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$jf ateUigencri ATLANTA, GEORGIA WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7. 186^ BUPFEE1.VG9 OF THB KECttO. la the locil department of the Macon Telegraph of Tuesday last, we notice the fotio * lug item : “Fifteen Dead Negroes is one Pile ~Oa J-u.jday inf'«nn»t;«»a was received by Col. White, Provjst Marshal, tnat a targe number of dead bodies were in ihe river J i 5 t below the city. A detail was dispatch Id to the place tor the purpo3e.of ta&irg them out ot the water and barying them — The quad iound no ie«s than fi teeu bociie« ot negio men within a space ot a few bUL- dred yards. They were lodged in drib- wopd and * long ’ be bunks of tee river. No marks oi violence were reported ns h»v i g been JuuaG upon them. The bodies were buried on the banks ot the river whs. e they Were found. Nothing whatever is as yet known as <.0 how they came to their ueaih.” Commenting upon the foregoing, that pa per says of the “suff--rings which the unfor tunates (the negroes) who fljeked to Macon have undergone since the army reached” that city, that “all the time they have been a-IF-ring terribly in every conceivable Bhape, and we have information that many hun dreds have died from starvation and disease —i he aggregate reaching a total that seems 6’most incredulous.” This is indeed horrible / Thus far it ba9 not been the case—we mean death by star vation or disease—in tnis vioinity, though how coon we may be forced to make a simi lar record, we kno w not. At present, the indications are that we shall be compiled to do so ere mariy days shall pass, for with all the humane efforts of the military-au thorities at-this point,the sound advice giveu to the negroes who have abandoned their homes to voluntarily return to them and resume work on the abandoned farms, there to be fed and cared for, the unhappy crea tures—men, women, and children—still fl.;Ck to gad remain in our city, some of . them, it is true, begging for work, to earn tbeir bread, but most of them begging for bread, and not lor work—some seeking for new homes, and but few returning to their old ones. The humane and wholesome counsel given to most of them, by the au thorities here, we trust, will soon have a good effect; if not, the scenes reported by our Macon cotemporary as having been wit nessed in and near that city will be're-en- aoted here; and thus, too soon, the negro will realize that his idea of liberty—the privilege of living in idleness and being fed by the labor of others—i9 like unto “the baseless fabric of a vision”—that he must work, or endure the misery of starvation. Lapland, he will “multiply and replenish” in the South ; and all that is now or will in future be required of him, is, as a freedman, he must wcik, that the West and the North, and the South, r.s w II as hlnuef, may profit by his labor. Hence we agree again with the “ World" when it says: "‘The most important and urgent inter eats of the West is that the South shall be relieved of its embarrassments at the earli est day possible. What the West above all ihiDgs needs, ia a market The market, which lor four years it lost in the South, has r betn temporarily supplied by the war. The West has led onr vast armies, and the mui ti-ude employed iu the manufacture or ar- m> supplies. But this market is about to disappear. Western agriculture will sink intj a low and feeble condition unless it gets back the Southern market; of which there is no possibility except by the revival ot S mrhern industry.” ^ But*lhe Mississippi is not now the only route by and over which her immense am pins produce, and stock of every descrip tion may reach the South. Long liabs of railway are at her Command by which, from beyond Chicago, to Savannah, or Caarle e- lon, she may transport, if not so cheaply, a* least more expeditiously, what she can spare for a marke’, and what the South, if its fields are cultivated in the future, as in the past, by African labor, will need—other- wise the best market for the West in the wide world, will become no market at all to her VAGRANT NEGROES, Ali vagrant negroes have been driven from Macon. It was, the Telegraph of that city say^, “a sad sight, but the proceeding was necessary, and all who attempt to fol low a similar line of conduct”—that is, to vagabondize throughout the land—“may expect to have the same course pursued to wards themselves.” The negroes in Atlanta who do not go to work, bat idle the life long day, had better, profit at once by the foregoing example and go to work wherever they can get em ploymenf. We would advise them to re turn to the homes which they have left and seek employment from their old masters. “WHAT CAN BE BONE FOR THE iiuiiHri The New York World in an article headed as above, contains many truthful re marks and many very sensible suggestions, dirte ed as we'l to the “Great West” as to the South. The grand reason it s.iys of the West in fighting the South “was commonly condensed m a single sentence, viz : that the We9t would never relinquish its right to the Mississippi.” We admit that this was “a grand reason,” but it was not the only grand reason. It wa9 not, lor, iu many ways, the West received from the com mencement of the war, assurances- from the South, and subsequently in official form it rcoeived assurances, that this right would be guaranteed to it; that ths navigation or the wateis ot the Mississippi would -be se cured to it as taoroaghiy as though they foron-d a pai“ of the recogu zed waters os the U iifed Srates, over wni h tne fhg of tea' government waved, as it dots now, iu triumph over the Potomac, the 8 ivannah, or the Chattahoochee. The grand rea eon ass gaed therefore, ‘h»ud commonly condensed into a smgta sentence” was really outa a grand and not the grand reason^. why the West entered so spiritedly and so poweriuliy into th8 war. We have seen enough and heard enough from the West and Wisiern men, to satisfy us that the tru ly grand reason which infiiancsd the West, partook more of feeling than interest. It was devotion to the Union—a deep settied* devo.iou to the 11 \g of their country, which had been insulted, Ihe people of the West conceived, at Fort Sumter, and to uphold which and the Uaton, they deteimined to Sacrifice every iuterest or prove victorious .in the struggle. As to the value of the! Mississippi to the Great We3t, the “ TForkZ,” wo think is right, in affirming that it is “valuable only as af fording a cheap and commodious route to a market” Eut what market ? it asks. “Not mainly,"it says, “th® Weat Indies: for ihe consumption of Western products is com paratively small on those islands. Jfot Eu rope most certainly ; for the route is too cir cuitous.” It then comes to this conclusion, "The best market ths West ever had, is ths South itself" And so it was, sad so it will ever be, if her vast resources be developed; if her agricultural advantages ba im proved by that labor which alone esn make the South of value to the West, or the world. Slave labor can never accomplish again what it has done. Bat the negro free, is still a negro. Freedman he may be, but he will s»ill retain the char acteristics of the African race. What God has implanted in his nature, man may not, $aanot remove. While he would perish in PUBLIC NESTING IN COLUNBUS.- We received several numbers of the KJo umbus Enquirer % Extra, on yesterday, from one of which we clip the following ac count of a public mdfeting held ia that city on the 29.h ultimo, for the purpose of con sidering “ihe condition of the country.” By this meeting it will be perceived that a series of resolutions jvere adopted indica tive oi a desire on the part of the people of that city and its vicinity, to make known through a committee their peaceful inten tions towards the Federal Government, to represent Ibeir wants, and to give such as surances of co operation and good will on their part, to the President at Washington City, if leave could be obtained, as might se cure the objects set forth in the resolutions - This Committee, we learn, hadf an inter view with Gen, Wilson, at Macon on Thursday last, and are now en route to Washington City, where we have no doubt the gentlemen composing it will be received and lisKired to by the President with all due courtesy: <*?.■ THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA MOVING. PUBLIC MEETING IN COLUMBUS. Prom the Enquirer Extra, May 29. A portion of ih« citizens of Columbus and Vicinity, iu obedience to previous notice, sssemb ed in Temperance Hall on Saturday May 27 h. D. F. Coleman was called to the chair, and M, L. Patterson appointed secretary. The President, on taking the chair, ex plained the object of the meeting in the fol lowing remarks: Felloe-Citizens: —We have met this morning for the purpose of taking into con sideration the condition of our country. After more than four years of desolating war, the sword has been sheathed, never, we trust, to be drawn again in a sectional strife. Lei us come up here this morning in the true spirit of patriots, each earnest to do what his country most needs-divesting ourselves of all selfish ends or aims—for getting so far as we can the past, and calmly consider how we may best heal the wounds of our bleeding country, and lay the foun dation Of a bright inture for our children and a peaceful old age for those of us who have passed lite'u meridian. In this great woik we cordially invite ev ery lover of his country to -unite with us, 3Ed ignoring all parly spirit, let all labor wi h manly courage to build again that no ble structure of our common nationality wmch has been so ruthlessly torn down, to the end that the proud old State of G_oi- gia may again take her place in the great lamiiy of Stales as in days past. In 1'b dience to a resolution of the meet ing, the cb tir appointed a. committee com posed of the ioliowing named gentlemen, v z: das. Johnson, R L Molt, A Alexander, J hn L Mimian, D L Booher, John McTl- henDy, A M Allen, TJios C Johnson, J H Mosheli, Joseph E Webster, John J Bos well, T M Morgan, E Wiliet, Thos 8 Tug gle and Wm 8 Morton. The commmee through their chairman, Jas Johnson, re ported the lollowiag resolutions: We, a portion of the people of Columbus and vicinity, being assembled, deem it proper, on this occasion to announce to our fellow citizens our position in relation toour c tndioon, and f »r that purpose we declare: Is;. Tuat in our opinion the war has ter m-na ed, and that it is the duty of all to sub- mi «o >he authority of the United S ates. 2d. That we earnestly desire that law and ureter may be speedily restored, that persons and property may be fully secured, and to this end we request,respectfully, that the proper authority may, as early as prac ticable, lake steps to have the Slate organ ized in such a manner as to enable her to resume her position as such with her sister States of the Union. 3d. That we exhort every person to resort forthwith to their usual avocations, such ben ing necessary xor the support and subsistence of the country. 4th. That we regard the assassination of President Lincoln with abhorrence, and deeply regret bis fate, and here declare our belief that no brave Southern man could have lent his aid to an act that carries upon its face the ynpress of cowardice and per fidy. 5th. That until order is folly restored, and society assumes its usual routine, we most respeottully request tne United States au thorities to continue the garrison at this place. And we here take occasion to say that Capt. J. C. Lamson, as senior officer in command, and Capt. O’Bannon, in charge of commissary stores, as well as the whole commaud, have, since they have been among us, deported themselves with fairness and gentlemanly consideration, and are en titled to the thanks of the people, and we express the hope that they may be permit ted to remain with us. Gih. That a committee, consisting of the following gentlemen, namely—James John son, R L. Mott, and J. L. Mustiaa—is here by appoimed by this meeting to make known our wishes to the commander of the United States forces at Macon in regard to the continuance of the garrison; and that said committee be also requested to proceed to Washington City, (if leave can be ob tained) lor the purpose of making known the peaceful intentions of this portion of the people of Georgia towards the Federal Gov ernment, and make such representations in regard to our wants, and give such assuran ces of cooperation and good will on our part, as wift secure the objects set forth in the foregoing resolutions. 7th. That these resolutions be sent to Such parties, and be published in sfich pa pers, as the President of this meeting may direct. Mr. James Johnson, in an able speech, urged the adoption of the resolutions, ar* guing that the result of the war had placed our country under the government oi the j military authority ot the United States, which would be continued so long as diso bedience was manifested: that further resis- tancescould result in nothing but additional disaster, and, if possible, The more complete bankruptcy and hopeless condition of the country. He, therefore, upon the ground of necessity and interest, exhorted submis sion to the authority of the United States Such a step would bring about a re-organi zation of the State Government, the resto ration of the civil law, the re-establishment of courts, the return of men to industrial pursuits, and trade assume its usual chan nels, and to some extent repair the banka ruptcy of the country. The war had also wrought a great change in the labor of the country, to which we should not be blind, bat set about accom modating ourselves to it. Col. Thos. C. Johnson urged upon the meeting the adoption of the resolutions in an able speech, stating, among other things, that he had "acrificed as much, according to the amount of his means, a3 any one, to establish the Government of the Confede> rate States, but that he now, without quaffs fieation or reservation, submitted to the authority of the United States, and exhort ed all to do likewise. The resolutions were then unanimously adopted. John L. Mustian then introduced 31 the fob* lowing resolution: Resolved, That we earnestly solicit other counties and communities to cosoperate with us # in carrying out the object of this meeting. This resolution was likewise unanimously adopted. The meeting then, upon.motion adjourn ed. B. F. COLEMAN, Chairman, M. L. Patterson, Sec’y. Heavy Robbery of Specie—$200,000 Stolen.—A few days since 4 wo ot the offi cers ot the Richmond banks, whose assets were removed from that city upon the evacuation in April, reached Washington in this State. They were empowered by the authorities to remove their effects, consists ing of three hundred and twenty thousand dollars in specie, to the capital of Virginia. Procuring teams and a guard of twelve men, these gentlemen set out upon their return home, intending to take the railroad at Chester, S. C. At tije end of the first day’s journey, they encamped on the grounds of Mrs*, Morse, eighteen miles lrom Washington, .and three from the Savannah river. The officers retired, and the guards fell asleep, About midnight a party of twenty moun ted men, who were evidently aware of the value of the train, suddenly dashed upon it, and the guard surrendered without firing a gun or making the slightest show of re* sistance. The freebooters immediately went to work bursting open the specie a kegs and helping themselves to the glittering contents, One fellow, it is related, had a large leath em haversack, which he filled, but just as he was mounting his horse the straps gave way and the precious metal fell chinking to the ground. He eagerly scraped up the gold and sand, leaving a number of pieces, and placing the coin in a bag, rode off. The next morning a- negro teamster found five dollar pieces scattered in profusion all about the ground.' Some two hundred thousand dollar were stolen, leaving abqpt one huqjlrqd fmd twenty thousand. * With this amount the bank officers journeyed on, sadder, but wiser men. Upon reaching Abbeville, S. C. they offered a reward of twenty thousand doliars for the recovery of the property. The robbers are supposed to be paroled soldiers, who followed the train from Wash ington. It is singular, that iu the present demoralized state of the country, the gentle men in charge made no secret of their val uable possessions; nor did they use any ex traordinary measures of precaution to pre- serve their property.—Augusta Constitution alist. PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND THE RADICALS. The Washington correspondent of the Philadelphia Ledger says: There are certain indications which go to shew that President Johnson, like the la mented Lincoln, in his latter day9, will give the extreme radicals wide berth, and T hazard nothing in saying that the prociama tion opening the South to trade will be soon followed by evidences still more conclusive of the desire of the President to heal the breach as quietly and pleasantly as possible and uoite ihe two sections again in one “harmonious whole.” You will note that his proclamation reviving trade is not ad dressed alone to the loyal people of the South, but includes • he “ well disposed” in its privileges, and that, too, without com pelling them to take the much abused and often broke a oath of allegiance. The South, iu so far as trade is concerned comd ask no more than this, for the door of commerce is open as wholly and as freely ro all the people as if such a thing as war had not been known. Whether they will avail themselves of the offer, remains to be seen, but they must be rebellious, indeed; if they allow so handsome a privilege to re main a dead letter with them. I understand, upon authority I cannot doubt, that terms equally generous to those offered to and ac cepted by Lee and Johnston, will be shortly offered to the whole Southern people—a few of her leaders in the rebellion excepted. Ia other words, there will be a general am nesty tendered, and a disposition evinced to make the situation for our “wayward sis ters” as pleasant as possible. The radical element have got an inkling of the policy of the President and declare that its adoption will end in the retention of slavery at the South, thus defeating, as they believe, the great object for which the war, during the'p iSt four years, has been fought, and leaves the old ‘bone of contention’ still to be attacked and gnawed around by the opposing factions. Let those beware who attempt to oppose the policy of President Johnson. Mr. Liu* coin has been credited with firmness, but in his successor’s little finger, there will be more of J teksonian firmness, than there was in Mr. Lincoln’s whole hand. csEairTo believe that the more hours chilj dren study at school the faster they learn is a folly. * E^’Flour is selling in Augus.a at frsm $5 to 50 per sack, and corn, meal at $1 59 per bushel, -*!>»*■ fool in a high station is like a man on the top of a mountain—everybody ap pears small to him, and he appears small to everybody else. A PROCLAMATION. by ths president of THE TTNTTKD states OF AMERICA. Whereas, The President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, 1863, did, with the object of suppressing the ex isting rebellion, to induce all persons vo lay down their arms, to return to their loyalty, and to restore the authority of the United States, issue proclamations offering amnesty and pardon to certain persons who had di rectly, or by implication, engaged in said re bellion; and . _ Whereas, Many persons who had so en gaged in the said rebsllion, have, since the lUuance of said proclamation, failed or neg lected to take the benefits offered thereby; ^Whereas, Many persons who have bean iastly deprived of all claim to amnesty and pardon thereunder, by reason of their par ticlpation directly or by implication m said rebellion, and continued in hostility to the Government of the United States since the date ol said proclamation, now desire to ap ply lor and obtain amnesty and pardon; __ To the end, therefore, that the^ authority of th* Government of the United States may be restored, and that peace, order, and free dom may be established, I, Andrew John son President of the United States, do proclaim and declare, that I hereby grant to all persons who have directly or indirectly participated in the existing rebellion, ex cept as hereafter excepted, amnesty and pardon, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves, except in cases where legal proceedings under the laws ot the United States, providing for the confiscation of property of persons engaged rebellion have been instituted, bat on the conditions, nevertheless, that every such per son shall take and subscribe to the following oath, which shall be registered for perma nent pieservation, and shall be of the tenor and effect following, to wit: I do solemnly swear or affirm ia presence of Almighty God,that I will henceforth faith fully defend the Constitution of the United States and the Union of the States there under, and that I will in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all laws and proc tarnations which have been made during the existing rebellion with reference to the emancipation of slaves. So help me God The following classes ot persons are ex cepted from the benefits of this proclama tion : I. All who are or have been pretended civil or diplomatic officers orotherwise do mestic or foreign agents of the pretended Confederate States. 3. All who left Judicial stationsuuder the United States to aid the rebellion. 3. All who hive been Military or Naval- Officers of the pretended Confederate Gov ernment above the rank of Colonel in the Army, or Lieutenant in the Navy. 4. All who left their seats in the Congress of the United States, to aid the rebellion. 5. All who resigned or tendered the res ignation of their commissions in the Army and Navy of the United States, to evade their duty in resisting the rebellion. 6. All who have engaged in any way in treating otherwise than lawfully as pris oners of war persons found in the United States service as officers, soldiers, seamen, or in other capacities. 7. AH persons who have been or are ab sentees from the United States for the pur pose of aiding the rebellion. 8. All military or naval officers in the rebel service who were educated by the Government in the Military Academy at West Point or at the United States Naval Academy. 9. All persons who held the pretended offices of the Government of the States in insurrection against the United States. 10. All persons who left their homes within the jurisdiction and protection of the United States, and passed beyond the Federal military lines into the so called Confederate States for the purpose of aiding the rebellion. II. All persons who have engaged in the destruction of the commerce of the United States upon the high.seas and all persons who have made raids into the United Btates from'Canada or been engaged ia destroying the commerce of the United States on the lakes and rivers that separate the British Provinces from the United States. 13. All persons who, at a time when they seek to obtain the benefits hereof by taking the oath herein prescribed are in military, naval, or civil confinement or custody, or under bond of the military or naval authori ties or agents of the United States as pris oners of any kind, either before or after their conviction. 13. All persons who have voluntarily participated in said rebellion, the estimated value of whose taxable property is over $30,000. 14. All persons who have taken the oath of amnesty, as prescribed in the President’s proclamation of December 8th, 1863, or the oath of allegiance to the United States since the date of said proclamation, and who have not thenceforward kept the same inviolate, provided that special application may be made to the President for pardon by any person belonging to the excepted classes, and such clemency will be extended as may be consistent with the facts of the case and the peace and dignity of the Uni ted States. The Secretary ot State will es tablish rules and regulations foi administer ing and recording the said amnesty oath, so as to insure its benefits to the people and guard the Government against fraud. In the testimony whereof, I have here*- unto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington, this, the 29th day'of May, A.’D. 1865, and of the in^ dppendenoe of America the 89 th. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President^ Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State. APPOIIfTMBXT OF GOVERNOR NORTH CAROLINA. IN PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. From^tbe Cinoitm ati Commercial, ROUGH ON GEN. HALLECK. H. W. Haileck is not dead, popular im pressions, and not a few sanguine hopes,- to the contrary notwithstanding. He has lived to be used to heap insults on General Sherman, the man to whom he rejoiced to give .the glory ot the fighting to the bitter end on the first day at Shiloh, and saving our army from destruction. Haileck wrote a dispatch at Richmond, on the 36th, in which he used such choice and courteous phrases as the following; “I have telegraphed back to obey no orders of Sherman’s, but to push on as rapidly as possible.” # # * * * < “I suggest that orders ba telegraphed through General Thomas that General Wilson obey no orders from General Sher- m^n The point is, it would not have been diffi cult to* have given those orders, it they, had been necessary, without making them the vehicles of insnlt; and the publication of such a dispatch by Stanton, shows his anxiety to slur the reputation of Sherman. He has undertaken a large contract. Hai leck, since his great effort of the 30th of April, has subsided into a collector of rebel pamphlets, newspapers, &C-, for the use of the historians, who are expected in the fu ture ages in whicir posterity is thought to be interested. He had better stick to that, or he will provoke the publication of what all the generals who have commanded the Army of the Potomac, from McClellan to Meade, think of him. Whereas, The fourth section of. the fourth article of the Constitution -of the United States declares that the United States shall guarantee to every State a Republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion and domestic vio lence, and, Whereas, the President of the Uailed States is, by the Constitution, made Com mander-in-chief of thd army and navy, as well as Chief Executive officer ot the Uni ted States, and is bound by solemn oath faithfully to execute the office of President of the United States, and take care that the taws be faithfully executed; and, Whereas, The rebellion which has been waged by a portion of the people of the United States against the properly ci nstitu- ted authorities of the Government thereof, in the most violent and revolting form, but whose organized and armed forces have now been almost entirely overcome, has, in the revolutionary progress, deprived the -people of North Carolina of all civil gov ernment; and, Whereas, It becimes necessary and proper to cairy out and enforce the obliga tions of the United States to the people of North Carolina, in securing to them the en joyment of a republican form of govern ment ; Now, therefore, in obedience to the high and solemn duties imposed upon me J by the Constitution of ihe United States, and for the purpose of enabling the loyal people of said State to orgauiza a 3UVe govern ment, whereby justice maybe -established, domestic trauquility inured, and the loy-.l citizens protected ia ail Their iight3 of li/e, liberty, and prqperty, I, Andrew John son. President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the army and. navy oi the United State3, do hereby ap point William W. Holden Provisional Gov ernor of North Carolina, whose duty it shall be, at the earliest practicable period, to prescribe such rules and regulation as may be necessary and proper for convening a convention, composed of delegates to be chosen by that portion of the people ot said State who are -oyal to the United State?, and no others, for the purpose of altering and amending the Constitution thereqi, and with the au'bority to exercise within .the limits of said State all the powers necessary and proper to enable such loyal people ot the State of North Carolina to restore the State to its constitutional relations to I he .Federal Government, and present such a ’ ■publican form of State governm »t as will entitle the State to the guarantee of the United States therefos*-. and its people to protection by the United States against in vahion, insurrection, and domestic violence Provided, that in any election that may be hereafter held for choosing delegates to the State Convention as aforesaid/ no person shall be qualified as an elector, or shall ba eligible as a member of such convention unless he shall previously have taken the oath of am nest/, as set forth iu the President’s proclamatibn of May 39, 1865, and is a voter, qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and taws of the State ot N uth Carolina in force immediately be-oro the 20th day ot May, 1861, the date of the so- called ordinance of secession, and the said convention, when convened, or the Legisla ture that may thereafter be assembled, will prescribe the qualification of electors and the eligibility ef persons to hold office under the constitution and laws of North Carolina —a power the people Pf Jtbe States compos ing the Urioa have-rightfully exercised from the origiffof the Government to the present time; and 1 do hereby direct— 1. That the Military Commander of the Department, and all officers and persons of the military and naval service, assist the said Governor in carrying into eft ct this proclamation, and they are enjoined to ab stain from "in any way vindicating or dis couraging lo> al people from the orgmizi- tion of the State government as heruiu au thorized. That the Secretary-of State proceed to put in force all laws of the United States, the administration whereof belongs to the State Department, and is applicable to the geographical limits aforesaid. 3. That the Secretary of the Treasury proceed to nominate tor appointment, as sessors of taxes and collectors of customs and internal revenue, and such other ofiK cers of the Treasury Department as are au thorized by law, and put in execution the laws of the United Statea aforesaid. In making the appointments preference shall be given to qualified loyal persons residing in districts where their respective duties are to be performed, but if suitable residents of the districts shall not be found, then persons residing in other States or^districts shall be appointed. 4. That the Postmaster General proceed to establish po9t-routes, and put into exe cution the postal laws ot the United S ates within saiaStates, giving loyal residents preference of appointment, but if suitable residents are not found, then appointment from other States. 5. That the District Judge for the Dis trict in which North Carolina is included, proceed to hold courts in said State ac cording to provi°ioas of the acts of Con gress. The Attorney General wiil instruct the proper officers to libel and bring to judgment, confiscation and sale, all property subject to confiscation, and enforce the ad ministration of justice within said State in all cases within the Congressional jurisdic tion of Federal courts. 6. That the Secretary of the Navy take possession of ali the public property belong ing to the Navy Department within the said limits, and put in operation all acts of Congress in relation to naval affairs having application to said State. 7. That the Secretary of the Interior put in force the taws relative to the Interior de partment applicable to the limits aforesaid. . In testimy whereof, I have hereunto set my ha <d, aud caused the seal ct the United States to be affixed. Done at the City of Washington this, the 2fith day of May, A. D, 1865, and of the iu dependence of the United States „the eighty ninth. ANDREW JOHNSON. By the President: W. H. Seward, Secretary of State. TRIAL OF THE CONSPIRATORS. DEVELOPMENT op the cypher letters. .The Crops.—The wheat harvest, says the Milledgeviile Recorder, commenced with us, to a limited extent, last week. The cold dry spring, with the rust of late, has consid erably injured it. We hope, nevertheless, there will be enough made for home coo- sumption. Corn and other growth has, from late rains, considerbiy improved, though more backward than usual. Proapec-.s on the whole are as yet tolerably fair. tar* It is no disgrace hot to be able to do everything, bot to undertake or pretend tc do that which you are not made lor, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome ana vexatious. M Nor affect to be witty, nor to jest, so as ^wound the feelings of another. Aosay S little as possible of yourself, and of those who are near to you. To aim at cheerfulness without levity. In the conspiracy trials at Washington, vigorous efforts are making to expose tl e syttem of correspondence iu cypher used between the Confederate Government and ts agents, during the w.*r. Ou the 21sl the following testimony on this subject was introduced: The Assistant Secretary of War, Mr. Dana, was sworn, and identified the rebel cypher arrangement, wnich ho took from the room in Richmond formerly occupied by Secretary Benjamin, on ihp 6.h ot April. Tne contrivance is a reel, to be turned to as to substitute one set ot letters of the al phabet for oiliers. MA.7- ECKERT’S TESTIMONY. Ms j. Eckert was sworn. A ca ph* r was exhibited to him, loimd in the track of J. Wilkes Booih. He compared it with the Benjamin letter, aud said it was the same. Some ot ihe rebel cyphers ot other parties had fallen into his hands, and these were on the same priuciple, although the key wo:d may be different. The witness fur nished a translation of cypher dated Oct 13. It is to this tffect: “We again uryo our gaining immediate advantages. "Strain every nerve ror victory. We now look up. on the re-election of Lincoln as almost cei- taiu, and we need to whip the hirelings to prevent it. Btsides, with Liucolu’s ie- elecUon and his armies victorious we net d not hope lor recognition, much less the help mentioned in our last. Holcombe will explain this. Our friend sb*!l be imme diately set to work as you direct.” This cypher was iu reply to ono of the 9cb. The correspondence was carried on between Richmond and Canada. Several rebel cypher dispatches, which had Sailen into the hands ot the War Department had been referred to hint (Ecker.) for examina tion, some of which were the same as this and wot feed on the sumo principle. The rebel tie patches of the 13 h and ,19th of October last were iu ns possession, and. worked on the same principle, aldiongh the key word whs different. The following iransh tiou was then read: * Oct. 19, ’6-1 — Your letter ot the 13th is at hand.—There is yet time enough to colonize many volets before November. A blow will shortly be stricken here. It ia not quite time. Gen. Longatreet is to attack Saeridau without delay, and then move North as f\r as piac- ticabie toward important points. This will be made inbtead of the movement before mentioned.—tie will endeavor to assist the R ipublicaus in colli cling their ballots. Be waichfiSl and ass.si, him. Tne original whs sent to its address. The cipher of the 13th Oc'oher ctme lrom Canada a id went to Richmond; that ot the 19 it came from Richmond and went to Canada. On the immediate act of killing Mr. Lincoln, tl;e following evidence was brought forward: ' COL. STEWART’S TESTIMONY. I was at Ford’s Theatre dn the night of the assassination. Was sitting in the front chair iu the orchestra, near the right hand. There are two aisles near the orchestra.— My seat was on the left hand, right under and bringing me immediately next to the music stand. At the report of the pistol I was startled. 1 was speaking to my sister, my head being turned to the left. I glanced* back to the stage. An exclamarion was made, aud a man leaped from the box. He came down witb his back slightly to the au dience, but when he was rising his face came fully in view. I rose and attempted to leap on the stage; made two or three steps on the railing alter alighting from where I sat, and keeping my attention to the man who had alighted on the stage and had jumped from the President’s box — When he reached the stage and on looking to the left I perceived he had disappeared on the left hand egress. I exclaimed, “Stop that man,’’and then w» - t pan of >hi ; l-ngth, ot the stage, and turii.n w .be n.;h'., l ,vas 20 feet from the door, it was slammed. I got to the door very quick, but I swung It the wrong way, but remedied that and pass ed out. As I approached the door aHe? I had said “Stop that man,” some out: said “He has gone ou a horse,” and I heard the tramping oi a horse. When I got out of the door, I perceived a man mounting a horse. He was at that instant hardly mounted.— The moon was just beginning to rise, and I could see him better, the horse moving ss though prematurely spurred in mounting. I ran in the direction to which the horse was heading at about eight or ten feet from the head of the horse and rider bi-inging him around to the right again. The horse’s feet were rattling violently on the stones.— I crossed in the same direction, and was now on the right hand side of the horse,but he was gaining on me. When about twe- thirds nf the way out of the alley, he brought the horse forward and swept to the left o! the street. I commanded him to stop. It all occupied but two seconds. 1 passed several persons in the passage, one two men, perhaps five persons all together, but at the near door, on the right side, 1 passed a person who seemed in the act oi moving. I saw the person who did not seem to be moving about. Witness here identified Spangler as the one who looked like this latter person. Mr. Stewart then explained the route taken by Booth in es caping from the theatre, by plans. Cross-Examined—When I got out of doors, the person was in the saddle, leaning forward, the left foot apparently iu the stir rup, He was leaning to the left. The horee; wasj leaviug the walk in a sort of motion, making apparently a circle. He was get ting the horse under control for a forward movement. By Judge Holt.—Every person liia®* came under my notice, as I ran through the stage, seemed greatly agitated and literally bewildered, except the person near the door, who did not. It seemsd as if it took me as long as you could count one, tw<>, three, four, five, from the time of the rcpoit of the pistol until I reached the floor. My impression was, when he came from tno President’s box, that the President had been assassinated. Was so much under that im pression, that they had shot him, after the person on the horse, had gone off, that I informed the people in the alley that the person who went off on the horse had shot the President. I saw a profile and fuil face of this person as he passed across. T recognized Booth when I saw him on the stage, ^.tter returning, I took my fam ily home and immediasely ran to Stanton’s residtnee; but finding persons there, I went to the Police Station, gave Superintendent Richards my name, and what information I had. I said I thought I knew who it was. Every person except one I have mentioned seemed perfectly bewildered on the stage. I felt much vexed at Booth’s getting awav.. I could cot possioly be Bath fled that the door was not slammed by some other per son than the one who went out. The per son I saw inside the door was in a position, if be had been so disposed, to bsve embar rassed the exit of Booth, fla showed no agitation like other persons I met; could, have obstructed Booth’s motions; except one who seemed to be pressing off the per son nearest the door, was in no better aition to have obstructed Booth ; the man nearest the'door could have opened it and gone out before I did. It was immediately within his control; cannot say whether the persons on the stage or in the passage knev f that the assassination had been commUjr ^ They acted as if astonished,