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gro Suffrage in .he Dictriet and the
~ iate— Congress and the President.
r „„i Iho New York Times, 2*l.]
. sour readers are aware, the hill estab
. iiing universal negro suffrage in the Dls
:^.totColumbia, passed the House of Rep
natives oil Thursday last hv a vote of
' wives to 54 nays. Lt will prolmbiy aim
(),o .'senate by a decided majority. It
i 'Tnerally assumed that it will receive the
' .salciil s signature and thus become a
* ■ but we regard this ns by no means
.■tain. It ' s said to have lieen asserted
judge Kelley on tue lloor oi me House,
j'Vile the hill was upon its passage, that he
' ,w the rresidcnt would sign it, and this
'Viieiueiit probably liu'd some effect In swol
j,‘,.r the vote in its favor. Whether Judge
■ AWy pretended to speak from posi
(ive personal knowledge of the Riesiilent’s
iiciition, or only by way of inlhicnec from
jj !. |million and presumed opinions, we are
not aware.
The passage of the hill in the House is
. kinied by the Tribune as a decided tri
umph of the “ radical majority.” The
el.iim is perfectly just. Dui w hether that
• iuniph was achieved by a fair exercise
f j ls strength, or by an adroit ami some*
w'tint unscrupulous alliance with the Dem
urratic minority, may be open to serious
il.iuU. The bill was originally introduced
I,!, .lodge lveiley, of Pennsylvania, and w as
;,;. ( .n,.,l to the Judiciary Committee, of
which Mr. Wilson, of lowa, is chairman.
It provided for universal negro suffrage in
the District. Mr. Wilsbn reported it back,
•ind the House entered upon its discussion.
\lterthis had gone on for a few days, a
conference of the Union members of the
House was culled to consult as to the pro
per course to be pursued. After full
discussion U was decided, by a vote of
more than two to one, that the bill
should be re-committed to the Judiciary
Uominittoe, with instructions to amend it
so as to require all persons, both white and
duck, who should hereafter he admitted U>
vole in the District, to he able to read the
Constitution of the United States, or else
have served In the army, or to pay taxes
oil real or personal estate. This was dis
tinctly understood by all parties to be Die
decision of the Union party, and by none
more distinctly than by Mr. Wilson him
•elf. No one pretended that it bound any
one to vote in any particular way; but it
was supposed that it would have weight
with Mr. Wilson and his associates as to
the form in which the question should he
submitted to the action of the House. A
very large majority ol the Union members
lie-'trod the vote to be taken upon granting
to the colored men <>f the District a sut
,'ape qualified by the ability to read ; and
they supposed t hat, in deference to their
wishes, tints distinctly expressed, this
would be done. They were mistaken. Mr.
WA-''a and his associates voted with the
jAiiioerats against the recommitment, and
tints brought the vote directly upon the
<1 wstioii of universal negro suffrage in the
ii-lriet; and the great body of the Union
majority preferred to vote together rather
than separate upon this issue thus forced
upon them. Whether the., acted wisely or
not will he determined by results; but we
know that they acted from a paramount
desire to save the Union party from dissen
sion and disruption. If they had been mat
in this effort by a corresponding desire on
the part of Mr. Wilson and his associates,
die prospects oi ultimate success would
have been more hopeful than they seem at
lirerent.
If tills question were confined to the
District of i Columbia it would tie of less im
portance than it is. Congress has with: n
that District the unquestioned power ot e<-
rl >ive legislation, and however impres
sively and unwisely that power maybe
exercised, the injuiy inflicted is conliin and
v. it bin narrow limits. Hut this step is au
entering wedge to a general system ot leg-'
i-'.ition eoneeniing the negro race. The
■aval has repeatedly been music by tlio .e
own as Radicals in the Union ranks,
and its main purpose was to establish a
• ineif'le in the Distrh t which, should id
ward he applied to the several routes.
! le admission o. the recently emancipa-
I slaves to tiieriglil of unqualified, univer
• niliage in I lie rebel Slates, is piit.i'or
ird by them as .ci indispensable condi
■ si to tl-e re-ad mission ot ilie.-e States o
' c Union. .1 tide Kelly,ol iVnnsytvania,
.e author of tltii bill, declared recently in
note, with Mi, Kassou, id’ lowa, tinit
1 ingress had the right to prescribe the
ssalifications of ve.ers “tor the most liu
nii Toils branch oftiio Legislatuic” in even
• ate ill the t nion-—in other words, Ilia ,
'twitlisttinding the explicit language ol
le constitution. Congress had supreme
over over this whole subject, and is pre
i -uvi! to introduce a bill tor its assertion
■ id exercise. Mr. Stevens has given no
tire of a bid to give every emancipate
negro a homestead, either from tile contis
< estates of i~kmtliein Rebels, or from
lands in tho South ow ned by the Govorn
cieht. A bill is already lie fore tlie House
muring utterly everything tlotto by the
I'ie-itlciit towed the restoration of pence
:iiirl Federal relations in tlit Southern
states, ami proposing to organize writo
nal govonmioiii.s lor them nil. And the
l ine tactics use to be employed to lords
tell and every one of these measures - j
>rt the Union party in the House, which
I>. eved so successful on this District ot Co
lumbia iii)!. '1 lie same use will If*
in-ale of the machinery of caucus. 1 )eci: -
tans will lie sustained and enforced when
favorable to ihese projects, and disregmx
*'l and overthrown, by alii nco with the
if nioerats, When adverse. And as the
Jiein' cvats themselves arc simply playing
their own partisan game, they must nai-
Ul'.dly becxjiected to aid, by such action
a* these alliances may oiler, in la-stoning
U]H,n the Union Administration whatevtr
minisures may he most obnoxious to the
public judgment, and thus »'fl'hr them the
i*st chance <«f a speedy return to power.
It may fuiil.v be presumed i bat President
Johnson will not overlook these considera
tions, as well n.s others more directly in
volved, i>i bis action upon this bill. The
question of negro suh’rage is one upon
which the Union party, as such, lias never
nken action. It has never come before
»tiy national convention, nor have any
c-'iiaiderable mnnberof State conventions
taken ground upon it. Nor is it quire easy
toscewhut exigencies of the public wel
hire or. c it, with such peremptory author
ity, upon the instant- action of Congress
and the country. While it is a matter of
(~» mpar dively little consequence to most
"f the Northern and Eastern States, it
louchi s most closely the sentiments and
prejudices of tile West, and is absolutely a
matter of lire and death to Unionism ami
loyalty among the masses of the people in
die Southern States. The men, moreover,
'“ ho know most of the actual condition ot
N colored race in the South, do not hesi
•! ?«> assert t hat ru> more fatal step for
i n ‘( '‘''mild betaken than tiiis—that it will
ho'tiih v' ' nev ’tftbl V amt incalculably, the
demand thi^‘ y " ,ivft \ , . v enough to
incut —and most carelul treat
11,at it will brimiV'dces.««■ three to one
and rebellion that Yl'H'sa ,surreet:on i
the whole country in f. eventually wrap |
t. ~-fold more terrible thfdkimes ol a war
gist closed. These are eothat we have'
which no wise man shotihl wiivations to
his, ves- and they may well, at !<**; dose
pause to the effort* ot those mve
Mvelv devoted to the welfare ot the (
It is well enough to ts ar in mind m>,
ov-r, that I*reside,it Johnson hasi never
<•o.l,l,lifted himself in any way to t Fin
••iptc Os universal .u gro either for
the District of Columbia or for
and Unit is tlm i.rim iple whi.-h, » th- b n
passes the Senate, is to be .c than
approval. He has never gone fort hr than
to say that it acting within his » *, ■ ,
alone, he might favor the #t.ni .
qualified colored voters to the excruse
the right of suffrage; and even this \>ns
given merely nta personal opinion, and in
no sense ns an indieaiinn of official action.
It is known, also, thin he regards the peo
ple of the District ot Uoulmbiu as having
in no wise lost f Heir rights as citizens, or
thoir claim to respect and regard for their
wishes concerning their own affairs, by
their subjection to tlie exclusive jurisdic
tion of Congress; audit would he unwise
to assume that, be will feel at liberty whol
ly to disregard tlie vote lately taken in the
District on the subject of negro suffrage.
Corns.) .ondunce of tho Journal and Messenger. ]
Oxi-utti), (la,, Jan. 27, 1 sin;.
The weather during the greatei portion
ot the present month, has been in harmo
ny with the dark and gloomy aspect of
“matters and tilings in general.” We
have, thus far, had but few sun beams to
lighten our political skies, and cheer the
“winter of our discontent,” and 1 am in
clined to think, from the signs of the times,
that our patience will yet be largely taxed
—perhaps to her perfect work, e’er our ca
lamities are over passed.
If the order of General Sickles, in regard
to the relative rights, prerogatives, duties,
ami privileges of the blacks and white
freed men, “so-called,” in South Carolina,
is a sample of what we are to experience
in Georgia, I see no use in our legislature
expending its time and the people’s money
by remaining longer at Milledgeville. For
1 know of no law it could pass that would
not he liable to be set aside, eontrovened
or disregarded by the military power. Un
til the present anomalous position of tho
Southern Slates is clearly and authorita
tive 1 ly defined, it appears to me our logiCa
tors are working in the dark. In the ripe
statesmanship, pure and unsullied private
character and devout devotion to the pub
lic weal, of our glorious State Executive,
Georgia has yet some ground for hope. In
these dark and degenerate times, i1 is re
ally a luxury to read the Messages of Gov
ernor Jenkins.
Cannot our Legislature do something’ for
the maimed soldiers? The country wants
well-trained teachers. How would it do to
set aside the earnings of the State Road
when it is again able to return dividends
—for the education of those meritorious
and indigent young men who have been
maimed in the service of their country ?
A me U fearful tornado passed through a
part of this county on last Wednesday
night, prostrating trees, and in some in
stances, houses. At Sand town, several
residences and out-buildings’were blown
down, and scattered in every direction.
Tho dwelling of Mr. James U. Daily, of
that place, was blown from its foundation,
and sad to relate, himself, wife, a colored
woman and child were killed. The le
mains of Mrs. it. were found some dis
tance from where the house stood, terribly
mangled. 1-slie was the daughter of our
worthy friend, J. \V. Fitts, Esq. She and
her husband were hut recently married,
ami their early and sudden death, is great
ly deplored by a large circle of kindred and
friends. Dr. Montgomery, and several
other persons were considerably injured.
The planter- in this section are basils
and hopefully engaged in preparing for
another crop. The negroes have general
ly gone to work in good spirit. 1 have
heard of no depredations from them tor
some time. lam inclined to think that
under proper treatment and discipline,
they may stili tie rendered valuable us an
element of our industrial system.
1 aui glad to observe, in the general ap
pearance of the “ Old Messenger"—“rejovi
nat and,” not ‘‘regenerated,” as your cma
jxmitoi made me write on a former cflH
sion- o many evidences of prosperity.
May its shadow never grow le>s.
Yours truly, J- B.
Northern Methodist on Negro
Equality.—The chief organ of tlie Meth
odist Church of the North, tlie Christian
Advocate aiul Journal, ban raised the black
flag of amalgamation and negro equably.
It says in a late editorial:
“'Phis godless prejudice against negro
equality decrees divine punishment, oht
■ the Church) must cease to loathe and dis
sociate men on account of co! She must
give he: brethren of the despised hut-her
cordial fellowship; ill her churches, her
schools, her counting-rooms, must they
move fredy and unnoticed."
A Wn- hiugton correspondent oftlie
Mobile Advertizer, supposed to lie Hon. G.
C. Lang don, writes to that paper as fol
lows :
In listening to the debates in Congress,
the first thing that struck me was the ex
treme bitterness of the radicals toward ti.
white people of the South. X expected to
find hostility, but 1 did not anticipate such
deep seated hatred and bitter intolerance
as are <Tailv manifested. The debates to
which 1 have listciicned, have been con
fined exclusively to measures relating to
the negro and tin: rebellion.
* * * * * * * *
Outside of Congress, the feeling toward
the,South is cx'^eediiiulyjkind and liberal,
but the Black Republicans in Congress,
under the lend of Sumner in the Senate
and Thud. Stevens in the House, are as
savage and blood-thirsty as tigers. How
long these two madmen will continue to
control Congress remains to be seen.
f-ay" The New York Tribune Iras the
following, under the head of "Supporting;
the President" :
“A Republican editor, applying at one
of the most important departments last
week for the official advertising was asked
if his paper would adopt the President’s
policy. The intimation was made thaf on
no other term* could official patronage he
given out. On Saturday lost, Thomas R.
Florence, of the Constitutional Union,
(C'opjierhead) had his bills for government
advertising, given him by order of the
President, audited and paid.
Thk Admission of the Tkn.nk.,-
hke Delegation. —We have reliable in
formation from Washington that the me
mor alsof the so-called Central Committee
have had an injurious effect upon the pros
pects of the Tennessee delegation for ad
mission to their seat in Congress. This
effect ha: been deepened by the reft,sal <>l
the lower hrnnoli of onr‘Legislature to
adopt the resolution in favor of their ad
mission. It. is unfortunate that these
tilings, which have no weight or sigriiii
,-ance here, should have any effect wliat-
Vrabrond; but R is characteristic of the
bfv I'p,, people of Tennessee must
they afflictions with the lx ,a t grace
(y,..^:.,Uy i<- y " iii not" last always.
wife cannot V man, for his
‘•Who goes the.hair.
where ve are, tor by Vd a sentry on the
first I’ve seen in this vjThen stand
. , A, n ip s y’er the
U 1 * '•!' coun
[by mb. GIBSON'.]
A BILL
7b he -ntiffe,/ an Art for the retie/ of the
screen/ Bunking Institutions of this State,
anil o/ the Stockholders thereof, and to re
peat certain Sections the ('ode of Geor
gia in relation thereto, and for other pur
poses :
Whereas, during the late war, the
Banks of this State were required to make
large loans to thisState.aiulto receivethere
for State Bonds and Treasury notes, which
the State has, in Convention repudiated:—
and whereas, said Banks, by oiteratiou of
law, were compelled to receive in payment
and on deposit the Notes of the Confeder
ate government, which are now valueless :
and whereas, under such coercion, said
Ranks did receive said Notes, in manner
aforesaid, till nearly their whole assets
have become vested m that sort of paper,
so that a redemption of their Notes of cir
culation lias become utterly impossible:—
and whereas this utter insolvency has been
the inevitable consequence of the legisla
tion of the .state, though by no means ex
pected or foreseen : and whereas the lar
ger portion of tho Notes of said Banks is
now held by speculators abroad, who have
purchased the same at an enormous dis
count, with a view to require payment
thereof from individual stockholders, a
large proportion of whom are widows, or
phans, guardians and trustees:
Sec. 1. Thu (Intend Ass< in/tlg of the
State of Georgia do enact, That the several
Banks of this .State he allowed logo into
immediate liquidation by making assign
ments of all their assets, real, personal,
mixed, and choses in action. Such assign
ment may he made to any officer or stock
holder of such banks, us well us to any
other person :—and sueli assignee shall he
removable for sufficient cause by the Judge
of ( he Superior < ’ourt of the county, where
the Bank transacted its usual business,
and shall be governed by the provisions of
tlie Code of tin’s State contained in sec
tions 1435 to 1440 inclusive. And any as
signment, made by any Bank after the
11 rst day of December, 1860, and prior to
the passage of (his Act, of all its assets for
the benefit of its creditors, shall be subject
to all the provisions of this Act, and tlie
assignee shall he governed by the provis
ions of the Code above referred to. Such
assignments, when so made, shall operate
as a surrender and acceptance by the State
1 by virtue of this Act) of the charters of
the Banks making the same.
Sec. J. Ail officers, directors, and stock
holders of the Institutions aforesaid ma
king such assignments are hereby relieved
from all pains .and penalties, under exist
ing laws, in consequence of Hie failure of
such r*uporalions, or inconsequence of
their transactions as such officers, directors
and stockholders, except in eases of actual
fraud or personal malfeasance, and to that
extent all laws, imposing such penalties,
are hereby repealed.
.Sec. 3. Sections three thousand two hun
dred 11 ml eighty-three to three thousand
two hundred and eighty-eight, both inclu
sive, of Part 3, Title 2, Capter 3, Article 2,
of the Code of Georgia, providing summa
ry' and cumulative remedies against the
officers and stockholders of Banks, are
hereby repealed, as to ail Banks and the
officers and stockholders thereof making
the assignments hereinbefore nrovided for.
Sec. 4. Every holder of the Hi 11b of any
of such Banks, shall he entitled to his full
share of the assets of such Banks, in the
hands of the assignee, according to tlie
priorities established by law : —hut neither
such holder of bills nor tlie assignee .shall
be allowed to proceed by suit against any
Stockholder, personally, for collecting
what may remain unpaid, within ten
years from the passage of this Act, unless
permitted so to do by some future Act of
the General Assentb y.
Sec. 5. All laws and parts of laws, mili
tating against or conflicting with this Aft,
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take cfleet from
tlie day of its tmal passage and approval
by the Governor.
The Fredmen’s Bureau Bill.
Tho Dill enlarging the powers of flic
Freed nidi's Bureau, reported yesterday as
having passed, unless modified from the
original draft, confirms the negroes oil the
c .ast of South Carolina and Georgia, in
the possession of “abandoned lands,” as
signed to them by General Sherman, for
three years. It also sets apart three mil
li.m acres of public lands for homes for the
freed moil.
Frvi'M.vx's Affairs in Wilson.—
Wo arc happy to learn, says tlie Lebanon
Register, that, through the good sense and
management of the agent of the Freed
man’s Bureau in this place, nearly or quite
all of the idle negroes have hired them
selves for the present year. The prevail
ing price is $l5O and S2OO per year for
grown is ■;ito men, and SSO for women, in
cluding board. Tlie negroes generally snow
a disposition to go hack to their former
masters. We heard of a case lately which
may not be out of place in this connection.
A negro boy who had been with his mas
ter all through the war in the Confederate
army, was noticed to he in very low
for several days. Oneeveninghe went into
the back room of a store in town and en
gaged in conversation with another negro.
During the conversation he was heard to
exclaim: “I wish every Yankeeand every
body else bad been inn—l before they set
us fixe.” He lias since mysteriously dis
appeared, and it is supposed that he lias
committed suicide.
Important to Farmers.
The following calculations have been
made by a very competent person of this
county, says the Greenville, (Ala.,) Advo
cate. It will furnish a reliable guide for
those embarking in the new business of
farming on hired labor:
EXPENSE l 01l THAI NO 20 ACRES OF
GROUND.
Feeding hand, 52 pecks or 13 bush
els corn, at $1 50 $lO 50
3) lbs. bacon per week, or 182 lbs.
at 25 cents. i.;f 45 50
One pr. shoes 2 50
Two suits of clothes, 20 yards at
-;l oo 20 00
Actual expense of one hand SB7 50
expense of mi lk and tools.
Mule hire S3O 00
Feeding mule through plough sea
son, 50 bushels, at $1 50 75 00
(500 lbs. fodder, at SI 00 6 00
One plough stock 1 oo
One turning plough 5 o 0
One sweep 3 00
Two shovel ploughs, $2 50 each.... 500
Two scatters, $1 50 each 3 00
One heel tap and bolt 1 00
One rod and tap 1 00 !
One clivis and pin 100
One axe • (_•" ;
One weeding Ikh? 1 50 j
Actual expense of mule and i
tools $134 00 |
Rent of 20 acres, $4 00 per acre 80 00
Hire of hand 125 00
Expense for working 20 acres 5426 oo i
Now say we plant 12 acres in cot
ton making 800 jx, inds per
acre, (0,000,) or 5 bales at 30c.
j per pound - $750 00
Eight acred oi corn, 12l bushels per
, acre, SI 50 per bushel 150 00 j
1 Product,,
j Expense W
Profit if no doctor bill or any lost
■ time r
Later from Europe—Docline in Cotton
- Assistant Secretary of the Navy,
Fox, Resigned-From the Rio Grande,
Portland, Me., Jan. 2-1, —The steamer
Hibernian, from Liverpool the 11th, and
Londonderry the 12tli, has arrived. The
Damascus, from Portland, arrived out on
the 10th. The America, from New York,
arrived out on the 11th. The Cuba, from
Boston, arrived out on the 12th.
Cotton opened at a decline of lpl, par
tially recovered, ami closed firmer at a de
eline, however, of :J (« Id on American. —
Sates of this week wereso,ooobales. Mid
dlMog Orleans 2nd. Friday’s sales 10,000
bales, closing steady. Breadstuff's firmer;
provisions steady. Consuls for money BG£
(3 s? ; 6-20*8 641 (ii (15 : Erie slut res 56 <■•
564; Illinois Central 71] (" 72.
It was reported that twenty-one armed
Fenians had landed at Sligo, and were im
mediately arrested.
It was reported that Spanish insurgents, 1
under (jell. Prim, hud defeated a Govern-!
mi nt column under Gen. Concha, but the
official dispatches represent the insurgents
to be discouraged and retreating. The
latest advices report no change in the situ
ation.
The bullion in the Bank of England had
increased £218,000.
The weather in England had moderated,
hut the effect of the recent gale continues
to he exhibited in disasters to shipping.—
The steamer Worcester reached Ijverpool
in a very crippled condition. Sheencoun
tered fearful weather in the channel, had
her foremast carried away, and was other
wise damaged.
The steamer Palestine, which returned
to Queenstown, would go to Liverpool for
coal ami repairs. It was expected she
would he able to proceed on her voyage in
a few days. The chief engineerof the Pal
estine was, it is reported, washed overboard
at sea, owing to the storm. Telegraphing
between Liverpool and London was en
tirely suspended. The commercial and fi
nancial news from London is only to
Thursday night.
Mew fork, Jan. 25.—The Republican of
last evening annuunces the resignation of
Captain G. <>. Fox, Assistant Secretary of
the Navy, to take effect on the first of
March, lt further states that he resignsin
order to accept the Presidency of the New
California Steamship Company, recently
organized in New York, tit a salary of
$15,000.
General Sherman will be at Washington
to-day. He was summoned there from St.
Louis by General Grant for consultation
upon the new army bill.
Gen. Sheridan's official report says there
is considerable excitement at Brownsville,
but no danger of any serious trouble. Gen.
Wright bus been ordered to the border to
restore uftler.
The Board of Admirals eonVenod at the
Navy Department in Washington for the
purpose of examining into the merits for
promotions of officers for the Navy and
Marine Corps, who have been in action du
ring the war.
The United States Consul at Manchester,
under date of January 6th, informs the
Department of State that the cattle disease
has made frightful progress, tho cases for
the week ending the date of his dispatch
being 1,693, an increase of 1,407, upon the
returns of the previous week. He reports
that the authorities are making every pos
sible effort to restrain the plague, but with
out the slighest appearance of success. The
disease, be asserts, has been discovered to
bear some striking analogies to small pox,
and many experiments in vaeeinnation are
being made. He says many of the towns
prohibit the driving in of beeves for slaugh
ter, and require that they shall be killed
when fed, and the meat only brought to
market. The whole number, eases thus
far reported for England alone is 73,549, and
of this number 56,422 have either died or
have lieen killed.
Washington, San. 25(5. — SENATE. —Mr.
Sumner presented a petition from citizens
of Peoria asking that guarantees of republi
can form of government be enforced, which
was referred to Committee of Reconstruc
tion.
Mr. Cowan presented petition of citizens
of Pennsylvania asking action as shall pre
vent States from making distinction in
civil courts on account of color. Referred
to Special Committee on Reconstruction.
Mr. Cowan also presented petition in fa
vor of a Protective Tariff, which was re
ferred to Committee on Finance.
[COM MUNI CAT ED. ]
Hotels.
To whom credit is due let it be awarded
by travelers,of which lam one of some ex
perience. 111 passing Fort Valley 1 called
at “ Byington’s" for dinner. Everything
was in tbe best order, and a better furnished
table I have never found along a Railroad.
Other people tell me that it is always so,
at Byington’s.
In your city, I stopped at “Brown’s.”
EveryQiing is “done up Brown” there.
The table furnished in the best manner and
style, and all the accommodations in the
best keeping. Byington and Brown form
a firs' rate “connection” on the Railroad,
to a Traveler.
White Labor for the South. —Says
the New York News, Mr. Joseph J. Mhoon,
a well known and very successful planter,
left this city yesterday, taking with him
sixty-four white laborers, whom lie lias
employed to work upon his cotton planta
tion in Oktibocha county, Mississippi, near
(he Mobile and Ohio Railroad. His expe
rience ami observation have satisfied him
that the planters cannot rely for the pro
duction of cotton uJain the uncertain labor
of the freed negroes, and that the future
prosperity of the South must be based upon
white labor.
By keeping steadily drunk for one year,
in Missouri, you can be divorced without
fail. Isn’t this a premium on drunken
ness ?—Traveler.
General Jackson’* Motto. —“Think before
you act, but when the time comes fur act
ing, stop thinking.” This is the true doc
trine. Many men fail in life and go down
to the grave with hopes blasted and pros
pected happiness unrealized, because they
did not adopt and act on this motto.—
Nothing so prepares a man for action as
thought; but nothing so unfits a man for
action as the want of action. Better far
adopt some course and pursue it energeti
cally—even thought.
Woman should attend to the mending
of their stockings; they should not, like
Achilles, be exposed at the heel.
One of the commonest cases of transfor
mation is for a toper to turn into a grog
shop.
A distinguished female writer says that
“the men are fast.” Well they must lie
exceedingly so to catch the women.
The thought- of lieing nothing after
death is a burden insupportable to a virtu
ous man, even though a heathen.
Desdemona said that her heart was on
her sleeve. A great many other Indies
liave their hearts u|*>n their dress.
Oourage does not consist in feeling no
tear, but in conquering fear. He is the he
ro, who, seeing lious on cither side, goes
straight on, because there Ids duty lies.
i Blessed is he who does not make a cent,
; for he will have no income tax to pay.
Items.
A clerk in the Quartermaster i-ienenl’s
office, Washington, named Jon.es, re
marked the other day, on hearing 01 tlie
threats of assussination to Senator Sumner,
that he was not exactly in favor of decapi
tation, but lie would like to see him sent
to his long home. The Secretary of War,
on hearing of it, immediately dismissed
him from the service.
The Spanish Admiral Pafeja has com
mitted suicide. The blockade of two of
the five blockaded Chilian ports Ims lieen
raised.
A voto was being taken on an important J
measure in the Indiana Senate the other!
day. Mr. , a grave and reverend
Senator, had not been attending to his
“biz,” and didn’t know what the question
was. His name was called by the Secreta-1
iy. He looked puzzled for a moment, and
then rapping the desk with his knuckles,
after the manner of card-playing, said, “1
pass!” An audible titter ran through the
hall, and the President of the Senate
“took it up.”
Sleep, riches and health are truly en
joyed only after they have lieen interrup
ted.
A comparison of the statements of the
public debt, ns given at the close of the
month of August and the close of Decem
ber, exhibits a decrease of forty-one mil
lion.
It is no reproach to a man that he is un
able to contend with the villianies of the
world.
Many people use their accomplishments
ns a spider uses his web —to catch the
weak upon, that they may be mercilessly
devoured.
A lady may care little about the personal
carriage of her lover if he keeps one with
a fine span of horses attached to it.
Some persons cannot look forward to the
future, but only backward to the past. —
They have but one eye, and that is back of
their heads.
Even as dead bodies supply the material
for living ones, so the minds of the dead
furnish thoughts for the growth of the
minds of succeeding generations.
Providence is undoubtedly the Overseer
of the poor in this world, but Business is
his Real Estate Agent.
By pulling your linger from the water
you leave no hole in the fluid, and by
(lying you leave no vacancy in the world.
TO .M KL’dIAMS,
Mechanics and Farmers!
Tl T E liavs Just received Rn<l now ofltar for sals,
TV low :
3,000 yards English Kerseys,
30 bales Macon Sheeting,
30 “ Osnaburgs,
2,000 yards English Surge,
100 lbs. Linen Thread,
1,500 “ Saddler's Thread,
1,500 “ Shoe Thread,
1,500 “ Cottou Twins,
1,500 “ “ “ (liaavey,)
300 “ Hemp “
200 “ Wickiug
200 “ Sash Cord,
100 “ Tarred Twine,
2,000 great gross Bone and Metal Buttons,
200 reams Note, Cap, Letter and Blot
ti ng.J’a per,
10,000 lbs. Hemlock Upper Lsathsr,
10,000 “ “ Mole “
500 " Glue,
10,000 “ Grind Stouus,
300 doz. Pad Locks,
1,000 Powder Canisters,
200 assorted Paint Brushes,
100 Axe Helves,
50 Brace and Hitts,
20 Broad Axes,
50 Fitting Axes,
25 Hand Axes,
200 Hatchets, (assorted,) »
100 Foot Adzes,
3,000 Chisels, (assorted,)
200 Shoe and Saddler's Knives,
200 Drawing Knives,
20 Frows,
50 Hand Hammers,
079 Planes, (assorted,)
373 Hand Saws, (full assortment,)
50 doz. Shovels and Spades,
3,000 gross Screws, (assorted,)
299 “ “ (Brass, assorted,)
209 lbs. Finishing Nails,
127 “ Clount Nails,
3, (KM) pajiers Tacks, (Iron am' copper,)
175 lbs. Spanish Brown,
75 “ Turkey Umber,
5‘J “ Burnt Umber,
25 “ Rotten Stone,
29 “ Black Lead,
30 gallons Demarara Varnish,
4/XHI lbs. Paints,
1,000 “ Olive Paints, (dry,)
50 “ Chrome Green, (dry,)
17 “ Hose Pink.
700 “ White Lead, (dry,)
*027 gallons Turpentine,
420 lbs. Rosin,
79 gallons Whale Oil,
379,989 lbs. assorted Iron and Plow Steel,
3,527 “ Cast Steel,
13,869 feet Leather and Rubber Belting,
from 2) to 18 inches wide.
Our stock of Dry Good* and Groceries 1* fom
plete, and ail We auk I* examination, as we have
no fear*o! the result’ We buy low and expect to
sell accordingly. J. B. ROSS A. 80N,
Wholesale Grocers A Dry Goods Merchants,
Cor. Hecotid and (’herjy *ts. f Macon, Os.
Jan 25—Gt
SUGAR AND SAL SODA
2« BARRELS A Sugar.
20 “ V "
21 *• Ye! low Toffee Sugar.
10 Soda,
Just received by
JatAU-lf GEO. T. ROGER* A •OX*.
J. W. FEARS & COS’,
Wholesale House,
JN HTO Rw, FOR liLI I.®W,
50 Bales Gunny Bagging.
250 Coils whole and half Rope.
fIiKX) lbs. White Lead.
10 bbls. Tanner Bark OH
J. W. FMARI & GO.
Linseed Oil and Glass.
200 Boxes all sizes of Glass—
-Bxlo to 28 and 44.
300 Gals. Linseed Oil.
10 Cans Turpentine in 10 gal. Cans.
J. W. FKAfta&OO.
Po\vd«r and ttliot.
100 Bags Shot—assorted and Busk.
60 Kegs F. & G. Powder.
50)
J. W. FEARS
_ #
Soap, Sugar and Bread.
30 Bbls. C. and Yellow and tfrush Sugar.
100 Boxes Palmer and Turpentine Soap.
300 “ and i bbls. Butter & Soda Blsout.
J. W. FBARS k CO.
FLOUR, FISH and CHEESE.
X)0 Bbls. rails of Ohio and othur Brand* <M Flwur
100 Kits Nos. 1 ami '1 Maokarnl.
25 R and '4 bbls. “
280 Pairs Trace Clilns.
100 W. R. ami Hamburg Cheese.
J. W. EEAfUI £ GO.
STEAMER
Charle* Hardee,
WILL ARRIVE ON TUESDAY WITH
3(1,000 lbs. Plantation Iron and Steel, 4 to 131 unties.
50 doz. Axes various brands.
80 doz. Weeding Hoes.
For J. Vs. FEAR* & Os.
*}- Alt the goods above, by the Steamer, ars
scarce in Georgia and New York. Our customera
will do well to send their orders at once—already
large portion sold. •
Jnnffl-Sm J. W. FEARS <fc GO.
B. F. KING*
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
OFFERS For sale 15,000 Acres'No. 1 Cotton lands,
situated In South-western Georgia, upon Whloti
Is ten good settlements, with stock and provisions,
and well supplied with hands, for a crop the pres
ent year. Possession given lnstanta.
ALSO, —wb
400 Acres of the host Mineral Lands la North
Georgia; some of whioh in testing, has found t»
pay mom two to ten dwt. of Gold to tbe baud par
day. Apply to B. F. KlStil
jan2S-2w at Dawaorv, Ga.
SELLING ODT.
“That” same Table Butter and
EXTRA CREAM OIIEEBB.
Hardines,
Oov* Oysters,
Lobsters,
Salmons,
String Beans,
Fresh Tomatoes.
Tlie hunt of Brandies, Whiskies, Gins,
Rums and Winss.
H*id*iek and Cabinet Champaign*,
Pint* and Quart*.
Maolroul Snaps,
(finger Snaps,
Cream buiscuit,
Butter, Soda, Sugar,
and Farina Crackers.
Tobacco and Sugar* of the bent brands.
These Goods must be sold, to maks room for *
large supply now on the way, of everything In our
line, which will be in store in a few days. Com*
soon and buy us out.
GREER A LAKE.
Macon, Ga., 28. ts
FARRAR & TROUTMAN. ~
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
Hardware, Culery, Guns, Ac.,
THIRD STREET,
Macon, Ga.
Agents for the most approved COUNTER, PLAT-
Ferm and BEAM SCALES. Also, Iron Fronting*
for any style House or any stylo wrought or Cast-
Iron Enclosure. Jan24-lui.
ATTENTION PLANTERS.
I HAVE in store and offer for sal* at tit* Aassa
Company Manufactory.;
Wheat Fann Mills.
Grain, do do.
CyUnaral Stalk Cutter.
Straw Cutter.
! Hay Cutter.
j , Plows of all patterns, one ut.l twe hnrse.
Cotton Scrapers.
Coiton Sweeps.
Double Cornshellers.
Horse and Hand Grain Mills.
Wine and Cider Presses.
Flowpotnts and Lands.
Geddes Harrows.
Shovels, Spades andTtakes ; to arrlvs.
All of which I wilf sell at lowest price*,
i jau23-tf HKNTtY HORN'S.