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UJcehlu Intelligencer.
TEKJ1S OF SI BS< HIPTIO>,
Daily, per month
i»w2v, twelve montha
Weekly, six months
Weekly, nuo year
#1 00
10 00
2 00
300
HATES OF LEGAL ADVERTISING.
Sheriffs' Sales, per levy of ten line*, or less $4 50
Sheriff a’ Mortgage fi. fa. Sales per square.. 5 00
Tnx Collectors' Sales, j»er square 5 00
titatione for Letters or Administration 300
Citations for Letters of Guardianship 8 00
Letters of Application for Dismission from Adminis
tration 4 50
Letters of Application fur Dismiseion from Guar-
diansh p 3 00
Application for leave to Sell Laud 6 00
Notices to Debtors and Creditors ... 3 00
Sales of Land, if., per squre 5 00
r,ale» of Perishable Property, 10 days, per square 1 50
Estray Notices, 3*1 d-iye 3 00
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, each time 1 00
Sales of land. Ac., by administrators, executors or
Guardians, are required by law to be held on the first
Tuesday in the month, between the hours of 10 in the
forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the court house in the
county in which the property is situated.
Notices of these sales must be given in a public gazette
40 days previous to the day of sale.
Notices for the sale of personal property mnst be given
in like manner, 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to tfia debtors and creditors of an estate must
be published id days.
Notice that apiStication will be made to the Court of Or
dinary for leave to sell land, Ac., mnst be published for
two months.
Citations for letters of administration, guardianship,
Ac . must be published 30 days ; for dismission from ad
ministration, monthly C mouths; for dismission from
guardianship. 40 days.
Pules for foreclosure of mortgage must be pnblished
monthly for 4 months ; for establishing lost papers, for
the fall space of 3 months; for compelling titles from
executory or administrators, where bond has been given
by the deceased, the fall space of 3 months.
Publications will always be continned according to
tbese^tbelegalre^nirementainnlesBoitherwiseordered
Georgia Railroad Convention -- Annual
Report of the President.
Office Georgia Railroad Company, »
Augusta. Ga., May loth, I860. (
To the titockhohlt rs of the Georgia Railroad:
It is scarcely necessary to remind the Stock
holders that they have not met in Convention
since May, 1804. Ol the cause of this omis
sion, it is unnecessary to speak. Suffice it to
say, that from the unsettled and disorganized
state of the country at the appointed time, it
was found impossible to collect a quorum, and
the directors for the preceding year have held
over as provided for in the Charter and By-
Laws. A brief report was prepared for the
convention that should have been held in May
1805, and hut little need lie said in reference
to it. Resides the heavy damage by lt>3s and
destruction of property, the business of the
year ^showed a loss of $339,177 00. For this
state of tilings, the Stockholders had already
been prepared by the report of 18G4. in which
it was'aid—“From the ruined condition of the
road and rolling stock, occasioned by t lie hard
usage in the Government service, and want
of material for repairs, both road and rolling
stock have become unsafe and the loss aud dam
age account is very heavy. The truth is, the
road is running at. a heavy loss. It has made no
real profit for the last two years, aud is making
nothing now. The more it does, the more it
loses, and the greatest favor that could he con
ferred or. it, would he the privilege of quitting
business until the close of tiie war. We say
real profit, for it would require much more than
all reported profits to place the road and oufit
in the same condition they were in on the) first
of January, 1801." This was the opinon of the
board in 1H04. And jn the report prepared for
the convention that was expected to meet in
ilav, 180a, it was truly stated by the board,
that “tills anticipation in Last years’ lias been
more than verified by the violence to which we
have been subjected—the continued depreciation
and derangement of the currency, and the heavy
service done for the government, for most of
which we have received no compensation.
For sufficient reason, the Superintendent sepa
rates the last fiscal year into two periods. In the
first period, from the first of April to the 15th of
May, he exhibits a loss of $35,171,91. For all
profitable purposes, he considers the financial year
as commencing with the second period, from the
15th of May to the 31st of March, and the gross
receipts for’this period as exhibited by him in de
tail, have been 1,155,397 92
.Charged with au expenditure, ordi
nary and extraordinary, of 040,478 95
As this estimated damage to property M ill be
gradually restored from income, and charged to
expenses, it is not expected to give am - incon
venience or be very scriouslv felt by the com
pany.
•"n *. er these multiplied losses and disasters it
will lie pleasing to learn that the stock is still
whole, and with a very handsome surplus. State
ment No. 1. of the Cashier, exhibits the strength
and resources of the compam* as they appeared
on the 31st of March last. It will there appear
that there was still a credit to profit and loss ac
count of $1,186,784 29. Credits have been so
shaken and unsettled that it is not easy to make
reliable estimates of the true value of some of
our assets. The account has been very carefully
scrutinized, howevei, and it is believed that the
following estimate may be relied on as sufficiently
safe for all purposes :
ASSETS.
Real Estate, Stocks, Bonds, Notea. Cash,
*1,91-2,247 00
Liabilities of all kinds—sav Bonds, depos
its. Circulation, <!fce. 777,304 00
Leaving & net profit of $514,918 97
This result will, 110 doubt be very satisfactory
to the stockholders, though it is proper to notice
that some sources of income have been open to
us which are not hereafter to be relied on. Ob
structions upon other routes have given us a cir-
i-uitous business which will be withdrawn Irom
us so soon tts other roads shall be fully recon
structed and reparied, former schedules and con
nections re-established, and the travel and traffic
of the country permitted to fall into their natu
ral aud accustomed channels. On the other hand,
these exceptional profits have been to some ex
tent counterbalanced by the loss of a profitable
business connection with the city and port ot
Charleston, which have only recently been re
opened to us.
We were not immediately relieved on the oc
currence of peace, from the heavy burden of an
unpaid government service. Near 100,000 men,
including parole;! prisoners, from Lee’s and John
ston’s armies, and prisoners released irom North
ern prisons, were carried over the road free of
charge. This was not merely a loss of profit,
but a heavy extra expense occupying for a time
the whole ot our limited power, and often to the
exclusion of a profitable business. The want of
ii currency, too, was also for a time seyerelv felt,
and business of all kinds much affected from this
cause. After the collapse of Southern credits,
and before the sale of exports, nud the introduc
tion cf the National currency, there was almost
a total want of a circulating medium with which
.to do the business of the country. From these
.accumulated difficulties, the receipts of the road
-weresmall for some months after the 15th of
May. But tje the pressure of a heavy and unpaid
•service was lightened ami a currency furnished
iby sale of portions of the remaining exports in
tthe country, t he business of the company increas
ed with the reviving business of the country, as
will appear by the tabular statement of the'busi-
ness, in the Superintendent’s report.
Iti the latter part of1804, all the improvements
at Atlanta, and the road, the depots and bridges
from Atlanta to the Oconee river, M ere destroyed
—partly by the Federal, and partly by the Con-
tederate forces. It was not thought to the inter
est of the company to repair the road until the
.cessation of hostilities. The Confederate author
ities, ltOM-ever, deemed the road of importance to
■rite ormv and the public, and hastened to repair
.the same, and put the line in running order to
Atlanta. The work was, however, very hastily
and imperfectly done, and served but little in re
storing the road to its former condition. Every
effort lias been made since the cessation of hos
tilities, to improve and strengthen the road—
machinery and rolling stock, which the limited
means of tin? company would allow, and the
speed of trains has been, from time to time, in
creased, to correspond with the improving con
dition of the road. Much lias been done, but
.there is yet much to do, as may be gee a by ref
erence to the Superintendent's report.
Rut little respect is paid to private property in
fjnje of war. and. like other roads, ours lias been
a prey to military violence. Besides the heavy
damage before noticed, we lost about three hun
dred ears—mostly impressed and carried oft and
lost or destroyed on other roads. Some of our
iron was also* carried off, and claims are made
for iron said to have been taken from other roads
and placed upon ours without the order of tlic
officers, and against their wishes. Some of these
claims M ill be amicably settled, whilst others
will la? resisted. Besides damages from violence
and Uw wastes incident to a war, the pecuniary
Josses of the company have been heavy. They
have iseen much increased by the appendage ot
banking privileges, which the company enjoyed.
The credit of the company was very high, and
its liabilities for circulation Ufid deposits were
com spondingly large. W lien Confederate notes
became the common currency, the company was
obliged to receive it—not only bv the force ot
public opinion, but the legislation of the State.
The effect was, of course, to convert all the ac
tive means of the company (which were ample)
into a depreciated currency, since lost—leaving
the liabilities of the company unpaid. About
six hundred thousand dollars of circulation has
been paid since the peace, leaving about $400,000
still pressing upon us. But for these bank lia
bilities, the company would now bo in a condi
tion to divide some portion of its profits, not-
withstanding its crippled condition, and the large
outlays for other necessary purposes. For con
dition of the road and property, the stockholders
nre referred to the report of the Superintendent,
and for the financial condition of the company,
they are referred to the statement of the Cashier,
which is hereunto annexed.
After the losses and disasters above noticed, it
Is of some importance to the Stockholders to
know the present state of their affairs and the
probable value c« their property. By reference
to former statements we find charged to profit
and loss, since the 11th of Mav, 1805 :
t -'r Confederate Note* and Bond* $t.l|.7,471 5S
Sarp’ns $1,134,443 00
The item "Notes of various Banks,” is believ
ed to l>e the only item in our assets subject to
much uncertainty. This was originally provid
ed as “specie funds” to m«et current liabilities,
but is now of uncertain value and its precise
value cannot now be estimated.
This result, in the face of so many losses, is
owing to the large available surplus we held at
the commencement of the war, and profits made
and appropriated since then, which have enabled
us to make head against such heavy inroads up
on our resources.
Upon future profits the board will indulge in
no idle speculations, but do not expect results
from l he current year equal to those oflast. The
exports remaining in the country at the oc
currence of peace, have mainly been hurried to
market, and with proceeds, supplies much need-
ad, have been purchased and returned for con
sumption. The crop of the last year was very
inconsiderable, and the crop of the present too
uncertain to be the subject of au estimate. The
sadden change ot our labor system leaves every
thing in doubt on this head. The production of
cotton, by tree labor, is an experiment at the
South, and us of all other experiments, it must
be fairly tested before results can be seen. We
would risk but little, perhaps, in anticipating a
crop of not exceeding one-third of an average
crop in the region tributary to our road, but as
it will bear abetter price than au average of
former years, the disposal iucome of the coun
try Mill not be so much affected asthe difference
upon the Bureau for advice or assistance. It is •
the idle and worthless who look to it for support. ;
Among these, however, we do not mean to in- j
elude the infirm and helpless. The mass of the
freedmen have an idea that the Bureau possesses ;
some mysterious power to serve them, and that :
if they fail to secure such a livelihood as they t
desire*they can fall back upon it with a certain- j
ty of support. These ideas, it will readily be j
seen, lessen their efforts to procure employment !
and to support themselves and their tamilies.— j
They also regard the existence of the Bureau as >
evidence tliaT the Government looks upon the
white people ofthe South as their enemies, which I
is calculated to excite suspicion and bad feeling
on their part.”
CONDUCT OF TUE OFFICERS.
The Commissioners commend General BroM-n
for “laboring faithfully and zealously to harmon
ize and protect the interests of both races,” and
conclude by stating that they made no investiga
tion into the conduct of officers of the Burea in
Virginia, outside of their official duties.
NOTTH CAROLINA.
The commissioners then proceeded to North
Carolina, and their investigations in this State,
though (as they slate themselves) hasty and im
perfect, disclose the most abominable system of
peculation, malfeasance and cruelty that has ever
been brought to light. We regret that we can
make room for but a few extracts from their re
port :
FEELING TOWARDS THE BUREAU.
“We found the feeling towards the Bureau
much the same as that already stated as prevail
ing in Virginia, except that there appears to lie
a more universal desire in this department on the
part of all classes to have it removed. This feel
ing is no doubt attributable to the misconduct of
many of the officers of the Bureau, such as work-
plantations, running saw-mills, manufactur-
turpentine and tar, Ac.—operations which
bring them, armed noth authority of tlieir offiical
positions, into competition with the citizens M’ho
are employingTreedmen.”
BUREAU OFFICERS AS PLANTERS—HOW THEY
.MAKE FREEDMEN WORK.
They investigated some charges against agents
nt the Bureau, beginning Mith the chief in the
State, Colonel E. Whittlesey. They asked him
it he kneM’ of any person on duty in the Bureau
“ M’lio is or has been, since entering upon the du
ties ot liis office, engaged or interested, either di
rectly or indirectly, in the cultivation of any
lands within the department.” The colonel an- |
swered “No,” but on being pressed Mith subse
quent iuterogatories, disclosed the fact that he
was interested as an equal partner with the Rev.
j Hor ace Janies, of Massachusetts, formerly Cap-
BT TELEGRAPH.
TO TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS
Latest from South America.
Another Town Bombarded.
Eepulse of the SDanish Fleet.
The Blockade ol Valparaiso Raised.
Last of the Fenian Grand Army.
New York Cotton aud Gold Market.
N. York,May 21.—Aspinwall dates totlie 31st
have been received. The Spanish fleet bombard
ed Calloa on the 2nd inst. They M ere repulsed,
however, doing little damage. Admiral Xunse,
who, it will remembered, was badly wounded in
the Peruvian war. was killed by the explosion
of a battery. The fight i.i>c- i about iwo hours,
and terminated by a withdrawal of the Spanish
fleet. Only a few hundred dollars worth of prop-
ertv Merc destroyed. The Spanish loss is sup
posed to have been heavy. The news ol' the
Spanish repulse was received with great enthu
siasm by the inhabitants of Panama.
Valparaiso advices to the 7lh of April report
the blockade raised, and the government had re
sumed the enforcement of import and export
duties.
New York Cotton and Money Markets.
New York, May 21.—Cotton ranges from
364 to 384. Gold 8O4.
Last of the Fenians.
Eastport, Me., May 21.—A store was broken
open here on Saturdt^Bght, for the purpose, it
is supposed, of gettingTtrms belonging to the
Fenians, and which liadyeen attached for debt.
About ten or twelve Fenians, all that remained
of the Grand Army, disappeared on Saturday.
in quantity might seem to indicate
The prosperity of railroad enterprise, like that ! tain and Acting Quartermaster Freedmen’s Bu
of industrial business enterprises, depends on the | reau, and M ith Mr. Winthrop Tappan, of Maine
general prosperity of the country. Some clouds
hang over our political status not very eneouag-
ing The present seems curtained in gloom,
whilst with many the future is without hope!—
The great bulk of monied capital and productive
wealth of the South was destroyed by the result
of the war. The remaining capital, and ail en
terprise, are completely paralyzed by the present
condition of things. A sort of statuary mort
gage encumbers most of the property of the
South, and affects the credit and enterprise of all
classes. Nothing so discourages productive in
dustry as a want of assurance that the industri
ous producer will enjoy the fruits of his labors.
in the cultivation oi a large farm in Pitt county,
North Carolina. He also stated therein that
Captain F. A. Seeley, Superintendent of the Bu
reau for the Eastern District North Carolina, is
interested in the cultivation of a plantation in
Wayne county, North Carolina, with a Mr. Pot
ter, and that Captain Rosekranz, Commissary
Subsistence, is interested with a Mr. Brooks in
the cultivation of apian?- don in Pitt county,
North Carolina
They also found, on in\ 1... 1: i n, that Captain
F. A. Seeley, Superintendent ... tlie Bureau of
the Eastern* District of North Carolina, Captain
Rosekranz, sub-agent of the Bureau at Newborn,
Whilst this state of things continues, we cannot ! were extensively engaged in planting, lumber-
expert much effort to revive the industrial re
sources of the South. The question occurs, how
long is tills condition to things to continue?—
The directors are no politicians or prophets, but
they will venture a prediction which accords
with their hopes, that it cannot continue long.—
Our hopes rest upon the obvious truth, that the
interest of the whole people of the United States
are strictly identified with our own.
However passion and prejudice may obscure
the truth fora time, it will soon be seen and felt [ Quartermaster and financial agent of Use South
that the great industrial and consuming classes, j ern District, engaged in 1 tie cultivation of a rice
and the governing classes, are in a position of plantation, employing fifty-five freedmen. The
antagonism to each other. Every material inter- Major said he engaged in 1 he business to convince
getting, &c., and that rations were disposed of at
wholesale in a very irregular and suspicious man
ner. In Goldsboro they found that the Superin
tendent, G. O. Glaris, chaplain United States
army, muis cultivating one farm on Government
account, and was interested in cultivating two on
his own account; and that lie sold freedmen’s
clothing, such as blankets, and kept no account
of the money received therefor. At Wilmiug
ton they found Major -J. C. Mann, Assistant
est of the North and West is much concerned in
the rapid restoration of Southern industry. To
the navigation, commercial, financial, mining,
manufacturing and agricultural interests, South
ern products are vastly important, and to some
of these interests, almost vital. Let conviction
of these obvious truths penetrate the national
heart, and the. contest cannot last long, It is to
these considerations M e yield our hopes of a
change.
Nor would M'e entirely ignore the influences of
an honest patriotism in the ruling powers, when
they become fully convinced, as they must soon
be, that their policy do say nothing of humanity
and justice; threatens a permanent blight upon
their once glorious, prosperous and happy coun
try. Respectfully submitted, in behalf of the di
rectors, by. * John P. Kino,
President.
General Stccdman’s Report upon the
Freedmen’* Bureau — He Recommend*
Its Removal—-Exposure of the Cruelties
and Peculations ofthe Rurcau Officers.
General SteedmaD and Fullerton, the Com
missioners appointed by the President to inves
tigate the operations ofthe Freedmen’s Bureau
in the Southern States, have reported the result
of their inspection in the States of Virginia and
North Carolina. The report is so exceedingly
interesting that nothing but want of space pre
vents its from laying it before out- readers. We
must, however, content ourselves M ith a sum
mary.
VIRGINIA—WHY THE NEGROES NEED ASSIST
ANCE.
After stating the number of Bureau officers
and employees in this State, with their salaries,
and that nine thousand negroes were supplied
with rations last December, ten thousand two
hundred and sixty in January, aud uine thou
sand nine hundred and thirty-eight in February,
the report says:
“A majority ofthe freedmen to whom this sub
sistence has been furnished arc* undoubtedly
able to earn a living it they were removed to
localities where labor could be procured. The
necessity for issuing rations to this class of per
sons results from their accumulation in large
numbers in certain places where the land is un
productive and the demand for labor is limited.
As long as these people remain in the present
localities, the civil authorities refuse to provide
for the able-bodied, and are unable to care for
the beiplctss and destitute among them, owing
to their great number and the fact that very
feM- are residents of tiie counting in which they
have congregated during the war. The necessi
ty for the relief extended to these people, both that flf wrg|}g]ing with his wife
able-bodied and helpless, by the Government
will continue as long as they remain in their
present condition, and while rations are issued
to the able-bodied they Mil! not voluntarily
change their localities to seek places where they
can procure labor.”
THE AGENTS.
It then goes on to state that when the affairs
of the Bureau have been properly administered
there has been no conflict between it aud the
citizens, aud adds:
“But in many places where tiie agents are not
men of capacity and integrity a very unsatis
factory condition of things exist. This origi
nates in the arbitrary, unnecessary and offen
sive interference of the agenis of the Bureau
the Southern people “that the negro would work.”
Major Wickerslmm, at the same place, who isal
so engaged in cultivating a rice plantation, he to
receive one-fourth ot the crop for compelling the
negro to work. “ He explained the manner in
which lie compelled freedmen to comply M’ith
tlieir contracts, by stating that lie put them to
M’ork with ball and chain on the streets of Wil
mington.”
A REVEREND DESPOT.
We make 100m for one more extract. Lo, the
poor freedman !
“Opposite Newbern, on the south bank ot the
Trent river, therejisa settlement composed cxclu
sively of freedmen, and containing a population
of about four thousand, M’hose condition is truly
deplorable. These unfortunate people came
M-ithin our lines and M ere located there during
| the war. They are living in small lints, built by
j themselves of lumber manufactured by hand;
these huts generally containing but a single room,
I each of which is occupied in most cases by large
1 families. The appearance of this settlement, re-
' cently scourged with small pox, is well calculated
to excite the deepest sympathy for the helpless
condition of its inhabitants. The decrepit! and
helpless among them are supported by the Gov
ernment of the United States, and tlie’remainder
procure an uncertain and scant,!’ living from lit
tle jobs about Newbern—from fishing with small
boats, huckstering, &c. The Rev. Mr. Fitz, form
erly an army chaplain, presides over this colony as
Assistant Superintendent of the Bureau for the
Trent river settlement. This agent, has exer
cised the most arbitrary and despotic power,
and practiced revolting and unheard-of cruel
ties on the helpless freedmen under his charge.
The outrageous conduct of this man was brought
to our attention by a delegation of freedmen
from the settlement, who called upon us and
made statements in relation to his oppressions
and outrages which we could scarcely credit.—
After hearing their statements we visited the
settlement, convened the freedmen, investigated
the charges against the man, and ascertained
that he had been guilty of even greater M’rongs
and Oppression than had been complained of.—
In addition to tjio testimony of the freedmen
ive took the statements qt four intelligent ladies
from the North, who are teaching school in the
settlement. Among the many acta of cruelty
committed by Superintendent Fit/, we found
that be bad in two instances suspended freed-
men with cords nrour.dtlieir wrists, their feet
not touching the floor, and kept them in this
position, in 011c case four, in the other case six
hours, that he sentenced a freedman to an im
prisonment of three months for a trivial offence,
pgliug with his M’ife. He kept an
other man wlto Was atregted for ijebt shut up in
the block house—the prison—for months, while
his wife and two children, reduced to abject des
titution, died with the small pox, and took him
from the prison under guard and compelled him
to bury his last child in the cradle in which it
djed. Oil another occasion, when one of his
guards reported tq him that a colored woman
had spoken "disrespectfully of him, without
even inquiring wlmt the woman had said, lie
ordered her to be imprisoned until the next
morning at nine o’clock, when she should be
brought before liim to answer for the indignity.
In one instance he imprisoned six children for
ten days for playing in the streets on tiie Sub
tle imposed a fine of sixty dollars
one iu.cu«i...w u . „ v. ...e bath day.
with the relations between the plgnteia and j upon an* aged freedman for hating told another
tlieir hired freedmen, causing vexatious delays I freedman that he was about to .je arrested by
in the prosecution of hjbor, and imposing ex- I ^ r - Titz. This poor old man, not having the
pense and costs in suits before themselves about ! money Jo pay the fine, Mas pnptisoned until
* . . . . . , 11 I tlm novt How irhon Inc con nnit tnr> Cftlllff Wit h
trivial matters that could readily be adjusted by
the friendly advice of sensible men. The ef
fect produced by the action of this class of
agents is bitterness and antagonism between
the wipes and freedmen, a growing prejudice
against the government among the planters and
expectations on the part qf the freedmen that
can never be realized. Where then; has been no
such interference or bad advice given to the
freedmen by the agents of the Bureau, there is a
growing feeling of kindness between the races,
and good order and harmony prevail.
SPECIMEN OF THE DECISIONS OF TUE BUREAU.
“ As an evidence of the manner in which this
arbitrarv power is exercised, we would state
that au agent of the Bureau, presiding in a freed-
m eu's court in Aecomac county, decided a ques
tion of title to fernl as follows: A colored man
who was freed twenty years quo by his master,
and M’lio was permitted through the kjndness of
his master to make his home on the plantation
wherever he chose, set up a claim to ten acres
thereof around a cabin in which lie had lived for
ter. years. The agent decided that the colored had
man accoutred title to the ten acres by adverse
possesion, and’forbade the owners of the planta-
- A tho nn Action ncroiri 1 vpfnrp llic
tion from bringing the question again before his
court, or any other court on pain of punishment.
A NEGRO DIVORCE CASE.
« These agents exert the widest latitude in the
exercise of their judicial functions, trying ques
tions involving title to real estate, contracts,
crimes and oven actions affecting the martial ref
lations Wc witnessed the trial of a divorce
case before tltc sub-agent at Charlottesville. The
trial occupied about ten minutes, and resulted in
a decree of divorce.
the bureau not needed.
The report recommends that the services of
the officers of the Bureau in Virginia be dispens-
, C d with, and that the duties be performed by the
i officer commanding the troops m the depart-
214 Si I men t and states that the recognition of the civil
I rjcriits of the treed men, as evidenced by the
cixsTwd to profit and loss since May. 1S63...$1,53S.273 4-2; y > e fcr t j, e Legislature in the laws of
'sfeaar” a ”* rtt " c “ M -~ «•.« » & s,z **>«*• «
1 left to the care of the law and the protection of
ftntds aud Treasury Notes of the State of
Georgia 045/-
Negroes emancipated and other items speci
fied
Aggregate loss in money and credits.
o which mar be added :
iK) Cars lost or destroyed, at an average of
*stw each "....'
Building* at Atlanta
Depots on the line destroyed
eighty miles of road torn up, including de
struction of bridget-, average damage per
mile. $3.500
$2,232,515
Lhss by the War and its incidents $2.'
the troops
WHAT NEGROES LOOK TO THE BlREAU.
On the s'dhjept of the influence of the Bureau,
the report says:
1 “ In our judgment the effect produced has ae-
$230,000 00 j penned whollv upon the character of the officers.
—r-q indent and industrious freedmen rarely call
*150.000 CO
50.000 On
20.000 00
tiie next day, when liis sou paid the same. M’ith
three dollars additional asjaii fees 5
Tiie commissioners close their report b_y re
peating their recommendation that the services
of the officers of the Bureau be dispensed with.
Tiie North Carolina freedmen, we should think,
M ould willingly dispense M’ith them. We must
add that they make honorable mention of Ma
jor Clinton A. Cilley’s administration in the
Western district, and speak at length of its
good effect.*. This i» the only exception they
mentioned in the State.—Richmond Times.
— : —
Genuine Kiss.
We recently read in an exchange that a young
lady in California broke her neck while resisting
an attempt made by a young man to kiss her.—
This affords a sad warning to the girls to submit
gracefully to such inflictions, and thereby save
tlieir necks. Only see what the unfortunate
damsel M’as rebelling against. I.isten to what
the great Southern poet and novelist, Wm. Gill-
more Simms, describes a kiss to he:
“A genuine, hearty, honest kiss is made up of
everything that is good. It smacks of truth, of
sensibility, or of delicate sentiment, of genial
susceptibilities, of strong natural sympathies, of
in/enious devotion, of preference of taste, of feel
ing, of an ardent yet artless nature, obeying the
sweetest and simplest instincts of nature, at once
bashful and tender, willing to be won, needing
tiie winning, yet yielding reluctantly by the na
tural law that makes coyness a sweet* restraint
on wooing, stimulating even when it denies, and
looking bapk to be followed even when it darts
away in flight. The first kiss js the down upon
the peaeli, tliG opening ot the rose bud, the blos
som of the dawn, thc one star of the night, the
delight that makes all the future life a dream of
the Elysium, and lialloMS the home of memory,
even when it no longer harbors love.”
Is there any girl in this section who, after read-
inu the above^ would emulate the California
damsel ? Think of it! “the down upon the peach,”
“the opening of the rose bud ” the “one star of
night,” “the dream of the Elysium”—all without
iponev Ufid without price. Break your necks
rather than go without these delicacies of the
season.
At the Lambeth (London) Police Court on
the 10th, a smartly dressed and good looking
voung woman applied for the magistrate’s advice.
'She said she was mairied at Christmas to a per
son who. she strongly suspected was a woman:
and she asked for a summons to enable her to
solve her doubts by loyal|means.
Later from Washington.
Washington, May 21.—Senate.—In deference
to the physical inability of Mr. Fessenden, to en
ter upon the discussion of the re-construction
resolutions to-day, as per agreement, the con
sideration of the bill was postponed until
Wednesdays The Colorado Bill and veto were
also postponed. Tiie remainder of the session
was principally devoted to business pertaining
to the District of Columbia.
The House to-day considered tiie preamble and
resolutions of Representative W. C. duty, fit
Missouri, declaring the continued contumacy in
the seceded States; considers it necessary to ex
ercise Congressional legislation in order to give
tiie loyal citizens of those States protection in
their natural and personal rights ennumerated
in the Constitution ; and in addition thereto
makes it necessary to keep on foot a large stand
ing army* to maintain the authority of the gov
ernment; and whereas, the country is already
overburdened by a war debt incurred to defend
the nationalii}' against an infamous rebellion;
and it is neither just nor politie to inflict this vast
additional expense on tiie peaceful and indus
trious citizens of the nation, therefore
Resolved, That it lie referred to the Committee
on Reconstruction as to the expediency of levy
ing contributions on the seceded States, to defray
the extraordinary expenses that M’ill otherwise
be imposed on tiie General Government; and
that said Committee he instructed to report by
bill, or otherwise.
The House adopted the above by a vote of 73
against 35.
The House also passed the following, resolu
tion, which was introduced by Henderson, of
Missouri:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this House
that all just and righteous governments are in
tended not to confer rights and privileges upon
the subjects thereof, but to seUtre to each and
every individual the full, free, aud untramelled
exercise and enjoyment of those rights M’hich
God has bestowed on him ; that the safety, hap
piness, and prosperity of tiie people require that
just and adequate penalties be annexed to the
violations ot buv ; and that these penalties be in
flicted upon transgressors, not for the purpose of
retaliation or revenge, but to insure subordina
tion and obedience; that, u-e M ill stand by and
sustain the President in executing tiie laws of
the United States upon a sufficient number of
leading rebels lately in insurrection against the
national government, to vindicate the majesty of
the law, to sustain the confidence of loyql people,
and to M’arn the refractory for all time to come.
Tiie T#x bill was discussed.
Major-Ganeral Howard, Commissioner of the
Freedmen’s Bureau, lias issued au order which,
among other particulars, calls tiie attention of
all officers to the report in circulation concern
ing acts of cruelty to freedmen, and to their own
dereliction of duty in rendering accounts ; and
says every officer so accused shall have oppor
tunity before a Court Martjal to defend himself.
The order also forbids investments of officers in
planting interests, as the Commissioner says such
action will almost inevitably lead to corruption,
as it has already done to bitter accusations.
New.York Market.
Nem’ York, May 21.—Cotton buoyant. Three
thousand bales were sold to-day at 38 to 40 cents.
Flour dull—ten cents lower for Southern.
Corn active, and advanced one cent. Pork
dull. Whisky dull. Sugar steady. Naval stores
quiet.
Gold closed at 32 cents, owing to news received
per steamship Cuba since previous quotation.
Later Horn Europe.
Halifax, May 21-—'The steainship Cuba has
arrived, bringing Liverpool dates to the 13th.
Cotton lias declined a half to one penny. Sales
for the M’eek 46,000 hales.
There is a financial panic. Bank rate lOd.
Five-twenties 64 to 66. Consols 86f to 86|.
Averard, Gurney & Co., have failed.
Continental news war-like, but still there-are
hopes of peace. A
Later from Waaifin^iou,
Washington, May 21Commander Lon
Smith, late of the Confederate Navy, was par
doned to-day by the President, upon the recom
mendation of severai prominent Republican
Senators, and others.
Hemy Bragg, Gf Missouri, late officer in the
Confederate army, was also pardoned.
! Court of the United States for the Fourth circuit
in and for the said District of Virginia—with
a great multitude of persons, whose names to
the jurors aforesaid are at present unknown,
: to the number of five hundred persons and
upwards, armed and arrayed in a warlike
manner — that is to say, Mith the cannon,
muskets, pistols, swords, dirks, and other
j warlike weapons, as well offensive as defen
sive—being then and there unlawfully, mali-
i eiously and traitorously assembled and gathered
. together, did falsely and traitorously assemble to
j join themselves together against the said United
i States of America, and there and then, with force
j aud arms, did falsely and traitorously, and in a
M arlike and hostile* manner, array and dispose
themselves against the United States of America,
and then and there—that is to say, on the said
15th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1864,
in the said city of Richmond, in tiie county of
Henrico and district of Virginia aforesaid, and
within the jurisdiction ofthe said Circuit court
of the United States for the Fourth Circuit
in and for the said District of the State of Vir
ginia—in pursuance of such of their traitor
ous intentions and purposes aforesaid—he, the
said Jefferson Davis, M’ith the said persons so
as aforesaid, traitorously assembled, and armed
and arrayed in manner aforesaid, most wickedly
maliciously and traitorasly did ordain, prepare,
levy and carry on M ar against the said United
States of America, contrary to the duty of the
allegiance and fidelity of tiie said Jefferson Da
vis, against the Constitution, government, peace
and dignity of ’.lie said United States of America,
and against the form of tiie statutes of the said
United States of America in such case made and
provided.
This indictment found on testimony of James
F. Milligan, George P. Scarbury, Johu Good,
Jr., J. Hardy Henhen and Patrick O’Brien, sworn
in open court and sent for by Grand Jury.
• L. A. Chandler,
United States Attorney tor the District of Vir
ginia.
From the New York Daily News.
Portrait of Beecher and bis Flock.
Henry Ward Beecher has not a little puzzled
his friends and admirers by the manner he has
treated public affairs in some lectures he has de
livered this spring in Brooklyn and Philadelphia,
and Wendell Phillips has more than once taken
his friend and brother to task for kicking out of
the traces. We have received the following pen-
and-ink sketch of tiiis singular personage, and
doubt not the likeness will be at once recog
nized :
“Some time ago I went to hear Mr. Beecher,
and for tiie first time san r and heard a celebrity
who lias long excited my curiosity. I confess
that I have not been more agreeably surprised by
tiie matter, than disagreeably surprised by the
manner of a speaker, in a long time. His de
cided endorsement of the President’s course, his
praise of the Southern people, and his earnest
appeals for tiie immediate admission of their
States without the concession of negro suffrage,
has surprised, confounded and disgusted his
friends, who loudly and deeply damn him as lit
tle better than a copperhead.
But I have never met a public speaker who so
little merits tiie high reputation which he lias
achieved, ne is coarse—sometimes to vulgarity;
undignified—sometimes to buffoonery; and ir
reverent—sometimes to impiety; while lie ex
hibits neither the grace nor polish of an orator,
nor the the logic of a reasoner; audacity in treat
ing of sacred things; a reckless utterance of
startling things; a good voice, and moral and
physical courage—all enlisted in a cause which
enabled him to appeal successfully to passion
rather than reason, to the destructionists, aud
not to tlieprtriotism of his listeners—have happi
ly combined to give him the reputation he has.
Webster, Clay, Preston, Hayne, Pugh, Yancey,
Coru-in, and hundreds of lesser lights whomT
have met, would upon his own field, have im
measurably excelled him. While calmly listen
ing to liis common place illustrations, his famil
iar figures and apothegms, his material views of
life, his appeals to our coarser instincts, and
vieu’ing his damn-my-eye air (as a sailor would
say) and his bow-wow manner, I noted and ap
preciated the sources of bis popularity with the
balf-educated, wide-awake, grasping, jostling,
bustling and money making crowds who go to
hear him, and M’lio, from tlieir very pursuits aud
instincts, demand in a preacher a man whose eye
teeth are cut in deviltry, and M’liose smartness, ap
parent in liis manner and language, gives prom
ise of outwitting tiie devil, though he cannot
guide to Heaven. His pulpit style (foi* i am
told these speeches Mere specimens of his man-
mer as a Christian teacher) seems borrowed from
a distant view of small stump oratory, and I
certainly have witnessed it more acceptably ex
hibited upon many stumps in our well-canvassed
Western country.*
We shall add not hing to this picture, as it seems
to be finished and ready to bang up.
Cincinnati Market.
Cincinnati. May la—Flow dull but prices nominally
unchanged, superfine $9@9 50; extra$10@40 73. Wheat
dull; No. 1 new red held at $2 30. Corn unchanged. Oats
unchanged. Whisky is very dull ; 33c in bond and
$2 20 dufv paid. Provision more active. Mesa pork
$30 50. Bilik meats $12 75@15 15 for shonlers aides and
clear sides, packed. Lard dnll at 21)tfr. Hams in good
demand at 21c for plain and *2>i@23,'<! for sugar enred.—
Butter dull at 2S@5*)c. Eggs 18c.
Cotton quiet: middling held at 330.35c, according to
quality, but nothing of con9eqnence done.
Gold closed at 123X-
Nashville Market.
To-day closes a week of steady and unsatisfactory busi
ness in this line, says the Gazette, without the activity
which characterized last week. The supply of flour is
running qnite short, while the demand has been heavy,
resulting in liberal transactions. Of bacon there ia a
good stock with continued active calls and large sales.—
Coffee is running light on the market, with a quiet de
mand and fair sales.’ The supply of sugar is inadequate,
while i: is in fair demand with moderate sales. Of molas
ses and syrups there is a scant supply, with light call and
moderate sales. Of lard, also, the stock is light, while
the demand remains good, resulting in liberal sales. The
supply of salt is light, with but quiet call and limited
sales. Of nails we have a good stock with little demand
and small sales. Of enndies there is a good supply with
good calls and fair transactions. There ia hut a small
qnantitv of soap on hand, with light call and moderate
sales. Fish is very scarce, in goodreqneat; sales liberal.
Of whisky we have a very large supply; the demand ia
rather light, but improving; sales of the week have been
limited.
Produce has enjoyed a fair amount of activity, although
the business ofthe week does not compare with that of the
previous. Corn is becoming scarce on the maaket, with
active call and fair sales. Potatoes are dull and have fal
len sensibly. The demand is falling off, while the stocks
are becoming larger.
Drugs have enjoyed a fair amount of activity daring the
week. Quotations are unchanged.
Hides and leather are dull.
New Orleans Market.
New Orleans, May 18.—Cotton—sales of 1900 bales.—
Low middling 38®84c. To-days receipts 240 bales. Floor
50elower. Pork declined 50c. Sterling 142. New York
bank checks Me premium.
$1000
45
Opium, a lb
Pepper, black, ft lb
Potash, case (Babbett’s) 14 m
Potass Iodide, lb m
Potass, bi-carb, $ lb ,
Putty, in bladders, $ lb ! 1254(7* 15
Quinine, P. and M., and It. and S., $1 oz.. .2 octaii'iiii
Red Precipitate, ft tb o rsi
Rochelle Salts, 5? Ib 1 flu
Rosin, JJ lb 111.. ,ir.
Rhubarb, E. I., select, lb .' 7 75
Rhubarb, Turk, powdered, lb fo
Saltpetre, ft Ib 25
Starch, ^ fi> .14
Soda, bi-carb, ft lb 13
Spanish Brown, ft lb iu
Sulphur, flour, ^ Ib 12>f@ 15
Snnff, Maccaboy, ft lb 1 00
Snuff, Garrett's, gross 15 On
Snnff, Lortllard’s,'doz 7 00
Sugar of Lead, ft lb 75
Tanner's Oil. $ gal 1 80(g,2 00
Turpentine, bbl., ft gal 1 30
Venetian Red, ft St> lg#
Whiting. English, lb 13
Pure 1401110 Lead, ft 100 Tbs $12®1«
Snow White Zinc, French, ft 100.1b* ^20 00
Snow White Zinc, American, ft lot) Tbs £17 (HI
New Jersey Lead, ft 100 lbs $15 00
* " .. Jl8 00
. ...$5 on
$4 00
Japan Varnish, by quantity, per gal $4 00
Damar Varnish, by quantity, ft gal $8 On
FINANCIAL.
Exchange on New York—Buying at M discount
selling at X premium.
Gold.—Buying at 27 cents ; selling at 29 cents.
Silver.—Buying at 90 cents; selling at 34 cents.
Gold Bullion.—Buying at $1.10 per pennyweight.
Child Dust—Buying at $1@$1.05 per pennyweight.
GEORGIA.
Buying. Buying.
90
Central R. R. Bank.
Bank of Middle Georgia
Bank of Athens
Bank of Angnsta
Onion Bank of Angnsta
Angnsta Savings Bank.
Timber Cutters' Bank..
Bank of Savannah
Bank of the State S3
Bank of Commerce .... 6
Mechanics’ Bank 10
Georgia R. R. Jt B. Co..
Marine Bank of Ga 85
Bank of Fulton 35
Bank of Empire State.. 95
Augusta Ins. & B. Co... 5
City Bank of Angusta.. 95
Mannfac'rs B’k of Macon 15
Northwestern Bank 5
Merchants’ & Planters’. 9
Planters’ Bank 14
Bank of Colnmbus .. . 18
ALABAMA.
Bank of Mobile TO I Bank of Montgomery... 80
Eastern Bank of Ala.... 40 Central Bank 35
Bank of Selma 35|Northern Bank 40
Commercial Bank 35; Southern Bank 70
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Union Bank 55 People’s Bank 45
Bank of Chester 17|Bank of Newberry 45
Bank of the State (old>. lS Bauk of Hamburg 16
Bank of Charleston 17, Southwestern R.R.Bank 40
Exchange Bank 15;Farmers’ & Exchange.. 6
Merchants’ (Cheraw)... 15 j Bank of Camden 40
Bank of Georgetown... 90,Bank of S. C. ...
Planters’ Bank 15; State Bank
18 Commercial Bank
Planters’ & Mechanics
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Cape Fear 23;AHotherN.C.fromS0to
Bank of Wilmington... 10! 85 per cent, discount
Bank of the State 23 (
But little doing in Tennessee and Virginia Bank Bills.
The British Union Jack.—The Union Jack,
that “Meteor Flag of England,” is now a com
bination of the Crosses of SS. George, Andrew,
and Patrick, M’hich combined represent the three
kingdoms united under tiie sway of the crown
of England. The original Union Jack M’tis
formed of tiie Crosses of SS. George and Andrew,
and declared to be tiie national ensign by James
I. on the union of the kingdoms of England and
Scotland. But at the beginning of the present
century, 1801, when Ireland was united to the
kingdom of Great Britain, it became necessary
to add tiie Cross of St. Patrick, The present
Jack is blazoned as follows j
“O11 a field azure, tiie cross saltire of St. An
drew argent, surmounted by that of St. Patrick
gules, overail the cross of St. George fimbriated
by the second.”
The union jack is only used 011 flags, except
on the shield placed by the side of the figure of
Britannia (there are two t’s for the Britanniarium
on our copper coins, but only one on the silver,)
on our pennies and halfpennies. It was granted
as an honorable augmentation to the late Duke
of Wellington, to be borne on a shield of pre
tence. Tiie term jack is supposed to have origi
nated from Jaques, the Frengfi jyorfi far Janies,
the monarch \yhfi first ordered its use.
It 19 understood that influence has been
brought to bear upon President Johnson to par
don Kalinstamm, the Government swindler, wbo
was sent; to the State prison for ten years, but
tiie President positively refused to entertain the
application.
The (ndictment of Jefferson Davis.
THE charge treason and conspiracy.
The United States of America, District of Vir
ginia, to wit; In the Circuit Court of the Uni
ted States of America, in and for the District
of Virginia, at Norfolk, May Term, 1866. -
The Grand Jury of the United States of Amer
ica in and for the District of Virginia, upon their
oaths and affirmations, respectfully do present:
That Jefferson Davis, late of the city of Rich
mond, in the county cf Henrico, in the district of
Virginia aforesaid, yeoman, being an inhabitant
of and residing M’tthin the United States of Ame
rica, and owing allegiance and fidelity to the said
United States of America, not having the fear of
God before bis eyes, nor weighing tiie duty of his
said allegiance but‘ being moved and seduced by
the instigation of the devil, and wickedly devis
ing and intending the peace and tranquility of
the said United States of America to disturb and
the government of the said United States of
America to subvert, and to stir, move and incite
insurrection, rebellion aud war against the said
United States of America, on the 15th ot June,
in the year of our Lord, 1864, in the city of Rich
mond, in the county of Henrico, in the district of
Virginia aforesaid, and M’ithin the jurisdiction of
the Circuit Conrt of the United States for the
Fourth circuit in and for the district of Virgin
ia aforesaid, with force and arms, unlawfully,
falsely, and maliciously and traitorously did
compass, imagine and intend to raise, levy
and carry on war, insurrection and rebellion
against the said United States of America; and
in order to fulfill and bring to effect the said
traitorous compassing?, imaginings and inten
tions of him, the said Jefferson Davis, lie, the
said Jefferson Davis, arfterwatds—to wit, on the
said fifteenth day of June, in the year of our
Lord 1860, in the said city of Richmond, in the
county of Henrico, and District of Virginia afore
said, and within the jurisdiction of the Circuit
‘Commercial Intelligence.
Atlanta Market.
Tuesday, May 22.—Business opened yesterday morning
with a lively demand for White Comat $1 40, which may
now be reported as emphatically scarce. Onr merchants
had large orders to fill both for White and Yellow, but were
unable to respond. For some time previous to the inter
ruption in transportation (which, by the way, we are au
thorized to remark, will not continue beyond to-day,)_ the
receipts qf Grain were light, and the market had become
meagerly supplied. Large shipments are daily expected,
and hence, the present inflation cannot last long. Yel
low or Mixed may be quoted at $1 30(3,1 35, and very
Ecarce and stiff at those figures. An inferior article may
be purchased at lower fignres.
Bacon has a slight upward tendency, with only a mode
rate supply on the market. Demand good.
Flour continues firm at onr quotations. Supply about
equal to the demand. Receipts light.
THE 34ONEY SIAEH.EX.
From our quotations, it will be seen that Gold and Sil
ver have each advanced one cent, thongh the market is
quiet. A better feeling exists in bank bills, which now
are freely offering. See quotations in another place.
Lonisville Market.
In the general market, says the Courier, there was but
little transpiring to-day, and the meeting on ’Change was
small, a great many members having accepted the invita
tion of the Nashville Railroad Dirtctory to join tiie ex-
dnrsion to Stanford and back again. The provision mar
ket, though dgll, was prefty ;vfll sustained at yesterday’s
rates, though transactions were confined to filling planta
tion orders at former prices. Breadstuff's qniet and rath
er of a drooping tendency, thongh good sound corn is
maintained and scarce at quotations; a bid for 3,000 sacks,
some 7,000 bushels, prime white shelled was made at
Taj^c. sacks included, to he delivered on the river bank
below the falls. The offer was refnsed, the holder de
manding 75c. Nothing else transpired, excepting that
dealer* in cotton yarns have slightly lowered their rates,
offering in lots at 20J£c per dozen for No. 500, and the
other sizes at corresponding rates. Hound lots of mess
pork were offered at slightly lower rajesjhan yesterday,
and 2iVi barrels changed Hanqs at $30 GO., to be delivered
at New Albany.
The dispatch to the Board of Trade from New York
quoted cotton in moderate demand, and advanced to 3H@
37c. and dry goods declining. Sugar was Arm, but coffee
lower: mess pork dnll and declined 25c; lard inactive at
22>i: whiskv nominal at $2 20; flour in moderate demand
at'a decline 6r 5@10c; wheat declining, and com in steady
demand.
The Cincinnati dispatch quoted mess pork at $30 50:
lard.Vl'ic: bacon shoulders 14c; ribbed sides 10??c, and
clear sides lS'ic. packed: the provision market dull, with
more sellers than buyers: whisky $2 20, free; superfine
flour, $9£i 9 50; new rc-d wheat, $3 29©2 40 ; corn, mix
ed and white, OSaTfAc in bulk: oats -T.V.17C.
The Chicago dispatch quoted me^s pqrk qt $31 CO; lard
9-, Tricon shoulder* lfrijC, packed; whisky inactive at
$3 *23; superfine flour at $6@7; spring wheat No. 1 at
$1 <ji, No. 2 at $l(fgl 02; corn, rejected, at 47, prime at
SO^c; barley $1 05(5,1 10.
There were no sales of leaf tobacco at the auction
warehouses to-day, the warehousemen haveconcluded to
close door* and hold a thanksgiving, or take a railroad
ride.
HONTTAET.
We have no change to notice in money affairs. -The
amount of capital continues abundant and first-class busi
ness paper, with approved signatures, is readily tt;kea at
the usual rates, 9 per cent-
Fleur and Grain —The market was inanimate for flour,
with a sale of 50 bhls good superfine at $9 00, and 75 bbis
at $7 75Q3 25; 30 bbls extra at $3 25 ; 45 bb'.s extra
farnilv at $11 232,12 50: 50 bbls X 1 at $12@13 50 ; 40 bbis
at $12 75©.13; and 20 bbls fancy at $14. A sa,e of 160
bushels new red wheat at $1 40®2; prime would com
mand $2 202.2 50. Com scarce and firm, and 3,000 sacks
white offered on the river at 75c, sacks included. We
quote at 62©6Sc in bulk, and 70@73c. sacks included, and
tWg2 for prime white. A sale of 500 bushels ear com in
balk at 75c: Oats 47@52e, with a sale of 225 sacks in bulk
' at 48c.
COMMERCIAL.
ATLANTA WHOLESALE PRICES,
Axes.—S. W. Collins—fl dozen $22 00 @ 24 01
Teucyck’s and Blodgett’s, $ dozen.. 19 00 @ 20 01
Bacon.—Shoulders, ip fl> v V
Plain Western Hams, $ lb 2;
Canvass Hams, 25 © 2"
Ribbed Sides, a lb 19 @ 2t
Clear Ribbed Sides, flfl) 20 © 21
Clear Sides, $ 3i
Bagging.—Gunny, by the bale, S) yd.. 8!
Bniter.—Goshen, $ tt> 60 @ 61
Country 50 © fll
Western 40 @ 5(
Beeswax.—tj? *> *> @ 3;
Black Pepper—lb 38 © 4(
Corn.—White, bushel 1 40 © 1 4f
Yellow or mixed, bushel 1 35 © 1 41
Meal, ® bushel ISO @ lfl(
Oats 7C
Cheese.—Hamburg, lb SO @ 8J
Factory 00 @ 01
English Dairy 0(
Crackers—5R ff> U @ ®
Cigars.—Imported, S 1,000 86 00 ©150 0C
Medium 50 00 (3t 75 Qf
Common ,. .-‘.77t. 20 00
Cheroots 14 00
Candy.—Fancy, assorted, lb 85
Stick Candy, t^lb 38
Candles.—Adamantine, tpib 25
Sperm. T9 lb 40
Star, ^ lb 25
Stearinc, S lb 20
Coffee.—Java, ?? lb 44
Rio, 0 lb 28 ®
Laguyrn, i3 H> 86 @
Cotton Seed—iP bushel, nominal.
Factory Goods.—Cotton Thread 2 15 ®
Osuaburgs 25 <a
Brown Shirtings, $ yard 22 ©
Brown Sheetings, $ yard 26 @
Feathers—S lb 70 ©
Flannels.—Red, '■§ yard so ©
white, 59 yard 40 ©
Flour.—Fancy, ^ bbl., white wheat.. 15 00 ©1
Extra Family, bbl 14 00 © 1
Extra, 1(9 bbl 11 50 @1
Superfine, bbl 10 50 @1
Fine 95(1 ©1
Glass.—8 by 10, J9 box
10 by 12, # box
LAWS AND JOURNALS.
The contracts for distributing tho Laws and Journals
ot the last and preceding Legislature will lie let to the
lowest bidder by Congressional (not Judicial) Disiricts.
at the State House on Tuesday, tho twenty-ninth day ot
May next, at twelve o’clock M. Any sealed bids which
may be forwarded to me by mail before that time, fordis-
trihuting the books in any Congressional District, will be
considered as bids at the letting out of the contracts.—
Bond and security will be required for the faithful per
formance of the contract within sixty days from the re
ception of the books, and the money will be paid as soon
as the work ia done. Those who desire it can receive
the booka at the time of the letting, and all contractors
will be required to enter upon the work within ten days
after the date of the contract. Any ono sending a bid by
mail mnst accompany it with a certificate of the clerk of
the Superior Conrt or Sheriff of the connty in which he
resides, stating that he is a responsible person, reliable
and able to give bond, or such bid w not bo consid
ered. JAS. G. MONTGOMERY, Stato Librarian.
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B eauty .—Anbnm
Golden, Flaxen and
Silken CURLS produced by
the use of Prof. DeBueux's
FRISER LE CHEVEUX.
One application warranted
to curl the most straight and <
stubborn hair of either sex
into wavy ringlets or heavy massive curls. Has been
used for the fashionable of Paris aud London with the
most gratifying results. Docs no injury to tho hair
Price, by mail, sealed aud postpaid, $1. Descriptive cir
culars mailed free. Address, BERGER, SHUTTS & CO
Chemists, No, 2S6 River Street, Troy, N. Y., Solo Amenta
for the United States. may5-dVw3m
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W HISKERS and MUS
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grow upon the smoothest
face in from three to flvo
weeks by using Dr. SEVIG-
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C APILLA IRE, the most .
wonderfnl discovery in mo
dern ecience, acting upon the
Beard and Hair in an almost miraculous manner. It has
been used by the elite of Paris and London with the
most flattering success. Names of n|l purchasers will ho
registered, and if entire satisfaction is not given in evory
instance, the money will bu cheerfully refunded. Price
by mail, sealed and postpaid, $1. Descriptive circulars
and testimonials mailed free. Address, BERGER,
SHUTTS & CO., Chemists, 283 River street, Trov, N. Y.,
Sole Agents for tho United States. mays—ci*w.'lm
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WONDERFUL BUT TRUE.
M ADAME REMINGTON, the world renowned Astrol-
oglst and Somnambulistic Clairvoyant, while in n
Clairvoyant state, delineates the very features ot tho per
son you are to marry, and by the aid of an instrument of
intense power, known as the Psychomotrope, guarantees
to produce a perfect and life-like picturo of tho future
husband or wife of the applicant, with date of marriage,
occupation, leading traits of character, &r. This is no
imposition, as testimonials without number can assert.
By stating place of birth, ago, disposition, color of eyes,
and hair, and enclosing fllty cents, and stamped envelope
addressed to yourself, you will receive the picturo by re
turn mail, together with desired information.
Address, in confidence, Madame Gertrude Reming
ton, P. O. Box 807, West Troy, N. Y.
ntay5—d&w3m
AGENTS WANTED.
F ORTY DOLLARS to Two Hundred Dollars per
month and expenses, without selling on commis
sion or any conditions ns to amount of sales. We will
pay the above to Agents, male aud female, for our publi
cations.
LLOYD & SMITH,
mays—d*w2w Springfield, 111.
FALL TURNIPS.
T HE subscriber is lrt>iv ’mafofofeUld will contjxHte'^U
receive during the season, a large and cn’dTce assort-
ment, warranted fresh and genuine. Imported and Amer
ican TURNIP SEED, consisting in ]
FOR JULY
1 part
SOWING.
12 liy 16, box
Guapovfdqr.—^ keg. Rifle 11 50 © 12 60
Dupont's, blasting $ keg 9
9 50 @ 9 75
00 © 10 00
2*
1 on © 1 60
12Js@ 14
12 50 © 14 50
ii 00 © 30 00
8 © 12#
24 © 25
10 © 18
30 @ 40
40 © 50
8 00 © 10 00
45
Hav.—Kentucky Timothy. $ It..
Herrings.—Smoked, f? box
HidesT^Dry, $ Tb
Hoes.—Winsted Hoe Co., fl doz
Hoop Skirts.—)? doz
>-w lb
,—In barrels, if) lb
tb
Leather.—Solo, fi n>
Upper, $ lb..
French Kip Skins.
Harness, J9 lb
Lie mors.—French Brandy, $ gallon 8 00
Domestic Brandy, gallon 4 00
Holland Gin, & gallon , 6 00
Domestic Gin, fei gallon 3 50
Jamaica Rum. $ gallon 0 00
New England RUm, 7? gallon 3 76
Corn Whisky, ’p gallon 2 50
Bourbon Whisky, 59 gallon. 3 25
itohinson Connty, is gallon 3 25
Peach Brandy, $ gallon 4 00
Lim9.—13 barrel 2 50
Lumber.—33 1,000 feet, green 15 00
Kiln driecl 20 00
Laths.—fl 1.000, sawed
Mackerel.—il3 kit 3 50 ©
$1 barrel 22(10 @
Hails.—4d to 20d,
3d 39 keg.
Pickles.—Gallon jars, doz
Half gallon itirs, doz
Quarts, $1 doz
Pints, doz
Prints.—yard 15 @
Pea Huts.—^ bushel 100 @
Raisins.—Whole boxes, 25 Bis 6 75 ©
Halves, 12M lbs
Quarters, 6& lbs
Bice.—$ B> 16 ©
Rope.—Greeuleaf, and other standard
brands, machine made, lb..!... 19 @
Handmade, lb.’ 17 ©
Shot.—^ hag 3 fo ©
Steel—# lb 15 ©
Sp061 Thread.—J9 dozen, C’oatc’s
Amory’s W dozen
Silk finish, ip dozen 85 ©
Salt.—Liverpool, fi sack 3 25 ©
barrel, $ fl> @
Smoking Tobacco.—ft fl> 25 ©
Soap—Bar, Atlanta Mannfhctory, $ lb. 10 ©
Colgates, lb 15 ©
Starch.—?) tt> 12 @
Sardines.—X boxes, ?) case 27 ® 1
Sugar.—Brown, ^ lb 1-1 @
Clarified, A
B. ||
Boaf apd Crushed^ f) ib 21 ©
Syrup.—Cane, $ gallon 1GO ©
Sorghum, ^ gallon 60 ©
New Orleans, new crop, $ gallon
Tallow, -a ft 12 @
Teas.—Black, $) lb 1 50 ©
Green, $1 lb 1 GO @
Young Dysqn, lb 175 ©
TobncCO.—Common, 991b 33 ©
Medium, i9 lb 60 ©
Prime, S lb 100 ©
Twine—Kentucky Bagging, fi>
Vegetables.—Potatoes, Irish,sp barrel,
Sweet Potatoes, it bushel—’
Onions, ^Tbaerel-'—
Vineg
Vinegar.—Wholesale, |) barrel
Varnish.—?) gallon.
6 00 © 6 50
1 50 © 2 25
. 0 GO © G 00
. 24 00 © 96 00
. 3 50 © 8 00
Wrapping Paper.—f) ream 1 25 © 5 00
Wines.—Port, Sherry and Madeira,
gallon * 400 © 800
Claret, dozen 8 00 © 15 00
Champagne, f) dozen 17 00 © 45 00
Wooden War e.-Pa in ted buckets |>doz 4 00 @ 5 00
Tubs, 99 nest 7 00 © 800
Selves, it dozen 4 00 © 5 09
Drngs, Medicines, Faints, Oils, (be,
We make several changes in onr quotations in this line
—prices tending downward in many of the leading arti
cles. The market is'well supplied. ’ The stock of Paints,
Oils, Leads, &c., heavy. These, however, are not more
than commensurate with the den^aud-
Alcohol $) gal $ 5 00
Alum, by barrel, $ !b 10
Alspice, f) 40©45
Brimstone, f!
Borax, refined, %l tt> - 4o@50
Bine Stone, 93 lb 25@30
Blue Mass, P. and W 1 00
Camphor, refined, ij) 1b 150
Calomel, P. and W 2 00
Colomel. English 2 50
Castor Oil, it gal 5 Q0
Castile Soap, white, 99 It. ,, 40
Carbon Oil, by bbl., 99 gal 8Q@90
Cayenne Pepper, r) ft 75©1 00
CreanV Tartar, $ © G0@75
Cinhamou Bark, r |3 tb 2 00
Cloves, it lb 75
Cochineal, 9p lb 2 00
Copperas, ^ lb 7@8
Concentrated Lye, case 15 00
Dover’s Powdei, ^9 fl> 3 50
Ess. Brown’s GiDger, doz .6 00
Ext. Logwood, box, %) lb , .25
Epsom Salts, bbl., f) lb 10
Ginger Root, ^) lb 30@35
Ginger Root, powdered, |) lb 35
Indigo, 8. F., it ft . V. 1 60@2 00
Indigo, Madras, Sib 1 50@1 75
Ipecac, powdered, ®lb 600
Iodine, ft 6 50
Iron, pro-carb. p) 11 40
Lard Oil. No. 1, © gal 2 45
Linseed Oil, bbl., ^ gal 1 85©1 95
Sperm Oil 3 60
Engine Oil 2 50
Metallic Oil ,2 00
Mace, 93 lb , 2 00
Madder, prime, it Tb 25
Magnesia, carb., ¥) B> 65
Mercury, 93 1 50
Morphine, sulph., oz 9 59
Nutmegs, prime, 93 lb 1 90©2 00
Large Purple Top Yellow Ruta Bags ; 9klrring's Im
proved Swede.
FOR AUGUST SOWING.
Large Yellow Globe; large White Norfolk; Wattes*
Eclipse ; large White Globe; Robinson’s Golden Bali •
Strap Leaved Red Top; White Flat Dutch.
FOR SEPTEMBER SOWING.
Large Yellow Aberdeen—very fine. These Turnips, lu
good soil, will grow to weigh from one to twenty pounds.
Also. Mangle Wnrtzel Beet, both Orango and Red—
grow* to an enormous size, and is fine for feeding Stock
fn Winter—all of which can be found nt the Augusta Seed
Store, No. 15 Washington Bfrect, one door Sonth of
Broad. Notice for sign over door.
may!9—w6t C. PEMBLR
GEORGIA, Milton County.
M ATTHEW R. ADAMS applies to me, in proper form
for letters of administration on tho estate of Wfi-’
liam Alberson, late of said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, on or before Yho first Monday in
July next, and show cause, if any they have, why letters
should not be granted the applicant. Given under my
hand and official signature, this May 15, 18GG
O. P. SKELTON, Ordinary.
mayl8—30d Printer’s fee $3.
ADltKINISTRATOR’S SALE!
I WILL sell, on the first Tuesday In July next, before
the court house door in Alpharetta, Milton countv
Georgia, the lands belonging to the estate or Richard C*
Johnston, deceased, late of said connty, lying in the Sec.
ond District and Second Section of said connty of Milton.
Sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
Richard C, Johnston. This May 15, 1866.
JOSEPH W. JOHNSTON, Administrator.
may!8—td Printer’s fee $5.
GEORGIA, Milton County.
T WO months after date, at the first regular term of the
Conrt of Ordinanr in said county, I will apply to tbs
Honorable Court of Ordinary for leave to sell tho lands
belonging to the estate of Drnry H. Morris, deceased, for
the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased.—
May 7,1866. JOEL E. MORRIS, Administrator.
mayl8-60d [o.p.s.]Printer’s fee $0.
Notice to Debtor* and Creditor*.
A LL persons having demands against the estate of
John R. Pitts, late of Fnlton county, deceased, are re-
qnested to present their claims, properly attested, within
the time prescribed hy law, to the undersigned ; and all
persons indebted to said estato arc required to make im
mediate payment. This May 12. I,86C.
GEORGIA A. PITTS, Administratrix.
may!7—40d Printer’s fee $3
GEORGIA. Campbell County.
T WO MONTHS after date, application will be made to
the Conrt of Ordinary of Campbell connty, at the
first regular term after the expiration of two months
from this notice, for leave to sell the lands belonging to
the estate of William B. Pennington, deceased, iato of
said connty, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of
said deceased. May 15,1866.
J. T. DEVENPORT, Administrator.
may!9—GOd[n.c.s.] Printer’s fee $C.
GEORGIA. Campbell County.
T WO months after date application will lie made to the
Court of Ordinary of Campbell conntr. for leave
to sell the lands belonging to the estata of James Dun
lap, deceased, late of said connty, for the benefit of thy
heirs and creditors of said deceased. May 15,1866.
C. C. MORRIS, Administrator.
maylO—60d|h.c.b.] Printer’s fee $6.
GEORGIA. Campbell County.
T WO months after date I shall apply to the Court of
Ordinary of Campbell connty for leave to sell the
lands belonging to the late Henry If. Cleckler, deceased,
late of said connty. Application made for benefit or heirs
and creditors of said estate. May 15, 1866.
WM. B. SWANN, Administrator,
may 19—60d[n.c.B.j Printer’s fee $6
GEORGIA, Fayette County.
W RIGHT MARTIN having applied to be appointed
guardian of the persons and property of William
H., Cornelia and Eilnh Gooden, minors under fourteen
years of age, residents of said county—
This is therefore to cite and admonish all persons con
cerned to be and appear at my office, within the tirao
prescribed by law, and show cause, if any they have,
why letters of guardianship should not be granted to
applicant. Given under my hand and official signature.
Slay 21,1806,
EDWARD CONNOR, Ordinary.
mayt3—30d Printer’s fee $3._
GEORGIA, Campbell County.
TO ALL WBCM IT MAY CONCEBN.
S TEPHEN JAMES having in proper form applied to roe
for permanent letters of administration on tho estato
of Mary H. James, deceased, late of said conntj’—
These are therefore to give notice to all concerned, kin
dred and creditors, to appear at my office, within the
time prescribed by law, and file their objections, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted said
applicant. Given under my hand and official signature,
May 18.1866. I?. C. BEAVERS, Ordinary.
may23—30d Printer’s lee $3
GEORGIA, Campbell County.
TO AT.T. WHOM IT MAY CONCEKN’.
C C. MORRIS haviDg in proper form applied to me
• for permanent letters of administration on the es
tate of James H. Burnett, late of said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singn-
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, within the time prescribed by law.
and show cause if any they can why said letters should
not he granted. Given under my hand and official signa
ture this May 10,1866.
' R. C. BEAVERS, Ordinary.
maylO—30d Printer’s fee $3.
GEORGIA. Fulton County.
Superior Conn. April Term, 1866. Present, His Honor,
Hiram Warner, Judge.
Sabah S. Knioht, ) Libel for Divorce. Rnlo to Per-
Richahd B. Knioht. j fect Se ™ ce -
I T appearing to the court by the return of the Sheriff
that the defendant does not reside in this connty, and
it further appearing that he does not reside in thisState,
it is, on motion Qfc
. . . counsel, ordered that said defendant
and answer at the next term of this court, else
that the case be considered in default, and the plaintiff
allowed to proceed. And it is farther ordered, that this
rule be pnblished in the Atlanta Intelligencer once a
month for fonr months. JNO. D. POPE,
Plaintiff’s Attorney.
A true extract from the minutes of said court.
W. R. VENABLE,
mayl9—Um4m Clerk Superior Court.
Printer’# fee $1 per square for each insertion.