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EVENING EDITION
THURSDAY EVENING, JUNE 22d.
The Nashville Union of the 17th inst.,
says that in the administration of the govern
ment of Tennessee as Military Governor,
Mr. Johnson dismissed all party feelings
and preference, #nd called to his aid Whigs
and Democrats alike. He has carried
this patriotic spirit with him to Washing
ton; and, in acting upon it, appointed Hon.
Wm. L* Sharkey, Provisional Governor of
the State of Mississippi. Judge Sharkey
was an active and. uncompromising Whig,
and is one of the purest men in the South.
He will, we feel well assured, adhere to
this policy, and before the close of his ad
ministration we shall have an “era of good
feeling,” such as is seldom realized in po
litical circles in this country.
Important Decision*
From tho Nashville Union, 17th inst.]
According to the Act of Congress, passed
in July, 1864, all cotton coming from the
Southern States was taxed one forth for the
benefit of the Government, or, in other
words it was taken by the Government at
twenty-five per cent, below the market value
and parties were not allowed to sell to other
parties. These restrictions, of course, kept
back a large portion of cotton which would
have found its way to the different points on
the river, and thence to this and Eastern
markets. On the 13th of January the Presi
dent issued a proclamation in regard to trade
in Tennessee and East of the Mississippi,
but this was not very explioit in regard to
Southern products. The following telegraph
io correspondence settles the matter beyond
a doubt:
LopisyiLLE, June 14, 1865.
To Kon. Hugh McCullough Socretary 9f
Treasury Washington , D. C.:
Is the first clause, section 8, of act of July
Bth, 1804, concerning Southern products,
dope away with in Tennessee and East of
the Mississippi riyer, by the president's
proclamation of June 13th, er by any order
from the Treasury Department ?
J. B. Smith, <:
President Board of Trade.
Washington, June 15, 1865.
Jno. B. Smith :
Sir —The proclamation removes restric
tions on all products and on all trade, ex
oept in contraband articles, past of the Mis
sissippi* H. McCulloch.-
T-jftE Central Railroad.-—Superintend*
telegraphed yesterday, from
that the Central Railroad bed
been turned over to the company by the
military authorities. The work of recon
struction will be immediately begun, and
prosecuted with the greatest energy.^
Speaking of the enterprise, the Savan
nah Republican says, this road was totally
destroyed from Savannah to Gordon, a
distance of 118 miles. Goptlpmen from
the interior, who haye recently arrived in
this city, report that trains were expected
to run between Macon and Eatonton, a
distance of about 60 miles r this week.**-*
The Central road wi|l require apout 7,000
tons of iron to replace the rails which
ivere destroyed by Sherman’s troops. A
great many miles of cross-ties, the princi
pal bridges and trestle work, have all been
burnt, and competent judges estimate that
the road will not be in perfeot operation be*
fore the first of October. —Constitutional
ist 26 th.
There is a sort of economy in Providence,
that one shall excell where another is defec
tive, in order to make men more useful to
each other, and them in society.
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The railroad is open from Jackson to
Mobile, but not to New Orleans or Vioks
burg.
The latest dates from Guatemala an
nounce the election to the Presidency of
that republic of Senqr Manual Cerna. He
is described as an able and popular man,
end “ an heroic defender of the independ
ence of Guatemala.”
Examples do not authorize a fault. Vice
CHtet never plead prescription*
Meeting in Dougherty County.
At a large and respectable adjourned
meeting of the citizens of Dougherty coun
ty, held at the Court House in Albany, on
Saturday, the 17th inst., to take into con
sideration the present state of the country,
Dr. T. Jones took the chair, and in the ab
sence of the secretary, (Jno. R. Hill, Esq.,)
Robt. Coleman was requested to act as
secretary pro. tem.
On motion of D. P. Hill, Esq., the fol
lowing committee was appointed to draft
lesolutions, viz.: D. P. Hill, H. B. White,
B. O. Keaton, James A. Hill and H. Mor
gan, Esq.
The committee after a short absence re
turned and offered the following resolu
tions which were adopted.
Having assembled in obedience to a call
of our fellow-citizens to take into considera
tion the present condition of the country,
we after full deliberation, declare the fol
lowing resolutions to contian our object,
aim, intentions and conclutions. In mak
ing these declarations, we would respect
fully recommend to all others with whom
we, have been and are now associated as
members of‘the same State and section,
that in order to promote the best interests
of themselves they immediately unite with
us, or adopt some similar course.
Resolved, Ist, That any effort on our
part to resist the laws of the United States
by a further continuance of the bloody
struggle which has devastated our country
for the last four years would not only be
folly, but madness, and attended with the
worst of consequences.
2d. That the war being closed, and the
government of the United States having
extended its authority over us, we as good
citizens are bound to acquiesce.
3d. That while we would not shrink
from responsibilities incurred, and are pre
pared to look with manly firmness Existing
facts fully in the face, we bow to the au
thority of the United States, and give that
government our support.
4th. That it is our own and the Gov
ernment’s interest to hasten and encourage
a forgetfulness of the past, by a voluntary
return to the peaceful avocations of civil
life. This, we conceive; can best be done
by fostering again a noble impulse among
our own people for "the pursuits of industry
and the cultivation of the arts and sciences;
but while the public mind is restless under
military restraint, and a cloud of uncer
tainty hangs over our future, no such de
sirable results can be anticipated or real
ized. We therefore respectfully request
a return of Georgia, at the eairliest day
practicable, to an equal position v among the
sisterhood of States, and the consequent
restoration of the civil authorities, under
whose mild sway, we believe Order and
prosperity would once more take the place
of the chaos and ruin which has swept
over the land.
sth. That so loDg as we shall remain un
der military rule, we ask that the garrison
now here may be permitted to remain ; and
in this connection we take great pleasure in
expressing our high approbation of its pres
ent efficient and courteous commanders, Cols.
Cooper and Welling, and return our thanks
to the under officers for the faithfnl manner
in which they have uniformly discharged
their duty.
6th. That we concur in the recommenda
tions of our fellow citizens of Sumter, that
a meeting be held in the city of Macon, in
this State, on the 27th inst., (or such day as
ipay be generaly agreed upon) to which all
counties so disposed, send their delegates;
and that the delegates, when assembled,adopt
such resolutions or take such action as may
be thought most advisable.
7th. That oopies of these resolutions be
furnished the Albany Patriot and Macon
papers for publication.
In accordance with the 6th resolution, the
following gentlemen were appointed delegates
to represent this county in any meeting that
may be held in the city of Macon, for the
purposes therein expressed, viz : John Jack
gon, Thos. 0. Spicer, Crawford M. Mayo,
D. P. Hill, Esq , and F. A. Billingslea.
Dr. T. Jones, Chairman.
Robert Coleman, Secretary.
Opening op the Railroad to Charles
ton, —We are reliably informed thqt the
military authorities have turned over the
South Carolina railroad to the former
managers, and that active and energetic
arrangements will be immediately
menced to place the road in perfeot repair
between \h\fi city and Charleston. Nothing
cbuld bh more desirable, or have a more
beneficial effect ’Upon th® trade of this
place and our entire State, as well as oup
neighbor Charleston. The completion of
ihis road will necessarily draw a vast
amount of trade to both Augusta and
Charleston, leaving Savannah “ out in the
cold.” Through this main railroad artery
which now courses through the State from
Macon to Augusta, millions of dollars
worth of cotton, rice, tobacco and other
products will be easily and rapidly trans
ported to Charleston, where plenty of large
size steamers will be in readiness to convey
it Nortl, causing a great deal of money
to change hands in Charleston, besides
giving a great revival** to business of all
finds. Augusta Constitutionalist 26th.
To the wicked, the virtues of other men
are always objects of terror.
Let us be careful to distinguish modesty,
which is ever amiable, from reserve, which
is only prudent. A man is hated sometimes
for pride, when it was an excess of humility
that gave the occasion.
MACON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1865.
The Management of Boys.
How greatly do parents and preceptors err
in mistaking for mischief, or wanton idle
ness, all the little manoeuvres of young per
sons, which are frequently practical inquiries
to conform or refute doubts passing in their
minds ! When the aunt.of James Watt re
proved the boy for his idleness, and desired
him to take a book, or employ himself to
some purpose usefully, and not be taking off
the lid of the kettle, and putting it on agarn,
and holding now a cup and now a silver spoon
over the eteam, how little was she aware that
he was investigating a problem which was
to lead to the greatest of human inventions !
It has been said that we were indebted for
the important invention in the steam-engine,
termed hand-gear, by which its valves or
cocks are worked by the machine itself, to an
idle boy of the name of Humphrey Potter,
who, being employ to stop and open a valve,
saw that he could save himself the trouble of
attending and watching it, by fixing a plug
upon a part of the machine which came to
the place at the proper times, in consequence
of the general movement. If this anecdote
be true, what does it prove ? That Hum
phrey Potter might be very idle, but that he
was, at the same time, very ingenious. It
was a contrivance, not the result of mere ac
cident, but of some observation and success
ful experiment.
The father of Eli Whitney, on his return
from a journey which had necessarily com
pelled him to absent himself from home for
several days, inquired, as was his usual cus
tom, into the occupations of his sons daring
his absence. He received a good account of
all of them except Eli, who the housekeeper
reluctantly confessed, had been engaged in
making a fiddle. “Alas !” says the father,
with a sigh and ominous shake of the head,
“I fear that Eli will have some day to take
his portion out in fiddles.” To have any
thing to do about a fiddle, betokened, the
father thought, a tendency to engage in
mere trifles. °How little aware was the
father that this simple occupution, far from
being a mere fiddle-faddle, was the drawing
forth of an inventive genius to be ranked
among the most effective and useful in re
spect to arts and manufactures.
It is related of Chantrey, the celebrated
sculptor, that, when a boy, he was observed
by a gentleman at Sheffield very attentive
ly engaged in cutting a stick with a pen
knife. He asked the lad what he was
doing, and with great simplicity but cour
tesy he • replied, “I am cutting old Fox’s
head.” (Fox the schoolmaster of the
village.) On this the gentleman asked tq
see what he had done, and pronounced the
likeness excellent, presenting the youth
with a sixpence. How many would have
at once characterized the occupation of
the boy as a mischievous or idle one; losing
sight, for the time, of that lesson which
every parent should know how to put into
use, “ Never despise small beginnings.”
Os Edward Malbourne, the painter, it
is said, the “ intervals of his echuol-hours
were filled by indefatigable industry in
making experiments, and endeavoring to
make discovereries.” One of his greatest
delights was found in blowing bubbles,
for the pleasure of admiring the fine colors
they displayed. Thus it appears that even
the soap-bubble amusement, idle as some
think it to be, may have not a little to do
towards leading the young artistic mind
to discriminate nicely between delicate
shades of color.
The first panels on which William Etty,
an English painter, drew, were the boards
of his father’s shop floor; and his first
crayon a farthing’s worth of white chalk—
a substance considered nowadays almost
invariably ominous of mischief-doing in the
hands of a boy, especially on the opening
day of the month of April. Now what
does the mother of “ little Willie” do, on
discovering the nicely swept floor disfig
ured with chalk lines? Os course she
scolds, and calls him a mischievous little
fellow ? No, this is not the course the sen
sible mother pursues. An autobiographi
cal letter addressed to a relative, Etty,
speaking of this circumstance in his youth
ful life, says, u My pleasure amounted to
ecstasy, when my mother promised me next
morning if I were a good boy, I should
use gqme colors mixed with gum-water. I
was pleased I could scarcely sleep.”
The family tradition says of Edward Bird
that he would, at three or four years of age,
stand on a stool, chalk outlines on the furni
ture, and say, with childish glee, “Well
done, little Neddy Bird V 9 Even at the
dawn he would be up to draw figures upon
the walls, whioh he called French a*d Eng
lish soldiers. No doubt the question often
engaged the attention of the parents, as to
how little Neddy should be broken pi the
(hgbit of sketching so much on almost every
thing about the house. The farther finding
however, that his love of drawing and
sketching was incurable, at length u>kefy
ceased to counteract his artistic tendency,
and, begining to grow anxious to turn it to
some account, finally apprenticed him to a
maker of tea-trays, from whose employ, is
every one knows, he advanced into the ranks
of acknowledged genius.
When young West first began to display
skill in drawing, and learned from the roam
ing Indians the method of preparing colors,
lie was at a loss to conceive how to lay these
colors skillfully on. A neighbor informed
him that this was done with brushes formed
of earners hair j there were no oamels in
America, and he had recourse to the cat,
from whose hack and tail he supplied his
wants. The cat was a favorite, and the al
tered condition of her fur was imputed to
disease, till the boy’s confession explained
the cause, much to the amusement ot his
father, who rebuked him, not rashly, but as
becometh a wise parent, more in affection
than- in anger. To rebuke such an act wise
ly, required on the part of the parent a dis
crimination, sufficiently clear to discern that
mischief-doing had nothing to do in the at-
fair. It was of no small importance that
the correction employed should be adapted
to the circumstances of the ease.' So also
the mother of West, when she was sent to
seek her son by the anxious inquiries of the
schoolmaster in regard to his absence for sev
eral dsys from school, did not, on finding him
with his box and paints laboring secretly in
the garret, vent forth her anger in a passion
ate way, as though the ohild were engaged
in a “mere foolish piece of business.’*
Thus we see the necessity of great dis
crimination on the part of the parent in
the correction of a child. Children do not
always necessarily engage in doing things
in a sort of perfunctory manner, merely
performing them for the sole purpose of
getting through, careless whether they are
done well or not. Children need not al
ways necessarily act out their manoeuvres
in a roguish manner, merely busying their
brain for the purpose of working out some
means to practice a trick. Chalk does not
appear to be used invariably for such pur
poses as raising laughter and performing
mischievous acts. Even at the sight of
charcoal, so difficult to tolerate, it is not
allowable for the parent to disuse discre
tion, though mischievousness may seem to
make use of this exceedingly smutty sub
stance as on© peculiarly suited to answer
its purposes. It is said that our Copley,
at some seven or eight years old; on being
observed to absent himself from the family
for several hours at a time, was at length
traced to a lonely room, on whose bare
walls he had drawn, in charcoal, a group of
martial figures engaged in some nameless
adventure. The artistic tendency in such
a case, needs a treatment far different from
that which would attribute it to a love of
mere sportive trick-practising. The m&‘
noeuvres of a boy should be thoroughly
studied as to their real nature before re
course is had to rod correction. Rashness
on the part of the parent or teacher is
never excusable. It should be remem
bered that in the plays and pursuits of the
boy the future man is sometimes seen, anc
therefore it becomes qf no little importance
to know how the amusements and games
of children may be improved for directing
their inclinations to employments in which
they may hereafter e?cel.
’V
The New York Times says that Wen
dell Phillips did threaten repudiation of
the national debt, and that the corrected
report of his speech is a fraud. The Times
observes;
“We are informed by persons who heard
the speech, and whose authority Mr. Phil
lips himself will not question, that he de
clared, distinctly and unmistakably, that
he would advocate a repudiation of the
national debt, unless the suffrage was con
ceded to the enfranchised slaves. The
corrected version of his speech, which was
represented as referring only to the rebel
debt, wng a fraud—i itended to convey the
false impression that he had never threat,
ened a repudiation of the debt incurred by
the Government in the- war against rebel
lion,” .
Important effect of the President’s Proc
lamation upon Southern Trade.
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette in his dispatch of the
14th says.;
A general misapprehension as to that
part of the President’s proclamation pub
lished this morning which removes restric
tions upon trade prevails. Very few per
sons understand the proclamation as affect
ing the act of Congress which provides for
the payment of 25 per cent, of the products
to the Government. The proclamation is
intended, and does entirely wipe out the
25 per cent, clause, and totally abolishes
the Treasury special agency for the pur
chase of products for the Government, aDd
puts an end to the cotton agents. The oc
cupation of these agents is gone* Their
terms of service expired yesterday, and
now cotton and the other products of the
States recently in rebellion will move for
ward to the markets unrestricted and sub
ject only to such custom house regulations
and internal revenue tax as are imposed
upon the products of other States.
16?* The “Western Christian Advocate'*
records the following interesting anecdote of
general Jackson. The scene of it was in
the Tennessee Annual Conference held at
Nashville, and to whioh he had been invited
by a vote of the brethren, that they might
have the pleasure of an introduction to him ;
“The Committee was appointed, and the
Qeneral fixed the time for nine o'clock on
Monday morning. The Qonference-room
being too small to aooommodate the hun
dreds who wished to wituess the introduc
tion, pne of the ohurches was substituted,
and an hour before the time filled to over
flowing. Front seats were reserved for the
members of the Conference, whioh was call
ed to order by the Bishop, seated in a large
chair in the front 6f the alter, just before
the pulpit. After prayer, the committee re
tired, and a minute after entered conducting
the man whom all delighted to honor. They
led him to the Bishops chair, which was
made vacant for him, the Bishop meanwhile
occupying another place within the altar,
t'he Secretary was directed to call the names
qf the members of Conference, whioh he 1
did in alphabetical order, each coming for
ward and receiving from the Rishop a per
sonal introduction to the ex-Presidentj and
immediately retiring to give place to the
next. The ceremony had nearly been com
pleted. The Secretary read the name of
Rev-J. T .An elderly gentleman, with
a weather-beaten face, olad with a suit of
jeans, arose and came forward. Few seemed
to know him. He had always been on a
circuity on the frontier; and though always
at Conference, he never troubled it with
VOL. XLIII-No. 95.
long speeches but kept bis seat; and said
blit little : that little, therefore, was always
to the purpose. Mr. T came forward,
and was introduced to General Jackson. He
turned his face toward the General who
said : '■ > f // ;i o' •
‘lt aeems to me that we bare met before.’
“The pretaher apparently embarrassed,
said : “I was with you through the Creek
campaign, one of your body guard at the
battle of Horse-Shoe, and fought under your
command at New Orleans.”
“The General arose slowly from his* seat,
and throwing his long, withered, bony arms
around the preacher’s neck, exclaimed :
“We’ll soon meet where there in no war;
where the smoke of* battle never rolls up its
►sulphurous incense.”
“Never, before or slnqe, have I seen as
many tears shed as then flowed forth from
the eyes of that vast assembly. Every eye
was moist with weeping. Eleven years have
passed away since that day. The old hero
has been more than ten in his silent, narrow
home. The voice that cheered the droop
ing fight, and thundered in the rear of rout
ed armies, is silent for ever. The old preaoh
er, too, has fought his last battle, laid bis
armor by, and gone home to that eternal
rest.”
Origin of the Names of tbs States*
Maine was so called as early as 1638,
from Maine in France, of which Henrietta
Maria, Queen of England, was at that time
proprietor.
New Hampshire was the name given to
the territory oonveyed by the Plymouth
Company to Captain John Mason,by patent,
Nov. 7, 1639, with reference to patentee,
who was Governor of Portsmouth, in Hamp
shire, England.
Vermont was so oalled bv the inhabitants
in their Declaration of Independence, Jan.
16,1777, from the Frenoh verd f green, and
montj mountain,
Massachusetts was named from a tribe of
Indians iu the neighborhood of Boston. The
tribe is thought to have derived its name
from the Blue Hills of Milton. “I have
learned,” says Roger Williams, “that Mas
sachusetts was called from the Blue Ilills.”
Rhode Island was so ealled iu 1644, in
referenoe to the Island of Rhodes in the
Mediteranean.
Connecticut was so called from the In
dian name of its principal river.
New York was so called in reference to
the Duke pf York and Albany, to whom
this territory was granted.
Pennsylvania was so called, in 1681,
after Wm. Penn.
Delaware was so called, in 1703, from
Delaware Ray, on which it lies, and which
received its name from Lord De La War,
who died in this bay.
Maryland was so called in honor of Hen
rietta Maria, Queen of Charles I, in his
patent to Lord Baltimore, June 30, 1862.
Virginia was so called, in 1584, after
Elizabeth, the virgin Queen of England.
Carolina was so called by the French,
in 1564, in honor of King Charles IX, of
France. ■ , *
Georgia was so called, in 1732, in honor
of King George 11.
Alabama was so called, in 1817, from
its principal river.
Mississippi was so called, iu 1800, from
its western boundary. Mississippi is said
to denote the whole river, that is, thfe river
formed by the union of many.
Louisiana was so called, in honor of Louis
XIY, of France.
Tennessee was so ealled, in 1696, from
its prinoipal river. The word Tennessee is
said to signify a curved spoon.
Kentucky was so oalled, in 1788, from its
principal river.
Illinois was so oalled, in 1809, from its
principal river. The word is said to signify
the river of men;
Indiana was so ealled, in 1802, from the
American Indians.
Ohio was so called, in 1802, from its
southern boundary.
Missouri was so called, in 1821, from its
principal river.
Michigan was’so called, in 1805, from
the lake on its borders.
Arkansas was so called, in 1819, from
its principal river.
Florida was so called by Juan Ponce
Be Leon, in 1571, because it was discov
ered on Easter Sunday, in Spanish, “ Pas
cus Florida,”
Horsbs. —ltwas estimated by the Quar
termaster General in his last annual report,
that there were in the service of the army
about 170,000 horses and 180,000 mules.
The supply of cavalry horses averaged
about 500 a day, which was also the meas
ure of the destruction of these animals in
service. During the last eight months of
the year 1864, the cavalry of tho Potomac
received nearly 40,000 horses, and them
were issued to the army of Gen. Shennau,
through the NasfcyUte depot, between the
Ist of Noyembev, 1863, and the 14th of
Septemfeey, 1864, 41,122 horses.
of Ex-Governors. —Accord-
ing to despatches Ex-Governor Watts, of
Alabama, has been released, and Ex-Gov.
Smith, of Virginia, and Ex-Governor Ma
grath, of South Carolina, have also been
discharged on parole; also that Vance of
North Carolina, and Letcher, of Virginia,
who are in the old Capitol Prison at W ash
ington, are soon to be, and a general jail
delivery seems to be going on of ex-civil
officials of the States lately in revolt.
Last Thursday there was held at Lou
isville a conclave of the Grand Commandc
ry of the Knights Templars.
Gen. Osterhaus commands the Depart
ment of the Mississippi, headquarters at
Vicksburg, vice Mqjor-General Warren
resigned.