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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER, New Advertisements. J. W, Fears & Cos. have just received a large lot of Groceries. They keep a fuli stock. , Esther Watkins applies for letters of Dismission from the Guardianship of mi nor children. P. J. Mullins is offering some good land for sale. Theatre opens to-night. Johnson & Echols have an attractive sale to-day. Oubbedge, Caldwell & Cos., want S. W- It. It. Stocks and Bonds. onsignees S. W. It. It. .. B. Champion applies for administra ' iof estate of W. W. Thompson, of I-i.. :-t county, Kentucky. ;. B. Atwater offers SSO reward for a p en mule. IcCallie & Jones have associated J. E. L y with them in business. .ALSTON Hall.— To-night the lovers of tLe Drama will have an opportunity of e oyitig a treat at Ralston Hall. We have every assurance that it will be anagreeable entertainment, and hope they will have a fil l house. See the Programmein another cc umn. t Those who desire realy fine Photo graphic likenesses, in any of the various styles, from a cart de visite, to a life size, beautifully colored in oil, we would advise i y call at the Gallery of J. A. Pugh, Triau ,ar Block. "ae success of this Artist is well known „o this community, and his Gallery is now he most popular resort ‘of the lovers of line pictures in the city. ts Gen. Mercer.—The Savannah Herald, or the U9th, publishes an order of Brevet Major Gen. Brannan, releasing Gen. Mer c r from arrest and announcing his acquit n.l of the charges preferred against him. Concerning Our Local. Macon, Jan. 31st, 18G6. To the Editors of the Messenger : Dear Sir — I, amodg the rest of your numerous readers, perused with sorrow tli • tear-producing Valedictory of “ye lo c. Asa woman, T can truly feel for him in his removal from what he signifi ■ i ltly terms the “nose-poking” business. ■ 11 it be possible that, after so many years -mint in ascertaining the ins and outs of , i public characters, and some that are net public, he removes himself into igno ble indolence forever? Can a man —wo- ian, I know, could never do it —who has 1 en intimately acquainted with all the y ung and old of the Smith, Brown, Junes and Robinson tribe for so long a • me, who always knew just what they spent for cigars and liquor, and what their re peefcive wive’s pin-money come to, or should amount to at the end of the year— n such a man ever be easy outside a newspaper office ? I think not. Women, I mow, phrenologists say, have tin* bump of inquisitiveness very fully developed, md I believe that if they had a quarter of the opportunities that “'ye local” has, it would increase to a size that would very materially aid in doing away with water falls. But I must close. My anxiety to learn the fate of the young man who would vol untarily tear himself away from such an nftractive and useful sphere of labor, led ro pen these lines. It is hard to pic re such a one retiring to the quiet, pleas shade of a plantation or the dull rou tine of mercantile life. Tell me, Mr. Ed itors, that he has been transplanted to some other sanctum, or has gone to mingle in the strife and trouble that the Black Re publican sachems are forever brewing at the great source of all trouble, Washing ton; or, that he has taken command of one of the Privateers the Fenian body are f ting out. Tell me this, sirs, or my doubts f \is life, after hearing the excitement of ocal,” for so long will disturb my ha bers. ' Yours, anxiously, Mary Jane Matilda. 1 rHLY INTERESTING FROM MEXICO. J ifestofrom Commissioner Maury—ln • . cements to Americans to Settle in Mex y > —Description of the Country, etc. e have received by mail from the City of lexico the following highly interesting c -. umerit, issued by Com. M. F. Maury, njieriai Commissioner under the Empire, f i the statement of an American ad - sed to Americans, and comes from a in i whose character gives the stamp of tn h to every assertion made: (Correspondence New York News.) City ok Mexico, Dec. Jh, 1865. I have precured and send you a copy of the manifesto of Commissioner Maury. It i • s follows: T ’EKSONS WI.SKI NO TO SETTLE IN MEX ICO. *he doors of the Empire are wide open, iac His Majesty, the Emperor, has, in a r ost liberal decree, invited immigration . j n all quarters, and without distinction a- vo nationality. Many people, both in the old world and n .v, having heard of this invitation, wish t< change their skies and to avail them s ives of its privileges, Gentlemen rep r< ienting several thousand families in E .rope, and hundreds in Tennessee, Mis souri, Arkansas, Texas, the Carolinas, Al abama, Mississippi and Louisiana, in the United States, are now anxiously seeking information in regard to the country, its condition and resources, with the view of making it their home. Considering that almost the only source of information open to them upon this su eject, is to be toumi in anonymous con ’ r outions made for the most part to a press >v no means friendly to Mexico, I deem it n >per to state, for the information of all >: >se, whatever be their nationality, who lire to renounce it and come to Mexico, .th the intention, in good faith, of mak ig it their home, and planting their pos ies ivy here, that they would do well to cone, for it is a land more blessed by na ture, in its soil and climates, than any part of the United States —that great cen -1 at present of human migration. The earth here yields to the care of hus- L. ndry with a profusion that would seem incredible thre and fabulous in Europe. n some places it crowns the labor of the ii isbandinan regularly with two, and in o.hers with three harvests annually; and in each one lie gathers one hundred, two f -indred —sometimes three hundred —and metimes four hundred fold, and even more according to his own skill and the k.nd of seed used. Cotton and corn do well in almost all parrs of the Empire. But the cotton es pecially of Tamauli pa, Mathula, Fresniio, Durango, Mazatlin and the States north « ’e said to he of a better staple—save Sea Is ud—than any produced in the United States, Indeed, the cotton of Yucatan is* Called Sea Island. Under these tine climates which give a parity and transparency to the atmosphere and make existence itself an enjoyment, and invest the eye with the faculties of almost with anew sense, the vegetable kingdom displays its wealth and its pow ers most gorgeously, and with the most marvelous vigor and concentration. Upon chosen spots, and upon a single hacienda, may be seen, crowded together, piled up in steppes, one above another, in all the glory of the lilly, and with the per fection of excellence, fruits, flowers, and productions that, in less favored clhne9, require for their display as many latitudes, climates and soils, as can be found in the entire breadth of plain that lies between the sources of the Mississippi and the mouth the Amazon. Here, besides cotton and corn, the vine and the olive, we have the finest wheat, with pulse, and allthe cereals in great per fection. Also, tobacco, coffee, sugar cane, the cocoa plant, rice, indigo, cochineal, primento, India rubber, and henuquin—a peculiar and valuable fibre that answers many purposes of both flax and hemp, and last of all, and what, moreover, no other country in the world can produce—Flora’s feat and Bacchus’ boast—the lordly ma guey, or puique plant of Anahuac. I have seen some of the very best plant ers from Missouri, Tennessee and the South, and I have conversed with learned men from France and other parts of Eu rope, all of whom happen to have traveled through the northern and most healthy parts of Mexico. The Europeans report, on the one hand, an agricultural country superior to the best parts of France and It aly, and also of surpassing mineral wealth; while the Americans on the other, pro- nounce it a grazing and cattle country, to which even the blue grass regions of Ken tucky and Tennessee' arc not to be com pared. - • The mountains abound with minerals, the woods with game, and the forest with the finest of timber —with the most exqui site dye and ornamental woods—gums ami spices, drugs and medicinal plants of rare virtue. Generals Price and Shelby, of Missouri, Governor Harris of Tennessee, and Judge Perkins of Louisiana, with a number of their friends, have gone to examine the about Cordova. They are delighted with it —they' intend to make it their home. The railway hence to Vera Cruz passes through it. The land is superb. It is sold by the Government to immigrants at one dollar the acre, to be paid in live annual instalments. > Generals Hardeman and Terry, with ot h ers from Texas, are equally' well pleased with Jalisco. They are negotiating for the purchase of haciendas there sufficiently large to accommodate with land a settle ment to be made up of themselves, their old neighbors and friends. The Rev. Mr. Mitchell, of Missouri, has already’ commenced a fine settlement on the Rio Verdi, in San LuisPotosi. He and his comrades have gone into the cultivation of cotton, lice and tobacco. The representative of large capital, Mons. Dousdebos, lias a grant for establishing a colony from Spain anti France on theshores of Matamoras. Mr. Lloyd, of England, equally well sup ported, has engaged to establish a number of colonists between Vera Cruz and the capital, and a ship load of European immi grants nave just arrived in Yucatan to form the nucleus of a settlement on the peninsula. They have been received with o%'ations by the good people there. A disposition equally favorable toward immigration is manifested in various other parts of the country. Patriotic citizens have stepped forth at the call of His Majesty and ottered their own private lands, many of them, upon the most favorable terms for colonization. Mr. Jimires invites five hundred Euro pean families to his estates in Durango, ottering iheui each a house and lot, rent free, a weekly allowance of provisions without charge, and guarantee of work at fair wages for -fi.ye years. At the end of that time he further promises a gratuity of $15,000 to the community, and a present to each family of a yoke of oxen. Mr. Gil, of'Guadalajara, invites twenty Belgian families to his highly improved and well-stocked hacienda, offering them one-half of it for cultivation on shares, he finding the stock, seed and cattle, and the colonists the labor. He offers also flocks and herds from which to breed, on halves. Other enlightened and liberal minded land-owners of the Empire have offered their estates for colonization on terms equally’ liberal. Many false impressions have taken root abroad about. Mexico and the Mexicans. These operate greatly to our disadvantage, inasmuch .vs they are stivhibling blocks in the mind of the stranger, and tend to dis courage immigration. The world knows Mexico as a country, that for the last half century has been toss ed by revolution. Many, listening to the stories of her troubles, and the tales of her calamities as told by her enemies, have come to regard the whole land as a “God forsaken country,” inhabited by a bigoted, illiberal and inhospitable people ; while, in fact, no part of ihe world can boast of a more refined society ora more elegant hospitality Ilian that which is to be found in certain parts of the Empire. The Mississippi Valley, even in its palmiest day s, could not boast any planta tion that coqlu compare in baronial splen dor, lordly magnificence and princely hos pitality with your Mexican hacienda that nas escaped the ravages of war. The halls of some of them are large enough to enter tain and have entertained several hundred guests lor weeks at a time. On some of these y'ou will find well ap pointed schools for the education of the jhildren of the dependents, at the expense of the proprietor, churches built and chap els maintained from the same munificent bounty ; hospitals erected for the sick, the old servants pensioned, and all the opera tions of the estate carried on upon a scale and with expenditures followed by remu nerative revenues such as but few farmers in Virginia or France can boast of. But all parts of the country are not so. For more than fifty years Mexico has been constantly torn by' faction or scourged by’ war, ami she has reaped abundantly of the harvests which always spring from such seeds—forced loans and contributions upon the rich, grievous burdens upon the poor, the spirit of enterprise in many de partments of the Empire well nigh crush ed out of the people, the industrial ener gies of entire regions paralyzed, and cap ital itseif frightened off into its hiding places. Buch a state of things long continued in any country, is sure to be followed by a general abseteeism from their estates of the targe land owners. This is eminently the case in Mexico. The effect of this absenteeism is express ed upon the landscape, and proclaimed by deserted mansions, neglected plantations, and other signs of ruin and decay, in tones that fall sadiy upon many a heart. Many of these line estates, with the walls of their nob e old mansions still standing, are now offered for sale and settlements at prices varying from a few cents to a few dollars per acre. They are in the most choice parts of the country, and would, if restored to cultivation, embellish the land with a j beautiful mosaic of the most lovely garden j spots that the world ever saw. I With the immigrant coining to Mexico, j it is not as with the emigrant bound to the “far West” in the United States. There he goes to reclaim from the wilderness, j Here he comes, for the most part, to re claim from ruin and the ravages of war. ! Plantations that were once garden spots, invite Ins coming. He may pitch his tent on the verge of highly cultivated districts, > from which he can draw his supplies until the bountiful earth, yielding his own good i husbandry, shall yield him of her in crease. Ami this the soil of Mexico, un der climates that have no winter, will do i in two or three months. ; One of the finest haciendas of the wast !ed districts is now on sale. It was aban j doned some six or eight years ago, in con sequence of a revolution, the proprietors died, and it has not since been restored to cultivation. It yielded a m-olit of not less than *>120,000. lhe 4 dwelling bouse alone cost $200,000. hacienda is large enough to accommodate forty or fifty tarailies with tarms of one thousand acres each. It can WW be had lor less than per acre, and alter the first payment, on long time to suit purchasers, j other haciendas that are open to the j choi _’e and selection of the immigrant are I much larger. Two, containing each more than 3000 square miles, have been offered b£ the j proprietors for colonization. J I know of no Country’ in which the land is held by so few and in such large tracts. This aiso has produced marked effects upon the nation —it appears to have de prived Mexico entirely of what other countries consider their “bone and sinew” —their noble, enterprising, energetic, hard working middle classes. Some political economists divide society in Mexico into but two classes —the upper and lower —and out of a population of 8,000,000 of people, more than 7,000,01X1 are said to belong to the latter. The statesmen of the country’, with the Emperor in their lead, desire to heal the breach rapidly. For this purpose, foreign labor, capital and skill have been invited to our shores. Many good men of the country look upon immigration, on a large scale, as the readiest and best means of restoring the equilibrium of the classes, and of giving to this country and its in stitutions that stability and force which are so essential to the full development of its vast powers, capabilities and re sources. Hence the encouragement that is now offered to immigrant#. This country is now in a better state to receive immigrants than it has been for many years. The Empire is daily gaining ground, strength and support, and the armed or ganization against it broken up into fac tions—its head and leader, Ex-President .1 uarez, having left the country’. But now, with the dawn of a happy’ era of peace at last before her, Mexico, after half a century of continued change and revolution, finds herself in an exhausted state, and the immigrants who wish to east their lot with her auspicious future must bring with them something more than brawny arms and stout hearts. They must not forget those appliances of indus try, those labor-saving machines and im proved modes of husbandry which scien tific skill and mechanical ingenuity, un der the blessings of stable government and long continued peace, have, in other parts of the world, brought to such per fection. There is room, with encouraging pros pects, for mechanics and artisans of all sorts, as well as for agricultural labor and scientific skill. Roads are to be repaired and made, bridges restored, mills—grist arid saw—to be erected, dwelling houses to be repaired or built; machine shops—and all thoso establishments which are so es sential in the agricultural economy of oth er countries—will also be extensively re quired. Immigrants wlio come to Mexico, from whatever country, will be warmly wel comed in many parts. They will meet with no < men hostility anywhere except at the hands of the lawless. To resist them, and to have the full ben efit of all those conveniences—such as mills and other establishments just alluded to, and which every well ordered agricultural community requires—it is desirable that ihe immigrants should come in bodies and form settlements of their own. Looking to this, the decree of September 5 invests them with a semi-military organ ization, and they are expected to be able to defend their settlements against robbers, who, however, rarely attack where resist ance is expected. Protestants will be drawn intocommuni ties also, for the sake of schools and churches. Moreover, public interests re quire that each settlement should be large enough fairly to develop the whole system of domestic, social and agricultural econ omy of the country whence the settlers came. For this purpose, each settlement should be large enough to support saw and grist mills, tunyanls, blacksmiths, wheelwrights and oilier various artisans and machinists, who, in the pursuit of their calling, con tribute to tlso requirements of modern ag riculture, with all of its improvements. There still is another reason why immi grants from all except Spanish countries should form themselves into settlements of their own, and that reason is one of lan guage. A farmer coming to Mexico, igno rant of the language, ignorant of the "cus toms of the country, and of the rate of wages, and settling down among neighbors ail speaking in—to him—an unknown tongue, would find himself surrounded by’ embarrassments, none of which would ex ist ia a sci i lenient made up of his old neigh bors, kinsmen and friends. It would be well, therefore, for each colony to bring a large portion of its own labor. The lands of Mexico have never been surveyed, nor has there been until now, a land office. The consequence is, that the Government cannot toil which lands are public and which are private, and though the chief of the land off ice is vigorously’ at work organ izing surveying parties, and sending them forth into the field, it is found that lands sufficient to receive the coming tide of emi gration cannot be surveyed, mapped and brought into market for some time yet.— Therefore, it is recommended to those, both in Enropeand the United States, who desire to come now to Mexico, ta form themselves into companies, consisting of not less than twenty-five families each.— Then, while those at home are making their preparations, let the pioneers come to Mexico for the purpose of purchasing a hacienda or other lands, and of making ready to receive the rest To those who will thus come now, with their families, and form settlements suffi cient to call into play all the industrial ap pliances, consisting of machiney, shops and implements connected with agricul ture in its most improved state, and calcu lated to serve as so many centres of agri cultural improvement in the country, special encouragement is held out. They are invited to send forward their agents, who will receive all the informa tion that the Office of Colonization can give, and every facility that it can throw in their way, as to the'most desirable parts of the country in which to settle—the choicest localities, and the cheapest and best lands, etc. Having made their own selections, the Government will then, in case they re quire it, lend them pecuniary' assistance sufficient to enable them to establish them selves in their new homes and get fairly under wav. M. F. Maury. Imperial Commissioner. Office of Colonization, No. 13, Calle San Juan Letrari, Mexico, November 18th, 1835. HOTEL ARRIVALS—Brown House Macon, Jan. 31st, 1860. M E Grace, Hawkinsville, Ga"; A T Burke, Hawkinsville; A Harvell, Marietta; E C Kamsavand lady, Tenn; L H Feath erson, Franklin, Tenn; AGB Clair, Nash ville; T A Stout and lady, Blakely, Ga; Miss Sallie Alexander, Blakely Ga; Miss Fannie Standfer, Blakely, Ga; Miss Lizzie Warren, Blakely, Ga; Jas A Brown La Grange; L Hirsiifield, Griffin; S W Blood worth, Gritfin; Geo A .Woodward, New York, Mrs Bludman, Columbus, Ga; Miss M Gibson, Columbus, Ga; Mrs Ware, Mar shalville, Geo M Aibble, Nashville, John W Brumby, Ga; A T Brumby, Ga; J M Wilson, Quincy, Fla; S W Stannot, New York, R B Oonier, New York; Col W H Boss, Apalachicola, M Gritfin, Wil cox co Ga; J Tucker, Albany, J Laidle, Aawkinsville, HTSoawn, Texas; T FGib sqn, Crawford; A L Stamps, Nashville, Tenn; J B Terry, Dawson, Ga ; B Terry, Dawson, Ga; H W Eddy, Oregon; A M Starr, Oregon; W Brady, Ainericua; N R Aleott, Augusta, Ga; E McLennan, Macon R J Tatum and lady, Ga; Miss A K Gibson, Ga; Chas A Fullwood, Griffin; J N Rich ardson, Cuthbert; John Martin, Bedford; W H Hickman aud lady, Ga; J J White head, Mobile; T J Baily, Crawford; H Al drige, Louisville; J E Buchanan, Griffin; E L Gonnaly, Zebalnn; 8 B Glass, Ameri cas; K P Winward, Nashville; Henry A Merritt, Troy, N Y ; W A McDouyal, Chat tahoochee; N M McDuffie, Hawkinsville, F A Frost, Troop co Ga; W S Holt, Ga; N S Skinner, Ga; S K Taylor, Ga, Special Notices* ISAAC SCOTT. C. A. XUTTIXO. *• H - POWKLL. j SCOTT, FO H ELL & CO, B+IJ%'KERS. WILL receive deposits—buy and sell Exchange, Specie, Bank Notes, Government, Railroad, and other securities—make collections in any part of the United States, or Cuuada. WILL MAKE CASH ADVANCES ON COTTON and other produce in store, or consigoed to Edward Padelford,Savannah, Scott, Zerega k Cos., New York, or our correspondents in Liverpool. Operating on a large paid np capital, with the long established credit ot the members of the firm furnishes sufficient guarantee of safety in all our business trans actions. Notes of all National Banks received at par. SCOTT, POWELL k CO., Office on Sd Street, Macon, Ga. dec24-3tndsc* Perry Davis’ Pain Killer. Rev. Mauuel J. G< msalves, writing from Portu guese Colony, says: “Your excellent medicine, the Pain Killer, has done great good among the exiles of Medeira. It is now and has been for five years, the great fami ly medicine with us. We have found it excellent in fever and ague, in coughs, colds, dyspepsia, chronic and inflamatory rheumatism, croup, worms, piles, nervous headache, gravel, etc. The introduction of the Pain Killer has been a great blessing to the whole colony.” jan26-2w Wehve learned not t.; be astonished at anything. Yean, of experience ani a correspondence extending througho at all nationalities of ths habitable -globe have turned the ories into facts and established a basis from which we need not err. We are not surprised at snch facts as the follow ing—although the persons who write them are. We know the pers ns and circumstances, hence feel at liberty to en dorse their statements: “JVkw-Bkdi'ord, Mass., Nov. 24, 186*. I)rar Sir I have been afflicted many years with severe prostrating cramps in my limbs, cold feet and ha-ds, and a general disordered system. Phvsiciar.s and medicines failed to relieve me While visiting some friends in New York who were using I’lunlathn Bitters they prevailed up on me to try them. I commenced with a small wine-glass ful after dinner, feeling better by degrees, in a few days I was astonished to find the coldness and cramps had en tirely left ore, and I could tleep the night through, which I have not done for yea-s. I feel like another being. My appetite and strength have also greatly improved by the use of the Plant-lion Bitters. Kespecifully, JcnrTH Rosobl.” Rusd-huky Wis., Sept. 16,1 f-63. “ * * * I have Been in the army hospital for fourteen months—speechless ,»n I nearly dead. At Alton, 111., they gave me a bottle of Planta'iou BitteiS' * * * Three bottles restored my speech and cured me. * * * 0. A.,Flautb. The foll iwiOL is from the Manager of the Union Home School for the children of Volunteers :/ B“Havbmbtkr Mission 67th St , I New York, Aug. 2, 1863. J Dr. Drakb:—Your wonderful Plantation Bitters have been given o some ot our little children, suffe ing from weakness and weak lungs with most happy effect. Onelit tle girl in particular. wiLb pains in her head, loss of appe tite, and daily wasting consumptiou, on whom all medical skill had been exhausted, has been entirely restored. We commenced with but a teaspo l nful ot Bitters a day. Her appetite aud strength rapidly increased, and she is now well. * Respectfully, Mrs. K. M. Drvob.” “ * * * I owe much to you, for I verily believe tho Plantation Bitters have saved my life. Kkv. W. H. Waggonkr, Madrid, N. Y.” “ *S* *t»Thou wilt send me two bottles more of thy Plantation Bitters. My wife has been greatly benefitted by their use. Thyjiriend, t AtA Oohrin, Philadelphia, Pa.” I have been a great sufferer from Dyspepsia, and had to abandon preaching. * * The Plantation Bit ters have curid me. Kiv. J. S. Cathobn, Rochester, N. Y.” “ * * * I have given the Plantation Bit ers to hun dreds of our disabled soldiers with the most astonishing ef fect. G. W. D. Andrews, Superintendent Soldiers’ Home, Cincinnati, 0.” “* * • The Plantation Bitters h»ve cured roe of Diver Complaint, ofjwhich 1 was laid up prostrate, and had to abandon my business. H. B. Kinoslbv, Cleveland, Ohio.” “ * * » The Plantation Bitters have cured me of ade rangemeut of the Ki Ineys and Urinary Organs that has distressed me for years. It acts like a charm. C. 0. Moohr, No. 264 Broadway.” Ac., Ac., Ac., A., tee The Piantatior Bitters make the weak strong, thel&nguid brilliant, and are exhausted nature’s great restorer. They are composed of the celebrated" Oal saya Bark, Winter green, Mass,-f. as, Boots, Herbs, Ac., all preserved In per lectly pure St. Croix Rum. S. T.-1860-X. Persona of sedentary habits, troubled] with weakness, lassitude, palpitation of the heart, lack of appetite, dis tress after eating, torpid liver, constipation, Ac., deserve to suffer if they will not try them. They are recommended by the highest medical authori ties, andSare warranted to produce an Immediate bene ficial effect. They are exceedingly agreeable, perfectly pure, t nd harmless Noticb. -Any person pretending to sell Plantation Bit ters in bulk or hy the gallon is a swindler and imposter. It is put up only in our log cabin bottle. Beware of bot tles refilled with imitation deleterious stuff, for which sev eral persons are alread'-in prison. See that every bottle has oar United States Stamp over the cork unmutilated, and our signature on steel-plate side label Sold by respectable dealers throughout the habitable globe. P. 11. DRAKE Ac CO., novs-dAwßm* 21 Park Bow, N. Y. YOU CANNOT HAVE A HEALTHY CONSTI TUTION while your Rloob is impure. CONSTITU TION LIKE SYRUF purges the system of impurities, and Blimulut.es the vital organs to a vigorous and healthy action, expelling disease and restoring; Ihe health. LIFE SYRUP rapidly cures diseases which are caused by Impurr Blood. Scrofula, or King’s Evil, Tumors, Old Sores, Ulcers, Blotches, Eruptions, Pimples, Imils, Erysipelas. Tetter, Balt Rbeam, St. An thony’s Fire, Scald Head, Ring Worm, Cancerous Tumors. Sore Eyes, Syphilis, and all foul diseases.— Diseases oi the Heart, Palpitations, Dyspepsia, Ulcera tions of the bones of the Nose, Scalp and Face, Use CONSTITUTION LIFE SYRUP and you will be surprised at its rapidity in removing these diaoases.— It leaves the blood pure, the complexion clear, and your system free from disese. Sold by all Druggists. MORGAN & ALLEN, Wholesale Druggists, General Agents, 46 Cliff Street, N. Y. Sold by all dealers in Medicines. nov22-3md LYON’S KATHAIIION. Kathalron 1* rrom the (Peek word “Kathro,”or "Kathai ro,” signifying to cleanse, rejuvenate aud restore. This article is what its name signifies. For preserving, restoring and beautifying the human hair, it it the most remarkable preparation in the world. It is again owned and put up by the original proprietor, and is now made with the same care, skill and attention which gave it a sale .of over/ane million bottles per annum. It is a meat delightful Hair Dressing. It eradicates scurf and dandruff. It keeps the head cool and clean. It m ikes the hair rich, soft and glossy. Itprovents the hair from falling off and turning gray. It restores hair upon bald heads. Any lady or gentleman who values a beautiful head of hair should U3S Lyon’s Kathairon. It is known and used throughout the olviiiied world. Sold by all [respectable dealers. Dim IS BAI£!YES Sc CO., nov4-dweodly* New York. ISGO--X. DRAKE’S PLANTATION BITTERS. They purify, strengthen and invigorate. They create a healthy appetite. They are an antidote to change of water and diet. They overcomeeffeoU of dissipation and late hours. They strengthen the system and enliven the mind, They prevent mlaematlc an l intermittent fevers. They purify the breath anl acidity of the stomach. They cure Dyspepsia and Constipation. They cure L'iar hea,Cholera and Cholera Morbus. They curs Liver Complaint and Nervous Head|che. They are the best Bitters in the world. They make the weak strong, and ars exhausted nature’s great restorer. They are made of pure St. Oroix Rum, me celebrated Cali saya Bark, roots aud herbs, and aie taken with the pleas ure of a beverage, without regard to age or time of day ! Parttc larly recommended to delicate persons requiring a : gentle stimula.it. Sold by all Grocers, Pruygists, Hotels and Saloons. Only genuine wh n Oork is coveied by our private U. H. Stamp, beware of counterfeits an l refill*! bottles. P. If. DRAKE Sc CO., I novS-dAweodly 1 * SI Park Row, Nsw York. List of 0. H. Freight, ! Stored at owners risk at the oiliee of the South ' era Express Company, Macon, Ga-, January 31st, j 1866. j Jno. L. Kinyon, 1 box Macon. T. Noon, 1 box I P. Coiner, 1 box “ C. W. Gruber, 1 box * “ E. E. Brown, 1 box “ B. A. Wise, 5 boxes “ “ “ “ 1 bbl “ E. J. Johnston, 1 keg “ J, S. Hawkins, 1 trk it. P. Glenn, 1 pkg ‘ a,Mferfitt > lpkg....V. M. A. Alliyoti, 1 bdl ••>**?• J. H. Zeilin, 1 pkg “ Zeltih & Cos., 1 box - F. J. Champion, 1 pkg A. Gunnison, 1 box Nussbaum & 0., I box - JOJelks, I box “ 3 boxes “ Mrs. J. B. Riley, 1 pkg B. B, Drake, 1 pkg Maj. A. Coiner, 1 bdl “ Rev. W. H. Roberts, 1 box “ J. J. Watkins, 1 h bbl - “ E. S. Mallory, 1 box “ J. W. Warren, 1 pkg “ J. A. Pugh, 1 box “ H. L. Clay, 1 bdl “ «. M. Squires, 1 pkg “ Mrs. A. Jepson, 1 pkg “ M. Murphey, 1 trk “ Rev. H. Eddy, 1 sack “ G. W. Story, 1 box >. “ J. M. Searl, 1 box “ l’hos. MeCoil, 2 kegs “ jan3l-2t W. W. HULBERT, Agt. Shortest, Cheapest and MOST EXPEDITIOUS ROUTE FOR COTTON, TO NEW YORK. T AmfcU’epared to give through Bill« of Lading 1 for Cotton, to be shipped via Augcsta, 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 bale. Shippers can rely that t heir Cotton will meet •with no delav by this route, as we have active and efficient Agents at all the intermediate points. INSURANCE can be effected by this route, at one and one half (1 14) per cent premium. It*. A. WILCUX, Macon, Jan. 28. 6t Agent. JONES & BURNETT, _A_TJ GTIOFT AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, (At R. B. Clayton & < 'o.’s old stand.) CHERHY STREET, MACON, GA., WILL attend promptly to all business entrust ed to them. Sale days—Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and every night. J. E. JONES. J. C. BUKNETT. jan3l-6t __ NOTICE TO COUNTRY MERCHANTS. SINGLETON & HUNT, OPPOSITE LANIER HOUSE, ARE prepared to offer superior inducements to Country Merchants, in tlie way u4r BOOTS AND SHOES. With them may be found the heaviest Brogans, as well as the lightest Boot. A complete assortment of Ladies. Misses and Children’s Shoes, embracing all qualities and slyles. City customers will here find the best assortment of Philadelphia hand made work. They have a large lot of Hats, at prices ranging from |l3 to S6O per dozen. Shoe Makers can also be supplied with every thing necessary in their line at the most reason able prices. jan3l—3t GAS FITTING. WE are now prepared to do GAS or STEAM FITTING on short notice by experienced work men. ’ OLIVER, DOUG LASS & CO. Jan3l-3t* NOTICE. MACON A WESTERN R. R. 1 Macon, Jan. 30th, 1866. J ON and after 31st inst., second, third and fourth class freight will be consolidated and charged at the rate of % of a cent per hundred pounds per mile. • E. B. WALKER, jan3l—3t, Superintendant. WANTED” COMFORTABLE and private Boarding for man and wife. Address M. S., Box 165. Postoffice, or applyjat this office. jan3l-3t Cl EORGIA, Monhoe County.—Sixty days after J date, application will be made to the Ordinary of said county, for leave to sell the real estate of Michael D. Gaar, late of said county, dec’d. JOHN A. STEELE, jan3l-60d Executor, j. w. Latitrop. h. w. lathrop. J. W. LATHROP & CO., FACTORS AND Commission Merchants, Savannah, Ga. jan23-2w* FOR SALE, A No. 1 Milch Cow with a young calf—will give 3 gallons of milk per day. Apply to jan26-4t NEWTON & LAWTON. To Physicians and Citizens. WE warrant every article of Medicine we sell to be of the best quality. PRESCIPTIONS will be accurately and neatly put up. Mr. Mansfield, a competent Pharmcutist can be found over our store any hour during the night. HUNT & GORDON. jan2S-dUt COTTON SEED. OSE THOUSAND BUSHELS Select Cotton Seed of this years’ growth, By KNOTT k nOWEg. dec2!l-eodtf BXIAJN’ELS For the Uiriiif; of Freed men, ' AX!) Em|iiojins Colored Apprentices, 108 SAI.K AT THE JOURNAL & MESSENGER OFFICE. Notice to debtors and creditors.—ah persons indebted to the estate of A. J. McCall deceased are requested to make immediate pay ment and all those holding claims against said estate will presen them in twrms of law. This January Bth, 1811(1. _ «T. A. McCALL janßl-40dr- Adm’r . .at 1 S -—• r\ EORGIA, Dooly County'.— Whereas, James M. \T Jotner, applies to me for letters of Guardian ship of the persons and property of Joseph West, ana H. J. west, minor children of William West, late of Houston County deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish the kindred aud creditors, of said minors, to be and appear at mv office wit hin the time prescribed by law, to show cause If any they have, why said let ters should not be granted to said applicant. Given under my hand and seal, this 18th day of Jaunary, 1860. WM. H. DAVIEfii, Jun2l-30 Ordinary. First National Bank of Macon, I. C. rLANT, W. W. WRIGLEY, President. Cashier" Deposits Received. COLLECTIONS MADE PROMPTLY REMITTED. Exchange on New York at Par. I. C. PLANT, WILL continue business at his old office; anil •will make investments ns parties may dirout. He will also purchase and sell STOCKS, BONDS, GOLD, SILVER, BANKNOTES, etc., Era, Era He will make libeval advances, until good sales can be made, charging a small commission for t lie same. jan2l-tf St. Louis, Cairo and Johnsonville STEAM PACKET COMPANY. C. J. CAFFREY President, J. B. STOCKTON Secretary. FRANK F. KNOBEL Treasurer. DITECTORS. M. Burns, Nashville, A. B. Morcan, St. Louis. H. W. Fyffe, do J. B. L Keating, do R. C. McCord, St. Louis. J. P. Calhoun, do A. A. Turner, St. Louis. Forming a Daily Lint? of Steamers from St. Louis to Johnsonville and Eastport on the Tennessee River. In connection with the Nashville and Northwestern Railroad, Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad, South Carolina and Alabama Railroad, Connecting at Cairo, with the ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD, and at Paducah, with MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD. From St. Louis to Nashville in Forty Hours. The shortest and quickest route to Chattanooga, Atlanta, Montgomery, And all points in TENNESSEE, GEORGIA, SOUTH CAROLINA and ALABAMA. The following light draught and fast steamers comprise this line, one of which will leave Compa ny’s wharf-boat foot, ol' Popular street, daily at 4 p. m: STEAMERS C. J. Caffrky, I, aura, M. Burns, Silver Wave, Spray, Milt,key, Leonoha, Virginia Rartek, Louisa, Geo. AlcC. Porter. Fanny Barker, Through Tickets and liills Lading signed at Com pany’s office, No. 11, SOUTH COMMERCIAL STREET, (City Buildings.) For Freight or Passage apply on board of boats, or to JOS. McENTIRE 1 Steamboat BOYD & SYLVESTER,; Agents. jan2S-tf SCOTT & BRO., Railroad Agents. THE M Great Virginia & Tennessee4inf@ Is now open, and the , i • Southern Transportation Cos., Are now giving through Bills Lading to NEW YORK, at $14.50, tajAW BALTIMORE, at 13.25 Per bale on cotton, or via AUGUSTA and SA VANNAH, to Baltimore and New York at $14.50. The bridges being repaired on the Virginia and Tennessee Line, goods go North and come South without any delay. These are the shortest, cheapest, and quickest route and insurance less by either, than any other route. Deliver to Railroads, consign to your friends North, stating route, send Railroad receipt to me, and I will give through Bill Lading. Ex penses follow Cotton to point of destination, CIIAS. J. WILLIAMSON, Ag’t Souhern Transportation Cos., jan27-tf At T. A. BLOOM’S office, Macon, Cia. The Best Investment Yet Offered, TAOR the purpose of affecting a division of inter- JD est, owing to business calling one of the Firm West of the Mississippi, we offer for sale our Manufacturing Establishment, In this place, consisting of a Foundry, Machine Shop, Blacksmith Shop, and Grist Mill, (capable of grinding 100 bushels corn per day,) with a 35 horse power Engine, Flue Boiler, Pumps, Lathes, Shaft ing, Pullies, Belt, etc., all in full operation and nearly new. Besides the Foundry, there is a large building 150 by 50 feet, in good condition and about an acre of ground. M. RUSSELL & CO., jan2s-10t* Americus, Ga. DYSPEPSIA, Dr. Strickland’s | Dr. Strickland’s Tonic is a concentrated preparation iriOUTP of Roots and Herbs -with anti-acids and carmina tives to strengthen the *■ stomach and nervous sys tem. It is a certain remedy for Dyspepsia or In digestion, Nervousness, Loss of Appetite. Acidi ty of the Stomach, Flatulency, and Debility. It is not alcoholic, therefore particularly suited for weak, nervous and dyspeptic persons. For sale by all Druggists everywhere at 81 per bottle. I" "I Dr. STRICKLAND’S CURE FOR pile REMEDY PILES. I Has cured thousands >f the worst cases of Blind and— Bleeding Piles. It gives im mediate relief, and effects a permanent cure. Try it directly. It is warrant ed to cure. For stile by all Druggists at 50 cents per bottle. Dr. STRICKLAND’S COUGH MELLIFLUOUS no more. Cough Balsam ■ Is warranted to be the on ly preparation known to cure Coughs, Colds, Hoarseness, Asthma, Whoop ing Cougn, Chronic Coughs, Consumption, Bron chitis and Croup. Being prepared from Honey and Herbs, it is healing, softening and expectora ting, and particularly suitable for all affections of the Throat and Lungs. For sale by Druggists everywhere. DIARRHOEA. Over 18,000 soldiers were cured of Diarrhoea nnd Dysentery last year by the use of Dr. Strickland’s Anti-Cholera Mixture. The fact of its being used so extensively in the Hospitals is proof of the effi cacy of Dr. Strickland's Anti-Cholera Mixture for the cure of acute and chronic cases of Diarrhoea and Dysentery. This is the only preparation known as a safe and certain remedy for Cholera. Donotbe without so valuable a medicine. Cut a bottle of it directly. It is sold by ail Druggists at 50 cents per bottle. J. H ZEILTN & CO., jan27-eodly Wholesale Agents. CARHART WHITFORD & CO., MANUFACTURERS Ai)D WHOLESALE DEALERS IN READY MADE CLOTHING, 331 dc 333 Broadway, - - JtiliW VOlSli. CORNER VYORTH IST. T. r. CARHART, UENKT SHAFER, WM. H. WHITFORD, J. B. VAN WAGKNEN, A. T. HAMILTON. of Puraii A Carbarl in liquidation. octai-6m eod jrOTICE. SIXTY (lays after date,application will be mad* to tiie Oldinary of Pulaski County, for leave to sell nil the real ertate belon lag to the estate of John Hosier, lute or said county, dcs’d. dsc'2-im MART ROZIER, Ex’trx. DIRECT IMPORTATION! j jpsT RECEIVED FROM WOSTENHOLMS & SONS: gtjf/FVEAR. ENGLAND. TWO TTUNDBED txiZ. OF THEIR CELEBR ATED POCKET KNIVES, which IAK Mpv* m mK TnABE VERY Lo ' V ' Jan-00-lw. ______ B- A. WISE, ClferrySt^ 12000 LBS. Assorted SWCde* Iron. UK) l“rs. Trace •S> Boxes Axes. 100 BoxtsATieese. 10 Doz. Padlocks. 30 Boxes Candles. AO Boxes Soda. 5 Casks English Potash. J Ym im<l fW ’T U. ANDEURON. MACON & WESTERN R.R. \ Macon, Jan. 20,1 WW. i j\y an(t after Ist Fel). next, tiie rate of passage M.nOU-lw.'"' "' iS lUad W! K ‘ Notice to Stockholders of the Empire Coal and Mining Company. pF«ck, IRON and Coal Mining Cos. l Maion, Ist February, 186(1. j . "eetiiv of the Stockholders of riMIE-Annua) j, ie election of Board .of Dl - tinsVompan. ■ . year,will beheld at their of reetors fbr the eusu a£t of February, at 11 o’clock 1 ce in Macon on the. as platters A. M. A full attendant:. -,eL of importance will be suhn, V<7rhKCBT’I? Pros Jan3Q-19t. El). L. Sir. BOOTS AND SHOES. , , AXT E have on hand as fine an assortme.. T V Boots and Shoes, for Ladies, Gentlemen a u children went, as there is in the South, which we offer at wholesale or retail, as low as they can be bought in (lie Southern market—superior induce ments offered to the trade. WE ARE DETER MINED NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD. Give us a call. MIX * KIRTLAND, jan3o-tf. No. 3. Cotton Avenue. PROSPECTUS Or The Masonic Messenger, MACON, GA. fITHE Masonic Messenger will be published as a _L Monthly octavo of forty-eight pages—the first number to be issued so soon as a sufficient number of subscribers is procured. The pages of the Messenger will be devoted to Original Communications, Selected Articles, For eign and Domestic Correspondence, Masonic Juris prudence, Reports of Masonic Bodies, Reviews and Bibliographical Notices, Masonic News. Edito rials, Miscellaneous Matter, and all else that will be likely to interest the Masonic reader." The work will lie published in tlio best style of the art, and the Editors will use every means in their power to render it in every way acceptable to its patrons. TERMS:—Five Dollars, payable in advance. Advertisement will be inserted oil llberrl terms. J. EMMET BLACKSHEAIt, D. G. M., Macon, Ga. J. APFLTON BLACKS! I EAR, Americus, Ga., Editors. 4®* All letters in relation the Literary or Busi ness interest, of the Messenger, will he addressed to Dr. J. Emmett Blacksiiear, Macon, Ga. jan24-tf. JANUARY, Ist, IStiti. ON and aflcr t his date the business formerly car ried on by me as Agent, will be continued by me in connection with Clias. A. Holmes and Will. Patterson under the liim name of MEGRATH, P ATT WILSON W CO., of this city and New York. jan;so-lw* N. A. MEGRATH. '“nqticr fpHE Conditions under which the late subscrip- X tion to the Milledgeville Railroad having been complied with, and the work resumed, a call of (35) thirty-five per cent, is hereby made on the subscribers, this being amount due by former stockholders. Payments can bo made at the First National Bunk of Macon. JNO. P. KING, jan2Bd2w . President. SIXTY days after date application will he ntado to the Ordinary of Crawford county, for leave Mo sell the land belonging to the estate o>f Jasper Sts'. Long, of said county, dec’d. jan2s-w2m JESSE B. LONG, Adm’r. I ir. J. A. Clopton, OF HUNTSVILLE, ALA., Is now in this city, and may be consulted at tiro Lanier House, for the next ten days, in Milledgeville, on the 12tli, 13th, Mill, and 15th. In Sparta, on the lotli, 17th, 18th. Jiith, and 20th. In Warrenton, on the 21st, and 22d. In Greensboro, the 24th, and 25th. In Madison, on the 28th and 27th. In Atlanta, on the 28th. He operates wit h perfect success for PILES, FIS TULA, STRICTURES, FISSURES, POLYPUS* TUMORS, HARE-LIP, etc. Special attention given to diseases of females. He removed a tumor as large as an infants head, 7'/, inches long—from the UTERUS—for a lady in Athens, Georgia, and his patient was perfectly well in a, few days. Dr. C. is well known in Georgia, and the most intelligent physicians of the State, have been liis patients. He has never lost a path nt, nor had the slightest accident to happen. Refers to the most eminent gentlemen of the Medical profession. Jan2B-ot* IETALIC CASES, / * _ CASKETS, Air GOD COFFINS, Covered with Broadcloth, }} Velvet or Alpaca, etc. Walnut, Malioganj’, and Rose Wood, always on hand. Bureaus, Beadsteads, Sofas, Wardrobes, etc. For Sale by fl. WOOD, ,ian2B-3m* Foot Third Street. 'W Telegraph copy 3 months. BKH) REWARD. WTOLEN from the undersigned, near Forsyth, O Monroe County, on the night of the 22d Inst., two mules—one a light sorrell mare mule, me dium size, hair chaffed off the right rump by (he whip, a streak with hair off just above one of the hoofs, the effects of a rope. The other a bright bay horse mule, rather under medium size, letter K branded on one of the Jaws. The above re ward will be paid for liie recovery of the mules, or fifty dollar for either of them. Detect (lie thief if possible. Address ARCH’D. DAVIS. jan27-Gt* ' Forsyth, Ga. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, 4) No. 1 Wheel-wrights and wagon makers, for & which, good wages and steady employment wili be given. None but experienced workmen need apply. Apply to WHITE & LOYD. jnniT-St* Perry, Ga, CITY PROPERTY AT AUCTION, ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, AT 10, A. M., BY FINDLAY & KENRICK, \ T our store—that desirable lot, with improve- JY incuts, situated at the N. W. corner of 2d and Arch streets, fronting 75 feet on 2d, and ICB feet on Areli Street. On the lot is a large two-story build ing, in good repair, formerly known as Sherwood's Shop, now used as a church. jan2sßt* CLOTHING AND FURNISHING GOODS. Boots, Shoes, Hats, &c. AT 33,32 ID TTOED PRICES. T’lT’E are offering this stock of Goods at NEW T T YORK. COST, us we want to close out busi ness. We will make it to the Interest of our friends to give us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Wo have on hand a large lot FANCY'CAHSIMER, • BLACK and FANCY DOS KINS, BLACK BROADCLOTH, SILK and FANCY VESTING, All of which we arepiepnred to make up at the lowest prices!and in the latest syles. We invite our mends and the public generally In give us a cal! at our old stand In FORT VAL LEY. W. 1). WOODS A C<». Jan2!-2w TO TII JR POOR! “on a.iT oTjiMsn .u./.tv a I.title Land T* O LIVE ON! rw ill sell 14 acres of fine Land in ihe out-skirt* o( Macon rerr low. On th, piano is a flue otcbard. and a common house, i will sail nil together or in 1 >t* to suit'j'UrrliMsers, a* (Ah are no use lor it. I’*'- sons wan ting <>nly one or two awes can be amsuii.o dated Applv at the “Journal an, Messenger” office to Id. B. BURR. janH-ti B. U. WIiiULET...... W- KHOTT WRIG LEY & KNOTT, IMPOKTERB ASD DEAI.EBS IN Hardware AND CUTLERY, HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, BtiIDEKS lIARDWAE, Mechanics’ Tools, &c RALSTON’S GRANITE RANGE Next to Express O'fiot MAC OX ‘ • - GEORGIA. have just received u splendid assort * ot Goods in our line, all of _ -hich will bo sold at * JOW KATES. • CUTLERY! cyTIERY A Splendid assortment of Pocket Kuivcs, Tabic Knives, Knive3 and Forks, Razors. Scissors, Shares, Pruning Setts, etc , et? For sale by WKIGLEY a KNOTT. House Furnishing Goods! 40 Hollow Ware, Tin Ware, Wooden Ware, Plated Ware, Baskets, Brooms, Seivos, Spico boxes. Brass Andirons, Cast Fire I)ogs, Shovels und Tongues, Firo Stands, Fenders, Meat Cutters, Egg Beater?, Milk Boilers, Mats, Rugs, etc. And a thousand other articles to numerous to mention. Just received and for sale by WKIGLEY & KNOTT. janl6-lm LANIER HOUSE REPAIRED el.m RE FITTER, Mulberry Sired, Maeon, Oa GEO. HI. I.OGAN, Proprietor. Omnibus and Baggage Wagon AT THE TRAINS, WILL CARRY PASSENGERS ANI) BAGGAGE TO AND FROM THE DEPOT. Free of Charge. janlo-3m brown house, Opposite Passenger Depot, lift A CON, ; : GA. Refitted and Refurnished FROM BASEMENT TO ATTIC. Comfort, Convenience and Luxury COMBINED. My faithful Porter* WILLIAM,MOTT and DAItRAH HILL, will be in attendance and transfer baggage free on the arrival of every train. £. £. EBOWN, janW-Smd Propretor. GUANO. r SHALL HAVE A GOOD SUPPLY OF GUANO, in a short time. ASHER AYRES. Macon, January 28. lm FOR SALEr ri'ITE RESIDENCE now occupied by Mr. TANARUS, A. J. J hurls, situated corner of Popular and New streets, near the residence of Gen. J. W. Arm strong. The house is in good order, hasten rooms I unit lies and closets. Lot, 'ona halt acre. g<« and stables and kitchens and well Improved. One <x Fie most desirable residences for a business man t hat lias been offered for sale. For terms apply on the premises to Mrs. T. A. Harr's, ~r to J. A. GRAYBILL, Executor's. Jaii2l-tf. Estate of T. A. Harris. To Painters, and the Trade. V 1 r E have on hand a large stock of Paints and \Y colors, ground in oil Which we will soil at, and less than New York Prices. HUNT & GORDON. iqn2U-dU ____ „ BUTTER! BUTTER! |Q KEGS PRIME GOSHEN BUTTER, Just received by Jan2fi-tf GEO. T. ROGERS A »oN».