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Oiutuaky Nonets, exceeding one square, charged at advertising rates. Transient Advertisements find Job Work J.IUST DE PAID FOR IN ADYAN'C E. No deduction made, except to our regular a veilsng patrous. f *nr**ri r^rrr ).Tr.wnmtMww9*.*x7k-^-*rtu* wnmnt wmgamu: ncmxir.irmrraam Speech of Provisional Governor Johnson of Georgia, j - Afr?tfnlf->pust eight o'clock Provisional Governor Johnson was introduced by Judge Starncs in a few brief remarks to a large and respectable assemblage of our citizens at the City Hall. ' | Governor Johnson said: After a sanguinary : conflict of four years, we Unci ourselves without civil rights, we huvo bocu compelled t.o yield to superior numbers and resources. We arc j now deprived of all civil government and stand j under tbq military authority of the United j States, nod must look to that authority for protection and the administration of j notice,' but I do not think the people of Georgia desire 1 to .always remain under military rule. The i 'Administration desires to do all that can be xlone to assist you in restoring civil government, and placing the Stare in her proper rcsFor-tMt 5?'rnpsc i !. been appointed Provisional Governor, and ! | jim hero to-night to make known fi:v views. ' My duty is plain ami simple?luo Making of i .needful rules for the'assembling of ;i f\iuvom ! tion at the earliest practicable day, that iho ; people, the true source of a!i rightful power, 1 n?ny erect a civil government. My warrant for the authority I uiuy exercise is the Proclaination of the President appointing inc. * The duty of the people is to take the oath of amnesty as prescribed by tho President's proclamation of May 29ih, which grant* a full pardon for all political ulfoiic- s, to all who were entitled'to take it; aitd ho did not think that the oath was iuk-mbd to humiliate the p ople, but ouly as a necessary measure to prevent those getting into power who were not friends of the Goverkinent. If there were any who doomed that subscribing to the oath as prescribed by President Lincoln was sufficient to. return them to the rights of citizenship would uot say whether they were legally right or not, it was a question useless to argue, as the President had distinctly said that no one should he eligible to scats in the Convention or be entitled to vote for delegates who had not taken the oath j prescribed May 29th: and he would therefore urge every one to come forward and take the , oath, that they may assist in forming a State ! Government. He had been informed that some were hesi- j tating to do so on the ground that it compelled tlfern to support and obey the Emancipation | Proclamation which they did not believe con-1 stitutional. To such lie would nots.iy that' /....t-a.iHnnnl ,1,. ii..? if wnnl.l I till If |1 ! WLIUUICl' UUII3VILUUU1IU1 v/i ..UK, JU very little difference; as lie thought slavery { would soon be abolished by the amendment to 1 the Constitution, whidi now wanted but the ftonsent of two more States to become the law of the land, and be thought that eouscnt would soon.be given. But whether given or not, as a lawyer, he believed that slavery was and is legally abolished by the reclamation in virtue-of the power given to the President ' as Commander-in-Chief of the army and navy, which gave him the right to declare what should be captured or destroyed, aucl having declared slavery dead, it ceased whenever and wherever the power of their army extended, therefore it would be unwise to refuse to be qualified so ns to talcc part in the affairs of the State on this ground. Paroled soldiers who have taken the oath of ^allegiance .would also be vquircd to take ttee^anjmcsty oath, lie expressed a hope that eyccy .one'eiititlcd, would go forward and be qualified. For himself lie wbm&' say that his policy would not he to puitisb^'but rather to restore every one to their rights as citizens, and lie. felt authorized in saying, from an interview which i?i .i?i ?i,i. ,i.? j,vP flio (tnv IJ*? IJtlll illlU Witt | LI I Is JJttW. VU1VN I v? < . ernnicnt, that it was uptfthe intention of the Administration to humiliate or harrass the peo}>]( , and no one, lie believed, would prosecuted l'or treason after taking the oafti of. amnesty, or if so, they would never sfiiier any of the penalties for it. Mr. Johnson cotklndcd J^ffl^ftrtin^ the people to benevolent feelings and charitable | acts; and asking tbeir co-operation in the duties imposed by his responsible position. Wo have given but an outline of the (lover Dor's remarks. They were listened to with marked attention, and .vers well received by a large and intelligent audience.? Chronicle and Sentinel. Tiie Failure of Gen Lee The caprice of fortune and the uncertainty of .war have been si^-nnU^ni^'atsd inji:c, l,% ruuior that it- is inton i sRwt. him tjihw i treason, but fate has visited him hardly cmngii already. Vor'Jiiiy alone, the must cmisnninnitc of aii. oominniiucis in Av.ii i'it a, was re <e; vod a dYstinv which his own li.nii-eiiaTits and his olr defeated rivals v.\vo permitted to osc-'pe. .lie alone lost a decisive battle. Uo'alotiu v lV?-iv i an absolute and irrcnu (liable disaster. Never In-fore, in thb'whole history'of the war, was a victory Ibllowed up, a rout made c;???nplc'e, or an army compelled to surrender. Never before was a general*in-chieftaken prisoner in the lie Id by another general-in chief; never was u campaign concluded bv capitulation and submission. 'J'h" braggarts and bluudorors who at the beginning of tiio war cost their conn trymen so dearly, still cvaua) this extremity of disaster, and were always enabled to report their armies as 'safe*' 1* Leo himself, after one of his most billliaut victories, lamented tiic invariable absence of results, and complained that he could never capture a division or even a brigade of ' ' i riM i.:?v ttio vunquissjicu cneiny, i uese imbues ju nus his f;?te not to wiu for himself, but to contribute to others. The war was at last concluded and the cause lost by the very commander who had done more than all the ?c?t to promote and sustain them. Yet all this did in reality but spec!: for his extraordinary ability, lie suffered tin* final dofaet simply because lie was the last to be beaten. 11 is ik'Utcimeis escaped because he was uarcuoneved. Knrlv was gradually driven oul of the Shenandoah Valley by Sheridan, but he had Jtichaiond open to ids rear. Johnson was driven across the Uavolicas, but he licit! his forces toji-etUer-jyith ;lic assurance that there was iiicinnoncr" to retire upon. jjec, uo\yevcr, the fupport and stay oi' all tlio vest, had only his own army and his own position the armies of one adversary after another steadily closed. "Whenever a divisional commcuder retreated before a federal force, that force became disengaged for the combined campaign against Lee. ilo held Kiel.inond ; ,? lo-.g that at last there was nothing else lelt for the enemy to take. The Capitols of Gci-rgei though far iu liii rear, had boon takou already, and although he still guarded the frontier <?i* the CoalWra-T, the interior ! ::?] btfen penetrated and otv npicd behind him. North and South. Rnst at-d West, tbd {be"gradually encompassed him, hid for 'iqojjtbs the end was at lijwd That this end, forrhifti should be net only defeat, hut prosecution, is too strange a a event to believed. Twelve mouths ago there was not an Americpn at the North but would Iiavc onllm.SKstically haded- his accession to the command ot "ail the armies of the Republic. It is'obvious, however,, that the abruptness of the fer.d, combined with' the terrible crime by which jt was signalized, has affected the * f* -i VTJi ?T_ _ _ Aincnqan uovcriuncni. not ouiy i? <i and n:<$e nrictinjproinii.i^g President at I ho jin'ail .??Stnto; bojk.tlia.SisJfe itself is.undur the , inline n&-6f natural jti&iion... Peace cailic at lilSfc w.fh an ubsoluh) shock, and the'collapse of tJic So^t.Li was .so sudden and complete that il>> rcrcovgil all immediate neccesily of concilia;ion | or eoiiTgyomise. Let the North do what they 1 will,-tlffiSoutli for f.lio. present can fijrht no more, v**The' stories froin Arkansas and Texas a r&r. pitchy plial, and indeed, know that no orgiuiiadd forces from these parts could be br<%lft effectually upon the scene of war, even \vlicii rfi'e Mississippi was in the hands of the (lontctarates. /' The Nortl), in short, is so absolutely maslor of the ?uld 'thatPresident .joiinsf?n is jexcinptc'd fVoiu many?of the cousidirii&r'i tijuis Which Prcsideut Lincoln but a fey/ mecUij&sv'ce wtndd have, l-em conipeK^ to n.|UsM><r ookiiov/led i.lto v u.?- "rndaaiiv prevail with j,',;n in !.i^ !... > r. A M.ii! ijs'ifmlion ov.-r thouretica- CO.: ivf i i f n;!? dr.acc and treason. Tlx whole course of this civil war ran been in iis character. Tiic Co ik lcr.itj leaden did more t!u?i ^ny insurgent chief hayo i viir licrii!,id (irnlo.l witIi less to show for it. Tlieir's was no lVovwionnl Cloverimioiit, or'fanizoil in secrecy am! niainiaincil at hazard, iTr four years they clainled place opeuly, and r.oj. unreasonably anions; llic States of tlx world, if il.c ( 'onfederate Government was not i?cO?? nixed in diplomatic Ibrnyic obtained. at auy mm, every otlmr kind of nci-Jiowluditfctneut. it' was known on the etc titaiijjcs of kin rope, and contracted loans 0:1 no (Unreasonable terinr. It ftiund its way into otir Year Uuoks and ^e(?;jvapiiics, and became for its brief term of existence a genuine political reality. Posterity may turn even to the rospctnblc Almanhrc tie 1 - * ' "I . I iV I Uolku, and Joarn wiio wcrciticsoiuucru oiiiccrs of State i a the year 18G4. Great Knglis'u j statesmen recognised the creation of a new nation, and J'et of- Hiat'iintion tiiorc remains less now than usually survives even the most hopeless insurrection. .Six weeks- suJliced to convert secession from n mighty revolution into a treasonable crime.?L .ndun Times, Jaw 7. ?? 0;;:: of iln; largest hardcinr; houses in the I Unit-d Si.e.s is in t!ic &den ibu'on of America {' --a.) Jt is ea'.lcJ the i^aro .*'r. V ^ # -y / m Joint iii;rrisey ("t tfeenau notoriety) is i':vsid.-.nt. Ten tlioiumJ dollars may uerslaked (and lost), on a card. Ladies get gcQtlcineu to plav for them, says the eorvesnoudcr.'. of the World. ' ll. is said there are person's who live at the Fifth Avenue i lotel, New York,keep their car-. riajjosjpfifci have a Jjo.\ jit the ar.u y<M oilly i^tSpi Ji.'i of ?300. This jooosoly accounted I n- l-y V::'.'. fact th:.L e/yy liiis a npl to dc:l-iiti 1:i.-i IioUaO "e:\c !Vom iii.| iucouic, ami by un- ^apposition tii.il oac-li orn j .if tlicSii tmrsous Ucduok the rouui of tiiO i'lllli Avenue iivtel. J''ram tkc Columbia Plueiiix of July 28. To Editor o e -rnk Pike nix?Sir.?Nifmer- -J ous communications having been addressed to me, pioposing to form a colony to emigrate, I;take this method of answering them, not only on account of t.lieir number, but because of the ywant of all mail facilities. The desire to leave a country which 1 was been reduced to such a deplorable condition as gui-s, add who?? future lias in little of hope, 'is doubtless as widespread as it is natural. But I doubt tBo proprietyof this expatriation of so mapyour. best men. The very fact that onr State is passing through so terrible an ordeal as the ' : present, should cause her sqps to cling the onore closely to her. My advice to all'of my *v felluw-citizcus is, that they should devote-their whole energies to the restoration of .law' and ; \ order, Ike ^establishment of agriculture" and. w commerce,'the promotion of education and-ihe i. rebuilding of our citir-s and dwellings" .which. have been laid in-ashes. To accomplish these objects?the highest that patriotism can cone T ili.if oil urlin />?ri Vtr? sn O'-'l V tL I CUU vu??u (tit nuv should take 'be ofoath allegiance to the United States Government,<so that they'may participate in the restoration of civil government to our S t^itO . War, after "four years of heroic bat 0 unsuccessful straggle, has failcd^to secure to us the riyh's 'or w filth wccngageilSii.it.. To save , esrrj .of our .rights?to rescue anything m'firo .'rom'.the general ruin?will require all tbj^U .ct-aile^riiarislii') and all the' patriotism of "Dnr v Lcitttms. -If tho best men of. our country?1 I th?ac&vho for venrs past have risked^tbeir lives ( WOO eScisi i. .vnr t!:o-cr.nar.il.-, of fiio-State,' *s'T: and its destiny will be eoi.ioritted of necessity to those, who forsook bor in bcr itour of need, or to those v;h<> would gladly pull her down to irretrievable ruin. To guard against such a calamity", let all I rue patriots devote themselves, with zeal and honesty, of purposes, to the res- , lorr.tiori of law, the blessings of peace and to too rescue of whatever ol' liberty may be saved from liio go aural wreck. Li oftcr ipi honest viibrfc to t llicio uljccts,'.vc liiil, * we can then seek a homo in another country.1 A lingnisliud eiti;:on of our State?an hoiTcstman and true patriot?has Itcea appointed Gov> crnor. lie will soon call a convention of the people, which will be charged with the most vital interests of our State. Choose for this convention your best and truest men; -not those who have slculkect in the hour of danger ?nor those who have worshipped Mammon, while their country was bleeding at every pore ?nor the politician, who after urging war, dared not encounter its hardships?but these who laid their all upon the alter of their conn^ try. Select such men, and maie them serve as voar representatives. Yon will then be 9uro that your rights will not be wantonly sacritieccl, nor your iiberty bartered for a mess of pottage. My intention is to pursue the course I recoin-. t * . *.1. ?... n /.nlvvuhnne 1 nvrrt I IPC ft si CsJ OLlJCrc* Ju(U?lUlaa uiiu; vvu-oimvuo j. v ?? w i to my State, there arc others of a personal i character which wii! not pcrfail me to leave j the country at present, f shall devote myself t ! c irncstl/, ir'albwvd t? doso, to the discharge of these o: ligations, public and private. In meantime, L shall obtain all information which * would be desirable to the establishment ot* :i colony, in case we should ultimately be fprcci; to leave tec countiy. * I invoke my fellow citizens?especially those who have shared with' 1 uin the perils and the ?dorio?f "of the last. years-?to fctund by nr.r State manii;!!; , i i truly. Tt. Si o:ue voied tls.mk: . <. "if in iv -i-.iora!;, wcoans^. i:- darkes! 1 * * r-" * i of too . - w !:<.! not; I. i;.? ' Ino nly of l!;0 itoinun, ar.'i li: < ' entitle ourselves tliograLisiivieofoarciun^ry. 1 ICcspeotniiiv, yotii-i, WADE ILuMPIOX.