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MWSON JOURNAL.
DAWSON, GA. JAN. IS. 1866.
To Adverti«K-r*.
We l ava nTrained, ho far, fn in
blowing abo it our circulat o*, and do
not “blow.”now, but, notwithstanding
tbe fact that our Hint volume is not
yot ended, we can eat üblish our elves
ic the announcement that the Dawson
Journal goes bi fore more readers than
nuy otter paper in Southwestern
Georgia. We have no*, made this an
nouncement eithor until we have as
eared ourselves of its truthfulness.—
Let advertisers make a note of this,
nud govern themselves accordingly.
Gan. Grant t .» Negro Suykßage.
When the Aikansas delegation called
upon Liin, he told them to go home and
ad' pt the cod.-tiiutional amendrm nt im
mediately, and after they had dono that
to pass a bill giving suffrage to all per
sons without regard to color. lie has
used similar language to others from'the
rebel State within the last six weeks.
A Texas City.— HouMm, Texas,
b< Lrc the war bad only 5,000 inhabi
tants. They now number 30,000. The
Ifftfvuph s»y« : ‘‘Oar city is perfectly 7
Ailed with srangers from all the four
'•quarters of the Globe, and our hotels
and restaurants are filled to overflow
ing with them. We are at loss to know
where they ail come fretn. But the
best of all is, they have, mostly got
money, and are buying up the vacai t
blocks around the city, with the idea
tion cf building on them.”
Pennsylvania U. S. Senator.—
The throwing < v rboar J of Governor
Curtin and Thaddeus Stevens, and the
nomination of Simon Cumeron for P.
3 Senator, by the Pennsylvania Re
publican*, is, ] crimps, a favorable sign ,
of the times. Ah are Bepubliians,
but then Cumeron *as an old line
Democrat and is understood to be far
less radical than l.is competitors
Cameron will be o’ected, and ia in a
position to pur ue a far more moder
ute course than cilh r Curtiu or Ste
vens, who have rec- nt'y vied Aitheach
other in demonstrating their hatred of
the South.
Macon Western & Railroad — Tho
Telegraph says :
The election cf a Board of Directors
for the year 1867 took place Tuesday,
and resulted as follows :
A. J. White, President.
directors :
N. G. M unroe, 11. Varner,
W C. Redding, John B. Uo s,
T. G. Holt, ' L. 1). Merony,
J. C. Levy, Edward Padelford,
Andrew Low, Win I) Thompson,
Wru. A. White, Adam Noriil.
The Scarcity of Labor.
The labor question has assuxed
quite a serious aspect in this section.—
We hear complaints from almost every
quarter of Terrell and the surrounding
counties, of the scarcity of hands.—
We have seen a number of men going
to Macon and bevon 1 there to hunt
for freeedmen Wo have been inform
ed of a number of farms which usually
work forty and fifty hands, on some of
which there are not a dozen, for this
years’crop. This state of things is
what wo li ivo been looking for, and
wh-t we have more than once warred
our readers of, in speaking of the im
portance of an efiurt to dis. ipate the
all-pervading idea of the freed men to
take a wi and gocse chase “up the coun
try.”
Ar officer of ‘.he S. W. Railroad,
the other day, gave it as h’s opinion
that not less than ten thousand freed
men had been transported over the
real since the laying by of the last
years’ crop. This will give some idea
of the rate at which the cotton fields
of Southwest Georgia have been strip
ped of their laborers.
Some still entertain the idea that
even in time for the present year’s
planting the fieedmcn will flock back ;
and they may to u small extent, but
we shou'd remember that we have the
rich Mississippi bottoms, and other
sections in which negro labor is equal
ly profitable, to compete with, and un
less the inducements held out by the
people of those sections are coun’er
balenced by us, the mgro, looking to
self-interest, will continue to leave here.
Hence we have, from the outset, nrg
ed upon our readers the great impor
tance of concluding satisfactory con
tacts with the negroes for an ther
y ear’s lab >r.
Whether this ehange, on the part of
the negro, will be to his advantage,
ultimately, is not the question for us
now to consider— bu': whether or not
ho can be induced to be’ieve such is
the case, should more particularly en
gage our minds just at tuis time. Our
own opinion is that this is the vety
beat portion of the United States lor
the negro, and that his labor can be
used to more profit to the land-ho'der
than elsewhere; and this conviction in
duces the belief that in t'me the ne
groes will flock back here. But just
at this particular time, and under tho
pecuniaiy circumstances that surround
us, we can illy afford to lose one crop
to erder to try the experiment.
The Impeachment iTfovemeii',
Spirit o( the Republican
Press.
It is interesting to read and to know
■he opinions and expressions of the
baling radical [less up u t’ e n iVjibc t
recently inancurated by tho faction in
the Housr of Representatives at Wasb
ing'on to impeach the President. We,
then fur*, offer co apology for occupy
ing a portion of our space to-day with
extracts f,oa> these Journals on the
ajlj i t.
We comminco with the Cincinnati
Commercial , hy far tbe ablest Journal
of its parly wist sf the Allegbaniop,
which in-iist that the movement wilt
hang fire in the hands of the Judiciary
Committe, and cannot fur want of time,
if there were no other obsticlcs or ob
structions in the way, be acted upon by
the present Congress. In reference to
the succeeding one, which will assemble
on the 4 ! h day of ibe ensuing March the
Commercial says;
“What the fortieth Congress will do
wo can beitrr determine after its < rgan
'zatioa. It will certainly bo more rad
ical than the present on, end it is not
impossible that it may undertake im
peachment, if not 100 greatly alarmed
by the indications of the gold barometer.
The Wall street indicator will be watch
ed with as much eagerness as the pro
gress of the tiial in the Senate Cham
ber."
The New York Tribune— honest
Greely—deprecat.s tie movement cf
the Congressional marhes as calculated
to injure “tbe party,” of which it Dever
loses sight—fur without “the pa ty”
what would the Tribune be? But in
exprrs ingi s disapproba’ion, that Jour
n 1 of course, indulges in a few'tings
at the President. It tays :
There is nothing now to be gained
'hy impeachment. President Johnson
has been a bad President, but also a
I foolish one. Wo have lad a Chief
! Magistrate doing all he could to destroy
the party which elected him, and at
the same time all ho could to destroy
himself. If President Johnson ha*
been an enemy of R pub icanism, he
has also be;n an enemy ts himse’f. He
'did much against the party hut the
elections left nothing of him. lie was
| left politically dead—scarcely worth
j burial. He was looked upon as a de
feated and disappoiu'ed schemer; B‘ill
|he had a large party at Lh back. In
, this country, the shortest political road
is that which leads irora a majority to
j a minority. Our party w ill take this
road when it resbly begins impeach
ment. That cm only revive President
Johnson’s dying fortunes and give h'm
what he wants, sympathy, und the
chance to make a defensive war.
“Could the President l e removed ?
General Butler made an ingoneous ar
gument during the' elcctii n to show
that, upon amere]pretentation of t rtieles
iof impeacbmeut, the Senate might de
! pose the President and place another
'person in his office daring the trial.
j'Butler's argument was ingenuous, but
we pesume there are twen’y lawyers
J who can make an argument as ingeni
ous on the other side. Th?ro is not
J a definite law about it, «nd President!
( Johnson is not the mtin to surrender!
the benefit of a doubt. Those whu i
think he will quietly walk out of the
| White House at the bidding of the ma 1
jnii'v of the Senato, miit .ke the man
and the depperato character of the ad
venturers who conttol his fortunes.
We next have (lie New York Time 3 ,
which is evidently somewhat startled,
and getting ready to make another break
round the circle. While generally
obeying the behest of the Jacobins, the
Times cannot help showing a litilo ner
vousness atths boldness of the'r d,s : gns
and the sensation and effect they pro
duce in Wall striet, for the money kings
of which it is said (be entire radical
press of New Yolk have a decided par
tiality, if not a who] some drea'b la
reguard to the little cliqua of impeach
ers, Mr. Raymond’s paper says :
‘lf it. Lethe detirini ration of two or three
members who might bo named, to car
ry out the schemes they have concocted
for the impeachment of the President,
then the sul ject, so far as the action of
the House is erneerned, may be consid
ered as settled in advance. If Bjutwtll:
adheres to what he has recently pro
claimed—if A.-nley maintains the ground
he has so determinedly assumed—ls
Wentworth, and Logan, and Tbadcus
Stevens hold to tin position they hive
taken up within a short time—:nen t ie
majority which will follow ituso may
he estimated by just about the strength
|of the party in Congress. It may all
seem very well to these lead rs to in
dutge, in will an 1 ex nvagint language
in furious outbursts, and violent denun
ciations, and to propose schemes calcu-
lated to upset thirgs generally. Bat
there are others who are quite as much
interested in these matters as members
of Congress, and who are beginning to
apprehend that there maybe peril to
■ the couLt y from its control by those
whose political principles are so uubil-
1 arced, and whose resentments and pas.
sions find such violent expression Thi
! course that has been pursued upon the
impeachment busiuess. the spiiit that
has bean displayed in its treatmeut, and
1 the progress within t few days in mak
ling it a matter cf practical legis'etion
and action, have added greatly to thes.
apprebeosious. It is looked up o a
such a gratuitous di turbi n e of the
peace of the c uotry • such a pr ag -
ing of "tir political diffieul i"S ; such an
uncalled-for inteifoience wiib our pro
gress tiwarl harmonicas relation*, and
such a dangerous procelure, that i
cin bereg: rlcdon y ;:s Le woik f tb<to
who care nothing for the public welfare
anti are in*ent ouly upon their owu tel!
i->h ends.’’
Wc misfit multi;.ly these oxtrae's
from leading and itifiner.tii, 1 11-publican
journals, to show the light in which tLo
moverneut unci r consideration is re
garded by the n ore into! igint and sob r
minded men of the party. But tloso
made above w !1 an»wer our purpi se tor
to day, and to help to impress th ; read
er with the convict'o ', which we hav
entertained nud expressed from the fi st
that the attempt to impeach thor Resi
dent, will hardly anouut to any thing
mote serious than to bring its auth ~rs
into general ridicule and coot- mpt at
home, and to perhajs wc: ken ai.d i jure
tho national credit abroad.
[For The Dawson Journal.]
How Shall He Retain la
borers f
The great demand for laborers on
the thousands of cotton plantations in
the State of Georgia, and the cotstaet
drain for the Southwest, to say nothing
of ihose going North, makes tho above
querry quite an interesting ore—not
inly to the farmer, but also to every
branch es trade, for without cotton to
bring money into the country, the
merchant and mechanic will alike foe!
the loss. Our section, all admit read
ily, prolutes grain in small comparison
to the graineriea of tbe West —Our on
ly hope of rallying from the pecuniary
distress, caused by tho war, is in our
co'ton lands, yet the lands if them
selves are wotsa than useless; they are
curse without lake r. I can only esti
mate the and, fi ioDcy in laborets f o u my
own neighborhood, and can sifely say
that, one half of the laborers arc gone-
Hi fleet, this is only the second year of
their freedom What may we not ex
pect in January, 1808 with the pres
ent lights before ns and in 1870. Who
will till our soil ? the inducements held
out by planters from the Mississippi
Valley, will draw all tbe working freed
men there, and leave us only tho re
fuse, the dioac°. If they Lire, our
lands will not justify us in paying the
wages that they can obtain on the
banks of Bad River. We must try
some other mode of compensation—
some o'ber inducement, or suffer
the consequence. Wo must attach the
negro to us. By tho lav sos Georgia,
the negro is guaranteed all the rights
of a white mr.n, before the law he is
made square, but the bitter truth most
be tolJ : Wt do not feci under any ob
ligation to see his right sustained. We
ook an the law as having been passed
under duress without our consent, and
while we feel that it is thedu'y cf the
judge to see it carried out, yet Wc can
not feel that we have any interest in
tbe matter. Wc give our noe the hen.
efit o? always being right. This is
natural. This is what we must do so
cially, but the matter stands in a differ
ent light, when we tbiuk of having no j
one to lalor, when the grass is choking <
out the cotton. Tho negro is a freed- I
man, he has the right es locomotion,
and if he is mistrusted here, he has
his revenge double, when he leaves
us ulone to toil through the midsum
mer.
Cannot interest sugg;stsom3 mode
of distroyirg our auti| atby to a “free
negro in his present usefulness? Can
we not overlook tho insults once heap
ed upon us, when they were declared
Iree ? because he once lelt us to man
age our farms, or“lcok out for help.”
Shall we dri.o him away from our
couotry, before his place can be sup
plied ? We are doing so, by first, not
attempting to recognize the education
of their children. Whilo Ido not
think it worth much to them from the
natural stupidity as a raco, yet it will
do much good to them to think that the
“vTliite folks” want to encourage them
to learn to read. The negro is per
fectly able to pay f-ir the expense of
education, the only difficulty is, that
our fellow citizens aro not willing to al
low us to teach negro schools. Wc do
not openly oppose it, yet frown down
every attempt of au honorable mini to
begin the enterprise, and thus prevent
any “savo pupils from New England
schools” from undertaking tho task.
Tois muit not be. Eaeourago some
responsible person in every communi
ty to open a school for them, and let
the employers be responsible for his
compensation. This will prevent the
negro from boarding h a money, as ma
ny our to* doing, to keep from work
duiing the cold season, having discern
ment to know that he can hire at any
lime. It will soon be an enquiry of
the negro when you try to hire him.
“have you any school for my children
to go to 1 x nd woe to that neighborhood
that has to answer in the negative. Y'ou
will at least pay higher wages. How
many a crippled soldier would like to
support himself thus, if the rules of
society would allow it ?
2nd. —We must provo ourselves the'
i egro’s real friend, ia contradistinction
to the shallow prentensioos of the Rad
icals—how this must be done, will dc
|cnd on tbe character of the negro, and
the circumstances of each particular
• ase, to be judged cf by these be is
counectcd with. Sound judgement and
a careful study is all tha; is required.
Furmi rs, if you expeat to hire any
tiauds next year, or even rent or sell
your lands, be careful how you manage
y< ur present employees. Just allow your
band to say, “he is a hard man to get
a’ong with,’’ and y\ u may as well quit
firming.
lam not a farmer, nor do I want
to take a negro school, but would mere
ly throw out a few suggestions, to be
aeted upon by the great thinking mul.i
tude. E. N. K.
Sinithville, Ga.,Jan. 15 th
New Cieorgtii Law*.
No. 43.
An Act
To make he employment of any ser
vant whatever duiing- his t r.i of ser
vice illegal, und declare the same a mis
demeanor.
See. 1. Be it enacted, That from and
after the passage of this act it shall not
be lawful for any person to employ
ar y person in tbe employment of an
otner for and during bisterm of strvice,
and if any p erson by himself ir agmt
shall bo guilty of employing the ser
vant of another during the term of
which he, she or they may be employ
ed, knowing that such a servant wa
so employed, and his term of servics
hud not expired, or if any person or
pers ns shall entice, persuade or decoy
any servant tn leave h.semployer, etihi r
hy offering higher wages, oria any
other way whatever, knowing that
said seivant was so employed, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdtmeauor, and
upen conviction thereof sba’l be fined
any sum not more than two hundred
dollars, or confined in the common
jail if tbe county in the lis re ion of
the Court, and not to exceed three
month -.
See. 2 repeals conflicting laws.
Apprcvcd 13th Dee., 1806.
No. 41.
An Act
To repeal all laws forbidding aliens
to hold an I own lands in Georgia.
Sec 1. ]> • it enacted That all laws
and parts of 1 iws forbidding aliens from
owning lunds in this Stale, be, and the
same are hereby repealed, and that all
conveyances of lands, tenements,
and hcriditaments hereafler made to, er
by an alien, shall be asvalid and lega
as if made to a eTz*r>.
No. 49.
An Act
To legal zv th 5 marriages made by
Colored O.dained Ministers of the G*;s
pi 1, and also to auhoriz j -udi Coloiei
1 >rlained Minister or Ministers of Af
rican descent to s demniz : future mar
riagis between fried men and freedao
ujen of Alrican descent only.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted. That all mar
riages heretofore celebrated by ordain
ed colored ministers of the G.spel, or
ministers f African descent, between
free! men and treed women uni persons
of African detc.n*, shall, and the same
are hereby declared to be valid and le
gal to ail intents and purpose*;'.
Sec. 2Be it furth r enacted, That
it shall, and is hereby declared to be
lawful for ordained colored ministers cf
lh: Gospel 9i mi a ictus of tlcGriopct,
of African and scent, to celebrate mar
riages b.twcaa freedmen and freedwo
iu-io, cr persons of Aftican descent, on
ly under the same tiruis and Tegu’a
tions as a:o now required by the laws
ol this State, f>r marriages between the
free white citizens of this S ate.
Sec. 2 Repeals cot tl cting laws.
Approved The 13 h, ISVO.
A Leaf From She History of
Tltad. Slovens.
BY JOHN W. FORNEY.
The following chapter iu the history
of Thad. Stevcu3 appearid iithc Lan
caster Intelligencer some years ago, and
waswiitten by the preseut editor if the
Washington Chronicle , who is n w be
slobbering the Ihcmylvania agita’or
with the most fulsome eulogies, and sec
onding his efforts to work out Ihe mis
chief and destruction with whi:h he
charged him of being capable more than
a quarter of a century since. Stevens
has uot changed in the least, But how
about Fornev ? The foliiwing is the
pen and ink sketch :
'■T ha Jens Sieving , tee arc glad to say,
is not a Pennsylvanian His own his
tory proves t! at he came hither a stran
gor to her per pie, and has continued at
all times c ndstently adverse t> her in
terest. hie has been since his unfortu
nate presence in the Legislature, i’eou
ylvania’s evil genius, and if she had de
generated at al, and the three past
years of her life prove that she tun, ho
planned the niis*crtune. Wo will nit
repeat here his utter destitution of rep
ntation, for his carer r is one of (hat k.n 1
which could only have been run by a
villain at liourt. Pennsylvania has three
blniishes on her escutcheon : The Ma
sonic inquisition, the chartering of tha
United Stabs Bark, and the preecnt
outrageous condition of affairs. The
first is not requisite to say, he irigina
teJ and emiplettd. The sicond was
the fii ting off-prieg of his brain; for ho
read that infamoua bill before tin liit
ner House of It- presenta ivee. The last
(the buckshot war) is Lis own by every
law of right. He began tho anarchy
it is tho sad consequence of his own
pla's He desolvei the Government,
He is now urging the S:aa*c to go on
iu his path of destruction! Hois em
phatically ‘the power behind the throne.
The last is u desperate and final plungo.
It. will ei h* r make or unmake him. If
it ii nieceiful, he can cover up the fis
tcring iofamy cf bis life and savo him
self and hislouipatiiocs from impending
ruin. Ii it is un.-uecessful, he will be
spurned cot only from the ball of tho
Legislature, but from the very Sta'c—if
the laws permit hi3 escape.”
Tlie Farmers Taxes.
Tho following important decision.-
have r ccntly been given by the Com
missioner es lutcrnul Revenue at Wash
ingtoD.
1. Partners will not be required to
make return of produce consumed in
their n« n imm jdiate families.
2 The farmer’s profits from sales cf
live stock arc to bo found from deduct
ing the gross receipts for animals solJ,
the pnrehtsy money paid fnribe same.
Ifstiimals havo boeti lost during the
year byd ath or robbeiy, the purchase
money paid for tho same may be de
ducted fnm the gross income of tho
farm.
Sec 3 No deduction can bo made
by the rarmer for the value of services
redered by his n inor children, whether
ho aetnally ; ays f r such services or
not. If adult cdildren work for him
arid receive compensation for their la
bor, they are to he regarded as hired
laborers in determining Ills income.
4. Money paid for labor, except
such as is employed in domestic fe -
vice l , or in the production of articles
consumed in the family of the producer
may be dedactel.
5. No deduction can be allowed in
any case for the cost of unproductive
labor. If house servants are employed
a portion ofthe time in proluotivo la
bor, such as the making of butter and
cheese for sale, a prnpoitionate* amount
for the wages paid them may be deduct
ed.
6. Expenses for clearing or ditching
new laud arc plaiuly expei scs for per
manent improvement aud not to be
deducted.
7. The whole amount expended for
fertilizers applied duiiog the year to
ibe farm may be deduct'd, but no de
duction is allowed for fertilizers produc
ed on the farm. Tho cost of seed pur
chased in sowing or planting, may be de
ducted.
The Southern Rost Offices. —The
notices roccntiy pufclisl ed concerning
the di-c ntinuance cf S uthern R st
Offices arc liable to be n.i-.understood.
No wholesale discontir.uat oe of cflie s
now in operation is contemplated ; but
the action of the Rost office Depart
ment refers on'y to the many offices in
the §ou:h which wi re suspended at tho
commencement of the war in 1861, and
which have not sireo bet n f. rrnallv ro
opened, ah.hough in fact not discontin
ued. The accounts ' f such offioi s can
not be elo>ed and balances due the Gov
ernment collected by the auditor for this
department under existing luvs and re
gulations wi bout formal order cf dis
continuance by the Rostmaster General,
whereupon tbe bonds are surrendered
to tbe auditor, and ho can proceed
again-t th; last p s'inai'ers. Tue Aud
it rof the Rost-i ffico Department re
ports to the Postmaster Gi neral that
the postal revenues in the late insur
gent S ati s have ex e and u by 8291,851
rhe actual expenditures, and it appears
that, including all liabilities to 301 h of
Juno last, the revenues in that, section
would only bo deficient $75 380.
Interesting to Raii.ro.vb Travel
ers —Tho following “rules of tho
road” are based up n legal decisions,
nrid ought to be universally known.—
The courts have dec-id ed tf.ut tq jT
eants for tickets on railroads can be
ejected from tho ears if they do not
offer the e.vjct amount of their fare
Conductors a e not bound to make
change. All ra.l.oad ti kets e good
until used ; con’ifions‘-good for this
uay only,” or others admitting time of
genuineness, are of n > account. Pas
sengers who lone their tickets can be
ejected from the cars unless they pur
chase a second one i'af? eh> et's are
bound to observe decorum in tin- cars
and are obliged to comity with all
reason ble demands to show tl eir tick
ets. Standing on tl e platform or oth
t rwise violating the rides < f the com
pany, renders a person liable to be put
out of the train No person has a
right to monopolize more seats than he
lias paid for and ai y nt tide left in the
seat, while the owner ia temporarily
absent, e: tit'es him to his seat ou Lis
return. —Louisville Journal.
The Fkeeumen.—G< neral Howard
ot the Freelrotn’s Bureau, arriv
ed in this iity ou Sa'urdy, and since
that time have been visitit g the col 'red
population and examining into their
condiitor. Last night the freedmen
turned out. in large number--, with torch
eg and banners transparence?, etc, and
escorted the General and party to the
African Church, where several addrtss
cs were delivered. General II iward
advised them to remain where they were
—that inducements whore hold rut to
them to cm migrate to other State-, but
that removals were always troublesome,
an! often very fir (run advantageous J
he advised them to be ’ndustrinus and
abide by their contracts ; impre sed up
on them tho importance of education,
stating that, th oughout the Smrh. rn
States, there were n w over 150,000
eolored children being educated, and
concluded u.s .e®:.:xs wan Patriotic
expressions, which created considerable
fecliing among the dusky auditory
Columbia Phcentx.
Dried Fruit.—Camp natively few
pets ms attach much importance to tl e
fruit crop, yet it is already worth a
good deal, and may with but.slight time
and attention be largi ly increased. We
copy a paragraph about, dried fruit from
tho Route Courier of the 10 h :
By the following stateuieut, by the
President, of the exports ovir the Rome
railroad, it will he \teen that there have
been shipped frnn here, this season,
15,602 bushels of fruit. Now ellow
ing two-third* of this to be peaches, at
$3 00 per bushel, and the balance ap
ples, at SI 25, it would amount to sl7-
022. Just suppose that ten timre rs
much fruit had been dried—which might
have been done, and you woul 1 have
had an income from fruit of 51i70,022.
Tho election for President and seven
Directors to manage the zffairs of the
S. \V. R. It- for tho ensuing pear, will
bo held at the company’s office in Ma
con, on Thursday, Feb. 1 Itb.
NO HUMBUG.
Gr Ti E .A. T REDUCTION
—IN—
Dll Y G- O O D S
—AT—
ALEXANDER & WHITE’S!
MACON, GA.
A L. K X A I* |) E R & W It I T U !j
I X order to prepare for a Large and Splendid Stock of Sprint and Summer Drr
I Goods, we will close out ttie lialance of our S ook at (Jreally JtrfiliCfri
Prices, and especially Itlankfts, Jeans, Cassltiurts, Jtterinos
ind all Woolen Dress Goods.
Now is the timo to buy CHEAP GOODS and grod GOODS at
Alexander & “White’s,
4i sm:co,nt st., rnij.ron.,tn block 41
DR, L. B. ALEXANDER,
Houston, (Jo., Ga I
W. C. WHITE, 1
jan 18th ts.) MACON, Ga
COMMERCIAL.
Jttiwta niirkeb.
Atlanta, Jan. 10,1807.
There has been a decid.il improve
ment in trade during the p at wick—
heavier than for several weeks.
The receipts of Cotton were light—
rather below the average. It is bought
freely at 31c per Middling, lax paid.
Tbe demand for Corn has been unu
sually active aud heavy daring the week,
much exceeding tho very large receipt,
leaving but a light stock. The sales
were heavier than during any other (no
week since the war. W j quote the
Market firm at $1 30 by the car-load
from store, with some sales of very
choice in superior condition at largir
bargains. Tbe tendency of the market
is decidedly upward.
The Flour market has been brisk
with sales largely in excess of receipts,
although the latter were heavy. The
market is very firm at the following
quotations: Supeifine 12 50.13 extra
13 50;14 1) mble Extra 15; Extra Fam
ily 16 to 10 50 Fancy 17 to 18.
A K Seago,
Commbsi n Mcichant.
Daws N, Jan. 27. —Receipts light,
acd not much doing. 7Yc quate 21
to 26—the latter for cx'ra grades
New York, Jan, 15. FI iwrr 10
cents lower. Cora dull, drooping.
Rok quiet ; new mess, Western,s2o.
75. Cotton q i:t ; at 21] .35 f t
Mi Idling Uj lands.
New York J. n 15— R ccipt of
C >tton tor the week. 10,000 bi-lcs. Ex-
P'rts, same p f rloJ, 14,000 baler. Slock
on band and shiplo-od, not ck. rtd,
188,000.
Receipts at all the Paris, sinsa Scf
t'*uibor 1, 810,000 bales—against 976,
000 in same period last year.
Americas, .Jin. 15.—Market dull
owing to light Ticeipfs, 25, to £0 f r
Middling,
Wiiat Goon Feeding Wipe To,—
E.P. Haynes, of Carre, M;.ss, reports
to th • Country Gentleman llio product
of a tingle cow in five and a half months
The cow is ten years f id, and can c in
tie first ts Jim a y The ia f vtas a hort
born from tie Prince of Iferifotd,
weighed 169 lbs. dressed at 9 1 2 wet 1 s
old, and sold f r S2G 78 \\ hilo t! e
calf was fattening the cow made $0 50
worth of batter. Since then t" the 15th
of May she gave from 38 to 41 pounds
of milk per day, which was made into
cheese, and ti e | ro hiet wa. 270 pounds
which was woitb s<6 00. Tho total
fir calf, cheese and butter amovm ol to
$99 00. She was fed through the win
ter and spring with g ol bay, all she
would eat, and one qiait of meal, rye
and corn, with a littie oil meal mixed
with it.
James River is entirely fr< Zen up for
several miles below Richmond, and nav
igation has, in consequence, been en
tirely suspended fr r the present, The:
IVomac is friz-m over from Georg
town to Lower Cedar Point—the ice
being sufficiently strong to permit ska
ters to pass from there to there. In
consequence of this odlv accomodation
trains aie now running on the Rich
mond, Fredricksburg and IVomac Rail
road. The trains on the Central and
Danville Roads wore running on Thurs
day with about their usual regularity,
though from the amount of snow falling
some apprehensions are entertained that
th> re will be a temporary suspension of
travel.
Chicago has been seven days with
out a divorce cass. Wonderful I
Wanted—Rome of the beer produo
od when “mischief is brewieg.”
A negro rebellion is expected in
Cuba.
in a ic st ii.o.
Near Morgan, Ga., on the nit., »t the resi
dence ot the bride’s father, by Rev. T. T.
Chiisiran, Mr. G. W. Wooten, ami Miss Mat
lie S. Collry.
/1 SiOltG 1A Terrell Count)’.
tJ Whe i< ns J. J. Davis appl es to me for
betters of Administration mi the estate of
G. W. Mount:
Notice is hereby given to all concerned, to
be and appear at my ollico within the time
presciibed by Law, to show cause, if any
ihey have, why said Letters should not be
granted,
Given nuder my hand and official signature,
this, January 18th, 1867.
T. M. JONES, Ord.
HAVENS & BROWN,
Wholesale and Retail
BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS,
And General News Dealers—Triangular
Block, Cherry Street, .JlaCOil. On.
THE
EXCELSIOR DRUG STORE I
nit. c. ./. ciiEmiTHtijn,
PROPRIETOR
f 'ONTINUES to receive vecMy niidl i, „ j
V 7 supplies of every thing un allj kepi id
a well atrai geii and Well Kept Diup s<or<
and many oihrr articles, such as Scl eel end
Medial Decks, Pujter, Envelopes, Feur,
Pencils, Fancy Notions, iic. kc.
By employing a R»sident and Experienc
ed Buyer in N.w York, who is al»»vs ready
to take advantage of the ma ket, and hv buys
ine 4selling St ic ly for Ca.-li, he i» enabled to
Otter l.beral mdu einems to Cosh IJimrß, who
appreciate Pure and reliable an cles.
Ife keeps none but the Furest and Best of
evi rv thing, aid sells on ahoit profils for tt#
CASH, and CASH ONLY.
Don’t forget the plaie—The Red IJon.-o at
Southwest t'orner of the Public Squaie.
Dawson, Jan 18th, 18t>7.
TO THE MEDICAL PIiOFESMOIf.
To the Medical Profession I w uld sav,
whenever any 01. lire medicines such as Lai d
anrrrn, Paragotic, Dovers Powders &0., coin -
pounded hy me, are ifferedfor your use t y
votrr patrons in the country, yon need not
hesitate 10 use them or fely upon them In
makiig your pri scriplions. As in tlnir
preparation the formula ot i lre United Slates
Pl.ai rnacoi ie:a aretpictlv observed.
O. /.CHEATHAM,
Proprietor of the Excelsior D.ug Store.
Dawson, Jan. 18, 18K7. Sin.
FRESH GARDEN SEED.
Vnew supply of Fre.h Garden Seed jn t
received from a New House who late
no eld Seed to work off—at the Exitls.or
Crug Sto e, Dawson, Ga.
Jan. 18tr.
PSiISH mm SEED.
Call at br. Perryman’s
and get your Garden Feed,
lie lias them fresh and
genuine, by the wholesale
and retail.
CHEAP FOR CASH.
j .iir-st
MXHJKIRY
.And Dress Making.
I now inform the citizen* of Dawson and
The surrounding country, that I have
movi and mv s f ore in the home former lv occu
r iod by Harper & Birham ; iu the Lojflesi
Block.
I ttni prepared to do .all kinds of work iu
my line, both
MILMXERY Sl M VCI MAKING;
I*f«t 1 COI fident I can put up ray wo,k in
rood Rttl** and will endcaver to please. All
I is to give me a trial.
Prices for Die s s from SI,OO to $6,00 ac
cording: to 'he amount of work required, I al
so cut, Bid fir all kinds ol clothing for chil
dren and make if required.
j »nlB-tf Mrs. B. F. COLLINS.
ATTENTION, PLANTERS.
I RESPECTFULLY call the attention of th<r
planters of South W. Ga., to the fact, t,O
retail poods is entirely out ol th- line of the
House that I represent. And will in all in-
Btanc‘B refrain from taking an? orders onW
from regular dealers in Merchandise. It
not the inteution of the House to conoe in
competition with regular dealers, and it will
bv no means facilitate the r lauters in p l,r *
chasing at low rates by trading direct with
the Western markets, from the fact that the
, enormens freight on small quantifies of fOod®
; and taking info consideration the hr aw loss
in weight and ths ri?k in shipment will over
ballunce the small prrfiis of deaWe.
R. H. MOOMAUGH,
With McFerron, Armstrong k Cos„
KY.
janlß-lmo.
PLANTATION FOR SALE,.
IN SOUTH WESTERN GA.
VVER Ydesirah’e plantation in CVhoun
countv Ga. containing 1225 acres. Th. p / e
are three sttilemfßifi on the place. The
hammock land has over 2,000 yards of djjc *
| ing on it. There are comfortable dwelling
j houses, ten gocd negro cabins, new Hin
house and Iron Screw, well covered ar 'J*. wl ,
endure forever. It i* ten milos from War
Station, one mile from Biowns Mills, an*
j three miles from Morgan, the County site,
will fell every thir g on the premises, ns 1 in
tend to follow some other biusiuOF-. * rice •
! present | 7,00 per acre. Terms
poifeet. A. G. WEAVER,
janlß 4t Morgan Calhoun County ba.
. t Mt.lt I.VJS Tll.l TO ItS S.irF
TINDER nn o dor fiom the Court of Ordi
nary of Terr. il County, *iHb. fold befme
the Court House Door, in the 0 ,
eon, on the first Tuesday in
thirteen acre* of Und more orh»*. P
the 4th District of said cor.ntv, also l -°
of land Ivirg re.pec.iv.ly in
Counties. Sold .a the property of Ks
Cartfr, fortbe benefit prrß
cl said estate. WILLIAM
ianlo ”
& W M ITJE J