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)(y;RMAI AND MESSENGER^ S ROSENS. B. BURR, ®* AND PROPRIETORS. JOSEPH CLISBY, Epx^ SUBSCRIPTION BATES. Oue copy one month * 3 00 “ ,r 2 „ eoo “ “ • .. 12 00 paper wnUnued after expiration of time paid for. Advertising Rates as Low as Any MACON, SUNDAY, MAY 13. JOB WOBK. If you want any kind of Job Work,.uch aa Posters, Bill Heads, Letter Circulars, Price Lists, Cards, etc., executed neatly, Cheaply and at once, call at the Daily Journal and Messenger Office. MM ? M ADVERTISING BATES. Owing to the different rates of advertis ing, now charged In the city, we have con cluded to have no regular rates for city merchants; but will make such contracts as we think fair to both parties. Our charges are not more than they were tv fore the war. Our circulation ;* imo'iiia 1 - ed by any in the city, and we hold our selves ready to work as cheap as any. { Si i 4 i k $ •w’ The National Banks threaten to fol low suit with the Van Buren pets. Gov ernment lost $547,000 by the recent failure of the Merchant’s National Bank in Wash ington. Conservative Convention in Ken tucky.—The Louisville Journal of the wth contains a call for a convention of men of all parties who sustain the President’s policy, to meet in mass convention at Louisville, on the 30th inst. Demoralized.— The New York corres pondent of the Charleston Courier repre sents the rank and file of the Republican party in that city as anxious, low spirited aud demoralized. We hope they will see occasion to preserve that frame of mind, if they have fallen into it. The Mountain Resurrected.—His tory is constantly repeating itself. We have repeatedly drawn attention to the diligence with which the radicals are fol lowing in the footsteps of the Jacobins of the French revolution. The step of de claring the sessions of Congress en perma nent** is now on the tapis. The Radical Central Committee of Missouri have called upon Congress to do it. In solemn con clave they have declared: That we hold it the duty of Congress not to adjourn before the fourth of March, 1867, unless the reconstruction of the Union has been settled before that time in the sense of the principles laid down in the Declaration of Independence. Go it, radicals. You will evidently ar range matters before you get through. “Spotting” a Rascal. —A business firm in Memphis recently detected a thief quite udroiily. They had missed money from the till for some days, amounting to $350, but could not detect the guilty party. The cashier, a few nights since, emptied into the drawer a cup filled with nitrate of silver. The thief went to the till to make hie erening’s capital, and in ab stracting the money covered his hands with the nitrate, which he was unable to get off. An examination of his paws in the morning proved the faux paws, or thief's, and the guilty party was arrested. The Successful Secessionists.— The Charleston News proves the radicals to be the only successful secessionists, in this handy manner: “It seems that radical logic has decided t hat successful secession is iight. Western Virginia is a proof in point. That seced ing portion of the Olu Dominion is not only recognized, but is allowed to have Senators ami Kegrcsontatives in Congress. Now it is certain that if a State has no right to withdraw from the Union, a county luu* less right to withdraw from a State. Revenue—Present and Prospective. —The Controller of the Currency makes a statement which shows the actual receipts for the current fiscal year to April Ist are $410,041,132; and at the same ratio for the next three months will amount for- the next year to five hundred and forty mil lion dollar*, to which may be added $20,- 000,000 for income tax. Increased taxes are expected to be laid next year on sever al important articles, and some revenue will be derived from the Southern States. Mr. Clarke therefore estimates that next year's revenue will not fall below this year’s, and that, deducting the expendi tures as now estimated, there will be a bal ance to the credit of the government of $*49,000,000 on the 30th of June, 1867. fc>uch a surplus as this is unnecessary. It would extinguish the whole debt in fif teen years, when twenty to thirty should be soon enough. The scheme of Secre tary McCulloch contemplates a sinking fund of only thirty millions per annum, which is sufficient. Let the country rest as much as possible and recuperate. ' Why put on a needless burden of taxation, when with ever}’ year or carrying ability will be largely increased?. Four maiden sisters, whose united a«e« amount to 313 years, dwell in the house ot their nativity at Marlboro, Mas sachusetts. They probably will not mar ry now. W&. Paris having already two great ar taaian wells, another is being sunk. It has reached a depth of eighty-two metres, or nearly twenty-three metres below sea level. A good deal of difficulty has been experienced in dealing with a number of subterranean lakes met with. lA.A Madrid leker states that a Mr. Monturial, a Spaniard, has solved the problem of submarine steam navigation, by the invention of a vessel which can re main for hours at a considerable depth, can discharge cannon from below, and act as a rain for piercing the hulls of iron cased ships. I^.A Washington letter-writer tells a droll story of the President, bv which it would ap)>car that he was shavedthe other day, when the twirber accidentally tweak to° har,L ‘‘Son me, <*aid the barber, very naturallv "Put your baud iu my coat pocket and pull out one- rojoinetT the Chief Magis tnte," and 1 .1 till it for you when you’ve A Point host and Made. In the disscussion of the Reconstructs Committee’s Constitutional Amendment in the House on the Bth, it appears to us there was a point surrendered by Stevens, which would, in the event of the adoption of the amendment, make it practically valueless to the radicals. We quote from the report a conversation between Mr. Blaine, a radical member from Maine, and the High Priest of the sect: Mr. Blaine called the attention of Mr. Stevens and of the House to an objection to the third section of the amendment. That section provides that until the 4th of July, 1870, all persons who voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection, giving aid and comfort, shall lie excluded from the right to vote for Representatives in Congress, and for the electors for Presi dent and Vice-President of the United States. It appears to him that was a violation of good faith in reference to that large class of people in the South who came within the terms of the amnestv proclamation of President Johnson, and were, thereby, restored to all their civil rights. He asked Mr. Stevens for an explanation on that point. Mr. Stevens admitted that the pardon extinguished crime, after that there no such crime in the indl^ ldual, . who were fully pardoned did not come within the operation of the third sec ' Mr. Blaine understood then the gentle man from Pennsylvania to say those who Came within the terms of the proclama tion of amnesty would not be considered as having voluntarily adhered to the late insurrection. * , , , .... Mr. Stevens assimilated their condition to that of a person convicted of felony, and thereby rendered incompetent to tes tify, but who, if pardoned, and if his tes timony were challenged would produce his pardon, thereby showing compe tency*. ~~ ~ Blaine suggested that if that was the proper construction to be given the sec tion, it should be amended so that there could be no question about its meaning, and he should at the proper time move an amendment to that effect. The point made by Mr. Blaine and vir tually admitted .by Stevens to be well taken, seemed to create considerable stir in tbe Republican ranks. Members drew near and listened to the colloquy witbin terest as if recognising the issue as possi bly fatal. Now the object of the amendment, is, of course, either to prevent the Southern States from voting at all in the next Presi-' dential election, or to cut down the vote to such small dimensions that a few new comers and a little fragment of Unionists so-called, In contradistinction from those who will be disfranchised by the amend ment, can carry these States for the radi cal nominees. But if pardoned rebels can vote, a general proclamation of pardon would make the amendment practically worthless; or the President could easily issue pardons enough to defeat the schemes of the radicals. Indeed enough have been pardoned under special acts already, to make the amendment of no value to the radicals, and if we add, the great body of the Southern people, who came in un der the amnesty proclamation, by which they were pardoned and restored to citi zenship upon taking the oath of allegiance, then all the exclusion from suffrage which this great Constitutional Amendment of the Reconstruction Committee will work, will be the few thousands exceptional cases, which have not yet received a spe cial or general pardon. Is it worth while to amend the fundamental law of the United States to accomplish such a result as this? This incautious admission of Mr. Stevens may have been provided against in subsequent amendments by the House —we shall see. As the case stands, this admission adds vastly to the self stultifying character of the Commit tee’s scheme. Trades Unions—Eight Hour System. The strike of ship carpenters, joiners and caulkers in New York, which was in augurated five weeks ago to put in force the eight hour system of labor still con tinues, with no prospect of a satisfactory understanding. The men receive aid from the various trade societies throughout the country, and are thus enabled to hold out against the old regulations of ten hours. Nothing, we feel certain, will be gained by labor strikes this year, if anything w r as ever gained, in the long run, at any time. The whole range of pursuits, interests and prices, all over the country, are now in that uneasy, unsettled state, which clearly portends anew adjustment on a lower schedule. Great disproportions exist, as they always do at such times. The na tional currency is at a discount of 25 per cent., and yet prices of merchandize and provisions are snore than twice what they used to be, with a great abundance of both. Markets are glutted and struggling to hold up. They cannot hold up long. Nearly everything must come down in spite of fate, and it is a bad time for mechanics who,like these strikes,are getting $4 50 per day, to strike for an advance in the shape of less labor. Unexpected Liberality. —Senator Chandler, of Michigan, who has not here tofore displayed much liberality, is report ed, in a special dispatch to the Intelligen cer, to have expressed sentiments in the Senate on the 10th, which do him infinite honor, and which ought to be reprinted by the Southern papers. Expressions of kindness to the Southern people, particu larly from the radical side of Congress, if there be no reason to question their per sonal sincerity are very gratifying to us. The dispatch is as follows: Washington, May 10.—The Senate was occupied to-day in discussing the Presi dent’s policy, Senator Chandler remarked: “I want no more blood—no more confisca tion, and none of the Houses and lands of the Southerners. I mean to give both acts, thought. nnrt everything T have 111 the future to elevate, improve andbuijdup the South. I believe what I say of myself is true of a great many men of the free States. Gen. Jno. B. Gordon was in Atlanta on Thursday, and the Bulletin says we were gratified to meet and shake by the hand this gallant and skillful soldier, who, though a novice in the art of war when he assumed command of his “Raccoon Roughs,” rose by the force of his genius to be second only to the greatest General of the ag:e, the beloved leader of the glori ous Army of Virginia. General Gordon is now engaged in the lumber business in Brunswick, and, we are glad to learn, is doing a remunerative business. May he live long, and rise to the position his pre-eminent abilities en title him to. *@“ The Republican party has issued a call for a mass meeting Tuesday, May 8. The Indianapolis Herald says that it has not transpired for what purpose the meet ing has been called, without it is to subject the party’s backbone to the operation of moxa. The abolition hulk is rapidly going to pieces. Washington Items. From tbe New York Daily News.] Washington, May 8, 1866. incidents of the reconstruction debate. The incidents of the debate to-dayin the House Indicated plainly the strong and wide-spread opposition that exist among the Republican members against the plan of reconstruction as reported by the Com mittee of Fifteen. There is little doubt that the platform will be knocked all to pieces if the debate is allowed to proceed. The atrocious sentiment avowed by Thad deus Stevens that he intended the propos ed Constitutional Amendment to be rati fied by the Northern States alone, as he scorned and repudiated the idea of permit ting the Southern States to vote upon it, was received with a universal expression of disgust. SENATOR STEWART’S REMARKS. The remarks of Senator Stewart, yester day, are incorrectly reported in the New York papers to-day. He spoke strongly against the disfranehiesement of the Southern people, and against the plan of the Committee of Fifteen, which lie de clared to he partial and unfair. lie de clared that the Congress, in its contests with the President, was not a strong one. The Committee had called upon the South ern people to disfranchise themselves. Mr. Stewart declared that any man who would vote to disfranchise himself was less than a slave. PROSPECT OF A RECESS. It seems to be agreed among the mem bers of Congress to take a recess from about the first of July to the first of Octo ber. and then continue in session until De cember. THE COLORADO SENATORS. The gentlemen who expect to be the Senators from Colorado had an interview with the President yesterday, and tried to prevail on him to sign the bill for the ad mission of that State, but they came away convinced that he would not do so. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. The matter entered briefly into the Cab inet discussions to-day, but it is understood that the greater part of the session was oc cupied in the consideration of foreign af fairs, particularly as regards the expected arrival of large bodies of Austrian troops in Mexico. The matter is a very gerious one, in view of Mr. Seward’s dispatches to Mr. Motley. General Steedman is evidently pry ing diligently into the drawers of the freed men’s bureau in North Carolina, and is daily discovering some contraband de posits. The Northern press reports say that dispatches from North Carolina re port further acts of malfeasance on the part of agents of the freedmen’s bureau in that State. Col. Whittlesey, the Commis sioner for the State, and several of his sub ordinates with the assistance of some Mas sachusetts philanthropists, it is alleged, have been discovered running plantations on private account, and workingdelinquent and disorderly darkies on them for pun ishment. Several arrests have been made, and more will be, it is reported. Really, although this business is not ac cording to law, we think the “delinquent and disorderly darkies” were better em ployed in making cotton for the “philan thropists,” than in vagabondizing round the old North State. Besides, the “Massa chusetts philanthropists” take so much careand concern about other people, “dar kies” especially, that the darkies ought to reciprocate. A Curious and Circumstantial Va ticination. —The National Intelligencer publishes the following prophecy, whicli wc hnpo and irustwill be as perfectly veri fied in what is to come, as it what has passed: In 1859 a gentleman by the name of Tal bott Green, of Tennessee, afterwards an officer in the late Rebel army, published a popular work, entitled “A Winter in the Federal City,” in which he positively as serts that “Andrew Johnson, in spite of the fates, would be Chief Magistrate of the United States before the close of the year 1865 that “his administration would be stormy; that he would labor under extra ordinary embarrassments, but would even tually make one of the most popular Pres idents that ever ruled America.” Whether lie be “tm projita or the son of a prophet,” the prediction has become so far literally true. Tiie Amiable Fellows.— A gang of discharged negro soldiers are inaugurating a reign of terror in Louisville, Kentucky. Scarcely a night passes but they murder some one, and indiscriminate shooting is theircommou pastime. Seventeen of theQi were arrested on Monday, but owing to the fact that no one could or would swear to their identity in any violation of the law, they were discharged. Malignant Infection of Cholera.— The pilot who brought the pest ship Eng land into Halifax has since died, as also two members of his family. He said, be fore his death, that he did not board the, vessel, but merely towed in her wake, whence he gave the necessary directions. The effluvia, nevertheless, sufficed to com municate the cholera. How Doctors Differ.— Dr. Hall, in an elaborate article in his Journal of Health, on cholera and its 'treatment, takes the ground that calomel is the only proper remedy, and that to employ any other is to trifle with human life. Dr. Scott, in a long article on the same subject, published in the Universal Journal of Heath, says : ‘‘lt cannot be denied that great fatality attends the treatment of cholera by calo mel.” B®, “Out of sorts” expresses the feel ings of many that cannot be otherwise described. Languor, weakness, enerva tion, listlessness, sleepy ness, melancholv, w r ant of appetite, etc., compose a class of ailments greater than all others combined. It is exactly for these indescribable com- Jlaintsthat Plantation Bitters are prepared. t is for the relief of these same complaints they have become so famous. Hence it is that they are so extensively used by cler gymen, merchants, ladies, and persons of sedentary habits. They ere as pleasant to the taste as they are beneficial to the stom ach. The extent of their sale is almost in credible. *@“The Clarion says that Meridian, Mississippi, has increased within twelve months from an insignificant village to a smart town of 1,500 or 2,000 inhabitants. . The New’ Orleans Picayune says that the gas works in Shreveport are pav ing so well that the price of gas been re duced one dollar per thousand feet. B§?* A Senator asked Mr. Seward, the other day, when the numerous renomina tions of postmasters and others, whose four years’ terms of service are expiring, would be made. The diplomatic Secre tary replied by inquiring: “When will the Tennessee members be admitted?” Tout. Hours of Stonewall Jackson- Narrative by his Medical Attendants. Dr. Hunter McGuire has furnished the Richmond Medical Journal with a de tailed account of the last hours of Stone wall Jackson. It is especially interesting, as the writer was Jackson’s medical at tendant. He says that after the fatal wound was received, and Jackson was being support ed from the field, he pushed aside the men who were holding him up, stretched himself to his full heighth, and cried feebly, yet distinctly enough to be beard above the din of battle, “General Pender, you must hold on to the field, you must hold out to the last.” This was his fiffifi order upon the field. He was then placed upon a litter and taken to the Wilderness Tavern, which was used as a hospital. Chloroform was administered, and as he begau to feel its effects, and its relief to the pain he was Buttering, he exclaimed, “What an infinite blessing,” and contin ued to repeat the word "blessing” until he became insensible. The round ball (such as is used for the smooth-bore Springfield musket) which had lodged under the skin upon the back of his right hand, was ex tracted first. It had entered the palm, about the middle of the hand, and had fractured two of the bones. The left arm was then amputated, about two inches be | low the shoulder, very rapidly, and with slight loss of blood, the ordinary circular operation having been made. There were two wounds in this arm, the first ami most serious was about three inches below the shoulder joint, the ball dividing the main artero and fracturing the bone. The second was several inches in length, a ball having eutered the out side of the forearm, an inch below the el bow, came out upon the opposite side, just above the wrist. Throughout the whole of the operation, and until all dressings were applied, lie continued insensible. Two or three slight wounus of the skin of liis face, received from the branches of trops when his horse dashed through tile woods, were dressed simply with isinglass plaster. During that day and the two or three next following he seemed to be doing well, but on Thursday a change occured, and pleuropneumonia of the right side followed. His w*ife and children were sent for, but he began to sink. On Satur day lie was still worse. We quote the closing description, verbatim : When his child was brought to him he played with it for some time, frequently caressing it and calling it his “little com forter.” At one time lie raised his wound ed hand above its head, and closing his eyes, was for some moments silently en gaged in prayer. He said to me, “I see from the number of physicians, that you think my condi tion dangerous ; but I thank God, if it is His will, that lam ready to go.” About daylight on Sunday morning, Mrs. Jack son informed him that his condition was very doubtful, and that it was better that he should be prepared for I lie worst. He was silent for a moment, and then said : “It will be infinite gain to be translated to Heaven.” He advised his wife, in the event of his death, to return to her fath er’s, and added, “You have a kind and good lather, but there is no one so kind and good as your Heavenly Father.” He still expressed a hope of his recove ry, but requested her, if he should die, to have him buried in Lexington, in the Valley of Virginia. His exhaustion in creased so rapidly that at 11 o’clock Mrs. Jackson knelt by liis bed and told him that ere the sun went down he would be with his Saviour. He replied, “Oh, no; you are frightened, my child ; death is not so near; I may yet get well.” She fell over upon the bed, weeping bitterly, and told him again that the physicians said there was no hope. After a moment’s pause he asked her to call me. “Doctor, Anna informs me that you have told her that lam to die to-day; is it so ? When lie was answered, he turned his eyes towards the ceiling, and paused for a moment or two as if in intense thought, then replied, “Very good; very good; it is all right.” He then tried to comforthis almost heart-broken wife, and told her lie had a good deal to say to her, but he was too weak. Col. Pendleton came into the room about one o’clock, and he asked him “who was preaching at headquarters to day?” When told that the whole army was praying for him, he replied, “Thank Ctod they are vary kind.” He said, “It is the Lord’s day; my wish is fulfilled. I have always desired to die on Sun day.” His mind now began to fail audwander, and he frequently talked as ifincommand upon the field, giving orders in his old way;-then the scene shifted, and he was at the mess table in conversation with members of his staff; now with his wife and child ; now at prayer with his military family. Occasional intervals of return of his mind would appear, and during one of them I offered him some brandy and water, but he declined it, saying, “it will only delay my departure, and do no good ; I want to preserve my mind, if possible, to the last.” About half-past one he was told that he had but two hours to live, and he answer ed again, feebly but firmly, “Very good, it is all right.” A few moments before he died he cried out, in his delirium, “Order A. P. Hill to prepare for action! pass the infantry to the front rapidly! tell Major Hawks”—then stopped, leaving the sen tence unfinished. Presently a smile of in effable sweetness spread itself over his pale face, and he said quietly, and with an expression as if of relief, “Let us crossover the river and rest under the shade of tl>e trees and then without pain or the least struggle, his spirit passed from earth to the God who gave it. -» The Richest City in the World. — The taxable valuation of Boston in 1865 was: Real estate, $201,628,600; personal property, $170,263,875; total, $371,892,775. The real wealth is probably $450,000; but say it is $400,000,000. This would give to every man, womankind child, $2,000; and and if the wealth of the city was was invested in 7-30 bonds, each person would receive per annum, of interest money, $146, or 40 cents each per day. Di vide the population into 40,000 families of five persons in each, and they would re ceive $2 per day. The valuation of New York is about $600,000,000, and its popula tion 800,000. To make it equal with Bos ton it should be in taxable valuation sl,- 600,000, or one thousand millions more. The spring election in Virginia occurs on the 20th of May, when the fol lowing Adundment to the constitution of the State will be voted upon: “No person who since, the Ist day of June,’: 1861, has given or shall give voluntary aid of assis tance to the rebellion against the United States shall be a citizen of this State or shall be allowed to vote at any election held therein,' unless he has volunteered in to the military or naval service of the United States, and has been, or shall be, honorably discharge thereform. The Flordia Courier, published at Marianna, speaking of the crops, says: “In consequence of the failure in many instances of the cotton seed to germinate, farmers have, for the want of seed, planted in corn the land designed for cotton. The weather has not this season been propit ious in obtaining a good stand, and thus far the hopes ofthe farmer are lingeringon the tide of succesful experiment. The stand of corn Is good and the plant looks well.” #6?” The remains of Bishop Embury, who organized the first Methodist Church in this country, at his own house in the city of New York, in the year 1778, were recently removed from an obscure grave yard located about three miles from Cam bridge, Washington county, New York, on the line of the Rutland and Washing ton Railroad, to Woodland Cemetery, near the same village. Singular Love Affair. “ The Course of True Love Never did Run Smooth" —A Young Lady of Lenawee County the Subject of Bitter Rivalry — Strange Denouncement. Correspondence of the Adrian (Mich.) Expositor.] An amusing incident in “ love life ” has transpired in the town of Lenawee county, which is too good to be kept from your readers, as it embodies some valuable facts and suggestive hints, that may, per chance, prove useful to the rising genera tion and especially those contemplating matrimony. , . , Mr. K., a steady and industrious young gentleman, at peace with his neighbors and most everybody else, has been pay ing his devoirs to Miss B. for some time, and with varying success; generally, however, possessing a modest degree of hope. But alas! for human expectations-! He, too, like all who “love not wisely, but too well,” was destined by capricious Cu pid to taste the bitter cup of sorrow'. Boon the black clouds of adversity grew dark and lowering over his devoted bead, threatening to obscure the hitherto clear and bright horizon of his life, and shut out the dazzling star of his hope and future anticipations. . M. H., a brave young soldier, having just returned from the wars, covered with fame and victory, made the acquaintance of Miss 8., and was deeply impressed by her uncommon beauty. Thinking every thing fair in “ love and war,” the gallant son of Mars “ went in to win,” and his handsome person and dashing air soon be gan to tell upon the susceptible heart of the fair one, much to the annoyance and perplexity of Mr. E., who now' kept him self secluded and aloof from his lost love, ami in an abstract and bewildered manner was often heard reciting Hamlet’s solilo quy, and mumbling something about pis- tols, arsenic, laudanum, etc. Meantime the “ hero of a hundred bat tles” woo ouaooodiug finoly with Ilia at tack, and seemed likely to capture the cita del of Miss B.’s affections. But matters were soon to take a different turn. Mr. E. rememoering that “ faint heart,” eh'., de termined that his cup of happiness should not be dashed to the earth without one ef fort on his behalf to turn the time of af fairs. With this object in view, he gained an interview with the young soldier, and regaled him with a few observations on the moral character of Miss 8., which were certainly not to her credit. Os course this piece of information astonished the young warrior, and he was loth to believe the as sertions of Mr. E., until he w r as told that Mr. E. was personally acquainted with the facts which he had just revealed. The result of the interview was that Mr. E. returned homeflushed with his success, and was once more a happy man But as all roses have thorns, so' new-found happi ness soon took wings and flew away. The ardent love excited iu the heart of Mr. H. was not of a trifling nature, and he determined (which determination was af terwards broken) that the world never give her up. “Though storm on storm around him burst And waves dashed high and tierce.” With this resolution firmly fixed in his mind he visited Mr. E. and told him that he had become convinced of MissCi.’s impropriety, and that he (E.) would bitter ly repent the day if he should marry her. This announcement fell like a thunder bolt on the heart of E., for he had manu factured his statement out of whole cloth, and now the same testimony came to him from H. Shocked beyond description, lie declared that he would never look up on her face again; and H., rejoicingat having beaten his antagonist at his own game, immediately repaired to the home of the inamorata and offered his heart and hand, which offerwas duly accepted. Ar rangements were made for the wedding, and the young lover, with a devotion un surpassed, and a heroic magnanimity worthy so good a cause, gave the blushing bride-elect $25 to defray some of the ne cessary expenses. As might be expected, this was a stun ning blow to poor E. But with a tenacity unparalleled he directed his steps to the residence of the object of his heart’s devo tion. Here he encountered Mr. H,. who was present making the final arrange ments for the coming nuptials. The scene that followed baffles the power of our very limited vocabulary to describe. They stared at each other with the greatest amazementdepicted iu their countenances. The young lady’s friend-, fearing hyster ica or finc winer demonstration, inter fered, requested Mr. E. to be seated, and said the young men had better settle the matter personally, and come to some defi nite anu rational conclusion. The young gentlemen, recognizing the justice of this parental advice, consented to an amicable settlement by referring the question to the lady herself. With this in view the con fused trio went into the parlor, and being rested the gallant soldier said : “Now, Miss 8., you see us both ; which will you have?” Mr. E. thinking his case rather doubt ful, chimed iu : “Miss 8., remember that fine house I built last summer on purpose for you.” “.Recollect,” broke in H., “that I have followed the flag of your country over the sunny battle-fieids of the South to serve you and your friends, and now will you cast me off?” “Bear in mind,” said E., “there is one hundred and sixty acres of land; it shall all be yours if you will only say the word.” This was too much for frajl human na ture to stand unmoved, andthe bewildered damsel declared in favor of her old lover, Mr. E., contrary to all expectation. A smile lit up the countenance of the sol dier, as he coolly said: “Mr. E., will you have the kindness to hand me that $25 I gave Miss B. ?” “Certainly,” said E., and putting his hand in his pocket, he paid over the money. Thereupon they all shook hands and separated firm friends. Mr. E. and Miss B. are married now, and undoubtedly happy. A. N. Won’t Have his Freedom. —Among the few State prisoners now in hands of the Federal turnkeys, is the Hon. Win. M. Gwin, late Senator from California. From the following it appears he had rather stay in prison than give up his country. We learn that the Hon. William M. Gwin, late Senator from California, and formerly a member of Congress from Mis sissippi, now in confinement as a State prisoner in Fort Jackson, but upon what charge has never yet transpired, or seems easily to be divined, was offered his liber ty, the other a«j-, upon condition that he would give his parole to leave this country and never returne, and that he imme diately declined, preferring to remain a prisoner in his native land rather than go into banishmet elsewhere. — Picayune. Job Work of all kinds neatly, cheaply aud quickly executed at the Journal & messenger office. Our prices are war ranted reasonable and satisfactory. unknown woman, too poor to pay the fare across the regular bridge at Troy on Sunday evening, attempted to pass oil the long railroad bridge, and be comming dizzy fell through into the water and was drowned. No one knew her name or history, but it is supposed that she was the mother of a little boy who was found crying in the streets for his motheron the same evening. This item pases through the country without note or comment, but had it happened at the South to a negro, it would havebeen commented on in Congress, and in the newspapers as well as in religious and political meetings, as an evidence of the ill treatment of the blacks, and neces sity of legislating in Congress for their pro tection. Well and truly said by the Boston Courier, Pity that charity does not begin where it should.— jEds. Recorder. The Mockery of a Faded 'Woman’s Success. U. Y. Correspondence Indianapolis Journal.] The “Menkin” has arrived here She brought her flying steed, “Haidee-ul- AzGtn her diamonds, her funds, her femme de chambre , and all her costly wardrobe with her. An engagement has been effected with Mr. George Wood, of the Broadway Theater, by the terms of which Adah Isaacs Menkin will appear twenty-four nights at that place of amuse ment, and receive for the same $-500 for each appearance, or $12,000 for the season. Having netted £17,000 in London, and re ceived $125,000 in gold for one hundred nights in California, she may expect to find but few managers in the United States who are able to er.joy the luxury of her presence upon their boards. The Menkin stops at the Hotel Saint Dennis, where she has luxurious apart ments, furnished in the most magnificent splendor, servants by the dozen, and hand somest, most bewitching little maid who ever laced a stay or brushed a lady’s hair. Several of the actress' gentlemen friends, in point of fact, have made her very jeal ous recently by mistaking the lady’s maid for the lady. But still the maid is a ne cessity, and is retained. She goes with her mistress to all the theaters, where Adah .goes resplendent in jewelry and court dresses, jeweled fans, and immacu late kids—her hair, neck, and bosom pow dered with dust of ••eal diamonds, and ac companied generally by a gentleman in the uniform of an American officer. And the three attract a great amount of atten tion, and receive the homage and admira tion of all the gay and festive young men of their circle. But behind all the rich, successful and handsome actress’ gay ety and cheerfulness, there lurks a great unrest. You see it as she sits in her box at the theater; you see it at her rooms, surrounded by smiling and obedient slaves ot the .opposite sex. The great unrest is this: She sees and knows that it is not her mind, heart or in tellect, which attracts, but her person, her riches, her gaudy plumage, and the bold ness that caused her to set society at defi ance upon the stage and away from it. (She looks about her for some one to be stow her heart upon—if she has one—and generally finds the being thus selelected a hollow sham and a grand deception. (Sev eral persons in this city have been her fa vorites. Some spent her money at the gaming table, and finally deserted her. Another meanly used her as a tool to work his own advancement, then left her and married another woman. A third married her and then left her to seek fortune where he could find a soul. Another married her and she found he had two other ladies at tached to his fortunes, both of whom should have been in her place. So she sent him away. Yet the Menkin is, out w'ardly, as bright a creature as are but terflies that flit in the sunny air of June. Not quite as fresh as she was, many years ago, in New Orleans, when her poor moth er labored for her and cared for her, before her beauty had been discovered by man, and before she had ever appeared upon any stage, but still of«most exquisite shape and most suple form. Fales Calves—lnstability of Saw dust Contour. —False calves have made their advent in Cleveland, Ohio. The Plain Deatej says: “We have a very startling arrival to chronicle, ‘Falsecalvas has come to town!’ They arrived a day or two ago. There are two kinds. One is stuffed with hair—the other w'ith saw-dust, the latters of course, being the cheapest. Yesterday afternoon, a young lady w'ith tilting hoops and false calves was perambulating through the park, w hen suddently one of the calves burst. Our readers can imagine the result. The poor young lady could be traced by a trail of saw-dust from Rouse’s Block io the Post office. (Excuse a tear.) Thus the maiden, who entered the park in from re sembling Venus de Medicis, and emerged therefrom in a state of spindleshanked angularity! Her great mistake consisted in not getting hair-calves—they being less liable to burst, and of a more pliable na ture. Beleive us, dear ladies, if you will wear the new-fangled improvements on nature’s pattern, that the hair style is the cheapest. We presume the young lady fainted when she learned the extent of her misfortune. But, as an exchange says, what’s the use of railing at false calves— they are a mere matter of form.” B@-The Baton Rouge Advocatesays that out of four thousand negroes in that town, the mortality is one hundred per month or twelve hundred per annum. Bgi, Napoleon 111 has presented a com pletesetof his w'orkstotheNew Hampshire Historical Society, with his imperial auto, grabh upon the fly leaves. * Jehu BlaTr, a resident of Jackson county, Wisconsin, wilPbeone hundred andeightyears old on the 15th of Maynext He was a soldier in the revolutionary war, as also the war, of 1812. He never received a pension, can walk ten miles per day, and keeps his eyesight. is rumored in fashionable circles at Washington that Hon. Edward Cooper, member of Congress elect from Tennessee, and private secretary to the President, will, before long, wed Mrs. Stover, the widow’ed daughter of the President. BgL At a ball of the Duchess of Bojano’s in Paris, the other evening, the Princess of St. El la appeared as the Press, in a robe cov ered with thepagesandtitles of several jour nals printed on satin. Professor Newman says, contrary to the generally received opinions, birds pre fer to fly against the wind. The quails of Europe almost invariably start on their passage of the Mediterranean with a head wind, and if it chops round and blows fresh from the southwest, they are drowned by thousands,and theirdead bodies are washed ashore for weeks afterwards. When the wind is abaft, it gets under the bird’s feath ers in the most aggravating manner, and upsets his equilibrium and equanimity at the same time. A bill has passed the House of Rep resentatives reviving the grade of General in the United States Army. There were only eleven negative voters. It is expec tod thnf Gen. Grant will received the ap pointment of General. In thatevent Gen. Sherman will probably succeed to the Lieutenant Generalcy. JB®”Two acts of Parliament have just been issued, granting annuities to Prin cess Helena of £6OOO on her marriage with Prince Christaiu, and £15,000 to Prince Alfred, subject to such conditions as her Majesty may direct. Both annuities are to be free of all taxes, assessments and charges. The annuity to Prince Alfred is to date from the 6th of August last, .when his royal highness came of age. . An exchange says there is a feature in young ladies’ dress that has puzzcld many —what is the significance of wearing long ends of ribbon round the neck? When they wear ends hanging in front, It means that the “lady is married,” over the right shoulder, that “she is engaged,” over the left shoulder, that “she has a fellow com ing to see her, but is not engagecT,” down the back means, “boys come on, I want a beau!” If she does not wear any, it means “she is engaged,” and don’t want to have anything to do with any other fellow. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE JOURNAL AND MKSBENOER COMMISSIONERS' REPORT. Washington, May 12.— General* Steed man and Fullaston, Commissioner*, who j were appointed by the President to Inves tigate the operations of the freed men’s bureau in the Bouthern .States, have re ported as to Virginia and North Carolina. They give instances of the dishonesty and ; the arbitrary power exercised by some of the officers and agents of the bureau In making arrests, imposing flue* and inflict ing punishments 'ordisregarding the local laws, and especially the statute of limita tions, and thus creating prejudices against the Government. They, therefore, re commend the withdrawal of the officers of the bureau, and the transferren-re to officers commanding the troojrs of surh duties, as it may still be necessary to per form iu connection with the freedmen. NEW YORK MARKETS. New York, May 12. —Cotton firm at 34 @35 cents. Gold 129 J. MARRIED, In Macon, May 10th, by R<*v. ft Witts, Mr. I). H Pedes.', of Pike county, to Miss J. M. Wriolki, of Maeon. FUNERAL NOTICE. The friends and ac'iualntanren of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Irwlne, are respectfully Invited to attend the funeral of their Infant daughter from their resi dence on Plum Street, THIS AFTERNOON, at 4); o'clock. rnayKMt* List of Consignees per S. W. R. R. w Macon. May 12. ISM. Jno Brantly. Seymour AJ, J N Seymour, E C Cox, J H Anderson, H P Redding, McCallie, J A D, D J Baer, A Ayres, W S Holt, J W Knott, H Cobb, J H Wolfolk, C G Wheeler, Hardeman A S, H Crutchfield, F M Long, tathariue Harris, U E Evans. T J Lane, W T Alford, J B Rom A Son. T K Bloom, liussell A P, Burdick A It, Win Thompson, Carhart A C. List of Consignees per M. & W. R. R. Macon, May 12, IsfiH. II P Redding A Cos, Russell A P. Andersen A Woods, Destitute of Bibb county, T Hardeman, J W B A Cos, Jno Cobb, J W p, Seymour A J, II N Ells, B A Wise, W II Robert, Kirwin, McK A i.' o, Massey A J, Appleman A Ft, P P Pease, D Dally A Bro, Henderson A B, Hardeman A S. New Advertisements. To Country and City Merchants. FLOUR ADVANCING RAPIDLY in the WEST. 'VfT'E are offering YOU a fine selection of choice \ V FLOUIt at far less than you can lay It down for. Look to your interests and buv at onee. WITHERS A LOUD, mayl3-2t Cor. Cotlon Avenue anil Cherry St. NOTICE TO PUNTERS. CORN AND BACON ON CREDIT, payable tn the fall from cotton crops Those desiring to contract, will do so Immedi ately, or during the present month. For terms, address or apply to WITHERS A I.OUD, Cor, Cotton Avenue and Cherry St. mayl3-lw COTTON GINS. COMBINATION OF SKILL AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE. rpHE undersigned having eomp’et.-.l their Shops, _L are now ready to receive orders for tXJTTuN GINS. They flatter themselves that their Gins will compare favorably with those of any estab lishment, our Mr. MASSEY having been etn plot ed with Mr. Samuel Griswold for ten years, iroin |s .i to 1811, and sineeltdl a successful tuanutaeturer on his own account. We have at work for us many of the men brought up by Mr. Griswold In the business Horn bovhood, thereby seen ring a com bination of skill And practical ex |>eiletter. We will spare no pains in strl\ lug tngtve satisfaction, ns our success ileiKMids on the merit ot our t.ln* Our Works are convenient to Macon. 3 miles die tanf,) on the Central Railroad, und easy of access. Repairing done with Dispatch. Gins sent by rail to Maeon, for repairs, will be taken to our Shop by u». ami returned to Maeon. Orders addressed to us at Mucon will r. reive prompt att> ntton, and as we do not expert to have traveling Agents, persons intending to purei.ase of us w ill please send in their orders as early e* practicable. We maild say to the former patrons oi Mr. Griswold that, in eonscqnence ol advanced age, he has given up ihc manuiHcttirc of Gina en lirely, anil lias kindly extended to ns sll of ids ex perience and advice. We respectfully a.-k a share of patronage. O. W. MASSEY. „ D. S. JOHNSON, Bibb County, Ga„ May 2th, 1808. d-6t-w-2m. Uncalled for Freight Valuable Packages for the following nam ed Parties remain in the South* rn Ex press Office., Macon, Oa., uncalled for to date. Macox, May I2th, UM. Beny, Wilson O, Karannugh, M, Boifeulllel, H W . Moore, i Has A, Chapman, A W, Rich. V* tu. Cheatham, E F Rogers, w T,‘ Hazlchurst, G H Mpratt, W L, Holt, 1’ S, Thompson, [ V, Johnson, Mrs E Walker, Mrs 1., Williams, Mrs M E, Will.ami..n, i,*,> W TulUuhan, Mrs. L. Hurt, Miss M. *3. Strangers must bo idem Hied. . E. si. MITCHELL. mayl2-2t .Money Clerk. nSTOTICE. T'HE Southern Express Company nre now i ro -1 .ured to receive anil forward ireight tor Y* ay Stations along tin- M. A W. K. K. W. W. HL'LUERT, Am’U Maeon, May 11th, 1968, d-tw. SSO 00 REWARD ~\\T ILL he psid for the apprehension and dellv >> ery of Mill ETON ». V\ ARE to the kut>*cnb*r, within the next ten days. The said WAKE broke Inmi the uixl.reigned u y Jumping from ti.e tar windows at Craw lord station, on the Macon nnd Western It. it., last Friday morning ati o'clock Cause of humanity requires every ciii/hi to arrest said Ware, as he is chn rged w ll h inuitler, client inn and swindling, and that lie will sw.udteuu unsus pecting citizen by Ills looking at him. J. JOSEPH UOIXiES. inayl2-2l bhertir. lJurial Ca^ON. CALLAWAY, FEARS & CO., IN FERNITTRE, lit door above J. B. Knee A Bon, HAVE on hand, and sell at reasonable WjM*. • splendid lot of Metalie, Rosewood. Wain lit and Mahogany Coffins We keep hand a fine assortment of all aim in\ lie an examination of our articles# and prices.^^ Cotton Seed! Cotton Seed!! 1 nnn h l’ sh - received, w hich we I,UU</ guarantee to be sound, and of the Growth of the Year 1865. Fcr sale by mayil-3t McCALLIE, JOKES * DAY. Jlew Adverfisemei^' MORE 6008 TII I > N W* are bound tn hq, ~. and have recently perfWv.i %r -_ to get weekly shipment* «f n „ oar line, and now have ( n „ ! sorted Htnek aver offered , n ! A part of which m Twenty bbU. of “MITt Ml ' ; 1 l< rated KENTUCKY It is very superior and old »*. than market value, and win i*.. •y- Kifty Cnees of Pure California < ALL KINDg One hundred thousand f Domestic SEGARs Borne of the old favorite brat. . . NA BA JO, ETt. At least one hundred new „ ■“ m a- M „ Borne of the finest MEEKS If A t\|> AND I Ml. NEW IDEA. with Cattndffe. We defy competition in PURE WINES AND UQto*s Our Stock is uneurpa*-*d r. assortment, and we sell any • i from a quart bottle t«. ala « « them are FRENCH BRANDY, there- OLD PEACH BRANDY. „ Honey to go in it , HOLLAND and ROSE GIN ' r tails , OLD JAMAICA RI M, f«r P.- PURE BORDEAUX CLARI 7 ner). FISH OF ALL KINDS srrw as Mesa Mackerel, kite, E y a number*. White Fish. No. 1. large and V Cod Fish, (the Cape ( mi k -d Then we have the BONELESS SARDINES. COVE OYSTERS LOBSTERS AND FRESH MACKERI'- Sugars- A, B, C, Crushed. ! Granulated, Coflee-oM Jtvtutil! Teas— Young Hyson, Inif-' > Double Kxtra fan- and - A Son'i, JetTrra' and A - Hilbert s. Bar. lay's andttuinr.- «* • Colgate's Honey, Glyeerir. * , Soups, Patent, Fprrtn, Adauaatcis. *r. ' dies. Pearl Starch, Black, Grain, Ground sad W :,.**• CLOVES, NUTMEGS, MACE, RAISINS, CANDIES. NUTS. CURRANT CITRON DAT» MCI.TAN I CRACKERS OF ALL Ds> | Spices and Extrac - - nr VARIETY Metfna Oranges and L*w<r fine order.) “Neplus Ultra Hour. From the Oaklj MUU, Marita. On. A of which win ba sold «oon tar Cash Coroe now when we hare time “"" GREER & LAKE No. I, Granite Range, 3d Si MACON, OA. mayia-tf