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THE FEDERAL UNION,
( Comer of Hancoc 1 ' and Wilkinson streets.)
OPPOSITE THECOl'BTnorSE.
BOIGHTOX, NISBET K CO., State Printers.
Tuesday Morning, August 22, 1865.
Ot R Exchanges-—What has become of the
Augusta papers? Have our friends of the Intel
ligencer and the Enquirer also cut our acquain
tance ? Do send them along.
Freedman’s Bureau.—Dr. French, we learn,
will visit our city this Week. We hope he will
give notice of the day, that all may hear his views.
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A $ooil Suggestion.
A writer in an Augusta paper, suggests the names
of Judge C. J. Jenkins. Hon. Ebenezer Starnes, and
Hon. Alex, C. Walker as suitable men to represent
the county of Richmond in the approaching State Con
vention. These are ail honorable men—able men.
good men. Richmond county has several other dis
tinguished men, who would be of service to the State
in the Convention. Among them are H. TI. Cam
ming Esq., and Col. Jas. Gardner.
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We invite the attention of our friends iu Hancock,,
to the proposition to establish a Telegraph line between
Milledgevilleand Augusta.
am •
[■^"We are sorry, that, bv? an oversight, our usually j
obliging Express Agent, failed to take our packages
to the depot on Tuesday last. This will cause a delay
in the delivery of our paper, for several days. His
promptness heretofore, would make any mention of
this omission unnecessary, and we only refer to it. to
satisfy our subscribers that the delay is not attributable
to any neglect on our part.
nr t he names of Judge A. H. Ilansell. Hon.
James L. Seward and H. B. Moore, Esq , are sug
gested as suitable roeu to represent Thomas
county in the approaching State Convention. A
good ticket.
HEIJ.IXG OUT.
The Macon Daily Gazette says that many of our
planters have determined to sell their lauds, and
either leave the country, or move to town. They
are induced to take this step because everything
is so confnsed, that it will be impossible to make
What Does it Mean?—“The Tribune’s spe
I eial says, Col. Brown, of the Freedmen’s Bnreaff.
has been selected to aid the negroes who were
| made free by the President’s proclamation, in get-
1 ting their pay from their former masters for labor,
from the date of the proclamation. Col. Brown
has asked for instructions and will get Gen. How
ard's opiuion in a few days.”
We have no idea that President Johnson will
sanction any such senseless proceeding. The ne
groes were not free, inside the military lines of
the Confederate Armies, until the surrender of
Gens. Lee. Johnston. Taylor and Kirby Smith.—
But even if such a claim was set up, so far as we
are individually concerned, anu ten thousand
like us in every other State of the Confederacy,
the negroes during the last two years of the war.
cost us more than five times the wages that were
received by any man for the hire of bis ablest
bodied negro men. and most valuable women.
They were a heavy expense to us, the whole of
the war, and instead of owing them anything for
services rendered in ’63 and ‘64. we would, by any
fair jury, be entitled to very considerable dam
ages.—Eds. Ff.d. Union.
Our Postmaster.—P. M Compton, Esq , of
this city, has been appointed Post Master at Mil-
ledgevillo.
We congratulate our friend Compton on bis
elevation to the responsible position. He is now
P. M. Compton, P. M. As he is about to become
a man of letters, and will be expected to have
them all in their proper places, we suggest, as the
first of his official acts, that be put {bat “S" in the
Post Office sign, right side up with care.
Business is looking up a very little in our
town. Some of our merchants are receiving new
goods every few days. Others are now at the
North purchasing their Fall and Winter stocks.
Money is still very scarce with us, and very few
of our best citizens can afford to purchase other
than articles of prime necessity. Those who
have any money are the exceptions, but we hope
before Christmas comes, it may not be altogether
vain iu a poor devil of an Editor to hope to ven
ture a few dollars in old cheese, mackarcl, buck
wheat and Goshen butter, llow much we should
be pleased to renew our acquaintance with those
friends of other days.
— ——
Oun Railroads.—The road from Macon to
Columbus is in successful operation. The Sa
vannah Herald says the Central R R. is in good
repair for a distance of 40 miles from the city;
and that a line of coaches will soon run from the
terminus of the road to Waynesboro, Ga., thus af-
fordinga more certain communication, between
Savannah and Augusta, than by the river. It is
thought the ears will be running between Augus
ta and Savannah by the 1st or middle of Novem
ber. We know very little of the progress of the
work on the m^in trunk of the Central Railroad,
between Gordon and Milieu. We have beard it
said that the entire road would be finished by the
first of March. It does seem to us that, if the
proper energy was brought to hear on this impor
tant work, the road could certainly be put in run
Itfms, Original and Selected.
A. T. Stewart, the New York Mer
chant prince, is having a private residence
erected iu New York city, that will cost
one million and a half dollars.
A merchant named Thompsou, in Lon
don, is reputed to be worth Twenty-live
millions of dollars.
Emmerson Ethridge is said to be elect
ed to Congress from Tennessee.
Gfen. H. ft. Jackson has been libera
ted from prison.
It is said that Hon. A. H. Stephens is
in very feeble health.
Gen. Beauregard is going to Europe.
Thos. G. Sims has been appointed
Post master at Atlanta, Ga.
It is said that the entire delegation
from Tennessee just elected to Congress,
were formerly members of the Whig
party.
Ex. Gov. Brown has gone to Washing
ton city.
The Nashville Press and Times says,
“the man who advocates gradual emanci
pation is about to apply for the gradual
explosion of gun cotton.”
John Cochrane made a speech in answer
to a serenade at Washington, in which he
took strong grounds against negro suff
rage.
Senator Chandler of Michigan has an
income of $83,572 ; Gen. Cass, $20,747 ;
and Senator Guthrie of Kentucky, $23,-
848. •
The Canton, Miss , Citizen has at its
head ihe name of C. C. Shackelford,
Esq., for Governor.
It is recorded that $10,000 is the limit
at Morrissey’s in Saratoga.
At a negro fair in Louisville, for the
benefit of a church, a dificultv arose and
three darkeys got shot. It was purely a
negro affair throughout.
Returns of the Tennessee election show
large majorities in the several counties of
Middle and West Tennessee heard from,
against the Franchise act of the Legisla
ture.
Ladies patronise the faro banks at Sara
toga this summer.- It is the latest sweet
style from Paris.
•The Tribune's special says an important
case is preparing for the Supreme Court
against John Minor Botts upon a test
question as to whether slaves held to ser
vice since January 1st, 1803, the date of
Lincoln’s proclamation, are entitled to pay
for their work.
The income of the editor of the Chicago
ning order by March. But pood judges are of
the opinion that it will not be finished before next
a crop next year. The Gazette thinks this a verv j June or July,
unwis*- step, ami advises owners of land to hold. We hear of no operations on the Milledgeville j Tribune was $22,473 last year,
and not sell to “sharpers.” Many of our planters j and Augusta Road, between tins place and May.- j Jt . g officia p, y anno unced that there are
are obliged to sell to get money. They have no field. There are tew lines that would pay better j connter f e j tg> 0 f any denomination, oil na-
c-otton, and no provisions. How can they get [than this Road, and we hope to hear, soon, that I ]j a uks s
money? Borrow? Who will lend them money? I Mr. King has begun the work in earnest. J
Our situation is indeed deplorable. The man who '* - j There were 1000 bales of cotton sold
expects to make money with the labor of hired | An attempt was made by some ruffians to in New Orleans on the 10th at 40 to 41
negroes, may he a bold, but cannot be a prudent, j capture Gen. Wilson, as he was passing on the j cents.
man. If Northern men are willing to give free j street in Macon just after night. The General: The Times' Broivnville special of the
negro labor on our plantations a fair trial, let | whipped* the fight, driving off three, and captur-j 3^ says the artillery turned over by
them come on, and invest in our lands. They may
believe the negro will work under the present
system, hut those who Rave greater experience,
are of a different opinion. It is very natural
that onr planters should shrink from the experi
ment, partieularly after their experience of the jY
last three months-
We would be rejoiced to know that there was a
perfect understanding between the owner of the
land and the negro who is wanted to cultivate it.
We are pleased to see that Dr. French is doing all
he can to bring about that understanding—that
order—that fitness in things. Bnt Dr. French and
all other gentleman who have just turned their
attention to this subject, and who are taking their
first lessons in the study of the negro character,
will ultimately have to acknowledge that the no-
gro despises labor even for bis own good. There
will be exceptions—there will be here and there
an instance of a negro w ho has an appreciation of
the dignity of labor; but nine out of ten will
never work for an honest living, whether the in
ducement he ten cents or ten dollars. This is a
fact, and we are not only supported in the opin
ion by the former owners of the negroes, but
we are fortified by the actual conduct of the ne
groes since they have been declared free. Those
who think we are in error can make the experi
ment. We shall be delighted to know that our
opinions are incorrect
iug one of the attacking party. J Slaughter to Medan lias been delivered to
— !Gen. Steele on his demand. Also several
EPWe are informed by Judge Harris that the L^her pieceB of artillery and several hun-
Supericr Courts for this county (Baldwin) will be held j ^ re( j trOOPS
ntoYMopday, the 28th inst. j * *
A New York dispatch of the lltlusays
Messrs. Editors I understand that Dr. j the "defalcations charged against Henry
French will visit Milledgeville one day this week j B. Jenkins, paying teller Phoenix Bank,
—probably Wednesday or Saturday. This gentle- j amounts according to an affidavit of the
man is connected with the Freedman’s Bureau. : cashier, Mr. Parkes, to $250,00*', instead
and has been addressing the freedmen at various I 0 f §50,000 as reported,
places in Georgia, duiiug the past two months, j
Great good has followed in the field of his labors
Allow me to suggest through your columns, that
Gov. Johnson ascertain the day on which this gen
tleman will be pleased to visit us, and make pub.
Vic announcement of the same, so that our county
people may have an opportunity to br.ng in their
hired negroes te hear him.
CITIZEN.
The secretary of the treasury has deci
ded that “all bonds, treasury notes and
other obligations of the United States are
exempt from taxation under State or mu
nicipal authority.”
The largest receipts from internal reve
nue ever received in one day were re
ceived on the Gth inst. The amount is
$2,000,000.
The Chicago Journal understands that
an invention has been made by a citizen
iof Chicago that will work a revolution in
At a meeting this day held, 51 shares of stock i s I eam engines. It does away with steam
in the Company were represented. On motion, j boilers altogether, the propelling agent
Col. Win. McKinley was called to preside, and ■ being generated by a shower bath falling
J. IF Nisbet requested^ act as Secretary Kr. I j Jot j rorr nl a tes, and passing directly in-
L. Carrington briefly Ifated the object of the I. 1- ,1 . „r +i, 0 J
meeting, and referred to the past business of the 1 ^ ,e hnder of t e^englne.
Yours truly,
August 21, I860.
.timing of Klorkholdrra in Jlilledgcville
Telegraph Company.
Milledgeville, August 19th, 1865.
THE TIJIES AND THE DINF.K.
The wreck of matter and the crush of spirit,
all along the highways and byways of this our
Southern land, are absolutely fearful to behold.—
In the rich man's palace and the poor man’s cot—
in the public street and in the very heart of home,
are heard the lamentations of the stricken : and
faces which never wore .a shade of unhappy
thought, now never wear a smile. Ruin has come
upon us—desolation sits in our gates, and pover
ty attends us with ceaseless vigil. There are
men, to be numbered by dozens, of our own ac
quaintance, who have not Lad five dollars in cur
rency since the war cloSed—men who, before the
war, never knew what it was to leave themselves
or families ungratified in any wish. But our old
men feel the iron hand of destiny press ieaviesf
on their hearts and homes. Day by day we see
them falling like leaves iu summer, before the
time—silently passing away, making hardly a
ripple on the troubled sea. The shock came so
suddenly to them—they were called upon to
change the constitution of their minds, and the
habits of their bodies, in a day, as it were, while
the reflection that they were too old to enter life's
battle anew, pressed with crushing weight on
mind and body—was it any wondei then, the sil
ver chord was loosed ?
• But the young and the middle aged must bear
the shock like men—tho’ their fathers fall around
them, and the mournful signs of woe and want
haunt every waking hour and break their sweet
repose—yet they have musc-le, and mind, and
hopo, and years, to make them conquerors in the
end. We have all suffered, Qod only knows how
much.
Bnt we intend to bring poetry and philosophy
to hear, and while others groan, we’ll sing :
When darkness is around,
Aud other people suoozes,
I sits me down upon my bench,
And cogitates and muses
I often think it hard,
That there are still so maov, *
Who’ve got more cash than they can spend,
While me, I haint got any.
Ob.' I’m a used up man—
Ob! I’m a used up man .
But if ever I get up again.
‘I'll keep up if 1 can.
Company. On motion an election was held for
three* Directors of the Company. On counting
out the ballots it appeared that E. Waitzfelder,
Wm, McKinley and John M. Clark, were elected
R. M, Orme, Sr., submitted the following resolu
tion, which was adopted:
Resolved, That the Board of Directions be au
thorised to make such arrangements, as they may
deem expedient, to have constructed a Telegraph
line from At gusta to Milledgeville, thereby es
tablishing a direct line through the center of the
State, under the existing Telegraph charter: and
they are authorised to call for subscriptions to new
stock in the same.
Wm. McKINLEY, Chairman.
J. H. NrsBET, Sec’y. pro tem.
Business Necessary.—The experience of life de
monstrates that a regular and systematic business is
essential to the health, hapiness contentment, and
usefulness of man. Without it he is uneasy, unsettled,
miserable, and wretched. His desires have no fixed
aim. his ambition no high and noble ends. He is the
sport of visionary dreams ami idle fancies—a looker on
where all are busy, n drone in the life of industry'; a
moper in the field of enterprise ami labor. If such
were the lot of the feeble and helpless ODly it were less
to be deplored : but it is ofteuer tbe doom and curse of
those who have the power to do without the will to
act, and who need that quality which makes so many
others, bnt the want of which unmakes them—the
quality ot" vigor aud resolution. Business is the grand
regulator of life.
The Richmond Whig makes a shrewd argument
against negro suffrage. The military authorities
interfere between the freedmen and their employ
ers to regulate wages, on the plea that the igno
rant negioes could be imposed upon; hence the
Whig could not discover tne consistency of grant
ing the ballot to people so ignorant that they can
not be trusted to make their own contracts.
Present and Future Embroidery.—
Theatres and balls are often the mere
embroidery on tbe tattered cloths of civi
lized life.
New York, Aug. 12.—The Herald's
Washington special says it is reported that
a lorg and -stormy Cabinet meeting was
held to-day.
The president determined to adhere to
his reconstruction policy, after a thorough
discussion thereof, it is emphatically an
nounced.
Rob’t Ridgway and John S. Barbour
announce themselves as candidates for
Congress from Virginia..
The receipts for Internal Revenue, to*
j day $1,300,1100. •
Mr. James Robinson so well known
through the country as a great Circus
rider, is reported assaying recently died.
The Freedmen’s Commissioner at Selma
Alabama, writes to the Bureau at Wash
ington a rather unfavorable account of his
success in that region. He contemplates
that the negroes are desirfius of having
“matters in their own hands,” and do not
seem to have an adequate appreciation of
the binding nature ot their contracts, and
are constantly leaving mpst advantageous
positions.
An association of Northern capitalists
propose to lease most of the Southern
railroads for a term of years. In case
their proposition is accepted, the roads
will be put in complete fanning order.
Fifty-seven millions of dollars were rep
resented at tbe breakfast tables at one
of the Saratoga hotels one day last month.
Shoddy, petrolia and cotlonia.
It does not seem that the sensation re
porters can get up a war between Mexico
and the United States. We hope they
will rest from their labors for some time to
come, as Gen. Sheridan, has recently
received orders, to discharge all the troops
in Texas, that can possibly he spared, and
this ought to put a quietus on their grape
vine news.
The London correspondent of the Bos
ton Commonwealth says that Lord Broug
ham is broken down and in his dotage.—
He walks with steps two or three inches
long, and has forgotten tho names of Lis
friends.
The executive committee of the conser
vative citizens of Louisiana have recently
issued an address, anj adopted a platform
based upon the following ideas :
To maintain the present suffrage iaw.
To sustain the present Stale and Nation
al administrations.
To keep religious questions out of the
discussion of the day.
Full arid complete amnesty for all offen
ces growing out of the late war.
[From the Anti Slavery Standard, July 6.]
To the Editor of the Standard :
Let me call your attention and that of the conn-
try to the danger pointed out in the following ex
tract from the letter of an acute and vigilant
friend :
4‘President Johnson is rapidly issuing procla
mations for the re organization of the rebel States.
The Governors appointed are old politicians, who
know all the ropes. Is it not their design, and
will they not be able, before next December, to
make all their new constitutions and elect new
Governors and full congressional delegations?
Then, what is to prevent those States from pre
senting tb°mselves. fully accredited, on tho floor
of the new Congress, and participating in its or
ganisation? They will claim, as President John
son does, that their States have never been out of
the Union: that, the Government declaies (as it
will) the rebellion suppressed and military occu
pation withdrawn, and that they r.ow resume
their relations with the Federal Government,
which has been only temporarily suspended. In
this claim they will be backed by the whole power
of the administration, aud this is the trap to be
sprung on us. The Clerk of the House, you re-
member presides until a npw Speaker is elected.
If he bad firmness enough to refuse the credentials
of these rebel members, and to refuse to count
their votes this danger might he averted. But
«an we count on so much virtue in any politician?
We may perhaps baffle this plan in (he Senate.—
That being always organized, no member can he
admitted without the concurrence of the rest —
But how long would even the Senate stand up
against the action of the House of Representa
tives and the enormous pressure of every other
kind?
“I believe that this attempt will be made at the
uext meeting of CoDgress. Possibly South Car
olina might be kept out, but even that is doubtful.
I may exaggerate the importance of this matter,
but that the attempt will be made there can be
no doubt.
The importance of these suggestions cannot be
over estimated, and every means should bp taken
to avert this peril. We have been counting on
the possibiliiy of rallying a majority of the legal
ly elected mtmbers of Congress to keep the mem
bers from the rebel States out of Congress, at
least till they consented to certain conditions—
ratifying the anti slavery amendment aud otlipr
matters Some sanguine friends believe they can
be kept out until they agree to give the nr gro the
right to vote. JJut, according to tins rebel plot,
the Southern members may enter Congress with
out agreeing to the anti slavery amendment or to
any other conditions Once inside the floors, they
may take part in all the discussions and votes af
fecting themselves and their claims, and may
checkmate the anti slavery amendment itself. In
fact, our late rests in the hinds of the Clerk of
the House of Representatives. I know nothing
about him; but how few men could he trusted to
stand firm in such a post against this danger. If
the rebel States in their present mood, can, in any
way, get inside Congress, and wield eighty-four
votes there, aud more especially if they can get
there unpledged to any conditions and wield those
votes, then truly, the “South will be as strong as
ever, and the negro almost as defenceless.”
Yours, Wendel Phillips.
Judge Chase.
“The Herald’s "Washington special
says that Chase, has returned from his
Southern trip, and says that the condition
of society, where he has been, induces the
belief that the blacks are destined to be
the ruling race throughout the land of
the slaveholding States; the whites are
enervated demoralized and certain to be
eradicated, while the blacks are vigorous
and progressive, and bound to become the
dominant party in less than twenty-five
years. He also predicts that a negro
aristocracy will spring up in all the States
and elect negro members to the Federal
Congress almost with opposition, and hold
the legislation for that section complete
in their ow r n hands.”
If Chase is as false a prophet as he is a
financier, the w'hite folks of this country
need not be alarmed at his predictions.—
By what process is it that a negro is so
suddenly to be made the superior of the
Caucasian ? For thousands of years in
some countries, he ha < had. the same chance
to progress in the arts and sciences, and
in the industrial pursuits, and yet after tbe
lapse of all that time he is negro still, and
nothing but negro. Isolated—by himself
—he makes no progress whatever. Had
he been the equal of the white man, Africa
might be what Europe is. Bnt Africa is
a desert, and Europe is the garden of the
world.
The nature of the negro is essentially
different from that of the white man, and
it is essentially and radically inferior.
This fact is so patent that argument can
not make it plainer.
Some of the Northern papers have fre
quently attempted to show how little
cause the Rebel States, as they call them,
had to secede, by showing that in all the
departments of the government, they have
had for long years the ascendancy. If
that be true, and we do not doubt it, the
rebels are certainly the equals, if not the
superior of the loyalists. But if we are
inferior to the negro, so are they. If then
Judge Chase be correct, he depreciates his
own section, his own race, his own man
hood. .
But we are willing to leave this matter
to posterity. We are willing for posterity
to decide whether Judge Chase or our
selves have the more correct appreciation
of the negro.—Dlontgo/ncry Ledger.
CTWc see by the Chronicle and Senti
nel that the case of Thos. S. Metcalf and
Leopold'Cohn, having undergone official
investigation at headquarters Provost Mar
shal, Augusta, has been disposed of as
follows: The above gentlemen w :re
charged with attempting to bribe General
Grosvenor, a United States officer in the
sum of $200,000 to decide a certain ques
tion as to the title of a lot of cotton in their
favor. Mr. Cohn makes the followiug
admission :
“I admit the truth of the charges and
specifications continued herein, in ever}
particular, and appeal to Maj. Gen. Stced-
inan for his clemency in my behalf.”
L. Cohn.
Said clemency was granted, and Mr.
Cohn ordered to leave the department of
Georgia in 24 hours. Mr. Metcalf dis
claiming any intention to offer a bribe in
connection with Mr. Cohn, was, after
apoligizing for improper conduct, released
from arrest. The money deposited Avith
Gen. Grosevenor, in amount eleven thou
sand dollars, in part payment of the
offer of two hundred thousand dollars, was
ordered to be distributed among the poor
of Augusta.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
The Forrest divojee case is about to be
reproduced before the courts. The plan-
tiff will endeavor to get it before the Su
preme Court of the United States. He
assumes that inasmuch as his marriage
was solemnised and consummated in Eng
land, and that, as at the time a divorce
was granted by Judge Oakly neither he
nor his wife was a legal resident of Penn
sylvania, the courts of that State had not
legal jurisdiction of the subject.
Agricultural Rcstoratum. - The great agent
for the agricultural restoration of the South
ought to be labor-saving machinery. It is
this which has enabled the great North
west to ^develop its resources at such a
marvelous rate. It was this which made
good the great drain of the strongest la
boring men of that, section occasionally
the war; so that, though hundreds of
thousands were taken from the field to
fight through the four years’ war, the
crops, instead of being reduced in amount,
actually became larger than ever. It is
a well-known fact, that labor-saving farm
j implements enable the farmers of the
Northwest to accomplish three times the
amount of labor that they could without
them, wdtb the same number of teams and
men. These implements are applicable,
good judges say, to the. planting and culti
vating of cotton in all its stages up to the
picking, which must be done by hand.
\ et they have never been used for that pur
pose to any extent, worth mentioning. Be
ing lid of slavery an opening is now made
such as did not exist before, for the great
inventions of civilization. If a prompt
resort is had to them, and if their manage
ment is consigned to intelligent and faith
ful hands, they will very soon restore the
old cotton crops.—N. Y. Times.
Spurious Gold Dust.—We were
shown at the broker’s office of F. P.
Rice, corner of Whitehall and Decatur
streets, a nicely manufactured article
of spurious gold dust. It is well cal
culated to deceive any but a practiced
eye, and dealers are cautioned against
such scoundrels. Parties engaged in
this species of villainy may venture a
step too far.—Atlanta Intelligencer.
New \ork, Aug, 10.—The steamer
Salad/n has arived, bringing South Ameri
can dates of June 21.
Several naval engagements and floating
battery fights had taken place between
the fleets of Brazil and Paraguay, below
'lie town of Carrinto, on the river Parora.
The greatest bravery was display ed on
both sides. The slaughter was fearful.—
The Brazilians claim the victory.
The town of San Baraka, on Uruguay
river, had been captured by the Patago
nians, aud it is reported that the whole
garrison yvas pnt to death.
Pausing for Observation.—The Auburn
Advertiser, the Lome organ of Mr. Seward,
calls for a halt on the negro suffrage issue : |
—“Let us pause a moment to take obser- j
y'ations. The soldiers have returned from !
the war. They are a power in the land, j
Let us consult them. Unless they are in
favor of negro suffrage their votes will |
defeat the party and the candidates for
office who favor it.”
ISP 3 1 he Nashville Press Sf Times, of
the 14th, states that Ex Gov. Herschel V.
Johnson of this State has been pardoned !
by the president, bv tbe intercession of j
Mrs. Douglas.
At his residence in Midway, on Wednesday
morning, August 16th, Col. John B. Trippe.
in tha 55th year of his age, from an attack of
paralysis, which disease had caused his resigna
tion of the office of State Treasurer in 1859.
NEW STORE?
Confectionaries, Fruit, (; r0ffr | t ,
and Country- Produce
FOR SALE AT FAIR PRICES'
I3PGive us a call at the old Bakery.
e B. to UNDAY if Co
Milledgeville Ang 14th, 1865. a *
— - 4t.
LF* We are authorized to announcetta —'
of PETER FAIR as a candidate for Jnstice" 1 *
the Peace, at the election on the first SatiuJ 6 -°^
September next, to fill the vacancy caused
death of Robt. Micklejohn. ^
Milledgeville, Ang. 14, 1365.
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A Proclamation#
By James Johnson Provisional Governor
To the Peoplt of Georgia.
For tbe purpose of enabling the people ofGeorei-
tbe more easily to prepare themselves for the exeroiai
of the rights of citizens, I hereby pioclaim and dire!*
that the Ordinaries in the several counties of the Stat
be and are hereby authorized to administer the'" oaf-’
of Amnesty setvnUin the President's Proclamation
of 29th of May l*«5, to such ptrsons us shall be f
titled to fake aud leceive the same; and in ease,,/
a vacancy in the office of Ordinaries in any Com*i
or Comities of this State, then and iu that ease, tbs
Clerk of the Superior Court of such County shall td-
ministcr said oath. Provide<!, said Officers Uiemgelvw
shall have previously taken said oath.
It is further declared aud directed, that WheoJln,
oath is administered as aforesaid to any person withia
any of the exceptions specified in said Proclamation,
it shall be appended to the petition of the applicant—
which petition shall also be verified before such Ordina
ry or Clerk, by the oath of the party; and when ad
ministered to any person not embraced within any of
the exceptions specified, the original oath taken and
subscribed, shall be sent by the officer administering
the same to the Secretary of State of the UnitaS
States, and a certified copy shall he given to the ap
plicant.
Anil it is further proclaimed and declared, that a,’I
the civil officers of this State who have taken and sub
scribed the oath prescribed in the Proclamation afore
said, if not embraced within any of tbe exceptions; or
who may have received special Amnesty if embraced •
shall proceed thereafter in the discharge of the duties
of their several Offices according to the laws iu exi s .
tence prior to the 1st of January 1861, so far as tha
same are not inconsistent with our present condition.
T*> faciliate the people iu obtaining the Amnesty
proffered, the Ordinaries or Clerks, (as the case may
be,) are authorized to procure printed blanks from eith
er one of the following presses most convenient, as tho
Watchman, Atlanta Intelligencer, Koine Courier, Ma
con Telegraph, Southern Recorder and Columbus En
quirer.
Done at Milledgeville, the Capital of the State, on
this 7th day of August i*i the year of our Lord,
1865, and the eighty-ninth year of American
Independence.
JAMES JOHNSON,
Provisional Governor of Georgia.
By the Governor:
L. II. Briscoe, Secretary. 2 3t
SCII00L NOTICE.
E ) EY. S. E. BROOKS will re open his school
L on the 1st Monday in Septemoer next and
close on the 23d December, sixteen weeks.
Tuition, per week,.. 7 i$;l 25.
Music on .piano, per week 1 25.
Fuel, per term 1 00.
Arrangements have been made by which French
will be taught if desired.
One hall pay then t at the expiration of half tho
term, the balance at the close.
Provisions will be taken iu part payment.
A lew boarders can be accommodated with tho
teacher.
Milledgeville, Aug. 15, 1865. 2 3t.
E. M. P.P.ECK.
THOS. S. MORGAN.
S OUTH WESTERN RAIL ROAD STOCK
and BONDS,
lyjACON &. WESTERN RAILROAD STOCK.
gTATE OF GEORGIA BONDS,
ALBANJ * GULF RAILROAD BONDS,
BY
R. W. Cl'BCEDCE. Brokri,'*
Third Street.
Macon, Aug, 18th, 3 It
N
JOW OPENING AND TO ARRIVE
AT OONN ? S:
Sugar,
Coffee,
Candles,
Soap, *
Soda,
Pepper,
Spices,
Nuts,
RTtisins,
Candies,
Mackerel, Sardines and Herring,
TOYS, FANCY GOODS, NOTIONS, Ac., Ac.
X&acoboy Snuff, Cigars and Tobacco.
All of which will be sold low for CASH or ex
changed for Provisions.
Milledgeville, Aug. 19ih, 1865. 3 It.
STOCK!
J. H. ZEILiN & CO.,
DRUGGIST, MACON, GA.,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS OK
Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Glass,
Dye Staffs, Perfumery, Pancy
Articles, Eiiquors for me
dicinal use,
JfACCABOY SNUFF, Ac., Ac.
Particular adoption paid to the prompt and
thorough execution of orders. The attention cf
the trade is invited. Having bought cur Goods
for Cash, we are prepared to sell them loir.
Macon, Aug. 2, I860. . 1 3m*
GEORGIA, Baldwin countv.
W HEREAS, Abel it Akrfdgehas filed his petition
ior Inters of administration 011 the estate of Abel
Abridge late of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons
adversely concerned to file their objections on or be
fore tiie first Monday in October next.
Given under my official signature, this 8th August
I860.
1 5t. JOHN HAMMOND, Ord’y.
NOTICE.
T HE co-partnership heretofore existing under
the style of J. Conn A Sons has been dis
solved. Either of the surviving partners will
settle the unfinished business of the firm.
The CONFECTIONERY, FRUIT AND TOY
Business will he resumed at the old staud of J.
Conn A Sons, by the subscriber, in the name of
YV. T. CONN, where lie will be pleased to see
his old fii-1-D arj.1 customers.
YY T . T. CONN.
Milledgeville, Ga., Aug. 1st, I8G0. 1 3m
"residence for sale. .
T HE undersigned offers for sale bis residence
at Midway, 14 miles from Miiledgeville. The
house is now in complete repair, and contains
eight rooms The lot contains thirty-five and a
half acres, one fourth of which is woodland, and
the whole enelosed'with a good plank fence. On
the place is a well of fine water; all necessary
outbuildings, in good repair, and a fine orchard
of choice apples, peaches, plums, Ac. The loca
tion is one of the healthiest in Central Georgia,
with fine society and good male and female schools
convenient.
He will also sell with the place, if desired, the
IT8.MTIRE, CARPETS, .Arc-,
All of which arc nearly new, and in good order.
Parties desiring a pleasant and attractive home,
would do well to see the place.
For further information, address
Jr II. NICHOLS,
Aug. ft, 1-65.— I 5t. ~ Milledgeville, Ga.
E. M. BRUCE & CO.,
2SS Broad street, Augusta,. Ga.,
BANKERS AND COTTON FACTORS,
BEAT,KKS EXCLUSIVELY IS
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC EX
CHANGE , COIN, CURRENT .
MONEY, AND COTTON.
? II AYE this day taken into partnership Thomas S.
U Morgan. I «1.»this in recognition and appreciation
of his unimpeachable integrity and high capacity as a
business man, and his long, satisfactory, and successful
management of my commercial and financial affairs,
and his fidelity to my interests, (having been with mo
almost without intermission for more than fifteen
years,) I do therefore commend him with confidence
to the business public.
2 5fc. E. M. BRUCE.
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX.
I >Y the FIRST OF OCTOBER, or as soon as the
f mails are established, 1 will renew the publication
of the CHIHSTUX I.VUEX” and uf the
•*<' IE 11, D'W P4PEB” I have been publishing.
Price of “Index,” per annum, $3.00
Price of “Child’s Paper,” - 50
(A deduction made for Clubs/
Money may be remitted at once, as my determina
tion is positive. My desire is to secure a large sub •
scription first with which to begin, mid issue this Pros
pectus, that subscribers may have time to forward
their remittances
It is my intention to issue first class papers, and no
pains or expense will be spared to secure that end.—
The best writers and correspondents will be secured,
and tbe highest rcligirtha and literary talent will be
given to tbe papers. The Child’s Paper willfie pro
fusely illustrated and will, in every seuse, be made to
conform to its new title, }
THE CHILD’S DELIGHT!
Money may be sent by Express or otherwise—if by
Express, at my risk, if tbe Express receipt is sent me,
on the resumption of mail facilities.
My connection with tbe firm of J. YV. Burke & Co.,
is dissolved, but I will establish an office in Macon,
(la., where communications may he addressed.
SAMUEL BOYKIN.
UiT Jmoliua, Georgia and Alabama papers, daily
and weekly, will copy oxi: month, and send till to
2 5t. * 8. B.
TOE NEU YORK NEWS.
DAISs’L’’ AZ?D
THE NEW YORK WEEKLY NEWS.
A Greit Family Newspaper.
Benjamin Wood Proprietor.
A Journal of Polilics, Literature, Fasiiions, Market
and Financial Reports, Interesting Miscellany} and
News from all parts or Tbi would. It contains
more Reading Matter than any other weekly paper.
■ Xciv Improvements Introduced.—An Ini-
vunse Circulation determined on.—
The. Largest, Best and Cheapest
Paper published in Xew Yorlc.
Single Copies, Five Cent*.
One Copy, one year, «t § 2 00
Three Copies, one year 5 50
Five Copies, one year, 8 75
Ten Copies, one year, 17 00
—And an Extra Copy to any Club of t’en.—
Twenty Copies, one year $30 Otl
The II~eeklt) Xeir.i is sent to Clergymen at $1 60.
NEW YOiiK DilLY NEYfS.
To Mail Subsc ribers $10 #er Annum.
Six Months Five Dollar*
i-W*Payments Invariably in Advance.
Specimen copies of Daily an.I Weekly News sent
Free. Address 15ENJ. WOOD,
Daily News Building, No. 1!* City Hall Square, New
York City.
July 25th, 1865.
“specuTnoticeT
I RES PECTFULLY ask the citizens of Milledgeville
and vicinity to return my Photograph and Ambro-
type apparatus, taken from "the Penitentiary biiilihugs
when Gen. Shennau’s army occupied this P' ace -
Those having, or knowing anything <■( «*id appara
would confer quite a favor by reporting the same o
C. Vaughn, Milledgeville. HlTCH INS,
At lan tv