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Proprietor.
iegal advertisements.
rT.ml bv Adnrnistrators, Exector* or
Sales of gj uire d by law to be held on
juard«» n5 - ar , 9 eIlCfl month, between the
lb. Sat e orenoon end three in the
bonri Of lee ■ c<mrt Honsc in tie county.in
^SSSSs^psLrr
previous to sale day.
‘ Debmre and Creditors .f en estate,
made to the
(loort of Ordinary fqr.loeve to sell laud must bo
lienibip Adminjstration, monthly fix
io”hs-for dismission, from Guardianship, 40
J Rules for the forecloseure of Mortgages must
e pubHshed monthly for four mo^-for A«-
utKine lost papers, for the full spare of three
for compelling titles ,rom Executors or
fw, for the full space of three mouths.
h publ cations Wilt. .[way. be contmued aecord-
«to these, the legal requirements, unless oth-
rwise ordered, at the fallowing
RATES. UAlJjir^
eheriiFs Sales per levy often lines or Jess S3 0*
Shears Mortgage fi. fa. sales, per ; l«*y, 5 00
Tax CtllectorV sales, per Iery,™-.^*-. r
Citations for letter* ol AUimmstraiion„,. r 3 00.
Citations for letters of Guardianship...,™.3 00
Notice ot application for dismission from
Administration,
Xotic# of application for dismission from
* Guardianship,- ........ ———J 00
>1 00
5 00
, 2 00
. 4 00
"wios'er. of Mortgage, per square. 4 00
V, Ji-in adrertising his wife, tin sdranee) 10 0
Guardianship,.
Application to sell laniL.....«..- ——; ••
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
cal. of band, persquare,........... -
sal. of perishable property, 10 days........
Estrsv Notice., ^60 days,
eiosi "
Sale of Confederate Spoils.
We learn from the Chronicle & Senti
nel foat-od*flife-21st‘ih8t., a large amount of
goods and chattels was sold ah the United
States Arsenal, near Augusta, formerly the
p&perty of the Confederate goVerunjent
and the State of Georgia. This arsenal, it
will be remembered,, was captured by. J.iE.
Brown; in the spring of 1861, assisted by
R.B Bullock, afterwards Colonel in! the
Confederate States Tjelegraph Service.^
Speaking of this sale, the Chronifcle
Wyst-MUfomt < a
“These sales comprised axles, cannon
spikes, sword’BayohetsJ’sabres, carbines, ar-
tillcry'liafniss, cartridge 1 bags, horsi shoes,
saddle-trees, gunboat plates, 360 pounds
Ctnfederate gnnpowder, many tons of iron
scraps, fire and cast, etc., etc.
Bat the most remarkable of all the arti
cles sold was
1,000 joe brown’s pikes.
gotten np expressly to defend the last ditch
of States riglifc*. under h s Excellency's own
eye and after models designed under his
immediate supervision.. These Georgia
Pikes are of three -models. The original
model is after the fashion of the Homan
dagger, placed upon a stont hickory staff,
some 7 feet long, properly polished hud fer-
ruled. The second model was a combina
tion of the Roman dagger and the farmer’s
brier hook—the design being in case the
thrust of the dagger was ' partied,“p hack-
ward pull of the pikenian would decapitate
the infhntry soldier or bisect a .Tdsiptmg
cavalry man. The 1 '' third' 5 model
—mark the progtess- of'-invention—was a
double-barrel, spring acting dagger,, which
sbJDtout from between two oval suctions of
hickory, upon coming in contact with an
unfortunate enemy. These _ terrible arti
cles of warfare were bought by; Mr. Morri
son,, of South Carolina. Rumor has at
they are intended to supply the wants of
the loyal Governor, for supplying with most
approved arms his South Carolina militia,
which is now being organixed.” .
Radical Veracity.
Itiia part of our duty, as a public
journalist, to let the people know what kind
of men hold official position over them. If
public trroanU are unfaithful or dishonest
the sovereign* ought to know it.
The following specimen of Radical tes
timony appears in the published speech of
Mr. Beck, of Kentucky :
Executive Department, 1
Atlanta, Ga, Jauuary 28,1869. J
As appears from the records in this de
partment, the following named persons
known or supposed to he members of the
present General Assembly of this State,
who took their seats on or since the 4th
day of July, 1S6S, and who bad, before
the commencement of the late war of re
bellion against the United States, held of.
lice ie this State; and who as such offi
cers, took an oath to support the Constitu
tion of this State, and of the United States;
and who afterward, as I am informed, gave
aid and comfort t > the rebellion by recog-
uiiing and coutitenancing'a-so-called gov
ernment hostile to the Uoited States; whose
disabilities have not been removed by Con
gress. namely :
Brassel was representative in 1858;. P-
II. Brassell is representative from jayette
county at this time. Clark was Represen
tative iu 1858; IV. II. Clark is Represen
tative from DeK rift county at this time,
And the certificate is as follows :
Executive Department; )
Atlanta, Ga. January 28, 1869. j
I hereby certify that H. H. Watters is a
reliable employee of this Department,’ and
frnui his examination of the records of file
in this office, the statements made in the
foregoing pages have been carefully com
piled, and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the same are true. ° ' 0 *
Rufus B. Bullock,
Governor.
In regard to the Representative from De-
Kalb county, the editor of the Atlanta
Constitution states most positively and urn-
equivocally that Mr. W. H. Clark was not
a Representative from that or any otheT
county, in .1858,-and never in his lifehehlr
any office! previous to the one he nowboldsf
The abovo shows towhat resorts Mr. Bul
lock and his employees, resorted in their
effort to induce CongTOss to behove that in-
elligible members were holding seats in the
present Legislature. lG TSJiJ :
While the statement in the above named
extract is not a straight out lie, the natural
and legitimate, and evidently intended in
ference from it, is false, because, as we un
derstand it, the testimony was introduced
to prove that ineligible members , were
holding seats. Does the reader notice how
the evidence is worded f The witness
does not state that IU B. Clark was Repre
sentative of DeKalb county in -1858, bit
Clark was Representative in 1858; W.' H,
Clark is Representative from DeKalb coun
ty at this time;” thus leaving a sneaking-
hole through which to escape from perju-
’!• ‘ . y „ u ..
As to the statement regarding P. ;H.
Brassell, of Fayette, we know nothing,but
since the i timation in Clark’s case is false,
we have no reason to believe this to be true.
WHAT A GOVERNOR 111 .
WHAT A “RELIABLE EMPLOYEE ";
The Flood. l#
The high crater here has been slowly
•ubsidiog, since about midnight l^t
street, near the‘depot, and no ' mate*
mage has been done in Rome.
learn from Capt HBlliott, who. come up the
koosa from Gadsden, on Thursday, that at
least thre^-fffhrlhs'dflheSiTer (oHoiiis were
tfte BdSKm
sen planted. The corn- was up .two. op] V
t ree inches, the cotton justcoming up j and
the wheat about half leg high. c .
The extent of damagj? done will depend
*ery much upon the weather that may fol-
*?*’ ^ “ball be moderntelycool fora few
y»i and then a- moderate rain, to prevent
n .. n J" 'i-' „1. il. .
^e^ounij from bniahg, amL-'to. .’wash; the
“* a *om the growing plants;'very - little
lu ss wdl result from tins flood. But if it
One Word to the La lies of Rome.
Next Monday will bo the 36th of April,
the anniversary day for decorating the
graves of the Confederate d ad. .... { ,
It is not treasonable to the government
for you to show respect to the memory of
those who, beiDg excited to deeds of noble
daring" by your approving smiles—gave
their lives to tho “lost cause” and there are
now no FederaTTiayoncts here to intimidate
or make you afraid to give a full expres
sion to your feelings.
Did you have a Fatherm Brother, a Cous
in, or a dear friend, whose mortal remains
now moulder oirtoiitt'fiit'pff battle field?
If so,what will be your emotions of affec
tionate regard towards those loving sisters
who will strew their graves with flowers on
this anniversary day '^Asjre would that
others should dp unjoyou, do. ye even so
unto them.” '/.] XIR— ui.'v'l
As there havo- been no' - arrangement
made by the officers of the Memorial Asso
ciation of this place for a formal meeting
oq that day,we would ^suggest, that every
lady ofRomeond vicinity, who feth-dia-
posed todo so, gather such flowers and deco^
rating foliage as’she may be able, 1 a’nd, ac
companied by_ane, ot^,uiQre of her Lady
friends, repair to the .cemqtry a t 5 o’clock
P. M. next Monday (and i thus show her own
respect for the memory • 1 of the Fallen
brave Extensive preparations are being
made iu nearly all SiiiithTrn towns and
cities to celebrate’ this sad day, and would
we not feel a little mortified if qpr duty in.
this respect should be Utterly neglec-
ted"■! ' v '
Tbe Cedartown Mail Again.
We regret exceedingly jhat it is still diffi
cult to get mail matter to aud i through the
Cave Spring Post Office at its proper time.
We received the followinghcte from the
anting Postmaster at Cedartown a few days
sinee A 1 * - 0 " 1 '. 1 .
CipARTOWN, Ga .'jipril.ZO^lSGfl.
Mr. Dicincll : . t> •••'
Dear Sir : IamTequhsted by some of;
your suiiscribers to report the failure of
your Tri-Weekly of”$atnrday. / Wo only
received the Thursdays edition on . Satur
day. .yqprs,respectfully, . ; -li.
A. Huntington.
We learn from Mr. Chas. Mills, the mail
agent who went down on the Selma’train
on the morning of Saturday, the 17th, that
he had the mail for Cave Spring, ready to ^
deliver, but there gas qoope there to re
ceive ita and Mr.Brnmlay informfi^jfj.t^e
same thing happened on Thursday morn
ing, the 16th. inst.. i . It is due to ’ onr . sub-'
scribers at Gave Spring and • Cedartown that'
tbfey should know 'wherq the fault g^Hfhbi^‘
they fail to get their papers dt the proper
time, and if they.vjtll KejjT'ns.,^ip|ed we
wpi.try ^ferretlt.ogt. uIi (!i
J. . l ^" > ^ . i- 1 .* T oouhin f
-Nkw Form of DiSpAwd^iSESiENt^
For Ac firiit time’ in our najdqnal. his 1 ?^
ry, says tbe N. O. Times, tho census is to
dccission lias been brought out by New En
gland .wine;'polling. Upon tbe old basis,
she would bare lost seven members which
tbe West would h!rt% giiUeffTbesides twen
ty-eight others. - So that during the'^next
ten years both her Sentorial and . Congres-
Vedneaday. The water dbTMt come into^^^- sio “* influence trill-aimost iu double
tb e streets except .fi-r a short distance ini™ 1 ' 0 to her P°P uIation - when , compared
South ' ... ‘
Jwith other States—«Ho»-long-thj Ameri-
can. people..contemplate Bubmiting to this
usurpation remains to be aeon. WeaWeeit
no: longer inveigh 1 against privileged classes,
while The'people of NewEnglaUd possesses
more then Wo votes to tbe citizen of any
other Stste’s one. . —
The pqfeiis.u^of 1‘Qnob A.Moj«TH”.of-’. i|
? fer to send She first six months’ numberafor 1
1866 (froiii'Jdnnafy’ ’’ior' fifty
cents, in order, to let the peiplo pee ; the
’Magazine and become acquainted with the
rare excellence 'qfijs euteitainjng reading
to be had. Send to T. S. Ant^pr &;So“f,
Philadelphia, -the trifle oS^lieSfts^ tsnib
tou will, take our word fdr B#?rfdt8itaflr6t-
class investment.
.Seima, Rome Ac Dalton Railroad. ! b
The annual meetinguf-the stockholders
of this Toad was hcld at the Chamber of
Commerce in this! city yesterday.. .There
was a full attendance, apd - the proceedings
were eonducted with the utmost unanimity
and harmony. 1,1 '«. • 3 •
’*’ 'Mr: Barney^jras called on' t i give” An ‘jae-.
count of the condition and .future prospects
of the rqjd,..which he did in.,, a clear and
satisfactory inauneri: i. • i I.
The fol!owing qfEcer8 r 'w6re elected for,
the finmiiog year‘j’ , ‘ 1
President—Franklin H. Delano. of JNes
York. 1
Directors—U. A.Mnrdock, .Win. Puton
Isaac H. Knox, jno. T. Agnew, C. C. F.
Dambmann, David Crawford, of New York,
A. G: Mabry, J. W. Lapsley, of Selma, Le
vi W. Lawler, ofMobile, Daniel S. Prin
tup, of Rome.
The following resolutions were presented
and adopted ■
BY COL. LAPSLEY, 5 ' ’ i “ !1
Resolcrd,- That we deem it'to he vitally
important to the interest of this company
aid the country gcnertlly, that the city ’ of
Selma should he conneeted by railway, ear
ly as.practicable, with the Gulf of Mexico
at Mobile and Pensacola, and to that’ end
recommend to the Presideht and ‘ Directors
of this company, to render all the aid in
their power to-the oonstrnotion of roads to
it: '8: to N^tTP,
Resolved, That lhe Board of Directors of
this company be authorized and instructed
togeve and tiansfer all right of franchise,
and road-bed graded ortobograded, which
this company now own or possess’, OQ the
line from Jacksonville to Gadsden in this
State, to any person, or to any comptihy du
ly organized orto be organized, who will
give sufficient gnarnntee to build or put the
same in operation between said places.
Whereas, A'bill is now pending in
Congress ent'tled an act to revive the gram
of lands to aid in the construction of a rail
road from Selma to Gadsden, in the'State
of Alabama, and io confirm the same to the
Selma, Rome & Dalton railroad cotnpauy;
and whereas it is desirable*', that the same
should be passed and approved at as early
a day as possible, in order to - enable the
company to havesaid lands settled and oc-
cupied by bona fido settlers, Und ! the miner
al lands properly develop.d; therefore,"’^ 1
Resolved, that the stockholders ’of the
Selma, Rome & Dalton Railroad Company,
here assembled, do hereby most respectfully
yeti tion the Congress of £the'United’States
to pass stud bill. And
'Resolved That the Board ofdirectors of
of-this company do ■petition the Legislatures
of theStates of Alabama and Georgia to
give their influence, by resolution or other
wise; to the favorable consideration and pas^
sage of said - biU by Congress.
Tbe meeting was a very interesting one,
and we regret that onr limited space pre
vents ns from giving a more extended no
tice of it.—Selma Times, 22.
The Times on tbe Alabama IVSkty.
The' LondonTimes, in aiTarticle on the
qpp^ritme.q{,6f’jig.^^qfley .ito England,
says .^rijsaixaiui - i ib oiu»
The country has gone to the extreme of
concession in the matter of the Alabama
claims It has. agreed to refer everything;
except itfl i own, honor.,, to the- arbitration
and the judgment of a mixed commission.
It has agreed,to give the Americans,, who
profess to have been wronged, every oppor
tunity to assert their , claims by providing
that, that contortion shall hold its sittings
at Washington. Except absolute submis
sion to every demand, the Americans may
choose to make, therei: is nothing further
that could be conceded. ■ -i-icj^ie > ■
The Convention, in which all this stipu
lated, has been tbe work of their own min
ister and Secretary of State, and has re
ceived tbe assent of their Own President.—
If they now set it aside onr doty will sunk
ply be to abstain altogether from further
overtures, and let any proposals for a re-'
newal of negotiations proceed from tbe
American government. As for that down>
right dem’andforpayment, which onr Phil
adelphia correspondent described as being
advocated in the United States, this coun
try would of course, know how to treat it;
but we have not- the smallest belief that
President Grant’s government contemplates
a cohrse of action so unfriendly and offen-
. - :ltn ! ;!
sive. • .
It id likely,'-assuming thU 'present' Ala-
buma conTention to be set aside, that Mi-
Motley will be instructed to' open negotia.,
tidnsfor any bther, differing somewhat in
machinery, bnt embodying sitnilaT .princi-
pieff.'I Should-thtt 6e;tbe<etad, ; dnr fenveitr-i
nkebt Mill’l»TeRdj‘fc'gifB*tti6
fair consideration. Should it, on' the other
hand, be'the desire of Americato keep the
will not feel bound to initiate fresh negotia
tions! 'In any case she wHl welcome -Mr.
M. u ndt ’only aS^an old 1 J frie'ndl,' Sal! v ' as ’ one
wbd'bafi the confidence of a really 'miwdr-.
ful executive and'of the most powerful par
ty in the United. Stfltfu. -
- Bteamer,Etowah; , , .
Arrived at her wharf on April the 224
si iff
-do a-
bringing the following
r-"'!’-2passenger^. 11
bainusUrt aan •oat ’ --■ ■ ■
Miss Manning, Dr. Smith,-J.iF- Stocks;
neat. Another _ w
'uring the
third or fonrth year of the war, Congress
passed an act to pay every loyal slave own-,
er in the border States $300 for each of
his slaves who enlisted in the Federal army.
The money was appropriated and set aside
for.the purpose oat ofthe draft commuta
tion fund, then in the hands of the Secre
tary of .War, and a commission was ap
pointed to sit in each of tbe adhering slave
States and make the properawards. On the
faith of this pledge and contract, a large
number of negro troops were raised and
mastered into the service. la Kentucky
alone tturty-five thousand were enlisted—
and now tbe Fourteenth Amendment de
clares (hat neither State nor National mon
ey shall be appropriated to pay for the en
franchisement of slaves.
It is interesting to note as a sign of the
times how tho public mind is looking at
these facts of history, and with what won
derful plansability tho thread of the argu
ment begins to unravel.
Starved to Death-
The lifeless body of a negro m
Alfred Williams, was fonnd yesterday in
a house in CoolbyviUe, beyond the brick
yard. An inquest was held by Coroner
McCahay. Samnel Roper was foreman of
jury. . Dr. E J. Kirkscey, ccnnty physi
cian, examined tbe body and fonnd
marks of violence, showing that
he eoidd not have been foully dealt with.
.The negro was a hearty looking fellow, bnt
hiid an intensely lazy look. He was abont
middle aged. Tbe verdict of the jury was
the deceased came to his death from star
vation. The only reason why a man should
starve now-days in this section is beeanse
be wont work. The evidence showed he
was not willing to labor for a livllihood.—
His wife had left him beeanse be would
nothelphei support their children. He
had been\ n the chain gang for stealing
meat from Maj. R. J. Moses, and having
served oat bis time, was discharged last
Thursday.—Columbus Sun.
ery^ Jn^’Guffin^Ssteeragejiisingers.
Robt. Johnson,^W. S- Cothran, Son &
Co., Berrys,& Co., Fishel & Bra, Evans,
r^iicovifc*.
Wi- F. * Alsabrook, Hopkins, Bright ^ & faiih’ was as sacredlyAnd solemnly pi
Trowbridge; S. N. Noble, T. N Pdnlllnh, ■ ,; -'i ■--i-*. -r A- ,
( r FRjpiG
JT HiSes bf cotton, 20 'ic .
bales of shucks, 100 bushels of corn.
from Savannah sold at $5 50 pets barrel..; ii pie
Darby’ft, Propbylactiq .Fluid...will core
any qtptepf colic in horses, instantly.,
jQ_Forncj thinks tbe appointment of
Lqngstfeet dp^fnt. “mak;e tresson o'dions.”
IfForney reaffjriabes to. mq|c)J.,freason.
'oflious let him then turn'traitor.
’{ Igj-Darby’s Prophylaytic Fluid is the
best thing in the world for a burn.
. as it is to the payment of onr present pub-
. lie debfc^iqr will any American affirm that
eT pig ; , iron;' in respect to moral .obligation on the part of
° -— 1 ’ 1 tbe people individualiy, the holders of the
Continchtal inoney had not a claim quite as
strong as the holders of our public debt
have now. But notwithstanding the pro-
coeds-of the Continental money ■ bonghtonr
liberties for ns, that debt -was effectnally
and 1 finally repudiated by - tbe genera
tion; and to some extent ’by the very pub-
lio.mon.who contracted it u if
Not onlyidid the: United States repudi-
s fhe oontinental debti bnt they have
Safety of LrmasTONTr -A telegram
from London says • iu
Accounts of tho safety of Livingstone,
the; 1 African traveler, are received. He is
reported to have left .Zanibar .itt January;
for England, going overland via Carihit
.... ;> „.| at nitlef: tK s. ttal. : • 3nwn!tltt
yvnvTAnr.v.gjiN Hew York.—-Green,
peas, shipped from . Charleston,South Caro-, ate foe continental , debt;
lina, were, sold in New York last Saturday since repndintedlnnd arcto-daji repudiating
at from $7, to 7; 25 per bushel; and lettuce two other debts to which their f ith is
” ' “ v 1 . - . -• » ■ 0 £ these is,that due nr
_____ Sa/4i? r ffly^B'
on Spanish’citizens'{n Florida; am ,_
ed for by special treaty—the treaty of 1819
—and carefully adjudicated upon since by
the.United States.Courts, and, ; their pay
ment provided for; by act of .Congress, the
money still lying subject to this very . df?r
maid. This debt has been virtually re-
pudiated, and we find that after half a cen-
tury tbe Spanish Minister is still demand-
Dcclslon Affecting the Bnreae.
Judge Mndd has just decided that all
trials qf civilians by tbe Freedman’s Bu
reau, or military authority of the United
States, are unconstitutional and nnU and
void. Tuis decision be gives, he says, in
confer uity with the case of Milligan. It
results, therefore, that all trials under the
Parson’s military dictatorship are noil and
void, and all judgments from April, 1865,
to July, 1868, most be re-opened. If the
period from the close of the war to the ac
cession of the Smith government was net a
military government, what was it ?—Mont.
Mail.
do. [From tho Montgomery, AJa., Mail.ingits paymi
1 Precedents for Repudiation. r tion is rtill more flagrant.
care having; books and pamphlets
idled advocating repudiation of the
'ational dqbt.an i showing that it. is nec-
cssary and propel. , These arguments are
being scattered over foe .land and are, tel
ling powerfully upon the,people. The first
stepiW to familiarize the public, mind with
the history of debts of other nations and
,what was done with them. In looking in-
rto.iuch a,history some startling disclosure-:
are nude. It is found that after long
wars, civil or foreign, foe accumulated debts
ofi the first nations: of ,tfle world have been
jqiyaijutbly repudiated.
■ In., the case of England, after the war of
theiljoses, to which old Judge Pack allnd-
cd not: long ago in his wonderful de facto
decision, the Parliament freely, liberally
and absolutely gave and granted unto foe
K ng’s (Henry 8th ) Highness all and ev
ery sum or sums of money, which were
due by h’m on any and every promise bond
or obligation of every . kind and nature
whatsoever, which was about as polite r
way to repudiate the national debt as could
well be imagined. Later still we find, af
ter the Crooiwelian resolution, that Charles
JI closed . the Exchequer and defrauded
the creditors of, the State out of £2,800,-
000 pounds; bat a compromise was after
ward trade, by which £664,226 was recog
nized; and this was the origin of the pres
ent National debt. The government has
also often debased the national coinage—a.
ipost contemptible mode of repudiation.
Tliat even.the.present debt of England
is in eflgctrepudiated, is shown by the fol
lowing 'extract from the London Times, of
May 18,1368: ’
We have accepted the position of ten
ants paying a fixed rent, and having a
good long lease, we regard the public funds
simply as the stock of a commercial Com
pany on the largest and grandest scale. The
nominal capital sum, which never had any
rcal.existence. has now vauished.. out- of
sight altogether, . and enters neither into
the arithmetical nor the moral question.—
Americans must decide whether they too
will accept the position of tenants paying a
fixed rent forever on a nominal capital
which never had any rial existence; or
whether they will not. The next few
years will determine the question for all
time. > ., ...... i
France has repudiated many, times and
in many forms. One of her kings chang
ed the value of her national coin twenty-
two times in less than twenty years. With
the outline of her financial history daring
the revalutionary period, most readers are
familiar. She issued assignants to tbe
ampunt in circulation at one time is stated
Tiy Thiers at 20,000,000,0.00 Cranes. The
assignants were a national paper currency;
and to their redemption tho public faith
was pledged in the most positive manner.
The usual means of penalties, regulation
of prices, etc,, were resorted to, to give
them credit and circulation among foe peo
ple, and with the usual resnlt. They sank
to ono-half of one per cent of their nomi
nal value, and finally went out, though a
portion of them were redeemed with man
date at foe rate of thirty-eight to one of
nominal values. But the mandats consti
tuted$ national currency of substantially
the same character; and they shared sub
stantially the same fate.
Other nations of Eorope have not been
hind-England and France. .Blackwood’s
agazine for December, 1S49, speaks of a
mania for investing in foreign loans twen
ty-five years before. On sixteen of these
loans interest has ceased to be paid. It
names several Spanish American govern
ments among the delinquents; not to men.
tion Greece,-Portugal and Spain, countries
which have set to Europe a scandalous ex
ample of repudiation. -
In the ; United States repudiation has
beeu the: rule ever since the revolution.—
Not to come down to the cases of Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and even to our
own municipal plank road bonds, it is well
to keep in mind that the colony of Massa
chusetts, in the year 1749, redeemed its
public deLt of £2,20p,00 by paying one-
twelfthof that sum in silver; and that Vir
ginia, soon after the revolution, redeemed,
or retired her State paper money by fund
ing it jat.the rate of one thousand for one.
Never,, perhaps, was the public faith
more soieipnly. pledged to public creditors
than in the case of our old Continental
money; and certainly no national obligation
was ever more effectually , repudiated.—
When that money showed signs of . depre
ciation, it was rnmored it wonld be allow
ed to die in the hands ofthe holders. But
Congress denounced such rumors as false
and derogatory' fo the honor of Congress.—
The same body declared that this money
shoqli be redeemed, dollar for dollar, and
that the liberties of. the people wonld be
cheaply bought at that price. Congress
sed legal tender acts, penal laws and
a,limiting prices -bnt aU to no purpose.,
As.earjy as 1782-3 : nllbands agreed that it
should not be,paid. . Before .the, close of
the ^wapCpngresft iteplfprppqssfc to repudi
ate ninety-nine .do^ara of every hundred
by funding the mgptjy at. the.fatoi of one
hundred to pne., Bqfcnotlung of fop. bind
waj,eyer.aecomplisVd- -
went pa.till,ft -thousand ,.for
one,and, ftten-it dropped, out bf, circulation
foa occasional sub
ject or consideration by Congress up to the
close of , the, .war. But in q, schedule of
the pqbilc debt of tJhp.Ujai'ed; States , pre-
redby the graddeomnuftoe qf Congress,
Appl,.17,83, tfte ,ftm .of,Contanentol
money is’noi wen mentioned, so effectual-
ly jiad its repqdiation become 11 fact accpm-
m,j^e estimation of &afc committee
et foe issue of Continental money were
estimated by Alexander Hamilton at 8357-
476,541, while the public debt recognized
by tbe grand committee amounted to but.
pledged
to tbe payment of tbe Continental money
Am I not a man and a Brother 7—
It is stated that there are in Massachu
setts about 700 colored Freemasons, who
have seven flourishing lodges in existei
They have never been acknowledged
recognized by tbe white Freemasons of
Massachusetts, and have for a long time
been trying to secure what they term their
rights. If the negro is not to be reoog-
nized by his natural parents, in tbe very
cradle of negroism, whither shall he go for
comfort 7—Utica Observer.
Washburne’s Nominees.
It appears that nearly seven-eighths of
the diplomatic and consular appointments
sent to the Senate yesterday were made by
Secretary Fish over the prostrate forms of
Washburn’s nominees, who bad been assur
ed by tbe latter, just before he retired from
the department of State, that they were
certain of the appointment.— Wash. Cor.
Louisville Cour-Jour.
A Lunatic Astray.
The Wilmington Jonrsal says, Mary
McConville. who claims to be the wife of
Jas. MeGonville, daughter of Jas. McCew-
en, mother of Eli and Preston McConville,
and a captive of the Yankees sometime
during the war, came in Stamp Sound Dis
trict, Onslow county, North Carolina, about
the year 1865.
She expresses a desire to return borne,
bnt is unable to find the way herself, or to
tell the connty, State or town in which she
lived during her sanity.
For further infoimation of foe above
named lunatic, address Elijah Williams,
Wilmington, North Carolina, care of Hug
gins & Co.
All Southern editors will please copy.
Attention Constables.—The follow
ing act of foe General Assembly of Geore
gia, approved March I8th, 1869, is publish
ed for information:
An act to extend foe jurisdiction of
Constables in the several counties ofthe
State/
Be it resolved, See., That from and after
the passage of this act, that it shall be
lawful for any constable of tbe several coun-
ties of the' State to execute and return Any
process issued by a Justice ofthe Peace or
Notary Public of a&id counties; bnt he
shouMtretnn»foe«aid; : proeeas-tb% Justior
ofthe Peace residing in fob mUitia district
where the 1 defendant or 'defendants re
sides at the timeoffoe issuing of said pro-
Teial of Assessor Bowles.—The
trial of CoL J. C. Bowles Assessor of In
ternal Revenue for this district,commenced
yesterday morning in foeroomof J.M. Saf-
fold, anotherVevenne dignitary,at the Plan
ters Hotel The witnesses against were:
Pnghe, Blodgett and others. The witnes
ses testified, we learn, that Bowles had sent
private property through foe mails at foe
government expenses; that he allowed Bry
ant to hold his office dnder him up to the
£ resent time, though fob latter is a mem-
er of the State Legislature, and that he
committed a whole host of ofoer offences
The trial continues this morning. The
Assessor may oonsider himself a‘gone,
coon” if Blodgett is swearing against him.
—Ckrtm & Sen. , v mj
*@*A gang of negro thieves got ' info a
row in Savannah on Wednesday, among
themselves, in which one, a notorious char
acter, received a fatal wound, and another
was shot in the hip. Let ns have war, if
it will come in ~
•©“The tax payers of Thomas
held a meeting on the 6th inst, and resolv
ed to oppose foe act of the last Legislature
granting aid to tho amount of 15,000 per
mile in coin to foe Brunswick and Albany
Railroad. They pledge foemaelves to ex-
banst bqfo their legal power and four po
litical influence to defeat tho whole
scheme. •. .
8®“Cieere gives expression to a very
i beautiful thought, when he
ftrom life as from an inn, not
home.
Imfprtaat
stead Act.
Judge Erskine, iu a recent decision, at
Savannah, has derided:
L. The bankrupt is not entitled: to < the
exemption of a homestead out of land mo t-
gaged by him at the time of the purchase,
to secure tho payment of 1 the purchase
money, until the stud ; mortgage Ja satis
fied.
2. Tbe cost and expenses - of the bank
ruptcy proceedings are entitled .to priority
of payment out of the fnnd.in court deriv
ed from the sale of property.
. His.derision sustained a derision of reg
ister Hesseltine, made upon tbe following
On foe 16th day ot November, 1868,
John B. Whitehead, the bankrupt, pur
chased from one W. W. Cheever, a tract
of land in the State of Georgia, receiving a
deed to the land and giving his notes, se
cured by mortgage on the said land for the
purchase money.
On the 28th of November, 1858, Chee
ver transfers said notes and mortgage to
G. B. Lamat, who has proven his claim in
this court.
Tbe tract of land constitutes tbe bank
rupts entire estate, and under paragraph
2013 of tbe Code of Georgia, and section
14 of the bankrupt aet, he claims for him
self and two children sixty acres of said
land, including foe dwelling HoUse thereon,
as a homestead, or in lien thereof five hun
dred and twenty dollars in money to be de
rived from the sale of said land ‘
As to the first question submitted “is the
bankrupt entitled to tbe exemption of
homestead ont of land mortgaged by him at
the time of the purchase to secure the
payment of foe purchase money 7” it is in
my opinion that he is not.
I am well satified from a careful exami
nation of the law as laid down in foe Code
of Georgia, that it does not give to the bead
of a family a homestead ont of tend' thus
encumbered. That lien is n valid Hen, au
thorized by statute; and tbe law does' not
anywhere provide for i‘s displacement in
favor of the creator of foe Hen, • for the
purpose of providing him with a home
stead.' ■ ... ■ l qqe oi 7t hF
It is true foot on the delivery to him of
foe deed, the title of the land is in tbe pur
chaser, and that a mortgage in-this State is
only a security for a debt, and passes no ti
tle. (Irwin’s Code, §1,944.) Yet the Su
preme Court in this State, in Scott, Car-
hart & Co., vs Warren & Spicer, 21 Ga.
Rep. 468, decided that a judgment of old
er date than a moitgage could not first' be
satisfied out of land where tbe mortgage
was taken as security for the purchase mon
ey at foe time of its sale. The conveyance
and mortgage were regarded as the sever
al parts of one argreement —the sale as on
ly a conditional oqe, the condition being
expressed in foe mortgage passed to the
vendor at the the time of this delivery of
the deed.
Tbe courts, by many derisions that I
need not cite, seem to regard tbe title to
real estate not paid for and obtained by
giving back to foe grantor at foe time. of
bis deed, a mortgage deed to secure tbe
faithful payment of tbe purchase money,
as at foe’best bnt a conditional title, good
and complete when the terms and condi
tions of the sals shall be complied info by
the payment of tbe purchase money. The
Code under the section an “Property ex
empt from sale,” paragraph 2013, says :
“The following property of every debtor
who is the bead of a family shall be exempt
from levy and sale; * * * nor shall any
valid Hen be created thereon, etc.”
From this, and from what is contained
in aU this section tonchiffg exemption, I de
termine tbatfoe debtor who seeks to have a
homestead set apart for himself and family,
most first have a full and complete owner
ship and title to property; it must be en
tirely bis pr perty, unsaddled with any en
cumbrance, lienor condition, effecting bis
title thereto. To use the phrase I have
*iven above to express such titles ss the
isnkrupt’s, it must not be a conditional ti
tle.
And further, that after he has bad set
off to him a homestead out of his property,
be cannot of himself create any valid lien
thereon. The Code does not deny tbe
head of a family the right to create a lien
on property exempted in accordance with
foe provisions of foe homestead aet. ' He
is free to do what he will with his own,
convey or mortgage it; and I hold that if
hemortgagea bnk'laiidto seenre the pay
ment of foe purchase money, it is a • good
and valid lien, such as the iawwin uphold
and protect-for the vendor against the
mortgage of any other person. • '
By the new Constitution of foel State of
Georgia, it is specially provided tiat the
homestead shall Dot ha exempt from levy or
execution for tiie parebase m iney ‘-of the
EQ-In Georgia there are in process of
erection eeventy-two mills for -foe prtduo-'
turn of cotton and wollen goods alone, and
attention is turned in the direction of cali
coes and printed fabrics. This is ’a sur
prising-fact; bnt it is a natural consequence
following on the events of foe last fiVe years
At Augusta one factory has turned out foe
last year 6,410,000 yardsof cloth} andihas
a capital of $200,000. v .nmioi m
t ( -• i.-. i wsi-.
. ; Justifiable HtualcMe. naut/
We learn that,on foe evenWof the 11th
iustent, Sheriff MHtonjirf' Gilmer cbmifftt
while trying to prevent a disturbance, id
his offieuli-eapaoity^was set upon by one
of foe-party,who snapped a pistol id his’
•uponthe Sheriff -quickly-:drew
his pistol and shot, foe 1 mini; through - the
lungs, killing him' in a short-{time. The
deceased, we learn; was:0 bad character,and
had previously threatened Sheriff Milton.—
Dalton' Citjzml . :*f it ■ ,nij .-J
''i ii»iti^ a|i51'I* "JR
The scalawags can have no pleasure' in
living, and foeii only oonsolatian in dying
will be that tljeir friend Satan. wfil
nit “leave. them out'in’ foe cold.*?—/Yotr
tick ’ L "‘■ ■'' ' ' , ■ '
says, “I
as from my
Graphic.—Hie New York-. Courier de
scribes Grant’s appointments aa “a set of
lean crows, foe like of whom .never perched,
onthe fence of Unole Sam’s- cornfield . be
fore, or cawed their beggarly satisfaction
from foe epen doors of Ms crib.”
.. : . ■/ .. If
•©"The Macon & Western Railroad Com-
Dy have declared a stock dividend of
foirty-tbreo and a third per cent, payable
on and after May 15th.
•©'Freight was shipped at New York
by the steamer Gen. Barnes on tbe 8th
and reached Atlanta on, the 13th—making
five days only from New York to Atlanta,
yiqNavaniub- iJl v»cu i-sbuq -i J-. ■ -o bov
Tbe following , nominations were made'
to^ay:
A. W. Patterson’, Marshal of {forth
Mississippi. *
•! Ludef D. Bradley, Assessor 4th District,
. J'-'^P^IocI,Indian Agent, Little Ropk,
Ark.
Eleven other Indian agents, for all qiiar-
ters; 'including Friend Laurie Tatum for
foe Apachees, Homanches and the Kio-
was.
Among the confirmations was Sinclair,
for Assessor 3d District. North Carolina.
1 Further details ofthe rain' storm Vfost
and North, represent it' as Unprecedented
for extent aud destructiveness.
Boutwell forbids tbe banks exchanging
securities iu treasury, partly ou the ground
that securities withdrawn are' always niore
valuable than those substituted.
It is understood that Motley’s instruc
tions are being prepared by Evarte ' and
Cashing and embody points ^foreshadowed
in Sumner’s speech.
there were one hundred and eighty thons*
and bids. The compensation ranges higher
this year than ever before.
. The Senate ratified a treaty with Trance
protecting the trade marks of respective
Forney, headed by a Pennsylvania 'pair-
ty, proposes an extensive Southern tour.
In a visit to foe President, Sumner in
formed Fish to-day that the Foreign Be
lations Committee had agreed to reporjt ad
versely on Pile, for Brazil and Carlisle far
Stockholm. * u leixocr
: Fish replied itwas determined to' inalte
no more nominations, but that Under certain
circumstances, foe President woold proba
bly make new jyyqiqgtioQsTor those posi
tions.
During foe debate on foe resolution of.
appointment of employees in the 'dej
menta according to tbe state of poptda
Mr.Sawyer complained that' Democratic
Kentrcky had received more appointmenis
than the sir republican Southern plates,
and bitterly commented . on the' remark
made to him by a member of the' Cabinet,
that he must remember that the white Re
publican vote of his State wa3 very small,
'and he must not ask too much. A North
ern Senator said it 'niast not he fbrgotti
that foe Sonth * formerly, bad twice her
share of patronage; 'Much ill-feeling
manifested by foe Senators.
■ In replyiagto Forney’s delegation, Grant
is reported to have said he was veiy happy
to’hear that they intended'to make t l ’
and hoped it would be productive of
best results; nothing would do more (6
properly reconstruct the South than white
loyal emigration; he had ne doubt North
ern capital and Northern men wonld readi
ly avail themselves of the superior induce
ments offered'by foe South as soon fo they
could be assured of protection and cordial
welcome.
appointment of.
? 'be Assessor oj-thq-Third it
of Georgia, vice J. C. Btnvlcs, reiuoVcu.was.
aiinonneed in yesterday’s telegraph. Bel
cher was one of the members of foe Geor
gia Legislature declared' lUelligible on ac
count of color, Bowles, who has been re*
moved, to make room for him, is a member
of the family of Hon. Joshua Hill. Bel
cher is a'protege ot Blodgett, and Blodgett
is one of the parties now engaged &s witnes
ses against Bo vies in a trial for alleged
malversation in office.! We will leave the
triad of B’sto settl^ their conflicts^ and
t foe public to draw- its own inferences as
to. foe personal signification of tbe appoint
ment,under foe circumstances.
Gen. GraDtis evidently bent on bringing
all the moral power of tbe Government to
bear on the question of negro eligibility to
office in Georgia. This is foe question of
negro eligibility to office in' Georgia. This
is the fonrth negro appointment in the
State, and two of tbe four are expelled
members—to wit: Simms and Belcher.
The administration thus says to Georgia,
‘*110 matter what may be your ideas on
foe subject,!' we bold the' negro
eligible to' office, and mean hi shall have
it.” '
These appointments are also no doubt de
signed to impose an outside pressure on
foe Georgia Judiciary, who have ,foe- con
stitutional question in process pf adjudica
tion. If any man donbts the thorough de
votion of Grant to the idea of the civil and
political equality of fob'negro, he may as
well dismiss his donbts at once. The de
termination to incorporate that dogma into
American politics was sufficiently avowed
in foe inaugural,and foe appointments-have
been shaped to enforce it.
;i'; .vWelljall wo have got to say . is, that it is
against onr judgment; bat we cannot help
ourselves. It is a policy which is honnd
to be fatal to the existence of tiny effective
Radical party in the South. The- white
wing.of the existing - Radical organization
is based on foe plan of foe negro regiments
in which tbe blacks made up the file -and
foe whites foe rank., Jf Mr.’SbbuEIersfrap
had besn required to lay aside his epaulets,
take a musket and insert his brilliant white
phiz, like a chalk streak,in the dusty line of
Ethiopian privates,he would have resigned!
And so “de white ossifera” in this grand
Ethiopian party phalanx in the South will
be very happy to resign,so soon as tiny find
the negroes wearing the epanlets and they
asked to take ^ position -as high privates
under'them. The stupid bigots of’ party
■may prate tiU their teeth drop ont,bnt
never will intelligent and respectable white
organizations in America, whether social,
'g religions,or politiqjl^ccept the leadership of
the blacks—or, for the matter of that, the
companionship either.—Macon Tel.
From Chicago.
Chicago, April 20.—Galveston Moo
ney arrived in this city this evening via
Pacifie Road in eight and half days from
San Francisco, including nine -honrs stag
ing, thirty eigb4-hotur» delay in making con
nection, and three honrs and twenty min
utes on slow moving . of-the construction
trains. At foe ends of the roads on the
17tk inst., there .were,- bnt .fifty miles of
road to build. .The junction of the -Union
and, Central Pacifie tracks would I .be- com
pleted by foe 1st of May, thus forming a
continuous .railroad . across the continent
from Eastportto Sau Francisco, a distance
of very nearly 3,500. nuleq,
New York, April 22.—Flour dull de
clining. Wheat doU; spring declining.
Corn quiet. Pork steady at 31 00. Lard
doll; steam !t8|al8}. Cotton quiet 28}
28}. ,
Money steady, 7. Sterling 8}. Gold
Liverpool, April 22.—Noon.—Cotton,
opened flat; middling upland 12al2|; Or
leans 12}; sales 8000 bides. Bombay ship-
mens to 17th, since last report, 43,000
bales.
TheDeloge. - ’*•!
Louisville; April 21.—Telegrams from
New York, New England and foe Canadas
report very extensive rains, and the eonii-
tiy almost submerged. The destruction to
property reported. as. being very great.
Vashington, April 19.-r~Bulloek r s pol
icy forever dead. Let the press: and the
people.discourage all violence: ■ -r-.-dm- i
- Mil id vll,.lil»i«'.ffl©Elimifc bimro «
tried. >• - - JJHL-fljHwMI,
i..m i Thomas G. Simms. -
ill b-.-juiu (Atlanta Erie, 20th.'
Salaries of U. srHidiiterutUVorelgu Couu-
i tries. <*:• tlsssMsdT
The enrious may be pleased to learn that
the ministers to England and France re
ceive 817500 a year each; the ministers to
Bnssia, Austria,Spain and Mexico, $12000
each; foe Ministers to Hayti and Liberia,
87500; foe ministers resident in Sweden,
Belgium Gautamala/ 'Bogota;- Bolivia and
Nicaragua, $7600^
! -n» .TTvrro’I vjrjiiail .
B^gre-ipied enifoe Mafion *
Road.
, Wetlefewt'Sbri aqttiitfnj{bi'i|lltb lefiae bn
foe l¥ jt:tn.‘,traiii, yesterday,'from 'Atlan
ta; that a hearty man was killed by a freight
train’’ Ot-Forrest’s station on Monday night,
while they were'in'tiibtisn—foe wheels cut
ting his head open and bafllr mangling his
shoulder—aqd kiflinghim instantly.
-He had got npin the hnmper. between
two can, for foe purpose of stealing trans
portation over foe road, and as a train band
wsApaasbgloverfoe: can adjusting foe
bell-rope, which had got tangled, foe' ne-
grosaw the train handoverfoim and at
tempted to-jump, off, but the rapid mo
tion of the cars tripped him tandlhdl fell
with foe above result. The train was soon
stopped and backed to where the accident
occurred, and the body was brought down
to:Jonesboro; but it could not be identi-
fiedvinr Uiauanfi v bLnoU 7 sJT
The MANUFAbruRE of Umbrel
las.—Very Ettle has ever been written
about the important branch of mannfac-
turers whose name heads this article. The
immense umbrella fitetory of the Wright
Brothers & Co., in Philladelphia; contains
in itself an epitome of oil knowledge of
this subject This is the oldest house in
that branch of mannfaeture in the country,
and we believe, the largest in the world.
This firm have recently made a valuable
improvement in umbrellas by using the
Lowrey’s patent process for rendering fab?
rics rerpdlant and of fad color, which besides,-
renders them more durable. We have
i it demonstrated that apiece of umbrel
la cloth, which had been subject to this
process, when made into a cup form, would,
hold water until it evaporated. Messrs
Wright have secured the exclusive control
ofthe application of this valuable patent:
process to umbrellas for foe United
They use also a small contrivance of
their own invention^which will hereafter
be attached to all their umbrellas, and
Which will prevent them from turning'“ln-
side out,” another disagreeable fault in foe
ordinary make of goods.’—Chronicle & Sen.
Medicinal Properties of Celery.—
a correspondent of foe Practical Farmer
gives some very interesting information
abont foe beneficial effect of celery upon
the inervona system. ; He says: “I have
known as many men and women -too. who,
from'foriou3 carries, had become so much
affeoibdwith nervousness that when they
stretched.out theiv hands tbey shook like
aspen leaves on wiidy days!—and by a dai
ly moderate ute of the blanched foot stalks
of celery leaves they became ns strong and
steady.in limbi”as other people. I have'
known others si very nervous that foe >
least annoyanoe putthemin a state > ofagi
tation,«nd they were almost in constant-
ilexity and feat,who-warealso effectual-
urpd by, a. drily, moderate use. of blannh-
m others cored by using celery for
palpitation of the 1 ' heart. Everybody en
gaged in labor weakening, to the nerves
fowld»BeifltlciJidsilyljp h 8 season;-.and
orions jg. 1 _ | it<i lL stead when not ,..in.sea-
The L»|ie ]
The Nashville correspondent of foe Ntiw
York Times,a radical organ, writes to that
paper that nine-tenths of tho Radical vo
ters in East Tennessee are swum members
of that secret and infamous association, “foe
Union League” that this fact Has exerted
amost pernicious influence over the courts
and religious societies of that portion of foe
State; that under foe League’s careful man
ipulation foe negroes, have _been as pliant
*nd manageqhje, .°4 W. ateilitKy., prganiza-
tion subjected to foe longest aud severest
dicipline; aud that, in many counties, it is
impossible to get justice from any of the
courts without meeting all the League’s.re-
qrisitions and demands. Truly this is a
pleasant, condition,of things for foe Radi
cals to contemp’ate as foe acknowledged
work of their,party where that party has so
lofig held Hmitlesssway.
Hard on Grant.—Tho New
; ff©rThere are said to be seventy-fiTe
day schools in Atlanta, for the edneation of
children.
dispatch from. £t-Loris' states
that foe people from. N*if, Mexico, and ar
my officers from the Plains,' say they antic
ipate the worst Indian war this summer
rs-rsrZ’zsL'z
they will make a general warfare on foe
whites.
Frcailicut Callaway Dying.
We were pained to learn last ni"ht,tkat
the condition of President Thomas H. Cal
laway,was regarded as hopeless by his phy
sician,. The dispatch states that he was
expected to live through foe night, and
probably before this announcement meets
foe eye of the reader,he wilT have passed
from among us.—Knoxville Press of 22nd.
Macon and Brunswick Road.—
Twenty additional miles of this road ha’
just been completed,and foe trains are nr
running over it daily-
1
Administer foe Government, as be
tered upon, on the principle of de