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D It V GOODS,
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ORPr A WATKINS
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Savannah, Ga.
THE CUTHBEBT APPEAL
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
MtW ADTtKTUKHCMTI.
Hides Wanted— James If. Hancock,
(trend Jury Prassetinenta—M. C,
1’ui keraon, Clerk.
Charcoal Pipes—T. S. Powell, Trus
tee.
Notice— D. C. Bancroft
Randolph Male Academy— J
hMtaweU, Principal.
•■^ee 6ehJpy dbcridT’s 8elc>
Y?bft<.f'»V«l>n T. ftoffuHtoL
Mamet*.- A worked change 1>** nAen fctscc,
wince our la*t I**ho. In the prW wf caUfon.
Imm advanced J to l cent. *■<*) day. and th • Ilf I
dlealloo* are It mill nfetfcNNl **mic day* to
c«w. We quote I8 fo 1VMiU«s prices at this
place.
n* rnlWtrinf *Te •qifstslfcxN at MHWipnt
point* on the tTHi*;
M act mi. aelhi'Kl'Aj rent* : fintsnnah. clmed
firm ami errlted lit 2«4 to 13 ; New York, *3|
to II; l.lv*t’pS<h, kfcuV# at rtfA lor Cpluiria. 1*
leant 9pl.
——— aaa >■ -
l'wiMii.m **Yk X« 'tintnr.—ft I* with plrs*-
nre ere call the attention of tlte public to the ad-
cttlWroent of Ihla inatltulloii, to bo found In
another colmun.
Tha Principal,. Mr. Ja*. H. MrDowcil, though a
young man, Ins* hail aorcral y ear* expcritinru In
teaching, and ie in every renpret competent for
the charge. Ilia terma are at favnruhle mi tW
public could aak, and we ho|«! will he apprecl-
•ated.
Her. Jinan 8. Cuinr. We are lxq*p* I* at ate
that thin eatlnmbln gentleman h.m conrmKd
tnenipy the pal pit of tlte PTWShykTfcn church in
ibia city, math vacant by tha retirement of tier-
Then. K. rinitli.
From long peraonal acquaintance, wo know
him to he a muii of In# intellect and cultivated
mind, and pneamatd of inrling worth and piety.
The panumage U receiving a uew roof and ua
-dergolng thsrongh repair* preparatory to Uie re.
xfption of the new lncunil*nt and family.
Jfr. W. II. Noble, our Immrdinta repn-
aentatlvr. ban r«*tnmeil from Atlanta, and met
'with a " ipediiag " ovation from till rbo
•tifueMf.
. Noble la a elever epeclinon hrlck of hli race,
ami wliilat ever In hli teat, and true aa a blood-
-bound to hia radical training, bail the good aenac
on al* nccaalona to keep hie mouth abut. Pity
aom« of hia lima reputable «rhilt colifrvn-a had not
exhlbitcil the aaine wiailom.
I.ovti.r W Batumi. A week af bright tun
and mild temperature baa rev Ived the drooping
apirlta of our fanm-ra, and the aong of Uic plow
w*n and crack of bla whip reaoumla tluough oui
Arid*.
A month ol prefwmlion baa Keen weJJ nlgb
(••at, hut ample time remaina, with pni|x*r Indire
try, In acrnmpllrii iniicb. If the crowila of un
employed freed men. who live fmui hand to month,
•ml yet to contract. rouTd he mualercd in
to aervlee. Uni hind would amile again with plen
ty. Aa It k corn la already lua-.onilngacarco and
dear, and tlicae cormoranta. without produreing
nny, roll and diwtray the aleuder slock of fowl
on hand. Truly do the itrldurea of the gtent
trawler. Itakn. puhllakwl to day, upon the lirtb>
4l» and characteriatii-a of the negro, And iduindanl
e-rlflcatlon In llw hiitory of our ■pMiutttu of
the msloreii bi|»eiJ.
I FinavcUL Hkkmun ok Hkv. Uk. Com. It
I was our privilege, on last Sabbath, to listen to a
forcible ami truthful discount# Irom the Pastor
of the Methodist church, (ID the duty ot alms
giving. The subject waa the exhortation of the
Apostle, 1st Cor. xiv chapter and 3d torse—
l*pun tlie first day of the wpek let every ono of
you lay by bim in itore, aa God bath prospered
hlin."
To quiet Ibc nerve* of bis auditory, the reve
rend ipesker iu the outset, announced that It was
nu( hit intention on (list occasion IS fake up a
collection. Thu* re-aiaurfd, the lecture was re
ceived with complacency and becoming decorum*
We have often thought that n |>rouiincut cauee of
the Inadequate support of the goapel In this re
gion. la the want of fuithfulnem on the part of
minikiers In urging, with more frequency am)
greater cmphasia, the claltna of their Lord atul
Master before the people. Mr. Cook, at load, lias
i relieved himself frsm this iaqiutatiou. Ilia ser
mon was a plain, edfSCM •*»! outspoken appeal
to the chureb to glve«f xheA oubstanoe into the
treaaary ot the Lard
The a|Kr«tulte plab oT Weritiy do/rtrll/ntJoua,
(which has In-on formally t-mloiwed by dr-
eral Assembly of the l’rewbylciian chureb 8#uM»)
war re.ftaTod liy many eftgent and IrrmUtibK
mgiMx-iAw. XJtving in this manner, a lurgci
wuNnfrt W0M4 l«tea41t"d at taa (troonoewlence
Meeting of the Conservative
State Central Comnilftce.
Tltia body met in Macon oil tlio 18tli
inst., when tho following preamble and
resolutions were adopted. They will be
read with interest:
Whereas, the only party at I lit North, which
muiutalus the Constitution of the I’niltxl States,
us made and construed by the father*, and the
unloil of the Sintra thtti'Unttt. l» orgttnlxed un
der the name of the National IWinocrutlc party ;
and, whereas, all mun iu that dominant section
ur couuuou coiuilry, without regard to dltler-
« of opinion ujtou dead issues or living Is
sues of minor consequence, embracing the hon
ored und illustrious nntnes of Fillmore, NVintln on,
Doolittle, tin* Adamses. Dixon. Cowan, nud util-
era too hnmmous to mention, ura dibit niouldeil
into tliat great organlr.al!ou or acting In cordial
concert with It; nud, wferyua, close co-opm-
tion with that party is demand'd by the instinct
of oclf-prcservatiou—the llrst law of nature—aa
the oyly ratiouul mode of escape hum the Iron
Dcuth himI llurlal of a Ja
pan* sc In New York.
It hits* already been stated that fln-
yah-la-kec, the louder of the Jdpaneso
troupe recently arrived i» New York,
died in that city on Saturday evening of
heart disease. The New York Sun
thus deHuriltee the honors paid to the
deceased by bis companions :
At tho head two lights and three cups
-—ono containing rice, one water and
tiiu third crackers—wore placed togeth
er, with a papor containing the nantu of
the depnrtou chief. On Sunday the
body uus covered with whito linen, on
w Inch wore laid the passport and other
pup era of the decensed. l.utn iu the a!-
tojnoon ihobody wua placed in a black
ronewotnl cottin, lined with while satin
and having silver 1 clasps. The name,
ago, &«., of deceased wore engraved on
.1- i .. . a ii i.:.. 1 a .:s. ..I..ai.
Supplies from tlie Freed-
men’s Hu mm.
Wo find in the New York Tribune a
statement of the operations of the Erood-
men's lluroau in ibis State tho pail
your, from which it appears that the ma
terial succor given in fond to tho po«r
of the State up to the close of tho year,
ending September 80th, was as follows:
7b WAitv*.
|,|M men.
8.117 women.
B.utiT cbllUrea.
to
Tli Frtfrlmrn.
4.R42 mrn.
tl.0.18 vromert.
8,301 children.
30,071 berxonx,
wbijlll Kvrp l»-
... a •• •[ fl41
13,132 pmona.
whom wuro i»-
au«d 103,409
rntioux, at is
coat of $12,-
141 40.
Total to 33,518 pmona, 435,VoOT‘atH)u«, at a
coat of $04,711 03.
By outlmrHy of act of Congress of
lUiii
latltyMk
*52,-
rule or military (l«j|iolUni, to be followed by | the collin nluto. All his beat silk cloth- March 80, 1807, tho Bureau purchased
tho more humiliating condition ufuegro auprern-, j | j j n t he coffin, and ull will \ 86,470 bnsl.cMs of com and 80,890
ncy; and. wherena,many oriheCluU',orgnnlrwl ! ". , . . ' ,, _ , ,, „ r i ■
iu'ihe several countiea of thi* .Slut-, under the bo do^.mted in the grave tngothor. He pounds of bacon, uf which wero issued .
U-cau-e (be mlwtraclhm of minute tuns frortt
weekly iucomi's I* nlufoat iuaf>|irrcinble, while
Ilka many rlNn flowing togetluir. the aggregate
volume ia Vev'y cous'dcralde. The want* nud ue-
ceaaltiea of the church and mWairy too are lieb
ter subserved by ttila ’melbcd, which may obviate
personal nuWiartfrfc and dcatlUtUon In ninny lu-
otancps, owing to the aWlftfoWy In peoiuHary
matturs.
It ia also the mml CA*rtnlft a*wy ef beathWing
f harily. At the rad of Ibe year, when tho quea-
tron couie* up iu its totality, the portion due t#
Zion'a Lord la overlook e>l. until all errt/Jy ohlb
gationa are flint dkpoaed ol. The nicicluint imi#
pay Ills onliitatHlIng balsnceA the fWrmer hia I*-
lawent, the mechanic Ms rent, he fora th? claim
of tbtfoburch are area roivddurod.
In tiuMw like Iheae, when extravagance la tin*
rule ami economy the excepUmi, It la not am prl-
aiug that so few have anyth!, g left to give the
man of God.
Again. It wrvea to keep freah and aver active
our obllgaiiona Iu (lod, and reuses iu to no(e
Ills providences sod bk-Miinga. Tlia Apualle
say a ‘ give a*(iod hath prospered.” Hence Ihe
habit of ronslantly examining our acta, aiSl
weighing the inutivi-a wliirli govern mir dally
ronduct, that no injustlka ur Iraudulmil dealing
may enter in, to the discredit uf tiiu religion o r
U hr lit*
The apeakcr also asld that llborallly la as much
a chriatUli grace ss humility. Hut alas I how
lunch Is it neglected. Your lonlta, your stores,
yotlrentire projet/y l» the hirrtt, nud yet how
grudgingly is vVun the stuallret moiety doled out
U maintain Ilia cnitsC and kingdom. The
jority consider Uieinsrlvrs Ibrtunnte if nUenl
when a pruclical appeal is made to their pockets
The doty of contributing uflcrwarda never -.ntcra
their thoiighU.
Ill Conclusion fl was urg'd, that ifm quantity
liesi'iard was a minor cousMeratiUn, It was the
habit of i/n■ing ir/nii jiriiirif4t, that he Wished to
aut|i4cc* ol Uiia Ceutrai Kxoculive Coimuittce, ’ in ttiu first Japuiicso that ever Jicd in
have nlreedy mlnnied llm Democratic name, and Kow York.
others have forwarded here their nctiou rtqmat- »|M,« 1 nnnnpan liellovn in tho trnns-
ing ihiKtJoinmitteo osinm.i the lume or and ho JopancBO tH IK mi in tlio i nns
fe*> wl\ (WriitlVca into the body of that par- migration of smiln, and that tho Bonin ol
tj ; Therefore, liy virtue of the powers vested in those who dio the* (luatli of the nglllooiis
ns by Ibe Convention asacmbled iu tbe cl(y of. yfjH (uke pDoaosaiou of a human body,
^TrSlSTium J «.o M»l« "f who dio uftor .
■H Bl. ind h- ti.nf.To.tl. tm»A i«. Tlio Cm-! lift «f «iokctlllcra will ho eoodoiuod to
irul KtKcfflN'e 4’numilHee of *4ie Nstionat Demo- reside in tho bodies , f inferior untuiuls,
crutlc Parly of i v .r«frp^.i,wirl wo recommend to mu j ^ w.ireo the life tho worse the ttlib
Uln T.rloitn tTalM ,t Iiiw-Brnt organ!,-d v Vt„.-I |n J T | 1U „f Occttwwd,
(locAvin. M form a poll Ihis, tlio only ^ir»...._.,
eoiiWIlullonnl line, and gather under this, lb*, vorely, imvl rufoHo tu hd coinfol
only bsmier Irll IVom l)»* wreck of Dm civil wur. to a „' t ThaV nil oil (ltd Ihof praying
on which are still emhlareued the MWjMtal ^ |nourn | ng| ol ,d swaying timir bo'iiios
(.iM*ltllu- to ami'fro, not spoukiag above a whin-
n tsjunl j pcr> for four of aisturbing the reposed.
trutlis tafiglit by our fathers of every party
llrtMitglioiit tho entire country “ Tlio (•’
tlon, Die only Im>ii,| of fraternal I'ulttii
Tu* OisnMU Ca*n in tub Svpttr.irE
Caciit.—After the (I corgi a and Mlssia-
wippi casea bad Ireen disjioaed of, a duy
or two nince, in Uia Supreme Court of
th# United States, Judge Black filed a
new bill in behalf of the Slate of Uenr j
Inculcate. The amount must reel with the con
science of Iht Honor and hi* (lod.
Hot we cannot follow Urn reverend gentleman
any further. W* only hop# that Id* admonitions
nniy be beisled : and that henceforth the faithful
servant of the living <1 ml. tnn.V not lie IlnftlCr
worked and worse jiuld in this community, limn
any of the mammon worshippers among us.
Ann!hri' Revolution.
The Now York Journal of Commerce,
which has all along been hopeful that
tho troubles which ImW beset (ho cntlh-
try, ns tho filiil of nulictii ixJioy, would
blow over, Ix'gins now tu tnko the alarm
So wo infer from Urn following note of
Warning which It places conspicuously
at tho head of its leading editorial col-
j urt'tt;
it hmks as If the Boal of those who
vntivi
Clubs, and to nil Dm good people oft - - ,
- - iy p, u ,-tind numbering t'vcntyduul', fool his loss so-
* p • > • p ntoU und
v Btatc, the only true cunslruClion
right* to cv
if that bond.
Hf/Jred, That it would be pVeiimturo, In view
rd the purjKves of our Ink* CollvciHliiU in tho
appointment of this Conunlttre. to expreW any
npiniee or giv« say iuIvIc* at tho ntesmit time a*
to the Ik’opct notion of the people of (icurgla
upon the proVeCdlags of tbe Convention at At
lanta.
Ho Irrd, That the CoWWiltlce Wrgm upon our
friemls iu the several r<Mntlct to perfect their or-
giinlxntions at the curliest day p<««thle, StM re
port to the Secretary of this Committee.
Ho'Jvfd, That the fttirlrsa itand tiiken and
maintained hV fVe'ildent Andrew Jbbnaon, for
the rights V)l tho whole people and the Constilu-
littn of our country, dekrFvV's art| receive* fpom
our honest nod putrioUVi tilVK Wbotvver fniind.
Ilicir uiuitlnlcd l-esprcl und admiration ; and that
us men loyal W the Constitution, wu desire to
giva public cijiresalou to otti 1 tbillnlemi.iiiou of
111* course.
True ektract from tlte minutes.
Ji It. ftNK*n, Socretary.
| Th Knulmtn.
| 22.585 adults.
22,122 children.
SoahAWAO Sckii*.—It will boR(fcn from
the IblloWlng thnfWC Urn to liavo a now
curroncy, which We auppdsd will be do-
iKimilrelnd Sj/nidwatf Strip :
llsinqoAKTsiL*. 3>> Mii.itaiit DisTiitrr,
(Dep’t Georgia. Alabama and Florida.)
Atlanta, Ga., Fob. 14, 1808.
Uun. J. It. fad"*1, )'rt*idcnl<if OoiutitiUiomil G»n-
vtulHm, .Ill/nhi: ^ ^ ...
Hi.-I hire the Wn«touMiMMri tho r.-' l,fYmiricBtil.
crlpt.by tnu handsof tlio Secretary of the Loll- [t[
venlion, of nu oljk’ial copy of the onlinaaca,I * .....
pawed the Hth iiisti. toproVld" tl\e liieaiii^ lei (1*-1 IllipOrlUIlt i.Cgill DdClSlOll.
irnyiug Die'cipciifr * df liu: Conveiilloii, and the . .
contiieilsslluil of the nflVer* aimI uiemlxTs. and j JilHgo Clnikox dctlmidti till tllfCOnatl'
ix*g kreutlUc hirewltli a ropy of the onlm I*- tutionalily of tho AtlUhtfl Relief Ordi-
wil'd by ni" epproriog said ordinance, «od dl-
Tbd most to bo pitied among tlio mail-
bur is tho blind und agod mother of tho
deccusod, who was compelled by tlio
talk* of Japan touccompunv her son, be
being her only support. Ilia wifo anil
two children huvu boon loft a widow nud
tiiphuuH iu u strange land. They be
lief* that his aoul -will remain among
thorn for seven days before it is consign
ed to its luturo abode, and the/ will not
ceuaetn mourn hia lims for forty two days.
Huh yah-liekoe wna well to do in dupuil
und was the proprietor of some houses
und land The body writs tukutt to
Greenwood Cemetery on Monday morrt-
ing for temporary intorment in tlih
Sirmigets’ Receiving Tomb. No ftl-
iieral ceremonies, extispl tho phUyefs
and monotonous chanting of the Wdutivea,
Conk place, owing to tho fact that nt»
miuiater of their faith is In this country.
The company will.not purlorm ut pice 1
enl, their religion letpiiillig them to
Aipond a inoulli in players uud funeral
Ceremonies out of respect to tho iiiuiiiu-
i*y of the dead. On the return of the
troupe to their own coimtiy the body
will bo taken with them All the Japan-
udiilia ninl children, attended the
j body to the grave, together with a sruuti
r«ct|ng It* cnforui-Dicub
Ii
gift ag.tmct Ocrairala Grant, Meade and rnro f„ r party supremacy thun for
linger, t! al. It ia understood that thisLj, e mo( ^ v j ta | i n (t. ref ta of tho country,
liill M«ka to avoid all the difficulties cn- n|ld who Wf , n | d r „ t ), or hlil , t | iP | llt)( j
countered iatha former argument, and j nVe than resign their rule over it, wrts
raises distinctly s question of property, .bout to plunge them headlong into a
lo wit; lb* Treasury of tbs Btsts of cnurge Hut must end in revolution.
Georgia. An injunction to protect this
is prayed for. Ths time for hearing the
argument ia not y#t determined.—TcU
fraph.
Those who have hitlicrlo bcon tlio most
hopeful ore n< w gloomy snd despondent,
for mnducss seems to rulo tho hour and
the folly of our legislators appear to
be without restraint. -If tho country
must puss through the fuo before peace
• . . ... .- . r i «nd unity can be restored, perhups it
mrn lino. mMHinjnd .m™ ,tj „ ow .. v ,! r ..
.pn*. : r I,. .here i , : , kin „ „ f „, c of A1 „
it is : Lndcr the internal revenue laws ! 1 ,
, .. , ii- .i - . t | bams constitution, the same paper ob
letters acknowledging the receipt oreitli-J fVw . 1
vr drafia, checks, or money, exceeding l in ., ‘ y , : , . ,
”| ‘The pohtitnl managers who ore try-
Rxcollect ;t.--Ao item of informa-
tlon comes to us of which very many)
action may b* n tier ted by the oiuiasiou !
of this regulation, and unprc a * - k, ~ l:,: 11
11mice without needless humiliation;
{ and the other, the |K»liey of vongennee,
iiA*niiii-b *« in my o|ilnliui Dm Imiio of any
wrln h.id Iwtter b« sii|x*rliilpn(l<il bv tlio ofllo re
uf Du* 8talo Oovurnmeiit cunilPi’tad with tin* con
trol of IN finance*, I linvo m f»i iniNlilled tIn- ur-
ilinnncc ah to cnfurcc ii|>oii tlicae ollli-cri the D-
•iii* of tbe scrip |*rovi<l,f«l for ill Rcctlnll* ■ecmid
and live of the oidiiinndti.
Very feapeClhtlly, your ob‘t mrv’t,
Gko. (I. Mkaih.
L'oilimnndlny Third Military Dldrict.
flllCFFLa, Cut Aim Dkai..—Tho Now
York Tribune, in speaking of Alabumn,
says:
Tnking all tilings Inti) cOnsIdefatlaii,
there is but ono duty. We arc weary
of tho sword. It is the mnnifost will of |, r ,^ provisions uf tlioC-joelltulion of tllL* t iiited
Hie loyal people of Alabama to return fetal*. ,
to tho Union. Congress must recog- 2d. If the (JonVfltillnif which adofHcd salt! of-
uitiico, tmiiSpIrcd after wu went to press
lust week. Jn the nlisKIlfb of further
pnrticiilars, wo Uuhtent ourselves with
ro-puhlisliilljf tho points rnadoj an eon*
taiticd in the -Mabtili TulvgrnplU
fn tile tW* uf Wm. .1. Goifon vt. Julm I'M I
lip*, mid of John l'n*K*r. Kimrdinn, "1C.. *'». IV.
J> WliAlcy, et al, |H'inliiiK in H’Kiiiuibli Fiqicrior
Ginirt. now iilliiiR ntGutllls rli < Irt.i ihe defend
ant* plcud thnt they were not liabh'i lieeauao tin
iinto* Aned on were kiven tnr *lari!* And (lie of-
illiiaiice of the Uadical Convention ha/I Slifli^A-
ted Miioh debif. To tliU nle* plalntifl"* coun«d
demurred. Jild^K jlHhn T. tflnlka nurtalriod Ihr
itcauirrer and orerraled the pi** on tlio IoIIowIiik
(jD'llnd* I
lit. The. proktalnna of the Relief Ordlnanoe,
relied on by delcndAilta, arc vlulstive of the ex
tliifl will ns n InwiHmatu (•xin esi.i.fh' dhis/iw ifere a 1*8*1 one, and If ibc ordinance
nixn tins will ns n logiumaie expression |w ,[ f te *, Mtcon ty ar y d.c CiiHstitiitl.ui. tel.
ol the popular voice. _ if wb prifetpotlc j,y III,, terim of tliS UcconAtriiClion Ad*, the ac-
the ndniissnm now wo invite cliuod and; Don of tillsConvenlloa rniret he rnilftnd by till*
remnnd the Boulli to other years of fokIc, and approved by Cougn* before It Is
mild hr blndfUK on any snc.
3d. Tlx* Hind Convention i* an uncon*Dlntk>n-
n! nMembla^L', und nil il« not* Ubinlirtely void.
Wc prSiolllu the allOvc dcofliOli will bu ex
cepted to. an I tlio caic taken up to lliv dnprcino
Court of tboHtuto.
tfoiihlo and danger; tvo Continue mili
tary occupation; w« deter tlio Union
men from the blessings of self govern
ment to gratify the spleen of the rebel*.
Congress might have nmdo the law suf-
fioieht. It Hulrd bees uic it desired to
l»c generous. Its generosity hns been
answered by turromuil, and persecution,
und fraud. It is plainly tha duly of
Congress to welcome the members vied
In Washington, and nt once to admit
Alabama to the Union. If llicro arc
twenty doll»., »r. ,ulj-*t <o . .tomp,. g „ ulhm Suu i,
duty of t«o«ni. ,hc .urn... ,f . for- , * p „| loi>t t0 p „,„, L _
mal receipt had been given for so much ! . ,. , , , * . ...
. r i, i one or kmdnesa nticl niognnnim ty, which
money. Ah (be validity of some trans-i ,, , . , .... ...
- 1 • - •« • • , j would have given the wilocsa a fuir [ten loyal mtn in Alabama who dcairo
lo return to the Union, Congress should
recognize them, and them only, ns the
representative* of the State. If the reb
els persist in their e'limily, the work
niuet be done w ithont them. I.ot ux
Lavs no trilling with thcae implacublo'
enemies of Freedom and Justice. Ala
bama stands ut the door. Let her collie
gatior. ensue, it is as well that all con-L"". u ""T 1 ! ,c V
Mm».UIinuU I,«r !bu /.cl i.. ! ('"«'l‘n»^,ecl j.,.,.. .•). ln,p<»'.f( »"'l
InldUfencvr.
| nei.nitii-a which it was well known i»c-
| rorehand Anglo SuXon pride and self re-
At.An*MA Nbobo ELBCTiox.~J/bnf. "Pe®t would indignantly reject The
f/oxry, February 18 —Official returmi . nBV J ConaHtutiun was framed distinctly
from forty-two counties have been re- j in tlie intureaof ibe black mail ua against
ceived at District Hea iqinrters, but, l "',‘ w ' u,c i Bn ® |' ,a J G'° K rofc t
under an order from Gen. 31 e«de pnb-1 oh fa l winch the Itmlien) plotiers desire
lioation of them i* refused. The whole to wo i f,,r ,,n "'nend-
vote of the Stale on the question of rat- nient to tti« rscoatruction law which will
ifieation, it Is estimated from partial re- n,ak « “ •n'.jor.ty of the votes cast (in-
turns will be about seventy-two thou-|" ,ei,d of ftl1 thnw; registered) Diifficirat
sand. The vote is less than three thou- for a choice. Of course that will have
sand of half the registration, which i e the desired effect Urns it is that the
eighly-four thousand. I l ?* den of ,,lfl w*® 18 * 1 P° rt r on
1 . | from one oppressive measure to another,
Thero are two hundred and for- correcting no errors in their legislation
ty-tbreo convicts confined in the Oeor-j excepting thr«c that lean towuids tho
gia Penitentiary—whites, one hundred ; side of moderation und clemency lo the
blacks, one hundred aod forty-three. > vanquished South/
To 00,751 poreon* | To 44.087 pereon*
18.381 IiuMh'U ofl —17,081 Imnticls «>f
core ; 187,427j| l»*. corn, 108,0801 lh". uf
uf bacon. I hoeou.
Total To 1 <tf,f83 peiwiiis, 34.422 taulielx ol
corn, nail 450,617 puuudx ol bacon.
In addition to ilic above Government
Aiipplics, 87,113 hitahcU of corn were
rcouivqd from Null,horn cliaritublc a*so
ciations. They wore distributed by tho
Justices of tho Superior Court, under
Ihu supui'viniou of u Stato agent appoint-'
cd by tiro Governor.
Iu rulution to tho operations of the
School B.>urd wo find tlio following re
port, which hIiows a marked Improve*
muut over the year 1300 :
DWC. I 1HD7.
Day FoIiuoIh 481 Day Rclioriln 191
Nil'll! BchixiU.. .None | Night Hclmo!* 41
Tuuclicr* 83 Tcaobeis.. j...... 239
1‘upils 2,765 | I’upil* 13,481
SuiKluy .School* 5 I .Suiuluy .School*... KM
S. School I'upil*.. 1.400 j S. School l*upilsl2,2IU
VnotionTracial*None | Vucntlon Vincher*..40
Vacation riipll* '• ) Vacatio# llkpil».l,4U0
Thu VaCution suHtmlt buing ali|ipol*tud
eiilirriy by IVaodmon.
We think It quite likely thnt these fig
lift* show s grout many more pnpile
ami tvacltain Winn Wove actually enroll
ed, yi t upon the whuh) they exhibit
gratifying (ndicutiult of thU grmVfng
thifat for kno'Vhnlge tthd cduustion on
the part of ihu neghk
Nun no KuuaiItv.—Tlmt able nnwspa
perj the World, pill* the practical pml
of negro rqimlily in tho following jsdn
led terms :
Wluii is tlio reason that n respectable
white man would tllink hia sister of his
daughter disgraced if she should endure
the courtship mid curexsea of u nogro f
Her negro suitor might ho well-dressed
weff-muniioPed, upright, intelligent ; nwy.
ho might linvo boon her oefudaotor,
might bnvo rebelled hW* frnrii tlamoH or
Irotn drowning at the Jieril of his life,
And yet her father Hi' brother‘would oust
flur off art u beuHtlv hint ifalu? consented
to marry him. What God linn deeply
planted in our fintiire in not to bo rooted
out by all tho Kmlieidiam in the world.
Wu cannot ubolinli the distinction of race,
for it is u distinction oatnblishud by God
Himself. Why lie saw lit to create the
African black and the Unueusiun white,
to put wool upon hix head and huir up
on out a, to bestow upon him an odor
which wo do not regni d ns n perfume, In
Hot givou us to know. Hut our igno-
rtinco of the reason cannot abolish the
fact. Wo ennoot explain the crawling
tlorrdr wo should fuel ia being shut lip
In a dim of lungless snake*. Hrtihably
physiology will never solve tlio dilatory,
Wo know not why natura hnfl put nucli
rt difference between her prtlg#ny lhat
wu arc pluuHod to stroke the head of a
aqtlirfel or a apanlbl, and feboil from tho
touch of nil Innoeont tditd or aorpont.—
An little do wo know (Vl|y God hu« os-
tilbliahud the rcpiigurilltib which mskos
It Dli inbeat ngulHflt tlnturo for DTtU-ks
and wliitea td Intermarry, dcffnih lt ifl,
thnt n Ajrrttaril tlf politics ilrlijlili Seeks to
utlitcriite this cll«liiidtibo "i* not ofUbU
il ltd kuHiitil eland.''
Tur Famixk in I'm ssia —Tlio Ger
man papers lire filled with heartrending
details of tho famine which now pre
vails in Faster Prussia, in consequence
of tho failure of three successive ero| s.
In a number of plucon typus fever has
broken out, and tho amount of misery
met with among thousand* of people bat
tles, nil description. Tho 1'ruAuian Gov
ernment und local cofuiujUees are mak
ing the utmost efforts lo afford ns much
relief us possible tu the sufferers,
An Appkai. rnoii Alabama.—Ih flic
Seiinle, on Thursday Inst, Mr. Doolittle
presented the petition of over one thous-
«nd ciiixunn of Alabama, nmUatiag
against tlio enforcement of tlio Recon
struction acts, which, they xny, loud to
negro rule in tho South. The petition
ers say : “Continue over us, if you will
do so, your own rule by the sword ; send lliovn just emerged from tho degradation,
I... ...i.i I I ..r !:(*.. T i: ^ . ■ «. •
tVlilf ta 1‘worosr.n;—The blricagh
Tllticf), tliliii glVeAthb tlesigu of Ijtliigl eW,
in the lust nincinlmctits lo Ihb acliemu of
reconstruction :
It ia proposed to make Grant dictator
that ho may, through military despotism,
reduce the noblest, most intelligent, find
gallant white men of the South to sub
jection to tho brutalized negroes who
down among us honorable nud upright of life-lung nud abject slavery. It ia
men of your own people, of the race to'propos'd to make him dictator, that he
which you mid wc belong; and, ungra-jmay fusion with tlio bayonet this libel
ei'iiix, contrary to wise |xiltcy und to tlio'on uis own race, und on men who proved
institutions of tho country, and tyran
nous as it will bo, no hand will bo rained
among us to resist by force tlioir author
ity; imt do not, wo implore yon, abdi
cate jour own rule over us by tranifer-
ling ua to tha blighting, hrutnl/.iiig, and
unnatural dominion of an nfieri and jn-
fciior race—u ruco which hns never
shown sufficient administrative capacity
for the good government of even the
tribes Into which it fins always been
broken up in its native state— u ruco
which, in nil agis. lias furnished slaves
for »!l the other races uf the earth.” The
I petition was rtfonsd to the Judiciary
j Committee/
thcmxulves his superiors on buttle-
fiolifx whore tho slain In tho army of
tlm coining dictator outnumbered the en-
lim fund opposed to him. It ia pro pos
ed to make him diclatori that lie may
carry to completion tho infamies wu
hnvo enumerated, and add to them the
crowning one of electing himself to the
Presidency by agencies hideous, brutal,
and bcjMid expression, criminal.
Snob ure tlio purposes of one of the
bills coming before Chngreftg on Monday
The others limited are intended to lend
it additional strength, and urb ports of
ihc ntip gtiihral and truitofous conspira-
cy.
.»We Mibjoin an .bifract from a latter
dated January ttft), 1808, from a goli-
tloinnn who recently was the principal
of tlio High Hchool in Sardis, Mi*a„ hop
ing that tho people in tliut part of tuS|
State will be sustained by those whom
pu vidence lisa blest cd with means to
lender them all needful aid- Ha says i
“Owing to the extromo depression,
scarcity of money, people think they can
no longer afford to patronise aehoola of
a high grade. Indeed schools of all
grades had generally suspended indefi
nitely. 1 had heard of no exceptions
three week* add; tVhpn leaving Bardie,
8nvo perhaps the iJtllVarlitjr of Missis
sippi, nt.Uxford. 1 hoard hbtohij pupils
of ibAt instil ut ion any, tliut U1 tlih 800
students, who had left for t)»b Gnrlflt-
inns holidays, nut over 50 weuld reilwh,
“Sincd my departure from Mississippi,
as I Wus reliably infuHtil'U .yeitbHlnyr
my fuvorlto little bity (Sariiix) has been
blirtlcd to tho ground by incendiaries
for the purpose of plunder, und I was
unity to liouf flint their object was fully
gninea. .
“No one can contemptulo tho condi
tion of nil claases in that ililrt of tho
State, without pain, for tlio planter*
there nro despondent, alindkl .nUmleae,
and looking forward tb n dark luturo,
with fonrfuTforcbudiHgs. Unfeb Hell and
linppy, now poor arid tiilsorrtlilb i ^ffnt
can they do if
“Year before laat they werit to work
with u will, a largo majority thinking
tlmt money could bu mode by Ujli cbm-
peiiBating labor system*of TniiKot^.'
They tried it und failed, frllst year;
they thought employer and frooufftofj
could muko a living ! Tlioy hufli foil yd
to do tlmt. Now tlio idea uppbrihost
ix, we must employ them or thuy riitf
rob and murder us while wo sleejl.~
But ulus, they are no long.it able to hli b'
their labor; fur heavy unpaid balanced
lor the lust two years are still stunding
against them on merchant*’ book's in
Memphis and elsewhere, for supplies,
and more funds are net to bo had.—
ilotioo tho universal gloom, plainly to
be neon on every thoughtful man’s ooun-
tonauco in that section of country, and I
presume it i* the case nil.over the cotton-
griming South. Hunger will convert
ev\ilj refined inon into suvngo beasts, and
IrtMBta will fight for food. Should the
(jdvplllincnt fail to foko proper stops in
lime, fearful collisions must un»iio be
tween the races, and that probably with
in the next few months. It is tlie solemn
duty cf (Jungie** to look this mutter
squarely in the fooe, uud provide nguinat
i ho possibility ofn war i f rpcot, which
niiould.it unfortunately occur, will plbij-
ably be of ahort durntiou, but mold
bloody und destruction to human life
than has ever been recorded in history.”
— Chnitian Ofoarrcrf
(h:s\ Oha.vt’s Ha juts.—Tho Kdltor < f
the New Eru, roforring to tho chaftfb Hf
drunkenness ngninnt General Granb Hht-
flos Uiinself aha trie* to suti*fy hid rdKti
ers, with the following statement !,
“Tlio nt. rien wcfc thunUfoctUMl oul ot
tho whole cloth by a few indiscreet
friends of Judgo Clmso. Of courno
Judge Chase’* gentlemanly nntiuo would
revolt nt nnytliTfirfbf thiff soft, but there
ure individual* enlinted in bis favor who
m e not so scrupulous ns he, and these
are they who have gotten upon the track
of iho Oerterol, and nro velpingoilt Ihbsd
fables. This is the wfible trllth, and
nothing but tlio truth. Wo have un-
qucstionablo authority for what wo stato,
and are perfectly satisfied thnt the ehur-
gsft brought nguinat Goneral Grant are
Utterly wilhnut lonndntion.”
Tho Editor may bo assured that flirt
“unquestionable authority” irt not (WHH
a cent for tbe establishmbht uf tHftH:—
Wo have never aoori (lbH. Grnfit tohkri
drunk, but ws wero in Wdahlndtbn at
tha date of the nllegod abuh iltltifi, amt
from tthllt Wc xfibw bf gbnorfl! Bpiniori
thurb nHtohg mod of all piwtisa; wfi tlnVe
no liePitittibu In saying Hint tiiu Editor
bring* d wrongful charge ngsinst the
frlelrtJI'Hf Judgb tfiasd Gob. Hittler
(kill ffflMUl.* Hel ihb tfluttefi IH Its trllli
light at «H lilirly diiV; It U Mid that he
w preparing a HarHfmtat, tfff'ifig Grant's
miliUry ami BollBMI hlstilH-j IlHd rtHtiiHg
lbH ehaf’Ma U’lifoh It will ntlBrtip». fo
pfoK*; will Mb those of repeutbll bhta oi
drtmkbnnW*; backed up bV Itwbrn nlfi-
davits Ilf twrtnln cifBblra tftfHor him.—
Tins dnutinlbnt; it ift said, wlllliecircula
ted prior toeloction ( bothUl Now Hamp
shire and Connecticut.—JfUtoH Tilrjraptu
A CdnsrxTioN—We are gratified to
Te.irn, says tho FeruuiicUna Courier, that
the rumor* of tlio prcvaleuco of cholera
ut Cedar Keys has turnod out to bo un*.
tine. Hevorul deaths did occur there
very suddenly and under such circym-
stnnegi us to excite fear* of it* being chofi
urn, but it was ascertained that the cause
wus the use of poi*oncd whiskey.
tHr A statement of fioift* rind grain
in Store ill Uhltisgd on thoikl iii*t., gives
ths following footing! Four, 82,805 bids;
wheat, #28,975 blishcls; oats, 877,20!)
biixhols; corn, 1,965,471 bushels ; rye,
3(i,B8d bushel*; barley, 106,011 baslibl*.
It is rumored ut Wdsliiiigton
that the next revolutionary rtieiiMlro to
lie introduced by tbo Kndical* will tm s
bill asserting tho power ol vongresd to I
regulate the elective frunr hisu in nil tlio
States, nud providing for the execution
thereof.
Notice!
January, 1st, 1818.
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ffeffi: 1 '
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•wuredhr pajr . brarr ?r«lii pr|#N *
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(tajx.tl «0; M dayK It W *0 day*, S3 00, (uf
good MurabsatAl# Lliihbsr. i •
tabia.fri J. tt. DINNINGTOJC.
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ol3. ptlropn and lb* publi# (fr^iDly thol *Sa hi*
jiui recti red »uU opened her #U>SX »»f
. , fall ind Winter
Millinery Goods,
Tt'liich »he will Mice pleMure is ahowine lo Ihnee
who nuy f*»or Her with a cell.
Sht ii *l*o prepared) lo cut. trim sn4 make Dm*,
r*. Cloak*, 8»cqii<-«, Jackal*. *»#,, in (be leleei*tr lo,
*t inon hotife* end *1 reaeonabl* price*. oeliu