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former pj ospcrlty. I am sure it could not.
It mi?l.t do so partially. Even the fa
bled Erichtho could only leanimate whilst
the blood was yet running. If the blood
of the South has not ceased to circulate, it
flows in a feeble and scarcely preceptible
torrent.
The policy of the government, since the
close of the’war, has beeu unwise. The
negroes suddenly receiving their feedom
fliould have been gradually admitted to its
jjght. One long coufidne-l in a dark
-room and all at once exposed to a glaring
IjoJit, is apt to be blinded. The former
masters of the negroes, who best under-*
stand their characters and wants, should
have bccu left, under all proper guaran
tees and restraints,Jto lead them on in a
course of unbroken virtue and industry,
and Providence for the future to appoint
*-hen they would be qualified wisely and
profitably to enjoy the freedom so sudden
ly conferred upon them. None others are
gs capable, aud none so much attached to
them. Instead of this, officers of the “Fteed-
pjen’s Bureau'* have been sent, whose
interest it is to foment discontent and in-*
gubordiuation, as the continuance of their
employment depends upon it. Infinitely
more disastrous in its effects had been the
sending “colored” troops iuto the South.
I will give a single iustauce of the effects
of this. I own a piautation iu Florida.
Before the arrival there of “colored”
troops, my former “slaves” sent word that
thev would all remain with me. I went
to Florida in October, and told the negroes
that if they would work fo.r me three or 1
four years, I would pay them the highest
y/nerf-s or give them a share of the crop,
and told them that in that time they could
gave money enough to purchase mules,
cows, hogs and plantation tools, and that
I would then divide my land into small
parcels and sell to them on a credit of
twenty years. Not one accepted the offer.
They hava all left my plantation—their
ultimately of the North ?—for that now
•prosperous aud exultant.region has only
urn privilege granted by the giant—that
of being devoured. The prosperity of
loth sections depends, and depends equal
ly on southern agricultural productions,
although the ruin of each may have dif
ferent dates.
The payment of interest on American
sr curities, which are accumulating in Ku«*
rope to an alarming extent—interest on.
°ld debts of stocks, railroad and other cor«
porations, will more than consume the cot
ton exported. How then will our mer
chants pay for the goods imported ? How
obtain specie to rostore our currency?
Bankruptcy of American merchants, or
specie exported instead of.imported, will
be what we shall see. An inconvertible
currency is bad enough; but to demand
specie in payment of a debt contracted in
an inflated currency, is repudiation, or per
haps a less odious word may be eraply-
ed, bankruptcy. Where will the North
western fetates sell their horses, mules,
beeves, hogs, corn, and cottou bagging/
1 he South can no longer buy, for it has no
money to pay with Cotton may not be
king, but it is more than anything else,
the pabulum of Americau commerce and
currency. What are the forty millious
of specie from California to (lie two bun
dred millions of^lollars of southern cotton,
to say nothing dr rice, tobacco and wheat?
Can the commerce and currency of the
world stand diminution of at least one-
half of this, the only substitute for specie?
Nous verrons. Commercial men and finan
ciers are more able to calculate how Amer
ican commerce and currency can be man
aged with a million and a half bales of
cottou. With the enormous increase of
cotton factories in.the South,,the increas
ed demand for cotton goods all ovei the
world, and especially in the South, from
the deficient supply of American cotton
for the last five years, not less than a mil-
States were, at the early stage of the war,
set one side for tke.timo being, or nntil the
United States District aud Circuit Courts
could again resume their duties, enabling
the Supreme court to enforce its decrees,
aud for the additional reason that parties
interested did not appear on either side.
A few days since the question was raised
whether the Suprome Court, now that the
rebellion is over, would take up those ca*
xes thus set to one side, aud whether they j
should be again placed upon the calendar!
and try them in their regular order ; also,!
whether they should take cognizance of'
the courts siuce the close of the rebellion
the same is in the Northern States. This
of coarse brought up the quostion in faofcj
as to the status of the Southern States-*.-!
whether States or Territories. j
A written opinion was rendered by the!
Court, deciding that it would try those ca
ses set to ono'Bide during the war, and try
them in their ‘order, whenever parties in-j
terested appeared before the Court. Also, j
that cognizance would be taken of all
questions brought up
^flntjfern JictorUtr.
MiLLEDdEVlLLE:
TUESDAY, flARCD SO, 1 866.
ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.
We give to-day a list of all the Acts that ware
passed by the late Legislature—293 in number—
that have been signed by the Governor. Theie
from the existing! are about fifty more to be read and passed upon
are now wandering about the country. My
negroes have, I think, better characters
tbi'O any others where they now live or ev
er have lived, and 1 believe w^re sincerely
attached to me. Nearly all of them have
coma to me by inheritance, and others I
alone. I never punished a negro-in my life
for neglect of work. A recent article in the
N. Y. Tribune regards the consequences
of the expulsion of the negroes as ruinous
beyond description. Will it be hotter to
keep them here as vagrauts, non-producers
tml paupers / That must be their condi
tion if the present policy is pursued. To
send them away will convert the fairest
and most productive portion of the earth
into wilderness. To keep them here in
idleness, which will certainly be the result,
unless they are forced to work, wili be to
have that region occupied by savages and
robbers. Does any sensible man really
lelieve that the productions of the South
will, for many years to come, if ever, be
is great as they have been ? If there is
snch a man, be knows little of human na
ture, and nothing of the nature of the ne
gro. The Africans?, as a raee, never have
libored iu the field, but by coercion.—
Where has lie ever doue so? In his na
tive country ? In Europe ? In the “free”
States, or in the South ? It is fair to as-
write that what has been the experience
•f all times and countries will continue to
be. The negro will work at various etri*
ploymeuta in towns and cities—at job
work iu thG country, &c., many hire by
the day or even month. But for the regu
lar continuous labor iu the cotton field, he
never has done so voluntarily, and he nev-
will. In the county where I live, there
have been, from my earliest remembrance,
fifty or a hundred “free” negroes, not one
of whom has ever, to my knowledge, own-"
cd an acre of land. A farm of one hundred
seres could have been secured at a dollar
an acre, which a family of four or five
workers could have paid for in a year,
and paid for a horse, cow and hogs, and
than secured a homestead of his own.—
TYby has he not none so/ Becauso he is
lazy, shiftless and improvident, and pre
fere to reut some miserable cabin in an
old field, of which be will cultivate three
or four acres, and for all else starve or
steal. Some of the negroes will not work
»’ all, others for a bare subsistence, which,
wuh fish and game, which abound in all I
the lower countries of the South, will re- j
Quire not move than twenty dav’a work.
No tropical or semi-tropical country ever
tas beeu cultivated by white labor. With
»li the tempting rewards of high prices for
southern products, the white man in the
lower sections of the South has never
worked, on an average, one-teDth of his
time. The truth is, he cannot. He may,
for a year or two, but a southern suu and
southern climate congests the liver, causes
jaundice, and not only indisposes but in
capacitates for labor in the field in two or
three years. This lias been the expert-
inee everywhere. In the higher regions
°f the South, cotton may be made by
•mall farmers in even increased quanti
ties ; hut in the lower counties of the
South, which have mainly supnlied cotton,
&c< d on the plantations, it will not be pro
duced to anything like the extent as form
* r ly. The negroes will not work, and
the white man cannot. Cotton never
been produced in any considerable
quantity by* other than colored labor. A
l* r ge manufacturer in this high and heal*
% region told me that ho rarely bought
® 0re than sixty or one hundred pounds
from a farm cultivated by a white family,
however numerous. My crop of 1860 was
3^0 bales. The present year I do not cal
on 50 bales. Of tbe adult negroes
0f workers, I suppose that those who have
*«rved in the armies and who have died
4I Qonnt to one third. Men who have
*»rn epanlets and swords will not again
the plow and hoe. Of tbe remainder,
^ce-halt are females, who will never again
into tbe field. There may be excep
cases, but very few. ..Negro girls,
w b'j have danced at balls not> ouly with
T ankee soldiers, Lut with officers,
no * go into the field to plow aud hoe.
ao can blame them ? Of the remaining
the boys from thirteen to eighteen
r 1 ' ,0 at school, leaving less than one
J.'ji 1 negro laborers. How much cotton
^ l * ie J make ? Tbe exports of 1859 are
R “Scious. Prices have been very low,
* n * all planters who were not obliged to
retained their cotton, aud the surplus
m*uy preceding years went to increase
® apparent production of that year. I
a *ft tue prediction that the crop of the
j^‘Q»eut year will not amount to 1,500,000
If ^ ^ave no doubt that it will be lean-
*,1, .® 6 predictions shall be verified,
a t is to bo the destiny of the South »ud
comlortablo homes, gardens, poultry, and | lion of bales will be* required for Anieri-
J ~" : *“ ” ! can consumption. Can we get along with
these ? I have heard it said that more
pleasure carriages are sold at retail in Au
gusta, than any other city iu the world.—
How many will be sold the present year ?
five per cent. It would be discredita*
have purchased from feelings of humanity bio to any man to drive a fine equipage
amidst universal ruin, property ami suffer
ing. So of pianos, cabinet furniture and
tbe thousand articles of necessity and
luxury with which the North has herefore
supplied the South. This loss of purcha
sers aud consumers will not only affect the
monopolists, properly go called, but every
branch of northern industry, which has
heretofore found its principle market iu the
South. Their other market has been in
the West, who paid for their purchases
by a process hardly indirect with southern
products. They gold their horses, cows,
&c., to the South and received drafts on
the North from southern planters for cotton
sbipped there. The products of the West
were needed by the South. The West nee
ded the staples of the South on the pro
ceeds of their sale in money—an inter
change wholly and equally advantageous.
I raised my bacon on Illinois: tbe Illinois
farmer raised his cotton on my piautation
in Florida. If I have no cotton,will he not
loose his customers and his market?—
Will this commerce, so mutually advan
tageous, ever be restored ? Will the na
tional debt ever be paid ? Has such a
debt ever been honestly paid by any na
tion ? Can it ever be paid in specie or its
equivalent? Credat Juneus non ego. The
share of tbe interest on the public debt
and the expenses of the government of tbe
State of IHiuois will be at least twenty-
five millions. Can the State pay it in
specie ? The share of South Carolina, say
ten millions. The fee simple of the whole
State will not sell for enough to pay
one years taxes. It matters not so much
how high taxes are, if the money is dis
bursed where it is raised. Tt is blood one
instant in the feet, the next in the head.
But when expended elsewhere, it is blood
taken from the arm and causes exhaust
tion and death. By certain and fixed
laws, the securities of our government must
accumulate iu Europe and the northern
cities, and no country can long endure
such exhausting depletion.
I have extended this letter very much
beyond what I intended, and have only
glanced at some of the topics. The pic
ture is a gloomy one ; God grant that the
future of our country may not be even
more so. All orient have been avoided,
even after secession, by wisdom, justice,
forbearance and conciliation. But a wild
fanaticism and sectional hatred have ruled
the hour. My only consolation is that I
can with truth, say—
‘‘ Shake not your gory looks at me—
Thou ca:ist not say that! did it.”
Respectfully yours &c.,
WADDY THOMPSON.
courts in those States the same as from any j Six have been vetoed and one other, (the 6tav
Other State. To this opinion Chief Jus- j law ) T>«3ed by a Constitutional majority. So
tice Chase announced in court that he dis- j soon 48 signed, we shall insert the most import-
agreed and did not concur. Chase stood ; ant *
alone. The associate judges were of one, COWETA CIRCUIT,
mind—all concurred in that opinion and • The H 0 n. Hiram Warder has been appointed
overruled the Chief Justice, llis dissen- j by Bie Governor Judge of this circuit in place of
ting, standing as he did alone, docs not ef-1 Judge Bigham, resigned.
feet anything. It is therefore settled’ *
agaiuts him, and the Supreme Court from \ THE CONDITION OF THE SOUTH
this time forth treats those States as States j We give in another place to-day an article, un
in the Union, having never been out. j der this head from Gen. Waddy Thompson, writ-
Tbus President Johnsou is sustained by ten for the New York Day Book, which gives a
the highest judicial tribunal iu the land in true daguerreotype of things in the South. Could
trealiug the eleven States engaged in the j such sage counsels as the General advances have
rebellion as still in the Union, never bav» prevailed, our country would now have been in a
far better condition than it is at present. Read
and reflect upon things as they are now likely to
turn up.
BRUNSWICK.
Explanation of the Railways leading to Brunswick.
A bill has passed the Legislature and been
! signed, by the Governor amending the charter of
ing lost their status as such.
A Thrilling Incident.
A contributor to tho Atlanta Intelligen
cer, concludes his “Reminiscences of the
War, No. 2,” with the following incident
of tiie battle of Gettysburg:
“When Gen Longrstreet advanced up-, the Brunswick and Florida Ra ilroad Company,
°. n j 6 1J e( e f a e ** hue wns car-■ c jj anging t h e nam e to the Brunswick and Albany
r.ed. But the enemy being heavily rein- | Railroad Co Xbis road rQns in a due we8t liue
forced, rallied, and, in turn, drove ourj to A1 , i8 th cnce designed to strike the
position of tbe line (Anderson’s brigade) Chattahoochee river, where it meets the Railroad
Irom the position, as well as other brigades j to Moutgomery> Alabama<
on om tig an e t. gain we c large The Brunswick aud Macon Railroad debouches
aud again were driven back. This was a i, j.
. . °. . ,, „ from the Brunswick and Albany road at a point
critical moment for us : nearly all of our : , , - „ . . .,
. , ... , J , , twelve miles wesi of Brunswick, thence m an air
general oilicers were killed or wounded. ,. XT . .......
, . , i- i , iii 1 line Northwest of henven on tbe Atlantic and
Uur heavy lino had crumbled to a mere
handful, and the flower of LongstreetV
corps lay weltering in blood. W^e were!
6lowly retreating leaving many of ouri . .. x „ . . . ..
. 3 i j j • .u i it, the distauce from Brunswick to Macon is one
dead and wounded in the hands of the ex-1. , , , . ....
i.- n rni , . r hundred and seventy-one miles, rifty miles of
tilting foe. 1 he hosts ol tbe enemy came: ,. „ „ . . , , J
i-i . - , . .., e J , this K. K. is runiug and more than paring ex
on like the mighty tides of the ocean, and: _ . . ,
the peans of victory were already rising! Seventy miles more is graded and ready
from their haughty lips. The bine hills j l0 ^ 1 • uon -
in their rear were bristling with-bayonets, lhef ° rm «- » ono sixty-five
and pouring torrents of reinforcements and a half miles from Brunswick to Albany-
down their winding slopes. Now, when j l*u sr04 <l was finished in tho fall of 1^61 from
we should have been rinforced with 30 ,. j Brunswick to Tebeauville on the Atlantic and
000 troops. Gen. Lee had not a man to! Gulf R»ikoad, a distance of sixty miles, and was
send us. Officers broke their swords open tuning for more than two years iu connection
the rocks, and mauy of them wept. Our withlhomasville and Savannah, when the Lon-
dead and wounded comrades lay around f eder *te Government tore up the iron and disrnan-
us by thousands, and it seemed as if there ** ed road - Nothing has as yet been done to
Gulf Railroad 72 miles from Savannah, thence to
the Ocmulgee just above tho junction with tbe
Oconee and thence to Macon. By the latter road
relay this road, but measures are being taken to
place it in rupning order as soon as possible.
was no hand to save the shattered remnant
from destruction. But aid did not come—a
niau—a solitary man threw himself before
the judggernaut of Federal power, and
alone and unaided, sought to stay its on-;
ward progress. I remember, as if it were:
but yesterday, the zouave cap and iron!
gray beard of the stranger. None kuew
him, but all idolized him for his bravery, j
He moved through tbe awful storm with a
Steady step, and bis uplifted sword seem* bodied and likely fellows arc thus taken
ed to say to the advancing foe, “thus far! with qjily a change of clothing. Their particular
shalt thou come and no father.” Re said 1 d «‘i nat i° n « unknown. They may or may not
nothing, but his godlike example made a « ee the West ‘ The P lanter8 thu “ ^prived of
hero of ever man who saw him. Soldiers! theu em P lo J ees - Wl11 be disappointed in making
looked in the face of their comrades, and their cro P 3 * We cannot behova that this in-
the question came simultaneously to their veiling of hands from plantations is by the con-
blackened lips, “Who is he?” echoed rite
SOMETHING RADICALLY WRONG.
More than a thousand negjjp men have within
two weeks Jpassed over our Railroad from Put
nam and adjacent counties forjthe West. They
have been induced to leave their employers ou
the promise of higher wages, although contracts
had beeir ratified by the Freedman’s Bureau. The
and left, far up aud down the line. The
enemy came on like a tornado, and the j
proud hero stood euveloped in thn smoke, j
of their mutkets, like a lion at bay. Men
forgot to reload their pieces or conceal
themselves behind the rocks, but stood stu- j
uified with wonder, “YVho is he ?” men ;
groaned—“who is he ?” officers repeated, |
until tbe cry became fearful. “General!
Lee,” some one shouted, aud the word ran j
nivanee of the Bureau. There should be an im
mediate investigation into the matter by the prop
er authority. The wrong is too serious a one to
the planter, after having pitched his crop for a cer
tain number of hands, to be passed over in si
lence. Had it been earlier in the season and non
producers taken as well as producers, not the
o objection would have been made; but, un
der existing circumstances, it is a great wrong
which ought to be promptly investigated.
We take tho following on this subject from tho
President Johnson Sustained by the Su
preme Court of the United States—the
Court declares that the Southern Stales are
in the Union.
The following valuable information-is
contained in the New York Herald’s cor
respondence from Washington City :
An important decision was rendered in
the Supreme Court 6ome ten days since,
bearing upon the status of the rebellious
States which seems to have been entirely
overlooked by the correspondents here.*—
It is however a significant straw, indica
ting the correctness of the President’s po
sition, and the folly of the action of the
paTty in' Congress which is now engaged
in fostering and carrying out an exten
sive revolution,more dangerous to tbe coun
try Ilian the late rebellion.
The point raised was whether'the Su
preme Court would take up those cases
from tbe Southern States winch bad been
set one side during the rebellion. The
Supreme Court of ^be United States can
not originate cases itself, but acts upon
tbe decision of the courts below it, and
confirms or rejects those decrees. In thus
deciding questions appealed, the decision;
whatever it may be, is sent to the court
from which an appeal was taken. Tbis is
the only way that the decrees of the Su *
prerne Court are mado^ applicable. In o-
tlier words, the court below is notified
whether its decisions are overruled, and
that court officially informs thg parties in
interest, and shapes its own coarse there
after accordingly. Now while the rebel
lion was in existence there were no United
States courts held in the Southern States,
and therefore no place for tbe Supreme
Court to send its decrees of confirmation or
rejection on those cases originating in
courts there. All the 6nits awaiting action
oq tbe caleudar from the late rebellious
give back, and at last to retreat ill coulu-j own hands. These adventurers from abroad—
sion to the heights, leaving their dead and God ouly knows where and witlwwhat sinister
wounded in our bands.
But where was tbe sirauger ? “Alas!
“The paths of glory lead bat to tbe grave.”
The war is over uow, and the brave men
whom we met that day as deadly enemies,
we now meet as friends- We would not
detract one ray from the crowu of tbe mil
itary glory that adorns each of their he
roes, hut would do justice to our lament
ed dead ; and if, by this imperfect sketch,
I can add one flower to the chaplet of a
fallen hero’s fame, I shall feel myself amp-
along the line like an electric flash. “Gen- j Macon Telegraph of Saturday last, after the fore-
eral Lee, forever!” rang loud above the going was penned:
battle’s roar, and as one man our gallant ‘ A Grirvarc*.—A friend who has just returned
soldiers rushed like a thunder bolt upon tbe I fr0 . m , • tr . 5 P throu £[ h Clark, Hail, Walton and the
.... e .. ^ , r T ; neighboung counties, says the negroes, after hav-
astonished toe, follow (general Lae. j j ng contracted for the year, are breaking up and
cried our wounded comrades, as they lay J going offia large numbers with persons who offer
upon the trampled earth and tossed up ; them more to go to the West. The work on ma-
their bloody caps, xno body of men ou
the broad greeu earth could have with-
LYCEUM.
It is the desire of a number of gentlemen of
our city to organize a Lyceum for the purpose of
debating, reading essays, &c. We know of no
better school to train tbe mind to thought and ar
gument, than the one thus afforded. It not only
induces the best aud easiest manner of conveying
oar thoughts to others, but it induces and stimu
lates thought itself and leads to wide field* of in
vestigation. In order to convey in a graceful ar.d
forcible manner the information we possess, we
will naturally stndy and strive to understand the
style ot the great masters of forensic eloquence;
and in order to foster this style, explorations into
the various fields of usetul knowledge will be
come necessary. The history of all great orators
prove the benefits aud advantages of such organi
zations. *
In addition to the thought, that time thus spent
is well spent in any event, we would suggest to
the young men of our city, that it will afford them
«u opportunity of spending a few-hours in pleas
antly improving themselves, which may be oth
erwise spent uselessly.
For the purpose of organizing, a meeting will
be held ou Wednesday, 2Jst, at Newell's law
office-
THE NEW YORK “WORLD.”
Wc have had a visit from Mr. A. D. Button,
Agent for this paper. Mr. B. is desirous of extend
ing its circulation. The “World” has been 4 stead
fast advocate of tho rights of the South through
her past troubles and richly deserves to be pat
ronised by such of the Southern people as desire
a Northern paper.
HON. JOSHUA HILL.
We have bseu favored with a pamphlet copy of
the Hon. Joshua Hill’s reply “to the sixty-nine
special legislative friends of the Hou. A. H. Ste
phens,” but as we did not publish the letter to
which it is a reply, we do not feel obligated to re
publish it. Our columns are necessarily filled
with the roost important matters the Legislature
acted upon.
CROP PROSPECTS.
Blakzlt, Early Co., February 13th, 1866.
The people of this county are making some ef
forts to make a crop, though our prospects are
not at all flattering. Mules, tools and plantations
are in bad condition, and labor scarce. From tke
best information I can get, we shall not in this
county work more than one half the force that
was worked in IStiO, and I do not think, that la
bour will produce (Everything else equal) more
than two thirds of what was nfhde by the same
number of hands in I860, therefore if I am cor
rect in my statements, you will observe that it
gives us but little over one fourth of our former
crops which will place our country in a perishing
condition. Moat respectfully,
Yours, &c.
METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER.
Kept at Oglethorpe University by Prof. Morton,
MARRIED,
On Sunday the 11th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Ken
drick, at the residence of the bride’s Mother, in
Warren Co , Chi., W. A. Cose of Milledgeville,
and Miss Susie A. Camp.
Cork says, he charged the Camp in Warren
»nd took a 132 pounder! G!orj,enougb for him.
T. W. WHIT
office of Jud
of Baldwin
Wednesday in May next.
Milledgeville. March 20, 18d*I
i a candidate for
Court
turn 1st
Cotto
A new forty-
for sale. Provi.-i
Apply to Mrs.
Milledgeville, March 20
Gin.
AW COTTON GIN
taken for it.
A. CHAMPION.
860 12 3t
MUSICAL ZKI7&VCSZON-
M ISS E. Y. HARRISON, will give instructions
on the piano and
at ttie residence of Mfl
Milledgeville, March $
lifu^ early application,
rrison.
b, 1866. 12 2t*
OFFERS
BACON,
J. N. SEYAIOUK,
FOR A SHILL PROFIT,
LARD,
BUTTER,
MACKEREL,
CODFISH,
Etc.,
£1HOICE SUGAR
SUGAR,
TEAS,
Etc.
c°
R N
£D HAMS,
RIED BEEF and
BEEF TONGUES,
For b e by
YMOUK.
to be had on reasonablJterms by calling on
I J. N. SEYMOUR.
l(o)
"piAMILY AND EXTRA FAMALY FLOUR
For sale atredneed price by
J. N.
Macon, March 11, 1866.
SEYMOUR.
12 8t
1866.
THERMOMETER.
General
Suu
Rise.
2P.M.
Aver-
age.
Remarks.
10
36 0
! 59 0
574°
Clear. Spring like.
1J
54 0
| 66 0
60 •
Clear to warm. Rain
12
55 0
58 0
564°
Foggy morn. Clear.
13
59 0
59 0
544°
Variable.
14
58 0
56 0
57 0
Rain aud wind.
15
204°
20 0
20^°
V’y cold. N. W. w’d
16
13 0
26 0
184°
Coldest day. Clear.
17
30 0
35 0
324°
Variable.
18
34 0
l 36 0
35 0
Fog. Rain.
stood tbe terrible impetuosity of this ou*
set. Tbe Federal troops, though they
fought desperately, were compelled to
ny plantations hns been suspended from this cause,
and the planters can get no relief from the freed-
men’s Burea.
Now, such conduct as this should be stopped,
and if the Bureau refuses to do its duty and afford
protection to the whites, as well as blacks, the
I former will be compelled to take matters into their
ly rewarded. And that hero—“who is
he?” The answer comes up from the
graves of Gettysburg—Gen. Paul J.
Semmks,
BANK NOTES AND BONDS.
H. W. Warren & Co., Augusta, gives tho fol
lowing as the ruling prices in that city :
Augusta Ins. &. Banking Co., 5 ; Bank of Au
gusta, 30 ; Bank of Athens, 40 ; Bank of Colum
bus, 15; Bank’of Commerce.5; Bank of Fulton,
2o; Bank of Empire State, 15; liank of Middle
Georgia, 75; Bank of Savannah, 40; Bank of
State of Georgia, 25; Central R. R. Banking Co
07; City Bank of Augusta, 23; Farmers’ and.
Mechanics, 10; Georgia R. R. & Bapk’g Co , 97 ;
Marine Baak, 89; Mechanics’ Bank, 5; Mechan
ics’& Planters’ Bank, 5: Plauters’ Bank, 12;
Timber Cutters’ Bank, 5 : Union Bank, 5.
Bonds Coupons.—Old Ga. State Bonds, in
demand,76; Coupons, 70; Georgia Rail Road
Bonds, 97; Georgia Rail Road Stock, 75.
Central Rail Road Bonds, 90; City of Angnsta
Bonds, 77; In demand. City of Augusta Notes,
97.
In Macon, 13th inst., New Georgia 7s were
quoted at 90. Stocks:
Southwestern Railroad Stock, 82 a 90
Southwestern Railroad Bonds, 92 a 95
Central Railroad Sock, 90
Central Railroad Bonds, 93 a 95
Gold 28 to 30, demand light, silver 20 to 26, no
demand ; exchange par, with limited supply but
good demand.
Different sounds travel with different degrees of
velocity. A call to dinner will run over a ten-acre
lot in a minute and a half, while a summons to
work wiU take from five to ten minutes.
purpose—should not be allowed to go upon plan
tatious and seduce the freedmeu iuto violation of
their solcmu contracts with our people. An occa
sional application of Lynch Law to these pests of
Southern society would not be amiss.
IMPUDENCE SUBLIME.
If anything could convince the American
mind to be guarded in giving the elective fran
chise to foreigners, the following action of a pack
of Red Republican Germans, is a point in case.—
The folly of giving to men who are not fit by ed
ucation or association the elective franchise in a
few years after their arrival in the country, and
the flattery of politicians and demagogues, turns
their heads. Liberty of thought and action to
such men is a farce and a curse. We question if
the German Republicans who figured at the meet
ing, one out of a hundred had ever read the Con
stitution of the United States.
Thc Orrman Republicans of Chicago have
passed the following resolutions :
Resolved. That the House of Representatives is
asked to take roeasnre* at ouce to cause the im
peachment of the President for his many uncon
stitutional acta.
Resolved, -That Congress continue in session
until March, 1867, in order to prevent any “coup
d'etatshould such be attempted by the would-
be Napoleon, and to prevent the abuse of the
immense patronage in behalf of the new confed
erate party.
IY Prof. J. M. Ssarl, prestigiator and
Ventriloquist, gave our citizens last week two en
tertainments. The tricks ot Mr S- are well done,
and it is hard to comprehend the modus opcr&ndi.
His ventri loqual powers are also good. Mr. S.,
from our acquaintance with him, is a gentleman
of character, a brother typo and editor; a Louisi
anian by birth, and a Texas editor by profession.
His love of roving and his inateabilities has made
him what he is.
t3F“We Katc among our exchange*, thc Dai y Geor
gia Citixen. Brother L. F. W. Andrews, intends
he says to make it a No. 1 paper. So far we fiud it
a desirable and instructive exchange, neatly prin
ted. Terms of subscription f!0 a year.
The above has been crowded out of the Record
er for several weeks. It is still interesting, as it
shows what the Thermometer fell to during the
coldest weather we have had daring the past win
ter. Friday, the 16th of February, was the cold
est day—it being down to 13 degrees at sun rise. It
fell as low as 12 degrees above zero on the day
known as the cold Saturday in 1835. Daring the
cold snap from the 5th to the 9th of January last,
when the mercury in New York and New Eng
land was down to 20 and 30 degrees below Zero,
it stood in Middle Georgia at 25 to 30 deg. above.
What must it have fallen to on Friday, 16th of
February ? No wonder that such * climate freez
es the heart of sympathy out of their Yankee-bo
soms.
The Freedmen’s Bureau has recently received
quite a number of reports from assistant commis
sioners located in different parts of the South.—
They all agree that while there are a few freed
meu careless and uueoneerned about the future,
tho great majority have made contracts for this
year, and are now diligently at work, receiving for
their labor fair compensation. Soma have con
tracted for a portion of the crops, and prefer this
to payment, as in the end they will realize alarger
salary than that now being paid to regular month
ly hands. It is expected that in Georgia, if pres
ent indications are carried out, that there will be
between one halfand two-thirds the amount of cot
ton raised the present year that used to be previous
to the rebellion.
11,000,009 bales it is more generally believed
will be about the quantity made, if that number.]
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Mr. J. N, Seymour of Macon, has a fine lot of
Groceries on haud, and will sell at a small profit.
Read his advertisement and give him a call.
Miss Harrison will give instructions in music at
her home.
Joseph and Fass is still receiving new good*
and calls attention to the same.
T O DEBTORS AND CREDITORS—All per
sons having demandsiagainst the essate of
Dimas Ponce, late of Hanclck County, deceased,
are notified to render ^muj|n as required by law,
and those indebted to &ffiPHSlMltfk'ill make im
mediate payment to the unftrsigned.
SAMUEL H. WILEY, ? v ,
WILLIAM G7 WILEY, > rs -
March 10, 1866. 12 6t
COUNTY,
Little has duly filed
letters of aduiiuistra-
•lullallj, late of said
his pe-
j^tion on
said eoun-
G EORGIA, HANCOC
Whereas, Franklin
his petition for peri
tiou on the estate cf
county, deceased :
And whereas, Louis
tition for permanent iett
the estate of William F.
ty, with the will annexed : J'
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and
singular, kindred and creditors of said deceased
persons, to be and appear at my office within the
time prescribed by law and show cause, if any
exist, why said letters should not be granted.
THOMAS I. LITTLE, Ordinary.
March 10, 1866. 12 5t
S TATE OF GEORGIA, County of Hancock.
Whereas it has be%i represented to me that
the estate of Jesse M. IWikston, late of said coun
ty, deceased, is without i^egal administration :
This is therefore (MBiAlMyaWrcd and credit
ors of the said deceased, toshow cause if any they
have why some fit and proper person should not
be appoiuted administrator of tbe estate of the
said deceased on the first Monday in May next.
Given under my hand and official signature,
at office this 10th day of March 1866.
THOMAS I. LITTLE, Ordinary.
March 10, 1866. 12 5t
G eorgia, wilkinson county,
Whereas, Hyman >krcer applies for letters
of dismission from tbe a«ninistration of the es
tate of Joe! E. Mercer, demised.
This is therefore to citeWnd admonish all per
sons concerned to can,
within the time prescribed ■Tlaw, why letters of
dismission should not be gvsmted to the applicant.
Given under my hand a|d official signature,
this March 12th. 1866.
F. CHAMBERS, Ordinary.
March 20, 1866. (f. c.) 12 m6m
Prescriptions.
W E ARE now prepared to put up PHYSI
CIANS PRESCRIPTIONS, and ask a
share of public patronage. Our medicines are
all fresh, and our prescription drugs are from the
well known establishment of Dr. Edward R.
Squibb, where none but pure articles are sold.
Dr. Mapp will pay special attention to ibis depart
ment ot our business.
NICHOLS & MAPP.
Milledgeville, March 13, 1866 11 tf
MORE NEW
Received last week
assortment of
lAUDllSS
Anything that the Li
Gentlemen can find
BOOTS and
GOODS.
ELEGANT
[could desire,
they want,
of all styles.
FINE LINENS, DIFFERENT COLORS
PINS, NEELES, THREADj&c. &e. Ac.
All to be found at our store.
JOS
Milledgeville, March 20,1866
PH A FASS.
12 tf
OSBORNE’S OPTICAL DEPOT
336 BROAD^ STBEET
AUGUST^ ga.
Nearly opposite Pinters
Specially and^ctroBveiy Opticial,
Every eye-help known in ^Optical Science.
Glass Eyes of all Shadn and Color.
Patients treated by mail to Superior Glasses up
on sending their old glasses aud explaining the r
c> S'* as to best distances of uerfect vision with old
glasses, length of same, and statement of general
neath.
March 12,1666 12 It
GEORGIA, WILKINSON COUNTY.
xJ Whereas, Nancy llnderwood, Adm’x of
Mathew Uuderwood, deceived, makes application
to be discharged from tbe >dministration ol said
estate:
Therefore all perso’
file their objections witl
law why letters of diomissu
ed.
Given under my hand a
March 5th, 1866.
F. C
March 20, J866
are required to
time prescribed by
not be grani-
; signature, this
[AMBERS. Ord’y.
12 rnGtn
Boots & Shoes,
m:
OF EVERY STYLE and QUALI-—*>«
ty, for Gents, Ladies and Chil- ^94
dren, just received and for * M.
sale by H. TINSLEY, Agent.
Milledgeville, Feb’y 20, 1866 8 tf
CMothintg*.
A FINE LOT OF
Spring and. Summer
v© & ® *1? m a st <b *
FOR SALE BY
H, TINSIjEY, Agent.
Milledgeville. March 13, 1866 11 tf
Sewing 2V£a,ch.iiie
FOR SAIiR
fUfhjpeLef’ SL fWHs.a/i } s.
BEST, at NICHOLS A MAPP’S.
Milledgeville, March 6, 1866 10 tf
ROOM
AND
Bowling Saloon.
CpHE CITIZENS OF MILLEDGEVILLE
JL and visitors are respecttuily informed that
the subscriber has fitted up his BAR ROOM in a
manner and supplied it with
Liqnors, Wines, Segars, &c,
> &t.y
that will vie with any establishment of the kind.
He will keep none but CHOICE LIQUORS,
and feels sure that none who call upon hint will
go away dissatisfied.
He has also fitted up a BOWLING SALOON
contiguous to the Bar, where gentlemen fond of
the sport can amuse themselves in quiet and re
tirement. M. G. LINCH,
In Basement on corner opposite Hotel.
February 27,1866 9 tf
filank* lor Sale at this Office.