, 1865-08-17

The heats Of Mtd6umlntf- taLy IN the Week.
gave way to ceolcr Temperature. acd re
tarc tat q succession Of refteshirg sAoE oEe1s
ard breezes from all points Of the comrass,
except the crninous east. =:
.--1he Alexandra {Ta.) Ga:ede says The ex.
odus Of regsoes fton the lower counties ol
MAlylspd and Virginia continues. They all
90 to Washington, at least, In the first pltee.
II the drain LISTS, there YIN be but leN left
IN tEe eon9t.es mentionee. The steamers
coming up the river are crowded NTH them
eye1v week. 80 =. ',
--fhe Raleigh IN. C.} Standard notices the
movement Of United States and captured
o1drauee stores arriving daily at that point
from places further Eouth.. They viii be
ahipud North as early as practicable, and
their destination plcaEes the people much
better than il they were being brought for
wa1d for hostile purposes.
Tie same papenof the 9Th says" pay.
master Of the United States army Ia here, aud
tn possession Of greenhacks enough to pay of
ali the troops In this vicinity"
:, The farmers and plantera Of G.orgta who
have In their possession Government horses
srd mules are permitted, hy order OF Maj
Tho New ORLEANS Tines Of the 9Th eays
the army worm is said to have made Its
sppea1ance In come Parts Of Louisiana and IN
some portions Of Texas. The Galveston
Nltet fs informed that q field Of two hundred
acres in Wharton county, ia the Bsazos river
valley, was eaten up n a single night, md
Ia that region. The appearance Of the worm,
however, has thus far been confined to few
localities, ard does not thteaten to be gene
raj The weather has also been everything,
that conld be deni1ed, and the aelds ate fast
r3pen1ng for the plckers. The specimens Of
around In our midst have long, fnc, si1ky
nlre, and make gratifying promises for the
whole crop. There appears to be some ap-
prehenslon IN Texas Of the want or nncer-
tainif Of labor at the time when most need
ed but it would seem the military and other
snd power to be able to control the cotton
picking population and save the crop.
The Vtcksburg Journal Processes to be
well informed that nearly O,o0O acres Of
land have been leased to colored people In
the vicinity Of Vicksburg the present year,
ful cultiyation. There are about 30 or
500 Of thess 1essecs, most Of whom have forn-
en- partnerships With Northern men, to pro-
cnre the means Of carrying on their enter-
pr1ses. One Of The ulcst promising and sue
cessful Of them Is tho one at "Camp Hs wley,"
two m'2es north Of the city on s'thc valley
1oad."
The Eamc paper last quoted says: Gen.
Maltby has nude the following disposition Of
troops In his command : At Vtcksburg will
be sintiored two battalions Of the 5th U. s.
co1ortd artillery (heaVy), Lieut.. Cpl. Owens,
commanding the 10S:h u. s. colored Infantry,
md about sto Of the OH Indiana cavalry. Al
10Th fndiara cavalry. At Yazoo City, four
companies Of the 40ta G. s. colozed infantry,
Lieut.. Col. Sears, commanding. At Green
wood, Bolivar and GrtcnyIlle, each, one com
pany Of the O. s. coloted tntaut1y, With de-
1achmcnt Of cavalry st each post: At sktp'
El'h Landing. two companies Of the 9Th U;
s. colosed infantry, With a detachment OF
cavalry.
in varnirg to planters In remoter die-
t1irts, who are disposed to Ignore the new
order Of things, the Georgia and Alabama
papers arc extensively publishing, by com.
mand Of the Ffeedmen's Bureau, the order
requiring all employers Of people Of color, to
announce to them, before the 18th Of August,
the fact that they are free, and thencctorth
to treat them as freedmen, under peoaltg, fn
case Of discbedience, Of b.sng held as aisioyal
and their property subject to seizure. Tue
Atlanta tGa-) InteQigtnc says In reference to
the order, that many Of the peeplo nse,
owing to loss of mall facilities, now reading
the requirement for the first time, though 1t
WAS Issued 10 h1ay last.
-AJackson, tAiss. j correspondent Of the
vlckeburg journal of the 9tb, gives an &C.
count Of meeting Of candidates, and Others
interested in the State Convention, In the
sccate Chamber Hestates that:
"The speakers {cauddates) gave their views
ard 'dtfEed their positions with sofnc lit.
| tie earccstness, and one speaker, Judge
| JoLnEon, was rety particular to claim that
he Vas no 'Abolluonist,' aud tany man
| calling him 80 did It Mt his peril, If within
reach The other speakers were Judge
| YtIger and Afr. Anderson, all candidates iol
| the Convention as :.Conseryatiyes.' They
denounced *negso suGtage,' and military
rule reIy severely. AID seemed very
| anxious to get the State back into the Union,
but With provision prohibiting the; negro
| frcm voting. This Ia ths strong point b. all
the cantidates. They a5e willing to put III
can get In no other way; but they think. II
they can get civil government into opera
ton ther can get control and pass such lave
| affecting thc negro as Will make them nearly
the same IS though not emancipated. Tnta
Is not the language, hut the only Inference to
| be drawn from their remarks. Th.y hare
not ret ccmprehended the snhject as thc cir
cnnlRtaEccs In Whicn they are placed dfctate.' =
The correspondent very senaibly ndds:
although this Is the ui1t-stoae tba. ha:
| draGged Them down, they ttf1l cling to 1t al
tenacioualy as ever Why will not free labo,
do for the people Of Mississippi, the came a.
| 1t has fer tie Northern aud Western States
II this State Would only take the stEaishtous
p1si,ion In faTcr Of free and Inte utgeuI labor
ard the establishment Of schools for tht
ctu'd Tor them and no opposition would be
mnds to her return to The Union, and he1
| prosperity would Commence and continne
! with uuprtccdepted r8pfdItF,'