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Journal £ |H esscitgtr. maconTgeoegtaT FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 83. "city ISrjywST NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. • See advertisement of Wesleyan Female College Commencement. — «. • ■ Removal.— The office of the city Clerk has been removed from the Hook and Lad der Company’s building, to its old location in the eity Hall. Mayor'* Court.— But one case in the po lice court on yesterday. The parties were Mr. Haralson, and L. H. Bryant and son. Each were fined $5 and cost. A Smash Up. —The South-western train, which was due on day before yesterday, did not arrive until yesterday morning, on account of an accident, the particulars of which we have not learned. Considerable damage was done, however. i( Who is He ?”—The Nashville Gazette says, a countryman the com ing in town with a load of wood, saw a mili tary officer, followed at a respectable dis tance by two orderlies—all three mounted, and in full gallop. “Good gracious \” said he, “haven’t they caught him yet? I was here about three weeks ago, and they was a-rup-nin’ him then.” Look Out. —Somebody will get hurt, if they dont change their course. We have a city Ordinance that prohibits any person from selling or giving ardent spirits to ne groes. Some grocery keepers have been retailing it out with impunity to the blacks. For their benefit we will say that this or dinance is still in force, and perhaps some of them will receive a visit from Turpin, soon. Look out. foolish idea has crept into the brains of many of our citizens. They all have a peculiar mania for merchandizing, and think they are not in business unless they have a store. We have heard of some planters giving up their farms, moving to town, with the intention of opening a store. This constant demand tor rooms, has caused rents to go up, and which before the war, were renting for five or six hun dred dollars, now rent for eight or ten hun dred. The demand is so great that rooms cannot be obtained it Ajay price. _ We make a prediction,.unless there is some very nice finanoering, the Ides of witness manyainsdlVenft men. ' _ 'Macon-A Brunswick Railroad. —‘'By re ference to the Superin tend ants card, it will be seen that this Road has changed its schedule, and that on and after the 27th inst. the passenger train will leave from the General Passenger Depot at the time sped* fied in the schedule. The iron from thia point to the Junction having been taken up and appropriated by the Confederate Government, the company is now laying down that portion of the track. and will have the work completed by the time speci fied for a change of running hours. The trains of the Macon and Brunswick Road will run into the General Passenger Depot on the Macon & Western track . A Change of Officers. —Col. J. G. bo long our post commander, has been pro moted to District commander. He has fiithfully discharged his duty as command er fcf this post, for which he has the grati tude of our people. Through his vigilance* Uns by his decisive actions the lives and ■the property of the citizens have been pro moted against lawless violence. We should regret his levying exceedingly if it were not that Lieut: A)l. Frank White, our late Provost Marshal succeeds him in office. Our best wishes accompany him to his new field of labor. And as Col. White is not unknown to us, we need have no fears but what the interests of both soldier and citi zen will be cared for. He also holds the position of Provost Judge, and will make every offender “ have a good opinion of the law,” for it is an established fact that they never do “ until they feel the halter draw.” Lieut. McDowell, of the 17th Indiana, succeeds Col. White as Provost Marshal. The Fashions, —Not having seen Frank Leslie or Godey’s Lady’s Book for several years, we hav’nt the least idea of the fash ion. But if the style of dress worn by the nymphs de’Africa, who prominade our streets, be the latest, we hope for the sake of the .finer sensibilities of humanity, that old fashion will “wheel about again.” It 5s really indecent the way some of them dress. This style reminds us of an eccen tric old gentleman, who was earnestly so licited to call and see the bride of one of his friends, who was dressed ii} the low pech style. After the usual compliments, be familiarly said: “ I hope you have got a good husband, madam.” “ Yes, sir,” replied the lady, “ and a good man, too.” “ I don’t know what to say about his goodness,” added the old gentleman rather bluntly, “ for my Bible teaches tjjat a good man should clothe his wife, but he lets you go half naked.” And while upon this subject, we will give the origin of fashion, as illustrated by the following dialogue between an old man and a precocious youth : “Grandpa, where do people get their fashions lrom ?” “ From Boston ?” * Well, where do the Boston folks get them from ?” ® “ From England.” “Ah! and where do the English get them from ?” s “ From France.” “And where do the French get them from ?” “ Why why right straight from the devil! There, now, stop your noise.” The W heat Crop.—We regret to learn that the smut and rust have materially in jured the present crop of wheat. One of the oldest and best farmers of Monroe coun ty, informs us that his wheat is seriously in jured by these diseases. Emancipation in the wrest Indies, From the Louisville Democrat, 16th. [ Few examine the results of emancipation while many, in general jubilee of rejoicing, look to it as a grand philanthropic measure to command the approbation of the world. Yet the experiment has been tried, and the results are anything but a cause of congrat ulation or rejoicing. There are now in the West India Islands 150,000 square miles of most productive land, in the most salubrious climate in the world, lying fallow, a desert waste, in con sequence of this measure of emancipation.—— The freed negro basks in idleness and deg radation in a land of flowering beauty and fruitfulness comparable to the garden of our first parents. Broad ports, in which navies might ride, are deserted and empty. Beau tiful fields, over which abundant sugarcane floaetd in plentiful lavishness, are grown rank with weeds. The coffee plantations are deserted, and the precious bean grows wild in the place where it once was cultivated.— On every side there is the mark of ruin and desolation. The wild grains are the sign of a past prosperity; the degraded negro the successor of the enterprising and vigorous white. This, is an extent of territory equal to Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.' Cuba takes off 4,200 square, miles, and Cuba, where slavery still exists,' is prosperious.— With other deductions 'there will remain 54,000 square miles almost, if not entirely, uncultivated. In 1834, when emancipation took place a brilliant career of prosperity was foretold. Let us see what has been the actual results. In. 1800, the West Indies exported 17,- 000,000 lbs. of cotton,and the United States 17,789,803 lbs. They were at this time, it will be seen, nearly equally productive. Let us, however, examine one island, Hayti, where the results of emancipation are best seen. This island is 406 miles in length, with a maximum width of 163. The number of square miles is 27,690, of which 10,091 are comprised in the Haytien or negro republic, and the balaace in the Dominican. Its population was estimated from 550,000 to 650,000. Its climate and soil is incomparable. The earth abounds in jewels, in precious minerals. Gold, sil ver, copper, iron, tin, sulphur, rock salt, iasper, marble, are found. The islands sit like jewels in golden seas. The tall and graceful palm lifts its fringed top over plains of verdure starred with rare flowers. The spreading mahogany lay its dark shadow over velvet grass that bounds tho W<icro .bright rivers. Birds, with rare brilliant p?uu._ 0 ’ fleams of light among the scented idiiago. &road, fertile lagoons shine among the groves of oraDge, citron and coffee, and every hill and promontory is rounded into a graceful outline of beauty. To describe the scenery seems to be reveling in descrip tions of poetry and romance. Plantains, banas, yams, wangroves, millet, oranges, maize, pine-apples, melons, grapes, grow in Wild, uncultivated abundance. Cultivation produces coffee, oocoa, sugar, indigo, cot ton and tobacco. In 1790, Hayti supplied half of Europe with sugar. It was a French colony, with a population of 500,000, of which*3B,36o were whites, and 28,370 free negroes. The remainder were slaves. Under the fever of the French revolution, a spirit similar to that our country now feels, the doctrines of liberty and fraternity were applied to the colony. In 1793, Hayti was freed. There have been seventy years of experience with the most disastrous results. If the negro has any capacity for free government, it ought to be shown in Hayti. Let us make a statistical comparison and see the results. In 1790, the value of the exports were $27,828,000, the princi pal productions being as follows : Sugar—pounds - 163,405,220 Coffee “ * ■ 68,151,180 Cotton “ * 6,286,126 Indigo “ 930,016 Let us take a view nearly forty years after, when this emancipation was to yield such a splendid return to a philanthropic world. In 1826 the figures stood thus: Sugar—pounds ? * • 32,864 Colee « - - 82,189,784 Cotton “ * " 620,972 Indigo “ None. At this day there is no sugar exported, coffee and logwood being the only exports. Tho coffee is gathered wild from the moun tains and the abandoned French plantations. All that is required to be done is cut down the tree and carry it to market.. The cul tivation has ceased. The statistics of 1849, the latest published, are of exportation : Sugar—lbs None. Coffee-lbs 30,608,343 Cotton —lbs 544,516 Senator Sumner, in a recent speech, esti mated the exports of Hayti at 2,683,000, and Mr. Sumner is an Abolitionist. In 1790, the exports were 27,828,000. Was such a spectacle of decay ever witnessed before? Hayti, which seventy years before supplied half Europe with sugar, is now supplied from the United States, or rather, was before the Let us now turn to Jamaica. It is about 150 miles long by 50 in width. . Its is >■ —.—. l 4 ’ 00 ® fq ?o re miles - The Ust census ■ taken in 1844, when the population «081-M s " T' Whito "' 15 -" 9 ; negroe., -08,U8; mulattos., 68 5-26.;,' The whim populaUon la dying out through tile’ blood g* tbe negro. The negroes freed in 1833 were to serve bvd years apprentioeship. The planters were paid $80,000,000 for the loss of set vice. The value of exports, as published in flar per & Brother’s Cyclopaedia of Commerce, before aud since emancipation, is as follows : BEFORE EMANCIPATION. Value of Exports. isio * * - • * £3,033,234 0AU > * • • • 2,303,579 AFTER- EMANCIPATION. 18M > • • • . 932,316 Here is a decline of three-fourths. An other way is to estimate the quantity of the productions before and since. In 1805 two years before the prohibition of African emigration, the productions of Jamaica were as follows: PRODUCTIONS OF JAMAICA IN 1805. Sugar—hhds . . . 150,352 Hum—punch . . . 46,837 1 imento—lbs . . l 041 540 Coffee-lbs . . 1 7 ;96i;923 Then the productions were at the high est point. They afterwards declined, and in 1834 it stood : Sugar—hhds . . . 84,756 Rum—punch . . , 32 111 Pimento—lbs . . , . 3,605,400 Coffee—lbs . . . 17,725,731 The first year after emancipation, pro ductions declined nearly 1,000,000 hhds; coffee ’declined 7,000,000 lbs. This de crease steadily continued, and, in 1856, the productions of Jamaica stood: Sugar—hhds . . . 25,756 Rum—punch . . . 14,479 Pimento—lbs . . 6,848,622 Coffee—lbs . . . 3,323,147 The only article which has increased is pimento, or allspice. The reason of the increase is that the pimento is not cultiva ted, but grows wild in many places. Fr6m a report made to the House of 'Assembly during the years 1848, ’49, ’SO, ’sl and ’52, we find the following : Sugar estates abandoned - - 128 Sugar estates partially abandoned - 71 Coffee,plantations abandoned - 96 Coffee plantations partially abandoned 66 Making a total of 391,187 ! • In the five years succeeding emancipa tion there were abandoned : Sugar estates 140, comprising - 168,032 Coffee plantations 465, comprising 188,400 The Cyclopaedia of Commerce says that “the negro is rapidly receding into a sav age state, and that, unless there is a large and immediate supply of immigrants, all society will come'to a speedy end, and the island become a second Hayti.” -This is an indication of what we are to expect from a similar policy. We might add much more about the shockingly de graded condition of the negro. The islands are abandoned to him, as if it was filled with the plague. It is cursed and avoided—a doleful example to mankind, but one which fanatics will not recognize or accept until it«is too late. The Secretary of State is issuing pass ports at the rate of 1,000 a month —each of which costs an American $7 10, and the naturalized citizen $6 25. Why this dis tinction against Uncle Sam’s men ? This income of the Secretary’s office is now very arge, about equal to the expenses of the building—certainly up to the salary of the President and Secretary of State, and all . 4 good man 7 now taking the border States. out a very large number. Some of these go because they have made a large amount of money, and others because society is so unsettled and disturbed. There is a young lady in Henry county, in this State, not yet sweet sixteen, who is this year cultivating fifteen acres of corn. She does all the necessary work, including plowing, and has undertaken this piece of work to obtain money with which to educate herself. There is true grit in that girl.—Mis souria (Republican. \fcgr Amos Kendall has an income of $40,- 000 per anum from his telegraphic stocks. WM. M. DUNN. THOS. W. MANGHAM DUNN & MANGHAM, General Produce JHerchanU AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL j- DEALERS IN GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS GENERALLY, WE buy and sell Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Soda, Sugar, Coffee, Flour, Meal, Tobacco, Whisky, Sheet ings, Osnaburgs, Yarns, Corn, Peas,- Salt, Leather, Cotton Cards, etc., etc., etc. |g- Consignments and trade respectfully solicited. RALSTON’S GRANITE RANGE, aprs-tf Third Street, Macon, Ga. EDWARD C. LAGRIEfc. GEO. C. FREKkAN ED. C. LEG-RIEL & CO., Commission Merchants and Brokers* NEXr TO MANUFACTURERS’ BANK, MACON, a- A.-, SOLICIT Consignments of Cotton and Merchandise gen erally. Gold and Silver Coin, Stocks, Bonds and Se curities bought and sold. June 61m. Government Claims, PURCHASED OR COLLECTED, AT THE USUAL OOMMIBSION.BY I. C. PLANT, june7-lm Btock and Exchange Broker. WM. KETCHAM, COMMISSION MERCHANT AND FORWARDING AGENT, (NEAR ROAK’S CORNER,) ATLANTA, GEORGIA, CAN FURNI3H GOOD-AND SAFE STORAGE. WILL deceive and forward goods, and buy and sell all kind of Merchandise and Produce on Commission. Consignments respectfully solicited. Atlanta* Ga.» June MITCHEL & SMITHS, General Commtasion Merchants, ’RALStOV’S GRANITE RANGE, THIRD STREET, MACON GA. r * ■ v DEALERS IN.,SHEETING, SHIRTING, OSNABUHGS, YARNS, ROPE, RAG GING, MANUFACTURED & SHOR ING TOBACCO, 4cC. AC, 4tC. Particular Attention Given te the PURCHASE, SALE, AND SHIPMENT OF COTTON. REFERENCES: ERWIN k HARDEE, CLAGHOIN k CUNNINGHAM, SA VANNAH ; E. B. LONG A CO., L. B. DAVIS, AUGUS TA ; L. G. BOWERS, S. M. FARRAR, COLUM BUS ; P. P. PEASE, V. A. GASKILL, ATLANTA. WE now offer for *ale,4-4 Sheetings, % Shirtings, Oana unf*’ Drilln, Hickory Stripes, Oottorades, Cotton M £[ r,in !’ “ up Suitoe Netting (Bobbinet), Spool Cotton,Flax Thread, Needles, Note Paper, Envelope* Pencils, Pens and Holders, Copying Ink, Blacking, Pereas eion Cape, Toilet Soaps (assorted), Lily White, Quinine, Cotton Cards, Basks, Carriage Bolts, Horse-shoe Iron, Nails, Hollow Augers, Cooks’ Patent Millwright An gers, Boring Machines, Door Bolts, Plastering Trowels, Chisels, Plates, Saw and Plane Randles, Horse-OoUars. lien’s English Shoes, Ladies’Gaiters, Basset, Bole Har ness Leather, Bear Grass Rope, Arrow Root, Brown and Clarified Sogars, Syrup, Starch, Family Son p. Candles, Pea nut Oil, Lard, Hops, fccooking and Chewing Tobacco, Ac., Ac. A few dosen superior French Brandies, and Old Bourbon Whiskey, for medical use only. 100 dosen File*, assorted The abort articles we offer lew, either at wholesale or re tail. . „ JO k MITCHELLS SMITHS. June 16—dSw* To all Whom it May Concern! TiKE DUE NOTICE, That we are determined to try at least to make an honest Bring. We will sell at Auction erery * TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY Until farther notloe. We will sell, or try to sell, ererythlng brought to as for sale, and wiH endeavor to make quick salea and nremnt returns. r If you have Goods, or Hones, or Oattle, or anything else that you want sold, send them in on either of the abqre mentioned days, and we wIU do the beet possible for you. > We will also sell at Private Sale any Goods we bars in store. M »• B* CLAYTON 4c CO., may 26-ts Auelioneen. X. C. PL^JSTT, Stock, Exchange and Money Broker, MAOOaN, GA, Stocks, Bonds, Sterling and Domestic Exehange, Bank Notes, Government Claims, Gold and ’ Silver bought and sold; money invested as parties may direct. Collections made and promptly remitted fol*. Rrfsbekcw:—R. H Maury A Cos., Richmond, Va. rW. M. A J. 0. Martin A Cos, Charleston; Josiah Morris, Montgomery; Marine Bank of Georgia, Savannah; Union Bank, Augusta; Wm. H. Young, President Bank of Co lumbus ; St. John, Powers A Cos., Mobile, june 8 McBRIDE & DORSETT, CO 1 TON AND PRODUCE BROKERS - AND General Commission Merchants. (AT J. K. BARMAN’S, CHERRY fSTRRRT.) MACON, GkA... WILL give their prompt and personal attention to the purchase and sale of REAL ESTATE, STOCKS. BONDS, GOLD. MERCHANDIZE and all kinds of COUN TRY PRODUCE. Having ample facilities for storage and sale, they solicit consignments of MERCHANDIZE from all_parts of the Union. Consignments of COUNTRY PRODUCE respect fully solicited. Rkfjcrknces.—J. W. Pears A Oo. s and J. L. Saulsbury, Macon, Ga. J. B. Walker A Sons, D. L Adams A Sons, J. A. Ansley A Cos., Augusta, Ga. Johnson A Bransford, Rich mond, Va. 8. G Henry A Cos., Louisville, Ky. Oody A Colbert, Columbus, Ga. W. Herring A Son, and J. M. Cal houn, Atlanta, Ga. june 15—dim* C3F" The Atlanta Intelligencer will copy four times and send bill to this olfioe. CHARCOAL. 2,000 Bushels for Sale at the HA CON OAS LIGHT COMPANY WORKS. June 17—lw MACON BUSINESS DIRECTORS D. DUNN, NERCHANT TAILOR. Mulberry Street, opposite Lanier House, Macon, je22—Bm* DR. BENJAMIN A. WHITE, (LATE OP MILLEDGEVILLE.) Offers his Professional Services to the in habitants of Macon. Office on Mulberry, and Second Street, over J. M. Boardman’s Book Store. Entrance on Mulberry Street. Macon, june 21—3m* G. BERND, DEALER IN SADDLING AND HARNESS GOODS, Cotton Avenue, Macon, Georgia, june 20-3 m. T. R. BLOOM, FACTOR AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Macon, Georgia, Is prepared to purchase cotton at all times, june 2G-3m. DR. F. G. CASTLEN, Office at Bowdre &* Anderson's, Comer Cherry and Cotton Avenne, Macon, Ga. To be found at night at P. B. Bowdres. june 20-3m 3^ “ STQO*\£ ? #ft%XCHANGE BROKER, JTJp, Third Street, Maeon, Ga. jane 20-3 m. A. McQUEEN, MACHINIST, Will do all kinds of repairing in Machin ery, and execute every variety of Black smith work in his line. Old friends and new customers are invited to call. Plnm Street, between Second and Third. Macon, june 20-lm. E. J. JOHNSTON & CO., JEWELERS, ETC., Cotton Avenue, (Under Masonic Hall,) Macon, Ga. Watches and Jewelry Repaired, jtne 18-3 m. W.C.KENNEDY, TAILOR, Mulberry Street, Maeon, Ga. door to Massenburg's.) Cutting done in the best style* unelS'Sm. ' • L-H. BRYANT. GENERAL AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANT. Cherry Street, Macon, Oa. June 18—3ni* . J. H ANDERSON A SON, WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. Will attend punctually to reoeiving and selling Cotton. They have Storeroom for 1500 hales. . Maoon, juue 18—3m* D. C. HODGKINS A 80NS Continue to oarry on their business as here tofore, at their old stand, and would be glad to aooommodate all old and new customers. They also have on hand, and for sale, a variety of articles in their line, june 18-3 m. SOUTHERN EXPRESS COMPANY. Office in Ralston’s Granite Building, 3cd. Street, Maoon Ga. JNO. W. COX, Agt. jnne 18-3 oa. GREER & LAKE, WHOLES ALE, RETAIL AND COMMISSION MER CHANTS, Third Street, Macon, Ga. june 18-3 m. H. F. REES, GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANT. Prompt attention paid to consignments. Cherry Street, Maoon, Ga. june 18-3 m. ~CHASrH.I3AIRD j r TAILOR, Can be found four doors below the Tele graph Printing Offioe, Cherry St., Maoon Ga. Cutting done promptly and in fine style, jnne 18 a ~3m. JOHN B. HABERSHAM & CO~ GENERAL AUCTION AND COMMISSION BUSINESS. Triangular Block, Maoon Ga., june 18-3 m.. JAMES SUPPLE, " WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, Second Street, next to Boardman’s, ; Macon, Ga. j“°e 18 d3m M. B. WHARTON, GROCER, PRODUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Triangular Block, Macon, Ga. june 18 , d3m J. J. SERVATIUS, CONFECTIONER AND BAKER, Under Ralston Hall, Cherry Street, Macon, Ga. june 18 d3m* OTTO. SPAHR, PROFESSOR OF MUBIC AND TUNBR AND REPAIR ER OP PIANOS, Office at Servatius’ Confectionery, Macon, Ga. jnne 18 d3m J. H. ANDERSON, GROCER AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Corner of Third and Poplar Streets, Macon, Ga. june 18 d3m STUBBLEFIELD HOUSE, B. F. DENSE, PROPRIETOR, Mulberry Street, Macon, Ga., Is open for the accommodation of the public. june 18—d3m MiIUULLL O is tin.. . . GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Third Street, Maoen, Ga. june 18-3m* WILLIAM DOODY, ' DEALER IN DRY GOODS, SHOES, ETC., Under Ralston Hall, Macon, Ga. jane 18-3 m. GRIER & MASTERSON, . LIVERY AND SALI STABLES, ALSO BLACKSMITH INO BUSINESS. Corner of Mulberry and 3rd Sts., Macon, Ga. june 18-3 m. METHODIST BOOK DEPOSITORY Cotton Avenue, under Masonic Hall. Miscellaneous, School and Beligiout Books, Paper, Envelopes, Pens, Pencils, &c., &c., for cash or country Produce. J. W. BURKE, Agt. Macon, June 18-3 m. J. H. OTTO, WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER, Macon, k Georgia. (Opposite Lanier Houae.)u june 18 — 8 m. G. F. & H. E. OLIVER, WHOLESALE GROCERY MERCHANTS, Third Streep Macon Ga., Will attend to all business entrusted to them. june 18— Sir. R. B. CLAYTON & CO , AUCTION AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE OBFICE, Cherry Street, Macon, Ga. jane 18—3 m. A. J. BIDDLE, PHOTOGRAPH GALLER^. (Over Boardman's Store, Mulberry St,) Macon, Ga. jane 18—8 m. JOHN RUTHERFORD, attorney at law, Maeon, Georgia, june 18—3 m. jTk. HARMAN, GROCER, FROnUCE AND COMMISSION MERCHANT, Cherry Street, Macon, Ga. (Under Magnetic Telegraph Office.) june 18-3 m» d3m