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LUCIUS C. BRYAN, Editor and Proprietor. \ Terms, $4.00 a year in Advance. ) LAW AND MEDICAL CARDS. BRYAN & HARRIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW,’ THOHA)fILLE, GA. ty OFFICE first do >r m second story of St'irk's Ctmfsctionary. L. C BRYAN. R. H. HARRIS. Mar 14 ‘ iiiL S. B. SPENCER, ATT O R NEY A T I. AW , Tbownxrillr, Georgia, Will nttend promptly to all c v>l bnrinesa en trusted to hi* care in the Southern Circuit, Clinch and Ware ol the Brunswick Circuit. Jan 31 5 >y* C. P. HANSELL, attorney AT LA W, xhoiuairillc, Georgia. Jan M 51 . v ROBERT G. MITCHELL, ATTORNEY AT LA W, THOMASVILLE, GA. Office over McLasb’s ‘ Store.*®® Jan 24 4-12 m j. k. Keid, U. >. .F. DeWitt, -H. I> Ur<4. It 1210 A UeWITT, OFFER their services to the citizens of . Thontasville and vicinity, ry OPFIVE at Dr. Di.\\\tt s Vrup Store Feb iti *-tf U|. T. S. HOPKINS. one 108 | > A tUI 1.0 I Yvith KFMI iIF.AiE. b. O. AUXOLU, RESIDENT DENTIST THOMASVILLE, GA. \\rlLL be fouud at the old v T°V v v stand occupied by him for the last ten years Aug ‘J3-12ih Dr. wTp7cLO WDK HAYING permanently located ill Thomas ville, otters his i* *•■ to the public. tyOFUCE at the Drag Store of W. P, Clower & Cos. ty RESIDENCE —the house formerly oc cupied by Dr. Brandon. mar 14 tv l>r. B. W. B IM 0.l Having permanently located in Thomas*, ville, respectfully otters his services to the citizens of the Town and Surrounding Country, in the practice ol Medicine, Surs gery and Midwtlery. Will also pay spe cial attention to the treatment ol Diseases of Women. Office. K. K- Evans old Store upstairs. jaol/sJm JI tfi. F I H (x l s O \ , {Graduate of Queen.'* College.) PHYSIO AN', SUROEuN, Ac., Boston, Georgia. May be consulted at Mr. Murphy’s near Kaihoad Station. APOTHECARY HAY sT W. P. CLOWER & CO., DRUGGISTS. Have renovated and refitted tjhe Store next to Young’s Hotel, for the purpose of es tablishing a . First Class Drug Store. The new firm ask. for a share of patrons age, and invite the attention’ of the'citi*. rens to their w ell selected stock of JUeilkineti, l ain) aud Toilet Irtkles, Soaps and Perfumery, fine Green aud iltaek Teas, Jtei'OYine Lamps and Oil, bti; vi i riv Together With-every other article usually kepi ih a veil-appointed Drag Store. (Y)V’ fijjißCioii’ Preseriptivns carefully-, prepared.. . 4—if Jan 24. DRUGS” MEDICINES. The undersigned having purchase . the elegant Drug Store ot l>r. Little, take t U'i-a .e in MAoanomg to the” people of Thomnsville. and the. country generally, xhat they have just received a full supply of fresh Drugs aiid Medicines, Paints, Oils, Perfumery, Stationery, et., etc. Call and examine for yourselves By strict attention to business, courtes ous and honorable dealing with Our cus fomers we hope to merit and receive a libe ral share of patronage. WINN & CASSELS. James N. Wiss, Samvel J. Cassels, jan 17tf FRESH DRUGS DR. r. S. BOWE’R has just received a large stock of fresh Drugs, purchased at the best manufactories in the United Slates, and embracing every article in the Medical Department. His Drugs were purchased with the view of supplying the market with the very Best Quality of Medicines pianufactured, and the prices were hot therefore consulted. lie will nevertheless sell upon easy terms, and feels sure that he can give satisfaction. Thankful for the liberal patronage ex fended to him heretofore by the people of ■Thomas County, he hopes to merit a eontin uation of their favors. He may be found at hie old Stand opposite Remington & Son. Jan 4, ts P. S. BOWE'R. GEORGIA-Clinch County. Whereas. Ziba King applies to said Conrt for letters pf Guardianship, for the property, person and effects of Duncan Henderson, dec’d. All persons are notified to file their objections in said Court, otherwise said letters will be granted in terms of the law. H. MORGAN, Feb 21 8 40,1 Ordinary. TANARUS © Ulonth* front date, applica tion will be nirfdeto Louudes Court of Or dinary. for leave to sell the Real Estate of Archibald Mclntvre, late of said Countv. deed. ISAAC JESSt’P, Mar 51 2m Adxn’r. COMMISSION MERCHANTS GEO. T. PATTEN, COMMISSION MERCHANT, TUO.II VSVII.IiE, G 4. imrlLL purchase and sell C olton. Bacon. IT Mugar, Stvrnp. Wool. Arc.. Ac.,on Commission, forward Cotton, and other Pro duce to Savannah, aud Goods Irorn Depot to other points Orders and-Consignments solicited. ’• Feb 14 . Y-dui’ GEORGE PATTEN, For war ding AND | COM MISSION MERCHWT, NAVA Will, GEORGIA. fTVENDERS his services to the Merchants of I Thomnsville. and the Planters of Thomas ! County, for the forwarding of Goods, the sale of Pro bice and purchase of Supplies, and re ! spectfullv solicits their patronage- Feb 1y 7-3m* J. R. S. DAVIS &C 0,7 Auction & Commission MERCHANTS, ■ Next (loot* to K. A 1.. Goldberry’s Store. SOLICIT consignments of goods of all de acriptions. Particular atteutiou paid to telling real and personal property. Auction sales on Wednesdays aud Sutur days—day and night. J. 11. S. DAVIS, G. A. JEFFERS. Feb 14 __ 7-3 m F. W. SIMS,) t J. F. WHEATON, Late of the > < La’e of the firm of Republican. j ( Wilder, Wheaton & Cos. F* W. SIMS & Cos., * 5 NAVAN'VAII, GA., FACTORS AND GENERAL CuMIiSSIaS MERCHANTS DEALERS IN Hereliandise, Produce, Tim ber, Lumber and Colton. Consignments and orders respectfully solicit ] ed, and whether by waaon, river, railroad or sea, will receive, the strictest attention. The Forwarding Business caretnlly and promptly done. . mar 7 llldim 31IL.L.EH, THOMAS k Cos., genbual CO2IM/ZSIQN& GROCERY MERCHANTS, SAVANNAH, ... . . , GEORGIA. S. J. MILLER. SAMUEL B. THOMAS. and. o, livingsfon. ! .Toti 24 ’ 4 (im*, J, L. VILLALOfiGA, COTTON FACTOR HMlllt AID COMMISSI Mereliant. No- 94 Bay Street, jan 1 -3m . SA VANN AH, 6TA. | A.J,BRADY,. W:M.SMITH, E J MOSES A- antes. . Lexington.’ Columbus.- Brady, Smith & CO., COTTOH C-jffiiSli tKB FOuWASDINE x rri ry dty a r n iG j\ 1 .< tt u JLJ.iAiI X o, Savannah, : : : : : Georgia- Will make liberal advances on Produce con signed to us or our friends, in New York, Boston, Philadelphia or Liverpool. .i Agents for FAI It HAN Ks \- (’<.. R. HOE & CO.. STEARNS A- MARVIN, and other Northern Manufactories. • . Refer to all the leading Merchants of the City. • ■ Nov. ts dm W. Carvel Hall. JAs. E. Miki;-. j J-. Hanson Thomas, J.r. Hall, Myers & Thomas : GENERAL COMMISSION Merclaants, No. 3, Commerce St., Baltimore. RctVreucc* : J. Hanson Thomas. Pres't Farmers’ and Mer chant.-’ National Bank.Tison.A- Gordon. Sav’h Kirkland, Chase ft Cos,, Jqo. Williams de Son, . Williams, Bee A Cos., X. Y . Brien A Car . re re, N. Y., C. Morton Stewart. 11. L. Whitridge, D H. Gordon. Va.; Edward S. Myers. J. P. Plea sants & Son. Tlios. J. Carson A Cos, Win. 11. MacFarluud, Pre't Farmers’ Bank,Va. Mar 14 ■ 11-6rn J. W. RABUN & CO., Factors AND i:oh)ii;is§ici) hivi'clKiijis. 140 11 il STREET, Savannah. Ga. J W. RABUN P. 11. WOOD Jan 1 3m ; GREAT BARGAINS!! AT IIA VIS & JEFFERS’ BaT JEJ ‘W” ! aictioi & mm iisi, Next to <>oltiberry*a Store. If | ‘HE attention of the public is called to the J large and varied assortment of Goods of . all descriptions consigned to us for sale AT AUCTION, or at private sale, at l,e*than Cost. Ladies are particularly invited to call and examine our fine Goods and Prices. It is onr intention to make this the Cheap Store of Thomasville. sales on Wednesdays and Satur days—dav and night. J. R 8. DAVIS, G. A. JEFFERS. Feb 14 ‘ -3m* CO.VtPOI.NI> Fluid Extract Bnehu. Prepared bv W. P, CLOWER A: CO . Jan 31-stf Apothecaries Hall. AN AC T. • I To levy and collect a tax for the support : of tiie Government tor the-‘year 18b6, and for other purposes. Sec. 1. The General Assembly do. : enftet, That his Excellency, the • ibve nor, with the assistance of the Comp troller Gen- ral, so soon as the value j of.taxable property is ascertained from | the consolidated returns from all the counties thereof, -hall proceed to assess and levy such a per eentage on the ; taxable property as will produce, in the estimation of the Governor, the. sum of three hundred thousand dol lars, exclusive of specific taxes. •Sec. 2. In addition to the ad val orem tax on real and personal prop erty, as specified in the Code aud as sessed in the preceding section, the | following specific taxes shall be levied I and collected : 1. A tax of one dollar upon each and every n ale inhabitant of this State on the first day ol April, between the ‘ ages of twenty-one and sixty years, j When this tax is due and unpaid by | any person who has no property, and is in the employment of another as a laborer, it shall be teh <. uty of the Tax Collecto to serve a written notice to the employer, specifying the amout t of tax i ue by the employee, which notice shall operate as a garnishment upon the employer, and shall author ize and bind'him to pay said tax from any wages, effects or money in his hands due to the laborer, or employee, and execution shall issue as in other cases for taxes due against the em ployer for the amount. 2. Upon every practitioner, ot Law, Phvsic and Dentistry, ten.dollars. 3. Upon every Daguerrean, Am brotype, l’ln togiaphic, and similar | Artist, ten dollars L Upon every person carrying on the business of Auctioneer, twenty j five dollars. ■ • 5. Upon every keeper of a pool or billiard table, lor puplic play, ten dol lars- or each table. 6. Upon every keeper of a bagatelle table, tor public plai’,. ten dollars -for each table. • 7. Upon every keeper of a ten-pin alley, or alley of like kind, , for public play, ten dollars. ‘ 8. Upon every keeper of any other table, tand or place for any other game or play, with or without a name, unless for exercise.or amusement only, and not prohibited by law, ten dollars. 9: Upon every keeper or owner of a public race track, fifty dollars. 10. Upon every cireu; company for ■ each exhibition, twenty-five dollars. 11. Upon every agent ofj or person engaged in any gift lottery or enter prise of like character, in any county of this State, the sum of one thousand dollars. ’ It shall be the duty of the Tax Collector, immediately upon the opening ol an office by any person for the purpose of selling tickets in any supli lottery or enterprise, or of selling or offering such tickets for sale, in any wanner, to levy and collect the said tax from any property of said person , to be found. - ’ 12. There shall be levied a specific tax of twenty cents per gallon of bran-, dy, gin, whisky or. rum-, whether for eign or domestic, which is sc Id by any I person in t‘ is State by wholesale or retail, except. by distillers and man ufacturers in this £tate, aud the t .amount so-d shall be given in under oath. Quarterly returns on oath shall be made on the first days of April. Ju ly. O to! er aud January, in each year, by all persons within the county, who sell liquor either by wholesale or re tail. of the amount sold during the quarter preceding. Said return shall be made to the Tax Collector of the county, who shall demand and collect the tax due, when the return is made. • It shall be the duty of the Tax Col lector to require all persons selling . said liquors to make their returns and pay the tax thereon, and if any person shall fail or refuse to make his returns, and to pay said tax, he shall be assess ed by the Cos lectur a specific tax of one thousand dollars, and the Collec tor shall proce.d to collect the 9ame by execution, as in other cases of tax es due and unpaid. Sec. 2. The spirituous liquors spe cially taxed in the preceding section shall be exempted from the advalo rern tax. Sec. 4. The oath to be ed to all persons making returns of their taxable property shall be in the words following to-wit :."i'ou do sol emnly swear that you will true an swers give, to all lawful questions which I may put to you, touching the return you are about to make,and that you will make a true return of all your taxable property, so help me God/’ ; And it shall be the duty o. the officers taking said return to inquire of each and every person taking said oath, touching alfof his taxable property or his liability for specific taxes, as named in this act, and the Comptroll er General shall publish a list of all questions to be propounded to tax payers. Sec, s.—The tax assessed under this act shall be collected in United States currency, and the value of the property on tl e first day ot April next in such currency, shull be the basis of the taxes. Sec. G. and be it further enacted, That all laws heretofore passed levy , ing and collecting a tax upon income | be, and the same are hereby repealed. Tliomasville, Georgia, Wednesday, April IS. IS6G. | .Sec. 7 ..And to tt- furtlur eiMRfaS, . That nothin in ti is act contained shall be construed as to appeal or affect section 725 ot tne revised Code of Georgia, exempting certain propt/rty frotn taxation. • ‘ . Sec. All laws militating against this act are hereby repealed. The Great Question of llie Day. That violence begets violence; kind ness, kindness, distrust, resentment, and coercion, resistance, is a world-old story — the teachings of all history from the beginning. What end does the North propose to itself in its deal ings with the South? That is the questiiou. Let the people ponder that, see cleaily what they aim at, and then act accordingly. The South is conquered. Whether as a nation ality, or as a combination of rebeh, yet the same. They are conquered 1 by those against whom they took up arms, have surrendered opposition,, and lie at their mercy. • Shull thy be’ now treated as friends,- or enemies.- It is for the North alone to decide,.for she lias all the power. -The South • has decided, as far as it may, for peace, reunion and friendship, by laying \ down its arms in good faith and e ee ry where, by returning to’ its allegiance j to the United Stotts, by'accepting and ■ frankly conforming to all the many . and grave consequences of defeat, and by as full and perfect obedience to the I laws as exist in any part of the’ (jnion. ’ Further than this, it was certainly the universal understanding of her people, founded on the declarations of the ; President of the United States and | head of its armies, that these things being done, they would be received hack into the Union on the same Not ing on which they stood when they took up arms against it. It is again lor the North to say whether the South was justified in this urderstunding or not; and they have the power, in any ; event, to determine whetner they will be bouud by that understanding or not; j but it is scarcely, credible, if they be leive the faith of the United fcbates to have.been so pledged by’ Mr. Lincoln, .that.they would be willing to commit. towards- others the ■ great • crime of breach f faith, which, when held to be committed against themselves, they ■ have s.r grievously punished. -But putting aside all consideration's of ‘good faith, and looking only to the . dictates of sound policy,’ t'he question still question on the right de cision of which hangs more of weal or. of woo. to .North as well .as South, to white as we] > as-black, than’ on .any other now before the country— wheth er the men at . Washington,’ now , ch.aiged with its.solution, impelled by | passion and pride ol power! or .moved by the gentler aiid wiser influences of reason and humanity, shall make ot the South the Ireland or the Scotland, the Poland or the of the- United . States. - Discontents are the secret fires of the moral volcanoes of the woTld ; and disabilities’ and insults and inequalities, and, above.all the pres ence ot foreign or stranger officials, the fuel that feeds them. Let Poland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, under Aus tria, the former United Colonies of. ’ Great Britain, jerve for instances!— . Equal rights and liberties- is the har mony of society, the music o) peace’ and of progress. • Witness Wales and Scotland, Italy, and Rome, Silesia me der Frederick 11., and die Great. — Shall Stevens be so known to his tory? I append a brief historical extract in reject to Silesia,’ which, perhaps, may be pondered over n.w to advan tage. ‘Tt is certainly true thet Frederick, upon the whole, administered his des potic power enlightened views and with public spiiit for the good of bis sudjects.* * * * No instance can be stronger than that of Silesia, — Here was a province won without a shadow of real riznt from Maria The resa—a sovereign who beside her le gitimate title, had all the claim to her subjects’ sympathy which womanhood, youth and beauty can bestow. Here were Dobles of high linea e and loyal ty compelled to acknowledge an usurp ing conquerer ; here was a people pf bigoted Catholicism ruled over for the first time by a Protestant prince.— Under such circumstances what else could be expected than that Silesia should bccoiaepto Prussia what Ireland has been to England—a perennial fountain of bitterness —an object to all statesmen of anxious solicitude, and to nearly all of afflicting disap pointment—a battle field of ever recur ring political and religious animosi ties , and like other battle fields, laid waist by contention ! Yet so prompt and so prudent were the measures of Frederick in behalf of his new con quest —neither neglecting the interest of his subjects, as, for instance, Joseph the First; nor yet wounding the r prejudices, like Joseph the Second— that within a few years space Silesia became as firmly bound to him as Brandenburg, and that Maria Theresa, in her latter attetnps to recover the province, found no affective or gener al assistance from the Silesians them selves.” All experience, then, bears witness to the pregnant truth, that u the great secret to govern the human race is sympathyP The typical man —man as made by God —yielded readily to the gentle solicitihgs of the sun. what he denied to the fury of the blast. — ! Bit* heart..answers dutifully to the rule of justice, gratefully to that of: kindness, rcbelliously to that of force. ■ It has been well said, by one deeply versed in the lore of human dealings: “He that would fotce men’s heart to surrender, must do so by manifesting that they would be safe when comiuit ed to his keeping.” If the victorious . party shall do’ that, they.will rebuild the. shattered temple of concord, and win one of those victories of peace “more renowned than war.” Ilarmb- ; ny will prevail at once through all our | borders, and we start again on a career of happiness and prosperity and-pro gress, which shall leave Boching’ fur ther to be asked by .the philanthropist or the patriot.—A. .3 . Rimes. THE > i: H COIN 1 V C OT IST. • The establishment of. this’ court 1 amounts to a decided revolution of the | judicial system of! the State. So says ■ a. correspondent of the Atlanta Intelli gencer, from whese able article on the subject we select tlie following points : The revised Constitution, article IV, section 2, paragraph 9, empowers the [ General Assembly (o vest in the Infe ferioc Court, or such other county court, as they in ay hereafter create, concurent jurisdiction with the .Supe’- , rior Court, in civil cases generally, ex- ! cep’ eases respecting titles to land, and., those requiring equity jurisdiction and .j equity proceedings. -Heretofore, this largo .concuireht civil jurisdiction. Ves'e'd in the Inferior court.. But by • three successive acts, approved • 17-th ’ March, ISOlQthe Inferior. Court is.de- j prived of all. civil jurisdiction except j lii coin ty matters ; shorn -of all crim- | iu'al jurisdiction, even as a court of in- | quiry ; and its clerks are required tor’ transfer all cases pending in their. Court, to the County Court. * *’ ■ The act creating the County Court,'. 12th.sectian, vested in It jurisdiction, concurrent with • that of the Superior Court in all civil cases, except such as'l .involved titles’ of land- and equity'; causes. iEven larger civil jurisdiction j than was ever exercised by tlve Irife- ! rior Court, is conferred upon -the new Court It is even permitted tp enter the sacred -domain of the “cturt of conscience.” By section -29th of .the act, it is permitted’ so to mould its-J judgements as to subserve the ends of justice--to give judgement far a sum*| certain-, decree the ‘specific’ -perfor mance of a contract, rr-to render sugh judgment as in its discretion, may seem just and proper. ■ . ‘ . ‘ The revised constitution, article 4th, sectioned, part 3d, vests ‘ extdusivje j criminal jurisdiction in Super or Court, ; only in cases in whieh tjie offender is _ subject to loss of life, limb’ or mem ber, or to. confinement and labor in the penitentiary. ‘ The County Court .bill, section 34, extends to the court which ‘it creates, at ifs monthly and semi annual sessions, jurisdiction ovef ajl criminal oflcnces, of which exclusive jurisdiction is not vested in sotn'o oth er court. This, -of course, embraces all crimes, not .punishable by loss of life, limb or member, oi by confine ment and labor’ in the penitentiary—• k nown under our laws as felonies. By a sweeping amendatoiy act, -approved 17th March, 1866, .over twenty fel onies, including various species of laceny, burglaries, nay hem, anil many other lngh crimes, heretofore punish ed by confinement, and labor in the penitentiary,i from’ one to seven years —over twenty felonies are reduced to a grade of crime below felony, and are made punishable hy fine, not to ex ceed one thousand dollars, impri-on ment not to exceed six months, whip ping not to exceed 39 lashes, by work ing in a chain gang or on public works, not to exceed twelve months, as may be ordered in the discretion of Jthe judge. The law makes no distinction as to color. In addition to the many offenses which were below the grade of felony, the offenses lowered as to grade, by the act. referred to, fall with in the jurisdiction of the County Court. ■’ In view es the magnitude of the in terests involved, it is plain, therefore, that the presiding judge of the Coun ty Court should be as well versed in the law and as well qualified as a judge of the Superior Court, except in cases of equity or where land titles are in volved. Let the people study the subject and he prepared to vote un derstandingly when the election for judge chines on Much depends on filliug this office with men ot the right qualifications. Important Oi-drr* from tbr Aaiatunt CommiaHio ncr of ibe Bu reau. Gen. Tillson has promulgated an order notifying the officers of the Freedmon’s Bureau in this State that they will not hereafter exercise judi cial function, the Legislature having enacted laws giving persons of color “the right to make and enforce con tracts, to sue, be sued, to be parties and give evidence, to inherit, to pur chase, lease, sell, hold and convey real and personal preperty, and to have full and equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the security of peason and estate;” and declared that “they shall not be subjected to any other or different punishment, pain or penalty for the commission of any act or of fense, than such as are prescribed for white persons committing like nets or : offmces” —as appears by the act'enti-’ tied “An act to define the tena ‘per- j son of color/ and to declare (he rights i of ■ such persons;-’ approved March 17th, 1866. Tha Civil Agents of the Bureau appointed in compliance with . a resolution of the Georgia State Con vention, passed. October 30th, 1965, will continue t .perform the duties and : exercise the authority conferred upon ; them by .Circular No. 4. Series of 10C5,j bat all cases exceeding their jurisdic tion, unless otherwise specially diree-. tid by the Department Commander, will be turned over to the c-ivil rtutnor- j itiea of the State for adjudication!- . 1 - - o What yvc .Tlut Fay in Two Vt-jir* • . Mr. Scofield’s speech .in the House of Representatives upon the Loan bill is published in the Globe. He set out | with the subjoined important statement- j of facts : • . “What is the amount of rndebted "ncss to be met, and when must-It be ! met ? To this question I invite the j careful -and. earnest attention of the- 1 l-loutfe. 1 shail give the official'stated meat of the. umo’uiU of our total in’d’eh- 1 tedi ess, and also that portion soon* to become-due.’ The amount of our pub- : lie debt on the first day off this month was 82,711,850,000. Less than half’ of this amount is funded. Within the - ! next three years’ $1,000,000, 000- ot’ this debt will-tall -due, and will be presented at the counter of the-Treaa** ury Department for payment. That! payment most he promptly made, or oar: paper goes to protest and- our I credit is broken. -I- hold .iu my -baud . an official table showing the amount’ ofj , our indebtedness that” mature,s each half year lor the’ next two years, which , : after a word ’of explanation., -I will read, j There was on the last day of Febru- | ary, 1866; a portion af our debt in the ! form of a temporary loan to the amount ol $119,835,194’,50,.payab1e ar the op- ’ tk>n of the lenderafter ten days.’ notice. It would hardly be fair to reckon’that ’ whole amount as payable within the first six months, yet* as-it- .may ‘he cal- ■ [ led for at any t'iine, and is. tJi-e least I vftlubie form of loan, it must be added’ to the statement of indebtedness’ soon’ to bo. met. With this explanation, and I s’upj 0.-iiig the payment of this loan to ■ be demanded within the next; six months* 1 call atteutiou to tile iucts j exhibited in the table. Between this day-and the-30th o't t June next we must pay, in addition to 1 the regular expenditure ofthc Goyern j nient, $138,6/4,874,82. ’ During tlm six months. ending December 31; 1-800, we mus pay $47,665,000. During: the I six-months ■ending June 30, 1867, we j must pay $8,171,000. During tlie six i moots ending December 31, 180.7, wo i mast pay $35Q,000,00Q. During the I six SBC! oh tbs ending June 80, 1868, wc most -pay $169,415,250.’ • Duriug the six’m-ohths ending December*Bl, 18- 68,’ we must pay $287,564,482, So ; that bet’ween this and’the assembling j of ‘the next ’.Co’ngrcss there must be I paid Cver the.counter of the treasury,. I besides‘tlie ordinary expenses of the Government, $1,201,890,007 G2f.. IFd'Q ks Department Georgia, 1 . Augusta Ga ( , April Gth, iB6O. . j General Order No: 17—• • : . Provisions having been made by ‘ the Legislative authorities of the State of Georgia, by which-all persons, with out regard .to color or former condi tion, are alike protected and secured in all their rights by laws of tlie State and tlie admimiiistriationof them by it officers and Courts, Commanding offi cers of Pests arc hereby orderd to turn over to the proper Civil Authorit : e of the .State,- all persons, not spildiers held m confinement, or under- arrest, awaiting trial, on bondjj for tli'cir ap pearance before any Court or Commis sion for crimes or .misdemeanors charged .to have been committed by th m, except where committed against the General Government, to be tried the Civil Courts of the State. . In future, all freedinen or others, ex cept soldiers, who may be arrested by the Military Authorities for errne-s or misdemeanors charged to have been committed by them, except where com mitted againt the General. Government, and those arrested for petit offenses, of Agents of the Freed men’s Bureau may take cognizance under provision of Circular No. 4. Series of 1865. Bu reau of Refugees, Freedmen and Aban doned Lands, State of Georgia, will be turned over to the Civil Authorties of the county or town in which the oflense is committed, for trial before the Civil Courts of the State. Excepitons made to this Order, for trial by Military Commission, will be specially directed from tnese Head quarters. By command of Brevet Maj. Gen. Brannan. Official: (Signed) S. B. Mce, A. A. G- The Volunteer Troops in the Army-—lt appears from a communi cation from the War Department, da ted March 28, that the number of vol unteer troops iu the army on the 9th of January was; white, 57,590; colo red, 65,766, or an aggregate of 123,- 356 There were in the service March 10: whites, 27,171 , colored, 39,814, or an aggregate of 66,985; thus show | ing there have been mustered out of ! the service since Jan. 9, whites, 30,- ! 419; colored, 25,952, an aggregate of VOL. VI.-\o. 16. 50,37.1. Ordered lo be mustered oat’ since March 10—whites'. 10,106 j col- .* ored, 9,557 ; total, ‘-i. Total re duction made and ordered since -lan. . 9 —whites, 40,525 ’colored, ‘35,541. • Aggregate, 7H’. ,L 7t. . ‘ • The masters out ordered will be mostly - completed by May I.’ ’The work will bo well advanced by April 10. • and then there'will bet left in service 17.- ■ 065 while volunteers,’ and 80,217. colored; total number 47,281, It. ia ■ proper to add that the Seveateenfh Regiment United States Infantry h a bees ordered-to Texas,- and upon ita. arrival, Maj-. Gen. Sheridan has been instructed to muster out-all additional white volunteers in that-department, There are now in service there 8,681: that he can spare The contemplated reduction will be additional-to’that re ferred to in the above summary,. filtai Bin'ia New vil> New York, April 6.-—lmmense’ fires are now raging in. several places in thisdity.. The.large brick building •on the .corner t>h Broadway and Barn Cluj is entirely destroyed- and the fire is progressing. • Nos. 200? ‘202 and 304, Brod way,- are burned out, and the fire is .still burning amongthe building. . n -the rear. . .On Fulton- street, the Claremont House, adjoining buildings ‘ I are- eu'-fire: Another-, fire -is raging further up ’Broadway. The loss of. property is, very great.-. No estimate can yet.be reachejd, as .the firemen . : have but-little mastery over the flames: _ I The ;Trearont House is also on fir*. Another .him* just brokeu out near ilia • battery. .. ’ .. . * . KA'i lOi. • New Yt)R.K, April 6. —-Among tfio | losers by (he -Pulton stree't fire were ’ Geo. Sechmand’ boots and sheeS, ¥2O, i 000, Half insured ; W*. J-. Sperg, bils’ t.liard table maker, $20,000, partially! i insured ; Jas. Estice, clothier; $20,000,. I insured; W. H.-Griffith, billiard table. ! maker, $25,0*00, partially, insured. Tho • building No. 202,'broad way, was also I destroyed., The Cefarmont ‘Hotel,’ Fuj • J'ton street, • destroyed, loss $200,000. ! A woman .is missing,supposed life.lost. I An old man named-Sturbalt was found ; j.in oße’of ihe buildings almost d< ad. he. | was removed to the h'ogpital. ‘ A New Mode op ShoeYng Horses. . —A. l'aris blacksmith has invented a’ new. system of shoeing- horses.* Tn< -. stead ‘of the ,-hoe- being .placed'—fra* • fluently.much too hot —oil the hoof and burning.its Qwn nesting pfaoe, the out ’side of the hoof is. cut. away round “the foot to about tjic dcbtli ‘of half an inch ; this lg :rc.s a fcdge? into'which .the* shoe fits, and is then, flush with • the* frog, • which, just ’tQntm'ee the ground, arid the \vhol.e‘foot * rests on ‘ the ground, instead of being raised as • of old by the shoe. ..The ’visible ad vantages of this arc that'the iboi is tit .fie pared, aftd instead of a grfeat heavy. shoe, the .aniifial js shod in what'arc .litilo jess than facing plates! The ad vantage clainled by the inventor arc\ ‘ i that ihe horse, never slips, that the : shoe allows the fact tq expand natural dy and.that it .lasts ‘as long and’ is as cheap as the oid plan-. • . • . ‘ . -of t'l-iino by l*hoUt;gi-nphy, • In the-MeAphls Bulletin wc -find- th ; following: “Some time ago- a man w• f ! murderdin Sleuth Memphis under cir ,'cumstances which led to unjust. suspi-- ! cio'ns directed'against. many, persons- I doubtless innocent. In fact, the con,. 1 elusion generally reached was that tl:<.*. unfortunate dOcedarit ‘put a period to’ | his own existence - . Two photographists’ !of this city, hay, whose gallery is at ; the intersection of Union and ;Arm I strong of the Ciay building—under j too’k the task of applying the art to the’ i purpose of delecting the murderer- On th'e day of tlte murderer, with the • aid of* the microscope, images left o.rr j the retina . of . the eye cf the dead i were transferred to paper, and curious ! facts developed. A pistol, the hand, arm and part of the face of the man ]• who committed the crime are perfectly I delineated - We have been told that. a shrewd detective with the aid thus 1 furnished, has gathered other sac-ts that will surety lead to the identifies lion and punishment of the murderer. Getting Tired of Them. —Gen, Howard the philanthropic Chief of the freedmen’s, bureau has addressed to the freed people in the district of Columbia a circular in which he says he will issne no more rations after the 10 th of April; and that the so-p house wiil be closed,, at and .the distribution of wood and clothing be discontinued from and af ter that time. That the object of this notification may not be misconceived by the unfor tunates to whom he addresses it, the General tells them very plainly that all of them who can, ought, for their own advantage and that of those who remain,- to quit the District at onco; and he rathe* piteously begs “the preachers of colored churches arid all others interested in the well being of the freed people’’ to aid him in indue ing them to leave. The Confederate Setllcmeni in Mex, ico Abandoned. The announcement that the Cordova settlement had proved a failure is con firmed, and the exiles are abandoning Carlotta for want of Imperial pro tec* tion from the Mexican guerrillas, Gen* eral discontent prevailed among the colonists,