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Trl-Wfcekly Republican, I
Jfmericus, Georgia:
* w HANCO o k.
AE.lifor and Proprietor.
JAirUAKV 20, 1867.
They Seize the Southern
%ailroads.
The AVaskUfctcm correspondent of
the Ginciunatl Gazette, exults that the
South has bean declared a mere con
quoi'ed provinjfco, with the practical con
currence ofctße President.
It secrnsfffiat the city of Macon ap
plied tojjfrc Secretary of War for the
restor&non of certain corporation prop
erty. Je Inch the United States military
auJliorities held, under claim that it
Jot& a conquest. The case being re
ferred to Holt, he, of course, decided
against the city, lie founded his opin
ion on the assumption that Georgia is
a conquered territory, without State
or municipal right. Stanton being ap
pealed to, refused to restore the prop
erty. The case was carried before the
President, who declined to interfere.
It is in consequence claimed that the
latter endorsed Holt’s theory, and
that the Southern States are to be
treated as a mere territorial conquest.
The correspondent—who will yet find
that there is a flaw in his statement—
proceeds to rejoice like a free-bootcr,
as follows:
Very many interesting questions
arise in connection with this. The
railroads of the South had been taken
possession of by the Confederate Gov
ernment, and were subsequently cap
tured by our forces. They were then
the property of the United States. lJy
what right did Andrew Johnson, on
the Bth of August, iB6O, give away
millions of dollars worth of govern
ment property ? By what authority
lias the President restored confiscated
property ? By the same reasoning
that led to the above decision, the ti
tle to much of this class of property
would be vested in the United States.
Can a President dispose of public
property at will?
Interesting and important decisions
are startling the country every day.—
Tills one may surely be classed among
them.
We find the above going the rounds
of the newspapers, and publish it to
show the rapacity of the Radicals.—
Wc are not at all surprised that they
claim our railroads. They have fully
as much right to take them as their
soldiers had to take the private arms
of our citizens after the surrender,and
after every body bad sworn allegiance
to the Constitution of the United
States.
PjßOduceiis.—There are too many
people trying to make a living with
out work- —without contributing to
the supply of food and raiment, and
other necessities of the community in
which they live. They wish to get
their profits out of the producers, and
others, whose business is a necessary
adjunct to these producers. Such
men add nothing to the wealt h of the
community , they are drones. Some
rhy meter jingles the following about
the cars of such.
*’ The shylock who, with head erect
with honest people mingles, should
cease to shave his fellow man and go
shaving shingles. The lawyer would
be better off his science far less pliant,
who owned a little farm in fee and
■ made that farm a client. Wc have
/some doctorg in our midst, whose
talents they should use, by practicing
the healing art—heeling boots and
shoes. The minister, whose sage ad
vice a moral lesson teaches, should try
to “ watch as well as pray’’ and prac
tice what he preaches. ’The world
.should have its docket called, and
sluggards all defaulted ; and those
jshould be the upper ten whom labor
has cxaulted.”
|pl£sP““l\ bite peopleonnnot r.usocot
| ton, especially on alluvial land!''—
the .Baton Rouge Advo
-8 cate, of tlie 16th says:
» ppA friend in this parish, not being
S'able to procure freed men last spring,
«.|BC.t.to work with liis own boys ami
S ’bne white man, and the result was a
H&rop of 30 bales of cotton.
Igg'fW’.C'-Would like to know where ne
®|gfo labor has clone better. And we
Mgnow hundreds, if not thousands, of
■ white nicn who have labored half their
H lives in the swamps at farm or other
Hja*bor, and have only ceased because
pthey got too rich to wish to work.—
|h Sickly.men, perhaps, cannot, espccial
jHlysticb as have laziness in their bones.
Hdfor tire latter class we would prescribe
Ban impartial tread-mill.
if ' fcjjjfy It seems that there has been
■thirteen thousand cases of flogging in
Bibo public schools of .Massachusetts in
■the last nine months. If one-tenth of
had occurred in the South
■fejjrstrong would have been the clam-
to put us under a territorial gov-
or martial law. Massachu
■tetts, however, may steal a horse, but
[B&diift! not look over the fence.
Manufacturing in the South.
The Baltimore Sun remarks that
among the changes which arc likely to
result from the late conflict between
the North and the South, those of a
commercial and manufacturing char
acter promise to be the most conspic
uous. Before the war, the natural
course of the business was to send
cotton from the South to the Northern
Atlantic cities for the purpose of bring
manufactured or re-shipped to Europe,
receiving in return such goods as the
planting States consumed. Now, the
tendency is to localize the business of
the South—to produce there, as far as
possible, the manufactured goods re
quired for homo consumption. With
the growth of manufactures in the
South, the advantages of cheapness on
the spot, will be realized, and event
ually she may undersell others, and
send her surplus direct to such foreign
markets as arc in need of them. Asa
symptom of this introversion of trade,
it may be noted that between seventy
and eighty cotton mills arc now said
to be in process oferection in the Sou
thern States, besides sundry woolen
ones, all tending to the change in trade
and business to which we have adver
ted. Nor is th.s tendency confined to
the South solely, but seems to be ac
tuating the people of the Western
States also. There, too, increased at
tention to the manufacturing enter
prises is manifested, promising changes
in commercial affairs not anticipated
ten years since. These have been ex
cited in the South by the late conflict
of views antagonistic to those enter
tained by the manufacturers of the
Atlantic States.
North Carolina Sets an Example.
We printed a few days ago a law
passed by the Legislature of North
Carolina granting a full and complete
pardon to persons in either army du
ring the late war who had commit
ted offences against the laws of that
State. In this the Legislature was
true to the ancient of North Carolina.
In 1753, “an act of pardon and obliv
ion” was passed by the Legislature
of that State, “for the benefit of such
American citizens in that State as had
supported the King and Parliament
during the revolution.” The men
who composed the Legislature of
North Carolina then knew that those
who opposed the colonies in their ef
forts to secure their independence
were good citizens, and if taken by
the hand would be as faithful to the
new government as they bad been to
the old. ft was this feeling that
prompted them “out of earnest desire
to observe the articles of peace, and
on all occas'ons disposed to forgive
offences rather than punish, where the
necessity for exemplary punishment
lias ceased,” to pass the “act of pardon
and oblivion.” How forcibly the ac
tion of the Legislature of North Caro
lina then and now contrast with that
of Congress ! The one would obliter
ate all that is calculated to prevent a
full and complete restoration of the
most amicable relations between the
sections of our Union, while the other
would keep alive the feelings which
would prevent us becoming one peo
ple.
Sound Advice.
A late number of the Memphis
Avalanche contains an admirable arti
cle on the importance of the Southern
people laying the foundation of a
true independence. The first step to
be taken in this question is to raise
food for all our wants. The farmer
who can fill with mors corn than he
can use ; whose hay and fodder stacks
will feed twice as much stock as he
has; and whose turnip, potato and
pea fields make him smile will never
belli want. ITc can look his mer
chant full in the face in December.
More than that, lie will find bis
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs multi
plying and flattering; and it will
even become a pleasure to have green
pastures for summer and warm sheds
and stables, for winter. lie will find
lie has just begun life. His dairy and
poultry yard will be the additional
pleasures ; for lie will never fear
empty cribs, or hay stacks with but a
pole to show where bay once was,
and with the surplus money he can
beautify and adorn the farm, Con
vert the old cabin, or the old double
frame cabin into a handsome mansion
of modern style. Furnish it with
comfortable and elegant furniture.—
Buy books and let the children begin
to know the attraction ofhorue again.
From this beginning we may reason
ably count upon a gradual increase in
manufactures until we shall find our
selves independent of a people who
hate us, and envy 11s our land and
clime. We 'owe this effort to our
children. Food first, and plenty of it.
Then a crop of cotton. In this way,
and in this way only, can the South
cypr become truly Independent.
Greelj’s Lecture in Washington.
We learn, through the columns of
the National Intelligencer, that the
cxccntric Horace delivered in Wash
ington, last week, his lecture on
“The Lesson of the late Civil War.”
Asa matter of curious information wc
present our readers with the following
sketch of the main points made in his
address.
Among other things he said :
“ Battles arc the schools of the
people, and civil war is the jury-box
magnified. '1 he lessons of the past
war is to tench us how to avoid future
w.-us, and to this end lie first recom
mended a moderate expansion of ter
ritorial limits, and a concentration of
power within itself. Every nation of
teachers of this doctrine, and the re
sult had always been against eon
quest. The greatest peril of this
country is the desire of acquiring new
territory, and a fatal blunder of the
American people would, by overwhel
ming numbers, vote for the annexa
tion of every country between the
Gulf of Mexico and Cape Horne if
called upon at the next general elec
tion.
The lecturer next discussed the
nature of the late war, and its politic
al relation to the formation of armies
at home, and the gaining of sympathy
and finances abroad, followed by local
allusions to the difference of feeling
between the worth and the South.
Mr. Greely thought that Washing
ton, Jefferson, Adams, and the early
founders of the Government were re
sponsible for the late war. If they
had, with a sense of justice, been as
keen to limit the duration of slavery
as they were to abolish the slave
trade, the late war would have been
avoided.
A State is either in or out of the
Union, and if a State, there can be no
such thing as constitutional amend
ments as tests of their loyally'. If
said Mr. Greeley, the proposition had
been originally that, if after four
years' of war the South should fail to
gain a recognition, they should he
permitted to rc.-ume their seats, lie
believed that there would have been
no opposition to their returning.
The next point was negro suffrage,
the speaker urging that the negro
was the cabin boy of the .ship of state,
and while he lived among us he was
surely entitled to all the rights of
citizenship. But, said Mr. Greeley, I
may- be asked would 1 allow my
daughter to marry a negro? Must
the right of suffrage be confined
simply to those who I would be
willing to recognize ns son-in-law ?
If so, I am certain the voters in this
country, as far as I am concerned,
would be the most select and limited
body ever known.
On the subject of reconstruction, he
said this was a republic, and a true
republican have no subjects, any more
than a true republican can have slaves.
If you ask what the conditions must
be for the late Confederate States,!
would say that when a black man,
wearing the Federal blue, with black
skin, can travel trough the South with
as much impunity as a rebel in gray
can through the North, 1 shall believe
they are truly Hit, for reconstruction.'
lie argued that punishment for dis
loyalty should he summary and limit
ed; but when postponed the justice
ceased. The spirit of the age is
against inflicting further punishment
upon the impoverished and chastened
South ; and in conclusion, he said he
knew that every soldier of our victori
ous army rejoiced that not another
drop of blood had been added in pun
ishment for an evil which at most
was but tlie conflict of sectional
ideas.”
Greeley is a strange man, and says
and does many strange things. Yet
at heart, fanatic though he be, we
believe lie is a kind and benevolent
one. We respect him at least for the
firm, consistant and decided stand lie
lias taken against the continued con
finement of Mr. Davis.
A Livei.y Tncidnt at an Evening
Faiity. —Once on a time, not long ago,
not so far from Millersburg as it might
be, a good hearted man, and long
tongued, style-talking wife, attended
a social party. Almost every three
minutes his wife would check her hus
band thus:
“Now, William, don’t talk so loud.
“Come, William, don’t lean back on
the chair that way !”
“Mow, William, don’t get noisy over
there!”
“Say, William, let the girls alone,
and sit by me!’’
At last forbearance ceased to be a
virtue, and the husband, who was
really pitied by all in the room, rose
and said:
“1 beg pardon of the company ; but
as my wife insists on being boss all
the time, it is right she should have
these.”
And he deliberately took off his
pants, handing them to her, and sat
down in his boots and drawers.
The company was astonished; the
woman burst into tears ; the happy
couple soon went home; but neither
of them wore pants. How the affair
was settled we cannot tell, but the
last time we saw William, lie bad the
pants' on. W T e are inclined to think
she will not again boss in company in
a hurry.— Holmes County Farmer.
There are now three United Stales sol
diers in the guard house at Augusta,
charged with mutiny in threatening the
Jives of their commanding officers.
How to Sustain Your Local Paper
L Lay aside your fears that the ed
itor will cot rich faster than his neigh
hors. •We have never heard of a inn
making more than a decent living by
the publication of a country newspa
per, even if lie bad ever such a good
business. A ease in point is an acquain
tance of ours who Jims been publish
ing some six or seven years, has had
all the business of his own town and
county', and a large portion of that of
those surrounding; but with ail this
he gets into tight pinches for money
to buy bis white, paper with, as any
other publisher with whom we arc ac
quainted.
2. If the paper agrees \v : th your
way' of thinking, subscribe and pay for
it, and persuade your neighbors of the
same mind to go and do likewise. Do
not tell the editor to send you the pa
per, without paying, and when you
get to owe two or three dollars tell
your friends who speak of it, that it
will burst up one of these davs. The
way', under such a style of the case,
to keep a paper from “bursting up,”
is for each subscriber to keep the edi
tor’s books free from charges against
himself Once we had to close, and
on posting up, found that we had
booked and outstanding some 8200
more than wc had capital invested. —
This tiling of applying the credit sys
tem to the newspaper business may
be likened to a farmer selling out his
crop, a bushel to the man, The sum
each man owes for a bushel docs not
seem of any account to the debtor,
but the aggregate of these bushels may
make or break the poor delvcr in the
soil.
3. If you have a father, mother,
brother, siste.r or friend of any kind re
siding at a distance and arc able, sub
scribe, pay for, and send them a copy,
4. 11 you have any printing you wish
done, do not ‘jew” the editor down to
a starvation price, and when he comes
to make a.purchase of you, “spike on
the tariff.”
“If you have any advertising or job
work you wish done, al<e it to your
‘county paper, except perhaps, vou
may wish to advertise in more titan
one paper.
0. L'o not run off to the city to get
your handbills, labels, cards, etc.,
printed, because, forsooth 1 you can get
a reduction of a few cents in price.—
Support your own as you wish to be
supported. .V man who is always run
ning away from home with bis busi
ness, little deserves the patronage <4
the community in which he lives; and
as far as we are concerned, such will
receive the “cold shoulder. ’
7. If you have the control of any
legal advertising, send *it to your
friend. This kind' of business pays
better than any other, and the more
you can send to the editor of your pa
per, the better for him and it. Li pro
portion to the amount of the receipts
of a paper, is an editor enabled to
make it useful, amusing and entertain
ing to the co limunity in which it is
published.
8. Do not expect much of a paper
when an editor is driven lo be his own
compositor, proofreader.pressman and
“devil,” and lias to run all over town
every forenoon in the vain search of a
“quarter” to buy something for his
dinner.
!). l)o not expect the editor to’make
honorable mention of you or your busi
ness every few weeks for nothing,—
The space in a paper, and a man’s
time, are worth something, and every
notice comes back to the drawer oi
the recipient in dollars and cents. An
editor should not be allowed to go
hungry, barebacked or barefooted,—
They eat, drink ami wear just like oth
er people.
Iff. “Finally, my brethren,” if you
wish to properly siistian your county
paper, to live the balance of your days
in peace with God and man, and occu
py a scat in Paradise after death, prac
tico the Golden Hide—“Do unto oth
ers as you would wish they would do
unto you, under like circumstances.”
IFFT A lady living in the North
Ward of District recently gave birth
to four children a': one time. The
same lady on a former occasion, gave
birth to triplets, and on a still former
occasion, presented her husband with
t wins. Previous to this time she star
ted with one. The pair lmve been
married about seven years.
Gracious heavens ! Who wants to
start a subscription paper for that
wretched parent? Only think of it-
Four and three fire seven, and two are
nine, and one are ten ! Seven years.
Let us figure a little—five and six are
eleven, and seven are eighteen, and
eight arc twenty-six! Twentv-six
and ten are thirty-six—the product of
fourteen years ! Shall we try an ad
ditional seven years? No, figures
arc not our ‘best holt,’and weave get
ting lost in the mazes of arithmetical
progression. Miserable father, send
11s your address and we will forward
you our lowest club rates —if the child
ren arc boy babies you ought tobring
them up good Democrats, and if they
arc prospective candidates for hoop
skirts and waterfalls, they should be
warned against the wickedness of the
Beast and Moax! If it is not pre
sumptuous on our part, patriarch in
prospective, we would advise you to
“flee from the wrath to come” for a
few years, and see what effect that
would have on your family affairs.
Who has your contract for cradles,
prolific parent ? La Crosse has some
capital cabinet makers! See tlicit' ad
vertisements. —La Crosse Democrat.
8£91,X. !P. Willis, the well known writer,
died in New .York on Monday last, in tho
sixtieth year of his uge.
TELEGRAPHIC, i
General News.
Washington, Jan. 24 — The Spanish gov- J
ernrnyil, is understood to have received very
kindly the overture of the Secretary of State
for mediation in the South American war.
That government, however, has no official
information of the result previously tener
ed for lmdiation by Lieut Britain and
France.
X r nvnui. .Tun. 24.—The House has
passed the militia bill providing for a caval
ry regiment., to lie composed ol whites and
blacks, for each Congressional district, sub
ject lo the ca'l of the Governor Al.-o a bid
erasing the word '■ white” Iroin the suffrage
laws.
New York, .Tun. 24 — 'The FagV has ar
rived lioin Havana, widi dans ol I‘Jih. The
Me.vcan news states that Maximilian was
on hi- way lo the city. Thu Revolutionists
under Garcia were del rated near L-oit. The
famous guerrilla, Camera, was kilkd near
Orizaba.
No abatement of small pox near Mntan
zas; s; venty-lluee law cases reported on
the Hill. The GuvdFimient is compelling
vaccination.
Fortress Monro*. Jan. 24.— The s'eamer
Delaware, Ironi Charleston, has arrived here
short of coal. She expeikneed heavy weath
er.
Ual-imcre. Jail. 24 —TheMaryland Leg
i laturc has repealed llieLw selling negrois
t t crime.
Jefferson Citv, Mo., Jan. 24th — Bo’lt
Houses of the Lcg’slatare pray Congress to
repeal the acts paying fur ihe services of en
titled slaves.
The Colorado Legislature has passed an
act over the tiovernoi s veto, prohibiting ne
grois and mulattoes from serving as Jurois.
Gov. Cummings, of Colorado, is en route
for Washington.
New Haven, Conn , Jan. 24—Gov. Haw
ley has be: nre n uuiiialcd by lit,' Republi
cans.
FROM WASHINGTON.
A NEW PLAN FOR t’.ECONS" lIL'CTICN.
New York, Jan. 24 —A special to the
New Y ork Times says. Since ’November j
leading politicians, North*,nd South, Re
publican, Democrats and Ex-Confederates
alike, have been >.vo king up a plan of con
ciliation between ihe N rth and South, the
Executive and Congress. Stiff age and am
nesty form the base (4 the proposition. For
instance : South Carolina will adopt Massa
chusetts suffrage, and Ihe President will is-j
sue amnesty to South Carolina' Hudor 1
Massachusetts suffrage she will elect ffrad
representatives, and Congress will deterniWki
ou their admission. The Achnini divtion M
seriously considering the proposition
The Tribune’s special says (Jen. Aside}’ is,
busily enaged in accumulating impeachment
evidence.
The gal'eries were densely crowdi and to-day
to hear Mr. Stevens in liisenabling act, who I
gave way to Mr.' Raymond, who wished to 1
speak.
Gen Lewis, heretofore Resistant Bureau
functionary of Tennessee, has been ordered
to report to Gen. Sibley, chiol ftinetioiisirv in
Georgia, as Assistant Adjutant Gererah i
Gen. Gillent litis been appointed chief Bureau '
functiona-v for Mississippi,
The internal revenue receipts to day arc ;
half a million dollars.
One official representation is Ihat the civil
rights bill cannot be enforced in some parts
of A 1 kansns. lor want o! an adequate force
and oofnpo'ent courts (ton. Grant Ij.is or
d-red additional troops to Gen. Ord, com
manding in Arkansas-
The Nebraska and Colorado veto is ex
pect-. and to morrow.
Congressional News.
SENATE.
'Washington, dan. 24.— Petitions from
Ohio wi-id-growers to increase pr action,
and Pom citizens of i ndiaria ngai"st curren
cy curtailment., were prevented.
The Finance Committee reported the
civil appropriation bill, with urn. mlmenls.
The. Committee on Commerce reported a
bit] to prevent smuggling. Passed.
A bill granting aid to the Central San
Francisco Ilaiiroud was postponed till to
morrow.
The tariff bill was considered, a ’large
plumber of amendments were offered, but
only one accepted—adding lo the fiee list
books, maps and public lit r.irlcs.
HOUSE,
After unimportant proceedings tho bill
giving the Agricultural College scrip to
Tennessee, with amendments to extend Ilia
operations of l he bill to ail the States, pro
voked debate.
Mr. Maynard disliked having Tennessee
yokrd to the rebel States.
Mr. Stokes also spoke, and was taunted
With bis early secession letters. Mr Stokes
said be had repented and entered the Feder
al army ; he was ready to enter the saddle
and stay there three years longer.
Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, said “oh
hush !’’ ami the regular report says, in paren
thesis, “ (lalighter).” The bill was further
discussed.
Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylvania, maintained
that his was the only Southern Shite with
a Republican Government. Soutli Caro
lina, Texas Kc., lie maintained were not
States,
An amendment was agreed to that, no
Confederate should be a protessor. The
President was called a usurper.
Mr. Copper, of Tennessee, was called to
order tor calling Mr. Kelley, of Pennsylva
nia, a liar. The bill passed.
Ihe Enabling act was taken up and dis
cussed.
Mr. Stevens said he did not regret the
length of time spent in <1 fate on ti.e Ena
bling Bill, but he found such a diversity of
opinion on his side of tho House upon any
question of reconstruction, that if lie did not.
change his mind lie should relieve the mind
of the Iloase of 9 ny question with regard to
it, and would to-morrow call it up and move
to lay it on the tabic.— [Good ! Eds.]
LATEST FROM MEXICO—ORTEGA.
IN’THE ASCENDANT.
Brownsville, Jun. 24. —Escobedo, with
the largest army yet assembled, is near
Monterey. Several thousand dollars.have
been raised in Matamoras for Gorlinas
Cortinas says lie will be governor of Tamau
lipas at all events. It is supposed that Cor
tinns will pronounce for Ortega. Juarez
arrived at Durango on the 26th- Juarez
will establish bis capital at San LuisPo
tosi.
! A negro patrol at Brownsville shot a citi
zen and policeman on the lath.
I Mexican politicians claim that Ortega
will he President if Maximilian leaves,
FROM LOUISIANA AND MEXICO,
j Nkw Oih.eans, Jap. 24.—Gov. Wells'
message urges the adoption of the amend
ment, assumes that Congress will demand
iinpttrlial suffrage, denounces the policy
| and auti-conventionists f r the July riots.
! urges increased tax fir the maintenance of
, the State credit, favors the appropriation of
n proper proposition of the school funds for
in groes, urges inducements fur foreign emi
gration.
i Mexican advices show that (be Liberals
are f ressing forward ns the French leave-
There are tunny fugitives, and general con
fusion prevails.
NEW BUREAU ORDER.
Washington, Jan, 24. —(I nend How
' ard I as issued I he following circular :
I lli reufter. and until fin tiler outers, no fees
! or charges will he exacted by officers of this
! 1! reau tor serv'ces rendered in making con
tracts between freedmen and their employ
ers, either in the examination, approving,
1 w'i'ncssiug, or registering ol contracts or
olh.ei wise.”
He requests Assistant. Commissioners
to instruct their siiho' dinaii s to the above
I, ffect He recommends written cell tracts
ii a'l oases; verbal contracts occasion
nun'll c infusion, Bureau agents are urged
..to do all in their | oxer to secure contractu
fur freedmen and in tendering llnin their
services for this object I bey should let it be
understood that they wi 1 be rendered without
charge to parlies concerned.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
MoxtoomeHy. Ala , Jan. 24 (’hit f Jus
tice Walker ill live-red tin opinion in Ihe .Su
preme Court re’ternting that the State was a
tie facto- Gover.lined under the Con'elera
cy. Guardians and administrators, whoin
vislttl in Confederate bonds or receiv'd
them in good hiith.nnd all kimlnd transac
tions, are made valid by this decision.
The Difficulties on the Delta, Planta
tion Settled-
As we suspected, l lie difficulty on the
Delta plantation has been greatly cxaggri
! atetl, and the discontent and turbuh nee
jof a few misguided lYcidmen has been
magnified into a formidable insurrection.
For this the public are indebted to the
| mischievous intermeddling of a negro em
issary. scarcely less ignorant of the* r glits
j and obligations of ihe lately emancipated
slaves than themselves, and to sensation
I movers who have given currency to un-
IbtScd rumors and reportr. The follow
iuJfcjve bri eve, is about the upshot of
►the wlio'e mutter, as ascertained by our
rt^Ljtcr
District ol Sou'h Carol,mi, arrived here
about two o’clock yesteiday morning, on
the steamer Pilot Buy, from Charleston,
.About, nine o’clock the General, with
Capt. Brandt, proceed, dto iho scene of
disorder, taking with them the nigger
B:a Hey, the reputed adviser ami enunse'-
lor of the lVcedmcn on Mr, t’hevcs’plan
tation.
Our reporter understands from Gen.
Scott that the whole trouble has been
more imaginary than real, and that the
only arms the negroes had were clubs.
j AY ho ii he attired in the plantation tiny
I met him without any show of resistant-.-,
I hut said they had been insiruclel that
j they could not be removed from the hind.-:
for two years. Sane of them lul l been
born on the plantation and thought they
had a life estate in ib The General told
j them differently, informing them that tin
condition of things hud changed; that
they were, now free to w ,i k whore they
pleased and I'm- whom they pleased, lmt
that ;hey could not occupy the luids with
out ike consent of ihe owner.
After talk ng some two hours to the
negroes, answering their questions and
giving them ;onie good advice, sonic of
them expressed their willingness lo con
tract with the present lessee of the p ace,
mid ihe others agreed lo leave at the ex
piration of a Week.
The General ordered Capt. Brandt to
seh ct three disinterested parties, wlm, i-i
accordance with llie law as it now stands,
arc to appraise the improvements made by
the freidimn on Iho f Lee, for which tl.i y
arc tube paid, and at the end of the week
those wifi ing to remain will make cun
tracts, and the others will leave the plan
tation:— iiac. Newts cl: Herald 2 -id iust.
How to Prevent Cot.ll Feet—Cold
feet are a nuisance—they arc inconve
nient and decidedly uncomfortable.—
Ladies, we understand, are frequently
seriously troubled with cold feet, and
vve presume that so long; as llu-y
insi-t upon wearing thin shoes and
thin and very small boots, especially
during; winter weather, just so long
will they be troubled with cold feet.
A young lady has kindly Air 11 is lied-us
with a rccipie, which she has tried and
knows to be effective, that will .keep
feet warm, and we give it without,
however, recommending its general
use. She says: “I am troubled with
cold feet, but I manage to keep them
warm by lying in bed every morning,
until my mother has built a rousing
fire and prepared breakfast. I then
got up, place my feet to the front of
tile stove, cat my morning meal, read
the news and after wanning some
flannels and wrapping them about my
‘poor feet,’ return to bed, where I re
main until nearly noon. I repeat this
.every twenty-four hours, and find it
very comfortable. I think I shall sur-.
viv e.”
Mails Stopped —The Savannah Ad
vertiser says: There is no mail corn- 1
munication with Darien, Bruna-w ickor
St. Mary’s, so those of our people who
have occasion to write to those places!
may save themselves the trouble, at!
least for the present, as letters for those
points aie put in one pouch to await
further order.
Mails for Jacksonville arc sent by
railroad, those for points up the St.
John arc put in tho Jacksonville bag.
Wir, ke s 800 th, Again.—The
Washington correspondent of tho Cin
cinnati Gazette furnishes tho following
in his dispatch of the 16th iust.: x,—
The diary of Wilkes Bogtlq'taken
from his body after bis capture, is now
in iho hands of tho proper investigating
committee, having been handed over to
it by the authorities. For some reason
ils contents were riot used in the trial.
It shows that lie was an agent of.l He
Confederate government, and received
money from it, and that at one time,
at least, the plan was to kidnap Mr.
Lincoln. It is believed to implicate only
Booth and Ilarrold in the assassination.
Tho entry made on Friday, the 21st of
A pt il, only one week after the murder,
.-hows lhut it must have been wristen in
a perfect agony of mind. It describes his
position, with a broken leg, in the midst
of a swamp, alone, an outcast, an assassin
weighed down by bis guilt, and a feeling
that God would refuse forgiveness. It
is i l og t c sn it a e y of human agony
us seldom finds express inf in words.
11 ETCKN INC to “Massa.”—Wc saw
Saturday some twelve?or fifteen negroes,
timro than half of them under fifteen
years of age, and all females except one
who left their master, .Mr, C. Owens, of
Fauquier, in 186.5, and made their way
to this enmity, where they liavq, since
lived. Some weeks ago the grown mem
bers of the party wrote to their former
master tolling him of their destitute con
dit'mn, and iisk'og to be taken back as
his servants. Mr. Owens consented to tho
request, forwarded money l»-ie to relievo
immediate necessities, and al-o to pay
•heir fare over the railroad to their form
er home. They loft yesterday niorni/rjf'
on the Orange cars, and were rejoiced at
the prospect, of again having a kind mas
ter lo la!; 3 euro of them. —Lynchburg
Noire, 1 \th.
pro- MFmi.scmeuts.
ANOTHER WAR
Declared!
merchant & CO.,
Ni xt door lo Mrd. Wiight’B Mil.incry Store,
Americas, Georgia.
VER TD'W rocfivine arid operrinij a luincK
rit-uio and well neli Ct«.d nlotk of
II GOODS, tLOTHU,
Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes,
2sT otions,
In short everything usu.tlly kept in a first
class stoic, to which m ey coidi-illy invite the
attention <f the cifizois and stirmundiiKj:
o. tint y, as they are d«tt( nuined to izive tin
tii'- saii-fiic'io!! to ail who muv f »vor --them
wifTi their paironegi, jin *2O 1m
Boarders Wanted.
TUIT? mb c iber will take a few DAY
l 1 O.WlL't.lls, at S2O |m r month. Lie si
d<D og convenient to the uj iare.
j »fi 2i 4 ° H. HOOK'?.
To 1 >ealers.
i LAlbiE AND W ELL, ShLEC.LU STOCK
xV OF
DRUGS.
M EDI OINKS.
FFKFUMERY,
FA 1 NTS,
OILS,
GLASS.
I’UTTY,
Ae. Sic-
MASSENT,TUG. SON & TI.UHUS,
Wholesale Druggists,
jan 20 if Macon, Georgia,
FROCK EDItfGS OF COUNCIL.
■ 'OUJOIL OUaYIIDU. )
.1, unary 14tu, ISO 7. f
nracLAit mee'jno.
Pn»«€»n< —T. Mi Kin-low. Mayor ; AM Lew
is, A<l-tms, Bum 11. Mayo and (JoKb.
Ab er.t Al 1 ("litin
Minn es of last regular and adj mi ned meet*
inn r-n'i Mud confirmed
On in iMot» of Aid Brown, that tlie Council
receive the ashes, mint of taxes, which wan*
cm i it-d. v
Ir- nerant traders, the Ist. week, SIOOOO ; for
rr.eli wet k theieafcr, SSO 00 ; Provided, fliafc
Mould suit! pasty jay -legiiHr taxes, said'
amount so paid by them to be deducted there
fr«*ni
Yen !ue Mas!ftp. each, shall pay S3O 00,
and also one half of cue pel cent, on their
| sales.
j Reading of infoimation docket dispensed
! with.
| The chairman of Finance Committee re
: ported on the followinc account* : one in fav
or „f J. \V Ml*-, for 534 23 ; J W Hudson.
$23 CO ; T. V. Login, s3l 20 and $lB 7*3, and
j roe u>m *nded the same be paid. Adopted.
| The Finance Committee made a report
| on the bond siven by John Tiner, Clerk and
iTieasnier. which was received and adopted,
I W. I Murray’s. Oohb and Allen’s and A.
B. Addison's petition for License to retail Li
qu »is, and A. ft- Raiford & Co's petition for
L’cen e -is vendue master, all ordered to take
the nmil course, mul that tho value beTefor
led to tin inCv* committee.
Council adj aimed,
T M FUR LOW, Mayor.
,T Tit er, Clesk. jan 2b 1 tr.
Honey! Money t
DURING the year just, closed, I sold goods
to many on a shoit time, and to none fo*
a longer time than the iiist of October His tv:
Without snch assistance many would have
been unable to have tarried on their farms,,
and others c >uld not have fed their families.
I am needing, mom y now, needing it badly,,
and I must have it. lo those that I have
commodafed 1 appeal for assistance. . Gemßj
fonvaid at >nce«u flsettle join* accounts; if
y*m can’t by money, tfive me your note.—
My books must be closed aud that too,-quick**
■ y jan 24 2w. fi. M.'UAY.
B 3£ > j£.i±i?t'sr
GOOD CARPENTERS
CAN find enuplojtßMmt, at good prices by ap
plying to ‘ C. 11 VVHKATI.EY,
j in lit lm Americus, CU.