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MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 11.
JOB WORK.
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cheaply and at once, call at the Daily
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advertising rates.
Owing to the different rates of advertis
ing now charged in the city, we lia\e con
cluded to have no regular rates for city
merchants; l.ut will make such contracts
as we think fair to both parties. Our
charges are not mure than they were be
fore the war. Our circulation h linenon'-
~l |,y any in the city, and wo hold our
sclvcti readv to work as cheap as any.
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The Curron (Nevada) Appeal re
ports that a Chinaman of that section re
cently caught a trout weighing thirty-eight
pounds.
The Reconstruction Committee Tri
umphant. —We are not surprised at the
IMissage of the Committee's amendment,
but a little struck by the unanimity of the
party. How they stick together. Never
was such drill!
The Cotton Chop in Georgia.—The
Atlanta Intelligencer of Wednesday says
for several days past, we have been en
gaged in collecting all the information we
possibly could, relative to the prospects of
the present growing cotton crop in our
State. From all our sources of informa
tion, the conclusion lias forced itself upon
us, that the result of this year’s planting
will prove to lie a most unprofitable one
for our farmers. The crop will turn out to
be an exceedingly short one, if the half
that has been reported tous be true—which
is. that most of the seed planted has proved
to be imperfect, the plant itself, after its
apjs arance above ground, almost invaria
bly failing to take root and sustain its
growth. On very many plantations, there
will be entire failure; on others, only par
tial, some greater, some less. This, with
Uie experiment of free labor, now being
tried iu tlie State, warrants, we think, the
conclusion to which we have come, that
the cotton crop of Georgia will be an ex
ceedingly small one.
The Advance in Public Securities
is thus accounted for by the National In
telligencer :
“Busness is now declining in the North
ern States, and it is at a dead pause in the
South. The vast amount of irredeemable
pajier which is accumulated in the com
mercial centres, seeks employment, and
can find none iu any industrial pursuit.
Therefore, it is invested in the tiovernment
securities, which have advanced slightly
in price, on account of the demand. The
tiovernment interest is more remunera
tive to capital than any ordinary business
enterprise.”
That maybe part of the reason—but af
ter all the wonderful development of the
public revenues is the mean reason why
the national securifes are advancing. If
the decline iu business leaves money un
employed, a thousand sources of invest
ment besides the public liabilities; and
they are chosen simply because they are
considered the most secure.
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Jab Work «• all kinds neatly, cheaply
and quickly executed at the Journal &-
Messenger office. Our prices are war
ranted reasonable and satisfactory.
I@uTlh> Niagara Ship Canal bill has
|iasscd the House by a vote of So to 32. It
incorporates thirty-two gentlemen as the
Canal Company, and provides for a capi
tal stock of six millions, with privilege to
borrow two millions, loans from the gov
ernment six millions iu twenty years six
percent, currency bonds, $200,000 to be
delivered on the expenditure of $300,000
in construction, and ten per cent, of the
annual profits to l»o applied to payment of
the loan. Horace 11. Day has bought up
all the land on tlie American side for sev
en miles lietween the falls to sell to the
Government. The canal is to be 100 feet
wide and 14 feet deep. Government has a
right to take any land necessary for the
work and hold the title. It can also at any
time take the canal.
®a?“ A Roman engineer has submitted a
plan to the Pojie for restoring the old com
mercial importance of Rome. This is the
establishment at Ostia, the seaport of Rome
in the times of Trajan and Claudius, of a
free port with large docks, magazines, and
a full fleet of ships. The Pope is said to re
ceive the project favorably, Wt bow wifi he
pay for it? The work is recommended as
an opportunity for “the development and
propagation by i> avigation of the true seeds
of civilization, of which Christianity alone
possesses the secret.”
Jub Work of an kinds neatly, cheaply
aadquiekly executed at the Journal »V
Btweafer office. Our prices are wir
r**,,M* reasonable and »ail»ructory.
The Johnson National Club of Phila
delphia have determined to hold at an
early day a grand Union demonstration in
support of the President and his policy,
aud to celebrate at the same time with be
coming add rases the inauguration of the
flnst Johnson Union Club formed in that
city.
The Pennsylvania papers are pre
dicting a splendid fruit crop in that State.
In Dauphin county, the peach, plum and
apneot trees are in bloom, and there is
e'ery promise of an abundant yield.
hes‘ l iv n V f , U * aCre9 ’ right in
of New- Torh City, just below Cen
-1 ark ’ "died iu trust by a life
lease many years ago to an old ladv, who
is now mnty year* ~f age. It is now cov
e wit >tloots and buildings, and is'
soon to come mto , he of rt%
The Delays of a Trip to the Capital.
The Federal Union vents its dissatisfac
tion with the new Central Railroad sched
ule in the paragraph which we subjoin.—
We agree with the Union that there is but
one way of getting Milledgeville back to
the earth again, and keeping her as the
Capital of Georgia two years longer; and
that is to build the Augusta Road. Per
haps it could be done if they would set up
a line of stages and run through, as they
could easily do, in six hours. Butas things
stand, excepting during the session of the
Legislature, it is easier to go four hundred
miles in any other direction from Macon
than to Milledgeville and back. The Cap
ital is literally tabooed by the Central
Road. It is iu fact a Chinese wall around
the sacred city, becausevery few men have
an errand there of sufficient importance
to justify the loss of time and the expense
which are inevitable to a pilgrimage to and
from the ancient Mecca of Georgia poli
tics.
Ih saying so much as this, we are not to
be misinterpreted as attacking the man
agement of the Central Road. We sup
pose the business of the Milledgeville and
Eaton ton branch does not justify more
frequent trains, and it is the universal
practice of railroads to adapt their outlays
to tlieir incomings. They have, like other
people, the vulgar habit of working to
make money. We say nothing, therefore,
about them, because we do not know that
they can do better in justice to their stock
holders. But if the Augusta Road is ever
completed. Milledgeville will be thrown
into the great line of Northern andSoutb
ern travel. She will become a thorough
fare town, and have at least two express
trains a day, whether she contributes a
passenger or not. Milledgeville could
make money by inventorying the whole
real property of the town and subscribing
just so much to the Augusta Road. lua
year after the road was completed the
property would be worth double what it
now is, and she would make the stock
clear. But not to multiply words, we ap
pend the groan of the Federal Union:
CENTRAL RAILROAD—NEW SCHEDULE.
We understand that the Central Rail
road entered upon anew schedule on Sat
urday last, under which passengers are to
be carried through from Macon to Savan
nah. The cars run from Macon to the
Oconee bridge, then hacks take the pas
sengers to Spier’s Turn-out, a distance of
thirty miles, where the cars take them to
Savannah.
Under the new arrangement, we under
stand that a person going from Mill edge-,
ville to Macon, or returning to this place,
has to lie over eight or ten hours at Gordon,
each way. In other words, it will take
three days to go from Milledgeville to Ma
con and return, a distance of thirty-seven
miles each way! We are to he left out in
tiie cold. We are not even dignified with
the consideration of a wood and water sta
tion. Our merchants have paid heavy
freights to the Central Railroad for nearly
a year, when the road had no other source
of income, all of which came out of the
pockets of our people. Now we are to be
ignored enti rely. There isone way to bring
the Central Railroad to its senses ; Let our
people put their shoulders to the wheel, at
once, like men, and help build the Augusta
and Macon Road.
A Restoration of Civil Administration
in Florida.
Gov. Walker, of Florida, proclaimed
the restoration of civil law in Florida, on
the 4tli. Appended to his proclamation is
a general order of Maj. Gen. Foster, com
manding in Florida, directing all persons
under arrest, except soldiers, to be turned
over to tlie civil authorities of the State
for trial. The Governor improves the oc
casion by a word of exhortation to the peo
ple, to sustain the President in the war
waged against him because of his disposi
tion to deal leniently with the South, by a
careful discharge of all the duties of the
good citizen. Says the Governor:
Let us constantly remember that every
lawless act any individual in our State may
commit, and every indiscreet expression
that may be uttered, is immediately exag
gerated and published broad cast over tlie
Northern States with the view of making
it appear that the President is wrong and
his enemies right. We are passing through
a fearful ordeal. The eyes of the world
are upon us. Let 11s, therefore, be wise as
serpents, and harmless as doves. In times
like these, it is the duty of every good citi
zen not only to obey constitution and laws
himself, but to see as far as possible that
every one else does so, for each now is belli
responsible for all, and all are held respon
sible for each. Therefore I charge, not
only every officer but also every man in
the State, to be vigilant in tlie exercise of
all his duties as a loyal citizen of the
United States, to see that all crime is in
stantly punished, and that all the laws,
and particularly those for the protection
of the freedmen, are duly executed.
All the greater crimes, such as murder,
arson, etc., having since the surrender of
General Johnston up to this time beeu
punishable alone by the military, our mag
istrates and people have fallen into tlie
habit of looking alone to the military for
the arrest of offenders, hut hereafter this
will not be the case. The military have
ceased to arrest, except upon the warrant
of the civil magistrates, I urge the mag
istrates and people themselves to be prompt
to apprehend and punish all violators of
the Jaws, of whatever grade.
1 know tliat our people are loyal, and I
feel under no necessity therefore of im
pressing the duty of loyalty upon them,
but 1 wish to warn them particularly
against allexpressionsof impatience which
can, by any system of torturing, be con
strued into utterances of disloyalty. Such
expressions are all reported to the North
and magnified and made to play an impor
tant part in the war upon the President.
Every intemperate paragraph in a news
paper is particularly adapted to this pur
pose—and here I beg leave to say that I
think it is high time that the custom which
has so long prevailed among our people
and newspapers, both South and North,
and with such disastrous results, of speak
ing evil of each other, should be desisted
from—it is a custom certainly much more
honored in the breach than in the observ
ance and is productive of nothing but evil
continually. lam sorry to say that some
of our Southern newspapers are copying
too closely the had example set by some in
the North. The only object of certain
journals would seem to be to prejudice one
section of the country against the other.
So they increase their subscription lists and
enlarge their advertising columns, they
appear not to care what becomes of the
country. The Northern papers of this
class reject as odious all notice of every
thing good that is done in the South and
collect with care every instance of lawless
ness, great or small, real orimaginary, and
parade it in their columns until the minds
l^ ir res . r ? are poisoned against us
and they mistake the act of one lawless in
dividual for the uniform conduct of the
whole community.
On the other hand, some of our Southern
papers notice nothing good in the North
but cull with equal care every instance of
elopement, murder, theft, robbery, arson
burglary, starvation, destitution, Mormon
ism, free love, etc., etc., until their readers
are taught to believe tliat the North is ut
terly corrupt. Now this is all wrong. I
have lived all my life in the South and
haVe been much at the North, and the re
sult of ray observations are, while too much
vice exists in either section, yet the good
in both vastly preponderates. And be
sides this, we are brethren, and why
should brethren strive to blacken thechar
acters of each other ? The God of battles
has irrevocably decreed that we are ore
people. We must learn to live together as
brethren—” Behold how good and how
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell togeth
er in unity. It is like the precious oint
ment upon the head that ran down upon
the beard, even Aaron’s beard, that ran
down to the skirts of his garments.”
Good Counsel from an Unexpected
Quarter.
The Charleston News quotes the follow
ing from the Leader, a newspaper of that
city, published in the interests of freed
men, by New England men. The News
cites it in evidence of the rapidity with
which prejudices of birth and education
will give way to the light of actual observ
ation and of facts, and the ameliorating
influences of association. The Leader was
established last autumn, and for some time
teemed with counsels to the blacks of an
inflammatory and pernicious character.
But nevertheless, on last. Saturday, it
comes out in a line of editorial advice and
suggestion to the freedmen, which must
command the assent and approbation ot
every mind in possession of the facts and
capable of arriving at just conclusions. We
subjoin a paragraph from tlie editorial in
question:
‘‘Cultivate by every means in you power
the good opinion of your former masters.
Remember that they have suffered much
and beeu severely tried the past five years.
Bear in mind, too, that they have their
prejudices and the traditions of their lath
ers to contend against; and that, besides,
they cannot, from their very circum
stances, he expected to regard innovations
in their midst in the same light that
Northern Utopians do. But he patient.
Recollect, when the time does come, that
whatever claims or privileges are granted
you by them will, in their practical bear
ing, be worth to you far more than all the
recognitions of tiie North. But anything
suddenly forced upon the whites by any
party hostile to the South—that you cau
never enjoy! In tlie North itself the
black man’s steps have been but of grad
ual measurement. We have heard some of
your so-called friends say that nothing
short of another revolution could save the
cause ; and you may be told by interested
parties, vampires who feed on the “cause,”
that, in the event of a collision between
yourselves and the whites, the North would
stand by you. They would insinuate that,
now that you know how to use the cart
ridge box, you shoidd insist immediately
on the ballot box. Yes, the red man dared
to assert his claim to the fair country the
Great Spirit had given him, and these
men’s fathers speedily “improved” him
off the face of the earth; and their de
scendants to this day ignore the claims of
the colored man, as in Connecticut and
other States! Out on tlie canting hypo
‘ crites! Be not deceived by these men.' If
a collision ever occurs, tlie Government
would, of course, he compelled to see order
observed ; hut should a war of races ever
ensue, the whites would join tlie whites,
and tlie blacks join tlie blacks. Your
most implacable enemies are to be found
among the white soldiers. Their hatred
towards your race seems to grow iu inten
sity from the very moment they enter the
service.”
Now, with so remarkable an example as
this in point, may tlie South not hope
that, with patience and forbearance on
her part, purged as she is involuntarily of
the so-called damning crime of African
slavery, the violence of Northern preju
dice aud hatred in general will rapidly
abate by force of more intimate associa
tion, and the time come when the people
of that section will he willing to allow us
to live unmolested by external inter
ference?
Fate of the Colorado Bill.—Tlie
Times’ Washington correspondent of the
Cth, speculating upon the question whether
the Colorado bill will he vetoed, says:
I still adhere to my previously expressed
belief that the President will veto the hill
admitting Colorado, on tlie ground of in
adequate population, if on 110 other con
sideration. There are not, perhaps, twelve
hundred women in the territory, and con
sequently each voter in Colorado does not
represent the proportion of other citizens
in the territory, that a vote does in New
York, for example. In fact, as has been
shown by Senator Doolittle and others,
who argiied the question in the Senate,
nearly all the population of Colorado are
voters, and, consequently, tlie whole pop
ulation is but little over the number of
voters, say seven thousand.
The absurdity and injustice of placing
this small community on an equal footing
in power and representation in the United
States Senate, with the great State of New
York, is apparent on the face of the propo
sition. And yet such is the effect of the
bill just passed in both branches of Con
gress, and now awaiting the action of the
President.
Divorced without Knowing it.—The
New Albany correspondent of the Louis
ville Courier tells this singular story:
During the present session of the Circuit
Court, quite a number of mismated indi
viduals have been granted divorces, which
the parties joyfully accepted as relieving
them from matrimonial infelicities which,
in their language, made life irksome and
unendurable. But among them is a case
which, in its origin and results, is proba
bly unparalleled in tlie judicial annals of
the country. A divorce was granted in
the case of McCartney vs. McCartney ;
but neither of the parties knew anything
of the pendency of the neither of
them was present when the decree was
rendered, and only learned through their
friends that their marital bonds were sun
dered. They are, and have been, living
together most happily, entirely satisfied
with each other, and are strongly disposed
to demur to the singular and summary
process by which tlieir happy relations
were dissolved. How tiie case got into
court is entirely unknown to tlie parties,
but it is supposed to he the work of some
mad joker or envious benedict. Os course
the parties will have to get married again
or procure a reversal of the decree. This
is another and forcible illustration of the
loose manner in which the divorce busi
ness is managed iu Indiana.
Wool G bowing. —The annexed is a
judicious suggestion by the Mijledgeville
Recorder:
It is to he hoped that our people will pay
more attention to the raising of sheep
ludependentof the value of the wool, the
flesh is nearly three times more nutritious
than that of pork of beef. The experience
of the most advanced agricultural na
tions, like England, Germany and France,
goes to show that sheep are a necessity of
a good general system of husbandry on
even the highest priced lands and amidst
the densest population. They afford as
much to man, in proportion to their own
consumption, as any other domestic ani
mal. England proper has about 590 sheep
to the square mile.
As our people will have to turn their at
tention to manufacturing, we do not see
why a sheep raiser could not realize as
much money from a well attended dock of
sheep as any other calling. The wool will
always command a good price, and the
meat will always find ready buyers. Our
hill sides need not run to waste,"for, sowed
in clover, grasses, etc., land would cease to
wash, and sheep feed to an advantage.
The fear of dogs is the plea of an idle
man and one too indifferent to attend to
his business. A cow or two, with young
calves, are a good protection against the
dogs; but a dog raised to go with the
sheep, will soon know his business, if a
lazy negro cannot be found to watch them
during the day and night.
Close of the Confederacy.
The editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, who
has been on a visit to the battle grounds of
Virginia, writes his paper a letter closing
with some interesting reminiscences of
Mr. Davis’ flight from Richmond:
‘On Sunday, dispatches were received
from Lee, by Davis, while he was at
church, advising the instant departure of
the Rebel Government, and the evacua
tion of Richmond. The Confederate Gov
ernment documents were hastily packed,
and with them the personnel of the civil
fovernment hastily fled to Gordousville.
Ircckinridge remained behind, to super
intend the military evacuation. At Gor
donsville, the party were preparing a late
supper when Breckinridge arrived. Up
to this time, Davis was not informed of
Lee’s surrender, and his purpose was to
settle on some other point than Richmond
for the temporary capital of the Govern
ment.
When the news that Lee had given up
all hope was Imparted to Davis he did not
even then despair. His associates, how
ever, felt that all hope was gone, and said
so. An angry row between the party en
sued, in which neither Breckinridge nor
Davis, however, took part. The officials
who had left their families in Richmond
desired to return and take their chances
of tlie clemency of the victors. “Mr.
President,” said one of them, “you are on
your way toward your home in Mississip
pi ; my home is in Richmond, and I mean
to return to it.” The party separated.
Breckinridge found no difficulty in effect
ing his escape. Davis surrounded him
self witli his family and a large party.—
They traveled by slow stages, and were
captured, as Davis ought to have known
he would be. Had lie followed the exam
ple of Breckinridge and/the others he
would have escaped to some other country,
“and I think,” added the speaker, “it
would have been a relief to- >ll concerned
if he had.”
It is perhaps worth restating here that
President Lincoln was pretty much of the
same opinion. When asked for informa
tion on the subject for the guidance of our
officers, he told one of his happiest anec
dotes us illustrative of his wishes:
“There lived,” said the President, “in
Illinois, a very zealous temperance lec
turer. One hot and dusty day he was
traveling along a road, and seeing a tavern,
he stopped to get some slight refreshment.
He called for a glass of soda water. The
landlord, after remarking that the day
was exceedingly sultry, asked the lecturer
if he would have a ‘stick* in his soda wa
ter. ‘Well,* hesaid, ‘if you do put a ‘stick’
in it unbeknownst to me, T think it will
do me no harm.’ “Gentlemen,” added
the President, “if Jeff. Davis should car
ry himself out of here unbeknownst to
me, lam not sure that any one of us
would have cause to regret it.”
Our officers would probably have beeu
instructed to have acted upon the hint, if
the tragic occurrence by which the Presi
dent lost his life had not intervened mean
while.
Great Excitement in Brunerstown,
Kentucky.—A terrible affair transpired
in the ordinarily quiet little village of
Brunerstown, in this county, some twelve
miles from this city, on Thursday, which
caused tiie greatest excitement, and result
ed in the death of a negro at the hands of
an infuriated mob. Tlie facts, as we have
been able to learn them, are these : A lit
tle daughter of a Mr. Humble, who resides
in the village, of about nine years of age,
had gone out to play as usual,on Thursday
afternoon, and while near her father’s resi
dence was enticed away by a negro named
James, who formerly belonged to Mr. L.
Dorsey, who abused her person in a most
savage and outrageous manner. The poor
child was found and taken home in a most
pitiable condition, and a numberof citizens
at once started to search for the black fiend.
He was quickly found and brought to the
edge of the town, where a large and excit
ed crowd had gathered, and preparations
were at once made to hang him.
While these were in progress Mr. Hum
ble, tlie father of the child, eafge running
up, revolver in hand, and for« e ( way
through the crowd atteniptek , n .i ' xiot tlie
negro. Tlie caps on thep or piapped
twice, and tlie crowd having if . 4ygiven
way in front of the revolver xif.a behind
the negro, the latter turned and ran forhis
life. But flight was useless. The crowd
started after him, opening a tire from a
dozen revolvers on him, and he was soon
shot dead. ’Squire Watts was then sent
for and held an inquest on the body, the
jury returned a verdict in accordance with
the above facts. —Louisville ( Ky .) Courier.
Paris Gossip—Journalism.
When Jupiter frowns the.earth quakes
with fear. Emile Girardin has executed
his threat! He has left the Presse for ever
and ever, and gone over to the Liberty,
a Journal which hut a fortnight ago could
boast butof'Boo subscribers, and now prints
8,000, tlie utmost number that its limited
means and material can possibly supply.
Already lias it taken the very first place
among the political journals of the capital.
Girardin, who was born a journalist, while
the-other men have had to learn the art,
and study it long before they attain perfec
tion ; has resolved to keep the price of La
Liberte at* two sous. His hope of gain
resides in tlie advertisements at one cen
time tlie line per hundred insertions.
The idea is anew one, and any novelty
presented to tlie stolid brain of a Paris
tradesman is a hazardous venture.
But Girardin, to whom nothing is new,
is about to organize already a second im
pression of the paper. As ne has just re
alized a sum of nearly three million of
francs is an English speculation, he has
an immense advantage over his brother
editors, and no longer follows journalism
as a trade, but as a pleasure—or, rather,
as he says, prosely, “To give pleasure to
the public, who cannot do without me.”
Emile declared liis farewell address in the
Presse to tlie public, ofwhomhehas always
been the enfant (jute, that the unwearying
persecutions to whom he has been subjec
ted on the part of the “censure” render
the post of editor of a flrst-rate journal un
tenable for a man of any talent or indepen
dence; and being aware of the firm inten
tion maintained by the Government of
destroying the whole Parisian press, he
finds more compatible with his dignity
to withdraw than to suffer his paper to be
killed under him and be thrown to the
ground with a shock.
Emile calls to mind the various episodes
in the history of the Presse in which he
has borne a part. He declares that in spite
of the danger and perils to which at vari
ous intervals lie has been exposed, he has
never flinched from his duty. In 1848 he
was imprisoned with Persigny, when the
Presse was suspended for three months.
In 1850 he was prosecuted for defending
tlie law of universal suffrage. In 1850 he
stopped his journal after the coup d' ctat.
In 1852 he received a warning, which was
repeated three times, and during tlie whole
of that year he was assailed with anony
mous letters, threatening murder should
he attempt to thwart the project of tlie par
ty which was bent on setting Prince Louis
Bonaparte on tiie throne.
The proportions of the human fig
ure are strictly mathematical. The whole
figure is six times the length of the foot.
\Vhether the form be slender or plump the
rule holds good; any deviation from it is a
departure from the highest beauty of pro
portion. The Creeks made all their stat
ues according to this rule. The face, from
the highest point on the forehead, where
the hair begins, to the chin, is one-tenth
of the whole stature. The hand, from the
wrist to the middle finger is the same.
From the top of the chest to the highest
point in the forehead is a seventh. If the
length of the face, from the roots of the
hair to the chin, be devided into three
equal parts the first division determines
the place where the eyebrows meet, and
the second the place of the nostrils. The
bight, from the feet to the top of the head
is the same as the distance from theextrem
ity of the fingers when the arms Oare ex
tended.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis.
Fortress Monroe, May 3. —Mrs. Jeff Da
vis arrived here this morning. Her young
est child, a sprightly girl, twenty mouths
old, a colored man-servant, possessing the
stalwart form and tierce mustache of a
Russian grenadier, four trunks of im
mensely large proportions, and a travel
ing basket of the largest pattern, bore her
company. Upon landing slSe went to the
Hygeia Hotel, adjacent to the wharf, and
without stopping to change her traveling
dress, or even removing her bonnet, break
fasted and then sent a message inside the
fort, aanouncing her arrival and Jhe per
mission from President Johnson she bore
with her to visit her husband. Meantime
the news of her presence at the hotel
spread rapidly, and a retinue of anxious
persons soon gathered about to get a look
at her. With admirable imperturbability,
not to say an agreeable equanimity of tem
per—probably the result, to some extent,
of past similar experiences—she submitted
to the painful necessity of being gazed at.
Time, that old and stern teacher of wis
dom, and unerring revelator of the muta
bilities of earthly dynasties andhopes, has
very sensibly changed her from the
haughty and defiant woman she was a
year ago. Her tone is more subdued, her
manners more quiet and reserved, and she
does not seek to shine as resnlendently in
flashing diamonds and costly laces. She
has a much older look—the look of a wo
man who has long borne the burden of
grief and waged war with conflicting
doubts and hopes. Rut a poor student of
physiognomy is he who does not still read
in that face and penetrative glance of
those eyes a power of will and determina- 1
tion as strong and pertinacious as life it
self,
At half-past eight o’clock Lieutenant
Fessenden, Fifth United Htates Artillery,
waited upon her to escort her inside the
fort. Her child accompanied them. She
was taken to General Miles’ headquarters,
who received her with every politeness
and consideration due her position. Un
der other circumstances she might have
striven more sedulously, perhaps, to evoke
the most favorable impression possible
upon the custodian of her liusbaud, but
her great anxiety was to proceed at once
to her husband’s place of confinement and
see him. She wanted to see how he had
borne his imprisonment, whether he was
sick or well, and learn all about him. She
was not long kept in anxiety. Mr. Davis
had been apprized of her coming. Within
fifteen minutes from the time of her ad
mission to the fort she was with him in
Carroll Hall. Lieutenant Fessenden still
bore her company. She has remained
with Mr. Davis all day, and took her din
ner with him. An officer has been con
stantly in the same room. Their meeting
was a tender and affecting one, as such a
meeting must naturally be after such a
protracted separation, and particularly un
der the circumstances attending their sep
aration. And we let the curtain drop over
their talks of the past, their realizations
of the present and hopes for the future.—
She confesses finding Mr. Davis in better
health than she had expected; but still
avers that he is much feebler than when
brought here. She is every way satisfied
with the treatment he has received, and
acknowledges that everything, saving his
restoration to liberty, has been done for
him that could be. To Dr. Cooper, his
medical attendant and adviser, she is
specially thankful and gives the unquali
fied credit of keeping him as well and
cheerful as he is. It is not known yet
whether she will stay at Dr. Cooper’s
during her sojourn here or at the Hygeia
Hotel. It is also not known yet how long
she will remain here.
Mrs. Davis left Montreal on Monday at
three P. M. She has traveled night and
day to get here. —Neiv York Herald.
A Noble and G nerous Enterprise.
From the Nashville Union.]
We had the satisfaction a few days since
of visiting the beautiful grounds, near our
neighboring town of Franklin, so gener
ously devoted by Col. John W. McGavock,
as a cemetery for the Confederate dead,
who fell in the sanguinary and ever jnem
orable battle near that place, on the 29th
day of November, 1864. The beauty of the
conception, as shown."in the arrangement
and design, is only equalled by the eleva
ted sentiment and generosity of spirit
which prompted Col. McGavock to the
work in which, with the co-operation of
others, he is so zealously engaged.
For the special interest of the many
friends at a distance whoare unacquainted
with the immediate country in which this
cemetery is located, we will state that the
county of Willamson is unsurpassed in fer
tility of soil and beautiful landscape by
any in Middle Tennessee, and the private
grounds of Col. McGavock are the most
attractive of any part of this highly favor
ed country.
Distant about one mile from the village
of Franklin, this cemetery, when comple
ted, will afford a pleasant drive or walk
from that place to the numberless persons
who through years to come will seek as
pilgrim shrines these graves of departed
heroes, kindred and friends; who, in de
fence of what they and we regarded as the
cause of liberty, died as nobly as ever
men died, and whose names have been
perpetuated in history and cherished in
song.
Passing from the town in a South-easter
ly direction, the road leads through a large
and beautiful grove of stately trees, fit sen
tinels to the appioach of this sacred place.
The cemetery of the Confederate dead ad
joins the private burial grounds of the resi
dent family, and is within a short distance
of the large and handsome mansion of the
proprietor of the place. .
Instead of separate graves, they are mar
shalled in the order somewhat of plat
toons, fifteen in each row, with their re
spective head and foot boards nicely fin
ished and lettered. These rows extend for
some distance in succession on either hand,
witii an avenue between of sufficient
width to afford a convenient walk or drive.
The interments have been so arranged as
to bring the respective dead of each State
together, thereby heightening the interest
of the general plan, as well as adding to
the convenience of those who may come
in search of the precise spot where rejnjse
the remains of some special object of affec
tion. Between the ground of the dead of
the different States, squares have been re
served for monumental or such other pur
poses as kindred and friends at some fu
ture time may consider appropriate in
commemorating their virtues, and in at
testing the respect that is due their memo
ry. The whole is to be handsomely orna
mented with evergreens and ilowers and
placed under a suitable enclosure.
The work of reinterment, though far
advanced, is not completed. Upwards of
seven hundred have been removed. Os
this number seventy-one were from Ar
kansas—ninety-two from Texas—one hun
dred and twenty-nine from Missouri—one
hundred and sixty-six from Tennessee—
and two hundred and forty from Missis
sippi. In the prosecution of this work
Col. McGavock has had the valuable as
sistance of Mr. G. \V. Coppin and Mr.
Kobert Sloan, who have given it their
constant attention, and the general co
operation of the citizens of Franklin, and
of many friends of the noble dead in sev
eral of the other States.
eoTThe United States District Court
convened at Norfolk, Virginiaon the Bth
Judge Underwood presiding. Chief Jus
tice Chase declines to preside until he can
be assured that martial law is abrogated
in Virginia, as there have been conflicting
opinions in the War Department and by
the commanders of military districts as to
the effect of the peace proclamation in re
gard to the restoration of civil law in the
States lately in rebellion. The Chief Jus
tice does not feel that it would be seemly
for a Judge of the Supreme Court to at
tempt to hold court whilst a doubt exists
as to whether martial law is abrogated or
not. I can say, upon good authority, that
the President does interpret thepeace proc
lamation as abrogating martial law where
the rel*ellion was declared to have ceased,
in all matters in which civil courts have
jurisdiction. It is understood that a dicta
tory resolution to that effect will be issued
by the President in a day or two.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE JOURNAL AND MESSENGER
PASSAGE OF THE RECONSTRUC
TION AMENDMENT.
Washington May 10.—The House, by
a vote of 126 against 37* passed the Recon
struction Committee’s amendment to the
Constitution —Republicans of all shades
voting in the affirmative.
It prohibits any State from making or
enforcing any statute denying to any per
son equal protection under the law. It
apportions representation according to
numbers, but restricts it to the extent that
citizens above 21 years of age are excluded
from voting. It disfranchises, until July,
1870, all who voluntarily adhered to the
late insurrection. It prohibits the as
sumption or payment of the Confederate
debt and compensation for slaves.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York, May 10.—Cotton firm—34@
35 cents. Sales 1400 bales. Orleans by
auction at27J@32j.
Gold 129}.
FROM CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, May B. —lntelligence
from Los Angelos states that Fort Good
win, in Arizonia, was taken by 2000 In
dions, and the garrison of 120 men were
all massacred with one exception ; the per
son who escaped wsis out hunting at the
time and saw the fight at a distance.
The Indians are supposed to have been
admitted into the fort under the pretext of
entering into a treaty of peace.
Brevet Maj. James F. Miller was recent
ly shot and killed-at Cottonwood Springs
by a party of Apaches.
Great excitement is occasioned by the
discovery of rich gold mines on Clemen’s
creek. It is reported the United States
-soldiers, at Fort Collier, deserted and left
for the gold diggings, taking their arms
with them.
GEN. TERRY FOR SENATOR.
New Haven, May 10.—Gen. Orois S.
Terry has been nominated for United
States Senator.
New Advertisements.
AUCTION SALE.
WE will sell THIS DAY at our Saleaßoom,
Handsome Mahogany Furniture,
SUCH AS
BUREAUS, BEDSTEADSf
HAT RACKS, SECRETARY,
CENTER TABLE, WORK STAND,
CANE SEAT CHAIRS.
Also, one FINE HORSE, BUGGY and HAR
NKSS. New sett of HARNESS for four Mules. —
Cutlery, Thread, Buttons, Neck Ties, Needles, and
numerous other articles.
LONGLEY & WALSH.
roaylO-lt
N. B.
IJARTIES having LEATHER In our Yard will
L call aad get it. It is all ready, and It will be
Impossible for us to store it much longer.
T. J. & D. LANE.
Macon, May 11. dt
Ifor sale.
Two Fine Draught Horses.
Apply to Southern Ex. Cos., Macon.
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HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID
FOR
BANK NOTES.
may 10-1 w I. C. PLANT.
Cotton Seed! Cotton Seed!!
1 non BUSH ’ JIIBT RECEIVED, which we
I,UUU guarantee to be sound, and of the
Growth of the Year 1865.
For sale by
niayll-3t McCALLIE, JONES * DAY.
WOOL CARDED
BY the subscriber, (Mr. J. W. Kembrough),
Agent, at HIGH FALLS. Monroe County, •
Georgia, at 15 cents per pound in currency, or 12V..
cents per pound, if the oil is furnished. lam now
prepared to card promptly all that is furnished,
and expect shortly to nave my machinery cov
ered witii new card clothing, as I am determined
to spare neither expense nor pains to give my nat
rons satisfaction.
T. S. M. BLOODWORTH.
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SPEED! COMFORT! SAFETY!
OIjXD reliable
LITTLE MIAMI
EjA.XXjEjOA.ID,
Via COLUMBUS.
Shortest and Quickest Route
FROM CINCINNATI TO API. THE
Eastern Cities, Towns ViUages
-A-ISTID STATIONS.
*3_Tlie LITTLE MIAMI is the ONLY Line run
ning Lightning Express Trains from Cincinnati
to the East! It being the Shortest Line, Connec
tions are Certain— and Passengers have Amflk
Time for MEALS.
FAST TIME FROM CINCINNATI TO
Boston In 31 hours, Baltimore In 29 hours,
Albany In 27 hours, Washington City In 80U h..
New 5 orlt in 32 h., Saratoga Springs in 28 h.,
Buffalo in 10 hours, Philadelphia in 28 hours,
Dunkirk in UU hrs., Cleveland in R hours,
Pittsburg in 1:1C, hrs., Crestline in 6 hours.
Wheeling in 12 lira., Steubenville in 11 hours,!
Zanesville in 8 hrs., Columbus in I hours.
FOUR DAILY EASTERN TRAINS!
0.00 A. M. LIGHTNING EXPRESS.
9.00 A. M. EXPRESS MAIL.
7.00 P. M. LIGHTNING EXPRESS.
11.40 P. M. NIGHT EXPRESS.
Modern SLEEPING CARS l.y Night Trains.
SALOON CARS by Day Trains.
The 7.00 P. M. and 11.10 P. M. Trains leave SUN
DAY Night instead of Saturday Night.
BAGGAGE Checked through.
THROUGH TICKETS are sold at all TICKET
OFFICES in the SOUTH and WEST.
tfSuASK FOR TICKETS VIA CINCINNATI
AND COLUMBUS.
P. W. STRADER, Gen’l Ticket Agt.
JNO. G. BENSON, Gen’l Agent, Cincinnati.
Gen. Morgan l. Smith, 1
Capt. C. W. s. Brown, j Gen’l Southern Agts.
Gen'l E. B. Brown, General Western Agent.
mayll-3ra
ANDERSON 4 WOODS,
* DKALKRSIN
Staple Dry Goods, Groceries,
COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS,
AND
General Commission Merchants,
Third Street, Macon, Ga.
General Partners: {^
Special Partner: JOS. DAY.
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Goods at Wholesale.
12 CARBOYS OIL VITRIOL,
12 Bbls. Kerosene Oil,
10 do Turpentine,
40 Cases Concentrated Potash,
10 do Concentrated Ley,
6 do Congress and Empire Water.
Just received and for sale LOW by
MABSENBURG A SON.
Lorillarivs snuff,
Sulphur, ’
Spices,
5,000 Syrenges,
Newcastle Soda,
Curb. Ammonia.
For sale by
MASSENBURG & SON.
mayo-ts
DRUGS, MEDICINES.
CHEMICALS,
PAINTS, OILS, COLORS, SPICES,
—AND—
F aucy Goo<l « ,
For sale wholesale and retail by
L. W. Hunt a cu
MERCHANTS AND PHYSICIANS
Sending us their orders will have them prompt
ly filled at the lowest market rates.
L. W. HUNT A CO.
PRESCRIPTIONS
Neatly, quickly and accurately compounded at
all hours —day and night.
L. Mr. HUNT A CO.
Next door to B. A. Wise, Cherry street.
may4-tf.
W. J. LAWTON. R. r. LAWTON.
LAWTON & LAWTON,
Grocers and Produce Merchants,
H AVE constantly on hand a full nupply of
CORN,
OATS,
PEAS,
GROUND PEAS,
MEAL, (water ground,;
FIXYUR,
lIAMH,
BACON.
In fact, everything usually kept by
GROCERS,
except Alcaholic Liquors.
LAWTON & LAWTON.
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NaY" Citizen copy.
J. N. SEYMOUR,
DKALEIt IIV
Groceries and Provisions,
AND
General Commission Merchant,
CHERRY STREET,
MA CON GEORGIA
may6-3m
N O TIC E.
To Planters and Others.
50,000 LBS. GEORGIA BACON.
10.000 LBS. do LARD.
WANTED BY
J. N. SEYMOUR,
For which he proposes to exchange GROCER IE:
and FAMILY SUPPLIES on liberal terms.
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AUCTION S A I. ES.
WILL HE SOI.D ON
SATURDAY, THE I2TH INST.,
1 Lot of Land, lying In Cass county, Georgia,
1 Fine Stallion,
and Sundries, by
may O-31 JOHNSON k CO.
DWELLING HOUSE AND LOT
Niilu.
A DWELLING HOOKE, of Eight Rooms, with
all conveniences, in the immediate business
portion of the city, with Ho feet front by 133 bark,
ta very desirable plaee for business houses,> will
be sold at a bargain, If applied for within a few
days.
Enquire at the offlee of
apral-tf JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
SYRUP! SYRUP!!
1 R 8818. EXTRA NO. 1 CANE SYRUP, a very
fine article.
Just received and far sale by
maylO-tf GEO. T. ROGERS A H< »Ns.
GENERAL ORiJj
A«> I I
IT t» hereby aa*.*,,^,
I and •urm«, , *tin, *
ular. that we ' .
HEADQUARTEF;
*
FANCY FAMILY Gfcvg,
and are an prepared u m
their friend, with
FAMILY SI p|.
FANCY AND Sip
that the appetit. .an .
Our Stork an—tula, la
elea, and tghetn*
veraithat, and wil'end.-a. i
met w.th In ant nUi inkao
North >r
SUGARS 1-ni.liel fa
COFFEES Jata. tagaxr, v
TEAS Ktrat qtmlllt or.-.* •. ,
FLOUR Brat grade* are!
HAMS --Waahlaglea
BAi UN —“Break fa.- aad .«
DRIED BEEF FaMaa Mar*, a.
BEEF TUlKil’B* *a-l fa. «- .. „
YANKEE BF i'* >lti i ...
SYRUP-V V <w»r H-aa.
CUBA MO(Ash» \v\ m«- -
CAXDI.R* Patent an t \ ttw
SOAR—Fanev. Dalrt •».' fa
BUTTER * rebel, tad »«e-
CHE— W N V. state * ,
■PPK
CRACKERS Flam a--, f.
CRACKNELS. at f«. to--*
PIINLES » !.. er A m
SHELL FISH, .o.ter. , - ,
SAUCRSan.It VU*' I— -
BOTTLED BY 111 -
olios \,i
PKHSERVFS a *n.
WFXT INDIA l'Rl>»
FLAVORING KXTHt T
HERMKTRIt A1.1.Y
(BMm,
SARDINES. Salad -• V- a- 1
MACKEREL. v .
II •DFIMt, Engh.b -
RAISINS later and- '
NUTS. Dried Ft*». Prwa— *
DATFSt. Currant* a*
LEMON FEEL. Otr* *•>’ *
MACVARoNI, Vera.*-. v
MEAL. Vinegar Saaft •
CANDY, Haney a**!
SMOKING and CKewin.
IMPORTED SEGARs
JEFFREY S sorTVH Ai » '
BY ASH I/INDoN PoRTF*. '
IMPORTED WINE* »**J L
orxriNETUvftfr «
“DE LA ToURFTTf • * * *
take,.
MARASCHINO**. iNwa ' -
Fancy ©t*ri*iais. < * •
MINT JULEP. Nrhaagt-
PUNCH, a tel ufber T * « •"
A Is* I, Pte-ni. and fwaeh *"■*
PIPBt, (tear Holier. h*r>«:
Together with tin mm**"
osuallv ftwnd la a fan»:' T
We Will ala. keep "* " t
FRESH FISH OYsl
YNtHIABI \'
Fmdi llm* *’ "*
Oranges. Lemons. 1
It •• ran assure our *>»•>*•'*
000 D
have iMii smd eaeeiailj f
warranted In a-erttna. by a.
competent hwyar» •* “J *•
rlea we ufrr are diVSit
FOIST CU'
and there*we m* the eheai—' ’
we tielleve, as sure to give
Entire Satisfa’^j
Having entered the lw*d J
ask a lair petqawtmn -rf rnM
■peetfuliv ant left an early lam
from those wlahtng anvil -<t > *
FINDLAY A M**‘‘
SeeAstd nt„ oppnsr
Macon, da. May t. Iw