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FRIDAY MORNDe;,
DEC 20, 1855.
P«p»
M now on a. vi-it to onr city anil stopping *;
the Lanier House.
' 1 &r The Augusta nia..) Chronicle «tal
lijit alibtt a thousand negrore hareU-rn
from that section to the Mia<l«ippi W
by tike military authorities, on account of
tbeir rrfu-al to n.jlrr contract* with their for-
raer owners. ' •
Tbe war department bar ju*t isssutal an
outer mustering out of the rolunteer service
thirty-three additional regiments of white
and colored infantry, cavalry and artillery of
the various military departments, their ser
vices being no longer required:
Tnx Bans tan or’ Carr. Wntz.—It was
supposed that the War Department wpnld not
permit the bodies of executed State prison
ers to be removed from where they-had been
interedby official order. It seems, however,
from a paragraph in the Richmond Whig,
that the body pfCaptain Wiez has lieen. dis-
intered and passed through that city on Mon
day! It hi to he taken to Selma; Ala., where
his family now reside.
Senators Bask Notes.—We would cau
tion the public against receiving certain Ten
nessee bank bills that are in circulation to a
considerable amount in this section of the
State, and perhaps elsewhere. They con
sist chiefly of bills on the City Bank of Nadi
ville and the Ocoee Bank. The plates are
genuine in both caeca, the bills 'l>eing a por
tion of a large lot, which were not filled out
and sent In that form to Southwestern Geor
gift for Kifc keeping during the war. How
they got into circulation we have not heard.
The gparious hills may be detected from their
aignatures, those on the City Bank of Nash
ville having H. Gales, Pres'L and Charles
Powell, Cashier, men of straw; while the
genuine signatures are Dyer Pearl, Pres’t. and
E. J. Pearl, Cashier. We have not seen the
spacious hills of the' Ocoee Bunk, but learn
from our brokers that a large number'd them
arc in circulation.
The Nature of Mexican Republics.
Says a correspondent of the N. Y. Daily
News, it is seen, from an examination of Mex
ican history, that (inring the 40 years prior
to 1863, the “republican” government of
Mexico has been administered under thirty-
seven different forms, and -by seventy-fiv
Prcsidentsjjand that its revolutions, great and
small, during the same period, have been
ov«r two hundred. In fact, republican gov
ernment ip Mexico only means continual war
against the President and * his party, carried
on only by tin? defeated .candidatoTor Presi
dent and bis jfrrty; the.people,’in the menu-,
time, being bled, literally and metaphorical
ly* by both parties, ^tt itf felt that the ques
tion for the present .Congress to decide is,
whether wc arc called upon 'to .“restore” to
the Mexican people a form • of government,
which, under the name' of a republic, has
‘proved to be the most grinding tyranny, and
•to be utterly powerless to secure to its sul>-
jects any one of the blessings of a really free
government For there is no one so blind as
not to see that if w<r deliberately decide to
change our. policy toward Mexico, if we at
tempt to* restore the republic, and succeed,
• we will cither have to do ourselves exactly
what Napoleon has done, or else see Mexico
relapse into its former anarchy, barbarism
and weakness. The more the subject is ex
amined in this light, the more clearly does it
appear that nothing could be gained on our
part byyuch a course. *
TgB SUPPER FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE POOR.
The success of the Christmas Tree induces
tis to hope that the ladjes of Macon, with
their accustomed magnanimity and liberality,
will take bold of the matter of a sapper for
the benefit of the poor, nnd^sury it through
most nobly.. Let it be understood that, when
the project of a benefit lor the orphans was
undertaken; the managers, Mrs. Powers and
Mrs. Josscy, insisted that something should
be done specially for the benefit of the indi
gent wives and widows of Macon, and their,
child(*«, the proceeds to be turned ovi
Mayor Collins Tor disbursement, accordingto
hisKn c c of propriety. Wc know of no one
more capable of. judiciously applying to the
object specified the amount that may 1
ed. We understand that the objects of (
worth v charity in ami around Macon are very
numerous, and that many cases, of actual
want and some come of “appalling suffering
are existent.
it is proposed, in this time when it is usu
al to lavish so much in amusement, or almost
unnecessary tokens of affection, to obtain a
fund that shall go towards relieving the
wants of the needy. Why may not those
sums, usually expended-for new year's pres
ents, be devoted to so worthy a cause ? Why
may not the well-to-do and the more opu
lent manifest heir gratitude to a kind Prov
idence. for nrirrics and blessings to them-
selv.s, by dedicating a portion to the poor
Is love, charity and benevolence, rendered ex
tinct by the disasters of war r We will not
Ulieve it. We will not lielieve that the
male and female rifiuiu of Macon, are lack
ing in feeling, sympathy and generosity.
But this will U* proved by4he issue of this
undertaking. We believe jJie plan in the
matter is this; For the lad*, of Macon to
cook and send to the City HmL on Monday
next, such provision, as in thfife, generosity
they are willing to give, and it is'wfrped that
all trill smd something—that eichJimily will
let itself l>e represented by some articles of
diet. jy
Genth men are requested ttfr'Tumish nuts,
raisins, fruit. or anything appropriate, except
intoxicating liquors. jf*
The la lit> interested (ami <>U are invited)
will meet at the City Hall on Friday at 11
o'clock and agree npou a set of male amlffe-
m:\le managew. who will l»e apjK>inted, and
requeued to act in arranging the table, pre-
rvi.ig onier and attending to all details.
About one dozen gentlemen will be invited
to assist: and all the citizens, male and fe
male. will V'C urged, to attend and discuss the
viands, paying for eacl: guot the moderate
PARTIES AT THE .NORTH-
The signs of the times indicate, unmistaka
bly, a “now shuffle aud deal” among the po
litical divisions of the North. The Republi
cans organized originally on the sole gronnd
of preventing the extension of slavery lieyond
the limits of the States then recognizing the
institution, united in the presidential strug
gle of I860 with the Abolition party proper,
which wa3 opposed to slavery everywhere, but
had failed, in several campaigns, to bring any
thing like a respectable body to their sup
port. The union carried the entire North, j
except New Jersey, and resulted in the elec
tion of Abraham Lincoln and the recent war.
The war having closed, in summing tip the
consequences we find that the views of the
Abolitionists have triumphed, and to that
extent the Republicans have accomplished
more than they bargained for. -Tbey have ef
fected through the “friction of the war,” ns
President Johnson characterizes the peculiar
process, what they conceded they had no
constitutional right to attempt. As regards
slavery, therefore, the Abolitionists should be
satisfied, Whilst the Republicans should be
more than satisfied.
Slavery out of the way. the object of the
union of the two parties North no longer ex
ists as a mat^r of desine, for it has been
fully accomplished. The Republicans, or
the conservative wing of the party, have no
longer a gronnd for agitation on that sub
ject ; they have accomplished their destiny r
and are free to go where they will, at least to
form alliances on other living issues with
those-with whom they maybe in sympathy.
The other wing, the Abolitionists, were from
the beginning, a clan of erfizy fanatics, who
set out with the puritanical intention of kcep-
ng the world in a tumult until everybody
iliould think with tliemselve3 on questions
moral as well as political. They, of -course*
will preserve their organization, for they will
always have enemies to war against; but the
prospect is, that they will dwindle back into
their original insignificance. The Republi
cans, finding the weight too heavy for them
to carry with safety, will let them “slide,',
and seek self-preservation on some other line/
The halls of Congress and their newspaper
organs give daily evidence of this intention^
One by one the Republican leaders are drop
ping off. Seward, Weed and Raymond, have
all shaken hands and parted with tlieJRadicals,
and even Wilson's strong stomach logins’ to
turn at the disgusting *fcast that Greeley,
Sumner and Stevens have spread before him.
The work’ will go on until the separation shall
have become complete.
Where are the Republicans going to? The
iswer this question cannot be satisfac
torily made just at this chrysalis period of.
their party existence. For the present, ifr is
likely they will owing on to the skirts of
President Johnson, whom they.helped to put
where he is, but with whom they had not the
slightest association or political affinity be
fore the war. Johnson is a dyed-in-the-wool
Democrat, and it is difficult to* see liow The
Republicans, mo3t of whom were Whigs in
other days, will be able to form a permanent
connection with him and his party. They
are, however, not given to scruples, and be
ing unable to stand alone, will at least sub
sist fora while on liis bounty, and, With reas
onable assurances for the future, unite to re
elect him to the presidency. The Democrats,
being fiat of their backs, will, of course, not
refuse tlic proffered aid and the prospect of
resuscitation.- With such a union, great good
may be accomplished for the country in her
present time of need. We hope to see such
a consummation, and that the South will give
it her approval and active support. Once
fleeted, the Radicals will have run tlieir race,
and a better day will dawn upon us ami
upon the Union.
Tribune Proposes a Conference.
—Mr. Greeley, in his paper of the 21st inst..
proposes to untie the Gordian Knot, at Wash-
ugton, bv a plan of his own. fie.saya:
** We once saw the House extrieatu. itself
from a jnischevious and every way unlucky
collision with the Senate by adopting a mo
tion to concur with an amendment. We make
that motion in the. case now' in hand. The
South wants to be restored to its old status
in Congn^s anti elsewhere; the President
seconds the application. We cannot-deem
it either desirable or possible to prolong flic
present, state of things indefinitely. We
move a concurrence in the demand for res
toration, with an amendment guaranteeing
to the Freedmen and all blacks the rights of
anhood throughout the whole extent of our
country. But let this in good faith be pre
sented as a means of getting tbe*ex-Rebel
States speedily back into Congress—not as a
levice for keeping them out.”
Now, that is ingenuity—very! But sup
pose you pass the “amendment” and the
South should refuse to come in on any such
terms, as she ought" to and will, what then.
In the same article among the “rights of
manhood,'* is included perfect political equal
ity, and the right ot the freed men to vote in
all elections, a condition compared with
which, military* government and exclusion
front congress for twenty years would be
preferable. Call your scheme, Mr. Greeley,
by whaPname you will, granting the South
ern people any sense of right and self-respect,
it must operate as “a device for keeping them
out.”
Quite a cunning trick, this, to cheat the
South into negro suffrage! No doubt
Sumner and Thad. Stevens would gladly ac
cept the' compromise !
Destruction of Bridges.—We learn that
the bridge over the Etowah river, on the State
ad, has !>een washed away.
The bridges over the Oconee and Yellow j
rivers on the Georgia railroad, have also been j
destroyed.
These disasters will create great incorive-j
nienee to the transportation business of the !
country. \
Since the foregoing was put in type we
have received the Atlanta papers of yester-
lay, which give foil accoitM* of the damage
lone by the freshet. The Intelligencer’s state
ment is copied elsewhere. That paper says j
arrangements have l»een made with the Ex
press Company to bring throoghtfceoAaiIs un
til the necessary repair* shall have been made.
A flair* ia ftoath-Westera Georgia.
Milford. Ga„ Dec. 21. 1865.
Editor* Daily Telegraph :—The news of the
inaugural of Gov. Jenkins has infused now
life *nd energy in our people. Everywhere
the intelligence was received-with joy. Our
io.ig visage* I folks have wreathed their hith
erto doleful looking faces in smiles, and look
as if they feel there is “a better day coming”
for us. * * * * * *
The subject ot labor is very seriously en
gaging the attention of the jieoplt* of this
county, who iniend’forming next year. The
freed men are deserting their homes by the
wholesale, and sublimely indifferent toward
providing homes, or making contracts for
themselves for.the ensuring year. They seem
to be in the condition of one “Wilkins 31a-
cawbcr, waiting’for something to turn up.”
Many prominent farmers have retired from
the field in disgust, and have rented out to
others more bopefu 1 .
In Miller.county, I learn that the freedmen
are very generally contracting for next year.
Maj. Hasting, the head of the Freed men's
Bureau here, will soon bring our contracts
repudiating, “cullod geinraen,” to their senses.
Great quantities of rain have fallen here with
in the last fortnight. Weather exceedingly
mild. We have had a very mild winter so
far—In consequence of which but few plan
ters have killed their meat.
Carrie.
A Bloody Record.—The few exchange,
we received last evening, especially those
from Atlanta and Augusta, are filled with
murders, shootings, stabbings, knock downs,
jobberies, tfcc., during the past week. Old
Satan himself seems to have held his Christ
mas orgies and invited a number oT willing
guests. This is quite in contrast with our own
orderly and peaceable city. Thus for in the
Christmas we have yet to report no act of se
rious violence, and trust it may be so to the
close. There is merry-making in abundances
but the devotees of fun have been careful not
to “let their angry passions rise.”
The Freedmen.—We are gratified to be
‘able to state that we have information from
a number of counties in this section of the
State, that large numbers of the freedmen
have come forward and proffered to make
contracts for labor for the coming year. Many
who had left their homes altogether have re
turned to the “old plantation” and asked to
be taken back on any terms that will secure
them protect iqp and a living.
WC commend the example to the colored
people generally. They will find tlieir be
interest in a close adherence to home and re;
ular, faithful labor for their employers.
Brilliant Peroration.—Tlie following is
the concluding sentence of the late speech of
•Thad. Stevens, in the House of Representa
tives. It is a fair specimen of the whole:
“Sir, this doctrine of a ‘white man's gov
ernment’ is as obnoxious as the infamous sen
timent that damned the late Chief Justice to
everlasting fame, and, I fear, to everlasting
fire.”' .
Orphan Asylum.
JlfESfflfl. Editors: Of the number of gen
tlemen mentioned in your paper this morn
ing,* as prpper persons to form a Board of
Trustees, for an Asylum for orphans in our
city, two have reported. L. N. Whittle,
Esq., ‘iViul Mr. T. C. Plant; As I shall be ab
sent from the city -to-day, (Friday,) I re
quest that the gentlemen named, will meet
at the Book Store on Saturday at 12 o'clock
M. .... * j. W. Bdske
Equal Negro Suffrage—The North and
South Contrasted.
An elaborate table lias been published in
the Constitutional Union, showingjlfe differ
ence between Northern and Southern commu
nities in respect to the burden of the negro ele
ment of population. This-instructive table wc
shall publish shortly as a valuable record for
the reference of political economists and legis
lators. It shows (hat in I860, supposing the
whole population above twenty years to be
voters, in South Carolina and.Mississippi the
negro vote predominated over the white vote.
In nineteen out of thirty counties of South
Carolina the negroes had the majority, and
would elect tlieir county officers. The same
is generally the case in Virginia and in the
Gulf States in all such counties, where there
are large towns, as the white element is more
settled in the latter. In Mississippi the ne
groes had a majority in thirty-five out of .six
ty counties. The tear ha* since that time cluing
ed the result still more in favor of the negro.
Tf, for instance, the war has destroyed in
Virginia,
Georgia,
Florida,
Alabama,
Louisiana,
22,412
35,517
5,066
25,131
2,280
The gentle
ladii
tfcos
of i
*n are expected to escort the
men to carry their wives*and
ekets caunot vmlurc tlic tax
on. might reasonably expend
Florida—The Florida Legislature were
to have elected United States Senators Satur
day last. The names most prominent in the
canvass, are Gov. Marvin. Goa. Patton Ander- ,
son, Judge Baltzell, Wilk Call, tlsq., and
Gen. Finiey.
The official vote for Governor stands as fol
lows : ,
For Governor—Walker 5.873. Scattering 8.
For Lt. Governor—Kelly 2,470; McDonell
083. Scattering 41.
white men, theft the negro vote will be equal
with the white vote, and as,tliose States liaVc
certainly lost more soldiers than that, they
will have a colored Governor, anil their Legis
lature will have a’colored majority, if the
negroes are permitted to vote.
But let us now look at the North, and be
gin with the six New England States. There
they had altogether, ia 1860, only 24,680 ne
groes, of whom a good many they sent in the
field. The total white population was 3,110,-
603, or to every 132 wlii^e votes only one ne
gro vote. But, notwithstanding that, Con
necticut only "recently refused to let her few
negroes*vote! We, here in the District of
Columbia, had, in 1860,14,31Chegroesagainst
60,000 whites. At the very lowest, estimate
we have now at least 30,000 negroes (6,000
more than all New England) against about
80,000 whites.
% In Minnesota they had in 1860 only 250
negroes or 726 white votes to every colored
vote. In Wisconsin they had, at the same
time, 1*471 negroes, or 562 white votes to
every negro vote. Yet these. States, whose
representatives almost unanimously press the
negro suffrage question upon us, only recent
ly, by heavy majorities, utterly refused_to let
their few negroes vote In their own respective
States !—National InteUigenetr. ^
Mr. Lincoln's Opinion of Stonewall
Jackson.—Col. Forney, in a recent lecture,
said: “To show the magnanimity of Mr. Lin
coln, I may mention that, on one occasion,
when an editorial article appeared in my
newspaper.’thc Washington Chronicle, speak
ing well of .the bravery and the mistaken
sincerity of Stonewall Jackson, the news ot
whose death had just been received, the Pres
ident wrote n;e a letter, thanking me warmly
for speaking kindly of a fallen foe. These
were his words: 'I honor you for your gen
erosity to one%bo, though contending against
us in a guilty cause, was. nevertheless, a gal
lant man. Let us forget his sins over his
fresh-made grave.' ”
The Georgia Railroad.—We are in
formed by Mr. Porter, agent at this point,
that some damage was done to the bridges
on both the Oconee and the Yellow river, by
which communication on that line is much
interfered witb. Tlic injury to the bridges
is not serious, and it is believed regular traVel
will be resumed in a few days. At present,
passengers are enabled to go through with
•-£*~The President's Mesraro* ereitol osome little detention. Trains from this city
The New Southern Governors.
From tne New York Times, 21.)
There is but little reading of greater inter
est to be found at present than the inaugural
addresses of.the Governors who have been
recently elected bv the ]>eoplc of various
Southern States. They discourse to their
respective communities of past movements,
present aspects and future prospects, with an
intelligence and a knowledge of the situa
tion and of the popular feeling, that must at^
tuch a very high value to their utterances.
Mastered Oat.
The following order has just been issued
from the War Department:
WAR 1)KP VlCrtfltADJt'TANT-GKXKRAL's /
Office. Washington, Dec. Iff. 1865. *
Cir< ui \k No. 54.—Volunteers, white and
colored, infantry, cavalry and artillery, in va
rious military departments, services no longer
required, orilcrtxl to be mustered.out of ser
vice under special instructions of dates set 1
opposite the organizations .respectively: I. I
White troops, Connecticut Eighth Infantry, |
TIN PLATE.
The- West Southern mails hare brought ns j ^X&Z,
three of these .loeumenta-the inaugural art- 18C3 Illinois: Thirtv-ninth Infantrv. Nov.
r .*» t) ! ln ] l 5 d ! 34, 1805. Indiana: One Hundred and Thir
ds legitimate Governor of the State of Ala- ^ Infanhy X ov . 94,18(5. KevHarep-
l.ama-the mangnral ad.lre* of Governor sUi „. ^ ry Nov.24,1863. New
Jenkins, now* m the same position as regards — - - - * --
the £tate of Georgia, and the inaugural
speech-of Governor Worth, of J7orth Caro
lina, whose gubernatorial powers are as yet
less full than those of tlic two others just
mentioned.
The Governor of North Carolina declares
in the presence of both Houses of the Legis
lature and a large popular assemblage that
the people of the State ardeatlydesire a rc*-
tnration of the Union*and of national amity :
that they wjll perforin their constitutional
obligations w ith as much fidelity as any in
the Union; that the anvnosities produced m
the South by the war are rapidly passing
away; that North Carolina will “grasp the
hand of conciliation if offered with generous
and magnanimous confidence;” and that, if |
all tliecr/.v of the people in promptly complying
with all the provisions of the President's
plan, are held insufficient to entitle them to
confidence, they can hardly hope to do any
thing which will be held satisfactory.
The message of the Governor of Georgia,
of which we had a telegraphic abstract som&
time since, is now before us in full. Its sug
gestions are admirable, though its style is
highly florid. Upon national affair- ln-du.
lengthily.*"’ He shows that «in the recent re
modeling of their constitution, the people of
Georgia have acknowledged the National
Constitution as their supreme law, which
means more than an overture for restoration ;
it means “fidelity to the supreme la\v in all
future legislative, executive and judicial ac
tion, and in'all future movement of the peo
ple ca masse” He urges the most generous
treatment of the freed Africans, and argues
that the courts must be opened to them, and
they must be allowed, in the assertion and de
fence of their rights, the testimony of tlieir
own race. Beside the various local measures
suggested I'm* tin* benefit of the State, Gov.-
Jenkins calls on the Legislature for vigorous
action, and a manly spirit, that Georgia may
be speedily rescued from her present abject
condition.
Gov. Patton, ot Alabama, begins his in
augural by exhibiting the former growth and
greatness ot Alabama under the Union, and
contrasts them with the horrors of secession
and it© results. He declares tliat: the condi-.
tions of President Johnson have been com
plied with; that the whole people are en
deavoring to conform to the full requirements
of the laws; nncj that in this faithful acqui
escence in results anil this sincere desire for
the restoration of amicable and harmonious
relations with the other States of the Union,
there are no party divisions In Alabama.—
Those'who favored aud those who opposed
secession stand firmly and heartily together.
Magnanimity to the Ireed African is.also here
urged, and the Legislature is reminded that
it^ lias-been required by the Convention to
provide full protection for the person and
property of the colored population.
. Those anxious to carp and complain, to
find fault and pick^ffaws, can find material to
work upon in these inaugural addresses of
the Governors ot Georgia and Alabama.—
Some Of tlieir statements are indefensible and
some of their propositions reprehensible. As
a minor matter, too. we may remark that the
literary style of both of.thcm is bail—at onco
windy and stilted. But neither pbrfect wis
dom in the propositions, nor perfect purity
in tlic composition of such State documents,
arc essential to the maintenance of a State in
tlic Union, nor to the resumption of its rela
tions therewith. And so far as fundamental
principles arc conceived, the specimens we
have given shoiv that no more need be requir
ed ot these Southern States.
York: Forty-first Infantry, Nov. 24, 1865;
Fifty-fourth* Infantry, Nov. 27, 1865; One
Hundred apd Third Infantry, Nor. 24,1865.
Ohio: Smr VTAfllhfatnr, Nor. 24,1865.
Pennsylvania: Forty-seventh Infantry, Nov*.
27, 1865; One Hundred and Eighty-eiglith
Infantry, Nov. 24, 1865. Vermont’: Ninth
Infantry,'Nov. 24,1865. Virginia: First In
fantry, (loyal,) East Virginia, Company,A.
Nov. 24. 1865. IL Colored troops: U. S.
Second L't Artillery, Batteries Fand I, Dec.l 1,
1865; SeconiLfJght Artillery Batteries C anil
D, Dec. 13, 1865; Fourteenth Heavy Artil
lery, Nov. 24, 1865; Third Cavalry, Dec. 11,
1805; Eleventh Infantry, Dec. 11, 1865;
Twelfth Infantry, Dee. 1*1, 1865; Thirteenth
Infantry, Dec.' 11,1865; Twenty-first Infan
try, Dec. 13. 18G5; Thirtieth Infantry, Nbv.
24,1805; Thirty-third Infantry, Dec. 13,1865;
Thirty*ninth Infantry, Nov. 24, 1865; Forty-
scveutli Infantry. Dec. 13, 1865; Forty-eighth
Infantry, Dec, 13, 1865; Sixty-first Infantry,
Dec. 13, 1805; Sixty-third Infantry, Dec. 16,
1865; Seventy-sixth Infantry, Dec. 13,1865;
Scventy-eightli Infantry, Dec. 13,1865 ; Nine-
tv-sccoml Infantry, Dec. 13, 1885 ; One Hun
dredth Infantry* Bee. 2, 1805; One Hundred
and Fourth Infantry, Dec. 2, 1805; One Hun
dred and Thirty-sixth Infimtry, Dec. 13,1865;
Oue Hundred and Thirty-seventh Infantry,
Dec. 13, 18C5; One Hundred and Thirty-
eighth’ Infantry, Dec. 13, 1805.
Memoranda.—Dec. 11, 1865, Major-Gener
al Thomas.Commanding Military Division of
the* Tennessee, was ordered, to reduce the
aggregate force of tfhite troops in the De
partments of Georgia, Alabama aiul ^lississip*
pi to 7,000 men, regulars included.
(Signed) E. D. Townsend,
Adjt. Gen.
Slavery in Mexico.—Yesterday the Presi
dent communicated to the House of Repre
sentatives an answer to the resolution asking
whether anv information was in possession of
the Executive Department in relation to a so-
failed decree of the “French Agent in Mexi
co” establishing slavery or peonage in that
Republic.
The Government had received a copy of
that decree through Mr* W. II. Corwin, the
charge d' affaires, and Mr. Seward submitted
it to Attorney General Speed for liis opinion.
The latter Infs no hesitation in saying the
regulations “constitute a law which deprives
workingmen of rights which we in this coun
try regard, and which in every well-organized
community should be regarded, as inestim
able, inalienable, and indestructible, and cer
tainly make them slaves.
Secretary Seward wrote to Mr. Bigelow,
our Minister at Paris, on the 10th of Novem
ber, saying if the decree should be carried
into operation it “would inevitably result in
rcduiing* to a condition of peon slavery work
ingmen of the African race, and of course
such of the freedmen as with or without their
intelligent consent may be brought within the
jurisdiction of Mexico.”
Mr. Bigelow has, in accordance with Mr.
Seward’s instructions, laid the subject, includ
ing a copy of. Attorney .General Speed’s writ
ten opufion,.before M. Drouyn de L’liuys, re
questing the attentjou ol’tlie French Govern
ment to the question, but no reply has yet
been received to this communication.—Na
tional Intelligencer 21 st.
Onr. Relations with France T'Ln uti niiuc.
The “Washington correspondent or the New
York Xewssays:
“The following can be relied (ipqn. 1
It cannot be dcnitd.'that our relations -with
France are every day assuming a more criti-
rcal aspect. In the present staff of affairs,
it would not require much to-light up tin
flames of a. war between tbfetwn countries.
Indeed, it will require the exercise of wise
statesmanship to prevent a warwith France
within the coming year. * * The French
Minister anticipates certain .action on the
part of the House of Representatives in rela.-
tion to Mr. Schenck’s resolution, which will
place, tlic legislative branch of the U. S.
Government in a hostile attitude toward
France. In such a contingency, he* desires
definite instructions from his Government.
He has, therefore' probably-sent to Paris a
statement of the pacific attitude’of the exec
utive branch.of the Government, ns indica
ted in the President’s message, and of flic* ap
parently belligerent attitude of Congress, as
indicated in the various resolutions in regard
to'Mexico, and has probably accompanied it
with a verbal * communication through the,
Secretary of Legation, containing the Minis
ter's views of the Mexican question generally
in the United States; the temper of-the peo
ple and of- Congress*; General Logan's, ap
pointment, his refusal to accept that ap
pointment, and th’e reasons on which that
refusal was based; and all other-matters that
may give the French Government all possible
light upon the subject, and finally, has asked
for definite instructions in ease both Houses
of Congress should pass resolutions off* deci
dedly belligerent character.*’ * ■#
Mexican Agriculture.—The plow in
universal use among the Mexicans is that used
two thousand years ago, nothing more nor
less than a wooden wedge w ithout a particle
of iron attached to it. The hoe is wooden
staff, with an iron spike in the end. And
another remarkable fact is, that the only ani
mal used in plowing is the ox; a planter may
have large herds of mules and horses, still he
will .only us«* his oxen in the plow. If you
ask why this is, the only answer I can give,
these people never change tlieir habits, nor
any thii>g else but their government. Ail the
passion for change which exists in other peo
ple, with, them is concentrated in political
changes. It. is a peculiar characteristic,
which has done much to produce the present
degraded condition of the country. It is a
remarkable fact there is not a railroad in the
ountry, with the exception of one partially
mnpleterl Tie tween* Vera Cruz and the City of
Mexico, which owes its l>eginning to English
and American enterpise.—City of Mtxiro cor-
Tfrpondenet of th& Neic York New*.
Affecting Incident.—During the cere
monies attending the inauguration on
Wednesday last, after the conclusion of Gov.
Marvin's address, the band Of the 7th Regu
lars, which was in attendance, plaved “Hail
Columbia" in admirable style, and when Gov
ernor Walker had completed his inaugural,
they struck up “Dixie,' 5 which electrified the
audience asd called forth repeated cheers.
All felt its inspiring strains. Many, among
those who had perilled their lives in defence
f a cause now gone forever, wept, as they
emembered the toils, the sufferings they
had endured in vain and the hopes, forever
blasted, which'once animated them.—Flori-
Puck.—The San Francisco comic paper—
cites the late earthquake in that city as a
proof that “the world wags.” The same pa
per comes out for the Fenians in this wise:
PITY PAT.
Ruck wears the green upon his brcaat,
The Shamrock on his liaf;
ud when he thinks of Ireland's woes.
His heart goes pity PatJ
American Authorship.—The Edinburg
Review once tauntingly asked, “Who reads
an American book The question has been
answered in the liberal ’ compensation re
ceived* by. ouv. native author* for their work
Washington Irving realized a handsome for
tune; 2ix did -also Mitchell, the geographer.
Prof. Davis received more than ^50,000, and
Po-f. Anti.on more tJ.un 260.000. .The Fri■»«•!»
series of Mr. Bolmar yields him upwards of
$20,000, and the school geography of Mr.
Morse more than $20,000. A single medical
book lias procured its authors $60,000. The
first two work* of Miss Warner brought he
about $20,000; Sir. Hoad ley lias receive*
about $40,000, and Ike Marvel (Mitchell)
about $20,000.- Miss Leslie's cookeiy
receipt bpqfts have paid her $12,000, and the
Rev. Albert Barnes has realized more than
$30,000 by his publications. Mr. Prescott,
the historian, received more than $100,000
from his books. The present sole of each of
Mr. Bancroft^; volumes yields him more than
$16,000, and he has 31 years yet for future
sale. Judge Story died in the receipt of
lucre than $8,000 per annum for his works:
In three years Daniel Webster’s works paid
$25,000? Kent's Commentaries have yielded
to tlieir author ami. his heirs $180,000, and
***■*■' * also at least $180,000.
S00 BOXES TIN PLATE,
5,000 LBS. OF WIRE,
5,000 LBS. SHEET IRON.
B. A. WISE,
Cherry Street,!
LAMPS, LAMPS.
25 DOZEN COAL OIL LAMPS,
25 GROSS ASSORTED WICKS,
<Icc291ti
. 50 DOZEN LAMP CHIMNEYS,
B. A..WISE.
Oileny Street, Mac-on, tit.
. List of 0. H. Freight
Stored at owner’s risk at the. office'of Southern
Express Company, Macon, December 28th.
Mrs. J. B. Roberts...,.,.. 1 pkg Macon.
G. Mallory.....* 1 box , “
F. C. Waite........ 1 “ “
M. J. Bear 1 demijolm “
J. t. Ilunt 1 trunk “
H. S. Isbell 1 keg
.20 bbls “
“ 65 boxes “ •
“ ..21 “
“ 3 pa boxes 5 auch “
II. J. Hoffman '. 1 box
W. H. Barnes 1 pkg “ ’
G. K. Ilceluml '.... l “ .*«
8. Mallory...., 1 “ •*
Herrington & It..' 5 sheet* copper “
E. B. Mack... 1 bdls
Nussbaum iV G..... .* 1 box “
C. Burke.. 1 “ “
8. Emanuel i 1 “
Freeman & E 1 bond!
Mrs. M.C. Legare 1 box
Pugh & Longuest 1 “
J. M. Seay. 1 •*
G- it. Knccland 3 “■
“ 2bb1*
Mrs. B. Stovall.... 1 ppi
J. % N. Goff 1 pa
8 Napier 1 bucket
W. Elchelburger.../.a!. . lbox
dec26-3t
shaft
AUCTION SALES
BY FINDLAY k KENRICK,
This day at 10 o'clock, A. M.
Furniture, Matrasses,
Bed Comforts, Blankets, etc., etc.
ALSO \
* A lot of new Northern Axes and Hatchets,
Cook and Parlor 8tovcs, etc.
At 11 o'clock, The Steamer “Comet,”—as
she lays.
detiKMt*
DR. J. A. OLOPTON,
* OF HUNTSVILLE, ALA.,
.\A7JLL be consulted in Albany, Go., until the
lirht of February; In Macon, the first tin
days in February.^
operates with perfect suci'ess for ril.ES,
FISTULA, FISSURES, STRICTER! - POLY
PI S, Tl MORS, ■ i. . sp;vi.il n!t ■
DISEASES <*( FEMALES Al
cine* for BRONCHIAL, SClloVOLOOfo CV
TANEoF.s, ami SYPHILPI b AM H ! !«•*.-
etc.
Dr. C., referh to many of the »n<- ? i< -, . - ,v
gentlemen of the medical nn-li - : >n, upon »') n.
he has operated in Georgia, and 1-ip -!i. .1- . t . ■ • .
in the State.
I |>Ht
ularlv
»r hnd :
SPECIAL NOTICE
MERCHANTS.
TYtltfiavc just received the* following* 1 ' Goods
\ \ which wc will
Sell Low to the Trade.
flo rit.
150 Lli!-. FI< ur, assorted brands.
Wcbslo
Die
Noisy Boys
Herald, who
The editor of the Cleveland
* was probably himself a “good
boy,” take* up the cudgel in defence of noisy
boys, as follows:
Noise is a safety valve, physically and
morally. Noisy boys seldom are the bad boys
of a village; the quiet, demure, reticent, still
boys, are those who srfeak around dark cor
ners, and slip into the back rooms of the
village nuisance—the grocery ; who rob mel
on patches, lift gates off their hinges, shave
horses' tails, and, on moonlight nights, trip
up good people by a rope stretched across
the walk.. A* noisy boy, usually, is a frank
boy; overflowing with animal spirit; ready
to hop, skip-anii-jump, play “gould.” tag,
snap-the whip, or leap-frog. Bpt auch a boy
is not clogging in and out of back alleys, such
a boy doc-not creep out of his chamber win
dow to the kitchen roof fc thcnce to the ground,
for a night expedition after the rest of the
family are asleep.
Noise is not good for headache ; noise dis
turbs weak nerves, but noise steals nothing,,
noise sets no barns on fire, noise never gamb
les; therefore we say, if boys do nothing
worse than make a noise, for humanity’s sake
do not confine them for that.
Cntiors .Tournky.ok a Needi.B.—A gen
tleman of Chicago, a few days since, cut from
the left hand of an acquaintance in that city
a piece of needle five-eighths of an inch long,
which was broken off in the palm of the
right hand six^ years ago. lie stated that
the first lie felt’of the needle was about six
pionths ago, in the wrist of his left arm.
The needle was much corroded, and the gen
tleman will of course preserve it as a curios
ity, it having traversed the entire length of
both arms, besides passing through his body.
Needles which haye been lost in the flesh
have before been known to make strange
•.s, but this is one of the most curious
n record.
10 bales Bagging,
TOBACCO.
200 bores Tobacco, assorted grade-,
100 BBLS.- SUGAR,
Granulated, Crushed, Powdered, A, B,.C,
Brown.
MACKEREL.
100 packages New No. 1 Large Mackerel in 1
quarter and lialf bbls.
* PORTER.
• 5 casks London Porter,
COFFEE.
TEA.
75 packages Green and Black Tea.
PRUNES,"figs, nuts:
20 boxes-Prunes,
50 drums Fresh Figs,
TObljU. assorted Nuts.
30epe* Pickles,
LIQUORS.
25 cases Old Brandy,
25 cases Bourbon Whisky,
50 cases Sc beldam Schnapps,
BACON.
Bacon Sides and Shoulders, »
POT ASK AND SODA.
5 casks Potash,
75 cases and 75 kegs Carl.. Soda,
-A I-IOMK KOI { 1SI5I5.
'THE Hubert him,,-, and 250 .| ; :: .i
1 ted dor 7 miles ra.-t <•: Eat.mi..,, ...
mod pleasant neighborhood* in the uot,,itw r.
; ient t** a school m:d t wo clmr.-hr* Thi-d«. '. rr
j contains ^iv room-, and on tin- pb. •• :.r i! 1 . . r
sary out buildings, in. luffing ain !.<•<.-. p , r.
orchard of.between and 4T>
WM. n \V TURN| R.
doeffff-ltdu 2t* Ai-.-nt
Southern Recorder pl.-..M- copy .tin,-.
For Sale.
MORE MONEY TO BE \IA1>! Til \N |:
( ,IT 11>N
r r |IF - D.i.in E.. i ...... v,
1 .A. ivu.iv In-tin .. ....
NEW BACON, NEW BACON.
v ..:. •. .: £.7
»•>>'’ !'V Mi CALI IK .v .!u.\K>
Pickle Pork,
Bsrteb Mullett
'AMt* • , 5. \V KI \R-
A<I<nini>lr,i(<>r'> Suit-.
U (Jay tli January i
House door in Clint'
lawful hours of sale,
ling, outhouses and :
teen miles from Mac-
plantation- Sold as'
IQ kegs Gofin
PEPPER, GINGER, .SPICK
10 bags Pepper,
dec
rood securities
deel3-wff»)d*
, adjoining Rtigh
• properlypt Willli
•I.SMY.S H Hl.M Vi
OPPERAS, <
r,
S Must;
. Spahish Indi;
An Indignant Editor.—The editor of the
Montgomery Ledger having been treated very
rudely by a United States officer, relieves liis
mind tints:
The editor of this paper returning to his
home yesterday morning, called upon what he
supposed to be one of Uncle Sam's officials,
upon a small matter of business, whohappen-
- tunatefy for any government, to wear
the badge of a lieutenant;) the fellow really
lid not know the difference lictween a gen- :
tleman anil one of his menials, who lias no ;
joubt been bullied over from day to day, to
let them know that he was au officer of the
United States. Said officer in our estimation
a il—d poor specimen of Uncle Sam's great-
i ness. • . - j
j 23F~The New York Citizen says: “It is j
j rumored that Bennett, of the Herald, has 1
J taken orders for the priesthood. One might j
if-The N. Y. World styles Charles Sam- infer as much from his recent articles on the !
“tbej acting charge d’affaire of Divine J theatres. Hitherto he has belonged to the j
RUBBER BELTING.
A large lot ot 4, Gaud 8 filch Rubber Belting,
NAILS.
10 boxes Horae Shoe Nail*, 100 keg* Cut Nail*,
Spades, Shovels, Iron assorted.
HARDWARE AND DRUGS.
A full assortment of Hardware and Drug*.
DRY GOODS.
Onr Dry Good* Department u complete, and we
only a.-k an examination of onr stock to insure
salt**. We do not expect to be undersold in tLe
South.
J. B. ROSS <L SON,
d»*c 28-1 in Cor. Second and Cherry s!e.
Journal & Metu»enger copy.
idence in this country.'
beast-hood.”
DRAY and MULES. .
G OOD double Dray, Mulct* anil new Harnees
for sale at $500. Call to-day and sec them at
dec 29-lt* J. W. FEARS <fc CO.
House for Rent
■XjN east m a < ■< > X.
4 NEAT and comfortable dw<llim. \nt!: * r
rooms and kitchen.
Possession given 1st Jannart
Applv to the subscriber.
dcc2tf-3t* iy K ADAM
» Jour, and Mix*, copy and charge T« !-.. •
Culloden High School.
r f^HE STibseriber begs leave to inform hS f • . !
.L and the public, that in- will open the above
institution on the !5th .bmimrv .,nd b.- oUeltaa
liberal patronage. Tuition pi r year on j. ■
For Primary Class
For Second Class
Foe C!a**ica I ’ * 40
dcc20-dlaw5w* \V. \ \j., - -
One who is willing to Work.
T\riIO is boUCst. who l,a> a go.*i ..1m at,.-
\ V businesh habit-. ib »*ire.- a«-itu:»t
man, railroad, express or n« w-|.n; «' < rnj •
He has bud considerable expericuee a-« ; roof-
reader and teacher.
SAM UEIJ M. FA RRA R. at Far r.,r Air- •
Macon, will kindly answer er.ijuiri. k, ci-..
encet, or inform ’any one, desiring it. -
dress of the writer of this advert i-einve-r
dec 28-dlt-w2t #
FOR RENT.
Kitchen, Smokehomc and Dwelling . , -
with gaa in every room ; good -itunion b *
ing house, cliwrc to the business purt ot tb«
P<Huus6(<lon l»t of January next.
G J. BLAKE,
at the Store of Gnnm a Lak
Macpn, Ga., Dec. 2ff, 1865—3t
Lial of Arrivals at Brown*** Hole).
Dpi r.Vi BEK “1, 1 N'A
John W Bentwell, Laurens Hill, (ia . J
field, Ga ; Walter Paine, 1 bos Griffin, Milli-dg*
ville; 8 U Coulter. M»a Coulter. New Or!..,:-
Mrs Blanche, 8 Raniell and lady, (i W Smith. ./
Clark, L C Shaddy, J R Campbell. M W Johnsoe
B Ed man n. P I* Clayton. W fl Cbencv. <i I. K> 1.
ilrick and ladv. Mrs Maffett and child. A B Slapt->
G W*gparka, J W Evans, L W DuBois, lin n \
Perrv, B Y 8agc, F 8 Fitch, R il Rowland, and .
dy, Gen’I Till son, G t Rogcra and J ladn-. > M
Ba»j. J S Doyal, C N Boynton, J II Fuller,
gia; C D Eaton and wife, J W Parker, > Jorida \
WMcKenzie, WS Huff, J C Lane, Alabama; II *
Hodgkins, H (f Wolfe, R R Laneon, V T H White.
New York.