The Macon daily telegraph. (Macon, Ga.) 1865-1869, July 18, 1865, Image 3
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CITY COLUMN.
A. E. waRaiTAT.T., EDITOR AND REPORTER
RAILROAD DIRECTORY.
XXCGX AXD WXSTOKH BAXLBOXD.
Lasts Macon. -.8 15 a h | Leave Atlanta..5 30 a m
'Mat Atlanta ■■■5 30 r ■ I Arrive at liaodh 1 45 r a
” SOUTH-WAS TEES ailLBOAD.
Leave Maoom... 8 05 a m ] Reave £uf*ula..5 00 a u
At at Eatanla.. 6 50 p ■ | Ar at Macon....3 30 r H
TtTT. nun OS ALBAHY BKAUCH.
L’ts aanttavitle-* 42 MI I Leave Albany..7 30 a m
Ar at Albany...4 84 r > | Ar at Smithville. 9 09 am
■ CaSTSAL SAILBOAD.
Train* ran each way tri weekly, leaving Macon
on Monday*. Wednaaday* and Friday*, and return
the alternate day*.
Leave Macon-. .7 50 a m j Leave Eitonton.8 00 a n
Ar at Eatoaton..l 24 r M | Ar it Macon....1 88 r ■
xacoh asd bxcsswicx mn.nnan.
L*av*Macon-30 m j Leave dpnetion.6 30 am
Ar at Junction-,6 40 r M | Ar at Maoon...l* 80 P ■
axoneiA railroad.
Leave Atlanta..1 15 a ■ | Leave Angn*ta-6 00 a m
Ar at Angnrta..5 55 p m ) Ar at Atlanta--10 25 r m
ty Special notices inserted in thl« column at
Twenty Cent* per llndf
Odb Job Grricg.—Wc are prepared to exe-
cote every description of job printing in tbe
neatest style, and at reasonable rates, at this
office. * ••
R«w Atrcriiaia* Index.
O. W. Johnson, steward, at Gen. Wilson’s
headquarters, wants to hire a p Ary cook and
two dining room servant*
K. L. Joice will pay atair price for a good,
milch cow.
Bead the card of L C. Plant, stock, exchange
and money broker. He refers to some of the
most reliable commercial and banking estab
lishments in the South.
T. W. Freeman has on consignment a fresh
arrival of ladies’ good*, at wholesale and retail,
H.Crine, Albany, Ga.,' general commission
merchant and dealer in dry goods and groce
ries.
Bank bills wanted—E. A. Wilcox.
Nine hundred bushels corn for sale by G. T.
Rogers.
Sheeting, gunny bagging, &c.—Snider &
Collin*
■Jfuiniture at auction to-day, by L. H, Bryant,
Washington Insurance Company, of NeW
York—R. W. Cubbedge, agent.
’ ’lbformation wanted of the whereabouts of
Thos. E Brady.
Read the advertisement of A. K. Seago, of
Atlanta.
Desirable farm for sale—Jas. B. King.
176 boxes tobacco .just received by J. N. Sey
moui.
Auction sales on Wednesday by Jno. B. Hab
ersham & Co.
J. N. Seynjour wants one hundred bales of
cotton.
Matob’s Court.—Ho trials occurred yester
day- Several negros were arfeeted for various
misdemeanora, but were released on parole to
appear to-day, when their cases will j>~ dis
posed of.
Guns Stolen.—About fifty guns that be
longed to the Confederate government, and
ed in
* Variety.
. Betting is immoral; but hoy ean a man
who bets be worse than a man who is better.
Tbe railroads of Missouri are indebted to
thet State about $30^)00,000.
A young lady named Maggie Elliott, in New
ark, Ohio, swallowed a thimble recently, and
died in fifteen minutes in consequence.
Dr. Johnson said of a widower who was
about to marry, that it was a remarkable case
of tile triumph of hope over experience.
The Emperor Maximilian has just assigned
himself a salary of two million*! of dollars
per year from the Mexican treasury.
Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas gave a brilliant
reception to her friends lately at Washington,
for tne first time afro the deathwef her hus
band.
The essentials of a watering place may be
alliteratively summed up thus: Sea, salt, sun,
send, ship?, shells, sailors and ewiamiog.
“What had you for dinner on Sunday
asked a friend. “I dined cff a couple of
daeka” “Ay, and a good way of, Iod,” was
tbe nply.
The principle of taw laid down by old Chief
Justice Hale, maybe reasserted in our day:
“If a court martial puts a man to death in
time of peaoe, the officers are gailty of mur
der."
A young lady in Nevada went to a picnic,
and on being asked what a picnic was, she re-
nlied, “ It’s going out into the hills and get
ting jour dress all dirty, and breaking your
parasol.’’ A plain, practical definition.
There is to be>a drummers’ and filers’ con
vention at Northampton, Mass., on the 27tb,
which is expected to cell together several hun
dred musicians. There will not have been
snch a confusion of voices since the days cl
Babel t
When Manrioe Margaret was tried at El-
inburg for sedition, the Lord Justice asked
him: “ Hae you ony counsel, mon V “No.”
“ Do you want to hae ony appointed f ’ “I on
ly want an interpreter to make me understand
what your lordship Say*”
It has been judiciously decided that _
gers alighting from horse or rail oars, havi
right of way, and those who wish to got into
the cars, must first give tbe outcomers rea
sonable time to leave the car* m
General Sherman told tbe people of Chicago
the other day, that h* wanted to see the oe-
gres of the Sooth get good wages for their la
bor, but ha did not believe they ought to vote,
for they were not fit to take part in the legis
lation of the country.
West Point comes out of the war with a re
putation that stamps It as the mo*t renowned
ireining school tor officers in the world. Many
oi the enduring sacoarses of the wir have been
mostly all achieved by soientific officers, who
learned how to organize victory at West Point.
The value et silk fabrics, of all sorts, exa
ported from Lyons, in 1864, was $72,775,000
in gold value. The proportion of these goods
taken by England has largely increased, a con
siderable quantity having been dispatched to
ihe United Stales through that channel.
The last novelty in fashionable bonnets is
thus described by a Parisian, writer:—
“ Madame de Z* ’s bonnet consisted of
two onnoes of gold beaten into s band, - and
four sqaare inches of blsck* laee.the whole to
conclude with a gold bntton which fastened
one end of the lacs over the other.”
Lbt Will Alone.—Theodore Hook onoa
observed a^aarty of laborers sinking a well.
What are jmu about f” he inquired.
“ Boring for water, sir,’-’ was the answer.
“ Water’s a bore at any time,” responded
Hook, “ besides, you’re quite wrong; remem
ber the old proverb—* let veil alone.”
used by the old provost guard, were st
the barber shop at the Brown House until they
could bo regularly turned aver to ihoUnitad L--Anlain oid_cltrgnnag ,Wftp finn^annlinrl In
States authorities. Tne' cancer-wnoso business ^ _riTT _? v.j
H was to collect them, made application at the
hotel laM week for tbe gun* and waa informed
by thd barber that his shop had been broken
intoj and the guns stolen by a party of negros.
As there is but little demand at present, in the
way of trade for implements of war, the ques
tion very naturally arises, what could these
parties waut$hth the guns ? An investigi tion
into this matter should be made at once.
■MMUUM HAM TEXAS.
Confederatet in Mexico—Qo*. Hurrah «* Robbed
—A Steamer Lostt-A Sow at a Ball in
Brownsville—Important from Ban Antonio.
From the Monterey Reachero, July 5.|
MajorCharles Russell.arrived hers yester
day morning, five days from Monterey. From
him we learn that Gen* B e and Wa’ker, and
CoL Lackett, tf the O. S. army, [defunct,]
had reaohed that city. They have taken' up
their residence with a view to permanence
Capt. Monot had received authority from the
emperor to raise a battalion oWPexans for gu
errilla service. He ti*s progressing rapidly
in recruiting, ana by this time is probably
frtady for service.
, The report of ten thousand organized Misson-*
runs and Texans being on the way to Monte
rey, is reasonably correct, but the number, is
over staled by about two or three thousand,
»>?. actual number organized and armed,
awaiting employment, is betwesn seven and
eight thousand men.
Gov. Murrah, of Texas, has crossed 'the Rio'
Grande stCarmago. The Governor was robbed
at San Antonio of $2000. His jraggage was
interoeptad between San Antonio and Austin,
*nd stolen.
Gov. Allen, of Louisiana, was hourly ex
pected at Monterey when M*j. Russell left.
Major Russell was several times intercepted
on hi*' way down from Monterey, by the *o-
oallcd Liberals; buflttter an hour or two of
detention and searchTne, with with his party,
was allowed to pass on.
We regret to announce that serious troubles
trs brewing in the interior of Texas, and wo
■ball wait witi no little anxiety to hear from
San Antonio and Austin. Nothing will sur
prise us coming from that direction.
The Imperial forces that went in pursuit of
Negrete, followed him on the Chihuahua route
to the desert, and there gave up further pur
suit The other wing of Negrate’s army, un
der Escavido, were being closely followed on
the route to Piedraa Negtas. Beyond this,
nothing was known of the whereabouts of the
Liberal*
From the Ranebero, July 4.]
About one o’clock yesterday morning
umboat Fannie Fisk, Marrineaux, mi
ilo lying at the wharf was ffiscoveri ~
on fir* Tbe alarm brought ouT
to'stay the flamss, which had obtained a pret
ty severe hold on the sides of the boat. After
the fire was extinguished tfh examination was
made end everything waa declared to be in a
state of perfect order and security.
The captain and crew had retired, foe per
haps two hours, when another alarm was
raised that the Fisk was sinking. A general,
rush was made for the shore, but before ell got
off the Fifk careened and went down toner
hurricane deck. In which condition she was
yesterday, a total loss. At the time of sink
ing, the'Tisk had on board a full cargo ef iron.
No lives wore lost a* a’l succeeded in getting-
ashore. The loss will foil heavily on the cap
tain, as we understand the boat was exclusive
ly his property.
On Saturday night a ball waa given in
Brownsville by Federal officers—whether or
rot in honor.of the staff officers of Ocrtina,
e don’t know—but suoh officers were prom-
lentiy in attendance at the ball No liquor
was allowed at the ba'l, but ail, notwiihstand*
in?, got decidedly mellow. One of Cortina’s
officer’s richly attired, but without his coat,
did not like the style of dancmg, and under-
took to change the “rule and figuie work,” to
somethapg better adapted to bte tas’e. To this
ecd he requested a senori'a not to dance with
the Yankee* This fact being made known to
the officers of negro regiments, one of them
drew a pistol, and with it knocked Oortina’s
chief staff officer entirely off his pins. A gen
eral mpss camo very near ensuing, but i£ end
ed in load and long-drawn curses, without
Mflug.4aajnalialjfi0.nf s, Inwjririnm shar.-
We are informed by Dr. McClure that
a negro haffbeen received at the Ocmulg«|
hospital, suffering from a gun-shot wound
which he reports he received tinder the follow
ing circumstances: On Saturday morning he
- started to visit his family at Fort Valley, and
on reaching a point six or. seven miles from
the city, was acosstod by four ruffians, who,
after propounding some questions, threatened
him unless he - them some greenback*
Being unable to do so, and becoming frighten
ed, he started to run, and when distant about
twenty yards a *bot was fired, lodging about
twenty bird shotjn his left thigh. He kept on
his way, however, and succeeded in reaching
the city, and is now undergoing treatment at
The hospital. * *
Gambling Shop Broken Ur.—A Hr*JPey-
ton, who has for some time kept open house
near the car-shed, as a resort for colored gen
tlemen pf “ unlimited means,” who were . -a-
poeed to tempt the fickle dame, Fortune, occa
sionally, was yesterday ordered to be arrested
and her house cloead.
ftf Ex-Governor Letcher, of Virginia, bag
been released from.imprisonment by the pres
ident, and sent home on parol*
Braul Ba*e.
Boston, July 18.—A child Daqjed Alice
Borns, who attended a pic nic in Weston
yesterday, was seduced away from her young
companions and brutally ravished by three
ruffians, aged 17 to 22 year* The scoundrels
have been arrested.
Alice, after the perpetration of the horrible
crime, was discovered by her frfoods in a-per«
foctiy insensible state. - She is in a very criti
cal condition.
A Jan *1 the While Haau.
Special Dispatch to the Commercial Advertiser. 1
Wasbinotob July 18.—The crowd upon tig
’'resident is so great la-day last visitors are
•ImAd at the lowar stair* The crowd thus
detained half filled the Eut Room. General
Dix, who arrived to-day, was the only one ad
mitted, except Cabinet Minister, up to 12
o’clock.
The postmaster General had a protracted in
terview with the president upon southern pos
tal facilities, which will be extended as rapidly
aa possibly.
fW~ The project for large and abundant
crops waa never better in Kiama Valley. The
late rains are bringing forward the com, oats,
potatoes asd vegetables of every kind with a
rush. They are already considered' out of
danger from drought, and the promise is, that
the yield will be enormous, and tbe quality
- the very bmA.—Oincifmati Commercial.
was asked which of two sisters he had better
jey his addie-ses to. One was very lcvffiy
n her disposition, but not a professor.of reli
gion. The other was a proleis’ng Christian,
jutvery ill-tempered. “ Msrry the good-
tempered one by all means," said Ihe clergy
man. “ The spirit of God can live where you
n’t.
It Is stated that Ihe Prince Imperial heir to
the throne of Austria, is in a very precarious
state of health, and that recovery ia not locked
for ; and it is inferred that this fact will ope
rate as an inducement to Maximillian of Mex
ico to peaceably surrender bis rule over that
country.
A young French Oouat and his valet were
proceeding by rail to the south of France, re
cently, when a terrific accident orenrred. Af-
ter picking himself tip, and tenplojing himself
with bis toothpick for a time, a porter came up
and said, “Monsieur !e Count, we have just
discovered your valet, but he is cut completely
in two.” Indeedf* wta the reply. “Take
care of the browsers half, for the keys of my
trunks are in that.”
There has been a pleasant Enoch Arden ro
mance at St Jobnsbury, Vt JpTidow Badger,
after moumipg for a year her first husband as
dead in the war, married, a few weeks ago, a
second, a Mr. Brawn, and now Mr. Badger bas
provckingly “turned up." Unlike' Tennyson’s
Eoock, he doesfot propose to pino away, but
has sent word to Brown, that be shall “pi eve
prcprrty and taka her away.” Mr* Badger
Brown is in somewhat of a .dilemma, but
thinks she will cleave, unto Brown.
The president has ordered a sniper sion
through the South of the sale of rebel real
estate for the non- payment of direct text*
This cuts cff Wade & do., from purchasing
any more “fat plantations” for a sing, and
will enable them to obey more easily the com
mandment which enjoiDB uj not to covet what
belongs to our neighbor*
“A Saxon Retort” comes to us from Ver
mont—and is warranted authentic. Some
years ago when S. was running for governor
of that State, he ipet one day his old friend and
brother democrat, Chief Justice R. “ S?,’H I
said tbe judgejoeoiely, “you expect to be
governor?” “Yes,” saidS, “I expect to
gbrern myael'f under the misfortune of defeat,
that’s alb” “Ah,” the judge, “it is a great
man who is governor of himself I” “True,”
replied S., “ but he ia a greater who is judge of
himself 1” 41 His Honor” smilingly affirmed
the decision, lid tea in led the cp^e.
An Innocent Juryman and a Cool Convict.—
Child, the counterfeiter, who was qpmntiy Bent
to tbe prison at Newfsne, Vermont, but es
caped (though, subsequently captured and re
turned there,) happened to stop attar traveling
all night and next day till evening, after his
esoape,' at tite house of Mr. May in Wardabero,
who was on th* jury that odnvicted him. May
recognized him and said in great surprise:—
« Why, Child, I thought they bad sent yon to
state prison I” “Well, the fact is, they talked
the matter all over, and seeing I was young,
and penitent, thought it a hard case, and so
they let me off.” Child ate the food that was
given him jn a hurry, and concluded it was
beat to-travel on, though tbe unsuspecting
Mr. May was eompletoly gulled by bis story,
and never thought it wasn’t just so, till he
fasardefgaesesp*.
tina’-a chjpf-of staff in the boua^of hia friends
will effect certain' stealing transactions along
the Rio Grande, remains to be seen,
v Private letters from San Antonio of (he 27th
nil., by express, mentions tbe killing of three
f ontlemen (brothers) by the name of Beonatt.
to partiaulars of their death are given. Thoy
were we'.l knnwn to many residents of this
city, and are spoken of as being good and iaw
abiding men.
Tnere is in San Antonio an organization of
300 ofTtOOcitizens .who aro maintaining, on
tbe whole, very good order.
Goods cf all descriptions, though by no
means abundant, were selling out slowly and
at reduced price*
The Mexican expressman that came through
represents the country this side- of San Anto
nio as literally under water. All the streams
ate full and swimming. That whole State is
completely water-soaied,
The discontinuance of the stage-line between
this city and.Bagdad has been occasioned by a
dozen Afferent causes, the principal one hoar-
ever, is the high water, and general overflow
near the coast.
There has beeb a jrooderful activity among
the federate this week on the other aide, in the
movement of troops, running of steamboats
and other general preparati' ns, for what t To
colonize those negro families.
Mgdist.—We are informed the federate on
the other bank have contracted with parties
to furnish the toper Rio Grande command
with 500 head of betves daily. Th'is Is equal
to 260,000 or 800,000 pounds of fresh beef to
ba daily consumed,and would easily ration from
three hundred thousand to four hundred thou
sand men. What next ?.
FffffO
PROCLAMATION.
By James Johnsoe, provisional Gavemer.
10 tie People of Georgia :
Whereis< by -the Proclamation of Andrew
Johnsltn, President of the United States, dated
lfth of June, A. D. 1866,1 have been appointed
Provisional Governor of the State of Georgia,
with instructions tq prescribe, at the earliest'
practicable period, such inies and regulations as
may be necessary-and proper for convening a
Convention of the people, composed of delegates
Jo be chosen by that portion of the‘people who
are loyal to the United States, and no others;
and also’ with all the powers necessary and pro
per to enable such loyal people of said State to
restore it to its constitutional relations to the
Federal Government, and to present suoh a re
publican form of State Government aa will en
title the State to the guarantee of the United
States therefor, and its people to the protection
of tike United States against invasion, insurrec
tion and domestic violence: ’
Now, therefore i, Jams* Johbsob, Provisional
Governor of tbe State ot Georgia, aa aforesaid, do
bj virtu's of the power in me vested as aforesaid
proclaim and dsoUfe—
let. That an election for delegates to a CoBYgas
tint wi« be held on tbe fit* Wednesday in October,
A. D. 1865, at tbe diffarart- pveotoota at which elec
tions are directed and aathoriied by law to be held
for numbers ef tbs Legislature.
24. That the thirty-seven counties ia tbe State,
which, by law in force prior to the first of January,
1881, were in titled to taro members of tbe House of
Representatives, shall be aathoriied and entitled to
elect each three delegatee; and that the remaining
counties shall each be authorised asd entitled to
elect two delegates to said Convention
3d. That no person at such eleotien shall be qual
ified aa an elector, or shall be eligible aa a member
Of auoh Convention, unless be shall have previously
thereto, taken and snbsoribed the oath of Amnesty,
as set forth in thy President’s Proclamation of May
29th, A. D. 1865, and is a voter qualified aa pre
scribed by tbe Constitution and laws ^ the Btate
of Georgir, in force immediately before the 19th of
annary, A. D. 1861, the date of the so-called Ordi
nance of Secession.
4th. That any two Freeholders qualified to vote
at snob eleotiop as aforesaid, may sot as managers
of tbe election at each of the preoinots as aforesaid;
and that in managing and gnperintending inch
election, they shaU be governed by and proceed
under the laws of the State regulating and pre
scribing the eleotion of members of the Legislature,
prior to the first of January, 1861; Provided, that
each of laid manager* before entering on the du
ties, prescribed, shat swear the other truly and
faithfully to suptrintand and make return of said
election according to laor aa aforesaid and the re
qnlrements ef this Proclamation.
5th. That tbe delegates who shall ba eleoted as
aforesaid, shall assemble in Convention at the city
of MihadgavUle, at 12 o’clock, meridian, on Ihe
fourth Wednesday of October, A. D. 1865.
And whereas, Tbe rebellion which baa been wag.
ed by a portion of. the people against the govern
ment of the United States has, in its revolutionary
progress’, deprived the people Of the State ef
civil government; and whereas, they most rem
withont civil officers and the administration of oiv-
11 law until a State Government shall have been or
ganised by the Convention called a aforesaid ■,
and whereas, it is necessary in the meantime that
domestic tranquility be ensured,’ and that the loyal
people be projected in all their rights of person and
of property, I do further proclaim and declare:
let. That no individual by virtnne of his own au
thority, shall inflict corporal punishment on any
peruoaa for any. real or’ supposed injury, wheUStf
such injury relate to peraon or property ; and that
In all snch mmt ha .nnnhtAkoav
Champ Ferguson.—This noted personage ia
now upon (rial before a military commission in
this city, charged with tbe mtrrder of a dozen
or more pirfoffik. He has employed as counsel
- ' Gpil^U£*.R M. Godwin, who
have MRn nMirartng for the post two days
to have Ihe trial postponed until important
witnesses can ’ be procured. It is probable,
however, that the examination of iritnessea will
likely commence to-day.—Nashville Gaeette,
14(A.
pT In the Charlestown (Massachusetts)
State prison is a fresh-water aqaariam filled
with a variety of fish that swam and nibbled
about, over the beds of rocks , and shells. On
Wednesday the water arts let in through some
pipes in which the air bad been for a longtime
standing. It agitated the water of the aqua
rians like a charge from a soda fountain, and
in a few moments killed all the fish.
1 die pa
t Trti
dicta, on the part IF tbe relatives of Admiral
Dupont, the reported bequest of bis prize
money to sn asylum for the orphans of sol
diers and sailors, end eaya tbaAhe amount
does not exceed $50,000.
BF* Rev. Henry M. Field, D. D., editor of
the New York Evangelist, U writing a history
of the Ocean • Telegraph, in the enterprise of
laying which bis brother Cyrus W. Field, has
borne si prominent,* part.
Through trains from Washington to
Richmhnd, via the Orange and Alexandrite >
railroad, hare commenced running.
MlC. POST, OFFKJR PROVOST MARSHAL*
r. Mmoon, Go.,July 10,1885. ’
O&niRa, He. 78. • ,
All persons hereafter having • knowledge of any
oases of smU pox within tbs city will report the
came to this office at snoa.
By oonmund ofLt Col. Frank Whits, Cons’d'g
Post J. H. MCDOWELL,
jy U 53—7t ' ■ Lt. and P. M.
SPECIAL NOTICE,
OFFICE ACT. jGH’F. Q. K. C. C. M. D. M , )
' i Macos, Ga, July 10, 1865. J
All agents nr persons who hare received authority
by, or through me, to receive or take charge of
Cot federate cotton, and other.oonfiscatible proper,
ty within the State of Georfie, will report in person
immediately to M. B. Peters, Assistant Ageet Treas
ury Department, Maoon, Ga., with, any information
and papers pertaining to each Confederate oitton
and. other confieoatible property tint may have
been received by them, showing the amount and
kind of property borni whom, when and where re
ceived. ‘‘ V”
By command of Brevet Maj. Gen. Wilson.
RICHARD CARTER,
Cspt. t A> 0. SL M. Cav. Corps M. D. M.
july n 53—2w
OFFICE TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
i Maoon, G*-^ply 10th, 1385.
Notice is hereby giv^B,reqniring aU parties acting
aa Agents for the collection of government proper
ty, under orders from Captain E. Carter, A. C. Q. M,
to forwa rd, without defay, to this department, aUte-
msnts fafly describing all property ao collected,
where located, together with all heck* papers and
information in their poaneaion leading to the farther
locating of any property that belonged to the so-
called Confederate State* Vouchers for expenses
in oolleoting and delivering such property to aocom-
pany statements.
Parties wishing to continue as agents iu the ool
leoting of government property, will report in per
aon to this office. M. B. PETERS,
Asaaiatant Agent Treasury Department.
july 9 52—15t . . e
HEADQUARTERS U. & FORCES, >
Maoon, Ga., July 5, 1665. j
Order* *
Until other orders are issued by theFreedmen’a
Bureau, the following rules wilHae Id force, and are
published for the guidance of tbe Freedmen and
their former masters.
I. The common iaw governing the domestic rela
tione, giving parents authority and oontrol over
their children, apd guardians oontrol over their
ward* are in foroe. The authority and obligations
of parents and guardians take tbe place of (hose of
tbe former master.
II. The former masters are constituted the guar,
dime of minors, and of the aged and infirm, in the
sbaenoe of parents or other near relatione capable
of supporting them.
3d. Yonng men and women, under twenty-one (21)
years of age, will remain under the oontrol of their
parents or guardians until they become of ag* thus
aiding to support their parents and yonager brothers
and sister*.
4th. The former masters of freedmen mast not
turn away the young and infirm, nor refuse to give
them food and ahelter, nor shall the able-bodied
men and women go away from their borne* or live
in jdlenes* and leave their parents or children or
younger brothers or Bisters to be supported by
6thers,
sth. The former meaten of freedmen will not be
permitted to turn away or drive from their plants-
tions faithful hands, who have helped to make the
crops, when the oropa are saved Without paying for
the labor already performed.
VI. Freedmen, like all other men, are unsellable
to civil sad criminal law, and are liable to be pun
ished for violations of iaw, the same as whits oiti-
HARALSON & CO.
GROCERS AND
ion Merchants,
A Hr Wh ®*‘ “ d Streets,
ANTA, - - _ g’bqkgiA.
ker* Co., Kile A CoTAtwT*' ;
pa. A M. BOYD,
-Physician and Surgeon.
I riMfi'anawwred^nromntfv* ?“ tru * t6<1 to Ma oar£
. OfficeaThtea^S^^^tofifo-
doors below T.i.Jg.° n »bjgry street, two
porn or Second effipfoe ateiS*
new aooi>sl
FRESH ARRIVALS!2
DALY & FITZGERALD,
NEXT TO GEO.«t: ROGERS’,
for sale. 25 kits
Ch^Mi*Tn t I re1 ’ ?? SP® 1711 Candle*, 30 boxes
* 10 box *» *«nuV So$!p, 5
ji®** Jh*®* T **> W boxes Starch, 10 oa&Ues
ow^8MtI>h 2 Ate^ S * ^° 6oa Porter, ia pints, as
oases Booteb Ate, in pint* 25 barrels Albanv Fain
W?ie £&22 < !5'ii 0k W -“®’ 10 box “ St.^ulim
mention?* other too numerous fb
iy 16 58—61*,
T I 3ST W ARE.
I Mt have on hand a
LARGE AND-SPLENDID
ASSORTMENT OF TIN WARE.
Will make to order, and am prepared to do all
Kinde of
TIN WORK
at the SHORTEST -NOTICE.
TEN NEKS.
Two good workmen will find employment and
the best of wages, by applying immediately to
B.-A. WISE,
jy!6 58-6t Cherry street, Macon, Ga.
BAGGING, BOPE AND COFFEE.
5 BALES GUNNY BAGGING,
15 coils MANILLA ROPE,
15 do. HEMP do.
3 bags COFFEE, ,
3,000 pounds FAMILY FLOUR,
1 chest BLACK TEA, just reoeived and for sale
by J. H. ANDERSON A SON.J
july 15 58—Git
CAPT. JOHN TRAVIS’
Pistol gallkky
W ILL open on MONDAY, tbe Wth of July, not
as a mere shooting gallery, but to give
Lessons In Ptstol Shooting.
Gentlemen wishing to avail themselves of this
opportunity of taking lessons, oan do so by applying
at tbe gallery on Mulberry street, over Mr. Hodg
kin’s gup store, and will please make early applica
tion so I oan form my class, as my time is limited to
only six weeks in Macon.
I will give an exhibition in publio of my shooting,
previous to leaving Maoon, and will present to any
gentleman who wiu exoeU my shooting, with a piotol
on that d«r, a stiver goblet.
BeS — Ladies oan be instructed, in classes ot six
or more, in the art of pistol shooting at theirresi*
dences.ua Cspt. JOHN TRAVIS,
july 15 37—6t .
ed with jurisdiction over the oases.
24 That slavery Is extinct, and involuntary ser
vitude no losger exists. Hsnoe no .person shall
have'oontrol of tbe labor of another, other (ban
snch oontrol as may lawfully result from indenture,
the re Istion of parent and child, guardian and ward
and the oontraei of hiring, freely and fairly mads;
and that for a breach oi duty, on the part ot any
one standing in these relations, the military author!
ty will administer in a summary manner, adequate-
end proper relief under the laws of the land. .
3d. That all riotous or tumultuous assemblages
of the people, and also all assemblages for unlawful
purposes and unlawful object* will be dispersed ;
and to this end. if naoeasary, ths military power of
the United States will be invoked.
4th. That the idea, if any such is entertained, that
private property will be distributed or parceled out
hrnot only delusive but dangerous and aischievo us;
and if any attempt should be made by any person or
persona to efi’eot suoh an object by violence or un
lawful means, it will only secure to him or them
speedy and merited punishment
5th. To the end that the people may qualify them,
selves as voters ( it will doubtless be th* pleasure of
the commissioned offioera ia the service of the Uni
ted State* to have the oath of amnesty administered
under the rales end regulations prescribed by the
Secretary oi Slate of tbe United States; and in this
iroik. 1 ) most earnestly desire and solicit the cheer
ful co-operation of the people, so that Georgia may
speedily be delivered of military rule: that she ‘may
ouce again regulate her own domestic affairs, and
again enjoy the blessings of civil government, and
be heard and felt by bet; Senators and Represent*
tives.in the councils of the nation.
Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the State t
on thi* the 13th* day of July, in tbe year of onr
Lord, 1865, and tbe eigbty-oioth year of Amer
ican Independence.
JAS. JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor of Georgia
By the Governor:
L. H- Buncos, Secretary.
zens, but in no case will brpf-ii(y -nn.il
thtfl Bite/ftiat with the end of slavery all enao
‘Us ‘"J-v V*
[every all enact
ments and. customs which were heoeesvy for its
preservation, most cease to have effect.
VII. Persons of age who are free from any of'the
obligations referred to above, arem| liberty to fidfi
new homes whenever they oan oKain proper em
ployment, but they will not be supported by tbe
government or by tbeir former masters iu idleness
and vagrancy.
via. It will bp left to the employer and servan
to agree upon the wages to be paid, and any jus
arrangement or contraot will not be interfered with;
but ireedmen are advised that for the present sea
son they ought to expect only moderate wages, and
when their employers cannot pay the money, they
ought to be oontented with a fur crop to be raised.
This rale subject to suoh modification as the Freed
man’s Bureau may require.
IX. Ail officer* soldiers, and citizens, are re
quested to give publicity to these rule* and to. in-'
struct tbe fried people as ta their new rights an(
obligations.
X. AI1 sub district and post commanders, are au
thorized and required to correct any “violatidh of
the above rule, within their jurisdiction. Ail often,
oes berunder may be tried before a military com
mission or provost oourt.
By Command oi Brevet Maj. Gen, Wilson.
EDWARD P. INHCFF,
• Cap* A A. A. A. G.
The Stubblefield House,
Macon, Georgia,
18 NOW OPEN TO,THE PUBLIO.
B. F. DENSE, Proprietor.
juiy!6 58-6t •
TWO BARRELS ^SAL SODA
—AND—
TEN FOUND* . OF OPIUM,
PIANO TUNING.
O B. RICE la new in town for the purpose of
• tuning and repairing Kanes. Names may be
left at Mr. Burke’s Book Store, or at Mr. Virgin a-
rdn fALB BY
*.fs
SEYMOUR.
INDIAN SPRINGS;
A NEW OMNIBUS
J EAVES Forsyth daily after the arrival of the
for lodUn Springs.
Li oars, I
fare;.
inly 4—2m
— $2 00
BARNES Sc WILKES, Agte.
A CARD. a
-To Planter* ante Owners of Cotton
Generalljr.
H AVING perfected arrangements with Messrs.
BEARDEN JtCQ., of New York oity-formerly
of Micoa, Ga,, for the sale of COTTON, we ore
prepared to make liberal advances upon cotton, and
will taka charge of the some and have it told in
New York on account of the owners.
By this arrangement pi Mi ten and others can re
alize the highest New York prices for their ootton,
end at tbe same time receive a sufficient advance on
it to avoid tbe necessity of selling at redccsdprices
her* We propo>e to advance liberally on ajl cot-
toe consigned to n* to’ attend personally to the
meriting, shipping, insuring, lea ,of the same, there
by relieving owner* of all trouble, Ac., for whioh we
shall make but moderate charges, payable when the
ootton la sbld. Ootton is now in great demand in
New York at FIFTY CENTS per pound, with an
upward tendency, and we therefore think it unnec.
essary to urge the advantages af this arrangement
upon those wishing to realise the FULL *VALUE
of their ootton.
OT Any reference oan be given that Is required.
’ DUNN A MANGHAU,
Third street, near Herdsmen A Sparks’,
jy IS—tin Maoon, Ga.
important to the Public.
OFFICE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, i
Macon, Gar, July 3d, 1865. j
For the information of planters and others, notioe
is hereby given, that all ootton or ojfcsr produce
whioh does or has belonged to the so-called Con
federate government, is the property of the United
State* and as snch must be protected. Therefore
all persons having suoh property io tbeir charge on
their premises or plantations, or in their warehouse*
are hereby constituted and made ouatodian.- for
snob property for the government until each limes
aa it is called for, or its delivery demaipded by the
proper officers of the government, (showing their
authority under official seal) an<tj|^ must aad will
be required to taka oaretif the same-
Any person allowing such property to be removed
or injured, wiU be held strictly responsible for so
doing, and his own property seized and held subjaet
to confiscation for any violation of these rule* or
deficiency ia suoh proparty when demanded.
It is the duty of all such parties to report at onoe
to the nearest government agent any suoh property
in their possession- ■ ■
Any aeoond sale or effort to dispose of Ihy prop
erty whioh has onoe belonged to, or been contract
ed for lo the so-called Confederate government,
the parties eogaged in the tame will be held atriotly
responsible, and in tbe event of snob property not
being found, an equal amount of the private prop
erty of such parties will he seizsd and held snbjsot
to confiscation.
At the-ssme time the utmost facilities and protec
tion will be granted to those shipping private cotton
where proof of ownership ia made oati, factory.
kb p. PETERS,
Assistant Agent Treasury Department,
jnly 4—lm >
CLOTHING
—AND—
Gent’s Furnishing Goods.
VT 7"E have just received a consignment of the
V V* above goods, comprising—
Fancy Caarimere Suit*
Alpacoa and Brown Linen Coats,
Fancy Coastal ere Pants and Yeats,
Linen Bosom Shirt*
Lisle Undershirts, W
* Linen and Jeeas Drawer*
Collars,
Cravat*
Suspenders,
Handkerch’f*
Half Hese, Ao.
We are offering these goods at low' figures, as the
owners are anxious to realise.
W1NSHIP A CALLAWAY.
jy 15 57—4t*
n,ooFX3sra
JN_RoUs_ ready j
ROOFING 1 ciB^'le
Tin.
ROOFING more durable than Tin
ROOFING suitable for steep or flat robf*
ROOFING not injured by beat or cold.
ROOFING easily and rapidljffimplied.
The moat of (he materials employed in the con
struction of this Roofing, have been need in various
ways for roofing purposes for over fifteen year* and
onr manner of combining them into one firm, tin-
permeable uniform fabric, secured by Patent, in-,
{reuses their durability, while at the lame time
being manufactured by machinery on a largeuoale,
the ooat is lessened. Our Roofing is adapted to
buildings of mil desertptieoe, and In all oiunatea.and
oan be applied to steep or flat root* old or new and
by ordinary wortarmn at a trifling expense. For
REMOVAL
T HE undersigned has removed from his former
piece of business to the aeoond door below the
Telegraph printing office, on Cherry street, where
he will keep oonetantiv supplied with the purest
Drugs and Medicines, Fanny aad Toilet artioles to
be obtained from the beet manufacturers
Prescriptions put up with ths greatest care and
neatness by an experienoed druggist
jyie 5j^t #
A. M. BOYD,
Liquid Cement,
For leaky Tin and Don Roof* Muoh cheaper and
more durable than oil paint, as it form a much
COMPOUND CEMENT,
n *8*mplM of Roofing aad Circulars sent by mail
"'Favorabhotarmi made with responsible parties
who buy to «•“ *»(“§• HOOF1Na ceMPANY,
jo 20 73 Maiden Lm* N. Y.
INSURANCE.,
T HE undersigned baa bean re-appointed agent of
th*t reliable institution, the ^
merchants’ Imzurance Company,
OF HARTFORD. CONN.,
and will be glad to serve hi* friend, who wwhtp be
secured against loss by fire- A cotUna’,*
•
jmly 12—1«: