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JOURNAL AND MESSENGER. S. ROSE & S. B. BOWL EDITORS AMD PROPBO?rOBS. JOSEPh'cUSBY, SUBSCRIPTION BATES. One copy one month """ 300 j- No pnper continued''after expiration of time pud pmp. . Advertising Rates as Low as Any MACON, FRIDAY, MAY 11. JOB WORK. If you want any kind of Job Work, such «s Posters, Bill Heads, Better Circulars, Price Lists, Cards, etc., executed neatly, cheaply and at once, call at the Daily Journal and Messenger Office. h ii n m 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. s ii ii ! h 4 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. - - 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. maylO-lw 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. mayll-ltawSw 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. maylO-tf 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. iuayß-tf 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. may6-lw 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