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PlTnp messenger. Ke&sTb. BUEE, WmmmS AND riiOPBIETORS. IfoSaSPH CLISBY, Editob. SUNDAY MORNING, JAN. 2S. Authorized Agents. EnoxviUc—E.Peacoek. I ' **° i'.Uve Springs—O. H. P. McClendon. 'Phomaston—C. Wilson, J. H. Taylor. Mershnlviile —J. A. Sperry. Griffin—Jason Burr. '[ ’• nicsvillc —31. H. B watts. Forsyth—Ll. H. CabUi.ss. Milner—W. J. Howe. Perry —John S. Johson. Tolbotton—Ja-s. Collier. Fort Valley—J. M. Gruv. • MUledgoviiie—W. 'Quilhan. and F. L. Brantley. Dawson—J. C. F. Clark. Oglethorpe—W. J. J. Smith. Amcricus-r-W. P. Han.es. ' . Montezuma— I. Davis. a ibany —E. Richardson. Eufaula—-H. McDonald. • Baiabridge —J. T. Wimberly.. Ft. Gaines —Geo. Brov n. Reynolds—Dr. A. Coleman. Dy kes’ Station—T. H. i lant & Cos. Monti cello —Rev. W. 1 • Oslm. Hawkinsville—L. C. 'van. The above named ger. demon are author ized to receipt for monies due us, and de duct lo per cent, of the amount as remu neration for their services. • S. Rose & Cos. JOB TRESS WANTED. Any person having a good Power Job Press, suitable for small Bills and Cards, can sell the samo on application at "this office. _—. ♦ —* . 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 ? .{—♦ • ! - • ’ 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. ; ; : -•——•; ! 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 | THE GREAT RURIFiEIi ! D A R B Y’S PROPHYLACTIC FLUID! —~— 11 POISON OAK CURE! 11 BURN'S Relieved in- SJMALL POX 11 Stivtitlv! ;IiUU.VB Ilort!<>(t Very i Preventive! { ( N . I ' Jj A US'FUR \ SNTF.D ! i ~ lMttiiFir of .Small l'ox : Prevented ! | CONTAGION Destroy- ULCEUS Puri Hod and er! ! Healed. I STING ANI) IXSECTiOLD SORES Healed and i BITE Reliever! ] Cured. I ALL BAD ORDERS De- GANGRENE Prevented stroved ! I and Cured, j SICK ROOMS Puri fled; WOUNDS Healed Rap. I and made Pleasant ! I idly. FEVERED and HlCKjScurvoy Cured In short Persons greatly rellev-i Tlino! 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' SOFT WHITE COM-.For SORE THItoAT It is plexloits secured by itar a Sure ( ure ! use in bathing ! I IMPURE AIR made! I harmless and puri tied; ' —— | by sprinkling the tlnidl ERYSIPELAS ! about. ■ j The Surest Preventive' Cured F.tt'eetunlly. ! against (lie SMALL POX! 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- SCARLET edby its tiso. ; Dangerous Effluvia* of | FEVER CURE. Hick Rooms and Hos ! ' pttals removed by Its ! FEVER 1 ERA DIC A TP It 1 In Met, It is the Greatest DISINFECTANT . * —AND— CONTAGION DESTROYER 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.