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Tlie Greorgia Weekly Telegraph.. ffl|.; telegraph. FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1809. Tb® Memorial Concert. . we Anticipated, Kalston's Hall was crowded tb'tbe elite of Macon Tuesday (gening to hear ? Memorial Concert. It was a magnificent fiance, and the delight of the audience ^Jmost boundless. Every piece was encored, J every performer compelled at least to bow ^knowledgementa to the most enthusiastic plau- * j n wo st cases, however, they responded vvhnaturedly to the demand for more, and the Gramme was therefore extended about ninety £%!nt7according to Dabofl. It is not many sections of these States lately r.ui!ed by fore® °f arms, which can produce 4eh a coterie o famateurs as have volunteered fur the patriotic and holy object of these con certs Of Mr* Ogden and her accomplished sis- [er it is enough to say that we believe they Trtold produce a sensation before any audience, flje former is another Sontag—with the same mivete and brilliancy and with an equal voice, jjis. Bacon has a voice of uncommon character compass. Miss Howard is a brilliant and ^rful Soprano. Miss Levy has a power and proficiency at the Piano seldom to be met with Iq an amateur. Mr. Maas is an amateur primo tenor*. Mr. Sidney Lanier such a flute as yon jeldom hear, and Professor Schmidt an accorn- ofished professional pianist and musical direc- lor The Concert will be repeated next Friday, te anticipate a still more crowded House. Xmabovo notice should*have appeared yesterday -oining. It would certainly have dono ao, if the fZ. president of the Society, who is also the editor of ieTnxoaiPH, had not, in his anxiety to serve per- «n»l ends, forgotten his duty as the officer of an di-mizatiou in which all the people are interested— readers, as well as his. The Journal and Messenger appends the fore going to a notice of a meeting next Friday, to scad delegates to the State Agricultural Society in Atlanta. We have amply to say that the no tice in question was penned by the writer late in th? afternoon of Monday, at the instance of one of the Executive Committee; and, in the hurry of numerous demands upon our time, it did not occur to us to write ont and send a copy to the Journal and Messenger, much less that it would advance our “personal ends” to with hold that gratuitous notice from him, ortho Journal and Messenger’s to receive it. We don’t think there are any “ personal ends” of the luxe, rath which can be served in so small a wit; and we would suggest to our neighbor that such unworthy imputations upon so slight an oc casion ore unjust to himself. They do not dis- pbf that nobility and grandeur of sonl which we should be glad to ascribe to him. The old English proverb reads, “ it takes a mite to see unite, and to the ant a crumb is a winter’s store.” If we were afflicted with a desire to hurt the Journal and Messenger, we should do our neighbor the justice not to attempt it with a straw. Broke Down Again. A gigantic effort was made yesterday to induce the Senate to rescind its action indorsing the Macon and Brunswick Railroad. .The hostile dans were in the field, hot and strong. Lobby ing out-did itself. The forces were gathered from far and near. •• There stood John Bull in martial pomp, But /«vc stood Ola Kentucky.” The Atlanta Intelligencer insinuates that even (ieneralDemijohn has been an active belligerent for several days; but we must repel that as a foul slander npon the potent, grave and reverend seniors of the Legislature and the railroads. The battle waxed hot and raged long; but vic tory again perched on the triumphant banners of the Bouse of Brunswick. Nothing now re mains but the tussle in the courts, and that must lie cold comfort after the decision of the Legis lature. The Did Carolina Bitters. Messrs. Goodrich, Winemrm & Co., of Charles ton, an old house heavily engaged in the im portation of drags and chemicals, advertise to day a new tonic, under the name of the Old Carolina Bitters. It is a preparation from an original receipt belonging to the house—com pounded from drugs and brandy imported by themselves, and resembles somewhat in color ud favor the famous Hostotter’s Bitters. It is claimed to be a specific for dyspepsia, loss of appetite, chills and fever, and general debility. Rese bitten* are on sale at Messrs. J. H. feiliu t Co’s, and will be found avery agreeable tonic and stimulant. Smsows AND THE Cotton WoEU.—A Missis- cpian, while recently in this city, says the New Tork World, observed the remarkable services performed in our parts by insectivorous birds. ^ occurred to him that they might be used to •sroy the cotton worm. Ho has brought a umber of sparrows to his plantation, near Xatcher, to try what they can do. When in- liming us of this, he remarks that his efforts, ugie and unaided, cannot avail mnch against & national enemy. Ho, therefore, requests 4c cooperation of the other planters of tho South. We trust some effort will be made ,to Uiy out the experiment, until its full value is completely tested. bins.—The Richmond Dispatch complains ‘I the large number of unemployed negroes bag about that cit^ and depending upon tho % government for sustenance. The Dispatch riviaes them to go to Georgia, where labor is in demand. One would think that the rich tm- °ccopied lands of Virginia could give employ- afc nt enough, and that the City Council of Rich mond could find a more equitable employment of taxes wrung from the industrious than feed, “g the idle. Tux Giosgu United States Senators.—Hon. ^bua Hifl was in Atlanta yesterday. Senator appeared in Rome, Ga., from Washing- Triday. The Commercial says he is and does not despair of eventually ^ H. C. Cunningham.—The Griffin Star the death of this gentleman, a lead- nrineiis man of Griffin, in the 89th year of , *8*’ He had been suffering for a long time on* an afTection of the heart and liver, but the diate cause of his death is said to have Apoplexy. Aid to tlie Railroads. , . 6 Atlanta Intelligencer, of Tuesday, has g/**® 00 * paragraph: !j Wu £J - —The conflicting interests of the va- jjjjj^nerent railroad companies in the State, ®° ro animation in this body on yester- have seen, or heard, since the (^^gof the General assembly. Among many fi aid, wo heard allusions to payed _*b° were sent to the city provided fcnly °f certain kinds to assist par- tin. ">008. We stand intimately connected a, — AAA luc AJCjjmiauuo, u any Aiu- it is, or “aid wished to be extended 5S£ " are always welcome at this office.’ ® Columbus. — The Enquirer of it". o c ^ oc ^- last evening a difficulty oc- Gii»n] iil Veen a 1111111 named Coalter, from ? this’ *»’ ^Mr. Higgins, a cotton buyer "WtJ*^‘ ™ which the latter was shot and the U((V T wounded, the ball taking effect in frtUq a* j^jbeffectual attempt was made to *"9 a m “t was lately tried for t5 88>as “‘^ having smothered his wife by 0 Ptx*i«-T 00 Ta pturoualy. The event gives Wee*:; 1 * 011 P®P€r n chance to liken it to the " a governments show for liberty. Legislative Extravagance. It is too clear for dispute that the Legislature of a State should be foremost in setting the ex ample of a wise economy in the public expendi tures. The Legislature is composed of the im mediate Representatives of the people, and is supposed to reflect directly the will of their con stituents. They are also custodians of the pub lic money. Not a dollar can legally go out of the public purse without their sanction, and they hold, or should, hold, an effectual check upon expenditure by every other department of the government. The Legislature, therefore, while it is called upon to impose the burden of taxation, holds a complete legal and moral control over the pro ceeds; and consequently is amenable to all the grave responsibilities connected with the entire subject-matter of public revenue and public economy. If the Legislature be lax, careless and profuse the people are without protection. If they set the example of extravagance, they may well expect every other department of the government to follow suit, and their mouths are stopped by their own default. Mr. Price, of Lumpkin, and certain other members, have recently addressed the Legisla ture some admonitions upon economy which we think it is time to heed. Mr. Price’s speech was made in snpport of the bill to reduce the per diem of members from nine to seven dollars a day. We shall say little about that proposition —except that the income of members should be properly limited to the payment of their actual expenses in the public service. To establish any other principle would be ab surd. The State cannot afford to indemnify members for loss of time, because it is presumed that the time of some members may be worth to them a hundred or five hundred dollars day. The rnle should be, about the cost of liv ing at the seat of government, and it is sound policy to pay this, because, otherwise, the indi gent would be excluded. Pay the cost of a lib eral subsistence, and that is enough. The mem. bers of the British Parliament are paid nothing; hut that is an aristocratic feature which should be avoided. But is the appointments of the Legislature in which it appears to us a more wanton extrava gance is displayed. It seems, according to Mr. Price, that FIFTY CLERKS are employed at an aggregate expense, daring the last session, of $45,552! This strikes ns as beyond all reason. Mr. Price says the Legislature of* New York employs but nine clerks, and Illinois, the next highest State to Georgia, but eighteen. Ac cording to this speech, the mileage, per diem, and contingent expenses of the Georgia Legis lature are about a third more than those of any other State in the Union, excepting California. All this is nonsense. It is gross injustice to a people staggering under the weight of heavy taxation, and it disarms the Legislature of all moral strength to resist the misapplication and waste of the public treasure. The branch of the State government which should set a pattern of rigid and patriotic economy, is leading off in an example of waste end misappropriation! JIucou and Brunswick Railroad Res* olution. The Intelligencer of Tuesday publishes in full the report and resolution of the joint spe cial committee raised to investigate the pro ceedings of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company under the act authorizing a State in dorsement of their bonds. They are are as fol lows: The Joint Special Coidhttee who were directed to take into consideration the condition of tho State's indorsement on tlie bonds of the Macon and Bruns wick Railroad Company, and other matters connect ed with said railroad', as the interest of the State may require, beg leave to report: That they have proceeded to inquire into tho ques tions submitted to them by the joint resolution of the two Houses, and have given the subject that investigation which its importance to the State de mands. They caused the original books and records of tho Company to be introduced before them, show ing the use made of tho bonds endorsed by tho State, and also the contract made for the completion of the road, with Messrs. Hull and Miller and their associates. From a full and thorough examination of them, and other evidence adduced, they are en tirely satisfied that tlie Macon & Brunswick Railroad Company in the use of the endorsed bonds, have fully complied with the requirements of tho act au thorizing the endorsement; and carefully guarded the interest of the State—that the contract is most judicious and favorable, insuring the completion of the road to Brunswick during the present year, and the development of that section of the State to a great degree. They therefore recommend the adop tion of the following resolution: Resolved, That, in the opinion of the General Assembly, the Macon & Brunswick Railroad Compa ny have fully complied with tho requirements of the Legislature providing for the endorsement of the State bonds of said company, and that the Governor is requested to continue the endorsement thereon, as provided by said act. Walter J. McArthur, Chairman Senate Commitee. O. G. Spares, Chairman House Committee. It will be seen that the report and resolution cover every ground. They assert: 1. That the law has been fully complied with. 2. That all the interests of the State have been carefully protected by the Railroads. 3. That tho contract recently made for completing the road is “most judicious and favorable.” 4. That it will in sure the completion of tho road and the develop ment of that section of the State through which it runs to a great degree. 5. They request the Governor to continue the endorsement of the bonds. It was impossible to pen a more complete ac quittal of the charges brought against the Ma con and Brunswick Road, or of the value of the enterprise. And the Legislature adopted the report and resolutions, in the Honsc, nnani- imously—m the Senate, by a vote of twenty-six to ten—showing only ten dissentient votes in the entire Legislature 1 No railway enterprise in Georgia, it may well be said, ever received so emphatic an endorse ment, in respect to both its necessity and the character of its management; and we may well be permitted to hope that the extraordinary re sult of this arraignment before the represent atives of the people, will quiet opposition for ever. And we fail to see any reasonable ground of opposition. The Macon and Brunswick Rail way has clear and independent functions of its own, which demand its construction and will support it It is essential to tho development of a vast scope of country, and, liberally’ac cepted, will seriously conflict with no local or property interest in the State. BY TELEGRAPH. FROM ATLANTA. henghty Dlscoksion in tlie Senate. New Bills in the House — Railroad Hatters. Special to the Macon Daily Telegraph.] Atlanta, January 25—Evening. The Senate bill was resumed relative to the bill creating the Judicial Circuit known as the Columbus bill. It was lost. The report of the joint special committee appoint ed in reference to the State endorsement of the bonds of the Macon and Brunswick road was read and taken up. Wooten made an Sble speech to recommit it,as ev idence on one side only had been submitted to the committee. Smith, of tho 7th, Holcombe and Speer spoke in opposition. The discussion was lengthy and the argument able. Pending the discussion the Senate adjourned. Wooten having the floor. House—Mr. Williams, on the Morgan resolution, relative to tho 14th amendment to the Constitution of the United States, said that if Georgia has not carried out the same in good faith, it was done through ignorance. . \ Madison moved to let ont the job printing of the State by contract. Bamnm moved that tho organic Military Institute he located at the capital in Milledgeville. Carpenter, of Hancock, introduced a bill to relieve tho securities on notes from liability, unless the principal was sued within twelve months after the maturity of tho note. Perkins, a bill to compel tax-payers to give in gold and silver at their value in currency. A good many lobyists are around. Inquiry develops the fact that the Central Bail- road Company designs to file a bill of injunction against all roads granted State aid. Smith, of the 7th, intimated the same in a speech to-day. W. Macon and Brunswick Road Gains the Senate by 2G to 10. Hr. Bryant Predicts Harsh Treatment from Congress*. Congressional. Washington, January 25.—House.— The House allowed the Arkansas Representatives full pay for the40th Congress. . Resin introduced a protest against the ratification of the Alabama claims treaty. Senate.—The Judiciary Committee reported ad versely to seating Hill from Georgia. Trumbull submitted a minority report. The Retrenchment Committee reported tho House bill repealing the tenure-of-office bill with amend ments. Senate.—Afternoon session. Edmunds, in reporting amendments to the House bill repealing the tenure-of-office bill, moved that it be indefinitely postponed. After a struggle for precedence of business with Sherman’s currency hill, it was postponed by a vote of 21 to 30, and then the Pacific Railroad bill was disenssod to adjourn ment. ■ • House.—Among the bills under regular call, was one appointing a committee of seven to investigate election Irregularities in South Carolina; for an ap propriation for the improvement of the Savannah River; several railroad and removal of disability bills; one by Cortiy for the better protection of loyal men South; ono by Prince, of Georgia, incor porating the Southern Express Company. The suffrage amendments were postponed to Wednesday, and the Denver Railroad was resumed and referred to the Committee on Public Lands, which is equivalent to killing it. House adjourned. Washington, January 28.—Senate—The Senate is engaged on the construction of a Joint Civil Ser vice Committee. The argnment on the Louisiana election case has Concluded. The Reconstruction Committee is hearing the Virginia Judges opposed to tho enforcement of the Fourteenth Amendment in that State. House—The House is engaged on private bills. Senate—Afternoon Session.—The Finance Com mittee reported back a bill reorganizing the Treasury debt, with a report thatlno bill could be matured to meet the various views regarding the civil service of the government. A resolution was passed favoring a Special Joint Committee, three from the Senate and five from the House, to which the whole matter was referred. From Washington. From Louisiana. Washington. January 25. — The Election Com- Orleans, January 27.—A lengthy decision mittee heard the Louisiana contested case to-day. was rendered in the seventh district Court yester- It will have a farther hearing to-morrow. flay, that the special one per cent, tax, levied at the The Reconstruction Committee heard a number last session of the Legislature, is unconstitutional, of Radical Methodists in opposition to the plan of on the ground that the law levying it was retroac tive Committee of Nine, as it effects Virginia. tive. Governor Warmonth publishes a lengthy let- WAsniNUTON, January 25.—Col. Robert C. Buch- tor in reply, anan, of the 1st Infantry, and CoL Alvin C. Gillem, Geo- Buchanan’s letter, to Kellogg is in this mom- of the 24th Infantry, have been assigned to duty, mg's Republican. under brevet rank, as Major Generals. Some of tho American officers attached to the The amendments to the House bill, repealing the Peruvian Minister's staff have returned from Pen- tenure-of-offico, provides that Cabinet officers may socola; among them Capt. Duboiso, who was to pi- be removed during recess, as other officers are sus- lot the fleet to Peru. Trouble has arisen between pended at the President’s discretion. the Peruvian and American officers, requiring the An autograph petition from Mrs. Lincoln, for pen- intervention of the Minister of Garcia. The re gion, was presented to the Senate to-day. ‘ turned officers report that the monitors will be un- Several editors are here because the meeting of able to leave Pensocola for some time. The faclli- tho Direct Trade Convention, at Knoxville, February ti* 8 f° r work is necessary, their machinery and me- 10th, deBire the postponement of the Southern Press . chanical force being inferior. meeting at Mobile. ——— ;— Gen. Schofield appears before the Reconstruction Death. 01 Ex* Governor Pickens. Committee to-morrow in reference to Virginia af- Augusta, January 27.—Ex-Gov. Pickens, formerly furs. Minister to St. Petersburg, died at his residence in FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The Senate Judiciary Committee reports adverse- Edgefield, S. C., on Monday last, ly to seating Hill: amon gother reasons, because tho • ~ . 1,1 Georgia Legislature were confirmed ineligible mem- : Foreign News. . be*. . £*•»». January 2G.-The steamer Pereiro, which » a d heavy demand from all classes, whilst in the Weekly Review of the Market;- * OFFICE DAILY TELEGRAPH, > January 27—Evening, 1869. j ■' General Remarks.—Our commercial week closes this evening with quite a cheerful feeling in busmen circles generally, and particularly in the grocery and provision trade, which has been decidedly good all the week. In dry goods there is no great activity, bnt the opinion is confidently entertained that a handsome improvement may be looked for within the next sixty days, as by that time the Spring stocks will be here. The leading houses in this line stand in first rate condition, and the demand for goods - from Southern and Southwestern Georgia win be better than last year, from the fact that merchants ih that section are in better condition to make large purchases. The demand for almost everything in the grooecy and supply line continues excellent- Nor is it car- lined exclusively to the whites. We are informed that freedmen are now baying, liberally, their plant ation supplies, and the trade from this class, for the last week or ten days, has been quite large. Prices, of course, are very firm under such an active A protest of the Winchester, Virginia, Union ( League against removing Jndgo Porker’s disabilities was presented. Sumner classed Parker among the i atrocious Judges. A bill incorporating the Southern Express Com- TIic Relief* Law Declared Constitu tional. llliy the “Inauguration Ball” was Dis pensed With. The Washington correspondent of the Balti more Gazette says, “that the knot of speculators who undertook the charge of the ‘unofficial cere monies’ at tho approaching inauguration have met with signal discomfiture. General Grant has written a letter, disapproving of tho demon stration. Without explanation, this untoward state of affairs would set people to wondering. It is the mission of a faithful correspondent to unravel such mysteries. Know, then, that tho reason of stopping this job, is that it was ascer tained that the negroes of this district and vicin ity-male and female—had determined to be present at all hazards, whether the ‘hall’ was held in the ‘rotunda of the capitol’ or elsewhere. TJie chickens are coming home to roost.’ ” Northern Emigration to Virginia. The Fredericksburg Herald says that on Wednesday night a party of ten arrived in that place on the look-out for lands, and on Thursday went to Carolina to prospect. Also, that on one day last week a real estate firm in. Fredericksburg re ceived twenty-four letters from parties in the North making inquiries about land with a view to purchase and settlement. The day before, they received fifteen applications by mail. Atlanta, January 26—Night. : Senate.—In the Senate, Mr. Wooten having the floor, resumed his argument upon the resolution of the Joint Committee to investigate the sale of the bonds of the Macjn and Brunswick Railroad Com pany. Mr. Welboume made an able speech in opposition to the motion of Mr. Wooten to re-commit the res olution. The question being taken, the motion to re-com- rait was lost, and the report of the Committee adopted by twenty-six yeas, to ten nays. A bill was introduced amendatory of, and explan atory to, the act to prevent the sale of lottery tickets. House.—Mr. Lane's resolution asking Congress to remove the disabilities of all Georgians, elicted much discussion. He proposed to refer it to a spe cial committee of one from each Congressional Dis trict. Mr. Bryant intimated that delays were dangerous. Ho had information that action should be held at once, or otherwise it would be too late. Congress would act soon and harshly. Mr. Bryant also favored the resolution with some amendments. On motion of Mr. Price the whole matter was indefinitely postponed. Mr. Crawford's resolution, to appoint a committee to visit Washington, was not taken up. Mr. Price moved a resolution to appoint a com mittee to visit the counties of Warren and Talliafero and report what action is necessary to prevent out rages by lawless persons. Mr. Barclay opposed including his county in this investigation. McIntosh was the only county, he knew of, where the law was violated with impunity, and that was done by negroes. Mr. Rico opposed sending any committee, espe cially to the county of Columbia—his county. The resolution was finally withdrawn. There is a small embrogUo between the Executive and State Treasurer Angier in reference to the sale of State bonds, for amounts not paid into the State Treasury. A full development has not yet been made. A letter has been received by a Senator, from Aaron Ajpeoria Bradley, calling npon the Senate to reconsider their action. Bradley wants his seat. The letter has not yet been made public. The Supreme Court decided to-day that the Belief Law is constitutional—Jndgo Warner dissenting. W. FROM ATLANTA. Macon and Brunswick Still Erect. Connecticut Rifles’ Claim. Outrage and Eligibility Resolutions Referred in a Lump. Bill to Refund Old Debts. Opera Honsc Bad on Hearing. Special to the Macon Daily Telegraph. 1 * Atlanta, January 27—Night. Senate.—In the Senate Mr. Winn’s motion to re consider the action of tho Senate yesterday in rela tion to the report and resolution of the Joint Com mittee on the Macon and Brunswick Railroad was lost by a decisive majority. The report of the Joint Committee, in reference to the payment of the claims of the Hartford Com pany for rifles purchased by ex-Governor J. E Brown, before tho war, amounting to twenty-five thousand dollars, was read. The report recommends the payment of the claim, both principal and interest. It was made the special order of the day for Monday next, and one hundred copies ordered to ho printed • Mr. Hungerford offered resolutions in relation to the safety of life, limb and property in certain coun ties, but tho House refused to suspend the rules in order to take them up. A bill authorizing the drawing of jurors in Chat ham and other counties, for the January term of Court, passed. House.—Mr. Lane's resolution, lost yesterday, memorializing Congress in reference to civil disabil ities, was taken np and the vote thereon reconsid ered, and all matters in relation to that subject, to gether with the substitute offered by Mr. Madden, declaring for universal amnesty and universal suf frage, and the resolution declaring the expulsion of the negroes null and void were referred finally to the Committee on tho State of the Bepnblic. Mr. Maxwell introduced a bill to compel persons collecting debts due prior to June, 1865, to refund the money. Hr. Hook introduced a bill declaring homesteads liable to claims for services rendered by physicians. Mr. Price introduced a resolution to appoint a committee to investigate charges of lawlessness in the counties of Taliaferro and Warren. Mr. Scott offered a substitute that the Committee on the State of tho Bepnblic investigate the same and report at an early day. The substitute was voted down—ayes, 49; nays, 82. Pending the discussion of the original resolu tion, the House adjourned, Scott having tho floor. Great complaint is made by the members in ref erence to the Hall of tho House. Its acoustic prop erties are exceedingly bad. The members cannot hear from the Clerks’ desk, although the Clerks read sufficiently loud. An error exists in the construc tion of the House. W. From Cuba. Havana, January 25.—In all quarters of the city, inside and outside there is quiet. Nothing occurred to-night to disturb the tranquility. Soldiers are patrolling tho streets. Volunteers will only leave their homes when twelve signal guns are fired. The American Consul demanded the body of an American photographer who was killefl by the volun teers; he also asked Dulce, if able, to protect American citizens; otherwise the United States will be compelled to protect them. Dulce, answering, regretted that blood was shed and requested the Consul to furnish a list of Americans. Last night passed quietly. pany was introduced. The Pacific Central Railroad branch bill was re- ' surned. Mr. Kellogg introduced a bill for a railroad and elegrapb from New Orleans to the 'Rio Grande, in the direction of San Bias, on the Pacific and branch line. He guarantees interests on Company’s bonds for thirty years, for twenty-five thousand dollars per mile, and a grant of eight sections of land per mile, to be selected from Louisiana, Texas, Missis, sippi, Arkansas, Alabama, Georgia and Florida— and landless laborers on the road shall have forty acres at a dollar and a quarter an acre. Adjourned. House.—Heaton introduced a bill to amend the eighth section of an act to provide increased reve nue from ports, Ac., by suspending and abating tho collection of uncollected direct tax in tho States of North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia. Florida, Louisiana, and Arkansas. Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means. Pensions were resumed but postponed. The Finance bill was discussed to adjournment, Washington, January 27.—Senate.—A petition was presented in the Senate to-day asking official phrenologists to examine the heads of applicants forrevenne places. The Senate is now discussing the California land claims. Tlie Reconstruction Committee heard Whittlesy, of a Radical paper at Richmond, in opposition to the plan of the committee of nine, and the removal of political disabilities. The Road Committee heard officers of the Baltr more and Ohio Railroad in opposition tolhe law to change span bridges over navigable streams. House.—The House is discussing the Finance bill Senate—Afternoon Session.—Chandler, Sumner, Howe, Pomeroy and Edmunds, all presented me morials to-day for woman suffrage. Henderson introduced a bill for a half dozen In dian tribes to become citizens of tbo United States, Pomeroy introduced a bill reviving a grant for railroad from Selma to Gadsden, Ala. McGarrahn versus The New Iberia Quicksilver Mine was considered briefly and went over. A motion tp take np the Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad failed. It is considered fatal to tho bill. The Finance Committee bill on the public debt and currency, was resumed. Sherman mode a long speech. The bill was postponed. The Central Branch of the Union Pacific Railroad bill was re sumed, and defeated by a vote of 26 to 28, Trumbull reported a bill punishing illegal accept ance of office by not more than five years’impris onment, nor more than ten thousand dollars fine. Senate adjourned. House.—In the contest for precedence of busi ness the Speaker said the matters pressing for action were, to provide for the resumption of specie payments, Constitutional Amendments, regarding suffrage, Georgia election case, business from the Re construction Committee and tariff. The Suffrage bill was resumed; several substi tutes were offered. Mr. Bingham’s substitute makes all voters, except such as shall hereafter en gage in rebellion. Mr. Shellabarger’s substitute allows disfranchisement of those heretofore en gaged in rebellion. No action. The House went into Committee of the Whole and adjourned. From Virginia. Richmond, January 25—Gen. Stoneman issued orders to-day appointing Generals Wilcox and Gran ger and CoL Franklin to constitute a board which shall investigate and report on all applications for any of the offices in Virginia, except tho Executive State offices, in tho capitol, and thus enable the commanding General to fill vacancies, non-existing and those which itis contemplated may exist, within the next 30 dayB. All applications for office to bo addressed to CoL E. W. Stone, Recorder of the board at Richmond. r Tbo military lftve so far removed seven hundred and twenty-nine civil officers, leaving about three thousand offices whose occupants ore ineligible and to be removed; the value of the offices range from 700 to 6,000 dollars per annum. Florida Legislature. Tallahassee, January 26—Tho committee ap pointed to investigate the charges against Governor Beed reported to-day. The majority report of five submitted the evidence taken, bat offered no advice or opinion. The evidence taken and submitted shows some irregularities, which the friends of the Governor say he can and will satisfactorily explain. The minority report of two states that the evidence does not warrant impeachment. A resolution was passed authorizing the Governor to appoint three commissioners to visit Montgomery to negotiate for the transfer of the portion of the State west of tho Choctahatchie driver to Alabama. Also, a resolution ordering an election in that por tion of the State on the question. The Alabama Commissioners left forborne tins evening. * General News. New Yobe, January 26.—The tug Hercules, ran down a boat in tho harbor, -containing Captain Osborn, of the ship Plymouth, with his wife, and wife’s sister. The latter was drowned. Tho American Consul at San Domingo, protests against tho sale of Ala Vela and has sent for an America war vesseL San Francisco, January 26.—The ship Viceroy, from Liverpool, for San Francisco, is reported to have been burned off the coast of South America. Trenton, N. J., January 26.—Stockston has been elected Senator. From Alabama. Montgomery, January 27.—Tho Montgomery and Mobile Railroad will paaB all editors and press rep resentatives, attending the Convention, fit Mobile, on the 8th February, free: A meeting of old Union Whigs and Democrats, who opposed secession, was held in this city yester day, deprecating all attempts to organize a new party. They adopted a resolution in favor of up holding the Democratic party, and will prepare an address to the people of the State. Trumbull's minority report favors the seating of °u tke loth, bound for New York re- article of bacon, they tend steadily upward. Our Hill because he is an unobjectionable man,and Con- • 111116 aaal y damaged, and six persons killed. The I quotations have been revised to-day, and will, on gress has recognized Georgia as a State. j “ atnre of “ ie dam ^ e if mkno ™' ^ B °\ ot **’ inquiry, be found about correct The market is Washington, January 26 The Supreme Court Gl ® en > of Douisvillo, Ky., was aboard, but unhurt, well but not heavily stocked. decides the New York pilot lawB constitutional, and 1 . AB ? S ’ Janaa ^ 26-—Paraguayan advices deny Monetary and Financial.—There is nothing new that inward and outward bound vessels must have j 1 eir 101al aeieal al * aaela ’ j to notice in tha money market, more that the pilots.- | Liyertool, January 27. scarcity of money which existed at the hanks during A foil Cabinet to-day. ! Evening.-No first-class passengers were injured the early part of last week, and the week before, is The District Supreme Court obeyed a mandamus i by Periere accident. Mr. Gallaber, a OathoHc I now no longer felt. There is an ample supply in from tho Supreme Court under protest, but adopted P nest > IVmlogue, a Frenchman, and Mr. Falcon- the vaults to meet the demands of good customer*, a rule which effectually excludes Bradley fromprac- ! berg ’ 8econd cla88 passengers, and three of the a t quoted rates of interest. tice, except on appeals. j crew were killed. ; I The demand for stocks and bonds is daily ih- Gen. Sheridan reports the destruction.of sixty! Madrid, January 27. The Governor of Burgos creasing, and prices tend steadily upward. The Indian lodges at the junction of Salt Fork and Elm • 1V f 8 , a8 ®? 88 . lnato ?" 5 H} Q taking inventory of tho goods | surplus money in the hands of planters is now be er eek. Three soldiers were wounded; one mortally. The number of Indians killed is unknown. A special to tho New York Tribune says: Gen. Grant is strongly opposed to the pending Alabama claims treaty. The following is his position, nearly in his own words: The treaty is unjust to the United States, because it assumes to measure in jury inflicted npon this country by money-value of ships actually destroyed; whereas the chief dam age to our commerce was in our ships being driven from the seas by anglo-rebel pirates. In addition to this the sympathy extended by the English Gov- ctnment to the South prolonged the war at least a year, and for all lives lost and money expended, for this time, England is directly responsible. The treaty proposes to settle all these things by the pay ment of the paltry value of a few ships. CoL Cliristy, who was elected from tho Sixth Georgia District, addressed the Reconstruction Com mittee to-day. His case will probably come np to morrow. The Reconstruction Committee devotes to-mor row to Virginia matters. Gen. Schofield’s evidence is expected. Sheridan assures Sherman that no farther depre dations from Indians in the neighborhood of his operations need be apprehended. Washington, January 27 The Supreme Court is discussing the validity of acceptances issued by Floyd while he was Secretary of War. Tlie defeat of the Branch Union Pacific Railrokd hill involves a loss of two million dollars as subsidy. Garrett, President of the Baltimore and Ohio Bail- road, testified. He said it made little difference whether spans of bridges were three or five hundred feet long, if they were erected so as not to obstruct navigation. Tlie Senate Committee on the District of Colum bia was addressed by three women this morning, in favor of female suffrage in the District. A com munication was also read from Mrs. Stanton. The Secretary of the Treasury recommends the disposal of the branch mints in North Carolina, Georgia and New Orleans, to the best advantage. The House is in session to-night; there is a gen eral debate. of the Cathedral in Burgos. I ginning to seek investment in thin class of securi- Park, January 27.—Tho Paraguayans, though j ties, and under a spirited demand theywifi ran np badly defeated at Valletta, still hold strong points just as they did last year, and will probably go of Augnstea. ..^ I above their highest point in June last. We quote; Marine Disaster. |_ . mam on new tore. New Orleans,- January 27.—The steamer Aloe, I ' ”• , jWM discount struck a wreck last night, six miles below the city,! ' uxirsD states cusrency—loans. and sunk, with a partial cargo of sugar, molasses, Per month...,.™. IK to i per cent rice, oranges, and about fifty passengers. All the gold and silver. passengers, books and papers were saved. The j rate s for Gold..,-™......™.™ el 33. boat will probably be raised. j Buvinv rates for Si'lver.... l 29 • From North Carolina. railroad stocks and bonus. Wilmington, January 25.—A band of robbers at- S enlri4 l %ai;road Stock 138 tacked the house of ex-Shenff Reuben King, in I Macon & Western Railroad Mock Bobeson county, near Lumberton, N. .C., on the Southwestern Railroad Stock— W 23d mst. They mortally wounded King and J. E. Maco. .4 Brunswick Railroad Stock Ward, a visitor to King’s house. Thereislittle hope Macon &.Brunswick Railroad EndorsMBonds of their recovery. The perpetrators of the foul I oSwSte !""/-ion crime escaped. | Muscojje)^ Railroad Bonds.. if'O Atlantic & Guli' Railroad Stock I Augusta .4 Waynesboro Railroad Stock.. From Atlanta. Atlanta, January 26 Tho Supreme Court to-day held that the relief law was constitutional. Brown and McCay assenting and Warner dissenting. The report of the Treasurer of Georgia to the Legislature shows the amount of State bonds placed to the credit of the State in New York city. Also, states that thirty-five thousand dollars have been drawn from the Fourth National Park Bank, of New York city, on the credit of the State by Gov. Bul lock, for which no account has been rendered. A resolution in the House memorializing Congress to remove disabilities imposed on citizens of this State by the Fourteenth Amendment was postponed indefinitely Atlanta, January 27.—Senate.—Tho resolution that, in certain counties persons are driven from their homes, and their property destroyed on ac count of politics, and that the Seriate furnish them protection, was laid on the table. House.—The resolution was re-introdneed to ap point a committee to investigate the charges of law lessness in Warren and other counties, and report wby the civil authorities have not brought the of fenders to justice. An extract was rend from the Tribune, showing that Groely believes the accounts of Southern bar barism to be exaggerated. A substitute was offered that the Committee on the State of tho Republic bo instructed to investigate tho charges, with power to send for persons and pa pers, and report the result to the House, which was defeated by 82 to 49. A resolution to appoint a committee of four from the House, and two from the Senate, to pro ceed to Washington and confer with Congress, with a view to reseating the negroes in the Legislature, was referred to the Committee on the State of the Republic. It is reported here that the Constitutional Con vention of Georgia will soon reassemble. The Finance Committee called on Gov. Bullock, and also tho State Treasurer, for farther particulars regarding the expenditures of money not accounted for by the Treasurer. Bullock says the Treasurer’s report is an extraor dinary institution against the integrity of the Ex ecutive and a conspiracy to favor impeachment be cause he, Bullock, wanted to put the Government under military rale. Bullock says the money was advanced to insure the completion of tho Opera House for tho capitol, and accuses the Treasurer of duplicity in discrediting tho integrity of the Execu tive and ad vancmg the political movement in opposi tion to the present administration. Ho sayB the credit of Georgia is better than any other Southern State; but cannot be maintained by permitting subordinate officials to make insiduons attacks on tbo integrity of the Executive. The Treasurer reports to tho Finance Commit teo that largo amounts were drawn, involving the Gov ernor in an unlawful use of the State funds. The amounts were drawn in Washington and the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and used without authority of law. He accuses the Executive Department of extrava gance and tho unlawful expenditure of the funds of the State; employment of threo times as many clerks as the law allows and under full and extra pay when absent half their time. The Governor had made several trips North, and never said any thing about the seventeen thousand dollars, until found out. Ho, tho Treasurer, had gone to New York to investigate the matter. The Governor’s pretended Albion speech was exploded through Sumner’s battery at Washington, and it is a poor way to excite the sympathy of the Republican party by resorting to a weak subterfuge in assaulting sub ordinates, and that the rupture”between Grant and Bollock is thorough. It is reported that the Legislature will elect Com missioners to go to Washington on the Reconstruc tion measures of Congress. South Carolina Legislature. Columbia, January 27.—A joint resolution passed the Legislature authorizing the Governor to employ an armed force for the preservation of peace. It was sent to the Governor for approval The House also passed a bill to enforce the civil rights bill of Congress, TunouGH Freight Tarots.—Wo have been kind-. ly furnished, by Mr. Hutton, the local agent in tins Maoon Gas company Stock J40 city of the Macon and Western Railroad, with the Macon Factory Stock .108 latest through freight tariffs between Louisville and gg ® f f Jftg* Endowed b3^™L™“ ™I™::::::i09 Macon and between Knoxville, Tennessee, and Ma- City of Macon Bonds 75 con The former bears date of January 21st. and the latter of January 7th, 1869. I State of Georgia, old, 7 per cent Bond? «... 91 We make the following quotations from the Lou-1 °f Georgia, old, 6 per cent Bonds 82 isville freight tariff for the information of those in-1 Cotton.—Receipts to-day 312 bales; sales 279 bales;- terested: shipped 80 bales; receipts for tho week ending this First claBsperlOOlba from Louisville to Macon, *2 05 j evening, 2,148 bales; sales 1,633 bales; Bhipped. Second “ “ “ “ “ •* “ “ 1 69 M 41 bales. Third “ “ “ “ “ “ “ •• 1 41 The market during the week lias been very un- Fourth “ “ “ “ “ “ “ •* 1 02 settled and prices irregular, and mostly with a Special rates for Bacon per 100 lbs. $ 1 07 downward tendency. The Eales of the week have, “ “ “ Beef and Pork per bbl 3 06 therefore, been comparatively small—holders vritb- l: “ “ Flour per bbl l 97 drawing stocks from a declining market. To-day’s “ ” “ Com her bushel 39 Liverpool and New York dispatches revived the mar- “ “ “ Wheat, Bye, per bushel.... 45 ket here, and prices went up a half cent on yester- Car load rates for Live Stock 151 00 day's quotations. It closed firm this evening at • The following is an extract from the through tariff 2G>£ cents for middlings, hut with a very light offer- rates between Knoxville, Tennessee, and Macon : ing stock. First class, per 100 lbs...,. 1 311 macon cotton statement. Second •* “ “ “ 1 03 on Land Sept. 1, 1868—bales.. 1,926 ■ llL ' ra °° Received previouslv 49,282—49,594 Fourth “ “ “ “ 75 L _ SPECIAL RATES. I 50,920 Single Horse, Mule or Ox 28 00 ‘“-d. 11 ?" „„ **0 Each additional one 14 J Shipped previously S6,306-36,386 Cider. Beer, Vinegar and Ale per bbl 1 88 Stock on hand this evening 14,534’’ Apples, Onions and Potatoes per bbl 851 GHOCKRIKS AND PROVISIONS. Bacon—01ear Sides (smoked) ™..$ 20K@ 21 Clear Ribbed Sides (smoked)... (4 20 Shoulders & 17 Hams? (country) none. Canvassed Heine, sugar cured. 21 & 23 [ Pop.k—Mess- Prime Mess... Rumps.....— Lard and Bacon per 100 lbs ■ 85 Flour per bbl 94 Pork, Beef and Tallow per bbl 2 83 High Wines and Whisky per bbl 3 13 Com and Peas 56 lbs. per bushel 20 Wheat, Bye, Barley and Beans 23 Oats per bushel I Bulk Meats—Cle>.r Sides ._ Meal per bushel of 48 lbs 201 Cabbage, Turnips and Beets per 100 lbs.... 63 Cok.-kx—Kio._ Live Stock per car load 93 50 J ?’“ ayra A comparison of tbo foregoing rates with those I Dried Fruit p.r pound heretofore established, will show that a very mate- xka—^?Rack Un<i rial reduction lias been made in the tariff of through Green- freights. Copies of tho foregoing schedules, con- Buttrr— Goshen^ _ taining all the articles belonging to each class of Country?— freight, can bo obtained at tho Lduisville and Nash- CHEESE-tAccording to quality)— ville Railroad Office in Louisville, Ky., by sending Sugab—(According to grade). — 1 Molasses—According to description Fish—Mackerel in bbla. No. 1,2 A A Pleasant Reunion.—On Monday evening last, | C<5dfishrmr pound 32 00 «4 00 0Q 3000 @ 00 00 28 00 @09 to IS K@ 19 18 @ @ 20 & so m 40 @ 10 @ g* 25 33 42 15- . _ 11_ 1 00 @ 1 50 1 SO @ 2 00 50 m 55 30 & 46' .30 & 45". 18 @ 22' i 22 15Xf 17K. 48 @ 60 3,15 00 @ 24 00 3 00 @ 5 06 12a. 10 @ (the 25thinst.,) thenatalday of RobertBnms, the S't-r—Liverpool persack— —. _ @ 3 00 great Scotch Poet, the Society of St. Andrew held WniSKT-Comnicn ^'Rye-;120 % 150 their regular annual meeting in this city, and after Fine..— — — 2 50 @ 5 06 transacting business and the receiving of three new Bourbon———————.7.———~ 3 00 % 5 00 members, the Society, in honor of tho great Poet’s j Alk—Per doxen 11.’. 2 CO @ 3 06 memory, converted itself into a most pleasant, so- ToliA ^^ w graJc?1 ' cr P° u ° d -- |g ® g ciable reunion of friends, and over a glass of pure Good™—™— — 60 @ 65 old “Scotch,” discussedthememoryof RobertBnms Faw>y—Y irsin ' a "'”” ". "..Z.. 1(0 @ 1‘S- and rehearsed many of his immortal productions in Flour—Supe- fine, per barrel *J 00 @ 10 00 1 Kxtra 1100 @ 00 06 Family 12 00 @ 12 50 Fane,, Family Brands 13 00 @ 00 00' GRAIN AND HAT. Corn-YAlow, Mixed and White 110 @ 120 songs and recitations. On the 25th inst., one hundred and ten years ago, Robert Burns was bom in a peasant’s cot by the I bridge of Doon, and a sweeter Poet never saw the | light of day. “Upon a stormy winter night Scotland’s bright star first rose in sight; Beaming upon as wild a skv As ever to prophetic eye Proclaimed that nature had on hand Some work to gloryfy tho land. Within a lonely cot of day That night her great creation lay ! ” We have alluded frequently of late to the bad-1 P* 1 * ton ’ ness activity in this market, but it was greater yes- Baugh’s Phosphate terday, from all appearances than on ^yday of the season. During the whole forenoon Third and Cherry streets were literally blocked with wagons and tho sidewalks swarmed with people. Bat the! casual observer will scarcely form an idea of the Meal.. Grits—..— Oats ... Wheat—Per bushel Field Pear Hat—Northern Teime^ec Timothy.. Herds Grass Tennessee Clover & 1 20 1 40 @ 1 45 9 100 2 40 9 2 50 1 25 9 2 GO 9 2 25 ISO @ 206 200 9 000 200 9 0 Off FERTILIZERS. 95 00 70 ro 70 00 25 00 80 00 From Cuba. Havana, January 27.—Many prominent Cuban families, apprehensive of further bloodshed, are pre paring to emigrate. A man armed with a dagger attempted to enter Dulce's apartments but was arrested. Havana, January 26.—More confidence in com mercial circles, and more business. LATEST MARKETS—BY TELEGRAPH, Domestic Markets. amount of business now being done in Macon by I Ex^bSe^YoSdlfi^’. ”l°m% J fficJl what he sees on the streets. He should go to the olinas 64; new 62>£. Virginia ex-coupons 58. Ten- freight depots of the different railroads—especiallv nessee ex-coupons 67J^; new 67. that of the Southwestern-and see tbS amount of Jgf “d^ra^lia^lotef Ste£fed freight which is daily shipped under orders from I firmer at 20££@21 by the barrel. Turpentine quiet merchants and country dealers and planters in South- at 56. Rosin steady at 2 65(g2 70. Freights firmer; western Georgia. For the last ten days the carrying *“**?££?* 50 * capacities of the freight trains on this railroad have .. T T 'n-~ r> u. ., . .... . New York, January 27, r. h. — Cotton bet- been taxed to their utmost limits. tcr . saleB 4)S00 bale8 at ^@20, but closed quiet Planters are now making preparations for the I with no buyers over 28?^. next crop, and, having amplo means, they are layiug I Flour drooping. Wheat heavy and unchanged, in their supplies during this fine weather, and when they can get them cneaper than they will per- i oe. Mesa Pork 3123(331 S7Jrf. Lard, kettle, 21% haps be able to do for months to come. Hence the @21%. Rice firm at 9@10. Orleans Molasses 74. unusual life and activity we daily witness on tte Othg |ro|ri^ fi^mdjteady.^l^entine 56. streets. _ | Governments steady. 1862*s Southern T— „ _d r-ev- | bonds lower. Tennessces 6734’- Virginias, new, 60. left t0 - North Carolinas, new. 6LV gether, which would be drank first? DIED. In Perry, Ga., on tho Friday, the 22d inst., Geo. M. Townslev, aged 32 years and 25 days. /'a.EORGIA. BIBB COUNTY.—Whereas. Mrs. UT Eugenia T. Cochran, Administratrix Money easy at G@7; discounts 7@9. Sterling I 9J^. Gold firmer at 36}^. Southern securities weak I and lower. Stocks closed feverish and unsettled. Baltimore. January 27.—Virginias, old inscribed S0%@50%. Coupons, old 53 bid; new 63>j bid.. North Carol in as, old Ci%; new G2%. • Cotton quiet. Flour active; prices unchanged. Wheat firmer;. prime red 2 2o&2 30. Corn, Oats and Rye firm. less Pork 3200. Bacon. Bhoulders 15%@15%.. - on the es tate of A. K. Cochran, late of said county, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dismission, I Aless A'< These arc, therefore, to cite and admonish all and Lard 21, singular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, o. T nr, n-o . to be and appear at my office on or before the 1st . JH v ’^ AH ’.j^?. uar yJ?7’—Cotton closed firm, sa.es Monday in August next, to show cause, if any they 400 bales; middlings 28; receipts 1,404 bales, have, why saUHetters should not be granted. | Augusta, January 27. Market more active and Given under my hand officially. jan28-m6m C.T. WARD. Ordinary. I firmer; sales 710; receipts 590; middlings 27. Charleston, January 27.—Cotton firmer; sales 1600 bales; middlings 28; roceipts 2181. EORGIA, BIBB COUNTY.—Whereas, Robert A. Wilmington, January 27.—Spirits Turpentine 53-. Louisville, January 27.—Mess Pork 31 00@3150L .— . _ ,Lard 20V@21. Bacon Bhoulders 14^@15; clear e?aUy l0ttld “° tbeIr * nted ’ QlT c T^ARD offi ’ aides 18>^@18^. Fkmr, superfine 5 75@6 26. j irV "' > jSSr • "*■' * " ’’ Ordinary. St. Louis, January 27.—Bacon buoyant; shoulders U%- clear sides 18}^; sugar-cured hanw 18. Lard G EORGIA. BIBB COUNTY.—Whereat, Milton I active. Whisky nominal at 96. Mess Pork active Rape applies to be discharged from the Guard- -t at 50932 00." Unship of Franklin T. Rape: This is to notify all par- tiu interested to be and appear at the Conrt of Ordi- Mobile, Januarj 27.— Cotton market quiet and nary, in said county, on the 1st Monday in June. 1869,1 firm at 27J^; sales li 50 bales; roceipts 316; exports to snow cause, if any they have, why letters ehould | 664. I ndjt.be granted. , , I New Orleans, January 27.—Cotton firmer and Given under my hand officially. jan28-mCmo C. T. WARD, Ordinary. ) advanced middlings 27^<«27%: eales 3600 baJees receipts 6371.
