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STAY LAW.
constitutionality of the “stay law” was thor-
* jj SC ussed last week before the Supreme
' (j ov . Brown opened the argument and
11,11 ntid the constitutionality of the law with
Ps—as stroi gas could be found on
(.re
slit n
it i* 11
(tol- Ha*
L vi "
sjaintai'
., r oiig aipr u,lien
f,ije of the question.
Cobb followed, and presented the uncon
"•duality of fh' 1 l» w - did himself great cred-
*! maJo a s ab ' e au argument on his side as
e jl be done. .
s, and Col. Samuel Flail followed
he constitutionality of the law.
■ , v Cvd'i the niiconstiMitionality, anu Judge
fins'and B ernard Kill the constiuitiuiualily-
i ; 4 ,,{»,-e!:rs of till °f the gentlemen were able and
MI the authorities on both sides were
c inte'i.
} si|H . p ihe foregoing was in type, wc learn that
']!on. A. 11- Stephens will be heard, this week,
import of the “Stay Law,” and that Geu, Cobb
'“lil'ave the right of reply.
CL0P3 IN COWETA.
A letter from a friend in this eouuty, dated on
inst., says:
(.[ g ,,j8 of cotton very poor, and what we have
■^anything hut promising, wheat crops about
f jtweean have weather to save them. Oars
1 ( corn looks well where the latter has been well
ftdvate'l.
The misfortune is but few planters, so far as we
..ftjrtii:. have been able to cultivate their crops
j,,!! ” in consequence of the unfavorable weath-
,,. c haveI'.ad iromthe start.—Edrs. Kkcukdhu.
On Friday last, some fourteen negro cou-
u b arrived at tins place to take lodgings at the
, ;i l,ho «l'vuse. From SO to 4 years will they re-
ujiii,. There are now' in the Penitentiary' about
-c-onvicts, the majority negroes.
Ini CoTToy T»x —The people of New Eng-
i.jij. especially of Boston, are loud and violent
“. ;x : r proposed cotton tax. They fear it will
; .courage the growth of cotton, and they are much
J, ir e dependent'for bread on a fall supply of cot-
,, a ;h:iu arc the people of ihe South.
J;' Congress dors impose five per cent tax on
e ..!ton. toe New Englander will certainly have
fJ1]S (' to be alarmed about its future production.—
7'ae South‘Vier will not attempt, after the experi-
.nce of the present year, to raise it with free labor,
«idi such a tax on it. Getting timber, running
mrpuntine, raising rice rud Goober Teas Ac., will
better.
THE FASHIONS.
A lady writing from New York on ibc fashions
taste and elegance has given place, to an.
i.did extravagance in every department of the
diet. “That these excesses shew a low tone of
rdlectuTi and moral training, she further re-
,V.*vcr did dress more clearly indicate the state
tsK'iity man if, does at the present time. Never
sire ]n nple strayed more widely from the old
ftuGM.oks. Never was a moral reform more call-
. :or ti.i.n at this moment. The style of couver-
rstion, the tone of thought, the manners and ap-
;".ranee of all classes—particularly the young—
ciy loudly for reform.
LA1IGE BEETS.
Mrs. Littlk, of this city, has presented us with
i Turnip Beets, each of this years growth, near
sesame size. One measured twenty-three incli-
* round—decidedly the largest we have seen this
THE STAY LAW.
Wc insert in another place an article from the
in Si Times, on the effect of the stay law, over
iesignature cf Mr. Moses. Mr. M. was chair-
«uof the Judiciary committee, and no doubt
vrstLc correct interpretation of the law.
On I he 23d ult. the Federal House of Bepresen-
tttives amended the tax bill so as to exempt one
is.md dollars income from tax. All income
cave that, and under $5,0C0, is to pay five per
, and over §5,000, ten per cent.
ADVERTISMENTS.
Nichols & Mapp invites attention to their stock
:::. r esb medicines. They are also prepared to put
prescriptions.
Oiirftiend Ilogue is busy at work in ‘lie saddle
ml harness business. Has in hand a choice se
action of saddles and harness. Prices as low as
lie Savannah and Macon markets.
lir.Fears A Co. of Macon have turned their at-
tEurijn particularly to the grain and flour market,
''ecan cheerfully recommend them to our read-
asgentieiiieii worthy of confidence and trust.
Hat they say they will do—will be done. Call
islsee them or send on orders to be filled.
Messers. Walker A Flint advertise a fine assort-
tint of China and Crockery ware—articles much
; *k'i through the country. When you go to
Macon bo certain to give them a call.
Wai.kkk Co., Ga. 7th June, 1866.
Uttors Vo carder :—In ybur issue cf the 29th
£t -. 1 find a well timed communication over the
-filature of “Utilitarian,” on the subject of‘‘black,
'tries, their uses, value ar.d products.” The wii-
‘' r states that “thousands of casks of wine might
* made every year, from the blackberry of the
“>®them States, even as they now grow in their
J,e glecte«I state; what a source of comfort, and
ri, and how vastly preferable to the costly, and
^ “impure wines” obtained from abroad. The
: ess ol manufacture is the simplest in the world
“tv One can make and preserve the wine. Now
oust I tuiiy concur with the writer in relation to
■ackoerry wine being “a source of comfort and
Fri, provided it can be properly tuatlc and pre-
‘ ,rt, h 1 regret that lie (ailed to give to your nu-
tt " r0Ui> Haulers, his “simple process of manufac-
. ‘‘ r ‘^ his mode of preserving the wine. And,
‘ ' "nte with the Lope of inducing him to sup-
im ?ortant an omission. Before the late ter
rain! desolating war, many of my neighbors
' • a 'he habit of making small quantities of
j. " ir,c for thejj. q svir use, only; but it usually
•^roesosoiir in a short time that I considered
n ‘~ost utfit to drink, even with the free use of
, l *'\ H “Utilitarian” can remedy this defect,
h ‘ vc to the people of the blackberry legion a
. plan for malting and preserving this
■ I, - would render a service that would be
■ l(:il f.!y appreciated at any time, but doubly so
i, 0ur P r use t state of destitution and want of
" ! P r ovisi ons and money. He will see the nc-
; of publishing his process soon, as the bur-
, w u, shortly begin to rijien ; and in this sce-
"“rteso much fencing was burned, and lands
> t '* Va * C ^ Ihe last two or three years, the
" as mcicoscd abundantly, with every av&ila-
esourcc, and the most act-ive industry, and
ecfinemy, the work of reconstruction will bo
f . r difficult, and many of our people depriv-
' '“ Hls come,of ma'.iy of the common com-
q 0 ! even tho’ the present majority in
^ kens should lecover from their madness and
t0 Hieir “right minds,” lienee the pa-
!rrit ]. ln an ^ disinterestedness of every effort to
fi r , u ,j r ' te suffering of the great masses of the
pV 115 i ,eo h‘ 0 . The Northern and Western peo-
iJ ffi rir^° rG,5 7 < ‘ r ^ Pi e11< y, and cannot see our
C01i,J nien; but the day may not be tar
Stant ‘ I believ
For ihe Southern Recorder
OFFICIAL MULTITUDE.
Messrs. 12. M. Osme A SoN-Iiaving been a
spectator during the p ast week, I noticed, among
the gentlemen of the Bar in attendance on tl.e Su
preme Court now m session at the Capitol, and in
the audience, a number who had occupied official
p si ions. l<K.in mere curiosity, I have arranged
them as follows:
u ‘r ° ,nors ’ ^ ex-Judges Supremo Court;
d Judges Superior Court; 1 Judge City Court-
2 ex-Attorney Generals ; 4 Solicitor Generals; 4
epreseutatives in U. S. Congress, formerly; 1
Senator elect to present Congress ; ex-speaker of
U. S. House of Representatives; ex-Secretary of
the Treasury; President Provisional Congress:
Vice President of the Confederate States : 2 cx-
Speafcers of the Georgia House of Representatives ;
< members of the Georgia Legislature; 2 State
Commissioners from Georgia to other States to
procure Southern co-operation ; 4 members of the
Confederate Congress; several officers of the Con
federate army, including 1 Major General, 1
Colonel, 1 Lieutenant-Colonel and 1 Major; ]
Major General of Militia : 1 officer U. S. army
JtH2; 1 officer U. S. Navy; ] Aid-de-camp to Gen-
Winfield Scott in the Creek War, 1836 ; 1 Aid de
camp to President Davis, as commauder-in-chief
or the army of the Confederate States; 1 Charge
d’Afiairs U. S. to a Foreign Court; 1 Marshal to
the Special Commissioners cf Georgia to investi
gate the conduct of the U. S. Ageut for Indian Af
fairs in 1825; the Secretary to said Commissioners ;
2 Secretaries of State ; 3 Mayors of different cities 1
State Treasurer ; Comptroller General, and I clerk
ot the U. S. District Court from an adjoining State.
Besides the official list, I perceived in the au
dience, paying due attention to the arguments of
Counsel, 5 Ministers of the Gospel, one of whom
had been a cliaplaiu in the Confederate army ; 4
Editors of newspapers; 1 College Professor, and
4 School Teachers.
I have been thus precise in the enumeration of
titles and employments, to show, by the record,
the array of intelligence in the Court Room, at.
tracted by the topics under discussion, and the
ability of counsel. The very portraits, full length
and of the size of life, which adorn the Senate
chamber, and which were referred to in the con
clusion of an elaborate argument, seemed to im
press the occasion with solemn dignity, well be.
coming the Temple of Justice. To give these in
official order, with the influence of their names, is
the object of this specification :
1. Geokge Washington, tiie “Father of his
country.” and President-ot the United States from
178!) to 1797.
2. Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declara
tion of American Independence, and President
from 1301 to 1809.
3. William II. Crawford, Secretary of the
Treasury from 1817 to 1825.
4. Andrew Jackson, the hero of New Orleans,
and President from 1829 to 1837.
5. John Clark, Governor of Georgia from 1819
to 1823.
6. George M. Troup, Governor from 1823 to
1827.
DEATH cf W. W. SEATON.
Washington, June 16,'—W. W. Seaton, for
nirmy years editor of the intelligencer and ex-
Mayor of the city, died to day, aged 81 years.
WA K INEVITABLE.
New YohKj Juiie 1C.—The steamship City of
l aris has arrived at this port \vith European
intelligence r:a Queenstown to the 6th instant.
crisis on lh'e continent continues. The
Conference has been abandoned, consequent upon
the demands <»t Austria, which rendered the medi
ation ol the imutral powers an impossibility.
Neutrals have broken off all negotiations and it
remains tor belligerents to negotiate among them-
seiv.., or Inaugurate a war. It is believed that
hostilities will commence in the Elbe Duchies, and
lb at Austria's great move will be to seize Silesia, j
Prussia w ill probably commence the war, and lias
sent circulars to neutral powers, charging Austria
with flagrant violation ot treaties.
The Prussian army comprises 452 battalions of
infantry, 320 squadrons of cavalry, 1U80 field piec
es artillery.
The Italian volunteers number 95,000. The
Austrian army is now 900,000, and it is supposed
that 350.000 wili operate against Prussia and 25,-
000 against Italy, exclusive of the reserve corps.
It is reported that if Prussia seizes Holstein,
Austria will cross the frontier.
The C&Ucc Tax.
Gen. Gurney, (Fed.) of Selma, thinks that the
tax of five cents per pound on cotton will drive
from tho South the five thousand Northern enn-
gran.'s now engaged in cotton culture, and pre
vent Northern emigration, with* ut which the South
cannot b-* pnranl ot disloyaltv. The question
arises, shall we pay the lax or take the '‘purge V
We.believe we will take the former alternative as
the more pleasant. We never did like ilraslie pui-
ga<ion;, and we think the Southern body politic
would become worse diseased toe longer the Kadi
cal doctors continue their tinkering quackery !
An Energetic Woman,—Ancxchange says one
of the young ladies now setting type in the office
of tin* Montgomery Advertiser, had three him
dred bales of cotton burned in Montgomery dur
ing the Wilson raid. Instead of repining in idle
ness over her misfortune, she goes nobly to w>rh
at a business suited to ber intellectual tastes. Wc
commend her heroic self-reliance to the iuipover-
ished of both sexes.
re it is not, when they too will
'ion poliev effects cf their eniancipa-
at «l th.
pn|i C y which has damaged ihe
negro, am) wi'l nlrirmte'y damage
South'
; a |l •*
^* te oi.rgol Ht ! 8 to u * n° w , is. to acoommo-
<J , n , Mid "rr™ 1,0 0U1 present condition as best w e
"illnllow .'^struct ’ as fast as our limited means
•oping for better times berea r t.er.
Yours, &c. WALKER.
| For the Recorder. 1
Cant Understand a Joke.
A good story is told of Savoyard, who got his
living by exhibiting a monkey and a bear. The
eminent succfess with which he taught wit, mis -
chief, and trickery to the monkey, gave him great
eclat, and was adding largely to his revenues.—
Elated with his success iu that attempt at teach
ing fantastics to the sharp witted and light heeled,
nimble footed monkey, he determined to put the
hear through a similar process of new technicali
ties. The day ivas set, the arena chosen, and the
manipulations commenced. The man was the
same; but the new subject was vastly different.—
The new “game” did not take! Bruin’s wrath got
up to boiling point. He at once became the chief
actor, Savoyard was terribly lacerated ; and on be
ing rescued with great difficulty from bis jagged
assailant, he exclaimed : What a fool w as I, not to
distinguish between a monkey and a bear'. A bear,
my friends is a very grave kind of personage; and,
as you plainly see, docs not understand a joke.
We encline strongly to the opinion ; that the Au
thors of the game of “New Fantastics,” both in
Church and State, will soon profit largely by a like
experience. Amidst the intense excitement and
giddy whirl of the past few years, the unthinking
masses were ready to dance to any measure which
their fantastic leaders miget suggest, be it “Hail
Columbia iu a blaze,” “Crush the Wretches,” or
“Swing aloft the Rebels.” But times have changed.
Graver personages, and far more formidable than
“Bruin,” those men must now encounter, or leave
the arena. Indeed, leave they must. From the
strong holds of insulted, but “Unsubdued Yeomau-
ry,” the decree has gone forth.. And soon to the
“double quick” or “Clear the Track," they must
pass off to their future obscure abodes of infamy.
Nor can their pursuers "understand a joke.
S1LEX.
THE PRESBYTERIANS.
Baltimore, June 13.—The Rev. Dr. Bullock,
of the Old School Presbyterian Church, delivered
au address to his congregation to-night, in which
he reviewed the recent action of the General As
sembly with regard to the Louisville Presbytery,
sharply condemning the same, and announcing
his intention of withdrawing from said Geneial
Assembly. Dr. Bullock is a brother-in-law of Gen.
John C. Breckinridge. The congregation will de
cide to-morrow whether they will go with their
pastor or not.
The Gold Excitement in Georgia.—The At
lanta Intelligencer says: “A very reliable gentle
man states that the old ‘Bonner Gold Mine.’in
Carroll county, will soon be in operation again,
and with a prospect of abundant success. We
further learn that the excitement in the gold min
ing business was never greater than now, and that
vigorous seach is now being made iu the mineral re-
o-ions of this section. It is said to be equal to the/wr-
or of 1845. Rich discoveries have recently been
made.and active operations arc now on foot to secure
what is believed will prove an abundant yield of
the precious metal. There can be no question
about the immensity of Georgia’s mineral resour
ces. What we want is capital and labor to devel-
ope them. These are coming, and those regions,
sterile in all else but minerals, will soon, we hope,
be made to resouud with tho busy hum of indus
try.
Temperance Convention.—It is proposed to
hr,Id a Temperance Convention in Atlanta oh
Wednesday, 27th June instant. “Once more dear
friends to the rescue.” Gome on sons of Temper
ance, whose Divisions have weathered the storm.
Come, Knights of Jericho, Washingtonians, amt
friends of Temperance, who were never umieu
with any order. Let us all meet iu grand coun
cil The fearful and increasing evils of intemper
ance from Alcoholic drinks, require united ellort
on the part of Temperance men.
DABNEY P. JONES.
Palmetto, June 0, 1866.
Will the city papers and all the papers in
Georgia, friendly to the cause, please give the
above one insertion in their respective PM*™-
The Rfacon Why —The pietence of plantation-
hnnting Yankees, that their object in going Sontl
is not to make money, but to better the condition
„f the benighted population ot ' ,t5Cail , B
the anecdote told by Dean Swift of the speech
made by William of Orange, when he lauded at
Torbav. in I6MH, t , n his way to take possession of
the British throne. “Mein beeplcs, said his ma
jesty to a deputation of loyal Britons wno had1 as
sembled on the quay to welcrnnobmi Mem bee-
nles, I come here for your gooi—for all 1/"“^
boots'’—the most remarkable instance, said the
sarcastic and witty D»»n. in all tatwy, *«
uncQusciously tolling the truth.
Spain’s forces have been augmented to 85,000.
Tiie London Times declares that all hope of
peace lias vanished.
Mr. Davis’ Trial.
Richmond, June 6.—Among the reasons given
by Mr. Hennessv, for making his motion to post
pone the trial of Mr. Davis to day, were, that Mr.
Davis is not now, nor never was, iu custody of
this court, but. is held Ly the United States Gov
ernment as a State prisoner, and if he was in cus
tody of this court the Attorney General could not
now come here and try the case ; and Mr. Davis
is in delicate health,and it would be cruel in this
unhealthy season to subject him to a protracted
trial.
Mr. Brady, one of the counsel for Mr. Davis,
said that the reason his client was not in the cus
tody of this court was that, no copy of the indict
ment had been served on him, nor any list of wit
nesses. nor any other act done, required by stat
ute. 8till he was anxious for a speedy trial. If
it was hot here it was worse in Fortress Monroe.
Suutiiern mutual Insurance Company,
r J he J Stli Annual Convention of this old and re
liable Company was held in this place on Tuesday
last the 15th inst. A large number of the mem
bers of the Company was represented in this, than
in any former similar Convention, in consequence
we presume of the effort made by some of our
neighbors iu Augusta to remove Ihe principle office
to that City. The large vote cast gave expression
to the unanimous opinion that the best interests of
the Gonipaay would be subserved by the continu
ance of the office here.
The old Board of Directors (with a few necessa
ry changes) was re-elected by the Convention ;
and tho board, at a subsequent meeting, by a
unanimous vote, re elected the following officers,
viz: Y. L. G Harris,Presd’t Sf Treas'r. Albou
Chase, Kec’y &• Gen’l Agent, John Crawford,
Book-Keeper.
’The Annual Report of the Directors, showing
the operations of the past year, afford gratifying
proof of the successful management *of this Com
pany. A dividend of 49 per cent, was declared
upon the profits of last year, and a resolution pass
ed authorizing the receipts of all ihe Scrip hereto
fore issued by the Company (exceptNo.7 for 1864)
in payment of premiums for insurance.—Banner,
Destructive Storm in Crawford County.—A
letter from Knoxville, Crawford county, Ga., dated
JuimTtb, to the Macon Telegraph :
says:
Things look gloomy, indeed, in Crawford coun
ty this morning. A terrible strom swept ever this
vicinity yesterday, which played havoc with the
farmers, and elongated the faces of the villagers
to a ludicrous extent. Y* r e were warned of its ap
proach, yesteruav, about twelve o’clock, by loud
peals cf thunder and a continuous roaring. Oc
cupying an elevated and safe position, I witnessed
with mingled thoughts of pain and pleasuie its
rapid ap poach. It was a grand add sublime view
—it vras dealing destruction wherever it passed.
In a few moments it reached the village of Knox
ville, and the i'eartul work began. Over half the
shade trees iu town were twisted off'or torn up by
the roofs. Koine housetops were carried off, and
some smashed by the fall of trees, chimneys blown
down, yaid fences swept away, hog pens turned
over and flower yards apparently ruined.
r i lie storm raged in town about ten. minutes,
during which time, the rain fell in torrents, forked
lightning flashed promiscuously over town and
peals of thunder shook the earth. In the country,
people suffered much more. I have heard from
several farms within ten or twelve miles of town.
The fury of the storm was more destructive than
at this place. A great many stock were killed.
In many places the farmers will be compelled
to abandon a large portion of their crop on ac
count vi the immense quantify ot timber blown
down.
-O
Hurricane in Gwinnett.—A gentleman resid
ing in Gwinnett furnishes an account of a violent
hurt wane w hich visited that county on Saturday,
2d instant. It began three miles North of Law-
renceville, and extended to the plantation of the
late G'ol. II. P. Thomas, nine miles East of that
place. It was one mile wide and seven miles long,
and swept away houses, fences, trees, and every
thing else along its resistless path—leaving noth
ing standing in fields or woods'. It had the ap
pearance of a solid column of blue smoke, and
scorched the leaves in the woods and corn in tiie
fields. Men, women, and children are missing,
but it had not been ascertained when the letter
was written (4th inst.) whether any of them had
been killed.— iTatc/miun 13/A.
Wo learn that a most remarkable revival has
been in progress at Monroe for a week or two past
Upwards of a hundred persons have been added
to the Baptist and Methodist churches.—Io.
r-Tiohcls <Sfc Ivla-pp
DRUGGISTS & AF OTHECARIES
KEFP CONSTANTLY on hand
a ful
ME!
assort n
ICIN'ES
LI (4
Special uttenl
Physicians Prescri]
Milledgeville. June 19, If
l^ELSonio JSf ertioe.
THE MEMBERS OF
Beuevoient Lodge, No. 3,
and a!! members, in good
gjLfjjji standing, of o|her Lodg-
es or Chapters, who may
MtMi-
tit of fresh and pure J
id tine WINES and
Medicinal purposes-
to putting up
tionr^
^ 25 tf
Lodge Hall, oo Ri vihv,
24th inst... at 9 o’clock, A. M , for the purpose of
celebrating the anniversarv <*r t‘t. John the Bap
tist. by processi.>n and divine service.
By order oi the \V. M.
GEO. D. CASE See’y.
Milledgeville, June 12, I«6f5 24 It
To those wanting Photographs.
I HAVE RETURNED to Milledgeville and
again fitted up my gallery for snaking Pictures
and t7ike this method of informing those who railed
dinin'” the tune I was not operating, that I
SADDLES and HARNESS.
# ** ° r r> TPIPPR
1 sell SADDLES and
etail prices of Savau-
addles, and a
s, &c.
one
Aug
ARRESTED.
• sta, June 12.—The editor of the Loyal
From the Sun and Times.
The Slay Law
Messrs. Editors: I have had several letters ad
dressed to me as chairman cf the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Representatives asking
my views as to the intention of the Legislature in
passing the proviso to the 1st suction of the Stay
Law.
My position as Chairman of the Committee on
the Judiciary does not give to my opinion any ad
ditional weight, and as a lawyer I am sure there
are many in Georgia whose legal judgment is en
titled to more consideration, but as the lawyers
seem to differ in their construction of the proviso,
and several inquiries of general interest have been
put to me, I w ill with your permission, answer
them through the Sun and Times-
Jst. If defendant fails to pay of the execution
by list of January, 1867, may Plaintiff levy and
sell more properly than will lie sufficient to pay rf?
My opinion is that Plaintiff under such circum
stances, after 1st January, 1867, will be entitled to
collect his whole debt.
2d. Are debtors obliged to pay 3 (of debts not
in suit.) before the 1st January, 1867, in order to
entitle them to staj'executions issued on judg
ments obtained after 1st January,-1867 T
My opinion is that any debt aceuring prior to
June, 1865, on which the debtor shall fail to pay
257, by the 1st January, 1867, although not in
judgment or even in suits, is a debt within the
provisq, and that the debtor by failing to pay, los
es all benefit of the stay law.
The object of tho Stay Law was to give time to
the honest debtor, anxious, but unable to pay and
to save his property from unnecessary sacrifice, it
was thought that a larger amount of money would
be realized to the aggregate of creditors out of the
total assets of the debtor class by giving fovr
years credit, than, could be realized by forced pay
ments, but it was expected that debtors would go
earnestly to work to liquidate balances.
It I am right in iuy construction of the law, tiie
debtor in order to avail himself of the benefit of
the act, must be prepared in all cases on the 1st
January, 1867, to show that he lias paid one-fourth
of the debt as it existed on the 8th of March, 1866.
and every debt, although aceuring prior loJnne
I865,<m which payment shall not be made by the
1st January, 1867. w ili be subject to judgment, ex
ecution and sale as though the act of 8th March,
1SC6, had not been passed.
Respectfully, R. J. MOSES.
Jefferson Davis.—The Assassination Evi
dence.—It is stated in Washington that a witness,
named Campbell, has informed reliable parties in
New York that the evidence of himself and others
before the military commission which triod the
conspirators, relative to Jefferson Davis’ complici
ty in the as-a?sinat.ion plot, was lalse, and that one
Conover got up the testimony to obtain the re
ward ; that it was all done under assumed names ;
and further, that one of the parties, said to be O011-
ver, bad run away, to prevent being arrested —
Campbell now claims that his evidence before tiie
House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating
the charges of Davis’ complicity in the assassina
tion plot, exposed the swindle and knocked the
scheme into atoms, thus satisfying the committee,
that the evidence to connect Davis, Clay and han
ders with the assassination, was bogus : and that
the committee would, no doubt, report accordingly.
Most of the witnesses have .testified under fictitious
names, Campbell included : but the latter has ex
posed one of the most rascally schemes that has
come to light during or since the war. He claims
the credit of exposing it.
Wheat Crop.—Speaking of the wheat crop in
that part of Georgia, the Rome Courier of the 9th
inst., says harvesting is just commencing; the
farmers will be in the midst of it next week. The
crop is not as even as it sometimes is, but in this
and adjoining counties the crop w ill be about the
average yield of past teu years.
The Overflows Receding in Louisiana.—
The gratifying announcement appears in New
Orleans papers that the waters are every where
receding in Louisiana, and tl>.re is now no appre
hension of further floods this year. B.it it is mel
ancholy to learn that the people throughout the
immense submerged country are terribly distress
ed for the want of cveu something to eat. Relief
is going out from New Orleans daily.
The Stay Law in Alabama.
Montgomery, June 8.—A majority of Hie Su
preme Court decided, to day, that the first and
eighth sections of the Stay Law. postponing judg
ment suits for twelve months is constitutional;
and second, that third and fourth sections, which
stay co.lections of judgments already rendered be
fore the p-issage ot the law, is unconstitutional or
void. The sixth section, relating to sales under
mortgage, is also void.
They have been trying a new flying machine
in New York. It was a perfect success except iu
one particular. It wouldn’t go anywhere that the
inventor wanted it to go.
Bnlwer says, “Female friendshin ?s to a man the
bulwark, sweetener, ornament of his existence —
To his mental culture it is invamnh'e ; withont it
all his knowledge of books will never give him
knowledge of the world.”
Resumed Payment.—The Bank of Mobile and
the Southern Bank of Alabama, in Mobile, have
commenced the redemption of their notes iu green
backs.”
Georgian (Freedman’s organ) was arrested by the
civil authorities 1 Bis afternoon for attempting to
defraud some npgroes out of money he borrowed
of them when he (Bryant) was an officer of the
Government. He was released, a colored man be
coming his surety.
The paper has since been suppressed by order
of Gen. Tiiison.
A Sad Case.—One of our prominent lawyers,
in conversation with a friend the other day, re
marked that there wag actually danger oi bis lit
erally stai ving to death. “Why, is not your cred
it good at tiie butcher's ?” asked his friend. “It’s
not that,” was the reply : “the fact is I have uo
appetite for breakfast, I never have time to go
home to dinner, and when I go home to tea I am
generally too drunk to cat
NEW YORK AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Albany, June 10.—Hon, J. Staunton Gould,
President, and Col. P. R. Johnson, Secretary 'of
the New York State Agricultural Society, have
prepared an important circular, saying, “we do
hereby make known the existence of the rinder
pest or plcnro pneumonia among the cows iu the
stables of New York and Brooklyn.”
Robert S. Forde died suddenly at bis resi
dence in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, a few days
since. Before the fail of Richmond, it will be re
membered, be suffered a long imprisonment for
killing Mr. Dixon, of Columbus, Ga., Clerk of the
Confederate House of Representatives, in a street
fight in than city.
Lincoln’s Opinion of Negroes.—The follow
ing extract from a speech of the late, President
Lincoln would not make a very good campaign
document of the radicals :
I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of mak
ing jurors or voters of negroes, nor intermarrying
them with white.people ; and I will say in addi
tion to this, that there is a physical difference be
tween the black and white races, which I believe,
will ever foibid the two races living together on
terms of social and political equality. And, inas
much as they so live while they remain together,
there must be the position of superior and inferior,
and I, as much as any other man, am in favor of
having the superior position assigned to the white
man.
The Reconstruction Report.—The report of
(he majority of the Reconstruction Committee was
laid before Congress on the 8th. It declares that
the lately rebellious Htates can only be restored to
their political rights by the consent of Congress ;
that the Governors appointed by the President
had no power to osganize civil courts, and that no
Constitution lias been legally adopted in any of
these States except Tennessee. The repoit fur
ther represents that Tennessee is the only one of
the States at all qualified for representation in
G engross.
The minority who dissent from the conclusion
of the Committee are Senator Keverdy Johnson
and Representatives Henry Grader and Andrew
J. Rogers.
The Portland Argus says that Capt. J. J. Boyd
has seemed a patent which will make a complete
revolution iu applying buttons to garments By
this invention buttons can be attached to any part
of wearing apparel without the use of thread.
Tiie invention consists solely in making the but
ton with a wire, to be inserted into the cloth like
a cork-screw, and then pressed down flat, so as to
form a ring to hold the button in place.
In Baltimore, on the 5th inst., an employee in
the Sun building, after a violent fit of coughing,
expelled from his lungs a brass headed nail, one
inch in length, 'which lie bad accidentally swal
lowed over two years ago, and which.had remain
ed imbedded in the longs all that time,“a constant
source of annoyance, bleeding and ill-health. The
nail was much corroded.
General Joe Johnston has declined the Presi
dency of llio Alabama and Tennessee Railroad,
and will remain in charge of the National Express
Company, residing in Baltimore.
Two severe shocks of earthquake were felt in
California recently extending from Sonora to
Monterey. The shock seemed the heaviest at the
latter place. No damage reported.
There are in New York city 40,000 vagrant
children, the offspring of crime, vice and pauper
ism,
John Ross, the Cherokee Chief for thirty years,
is dead.
The surpecsion bridge at Nashville has been
completed, it was formally tested last week,
eight or ten wagon loads <5f stone being placed on
the bridre, and hundreds of persons passing over
it at tifffame time.
i»y the first of August certain, the road will bo
complete from Shreveport io Marshall, Texas, for
ty-two miles.
Cincinnati is to have a negro lunatic asylum.—
Better build one tor the chaps that seftliein crazy.
j Louisville Democrat.
T’HE SUBSCRIBER
I HARNESS at
nah and Macon.
I have on hand
few sets of fine Harness'
REPAIRING upon Sadd
neatly and with dispatch.
Call and see me and pi
buying elsewhere.
Milledgeville, June 19, 1868
JAS. B. WALKER & TUGS. J. FLIXT,
Wholesale Retail Dealers Sf Importers oj
CHINA, GLASS £ QUEENS WARE,
At K. P. McEvoy’s old Stand, opposite
Lanier House MaCOH, Grek,
u Have now on hand a full and complete Stock oj
China, DINNER and TEA Sets,
White, Hrowered and Gilt.
GRANITE DINNEt\and TEA SETS—White.
Toilette &, Cl
GLASS—I
lets, Ijiampagne
SILX’ERE
'UMBLJ
— Plain & Ornamented,
nds, Dishes, Butters, Gab-
Wine and Tumblers.
GLASS In TEA SETS and by the
piece
BAR
CANDY au
quarts and gallons
Self-sealing FRUIT J
A large lot of Queen’s
Ware.
UPlcVted IWare,
Consisting of Castors, Btskcts, Butters, Forks,
Spoons, Straliers, &c.
All of which vve will sell as low as can be bought
in the South.
C3P Orders solicited and promptly filled when
accompanied iiy the cash, or shipped C. O. D.,
per Express.
Macon, June 19, 18G6
FIXTURES.
i^^Ouart A gallon, 3
u aihl fancy.
£S, half gallon.
Lava Rock\ and Yellow
\
time. J- P.. TRIPPE.
Milledgeville, June 12, I860 21 tf
0 *ie!horpe Daiversiiy.
A S IT IS very desirable to reorganize the Li
braries of the Thalian and Phi Delta Litera
ry Societies, all persons having any books belong
ing to them are earnestly requested either to send
them at once to Oglethorpe University or leave
them at the Drug Store of Messrs. Herty & Claik.
Address Prof. P. C. hiOR I ON.
Milledgeville, June 12. i860 24 tf
A PROCLAMATION.
Georgia.
By Charles J. Jenkins, Governor of sa id State.
W HEREAS official information has been re
ceived at this Department that a ilomicido
was committed initio county of Baldwin 011 the
24iii day of March, 1866, upon the body of Wil
liam A. Roberson by one John Li. St.rotiier, and
that said John li. Strother has fled from justice. I
have thought proper, therefore, to issue this, my
Proclamation, hereby offering a reward of two
hundred dollars for ihe apprehension and delivery
of the said JOHN R. STROTHER to the Sheriff
of said county and State. And I do moreover
charge and require all officers in this State, civil
and military, to be vigilant in endeavoring to ap
prehend the said John li. Strother, in order that
he may be brought to trial for the otionco with
which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and the Great Seal of the
State, at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this
second day ot J uu«, iu tho year of our Lord
eighteen hundred and sixty-six and of the
Independence of the United States of Amer
ica the ninetieth.
CHARLES J. JENKINS.
BY 1 HE GuWERNO.1 :
N. c. BARNETT, Sco’y of State.
Description.—John R. Strother is 31 years of age.
but looks younger; about 5 feet II inches high,
light brown hair, eyes inclined to hazel, and
weighs about 150 pounds.
June 5,1868 23 3t
25 tf
BACON
FLOliil, -CORN &
Receiving in store to-day—
10,000 lbs. Tennessee Bacon, 450 lbs. casks,
10,000 lbs. Louisville “ 950“ “
25 Kegs Family Lard, 00 lbs. Kegs,
5 Tierces “ “ 225 lbs. Tierces,
100 Barrels Family Flour,
5.000 lbs. Field Peas,
1.000 Bushels Corn,
For sale lov
S'JP IfcoO Bushels
We will continu
BACON, CORN a
soil it as low as cau
Western cities, less
on Flour from
than a car loa
per pound:
53c per
difference irv
We wiiclesaT
re! or Sack
any houses who
CO.
1 r sceive, through the season,
LOUR, Lest quality. Will
aid down from Atlanta or
than car Iqlad quantities, and
A PR0CLAMATJ
Georgia-
By CHARLES J. Juxmivs, Governor of Said Stale.
W HEREAS official information has been re
ceived at this Department that a Homicide
was committed in the county of Montgomery on the
29th day of April 1866 upon the body of John A.
Morris by William Lev 1 Hall, and that said William
L. Hall has fled from justice, 1 have thought prop
er to issue this, my Proclamation, hereby offering a
reward of Two Hundred Dollars for the apprehen
sion and delivery of the said WILLIAM LEVI
HALL to the Sheriff of said county and Slate.—
And I do moreover charge and require ail officers iu
this State, civil and military, to be vigilant in en
deavoring to apprehend the said William Levi
Hall, in order that lie may be brought to trial (or
the offence with which he stands charged.
Given under my hand and Great Seal of the
State, at the Capitol in Milledgeville, this
second day of June iu the yc-ar of our Lord
eighteen hundred and sixty-six aud of tho
Independence ot tho United States^ ot Amer
ica the ninetieth.
CHALES J. JENKINS,
By the Governor :
N. C. BARNETT, Sec'y of Stale.
eyes blue, light hair, sallow complexion, and is a
little round shouldered and has but very little
make satisfactory profits. Demopstration 1‘ reight j j jear( ]—some two or three of his teeth on tue right.
.svjrlle is $ _
load ; Bacon is 2c
oad, 2£ to 3c ; Corn
ear load, 65c. The
ufficient profit. *
ntirely, that is, sell by Cask, Bar-
iin sell lower in this way than
il and wholesale, as we do
not chargeWuikage Customers to make up tor loss
weight and skipper baoon, incident to retailing.
PLANTERS and MERCHANTS who wish to
buy by packago, and not as much as carr loads,
need go no further than to our store to get their
supplies:
Therefore, all take a note of this, and put a peg
down there. Respectfully,
J. W
Macon, June 19 1856
FEARS & CO.
25 4t
IVluLGk:
For the
Pocket
S’ B.XSVOZ.VISS.3.
themselves of the late iln-
and superior workmanship
combined in tho New Rein-
The Dkbt of Georgia —The debt of Georgia,
at the beginning of the war, was $2,777,750, and
due on coupons March last, $596 550, making to
tal indebtedness, $3,374,200. Bonds authorized
by the last Legislature, $2,800,000, making a total
indebtedness of 6,174,300. Tho resources of the
State oii's'de of taxable property is $5,141,532.—
Confederate debt repudiated by the State, $ 18,035,-
776
Judge Lewis, of ibo 9th Judicial District Court
of Louisiana, has decided that parties purchasing
slaves at any time prior to the adoption of the
Constitutional A meioiment. abolishing slavery,: re
bound to make payment for them. “The rights
of the parlies must be governed by the laws in
force at the time for the contract.”
Nkw Wheat is selling at Rome, Ga., at two
dollars per bushel. m
r RIFLE C
Rifle & Shot
by Gun Dealers
In these days of 1
every House, Store,
one of
35,53 asiaraTO
Parties desiring to a'
provements in Pistol
and form, will rind a
ington Revolvers.
Circulars containing cuts and description of our
arms wifl be furnished upon application.
E. REMINGTON & SONS, Ilion. N. Y.
Moore <fc Nichols Agents,
No 40 Courtland St. New York.
June 19. 25 13t
Glynn County Administrators Sale.
B Y VIRTUE of an order, from the dourt of
Ordinary ot Glynn coi;
the first Tuesday in Augus
house door in the citv^T Br
ty, within the lawful hours
land, adjoining eac
the Aitaraaba river, contai
seven hundred and sevent,
as the property of Robert
the purposes of division
er paying for titles.
SMITHEY AfSTAFFORD', Adm’x.
ASA A. BURNEY, Adm’r.
Brunswick. June 19, 1866. 25 tds
40 per barrel, less ; g jj e t j ie f. ice> » ia3 been shot out, the ball passed
tan,I • Ksi>nn m t j ir0U g}j or cu t i;j s touguu arid affects his speech a
little, and leaves a scar on the left side <*f tflu back
of the neck where it passed out, also a scar on his
horehead.
June 5, 1866 23 3t
G eorgia, Baldwin county.
Whereas Messrs. E. Wustzle-ider As Co. have
made application for letters oi administration on
that portion of the estate of Joel T. Tucker, late
of the State of Louisiana, deceased, as remains iu
the County of Baldwin and State of Georgia—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
and singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased to file their objections, if any, to Uie
granting administration to the applicants on the
first Monday in August next.
Given under my official signature, this 12th
June, 1866.
JOHN HAMMOND, Ordinary.
June 12, 1866 24 5t
EORGIA, TELFAIR COUNTY.
Whereas Gabriel Me. Burk’ualter ami Mary
Ann Wooften have applied to me fof letters of ad-
mif’.iitration ou the estate of Hughs Wootten, late
of said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
persons concerned to be and appear at the Ordin
ary’s office within the time proscribed by law and
show cause why said lettersshonld n<>t be granted]
Witness my hand, this May 4th, 1866.
J. A. CLEMENS, Ordinary.
June 12,1866 21 5t
O N THE first Tuesday iu August next, will
be sold at the Court-house door in Irwinton,
Wilkinson county, within the lawful hours cf
sale, one-fourth interest in the real estate known
as the Deese and Jackson mill property, 011 the
wsters of Commissioner creek, near Toombsboro',
in said county; sold under au order ot the Court
of Ordinary of said county as tho property of B.
F. Murkison, deceased, for tiie benefit of the
heirs and creditors ot said deceased.
EPSEY C. MURKISON, Adm’x.
June 12, 1866 [re] 24 tds
Manufactures of
LVERS, RIFLES’
s eSc- Carbines,
tes Service. Also,
REVOLVERS,
1 PISTOLS,
TO LYING RIFLES,
i, & Gun Materials sold
geuerally.
sebr^king aud Robbery,
ffice, should have
G 1
ity, will be sold ou
[next, at the Court
is wick, in said coun-
Jf sale, three tracts of
said county, near
the agregate,
ive (^^) acres. Sold
ltalford,^£ceased, for
ferms cas\ purchas-
B Y VIRTUE of an order of the Court of Or
dinary of Wilkinson county, will be sold be
fore the Court house door in Irwinton, between
the usual hours of sale, ou the first Tuesday
in August next, the right of way of the Central
Railroad through one hundred and sixty-nine
acres of lot of laud, No. 155, in the 4t’n district of
Wilkinson county, according to original survey,
known as the McClellon dower, it being a portion
of thmdower ot Mary Brooks, deceased.
ELIZABETH MURPHY, Adm’x.
June 12, I860 [fo] 24 tds
>Y VIRTUE of an order of the honorable
X3 Court of Ordinary of Laurens county, will be
• sold on (he first Tuesday in September next, be-
ffiro-the Court-house door in Dublin, between
the lawful hours of sale, the following parcels of
land, to-wit: one parcel c4ptauiifi£^£° hundred
(200) acres; one
eight (268) acres;
seven acres, and a fraction, ^£longin_
tate of George F. Linder, Sceased, making in
the whole six hundred acres«nore or less; all of
said lauds i>ing and being inYaid county, on the
east side of the Oconee river. ®5old for the bene
fit of the heirs aud creditors.
Terms made known on the day of sale.
WILLIAM T. LIVINGSTON. Adm r
June 19. 1866
S IXTY
made to the Or
DAYS after
for leave to sell the
of James Wind, late of said co
JOHN Me
June I9j153GQ [fo
iplication will be
inson county
estate
B Y VIRTUE of an order from the Court of
Ordinary of Wilkinson comity, will be stdd
before tho Court house door in Vienna. Dooly
county, on the first Tuesday in August next, one
lot of iand in the !3th district of lJooly county,
belonging to the estate of A. T. Robertson, dee d.
WINNIFORI) ROBERTSON,
Adm’x de bonis non of A. T. Robertson.
June 12, 1866 [fc] 24 tds
4 DMINISTRATORS SALE.—Will be sold
before the Court-house door in the town of
Reidsvijje, Tattnall county, between tho lawful
hoars oKsalemi the first Tuesday in July uext. the
lauds belonging to the estate ot David K. Collins,
late of said county, containing 1970 acres, more or
loss, lying on the Oh-oopy River and Pendleton’s
Creek, well timbered. Sold for distribution.—
Terms made known on the day.
GINNEY M. COLLINS, Adm’x.
May 8, 1866 (jrns) 19 tds
B Y VIRTUE of on order from the Court of
Ordinary of Baldwin coiuity, will he sold on
the first Tuesday iu July next, at the Court-Louse
door in said comity, between 1 he legal hours of
sale, one house anJ lot in Milledgeville, know n as
Nn_2, in square 44, bounded East by Jeffersoo
andSouth by Baldwin streets. Suid as the prop
erty of Penelope Howard, deceased, for the bene
fit ofcreditois. T. F. NEWELL,
Adm’r with will annexed.
Jlay 8, 1S08 W H
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