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can sell the samo on application at
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Fl.op.ida Recognised.—The State De
partment recognized !he new State organi
zation cf Florida in the usual form on the
18th. _ ->
if. :
v TnE Negro Suffrage Bill.—The Na
tional Intelligence thinks it may confi
dently look to the Senate for the defeat of
the House bill extending equal suffrage
to negroes In the District, but iftho Sen
ate fails, the President will interpose
with the veto.
The Fredmen’s Bureau Bill.
The bill enlarging the powers of the
Freedmen’s Bureau, reported yesterday as
having passed, unless modified from the
original-draft, confirms the negroes on the
coast of South Carolina and Georgia, in
the possession of “abandoned lands,” as
signed to them by General Sherman, for
three years. It also sets apart three mil
lion acres of public lands for homes for the
freedmen. , _
Loss by the War.
-1 an article upon taxation, the Consti
tutionalist furnishes the subjoined state
ment of the losses of taxablo property in
Ge orgia by the war: .
At the beginning of the war, the taxa
ble Vi roper ly of*the State was §644,049,048
Os ftps sum there has been lost by confis
cation, value of slaves, $572,015,490. Bank
capital, $17,162,072. By fortunes of war,
- money at interest, $112,261,877. Destruc
tion of property, $75,000,000. Total $476,-
. 589,439. Leaving a balance of $167,509,-
609, or about one-fourth of the. property
taxed by the State as enumerated in The
digests. . ;
That is a bad showing, but it does not
comprehend the sum total of property
losses by any means. Add cities, villages,
and isolated dwellings burned by the
thousand; mills and manufacturing estab
lishments burned, railroads and bridges,
hundreds of miles of fencing, inconceiva
ble amounts of household furniture, wear
ing apparel, jewelry, etc., etc., stolen and
destroyed.
Tub Bagdad Raid. — The Washington
correspondent of the Cincinnati Gazette
telegraphs that paper as follows:
The Government, up till yesterday, had
not received any official intelligence rela
tive to the reported capture of Bagdad,
Mexico, by the negro fillibusters. Imme
diately upon receipt of the report here,
C: yl oheridiiH was telegraphed to investi
■ the matter,, and to summarily punish
l-h engaged in the unlawful enterprise. It
Is reported that'the French Minister has
addressed a note to . Secretary Seward, re
queuing him lo communicate to tjje
French Legation the cat licst official infor
mation relative to the MAur which may be
icceivea by .our Govern men t. - M
Would it not be according to thy fitness
<>f things for the State Department to imi
tate the qxumplc of.M. Lrouyn De L’Huys,
and refer. Count Montboion to Maximillhm
for information ?
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• ’ Washington News.
Congress talks of repealing the internal
revenue tax on paper, and all Bibles, Tes
te merits and other religious works, arid
school bocks used in- o -lieges and 'acade
mies. . , ' * - * '
The expediency of leaning the import
duties on cottonTactorie sis being discussed.
The Secretary’of Wa; refuses to publish
ad vertissments in-the. National Intelligen
ce-, ihe official organ of the AdSniaiatra
tion. • ' . . ‘
In reply .to an iiiqui y of the House, tlic
'ccrejAiy of War stub-j that the Commis
sion to Award compensation to loyal glave
hohku’s who furnished slaves for the army,
by direction of the President, confined its
labor’s to two states, -and no-payments have
been made, in consequence of a lack of mo-
Tiio act-ion of al*e military In forcibly re
moving a ih'euiMry Cjtton Agent and’ his
:'sist-ant from the L:rirls of: the civil ■aa*
thorixies in.X<ouitJiaua, already reported, is
sustained by tire govei nmetit. > . ’
fiic Commissioner of Internal Revenue
recently decided that- authority has been
given lo imprint the initials anti date in
ini: upon stamps, instead of .writing them.
Secretary Stanton and Ms friends are rC-i
“'ported to be very much amazed at the dis
covery thut there is a President. The
War Department lias heretofore been su
preme in its authority and dictation.
The military committee of the Senate do
no- desire the army to be ovpf 35,000 men. 1
The House committee refuse to report a
bill relieving State banks, who are hot
wound up before July, of the'ten per cent
tax. They also 'refuse to mak6 the bills of
National Bapks legal tender. ' ' .
The Senate committee are considering
the admission of Colorado. The radicals
desire, to keep her out unless negroes can
vote. / f ' ' • " ”
The Washington correspondent of the.
Philadelphia Ledger, States 1 that contribu
tions fromabroad and from importers in
New York are flowing freely into the trea
sury of the Free Trade. League. It is sta
ted, on good authority,, that August Bel- i
mont sent to it recently his check for j
$50:000. ; ; :
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A Negko Juky Iv .Missouri.—A negro
jury was empann'elled in Bailao, Maijon
county, Missouri, oh the 4th insfafit. A
suit of assault and battery Was brought be
fore ’Squire Ballinger, m which the par
ties were colored Citizens. A jury was
summoned, composed entirely of colored
men, who,'after heariiig the yerdipt and
the charge of the cbuTt, assessed a flub of
twenty-one dollars each, to be paid or re
plevin ed, and the case how stantlH’record
ed on the docket of the justice. ' J ’' '
S@r'lt will require t,wq ihillioh, dollars
to re-establish the lighthouses on the
Southern coast, destroyed by the Confed
erates. j
it .{ I Ift'illii'i .;.!!!•
Tinkering the Constitution.
That monument of human wisdom and
statesmanship, the Constitution of tlio
United States, as it came from the hands
'of the great political architects and con
structors of tlur offien time, - is threatened
to be such a piece of patchwork before
long, that jpone of its friends will know it.
The triumphant sectionalism and fanat
icism of the day, which has so long brand
ed that instrument as “a covenant with
Death and.Hell,” intend, before they get
through with their improvements, to make
it a faithful transcript of the crude and
morbid fancies which flit through the
brains of a modord*reformer, bent upon
realizing his Utopia by force of law.
The Constitution, as it stood, was not
•only an original, grand and harmonious
system of purely fundamental law, but it
was a carefully digested and settled com
promise between sovereign and independ
ent States, each paragraph of which had
been made a subject of long and earnest
deliberation, in connection with the other
parts. It constituted a solid and consist
ent structure,' designed to last until the
end of time, and, therefore, wisely divest
ed of all cumbersome detail, and every
thing in its nature temporary and fuga
cious. While it laid down all the grand
limitations and grants of power with une
qualled precision and clearness, "it design
edly left, where necessary, a, wide scope
for construction, in order to adapt it to
the exigencies of a long and eventful ca
reer.
What a magnificent retrospect, to recur
to that era of great and good m?n, so ear
nest —so wise—so careful —so profound —
pursuing their patient and original elabor
ation of anew and nobler system of gov
ernment yet known by man, anxious only
to be unprejudiced—to be right—to.be ju
dicious —to make a .permanent and satis
factory government for themselves and
tlieir children.
What we see now is just the converse.—
Instead of a compromise between indepen
dent States or statesmen of different sec
tions, the new Constitution, to be embod
ied in numerous amendments, is to be the
arbitrary dictum not alone of the mere pol
iticians of a single section, but of a single
party, inflamed with all the pride, preju
dice, hatred and contempt engendered by
a bloody and victorious war. Instead of
restricting itself to fundamental principles
and organic institutions; there are half a
score of propositions to incorporate in the
Constitution more or less of the mere party
riff-raff of the day—measures and expedi
ents which cg.li have at best, nothing but a
temporary utility, and therefore should
have as little place in the written funda
mental system as a sumptuary enactment
in the Decalogue.
It would appear that the pdttticians who
are strutting their brief hour in the Capitol,
solemnly impressed with the idea that wis
dom will die with them, and the country be
unable to take care of itself after they have
loft the stage, are determined upon making
adequate provision for the future safety,
by putting all their peculiar notions and
nostrums into the irrepealable shape of or
ganic law.
Wo have not undertaken to keep count
of the Constitutional amendments already
on the tapis, but it strikes us there can
hardly be less than twenty; and yesterday
we were duly and solemnly notified in ad
vance by telegraph, that one more and a
stunner was shortly to issue forth from the
Reconstruction Committee—an amend
ment for the protection of whites and
blacks alike, which the Committee hither
to lacked the Constitutional power to re
port. That Constitutional power they
must now, of course, derive from the anti
slavery amendment, and we presume the
protection to white and black contempla
ted by the forthcoming amendment, is
some new and striking development of the
South-hating negrophily of Messrs. Ste
vens and Sumner.
We apptohchd that this Whole batch of
amendments, when perfected in Congress,
will be presented to the South as a sine qua
non to re-admiSsion to that body-; and in
this shape tho Constitution lose its last
semblance of a voluntary compact, and so
far as one great section of the country is
concerned, be nothing more than a mere
capitulation, extorted by force from a de
fenceless people, by the haughty aud ty
ranieal dictation of conquerors.
Such is the ConstitutionaLstatesmanship
(so-called) of the present day, as contrast
ed with the wisdom of’the fathers. Man
and his passions soon pass away, but na
tions are immortal. The haughty and
vindictive politicians of to-day are possess
ed by one all-consuming passion—to sweep
out from the organic law everything stand
ing in the way of inflicting a satisfactory
retribution, and of burning into the body
of that instrument the’resentments, the
passions, fancies and conceits of a person
al, political and sectional triumph. What
a fell precedent, where the Victim may in
the lapse of time become judge or. execu
tioner! Truth is,said/to be eternal and
omnipotent, and public justice certain.
The Southern States will one day be in
the TJiiion—will one day hold the balance
between he East and the West— will one
day be powerful, and how much better
that they should remember a generous for
bearance in the hour of their humiliation,
than a relentless and haughty proscrip
tion. • ‘
Freedmav's Affairs in Wilson.—
We ai’e happy to learn, eays the Lebanon
Register, that, through the good sense and
management of the agent of the Freed
man’s Bureau in this place, nearly or quite
all of the idle negroes have hired them
selves for the present year. The prevail
ing price is $l5O and S2OO per year for
grown negro men, and SSO for women, in
cluding board. The negroes generally show
a disposition to go back to their former
masters. We heard of a case lately which
may not be out of place in this connection.
A negro boy who had been with his mas
ter all through the war in the Confederate
army, was noticed to be in very low spirits
for several days. One evening he went into
the back room of a store-in town and en
gaged in conversation with another negro.
During the conversation he was htmrd to
exclaim.: “I wish every Yankee and every
body else had been in n—l before they set
us free.” He has since mysteriously dis
appeared, apd it is supposed that he has
committed suicide, #
Sfoforal gentlemen who have trav
eled lately through Texas, concur- in the
opinion that there will be a very large crop
of cotton raised in that broad State this
year ; some, in fact, think the crop will be
larger than in any previous season. Tlleir
statement is that the freedmen are gener
ally hiring for the year, which, of course,
is the first basis fora successful cotton crop,
whilst the high prices of cotton has stimu
lated the large number of small farmers,
throughout the State—the thousands of
Germans, especially, who have done with
out negro labor for some years—to devote
their energy and skill to the cultivation of
the fleecy staple.—A. O. Picayune.
[Reported for the Journal and Messenger.]
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
• SENATE.
Mxlj.kdgevillb, Jan. 27. 1866.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock. *
; Mr. Turner moved to reconsider the bill
(lost on yesterday) for the relief of Arthur
Hutchinson—passed.
The bill to punish seduction with death
was laid on the table for the present.
Mr. J. A. W. Johnson offered a resolu
tion for the appointment pf a joint com
mittee of the two houses to visit Stone
Mountain to see what arrangements can be
made for the establishment of a State Pen
itentiary at that place.
Leave of absence was granted Messrs.
Mims add Gresham for a few days.
Mr. Bedford introduced a bill to define
and punish capital and minor offenses
when committed by persons of color. The
bill defines as capital offences punishable
with death ; insurrection or attempting to
excite it, poisoning, or attempting to poi
son; rape on white or colored females, as
sault on a white person with attempt to
kill; maiming; burglary, arson of any
description; murder of any person; rob
bery by open force. The bill provides to
punish minor offences with corporeal pun
ishment in the judgment of the court.
Mr. Brown--A hill to provide for tlic
payment of oeffiers presiding at the polls;
Mr. Owens—A bill to repeal section
2635 of the Code and to substitute another
therefor.
Mr. Strozier—A bill to incorporate the
town of Smithvilie.
Bills were then read the first time, and
House bills the second time.
The Senate, on motion of Mr. Sedding,
adjourned till 10 o’clock Monday morning.
HOUSE.
The House met at 9 o’clock.
Prayer by the Chaplain.
Mr. Dorsey, of Hall, moved to reconsid
er so much of the action of the House on
yesterday on the passage of the bill amend
ing the road laws of the State. Carried.
The bill to alter the salaries of Solicitors
from SSOO to $225, was taken up. After
some discussion the bill was put on its pas
sage, and the yeas and nays being entered,
there were yeas 74, nays 74. The Speaker
voting in the negative the bill was lost. In
this bill the salaries of Judges of the Su
preme Court is fixed at $3,500 per annum;
those of the Judges of the Superior Court at
$2,500; those of Solicitors at $500; those of
Secretaries of the Executive Department
at $1,800; that of Governor’s Messenger at
$950.
A bill for the relief of T. W. Flemingand
all others similarly situated. It contem
plates reimbursement by the State for
money taken by him while acting as Col
lector at Augusta. Considerable diseussion
was had on the bill, which being put on
its passage was lost.
Mr. Ridley, of Troup, introduced a bill to<
prevent the spread of small pox in this
State.
Leave of absence was granted to Mr. Hol
ligzjaf Marion.
House adjourned till 9 o'clock, Monday
morning.
Views of tho President:
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Herald gives the following as
the policy of the President:
Andrew Johnson declares unequivocally
that Congress has no right to keep all the
Southern Representatives out until they
can decide whether the States are en
titled to a representation. The policy which
he considers it their duty to pursue, and
the only course justifiable under the con
stitution, is to take up the case of each indi
vidual representative, and ascertain if his
election is legal, and if so, and he is a Union
man and has been such to admit him at
once. If the representative from another
district from the same State lias been elect
ed by fraud, or is or has been a disloyal
man", then reject that person, and send him
back to his constituents to electa Union
man, and one that can be accepted. And
so on through all the Slates, deciding upon
each individual case by itself, and not re
ject them all by deciding that the Slates
are not entitled to a representation, which
Congress has no right to clo. This is the
difference between the President and
Congress, and it is very marked, The Pre
sident believes that, by pursuing the policy
which he indicates, the people in every
Congressional district will now elect good
and true Union men. In addition to that,
the admission of the Union men will
strengthen and encourage the- loyal senti
ment, while the rejection of those who are
disloyal, or have been in the front ranks of
the rebellion, will convince the people of
the South that the only way of enjoying
all the rights and priviliges of a restored
Union is by sending unobjectionable men
to Congress. Thus tlie loyal class will be
able to obtain control of the political affairs
in all the States. The plan which Con
gress is pursuing will, on the other hand,
discourage the Union men; for they will
see that they are received no better in Con
gress than the leading secessionsts. This
will therefore place the former at the mercy
of the latter; and give them full sway.—
Those men who have remained loyal to the
Union throughout will have but little
heart or disposition to contend with the old
secessionists at home if they meet with no
encouragement from Congress. The Pre
sident w ould encourage the loyal class by
admitting them to Congress, and reject the
disloyal, then, in fact, securing better guar
antees for the future than any which Com
gress asks for. The radicals are determined
to carry out the theory of rejecting all
those who have been loyal, as well as the
disloyal, thus uniting the Southern people,
and giving those who were active secession
ists full control in all the States, for the
reason that under that policy they will
soon secure the sympathy and support of
the great mass of the people in all the
States. Under this state of affairs which
plan do the people of t he North prefer—the
President’s or Congress’ ? Can any person
for a moment imagine that there is any
doubt but that ninety-nine in every one
hundred will say the President’s? Jut Con- 1
gress has doubt, let them submit it to the
people with these facts, and ihey will soon
nave their doubts removed.
Forney Against tlie liadieals.
We are surprised to see that Forney’s
Philadelphia Press is a full blown admin
istration advocate. Bays that pri nt:
The question may be narrowed down to
two points : Shall* the President be sup
ported or not? With all right-thinking
men, who have the true interest of the na
tion at heart, there can be but one answer
—Andrew Johnson must be sustained!
Such is the policy and purpose of the
National Union party, as enunciated in
the able speech of Senator Doolittle. A
more explicit statement of the President’s
plan, and the dangers which attend a de
garture from it, could not well be made.
oncise and elegant, it is worthy the care
ful perusal of men of all parties. The doc
trines of the Radical element, who are
now so persistently endeavoring to keep
the Southern States in the condition of
mere dependencies of the Union, without
representation, are exposed without mercy.
The fallacy of their idea that the States
were out of the Union was completely de
monstrated. The Radicals will scarcely
dare to provoke Mr. Doolittle to another
passage at arms.
A young widow who had married
an old man was forever speaking of “my
first husband.” The second husband at
first gently remonstrated. “ I guess,” said
the young wife, pouting, “yoiv want me
to remember you when you are dead and
gone.”
The Boston Traveler says “a Boston
correspondent of the Plymouth Memorial,
learns that Collector Hamlin (late Vice-
President) had occasion to pocket about
one thousand five hundred dollars last
week as his share of a forfeiture. A well
known firm was detected in smuggling at
tar of roses to the value of about six thou
sand dollars, and was fined fifteen thou
sand dollars.”
Later from Europe—Decline in Cotton
—Assistant Secretary cf the Navy,
Fox, Resigned— From the Rio Grande,
Portland, 2/e., Jan. 25.—The steamer
Hibernian, from Liverpool the 11th, and
Londonderry the 12th, has arrived. The
Damascus, from‘Portland, arrived out on
the 10th. The America, from New York,
arrived out on the lltb. The Cuba, ixpm
Boston, arrived out on the 12th.
Cotton opened at a decline of lid, par
tially recovered, and closed firmer at a de
clme,.however,..of J <* Id on American,—
Bales of this week were 50,000 bales. jjsd-.
dliug Orleans 20d. Friday’s sales IfyOOO
bales, closing steady. Breadstuff) firmer;
provisions steady. Consuls for money 86 j
® 87; 5-20’s 64j) @65 ; Erife shares 56'®
581; Illinois Central 71] @1 72.
It was reported that twenty-one armed
Fenians hatl landed at Sligo, and were im
mediately arrested.
It was reported that Spanish InsuVgeHß,
under Gen. Prim, had defeated a Govern
ment column under Gem Concha, but the
official dispatches represent the insurgents
to be discouraged and retreating. The
latest advices report no change in the situ
ation.
The bullion in the Bank of England had
increased £218,000.
The weather in England had moderated,
but tlie effect of the recent gale continues
to be exhibited in disasters to shipping,—
The steamer Worcester reached Liverpool
in a very crippled condition. She encoun
tered fearful weather in the channel, had
her foremast carried away, and was other
wise damaged.
The steamer Palestine, whieh returned
to Queenstown, would go to. Liverpool for
coal and repairs. It was expected she
would be able to proceed on her voyage in
a few days. The chief engineer of the Pal
estine was, it is reported, washed overboard
at sea, owing to the storm. Telegraphing
between Liverpool and London was en
tirely suspended. The commercial and fi
nancial news from London is only to
Thursday night.
New York , Jan. 25. —The Republican of
last evening annuunces the resignation of
(Mptain G. O. Fox,, Assistant BecretKry of
the Navy, to take effect on the first of
March. It further states that he resigns in
order to accept the Presidency of the New
California Steamship Company, recently
organized in New York, at a" salary of
$15,000.
General Sherman will be at Washington
to-day. He was summoned there from St.
Louis bylGenernl Grant for consultation
upon the new army bill.
Gen. Sheridan’s official report says there
is considerable excitement at Brownsville,
but no danger of any serious trouble. Gen.
Wright has been ordered to the border to
restore order.
The Board of Admirals convened at the
Navy Department in Washington for the
purpose of examining into the merits for
promotions of' officers ' for the Navy and
Marine Corps, who have been in action du-
Ffrig the war.
The United States Consul at Manchester,
under date of January 6th, informs the
Department of State that the cattle disease
has made frightful progress, the cases for
the week ending the date of his dispatch
being 1,693, an increase of 1,407, upon the
returns of the previous week. He reports
that the authorities are making every pos
sible effort to restrain the plague, but" with
out the slighest appearance of success. The
disease, he asserts, has been discovered to
bear some striking analogies to small pox,
and many experiments in vaccinnation are
being made. He says many of the towns
prohibit the driving in of beeves for slaugh
ter, and require that they shall be killed
when fed, and tlie meat only brought to
market. The whole number, cases thus
far reported for England alone is 73,549, and
of this number 55,422 have either died or
have, been killed.
Washington,. J an. 25th'.— Senate,— Mr.
Sumner presented a petition from citizens
of Peoria asking that guarantees of republi -
can form of government be enforced, which
was referred to Committee of Reconstruc
tion.
Mr. Cowan presented petition of citizens
of Pennsylvania asking action as shall pre
vent States from making distinction in
civil courts on account of color. Referred
to Special Committee on Reconstruction.
Mr. Cowan’also presented petition in fa
vor of a Protective Tariff, wliic-h was re
ferred to Committee on Finance.
New York, Jan. 25.—The alleged priva*
teer, Meteor, is still lying at the dock. Two
officers from the United States Marshal’s
office remain on board. It is intended to
subject her various apartments to critical
search, probably to-day. The owners of
the vessel insist that she is not of a hostile
character, and feel-aggrieved at her deten
tion.
Toronto , Jan. 25. —The Custom Commis
sions have ordered the Imperial statute to
be enforced, forbidding arms to be brought
from the United States. The Montreal
Gazette claims that the Ottawa papers lied
in statihg that the volunteers behaved bad
ly at Prescott.
New York, Jan. 25—By the Hibernia we
have advices from Madrid, to January 10th.
The latest official advices state that the in
surgents are discouraged, and that they
are still marching towards the mountains
of Toledo, pursued by General Serim a and
Rehoque.
Gen. Concha is returning to Madrid, hav
ing been succeeded by Gen. Serrano.
Tlie Transylvania Diet has been prorogu
ed gnd deputies summoned to appear at the
Diet or Perth. The question of union be
tween • Transylvania and Hungary is left
open.
The British mail steamer Dane, was lost
near Cape Brice.
In the London money market funds were
dull but Consols pretty steady.
Mr. Disraeli is the leader of the Opposi
tion in the House of Commons. He issued
the customary notice to,his }xirty, request
ing their attention in the House on Febru
ary- 6th. , w
Batherwhii’s circular of the evening of
the 10th inst., says the advance in the bank
rate of discount to 8 per cent., caused some
depression in American security, which
was somewhat increased by an extraordi
nary article in the Times on American
credit; but it was so glaring, that the effect
was little more than momentary.
San Francisco, Jan. 28.—The decision by
the Supreme Court of Nevada against the
validity of the specific contract law has
been reaffirmed.
Gen. Steele, successor of the late General
Wright, in command of the Columbia De
partment, arrived at Sacramento on the
22d.
The steamer Pacific, from Portland, ar
rived, bringing $419,709 in treasure. v
By the following, says the Intelli
gencer, from the New York Tribune, it
will be seen' that it gives no countenance
to the Radical idea here of paving a great
•army to keep the South under a military
satraps. It is a wholesome doctrine from
the right source:
The Express says:
“The general desire of the members of
the House is to have an army yf 50,000
men, organized in regiments of 600, and
each regiment to consist of ten companies
each. This is reasonable economy, and all
that the public necessities require. An
army of 30,000 men would be enough; but
all ought to bo satisfied with, one of 50,000.”
If 30.000 men “would be enough,” then
all ought not to “be satisfied with 50,000;”
since that would call on tax payers for $20,-
000,000 per annum more than they need or
ought to pay. Our belief is that even 30,-
000 arefo many. We need five o-r six regi
ments of.good oflicient cavalry, with a I'eW
of the best mountain howitzers, for Indian
service in our wild territories and moun
tains ; and we ought to have as many
good artillerists—veterans, if possible—in
charge of out various forts and arsenals;
but we have no more need of thirty or for
ty regiments of infantry than a wagon has
of five wheels- -Gentleman in Congress!
try to remember that our national expen
ses and taxes are heavy, and that it is your
interest as well as duty to reduce them j
wherever possible.
{flguFor every man whose life is insured
in France there are 7,000 insured in Eng
land.
[communicated.] I
“•There’s a Chiel among ye, Taking
Notes.”
I take pleasure in submitting to your
leaders an extract from the letter of a
Western tourist, who, in his wanderings,
sojourned a brief while in our midst. In
communicating with a Northern paper,
among other things concerning his trip,
he says:
Macon, “ loveliest village of the plain."
We arrived -in this beautiful and pictu
resque little city on such a bright, beautiful
and warm day in January as give us cause
for special wonder, and induce us to believe
that if there was an elysium on earth, it
was here. “ Rose Hill,” a beautiful city of
the dead first attracted our attention. On
a lofty eminence, overlooking the little
world in miniature, is situated this the
loveliest rural retreat of its kind we have
ever had the pleasure of looking upon.
One would almost envy the quiet sleepers
who rest within the sacred precincts of this
home so gently laved by the flowing waters
of the noble Ocmulgee. Art has lent its
feeble aid in adorning this spot, but nature
lias unquestionably made it one of, if not
the most beautiful retreats in the universe.
Visiting Weslyan Female College—a
university of learning second to none on
the continent—we next turned our atten
tion to the Asylum for the education of the
Blind, which, though having but few in
mates, is admirably conducted, and taken
as a whole *does justice to the wisdom and
philanthropy of the gallant old State at
whose instance it was erected. Passing
through the adjacent village of Vineville
with its palatial residences and tastefully
laid out lawns, we came to the Laboratory
built by the late Confederate States, “ so
called.’ This building being now almost
completed, sliold be converted into a Sem
inary for the education of orphan children.
No structure of a similar character exists
in the United States, and it is a source of
astonishment with what zeal the se
ccxled Sta tes endeavored to accomplish their
object, which, if successful would soon have,
outstripped the elder government in the
way of enterprise. The various armories,
arsenals and hospitals were gotten up on
an equal scale of grandeur.
Large and handsome stores, whose sides
swell with fabrics from every commercial
mart in the world, adorn this fair city
with their massive proportions. J. B.
Itoss, the merchant prince of the place,
conducts systematically an immense busi
ness house but there are numberless others
not laggard in the commercial cause. Dur
ing our perambulations we dropped into
the Mammoth Book Store and Publishing
House of J. AV. Burke, and from thence to
the jewelry establishment of the old and
reliable firm of E. J. Johnston & Cos.
In this connection we may state that
while in Macon Mr. Johnson gave us a
“caning” which we shad not soon forget.
It had .an elegant gold head on it and we
submitted with that grace becoming your
correspondent and the dignity of the oc
casion. Visiting the photographic gallery
of Capt. A. J. Riddle, of the late C. S. A.,
we were vain enough to allow ourselves to
be induced by a young lady to have our
“picture taken.” We did not know how
handsome we were until the deed was
done. Surprised were we to find that the
pictures at this place would equal any of
Gurney’s or Holmes’ on Broadway, but
perhaps not more surprised than when we
were told that our porcelain photograph
would be colored in the latest style by an
old friend of other days since vanished.
We had not seen Lee for years,
but we bound him the sanio genial, good
fellow as if he had not been a Reb. Among
the many other inducements to visit Ma
con is her fine Photographic establish
ments and galleries of paintings. t
Churches of elegantdesign and finish here
abound and prove conclusively, whatever
may be said to the contrary, that the child
ren of this land of flowers are a God-wor
shipping people.
With beautifully shaded, wide streets,
air in mid-winter balmy as the soothing
gales of Spring, water clear as crystal, ele
gant society, and hospitable people, we
most certainly commend this little Indian
city to the pilgrim in quest of a quiet
home. But ere departure we would be re
creant to all hospitality did we not thank
the many gentlemen in Macon, whose ac
quaintance we formed, for kindnesses lav
ished upon us. Pm I)AS.
Important to Farmers. .
The following calculations have been
made by a very competent person of this
county, says the Greenville, (Ala.,) Advo
cate. It will furnish a reliable guide for
those embarking in the new business of
farming on hired labor :
EXPENSE FOR TILLING 20 ACRES OF
GROUND.
Feeding hand, 52 pecks or 13 bush
els corn, at SI 50 SI 9 50
3A lbs. bacon per week, or 182 lbs.
at 25 cents v .„.... , 4550
One pr. 5h0e5...... 2 50
Two suits of clothes, 20 yards at
$1 00 20 00
Actual expense of one hand SB7 50
EXPENSE OF MULE AND TOOLS.
Mule hire S3O 00
Feeding mule through plough sea
son, 50 bushels, at $1 50 <5 OO
000 lbs. fodder, at $1 00 6 00
One plough , stock 1 00
One turning plough 5 00
One sweep ••••••■• ; " Xn
Two sliovel ploughs, $2 50 each— 5 00
Two scutters, $1 50 each 3 00
One heel tap and bolt 1 00
One rod ana tap 1 00
One clivis and pin 1 ( >0
One axe { so
One weeding hoe 1
Actual expense of mule ancl ~.
tools $134 00
Rent of 20 acres, $4,00 per acre 80 00
Hire of hand 00
Expense for working 20 acres..... $426 00
Now say we plant 12 acres in cot
ton making 800 pounds per
acre, (9,600,) or 5 bales at 30c.
per p0und.........-,b..b.....5'00 00
Eight acres of corn, 12* bushels per
acre, $1 50 per bushel ... 150 00
Product ......v S9OO 00
Expense _____
Pt'oflt if no doctor bill or any lost
time.. $ 474 00
g®, A bachelor and young lftdy bought
some tickets in partnership in a lottery at
the recent Sanitary Fair, at Milwaukie,
agreeing to divide the proceeds equitably.
They drew a double bedstead, a baby-crib
and lunch busket, and the question Is how
to divide them, or whether they shall not
use them “jintly.”
gfcg- a German surgeon at Paris was re
centlv bereaved by the death of his wife"
His friends assembled to condole with him’
and found him busily engaged in dissecting
her body.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
New York, Jan. 26. —The Java has ar
rived with dates to the 14th. Sales on the
13th 7000 bales. Market closed easier,
with the previous day’s quotations barely
maintained.
TENNESSEE LEGISLATURE.
Cincinnati, Jan. 26. —The Tennessee
Senate yesterday concurred in the House
amendment to the negro testimony bill.
KENTUCKY LEGISLATURE.
In the Kentucky Legislature the Senate
resolved to postpone the election of U. 8.
Senators, and extend the present session.
The House has objected to the constitu
tional amendment, and declared the action
already taken by the Legislature to be
final.
CONGRESS.
Washington, Jan. 26. —The House re
sumed the consideration of the Constitu
tional basis of representative amendment.
Harding, of Kentucky, and Wright, of
New Jersey, spoke during the* debate on
the subject, favoring the admission of
Southern representatives. They could see
no necessity for Constitutional amend
ment, which was designed, as they said,
as a piece of party management by the
Republicans to secure the suffrage of the
negroes.
The House will vote on the question to
day.
The Senate considered thejointresolution
for the appointment of provisional govern
ment in the Southern States.
Howe, of Wisconsin, also introduced.a
resolution and made a speech in its ad
vocacy.
ADDITIONAL BY THE JAVA.
Political news unimportant.
It is reported that Russell has submit
ted his reform bill to the Cabinet.
It is understood that Stephens, the Fe
nian head-centre, lias left Paris and gone
to Geneva, to confer with the members of
his international revolutionary club.
The Paris correspondent of the Times
says the Mexican difficulty was before the
ministerial council. Nearly all the mem
bers favored the speedy recall of the French
droops.
The Emperor thinks the time has not
yet arrived.
Spanish affairs are unchanged,
CONGRESS.
Washington, Jan. 27. —The House con
sumed the day in speech-making. The
Radicals insisting upon additional guaran
tees from the South, before admitting the
States’ representatives.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York, Jan. 27.— Cotton steady.
Sale. 4 23,000 bales at 47 cents. *
Gold 303.
The New York Times on the Negro
Suffrage Bill.
From an article in she Times upon the
oassage of the House bill extending suffrage
to negroes in the District of Columbia, we
extract the following:
“ Least of all is there a triumph for the
negro of the District of Columbia. That
individual was the immediaee object of in
terest, no doubt, II e and his relatives were
in the galleries of the House in great
strength. And the promoters of the bill
were awarded w.th several rounds of ap
plause, So far, well. But there are not a
few as sincere frienos as the freedman has,
or ever will have, who see in the crowding
of every conceivable and inconceivable
species 'of legislation ostensibly for the
black man’s benefit, certain elements of
evil. The howling and shouting for uni
versal negro suffrage is just as sure to work
a reaction against the poor emancipated
slave as the most ordinary law of cause and
effect. Reflecting men see with irrepressi
ble pain that the days of geographical as
against party divisions proper in Congress,
have not ended with the war. And they
see also, that every such vote, instead of
bringing the two classes at the South that
are compelled te live together, into harmo
nious social relations, has tho very opposite
tendency. Tho sectionalism which led to
the civil war had its origin just in these
geographical divisions, The thing grew
until there was scarcely the shadow of a
party dividing line left, except the arbi
trary one of territorial boundary. It is
surely too soon to bring about a revival of
this fatal practice, by forcing some of the
best Union men of Maryland, Missouri,
Kentucky, and Western Virginia back
into the position of sectional representa
tives. For such men as Green Clay Smith,
of Kentucky, and Phelps, of Maryland,
there is simply left the alternative of vo
ting with their section or being politically
damned by their constituents. The geo
graphical dividing line in their case be
comes the only one they can recognize on'
such votes. It may be true enough in the
abstract that there ought to be no such
seetional feeling, and no such geograph
ical divisions. But that does not alter the
fact. And, therefore, it is, that while con
servative Republicans cannot refuse to af
firm an abstract principle, such as that con
tained in the District Negro Suffrage Bill,
they fear for the future of the country
when they find the elements of sectional
antagonism already brought into action
upon questions which are of far more the
oretical than practical importance. Those
who would deal with this subject cau
tiously, attentativly, and in a spirit, of con
ciliation, see clearly how much more will
be gained for the politically disabled class
at the South by working with a Southern
party, than by overpowering it by sheer
strength of numbers. No decree of Con
gress can disjoin the mutual interest of the
employer and the employed at the South,
to live together in peace. But legislation
in which neither class have now any voice
ought surely to be guarded, temperate, and
as sparing as the Safety of the Common
wealth will permit.
Too Much Importation.
A New York correspondent of. the Na
tional Intelligencer presents these alarm
ing figures:
During one week recently the importa
tions from foreign countries amounted to
over $6,000,000.
During five months of the current fiscal
year the importations have amounted to
*$127,000,000; and by fair estimate—
During the fiscal year ending 30th June
next, the amount will reach $250,000,000.
These are gold figures.
And this at the post of New York alone.
The curious in such matters may estimate
the. importations at Boston, Philadelphia,
Baltimore, and other seaboard and frontier
ports if they have the courage to do so,
and tflld the result to the above figures.
By the war we have spent, lost—what
vou will— $3,000,000,000; and this amount
has yet to be paid, either by the present
system of internal revenue, or by some oth
er scheme, as all the measures hitherto
adopted have been but temporary.
Can we afford thir, extravagance of im-
P °\Vould it not be better for the members
of Congress to devote their time and atten
tion to the study of some measure to avert
the dreadful financial revulsion which
stares us in the face, than to waste theiref
forts upon the problem of negro suffrage—
a question which will settle itself more ef
fectually without adventitious help ?
**
New Advertisements.
LATisT ARRIVALS!
J. w. burke & CO.,
Second Street, Next to Baptist Church, Bacon, Georgia,
' :
Have just received a magnificent stock of
PHOTOGRAPHS, PLAIN & COLOREH!
Among which arc the following:
Beth, Rode*, . t
Davis, Stephens, . Pemberton, Drayton,
Lee, Johnston, Beauregard, Sennnes Math.
Bragg, Longstreet Stonewall Jackson,
E Sidney Johnston, Valland.gham, Mra. Lincoln.
Smart Polk, Breckinridge, Napoleon Bonaparte,
Kirby Smith. FRzbugh Lee, L ™ lß Napoleon.
Wheeler, Zollicoffer, Hardee, hmpress Lugenifl,
Dick Taylor, Cheatham, ijueen \ lCtoria
v Renry A. Wise. Pr,nce nn ' l f'ti.css
Buckner, Price 1 01 a *‘ ,s
Morgan, Lovell,
Hundreds of
FANCY HEADS AND SKETCHES!
PLAIN AND COLORED.
Call and examine our splendid stuck. Jan. 2S— tf.
MARRIED,
In Monroe county on the 23d of January 1836,
by the Rev. M. A. Maddox, Ms. M iiaiam Vt
her and Miss Sabah J. ZeiANER all of Monroe
county. ,
LiuUof Consignees per S. W. B. R-
Macon, January 27,1306.
Hardeman & S, N Bass, Greer & Lake, J A Con
ner, J J Roberts, B P Freeman, A person, I O
Holt, W M Dunn, F. E Brown, Job Che r>,
Carmichael, J W Armstrong. Jas Seymour,
Stone, E H Link, J II Anderson, A Ayres, Knott
rri H . son. H H comma. A* o Hgm,
Bowdre* A, EG Connell, W R Ph ipS ’
wanger, Savery & Cos, Mrs Towns, D Dunwoody,
HP Bedding. -p
New Advertisements.
Telling out.
“That” same Table Butter atul
EXTRA CREAM CHEESE.
Sardines,
Cove Oysters,
Lobsters,
Salmons,
String Beans,
Fresh Tomatoes.
The best of Brandies, Whiskies, Gins,
Rums and W inos.
Heidsiek and Cabinet Champaigns,
Pints and Quarts.
Maelroni Snaps,
Ginger Snaps,
Cream buiscuit,
Butter, Soda, Sugar,
and Farina Crackers.
Tobacco and Segara of the best brands.
Those Goods must bo sold, to make room lor *
large supply now on the way, of everything in our
line, which will be in store In a few days. Come
soon and buy U3 out.
GREER & LAKE.
Macon, Ga., 28. ts
AUCTION! AUCTION!!
COPLEY & MANSON,
(3d street, 4th door from Po£t Office)
WILLSELL ON TUESDAY, JANUARY. 30th, 1860.
Horses, Wagons, Carriages,
Bedsteads, Bureaus,
Carriage springs, etc. etc,, etc.
Sale Positive.
10 Mules Wanted. .
Shortest, Cheapest and
MOST EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE
FOR COTTON, TO NEW YORK.
I Am prepared to give through Bills of Lading
for Cotton, to be shipped via Augusta, by Erwin
Hardee’s line of Steamers to Savannah, and
Steamer to New York, at a through rate of
FOURTEEN DOLLARS AND A HALF, PER bax.E.
Shippers can rely that their Cotton will meet
with no delay by this route, as we have active and
efficient Agents at all the intermediate points.
INSURANCE can be effected by Uu.-, route, at
one and one half (lFa) per cent
Macon, Jan. 28. 8t Agent.
notice""
THE Conditions under which the' late subscrip
tion to tlie Milledgevllle Railroad huvlng been
complied with, and the work resumed, a call of
(36) thirty-five per cent, is hereby made ou the
subscribers, this being amount due by torincr
stockholders. Payments can bo made at the First
Notional Bank of*Macon. jN() p kHJG,
Jan2Scl2w President.
AUCTION SALES
MONDAY MORNING at 10 o’clock,
|BY FINDLAY & KENRICK,
1 Couch. 2 Tables. 2 Washstands. 1 Bedstead.
1 Cooking Stove and Fixtures. Five dozen Shov
els and Tongs. 3 dozen fine China Plates, 2 Soup
Tureens. 2 dozen flat and covered Dishes. 10
Reams Cap Parer. 10,000 Letter Envelopes. Lot
of Clothing, ana many other articles.
jan2Blt*
WANTED^
|OO SHARES S. W. R. ft. STOCK,
Macon, January 28. It* I. C. PLANT.
SPECIAL NOTICeT
PERSONS Indebted to me for Medlonl services,
are earnestly requested to call and settle with
out delay, as I will leave on or before the first of
February, for a permanent home in the West and
will leave no agent hare.
JanilT-dlt* a. M. BOYD.
• . »
STEAMER OAK,
WttL leave IfawklnsvlUe for Savannah Tues-
JT day morning. Pansongers must leave on
Monday's train forHawklnsville.
janil7-lt* KNOTT A HOWE*.
Dr. J. A. Olopton,
OF HUNTSVILLE, ALA.,
Is now In this city, and may be consulted at the
Lanier House, for the next ten days.
In Milledgeville, on the 12th, 13th, lltli, and nth
In Sparta, on the 161 k, 17th, 18th, l»th, ami a>th'
In \Varrant on, on the 2Jst, and
In Greensboro, the 24th, and 25th.
In Madison, on the 2<lth and 27th.
In Atlanta, on the 28th.
He operates with perfect success for I’ll.Ks FIS
TULA, STRICTURES, FISSURES, POLYPUS
TUMORS, IIARE-LIP, etc. '
Special attention given to diseases of females
He removed a tumor as large as an infants head
inches long—from the UTERUS—tor a latlv in
Athens, Georgia, and his patient was perfectly
well in a few days.
■ lf * we , u 'Uu>wu in Georgia, and the most
Intelligent physicians of the stale, have been hL
patients.
He has never lost a patient, nor had the slightest
accident to happen.
RefAs to the most eminent gentlemen ot the
.Medical profession. Jan2B-«t*
METALIC CASES,
C -A. S IK E T S,
, WOOD COFFINS, Covered with Broadcloth,
' IV Velvet orAlpaea, etc. Walnut, Mahogany,
| and Rose Wood, always on band.
! Bureaus, Roadsteads, Sofas, Wurdrolies, etc.
I *jjFor Sale by G. WOOD,
, jan2B-Bm* Foot Third Street,
j 469“ Telegraph copy 3 mouths.
•ir!oo HOWARD.
i QTOLEN from the undersigned, near Forsyth,
I ,1 Monroe County, on the night of (he 22d inst.,
| two mules —one a light sorrell mare mule, me
dium Size, hair chaffed off the right rump by the
j whip, a streak with hair off Just above one of the
1 hoofs, the effects of a rope. The other u bright
| bay horse mule, rather under medium size, letter
j K branded on one of the Jaws. The above re
ward will be paid for the recovery of tire mules, or
fifty dollar for either ot them. Detect the thief if
i possible. Address ARCH’D. DAVIS,
j Jan27-6l* Forsyth, G»,
,r. tv. Lathhop. u. w. t vthrop.
jj. W. LATHROP & CO.,
FACTORS AND
-j ‘S' > j s ■ ' . . > . ' ,
» f
iCommission Merchants,
j
0 Savannah, Ga.
! jan2B-2vr*
To Physicians and Citizens.
i'VCyE warrant every article of Medicine we sell
j T V to be of the best quality.
PRESCIPTIONS
; will be accurately and neatly put up.
j Mr. Mansfield, a competent Phanneutfst can ks
! found over our store any hour during the night.
HUNT * GORDON.
j ,|an2(J-d4t
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D A R B Y’S
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—~— 11 POISON OAK CURE!
11 BURN'S Relieved in-
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;IiUU.VB Ilort!<>(t Very
i Preventive! { ( N .
I ' Jj A US'FUR \ SNTF.D !
i ~ lMttiiFir of .Small l'ox
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| CONTAGION Destroy- ULCEUS Puri Hod and
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I ALL BAD ORDERS De- GANGRENE Prevented
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j SICK ROOMS Puri fled; WOUNDS Healed Rap.
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ed and refreshed by TETTER dried up and
bathing with Prophy-j effectually Cured,
lactic Fluid added to IT IS PERFECTLY
the water. j HA RM LESS'
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plexloits secured by itar a Sure ( ure !
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IMPURE AIR made!
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| by sprinkling the tlnidl ERYSIPELAS
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jTo Purify the Breath,j
cleanse the Teeth—For DIPTHEIIIA, It is
It can’t be surpassed. I the very best Remedy
HOSPITALS should use known.
It as a Disinfectant. SHIP FEVER Prevented
SHIPS should use It as a by its use.
Purifier. Removes all Unpleasant
j FAMILIES should use it ! Odors,
j to purify the sick Tn cases of death In the
rooms, the privies, the house; It. should nl
j night chairs—to have ways be used about
i pure air is to’have good the corpse- -It will piv
health. | vent nny unpleasant
' ' “ POISONS (animal or
! vegetable’) are destroy-
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; Dangerous Effluvia* of
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. * —AND—
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ever known. Get a Pamphlet, and always keep
about you a bottle of DARBY'S PROPHYLACTIC
FLUIf). Sold py all Druggl^a.
j. h. Beilin & co.,
jan27-eodly Wholesale Agents.