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| Hon. Win. Gibson, President Senate; Hon
Thos. Hardeman, jr., Speaker of House of
Representatives; Milledgcvillc, Ga.
SENATE.
The Senate met at 10 o'clock a. m
The resolution instructing the Judiciary
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
[Reported for the Journal and Messenger.]
HOUSE—AFTERNOON SESSION.
Mili.edoeville, Feb. 14. I860.
Bill to alter and amend the Charter of the Mr®. P. J’J."™ 1 -
City of Atlanta. Passed. providing for a recess
Bill to incorporate the Atlanta Canal and \ ^ Thornt on, a resohition authorizing the
Governor to appoint ono or more competent
persons to aid the lion. David Irwin in re-
1350 of the code.
after the 20th in
Waterworks. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the North-western Min
ing Company. Passed.
Bill to incorporate tho Georgia Manufac
turing and Paper Company. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Dawson Manufac-1 Passed,
Passed.
vising the code.
Bill to amend Section
turing Company. Passed. I House bill to amend the charter of the
Bill to incorporate the Georgia Petroleum Oglethorpe Insurance Company of bavannau.
and Mining Company. Passed. Passed. . , r ,,
Bill to incorporate the Vulcan and Coal House bill to regulate the charges of the
Manufacturing Company. Passed. several railroads of this State. Made me
House adjourned till 9 o'clock to-morrow special order for Monday next
morning. House bill to authorize the payment of cer-
sEXATE—fed. 15. tain claims against the Western and Atlantic
Tho Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m.; Prayer Railroad. Lost
by Rev. Mr. Yarborough. nocsE bili.s on third reading.
The bill to legalize mnrriages of first cou- jjjjj to relieve from jury duty persons above
sins was received. sixty years of age. Passed.
Mr. Thornton introduced the following: jjjji f or t h e relief of Isaac Hardeman, of
Whereas, the people of Georgia have qui- j ones county. Passed,
etly and peacefully acquiesced in the results Bill fo perfect service against Express Com- a«ce
of tho late revolution, and have with entire I Passed.
unanimity by their Conventional acts, and by! 1 jjjjj to allow the redemption of lands sold
their Legislative proceedings, demonstrated within the last six years for taxes. Passed,
their willingness to adopt nny and all mcas- It a j, ows no n-residcnts whose lands have been
Bros demanded or intimated by the National go pj <j ar j n g the war for taxes to redeem such
authority that were necessary or proper to ]aJ1( j s paying taxes at the rate such lands
establish justice, to form a more perfect union, wcrc taxed in 1800, and 10 per cent, addi-
and to ensure domestic tranquility ; and tional< if redeemed within eighteen months,
whereas, notwithstanding all these nets of Senate resolution authorizing the Governor
amity, obedience and fraternity, qur towns. to ap p 0 i nt a Commissioner to select a site for
cities and villages arc now being garrisoned Lj, c penitentiary. T “ : ' 1 “** #n,1, e for the
by United States colored troops, thus placing I J)r03 * en t
our former slaves with arms m their hands, 1 y Ir Thornton introduced a bill to add an
to arrest, fine and imprison, and lord it over a( jditional clause to section 2531 of the Code,
their former owners, and, as a necessary re- jj )C ,jj„ f or t j l0 p !ir don of L. Cox was
suit of recent emancipation and sclf-aggran- utmn i moU9 iy passed.
dizement, to maltreat pur citizens and insult After rca< iing bills the second time, and
their wives and daughters; and whereas, I jj onso bills the first time, the Senate ad-
such conduct will inevitably tend to irritate : ournec ]_
and inflame the public mind and produce l J
Prayer
HOUSE.
Tho House met at 9 o’clock, a. in,
by the chaplain.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. Womblo, of Upson, a resolution that
on and after the 17tli instant, no member will
missoncr.
The resolutions were taken up and agreed
to, and transmitted to the House.
NEW MATTER.
Mr. J. A. W. Johnson from the Joint Com-1
scenes of disorder, violence and bloods lied;
and whereas, if garrisons are deemed neces-
aarv, no such results would ensue by plscing
white troops under competent officers.
Therefore, be It Resolved by the General
Assembly, that His Excellency, the Governor,
lie instructed to immediately send a Coni-
misioncr to Washington City to properly I be allowed to speak oftener than twice on the
represent tho above facts, and to urge with 9ftme subject, nor longer than 10 minutes, ex-
al) his power upon the President, the Secre- CC pt on the tax bill.
taryof War and General Grant, the justice, Kibbee, of Pulaski, a resolution toap
wisdom and propriety of removing the col- point a committee to examine the State Li-
ored troops. brary.
Be it further Resolved, that this General j fAlso, n bill to alter and amend section 648
Assembly provide tho means to defray the 0 f t|,c Code.
expenses and pay the services of such Com- Mr. Russell, of Muscogee, a bill to incorpo-
rato t j lft (j 0 himbu8 Manufacturing Company.
Mr. French, of Schley, a resolution that on
nnd after the 21st instant, no new matter shall
be introduced.
Mr. Baynes, of Jasper, a bill to change the
mittce appointed to report a bill to provide I l* ne between Putnam and Jasper. _
for the establishment of an Orphan's Home, I Mr. Dart, of Clynn, a bill to incorporate
reported n bill for that purpose. The bill the Brunswick and Altamalia Company,
proposes to establish at or near the city of Mr. Morris, of Franklin, a resolution re-
Atlanta, such a home—the orphans of dc- questing the Comptroller General^to furnish
ceased soldiers to have the preference. the Legislature all the information in his pos-
Mr. Black,a resolution that the Judiciary I session ns to the amounts of money’ loaned by
Committee lie instructed to inquire into the banks to the State, when and for wliat
expedience of establishing the value of notes, purpose. ,
bills, etc., during the late war, and report by Mr. Peeples, of Lcrnen, a resolution that
bill or otherwise. tbc Legiskiture adjourn on the 2d proximo.
Mr. Owens, a bill to givcccrtain powers to bills ox passage.
•the City Judgo of Savannah. Mr. Brown of Early, a bill to allow Joseph
Mr. C. II. Smith, a bill to incorporate the U Kirkland to peddle without license in ccr-
ftonic Gas Company. I min counties.
Also a resolution to provide for raising a Mr. Kibble's resolution relative totlicap-
commission to fix a site for the State Pen- ^ointment ot a committee to examine the
itentiarv. ... I State Library was passed.
Mr. W ilcox, a bill to repeal section 4435 of Morris’ resolution in reference to money
tho Code. I joaned by the banks was passed.
hills on third readino. I Mr. Adams, of Clarke introduced a resolu-
BiJ) to reduce the sheriff bonds of Bald- tion to require banks to make a return of
win, Hancock, nnd other counties. Passed. | their business operations. Adopted.
Bill to extend the corporate limits of the
city of Rome. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Oostannula Steam
boat Company. Passed.
Bill in relation to the city council of Au
gusta. Passed.
Bill to require license for the distillation of
of striritous liquors. ^Lost.
Bill to incorporate the Mining, Manufac
turing, and Improvement Company. Passed.
Mr. Owen submitted a report adverse to
bill to change the chnrtcr of Railroads, with I Wilcox. Passed.
Resolution in reference to the Deaf nnd
Dumb Asylum was adopted.
Bill to abolish the olfice of Adjutant nnd
Inspector General. Passed.
Bill to alter the line between Newton and
Jasper counties. Lost.
Bill to relieve certain counties overrun by
the enemy. Lost.
Bill to authorize an extra tax in tho county
of Clark. Passed.
Bill to change the line between Pulaski and
reference to charges.
HOUSE.
Tin* House met at 9 o’clock: Prayer by the
Chaplain.
On motion of Mr. Brown, of Houston,
Bill to place the county of Scriven in 5th
Congressional District. Passed.
Bill to change the line between Pulaski
and Dooly. Passed.
Bill to revise the Military Code of Georgia.
much of the journal of vesterdav, as relates , . ,. .
to the requiring Solicitors to have lived declaratory of the law t uc _ s,
twelvemonths fn their Judicial Circuit i, e . contracts, liens and obligations madonml
fore being eligible to office, was reconsidered entered into prior to 1st June, Mo, when
- 1 the credit given was based in whole or in
and passed.
BILLS ON THIRD READING.
Bill to authorize Inferior Courts to fill vn
part upon slave property, and to prevent the
collection of the same, except in the ratio
which the value of all property other than
cancics in Boards of'Trustees and in privateL, ave l)ore the value of 1 slave property.
corporations. Passed.
Bill to declare Olivia K. Wallace adopted
child of Stephen B. Jones. Passed.
Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
Bill to reduce the number of members o.
Lost.
um« in a*, tiuiio. j aasL’u. I tllO I C^islatlirC Lost
Bill making it penal for Railroads to charge B -jJ £ rcpea , paragraph 183 of title 4, chap,
more for freights than allowed by charter.— lgt of the j^de. Passed.
Passed. | . submit the question of the abolition
Bill to regulate the bonds of Sheriffs of f , £ , )cuitcnt i arv to the voters of the State.
Clay and other counties. Lost. p , 1
Bill for the relief Asa C. Jackson, of Mor
gan county. Lost
Bill to authorize Ordinaries of the State I re fc^‘ t o’Inebriates,
to administer oaths. Lpsf.
Bill to legalize certain unlawful marriages
in this State. Passed.
Bill for the relief of Lester Narhan, Thos.
Hollis, nnd Daniel Dyer, of. Upson county.—
Referred.
Bill to authorize the issue of Suite bonds,
made the order For Tuesday next.
Bill to incorporate the Muscogee Insurance
aud Industrial Association. Passed.
Leave of absence ware granted Messrs. Pot
tle, of Warren, Holliday, of Stewart, Weaver,
of Clay. •
House adjourned till 3 o'clock, p. ra.
Pflsscdt a
Bill to nbolisli the penitentiary. Lost.
Bill to alter nnd amend section 1397. It
Referred to Committee
on Lunatic Asylum.
Bill to change the time of holding Superior
Courts of Lee county. Passed.
Adjourned till 3 o’clock p. m
HOUSE.
The House met at 10 o’clock, A. M.
The action of the House yesterday on the
bill to incorporate tho Kennesaw Mining Com
pany.
Mr. Ridley, of Troup, introduced a resolu
tion that no new matter after the 19th instant
be entertained by the House. r
The special order of the day—the bill from
the Finance Committee to provide by taxes
for the support of the government of the
State for the year 1866—was taken up by sec
tions. The whole morning was occupied on
the bill without arriving at a vote.
The House adjourned.
More Awful than the Judgement.
A celebrated preacher of the seventeenth
century, in a sermon to a crowded audience,
described the terrors of the last judgement
with such eloquence, pathos nnd force ot ac
tion, that some of his andience not only burst
into tears, but sent forth piercing cncs, ns if
the Judge himself had been present, and was
about to pass upon them their final sentence.
In the heigth of this excitement the preacher
called upon them to dry their tears and cease
their cries, as he was about to add something
still more awful and astonishing than any
thing he had yet brought before them. Si
lence being obtained, lie, with an agitated
countenance nnd sclernn voice, addressed
them thus: “In one quarter of an liour from
this time tho emotions whicli you have just
now exhibited will be stifled; the remember-
of the fearful thruths which excited
them will vanish; you will return to your
carnal occupations or sinful pleasures with
J our usual avidity, and you will treat all you
avcheard ‘as a tale that is told'.’”—8. 8.
Timet.
From the New York Times.
The President and the Frccdtncii
Mii.ledgevii.le, Feb. 16, 1866.
The House met at 8 o'clock.
senate bills oNTinno reading.
Bill to incorporate the Georgia and Aln-
{Reported SjidOally for the Macon Telegraph.]
MfI.T.ET>GEVILLE, Feh. 16,1866.
On yesterday the following letter was read
to the Hoiiso of Representatives :
Aegi sta, Ga., February 5, 1805.
Gentlemen : l have the honor to acknowl
edge the receipt of yours of the 1st instant,
bama Mining nnd Manufacturing Company,
Bill to chnngo tlm line between Lee nnd
Terrell counties. Passed.
Bill to change the line lie tween Terrell and
Wilcox counties. Passed.
Bill incorporating the Chattahoochee
Mining Company. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the North Georgia
Mining and Manufacturing Company.
Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Kcnesaw Mining
rciiuc-ting me in accordance with a resolution "'ll to incorporate u.u n.enc»
adopted at an adjourned meeting of the Sen- °* Gc0 1 rs t \*’ f
ate and House of Representatives, to address Bill to amend the charter of
ate
the General Assembly on the present condi
tion of the country.
Mv engagements render it impossible for
me to comply with your request for the pre
sent. Pcrlinjw it may l*c practicable before
the session closes.
In this connection I must express my grate
ful acknowledgements to the General Assem
bly, for the honor of my election to the U.
S. Senate. I did not expect nor desire the
position: and I sincerely wish the choice
liad fallen on some other more worthy and
capable. But the fact'that it was unsought
entrances my appreciation of the compliment.
For more than twenty years I have been an
active participant in the politics ot the coun
try; during that time I have frequently been
trusted with distinguished official positions.
Tho people have honored me beyond my
deserts; but though conscious of having
served them feebly, yet I have served them
laithfullv nnd honestly. After a career so
protracted and so foil of vicissitude, embra
cing as it docs the yearsof war through which
we have just passed, it is deeply gratifying to
know that I still enjoy the confidence of the
people of Georgia. If this paragraph seems
to bo egotistical forgive me. The occasion
justifies me in giving expression to the emo
tion of my heart, not to glorify myself, but
to make a suitable acknowledgment of the
generosity of roy fellow citizens.
. I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Hkiisciikl V. Johnson.
Smithvill
Lee county. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the New Era Manu
facturing and Mining Company. Passed.
Bill to incorporate EHijay Mining Compa
ny. Passed.
Bill to incorporate Atlanta Mining and
Bolling Mill. Passed.
Bill to amend the Act incorporating the
Brunswick Improving Company. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Bucks Manufactur
ing Company of Schley county. Passed.
Bill to incorporate the Southern Joining
Company. Passed.
Bill to incorporate Grand Bay Manufac
turing Company ot Bcfrin county. Passed.
Adjourned till to-morrow morning
o’clock,
SENATE—FEB. 17.
The Senate met at 9 o'clock, A. M.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Yarborough of the
Methodist church.
Mr. Thornton moved the reconsideration
of the action on yesterday in the rejection of
a hill to allow certain claims against the W.
Si A. It It, to l>e audited. The motion pre
vailed.
On the call of the roll no new matter was
introduced.
Tho special order for the day—a bill to re
lieve from personal liability the stockholders
of the several Iranks of this State.
Mr. Bowen opposed the bill in a speech of
considerable length.
He was followed by Mr. Gibson on the op
positc side.
The Senate then adjonracd.
The deputation of negro representatives
who waited on the President the other day
seem to have been altogether disappointed at
the result of their interview. They an
nounced their intention to addressing the
Executive on the subject ol their political
disabilities. Tho President, in his usual oc-
commodating way, appointed an hour to re
ceive tl\pm. Two of tnc most distinguished
colored men of the United States, Messrs.
Downing and Douglass, had the opportunity
of stating the case of their clients before the
President made his reply. That reply was a
simple matter-of-fact statement of the diffi
culties and dangers which lie in the path of
immediate and universal enfranchisement by
Federal legislation. It was a kind and con
soling answer to an appeal, which, if not
wise or timely, was at least not unnatural.
That answer once given, an ordinary depu
tation would have w ithdrawn. This deputa
tion, however, apparently came, not to memo
rialize but to debate; not to make a repre
sentation of what they conceived to be their
rights, but to enter upon arguments which
should convince the Head of the nation that
he was altogether wrong and that they were
altogether right. The President intimated
with becoming gentleness that his duty was
done in giving a candid and carefully consid
ered answer to their appeal, and ultimately
the colored deputation withdrew, without
being able to force him into a promiscuous
argument on the virtues and the aspirations
of tho colored race. No one will be surpris
ed, then, to find that the argument to which
the President's duties did not permit him to
listen are now presented in a supplementary
address, which bears the signatures of ail
the President’s colored visitors.
There is nothing novel in this formal ar
raignment ot the Executive policy. Least of
nil is there nny undue modesty in the tone in
which the President is addressed. 'While de
manding an immediate and universal enfran
chisement for their kindred, these negro rep
resentatives not only overlook the vastness
and the almost miraculous suddenness of
their release from serfdom, but they forget
(together, in their self-appreciation, that
they are to-day a community for whose pro
tection a National Commission of Charities,
if not of Corrections, has been established.—
Declared by their profcssonnl champions to
be the “wards of tuc nation,” they are the re
cipients of eleemosynary aid, not as individ
ual paupers of the superior race receive
charity, but as a separate community, having
special and ]>eculiar claims. The mainten
ance of a Frecdmcn’s Bureau, admitted by
all thoughtful men not blinded by partisan
ship to Ins a necessity for the timo at least, is
justified only upon the principle that the race
of recently emancipated slaves is in a trans
ition state; that their new social and indus
trial status lias not yet been assured; that,
practically, in all but exceptional cases they
arc sociafaliens for the time by the very act
ot their emancipation, and that tho terrible
disabilities which this social alienation entails
—even if it is but temporary—entitle them to
the eleemosynary aid whicli the liberality of
Congress lias provided.
The very existence of the Freedmcn’s Bu
reau implies that the: condition of the negro,
in his present transition state, is at best that
of a minor ; nnd yet, those who most loudly
proclaim the responsibilily of the nation for
the protection of Its: “wards” at the South
are those who urge with most offensive and
indecent haste that these “wards,” helpless,
ignorant, and too generally debased as they
have been under tile crashing heel of enforced
servitude, shall he i nested with all the priv-
legcs and immunities of citizenship. To the
teachings of such ttidita/rt friends the dep
utation of colored persons who now come
forward to arraign the President naturally
look for justification of their unseemly con
duct. The President tells them, in frank and
kindly terms, that they have prejudices to
conquer, which would only become alto
gether insurmountable by any attempt to re
move their political disabilities by Federal
legislation. Uc paints out to them, that in
the days of their bondage they cherished a
feeling’ approaching to contempt for every
white resilient of the SAuth who was. not a
slave owner, and who was consequently not
naturally a disunionist. He suggests to them
tliat the remembrance of this feeling has nor
died out among the poor white laboringclass
of the South. The President, in i'uort, denis
with facts, and speaks from experience. Ad
mitting that much of the existing prejudice
may be unreasonable, lie looks to tbe healing
influence of time, and to the dispersion of
the negroes over wider extent of territory,
instead of to legislative specifics, for tbcarac
lioration of the nice, and tor the determina
tion of the social and political status it shall
hereafter hold.
Wc see from the tcnijicrof the negro depu-
ration's formal replication to the President,J
how little these teachers of the colored peo- ’
pic have themselves been made the subjects
of discipline. They have no argument to
present ngainst the judicious nnd conciliatory
counsel ot the President but such as is drawn
from a selfish and arrogant estimate of their
own importance i n the body politic. They
have not even the irst expression of gratitude
for the vast sacrifices which their emancipa
tion lias entailed ca present and future genera
tions of Northern freemen. They see nothing
in the President policy for which to , make
acknowledgment And they are perfectly in
different whether the States ot the South
should be restored to the National Union or
not—provided only universal and instant ne-
n gro enfranchisement is mnde part of the or
ganic law of the li.nd. The President judges
THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA
In this city, says tho Kansas City (Mo.)
Journal, there is perhaps tho oldest inlmbi- fubthkk
tant now living in America—Mr. Jones Pcn-
no, a native of Lower Canada. The follow-
lowing account of him is given by liimsolf nnd
by those who have known him for the last
forty years. He was a man at the time Cana
da was invaded by General Montgomery, in
1775, but he docs not remember his age at
that date; says that he was in the woods
splitting rails when the news came of the ad
vance of Slontgomery upon Quebec. At the
close of the American Revolution ho left Ca
nada and settled in the then Louisiana Terri
tory, west of the Mississippi, from which
time lie was almost continuously, for some
fifty years, in the employment ^of various fur
companies as trapper in the mountain regions
of the west During this time he was at the
battle of New Orleans, under General Jack-
son, aud states that then (1815) he was very
greyheaded.
About thirty-five years ago he hired as a
trapper to tho late Major Dripps, a well-
known mountain trader—the father-in-law of
Wm. Mnlkcy, with whom the old man now
resides. His services for Major Dripps con
tinued until some seventeen years ago, since
which time he has not attempted to hunt.—
The history of his long life in the mountains
is replete with strange and startling incidents
of hair-breadth escapes from Indians and
wild beasts, of starvation and suffering in the
mountain snows, and other scenes peculiar to
the life of the trapper. He is nearly the last
of the old stock of trappers. Bent, Carson,
Bridgor, &c., are but boys to him, and he will
scarcely permit to them the appellation of
“mountain nicn.” For the last fifteen years,
since he became too old to hunt, he has been
kindly cared for by the daughter of Major
Dripp3 and her husband, who have furnished
him a comfortable house, and have bis
meals regularly sent to him. The old mail
i9 in excellent health and always cheerful
and happv—never was sick n dayjin his life,
attends church (Catholic) with great regular
ity, and takes much interest in what is going
on. Ilis second childhood is happy and re
freshingly innocent. Last summer lie went
with his family to see the cars running on
the railroad, a sight he had never before wit
nessed. After looking on for a while won-
deringly,hc remarked, “I will tell God I
have seen a railroad.” From all the facts
which can be adduced from those who have
long known him, and from his own recollec
tion of events during his life, he cannot be
less than one hundred and twenty years
old.
Our own acquaintance with him extends
back fifteen years, during which time he does
not seem to hare grown perceptibly older.—
We still see him every summer at work in
his little flower and vegetable garden, and
from his appearance no stranger would guess
him to be within forty years of bis actual
age.
Methodist Worthies.
In a recently published history of Meth
odism in the Isle of Wight, by John B. Dyson,
several interesting particulars are given of
David Sanders, the Shepard of Salisbury
Plain, whose history, by Hannab More, ha’s
been read by so many with delight and profit;
and also of Elisabeth Wallbridgc, the Dairy
man’s Daughter. Both of these ’ were emi
nent members of the Wesleyan body; t hough
it has always been an unaccountable circtun-
stauce that a person of the reputed piety and
liberality of Leigh Richmond,could write the
history of the latter, without alluding to her
being a Methodist. An amusing incident is
told by Mr. Dyson in fins volume, which
illustrates the bigotry of some types of piety.
A clergyman frpm a distance, while visiting
the grave of the Dairyman's Daughter, was
lavish in his eulogies* of the piety of her
whose sacred dust was sleeping in that hum
ble grave. He was also observed to gather
some flowers from her grave, and deposit
them carefully in his pocket, A gentleman
who was present, asked if he knew that she
was converted among the Methodists,and liv
ed and died a member of that Christian com
munion ? The clergyman listened in blank
astonishment, and as’lie turned away in dis
gust, was observed to drop the flowers lie had
gathered. The charm was broken. “Master,
wc saw one casting out devils in thy name,
and we forbade him, because he followed not
How many there are whom bigotry
and jealousy blind to all excellency in those
ho differ from them!
DETAILS—ACTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL.
From tbs Inquirtr, of tbe Hth.
The Affair of Monday Evening.—It np-
E cars that the negro soldier shot by young
indsey was not killed, as was reported Mon
day night, but was only wounded in the arm
and hand.
The most deplorable event of the evening
was the severe wounding of Major J. H. War
ner, one of our best and most respected citi
zens.- He was shot in the leg, while passing
the barracks of the troops, and it was found
necessary to amputate tho limb. This was
done by skillful sfirgeons, and it is hoped
that Major Warner’s sufferings will be as light
as possible from such a wound. He was not
engaged in tho conflict in any way, but was
quietly walking along the street when he was
shot from the barracks by the enraged sol
diery.
It is said that one or two officers of the gar
rison, wfio had just arrived from the cast that
evening, returned in the same direction yes-
torday morning. What report of tho affair
they may cany to higher officers, or what re
commendations they may have to make con
cerning the future garrison of this city, is not
known. It is to be hoped that they were
made acquainted with the repeated instances
in which the troops have insulted unoffend
ing citizens, some of them ladies, and the in
dignities to which several of our people have
been causelessly subjected since their advent.
We did not see any of the troops on the
streets yesterday; the presumption is that
they were kept within their barracks by their
officers. There was still considerable excite
ment among our citizens; but, though all
felt outraged by the conduct of the troops,
no one entertained a thought of resisting the
authority of the Government. They felt that
the conflict grew out of personal misconduct,
which could not be approved by white offi
cers or by those in high authority.
It will be seen by the published proceed
ings of the City Council, that that body, at
its meeting held an hour or two after the con
flict, appointed a committee to investigate the
facts of the case and to lay them before the
proper officers. This committee contains two
of the leading Union men of tho State—one
of them ex-Prov. Gov. Johnson. No one can
doubt that the facts will be impartially and
truthfully reported by them, and we believe
that they will find the circumstances su:h as
to warrant them in earnestly requesting the
substitution of white for colored troops as
the garrison for this city.
From the Sun, 14th.
More of the Disturbance.—The negro
soldier shot on Monday afternoon did not
die, as was reported. He was struck three
times in the arm, not once in tho body: and
on yesterday, wc arc told, he was getting
along well. Mr. Lindsey was captured be
yond the Opelika depot by a squad of negro
soidiers. Civil officers tell us that the squad j
were prevented from killing him by the exer
tions of a corporal. This same squad threat
ened to kill the Marshal and his Deputy.—
The negro soldiers carried Mr. L. as far as
Duran’s corner, where some allege he was
taken by citizens from them. We, however,
heard Lieut. Mulligan. U. S. A., who had ar
rived on the Mac m train that afternoon,
morn than once assert that, after he had ob
tained from Mr. L. his name, he released him
nnd told him to go on about his business and
he did so. Wc are confident that Mr. L. will
appear ns soon as a fair hearing can be ob
tained. He bore quietly for some time from
the negro soldier wiiat he never would from
a white man.
Mr. Sol. Crew, who, without cause, was
knocked down by a musket in a negro sol
dier’s hands, though seriously bruised, is not
dangerously hurt.
Alter the confusion had all subsided. Major
Warner started up the street with Mr. D.
Adams, home. Major Warner dreamed not
of danger. When the two arrived at Grant’s
corner three or four guns were fired at them
from the windows of the negro soldiers’ liar-
racks in Banks' building. One ball shattered
the Major’s right knee, and he instantly fell.
As Mr. Adams moved off to get assistance,
several shots weronred at him. Procuring the
assistance of a gentleman, Mr. Adams carried
the Major to tho Ilorbach House, where, as
we stated yesterday, his leg was amputated
above the knee. Yesterday he was doing
well. The negroes fired upon all who passed
by the barracks. They shot at Mr. Mott nnd
made him huny away, and cursed bitterly a
lady and gentleman passing on their way
home and called out, “kill them!” “kill
them!” hut did not fire. They acted ns if
they were drunk. No provocation for this
firing from the barrack windows was given.
Major Warner was one of our most orderly
and esteemed citizens and the community
deeply sympathizes with his sufferings.
Yesterday the negro soldiers wcrc con
fined to the barracks, and our citizens, hut
more especially our ladies, escaped insult, the
most outrageous and glaring
As Mr. Rutherford did nothing, no attempt
was made to capture him, or, if it was done
it proved abortive.
Tho following exquisite little gem, originally
appearing in “Tho Pacificator." a Catholic jour
nal, is from the pen of James R. Randall, Esq.:
The Saviour, bowed beneath his cross,
Clomb up the dreary hill,
And from the agonising wreath
Ran many a crimson rill;
The brawny Roman thrust him on
With unrelenting hand—
Till, staggering slowly mid the crowd,
He tell upon the sand. „
A little bird that warbled near,
That immemorial day,
Flitted around and strove to wrench
One single thorn away;
The cruel spike impaled bis breast,
And thus ’tis sweetly said,
The Robin has his silver vest
Incarnadined with red.
Ah! Jesu! Jesu! Son of Man!
My dolor and my sighs
Reveal the lessons taught by this
Winged Ishmael of the skies.
I, in tho palace of delight,
Or caverns of despair,
Have plucked no thorns from Thy dear brow,
But planted thousands there!
HOME AND FRIENDS.
Oh! there’s a power to make each hour
As sweet as Heaven designed it;
Nor need we roam to bring it home,
Though few there be that find it.
We seek too high for things close by
And lose what nature found us,
And life hath hero no charms so dear
As homo and friends around us.
We oft destroy the present joy
For future hopes and praise them ;
Whilst flowers as sweet bloom at our feet,
If we’d but stoop to raise them!
For things afar still sweeter are
When youth's bright spell hath bound us ;
But soon we’e taught that earth hath nought
Like homes and friends around us.
The friends that speed in time of need,
When hope’s last reed is shaken,
They show us still that come what will,
We are not quite forsaken.
Though all were night, if but the light
From friendship’s altar crowned us,
’Twould prove the bliss of earth was this—
Our home and friends around us.
MITCHELL & SMITHS
OFFER FOR SALE, AT .LOW RATES,
COTTON YARNS, PRINTS,
HOSIERY,
FAMILY SOAP, CANDLES,
COPPERAS,
ARROW ROOT,. GROUND PEAS,
FIELD PEAS,
SOLE, HARNESS AND KIP LEATHER.
ALSO,
Fifteen Cases Men’s Boot* nnd Shoes and
Women’s Gaiters,
Which will be sold VERY LOW, to close
a consignment. febll-3m
RENT’S EAST INDIA coSST
1 EQUAL TO JAVA!
HALF THE PRICE’ (iL
Groes Twice as Far Wl
Recommended and p se d bv m. ■
CLERGYMEN, PHYSICIANS and Prof"’ I
tathe^world 6 !^’ “-tandbfe;
FOR SALE BY ALL GROCEjg IN THE X 0 J
The Southern Trade, to which it u .
adapted, supplied through the New YnS? 1
Wholesale Grocers, or dfrcct from The V 1
toiy,
E®*Readej5!iStreet«^
INTEW yor,h: ii
RICHARD D4VIE5, IW 1
And General Wholesale Dealer in Tm» r YI
dec9-3m 1Q
NOTICE. ^ |
W ANTED to purchase, Game of all ki n j. fl
so Butter, Eggs, Fowls, Fresh F& I
good Cured Hams, Country Sausage. Wo 1
the highest market price. wf VJ
8. A. PORTER I
Cherry Street, between 2d and 341
fcbl-3m
METALI0 COFFINS,
Oar pets arid Ru»J
For sale by FEAB8, LAWTON & C6 1
over A P. G. Harris’ Chero J|
feb9-3m
Culloden High Schoo
T HE subscriber begs leave to inform his frkj
and the public, that he will open the si
institution on the 15th January; and he solid
liberal patronage. Tuition per year on par
For Primary Class
For Second Class
For Classics
dec29-dlaw5w» W. A. MELSOX'l
L OST.—My certificate for forty shares in the
“Castle Rock Coal Company,’’ No. 50. The
findcrwill be rewarded by sending same to me at
Savannah, or to R. C. Robson, President, Atlanta,
Ga. SARAH C. LAW.
jan23-4tlaw.
Two Agricultural Papers for $2,50,
CARIIART, WHITFORD & CO.
MANUFATUKERS AND WHOLESALE DEALERS |
READY-MADE CTOTHING,
331 333 Broadway, Comer Worth St., ft
T. F. CABHAKT, HENItr SHAFER,
WM* H. WHlTFOJlD, j, WAGE
A. T. HAMILTON'.
t5T Office of Payan & Carhart In liquidation. I
norl4-eodfim
CON'DICT, SHERMAN A OO.,
New York.
D. JENNIN3 & (|
Charleston.
W. M. TIINNO &, CO,
Commission Merchant
NO. 6 STODDARD’S RANGE,
SAVANNAH, CA.
W. M. Tunno, 1
S. H. Counter, >
D. Jennings, j
Reference in Macon,
jon!7-6tw*
L C. PLAii
An Affair on John’s Island.
Under this heading the Charleston Courier
gives a long account of a rather singular af
fair which recently took place on John’s Island
near that city, and in which “four gentlemen
from Pennsylvania” experienced some of the
difficulties and dangers of invading the soil
sacred to the South Carolina frcedmen.
Tho Pennsylvanians went to Charleston, it
seems, for tho purpose oi investing their snr-
plus greenbacks in cotton lands. Gen. Sickles
gave them permission to visit all the island
near tho city and placed a United States
steam transport at their service for the pur
pose. The voyagers made their first landing
on John's Island, which, it would seem, is
inhabited exclusively by a large number of
the component elements of what was former
ly known ns our peculiar institution—in short,
not to put too fine a point upon it, by ne
groes. Bnt no sooner had they approached
ono of the settlements of the island than they
were surrounded by a crowd of the colored in
habitants, armed with ninskets, rifles, pistols,
bayonets on sticks, scythes, axes, pitch-
forks, etc., and threatened with death in its
most horrid shape, the threats being uttered
in language both loud nnd profane. Only two
or three of the contmbnnditti were willing
to permit the prisoners to return to their boat
and lea re the island unwhipped of colored
justice.
After “fl violent altercation of words,” du
ring which several attempts were made to
chop up the prisoners with a hatchet or two,
thrust some bayonets into them, and cut them
down with scvthe-blades ns cumberers of the
ground, it was determined to march them
through the saund to the quarters of the com
missary. a sergeant of the 95th U. £. C. T.,
about twelve miles distant. And inarch
them they did, the crowd of negroes being j measure cannot be adopted to cause the
increased at every plantation they passed, j withdrawal ol the garrison now stationed
In the meantime, the transport steamed jj ere . that said committee be instructed, if
THE
SOUTHERN CULTIV TOR
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ESTABLISHED IN 1843!
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Monthly, at S2.00 per annum
Six Copies for $10, in Advance.
BY special arrangement, with tho “MARYLAND
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lished in Baltimore at $1.50, both papers will be
sent one year lor $3.00—six of each for $16—10 of
each for $25—giving each subscriber in this cas
both papers for $2.50.
Address, ’ WM. N. WHITE,
jano—SmUtam. Athens, Ga.
Council and Garrison.—On motion of
Alderman Salisbury the following was adopt
ed by Council on Monday night:
Whereas, a detatchment of the 103d U.
S. colored troops has been recently sent to
city as a garrison, and whereas, it is believ
ed that there is no necessity for the presence
of any militaiy force to preserve peace and
order in our city, the same never having been
more tranquil, quiet and orderly than since
tho withdrawal of Col. Woodall’s regiment;
and whereas, the presence of said colored
troops has a tendency to disorganize the col
ored population of thc^city and surround
ing country, evidences of which are already
manifest; nnd whermis, there exists in the
city and its vicinity a very general and seri
ous apprehension nnd alarm amongst the
white citizens growing out of the presence of
said colored troops, and it is deemed highly
desirable that they should be withdrawn, and
immediate steps taken to accomplish that ob
ject if possible—Therefore
Rewired, That a committee of three Alder
men and three citizens, with his Honor, the
WM. SKENE,
ROBT. SKENE.
LOUISVILLE
CARBON AND COAL OIL WORKS.
WM. SKENE & CO.,
Manufacturers of
Mayor, be instructed to call upon the United
States authorities now" in this city, and see if
REFINED CARBON OIL, BENZINE, CAR AND
AXLE GREASE, REFINED CO£L OIL
AND NAPTHA, EXTRA LARD
OIL, LUB’ING PETROLEUM,
And dealers in
SPERM AND WHALE OILS.
Also Manu!acturer3 and Wholesale Dealers in
Goal and Carbon Oil Lamps of Every Description,
WICKS, SHADES, CHIMNEYS, BRUSHES,
GLOBES, Ac., &.C.
2gp“Wareliousc and Store—Bullitt Street, Louis
ville, Kentucky.
Coal and Carbsu Oil Works—Sixteenth and
High Streets.
Lard Oil Works—Bullitt Street, between
Main and River. Ieb7-d2ivuw4t
• that, before all thi i. is conceded, there arc vari-
lous other interests to be consulted. And
with a perfect reliance upon the judgement
and the temper oi the American people, he is
prepared to see sectionalism an a fanaticism
do their utmost, without receding, himself,
a single step from his policy of conciliation
and peace.
Prayer.—Do not say you cannot pray be
cause you cannot speak much, or well, or
long. Praying is wrestling with God; the
heart is the wrestler, holy faith is ike strength
of it; if by means of this’strcnth thy heart be
a good wrestler, though thou art ever so
tongue-tied, thou wilt be a prerailer. Rhet
oric goes for little in the heavenly court,
but sincere groans have a kind ot omnipoten
cy.—Buryeu.
around to the quarters of the commissary, and
having explained to that fimctionaiw the ob
ject of the Pennsylvanians in visiting the is
land; he went out and prevailed upon the mob
to release the prisoners and suffer them to de
part In whnt little peace the country afford
ed.
Thcmcgroes declared, that the island be
longed to them, and that no white uiau would
be permitted to como there. A number of
the ringleaders were arrested.
...i — •«»
c Houston Telegraph says: Colon
ies of emigrants are being brought into Texas
from various quarters. A colony of Poles is
led upon the lands East of theTrin-
region near Palestine. Colonies
is, and colonies of Americans, are
ught in from tho Northwestern
of some cheering things from the
interior (of this State from our old friend,
Capt w. D. Douglas, from Kaufman, Kauf
man county. He says that the tide of emigra
tion into thnt country, and. into the counties
South and East of it, is immense and un
precedented. The new-comers arc from
Arkansas Missouri, Tennessee, Illinois and
Iowa. 4- great many more will arrive in the
spring. ) A gentleman who owns about 25,000
aefes of i land in Kaufman county, has made
arrangements to bring out a colony of nearly
a thousand persons from the Northwest next
spring. ,
Death of Francis II. Cooke.—We are
pained to announce the death of this gentle
man, which took place at his residence yes
terday morning. 3Ir. Cooke had been en
gaged in the clothing nnd lint trade, in this
city, for nearly, if not fully forty years, and
was more widely known than any other of
our merchants. His funeral notice will be
found in this morning’s paper!—Avgusta
(.on»tit\iiionali4, 18.
necessary to communicate to those in authori
ty the state of affairs, aud by petition or oth
erwise endeavor to have the garrison with
drawn.
Aldermen Salisbury, Bivins and Mellhch-
ny were appointed as Aldermen on said, com
mittee, and cx-Provisional Governor John
son, and Messrs. R. L. Mott and Wiley Wil
liams as the citizens.
Americans at the Court of France.—
The New York Herald, through its Paris
correspondence, lias the following:
At tho head of the line of our country
men and fair countrywomen to be presented
by Mr. Bigelow stood Major General Scho
field, and upon his name being pronounced,
the Emperor, addressing him in English,
said : “General, I am very glad to see you.
You were in the line with General Shertnan,
I believe J” The General replied that he had
been for a time, when the Emperor contin
ued : “I followed with great interest the cam
paign of Sherman. How long do you remain
here?” Tho General replied that he should
stay in Europe a year, but intended leaving
Paris in a few weeks; upon which his Majesty
said: “I hope to have the pleasure of seeing
vou again,” and passed on. Gen. Schofield
was the only one of the presentees to whom
his Majesty "spoke. Tho Empress said to him
that she “hoped lio was enjoying himself in
Paris.” To Mr. Bigelow the Emperor re
marked that “he was glad to see so many of
his compatriots present.” and especially re
marked the beauty and fine appearance of
the American ladies, adding, with a grim
smile: “You, however, always present beau
tiful ladies.” The Empress asked Mrs. Bige
low if there were “many of her compatriots
in Paris now ?” and upon Mrs. Bigelow reply
ing that “the hope of the honor of a presenta
tion to her Majesty kept many of them here,”
the Empress smiled, and curtesied licrsclf
away.
Dr. Nottingham,
H AVING returned to Macon, and formed a pro
fessional copartnership with Dk. FITZGER
ALD, offers his services, in the practice of Medi
cine, Surgery and Obstetrics, to his old friends and
the public generally.
fSf Office over Mr. E. Bond’s 8tore. Residence
at tha Winship place, VincvUlc. feb8-d3t*w4t*
NOTICE.
A LL persons indebted to the estate of Albert
G. Bostick, late of said county, deceased, are
required to make immediate payment, nnd those
having claims, to render them in terms of the law
to the nndersigr.cd.
janl4-\v40d JNO. J. RILEY, Adm’r.
Land for Sale Cheaj
O NE eighteen acre lot, one nine acre lot, J
one six acre lot for sale cheap, close to]
city of Macoii. They are desirable pieces of L
and will be sold at a bargain if application is t
earlyto
feb!3-5t* L C. PLA.NTl
' SAMUEL D. IRVIN,
Successor to Lyon * Irvin and Irvin & Butt
ATTORNEY AT LAfJ
ALBANY. GEORGIA.
ALSO
Real Estate Agent for Southwestern Gt
Prompt attention given to all business cntrusl
is care. nov!4-
DARBY’S
Prophylactic Fluill
Hospitals
by its nse.
Yellow Fever En
tor!
Scarlet Fever Cn
Ccssp jol Purifld
Poiso i Oak Cor]
Burns] Relieved
stantly!
Burns Healed
Rapidly!
Scars Prevent!;!
Pitting ot Small j
Prevented! |
Ulcers Purified
Healed!
Old Sores Healed J
Cured.
Gangrene- Prev«
and Cured.
Wounds Healed l
idly- I
Scurvy Cured in fl
Time! 1
lERvsim
Cured.
Contagion Destroyer!
Sting and Insect Bite
Reliever 1
All^Bad Odors Destro
yed!
Sick Rooms Purified
and made Pleasant!
Fevered and Sick Per
sons greatly reliev
ed and refreshed by
bathing with Pro
phylactic Fluid ad
ded to tlie water.
Soft White Complex
ions secured by its
use in bathing!
Impure air in a d c
harmless and puri
fied by sprinkling
the Fluid about!
The Surest Preventive
against the Small
Pox!
To Purify the Breath,
cleanse the Teeth—
it can’t be surpass
ed.
Hospitals should use
it as a Disinfectant.
Ships should use it as
a Purifier.
Families should use it
to purify the sick
rooms, the privies
tbe night chairs—to
lpive pure air is to
have good hcnltli.
DangerousEffluvias.of
Guaniiaifs Sale.
VJT order from the Ordinary of said county, will
be sold before the Court House door in Marion,
Twiggs county, on the first Tuesday in April next,
between the usual hours of sale, all that tract or
parcel ot land in Twiggs county, in 32d District,
No. 135, lying between the River and Marion roads,
and joins lands of Mrs. Lucy Andrews, Wm. An
drews, and the heirs of Newman Rogers, contain
ing ill ty acres, more or less. Terms cash.
JOHN O’NEAL,
feb$-w40d Guardian.
Executor’s Sale.
EORGIA, BIBB COUNTY.—By virtue of an
VX order from the Ordinary of said county, will
be sold, before the Court House door in the city of
Macon, on the first Tuesday in Marcli next, bo
tween tbe usual hours of sale, two-tilths (2-5) in
terest of two lota, and the improvements thereon,
to-wit:
Lot No. 3, in Square 89, containing one-half
acre, more or less; Lot No. 2,. Block No. 15, con-
talning half acre, more or less; both in said city.
Sold for division amongst tho heirs of Mrs. Mar
tha W. McGuire, deceased.
Also, by the consent ol tho parties at interest,
the other three-fifths (3-5) will be sold at the same
time and place.
-w-fcd
JanfM-
SAMUEL B. PEACOCK, Ex’r.
G EORGIA, Quitman County.—To all whom it
may concern: Catherine A. T. Harden having
in proper form applied to me for permanent let
ters of administration on the cstato of John J.
Harden, late of said County, this is to cite all and
singular, the creditors,and’ next of kin of John J.
Harden to be and appear at my office within
the time allowed by law, and show cause,, if any
they can.why permanent administration should not
be granted to the applicant.
W. P. JORDAN,
feb2-lw30d Ordinary.
Tetter dried np j
effectually Cu
is perfectly '
Jess!
For Sore Throat)
a Sure Care! I
For Diptheria, i|
tho very best UT
dy known.
Ship Fever ProV
cd by its use. I
Removes all unpll
ant Odors. I
In case of death ir l
house, it shocMI
ways be used sir
the eorpse—it
prevent any I
pleasant smell I
Poisons, (nniumi
vegetable) are 1
Sick Rooms aad | troyed by its
In fact, it is the Greatest
DISINFECTANT
—AND-
CONTAGION DESTROYER
ever known. Get a Pamphlet, and alwap
about you a bottle of DARBY’S PROP1IYL
FLUID. Sold by all Druggists in Macon.
J. H. ZEILIN&CO-j
jau27-tf Wholesale /
BARRETT, CARTER &
■WHOLESALE DRUGGIS1
A ND dealers in Paints and Oils of cvcij
tion, Proprietary and Patent Medici 1 **.;'
kinds. Being the oldest Houses in the c *tf|f|
line and now having a large and well selected-
of Goods, we solicit a share of public patrf®
and believe we will give fall satisftetion
particular. Call at ear old stand, No. 291-
Street, Augusta, Ga.
Another Richmond in the!
T AM prepared lo to do PAINTING la J
X branches—
House, Sign, Ornamental and *
riage Painting,
in style to prove the Dicta. Git* me a trisj,
will satisfy you in good work, and a ssho? 1 ,1
pockets, GivemeacalL lam to be<^,\|
ways ready to serve you, at
ENGUSU’S CARRIAGE SHOP, on ChertJ^f
next to J. N. Seymour s. _. rnT s
janX-lm JOHN ENGl»
Dividend No. 25.
SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD
Macon, Ga., February Sth, j
rpIlE Board of Directors k.ive thi- day 1 i' .l
1 a Dividend ot' <iU Four Do!.'.,:- 1
the Capital Stock, payable on odafl» T -
next. JNO. T. BOIFLU-A
febO-lm Secretary and