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♦ VOLUME XLlli] M ILLEDGE VILLE, GEORGIA, APRIL 10, 1872. N U M B E R 37. IU Jf c b c r h 1 Sttion IS PUBLISHED WEEKLY IN MILL.EDGEVILLE, GA., BOUGflTON, BARNES & MOORE, (Corner ot Hancock and Wilkinson Street.,I At $2 in Advance, or $3 at end of the year. S. N. BOCGHTON, Editor. ADVERTISING. Tfiosir.KT.—One Dollar perequare of tenlines for first insertion, and seventy-five cents fjr each subse qaent continuance. Tributes of respect, Resolutions by Societies,Obit- saries exceeding six lines, Nominations for office,Com munications or Editorial notices for individual benefit, charged as transient advertising. LEGAL ADVERTISING. Sheriff’s Sales, per levy of tenlines, or le3i,....$:2 50 Mortgage fi fa sales, per square......... 500 Citations for Letters of Administration, 3 00 “ “ Guardianship,.. 3 00 Application for dismission from Administration, 3 00 “ “ “ “ Guardianship, 3 00 “ “ leave to sell Laud, 5 00 “ for Homesteads, i <5 Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00 Sales ol Laud, dec., per square a 00 •• perishable-property, 10 days, per square,.. 150 Kstray Notices,30days, - - - *'U0 foreclosure of Mortgage, per sq-, each time, 100 Applications for Homesteads, (two weeks,) J 75 LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sales of Land, Ac., by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required bylaw to be held on the firm Tuesday iatlie month, between the hours of 10 in tlie forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the Court 2j ou „e in the County ill which tho property is situated. Notice of these sales must be given in a public ga zette 10 days previous to the day of sale. Notices for the sals of personal property must be given in like manner 10 days previous to sale day. Notices to tlie debtois and creditors of an estate must also be published 40 days. N'otiee that application will be made to the Court ol Ordinary for leave to sell Land, &e., must be publish ed tor two months. Citations for letters of Ad ministration. Guardianship, &r , must be published 30 days—for dismission from Administration monthly three months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40 days. Rules for foreclosure of Mortgage must be publish ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost pa per, tor tlie full space of three months—for compell ing titles from Executors or Administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the full spaceof three months. Publications will always be continued according to these,thelega! requirements, uulessotherwiso ordered Book and Job Work, of all kinds, PROMPTLY AND NEATLY EXECUTED AT T1SIS OFFICE. Agents for Federal Union in New York City GEO. P. HOWELL Si CO., No. 40 Park Bow. S. M. PETTIXGILL A CO., 37 Park Row. Up* Messrs. Gkikfin & Hoffman. Newspaper Advertising Agents. No. 4 South St., Baltimore, Md., are duly authorized to contract for adveitisements at our loiir.it rates. Advertisers in that City are request ed to leave their favors with this house " Letter From Brazil. We take great pleasure in publish ing the following letter front Brazil for it is pleasant for old friends and ac quaintances to hear from an old neigh bor who has been absent a long time. This is a real plain, true, original, farmer’s letter, to his brother—our old friend, Thomas M. Green, one of our best old citizens. Mr. Joseph J. Green was raised in Baldwin, and married a Miss Scoggin of same county ; moved to Louisiana before the war, from there to Texas, and from Texas to Brazil. Mr. Green lives about 250 miles W So W of Rio Janeiro—in the best por tion of Brazil, and one- of the most picturesque regions of the world. We do not publish this letter for the purpose of getting up an emigration fever, for we will inform all readers that Middle Georgia is destined to be the garden-spot of all civilized lands; and having travelled a little we feel that we hazard nothing when we say, stand by Middle Georgia as long as her granite rocks last. Tieie Province, Santa Paullo, ) February 12th, 1872. > Dear Brother :—I write you a few lines to inform you where I am living. Myself and children are well and I hope you are enjoying the like bless ing. 1 have travelled a long time, and was wrecked on the Island of Cuba for nearly a year; went from there to New York, and then to Brazil, where I now live. My youngest living child, Joseph, is now twelve years old. My wife and two youngest children died in Texas. This is the healthiest country I ever saw; water is plenty and very good ; the land is not level but mountainous in many places. On the seacoast the mountains are very high and can be seen a great way oft—with large steep rocks on the sales and tops. The settlement I live in is about like our old settlement, and the most productive land that I ever saw. Gray and sandy with some red land. Cane [Bambo, we presume—Eds.] SO feet high all over the woods, and vines so tlnck that you can’t see a man five feet. The gray land has no cane on it. I think it the best land ; it will make 2000 lbs. seed cotton to the acre. Su gar cane grows finely and there is no flat, level land to plant rice on, but it coes well on the highlands, and corn yields an abundance. I live in 24 deg. South latitude ; the best climate in the world. All the year is nearly like May 7 in Georgia. I have not had a bad cold since I have been here, neither has my T children ; in Get, uo sickness of any kind. I nave not seen a uQht too warm to sleep undercover. It takes produce longer to mature here than it does in North America. The days are not so warm and long from sunrise to sundown. We have some white frost from the 1st of June to the 1st of September, but very light. Last June a year ago it frosted twenty-two nights in succes sion. Winter is the dry season ; rain begins iu October and lasts until April; but we are not often two weeks at a time without rain. We have light showers nearly every week. Corn uever sutlers for rain nor fails to make a plenty. The way they plant here they cut all the cancs and vines, the large deadened trees do not die soon, and some never rot. After the canes and vines dry they burn it off, and you never saw such fires. Then they take *ticks, stick holes in the ground, drop from four to eight grains of corn in a and that is all the work they do to it, and get 30 to 50 bushels to the acre. The Brazilians are the most of them wealthy in this settlement, and well educated. Their language is easily learned. My children all speak it very w r ell. I will give you what idea these Bra zilians had of a plow. They had never seen one until I came here; some thought the mules or buro as they call them, was hitched behind the plow between the bandies. The firsc one I made was a good show; I sold it for nineteen dollars, ana haven’t been able to keep plows for iny own use. All of them are getting in the notion of plowing. Many iarge plantations have 50 or 60 negro men on a place. The negroes and poor whites go barefooted. I have never seen any old wore out land nor any gulleys or washed lands. Some pay an American good wages to learn their negroes to plow 7 , 1000 tog-500 milreys. A milrey is 50 cents. They will give 4 milreys a day for a hand to plow. What we call a Cary plow in the States they like best. I sell them for SI 1.25, without stock $7.50 and $4.00 for stock. In my next letter to you I will write you more about this country and its hunting and fishing. Nothing more at this time. I remain your loving brother, Joseph J. Green. For the Federal Union: Indian Mounds on the Qcmulgee. fit Wall St . New York, February 19th, 1872. Editor Tclrpraph. Morrnprr—I send yon the following ftceount ol Home aboriginal monument!) on the left bank of tlie River Ocmulgee in tlie vieinily ol the city of Macon. tiustiug it will interest at leant acme ot your numerous readers. Very leaped fully and truly yours, Charles C. Jones, Jr. Tlie India! s had no more knowledge of the building of those mounds than the present owners of the land have at this time. This entire country was settled and built on long before Co lumbus discovered this continent.— Some YS or 20 miles above Macon, in the county of Jones, above Clinton, there was, when the country was sur veyed, the evidence of its having been a regular fortified garrison, and one of the old red cedar gate-posts whs still standing and tlie entire entrenchments for defence, were as visible as they ever were. This district was surveyed by a distinguished Colonel of the Revolu tionary army of General Washington. Similarly fortified places were discov ered in Hancock county. One of these old fortified places is still visible near Mount Zion. The late Dr. Whitten lived on it many years. Somewhere in West Tennessee lias been discover ed a large burying-ground in which the dead were buried in beautiful hewn stone coffins, none of which were more than three feet four inches long, and they known to be adults, and so decided by the Medical Univer sity of Edinburgh. Tlie Faculty came to that conclusion from their teeth. After the purchase of Louisiana, Mr. Jefferson sent a strong detachment of the U. S. army to accompany Govern or Holmes, whom he made Governor of that State and located him at Natchez. One of his ablest Surgeons was Doctor John Towles of Virginia. He was a large sugar planter when I first knew him—a gentleman of fortune. He told me there was a very large mound on the right bank of the river Teche, near the mouth of it, near Berwick’s Bay. Curiosity prompted him and other Surgeons, to cut into it and see what it contained. They found it to be a place of sepulture for thousands of the human race. They continued their search and examination until they found a perfect skeleton, which they took up and put together, and packed it up, and sent it to the Medi cal University of Edinburgh. He told me they were greatly surprised at the length and size of the bones. He took off his leit boot and stood fiat on the foot bones taken off at the ancle, (the leg bone from the ancle joint up t© the thigh bone,) and it reached half way up to his hip joint and was equal in size to its length. Now with these facts before me, and statements which I shall make upon the same subjects of my own knowl edge, I shall leave the Macon mound to and with Mr. Jones. On one of the small mounds at Ma con lie the remains of Daniel McDoug- afd, of the city of New Y'ork, an old United States Factor for the different Indian tribes, as honest a man New York ever produced. I hope his re mains have not been distuibed. He was buried on one of these small mounds at his special request, and near him was buried a noble specimen ot a young Indian warrior. He threw his fellow iu a wrestle, by accident.— Among the Indiau spectators many saw 7 the accident when it happened, and immediately ordered a hoe brought to him, which he took in bis hands and dug his grave with it. He then raised Ins hands and au Indian war rior took the knife and cut his body almost open with it. He was instant ly covered up and she Indian frolic went on. When Dr. Roberts of Eatonton, Putnam county, was employed by the Government to lay off the territory into counties, by plain and distinct county lines, he told me he found there the best specimen of brick and brick work he ever saw anywhere in his life. Now De Soto never went theie, and mounds are as frequent there as they are here. At old Joseph Berwick’s on the river Teche in the Parith of At- takapas, Louisiana, is the most per fect mound I ever saw. It is oblong in shape and so perpendicular that I could not climb it. Neither the In dians nor the Spaniards had any more knowledge about them than I had. These mounds never were built by Indians, for there were none in this country at that time. The Creek In dians, Cherokees, Chickasaws and Choctaws, came from the West. They crossed over to this continent at Bher- ing s Straits, and then travelled east ward until they reached this country. They never crossed the Savannah river as settlers. The largest eastern trad ing town they had was old Galphin town, I believe in this State, in Jeffer son county. George Galphin, the celebrated Indiau trader, bought his goods there and packed them on In dian ponies, as far out West as the In dian settlements extended towards Natchez on the Mississippi river. Mr. Galphiii’s business bad now be come so large and unmanageable that he w rote to his nephew, Timothy Ber nard, then at the Medical University of of Edinburgh, to come to the United States to assist him and take his es tate. Shortly after his arrival here, Mr. Galphin and his nephew, Timo thy Bernard, went to the Indian treaty in Carolina in 1790 or 1794. There Mr. Bernard first met tlie native In dians and became acquainted with a native Indiau girl living high up on the Flint river, and lived with her fifty- eight years, during which time they had 18 children, and he never spoke to her during the time in her own language. The Uchee language made a peculiar guttural sound in the throat, that no one ever learned except in in childhood, but one white boy by the name of Parker, and one old negro named Ketch. Tnis is the only In dian tribe ever found in this country that spoke this language, and they could tell nothing of their origin or where they came from. The Creeks, Cherokees, Chickasaws, and Choctaws came from the West. For the Federal Union. LETTER FR0.FI MACON. Journey from Sparta—Carlos of the “ Ells” Saloon— Princely fare of food and music—St Paul's Church on Eas'er Sunday—Rev. Sir. Reese's Practical Ser mon—Marsenburg's Mainmolh Soda-fount—Prof. Huston's Wonderful Pen feat*—Mr. Lee at Burke's Book store—Clisby of the Quill. Macon, April 3, 1872. Mr. Editor: Since writing to you, imperative business demands occa sioned a “ change of base,” and I find myself in the beautiful city of Macon. This frequent change of locality might argue a want of stability in the sub stratum of chaiacter did not the potent THE excuse of business cover it up, and like Ejijah’s mantle present a legitimate reliability demanding all praise. I must confess that however much these migratory habits unfit one for station ary existence, there is a charm irresist ible in this ignus fatuus life that noth ing else gives. One sees so much that is diverting, learns so much that is new, and acquires such cosmopolitan views that the circumscribed limit of domesticality can never afford. From Sparta to Macon the ride was made brief by the delightful compan ionship of several enlarged minds that discussed the topics of the day with tlie masterly skill of astute and culti vated intellects. Arriving in Macon at eight, P. M., I went in company with a friend to Ells’ establishment, where the prince of restaurant purveyors, Mr. Curios, conducted us to a small tastefully dec orated saloon, where we were provided with comfortable seats at spacious clothed tables. While await- DEACON DODO. Deacon Dodd once feelingly said, About his Betsy, long since dead, “If ever an angel loved a man, That angel, sir. was Betsy Ann; If I happened to scold her, she was so meet,'' (Which the deacon did seven times a week.) “She'd clap her apron to her eye. And never say nothin', hut only cry." Bur, ladies, perhapa rou'd like to be told That Deaco.i Dodd, like other men. Waited a year and married again; But he married a most inveterate scold. And now "tin the deacon's turn to he meek, And he gets well rasped from week to week; But rather than “open his head - ' he'd burst— He w islie* the second with the first! But. as she's as tough as a hickory limb, No doubt she’ll live to say of him, “If ever a saint the footstool trod. That man—that saint—was Deacon Dodd ” From the Nashville Union arid American. ORIGIN OF RADICAL B.ECOPTSTB.UCTION Lincoln Against Xt—Stanton Its Author. Tlie\ 7 crossed over to this continent at f 110vv y mg the entrance of the waiters our Bhering’s Straits, and travelled east ward as their numbers increased until they reached Georgia, and there they found the white man. None of their tribe ever crossed the Savannah river as settlers. But there were a few In dians in the mountains of North as well as South Carolina, and a few Yamacraws about Savannah. After the building and completion of Fort Hawkins and its defences Sergt. Pleasant Hightower was detailed from duty of the Garrison, with a number of men to assist him in cutting a a winding stair way around the sum mit of the high mound at Macon ; to j musical taste was delighted with soft and rich strains from the deft fingers of some Italian violinists. Soon the , polite waiters brought in savory dishes of oysters, hot coffee, and other viands. Tlie music continued ; at times grand, slow and solemn, then flowing into a rapid strain of gaity truly inspiring. I almost imagined myself transported to some old Roman villa, where foun tains, flowers and music at feasts led to arms, and after having fought well, were beaten and humbled 7 * * * He had, he said, no thought of treating the Rebel Virginian Repre sentative as a legal assemblage—a real Legislature ; but the persons compos ing that body were leading men in their respective counties, each of whom had a local influence, which he thought should be made available in this critical transition state, in the in terest of peace and the Union. He was surprised that his object and the movement had been so generally mis construed, and under the circumstan ces, perhaps, it was best the proce- dings should be abandoned. State ac tion in the interest of peace was, how ever, in itself disintegration and de struction to tlie Confederacy. He was at heart a tyrant, and preferred the devices of despotism to the milder and more beneficient reign of constitu- tianal freedom. Clews’ Impeachment of the New York Tress. The following paragraph, from the New York Journal of Commerce, explaus itself and nails to the counter, so far as the Journal is concerned, one of Henry Clews’ boasts, that he had succeeded in suppress ing attacks on Bullock scut to the New York press: We find in a recent issue of an At lanta paper, a letter dated December 22, 1S70 and signed by “Henry Clews & Co.” of this city. In this letter it is asserted that “some very bitter attacks upon the administration” of the Bullock party in Georgia had been sent to certain promi nent New Y'ork papers, notice of which ed, thought it should be encouraged, and ^ given to the gendemen nam 6 t ; j j; :_*_Jk;„ I and they had “been able to suppress The Galaxy for April contains an in teresting paper by Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary ot the Navy under President Lincoln. It relates to the discussions and divisions in the Federal Cabinet, at the close of the war, in reference to the mode of dealing with the subdued Southern States, and is noteworthy for some interesting disclosures which it makes. Mr. Welles represents Pres ident Lincoln as the earnest opponent of any mode of reconstruction that would deal harshly with the South0 and of any ourse of severity towards the leaders of the Confederacy, and Stanton as the originator of the plan of forced reconstruction under milita ry rule, which, though not accepta ble to Lincoln and afterwards rejected by President Johnson and his Cabinet was substantially adopted and put in to execution by Congress. We have not received a copy of the Galaxy containing this article, but we find in the St. Louis Republican a sum mary of it which no doubt includes all its material points. The Republican says that Mr. Welles, in his article, gives a clear insight into the views of President Lincoln concerning recon struction, and the discussious of the Cabinet thereupon, immediately be fore and after his death. As thissub- Arnong the papers specified one to believe iu an earthly elysium. i j ec ^ has been the theme of much de- Certainly Carlos understands all these j bate in public and private circles, and delightful combinations which render as ^isis the first authoritative reveia- existence agreeable, and no one should f’ on regarding it which has ever ap- 1 e v e l” o ft’t h c * t o p ofltTandThen haie I visit Macotl witho . ut paying his saloon ! pe a red in print, we propose, says a well dug down the center of the j a ca ^ ati( i partaking ol its sumptuous mound until he reached the original | repasts. surface soil, which he did at the dis-j I * )a( i the pleasure of attending ser- tance of one hundred and twelve feet, j v i ce a * : St* Pauls Church on Easter where he found various things, such i Sunday—a service commemoratingThe as gun barrels, stirrup irons, brick resurrection of our blessed Lord. The bats, bridle bits, spoons, knives, sword | church was handsomely decorated with blades, and numerous kinds of pottery, | flowers, &c. Mr. Reese, the pastor, de- arid various other things, all ot which j livered a practical discourse upon the were destroyed at the burning of Wash-1 essential points, both small and great, ington by the British during the war that combine of 1812 ’15. Any man who knows anything of Indian habits and character knows they are not a working people. I have known Indians all my life, but ruver knew them as a working people. to form a true Christum character. Easter was celebrated by the ancients also, as the resuriectiou day of the beautiful spring season, when earth’s breast is decorated with goigeousand odorous flowers. I called with a friend at the Drue 7 fount, costing the immense sum of S2.0U0. It stands on a base of Egyp tian marble, with a sub-base of grey. The centre part is formed of Sienna marble of a beautiful salmon color, veined with brown. Upon the top of With their little cane baskets, carry-1 Store of Massenburg, aud we'were ing a peck of earth one hundred leet! sliown a magnificent mammoth soda high, 300 feet around the base, almost perpendicular, without steps or stair way, would be something of a job. MURDER AND ROBBERV. Mr. Lycurgus S. Wellborn, for forty years an hon >red and revered citizen ot this city and county, was most foul ly assaulted and murdered in his store, on Garden Lane in this city, last Thursday night. The circumstances connected with the terrible deed were these : Mr. Wellborn, as was his cus tom, kept the store open after supper, and on this occasion was accompanied by liis wife until the usual hour for closing. She retired to the dwelling (only a few steps distance) with the understanding that her husband was j drawing and chirography are the per- to follow immediately afterward. He ! lection of art, beautiful to behold, aud did not come, however, and she called ! encouraging to liis less gifted compeers several times but receiving no answer, who by studious practice might at returned to the store and found him least attain skill requisite for trac- sitting on the counter in a speechless ing legible business handwriting, condition. She immediately called in From the College we stepped into her near neighbors and and dispatch- ( Burke’s Book Store, and there were ed a messenger for a physician, under j served by Mr. Lee, a Canadian of ac- the Republican, to reproduce a few of the leading features, asking for them the careful attention of our readers. After alluding to Mr. Lincoln’s connection with the Whig party, and his chivalric devotion to Henry Clay, Mr. Welles says: “Time, reflection and maturer years, tempered his enthusiasm and modified his leelings. He did not wholly re linquish his party obligations, but in vestigation, discussion and responsibil ity had wrought a change in his views. Aside from personal admiration of the eloquent Whig champion, which lin gered in his mind a pleasant remem brance, aad apart from association, which begets attachment, Mr. Lincoln in liis later years, retained but little zeal for Whig doctrines. When elec ted, arid during his administration, he was sincerely and conscientiously, in feeling and principle, a Federal Re publican, a friend of State rights, and in his general views an opponent of this octagonal structure waS a slab O: consolidation. Observation and expe- - rience made him less a centralist and Egyptian marble, corniced with heavy silver mouldings. Handsome statu ettes and gas fixtures adorn this foun tain of delicious beverages, and we hope whenever we visit Macon to partake of its cooling liquid. Business led us to the Commercial College and our eyes were astonished by the wonderful penmanship of Pro fessor Euston, aptly termed “ Lord of the Quill.” His specimens of pen- the impression that he had apoplexy or some other sudden and violent at tack. Tlie physician, on his arrival, immediately discovered the cause of the trouble and had he known the na ture of the case and provided himself with instruments, might, possibly, have relieved the brain until Mr. W. could have made known the name of the assassin, if lie could not have pro- loncjrprl hie lifo* It is evident that the murderer had compflshed attainments and a kinsman of the minister who delivered a tem perance lecture recently in Milledge- ville. I had a very interesting con versation with Mr. Lee about books, and before lea\ ing was presented by him with several works on elementary science. Returning vve called on Dr. McRey- nolds, Sr. He has extensive and ele gantly fitted dental rooms, eonvenient- j ly situated near the Lanier House, been about the premises for some time, j Dr. McReynolds is thorough master of waiting an opportunity to rob tlie store. It is also evident that he had money in view, for Lycurgus Well born was a man above reproach and without au enemy. The assault was made about 9 o’clock at night, and the bar of the door or some other heavy bludgeon used. He Was struck about the tem ple and the skull badly broken. He lived only about an hour after receiv ing the iujury. In behalf of the com munity of which he has long been a respected member and in behalf of our self, we extend to the bereaved family, most sincere condolence. His remains were escorted to the tomb yesteiday afternoon at4o’clock, by a large concourse of our citizens. P. S.—The police arrested a negro last night, by the name of Nelson James, and lodged him in jail under a suspicion that he was the murderer, or implicated, with others, in the foul and brutal deed. He is from Clayton, aud says he caiue here on an ox wagon a day or two since, but the Sheriff, who knows him, says he came down on the cars He was also seen in the city be fore the time at which he says he ar rived. Money, we are in formed, was also found upon his person which Mrs. W ellboru had mended with tissue pa per and paste. The Coroner’s Inquest has not yet concluded their labors and no verdict has been rendered. —Evfuula was, I perceived, disappointed that his |* friends opposed the measure, and that ■ the Journai „fCom,nerd. This is a mis- I. always recognized by him as a State 1 take in every p art i Q ular, as far as we are Rights Union man, had not favored it ” 'concerned. Nothing of this kind, sent to A Cabinet meeting was held on the'us for publication, was submited to the afternoon of the 14th of April, a few bouse in question, and no such influence hours before the President fell by the t was ever brought to bear on us Lr its hands of an assassin. At that time, ; suppression. Either Messers. Henry • •» i• . i r i. Clews & Co. have made a serious mistake while discussing plans for the reorgan- , ti . (icluil our joBrual in the list, or ization of the South, Mr. Lincoln ex- they have been j mpose( i upon by some pressed hi niseif as follows : wandering Bohemian who bad no connec- “He thought it providential that tion whatever with us. YVe are not in this great rebellion was crushed just the habit of surrendering our columns to as Congress had adjourned, and there such outside influences, were none of the disturbing elements of that body to hinder and embarrass JOQilltbatbUIe SusiltCSS 51 ilCCtOClT. us. It vve were wise and discreet, we ~ — should reanimate tlie States and Me KIN LEV &. BARROW, office over Clark's Drug •Store. CRAWFORD Sc WILLIAMSON, office iu Masonic Hall. Attorneys at Law. their government in successful opera- iverson l. Harris,office on Hancock at tion, with order prevailing and the LU briscoe. office at city Hail. Union re-established before Congress came together in December. This he thought im portant. We could do bet- SANFORD 3c FURMAN, office over Stetson’s Store. ° i ... . ,. T W WHITE, office in Masonic Hall. ter, accomplish more Without than w. G McADOO, office at residence, cor. Jefferson with them. There were men in Con- j and Frankii.. streets. gress who, if their motives were good, j Notary Public, were nevertheless impracticable, and peter fair, office at City h»ii. who possessed feeling* of hate and via- j Physicians, dictivencss in which he did not sym- I)r. S G WHITE, office a: residence on Jefferson st. , . , ,, , . ■ . Dr. G I) CASE, office at residence on Wavue «t. patllize and could not participate. 1)r w 11 HALL, office overClnrk's Drug Store. He hoped there would be UO persecu- . Dr J W HEKTY office at Drug Store of Hunt, i , r I Rankin Sc Lamar. tlOIl, no bloody work alter tne war en- | DrG ED WARDS, office at residence on Jefferson *t. ded. None need expect that he would his profession, and his ciiarges are far move moderate than any other of the guild in Macon. They are the same as those in ante helium days. He ad heres to the good old adage of “ Live and let live,” which is indeed rare and gratifying in these days when so many suffer from the epidemic “ impecuni- osity.” Before closing this lengthened epis tle I must remark that I had the grat ification of an introduction to Mr. Clis by' the accomplished editor of the Telegraph & Messenger, a pleasure I had long desired from the perusal of his interesting and well conducted pa- | per. But tempus fugit. I must off to the station. Look out fora letter from the suuny seaboard of the glorious old Atlantic ere long. Adios. Rambler. Colds.—“Colds” always come from one cause; some part of the whole body being c-dder thau natural for a time, lon ger or shorter, according to the vigor of the constitution. If a man will keep the feet war or always, and never allow & feeling of chillnesa to come over him he need net take cold iu a lifetime. While multitudes of colds come through cold, damp feet, perhaps the majority arise from persons cooling oil too quickly, after becoiniDg a little warmer from exer cise or work than is natural.—Dr. Hall. Thomaa county boast* of the pro duction of a fourteen pounds baby. more a State-rights Republican than he had been in his earlier years. If the exigences of the war impelled him to exercise extraordinary and some times doubtful powers, he lamented the necessity, and became more and more an admirer of our federative sys tem, and in his convictious au earnest constitutionalist.” When it became evident that the war was drawing to a close, Mr. Lin coln’s anxiety in regard to the condi tion and treatment of the South natu rally increased, and he was continually talking about the matter to members ot his Cabinet, in and out of session. “He dreaded snd deprecated violent and revengeful feelings, or any malev olent demonstrations toward those of our countrymen who were involved, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the re bellion. The lenders, he believed, would flee the country when they be came satisfied their cause was hope less. He often expressed a wish that they might be facilitated in their es cape, and no strenu*us effort made to prevent their egress. • * • His great object was clemency to the reb els .mu peace to tne country. - * * 1 have reason to suppose thut in inter views with Generals Grant aud Sher man lie had enjoiued upon them the concession of liberal terms to the reb els on tlie first indication ot a disposi tion to yield and abandon the contest. To these merciful and considerate views of the President may be attrib uted the liberal terms extended by the conquering generals to Lee and John ston. Each of our generals was im pressed with the humane, generous and patriotic designs of the President whose earnest, deepest wish was peace to the poeple, an early restoration of national union, and the re-establish ment of the States and the people in all their original, reserved aud un doubted rights on terms of equality and justice.” After the surrender of Lee came the proclamation, or order of Gen. VVeit- zel, convening jthe Virginia Legisla ture, which did not meet the cordial approval of the majority of the Cabi net. Mr. Welles stated his objections to the President iu a private c onversa- tion, aud the ideas of the latter are *efc forth as follows: “He said his object and intentions were to effect a reconciliation as soon as possible, and he should not stickle about forms, provided he could attain the desired result ; that he thought it best to meet the rebels as men, fellow- countrymen, who were reasonable and intelligent, and bad rights which we were willing and disposed to respect. They had been in error, had appealed take any part in hanging or killing those men, even the worst of them.— Frighten them out of the country, open the gates,let down the bars,scare them off, said he, throwing up his hands as if scaring sheep. * * * There was too much of a design on the part of some of our very good friends to be masters, to interfere with and dictate to those States, to treat the people not as fellow-citizens ; there was too little respect for their rights. He did not sympathize iu these feel ings. Louisiana, he said, had framed and presented one of the best constitu tions that had ever been formed. He wished they had permitted negroes who had property, or could read, to vote, but this was a question which they must decide for themselves. Yet some, a very few, of our friends, were not willing to let the people of the States determine these questions, but, in violation of first and fundamental principles, would exercise arbitrary power over them. These humanitari ans break down all State rights and constitutional rights. Had the Lou- isianans inserted the negro in their constitution, and had that instrument been in all other respects the same, Mr. Sumner, he said, would never have excepted to that constitution. The delegation would have been admitted and the State all right. Each house of Congress, he said, had the undoubt ed right to receive or reject members,; the Executive had no control in the matter. But Congress had nothing to do with the State governments which the President could recognize, and uu- der existing laws, treat as other States —give them the same mail facilities, collect taxes, appoint Judges, Mar shals, Collectors, etc., subject, of course, to confirmation. There were men who objected to these views, but they were not here, and we must make haste to do our duty before they came here.” It was at this cabinet meeting that Mr. Stanton first broached his plan of reconstruction. Mr. Welles says: “It was a military or executive or der, and by it the War Department was designated to reorganize those States whose individuality it assumed was sacrificed. Divested of its milita ry features, it was in form and outline the same as the plan ultimately adop ted. This document proposed estab- - r -*- r ^ ^ composed of Virginia and North Caro lina, with a military governor.” At a special cabinet meeting on the 3th of May, Mr. Stanton, at the re quest of President Johnson, presented au elaborate programme for the reor ganization of States lately in rebellion. The essence of it is thus given by Mr. Welles : “The sixth section or order, as origi nally proposed by Mr. fctanton, was the longest and f u 1 lest. It gave into the hands of the Secretary of War the whole machinery for organizing civil government for the States through provost marshals, to be by hirn ap pointed.” The Stantou plan was rejected at once, manifestly to his disappoint ment, but from it, added the Republi can, we may see where originated that military system of reconstruction which had eiuce worked such a vast amount of harm at the Soutn, and al most destroyed ail respect for the con stitution at the North. Lincoln pro posed to deal generously and merciful ly with the Southern States, and give the people thereof an opportunity to resume their places in the federal un ion unmolested by outside interference. Stantou regarded these States as mere ly conquered provinces, to be dealt with as the conquerors saw fit, and he desired to rule them by the sword.— Lincoln, with all his errors, was at heart an honest and conscientious man, loving liberty and hating oppression— Stantou, with all his zealous loyalty, I Southern Express Co. OFFICE at Com) a Sli>re. W T CONN, AgtJ Bank Agency. SOUTHERN INS. & TRUST CO.- -R L HUNTER, Agt—Office in Waitzfekler’o l>uildiu^, upatain*. Western Union Telegraph Co. Office iu Mdledgeville Hotel— Operator, Family Grocery A Provision Houses. SAM’L A. COOK, No. 1 Milledgevdie Hotel. J. U. DANIEL, No. 3 Miliedgeville Hotel. G. W. HAAS, No o Milledgeville Hotel, (north eud.) C. W. GAUSE ic CO., east side VVayue street. I’. A. CAUAKERjAgt. 3d door from corner ot Wayne and Hancock streels. MOORE Si McCOOK, 2d door from S. E. cor. of Wayne & Hancock streets. HENRY TEMPLES, Hancock at-ea*(Tof Wayne. SAM WALKER, Hancock st., next to City Hall. P. M. CO.VlPi'ON Sc SONS, Masonic Had. 0. B. MUNDAY, Wayne at , north of Masonic Hall. C M BONE, Butcher —Meat Store at C B Monday'*. E. J. WHITE, Wayne at. next door north of P. O. [Sign of tho Ren Flag and White Star. H. E. HENDRIX, Washington Hall. vV. T. CONN, Wayne at., Brown'* Building. O’. H. WRIGHT Si SON, Wayne at. weat aide. PERRY Si DENTON, west aide Wayne at.. 2d door from Hancock at. FRED HANFT, Wayne at, weat aide. MILLER EDWARDS, ilaucockat. op. Washington Hall. L- N- CALLAWAY, Ilaucock at. U B JOEL, Hancock at, opposite Waahington Hall BROOKS Jr. ELLISON, Hancock at., oppoaito Fed eral Union Printing office. A F. SKINNER, Wayne at. near tlie Factory. Bry Goods Stores. ADOLPH JOSEPH, YVa'Ufelder’a Budding. WINDSOR Si LAMAR, under Newell’a Hall. THOMAS Si SANFORD, under Neweli’a Hall. YOEL JOEL, Hancock at oppoaite Waahington Hall H. ADLER, Washington Had. Also Family Groceries J. KOSENFILD Jr, BKO., at "Stetson's more.’’ A. BISUHOF, No 5 Milledgeville Hotel. CLINE Jr. QUINN, Waahington Ilall. Drug Stores. JOHN M. CLARK, S E corner Wayne Si Hancock ala HUNT, RANKIN & LAMAR, (represented by B K HERTY,) Waitzfelder’s Buildiug. Millinery Stores. Mrs P A LINDKUM, Wayne at, Krown’s Building. Mra. N S HOLDK1DGE, No 2 Mihedgevihe Hotel. Miss MARY GARRETT, next door west VVashin;ton Hall. Furniture Store. W Si J CARAKER, Masonic Hall. Jewelry Stores. G T WIEDENMAX, Wayne st, opposite Milledgeville Hotel. OTTO MILLER Jr CO, Wayne a'. JAS SUPPLE, Wayne at, north of Post Office. Photograph Gallery. BROWNE BROS, over “Stetson’s Store." Souse Furnishing Store. JOS STALEY, S W corner Wayne aud Hancock at* Bar Rooms. K C CALLAWAY, Hancock st op. Washington Hall. G VV HOLDER, under Milledgeville Hotel. J H HOLDER, Leikens old stand. E G LEWIS, Hancock street, east of Wayne. M G LINCHf Wayne at. Staley’s old stand. Bar Uooiu A Hilliard atuloen. C B KELLEY, up stairs over Moore Jt McCook's. Confeetionerys. W. T. COXX, W&yao at. Brown’* BuiMin#* It \V HAAS, No ti Millevl^eviile Hotel. J it DANiBL, No J JiiU«d*evilie li #cei. M B JiJll, Hancock at., opposite vV r a$]iiu^ton ii*li Bakery* atKilledgeviile Manufacturing Co. COTTON Si WOOL FACTORY—F Sxinuer, Supt. Wayne at. Tobacco lYIZaaufactory. SVYEANEY Si EVANS, Wayne at. Warehouse. JOHN JONES, Hancock at. near Jefferson. Mills. HUGn TKEANOK'S Grist Mill, on Oconee river. JOHN JONES Steam Cottou Gin ami Gnat Mill, Mc Intosh street. Mille age vine **otel. CALLAWAY Si TRICE, Prutinetora. Xiivery and sale Stables. r. W. HARRIS, Green at., near old Darien Bank. Contractors A Builders. EVES 3c. McKLFKESH. JOSEPH LANE, Shop on Hancock *t, ea»t of Jeffer son street. E T AI.LING. WM MARLOW, (col'd) Brick Mason. Shoe Stores and Shops. FRF.D IIAUG, Boot and Shoe Store, Wayne street. D SHEA. Boot Maker, Browu’a Building, up UAL LOFTIN, (colored) Shoe Shop, cor Ha and Wilkinson at*. '.an*. uncock. Sailors. rnos BROWN, Shop on Wayne et. smith Post office vV SUPPLE, upstairs Brown’s building, VVayno st. FRANK FOARD,(col’d) over C 11 Wright Sl Sou. Carriage, Wagon and Blacksmith Shops. ~ GEO A GARNL'ER, on McIntosh st. PARKER A COLLINS, Gardner’* old stand. JAMES SHERLOCK, Blacksmith Shop, Wilkinson »t opposite new Livery Stable- . . J ARK AFT MITCHELL, (col'd) Blaeksmitn Snop, Hancock st opposite oid Court House Lot- WILKES FLAGG, Blackamilh Shop, Wayne*t. EZEKIEL REYNOLDS, Blacksmith Shop, W ayne st. BEALL tc RAIFOKD, (ool d) Blacksmith Shop, Uolutoeu »t. opposite the Si earn fain. Fashiorxabi* 1 barber Shop. H Q HEATH, over Wiedeumen’* Jewelry Store. Harness Shop* JOHN 8IXTON, (col) corner Hancock and Wit friiiaoi • Farmers aiad city consumers are invited to examine the STOCK. OF GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS AT SAHWMj* COOICS,