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THE FEDERAL UNION,
( Corneiof Hancock and irilkinsoristrcets.)
Tuesday Morning, October 23, 1866.
r?- We cannot, nnder existing circumstances,
publish a daily paper during the approaching ses-
sion of the General Assembly, but we are disposed
td be accommodating and will furnish the weekly
Federal Union, which will contain the proceedings
of the Legislature, in condensed form, and all
matters of interest transpiring at the Capital, du
ring the s-ssion, FOR FIF1Y CENT3. Lists
of names, and the money, may be sent to us by
the members.
lloir MinndM flic Case f
Tbe result of the recent elections in the great
States of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Iowa,
has disappointed us all, and depressed very many
of the most hopeful amongst us. Without stop
ping to inquire into the causes of this great ca
lamity to our section, we propose to address a
few words to our readers, suggested by the politi
cal condition in which we find ourselves—and we
promise that it shall turn out neither a “ song”
nor a “ sermon.”
Politically, we are undone. The future has no
sjar of promise for the rising Clays and Calhouns
of tbe Sunny South. The tax gatherer is ubiqui
tous, and exacting. Our society generally is un
hinged, and crime, like the pestilence, stalketh
abroad at noon day. Our public enterprises lan
guish for the sustenance that maketh the pot to
''boil. Our educational system, like a wounded
snake draggetb its slow length along; while an
almost universal teeling of despair pervades the
great body of our Agriculturalists, many of
whom are ready to pull up stakes and go any
where jvhere they can enjoy the fruits of their
labor in peace and quiet satisfaction. These are
some of the gloomy aspects of the situation.
There are others which present, perhaps, a deep
er and darker hue to the imagination of many
good men and women amongst us; but we do
not permit ourselves to think of them, much less
talk of them while there is a ray of hope left to
illumine the blackness of darkness we grope in.
But, take a look at the other side of the case ;
Stevens. Butler and Forney didn’t hang us or
burn us; at least they have not done so yet; and
while such men as Grant, Sherman, Steed man,
Granger, Slocum, and hundreds of other gallant
leaders of the Federal Armies in the la*e war>
breathe the breatU of life, we believe they never
will do it, without some harder fighting than they
have ever been guilty of in their past history.
Well, we have had possession of our lands and
stock, with very little interruption, for a year and
a half, and, notwithstanding the idleness of
many of the freedmen, the all-pervading chills
and fevers, and the disastrous drouth of the lat
ter part of summer, our planters and farmers are
presenting at this time, if not a clean bill of
health, a very respectable exhibit of the doings
of “ King Cotton.” Their barns are not so full
of corn as they used to be, in ante bellum times,
and their fodder and hay stacks are net so numer
ous, but, considering how badly used op wo were
pecuniarily, how thoroughly broken in spirit we
came out of the war, we may well feel satisfied
while reflecting that two hundred millions of dol
lars will be the result of our first year’s experi
ence under the new era. Heretofore millions on
millions, the pioductof the cotton crops, were an
nually spent for negroes, much of which went to
Virginia and other border State traders, and not a
cent of which can by any possibility go in the
same direction now or hereafter. Enterprising
men will hunt up other investments for their sur
plus Capital, and although they may not make so
much money as formerly, they will, through ne
cessity, he the instruments of multiplying the in
dustrial pursuits of the South, and of opening
and developing new channels of wealth to the
State aud country.
We have had very little cholera in our midst,
and the prospect is good for its disappearance
without further depredations on our already heavi
ly afflicted country. Very few of our people
have perished by sea, and there never was a year,
so far as we remember, in which there were fewer
rail road accidents, and fewer disastrous lires,
than occutredin the Southern States during the
past year. Our young men and young women
get married, have babies in the good old way, and
go to tussleing with bard times without bothering
tbe “ old man” about a “ plantation aud forty
niggers.” Many other hopeful and pleasant as
pects of tbo caso present themselves, hut we do
not wish to weary the reader, when our object is
soiely to encourage and please him.
Hold up your head man, and meet whatever
fate is in store for yon. with a clour conscience
and a brave heart. Don't talk about leaving
old Georgia. You were born here—fought a four
year's fight, as big as fights ever get to be, for
your native land and liberties: then stand your
ground, and die. if need be, by the good old land.
Providence deals in a mysterious way with man,
and it may be many years before our finite minds
can fnlly comprehend the mystery of our late de
feat and it* terrible consequences But, dark as
things look now, we are hopeful still that light
will come out Of the deep gloom, if we “bring
forth fruit with patience ”
ry J. N. Seymour, Cherry sf., Macon, Ca.,
has on hand nnd is constantly receiving large
lots of Groceries and Provisions to supply coun
try merchants and planters. He is doing a large
wholesale business, and, the fact that he adver
tises liberally is an indication that he deals liber
ally with his customers. We call attention to bis
alvertiseroent in this paper.
Tbe Macon Telegraph says; The Soiicilorship,
fur tbis Judicial Circuit, having become vacant
by the resignation of Mr. Branham, an election to
fill the place will be held in January. (Japt F.
T. Snead, of Macon county, formerly Asst. Ajt.
Gen. on Sen. Doles* staff, a good lawyer and a
brave soldier, is the only name announced thus
far. We presume though that tho field will be
contested.
—
tj^Gen'l Tillson has sent a garrison to Henry
county, in this State, on account of illegal out
rage? by citizens of the county on the freedmen.
We regret all such difficulties, as they furnish a
pretext to our enemies for keeping it under mili
tary rale. Good citizens in every county should
feel it a bonnden duty to see that all freedmen
have tbeir r.ghts undertime law.
Iiupcut-hiug I ho Prmiilrnl.
Articles of impeachment will be offered as soon
as Congress assembles, if Ben Butler, Geary,
Thad Mevens and-'Wendell Phillips are true, ex
ponents of the Radical programme 1 he leading
Radical press clamors for impeachment, and all
the small fry join in the cry. 1 he at and ’at
radicals of the Raymond and Bennett stamp, are
trying to frighten off the radical blood honnds,
by laborious articles in their papers, offering im
passable constitutional barriers to the success of
their grand project. Some of the Northern De
mocratic and conservative journals are quoting
the constitution and high judicial authorities to
prove that President Johnson canuot legally be
removed from office, and that tbe views of those
who seek to impeach him are entirely erroneous.
Now all this is a waste of time, paper HDd ink.
The Constitution is a nose of wax in the hands
of the Radicals. They can make it mean any
thing, everything or nothing, jnst as best suits
their tempers and purposes. If they dare to im
peach tho President, they will do it, in spite of
any law, or any article of the constitution, or
any decision or rule of the Supreme Court, to the
contrary notwithstanding. We trust that the
Radicals will be deterred from the execution of
their threats, by fear of the reactionary feeling
which will be sure to follow so outrageous and il
legal a stretch of the powers of Congress. If
they do not attempt impeachment, it will be sole
ly for the reason that they dare not inaugurate
such a revolutionary measure for party purposes,
and not because they consider anything in tbe
constitution or laws a stumbling block in tbeir
way.
PerMsal,
Hon. John Van Buren died at sea on the 14th
inst.
J. A. Reid, the murderer of Echols, of Gordon
Co., has been arrested and sent to Milledgeville
for safe confinement.
A fellow named Fox was showing a book in
New York to a person, which lie stole for the
Harpers, belonging to Col. L. A. Jordan, of Bald
win county. The man took it from l’ox, and, it
is said, returned it to Col. Jordan.
Rev. J. Knowles lias been ordained a Deacon ol
the Protestant Episcopal Church.
H. WarJ Beecher is stumping for the Radicals
in New York. Beecher, like Raymond, makes a
poor postage stamp—he won’t stick.
It is asserted that Sec’y Stanton will certainly
resign in a few days, and that General Sherman
will go in. We dou’t believe it. He is too good
a spy in the conservative camp to leave voluntari
ly.'
Our spirited friend, the Sarannah Advertiser,
ought to give us credit for original matter, copied
from the Federal Union■
The Mechanics of Atlanta are opposed to the
location of the Penitentiary at Stone Mountain
It is now said the Committee has not determined
to locate the Penbentiary at Stone Mountain. If
the. State lmys the Mountain, one or two men will
get immensely rich, and the State be made to
lose a million of dollars! The idea is preposter
ous !
The cholera has disappeared from Nashville.
The following parties have recently arrived there;
Governor Brownlow, Hon. Horace Maynard, Col-
Bill Stokes ami Senator Fowler ;
No wonder the cholera left when they came.
Brownlow can kill cholera or any other plague.
Mademoiselle Movile, a young girl, is creating
some sensation in Paris. She replies to questions
in eighteen languages, and comes out strong in
orthography.
Paul R. Shipman, who was obliged to sever his
editorial connection with tho Louisville Journal,
on acconnt of his sentiments, has returned to that
paper.
Hon. W. T. Wofford, Representative elect of
the 7th Congressional District ot Georgia, has
resigned that unpromising position, and Gov.
Jenkins has ordered a special election to be held
in the several counties of the District on the 2Sth
of November.
H. Greeley won glory by a prize squash at
Cooper Institute last week.
Salem Dutcher, former editor of the Angnsta
Constitutionalist, has consented to deliver a lec
ture. in that city on the 23th instant. Subject,
“ Wits of Georgia.”
Tt is reported That Thurlow Weed has with
drawn from the New York Times, being unable to
harmonize with n. J. Raymond. It is rumored
that Weed will start a new paper.
Grant and Beauregard exchanged salutations in
Central Park, New York, the other day.
The largest, cheapest and best assorted stock of
Boots and Shoes, yon can find at
JOSEPH & PASS.
We trust that onr friends who are indebted
to us, will avail themselves of the opportunity
afforded them by members of the Legislature
coming to Milledgeville. to send us some money.
Mr. A. J. Riddle, Photograph Artist, Macon, Ga.,
has fitted up bis rooms iu handsome styie, and
having procured tbe services of one of tbe best
operators in the country, is prepared to make
Pictures in any stylo of the art, his speciality be
ing Life Size Portraits, which are made either of
the living or from pictnres of deceased persons.
E Judge II. H. Clark, has been compelled to
resign his posiiion on the Bench, on account of
ill health, and Gov. Jenkins has appointed Davi 1
A. Vason. Esq , Judge of the South-Wustern Cir
cuit, to fill the vacancy, until an election can be
held. •
Ue 5 ’" Peter J. Strozier is a candidate for Judge of
the Superior Courts in the South-Western Judicial
Circuit. If he is elected in Judge Clark’s place, aud
Col Terhune in his Circuit, Georgia will be able to
show a brace of handsome Judges with any of her sis
ter States.
Nubias, Shawls, Capes, Hoods, Twilights at
JOSEPH & PASS.
*— ——
Pt’HMC Laws.—We call attention to the notice
of Messrs. H. J G. Williams and R. L. Hunter.
They will do what they say, fjr they a.e known
to be prompt and reliable men. 'I his pamphlet
will circulate thioughout the State, amt as they
propose to add additional sheets for advertise
ments, it will be uiedinin worthy the considers
tion of advertisers.
1) IS T U IB U T fOlTi
We w< uld call attention to the opinion of one of
the leading papers’of Canada on this subject:
Most of our readers have do doubt read some of the
numerous advertisements of Gift i.utcrpr.aes, Gift
Concerts, &<*., which appenr from time to time in the
public prints, offering most tempting bargains to those
who will patronize them. Iu most cases these are
genuine humbugs. Bnt there are a few respectable
tinns who do business iu this maimer, and they do it
as n menus of increasing their wholesale business, an I
not to make money. From sneh firms, it is true,
lwatlsome aud valuable articles are procured for a
very small sum, and what is more important, no one is
ever cheated. Every person gets good value for his
dollar ; became, as we have stated, it is intended to
act as an advertisement to increase their ordinary bu
siness.
W« have seen numbers of prizes sent out in this
way by Khkkma.s, Watson &. Compant, of Nassau
Street, N. Y., and there is no doubt that some of the
articles are worth eight or ten times the money paid
for them, while we have not seen or heard of a single
article which was not fully worth the dollar which it
cost. But this is only one of the exceptions of this
rule, lor as a general thing the parties engaged in this
business are nothing bnt clever swindlers.
I Saturday Reader, Montreal, C.E. J*u. |3,1666.
J2e. o.w.6t
luiporltinl to tirorrrj Tlrrctaaola.
The following letter to a prominent New York mer
chant, from the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, is
published for the information ol merchants :
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Office Counnissimer Internal Revenue
Washington, August 25, 1366.
Sir : In reply to tjre letter of the 23d inst., I have to
say that undeV the Act of July 13, 1866, every can.
bottle or other single package containing meats, fish
shell-fish, fruits, vegetables, sauces, syrups, prepared
mustard, jams or ji|M*contained therein and packed
or sealed, made, prepared and sold, or offered for sule,
or removed for consumption iu the United States, on
• and .fter the first day ot’ October, eighteen hundred
and sixty six, must be stainpeal according to its value,
whether the same have previously paid an ad valorem
tax or not. No tax previously paid will be refunded,
nor will stamps be furnished free of cost to the owner
of such goods to be affixed to the same.
Pickles", when sold by the gallon, and not in glass
packages are exempt.' When sold iu glass packages
they are liable to stamp tax.
Yours, respectfully,
Thomas Hart.and,
Acting Commissioner.
A Curious History of n Thousand Dollar
Note.
Frequent mention Las been made in the proceedings
of the Baltimore City Council of a’fl jWOO bank note,
which was In possession ot .di*. Josiali Cobb, and
which lie felt desirous to have disposed of, so that lie
might be relieved of ull care .n reference to it. Its
history (which we copy front the Baltimore Sun) is a
little cur.ous:
In the year 1838, it appears, Mr. Cobb was called
on by a lad to chattge a $1U note, c pon looking at it,
h>- discovered it was a genuine §1,000 bill, and be was
curious to know something more about it. So great
a mistake in the deoomiuut'ou of a note was not ordi
narily made. He retained it for inquiry, and then as
certained it had been offered to a lady who conducted
the millinery business, by a negro woman, in pay for
some articles. That some one was the Imer to that
amount. seemed almost certain. Mr. Cobb, under the
circumstances, felt himself justifiable iu retaining the
note, so as to find the owner. He advertise! ft at va
rious times for some four years, aud never had a cal!
for it. Tired of being its custodian, in February, 1842.
he deposited .t iu the city Treasury, with §80 40 inter
tests, intrust for tne benefit of the owner, if lie should
ever be found. Efforts have been made, at one time
or another, by parties in the way of administration, or
as descendants of the colored woman, long since de
ceased, to get possession ot it, but without effect.—
Since the time of deposit with the city the §1,080 40
have been lying in the city treasury, drawing interest
and at thistime the sum amounts to near §3 00Q. Tiiis.
by the action of the City Council within a day or two
past, it has been determined shall be appropriated to
the use of the “Union Orphan Asylum.” Thus the
mysterious note is finally disposed oi. Iu addition to
the singularity of the fact that Mr. Cobb never fount!
a legal claimant for the note, notwithstanding his re
peated advertisements, it seems that the co'ored wo
man who presented it to pay n bill never even appear
ed to make a claim for it.—Balt. Sun,
The Datr of the Negro liquidity Period.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, of last Saturday, says :—
The date of the negro equality period, in the Northern
States, may be fixed at October 9, 1866. In Ohio the
negroes were allowed to vote, without distinction of
color, at all polls—outside of a few counties—where
Radical Judges officiated. It was the same iu Indiana
and Pennsylvania.
One correspondent writes thus:
Xenia, Oof. 9, 1806.—Every negro voted to-day
that offered his ballot.
Cedorvilla, Greene County, O.—Forty-five _ full
blown blacks voted at this precinct to-day. Tliejudg
es took their votes, declaring that under the Civil
Rights bill they were as well entitled to votes as
whites.
Richmond, InJ., Oct. 8, 1836.—The judges hefe al
low full-blooded negroes to vote, the same as whites,
and justify themselves under the Civil Rights bill.
The Enquirer adds: “We have no doubt that
throughout Ohio, nnd Indiana, where there were Rad
ical Judges of election, with rare exceptions, negroes
of all colors were allowed to vote.
Black Cloth Suits, l’ants, Vests, Coats at
JOSEPH &FASS.
Sickness, but fkvv Deaths.—It is sin
gular that with so many cases of Dengue
or broken-bone fever, not one, as a distin
guished physician tellsus, has yet proved
fatal, unless combined with some other
disease. The deaths among tbe whites at
this season of the year were hardly ever
less than now. The mortality among the
negroes, we are told, is considerable.—Co
lumbus Sun, 1G th.
Gen. Sherman with tuf. President.—Wash
ington, Oct 18.—A letter has been received in
this city, from Lieut. Gen. Sherman, discussing
t.he political situation, ami emphatically approv
ing of the President’s policy of reconstruction.
Bombazines, Alapaccaa, Meriuoes, Empress Cloths
ut JOSEPH A FASS.
Public Heeling.
Mocltbie, Colquitt County, Oct. 8, 18G6.
In pursuance of an appeal to t ie people ot Georgia
by Thos. Hardeman. Jr., ot Macon,and also of a Res
olution, passed at a special meeting of the Nutio al
Executive Committee, at Washington, August 26, 1866.
we, ttie citizens of Colquitt county, being the friends
of national liberty, peace and tranquility, the Union
ami Constitution ofthe United States of America, be
ing met en masse for the purpose of rutilying the pro
ceedings of the National Conservative Union Conven
tion, which assembled on the 1-ltli of August, 1866, in
Philadelphia, the meeting was called to order by the
Honorable Henry Gay. On motion, Honorable Mur
phy Lanear was called to the chair, and Captain El
kanah Johnson, Secretary.
The President, ou motion, appointed the following
committee to draft resolutions for the meeting.
Judge Owen Gray, Dr. B. E. Watkins, Mr. B. Pitt
man, J. W. Luke, Henry Murphy, Sen., and Ilonora-
Dle W. W. Watkins.
The Committee reported the following preamble and
resolutions, whioh were unanimously adopted.
Whereas, For the reasons above stated, and to show
that tlie people of the South were fairly represented iu
the Philndeliphia Convention, therefore be it
1*< Resolved, By the citizens of Colquitt county, in
Convention assembled, that we do endorse and ap
prove the proc cdingsnnd resolutions ofthe Phifadel
pliia National Conservative Union Convention.
2nd Resolved, That we Will stand by the Constitu
tion of the United States, and President Johnson, so
iougas he adheres to the Constitution in his official
capacity, and we heartily endorse his policy in the
present administration ot the National restoration pol
icy of the Government.
•ird Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be
published in the Federal Union of Milledgeville.
Ou motion, the meeting adjourned.
MURPHY lane
Elkanah Johnson, Secretary.
Important Letter From President Johnson.
The Trinl of .Ttr. D^viw. j
Washington, Oct. 11.—The F®k*ulent
has addressed the following to tlig Attorp
ney General iu legard to the trial of Mr.
Davis:
» Executive Mansion. (
Washington, D. (•., Oct. G, *66. ) '
Sir: A special term of the Circuit
Court of the United States was appointed
for the first Tuesday of October, 1866, at
Richmond, Yj., for the tiial of Jefferson
Davis, ou the charge of treason. It ap
pears now that there will be no session of
that Court at Richmond during tho pres
ent month, and doubts are expressed
whether the regular term which, by law,
should convene on tbe 1st Monday of No
vember next, will be held, in view of
tbe obstinate and consequent delay in
proceeding with tbe trial of Jefferson
Davis, under tire prosecution for treason
now pending in that Court, and there be
ing, so far as the President is informed,
no good reason why the Civil Counts of
the United States are not now competent
to exercise adequate jurisdiction within
the District-or Circuit, in which the State
of Virginia is concluded, I deem it proper
to request your opinion as to what further
steps, if any should bo taken by the Ex
ecutive, with a view to a speedy, public
and impartial trial of the accused, accord
ing to the Constitution aud laws of the
United States.
I am, Sir,
Very Respectfully, yours,
Andrew Johnson.
To Hon. Henry Stanberry, Attorney
General.
In response to the above, the Attorney
General under date of the 12th instant,
states ;
“ I am clearly of the opinion that there
is nothing in the present condition of Vir
ginia to prevent the full exercise of the
jurisdiction of civil courts. The actual
state of things, and your several procla
mations of peace aud of the restoration of
civil order guarantee to the civil authori
ties Federal and State, ammunity against
military control or interference. It seems
to me, that in this particular there is no
necessity for further action on the part, of
the Executive in the way of proclama
tion especially as Congress at the late ses
sion required the Circuit Court of the
United States to be held at Richmond on
the first Monday of May and the fourth
Monday of November in each year, and
authorized special or adjourned terms of
that court to be ordered by the Chief Jus
tice of the Supreme Court at such time
and on such notice as he might prescribe
the
ttciluct ion of the I*iit»Iic Debt—43r«-nl Sue*
ci’,4 of Prrunlriit Jolni»oii’n A«lii»i*ri»ti-iilioifc.
We are pleased to make the following announc-
which find in the No# York Ifurid ot
the 6th inst —• ‘v 2 si -
“The official statemenfof the-pubfiJ debt on (be
Jsi ot' October, which we priut tbis inortiiljg,
shows that ii« amount on that day, less the
in the Treasury, was $2,573,.136.941. Going
back two mouths, and comparing tbis with the
corresponding statement ma^e on the 1st August,
we find that there has been a reduction of $59.-
762,335, or about sixty millions in sixty one days.
Ah this surptising rate, the whole debt would be
extinguished in less than seven years. It is ob
vious that the rate of reduction will be rapidly
accelerated as tbe debt approached extinction,
inasmuch as large sums now annually paid to
keep down the interest will then go towaids the
liquidation of the principal
Of course, we are not to expect that the nation
al debt is goiug to disappear with any such mar
vellous rapidity. The extraordinary rate oi the
last two mouths canuot be kept up tlir«Mighout
the year. The income tax, which is collected but
once a year, has been coming in since tbe 1st ol
August, and tbe redundant revenues of this sea
son will abate when the income tax is all collect
ed. But although the reduction of the dobt is
not so great during the year, it is nevertheless
large and oonstant, every monthly statement
showing a diminution.
We have no hesitation in ascribing this grati
fying result to the policy of President Johnson
We have no wish to wi hliold from Secretary
McC ulioeh any portion of the praise justly due
to his able administration of the finances ; but no
honesty in the collection of the revenue, no care-
in its custody, no clearness in his accounts, can
exempt the Secretary from paying the obligations
oi the government as they mature. Hehss.no
power to etiforce economy except in the adminis
tration of his own department. Tiiat the ex
penses of the government have been so diminish
ed that the revenue of the government largely
overlaps them, is entirely due lo the President,
aud due to that very policy for which he is so iu
dustriously decried aud maligned by the Radicals.
Had he yielded to their notions, every dollar of
the revenue would be absorbed iu maintaining
great armies to stand guard over t he South. I Lis
policy, alike sagacious and magnanimous, was a
policy of confidence. Instead of believing, as
the Radicals have insisted, that the spirit of the
South was as rebellious as ever, be trusted, with
out hesitation, their professions of loyalty, aud
proceeded at once to make large reductions ot
the army. Crediting the sincerity of Southern
submission, and acting as if he leared no farther
trouble, he caused our military hosts to be dis
banded and sent to their homes to swell the pro
ductive 1 ibor of the couutry. By thus narrowing
the channels of expenditure and feeding the
sources of revenue by swelling the volume ol
production, President Johnson lias enabled the
Treasury to make the gratifying exhibits which
delight and astonish the country, and tend to
raise tife public credit to the highest esiima:ion.
5 Au «"" ,a & Milieu*, vil.e « ; .i, roa .
e are pleased to learn that the
on thread ts progretsit-rap.j) *
eoj^ltJU, l.on h as been boiUt
several Hundred tons are on the’
which will be laid down as toon as it
rives. There ate large fotces <
and
"’ay
t ar-
8 entplovei 5 ;
getting out cross-ties for the road !
there will be no delay in completing 8 ,! 1 '
superstructure as rapidly as the •
received. The lot of iron now C n V*
water, it is thought, will he sulficient,
ay the track to or beyond Culvert™ h 1 ?
by the time this cargo is laid down, an, ,k
ei' installment will be here ready for m
continuation of the work. J 1,10
We are glad to-find the present office,,
of tbe road active, energetic, and z^i
in the discharge of their duties—and L^
no doubt but that tine enterprise will*?*
pushed forward as rapidly as the aff ° 0
company will permit. The'CaVi
rock excavation between Culverton j
Sparta has been completed, and there’
nothing wanted now but the iron to c ! *
plete the road to Sparta. The rock w„?t
ueycmd the latter place will k„ fj,,^
before the track-layers are reark- , () j lro
ceed with that work in that
ready
section, at)( j
Arkansas.—The Conservative, published a!
Little. Rock, gives some interesting facts-connect
ed with the jail in that city, which we copy be
low :
There are now confined in tbe jail of Pulaski
county, in this city, subject to trial by the civil
authorities, forty-four prisoners.
Of this number twenty six are negroes, and
eighteen white men.
Two of the negroes are charged with rape, four
with murder, and twenty with larceny.
. , , j • * • i Of the white men, five are charged with mur-
with the same power and jurisdiction as 0|J0 w p|, ra p ei and twelve with larceny.
i EAR, President.
THE MARKETS.
Atlanta, Oct. ID, 1866.
Flour—Superfine $10 OOtolD 59; Family
$14 00; Extra Family $1G 00; Fancy Brenda
$17 00® 16 00
Wheat—$2 00®2 50 %*’ bushel.
Corn—White $1 40; Mixed $1 35.
Bacon—Shoulders 19®20; clear sides 23A®
24; bants 25®23c.
Sugar—Brown 17® 19; Clarified J8®20;
Crushed 22; Powdered 22.
Coffee—Rio 28®32.
Rope—21®/21j
Baggine—Kentucky 39®40; Gunny 40®45c.
Candi.es—25 ®26.
Nails —9 25® jo 25.
Lard—Iu barrels 25c.; in kegs 23.
Macon, Oct. 19 i860.
Cotton—The market closed dull on Thursday
evening at 32 cents ; but t.;e morning, in view of
;he unfavorable New York accounts, cotton could
not be disposed of at over 31 cents, which scllere
were compelled to take. There was a pretty
good demand all day, and considerable cotton
was disposed of, but all of tbe better grades.
There is no inquiry for ftife’ior cottons The
market closed at 31 cents for Good Middling
Augusta, Oct 13,1366.
Cotton—The market was very irregular ,o-
day and tne demand light, holders gi-n rally re
fusing to y’eW to the concession claimed by buy
ers.
Sales to-day, 275 bales, as follows :—1 at 3i, 6
at regular terms.
This is a« explicit recognition by Con
gress that the state of things iu Virginia
admits the holding of the United States
Courts in that State.
He also states that Mr. Davis is held in
custody at Fortress Monroe, precisely as
he was held in January last, when in
answer to a resolution of Congress you
reported a communication from the Secre
tary of War and the Attorney General,
showing that he was held to await a
in tbe civil courts. Xo action was then
taken by Congress in reference to the
place of custody. No demand lias since
been made for bis transfer into civil cus
tody. The District Attorney for the U.
S. for the District of Virginia where Mr.
Davis stands indicted for treason, lias been
notified that tbe prisoner would be sur
rendered to the U. S. Marshal, upon a ca
pias under ihe indictment, but the District
Attornej’ declines to have the capias is
sued because there is no other place in the
District where the prisoner could be kept
or where his personal comfort and health
could be so well provided for. No appli
cation has been made within my knowl
edge by the Counsel for Mr. Davis, for a
transfer of tbe prisoner to civil custody.
Recently an application was made by
his Counsel for his transfer from Fortress
Monroe to Fort LaFayette, on the grounds
chiefly of sanitary considerations. A ref
erence was promptly made to a board of
Surgeons whose report was decidedly ad
verse to a change on the score of health
and personal comfort.
I atn unable to see what further action
can be taken on the part ot the Executive
to bring the prisoner to trial. Mr. Davis
must for the present romaiu where he is,
until the Court which has jurisdiction to
try him shall be ready to sit, or until his
custody is demanded under lawful pro
cess of the Federal Courts. The Attor
ney General suggests that to avoid any
misunderstanding on the subject, an order
be issued to the commandant of Fortress
Monroe to surrender the prisoner to civil
custody whenever demanded by the United
States Marshal upon process from the
Federal Court. Ai r. Stansberry encloses
a letter of the Hinted States District At
torney of Virginia, who .states in answer
to the question, why no demand had been
made upon the military authorities for the
surrender of Mr. Davis, in order that he
might be tried upon the iudictment found
agaiust him in the U. S. Circuit Court, at
the term beld^t Norfolk in May last, that
two reasons had influenced him in not re
moving him from their custody.
He says the one relates to the safe keep
ing ; the other to his own personal com
fort nnd health. I have never had a doubt
that lie would be delivered to the L‘. S.
Marshal of the District whenever he
should demand him on. a capias or any
other civil process.
Of these white .nen, all but three, during th<-
late war. were soldiers in the Federal army ; and
all but five are Northern.
Since December last, about three hundred crim
inals have been committed to our coiiu'y jail, for
various offenses; auJ out of that number, oidy
fourteen of them, were Southern white men —
This corroborates, what we have stated before, of
the negro population, under the u»*w regime -
Wherever and whenever, they have beeu Iree
from the restraint aud wholesome discipline and
instruction, given them w-hilst in their former
state of servitude, they have invariably fallen
. , t into the most dissolute, reckless, and lawless hah
tIIa its. But this is perfectly natural! It is hut the
teachings of the past history of that race of people
The Negro.—The Wilmington Journal has an
article upon the negro, from which we extract:
“ Tho position of the negro is changed, but his
nature is the same. In many respects he is actu
ated by the same emotion as when he was a slave.
We were very forcibly struck by the remarks ol
one of this race yesterday, while addressing a
Captain of a vessel from the North. Ho boasted
of the place of his birth (our own city} and glo
ried in the Old North State, and said, “ that as
far as worldly possessions are concerned. I was
well enough to do in tbe world, until these mean
Northern white ami nigger soldiers came along
here and stole everything I had ” He spoke o.l
the manner of living North and South, and as-
aerted that he was used to eat the best; that lie
disliked this Northern, pork and as tor himself, lie
eat no salt meats but the best North Carolina
bacon, which was fat superior to any meat iu the
worldf.
We have related these facts simply to show that
the negro has still some traits of lidelitv left to
him ; that he is beginning to find that his former
master is his best friend : that the iaud i f his
birth affords him the best refuge, and tint be Still
feels the force of old associations.
Bachelors—In the good old times, it was
considered unpatriotic in a citizen to remain a
bachelor all his days. By the Spartan laws, those
citicms who remained bachelors after middle age
were exvluded from ail offices, civil and military.
At certain feasts they were exposed to public de
rision. and led. around the market place. Al
though, generally speaking, age was usm lly re
spected at Sparta, yet this feeling was not inflm
festod toward old bachelors. “Why should 1
nrnke way for you,” said a Spartan youth,to a
grey-headed old bachelor, “who will never have
a son to do me the same honor when I am old'”
The Roman law pursued the same course towasd
old bachelors. They had to pay extra and spe
cial taxes, and under Augustus a law was enact-
ted by which old bachelors were made incapable
of acquiring legacies and devises of real estate by
will, except from their near relative.
All styles of Hats and Caps At
JOSEPH & FASS.
An orator, referring to the “ bone and
sinew,” said: My friends 1 ; I am proed to
see around me to-night the hardy yeoman
ry ofthe land, for I love the agricultural
in a very short time ottr Miliedgeviill
friends wiiLfiml themselves in direct co
u.u.iieation with this city and Charleston"
Yve Itav;e uut learned whether it is th
intention of the Company to push on tho
road to Macon, but we hope no time will
be lost iu making tbe connection with tho
latter city complete. The road wiil nev
er answer the expectation of its friends
and projectors as long as tbe connection
between Milledgeville and Macon is made
Uirough the medium of a hostile company.
The interest of the people in this city and
ibis section of the State demand that tho
Macon connection should be made by the
Milledgeville and Augusta- Road,* and
nothing-short of this will satisfy the share
holders or the public. '
We believe that the grading is finished
between Macon and Milledgeville, and
nearly <v quite all the trestle work also.
I he only additional expense wiil be the
cost ol iron and cross-ties; and the labor
necessary in laying the superstructure.
The President of the road will doubtless
be able secure tne means necessary to
meet these expenditures, and hence we
anticipate tbe completion of tbe road to
no distant day over its whole track to
Macon. J he people along tbe line of the
toad should come forward promptly, and
render all the aid in tbeir power to enable
ihe officers of the Company to secure its
speedy completion.—Augusta Chronicle Or
Sentinel.
Iinpai-tnnt Litigation—-Large Charitable
Bhiuou—$1410.000 Involved.
From tbe Louisville Democrat, October 2,
Our former well known citizen, Isaac Cromie
Who died August lo, J.-4>5, after btq-athmg va
rious portions of his large estate to h,s relatives
leviscd property and Hinds, now valued at $160,-
■ KiU, to the Louisville Preebytttrian-Orphan Asy
lum aud the Sisters of Mercy of New Yoik—each
ill equtil proportions. Unfortunately, in w-ritiug
his last wiil and- testament, the proper title of
neither institution was given, as required bv law,
that in this city being the Louisville Tresbyt^
riau Orphans Home Upon the ground ot this
figure, evidently through want uf caution in
drawing the instrument, the heirs at law have in
stituted suit before Chancellor 1‘irtle for the es-
lat-s. The managers of the Presbyterian Or-
phans’ Home have filed a cross bill in Chancery,
and although there may- be a difference in the
name their institution bears that mentioned by
the testator, they teei confident that justice and
aquity will award them *>au,U0(J that the charita
ble devisor evidently intended for the benefit of
t-he orphans of our city. But a new difficulty has
ariseti, aud ouethat is quite as perpl-xing as tbe
.egal. litis is of a theological character, grow-
*Bg out of the reeent dissensions in the Presby-
-tei ian Church. The constitution of the Orphans’
Home prescribes that the members of the society
shall consist of the original signers of the con
stitution, the pastors, ruling elders, deacons and
trustees ol the various Presbyterian churches of
Louisville connected with the Presbyteiy of Louis-
ville, the Synod of Kentucky, and Le General
Assembly of the United States of America.
I he Redemption of Mutilated National
Bank NoiEs- A Washington dispatch says:
I he law requires the agents of the National
Banks in the leading cities of the United States
to redeem the. currency of the National Banks,
under certain regulations. One of these agents
in Boston refused toreueem a package of § 1,069
mutilated currency, because he considered the
notes so muclf destroyed as to impair their value,
lhi matter was submitted to the Comptrollercf
the .Currency for his decision, and this officer h«s
decided that mutilated notes must be redeemed
hy the redemption agencies of National Banks at
conirnercjal centns, so long as no reasmable
-doubt exis'ls as to the value or identity of tbe
notes presented. W hen the notes are so mutila
ted as to make the value or identity difficult to
determine', the case shall be referred to the bank
from which the notes were issued. A circular to
this eliect will be issued to all the agencies and
banks to-morrow.
Going—The Newnan Herald objects to the
emigration of the negroes from that county. It
says: • ' .
it is generally known that large nmnbers of
negroes are leaving jliis country ostensibly for
I ennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi. 8‘rangers
have come into our midst, and- by tempting of
fers of fifteen, twenty nr thirty dollars per month
as wages, have induced_about two hundred men,
women and children- to leave Coweta in the last
in.cros,, of .be country; »mi well m,y I Sj
Beautiful Cassitnerfe SHif?; all sty Vs And ' qualities
at JOSEPH <fc FAS3.
Overcoats, Beavers, Chinchillas at
JOSEPH A. FASS-
bales
Louisville, OCt. 17-^-Mnj.Gen Thomas, com
manding tho Department ot the South-west, em
bracing Kentucky, Tennessee) Georgia.aad Mis-
at 35, 2 at 35^. 7 ut 35$, 6 at 36, 65 at 36^. 20 at; souri, will establish Iiis headquarters here c-n the
36J, and 127 bales at 37 cents. Receipts, 536 first of November.
„ - — ■ M — ,
St. Louis, Oct t 13.—A terclfic steam boiler ex
plosion occurred here this morning in the turn
ing shop of J. H. Bubrock, off Franklin Avenue,
totally demolishing tne shop aqa twqofcher build
ings. Twenty-two persons aro known to be
buried in tbe ruins. ' » ,
w
Cloaks! Cloaks!
E ARE now felling nt prices to snit tho
times, one of tbe largest lots of
OXjOAKS.
All styles and qualities, that was ever in Mil-
ledgeville.
Call and see for yourselves.
JOSEPH &. FASS.
Oct. 22,1866. 12 It.
Washington, Oct 13 —Secretary Stanton had
a lengthy interview with the Presidentthis morn
rug- lii« early retirement from tfio War Depart
ment is conceded to be certain.
Ladies Under vests, Flannels and Liaseys at
JOSEPH &F4SS.
love them, fellow-citizens, fori was born n
farmer;fhe happiest days of my youth were
spent in the peaceful avocations of a son
of tiro soil. If I may be allowed to use a
figurative expression,my friends I may say
i was born between trvo rows of corn.” “A
pumpkin by thunder !” exclaimed an ine
briated chap, just iu front ot the stage.
People who aic inclined to indulge in
more wives than a law allows should keep
out of Florida. The State is not a flowery
land to tho bigamist. Dr. Tolnnd went
therefrom South Carolina,fell in love with
a young lady, courted and married her,
and they lived together about a year.
At the expiration of that time it leaked
out that the Doctor had another wife- iu
his native State. He was arrested, tried,
convicted. r.:vl condemned to be sold to
the highest bidder. He was ■accordingly
brought to the block hy the Sheriff a few
weeks ago and was knocked down to (he
bounty ol Gadsden for a term of five years,
at Si,127—the amount of the fine and
costs. The poor woman whom he had so
heartlessly victimized of course didn't Want
him at auy price.
A negro woman passing the Stacy House
at Nashville with a rough coffin on her
head, was asked who it was for, and repli
ed - “for my ole man.”—“Why don’t you
get some man to carry it for you/said a by
stander. “Poor folks has to tote dero Own
coffins dcse days,” said the woman and
hurried ou.
meant Cuba. That, however is r.ot the point that
interests us. It' the blacks coulinne to leave in
such numbers until Christmas, cur farmers will
not be able to employ laborers lor the next year,
and without labor there is no production, and of
course, uo prosperity.
Savannah.—The Savannah papers represent
the health of the city as rapidly improving. Also,
that business is reviving, with a prospect for an
u n usual ly.itoavy trade.
The Superintendent of the Western A- At’anfic
Railroad, desiring to afiord the members of tho
General Assembly an opportunity to examine into
the condition of said Road, has directed that the/
be parsed over the same free of charge until th'3
first day of January next -
There is a thread in our thoughts as there is»
pulse in our hearts. He who can hold the one,
knows how to think ; ami ho who can move tho
other, knows how to feel.
A Strong Minded Woman -for Congress
—Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton presents herse.t
in a card, published in a New York paper, fo tk fl
voting population of the Eighth Congressional
district as-a candidate for representative in Con
gress. fcjhe^professe^iiidependent principles, wi** 1
it moral reservation nn favor of the Republic* 1 *
party, provided it. advocates negro suffrage, and
asks support on the high ground of safety of tho
nation aud justicet« its citizens.
The people of Randolph county-, held a meet
ing at Cuthbert, a few days ago, and adopted res
olutions requesting the Legislature to stop tho
collection of all moneys on txtcutions, until th®
people meet in convention.
A Sad Disaster.—While Barnum’s fat wo- ,
mao was riding in a cab at Toronto, the cab broka
down and she rolled is the mud. The cf.bm» n
sues the fat woman for breaking down Lis err
and the fat woman sues the cabman for the muddf
*rol!.