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Aim Davis in Fortress Monroe.—We
copy an unfriendly report from the New
York He? aid, Fae ab basic, Ac.
&2L-, The National Intelligencer, referring
othe laic brutal speech of Thad. Stevens,
ou the negro equality amendment to the
Constitution, thus characterizes the man:
‘in a far as protense of argument is con
cern '4 or digutty of parliamentarianism,
or tit oncy of expression,, or respect of con
stitutional law, or comity as a supposed
publicist, or as a maa o: pretended honor,
or of imagined human qualities, Mr. • Ste
vens mils to make an impression on one
in all the land.’’
Georgia Military Institute.
From information received from Mil
ledgeviile, the citizens of Fort Vally, Ga.,
arc making a bid for the transfer of the
Georgia Military Institute to their place,
which is quite favorable to tire State in her
crippled condition.
They propose to give the State one hun
dred and fifty acres of land (equivalent to
one thousand dollars,) beautifully located,
with a constant stream of water running
through it, with two fine springs Rear the
rite; there being plenty of wood on the
land to furnish the Institute for several
rears.
Also, five thousand dollars in cash,
which is to lie paid in by the citizens, in
four installments: Ist payment April Ist,
and the hist January Ist, IS6O.
Further, allowingthe State, through the
Governor, to appoint one-lialf of the Board
of Trustees, and they adopting all rules
and regulations as have already governed
the school, so far as practicable.
The State only giving, by transfer, the
charter with its privileges, as well as the
library, chemical apparatus, etc., the most
of which was destroyed at this place by
Shbrman’s army, with the proceeds of the
sale of the land and the debris of the old
School at Marietta, probably worth from
live hundred to a thousand dollars, which
it is .proposed shall go into build up the
hew school.
The Raleigh, North Carolina, Stan
dard, of the 2d, says that N. J. Perkins, a
member of the Society of Friends, was
waylaid in \Vayne county, on Tuesday, by
two white men who cut liis throat in five
places, and cut one of his ears so badly
that he will lose it, and, also knocking out
several of his teeth. His condition is con
sidered very precarious. A man by the
name of Needham, another member of the
Society of Friends, was recently robbed of
over twelve hundred dollars, in the same
. comity. _
The Democratic members elect to
Congress from Louisiana, disgusted- with
the radical temper of the House, have left
for their homes, pretty thoroughly con
vinced that their chances for admission to
his Congress are hopeless.
Capt. Semmes.— The Times’ Washing
ton special say s : The President and Cabi
net have under consideration the argu
ment of Capt. Semmes, claiming the right
to be discharged underthe Sherman-John
ston parole, but have come to no definite
conclusion thereon. Until this matter is
disposed of there will be no detail fora
court to try Capt. Semmes, and there is a
bare probability that the trial may be in
definitely postponed.
* BtSG The Albany Journal pronounces the
address of Thad. Stevens infamous, and
declares his “assumed leadership of the
House is an unmitigated misfortune.” It
further says that:
If it had been determined produce a
division between the two branches of the
administration, this Pennsylvania Danton
would be precisely the man to inaugurate
a- His theatre is anarchy; his weapon,
denunciation ; his work, disorder. With
out parallel in ferocity and coarseness, he
Nevertheless possesses a measure of politi
cal ability which magnifies his capacity for
evil, and prompts him to most shameful
acts.
The Process of Public Debasement.
In an article upon the 11th, we pointed j
out in an incidental manner, the process
bv which the radical republicans in Con
gress were seeking to debase the govern
ment of the country so as to destroy the con
servative features of the system, and make
it responsive substantially without check or
limitation, to the wildest popular caprices
and the most violent party schemes. To
have been complete, this view should hare
embraced several points which we had no
space to consider. We present the whole
plan of operations briefly, as follows.
1. The red republicans arc seeking to de
stroy the conservative vitality and force of
the Constitution of the United States, un
der the speeious pretence of amending it.
There is yet too much traditional rever
ence for that instrument in the Northern
mind, (however vague, unintelligent and
practically inoperative it may be,) to toler
ate an open war upon the Constitution.
We hear arguments in Congress openly
supported by what the Constitution “should
be.” against as open admission as to what
“it is.” But the time has not yet come for
the rallying cry “ Down with the Constitu
tion,” in so many words, and the safer plan
is adopted of killing it with amendments. .
These scores of amendments have but one
object and tendency—to break down the
fundamental limitations by which minori
ties are protected, and open an unobstruct
ed sweep to the will of the majority as re
corded at the ballot box. Indeed the no
tion that a republican government is purely
the government of a popular voting ma
jority, wherein minorities, like the “rebels,”
have no rights, but simply duties and obli
gations—is so fixed in the Northern mind
that anything standing in the way of the
popular will, is already considered anti-re
publican ; and this alone renders all con
stitutional limitations and restraints ex
tremely unpopular. The republicans see
that their utter extinction, in the present
condition of the popular mind, is only a
question of time, and the shortest available
path to the practical abolition of all Con
stitutional safe-guards is to assail them one
by one with amendments. In a few years
the continual changes and modifications
in fundamental law, would render the
whole system so thoroughly contemptible,
that all respect for it would be destroyed.
The whole would sink into a dead letter.
2. The work of destroying the Constitu
tion is carried on simultaneously with the
work of debasing the suffrage. Our an
cestors held but one opinion in reference to
the permanency and value of the republi
can system. It was a good and a secure
government only so long as the primary
source of political power was intelligent,
virtuous and self restraining. The foun
tain corrupted, the whole stream was poi
soned; and as the best things become the
worst fatally mischievous, under
perversion, so a republican system would
certainly more itself the most vicious and
insupportable of all tyrannies, when
wielded by ignorance under the direction
of profligacy and corruption,. The deter-
mination of the radical majority still fur
ther to debase the American popular suf
frage by introducing the emancipated
slaves to the polls—voters without inform
ation—without self-control—without judg
ment—to a great extent, without virtue—
credulous and easily misled to the worst of
purposes, lias a deep and significant moan
ing in connection with their efforts to
destroy the Constitution.
3. Both those movements are in full
blast in connection with their grand
to tlohttse 'Congress. This is m In*
done by the unconstitutional Test Oath, by
which it is proposed to exclude all the in
telligence of the South from Congress.—
This specious contrivance, under pretence
of shielding Congress from disloyal mem
bers, will practically exclude Southern rep
resentatives, and shutout from Congress
the traditional foes of red republicanism in
America—the jealous guardians of consti
tutional limitation—(lie disciples and de
scendants of the men who held consolida
tion to bo the bane of a well regulated civil
liberty—the death of pure republicanism.
Who taught that even the restrictions of
the constitution, without the check and
balance of an unflinching maintenance of
the reserved rights of the States, were in
euflicient to preserve the harmonious and
steady operation of the great republican
system, and to defend minorities. All this
formidable counterpoise to the aggressive
schemes of the radicals, is ruled out by the
ingenious contrivance of the Test Oath.
4. To lend additional force to this grand
combined assault upon all the safe-guards
and defences of the old republican system
of America, every pretence is laid hold of
to magnify the central power and increase
its overwhelming influence. The official
patronage of the Government, in the good
old times when a few thousand compre
hended the office holding legion, was a
source of alarm to the statesmen of those
days. The present number is stated by
some of our contemporaries at not far short
of half a million, and the worst feature of
the case is that comparatively few of these
hold offices contemplated or created by the
Constitution, and many of them by no oth
er law' than that of alleged necessity or
convenience. In former times officials
were restricted to government business,
but now they assume supervision of almost
every possible private interest. In former
times, acting under law', they were govern
ed by and respected law; but now they
act under orders and defy law. It is to
push the of the government
to the utmost in this particular, that Con
gress is now “extending the powers” of
the Freed men’s Bureau, although it is no
torious that their power in the States is al
ready supreme. What might not a radi
cal administration party in control of the
government promise itself at the head of
such an official phalanx qf half a million
or less, wielding supreme power over the
finances of the country, the fox-tunes, and
to a great extent, the private IfUsiness of
the people. Lxcmpt it from Constitution
al restraints—give it the control of a de
based suffrage—make Congress the subser
vient register of its decrees, and Cxesar or
the Sultan were puny and profitless des
pots compared with it.
5. The. last point in the radical pro
gramme we shall mention, is the practical
abolition of State jurisdiction. This is al
ready effected by the claims set up in be
half of the Freedman’s Bureau; but is
sought to be doctrinally established under
the clause am en ding the Constitution so as to
prohibit slavery. Under that, the radicals
claim full jurisdiction over the political
status of the citizens of the States, and this
admitted and gained, will wind up the
chapter of private and public defenses
against, the tyranny of a majority, con
trolled by a few- American Danton s, by
enabling them to -deeide both who shall,
and who shall not vote. When that last
achievement is made. . the Republican
leaders of the day will own the country,
and maintain a securer—a grander des
potism than t-lie world ha.- yet seen, or re
alized.
The South sees and feels, put t-au only
point out the danger, it remains .to be
discovered whether the Northern emieen
atives wiH take the alarm injjmeJo save
themselves and the Republic.
Milledgeville Correspondence.
MiLUElKiiiViant Feb. 12, 1-GG6.
The gloomy morning of to-day brought
with it a depression of feeling upon the
pgrt of many of otn' legislators. Perhaps
the long face of our friend Col. Jack Jones,
or the leanness of his pulse, has had quite
an influence to east agioomover the minds
of our law-makers. They are not the only
party that feet’this depression, for hotel
and bar-keepers are getting very anxious
toeolleet their bills.
The Generl Assembly still continues to
introduce new matter. Up to this time,
there have been, in both branches, 'some
thing near eight hundred bills introduced
and read. It will take at least until the
15tli of March next, to dispose of this mass.
It is true, one-third of them are unconsti
tutional, and will be lost in that way ; an
other third will be disposed of l*y the com
mittees, and on their passage.
Mr. Groce, or Seriveu, introduced :i reso
lution in the House, this morning, declar
ing that no new matter shall be entertained
after next Friday, thelGtli, and _ that the
General Assembly adjourn on the 2.Bth
inst., sine die, but no action was taken up
on it, and It is believed that it will not be
adopted.
There is an immense amount of useless
legislation gone through with. All this
changing of the Code and of county lines,
are matters that could very we!! be defer
red, until the people and the State Treasu
ry arc better able to bear the immense cost,
than they are at the present moment. It
costs the State abouts2,soo per day to have
these matters attended to.
Thq people are becoming very restive
under this enormous expenditure, and feel
that matters of mere importance should
engage the attention of their servants,
especially In the present depleted condition
of the Treasury. Gome of the members,
especially the planters, are getting very
anxious to return home and put iu their
crops for t-lic coming season.
Messrs. Stephens and Johnson, Senators
elect, were expected here to-day to address
the General Assembly, but on account of
Mr. Johnson being engaged in a murder
ease at Augusta, they have failed to arrive,
but will be here, and it is supposed that
they will Speak ou Thursday and Friday
nights next. Tlieir views are anxiously
looked for, and expected to foreshadow the
policy of Georgia in the present crisis and
remove the gross representations of defeat
ed partizans at Washington.
A Mr. Orff) an Agent for an Emigration
Society, proposing to bring emigrants di
rect from Europe to this State, will address
the Legislators to-night, upon the im prests
connected with that enterprise.
The finance bill is about the only bill
pending, that will cause any discussion in
the Senate as ail other matter- of that char
acter have been dispose 1 of. The House
however, make speeches upon al most every
subject, that is, some of them.
in; Revk.
The President and the Freedmen.
The extended report of the interview be
tween Fred. Douglas and a dozen other free
negroes, claiming to represent <!.? freed
men in the United States' covers three long
and closely printed .columns, but perhaps
the reader Ms had enough of it in what
has already beeu published in the Journal
and Messenger. Tt ended as it began in
the threat qj" an appeal to the people:
The President—l think you will find, so
far as the South is concerned, that if all
will inculcate the idea in connection with
the one you urge, that the colored people
can live and advance in civilization to hot-,
ter advantage elsewhere than crowded to
gether in the South, it would be better for
them.
Mr. Douglas—But the masters have the
making of the laws ; and we cannot gait
away from the plantations.
The President —What prevents you?
Mr. Douglas—We have not the simple
right of locomotion through the Southern
States.
The President —If the masters now con
trol the freedmen, would they not control
his vote ?
Mr. Douglas—Let the negro once under
stand that lie has a right -to vote, and he
will raise up a party that will rally with
him. There is this conflict that you speak
of between the slaveholder and’ the poor
man.
The President —You touch right, upon
the point there. There is the conflict, and
hence, I suggest emigration. If he can
not get employment in the South, he lias it
in his power to go when' he can get it.
On parting, the President said that they
were both desirous of accomplishing the
same ends, but proposed to doso by follow
ing different roads.
Mr. Douglas, in turning to leave, re
marked to his fellow delegates: '“The Pres
ident sends us to the people, and we will
have to go and get the people right.”
The President—Yes, sir, I have great
faith in the people. I believe they will do
what is just, and have no doubt they will
settle the question right, and hope that it
will be submitted to them for formal ac
tion.
The delegates then bowed and with
drew.
The patience, courtesy and good temper
of the President were rewarded in this
respect, at least, that the tone of this “so
called” delegation was far less imperious
and insulting at the close than at the com
mencement of the interview. Wo are
bound'to admit that the President has a
very happy faculty of dealing with all the
varied and miscellaneous delegations which
approach him upon public questions. Be
maintains perfect dignity and good temper,
and at the same time deals,, with entire
candor and without the smallest attempt
at diplomacy.
Noticing the arrival in that city of
the editor of the Rocky Mountain News,
the Chicago Republican says :
He crossed the plains by way of Santa
Fe, and reports that the journey was but
little troubled by the Indians. Everything
is going on prosperously in Colorado. The
next season’s yield of gold he estimates at
from six to eight millions, though if the
emigration is very large it will be rm>ie.—
Breadstuff’s will be raised for the present
population, but the new comers will have
to be supplied over the plains. The pres
ent population of the Territory lie esti
mates at about 25,000, one-third of them in
the city of Den ver.
- ——
Ex-President Burnet,- of Texas, has
published a list of severe charges against
Gen. Gregory, in his administration of the
•Freedmen’s Bureau. Gen. Gregory says
they are false and demands a retraction or
a full proof.
for the Jotfrnal and Messenger.] f
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. j
Mx r.i. she; bv i eee, Feb. 12. 18*30.
Pte VJ SENATE.
The Senate factallo o'clock, A. M
The rules were suspended and Mr! Mc-
Daniel introduced a bill to regulate the sale i
of spirituous liquors in small quantities.— !
Thg bUi proper's that before licenses are i
issued, a person shalighv bond rad to keep I
a disorderly lionse.
Mr. Carter —A bill to authorize the lew I
ofa-speeiiic tax on all, spirituous liquors ‘
distilled in this State. It proposes a tax
of 50 cents per galicn.
Mr. Gresham—A bill to repeal an act re- |
tjUiring incorporated Cotton and, Woollen *
Companies to publish Lists of their stock
holders. %
BILLS OX THIRD EEAiU-NG.
Bill to exonerate sheriffs and their depu- j
ties from liabilities hi certain cases. li re- i
l’ersto cases where the bonds were given
ou a Confederate basis of value. Passe,’.
Bill-to prohibit itinerant trading jtopto
tain articles without a license. T* hi r t
ground peas, butter, eggs,
melons, etc. Lost bv a yore, of 12*t\ to'
Bil! to punish with dea'.topoiito burning
and burglary at night, passed. b
Bill to require persons exempt from J un
duly to serve as tefb.-,- j U ro: s. Passed.
• Bill to Grange the time of holding the
superior tom.rU of Paulding, Floyd, Polk
aad uai»tpl}oli counties. Passed.
* I’d! for the relief of persons under arrest
for offences committed against the Confed
erate States; Passed.
Bill to allow attorneys and solicitors to
argue their eases in the Supreme Court of
this State in writing. Recommitted to the
Judiciary Committee.
Bill to provide a more summary mode
for the enforcement of Mechanics’ liens.
Lost.
Bill to amend the charter of the lovrn of
Eroerton. Passed.
Liil to prevent persons irom inducing
laborers to forfeit their contracts and to
abandon the interest of their employers.
Passed.
Bill to alter and amend section 4596 and
•4597 of die Code. Passed.
Bill for the relief of the Muscogee Build
ing and Loan Association and the Colum
bus Bulling and Loan Association-. Pass
ed.
Bill to exempt from j ury duty all persons
active members of incorporated Fire Com
, panics of this State. Lost.
Bill to fix the time of holding the Su
preme Court of this State.- It fixes the
time at the first Mondays in June and De
cember of each year. Postponed.
Bill to ineorjKjrate the Hansel! Manu
facturing Company of Campbell count*.
Passed.
Adjourned. .
i lot’s ii. t
The hi<rase myl at & o’clock A. M.
Prayer by the chaplain.
The Journal was read aiid approved.
31 r. Kibliee, of Pulaski, moved the re
consideration of-the House on the bill to
fix the fees of county officers. The mo
tion prevailed.
NEW ?!ATXilli.
Mr. Glenn, of Whitfield—A resolution
asking the Secretary of Treasury of the
United States to suspend the collection of
the internal revenue tax and to allow the
State to assume the same.
Mr, Dixon, of Walker —A bill to extend
the time of the completion of the Coosa
and Chattooga Railroad.
Mr. French, of Schley—A bill to incor
porate the Buck Manufacturing Company
of Schley county.
Mr. Snead, of Richmond—A bill to in
corporate the Commercial Insurance Com
pany of Augusta.
Also a bill to incorporate the Augusta
Mutual Insurance Comjmuy,
AH\ Groce, of Screven—A resolution
that 'uo new matter be introduced after the
IGtli instant, and that the begisiuiure ad
journ sine <lie on the 2Sili itsiasit. Lost.
Mr. ICibbee, of Pulaski—A bill to repeal
ant actaiLowim: Ordiii irio- i<» charge cer
tain fees.
Mr. Lindsay, of Lee —A bill to change
the time of holding Mm Superior Courts of
Lee county.
Mr. Cook of I. win- A bill to remit the
tax due (lie Stave from fax payers for iS64
and 1865.
Mr. Cloud, of Henry A bill to change
the line between -Henry and Butts coun
ties.
Mr. Hill, of Fallon—A mil to exempt
from street dutyall persons members of the
Hook and Ladder Company.
Also a luff to incorporate the Gate City
Fomnlery, Car and Machine Works.
Air. Wadden, of Fulton—A bill to incor
porate the Union Express Company.
Air. Russell, of Char.un—A resolution to
ask the Governor to pardon from the Pen
itentiary Epsev Woods of Franklin county.
, Mr. Hollis', of Marion —X resolution re
questing the Governor to ask of the Presi
dent a withdrawal of colored troops from
the State.
The resolution of the Senate in relation
to the seizure of cotton was referred to the
Judiciary ('ommittee.
iv: i.i-s ox Titi t:i) !•;;•:a dixg.
Bill to punish freedmen fur living in
adultry. Laid on the table.
Bill for the j'elief of Administrators,
Guardians and Executors. Passed.
Air. Glenn’s resolution asking the sus
pension of coffee! ion of internal revenue
tax was passed.
Bill t<> alter section G.l2d of the code.
Lost.
Bill to compensate Commissioners for
pretailing.Che Freedmen’s Code. Passed.
Bill to authorize the county of Early to
levy an extra tax.. Passed.
Bill for the relief of Martha Lester, of
Fulton comity. Passed.
Bill to create anew judicial circuit, to be
called the North-eastern Circuit. With
drawn.
Bill to legalize acts of Deputy Clerks.
Passed.
Bill to increase the per diem pay of
Poor School teachers. .Passed.
Bill to amend the charter of Alilledge
villc. Passed.
Bill to authorize sheriff's, etc., to ad minis
ter oaths. lost.
Bill to amend section 4391 of the Code.
Passed.
Bill to incorporate Planters’ Insurance
Compatiy of Columbus in place of Aler
chants’ insurance Company of Columbus.
Passed.
Bill relative to the bonds of Justice.
Passed.
Bill to repeal 1775. and 1770 of the Code.
Passed.
Bill to change the mode of empanneling
iurdrs for- the trial .of criminal cases.
Lost.
Adjourned till 3 o’clock, P. AI.
The exliorbitant rents demanded
in this city and ..neighborhood, are the oc
casion of grievous complaint at the present
time. Landlords are pronounced insatia
ble. An advance of nearly or cpiite fifty
percent, for first class stores and offices is
not uncommon/in choice locations. Conse
quently, there is a more general inquiry
with reference to purchasing, many ten
ants preferring to buy rather than lease. —
But here is anew source of trouble, tor
property owners are disposed to make as
little concession in the one case as in the
othbr. What is wanted is more elbow room.
The city is not large enough to hold the in
habilanls.—Jonrnul of Corn. ~
Speaking of impending Cabinet
changes, the Washington correspondent of'
the Philadelphia Ledger says :
There is now no doubt hut what impor
tant changes in the Cabinet are near at
hand. Tlie President- is determined to have
harmony of action in the Cabinet, if he
cannot have it in conjunction with Con
gress, and you may, therefore, look for an
unseating of two, if not three, of the pres
ent members at an early day.
B®=. Flake’s Bulletin, a thorough Union
paper and Government organ at Galves
ton, denounces Gen. Howard’s manage- j
ment of the Freedmen’s Bureau, and
speaks of him as a religious hypocrite. S'
NEW YORK CORRESPONDENCE.
Sumner’s Fonderctts Treatise on Govern
ment —Copies of his Prize Speech to be
Distributed through the Country—Fresh
Indication* af Factual Disruption —
Thud. Stevens Denouncing the Freed
man's Bureau Bill—lmmodesty on the
Skating Ponds—A. T. Stu art's Sccorj*'
Libel Suit- — An Important Case—
fiu/i of Trade —('of inn e*' * *
T'wat aur.Ovrn Correspr ,
r >»denl.j
r i Feb. 6, 15 66.
It seems that (he It*- .
_ „ . adical gentlemen who
arrogate all the v*: ...
° . . -*tue, patriotism and m
teuigence in inerican ] KIU!aM na ttire, can
not agiee <- en among themselves. Sum
n^F taken issue with Stevens, and the
r f 3ttl -is, a very pleasant prospect of a mu
lir.y in the disunion camp. Os course, it
; is not to be supposed fqr a moment, tliat
Sumner’s eyes have been opened to the
enormity of the offences he lias committed
against tlie American people, or tliat there
is anything in his present course to justify
the suspicion that he is moving toward the
stool of repentance. He belongs-to the
Bourbon class, who learn nothing and for
get nothing, and therefore, no sensible
man would credit him with an intention
to reform liis ways. But he has been on
the uneasy seat for several weeks past,
groaning under the weight of a speech on
the state of the country, and anxious for
an opportunity to remove its pressure from
himself to the columns of the Congression
al al Globe. Tlie calling up of the Stevens
I amendment furnished the coveted oppor
tunity, and Sumner availed himself of it
, to get off the ponderous essay which bored
' the Senate yesterday afternoon and to
! day.
: I.don’t know whether the Massachusetts
i deity is in the middle or at the end of his
| speech at this hour; hut I do know, as
! every one must, who has read his first in
! stallinent of it, that he did not speak to
- the question yesterday. His sole object
I seemed to be to prove to the Senate that
j he is the only person in that body who
! comprehends what is meant by political
ethics. 1 have looked over the beginginsr
of tlie speech, and eould not find one point
in it. it is a diseussive, pedantic treatise
on government, and does not contain one
word, of direct application to the subject,
beforte tlie Senate. But Sumner com
menced by stating, in general terms, that
he objected to the amendment which Ste
vens rushed through the lower House, and
it is not improbable that he has said some
thing to the point before this time; The
speech has been in preparation ever since
ike beginning of the session, and some of
the Washington correspondents say that
arrangements have been made to distrib
ute about two hundred thousand copies of
it through the country. All newspapers
i are to be supplied, and as Air. Sumner is
desirous to indoctrinate Boston notions, it
is not unlikely that you will receive a copy
before you receive this. He read the
si eeeh yesterday from a revised edition,
and during its delivery he was somewhat
annoyed by Senator Johnson, who took
copious notes of Sumner’s quotations, mak
ing him give book and page for each ; and
| it may be presumed from this that it is the
i intention of the Maryland Senator to reply
!at an early day. The principal significance
s os the liarrangue is that there is a conflict
j slumbering somewhere in the disunion
bosom, and that when ii bursts its swad-
I diiug clothes there will be a rage and
gnashing'of teeth iu the ranks of the Radi
cals. And the common opinion here U
that the swaddling clothes cannot be burst
1 too soon.
Then, as a set-off to the Sumner demon
stration in the Senate, we find Stevens ta
kingground in theHouseagainst the Freed
| man’s Bureau bill: not, it is true, because
he objects to the spirit of the bill, but be
; cause that spirit is not quite unchristian
j enough to suit him. Like a generous phi
’ laurhropist as he is, he would give to all
the emancipated negroes “homesteads'out
of the forfeited lands of the public enemy,”
i and he esteems it a burning shame to pro
j pose to turn the negroes oil of tlie Sea Is
; land lands at the expiration of three years.
“God forbid,” he piously exclaims, “that
I should ever vote for a bill like this.”
I This heartless, brutal old man, who would
batter with his rough hoofs, the pallid face
of the prostrate South, cannot see tlie
“burning shame” of robbing the Southern
people of their jusf possessions. He would
give the Sea Island soil forever to a set of
thriftless, semi-barberous negroes, and
send its legal owners, men of his own race,
as wanderers and beggars on the earth.
Oh! how pure, generous and unselfish is
the philanthropy that would give unto
others what it has no right to take or to
give.
We are having the pleasantest sort of
winter weather, and New York is enjoy
ing itself as merrily as if it were attending
the political funeral of Sumner, Stevens,
and the whole rank and file of the dis
union organization. The attendance at
the skating ponds in the Central Park
averages forty thousand per day, and of
this number at least thirty thousand put
ou skates and rush headlong into the in
toxicating madness of the season. You
would be astonished to observe the aban
don which characterizes the movements of
the fairer' portion of New York creation
when they mount steel runners. They
throw aside everything in the way of mod
esty, and disport themselves as if there
was not a pair of male eyes within tele
scopic distance. If they would leave their
hoops at home it would not be quite so
bad, but they wear the hoops, and the con
sequence is that they cannot skate ten rods
without revealing the color of their gar
ters. And the fair creatures don’t mind it
g bit.
Approposof the Radical antics—though
I should have thought of it before —here is
a "poetical squib which I clip from the Ale
tropolitan Record. The flavor is in the
last line:
“Lot hate do its worst; there are moments when I
All its sneers and its venom with contempt defy,
For a time will yet come, though the SumneritS
rave.
That will bring back the freedom our forefathers
gave.
Short, short be the reign then of Stevens and
Wade,
And repeal be the fate of the laws they have
made.
You may. air, you may alter those laws, if you
will,
Hut the scent of the negro will hang round them
still.”
A. T. Stew-art has another libel case on
his hands, and I think the issue will be
more favorable to his side than that of the
suit he brought against the Police Gazette.
It seeius that the New York correspondent
of the St. Louis Republican wrote a lJtter
to that journal reflecting somewhat-severe
ly on Mr. Stewart’s moral character. The
letter reached the office when the editors
were absent, so it was inserted without
revision by the foreman. The editors sub
sequently apologized for its publication ;
but that did not satisfy Mr. Stewart, for
upon learning, on Saturday last, that one
of the proprietors of the Republican was
in this city, he went before Judge Dowling
and made a complaint against Mr. Knapp
(of the Republican) and Mr. Colburn, the
correspondent, the one for publishing and
the other for w riting the libelous letter.
Both were arrested, and after a prelimina
ry examination, Knapp was discharged
from custody, lie having satisfied the
Judge that the letter was published with
out the knowledge of the responsible par
ties. The correspondent is held to await
the action of the Grand Jury, and it is not
unlikely that an indictment will be found
against him. He is one of the assistant
editors of tiie Tribune, and was captured
by the Confederates w hile acting as news
paper correspondent during the war. The
case excites a great deal of interest among
newspaper men, as the result will proba
bly settle the question of responsibility tor
libelous publications.
Trade continues to improve slowly, but
the oonvietion that all goods purchased
now.must be sold on market tends
to limit ttie inimediate
wants ot buyers. <\q ere ' lieen no mate
£^-e l irloc ot manufactured
a feline must come before, the
now on this market passes into
i tt- *® °f retailers. The cotton market
. only department of trade that shows
'cession. The demand is not active this
.Leek," and the quotations for middlings
have declined to 47|U 40. The receipts at
the jiort siuc§ the Ist of January, are 58,596
bales, and since the Ist of September, 542,-
3o»bales. Government securities are ad
vancing, particularly the PMOs autfT-SOs
whieh.eail for interest on Feb. loth’and;
March Ist, respectively. Kailroad shares
are depressed. aud4he “low” interest seems
to got tire upper hand, in Wall street,
tkiid is steady at 12b. Thai bank statement
shows a loss of £4,000,«X»0 in their deposits
lass week; but the Sub. Treasury gained
£9,500,000. Although the bank statement
is unfavorable, it seems what they lost did
not leave the city. Q.
BY TELEGRAPH
To THE JOIT.XAI; AXI) MESSENGER
NEW YORK MARKET.
New York, Feb. 12th.—Cotton declining.
Bales at 44<« 45. Gold, 3b!.
DANCROFT’S ADDKESB:
\\ ASiiiNUTON, Feb. 12.—N0 business do
ing in Congress, to-day being 1 the occasion
for Bancroft’s address on the memory of
Lincoln, which was delivered in the pres
ence of a highly distinguished audience.
Feats of Negro Soldiers.— The Co
lumbus Sun and Times of the 11th gives
two incidents which go to show that the
negro troops recently sent to that city in
tend to keep up the reputation they had
previously acquired, in Augusta and else
where :
One of the first, ladies of this city was go
ing to her. home on Front street yesterday
afternoon about two o’clock. Xu her hand
was held a portnionie, containing some
eighty dollars, which she was swinging by
the chain. She was met by a negro sol
die” to whom she paid no'attention. In
passing,the scoundrel seized the portinonie,
and ran a short distance, and turning
around, gave her a most insulting smile,
threw the portnionie upon the ground and
walked oft. The lady, thinking the negro I
intended to insult her, picked up the book
and found the money gone. Sin* instantly
raised an alarm for assistance, but before
gentlemen from the adjacent houses could
reach the spot the negro then disappeared.
Friends soon represented the case to the
Lieutenant in command. His action'in
the premises was good. He promised that
he would use every means to detect the
soldier thief, and that, if lie could he iden
tified, he should be punished. He also
stated that every citizen should protect
liimself from insult, and his premises from
robbery.
On Thursday afternoon a lady on tlieup
per part of Church street was bitterly
cursed by one of these soldiers, when she
had not said one word to him.
-Another Radical Measure.
The House, on Friday, by a vote of .31 to
12, passed the following bill:
Sec. 1. All persons born in the United
States, and not subject to any foreign pow
er or tribal authority, excluding Indians,
are hereby declared to be citizens of the
United States.
See. 2. There shall be no discrimination
in civil rights or immunities among the
inhabitants of any State, or territory of
the United States, on account of ras e, color
or previous condition of slavery : but the
inhabitants, of every race and color, with
out regard to any previous condition of
slavery, or involuntary servitude, except
as a punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall
have the to make and enforce
contracts, to sue. be parties, and give evi
dence, to inherit, purchase, lease, sell, hold
and convoy real and personal property,
and to full and equal benefit of all laws
and proceedings for the security of person
and property, ami shail be-subject to like
punishment, pains and penalties, and to
none other, any !aw, statute, ordinance,
regulation or custom, to the contrary not
withstanding.
Sec. 10, That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such per
son as fie may empower for that purpose,
to employ such part.of the land or naval
forces of the United States, or of the mili
tia, as shall be necessary to prevent the
violation and eafore the due execution of
the act.
ifciU In Nashville the money market is
very stringent, and, money is worth 2 per
cent per month.
MARRIED,
e
On the 6tli instant, at the residence ot the brides
brother iR. W. Ellis, Esq.) by Rev. Lewis Solomon,
Mr. J. M. E. Uensox, Esq., and Mjs« M.-vttv E. El
i.is, ali of Twiggs County, Ga.
leblJ-it
List of Consignees per 3. W. R. R.
February 12, I>o6.
Redding & \V., V Powers, Haskell & P., job cher
ry, () F Evans, E Price, 1) Ripley, T B Russell, poiv
sett & H., H W Raiford, Lewis ffreedaian,; Ander
son & Son, Scott, P & Cos., MeCaller A Jones, H J
Lunar, Zeilen & Cos., KA Wjlcox, Xewton i l„,
A A Bacon, TJ Flint, A J Stewart, R L Juice, E
O'Connell, Knott A Howes.
New Advertisements.
AUCTION SALES
THIS DAY,
TUESDAY, 13m, AT 10 O'CLOCK, A. M.
BY LONGLEY & WALSH.
fe')l3-lt
OAK WOOD.
XA Cords seasoned round oak wood, for sale at
oO the Railroad, near the Gas Works. Call lids
day and leave vour orders.
• Also, a neat house .with four rooms and three
fire-places, with out-buildings, and the best of wa
ter on the lot, in East Macon, to rent.
Call mi T. J. A 1). LANE.
febl3-2t
ON (MS I GNM.EXT.
600 SACKS COTTON SEED,
GROWTH 1865.
Just Received and for Sale
CHEAP, 13 \V
.i. it. Axnr.nsoN & son;
fob 13-tit*
DANCING ACADEMY. ’
r |UIE subscriber respectfully informs his patrons
A that he will open his
Daiicin s>- A. <i *a and my,
This day, the 13th instant, at Powet's Ilall, over
Schreiner's Music Store.
TuttioX Ha vs—-Mondays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays. •
Tuition Hours— From i to fi o’clock, P. M., for
Young Ladles and .Masters.
Gentlemen's Class from 3 to 1 (To’clock, P. M.
Teres:—Sls per 21 lessoft: -3 lessons per week.
Ihhl3-lw , A. BON AUDI'
Trompt 'payment,
THE subscriber having been insured in Home
Insurance Company, by E. C. Granniss, Esq.,
and been burnt out in the late fire ou Cotton Ave
nue, has .been promptly paid up by the Agent—for
which he tenders him nls thanks. Such Insurance
Companies and Agents will do to trust.
feb!3-lt* VALENTINE KAHN,
New Advertisements.
RALSTONSHALL,
y
MR. MAX STRAKOSH
H\S THE HONOR TO ANNOUNCE THAT
THE
GHION! and SUSIN!,
iO
OPERA COMPANY,
dADAU f? Hi mg U
After the<2o3e*i their brP'bou season in X. w
Orleans, will give a series of
GRAND ITALIAN OPERA,
Composing PERFORMERS.’ eorncien'cas Wed
nesday, Peb. 21st. * ■
*a. Full Particulars sliortly. febl'tltt
EL J. JOHNSON & CO..
NO. 6. COTTON AVENUE.
HAVE Just received choice Hfrlootirms of LA
DIES' WATCHES, an.l LKOXBTINE and
CIIATELAIX CHAINS. CLUSTER an J SINGLE
STONE
ID IA. ivr OUST 13 RIN-GS,
HEAVY PLAIN GOLD RINGS,
>*n I :* l ii ) ‘
GOLD BELT BUCKLES.
GOLD AND SILVER THIMBLES,
Gold Coral and Jet Jewelry.
GOLD BOX AND GLASS PINS,
SLEEVE HUTTONS AN'I) STUDS,
IVORY JEWELRY, assorted,
For Morning Toilette, etc. etc.,
Colt's and Smith <£ Wesson’s Revolving llsto!*
and Cartridges. First quality violin and Guitar
Strings. Violin Rows, Accordeons, ot<\, etc. To
which public attention is resjK.vtfully invited,
fehl.l-tt
LABOR QUESTION SETTLES,
Cultivate Much less Land.
USE ONE-THIRD THE LABOR.
Raise Three Times the Crop
BY
MANURING WITH
This Has Been Proved,
And will be proved again, that it is the most
economical mode of Planting in this section.
Proved in 18(i() by JACOB FUDGE, Esq., in Hon.-,
ton County. This is the Champion Fertilizer.
From the Field and Fireside, Jan. Ist, Ist !.;
The land selected for the test was a Sandy Pine
Land, and would yield perhaps 100 pounds
button per Acre. But this year it'rais. -t only hall
a crop the whole year—from the first of April u.
middle September, was too dry to develop* the
best effects of any manure.
On one acre NOT MANURED, prdtieed 270 pounds
of Cotton. On one acre manured with Joe nmmds
CROASDALE’S PHOSPHATE LIME, prbduee.i
621 pounds Cotton. Gain 331 pounds, .paying a net
of 7 28. 200 pounds Horst's Phosphate Crime, pro
duced 575 putt .ids Cotton —gain 365 pounds. 200
pounds American Guano proudueed I2u pounds—
gain lot) pounds. 200 pounds Reese s Phosphate
produced 510 pounds—gain 270 pounds, goo pounds
Stovall's produced 165 pounds. goo pounds Ashes
produced 130 pounds. Cow Manure produced ]os
pounds? 2!Klponnds Mope’s Phosphate produced
600 pounds. S. C. EDG WORTH.
This Manure has never had an equal. It comes
to us with the guarantee of Prof. Booth, of the
United States Mint, as inspector oi each barrel,
and is warranted standard.
WE SHALL SELL IT EXACTLY
AT NEW YORK PRiCES,
With the freight and expenses added.
Do not delay a day, hut secure your crop this
year, even if your hands only do half work
J. K. ZEILIN <& CO.,
I'ebl3-2tawfm Agents.
GEO. K. CRUMP, WM. A. tVRIGHT
Augusta, Ga. Late Richmond, Va.
GEO. R CRUJViP& CO.,
General Commission Merchants,
AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
GROCERIES, LIQOUP.S,
GRAIN, HAY, BACON, SALT,
TOCACCD, CIGARS, FLOUR,
209 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
. **** purchase and sell on Commission, Cot
ton, Tobacco, Produce, and Merchandize of every
description. Refers to the Merciqint# and Bank
eis of Augusta, Georgia, and Richmond, Va.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
febl3-lm
NOTICE.
rassPßirs
tion ot five (5) per cent, on the Stockholders of t he
( ombany, payable immediately. Stockholders
fobl3 ’»t WM. '
NOTICE.
THE Sheriff can be found at his offieeat
tlie Court House, or at the Auction and
1831011 of Messrs. J ohnson &
jcfiols, near the Post Office, when not out
on official business.
„ . , J- JOSEPH HODGES,
febl3-lt Sheriff.
'.'' .4 * ’ *
New Advertisements.
■ftti iii ■% ■ - ——
!DIR/"sr GOODS
AT COST.
JOSX. ENGEL,
2d St., Ist Door from Boardman's
f . | ti a ,
MACON, 0A..,
0
IS ottering his FALL and WINTER
sloi-k of Goods,
AT COST,
To make room for :«i extensive lot of
SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS,
That are to arrive in a lev\ week-. H e
has a large as-orment of
UAL I COS, f .
DELAINS,
GINGHAMS,
HOMESPUNS,
LINENS,
EA NT Y GOODS. A,
Ladies’ Cloaks and Shaw's,
As well as a very large Stock m
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
M!-h as,’
COATS,
PANTS,
VESTS,
HATS,
BOOTS,
SHOES, &c., &,*.
— ♦ +
PISTOLS.
A line Assortment of (’oil’s Repeaters.
COUNTRY MERCHANTS
Arc invited to examine mv at nek l*-
fore i*ureha.«ing elsewhere. 1 am
mined not to be undersold.
feb!3-tf
WM. a. whxohr, t,s. virus. *~. a. < at* m r
Late Richmond, Va Augusta. Ga. Allan
WitIQKT, GIBES & CO.,
GENFRAL COMMISSION
AND
Shipping'Merchan ts,
AM) DEALEHf} IS
(icain, May, Bacon and Guano,
No. 7 } Jones Block,
SAVANNAH, GA.
Will rmvliH.se and soil on commlksinn, i ■
ton, Tobacco, Produce, and Merchandise ot e\en
description. Refers to the Merchants and Banket.
oi Augusta, Ga., and Richmond, Vu.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICIT ED
fchn-iui
FOR SALE.
1,000 Bushels COTTGN SEED, rai-•!
lust year, HACON, UO\V PEAS, SM'»
J<i.\G aud CHEWING TOB-H’t't),
FLOUR and SYRUP.
COLLIN'S A FOSTER,
3d st., opposite the Express Ot’ice.
I'e!il3-3t •
LAND FOR SALE
Near the City of Macon, Ga.
300 ACRES LAND,
l'- miles from th£cit-y of Maoou, known Umj
C, 1 aii s y Pi ikmg
left acres under cultivation, the li.ilanco, SDila.’lv*
Woodland, heavily timbeiv.l, the L. st laud m im-
Swamp.
ALSO,
1,300 ACRES LA2T D ,
I miles from the city ,on the S. \\ R. R , known
as the
( i%|RGIA, Twigg.s County—Whereas, Rotm
V* ''dwell petitions the undersigned for letters
ot Artni mint rat ton on the estate of Jonathan l id
'"’in’. ate county, deceased :
l hose are therefore to cite and admonish
all persons concerned to he and appear at my oi
nee, Withiu tlie time prescribed hv law, to show
cause, it any they have, why said letters should
not he granted.
l,n ' ll ‘ r ,n . v hand and otHeiul signature tin
F ‘. V «»., fcli. WM. O. DANIEL, i'. S. U.
let>l3-.y*il and Ex.Orlleio Ordinal»
A. T T 33 IST TIOIST !
TOBACCO BUYERS.
CIAIJj on me if you wish a bargain. 1 uni *****
Cl Iv< tig a largo supply of (Tie wine Tobacco, va
nous grades, and must sell.
to-bU-lw. j. x. SEYMOUR.
TO THE POOR!
“OK .f.rp OTtt till Jf.f.V,”
Wanf:n» a Little Land
TO LIVE O> !
T will sell 14 acres of fine Lard in the out-ekirts J
J. Macon very low. On the place Is a tin# orchad*
and a common house, i will sell all together *T >•>
lots to suit purchasers, as I have no use lor it. ■ or '
Rons wanting only one or two acres can be teem 1 o
dated
Apply at the .“Journal am Messenger”
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