The Marietta semi-weekly advocate. ($3 March 15, 1861-) 1861-????, April 04, 1861, Image 1
The Marietta SenirM eeklyAdvocate.
VOL. 1*
is PUBLISHED SEMI-WEEKLY, ON MONDAY AND THURSDAY,
BY
Win. H. HTJ3STT.
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CARDS,
davidikwin. G ro ; X -.EE>nm
IRWIN & BUTLER.
ATTiftOIS AT LAW*
MARIETTA,.. GEORGIA
Business confided to their professional management in
‘thd following counties will be faithfully transacted,
viz- Campbell, Paulding. Polk, Cobb, Cherokee, I'or-
Bvth, Lumpkin, Fulton ami Milton. Also, in the. Dis
trict Court at Marietta, and at the Supreme Court at
Atlanta. ’‘R
ANDREW J. HANSELL,
Attorney, Counselor & Solicitor,
Mariella* Cobh County, Georgia,
PRACTICES regularly in the
©BSTOii©t ©©fat’
Os the United States,
At Marietta, the Supreme Court of
Georgia, and the Superior Courts ol the following
Counties :
Conft, Forsyth, Floyd,
Catoosa, CftKKoKu Paulimng,
WhH field, Milton.
I also attend promptly to securing and collecting
D aims in any of the adjoining Counties.
Marietta, Jan. 1, 1858* 11
C . D . rJI IL L IPS,
/Attorney and Counsellor at Law’
MA R IE TTAGEORGIA.
Feb 22, 1862 D
LESTER,
ATTO RN E Y A T L AW,
MA RTETTA, G EOR (JR I.
WILL pra; rice law in Bine Ridge Circuit, and in the
Supreme Court of the State ; also in the District
Court at Marietta. marl.
F. M. MYERS,
Attorney at Law,
Marietta, < looruia.
WILL ATTEND TO ALL Bl SINES 5 ENTRUSTED TO IUS CARE |
References: — Denmead & Wright, Marietta, Ga., A.
J. Hansell, Marietta, Ga , Irwin N Lester, Mariett i,
Ga., Hon. Sol. Cohen, Savannah, S, Yates Levy, Sa
vannah, nov23 tt
( ■(’l-’.KO <’. WINN,
COLLECTING LAWYER,
J/.l RIETTA G EORG I. I
AM/ILL give his entire attention to the collection
▼ ▼ of all claims ent listed to his care.
OctlU-ly
A.X.Si 71 I* S<> V ,
dTTO K.VJK V .IT
Marietta, Georgia.
Mur. 9,’60 ly
N, B. GREEN,
Attorney & Counsellor at Law,
Marietta, Cobb Co., ( 4n.
Will practice,and givejprompt attention to all business
confided to his professional care, in the District I'm bt !
or the U. S. at Marietta. The Suphemk Court of Ga .
at Atlanta, the Superior and Inferior Courts of the ;
Blue Ridge Circuit, ami the counties adjoining I’obb, :
of other Circuits.
ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE COI.I r.CTION OF DEBTS.
AND THS SKl’l ltlNO OF Al t. MANNER OF CLAIMS.
Prompt and efficient attention will be given io all
nnerof business in the Courts of Ordinuiy in the
.minty of Cobb and adjoining counties
PIHLLiPSX Bl RhllALl LR,
A T T O R N E Y S A T L A W *
MARI Err A GA,
Will practice in Fulton. Paulding and all the conn-1
ties of the Blue Ridge Circuit ; in Supreme Court.
Mid District court of the V. S.. at Marietta.
Wm. PHILLIPS,L T. BURKHALTER
janl lv
E. I' A
ATTO RN E Y A T LA W .
71 ARIETTA. (.I IHU.I L
UFILI. dilligently attend to any business confidedi
to his care in the counties of Cobb, Cherokee,
Milton and Paulding.
CLAIMS collected as s<x>n as it can be done by law.
and the money promptly paid over.
June 20th, 185$. I
MARIETTA, GEORGIA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 4, 1861.
' MISCELLANEOUS:
M. ALJ .ICX.
BE SIDE E ® TlsTi
GRATEFUL to the citizens of Marietta and vi
cinity for a liberal patronage during the past
ten years is still prepared to perform ad operations
either for preserving the natural, or inserting aitiii
cial teeth in the most approved manner. 7
He solicits calls from those who have very bad teeth
.A to using a P ,™tio. ; for.illnrg l the ;
cate teeth no matter how badly decay ed, it not otn
“X disease.l-an.l randeriug them «rv.e«bJ> for
years. It is about the same color as the teeth and
will-never change or discolor the teeth. .
Refers to Citizens of Marietta for whom lie
has operated during the past ten years.
TF it MS.--Cash, unless by special contract.
Office,Eolith side of public square, over the PostOlhce.
Marietta, Jan., 186
W. H . HUNT,
MARIETTA, GEORGI A.
Dr. N. N. GOBER,
REFORM PHYSICIAN,
OFFERS his services to the citizens of Marietta ami
surrounding country. ,
I Office North side of the square over Page & Haley
I Store. _„ f £ bß L tf -
1861 NEW YEAR!! 1861
II Al T Y Al ®V E •
(North Side Public Square,)
JF/tolesYt/c emt! Slclail
ORLhQSISTS,
HABE 3 ETTA, $4 EO3 -•% •
HAVE a large and well selected Stock of Drugs,
Hardware, Perfumery, Stationery, Toys, Teas,
Soaps, Segars, Chewing Tobacco, &c., &c. All of which
will be sold low down for
We are thankful for past patronage, and solicit a
ccntinuance of the same. IIAMME'I 1 & GRO\ I‘.S.
W. I’. HUGHEY, B. A. RANDALL,
HUGHEY & RANDALL,
House, Sign and Decorative Painters,
GIiAINTKIiS,
Glaziers and Paper Hangers,
ALSO
iPb?7ws in Fresco and Landscape Painting
llarirtia,
All work neatly executed with promptness, and at
very reasonable prices.
gff" Instruction given in Landscape Painting ons
liberal terms.
REFERENCES:
JOS. R. TUCKER, I HAMMETT ,V GROVES,
A. 8. EONSDMTON, I W. A. FRAZER.
Shop in se-ond story of N. B. Green's new build- i
ing, near the court house.
Fresh Garden Seeds!
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED
10,000 PAPERS FRESH GARDEN
SESDS,
100 lbs. GARDEN SEEDS IN BULK,
•25 bushels EARLY PEAS AND BEANS
A FINE LOT OF ONION SETTS,
Ail of which will be sold Cheap by
HAMMEIT' & GROVES.
liDliLtrSili
MAKKkI'V A JOYABiK
A NNOUNCE to their Customers that they have
Zr commenced the New Year with a New, Full ami
Complete stuck of
Drug's and Medicines.
Our present assortment of aZZ the usual goods kept '
in a Drug Store, is now offered at [ rices that cannot
tail to suit. Persons in want of am of the following
would do well to price them at our house:
cros eh e IS hrh i n Oil 9
KKROSKXH L A MI’S
from 60 cts. to $ 1.75 each,
ALSO
Turpentine. Fluid, Candles. Alc'diol. Lard
and Sperm Oils, Linseed Oil. White
Leads, Painters Colors, Put
ty, Window Glass,
Druggists' Vials,
U jA S7‘ x
Prescriptiotns Carefully put up.
janll-tf MARKLEY & JOYNER.
Notice !
A LI. persons having claims against the Canton !
Mining Company will present them forthwith to ]
Skid Harris, Superintendent, for settlement.
decl4-0m S. HARRIS, Supt.
A PAPER FOR PEOPLE.
MERCHANDISE.
FARCY and STAPI&
Dry CAoocls,
SHOES, BOOTS, 51 ATS, CAPS,
Chi is a and Cllass Ware,
HARDWARE,
Fain i1 y Groceries,
Saddlery Leather, Fabrics, &c M &c.
FBI HE Subscriber has just received and will keep
JL constantly good selections in the above branches
of trade and will sell at E O W PriC<‘S.
gfj° TERMS CASH! Jiß
jan6’Go D. M. YOUNG.
A. ISAACS,
Wholesale and retail Dealer in
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS,
RIBBONS, FEA TtiERS,
FLOWERS,
Head Dresses, Embroideries, Laces, Blondes, Ruches,
Perfumery, etc , &c.,
Connelly's Iron front Building,
White Hall Street,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
IVSIS. E ES.&.&.CS.
Fashionable Milliner,
(cokxelly’s iron front store,)
IVhlte Hull, near Alabama street,
Atlanta, Georgia,
A large assortment of Bonnets, Head Dresses, Ber
tha Capes, Embroideries, Dress Iriinmings and !all
ey Goods constantly on hand.
O’ Bonnets made to order at short notice.
Octs-ly.
FAMILY SUPPLIES.
LYHTE SUBSCRIBER offers the public, in the upper
I Store, Sewell range, Cherokee Street, a full stock
L of GROCERIES, embracing every article usually
k< [it in that line, such as
SUGARS, all kinds;
COFFEE, all kinds;
MOLASSES, SYRUP,
TOBACCO, YARNS,
Ac., Ac., A.
Cou n. try Produce
taken in Barter, on liberal terms.
Having purchased the store ami goods of Mr. B. S.
Johnson, he also oilers a large stock of GROCERIES
at that stand, on Cherokee Street, and Mr. HAMES
will take pleasure in waiting <-n customers.
July 27,’59. tf] E. PAGE.
FAMILY STORE.
GROVES & BUTNER,
HAS opened in the Post Office Building a
V IRSETY IF A Al ! LV STORK,
in which will be found EVERY ARTICLE in the
GROCERY LINE,
Liquors excepted—besides a great variety of other !
articles. They will sell for
CAS JI ANO SMALL PROFITS.
If you want good
COFEEE, TEA. SUGAR,
MOLASSES, FINE HAMS, LARD.
SYRUP, TOBACCO, YARN,
or anything in that line, give us a call, and we war
rant satisfaction.
We will also keep l?OOl:«Cap, ILettei*
Paper, Pens, Ink, and other articles of
Stationery.
Counifpy Produce
Os all kinds, taken in barter on liberal terms.
July 14th. 1859-ly
Buckets, Tubs &c. ;
Well Ropes,
Bed cords,
Plow Lines.
PAI.VTEI) BUCKETS
AND TUBS,
CEDAR BUCKETS am] TUBS.
WELL BUCKETS and WHEELS,
SIEVES and RIDDLES,
TEA KETTLES,
COFFEE MILLS,
Broom<. Cotton Twine ami Factory Thread.
For sale by WM. ROOT & SON.
TERMS CASH • .J.J
ATLANTA HAT
J. M. II OL BROOK,
liiieliall Street, Atlanta, Georgia*
VHP. ,4 t tent ion of Planters. Farmers and Cmintrv
1 Mer {Jiants, are invited to exmnine the large and
varied asc-ortmeut of Hats, Caps, ie., that is kept
constant!. on hand at HOLBR'>OK S HAT MANU
FACIORY Trunks, Valises, No., Plantation Hats
made to order, and sent by Express to any portion of
the country. [junit-ly]
REFINED SUGARS.
30 Bbbls Refined Sugars, A, B, C, and Crushed, oa
hand for sale by
feb22 ' wm. ROOT & SON.
®|)c
MARIETTA, . = - - - APRIL 4.
Tlie Constitution of tlie State of Gfeoi’-
gia.
[continued.]
ARTICLE HI.
Sec; I.—l. The executive powet sLd.ll be
vested in a Governor, who shall hold his office
during the term of two years, and until such
time as a successor shall be chosen and quali
fied. He shall have a competent salary fixed
by law, which shall not be increased or dimin
ished during the period for which he shall have
been elected; neither shall he receive, within
that period, any other emolument from the
Confederate States, or either of them, or from
any foreign power.
2. The Governor shall be elected by Hie per
sons qualified to vote for members of the Gen
eral Assembly, on the first Wednesday in Octo
ber, in the year of our Lord 1861 ; and on the
first Wednesday in October in every second
year thereafter, until such time be altered by
law ; which election shall be held at the plac s
of holding general elections, in the several
counties of this Stats, in the manner prescribed
for the election of members of the General As
sembly. The returns for every election of
Governor shall be scaled up by the managers,
separately from other returns, and directed to
the President of the Senate and Speaker of the
House of Representatives ; and transmitted to
the Governor, or the person exercising the du
ties of Governor for the time being ; who shall,
without opening the said returns, cause the
same to be laid before the Senate, on the day
after the two houses shall have been organized,
and they shall be transmitted by the Senate
to the House of Representatives. The members
of each branch of the General Assembly shall
convene in the Representative chamber, and
the Prcs : dcnt of the Senate, and the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, shall open and
publish the returns in presence of the General
Assembly ; and the person having the majority
of the whole number of votes given in shall be
declared duly elected Governor of this State;
but if no per.-on have such majority, then
from the two persons having the highest num
ber of votes, who shall be in life, and shall not
decline an election at the time appointed for the
Legislature to elect, the General Assembly
shall immediately elect a Governor rtca voce;
and in all cases of election of a Governor by the
General Assembly, a majority of the votes of
the members present shall be necessary for a
choice. Contested elections shall be determin
ed by both Houses of the General Assembly,
in such manner as shall be prescribed by law.
2. No person shall be eligible to the office of
Governor who shall not have been a citizen of
the Confederate States twelve years, and an
inhabitant of this State six years, and who hath
not attained the age of thirty years.
4. In case of the death, resignation or dis ■
ability of the Governor, tlie President of the ;
Senate shall exercise the executive powers ol
the Government until such disability be remov
ed, or a successor is elected and qualified.—
And in case of the death, resignation or disa
bility of the Pi evident of the Senate, the Speak
er of the House of Representatives shall exer
cise the executive power of the government un
til the removal of the disability’ or the election
and qualification of a Governor.
5. The G ivernor shall, before he enters on
the duties of his office, take the following oath
or affirmation : “ I do solemnly swear or af
firm (as the case may be) that I will faithfully
execute the office of Governor of the State of
Georgia; and will, to the best of my abilities,
preserve, protect and defend the Constitution
thereof.’’
Sec. 2.—1. The Governor shall be Command
ei'in-Chicf of the army and navy of this State,
and of the militia thereof.
2. have the power to grant reprieves
for offences against the State, except in
cases of impeachment, and to grant pardons, or
to remit any part of a sentence, in all cases
after conviction, except for treason or murder,
in which cases he may respite the execution, !
and make report thereof to the next General
Assembly.
3. He shall issue writs of election to fill
vacancies that happen in the Senate or House
of Representatives, and shall have power to
convene the General Assembly on extraordi
nary occasions; and shall give them from time I
to time, information of the State of the republic,
and recommend to their consideration such
measures as be may deem necce.ssary a ai)d expe
dient.
4. When any office shall become vacant by
death or resignation, or otherwise, the Govern
or shall have power to fill such vacancy unless
otherwise provided for by law; and person:: so ,
appointed shall continue in office until a suc
cessor is appointed agreeably to the mode
pointed out by this Constitution, or by law in
pursuance thereof.
5. A pc:sou once rejected by the Senate shall
not be re-appointed by the Governor to the
same office during the same session, or the re
cess thereafter.
6. The Governor shall have the revision of
all bills passed by both Houses, before the'
same shall become laws, but two-thirds of each I
House may pa«s a law notwithstanding his
dissent; aud if any bill should not be returned
by the Governor within five daj
excepted) after it has been P icscn ,, General
the same shall be a law, unless prevent
Assembly, by their adjournment, sl,a 1 P D - n
its return. He may a] prove any a .PP! 4 ‘
find disapprove any other approprm .
same bill, and the latter shall no
unless passed by two-thirds of each House.
7. Every vote, resolution, or older, t
the concurrence of both Houses may nt
cessary, except on a question of e ! cctl r
adjournment, shall be presented to tic j
or; and before it shall take cficct, be appio"
by him, or being disapproved, shall be ic-pass
ed by two-thirds of each House, according to
the rules and limitations prescribed m case o <i
bill. e o
8. There shall be a Secretary of ate - a
Comptroller General, a Treasurer, and Smyq*
or-General, elected qy the General r\sscm >
and they shall hold their offices for the li
period as the Governor, and shall have a com
petent salary, which shall not be increased or
diminished during the period for which tin y
shall have been elected. The General Assem
bly may at any time consolidate any two of
these offices and require all the duties to be
discharged by one officer.
9. The great seal of the State shall bo. de
posited in the office of the Secretary of State,,
and shall not be affixed to any instrument of
writing, but by order of the Governor oi
oral Assembly; and the General Assembly sba
at their first session, after the rising of this
convention, by law, cause the great sori to be
altered.
10. The-Governor shall have power to ap
point his own Secretaries, not exceeding two
in number.
ARTICLE TV.
g ECI 1. —]. The Judicial powers of tin’s State
shall be vested in a Supreme Court for. the
correction of errors, Superior, Inferior, (h dinat y
and Justices’ Courts, and in such other Coiuts
as have been or may be established by law.
2. Tlie Supreme Court shall consist ol three
Judges, who shall be appointed by the Governor,
with the advice and consent of two thirds of
the Senate, for such term of years as shall be
prescribed by law, and shall continue in office
until their successors shall be appointed ami
qualified, removable by the Governor on the
addiess of two-thiids of each branch of the
General Assembly, or by impeachment and
conviction thereon.
3. The said Court shall have no original ju
risdiction, but shall lie a Court alone tor the tri
al and correction of errors m law and equity
from the Superior Courts of the several circuits,
and shall sit at least once a year, at a time
prescribed by’ law in each of one or more judi
cial districts, designated by the General As
semble for that purppse, at such point in ca< h
district as shall by the General Assembly be
ordained, for the trial and determination ol
writs of error from the several Superior Courts
included in such judicial districts.
[ 4. The said Court shall dispose of and finally
J determine every 7 case on the docket of sm h
| Court at the first or second term after such
writ of error brought; and in case the plf itififf
in error shall not be prepared, at the first term
of such Court after error brought, to prosecute
the cause, unle-s precluded by some providential
cause from such prosecution, it shall be strick
en from the docket, and the judgement below
shall stand affirmed.
Sec. 2. — 1. 'fhe Judges of the Superior
Courts shall be appointed in the same manner
as Judges of the Supreme Court, from the cir
cuits in which they tire to serve, for the term
of four years, and shall continue in office until
their snccessois shall be appointed and quali
fied, removable by the Governor on the addrt ss
of two-thirds of each branch of the General
Assembly, or by impeachment and conviction
thereon.
2. The Superior Court shall have exclusive
jnri.sdietion in all cases of divoice, botfi total
and partial ; but no total divorce shall be grant
ed, except on the concurrent verdicts of two
special juries. In each divorce case, the Comt
shall regulate the rights and disabilities of the
parties.
3. The Superior Court shall also have exclu
sive jurisdiction in all criminal cases, except as
relates to people of color, fines for neglect of
duty, contempts of Court, violations of road
laws, and obstructions of water courses, juris 4 -
diction of which shall be vested in such judica
ture or tribunal as shall be or may have been
pointed out by law ; ami except in all other
minor offences committed by free white persons
and which do not subject the offender or offend
ers to loss of life, limb or member, or to con*,
finement in the Penitentiary ; in ail such cases,
Corporation Courts, such as now ei'st, or may
hereafter be constituted, in any incorporated
city or town, may be vestad with jurisdiction
under such rules and regulations as the Legis
lature may hereafter by law direct.
4. All criminal cases shall be tried in the
county where the crime was committed,
except iu cases where a jury cannot be obtain
ed.
5. The Superior Court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in all cases respecting rifles to land,
which shall be tried in the county where the
land lies; and also in all equity causes, which
shall be tried in the county where one or more
of the defendants reside, against whom substan
tial relief is prayed.
6. It shall have appellate jurisdiction in all
such cases as may be provided by law.
7. It shall have power to correct errors in
NO t.