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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.