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THE FEDERAL UNION',
(Corner of Hancock a fid Wilkinson streets.)
OPPOSITE THECOtBTHOI
MCdHTOI, HISBET * CO., SUI« PrlnlfM.
Tuesday Morning, Augusts, 1865.
Thr Lo*Ua •('•nr Puper.
one can regret more Ilian we do the appearance
o! onr paper. But the paper and the ink we are com
pelled to use at present leare u« no room tor improve
ment. Intimes past weliave t'elt proudot themeehani-
«-al appearance of the FtPr.R&i -Union, and it was
our ambition to make it the equal of any in this respect -
at least. We hare lost none of oar pride as printers,
and intend eo soon as the times will permit, to publish
a large aheet, and get n new outfit throughout. In or
der to put this “new face” upon things, we earnestly
invite the cooperation of our old friends and patrons
throughout the State. If they will lend us a helping
hand in this trying hour of our existence, we can rise
Pbcrnix like from the ashes, and. by the blessing of Cod.
wo will do it.
J^F.stPi.vct son S, L£.—The residence of Mr../. II.
Nichols is offered for sale. See advertisement in
another colunm The property is Tflry desirable—
situated in one of the healthiest places in Georgia, cou
venient to good schools, and in an excellent neighbor
hood. Anyone wishing to purchase a delightful home,
would do well to call on Mr. Nichols, or addre»s him
at this place
Chaufr.
There is a great scarcity of change Utils in this
place. Silver is hid away nevermore to Ree-the
light of day until brought out by the sternest ne
cessity. U. S. fractional currency was much
more abundant a month ago than at present.—
Venders of fruit and produce have secured the
Texaa—War fiigai.
Lato accounts from Texas are not very encour
aging for the people of that State. During the
four years of war. through which we have - j. st
passed. Texas was so lucky as to bejoutside ot the
ring. She had no hostile foe in her midst, and
was equally fortunate in having free access to the
outside world. But. according to the old adage,
‘■every dog has his day, ' Texas is soon to have
her s Already we hear that there are from BO,-
000 to 100.000 IT. S. Troops on Bnd near the Rio
Grande. It is also reported that Maximillian ha*
brought up HO or 40,000 troops to the South side ot
that river to watch the Ysflkees. The New York
Herald of the.20th nit., which is before us, thus
refers to Maximilian's situation : “He cannot re
main there (Mexico) nor can he retreat without
humiliation. What is he to do? England cannot
come to his rescue, and who is to help him? —
Again, the Herald says. “President Johnson un
derstands all this, and knows that he bolds the
French usurpation as in a vice, as Gen. Grant held
Lee in Richmond, biding his time” Again, the
Herald says. “President Johnson will surely make
good the Monroe doctrine in Mexico. He has
the means and the men at his call to enforce it by
land and sea.” There is something warlike in
the signs in the Southwest, and wo shall not be
surprised to see the war cloud over the whole
country in a few months- Our big sister, Texas,
may yet get a taste of war.
mmm——— —
A CorXTitv Barbeci e —The article which we
publish in another column under the above head,
was written, some years ago. by one of the edi
tors of this paper, for the New York Knicker
bocker Magazine, The Editor, who, by the by,
was a liberal man in bis feelings, did not like to
introduce in bis journal any subject of a politi
cal complexion, and, therefore, while expressing
no personal objection to the article, declined to
publish it.
At this seasonjof the'year, when many of our
planters are even treating the fr^edrnen to the cus
tomary Batbecue, alter the crop is laid by, it may
not be without interest to some of our readers to
give them an account of one of these holiday in
stitutions, as witnessed and participated in by the
writer. But alas ! those good old customs will
soon become a thing of the past. The merry
laugh of the little negroes, the jolly shout of the
boys arid girls—the happy faces of Moma Rina and
daddy Jim are heard and spen no more.
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Cai <;hT—Our neighbor the Recorder was “ta
ken in” when he published the New lork 'tri
bune's account of the burning of Barnum s Mu-
A COriKTBV BARBECIE
There are many interesting and instructive
events transpiring around us, of which a large por
tion of the readers of the Knickerbocker Maga
zine would, doubtless, be pleased to be informed—
even s connected with our domestic institnfion,
Negro Slavery, which will not be less novel than
interesting to many readers who obtain all tbeir
information on this subject, from exaggerated or
false statements in the leading fanatical journals
of the North.
In the description Vvhich I propose to give you
of a Georgia Planter s Barbecue, 1 shall nothing
extenuate. I sliall give you a faithful account of!
a scene, which I have witnessed on as many as !
four different occasions in the last four weeks, in '
the vicinity of this city.
In this section of the State, the large Planters [
usually work over, for the last time, their entire
into Maas Tom's old swallow tailed bine, and is as
right ah wax. Old master’s shirt collar rises on each
side of his face like the sides of a wheelbarrow, and
a neck tie surrounds his throat as variegated as the hues
f
of the rainbow. The occasion is usually a very solemn
due. to theuegroes: and not unfrequently while the
"Ceremony is progressing, “old Daddy” and Moma
Kina groan sepnlcli/ully, and rock to and -fro as it they
had a terrible pain in the region of the stomach. The
frolic is usually kept up ’till day-break •
“They dance all night, ’til! the broad day-ligut,
And go home with the gals in the morning.’*
der instructions, exclndes from the privilege all
who have evnr held any confederate office, even
that of tithe collector. Such are all required to
apply at Washington. It is earnestly hoped that
the president will delegate the power of acting in
such cases to generals commanding districts, who
must bo poor generals it they are not competent
to decide whether a tithe collector shall be allowed
to take an oath of amnesty.
i Gen. Washburn Las about fi.BiM) troops: it is
; very hot there : communication between Darien.
Such friend “Knick,” is a faithful description of a ™ l j“ J tI ° th t r P ° 1Ut8 \ H.lton Head,
plantation barbecue in middle Georgia. And when ! negroes don t work well on
next our people are called together, to enjoy the“teast I ^ ie ^4 ,. rai ' r0!,( ^* ,-in ^ Gen. \, ashburn lift 1
of season nuu the flow <Jf aoui,” may yo-u lie there to ! P l, t soldiers on.
see. J. H. N. ' 7*—
Milledgeville, On. August 12th 185!b From tho Newfoundland Day Book, July 1.
■"»» Thr late lire at Bra.
Special Correspondence of the Telegraph.
I.eltcr <T*u. Cbattanwaga.
Chattanooga, Tenn., July 29. IftSS.
Yesterday morning I left the dust anil bustle ;
au«i distressing heat of Atlanta. As we moved
NOTIOB
mlTE co-partnership heretofore *"•
1 thereof J. Conn* s 0 **?'«'"« tmj, r
solved. Either of the surviving '** ‘ ee ° dis-
settle the unfinished business of 5 artne ™ „jii
The CONFECTIONERY. fani"?; .
Business will be resumed at the nit TOY
Conn Sc Sous, by the subscriber ; d , 8tai,J of J
W T CONN, where he will £ ", ,he na °»e of
his old friends and customers. P lt *sed to at0
Milledgeville. Ga.. Aug. l 8 t, 1B6j\
RESIDENCE FORSSLE
T HE undersigned offers for sale hi. ,«. i
at Midway. I.j miles from MilledeevHU?*’*
house is uow in complete repair, and ea Tte
j Another account of tpe turning of the ship eight rooms The lot contains tbirty-fiva
William Xe/son—Heat/remlittsr particu- I ’,** a , cr ? s ' one fourth ot wl/ich is woodland
had to
William Xe/son—Heat tremlins part icu- , . , . , — nuvuim
1 . the whole enclosed with a good plank fin" ’* 51 '
W * • | ‘he place is a well of line" w»tor??ll
Our readers have to thank Robert Alex- j outbuildings, in good repair, and a flue or^l^
old song.
“L*y down the shovel and the hoe.
And take up the tiddleaud the bow.”
The Planter who gives the Dinner, invites if
crops of Cotton and Corn, about the last of July I *“ 0 ng thrWestern'and'Ariam^R K, Urn scenes an der. Esq,, of the firm of Messrs. J. X' | ?f c *! 0ice W 1 ® 8 ’' peaches, plums,
1 B - 1 — ^ - - ! tiou is one of the healthiest in Central f Ion •
j with fine society and good male and female.,&
convenient. "°oU
1 He will also aell with the place, if desire,] o
FIRXITIRE, CARPET* At, ' '
All of which are nearly new, and in good or.h,
■ Fart ^ 8 fesmnga pleasant and attractive U
would do well to see the place. ' f '
i For further information, address
i , A J H. NICHOLS
Aug. 9. IS0.‘> —1 St.* Milledgeville. Gx
NEW STOOBLl
„ J. H. ZEII.IN A CO.,
DRUGGIST, MACON, CA.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS OF
Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, tflass
Dye Stuffs, Perfumery, Fancy
Articles, Liquors for me
dicinal use,
MACCABOk SNUFF. See., Ac.
j Paiticular attention paid to the prompt . ,i
thorough execution of orders. The attention «■
! the trade is invited. Having bought our Gno!
I for Cask, we are prepared to sell them lore ' *
Macon, Aug. 2, 1865. .V .
As the negroes say, the crop is laid by. When j of a year ago came to memory- Every curve j W. Stewart, fer enabling iis this morning
this time arrives, the “hands” are treated to a din j ‘ ,n< ^ every toot ot the road has a historic interest., p] ace before them the following correct
Derby the “Boss, as a.token of hm satisfaction contestwl occupation and made it a battle field : aceouut ot a 10081 terrible catastrophe
at the prospect betore him. and as a reward for J 0! , e hundred and thirty-eight miles in length. i occurring at sea on Sunday last. The
the faithfulness and industry cl his negroes. Then ' Two years ago there was a continuous scene of j particulars which we get directly from
Sambo and Dinah, in the language of that pathetic I cultivated fields aud beautiful resideucos along j Oaptain Hart, and from his lo» book, are
the road. To-day the scene of desolation is per-' , “ ' °
t'ectly indescribable. The fields are ■without ! those : ^
fences and growing a luxurious crop of weed*— I he bark Meteor, Captain Hart, lie- i
The roads that once were much used, and present longing to Messrs J. A: \Y. Stewart, from !
ed a net work ot highways over the surface ol | Ac . ua diila. P. R . bound to Queenstown. J
the land, are now tor^akin, and weeds have \ , , i**
neighbors and their families, and such personal I grown over them until many ot them are almost a, r,ve0 , 5 l' or t yesterday alternoon, ■,
friends as may find it convenient to attend. The I impereeptiole. Occasionally a traveler on horse- to land thirty passengers—twenty-one j
company assembles soon after breakfast; but if 1 back, or wagon moves slowly along the desolate males and nine females—picked up by him j
any one should arrive at a much earlier hour, he j wa8te ' ” e look8 fl > r ^ely at the destruction, and : on Wednesday last, June 28, in latitude i
. . , „ , , , _ I even his horse winnows gladly when he sees any i ,, , . V , -1 i -« j I
will find the note ol preparation has already Been ! thino 1 . 41 degrees oS minutes, longitude ul de-j
sounded. The “carcasses,” Lambs and Pigs, us- Over a space of many miles on either side, the ; grees aud 4S minutes. Tiie log hook
ually five or six of each, are already over the. fire, | desolation and waste is apparent; occasional 1 states that about 3 o’clock on the morning j
. and experienced hands are carefully attending to , ’ orIil ‘t‘lds giect the eye, but they very seldomer- Wednesday last, the weather being;
, .. . , r , i mbit any signs or prospect of a good yield, lhe , . J A tlm. ° i
the work oi doing them “up brown. The process Tery bli}!:ht of vengeance and destruction Las fall-1 moderate, the watch on board the Metor ,
of barbecuing is very simple, yet there are but j en on the fair face of the country. Blit as proper j heard shrieks, and shortly after a number j
few who can cook the meat and season it to that energy and industry will soon develope the re- j 0 f people (male and female) were discov- j
! degree.of perfection which the palate of an epi-1 sou !‘ ces Q, tlus eighty land, the sun will soon , ere( j f| oa tinir about on pieces of wreck.— '
, again smile on its tatness. No houses greet tue „ * , . , . .
j cure demands. A hole is dug m the ground. eye for many miles Bt a streteh . At Marietta. *! Captain Hart at once got Ins boats out,
‘ about three feet in width, one foot in depth, and i pile of burned ruins appear, where once stood fine and from that time up«to noon of the same
regulated as to length, by the number of Lambs. : structures of brick and stone. The greater num- ! day, they were busily engaged in searcb-
: Pigs and Chickens to be cooked. The whole car- i r * ,s <wrmer . refl 'de"ces and bospsta-; j f or the unfortunate people. The
1 casseR are placed on small poles laid across the j appearancP , Gripped of their surroundings 'and ; wreck was scattered over miles ot water,
i pit. and small sticks are ruu through the feet, to j denuded of all their late beauty, they stand amid i and each piece had to he searched. As
keep them from being burnt By a too close ap ; the wrecks like tomb stones in a graveyard, and ve have stated, thirty persons were found.
I proach Lethe fire. Afire, built of large wood m look nearly as soieuui. The saved passengers gave Captain Hart
«•*—v <■« <*• *■"' *■« «* i 7 ,*ssa «■.« r.«.«toL ^««i.e <n« s ..r=
for the well that, once furnished the most delight-1 The lost vessel was the American ship
carefully shoveled up and scattered under the
GEORGIA, Buldwiu eouiity.
\yHEREAS. Abel It. Akridge has filol hwpetitiorv
V T tor let era ol administration on the e*iate,,t ik ,
Akridge late of said county decetMcd.
Thead are therefore to c'tte and admonish all persn.
adversely concerned to file their objections oaV L
fore the first Monday in October next.
Given underlay official signature, tlis8(h Au-rar
1 jt - ' JOHN HAMMOND, Ord’v
most of it, and very little remains in circulation, i fle nni. 'lhe New Y'orfe papers are poking fun at
Some of our .citizens are in favor of issuing 1 their country eotemporaries w ho were so greeti as
change bills by the City Council to the amount of to believe the terrible fighting scenes among the
two or three thousand dollars. This would do , animals, which were so vividly described by the
very well, if there was a dollar of U. S. Currency Trihunr. Our neighbor should wipe his specta-
in theCity Treasurer's hands to redeem the change . cles. and look sharp, tor these are very turious
bills of the city when presented. This can be j times we five in.
done very easilv. When a person wishes change, - ““~ , _ T ...
let him take a five, ten or twenty dollar hill of U. &T ** ^ t0 see ,hat 0,!r frieod W ' 1 *
Conn has resumed the Confectionery, bruit and
S. monefc to the City Treasurer, and take change ! <■ onn a as resumeo ^
bills toll,, amount deposited. U. S. currency J Toy Business, at the old stand of J. Conn & Sons
k- w.nt m hund v.v Pbv T.pssnrer to He will, no doubt, deserve and receive the gooc
should be kept in hand by the City Treasurer to
redeem the change bills whenever presented. In
this way only can the city issues be kept at par,
and afford a circulation.
—
Too MUCH HASTE.—Wc notice that several
counties have called meetings of its citizens for
the purpose of nominating persons to be voted for
to represent the people in the State Convention.—
At the present time not half of the people of any
county in the State, with, perhaps, the exception
of Chatham and a few others similarly situated,
hare taken the Amnesty Oath and been qualified
as citizens. Of course all whf> are eutitled should
have a voice in the nomination of delegates as
well as in the election of them, for in a case of
this kind, where there are no parties to divide the
psopife a nomination by a county meeting, though
small in numbers, would be tsutamount to an
election. Let us not be iu a hurry to nominate
ni<h for the Convention. Many of our best citi
zens are applying for pardon, and will doubtless
succeed in obtaining it, before many weeks ex
pire. Give them a chance, and give the t^ns of
thousands a cbance who have not had .an opportu
nity offered them to subscribe the Amnesty Oath.
It will be full time by the middle of September to
move in ibis matter. We do hqpe that the people
will wait a* long as possible, and then select thrir
very best men for the Convention.
Owe great rsuit ml trouble
Nothing gives employers more trouble and »• dis
satisfies the negroes as the difference in wages paid by
those who hire. Some people have money ami can pay
more liberally for work than others—then again some
•negroes are mote expert and trustworthy than others,
and of course get higher wages. But negroes love to
talk aud brag about what they get, and those who nre
befferpaid take particular pains to tell their less for
tunate brothers and sisters of their success. The gen
mality of negroes cannot understand why they do not
gets* much moneyas others, and they give. »p good
homes to look for higher wage* elsewhere. This is
one reason why there are so.Joany change* If the
negro would understand thatch ere is just as much
difference between some negroesjaml others, as there
ia between some white men and others—some get
ting twenty dollars a day while others only get their
meat and bread—they would be better satisfied to re
main atp. good place when they got one. lint tlie ne-
good
opinion and liberal patronage formerly bestowed
on the old firm.
ry \Ye call attentiou to the advertisement of
Messrs. Caraker and Sherlock. They do good
work, and persons wishing plantation work done,
or buggies or wagons repaired will find it to their
interest to give them a call
The Amnesty Oath.—The great interest of
the people of Georgia i* to have the State resume
her old relations in the Union. All feel the polit
ical disabilities under which they are now labor
in'*. and the great, mass are amious to escape from
them. And in this anxiety (ffiginates the com
plaints we hear, that up to the present time no
opportunity has been offered the people generally
by which they could beeome qualified to join in
eyes
which he keeps wet by freqlient applications to I the villages along the road sutlered the same fate
the grary. and with this stick he slaps the carcass ■ Weeds are growing
! while it is cooking. This keeps it moist, and ; house* once stood, and lizzards dart like red and
thoroughly seasons the " whole hog." So much i blue flames, gleaming in the sunlight, as they rus
i for the process of barbecuing. I have been thus j tie amid the rubbish and wieck.
particular that some of your readers, who may Having campaigned along tho entire line of the
I have never tried to cook in that way, may try battle field, you can well imagine with what in-
theirhaud. 1 can assure them There is no better i terest I viewed the long lines of intrenchmeurk
I eating to be got in any other way. and fortifications about and agaiust which we
The visitor finds on his arrival at the plantation, i fought during that grand campaign of "t>3 and
the host and hostess ready to receive him, and j til. Every pniut has its peculiar historic memo-
clean and well dressed negroes to take care of his i lies to me, and I viewed them with as much inter-
horses. On entering the yard, he will see hun-. est as the ladies do new fashions, or » girl does
dredsof negroes going to and fro with tha utmost j her first new bonnet, or feels whep she wears her
' freedom, or perhaps, eugaged in some amusement | first long skirts. Col’six Noi rm a.
He will also see tables and chairs placed under j
OOO-Cfil at same place, Friday ll(h a *
OOO 5 o'clock, P. M. *
the wide spreading oaks, which are intended for
those who like a game ot Whist, or “old Sledge,”
board. On Sunday last the captain of the !
over the spot jvhere the ( \Villiam Nelson determined upon funiiga- }
ting the ship, and the mate and some of |
the crew set about the work. A pot of
pitch was taken into the lower hold, below
the passenger deck, aiid red hot irons were j
thrown into it. The pitch of course, igni
ted and boiled over, setting the ship on
fire to such an extent that it was found
impossible to extinguish the -flames.—
They spread rapidly and before long the
vessel was a mass of fire, burned to the
water’s edge and sunk, carrying down with
.\« iiimi*-truce in Election.. . her over four hundred people* The res-
The ‘following law passed at the late session oi | c , He(1 passengers describe the scene durin
•ongress. should allay all feats on the part of our I ^ re as ^ ru Y heaitremung.
1 It'
222.
Mothers
- ... „ - ”,'7 J ” ,Cr ! Pe°P'e that the military will interfere in the least ! threW tl,eir babes i,,t0 t!l ° "' ltor aml ,el1
day are whiled away without serious detriment * . . „ . _ e l
to anybody’s patience or pocket,
asks you to take a little walk. Yo
j the work of restoration, i. e., accept the amnesty
oath and become qualified as electors.
We learn that the delay has been entirely un
avoidable. It was arranged between the provis-
ional and military authorities tbRt an officer qual
ified t'o administer the oath should be sent to eve.
ry county in the State. That it ha* doI been done
thus far is no fault of the officials within tlie State.
A delay in procuring the necessary blanks from
Nashville—which were ordered some time since—
is assigned ai the cause. We have good reason
for saying, however, that Governor Johnson ■ will
do everything in his power to remove the cause of
the coraplaiuts now heard from the people, and
will, if necessary- report the facts of the delay to
the executive at Washington
Many gentlemen have visited this city, expect
ing to be able to take the oath, but have returned
disappointed. We would advise all that the of
fivers in Macon are administering the oath to
none hot civil officers. All other applications will
be fruitless until further instructions are received
( Telegraph.
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jyARTKMrs Ward lias a word f<> say about the
ne-ro. He says:
Feller citereun*—The African may be our brother.
Several hilv respectable gentlemen and sum talented
temails. teil **s so. and tor argyment sake I might be
injur ed to grant it, though I doii’.t believe it myself.—
But the African isn’t 'our sister aud our wife, and our
uucle. lie ina’t servile of our consios and all onr wife’s
relashuns. lie ins’t our grandiather and aunt in the
country. Scarcely. Aud yet oumeries would have
u* think so: It is'troo he run* congress, and several
other public groserys. But we've got the African, or
he's srot us, rather ;*now what arc we going to do about
it? Tie’sanorftti uoe6«nf.e. Praps he inu't to' blame
lor it. Praps lie be created for some wise purpose,
ike Bill Harding and the Naw England rum, hut it is
mity hard to see it. At any rate lie’s here, and it’s a
uitv lie couldn’t ge brf sum wheares quietly by himself,
where becood gratify his ambition in vans wase, with
PROCLAMATION.
liy James Johnson, Provisional Governor:
To the People of Georgia:
WJiereas, by the Proclamation of Andrew John
son, President of the United States, dated 17th
of June, A. D. 1S65, I have been appointed Pro-
visional Governor of the State of Georgia, witii
instructions to prescribe at tbe earliest practicable
period such rule* and regulations as may bs u*.
eess?£|jknd proper for convening a Convention of
the people, composed of delegates to be chosen b?
that portion of the people who are loyal to tbs
United States, and no others; and a!:o with all
the powers necessary and proper-to enable such
loyal people of said State to restore it to jtj con
stitutional relation* to the Federal Government,
and to present such a republican form of Sute
Government as will entitle the State to the guar-
antee of the United States therefor, and its peopla
to the protection of the United States against in
vasion. insurrection and domestic violence :
Now, therefore I. James Johnson, Provisional
Governor of the State of Georgia, rs aforesaid,
do by virtue of the power iu nie vested as afore
said, proclaim and declare—
1st. That an election for delegate* to a Conven
tion will he held on the first Wednesday in Octo
ber, A. D. JdG5, at the different precincts at which
elections are directed aud authorized by law toi#
held for members of the Legislature.
2d. That the thirty seven counties in the Stats,
which, by law in force prior to the first ot January,
1861. were entitled to two members of fhe Houw
of Representatives, shall be authorized and enti
tled to elect each three delegates; and that tba
remaining counties shall each be authorized and
entitled to elect two delegates to said Convention.
3d That no person at juch election shall be
qualified as an elector, of shall he eligible as a
member of such Convention, unless be shall b»v&
previously thereto, taken aud subscribed tbe oath
of Amnesty, as set forth in the President’s Procla
mation of May 29th, A. 1). Itt&i, and is a voter
u Heart i . „ , r ,. , - , - . qualified as prescribed by the Constitution and
“ Any officer ot the army or navy of the United indeed as all the rest had, three days and j laws of the State of Georgia, in fou-e immediate-
‘l/tnhn *? tal ’' 9 ’ " tl0 Vlt '' a * les this aect.on of this act shall three nights floating aiiotit on t lie water i ly before the llhh of January, A. D. 1861, tbe date
• , , j. » . i . , ; tor every such uffeuse be liable to indictment as i i„„/i * [of the so called Ordinance of 4»ecessiou
t°od and felt. h® 9 * 1 for a misdemeanor, and, on conviction thereof : wl1 r 10U . t 00< ^ . ,, . , c , 4th. That any two Freeholders qualified to vote
under a black skin, and spreading lt(, ®lf- 1 have s j )al j a jine j,o t exceeding a thousand dollars, ! Having rescued all that eat) he found, 1 • • ■ •• - -- 1
little negro, not three years old. dance to | Kn j gniy,.,- imprisonni6Ut. in the penitentiary not 1 ,
or for the more venturesome who like a game of
Poker” at five cents a corn, only to make, it interest- j
mg. In this way many hours of a long summer’s
Now l \he host : ' n llle elections in the Southern States. back themselves into the flames. \\ hole
ou join him and | An act to prevent officers of the army and other: * aim * ieS together iu exet utiating tur
tle introduces you to Jolts, not demijohn, but ' persotiR engaged in military and n&vsl service m 6nts. Brothers aud sisters, parents aud
John, the faithful caterer to such as like “sperrit* of the Fnited States, interfering in the elections i children, rati frantically about for help
of just men made perfec.” You light a cigar and j in thu States. they were not to And. Thesavedpassen-
waikoverto where * group of negroes have col- B a it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep- -ri s0 sav that the contain found he
! looted, surrounded by a crowd of enraptured look-: re8entativ4 . s 0 f the United States in Congress as- g ^ f „ f t
ersmn. Thirty or- forty negroes, ot ail ages, sizes ! gemble(3) Tllftt U sha l| not be lawful for any mili-1 COuld n ? 1 s ^ e , the S ll'P> hc f ot b,s boats
j and sexes, have pitched in , each on ins owm ; Uiry or IUiVli] ofticer of the United Sta(e £ 0{1 ; | out. and With his Otlicers, the crew
• hook; and now the tun and trouc grows fast and j p erson engaged in the civil, military or naval ser- ; cabin passengers, left the
Cuiions. Four or five amateur negro musicians are' r - -- - J 1 1
seated on tbe outside of tbe
: absorbed in their respective instru
| see nothing of the “poetry of
and scenting the air around
and
remaining un-
mirnber of very
the “chan-
furthest from
. necessary to! the tire, out they had not long been there
“ * i.Tnd hi. the iStbo'r! KH'.'Sf i h * a l&f I 1 *, 1 , 0 * 0 ?i wl >™ th6 A”™ 5 liurst U'rongli the sides
Ih° d .™v 1, “ .."“r! »f U>e vessel upon them, and in an instant
were cousunieu. Ot such horrible
the account made up.
•I, i,;, i **“j - “•••-“ ‘America, or in Captain Hart states that one woman
, i nnv rnkiiner io interfere with the freedom of elec* 1 • i * i 1 • i 4
, , f , ^.iiiohioauv State of the United States .AnyTf was picked up by ns second mate on a inece |
Baud/ and tho- it may not produce a concord ol, of the arm? or navv of the United States ct spar, apparently dying, fehe had been ;
« sweet sounds, it stirs the negro s heei and heart - - 1 - - - ...
with an irresistible emotion. No pen
quately describe the scene.^ It must be seen iu on ( - or every « lK .}, offense be liable to indictment as j w ft]j 0U t food
Matt Peel; and still .-mother, patting
hands, and stamping with his feet. This is
understood :
j keen a
i this maddening music for the space of one hour,
j and not be wearied after
I the power of music
ns exercise.
— . .... . ! at such election as aforesaid, may act as m&aa-
penitentiary not 1 and another vessel hetlig live or six miles j gers of the election at each of the precincts ss
i,,..), 11 ;’ I® 88 thrte months nor more than five years, 0 fV apparently searching for the wrecked i aforesaid : and that in managing and superiutem]
^iicu i* discretion ot tha court trvinp- the mmic , rr i , • , i • I iiwr Kiiph nlpprinn IIiav ahull hr. AA»a.nJ ha snr
The sun begins to cast his shadows eastward,
then three
•P,
hundred
, , ::£Ki r,v | r p(«. ^ i.^ng „ r » y r
_ , . . , eastward, ^ er b e ' disqualified from holding any office 0 f! board as he could feed, Captain Hart de-
and the signs all indicate the appioach oi diuner , | )0nor p ( , 0 ^ t or ( r „ st> un der the United States: termined to hear up for St. Johns, hem;
: A table has been erected under an arbor or in the f> rov jj^d, that nothing herein contained shall be
shade of the oaks, capable of sea.ing from one g() cous t r ned as to jirevent any officers, soldiers
to two hundred persons, j he table cloth is > 8 j sailors or marines. Irom exercising the right of
white as snow ; the plates, tumblers, knives and ; su fl' ra g e j n any election district to which he mav
lurks, Ac., are Bll arranged neatly and tastefully. | )e ] on p < if otherwise qualified, according to the
Large loaves ot flour bread ate scattered over the j a ^. s 0 f t ], e S( !v te in which be shall offer to vote.
t*ble, and pyramid* of iced cake complete the ar- ^ ec> ., Aru ] be ; t further enacted, that any of-
; rangements betore the arrival of the vegetables f5cer or n in lll0 miliUry service of the Uni
and meats. 1 he latter are soon brought on. The , e<1 wL( , , hft]1 order 0r J advi8et or wbo aba)1
I barbecue is put into large wooden trays and placed ; directly or ini1iw ,| y f orce , thre «», menace, in
| at convenient distances along the t8l) le. Ah timirtate, or otherwise, prevent or attempt to pre
i kinds of vegetables have been prepared, and now | . _r c... .r., ,v .
f dinner is ready. As w
; the trays of barbecue
I like the “sweet South i m any
The guests are seated, and are waited on by tbe ; ]il<e '
' negroes with a zeal and good burner that puts, j ficep of an tkofiou in unv 8I1ch State t() rece i vo „
i it possible, a finer edge upon the appetite. In -
ing *uch election, they shall be governed by and
proceed under the laws of the State regulating and
prescribing the election of members of the Legis-
„ lature, prior to the first of January, J&il; Proti-
ami twenty miles 1 detl, that each ol said managers, before entering
on the duties prescribed, shall swear the other
truly and faithfully to superintend and make re
turn of said election according to law as aforesaid
and the requirements of fliis Proclamation.
south. He thinks it is probable the other
ship has saved some of the poor creatures.
I lie rescued male passengers are recov-
ering fast from their fearful sufferings, but j > r 'th. That the delegates who shall be elected as
all the females are burnt more or less about ! l6 f f To *^■ .of??. n ® ! Tf C .h»
the hands, arms and legs. A largo num
ber of young-children were burnt.
^respondent writes
like manner compel or attempt to compel any of
ficer of an election in any such State to receiv
vote from a person not legally qualified to vote
„-ro i* ao vain and foolish about hi* freedom—and .s«m - —- ... . ...
‘ flock full of false ideas of bis importance-that we we | out hikin’ a eternal lu** k-.ckt up about him
no remedy for all this, but suffering and starvation.
That will be the only thing that will make the negrnps
ftecsibltof tlieir real position and duties, and the only
tiling that will relieve their employers Irom the harras-
sing scene* they are daily called upon to witness.
If white labor could be had, a remedy, would be
loood at once. But it will take many year* to sup
ply ns with this kind of labor,even though it was encour
aged at lhe North, which w question will not be lhe
case
Not in thj - . Fashion.—Our young ladies are
nearly crazy over tbeir dear little bats, which give
about aa much protection to their faces and necks
a* would an egg shell. But it is the fashion so
they say, and they would as well be out of tbe
-world as out of ibe fashion. But if tbe Saratoga
Belles have anything to do with regulating the
atyle in tbe higher circles of fashionable life,
then are our Soathein misses very wide of the
mark. A letter from Saratoga to a New York pa
per, says, tbe “Sucker” hat is all tbe rage at tlmt
lirstof American pleasure resorts. The “sneker”
is described as very wide in tbe brim, and giving
the fullest protection to the neck aud face of the
wearer. Tbe little egg shell now so common" in
our streets is entirely without an element of beau
ty. Edmund Burka said, nothing can be beauti-
fat that does not possess some “sensible quality.”
The bat now worn here has no sensible quality,
fir it answers no sensible purpose. It is in shape
almost identical with the wool caps worn by steam
boat bands, and drivers on onr low country plan-
totvonfc We love to look at a pretty bonnet, but
Ibese hats are intolerable.
•hll.Zuus &. Co.—We iuvite attention to
tbe Card of J. H. Zeili n * C o., Dealers in Drugs.
Ubtaucale, Ac., to ba found in our advertising
columns to-day. °
Fisc Rains —We were blessed during the past
waek #Hb jine rains, which have beeu of great
benefit to tbe late corn and sweet potato crop*.
Future Politics of the Country.—Tho
Albany evening Journal, the central organ
of the republicans in the great State of
New York, admits, in a late article, that
ks party has bnt a feeble hold of it. It
says; . .
“In looking at this subject it should not
be forgetton that, notwithstanding tbe
embarassmems which environed the de
mocracy in their initiation and prosecution
of last year’s campaign, they were barely
defeated ip this State. In an aggregate
vote of 730,000. a majority of 6,740 is
nothing. * * *
The most that can be said of the result is,
that it was a neck-and-ueck contest. And
this, loo, it should be remembered, when
there were real dissensions in the ranks of
the democracy—dissensions involving per
sons as well as principles. * * *
If the democracy could have thrown off
any one of the score of burthens which it
had to bear, or bad tbe Union party been
one whit less united or zealous through
the canvass, the verdict of New York
would have been reversed.”
Cotton.—The Columbus Enquirer,
of the 29th inst., says : Several wagon
loads have come in this morning and
sales have been made at the advanced
figures, 32 324c. iu currency, and 2^c.
iu gold. AVe believe that our market
is uj> to any interior market in Geor
gia or Alabama. Buyers and foods
are plenty,'and there is no difficulty in
making sales.
— —
He who is the «lave of his own passions is worse
gov.-med than Athens wa* by her thirty tyrants.
short time, Champaigns m brought and the pop-: wJlQ sha1l impose . «r attempt to impose, any rules
;p,ngof corks from one end ot the table to he | re for conducting said election differ-
other,attest* the interest which all take in *h e ent fy OII1 tll0S e prescribed bylaw, or interfere in
w.ne with the “bq^ded bubbles winking at the, lier wiU , auy 0 ff ieer of Mi( j election in
| brim”, a» Keats says. One oy one the guests re } the di8cImrpe of hig duties, shall for any srtch of
me to puff a cigar or take their ease in the shade. ftnce be lia " bie t0 indictment as for a misdemcan-
• Wbpu aM retire the table cloth and all its Cun- or conrt of „ M , United States bavin- ju-
| tents are removed. A general cleaning up takes l ri9 d iction J tn and determine cases of mlsde-
, place, and the table is soon arranged for the no- ^ a nd on conviction thereof., shall
groes. f Just before calling them to dinner, the fine not excee ding live thousand dolors. «
Lofis, m his Driver call* ie men up 1° j fgj- imprisonment in the penitentiary not exceed 1
1 John s Office, and gives each one-thud of a turn- j ^ ,f VA ♦i— ur Yue court try-
bl«r.Af wUak^r. *i fus ei.urteoj- ,o ; j,rg-th&same: and any person convicted as afore-
j edged by a tip ol thebat and scrape of the too ; hall moreover be disqualified from holding
[ The negroes are all seated, and now- an interest,. aDV 0 „ ic8 of bonor 0 * truit under the •
tag and instructive scene is presented. The con- i : 4 t._ "
pay a
id anil
| ernment of the Unitiv,Jtates.
' Approved, February 25, 18G5.
tents of tho table are all fresh. Mothers with
sucking babes sit down—old and young, big -and
little are scattered -promiscuously along tbe table, i
I counted at a dinner of a gentleman of this i
county, one hundred and eighty-five negroes,} of the Slate we have been able to obtain but little
of Milledgeville, at 12 o’clock, meridian, on th«
fourth Wednesday of October, A. D. IdtiY
And whereas, tjie rebellion which bai be«u
waged by a portion of the people against the gov
ernment of the United States has. in its revolu
tionary progress, deprived the people of the Slate
lith, that orders lia.e | ot - a,i} oi vil government: and whereas, they mint
itamoras to repair encamp- j remain without civil officers and the admlnistra-
ments for 35,000 troops, to consist of j tion of civil law until n State Government shall
Freftch, Austrians, and Algerines. The I * )av,< ^. e ,° "cgnni/ed by the Convention catllada*
• ■■ .i • i, ,• ca ! aturesaul; and whereas it i* ntv-Mnsarv in tuD
exeunt given tor this collection of tioops j nieantime, that domestic tranquility be^naorad,
is because the l . >>. nave a sunil ij' num- and that the loyal people be prelected in all ihair
her at Brownsville and njdacent points — j rights of person and of property, I do further pm*
French oflicers assert that tliere is no rea- i , , . . . ...
p .t t •. - £2. i »«t. 1 hat no individual by virtue of his ownaa-
son tor the 1 nitea fet.ues arm) , consteting tliority, shall inflict corporeal punishment oneny
of SO or 100,000 men, stopping in 1 exas, . person tor any real or supposed iujury, ithtthet
unless she designs aggressive movements such injury relate to peisonor propeity: and that
upon Mexico. The spirit of the two av - , in *» »«ch c*sen. redrees mostbrsengfctfroman*
i - i ; »iven by such military authority, as may be w*
mies is depicted hwag hoat.Ic. • . j vested with jurisdiction over the cases.
" 1 • ! 2d. That slavery is extinct, and involuntary
United States District JinGE or Gr.oit- servitude no longer exists. Hence no person shul
ma.—The New York Herald states that the Hon. j have control of the labor of another, other than
John Erskine, (late of this city and State,) has j such control as may lawfully result from indanf
been commissioned as Judge of the United States 1 ure, the relation of parent and child, guardknana
District Court for Georgia. j ward, and the contract of hiring, freely and fairly
' made; and that for a breach of doty, on tbe ptrt
of auy one standing in these relations, the milita
ry authority will administer in a summary biot*
ner, adequate aud proper relief under the lawio’
We congratulate the people of our State, as we
Southeastern Georgia.—From this portion j do Jndge Erskine himself, upon this appointment.
An honorable gentleman and learned iu the law,
.about the table! And a healthier, happier, belter i information. ThetireiTgenerel iliteUi^nce there'I *? ! . 8 ••PPoiffn™*." gratifying to his numerous 1 ner. adeq
| fed, better dressed, collection of laborers, never j from we find in -he Savannah Herald, which iourn i ! r,el ?^ 8 at the bar in u rP«“ r Georgia, as we are sure the lanh.
I gathered around the boardof lord or master. Whilst! al gives an interesting account of what lias been Wl11 so , on P r , ove l ,° tbe ’Protession generally at i ff. ,uatal1 ”°]°« 9 or tumultuous assemblage^
j lhe negroes are eating, they are attentively wait- j transpiring. * savannah mnl nn the senhnurrt. in mnnv nt the
i ed on by some of the gentlemen present. Here] On the fourth a grand celebration by the people
' is a pictnre for the Abolitionist tu look upon.— i of Southeastern Georgia, took place at Blackshear,
Would that more of our brethren of the North | in Pierce county. All accounts represent the peo-
could understand the negro character, and the pie of that section, under tbe lead of Col. C. H.
treatment "to which be is subjected. Lot (lie North-. Ijopkins, asbecomingearnesfin Union sentiments
j ern man who sincerely wishes to know the tiuth,
| the uholc truth about this vexed subject, come
| among us and go upon our plantations. Let him
j leave "his opinions and prejudices in abeyance lor
and action’. Colonel Hopkins goes North by the
Arago, to tepresent the views and interests of the
people of that section at Washington.
Brevet Brigadier General Washburn, who was
the time being, and come to learn. One week I so popular in .Savannah, has command of a territo-
speni upon a large plantation near this city, will
give him more reliable,'truthful information about
the negro, than hc could ncquire in a life-time from
Northern journals and their correspondents. Let
him go to such a barbecue as I have endeavored to
describe—talk to the negro—study his actions,
and mark bis behavior to his superiors, iffid then
if be is an honest man he will return to bis home,
content to leave this feature of our social and po
litical system, where God has placed it, and abide
tllefasue in His own good time.
But to resume. After dinner, tbe amusements of the
morning arc resumed. Perhap*a wedding or two take*
place: or as the negroes “'epress’’ it, “eumob decullud
piuvons is guinc to bejined in.de holy bauds of fetlock.”
Bat in most cases the marriages are reserved for the
Digbt'a frolic ; and then Phillis is the bride, and Bo l >
the bridegroom. “Young mistress” ban dressed tb c
bride. Her old faffed ribbons float from Phillis' wool;
faded artificial flowers compose her wreath, and a
faded bdk dress, set oft'by a single grape vine hoop,
complete the outer bride. Bob has worried himself
ry embracing forty-five counties, with be«idqnar
ters at Blackshear, Pierce county, Georgia, lorty
miles up the Gulf railroad from the coast. ,Gen
Washburn is very milch liked by the people ol
that section generally, and the greatest harmony
exists.
The General has comimnced organizing civil
courts, and has made appointments of judges in
six counties, as follows: McIntosh, James Prin
gle. Theodore Pease and Wm. Parker: Liberty,
W. Joucs, B. Harrington, Sr., and Jno. B. Mal
lard; GlysD,Tlenry Dubiguon, Richard Berry and
J. II. Robinson ; Tat nail, Cbas. Fletcher, Shel
ton South and Mr. Hodge;/Montgomery, John
McCrea, who will arooiot two others; Camden,
Robert Stafford, win. will appoint tbe other two.
Judges will be appointed in tbe otfcer counties of
the forty-five. They have the jurisdiction of the
old superior conrts.
About five thousand people have already taken
the amnesty oath, but Gan. Washburn’s order, nn-
Savanuah and on the seaboard, to many of the j of the people, and also ail assemblages forunlav-
members of which, he is already favorably known, j ful purposes and unlawful objects, will be top*-
The appointment, however, we regret to state, J add : and to this end; if necessary, tho MiliUr/
_;ll Atlanta aC nnonf U. mnat Mal.la -a I pOWCI' Of the United StStSS Wtjl be illVOked.
4ih. The the idea, if any such is eutsrtaior^
that private property will be distributed or par
celed out is not only delusive bat dangeroai
mischievous; and if any attempt should beef*
by any person or parsons to affect such as ^
by violence or unlawful means, it will ooljR**® 1 ®
to him or them speedy and merited punishm* 0 -..
5th. To the end that the peopla may
themselves as voters, it will doubtless be «»•
pleasure of the commissioned officers in the i^'
the appointee* to these two important offices of ] vice of the United States, to have thsosth ot *®-
will deprive Atlanta of one of its most highly re
spected citizens—as it, of necessity, as we are in
formed, occasions a change of his residence, from
this plate to Savannah.' We hope though that we
shall soon havp the pleasure of seeing him in our
city.
In connection with the foregoing, we learn that
the telegraphic dispatch stating that the appoint
ments of District Attorney and U. S. Marshal for
Georgia bad been made by the President—the ap
pointees being named—was premature. If made.
the Federal Government, have not been made
public-—Atlanta Intelligencer.
WREELRIUHT AXD BLACKSMITH
T HE Undersigned are prepared.
to manufacture and repair bug )
^i^^giea and wagons. Horse-
C( . shoeing, aild all kinds of iron and wood
Vv -work done at prices to suit thetim«a.—
^S^Ni ’
No work will be delivered until paid for
either in mouey or provisions.
tSF* Shop opposite tbe Federal Union office.
WM. & J- W. CARAKER, Wheelrights.
JAMES H. SHERLOCK, Blacksmith.
Milledgevillei Aug. 7, 1865. 1 4 b
nesty administered under tbs rules cad
tions prescribed by the Secretary of Stale of tw
United States: and in this work, I most eamwj
desire and solicit the cheerful co-operation ?» th ?
people, so that Georgia may speedily be dsli** 1 *
of military rule: that she may once again regutet*
her owu domestic affairs, again so joy tbs ole**
ingsot civit government, and be heard sod **
by her Senators and Representatives iu tbe co
cils of the nation.
Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the btl*' i
on tbia, the 13th day of July* io el
our Lord, 1865, and tbe eighty-ninth >•«
American Independence.
.TAMES JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor of Gaorgis*
By the Governor:
L. H. Briscoe, Secretary.