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Decision and Opinions of the Justices of
the Supreme Court of the State.
From Ike Atlanta Intelligencerj
Mr. JUSTICE H. K. MoCAY.
The ease of Richard W. White, plaintiff in
error, against the State of Georgia on the rela
tion of Wm. J. Clemente, defendant in error,
cototm before this Court on <he following elate
of facts:
Wm. J. Clements applied to the Judge of the
Superior Court of Chatham county,alleging that
at an election which had been held in that conn-
ty for a cleric of the Superior Court, ho and Rich
ard W. White were the solo candidates. That
Richard W. White had got a majority of tho
rotes, but that he, Clements, had also pita good
many votes and that no other persons were run
ning. The petition further stated that Richard
W. White had been declared elected, and had
I men commissioned and was in tho actual per
formance of the duties of the office, and that
Richard W. White was a person of color, having
one-eighth or more of African blood in hia veins.
That therefore' under the laws of Georgia ho
was ineligible to office, and farther, that under
the laws of Georgia, as White, tho person har
ing the majority of rotes wss ineligible, be,
Clements, having received the next highest
number of votes was entitled to the position.
Ho prsyed the Conrt for leavo to file an infor
mation for a quo warranto., To that petition,
of which White was notified, ho (White) filed a
demurrer. Subsequently, however, he with
drew the demurrer to that petition, and the in
formation issued in the name of the State of
Georgia. The Conrt passed an order directing
tho SoUdtor General for that eircuit to make
ont an information in the name of the State, re
citing in effect the facts which bad been recited
in Clements' potition, and calling upon White
to show cause why a mandamus absolute Rhould
not issue against him, depriving him of the of
fice and putting Clements in. White, at the'
proper time fixed by the information for answer
ing, filed a demurrer to the information and at
tho samo time filed an answer denying that he
was a porson of color, or that he had one-eighth
or more of African blood in hia veins.
On this the court summoned a jury for the
C pose of trying tho iatne. When the jnry
been sworn, tho defendant below—the plain
tiff here—called np his demurrer to the Infor
mation. It ia stated in the record that the plain
tiff in the information made no objection to
taking np tho demurrer at that time, bnt con
sented; and tho court hoard tho motion as an in
dependent motion before tho case was sub
mitted to the jury. The Court decided that in
the argument upon that motion—that demurrer
—Clements, tho movant in the general proceed
ing, was entitled to open and oondnde the argu
ment—that tho matter being before the jnry the
general role which gives to the party moving
in a demurrer tho right to opon and conclude
, did not apply.
The Conrt heard the argument on the demur
rer and overruled tho demurrer. Tho case
then went to tho jnry on the issue of fset wheth
er or not White had one-eighth or more of
African blood in his veins. On the trial thero
wore various questions made as to the testi
mony. One witness testified that tho defen
dant, White, was reputed in the neighborhood
to be a oolored poison. Another witness testi
fied tnat he, (the witness) was a registrar of
voters; that when White registered, he, the reg
istrar, had affixed opposite White's name tho
letter “0,” to denote that ho was g person of
color; that he subsequently posted the lists in a
public placo, and that they had remained thero
two or three weeks without any application hav
ing been made to him to have that letter “C"
erased or changed. It did not appear, however,
that there was any notice to Whito that this let
ter “CP had been placed opposite to his name,
nor did it appear that it was the law or the prao-
tico that if he had applied to have it corrected,
that they would have corrected it; in other
words that it was the part or tho doty of tho
officorat all to mako that entry. At least it has
not so been made to appear to us.
This evidence was objected to by tho defense
bnt admitted by tho Conrt. Tho Conrt also ad
mitted as evidenoo tho statement by a physician,
an examining physician of an Insurance Coro-
Q f, that at a previous time ho had examined
to and had pronounced him a mulatto.
Thero was no testimony by the physioian of
what his opinion was at tho timo of tho trial.
The testimony was that at some previous timo
he had examined him and was, at that previous
time, of opinion that ho was a mulatto.
In the farther progress of the trial they pro
posed to introdneo a copy of an application for
a IAfe Insurance on tho life of White in favor
of his wife, which application purported to be
signed by White. The application does not
Reem to have had a word in it as to whether
White was a white man or a black man—it gave
no indication as to his color, bnt on the back of
it there was an entry by a porson who purported
to bo an examining physician, that Whito was a
mulatto. Tho witness swore at first that ho
thought White signed the paper, bnt swore af
terwards that ho didn't know whether Whito had
signod it or whether his wife had signed it for
him. Objection was made to this paper on
three grounds; one, that it was a copy-paper,
though it was proven that the original was in
New York; tho other that thero was no proof
that the original had been executed; and third,
that in any event the paper amounted to noth-
ing.
Another witness, also a physician, swore that
he was a practicing physician, and that he had
studied the scienco of ethnology; that that
science taught men the rules by which the race
of a man was ascertained, and this witness gave
M i witness gave
his opinion nponthe point. The Conrt admitted
his opinion, that White was a person of color,
as being the opinion of an expert. The case
went to the jury on this testimony. Thero were
some objections to the charge of tho Court
which we, however, havo not noticed, because
_we didn't think the point very material. The
"jury found for the plaintiff in the information.
Thereupon the Court passed judgment, depos
ing White from his position-as clerk of the Su
perior Court, and declaring that Clements was
entitled to hold that offioe.
This case has been argued before ns with a
great deal of learning and ability.
This Conrt has agreed upon the judgment
which it will deliver in this case, bnt not upon
the reasons upon which this judgment is found
ed. The Conrt will agree that the judgment in
the court below ought to be reversed; this Court
being unanimously of opinion that the Conrt be
low erred in various of its rulings on the trial
and on the question of tho argument on the de
murrer.
A majority of the Court, the Chief Justice
and myself, agree in the judgment that the
Court below erred in over-ruling the demurrer,
it being our opinion that_ under the Code of
Georgia a person of color is eligible to office in
Georgia. My brother, Brown, however, and
myself, do not exactly agree upon the grounds
npon which we base that judgment. The stat
utes of the State of Georgia require that the
Conrt shall agree in the which it
mtVAtt—the principle upon which it pats the
cage which it decides, and as my brother, War
ner—whilst he agrees to the general judgment
—puts his opinion upon one set of grounds,
and my brother, the Chief Justice, puts his
upon another, while I put mine npon a third,
we are unable to agree npon a statement of the
general principles upon which we put our judg
ment. Hence, under the statute, we shall each
give a statement of the general principles upon
which we assent to the judgment of this Court.
I will, therefore, now read the grounds upon
which the whole Court bases its decision, and I
shall, also, announce the principles npon which
I, myself, hold that the Court below erred.
As this is a case of a good deal of public im
portance, inwHmg not only the rights of the
defendant, anaxhis plaintiff in error, but of a
very large portion of the people of this State,
and one in which there is a great deal of inter
est taken, I have reduced to writing, in
my opinion; and I will preface the reading of
the judgment of the whole Court, and of the
majority of the Court, with some written re
marks—preferring to do that rather than m»Vn
Whatever may have been under the Constitu
tion of the United States, the abstract truth as
to the political condition and status of the peo-
P|° of Georgia at the dose of the late war, from
the stand-point of a mere observer, it seems to
me perfectly conclusive that the several branches
of the present State Government are shut np to
the doctrine that the Constitution and frame of
avil Government in existence in this State on
the 1st of January, 18C1, with all its disabilities
and restrictions, was totally submerged in the
great revolution which from 1862 to 1865 swept
over the State. Early in June, 1865, the Gov
ernor of I860 was in prison at Washington, and
there wag not in the whole State a single civil
officer in tho exercise of the functions of his
office.
The whole body lately acting had been chosen
under the laws of the Confederate States, and
the incumbents of I860 had all cither died or
resigned or renounced their positions as officers
under the Constitution of the United States, by
swearing fealty to tho Confederacy and repudi
ating the Government of tho Union.
Tho people of the State were. In tho language
of tho President, without civil government of
any kind—in anarchy. The State, as a State of
the Federal Union, still existed, bnt without any
frame of civil govcrnm^HTregiilating, restrain
ing and directing the cxeiciso of its functions.
From that time until the present State Govern
ment went into operation, tho government of
the State was with more or less completeness in
tho hands of the military authorities of the
United States, and tho entiro ancient civil poli
ty of the Stato, was totally ignored. Directly
in tho teeth of tho old Constitution, the peoplo
of color were recognized as freemen, and as en
titled to equal legal and political rights, with tho
white*. The Convention of 1857 met under the
laws of tho United States, and was elected and
composed in total disregard of all tho provisions
and presumptions, qualifications, disqualifica
tions, and distinctions of tho old organization.
Tho black people participated in its election,
and in its composition, on equal I ywm, in theory
at least, with the white, and notkfng can to my
mind be plainer than that by^Uio whole theory
then acted upon, they werodScognized as form
ing an integral part of l^ft-fwvereign people,
then assembled in convention to form for their
common benefit a constitunpn and frame of
civil government.
Snch being the facts of tho^caso, it appears to
me that this court, deriving ifa whole authority
from tho constitution then frsgtcd, and sworn to
support it, is, from tho very nature of the case,
absolutely prohibited from recognizing as then or
now, in force, either the constitution of I860 or
1865, or any of tho legal orpolitical disabilities
or distinctions among tho people, dependent
upon them or either of them.
. The convention met under tho laws of the
United States, to form a constitution for a peo
ple without civil government
It had nothing to repeal, nothing to modify,
nothing to grant None of the old constitutions
of the State, wero at the time in operation—tho
Convention met under entirely new ideas and
new presumptions. It represented a new peo
ple—a peoplo among whom slavery had ceased,
and among whom black peoplo as well as whito
were recognized as forming part of tho political
society, and entitled to equal participation in its
hta, privileges and immunities.
A is not necessary, for tho purposes of this
argument, that this theory shall bo proven to
have been a legal ono under tho Constitution of
the United States. It ia sufficient to state that
it is trno as a fact, and that the present State
Government is based upon it.
If, when tho Convention met in December,
1867, the ancient Constitntion of the Stato, or
any of its legal or political disabilities or dis
qualifying distinctions npon persons of color
wero in force, then tho Contention was itself
illegal, tho present State GdYcmmcnt ia illegal,
this Court is illegal t His Honor, the Chief
Justice, has his proper place in the Executive
Chair, my respected associate and myself are
private citizens, the plaintiff in error is a slave,
and the whole political history of the Stato since
the imprisonment of Governor Brown in Jane,
1865, a gigantic illegality.
I am aware that a very large class of our most
intelligent people, so, at this moment, honestly
believe: to them this argument is not directed;
bnt, it seems to me, that to a Judge holding
his office tinder the present State Government,
forming an essential part of its machinery,
these views most be of overwhelming force. If
he assumes the power to docide at all, he must,
it seems to me, base his judgment upon prin
ciples which do not, if adopted in hia own case,
nttteriy subvert his own authority.
I make these remarks with the greatest defer
ence to tho integrity and to the sound legal
accmnen of my associates. Honest men see
things in different lights, and it is as presump
tuous as it is uncharitable, for one man to set
np his convictions as tho necessary guide of
the conscience of another. These aro my con
victions, and, as a matter of course, I must act
upon them, and accordingly, under the roles
prescribed by tho Statute ; I announce in tho
general principles controlling my judgment in
this ease, the following:
By the whole Cogrt.
Fust, Tho statement of a registrar of voters
that he had marked a registered person’s name
with a “ O ” to denote that he was colored and
had posted his lists for some timo in a public
place, and that no application hod been made
to have the said “O” erased is no evidence that
the person is a colored person, it not being
shown that tho person knew of tho entry, and
that it was tho subject of correction.
2d. Although a copy of a paper proven to be
beyond the jurisdiction of tho court is good
secondary evidence of its contents, yet it must
bo shown that the original was duly executed.
3d. An application for a life insurance,
though signed by the applicant, upon tho bade
of which was an entry by the examining physi
cian that tho applicant was a mulatto, is no evi
dence unless it do proven that the person signed
the paper after tho entry on it was made by the
physician and with knowledge of the entry and
withintent to adopt it, or that ho used tho paper
after the entry was made with a knowledge that
snch entry was there.
4th. Tho statement by an examining physi
cian, that ho had At a certain timo examined a
porson and had then been of the opinion that
tSw person was a mulatto, is no evidence. If
the physician is an expert he must give his pres-
sent opinion, and if not he must state the facts
upon which ho bases his opinion. “Whether or
not one is a person of color, that is, has African
blood in his veins, is matter of opinion, and a
witness may givo bis opinion if he states tho
facts upon which it is based. But whether the
fact that he has one eighth or more of such
blood, be matter of opinion or not—Query |
5th. One who testifies that he has studied the
science of ethnology may give his opinion as an
expert on the question of race. Its weight is
for the jnry.
Pedigree, relationship and race may be proven
by evidenco of reputation among those who
know the person whose pedigree or race is in
question.
The whole Court agree upon those proposi-
tions. .
The majority of the Court agree upon this
proposition. Where a quo warranto was issned
charging that a person holding an office was in
eligible, when chosen, because of his havingm
were, by the facts of the case, and by the laws
of the United States, without any legal civil gov
ernment ; and as the people of Georgia, without
regard to past political distinctions, and without
regard to distinctions of color, participated on
equal terms in the election for the Convention,
and in its composition and deliberations, as well
as in the final ratification of the Constitution it
framed—in the construction of that Constitution,
and in the investigation of what rights it guar
antees or denies, such distinctions are equally
to be ignored.
rd. The rights of the people of this State,
white and black, are not granted to them by the
Constitution thereof. The object and effect of
that instrument is not to give, bnt to restrain,
deny, regulate and guarantee rights; and all
persons recognized by that Constitntion as citi
zens of the State have equal legal and political
rights, except as otherwise expressly declared,
x. It is the settled and uniform senso of the
word “citizen" when used in reference to the
citizens of the separate States of the United
States, and to their rights as snch citizens, that
it describes a person entitled to every rigid, le
gal and pntiliml. enjoyed by any penoo of that
State, unless there be some express exception,
mado by positive law, covering the particular
person, or class of persons, whoso rights are in
question.
4 th. Words used in a statute, or Constitntion,
have their ordinary signification, tinless they
be words of art, when they havo the sense
placed npon them by those skilled in the art, or
unless their meaning be defined and fixed by
law—in which latter case the legal meaning
must prevail.
5th. By the 1648th and 1649th Sections of
Irwin’s Revised Code, it is expressly declared,
that among tho rights of citizens is the right to
hold office, and that all citizens are entitled to
exercise all their rights as such, unless express
ly prohibited by law; and as the Constitntion
of 1868 expressly adopts said Code as the law of
the State, when that Constitntion uses the word
“citizen,” it uses it in the sense pnt npon it by
the express definition of the Code it adopted.
6th. Article 1st and Section 2d of the Consti
tution of 1868, expressly declares that all per
sons bom in the United States, or naturalized
therein, resident in this Stato, are citizens of
this Stato, and os the Code adopted by the Con
vention, in express terms declares that among
the rights of citizens is the right to hold office,
a colored person boro in the United States, and
resident in this State, is bv that section of tho
Constitntion guaranteed eligibility to office, ex
cept whan otherwise prohibited.
'7th. Nor would tho repeal of those sections of
the code, or their alteration, deprive a colored
person of tho right guaranteed. Since it is a
settled role that it is not in the power of tho
Legislature to divest a right or change a consti
tutional guarantee by altering tho legal meaning
of tho word by which that guarantee waa made.
nth. The right to vote involves the right to bo
voted for, unless otherwise expressly provided,
since it is not to be presumed without an ex
press enactment that the principal is of less dig
nity or rights tMi the agent.
0th. Tnere being in tho Constitntion of 1868
various special disqualifications of electors for
particular offices, and four separate sections de
tailing disqualifications for any office, and a
black akin not being mentioned as one of these
disqualifications, under tho role that tho ex
pression, eta, of one thing is the exclusion of
others, persons of color, electors, are not dis
qualified from holding office.
10th. Thero never has been in this State, at
any period of itn history, a denial in terms of
the right to vote or to hold office, to colored per
sons as such. By the old law, they were either
slaves or free persons of color, and these rights
were denied them by declaring that they were
not, and could not bo citizens of tho State, and
when Article 1st, Section 2d of the Constitntion
of 1868, recognized them as citizens, the right
to vote and to hold office, except as otherwise
provided by the Constitution, was, ex ct termini,
ftlfs guaranteed to them.
llth. Ineligibility to office involves not only
tho d.niftl to the person claiming tho place the
right to be chosen, bnt what is of far greater
moment, tho right of the selecting power to
choose; and to make ont a case of ineligibility
there most be such a state of affaire as estab
lished not only the want of power to bo chosen,
but a denial of power in tho selecting party to
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COATS,
and thero was a demurrer to the information as
well as an answer denying the fact, npon which
denial there was an issue and & trial before the
jury: held that by the Code of Georgia, a
son having one-eighth or more of African h
in his veins is not ineligible to office in this
State, and it was error in the Conrt to overrule
the demurrer and to charge tbfl jnry that if the
plaintiff proved the defendant to have one-
eighth or more of African blood he was ineligi
ble to office in this State.
DECISION .OF COURT AS RENDERED BY
JUSTICE McCAY.
'Whilst I agree that the Code of Georgia—the
l the Con
law of Georgia, as separate from the Constitu
tion—does make persons of color eligible to
office, my opinion is that eligibility is guaranteed
by the Constitution of the State, and I annex
these propositions as the general principles npon
which my opinion is based.
1st The Constitution of Georgia, known as the
Constitntion of 1868, is a new Constitution, made
by, and formed for, a people who at the time
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12th. Tho people of a State, in their collect
ive capacity, have every right a political society
can have, except such as they have conferred
npon the United States, or on somo department
of tho State Government, or havo expressly de
nied to themselves by their Constitution ; and
aa the right to select a public officer ia a politi
cal right, the people, or that branch of the
Government clothed by the Constitntion with
the power to choose, may select whomsoever
it wjll, unless tho right to choose a particular
porson or class of persons, is expressly taken
away by the Constitntion.
OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE BROWN.
The view which I take of the rights of the
parties litigant in this case, under the Code of
i loorgia, renders it unnecessary for »a to en
ter into an investigation of tho question:
whether the Fourteenth Amendment of the Con
stitution of the United States, or tho Second
Section of tho First Article of the Constitntion
of Georgia, which, in substance, is identical with
the 14th Amendment, confers npon colored cit
izens the right to hold office. If the respond
ent in this caso acquires tho right by grant found
in either of the said Constitutions, or in the
Code of this State, it is sufficient for all the pur
poses of the case at bar.and entitles him to a
reversal of the judgment of tho Court below,
which was adverse to his right.
Tho third paragraph of the 9th article of the
Constitntion of tKis State adopts, in subordina
tion to tho Constitution of the United States,
and the laws and treaties mode in pursuance
thereof ; and in subordination to the said Con
stitution of this Stato; tho “body of laws known
as the Code of Georgia, and the acts amendatory
thereof, which said Code and acts aro embodied
in tho printed book known as Irwin's Code*
“except so much of tho said several statutes.
Code and laws as may be inconsistent with the
ipreme law herein recognized.”
Tho Code, Section 1646, classifies natural
yersons into four classes: 1st. citizens ; 2d. res-
dents, 3d. aliens, 4th. persons of oolor.
Section 4C of the Code declares that, All vAfre
persons bom in this State, or in any other State
of this Union, who are or may become residents
of this State with the intention of remaining
herein; all white persons naturalized under the
laws of the United States, and who aro, or may
become residents of this State, with tho inten
tion of remaining herein; all persons who have
obtained a right to citizenship under former
laws, and all children wherever bom, whoso
father was a citizen of this State at tho time of
the birth of such children; or in case of post
humous children at the time of his death, are
held and deemed citizens of this State.
By the Code the distinction is therefore dear
ly drawn between citizens who are white persons
and persons of color. _
In other words, none are citizens under the
“printed book known as Irwin’s Code” bnt white
persons. Having specified the class of persons
who are citizens, the Code proceeds, in section
1648, to define some of the rights of citizen* as
follows;
“Among the rights of citizens are the enjoy
ment of personal security, of jiersonal liberty,
private property and the disposition thereof, the
elective franchise, the right to hold ojfiee, to ap
peal to tho courts, to testify as a witness, to per-
form any civil function, and to keep and bear
arms.”
Section 1649 declares that, “AU citizens are
entitled to exercise aU their rights as such unless
speciall prohibited by law.”
Section 1650 prohibits females from exercis-
g the elective franchise or holding civil office.
Section 1651 prohibits minors from the exer
cise of civil functions, till they are of legal age.
Sections 1C52 and 1653 prohibits certain
and persons non compos mentis, from
exercising certain rights of citizens. '
Article!!, chapter, 1 title, 1, part 2,of the code
defines the rights of the 4th class of natural per
sons, designated as persons of color; giving
them the rights to make contracts; sue and be
sned, give evidence, inherit, purchase andsell
property; and to have martial rights, security of
person/ estate, etc., embracing the usual avp
rights bf citizens, but does not confer abzen-
shiD. Thus the code stood prior to ltB adoption
INDIAN SPRING I
1869.
T
will be established on June 1st to ran
Forsyth. Tho Medicinal properties of I
unrivalled for the care of all Cataneo
ship.
by the new constitution.
As already shown, it was adopted in snfcor.
dination to the constitution, and must yield to
the fmwi.m law, whenever in conflict with
[ookcpcdxd os rounxK raox.]
I anil all Billons
Mils favorite Southern resort is now open for tho
reception of visitors. and a regular line of Stases
. ... . . Junelrt to run to and from
rtiee of the water are
Cutaneous, Chronic,
Liver and Kidney di-easex.
The McINTOSII HOUSE will be maneced in con
nection with tho Lanier House of Macon, kept by
Collier A Beys.
KATES OF BOARD:
The invalid can here find quiet, pure air and heal
ing water, and the rnbost and youthful cayety and
^AfineSTRINQ BAND will be in attendance.
COLLIERS k CO.
niaytO dnulra'
BAILEY SPRINGS,
ALABAMA.
rpnE Proprietors of this Watering Place take pleas-
1 ure in informing their friends and patrons that
they have completed their arrangements for tho com
fort and enjoyment of their gaols, and that the hotel
is now open tor their reception. _
The efficacy of the*’ waters is eases of Dropecy.
Scrofula. Dyspepsia, diseases peculiar to Females.
Chrooie Diarrhoea, and all diseases of tho
SKIN AND KIDNEYS,
is too well established to need comment. A good
land will serve the Ball Room, aod the Table will
supplied With the best the country affords, wbilo
j fishing in Shoal Creek, and the hooting in the
surrounding woods offer their usaal attractions to
visitors. Route, via Memphis end Charleston Rail
road to Florence. Ala., theoce by regular Stage Line
nine miles to Springs.
Board. $15 per W«k. » per Month.
For Deeeriptire Pamphlet, Circular, or informa
tion concerning special diseases. fddrere
ELLIS A CO..
ie6-3a! Proprietors.
WARM SPRINGS.
THESE SPRINGS will be opened for visitors on the
1 FIRST OF JUNK. Accommodations ample.
Conveyance may be had at fair rates at Columbus.
LaUraage and Uriffia. A regular line of Coaches
from Geneva to the Springs.
For farther information address the Proprietors <
^^^ornt Columbus. On. L. MUSTIAN.
WARM SPRINGS,
BATH COUNTY, VA.
r llS far-famed Watering Place Is now open for tie
reception of visitors, '.the virtues of these waters
are so well known that we deem it unnecessary to en
ter into details. The Baths are admitted to be the
finest in the World. Circulars containing analysis,
and certificates will be sent on application to Wm. II.
McDonald, Manager.
This property is being refitted and repaired, and
-o pains will be spared to render the fcnestgcomfort-
able. Route from the North via Orange and Alex
andria Railroad to (iordonsville : thence via Che*a
peake and Ohio Railroad to MUlboro Depot. Route
from the South via Lynchburg or Richmond, and
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad to Millboro Depot:
hence 15 miles to the Warm Springs by a fine line of
stages withstesdy and accommodating drivers, thence
to the Hot Springs, five miles; and Healing, eight
miles. _ _
Board Per Day — .^4 275
Board Per Week ...■»«■»■ 1TfiO
Board Per Month-
june!5-2m
WARM SPRINGS CO.
CHALYBEATE SPRINGS
MERIWETHER COUNTY, GA.
rpHESE SPRINGS having been completely refitted,
JL are now ready for visitors. Guests can rely npon
‘ “ ample accommodations. The grounds and
i thoroughly lighted with gas.
ine of Coaches will run from Gene:
n Railroad, to the Springs. For particu
lar, see small bills and tf?™ QoajsR * ^
Proprietors,
may 28-1 m Columbus, Ga^ or at Springs.
Drs. McKellar & Thompson,
OFFICE ON THTRD STREET,
TW CITY BANK BUILDING,
D O ANY and all DENTAL WORK, at tee shortest
notice and at reafonable figures. Caace from
the country will receive prompt attention, aprlfi *
VESTS
MADE TO MEASURE. FROM the MOST VARIED
HANDSOME MATERIAL.
PRICES TONUIT BUYERS.
No. 44 SECOND STREET, MACON, GA.
jes-tr
GREAT
SOUTHERN PREPARATIONS!!
WHAT ABE THEY?
M’lIKY are a due of select family modiciacs pre-
1 pared by physicians. With accuracy and neatness,
from pare ana fresh remedial agent,, for the conven-
TR-BGLO’S
TEABRRRY TOO Til WASH.
Preserve* and Whitens the Teeth 1
Invigorates and Soothes the Sams 1
Jleans and Purifies Artificial Teeth!
Purifies and Perfumes the Breath l
Prevents Accumulation of Tartar I
Zs a Superior Article for Children I
IT IS WARRANTED FREE
from Injurious Ingredients!
scientifically prepared in accord an co with the
ost valuable formulsi known to tee profession.
■ boon extensively used for several year,, and is
'recommended for general uso by numerous Dentist,
and Physician* who have tested it, mentt. and who
appreciate the importance of preserving the Teeth
through lift.
P «ir A “• S^zliS^Ilac
ient use of families when a physician is not at —
They are tee re,alt of a long bedside expcrienoe in
the Southern and Western States, and physicians,
druggists and farmers are ordering them to all others.
A CHILD OF FORTUNE,
Who can boast of a nameih tee emsketof a nation’s
glory, and who is surrounded with all the glittering
grandeur that riche* can bestow, is unhappy, melan-
eholiy and miserable when afflicted with those ter
rible female complaints which are so common all over
the country. If thus afflicted, bay
DROMGOCLLE & CO.’S
ENGLISH FEMALE BITTERS,
ind be once more restored to health, beauty and
Thtifeompound ia* apeciatly prepared for all those
female complaint, aad irregularities depending upon
an unhealthy action of the Uterine organs. It im
mediately arouses, restores and regulates, giving tone,
strength and color to the pale and feeble.
Fat up in large bottles, at $250 per bottle, or three
bottlea for $fi 00. Sent to all parts of theeonntryon
eceipt of price, bold by all Druggists.
FKUALK'BKAUTT!
English Female Bitters
{nglish Female Bitters
tngiisk Female Bitters
English Female Bitten
English Female Bitters
■Cure* all Female Complaints.
Curve all Female Complaints.
Cures all Female Complaiots.
Cures all Female Complaints.
It arouses Old and Yi
It arouses Old and Yi
It arouses Old ~
It arouses Old and Young.
It arooMS Old and Yonng.
1 Youn
I Youn
Use]
FOR KIDXKTS AYR BLADDKR,
1 Ire Extract Bear berry and Bacho.
I lie Extract Bear berry and Baehu.
1 lee Extract Bear berry sad Beebe.
Ure Extract Bear berry and Bnchu.
Extract Bearberry and Buehu.
Cures Gravel and Urinary Deposits.
Cure, Gravel aod Urinary Deposit*.
Cure, Gravel and Urinary Deposits.
Curie Gravel and Urinary Deposita.
Cures Gravel and Urinary Deposit,.
Physicians prescribe 1L
Physicians prescribe it.
Physteiaa* prescribe it.
Physicians prescribe it
Physic; “
bysicians prescribe it.
Cures Weak Back and Gleet.
Care, Weak Back and Gleet.
Cure, Weak Bask and flint
Cures MM
■ Weak Back sad Gleet.
Cures affect,
Oufflffl
Curt
e» effect* of Dissipation,
es effect, of D Uripadon.
, Cure, fn
frequent desire to Urinate.
Cure, frequent desire to Urinate.
Cure, frequent desire to Urinate.
tT.IS A POWERFUL DIUHKTl^^^ mtJKKTIa
At One Dollar per Botilc.
At One Dollar par Bottlo.
PUBIFE T0VB BLOOD
Wllh Constitutional Monarch.
With Constitutional Monarch.
With Conatitntlonal Monarch.
With Constitutional Monarch.
With Constitutional Monareh. „ ■
Cures Scrofula and Old bores.
Cures Scrofula and Old Sores.
Cures Scrofula and Old Sores.
Cures Scrofula and Old bores.
Cores Scrofula and Old Sore,.
For diseases of the Skin end Glands.
Far diseases af tea Bkia and Gland*- -
Kor disease* of the Skin and Glands.
For diseases of the Skin and Gland,.
For diseases of tba Skin and Gland*.
”01 Gout, Itch aad Tetter.
go, j
Fori
For*
r Gout. Itch ant Tetter.
■K flout. Itch and Tetter.
Far Sent, Iteb and Tetter.
For flout. Itch and TetterJ
FOR CHILLS AND FKYJCK.
! is the best.
Kins of Chills ia the hc-t.
King of Chili, is tiro best.
It arouses the Stomach and Liver.
It arouse, the Stomach and Liver,
It aroase, the Stomach and Liver.
- ffi It arouse, the Stomach and Lirer|
Doe, not effect Head, Ear, or Nerr es.
Doe, not effect Head. Ears or dorees.
Does not effect Head. Kir, or berrer.
Doe, not effect Head. Ears or Series.
Does not effect Head, Ear, or Nerve,.
FOB PBITATE DISEASES.
One Bottle will cure you.
One Bottle will cure you.
One Bottle will cure you.
One Bottle will cure you.
One Bottle will cure you.
Use Kareka Secret Cure.
I‘,e Eureka Secret Cure.
1'ee Eureka Secret Cure.
Use Eureka Secret Cure.
Use Eureka Secret Cura.
It costs only *2 50-
It cost, only $2 £0.
It eoets.only $2 50.
It costs only *2 50.
It costs only $2 SO.
yhk unovi raxrsBXTioxajlxk ovrsaxo bt
J. P. DEOilGOOLE A CO.,
• PKOPRIKIOSS,
MEMPHIS. TENN.'
l. w. mm k oo..
>rl3-law - General A rents-Macon, Qa.
A RARE INVESTMENT.
OFFER for sale mj Steam Saw Mill situated m
T.
T. *
IUBOKAiouv op PaautUcx
Atlanta, Georsi
i to certify thatj havo examine Trcro'a
noth Wash and Tooth. Powdtr. I find
This 1st „
I tony Tooth!
free from substance, that would i
ths Teeth, andean recommend 1
to there in want of a superior draft
maylfi-Cm W. J. 1
ECTABUSUED 1S65.
SOllTIIfiRNlnUTR LEAD.
t STRICTI/T
, - Vmmwt a—
gLSMIl
m
BLEACHED
S,
$
And Color Works,
ST. LOTJIS.
[k&ODUCTS oi this Establishment guaranteed
L equal In quality to the best manufactured in the
zJ^ tby J. If. EBILIN k CO.
Including the celebrated . .
Its, Cut-off Engines. Slide
Valve Stationary Engine*,
Portable Engine*. Ac. Abo
Mills. Circular Saw,. Belting,
Ac. Send for descriptive Cir
cular and Price List.
WOOD 4b HAN If STEAM BNO. CO,
fablt-dfimo Utica, New York.
Adjournmeiit of Doiigbcrty Court.
AT CHAMBERS. June 1st. 1M.
2 'HE member, of tee Albsuy Bar having presented
to me a petition soliciting no adjournment of
mgberty Superior Conrt. on account often conflict
•f tee regular term with the Supreme Court il b or
dered that Dnucherty Superior Court he adjourned
until the THIRD MONDAY instant. AU partiee,
urors aad witnesses, will take notieo.
The Clerk will enter thb order on tea miaitUs. aad
publish ia the Albany News and Macon Telegraph.
J. 51. CLARK.
J.8.C.B. W,C.
A true extract from the minutes, June fig. 1M.
Ie5td J. F. CAROiLe, Clerk.
TWO HUNDRED BARRELS
WMies, Brandies, Wines, Gins, etc.
FOR 8AL* BT
L. W. RASDAL,
53.
THIRD STREET. ....53
AS CHEAP AS ANY HOUSE SOUTH OF C1N
CEiNATI.
All Liquor, cased and elegantly labelled, without
extra charge, for trouble.
SATISPACT10.V GUARANTEED.
Call and see me. all you Cxstt Ctrsrouixa. who
to buy CHEAP.
L.W. RASDAL.
M. KETCHUM. ,i A. L. HABTBIDGE
Of New York. Late of Uartridge A Neff.
KETCHUM & HARTRIDGE,
SOXTHXAST soon UXCBAttOR BCILDIXO.
SAVANNAH, GA.,
D EALERS in Domestic and Foreign Ecxhange,
Gold. Silver and uncurrent Money. Buy and sell
S ReoeVra°depos/£ allowing fourper cent, interest
per annum on wecklj balances of »o00 and upwards.
Collection a made in this city and all the principal
towns of Georgia and Florida. . t ,
Will make advances on consignment* of Cotton,
Northern and Euro-
Rice, etOw, to ourselves, or to our .
pean correspondents.
dec20-6m
PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP CO.’S
THROUGH LINE TO CALIFORNIA,
CHINA AND JAPAN,
TOUCHING AT MEXICAN PQRTS. AND CAR
RYING THE U. 8. MAIL. •'
Through to Califbrnla In Twenty-two Days.
Steamships on the Connkctpng on thx Pa-
Atuntio : cm a wrra the
ARIZONA, l COLORADO,
HENRY OHAUNCEY, - CONSTITUTION,
NEW YORK, - - - - GOLDEN CITY,
OCEAN QUEEN, - - - SACRAMENTO,
NORTHERN LIGHT, - GOLDEN AGE,
COSTA RICA, - MONTANA., - ,
One of tee above largo xndiplcndid Steamships will
leavo Pier No. 42North Rif or. foot of Canal Street, at'
12 o'eloek, noon, on the 1st. llth and 21st, of every],
month (except when thoJC dates fall on Sunday and
then on tho preceding Saturday), for ASPINWALL.
connecting, via Panama Railway, with one of the . 0
Th0 ** 0f * lUl0 l5t touah at
The Steamer of June llth, 1S69, connects closely >v
with, the Steamer GREAT REPUBLIC leaving San
Francisco July 3d, 18S9, for JapanTand China.
Ono Hundred Pound* or Baggage allowed to each d
adult. Bagrngc-Master, accompany baggage through.
i and children without male protec
tors. Baggage rcceivcJ on tho dock tho day before
sailing, from Steamboats. Railroads, and passenger!
who preferto send down earl
An experienced Burgeon hoard. Modictno and
■WS&STor __
marloSmd F. B.BABY Agent.
Tickets, or further infor-
URT1I
V. X. TAXXXR.
1. OTTO KHBXTS. At.XX. DKLASXT.
METROPOLITAN WORKS
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA.
Corner at Seventh and Canal Street*.
FOR SALE.
IMPROVED AND WILD LANDS.
BERRIEN COUNTY, 9th DISTRICT.
Hi me same ni«iaar e irorn me line oi
■unswick Railroad. conristinK of 'JSSj
• two i*U ofdwollinc-kouies and oa^M
n-gin, etc.; one framo house of fix roomc; about
cleared and partly under ealtivation. A
Entity of hammock land on the place. Pro-
and out-houfes, cot-
.«« - - . a. if.slx rooms; about
MBjmmb cleared
liWMiiintf m „
daces f«a island cotton me well as upland. Will bo
•old low for cash,
CALHOUN COUNTY, 4th DI8TRICT.
^%v^s n »» n ^T“R r r c -r b -
Lob No*. 303 and H5, containing 250 acres each.
AH nf the above loads are well selected and among
tho richest cotton lands of tho State, and mostly
heavily timbered.
Title* perfect. Apply to
HENRY W. COWLES,
aprlt-tf Macon. Ga.
R
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OSA DALIS!
CKUTAIN, SAFE and speedy
core for 8CR0FULA in all ib forms, pri
mary, secondary and tertiary Syphilis.—
The formula! oi thb preparation accom
panies each package, and commends itself
to the notice of Physicians; all over thb
country can be found living witnesses to
the virtue of Rosadalts. *
Bxi.tuxoix. Feb. 10,1808.'
Da. J. J. Lawecxcc—Dear Sir: I take
pleasure in recommending your Rosidalb
t very powerful alterative. I have even
ised to two ease, with happy r<
one in
which the patient pronounced bimaelf
cured after haring taken five bottle, of
your medicinmThe^^^H
.exofuta of loi
other i, a case of
1 have carefully examined the formulae
by which yoar Kossdalis is made, and find
it an excellent eemponnd of alterative in
gredients. Yonrstroly,
R.W.CABB.M.P.
CURES RHEUMATlgE
• Do. F. Olih DxsKKr.LT, now of this city,
formerly Professor of Physiology and Per
thologieaT Anatomy in the Middle Georgia
JfadhriCMjMa Chief Surgeon State of
South Carolina daring the war. Vice Pres
ident Georgia Medical Association: ,
D*. LAWREFOg:—I have carefully ex
amined. your formula for. the Bosadalifi.
and have recommended it to several of my
patients. The combination is a happy one,
and must prove apotent remedy in alldi*
eases requiring the virtues of a great alter
ative medicine* I wuh^Ma ,
FOR BALE AT
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
J. H. ZEILIW * CO.,
froprirtorB or
SIMMONS’
LIVER REGULATOR I
TANKER, EllBETS & DELANEY.
Stationary & Portable Engines,
BA.W MILLS,
BOILERS, BRIDGE BOLTS AND CASTINGS,
IRON AND BRASS WORK. h 1 . i
TRON and Wooden Tracks for Can. Improved To-
X b&ccoand other Machinery of all kindfl built and
repaired.
Alio. Agent in the Southern Staten for
Blake’s Patent Stone & Ore Breaker
... II, It. UUOWN, Ag't,
feb21-tf No.C2Scoond*t.,Macon,Gtt,
APPLEBY & HELME'S
I - ,5*n CXLXBSATXD
Railroad Mills Snuff
A RE sow faring offered in this market ai tho best
good* manfacturcd in this country. For sale by
Messrs. L .W. Uunt Jt Co.. Druggist*, and Johnson
Campbell A Co.. Grocers.Macon. Ga. jan5-6n»o
PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE.
A NEW COURSE OF LECTURES, as delivered at
A. the New York Mu.«eum of Anatomy, embracing
the subjects: How to-Live and What to Live for:
Yricuth. Maturity and Old Age; Manhood Generally
Keviewod: The Cause of Indige?tion: Flatulence and
Nervous L)i*ea"ea accounted for: Marriage Philosophi
cally Considered, etc. These lectures will be forward
ed on receipt of four stamps, by addrewing Secretary
Baltimore Museum of Anatomy, *4 West Baltimore
Street. Baltimore, Md. sprfs-ly
mM\m s mm
B. W. TIIiTOT?, Manufactory,
MOUNT VERNON....—-.- —....—NEW YORK.
T-. -c-- WARDROOMS.
47 BROADWAY, XKW YOBS,
K NOWING from long experience the requirement# *
of the Southern trade, and with the facilities fpr
manufactaring, I think I can give better value for
the money than can be had elsewhere in the city.—
The “Tjlton Style” Buggy, for material and work
manship, has no equal except the Abbott Buggy.
My Depository, ono of the largest in the city, posses
ses the advantage, in its location, of costing less tbaq
half the rentof those uiftown. X can, therefore, offer
my vehicles at lea prices. Those who have bad mr
work require no reference; but to those unacquainted,
I would respectfully refer to
Messrs. J. II. liaowsB £ Co., ) „ ,
Messrs. SasttwooD, Hodoxib, k 0o., rNow York.
Messrs.B*rrs.Nichols*Co.. ) .... •
For information regarding my new style of SLIDE
SEATBUOGY, I refer to Johv M. Classx A Sox,
Attorney, at Law. of Atlanta, Ga.. who recently pur
chased one. »pr23-5m
Bow to Utilise the Oak Forests of
Georgia.
T HE undersignsd b now ready to grant licenses or
to dispose of territorial nghta for the use of hia
improved appliance* for converting the aatrintent
properties of Oak Bark into an Imperishable extract
for Tanning and Coloring purposes, requiring there
for a small royalty per gallon, or a reasonable con
sideration for Factory or Territorial nghti.
The cost of a Factory, with all the requisite ap
pointments (less motive power) capable of producing
50 barrels eveiy twenty-four hours, will not exceed
18000. whiles factory of the capacity of 25 barrels per
twenty-four hours will not exceed $5000. Three thou
sand dollars will—where lumber is cheap—meet the
entire cost of a factory capable of producing from 12
to 15 barrels per darkless the motive power) which
may be of steam or water, and of from 15 to 20 horse
power. These estimates include the cost of building,
tanks, (which are of wood) mill, condensing apparatus
and every requisite, save the motive power, required
in the manufacture.
These new devices, for manufactaring concentrated
extract, are in practical use, and are pronounced by
good judges to be the most perfect., rfmple and the
cheapest in use. Competent men will be provided for
putting these factories in operation for those to whom
licenses are granted. All particular* may be learned
by addressing THOS. W. JOHNSON,
Station H., New York City.
marl3 3m o
may27-dawtf
sand acres of the best Pine—well watered with Dwell
ing-houses. Workshops. Stables, etc., etc., thereon.
One 40-borse power Engine, all in running order, aod
all tools and implements necessary.
Titles warranted and twins liberal. For farther
particular* addreaa the owner, .
F. STEUSSY, j Surgical eases.
Hockljr P. CL Harris ooanty. Texas. } Office in E. J. Johnston** Building, corner of Mul-
OrP H. MOSER, Real Estate aod Land Agent, I berry and 8eoond streets. Office hours: 11 to 4 p.m.
Galveston. Texas. jo3-Am | mar30-tf
DR. G. £. SU88DORFF
R ESPECTFULLY offers hu lervieex to citUen, of
Maeon and vicinity. Special attention given to
Newton, Ga. I
COLQUITT & BAGGS,
Cotton Factors & General Commission
UBKCHANT8,
BA Y STREET, SA VANN AH, OA.
S PECIAL attention to the Mile of Cotton, Lumber
aad Timber. Liberal advance, on Coangnmenta.
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