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TucMav Morning, May 1807.
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ow’aNashville organ, too IV«a tt 7Vm«s,
l article headed as above, says;
s notice in the Columbus (Qa) dun that
one «. W. Ashburn, ol Georgia, Is In that place
f»r ton purpose of organising the Republican
party them Is this tho same G. Vi. Ashburn
who used to figure In a small way in this place,
during the war, writing bitter copperhead letters,
extolling Gun. McClellan and abusing Mr. Lin
coln f Ouo or two letters on tho copperhead
model, with hla signature, found their way into
our rubbish basket.”
The Press & Tint* is mistaken In supposing
that 0. IT. AthMtrn “ wont do,” notwithstand
ing he is doubtless tho Identical Individual who
wrote “ copperhead letters oxtolling Gen. Mc
Clellan and abusiug Mr. Lincoln," during the
war. We know a number oi “tho samosort”
now actively engaged in the same work—“ or-
ganiilng the Republican party in this State
who did the same thing during the war, and
” more, much more" than we care to untold at
prerent, and why should not G. W. Ashburn V
I( Ashburn “ won’t do." who will do, judging
irom antecedents of tho war? And Judging
from those antecedent*—political, wo mean—as
far as our information extends, Ashburn is tho
peer of any one of those engaged in tho same
sort of work—that of building up a Republican
party in Goorgia. This snubbing ot Ashburn,
by those no better than himself, won’t do. Evou
the devil is entitled to his duo—let Ashburn
have It, also!
Bo muoU for official parUgfaltori. ,
, — — ()t i 0 wjint amounts to UidtvUUw. pa?
The .‘.::iro*r «enertl'> Opinion on the
Reconstruction* Acts.
[coHCLunin.I
Here tho tehn of officer Is used In its most
general sense, arid wltlioul any qualification, ad
legislative, or oxecutlvo.or Judicial i and I think,
as here used, It was intended to comprehend
tnilltarv os well ss civil officers of the United
Wales who had taken tho proscribed oath. In
tig much as the violation of the official oath and
the official trust has relation to fealty to tho Uni
ted States, which is broken by rebellion against
the United States, tho reason is apparent lor in
cluding all officers of tho Unitod States, and tor
making the disfranchisement more general and
comprehensive as to thorn, standing ns they do
in more direct relation and trust to tho United
States than tho officers of a State.
1 now come to consider what Is tho moaning
and scope of the disqualification arising upon
that part of the oath which require* tho person
to state thnt ho has not " engaged In Insurrection
or rebellion against the United States, or g'vcn
aid or comfort to the enemies thereof." I must
hero repeat, what has been said belorc, that to
work disqualification two elements must concur.
First, holding the designated office, Slate or
Federal, accompanied ty an official oath to sup-
In tho attempt to r.r-
adp>
I now root)* .
(wiprafon in the rebellion
rlvo at tho classing of persons, or of acts, Intone,
ct to bo comprehended Id tho nfattcr of engage
Inc in'Hid fcMIlnn, wo must have duo regard to
tho subject matter. Undoubtedly, although ev
ery rebellion against tho United Btatoa ta com
prehended, It is the late rebellion, which, almost,
If not altogether, can bo said to be the proper
r ubject matter—a rebellion which extended ovor
cloven States of the Union, Involving, more ot
leas, millions of their people, continuing for
more than four years, and maintained by a vast
military authority, which, as to all these for a
lime, and as to most of them during its continu
ance, excluded them from all projection under
tho lawfttl government Obligations of alle
giance, when thus separated from the correspond
ing right ol protection, and the breach ot that
allegiance, arc necessarily modified undor suoh
circumstances. The obligation is less stringent,
and a breach of that obligation less reprehensi
ble than in cases of -temporary or local insurrec-
t Ion. Nor must we forget that throughout these
rebel States there were largo classes oT their pop.
ulationmore or less opposed to the rebellious
movement, and who wero yet more or less ne
cessarily Involved In its support.
I have already said that the language used in
this act as to participation carries tho Idea of
Proposed Proscription of Borneo Greeter
by the Loyal Lemenc-Mr. Greeley Defiant.
The New York Tribune contains a lengthy
letter addressed by Horace Greeley to some thirty-
odd members of tha "Union League Club" who
had, through the President of the “ Club," sum
moned him to appear before it for tho purpose of
taking Into consideration his conduct in becoming
bondsman tor Jefferson Davis, they designing to
move bis expulsion therefor. Perhaps no se
verer castigation was ever administered to any
set of meD, through tho press of this country,
than “ Old Horace,” in the letter referred to, has
administered to the Loyal Leaguer* whom he ad
dressed. Vic regret that, for want of space, we
can lay before our readers oniy a few extracts
from his scathing letter. This it gives us pleasure
now to do, for tho benefit, ns well of tho Loyal
Leaguers elsewhere, as it was for tho “ Club" In
New York, before which it was proposed to ar
raign that erratic but honest man.
Referring to the renewed partisan assaults
made upon him after the assassination of Mr.
Lincoln, Mr. Greeley says :
"At once, a concerted howl of denunciation
and rage was sent up from every side against me
by little creatures whom God, (or some inscrut
able purpose, permits to edit a majority of our
minor journals, echoed by a yell Of “Stop my
paper 1” from thousands of imperfectly instructed
readers of the Tribum. Ono impudent puppy
wrote me to answer categorically whether I was
or was not in favor of hanging Jett. BffViB, ad
ding that I must stop his paper if I were not!
Scores volunteered assurances that I was defying
public opinion—that most of my readers were
against me—as if I could be induced to write
wlmt they wish said rather than what they need
ed to be told. 1 never before realized so vividly
the baseness of tho editorial vocation according
io the vulgar conception of it. The din raised
about my ears now is nothing to that I then en
dured and despised. I am humiliated by the re
flection that it is (or was) in the power of such
insects to annoy me, even by pretending to dis
cover with surprise something that I have for
years been publicly emphatically proclaiming.”
He then concludes as follows:
“Gentlemen, I shall not attend your meeting
this evening. I have an engagement out ol
town, and shall keep it. I do not recognize you
ns capable of judging, or even fully npprehend-
mg me You evidently regard me aB a weak
bsiso a great, enduring parly on the hate and
wrath necessarily engendered by, a bloody civil
war, is us though you should plant a colony on
an iceberg which had somehow drifted into a
tropical ocean. 1 tell you here that, out of a
life earnestly devoted to the good of human
kind, your children will sglcct my going to
Richmond and signing liiat bail-bond as the
wisest act, and will feel it did more for freedom
and humanity than all of you were competent
to do, though yon had. lived to the age of Me
thuselah.
“I ask nothing or you, then, but that you
proceed to you! end by a direct, Irauk, niuuly
way. Don't sidle oil into a mild resolution ol
censure, but move the expulsion which you pur
posed, and which I deserve if I deserve any
reproach whatever. All I .care lor is that you
■ make ibis a s.quure, stand-tip fight, and record
your judgment by yeas and nays. 1 core not
Low lew vote with me, nor how many vote
against me ; lor I know that the latter will
repent it in dust aud ashes bcloru three years
have pussed.
Understand, once lor all, that I dare you and
duly you, and tliut I propose to fight it out on
the line tliut I held troui the day ot Lee's sur-
port tho Constitution of the United States; and
second, engaging In rebellion against the Unfigd
States or giving aid or comfort to Us enemies.—
Both these must not only concur, but they must
concur in tho order of time mentioned. First,
the office and the oath, and “ atterwards” en
gaging In rebellion, or giving aid and comfort.
A person who has held an office within the
meaning of this law, and has taken the official
oath, and who has not afterwards participated
in a rebellion, may very safely take this oath;
and so, too, thu person who has fully participa
ted in tho rebellion, but has not, prior thereto,
held an office and taken the official oath, may,
with equal safety, take this oath. My duty here
is simply ono of construction. I do not deem it
proper to enter upon any question of the consti
tutionality of this part of the act. Taking it as
granted, tor the purpose of construction, that Con
gress has a right to impose such an oath, it is not
only allowable, but imperative, that I keep in view
its essential characteristics. It iB something
more than a legislative act in derogation of an
existing right. It is, in eflcct, a law which takes
away an existing right as a consequence of acts
done at a prior time, and which, at the timo that
they were done, entailed no such consequences.
In the late cases before tho 8upreme Court of
the United States, upon the test oath prescribed
by an act of Congress to bo taken by lawyers,
by which the exclusion from the right to prac
tice their profession was made to arise upon prior
participation in tho rebellion, tho court Bays:
As the oath prescribed cannot be taken by these
parties, the act, a9 against them, operates as a
legislative decree 03 perpetual exclusion, aud ex
clusion from any of the professions or any of the
avocations of life for past conduct can ho regard
ed in no other light than as punishment for such
conduct.
The exaction of the oath is tho mode provided
for ascertaining the parties upon whom the act
is intended to operate, and, instead of lessening,
increases its objectionable character. All enactr
ments of this kind partake of the nature of bills
of pains and penalties. The court further says:
“ The deprivation of any rights, civil or political,
previously enjoyed, may be punishment—the
circumstances attending, and the causes of the
deprivation, determining this fact” The char
acteristics ol this clause of the acts are, there
fore, retrospective, penal, and punitive. 01
course, there can be no question as to tho rule of
construction which is here to be applied. Those
who arc expressly brought within its operation,
. cannot be saved from its operation. Where,
'from tho generality of terms of description, or
for any other reason, a reasonable doubt arises,
(bat doubt is to bo resolved against the operation
of the law, and in favor of the voter. What
acts then, within the meaning of tho law, make
a party guilty of engaging in insurrection or re
bellion against the United States, or giving aid
and comtort to the enemies thereof ? The lan
guage here comprehends, not only the late rebel
lion, but every past rebellion or insurrection
which has happened in the United States. So,
too, it comprehends every foreign war in which
the Uuited States has at any time been engaged.
The first part of the sentence covere the case oi
domestic war existing in the form of rebellion or
resurrection, whilst the last part applies to for
eign war. The wordB, “giving nid and comfort
to the enemies .of tbo y^l^^^'tho deft
voluntary participation, and I am satisfied that
these considerations, growing out of the nature
a,f the rebellion, ipduoed Congress to use the
word “ engage" in the sense of voluntary parti
cipation. When an insurrection, by its continu
ance and power, takes the form of <U facto gov
ernment, Snd prescribes and enforceslaws over
the peoplo within its territory, individual rights
and obligations undergo an inevitable modifica
tion, ami the rightful and displaced authority,
when it agaiu comes into place, must, in a mea
sure, accommodate its action to circumstances,
and consider many tilings as rightfully done,
which, in a niero insurrection, would havo no
color ol legality. This prinolple is recognized
by all civilized nations; has been especially en
forced in England by statuto, and by the decisions
ot courts, as early as the reign of Hcury tlie 7th.
Obedience to the dc facto government established
undor a usurping monarch, lias been held not to
involve a subject in the guilt of treason to the
lawful king. Giving due weight to these well
established principles, 1 proceed with the inqui
ry I am of opinion that some direct overt act,
done with the intent to further the rebellion, is
necessary to bring the party within the purview
and meaning of this law. Merely disloyal sen
timents or expressions are not sufficient. The
truly qr
to the court - which may alterwara n
tlnrf to tSjjimtdi iw inmcimont
Next, as t"» the dude* of tho board after regis
tration is completed. They are Jo Riipcrintenil
the election and make a return ol tho voles, list
of voters, and of the persons, to the commanding
general It Is very clear, lrom theso provisions,
Hint, in superintending these elections, the duty
ol me bonnl is to receive thevotes of the persons
whose names are upon llio-Tcglstxntlon, and to re
ject nil others. There Is no provision anywhere
to surcharge or falsify/or to sdd a single name
to the registration, or to erase a single -name
which appear* upon St.
The Second Military District.
Charleston, May 26.—Gen. Sickcls tlitoeven-
ing issued an order In the case of the negroes
concerned In the recent street car riots. In view
of tho general good conduct of colored people
in trusting to the action of the authorities for the
recognition and enforcement Of these rights apd
privileges, all are released, excepting William
Harper and John F. Stewart, who, being charged
with stonlbg the cars, resisting the police in the
discharge of their duties, and Inciting others to
riotous conduct, are remanded for trial by the
military commission.
In the case of Stephen Calhoun Smith, charged
with mutilating the national flag at the Firemen’s
parade, the order sayB the only extenuating cir
cumstance is tho prisoner’s acknowledgment of
guilt, coupled with the avowal that the act was
committed in a moment of undue excitement,
and the expression of sincere contrition for the
offense. Prominent and influential citizens havo
petitioned for Smith's pardon, representing that
the offense received no countenance in the com
munity, and' it appearing that the confinement
already undergone by the accused, added to the
condemnation of the community, will sufficiently
admonish him ot the consequences of his mis
conduct, it is ordered he be discharged.
person applying for registration is not required
to clear himself from the taint of disloyalty.
The meaning of Congress here becomes yet more
evident, when wo look at the last clause of the
prescribed oath. Ho is required to swear that
lie “ will faithfully support the Constitution and
obey the laws of tho united States, and will, to
tho best of his ability, cncourago others so to
do.” This part ol the oath is not exculpatory,
but promissory. It looks to the future, and not
to tho past, and the purpose is here manifest, to
omit, as to the right to vote, the disqualification
arising from past disloyalty, put in the test oath,
as a disqualification from the right to exercise
office. Mere acts of common humanity and
charity cannot he considered as involving the
party m participation in the rebellion. So too,
are forced contributions by the rebel authorities,
or the compulsory payment of taxes in aid of
the rebel cause.
But wherever an act is done voluntarily in aid
ot the rebel cause, it would involve tho person
and it must work disqualification under this law
Voluntary contributions in furtherance of the
rebellion, or subscriptions to the rebel loans, and
evon Organized contributions oi food, or clothing,
or necessary supplies, except of a strictly sani
tary character, are to be classed with acts, which
disqualify.
tiIk no Ann of iieoistration.
The original act contains no provision as to
manner and time for holding elections of dele
gates to the convention or for other purposes.—
Firet section of the supplemental act provides
that a registration of voters shall tie made before
the first of September, 1807. Tho fourth and
subsequent sections provide for the means by
Which this registration is to be effected. Tlie
commanding Qcnoral is directed to appoint
many boards ot registration as may bo necessary,
consisting of three loyal officers or persona, to
make and complete the registration, superintend
tho election, and make return to him of votes,
of lists of voters, and ol persons elected os dele
vorifs,*onftnSfly ’the'early statutes of
England against treason, havo received ttmt set
tled interpretation in English and American
itourts. They are used in this act without auy
qualification, and wc givo the full forco and ap
plication when they are made to apply to adhe
rence or giving aid and comfort to foreign ene
mies. Such an act, as to the breach of tlie oatli
nr duty of allegiance, stands upon the same
policy of disqualification as engaging in reliel-
iion or civil wnr. A person, therefore, who
gave aid and comfort to our enemies in tho war
villi Great Britain of 1812, and-in the war with
Mexico in 1847, would, in tliut particular, come
within this clause. In laying down this rule, I
do not forget that, tor certain purposes, and in a
certain sense, every citizen in tho rebel Stites,
during the late rebellion, is to bo considered a
public enemy. As in respect to the liability of
ids property to capture as a prize of war, and in
icspect to various acta of Congress passed during
die rebellion, wliich, as to property, declare ils
liability to capture, forfeiture, or confiscation,
when used in aid of ihc lute rebellion. But
when even, in any of these acta of Congress the
lerms “aid and comfort” are used in any other
dian the commonly received acceptation, some
qualification or description is added to make
gates by a plurality ot voles cast at said election j
ffiL'same, nscchain
.ftCe<irdJuiC.Wti{/ijj and make proclamation
of, and it a majority of s t.eu on mat
under. So long as any man was seeking to 11 hem upply to the rebellion,
overthrow our Government, he was my enemy ; Nevertheless, although I strongly Incline to
from tlie hour in winch he laid down Ins arms, , ihink that the aid and comfort here mentioned
he was my formerly errtug countryman. So , should strictly bo confined to 'its acknowledged
long as any is at heart opposed to the national legal interpretation, I am not quite prepared to
unity, the Federal aulhorily, ,or to tliut assertion
ol the equal rights ol all men which lias become
practically identified with loyally and nation- 1
ulily, I shall do my best to deprive him of pow
er; but, whenever he ceases to be thus,.! de
mand bis restoration to all the privileges of
American citizt-iisliiji.. I give you fair notice
that’I ahull urge the re-enlranehiscment of those
now proscribed for rebellion so soon as I shall
feei confident that this course is consistent witti
the freedom of the blacks and the unity ol the
Republic, and that I shall demand a recall of
all now in exile only lor participating in the
rebellion, whenever the country shall have been
so thoroughly pacified that its safety will not
thereby be endangered. Aud so, gentlemen,
hoping that you will henceforth comprehend
me somewhat better than you have done, I
remain yours, Houach Gukulev."
Commenting upon the foregoing the Washing
ton City National Intelligencer, says:
“ Tlie inflated shoddy men, upstarts, and stale
and effete politicians ot the Loyal League ol New
York, who made a raid npon Horace Greeley,
thinking he would abuse himself before their im
age, whose head is "brass and feet clay,” have
cowered abjectly before the defiant scorn and
contempt expressed concerning them by tlie
lamed Journalist. He lias lashed them into that
servility ot spirit and submtoslvcness of discipline
which inferiors in mind, morals, aud party ser
vice so generally exhibit when the rod ot a mas
ter ia raised over them. We have rarely seen a
more lacerating castigation or a more cringing
submission after pompous thundering in the in
dex. The World well stated that the ‘Leaguers
wonld either expel Mr. Greeley or prove them
selves cowards.’’’
The “ Club" or ’’ Loyal League” it seems did
not expel Mr. Greeley j hence, if the World and
Washington Intelligencer bo correct in their con
clusions, the “Leaguere" have proved “them
selves cowards." We do not object to their con
clusion. It will be “ ever thus ” with lecret po
litical organisations, led os they ever have been,
and ever will be, by men ambitious cither of per
sonal political advancement, or hungry for tlie
s|>oito of office. It is to be hoped that even these,
whose head is “brass and feet clay," as well In
Atlanta as in New York, will profit by the lec
ture which Mr. Greeley has read to tho “ Club ”
in his own city.
Singular Cancellation of a Mortgage.—
The Cincinnati Commercial says the following is
Written upon the back of a mortgage, which a
gentleman found while examining a title in tlie
Recorder’s office in that city:
I cancel this mortgage, not recollecting wheth
er It was paid or not. Paid or not, I acknowl
edge payment, and cancel it, as it is not likely a
Jerseymaa would let a mortgage remain thirty-
one years unpaid.
Witness my hand and seal.
May 10,1856.
Nicholas Lost,worth.
Small Pox.-The Banner, Qnitmao, announces
a case ot small pox in that vicinity, but thinks
the party contracted the disease in sowo other
locality.
quite prepared ..
ray that Congress may not havo used it os appli
cable to tlie rebellion. I shall, therefore)allow it
■lue weight in the next inquiry in giving con
k! ruction to tlie cluuso now to be considered.—
■Vo are now to Inquire what is meant by engag
iug iu insurrection or rebellion against the Uni
led States. Tlie forco of tlie term “ to ongage ”,
tarries the idea ol active, rather than passive
i onduct, and ot voluntary rather than compul
sory action. Take, as an instance, a rebel soldier
compelled to service by force of conscription,
Take, as anotiier instance, the case of a slave,
who, by the command of his master, or by mili
tary orders, has served in tho ranks or aided in
tlie construction of military works. It would be
an abuse of language to hold that in these in
stances the parties have engaged in rebellion
within the meaning of that word os used in this
lsw. But whilst, m my opinion, a conscript or
slavo, forced into the ranks or other military ser
vice, is not included, it docs not follow that other
classes than those who actually made war and
voluntarily joined the ranks of tlie rebels, are to
Iks excluded—taking it to be clear that in tlie
sense oi law persons may have engaged in rebel
lion without having actually levied war or taken
arms. All those, who, in a legislative or other
official capacity, were engaged in furtherance of
a common unlawful purposo, or persons who, in
their individual capacity, have done any overt
act lor the purposo of promoting the rebellion,
maybe well said, in meaning of this law, to have
engaged In rebellion. All persons who, during
the rebellion, acted in an official capacity, where
the duties of the office necessarily had relation to
the support of the rebellion, such as members of
rebel Legislatures and rebel Congress, and rebel
conventions, diplomatic agents ot the rebel Con
federacy, or such other officials whose duties
were more especially appertained to tlie support
of the rebel cause, must be held to come within
the terms of exclusion. Officers in those rebel
States who, daring the rebellion, discharged offi
cial duties not Incident to tlie war, but in the
preservation of order and tlie administration of
the law. are not to be considered as thereby en
gaging in the rebellion. The interests of human
ity require such officers for the performance oi
such official conduct in time of war or insurrec
tion, ns well as in time of peace, and tlie per
formance ot such duties should never he consid
ered as criminal.
I cannot bring myself to the conclusion that
Congress meant that such purely civil and ne
cessary offices involved the incumbent in the
guilt of tho insurrection. Nothing but tho most
cogent language, such as was used in the test
oath lor lawyers, could manifest such a purpose.
The Supremo Court, in construing that test oath,
and in reference to the clause to which I have
alluded, uses this language : “The third clause
applies to the seeking, acceptance, or exercise,
not only of offices created for the purpose of
more effectually carrying on hostilities, but also
to any of those offices which are required in ev
ery community, whstheF in peace or war, for
thu administration of Justice, and the preserva
tion of order.” I find no such purpose in the
use of auy ot the terms of the act now under
consideration. I am, accordingly, ot the opin
ion that holding a simple Judicial office, or other
executive offices, or public employments, as aro
of purely civil character, such as county offices,
municipal offices, and ail others of like nature,
which were not created tor the purpose ol more
eflectually carrying on hostilities, aud wliich did
not involve the performance of duties expressly
New
Hbw
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Ivet«r Orleans Mark**.'
jfow oUkanb, May 27.—Sales 750 bales.—
Market Arm. Middling, 24* to 88. Receipts,
2,720. Exports, 1,201. Sugar-Loulsiana se
conds, Ills choice, 14; Cuba No. 12,11*. Mo
lasses nominal. Flour dull and unsettled; su-
pMflne quoted at #11 to 11 75; choice extra, #18.
Corn In good demand andadvaucod; mixed yel
low, #1 20 to 1 22; white, #1 85 to 1 80. Oats
Ann at 32* to 65 cento. Bacon Armor; shoulders;
0*; ribbed sidoe, 12; clear sides, 18*. Pork dull
at #34 to #24 87*. Lard, 18; In keg, 14* to 14*.—
Gold, 80. Sterling, 46 to 46*. Bight * discount.
Mobile Market.
Mobile, May 27.—Cotton sales to-day 800.
Markot closed quiet. Middlings 23*. Receipts
09 bales.
• Charleston Market.
Charleston, May 37.—Colton quiet. Sales
85 bales. Middling 34 to 35. Receipts 200 bales.
Savannah Market.
SAVANNAH, May, 27.—Cotton Arm. Middling
34*. Sates 220 bales- Receipts 850 bales.
A uk us la Market.
Augusta, May 27.—Cotton market quiet but
Arm. Sales 102 bales. Receipts 59. Strict
middling 24.
Cincinnati Market.
Cincinnati, May 27.—Flour unchanged.—
Corn dull. Whisky unsettled and nominal. Pro
visions quiet and unchanged. Cotton steady at
24 for middlings.
Louisville Market.
Louisville, May 27.—SnperAne Flour #9 22
to #10 50. Mess Pork, #22 25. Bacon 9* tor
shoulders; 12* for clear Bides. Raw Whisky,
free, #2 20. Prime Lard, 12*.
otLiroaxiA.
John Conners,
Cornelius Cole.
oomrwmcuT.
Jamet Dixon,
Orris B Ferry.
DELAWARE.
Qeo Bead Biddle,
Willard SauMury.
ILLINOIS,
ltlchsrd Yates,
Lyman Trnraball.
INDIANA.
T A Hendrick*,
Oliver P Morton.
IOWA.
KANSAS.
Edward G Boss,
Samnel O Pomeroy.
KSNTUCKT.
Jama Guthrie,
Garret Davie.
XAIHB.
Lot M Morrill,
Vn P Fessenden.
KABSSOHUSETTS.
. Charles Sumner,
Henry Wilson.
XABTLAND.
Reterdy Johnson,
Thomas Swann.
Missotnu.
John B Henderson,
Charles D Drake.
KICHIQAN. .
Zacharlah Chandler,
Jacob M Howard.
Radicals, (in Roman,) 40; Democrats, (In Italic,) 1*.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
OA.LIPOBHIA. N*W UAHTBIflOTC.
LThreo members to be elect-[Three members to be eject*
ed in September.) ’" “— l ' 1
thaipf i v „
question shall be for a convention, the command
ing Ueueral within sixty days from dale ot elec
tion, shall notify tlie delegates to assemble in
tlie convention, at a time and place to be men
tioned in the ratiAcation, and Raid convention,
when organized, shall proceed to frame a consti
tution and civil Government according to tlie
provisions ot this act and the act to wliich it is
supplementary, and when the same shall have
liecu so framed, said Constitution shall bo sub
mitted by the convention for ratification to tiic
persons, registered under tlie provisions of this
net, at an election to be conducted by officials or
persons appointed, or to be appointed, by the
commanding General as herein before provided,
and to be held alter tlie expiration ot thirty days
lrom the date of the notice thereof to be given
by said convention, and returns thcreol shall he
inado to the commanding Genorulol the district.
The sixth section provides, “ That all elections
in Stales mentioned in said act, to provide for the
more efficient government of tho rebel States,
Hi)all, during tlie operation ot aaid act, bo by bal
lot, and all officers making said registration of
voters, and conducting’said elections, sha'.i, be
fore entering upon the discharge of their duties,
take and suliscribe the oath prescribed by tlie
i.et, approvod, July 2d, 1862, Entitled “ an act to
prescribo an oatli of office;’’ provided, that If
uny person shall knowingly anil falsoW take and
subscribe any oath in tins act prescribed, such
person, so oilending and being thereol duly con
victed, shall be subject to the pains, penalties, and
disabilities which by law are provided tor the
punishment ot wilful and corrupt perjury.”
The only oaths prescribed by this act are the
oaths to be taken by the person applying lor regis
tration, and..the oatli to lie taken by the persons
composing the Boards of Registration. The du
ties of the board are first, to make aud complete
thu registration, and to superintend the elections.
The first question is os to the duties and powers
of the hoard in making and completing the regis
tration. Tlie first section provides that the com
manding general ahull cause a registration to he
made of tlfe mtile Citizens ol the United Slates
21 years of ago and upward, resident in each
county, or parish, in the State or States included
in liis district, which registration shall include
only those persona who are qualified to voto for
delegates by the act aforesaid, and who shall
have taken and subscribed the following oath or
affirmation.
By this oatli the person applying lor registra
tion must swear or affirm to every qualification
provided for by tlie original act. The first ques
tion which arises hero to whether any other oath
can bo required of the persons applying lor regis
tration, or any oath can be administered to aDy
other person or persons touching thu qualifica
tions ol the applicants, by the Board of Registra
tion. The last clause of this first section pro
vides as follows: “Which oath or affirmation
may be administered by any registering officer."
The oath here referred to is tlie oatli to be taken
by the person applying lor registration. I have
very carefully examined all the provisions ol
this act, and 1 can find no authority for any oth
er oath to be taken by any ono touching the qual
ifications of the applicant for registration, but
only this oalh. I am clearly of tlie opinion that
any other oalh touching tlie qualifications of tlie
applicant would be extra judicial, and without
authority, and that false swearing could not be
assigned os perjury upon such unauthorized oath,
especially as the proviso to the sixth section
above quoted, which declare what false swear
ing Bhiill amount to perjury, is expressly limited
to “ auy oath in this act prescribed."
In arriving at this conclusion, I have giv
en due weight to that part ol the first sec
tion of the act wliich declares "that the re
gistration shall include only those persons who
are qualified to vote for delegates by tho act
aforesaid, und who shall have taken and sub
scribed the following oatli, or affirmation." If
wc read these words by themselves, without re
gard UPtbe other provisions ol tlie act, I lie im
pression is made that two things must concur to
authorize the registration of Hie applicant. First,
that lie actually possesses the qualifications re-
S uired by Hie original act; and, second, that lie
mil take the prescribed oath. But, when we
look to the qualifications required ot the appli
cant by the original act, aud Hud that he to re
quired by this oath to swear to every one of
theso qualificaUons; and Uiut no authority ia
anywhere given to enter upon any other inquiry-
as to his qualifications, or to administer any other
oalh to him, or auy onlh to any oilier person
touching hla qualifications, and that his oaUi,
aud his oath alone, to punished with perjury, it
to Impossible to resist the conclusiou (hat (lie
oalh itself to the sole and only test of the quali
fication oi the applicant.
When, therefore, a person applies tc Hie hoard
lor registration, the power ot tlie hoard is con
fined to tiie administration of the prescribed
oath; and it the applicant lakes that, hto namo
Surratt In Court.
Washington, May 27.—John H. Surratt was
brought into the criminal court to-day, to bo
tried for the murder aud conspiring to kill Presi
dent Lincoln. His brother, Isaac, had been
brought from Texas, and was it) the court room.
The defense was ready tor trial, but tlie United
States not. The latter represented they had
used due diligence, but as yet had been unsuc
cessful in procuring the attendance of lour or
five important witnesses.
Important from Mexico.
Washington, May 27.—A telegram has been
received lrom New Orleans, 2Cth, at tlie State
Department, transmitting an official letter from
Juarez, dated San Luis Potosi, 15th, stating that
Queralero iiad mi ton by force of arms at 8 o’clock
that morning. Maximilian, Mejia, Costello and
Mir&mon are prisoners.
Assistant Attorney General.
Washington, May 28.—Johh H. Banckley
lias been appointed Assistant Attorney General,
in place of J. H. Ashton, who resigned on the
1st proximo.
The Editor of the Savannah Repupllcan
Savannah, May 26.—J. E. Hayes, proprietor
of the Republican, fined and imprisoned for
libel last March, was yesterday released by par
don ot Governor Jenkins.
From South America.
New York, May 20.—A Valparaiso fetter
says the impression prevails that the United
States Is more iriendly to Spain than lo Obili
and Peru, and it was probable tho proposed
mediation of this country would not bo accepted.
Miscellaneous Items.
New York, May 26.—Yokahama advices Oi
March 29th say that Gen. Van Valkenburg has
re-opened correspondence xyltli the Japanese
Government regarding American claims for pro
perty destroyed in 1863.
—Tin! Herald sav3 the Messrs. Btean of this city
Toiu mpnlhs, and intimates they areTlpr the Feni
ans. They shipped a hundred nine and eleven
Inch guns about a month ago, wliich it is sup
posed were also for the Fenians.
Texas Affairs.
Galveston, May 27.—An attempt to collect
taxes here, levied during the war In Confederate
currency, which would sacrifice the property oi
Union men, called forth an order from General
Griffin forbidding the collection of such taxes.
Judge Reeves, oi tho 9th District of Texas,
decides that negroes arc notreowpeteut witnesses
in the trial oi whito men.
Tlio sheriff ot Victoria refuses to take green
back! as legal lenders.
To Educate Freedmeu.
Phovide&cr, 1{. L, May 27.—;Tke will of Shu-
ball Hutchins; a leading merchant ot this city,
who died last week, bequeaths #10,000 lor the
improvement and education of negroes in the
South.
Capture of 9|ulM>UUu Confirmed.
New Orleans, May 27.—A letter from toe
American consul at Monterey confirms Hie cap
ture of Maximilian. Tho reply of President
Juarez to Minister Campbell recounts the griev
ances of hto party at toe cunduct of Maximilian.
He justifies previous executions, and declines to
promise safety to Maximilian in toe event Of hto
capture.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
,- Foreign Intelligence.
London, May ,20.—NotwiUistandiog toe de
claration to the contrary, it is thought the gov
ernment will not carry into execution tho death
sentences of the Fenian prisoners.
Fuanfobt, May 20.—United States bonds are
quoted to-day at ?7|.
Paris, May 20.—The Prm of this city com
plains that too Prussians are strengthening the
fortifications ot Rastadt.
Gofenuaoen, May 26.—The Danish govern
ment, it to said, has informed foreigu powers that
the Prussian government continues to disregard
theohligations of the treaty ot 1815, in regard
Schleswig.
Dublin, May 25.—If toe Fenians be hung,
the authorlHes expect reprisals on the part of the
Fenians. The houses of tho Judges and Crown
counsel are guarded day and night by armed
policemen in citizens’ dress.
St. Peteiisbuko, May 24.—Since the London
Conference, toe Eastern question has assumed
more importance. Efforts will be made to set
tle it.
The United Slates offer to sell Russia the
Miantonamah, a frigato, and two new, fast cruis
ers. The offer is likely to he accepted.
Tlie Feulaa Death Sentences.
London, May.27.—The question as to whether
too death sentences of toe Fenians shall be car
ried out or not engrosses public attention. The
press of England aud Ireland generally urge that
tho sentences be commuted to imprisonment
for life. It to said that Minister Adams will in
terpose to rave McClure from the scaffold.
Forelin Market*.
Ibt tux cable line.)
London, May 27.—Consols 93*, Bonds 72*.
Liverpool, May 27.—Cotton firm. Uplands
11; Orleans 11*. Sales 10,000 bales. Breadstufis
steady.
London, May 27.—Evening.—Consols, 93*.—
Bonds, 72*.
Liverpool, May 27.—Evening.—Cotton has
closed quiet. Uplands, lid.; Orleans, 11* Sales
12,000 bales.
Confiscation—Repudiation.
Radical teachers irom beyond the Potomac
are not the only parties who harp about confis
cation. Unfortunately there aro Southern men
who make tlie subject a specialty in thicr speeches
and daily conversation. We submit in all can
dor and frankncsB that it to about timo it was
stopped. It is not only having a bad effect upon
the black population, by exciting in them hopes
that can never he realized, but it to a menace,
an attempt to intimidate the whites, which will
have anything but the desired effect. The work
of reconstruction will progress with more facility
without such arguments, if arguments they may
be called, and wc call the attention ol those who
resort to it, to the remarks below, taken from
the New York Timo :
A special correspondent of the New Orleans
Picayune, writing from New York, reproduces
from Mr. Gibbon's volume on the NaUonal
debt, passages to show that repudiation to a con
tingenev not excluded irom the banking mind.
According to Mr. Gibbon, repudiation w “not
so impossible thnt we aro justified in treatiug
it with contempt; ’’ nor is it, on the Bamc author
ity, always “an extrinsic, unnatural and totally
unjust measure." The Ptcayund* correspondent
insists that the “fetfrlul spectre haunts every bank
parlor,” which is, we think, a gross exaggeration,
to say toe least. At the same time, nothing to to
be gained by ignoring the possibility, which to as
great as tlie ixwaibilily of the ultra radical doc-
TOhix YrtHOB *mn1»trreai*ftgnCTtn»ft nv*imr nutftll‘lS
assuming in reference to tho landed property of
the whites. It Is easy to familiarize the negroes
with agrarian notions—notions obliterating the
distinction betweou meum and tuum, and point
ing to robbery and anarchy. But there to do
patent method of confining these notions to
Southern latitudes. The winds and the news
papers will bring them Northward, where they
will meet thousands of ready believers. If that
lime ever comes, we predict that repudiation at
the North will bo tho counterpart of confiscation
at the South. The best guarantee for the invio
lability of toe property represented by the debt
to the maintenance inviolato ot the rights of all
property, that of : tho Southern whites included.
The principle oi confiscation is neither more nor
less than the principle of theft, which is more
easily set in motion than checked. For this rea
son, the business and prosperity of the whole
country, as well as its moderation and integrity,
are concerned in crushing out ovenr movement
tending to encourage hopes of confiscation, and
to make that measure a feature of tho Radical
policy.
Tiie Neoro Vote—A Self Evident Truth.
—We are indebted to tlie New York Timo, a
leading Republican organ, lor the following
sound opinion. It sayB; “It is impossible that
the whites and blacks of the South should be
mustered into opposition camps politically, with
out a coDsequeut hoatility in all the relations of
life. Their only hope lice in harmony ol senti
ment, based on a conviction of harmony of in
terest Aud tho systematic crusade wliich is now
going on, and which tends directly to a disturb
ance of these relations, may well cause dir,quiet
and resentment lo the whites in toe Southern
States."
ADECisiON.-JudgeDeady, of the United Stslei
Supreme Court, in Ban Francisco, recently deci
ded tljat the play of the “ Black Crook," as pre
sented in that city.to aD immodest production; that,
it depends for its attraction upon exhibitions of
“ women lying around loose,” and that the thea
ters cannot be enjoined, therefore, from stealing it
from one another.
1STew .Advertisements.
COKSECTICTJT.
(Four members to be elect-
ed in April.)
DE1.AWAAB.
John A Mchoteon.
ILLINOIS.
I. N B Judd,
а. J F Farnsworth,
3. E B Wastaburne,
4. Aaron C Harding,
G. Ebon C Ingerson,
б. Barton C Cook,
7. HPHBromwoll,
8. B M Cnllom,
V. Lnoit WBom,
10. A G Burr, •
II. BS Marshall,
IS. John Baker,
13. GBRsum,
At large, J A Logan.
INDIANA.
I. WmBNiblack.
9. Michael O Kerr,
8. M C Hunter,
4. I I’m 8 Holman.
G. Geo W Jnllan,
6. John Cobnrn,
7. HD Washburn,
8. floodlove 8 Orth,
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BY TKLhGBAPU.
New York Market.
New York, May 27.—Flour dull and droop
ing. W heat dccjjning. Corn unchanged. Pork
steady st #28 Cotton quiet at 27. '
[ETaaCLNO.J
New Yobs, Muy 87.—Cotton firm. Sales of
1,000 bales at 27 cents.
Flour dull, and declined 10 fo 20 cents. Wheat
has declined i^o 3 cento. Chru steady and in
good demand. Provisions quiet and unchanged.
Sugar steady, and a good demand for Coffee.
Eexcbangu firm at 109* to 100*. Gold closed
at 80* to87. Governments quiet and unchanged.
Stock* dosed firm, and stlghly advanced.
atNNXsaoTA.
NEVADA.
Wm M Stewart,
James W Njre,
new luxratmx.
Aaron
James
NSW JEHU XT.
A G C’atteil, m
F T FreUnghujraeM
NEW YORK.
In D
Roscoe (
OHIO.
Benjamin F Wade,
John Sherman.
OREGON.
George H Wllllama,
Henry W Corbitt.
PENNSYLVANIA.
C'hartce B Bucialete,
Simon Cameron.
RHODH ISLAND.
nilfdtaS
Henry Bi
TXNNNSSXl.
D TPaUcrton.
J 8 Fowler.
VERMONT.
George F Edmonds,
Justin S Morril.
WRST VIROIWIA.
Poter G Van Winkle,
Waltmaa T Wiley.
WISCONSIN.
Jamee B Doolittle,
Timothy O Howe.
WnOLEMlE AND
Immense Attract:
■ion |
OA-SH BUVRHg
Are Invited to call st onco and secure the -
GOODS st the LOWEST PBIc®,
ALL GOODS MAJiKBD IN PLAIN
TO RENT.
A LARGE HOUSE, with eight rooms, out
houses, Ac.. pleaaapUy located, half mile
from-the car-shed. PosaeSelr- '—
ately. ^App^ly to
Ion given Immcdi-JUjj
ORME A FARRAR.
“Live and Let Live."
JgOARD can be had at the BBLLVIKU HOTEL ss
follows h
Transient, per meal
Day hoard
Board per mouth, with lodging.. .
Board permonth, without ludgiuL...
Board per week, with lodging ...
^ „ James W. PRICE, M. D.,
“ssysP—M Proprietor
....$900
.... 96 00
.... 18 00
10 00
CORN, OATS, HACON, Ac.
1500 sound TENN and VIRGINIA CORN
GO sacks Oats,
1000 pounds Bacon,
IOOO pounds Batter,
1000 pounds ford.
Smoking and Chewing Tobacco on hand, cheaper than
the cheapest.
H. T. COX A BRO.,
m»y96— at Forsyth Street.
JUST RECEIVED.
2g BAGS PRIME WHITE MIXED COBH,
76000 pounds Clear Bacon Sides,
98 casks Sugar-Cured Canvassed Hams,
90 casks Pltln Hams,
7G boxes Turpentine Soap,
100 barrels Whisky, -
960 M. agars,
Paper Bags, Cow Feed,
176 begs Oats, Ae.
LANGSTON, CRANE A HAMMOCK,
Commission Merchants,
mayto-Ot • Alabama sheet.
GEOROIA, Us Sals County,
mwomonths Afterdate, application will be made to
X the Court of Ordinary of DeKalb county, at the
drat * *— “ —
from
the estate
ceased. May !W, 1«7.
uio turn or uramary ot ceaaio county, at the
regular term after the expiration ot two months
1 this notice, for leave to self tha lands belonging to
eaute of Janes B. Walker, late of said county, do
ll. Schuyler Colfax,
10. Wm Williams,
11. JPCShanks.
IOWA.
1. James Y Wilson,
9. Hiram Price,
8. Wm B AIUbod,
4. W M Loughbrfdge,
5. G M Dodge,
0. A W Hubbard,
KANSAS.
1. Sidney Clarke.
KENTUCKY.
1. Trimble,
9. Brown,
8. (Vacant.)
4. Knott,
G. Glover,
’ 6. — Jones,
7. Beck,
8. Adame,
9. Young.
MAINE.
1. John Lynolh
9. Sydney Perham,
3. James O Blaine,
4. John A Peters,
, 6. Frederick A Pike.
MARYLAND.
1. Hiram McCullough,
9. 8 Archer,
8. O A Phclpe, (o.)
4. Francis Thomeii,
5. Frederick Stone.
MASSACHUSETTS.
1. Thomas D Elliot,
9. Oakes Ames,
8. Olnery Twltcholl,
4. Samuel Hooper,
6. Ben) F Butler,
0. Natn’l P Banks.
7. Geo S Boutwell,
8. JGhn D Baldwin,
9. W It Washburn,
It). Henry L Dawes,
MISSOURI.
1. Wm A Pile, (c.)
9. O A Newcomb,
a. There E NoeU,
cd In March.)
NEW YORK.
1. Stephen Taber,
2. Demae Barnes,
3. WK Bobirwun,
4. John Fox,
6. John Morrieev,
0. T K Stewart,
7. John IV Chanter,
8. Jamee Brooke,
9. Fernanda Wood,
10. W H Robertson,
11. C H Van Wyck,
19. J H Ketchara,
IS. Thos Cornell,
14. JVLPruyn,
15. J A Griswold,
10. Orange Ferris,
17. C T uulbnrd,
18. JssM Marvin,
19. Wm C Fields,
20. A H Laflin,
21. (Vacant.)
22. J C Churchill,
23. Dennis McCarthy,
24. T M Pomeroy,
23. WmM Kelsey,
20. WmS Lincoln,
27. Hamilton Ward,
28. Lewie Selye.
29. Bart Van Horn,
SO. J M Humphrey,
81. H Van Aemcm.
onto.
1. BenU
2. R B Hayes,
3. Robt C Schenck,
4. Wm Lawrence,
0. WmMungen,
0. Reader W Clarke,.
7. 8 Shellabarger,
8. C 8 Hamilton,
0. RPBnckland,
10. James M Ashloy,
11. John T Wilson,
12. P Van Trump,
13. G W Morgan, (c.)
14. Martin Welker,
10. Tobias A Plants,
10. John A Binghiun,
17. Eph R Kckley,
18. R P Spalding,
19. .las A Garfield.
OREOON.
1. kttfue Mallory.
PENNSYLVANIA.
1. Sam J Randall,
2. Charles O’Neill,
3. Leonard Myers,
4. Wm D Kelley,
0. Caleb N Tsyior,
0. BenJM Boyer,
7. Jno M Broomatl,
8. JL Getz,
9. ’ Thad Stevens,
10. Henry L Cake,
11, DM Van Auken,
19. Chae Dennison,
18. Ulysses F Mercur,
14. Geo F Miller,
15. A J Gloeebrenner,
10. Wm H Koontx,
17. Daniel J Morrell,
18. 3F Wilson,
19. G W Schofield,
90. Darwin A l'lunoy,
91. John Covodo,
22. J K Morehead,
23. Thos Williams,
it. QVfowreuco.
nUODE ISLAND.
[Two members to ho elect-
9. G W Anaersou, (c.) [Eight mombere to bo olect-
tncRioAH. edin 1 August.)
1. For. C Beaman.
2. Charles Upson,
8. Austin Blair,
uiayfirt—2m
WM. R. PENDLY, Administrator.
Printer’s tee $8
FLOORING.
“ D ' Dflad
KING, HARDEE #00,
Vn'gnst.]
i. VERMONT.
1. P B Wpodbrlto,
2. Luke P Poland.
3. Wm C
wxsT vmeiini. 1
1. V D Jiubbard,
2. BM Kitchen,
3. Daniel Podieey,
WMOONSIN.
1. Halbert B Paine,
2. BeuJ F Hopklaa,
H. Amaaa Cobb,
4. Ohas'A FAdrldge.
6. PhllotUB Sawyer,
6. C C Washburne,
5. G A Halsey.
Radicals; (In Roman,) 198; Democrats, (i* Italic,) 44.
4. Thos W Feny,
6. R E Towbrldgc,
8. John F. Driggs.
NIHESSOTA.
1. Wm Wludont,
9. Ignatius Donohy.
NBVAPA.
1. Delos P, Ashley,
NEW JERSEY.
1. Wm Moore,
2. Chae Haight,
iffiSP*
GEORGIA STATE LOTTERY,
FOR THE BENEFIT, OF THE
MASONIC ORPHANS’ HOME J
Great Supplementary Scheme for 1867!
TICKETS, $10, $8,"$a, $1, 50 OU., SS Cts,
Purchasers can seclect their own Numbers and buy
A 3 NUMBER TICKET i ' . ,
Or 2 NUMBER TICKET
Or I NUMBER TIpKET
Aud st whatever price they think proper to pay lor their
Numbers.
LIST OF pRizijg
In a 78 Ballot—12 Drawn Numbers
8 Number Tickets for $10, s prize of *1,250 OO
8 Number Tickets tor $6, a prize of 025 OO
8 Number Tickets for 93, a prise of x5O OO
8 Number Tickets for $1, s prlxe of. 12 5 OO
8 Number Tickets for GO couts, a prize of . . (12 50
8 Number Tickets for S5 cents, » prize of.81 25
V Numbers upon their three Nnrabcr Ticket aro
only drawn, the purchaser receives double the amount
Invested lor hla three Number Ticket.
78 BALLOTS—13 DRAWN NUMBERS.
Two Nomher Tiekets.-If both numbers are drawn, the
purchaser receives $90 for every dollar Invested.
Single Number Tlckots.-If the number is drawn, the
purchaser receives $5 for evoty dollar Invested,
I EXPLAN A TION
Of the Supplementary Sehome.and Mode of Drawings
i Ll thio great scheme, which has become so very popu
lar throughout the United States, purchasers select their
own numbers, and whatever price they may think oro-
por to pay fbr their tickets, and prizes are paid accord-
KI Fersorfcan go to auy vender ofYiie Georgia
State Lottery, select their own numbers, and the vendor
will give a ticket of the same-the vendor will enter the
same numbers uptm the Manager’s reglster-ftnd pur
chasers will be careful to see them entered upon tho rec-
“ the'“*n««ers are responsible lor that only.
Every ticket has the class numbered on it, aud thu draw-
ngs are in public, ss follows: On the drawing of the
lottery numbers from t to 78, printed on sepuralu ploces
of P«Per, are encircled with brass tubes, aud one by one
P'seed tn a brass wheel. The wheel Is revolved aud the
numbers well mixed. It Is then opened, and a boy, blind
folded, draws out one number, which Is opened and ex
hibited to the audience. This operation Is repeated until
the whole 13 numbers are drtwu out, and these 1* num
bers decide all tickets In that class. All numbers drawn
In the Supplementary Scheme are equal—no difference In
what order they come from the wheel.
8CPPLKHBIYTABY SCHKMII.
Bayers choose their own numbers. The drawings are
in public, and tho prizes are paid immediately upon the
drawing, without any deduction. Tickets for tale at
? °®“. Bro *d “treet. Also, st office, corner ol
Whitehall and Decatur streets. Tho first drawing ot the
Supplementary class takes place on Wednesday, the 3d
Ajfrtl, 1887, at o o'clock, P. AT, and continue from day to
W. W. BOYD.
nuufil—4tflaaW Principal Manager. Atlanta, Qa.
ONE PRICE ONLY!
Price* Guaranteed to Correspond with thsp^
JOHN M. GANNOsJ
Corner Whitehall and Hunteri
J^BSPBCTFULLY infonriH his frlpndi#nd ]
that his Stock la now complete In every dep«rt*xa “
that he will, on
Monday, May 13th,
Mark down all hla goods at prices to correspond r ;
tho timee. All consumers of Dry Good# will
their Interests by examining this splendid Stock b*
purchasing elsewhere.
GREAT BARGAINS will be ofieteA to Cub •
for the next thirty days, in^rder to reduce the
stock, so as to make room foir the '
which I intend purchasing at the Immense Auction^ ]
which will take place in New York the latter pin ol* j
and early part of neat month. Tho fact of the QoAh ■
ing marked in platn figures is the best eyidencs tfet l—
prices will be very low, and that there cannot 1
price, customers can see the price of eycry trtidib
themselves and judge accordingly. To those
distance, I wonld say that, if they send metheirehi^
they will be promptly AIM st the Ic'sciLpricast ’
season.
Annexed will be found a SCHEDULE 07 QOOSl/
the different Departments.
DRE88 COOD8 DEPARTMENT
Black and Faucy Silks,
Plain aud Printed Organdies,
Plain and Embroidered Grenadines, ^
Launi, Cambrics, and Cb&mbny, i
Chillies, Tapinrtine,
English Bu«p,Wq
Broch-Barege,
Printed Brilliants,
Mozambique,
Printed Jaconets,
Printed Percales,
Pine Apple Chk
HOUSE-KEEPING DEPARTMENT.
9,10,11, and 12-4 Blenched and Brown Sheeting,
8, 9, and 104 Bleached and Brown Ttblt Dux
A SPLENDID LINE OF '
Irifh Linens, Napklnv,
Towels, Sco)ch Diaper,
Ruck Diaper, Ruatls Crash, j
Marseilles and Laucuitr (u
WHITE GOODS DEPARTMENT, i
Swiss, Jaconet, Nainsook,
Mull, and Crimped Muslins,
Plaid and Striped Nainsook,
Swiss and Jaconet Muslins,
Pin Cord MnsUne, Bishop Laws,
White and Colored Tarlitooe,
Bdillantes,
Dotted and Figured I
' * A FINJ? ASSORTMENT OF
Silk and SUk Lace Cloaks,
• Rotundas and Points,
1 . • Grenadine and Barege ! 1
A FUIJ, LINE OF
Paris Bilk Mitts, Alexandre's Kid Glores, 1
Llftlo Thread and Cotton Gloves, a
Black and White Bilk Gloves,
Silk, Lluon, and Palm LcafFut,
, 1, |„ Fine French Cornetts, I
Ladles’ White English Hsst rt
(so me very siptriai B
Embroideries, Laces,
Collars and Cuffs, t ,
Bordered and-Rem-Btiched
. . .—,i -ii In C. Handkerchiefs, y
Cambric, Cotton, and
Bilk Handkerchiefs,
' Beautiful PussoU, IS
Silk snd Cotta H
8uu UmWhi;j
hi
M. & J.
Wbolesale
HIRSH,
and Retail
CLOTHING EMPORIUM
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia.
UlMOINUM DAVID KAVEH’S OLD 07AND,)
MK5S Y*5uT&WL0 4 &?sn1
MaSWWAW!! -u F i u o?“ hu,s a ° 04 *-
00{t OWN MAN UFA OTUBK,
Ol vlmg ns the advantage of selling cheaper than any other
eiUblishiiient ot the kind this side of New York.
The wholesale trade, or merchants from the country
can be supplied at our Establishment, and a liberal dis
count allowed them. apr!7—8m
Header, Do You Owe Uat
\1TE kindly but urgently call on all who owe ns Prosi
ly vision Bills to come promptly forward aud square
JOHNSON A ECHOLS.
NOW IN BTORB.
10 000 B d DRI ro P 8ACK8 ’ 8 ® od 10 ,0UI 1
* LANGBTON, CRANE A HAMMOCK,
Alabama Street.
MORE NEW GOODS.
/NKNTLEMEN who wish ready nice Sergo or Fine
U FRENCH CALF SKIN SHOES, either of the Coit-
" ‘ ‘ ‘ ~ pattern, can nos
id manufacture a
lotlitag, corner o
’t T; BANKS.
Jtel.JJt’.) I tut- l*|l*;-V/.|° -ft 't.J
DOMESTIC DEPARTMENT- i
Trcach, English, and American Prints; Fnech,Not* 8
and American ginghams; Now York Hlilslosf ||
,0)061, fomatltlu Long Cloth, lllUjl tony j
Cloth, ( Hose Bud Long Cloth, ; J
Rope Long Cloth, a
and all other fkvorlfe brands. Also, s splendid sect!)
fine Sea Island Shirting and Sheeting altnjl ta ■
hand. A fnll supply of Augusta sad 7
Granltevllle Factory Shlrtngs and
-Shootings, Yanis aud Os-
naburgs, Ac.
FOR GENT'S AND BOYS’ WE»».
Black French Broad Cloth,
Tricot Cloth, . , ■
Black French Doeskin,
Fancy Caasimcrea,
Caehmeretea, English Twotto i
Hattinetts, Jeans, Cottonades,
Plain and Fancy Linens,
Plain and Fancy Marseilles, j
Drapt d’Rte, English Half How. j
Hemmed Silk HandkerchiiA j
ALWAY8 ON HAND, A jFtliaL STOCK OF j
Notions, Boots, and Soes, .
.j, Trunk*, and Straw
JOHN M. GANNON,
Corner Whitehall *W»d Hunter Btreett,
, mayia-tilljuuesH . 1 ! Atlanta,Qeo*!*-,
THE “LIVE DRUG STOREf
Celebrated ‘‘Arctic Fount"
-1.1 And got your
SODA. WATER!
THE PURE FRUIT SYRUP*
Are drawn ICE COLD, and the only compblnl of Ik*
beantlftal, sparkling water lx that
“IT'S SO COLD1"
BF*BDY YOUR TICKETS, and save 20 per rent «» d
trouble of making change. NO BLANKS t—each dtsxs
» "full Olaee /" “The last thought to be the best I”
Tbe Fount will be kept ns clean ns U Is besntlful.
0UB PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMKW
Is still complete, where Physicians and Patients at
rely on getting their Proscriptions filled neatly and cur
rently.
Those desiring (o purchase
DRUGS, MEDICINES, MINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES, WINDOW GLASS,
PURE WINES AND URtOBS.
Imported and American Fancy Good*
TOILET ARTICLES, *c.,
WU1 always find our stock (toll and complete, and pric*»
so os to "LIVE AND LET LIVE “
RED WINK A FOX,
Cornet Whitehall sad Alabama Bueeu,
rnaylfi—8m J.Sst‘A —•