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X gailn i wir. a- REii) a cf Proprietor*. j. [S. BOYKIN*, 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.