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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. ——+ * 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. IKcw 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. ” ;;t. 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