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The Bride.
BY SIR JOHN SUCKLING.
Her finger was so small, the ring.
Would not slay on, which they did bring ;
It was too wide, a peck ;
And to say truth (for out it must)
It looked like the great collar (just)
About our young colt’s neck.
Her feet beneath her petticoat,
Like little mice, stole in and out.
As if they feared the light;
Bnt oh ! she danced such a way !
No sun upon an eastern day
Is half so fine a sight.
Her cheeks so rare a white was on,
No daisy bears comparison
(Who sees them is undone,)
For streaks of red were mingled there,
(inch as are on a Katharine pear,
The side that’s next the sun.
H*r lips were red, and one was thin
Compared to that was next her chin,
Some bee had stung it newly ;
Rat (Dick) her eyes so guard the face,
i durst no more upon them gaze,
Than on the sun in July.
mU9l« OF LABOR.
The banging of the hammer,
The whiringof the plane,
The clashing of the busy saw,
The creakiug of the crane,
Tin; ringing ot the anvil,
The grating of the drill,
The clattering of the tumbling lathe,
The whirling of the mill,
The buzzing of the spindle,
The rattling of the loom,
The puffing of the engine,
The fan’s continual boom,
The clipping of the tailor’s shears,
The driving of the awl—
These sounds of industry
I love—I love them all.
The clicking of the magic type,
The earnest talk of men,
The toiling of the giant press,
The scratching of the pen,
The tapping of the yard stick,
Tne tinkling of the wales,
The whistling of the needle,
[When no bright cheek it pales.J
The humming ot the cooking stove,
The surging of the broom,
The pattering feet of childhood,
The housewife’s busy bum,
The buzzing of the scholars,
The teacher’s kindly call—
These sounds of active industry
I love—I love them all.
I love the ploughman's whistle,
The reaper’s cheerful song,
The drover’s oft-repeated shout,
Spurring his stock along,
Tne bustling of the market man
As he kies him to the town.
The halo of the tree-top,
As tl^e ripened fruit comes down,
The busy sound of threshers,
As they clean the ripened grain,
The hucker’s joke ana catch of glee,
'Neath the moonlight on the plain,
The kind voice of the drayman, -
The shepherd’s gentle call—
These sounds of pleasant industry
1 lo ve —l love them all.
The President’! Message and General Grant's.
Letter.
We clip those interesting documents
from iho Congressional proceedings of the
19th Dec.:
To the Senate of the United States
In reply to a resolution adopted by the
Senate on the I2th, I have tho honor to
state that the rebellion waged by a por
tion of the people against the properly
constituted authorities of the Government
of the United States has been suppressed;
that the United States is in possession of
every State in which the insurrection ex
isted, and that, as far as could he, the
courts of the United States have been re
stored, the post-offices re-established, and
steps taken to put in effective operation
law's of the country. As the result of the
measures instituted by the Executive with
a viev/ of inducing a resumption of the
functions of tho States, comprehended in
the inquiry of the Senate, the people in
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Aikansas
and Tennessee have recognized their re
spective State Governments, and are yield
ing obedience to the laws and Government
of the United States with more willing
ness and greater promptitude than could
reasonably have been anticipated under
tho circumstances
The proposed amendment to the Con
stitution providing for the abolition of sla
very forever within the limits of the conn
try has been ratified by each one of these
States with the exception of Mississippi,
from which no official information has been
received, and in nearly all of them meas
ures have been adopted or are now pend
ing to confer upon the freedmen the pri
vileges which are essential to their comfort,
protection, and security. In Florida and
Texas the people are making commenda
ble progress in restoring their State gov
ernment, and no doubt is entertained that
they will at an early period be in a con
dition to resume all of their practical rela
tions with the Federal government. In
that portion of the Union lately in rebel
lion the aspect of affairs is more promising
than, in view of all the circumstances,
could have been expected. The people
throughout the entire South evince a lau
dable desire to renew their allegiance to
the Government, and to repair the devas
tations of war by a prompt and cheerful
return to peaceful pursuits. An abiding
faith is entertained that their actions will
conform to their professions, and that, in
acknowledging the supremacy of the
Constitution and the laws of the United
States, their loyalty will be unreservedly
given to the Government whose leniency
they cannot fail to appreciate, and whose
fostering care will soon restore them to a
condition of prosperity.
It is true that in some of the States
the demoralizing effects of the war are to
he seen in occasional districts, hut these
are local in character, not frequent in oc
currence and are rapidly disappearing as
the authority of the civil power is extend- '
ed and sustained. Prcplexing questions!
wero naturally to be expected from the :
great and sudden change in the relations j
between the two races, but systems are
gradually developing themselves under
which the freedmen will receive the pro
tection to which ho is justly entitled, and
by means of his labor make himself a use
ful and independent member of the com
munity in which he has his home. From
all the information in my possession, and
from that which 1 have recently received
from the most reliable authority, I am in
duced to cherish the belief that personal
of the thinking men of the South accep;
the present situation of affairs in goou
faith. The sentiments of the people ot
the two sections, slavery and State rights
or the right of States to secede from the
Union, they regard as having been settled
forever by the highest tribunals. I was
pleased to learn from tbe leading men,
whom I met, that they not only, accepted
the decision arrived at as final, but now
the smoke of battle cleared away and time
has beeu given lor 3 re{lcction, that this de
cision has beeu a fortunate one for the
whole country, they receiving tho like
benefits from it with those who opposed
them in the field and. iu tho council.
Four years of war, during which law
was executed only at the point of the
bayonet throughout tho States iu rebel
lion, have left the people, possibly, in a
condition not to yield that ready obedience
to the civil authority that the American
people have generally been in the habit
of yielding. This would render the pres
ence of small garrisons throughout those
States neccspary until such time as labor
returns to its proper channel and civil
authority is fully established. I did not
meet any one—either of those holding
places under tho Government, or citizens
of the Southern States—who thought it
practicable to withdraw the military from
the South at present. The white and the
black mutually require the [protection of
the General Government. There is such
universal acquicsence in the authority of
the General Government throughout the
portion of the country visited by me, that
tho mere presence of a military force,
without regard to numbers, is sufficient to
maintain order. The good of the country
requires that the force kept in the interior,
where there are many freedmen, and else
where in the Southern States, should all
be white troops.
The reasons for this is obvious, without
mentioning many of them, llie presence
of black troops, lately slaves, demoralizes
labor both by their advice and furnishing
in their camps a resort for the freedmen
for long distances around. White troops
generally excite no opposition, and there
fore a small number of them can maintain
order in a given district. Colored troops
must be kept in bodies sufficient to defend
themselves. It is not the thinking men
who would do violence toward any class
of troops sent among them by the General
Government, but the ignorant in some
places might, aud the late slave, too, who
might be imbued with the idea that the
property of his late master should by right
belong to him, at least should have no
protection from the colored soldiers.—
There is danger of a collision being
brought on by such courses.
My observations lead me to the conclu
sion that the citizens of the Southern
StateB are anxious to return to self-govern
ment within the Union as soon as possi
ble ; that whilst reconstructing they want
and require protection from the Govern
ment ; that they think is required by tho
Government, and is not humiliating to
them as citizens, and that if such a course
was pointed out they would pursue it in
good faith. It is to he regretted that
there cannot be a gieater commingling at
this lime between the citizens ot the two
sections, and particularly those interested
with the law-making power.
I did not give the operations of the
Freedmen’s Bureau that attention I would
have done if more time had been at my
disposal.
Conversations, however, on the subject
with officers connected with the bureau
led me to think that in come of the States
its affairs have not been conducted with
through to them. This would mako
responsibility that would create uniformity
of action throughout.
The South would endure the orders and
instructions from the head of the Bureau
being carried out, and would relieve from
duty and pay a large number of employ
ees of tbe Government.
I have the honor to he, very respect
fully, your’obedient servant.
(Sigued) U. S. Grant.
Lieutenant General.
On Saturday last, Major General Slier
iq&q arrived in Memphis from Arkansas,
•nd stopped at the Gayoso House. On
Monday, Gen. Joseph E. Johnson, his
late antagonist, took lodgings at the same
hotel. This peaceable meeting was the
Result of mere circumstance, but seems
tp illustrate the present hopeful condi
tion of affairs.
The Hon. Thos. Corwin.—This gen-
tletnan, a telegraphic dispatch from
Washington City states, died in that cit-
*y 2 1-2 o’clock ou the afternoon of the
^th lit.
animosity is surely and rapidly merging
itself into a spirit of nationality, and that
representation, connected with a properly
adjusted system of taxation will result in
a harmonious restoration of the relations
of the States to the National Union.
The report of Carl Schuz is herewith
transmitted as requested by the Senate.—
No report from the Hon. John Covode
has been received by the President. The
attention of the Senate is invited to the
accompanying report of Lieut. Gen. Grant,
who recently made a tour of inspection
through several States, whose inhabitants
participated iu the rebellion.
Andrew Johnson.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 17, 1S65.
Grant’s Report.
Head’ors Army of the U. 6.,)
December 18th, 1865. j
To His Excellency A. Johnson, President of
the United States :
Sir—In reply to your note of the 16th
inst., requesting a report from me, giving
such information as I may bo possessed of
coming within the scope of the inquiries
made by the Senate of the L^nited States
in their resolution of the 12tn inst., I have
the honor to submit the following:
With your approval, and also that of
the Hon. Secretary of War, I left Wash
ington City on the 27th of last month, for
the purpose of making a tour of inspec
tion through some of the Southern States
lately i» rebellion, and to see what chan
ges are necessary in the disposition of the
military forces of the country, how these
forces could be reduced, expenses car
tailed, etc., and to learn, as far as possi
ble, tho feelings and intentions of the
citizens towards the General Government.
The State of Virginia being so accessi
ble to Washington City and information
from this quarter therefore being readily
obtained, 1 hastened though .the. State
without conversing or meeting with its citi
zens. In Raleigh, N. C., I spent one
day, in Charleston, S. C., two days, and
in Savannah and Augusta, Ga.. each one
day. Both in leaving and whilst stopping
I saw much and conversed fraely with the
citizens of those States, as well as with
the officers of tbe army who have been
stationed among them.
* a* bw .fa.* -*
good judgment and economy, and the be
lief, widely spread among the freedmen in
the Southern States, that the lands of their
former owners will, at least in part, he
divided among them, but come from the
agents of this bureau. This beliefds se
riously interferring with the willingness of
the freedmen to make contracts for the
coming year. In some form, the Freed-
men’s Bureau is an absolute necessity
until civil law is established and enforced,
securing to the freedmen their rights.
However, it is independent of the milita
ry establishment of the country, and seems
to he co-operated by the different agents of
the bureau according their individual no
tions every where. Gen. Howard, the
able head of the bureau, made friends by
tbe just and fair instructions and advice
he gave, but the complaint in South Caro
lina was that when he left things went on
as before. Many, perhaps the majority
of the agents of the Freedmen’s Bureau,
advise the freedmen that by their own in
dustry they must expect to live to this
end. They endeavor to secure employ
ment for them, and to see that both con
tracting parties comply with their engage
ments.
In some cases 1 am sorry to say that
the freedman’s miud does not seem to be
disabused of the idea. That the freedman
has the right to live without care or pro
vision for the future. The effect of the
belief in tho division of lands is idleness,
and the accumulation in camps, towns and
cities in such cases.
I think it will be fcuud that vice and
disease will tend to the extermination and
great destruction of the colored race. It
cannot be expected that the opinions held
by men at the South for years can be
changed in a day, aud therefore the
freedmeu require for a few years not only
laws to protect them, but the fostering care
of those who will give them good counsel
and upon whom they can rely..
The Freedmen’s Bureau being separa
ted from them, the military establishment
of the country requires all the expense of
a separate organization. One does no$
necessarily know w’hat the other is doing
or what orders they are acting under.
It seems to me this could be corrected
by regarding every officer on duty with
the troops in the South as agent of the
Freedmen’s Bureau, and then have all the
■ nlm'(lin(i I.ctter from Cordorn, Ulrxico
The Augusta Constitutionalist, of the
20th, says : We have been permitted to
publish the following interesting extracts
from a private letter :
Cordova, Mexico, i
November 16, 1865. J
Rev. John IV. Baker, Augusta, Ga :
My Dear Sir: I left Atlanta abont
the 1st of October for New York. Upon
my arrival at that place I met several per
sons who had recently returned from Bra
zil. They gave me such information,
that I decided not to cross the Equator.
I visited Havana, where I found lriends
who were just from this country, and irom
whom I learned that Gen. Price, Gov. Har
ris, of Tennessee, and other Confederates,
had received a liberal grant from the Im
perial government of the country, and
were settling on a colony near this place.
Consequently I came ou here to join ray
fortunes with other Confederates who had
preceded me.
1 arrived at Vera Cruz on the 6th inst.
and at this place on the 11th. So far as 1
have seen, I am perfectly delighted with
this region of country, and .1 think that
it is the most favored region I have ever
seen. Nature seems to have exhausted
herself in making here a home for man.
We are here So miles from Vera Cruz,
and 2stO from Mexico, on the great nation
al highway and the Imperial Railroad,
between these two cities. The Plain on
which Cordova is situated is on the eas
tern slope of the great range of Cordiller
as, and is 3,000 feet above the sea. We
have here a most delightful and healthful
climate. The altitudes gives us, beneath
a tropical sun, a temperature not so warm
as that of Middle Georgia at any season,
and neaver colder than your May. All
the tropical fruits and plants grow in
great profusion, while beneath the coffee
pineapple and banana I find the hardy
representatives of the North—cabbage
aud Irish potatoes. The land is the rich
est that I have ever seen—and with the
rains and sun with which the country is
blessed, every thing that is planted grows
with such luxuriance that it surprises the
planter from less favored regions.
The terms of colonization are very lib
eral. The government sells to actual set
tlers, heads of family, 640, single men
320 acres of this fine land at one dollar
($1 00) per acre on a credit of live years.
The transportation of individuals, farm
ing implements, &c., from the port of sail
ing to the port of entry, and an allowance
for mileage from the port of entry to the
place of settlement is paid by the govern
ment. The lauds of Cordova Colony are
the finest in Mexico, having once been in
a high state ot cultivation, but from mis
management became the property of the
Church, iu the hands of which they have
gradually goue to waste. The imperial
government having confiscated the Church
property, now throw's this land open to
settlers. The lands iu the hands of indi
viduals immediately joining them, which
are no better, cannot be purchased for less
than twenty-five dollars per acre. The
railroad running immediately through the
settlement now being made is finished
from Vera Cruz to Peso del Maeto, twen
ty miles distant, and will be in one year
finished to this place, giving us direct* '
communication with the gulf, and placing
us within four days of New Orleans, so
that we can reach that city in the same
time, and at a less expense, than you can
from northern or middle Georgia. This
will give us a splendid market for our pro
ducts, which are coffee, sugar, tobacco,
and the fruits that grow wild in great
abundance. Coffee is the principal pro
duct now raised for exportation, tho cli
mate bciDg peculiarly adapted to its
growth.
Political affairs here may be regarded
as settled. The liberal party has nothing
like a respectable force any where in the
land. The government is very friendly
disposed towards Southern immigrants,
and is giving them every facility to find
good homes. The Empress passed through
this place a few days since, making a stop
here of two days. Gen. Price, Gov. Har
ris and others, called upon hei as she pas
sed through. Sho was very simply
tired and very unostentatious in
appointments.
Wo want all those who want good
homes in a good country to come out and
join us. A few years of hardships and in
conveniences will be richly rewarded in
the end.
l am your friend, Jas. D. White.
race,"who, at least, had claims, if only as
equals.
“He mounted a body of black men, who
rode at large over the country and commit
ted excesses of the most infamous charac
ter. The people generally suffered at the
expense of every man who had a black
face. A perfect reign of terror was rife;
everything became unsettled; and impla
cable hatred bet ween the tw'o races was
the natural off-spring. He not only did
not co-operate with the commanding geu
eral, but he zealously worked to clog his
efforts in ail particulars.
“Two outrageous acts of Gen. Wild are
brought to notice. For some alleged rea
son or other, ho caused au old gentleman
weighing over two hundred pounds to be
tied up by the thumbs until the entire
flesh was torn from the bones. Only a
few days before Gen. Wild was relieved
he arrested two of the first ladies of the
country, and had them stripped naked and
examined by tw r o colored women, au in
dignity I never heard of during the war.
“When General Tilson took charge the
direct disorder prevailed, and nearly six
ty thousand insolent blacks were being
kept and supported by the Federal com
mission. He issued au order, the enforce
ment of which set matters right at once.
Throughout the whole State Gener
al 1 ilson had but little over a thousand
paupers, and most of these are sick and in
hospitals. He says that he is hound that
all able-bodied negroes shall bo made to
work.
gallant
at-
her
Wild Doings.—A correspondent of the
New York Times gives an account of the
reasons for the removal of Brevet Briga
dier General Wild of Massachusetts, from
the superintendence of the freedmen’s
Bureau in Georgia as given by General
Steadman, military commander of that
department. He says:
“He (Wild) was, no doubt, an honest
and conscientious man. But there was
no practicability in him. He proposed to
redress the multiplicity of slumbering
wrongs which had been spent for a centu
ry on the unfortunate blacks; he was in
clined to instantaneously square up for
the innumerable cruelties inflicted upon
this oppressed people for an age—in fact,
he falliciously and mischievously went to
work to educate and elevate tho black
man witk an utter disregard of the white
From the New York News.
Georgia in the War.
The whereabouts of the Confederate Gen
erals.
Georgia furnished about forty gen
eral officers tor the Confederate army,
six of whom were killed. All the rest,
like those of Alabama, hive got them
selves into citizens’ harness, and most
ot them have gone to their old pro
fessions.
Lieut. Gen. John 13. Gordon, a law
yer of ability, ispracticiag his profes
sion in Atlanta. From what I saw of
him, I am of the opinion that be is an
honorable man and a scholar. He is
famed for his well known integrity,
his high sense of honor, purity of char
acter, and his magnanimity of soul.—
He was a dauntless soldier, and was
for a time chief of staff' to Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee. Brave men are always
magnanimous and true. In conversa
tion with me, he stated that he was
not only willing to acquiesce with the
powers that be, but felt that he stood
pledged to support and defend the
Constitution and the Union, and ad
ded that he should do all in his power
to elevate the South, and to bring
about th^Jiurmony which existed be
tween thWiorth and South before the
war. Many of his friends are urging
him to run for Governor, and one or
more of the papers of the State have
nominated him as their candidate.—
He went into the army as a Captain.
Brig. Gen. William T. Wofford, of
Cass county, who is represented to me
as a strong Union man up to the pe
riod of active hostilities in the field, is
running for Congress. He command
ed a brigade of Georgia troops in the
Army ot Virginia for a long time, but
during the last few months of the war
he had charge of the Northern District
of Georgia. At present he is at home
practicing law.
Brig. Gen. Brian M. Thomas, a
grnduato of West Point, and a jolly,
good r.atured tellow, with a big belly,
is acting as chief clerk on board the
steamer Clara Dunning, which runs
between Mobile and Montgomery.—
He is a native of Georgia. He was
captured at Blakely by General Gar
rard on the 10th of April last.
Major General Joseph E. Wheeler,
the distinguished cavalry officer, is in
the commission business at Augusta.
He was a graduate of West Point, and
was in command at Carlisle, Penn., a
short time before the War. He is con
siderably under 30 years of age, and
was quite successful in knocking
things to smash in Rosecrans’s rear,
during the progress of the battle of
Stone River. He is a dapper little
fellow, and is fond of the ladies—one
particularly, a charming little widow
in Middle Tennessee. He was a pet
with Bragg and Jeff Davis, and veiy
unfriendly toward Forrest. It will
be remembered that he made several
demonstrations in Sherman’s rear dur
ing the Atlanta campaign.
Brigadier Gen. Lucius J. Gartrell
is practicing law at Atlanta. He re
signed his seat in the Federal Congress
and went into the field to fight against
the government as Colonel of the 7tb
Georgia infantry. He remained with
his regiment a short time, resigned and
was elected a member of the Confed
erate Congress. Subsequently, he re
ceived the appointment .of Brigadier
General, and was placed in command
of the Georgia State Reserves. He is
now is a candidate for Congress.
Brigadier General George F. Ander
son is in the auction and commission
business at Atlanta. Immediately af
ter the war he tried the butchering
business, but it did’nt pay. He went
into the field as Colonel of the Ele
venth Georgia and was promoted for
conduct. From the time of
bis promotion up to the close of the
war he commanded a brigade in
Lee’s army. Anderson was all through
the Mexican war.
Brigadier General Henry L. Ben-
ning is at home in Columbus prac
ticing law, the profession of which he
is a distinguished member. He com
manded a brigade in Longstreet’s corps
at Chickamauga, and had three horses
shot from under him. Subsequently
he was shot in the arm, which just
scraped the skin off' a little. A tew
moments after he was badly wounded
in the breast by a grape shot aud left
tbe field, but returned in eighteen
minutes and resumed the command of
his brigade. He is represented to me
as one of the bravest men in Georgia,
and I guess he is.
Brigadier General Phil. Cook is prac
ticing law at Oglethorpe, and was a
delegate to the late Convention. He
commanded a brigade in Lee’s army.
While being paroled the following
took place : “Major, I’ll be hanged if
I want to take any oath.” The Ma
jor : “You know the condition, sir.”
Cook : “Well, I’ll take it.” Major:
“I know you will.” Cook : “Yes, I’ll
subscribe to the obnoxious instrument;
but, by all that is good, if I had every*
man in the Yankee army in a fort and
that fort was mined, I’d touch it off
aud send them all to glory.” Cook is
now a candidate for Congress.
Major General Gilmer is at his home
in Savannah, doing nothing. He was
a graduate of West Point, and was a
captain of engineers at the commence
ment of the war, on duty at Califor
nia. It is said that he went into the
thing reluctantly, but yielding to State
pride.
Major General Howell Cobb, Sec
retary of the Treasury under James
Buchanan, is at Macon. I took dinner
at his plantation a few days ago, and
found everything in nice order. I
judge he was rather a kind master as
none of his negroes have left him. I
had hard work to believe this, disliking
him, as I had, for his double dealing
with our government. Many people
of the North are of the opinion that
Cobb is on parole like Johnson, Hood
and others. This is not the case.—
Wilson never paroled him. It will be
remembered that the Secretary of War
gave orders for the resumption of hos
tilities after Sherman’s mistake with
Johnson. Cobb immediately sur
rendered and is simply a prisoner of
war. ^
Major General Robert Toombs is—
no one knows where. He is a fugitive,
and is supposed to be in Cuba. The
wiseacres say, “We’ll bet he isn’t one
hundred miles from Georgia,” but
recon he is. Toombs played it on
our fellows pretty nice. A corporal’*
guard was sent to his house to arrest
mm, with orders to treat him kindly.
The corporal knocked at the door, and
Toombs opened it, with “What will
you have, gentlemen ?” “I have an
order for the arrest of Genl. Toombs,
sir. Is he in ?” said the corporal.—
“Yes,” replied Toombs, “he’s in, but
he’s engaged just at present. If you
will step in and take seats, he will be
in in a few minutes. I’ll go and tell
him.” Toombs rushed out of the
room, had his horse saddled, rode off.
and has never been heard from since.
The corporal smelt a mice a short
time after, but the bird had flown.
Lieutenant General Hardee, after a
trip to New Orleans, had arrived at
his home in Savannah a few days ago.
While I was in Mobile he was the re
cipient of a private supper at the hands
of Federal officers, lie is a splendid
officer, and is the author of several
military works.
Major General McLaws is at Au-
usta, doing nothing. Brigadier Gen.
vans is at Lumpkin, practicing law.
Brigadier Gen. John K. Jackson is at
Augusta, practicing law, and Briga
dier Henry R. Jackson is at Savannah,
in the same profession. Major Gen
eral Wayne, son of Judge Wayne,
United States Supreme Court, is in
New York. Gustavus W. Smith,
formerly Street Commissioner in New
York, is at home, and so are Taliafer
ro, Baynard, Capers and others. Gen
eral Mercer is in Fort Pulaski, charged
with wantonly murdering five of our
soldiers.
In addition to the above, we may
mention that Brigadier A. R. Lawton
is in. Savannah, and has entered upon
the practice of his profession.
Brigadier General G. M. Sorrel is
also in Savannah, and has commenced
business as a merchant.
Brigadier Gen. Robert H. Ander
son is chief of the police force at Sa
vannah.
PUBLIC LAWS.
T HE UNDERSIGNED will pnbliah bumedtately
after the adjournment of tbe legislature oil law*
of a public character, including those for tbe govern
ment of froedmen. The price will be annoonoed a*
aoon rA the probable extent of the work con be aacer-
tained.
C. J. WELLBORN,
W. H. HUNT.
MUledgeriU* 13th D*o. 1865. 20 tf