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June, 7v ri)), lb<>6—Continued.
s ,v ViivTAhi.n,
''' ts > Award. From Fulton
Wakkk*. )
W.VLKKR, J.
To tlii s c-i«e tli« r « was enough evidence to up-
,!{!,(. verdict, and ' l* 0 - verdict was not contrary
*°tSe vJi.ars-t* of the Court.—Judgment Affirmed.
‘"lUiauu'iich Barnett & Biakely tor plaintiff in
’i-ovu & Pope for defendant.
tTiTT Ks-tk. )
■ Ejectment. From Effingham.
(l.iN.UlL. S
Lumpkin, C. J.
* i;ouiid:uy acquiesced in by co terminous pro-
r .‘ r! ,, rSj :l ud their possession regulated by it for
‘‘atv or thirty years, is conclusive upon tliem
-Judgment Affirmed.
A Lesier for plaintiff in error,
lartow A: Level for defendants.
Jobs
Rule against Sheriff. From Baker.
Lumpkin, C. J.
if who collected Confederate money on
put it iif a safe, where, in consequence
nice of the o wner of the safe with the
i.iiis.ed until it became valueless, is not
xMe Dr the nominal amount of such money, but
iair for its ''dual value at the time of collection.
Judgment Reversed.
ViiC/U A Dans, Strozier A. Smith for plaintiff
API
a ri fa 1
key.it
Motion to reinstate
{case. From Miller
V,'right A Y/arren for defendant.
])\r.r.ACOrT, i
rs. Y
PESSI'CTON & StaPUKTON.
Kauris, J.
]. At the April Term of 1S65, of Miller Superior
Court, th" situation of the country was such as to
furnish an excuse to counsel for not attending the
Court, especially where tlie absent counsel were
co-partners in the practice, and one of them was
ia tie military service and the other a Govern
ment depositary.
2. This ease having been dismissed in the Court
below, mi account ot tiic non attendance of the
ivaiisel, it ought to have been reisfcated o,; motion
a! a subsequent term—Judgment Reversed.
Vasun A Davis for plaintiff in error.
i\'j appearance for defendant.
ni
l's. ) Possessory Warrant. From Dougherty.
Bust. \
Lumpkin, C. J.
A Factor who has advanced money on cotton
'tored with him, and has a claim on it for expen
ses, and who lias sold it without, instructions from
liis principal, to a hoaajide purchaser, is not sub-
jnet to a possessory Warrant, at the instance oi
the principal—certainly not. before a tender of
Ins mb-rnees and expenses.—Judgment Affirmed,
atrc.cier A- Smith for plaintiff in error.
Warren, Vason & Davis for defendant.
iSrriLE & Wife, ) „ ,. r , ,■
, f Beat on Guardians
r.......... I ^ l bond. From Fulton.
Uu.'Well & Others, j
Lumpkin, C. J.
The veidiet in this case was contrary to evi-
iier.ee —Judgment Reversed.
Ezzard A Collier, Barnett & Bleckley for plain
tiff in error.
Clarke for defendant
Bryans
l
State. )
Assault with intent to Rape. From
Butts.
Harris, J.
The solicitor General entered cn the bill of in
ilctment arraingnment and plea of not guilty, but
by madvertance, theie was, in fact, no arraign
ment. or plea. The jury were impauneled and
sworn, the indictment was read to them, and the
Solicitor made his opening address and was about
to introduce evidence, when counsel for prisoner
nored to allow n verdict of nut guilty to be taken,
on the ground that there had been no arraignment
or plea. The Court overruled the motion, and per
mitted the Solicitor to enter a nolle prosequi: Held,
that as there was no issue for Ihe jury to try, the
prisoner was not in jeopardy, and it was not too
late to nol pros the indict mont.—Judgment Affirm-
td.
Trippe A Floyed for plaintiff in error.
Hammond, Sol. Gen. for the State.
helm j) Petition to the. Judge at Chambers from
GiSKUF. ) Iul!0H -
Harris, J.
Defendant in injunction bill, was by the Sheriff,
dispossessed of certain premises in dispute for
Enure to comply with the terms of the injunction,
'iiid the complainant was put in possession. The
complainant afterwards dismissed his bill in open
Gmit, without objection from the defendant, by
petition, accompanied with copies of the proceeu-
] :P no h.ngrr in Court, applied to the Judge at
Chambers, t.o he restored to the possession thus
<0 W giving no notice of the application to his ad-
'trsary: Held—
T That all applications at Chambers should be
reasonable notice.
- That without some suit or legal proceeding
Pending ia Court between the parties, so as to en-
H ble:he Judge to look into the matter complained
. ® 11 '1 to redress unv wrong which the defendant
ln the bill might have sustained by the dismissal
< ! Ac bill, no summary order to restore the posses-
Sl °tt onglit to be granted.—Judgment Affirmed.
bartiell A Hill, Barnett &. Bleckley for plain-
hti in error.
Biov ij iv. p 0 po for defendant.
Tins, Adm’r )
rs - '/Demurrer. From Richmond.
Uwo;<E. )
Harris. J
A wi’’ g ave ( G a g illu cison of the testator six nc-
Ptoes by name, and .$5,000 in cash, to be deliver-
. er t° hint on his arriving at twenty-one years
j ft made his maintenance and education
"le upon the general estate. It disposed of
t of the estate to other legatees. And, by a
the
it directed the whole estate to be keptto-
Auf-r, and not divided without the consent of
• •itor s wife : Held, that the pecuniary legacy
/’i a general one and did not bear interest du-
bAthe iniur.rity of the grandson ; and that ow-
to the peculiar scheme of the will, the legacy
’ |*e negroes, timuglt specific, did not carry liire
riliL ' that Deriiui.—Judgment Reversed.
‘ Ciuies for pbdritiff in error.
& C. Snead and A. II. Slept
wudaut
hens for de-
STAY LAW.
our last issue, Hon, A. H.
: te-
As aoliced
on WoduesJay last, discussed before the
j- u P r <‘ine Court the const itutionality of the “stay
v - Below we give hi» iiinin poiuts and reasou-
icg.
- 11 - replied, maintaining the nnconstitu-
'U.ility of i,} ie Jaw; as will also be found his
^'"‘points as argued.
A‘ s Cj who is right and who is wrong, we will
1 1 ,e atij await the decision of the Supreme Court.
^r. 8t,*-plienq maintained, that the law postpon-
n ‘i; the period for the levy and sale of property
j. U J fcr exec ntion. was ot the nature of a statute of
Citation. Its coTistitutiouality was to be tested
U P ( JR the same principles. If the time was rea-
*'nalile and detinite it corffd not be said to inter-
vu itiior impair the obligation of contracts.—
Tl,
113 was «
Ration
aw regulating the. remedy. The ob-
inT^f ^ e ^Hgatiouof a contract is intrinsic
m itself. It spring* from its validity, with a prop-
er interpretation of its terms under the laws Lu
LTtf.T° ta ' tS ’'»«« it is »«de Id
not the laws regulating Judicial proceedings for
their hr H mr tH ° ir lega ‘ res P^si bib ties for
every IT S * J C ‘ a39 of « are known
Tar7w r ieaS " kWS ° frernedy - TL ‘- hltter
y rth ev cry btate or nation. They never en-
tei into or become pait of the obligation of the
contiact. The obligation of the contract is per
fect m itself and travels with it under the “Dr loci
contractus” wherever it goes or in whatever forum
u see vs redress fora breach. He combatted broad
ly and thoroughly the idea that the obligation of a
contract included in tho least, degree the laws
made to enforce them. Strictly speaking, there is
and can be no such thing as enforcing contracts
>»y Judicial proceedings of any sort. All that the
Comts and that class ot laws known as remedies can
do, is, to provide compensation for contracts broken
before the Courts or remedies are appeald to. Th
obligation of a contract is as Counsel who had
proceeded him (Hon. Linton Stephens) had well
stated, “the liability which the law attaches to
the terms used by the parties.” This liability or
responsibility, this “juris vinculum" as Judge Story
styles it, or this “legal tie,” as the French term it,
exists separately and distinctly in every valid con
tract without any reference or connection whatev
er with the law's or judicial proceedings instituted
for the purpose of holding parties to their legal res
ponsibilities for breaches of contracts. Every per
fect and valid contract .has not only a legal ur.itv
.but in the language of Story, a legal ubiguity of
obligation; which could not be if the remedial
laws of the place where it is made entered at all
into the essence of its obligation—that obliga
tion which by the Constitution of the United
States no State can impair.
Hence any dealing with the remedy, any cliange
in the language of Story, as to the “times and
modes” of giving redress for breaches of contracts
which does not impair this obligation as stated,
does not come within the prohibition of the Con-
stitutiou of the United States. The legislature
may say, that no suit shall he brought on a note
after six years from its maturity. No one has ev
er contended that such an act impairs the obliga
tion of the contract. The legislature has equal
right and power if they saw fit to declare by law
that no suit ah •.■aid be instituted on promising
notes after two years from their maturity, or one
year, cr any shorter time, provided it was reasona
bly long in the judgment of the Courts for parties
interested, to look after Iheir rights. Such action
of the legislature it is admitted ou all sides, would
affect notes made before, as well as after. It is al
so admitted, that such action would be constitu
tional. Well if it is constitutional for the legisla
ture in providing remedies for broken contracts, to
deny all remedy after six years, or two years, or
one year to the holder of a note without imparing
the obligation of the contract, is it not Justus con
stitutional to provide that when parties come into
Court to seek redress for breaches of contracts,
that an equally reasonable time shall be allowed,
before final execution shall be awarded without
imparing the obligation of the contract / That
certainly remains as intact by the legislature
in tkp one instance as the other. If the.obligatiou
is unimpaired when all remedy is barred in the one
case, equally so is it in the other when there is
only a reasonable postponement of the compensa
tion awarded for its breach.
We give but an outline of the argument of Mr.
Stephens as we understood it. He spoke tor
upwards of two hours, and the main object of his
speech, after settling the principles upon which he
rested his case in a legal point of view, was, to
show that the act of the legislature was founded
upon a wise and prudent policy. It looked as
much to the protection of the rights of creditors
as debtors.
If he was right in showing that this act of the
legislature fell properly within that class of laws
as remedies, then he quoted Marshall's remarks
as not only applicable but potent on the question,
when he said:
“Without impairing the obligation of the con
tract, the remedy may certainly be modified as
“the wisdom of the nation may direct.”
He also quoted as pertinent and having great
force on this question, in his opinion, the remark of
Justice Johnson of the U. S. Supreme Court in a
case where he said :
“The right then of creditors to the aid of the
“public arm for the recovery of contracts, is not
“absolute ftr.d unlimited, but may be modified by
“the necessities of society.”
The policy of this act of the legislature, Mr. Ste
phens vindicated at great length, and maintained
that it was as essential for the creditors as a class
as it was for the debtors.
Without it, or something like it, the obligation
of the contracts of creditors as a class though per
fect, would be almost worthless while uuder the
provision of the act the obligation remaining un
impaired, full compensation might be obtained.
Gen. Cobb held the act of the legislature, call
ed “stay laws and installment laws,” impaired the
obligation of contracts, and consequently were un
constitutional and void.
The true doctrine to be drawn from all the ar
gument and authorities he said, is this: That the
Legislature had no authority to interfere with the
contracts of parties neither directly by changing
them, nor indirectly by legislating on the mode of
enforcing them. The Legislature can, for the
purpose of giving efficacy to contracts, and there
by advance the ends of justice, deal with the rem
edy ; but this power can never be exercised with
the view and for the purpose of relieving the par
ties from the legal effects of the contracts which
they have voluntarily assumed. Where there is
just cause of complaint by either party, that the
existing remedy promised by the law fails to af
ford the benefit or relief to which he is entitled by
his contract, he can cull upon the Legislature so
to modify the remedy, as to furnish the bene
fit or relief to which his contract entitles him, and
the Legislature can constitutionally respond to
such an appeal. JVt where the complaint is not
against the remedy which the law gives, hut
against the coutraci which the party has made,
then there can be no constitutional response to the
complaint.
Gen. Cobb quoted largely from the opinions oi
Judges Marshall and Story in defence of his posi
tions. He argued in extenso that the legislature
of the State, impairs the obligation of contracts.
1st. Because iu the modification of remedies for
the collection of debt, the collection of the same is
so hampered with conditions, and postponements,
as to greatly lessen their value, and almost ren
ders the collection impracticable.
2nd. Because it gave an unjust advantage to
new over old creditors.
Jd. Because it gives precedence to foreign over
domestic creditors, as the former can collect their
debts through the Federal courts, whilst the hands
of the latter are tied up.
Uiiiietlgeville, |hcoo and Aogu&ta Railroad.
M e arc gratified to learu that the contract for
ail tho Bridging on this road from Mayfield to
Milledgeville has been made. Mr. John T. Grant
is the contractor. From the experience and known
energy of this gentlemtni as a railroad man and an
experienced bridge constructor, we have eveiy
reason to believe that the work will now go rap
idly ahead.
Messrs. John Culver, A. J. Lane and Dr. Chaf
fin have taken, the contracts to complete the un
finished ruck work beyond b'psnta. E. D„ Brown
“TIIE nUMAN FACE DIVINE.”
Wc have received from Mr. S. R. Wells, editor 0‘
the Phrenological Journal,Now York, anew work
ou Physiognomy, in one largo volume, containing
70S pages, and more than lU(.'L) engravings.
To the lover of the study of the human face, we
can cheerfully recommend the above work. As
far as the study of the face can be reduced to a
science, Mr. Wells has succeeded beyond any oth
er writer or delineator of character, having pur
sued the. study lor over twenty years. His analy
sis of the different forms of faces, as indicating
has one force of hands at work, dressing up the j character, in the expression of tl.o eyes, curs, nose,
road between the Eatonton road and the river, for ‘H’ 3 ’ mo “tb, head, hair, eyebrows, hands, feit,
the superstructure, and also another force com- j cbin > “ e< -‘k, teeth, jaws, cheeks, skin, complexion,
p kiting the deep cut known as the “dry pond! the laugh, the walk, the shaking of hands, dress,
cut”—half way between Milledgeville and Sparta, j in ’ iul O' illustrated, by living and dead character
toe dividing ridge between the Oconee waters and
Town creek. If (he proposed moneyed arrange
ments he perfected, the road will he pushed through
with all possible speed.
PUBLI(Tlaws.
In this issue of our paper, we close the publica
tion of all the Public Law s as passed by the
last legislature. If any of our readers are not in
formed what laws of a public character were pass
ed, it is not our fault.
We intend hereafter to publish .all the Public
Laws of the legislature, as soon as passed, keep
the matter standing, and as soon as the Legisla
ture adjourns, throw them in panphlet form, and
also to give the points of the decisions ot the Su
preme Court, now permanently located at Mill
edgeville. A continuation of points wiilbe seen-
in to-day’s issue.
The short sketch of the prison life of Jeff. Da
vis, by Surgeon Craven, who was his attendant,
which we insert to-day, shows a cruelty inflicted
on him not equalled iu the past history of civilized
warfare. Napoleon, when banished to St. Helena,
was treated, it was theu thought, bad enough, but
nothing in comparison to the indignities inflicted
on Mr. Davis. Wc blush for the American Gov
ernment.
Under the recent order, the people of Marion,
Cahaba. Moutevallo, Columbiana, and in fact two-
tbirds of the places in Alabama will be deprived
of mail facilities.—Col. Sun.
Yes, and the same may be said of the people of
Georgia, if not those of all the Southern States.
Still, the Federal Government profess a desire to
produce harmony and good feeling among them
while they are denied the usual privileges of mails,
See., unless they perjure themselves—as though
the people of the South were still disloyal. We
had thought that the undeniable evidence given
in under oath by the first men in point of stand
ing and character in tho South before the “Recon
struction Committee,” wmuld have satisfied the
Nortii, that the South stood a unit during the rev
olution for Southern independence. But not so.
The Radicals in Congress would, it appears, even
now, grind us into dust and exterminate ns from
existence before they will acknowledge there er
ror—or else why not repeal that unnatural and ob
noxious oath required of Post Masters and mail
contractors.
We here in Milledgeville, the eapitol of the
State, still have as yet but one mail running in
and out of it. All communications are required to
come and go in but one direction, and now to make j
besides numerous outlines, to guide and instruct
the reader.
Ethnology is fully* t reated by illustrations of the
different types of the human race, and presented
in a pleasing and instructive form.
The work also contains treaties upon Tempera
ments; Physiognomy applied to marriage; the
Human Soul, its nature, office and condition in
life and depth, &c. In fact, it instructs man as to
what he is by nature and what he can be by educa'
tion. It is a work in our opinion, that should Le
found in the Library of every scholar, and all our
institutions of learning. It is an invaluable aid to
the young man in his dealings with the world and
the correct reading of character, no matter how
dissembled for purposes.
Price $5, handsomely bound in guilt. In parts
paper covers $4. Address Fowler «fc Wells. 369
Broadway, New York.
We have also received a beautiful Phrenologi
cal Bust from Messrs. F. &. W. With such an
aid. the study of Phrenology can be made easy.
“The study of mankind, is Man.”
A Steam Coach for Common Roads.—The
French Minister of Public works has awarded a
gold medal to Albert &, Co., of Lianconrt, for a
steam coach to run on ordinary roads. This coach
recently descended a bill from Laon to the railway
terminus at the rata of five miles an hour, and
afterwards ascended the same hill in eight min
utes with a weight of five tons. The trial was
repeated with so much success that it is now as
certained the engine can draw a weight of thirty-
nine tons on an ordinary road at the rate of from
three to four miles an hour.
We have but little doubt but that in the course
ot time we will see steam carriages on common
roads. The idea is altogether practicable, and
when it becomes a fixed fact that our common
roads can be so traveled, the rail roads must look
out for their present monopoly.
The Fenian movement is about dying out. A
humbug in the beginning, and a farce in the end.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, June 19.—The President to-day
sent the nomination of Gov. Holden, of North Ca
rolina, as a Minister to San Salvador.
Mr. Gasfield, of Ohio, called up the motion to
reconsider the vote by which the bill to establish
a National Bureau of Education, was rejected, and
the question being put, the motion prevailed—yeas
7fi, nays 49,
The bill was theu read a third time and passed
—yeas 80, nays 44.
In the house, Rogers, of New Jersey, presented
a minority report of the committee on reconstruc
tion. It is a long document consisting of an
elaborate argument in favor of the immediate ad
mission of the South to representation. It takes
bad worse, an order is issued requiring that even ! the ground that a State can neither withdraw nor
papers cannot go through Post Offices unless they i He expelled from the Union . j he war was to pre-
I,..-.--* ujI serve and not to destroy the States.
The report concludes with an eulogy upon the
are destined to a sworu Post Master. Does this
show a disposition to conciliate the people or do j purity of the motive of President Johnson
them justice '? It certainly does not, according to
:t common sense view of things.
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
Recommendation from the Secretary of the
Treasury.
Washington, June 20.—The Secretary of the
Wesoc that President Wadley has made a very! Treasury in a communication to the House, ex
pressed an opinion, based upon his observation of
liberal offer to those wishing to visit Savannah*
His proposition is : for the sum of five dollars;
any one wishing to visit that city, can do so and
return. The time is however limited.
OFFICE OF CENTRAL RAILROAD, ?
Macon, Ga., June 18, I8G5. )
To enable Merchants, Business Men and Citi
zens of Macon, and neighboring towns, to renew
former associations with their friends in Savannah,
tickets wiil be sold on Monday and Tuesday, the
25th and 26 instants, for Five Dollars, to go to Sa
vannah and return by any train up, and including
the one from Savannah ou Sunday evening, July
the operation of the law of 1861, that an addition
al enactment, authorizing the resumption, by the
Southern States, respectively, of the remainder of
the direct tax due from each, would, in view of
t.lm present impoverished condition of their people,
prevent much hardship in individual cases, and
save from confiscation the property of many per
sons, against whom the Government 1ms no grounds
of complaint, while no public interest would be
unjustly affected by the change.
He states, that should this policy be adopted,
the collection of taxes under the present, system,
might and ought to be discontinued, until an im
portunity for the assumption be offered. Wheth
er the amount realized from the re-sales of prop-
MF.SSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT.
Washington. June 22.—The President sent in
to Congress to-day the following message in rela
tion to the reconstruction ameudincut to the Con
stitution :
To the Senate and House of Representatives :
I submit to Congiess a report <>f the Secretary
of State, to whom w as referred the concurrent res
olution of the 16th inst., respecting a submission
to riie Legislature of the States, of an additional
article to the Constitution of the Lniled States. It
will be Teen from this report that the Secretary of
State had, on tho 16th inst., transmitted to the
Governors of the several States, copies oi the joint ^
resolution passed on the 13th ins:., proposing an
amendment to the Constitution. Even in ordina
ry times any question of amending the Constitu
tion must be regarded as of paramount importance.
This importace is at the present time enhanced by
the fact that the joint resolution was uotsubmitted
by the Houses for the approval of the President,
and that of the 36 States which constitutes the Un
ion. 11 are excluded from representation in either
House of Congress, although with the single ex-
ception of Texas, they have been entirely restored,
to all their functions as states in conformity with
the organic law of the land, and have appeared at
the National Capital, hy Senators, and have been
refused admission to the vacant seats. Nor have
the sovereign people of the nation been offered an
opportunity of expressing themselves upon the im
portant question which the amendment involves.
Grave doubts may therefore naturally and justly
arise as to whether the actiou of Congress is in
harmony w ith the sentiments of the people, and
whether in such au issue Congress shall be called
upon to descide representing the ratification of the
pripoired amendment. Waving the question as
to the Constitutional validity of the proceedings of
Congress upon the joint resolution proposing the
amendments or as to the merits of the article which
it, submits through the Executive Department to
t ie Legislatures of the States, I deem it proper to
observe that the stops taken by the Secretary of
State as detailed in the accompanying report, are
to be considered as purely ministerial, and in no
sense, whatever, committing the Executive to an
approval or a recommendation of the amendment
to the State Legislatures or to the people. On the
contrary a proper appreciation of the letter and
spirit of the Constitution as well as of the interests
of natural order and harmony and union, and a due
deference for an enlightened public judgment
may at this time well suggest a doubt whether any
amendment to the Constitution ought to be propo
sed by Congress and pressed upon the Legislatures,
of the several Slates for final decision until after
the admission of such loyal Senators and Represen
tatives of the now unrepresented States as have
been, or may hereafter be, chosen in conformity
with the Constitution and laws of the United
States.
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
jVTiss Costing’s School
XT7TLL COMMENCE on the first MONDAY
» » IN Jl'LY noxl
Tuition, per ses.sioW^twenty weeks. - $20 00
Payable one-halffiimulgbcm^
MUoIC—of
twenty weeks 11 ..^v. 25 00
Lessons giveu at the raidmee of the pupil-
Milledgeville, June *1666 26 ID
Dress
"jVTRS. CARR take
1*A her old custom*'
that, she has returned to
Hancock str-et, ii*-\l door
sonage, and is thoroughly pr*ff
pmtmcut of DRESS MAKIM
most improved styles. Prices
Milledgeville. June 26, I-Mi
in: king.
•d of liiiorming
Ladies, generally,
d located oil
BmJist Par-
in tho latest and
t-uir the times.
26 tt *2
Bacon & Corn!
W E ARE NOW RECEIVING From a Lou
isville house,
10,000 bushels
30 hds. Bacol
r*a,—choice yellow.
i—choice.
Sent to us Jo exchange for Compii.
payal
planters will
The Richmond Enquirer makes an excellent,
point in reference to the continued payment of
taxes in the South without representation in Con
gress. “Tlie time has come,” says that paper,
when the legality of such proceedings might be,
and ought to be, tested in the Courts. The Con
stitution expressly declares that ‘represmtation
and direct tares shall be apportioned among the
several States which may be included within the
Uniou, according to their respective numbers.’ ”
1st. During the first week in July, commencing
Monday, the 2d, this compliment will be extended ! erty, bid in for the Government, should or should
to the inhabitants of Savannah to enable them to j not be allowed to the States respectively in com
puting the taxes still due, is a question well de
serving due consideration, which is submitted
without comment.
to
visit their friends in the interior of the State.
WM. M. WADLEY, Brest.
Insanity Among the B/.aces.—The Richmond
"Whig remarks that insanity is becoming fearfully
prevalent among the freediuen Within the month
of May some fifteen or sixteen such unfortunates
have been placed in confinement in that city,
while in former times that number would hardly
have been found in fiveyears. . - - „ , ,, .
,. .. , r , to say a representation of voters only allowing .tie
We heard nothing of insane negroes before the [ exdl / sioil £ ^groes:
late war. II there were any they were cared for j
at home. Nor have we heretofore met with negro
Re p reskn t at ion Un derthe Am endmk n t .—The
Journal of Commerce has taken the pains to cypher
out on the basis ot the census of 1660, what will
be the representation of tho Southern States un
der the amendment of the Constitution adopted
lately by Congress, provided it is ratified—that is
beggars- Times, and their condition are now
sadly changed. As many as four crazy negroes
were brought to Milledgeville a short time since.
We should like to hear what has caused their in
sanity. Is it want ?
The United States Senate has adopted the
amendment of two cents per pound ou cottou.
The Senate has refused to Uke up the House
resolution fixing the day of adjournment.
The Tax Bill has been up before the U. S. Sen
ate and it has adopted au amendment to impose
ota contract is o^e thing, aud the remedy j cord 3
Col. Forshey Before, the Examining Commit
tee.—The answer given by this officer to the ques-
ion, “Please define what yon mean by ‘higher
civilization ?” contains volumes. We republish
it: ,
“The pride of character, the chivalrous tone,
and the liberality anil hospitalities of our people ;
the broad views and the great genius of our public
men ; the delicacy, modesty, refinement, and yet
the lofty spirit of our women. We had a society
without gossip, envy or fanaticism ; a population
of millions without beggars or paupers. Wheth
er this was higher civilization is a matter oi opin
ion. Certainly it had a different type, and one
which would not longer harmonize with yonrs ;
and hence the necessity, as we believed, of sepa
ration.”
The Milledgeville Hotel CroiVdkd.—We
saw quite a number of freediuen—7 and i white
man—on their way to this popular place of public
resort on Sunday evening. The delegates were
from Sumter and Muscogee counties; and were
sent forward for a variety of terms and offences.
The next Legislature had better enclose a county,
at once, for the accommodation of these unfortu
nate creatures. (
Oh ! freedom ! freedom ! how many crimes are
committed in thy name.—Jour. Mess. 19th.
The aforesaid “Hotel'’ had an additional supply
of five from Greene county on Saturday last, and
seven will be iu in a few days from Dougherty.
It- will be seen by advertisement, that Mrs.
Carr has returned to Milledgeville aud is now pre
pared to do all kinds of dress work. Mrs. C. un
derstands her business, and can please those who
will favor her with a call.
CORRECTION.
Thecfl6e of Wyche Jackson, Adinr., vs Johnson
<fc wife, tl al, which case was stated in our sum
mary of points last week as reversed—was a case
from Troup county, and rot Richmond, as stated.
An extra tine Milcii Cow was sold at auction in
our streets on Saturday last aud brought one hun
dred and fifty-five dollars.
lMTORTS.
New York. June 17.—The imports of the part
week exceed seven uiilliohs, ot which there weie
four millions of sugar, tea, aud coffee.
Oregon, by the new census, has 65.000 inhabi
tants, of whom 16,000 are voters, and 27.500 fe
males, to 37,000 males. Portland, tho chief town,
has 6000 inhabitants.
Under the
Constitutional
Amendment.
4
Actual number
of members.
Alabama — 7
Arkansas 2 2
Delaware 1 i
Florida.-.- J 1
Georgia 7 4
Louisiana 4 2
Maryland f> 4
Mississippi 5... 2
Missouri 9 B
North Carolina.--— -.8 5
Booth Carolina 6 2
Tennessee 8 6
Texas : 4 — 3
Virginia 8 6
Total 75 50
ExJention of line Atlantic and €alf Railroad.
Col. Screven, President of the Atlantic and Gulf
Railroad, has delivered an address to the people of
Savannah, for help to extend 1 lie Road so as to
connect with the Florida system of railways, and
through them with the Gulf ports of St. Marks, so
as to form a sea and land route between New York,
Savannah and New Orleans, which can be travel
ed in four days aud a half; besides transfering (in
the opinion of Col. S.) the cotton trade of Middle
Florida to Savannah, and opening a line for the
transportation ot the produce of the West and the
South-west to New York.
M exico—Santa Anna.—An address from Gen
eral Santa Anna to the people of Mexico was pub
lished in New York last Thursday. The General
defines his position in reference to the present as
pect of Mexican politics and the reports of his
“truckling” to Maxi million. He did not in any
manner compromise himself with the Mexican
Empire. Be belonged entirely to the Mexican
Republic, lie expects all Mexicans to unite and
drive the usurpers from their soil, and offers his
own services to tho cause. A monarchy in Mexi
co he declares to be an impossibility, and the res
toration of the Mexican Republic is the height of
his ambition.
The Nev Postal Lair.
According to the new Postal law just approved
by the President, prepaid and free letters are to he
forwarded, at the request of the party addressed,
from one post office to another, without additiona*
postage charge, and returned dead letters restored
to the writers thereof free of postage.
The Female Emigrants.—Mercer’s Female
emigrants have arrived at San Francisco. There
was a great fluttering of calico on boar-1 the ship
as she passed the city front, aud probably a res
ponsive fluttering of some masculine hearts on
shore. Olympia, in Washington Territory, their
place of destination, has probably ere this expe
lieiiced a great sensation.
Bad Bargain.—Mercer’s exportation of females
to Washington Territory proves a poor specula
tion. The women don’t get married, and they
talk of sueing Mercer for damages. Looks as if
the gold and silver searchers objected to adding to
the uumber of “minors” iu that regiou.
DEATH OF GEN. CASS.
Dkktkoit, Michigan, June 18.—Gen. Cass died
yesterday a£ 4 o’clock, aged 83 years.
Savannah Market.
Savannaa, Friday, June 22, 13t>6.
Cotton —The market, since our last report, has
been dull and inactive. There is considerable
cotton offering ; but buyers, of whom there are but
few in the market, seem disposed to operate, prob
ably on account of tire difficulty in the negotiating
drafts. Holders are sanguine that cotton lias
leached its lowest figure the late news received
both from Europe and the North having had no ef
fect on this Market. We quote:
Low Middling 32^®33
Middling 35 ®—
Strict to Good Middling 35^®36
Trade of the U. S.—The records of the Treas
ury Department show that for the year ending
June 30, 1865, our trade with British America is
second only in magnitude to that with Great Bri
tain. Its aggregate was $69,150,602, while the
commerce with Groat Britain was, $225,709,263.
The external trade of the United States for 1865
consisted of $339,768,220 exports, and $234,434,-
167, imports—an aggregate of $574,202,387.
Both houses of Congress have finally passed a
bill to dispose of about 3,000,000 acres of public
lands in the South to actual settlers. It is in effect
extending the provisions of the Homestead bill
over those lands. It restricts the amount of land
to he entered by one person to eighty acres for two
years, after which one hundred and sixty acres
may be entered. Until January next, all who
have taken a part in the rebellion aro excluded
from the privileges of Ihe bill; after that this res
triction is removed.
1st to 15th October, to responll
good security.
For particulars as to price of yffirn, Bacon and
Cotton, good planters will apply
J. H. ANDERSON Ac SON.
Agents, Macon, Ga.
Macon, June 26, I860 26 ‘-4*
r-Tiolxols &> 3V£app,
DRUGGISTS & APOTHECARIES,
KEEP CONSTANTLY on hand
a full assortment of fresh and pure
MEDICINES and fine WINES and
LIQUORS for Medicinal purposes-
Special attention paid Lo putting up
Physicians Prescriptions.
Milledgeville, June 19, 1666 25 tf
SADDLES anti HARNESS.
T HE SUBSCRIBER will sell SADDLES and
HARNESS at the retail prices of Savan
nah and Macon.
I have on hand several styles of Saddles, and a
few sets of fine Harness, Whips, liturgy Rugs. A c.
REPAIRING upon Saddles and Harness done
neatly and with dispatch.
Call ami see me aud price my goods before
buying elsewhere. E. J. HOGUE.
Milledgeville, June 19, 16GG 25 tf
The fiolff Ex* iterucBt.
The excitement in the Gold Room has been in
tense fur several days past. Four or five of the
heaviest stock speculators have lost fortunes in
that line by throwing their money and influence
against the rise. A London letter to a banking
firm in this city says the specie arrivals are an im
mense thing for American credit. The amount
sent from America is everywhere admitted to have
prevented a general bankruptcy in England. The
letters to other banking houses in this city are
very much to the same effect.—N. Y. Fa per.
Mr. Davis, a few days ago, on being applied to
by a photographist, declined to allow his picture
to be taken, because he had changed so that his
old friends would not know him.
One hundred miles of the Union Pacific Rail
road are completed, gh’ing three hundred and
eighty-three miles of track west from St. Louis.
Five thousand families
Mexico.
have left Austria for
JDIE1D 7
Iii this city, on the night of the I9fh inst., Mrs.
Thomas G. Millkr, iu her 73d year, formerly of
Savannah.
TO xll
£ NT,
rpWO LARGE KPQMS| west corner Darien
X Bank, One suitablffc^Mtaitif'BE’Tooin or Of
fice, the other as a Bed-rooml
Apply to \ R. N. ADAMS.
June 26, 1806 \ 26 It
rpWO MONTHS afteYi
X made to the
county for leave to sell tl
Gregory, deceased.
Juno 26, 1866 (
3ate application will be
l^^jdinary of Pntuam
e reaTestate of Hardy
W. GREGORY, Ex’r.
wbc) 26 9t
/GEORGIA, PUTNAM j
Vj Whereas Mrs. Mary J
trix of the estate of\VilliaJ
applies for letters dLdisml
These are therefor^fcJ
kindred and creditors of®
objections, if any they ill
the time prescribed by la if,
not be granted to the appli
WM. B. C
Juno 20,1966
COUNTY.
nn Paschal, administra-
i R. Paschal, deceased,
si on—
life and admonish the
ffK^iceased to file their
vo. it^Hy office within
whysaiuletters should
cant.
ARTER, Ordinary.
26 r.t
/GEORGIA, WILKIlfwON COUNTY.
VT Wheroas M E. ItcMtright applies to me fur
letters of admiiiistn*rttrn»n the estate of Joseph E.
Hattie’d, late of ^id coiBty, deceased—
These are the^bre tcB*if.e all persons concern
ed to be and nary’s office for
said county within the time pres^ibud by law and
show cause, if any thejMhave, wkv said letters
should not bo granted t.o|lke applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature,
this June 19th, I860.
F. CHAMBERS, Ordinary.
June 26, 1866 26 5t
QI XTY DAYS after dlt
iJ made, to the OufTiTanX
leave to soil the lanwbuloj
Iren of William Etheridj*
JANE
June 26, I860 f
e application will be
>t W ilkinson county for
to the minor <hil-
, nWfeased.
SPENCE. Giiaidian.
fc) 26 9t
JAS. 8, WALKS!ii & TiiflS. I. FLINT,
Wholesale if Retail Dealers «$* Importers of
CHINA, GLASS & QUEENS WARE,
At. R. P. McEvoy’s old Stand, opposite
Lanier Honse, jVXCLCOIQ. ? Grot.
Have now on hand a full and complete Stock of .r
China, DINNER and TEA Sets,
White, Flowered and Gilt.
GRANITE DINNER and TEA SETS—White.
Toilette & Chamber Sets—Plain & Ornamented.
GLASS—Pitchers, Stands, Dishes, Butters, Gob
lets, Champagne Wine and Tumblers.
SILVERED GLASS in TEA SETS and hy Ihe
piece.
BAR TUMBLERS and FIXTURES.
CANDY and FP-UIT JARS-Quart A gallon, 3
quarts and gallons—plain and fancy.
Self-sealing FRUIT JARS, half gallon.
A large lot of Queen’s Lava Rock and Yellow
Ware.
APla/ted
Consisting of Castors, Baskets, Butters, Forks,
Spoons, Strainers, &c.
All cf which we will sell as low as can be bought
in the South.
Orders solicited and promptly filled when
accompanied by the cash, or shipped C. O. D.,
per Express.
Macon, June 19,138§ tf
BACON, FLOl’R, CORA & PSAS.
Receiving in stoee to-day—
10,090 lbs. Tennessee Bacon, 430 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,
],0<W Bushels Corn,
For sale low,
iff 1 3,000 Bushels to arrive.
J. W. FEARS & CO.
We will continue to receive, through the season,
BACON, CORN and FLOUR, best quality. Will
sell it as low as can be laid down from Atlanta or
Western cities, less than car load quantities, and
make satisfactory profits. Demonstration—Freight
on Flour from Louisville is $4 40 per barrel, less
than a car load ; 3 00 by car load ; Bacon is 2c
per pound ; less than a car load, 2J to 3c ; Coru
53c per bushel; less than a car load, 65c. The
difference in Freigiit is sufficient profit.
We wholesale entirely, that, is,sell by Cask, Bar
rel or Sack, and can sell lower in this way than
any house, who retail and wholesale, as we do
not charge package customers to make up lor loss
weight and skipper bacon, incident to retailing.
PLANTERS and MERCHANTS who wish to
buy by package, and nut as much as carr loads,
need go no further than to our store to get iheir
supplies.
Therefore, all take a note of this, aud put a peg
down there. Respectfully,
J. W. FEARS & CO.
Macon, June 19 1866 25 4t
E- REMINGTON & S0NS~
S 1
made to the Ordin
for leave to sell one limns,
or less, lying in said co
tatc ofS. M. Carswell)
dower of Mrs. Janh M. Cn
MATHEW
Adur
June 2d, 18CG
application will be
f Wilkinson county
acres of land, more
[elonging to the ca
fe nown as the
WELL.
parswi 11,
6 9t
Mann fact fifes of
REVOLVERS, RIFLES,
IvtuLskets fe Carbines,
For the United States Service. Also,
Pocket and Belt REVOLVERS,
REPEATING PISTOLS,
: RIFLE CANES, REFOLYING RIFLES.
Rifle & Shot Gun Barrels, & Gan Materials sold
by Gun Dealers and the Trade generally.
Iu these days of Housebreaking aud Robbeiy,
every House, Store, Bank, an I Office, should have
one of
slBafSXH^aToars , 3L2vox.vx:xt.s.
Parties desiring to avail themselves of tLe late im
provements in Pistols, and superior workmanship
and form, will find ail combined in the New Rem
ington Revolvers.
Circulars containing cuts and description cf our
arms will be furnished upon application.
E. REMINGTON & SONS, Iliou. N. Y.
Moore & Nichols Agents,
No 49 Courtland St. New York.
June 19. 25 13t
S IXTY DAYS alter
made to the Oidii
date application will be
nary of Wilkinson county
for leave to sell the lands belonging to the estate
of James Ward, late of said county, deceased.
john Mcarthur, Exy.
June 19,1866 Ifc] . 25 9t
Blanks for Sale at this Olkce,