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VOLUME XXXV!.] MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TEE S D A V, J A S IJ A R t 2, I8«6. NUMBER 22. BOl'li HTON, NISBET, BARNES & MOORE Publishers and Proprietors. *. N. J ON BiUGHTOX, II. XMSET, Jtbetal ?lnion /* published Weekly, in Millcdgeville, Ga., Corner of Hancock 4' Wilkinson Sts., At $3 a year in Advance. advertising. Tiusmist.-One Dollar per square of ten lines for **Tribute9 of rospert. Resolutions by Societies, (Obit uaries exceeding six lines, Nominations for office Cotn- auni cat ions or Editorial notices for individual benefit,) charged as transient advertising. LegaR Advertising. $2 50 5 00 5 00 3 00 3 00 4 50 3 00 5 00 3 00 5 00 1 50 3 00 1 00 Sheriff's sales, per levy often lines, or less, “ Mortgage fi fa sales per square, Tax Collector’s Sales, per square, Citations for Letters of Administration, ii •• “ Guardianship, Letters of application fordism’n from Adm’n .. “ “ “ “ Guard’n Appl’n for leave to sell land, Notices to Debtors and Creditors, Sales of land, A-c., per square, •• perishable property, 10 days, per square EBtray Notices, 30 days, Foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq.. each time, LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land, &c., by Administrators, Executors or_ Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first Tuesday in the mouth; between the hours'of 10 in the fsrenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court house in the county in which the property is situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga zette 40 days previous to the day of sale. Notiees for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner 10 .lays previous to safe day. Notices to the debtors and creditors of au estate must also be punished 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for leave to sell Laud, &e., must be publish ed for two months. Citation* for letters of Administration Guardianship, fcc., must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration, monthly ttx month,*—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be published monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers, for the full space oj three months— for compelling tides from Executors or administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full space of three months. . . , Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or dered. Book and Job work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED at this office. fywhen a subscriber finds a cross markon his paper he will know that his subscription has expired, or is about to expire, and must be renew ed if he wishes the paper continued. py We do not send receipts to new subscri bers. If they receive the paper they may know that we have received the money. fy Subscribers wishing tlieir papers changed from one post-office to another must state the name of the post-office from which they wish it ehanged. 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