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Speech *f Or.
the federal union,
(CoTticrof Hancock and Wilkinson streets.)
OPPOSITE THECOUB1 HOtlE.
B014.HT0V SISBET & CO., State Printers.
1865.
Tuesday Morning, September
' B. T. Castellaw is onr a Rent in Putnam county to
procure subscribers ami receive payment.
Our duties to each other-SeII-d« fr.^e-Oiir
Remedy.
Dr. French has given us a talk—a long talk
and we p.re as much iu the dark as ever about a
remedy for the violation of contracts, and inso
lence to employers, on the part of the freedmen-
The duty of the white man is made plain by Mili
tary orders, which, if violated. Jnfliot pnni«hment
on the offender. But a negro can do just as he
pleases, work or not work, talk insolent y, eave
his employer without a moment’s warning, and
the white man is powerless to get a red re s of
grievances. Now, white men and women can. to
to some extent, protect themselves against worth
less and dishonest negroes, if they will work to
gether for each others’ good. If every white per
son will positively refuse to take any negro into
his or her employ, who cannot produce a cert '^
cate of good character, from some respectable
white person, in whose services ho or she has been
employed, many of the troubles and vexations to
which thev are now subjected, will be obviated.
If the negroes know that they can get another
good home, as soon as they leave the premisea of
their present employers, what inducement have
they to remain and do their duty faithfully’ None.
Just as soon as they get in a lit of bad humor, or
become dissatisfied, with or without cause, oil
they go in search of a new home, where the satr.e
scenes will be re-enacted after a few days of ser
vice: and, thus they goon and off, moving in a
circle, of no sort of good to anybody and a nui
sance to the public. We have known instances,
under our own observation, during the past month,
where negroes have left the premises of their em
ployer, before the expiration of the term of ser
vice agreed upon, and after receiving full wages,
and with a bad character following them, have
been employed by respectable white persons, who
were willing to teke them on trial, without any
knowledge of their fitness or honesty. If we ev
er intend to fortify ourselves against imposition,
and teach the negro a lesson lor his own good, we
must determine to take no negro into our fami
lies as a laborer, who does not bring a certificate of
good character, either from his or her former own
er, or last employer. If we all do this, we can to
some extent supply a remedy lor the gross impo.
sitions which are daily being inflicted on number
less white men and women in every community.
There is another thing employers should look to.
The wages agreed upon between the negro and
employer, should never be fully paid until the
service is rendered. A portion may be paid every
two weeks, or at the end of each month, always
reserving a part for final settlement. This plan i9
adopted with white operatives in various manu
facturing establishments, and is found to work
well—no objection being offered by the party that
renders the labor Until civil laws are enacted,
governing and regulating the labor of freedmen,
we must adopt some plan for our own security,
especially in cities and towns, where bad exam
ples, and worse advice, keep the negroes running
about from one place to another, always dissatis
fied. and never settled.
The suggestions we have given above, are the
best we can offer at present. They do not ope
rate to the detriment of any well-disposed negro,
and in no way affect his freedom. They are in
tended to reach the idle, the vicious, and the dis
honest, and all such Dr. French declares to be
worthless characters. Without some certain and
effective remedy agaipst this class of negroes, we
shall be perpetually harrassed and defrauded. We
call upon respectable white men and women to
give their attention to these matters, at once.
French .o .he Freedmen ofj
Baldwin ••
On Wednesday last Dr. French delivered an ad
less to a large audience of black men and women
from the steps of the capital m Milledgevjlle -
The speech was substantially the same as that
re iorted in the Macon Telegraph as having been
delivered at Albany. Wo have heard various
opinions on the merits of the speech.’ some believ
ing it had done good, and others harm. The dar
kies took all they liked and throw the rest over
the left shoulder, One thing however made a
profound impression. Dr, French told them that
the white people here were compelled to employ |
them, that they could not get white kbor from
the North, because the white men here were poor
and could uot pay high wages, whereas the white
men at the North were rich and had plenty ot
green backs, and could pay higher wages. The
freedmen 6aid among themselves if the people a f
the North aro our friends, and are rich and can
pay high wages, that is the place for us. We think
that is a very natural conclusion from the premises,
and we are willing they should act upon it. lue
people at the North think they know more about
the Negro than we do, end can manage them bet
ter than we do ,and we are willing they should ha\ e
the trial. That is the natural course of events, and
to that complexion it will come at last.
From Savannah.
From late papers from Savannah we gather the fol
lowing local intelligence.
Philip M. Russell Esq., has been appointed Clerk ol
the City Court, by Mayor Arnold.
I-)—.—„---a —- t; il.a.j»uhlie..naains‘’
purchasing tickets of Central Rail Road, from any per
son but the Agent at the depot, the office having been
robbed. /(
Mr. O. H. Lufburrow an old citizen of Savannah>,
died in Augusta, a few days ago, at the advanced age
of 8-’ years.
The White Fire Companies are being reorganized ;
the following*will soon have their organization com
plied—The Oglethorpe, Washington, i \ el man. Young
America, and Metropolitan.
Bogn Again.
Our friend the “Local’’ of the Telegraph, is very
sensitive on the subject of dogs. W e fear that he has
been bitten by a mud dog, he is so snappish, and that
is one of the surest symptoms of hydrophobia. One of
the first lesson* we ever learned in our Primer, was,
“A dog will bite
A thief at night.”
For the Federal Union.
going to town.
Messrs. Editors .—We all see and deplore the
folly of the uegroes in leaving their old homes and
flocking to«he cities and towns; but nothing short
of intense suffering will convince them of the
folly of sue.h a course. “Experience is a deal
school, but fools learn at no other.” The winter
is coming on : then, iu a freezing, starving coiidi
tion, they will sigh for the old cabin home, the
good fares, roasted potatoes, and comfortable nap
in the chimney corner. One winter in town, I
think, will he sufficient to convince a great many
of them th«t they have made a sad mistake, and
they will, before planting time, beg to be allowed
to go back to the old plantation.
Bnt 1 fear that many of our planters and farm
ers are, also, laboring under the delusion that thy
city is the place to mend their bioken foitunes,
and contemplate selling their personal property
and lands to raise money with which to speculate-
Would it not be well for them to pause and think
before taking so important a step ? Let them not
part with the old homestead. There they can cer
tainly make a support for their families. If ne
groes will’not work let them starve; white men
can be hired, and by cultivating the best land,
raising stock, &c., the farmer is certaio of a goiu-
fortable living. But he thinks ho cannot make
money fast enough and must move to the city and
go to speculating. Heaven forbid that our pian-
teis and farmers should ever turu speculators.
The love of money—the desire to make it and
the fear of lrsing it—has ruined our country.—
Many men once thought more of their negroes
IDUU .1 i,1 nf tlioir smta anrl
jiionpy than of their country ! What did they
their intense love of wealth ?
i ''But if every body goes to town who will sup-
[To the Associated Press.]
Action of the .Tlis-isfeippi State Convention.
Mississippi State Convention.
Jacks'll, Aug. 23.—The Times' special says an ordi
nance was pas.-ed ratifying all tews and official acts
passed since secession not repugnant to the constitution
of the United States and Mississippi, prior to January.
1861. eteept laws concerning crimes and acts enabling
railroads to pay moneys borrowed by them. It re-
Herds grass will flourish on any bottom
land too wet for cultivation. For winter
pasture, where orchard grass and meadow
oat grass will not grow; the Terrell grass
or wild rye will grow. For snmmer pas
ture neither Old Kngland or New Eng
land have any grass equal - to Bermuda.
Lucerne, which cannot he raised at the
Nor’l), or in England, and which is in
comparably the best of all forage plants
for hay, both as to quantity and quality,
capacity and other compromises with persons agniust thrives Oil land sufficiently - rich, in Geor
peals all liws authorizing the payment of dues to the
State in Confederate scrip and distillation of spirits on
State account. It ratifies all official acts, proceedings,
judgments, etc., of the several courts, with all sales
made by administrators and others acting in a judicial
AUGUSTA HOTEL
s.
BY
ill* JONES and
Z.
W E respectfully invite onrokt ^^
“cling public to give us a call »he t
wanting on our part to satisfy ik *
w-ints of man. 3 ne 1
*“• Nothh^
Uiner
a»i4
Augusta, Gu., Sept. 5th, 1865
J OXES
GEORGIA, Baldwiu Conntv
W HEREAS, B. B deGrsffi*, v-
ttie will of Eveliha !{„«»
A R| C j,.
•'■V
whom notes are held, according to value of the proper
ty for which su« h notes were given. It antborizedthe
testimony of paroled prisoners to be taken to prove
whether or not the contracts contemplated specie or i
currency. It also ratifies all marriages consummated!
since January J861.
Latest from the Convention.
New Orleans, Aug. 25, via Jackson, Aug. 24.—An
ordinance proposing to submit the constitutional
amendment to the people for ratification or rejection,
was lost, by 5 to 41.
An eloquent appeal memorializing President Johnson
to grunt a pardon to Jeff. Davis and Gov Clark, late
Governor of Mississippi, signed by over 4,000 ladies,
was approved.
A resolution was adopted requesting the President
of the Convention to forward the resolution to the
President of the United States.
The Convention giveg their President the right to
recommend resolutions when deemed necessary.
Further from the Convention.
New Orleans. August 25.—The Times' special says
Goy. Sharkey communicated a telegram from Presi
dent Johnson. congratulating the convention upon the
progress it is making in paving the way to readuiission
into the Union—all obstacles will soon be removed.
lie says he will restore the writ of habeas corpus
and remove the troops at the earliest moment when
the State makes sufficient progress to have entirely
returned to allegiance. He hopes the example of
Root -
tfa. from the mountains to the shitting ! « ,ed . hi ? <“*connt and petition^* 1 . U
° . . .. I dismission from sain trust letter*
sands of the seaeoast. There is no part ot
Europe or America better suited to- the
profitable reaiing of live stock, under'a
proper system .of management, than the
Slate of Georgia. This is not theory or
speculation. This conclusion is based
upon more than twenty years of close
observation in the country and in Europe.
It is my firm belief that it this change
in our system of agriculture he adopted ;
with life and energy, in a few years our
selves and our children will be in a really
more confortable condition, ana in the en- i
joyinent of a sounder prosperity, than j
when we held our uegroes and planted ;
exclusively cotton and lice.
As a part of this system, we need the j
developement of a resource heretofore j
comparatively idle—the immense water
power found in almost every section of the
State. Independent of its value other
wise; the farmer requires that there s.ball
be a proportion of consumers to afford a
home market for his products. This de
velopment demands capital. This capital
can be obtained in Europe. I have found
by personal inquiry that the objection of
both capitalists and laborers in Europe to
1 the South was founded on the existence of
| slavery. This objection is now removed,
i and both capital and labor can be pio-
i cured by proper effort. I would venture
| to suggest to the Convention soon to as-
.! five poverty. The industrial, mechanical and j uemble the propriety of sending a coui-
di*missinn from said trust.
This is therefore to cite and adm
sons adversely concerned, to fi1e~th»!" S V'fl r
on or before the first Monday in Msua,°' , . e ctic.
Given under iny official sienat'ii,,,
iSfio. 5 mtim JOHN HaMMONd!*?*-
GEORGIA, Baldwin County
\\rHEHEAS. B. B. deGratWi,] . .
» T tor on the estate of Hugh Trp« °
irpes
lisstssioni will be followed bv nth...-
Judge r.. n. lsiier was noinma’ed tor Governor,
and the eonventio.n adjourned sine die.
The Recuperative Energies of the South.
port them ? The town is dependent on ihe coun- j —-\y ar i, HS triumphs, and so has peace. Per-
try for meat and bread. There are enough people | ],.,p S ri0 people in the world ever dared more, suf-
who own no land to fill the towns to overflowing;! fere 1 more, or sacrificed more, than have the neo-
many of whom would greatly improve their condi-: Die of the South, within the last four years. I)es-
tions by going to the country and working for mation marks every inch of territory covered by
the war. Four millions ot slaves, representing no
those who do. The hope that animates most men J , eM tba| , ooo.OGG. have been swept from
in the city is, that they will one day be able to re- t j. e industrial capital of the South at one fell
tire to some beautiful country home. Will our (swoop. Rich men hav* been reduced to compara
farmers exchange their pleasant homes in the coun
try for the cares, perplexities and uncertain for
lgh iresn,-
ed, has filed hi.s final account and n*.;,-,- * -
ters of dismission. 10,11 fitly
This is therefore to cite and a<W,
i sons adversely concerned, to fife ^*Npsi
oil or before the first Monday in Mvo-h ■ K;Cl
Given under my official signatntMiI^ 1
fff*. r» mfi.n JOHN HAMMq^y
NEW store;
Cou&ftionaim, Fruit, Urore'J
and Country Produce
FOR SALE AT FAIR
GfGive us a call at the old Bakery.
c - B. MUNDAYiJ
Milledgeville Ang. 14 th. 1865.
E. 31. DRl'CS.
ommereial resources of the country had all wast
ed under the baneful influence of devastating war;
tunes of city lite 1 I hey cannot compete with , an( ^ a people heretofore stigmatized as devoid of
the sharpers and speculator* collected in the cities, ; energy and iudustry, were left, but a few months
rnpted or lose all, probably both. Then let them
stick to Ihe country, and be satisfied, for no one
A dog is a very sagacious animal and seldom bites an j ba3 brighter prospects, or is happier or more iu-
aud the chances are that they will become cor- j since, iff a deplorably helpless and dependent, po
sition. Our worst enemies could not have wished
us a more apparently helpless desti iy : our best
honest man. if he is where he ought to he
dependent than the
Country max.
Ilvu .tlill«-«lgs*ville 1,00^*-
Our friend Marshall of the Telegraph fans been taking
a bird's eye view of our city. He writes to the Tele
graph that our tow-n is used up, aud that “there is uot
as much business done in this pity as is done in one of
fifty-different stores in Macon.’ hy is it thus Our
Business men here are stifi in the joints they don t
lubricate their machines with Printer’s Ink ; that s the
reason their business is so trifling. Let tuein wake up,
be live men, and advertise liberally, and they w ill soon
feel the good effects of the change, on themselves and
their town.
—mm —
Oentli of Rev. Mamuel K. Talmage. D B.
Truly a great man has fallen in Israel. Dr.
Samuel K. Tahnage died at Midway, on Saturday
morning Sept. 2nd 1865, aged about 70 years. He
had been in feeble health, for some time, but his
death was sudden and unexpected.
It is not fdr our feeble pen to record the life,
services, and character of such a man as Dr. Tal-
mago. To other and abler hands we commit the
office. But as one who grew up under his teach
ing, knew him a quarter of a century, and had a
profound respect and veneration for him, as a man
and a Christian, we cannot let the occasion pass,
without expressing our deep sorrow,that,in the pro
vidence of God, one so great, so good, so gentle, so
meek, and puro nnd patient, should Lave closed
Jiis long and useful life in paroxysms so violent,
and without a knowledge of loved ones about him.
Verily, the ways of God are past finding out.
(Special Telegraph to Mobile Daily News.]
yiiMMiixippi fotiTrsfien.
,1 ickson, August 22.—Tlie Convention passed an
ordinance declaring null'and void the ordinance of
secession.
It repeals all ordinance* of the Convention of 1861,
except revenue ordinance, which is left for such action
ns the Legislature may see proper to take, having in
view the honor and prosperily of the State.
[Special to Advertiser and Register J
Jackson, August 22, 1S65.
The Convention adopted an ordinance to-day. de-
daring the Ordinance of Secession null and void, by a
vote of 81 to 14.
The Convention refused to repeal the act authorizing
the issuing of State notes to aid in carrying on the war,
but decided to leave it to the Legislature to do in the
premises what is right aud for tiie best interests of the
State.
friends could foresee nothing but gfoom and de
spondence iu the future.
Vv’liat has been the result? But little over four
months have elapsed since “grim visaged war has
smoothed his wrinkled front,” and what do we see?
Cities that were laid iu ruins are rising from the
debris of desolation, as if by magic Atlanta, the
[From tho Constitutionalist J
Repudiation of Debts.
Some persons in different parts of
State, are greatly exercised upon the ( ....
portance aud necessity of a wholesale j P" ,i . n F. the °f, w an her merchants-are re-
^ t • • p • . j i . ^ ' ptenishtne their hnstily constructed storehouses’
repudiation of private debt., and seen i with heavy stocks of goods ; manufacturing and )
think that the Convention of fhe State ; mechanical enterprises on a large scale are being j
will declare all contracts null and void.— ; inaugurated, and Atlanta is to day, as she w as in '
missioner to Europe to secure the intro-
! duction offoreign capital and skilled labor
j from Lombardy and other coterminous
i States, in which the climate is similar to
i our own, iu which the practice of irriga-
1 tion, so important to us, is best understood,
! and in which the people are industrious,
used to a hot sun. and accustomed to low
' wages.
j T he change in the system of agriculture
proposed is but an adoption of the system
| “doomed” “Gate City,” of this State, resounds | practiced in Europe from time immerao-
. e with the music of busy industry; her artificers j na ] ant [ f rom which our former system
lm-iare industriously and profitably employed in re- '■ ■ i i ii j.„ .
fb« ravncr.w war- i !m "'as an unwise and remarkable departure.
5 depart!
Courage, then my countrymen. With
To quiet the public mind on this subject,
and to set at rest such dreams, a brief ex-
the past, fast becoming the wonder of the world
health and strength, with clear con-
of God,
It is un
sciences, and with the blessin
we can mould our own future.
for her remarkable development oL
mental energy. So with other citielf
hysical and j manly to repine—it is suicide to sit with
; t>us, Montgomery, neima. Mobile, every where, we i , , rn , ,, ^ . , . 1 ,
hear of rapii recuperation, and that, too, under Aowaid the Government let us be
tract from the constitution of the Lnited i Charleston, Savannah, Augusta, Macon, Colum-
States is copied. Section 10 of Article 1 | bus, Montgomery. Selma, Mobile, everywhere, we
is as follows :
••No State, shall enter into any treaty,
alliance, nr confederation ; great letters of
marque and reprisal; enact bills of credit;
make anything but gold and silver coin a
tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill
If the South. ! tolded arms—it is cowardly to inn away
from a suffering State until all hope is
th' a most embarrassing circumstances. Men pro
scribed. persecuted and under ban of military dis
pleasure for the part they took in the war, are
manfully wrestling against everj- odds, and by
their indomitable energy and industry, are fast
laying the foundation of their own and their
States' future suceess. Familiar as vve have been
of attainder or ex post facto law, or Intel with the business talents of the men of our city,
Impairing the obligations of contrasts; or : «e are astonished at the facility with which they
- ‘ 1 have adapted themselves to new circumstances,
and at the readiness wir h which they convert ad-
veiseinto favorable results. To-day Macon pre-
tbe insertion of such a provision in the senta the most promising features of a great and
grant any title of nobility.”
Those who are so vehemently urging
al amendment, or ordinance can he passed
to extinguish debts ; so the public mind I
had better direct its attention as to how j
debts can be paid. The stay law has,
lulled many into ease; now that the war I
is over and the pressure off’ from tlie i
courts, it does not require much law' best adapt themselves to'the change
knowledge to know what the courts will; in 0UP systom of ] abor . The main idea is
The Trite Policy of the South.
Mr. C. W. Howard
the Atlanta intelligencer an article full of
sensible practical suggestions as to the
means by which Southern agriculturists
loyal, in the selection of men for office let
us be careful, in our views of the future
let us be cheerful, in the work of recon
struction let us be prompt, in our own af
fairs let us be energetic, and toward our
Maker let us be reverently obedient • As
to our own beloved State, let us as Geor
gians’so act that each one of us may be
enabled to appropriate and utter the me
morable words of Cardinal de Retz before
the French Parliament : “In the most
difficult times ot the republic I never de
serted the State ; in her most prosperous
fortuue I never tasted of her sweets; in
her most desperate, circumstances I knew
not fear."
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Money may be sent by Express orolhtr e-if
Express, at my risk, if the Express receiptii*sfc
on the resumption of mail facilities^
My connection with the firm of .I.#r Parkei
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Ga.. where communications may Tie addressed.
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likely (l'ecide on that question. If there he
any hope that the stay law will be con
tinued for a term of years, that hope had
better be dispelled at cnce. It seems plain
that no stay or alleviating law can be en
forced. Hard as this may seem, and ruin-
tho adoption of farm economy iu lien of
plantation economy, as we crudely sug
gested a week or two since. Mr. Howard
is a practical fanner, and knows from ex
perience the value of the system which he
proposes. We believe that it will soon
lyvv e learn from the Augusta papers that arrange
ments have been made for a passenger train to leave
the Augusta and Savannah rad road depot every night
nt nine o clook, which will connect at Waynesboro’
with a line of wagons for Savanuali. via station 4 1-2,
C. R. R.—when the passengers will again take the
cars, arriving at Savannali the next evening at a quar
ter to eight. A first rate arrangement.
Itnd C’oiiiuiclloih.
There are a few men at fhe South, a very few, vre
believe—not enough to fill a planter’s hog pen, without
crowding at that—who would be greatly rejoiced to
keep the Southern States under Military rule, that
they might keep their places under the public table >
aod grow rich off of the fat drippings that fell to their
share. Some ol these men nave sucked the Confed
erate Cow until her bag was dry. They soon discov
ered that there was no more milk to get in that udder,
and they turned right round and bolted for Uncle Sam’s
barn, and, strange to say, the gap was letdown to
them on the first low, and they fell to work with an
unction that utterly bewildered the natural offspring —
If these men liqve not disgusted the Yankees with i
tbeir cringing and sycophancy, then there is less man- j l^TheN. Y. Times says that there is authoritv
hood among them than we gave them credit for. But ! for stating that hereafter no pardons will be delivered
we should not say a word about, these miserable crca- j lo ftnd attorneys. They will be delivered neith
tures, if they would be content to feed and fatten, and
T« —
ryTl.e New York World, states that Mr. Odell,
whom tlie president has recently appointed Naval
Agent nt New Y'ork, voted for McClellan, at the last
presidential election; and to show that the president
was familiar with the fact,the World adds :
We happen to know that this fidelity of Mr. Odell
to the discipline of the Democratic organization was
held up to the appointing power as a reason for the
rejection of his name.
let decent people alone. But they are not satisfied to
do this. They are anxious to make a ehow of grati
tude, . especially as it costa them nothing, and they
think they have discharged the debt wLcd they have
told as many lies on the Southern people as their wick
ed minds could invent. They ure conesponding with
Northern journals almost every day, and scattering
abroad at home the seeds of disUhrd with a reckless
ness unsurpassed. Here they can do no harm. They
are known, and will be remembered. We appeal to
the Conservative journals nt the North to neutralize
the poison they disseminate there: we can take care of
them here.
AngnMla Hotel.
We invite the attention of our readers to this house’
We have not had the pleasure of visiting the bote]
since Messrs. Jones A. Rice have become its Proprie
tors. But we have beard of them before, and shall
be happy to break bread with them. The Augusta
Hotel is situated centrally, on Broad Street, nnd we
know the Proprietors to be gentlemen Give them a
call.
Thomasville and Savannah.—There is now
direct-communication between these places. A
steamer runs, once a week, between Savannah
and Doctor Town on the Altamaha. The cars run
on the Golf Road from Thomasville to Doctor
Town, thus putting Savannah and Thomasville in
communication by steamer aud rail.
Good Rending.
Our paper is full of gefcd, instructive and interesting
reading, the present week, and we find hut little space
left us for our owntlumgLt,.- In a short time we will
publish a full sheet, which will give us room to air our
owu opinions, as well as those of other people. * But at
present we give the preference to Q» r “company.”
* gyOur fair contiibutor “Memet,” has a very pretty
piece of poetry in our present issue, “Burial of « Fail v
Queen?’
| ert<> the applicants m person, or (what is more con
venient and less harassing to the President) will be
sent to the applicants by the mails from the State
Department.
Negro Laborers going North.—A Washington des-
pali-li saye:
The demand for farm hands, laborers, and house
servants upon the Freedmen’s Bureau from the North
ern, Eastern, and Middle-States is very large, and
threatens togo much beyond the supply. Grd.-rs have
been sent to Richmond to forward several hundred
hands.
All Colored Troops to he Mustered out the Regular
Army.—There is good authority for stating says a
Washington dispatch that all the colored troops now in
the service are soon to be mustered out. The idea
that they will be retained as a part of the regular army
is erroneous. They form simply a provisional Corps,
which will be discontinue.! within a few months.
Otis to men and estates as it may l>e, yet [, ecome tl)&,general and settled policy of
thmfoof Bari Better ho mot Brnve.lv *nd ^ g outh> aud tbat un( [ er it 0 lir section
will rapidly advance lo an astonishing de
gree of prosperity. The present scarcity
i and high prices may stimulate exertions to
produce a large crop of cotton next year,
but when the prevailing stimulus has
ceased, as it will cease in a year or two if
the experiment of raising cotton with free
Dr. Holmes on Controversy.—Oliver Wen-
coramunicates to ; (i H n Holmes gives us, in the Autocrat of the
,• on Ail! of : Breakfast Table, the following good iea.su:: for
avoiding coiitrovesy: “If a fellow attacked my
opinions in print., would I reply ? Not I. Do
you think I d< n t understand what my friend, in?
Prof, shut, long ago called the hydrostatiq paradox
of controversy ? Don’t you know what that means'?
Well I’ll tell you. You know if you had a bent
tube, one arm of which was the size of a pipe
stein aud the other big enough to hold the oeean,
water would stand in the same height in one as
the other? Controversy equalizes fools and wise
men, in the same way. and th-3 fools know it.”
The Doctor is a trump.
this fact had better he met bravely and
acted on at once.
Common Sense,
August 19th 1S05.
Counterfeit One Dollar Treasury Notes.
—The Boston Herald says a dangerous
counterfeit of the one dollar Treasury notes
istued by the general government has labor is successful, or when tho attempt is
made its appearance. Excepting a few * ’ ’ * “ ’ -----
minor discrepancies the spurious note is
an exact fuc simile of the bill. The gen
eral appearance of the bill is also very
abandoned because of the unreliability of
such labor, then the farming economy will
be resorted to by the South, and the value
of such suggestions as those of Mr. How
Matters.—By a dispatch from Wr.filing-
ton, of the 21st, we team that tlie Postmaster
General continues to devote his time and attention
to the re-establishment of postal lacilitits in the
Southern States. He had ordered service to be
resumed on eight out of ten of the railroads in
Georgia. Arrangements were also made for the
conveyance of ti c mails over the small routes iff
several of tho States. We have rsc>-!ved a sugg^tion
from gentlemen who are undoubtedly posted, that
any proposition made by a responsible party, to
carry tbe mail over any routo established before
the war, snd at the rate then paid, will be tavern
bly considered and the service allowed without
delay. We suggist that all interested make the
effort, at all events.
NEW DRUG STOP!
T tHE Firm of HERTY & HALL
being dissvlcal by limitation, and
my absence in the Army causing the
store to be closed for some time, I
have now resumed the business at the
STORE OF WM. H. SCOTT, and will ket?|
ways on baud a irill selected stock oj
DRUGS, PAINTS,
MEDICINES, OILS,
CHEMICALS, DYESTUFFS
PERFUMERY, FANCY ARTICLES
All in need of any articles in mylinesB
spectfully invited to call.
QP All Orders and Prescriptions will meet
prompt attention.
BERNARD R BEST!
Mil, Jgeville, August 29th, 1865. • ^
GEORGIA;Baldwin county.
lyiiKKEAS, Edetb L. Stetson anil lY* 3 *!
y T Stetson btw made application for letto»*l
ministr&lkm on the e.-tate of Daniel B. SU'tsi*i*|
said eounly deceased. t
These are therefore to cite and admonish iJf
adversely concerned to file their objections on®*
the first Monday iu October next.
Given under iny official signature, this 26oiJ
1865. ' -
45t. JOHN HAMMOND.Owl
good. The green ink is ot somewhat i aid will be properly appreciated,
lighter shade than that used on the genu-] We copy from Mr. Howards communi-
ine, and some parts of the note looked J cation :
scratched and blurred. The figures “1” j But it may he asked, of what avail will
on the scroll-work on the lower right cor-, Be our restoration to our civil and political
ner of the note are priuted in green ; in the ] rights and privileges, since we are penni-
geuuine they are white. The face of Chase less and our lands are left without labor-
in the counterfeit is badly executed, but | ers to cultivate them / This question may
otherwise the work is well liont, and the | be asked by»one who is the owner of live
note well calculated to deceive.
Ex.Gov. H. V. Johnson.—We have authentic in
formation of the fact that (bis gentleman baa been par
doned, and restored to all tlie rights of citizenship. At
tbe request ol a citizen of Macon, 'Sirs. Stephen A.
Dong as presented, in person nn application in favor
of Gov. J.. some days before he reached tlie capital;
uiid tbe president speedily returned the desired docu
ments, with an intimation that the clemency was exer
cised because of his respect for tlie memory of the
dec -used statesman, and high regard for the personal
worth of Gqv..J. Gov. Johnson was received in Wash
ington on his urrival, in Hie most cordial and oompli-
im-ntary manner, by officials as well as citizens.
The Burning of Cliniubrrubiirjf. Iiidicfment
• of Hie Rebel General lYlet'aiiHlnud
fDespatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer.]
Harrisburg, Aug. 23.
True bills having been found by the Grand Ju
ry of Frauklin County, against McCausland aud
others who were the immediate instrumentalities
in tho burning of Chambersburg and the pillaging
of tho border by the rebels during the war, requi
sitions Lave been made upon the Governors of Old
Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland for the ren
dition of these persons to the custody of the Penn
sylvania authorities for trial at Chambersbng.—
T hese men, if tried by a, jury of local Pennsylva
nians, will have a hard road to travel. Gov. Cortiu
has scut officers to take these men into custody.
Rather Knotty.—Gen. Palmer, in command
at Louisville, recently had the following case up
before him tor adjudication:
An old negro deposited, some time ago, one
thousand dollars with a white man. The man
gave the negro a due bill for the full amount —
Tbe negro presented tbe due bill for tho amount.
The man took the due bill from him, destroyed it.
aud put him-out of the store. The negro lived
with the man six months once and thought lie
knew him well enough to trust him with a $1,000,
This was tbe story told by the negro. Here is
the one told by the other party :
hundred, or ;i thousand, or perhaps more
acies of land. A European or a Northern
man would Lm amused at tlie question.—
It either of them owned so nmeB land,
without owning anything else, he would
consider himself rich. We must do as
they have done, or would do in like cir
cumstances. c must revolutionize our
system of agriculture. We must give
our land a value independent of labor.—
We must make it work for itself.
is it asked how can this he done ? The
; reply is easy. Sow a large portion of
In the first place I dont know the negra; I nev-1 these lands in permanent grasses suited to
erdid know him; he never lived with me; benev-1 .i,„ cn :i „„a
er deposited one thousand dollars with me; I nev-!. . , , ‘ lL * 1 fl>em thus
er gave him a due bill; I never pet him out of my ; laid down make butter, cheese, liay, and
store; and moreover, General, von may hang me i raise horses, mules, cattle, hogs and sheep,
if ever I laid eyes on the negro before. ; The wool crop of Georgia, in a few years,
The General was stumped, and took the cose : can be made to equal tbe former value of
under advisement. ^ j its cotton crop. It costs less to raise a
. , T*r. , | P°ttnd of fine merino wool than it does to
Coon, at Nashville, requiring all negroes t»u tho Edge-1 1 “ pound Of cotton, as the increase of
tlie flesh covers expenses and the wool is
clear.
Is it said laying down land to grass
costs money and we have none l The
owner of a thousand acres of land can sell
live hundred acres to put the other five
hundred iu order. If there are no pur
chasers now there soon will be. It is
belter to make oue half of our property
profitable than to whine over the profitless-
uess of the whole.
It is a common opinion that valuable
grasses will not grow in the cotton States.
This is a mistake; they will grow and
grow well. Red clover will thrive on
mauured clay upland, and on any rich
bottom land not too wot for wheat.—
’There is a grape vine in California,
sixtv-five years old, which has produced
eighty-thousand paunds at a crop. It has
never been a victim of close pruning, but
spreads over a space proportioned to its
product. It is only a young vineyard
that the product per acre is proportioned to
the number of vines. li the above vine
story be true, a small family only needs one.
vino to make a vineyard large enough t>o
supply it with a leasonable quantity of tho
fruit of Bacchus ; but w» tbe one who
atm teil ihe story saw through several glas
ses of grape juice, which is said to be a
magnifier, equal to. Lord Ross’ telescope.
J, SI. ZE1LIN & to.,
DRUGGIST, MACON,
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS OF
iDra^s, Chemicals, Paint?, Oils, S !
S3 ye Stuffs, ^erfoiaery, JPancT
Articles, Signors for ®e-
• dicinai use,
„ MACCABOY SNUFF, &c., Ac-
Particular attention paid to the P r£l ®l
thorough execution of orders. ThesMi ■
tho ir«,ia invited. Having bought out
for Cash, we are prepared to sell litem
Macon, Aug. 2, le-66.
. GEORGIA, Buldwm county.
W JIEKEAS, Abel It. Akridgeha-’file-^
lor leters of administration on tlieri^*
Akridge late of said county deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admouisli 5 - -,,
adversely concerned to file their oljectw®**
at
Given under my official signature, tbiri
1865. yl, I
JOHN HAMIION'D-dJ
1 5t.
Messrs. Editors.—I propose to the people of
Baldwin county, the name of Judge I. L. Harris, ! f°™.tbefirat^M°nday in October next,
as a representative of the County, in the State
Convention/
While I believe Judge Harris would not can
vas for the position, I am satisfied, that he will, if
elected, serve the County to the best of his ability.
’ AN OLD CITIZEN.
Sept. r,th. 1865.
jST OTIC23*
, requiring o
field side of the river to be arrested and compelled
to give an account of themselves, and those not having
a visible means of support to be confined until employ
ment could be found for them.
The Great Forger.—a N. Y'. dispatch,.of the
2(>tb, says: Edward Ketchum was arrested yesterday
afternoon at a bouse in West Twentieth street. He
iia* not been out of the city. He had an interview
with many of his friends and victims, and with his
father. The creditors will meet for a statement.
An Insult.—Washington, Aug. 26.—Among the
crowd of applicants for pardon t hat thronged the presi
dent’s house yesterday there was a man who brought
a letter to President Johnson from a distinguished
politician. “
It was % the following purport: that the bearer
was a poor man nnd was not possessed of 500 dollars,
which lie understood was necessary to obtain such a
document and trust to the president to grant the par
don. The president said the letter was a gross insult
and thejpnn was conducted to the door.
rsrco! 15. II. dxGRAFFENRIED, has consented
to be a ( Atidklate to represent the people of Baldwin
enutty,i" approaching StaOe convention.
MANY VOTERS.
Milledgeville, Aug. 28, 1865. 4 tde
PUBLIC SALE!
I WILL SELL ON SATURDAY THE L'TII
OF SEPTEMBER, at my rcsidetica^in this
city, at Id o’clock, A. M.. all my’
Household and Kitchen Furniture:
ALSO. A VERY
FINE, GENTLE FAMILY HORSE
• AND BUGGY,
ALSO, ONE GOOD MULE,
Some No* 1 IHilch €ows and Cakes,
and fine Hogs.
CF” My residence is to rent. Any person wish-
,ng to rent a comfortable house in a pleasant part
ot the city, should apply to the undersigned at
| mHE co-partnership heretofore
i JL tlie stvie of J. Conn A Sons
solved. Either of the surviving F
] settle the unfinished business of TQ
4 The CONFECTIONERY.
! Business will be resumed at tbe f"f e &bi
i Conn A Sons, by the subscriber, ’ n , ju
i W. T. CONN, where he will b£ P- e
( hi; old friends and customers. _ r qS>‘.
w J- r js»j
j Milledgeville, Ga.. Ang. 1st, lSft*. ^
““RESIDENCE FOR Slf^
T HE undersigned offers for ^ a ’. e -j
at Midway, 11 miles from Mine
house is now in complete repan- . f9 |»4]
eight rooms The let contains 1 LjUixI-*
half acres, one fourth of which i»
the whole enclosed with a good pn ; fle0 ^
the place is a well of tine water.
outbuildings, in good repair, an jje i
of choice apples, peaches, plums, -
► tion iu one of tiie healthiest in ^
with fine society and good male auu (
convenient. :(
He will also sell with the P laC ®’ A -»..
fl’B.KITI'BE. CAB*’*
All of which are nearly new, frgct irfl 1
Parties desiring a.plessant anu
would do well to see tho pl a pf-
For f
Milledgeville, Sept. 2, 1865.
JACOB GANS.
5 It
For further information, (iddr 6 **
Aug,9,'18fi5.—lot.*"