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DAWSON JOURNAL.
DAWSON, GA FEB. 8 1806.
Tbe line of the Western Union Tele
graph connecting Rufnula, Ala., direct
with Maeor, Ga., was completed on tLe
11 th nit., and dispatches pcsied over
tho wires.
Advices lr m Galveston, Texas, re
p<v-t «he arrival there of eeverel hundred
white emigrants from Georgia, their
homes being already secured, and prep
ara'i ns nade for immediate work.
Tiib Negro in Florida.—Official
Florida letters say the Indians of the
Evergladei have determined to keep the
negroes as slaves. They deny the ju
risdiction of the laws. Trouble is ap
prehend ‘d. Negroes arc colon : zing on
fit. John’s River. Gen. Ely had arriv
ed from South Carolina with 800 emi
grates.
The Richmond TWa wji : The
river is still frozen tight to about forty j
miles below City Point. Now and•
then the waves have broken the ico 1
and thrown it with great force ngaina j
tho wharves on the lower James hav
ing in two or thr o instances broken !
them down and washed them away.— j
Nothing short of a heavy freshet will;
carry tho ice out of the river, and this |
we will have very sh illy.
Some of the Radical papers are j
inoral'zing upon tie indecencies and
ecurri'.ities of the Rump Congress, ns
manifested in the course t f debate al
most every day now. Tho New York
Expre c s remembers that there was a
time when these things use tobecharg
ed to the “plantati n manners” rs the
representatives from tho slave S ates
—but r,ow that there are no slave
States, and no representation from the
South at all, the “plantu:ion manners,’’
it scorns, remain.
The tico lands in Carolina arc said to
havo been almost entirely abandoned by
the negroes. Most of tfcc blacks have
emigrated to Florida and the trans-M>»-
sissippi, and when they discover that |
those dhtant lands arc not mure flawing
with milk and honey than the places
they have left, lin y will be likely to re
"turn. It wili take years for the negro
to settle down content 'd with Lis lot
Tbe radicals havo made him a nomad, j
and he will continue to roam i om one
portion of the coun'rv to another in vain
search of the Utopia which his worship
pers have proursed Lim. What little
monoy he may make in the S„uth from
tbe crops, he will expend in visiting the
city of Washington and the free States.
As long as his money lasts he will be
well considered there and courted ; but
when bis means fail, he will as smely
be 1 reed back to the South. He is the
■bu'.tleccck iu tbe game of battlcdoor,
in which the North forces the South to
take a band.
Fire in Macon.—Wo leurn from
our Macon exchanges that a disastrous
firo occured in that city on the night of
Sunday last. It commenced in the
cellar of Stevenson & Laney’s Grocery
nnd provision store, on Cotton Avenue,
and destroyed it and the adjoining,
occupied also as Grocery and provis
ion Stores—on the one side b» J. H.
Cherry, and on the other side by Jones,
Baxter & Day, corner of Cotton Ave
nue and Cherry street. But for the
prompt arrival and indefatigable oxer
tions and skill of the noble firemn, as
sisted by a dead wall between Mr
Cherry’s and the next building, in all
probability ttie whole block from Cher
ry to Mulberry streets would have
been consumed.
We deeply sympathize witn the suf- j
ferers, and especially with Mr. Castle
berry, a young gentleman, we learn, of
excellent character, who lost his horse
and everything else he owned, and,
whose own life was olinost miraculous
ly preserved.
Jones, Baxter & Day saved most of
the contents of their store, but the
whole stock of Stevenson & Laney and
Mr. Cherry, was destroyed. We have
heard so many expressions of opinion,
conflicting in character as to the
amounts insured, and the origin of the
fire, that We cannot, in this matter, an
swer tbe question put by Pilate to
Christ, “What is truth ?”
The Conspiracy againet General
Grant is explained in this wise by the
Washington correspondent of the Bal
timore Sun:
It will be remembered that the im
peachment resolution, as at first offer
ed in the House by Mr. Ashley, was
worded so as to include ‘ any officer of
the Goverum nt,” and that it was sub
sequently modified so as to name the
Presideu. It has recently transpired
that the original resolution was drawn
up bv Gen. B. F. Butler, his inten
tion being to include Gen Grant as a
subject for impeachment It m part
of tbe design of the extreme Radicals,
ia their conspiracy to overthrow the
Government, also to do away with
Gen. Grant One fact, however, was
lost *igbt of, that the Constitution only
provides for the removul by impeach
msmt of civil officers, and this induced
the change.
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COITON OK COR H t
We are aware of the f: ct.thiit tuuny
planters, who plant for the speedy fill
ing of their coffers, dissent fiotn our
standard view sos tho real interest of
tnut elms in this section; but wo look
forward to the day that tii y will dis
cover their mistake and attempt t»> be
benefited by the discovery, w hen we
fear it will ho too lati Taking for a
stand jMiint the two articles of corn mid
cotton—at their lespectivo j rices at
presert—it would appear that there is
more money in the cultivation of cot
ton But with the lights before us, we
expect to see, if our lives are spa r cd a
few years longer, the wh te clowned
King remove his throne from th s to a
more western eli-mle. Indeed, the m
diicements held out to planters there
now, and the consequent removal of
that class best adapted to tbe eu lure
of the present staple to other quarters,
adtnon sh us of tho fact that it is high
lime for experiments in sum thing that
will better sustain life than cotton, or
even the miser’s God.
In a conversation lately with a gen
tleman who removed from the great
corn producing region of Tennessee
we were told that by proper manage
ment he has been enabled to raise as
good o:-rn here as he has ever seen
produced in the former section Now
if -no other climate would produce cot
ton, we night raise the snow white
banner and rest secure from luture
want, beneath its folds; but such is
not the case ; and wlii'e this may be a
prolific section for it, there are others
—others that by greater inducemo' ts
to the natural adapts to its cult.ration
win them !>y scores from our bor
ders, and thin the ranks of our labor
ers in this and ail other branches < f
agriculture.
With the probable results if a few
more years like tbe pa t one before us,
the question arises, What is to be
done? We ansxir— Give tbe eoil a
fair trial in soma other branch of agri
culture—try it on something to eat. j
The last year has been one of the '
best for grain in tho North-western |
States that has been known ia many
years; while an exceedingly poor sea
son for cotton was experienced here
Let those who build their luture hopes
of fi rtune upon cotton alone, compare
the respective prices of the two arti
cles now, ami imagine how thecompar-1
ison will hold out, with a good cotton j
year, and a failure in tbe grain crop of.
the North west. Even with the many
plantations that are likely to lack for
laborers, with good sea-ons, there will
probably be twice the amount of cot -
ton produced in this section that there
was last year ; while thousands of bales
will to added to tho t ta! amount
lrnm sections that did not scarcely at
temp. its culture last year. Have wo
good reason to hope that the spring of
1868 wi 1 find tbe p ice more than halt
the present quotations ?
On tbo othir hand—there are sel- |
dom tw o such coru crops iu successi n
in the Northwest as that of the past j
season. -With a comparative failure ;
there the present year, and but few
acres allotted to corn here, what will
probably be the price of bread ? In
deed, will there not be danger of ten
times the amount of-suffering for bread
that there row is in th se lands ?
Let our planters dispassionately take
a clear view of those questions in all
their and fferenl bearings, and decide for
themselves which is safest, all cotton,
cr a proporti nos each ?
A Jlililar) Dictatorship.
‘ Ia antiupation of his (Johnson’s)
removal,” says the New Y’ork Herald,
“at all events, it is g'ven out from Wash-!
ingtr n that a law will probable be pass
ed by Congress providing temporarily
for the promotion of General Grant tu
the White House as acting President ;
a man whose very name carri s with it
the prestige of public confilccce and
success.
“With General Grant in tbe Execu
tive chair we know that tbe present un
reasonable, implacable a defiiant rebel
States would speedily realize their true
s tuation; that they would be without |
difficulty reorganized on the basis of
tbe amendment an 1 that with, if not be. j
fore,the return of December they would i
all be reinstated ia Congress, and har
moniously so operating with the North
to carry on the great work of new Un-;
ion. We were 6ure that the South |
wmld thus fall in with ttie new ideas, ;
new constitution of this new epoch, !
easting out all the remaining dregs aud
dry boors of that old tora down faoric, !
whose corner stone, like that of the do- j
funct Jeff. Davis Confederacy was Af
rican slavery.”
Now, says the Telegraph, the oljccti
of this movement if it really be contem
plated, is by mi bouud to change the
government to a Military Dictatorship.
If not, wby and >es tho Herald claim for
General Grant, the new President, to be
a power and influence over the South
ern States not proposed by President
JobnaoD ? Why should we, under the
n«w regime come ‘speedily to realize
our true situation” and “rtorgan- j
ize on the basis of the amendment,’ if
force is not be used to compel us to do j
a thing that as abhorrent to the senti-
1 iironts and fto’ings of every true-hearted
8 u h rnoi ?
Wo havo no doubt that such a iLirjj
is seriously meditated by the revoluli' u
is' in C ngros?, bu' w I <1 neia' Gr*nt
consent tu bee tne t'.< i tel ii cur
thr wing the liberties > f bis eo itif.'j by
inaugnra iig ibis‘ New Union, ' ‘with
new ideas nnd m w Con.-tituii nif this
new epoch,’ us ihe Horn'd, which means
in plain Kng i-li, the sjbve.sio i of lie
Gov.TDmeatuf.iur Fathers? We shall
,ce.
Sew I’lan of I{< storariou.
Rkiimoxii, l'\b 5 -Too Enquirer
i ’ . 1
publishes the u. w plan el reg'ora ion, in
an cut horative slaps :
The adaption of tho Constitutional
Amendni' iit; laws withdrawing from
the Union null and vid ; Uuitid S ates
dibi si led; in u r C ioaary debt forever
repudiated; persons born in the United
States tube ci zns thereof, and of
States in which they resiJe ; rt presen
tation to be proportioned to the whole
r.umber of people, ixcludit.g uotaxod
Indians ; no other sufi ago qua'ifiiut ■ n
than two hundred and fifty dollars tax
able property, and ability to read the
Constitution of the Uuitcd Sates in
English.iacd writ', except that none
bo excluded from franchi.-e wh > have
heretofore exertiltd if, by the proposed
res'ric'i ocs
Tho Democratic members hate not
been formally consulted on this new
plan, neither has it transdired tl a the
Republicans have made pledgrs Li:.oi ,g
them in caso the South adopts i\
U is mentioned in connection wi h
this plan, that it is endorsed by Gover
nors Orr, of boutli Carolina; Sbsrky, c<
Mississippi; Pason*, of Alabama; and
the Governor of Florida.
It is stated that lheddent Johnson
endorses the scheme.
The Next Congress. —ln the next
Cjngrcss, which is to meet on the 4fh
of March, the ltepub'icans will buve in
the Senate forty-three-votes, and the
supp it rs of the President only nine.
Cole takustbe seat of McDougal; Fer
ry, that of Foster; Morton that of Lane -
Drake, that of Brown; Conkling, that
of Harris; that of Nesmith;
and Cameron, thattf Cowan. Ia the
next House, supposing the elections yet
to be held in California, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, Kentucky and Tennes
see to make no changes in the present
balance of parties, the Republicans will
have one hundred and lorty-iw.i votes,
and the supporters of Mr. J hr.s n,
jfirty-seve - ; that i< to say, the Repub
licans will count sixteen more than a
i two—thirds vote.
j She Republicans havo, tberefi.ro, du
j rine the remainder nf Mr T A..™ 1 .
! t' nn, in both Houses of Congress, more
I than enough to pass u!l bills over the
i vet \
Tue Fruit Crop —The p<ople o r
Georgia have hithorto paid but little at
tention to au article of exp Tt wfci-.h i
now becoming important. Dii and foi
is always in demand, at g'od prices, ar.d
we Enow of no crop which will bring
equal returns, at hs3 outlay. A small
iuvestmeut in plantiug and cultivatit g
trees will result in a good income, in
creasing each year, with very lit.-10. troub
le. Goqd dried peaches and applos will
always sell well, and pay better yeir by
year, than planting cotton. F t in
stance we take Floyd C'>un‘y. The
cjtton shipped from Rome for the lust
feur months docs not amount, even a*
any pre ent prices, to the valuo of fruit
shipped Now, should a little more
attention bo paid to tbe latter article,
tho farmers would fiud that they could
get along with fewer hand l , less t oublo
and expense, and make more clear incn
ay at the end of the year.
Toe Way Counterfeiters Pro
ceed. —The modus operands of the
counterfeiting gentry is described as
follows : “A suitable person approaches
a first-class engraver with an offer of
SIO,OOO or even $20,000 a pla'e. Ti e
latter is seldom able to refiit this temp
tation, and as he, no doubt, bas a daily
! engagement in some bank-note estab-
I li-ihmeut, the work is done by biro in
\ over time, such as nights and Sundays,
i When the bills are printed they aredis
; tributed with surprising celerity and are
I “shoved’’ simultaneously in different
[ oarts of the Union. In this manner a
laige cumber is got eff before suspicion
is aroused. The best counterfeit groen
| back on record is the SSO issue, which
was at first accepted at the Treasury in
i Washington. Robert?, tbo artist who
Icxciuted the plate, received $20,000 for
! hi a services, but was detected aud is now
! serving out a sentence of twenty y*ars at
! Sing Sing.
Proposition to Impeacii Gen
Grant. • -Under flaming caption the
Cincinnati Caiamercial publishes a Tis—
patch from its Washington eorre-pon
dout, in which he discloses a plot of
General Butler, Hon. Mr. Ash'ey, and
Thad. Stevens to “impeach” and attack
Gen. Grant, as well as the President
It was detected and defeated by Mr.
.Biogham, who ascertained that a feel
ing ot intense bitterness existed against
Gen. Grant, whom these Radicals seem
ed to regard as about as bad as President
Johnson.
For the Piwson Jouri al.
Mcsert. Editors —Claiming as I do
to have tome regard and care for the
i general health of tho public, bowiV.ro
i strongly my professional occupation
may arguo to tho contrary, 1 will ven !
t turc to poin! out some of tho evils of
; imp operly veuti ateu Chureto?, in
(i her crowded rooms. Every odo should
know that iu Churches and other plaei s
of g* ncral assembly, when improperly
v ntiUted, the cot fined air, quickly
| 'uses a largo poitiou o r its oxygen, tbe
; 'ifo-sustaining property of pure air, and
in its s'eid is substituted carbon:o ac.d
gas (a noxious poison).
Ist. The absence of this vital proper
ty oxygen will rapidly t fleet the vital
functions, depressing the nervous oncr
gb s—producing headache, lassitude
drowsiness, and if continued a sufficient
Itngth of time death will be the tesult.
2 lly. The carbonic acid gas being
its»lf a norcotic poison, causing a gen
eral relaxation ot both physical and
mental powers ending iu drowsiness,
syncepo or fahting, and under fav able
circumstances death itself. If all these
combined with tho aid of two large
s'oves inviiiating the air, besides having
every avenue f r the admi-si nos fresh
and the ercapo of impure air closed,
causes the cocgreg.ti n to yrwn, nod
and give other demonstrations of rest
lessness, and inatfentit* to what under
more favorable circumstances would
prove an interesting and pn fi aide ser
mon, our worthy minister should iut
attribute it to a want us due rrspict or
unconcern, for the groat and impressive
truths, which he under ci cumstanoes
so unfiiT! ruble both lo himself and con
gregation arduously endeavors to iacul
ca*e and fasten upon cur minds. L t
us pay m re attention to our wind. \vs
atidhss to our sieves. The former
;L uld t< so artanged as to admit air
from the top instead of the bottom as is
m w tbe case, tho Jitter shoui 1 be dis
card'd as an expensive nu’sinee. Let
us have plenty of ficsh and pure air at
the Church and we will uot be necessa
rily compelled to get up and leave tbe
house of God iu th: midst of an inter-'
resting and soul-stirring .’pp&l Neith- ,
er will wc yawn or nod as is frrqueniiy j
our seeming want of respect for the
time and place, our indefatigalie pawn
will have more spirit, fe 1 g and energy
and the co.'grogatiun will t e ill atfe ,-
lion. I‘. D l>. J.
Tire Importance of Advnrtas
»»* „ ,!
In the year 1802, Edwin T hit ctl
!ev, Esq., of Philadelphia published a
book eutitled “Practical Treati e on
Business.” Before publishing it he
asked B.irnun, the l'l-l<dn'!lt.'<l tlm'-l'-
man, who has made half dorym for
tunes in lrs time, to furn sh ld§i a
commmicat'on eiubody ng tlie rssu/ts
of his experience and o' serration.—
Barnum furnished the articl <, which
Freedly yiublistieu in li'h work anj
which -vo find published also in Bar
mini's Life, “written by himself,” un
del the title of* Barn .in's Rules for
success in Business ” There were ten
; u'es laid down ; tho eighth was as
fi Hows :
“8 A>lve’tiso your biisi ess. Do
not h do your light under a bushel
Whatever your neenpat on or calling
may be, if it needs sn|i}iort from the
1 public, adeertite it thoroughly and effi
! ciently in some shape or other that will
j arrest pub ic attention I free y enn
j fess that what success I have had in
my life may faiily be attribute! more
to the press than to nearly all other
j causes comb'ned. There may pit--si
j bly bo oecunations (hat do not require
advertising, but l cannot well c n.etve
what they are
Men in bisines? will sometimes te l
you that they have tried advertising,
and that it did not.pay. This is only
when ndverti ing is <1 no sparingly and
grudgingly. Homcepathic doses of ad
vertising will not pay, perhaps it is like
half a potion of physic, making tho
patient sick, but effee ing nothing.—
Administer libera l}’, and the eu v will
bo sure and permanent.
Pome say “they cannot afford to ad
vertise.” They mistake—they cannot
afford w oi to advertise. In this country
where everybody reads the newspapers,
the man murt have a thick skull who
does not ste that these are the dies pest
»nd best mediums through which he
cm speak to the public, where Le is to
fiud his customers. Put on the appear
ance of business, and generally the re~ ,
alizing will follow. Tne farmer plan's
his seed, and while he is sleeping his!
corn and potatoes aro growing So with j
advertising. While you are sleeping or
eating, or conversing with one set of i
customers, your advertisement is being
read by hundreds and thousands es per
sons who never saw you nor heard of
your bu-incss, and never would, % bad it
not been for yoir advertisement appear
ing in the newspapers.
The business men of this country do
not, is a general thing, appreciito the
advantage of advertising thoroughly
Occasionally the public are aroused at
witnessing the success of a Swaim, a
Brandetb, a Townsend, a Genin, or a j
Root, and express astonishment at the \
rapidity with which these gentlemen ac
quired fortunes, not reflecting that the
same path is opened to all who dare
pursue it. But it needs nerve and faith.
The former to enable you to launch out
thousands on the uncertain waters o’tho
future ; the litter to teach you that af
ter many days it shall sureiy return,
bringing an hundred or a thousand fold
to him who appreciates the advantages
of “printer’s ink, properly applied.”
■\MiltU TROUBLES OA 'k ill;
' Coast—A is l.x«Fetloral Oiii
i «'«•»• tVoiuidcd uiml a Negro
Killed.
' A STE A HER SURNED BYX KG HOES.
From the Favunnsh Itcpublican, 31st ]
STATEMENT BY CAI'T. B'tANDT, At DISTANT
COMMISSIONER F B. AND A. B L.
Tbe fdlowing is a reli. ble (not “ten
national”) report by our spciiil reporter
in regard ti the trouLbs on tho South
Cir i mi plantations oppot-bo Savannah :
Un Tuesday, in company with Mr
Walter Blake, proprietor of the “Rice
II .pu’ plantation, Mr. Lynch and Mr.
M inigault, I weni to the “ilopo land
ug to my surp-ise, I bund a large
number of frredmen with their house
hol 1 tff -cts, about to bud from small
boats; tl e whole pirty fomerly belong
'd on the plaututio.i if Mr. Blake, and
had left the same in March last, ti con
tract on the Oglethorpe plantation; in
roply ro my inquiries t! ey staled that
“Air. B adley” had advised them to re
turn and take p siession of tbe old plan
tation, ITadlcy also tilling them that
they held possessory titles to tho land.
I oidercd them, by vir ue of my mrlior
ity as Assistant Commissioner, and in
obedience to to orders rcc< i <red from
Headquarters, not to land or attempt to
take possession of any part 1 1 the p'an
tati"n. They ars.acred ilia; Air. Brad
ley had advi.-od them to take the course
they had taken n the premises They
did not land hut several of them gut in
ti a small boa , us they said, to go ait r
“Air. Bradly,” and get his advice how
to act. These men ie urued in four
hours and sud they had riot fouud
“Bradley.” With the pcrmi-sHu oi
Mr dSbke, the \v >mvn and children
were allowed to c one ashore and were |
quartered iu the buildings of tho pd.n:-
ta'ion. The men wue ordered uot to
land.
MR. O. T. LEMEN's STATEMENT.
About half past Dine o’elitkl left j
the Bureau Headquartets to go a short
distance to get some wood. 1 had
proc i ded oily ash >rt diitanco when j
I di covered that a uu i.ber of the froed
iiicn had landed. 1 approached them
and advised them to obey O q t. Brandt, 1
and g i to their boats—drawing a pis'o
to protect myself, shouid they be armed.
Due o: them rashed at me and a : tempt
ed to take my weapon, (no of the bar- .
rels (f which was acciaenriy discharged,
in my eff rt to retain iis posscssim.
j The negro then ran for ague when
thieo or four shots were fired at mo by j
his'flu! nb, none of them striking me.!
N t wishing to hurt any of them I retir
ed, when the n gro whoah [ first saw
started towards me with a gun, and fol
jl wed me,backed by the leaf, whoshnu -
jeJ, “ki.l him 1 ki 1 him!” miring me
j over the head with a gun At this mo
ment I roeivel a suot from force
one of the crowd, whi;h s luck me in
the right sheuhl« r. I w-s afterwards
j struck several tines by a till in the
hards of one of the nrgr< e-'. I was
l.’o sling freely and somewhat Btautitu
from the iff e!s of the blows I had re
ceived. 1 warned the man who had first
s'ruck me to desist, or 1 would shoot
him ; ho still followed me up; I dr< w
my p istol iv til my lefi b>nd (.>,y n n -hi
being disabled) aud fired, it fi c’ing two
wound; in the Lrea-t. I hen proceed
ed to the home, not being molested ; the
name of the negro whom I shot was
It b rt Scott, who formerly b longol to
Mr. lil.k'' ; in t'le c urse iff abuut an
|h ur we beard negroes engage 1 in re
1 m iving the body of Sc tt an 1 soon af
t rwa’ds we hoard the tramp of a senti
nel stationed on the Irau-h nra» the
I house. None if us went out of tho
h a ; e cf er tba\ during the ni.;hf, bu
wo heard about 12 luk ihe ctalleog l '
jif the b at, with ro 1 i ro, und.r com
-1 maud of Sergeant F.e eher.
Si ROEANT CHAS. FLET'UUR s statement
On Tuesday evening I&h\ at 10 Vcfot-k
with four soldiers, 1 left Sivannah fer
; the ‘ Kfee U pe’’ Plantation, the head
quart ra if Cip ain Jrai lit. Upon ar
riving opposite the landing, at 12 oc’o k,
wa were hailed by m grocs and orderea
to “halt.” Upon answering that, the
. boat contain and United States soldi ts
the negroes ghou ed ‘‘keep away or we
I will blow ycur damned brains out!”
j We a cordingly backed further out into
| the stream. The tight w. s very dark,
an 1 we were unable to judge of their
number, er whether they wire armed;
I thought i’ advisable to Imd on Pen
nyworth I-land wait until daviighf.
proceeding to build fires. We were fir
ed upon tiom the landing, at a distance
of 400 yards, by the negroes congrega
ted there, two of the balls striking near
the men who were crowded ar mad the
tire. After breakfes» (7 o’clotk a. m )
we rowe 1 down to the landing, and fouud
that the negroes bad left.
Post Surgeon Miller examined the
w unds of Mr L men yrs’erday after
noon, and reported them to be so si v. re
as to ri ake it uu.iafe to remove him to
the city.
At 5 o’clock last evening there were
twenty nine troops at tbe Hope plan ra
tion , under the command of Lieutencnt
: uiio.
i The steamer O. F. Potter yesterday
, took forty men (from Fort Pulaski,)
fully armed> undtr command of f.i u
tenent Keller,enroute to to Mr. Gib
bons’ plan’at’on on the the Savannah
rlv r, and left them there in the after
noon We understand thatsome trouble
was brewing among the negroes there,
which renderod the pretence of
troops necessary.
BURNING OF THE GEN. SIIEPLFY
We arc idebt.ei to Capt Ross, of the
steamer Gcd. Shepley, for the follow
ing additional particulars, regarding her
distruction :
“We left Savannah on Saturday
morning last in ballast, to go to Ossa
l-aw for cotton and mules, to be taken
from Cap*. Fly’s plantation, retching
hero the same night, at 11 o’clock, and
lay in the stream opposite the landing
until Sunday night, when about half
past eleven o’clock, an alarm of fire was
raised on the boat, which was discover
ed to have broken out aft. The flames
soon spread rapidly and fiercely, and
notwithstanding every possible effort
was made by the crew and myself Id i x
tioguish thini, Th devouring clement
soon wrapt the whole boat in a mass of
living fire, nnd in loss thau twenty min
utes she had burned to the water’s edge
and b came a total less.
“It Si ems that there had been con
siderab'o Rouble on Capt Ely’s puata
ti'n, iu conscquenoo of the froedmeu re
fusing to contract, hi cause thev had ccr
tifiea'es which entitled them to certain
shares 1 1 land on tho plantation, and
they refused either to goto wirk or
leave the place.
“The General Fbip’ey took down
from this ci’y Lieut. Bird and a file of
seven soldiers to order off the refractory
freedmen ; the latter having been advis
ed by the notorious agitator Bradley,
that they bad a right to remain and no
one could remove them. When, there
fore the st'am?r arrive I witfT the troops
the negroes threaten and to burn her lor
having brought the military, and it is
supposed that the distruction of ihe ves
sel wag the work of colored insondiaries.
The General Shepley was a s'ern
wheel steamer, was built in I'ortland,
Maine, was two years old and in excel
lent order and condition ; her machine
ry I eiug valu and at SIO,OOO, and the v< s
sel worth, including machinery, $25,-
000. She was owned by Messrs. Ross
& Siutevant,of Portland, aud others,
Captain Rips owning one-sixteenth.
She was parti illy insured ia Northern
offie rs.
The Shepley was well known in our
waters, having been running last winter
as a cotton boat on the Augusta aud
Doctortiwn route.
Conciliation Prospects.—A Wash
ington dispatch of the 4th, says : The
Times correspondent understands that a
majority of the Reconstruction Com
mittee have agreed upon a plan which,
if Congress adapts, will spcdtly settle
the question. Leading Sou'hern men
now in this city giro :rancc that
their constituents will submit io its re
quisitions.
The Washington Star says Gov. Orr,
of South Caroline, Ex-Gov. Sharkey, of
Mississ'ppi, and others, have ginc home
to carry out the plan agreed upon. It
requires two hundred aud fifty dollars
and ability to rea l as suffrage qualifica
tions. The Slar adds that the different
Legislatures now in sis i. n have been
telegraphed not to adjourn until the
matter is laid before them.
Tho Chicago Tribune is urgir.gCon
gress to go ahead with the work of
reconstructing—or rather, of ilestruc
tiori. It says; “Let Congress, bv one
brief act, that may be fram' and and
passed in two days, put the stamp of
usurpation upon the bogus govern
ments, and prohibit their longer con
tinueance. Thru the country will have
its instructions obeyed • then An Irew
John-on will havo to choose between
obedience to the laws and treason ;
then the country will knov what is be
foie it, and il there is to be a w r be
tween raitors, led by tbe President
and the pcop’e, that war may rs well
commence now as two months hence ”
Arrest of Bradley. —TLi inc-mli
ary r.cgr-', who has been creating all the
trouble among the fri-edmen lately, ami
who is said to have given adv ce to the
tn?n on the Delta plantation to shoot
any one who attempted to <j ct tji< m,
was yesterday morning arrested at (b<
c' rner es C tigress and Bu'l streets l<y a
corporal of the ltvh U S I sentry and
conveyed t; the B a reeks, win re- he is
ft p a sent e infilled. He is in military
eustndv, whore he will await further
proceedings. It is to be hoped sueh
steps will be taken as will prevent a rep
etition of his mischievous intermeddling
with the ficidraen, by which he has
given much trouble bo’h to the military
authorities, the Freedmen’s Bureau and
the negroes themseivis— Savannah
ILrald, >/ 1 .it.
Appointments by the Governor
llis Excel! non, Governor Jenkins
has appointed lion John VV. 11. Un
derwooel, of Floyd county, Judge of
the Tullapoioa Circuit, to ti l a vacan
cy caused by the lailure of tho [triple
to elect a Judge on the first Wetines
r a in January las'.
Also, Hon JD. A Vasoo, of Dough
e 'ly county, has lc;n appointed Judge
of the Southwestern Circuit, to fill a
vacancy fio:n the same cause.
T J Simmons, Esq., of Crawford
county, had been appointed Solicitor
General of the Macon Circuit to fill a
similar vacancy.
In the other Circuits where there
were no elections by the people, the
terms of the old officers do not expire
until some time in December next, and
we presume the Governor thought it
unnecessary’ to make appointments, as
e’ect.ons will ho he'd in January l'ol
lov.'ng, and all the appointments, of
Judges and Solicitors made by him
expire when said elections are held,—
Federal Union.
An Act to protect the rightb of mar
ried women in this State.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Gen
eral Assembly of tho State of Georgia,
that from and a fit r the passage of this
act, all the property of the wife at the
time of her marriage, whether real,
personal orjclmsen in action shall be.
and remain, the separate property of
the wife, and that all property’given to.
inherited or acquired by the wife, du
ring coverture, shall ve>t in and belong
to the wife, and shall not be liable for
the payment of any debt, default or
contract of the husband
Sec 2 repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 13th December, 1886-
There must be something the matter
with Gen. Grant. The radicals are be
ginning to doubt whether he will do to
hitch to. They imagiue he is not scund
in the ‘gerat absorbing question” of
equal rights, and tho Independent ad.
monishes its friends that it will do no
harm to watch him.
The Anti-Slavery Hociety of]]',',
sull flourishes goose-1 ashions
green grass that grows over the „ *
'(il.ver.y, Th„ M
’lei'
b """ --M’S
some kind of an “anti,” or th e ,’ll *
The last tune they met, M oatg dl9 '
moonshiny nights, bother
Ph.li/s addressed then. An ,on« ?
tli gs he told them the “Norfh Ln U
kept up to the level of devotion aud 8 .
cr.fico manifested by the South *
Good advice. Let them make
sacrifice by returning saolen goods
A chatty correspoudenTsavg tl ..
spite of tho gloomy foreboding 0 f „
D'litical thinkers and the e „ Pr *
tinkers, New York revels i„ a
blaze of enjoyment. Thom*,?
streets are full of hong,,
out of work, and the garrets are grim
picture* of squalid poverty and want
tne theater and opera houses are crow
ded, and the drawing rooms are vocij
with balls, masquerades, and social di
versions of tho gayest character.
A nsw Daily is to be started in At
lmta i.b ut the 20th., to be called the
“Daily Opinion.”
Our ir eakly opinion is that Atlanta
has about as many papers new as are
likely to make millionaires of then-pro
prii tors; nevertheless, we wish tbe new
Dailj; under the able management of
friend Scruggs, much suece.-s, aud hope
that he will at least find “grams” i Q
the experiment.
Batter Cakes.—a lady friend s ■ .
tbe L'G.ange R porter the following
recipe tor making battier cakes with
out. egg» or milk ;
‘Sifo one quart of corn meal, add salt
pour bn mg water up m the mesl cool
hyp unngiu c ,'d water, then thi.km
llg with one pint of sift and fl u -, and
f y «» ordinary batter. . Cak st! us
prepared vi Ibi found equal to those
c ut lining eggs and milk.
Jolly for Wins. Bibbers.— The
Montgomery Marl says a gentleman in
Paris has written a fetter to Governor
I atton, in which occurs the following
pleasant information for wine bibber? ;
“U’iue can be made in this State for
about eight cents pir gal’on ; and iudt
peudent of profits which will
follow from its production, wh'ch wilt
uot fa- sorni| oirs ex ecu the home de
mand, th. re are consiqurnevs of a mor
al nature fl wing from tho coi sumption
of wine rather ih-.o alcoh.-lie drink-,
wb'eL is sff eomaaoa aro mgst us, tmj
ing to the is ta »ii-hmeut i>! u L-gher uni
tnrro tlevutod public ium; 1 ty.”
COJVia^ERCJAL.
Sava n ii, Folr i r 5.
C.tt u dull ;.nl declining L'vvr
pool Middling, SO 12.
New Orleans, Feb. s.—Ci t oa u
s'er ; Middling flO ole .
Liverpool, l-Vb. 5, Noon —Gdton
op.ns dull; irregular sa ) g 0 f 50u0
balls; Middling U; lands at 14 1 2d.
Macon, Feb. 5, 1867-
COI I OX—Th' re was little or noth
ing douc in cur market to- lay—the tu.-
f vonblot lejrapliic aicouut- from b ah
Liverpool and New York havirgthee -
fcct of c c ‘king transient p, aid in i‘B
present unsettled condition, wo omit
qu it; t'onv.
New York Feb. 5..—G P, 137.
Cntt n active, utiehar.aed ; sales
1,200 bales; 32']a33.
• Yetv j %lt!rev fisent en ts .
HILL, JOHN3ON&CO.
Brown’s Station, Ga.,
’T’AKE I his method of retnrn’ng thanks to
l the many citizens of Terrel', Webster,
and Lee counties, for their liberal patronage
heretofore. We have just received, and ex
pect tocoutinue to furnish, a large rupply of
Family Groceries,
L'q'tbrs. Hardware, Hollow Ware, Wood
ware, Pin and Crock*rv, (best and common)
Farming Utensils, Hats arid Fhoea. Fpun
Thr-ad and domestics genrrailv. Mill I*
(m (1(1 MIS, well selected, wfishing tackle,
Stationery, and Drugs of such assortment as
farmers need.
We buy strictly for cash and in person, and
therefore have decidedly the advantage of
those who buy per order on SO, GO, or 10,000
days' time. Feb. 8,3 m
J. H. ZEILIN &. CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAL
Medicines, __ Pepper,
Perfumery. fW Spices,
Potash, ■ Varnishes,
Saddle Digs, m Paints,
White Lead, BJ B O I°,
(Hass, Putty, U Soaps, Etc.
GITTJG GISTS,
febß,Bm .?f aeon, fifl
.rair no use.
byhdTcokeb,
PRODUCE BROKERS A ED
Coni mi *4 ion JtMerchants .
HAVE on hand and to arrive, a large
Corn and Bacon. Also, Guano* a°u
Fertilizer*. Office, JjOjlees Block, Depot St. fc
Dawson, Ga. Will till orders for cotton. f8
Express Notice.
XTOTICE is hereby given that after tj>i»
it date no packages will be received
the up or Macon train after 9 A. M., of
day they are to be shipped, and none for
down train after 1 P. M. ...
W. W. FARMJM, Ag»-
NO'I'ICK t
VLL persons are hereby forewarned not
to trade for a promissory note g' rel ' -’
the undersigned to W. H. Johnson, for
sum of ($150) one hundred and fifty do,l * •
due ten (lays alter date—the considers t
of said note having failed. ~.
feb 8 It CAIN W ALL,