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To the Chairman and Gentlemen of the Finance Committee of the Houee of Representatives. Macon, Ga., Fob. 2, 1869. Gentlemen: — On my return to my homo in tins city, alter an absence on business of a few days, I find publish ed in the city papers, a certain state ment in regard to the payment of a cer tain two thousand dollars to the execu tor of Dr. Fort’s estate; and that the circumstances in regard to the payment of the same was referred by the Legis lature to your committee. As the Ex ecutor of my brother. Dr. G. W. Fort, deceased, I beg leave to submit to your committee the following statement, in regard to said claim: Several years before the war, Dr. George YV. Fort, then a physician resi ding in Milledgeville, acted in the ca pacity of vaccine agent for the State of Georgia, under special act of the Leg islature, and by appointment of the Governor, his dudes were to procure vaccine matter, to be distributed in each county of the State, that it might j he considered necessary; and lie was ! paid for said services one hundred dol- j lars a year, and was repaid by the State j all of the outlay incurred by him in procuring said vaccine matter, which ; was procured through an agency in : Boston, Massachusetts. His accounts, i when presented, were duly paid by the Executives, Govs, llerschell V. John- ; son and Joseph E Brown, as will fully | appear by reference to the Comptroller . General’s books. Said accounts were \ paid up to 1858, from which time up to the time of his death, on May 2d, 1806, ! he drew nothing from the Treasury.— ] Baid account is before you, having been taken from original entries, and is cor-j rect, nearly ail of which was for money ! advanced. lain fully conversant with the cor ! redness of this claim and have personal knowledge of most of the items shown, I aud by frequent conversations with my brother during the last days of his life, lie always considered that the claim would be paid, and no active steps were taken for the collection of the j same by reason of ids feeble health and the supposition that interest was accru ing on the same, aud there had been no funds in the State Treasury since the 1 close of the war. After the death of Dr. George YV. Fort, on May 2d, 1806, and during the fall of the same year, 1 , made out said claim, properly certified to, and sent the same to Gov. Charles J. Jenkins, he then being in the Exec I utive chair. He replied to me, that the Legislature had made no provision for the payment of indebtedness incurred before the war, and he recommended me to present the same to the Legisla ture. On the assembling of the Legis lature, I presented this claim through the joint Finance Committee, Mr. Ad ams of Clarke, being Chairman. A sub committee was appointed to exam- ! ine said account. Said committee were ! composed of Messrs. Gresham of Bibb, I McWhorter of Green, and Bell of Ran dolph. On their examining carefully the pa pera presented to them, among which waa an official certificate from Comp troller General J. T. Burns, that no warrant had ever been drawn on the Treasury for said money advances or services rendered or any part thereof, and also a certificate from Governor Brown that Dr. George W. Fort had acted in the capacity aforesaid during his administration, said sub committee agreod to recommend the payment of most of said claim, but refused to re commend tbe payment of claims incur red duaing the war. On their recom mendation coming before the Legisla ture, as a body, they refused to pay any of the same—for what reason lam ig norant, except a general disposition to repudiate all indebtedness contracted prior to the war. I left tbe papers in the hands of Briscoe & deGraffenreid, attorneys, at Milledgeville, and have not seen them since. So the matter rested, until some time during the mouth of November of last year, Mr. B. B. deGraffenreid, being in my office in tins city on business, remarked to me that he still had the papers in re gard to said claim, and that he would attempt to get a bill passed to collect the same if I would pay to him half the amount collected. Having given up the attempt to collect said claim, I ver bally agreed to his proposal, and he at once left my office. I expected nothing to be accomplished until the assembling of the Legislature. But I suddenly, and without premonition of any kind, re ceived on December Bd, 1868, a pack age, by express, containing one thous and dollars, from B. B. deGraffenreid, who informed me that the claim had been compromised by him on the pay ment, by the State, of two thoii9aud dollars, and that he had kept half of the amount, as per agreement. I accepted the money without hesitation, knowing that the State of Georgia was due the estate of George W. Fort for money ad vanced, to a much larger amount than was paid, and supposing that Governor Bullock had recognized the justice of the claim, and that be had authority to pay the just indebtedness of the State, or he would not have done so, as said amounts were formerly drawn by Exec ute warrants, as will be seen by Comptroler General’s books; and whetli er the amount received was not less than the amount advanced, at a par val ue. Your committee is respectfully re ferred to the papers before you. But should you, on examination, consider that any part of the amount paid was not due, or that it was paid, not in ac eordanee with law, 1 am prepared, at once, to replace tho same in the State Treasury. I have been very complete in my statement of this matter, knowing well the character and correctness of the claim. Having no acquaintance what ever, either personally or otherwise, with his Excellency, the Gevernor, or the State Treasurer, I was fearful that it might be considered that I had acted in this transaction contrary to that correct principle of right which should govern a man and a citizen, and which are as dear to me as my life. Very respectfully, John P. Fout. The House of Representatives on Sat urday, alter voting down all the propos ed substitutes, passed the new Constitu tional Amendment precisely as it was reported Irom the Reconstruction Com mittee. It reads : lie it resolved, if a., (two thirds of both | Houses concurring), that the following article be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States as an amendment to the Constitution of the United States; which, when ratified by three-lcurtlis of said Legislatures, shall be held as part of the said Constitution, namely : Article —, § I.—The right of any I citizen of the United States, to vote ; shall not be denied or abridged by the j United Slates, or any State, by reason of race, or color, or previous condition i of slavery, of any citizen or class of cit- [ izens of the United States. Sec. 2. The Congress shall have j power to enforce by appropriate legisla I tion, the provisions of this Article. —The vote on this proposed Amend ment stood—Yeas 150, [all Republi- , cans;] Nays 42, [all Democrats but ; Messrs. Baker of 111., Bingham of Ohio, j Hawkins of Tenn., and Polsley of West Va.] The proposition now' goes to the Sen ate, where it has already been exten sively debated, and where earnest ef forts will be made to press it to an early vote, though The World’s correspond ent says: , “The prospect of its passage in the Senate is lessened by the prospect that Mr. Garret Davis is ready withs. live days’ speech against it, and Sutnnei with a three days’ for it. It either hits out half the time, then the swindle tails by lapse of time.” Mr. Sumner has no thought ot help ing his enemies in the way they predict, and, as for Mr. G. Davis, we trust the Senate can sit as long as he can speak. So we hope for the passage of the Amendment to morrow at the farthest. —jy. T. Tribune, Ist inst. More than 15,000 persons went to balls in New York last week, spent $25,000 for carriage hire, $40,000 for suppers and wines, over SIBO,OOO in toiletes and dresses, and wore jewels worth in the aggregate $850,000. An Austrian horse recently ran ten miles in twenty three minutes and thir ty-five seconds, said to be the fastest lime on record for that distance. The National Intelligencer contains an obituary notice of a Col. Washing ton which says he died “after a linger ing illness of a few days.” SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 7. Gen. Hancock persistently refuses to become a candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, or to interfere with the local politics of the State, so long as he may remain in the army. To be Left Out,— The Washington Chronicle calls on the House of Eepre sentatives to instruct its Clerk to omit the State of Georgia, in calling the roll of members elect on the organization of the Forty-first Congress. The President’s Amnesty Proc lamation Sustained by a United States Judge.— Judge Trigg has ren dered a decision in the United States Court at Knoxville, sustaining the President’s Amnesty proclamation. Dubious.—-‘‘Leo/’ UhTWashington correspondent of the Charleston Cou- Her says: “At this very moment it is doubtful whether negro suffrage can be established as national policy. Some oi the Southern States will resist it.” Death of a Prominent Citijen of Montgomery, Ala.— The Mont gomery papers announce the death, in New V ork city, one of the most promi nent citizens of Montgomery, Mr. Whi ting. _ Bullock’s Little Game.— Mr. Cleg lioin, one of the Committee appointed to investigate the charges of dishonesty against Bullock,publishes in the Atlanta Constitution, a statement to the effect that Bullock himself, without authority, had the dispatch sent over the country asking for a suspension of public opin ion. The “Quo Warranto” Case.— When the case of the negro clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county was called on Thursday last, the counsel for the negro withdrew the demurrer upon which the issue as to his eligibility to office was to be tried, and rested bis case upon the plea that he was not a negro. James Johnson and A. W. Stone (Radicals) counsel for the negro. Prospects of the Macon and Brunswick Road.— The Macon Tele graph (says, the new contract had about 150 miles of road to build, and the vigorous manner in which the work has been pushed along, aud is still pro greasing, leaves no doubt that the whole road will be completed and in running order by the first of November next at the farthest. Fifteen hundred are now at work along the road, and iron is be ing laid at four different points—from Brunswick, in both directions from Doctortowu and from Ilawkinsviile to ward the latter point. Iron sufficient to lay seventy six miles of road is now landed at Brunswick and Savannah, and the balanco will soon be in hand. Ladies’ Memorial Association—A Proposition.— Perhaps we are asking too much of the kind ladies and gentle men who have volunteered to give con certs in tlie various cities of the State in in behalf of the Memorial Fund, but as the legislators of Georgia have refused to vote a dollar for the purpose, we pro pose that the amateur troupe make another tour of the State. If they can possibly spare the time, we feel sure the public would overwhelm them with a second reception, and more than double the amount already taken in. Savannah would rejoice to see and hear them again.— Sav. Rep. Grant’s Staff Reiterate the Statements of Sibley in Regard to the Ogekchee Troubles. —The Tri bune’s Washington correspondent says: Gens. Porter and Babcock, of Gen. Grant’s staff, have returned from their tour of inspection through the Southern States, they visited every military post in the country through which they trav eled, and will make an extended writ ten roport to Gen. Grant. They repre sent North Carolina as in the beat con dition and next to that State is Alabama. The worst state of affairs exists in Geor gia, and some legislation by Congress to secure the rights of the loyal people in that State will be recommended.— They say the negroes were in the right during the Ogeechee troubles and they should be protected. Notwithstanding the militia troubles in Arkansas, the State is in a flourishing condition. COUNTING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL Vote’— Tlie Washington correspondent of the New York Times, says: The Presidential vote will be counted on Wednesday, the 10th day of February next, at 1 o’clock, in the chamber of the House of Representatives, in the pres ence of the Senate, with the President in the chair. The Senate selects one teller, the House two. Presiding offi cer (Mr. Wade) opens tbe envelopes and reads the vote, and the tellers re cord it. Objection can be made by any member of either House to tbe counting of the vote of any State, and in that case tbe Senate will retire to its own cham ber, aud each House will vote separately upon tbe question of the reception of the vote of such State, and without de hate. This is the provision of the joint rule of the two Houses on this subject. The proceeding, though interesting be cause of its unfrequent occurrence, is not calculated to be of a very entertain ing character. The certificate of tbe result, made by the presiding officer, follows immediately, and will reach Geu. Grant when he returns from New York, whither he goes Feb. 4. Then people expect to hear something about the Cabinet. A Man Outruns a Horse. —In a race at Savannah between John Gould ] ing, the English runner, and Ward’s j mare—the latter to run two miles while ! Goulding ran one, Goulding beat the j mare easily. Time, 4:45. Goulding proposes to lay out some of the fast trotters in the same way. The Connecticut Arina Claim Alenin. Mr. Nunually who struggles with so much misguided pertinacity (to say the least of it) to rob the Treasury of Georgia, to pay the Yankee arms ped dler, flings into his argument and at the heads of the bewildered legislators of Georgia, the legal opinions of Messrs. Ackerman and Stephens. Penfield paid for those opinions, no doubt, and they are doubtless good legal opinions,though Mr. Stephens has uot ranked, in the opinion ot lawyers, very high at the bar. But this is takiug an unfair advantage. No matter what Mr. Stephens’ opinion, as feed counsel may be, it should have no weight with the Legislature in its decision of the question. Opinions of lawyers equally able and far more ex perienced, might be obtained as an offset to the opinion of Mr. Stephens ) and should be entitled to equal weight. Georgia’s honor is no way involved in the transaction. She was compelled by the people, of whom this arms peddler is one, to repudiate her past indebted ness to the widows and orphans, who were in no sense of the word paties to her wrong if indeed she committed one. Her honor will be and badly involved, if now these widows and orphans are again to be robbed that guns may be paid for, which were fur nished that she might make her wrong complete and successful. DISGRACEFUL TRUCKLING. From the confused dispatches from Atlanta, we gather that the House of Representatives of the Legislature has persisted in its effort to cover itself with disgrace. A resolution has been adopt ed referring the question of the eligibil ity of negroes to office to the decision of the Supreme Court. If the matter is not blocked in the Senate the humilia tion of Georgia will have been comple ted at the hands of men who prate loudly of their devotion to her honor. The resolution does not state how the question shall be made, but the House, with a cowardice and shamelessness unheard of, divests itself of its Consti tutional prerogative, and puts its pow ers and privileges at the mercy of a Court “constituted and trammelled” by the most malign influences of Radical ism. Upon the very day that this dis graceful record was made part of the Legislative history of Georgia, a Judge appointed by the Carpet bag Governor was hearing argument upon a motion to test this very question in the State Courts. There is not the shadow of excuse for this contemptible cowardice. The question had been fully considered in the Mulatto Convention which framed the Constitution, and its de cision had been heralded from the hustings by Joseph Brown, the evil and presiding genius of that body. It had again been fully argued and considered before the negroes were expelled, and Georgia was bound by every considera tion of principle and relf-respect to stand by the record. But the men whom unfortunate chance has thrown into her Legislative Halls have trem bled, doubted and failed, when patience and courage were most needed. Cui Bono ? Not a single advantage will be reaped by the surrender. Georgia will he jeered by Radicals for her lack of nerve, and new degradations will be put in preparation for the State, whose sons weave the chaplet of her own infamy. Some may have been deceived by the specious pleadings of the army of out siders who have whispered that Brown and Warner are all right, and will de cide against the negro. If so, the delu ded fools have fallen into the snare set for them by artful trappers. We do not know or care a fig for the opinion of Judge Warner on ,the subject. Mc- Kay’s status aud opinions are fixed and irrevocable, and Joseph Brown has ex plained himself as Tom Reynolds, a well known character in these parts, did, an inconsistency between his as sertions on the street and his testimony in the Court House. Upon being taxed with ii, he replied: “But you know, Judge, I was talking then, I am swear ing now.” Joseph has said that at Ma rietta he was speaking as a politician, that hereafter he shall decide as a sworn Judge. Bryant and his crew know what the decision of the Court will be. They would never have consented to make the question while there was the least doubt about its settlement. Con gress does not care about the general principle involved in the matter. It is going to settle that, if' possible, by spe cial amendment of the Constitution. The leading Radicals have not even claimed that under the Constitution of Georgia the negroes had a right to hold office; but the extreme Radical party has demanded that the expelled negroes shall be put back in order that Georgia might be degraded, and that a Radical majority in her Legislature might make her degradation as low and as lasting as possible, and tho news from Atlanta warrants the belief that in the persons of Georgians It lias found ready and pliant tools to bring about a compliance with the demand. Temperance. —On Friday evening J. K. Thrower, D. G. W. C. TANARUS., instituted the following gentlemen as officers of the Columbus Lodge No. 4, Good Tem plars : Bro. E. J. Kirkscey, W. C. TANARUS.; J. E. Roper, W. V. TANARUS.; J. E. Evans, W. Chap ; Wm. Snow, W. Sec.; Wm. A. Little, W. A. S.; J. W. Barber, W. F. 8.; John Fitzgibbons, ,W. Treas.; T. C. Ligon, W. M.; Robert Simons, W. B. M.; Wm. Robinson, W. I. G.: J. D. Ridenhour, W. O. G.; Louis Aunchbacher, W. R. A. S.; Milton Malone, W. L. H. S.; Wm. J. Fogle, P. W. C. T. There are only four Lodges in the State. When ten have been established Georgia will be entitled to a Grand Lodge. Tbe organization in this city we hope may be the means of accomplishing great good. A Good Thing.—A very respectable citizen from Georgia, and by the way large planter and tax-payer of the State, was in the House gallery yesterday, and remarked to a friend that the best thing the House had done during the day was granting leave of absence to some fifteen or twenty members. Will the members take notice and govern themselves accordingly ?—Atlanta In telligencer. The fame of tbe celebrated Planta tion Bitters has no parallen in tbe history of Medicine. The thousands upon thousands of bottles that are made and sold daily is but proof positive of their wonderful vir tues. Thousands of Certificates can be produced showing the efficacy and cer tainty ot the cures which they effect, and tbe Medical Fraternity, unusually so jealous of anything which causes persons to think and doctor for them selves, are compelled to acknowledge their wonderful virtues, and prescribe them under other names. They are sold by all druggists. Magnolia Water.—Superior to the best imported German Cologne, and sold at half the price. feb 2 TuTbSat&Wlw From the Huntsville (Ala.) Independent. “The ‘Great Southern Preparations’ are not patent medicines, composed of mysterious roots and herbs found in re mote and obscure corners of the earth, but are made of pure and fresh drugs, the efficacy of which have been thor oughly tested by the medical faculty The rapid sale and curative properties of these medicineß are the best guaran tees that can be offered in their favor. Their English Female Bitters is having a tremendous sale in this county and all are delighted with its effects.” C. F. Morgand, editor of the Kosciusko (MiBS.) Chronicle, says: * * “The English Female Bitters are highly re commended by the medical fraternity at this place and surrounding country.” See advertisement. W&WyIM J. A. & W. H. Cody.— Captain J. A. Cody gives notice that he has associated with him in the grocery business his brother, W. H. Cody. They will occu py the same stand, the corner store un der Cook’s Hotel. As our readers well know, the house is one of the leading ones in the city, established on a firm basis. The young gentlemen have en terprise and energy, and buyers will find it to their interest to call. Those indebted to J. A. Cody will find some thing to their advantage in the adver tisement. From Mobile. Mobile, Feb. s.— Spring Hill College I situated at Spring Hill, six miles from this city, was entirely destroyed by fire I last night. The students barely escap ! ed with their lives, losing their clothing i and valuables. The labyrinth, furni ture, museum, all lost. No one injured. Loss over $100,000; insured $35,000. Proceedings of the Meeting or Old Union Men. address of the committee. j At an adjourned meeting of the old Union men, held at the city of Mont gomery on the 29th instant, the report of the Committee on Address was re ceived and unanimously adopted. The Committee’s report is as follows: TO THE OLD UNION MEN OF ALABAMA. Claiming to have been old Union men, and to have acted with you in the past, and desiring to remain with you in the future, because of our abiding confi dence in your patriotism and political sagacity, we feel that recent political movements make it eminently proper that we protest any open or covert at tempt to alienate you from the support ’ of the National Democratic party, and that we invite you to join with us in ' repudiating ail overtures which entice us from the ranks of our friends and lead us to those who have shown them selves our most bitter, vindictive and treacherous enemies. You have been invited by persons j who have recently been eonspicuous in their advocacy of the principles repre- , sented by the Democratic party, to dis- j solve your organization in this State, ; and either to seek political peace and ! commercial prosperity in that repose | which the Republican party offers to ] those who are content to be the slaves of j tyrants, or stand aloof like laggards in | the battle and witness the overthrow of j the friends of law and order, without raising a hand or a voice in vindication of the right. To do cither would bring not only disgrace upon yurselves but upon your State. You have seen the Republican party violate in every essential particular the Constitution which was handed down to us from the fathers. You have seen • them visit upon your people every in- j dignity and outrage—perpetuating in ' wanton partisanship those very crimes for which our Revolutionary sires wag ed war against Great Britain. You have seen them consummate their series of oppressions by thrusting upon your State at the point of the bayonet a con stitution which misrepresents the wish es of the people and which was never ratified by even the illegally constituted j incoporators. Since the erection of this State gov- | ernment in despite of your wishes and ] protests, you have been doomed to see a j reckless squandering of the public mon- j ies, a tyrannical imposition upon you of , officers whom you detest, a terrible in crease of taxes upon an already over burdened people, and a constant and unhesitating resort on the part of those who have been placed over you, to the use of every means employed by tyrants, for extorting money from their supjects, and for wresting from the hands of the people the power to protect their rights. When you appealed to the courts, this monstrous Republican party barred the door of justice against you. When you appealed to the Executive, they de prived him of a constitutional preroga tive by which he might have ameliorat ed your condition. When you appealed to Congre.-s in the most piteous petition which ever welled up from a manly ! breast to an earthly throne, your plea j was spurned either with derision or contempt. When you appealed to the ballot, this same party which prates of “God ana Justice,” bound hundreds of thousands of voters in political chains, and successfully conspired against the voice of a majority of the legal citizens of the United States by enfranchising nearly half a million of ignorant crea tures, and placing under their rule the fairest portion of the Union. You have been compelled to witness these crimes, and in the midst of your sufferings you have seen but one party contending manfully in your behalf. That party is the National Democratic. It has never yielded one iota of the right, but from the begining to the . ml of this terrible scheme of Radical Krcuu- i struction, has kept flying to the lire, z i ] a banner upon which every old Union man can gaze with pride and affection. It is the banner of constitutional supre macy, Independence of the Judiciary and equality of the States. You are now asked to turn from tho Democratic party and seek new allies. Where could you find them, even if you could prevail upon yourselvi s to desert those who, throughout your trials since the war, have never deserted you V N< ; in the Republican party. You uuiii ! : only find allies theie by forsaking every principle you have held sacred, and by , consorting with the most ignorant and most unscrupulous of men. Not in a third party. Such a party would have but a local existence, would be impotent for good, and productive only of evil. It would attract no appreciable ele ment from the Republican ranks, and would only divide those whose duly it is to stand united against the common oppressor. History teaches us that in no free country is it possible for any length of time. Political questions may change, and parties may change with them, but throughout all the mutations of history, there remain but two sides to each im pending question, a right side and a wrong side. They may be incidental questions, of greater or less importance, bearing trpon the fundamental principle involved ; but such questions are always solved by mutual concession and com promise, e.s our fathers solved the prob lem of a constitutional Federal Union. In the question before us now, that of the rights of the States in the Union, there can be, from the nature of the case, but two sides—the one occupied by the Republican party, which contends for the supremacy of the Federal Govern ment over the States in certain matters affecting domestic institutions, and the other occupied by the Democratic party, which contends for the free and inde pendent exercise by the State of those rights reserved to her by the Constitu tion. This issue is so plain and palpa ble, and draws the lines of party demar cation so distinctly, that only he who would play the traitor could fail to dis tinguish the colors of his camp. Impa- | tient and ambitious men may urge you to lose sight of the fundamental issue before the country by appeals to inci dental questions which are not now be fore us, or which, before the next gene ral election, may be solved by the march of events. We beg you to re fuse to wander away from the plain highway of .duty to follow such a devious path, whenever differences may exist among the Democratic parly of Alabama, involving questions of policy simply should be submitted, as is cus tomary in all great political organiza tions, to their representatives in Con vention, and every member, whatever may be his views, should be entitled to a respectful hearing. We are confident that it is foreign to the poliev of the Democratic party to repress the freest interchange of opin ion, and wo are equally confident that no captious opposition will be offered to the administration of Gen. Grant. Determined to sustain the Government in the spirit of constitutional liberty, the Democrats of Alabama will hon estly approve in the conduct of the ad ministration whatever they believe to be right, as they will certainly con demn whatever may appear to them to be wrong. It is their sincere hope that the laws will be administered by Gen. Grant and Gov. Smith in such a way as to command the respect and patriotic support of all the people. The Demo cratic party do not intend to sit in judgment upon our rulers in a spirit of mere partisanship. We beseech you to heed not the in sidious appeals of those who would divide your ranks upon such minor questions of policy in order to make ; you an easy victim for the common enemy. There can be uo successful 1 solution of such questions of policy until the fight is won on the great ques tion of principle. There can be no ! commercial prosperity or individual j wealth until the pillars of the State rest upon the solid foundation of intel j ligence and virtue. We ap peal to you to spurn the over j tures which are being made to you in ] the name of peace and quiet. Such peace and quiet is the reposo of despo ■ tism, and not the tranquility of Right ! and Law. Bolling Hall, B. g. Bibb, P. T. Sayre, Joseph Hodgson, Emmet Seibles, Wallace W. Screws Committee. From New Orleans. New Orleans, Feb. 6.—Gen. Sher man arrived this morning, accompanied by his daughter and Col. Dayton and • wife. They will remain some time. Shipments of bulk grain are now be -1 ing handled by the N- Orleans elevator. TELEGRAPHIC. B 7 Telegraph from Europe. London, Feb. 6—Noon.— Consols 935. Bonds 76 j. Liverpool, Feb. 6. —Noon.—Cotton buoyant—Uplands 12$, Orleans 12$d., sales 15,000. Madrid, Feb. 6.—The Provisional Government will present the Cortes with a draft of the Constitution, em bracing a clause prohibiting slavery. The method of freeing the slaves will be left to the Cortes authorities. It li censes erection of synagogues. Athens, Feb 6.—The new Ministry is a failure, but Garis, former Prime Minister has been recalled. The King is firm for adherence to the Protocol. London, Feb. 6.—The government has resolved on the abolition of the University test. The Clarendon - Johnson treaty as printed in American papers is denounc ed by the Times as incomprehensible. Liverpool, Feb. #.—Evening—Cot ton closed active, and sd. higer; Up lands 12|d, both spot and afloat; Orleans 12fd; sales 20,000 bales. Paris, Feb. 6.— Moustier, Minister of War, is dead. From Washington. Washington, Feb. 6. Tennessee Representatives, Arnell, Mullens and Nunn, have published cards denying any connection with the threat of school funds. Supreme Court adjourned. Senate—ln view of the recent cow hiding, growing out of the stationers’ contracts, the Judicial Committee have been instructed to report what legisla tion is necessary to protect Federal offi cers in the discharge of their duty. House—Private bills. The Reconstruction Committee heard Brown and Semrall regarding Missis sippi. House Stationery contracts were further ventilated without action. More petitions were presented from New York against the sales of gold by the Government. A number of private bills were passed. The Committee of Ways and Means reported a bill preventing further in crease of public debt. A bill ordeaing two sessions of the Federal Circuit Court in the Eastern District of New York was passed. The Secretary of the Treasury asked whether all money from captured and abandoned property had been paid into the Treasury. Reconstruction Committee reported a bi 1 removing disabilities from a large i.u.(.in i oi peisods. Ordered printed. But ii-|.iTiro I.y Committee on Bank ing and Cu:i i.. y i. qu.iiug National banks to report to Oompnoit. r monthly. Army appropriations resumed with out action. Adjourned. Senate—Tenure of office bill came up and provoked warm discussion. Morton said it was wrong aud should never lyive been passed. Edmunds opposed repeal. No action. Edmunds introduced a concurrent resolution exclu ling tin; electoral vote of Georgia from tin: Court, because cl Georgia’s doubtful position in the Union. Several Senators objected. The resolution goes over. Committee ou Pacific Railroad intro duced a bill to aid the Northern Pacific, the Atlantic aud Pacific, the Southern Pacific, of California, the Little Rock, Ark., Valley and Fort Smith, the East ern division of the Union Pacific, and ibe Oregon Branch Railroads, guaran teeing tho interest on their bonds for 30 y nra, at 6 per cent., at the rate of $30,- 000 per mile, with subsidies of lands. The Southern Pacific Railroad lies be tween the 34th aud 36th parallel, con necting with the Southern Pacific, of California, on the Colorado river. Or dered printed. Adjourned. In the District Court, Bradley, hav ing formally declined apologizing to Judge Fisher, was again excluded from practice. Ex Gov. Hubbard, of Michigan, died at Hollowell, Mich., of heart disease. Messrs. Brown and Small represented the people of Mississippi as anxious to adopt a modified constitution, with the privilege of electing officers under it, but if the pending constitution with the officers claiming under it were forced upon the State the people would regard the act as unjust coercion aud would not resUuntil it was altered. Gattel, discussing the suffrage amend ment, wishes to exclude Chineso who worship Joss. The Debt statement shows increase of coin bearing currency of |14,000; currency bearing $1,500,000; decrease of matured debt $500,000; increase bear ing no interest $7,000,000; increase of Pacific Railroad bonds $2,000,000; de crease of coin in the Treasury 10,000,- 000, increase in currency $4,500,000, showing an increase of debt of $18,500,- 000. Warrants issued during January aggregate $43,868,000, including $30,- 704,000 interest. Coin in the Treasury $88,750,000; currency $17,500,000. A joint resolution removing officers in Virginia, Missisippi and Texas is now before the; President for approval. It provides for removal after 30 days from and after its passage, all persons now holding office who cannot take and sub scribe to the oath prescribed by the act entitled an act to prescribe an oath of office, and for other purposes, approved July 2d, 1862. The Commander of the District shall fill offices so vacated with persons who can take said oath prescribed. The provisions of this resolution shall not apply to persons relieved of political disabilities. From New Orleans. New Orleans, February 5. The Galveston News contains an Austin special which says, the Convention to day engrossed an ordinance to submit the Constitution to the people. The or dinance provides for the election of Congressmen and State officers on the Ist Monday in July. Motions to adjourn sine die for the purpose of defeating the adoption of the ordinance were voted down. A curious autograph of Torquato Tasso was recently sold in Paris, which reads as follows: “I, the undersigned, declare to have received from Mr. Abra ham Levi, the sum of 25 livres, for which he took in pawn my father’s sword, six shirts, four sheets, and two table cloths. March 2, 1570. Torquato Tasso.” A Picture of Texas.—A man who has been traveling in Texas, says : “It is tbe hottest and the coldest, the wettest and the dryest, the richest and poorest, the best and the meanest, has the best women and the meanest men, and more pretty ladies, with pretty little feet, and no calves to suit; more sickness and less health, more streams and less navi gable waters, more corn bread and less com, more flour and less biscuits, more cows and less milk and butter, more bogs and less pork, more chickens and less eggs, more gold and silver, and less money, more deer and less venison, more negroes and less labor, more Bu reaus and less furniture, than any coun try in the United States—and where house flies live and mosquitoes never 1 die 1” COMMERCIAL. OFFICE DAILY SUN AND TIMES.) Columbus, Oa., February 5,1869. ( Financial.—Gold, buying, 134; selling, '3O. Stiver, buying, 125; selling, 130. Sterling 140. Exchange on Northern and Eastern cities, buying }i discount, selling par; on New Orleans, buying par; selling /( premium United States Currency, Loans, per month, lU®2 per cent. More gold is bought than sold. Transactions in specie are, however, small. What Is pur chased is for a permanent investment. Cur rency is not sufficient for business purposes. Carrying so much cotton greatly tightens the money market, though during tbe week the sales nave somewhat lightened the pressure. Uottom. —Since Saturday to to-day Liver pool advancedV4d ; New York one cent. Our own market during the same time went up one cent. A olose approximation shows that about 4,000 bales of tho stock here, which is more than 4,000 greater than at the correspon ding date last season, is held by speculators ot this region, that one-hall of the remainder is heavily advanced on—some 6,000 or 7,000 bales are Incumbered. Thero is a better disposition to sell, and some shipping orders have been ; filled. The sales are much larger than during previous weeks. Holders as a rule are firm in awaitinghigherflgures. Activedemand,chielly ■ for higher grades, for the last two days. About one fifth of the stock is Northern middlings. Receipts have fallen oft several hundred bales. Monday slight rain fell, Tuesday heavy showers, Wednesday cold April rains, Thurs-; day cloudy and cold, to-day bright aud cool. the following are the reports of the ware- j houses for the week: Saturday, Northern Middlings 26V 2 0., sales 54 bales ; Monday, 26 1 4c., nominal, sales 86bales; Tuesday, 2614® 26%.e., moderate demand, sales 54 bales; Wednesday, same figures, fair demand, sales 246 bales ; Thursday, active, 27 @27Uc., sales 499 bales. The market to-day closed rather doll ; sales 269 bales. The operations have been principally local at the tallowing quota tions : Ordinary 25)^@26c. Good Ordinary 26)40. Low Middlings 270. Middlings (Northern) 27;4@27)4° | Good Middlings 28c. ] Warehouse sales for the week 1,201 bales. Week’s receipts 1,820 bales against 2,814 the ' corresponding week of last season and 2,035 the previous week of this year—lol by S. W. R. R., 362' by M. & G. R. R., 176 by Ope lika R. R., 384 by river, 497 by wagous. I Shipments 840 bales— 693 by S. W. R. R., i 22 for home consumption ; 125 by Opelika R. R. to New Orleans. WBBKLY BTATEMKNT. Stock on hand Sept. 1, 1868 280 Received past week 1620 “ previously 39L9 40649 40929 | Shipped past week 840 b previously .22850 23690 Stock on hand February 5,1869 17239 COMPARATIVE Statement, 1868-9.—Stock September Ist, 280; receipts since 40,649; total shipments23,69o; stock February 1 ,5,(1869, 17,239 1867-B.— Stock September Ist, 358 bales ; re ceipts since, 70,022; total shipments 67,082 ; stock February 8,1863,13,298 The receipts are, thus far, 29,373 bales short of those to same time last season. At the Ports.—Tho latest mail dates gives the receipts at all the ports since Septem ber Ist, 1868, at 1,337,500 against 1,203,000 tbe same time last year;exports 009,000 against 673,000; stock 335,000 against 363,000. Es timated stock August 31, 1868, at all ports, 38,130 ; same time 1867, 80,296. New York has received 889,157 bates, exported 212,221 ; stock 61,000. This comparison with last year shows an in crease In receipts.of 134,500 bales, a decrease In exports of 9,000 and a decrease in stock of 18,000. Liverpool and New York.—On Saturday Liverpool closed with cotton buoyant, uplands on spot 114£d, afloat ll%d. Orleans ll%d ; New York active at Monday Liverpool ac tvo, uplands ll)$d, Orleans ll%d ; New York, 29(4c. Tuesday, Liverpool firm, uplands on spotll%d, afloat ll%d; New York active and firm, 29'4@29>4c. Wednesday, Liverpool buoyant, uplands 12d, Orleans 12%Q12y<1 ; j New York active and firmer, 29%@30c. Thurs day, Liverpool excited, uplands 12!4d, Orleans : 12Vd ; New York active ,*itl middlings 30‘<c. To-night’s closing dispatches give Liverpool easier, but not lower, uplands Orleans 12Vtd; Manchester quiet and firm ; New York less active and a shade lower, SOtjc. The Liverpool circular telegraphed to-day reports the stock afloat at 277,000 bales, whereof 105 000 are American. Sales of the week 140,000 bales. Exporters took 16,000, spec ulators 63,000. Stock 267,000 whereof 80,000 are American. The comparison with the pre- i vious week shows a decrease of the colton afloat, In the total, 24,000 bales; in Americans 36,000 ; an increase in sales of 70,000 bales ; a I decrease In the total stock of 12,000 bales, and [ an increase ot 3,000 bales in tho stock of Amer icans. Genbral Remarks.—Bulk meats are in much demand. Sales large and stock equal to demand, except in clear sides. Seed oats $1 10 per bushel. Plenty of them. Trade in ail departments good. Little corn in market, and no great demand for it. The low grades of tobacco in light supply, an 1 demand good. Tbe stook of good anil fine is ample, usna burgs at the factories 23e. per yard by she bale. Freights —via Central Line —on cotton per 100 pounds to Savannah $1; to Charleston *1 20 ; to New York, Philadelphia and Balti more $1 80 ; to Providence and Boston $2 10. Fernandina Route—via Apalachicola, Cedar Keys and Fernandina, per 100 pounds of ootton —to Savannah and charleston 60c ; to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia $1 25; to Boston and Providence $1 50. Insurance to New York 1% V cent.; to Charleston and Savannah lucent. To New Urleans by rail and river via Mont gomery (temporary) $1 50 per hundred; by river and Apalachicola »i 50. River freights 25c. per bale ; per dry barrel 100. City Mills Prices.— Tbe following are the quotations of the Empire and Palace Mills : Per hundred pounds, Flour, “A A Excelsior” $7 wholesale, $7 60 retail ; ‘,A” *6 5o wholesale. $7 retail; “B” $0 whole’ sale, 660 retail; “O” $5 wholesale, 15 50 retail. Corn meal and hominy per bus h el $1 20 wholesale, *1 30 retail. Shipstuffs retail, $3 per hundred pounds. Bran and shorts mixed *1 50 per hundrod pounds, retai. Fertilizers.—There is a good demand at following prices: Per ton of 2,000 pounds, Pe ruvian Guano, 1105; SolublePaclticGuano, 175; Flourof Raw Bonos 175; Baugh’s Superphos phates *7O ; Land Plaster, por barrel, $4; Pa tapsco Guano *7O per ton; Grimes’ Patent Raw Bone Phosphate *4O with freight from Balti more added ; Rhodes Super Phosphate *67 60 ; Lime for agricultural purpose *3 25 per cask. Factory Goods.—Most of the cotton goods have advanced one cent. The three factories at this point, tho “ Eagle & Phenix,” the “Columbus” and “Steam” are running 14,000 spindles and are unable to fill orders: BAOLB AND PHENIX PAOTORY PRICES : Sheeting, 4 4, standard weight 17 e. Brown Drills 17 c. Stripes, variety of patterns, 19 e. Checks, “ “ 22 c. Gingham Checks, 24 c. Tickings 23@27‘4 e. Denims, brown and blue, 22 c. Colored Yarns, 6 lb. bu. different colors, *2 75. Georgia Twills, Heavy Woolen, No. 1, ... 35 c. All tbe above prices net. Ga. Oasslmores, > 50@60 e. Eagle “ < • •••• 65@75 c. For these CassimereslOp. ct. off for 10 pieces or more. Rope, 5-16, %, Y, %, qr. half, and whole coils, oach coil one continuous piece,. 42' ~ c. Rope y. inch 45 c. Yarns 7@12, 5 lb bunoh *2 00 bu. Sewing Thread, various sizes, 12 to lb. 75 c. Knitting “ “ “ in balls, 70 c. “ “ Bleached “ 85 Wrapping Twine, “ 65 e. COLUMBUS MANUFACTURING COMPANY WHOLE SALE PRICES. Sheeting 4-4 standard weight 17 c. Shirting 7-8 standard weight 16. Yarns 6-12—5 lb. hunch *2 00 Sewing Thread —bale—12 to lb 75 c. Knitting Thread—bale—6 do 70 c. Batting per lb 30 e. Wool Rolls 60 c. Wool Carding per lb 17 c. Flint River and Franklin Yarns per bu. *2 00 “ Osnaburgspr.bale 230 Cotton Saturday— Northern Mid dlings 27$ cents. Warehouse sales 12 bales. Receipts 44 bales—G by Mobile and Girard railroad, 9 by river, 24 by wagons. Shipments 2G bales—24 'by 8. W. R. R., 2 for home consump tion. Total receipts since Sept. Ist, 1868, (including 280 bales, stock at that date) 40,973 ; total shipments 23,716 ; stock 17,257. Receipts same day; last season ; shipments 967 ; total receipts 70,380; total shipments 57,082 ; stock 13,298. MARKETS. New York, Feb. 6.—Flour dull and unchanged. Wheat quiet and heavy. Corn steady. Pork firm, new mess $33 60. Steam lard dull, bbls 20J@20Jc. Cotton firm at 30£c. Stocks firm but unsettled. Money easy at 7 per cent. Exchange 9j. Gold 135#. Sixty-two coupons 113 J. North Carolina’s 625, new 01. Virginia ex oupons 565, new 611. Tennessee ex coupons 675, new 675. Louisiana old 72, levees 66, eighths 86. P. M.—Cotton active and $e better, sales 7500 bales at 30$. Money easy at 6@7 per cent. Sterling dull at 9s@9s. Gold stronger at 1355@135|. Govern ments active and higher, foreigners buying freely. Louisville, Feb. 6.—Mess Pork $33. Lard 20$c. Bacon shoulders 15c, clear rib 18, clear side3 18$. New Orleans, Fob. 6. — Cot ion — Receipts lo day "5430, lor liie weik, gioss 28,809, nelt 28,460; exports lo Liverpool none; to continent 41,106, coastwise 7,817; stock 109,283; sales of week 50,750. Sales to day 3500, exports to-day, 628. Market s(<ss lower; Mid dling 28$@29c. New Orleans, February o.—Cotton closed at $c advance, middlings 29c., sales 2000, receipts 3090, exports 1833. Gold, 136. Sterling 475, commercial 46 @46J. N. Y. sight | disc. Mobile, Feb. 5. Receipts of week 5636; exports to Great Britain 6751, c0a5t wise 934; stock 53,543; sales of tbe week 9800; sales to-day 800; market dull, low middlings 27J@28c; receipts 1150; ex ports 3200. Mobile, Feb. 6.—Sales 5000 bales, low middlings 28, good demand, closed firm, receipts 765. Savannah, Feb. 6.—Cotton opened with good demand, but closed excited, middlings 29@295, receipts 1960, ex ports coastwise 2000. Augusta, Feb 6. Market active and prices advanced, sales 1057, receipts 436, middlings 28$@28$. COLUMBUS PRICES CURRENT. CORRECTED WEEKLY EY THE BOABL OP TRADE- Wholesale. Retail . 1 Apples— North’n, per bbl.. 8 00@10 Tennes'e andGa.. b Oo® Toe pic. Bulk Moats—Shoulders... 16® }6® 17 Cl’r Rib Sides 19@ 19® Clearsides:.. 19V® 2o@ Ilacou—Clear Sides.per lb. 21® 92® Cl’r Rib Sides.... 20’4@ 2 ® Sugar-cur’dHams. 20® 22 23® 25 Plain “ “ 19® 25® Bagging—lndia 25® 2o® 28 Kentucky 26® 2s® Borneo 27® 2S® 30 j Butter—Goshen 00® 05® Country 40® 30® Brooms— per doz. 3 00@4 CO' 35® 85 Cheese—English Dairy.... 28® 25® Western 19® 25® N.Y. State 19® I 25 Candles—Star 22® i 30® Sperm 55® 60® Ci-ars—Domestic,per M... 18 00@5u Havana 90 00®ls6 Coffee—Rio %!#>.. 23®28 ; Java 40®45 I 45® 50 ; Corn—Yellow Mix’d %tbu.. 1 10@1 H i 25® White 1 10® 1 HI 25® Hay—Southern..per cwt.. 1 60® 2 00® Northern 2 00® 2 25 Flour—Fine. ... bbl 9 00@ Superfine/. 9 50@10 @ Extra 1100® 12 00 Doubl Extra 14 00® 9o Fancy 10 00® 10c Iron Ties ;•¥ *>• • 8 Leather—White oak, sole. 50 Hemloek, “ 35® 40 French calf skins 4 50® 5 00 American “ 4 00@ 4 50 Upper Leather.. 3 00® 4 00 Harness “ 50@ 65 Dry Hides 17@ 13 Green “ 7 Y@ 8 Llmo W cask® bus 4 - 25 @ „ * 33 Lard, prime leaf 20®22 23(gi25 Mackerel—No. 1.. %) bbl... 28 00@30 No. 2 18 60@20 No. 3 15 00® 16 00® No. 1, bbl ~ 11 50® 12 60® No 2 “ 10 00® 11 00@ No. 3 “ 850 900 No. 1 kits 3 75® 4 00 No. 2 “ 3 00® 13 50 No. 3 “ :3 °® Meal ¥ bush.. 1 15@1 20,1 26@180 Molasess—N. O. V gal 80® 00 j l 00@126 Florida 60® 66; 75®100 Golden Syrup.. 1 00@1 36 1 50®170 Onions—per barrel 7 76® 1 1 0 i Oil—Kerosene....per gal.. | 00® 761 750100 Linseed,raw 1 40® 'l6o® “ boi’d jl 60® 175® Lard 1 1 7 6@ 2 Oo Train. 1 60® 1 75 Potatoes—lrish, bbl 6 50@7 50 75c pk Sweet, <f) bus... 50® 75® Powder—Ky.'Kino, pr. keg,B 00® 60@76c ft u “ y, “ 4 60® ” “ “ 2 50® Rope—Manilla,'.V ft 28® 30@ Cotton, ft 40@ 60® Machine Made ; 10@ 11 l'tw@ Rice— Wft 12012'-.; 14® Salt—%) sack @ 3 000326 Sead Oats—sl bu 1 00® j Shot— fl sack 3 25@3 50 20pr ft Sugar—Cuba, ft 16@ 1: @ A, 20® B, '*! ft 17k@ In® C, f) ft 17® 18® Tea —Green, ft 2 00® 2 50® Black, 1 50®1 76 2 000250 Vinegar— fl gal 60® 760100 Tobacco—Unsound 30@ 40@ Common, Sound, 50@ 60® Medium, bright, 60@ 60! 60® 75 Fine, 60® 75' 90® Extra 100® 1125® Whisky—Rectified, f gal.. 1 40@1 60 2 00@250 Bourbon 2 00@4 00 3 00@10 Turpentine per gal l 00® White Load per ft 16® 19® Hardware—Wide Iron,® ft 9® @ Refined, 614® 7 Sad Irons, 8® 10® Lead, 8ar,.... 14@ 15® Nails, keg.. 7 00® 7 600800 Castings, fl ft. 6® 10® Axes, § doz... 16 00018 1500175 Steel,plow,«!ft @ 12>X@8 “ Cast, 30® 35® Buggy Springs \ per ft -6® 2s® Horse and Mule Shoes per ft ... ' 12 'A Horse Shoe Nails per ft.... i 400 MARRIED, In UoUimbus, on the morning of tho 4tU Inst., at the residence of the bride’s father, by Rev. A. M. Wynn, Mr. JAMES F. BARFIELD, of Macon, and Miss HATI'IES. WEBSTER, ol Uolum bus, Ga. In this city, on Thursday, Fob. 4th, Ba. m., In St. James and St Philips, (Uathollc) Uhurcli, bv Rev. Father Uulllnan, Priest of tho Parish, Mr. ANDREW J. BOLAND to Miss GKA (JIE R., daughter of Mrs. Ellen Cleiand— all of Columbus soi.t iH.r: pacific guano. From the Southern Cultivator. ffiiiis. A. Peabody on Commercial Manures HIS METHOD OF APPLICATION AND RESULTS. Editors Southern Cultivator .-—As I am constantly receiving letters from all parts of the cotton-growing States, ask ing my views of Guano —what kiuds 1 i prefer—how I use it, and what quanti tles?_l will make the Cultivator the i medium of my answers to all. Some j twentyfive years ago, I began to expe riment with Guano. First, I tried Pe ruvian. This gave good satisfaction, but was, I then thought, rather expeu sive. I have since tried all the other varieties of note. Some were good others worthless. I had to come to tbe conclusion that the Peruvian, however costly, was the cheapest in the end, a9 a hard working industrious man could manipulate it, with any other substance he thought proper. I have found salt, plaster, flower of bones, swamp muck, &c., valuable to manipulate with Peru vian Guano, but the labor of the mani pulation is great, and in the process of the manipulation much of the ammonia escapes. From this fact I have been led to inquire, whether there was not an excess of ammonia in Peruvian Guano, and whether it would not be more advantageous to pay for tbe Phos phates, than to pay so much extra for the volatile ammonia. Whilst full of this idea, I struck the Soluble Pacific Guano, and was so well pleased with it, that last year I manured oue-haif of my cotton with it, and the other half with the genuine Peruvian. The same quau tity of each was used per acre. The land was of the same quality, the plant ing and culture was iu all respects the same, and when the crop was gathered, it was impossible to tell which was the best. Now the Soluble Pacific Guano cost me S2O less per ton, and as a con sequence, I have this year the Soluble Pacific Guano alone. It cost me, at the Agent’s Depot in Columbus, $75 per ton. It may be well here to state the char acter of my land. Ido not live on ex actly what would be called pine barrens. but it is next to it. The older portion of my laud will not, with ordinary cul ture, bring three hundred pounds of seed cotton to the acre. A field of ten acres, which I wished to experiment on with Dickson Cotton, hybridizing it with my Upland Long Staple , plowed and sub soiled in March, leaving the surface perfectly level; the 20th of April, I laid it off in lands about twen ty-five feet wide, and sowed Soluble Pacific Guano broadcast, at the rate of' two hundred pounds per acre. This I turned under, with a turn shovel plow, then opened furrows three feet apart, with a long point scooter, following iu the same furrow with a shovel plow ; in this furrow I put two hundred pounds more of the Guano to the acre. Then I threw the furrows together into tbe centre, with a turn-shovel, which left but a slight ridge, and on this ridge planted the seed. The Dickson variety bears much thicker planting than other kinds. The growth and fruiting of the crop was su perb-nothing equal to it bad ever been seen in this section of the country, and if tbe worms bad not swept all the top and end bolls, it would have made two good bales to the acre. As bad as it has turned out, it has made a bale to the acre. To a half acre near my dwell ing, that I bad cowpenned last winter, I applied two hundred pounds of the Soluble Pacific Guano in the drill, and, notwithstanding excessive wet weather in August, and the worms, which took all the late crop, I have picked over two thousand pounds of seed cotton from the half acre. There are those in my neighborhood, who plant land as good as mine, but without Guano, that will scacely realize a bale from ten acres this year- And now a word to the purchaser. — If you would get the Soluble Pacific Guano genuine, purchase it only of the authorized agents of the Company. I have tried the Peruvian aud Pacific on my garden crops, hut with no good re i-ults. Peruvian Guano seems to be emphatically the food for the cotton fruit— other fertilizers may make more weed; but in the purchase of Peruvian Guano, we are paying for a volatile am monia, much of which is bound to es cape, without benefit to crops. Will it not be to the planter’s interest to take that Guano which is richer in phosphat es, and yet abundance of ammonia for all practical purposes ? The Soluble Pacific Guano I have found from sound practical tests, to be equal to the Peru vian and much cheaper. I hold that no man can afford to plant cotton without Guano. Chas. A. Peabody, Lee County, Ala., near Columbus, Ga., Nov. 14,1868. W. H. Young, Agent for Pacific Guano Cos., Columbus, Ga. Plain, Fancy & Ornamental PRINTING WITH DISPATCH, AT THE I SUN AND TIMES OFFICE. PURE FERTILIZERS! W. H. YOUNG, COLUMBUS, OA., DEPOT FOR SALE OF Peruvian and Soluble Pacific Guano, Flour ol' Boucs, Land Plaster, Mapes’ Nitrogenized Supherphosphate of Lime, SALT, &c.. &c. All Articles Warranted. laurel I.ot’ATION: fits' Warehouse, nest Door to Episcopal Church. Oolbmbuk, Ga., January, 1869. and which have given such general satisfaction ; ftl uiaUer Ul °“ ° f 8 ®" n8 no mixtures which may be adulterated by the Introduction of ’ ‘ , e ar ti o ; ug . Information will \>o lurniehed to all how to make their owj » Nl)s I can lurnlsh Plan- Having made arrangements for extensive supplies from l HANDS, 1 can lurnun nan SOLUBLE PACIFIC BUANU; ALSO, FLOUR OF HAW BONES I The latter from the MARIETTA MILLS. PEUUKIAN (iI'AM) I buy direct from tbe Agent ot the Peruvian Gov ernment, and o the Inspected quality, No. I—only. . ..u™. US* f also keep NOVA SCOri.Y LAND PLANTER and LIVERPOOL MAI.T, essen tial ingredients in a proper mixture. The above are sold at tho lowest CASH prices lor pure articles. aa-ALL ORDERS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED WITH THE CAEII.IS* All Fertilizers delivered at the Depot or Steamboat Landing free ol Drayage; and all spring to'&ll on credit until f all, but In such eases some Will be made to the each price, and in every instance undoubted city aooeptaitco will be required. PRESENT I’RICEH : Peruvian Gu iuo, per ton of 2,00> lbs.. *lO5 00 1 Mapes’Superphosphate, pr ton, 2,000 lbs.*7& 00 Soluble Pacific “ “ “ “ 76 00 Land Plaster, per bbl 400 Flour of lia(v-Bones “ “ “ “ 7o 00 J Salt, per sack « w Less than one ton, one quarter of a cent per pound additional. Two and a halt per cent, dis count, on five tons or more, on Peruvian and Pacific Guano. nan have Plant t>rs ilOMrousof buYlnu Fertili7sers, and not wishing to soil tnen Louon, u*vo tho «ameheM until Ist April next, without any charge for interest, by deporting Cotton He oeqits or storing in my Warehouse, when a liberal advance will be made, by W. H. YOUNG, City Warehouse. jan23t api a**?- Special Notic*© iiowaro of Counterfeits! Smith’s Tonic Syrup has been counterfeited) ancl tho counterfeiter brought to grief. SMITH’S TOXIC/ SYRUP. The genuine article must have Dr. John Ball's private Stamp on each bottle. l)r. John Bull only has tho right to manufacture and sell tho original John Smlth’B Tonic Syrup ot Louisville, Ky. Examine well the label on each bottle, ir my private stamp Is not on tho bot tle, do not purchase, or you will bo deceived. Sea my column advertisement, and uiy show card. I will prosecute any one Infringing on my right. Tlie genuine Smith’s Tonic Syrup can only bo prepared by myself. Tne public’s sorvant, Louisville. Ky. DU* JOHN BULL. ap2l ts . BESl’ONfillU-E AtIKSTS WANTED To dispose of guarantees lor the sale of Land ed and other valuable property in different parts of the United States. Profits very libe ral, sales easily effected, anil no loss of time from other business. Address J. T. MILLER & 00., jan2l W3t Box 4, P. 0., Port Deposit, Md. * SPECIAL NOTICE. TO ALL WHO OWL US. Persons indebted to us are very ear nestly, as well us respectfully, requested to settle. We need the money. J. ENNIS & CO. STOLEN!"" FROM the subscriber near^ 7j_— AS. Ouaseta, Ga., on the JMLr>of3lstult.,a BAY HORSE t I / 3 and BLACK MULE. IlorseOßnifiU between 10 unit 12 years old, drooped rump, has a bite on wethers by another horse, works and paces well. Mule dark, slightly shaved by traces—mostly on hind leg, about 9 years old. I will give *IOO reward for the recovery oi the anirn ,Is, or information so that I can get them, or *7OO for the animals and proof to oun vlct the thief or thieves. fobs dlot Wit* V. L. AV EREII. W ANTf D- AGENTS- t 2mer l ican KNITTING MACHINE. Prlee*26. The simplest, cheapest and best Knitting Machine ever invented. Wilt knit 20,000 stitches per minnto. Liberal inducements to Agents. Ad dress AMERICAN KNITTING MACHINE CO., Boston, Mass , or St. Louis, Mo. jan'23 4w AGENTS WANTED. 675 lo 6200 per inoutli, or a commission from watch twioo that amount oan he mado by solllnx the LATEST IMPROVED COMMON SENSE FAMILY SEWING MACHINE— I'rlc-e 81*00. For Circulars and Terms, ad lress O. BOWERS A 00. 320 South Third .Street, Philadelphia, Pa. dec 19 ts Administrator’s Sale. rpHE effects of tho “Family Grocery Store” J ol tlie firm of Broadnax & Hudson, will be sold at public outcry, at the Store of said firm, on Oglethorpe street, two doors South of Tcmporanoe Halt, on FRIDAY, the 16th of February, 1869. WILLIAM WADSWORTH, Adm’rof Harry Broadnax. Columbus, Ga., Fob. 4,1869 td»* Administratrix’s Sale. WILL be sold oil the FIRST TUESDAY in MARCH next, bobire the Auction Store ot I). P. & R. Ellis, in the city of Colum bus, Georgia, for the purpose of transfer of ti tles, Lots of Land No. 15, and No. 6, in the Bth district ol Musoouee county. ELIZABETH DOWNER, Adm’x. December 3, 1868 W tmh Georgia, Muscogee Connij. Ct EORGE W. TILLINGHAST, Admlnis- X trator ot tho Estate of Paris J. Tilling hast, deceased, late of said county, applies for leave to sell the Real Estate belonging to said deceased : All persons concerned are hereby notified to show cause (11 any they have,) why leave to sell said property shall not bo granted at the next April term of the Court of Ordinary to be held In and for said county. Given under my hand, this Ist day of Feb ruary, 1809. JOHN W. DUEK, Ordinary. February 2, 18ti9 leow 2m Copartnership Notice. DR. J. FOGLE, DR. W. F. TIGN R iIIAVE this day associated with fTSSMB*. mo In the Practice oe uv, Du. W. F. TIGNER, a gentle-'AtZZTTIY man ot considerable experience in the Dental profession, and one whom I am confident will give general satisfaction. January 1,1809 J. FOGLE. I RESPECTFULLY announce to my friends I and former patrons in tho counties of Har ris, Muscogee, Chattahoochee, &c , that liore after I can he found at this office, and solicit the continuance of their patronage. jan3 dim W3m W. F. TIGNER. To Flantors and Sliippei-8 of Cotton ! THE undorsit<ned have formed a connection for the SALE AND SHIPMENT OF COTTON at and through Savannah, and for the supply of FERTILIZERS to their pat rons. All legitimate facilities will bog Won and strict attention to the interest of owners. Henry Bryan will attend to tho sale and handling of Produce at iSavaunah, and con signments will be made to him. (Jol. Gkorok P. Harkihon, Jr., will visit correspondents with a view ol meeting their wishes, andean bo addressed at Auburn, Ala. Ample arrangements can bo made through them for holding and selldng cotton in Liver pool, Baltimore or New York, with usual ad vances. HENRY BUY AN, Savannah, (Late ol Bryan, Hartridgo & C 0.,) GEO. P. HARRISON, decl2—w2in A üburn, Ala. Collin sworth Institute. Graded School For Boy* and Young Men. THE oxerclses will begin Jauu- VTofe. ary 18TH, and end July 2d. - Rates of 't uition lor six months from *l2 to *24, in advance. TOaKigg Board and Lodging *l3 per IgOp' moDth ' J. M. PROUTOR, A. M., J. T. MCLAUGHLIN, A. M„ Principals and Proprietors. Talbotton, January 17,1869. 4t Monroe Female College, Forsyth, Ga., 1800. Board of Ixbtruotiow. Rev. f». G. HILLYER, D. I)., Rev. W. J. MORUOOK, A. M , K. T. ASBUKY, A. M., Lieut. H. BEGHTER, Assisted by oompetont Lady Teachers. The Spring Sessions opens the 3d Monday In January. For further particulars address either of the uddersigned. S. G. HILLYER, Pres. R. T. AsnußY, Sec’y. de22 ts lIVERSITVJ lißOlttili Sixty-Ninth Annual Session. FACULTY. A A LIPSCOMB, D D, Chancellor. PHMELL, D D, Vice Chancellor,Metaphys ics; WMS RUTHERFORD, A M, Matliomattcs; WM H WADDELL, A M, Anclont Langua- JONES, M D, Natural Sciences ; W L BROUN, A M, Natural Philosophy; L H OHARBONNIER, A M, Civil Engineer ing ; Hon A II STEPHENS, A M,History; M J SMEAD, Pli I), Modern Languages. CHARLES MORRIS, A M, Rhetoric and Oratory; W L MITCHELL. A M, Law ; B H IIILL, A M, Law ; RDMOOKE, MI(. Law; B T HUNTER, A M, University High School. The Seoond Term opens on the 15th of •I*)’’- uary, 1869. The abovo named officers will take charge of their respective 'Chairs i on that day. Tuition for the term *6O. Board, *2O a month—maybe reduced to *lO by olubhing. Thirty-five beneficiary appointments are va- Cant rL?iT e H’EN R Y P ivADDELL, Cor. Soo. Fao. Unlv. Ga., Athens, Gs. I de22tf SUPERINTENDENT’S OFFICE, ) MnniLß and Girard Railroad, v Columbus, Ga., Feb. 6th, 1809. ) Notice to Contractors. SEALED Proposals will be received up to in o’elook, a. in , Fkhruary 20th, for CI,EARING, GRUBBING, GRADING and BRIDGING from LIN WOOD to POINT of TROY DEFLECTION on Mobile and Girard Railroad, dtstaneo about o miles. Also for FURNISHING CROSS TIES and LAYING TRACK from LIN WOOD to TROY, distance about 12 miles, ... . Payments upon estimate- made monthly In 8 por cent Mubllo and Girard Railroad Bonds, endorsed by tho Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia. For further information apply to this offleo, aftor tlie 12th Inst, B. E. WELLS, febfltl Eng’r and Sup’t. Ag-l'roy (Ala.) Advertiser oopy 1 time and send bill to Sun office. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, Fur DUeitNOH »I Ui« Tliront and I.iingN, Much ho Cougliu, Collin, tVplug CoiiKb, Hrouebl. Its, Aullinm niutl Cou. uuiiipllon. Probably never before In the whole history ot meilieiuo, has anything won so widely and so deeply upon tbe confidence of mankind, as (his excellent remedy for pulmonary com plaints. Through a long series of years, and nuioug must ol the laoesof men it has rlson higher a id higher In their estimation, as It boemno bettor known. Its uniform character and power to euro tho various affections of the lungs and turoat, huvo made It known as a io liablo protector agaluet the m. While adapted to milder forms ol disease and to young chlldron It is at tho same time the most ollootual rem edy th it can he given lor incipient eons ump tlon, and thedangerous affections of the throat and lungs. Asa provision against sudden at tacks of Croup,lt .hould bo kept on band in every family, aud Is Indeed all aro sometimes subject to colds and coughs, all should be pro vldod with this antidote lor them. Although sotlled Coiin u nu pi foil Is thought Incurable, still great numbers of eases where the disease seemed settled, have beou com pletely cured, and the patient restored to sound health hy tho Cherry Ueetornl, So ooniplote Is its mastery over tho disorders of the Lungs aud Throat, that the most obstinate of them vlold to It. When nothing else could roach them, under tbo Cherry Pectoral they subside and disappear. NlugerH mil Public' Speaker* find great protection from it. Anlliiuu is always retlovod and ol ton whol ly cured by It. UrouchitlN Is generally cured by taking tho Cherry Pectoral In small and frequent doses. So generally are Its virtues known that we need not publish the certificates of them hero, or do more t han assure tbo public that Its qual ities are lully maintained. Ayer’s Ague Cure. For Fever and Ague, Intermittent Fever, Chill Fever, Ueinlttent Fe ver, Dumb Ague, I'crliktlleal or Bil lon* Fever, Ae., ami Indeed nil tbe nll'ectlons which arise from mala rioii*, marsh, or ininMiuatle pol- NOUN. As Its inline implies, It iloes (turn, and doos not fail. Containing uciittier Arsenic, (quin tue, Bismuth, Zinc, nor any other mlnoralor poisonous substanoo whatover, It In nowise In jures any patient. The numtior and Import ance oi Its cures In the ague districts, are lit erally beyond acoount, and we believe without a parallol In the history of Ague modlclnu. Our prlilo Is gratified by tho acknowledgments we recelvo of the radical oures effected in ob stinate oases, and whore other remedies lied wholly failed. Unncclltnated persons, either resident In, or traveling through miasmatic localities, will bo protooteil by taking tho AGUE CURE dally. Fur I.tver Cuiuplnints, arising from tor pidity of the Liver, It Is an excellent remedy, Stimulating the Liver Into healthy aotlvlty. For unions Iflsorders and Liver Complaints, it is an excollont remedy, prou'.olng.many tru ly remarkable cures where othor modfoines had failoil. Prepared by Du. .T. C. Ayer Si Co.,Practical and Analytical Chemists, Lowell, Mass., and sold all round the world. PRICE, 81,00 PER BOITEE. Sold by .1. S. PEMBERTON fc CO., A. M. BRANNON, and alltlie druggists In Columbus, and druggists anil iloal res every where. jnnlOeodfYW ~THK LODI M4NIFACTUKINU ( 0. ( Established 1840.) TNVITE PLANTERS and FARMERS TO J. send for a pamphlet descriptive of their Fer tilizers. WooifcrourDoubleßollnod Poudrotlo, oiiual to the best Super-phosphate, at tho low price oi (26 00 per ton. The Company also mako a su perior artlclo of Nitro-pho»phato and pure Bone Dust. See testimonials: E M TODD, Smlthtield, Va., says .vhoro ho used tho Double Kctlne I Poudrette on Corn tt doubled tho yield. WILLIAMS BRO’S, Dover, Do!., taps it gave their Rhubarb and Tomatoes a vigorous growth, ripening the latter two weeks earlier. P W HUTCHINSON, Son., near l horokoe, Ga., says it nearly doubled his yield oi Cotton. lion ELI S SHORTER, Eufaula, Ala.,says Ills Cotton was full equal to adjoining fields manuro.l with the best Supor-phospha is. S MONTGOMERY, Ellavllle, G.i mys it Increased hts crop of Cotton 160 ills pci acre G S OGLESBY, Marietta, Ga. use.. It on Corn and Cotton and says it mou than DOUBLED the yield. Ho regiu. s il tho clioapest amt most reliable Fertilize, v 1 thin his knowledge. Ex-Gov. SMITH, Warrenton, V i , tiled 11 with three several crops the last mi l piosent years, and says: “I pronounce n with i on FIDKNCE A MOST VALUA BLE MAM UK ” The superintendent (1 Gen W K i*X l*olk Island Plantation, N. U., says, “1 ih uk tho Poudrotto used for Corn cannot bet suriofssed used It also on Cotton wfaloh produced n large yield. l)r. E M PENDLETON, Spart• -ays: •‘The Nltro-Phospliate of Lime, u oi «>u Cut ton made 218 per cent, the first ye .» Prof. GEO 11 COOK, of the N« * lor.ey State Agricultural College, at I'm . miif wick, says: “The Douulo Keflncd r>iHuttd and Nltro phosphate of Lime paid u> lull luO per cent, aoove thoir market vali: la th« in crease of crops this year.” Address LODI MANUFACTUI. G< O , Box 313D, New Y h V O. Office dfl Cortlandt street. ANIIKR AYREV Min*. ... H„ and t‘URft!E & TIIO * v ■ . Mnvnim li Oh , Afcetib for the rmnptnj. janlO WBm SCIENTIFIC CULiJ.". i*i THE MOST APPROVED FEU) II.IZERB : \o. 1 Peruvian Guano, Pure Dissolved Hones, Ground Gypsum or Laud < lif ter, for sale by J NO. MERRY MAN & - O . Kaltliiio ■ . MU., At 11KWJCEO KATKS—reoouim- tided In a battering manner by that Pione. I and Au thority in the .State, In the use of 1- crUllwra, David Dickaon, Enq.,ol Hancock, an tliorea toemed Plantera ol the South. (JII.VHV CO., Ageols, By whom all information will be given, and the cheupest Iroights arranged for Pi miur.-. also taken on above Arm (nr line Breed.-) of HORSES, CATTLE, SHEEP, and HOUS. Q h Ot >- Letter of David Dickson: The bearer of this, Mr. John Men s man, la tho head partner of the House of John .'lorry man Sc Cos., of Baltimore, from whom 1 have purchased my supply of Peruvian -.jano, Land Plaster, ami Dissolved Bonos, I r num ber ol yoars, and have universally received a gonuino article. Shall order from them all 1 wish lor tho onsuinK year, being perfectly sat isfied that lam goltlng what I order. I moat cheerfully rooommend tho house to all plan t6(Signed* SUta ' DAVID DICKSON deli dot WSm HAMILTON FEMALE COLLLU , HAMILTON, GA. rpH E Spring Session of 1869, will /Sh. L commence on Tuubday, the 18th of January. ‘-e&yHgD The College Is furnished with an wJhßh excellent Chemical, Philosophical and Astronomioal Apparatus, and with good Musical Instruments. The Course of Study Is thorough, and every Department Is supplied wllh competent la Irom *2 to IS per r< * In good families from to *l6 per month. * °r particulars, j ad<Des« b v ELAOE , janl dot Wot
