the substance o: article wis communicated to this journal some weeks ego by the senior editor, and at a time when he bad no business connection with It. 3I3NETAHY AND COMMERCIAL The most profitable crop here is coffee; you plant about six or seven hundred trot , the acre, it begins to bear at two, a--.:’, pm- 1 daces a full crop at fonr years old. Yon car. Jway3 calculate safely on an average of two pounds to atree,thoughthere are instances of a tree's bearing as high as twenty-eight pounds. The tree is hardy, and will live fifty or one Hundred years. It costs about as mush labor to cultivate and pat into market an acre of the box, 23c. Pepper and rpice, -tie per lb.— G'rajcr, 43c, oysters, 2 lu can., 37,50 per doten; WEEKLY REFORT OF THE JIACON joysters inib cam,$1.73. Can.rails,$3 per do- MARKET. sea. Ptekloa, piUte. SapcJ d<|»n;*qu»ru,S7.iO , Daily TairGiurn Omen, I Saturday Evening, Dec. 23. Wc have to roporl a large business the past week, in every branch of trade. Notwithstand ing we had a week or variable weather, but little rain fell. The approach of the holiday season gave a new impetus to trade, especially in the retail line. Stocks of fancy articles and toys coffee as it docs an acre of corn in G cor-1 have been considerably thinned out, but the gta. [Communicated.] An "Incident op the Times.—One of the members of the recent General Assembly of the Presfiytcrian church, whose sessions have just closed, relates that on stepping out of the Lanier House he overheard two persons speak in admiring terms of the “Stars and Stripes” floating across the way. A3 there was noth ing particularly attractive in its weather worn appearance, he concluded that their admiration was excited by seeing it there as the symbol of the nation. But in the act of looking, his eyes were arrested by another sight. A negro woman, haggard with sick ness and want, had gone to one of the small elms that shade the middle of the street, and there, in the almost freezing rain, had seated herself on the wet ground, and leaned her back for sapport against the wooden boxing around the tree. She was apparently a home less outcast, who had come to that public place to die. Several persons, whom he took to be citizens, went to her, and probably ad ministered to her necessities, for he noticed that not long afterwards she had disappeared. Facts like this—and there are many such arc calculated to awaken reflection and in quiry. The peculiaritv noticeable,, in the two In the apprenticeship ot minors the only , crj at lhe }, otel 'AajrySthat they ap Gt*m tlmt will fcprnrr.tlipmnminst want and 1 . . . The coffee plantation, with its shade cf Ba nanas, figs, oranges, mangoes and zapotes. with the walks fringed with pins apple, all in full bearing, is the richest and most beau tiful spectacle upon which my eyes have ever rested. I havo selected G40 acres about ten miles from here, where I propose to surround OBB 6k JACKSON, Atb Ga., office opposite Post Oil:.;: over, ute. A. WUcux, Tula half gallons, Si0.5. eh., Kc. Nulls, -id to MWXU.COM. supply is still ample for all future demands, heavy business was done in dry goods, fancy groceries, clothing and shoes; nor wera our booksellers idle. A constant stream of custom ers were pouring in and out of stores yesterday, and the scene was animating and cheering. Ou the whole: every one seemed satisfied with the myself with the coffee plantation, in the midstl r£:u * u cf the week’s transactions, of which 1 will settle down, constantly inhal- j receipts for the week foot up 1,8-0 bales, ing the odora of the rich tropical fruits, and ! by ail sources. gaudy-colored and fragrant tropical flowers i The river is stilt in good boatable order, and in an'atmosphere of perpetual spring, yet turn i the shipments duringthe week were almost one ing the eye to the northwest you constantly j third moro than those of the previous week behold the snow-cappedpcaks’of Orizaba and j amounting to 1,291 bales. Popocatepetl, from which I can draw my ice j Corrox.—The market opened firm, with ad- at all seasons of the year. j yanced views on the part of sollcrs, which buy- There are about thirty Confederates now cr3 were indisposed to yield, except for the better grades—tho prices paid for the finer qualities system that will secure themagaiust want and a retinue of rices—there are two leading con siderations that should govern the minds of our legislators. First the interest of the guardian in the labor of his ward should be of such a nature and duration as, while it will be just to tho latter, will secure the greatest amount of kindness and attention on the part of the former. In the second place, the ward should be held in subjection to his guardian until such time as he or she will most likely, be qualified to commence the battle of life without the aid of a governing head. This j is the true philosophy that lies at the foun-1 dation of all apprenticeships. With this view, we propose, in justice to both white and black, that the period of ap prenticeship in our colored code be extended to the ages of 25 years for males and 23 years for females. It is clear to our mind that the term assigned to white apprenticeship, even if best for them, which we doubt,' is not adapted to the negro, as it meets neither of the leading considerations above specified.— Among our young men, with all the advan tages of education and parental care aad training, how few of them are competent at twenty-one to enter upon an independent con dition of life? If they need the wisdom to direct them in lhe affairs of life, and the fix edness of principle and habit to secure them against idleness, temptation and vice, how much so will it be with those weak and un stable creatures, now thrown upon our hands by tlurfalse policy, of tho times. peared to be so deeply absorbed in admiring the ideal of freedom in tho proud old th,» of tho Union, as to overlook the reality of the poor negro perishing beneath its folds. May there not be others who arc doing tho same 1 Would not the money now expended by northern philanthropists in establishing schools for tho colored people, be more beneficially expended, during tha present winter, at least, in sating them from death by cold, sickness and starvation ? X. here, all of whom will locate their lands and commence the work of settlement within a week or ten days. Will many of the people of the southern States feel inclined to seek new homes? or will they follow the example of Lee, Johnson and others ? Mexico presents the finest field that I have ever seen for the enterprise of our people, and now that slavery is abolished in the South, hired labor can be'much more easi ly procured here, and made much more profi table, than in any part of the United States. Where is Forrest, and what is he doing ?— And where and how is everybody else ? for I have heard from none oi our friends since I left Mississippi. Very truly, your friend, Isham G. Haunts. LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. DISPATCHES TO TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS. ConDOT.v, Mexico, Nov. 12,1805. George IK Adair—My Dear Sir:—I linger ed near Grenada, endeavoring to arrange somo business matters, until the 14th of May. In the meantime, I had a skiff built, and on the morning of tho 14th I embarked, some six milc3 east of Greenwood, and set sail for the trans-Mississippi, the party consisting of Gen. Lyon, of Kentucky, myself, and our two ser vants. We navigated the back-water for 120 miles, and on tho morning of the 21st, just before daylight, I crossed over to the Arkan sas shore. I crossed at the foot of Island No. 75, just below the month of the Arkansas river; proceeded westward as far as the back water was navigable, and on the morning of tho 22d I left my frail bark, bought horses, mounted-the party, and set out for Shreve port, where I hoped to find an army resolved on continue ^resistance to Federal rule; hut before reaching Shreveport, I learned that the army of the trans-Mississippi had disbanded, and scattered to tho winds, and all tho officer! of rank had gone to Mexico. FROM WASHINGTON. - Washington, Dec. 23. Secretary Seward, by direction of President Johnson, has addressed a letter to Governor Worth, of North Carolina, informing him that Provisional Governor Holden has been relieved, and directing him (Gov. Holden,) to deliver the documents of lift office to the regularly elected Governor. Secretary Seward, in a communication to cx-Prov. Gov. Holden, conveys an expression of the President's acknowledgement of the fidelity, loyalty and discretion which has marked his administration. Secretary Seward has received a letter from Gov. Orr, of South Carolina, conveying, in the name of the people of that State, thanks or the tender of the co-operation of the gov ernment, when found necessary, in effecting the early restoration of the permanent pros perity and welfare of the State. “You may be assured," he adds, “of my unalterable p im pose to aid in upholding the supremacy of the laws of tho United States, and advancing the honor, interest and prosperity of our com mon country.” being one cent per pound higher than those of Saturday. Though the receipts wore heavy, yet hut little of the cotton coining in by railroad was put upon the market. Consequently the balk of the week’s transactions was confined to a class cf sellers who wished to realise for Immediate use, and to lay in their holiday supplies. A still further advance was reluctantly yiolded the latter part of the week, and tho market closed firm, at tho increase. Tho sales of tho week amount to 350 bales—tho heaviest we havo hed in some time. The following are the ruling rates: i Ordinary 30@32 | Middling .34@36 i StrictGood Middling 3T@3 Macox Moset Mabxet.—There has boenrather j a better feeling in the market tho past week— i There has been a good demand for gold, and wo have heard of somo heavy transactions. “ I chango on Now York i3 quoted at par to one j half per cent premium. Tho business in bank i bills has been active. ' The following are the quotations of our prim pal brokets: Tho following arc tho list of prices paid for Bank Notes, Stocks, &c., by I. C. Plast, Stockand Ex change Broker, Macon, Ga. Tbo notes of all the National Banks, (whether'reported broken or not,) received in payment at thi3 office: Worth. ■ llorth. oror-su. Meliks Bank Augusta 10 G R R & B’k’g Co....93 Union Bonk Augusta 10 C R li B’k’gCo 92 Bank State of Ga., 22 Marine Bank 75 south Carolina. B’k Middle Georgia.. .00 Bank Notes 10 to 60 B’z ot Savannah 40 Alabama. Bank of Commerce.. .12 Eastern Bank 45 Planters’ Bank, Sav.. .14 Southern Bank. 65 M’ch’ts & Pl’nt'rs B’kl2 Northern Bank 45 Fm'rs & M’chs 12 Bank of Montgomery.75 Timber Cutters B’k.. 10 Bank of Selma. 25 Bank of Athens 35 Bank of Mobile 05 Bank of Fulton 2r> txnsessee. Bank of Columbus... .15 Banks of Tenn... 15 to 00 Bank of Empire State.12 Louisiana. Bank of Augusta 30 Banks of La... .25 to 100 Augusta las & Bkg ColO List of prices paid for Bonk Notes by CuBurosx Caldwell £ Co., Bankers and Brokers, Second Etrcets Macon, Gu, (office formerly occupied by N. C. Mnnroc, Esq.,) Worth. Worth lOd, 13} per lb, by hca keg. Crokery. assorted, by crate, $210. Tumblers, perdojon, 32. 'Vest- era :«servo cheese, 2Sc; Hamburg, 22c. Maccn candy, 45c; steam, 43c; fancy,55c. East India rice, 25c. Layer raisins, whole, $10. Wire sieves, No 14, SO; 10, $0,59 ; 13, $7; 20, $7,19; 24 S per dozen. Syrup—Sorghum 59c. to 75c. Best aticer wholesale, 75c to$l,09; retail, S1.23. BarJ—oO a 33 wholesale; 40c. retail; clock light and demand good. Rice—Savannah 20a; country 12 a 15; scarce- good demand. Sweet Potatoes—75c. wholesale, $1.00 ratil; upp'T 8°od. Uriah Potatoes—'Wholesale $3.00 par bush., and 35.09 at retail. Small stock. Af ickcrel—No. 14.59 to $5.90 per kit; No. 2 $L25 to 4,50; No.l bhls. $30,00 a No. 2 26,00 to 27,00. Cbi Fish—Light demand at 20c. Bcrring—$1 50 per box. Light demand. Candies.—33 to 3lc, wholesale; 45 to 65c, re tail. Stock large Soap.—to to 23c, according to quality. Stock light. O.tionr per hid, wholesale; 812 00 retails 125 tail. AqpZes.—SO 03 to 00 00 per bushel—very acaroo Dried Fruit—13 to 23c per lb; stock Ught—good demand. Pegging.—Gunny, 41 to43cby thebaic; nmrke’ well supplied. Kentucky, 40c, scaree; retail for Gunny 50c. Said to be advancing. Worth 30c per yardinNvwYork. Pope.—Machine, 24c; Richardson, 2«e. Stock ot heavy, demand light. Sait—Wholesale, 2% to Sc; retail, SM to 4c. Stock not.so heavy. ^n-af—Wholesale SO to 81; retail l 15 to 1 25; tock geod. OLT & BASS, Attorneyi :.l L.„ Office over Mix Ac Kirllaud', prompt attention to alt Uuxiuc-. Uleir care. G. HOLT, JR. oct 7-Sm* Ac P. WHITfLE, Attorneys at Lau. over Paync'a Drag Store, next to «.V laiL) Macon, Ga. ipiiiTTi r > EMOVaL—Dr. IK A. White HOW occef .<.* *» _Ai rooms over the present post office, r.cx*. door to Dr. C. 1L Hairs oQicc, tr&crc be can -ro round night or day when not prufisiiasuily aUcut- OCtU!*tt!U &. GEO. N.'nOLilE3, hai removed Hi oillce _ from Brown’s Hotel to the East side c; 1 treet, between Poplar end Plum—where hw cau : found at all hours, unless prefer:':r::sdly absent ocUKtf D B rgyTha dust of all woolen carpets, is un favorable to health. There was much less, consumption and lung disease in this country when painted floors were the rule and carpet ed floors the exception.—iY. 7. Post. 'STTf a shoemaker, in approaching his end waxes cold, and gives up- his awl, what will become of bis solo if he cannot breatho his last. Mrs. Partington grows Poetical.o-That excellent, good-hearted, if not so clear head cd old lady, was heard to say that Ike hav ing become enameled of a siren of Boston, has led her to the menial altar. He didn’t appear tho least bit decomposed. On tbo back ol his wedding cards were littlo Cubebs with wings. enonoxA- C P. R A B'k Cd. _ , G ERA B'k Co.: : s 99 Monday being Christma3 Day, no pa- j Marine Sink, ., , . ;„,„a plantation clock had been carried come two it must be clear to every ono acquainted ^ eanaf;o . z rcachcd thora on'the 17th of with the negro character, that ho will not bo Haring no further motive to visit Shrerc- j P cr 'rill be issued’from thte office until Wed- port, I turned my course to Red River conn- I nesday next. K ty, Texas, where a portion of my negroes and f=Sf* A dispatch from Cairo, dated Dec. 18th, says: The notorious guerilla leader. Mat Suter, under sentence of death, escaped from the Memphis military prison on Thurs day last. The River cud Freights at Augusta. The following dispatch, received yesterday, will be a matter of interest to onr commercial readers: Augusta, Dec. 22d, 1885. Editors Telegraph:—The Savannah river is in fine boating order. Freight on cotton by onr line, $10 per bale from Augusta to New York, including incidental expenses at Savan nah—the shipper to insure and pay charges at Auguste. TVa. B. Davis, Ag't Erwin & Hardee’s Line. pf?** Hon.'Robert M. Patton, was duly in angnrated Governor of Alabama, Wednesday last. EY" Young Garrett, who was stabbed by Dalton Yancey, son of late William L. Yan cey, in Montgomery, some nights ago, has since died. Mr. Yancey has delivered himself up to the civil authorities. Death of a Distinguished Georgian.— We regret tosecin a Savannah paper of Wcd- 11 ay, an invitation to the funeral of Hon H. Stiles. ?ir. Stiles passed through . v d#fs ago in a complaining '■•e wholly unprepared prepared to take care of him3elf at the age of twcaty-oncycare; and we think it equally clear that a short period of apprenticeship will not inspire his guardian with a proper interest in his welfare, especially when whites labor, which is far more dependable, stands ready in the market. In Germany thejperiod of white apprentice ships is limited to 24 yearn lor tho males, and 22 yeare for the females, and somo countries have extended it beyond those ages. Young America, almost alone, we believe, comes ont a full fledged man at 21. -As regards our ne gro population, at least, wa shall be wise in following the example of other nations. In discussing this subject, it is important to, take into consideration an essential difference, between apprenticeships of whites and those of the black population. In the ease of the former, they are usually kept at home under parental care until they attain to the ages of twelve or fourteen years, when they are ap prenticed to some trade or calling. In a very brief period—iu most trades at tho end of the first or second year—the white apprentice will have acquired the necessary skill and ex perience for his lnborto becomean equivalent for the expense and attention bestowed upon him. He labors on, however, and for seven or nine years of service receives clothing, board and medical attention for the same period.— The consequence is, the guardian and ward come out about even, with, geucrally, at! ad vantage to the former on tbo score of profits, the consideration received by the latter—his trade—being productive only in after years. Now, contrast with this the apprenticeship of the negro, as it must necessarily occur un der the existing circumstances of the coun try. It has been seen that for seven or nine years of labor of the white, the guardian has bestowed the same amount oi care, attention and expense. The negro on the contrary, falls into the hands of tho guardian at birth, and - same nilo should be observed as in tho •>white, instead of returning equal e.-pease fw equal service, the gu&rdian will - seven or nine years, labor % h twenty-one years, sup- - wc ask the ones- .r-. of all rxisor.Da.s - Is this lair?— rid it be right to re;jo : t .he guardian ■thing sad mecu- aterrice of o years ago. I reached there on ’ tho 17th of j Juno; wea taken sick and confined to my bed . a week. On tho 15th of Juno, with my bag-' ’ gaga cooking utensjis and previsions on a Deck mule, I sqt out for San Antonin, where I expeted to overtake a large number of Con federate (civil and military)' officers, en route for Mexico. Reaching San Antonio on the 26th, I learned that all the Confederates had i left for Mexico some ten day3 or two weeks before. On the morning of the 27th, I satt-f ed to Eagle Pas3 on tho Rio Grande—the Federals holding all the crossings of that river below Eagle Pass. I reached Eagle Pas3 on the evening of the 30th, and imme diately crossed over to the Mexican town of Pieores Negras. On the morning of the 1st of July, set out for Monterey; arrived there on the evening of the 9th. Here I overtook Gen. Price and cx-Gov. Polk, of Mo., who were starting to the city of Mexico the next morning, with an escort of twenty armed Missourians. As I wn3 going to the city, and the trip was a long and dangerous one to make alone, T decided to go with them, thou gh I was literally worn out with over 1,500 miles of continuous horse-back traveling. I ex changed my saddle horse, saddle, etc., for an ambulance; put my two mulc3 to it, gave the whip and lines to Ran, bought me a Spanish grammar and dictionary, took tho back scat, and commenced the study of tho Spanish lan guage. We made tlje trip at easy stages of about twenty-five miles per day, and reached the City of Mexico on the evening of the 9th of August. The trip was one of "the longest most laborious and hazardous of my life. Our reception upon the part of the Govern ment officials here was all that we could have expected or desired. We were invited to an audience with the Emperor at the palace, the far-famed Halls of the Montezumas. At the time fixed, we called, and were most kindly received by the Emperor and the Empress, and were "assured of their sympathy in our misfortunes, and of their earnest hope that we might find homes for ourselves and friends inMextco. The Empress was our interpreter/ in the interview. She speaks fluently the' French, Spanish, German and English lan guages, and is in all respects a great woman. TV"e overtook at the city of Mexico, Gener al Magruder, Commodore Maury, Governor Allen, ot Louisiana, Judge Perkins, of Lou isiana, Governor Reynolds, of Missouri and Governor Maury and Gov. Clark, of Texas, with many ocher and lesser Confederate lights. On the Cth of September, the Emperor pub lished a degree, opening all of Mexico to im migration and colonization, and Commodore Maury and myself and other Confederates were requested to prepare regulations to ac company the decree, which we did, and which were a THE MEXICAN MISSION. Washington, Dec. 32.—The name of Lew is D. Campbell, of Ohio, has been sent to ,the Senate lor confirmation -as minister to llini .o. Gen: Logan has declined the appoinimca.:'. NEW YORK MARKETS. New York, Dec. 23.—Cotton is firm at! City B ! Bank Mirldle Georgia 60 “ ot’ Savannah,: 40 “ of Commerce,: 12 Planter's Bank. : : : 14 M’cli’ts a Pi’ta B'k : 12 Farmers So Jloch'cs* 12 Timber Cutters' B’k. 10 Bank of A'.hens, Bank of George town, 15 : 90 “ of Hamburg,: : 18 of Newberry,: :25 State SC,:::: 20 of So. Ca.,: Commercial Bank,:: 15 Exchange Bank, : : 15 Farmers’ So Ex. B’k, et Merchants’ Bank, : : si People’s Bank. : : : : 4e UUdWIVI, PnlrfielS IS Plan’ra’ B’k Fairfield, 15 Plan’ro' & Mech’a B’k 20 of Fulton. : : 25‘State Bank, :::::: 15 of Columbus. : I5j3oathweetemRRB'k25 <» Empire Skate, 13 Union Bank, : : : : : 65 of Augusta, : 2C| alauaxa. i a5££.*M Bank of Mobile, : : :05 of Montgomery, 75 cf Augusta, 22 51 to 52c for Middling. Naval stores dull, | Unionliaak, V:*5 : : 10 Gold 46 7-8. ! b " WASHINGTON CITY ON NEGRO SUF FRAGE. Washington, Dec. 22.—The vote of this city yesterday, on negro suffrage, resulted 35 in favor and 0,500 opposed. of Selma, ; : : : 25 Central Bank, : : : : 80 Commercial Bank, : 20 Eastern Bank, : : : : 45 Northern Bank, : : : 45 Southern Bank, : : : 65 They furnish a list of prices as follows : Warns setts Prints, 22 25 Duchess B. “ 22 25 Amt>3 keagj, ‘ ‘ 23 77Ji Ameicaus 27}f Donald's, 27K Richmonds, 23H 27X Philip Allen, 23* 87K Pacifica, ** 24 27K Spragues, 24 !?>* M err macs D 25 £0 “ W. 30 Scotch ginghams, 45a?0 50*65 Lancaster “ 20a35 40*50 Da Laines 35a37* 40a45 Standard sheeting, blanched 30a45 35*55 Sea Island, 25*35 80a37K Stripes, checks. 30a35 35&40 Flaxmels, - . 65aQ0 60*75 Ltaseya. 40a 45*55 were approved by the Emperor on the 27th c£t. The decree and relations offer verv lib- . beta able to give oral inducements to immigration, amongst which are a donation of public lands at the rate of six hundred and forty acres to each ad a very iaperfe- ter- ‘ head of a family, and three hundred and hope the cocifrezz of onr j wenty to each single man. o free passage to .' !— .■- • -c" -V ' • the country fo such as are not able to pay their .a m i S 1 “ .own expenses, freedom from taxation for one ear, and from military dnty for five years, religions tolerance, &c. Commodore Maury has been appointed Im- iierial Minister of Colonization, which makes ids authority in the matter of colonization econd only to that of the Emperor, General ’rice, Judge Perkins and myself,, were ap- minted agents, of colonization, and request- d to examine the lands lying upon and near he line of railroad, from the city of Mexico o Vera Crux, for the purpose of determining vhether they wera suited to American co’.o- dzatioa. We are engaged at this time in the lischarge of that duty. * * , bass Upon ’ rir labors, will give a ; answer to t:- u question. In this brief discussion of a no rant question that u soon to press ! people, we have ben actuated sc I desire to promt :pon onr j public good etc re; rests of ^re African race j lithe tcfltr.ios we have ! the subject, we cat ree : / by which the chile :m r. r reaxture d**lh by hanger or i will take Cara of them without z ion; they could sot if they wee. U tt&udfcntioD mort bo idetu esse aad are bestowed. po3cy end enlightened hums; squire that the people of the south not only be best jb, give hope to 1 tato of Georgia, 20 COUTH CXZOZeUiL. Bank of Camden,: : 20 tl of Charleston, : 15 ** of Chester, : : : 20 The prices advertised above for Bonis bills WE pay when presented at onr connter. Cubbedge, Caldwell & Co. The Influence of a Good Woman. ; Bar Goods.—A heavy week's soles in dry- I sometimes think the influence of a good j goods is reported, but no quotable change in woman is greater than that of .a good man; J'prices from those of last week: there are so many avenues to the heart left j S. Peyser & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in open to her gentle approach that are barred |'dry good,,. c„on Cotton Avenue, report a good up at the'sound of rougher footsteps. One • - - - - may tel! anything to a good woman. In Her jiresence pride sleeps or is disarmed, 'file old chill feeling comes back upon the world weary man, and be knows not why iio has reposed the unsought confidence which has so lightened his heart; why he goesforth ashamed that one so feeble is so much might ier ; why he could fly from tho foe lor whose approach she so courageously tarries; why he thinks of the dagger, or pistol, or poisoned cup, while she, accepting the fierce blast of misfortune, meekly bows her head till the whirlwind be ovt-r, believing, hoping that Heaven’s bright smile of sunshine will break through at last. The world-weary man looks on with won der, reverencing, yet not comprehending.— How can he comprehend—he who stands in his pride with his panting son! uncovered, in the scorching Sahara ol* reason, and then complains that no dew falls, no shower de scends, no bud blossoms or fruit cheer him ? How can he, who laces with folded arms and defiant attitude, comprehend the twining love clasp and satisfied heart-rest that come3 only to love ? Thank God, woman is cot too proud to take what she so much needs; that she dots not plant her foot and refuse to stir till her Guide tcjls her why He is leading her by this path instead of that; and though ev ery footprint be marked with her heart’s blood, sbe does not relax her grasp or donbt His faith. Well may her glance, her touch, her smile, the rustic of her garments, even, have power to soothe or bless; well may the soft touch of such upon brows knotted with the world's strife bringuooloess and peace.— Oh, woman, with your arms akimbo, leave it to profane Deliiabs to hoid Sampso nby the :r- ing bi3 locks! Be strong-minded "as yon will, if only you be pure and gentle-hearted. DespzcatX Characters Aebestes.—Two man who have been lying in concealment in a negro den en Fourth ctreetfin the vicinity of the Brown House, were arrested on Thursday night last, after a pretty stout resistance. Tho attention of the officers was called t? the fact of these men being in concealment—refu ting even to go on the streets to get the newspa pers, bnt sending out for them—and) they deter mined to make the descent, which they did, re sulting in the capture of two desperate looking villains. We were aware of the affair the morn ing after, but forebore mention for important reasons. It was suspected that they were the murderers of Mr. Ctcw, of Atlanta, who was bru tally assassinated in that city a few weeks ago. Oze of the men has since been fully ideaiified ty an officer from Griffin, as the leader of a band of desperadoes, who have loag been the terror cf that section of the State. Tbeir plan of opera tions was to ascertain who among the planters and farmer* of -that section were inspected of having money concealed, when they would pro ceed to their residences, disguised, and by hang up, lowering in wells, or other means, exto: We find in tic vicinity cf this place the cest beautiful, and all things considered, the ;est agricultural country that I have ever sen. The ciimsta is delightful, .never hot .ever cold, alwas temperate, always pleasant, ihesoil richer r.nd more productive than .he best of the prairie lands of Mississippi in from them tha hiding place,secure the spoiIs,and heOkoionacounty, yielding iirge crops of J to “—“ om, barley, rice, tobacco, sugar cane zud offee, with" ail the fruits of the tropics, and he beet that you ever tasted. You can sise two crops of corn cl the same land acli year; th*e usual mode of farming here is crop of com and a crop of tobacco on the line land, the com ripening always before one to plant tobacco, and ten utiles from scamp. It is thought moro than probable that azection with the Atlanta assassination proven. Time 3*01 show. —Mrs. Samuel L. Elmy, of providence pricked her fingers with a needle, a few days since, and afterwards scoured a brass knock er. The hand soon began to swell, and she Coates’ spool cotton, 125 Domestics.—The supply is good. Sheetings, Jobbers quota Macon, 35; Augusta, 34}; Osna- burga selling at 32. The stock of yarns is light at $3 55 by the ba e. - Groceuies axd Provisions.—A good business has been dono in groceries and provisions the past week, with no quotable ebango in any of the. leading articles, with tho exception of bacon, which has naterioliy declined. A. P. G. Ear is,' Cherry street, near Second, reports a good a- age week's business at tho following prices: Paeon.—Sales at 25c., hog round. Shoulders 22c. Hams 27c. Average retail price, 25c. Flour.—There is a goo’d supply in thn market. Extra fino family SIS; good family $16 to 10 50; saperfine SIS to 14. Retail lCc. Cm.—Supply very good. Wholesale $1.25: retail 1.60. Price looking downward. Supply equal to demand. Sugar.—Brown 20 to 25; crashed, powdered and A, from 27 to 30. Stock good, and equal to demand. Coffee.—IVhoIesaie, Rio 25 to 33; Java 60 to 55. Retail Bio 45. Java G5. Supply good. Tobacco—Wholesale 50 to $1; retail $1 to 2 tock not very heavy, bnteqaal to the demand. Candy—S3 to 45 ; stock light Chceci—Wholesale 20 to 33; retail 50 to 60 stock coming is atoll time*, and always equal to the demand. Butter—50 to C2_ cents; stock light. Tea—SI 53- to 2 55, according to quality; steak equal to demand. Liquors—T/kiiky, rectified corn, $3; rye do. SI 50 to 7; Heanersy Brandy, $9 to 12; gin, S3 ram, S3 55; American brandy, $4 to 4.50 per gallon M'olf’s Schiedam Schnappa, per case, $17 for , Odds and Ends. —The Pal! Mall Gazette remarks that Lord Brougham is now eighty-seven years old, and as yet has shown no symptoms of decay, ex cept an increasing fondness for Social Science gatherings! —A library of two thousand volumes lias been purchased for the extensive use of the free colored schools of Lynchburg, Virginia. These schools are under tho control oi the Freedmen’s Bureau. If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, Wc maybe wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest. ' :■ —Burns. —Language is the distinguished feature of man. It is liis glory—it is his mark oa this earth, wherein at once he stands above all the rest of the living creation. The mystery ol language is so deep that no mau has evei yet been able to reach down to its founda tions. The lunatic asv’ atn of Gloucester, England advertises for a “night nurse” who can read vocal music atsight, and fora ‘male attendant who is a good violinist. The salary offered is sixteen pounds per annum, increasing out pound yearly up to twenty pounds Wrtb board, washing and lodging for tho women, and twenty-four pounds per annum for thi man. Thisaarcthc wages paid to skilled nurses in England: Less than S3 a month for a woman, ?I0 a month for a man! X- Ne’er defer till to-morrow tne work today; 2. Never buy till you find you have monov _ to pay; \ 8. Your own business ne’er ask any other to do; 4. With what measure you mete ’twill be measured to you; E. Never buy what i3 useless because it cheap; 0. As you sow in the spring, in the autumn you’ll reap; 7. Apprehension of ill the best pleasure will spoil; 8. To the willing no labor is really a toil 9. Ail things as they nse by the smooth ban- ■ die take; ,10. Tbo stubborn, who bond not, the soonest will break. Remember these precepts, and keep out of strife, If yon wish to enjoy tho best comforts of life. Last year nine thousand new buildings were put up in Chicago. Six of them cost $100,000 each; forty others cost $30,000 each; and eight hundred were worth over $1,000 each. The total amount of capital employed in building daring the year was $6,000,000. The number of new churches was seven; schools, two; and of public halls, four. The erection of a statue to Dr. Simpson, Great Britain, as tho discoverer of chloroform , is exciting some interest in foreign medical circles. The French doctors say that one M. Sodbciranis the original discoverer; and have been, informed that a man is visiting different cities in this country, raising a large sum of money to bo presented to himself the distoverer of the same thing. Southey used to say that “the moment any thing assumed the b jape of a duty, Coleridge felt himself incapable of discharging it.”— Th6n there was Lady Cork, of whom Sydney cmith told that she was so deeply moved at a -Charity sermon that she borrowed a guinea of a neighbor to pntinto tho plate. She had a -cotsmnfionnl proclivity to appropriate- trifles in the houses of her friends. “Don’t leave those things ahout so, my dear,” she used to say, “or I shall steal them." ATTORNEYS. P. B. WHlX iU. PHYSICIANS AXD DRCGC K3. SMITH & OWEN, oiUcc corn or Walnut and 4tlx streets. Dr. LlghtTOOt’* old it*-;! oct3-3m D R. C. J. ROOSEVELT, (HamaeopuHiiM? Ofllcfl Mulberry it., Washington Elo U, ovi i J. M. Boardnuu’i Book Store. Utildcutc oa Walnut, near Third atrecu aovil-Sa* Mulberry street, (opposite ttu 2 tegc,) where he luay be found alali bout*, day aud night. ‘ a<»v pvfl , J vices to the public. (Office ou fc Knott & Howe*. aol£-* COMMISSION MEUCaANV... TEWETT d: SNIDER, Wholesale Ccmcus el slon Merchants, and tiancrol nu, ureet, between Cherry and Roplar, -Macon, Ga.— Prompt personal ottentioa given to til cec-lgu- neats of cotton, produce, manufacturer, end other irtlcles of Merchandise. Orders uod Coasljcmeut* solicited from all ports of the country, dguott ♦or several first clos» Insurance CompaL octLSm* .. _ JEWELERS. T n. OTTO.—Wholesale and retjui dealer ta jJ • Watches, Jewelry, Watch Mat trials Gw’ Pens, Gold, 81lverand Steel Spoctaciev, &c. At tho old stand of J II «fc S S Virgin, OoUou Avcuuv. Macon, Ga. Watches. ClocksaudJtvrc!ry, rej -'ud and warranted. Sewing Machines of alt dc*crip tiona put in order, to which Mr. P Ucrull will *•. tend. aovflBjaxat j7uAKTLEY, WATCHMAKER, late wcuk •man for Sidney B. Dav, coutiuue* t«> it;:-:. Watches at pre»eut*in the Fiord llou.o BuRaia^, opposite Medical College, Mulberry atreet. octibSm J AMES SUPPLE, Watchmaker aud JcwcBer, Second street, two doom from thv comer cf Mulberry, keeps constantly a well scIcctcJ assort meat of fine Gold and Silver Wauhts and Jewelry Aleo, WatchCiond Jaireiry carefully repaired l»; experienacd workmen.tepuV^tn MISCELLANEOUS. 1 MACON DAILY TELE GRAFII Job Printing M Office. Job work of every description execu ted on short notice tad in good ityle. Term* rca • sonabiu aog^3 p J. BLAKE, real estate ageut, Masou, Gx VJT* Persons having houses lor lhIc orient, ci persons wanting to rent houses, cannot be I 1 ti er suited Uiiiu by culling ou me. From my ong experience lu the real estate businc.^, I osttcr prepared to give satisfaction than an? o’ Ua person iu the cltv. ~ G. J. BLAKL- Maoop, Go., Sept. 1¥. lSoS-tjacl-C^ large lot of Sole aad Upper 1 fmln OU by retail. Next door to 3 Macon, Go. her. AUo, uovC-Uxx;* Important toTeachers Brownv/ood Institute. DO long and so favorably knouu to the puiflsc, O owing to the a--Hi ot its o '• :: . it now offered for sale. Eveiythlag conoid* md, there is sot a more desirable athooi property in tho State. With a amall outlay for repair*, every thing would be in readiness for a first-c:2*s H:gh School. Connected with it t» a Cu*-Cabinet ot Minerals and Library. It U sot quite a mile irom the corporate limit*, of LaGrac^T-ycCnts^C- U5 acres Laud, with a Inge' Carden, Orchard,Axe.— Those who expect to make teaching a pr^letaion, would do well to come and examine the property For further inforn ation apply to J. F. AWTKEY, LaOraoge, Go. LaGrange, Dec. 8,1805. ce= U-<"..a Buggies and Family J cr;cy Wajcuf, FROM CONCORD AND BRATTLZECRC. W E trill soon have a supply of Baggie*, Tot# Family Wagons and Baruca rnaaj to ordw; it CONCORD AND BRATTLELuitO, . - I. fci this market, and will warrant them to l cutSro satisfaction to all purchasers. We wTU sell ui work not made expressly to our older. Tuoes 'rom a distance cau address us at M.c (to ears W. C. Singleton), or at Hawkloavillc, Ga. oct7-’Jra McDUFFIE, MASON CO. SCOTT, POWELL & CO., i INKERS & MM 3d Street, MACON, GA. Dealers iu Foreign and Domestic Etcher: go, Stocki, Bonds, Gold, Sflvor, Book Notes, Ac. KlAC SCOTT, C. A. ycinuo, X. XL TOW2LL uovUfi-lra* METROPOLITAN HOTEL. I.ATK BROWN’S, Washington, D. C. TUs iosdteg Hotel, Rcnovsud rail',. :. :- is now in perfect orilcrfor the rereption tn.i . commodatlon of its old petrcai. octl-fim RfiDEKiiiNB THE Time.—By devoting one hour every morning before breakfast, bon great a quantity ol matter may be read ovei ia the conjse of a few years. By adopting this practice, I have been enabled" to peruse, in the course of four years, the whole of Scott’- quarto Bible, (three thick volumes), includ ing all the notea and. practical observations, reading the whole of the Testament twice, and returning to the Old Testament as far as thi 3Sth chapter of Exodns; and blessed be Cod his Word has been delicious to my taste and full of comfort to my soul!—J. V. Sail. HARRIED, On tie 21st iast., ta jloaree county, ty Rev. Mr Moncrief, Mr. Joss R. Gr.irrix, ol Msecs, aad Miss hxaspa M. Jones. 2t On the i4th last., at Woodiy, Orange Co., V*., by th* R*v. E. Davis, Mr. W. Hxxleeurst, 01 Macos, Ga, to Roszeie E.. daughterof CoL Jno Crockfbrd, of Alexandria, Va. * "W* te WGUJCUAIJJ .euccupi, per COEC; 107 1 3 1 lAKUr, ^ ULU. f. sMuL.i quarts S19 for pints;pcrt wine $3.75 to 6: Madeira. ® leathJOp, Bate Jas. L Snider ACo L. _. f ... . -irsurwh L.avancfih di*d from the effects of the -ound ou thelBi $iJ0 to 3. iThe stock of liquors in market good— lyful equal to demand. Ail brands of fin. wt-s- 'ey aredoeking up, caused by a scarcity in tao Northern mirkeh OUs, Wide Bead, Glass and Putty— Linsee $2,50 per gal; terrors’ bank, *2,50. White lead £22. Glass—3 by 10, $10 per box; 10 by 12, *11,50 2 by 11, £12,53; 13 by 15, *14. Putty, 20e pc? Miscellaneous—Concentrated ^potash, *21 per casz; concentrated l7e,*l$; lump potash, *20; smell packages, cask, *17; soda, keg, *18; in 1 -h papers, 32C. palm soap, *13. Shot, *6—ad- , sneing. Powder, keg, SIS; quarter, keg,. h- coda and butter biscuits, half bbl, 20o per lb; by Savannah, Ga end Birch <k bolder, Columbus, Ga Coi j Lathrop & Co., ilssion AlercLiaxi-Ui EDWARD C. LEGSIEL & CO’S OLD STAND, Second Etr>,t, caa door from Cherry, MACON, GA. no^-Sm* \ A. S. HARTHLUl - COMMISSION AM) F .V l MERCHANT. 9 2 Bay Sir o 8AVANNAH, GA. GRO. C. BUCHAHA*. AKDnr.W LZZ'-LXrUt. ANDREW BUCHANAN & 00. Grocers, Provisisn Dealers Commission and Forwarding Merchants, No. 110 Mala street LOUISVILLE; XY Orders for Groceries, Provision?, ::d Rope, promptly executed 4 & Cm JEWELRY STORE. E. J. JOHNSTON & CC.. Uav«tra-e*Ub!ished their old an; wc.’. ii^owa JEWELRY STORE wad WATCH REPAIR!' } BUSINESS at No. O Cotton Arenac*, under the Masonic Ha’. 1. They have jn»t rocotvod e. relect tZr 'k cf all lasses and Qualities oi goods k. ut ir t: ir Including vV&tcuea, Jewe.rv, rv -c’.- ?eoo, Caofee Cctiery. Port M^saf. X . Joaibfe, Brushes, Viottut, Gw.:*- t: * tringa. Doable barrel Sportla u G - - - - J . . Percueaioa Cam, Miruw, Tc-:». . I; Playing Cards, Dominoa, Backeaiurr.cc • ; C. den, Lubin’agecuiceExtract*, Toilc. tad SI.a- cor-M-c: ;- . Savannah Foivamin; HOUSE. THE SUBSCRIBERS arc pc;!— pcrV.cu'r i> teatioa to the forwarding: of GcccN C "i hroutfh Savannah, and having *n a: :.t :: .V -. \ >fler unsurpassed facilities lor dispute^ oud t.\.. ny. wc would alao solicit conEijmmcuts cf Ccttor. or produce, fer sale In Savannah. F. W. SIMS £ CO. REFERENCES: Macon.—N. C. Monroe, J. D. Car hart. J 5 Koff, Sima <k Co. Americas—Thomas Harrold. Savannah.—'Brigham, Baldwin & Co. dao9i»la*