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JOURNAL & MESSENGER.
A. W. HKKMf, Editor.
T. A. Bt'KKK, Associate Editor.
MACON. TUESDAY, HEP'S 8, 186$
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TH’RET.
FOB FKBMDKNT.
HORATIO SEYMOUR,
OF NEW YORK.
FOR VICE PBBSIDBVT,
FRANCIS P. BLAIR,
OF MISSOURI.
STATE ELECTORAL TICKET.
FOR TUB STATE AT LARGE :
JOHN B. GORDON, of Fulton.
JOHN T. CLARKE, of Randolph.
ALTERNATES :
W. T. WOFFORD, of Bartow.
TIIOS. M. NORWOOD, of Chatham.
FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS :
Ist District —J. C. NICHOLS, of Pierce.
Alternate—J. 11. HUNTER, of Brooks.
‘Jd District—CHAßLES T. GOODE, of Sumter.
Alternate—WM.O. FLEMING, of Decatur.
3d District—R. J. MOSES, of Muscogee.
Alternate —W. O. TUGGLE, of Troup.
4tli District—A. O. BACON, of Bibb.
Alternate—H. WIMBERLY, of Twiggs.
sth District—J. B. GUMMING, of Richmond.
Alternate—l). M. Du BOSE, of Wilkes.
Oth District—H. P. BELL, of Forsyth.
Alternate—G. McMILLAN, of Habersham.
7tl» District—J. D. WADDELL, of Cobb.
Alternate—V. A. GABKILL, of Fulton.
READING MATTER OS KY Kit V I\U,K.
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
By invitation of the Young Men’s Dem
ocratic Club of this city, (General Howell
Cobb will deliver an address on the politi
cal questionsof the day, at Ralston’s Hall,
this evening at 8 o’clock.
All the people, (ladies included,) are in
vited to come out aud hear him.
(’onurkssionai.Convention.—The del
egates to the Congressional Convention
for the Fourth District will meet at lb
o'clock A. M., to-day, at the City Hall.
THE NEWS.
Cold closed in New York yesterday
evening at 441.
The cotton market ill New York closed
yesterday at 29a29|c. Sales 500 bales.
New Orleans has furnished ''champion
heart-breakers” to tbe watering-places.
Major Oeueral McLaws, and his brother
Major W. K. McLaws, both well known
in the “A. N. V.,” were in town yesterday.
G. J. Fain, Radical alternate elector in
the 7th District, has repudiated the swin
dle, and goes for Seymour aud Blair.
Rev. Joel Johnson, who was elected Or
dinary of Decatur county, by tbe Radicals,
has come over to Seymour and Blair.
Joe Coburn, the notorious bruiser, was
seriously stabbed in the head and neck in
a New York bar-room, on Friday night.
Messrs. Hendricks aud Voorhees write
most confidently of a Democratic victory
in Indiana.
Gen. Rosecrans and Gov. Seymour “in
terviewed” each other in New York on
Friday.
How to bother a carpet-bagger— ask
him the uame of the Sheriff or jailor of
the coUuty lie migrated from.
*« disgusted with his
1 *»>' 1 «il the (ierniuii • '
G. McWhorter, of 1
Augusta, foil into a caldron of boiling soap
on Saturday, aud died from the effects oi
his injuries in a few hour*.
Mr. Henry Walker, a butcher, was
stopped and shot at twice by two negro
highwaymen near Augusta, on Saturday
last.
A miner from Montana fell overboard
from a steamer and was drowned a few
days ago near Bt. Louis. Ten thousand
dollars in drafts aud a check for $50,000 in
gold went to the bottom with him.
' Ex-Gov. Seymour, of Connecticut, died
at Hartford, on the 3d inst., aged Gl. He
was one of the truest men and purest pa
triots this, or any other country ever pro
duced.
Roswell E. Jackson, telegraph operator
at Anna, Illinois, formerly a resident of
Columbus, was murdered at the former
place on the 28th ult., by a man named
O. W. Ford.
A French paper mentions that a gentle
man, whose cellar has been greatly in
fested with rats, found that they disap
peared very soon alter he had placed a
cask of petroleum in the place.
Mr. F. O’Rourke, a conductor on the
South Carolina Railroad, was knocked
down by a negro who waylaid him in
Charleston, on Friday night, and his upper
jaw bone broken.
Aii attack upon the town of Louisville,
LaFayette county, Arkausas, on the 20tli
ult., by armed negroes, resulted in the
death of seven of the assailants, and five
white men.
The only difference, the Montgomery
Mail finds between Bingham, the scala
wag, so called Treasurer of Alabama, “and
the Minister of Finance .of France, is that
Necker gave birth to De Stael, and Bing
ham and his crowd will probably give
birth to De Steal.”
Important Correspondence.— We give
up, without apology therefor, most of our
inside space this morning to a correspond
ence recently had between tien.Rosecrans,
and Gen. Lee and a number of promin
ent Southern gentlemen. It is the result
of the late visit by the former to the
Virginia White Sulpher SpriDgs, and will
be read with much interest. What effect
it will have in stopping the fioodtide of
lies and calumny now being poured into
the ears of the North and West by Radical
traitors, remains to be seen. We can ouly
hope for the best. If any utterance from
the South can command belief, this surely
will have some weight.
Vermont.— Latest returns from this
venomous Radical pocket borough put
the majority for that party down at 27,000
two thousand less than Lincoln received in
1564. And yet the shameless hacks and
stumpers for the Beast Butler party persist
in declaring it an increase over any former
majority. How proud their patron saint,
Auanias, must be of them !
Please Remedy, if Possible. —Will
our friends of the Constitution see to it, that
the failure of their paper to reach this of
fice is remedied, if in their i>ower? We
have not had a copy of the afternoon edi
tion, upou which we rely for our report of
the proceedings of the Legislature, since
Friday morning. Whose fault is it gen
tlemen ?
THE row RATION TO-DAV.
We trust that the greatest good judgment
will bo shown by the Convention to day,
in the selection of a candidate to represent
the Democracy of the 4th district in the
next Congress. We have strong faith that
the right sort of a man can be elected. It
is for tbe Convention to find tbe man.
The people will do the rest.
“To Whom it May Concern”—A
correspondent writing from Colaparchee,
aud whose name is not furnished, is re
spectfully informed that his communica
tion was received too late for publication
in this day’s issue, even if we had been in
formed as to his identity. We do not
doubt, however, that tbe friends of the
gentleman whose claims besets forth as a
suitable candidate for Congress, will have
them duly considered by tbe Convention
to day.
MONHOE DEMOCRATIC CLUB.
Forsyth, Ga., Sept. sth, 1808.
The Democratic Club of Monroe comi
ty met pursuant to order of the President,
i On motion of George A. Cabaniss, tliefol
i lowing resolutions were unanimously
j adopted.
Ist. It shall be tbe duty of the members
of this Club to aid aud promote in every
j possible, honorable way, tbe success of tbe
Democratic ticket, anil to this end they
hereby pledge their patronage aud support
■vho are of their own politi
:h organizations, as are
oyal Leagues,” “Grant
mtever name called, which
bject the spread of Hadicat
e, are Hurtful and illjuri
interests of our people, of
all classes aud grades and therefore, must
meet our determined opposition, and we
pledge ourselves, in advance, to give no
support, encouragement or patronage, to
any persons, white or colored, who are,
hereafter known to he connected with
them aud their doctrines.
3d. We deprecate violence or terrorism
as means to obtain support for any party,
and wo proclaim our desire to conduct this
canvass peacefully, and in a kind and con
ciliatory spirit; but we pledge ourselves
distinctly, to the protection of such colored
voters as may connect themselves with
this Club, or vole tbe Democratic ticket,
from all danger aud violence which may
be attempted on this account.
On motiou of Itobt. C. McGough, the
i foregoing resolutions were amended by tbe
J following :
[ llesolved, That the above resolutions are
not intended to apply toobligations orcon
tracts now existing, and which have not
been fully complied with, and that every
Democrat, white or colored, in Monroe
county, is earnestly requested to sign these
resolutions-
On motion of Lewis A. Ponder,
Resolved, That the President of this
Club be, and is hereby authorized and em
powered to appoint a committee of three
in each Militia District in this county,
whose duty it shall be to see that every
man, both white and colored, who proclaim
themselves Democrats, sign the foregoing
resolutions.
On motion of Col. A. D. Hammond,
Resolved, That the President of this
Club appoint eight delegates to go to the
Convention which is to beheld in Macon,
Ga., on the Bih September, for Die purpose
of nominating acaudidute for Congress.
Whereupon the following gentlemen
were appointed : Geo. A. Cabaniss, A. I>.
Hammond, L. A. Ponder, A. Dure, J. M.
Hollis, R. O. Ranks, W. U. Redding, W.
L. Lumpkin.
am of A. J. Pbinazee,
That the thanks of the people
U are hereby tendered by this
a Hon. E. G. Cabaniss, Cbair-
SfA t &&. e . , .\i ral Executive Com
□ ifested in his patriotic devo
priuciples of the Democratic
He has labored with commendable
assiduity to maintain a pure government,
ami we trust that Georgia will reward bis
fideli'y. He has shed new lustre u|>on a
name already honored.
On motion.
Resolved, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the Monroe Ad
vertiser, anil Journal and Messenger
and Daily Telegraph.
Jas. 8. PiNCKAKD, President.
W. D. STONE, Sec’y, l DemocraticOlub
’ J ' j Monroe County.
V CARD FROM COL. II MtDKM V V
Editors Journal and Mkssknger :
Some unknown friend, during my ab
sence from the city, has done me the hon
or to suggest my name as one suitable to
represent this District in the next Con
gress. While I am gratified at this ex
pression of confidence, allow me, through
your columns, to say my name will not be
presented to the Convention of Delegates
selected to choose a stanJard-bearer for
this Congressional District. Besides a
want of disposition, 1 am ineligible uuder
the Reconstruction laws, under which
this election will be held. Not aspiring
to lead, I hope I may be able to aid who
ever the Convention may select. An ac
tive, prudent campaign will end in good
results, and we should all, without regard
to our position in the line, exert every en
ergy of our nature to secure in this strug
gle a glorious victory.
Thos. Hardeman, Jr.
Macon, Sept. 7, 1868.
From the Fort Gaines Mirror, Extra, Sept. stli.
fatal accident-many killed am*
WOUNDED.
This morning, about 8 o’clock, the new
bridge being built across the Chattahoo
chee river, in cousequeuce of the rising
waters, which drifted rafts of timbers
against the temporary structures, washed
them away, and the whole eaine down
-Aitu troinsmiona crash and fatal results:
taking nearly the entire m span, -which
reached the brick pier, a distance from the
wooden one of about 300 teet. The cries
aud groans of the sufferers, like a panic
shock, was soon communicated to the in
habitants, and our city was in general
commotion, rushing to the river to save
the perishing ones. Skiffs and flatboats
were procured, aud the dead and wounded
were landed along on the banks of the
river from the ruins of the fallen bridge
as they drifted down the stream.
About thirty hands were employed on
the bridge—many were working under
neath—and a large number of spectators
were also on the bridge, at the time it fell.
All went down together, from an altitude
of about 80 feet.
Among the killed and wounded we
could only learn the names of the follow
ing: Killed, John C. Hill, Sheriff of Clay,
Hooker Steven, missing and supposed to
be killed, James Middleton, col., and Jer
ry Sutton. Wounded mortally : Win. A.
Jackson, R. L. Peters and Robert Brown.
Wounded slightly, Wm. Walden, W. H.
Jernigan, W. G. Jernigam Wm. Mount
and Andi ew Newsoo, col., mortally. We
did not learn the names of all the colored
wounded ; some that went down with the
bridge, have not, up to this time, been
heard of.
The Crops. —lncreased injury is being
done to the cotton in this immediate sec
tion by the boll worm, which has recent
ly made it appearance. An acquaintance
of ours, who, a week ago, was counting
on making twenty bales of cotton, does
not new believe lie will make ten, on ac
count of the ravages of the caterpillaraml
boll-worm. The havoc that is now be
ing made of the cotton is indeed fearful
and unprecedented in our day.
[Bainbridge Ary us, 4 th.
LET US HAVE PEACE*
The Koseeraim-Lee Correspondence In Full.
The True Method of Promoting Reconstruction and
Peace.
The following is the Rosecrans-Lee cor
respondence :
GEN. RO3EOKANS* LETTER.
White Sulphur Springs, W. Virginia, I
August 36th, lstjs. f
General —Full of solicitude for the fu
ture of our country, I come with my heart
in my hand to learn the condition, wishes
aud intentions of the i»eople of the South
ern States, especially to ascertain the sen
timents of those brave, energetic and self
sacrificing men, who, after sustaining the
Confederacy for four years, laid down their
arms and swore allegiance to the Govern
ment of the United .States, whose trusted
aud beloved leader you have been. I see
that interpreting State rights to contlict
with National unity lias produced a vio
lent reaction against them, which is drift
ing us toward consolidation. So great a
country as ours even now is, certainly is
to be, must have State governments to
attend to local details, or go farther and
fare worse. It is plain to us of the West
and North that the coutiuuatice of semi
anarchy, such as has existed for the last
three years in ten States of our Union,
largely increasing the danger of concen
tration, swells our National expenditures,
diminishes our production and our reve
nue, inspires doubts of our political and
financial stability, depreciates the value
of our National bonds and currency, and
places tbe credit of the richest below that
of the poorest nation in Christendom.
We know that oureurrency must be de
preciated so long as our bonds are below
par, and that therefore the vast business
and commerce of our country must sutler
the terrible evil of a fluctuating standard
of-value, until we cau romuuly thuevll con
dition of things at the South. We also see
other mischief quite possible, if not proba
ble, such as from a failure of the crops, a
local insurrection and many other unfore
seen contingencies which nitty still mnr
aud depreciate our credit and currency,
provoke discontent and disorder among
our people, and bring demagogical legis
lation,revolution, repudiation and athous
and unnamed evils and villainies on us.
We know that the interests of the people
of the South are for law and order, and
they must share our fate of good and ill.
I believe every one 1 know, who reflects,
believes that if (be people of tbe Southern
States could beat peace, and their energy
aud good will heartily applied to repair
the waste of war, reorganize their business,
see the freed men peaceful, prosperous anil
contentedly at work, invite capital, enter
prise, and labor from e’sewbere to come
freely among them, they would soon re
build their ruiued fortunes, multiply man
ifold the value of their lands, establish
public confidence in our stability, bring
our government bonds to a premium, our
currency to a gold standard, and assure for
themselves and tbe whole nation a most
happy aud prosperous future.
Seeing this and how all just interests
concur in the work, I ask the oUlcers aud
soldiers who fought for the Union, I ask
every thinking man of the great West and
North, I ask why it can not be done?—
We are told by those who have controlled
tlie Government for the last few years,
thaL the people of the South will not do
it ; that if ever done at all it must be done
by tbe poor, simple, uneducated, landless
freed men and tbe few whites who, against
the public opiuion and seutimeut of the
intelligent white f»eople, are willing to at
tempt to lead and make their living on
these ignorant, inexperienced colored peo
ple, mostly men who must l>e needy ad
venturers, or without those attributes on
which reliance for good guidance or gov
ernment can he placed. We are told that
this kind of government must be continu
ed at the South until six or eight millions
of intelligent., energetic white people give
into it or move out of the country.
Now, I think the Union army thinks
and the people of the North ami West I
dare say believe there must be, or there
ought to be, a shorter or surer way to get
good Government ror all at tbe Mouth. We
know that they who organized and sus
tained II i o Hod Old II <on federucy for four
years against gigantic ellbrts, ought to be
able to give peace, law, order and protec
tion to the whole people of the South.
They have the interest and the power to
employ, protect and elevate tbe poor freed
men, and restore themselves and our
country to all the blessings of which 1
have just spoken. The question we want
answered is, are they willing to do it ? 1
comedown to find what the people of the
South think of this, and to ask you what
the olllcers and soldiers who served in the
Confederate army, and the leading peo
ple who sustained it,think of these things ?
I come to ask more. I want to ask you
in whose purity and patriotism I here ex
press unqualified confidence, anti as many
good men as you can conveniently con
sult. to say what you think of it, arid also
what you are willing to do about it. i
want a written expression of views that
cau be followed by a concurrence of ac
tion. I want to know if you and the gen
tlemen who will join in’ that expression
are willing to pledge the people of the
South to chivalrous aud magnanimous de
votion to restoring peace and prosperity
to our common country. I want to carry
that pledge high above party politics to
tbe late olllcers and soldiers of tbe Union
army and the North and West, and to ask
them to consider It and to take the neces
sary action, confident that it will meet
with a response so firm, so generous and
confiding, that we shall see in its sunshine
the rainbow of peace in our political sky,
now black witb clouds and impending
storm.
I know you are a representative man in
reverence and regard for the Union, the
Constitution and welfare of the country,
and that what you would say would he
endorsed by nine-tenths of the whole peo
ple of the South ; hut I should like to have
the signature of all the representative
Southern men here who concur in your
views, and expressions of their concur
rence from the principal officers and rep
resentative men throughout the Soyth,
when they can be procured. This concur
rence of opinions and will, all tending to
peace, order and stability, will assure our
Union soldiers and busiuessraen who want
substantial andsolid peace,and cause them
to rise above the level of party politics
and take such steps to meet yours as will’
unsure, a lasting peace with all its count
less blessings.
Very truly, your friend,
W. S. Rosecrans.
To General R. E. Lee, White Sulphur
Springs, West Virginia.
OENKBAL LEE’S REPLY.
White Sulphur Springs, \
West Virginia, Aug. 20, 18Q8. /
General—l have had the honor to re
ceive your letter of this date, and, in ac
cordance with your suggestion, I have con
ferred with a number of gentlemen from
the South in whose judgment I have con
tided, and who are acquainted with the
public sentiment of their respective States
They have kindly consented to unite with
me in replying to your communication •
their names will be found with my own’
appended to this answer. With this ex
planation wo propose to give to you what
we believe in regard to the sentiments of I
the Southern people in relation to African '
slavery and the right of a State to secede 1
from the Union
We express the almost unanimous iud«--
ment of the Southern people, when w”e !
declare time we consider that these dis- I
puted questions have been decided by the 1
war, and that it is their intention in good i
faith to abide by that decision. I
At the close of tlie war the Southern :
people laid down their arms and sought
to resume their former relations with the
United btates Government. Through
their State Conventions they abolished
slavery and annulled their ordinances of
secession , and they returned to their peace
ful pursuits witli a sincere purpose to ful
fill all their duties under the Constitution
of the United States, which they had sworn
to support.
Whatever opinion may have prevailed
in the past in regaid to African slavery,
or tlie right of a State to secede from the
Union, we believe we express the almost
unanimous judgment of the Southern
people when we declare that they consider
those questions decided by tiie war, and it
is their intention, in good faith, to abide
by that decision.
At the close of the war the Southern
people laid down their arms and sought to
resume former relations to the United
States Government. Through their State
Conventions lliey abolUlied slavery and
annulled their ordinances of secession and
return to peaceful pursuits with a sincere
purpose to fulfill all their duties under the
Constitution of th ■ Uniied States, which
they had sworn to protect.
if their action iu these particulars had
been met in a spirit of iVaukuess aud cor
diality we believe that ere this all the old
irritations would have p issed away and
the wounds inflicted by the war would
have been, in a great measure, healed.
As far as we are advited the people of
tbe South entertain no unfriendly feeling
toward the Government of the United
States, but they co.-nplan that their rights
under the Constitution *re withheld from
them iu the administration thereof. The
idea that the Southern people are hostile
to the negroes and that rtey wouUl oppress
them, if in their power tt>do so, is entirely
unfounded. They hav» grown up in our
midst aud we have beenfaccustomed, from
childhood, to look uporjthem with kind
ness. Tbe change iu t lid relations between
the two races brought to change in our
feeliugs toward them, l’hey still consti
tute an important pari of our laboring pop
ulation. Without tlieirlabor the lands of
the South would be foniparatively unpro
ductive. Without tie employ meat South
ern agriculture adonis, they would he des
titute of means of subsistence, and become
paupers dependent on the public bounty.
Self-interest, even if there were no higher
motive,therefore,-prompts the whites of
tue South to extend t?» the negroes care
and protection. The important fact that
the two races are, umler existing circum
stances, necessary to each oth«r is gradu
ally becoming apparent to both, and we
believe that, but for the influence exerted
to stir up the passions of the negroes, the
relations of the two races would soon ad
just theinseivcs upon a basis of mutual
kindness and advantage.
It is true that tbe jAple of the South,
together with the pe®e of the North aud
West, for obvious rea«us, are opposed to
any system of laws which will place the
political power of the country in the hands
of the negro race. Hut this opposition
springs from no feeling but from a deep
seated conviction that at present the ne
groes have neither the intelligence nor
other qualification* w hich are necessary
to make them safe depositories of politi
cal power. They Would inevitably be
come tbe victims of demagogues, who for
selfish purposes WoufJ mislead them to
the serious injury of the public.
The great want of the South is peace.
The people earnestly desire tranquillity aud
a restoration of the Union. They depre
cate disorder and excitement as most se
rious obstacles to prosperity. They ask a
restoration of their rights under the t'-on
stitutiou, and desire relief from oppressive
misrule. Above ail they would appeal to
their countrymen for the re establishment
in the Southern States of that which is
justly regarded as the birthright of every
American—the right of self-government.
Establish these on a firm basis and we
safely promise, on behalf of the Southern
people, that they will faithfully obey the
Constitution and laws of the United States,
treat the negro with kindness aud hu
manity, and fulfill every duty incumbent
upon peaceful citizens loyal to tbe Consti
tution of the country.
We believe tlie above contains a succinct
reply to the genera! topics embraced in
your letter, and we venture to say, on be
half of the Southern people, and of tlie
officers and soldiers of tin* late Confederate
army, 1 hat they will concur iu all the sen
timents which we have expressed.
Appreciating the patriotic motives which
have prompted your letter, and reciprocat
ing your expressions of kind regard,
We have the honor to be,
Very rwsweetfuliy and truly,
K. r,. I-LK, Vs.
regard, l.
as- - jamL "• rerh e s s ki a
AL! ,a . Ga.
C. M. CGNRAD, La.
LINTON STEPHENS, Gu.
Y T. C'APERTON. W. Va.
JOHN ECHOLS, Va.
F. S. STOCK DALE, Texas.
F. W PICKENS, S. C.
wm. j. Robinson, Vh.
JAS. R. ANDERSON, Va.
W. F. TURNER, W. Va.
C. H. SURER, 8. O.
E. FONTAINE, Va.
JOHN LETCHER, Va.
B. C. Al> VMS, Miss.
W. J. GREEN, N. C.
LEWIS E HARVIE, Va.
P E. DANCKARD, Jh., Va.
W. T. BUTHERLIN, Va.
A. R. JAMES, La.
T. BEAUREGARD, Texas.
M. O. H. NORTON, La.
T. BRANCH, Ga.
H. T. RUSSELL, Ga.
SAM. J. DOUGLAS, Fla.
JEREMIAH MORTON, Va.
JOHN B. BALDWIN, Va.
GEO. W. BOLLING, Va.
THEO. F. CONWAY, Va.
JAS. LYONS, Va.
To General W.S. Rosecrans, Minister to
Mexico, White Sulphur Springs, Va.
HOA. A. H. STEPHENS ON THE SITUATION.
Mr. Stephens held a conversation a few
days since, at the White Sulphur Springs,
with a correspondent of the New York
Herald. We give his most striking re
marks :
“How do you regard the preseut condi
tion of the country, Mr. Stephens?” I
commenced.
“As exceeding deplorable. The last ves
tiges of Constitutional freedom are rapidly
disappearing, and we are fast verging into
centralization and despotism. Unless
some wonderful change takes place—unless
the people of the North exercise that wis
dom for which Americans have been so
remarkable in the past, though they seem
to havelost it latterly—the world shall ere
long witness the establishment of an em
pire on the ruins of this once great repub
lie. The measures inaugurated by the
dominant party are the surest indications
of coming despotism. Without a politi
cal revolution occurs meantime Lire Gov
eminent will be uiorgo-i «ut<r a Ucsjiuiism—
an empire. Jf Grant is elected next No
vember, I flevor expect to see auother
Presidential election.”
“What is your opinion of Grant, per
sonally ?”
“That he is entirely underrated by the
country and the press. 1 know him very
well He is a remarkable man and one
that few appreciate; of decided military
genius, indomitable energy and determin
ed will; just the man for a coup d’etat
such as the present Emperor Louis Napo
leon performed wiieu he placed himself on
the throne of Frauce.”
“Do you know the other candidates:
and what would result from the electiou of
Seymour and Blair?”
“Blair I know; Colfax I know; Sey
mour I don’t know. They are all very
I elever, good fellows, Blair and Colfax I
I served in Congress with, and personally,
I I have no objection to any of them. Blair
is a man of ability, integrity, and charac
ter ; so is Seymour, as far as I know ; and
Colfax may be placed in the same cate
gory. But it is not the men ;it is not
Grant and Colfax, it is not Seymour and
Blair, that are to be regarded in the next
election. It is the principles they repre
sent that are at issue. The fight is not
against Grant and Colfax, but against the
iniquity of the dominant party that lias
brought the country to the verge of ruin
and threatens finally to destroy it.
“How would the Southern people act
with regard to universal suffrage iu the
event of tiie success of Seymour and '
Blair?”
“They would abide by judicial decisions; ]
and there is little doubtthatall this party
legislation to secure power would be over
thrown. Conventions would be called, and
the people would regulate suffrage as best
they thought proper. I believe a system
of qualified suffrage on an educational
basis would be generally adopted in tbe
South iu such an event.” jk,
“I)o you anticipate any Irouble during
tlie Presidential election between the races
in tlie newly-reconstructed ,'tates?”
"No; except when it is provoked hy the
unprincipled whites who have associated
themselves with tlie negroes to get office.
The whites will remain, as lhey have
been, peaceable and quiet, relying mainly
on tlie North for deliverance lio.u the
frightful condition in which they are
placed. The cry of the Radicals, ’Lotus
have peace,’ means let us have war. They
desire it, aud to make political capital in
augurate not and bloodshed, if not thwart
ed by tlie forbearance of tlie whilfts. They
raise the cry that the South wants war.
They lie when they say it. The Southern
people have no means to make war; no
disposition to fight; no enemy to meet.
Peace is all they wish for, and the civil
liberty which as citizens of this Republic
they are entitled to.”
“Would tlie negroes resort to arms in
case they were deprived of suffrage?”
“If they would and did, and fought for
it, they would then certainly be entitled to
it, blit as a body or a people they would
not do it. An occasional iustauce there
might be among them of men who would,
under tlie inspiration and guidance of
whites, clamor for the right of suffrage ;
but so rare as to be scarcely noticeable.
Asa race, a people, they do not appreciate
liberty. It is not in their natures. They
are simply children of tlie sun, witli none
of tlie genuine aspirations of tlie whites
to be free. But if an evidence of what I
say were wanted, I can point to Tennessee,
wliere eighty thousand whites—Anglo-
Saxons—have been disfanchised, and they
do not resort to arms. In Georgia there
are twenty-five thousand, and throughout
the South in tlie same proportion ; but we
hear of no insurrection or rebellion on
this account. Therefore it is clear that
tlie negro will scarcely fight under the
same circumstances, notwithstanding that
it may be said, ‘And the colored troops
fought bravely.’ ”
“ How do you regard the finances of the
country, and are the Southern people in
favor of paying the national debt ?”
“ I am precisely of the same opinion as
Mr. Pendleton on the subject of the finan
ces. His views accord with mine fully.
Deal frankly with the bondholder without
speculating on him, aud without allowing
him to specu ate on the public. Keep
good faitli with public creditors, aud thus
sustain it. But first restore constitutional
freedom, reduce taxation, abolish the
Freedmeu’s Bureau, and all other chan
nels of corruption, aud enfranchise every
white man now disfranchised, and then
you will find public credit good and gold
at par. As to tbe payment of the debt,
with a reduction of the annual expendi
ture from $400,000,000 to $40,000,000, it
would soon be paid, and no people would
lie more anxious to sustain tlie national
honor than would the Southern people.
A noted fact in our history has been that,
however lavish Southerners were in their
personal expenditures, they were always
stingy and economical iu public pecuniary
affairs, aud always jealously guarded their
public honor. Some might attempt to
refute ttiis by saying that Mississippi re
fused to pay her bonds; but lliey were few
who knew the character of the class of
oonds she repudiated, aud the circumstan
ces under which it was done.”
•Have tlie Southern peop.e any desire
to pay the Confederate debt?”
“None that lain aware of. First, be
cause of their inabil ty; and next, because
they have already repudiated it. Two
things that the United States Govern meat
was very foolish iu doing at the close of tlie
war were tlie arrest of Davis and the de
mand that the Confederate debt should be
repudiated. While I do not antic-pate that
it will ever be paid, orauy attempt be made
to jiay it, still, if such be the case, it will
be altogether due to liiut forced amend
ment requiring its repudiation.”
At this juncture Mr. Stepheus remem
bered lie hud an engagement, aud with bis
usual punctuality he left tbe cottage to
keep it, utter wishing me a very good eve
uio K .
NEW ADVE&j NTS.
Livorpool and London and Globo
INSURANCE COMPANY.
CAPITAL O \’KR NBVBNTIvRN MILLION
DOLLAKH, HOLD.
Insures Cotton, Stores, Merciiaatlise, Dwellings, etc., otc.
a pouted agent
1 of the above named popular Company, j, i,re
pared to issue Policies on a- favorable terms as
Luomu of other agencies in this city
■*»’» I o. PLANT, Agent.
FRESH ARRIVALS
AT THE WHITE CORNER.
r-A lillLH NEW CROP 1 KISH POTATOES
'' ’ packages New Crop Mackerel. '
A» half-bids New Crop Trout Fish
£0 liHlf-l,bls New Crop White Fißh ’
50 halt-bids New Crop Blue Fish ’
25 whole hhls Blue Kish,
50 boxes New Crop Cheese,
1 bum*) New Crop Currants,
Murdoch, anew article,
White Beans, Lima Reans, Citron. Basins Al- I
momls, Spices of all kinds, with the largest stock !
of Hu gars, Coffee, 1 lour Bacon, Choice Hams 1
(home Syrup, Extra quality Vinegar torn'
<mr,U in Macon, which" we will selUon as eood
terms as any other house in the city s«oa
SEYMOUR. TINSLEY A CO.
ATTENTION !
All Interested in Cotton.
Having come into full possession
of the extensive Warehouse known as the
routes A Wooifolk Cotton Warehouse, Third
Gi ?” we have P ut the same in R ood
order throughout, and are now preparer! ready
p 7„ a nd. 10 recei , v , e the Consignments of
Planters, .Shippers, and Dealers generally, either
tor storage or sale, pledging our Individual exer-
I ions and best endeavors to please the old patrons
ol Mr. Jonathan Collins, as well as all who
may luvor us. A trial i- all wc ask
We possess unrivalled faciUtie's for illling
1 lanters orders advantageously. °
„ JONATHAN COLLINS & SON.
sopo-tf
JUST ARRIVED,
13 5 COOK ST O V K S .
WITH A LARGE STOCK already on haud, wo
are prepared to sell as low as can be bought
IQ iS side of New York, transportation added.
Call and sec for yourselves, at tlie sign or the
red-hot Stove, No. 12 Third Street, Macon, Ha
se PKBt U. F. A H. E. OLIVER.
Telegraph copy It
BACON ! BACON ! BACON !
QLEAR rib sides and shoulders,
J ust received and for sale by
GEO. T. ROGERS cfc SONS.
LARD AND^FLOUrT
30 TIERCES PRIME LEAF LARD,
«acks and half sacks Family Flour,
J'jd sacks and half-sacks Superline Flour,
1>() sacks Broyle’s Family Flour,
o 0 barrels “Silver Lake’ 5 Flour.
GKO. T. ROGERS A SONS.
TOBACCO.
ISQ HALF BOXES VARIOUS BRANDS
Just received by
GEO. T. ROGERS A SONS.
SUGAR. MOLASSES. SYRUP.
1f|(l BBLS POWERED, CRUSHED A, ExC,
T VA v" and C Sugars,
10 hhds Cuba Molasses,
20 bbls “Bee Hive” Syrup.
For sale by
sepS-ct GEO. T. ROGERS A SONS.
W. A. HUFF,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
CORN, BACON, FLOUR, MEAL,
OATS, WHEAT, SUGAR, COFFEE, SYRUP,
SALT, BAGGING, TIES, TWINE,
ETC., ETC-, ETC.,
CORNER CHERRY AND THIRD STREETS,
(UNI)KH RALSTON’B HALL.)
J\l AC< >IV, GEORG IA.
I HAVE NOW THE LARGEST STOCK OF CORN, BACON, FLOUR, MEAL, BRAN. WHEAT,
1 Oats, Sugar, (Vlfitu*, Syrup, Half, liaggiug, Ties, Twine, etc., etc., that can be lound in Middle
Georgia, coiiHistiiig of the following articles, and for *ale at the prices named :
5,000 sacks Prime White Tenn. Corn, per Inishel $1 15
150,000 }M»un<ls C. M. Bacon Sides, per pound ISi
75,000 pounds Bacon Shoulders, “ “ 15
125 sacks Superfine Flour, per 100 pounds 4 50
250 sacks Extra Flour, “ “ “ 500
800 sacks Family Flour, “ “ “ 000
200 sacks Fancy Flour, “ “ “ 750
500 bushels Fresh Meal, per bushel 1 15
50 bales Best (itinny Bagging, [>er yard 20
Moo bundles “Arrow Ties,” per pound Ui(ci 10
400 bundles Buckle Ties, “ “ . „ 8i(«: 9
5,000 bushels Best (in. and Tenn. Oats, per bushel. . . 90
25,000 pounds Wheat Bran, per pound
50 bands Kx. A, B, and C Sugar, “ “ ... . 16i(2 .18
50 bags Coffee, “ “ 22|($ 28
100 barrels Syrup, per gallon 65 (a\ 25
The above are my wholesale cash prices. In tilling small orders, higher prices are chaiged.
W. A. HUFF.
BIT CREDIT PRICES-
I am now selling Bacon and Corn to all good parties on time as follows:
CORN atfl 2> per hushed, payable l- r >lh November.
BACON C. It Si DUS. I9x cent,, payable IAH> November.
BACON SHOULDERS, cents, payable 15th November.
W. A. HUFF.
WOODRUFF WAGONS
AND
WOODRUFF SINGI^
BUGGIES, DOUBLE BEATED -
I am now prepared to fill any aud alt orders for these celebrated Wagons and Buggies, at New
York cost and exp-uses added. I will sell them on time to all good parties, and wait until ihey ean
get iu Cotton to pay far them.
W. A. HUFF.
angOjl-tf
OUR HOUSE SALOON.
HAVING PURCHASED this well-known Bar.
on Third Htre-t, we invite alt It* old triends
toconiiuue their patronage, and our friends and
t-> *!»• ua a ewil. We will been
nothing but the very beat on hand.
_ „ . T. H HARRIS A CO,
(T. H. Harris formerly of By tog ton’s Hotel.)
sepS-ll*
LATHS & CYPRESS POSTS.
40,000 LATH "-
81)0 Cypress Posts,
Just received and for sale ai Georgia Wood Yard.
KP r >H ~ lt O. A. DUKE.
BI BB SHERIFF 7 !* SALE. ~
Air ILL be sold before the Court House door in
T T the City of Macon, on first Tuesday in Oc
tober next. Hie following property, to wit: Two
lots of lan.l |he City ol Macon, known as lots
r; an ? 1 'led on as the property of Wm. H
, ’ ■ K “‘isl V’ II mortgage ft. fa. in favor of
J. D. Sessions va. Wm. S. Monghou.
JAMES MARTIN, Sheriff.
! AOer this month the Sheriff s Sales of this
I county will lie published in the Macou Telegraph
I sepS-td JAMES MARTIN, Sheriil.
LADIES,
| \\ r E RAVE JUST OPENED a FINE ASSORT
| MENT of
Best English and American Hair Brushes,
Fine Shell, Buffalo, and Horn Dressing Combs, i
A splendid assortment of
Tooth Brnshes,
Ivory and Horn Fine Combs,
Lubin s Extracts, Bell Cologne,
Lubin's, Benbow’s, Low’s, and
Colgate’s Toilet,soaps,
ALSO,
Pomades, Hair Restoratives,
Aud a general slock of Toilet articles.
Call al the Drug Store of
L. W. HUNT & CO.
j *•' Sewing Machine Oil. s«p7-ct
CHEESE.
BOXES STATE CHEESE
<aJ 25 boxes Cream Cheese,
15 boxes English Dairy Cheese,
Just arrived and for sale low, by
J. B. ROSS A SON,
sep7-.it 9Q Cherry street.
STORE TO RENT.
' I’HE STORK lately occupied by H. Horne A Cos.
A as a retail Family Grocery Is for rent. Pos
session given immediately. This is one of the
boat stands in the city for a good family grocery,
and persons needing will do well to apply imme
diately. H. HORNE A GO.,
sep7- ts No. 60 Cherry Street.
DISSOLUTION.
rpHE FIRM OF CURD A LAWRENCE is this
A day dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. L will
continue the business at the old stand (Brown
House), where he will be pleased to see all of his
old customers. All claims against the old Arm
will be settled by
seps-.it GEO. D. LAWRENCE.
Telegraph copy.
“ ARROW TIE.”
mnn BUNGLER of the popular and justly
1' G-' ' celebrated “Arrow Iron Tie” just re
ceived.
Merchants had better supply themselves now
Call at once at
JEWETT A SNIDERS
sepo-St* 01 Second Street.
LUMBER, CYPRESS POST,
Laths and Shingles.
rjIHE SUBSCRIBER HAH ON HAND AND
A receiving every week, a large supply of the
above articles.
_ , J. E. ELLIS,
ang2B-eod2w») Poplar St., bet. sth and Bth.
FIN K
Saddle and Harness Horses.
’ I ’ I * rH P;- r . W ° floe Saddle and Harness Horses
• i I * ave J u s t arrived at Chapman’s Stable, near
l Ti,^ OW , U Nouse, and are now ottered for sale,
n Kentucky, and consist of the
f ’ on ? H le «'«*t celebrated stables.
,£![® pufific are invited to call and examine them,
i .1. 0 l i r ie “! ls the undersigned, who has been
trailing in Georgia for many years, and is well
known, are particularly requested to call.
augSMw ROBERT SIMS.
FOR SALE OR RENT.
A COTTAGE HOUSE ON SOUTH LINE OK
■ Tatnall Square— five rooms, including pan
i try. two servants' rooms, a<ab(e and carriage
; house, good garden, Ac. Possession given Ist
i October.
j AJ-Su, a Cottage House, with aix rooms and two
rooms for Sale, near Die centre of the
augifl-lf] D, W. HAMMOND.
LEGAL NOTICE.
In Chambers, i
Macon, September 4, 1868 f
’I'HK LEGISLATURE of Georgia having panned
tl »‘isthof February, 1-66, aulUoria-
Hlati u. 01 , V be Superior Courts of this
state to hold special terms for the trial of crim
inals only, at the discretion of tlie Judge aud to
t !“;,, illN,Udalie ‘' of Grand and Petit Ju
- “ho the present Legislature having passed
of , ' orl T lnK nle t" require the alteiidanie
lilr? “** *“ “ ,e tr, ‘* l ‘>« criminal cases, the
a t May Term last; and it -being
U L USi hat llier *' are forty-five pris
oners in juil Charged with various offenses, and
to be tried by the Superior Court: Now as an act
of humanity to the prisoners so confined, aud to
( the county of a heavy expense, as far as I
Court or r m ' a M , pfc< ' lal Term of the Superior
i County, to be held on the second
nn inYui September, instant, and to continue
Ili-lnn. n mii , y txi brou « 1 »t before it are
1 bere, “- v require alt the Jurors,
Urand an t Petit, drawn at May term last lo Ire
al ll j e <? <>nrt House bn said day, at 10
Mhertff V 4 un ™ 1 f o. rU ‘ er require and direct the
V s D * puUes to notify tlie Jurors per
tonally ol this oroer.
«f T .a. nJ£rt WU, 1 e ? ter U,iH ord er on the minutes
Tri,,r . rt ' and have tiie same published iu the
“m' Journal ar.d Messenger till the
meeting of Court. OAKLET! >N B. COLE,
a * Judge 8. C. Al! O.
~;V true extract Irom the minutes of Bibb Supe
rior Court. Mept.Sth, tftos. A. B ROS.-
8i ‘ p7 ' 7t D. Clerk.
WHITE LEAD.
pURE ENGLISH, BRIDGEWATER XX, pure,
’’White Swan,” “Central City” Leads. The last
two our own brands.
For sale for cash only, by
MASBENBURG, SON & HARRIS.
OILS.
piNSEED, BOILED AND RAW, LARD, pure
Sperm, No. 1 Sperm, Whale, Coal, No. 1 Machi
nery, Tanner’s, Noatsfoot, Paraffine Machinery,
Turpentine.
Prices moderate. Terms cash.
M ASHEN BURG, SON & HARRIS.
PAINTS.
■piRE-PROOF, DRY. TIEMANN’S COLORS,
dry and In oil, Bridgewater Colors, in oil,'Chinese
and American VornUiion.
| Cash, or no trade, at the Drug store of
MASSENBURG, SON A HARRIS,
lespideza striata,
OR
georgia clover.
AT GREAT EXPENSE X have procured the
genuine seed of above, which has suddenly
made Its appearance in our State. Lend a helif
ing baud to Nature in this great effort to redeem
your waste places.
Information and seed furnished by
TH EO. W. ELLIS, Druggist.
N. B.—Onion Sets, Cabbage, Turnip Pea lad
tnceHtaddlsh, and Flower Seed ; also ’Hyacinth
and Hyacinth glasses can be furnished.
WANTED—To buy Georgia Collard Seed,
sepj-tl