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I'UlDAY MORNING, SEPT’R 15.
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lliiAD'i’iw Sit.-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
*" Savannah, Ga., Sept. 11th, 1805. f
general ORDER, {
No. 30. 1
ami after this date any persons
,,1 “EXPOSING” for sale Ales,
,, s 0 r Liquors without license, as
. libcd in General Order No 13, from
Headquarters, will be arrested and
1, or imprisoned.
Xh. Provost Marshal is charged with
execution of tliis order.
By command of
livt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BEANNAN.
Wm. IE Folk, 1st Lt. and A. A. A. G.
.'it
A Mmsif r ent Structure.—The new City
Hill, just completed in Boston, is considered
: v .achitectural judges, one of the finest and
m ,-i -ubaiantial edifices in the United States-
Inc building is six or seven stories high and
cie exterior is built entirely of the best Quincy
Mioachusetts granite. The whole expense of
tlic building when finished will be $450,000.
Gen- Slocum on State R’ghts.
11:1
Of
Orrrruling /he Action of (lor. Sharkey
,1/;.,i,i—(leu. Slocum Eorbiels Jjoca^
tirt/uuizittioftj anil Orders the Dis-
, :!'! of the "/'A, and Holds them Jle-
. for Shielding Outlines.
with safety, be withdrawn from this State,
and the people be left to execute their own
laws ; hut this will not be hastened by arming
at this time the young men of the State.
The proclamation of the Provisional Governor
is based on the supposed necessity of increasing
the military forces in the State to prevent the
commission of crime by bad men. It is a re
markable fact that most of the outrages have
been committed against northern men, govern
ment couriers, and colored people. Southern
citizens have been halted by these outlaws, but
at once released and informed that they had been
stopped by mistake ; and these citizens have re
fused to give information as to the parties by
whom they were halted, although frankly ac
knowledging that they knew them.
Gov. Sharkey,m a communication written after
his call for the organization of militia forces was 1
made, setting forth the necessity for such organ- j
ization, states that the people are unwilling to!
give information to the United States military I
authorities which will leacU-to the detection of 1
these outlaws, and suggests as a remedy for these
evils the arming of the very people who refuse to
give such information.
A better plan will be to disarm all such citizens
and make it for their interest to aid those who
have been sent here to restore order and preserve
peace.
It is therefore ordered, That District Comman
ders give notice at once to all persons within
their respective districts that no military organi
zations, except those under the control of the
United States authorities, will be permitted with
in their respective commands ; and that, if any
attempt is made to organize after such notice,
those engaged in it will be arrested. Whenever
any outrages are committed upon either citizens
or soldiers, the Commander of the post nearest
the point where the offence is committed will re
port the fact to the District Commander, who
will forlbwith send as strong a force to the locali
ty as can be spared. The officer in command of
such force will at once disarm every citizen with
in ten rntles of the place where the offence was
committed. If any citizen possessing informa
tion which would lead to the capture of the out
laws, refuses to impart the same, he will be ar
rested and held for trial. The troops will be
quartered on his premises, and he will be com
pelled to provide for the support of men and ani
mals. These villuins can be arrested, unless they
receive encouragement from some portion of the
community in which they operate; and such
communities must be held responsible for their
acts, and must be made to realize the inevitable
consequences ol countenancing such outrages.
By order of M. j. Gen. Slocum.
J. Warren Miller, Asst. Adjutant General.
Trial of Captain Wirz.
Till’USD A YS PROCEEDINGS.
Continued Evidence of the Horrible
Treatment of Our Prisoner*.
MRS- GENERAL LEE.
A Letter from Her.
Per Contra..
We have had the fact by telegraph of the is-
qting of the order below printed, but the full
text "ill he found very interesting, especially
since the nomination of Gen. Slocum by the
New York Democracy as their standard-bearer
in the coming political canvass.
Head,itt's Dep’t of Mississippi,^
Vicksburg, Miss.. Aug. 24, 1805. )
,/ Orders, So. 22.—The attention of
Ik-trict Commanders is called to a proclama
tion of the 1’rovisiona! Governor of the State
if Mississippi, of the 19th inst., which pro-
'ifies for the organization of a military force
in each county of the State.
While the General Government deems it
neces-ary to maintain its authority here by
forces, it is important that the powers
and duties of the officers commanding should
he, burly- defined.
The State of Mississippi was one of the first
tint engaged in tffe recent rebellion. For
new than four years all her energies have
I,cm devoted to a war upon our government.
At length, from exhaustion, she has been cotn-
txdcd to lay down her arms; but no orders
me a< yet been received by the military au-
tiorities on duty here, indicating that the
Male has been relieved from the hostile post-
i! which she voluntarily assumed toward the
l ailed States.
The General Government, earnestly desiring
- restore the State to its former position, has
> i uted a Provisional Governor, with power
,i! 'l 11 convention for the accomplishment of
■ 't purpose. Upon the military forces de-
; ’.he duties of preserving order, and of
tenting [fie laws of Congress and the orders
t'llv
Secretary Stanton on the Supremacy of the War
Power in Mississijipi.
In an order recently issued by Major General
Slocum, commanding the Department of Missis
sippi, in connection with the trial by military
commission, the General publishes the following
communication by Secretary Stanton to that de
partment on the subject:
“That the President has accorded a provision
al government to Mississippi is a fact which
should not be allowed to abridge or injuriously
affect the jurisdiction heretofore properly assum
ed by military courts in that region during the
war ; and especially is the continued exercise of
that jurisdiction called lor in cases, first, of
wrong or injury done by citizens to soldiers,
whether white or black; and second, of assault
or abuse of colored citizens generally—where,
indeed, the local tribunals are either unwilling,
by reason of inherent prejudice, or incapable, by
reason of the defective machinery, or because of
some State law declaring colored persons incom
petent us witnesses, to do full justice, or proper
ly punish the offenders.
The State ot Mississippi, in common with other
insurgent States, is still in the occupation of our
forces, and, embraced as it is in a military de
partment, is still to a very considerable extent
under the control of the military authorit es.—-
Moreover, the rebellion, although physically
ciusbed,has not been officially announced, or
treated either directly or indirectly as a thing of
the past. The suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus has uot beeu terminated, nor has military
law ceased to be enforced, in proper cases,
through the agency of military courts and mili
tary commanders, in all parts of the country.”
The Overland Telegraph Expedition.
Sitka, Friday, Aug. 18, \
Via New-Westminster, September 5.)
The hark Clara Bell will sail from here to
morrow fur New-Westminster.
The schooner Milton Badger will also sail
for Anadyr Bay to-morrow, with an exploring
party on board and full snpplies of equip
ments. This party will be the advance explo
rers of the route from the Anadyr River to the
Aiuoor.
The bark Golden Gate will also sail for Fort
St. Michaels and the Vankou River, with the
steamer Lizzie Horner on board. The parties
who will explore the Vankou River are also on
board the Golden Gate.
The steamer Wright will also sail for the
mouth of the Vankou River and the Gulf of
Anadyr. Col. Chas. S. Bulkley, Engineer-in-
Chief of the Overland Telegraph Expedition,
on the latter, and after directing the
Washington, Sept. 7.
The record of yesterday having boen read, Ber
nard Collogan, of the Second Ohio Regiment tes
tified as to the shooting and killing of five or six
Union prisoners in the stockade during July and
August, 1SG4; one of the men was in the act of
washing his clothes, and another was trading
boots with the guard. Wirz struck, the witness
for not answering to his name, which had been
incorrectly called, and then tied his arms and
legs together with his own hands, fastening them
with a stick. lie was kept in that position for
two hours and a half. Witness had seen a man
who was badly bitten by the hounds.
Cross examined by Mr. Haber—He was present
at the hanging of six raiders by our own men;
had nothi' g to do with the trial of the raiders; he
was bucked on the 17th of May, for no other
reason than that he failed to answer at roll cgll to
the wrong name.
John IF Chase, of the Forty-seventh New
York Regiment, testified that on the 17th of Sep
tember those who were sick and wounded were
told that if they could get to the depot without
assistance they coaid do so; they were to be ex
changed; witness could not readily get into the
C8rs with his crutches, when Wirz oalled him a
“damend Yankee ton or a ,” and threatened
to blow his brains out; somebody shot at him pre
viously, but struck another person; he was not
near the dead line; the sentinel oried out “Halt,
Yank, I’m going to shoot;” witness said four or
five were shot; one of them was going to build a
fire, another was taking down the corners of his
blanket; the latterwas shot in the head; shooting
was a common occurrence; every night he fre
quently heard men crying “murder.”
Cross-examined by Mr. Tinker—Witness heard a
sentinel say that he received a furlough of thirty
days for every Yankee he killed; he knew men
were shot during the night, because ho saw their
bodies in the morning.
Question—Capt. Wirz never hurt you ? Answer
-No.
Question—He only threatened you ? Answer—
That’s what’s the matter. [Laughter ]
Edward Richardson, a resident ot Albany,
Georgia, for twenty-three years, testified that
that place is forty-five miles from Andersonville;
he was at Andersonville every month in the year
18fi4, until August; there was a good crop in
1863, but not much wheat there; there were
many sweet potatoes; in 1864 a large wheat crop
was planted, but the rain destroyed it; the plan
tations in the vicinity of Andersonville were
large, and the farmers raised vegetables for their
own use.
Cross examined—Witness said in two ware
houses in Andersonville there was considerable
bacon, syrup and corn meal; there was not much
garden truck in 1864; there was difficulty iu ob
taining seed.
Mr. Baker said this was one of the witnesses
for the defence, and would not be used any further
at present.
By the Court—Witness said it was a corn
growing country ; there was a good crop in 1864,
and more corn was planted thau in any previous
year.
Charles J. Williams, ot the First New Jersey
Cavalry, testified that the medical treatment was
better under Dr. Clayton, the Post Surgeon than
under his predecessors, Drs. White and Steven
son ; two men were shot in the stockade and
one in the hospital; he did not know the month,
b it shooting was a common occurrence ; “Chick -
amauga” was among those killed, and also an
other cripple who had approached the guard for
the purpose of trading; some of the clothing sent
by the Sanitary Commission was distributed to
the prisoners in one of t(K hospital wards, while
blankets and pants were appropriated by the
rebels.
Cross-examined—Witness has seen Capt. Wirz
interfere with a man in the hospital, but he used
no personal violence; a Confederate soldier
brought Irish and other potatoes and green corn
into the stockade and took them to another sut
ler one of our own prisoners; if our men could
not buy, they had to go without; a Yankee was
not allowed to enter the store-house at Anderson
ville, but looking in he saw goods and groceries
piled up.
Mr. Baker said the prisoner was not well to
day ; he was suffering with pains in the head and
breast and troubled with bowt 1 complaint. If
the court could now adjourn for the remainder of
the day, it would be a great favor ffl him.
The court at 1 o’clock adjourned, Maj. Gen.
Wallace saying that the prisoner would receive
medical attendance.
tie War Department. Tbe orders defining i 8 0( ‘s . . - , , . ,
■ rights and privileges to he secured to freed- | preliminary operations of the explorers of the
®«t with opposition in many parts of the I Vankou, will proceed to Anadyr and Behring
‘ ’ i e: an d ’he duties devolving upon military j Straits.
’ih'vrs, in the execution of these orders, are ' VAP
, a delicate nature. It has certainly ; - - -r . , , .
'‘■™ «« desire of the Department Command- | ««*.«*« at ^ave extended every a.d in
tr - and, so far as he has observed, of all offi- thuir l ,owur - „ The health of th ° expeditionary
a..,.. • .1 ..... . . .i r.nrnvi pvffaliHnt
Everything pertaining to the great expedi-
| tion is progressing favorably, and the Russian
oil duty in this State, to execute these
'> '.Ms in a spirit of conciliation and forbear-
in ' ; and, while obeying implicitly all in-
' ’ u ”ons of the President and the War De-
■ -ttmenr, to make military rule as little odious
■' ’” >ss ible to the people. While the military j
i t,l,,r ities have acted in this spirit, and have i
mi a< successful as could have been anticipa
te the Provisional Governor lias thought!
corps is excellent.
General Howard and the Maryland
Planters,
A CONTRADICTION.
The Baltimore Sun of Monday has the fol
lowing statement :
“We are glad to have it in our power to state,
_ _ _ on no less authority than that of General How-
per, without consultation with the Depart- i a, 'd himself, that he never issued sucli an order
" c ' m Commander, or with any other officer of as h" 3 been ascribed to him by one of the
tv, .... - Washington journals, to the effect that if the
, ^ n ‘ te d States on duty here, to organize
A’ arm a force in every county, urging the
l ‘”g men of the State who have so distin-
- 'Utd themselves for gallantry,” to respond
. tomptly to his call; meaning thereby that
■ l “ of men who have as yet scarcely laid
ow " ’ ac arms with which they have been op-
-,r lP ’"i 0ar government. Such .force, if or-
“■■i./yd as proposed, is to be independent of
- 'unitary authority now present, and su-
0'ir in strength to the United States forces
ln 9te State. To permit the young
"■I" have so distinguished themselves to
late owners of superanuated or otherwise in
capable slaves in St. Mary’s county, Md., did
not support them, their farms would be taken
by the government for the benefit of such.
We are informed that ‘complaint was made of
one individual for turning away the poor and
helpless who had served him many years.’ and
the General says ho endorsed the complaint
with an expression of ‘his abhorrence of the
course pursued, and intimated that a support
was due them on his lands.’ Our intimation
that as i he able-bodied negro men were said to
Y rmwi and organizedlndependently of Uni- 1 be leaving tbe northern neck of Virginia,
, 11 K'’ ates military officers on duty here, and I therefore the same state of things complained
“allow them to operate in counties now gar- j of in St. Mary’s might soon exist there—that is,
bv colored troops, filled, as many of. the aged and children be found in a suffering
Jl ' e r "en are, not only with prejudice against condition—we are glad also to find recognized
ftT t [ 00 i is > an< i against the execution of or-
“ s relative to froedmen, but even against our
'• ' -rninent itself, would bring about a colli-
!" , a * , once > and increase in q ten-fold degree
■.tficulties that now beset the people. It
as worthy of consideration.”
Indian Alfairs.
Font Smith, Ark., Sept. 7.
, , — ,— r — —■ The Indian Commission assembled here to-day
"lie tt in,ie< ^ that the day will soon come in preliminary session. The following persons
; , a the young men called upon by Governor t compose the commission : Judge Uooley, Com-
i.irkev, and the colored men now serving the , missioner of Indian Affaire; Col. Wells, Superin-
mttu States will zealously co-operate for the l ’‘ le Southwestern Indians; Thomas
!nw rVati ° n of order and the promotion of the ! °i, P J' i ’? dol P; ia i Gen - Parker, of Gen.
Lrests of lhe State an(J nat f on It wil! be grant s Staff, Gen. Herow and Gen. Harney.—
►ratifying to the friends of the colored race to 1 P®P reseatat,ves wer ® present from the Seminoles,.
have the assii r »n„o •„ 1 coiorea race to , cherokees, Creeks, Choc aws, Washtaws. Osa-es
front the Provision!? p” ° ffiC,a Proclamation j Sem-cas, Wyand ittes and Quofoins. The Chfck’
ha- already arrW?d wh'° Ve r?° r ’ th ® |^ Uws aot with tha Choctaws. A bitter feud ex-
tafely be aiL^ . j W , ' CI1 tbe ei P entnent can jtsts between the rebel and loyal full and half
wlu,.i, ““vmptea. But as the questions on j blood Indians, which will interfere seriouslv with
inese two -.Ill i— 1I~J 1 *1 u ►**, T .. J ...
operate
wont,i, ; - those with regard to which there
'on. nar , do r b <; e <% be some difference of opin-
tain ]a,!J i ar J y as to lbe construction of cer-
ing r ® latlva to freedmen, the Command-
the nr,!!™ l ,refers t o postpone the trial for
ilar y otlie 1 [ t . , L tbe _ e fU le8t . de3ir e of all mil
the work of the commission. The Indians
objuot to the emancipation of their slaves.
will
ten,
omcers, as tt must be of every good citi- men
>o hasten the day when the troop 3 debt!
Tbe State Debt ef Pennsylvania,
Habiusbubg. Penn., Sept 7.
Governor Curtin has issued a proclamation de
claring the payment, eanoellation, extinguish
and final discharge «f (745,000 of the State
The State Road.
Preliminary to the reception of the State,
or “Western & Atlantic Railroad,” by Gov.
Johnson from the Military Authorities who
have had, and still have charge of it, in accord
ance with negotiations t-till pending between
the Governor, on the part of the State, and
Major General Thomas, on the part of the
Government, the following appointments have
been made by Gov. Johnson:
directors.
Richard Peters, Atlanta.
Robert M. Goodman, of. Marietta.
J. R. Parrott, of. Cartersville.
Robert Batey, of. Dalton.
W. L. Whitman, of. Ringgold.
superintendent.
Robert Baugh, of Atlanta.
TREASURER.
Miles G. Dobbins, of Griffin.
Should the Road, which has not yet been
turned over to the- State, but vfhich it is be
lieved will be, then the foregoing named gen
tlemen will constitute the principal officers to
whom its conduct will be entrusted. Most of
them are widely and favorably known to the
people of Georgia—all of them are entitled to
public confidence. Governor Johnson has
been fortunate in these trying times to seeore
the services for the State, of gentlemen who
are “without fear, and beyond reproach.”
Major Gen. Thomas, under directions from the
War Department, has proposed to turn tbe road
over to a ‘‘B iard” composed of “true and loyal
Directors,” whom he can conscientiously approve
of, and upon the farther conditions that bond
shell be given, and an account shall be taken of
expenditures, receipts, Ac. These terms have
been complied with by the Governor, and the
Board is proceeding to comply therewith—when
conrumma’ed, tbe road will again be under the
control of the State, and not until then.
To satisfy the natural ouriosity, or anxiety of
tbe people of this State, who stand In relation to
it, as the stockholders ot any other road do to
theirs, we make, by authority, the foregoing
statement. In a day or two, we may be able to
go farther into particulars conneoted with the
restoration to Georgia of her great “internal im
provement work,” and of the appointed officials
into whose hands and to whose management, the
road will be entrusted. Possibly ere we go to
press, we may have more to sar conneoted with
this important transaction.—Atlanta Intelligen
cer, 10 th.
An old gentleman named Marble, in Lynn,
Mass., has, under the direction of a spiritual
medium, been employed ten years in drilling
out a solid granite rock in Lynn, and is still at
it, in the expectation of finding “Kidd’s trea-
•nre.” Tbe old feilow, aided by a relative,
drills and hammers away—turning the labori
ous passage now in one direction, now in an
other, according to the hints obtained from the
“unseen intelligences.” It is said his theory
is that by some great upheaval of nature, the
original cavern under Dungeon Rock was
closed up, imprisoning its contraband gold and
three of tbe pirates. He had $10,000 when
he commenced operations, which ii pretty much
sunk by this time.
The following is from Galignani’s (Paris) Mes
senger of June 1st. The whole character of tbe
letter, together with its unmistakable allusions,
shows it to be the production of Mrs. General
Le«:
Richmond A Iter the War.
We have reoeived the following:
“Sir—The subjoined letter—replete with ‘mat
ter of mnch pith and moment’—is from the peD
of a lady residing in Richmond, Va, where she
is widely known and beloved for the admirable
simplicity of her life and character, and for the
practice of ‘all the charities of mother, daughter
and sister.’ It is due to historical justice and the
interests of truth that her ingenious recital of
very reoent faots so distorted and discolored by
certain Northern scribes, should be published in
your cosmopolitan journals This good office is
aiked at your hands in a public sense, and will
oblige a
“Nativ* Virginian.”
The foltowing is the letter inclosed ;
“Richmond, May 5. |
“The result so unfortunate to all our fond
hopes, of four years’ hardships and self-denial
almost unprecedented in the annals of the
world, must have reached you my dear .
Also, the false and garbled accounts of the
northern papers. The sad truth is that our
people got tired of the war, and proved un
worthy of the noble blood that had been shed
for their liberty. Virginia will rue the day that
her sons ever laid down their arms. When
General Lee surrendered to Grant he had only
seventy-eight hundred muskets. These noble
men had subsisted for seven days upon two
days’ rations; had been fighting by day and
marching by night without even time to parch
the corn which was their only sustenance, and
even in this exhausted state they drove back
the enemy more than a mile, and took fourteen
hundred prisoners. They had| determined, had
Grant demanded an unconditional surrender,
to sell their lives as dearly as possible, and cut
their way through his encircling hosts, which
by their own account amounted to more than
80,000 men, well fed, armed and equipped as
they well might be, having stolen from the
South every horse and mule and all their pro
visions. General Grant’s proposals were so
honorable that General Lee determined to ac
cept them, as nothing could be gained by the
sacrifice of these brave men. Famine has
done its work, and we are overcome at last,
not for want of valor nor even by the resources
or numbers of the enemy, but by their cruel
policy, which, alas ! has succeeded too well.
When the horror perpetrated in this enlightened
and Christian age by this mode of warfare are
made known to the world, they will indeed
stand aghast.
“Many other men who had thrown away
and buried their arms took advantage of Gen.
Lee’s surrender and obtained the same terms
for themselves, but the number I mention were
all who surrendered with arms in their hands.
I cannot describe to you the agony of mind we
have endured. The General is calm, resigned
to necessity. The daily and hourly testimonials
of kindness and regard he and his family ex
perience are most touching. Had he been a
conqueror he could scarcely be more honored
and beloved, and tbe offers of homes and aid
of every kind both from the North and South
are truly gratifying. One of the greatest
sources of auxiety left to us is the fate of our
President, a noble man and true patriot, though
he has deplorably erred in judgment in many
of bis appointments. He has failed to secure
the affectiou of the people, and while the bet
ter sort love and respect him there are many
who malign aud blame him for all the disas
ters of the war. The President of the United
States has come out this morning with a most
atrocious proclamation, accusing him of in
stigating the assassination of Lincoln, and of
fering a reward of $100,000 for his capture.—
Another base slander which is published
throughout tbe country, is that he has gone
oft' with all the public treasure, when it is well
known he had not money enough about him
to defray his personal expenses.
Mr. R who had become separated in the battles
Irom his brother F-, and went'on with a small
party and some of F’s horses as far as Greens-
Dorough, where the President was, finding him
much in need of a good steed, gave him one ot
them, which Mr. Davis received in the spirit it
was offered, and sent the kindest messages to us.
R. was advised to return, and has succeeded in
getting back safely, having ridden more than a
thousand miles, and has gone down to his pil
laged farm to work for his bread. F. has also
gone to Lis farm at the W. H., where with his
usual energy and indomitable spirit, he has been
plowing wuh his own hands without ewna plank
to shelter him, or even a tent, his baggage hav
ing been burner) by the enemy, He has now put
up a shanty, and he will continue there for the
present. All my family have been mercifully
spared; I trust for some good purpose tor their
country. The ways of Providence are indeed
mysterious. We shall one day know the reason
ot much that is dark to us now One thing we
know, that the triumph of the wicked is short I
have been thus minute in detailing some facts, my
dear——, that you may, if poi8ible„betlie means
ot leiting the truth be known abroad. Ail our
newspapers are now under Yankee rule; none
more so than the Richmond Wh'g, which is even
more infamous than the Herald, aud is edited by
a Yankee, who has made bis fortune here out of
the Confederate soldiers.
“What I tell you is the simple truth, which I
suppose might be published abroad, though it is
not allowed here, You will see iu the New York
Herald a long account of a conversation carried
on by a Mr. Cook, one of its cor'espondeote,
with’ Gen. Lee. While the plain facts are cor
rect it is so colored as to give you the impression
that the general was rather disposed to apologize
tor tbe part be had taken in this war, which is by
no means the case, nor does he regret it, though
it has been unsuccessful. He would act, I am
sure, just the same under similar circumstances.
For my part, I am proud that all my family have
periled fame, fortune and life itself in the right
eous cause. But I have said perhaps enough on
this subject. Bo far away as you are from the
scene of action, you cannot realize our feeling.
May God bless you, and enable us to meet in hap
pier times, is the prayer of your affectionate.”
Wimiingten Records — How Tfcey
were Hidden and Discovered.
Mr. Robert B. Wood, having in charge the re
cords of this county, arrive! in the city by the
Charlotte train on Thursday afternoon. These
reoordf ; filling fourteen boxes, have undergone
some remarkable shifting since leaving this plaoe,
and it is altogether the more remarkable that
they have been preserved to the county, eo narrow
has been the escape with them. They were pack
ed and plaoed under the charge of Mr. Wood
about the lime of the first attack upon Fort
Fisher by the Federal army and navy, but the
failure of that expedition in the fir«t attempt be
ing announced, they were withheld until the
seoond attempt and fall of tba forts, when they
were shipped to LumbertoD, Robeson county, as
the most desirable and available place of safety.
S. ierman making his mareh through the county
rendered their safety here uncertain.
Mr. Wood took them from here and carried
them to what is known thereabouts as “Big
Swamp.” and placed them nnder the charge of
a very trusty old negro, feeling assured that this
out-of-the-way plaoe would never be revealed,
but they were not free from plunder even here.
They had only been plaoed there a short time
when some deserters from the Confederate service
mede a descent upon the boxes, not knowing or
caring what they contained, ripped open one of
them, but finding the contents were not of the
value they were disposed to appropriate, tossed
two or three of the books about the old darkey’s
yard, soattered alio a few valuable papers, and
left them to their tat* altogether.
These record* have bad a teo*t reotarkahle mi
g.-atory trip. They are invaluable to -the coun*
ty, as they contain everything from an anterior
date to the evacuation of tbe city by tbe South*
era troops, and could never have been replaced if
once lost.— Wilmington Herald.
The Raleigh and Gaston Railroad—
An Order from Gov. Holden.
[From the Raleigh Progress.]
Raleigh, Aug. 20, 1865.
The stockholders of the Raleigh and Gas
ton Railroad met at the company’s office in this
city at 12 o’clock M. on the 20th inst.
On motion of Dr. Hawkins, President, the
Hon. John H. Bryan was caUed to the chair.
Mr. Carter B. Robinson was appointed Sec
retary.
The Committee on Proxies presented the,
following report:
The committee appointed to ascertain the
amount of stock represented in person or by
proxy, respectfully report that there are 1,034
shares represented in person, and 2,859 repre
sented by proxy, making 3,893. Whole
amount of stock owned by individuals, 7,375;
necessary to constitute a quorum, 3,688. The
committee report that a majority of the stock
is represented.
J os. J. Davis, 1 n
W. W. Vass, | Committee.
Dr. E. A. Crudup appeared as proxy for the
State, and read the following instructions he
had received from the Governor :
State of Nort^Carolina,)
Executive Department, V
Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 20, 1865. (
To Dr. E. A. Crudup, State Proxy:
Sir ; In the meeting of the stockholders of
the Raleigh and Gaston Railroad Company to
be held this day, you are instructed to state
that no stock will be represented but such as
is owned and held by persons who are except
ed from the fourteen excluded classes of the
President’s Amnesty Proclamation of May 29,
1S65; and further, if a sufficient amount of
stock, not owned and held by the excluded
classes, is not represented to justify action in
accordance with the charter of the company,
then and in that case the State will take t charge
of tbe road, and conduct its operations for the
present. Of course, stockholders v.'ho have
been pardoned by the President will be repre
sented. Very respectfully,
W. W. Holden.
After some debate, the Committee on Prox
ies submitted the following report:
The committee to whom it was referred to as
certain what stock is properly represented, ac-
Sording to the instructions of Gov. Hidden, re
spectfully report that there are 001 shares of the
stock represented by proxy, properly represented
according to said instructions, and that there are
455 shares of persons present, and 1,854 repre
sented by proxy, owned by persons who are with
in the fourteen excepted classes of President John
son’s proclamation of May 29, 1865, and who are
not entitled to be represented according to said
instructions.
The com i ittee doom it proper to state that of
the 1.S54 shares represented by proxy and ex
cluded as above, there are 966 shares with refer
ence to whioh there was no evidence before the
committee to establish or negative their claims to
representation. The representation of this stock
was excluded because tbe committee, in their
interpretation of the Governor’s instructions,
deemed it their duty to have proof positive of their
qualification.
Total number of shares properly represent
ed, according to the Governor’s instructions,
1,439.
Total numbeT excluded by said instructions,
2,309.
Total, 3,748 shares
J. J. Davis, 1 n _
W. W. Vass, f Co “ m > tt8e -
Further debate followed, and finally the Chair
man appointed Messrs. R. H. Kingsbury, B. F.
Moore and Albert Johnson a committee to confer
with the Governor. ^
Dr. Crudup announced as directors appointed
on the part of tbe State Mr. R. AY. Lassiter, of
Granville, and Messrs. AY. J. Mason and AY. D.
Jones, of AYake.
The meeting then adjourned until the 24th of
August proximo.
Macon & AYkstern Railroad.—The Macon
Journal and Messenger containts the following
change of schedule in the running of this Road.
This is indeed a great convenience to the travel
ling public. Passengers may now leave Atlanta,
bv the night train, on Sundays, Tuesdays, and
Thursdays, and reach Milledgeville the next
morning, aud Eatonton at about midday. We
hope soon to hear of the trains runniog daily
from Macon to the last named places.
DAT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Macon 7 50 A.M.
Arrive at Atlanta ,4 05 P. M.
Leave Atlanta 7 20 A. M.
Arrive at Macon ,3 20 P. M.
NIGHT TRAIN.
Leave Macon 6 30 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 3 23 A. M.
Leave Atlanta 0 50 P. M.
Arrive at Macon 3 30 A. M.
Gen. Robert E. Lee was educated at West
Point, at the expense of the Union, of course
taking the oath of allegiance. Joining the
Fedral array, he served therein with credit for
many years, rising to be Colonel of the First
Cavalry. He was the trusted favorite of our
Lieut. General Scott, and knew all he chose to
know of the secrets of headquarters up to th©
outbreak of the RebellioD, when he disappeared
from Washington, and next turned up high in
command and favor in the rebel camps and
councils, where he remained till all was over.
A private letter to his sioter, written about the
time he went over, asserts that he saw no snffi-
cient cause for disunion, but that, since Vir
ginia had seceded, be felt bound to “go with
his State.”
Now, we would cast no stone at Gen. Lee
nor at any one who stands in a like position.
We are not now urging that their course has
been culpable. We only insist that, if General
Lee or any one else so interprets an oath of loy
alty to the United States that its solemn prom
ise ia not violated by such a course, : hen we
don’t want him to swear any more. The old
oath never having been violated (according to
his view), it is just as good to-day as though it
had been re-sworn last month. Not till it ia
settled that no State can release a citizen from
his obligation of loyalty to the Union, can we
feel that there is any validity or sense in swear
ing ex-rebels back into citizens.
Our political system, as Washington, Madi
son and John Marshall expounded and ac
cepted it, is, with all its imperfections, the best
extant. But if each citizen owes a divided al
legiance—if the Union may lawfully require
him to fight on one side, while his State, with
equal if not paramount authority, commands
him to fight on the other—if he may be right
fully court-martialed and shot let bim take
which side he may—then our form of govern
ment is more vicious and abominable than that
of Turkey or fallen Poland. Such a political
system as is implied by the theory of the Se
cessionists deserves alike the scorn of good
men, and the demolishing judgment of God.
—N. Y. Tribune.
A new privilege has been granted to Jeff.
Davis, that of writing to bis wife. His loiters, of
coarse, are vised before sent. Thai hi* priton
life has been gradually relieved of its original
hardship. He confesses, in fact, that the only
things be has to complain of now are hi* depri
vation of liberty, and, in his view, unnecessarily
deferring his trial. He has recovered from hi*
attack of erysipelas, and his health is wholly re
stored. Be take* his daily walk* and his appe
tite is exoellent. Mr. Clay has also recovered,
and Mr. Mitchell is now in be'ter health.
{/Virtu Mem o* Cor. H. Y. AfrruM.
The Desperado Mulligan.—In speaking ol
the shocking death of Billy Mulligan, in Ban
Francisco, the New York Post savs: The life of
such a man would not be worth the attention we
have given it, if it were not for the instruction it
affords. Mulligan was in a sense a ‘ representa
tive” person; his life is tbe life of hundreds who
will probably Meet tbe same dq^b; it is the life
that many other hundreds of young fiien are pre
paring for themselves in all onr principal citieB,
in the billiard and concert saloons, tbe engine-
houses, aud other resorts of profligsey anaself-
indulgence. As he began they begin: as be went
on, they will go on; and as he ended, they will
end. After a few years of tumultuous excite
ment and dissipation restless, uneasy, outcast,
scorned and despised even by their companions
in ill-doing—driven from city to city, at length
from house to bouse, and then from room to
room, they will be shot like cure, amidst tbe re
joicings of all men, who will scarcely allow them
to be fellow men.
“Good morning neighbor Snooks, fine rain
we had.”
“Yes, neighbor, delightful.”
“If it comes warm after this, we shall have
everything started out of the ground directly.”
“Heaven forbid!—I have two wives under
it!” ♦
Headquaktebs Sub District or Ogeechee 1
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 13, 1865. )
Circular, I
No. 20. I
On and after this date articles in the Public
Market of this city will be sold at tbe following
prices. Persons violating this order, will be re
ported to this Office aDd summarily dealt with.
By command of
Brv’t. Mej. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut. aDd A. A. A. G.
Fresh Beef, 1st cut, per lb 20
Fresh Beef, 2nd cut, per lb 15
Country Dried Beet 15
Country Cured Beef 15
Jerked Beef 10 to 15
.... 20
20
15
25
15
15
15
15
20
.... 40
25
.... 40
.... 40
.... 25
.... 40
10
15
.... 3
1
.... 40
lb.
Veal, per lb
Mutton, per
Liver, per lb.....
Fresh Pork, per lb
Bass, per lb
Drum, per lb
Fresh Water Trout
Salt “ “
Sheephead
Mullet, large size, per bunch,
Mullet, small size, per bunch
Brim, per bunch of five
Perch, per bunch oi five
Suckers....
Whiting
Codfish, per lb
Shrimp, per quart
Crabs, each
Sturgeon, per lb
Sausages, fresh pork
Bacon, per lb, from 20 to 25
Butter, per lb 40 to 50
Clams, per bushel *2 00
Cabbages, each, from 10 to 30
Turnips, per bunch 10
Tomatoes, per quart 20
Okra, per quart 10
Sweet Potatoes, per bushel $3 00
Irish Potatoes,per bushel $1 50
Green Cora, each 2
Water Melons, from 15 to 20
Apples, per bushel %Z 00
Peaches per bushel f 3 00
Honey, per ib 16
Ducks, per pair |2 00
Turkeys, each, from $2 to 2 50
Geese, per pair $2 00
Fowls, grown $1 to 1 25
Half Grown Fowls 75
Spring Chickens, per pair 50
Spring Chickens, 2d size 40
Eggs, per dozen 50
Head’qrs Dist. of Savannah,
1st Division, Dep’t of Georgia.
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 13th, 1865
GENERAL ORDERS, )
No. 25. i
AH applications made by persons with
in the boundaries of this District for per
mits to retain fire-arms, in compliance
with Provost Marshal General Orders
No. 3, dated Headquarters Department
of Georgia, Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1865,
will be forwarded by the Assistant Pro
vost Marshals to whom they are present*
ed, to their respective Sub-District Com<
manders, giving in the endorsement the
status of the applicant.
By Command of
Bvt, Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN.
Will. A. Coultbb,
2 Bvt. Major, Ass’t Adj’t Gen’l.
ah, )
irgia, V
165. )
UflAj
AL )
55. J
BUSINESS CARDS.
A. HARDEE & CO.,
FORWARDING
AND
Commission Merchants,
STODDARD’S BUILDING,
SAVANNAH, <3- A .
Will make liberal advances on all consignments to our
friends in New York. sep9
P, M« NIGHTINGALE, p. HPQUs
nightingale: a huger.
Forwarding and Commission Merchants,
sep7 Darien., Ga. lm
LEVI M. CHURCHILL, J. R. W. JOHNSTON
CHURCHILL & JOHNSTON,
REV GOODS
AND
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
AGENTS of steamer union,
233 Broad St., opposite Masonic Hall
AUGUSTA, GA.
Will give prompt and personal attention to all con
signments they may be favored with. Consignment*
solicited.
References in Savannah.
Messrs. DeWitt & Morgan
“ Bell, Wylly & Christian,
“ J. T. Paterson & Co.--
“ N. I yon, Esq.lm ang25
JF. J. BOBEBTiOH A CO.
GENERAL
Commission Merchants,
AUGUSTA, GrA.
Will give strict attention to the purchase and ship
meat of Cotton, Domestics and Tarns.
Also solicit consignments of Merchandize of ail
kinds, especially Bagging Rope, Refined Sugars and
Coffee; and will remit in every instance as soon as sale
is made.
Refer to Wm. K. Kitchen, Bresident National Park
Bank, New York; A. Porter, Esq., President Bank
State of Georgia, Savannah; Jno. Davison, Esq.,Presi
dent Branch Bank State of Geqjgia, Augusta.
N. B.—We do exclusively a commission business.
«ng8 Sm
JAi. B. CAHILL,
General and Cummi5S : on Merchant,
-A/U GrTT STA, GrA..
Holders of Merchandize wishing to realize immedi
ately, will consult their interests by consigning the
same.
Strict business attention will be given all consign
ments, and prompt returns made, at the most reasona
ble rates.
Refer to Messrs. Hnnter & Gammell, C. L. Colby &
Co., Hilton & Kandell, A. C. Lomelins, Halsey, Wat-
son & Co,, and btnart A Co.apg!9
W. HSNRY WARREN,
(GENERAL.
Commission Merchant,
255 BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, GA.,
Dealer in Cotton, all kinds of Foreign
and Domestic Goods, Groceries,
• Grain, Produce, etc.
Consignments solicited, to which the most proinp ,
attention will be given.
References—Hnnter & Gammell, Hill Gowdy, n >
L. VUlalonga, Wm. Batte r sby, John C. Ferrill, andk:
the leading Merchants and bankers of Augusta, Ga_
and Nashville, Term. 3m juneSO
W. A KAMSEY & dt).,
GENERAL
Commission Merchants
AND
AUCTIONEERS
308 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
azFKa to
Robert Habersham & Sons, Savannah.
W. H. Stark, do.
Bones, Brown & Co., Augusta.
Ed. Thomas, ao.
W. K. Kitchen, Presiaent National Park Bank, N
Y. jy!9
Headqr’s Sub-Dist. of Ogeechee, )
Savannah, Ga., Sept. 10,1865. J
GENERAL ORDER, \
No. 29. *f
All taxes called for in General Order
No. 26, dated Headquarters Sub-Dis
trict of Ogeechee, Savannnh, Ga., August
28, 1865, will be paid in to Capt. C. H.
Pike, 153d N. Y. Vols., Tax Collector, on
the first day of each month for the month
preceding, and all persons failing to
comply with tliis order prior the 15th of
the month, will be arrested and fined.
By Command of
Bvt. Maj. Gen. J. M. BRANNAN.
Wm. H. Folk, 1st Lieut, and A. A. A. G.
Sept. 11. 5t
HIGHLY IMPORTANT ORDER.
Headquabtebs Dep’t of Georgia,
Office of the Provost Marshal
General,
Augusta, Ga., Sept. 1, 1865
Pro. Mar. Gen’s )
Order No. 3. (
Information having been received at
these Headquarters, tliat large numbers
of Confederate and U. S. fire-arms are
distributed over the State in the hands
of designing persons ; and it appearing
that the peace of the State, the lives of
the citizens, and the security of property,
is hereby greatly endangered; it is or
dered—
1st. That within 30 days next hereafter,
all such arms of every description, to
gether with all ammunition and muni
tions of war whatever, now in the hands
of private persons, in this State, be
turned over to the nearest Provost Mar
shal.
2d. That after the expiration of said
thirty days, all Assistant Provost Mar
shals within this Department are directed
to seize all such fire arms, and munitions
of war found in the hands of any oiro
within their respective district, and all
persons found with such arms will be ar
rested and forwarded with the arms to
these Headquarters.
3d. Assistant Provost Marshals are
hereby authorized to grant permits to
such persons as in their judgment, are
entitled to them. To retain private arms
for sporting purposes, using their utmost
discretion to prevent improper persons
from enjoying this privilege.
By command of ,„
maj. GEN. STEEDMAN.
0. H. Gbosvenob, _ ■ • .
Brevk Brig. Gen. & Pro, Mar. Gen J,
WM. U. JACKSON, L. WAB&OOK
JACKSON & WARR0CK
A-TJCTIOISr
AND
Genefal Commission Merchants,
JACK80NVILLF, KLA.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLI CITED.
Personal attention given to forwarding Merchandize
and Cotton.lm aog!9
TO COTTON SHIPPERS,
ALEXANDER HARDEE
Cotton Shipper,
IS prepared to take cotton on storage, at the lowest
rates, and has opened on the corner of Jefferson and
Bay streets, for the purpose of
Weighing-' Repairing, Sampling.
Classing and Shipping Cotton
for the public, at the LOWEST RATES, furnishing
Ink, Ac.July!
Wriffht & Co.,
COMMISSION MERCMNTS,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Represented by our Agent, JOHN 8. WRIGHT, Esa
No. 69 Walt Street, New York.
june28 6m
GADEN Si ItHKLES
Bay
CORNEI^pOF
and Barnard
Streets,
H AVE on hand and for sale at the Lowest Market
. Rates: Extra Family Floor. SUGARS—
Crashed, Granulated and Browns. Crackers and
l akes, in boxes and bbls. NUTS—Brazil, English
Walnuts and Almonds. TEAS—Black and Green.
COFFEE—Kio and Java. Spices. Soaps, Olive Oft,
Cocos, Chocolate, Mackerel, Syrups, Currants,Raisins,
Corn Meal, Grits, Cheese, Brooms, Pails, Ac., Ac.
Have also for sale:
Gnnny Banging, Kentucky Bagging Rope, Manilla
Rope, all sizes; Oakum Sizing Span Yarn, Mariine,
Houseline, Rounding American Hemp Packing Yarn.
Kerosene Off, In cans, Hardware, all kind*,
angl*Ln
Just Received,
BY
STUART & CO.
J^ASIILV FLOUR, ln bbls, half bbls and 25 lb
Clothes Baskets
Market Baskets
Hair Brooms
Pope’s Head Brushes
Hair and Feather Dusters _
Long Handled Scrubbing Brashes
Alao, a large lot of New Potatoes and Fresh 8ggg.
STUART A CO.,
Mg* cor. Bull and Bronghton streets.
Winchester’s Soap and
Candles.
JUST received oh consignment, an assorted k*bx
—tea Agmto, BRADY, SMITH * CO v