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W3. A.REID * CO., Proprietor*.
J. R SHEER.]
[S. BOYKIN,
SUNDAY MOBJUSO. DEC 24, 1865.
pT Hr. Stmael Lumley, of the Cuthbert
Reporter, will wait upon oor merchants, who
nay wish to extend their business in that
section, for their advertising favors, all of
this week.
The Macon Merchants.
Our advertising columns arc eloquent and
Qlostntivc on thi. topic. They show
the enegy and enterprise of our businessmen
in every department of human want But,
as a Macon journalist, we can not forego
the expression of our feelings of pride, when
we witness so much of genuine go-a-head-
itiveness on the part of our business men. Wc
have commission, dry goods, book and
stationery, grocery, saddlery, hardware and
variety merchants, besides foundries, facto
Ties, flouring and grist mills, hotels, restau
rants, bar rooms Ac., &cf, all of which are not
mere existences on paper, but real, tangible
concerns, of the first class, and provided with
stocks that can be excelled by those of no
other «ity of the State. Wc have also news
papers and news dealers, officers to provide
for the interlecUial wants of all. Wc have
looked aronnd upon this “map of busy life':
and felt proud of the enterprise and spirit of
our adopted city. The people of this section
arepcculiarly favored in this regard, fortherc
is not a fancy or real want to which the city
of Macon cannot successfully administer, and
on terms as favorably as can be found in any
other city of the South.
We then say to everybody, whatever you
may need, come to Macon, and your wants
shall be supplied. /
Christmas.—As we publish no paper on
Monday, wo accept this day in advance to
tender the compliments of the season to all
onr readers. We wish them, what few will
see, a “merry Christmas.” We have been
sad long enough; let us, if but for a day, turn
aw iy from tba dark aide of the picture of
life, and regale our eyes and hearts with the
more pleasant scenes that Hope may paint
lor the future. To one and all we ssv^m o
good cheer. Wc have much yet left tlKric
life desirable, and wc have only to improve
that with which Heaven has blessed us, to
command an incrensa of the store.
Bills or Bhokes National Basks.—We
published in Friday's issue, a full explana
tion of the relations of National Banka to
bill-holders and to the Government In the
same connection we wonld take occasion to
call attention to the advertisement of the
First National Bank of Macon, L C. Plant
President, offering to receive on deposit the
bills of all National Banks reported to have
been broken, on the same footing with other
bilft£ It will be found on this page.
Atlantic asd Gulp Railkoad.—The
Savannah Herald has assurances from con
tractors, that the entire line of this road, from
Savannah to Albany, will be completed and
in running order before the close of January.
"g?“Cbnrlea Carroll, (civilian) of Savannah
has been sentenced by a military commission
to three years, confinement and hard labor,
at Fort Pulaski, for shoving a negro named
Anderson overboard from which the latter
was drowned.
_ . , NEGRO APPRENTICESHIP.
Cljt Jtinrflll Doull tLnPgraplj A proper system of government for the ne
gro race, recently set free in onr midst, is cue
of the most serious and difficult problems of
the times. We cannot bestow too much
careful thought on the subject, for In it is
involved the welfare of the white as well asof
the black race. Indeed, so intimately are
they now bound up, that it were impossible
to devise measure for one that will not
have its corresponding effect on the other.
This is a fact that we cannot too earnestly
impress upon the minds of onr Southern rea
ders. Wc fear it has not been fully
considered and appreciated by our people,
and a mistake may prove fatal, not only to
our prosperity, but to ottr' peace.
As germain to the subject, we propose, at
this time, to offer some reflections on the sub-*
ject which we have chosen for a head—Ne
gro Apprenticeship. It is one that com
mands serious thought, and should engage
the attention of both the legislature and the
people. We must in order to arrive at any
valuable end, contemplate it dispassionately,
without prejudice, and with an eye directed
solely to the public good. In order to set-
le it aright, wc must bring to its considera
tion the soundest policy and most enlighten
ed humanity. Our legislation regarding the
adult portion of the negro population, apart
from the criminal code, will be confined chief
ly to contracts for labor and proper measures
for enforcing them on the part of both hirer
and servant, so ns to make the duty to be
performed and the compensation to l>c paid
equally certain. The question of proper
care for thc'agcd and infirm is full of perplex
ities, if, indeed, such a consummation be prac
ticable at all; but this topic is foreign to onr
present object.
If the views expressed be just and humane here, in tin direction of the coast, yon strike >
let no man oppose them, North or South.— “g** a country as can be found 'in the
Whatever right of interference tho Congress
may claim under tba recent constitutions!
amendment, wc trust thej trill insist on noth
ing that is subversive of Southern prosperity,
or opposed to enlightened humanity.
Norm.—It cay ns best to state, in explanation
to a portion cf our readers, that the substance o:
article wis communicated to this journal some
weeks ego by the senior editor, and at a time when
he bad no business connection with It.
3I3NETAHY AND COMMERCIAL
The most profitable crop here is coffee;
you plant about six or seven hundred trot ,
the acre, it begins to bear at two, a--.:’, pm- 1
daces a full crop at fonr years old. Yon car.
Jway3 calculate safely on an average of two
pounds to atree,thoughthere are instances of a
tree's bearing as high as twenty-eight pounds.
The tree is hardy, and will live fifty or one
Hundred years. It costs about as mush labor
to cultivate and pat into market an acre of
the box, 23c. Pepper and rpice, -tie per lb.—
G'rajcr, 43c, oysters, 2 lu can., 37,50 per doten;
WEEKLY REFORT OF THE JIACON joysters inib cam,$1.73. Can.rails,$3 per do-
MARKET. sea. Ptekloa, piUte. SapcJ d<|»n;*qu»ru,S7.iO ,
Daily TairGiurn Omen, I
Saturday Evening, Dec. 23.
Wc have to roporl a large business the past
week, in every branch of trade. Notwithstand
ing we had a week or variable weather, but little
rain fell. The approach of the holiday season
gave a new impetus to trade, especially in the
retail line. Stocks of fancy articles and toys
coffee as it docs an acre of corn in G cor-1 have been considerably thinned out, but the
gta.
[Communicated.]
An "Incident op the Times.—One of the
members of the recent General Assembly of
the Presfiytcrian church, whose sessions have
just closed, relates that on stepping out of the
Lanier House he overheard two persons speak
in admiring terms of the “Stars and Stripes”
floating across the way. A3 there was noth
ing particularly attractive in its weather
worn appearance, he concluded that their
admiration was excited by seeing it there as
the symbol of the nation. But in the act of
looking, his eyes were arrested by another
sight. A negro woman, haggard with sick
ness and want, had gone to one of the small
elms that shade the middle of the street, and
there, in the almost freezing rain, had seated
herself on the wet ground, and leaned her
back for sapport against the wooden boxing
around the tree. She was apparently a home
less outcast, who had come to that public
place to die. Several persons, whom he took
to be citizens, went to her, and probably ad
ministered to her necessities, for he noticed
that not long afterwards she had disappeared.
Facts like this—and there are many such
arc calculated to awaken reflection and in
quiry.
The peculiaritv noticeable,, in the two
In the apprenticeship ot minors the only , crj at lhe }, otel 'AajrySthat they ap
Gt*m tlmt will fcprnrr.tlipmnminst want and 1 . . .
The coffee plantation, with its shade cf Ba
nanas, figs, oranges, mangoes and zapotes.
with the walks fringed with pins apple, all
in full bearing, is the richest and most beau
tiful spectacle upon which my eyes have ever
rested. I havo selected G40 acres about ten
miles from here, where I propose to surround
OBB 6k JACKSON, Atb
Ga., office opposite Post Oil:.;: over, ute.
A. WUcux, Tula
half gallons, Si0.5. eh., Kc. Nulls, -id to MWXU.COM.
supply is still ample for all future demands,
heavy business was done in dry goods, fancy
groceries, clothing and shoes; nor wera our
booksellers idle. A constant stream of custom
ers were pouring in and out of stores yesterday,
and the scene was animating and cheering. Ou
the whole: every one seemed satisfied with the
myself with the coffee plantation, in the midstl r£:u * u cf the week’s transactions,
of which 1 will settle down, constantly inhal- j receipts for the week foot up 1,8-0 bales,
ing the odora of the rich tropical fruits, and ! by ail sources.
gaudy-colored and fragrant tropical flowers i The river is stilt in good boatable order, and
in an'atmosphere of perpetual spring, yet turn i the shipments duringthe week were almost one
ing the eye to the northwest you constantly j third moro than those of the previous week
behold the snow-cappedpcaks’of Orizaba and j amounting to 1,291 bales.
Popocatepetl, from which I can draw my ice j Corrox.—The market opened firm, with ad-
at all seasons of the year. j yanced views on the part of sollcrs, which buy-
There are about thirty Confederates now cr3 were indisposed to yield, except for the better
grades—tho prices paid for the finer qualities
system that will secure themagaiust want and
a retinue of rices—there are two leading con
siderations that should govern the minds
of our legislators. First the interest of the
guardian in the labor of his ward should be
of such a nature and duration as, while it will
be just to tho latter, will secure the greatest
amount of kindness and attention on the part
of the former. In the second place, the ward
should be held in subjection to his guardian
until such time as he or she will most likely,
be qualified to commence the battle of life
without the aid of a governing head. This j
is the true philosophy that lies at the foun-1
dation of all apprenticeships.
With this view, we propose, in justice to
both white and black, that the period of ap
prenticeship in our colored code be extended
to the ages of 25 years for males and 23 years
for females. It is clear to our mind that the
term assigned to white apprenticeship, even
if best for them, which we doubt,' is not
adapted to the negro, as it meets neither of
the leading considerations above specified.—
Among our young men, with all the advan
tages of education and parental care aad
training, how few of them are competent at
twenty-one to enter upon an independent con
dition of life? If they need the wisdom to
direct them in lhe affairs of life, and the fix
edness of principle and habit to secure them
against idleness, temptation and vice, how
much so will it be with those weak and un
stable creatures, now thrown upon our hands
by tlurfalse policy, of tho times.
peared to be so deeply absorbed in admiring
the ideal of freedom in tho proud old th,» of
tho Union, as to overlook the reality of the
poor negro perishing beneath its folds. May
there not be others who arc doing tho same 1
Would not the money now expended by
northern philanthropists in establishing schools
for tho colored people, be more beneficially
expended, during tha present winter, at least,
in sating them from death by cold, sickness
and starvation ? X.
here, all of whom will locate their lands and
commence the work of settlement within a
week or ten days.
Will many of the people of the southern
States feel inclined to seek new homes? or
will they follow the example of Lee, Johnson
and others ? Mexico presents the finest field
that I have ever seen for the enterprise of our
people, and now that slavery is abolished in
the South, hired labor can be'much more easi
ly procured here, and made much more profi
table, than in any part of the United States.
Where is Forrest, and what is he doing ?—
And where and how is everybody else ? for I
have heard from none oi our friends since I
left Mississippi.
Very truly, your friend,
Isham G. Haunts.
LATEST BY TELEGRAPH.
DISPATCHES TO TIIE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ConDOT.v, Mexico, Nov. 12,1805.
George IK Adair—My Dear Sir:—I linger
ed near Grenada, endeavoring to arrange
somo business matters, until the 14th of May.
In the meantime, I had a skiff built, and on
the morning of tho 14th I embarked, some six
milc3 east of Greenwood, and set sail for the
trans-Mississippi, the party consisting of Gen.
Lyon, of Kentucky, myself, and our two ser
vants. We navigated the back-water for 120
miles, and on tho morning of the 21st, just
before daylight, I crossed over to the Arkan
sas shore. I crossed at the foot of Island No.
75, just below the month of the Arkansas
river; proceeded westward as far as the back
water was navigable, and on the morning of
tho 22d I left my frail bark, bought horses,
mounted-the party, and set out for Shreve
port, where I hoped to find an army resolved
on continue ^resistance to Federal rule; hut
before reaching Shreveport, I learned that the
army of the trans-Mississippi had disbanded,
and scattered to tho winds, and all tho officer!
of rank had gone to Mexico.
FROM WASHINGTON.
- Washington, Dec. 23.
Secretary Seward, by direction of President
Johnson, has addressed a letter to Governor
Worth, of North Carolina, informing him
that Provisional Governor Holden has been
relieved, and directing him (Gov. Holden,)
to deliver the documents of lift office to the
regularly elected Governor.
Secretary Seward, in a communication to
cx-Prov. Gov. Holden, conveys an expression
of the President's acknowledgement of the
fidelity, loyalty and discretion which has
marked his administration.
Secretary Seward has received a letter from
Gov. Orr, of South Carolina, conveying, in
the name of the people of that State, thanks
or the tender of the co-operation of the gov
ernment, when found necessary, in effecting
the early restoration of the permanent pros
perity and welfare of the State. “You may
be assured," he adds, “of my unalterable p im
pose to aid in upholding the supremacy of
the laws of tho United States, and advancing
the honor, interest and prosperity of our com
mon country.”
being one cent per pound higher than those of
Saturday. Though the receipts wore heavy, yet
hut little of the cotton coining in by railroad was
put upon the market. Consequently the balk of
the week’s transactions was confined to a class
cf sellers who wished to realise for Immediate
use, and to lay in their holiday supplies.
A still further advance was reluctantly yiolded
the latter part of the week, and tho market
closed firm, at tho increase. Tho sales of tho
week amount to 350 bales—tho heaviest we havo
hed in some time. The following are the ruling
rates:
i Ordinary 30@32
| Middling .34@36
i StrictGood Middling 3T@3
Macox Moset Mabxet.—There has boenrather
j a better feeling in the market tho past week—
i There has been a good demand for gold, and wo
have heard of somo heavy transactions. “
I chango on Now York i3 quoted at par to one
j half per cent premium. Tho business in bank
i bills has been active.
' The following are the quotations of our prim
pal brokets:
Tho following arc tho list of prices paid for Bank
Notes, Stocks, &c., by I. C. Plast, Stockand Ex
change Broker, Macon, Ga. Tbo notes of all the
National Banks, (whether'reported broken or
not,) received in payment at thi3 office:
Worth. ■ llorth.
oror-su. Meliks Bank Augusta 10
G R R & B’k’g Co....93 Union Bonk Augusta 10
C R li B’k’gCo 92 Bank State of Ga., 22
Marine Bank 75 south Carolina.
B’k Middle Georgia.. .00 Bank Notes 10 to 60
B’z ot Savannah 40 Alabama.
Bank of Commerce.. .12 Eastern Bank 45
Planters’ Bank, Sav.. .14 Southern Bank. 65
M’ch’ts & Pl’nt'rs B’kl2 Northern Bank 45
Fm'rs & M’chs 12 Bank of Montgomery.75
Timber Cutters B’k.. 10 Bank of Selma. 25
Bank of Athens 35 Bank of Mobile 05
Bank of Fulton 2r> txnsessee.
Bank of Columbus... .15 Banks of Tenn... 15 to 00
Bank of Empire State.12 Louisiana.
Bank of Augusta 30 Banks of La... .25 to 100
Augusta las & Bkg ColO
List of prices paid for Bonk Notes by CuBurosx
Caldwell £ Co., Bankers and Brokers, Second
Etrcets Macon, Gu, (office formerly occupied by
N. C. Mnnroc, Esq.,)
Worth. Worth
lOd, 13} per lb, by hca keg. Crokery. assorted,
by crate, $210. Tumblers, perdojon, 32. 'Vest-
era :«servo cheese, 2Sc; Hamburg, 22c. Maccn
candy, 45c; steam, 43c; fancy,55c. East India
rice, 25c. Layer raisins, whole, $10. Wire
sieves, No 14, SO; 10, $0,59 ; 13, $7; 20, $7,19; 24
S per dozen.
Syrup—Sorghum 59c. to 75c. Best aticer
wholesale, 75c to$l,09; retail, S1.23.
BarJ—oO a 33 wholesale; 40c. retail; clock
light and demand good.
Rice—Savannah 20a; country 12 a 15; scarce-
good demand.
Sweet Potatoes—75c. wholesale, $1.00 ratil;
upp'T 8°od.
Uriah Potatoes—'Wholesale $3.00 par bush., and
35.09 at retail. Small stock.
Af ickcrel—No. 14.59 to $5.90 per kit; No. 2 $L25
to 4,50; No.l bhls. $30,00 a No. 2 26,00 to 27,00.
Cbi Fish—Light demand at 20c.
Bcrring—$1 50 per box. Light demand.
Candies.—33 to 3lc, wholesale; 45 to 65c, re
tail. Stock large
Soap.—to to 23c, according to quality. Stock
light.
O.tionr per hid, wholesale; 812 00 retails 125
tail.
AqpZes.—SO 03 to 00 00 per bushel—very acaroo
Dried Fruit—13 to 23c per lb; stock Ught—good
demand.
Pegging.—Gunny, 41 to43cby thebaic; nmrke’
well supplied. Kentucky, 40c, scaree; retail for
Gunny 50c. Said to be advancing. Worth 30c per
yardinNvwYork.
Pope.—Machine, 24c; Richardson, 2«e. Stock
ot heavy, demand light.
Sait—Wholesale, 2% to Sc; retail, SM to 4c.
Stock not.so heavy.
^n-af—Wholesale SO to 81; retail l 15 to 1 25;
tock geod.
OLT & BASS, Attorneyi :.l L.„
Office over Mix Ac Kirllaud',
prompt attention to alt Uuxiuc-.
Uleir care.
G. HOLT, JR.
oct 7-Sm*
Ac P. WHITfLE, Attorneys at Lau.
over Paync'a Drag Store, next to «.V
laiL) Macon, Ga.
ipiiiTTi r
> EMOVaL—Dr. IK A. White HOW occef .<.* *»
_Ai rooms over the present post office, r.cx*.
door to Dr. C. 1L Hairs oQicc, tr&crc be can -ro
round night or day when not prufisiiasuily aUcut-
OCtU!*tt!U
&. GEO. N.'nOLilE3, hai removed Hi oillce
_ from Brown’s Hotel to the East side c; 1
treet, between Poplar end Plum—where hw cau
: found at all hours, unless prefer:':r::sdly absent
ocUKtf
D B
rgyTha dust of all woolen carpets, is un
favorable to health. There was much less,
consumption and lung disease in this country
when painted floors were the rule and carpet
ed floors the exception.—iY. 7. Post.
'STTf a shoemaker, in approaching his
end waxes cold, and gives up- his awl, what
will become of bis solo if he cannot breatho
his last.
Mrs. Partington grows Poetical.o-That
excellent, good-hearted, if not so clear head
cd old lady, was heard to say that Ike hav
ing become enameled of a siren of Boston, has
led her to the menial altar. He didn’t appear
tho least bit decomposed. On tbo back ol
his wedding cards were littlo Cubebs with
wings.
enonoxA-
C P. R A B'k Cd.
_ , G ERA B'k Co.: : s 99
Monday being Christma3 Day, no pa- j Marine Sink,
., , . ;„,„a plantation clock had been carried come two
it must be clear to every ono acquainted ^ eanaf;o . z rcachcd thora on'the 17th of
with the negro character, that ho will not bo
Haring no further motive to visit Shrerc- j P cr 'rill be issued’from thte office until Wed-
port, I turned my course to Red River conn- I nesday next. K
ty, Texas, where a portion of my negroes and
f=Sf* A dispatch from Cairo, dated Dec.
18th, says: The notorious guerilla leader.
Mat Suter, under sentence of death, escaped
from the Memphis military prison on Thurs
day last.
The River cud Freights at Augusta.
The following dispatch, received yesterday,
will be a matter of interest to onr commercial
readers:
Augusta, Dec. 22d, 1885.
Editors Telegraph:—The Savannah river is
in fine boating order. Freight on cotton by
onr line, $10 per bale from Augusta to New
York, including incidental expenses at Savan
nah—the shipper to insure and pay charges
at Auguste. TVa. B. Davis,
Ag't Erwin & Hardee’s Line.
pf?** Hon.'Robert M. Patton, was duly in
angnrated Governor of Alabama, Wednesday
last.
EY" Young Garrett, who was stabbed by
Dalton Yancey, son of late William L. Yan
cey, in Montgomery, some nights ago, has
since died. Mr. Yancey has delivered himself
up to the civil authorities.
Death of a Distinguished Georgian.—
We regret tosecin a Savannah paper of Wcd-
11 ay, an invitation to the funeral of Hon
H. Stiles. ?ir. Stiles passed through
. v d#fs ago in a complaining
'■•e wholly unprepared
prepared to take care of him3elf at the age of
twcaty-oncycare; and we think it equally
clear that a short period of apprenticeship
will not inspire his guardian with a proper
interest in his welfare, especially when whites
labor, which is far more dependable, stands
ready in the market.
In Germany thejperiod of white apprentice
ships is limited to 24 yearn lor tho males, and
22 yeare for the females, and somo countries
have extended it beyond those ages. Young
America, almost alone, we believe, comes ont
a full fledged man at 21. -As regards our ne
gro population, at least, wa shall be wise
in following the example of other nations.
In discussing this subject, it is important to,
take into consideration an essential difference,
between apprenticeships of whites and those
of the black population. In the ease of the
former, they are usually kept at home under
parental care until they attain to the ages of
twelve or fourteen years, when they are ap
prenticed to some trade or calling. In a very
brief period—iu most trades at tho end of the
first or second year—the white apprentice
will have acquired the necessary skill and ex
perience for his lnborto becomean equivalent
for the expense and attention bestowed upon
him. He labors on, however, and for seven
or nine years of service receives clothing, board
and medical attention for the same period.—
The consequence is, the guardian and ward
come out about even, with, geucrally, at! ad
vantage to the former on tbo score of profits,
the consideration received by the latter—his
trade—being productive only in after years.
Now, contrast with this the apprenticeship
of the negro, as it must necessarily occur un
der the existing circumstances of the coun
try. It has been seen that for seven or nine
years of labor of the white, the guardian has
bestowed the same amount oi care, attention
and expense. The negro on the contrary, falls
into the hands of tho guardian at birth, and
- same nilo should be observed as in tho
•>white, instead of returning equal
e.-pease fw equal service, the gu&rdian will
- seven or nine years, labor
% h twenty-one years, sup-
- wc ask the ones-
.r-. of all rxisor.Da.s - Is this lair?—
rid it be right to re;jo : t .he guardian
■thing sad mecu-
aterrice of o
years ago. I reached there on ’ tho 17th of j
Juno; wea taken sick and confined to my bed .
a week. On tho 15th of Juno, with my bag-' ’
gaga cooking utensjis and previsions on a
Deck mule, I sqt out for San Antonin, where
I expeted to overtake a large number of Con
federate (civil and military)' officers, en route
for Mexico. Reaching San Antonio on the
26th, I learned that all the Confederates had
i left for Mexico some ten day3 or two weeks
before. On the morning of the 27th, I satt-f
ed to Eagle Pas3 on tho Rio Grande—the
Federals holding all the crossings of that
river below Eagle Pass. I reached Eagle
Pas3 on the evening of the 30th, and imme
diately crossed over to the Mexican town of
Pieores Negras. On the morning of the 1st
of July, set out for Monterey; arrived there
on the evening of the 9th. Here I overtook
Gen. Price and cx-Gov. Polk, of Mo., who
were starting to the city of Mexico the next
morning, with an escort of twenty armed
Missourians. As I wn3 going to the city, and
the trip was a long and dangerous one to
make alone, T decided to go with them, thou gh
I was literally worn out with over 1,500 miles
of continuous horse-back traveling. I ex
changed my saddle horse, saddle, etc., for an
ambulance; put my two mulc3 to it, gave the
whip and lines to Ran, bought me a Spanish
grammar and dictionary, took tho back scat,
and commenced the study of tho Spanish lan
guage. We made tlje trip at easy stages of
about twenty-five miles per day, and reached
the City of Mexico on the evening of the 9th
of August. The trip was one of "the longest
most laborious and hazardous of my life.
Our reception upon the part of the Govern
ment officials here was all that we could have
expected or desired. We were invited to an
audience with the Emperor at the palace, the
far-famed Halls of the Montezumas. At the
time fixed, we called, and were most kindly
received by the Emperor and the Empress,
and were "assured of their sympathy in our
misfortunes, and of their earnest hope that
we might find homes for ourselves and friends
inMextco. The Empress was our interpreter/
in the interview. She speaks fluently the'
French, Spanish, German and English lan
guages, and is in all respects a great woman.
TV"e overtook at the city of Mexico, Gener
al Magruder, Commodore Maury, Governor
Allen, ot Louisiana, Judge Perkins, of Lou
isiana, Governor Reynolds, of Missouri and
Governor Maury and Gov. Clark, of Texas,
with many ocher and lesser Confederate lights.
On the Cth of September, the Emperor pub
lished a degree, opening all of Mexico to im
migration and colonization, and Commodore
Maury and myself and other Confederates
were requested to prepare regulations to ac
company the decree, which we did, and which
were a
THE MEXICAN MISSION.
Washington, Dec. 32.—The name of Lew
is D. Campbell, of Ohio, has been sent to ,the
Senate lor confirmation -as minister to llini .o.
Gen: Logan has declined the appoinimca.:'.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York, Dec. 23.—Cotton is firm at! City B !
Bank Mirldle Georgia 60
“ ot’ Savannah,: 40
“ of Commerce,: 12
Planter's Bank. : : : 14
M’cli’ts a Pi’ta B'k : 12
Farmers So Jloch'cs* 12
Timber Cutters' B’k. 10
Bank of A'.hens,
Bank of George town, 15
: 90 “ of Hamburg,: : 18
of Newberry,: :25
State SC,:::: 20
of So. Ca.,:
Commercial Bank,:: 15
Exchange Bank, : : 15
Farmers’ So Ex. B’k, et
Merchants’ Bank, : : si
People’s Bank. : : : : 4e
UUdWIVI, PnlrfielS IS
Plan’ra’ B’k Fairfield, 15
Plan’ro' & Mech’a B’k 20
of Fulton. : : 25‘State Bank, :::::: 15
of Columbus. : I5j3oathweetemRRB'k25
<» Empire Skate, 13 Union Bank, : : : : : 65
of Augusta, : 2C| alauaxa.
i a5££.*M Bank of Mobile, : : :05
of Montgomery, 75
cf Augusta, 22
51 to 52c for Middling. Naval stores dull, | Unionliaak, V:*5 : : 10
Gold 46 7-8. ! b "
WASHINGTON CITY ON NEGRO SUF
FRAGE.
Washington, Dec. 22.—The vote of this
city yesterday, on negro suffrage, resulted 35
in favor and 0,500 opposed.
of Selma, ; : : : 25
Central Bank, : : : : 80
Commercial Bank, : 20
Eastern Bank, : : : : 45
Northern Bank, : : : 45
Southern Bank, : : : 65
They furnish a list of prices as follows :
Warns setts Prints,
22
25
Duchess B. “
22
25
Amt>3 keagj, ‘ ‘
23
77Ji
Ameicaus
27}f
Donald's,
27K
Richmonds,
23H
27X
Philip Allen,
23*
87K
Pacifica, **
24
27K
Spragues,
24
!?>*
M err macs D
25
£0
“ W.
30
Scotch ginghams,
45a?0
50*65
Lancaster “
20a35
40*50
Da Laines
35a37*
40a45
Standard sheeting, blanched
30a45
35*55
Sea Island,
25*35
80a37K
Stripes, checks.
30a35
35&40
Flaxmels, - .
65aQ0
60*75
Ltaseya.
40a
45*55
were approved by the Emperor on the 27th
c£t. The decree and relations offer verv lib-
. beta able to give
oral inducements to immigration, amongst
which are a donation of public lands at the
rate of six hundred and forty acres to each
ad a very iaperfe- ter- ‘ head of a family, and three hundred and
hope the cocifrezz of onr j wenty to each single man. o free passage to
.' !— .■- • -c" -V ' • the country fo such as are not able to pay their
.a m i S 1 “ .own expenses, freedom from taxation for one
ear, and from military dnty for five years,
religions tolerance, &c.
Commodore Maury has been appointed Im-
iierial Minister of Colonization, which makes
ids authority in the matter of colonization
econd only to that of the Emperor, General
’rice, Judge Perkins and myself,, were ap-
minted agents, of colonization, and request-
d to examine the lands lying upon and near
he line of railroad, from the city of Mexico
o Vera Crux, for the purpose of determining
vhether they wera suited to American co’.o-
dzatioa. We are engaged at this time in the
lischarge of that duty. * *
, bass Upon ’ rir labors, will give a
; answer to t:- u question.
In this brief discussion of a no
rant question that u soon to press
! people, we have ben actuated sc
I desire to promt
:pon onr j
public good etc re;
rests of ^re African race j
lithe tcfltr.ios we have !
the subject, we cat ree :
/ by which the chile :m
r. r reaxture d**lh by hanger or
i will take Cara of them without z
ion; they could sot if they wee.
U tt&udfcntioD mort bo idetu
esse aad are bestowed.
po3cy end enlightened hums;
squire that the people of the south
not only be best
jb, give hope to 1
tato of Georgia, 20
COUTH CXZOZeUiL.
Bank of Camden,: : 20
tl of Charleston, : 15
** of Chester, : : : 20
The prices advertised above for Bonis bills WE
pay when presented at onr connter.
Cubbedge, Caldwell & Co.
The Influence of a Good Woman. ; Bar Goods.—A heavy week's soles in dry-
I sometimes think the influence of a good j goods is reported, but no quotable change in
woman is greater than that of .a good man; J'prices from those of last week:
there are so many avenues to the heart left j S. Peyser & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in
open to her gentle approach that are barred |'dry good,,. c„on Cotton Avenue, report a good
up at the'sound of rougher footsteps. One • - - - -
may tel! anything to a good woman. In Her
jiresence pride sleeps or is disarmed, 'file
old chill feeling comes back upon the world
weary man, and be knows not why iio has
reposed the unsought confidence which has
so lightened his heart; why he goesforth
ashamed that one so feeble is so much might
ier ; why he could fly from tho foe lor whose
approach she so courageously tarries; why
he thinks of the dagger, or pistol, or poisoned
cup, while she, accepting the fierce blast of
misfortune, meekly bows her head till the
whirlwind be ovt-r, believing, hoping that
Heaven’s bright smile of sunshine will break
through at last.
The world-weary man looks on with won
der, reverencing, yet not comprehending.—
How can he comprehend—he who stands in
his pride with his panting son! uncovered,
in the scorching Sahara ol* reason, and then
complains that no dew falls, no shower de
scends, no bud blossoms or fruit cheer him ?
How can he, who laces with folded arms and
defiant attitude, comprehend the twining love
clasp and satisfied heart-rest that come3 only
to love ? Thank God, woman is cot too
proud to take what she so much needs; that
she dots not plant her foot and refuse to stir
till her Guide tcjls her why He is leading her
by this path instead of that; and though ev
ery footprint be marked with her heart’s
blood, sbe does not relax her grasp or donbt
His faith. Well may her glance, her touch,
her smile, the rustic of her garments, even,
have power to soothe or bless; well may the
soft touch of such upon brows knotted with
the world's strife bringuooloess and peace.—
Oh, woman, with your arms akimbo, leave it
to profane Deliiabs to hoid Sampso nby the :r-
ing bi3 locks! Be strong-minded "as yon
will, if only you be pure and gentle-hearted.
DespzcatX Characters Aebestes.—Two man
who have been lying in concealment in a negro
den en Fourth ctreetfin the vicinity of the Brown
House, were arrested on Thursday night last,
after a pretty stout resistance.
Tho attention of the officers was called t? the
fact of these men being in concealment—refu
ting even to go on the streets to get the newspa
pers, bnt sending out for them—and) they deter
mined to make the descent, which they did, re
sulting in the capture of two desperate looking
villains. We were aware of the affair the morn
ing after, but forebore mention for important
reasons. It was suspected that they were the
murderers of Mr. Ctcw, of Atlanta, who was bru
tally assassinated in that city a few weeks ago.
Oze of the men has since been fully ideaiified ty
an officer from Griffin, as the leader of a band of
desperadoes, who have loag been the terror cf
that section of the State. Tbeir plan of opera
tions was to ascertain who among the planters
and farmer* of -that section were inspected of
having money concealed, when they would pro
ceed to their residences, disguised, and by hang
up, lowering in wells, or other means, exto:
We find in tic vicinity cf this place the
cest beautiful, and all things considered, the
;est agricultural country that I have ever
sen. The ciimsta is delightful, .never hot
.ever cold, alwas temperate, always pleasant,
ihesoil richer r.nd more productive than
.he best of the prairie lands of Mississippi in from them tha hiding place,secure the spoiIs,and
heOkoionacounty, yielding iirge crops of J to “—“
om, barley, rice, tobacco, sugar cane zud
offee, with" ail the fruits of the tropics, and
he beet that you ever tasted. You can
sise two crops of corn cl the same land
acli year; th*e usual mode of farming here is
crop of com and a crop of tobacco on the
line land, the com ripening always before
one to plant tobacco, and ten utiles from
scamp. It is thought moro than probable that
azection with the Atlanta assassination
proven. Time 3*01 show.
—Mrs. Samuel L. Elmy, of providence
pricked her fingers with a needle, a few days
since, and afterwards scoured a brass knock
er. The hand soon began to swell, and she
Coates’ spool cotton, 125
Domestics.—The supply is good. Sheetings,
Jobbers quota Macon, 35; Augusta, 34}; Osna-
burga selling at 32. The stock of yarns is light
at $3 55 by the ba e.
- Groceuies axd Provisions.—A good business
has been dono in groceries and provisions the
past week, with no quotable ebango in any of the.
leading articles, with tho exception of bacon,
which has naterioliy declined. A. P. G. Ear is,'
Cherry street, near Second, reports a good a-
age week's business at tho following prices:
Paeon.—Sales at 25c., hog round. Shoulders
22c. Hams 27c. Average retail price, 25c.
Flour.—There is a goo’d supply in thn market.
Extra fino family SIS; good family $16 to 10 50;
saperfine SIS to 14. Retail lCc.
Cm.—Supply very good. Wholesale $1.25:
retail 1.60. Price looking downward. Supply
equal to demand.
Sugar.—Brown 20 to 25; crashed, powdered
and A, from 27 to 30. Stock good, and equal to
demand.
Coffee.—IVhoIesaie, Rio 25 to 33; Java 60 to 55.
Retail Bio 45. Java G5. Supply good.
Tobacco—Wholesale 50 to $1; retail $1 to 2
tock not very heavy, bnteqaal to the demand.
Candy—S3 to 45 ; stock light
Chceci—Wholesale 20 to 33; retail 50 to 60
stock coming is atoll time*, and always equal
to the demand.
Butter—50 to C2_ cents; stock light.
Tea—SI 53- to 2 55, according to quality; steak
equal to demand.
Liquors—T/kiiky, rectified corn, $3; rye do.
SI 50 to 7; Heanersy Brandy, $9 to 12; gin, S3
ram, S3 55; American brandy, $4 to 4.50 per gallon
M'olf’s Schiedam Schnappa, per case, $17 for
, Odds and Ends.
—The Pal! Mall Gazette remarks that Lord
Brougham is now eighty-seven years old, and
as yet has shown no symptoms of decay, ex
cept an increasing fondness for Social Science
gatherings!
—A library of two thousand volumes lias
been purchased for the extensive use of the
free colored schools of Lynchburg, Virginia.
These schools are under tho control oi the
Freedmen’s Bureau.
If happiness has not her seat
And centre in the breast,
Wc maybe wise, or rich, or great,
But never can be blest. ' :■ —Burns.
—Language is the distinguished feature of
man. It is liis glory—it is his mark oa this
earth, wherein at once he stands above all the
rest of the living creation. The mystery ol
language is so deep that no mau has evei
yet been able to reach down to its founda
tions.
The lunatic asv’ atn of Gloucester, England
advertises for a “night nurse” who can read
vocal music atsight, and fora ‘male attendant
who is a good violinist. The salary offered
is sixteen pounds per annum, increasing out
pound yearly up to twenty pounds Wrtb
board, washing and lodging for tho women,
and twenty-four pounds per annum for thi
man. Thisaarcthc wages paid to skilled
nurses in England: Less than S3 a month
for a woman, ?I0 a month for a man!
X- Ne’er defer till to-morrow tne work
today;
2. Never buy till you find you have monov
_ to pay; \
8. Your own business ne’er ask any other
to do;
4. With what measure you mete ’twill be
measured to you;
E. Never buy what i3 useless because it
cheap;
0. As you sow in the spring, in the autumn
you’ll reap;
7. Apprehension of ill the best pleasure will
spoil;
8. To the willing no labor is really a toil
9. Ail things as they nse by the smooth ban-
■ die take;
,10. Tbo stubborn, who bond not, the soonest
will break.
Remember these precepts, and keep out of
strife,
If yon wish to enjoy tho best comforts of
life.
Last year nine thousand new buildings
were put up in Chicago. Six of them cost
$100,000 each; forty others cost $30,000 each;
and eight hundred were worth over $1,000
each. The total amount of capital employed
in building daring the year was $6,000,000.
The number of new churches was seven;
schools, two; and of public halls, four.
The erection of a statue to Dr. Simpson,
Great Britain, as tho discoverer of chloroform ,
is exciting some interest in foreign medical
circles. The French doctors say that one M.
Sodbciranis the original discoverer; and
have been, informed that a man is visiting
different cities in this country, raising a large
sum of money to bo presented to himself
the distoverer of the same thing.
Southey used to say that “the moment any
thing assumed the b jape of a duty, Coleridge
felt himself incapable of discharging it.”—
Th6n there was Lady Cork, of whom Sydney
cmith told that she was so deeply moved at a
-Charity sermon that she borrowed a guinea
of a neighbor to pntinto tho plate. She had
a -cotsmnfionnl proclivity to appropriate-
trifles in the houses of her friends. “Don’t
leave those things ahout so, my dear,” she
used to say, “or I shall steal them."
ATTORNEYS.
P. B. WHlX iU.
PHYSICIANS AXD DRCGC
K3. SMITH & OWEN, oiUcc corn or Walnut
and 4tlx streets. Dr. LlghtTOOt’* old it*-;!
oct3-3m
D R. C. J. ROOSEVELT, (HamaeopuHiiM?
Ofllcfl Mulberry it., Washington Elo U, ovi i
J. M. Boardnuu’i Book Store. Utildcutc oa
Walnut, near Third atrecu aovil-Sa*
Mulberry street, (opposite ttu 2
tegc,) where he luay be found alali bout*, day aud
night. ‘ a<»v
pvfl
, J vices to the public. (Office ou fc
Knott & Howe*. aol£-*
COMMISSION MEUCaANV...
TEWETT d: SNIDER, Wholesale Ccmcus
el slon Merchants, and tiancrol nu,
ureet, between Cherry and Roplar, -Macon, Ga.—
Prompt personal ottentioa given to til cec-lgu-
neats of cotton, produce, manufacturer, end other
irtlcles of Merchandise. Orders uod Coasljcmeut*
solicited from all ports of the country, dguott
♦or several first clos» Insurance CompaL
octLSm* .. _
JEWELERS.
T n. OTTO.—Wholesale and retjui dealer ta
jJ • Watches, Jewelry, Watch Mat trials Gw’
Pens, Gold, 81lverand Steel Spoctaciev, &c. At
tho old stand of J II «fc S S Virgin, OoUou Avcuuv.
Macon, Ga. Watches. ClocksaudJtvrc!ry, rej -'ud
and warranted. Sewing Machines of alt dc*crip
tiona put in order, to which Mr. P Ucrull will *•.
tend. aovflBjaxat
j7uAKTLEY, WATCHMAKER, late wcuk
•man for Sidney B. Dav, coutiuue* t«> it;:-:.
Watches at pre»eut*in the Fiord llou.o BuRaia^,
opposite Medical College, Mulberry atreet.
octibSm
J AMES SUPPLE, Watchmaker aud JcwcBer,
Second street, two doom from thv comer cf
Mulberry, keeps constantly a well scIcctcJ assort
meat of fine Gold and Silver Wauhts and Jewelry
Aleo, WatchCiond Jaireiry carefully repaired l»;
experienacd workmen.tepuV^tn
MISCELLANEOUS.
1 MACON DAILY TELE GRAFII Job Printing
M Office. Job work of every description execu
ted on short notice tad in good ityle. Term* rca •
sonabiu aog^3
p J. BLAKE, real estate ageut, Masou, Gx
VJT* Persons having houses lor lhIc orient, ci
persons wanting to rent houses, cannot be I 1 ti
er suited Uiiiu by culling ou me. From my
ong experience lu the real estate businc.^, I
osttcr prepared to give satisfaction than an? o’ Ua
person iu the cltv. ~ G. J. BLAKL-
Maoop, Go., Sept. 1¥. lSoS-tjacl-C^
large lot of Sole aad Upper 1
fmln OU by retail. Next door to 3
Macon, Go.
her. AUo,
uovC-Uxx;*
Important toTeachers
Brownv/ood Institute.
DO long and so favorably knouu to the puiflsc,
O owing to the a--Hi ot its o '• :: .
it now offered for sale. Eveiythlag conoid* md,
there is sot a more desirable athooi property in
tho State. With a amall outlay for repair*, every
thing would be in readiness for a first-c:2*s H:gh
School. Connected with it t» a Cu*-Cabinet ot
Minerals and Library. It U sot quite a mile irom
the corporate limit*, of LaGrac^T-ycCnts^C- U5
acres Laud, with a Inge' Carden, Orchard,Axe.—
Those who expect to make teaching a pr^letaion,
would do well to come and examine the property
For further inforn ation apply to
J. F. AWTKEY, LaOraoge, Go.
LaGrange, Dec. 8,1805. ce= U-<"..a
Buggies and Family J cr;cy Wajcuf,
FROM CONCORD AND BRATTLZECRC.
W E trill soon have a supply of Baggie*, Tot#
Family Wagons and Baruca rnaaj to ordw;
it CONCORD AND BRATTLELuitO, . - I. fci
this market, and will warrant them to l cutSro
satisfaction to all purchasers. We wTU sell ui
work not made expressly to our older. Tuoes
'rom a distance cau address us at M.c (to ears
W. C. Singleton), or at Hawkloavillc, Ga.
oct7-’Jra McDUFFIE, MASON CO.
SCOTT, POWELL & CO.,
i INKERS & MM
3d Street, MACON, GA.
Dealers iu Foreign and Domestic Etcher: go, Stocki,
Bonds, Gold, Sflvor, Book Notes, Ac.
KlAC SCOTT, C. A. ycinuo, X. XL TOW2LL
uovUfi-lra*
METROPOLITAN HOTEL.
I.ATK BROWN’S,
Washington, D. C.
TUs iosdteg Hotel, Rcnovsud rail',. :. :-
is now in perfect orilcrfor the rereption tn.i .
commodatlon of its old petrcai. octl-fim
RfiDEKiiiNB THE Time.—By devoting one
hour every morning before breakfast, bon
great a quantity ol matter may be read ovei
ia the conjse of a few years. By adopting
this practice, I have been enabled" to peruse,
in the course of four years, the whole of Scott’-
quarto Bible, (three thick volumes), includ
ing all the notea and. practical observations,
reading the whole of the Testament twice, and
returning to the Old Testament as far as thi
3Sth chapter of Exodns; and blessed be Cod
his Word has been delicious to my taste and
full of comfort to my soul!—J. V. Sail.
HARRIED,
On tie 21st iast., ta jloaree county, ty Rev.
Mr Moncrief, Mr. Joss R. Gr.irrix, ol Msecs,
aad Miss hxaspa M. Jones. 2t
On the i4th last., at Woodiy, Orange Co., V*.,
by th* R*v. E. Davis, Mr. W. Hxxleeurst, 01
Macos, Ga, to Roszeie E.. daughterof CoL Jno
Crockfbrd, of Alexandria, Va. *
"W* te WGUJCUAIJJ .euccupi, per COEC; 107 1 3 1 lAKUr, ^ ULU. f. sMuL.i
quarts S19 for pints;pcrt wine $3.75 to 6: Madeira. ® leathJOp, Bate Jas. L Snider ACo
L. _. f ... . -irsurwh L.avancfih
di*d from the effects of the -ound ou thelBi
$iJ0 to 3. iThe stock of liquors in market good—
lyful equal to demand. Ail brands of fin. wt-s-
'ey aredoeking up, caused by a scarcity in tao
Northern mirkeh
OUs, Wide Bead, Glass and Putty— Linsee
$2,50 per gal; terrors’ bank, *2,50. White lead
£22. Glass—3 by 10, $10 per box; 10 by 12, *11,50
2 by 11, £12,53; 13 by 15, *14. Putty, 20e pc?
Miscellaneous—Concentrated ^potash, *21 per
casz; concentrated l7e,*l$; lump potash, *20;
smell packages, cask, *17; soda, keg, *18; in 1
-h papers, 32C. palm soap, *13. Shot, *6—ad-
, sneing. Powder, keg, SIS; quarter, keg,.
h- coda and butter biscuits, half bbl, 20o per lb; by
Savannah, Ga
end Birch <k bolder,
Columbus, Ga
Coi
j Lathrop & Co.,
ilssion AlercLiaxi-Ui
EDWARD C. LEGSIEL & CO’S OLD STAND,
Second Etr>,t, caa door from Cherry,
MACON, GA.
no^-Sm* \
A. S. HARTHLUl -
COMMISSION AM) F .V l
MERCHANT.
9 2 Bay Sir o
8AVANNAH, GA.
GRO. C. BUCHAHA*. AKDnr.W LZZ'-LXrUt.
ANDREW BUCHANAN & 00.
Grocers, Provisisn Dealers
Commission and Forwarding Merchants,
No. 110 Mala street
LOUISVILLE; XY
Orders for Groceries, Provision?, ::d
Rope, promptly executed 4 & Cm
JEWELRY STORE.
E. J. JOHNSTON & CC..
Uav«tra-e*Ub!ished their old an; wc.’. ii^owa
JEWELRY STORE wad WATCH REPAIR!' }
BUSINESS at
No. O Cotton Arenac*,
under the Masonic Ha’. 1.
They have jn»t rocotvod e. relect tZr 'k cf all
lasses and Qualities oi goods k. ut ir t: ir
Including vV&tcuea, Jewe.rv, rv -c’.-
?eoo, Caofee Cctiery. Port M^saf. X .
Joaibfe, Brushes, Viottut, Gw.:*- t:
* tringa. Doable barrel Sportla u G - - - - J . .
Percueaioa Cam, Miruw, Tc-:». . I;
Playing Cards, Dominoa, Backeaiurr.cc • ; C.
den, Lubin’agecuiceExtract*, Toilc. tad SI.a-
cor-M-c: ;- .
Savannah Foivamin;
HOUSE.
THE SUBSCRIBERS arc pc;!— pcrV.cu'r i>
teatioa to the forwarding: of GcccN C "i
hroutfh Savannah, and having *n a: :.t :: .V -. \
>fler unsurpassed facilities lor dispute^ oud t.\..
ny.
wc would alao solicit conEijmmcuts cf Ccttor.
or produce, fer sale In Savannah.
F. W. SIMS £ CO.
REFERENCES:
Macon.—N. C. Monroe, J. D. Car hart. J 5
Koff, Sima <k Co.
Americas—Thomas Harrold.
Savannah.—'Brigham, Baldwin & Co.
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