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paragrams.
-Yeirtiulxy, >n New York, Gold
was quoted at 1.34 J. Cotton 25c.
—Graphic Forney calls A. J. J* the
corporeal wadding of Booth s pistol'
They say (“between us”) that Mag
gie Mitchell is about thirty-three.
—Send hens to Nevada. Eggs are ■
worth nine-pence apiece there.
—They ndl n dentist a tusk-hoister j
in Chicago.
—'Grecian Architecture Tbe*loo/*s
that ladies use nt present.
—The boysof Danbury, Conu.,skate
in the cemetery.
-Four Vermont clergymen recently
" killed six deer in four days hunt in the
Aeirondacks.
—The bride s dre»sat a recent Paris
wedding cost 812,000.
—A dauirhter-of General Humphrey
Marshall, of Kentucky, has written a
novel entitled, “As By Fire.
—Madame Patti Cau.v, after having
sung so many other people s songs,
it is now said, has coinjosed one for
herself.
—An illiterate correspondent, who
is given to sporting, wants to know
when the “Anglo Saxon race,' so
much talked about, is to come oft’.
—A clergyman, after marrying a
couple, made a prayer over them,
concluding: “Forgive them. Lord,
they know not what they do
—What is the difference between a
special cotistable and a superannuated
constable? The formers sworn in,
and the latter’s sworn out.
—Chicago has a “ Home" for the
reformation of inebriates, which is
sustained in part by a tax on the
drinking saloons of the city.
—God-bye, old red shirt ! The
-New York Fire‘Commissioners have
ordered the tiremen to wear dark blue
shirts after New Year’s.
—Dr. A. Pursons, an eminent sur
geon of Rhode Island, is dead, aged
eighty-eight years, lie was on Lake
Erie, and the last surviving officer of
Commodore Perry’s fleet.
, —“ Mamma, mamma,” cried a little
boy, when the sun set gloriously red
one Christmas eve, “ see how hot
heaven is over there. Santa Claus is
baking, 1 guess.”
—The plans and maps of the New
■ Orleans and Mobile Railroad have
been exhibited. By a bee line Mobile
is distant from New Orleans one hun
dred and thirty-two miles—by the
proposed line of the road one hundred
and thirty-eight miles. The bids will
be opened in January, and the early
completion of the work assured.
—General Howard has been mus
tered out of his rank as Major General
of volunteers, to take effect on New
. Year’s, lie is the last of the volun
teer line officers in service. His regu
lar army rank is that of Brigadier
General.
—P. P. Stewart, the celebrated
stove manufacturer of Troy, died on
Sunday. Some years ago he was in
New York penniless, and in a barren
garret devised the stove which revo
lutionized the trade and brought him
a fortune.
The V- S. District Court at Phil
adelphia has found a verdict against
& four hundred hogheads of sugar which
were invoiced as molasses to defraud
custom revenue. The .amount involv
ed is thirtv-two thousand dollars.
—Pope Pius is in his 77th year,
but is active and vigorous. Tic is in
the 22d year of his pontificate and has
a fair prospect of completing a quar
ter of a century of official rule, which
no Pope has done before him. His
successor is said to be secretly agreed
on.
—John N. Genin, who became cele
brated as the purchaser of the -first
ticket for the Jenny land Concerts,
and' who has made and lost half a
dozen fortunes, has recently, by the
death of an unde, come iuto posses
sion of nearly half a million of dol
• lais.
—Moses Beech, the former proprie
tor of the New York Sun, has pre
sented the worjeidgmen’s association of
New York with $50,000 to purchase
a building to lie used for industrial
purjioscs, in which females will be
i" employed exclusively.
—“1 don't see as anything is the
with this plum-pudding,” said a
MHUow at a Thanksgiving dinner;
\Vell, who said there was ?” growled
out his neighbor. “ Why,” said the
first, “I concluded tliere was, you all
seem to be running it down!”
—The farm of ex-Gm'ernor Wise,
in Princess Anne County, Va., so
long held by the government was on
Thursday surrendered to the owner.
... The Government also ordered the pay
ment of rent to the owner of Libby
Prison for a year’s use of it.
—The Joint Committee on Print
ing has determined to invite propo
sals for reporting anil publishing the
debates in Congress after the 4th of
March next, when the contract witli
the Globe expires by law. The Con
gressional printer bus been invited to
. send in proposals also, in order that
the committee may judge whether the
work can be done cheapest by private
parties or by tlie Government.
—Planchette has remarkable powers
in Texas. Three gentlemen were re
cently learning the events of the future
by this means in Brownsville, when it
was s uddenly discovered they were
spell bound. Neither could rise from
his seat, and all were so frightened
that tltey were unable to speak. For
tunately a lady came and spoke, thus
breaking the spell and the writing-leg
of planchette at the same time.
A subscrilxir for Uie Rochester
Democrat, marveling nt the continued
disappearance of his paper, stationed
himself where he could witness how
it got beyond his door, if the carrier
left it, nnd was not a little odJied to
observe his cat demurely' seize it, and
c.iutioti»ly earn it Miind a refrigera
tor, where, upon looking, lie discover
ed -even .nr eigh| mining mimliera,
folded ns when h li l>» the Loy,
National Republican
a A.
THURSDAY MORNING....D<c, 24
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list ice.
This is a Republic where the Will of
the People is the Law of the Land.
|U. S. Giu-.r.
“ W'ii/cA over th. preservation of Ike Union
with zealous eye, mid indignantly frown upon
Ike first pawning of every atir.uipt to alienate
any pwlion of the Country f ont the rest, in
to enfeeble the sacred tics, who h n ic link
together the various parts."— Washington's
Farewei.i. Address
Miscellaneous Editorial Items,
Mn, Wm. A. Osborn, of Bourbon
county, Ky., has notified Mr. 1). P.
Ellis, of Columbus, that he can secure
for twenty boys from this section five
years’ tuition each, free of charge, in
the Kentucky Wesleyan University,
situated at Millersburg. The Uni
versity is presided over by Rev. Dr.
Taylor, from South Carolina. The
endowment fund is $50,000, in which
Mr. Osborn has an interest. So says
the Columbus Enquirer.
Tin: Macon Telegraph says the
negroes work as well in that section
as they did in the days of slavery.
Contracts are being made for 1800.
W. M. Wadley, of Savannah,
seems to be ambitious of becoming
the Vanderbilt of the South. Some
people think he is too short in the
breeehen..
Charity Concerts are a most ex.
cellent means of supplying amuse
ment for young fashionables, and at
the same time silencing the demands
of conscience claiming charity for the
poor.
Letter of Hon*W W. Boyce
Attention is invited to the moderate
letter of Hon. W. W. Hoyce, of South
Carolina. Colonel Boyce is well
known to the people of Georgia, and
his suggestions arc untitled to the.
candid consideration of her people.
Read and judge.
Senator Pomeroy’s Georgia Bill.
The telegraph announced some days
ago that Senator Pomeroy,of Kansas,
had introduced a bill regulating affairs
in Georgia. If this thing continue*
there will soon be bills enough to
patch the entire State. The Wash
ington Express contains a brief epit
ome of the provisions of Mr. P.’s
bill:
This morning, in the Senate, Mr. Pomeroy
reported a bill to provide for the reassembling
■ of the Constitutional Convention of the
. State of Georgia. It starts out by reciting
what was designed by the reconstruction
1 acts in reference to the abolition of all re
strictions on account of race or color. »»•>
> enacts thut tlie Convention reassemble
- within thirt.c » after the passage of the
. , net, and so construct the organic law as to
define more clearly the rights of its citizens
of the colored race, and explicitly orders
that the Convention shall so perfect the
same as that there shall be no prohibition of
: the right to hold civil office, hj- any of Its
citizens, on account of color. It further pro
-1 vides that the Legislature of the State shall
not sit as such body, to represent the people
of Georgia, until the amendment to its Con
stitution required above shall have _ been
made.
, Tax Returns for 1808. The
. Macon Telegraph has the following
L paragraph :
- We learn from the watchful and gcntle
' manly Comptroller General of the State of
Georgia, Major Madison Bell, that the tax
books returned from Uio comities of Berrien.
Gwinnett, Chattooga. Fayette, Campbell,
Lowndes, Madison, Pierce and Glascock
show property valued, April Ist, 1868, at
<6,138,351; a falling off from the valuation
of 1867 of |689,040. If the other counties
fall off in the same proportion, the whole
property of the State will not be valued at
much over $175,000,000. If this be the case,
an assessment for the State purposes will
Imve to be made of 35 to 40 cents on the
value of SIOO.
Interesting Information.—The
Washington Evening Express says:
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary
informally considered the Georgia question,
but came to no conclusion, owing to the
absence of one of its members, it was de
cided that the bill prepared by Senator
Edmunds should be presented nnd referrod
t 6 that committee, to be taken up after the
recess. This is regarded as foreshadowing
Congressional action on the subject. -There
may be some addition made to the bill, such
as that proposed by Senator Stewart for the
punishment of persons holding office con
trary to the Fourteenth Amendment. The
action of the committee thus far is in accord
ance with the views presented by Governor
Bullock al the commencement of the session.
—Two years ago tiff- Roman Catho
lics had in the Chinese Empire twenty
four Bishops, font' hundred and seven
ty Priests, halfof them native Chinese,
three hundred students in training for
the priesthood, and three hundred and
sixty-three thousand live hundred and
eighty members. Hie Priests arc
throroughly trrined, us in other conn
trie*. Tlie Intin language, and latin
theological works, occupy a prominent
place tn their course of Studios. The
■ toman Catholics of China have large
pectin in rv resources nt hand, and arc
jiowc’rfitfly -*u|»|»«-»rt<-«l In the French.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
De ci lions of the Supreme Court of
Georgia.
Jielivcreil at Atlanta, Dee. 15, 1868.
Byrd A Coker vt». H. R. R Johnson
eA. Co. Equity from Sumter.
McCay, J.—A contract between a
factor or commission merchant and a
planter, giving a lien upon the crop of
the latter for provisions furnished to
make it, is not required by the act of
the 15th of December, 1866, 10 be in
writing Tlie lien is a good one be
tween the parties, and their agents
and purchasers with notice, though it
be only in parol.
A bill filed by the factor and sanc
tioned, granting a u< exeat against one
charged to have a portion of the crop
in possession as agent of the planter,
and requiring him to produce the
same, that it may he subjected to said
lien, ought not to be discharged on
the coming in of the answer not deny
ing the plaintiff's equity, except on
information and belief, even though
supported by an affidavit setting up
title in the affiant to the crop, espe
cially when the affidavit does not
deny notice of the lien. Judgment
reversed.
W. A. Hawkinsfor plaintiff in error.
Goode it Carter for defendant in
error.
John B. Berry vs. Wm. 11. llodnett-
Assumpsit from Calhoun.
Brown, C. J.—l. A and B made
and delivered to C their joint and
several promissory note, due twelve
months after date. C afterwards, for
a valuable consideration, agreed with
A, without the consent of B, to extend
the time of payment twelve months
longer. C endorsed and delivered the
note to D, after it was due, with no
tice of the extension of time of pay
ment. D, after said time expired, sued
A and B as makers and C as endorser,
and obtained judgment. B, who was
then absent in the military service,
returned, after the rendition of judg
ment, and entered an appeal within
the time allowed by the ordinance
of the Convention of 1865, and set
up the defence that he was only a
surety for A and had no interest in
the consideration of the note. A, who
had entered no appeal, died before the
trial, and was not a party to the issue
on trial. Held, that on the issue be
tween D as plaintiff, and B as defend
ant, B was a competent witness under
our statute to prove that he was only
a surety to the note. In a suit by A’s
representative, after payment out of
A’s estate, against B for contributions,
A and B, who were parties on the
same side of the original contract,
would be opposing parties to the issue
on trial, and B would be an incompe
tent witness.
2. The evidence that B was only
surety, and that C knew that A was
to pay the debt, was sufficient to sus
tain the finding of the jury ami the
extension of time of payment given by
C to A, without the consent of B, the
surety, released him.
3. A motion was made, which the
court agreed to consider in connection
with the record, to dismiss this case,
on the ground that the new Constitu
tion of the State, adopted since the
trial in the court below, denies to the
courts of this State jurisdiction to
enforce any contract, the consideration
of which was a slave, it appearing
from the record, that the note in suit
was given for slaves, held that the
judgment which this court pronounces
upon the points made by the bill of
exceptions, render it unnecessary to
decide the questions raised by* the
motion.
Judgment affirmed.
Lyon and DoGraffeureid for plaintiff
in error.
W. A. Hawkins for defendant in
error.
i’ciia Thomas vs. the Slate of Geor
gia. Murder, from Sumter. •
Brown, C. J.—The bill of indict
ment contained but one count, which
was for murder. The jury returned a
verdict of guilty of involuntary man
slaughter, which was received by the
conit and the jury discharged. A
motion was made in arrest of judg
ment, on the ground that there are
two grades of involuntary man
slaughter—one punished as a felony',
the other by lesser punishment. Held
that the motion should have been sus
tained by the court. Judgment re
versed.
W. A. Hawkins for plnintifl’ in
error. •
Solicitor General Parker for de
fendant in error.
S, S. Boone vs. Wm. Sirrene, admin
istrator. Equity, from Sumter.
Brown, C. J.—Two partners rented
a storehouse for one year from 25th
November, 1867, the rent to be paid
quarterly, and soou after dissolved the
partnership, and one of them con
tinued the business on his own ac
count for a time, and died. His
administrator obtained an order from
the Court of Ordinary authorizing him
to continue the business for the
balance of the year, for the
benefit of the estate. The widow
applied for the year’s sup
port allowed by law for herself and
children, and the appraisers allowed
her 52,700, which was made the judg
ment of the Court of Ordinary and
which left the estate insolvent. The
other partner was also insolvent. The
landlord filed a bill praying an injunc
tion against the administrator, to re
strain him from turning over the es
tate to the widow, or otherwise dispo
sing of the same till hisrent was paid.
Ht ld, that the dissolution of tho firm
did »mt affect the rights of the land
lord, as a tenant cannot under our
stnjiie transfer his lease without th*
consent of the landlord; ;md the lease
so tar as the landlord’s rights were
concerned, icniained partnership prop
erty and forms no part of the estate of
the deceaKsl partner till the rent is
paid, and that the landlord is entitled
to his rent out <d the proceeds of the
business done in the hmi«c. or the
<k>eL in trade: for tin* time tlw* nd
ministrator used the premises before
the estate is turned over to the widow
of the deceased.
Judgment reversed.
S. C. Elam, for plaintiff in error.
W. A. Hawkins, for defendant in
error.
Delivered at Atlanta, Dec. 22, 1868.
Samuel Houston, vs. the State. Burg
lary, from Chatham.
Warner, J.—When, upon the trial
of the defendant, charged with the
offence of burglary, it was proved
that the parties in jajssession of the
warehouse alleged to have been broken
and entered by the defendant, were in
possession of**the same under written
contract for rent or lease, for a definite
period of time: Held, that this parol
of proof of the possession of the ware
house under written contract for ten*
or lease at the time the alleged burg*
lary was committed, as charged in
the indictment, was sufficient to sus
tain that allegation without the pro
duction of the written lease. Judg
ment affirmed.
Hartridge, Jones and Richards for
plaintiff in error.
Jackson, Lawton and Bassenger,
(for Solicitor General) for the State.
The Savannah and Ogeechee Canal
Company vs. John Riley et. al.—
Equity, from Chatham.
Warner, J.—This court will not
control the discretion of the court
below in dissolving an injunction,
unless there appears to have been an
abuse of that discretion, in the viola
tion of some principle of law, or equity,
applicable to the case, which the
record in this case fails to discover.
B Judgment affirmed.
Ilartridge and Chisolm for plaintiff
in error.
Jackson, Lawton and Bassingcr for
defendants in error.
Robuck & Orr et al. vs. John Harkins
et al Bill for new trial: from Gor
don.
Warner, J. —At the April term,
1867, of Gordon Superior Court, a
claim case was tried during the first
week of the court (the court holding
two weeks),"when a verdict was ren
dered by the ju£y, finding the land
levied on, subject to the execution.
The claimautHvft the court for Rome,
on business, intending to move for a
new trial in the ease during the second
week of the court, but lie was taken
sick, which prevented his return until
after the adjournment of the court.
The claimant’s counsel had drawn up
a motion for a new trial, but it was
jiot offered to the court during the
term, and no order was taken in rela
tion thereto before the adjournment
thereof. The claimant’s counsel,
shortly before the adjournment of the
court, during the second week of the
court, left for his home, inconsequence
of sickness of his family, so that the
motion for new trial was not made at
the term of the court at which the
case was tried.
On the 16th of October, • 1867, the
f9JM?d subject by the verdict
of the-jury, was sold by the
and purchased by R. M* Young. In
February, 1868, this bill was filed for
a new trial, in the claim ease, alleging
as ground for the new trial, various
errors committed by the court upon
the trial of the same. The defendants
demurred to the bill, which demurrer
was overruled by the court.
Held, that the demurrer should have
been sustained by the court on the
ground that the complainant’s bill
does not make such a case as will en
title him to relief in a court of equity.
There is no reason given why the com
plainant did not except to the rulings
of the court on the trial of
case with’" thirty days after the ad
journment of the court, so as to have
had the alleged errors corrected by
this court, or why he remained inac
tive until after the land was sold by
the Sheriff, before filing his bill for a
new trial. Besides,if he had exercised
proper dilligenco, he might have ob
tained all the relief which he now
seeks, under the provisions of the
3,6GBth and 3,G7oth sections of the
Revised Code.
Judgment reversed.
W. 11. Dabney for plaintiffs in error.
Smith it Branham and J. W. 11.
Underwood for defendant’s in error.
Supreme Court.—An important
decision was made by the Supreme
Court yesterday morning, in the case
of Artemus Gould vs. Jonathan Miller,
from Richmond county. In 1862,
Miller borrowed from Gould $3,000
in Confederate Treasury notes, for
which he gave his note payable “three
years after date.”
Tlie defendant sought to get rid of
the payment of the note on the ground
that the consideration (being Confed
erate currency) was illegal.
The Court below overrated the de
fence, and held that the note could be
recovered on, subject to the provisions
of the ordinance of 1865, allowing
Confederate contracts to be scaled.
The Supreme Court was not unani
mous in its opinion, Justices Warner
and McCay r affirming the judgment of
the Court below, and Chief Justice
Brown dissenting.
It may be proper to remark that the
Chief Justice put his’ decision upon
the 2d paragraph of the 17th section
of the sth article of the new Constitu
tion of the State of Georgia.
r P!ie decision of J ustices McCay and
Warner is in the very teeth of the
present State Constitution, and con
trary to the United States Constitu
tion, and in conflict with the decision
of the United States Courts on the
same subject.
We predict this decision will be
overruled- -the United State* Consti
tution anil laws now being paramount.
Disagreeable as this paramount au
thority may lie to many of ns, we must
mibinit to it, and make tlie most of it.
| Athanta.
e »
la-sUt Wnlluck Ims a small moun
tain of inanuiicripi -dramatic venture
awaiting his inspection.
[From the Charleston News. i
Letter from Hon. Wm. W- Boyce, of 1
South Carolina.
Washington, Dec, 9,1888. |
Col. J. P. Thomas— Dear Sir : In ,
pursuance of my promise to yon, I pro- j
tose briefly to give you my impressions ,
os to the political situation.
I did not sooner comply with your ,
request, because I thought the time
was not propitious. The passions en
gendered by the Presidential election
did not permit a calm consideration of
events. The election of Gen. Grant
settles much of the past, and opens a
new future to us. Gen. Grant’s elec
tion is the ratification by the people
of universal suffrage, subject to the
> Fourteenth constitutional amendment,
and establishes the legality of the ex
isting State organizations south, which
have grown up under the reconstruc
tion acts of Congress. Such being the
case, I think our people ought to ac
cept these results as accomplished facts.
The election of General Grant means
yet more. The conviction exists north,
with the majority of the people, tjiat
opinion is not free south, and that ths
political action of both whites and
blacks is subject to duress, proceeding
to the extreme, in some instances of
actual violence and even political as
sassinations.
The election of General Grant is
the protest of the North against this
alleged condition of affaire, and means
that all the power of the Federal Gov
ernment will be exerted to put it
down. It is the danger arising out of
this matter, which strikes me as the
most alarming circumstances of our
political future. Unless this condition
of things is suppressed by the volun
tary action of the Southern States,
the most decided measures will, I
think, be resorted to by the Federal
Government to cure the alleged evil;
and General Grant, as President, will,
I have no doubt, enforce these
measures of repression energetically,
with military force. This would
naurally produce more revolution
South, and its results might be a
•cries of the most deplorable conse
quences.
1 think it is a matter of the greatest
importance that the Southern States I
should make the utmost exertions to j
remove all alleged causes of complaint
on this subject, and thus anticipate
and render unnecessary the action of
the Federal Government.
As additional inducement to this
line of action on your part, I would
remark that what you want above all
things, at the South, is internal har
mony. If you had this you would re
ceive a large influx of white popula
tion and capital. This would be of
incalculable benefit to you, both in its
influence on your material interests
and as relieving you from the appre
hensions arising from universal suf
frage.
The obstacle to your receiving this
population and capital now, is the
apprehension which exists as to the
anarchal condition of your society.
It is a striking fact that both the great
political parties of the country have
thought it to be their interest to rep
resent Southern society as in a condi
tion of chronic insecurity and violence;
the Democrats, in order to show the
evils of universal suffrage; and the
Republicans, to illustrate the disloyal
sentiment of the people, and their con
sequent unfitness for any part in the
control of the Federal Governinent.
Between these two sets of representa
tions, the movement of population and
capacity to the South is almost entirely
checked. It is your policy to have it
believed that order reigns supreme
. South. Hence you ought to do every
■ thing in vour power to order
s the co promulgate it. lou
should, I think, keep several ideas
prominently in view as your policy.
1. You ought to regulate the relations be
tween the whites and the blacks, bo as to
have as much harmony and good feeling as
possible between them. To this end. nothing
is so efficacious as kindness to the blacks.
2. You ought to have perfect tolerance of
political opinion. Let every one, white and
black, vote as lie pleases, and trust to your
tact and natural influence for a just share of
political power.
3. You ought to extend a cordial and a
kind welcome to the Northern people to
settle among you, without regard to their
political opinions. Once you did this, the
troubles of the future would be largely over
come, and your material progress ‘would be
wonderful. See what immigration is doing
for the Northwest in spite of its austere cli
mate. Think what immigration would do
for the genial South.
4. You ought to seek to conciliate the Fed
eral Government Remember the Scripture
injunction: “Agree with thine adversary
quickly.” The Federal Government for the
present, and for years to come, means the
Republican party. Do not wage a frantic
war against this'party. Remember that the
Democratic party is not strong enough now
to be of uny ser vice to you. Be calm and
conciliatory, and wait the course of events.
It would he fortunate if you were in that in
dependent condition thafboth parties North
would bid for your support.
5. General Grant will, I think, earnestly
desire to make his administration national
and to restore real peace and harmony to the
late Irelligerent sections. A moderate con
servative course on the part of the South will
facilitate his policy in this direction.
G. In conclusion, the thing you want is
peace. To get peace you must procure it by
peaceful means. Let the Republicans and
Democrats North wage a bitter war against
each other, if they choose; your condition
calls for more reserve.
A Crack in a Hog Trough.—The
following from a recent number of the
Prairie Funner is almost as good as
Franklin’s story of the whistle:
A few days ago a friend sent me
word that every day he gave nearly
twenty pails of butter milk to a lot of
shoats, and they scarcely improved at
all. Thinks I, this is a breed of hogs
worth seeing. They insist be of a sheet
iron kind. So I called on him, heard
him repeat the mournful story, and
then visited the sty, in order to get a
better view of the miraculous swine.
I went into the pen, and on close ex
amination, found a crack in the trough
through which most of the contents
ran away under the floor. Thinks I,
here is a type of the failures of our
agricultural brethren.
Wht’ii I see a farmer omitting all
iuiprot cnieuts on account of a little
cost, selling all his farm stm k to buy
bank or railroad slock or mortgage
stork, robbing his lands, while in
reality he is also robbing himself, and
his heir, thinks I, my friend, you have
a crack in your hog trough.
When I see n farmer buying guano,
but wasting ashes and hen manure,
trying all sorts of experiments except
intelligent hard work and economy,
getting the choisest of seeds regardless
of cost, then planting them regardless
of cultivation, such a man I will give a
written guarantee, has got a crack in
his hog trough and one in his head
also.
When I see a farmer allowing loose
boards all over his yard, fences down,
hinges off the gate, manure in the bam
yard, I come to the conclusion that he
has got a large crack in his hog trough.
When I see a farmer spending his
time travelling in a carriage, when he
has to sell all his corn to pay the hired
help, and his hogs arc so lean that they
have to lean against the fence to squeal,
I rather lean to the conclusion that
somebody that stays at home will have
a lien on the farm, and that some day
the bottom will come entirely out of
his hog trough.
SPEGIxLL NOTICES
Ordinary’* Ottiee, . )
Ricmioxn Co., Augusta, Ga., Dec. 10, 1868. )
Proposals for keeping the Poor House in this
County for the year 18119, will be received at my
office until Monday the 28th, hist.
SAM'L LEVY,
deci I—t«i Ordinary.
Mayor’* Office. at Oity Hall, l
Avgusta, December 5, 1868. j
On and after Monday, the 7th iust., my office
hours will be from p. in ,tos p. m., and all
citizens having official business with me will cal
at the Mayor's office (faring those hours, and »oi
at mil 2>'tace of business.
11. F. RUSSELL,
dec6—tf MayorC. A.
Assistant Superintbsdent’s Office, )
GEORGIA RAILROAD, j-
Augusta, Ga., ovember, 20th, 1868. J
Until further notice the SUNDAY HERZ ELIA
TRAIN will oe discontinued.
8. K. JOHNSON,
no2o—lm Ass’t Sup t.
ASS T SUPERINTENDENTS OFFIOS, |
Georgia Railroad,
Augusta, Ga., November 14th, 1868. )
ON AND AFTER MONDAY
November 16th, 1868, the Night Train on the
Washington Branch will run only twice a week
—Monday and Tuesday nights—leaving Washing
ton at 10:00, p. m. Returning, arriving at Wash
ington at 3:20, a. m.
S. K. JOHNSON,
novi s—ts Assistant Superintendent.
LOST, "
Bank book no. 349, belonging to
CHARLES TOOLE. Please return it to
the National Freedman’s Savings and Tryst
Company, No. 40 Jackson street.
dec24- -It
HOMESTEAD
PAUL BRKNTaLL HAS I’PLIED FOR
Exemption of Personalty, and setting apart
and valuation of homestead, and I will pass
upon the same »t 10 o’olbck a. m., on the first
Monday in January next, at my office in Augusta.
SAMUEL LEVY,
dec24—td Ordinary.
I~N~THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
HENRY H. FITZPATRICK, > Inßaxkrlptcy
Bankrupt. I No. 103.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from nil hia debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons Interest*!
to appear on the 18th day of January, 1869
at 11 o’clock a. ni., at chambers of said Distrie .
Court before Albert G Foster. Esq., one of
the Registers of the said Court in Bank
ruptcy, at his office at the city of Mad
ison, county of Morgan, Georgia, and
show cause why the prayer of the said
petition of the Bankrupt should not be granted.
Dated at Savannah, Ga., this 21st dav of De
cember. 1868. jas mcpherson,
dce24—law2w Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for tho-Southern District of
Georgia.
In the matter <>f ]
WM. G. SCRUGGS, lIN BANKRUPTCY-
Bankrupt. I No. 2UU.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
court lor a discharge from all bls debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 18th day of January, 1869,
at 11 o’clock a. m , at Chambers of said District
Court, before Albert G. Foster Esq.. one of
the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at
his office at Madison, Morgan county, Ga , aud
show cause why the prayer of the said petition of
the- Bankrupt should not be granted. And
further notice is given that the second and third
meetings of creditors will be held at the same
time and place.
Dated at Savanuab, Gy., this 21st day of De
cember, 1868. james Mcpherson,
dec24—2t Clerk.
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the following well known responsible Com
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Phoenix Insurance Company,
Hartford, Conn.
Howard Insurance Company,
New York
Manhattan Insurance Company,
New York
Standard Insurance Company,
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Astor Insurance Company,
New York
Commerce Insurance Company,
New York.
Fireman’s Insurance Company,
New York.
Lamar Insurance Company,
New York
Commercial Insurance Company,
New York.
Mercantile Insurance Company,
New York
Phenix Insurance Company,
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AN ORDINANCE
To provide for th* control and man* -cm.nl o f
condemned to labor on th. Public
W orbs of the City of Augusta.
Section I. /.’• it Ordained b) the dig Conned
of Augusta. and it is hereby Ordained by the an.
thvriig of the same, That it .ball be tho duty of
tho City Jailor, each morning (Sundays ex
cepted), to piece,in the keeping ul ,uch a Guard
as may be .-eh-med by the Mayor an I Police
Committee tor the purpose, all ot ihosu prison
ers, able to work, who have been sentenced to
tabor on tho Public Works of this city.
Site. 2. Tie it further Ordained, That said
Guard shall take charge nt said Working Gang
shall toe that they faithfully perform all labor
required of them, and shall prevent entirely any
.ntercourae whatever between citizens and the
prisoners whilst they are under its charge and
direction. The Guard shall bo governed bv
such rules as may be prescribed by the Mayor
and Police Committee, and shall enforce such
discipline, ami punish insubordination amongst
the prisoners in such manner as shall be ap.
proved of by the Mayor and Police Committee.
SBC. 3. Be it further Ordained, That it shall
be the duty of the Mayor to order or procure
for the prisoners such clothing as the Police
Committee shall determine to be suitable, which
clothing shall be worn by them until their dis
charge. But no clothing, tools, or other articles
shall be purchased for the uso of the Working
Gang, except by order of tho Mayor or Police
Committee.
Sxc. 4. Beit further Ordained, Thattbe labor
of the prisoners shall be employed in such man
ner and upon such of the Public Works as may
be indicated by the Mayor or Street Committee.
The hours of labor to be from 6 to 12 o’clock a.
m., and from 2 to 6 o’clock p. tn , unless other
wise directed by tho same authority.
Sec. 5. And be it further Ordained, That all
Ordinances and parts of Ordinances militating
aga nst this Ordinance be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
Done in Council this 18th day of December
A. D., 1868.
[seal] 11. F. RUS.-; LL,
Mayor C. A.
Attest; L. T. Blom it, Clerk of Council.
de2B—lot
Letters of .administration-
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Riekniotid Couidg.
Whereas, William W. Alexander and Oswell
E Carmichael apply to me tor Letters of Adminis
tration ou the estate of James B. Bishop, de
ceased —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred aud creditors of said
deceased, to be aud appear at my office on or
before the first Monday in February next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said Letters should
not be granted.
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IMORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA—
-1 Madison, Ga., December 21, JB>-8.
The undersigned hereby irives notice of his
■ appointment as Assigneeot BERRY M. THOMP]
, SON. of Madison county, aud State of Georgia,
1 within said District, who has been adjudged a
' Bankrupt upon hia Own petition by the District
Court of said District.
Dated this 31st dav of December. A. I).. 1868.
R. H. BULLOCH,
j de23—lawSvv • Assignee.
' Wanted,
A SITUATION, by AN OLD AND EXPE
RIENCED BOOK-KEEPER.
E Apply at THIS OFFICE.
de23—3l
Pressman Wanted,
{ AT THIS OFFICE. ONE WHO IS WELL
i -Lx qualified to take charge of aul run an
I Adam's Platen, Hoe's Railroad, Potter'd Cyliu
f der, Gordon's Jobbers, two styles; Da\ia’ Oscil
-1 lator, Babcock's Card Frees, etc., etc., can obtain
1 a good and permanent situation.
5 £3" None but a first rate workman need
apply. Address E. H. PUGHE,
de22 Augusta, Ga.
William Phillips,
CI VIL ENGINEER,
AIWISTA, ®A.,
WILL UNDERTAKE TO MAKE .
SURVKYb,
PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS,
And ESTIMATES,
For Canals, Water Works,
or Factory Buildings.
He has had twenty years’ experience in the
construction, care, and management of the Au
gusta Canal, and more than five years’ expe
rience as Chief Engineer of the Augu.-ta Water
Works, and would prefer engagements in tho
Hydraulic line of hie profession.
The Cotton Mills, and various other buildings
. in Augusta, and the Water Works, were erected
under his superintendence. de22-6t
ASSIGNEE’S SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate,
BY BIGNOX & CRUMP.
C. V. WALKER, Auctioneer.
Plantation in Richmond County-
Homestead in Richmond Co.
WILL BE SOLD. IN PURSUANCE OF
an order from Albert G. Foster, Register in
Bankruptcy, on the FIRST TUESDAY in JAN
UARY, 1860, between the usual hours of sale, at
the Lower Market House in the city of Augusta,
at public outcry, for eash, free from the incum
brance of liens (>V the creditors, the entire Prop
ertv lielouging to’ the estate of Francis Holman,
of said county, a bankrupt, consisting of One
Plantation in the county of Richmond, with the
improvements thereon, containing dSO acres, more
or lest ; bounded north by laud of Hezekiah Wil
liams, east by land ot Williams, Thomas Smith,
and the estate of William Fulcher; south by land
of the estate ot Elisha Allen and Mcßean Creek,
and west by land of James Sykes and Jeremiah
Atwood, and known as the Templeton Place.
st.so,
That very desirable Property three miles from
Augusta, on both sides of the Georgia Railroad,
containing about ten acres, und bounded by lamb
of Dr. Dugaa, Jesse Ormond, ami William D.
Davidson, und now occupied by Francis Holman
On raid land is a house < ontaiumg seven rooms,
fluting south, on the north aldo of the railroad,
which runs dircc ly in front of it, making the ap
proach to the city easy uad convenient a line
stable and all oilier usual outbuildings. l'|>ou the
whole this la one of the most desirable liomealewis
in the rgaMy.
Aten, fell Koh** BteU Aacoqhlh
•end Mat. HENRY JONES
A signs* of Fra title IlMinAa.
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