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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." E. M. BRUCE & CO, ?SS Broad street, Augusta, Gi BANKERS AND COTTON FACTO] healers exclusively is FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC CHANGE, COIN, CURRENT MONEY", AND COTTON. I UA\ E this day taken into partnership Tn 0 v Morgan I <io tins in recognition aiul appreeio, ot his unimpeachable integrity and high capLf r *J business man, anil his long, satisfactory. ■ management of my commercial and' financial and his fidelity to iny interests, (having been witH almost without intermission for more than fftj years,) Ido therefore commend him with roi to the business public. 2 r>f - ' K M. lSKr&| thTchrIstiaFII B y the FIRST OF OCTOBER, or as soon J mails are established. I will renew the pi y d of the ••unRIMTIAM INDEX’ ar..l “GHILB’S FAFER " I have been publwhisrj Price of “Index,” per annum, jnij 1'ricc of “Child’s Paper, ’ jd (A deduction made for Clubs i Money may be remitted at on.ee, as uiy detfra tion is positive. My desire is to secure s larj» ( scription first with which to begin, and itsuetijjsj pectus, that subscribers may have time to&n their remittances It is my intention to iosce first class pnpw.uiJ ! fin-'or -s-iense will be spared to secure fn:*1 The best-writere.and correspondents will b»aM and the highest religious and literarv talentriil given to the papers. The Child’s Pap*8i#i7 fusfcly illustrated ana will, in every sei.se, he i conform to its new title, TII52 CHILD’S DELIGHT 1 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 is dissolved, but I will establish mi office in I Ga.. where communications may Tie addressed. SAMUEL BOH * -cP Jiiiolina. Georgia and Alabama p*pem,L aud weekly, will copy one month, audsenaVaQk 2 5t. S.I 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.*"