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kJrourt of Ordinary for leave to sell land
e , nll i)iished for two months,
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ic., must be published 30
fur dismission from Administration,
Hi months—for dismission from
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of three months—for compelling titles
r C Erectors or Administrators, where
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all fpaceotthree months.
Publications will always be continued
iccording to these, the legal requirements,
,nlcss otherwise ordered, at the following
BATES.
ILLUME XXI-
ROME, GA„ FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 91 4 1867
New series—-n o.
|Me Courier
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^ gates for Tri-Weekly.
$6 00
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IN VARIABLY in advance.
To clubs of Five or more ene copy will he
‘■'ai'coC Rag* wanted in exchange for
Proprietor.
Improve Yotir Stock.
We are’glad to see a disposition on the
part of some of our planters to not only
raise their own horses, bat to approx
imate as near to “thorough breeds'? as
practical. We saw yesterday a beauti
ful three year old horse, sired by the
famous “Intervention," and now own
ed by Capt. J. C. Soper, of Bartow
county.
Hon. W. H. Woods, of this county,
also has a very fine blooded and beau
tiful horse, called “Lord Derby.” The
true policy for the agriculturalists of
Cherokee Georgia and Alabama, is to
plant clover and raise their own horses
and mules, and thereby put a stop to
the constant drain of money to the
Northern States, in order to pay for
these animals.
lE GAI, advertisements.
c.le, of by Administrators, Exec-
S, : r Guardians, are required by
law to
•" ?, r .. the first Tuesday in each month,
S', ll ' ! i 0 the U houM of ten 'in the forenoon
I*"?” , in the afternoon, at the Court
, il-ss m cue aibernuun,
i I in the county in which the property
jituated-f ti(9e gaUs mas{ . b<) given 5n a
W-Jh, <0 days previous.
dees o the sale y of personal property
^fwiven in like manner, through a
"nlLette 10 days previous to sale day.
lU ^ ,c S . TioKinrs and Creditors of an es-
Good Advice.—The National Intelli
gencer speaks thus of the aim of the
travelling incendiaries, and of the part
proper for our people:
“It is proposed to make inflamatory
harangues through the South, to exas
perate the people to outbreaks, and. if
possible, secure a martyr or two, and
then to use the very outrages which
have been provoked with fiendish art
as the means of rousing another storm
of sectional passion throughout the
North, which will not only deny the
South restoration to the. Union, but
will sweep away the last vestige of their
rights by enacting a confiscation biil.
“The lesson should not be lost upon
the people of the South. Let them give
the inflamatory orators a wide berth.—
Let them avoid the slightest occasion
for Radical misrepresentations and
slander."
Sheriff - j Sales per levy of ten lines Q0
BherifTs Morfgige fi. fa. sales, per
5 00
tacilledor’seal’ea, per levy...... 5 00
Stations for letters of Administration— 3 00
Citations for letters of Guardianship..... 3 00
fotice ot application for dismission
Irom Administration, 6 00
iotice of application for dismission
from Guardianship,
Ipplication to Sell land —
iotiheto Debtors and Creditors,
Sale of Land, persquare,
ale of perishable property, 10 days.
'stray Notices, 60 days,
4 00
6 00
3 0G
5 00
2 00
.... 4 00
oreciosure of Mortgage, per square... 4
or man advertising his wife, (in ad
vance) I® °0
SATURDAY’ MORNING, May 2.1.
He Bureau Interferes -with the Court
Si considerable interest has been ex
cited in this community on account of
Ctpt De Li Mesa, of the Freedmen’s
Bureau, interfering in the trial of Joe
Thompson, (freedman) accused of steal
ing bacon; and, as erroneous reports
ire likely to be circulated in regard to
he matter, we give the following state 1
men*.of facts as we understand them
to exist:
Judge T. J. Davis was prosecuting
he freedman, Joe Thompson, for lar
-ny, before Judge Hood, of the Coun-
f Court, and introduced a negro boy,
tome 14 or 15 years old, as a witness;
apt. De La Mesa, being present, and
king a lively interest in defending
Be accused, objected to the witness on
twunt of incompetency. Some dis
ission arose upon this poiut, and it
made to appear that the Captain
ttnself, a few weeks since, convicted
Davis of assault and battery, on
Be evidence of the - same boy.
1 be evidence of the boy was received
id the jury found the prisoner guilty
0 ffgard to the jury, we will state that
■ was one of more than ordinary intel-
gence, and high standing—and their
finding” was just what it would have
hen had the accused been a white
a»a.
Tbc Bureau Agent was very much
tended at the verdict—demanded the
'ames of the jurors, a copy of the evi-
ence > an< i said the negro should not
'* punished, and that he should re-
'°ft the case to Headquarters—(of his
Department, we suppose.)
the old site. We trust the friends of
the college every where will use their
efforts to place it again in its former
useful and prosperous condition, and
that our citizens, especially, will feel a
pride .in sustaining in our midst an in
stitution that 'reflects “honor on the
whole State.—[Mlledgeville Recorder.
daring the recent ran. paid out $610.-
000 in two days. Its deposits were
$670,000.
Court Martial.
The following order, convening
Court* Marshal, at Rome, sufficiently
explains itself. We learn in addition
to the case specified, there will he some
twenty others—some from Hantsvjlle,
Montgomery, and the balance' belong
ing to the garrison at this’place :
Atlanta, Ga., May 15, ’67.
Special Orders 1 .
No. 22. J
A general Court Martial is hereby
appointed to meetat Rome, Ga., on the
25 th of May, 1867, or as soon thereafter
as practical, for the trial of Ser’gt. Thos.
Martin, Co. H., 33J U. S. Infantry, and
such vther persons as may be properly
brought before it.
DETAIL FOR THE COURT.
1. Brev. Lieut. Col. John F. Ritter,
Capt. 33d U. S. Infantry; Capt. Chas.
McLord, 33d Infantry; Brevet Captain
Robt. Harrison, 1st Lieut. 33d Infatry
1st Lieut. J. G. S. White, 33d Infantry
2d Lieut. Helenas Dodt, 33d Infantry
2d Lieut. L. E. Campbell, 33d Infan
try; 1st Lieut. J. G. Watters, 33d In
fantry, Judge Advocate.
Correction—The Murder at Tryon
Factory.
The following mistake occurred in
the notice given of the murder, on the
17th, at Tryon Factory. The murder
er’s name is Webster, instead of Foster,
and the murdered man Spraggins, and
not Scoggins, as printed in our notice
on the 21st.
A CARD.
Ed. Rohe Courier : Allow me to take
this method, through your valuable pa
per, to notify the public that I no Ion
ger consider myself a member of the
Union League. There are characters
belonging to it, with whom I am un
willing longer to act.
I will only remark further, that I am
satisfied it will not advance the inter
ests of the poor white men of jthe South
nor is it intended for tbeii social or po
litical elevation.
Jos. A. Crocker.
Polk Countt, Ga.. May 22, ’67.
Our
present purpose is merely to give
e Pacte °f the case, as reported to us
'Comments might be imprudent. If
u ge8 and jurors are to be intimidated
1 e discharge of their sworn duties,
e ybad better be abolished before
lTI tribunals become a mere mock-
try.
with great pleasure, that
very de-
uedh -. r °ve of the course pur-
lh' ^ Bureau Department, in
jl! and we have no doubt they
bitu U f a ’ Q tl10 civ ‘l authorities in a
u andjust execution of the law.
Register.
^ r0m tPle Cherokee Georgian
C0Ua( ' - Farnsworth, Esq., of Murry
b» 4qj „** ^ een a PP°inted Register for
Senatorial District. That pa-
dll b 168 ^. at 0n8 more white- man
•ill h a PP°j ,, Hj|> and then those two
man ♦* re(puirecP appoint a colored
Th l ° COm P 1 ete the Board,
to Paper states that Rev. G.
Lhe Free ^-
ti, eau at Dalton, has been ra-
With
• Dalton, has been re
He had disebargod bis duties
c E r dabie &ir “ e ® s
Sound Doctrine.—About the only
thing we have yet seen in the Atlanta
Opinion that met our hearty approval is
the following, and we are glad to see
that iu preaching it the editor has be
gan at “Jerusalem
If there ever was a time when the
interest of the country demanded that
the people should disengage themselves
from the meshes ol professional trick
sters, assert their supremacy at the bal
lot box, and thus redeem our State
from the reign of demagogues, that
time is now at hand. Let the voters of
who, for the sake of official position
have thrown their conscience to the
dog3 and entered the lower depths of
dissimulation and political jugglery.—
Macon Daily Telegraph.
’s Jo
Results of Griffin’s ‘Jure Order in
Texas.—General Griffin; commanding
in Texas, has issued an ;.order that no
one shall serve on juries in Texas who
cannot take the iron : clad oath. We
conversed on yesterdaj', with an intelli
gent citizen of Texas. on his way north'
ward. He informed i
sed through Hunston,
court was in session,
en negroes on the ji
man. One man of 1
read, he was a negro. '
such juries as these an
ties and property of
Texas entrusted by
mbus Sun, 21 st.
lat as be pas
few days since,
rhere were elev
id one Dutch
twelve could
i foreman.
n lives, liber
citizens
leal rule.—[CW-
|—At a meet-
Dglethrope Uni-
jeville, on Wed-
->it'was deteimi*
• Oqlethorp Univebs
ing of the Trustees o'
varsity, held in Mill
nesday last, 15th ini-..,,
ed not to remove the college from its
present location. We are pleased at
the decision of the hoard, and hope
this institution may! prosper (and we
know no reason why it should not)
eorsla*
A Republican Party
When the “Loyal League,
ed —mat secret political organization
which has been so actively oper
our State—first commenced its
tions in Georgia, it required ho
et or prophet's son to toreteU its aimj as
“ will require none to foretell its end.
a “coming events cast their shadows
before them,” so did tbe “Secret
League" in its initiative in Georgia.—
That it was designed to inaugurate in
thie, as well as in every Southern State,
a “Republican Party" in close alliance,
subject in its policy to the Republican
party of the North—that party to which
the South alld the Southern people are
indebted for all the political rights and
privileg s (?) which they now enjoy, is
now plainly seen. This oflspring of the
“Secret League," the “Loyal League’’
—term it what we may—it has been
openly proclaimed is to assemble in
this city on the 4th day of July next,
through representatives from tbe differ
ent counties of the State, to deliberate,
of course, and adopt such plan of ac
tion as will place Georgia on the roil of
the Republican States North, even side
by sidewith Massachusetts. If this can
be dene, be it so 1 If such a party can
succeed, can triumph in Georgia, let it
enjoy its successes and its triumphs, for
Georgia will then have “lost her breed
of noble blood,” and be fit for the hu
miliation, or whatever else may be put
upon her. We protest against the for
mation of any such party in our good
old commonwealth. What the State
now needs is a Georgia Party—a party
devoted te the interests of the State-
one that shall, in the reconstruction
measures imposed upon her, never lose
sight or the development of her great
resources,-productive and otherwise, or
the honor of her people! Georgia needs
no other party than one, which, 'while
submitting to all legal enactments and
to those in authority, shall maintain
her honor and whatever of political
irivile.gea and rights “the powers that
I,.,” concede unto her. She wants none
to represent her upon the “McSyeo-
phant ” principle that “thrift may lol-
low fawning.” Her people, wben the
time comes, wil 1 go and register and
vote, not to turn her over to the Rad
ical Republicans of the North, or the
Radical Republicans of tbe South, but
to men, higb-minded men, Who their
rights do know, and knowing dare
maintain them”—for of such States are
constituted. Reconstructed, she will
di charge all her obligations to the
Union,” and duties she will owe her
people. But she will not become
mere dependence upon a parly to which
she owes no favor, which has denied
her justice, and inflicted upon her hu
miliation. She cannot bd bought by
any parly, nor will her peoplesell. them
selves. They will conlorm to the law;
to what is required of them by the mil
itary authorities under the law; but
they acknowledge and will submit to
no political party's requirements, come
from what political source or political
party leaders they may. Against all
such influences, we warn our people.—
We had hoped, that in the process of
reconstruction, under the late congres
sional enactments, through which Geor
gia, it seems, will pass, we should have
been spared the infliction of party har
angues and party demonstrations. But
it seems that this is not to be the case
that even that day so revered by every
son of the sires of’76, is to be used for
party purpose?. Whither, oh ! whither
are we drifting ? But we are not so
hopeless as she of ancient times, who
cried—
What hope, oh, Panthcus ! whither shall
To the People of Georgia.
There seems to be a prevalent misun
derstanding either of the powers of
the Executive *or of what the Legisla
ture has done, to supply provisions to
those needing them.
I receive, daily .communications more
numerous than 1 can possible answer
separately, giving information ot desti
tution, and appealing for relief from it.
These destitutions isjof two kinds:
First, that prevailing among men of
some property—possessed of latids and
live stock—who have hired laborers
and set their crops, without having se
cured a sufficient supply of provisions
to- feed theirAaborers and their beasts
of burden, and are now, in the midst
of the crop season, arrested, for lack
of food. Secondly, that which arises
from the utter destitution of property,
and inability to labor.
Those of my readers who understand
the Constitution of the Stale, know
full well that the treasury of the State-
under the control of the Legislature;
they know that it is ordained by tbe
Constitution that "No money shall be.
drawn from the Treasury of this State except
by appropriation made by law.’ They are
aware that when an appropriation is
made by law for a specific purposes, it
can be used only for that purpose.—
These are plain truths. Let those who
have not considered them before, take
note of them now. The late Legisla
ture appropriated one bunured thous
and dollars (no more)*to purchase
corn to give bread to such indigent wid
ows and orphans of deceased soldiers, and
disabled soldiers of this State, who, by rea
son of their extreme poverty and inability to
labor, need the same.” Nothing can be
clearer than that the class of farmers
and planters, whose provisions have
given out midway ttie crop, do not
come within the description given in
the act. However much, therefore, 1
may sympathize with them,^(and no
man does so more freely) it is manifest
I cannot relieve them. Appeals to me
only harrow my feelings without the
possibility cf bringing relief to the
sufferers. So, tor, the provisions dona
ted by the noble charitable associations
of the mere fortunate States, are dedica
ted to the feeding of needy men, wo
men and "children, who have neither
property of any kind, nor the capacity
to labor for the means of subsistence.
It would be a violation of the trust to
distrioute them among property hol
ders, in aid of agriculture. It cannot
be done. Deplorable, therefore, asis this
state of things, I have no power to
we run, . .
Where make a stand, or what may yet be
done ?’
We have hope—hope in the patriot
ism, wisdom and devotion of our peo
ple. Hope in their enterprise and in
dustry; nope in thair law-abiding na
ture; hope in their virtue. All th«se
characteristics of our people must be
invoked to save our glorious old State
from being transferred to a party in
whose wake it must follow to a bitter en ®>
if those who arrogantly will it so, shall
triumph iu a contest, they, and they
alone, have determined to provoke.
Georgia, when the time comes, will ex
pect her every son to do his duty at the
ballot box; and there are but few, we
now predict, who will fail her in tnat
day of greater peril to her futtire hon
or, peace and prosperity, than the day
upon which her gallant sons in Lee s
and Johnson’s armies threw down
theirarms and submitted to what was
exacted from them.—At. Intel.
Gen. Pope Removes the Mayor and
Chief of Police of Mobile.
Mobile, May 22.—An order has been
r> ■ . .v - w n TOon issued by the directions of Gen. Pope.
Georgia turn their backs upon ? mem i J^ ^ Mayor and Colef
_* n . ° j _ n.ta4-Aimo
of'Police, and appointing Gustavos
Horton, Mayor; and Colonel Dimin
Chief of Police.
To
of
Prom Washington
Washington, May 22.—All the ne
cessary rules and forms in bankruptcy
have been adopted, and a manual of
some-400 pages prepared by Clinton
Rice, Secretary of the Commission of
Justice, by their order, will be issued
onTuseday. No delay or^difficulty is
apprehended in putting the law into
effect on the .first of June. _
All registers have been nominated,
and in case the District Judges do not
confirm the nomination they are em
powered to fill vacancies with suitable
persons. The rules and forms cover *
pamphlet of 75 pages.
at
Washington Items.
Washington, May 22—The appoint
ment ot an Assistant Treasurer for New
Orleans has not as yet been made.
Mr. Bancroft is in tbe city prepara
tory to taking his departure tor the
Prussian Mission. lie has had inter
views With the President, and Secret*
ries of State and the Navy.
The Treasury Agent reports that
the City National Bank of New Orleans,
From New York.
Symbolical Lodge. All the degrees
above the first three are Masonic only
WiTEiifoWN, N. Y., May 22.—Last by adoption—Cyclopedia of Masonry.
night, at one o’clock, the steamer Wis
consin was burned three miles frem
-Hi
Cape Vincent. Twenty-five to thirty
lives Werfe lost aiid the boat fan ashore.
syiiig tha
’ aboard,
.1 Joss,
orth-
>lal
s No
The Wisconsin belonged to the
era Transportation Line, and was up
ward bound.
Telling the Troth.—Tbe cfhanib’ers-
burg Repository, snd extreme Radical
paper, says:
“Emancipation was rot given titd fa
vor to the Raves, and it did not imply
any promise.of other action favorable
to them, on the part of tbe Govern
ment. It was solely a measure of ex
pediency, a war measure of the same
design, and virtually of the same charac
ter as the burning of military stores or the
stampeding of animal* employed in tear by
the insurgents.”
Adultarated Tobacco.—Among the
samples of lobarco from Havana, the
United States, Europe and the Indies,
examined lately at tbe Inland Revenue
Laboratory in London were several
containing liqUoHce, others feamemta-
ble sugar, and some tannic acid,'sul
phate of iron and logwood, whilst one
sample of “roll” scent from Scotland
actually consisted of oakum, covered
With a thin wrapper of leaf tobacco and
was, from its outward appearance, un-
distinguisbable from genuine tobacco.
The use of any of these tobaccos,
which are not only nauseous from the
impure mixtures added, but also con
tain a large proportion of “martin,” a
powerful poison, is but a slow process
of self-destruction. The decision of
preference was unanimously awarded
to the Cuingaroba tobacco as contaning
no *•nicotin” nor other drug, and being
consequently pure and harmless!
give relief.
In this connection, 1 trust I shall be
jardoned for making a suggestion.
iVe are an impoverished people; a large
amount of property wiped oat, and
wbat remains, depreciated in present
value by the ravages of war. On the
restoration of peace, we had to begin
life anew, and to begin it with a very
nadequate supply of bread—the staff
of life. Two crops gatherd since the
cessation of hostilities, have, been de
cidedly short—inadequate to the wants
of our people. Last-year the suffering
was great, this year.-it is far greater —
All that the State government and tbe
United States government an** the ever
memorable charities' of benevolent in-
divi fouls have none, will fall short of
full relief. Fellbw citizens now long
shall' this continue? Believe me, it
will continue and grow more stringent,
until there shall be raised, on the soil
of Georgia, in - one year, enough of
bread to feed all" her people. Of
this result, there is no hope this
year, next year, nor within ten years
unless those who till the soil, plant in
cereals and other articles of food a
sufficient breadth cf la.id, to secure
this result with moderately unpropiticus
seasons. This is a prompting of interest
it is the dictate of patriotism. This
once accoplished, we can make a fair
start, and with the blessing of God take
care of ourselves. But this, I fear, is
not being done ; I greatly fear there is
two much land devoted to Cotton, Cot
ton, COTTON. There would be hope
for the State, if thousands of acras of
cotton were now ploughed up, and the
ground devoted to corn. There is yet
time for it. The present cry for bread
among substantial farmers, admonish
all to do this. ,
Again, in regard to the second class,
those who are provided for by volunta
ry contribution, and by State appropri
ations. The inquiry comes to me
daily, why do not the supplies come
forward J I answer to all: 1 he volun
tarv contributions which come to me
are distributed with all possible dis
patch, and as they come in quantities
too small for each shipment to be dis
tributed all over the State, counties are
classified, (the most destitute and suf
fering being first a tended) and sup
plied in order. Concerning tbebtate
supply, it must not be overiooked that
to the appropriation of the $100,000,
the Legislature put this proviso, that
no part of the same shall be expended
until the Governor shaU become satis-
fiied that as fufficiency of corn will not
be contributed from voluntary sources.
Many of your representatives believed
enough would be so contributoa. I
owed to them the duty of waiting
see the result. I am satisfied the ex
penditure will be necessary. My op
erations are in progre^ and l doubt
not the corn will be distributed at the
most eligible time of the seasons.
The appropriations to pay
corn “donated,” is o tiy $20,000 1 bis
will be insufficient to pay all the freight
which will occrue on corn voluntarily
Contributed. 1 feel it to be my duty
C to apply it to freight or.consign
ments to H. C. Horaady, the a^nt
named in the appropriation act. and
to other agents directed to report to me
and tomyself as tbe Executive of the
State Obunty authorities sending out
agerUs and receiving and distributing
com by their own Tolition do not come
within the provision of that section.
I heartily wish I could bay corn and
Z fcI'in-wi for all. Btrt I trust tbe e±-
utat of my powers and tbe^ ntfearis at
S cotland riill be - no* folly dnder-
*tood/and that no unfounded expecta
tions frill be entertained
- CHARLES J, JEJiltlNS.
Newspaper Change.—Jas. A. Sledge,
Esq., has retired from the editorial and
business management of the Southern
(Athens) Banner, for a season, that he
may devote his entire time to the set
tlement ol a mass of business, which
has been accumulating on his books
since lie took charge of the establish
ment in May, 1853—fourteen years.—
There is no change in the ownership or
political complexion of the paper, but
tbe-business and editorial departments
will be under the entire control of Mr.
Thomas D. Williams, who has had ma
ny years’ experience in journalism. By
the advise of many friends, he has
changed the paper from a hebdomadal
to a semi weekly, and tbe sheet is one-
half its former size. We are pleased to
hear from our friends in Athens thus
frequently.—Constitutionalist.
What a Lawless Congress May Do.
Attorney General Stanberry, in bis
speech on Monday, drew the fol owing
sketch of what a Congress may do when
it disregards obligations and oaths, and
riots in lawlessness:
My learned friend, who first address
ed your honors, said that we cannot be
destroyed as a people or as a Govern
ment, unless, as I understand him, two
co-ordinate branches of the Govern
ment concur. The Legislative and tbe
Executive may do it, but no one of
hese alone. I wish it were so. lean
tee how the legislative power may de
stroy ns, and destroy us forever, and it
ss the most dangerous feature in our
whoiesy stem. She may, by laws that
this court cannot touch, by-proceedings
that this court cannot resist, plunge us
into wars that will destroy us, or, in
our domestic policy, altogetner break
up our institutions.
To be sure, it would be all wrong, it
would be the assumption of unconsti
tutional authority, but there is the pow
er, and so long as that power is backed
by a majority of the people, it may de
fy your honors, aod may defy the wond
What! even the court, sacred as it is, is
in tbe power of Congress. How ?
Congress choose to destroy this court,
they have an easy method. Withdraw
your salaries, the very means by which
you come here and sit here. Fail to
make appropriations. But if that is
not enough, i*. notwithstanding that
you will come here, and starve rather
that quit your posts, they may impeach
you on false charges, by one recognized,
established, acted upon by the other,
and every member of thebeneh may be
impeached and made incapable of hold
ing his office. What further ?
As the members of the Court disap
pear by resignation or death, the court
at last goes out of existence, unless one
branch of Congress confirms the nomi
nation of some new judge. 1 might car
ry tbb further. 1 might show you that,
in the variety of powers exercised bv
Congress, and that no court can resist
or control, it is in the power of the leg
islative power to destroy us all, and to
defeat this experiment of free govern
ment. There is no power that can save
us but the people, and when that goes
wrong, and sends agents here to cany
out its will, the government is at their
mercy, and they will change it as they
please.
Aherican Adoptive Masonrt.—It
consists of five degrees, as follows
Jopbthtfo Daughter; 2. Ruth or the
Mason’s Widow; 3. Esther, or the Ma
son’s wife; 4. Martha, or tbe Mason’s
aster, 5. Electa. All the degrees to
gether are called the “Rite of the Eas
tern S*ar,” and are very beautiful and
impressive. Ladies who have received
these degrees have* ready and effi
cient means of commanding the servi
ces of Freemasons wherever and when
ever they may need 2them. The mor
al teachings of the “Eastern Star” de
grees are excellent and cannot fail to
make a good impression. Notwith
standing there is among some Masons
a strong feeling against any form of
Androgyne Masonry, it cannot be ques
tioned that the spirit of the age de
mand* something ol the king. Masons
cannot find a sorer safeguard and pro
tection for their wivis, sisters arid
daughters, than is fofriisbed bt the
American Adoptive Rite.- To the Ob
jection that tbe degrees are not Mason
ic, it may be replied that they are Ss
much so as any degree outside of the
REGISTRATION ORDER.
Hd’qbs. 3d Mil. Dis., |
, Geo., Ala., and Fla., >
Atlanla, Ga., May 2Ut, '67. )
Gknbral Orders)
No. 20. /
In accordance with an met of Con
gress, supplementary to act to provide
A more efficient government for the
rebel States, &c., dated March 2, ’&!,
the following arrangements are herein
made for the registration of voters in
the Sittes of Georgia and Alabama :
1. The State of Georgia and Alabama
ate divided into Registration Districts,
humbbi-ed dRd bounded as hereinafter
desBribedi
9, A Board of Registration is herein
appointed itfr each District, as Above
mentioned, to consist of tWo White reg-<
isters and ohe colored register. In the
State of Georgia; *bere only the two
white registers are designated In this
order, it is directed that these white
registers, in each district, immediately
select, and cause to be duly qualfied,
a competent colored man to complete
the Board of Registration, and report
diis name and Postoffice address, with
out delay, to Col. C. C. Sibley, com
manding District of Georgia at Macon,
Ga.
3. Each Register will be required to
take and subscribe to the oath pre
scribed by Congress, by an act dated
July 2,1862, and an additional oath to
discharge faithfully tbe duty of Regis
ter ander tbe late acts of Congress. It
not believed that any of the appoin
tees hereinafter designated, will be Un
able to take tbe test oath above men
tioned. Blank forms of these oatbs
will be sent to themppointeees at once,
and on being executed and returned to
the Superintendents of State Registra
tion, their Commissions as Registers
will be issued, and forwarded to them
immediately.
4. In order to secure a full registra
tion of voters, it is determined to fix
the compensation of Registers accord
ing to the general rule adopted in tak
ing the census. In the cities the com
pensation is fixed at fifteen c?nts for
each recorded voter; in the mostsparce
settled counties and districts, at
forty cents per voter. The Compensa
tion will be graduated between these
limits, according to the density of the
population, and the facilities of the
communication. Ten cents a mile will
be allowed for transportation of Regis
ters off the railroads or steamboats, and
five cents per mile, when travel is done
on railroads and steamt>oats.
5. It is hereby the duty of all Regis
ters, and they will be expected to per
form it strictly, to explain to all per
sons, who have not heretofore enjoyed
the right of suffrage, wbat are their po
litical rights and privileges, and the
necessily of exercising them upon all
proper occasions.
6. The name of each voter shall ap
pear in tbe list of voters, for the pre
cinct or ward in which he resides; and
in cases where voters have been unable
to register, whilst tbe Boards of Regis
tration were in the wards or precincts,
where such voters live, opportunity will
be given to register at the county seats
of their respective counties, at a speci
fied time, of which due notice will be
given; but the names of all vaters, thus
registered, will be placed on the lists
of voters of their respective precincts.
VII. Tbe Boards of Registration will
give due notice, so that it may reach
all persons entitled to register of tbe
date when they will be in each elec
tion precienct; the time they will spend
in it; and the place where the registra
tion will be made; and upon the cdui-
pletion of t'ie registration for each
county, the Board of Registration will
;ive notice that they will be present,
lor three successive days at the county
seat of such county, to register
such voters, as have failed to register,
or been prevented from registering in
their respective precincts, and to hear
evidence in the case of voters, rejected
by the Registers In tbe several pre
cincts, who may desire to present testi
mony in their own behalf.
7, Unless otherwise instructed here
after, Boards ofRegistration are direct
ed, in determining whether applicants
to register are legally qualified, to hold
that the terms “Executive and Judi
cial.” in the act of Congress of March
23,1867, comprise all persons whomso
ever, who have held office ander tbe
Executive, or Judicial Departments of
the State, or National Government- in
other words, alT officers not legislative,
which last are also excluded by the
act. P-rsons who apply to register, but
who are considered disqualified by- tbe
Boards, will be permitted to take the
required oath, which, with the objec
tions of the Board, will be held for ad
judication hereafter.
t. The lists of registered voters, for
each of the precincts, will be exposed
in some public place in that precinct,
for ten consecutive days, at 6ome time
subsequent to the completion of the
registration for each county.and before
any election is held, in order that all
supposed cases of fraudulent registra
tion may be thoroughly investigated'.—
Due notice will be given and provision
made for the time and place for exam
ination and settlement of such cases.
10. Bl-ink books of oaths, required to
be taken by voters, and blank registra
tion lists, as also full and detailed in
structions for tbe performance of their
duties, will beat once forwarded to the
Boards of Registration, appointed in
this order, and it is enjoined upon these
Boards that they proceed to complete
the registration with all energy and
dispatch.
11. The detailed instructions to Reg
isters will designate tbe member of each
Board who shall be its President
12. Violence, or threats of violence
or any other oppressive means to pre
vent any persou from registering bis
name, or exercising bis political rights.
8To posititety prohibited; And it is dis
tinelly announced that Ho contract ot
agi^enrent #itb laborers,- vtbich de
~ : -e* them of their Wages for any lon-
tinte than that actually consumed
—’storing or voting, 'will be permit-
be enforced against them in thie
District; and this offense, or any pre-
fiiiilsly ^mentioned in this paragraph,
wi:l ctliise the immediate arrest of tbe
offender and his trial before a Military
Commission. ....
13. The exercise of the right of
every duly authorized rotter, under the
late Acts of Congress,, to register and
vote, it guaranteed, by the Military Au
thorities of this District; and all per
sons whomsoever are wafned against
any attempt fo Interfere to prevent any
man from exercising this right, under
any paetext whatever, other than ob
jection By the tisual legal mode.
Id. til CitsB of aby disturbance, of
violence at the places of registration, of
any molestation of Registers or of ap
plicants to register, the B >ards of Reg?
istnuion will call upon the local civil
authorities for'a police force, or a posse
to arrest tbe offenders and preserve
quiet, or If necessary, upon tbe nearest
Military Authorities, who are hereby
instructed to furnish the necessary aid!
Any civil officials who refdse or wh'd
fail to protect Registers, or applicant^
to register, will be resorted to the
Headquarters of the Officer Command
ing in the State, who will arrest sdcU
delinquents, and send bhitgei against
them to there Headquarters, that thef
may be brought before a Military Com•
missicn.-
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By cemmsnd of BVt 3f*j. Gen. Pope:
Gi If. Sanderson;
Gapti 83d Inf. & A. A. A. G-
Masoalc Rales, Irom an Old Monitor:
Never solicit a man to become a Ma
son.
Never reccommend an applicant, un*
less you know him to be agood man, and
who will conform to the precepts of thtf
Institution.
Never cast your ballot in favor of d
candidate unless you know him to be
worthy and free from reproatsb.
Never fail to vote as a meiHbet of d
Lodge upon all questions Before It:
Never disclose tbe manner of jrotif
vote upon applications.
Never speak, of Lodge matters in im
proper places.
Never indulge in practices which will
bring reproach upon tbe Institution.,
Never forget that you are a FreemX?
son, a link in tbe chain of universal
brotherhood.
Never be absent from yodr Dodge, if
yon can help it.
Never make a display of Masonic!
emblems to attract attention lor pur
poses of business.
Never forget that a Mason is yoiif
brother, and treat him accordingly.
Never become an infornier or apy dp^
on your brethren.
Never fail to admonish a Brother if
you see him eVr.
Never repel a brother becHdse he U
poor.
Never act or sympathise with sejr
clique or party in the body of Masori^
-flic eSn-
n whd
Never eleetioheer fof Ufa
didates, as nd toad is a true '
solicits office;
Always abide tbe decisioii of the ma
jority without murmuring of dissfcnt.
A Mason must be a “peaceable sub
ject” to the State lii which He lives.
He must be prfident in his cfc/hverSa-
tion and actidns.
He must Consult bis health, by Udt
continuing tod long from home afilf
Lodge hours:
He must relieve a brother in want, if
be can;
He most avoid all wrangling
quarrelling, dUd backbiting aUd sldii-
der.
He must dot set dp* his orifii Ideas oi
law and usage against tbe constituted
authorities of jurisdiction. , _
He must deffe'nd His broiher’s'. ^haf- 1 ?
actfcf, Add dd Hiiii all good offices, aS
far as may be consistent with his ho'ndf
and safety.
Masons must salute each other cour-
courteously, calling each other broth
er.—Ancient Regulations.
Oar “Secliideft Tillage:
The Atlanta New Era refers td MaCoH
as a “secluded village,” "otif little pilg
nose sister by the side df a mdddy
creek,” filled with “musqditoes,” etc.—
Let us see:
We can show blocks of buildings that
cost more than any three in AtlaUta.
Private residences unsppfoaCbed 111
their architecture by any in the State,
and that cost more than any sii f id At*
lanta.
Churches thai cad shat comfortably as
many people as any two in Atlanta.
Hotels that can accommodate a«
many guests, each, as all tbe hotels of
Atlanta together.
Business bouses that bate' sold itiord
goods in tbe last twelve mdntbs than
any three in Atlanta.
Warehouses that receive, sell ana
■hip more cotton in one year than all
in Atlanta do in five.
A newspaper that has as many sub
scribers as all tbe daily papers ’of At
lanta put together.
* majority of private residences
more free from musquitoes than any
in At.*nto, and annual bills of mortal
ity that will compare favorably with
those of that ei' j.
' If tre b five Udt as many people as oaf
sister city, tHo'fo we have are of the
right Sort.
So much for ‘'little Pug Note/’—
MacoA iiUiffdph.
BSiGr.nrimar, tbe science Which has
fo'f its object the laws which regulate
the human language; one of tbe serttt
liberal arts and sciences;
It is grammar which reveals the ad
mirable'art of language, and Unfolds
its various constituent parts—its names,
definitions and respective offices. “God
created man," says GaHctrUs* “tbe par
ticipant of reason; and as he Tilled him
to' l>e a soeia) being, be bestowed upon
hiiU tbe gift of language, in the per
fecting of *hich there are three aid*.—
‘the’ first 2s grammar, which rejects
from language ail solecisms, and bar
barous expressions; tWe second is logic*
which is occupied with tbe truthfulness
of language; and the third is rhetoric,
which seeks enly the adornment of
language."—Mamie Elsetie.
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