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    the said oath, shall be gnilty of perjury,
afid on conviction, in addition .to the
other penalties now prescribed for the
offense, shall be deprived of his office,
and rendered incapable forever alter of
holding any office or place under the
Ignited States. .
Approved July 2,1862.
Fortunately there will be found in
nearly all the late Rebel States worthy
• and loyal men, tree to fill the offices up
pertaining to the general Government;
and the class jtof good men who have
compromised themselves, but who are
now ready and anxious to return totillcV
giunce/can cooperate in the reorganiza
tion oi” the State Governments. It is
not probable that the aci imposing the
oath will be repealed , it is too good a
drag net t-o catch Rebels in to be thrown
away: but the President and each-liouse
of Congress may be empowered to Waive
its application when clearly convinced
that it would operate unjustly and ex
clude good men from office. Rut for
the present it must take effect, .and as* I
learn, it has produced a dead lock ii the
Southern appointments. . •O.P. Q,
.. *-♦■■■ *■
[COMMUNICATUD.]
Mr. Editor:—What is to become of the
• public debt of the State of Georgia? • U
pears by the Treasurer’s Report of foe 15th
of October last, that the outstanding public
debt of the State is as follows :
Bonds bearing interest at 5, 6
and 7 per cent, 5,870,250
• Not bearing interest, (past due) 216,000
State Treasury notes of 1861
and 1862 not bearing interest 6,993,000
Treasury certificates -issued in
lieu of cancelled n0te5....... lj-395,000-
Change Bills and Treasury notes .
payable in Confederate new issue 9,506,442
Making a total of *.....523,980-,692
To preserve the. -credit and good faith of
•the State the next Legislature must proyide
the means to meet the liability, which may
be set down thus—Bonds falling due in 1865
—Bonds past due not presented for payment
and interest on the Bonded debt estimated in
the same report to be altogether 1,290,576
To this must be added fo„r thffiex
penses of Government for a year
at least 400,000
# * o
$1,690,576
If this amount could be raised, and appro
priated in payment of the above stated lia
ability, what is to be done with the remain,
jder of tfie debt, which by the fortunes of war.
and the lorce of.circumstances is made due,
and is just as honest a liability as the other.
The amount maybe set down at $17,000,000,
ts it could bo bonded at 8 per cent, it would re
-quire an annual amount of one million and
twenty thousand dollars t.o pay the interest, j
Put the two together and the annual debt of
the State under the most favorable 6ircum
'stances will amount to s2* 71*0,576. ‘ Can tips
liability be met by the people of Georgia un
der existing circumstances.? If it- can, it
must be in one of two ways. One is to bor
row It, the other is to raise it by taxation.—
The first cannot be done because, we have not
the credit and if we had it would not reduce
the debt., it would be simply changing cred
itors. Can it be done by taxation ? Negroes
once the most valuable item of our property
are no longer slaves and cannot be taxed as
property. The income heretofore received
into the public Treasury by dividends from
Banks and Other corporations is cut off for
the present at least, if not permanently. It
follows then as- a necessary consequence that
the burden of taxation must fall on real Esr
tnte. By the Tax returns of 1860 tax was
pisd on 33,345,289 acres of land which we
will estimate to be now worth one hundred
million dollars, and Town and City property
robe worth twenty millions more. Will the
people submit to the taxation in their pres
ent impoverished condition.
ENQUIRER.
Mmmmmmmmmammammmmmmmmmn win— nmm
m w n rt i ./V Gr B s’.
On the sth inst., at the residence of Mr. Jona
than Hull, Thomasville, Ga., by Elder James M-
Gray, Mr. Henry C- McPherson, to Miss Nan
cy A. E. Creed, all of Thomas County.
On Thursday the 6th inst., by the Rev. M. C
Smith, at the residence of the Bride’s father,
Mr. Jeremiah Stegall, of Texas, to Miss
Fame Swift, of Thomas County, Ga.
. On the 19th of Jane, bytheßev.J.D.Bu
tolph, James C. jioss, Esqr., of ThoWasville, to
Mips Eva J. Anderson, of-Liberty County
Ga,
By the above it will be seen that among the
many recent marriages in this section, is that of our
old fri.entl James C. Ross, who it seems come out
f the- war unscathed, and now turns over, a
new leaf and enters the blissful state of matrimo
ny. We are plfeased to know be has been so
lucky, and hope the future has a full store for his
enjoyment. We understand he has embarked al*
so in the enterprise of “ teaching the young idea
lunv to shoot,” and that he has a good school nea r
where he resides, but we are not informed as to its
•exact locality. We hope, however, that he may be
successful, both in keeping up a good patronage
and in storing ‘ the young minds with useful
knowledge..
AUGUSTIN H. HANSELL,
Attorney X*aw,
THOMASVILLE, GA.
Office over Store of II Wolff & Bro*
July 19, 1865, ts
flduAtonlisnnn’b,’
WARE HOI St:
AT
Ccf
TITHE copartnership heretofore exisdng io-
JL tween R. R. Evans and W.,). Parnell,.bav ; ,
‘.rag bcfii disolvpd by the death ofR. R. Jvm.'s, ■
the undersigned will continue the Ware * ease
■ and .. ..
Coannission B.nshies,s
in Thontasviffe, on his own account, luVonnev
tiou will the’ware house a'goad V ae-s-ey *°
Cotton Prßss? v
has ■lv ,■! constructed for! iuepat-king purposes
j and to'aid him if the bn ifi -i e..un lersignod
■ 1,. s 1 foe; valuable scr\ i-ce’s oi Mr. 11..M
----[‘Bara. Not! pg but A- -c J-m.arv foces of* -
siaaiiESiMiii
CHARGED.
T 111. kv i 1l ■ . # a .,>rn. ,t. ~ J A f ‘• 1 M 111 li 1 *
clred yards from the Railroad depot at. Thonms
vill§, iind’believing that he can give general sat
isfaction, Ihe undersigned solicits- the patronage
bfcotton planters ana buvers.
WILLIS J. PARNELL.
• July 19,18C5. 3m
Ht>. QUS:, DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN GA.
Blackshear, July Bth, 1865.
General Ordett, )
No. 8, •
It having been reported to these Head Quar
ters that the arms of the 4th Georgia Cavalry,-
never wi vet to : foe United-States an
tfhorities in-ae - - ••.- With the terms <>i s&rfett
der ofG command, .it. .is hereby
ordr. hf gd. ‘ irmerly, belonging .to ,
gait regl ” us in .their negsessioil
will a; , er to the commander of
the “United r< & i the nbarest -Rost.-
‘ . All persons having in iheir p< n any
aims,'account rtftientsj Amunitibh, & J., - beloijgfng
loMlie kUe*C. $. Government,, must term their.’
ever to the U. 8. authorities.-at *.>nre or he tried*
for theft and severely punished.
■. ‘ . * l>v.Command of
Bvevt. Brig. .Ge’u. WASHBURN,
’ ‘ ‘ W. If. Keller,
• . 4 ...•* .. * : A. A. A; Gen.
- July .19, 1865. .'* ts . . ‘
SOUTHERN
EXPBIT ll iiPiT EiPtlt!
• CAPITAL
$100,000!
Till IS COMPANY is now organized, and we
are prepared to make liberal advances on
O O “37 “J? OIKT
and other produce consigned to oiir Agent in
LIVERPOOL/'.’
The present value of Cotton in LiVerpocffiJs
from 30 to .36 ets.< per pound for GOOD UP 1
LAND COTTON, and from 40 jto 80cts for ‘
GOOD LONG COTTON,
I3>J G-OLD 2
We. advance one half its value in Gold or its equiv
olent in Currency.
We solicit orders for. goods from tire ‘.
MERCHANTS & PLAM’EBS
The strictest attention paid to the smallest or
ders for goods from .
EIVsGrLA.VD, FRANCE & C 43-: 52 ITH ANAL
. E. T. PAINE, Agt. .
RICHARD F. FLOYD, President. •
Southern Export and Import Company. •
mpTor further particulars apply to
’ ’ • • J. CL PITTMAN,
July 12-6fn •• - ThoniasyiUo,’ Ga
STOLEN. T T"'-';.
’ the plantation of Mrs. Cai
• Te3||| 1.. ters, fifteenjniles south of. Talla
,vs J i hassee, Fla., on Sunday night, the 20th
of June, a-small red roan horse, as will appear
on close examination-, six years old —thin in flesh
with some signs of harness on his shoulders. His
tail has been crofled and lias not grown out to its
natural length—marie and tail a little inclined to
be flaxen—a gray spot in his forehead.
Any person delivering said horse to me; five .
miles west of Tallahassee will be liberally re
warded, or airy information in relation thereto
will be thankfully received.
J. L. THOMAS.
July 12,1865. 2t
IID. QUS-,DIST.,OF SOUTH GEORGIA/ 7
Darien, June iuh. 1865.
General Order )
No 1. S • q, •
I, Pursuant to oraers’froirt HetKl-Qnarters.-De
partment df the South, I hereby assume’ com
mand of the District of Southern Georgia, coin,
prising as follows Lull the counties lying South
of North line of the counties of Liberty, Tat nail,
Montgomery, Laurens, Pulaski, Dooly, Sumter,.
Webster, and Stewart.
11. The follovj ing are.announced as the stnof
the General commanding, and will be obeyed and
respected accordingly ■ ‘ 1 • „
Snrg-, S. C Brown, Cliief Medical Officer.
Map, J. M. Wtswell, Provost Marshal.
■ Cupt., John ‘GARwqoiq-Commissary.
Capt., Jas. M. Thompson, Provost Judge.
Lieut., W. H. Keller, A. A. A. Geiil.
Lieut., Henßi Daniels, Aid-de-caoiip.
Lieut./E. H. Sturgis. u . . “ .
•E. L. Clark. A. A. Q. M. * f • ‘ .
H. I) WASHBURN.
Brevt. Brig. G'enl.
July 121865, ts ‘ V .
Fine C hewing Tobacep,
FINE SMOKING TOBACCO, Belle .Boyd
“ SEGARS, . :
CAROLINA BELLE ” SNUFF,
u AUNT NANCY'S ”
For sale by * - DeWITT 5c STEGALL
July 5, iB6O. ts ‘ 1
HD. QRS DEPARTMENT OP THE SOUTH.
. Hilton Head, s. (’.. June 24,.1,865
(jrt Ord€r? t }
No. 98. \
The following rat will he e)iargd on nil
fi'right shipped on private accoulit, oii board
Government v< ssi h- within this Department, *
Vi/. : . ‘. - . • ’
P.. -tween Hilton Head and Beaufort, 25 cyr.L
per foo;. *
i-.v ... Hi; mi Head and Cluu-lestou 50 cent'-
p< r foot. . ’ . .
Between Hilioji Head, and Voniaud'iic, f-2 1 .•.
cents per foot.
Between Hilton Head and Jacks, nvilh# i’.2 1 .-i
cent* per foot •
Between Hilton Head am’ A.ig-t..tin 62^
cents per I’oot.
.Between Hilton Head am] Swan ah;
cents per foot.
Between Savannah and**Augußta, 59 cents pei
foot. ‘.* . ’’ o ”, ,
Between Charleston and Ge< rgetowu, 30 cents
per Riot-
Between all other places in tip Department not
mentioned above, private li.-cig it wi;l he charg
ed !‘.*r at the same rate. The nron’ey.thus re
ceived will he accounted for *0 the Clyief -Qiu'r
temiaster, Dypai’t nient of the S iir.h.
I>v Command -of “Majo r- G e p.erAl
Q. A. GILLMORE.- .
. - \V. L. M Berger.
• ♦ Xdiut.aril <-.-■.--••“1
Official: W. 11, Kelleig .
, - . .. ‘ Lieut. A A. A-. A.'.G.
July'l2, 1865. ts
•. 111). QUS., DIST- OF s; t -111. GEORGIA.
Blackshear, July 4th,. 1865.
Genera] Order, P . ‘ ’ ‘ •V- I
No. ‘5. • $ .’■■
To enable residents of this’ District. wl'lo limy
desire’ ami are qualified to avail- themselves
of the benefits of the PresidentV Amnesty
I’r.iclamation, of the 20th of May. 1865, l’ost
Commanders are hereby directed to appoint suit
able officers to administer and record the Amnes
ty Oatl\ prescribed in said proclamation.
Such officers will be guided by and strictly ad
ip re to the rules and- regulations established by
ti c Set vciary of Statejn the following’ Ire ular:
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, )
Washington, May 29, 1865. y
Sin :—-A copy of the Psesident’s Amnesty Proc
:a:. ‘ifiuu of this date is herewith iippended. By
eh asp in tlu-insi nuuent the Seterethry of State
is directed to establish rules and regulations for
administering and recording the Amnesty Oath,
so as to insure its benefits tothe people and guard
the Government against fraud. ‘ Pursuant'to t his
injunction you are informed” that the oath pre
scribed in the proclamation may be taken and
subscribed befbre any commissioned officer, civil,
military or naval, in the service of .the United
States, c rany civil or military officer -of a loyal
State or Territory, who.by the laws thereof may
be qualified for administering oaths. All who re
ceive such oaths are hereby authorized to give
certified copies thereof.to tlie persons respective
ly by whom they were made; and such officers
are hereby required to transmit the. originals of
such oaths, at as early a day as may be conven
ient-, to tliis department, where.they will be de
posited and remain in the archieves.of the Gov
ernment. A register thereof will be kept in the
department, and on application, in proper cases,
certificates of such records will be issued in the
customary form of official certificates;
1 am, sir, vour obedient ‘servant, .
WILLIAM iI. SEWARD;
Secretary of State.
In all cases the.officer administering foe- oath
will require; in addiiiOn to.such other evidence
ns lie may deem 11'ecessary, the-affidavit of the
applicant, that lie is not excepted .from the bgne
■ Hits of the Proclamation by any one of the excep
tions-therein made. .
All persons excepted above will be required’to
.make special application in writing through Dis
. t-rict Head Quarters, for permission to. be allow
ed the benefit of said amnesty. Said, application
must set forth the clause under which they are
.excepted and accompany the same by an • affida
vit that the person appliving does not come un
•der any other of the exceptions.
. •By Command of ” ’•••”
] Brevt. Brig.. Gen. WASHBURN. ’
• w • •W. H. Keller,. •
’ • Lieut. &A.A A. G.‘ •
• July 12,. 1865. ts . .
HD. QUS. DLST OF SOUTH. GEORG IA; .
. . • ‘Dariek, June i'4th, 1865.
General Order , )
No. 2.- )
I. Par 4, Gen. Order .No.” 71,'Head Quarters
Department- of the South, isliereby published for
tlie information of this command. ,
4. While military restrictions upon trade arc*
thus removed, still District’ and Post commanders
are reminded that they are .expected to keep
such a military control over all merchants and
traders as is necessary for the maintainance of
good order and a proper Poliece within their
commands. • To this end they, are authorized to
regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors, ales and
wines as may seem to them requisite.
11. Licenses will be given to a limited number
of responsible parties, authorising -the sale by
them, of liquors, ales and wines, for. which a li
cense fee of twenty-five dollars will be charged.
Said license to continue in force for the term of
three months.
Printed licenses will be famished.'as soon as
practicable, which will be required to be conspic
uously posted-in the place of business. -
Applications for licenses will be made through
the Post- commander, to -the Assistant
General at these Head Quarters. ,
No liquors will be sold or otherwise* disposed _
of to the enlisted nren of the army. .
•Any person having received said license, upon’
being convicted of keeping , a disorderly house,
will have IheirTieense revoked.
Pi - prietous will bo held responsible lor? the
conduct of their and any person whp
shall be rpuvicied of having kiwwingly yfolated
any portion of the forgoing regulations will-he
lined, not less thtm ten,- nor more than . one hum
died dollars for said offence,- “ - • •
•By Command of- ” ” • ‘ •
’ ‘ Brevt. Brig. Gen. WASHBURN. •
’■ . W. H.’Ketjleu,
Act; Asst. Ajt. Gen.” •
July 12,1865. -ts ”
HD. QUB. DIST'.OF SOUTH. GE.O'RGTA.-. .
Bt.ackshear, July 4th, 1865.
. General Order. ) .
No. 4. )■-
* *• * •
PursiKint to instructions from the Major Gen
end commanding. Department ol the South, Com
manders of Sub 1 >istriets are- required to give ev
ry facilitvfor transporting from .the interior,.all
voffiucts to market.
! roads and steamers will take private freight
; ■uuneration to Government when it does
\ rfere with public business,
i ‘ eminand of
Brevt. B rig. Gen. WASHB U RN•
• W 11. Keller,
A. A. A. Genl
July 12, 1865. ts
liD. Ql'S , DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH
Hilton Head,Si. C, June 26, 18i 5. • •
General Order, / ‘
No. HW- y • ; •
11. District axu! oilier Commanders are again--
reminded that tliey are required to deliver to i lie
Treasury Agent® all abandoned or captured Dot
ton in their possession, and will give the Agents :
a’l needed and pnqu l- a>si>i.i!na'.’ The Military
forces will iiOfc, however, be employed in search -
i lor Cotton, nor will they interfere with the . ■
transportation of it, pr any of the produe.ts oft he-,
soil, to market • ••
13v Command of Major-General *
’ Q. A. G LLLMORE.
• .- W..L.M. Burger.
Assistant Adjutant General/ •
Official: .\V. It. Kei.-i.kk, ;• .
• • . Lieut & A. A. a. G. •
. July 12, 1865-. . ‘ ts
HEAD QRS. POST THOM ASV! 1 I.E, l \
Thomasvillk, Ga., June 27th, 1865. . %
General Orders, ? ‘• • .• .-
‘■ u .5 • . \
“I.'ln obedience to orders ol Bi ! ev-i . f. Gen
Washburn, comtnandhig I >i.<t. ol S< utheTir Goor .
gia, I -hereby assume cominand ft the Post-.or .
Sub-district, embracing the counties ->l RecUtur,- .
Miller, Baker, Mitchell,Thomas, Colquitt, Brooks
and LoiVndea.-
li. The following named officers of. the Post.
yre UciovCtHi allium. >a. • ■. ......
Maj. G. A. Hastings, AsstcProvost Marshal. .
Capt. E. M. t Thoinji^oii x Asst. Provost Judge.
‘Lieut. R. 8.. Kendall, Post Adjutant. . E
• Lieut, A*.B. Godwln,Post Quartermaster ■ .
George Collins, Post Surgeon. ‘
• • WJVL K.. KIMBALL,
’ Col. 12th Me. Vols.,- ’ •
•. • . ‘.. Commanding Post
il. I>.—-The counties of -Early; and Berrien
have been added to this Sub-district. • . .
K. B. KENDALL, Post Adfbtani. -
July 5,1862. ts ‘
HEAD QRS POST THOMASVILLE,?
THoMAsvii.u:. Ga.’, June 27 th'. 1865. \
• General Orders, ? .. ..
No-. 2. -
AtL persons resident in‘ the several counties
of Decatur, Milldr, Baker,. Mitchell, Thomas,-.
Colquitt, Brooks, Lot#ndes, Early and Bqrrien
having in- their possession, custody -or control, •
any Public or Confederate property will at once,
make a return thereof to these Head Quarters,
or to Maj. G. A.. Hastings, Assistant Provost
Marshal of the Sub-district comprising the above ‘
counties. • Bv order of.
’ Col. WALK. KIMBALL,
Commanding Post or Sub Diet.
R. B. KENDJPIL,
Lieut. & Post Adjutant.”- •
July, 5. 1565. ts . . - >••••’ ‘
HEAD QRS. POST THOMASYILLE, ?
Thomasvillk, Ga. June 30th,-1801.
General Orders , ) ■
No. 3. . S .’ •
■ ENTIL. further orders the sale of intoxicating
or spiiitous liquors is entirely prohibited within
the limits of this Post or Sub-district, unti l tlio
person making the sale, in any quantity, ibfirst
duly, authorized and licenced by the proper offi
cer'at these Head Quarters; and up person, can
Wl&eused Or authorized to sell spirituous-or in
toxieating liquors to aiiy enlisted man-in the ser
vice dfthe ‘ailed- States, and upon conviciiou
thereof, any. person making such-sale will bo
punished by coniiseation of his stock, or such
other-punishment as may he deemed proper.
• Maj. G. A. Hastings, Asst.. Provost* Marshal. 1a
charged with the execution of this order.
By order- of Col. WM- K. KIM BALL, .
. . • Commanding Post,
it. B. Kendall, Post Adjutant: .
July $,.M0651. ts ; . ‘ ‘
“lllvVD. QRS. POSTTiM sMASYILLE, > .
T ll omasvillig Ga., July Ist.,- 1865. $
• General Orders , )• • . . • . * ■
No. 4, \ -• . • : •
UNTIL further orders, u County Court is
hereby authorized, established and .appointed
within and for.. Thomas County, ‘.Georgia,’ with,
such jurisdiction, in connection’with the Assist
ant provost, .Judge of this Post, as. may be as
signed to it iron! tlieSc-Jload ’Quarters, or from
Head Quarters, District Southern Georgia. •
The following persons, being loyal citizens of
said County, will constitute the Court, to wit :
Henry iJL Tooke, of Thonmsville. •
■ Ansef Delete,
‘A. P, Wright, .’ •“ • “ .
Recording officer and deck. Lebbeus Dokle,
of ThomasvtUe.
•The Court will convene at the Court House in
Tliomasville this day, and will he in session each
Saturday ;uid at such other times as nitty be nec
essary for the transaction of such business ait
may properly come before it.
WM. K. KIMBALL,
Col. 12th Me. Comd'g. Post.
R. B. Kendall, Post Adjutant.
Du. W. F. DeWXTT. Dr. C. W STEGALL
• DeWitt &; Stegall,
KEEP constantly in Store, and for sale a wel
selected stock of
..medicines;.
and all other articles usually kept-in drug stores
July 5,1865. ts - •
_. ; -
. Carbonate or
COOKING SODA,
‘* EPSOM SALTS- . •
• SULPHUR.
RACE GINtJER, *,-
. For sale hv DkWITT- *Se STL-GALL
‘July 5, 1865.. ’tf
I.DROSS, MEDICINES, PAINTS,
’ ‘ OILS, €rL.ASS, is.ii- . ‘
In store and for sale hv
’ . * -D.eWITT A STEGALL
. July 5,1865- ts •• .. ..*
PERFUMER^-
Ij Y-ON’S KA r r IT &KI ON>
HAIR DYE
iiiiif-Miiki
COMBS BRUSHES
&,c.,
For sale by
DevVITT & STEGALL.
• July 5, 1865. ‘tf