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. Versification.
We call the attention of our literary
friends to the article, published in another
column, over the signariire of “Alpha."
The writer is one of the finest scho’ars iu
the South.
The Constitutional Party.
The pi ©sent and prospective future of
our country, renders the existence of more j
than two great political parties almost im
possible. The material for ether political j
organizations has been exhausted, by the I
grand culmination of party strife before j
entering upon another and anew field in 1
the great arena of human government.
The I hoi i cal Republican party of the
North is fast swallowing np all the discor
dant elements of original abolitionism,
while on the other hand, all the separated
factions of constitutional parties are uni- j
ting in the Constitutional party at present
headed by the Chief Magistrate of the
government. This party is composed of
the conservatives of all former cliques, and
its platform may be put down ns the politi
< al code set forth in the conMruclion placed
upon the Constitution which has led to
the restoration policy of President John
son. No matter what might have been
the political notions, likes or dislikes of any
heretofore, all are now forced to take one
side or the other. The restoration policy
of the Pr sident must i>3 approved or d’s
approved, the one placing a man on the
platform of the Constitutional party, while
the o'her places him in the ranks of the
Radicals The LuGrange Reporter speak-!
ing of tho distinction between the two par- .
tics and the respective objects in view, j
save: “The radicals attempt to swallow
up all the rights of the States by the pow
ers of the Federal Government, by passing
laws breaking down the barriers between .
the State and Federal powers—oblitera- j
ling the boundaries between State and ,
Federal jurisdiction, and to enthmuo Con
gresi with absolute powers like those of
t ie British Parliament.
The Constitutional Union Party must
save the country, or it will go down into
political anarchy and ruin. The people
must sustain President Johnson, and there
by align themselves with the Constitutional
Union Party, or a revolution of the Gov
ernment will be the result, if not another j
civil war follow in tho wake of Radical
misrule and intolerance. This party is
necessarily the exponent of the conserva
tism of the country. Ii occupies a safe
and middle ground, and presents a plat
form of principles upon which all truly
conservative men can stand. Givo us
these principles, ns the tenets of the dom
inant party of the country, and the Radi
cals may rail, foam r.r.-J -;*»_•»•! O—D irapo-!
tent fury as the waves of old Ocean lash
themselves against the rock bound shore,
and still the Government will stand as firm
as the rock of Gibraltar, defying and
mocking in very scorn all attempts to sub
vert its principles to the base and ignomin
ious, the shallow and transparent pretext
extending the blessings of a republican
form of government, in the form of uni
versal suffrage, to an element wholly un
prepared to exercise such high privileges.
Suuday Sckuol Celebiaiiau.
Grand preparations are being made by
the Methodist and BaptistJSabbath Schools
of Dawson, for an old-fashioned May day
Sabbath School Celebration.
Two gentlemen great ability, have
been invited to address the assembly and
are expected to Ue present. The children,
under the direction of their gallant Super
intendents, S. R. Weston and F. M. Harp
er, are being well drilled for the occasion.
Mr. E. Mann is practicing frequently
through the week in singing. Not the j
least interesting part of the programs will j
be the Pic Nic. Every friend of the Sab
bath Schools in the county is invited to
be present. Let parents arrange for the
children to come especially.
Don’t forget that every body is particu
larly iuvited to bring a contribution to the I
Pie Nic, in the shape of a pig, lamb, j
kid, turkey, bread or anything else that
inay bo good to eat. Begin to arrange !
for this in time. We suppose the commit
tee of arrangements will, by next week
prepare a programme for publication.
Jas T. Gardiner wag elected, on the oth
inst, Mayor of Augusta, by a majority of
173 over Foster Blodget.
Elorttou in Connecticut.
The result ot the election ia Connecticut
is as follows:
Total vote 87,882
llawley, (republicar,) . . . 44,213
English 43,019
Republican nuij-irity . . . 594
At tbe S'ate election ia 1865, the llc
pub i majority was 11,035. At the
I‘ri -id. id election in 1864 Lincoln’s ma
jority over McClellan was 2,406. Now
Hawley, the republican candidate, is elected
by about six hundred majority —A loss to
his party, ou tbe last oleetion, of ten thou-
I sand. The Maoon Georgia Citizen says,
! “ his election was owing to a party trick.—
H. 11. Starkweather, chairman of the Union
State Committee, on the 29th of Maroh,
wrote to the New York Times, denying cm
nhatioally, that there wos any issue in tho
canuass with the President or Corg-ess.—
He said : “ we are endeavoring to elect the
Union ticket, composed of true and loyal
men who have sustained the goverument du
ring tho war, and who to-day, are the true
friends of the President, while our oppo
nents have all the time encouraged tho re
bellion anl denounced tho Government. —
Why cannot the friends of the Union stand
tuitcdly together, as they haue during the
war ? Why should the President’s true
. friinds separate and leave the control of the
- government in the bands of its enemies?
Versification.
i Messrs EDiTOns :—lt is rather unusual to
treat, in a public Journal,of a subject pure
ly scientific or literary ; yet as the subject of
Versification is scarcely ever taught in our
schools, and as none of the usual Text-books
treat of it, if at all, in a manner calculated
to benefit the s u lent, I have thrown togeth
er a few hints fjr those who occasionally re
gale the public with poetical inspirations
wholly devoid of a l l metrical accuracy, and
for that large class of readers of Poetry
who ought to understand at least the me
chanical structure of what they are ooustant
ly readiug. I shall endeavor to be plain, and
use as few scientific terms as possible.
When we read the line,
“Now came still evening on, and twilight gray,"
wo observe that the voice rests upon tho 2d,
3th, 6 h, Bth, asd 10th syllables; thuso are
therefore said to be accented; and the verse
is said to have as many fjet as it has accented
syllables; iu the line above therefore we have
5 feet. L ; nes are aceoidingly called, Trime
ters, Te'rametcrs, Pentameters, Hexameters,
Heptameters accotding as they have 3,4, 5,
6 or 7 feet.
Verse composed of one foot or two, is
found only interspersed among longer meas
ures. The Heptameter line, or the line of
7 fee*, is a’so most commonly divided into
linos of alternately 4 and 3 feet.
In the next pise > we shall consider the na
ture of a foot. A foot is composed of either
two or three syllables, hence the terms dis
syllabic and trissyllabio measure. When a
foot is composed of an unaccented and an
accented syllable, or as it is usually called,
of a short an 1 a long syllable, we call it an
UitnVuß, and tlie measure lambic measure.
The lino quoted*bove is therefore lambic
Pentameter.
“When coldness wraps this sufTring clay.”
is lambio Tetrameter. By far the largest
pro;ortion of English verse, it lambic, of
this tbe Pentameter, or English Heroic, is
the mest frequently employed, and nearly
always so in all lengthy compositions, such
as Epic Poetry, a species of composition
which may he termed a Novel in verso.
The second kind of verse is the Trochaic.
The Trochee is a foot the reverse of the
lambus, i. e. it is composed of a long and
a short syllable, thus :
‘ Idle, after dinner, in his chair,
S| t i firmer ruddy, fat snd fair."
’D i as the odd syllables accented, or
long, aii cl there being five of t hem, it is call
ed Trochaic Pentameter. The final short
syllable being wanting, constitutes it catalcc
tic or deficient measure.
The third kiud of measure is the Ana
pestie. The Anapest is composed of three
syllables, long short, short, respectively, as
happiness. Thus:
“When I dream that you love me, you’ll surely
forgive
is Anapestic Pentameter, or 4 feet.
The fourth and last kind of measure, is
the Dactylic, a trissyllabiek foot. The word
“appertain” is a Dactyl, f. c. short, shorr,
long, the last syllable having the accent.
TLis vers- is "*ry rare, and therefore bv
some reckoned not to beiemg to English
verse; tlio following line is Dactylic Tetra
meter :
‘Th.-n with their foolishness, passion and mulish
nese.”
Os ttese fiur kinds of veree, tbe lambic
is employed for all kinds of subjects; the
Trochaic and Anapestic for songs, and amo
rous, humorous and pastoral themes, and
the Dactylic mostly for humorous subjects.
These four feet are moreover called Prima
ry feet, because they form whoto composi
tions; besides these we have fiur secondary
feet, which are now and than interspersed
among the Primary, to vary the measure, or
to imitate slow or rapid motion, they are:
Tho l’yrrbus, short, short; The Spondee,
long, lmg; the Amphibrach, short, long,
short ; th Tribrach, short, short, short.
In lambio measure vtc often find the first
foot a Trochee ; this gives the line a certain
spr ng or impetus at the outset, which con
tributes much to its beauty, viz :
“Lo ! the poor Indian whose untutored mind.’
Here the first and third feet are lambuses,
the second and fourth are Anaprs's; this is
therefore called mixed lambio and Anapes
tic Tetrameter measure.
The art of Scanning consists in ascertain
ing to what kind of verse a poetical compo
sition belongs. All writers of verse, there
s ire, should know how to distinguish short
and loDg '-yllables. In English every word
of one syllable may be made long or short
at pleasure, care being taken to make nouns
and verbs long, the rest may be short or
long to suit the measure in which they are
used. Thus:
“If I sin in my dream, I atone for it now:”
Here, “sin, dream, now” are long, while all
; the other monosyllables are short. This is
readily detected by a correct ear, for the
voice naturally bears more heavily upon the
j accented or long syllables, and thus divides
the line into feet. The above line is a pure
Anapestic Tetrameter; l will now change it
into lambic Hexameter;
“If in my dream I sin, I for it now atone."
Here, ‘ in, dream, sin, for, and now,” are
long; tbe rest of course, short.
As'regards words of more than one sylla
ble, every snch word, according to the naturo
of our language, has ot least one accented
syllable, aud in verse this is always long ;
and the syllthle immediately before or after
ir, always short; and all syllables removed
by one or more from the accented syllable,
muy be made long or short to suit the meas
ure. Thus in the Daotyhc:
“Boys with their foolishness, passion and mulish
ness."
the third syllable of “foolishness” and
“mulishness” are short in this measure ; but
if we oonvert the lino into lambic measure,
via:
‘•When boys display their foolishness, thsir pas
sion, and their mulishness,”
then these same syllables the ear will detect
to he long. Poets are allowed some privi
leges railed poetical licenses, which consist
in deviation from metrical rules; these should
be avoided, as they always, more or leeq of
fend the ear, and can easily be obviated by
care and attention. I will close this article
with some romarks on rhyme, or the conso
nance of syllables at the end of lines.—
Verse without rhyme is styled l,lank verse,
which should always be in the lambic Pen
tameter measure.
Rhyme always starts from the last accen
ted syllable, and from the vowel ordipthong
of that syllable, viz : “complain detain ;”
“foolishness, mulishness;” “beautiful, du
tiful ;” but, gratify and pacify are not
rhymes. Rhymes arc also divided into
perfect aud allowable ones; thus, “ love and
prove ” aro of the latter kind. In pure
lambio and Anapestic measure, therefore,
the last syllables rhyme; in Trochaic, the
last two; and in Dactylic, tho lust three.
It is optional with the writer whether he
makes the rhymes successive or alternate,
i. e. two and two, or line about.
Certain metrical compositions have receiv
ed the names of the Elegiac Stanza, the
Spenserian Stanza. aDd the Sonnet, which
are marked by certain ruDs relating to the
number and length of lines and the rhyme;
my space will not permit me to explain them
more fully at this time.
This subject of versification is, in the
English language at least, so very simple,
so easily learned, and to a person of any
literary predilection invested with so much,
interest, that it is a cause of regret that no
attention is; ever paid to it in our schools,
and it is truly reprehensible in men and wo
men to attempt to write verse, when they
cannot distinguish an lambio from a Tro
chee, or an Anapest from a Dactyl.
If I succeed by this article to awaken
soma interest in this subject, I may, with
your approval, Messrs Editors, furnish you
one more article to exemplify the four dif
ferent kinds of English verse, so that no
one who has the enoethes scribendi, need of
fend the educated car by his metrical inac
curacies. ALPHA.
Dawson, April 13th, 1866.
!•’ R ©CLAM A TIOS,
Pi/ the President oj the Unite 1 Stairs
Washington, April 2, 1866.
Whereas, Ry proclamation m tho 15th
and 19th of April, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-one, the President, of tbe Uni
ted States, in virtue of the power vetted iu
by the constitu ion and the laws, declared
that the laws of the United States were op
posed, and the execution thereof obstructed,
in the States of South Carolina, Georgia
Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana,
and Texas by combinations too powerful to
be suppressed by tho ordinary course of ju
dicial proceedings, or by the powers vested
in the Marshals by law ; and,
Whereas, by another proclamation made
on the 16th day of August, in the same year,
in pursuance of an act of Congress approv
ed July 13th, 1861, the inhabitants of Geor
gia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Caro
lina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida, except
tho inhabitants of that part of the State of
Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Moun
tains, and to such othor parts of that State,
and the other Sta*es before mentioned, as
might maiutain a loyal adhesion to the
Union and the Constitution, or might be,
from the time occupied and controlled by
the forces of the IJuited States, engaged in
the dispersion of insurgents, were declared
to be iu a state of insurrection against tbe
United States; and,
Whereas, By another proclamation, on
the Ist day of July, 1862, issued in pursu
ance of au act of Congress, approved June
7, in the same year, the insurreoiion was de
clared to be still existing in the States afore
said, with the exception of certain specified
oounties in the State of Virginia; and,
Whereas, By another proclamation, made
on the 2d day of April, 1863, in pursuance
of the asi of Cotigress of Juiy i3, 1861, the
exceptions named in tho proclamation of Au
gust 16, 1861, were revoked, and the inhab
itants of the States of Georgia, South Caro
lina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Louisiana,
Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi,
Florida and Virginia, except the 48 coun
ties of Virginia, designated as Western Vir
ginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key
West, Port Royal and Beaufort, S.C.; aud,
Whereas, By another proclamation, of
the Ist day of July, 1862, issued in pursu
ance of an aot of Congress, approved July
17, of the same year, the insurrection was
declared to be still existing in the States
aforesaid, with the exception of certain spcci- !
fied counties in the State of Virginia; I
and,
Whereas, By another proclamation, made
on the 2d of Apri l , 1863, in pursuance of au |
act of Congress, of July 13, 1861, the ex
ceptions named in the proclamation of Au
gust 16, 1861, were revoked, and the in
habitants of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis
sip: i, Floridu and Virginia, except the 48
counties of Virginia, designated as Western
Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key
West, Port Royal and Beaufort, in South
Carolina, were declared to be in a state of
insurrection against tho United States;
and,
Whereas, The House of Representatives,
on January 22, 1861, adopted a resolution in
the words following, viz : “Resolved, By the
House of Rrpresentatives of the Congress
of the United States, that tho present de
plorable civil war has been forced upon the
country by the disunionists of the Southern
States, now in rebellion against a constitu
tional government, and in arms around the
capitol, that in this national emergency,
Congress,banisbingall feeling of resentment,
will do only its duty to the whole oountry ;
that this war is not waged on our part in auy
spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of
conquest or subjugation, nor for the'purpose
of overthrowing or iuDrfering with the es
tablish J institutions of those States, but to
maintain and defend tho purity of the Con
siitution and to preserv the Union, dignity,
equality, and the rights of the several States
unimpaired ; an i as soon as these objects arc
accomplished, tho war ought to era e ;”
Whereas, The Senate of Hie United States,
on the 25>h of Ju’y, 1861, adopted a simi
lar resolution ;
Whereas, These resolutions, though not
joint or concurrent, may bn regarded at hav
iog exprrsied tho sense of Congress upon
the subject to which they relate; and,
Whore*’, By my proclamation of the 13th
of June last, the insurrection in the State
of Tennessee was doclareil to have boon sup
pressed, the authority of he United States
therein to be undisputed, and such United
States officers as hail been duly commission
ed to be in the undisputed exercise of their
[ official functions ; and,
Whereas, There now exists no organized
armed resistance of mi-guided ci iz :cs nor
others to tho authority of ti e United States
in the States of Georgia, South Caroliaa,
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and
Florida, and the laws can bo sustained and
enforced therein by the proper civil authori
ty, State or Federal, and the people of the
sail States are well and loyally disposed,
and have conformed aud will conform in
their legislation to the condition of affair:
growing out of the amended Constituti nos
tbe United States, prohibiting slavery with
in the limits and jurisdiction of the Uuitcd
States ; and,
W hereas, in view of the before recited
premises, it is tbe manifest determination of
the American people that no State, of its
own wii', shall have tie right or power to
go out of or separate itself fnm or be sepa
rated from the American Union, and that,
therefore each .State ought to remain and
constitute an integral part of the United
States; aud,
Whereas, The people of the severalffir
forc mentioned States have, iu the manner
aforesaid, given satisfactory evidence that
they acquiesce in this important revolution
of the National Union ; and,
Whereas, It is believed to be the furdi
mcntul principle of Government, that those
who revolted, and who have been over one
and subdued, must be dealt with so as to in
duce them virtually to become friends, or
else they must be held by absolute military
power to prevent them from ever again
doing barm as enemies, which last named
policy is abhorrent to humanity and freedom;
Wheroas, Tho Constitution of the United
States provides for constitutional communi
ties ouiy as States and not as Territories, and
provides no protectorates:
Whereas, Such constructed States must
necessarily be, and by the constitution and
and laws of the Unit and States are, made
equal, and placed on a like footing as to po
litical rights, immunities, dignity and power,
with the several Slates with which they are
united ; and,
Wherea’, The observance of poli icul
equality as a principle of right and justice,
is well calculated to encourage the people of
the States to bo and become more and more
constant and persevering in their renewed
allegiance; and,
Wherers, Standing armies, military tri
bunals, and suspension of the writ of habeas
corpus, are in times of peace, dangerous to
tho pnbl c interest and incompatible with
the individual rights of dozens, contrary to
to tho genius and spirit, of nr free institu
tions, aud exhaustive of tho National re
sources, and ought not, therefore, to be sanc
tioned or allowed, except in case of war for
repelling invadors cr suppressing insurrcc
tion or rebellion ; and,
Whereas, The policy of the Government
of tbe United States from the beginning of
tho insusrec’ijd to its final suppression has
been in conformity with the principles here
in set forth and enumerated ; therefore,
1, Andrew Johnson, President of tho
United Statv-, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that the insurrection which heretofore
existed in the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Caroliaa, Virginia, Louisi
ana, Alabama, Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas
and Florida, is at an end, and henceforth to
be so regarded.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand, and caused tbe seal of
the United States to bo affixed. Pone
at the City of Washington, this 2d day
of April, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-s x,
and of the Independence of tho United
States of America the ninetieth.
[Signed,] Andrew Johnson.
By the President; Wm 11. Seward.
Secretary of State.
I.uroftTANT O Hit I,US from Gen Till
son—General Tillson has furuished tn
with copies of the following circular promut
gated from his headqurafer? ;
Bureau R. F. k A. Lands, T
Office Act. Ass. Com. State Ga. A
Augusta, Ga., April 6th, 1866.)
Circular No. 4.
1. The Legislature of this State having
enacted laws giving persons of color “the
rights to make amt enforce contracts, to sue,
be sued, to be parties and give evidence, to
inherit, to purchase, ]<\ase, sell, hold arid
convey real and personal property, and to
have full and equal benefit of all laws and
proceedings for the security of person and
estate;’’ and declared that “they shall not bo
subjeoted to any other or different punish
ment, pain or penalty for the commission of
any act or offence, than such r.s are pre
scribed for white persons committing like
acts or offences”—as appears by the act en
titled “An Act to define the tern ‘persons
of color,’ aud to declare the rights of such
persons ; approved March 17 h, 1866—of
ficers of the Bureau in this State will not
hereafter exercise the judical functions con
ferred upon them by Par. 7 of Circular No,
5, Series of 1865, from War Department,
Bureau R. F and A. L.
2. The Civil Agents of tho Bttrcru, ap
pointed in compliance with a resolution of
the Georgia State Convention, passed Octo
ber 30th, 1865, will continue to perform
the duties and exercise the authority con
ferred upon them by Circular No. 4, Series
of 1865, from this office; bnt all cases ex
ceeding their jurisdiction, undess otherwise
specialv directed by the Department Com
mander, will be turned over to the civil au
thorities of tho State for adjudication.
Davis Tillson,
Brig Gen. Vols., and A. A. Com’r.
Approved:
J. M. Brannan.
Brevet Maj. GeD. U. S. V.
Cotn’dg Dep’t of Ga,
TKi, E (4 K A 1* Jbl I C.
CHOLERA IN' HALIFAX.
Halifax, April 10.—Tho Captain of
Steadier England reported the first case of
cholora that appeared onboard on Tuts-'
day. The passengers are p ine.ipufly Ger
man and fr sh. It is thought the disease
was brought on board by German passen
gers.
NEW YORK COTTON MARKET.
New York, April 10.—Cotton declined
1 a 2 cents. Sales of nine hundred and
fifty bales at 30 a 37 cents.
Gold
CHARLESTON GAS WORKS.
Washington, April 9,—'The Secretary
of tho Treasury lias decided that the
Charleston gas works o:n bo iDstored to
their original corporation.
FOREIGN NEWS.
New Yoh-k, April 9.—The Steamer En
gland is at Halifax.
Cotton has declined j a id.
Sales of five days amounted to 38,000
bales; on Thursday t» 8,000 and dosing
firm. Middling Or’enna 19id.
Consols J*6J a 86!.
Five-twenties 71 n 711.
The prospects of the Austrian and
Prussian war are increasing.
Hotel Thief Caught.
On Thursday night last, two of tho rooms
of tbu’Brown House were entered by a thief
anil the inmates robbed of several sums of
money. Chloroform was first administered
to them, f hen tho operation of fleecing n*
effected. Tho rooms were entered by turn
ing the key frftm the outside.
O l Saturday night a guest, of the Lanier
House was robbed in like manner, of three
thousand dollars. Oa investigation of tbe
capo suspicion fell upon a men who enfered
bis name on the Brown House Register as
J. E. Wharton, from Atlanta. Subsequent
ly, the same fellow went to the Lanier
House and there registered himself as J. E.
Horton, Montgomery, Ala., but who loft on
yesterday. Mr. Win. Brown start' din pur
suit, on last night’s Atlanta train, anl at, the
switch intersection of the M & W Railroad
with the South-Western, discovered his man
as a passenger. The train was delayed till
Mr. B. returned to town and procured an
officer, who went to the Junction and ar
rested the fellow and placed him in limbo.
On being arrested he threw something away,
which was found this morning auu proved to
be a pair of nippers used by burglars, keys,
etc. The hand-writing on the two Hotel
registers being examined was 1 proved to bo
indentieal. A portion of tbe money found
on his person was identified by the owner as
being folded up like his. Oa ex munition
of the case before Justices Grannis and
Clarke,this forenoon, the above facts were
proven. It is said that this man lias an ac
complicebvho has escipod, probably with the
money taken from the Lanier House guest.
A Iter examination ot witnesses, the Court
committed the prisoner without bail, under
the recent Act, which affixes the penalty of
death to the offence of burglary by Dight.—
Macon Citizen.
The Peace Proclamation.
The newspapers differ very much in their
construction of the President’s Proclamation
j of as to whether it docs or does not
1 abolish military and restore civil jurisdic
j tii.n, and the writ of habeas corpus The
j Now York Herald, from which wo copy an
article upon the subject,[is ofjopinion that ti
j sweeps away all, except the freedmen’s bn
i reau. Pic thinks the same. The CbarDs
ton Courier takes our view of the matter,
atcl holds that the Proclamation must nec
essarily be followed speedily by another,
specifi ally announeeing tbe restoration of
the habeas corpus aud the end of military
iiile. On reviewing the master, it seems
clear to us that if the President had inten
ded so much as this, by the Peace Proclama
tion, he would have stated the ease too plain
ly to admit of question. The Charleston
Courier takes this view of its scope and
m 'aning:
It is an official announcement by the
Chief Magistrate of the country, anl ciun
ternigned by the Seeretary of State, of the
following important truths;
First—That the war has no Unger any
vestige of existence, and that the whole
country has accepted the unity of the Gov
ernment and are in allogianco to is laws.
• Second—That there is no longer any jus
tification far hostile legislation cr military
dominion.
Third—That this and tbe othcrCommon
wcalths of the S uth are, of constitutional
right, States in the Union, and as such.the
full and complete equals in every respect,
whether of legislation, dignity or title to
representari on) wi'h every other State—
North, East or West
Fourth —That the law military shall give
way to the civil laws, State and Federal,
and that the Constitution, with all its
guarantees, is the heritage and fundamental
right of every section.
Fisth —That all past issues are blotted
out, and each State stands as erect and com
plete in its powers and privileges as though
no civil struggle had ever taken place.
Area. Os the I,’niteil Slate*.
Hon. Mr. Harlan, Secretary of the inte
rior, in a recent letter to tho Re 7. J. C
Fietoher, n plied to a question concerning
tho territorial extent of this country, in or
der to afford the latter certain data for com
paring the area of Brazil with that of the
United States. The following is the result,
first in aores ;
ACRES
Total nrpa of the public lands
of the States & Territories, 1,400,593,033
Total area of those where there
are no public lands, 474,546,560
Area of Indian Territory. 44,154 240
Area of D strict of Columbia, 38,400
Grand total of area of the
United Ststes, in aores, 1,921,288,233
Or three millions two thousand and thir
teen square miles.
This does not include the area of the
great lakes just within and forming a por
tion of our Northern boundary; neither
does it include the marine league on the
coast.
Some cute Dutchman said of New York
ers, “They goes about the streets all day ;
cheating one another . and they ealls that
business !”
Col. SeatoD, of Washington, so long con
nected with the National luteiligencer, lies
at the point of death.
New Advertisements
CHEAP DRUG 1 STORE !
AVANT Sc ADAMS.
(Next to Ilaiper & Barham’s)
DAIVSO.V, - - GEORGIA.
VRK receiving ard offering to tho public, a largo
and complete assortment ol
I>nsfjs Hlecllcisacs,
All fre»h and gold. aro supplied with e?cry
article usually Rap*, in a first cl iss Drug Storp.
We will Hell Drugs, Dye Siuft’ j , pain's, oiln % etc.
t or C'a&fi or Produce.
All ard rs and prescriptions will bf» prompt
ly attended to. npr 13 ts
AUCTION ' SALES
—BV —
If \TJ. VJ'OOTJ'.V,
I»VJLIi«»H at n.y Auction and Cotuniiiajon
House in Dawson, onSiturdsy next at ho’clock,
Two Good Horses,
One Wagon an< s harness,
One Fine Bbggy,
Two boxes Good Tobacco,
. Five Bolts Shirting,
One fine new Cotton Gin (Griswold’s make), to
gether wi'h p-nvi. ions, fancy article, and a host of
odier useful tilings too tedious to mention. Let
all who want gnod bargains be ou hand. It
jOabin© i Shop !
ROGERS & BROWN,
•41 their (HeJ Stand on Sirpot Street.
VRK prepared to manufacture Furni ure, such
:s Flcdr.teutls, Bureaus, WurJrcbiS, Ta
ble*, Washstands, etc. AVc are also prepirrd to
put up window sash Hi the best style ou short not'ce.
Jesse rooers. aprl3,6m ’ c h. brows.
HEW GOSFECTXOHER7
• hut I. offer Steer Sa’.aon !
AVESTOT A. CO . have just o[ >eued anew
Conf**ctindery, on D ‘pot Street, two doora below
the Post Office, where they keep a supply of choice
Confectioneries, tosretfier with Liger Beer, Iced
Lemon*'’e, etc. We will .soon ha prepared to
furnish Ice in quantities to suit purdinfers.
Give us a call. April 13-lm
HARDWARE - STORE"!
(thosjpson a kendrick’s old stand.)
W. L. WADSWORTH & CO.,
A.mericrup, On.,
VBB row receivincr and Vnve on hand, ore cf
the largest and best selected stocks of .
HHUiM A 11. TOYES TI?,
HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS,
ever off’red in this mirk#**, \‘z: C’arpepterV,
‘ Blacksmith 1 !* and Tamer’s TOOfaiS-every des
[crp ion of Builder'B Mlardicarc,
l’ainls, Oils, Glass an l Putty,
Axes, Hoe?, Tnce Chairs, Shovel* and Spa i 9,
Grindstones, Pot**, Ovens, Spiders, &i\ The lines:
lot of Cooking S oves iu Sou hwesteru
prices to defy competition. A full line of Woonen
and if 'HUoiC Ctf Vi-re, Buckets, Tub-, H rk.
Children's Carriages, e»c. Tabl * and Pocket Ci(>
hrif S.-oona, Coffee Mi ID, Sciv.*s, &
A* large lit of TUI If tire alwms on hand
of our own maenfarture, at wholesale ami re’ai!
UrT B opting-and Gutterin? done by 3it>mp*»fetit
workmen in the be.-t style, ami work war mine \
Americus, Ga., April 13—ts
“STEAMER FOKEST CITV 7
IS IN WITH
IVcw BncEiwEicat L lour,
That ‘ Gb'uotor Cos ” CHEESE,
DRIED BEEF. Silver Fo.l,
BOLOGNA SAUSAGE,
Tbo«o Table Butter,
Mnjr& Son’s Jug Ale,
Tlilbeat’s Stout P rter,
Bordaux Claret \\ ino,
Baker k Stoughton’s Wine,
Fine Brandies and Wines of every kind,
in Cass and Bottles,
ALSO.
“Mr. Bowenes” Noted Domestic Wines,;
in Bottles, .
Raisirs, Currants, Prunes, Nuts,
MAILLARD’S CANDIES.
All these- goods are fresh and at low I
freights.
If you will come to see us wo will sell |
you someJiiug.
GREER & LAKE,
• No. 1, Granite Range,
2 3rn Third St., Macon Ga.
DENTAL SURGERY I
S. G. ROBEIfSON,
Culhhert , - - Georgia.
rTAKE this method of informing the public of
mv permanent situation in this place, rs Den
tal Surgeon. In the practice of this profession, I
spare no money or anything that will add to my
facilities in ihe execu’ion of any business entrust
ed to my care, both in Mechanical and Operative
Dentistry.
Mechanical Dentre'rj, although having been
practiced over two thousand years ago, if? yet im
proving, and I offer all the improvements, with the
hope of giving perfect satisfaction. The triumphs
of Mechanical Dentistry, and the high state of ex
cellency to which it has arrived, contributes to
tbe beauty and pleasing expression of the conns
tenance, gives aid to correct enunciation, assists in
performing the functions of mastication, and
thereby odds to the health of the whole organism.
Contributing, as the teeth do in these respects, it
i9 not surprising that their loss should be consider**
cd a serious affliction, and that art should be in
voked to replace such loss. Attention is invited
to the new method of mounting teeth on Vulcan*
he base, a work far preferable to Mefalic base.—
In the treatment of the teeth, os a part of the or
ganism so important to the health of the whole
system, I give special attention. Until very recent
ly, however, the treatment of the diseases of these
organs seems to have been considered less a prop
er specialty of medicine, than a mrre mcchamical
craft, requiring in the operator ]i tie mere tl aa
manual dexterity and physical force. Surgeons
and physicians wpre gen era Illy profoundlv igne
rewt of the importance of these organs to the gen
eral health, and were content to leave them in the
care of any who were willing to take charge of
them. But of recent date, well-read medical men
have turned their attention to Dentistry, and ap
plied their information to the management of the
teeth, thus acknowledging it to be a specialty of
Medical Science, and is rapidly advancing in pub
lic and professional consideration.
It is a matter of honest pride that I offer von
these considerations, and trust that if vou should
honor me with the c are of these organs, I will try
to do my duty iu this laudable work.
sh G. ROBERSON.
' ( 5 * > °ruis« T. ri rii
VI Court in Chamber lor , V —lflfrt,
t P,efent. t! eir Honors Bam’l I vr'->- r >ur po--,
ID!I, James it. Simmon., Janie’s !' 1 |! lan!9 ' E.
It is ordered by the Coart tU,
County -rrip issued to the amount o(\ etV •'
and dollars, the Said scrip ha j n „„ H ,
coots to Hire" Dollars to be reeciv "ii *’°" 1
due the C.ualy and to he payablT, J W,fop W
! J - R - b'NOTT, j Un 0^
*****^ M. bj.v, \ j *
i A tI ’ uf ’ ert-«rt from the minm»s m J 1
, Court. April S.l, 1806. u- bifs,
Mhlß if w - J - A&AMg,
NOTlcl^
A'l-Xir';, J Si“
I hereby notified to tot e foiward luirf’n"!"**'' l -"
immediately, and all persons holdini-M •' l ” ri *l
s id ' ttate are hereby uoritud to * J "“'"Stl,
I accordmeo with !, iW . It isfai
! aiMMut . “if-WUT,
j , ■ A UQljf)lji(pj,
! ( CallioitiK ~,. ,
!VX Too estate of D. B. l yi™ '' * :
I county, deceased, being unreprerenua V •*
; hereby given to the kindred and ereSi, ’
I estate to he and appear s' my office “ rs ° s '*
i Monday in May next, to
i burrs ot adminisTuion should nor !
' W.G. Fierce, Clerk of the Inferior Coor*'
| lure at Morgan, tins 2d day ot April i>» 7*
Ml W-KGRli^,^
I rtRORGU, Calhoun
Whereas, W. j. Taylor app]i e ®"" V*
I ters of Guardianship for the person and 1
:of Henry Richatdson. minor hoir c tl r '
Richardson, late of said count-, deceased ’
; These are therefore to cite and adiaonislT.tt.
i runs concerned to tie and ttrmrsr e, *
or before the first Monday in tUv
| «u f, if any, why said iotter,- t ~,
Given under mv baud at and i>;
Ap’ii 2, lSeft. V - fiN-OniV
lettersof Guardianship f or t ,,„ ’M' l ™* ”
b -U:
SUdc, late
These are, therefore, to cbe end ■.
peisons concerned to he and appear at mv'ci
on or before the 6„t lion da r y, v
bc l erLnte7 7Cttn ’'’ hj « id rtouk
wii ,’Ri" u,y Un MV' md ‘i«
_ii M _ %v •b. GEUFFIX, Old?
( T : rv, r!< " I,t „' *.'ffEJsonn C«>njHi~
Where.-, B. G Yon spp’ies t 0 J’,
TU GO v ii '" l i ip fo^!h, ' p ‘' re ™ tnd
of Salen* Yon. n.,00r or >oi of Josepl/s V
late oi said conr.tv, deceased
Tnes-t are, therefore, to cite and admonU.
persons core rned to be and apn.tr at n ,
or or hefirc the first, Mondav in Mivie-t t n i
cause, if snr they have, why said letter’s -hr
nor bo pranted. ,nc
Given under my haul ard effi.-Val
A|.rd2, Ifififi. W. E. CftlFFlX 0
' * , ' .r. brown applies to meTerV,
adinnistrstton on the estate of Wm A p,„
la r o of p-iil countv,
These ere, there:'.. r e, to .iip r ,d ,
•" 1 singnlar the kit,dr. and sr.d cr.-dt.pf. r ,f
ceased to h-'U'id appear kt my efiice nn M
the first M„-,da- ir, Mar it,. , n .p, , ,
any they on, wly.*\l lot-rs s’,o n |,i,,, t
Give* under my hard and rfipi ! G,. n ,„, rp
it'i 2 - ls0 '“ W.E Gl:n-i-;.V, Ord’y
{ v*n° £i,U<! "• ’*’* *'*’«•** < UK. It •
\I AVhereu«, W. J P iE-t , .
7 . .. 'i. ; •iy me (or
fers of di-riiHston Ir.-tt: • r
cs'.'e of J. M. I'r-zt- lot t. i O'! , tu -
I lice arc, thcilorc, to rile and ~e :
pc.sons cot-i i" red to he and sppesr’,
wiihm lie- time prcscr.l.c 1 1.v1.w,
'I a"'’ they In,vc, why s.,id ietlr-s .i„.
Given tifder niv hand and offida!
April 11, 1««8. Cm . T. Jf, Jti.hfs o
< ’ SJOi'Hei t,.T«»rr«‘i3 4 < ««i»;
V a V* neresg, G otge -V. t liii-:. p , 8 ; c
hr le'ic-- of :,. in -s ia-: n ile’h.m'e ia-, :
<’ ' '■ li G. (.1 i-t C, 1 ,Lu Oi .--.ml , ■,
Thc-e me, ti.erelore, to ci'e in : ... ~
]> TSO.I- Cored ll'-d 1,1 he :;j, t , |
w: bin the time pre-n-b h- , -,,i »;,
i f any, why said 1- te-s should not lie ervt-s
Gi.vn Under mv ]n„,i and ~fii ;i ,1 i.- , i
April 11, HT'.tt, ]in T. if GOVKS If: ,
/ A ilOU'jJ.t, 'J’orrpH < otiuty:
U VVt»ereas, G.-oige S. V-wnes p ■
for luf HdininistM (ion on flic e us:
srpH Tyrrell, lite o‘ si?d co ni'y, d»r .1 <”i—
These are, therefore to cite nud admcafsbullj
sol s concerned to him! ap; ••.-.■r i.',v t i.'i ’C»
in the tone p-t^fcrby U', aril .?.;«»#
any ru'i | « why ** i i*i infer?-i: *•’ 11 i.u ru furiM
iiiv.-n ii’m'pf niv l'fid a» -1 otli i I *-fri’iiF, i
April 11,!SGfi. 30. J T. M. JONES rdlaij
/ 1 Terrell, fount)*: I
| vT Wt fr>as, June-Parrot appiiesto-melorleHß
o{ admini tration on the estate o E. A i’arfl
| 1 .te ot said coin y, decease d— I
I These a r e, therefore to cite andadmoafclifllß
sons concerned to be and appear at my office *8
in the time prescribed by law, and show 04us.i
1 any exists why said letters should bot begr&nfl
Given under mv hnud and offici I «ien»nir»*, ■
April 11, IS6R. 30d T. M JOEu Ord^J
LOUiyVIULt
PURCHASING HOmJ
TAX PELT, MOSES & Co|
246 MainStl
HAVING been connected in busing lire ®
the past thirty years, and d£vn«<"! "tin
lion to the close trade and pund r* ' . • J
ar** enabled to buv as ”* I
make choice selec'imu ■
ders from the interim r 9
they may desire, sn ■
DRY D-OOESJ
Groceries. I
Stain, Caps, Stools, SUot\.
Prodncp, Agricultural Implement
cliamliae wanted by merchants. ,
We feel confident of giving entire
ns we have done to our already
ers. Persons ordering please state j ■
as possible the kind of goods wanted. *
dise insured, unless otherwise instruc "V
charged on bill.
Terms—For all bills under £SOO ri r jH
over that, amount 2 percent. H
We ask a further trial. <rC • roH
Van PELT, KOSRg|
J. c. van pelt, w.\r. moses, formerly « !t Q|
& Cos., GKO. C. NEWEERRY.
Louisville Wholesale iM|
for JH
LADIES 7 FINS
FUMM'ISMMI. »•« « OO tL. :■
Notion?, Paper Collar?, White CeoJ , H
Van PffLT, MOSES
ap.fi,tf 2 40 Mam 8l M
• Idminisirtor-s
4 GREEABLY lo an orde . r
A diliaty, of Terrdl eouh y tb<
first. Tuesday in April next, , r / r
of sale, the following proper '. *
•ate ol Hubert Dy*ta, hcc o c
el, consisting ol houses -u .ir 0 f lot■
Dawson. Alto, the undivided ■ y
number—-in tbe
Ecb. 23. Ids. " • ” ■ I