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Going down Niagara upon a Cake
of Ice.— That is a horrible adventure
copied to-day from the Buffalo Express.
n-jr The Americus Republican chroni
cles the marriage, in Laurens county, on
the lltb inst., of Dr. John A. Viegal, of.
Sumter county, and Miss Oralie Troup,
only daughter of the late Gov. George M.
Troup.
Tho Election of Judges.
As will be seen by our letter from Mil
lidgc Mile, the election of Judges of the Su
preme Court took place on yesterday, and
resulted in the choice of Iverson L. Har
ris, of Milledgeville, and Judge Walker,
of 'North Georgia . These are gentlemen
of eminent ability, and our Legislators
have displayed sound political judgment
in their choice. __ __
The President Tried.
A special dispatch to the Baltimore Sun,
dated Washington, Jan. 15, says: “It is
understood that another delegation of Rad
icals have visited' the Presidens to con
vince him of the error of his policy, but
the Executive was very determined in the
utterance of liis views, and entirely con
sistent with what he has heretofore ex
pressed—in fact, their visitations cannot
but bo offensive. The President is not a
subject for proselytism. Sagacious men
think that the body of the Radicals have
determined to be unyielding.
Canting and Recanting.— Dr. Ran
dolph who has long been canting on Spir
italism is now recanting, and in a lecture
which he dilivered at Utica, New York,
he stated as his candid opinion, founded
on an experience of live years as a medi
um, that spiritualism was one-third an im
posture, one-third insanity; and one-third
diabolism. Mr. Randolph declares that
insanity is the usual fate of trance me
diums' ... ,
lit st of General, Lee.-t-Tlic Home
Journal says that Macdonald, the sculptor,
who has been so successful with his bust of
Charles O’Conor, is about to commence on
a bust of General Lee, which is to be fin
ished, in marble, to the order of a number of
gentlemen in this city. Macdonald will
soon leave for Lexington, to proceed with
tin work. We have seen a letter from Gen.
Lee, in which he says his time is very
much occupied with his duties in the col
lege-, but he will, nevertheless, so far grati
fy iiis friends in New York by devoting a
few hours to the artist and his work.
Affairs with France.
The Paris letter writers say that General
Schofield is there evidently in an extraor
dinary diplomatic capacity, lias been closet
ed with the French ministry and will have
au interview with the Emperor so soon as
he returns from Compcigm . We appreheud
both powers are very an xioxi3 to avoid a
collision, and the greatest danger in the
ease springs from outside causes—political
and znilitnry filibustering. 0f the former
wo had samples from Maine and New
Hampshire and Cooper’s Hall, New York;
and of the latter the capture and plunder of
the Mexican town of Bagdad is an unplea
sant and dangerous illustration.
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Don ’t Pday . with Edged Toons,—
Some of the papers say that the Chief of
the detective force, L. v Buker,was recent
ly detected in the act of 1 playing detective
upon Mr. Johnson, in the Presidential
Mansion, at the dnstane'e of the radicals,
and was by the President with
a permanent" situation in the old Capitol
Prison, if he was ever caught there again.
This may have led to the prompt dismissal
of the.whole detective force, a band of
functionaries entirely out of place in a Re
pubUcan system. Whoevereirfploys pimps,
spies and informers, must expect himself
to bo their victim.- Mr. Johnson found
them when lie came into office, a® we are
glad he has taken an early occasion to get
rid of them. Once established m a perma
nent institution of the Government, we
have no doubt every branch of it would be
employing detectives against the other.
Mexican. Matters. E
We hoard, it stated last night, says the
New Orleans’Delta, of the Sth v that Gen.
Sheridan had given orders for all Vessels
leaving this port for the Rio Grande to
stop at Galveston and take on troops.
This seems to indicate -a determination on
the part of the distinguished commander
of the Gulf Division to pe prepared for any
emergency that may arise on that troubled'
frontier. / - r
The report of the filibustering invasion
of Mexico appears to be generally received
with indignation. The special Washing
ton dispatch of the 17th, to the New York
News says ; “The news of filibustering
expedition on the Rio Grande, and the
dlledged capture of Bagdav by -Crawford’s
filibusters, and the seizure of the Imperial
garrison as prisoners, was received here to
ay from New Orleans; and creates intenffe’
excitement. It is hoped that the accounts
are exaggerated. General Canby and the
commander of our forces on the Rio
Grande |iad strict orders to prevent any
occurrence bf the kind, and they will be
held to a strict account for any violation of
this order,, . .. ~
Power and. Tyranny.
The Herald in a few forcible words points
out the folly A>f the dominant party in Con
gres-i; who, by their intemperance and ty
ranny are surely forfeiting a power which,
if exercised with moderation and discre
tion, they might retain, in the opinion of
the Herald, for fifty years to come. It
Claims that this party has already succeed
ed in arraying public opinion against itself
anil if it goes before the people upon an is
sue with the President’s policy it will be
swamped.
We hope so, but the fact that Congress
re-convened after the holidays in more vin
dictive and radical mood than ever is sug
gestive. Nearly every Representative had
time meanwhile to sound the disposition of
his constituents, and would have come
back in milder moqd, if the popular indi
cations pointed that way. . It is worthy of
remark, that prior to the meeting of this
Congress, the Senate was dreaded as likely
to be tne most vindictive and aggressive
body, while now we are exhorted to “look
to Senate” as the only segis from the radi
cal assaults of the House.
The fact is, the Herald forgets, in its phi
losophic homily upon the irresistible pro
clivities of humanity to abuse power to
purposes of tyrannical aggression upon the
weak and defenceless, the universality of
nf lvia owp prineiplo. The
majority in Congress represents a sectional
majority at home, whose consciousness of
power over their ancient enemies of the
South, is not less ample than that mani
fested in Congress itself; and they like to
see it displayed and exercised just as well
as Mr. Thadeus Stevens does. It is a feel
ing common to both constituents and Rep
resentatives, and it would be unreasonable
to suppose an overwhelming majority like
that fn the House of Representatives could
actually consolidate its unity, as it has done
since the first Monday in December, if
there were any very serious or threatening
divisions of opinion at home.
It is worthy of note and reflection", that
we have now the first experience of a Con
gress practically relieved of all the checks
and balances which regulated its action in
former times. Sectional balance is of course
all gone. Constitutional checks and limi
itations are practically ignored. Questions
of the reserved rights of the States would
raise nothing more than a guffaw, and
even all such modifying influences as might
spring from the active and able champion
ship of a powerful and sagacious agricul
tural interest are unfelt. Add to this fact
an absence of an opposition party powerful
enough to make itself felt and respected,
and you have as favorable a conjuncture
for the display of the workings of a radical
consolidated democracy as its most ardent
champions could desire. It may run itself
into the ground in time, and the sober sec
ond thought of the people once more revert
to the necessity of some balance wheel
the machine; but the experience of man
kind does not justify any very sanguine
anticipations of such a result. Great na
tional disorders are seldom or never reme
died by a slow and natural process of
amendment. The usual course is from bad
worse until a catastrophe is reached, The
more poWer —the more abuse—and the more
abuse, the greaterpower, thus the two react
upon and strengthen each other for the
common mischief.
It is true that the more intelligent of the
Republican press seems to be arrayed
against the course of the radicals in Con
gress, but this is not a time when the in
telligence, but the prejudices of the people
govern. We can well understand bow the
centres of trade should aspire to the solid
benefits resulting from a restored and set
tled political order, and how intelligent
men should foresee and recoil from natur
al and inevitable results of a policy which
they failed to anticipate in its incipient
stages. But we fear they are. too late to
stern the current and arrest the consumma
tion.
Admission of the Southern Members.
It is no longer a secret, says the Jackson
(Miss.) Clarion, that “our sable Senators
are remaining in Washington City at the
earnest solicitation of the President, who
is desirous of seeing the Southern States
once more represented in the ‘‘halls of
Congress.” Judge Sharkey would have
returned home long since but for the as
surance of the President that he would be
admitted, and his earnest desire to have his
assistance in his efforts to do justice to the
Southern people.”
The Vicksburg Herald, of a later date,
reports the return of Mr. Alcorn, one of
the Mississippi Senators, and says that he
represents the state of feeling at Washing
ton as unfavorable to the admission of the
Congressmen elect from the Southern
States.
Mr. Stephens,
In a private note to' Messrs. Johnson,
Smith and others of the Legislature, puts
in authentic shape the statements hereto
fore made by our correspondent, that he
will not be a candidate for the Senate, and
' will in no case permit his friends to use his
name for that office. We feel sure there
is no man in the State whom the people,
in general, would so much desire for Senar
tor in Congress, and we feel equally as
sured that Mi;, Stephens would yield to the
general wish, if he did not believe that the
Test® Oath would interpose an insurmount
able obstacle to his incumbency, if elected.
True, Mr. Stephens was second Executive
officer of the Confederate States (so-called),
but it is equally true that his position in
the whole struggle for sectional independ
ence was thoroughly understood and ap
preciated in the North, and we think he
is about the only Southern statesman, who
repudiated allegiance to the United States,
who now enjoys a position and a wide
spread popularity in that section. We
may be in error, but in our best judgment
Mr. Stephens in the Congress of -the
United States again, would find that he
had lost little of his ancient prestige, and
by force of his tSlents and experience would
soon retain a leading position. But if the
Test Oath is to remain, it will, of course,
exclude Mr. Stephens, and with him other
prominent and representative men of the
South.
The homestead of Henry Clay was
sold on the 12th inst., to the Regent of the
Kentucky University for the sum of $30,000.
It consists of .325 acres, and will be trans
formed into the Agricultural College of
that State.
A Stuyvesant, New York, paper
says that a cow in that village lately com
mitted deliberate suicide. She walked in
to the brook, and after three attempts,
held her head under the water until she
was (frowned. \
Large four-horse omnibusses were
last week crossing the Mississippi at St. I
Louis on the iefl. . ' i
Millpdgevillo Correspondence.
Milledgeville, Jan. 26, 1866.
As the Legislature progresses, a disjiosi
tion is revealed upon the part of many, to
ventilate their rhetoric. Some very im
portant speeches’ have been made upon
some very unimportant subjects. TJtis
disease, like all others, becomes chronic
in some persons. But, perhaps; if it was
not for this display of eloquence, occasion
ally, the people at home would form er
roneous ideas of the talent of the body.
But to settle the question at once, I am
able to declare to the reader, that there is
talent here, talent of every description, and
some very decided talent.
As the manufacturing and mining interest
is destined to become one of the most im
portant to Georgia, the House has decided
to devote next Wednesday to the discus
sing of the subject. The greatest point of
difference existing is the proper guards to
be thrown around the corporations created
by the Legislature, so as to the
enterprize, and, at the same time, protect
the people against, imposition and loss.
And, truly, they do not over-estimate the
manufacturing capacity of the Empire
State nor the vast extent of her mineral
beds. Almost every precious metal lies
hidden away in her mountains and valleys,
and all that is necessary to exhume them,
is a little enterprize and capital. Quite a
number of hills are before the Legislature
incorporating companies for this purpose.
A liberal charter, well guarded, will draw
the capital, and the enterprize is not want
ing among our own citizens. And as a
distinguished member of the House has
declared that “active capital is not all that
a corporation wants, they must haye cred
it,’’and this must be obtained by placing
their private property as security to the
amount of stock subscribed. lam glad to
see that this subject is attracting the at
tention of our best men, for our future
greatness depends upon the development
of our internal resources.
The consolidated Judiciary Committee
consisting of thirty-three of the best mem
bers of both branches of the Legislature,
have had two or three meetings—having
under their special advisement the Freed
men’s Code—prepared by the Commission
created by the late Convention. As yet
no definite, conclusion has been arrived at
upon any point. There is a great diversity
of opinion,‘and it may be a month yet be
fore the subject is disposed, of. Messrs.
Barrett and Bleckley, two members of the
Commission, were before the Committee
on yesterday, and delivered their views
upon the subject. Still they failed to con
vince all that their views were right, and
if I am not much deceived, the prepared
Code will go through some radical changes
before it is sanctioned by the Legisla
ture!
As you have been advised, the election
for two United States Senators comes oft’
on Tuesday next. The race for the long
term has been reduced to a contest between
Ben. and Josh. Hill, Provisional Governor
Johnson having fallen back upon the short
term. There is always a valley between
two Hills, and there is no occasion to
change the general rule in the present in
stance, and which is the better hill in the
estimation of the General Assembly will
be decided on Tuesday next. The short
term seems to be the most attractive, for
we have Prov. Gov. Johnson, Gen. Gar
trell, Maj. Parrot, Col. Ramsey and Cin
cinnatus Peepless, all pressing their claims
for this position.
The night before the election has always
been a momentous time in the estimation
of candidates, but never did some men
spend a night as last night. Nothing is
more uncertain than the result of an elec
tion, and it is rendered doubly so in this
age of distrust and want of confidence—
Candidates seemed to appreciate the fact,
for they were busily engaged in looking
up their friends all night long, and de
manding a renewed assurance of their sup
port. The uncertain and wavering were
importuned £o stand firm, for upon the least
quibble .upon their part all might be lost.
Many of the more timid members, sympa
thizing with the candidates, and not wish
ing to look upon their disconcerted and
troubled countenances, left their rapms
and hid themselves away. Poor fellows,
they could not escape, for, although some
of the candidates retired at a late hour,
their slumbers were not refreshing, and
they arose early this morning and re
newed their attack. And now as the
hour is nearing for the settlement of the
contest, they my be seen in the lobby with
intense anxiety and solicitude depicted on
their countenances. The balloting begins
and the result wil soon be made known.
The dye is cast and Gen. Benuing is de
feated. Judge Walker is an excellent gen
tleman and a good jurist, and no doubt will
give general satisfaction.
I had hoped that the result would have
been otherwise, not that I appreciated Judge
Walker less, but Gen. Benningmore. Gen.
B.’s defeat is attributed to that unrelenting
persecution with which he was huifted
down by his enemies. In his defeat the
country can console themselves that they
have an able and a pure man to occupy
the .seat that they were so anxious should
be awarded to this gallant soldier. Judge
Harris is so well known throughout the
State that it is useless to say more than an
nounce the fact of his election, to secure
satisfaction.
The Legislature breathes freeer since
this agony has been removed. One more
election and they will be rid of candidates,
and like the man taking medicine, it would
be wise to take it at once, for the mere
thoughts of it tastes bad. Le Reve.
Land in Northern Georgia.
We learn from the Rome (Ga.) Courier,
that attention is strongly turning to Chero
kee Georgia as a region peculiarly invit
ing to immigrants. Many farms have late
ly been sold to persons from other portions
of Georgia and from Tennessee, and colo
nies from New York and Pennsylvania
are expected soon. A report through the
Courier of some land sales up there, gives
us an idea of the price of lands: farm of
700 acres near Rome, 300 acres bottom, for
$16,000; another near Rome, of 320 acres,
60 bottom, $3,000 ; another near Rome, 160
acres, upland, $5,000 ; one near Van Wert,
Polk county, 480 acres, upland, SIO,OOO, to
a Boston man; another, near Van Wert,
520 acres, upland, to Massachusetts man,
$7,000. This does not corroborate the
charge made by home radicals that it is
darigerous for Northern men to buy lands
in the Mouth, and to settle'there.
The New Orleans Delta thinks it
•ninous that pontoon trains have been or
dered to the Rio Grande. They were -or
dered from New Orleans by direction of
General Sheridan, whose chief of staff is
now at Brownsville,
[Reported for the Journal and Messenger.]
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
J
SENATE.
Milledgeville, Jan. 26, 1866.
The Senate met ah cl being in session a
short time after the reading of the journal,
were notified that the House was ready to
receive them in their Hall to elect Judges
of the Supreme Court. They then, on mo
tion, repaired to the Representative Hall.
After the election was over they returned
to their Chamber, and on motion adjourned.
HOUSE.
The House was opened with prayer, and
and the Journal read.
Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield, ' gave notice
that lie would call for a reconsideration of
so much of the Journal as relates to the
passage of the bill in reference to the Dal
ton Medical College. The motion prevail
ed.
Mr. Hardeman moved to reconsider so
much of the Journal as relates to fixing
the rates of freight and passage on the
several railroads, of the State. Th« motion
was lost.
She following new bills were intro
duced.:
By Mr. Dodson, of Chattqosa,—A bill to
pardon Creed T. Wilds, who is confined in
the penitentiary for life.
By Mr. Dart—A bill to repeal an act’
amendatory to the act incorporating the
town of Brunswick. Also a bill to author
ize the sale of Glynn county Academy.
By Mr. Alexander, of Houston—A bill
to amend the 349 section of the Code of
Georgia.
By Mr. McCulloch, of Jones—A bill' to*
transfer the power of control on the West
ern & Atlantic Railroad, which shall be
vested in a commissioner elected by the
people.
By Mr. Frazier, of Liberty—A bill to ex
empt the counties of Liberty and Mcln
tosh from the State tax for the year 1866.
By Mr. Johnson, of Pierce—A bill to
amend the act incorporating the town of
Blackshear, in the county of Pierce.
By Mr. Stewart’ of Spaulding—A bill to
require costs to be paid in certain cases.
By Mr. Asbury, of Taliaferro—A bill to
repeal so much of act that regulates the
sale of ardent spirits in Taliaferre county.
By Mr. Ridley—A petition from Judge
O. A. Bull for service rendered as Judge
of Coweta Circuit—asking the payment of
$4,000, which was taken up aud referred to
the Judiciary Commitee.
Mr. Sumner, of Ware—A bill to author
ize the 'Justices of the Peace to hold their
courts at Glennmore, on the Gulf Rail
road.
By Mr. Cabiness, of Monroe —A bill to
authorize the Judges of the Surerior Court
to appoint the place of holding their Courts
in the counties where the Court Houses are
destroyed. m
By Mr. Williams—A I*lll to authorize
the Inferior Court of Bullock county to
levy an extra tax for the puopose of build
ing a Court House and bridges in said
county.
By Mr. Harrison, of Chatham—A hill to
authorize the Chatham Academy and Free
School to sell their interest in certain tracts
of land in Chatham county.
BILES PASSED.
A bill to make all writs and suits return
ed at the October term, 1865, of the Su
perior Court of Houston county, returnable
to the February term, 1866, of said Court.
A bill to alter and amend the road laws
of the State, changing the Code of Georgia
to our altered condition, socially—whites
liable for road duty from from the age of 16
to 45, and colored, persons from 16 to 60.
The hour having arrived for the joint
session to meet for the purpose of electing
two Supreme Judges.
The balloting ended with the following
result: On the third ballot,. Dawson A.
Walker was elected to the long term, re
ceiving 104 votes, and Gen. 11. L. Ben
ning, 99 votes.
The Legislature then proceeded to ballot
for a Judge to fill the short term occasioned
by the resignation of Gov. Jenkins, with
the following result: Judge I. L. Harris,
102, and was he declared duly elected to
fill the short term.
The Senate withdrew to their chamber,
anil the House adjourned to meet at 9
o’clock to-morrow morning.
Sauls Among the Prophets.
Negro suffrage, although getting up in
Congress, mast be getting down ofitside,
if we may judge from the remarkable facts
that Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Kan
sas Jim Lane are out against it. The first
defines his position in a recent lecture in
Music Hall, Boston, as follows:
For the North to demand of the South
that she should give the light hand of
suffrage to the black man would be the
most ungracious thing he had heard of.
He spoke of Massachusetts and other
States where the negro is allowed to vote,
and of Connecticut and other States where
he is not, and Then said that if we should
say to the South that they should not
come back into the Union until the black
man is allowed to vote, then the gravita
tion of the national heart would hot be
able to withstand this, and the construct
ive party for the next twenty-five
years might be the Copperheads. ‘They
are not the men into whose hands should
be thrown the fabrics which are to he
woven into the new garments which the
nation is to wear in future years. They
must not expect that the men wlio have
submitted to an overpowering- military
force will rejoice at their own downfall
and spring up and kiss the hand that has
whipped them. He did not think it
strange that some of the Southern men
grnmble after defeat, and he thought they
should be allowed to grumble the same as
a boy to cry after he has been whipped.
They must not expeet that men educated
under different institutions and to political
principles totally at defiance with our own,
to readily adopt new ones from the North
ern men. They must not expect men
who have always regarded negroes as semi
human, will go for the whole doctrine of
suffrage and citizenship.
The second extract js from a speech late
ly delivered by Lane, in Kansas, and we
must confess that he talks strongly and to
the point:
I laugh to scorn any man, especially any
Kansas man, who would advocate the ex
tension of suffrage to the colored man in
the Southern States and deny it to him in
his own State. (Applause.) I was talkirg
the other day to some gentlemen, I believ v e
in this city, on this subject of negro suf
frage. One was advocating- the extension
of the suffrage in the Southern States. I
asked what about extending the right of
suffrage to the colored men in Kansas?
Oh! he was not in favor of that. Another
man responded and said he supposed the
reason he was in favor of extending suf
frage to the black man in the South and
not in Kansas Uas, because the plantation
blacks were so much bettter qualified than
our own. (Laughter.) That closed the
conversation.
If you meet the question at all, meet it
boldly, squarely and honorably. If the
Constitution gives Congress the right to
fix the status of suffrage in Louisiana and
South Carolina, it gives it the same right
in Kansas and Connecticut, and Wiscon
sin, Illinois and Pennsylvania. I would
like to see a Republican Congress extend
ing the right of suffrage to the black man
of Pennsylvania, or any other Northern
State! It would be a wise political action,
would it not ? Absurd ! Leave that ques
tion where the Constitution left it, with
the State governments.
JKS* The stay law just passed by the
Legislature of Virginia lias been so far.
modified as to accept debts contracted since
the close of the war.
A hill for the admission of Utah as a.
State has been proposed, aud will he short
ly acted on by the House Committee on
Territories. Mr. Hooper, the delegate
from Utah, is requested by his people to
urge .this matter before Congress. It is
proposed to put in a clause in the bill for
their jadmission prohibiting a plurality of
wives,
Thrilling Adventure of a Cincinnati
. leveling Agent at a Country Hotel.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.]
A short time since, the traveling agent
for a large publishing house in this city had
occasion to “put up” at a country hotel,
and, as usual with him, examined the lock
of his room door before retiring. Finding
it satisfactory, he drew out his revolver and
Eroceeded to count his money, of which he
ad a large sum, collected from the agents
of the house for which he traveled,
throughout the country. This interesting
process was undergone by the light of a tal
low “dip,” and occupied nearly half an
hour, at the expiration of which time the
traveler prepared to go te bed, first by look
ing under that article of furniture—a habit
usually indulged in by sojourners at coun
try taverns, especially when carrying fat
purses—and secondly, by untying the
strings of his buffalo overshoes. Now it
happened that our traveler was one of
those practical fellows who try to “kill two
birds with one stone,” and he tried to un
tie his overshoes and look under the bed
at the same time. As he did so, his eyes
encountered the huge proportions of a mas
sive human heap and shoulders protrudifio
from a heterogeneous collection of band”
boxes and nameless lumber stowed away
there, and a cold sweat broke out simulta
neously and instantaneously over his body,
at the bare thought of being murdered and
robbed by such a giant.
Not a moment was to be lost, for he felt
that the would-be robber and assassin saw
that he was seen. The traveler seized his
E money and his revolver at the same instant
in a voice tremulous,we were going to
with fear, he demanded the villain to
eforth; No reply.
Ah, thought the traveler, the rascal is go
ing to shoot me, and quick as lightning he
cocked his weapon, and banged away at
the gigantic head under the bed, and then
rushed to the door and called for help.
The report of the pistol already alarmed
the house, and the landlord, the occupants
of adjoing rooms, and several loungers from
the bar-room, rushed towards[the scene of
excitement. The traveler was thought to
be crazy, for there he stood, his eyes start
ing from their spheres, his -hair on end,
and his trembling hand grasping the re
volver, while his bloodless lips murmured::
“I’ve plugged him, sure! I’ve plugged
him, sure.” He pointed under the bed
with his revolver, and the landlord, catch
ing a glimpseof the situation, stooped down
with th® candle, and drew forth a bronze
bust of Daniel Webster, with a bullet hole
through his forehead.
Some Colossal Private Fortunes.
From the New Yorp Correspondent of the St. Lou
is Republican.]
Although not generally known we have
at least one individual whose possessions
and whose annual income bears no mean
comparison to the best of the Europeans.
Alexander T. Stewart, a Scotchman, who
came to New York in 1825 asa young man,
with $1,250 in his pocket, and who straight
away commenced peddling hosiery and
small wares, selling laces by sample, and
soon after renting a little hole of a shop in
Maiden lane, is at this moment by far the
richest man on the continent. The value
of his real estate is between fifty and sixty
millions of dollars, and his total posses
sions cannot be less than one hundred and
twenty millions of dollars, upon which he
does not owe a dollar. His income from
real property is between five and six mill
ions, and the net profits of his business are
ten millions annually. He does the largest
dry goods trade in. America, if not in the
world, his business this year amounting to
one hundred and ten millions, while that
of his nearest competitor, G. B. Claflin &
Cos., is seventy-five millions.
» "'the afflictions of wealth.
, One of the richest men in all the world
is one of the most miserable. There is an
example here in New' York of a prominent
business man wiio is continually driven
by his affairs so that he cannot "take one
day out of seven to rest, and not one in
a year for recreation. He never or rarely
invites any one to dine with him, and it is
said his domestic relations are dreadfully
infelicitous (though this is not peculiar to
millionaires.) He is reported to have offer
ed wife half a million lately to con
sent to a divorce, but she, with a
cunning and an aavrice worthy of her self
ish spouse, refuses, hoping to out live him.
He has no heirs of his own, but has several
by side-issues. He allows his wife a splen
did house and ten thousand dollars a year
for pin money, and is building anew pala
tial mansion on Fifth avenue; to cost a mil
lion of dollars; while he allows one of his
mistresses a house and five thousand dol
lars a year pin money. He is fearful of his
personal safety, and not long ago discov
ered a plan to abduct him so as to extort
money from him by force. He never gives
anything to charity, but sometimes does to
politics.
The second wealthiest person in New
York is Commodore Vanderbilt, whose in
terest in stocks, real estate, ships, etc.,
though fluctuating, is estimated at fifty
millions. He is also a shrewd speculator,
ofHollandish descent. His unscrupulous
“corners” in the stock market have made
him the dreaded lion of that thicket. The
Commodore gives but little tochairity, and
has but one weakness, that is a fondness
for horse-flesh, being one of the men who
can sport a $50,000 team on Bloomingdale
road. William B. Astor is the next in or
der. His real estate is valued at thirty
live millions, most of which was inherited
from his father, John Jacob Astor. He
is a noticeable example where a son has
inherited the acquisitiveness of the father.
He is of the old Knickerbocker descent.
He has carefully husbanded his inherit
ance, and is adding to it for his heirs. He
sees little of society, gives little to the de
serving charities, and thinks other people
should be as saving and- thrifty of their
pennies as he is.
Fraeus at Geneva.
The Columbus Enqfiirer of the 25tli says:
A large n umber of discharged negro troops
arrived here yesterday on the train from
Macon. We understand that, while the
traiif was at Geneva, a difficulty arose be
tween the negroes on board, and some
white troops who were at that place. The
negroes commenced firing their revolvers
at the white soldiers, and the latter, at first
using brickbats, but subsequently went for
their rifles, and fixing into the crowd, se
riously wounded eight or ten. It is thought
oneor more of them will die. One white
soldier was slightly wounded on the side
of his face. The affray was broqght to an
end by the moving off of the train.
Southern Express Company.
The Charleston News has received a cir
cular,ffom which it makes the following ex
tract:
“In pursuance of the original agreement
made between the Adams Express Com
pany and the Southern Express Company,
five years ago, by which*the former trans
ferred, by sale, all their property in the
Southern States and their right in the ex
press business in the said States to the lat
ter, the Adams Expi’ess Company will
withdraw on December 25, 1865, from such
railroads and express routes as they opera
ted during and since the late war, and will
transfer their business to the Southern com
pany.”
BffL. The largest crop of corn ever raised
in the West was produced during 1965. It
is used extensively as a substitute for coal,
and makes a hotter fire. Corn is now sel
ling in Chicago for 37 cents per bushel,
which is cheaper as fuel than coal at ten
dollars per ton.
It has been decided *at Washington
that ferry boats are not liable to internal
revenue tax.
BgL. There are 750,000 barrels of flour
stored in New York city, and 11,000,000
bushels of cereals.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
———■——
FROM WASHINGTON.
FREEDMAN’S BUREAU BILE
PASSED—CONFEDS TO BE
EXCLUDED FROM SUF
FRAGE.
Washington, 25. —The Senate have
passed the bill enlarging the powers of the
Freedman’s Bureau.
The House adopted a resolution instruct
ing the Committee on the District of Col
umbia to report a bill excluding from suf
frage all who voluntarily entered the late
Confaderacy.
The Constitutional amendment altering
the basis of representation was discussed.
During the debate, Mr.. Bingham, who is a
member of the Reconstruction Committee,
said the Committee had under considera
tion another amendment of the Constitu
tion, protecting rights of all persons, white
and black, which had not been heretofore
enforced, owing to the want of power in
Congress.
Strouse of Pennsylvania, and Nicholson
of Deleware, favored the admission of the
Southern Representatives to participate in
a debate so much involving their inter
ests. C '
New York, Jan. 2(1. —Cotton steady.-
Quoted at 47(548; sales ejiiefly at the lat
ter figure.
Gold 139 1.
The Negro Suffrage Bill.
The following is the bill which passed
the House of Representatives on the-18th
inst:
'Be it enacted by the Senate and Home of
Representatives of the United States of Ame
rica in Congress assembled, That from all
laws and parts of laws, and prescribing the
qualifications of electors for any office in
the District of Columbia, the word “white”
be ana the same is hereby stricken out, and
that from and after the passage of this act
no person shall be disqualified from vot
ing at any election held in the said District
on account of color.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted , That
all acts of Congress, and all laws of the
State of Maryland in force in said District,
and all ordinances of Washington and
Georgetown inconsistent with the provision
of this act, are hereby repealed and annul
led.
A Bill to Oppress Newspaper Pub
lishers and Prevent Newspaper Cir
culation. —There is a law before Congress
which can be properly characterized by
the heading we have givin it. It is thus
noticed in the Washington correspondence
of the Commercial:
“THE NEW POSTAL BILL.”
“Mr. Dixon, Chairman of the Postofflee
Committee of the Senate, has introduced a
postal bill, all the important features of
Avhich haA*e been rejected heretofore by
both Houses. One of the provisions of
this measure is that the postage on news
papers shall be paid at the office of publi
cation. This is a favorite scheme of the
Postmaster-general. He embodied it in a
bill last winter, but it was defeated by an
almost unanimous vote of the Senate. The
late Mr. Collamer, then Chairman of the
Postoffice Committee, demonstrated its im
practicability very clearly. The experience
of newspaper publishers is that they have
quite enough business of their own to at
tend to, without becoming claim agents
and collectors for the Postoffice Depart
ment.”
One of the cars of a freight train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad, near Parkers
burg, Chester county, broke an axle on
Friday last. The car was loaded with fat
sheep from the West, bound to Philadel
phia. The next car was also loaded with
sheep. The cars were double deckers, and
contained four hundred head. Many of
the sheep were killed by the accident, and
others so badly wounded that they were
slaughtered on the spot. The kiljed and
slaughtered amounted to one hundred and
twenty-five. •»
The Superintendent of the Govern
ment farms in Maryland, in writing to
Gen. Howard, under date of December
thirtieth, says that he has been very suc
cessful in obtaining lands for the freedmen.
In regard to the crops, he says they have
in the corn house about twelve hundred
bushels of good corn in the ear, and, in ad
dition to the products of the farm, they
have six barns full of tobacco. There ap
pears to be no disposition to aid the aged
and infirm freedmen.
©ST* A patent has been taken out for pro
pelling boats with oars in such a manner
that the rower faces in the direction in
which he is going. It is claimed that the
rowing is easier, that the capacity of the
boat is greater, that it is more easily steered,
that it is steadier in a sea way, and that
the oars may be suffered to float alongside
without danger of losing them, or can be
readily shipped aboard at any moment to
avoid collisions.
An Artificial, Snow-Storm.— The in
tensity of the cold in New York, Monday
morning, was demonstrated by a very sin
gular phenomenon. It was a snow-storm
formed by steam. At the Fulton ferry
house a pipe of the heating apparatus car
ried the exhausted steam into the air ; the
end of the pipe pointed upward, and the
force with which the steam issued caused
it to ascend thirty or forty feet. While in
the air it was not only condensed, but con
gealed, and came down in beautiful flakes
of snow. A somewhat similar instance
was recently reported to have occurred at a
hgll room in Russia, p
B@ = A letter from Charleston, South Car.
olina, says the Legislature is largely inter
ested in inducing emigration from Europe
to Soutl) Carolina. It is thought large
numbers of Germans can be induced to set
tle in that State and ultimately take the
place of negro labor.
Lieutenant, General Grant sent
three members of his staff away on Sunday
evening last, on a tour of inspection, and
to ascertain whether further reduction can
not be made in the several military depart
ments. Colonel Orville E. Babcock went
to the Northwest, Colonel Horace Porter to
the Eastern and Atlantic States, and Colo
nel Eli S. Parker to the Southwest.
#SUThe Norfolk Virginian says; “We
understand that there are several gentle
men in this city from New York and New
Jersey, who have brought on with them
their seeds and teams with the view of
purchasing farms and entering upon the
cultivation of Virginia lands. Some have
purchased and others are desirous and in
tend to do so, if they can make the neces
sary arrangements with the landhold
ers.
ttay* They have .a bill in the Legislature
of New York, which proposes to license
houses of prostitution. The license fee is
fixed at SI,OOO where the house has over
ten rooms. Physicians are assigned to
them. This is an imitation of the French
law.
A lad in Canada, fourteen years of
age, and working on a salary of four dol
lars a month, was lately married to a sweet
miss of twelve summers.
Bgk, Secretary McCulloch yesterday
signed a check for $25,000 for Mrs. Lincoln
in compliance with the appropriation of
Congress for her relief.
New Advertisements.
-TV—" — ZS.
IMPORTANT TO SHIPPERS!
GREAT REDUCTION IN FREIGHTS
BY , A Y
ERWIN Ac HARDEE’H
of Rast, Iron, JAgTil 111 «ilt
SIDE-WHEEL STEAMERS,
between
SAVANNAH and MACON,
Via Hawkinsville and Brunswick R. R., touching
regularly at Doctortown, and running in connec
tion with Albany and Gulf IlailraW, the new and
elegant Iron Steamers'
CHAB. S. HARDEE Capt. R, Johnson,
TWO BOYS; Capt. Tliost. Daniels.
Having elegant accommodations for freight
and passengers, will ply regularly as above,
leaving
Savannah every Thursday morning at l> o’clock.
Hawkinsville every Thursday morning at 9
o’clock.
It Is the desire of the agents of this line to make
a permanent connection between Macon and Sa
vannah and the landings on the Altarnaha and
Ocmulgee rivers, and with this object in view they
ask the support ol' the Merchants of Savannah
and Macon and the Merchants and Planters along
tne line of the übuvw uumpil rivers.
Insurance Effected at the very Lowest Rates. "
FREIGHT RECEIVED AT ALL TIMES AT OUR WAREHOUSE, FOOT
OF EASTBROAD STREET. >
W. B. DAVISON, E. A. WILCOX, ERWIN A HARDEE,
Agent, at Augusta, Ga. Agent at .Macon. Agents at Savannah.
jftii26-lw /'>
List of Consignees per S. W. R.
• Macon, January 27,
E O Connill, Newton & L, Knott & H, W R Phil
lips, W A Huff, J B Cobb, Law & Bro, F M Long,
J Russell, T W Freeman, O F Evans, (hogs,) B F
Dense. • *
New Advertisements.
AUCTION TO-DAY
JOHNSON & ECHOLS,
Will Bell in front of their Auction Room, fit
11 O’CLOCK, A. M.
1 Pair of Horses.
1 Carriage and Harness.
1 Spring Wagon.
1 Fine Horse and Baggy.
1 Single Buggy.
1 One Horse Spring Wagon.
IN STORE,
A great variety of goods.
TO ARRIVE,
A large lot of Funiture, per steamer from Sa
vannah. Jan27-lt.
Attractive Auction Sales
BY
LONGLEY & WALSH.
De Laines, Grey Blankets (superior quality,) Em
broidered Collars and Sleeves, Embroidered
Handkerchiefs, HJaimoi'u.l Skirts, Hoop
Skirts, Waterfall Nets, Felt Tlats trim
med, Ladies’ Hosiers, Spool thread
Umbrellas, Rob Roy Flannel,
Fancy Check Flannel, White
Blankets, Merino Under
shirts, white and grey. Flan
nel Overshirts, Buck Gauntlets
and Gloves, Red and white Flannels,
Suspenders, Linen and Paper Collars,
Men’s Felt Hats, (extra quality,) Youths’
Felt Hats, (extra quantity,) Ready made
Clothing, and Jaques’ “Raven’s-Wing” Blacking.
As well as a varied assortment of FANCY
GOODS. • Jan27-lt
THE
Great Virginia & Tennessee Line
Is now open, and the
Southern Transportation Cos.,
Are now giving through Bills Lam no to
NEW YORK, at $14.50, to
BALTIMORE, tit 13.25
Per bale on cotton, or via AUGUSTA and SA
VANNAH, to Baltimore and New York at $11.50.
The bridges being repaired on the Virginia and
Tennessee Line, goods go North and come South
without any delay.
These are the shortest, cheapest, and quickest
route and insurance less by either, than any
other route. Deliver to Railroads, consign to your
friends North, statingroifte, send Railroad receipt
to me, and I will give 1 through Bill Lading. Ex
penses follow Cotton to point of destination.
CHAS. J. WILLIAMSON,
Ag’t Souhern Transportation Cos.,
JanZMf At T. A. BLOOM’S office, Macon, Ga.
WANTED IMMEDIATELY,
i) No. 1 Wheel-wrights and wagon makers, for
which, good wages and steady employment
will be given. None but experienced workmen
need apply. Apply to
WHITE & LOYD.
jan27-Bt* Perry, Ga.
I DYSPEPSIA,
I Dr. Strickland’s Tonic is
a concentrated prepartition
of Roots and Herbs with
anti-acids and carmina
tives to strengthen the
stomach and nervous sys
tem. It is a certain remedy for Dyspepsia or In
digestion, Nervousness, Doss of Appetite. Acidi
ty of the Stomach, Flatulency, and Ddbillty. Jt Is
not alcoholic, therefore particularly suited for
weak, nervous and dyspeptic persons. For sale by
all Druggists everywhere at Si per bottle.
I 3 Dr. STRICKLAND’S
cure for PILE REMEDY
PI LE S. Has cured thousands of the
worst cases ol' Blind and
Bleeding Piles. It gives im
mediate relief, and effects
a permanent cure. Try it directly. It is warrant
ed to cure. For sale by all Druggists at SO cents
per bottle.
Dr. STRICKLAND’S
COUGH MELLIFLUOUS
no more. Cough Balsam
iiiiinmiimimiimu in 'I, Is warrant-oit to Ik, tlie on.
ly preparation known to
cure Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Asthma, Whoop
ing Cough, Chronic Coughs, Consumption, Bron
chitis and Croup. Being prepared from Honey
and Herbs, it is healing, softening and expectora
ting, and particularly suitable for all affections of
the Throat and Lungs. For sale by Druggists
everywhere.
DIARRHCEA.
Over 18,000 soldiers were cured of Diarrhoea and
Dysentery last year by the use of Dr. Strickland's
Anti-Cholera Mixture. The fact, of its being used
so extensively in the Hospitals is proof of the effi
cacy of Dr. Strickland’s Anti-Cholera Mixture tor
the cure of acute and chttmic cases of Diarrhoea
and Dysentery. This is the only preparation
known as a sate and certain remedy for Cholera.
Do not be without so valuable a medicine. Get a
bottle of it directly. It is sold by all Druggists at
60 cents per bottle.
J. H ZEILIN & C0.,-
Jan27-eodly Wholesale Agents.
To Physicians and Citizens.
WE warrant every article of Medicine we sell
to be of the best quality.
PRESCIPTIONS
will be accurately and neatly put up,
Mr. Mansfield, a competent Pharmcutist can be
found Over our store any hour during the flight.
JU »M« HUOT
BUTTER! "BUTTER!
KEG# I’RIME GOSHEN BUTTES,
m Just received by
janae-tf geo. t. kogers & * O NB.
SAVANNAH and AUGUSTA,
And intermediate Landings, connecting at latter
point withGeorgia Railroad and points beyond.
The following Steamers being of exceeding light
draft, and having ample and complete acoommo
dation for freight and passengers, will ply regular
ly as follows :
Iron Steamer WM. G. GIBBONS, will leave
Savannah every Saturday morning at 9 A. M.
Augusta every Wednesday morning at 7 A. M
Wooden Steamer LAURA, will leave
Savannah eVery Wednesday at 9, A. M.
Augusta every Saturday at 7, A. M.
Iron Steamer AMAZON, every ten days.
Our captains and pilots are the ablest and most
experienced on the river, and no effort'will eb
spared to meet the wants of the traveling and
freighting public.
THE GREAT PURIFIER!
DARBY’S
PROPHYLACTIC FLUID!
POISON OAK CURE!
BURNS Relieved In
stantly !
(BURNS Healed Very
Rapidly.
SCARS PREVENTED!
(Pitting of Small Pox
Prevented!
ULCERS Purified * and
Healed.
OLD SORES Healed and
Cured.
GANGRENE Prevented
and Cured.
WOUNDS Healed Rap
idly.
Scurvey Cured in short
Time !
TETTER dried up and
effectually Cured.
IT IS PERFECTLY
HARMLESS!
For SOKE THROAT it is
a Sure Cure !
SMALL POX
Preventive!
CONTAGION Destroy
er !
STING AND INSECT
BITE Reliever!
ALL BAD ORDERS De
stroyed !
SICK ROOMS Purified
and made Pleasant !
FEVERED and SICK
Persons greatly reliev
ed and refresiled by
bathing with Prophy
lactic Fluid added to
the water.
SOFT WHITE 00 M
plexions secured by its
use in bathing !
IMPURE AIR made
harmless and purified
bv sprinkling the fluid
about. ;
The Surest Preventive
against, the SMALL
POX !
To Purify the Breath,
defense the Teeth—
it can’t be surpassed.
HOSPITALS should use
it as a Disinfectant.
SHIPS should use it as a
Purifier.
FAMILIES should use it!
to purify the sick
rooms, xlie privies, the
night chairs—to have
pure air is to have good
health.
For DIITIIERIA, it is
the very best Remedy
known.
SHIP FEVER Prevented
by its use.
Removes all Unpleasant
Odors.
In cases of deatii in the
v house, it should al
ways be used about
ii the corpse—it will pre
j vent any unpleasant
I smell.
POISONS Minimal or
vegetable) are destroy
ed by its use.
(Dangerous KflUivias ot
j Sick Rooms and Hos-
I pita Is removed by its
use.
YELLOW FEVER
1 ERADICATOR!
SCARLET
FEVER CURE.
In fact, it is the Greatest
aismrrcxANx
—AND— f
CONTAGION DESTROYER
ever known. Get a Pamphlet, and always keep
nitout yon a bottle of DARBY’S PROPHYLACTIC
FLUID. Sold by all Druggists.
J. H. ZEILIN & CO.,
Jan27-eodly . Wholesale Agents.
(1 EORGIA, Craw FORT} County.—Whereas Ma-
T ry Fhampion, applies to me for letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of Thomas G. Cham
pion, late of said County, deceased.
These Rre therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular the heirs and creditors of said de
ceased, to be and appear at mv office within the
time prescribed by law, and show cause if any
they have, why said letters of administration
should not be granted.
Given under my band and official signature
January 19th. 1886. JAMEB J. RAY
Jan27-30dw* Ordinary.
STOLK>,
ItROM the subscriber, six miles North-west of
Forsyth, on the night, of the T7th, a chestnut
son-el Horse, about 10 or 12 years old, little white
on hind foot, hair on the tail scrubbed off, or eaten
off. ragged a small part of main, near the should
er lies on the left side, the rest-lies on the right
side. Also, at the same time, a bav horse Mule
tall raw boned, with striped legs, 12 or 15 years old’
1 will pay fifty dollars for the delivery of the Horse
and Mule, or twenty-five dollars for either and
one hundred dollars for proof to eonviet tlie thief
JOHN B. uGLETRFF.
JanM-lw* V Fmsyth,
FOR SALE,
now °°oupled by Mr. TANARUS, A
streetsin»f‘lifted corner of Popular ami New
strn is, noai the residence of Gen 1 w \,
pan Dues and ln . go<Ml ord «D biwten rooms
pu nines and closets. Lot. one hal
stables and kitchens and well improve* / lie ot
the "lost desirable residences for a b aim,.
that has been offered for sale. For tei ~>, . ~,,
the premises to Mrs. T. A. HarYoFto ‘ ’
GKO. S. OB FAR,
J. A. GKAYBILL,
.lan2l-tf. Estate of T. A.**tapis.
CLOTHINGAND
FURNISHING GOODS.
Boots, Shoes, Hsts, &c.
-A-T R-ETDLT CED PRICES.
W F YORKG r ) , 4^ thlSStook of Oooda st NF.W
nerai ° S1 ’ ,Uwe want to close out bus,
FANCY CABSIMER,
BLACK and FANCY DOtSKINM,
BIDK and FANCY BROAijOU)T ».
upat ,lltt
Aw
Jn n2t-L>w * .D. \\ GODS 4 CO.
FARRAR & TROUTMAN.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Hardware, Culery, Guns, &c„
THIRD STREET,
Macon, Ga.
TKra' I M/BEAra'/^ ,V 'f l 2‘™T«R l BJ-AT-
jan24-lin.
CITY PROPERTY AT AUCTION,
T>xt- N F 2, l £ A,Y 1 WARY 2, AT 10, A. M„
BY FINDLAY & KENRICK,
\ r rch 'StYMt' l l?, n H ng i 7s leet on 2cl, and
Aren Htieot. On tiio lot Is ala IMG twn-siJl
Shon'iSu* 1 ro I;nlr, formerly known asjjfl
Nbop, now useil as ii church. luiijfl
SUGAR AND SAL
2 (| BA KBE I ,St A Sugar.
'* Yellow cJH|
10 Kegs 8a 1 ‘Vnla,
Just
jan'id-tf ;
ERYSIPELAS
Cured Effectually.