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The Greorgia "W'eekly Telegraph.
THE TELEGRAPH.
MACON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 1SG8.
OoJBEKYATiVE Mketi.no.—A meeting will
be held in Decatur county at the Court nouse,
on the second Saturday in January, 1868, for
the purpose of forming a Conservative Club.
£-gr* A New Yoik letter of the 31st ult
says: “The dry goods dealers are inclined
to take hopeful views of the next Spring
trade. One good sign, they say, is that at
this the dullest season erf the year the prices
of woolens, which have heretofore been
more depressed than any other description of
goods, show a decided tendency to improve
ment. There is also n tendency to make
speculative purchases. Prints have reached
a point which can hardly admit of a further
decline, and the next change, therefore, will
probably be upward.”
TELEGRAPHIC.
ASSOCIATED PltESS DISPATCHES.
f f3P*Tho New Haven Register has a dis
patch from New York which states that
Mr. A. T. Stewart, of that city, has received a
long letter from General Grant, in reference
to bis nomination lor the Presidency by the
late Mass Meeting at Cooper Institute, New
York. Tim dispatch adds that General Grant
accepts the resolutions and authorises the
committee to use his name for the Presidency.
Thr Lincoln Monument.—For the bene
fit of patties desirous of putting their loose
cash in the kc ping of the gang about Atlanta,
who propose to build a monument to the late
lamented rail-mauler, we reproduce the ex
perience of some of the “loil” to the following
effect, from a New York exchange:
Some patriots of Pittsburg contributed in
theferv. • following the murder of our martyr,
and un«.< - advice from H. G. sent their mites
to Mr. B mjaniin B. Sherman, of this city.—
They hav 3 had no account of their moneys,
and have written three letters of futile in-
qniry to Mr. Sherman. Finally, they fasten
ed on If. G., who wrote them in effect that he
didn’t want to be bothered about it
Prizes to Southern ‘Writers.—The pub
lishers ot the ‘‘Southern Society,” published
in Baltimore, offers $100, $75, $50 and $25 for
the first, second, third and fourth bestcriginal
stories. Stories depicting Southern life,
manners and character will be accepted; but
other subjects than the lato war should
be selected. The MSS. must be sent in or be
fore the 1st of February, 1808.
Envelopes containing MSS. must be er dorsed
“Prize Story.” Address all communications
to Southern Society, 226 West Baltimore
street, Baltimore.
Opinion of a Citizen op Atlanta.—
A special dispatch to the New York Times,
dated Washington, December 31st, says:
John Rice, Esq., President of the National
Bank of Georgia, at Atlanta, is in this city on
his way South. Mr. Rice is a Northern man
of large business experience, who, on the sup
pression of the rebellion, at once put n large
capital within reach of the Southern business
community. He is, therefore, qualified to
speak r ftbe condition of affairs there, which
he describes ss at present one of much de
pression, financially, and of sulleness and gen
eral belief in the ultimate failure of recon
struction on the Congressional plan. Among
thegreater portion of tho whites, he says, the
removal of Gen. Pope at this time was espe
cially unfortunate, because of the influence he
was able to exert upon the Convention, and
that he was exerting his influence to induce
the Convention to frame a liberal Constitu
tion, discard proscriptive or revengeful mea
sures, and thereby secure an organic act
which would be adopted by the people and
at once accepted by Congress. A new com
mander, of course, caunot Have a like mnu
encc.
fg* A Washington dispatch of the 3d to
a Western paper says:
It is seated that the President intends soon
to issue n proclamation to the white people
in the Southern States, advising them to send
delegates to the approaching National Con
vention.
A special message will probably be sent to
Congress, soon after their reassembling, upon
the situation of affairs in the South, which
tho President regards as of a most alarming
character. Official advices at hand bear out
fully the accounts received by letters and
through tho press, and it is feared that a reign
of terror and starvation will exists unless
prompt measures are taken to prevent so
great a calamity.
A prominent • Radical living in Georgia
writes that if, upon reassembling, Congress
will, within ten or fifteen days, so amend the
reconstruction laws as to permit a majority
of the attnal voters to adopt the new consti
tution, and also take the power to appoint
civil officers away from the military com
manders and give it to the present State con
ventions, so that they can regulate, their own
State afisirs, it will be carried by from thirty
to fifty th ousand majority, otherwise the dan
ger is so great that the oject for which
the conventions assembled will be defeated.
BT U Leo ” writes the Charleston Courier
from Washington:
The new commanders arc under instrnc •
tions to administer the laws of the States as
they find them. Thus, they are not to be 8o-
lons nnd Lyeurguscs, and enact codes of laws
for the Southern States. In many particulars
the oppression of the military domination
will be lightened hereafter under the Presi
dent’s instructions.
By reference to our dispatches on first page
it will be seen that Gen. Hancock has issued
a very plain nnd proper order which is strictly
ia accordance with the above extract. “Leo”
further writes:
Washington, December 31.—Some of tho
Senators now* hero state tbnt the Senate will,
immediately upon reassembling, pass tho
House bill for repealing the cotton tax after
the present year. The planter.-and others
interested may bo assured of this, and make
any arrangements accordingly, in regard to
contracts for bands, etc. A strongfeeling lias
arisen in commercial circles, in favor of nf-
foraWM’ some much needed relief to the cot
ton plan One interest. Several prominent
Senators and Representatives are in favor of
it. Those who desired to apply the repeal of
the tax to the crop of‘1867 will support some
fcasibl* scheme for the purpose of encourag
ing the cotton culture for 1SGS.
It is said that Chief Justice Chase has ex
pressed tlie opinion that some effective mode
of relief should be adopted by the Govern
ment. The cotton fax takes over a million of
dollars out of the pockets of producers of the
cotton crop for 1807. Were that now left in
the ^outh there would be less reason for pro-
poseel Government interference. A bounty
tnight be granted on the production of cot
ton—say two nnd n half cents a pound for
the next crop—or the Government may make
advances to factors or to the Cotton States,
to be u.-ed for promoting the cotton culture,
nml ultimately to be refunded to the Treasury.
Sensible Order from Gen. Hancock.
New Orleans, January 5.—Tho following order
has just boon promulgated:
Headquarters Fifth Military District.].
New Orleans. January 3, Ibos. J
General Orders, No. 1.1
Applications have been made at these Headquarters
implying tho existence of an arbitrary authority in the
Commanding General, touching purely civil contro
versies. Ono petitioner solicits this action, another
that, and each refers to some special consideration of
grace or favor which lie supposes to exist, and which
should influence this Department. The number of
snch applications, and the wasto of time they involve,
make it necessary to declare that the administration
of civil justice appertains to tho regular courts. The
rights of litigants do not depend on tho views of tho
General. Thcyaro to bo adjudged and^ottled accor
ding to the laws. Arbitrary rower such as ho has been
urged to assume has no existence here. It is not found
in tho laws of Louisiana or Texas: it cannot bo de
rived from any Act or Acts of Congress. It is restrain
ed by a Constitution, and prohibited from action in
many particulars. Tho Major-General Commanding
takes occasion to repeat that, while disclaiming judi
cial functions in civil cases, ho can suffer ho forciblo
resistance to tho execution of process of the courts.
By command of Major-General Hancock.
(Signed) Geo. L. Hartsuff. A. A. A G.
Train Fired into by Negroes.
Charleston, January 5.—A passenger train was
fired into last night by negroes, between Branchville
and Columbia. Nobody was hurt, but to allay pub
lic apprehension General Canby is called on by tho
press to rigidly prohibit tho carrying of deadly wea
pons by both blacks and whites.
From Havana-Suspicious Fire.
Havana, January 5.—An attempt was made tobnro
tho stores of tho San Ciprcan Company. Tho tiro was
discovered in a room whero books and papers were
kept. The principal of tho Company ran away re
cently and is supposed to bo a defaulter. Four clerks
were arrested on suspicion.
Lersundi has called a court martial for tho trial of
murderers, robbers and incendiaries.
Cable Summary.
Ireland—.Tnrkey Seeks the Protection of
England—Sew Portuguese Ministry.-
Italian Parliament Postponed—The Abys
sinian Expedition—Relations of France
and Italy,
London, January 5.—Theclergy of Limerick signed
a document declaring thtft thcro can bo no peace un
til Ireland is treated like Hungary has been.
Private letters published show that Bataxxi was
cognisant of and favored Garibaldi’s Roman move
ment.
Tho Turkish Government asks English protection
against Russian intrigues.
Lisbon, January 5.—A now Portuguese Ministry has
been formal under Connt A villa.
Florence, January 5.—Tho meeting of Parliament
is potsponed to the 11th instant, on account of heavy
snow.
London, January 5.—Tho Abyssinian expedition
remained at Scncfer waiting for Gen. Napier. The
troops are well, but the horses are dying.
Paris, Jannary 5.—The Constitutionol denies that
the Emperor urged the Corps Lcgislatif to pass tho
army bill, and asserts that the relations of Franco and
Italy were never more satisfactory than now.but fears
the effect of tho mischievous rumors regarding the
new Italian Cabinet.
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A Washington letter to the Baltimore
■, says:
' - '»•! i‘Utlir.1 i: v i..i -Lying that Mr.
11 : ■ ;i •'* 'at t< r re-election:
It.i;t he will in gooil faith su-ta:,. to the cx-
* on t of his ability, the opposition of tlie Rad-
, u;. . t h i' h>- will ii •• whatever power liv
] o (,ses i rt u III a minority of the people
i file -N. nil. aided l>y ‘ie bogus negro
Sta‘ vs «f thp South, from usurping the Goy-
e utceat Of the country, on the 4th of March
ltW,
The Radical Congress.
Washington, January 6.—House.—A variety of
bills and resolutions were introduced-among them
one to create a local steamboat inspector’s office at
Cairo, Illinois; another to make St. Joseph, Mo., a
port of delivery; another to authorize clerks of re
cord courts to administer oatbs in bankruptcy.
Mr. Upson, of Michigan, introduced a resolution
directing the Committee en Reconstruction to inquire
into tho expediency of authorizing tbo several Con
stitutional ConvenJons, elected under the ltccon
strnction Acts in the States lately in rebellion, to ap
point all civil officers, whether State or county, in said
States, to act temporarily and until Slate constitu
tions shall bo adopted therein, and officers shall bo
chosen and qualified to fill said offices—and that, for
this purpose, said Conventioni may remove all civil
officers now acting in said States.
Mr. Bontwell. of Massachusetts; moved to amend
the resolution by adding to instruct the Reconstruc
tion Committee to inquire into the expediency of au
thorizing the General of the Army to detail officers for
service in said States; also, to inquire into expediency
of constituting! said States each into a separate Mili
tary District, under command of a General of the
•<«« •• to the expediency of pro
viding additional legislation to secure tbo elective
franchise to all; and also to declare, by act of Congress,
that the Provisional Governments set up in said States
by order of tho acting President are not republican
forms of government.
Mr. Upson accepted the amendment.
Mr. Chandler, of New York, moved to lay the whole
subject on tho table, which was not agreed to—yeas
28, nays 66. Tho resolution was then adopted.
Mr. Eldridge offered a resolution of thanks to Gen.
Hancock, in accordance with tho President's Mes
sage. It was tabled—85 to 28.
Mr. Washburne, of Wisconsin, offered a resolution
declaring that the House utterly condemns tho con
duct of Andrew Johnson acting President of the
United States for his action in removing tho gallant
soldier. General Sheridan, from-the command of the
Fifth Military District; and that tho thanks of thoJ
House are due General Grant for his letter of
lost condemning the act of tho said acting President
for his removal of Secretary Stanton, as well as for
the endorsement of General Sheridan in relation to
affairs in tho Stato of Texas. Adopted—yeas 82, nays
23.
A bill making’cigbt hours a day’s work was. passed.
A measure expediting tho payment of bounties oc
cupied tbo House until tho hour of adjournment.
Senate.—A memorial' was presented favoring a
steamship lino hence to Liberia.
Also, ono by Mr. Sumner, from tho freedmen of
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, stating that tho land
owners nre driving them from tho lands their industry
had purchased, and asking redress.
Mr. Morton, of Indiana, introduced a bill compelling
full prosecutions for violations of Revenuo laws, and
forbidding any compromise in sueh eases.
The caso of Mr. Thomas, Senator elect from Mary
land, was taken up, discussed nnd postponed.
Tho cotton tax came up, hut was postponed until
to-morrow.
Tho anti-Contraction bill camo up, but was post
poned with tho understanding that it comes up imme
diately after tho disposition of the cotton tax.
Tho Scnatothon adjourned.
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From Washington.
Washington, January 0.—Mr. Thornton will reopen
negotiations on tho cotton claims.
Tho prossnro to employ negroes on tho general re
building of tho Mississippi levees is becoming strong,
and numberless letters have been received by officials
urging it. ■ ,
Tho President received a dispatch from Mobile
signod by many l.vwyors, asking tho appointment of
E. Grandin, vice Martin, who shot Bustccd.
Tlio debt statement is postponed until to-morrow.
Revenuo to-day, $003,000. Customs far the week,
>,000,000.
The State Department has official advices of tho
resienntion of the Tvroon in f:iV0r of tlio Mikiuto —
Some excitement prcvnils in the country'. Asacco and
Iliogo will bo opened on the 1st of January. The
opening of Yeddonnd tlie port on tho west coast is
deferred until April.
The “Irrepressible” Aaron Get his Deserts
Savannah, January 6.—A. A. Bradley, tho Boston
negro, was tried in tho Mayor’s Court, this morning,
convicted of riotous and disorderly conduct and dis
turbing the peace, and was sentenced topny $100 or
ninety days imprisonment, and ten days for gross con
tempt of Court. There is great excitement among
the negroos.
Suspension, of a Civil Officer by Swayne.
Montgomery, January 6.—Gen. Swnyno to-day
i-sued the foil owing order, which was posted on tho
door of the office of tho Circuit Clerk for this county
HEADQUARTER^ DISTRICT r.r ALABAMA,)
(Department of Cfivil Affainb J-
Montgomery Ala., January 5,1808. J
(’. Jt. JTMar h Clerk of tic Circuit Churl Mont-
pomcru County, Alalotna.
Sir: By direction of tho Brevet Brigadier General
Commanding, you arc hereby suspended as Clerk of
tho Circuit Court of Montgomery county, and will
accordingly c«a.-o to perform tho duties of such olfico
until further order.-. I am, sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
S. C. Green,
Brevet Major U., S. A. A. D. C..
The following are tho reasons for this suspension of
Mr. Hubbard: On Saturday* complaint was filed in
tho office of the Clerk of tho Circuit Court by John T.
Morgan. Attorney nt I.aw, fora person named Frank
Williams, who claimed the sunt of $lu0,0tx* as damages
for the false Imprisonment of himself by Wager
Swayne. at Selma, Dallas county- The imprisonment
took place during loft year. On the filing cf the com
plaint, the Clerk of said Court, Chas. It. Hubbard-
Esq., issued a summons commanding the-Sheriff to
said Court to answer tho complaint of said W illiams.
As it was thought that General Swayne would leave
Sunday morning, Mr. Hubbard directed the uhoriffif
General Swayne could not he found at headquarters,
to go to his private room and servo the process on
him. Tho Sheriff executed the summons, and on
Monday morning Mr. Hubbard received tho order
suspending him from tho further discharge of his
duties. ,
Louisiana Negro-Radical Convention,
New Orleans. January 6.—Tho Convention to-day
got as far as tho Twenty-second Article of tho Consti
tution. Thoso articles adopted relate to Stato leg
islation nnd apportionment of representation.
Indian ola, Texas, Burnt.
Galveston, January 6.—Information has been re
ceivcd that all tho business portion of Indianolo ft as
destroyed by firo on the 3d instant. Loss ono hundred
thousand dollars. No insurance, Tho Custom Hou
and fifty other buildings wero destroyed. It is sup
posed to bo an incendiary fire.
General News.
Chicago, January 6.—Tho jury has granted a di
vorco asked by Mrs. Ticknor.
San Francisco, January 6.—Tho Surrcmo Court
has decided that tlio law exempting certain proper
ties from taxation is unconstitutional, thus adding
$2,000,060 annuity to the State revenue.
Charles Walcott Brooks is appointed Japancso Con
sul here. Ho is the first appointed of tho kind.
Fortress Monroe, January 6.—A heaTy easterly
storm prevails.
Cincinnati, January 6.—Levitt & Be vis, dry goods
men,havofailed. _________
Mexcan News.
Havana, January 6.—Yesterday the British steam
er 'Danube arrived with later Mexican news. The
Yucatan expedition is abandoned, Diaz having
warned the government that every previous expedi
tion had been defeated. The people of Yucatan aro
to fight it out among themselves. Tbo Yucatan revo
lution is increasing. Thcro aro moro mutineers among
tho government troops.
• Foreign News by Cable.
Paris, January 6.—A lato dispatch from Civita
Vceehia states that there is much sickness among the
French troops quartered there.
Removal of Blodgett.
Avgusta, January 7.—Foster Blodgett, Postmaster,
has been suspended. G. W. Summers, appointed spe
cial agent, takes ebargo of tho Augusta PostolSee. A
petition is being circulated for signatures among the
citizens, which will bo presented to Gen. Mcado, ask
ing for tho removal of Blodgett as military Mayor of
Augusta. _ _
course of his remarks, that ho had met Gen. Hnncock
as an enemy, but if ho wero to meet him now ho
would esteem it a privilege to take his hand as
friend. The sentiment was loudly cheered.
Governors Patton and Jenkins left this morning.
Tbe Radical Congress.
Washington, January 7.—Senate—Mr. Sumner
introduced a bill abolishing tho Eastern and extend
ing thejurisdiction of tho Western District Court over
Texas.
Mr. Wilson introduced a bill vacating certain offices
in Georgia, and authorizing tho Convention to fill
them. It was ordered to be printed.
An unsatisfactory discussion, whether the bill passed
before recess abolishing color distinction in tho Dis
trict was law, arose. Tho matter was referred to tho
Judiciary Committee.
The cotton question was resumed, and after a long
argument and numberless amendments, tho bill was
passed to the following effect: ’’Tax suspended during
1868 on eotton grown', during that year—this suspen
sion not to be construed to prevent regular levy of tax
after 1863. Duty on raw eotton imported into the
United States from April 1st, ISfij!, to April 1st, 1869,
suspended. The bi ll goes back to the House for con
currence.
Senate then adjourned.
House.—Special Revenue Commissioner Wells’ re
port was submitted.
The bill expediting the payment of bounties was re
sumed. An amendment, referring claims of negro
soldiers to tbo Froedmcn’s Bureau for examination
was adopted, and tho bill was passed.
The bill for the sale of the iron-dads was passed.
Tbe Election Committee reported in favor of swear
ing in Mr. Trimble, from Kentucky.
Tho joint resolution for the sale of the Chattanooga
Rolling Mill property, was referred to the Committee
on Military Affairs.
The Speaker announced Messrs. Garfield, Poland
and Pruyn as Smithsonian Regents.
A bill preventing whisky tax frauds was introduced,
It forbids the withdrawal of spirits from bond under
any circumstances untill full tax is paid. The bill
was passed.
The House went into Committee of the_ Whole,
when Mr. Carey spoke in favor of paying the ‘debt in
legal tenders. The House then adjourned.
From ■Washington.
WAomauroN, January 7.—Mr. Howard’s “Stanton'
report takes the ground that “Mr. Stanton favored
tbo Reconstruction Acts, while the President evinced
a disposition to disregard them, and even to seize, if
possible, tbe reins of absolute power. This startling
purpose on tho part of Mr. Johnson was tho real
ground of difference between tho President and Mr.
Stanton. Mr. Stanton had the legal right to refuse his
resignation, and tho circnmstanccs justified Stanton’s
action.” Tho report combats all the President’s posi
tions, placing the President in the light of a false |
cuscr, and closos with a resolution that the Senato do
not ooncur in Mr. Stanton’s sospension. The report
impeaches the President’s veracity regarding the New
Orleans riots.
Washington, January 7.—Tho House bill for ex
tending bounty payments authorizes tbe employment
of twenty-fivo additional clerks in the Second Audi
tor’s office.
A short Cabinet session was held to-day, Seward
and Grant absent.
Grant and Sherman had a,‘protracted interview at
tho War Office.
Mr. Wilson’s bill, presented to-day,vacates tho offices
of Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comp
troller and Surveyor General of Georgia.
Secretary Seward was beforo tho Senato Committee
on Foreign Relations, regarding Territorial acquisi
tions.
Mr. Schcnck stated in Congress that there aro four
hundred thousand barrels of whisky in bond, on
which tax is due, amounting to $40,000,000.
Revenuo to-day, $630,000.
The bnnk statement shows $180,500,000 of coin
nnd $25,750,000 of currency in tho Treasury.
Tho public debt has increased during tho month
nearly $7,000,000.
It is said that tho President will assign Gen. Gordon
Granger to tho command of tho sub-district of Ala
bama.
The Radical Congress.
Washington, January 8.—House.—Tho Committeo
on Foreign Affairs reported a resolution requesting
tho President to intercede with Queen Victoria for
Father McMahan’s release. Tho report maintains
the innoecnco of Father McMahan, and tho Commit
tee refused to couple other names in tho resolution,
as tho caso wa3 homogeneous. Tho resolution was
discussed broadly, Mr. Orth maintaining that Ameri
can laws regarding alienation and naturalization
must bo enforced by arms if necessary. Mr. McCul-
lum held that tho nation that would not strivo to pro
tect thesowho swear allcgianco to it should bo blotted
out, and held that tho rulings of English Courts re
garding expatriation wero monstrous. Pending Iho
discussion the morning hour expired, and tho resolu
tion went over.
Tho Senato amendments to tho Cotton hill wero re
ferred to tho Committee on Ways and Means.
Tho Missouri olect-on caso camo up, occupying sev
eral hours, when Mr. VanUorn was declared entitled
totheseat. Tho Homo then adjourned.
Senate.—Unimportant memorials and amendments
to tho Bankrupt Acts weroindofinitoly postponed.
Tho Financo Committeo was instructed to inquire
into tlio expediency of affixing a penalty when Gov
ernment officers disburse money without legal au-
M r. Conners said tho resolution aimed at thoso whom
the Senato rejected as unlit for positions, but wero
afterwards rent on special missions to do nobody
know what and paid from tho publio funds.
A joint resolution to cotct into tho Treasury tho
proceeds of cotton and other property remaining in tho
hands of thh Treasurer, was resumod and elaborately
discussed. Tho gross amount was $34,000,000, of which
$24,000,000 remain in the bands of thoTrcasurer as spe
cial agent. $10,000,000 havo been paid to owners and
for other expenses. Tho action of tho Treasurer in
disbursing tho $10,090,000 was seriously questioned.—
Tho matter was postponed.
A resolution instructing tho Judiciary Committee
to report a bill to vacato tho present illegal and unau
thorized governments in tho Southern States, and to
provide Provisional governments until reconstructed,
was laid over.
The President was called on for information as to
whether the bill abolishing tho word "white” in tho
District laws and ordinances was considered as law by
the Executive.
After executive session, tho Senato adjourned.
Louisiana State Fair and Convention.
New Orleans, January 7.—The Louisiana Stato
Fair commences hero to-day, and is attracting large
numbers of strangers. Two steam plows aro on exhi
l>i tion.
In tho Convention yesterday Blackburn offered a
series of resolutions providing that warrants of the
Convention bear eight percent, interest from dnto of
tho assembling of the Convention, until paid into the
Stato Treasury, making them receivable for all dues
to tbe State, and prohibiting tax receivers from re
ceiving any warrants other than thoso issued by tho
Convention.
Cooley opposed tho resolutions on tho ground of il
legality, and proposed, measures offered as a substi
tute. providing that tax receivers should pay into the
Treasury tho identical funds collected. Both resolu
tions nnd substitute referred to committee of three,
which was adopted, after a stormy dobatc.
Tr» J.aVtnt a (n.<lap, on* PlPifiVor Wo J lalo
opinion of tho constitutionality of tbo reconstruction
laws. Ho gave it as bis individual opinion that they
were unconstitutional, and offered to quoto Stevens to
tho same effect.
Virginia Negro-Radical Convention,
Richmond, January 7.—In tho Convention tho first
section of tho Bill of Rights, declaring all men by
naturo equally free aDd independent, etc., was
adopted.
General News.
Harrisburg, January 7.—If nine Republicans per
sist in their present refusal to go into a Republican
caucus, tbo Democrats will havo the organization of
tho IIouio. Intenso excitement exists.
Providence, January 7.—The Board of Aldermen
refuse a liccnso for tho exhibition of Mrs. Lincoln’s
wardrobe.
Georgia Negro-Radical Convention.
Atlanta, January:!.—The Reconstruction Convon
tion reassembled this morning, pursuant to adjourn
ment, when 102 members out of 169 elected appeared.
A resolution of wolcomo to Gen. Meado wasa lopt-
od, after soino discusiion, and a committee appointed
to wait on that officer.
An ordinance to fill the per dicm(r.ow nine dollars)
at six, was indefinitely postponed.
A resolution was introduced to in ;uiro into the au
thority by which numbers of this Convention held
their scats, nnd, on motion to suspend the rules for
its immediato refcrct.cc, a dclcgato said ho favored
suspension to enable him to offer a substitute to call
on the Registrar of Georgia to furnish the official fig
ures of tho registration and vote in Georgia. The
Convention refused to suspend by a heavy vote and
immediately adjourn od.
Quito a large Conservative meeting was held hero
to-night, and mucliciithusiasm prevailed. Gen. John
B. Gordon, who was i, Lieutenant General in tho Con-
summon Wager Swayne to appear at tho next term of fodcrato army, addroised tho mooting) and said, in the
From Washington.
Washington, January 3.—A negro named Gable
Thornton, whilo coming from church with two
women, happened to run against an unknown negro,
who stabbed Thornton to tho heart and escaped.
Tho bolt at Harrisburg continues.
Tbo Ohio Democratic State Convention has assent
bled. Tho favorito candidates are Pendleton for
President and Thurman for United States Senator.
Washington, January 8.—A gold medal, valued at
four hundred dollars, was presented to tho President
by a committeo from Philadelphia. The medal
three inches in diameter, and on the obverse side
an excellent likeness of thePresidcnt, with date, birth
and inauguration as President; on reverso side tho
following inscription: “With courage and fidelity he
defended the Constituticn, and by justice and mag
nanimity restored alienated States.” Tho presenta
tion address was made by Col. Hagner.
Tho President responded, returning his thanks to
tho Club, and trusting that their confidence in him
had not been misplaced. In conclusion, he pledged
himself that his future course should bo as the past 1
in his efforts to maintain and uphold the Constitution,
and assuring tho committee that the presentation was
peculiarly gratifying at this time, and that ho would
cherish it until tho last hour of his life. Tho Pros!
dent then took caoh member of .the committee by the
hand, and soma time was passed in conversation be
foro tho committee withdrew.
.The Ways and Means Committee has decided to ap
point a new whisky metre committee, aud suspend all
action of the present committee.
Mr. Seward spent part of tho day in the House of
Bepresentatives.
It is confidently stated that five of the Supremo
Judges will decide adversely on tho constitutionality
of the Rccoi strnction Acts in a case daily expected to
come ap.
Phillip B. Fouke has been nominated Naval officer
for New Orleans.
The Committee on Ways and Means will report ad
versely on the Senate Cotton Tax amendments, and
will demand a committeo of conference.
A committee of citizens of New York and Connecti
cut presented the President with a cane made from
the Charter Oak.
Thos. N. Stillwell is nominated as Minister to Vene
zuela.
Internal Revenuo to-day, $340,000.
More Negro Outrages.
Charleston, January 8.—Outrages by negroes on
the line of the South Carolina Railroad are reported
daily, and the condition of affairs is growing worse.—
Yesterday a gang of black Union Leaguers fired on a
mail-carrier thirty miles from this city, but he es
caped by the flectncss of his horse.
Louisiana Affairs.
New Orleans, Jannary 8.—Tho bank nnd public
buUdings were closed to-day in observance of the
holiday. The Convention adjourned until to-morrow,
hut most of tho business houses wore open. The
weather turned out cold and rainy, which is a serious
drawback to the Fair.
Virginia Negro-Radical Covention-
Richmond, January 8.—Tho Convention spent tho
day chiefly in fifteen minutes speeches on the second
section of tbo Bill of Rights, making allegiance to tho
United States paramount to allcgianco to the State,
Mississippi Negro-Radical Convention.
Jackson, Miss., January 8.—Tho day was con
sumed in effecting a permanent organization. B. R.
Eggleston, of Lowndes county, for President, re
ceived 55 votes; J. W. S. Watson, of Marshall, tho
opposing candidate, 33. T. P. Sayres was elected
Secretary. All the officers elected are whites.
General News.
Chicago, January 8.—Brigham, Stone & Co., and
Park, Cooke, Norton Sc Co., wheat merchants, have
failed.
New York, January 8—The pews in Beecher’s
church rented for $25,000—highest single pew bringing
$525.
Tbo losses by fire lost year in this city were five and
a half million dollars.
Harrisburg. January 8.—The nine Republican
bolters stand firm. •
European News by Cable.
London, January 8.—Nearly all tho great journals
of tho city have cditoral comments on tho resolution
recently adopted by the House of Commons on tho
question of citizenship. Tho abatement of British
claims and acceptance of tho American view, as ex
pressed by President Johnson in his annual message
to Congress, ore urged with singular unanimity.
From Central America.
New York, January 8.—Tho Santiago de Cuba,
from Aspinwail, has arrived.
Col. Murray, inspector of customs at Panama, is
dead.
Tho French steamer Louisiana mado tho trip from
St-Nazairoto Aspinwail, 4732 miles, in 16 days and
9 hours.
LATEST MARKETS—BV TELEGRAPH.
Domestic Markets.
New York, January 6.—Cotton lower nt 16)4 for
middlings. Freights firm.
Flour 5al0 better. Wheat firm. Comsliadohighcr.
Rye quiet. Oats excited—la2 better. Mess Pork dull
at 2100. Lard steady at 12j4al3)4. Turpentine quiet
at 51)4. Rosin quiet; strained 3 00.
Gold strong—35)4n3oJ4. Stocks active and lower.—
Money Ga7 per cent. SterlinglQ)4tSrl0)4.
Bonds, old, 5)4; new, 4)4.
New York, January C, evening.—Cotton dull and
declined )4a)4 cent; middlings 16)4alG)4. Sales 1500
bales.
Flour in fair demand; Stato 8 90all 10; Southern
10 40al5. Wheat firmer. Com dull; Western mixed
1 30al 00. Oats buoyant and largo speculative in
quiry—advanced la2; AVcstern 86)4a57)4. Mess Pork
21. Lard firm. Groceries quiet nnd steady. Tur
pentine 51)4a52)4. Rosin $2’.;a7.- Freights firmer,
New York, January G.—Governments closed
steady at 60. Coupons S', Virginia Sixes, 45. Ten
nessee's 58)4. Money plenty; discount 7a8. Gold 35%.
Stocks active and strong.
New York, Jnnnnry7, noon.—Gold25)4a30. Money
6a7. Sterling 10. Stocks activo and strong. Bonds-
old, 8)4; new, 4J4. Tennessee’s 58)4.
Cotton 16)4al6‘4e.
Flouratbadefirmcr. Wheattending upward. Cora
firm, ltyc steady. Oats a shade better. Pork dull;
Mess 20 95. Lardsteady. Freights firm. Turpentine
moderately active at 51)4. Rosin without decided
change.
New York, January 7, I*. M,—Cotton opened dull
and lower, closed steady, hales 2000 at 16al6.' f,
lo-ing at 16)4.
Flour is a shade firmer ; Stateful 115; Southern 10
■ ■.ii '. Wheat Armor. Corn unchanged, white South-
ern 1 ;■>. Oat.- -7. Mi-.-i I’...k rl. l.ur.l Itjj.il . !
Bice dull, Sagar in modcrato demand at 11) cts.
Molasses—Orleans 75a83; other groceries quiet. Tar-
pentino 51J4a52. Rosin 2 87)4a7. Tallow lQ)~<all)4
Freights firm—ll-32d by sail; )4a)4d per steamer.
New York, January 7.—p. M.—Money closed very
easy; call 8; prime paper 7a8. Gold active and exci
ted. Sterling weaker. Stocks bouyant. Governments
closed strong at 62. Coupons 8%.
New York, December 8, noon—Flour dull anddc
cltning. Wheat dull and unchanged. Cora dull and
a shade lower, ltyo quiet. Oats firm. Pork $21.
Lard steady at 12)4al3J4. Turpentine 51a51)4, Rosin
in moderate demand; common $3.
Cotton dull at 16al6)4.
Stocks active. Money and Sterling unchanged.
Gold 36)4a36)4. 62 Coupons 8)4. Tennessee 6’s 59.
New York, January 8, p. m.—Cotton dull and low
erat 16 for middling uplands. Sales tc-day, 1900
bales.
Hour dull; Stato 900atll5; Southern 1050al500.—
Wheat drooping. Corn, Western mixed, 139. Oats
unchanged. Mess Pork, old, 21 12; new, 22 15.—
Groceries quiet and dull. Turpcntino 52)4. Rosin
290a700. Tallow 10)4all)4. Freights steady.
New York, January 8, p. m.—Money closed easy at
6. Exchange weaker at 9)4- Gold declined to 36)4.
Stocks buoyant and excited. Governments active.
1S62 Coupons 8)4. Tennessee Sixes 61)4.
Baltimore, January 6—Cotton dull at 16.
Flour quiet and unchanged. Wheat firm; prime to
choico Southern red 2 80a2 85. Corn firm; white USa
122; yellow 120al 25. Oats dull at 70a75. Ryo dull at
63. Provisions nominally unchanged.
Baltimore, JanuarJr7.—Cotton 'firmer at 15)4al5J4
for middlings.
Flour moro active. Wheat steady; red 275a2S5.
Corn active; whito 121al23; yellow 123al25. Oats
dull. Ryo nominal. Provisions quiet. Bulk should
ers 9a9)4. Mess Pork 23 00.
Baltimore, December)!.—Cotton depressed, nomi
nally 16 cents.
Flour quiet. Wheat dull and unchanged. Oats
firmer at 75a76. Ryo very dull and declined 5 cents—
65. Provisions nominally unchanged.
Wilmington, January 7.—Cotton steady at 14 for
middlings.
Turpcntino firmly held, with light sales—46. Rosin
steady; common 200; strained nnd No. 2,250. Tar
firm, quoted at 175.
Wilmington, January 8.—Spirits Turpentine firm
at 46. Rosin firm and active at 212)4. Strained and
No. 2 Tar, 1 SO.
Cotton firm at 14al4)4 for middlings.
Charleston, January 6.—Cotton dull and lower;
sales 400 bales: receipts 400 bales; Middlings, 15) )alG.
Charleston, January 7.—Cotton declined )4alc;
soles of 623 bales; middlings 15)4c; receipts 1625.
Charleston, January 8.—Cotton )4o lower; sales of
700 bales; middlings 24)4al4)4; receipts 730 bales.
Savannah, January 6.—Cotton opened quiet and
steady, and closed dull with a decline; Middlings, 14)4;
sales 1,422 bales; receipts 3,848 bales.
Savannah, January 7.—Cotton closed firmer; mid
dlings 15c; sales 1258; receipts 2594.
Savannah, January 8.—Cotton dull and depressed;
middlings 14)4; sales 692; receipts 2000.
Augusta, January G.—Cotton—Market dull and
lower; sales of 300 bales; receipts 425; middlings 14)4.
Augusta, January 7.—Cotton market easier at 14a
14)4 for middlings; sales 364; receipts 447.
Augusta, January 8.—Cotton—Market dull and
lower; sales of444 bales; receipts 597; middlings lie.
Cincinnati, January 6.—Flour and Com steady
and unchanged. Mess Pork—old, 20 00; new, 21 09.
Lard 12)4. Bacon unchanged. Whisky dull.
Cincinnati, January 7.—Flour firm and quiet.—
Corn firmer; ear 85. Whisky unchanged. Mess Pork
unchanged. Lard 12)4: Shoulders 9)4; clear sides
11D4&12.
Cincinnati, January 8.—Flour firm and unchanged
Whisky unsettled. Mess Pork 20 50a21. Lard firm
at 12)4. Bacon unchanged.
St. .Louis, January 6.—Flour unchanged. Corn,
shelled, S5a90; ear, 76a78. Provisions—nothing doing.
Mobile, January 6.—Sales of 4100 bales Cotton
market closing quiet and firm; middlings 14)4al4)4;
receipts for two days, 46S0.
Mobile, January 7.—Cotton closed quiet at 14)4a
14)4 for middling uplands. Sales to-day 1700; receipts
3839; exports 3798.
Mobile, December 8.—Cotton sales to-day 1500
bales; closed quiet with a declining tendency; stock on
sale light; middlings 14)4. Receipts 3156 bales; ex
ports 2112.
New Orleans, January 6.—Sugar, fair demand
Common, 9)4a9J4; Fair, 12Kal2)4; Choice, 14. Molas
ses active; Common, 55. Flour very dutl; Superfine,
9 25; Double Extra, 10; Choice, 13 50aI4 50. Corn quiet
and firm, 95al. Oats dull, 75aS0. Lard nominal, tierce
13; keg, 13)4. Bacon dull and lower; shoulders; 9a9)4;
clear sides, 13al3)4. Pork dull, nominally 21a2150.-
Freights advancing; common sail to New York, 20a22;
tonnage scarce.
Cotton easier; Middlings, 15)4al5)4; sales 4,000 bales;
receipts since Saturday 7,535 bales; exports 5,065 bales.
Sterling, 44a47 nominal. Now York Sight )4c. dis
count. Gold, 34a34)4.
New Orleans, January 7.—Cotton inactive; mid
dling 15alo)4: sales 4100; receipts 5747; exports 3628.
Sugar and molasses quiet and unchanged. Flour very
dull and declined; superfine 9 00; treble extra 1115;
Corn dull, at 93al 00. Oats firm at SO. Pork unset
tled; nominally 2100. Lard, tierces 13. Bacon in bulk,
jobbing shoulders, 9a9)4; clear sides 13al3j4.
Sterling 44)4a48. New York sight drafts at )4 dis
count. Gold 35)4. „
New Orleans, January 8.—Cotton quiet. Mid
dlings 15. Sales 5200. Receipts 2757. Exports 2226.
Sugar and Molasses unchanged. Flour dull. Super
fine 9a9 50; Choice 13al4 50. Corn steady, 95. Oats
steady and firm, 80. Lard quiet—tierco 12)4; keg 13)4.
Bacon—Shoulders' 9a9)4; Clear 13al3hi- Pork 21.
Sterling 44a47)4- Now York Sight )4 discount.
Gold 135)4al36L
Tho rainy weather interrupts operations.
HOME MATTERS
Labor nnd Wages.
Few contracts have been made so far by planters,
and those few entered into havo been, in many in
stances, less than half the wages paid last year. Wo
have heard of none being mado hero at over $60 per
year, and found, for A No. 1 field hands, while in tbo
majority of cases $50 has been the figuro set for labor
ers. Most of tlio planters, we learn, havo determined
to giro tho laborer a portion of tho crop raised, in
preference to promising wages.
Does it strike the colored population whom they
have to thank for this state ofnffair3? To whom
their gratitude is due for bringing ruin upon the
whites of Georgia and distress and starvation upon
their race? Who havo had the management (or
rather tho mismanagement) of the Government since
tho close of tho war? nas it not boen those pretended
friends of their race—the Radicals; men who, while
prating of the equality of the races, and granting the
ephemeral right of suffrage to that people, with both
hands havo been fleecing them of one-fourth of tho
product of their labor, through an iniquitous cotton
tax.
What has put Cotton down to 10 cents, whilo the
prices of articles of prime necessity havo known no
diminution? What has exhausted tho remaining
Retrenchment
From the action of our CHy Co
would seem as though these re1
people were fully alivo to the n ^.'T atir '' <
ment.
A resolution was offered and aj
the Committeo on Gas to inquire ; ‘"r. I
oflightmg tbe city with oil. u I
By resolution adopted, the Polish *
been considerably reduced. The ofi -
Lieutenants have been abolished-t’^ °£" Sl ''
being required to do all the duties b.L
ed by thoso officers. p. '
There is to be one City Physician I
of all the officers have been fixed, asfon^^nJ
Chief Marshal per™,, * i:
Assistant Marshal ' un -')r. J • ■
Street Overseer *'***”^:J
One City Physician
Bridge-Keeper ****'• 9(fe||
Assistant Bridge-Keeper....... ’***'’
And 12 Policemen at $75 each permonui M
In addition In perquisites,
lowed to keep ono horse, to ho fed by tb^-
use of himselfafid Assistant.
Foreign Markets.
London, January 6, noon.—Consols 92%a92%. Bonds
72a72)4.
Liverpool, January 6, coon.—Cotton opens steady;
sales estimated nt 12,000; middling uplands 7)4; mid
dling Orleans 7%
Breadstuffs steady and unchanged. Rosin, com
mon Wilmington, 6s; medium to fine, 11s. Turpcn-
tinc 27s.
London, January 6, afternoon.—Consols 92)4.
Liverpool, January 6, afternoon.—Cotton not eo
active: sales not exceed 10,000 baits: prices declined;
middling uplands 7)4-
Lard 49s. Tallow 44s.
London, January 6, evening.—Consols 91%a92)4.
Bonds 72)4.
Fbanefort, January 6.—Bonds 76)4.
Liverpool, January 6, evening.—Cotton easier but
prices unchanged.
Common Rosin 5s 9d.
London, January 7, noon.—Consols 92)4a92)6. Bonds
2a 72)4.
Liverpool, Jannary 7, noon.—Cotton quiet but
steady; sales of S,000 bales.
Wheat firm. Other articles unchanged.
London, January 7, afternoon.—Consols 92)4a92)4.
Bonds 7D4a72.
Liverpool, January 7, afternoon.—Cora 40a46.
Oats 3al0. Tallow 43a49. Other articles unchanged.
London, January 7—Evening.—Consols 92)4.
Frankfort, January 7.—Bonds76)4.
Paris, January 7.—Rentes strong.
Liverpool, January 7—Evening.—Cotton easier
and unchanged. Wheat 4Gs 3d. Sugar quiet and
steady. .
Manchester. January 7.—Advices unfavorable.
Liverpool, Decembers, noon.—Cotton dull and de
clined 14: uplands 7)4; Orleans 7)4. Sales 8000 bates.
Breadstuffs quiet.
London. December 8, afternoon.—Consols 92)4a92)4
Bonds 71)4071)4.
Liverpool, December. 8, afternoon.—Cott*n un
changed. * *
Whut firm. Pork 78 for new Western prime men.
Tallow 43s nnd Cd.
Liverpool, January 8, evening.—Cotton closed
heavy; sales ofSOOO bales; uplands in port 7)4; to ar
rive, 7)4; Orleans 7)4.
No Turpcntino or Petroleum in market; sales to ar-
rivo at Is 6d. Other markets unchanged.
Committed.
Paul Jenkins, the negro thief am- I
re- lire:' ol'the ~ > u t h, crippled the energies of her peo- week l,y Hurley and Avar,!, a- ■ • ■ V, '
pic, and kept Northern capital and enterprise out of bery of tho Southwestern Railroad w . J
our country ? Has it not been tyrannous and oppres- j Valley yesterday morning, examined^ 1 : ' *
sivc military governments fastened upon a defence- , to await his trial before the Superior (vT"''
less people by an ungenerous and fanatical Congress? ; ton county. *
Common senso and reason tell you this isso, and there j
is no disputing the fact. ; Should lie Done.
But, with this knowledge before you, will you, col- : In no spirit of dictation do we express it
•i'd men . l the Smith, continue to act with your op- that the Ki.dit g Conservatives of thisaaj
•essors? You surely will not. Do men usually con- tics should call public meetings, to which o ' I
nue to believe in thoso who, whilo making most ! invite tho colored people, and appoint*},] ‘ ‘
specious promises, aro at the same time endeavoring I to address them upon tho present ^
to sound their pockets for their last dollar? Actions , and endeavor to disabuse their minds of
speak louder thap words, and by their fruits ye should j laeieswith which they have been indocile,"'' I
know them. What they havo promised, tho Conser- j Northern political mountebanks and I
vatives of Georgia will grant you in a modified nnd 4\ e think great good could be accomplijtj^j
permanent form—something beyond what is granted : County by this means, and our colored friend'
your race even by tho most liberal of tho Northern j on ed to their true interest.
Stales. Tho so-called Rcenn-truetion Acts will .‘con W» ham been approached by serend tm-ci
bo declared unconstitutional, and then what will all j wen among our colored population open tw?]
tho promises made you by the Radicals amount to?— ; and hope it will receive the immedizte ittir.l
Think of these things, colored friends, resolve to cut 4^° Executive Committee of our County Coml. l
loose from a party that is using you for its own selfish Club. This part of tho good work should
ends, and resolve to strike hands and act hereafter entered upon, as it certainly promises decii-ij
with the Southern people. ; cess. m *
^ at* en Outrages.
Tire Mulberry Street Burglary. Wc havo been informed by reliable ml.
Wo did not get at the particulars of the robbery of 0utra30 that wa3 attempted, on the cutf l
our friend, Ed. O’Connell's, premises until last night, connectc j w ; th the command at OiiZsSU
and now lay them beforo our readers. think ought t0 Lc brought to the notice
[ On Tfcanday night last hia premia* qrtitmntandfn j aaaffincMKinind the public, and trust tij
the rear, and tho following articles abstracted: will be strictly inquired into, oa the part Ja j
Between £4 and $5 in shinpiasters from tho drawer; mcr: I
seven packages of Teas; threo bottles of Wine and On Monday night, between 11 and 12o'doi
ono of Gin tone 4)4 inch Colts’Revolver and one other ficer Nath. Dukes was retiring fromiTw*
pistol; two shoulders of meat; a lot of cakes, several Bridge Row. ho hoard the screams of i ua '
plugs of Tobacco, and sundry other articles, amount- at once started in the direction of the Ka.4. a/?
ing in value to about $50. way he gave tho “taps” for assistance, to wi;.". ■. ^
From an examination of the premises, it i3 evident no response. Pushing on, ho was haltedbyfix *
that tho burglary was committed by some one well in Federal uniform, four of whom with lerfi \
acquainted with the premises. Tho shutter of the volvers, ordered him to halt with oaths,
window, through which entrance was effected, was with an uplifted club, advanced upon him.
left open during the night—tho evening being warm. Unfortunately, Dukes had buta Derrintert;-'-
Tho window had wooden bars across it, but the lower person, but boldly drawing that, be halted thi
ono of these had been removed, perhaps early in the with tho clnb, w ith tho remark: "That he’d mu
night, and tho curtain dropped to conceal it. sure, if be adrsncod another step t”
Tho thief or thievc3 were evidently well acquainted At this moment a citizen, Mr. Charlei St' -
about the premises, and when once in—passing hearing tho difficulty, rushed across to hiiisi-
through tho sleeping apartment—they acted in a cryingont: "Shoot, Natb., I’m with you!* ft
leisurely manner. After getting all they wanted from this the soldiers broke and ran, and Dales mil
the store, they proceeded to inspect the wardrobe of Sullivan tried to obtain arms, after ebtsbisjiii
Mrs. O’C., turning everything topsy-turvy, and leav- mation from a terrified lady-Mrs. Dsa Folepi
ing her best boDnet upon the floor, but without taking wife of a worthy and a truo man—that they hi]
anything off. tempted to break into her house, in theibenq
From the looks of things, Ed. suspected his cook and husband, at a Company meeting of OemnlzttT
her husband, Simon and Cliffe Bell, to be tho guilty About this time, citizens Dan. Foley, Fr&Utia
parties, and they wero accordingly arrested. In an ( Con. Connell and Tom Pierce came up, and calm
examination beforo Justice C. C. Burnett, yesterday, ing of tho difficulty, at once joined Mr.ChuIsSi
sufficient evidence was not adduced to warrant their ( van and Officer Dnkcs. in searching after the riel
ants; but thongh they looked everywhere, for us|
or two, they failed to come up with th ‘rilliiu
On Tuesday afternoon, as a gentleman wu rxil
commitment, and they were accordingly dismissed.
The Victim of Misplaced Confidence.
John Edwards, a light colored man, was very inti-
rnato with ono George, a darker member of the colored
persuasion. In fact, they wore sworn brothers and
boon companions. John, though, was guilty of that
most heinous crime—ingratitude—and repaid the con- ,
fidence of his friend by robbing him of $35 in cur
rency.
It seems that the pair got on a big bum—though
George would not acknowledge the corn, but stated
most positively that ho rtas "sick,” (think we have
scon similar sick folks,) but that John was drank,
and while in that condition stole George’s funds, a
portion of which he invested in new harness..
r . , . __ _ , 4 . auc)' iuuuu lueai uu tuc preuiuta uu uiewvw
On complaint of George, John was arrested by officer of Fifth ^ Poplar strcets , wh cre tiujvtrmdu
Satterfield, his wardrobe captured and he taken to the QriQg ^ raigQ a difficulty with tho unforttuteinj
guard-house. . ! in one of the houses.
A bag containing Jack s plunder was examined and
found to contain a new suit, a new shirt and a pocket
book with the enormous sum of 20 cents in it. The
suit was worth about $15. and the Mayor ordered tho
officer to take it back to the seller and get the money,
white he advised George to take out a warrant for his
false friend.
George, in the goodness of his heart, however, said
ho was willing to tnrn John loose if he would give
him his money back, and the last wo saw of John ho
was in charge of the officer endeavoring to negotiate a
loan to effect his release.
talking to Officer Dnkcs, at the comer of Fonritl
Poplar streets, he was approached b; s coijil
citizens, with tho complaint that they had 1 cl
suited and molested by fonr Federal solfimt jail
j low the Passenger Depot, and asking fortheznf
as they had threatened to "go for them” at oiiit I
I Officer Dukes wheeled, and meeting with bl
: Napier, a reliable colored man, called on hinfrif
assistance in arresting the guilty, to which fil
promptly responded, and the officer and Mibln
lowed the soldiers on to Fifth street—
‘ by the gentleman who was conversing trill hia
They fonnd them on the premises on theijeereosl
Arrest of a Murderer.
Officers Avant and nurley, on Sunday last, arrested
a one-legged whito man, named Jim'Aids, who somo
timo since mnrdcred a white man named Barr, at
Dykes’ States, on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
Aids broke jail at Perry, whero ho was confined for
tbo offence, and has been at large until captured by
tho officers, as above stated.
A few days sinco Col. Cummings, Chief of Police,
received information that led him to suspect that Aids
was concealed somewhere in this city, and he “post
ed” Avant and Hurley in tho matter. Unfortunately,
but sn imperfect description of Aids was furnished
to Col. Cummings; still Billy and John did uot despair
of getting their man, if he was gettable. Avant and
Hurley were on a scout, Sunday morning, in tho lower
end of town, when they perceived a cripple man some
what answering tho description of Aids. They al
lowed him to pass, compared notes, and then turned
and halted.
On inquiring his name, he candidly acknowledged
his name was Aids, though ho refused to acknowledge
to bo the murderer of Barr.
Satisfied ho was their man, they took him in tow
and committed him to j£il, where ho now lies await
ing the requisition of the Sheriff of Pulaski county.
Aids had been committed to the jail of Houston
county for safe-keeping, but after his commitment,
with somo eighteen others, managed to effect a gene
ral jail delivery, about thirteen months since.
Hurley and Avant seem to be very energetic officers,
anil are always on the lookout for criminals.
Educational.—For the information of
parties interested, \vc are requested to say
that a teacher of this city received a letter
from Governor Jenkins, in which the Gover
nor announces his intention to take no steps
looking to th^inuiguration of the system of
public schools provided for.by the Legisla
tive action of I860, and declared to go into
effect January 1, 180S. The reasons alleged
is that it is evident that at the passage of the
School Bill, the Legislature anticipated an
other session, ere tho date last mentioned
above, at which it would have been able to
perfect tho measure. JSTo appropriation was
made to assist in the work. Thereto® the
whole question will be waived until the meet
ing of tlie next Legislature ; so the common
schools of the country will lie, as at present,
under tlie direction of the Inferior Court.-
[ C'/iron. <£ /Sen.
Tho locomotive “America,” which
took the grand prize at tlie Paris Exposition,
ia soon to Ito brought back to this country
and sold to any company willing to pay the
price asked for it.
—■■ -
35?"The Princo of Wales has presented
his portrait to the Bodleian Library.
‘(A Half Loaf Bcl.tcr than No Bread.”
There is an ojd saying, “If you can’t got a horso
you bad better rido a cow” than foot it on a long and
tiresomo journey; and though this locomotion may
not partake muchty of tho locomotivo stylo of pro
gression, yet n ride on 8. long or short horn would bo
better to our liking than tbo finest jaunt on "Shanks’
mare.”
AVo havo boen led to thoso fow prefatory remarks in
noticing tho folly of many of the colored men who
daily throng tho Ralston Hall corner, who, forsooth,
because they cannot command the wages of last year,
treat with scorn all offers ofcontract at the now ruling
rates of wages—from $50 to $60 per annum and found,
and somo have been silly enough to declare their de
termination to steal or starve beforo they will work
for such beggarly wages. They do not believe that "A
half loaf is better than no breadthey will “go tbo
whole hog or none,” and prefer vagrancy and its at
tendant vices in preference to'steady employment and
%od and shelter.
But whom have they to blame for this stato of af
fairs ? Is it the fault of tho planters who havo been
ruined by planting cotton for ten cents in green
backs ? Assuredly net. Colored men of Georgia,’tis
your Radical Congress that has directly brought this
ruis upon your country—tho South—and j-ourselres,
and you have aided and abetted thoso enemies of your
country in bringing about this statcof affairs by band
ing yourselves in secret, oath-bound leagues, and
putting yourselves in opposition to your whito friends
and neighbors, at the instigation of broken-down po
litical Yankee adventurers and detocted Northern
swindlers.
Think of it, colored friends! Cotton last season at
30 cents and upwards ami your wages at from $120 to
$150. Cotton now at 10 cents, and tho wages offered
you just onc-third of those paid last year! And will
you continue to be blind to your own interest, and by
acting against your own State and people, assist in
Calling upon Mike to provide himself with m
weapon, he pulled a paling, and boldly adniaif
the assistance of Dnkcs. 1
Just hero Dukes tackled the noisiest of theidia
while Mike advanced, stake in hand, to tbe asaii
of Dnkes, and to prevent another soldier
“double-teaming” him. Dukes collared tbe e
who resisted him, and a tusslo ensued in whieti:
threw tho soldier, and used his “billy” so freekij
it broke at the handle. The soldier turned I 1
grabbed the club, struck him one Mow, and wii*
to use it again, when his wrist was caught aadBj
by tho citizen, when Nath, recovered hintselffi-r
up, drew his revolver, and bagged and took bis—|
the guard nouse.
In tho meantime, whilo the citizen wasadrt'L'
other soldiers to return to camp, ho was caE! *J
abused by a one-armed loafer, by the name of in
Knight, who took advantage of his cripple 1
drunken condition to abuse a- gentleman ri ; -j
merely interfered to prevent bloodshed and i
officer in the discharge ofhisdnty.
In what bright o—triat stands the conduct o'
Napier, a colored man, whostrovo by allmu^!^
power to preserve the peace of Macon!
Right and Wrong.
\Ve think onr City Fathers did right, in i
a system of retrenchment in somo things, sri”
it will meet with tho approbation of
the tax-payers of Macon, but there is one J
tho work that we do not think will meet ti« 1 f
pro val—and that is, tho reduction of tbe I
policemen to twelve men. I
As tho police department has always beet 1 1
hobby with us—and we aro vain enough to t®*|
that our efforts in tho Summer and Fall of 1565WJ
its thorough organization in December of th»tr*l
we trust these “grave and reverend seiguop J
pardon our "talking out in church,” andcrpr*$
our dis-ent to the proposed reduction, and givms |
views why wo do so.
While not favoring the raising of the fore*
number of tho first organization—forty-ft® '
yet wo think twelve men totally insufficient, n
time, to thoroughly and efficiently police »to**,*^
size of Macon. Twenty men could scarcely
yet wo would gladly sec that number of good ■
liablo men put on, and believo it would BW*
pro val of the majority of property-holders,* ’■
they arc entitled to snme protection m r- : • .1
heavy assessments mado upon them in tbo 5,A '|
taxes. ,
A petty forco of twelve men. we think, S) j
much of the "village stylo” of policing, and*® j
muchly prefer to see the whole system Rb®* 15 J
the citizens do their own petroling, than j]
should go into this "small potato” foskio..
lesquing a police department.
Now, gentlemen, reduce the number of the
you wish, but, for Heaven’s sake, givens cno« \
file to moke at least a rcspcetablo showing
difficulty of any magnitudo occur.
We trust (Stir good friends, the City enf®
suppose for one moment that we are ‘ . l
self up in opposition to their maturer I
wo cannot help feeling that we ;h, n 1 V I
duty did wo not express ourself, aswe
Iioving.as wc do that these views _
those entertained by a majority of our fc
and trust they may reccivo at least a ; '
eration. .... f j
Wo believe, sirs, that tbe peoplo aro wun«
for the services of twenty tried, active, ^ C ?
who aro willing and ablo to respond 0 id
times—fearless and of approved courage,
want no others. nr.i.V-
We think, too, that no city ofthcsiroc . _
got along without the service ofatie^ 5 ®®
sharp detective, and wo think it isabso.u
to the furtherance of the ends of justice.^
£5?” General Granger, now sUti^l
ITempfiis, sent the following eongr*
tUJkUlK U-KtAiUDl jUUi UtTAl wiuiw - --* l ’ ^
keeping in power tho party that has reduced you and dispatch to the President on tue r
yours to poverty and starvation wages? Keep this | e i cct j on .
r year, and you will I
Radical party in power anothc
beg to work for food nnd clothing alone, while your j
women and children will havo to be abandoned to
starve and perish. Awake, beforo it is too late, and !
abandon this “ltulo or Ruin Party” with which you '
have been acting!
Memphis, Jauuarv- |
To President Andrew Johnson, 111
Memphis redeemed. a l
Mayor. Peace, order and quiet p-e
white sttilrage vindicated. I
Gordon" |
Tlie answer ran thus :
Washington, D. C., Jan-
It in Said
That “tlio nearost way to a man’s heart is down his
throat.” If that bo true, B. F. Der.so knows exactly
how to do it. If good eating, nice room?, sweet beds, |
lttcntivo servants, and a pleasant and obliging land- To Gen. Gordon Granger: -r-i'i
lord and moderate charges can satisfy a traveller and ’ Thank YOU ior tlie good lie" 5 ' ., ,jjef^l
mako him comfortable, then let him stop at Donse's . .. triumph. My
Hotel, in that fine block of new buildings near the J. S , ,diminished. Tlie 1 ' . .
Passenger Depot, and on tbo word of one who has PC has not ^ ^ „ l)C re
tried it well, he will not be disappointed. ' distant when Tennessee
Macon, January 7,1868. YiaTOS.