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BATL'ItPAY MORNING, DEC. *0, 188S.
Mr. Jon P. Figb, ■ prominent and pub-
lispirited citizen of Montgomery, died in
that efty on the niglit of the 23th fort.
BTA dispatch Irom Washington «J»
Gen. Grant is to have as his Christmas gift
THE ANTI-SLAVERY CRUSADE.
In a recent letter from Washington, ire
find the following paragraph:
A fcjr day. ago the House of Representa-
tires pa-v ■! a resolution calling for an; in
formation in the possession of the Executive
Department with reference to a so-called de
cree of Maximilian, the French agent in Mex
ico, under date of September lam, establish
ing slaver; or peonage in that republic.. It
appears from the reply to this resolution that
on the 10th of September, W. II. Corwin,
Charge d'Affaires, sent a cop; of this decree
to Secretary Seward, who requested the opin
ion of Attorney general Speed uj>on that pa
per. The latter gave an elaborate response,
saying, among other things, that by the broad
declaration in the first regulation, all men of
color are free by the fact alone of having trod
on Mexican territory. It it manifest that, in
the subsequent regulations, a grinding and
odions form of slavery is sought to be estab
lished ; and he eonclndes as follows: I have
no hesitation in saying that these regulations
constitute a law which deprives working men
of rights which We in this country regard,
and which, in every well organized commu
nity, lhould be regarded as inestimable, ina
lienable and indestructible, and certainly
fhalces them slaves.
It is thus that the advice of our fathers is
bring forgotten, and the old landmarks of lib
erty are bring effaced. It waa once regarded
aa a cardinal feature of American policy not
to interfere with the domestic affairs of oth-
ere, but to stay at borne and attend to our
isine9s. It was thought to be the only
truly wise and safe policy. Washington in-
augurated it, and our best statesmen*avc re
garded it as essential to the true glory and
progress of the nation. How things have
changed 1 The wisdom of the past has be
come foolishness; conservatism and caution
are old-fogyish and obsolete; new ideas and
new theories must supplant the political and
moral axioms of the more thoughtful days Of
the Republic. Wc have become a fast, a pro
gressive, and, we may justly add, an aggres
sive people^ The success of one anti-slavery
crusade, the glories of one victory, have in-
toxicatcd the nation. The public mind is
aroused, the military spirit in the ascendant,
fanaticism rampant. We must have new fields
for adventure, and deck our brows with fresh
laurels, though they be wet with the tears
and blood of millions, naman sufferings and
human wrongs are as nothing, if we can but
minister to the passion of the hour, hold aloft
our blood-stained trophies, nnd celebrate our
drunken orgies around a victorious flag. We
an mad.
What business is it of ours whether Mexico
has slavery or not? What right has the
Congress of the United States to inquire
into the domestic policy of foreign -na
tions and seek to regulate affairs in
which it has no proper concern ? Are
we to set ourselves up as legislators for the
world ? Are other nations hereafter to do as-
we aay, and not as they choose? Are we to
dictate laws and institutions for mankind?
Really one would think so when contempla
ting the events and pretensions of these most
extraordinary times. If so, let us show some
genuine courage, if not magnanimity, in the
commencement of the crusade. Let us begin
with strong nations, those worthy of our steel,
and not with those who are far weaker then
ourselves. That will, at least, look brave. In
stead of looking into tlie affairs of Mexico,
Spain, and the South American republics
with the view to accomodate them to our
notions of what is best and right, let us ap
point a committee to examine into the infer
nal policy of France and England—to see
whether they feed their paupers with full
rations, require Jhe proper numlwr of hours’
labor front their operatives, or practice the
right kind of religion. There would be some
thing manly in that, if not sensible.
If Washington, Clay, and Webster could
rise from their graves and look down upon
the presentAmcrican Congress, and the fearful
tricks they are enacting before High Heaven, it
woald be difficult to convince them that they
had not been resurrected into the wrong coun-
■try. Those old Romans would find them
selves’ “strangers in Rome!" The feelings,
actions, sentiments would be strange, and
doubly so coming from familiar faces. They
would stand aghast at the present attitude
of the North toward the South, and would
be amazed at the that madness characterizes th c
spirit of their countrymen. We can imagine
the cloud-like brow of Webster as he would
frown upon the mischievous intcrmcddlcrs
in other people’s affairs, those irrepressible
“architects of ruin” whom he reprobated so
LATE9T BY TELECRAPH.
CONGRESS.
From th« New York Herald of the 22d.
DISPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
the centre manrion of the three known as
Douglas' row, Iwilt for Senator Rice, ot Min
nesota, .the other two having been bnilt for
Douglas and Breckinridge.
New Year's Supper Tickets.—Tickets
for the sapper may be bought at. the
Book Store* and Drug Stores. The ladies
are exceedingly anxious to have a large at
tendance, aad hope that gentlemen will buy
largely of these tickets, as it is intended to
give more than the money’s worth in good
things.
Receipts from Customs.—The receipts
from Custom* during the first nine days of
the present month at the ports of New York,*
Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore amount
ed in the aggregate to about four millions of
dollars. The receipts from the same ports
during the month of November were nearly
eleven millions.
The Lamar Cottom Case.—The trial oi
G. II. Lamar, senior and junior, by a military
commission in .Savannah, commenced on
Tuesday. Messrs. Thomas E. Lloyd and Ju
lian Hartridgc appeared for the accused. The
charges are in substance as follows :
1st. Charging G. 15. Lamar with conspira
cy with James L. Seward, Arthur P. Wright
and G. II. Lamar, jr., to embezzle Government
cotton.
2d. Charging him with unlawfully appro-
prtaSng to himfclf Government-cotton, with
intent to defraud the United States.
•‘Id. Charging him with attempting to bribe
various militaiy and civil U. 8. officials,
among whom are named Col. W. K. Kimball,
12th Maine Vols., Major G. A. Hastings, 12th
Maine Vols., A. G. Browne, Jr., Treasury
Agent, and W. A. Beard, Government con
tractor.
A SUGGESTION.
Let it be remembered that he who giveth
to the 15«r lend unto the Lord/
If the libera] are eatufied with the tfturitfi
they will he generous to the indigent this
bleak new year's season. Wo hope to see an
evidence of such satisfaction on Monday night
a next; and that it may have a detelopmetU,yte
suggest that each truly generous gentleman,
•with a warm heart beating in his bosom,
besides paying his §2.00 for the sapper ticket,
deposit with the door-keeper, or with some
one of the managers, a fin dollar bill,/or the
Benefit of the Poor ! Some of those poor arc
limbless Confederate soldiers, suffering for
the necessaries of life, and from some such
have we'received piteous letters depicting
want. Citizens of Macon!' what will yon do
for them i
We have said, all wo can say on this sub
ject-more, perhaps, than we ought to have
said, but not more titan we wanted to say.
The matter is now left with you. May He
who rnleth the' hearts of all influence you to
lie kind to the poor 1
One five dollar bill, as suggested above,’
has already been handed us, and will be
turned over to the managers.
Go ye and do likewise 1
GREELEY’S’compromise.
We alluded, in a brief article, yesterday, to
the proposition of the Tribune to admit the
• representatives from the Southern States into
Congress with an “amendment’’ declaring
that att the citizens of the United States arc
entitled to the “rights of manhoodand w
advanced the opinion that the South would
go in on no such condition. We have since
given more thought to the subject, and, with
out any change of principles, can sec how the
Southern representatives might go into Con
gress after the passage of such a resolution,
and without any’compromise of her rights or
honor. This view may be taken of the ques
tion :
What the South desirai most at the pres-
ent tune is, that -lie may tw heard, through c! oqucntlv j n days that are pa-oeil. What negat, and is full of.water. The crew
tier representatiWts, in the national council*. WO utd be lhe scornful look and withering landed safelv. With favorable weatl
She is entitled,to that privilege'under the
constitution, and* has been wrongfully ex
cluded up to this time, tiln.uld a resolution
be adopted admitting her, she'may accept
that portion of it, or,.in other words, simply
enter the doors which hav<- been thrown
open, without committing herself in any way
to the extraneous propositions that may ac
company the act that leads to such a result.
Those propositions arc simply an expression
of views by the present dominant majority of
Congress, and they cannot be legitimately
said to express the opinions of anybody else.
The So.tthcm members, who took no part in
dSarusmag or passing them, cannot be re
garded as in any wise responsible for them,
any m re than they are* responsible for all
the extraordinary measures that have passed
that body during the late separation. Nor
will they be bound by them, only so far as
-uperior furce may compel respect and obe
dience. They will go in despite the abstract
views of pul •lie policy on the part of the ma
jority. regarding them as no condition pre*
cedent, and resolved to tight the battle for
tlie right--of their constituents in the Union,
as we ought to have done five years ago.—
A fan’.: dwell togctber.in the same house,
one whii It they own in common; a portion of
them go ft- tn heme, and, tut.-r an absence of
a few years, return am 1 fincrkbe
and hi
The!
in ti.
former i
again-t them. T%t.y knock, and
admittance l.y the parties within,
ns of the household has •- changed
mime, and the insidars do not like
of the outsiders ’Finally, the
■t in council ami resolve that the
doors shall be thrown (fju-n anti the latter ad
mitted. but they tan*!, or rather ought to.
car long beard* or black, their faces.—
The outsiders finding the doors open, enter
and enjoy the joint property once more, but
as to wearing long bear,;- - blacking their
fac-es to correspond with the favorite color,
that is another question. They will do that
when they an- -m; 'led to. Perhaps a por
tion of the insider> may la- brought to seethe
folly of the new style and when the "tug of
war" comes, vot- with the outsiders.
Tims it is that w< may enter Congress at
any time that we may find the doors open,
without the slightest regard to any under
standing li Radical majority may have en
tered into among themselves. If they canpn
their hat. fu! measures into the form of law a
all. they car..much more readily do it when
wc are out than when we are in.
rebuke of the chivalric and immortal Clay,
could he witness the efforts now making to
degrade and enslave his fellow countrymen of
the South 1 How would the peerless "Father
of his Country'“feel, and what would he say
could he but return to this scene of his labor
and glory and survey the wide-spread ruin,
anarchy and alienation that the fell spirit of
Fanaticism has brought upon thelandhc lov
ed and served so well 1 If alone for the ven-
crationtand respect we bear the illustrious
dead, let us cease from strife and try to live
like brothers.
As regards the question more immediately
under consideration, we have only to look to
histcry for a warning against the-folly in
which we are about to embark. Disregard of
the rights of others, a spirit of intermeddling
in what does not rightfully concern them, an
aggressive temper snd a thirst for conquest,
have, invariably, been followed by the decline
and downfall of a people. May we learn this
valuable lesson before it shall be too late to
profit by its teachings. ,
Touching the establishment of slavery, or
peonage, in Mexico by Maximilian, there is
not a word of truth in the allegation. It is
made for a purpose of their own, by a class of
political tricksters whose chief study is to in
vent fictions and misrepresent everything that
relates to the Mexican empire and people.
. Miscellaneous Items,
New York, Dec. 27.—Information has been
received from Brazil that the American emi
grants to that country, chiefly Southerners,
represented !>y CoL Wood, have selected a
ate for a town sear the city of Rmynora.
Wasjuxotox, Dec. 28.—Raphael Semmes
it expected here to-night, having left New
York this morning. He will be confined at
the Navy Yard.
The statement that Gen. Grant was about to
visit the Rio Grande is untrue, as he will not
extend his visit beyond New Orleans.
No pardon warrants were issued by the
Attorney General to-day. Very few applica
tions are now presented, and the President is
now energetically engaged in the disposition
of all such eases now before him.
Washisotom, Dec. 29.—Raphael Semmes
has arrived under arrest, and is now at the
Navy Yard. .
Louisville, Dec. 27.—A tornado in the
vicinity of Pulaski last night, caused much
damage.
A considerable disturbance occurred at
Clarksville, on Christmas day, between the
whites and blacks.
A dispatch from Fortress Monroe, states
that Mrs. Clement C. Clay had arrived there
from Washington, for the purpose of visiting
her husband.
Foreign Intelligence.
New York, Dec. 27.—The steamship City
of Washington has arrived with Liverpool
dates to the 13th, and Queenstown to the 14th
inst.
Gov. Eyer, of Jamaica, has been suspended
from lhe exercise of the functions of his office
pending official inquiry, and Stories appoint
ed temporarily in his place.
In the Fenian trials, on the 12th, Donovan
occupied the whole day in his own defence.
He is said to have been insolent, and sought
to exhaust the Court.
On the 14tb, Donovan was convicted, and
sentenced to penal servitude for life. |
The statement that Stevens, the Head Cen
tre, had arrived safely at Paris is confirmed
Piracy is increasing to an alarming extent
in China.
It is reported that France has given Eng
land six months notice of Inteotjon to ter
minate the existing treaty, because of the
strict formalities required before French of
fenders,are given up. The Loudon Observer
says Napoleon is apprehensive of Maximil
ian'ssoon abdicating the Mexican throne.
New York, Dec. 2D.—The steamship Aus
tralian yith Liverpool dates to the 13th, lias
arrived. •
The message of President Johnson has
been favorably, received and regarded as
friendly. United States bonds improved af
ter Its reeeptjon.
The London Times jays of the President’s
message that that portion of it concerning
England ought to be received in a friendly
spirit. Tlie London Telegraph says the docu
ment reflects the highest honor on the author
and furnishes the world satisfactory angnries
of peace.
Cotton Advanced iu Liverpool.
Liverpool, Dec. 13.—The sales of Cotton
for the three days, including Wednesday,
reached 37,000 bales, of which 13,000 were
taken by speculators and exporters. The
market had a strong upward tendency, with
an advance pf on Americans, since Fri
day.
Flour is inactive and unchanged; corn
fiat, and in some instances lower; pork quiet,
with no stock of American offering.
Liverpool, De% 15.—Sales of cotton for
tlie week, 80,000 bales, including 12,000 to
speculators and 20,000 to exporters. The
market opened dull at a decline of half penny,,
but ipeovered, closing with an advance of a
quarter penny on the week. Middling Or
leans, 21 8 4d. Sales of Friday, 8,000 bales—
market closing quiet. Stock in port, 348,000
bales, including 127,000 American.
Liverpool, Dec. 10, p. it.—Sales of the
day, 10,000 bales, including 3,000 to specu
lators and exporters; market closing firmer,
with quotation* upehanged-
ConsoU closod at 87 i-i fo 87 3-8; 5-20s,
04 1-2 to 04 3-4.
Loss of a Steamship.
New York, Dec. 27—The steamship Ida-
hoe, hence for Mobile, went ashore on Bar-
were
landed safely. With favorable weather, a
part of the cargo will be saved.
New York Market. ‘
New York, Dec, 2j .—Cotton firm, with
sales of 1000 bales at 51 to 5? ceqts. Naval
stores dull. Gold 45 1-4.
New York, Dee. 28.—Cotton has advanced
one cent, with sales of three thousand bales.
Naval stores dull. Gold, 43 1-2.
Items of Washington New's.
WAtmssras, Dec. 22.—The prospects are,
the Senate vesterdav resolutions were that Van Dyekc will eventually be appointed
;ed calling upon the President for a Collector of New York. Raymond hacks him
* and ho is the President's favorite from the
Westers Press Convention—This body,
which convened at Memphis on the 21st in
stant. concluded its labors and adjourned on
the *22d. A Press Association was formed
and the following officers elected for the en
suring year:
President—J. M. Keating, of the Memphis
Commercial.
Secretary—J. W. Kinsley, of the Vicks
burg Journal.
Treasury—John Roberts, of .the Nashville
Binner.
Board of Directors—A. M. Holbrook.
Shipments from Darien*.—Our merchants
are directed to the card of Messrs. Nighten
gale <S: Hugar. who propose toidiip cotton
aifd other produce directly North from tlie
port of Darien. These gentlemen are well
known for character and intelligence, being,
in bettor times, extensive planters on the
coast, and their names afford every assurance
of punctuality and upright dealing with thi-ir
customers.
More Trouble for the Fenians A
New York dispatch of the 23d inst, says:
It is announced that a number of citizens
in New York have got up a petition for pre
sentation to the grand jury calling for tho
indictment oi the Pre-ident. Senate and Cab
inet of the embryo Irish republic. Among
the reasons given for such indictment arc the
following: Issuing bonds of a'republic that
has no existence, arming, conspiring and
banding together, for the purpose of inva
ding and levying war on a peaceful and
neighlKjring people, forming clans, factions
and parties which are likely to endanger the
lives and property of the people ot this mu
nicipality. and spending the money thus ob
tained in fashionable extravagance and high
living, when many of the honest fellows who
subscribed to it have to live on very low
diet-
adopted calling npr
statement of the charges upon which.Jeff.
Davis is under arrest, nnd instructing the
Postal Committee to report on the expediency
of abolishing the franking privilege, except
upon written communications. Messrs. Fes
senden, Grimes, Harris, Howard, Johnson and
Williams were announced as the Senate's por
tion of the Committee of Fifteen on the Con
dition ol the Southern States. Messrs. Stun
ner and Howard presented petitions fornegro
in Tennessee, South Carolina and the
I of Columbia. Mr. Wilson introduced
• bill to maintain the freedom ot the negroes
in the States lately in rebellion, which de
clares null all laws of any such States which
makes distinctions of civil rights on account
of color. It was referred to the Judiciary
Committee.
The President’i late message on the condi
tion of tlie Southern States was then taken
up, and Mr. Stewart, of Nevada, made an ad
dress in its support and condemnatory of
Mr. Sumner's attack on it. Mr. Wilson, of
Massachusetts, followed in a speech of con
siderable* length, giving his. views on the
condition of the Sooth and relative to its
representation in Congress. He believed that
great atrocities were being committed by the
late rebels upon the freedmen of the South;
but he had no issue to make on this or any
other subject with the President, regarding
whose honesty, ability and patriotism he ha«l
no misgivings. He felt satisfied that the
democratic party would continue to look in
vain for a conflict of the republican party
with the President. Dn tlie conclusion of
Mr. Wilson’s remarks a abort executive ses
sion was held, after which the Senate ad
journed.
In the house of representatives the speaker
anaoaanad the appointments for the new
committee on Mines and Mining, and named
Messrs. Patterson, of New Hampshire; Gar-
lb Id, of Ohio, mid Farnsworth, of Blinois, as
Bcgi-uts of the Smithsonian Institute on the
part of the House. Resolutions were adopt
ed for an inquiry into the propriety of the
District of Columbia being represented by a
delegate in Congress, calling on the Secretary
of the Navy for a statement of the total cx-
r ditnres for the Naval Academy at Annnpo-
aceeptipg the invitation of’ the French
government to be represented in the Paris
Universal Exhibition of 1807, and instructing
the Postal Committee to report on the
expediency of a national telegraph system,
similar to the present mail service. Bills were
introduced to pay Pennsylvania for calling out
her militia to repel the rebel invasion of 1803
and Oregon for Indian war expenses, for the
relief of loyal owners of property seized du
ring the war, and to give the one hundred
dollars bounty to .legal representatives of the
soldiers volunteering in 1801, who died in the
service. A resolution was introduced, and
referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee,
declaring that the United States ought never
to recognize a government imtiused on any
portion of this continent by European arms.
Mr. Voorhees, democrat, of Indiana, submit-
ted a preamble and resolutions, the consider
ation of which was postponed till tlie 9th of
January, endorsing President Johnson's mes
sage ail'd his reconstruction policy, declaring
that no Slate has a right to secede, and
stating that tho President is entitled
the country's thank* for endeavoring to
restore civil government in the South.—
Leave was asked, but refused, to Introduce
, a bill providing for tlie erection of a new post
office in this city. A resolution to- admit Mr.
Johnson, claiming to be a Representative from
Arkansas, to a seatpn the floor, was offered,
but after some discussion', withdrawn. A reso
lution calling on the President for informa
tion relative to Jefferson Davis and other chief
rebels was offered, but objected to, The
House, after the transaction of miscellaneous
business, went into ComriSittec of the Whole
on the President’s message, when Mr. Hhy-
mond, of New York, spoke af length, con
troverting tbfl doctrine of Thaddeus Stevens,
that tho rebellious State* are out of tlieUnion,
but contending that .they-should gjv'e hew
guarantees before being admitted tb Con
gressional representation. Other gentlemen
spoke briefly, after which tlie House adjourned.
Both.Houses of Congress adjourned over
yesterday till tlfe 5th of January.
* , • miscellaneous. •
Some most interesting European intelli
gence is furnished in our Paris correspond
ence. published this morning, including an
account of the celebration of our National
Thanksgiving by the Americans in tiiat city,
and an'explanation of the mission of Genera
Schofield, which has caused so much comrao
tion and surmise in Europe generally nnd in
France particularly. General Schofield was
one of the speakers at tlie tluinksgi ving dinner,
which was a rosy elegant affair, and included
among its attendants many of onr .country
men of distinction. It tooic place at the
Grand Hotel, which was decoratod in a
tasteful manner for the occasion, and there
were present altogether over two hundred
and filly persons, about half ol* whom 'were
ladies. 'A sensation was created when the
health of the Emperor was' proposed by
an individual janjpiug up and exclaiming
tiiat no American could drink ip the toast
whiles single French soldier remained in
Mexico * but it waa honored by the Company,
nevertheless, the patriotic demonstration of
the enthusiastic Monroe doctriniie being
deemed rather misplaced. Tlie Paris papers
were still discussing with great earnestness, ! K \y
andwitha variety of conclusions, the object
of General Schofield’s presence in that city,
some asserting tiiat lie* was fully accredited
to the Emperor, nnd others that he had no
mission whatever. Opr correspondent's ex
planation is tiiat General Schofield's mission
is not to the French court, but to our.Minis
ter in Paris, for the purpose of posting up
tlie latter regarding the views of our govern
ment relative to Mexico. The members of
tbe Tunisian embassy lately iu this country,
arrived io Paris on the 0th but. They ex
pressed themselves as highly delighted with
their visit here.
The Unite.1 States steamer Frolic, of Ad
miral Goldsborougli's Mediterranean squad
ron, arrived at Leghorn from Lisbon in tlie
beginning of this month, having touched at
several ports on the way. Our correspondent
on board sends u- fyom Villelraclie and Leg
horn an entertaining account of the trip and
graphic descriptions of the scenery ami cities
on the way.
Several matters of interest relative to tin-
two late revolutions in Peru, and an explana
tion of revolutionary movements generally
in that country, not at all flattering to the
Peruvians are givenby our Lima correspondent
But little principle appears to be involved in
these civil contests, each succeeding successful!
ffl* The Florida Legislature adjourned
. last Saturday for Christmas without electing
U. S. Senators. It was to have re assembled
I on Wednesday of this week. The Floridian
of Tuesday says:
An effort was made on Saturday last by
the Legislature, in joint meeting assembled,
to elect a U. S. Senator for the term expiring
of in March, 1867. The names of three gentle-
the New Orleans Picayune; J. uTltood, of
, ,, , „ _ ’ Gov. Marvin. Judge Thomas Randall and
the Chattanooga Gaiette ; Isaac M. Pattidge, ; Jimes A Wiggins, Esq. Three ballots were
of the Vicksburg Herald : W. M. Halderra&n. , had, but no choice having been effected, the
of the Louisville Courier ; W. G. Clark, of | joint meeting adjourned. On the first ballot
the Mobile Beoutcr and Adeertuer. ’- ll( = vote was—Marvin, 33: Randall, 19; Wig-
: gins, 21.
Second ballot—Marvin, 34; Ran-
TIN PLATE.
city of New York.
Pennsylvania asks Congress for nearly a
million dollars to pay the expense of repel-
ing Confederate invasion ot Unit State. An
attempt will be made to refer it to a commit-
tec.
There is no doubt of the fact that the Pres
ident yesterday nominated to the Senate ex-
Congressman L D. Campbell, of Ohio, to be
Minister Extraordinary to the Repnblic of
Mexico, in place of General Logan, declined.
The nomination was referred to the Commit
tee on Foreign Relations.
lion. John Bigelow, who was appointed, ad
interim, Minister to France, has been nomina
ted by the President for confirmation.
a kew senator sustains the president.
Very unexpectedly to the Radicals, Mr.
Stewart, one of the new Senators from Neva
da, made a speech to-day in favor of the gen
eral policy of the President. ■
noon s»a**.
It is a good sign in that the radicals have
lost temper. Accordingly, when Mr. Ray
mond spoke to-dsy, Bchtnck, Bingham, nnd
one or two other malignant*, violated the
courtesies ever extended on the occasion of
tlie first effort of a new member by inter
ruptions every three *>r four sentences. I
was told by two or three Republican corres
pondents in tbe gallery, that Mr. Raymond':
effort was strong; that bis Interrogate!* were
not able to break tlie thread of his argument
or disturb bis temper, though the provocation
was excessive, nor catch him in any snare set
by the tormentor.
BEING AN EDITOR, HE WAS POSTED.
It was freely said by experienced observers
and‘writers that almost any new mcmlier
would have sunk under the storm that was
let loose upon Raymond. He has, however,
ns editor, wen far more thoroughly posted
upon politics in Southern or all aspects than
his opponents, and having had a training as a
politician, writer, debater and speaker in the
Assembly at Albany, was not to be easily
overmatched or mastered. -
toe speaker against him.
Mr. Colfax was very active upon the floor,
engaged, apparently, in stimulating the pro
scriptive faction.' His course in tnis regard
is unprecedented.
THE UILITAItV IN* THE SOUTH. |
It is stated that the House Committee on
Appropriations has cut down by one-half
wlint lias bee* estimated for by the appropri
ation departmen^^ If so, they can have no
' ““k-apfog qp military cstab-
ATOltS WHO SUSTAIN THE
PRESIDENT.
A careful analysis of tho status of tho Re
publican Senators reveal the fact that Sena
tors Conness, Cowan, Dixon, Doolittle, Fes
senden, Foster, Grimes, Harris, Henderson,
Norton, Ramsey, Sherman, Stewart, Trum
bull, Van Winkle, 'yyillcy, Williams, and pos
sibly Yates, do not endorse the radical anti
administration policy.
WH^T TnE PRESIDENT THINKS OF RECON
STRUCTION.
lion. Hiram McCuiloph called <m President
Johnson a day or two since, and had a free
nnd frank conversation witii him. ThcPres-
identexpressed his full confidence in being
nble to restore the entire union of tho States
to the satisfaction ot all rat tonal nnd reason
able men without any further humiliation of
the South. •
THE REGULAR ARMY.
In the contemplated reorganization of the
regular army, it is alleged tbRt tlie colored
troops will compose a large portion of the
same, and the respective regiments will be re
cruited up to the maximum number,
usiuvHjbd profits of ranks, ac.
The United Statcs Trensurer lias written a
letter, in which he says that he considers It to
be liis duty; under the* law, to have the un
divided proflts of^a bank taxed ps deposits.
J - What FflwpY-TijiNkB. •
“I repeat that, looking at the President's
restoration policy n't enunciated in his two
letters to'the Governors ot Georgia and Ala
bama, in the light of the facts, just stated, 1
believe apt] prediet it wiH prove to be a.per
manent and a peaceful adjustment.
“It is not in nature of things that the pro
position of Mr. Stevens, to hold these States
in a territorial condition Tor some years,'or
until ■ - :; an d.i - in - of the .National
Constitution have been consummated, cun lit!
made a party teat, not to speak of tlie neces
sity of maintaining, under such a plan, a mili
tary organization,' with all its incredible ex
penditures, no party could he hold together
in tlie free States, in the face of the.incessant
turbulence, dissatisfaction and bitterness that
must spp-ad all over the Union as a conse
quence of so chaotic and iincettlcd a policy.”
th r in tin Prrxt, ‘ ' ' ’ ’
800 BOXES TIN PLATE,
5,000 LBS. OF WIRE, •
5,000 LBS. SHEET IRON.
B. A. WISE,
Cherry Street, Man hi.
LAMPS, LAMJ’S.
25 DOZEN COAL OIL LAMPS,
23 GROSS ASSORTED WICKS,
30 DOZEN LAMP CHIMNEYS.
B. A. WISE,
Cheny Street, Macon, Ga.
Oard of Thanks
Macon, Ga, Dec. 28tb, VS85.
The success of thePenisn Ball, lately held In this
city, being chiefly owing to the beautiful appear
ance of the Hall, the thanks of the Fenian Brother
hood arc respectfully tendered to the following
named ladies for their kindness, sell and patriotism
In decanting the Hall for the occasion:
Miss Maqgik Welch,
Miss Mary MoKxviTT,
Miss Annie Bubee,
Miss Maggie O’Connell,
« Mas- A Keen,
- Mas. M. J. Euof.rlv.
The theuka of the circle are also tendered the I.
O.O. F., for their kindness in granting tbe u*p of
their reception room for the evening.
T. O’HANLON,
Ott behalf of the W. T. C. F. B.
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YOTJISrO LADIES.
T HE exercises of Miss B. P. Taylor's Srkool for
Young Ladles will be teseied on
Jan. 8,1S>.*, iu the building fen—Hy ocurtid hr
lu r, a few rods Northwest of tbe fiaekColWr
. Terms, CSper oeerter, half ta adveace, or *i<*
per month. dcra»-3t«
Cily MsnMi MUc t
XytTILL be sold bl <MCHy Halt, hi t«w
V\ day9 t al»a^ mere Mu * , tlx oveeteeyear*
old, taken np by one of the Cm v Police, saprmtd
to be stolenr • A
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J. B. GUMMING,
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A LARGE and new supply ef well assort** t
- Lumber r«.»r *ale, with soon*' nlcf* carnage' »•*
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J Georgia, on Friday night, m Dnvwtn. .
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left .boulder, from an old Hurt; f h.-ri t : mh.
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sorrel. »l«.nt nine re»r. old; tail mmi mutn For Ll
ly grown onl, bmanligM mrlnghuU in hind v*.
raid .lock >» true. .1 in dir*. ilow nf lhe.
Am .M Of (09,Its r-'i d. . ■ , th. toe .
end mile, aod a »m ...
will Ixi psld ly the«
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At Camilla, Ga., December 24th, 1S65, bv R
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^ if LINK *. coffer DOTS
-*ti% hon«c, n<«rColkffc.
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Tuit.on f 1 i**r th payable Moatbly la *4
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The
which latter only readies the Presidential
diairto be in his turn ousted by the next as- at ‘* "" 11 . j , n
pirant. < ■». the leader of the late revo- ^ , ~ \ ~ lagagen a. Be
lotion again-t President Pezel, had not had SpiGndlQ COttOH F^IcintcltlOn, j Orders if j»o«<*ib
time to get his government fairly in operation 'f~"OVR miles and a half from Wooten’s Station, J
when he was deposed find Colonel Prado ex-1 JC Sou ' "
alted to the Presidential phair. Our corrcs
E*. Er • D - - IV-. 1
ontainina: i.&bO
ered with
Quarter?,
farm. A
th western Railroad,
bout 1,100 cleared; well w
pendent, writing ou the 28tli of November.! ^^tber Ipturt^vsfor'a'flrifc™
says there was a report in Lima that the j ] 0 g dwelling house containing ti room*-is one of I
trouble between Chili and the Spanards had th.; best plantations in Southwestern Georgia. h*>- ;
been settled. Inga part of the celebrated Ch.-haw Tract. VAn \
| the place the'e are about 4,oOO bushels Coni, 2T»,- j
Public Meet is g in New York.—The 1 Fodder, noo bushels Cotton Seed. 21 head j
„ _ , . . Ttui-i VI- fine Horses and Mules, SO Cattle, 150 Stock
New York correspondent of the E mladelphia j Hogs, 120 Fork Heirs, -everaflmndred bushels)
Ledger writes: ! Ground Pea*. 40 Bnrrels Cuba Cane Syrup, 4
- M ~ * ** ■}. Plantation Tools, Suear Mill and Boil-
fact, everything needed on a plantation,
hich will be syld at a trreat bargain, if ap-
Addres
H. J. RAYMOND & GO.,
Time* Ofllce» Mew York.
their cue from Washington, are initiating the I ^ ^ WJlfC M ,
preliminaries of a public meeting at the j p^edVoi^^oon'
Cooper Institute on Monday evening next. J dee30-2w
Democrats, as well as Admmistratioi) men. j Atlanta Intellhr
will be invited to participate. Among the j to this office,
speakers will be Hon. Henrv J. Raymond.- /~i
and, perhaps, Hon. James' Brooks. This j TO UOttOIl OilipperS.
movement will, no doubt, impel the radicals YT7E can -hip cotton from Darien direct to New
to get up some sort of a counter demonstra- \\ York at one cent per pound.
t i on> ‘ NIGHTINGALE <fc HUGER.
—— dccSO-Inri Darien, Ga
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Death of Dr. Barth.—We are informed !
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Georgia RAtLHOAn.-A large force ha- ™. **: R*ndall.13; Wiggius. 28. *“» Igftjg ^
been sent from August* to repair the bridge* ^ to a cn01ce - He died in Africa, the theater of his labors,
ou this road, and it is believed the cars will The Internal }ieTenoe receipts ou the j which , he lia3 do ",- DU,cl ‘ towtrds rendering ^
be running over the whole line by Saturday „ .v * Aw ^a I better known. He was born m Hamburg, :n
or Sundav ' I w « re one threc hundred en j ojed a good education. I dec30-tr.
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cut on the left leg above the hoof. Any informal
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city in 1359 to Miseissip
ttft heard of
as tak#
sirsippi. The
Richmond, Ya., in *
him will gratify hi>» mother,
HANNAH LITTLE,
Macon, Ga. dcc30-lt Colored Woman.
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