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Clje lame Courier.
TUESDAY MORNING, April 9.
More Relief.
The following explains itself. Dur
ing the present thick gloom and great
distress of the country, such acts ol
kind rememberance and benevolence,
excite a lively sense of gratitude by the
whole community :
Chicago, April 2, '67.
C. H. Smith, Esq., Mayor Borne, Ga:
Dear Sir :—You have doubtless for
gotten me, but I make; no apology for
enclosing the within a draft for fifty dol
lars, with the request that you will see
that it is applied to the relief of any
destitute persons in your city, whom
you think need help. It is a contribu
tion sent you by a gentleman of Con
necticut, who, knowing that I was a na
tive of Georgia, desired me to send it
where I thought it would accomplish
somewhat towards relieving our people
in their present distress. I had intend
ed to invest it in provisions, but know,
ing that in parts of the South the dis
tress was urgent, I send you the
money, and desire that you see it ap
plied.
Please acknowledge - receipt, and
oblige your quandam college-mate,
A. W. Church.
Its Constitutionality to be Tested.
By news in the telegraphic columns
it will be seen that Judge Sharkey of
Mississippi, is making an effort, in be
half of that State, to have the consti
tutionality of the Sherman and Supple
mental bills immediately tested. It
seems that the Attorney General is
disposed to throw impediments in the
way. It is reported that Hon. Reverdy
Johnson has expressed the opinion
that this prayer for injunction will not
be granted on the ground that the Su
preme Court has not original jurisdic
tion in the case.
The second paragraph of second sec
tion, article third of the Constitution, is
very clear upon this subject, it reads as
follows:
“In all cases affecting ambassadors,
other public ministers and consuls, and
those in which a State shall be a party,
the Supreme Court shall have original
jurisdiction. In all the other cases be
fore mentioned [that is all sorts of cases
between individuals.) the Supreme
Court shall have appellate jurisdiction
both as to law and fact, with such ex
eeptions and under 6uch regulations as
the Congress shall make.”
.But it may be that Mr. Johnson
■umes that Mississippi is not really
8.tate, only a “so-called” one; and that
her Governor is a “so-called” Execu
live, ond incompetent (o act in this
case.
But the court has consented to listen
to the petition, for leave to file the
bill, on Friday, the 12th inst.
But while this case is thus progres'
sing, in which the State of Mississippi
it a direct party, others are not idle
A Washington correspondent, who
seems to be well posted, says :
- “Should there be a concurrence of
opinion among constitutional lawyers,
against this question of jurisdiction
the gentlemen praying for the injunc
tion may not present it to the Supreme
Court, but will await a case now being
made up in Alexandria, Va., which
will come up through the District
Court of that State on a regular app
totheSupreme Court of the United
States. All of the Executives of the
tenSouthern States but three have
been consulted, and give their consent
to any proceedingwhich will test the
constitutionality of the reconstruction
act- Gov. Patton, of Alabama, howev
er declines to take any action in the
premises, and is represented as being
in favor of the law.”
[For the Courier.]
Demoralization of the Press.
Mr. Editor :—As the Press is gener
ally considered a reflex of the morals,
as well os the intelligence of the com
munity, it is to be regretted that seme
editors and conductors of public Jour
nals, so frequently do violence to pub
lic morals, by publishing articles of ob
scene and objectionable character. The
two communications recently, published
in the Commercial, over the Nom de
plumes of" Bachelor” and “Old Mead,”
would bring a blush to the cheek of the
admirers of Paul-Decock, and other
French wr.iters of his school. Can it
be that the author of “ Old Maid,” (who
must be a male'biped,as no lady, either
young or old, married or single, could
for a moment entertain such thoughts,
much less give public expression to
them) has so low an estimate of the
virtue and Christian morals of our city
as to suppose that he is pandering to
the public taste by treating it to such
lucubrations? Ifhe^does, he is very
much mistaken.
We have heard general condemnation
loud and deep against the article re
ferred to. What a pity that one who
quotes poetry soflippantly, should prosti:
tute his “genius” to such purposes. Has
the writer of “OldMaid” a wife or i
ter, and has he forgotten that his
mother was a woman. In behalf of the
ladies of Rome an earnest protest is en.
tered against all such publications.
A Rohan.
Railroad. Convention.
The annual Convention of the Stock
holders of the Selma, Romo & Dalton
Railroad Company, will be held in Sel
ma on May 15th. See adv.
Gen Pope—What he Says.
B. of -the Macon Telegraph while
in Montgomery, Ala., on the 2d inst.
called on Gen Pope. The following is
the report be made of his visit:
In company with a friend I called
upon him. He was entirely alone, re
ceived us very politely, and conversed
very freely and unrestrainedly for half
or three quarters of an hour. He is
man, apparently, forty-five years old,
about five feet eight inches high, of
free habit weighing perhaps 160 or 170
pounds, with a handsome, pleasant face,
fair complexion and agreeable manners,
He was dressed entirely in civilian’s,
clothes, and his whole bearing indicates
that he is a man of intelligence, refine
ment and cultivation. On my expres
sing the hope that he would visit Geor
gia and make the aquaintance of her
citizens, he spoke of having relatives
in the State, and intimated that he in
tended making Atlanta his headquar
ters, for the summer, and remarked
that he “hoped” he “would have little
to do.” He does not desire to interfere
with the civil authorities, and does not
design doing so, unless it should be
come necessary to carry out the laws of
the United States.
He spoke strongly of the necessity of
our people conciliating tbe “power of
the. government,” and deprecated
the evil done by many of our newspa
pers in their bitter denunciations of
Congress and of the party in power.—
He' expressed surprise at the short-sight
edness of the South in not seeking to
conciliate Congress, and the branch of
government in which the actual power
lay. '- It-was while he was inveighing
against the course[of those papers which
had effected evil by denouncing a radi
cal Congress, that the interview was
interrupted and ended by the entrance
of an official on business; but I do not
think he knew of my connection with
the press.
I must say that I was favorably im
pressed with the General, and do not
think we could have fallen into better
hands. I have no doubt that he will
be lenient in the administration of af
faires, and 1‘trust that our people will
not disappoint his expectations of hav-
*>g “little to do,” but proceed quietly
.ocarry out the provisions of that bill
which it is the duty of General Bope to
•■force, for it is evident that such is the
f° ur y * ,hat the General expects the
people to pursue.
Personal. 1 —On yesterday we received
a call from A. W. Reese, Esq., recently
connected with the Athens lPateAmun,
but now travelling correspondent of the
Augusta Constitutiunalist, and agent for
that paper and the Cultivator. Friend
R. is a worthy representative of two of
the best publications of the State, and
we bespeak for him a cordial reception
by the citizens and business men gen
erally in this section of the State.
Southern Cultivator.
"We propose to furnish this excellent
agricultural paper and the weekly Cou
rier both, one year, for four dollars and
half. tri-&w-tf
Fire.—We regret to learn that the
beautiful residence of Mr. B. F. Hoop
er, of this county, was burned last Sat
urday morning. The fire was discov
ered at 20 minutes past one, and the
building fell in a half hour afterwards.
About two-thirds the furniture '
saved, mainly through tbe commenda
ble, zeal of the freedmen on the place.
Loss about six thousand five hundred
dollars—no insurance.
A Card of Thanks.
I desire to express my grateful
thanks to the following named persons,
for their earnest and strenuous efforts
to save my property, while my dwel
ling was burning on last Saturday morn
ing.
James L. Webb, Thos. C. Hopper,
Wm. H. H. Davis, James-Cooper, Mas
ter Dozier ;
FTEEDHEN.
Martin Hooper, Hanton Ware, Mil-
ledge Ware, Jarrett Ware, Aaren
Hooper, Daniel Duncan, (oqb other
freedman name not known.)
B. F. Hoofer.
Floyd Co., April 8, ’67.
Sparring.—The Atlanta Era and
Opinion seem to be apeing the Louis
ville Journal and Democrat in their style
of complimenting each other. The
following are a few of their recent ef
forts :
We advise our amateur friend
Peachtree street to keep his temper.—
He has many things to learn, and
some things to unlearn*, before he
reaches his goal. Aim high and be pa
tient, brother. If you really want to
learn journalism, do not begin as a wet
nurse.—Opinion.
Our Broad street friend reminds us
of a climbing monkey.
Whoever untertakes to wet nurse
him, will have a tarnal nasty job.—
Era.
Acquitted.—C. C. Greene, was tried
last week in the Fulton Superior Court,
for killing C. C. Howell, and was ac
quitted.
Deaths in Atlanta —The city Sex
ton reports, for the last quarter, the
number of deaths as follows ; Whites 31;
Colored 46. The whites in the city
outnumber the colored population by
about fifteen hundred.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, April 6.—The Secfetofy
of War submitted tp the President the
correspondent between Grant and Shet 4
idan regarding removals.-
A special to the Baltimore Sun says
General Griffin recommends the re
moval of Governor Trockmorton, of
Texas; Gen. Sheridan agrees with him,
and suggests the removal of the' Gover
nor of Louisiana. Gen. Grant, in reply,
doubts the General’s.power to remove
Governors and thinks removals must
be made by Congress or after trial un
der the sixth section.
The New York papers publish the
argument which Judge Sharkey and
Robert J. Walker propose submitting
in support of the Mississippi complaint,
on next Friday.
Gen. Salleredith, of Indiana, was re
jected by the Senate as Surveyor Gener
al of Montana. • '' •
P. H. Winter was confirmed Marshal
of the Southern District of Mississippi,
and Francis Bugbee, United States
Attorney General for the Northern
District of Alabama.
Returns from the land office at Tal
lahassee, Florida, show over eight-thou
sand acres have been located under
tbe homested law, which limits entries
to sixty acres.
The White House is crowded to-day,
Attorney General Stanbury and Post
master General Randall'are among the
visitors.
The National Bank circulation.
nearly two hundred and twenty-nine
millions.
The War. Navy Interior disburse
ments fo the week are three and
quarter millions.
Internal Revenue receipts for the
week are five million eight hundred
thousand.
The Senate was open—the proceed
ings were unimportant. The resolution
expelling Saulsbury was indefinitely
postponed, when the Senate went into
executive session
Home Manufacture.
W. T. Mapp is extensively engaged
in manufacturing good, substantial, yet
neat shoes, for the purpose of supply
ing to a large extent this section of
country. These shoes are made from
good material, with every stitch and
peg put in its proper place, and i
way to do good service. He also has a
general supply of Northern made boots
and shoes of all kinds, and makes fine
work to order. Give him a call at first
door above the Book Store.
tri-&-w-lt.
“A Roman.”—The author of the corn*
munication over the above signature, is
entirely responsible for the strictures
he makes upoi the article of “Bache-
on lor” and “Old Maid,” that recently ap
peared in the columns of our up town
neighbor. While we agree with “A
Roman” that there are decidedly ob-
tionable features in the articles alluded
to. it is not our purpose to quarrel with
the publisher or the authors.
He has many things to learn, and
some things to unlearn, before he
reaches his goal.— Opinion.
If we ever thought the Opinion man
had read Lord Chesterfield on good
manners, we would have that to un
learn.
We have to learn that his “so-called”
heart is not a gizzard, and that his goal
may not be the gallows.—Era.
We advise our amateur friend on
Peachtree to keep his temper.—Opin
ion.
Who would betray temper in refer
ring to the carcass of a dead ass ?—
Era.
Military Order In Alabama.
J. F. Waddell, Judge of Probate of
Russell County, publishes the following
order received by him for the informa
tion of Justices of the Peace of that
county :
Hd’qrs. Dis’t. of Ala. 1
Montgomery, March 25, ’67. j
Judge Probate of Bussell County, Ala.
Sir—It has been reported to these
headquarters that a colored girl, nam
ed Judy, formerly owned by Mr. Wal
ton B. Harris, of Girard, Russell coun
ty, Ala., has been sentenced by a Jus
tice of the Peace of Beat No. 2, to work
on the chain gang for the period of five
months, charged with some petty of
fense. You are hereby directed to see
that she be at once released. And
since it has been reported that the tii-
al of said person was irregular, and not
in accordance with the civil laws of the
State, you restore her to liberty.
It is hereby ordered that you instruct
the Justices of the peace, within your
jurisdiction that the sentencing of wo
men to work in chain gangs is peremp
torily prohibited.
J. F. CONTNGHAK,
1st Lieut. 24th U. S. I., and A. A. A.
G.
The Constitutionality of the Military
Bill.
Washington, April 5.—fn the Su
preme Court to-day Judge Sharkey
gave notive of a motion for preliminary
injunction against Andrew Johnson,
President, and General Ord, Comman
der of Military District comprising
Mississippi, and stated a motion, foun
ded ob bill of equity, which he propos
ed to file, brought by the State of Mis
sissippi as complainant against the par
ties named, to enjoin them from execu
ting the acts of Congress recently pas
sed, called the Military bill and the
Supplemental bill. Attorney General
Stanbury suggested that as it was a
case involving the original jurisdiction
of the court, the motion, in the first
place, should be for leave to file the
bill. Judge Sharkey acquiesced, and
said that the counsel for the State of
Mississippi would now make the mo
tion for leave to file the bill, and were
now ready to argue it. The Attorney
General contended that the bill, in so
far as it purported to make the Presi
dent a party defendant as in effect a
suit against the United States, he
would, therefore, object to leave being
given by the court to file the bill; and
furthur stated that- he also was ready
now to g-ojinto argument ofthat motion-
The Chief Justice, after consultation,
stated that the motion for leave to file
the bill might be made, and put on
the motion docket;- but, in conformity.
with the rules of the court, would not
be heard until the next regular motion
day. This motion will, therefore,
come up on Friday next.
Corn fo'r Upper Georgia.—We learn
that Messrs. Hunter and Gamraell, un
der instructions from John Welch,
Esq., Chairman of the Southern Relief
Committee, of Philadelphia, yesterday
bought 11,000 bushels of white corn
which they turned over to Peterson
Thweatt, Esq., State Agent, who is act
ing in behalf of Governor Jenkins and
Col. Sibley.
This corn, or a portion of it at least,
went forward last night, and the re
mainder will soon follow. It is to he
distributed among the suffering people
above Macon, and to be given out to
the destitute “without respect to race
or opinion,” as was desired by the do
nors.—Savannah Advertiser, 5th.
General Orders “No. 2,” of Gen. Pope.
The Montgomery Daily Advertiser, of
the 5th inst., contains the following:
Hd. Qrt Third Military Dist. 1
Montgomery, Ala., April 3, ’67. J
General Orders, No. 2.
The following extracts from an Act
of Congress, approved March 2d, 1867,
are published for the information of all
concerned, and they will be strictly
complied with in this Military Dis
trict :
[Public—No. 85.)
An Act, making appropriations for the
support of the army for the year
ending June thirtieth, eighteen hun
dred and sixty-eight, and for other
purposes.
Sec. 5. And be it further enacted. That
it shall be the duty of the officers of
the army and navy, and of the Freed-
men’s Bureau, to prohibit and prevent
the whipping and maiming of the per
son, as a punishment tor any crime,
misdemeanor, or offense, by any pre
tended civil or military authority in
any State lately in rebellion until the
civil government of such State shall
have been restored, and shall have
been recognized by the Congress of the
United States.
Sec. 6. And be it further enacted That
all militia forces now organized or in
serviceiin either of the State of Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Louisiana,
Mississippi and Texas, be forthwith
disbanded, and that the further organ
ization, arming, or calling into service
ot the said militia forces, or any part
thereof is hereby prohibited under any
circumstances whatever until the same
shall be authorized by Congress
* it it * * f
Jno. Pope,
Bv’t. Maj. General, Commanding.
Official—J. F. Conynchah,
1st Lt. 24th Inf., and A. A. G.
r. }
s. ) [
567.)
The Fourth Military District.—
The following is Gen. Ord’s order as
suming command of the Fourth Mili
tary District:
Headq’rs 4th Military District,
(Mississippi and Arkansas,
Vicksburg, Miss., March 261867.
General Orders No. 1.
I. The undersigned having been ap
pointed by the President to command
the Fourth Military District, consisting
of the States of Mississippi and Arkan
sas, hereby assumes command thereof.
II* Competent civil officers in this
District are expected to arrest and
punish all offenders against the law, so
as to obviate, as for as possible, necessi
ty for the exercise of military authority
under the law. of Congress, passed
March 2d, 1867, creating Military Dis
tricts.
III. Such other orders as may be
come necessity to carry out the above
named act, and an act supplementary
thereto, will be duly published.
E. O. C. Ord,
Br’rt Msj. & Brig. Gob. U. S. A.
From Washington
Washington, April 5.—A resolution
was passed calling upon the Secretary
of the Interior for information as to
whether S. V. Bogg. late Commission
erinthe Indian Office, was employed
in that department, what duties, com
pensation, and by whom employed.
Mr. Sumner introduced a resolution
expelling Mr: Saulsbury, and charging
him with appearing upon the floor in
a state of intoxication. Its consider
ation was postponed until the executive
session.
There are ninety-six applications
from ex-Federal naval officers on file
for pardons.
Receipts of customs for the week
ending the 30th, nearly $3.00O,000.
The Senate confirmed Lovell H. Rus
seau to succeed Brig. General Bosen-
cranz.
Senator Wilson has returned from
Virginia.
Revenue receipts to-day nearly a half
million.
Tbe Republican gain in the recent
Rhode Island election is 3,000.
There were twelve prominent appli
cations for Commissionership of Agri-
culture.
Sharkey and Walkin’s bill of com
plaint in behalf of Mississippi is re
garded as a masterly document, and
fills four columns.
Alexander Asboth, of Mississippi,
has been confirmed resident Minister
at Uruguay. Naval Storekeeper at Nor
folk, James D. Brady; Richard Barrett,
Postmaster at Vioksburg, Mississippi.
Jacob A. Kanaler, at Jackson, Missis
sippi; Stanley G. Trott, at Charleston,
South Carolina; Rejected—S. J. Jones,
Marshal Western District of Tennessee.;
Senator Nesmith, as Minister to Aus
tria.
General Meigs, and other distin
guished gentlemen, have by letter and
telegraph, expressed to the Secretary
of State the great importance of ac
quiring the Russian possessions pro
posed by the treaty.
Mexico—Maximilian in a Tight Place—
No Moneyor Provisions—Vera Cruz Be
sieged.
New.York, April 5.—Vera Crnzdates
of tbe 23d ult., state that the city is in
a state of siege; 1,600 men and five
pieces of artillery are inside the city,
pud provisions are high, but there is no
blockade from the seaside. The be
sieging army is 3,500 strong, with four
small Napoleon gnns. More guns and
men are daily expected. Maximilian
is in Queretaro with 10,000 men, but
had no money or provisions. The Lib
erals are besieging. Merida is in Yu
catan and besieged.
Georgia—Her Statistics,
We had intended as soon as we
cbived the report of the Comptroller
General of Georgia, Col. John T. Burns,
in November last,-1866, to give the sta
tistics of our Stato. This information
given at this tiine will be.quite as in
teresting. , .
We can also sed wh'at Georgia yvas
before the war in point of wealth, and
what she now i3. In teii years, with
the energy that is now characterising
our people, our. good old State will
bear the banner of the Empire! State of
the South.
The value of land in 1866 was $103,-
112.624.
City and town property, §39,396,-
181.
Money and solvent debts §34,521,-
678.
Merchandise, §10.933,173.
Shipping and tonage, §215,667.
Stocks, manufactures, &c., §4,120,-
489.
Property uot enumerated, §28,751,-
667 * X „
Total value of property returned,
§222,183,787.
Total value of taxable property, §207-
051,677.
Polls of white, 86.909.
Polls of negroes. 65,909.
Profession^. 2,182.
Dentists, 103.
Artists 44.
Auctioneers 31.
Number of sheep, 433,479.
Number of sheep killed by dogs in
12 months, 25,452.
Number of dogs, 92,303.
Number of children between 6 and
18 years of age, 132,845.
Number of children between 6 and
years of age, as guardians for, 5,771.
18Number of bands employed, be
tween 12 and 65 years of age'139,988.
Number of maimed soldiers, 914..
Number of acres of land, 30,116.-
929.
We will now give the returns as
made in 1860 and 1866; the increase
and decrease of property, &c., &c:
Number of acres of land in 1860, 33,-
345,289; in 1866, 30,116,920, decrease of
3,228,360. Value in 1860, $161,764,-
955; in 1866, $103,112,524, decrease of
$58,652,431. Average value in 1860,
§4 85; in 1866, 3 42.
Value ol city and town property in
1860,35,139,415; in 1866,39,396,181; in
crease, $4,256,766.
Money and solvent debts in 1860,
$107,336,258, in 1866, §34,521,678; de
crease, $72,814,580.
Mercandise in 1860, $15,557,183; in
1866, $10,933,173.
Capital vested in shipping, &c., in
I860, $943,940; in 1866, $215,667; de
crease $728,273.
Household and kitchen furniture,
$1,132,408.
Stocks and mannfactnres in I860,
$4,034,252; in 1866 §4,120,489; increase
$86,237.
Household and kitchen furniture in
1860, $2,374,284; in 1866 $1,122,408; de
crease $1,241,876.
Property not enunnrated in 1860,
$42,427,295; in 1866, §28,751,667; de
crease §13,675,621.
Total value of propertv in 1860 §369,
627,922; in 1866, §222.183,787; decrease
$148,444,135, Amount of taxable prop
erty in 1866, $207,051,677.
Number of slaves in I860, 450,033.—
Value of slaves in 1860,$302,693,855.—
Value of all other property in 1860,
$369,627,922. Total value in 1860,
$672,322,777. Total value of property
estimated In United States currency in
1860, $1,008,485,165. Total value of
property in 1866, §222,183,787; decrease
5786 300 378
Number 6f polls in 1860, whites 99,-
748; in 1866, 86,999; decrease. 12,839.—
Negro polls in 1866, 65,909. Total
number of polls 152,818.
In 1866 number of blind, 113; deaf
117; dumb 108.
Amount drawn from the Treasury to
pay the Legislature of 1865 and 1866,
$174,266. Total amount of tax levied
for 1866,§528,654.
•The entire bonded debt of the Slate
amounts to §5,706,500. The State has
to its credit, property that is worth, in
market, at any time, §8,000,000. What
Stgto in the Union can make a better
showing ?—MiU.edgem.de Becorder.
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FACTS vs. THEORIES.
“ Give me a place to rest my lever on,**
says Archimedes, “and I will move the
worldi” Give me pure and unaudnlterated
drugs,” says Medicus. of the olden time,
“and I will cure disease.”
In one sense, both ot these learned pan
dits were the veriest charlatans.—They
knew there was no place to rest their lever
on, either to move the world or care disease.
Mechanism was in a backward state, and
the medical profession was out another name
for so'rcery, and all the adjuncts of magic
filter* and clianns of the “evil eye,” Ac.
But these latter days have borne unto us
something more than even superstition and
it* brew ever dreamed of in their maddest
philosophy. In these days of practical sci
ence; What was theory of yesterday is fact
to-day, and all the old time notions became
as bubbles in the sun, and burst and break
with every breath we draw.
Let Archimedes shoulder his lever and
we will find a resting place for it to move
the world. Let mind ancient Medicus pant
and toil no more for the drugs |he sorely
needs, for we have them at our hand, ever
ready to serve them at his beck.
Refined in the’laboratory of Dr. Maggiel,
the finest material known in the medical
profession are obtained by any one. Hid
bilious, dyspeptic and diarrhea pills stand
unrivalled, and his salve operates with ma
gical effect upon burns, scalds, and all sores
and ulcers of the Bkin.
In fact, we .think Maggiel’s pills and salve
are the wonder of this century, and we are
happy in the thonght that many others of
our brethren of the craft agree with us. We
would oarnestly counsel that all families
provide themselves with Dr. Maggiel’s pre
parations at once, and keep them ready at
hand, so*as to use them at the most oppor
tune time and as occasion serves.—Valley
Sentinel.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE
London, April 5.—Later advices
from the Cape of Good Hope confirm
Dr. Livingston’s death.
London, April 6.—A general distrust
in political and financial matters is
manifest all Europe.
New York Market.#
New York, April 6.—Noon.—Stock
soft. Five-twenties, ’62 coupons, 109§a
109|; sight exchange, 9|. Gold, 32$.
New York. April 6— Flour 10al6c.
better ; snprefine State, $10al3 10; Bal
timore, §11 65a77 25. Wheat excited
and 7c better. Corn market better;
mixed, $1 21}; sales, 63,000 bushels;
receipts, 1,765 busbelf. Roye 3a5c bet
ter. fork bevy; new mess, $23. Lard
dull. Whisky quiet—Cotton qniet at
27§a28_for middling uplands. Freights
quiet.
The Trustees of Phillips’ Acade
my, Andover, have added ten-pin alleys
to their new Gymnasium. A few years
since pnpils were expelled from the
institution for indulging in this game.
The world moves. .
8@-The great Paris Universal Expo
sition was formally opened on the 1st
inst. The day was observed as a holi
day by the entire population. At 11
o’clock the doors were opened, and by
the time the Emperor arrived there,
were five thousand persons inside, and
outside at least one hundred ' thousand
people had assembled. There were
eight thousand police on duty, and the
order was excellent.
First iNSTALment.—The Nashville
Union ds Dispatch of Friday says, that
amongst the freight on the Emma
Floyd, which arrived .Tuesday night,
were
’ 5 bales bankets,
100 camp kettles,
2 boxes hardware,
200 boxes bard bread,
consigned to W. G. Brownlow, "Com
mander-in-chief,” etc. This is the
first installment of war material.
ggyThe’Macon Telegraph announces
tbe death of Joseph Day, for many
years a prominent politician in Mid
dle Georgia. He died at- his residence
in Vineville, on Tuesday night laBt,
and wasjnterred at MarsbaUyillo.
A Western Wonder.—The greatest
wonder in the State of Iowa, and per
haps any other State, is what they call
the “Walled Lake,” in Weight 4 county,
twelve miles north of the Dubuque and
Pacific railway, and about one hundred
and fifty miles west of Dubuqne city.—
The lake is from two to three feet high
er than the surface of the earth.
In most places the wall is ten feet
high, width at bottom' fifteen feet, and
at top five. Another fact is the size of
the stones used in construction. The
whole is of stone, varying in weight
from three tons down to. one hundred
pounds. There • is an abundance of
stone in Weight county, but surronnd-
ing the lake for five or ten miles
round there is none. No one can
form an idea as to the means employ
ed to bring them to the spot, or
who constructed it. Around the en
tire lake is a belt of woodland, half a
mile in width, composed of oak. With
this exception the country is rolling
prairie. The trees, therefore, must
have been placed there at the time of
building the wall. In the spring ot
1856 there was a great storm, and the
ice on the lake broke the wall in sever
al places, and the farmers in the vi
cinity were obliged to repair the dam
ages to prevent inundation. The lake
occupies a ground surface of 2,800
acres, depth of water as great as twen
ty-five feet. The water is clear and
cold; soil sandy and loamy. It is sin
gular that no one has been able to as
certain where the water comes from,
and where it goes, yet it always re
mains clear and fresh.
g@“The Athens Banner says:
"Mr. S. W. Pruitt has placed upon
our table a specimen of ore from Gold
Hill Mine, about two miles from Aura-
ria, Lumpkin county, which exceeds in
richness any specimen we have seen
from that section. Tbe mine is under
the management of Mr. J. Newton,
who realizes from five hundred to one
thousand dollars per day, working but
• small force. Mr. Pruitt informs us
that there are several other mines in
the same vicinity which yield a rich
harvest of the precious metal to the
owners.”
Tbe Radical Revolutionary Mote-
mint in Maryland.—The Convention
injunction case was pat out of the
court yesterday by Judge Martin de
clining to entertain the absurd petition
gotten up by Mr. Rogers, asking that
the people be restrained from exercising
their sovereignty by entering into an
election under an act of the Legisla
ture. The matter involved political
considerations over which tbe Supreme
Coart had no jurisdiction.—Sun 3d.
i J&Tunch humanely hopes it will
not be necessary to suspend the corpus
as well as the habeasin Ireland.
The Bankrupt law
We yield a portion of our editorial
columns to the following views pfa
distinguished legal gentleman of this
State on the badkrapt law, as present
ed in the LaGrange Reporter. Debtors
and creditors, we trust, will alike profit
by them:
Mr. Editor—The following reflections
have been suggested by numerous con
saltations which 1 have recently bad.
Believing that they may prove of some
benefit to our 'community, 1 submit
them to you for inspection, to be pub
lished or not, as you think best.
The bankrupt law, recently passed
by Congress, should operate as an ad
ditional incentive, both to debtors and
to creditors, for the adjustment and
compromise of debts, lt is not yet so
far furnished with needful executive
machinery as that any debtor can sum
marily resort to it to free himself from
the burthen of his debts, or that any
creditor may force a. division from ob
stinate debtors under its stringet pro
visions.-—Indeed, in my opinion, it is
evidently tbe benevolent intention of (
government that another crop shall
intervene before the nation is subject
ed to its operation. Previous to that
time much may happen; and another
Congress will assemble soon enough to
gaeatly modify it or repeal it before
much is done, either by debtors or
creditors, through the agency of the
Register of Bankruptcy. At all events,
one plain fact exists. That parties can
not apply either for voluntary bankrupt
cy on the one hand, or to force debtors
to involuntary bankruptcy on the other
hand. Another plain fact exists'. .
This law, with all its provisions, both
as to voluntary and involuntary bank
ruptcy, cannot, and does not do more
than provide an equitable way to apply
the property of the country to pay the
debts of the country^ Therefore the
very best thing that can be done, , by
debtors and creditors, is to give each
other full and candid mutual explana
tions, to do all they can for each other,
and to settle' on amicable terms of com
promise.
In Georgia the basis is very well as
certained. In giving in their taxes of
1866, the people disclosed, bn oath',
what remained to them of the wreck
resulting from the revolution. Upon
comparing it with the property of the
State, as testified to by tax payers in
1860, the Comptroller General and oth
er able financiers find that 78 per cent,
of the property of Georgia has been lost
and only about 22 per cent, thereof re
mains. The value and productiveness
of this 22 percent, of property has been
since the date of giving in the tax of
last year, rapidly diminishing. It is
fair to state that the debtors do not
hold more than on e-half the Drooerty of
the State. Bat, suppose they hold all,
and refusing to work for creditors, they
say here is the property, we will go
away.
All the latter could get would be the
depreciated property, and to whatever
extent they might carry involuntary
bankrupey, or otherwise seize the mea
ger means of support and of recupera
tion left to debtors, in that same ratio
would property, and their debts with
it, decrease in value, because men
would sink into despair or move away
—so that there would be bnt few more
or none to labor; and we all know that
labor is necessary to all values. It thus
appears that he who gets 30 per cent,
on his debt in Georgia, does well; and
the cases going above that snm are more
exceptionable, by far, than those which
go below it.
Bat no matter on which side of that
ratio the exception falls, the parties
ought to settle with each other and
prepare to enter with cheerful dignity
upon the new order of things unencum
bered. The debtor who is not willing
to make full exhibit to his Creditor and
pay him as far as he can, having due
regard to other claims upon him, is
dishonest; and that creditor who would
deprive his debtor of the means of sup-:
port for his family, is crnel. Then,
why not settle ? A miserly policy on
the one hand is as unwise as dilator}'
on the other.
_ The people have bad the sonnd, prac
tical common sense already to settle in
many cases. Should the good work
continue, much will be accomplished
towards restoring the country to
happiness and contentment. Many
of our best men are hardened with the
carcasses of old obligations, which have
long since been shorn of their equity,
and thus they are left a prey to doubts
and uncertainty. Relieve them by’vol
untary arrangements between them-,
selves and wise and just creditors, and
they are, at once, restored to the vigor
ous exertions of hopeful manhood.
. B. H. Bioham.
Connecticut Election.
New Haven, April 3. English*’
majority is 678. (A lator dispatch says
979.) In the Senate there are II Re
publicans and 10 Democrats, and in
the House 121 Republicans and 117
Democrats.
jgy* The Macon Journal & Messenger,
of the 6th, says* “We learn that in
an altercation yesterday, at Clinton,
between Dr. James Barron and Mr.
Jesse Glawson (both well-known citizens
of Jone cohnty) the latter received a
mortal 'Wound from a knife in the
hand of tbe former. We did not learn
the particulars.”
Married on Sunday
inst. at St. Peters Church
by the Rev. Wm. Willia^* J" <■
Noble and Miss.LucrB.lv ^ G *
The happy couple W*" 0 **
wishes. May long life ; as j ° Ut k
happiness be theirs. ‘" Dna H
ROME
Steam Sash, Mj|
AND *
Panell Door Factor#
AND PLANING J
a* 4
Contracts for Buildings of
kfea, and the work done atihartn
In addition to the above V B “ft*
Bedsteads of all kinds,' WanwJ 111
siou Tables and anything fa .iVv. ® l| t
Line that may be ordered.
Coffins made ait shortest notice.
DAILY) BEKcf t n.
apr30wly * Co,
Agricultural
AGENCY,
— - f —0 ere
approved styles of
HOKSE POWERS,
THRESHERS &FAB
REAPERS, MOWERS
& HORSE BAKES,
Andean supply the trade at manofact®,
Call and examine circulars „•
lists. ATERiHiig
march28-twlm-w2m
▼. A. STEWART.
I * »00H
STEWART &
GROCERS, AND COMMISSIOS
MERCHANTS,
Dealers in all kinds
No. 2,
feb7-w3m .
•9ME, GA.
U. S. Int. Keren
4th Collection District,
COMPRISING THE COUNTIES
FLOYD & CHATTOOGA.
N OTICE is hereby given that theliih
valuation and enumeration of prope
subject to tax under the “Act to pm
Internal Revenue" to'rapport theGora
ment to pay interest on the Public k
and for other purposes, approved h
30th, ’64, and the amendatory Acti
proved March 2nd, 1867, made and id
by the several Assistant Assessor! of a
Collection Division will remain open
the examination of all persons intent
for the space of ten days, (Sundays et
ted) from the date hereof, April Sth,
tween the hours of 9, A M. and IP. Hi
immediately after the expiration of n
days from, tbe date to vit: On the 19lhh
of April I will receive and determine i
appeals relative to erroneous oreieesn
valuation or enumeration made and his
by the said Assistant Assessors. The !s
herein referred to comprise the taiah
license, and the taxes upon carriage!, K
iard tables, silver plate, and other engx*
ated articles for the year ending Mini!
,68, and taxes upon income for the«
ending Dec. 31. 1866.
All appeals to Assessor as aforesaid, H
be made in writing, and specify the p;*
ular cause, matter or things respeciing
a decision is requested. And Btate'
grounds or principle of inequality ore
complained of.
Dated Atlanta, April 5. IS67.
W, H. WATS® ,
Assessor 4th District,
March 30-tw*w2w
CHATTOOGA COUNTY SHERIFF BAM
-TYTILL be sold before the Court Ec'J
W door in the. town of Sommerrflle, s
the first Tuesday in May next, Tyithii'J
legal hours of sale, lot of Land No. 15,-
the 34th Dist. and 4th Section of OHM
county, as the property of J. E. 3sw™
to satisy a fi. fa issued from a Justices'u
of the 925th Dist., G.JI.,in favor of Tfas
Dickson vs. D. P. Drummons and B. Lora
asprinci als. and J. E. Hammon, endi.
Levy made and returned to me bysi
stable.
Also at the same time and place, on!*
of land more or less, with a small top
on it, kriowd as the Wley Moyers tae
adjoining the town of Summerville.
property of Wiley Moyers, to satisfy
from the Justices’ Court of the S-ari I
G. M., in iavor of G. B. T. Maddox
Moyers. Levy made and returned ^
a Constable. C. C. CLEGH0E|,
April2
FLOYD SHERIFF SALE FOB YAl
O N the first Tuesday in May
Court House door in Floyd
within the legal hours of sale, wdl «
lots of land numbers thirty-four m ^
five (34 A 35) in the ^
and third section of the late Ohe j
ana a secuim u. ^
chase, now Floyd county, levxea
property of Wm. Johnson, to » -. ^
ecution from the Superior Coo •
county, Dunham, Ailing A Co-J-j ,
Mitchell and Co. Property
Plaintiffs Attorney. j r8
Also lots of land numbers
Floyd county, containing fwJJ TLji
about twelve acres tottomhudo ^^
one of the lots, levied on tojat'-U ;;
on two fi fas from a ■
919th Disk G. M. One B.|&i
P C’lonta, the other James WalB ^
Colnts, and twofi fas from the
Officers of Court vs. W. P- c *°“
on as tha property ^ defendant, ^
fi fas having been returnea n
property to he found on wbi
fi. fu. Levies made and return
fi. fas. Levies made and
a Constable,'
aprilA N. YARBROUGH.
~Wanted
6 GOOD BRICK
Apply to
HARPER *
BovJ4tw-wtf At
GEORGIA, Floyd ,„d 5’
tTTHEREAS Wiffia® £ ® for »■
W E. Tantmake app ie»‘^ B on it*
manent letters of Admmistrat. r? y
,tate of Isaac S. Tant late oi
deceased. . ,
These, are therefore, c r ltc r ri f
all, and singular, those 5° . ^, ?* -
appear, at my office wit . - - ■ ,
by law, to show ean* el | *, j
said letters should f
applicants. Given unde
stature, this £
apri!2-30d
GEORGIA, Flotd CorJTT.
T wo months after da ? • ,
be made to the ft
said county for leave to . }rM ;,g
said county lor ie-»° - . ]. r ,n s
belonging to the wtat* , th iiaj ^
deceased. This March Ap.C“._■