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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