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' DAWSON, GA., MAY 25, IS
Au:h.»r sort Agontx.
T’-- following gonlWnifn are uuihorixci] to re
•" v ‘‘ ■>J ipt f,r euljt-crip.ioD* hoil edvtriielng ;
!> t Hpapo: ;
Pvvcm 'otwr Rot. Thomx# T. ChrUtUn. ■
T cxi'Kis. —E. V KirUcv, Re». L. B. Davies,
;.w OoCNrY.-R-T. The*. T. Spei-'it.
CcTHnKRT.— R.-v Wm A Park.,
JI wti> Mon tv. —Dr. 0. R. Moore.
Milrobu, (U —N. C. Dud 1.
. Cii!cka<awiutch>(.—Rev O. A. Crowell.
A a unices, Ga Rev. J. W. Jordan.
ExitiivlLl.K. Gx F.4I. Oeeve*.
Morhan Ga.—Dr, R. T. Kendrick.
Boott’s Monthly, for May, is at hand.
1 R bill of faro is splendid. Sorely our
our people will sustain a Magazine so ally
conducted. Any one wishing to subscribe
can seo a specimen copy at eur office.
Godky’s Lidv’s Book—This long ex- 1
tiiblished nud reliub'o Lady’s Hook, for j
May. is on our table. In looking over its
fashion plates, its beautiful engravings, its 1
its interesting .dories, its valuable recipes ;
etc., \vc eouid not but agree that it Is with- j
out a rival. Terms s;i jkm annum—back
numbers always supplied when desired. j
Address L. A. Godey, Philadelphia.
A Merited Compliment.
Wo taka pi asurcin the publication of
Ike following well merited romplirvrnt,
from the Macon Telegra; h , to the business
firm ment'ored bel iw.
The Telegraph says:—While onr busi j
notw eitablisbrnent, in every department of ■,
trade, are creditable compared with those j
of other cities, we can boast of one bouse ;
tha‘ has a larger trade th n that of any ,
other Grin in the State, wherever it may bo. !
We illude to the firm of John B. Ross & 1
Son. Though seriously dam ged by the ’
war, it deprived th m of none of their en
ergy. They resum ißbnrinefs as whole
sale dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries and
liar) ward, and their soles in the last twelve
months have amounted to over a million of
dollar-! Who in Georgia can make such
an exhibit ? Wo make the statement with
out th ir knowlege. and perhaps we may
even incur their displeasure, but as the
North boasts of its ‘J Prchanl Princes,'' —
w hy may not we ?
The business bouse of the Mi-s«rs. Ross
■would do honor to any city. Th ir build
ing fronts 40 feet and runs back 210 feet,
two stories high, the lower floor being de
voted to Groceries and Hardware and the
upper to Dry Goods. They have an abun
dance of capital, and unlimited credit, and
'■an hence bay to the best advantage.—
They are bold opera* ore, doing nothing by
hives. They sell at the lowest paying
prices aid make up all deficeueies in the
rate of f refits by selling a great deal
They understand the value of Printer's Ink,
and their huge column advertismen's may
bo found in all the newspapers, great and
unult, of Middle and Southwestern Geor
gia, Alabama and Florida, where the bulk
of their sales are made. They ares ra-'ght
forward and honest in all their dealings,
pay all just bills when presented without a
quibble, and expect others to pay them in
the same way. It is a pleasure to witness
the success of such men, and u duty to
* bold them np aa an example
Heretofore the Messrs, Ross have made
n’l their purchases in the Northern citi.s,
but their business is so enlarged that they
liave det rmined to lay in their stocks
hereafter in the European markets, which
will enable them to compete with any bus
tiessestablishment in the Uni n, whether
North or South.
The- Cotton Tax,
Has already pitssed the Huusc, and will
doubtleej meet the gsnetion of tho Senate.
It remains to be seen whether the Pres
ident will affix his signature to a measure so
manifestly UDjust to the Souther* people
and so unwise and impolitic to tbo whole
country. We hope he will not-
Our venerable- fricDd the senior editor
of the Savanah Daily .V trs aud Herald, who
is, perchaps better posted iu fititnce and
questions of political economy generally
than any isas in the South, gives the fol
lowing opinion of the eharaeter of the
measure, and its practical operation against
the planter should it bccune a law :
“A more exceptional impost was never
conceived. Independently of injustice and ,
inequality it is of a* odius asctioual charac
ter. The plea has been advanced that it will
fall rn the consumer. This is fallacious.
It will fall on the producer without mitiga
tion, except wbeie, from the state of the
market, the supply should WI short of the de
mand. Why is there coupled with tho im
post a drawback in favor of the domestic
manufacturer on that yarn and goods he
may export ? Is not this from a conscious
ness that the tax wifi fall on the producer*;
nil net ou the consumer ? If the impost
wero a tax on the exports there might he
some plausibility in the plea that it taxed
the consumer ; but it is made to assume the
form of an exci«c/v»bich is a tax on the pro
duct before it leaves tb» baud of the pro
ducer. The effect of the drawback, there
fore, is to allow a bounty on Ac exportation
of yarn and goods—the product of rsw oot
ton. A more unjust tax, as we have svid
was nsaer imagined. B rides its urjust.
ness in the abstract, its inequality is aggra
vated under present circumstances. Tho
Southern State* have been devastated.
Their fields have been laid waste by war.
Their capita! in Blavas so diminished' as to
pay a greatly increased price sot labor, thus
largely increasing the aostg of cultivation.
Is this a period for i 3l posing a diucriminate
tax on the principle staple 1 Are there no
friends of the South in Congress to represent
the facte as they exist ?.'•
The Herald’s Fortress Meuroe correr -
credent says the officers of tee foot have
(<en forbidden to extend any civilities to
Mr- Da' ■* °* it- de
I.diioriat Urcvllieu
A private te'egram from Atlnnta, says
the bridges between Chattanooga, and
Da'ton are washed away.
Until the bridge* are rebuilt transporta
tion wili be by way of Cleveland to Chat
tanooga, so there will be no detention or
extra expense.
The Stny Law of South Carolina has
been dec-lured unconstitu'ional by the Su
preme Court of that Stute —rne Judge on
ly dirsenting— A. P. Aldrich.
There were seven deaths by suicide in
- Cincinnati last week.
If it bad been in Brownlow's dominions
we would not have been astonished, tor
anv [dace is preferable to Brownlow'* hell,
and the old “original" is a saiat beside
Brownlow.
Cotton seed, for replanting, is selling in
Atlanta at ?4 [>er bushel. Don’t see why
seed Is so high for there is more planted,
and up, than the freedmen will cultivate.
Mr. Reynolds, clerk at Lookout Moun- [
tain House, heard screams issuing from the I
neighborhood of the Stoop Rock on the i
Rummitif the M aintain or. Saturday, and
reaching the spot and leaning over, bo dis
covered a young lady hanging by a- por
tion of her clothes to some shrulw growing
I from the fissures in tbo rock. Ho let him
self down over the cliff, and by preterna
tural exertions relived the young lady
fr m her embarrassing end perilous situa-1
tion, and restored her to ner friends, safe,
alive and blushing. No doubt of it
Make anybody blush t > bo caught in such a
fix.
Genera! Grant has appointed a Commis
sion in Norfolk to investigate the cause ol
the late s lots there.
The city warehouse in Mobile was struck
by lightning on the 16th inst., and do-trov
ed together with five hundred bales of cot
ton.
The Cutbbert reporter says that the re
construction of the Railroad from Cuth
bert to Fort Gains was to have commenced
on the 19th inst, and to be pushed on with
vigor. Good.
The Rome Courier says, the Petroleum
company, of which Rev. Mr. Rogers of At
lanta, is President, struck oil near Gadsden,
Ala., at the depth of 240 feet. All the in
dications point to a rich deposit of this source
of wealth.
The Atlanta Daily Commercial Bulletin
has been disoontiune-J, after an existence of
about tvo months.
Civil Rights Bill Decided Ukconsti
tutional—Judge Abell, of the First Dis
trict Court, of New Orleans, has decided th
Civil Rights hill unconstitutional aud not
binding.—The court argues that the present
Congress is unconstitutional constituted.
Raphael Semmcs, who bra been elected
Judge of the Probate Court of Mobile Coun
ty, Ala., has, by order of the President,
been prohibited bolding or exercising the
functions of hi* office, or any other civil or
political offico while be remains uopardoned
by the President
Graceful. —A Fortress Monroe letter
says Mrs Davis went to Norfolk last week
to lay in a stock of groceries for house-keep
ing purposes at the fort, but nobody would
take her money. Groceries of all kinds,
and every other creature comfort, were show
ered upon her in tbo great* st profusion atd
free of cost.
New Paper*.
Miss Barber’s Weekly has c ;me to hand
proecm.iu£ » very neat appearance. It is an
Bmo,filled of course, wnl‘ choice reading mat
ter, when Miss Barber is the Ediiig:*. We
hope it may bo liberaly patroniz ’d.
The Middle Georgia News, is published
at Madison, Ga , and edited by our old
friend Dr. F. O Dannielly. The Dr. will
make a good paper and we hope it will te
handsomely sustained.
The Dispatch published at Eufaula Ala.,
is another new candidate for public favor.—
Eufaula is able to etfpport two papers and
we hope the Dispatch may be n success
Indictmint or Mb. Davis roa Treason.
—lt really seems, says the Richmond Dis
patch, that the only business for which
Judge Underwood went to Norfolk was to
j have Mr. Davis convicted of treason. At
; any rate, as soon as thaf cherished object
bad been accomplished, he adjourned bis
j court—to meet we are told, in this city on
j the 20ih inst-
It is not a cause of regret that Mr.
Davis has been indicted for treason. He
will, wc suppose have a fair and honorable
tyal. lie kas able counsel at band and
they will see that Jydgo Underwood, who
has already pronounced him guilty,—“more
guilty than Wirs," —shall not preside when
the trial comes on. They will aleo exclude
from the jury all the men who, like the
Judge hare made up their minds in advance
that he is guilty. It is said that every man
who served on the famous grand jury at
Norfolk made oath that be neTer assisted
or aided the rebelion. If this cath le re
quired of the ventre men summoned to fur
nish a petit jury in Mr. Davis's case, theD we
are sure that tho jury will be mad o up of
very Lard swearers 01 else the requisite
number oaDnot be found in less than ten
counties. All we ask is a jury of respect
able citizens, we core not if they bo Union
. men cf undoubted antecedents, or Union
men who have been so si»ca the Confed
eracy wont under. Wo believo a man
must own five hundred dollars' worth of
real e6ta'.a in order to be qualified; to serve
as a juror in the circuit court of the 0.
fbstev "ILi# is one fee', iu Mr Dr.it. favor
For the Dies «> J j*i-nnl.
CttHBEBT, Mny 17th, 1806
Messrs. Editors: —The lending idea
that 1 wish to impresfwupoii the minds of
farmers and planters of Southwestern
Georgia in this article, is to give up the
notion so general ntnong them, ol making
one large cotton c:op with at providing for
the future support of their farms, and then
selling out and embarking in o her pursuits.
There is nothing more intangible nnd de
lusive than this notion. It is basod nj>on
false premises, ana upon w rong conclusion*,
even if the premises were correct.
The premises wo that the North i»
Hooded with greenbacks which wll he
seeking invo-tmeiit in Southern lands,
mules and the labor ol ireotlmen, and that,
in ense this were no 1 , so, the cotton crop otj
next fall will iks») the South with cah, 1
and aale can be h and for lands among our|
own people. Now it is true the people of
the North have plenty of rnooey ; but it is j
not true that it is seeking or likely to seek j
Southern investment The people of the
North, have shown in the past, and ev n in
the war which resulted and sa trously to them
that they have energy, industry, enteprise,
and close calculation. They me proven to
be hotter financiers than we are, whatever
may said of o U r fighting qualities, and our
magnnmra ty 1$ for* they will invest
tlu-ir money -in colt n farms a*d fotton
.planting to any derable extent, wo
must first conv nee them ujion two points
upon both of which tlry are very suspi
cious: That it will be healthful to live here,
and thaf they will be safe in person and
property among us. They have also to
be convinced that they can turn the : r
hands readily to managing freed negroes
as they do white slaves; and that they can
grow c tt~n successfully as dot It-’ men who
havo been raised aid tu'ored in that buri
nesi. They have alsoty be eonvinc and that
tho investmen' wi 1 pay better than any
th y can m ike among their own people
North and North-West who nro congenial
in int rest and feeling. And without ar
rogating an. wi dom not based upon the
simplest common sense. I may venture to
say it will be a iong time before all these
points will be satisfactory to the Yankee
nvnd.
Thos’ of your renders who think they
can se’l out to ober Southern men, arc
genet a’ly mistaken fop two reasons Ist
There a hundred who wish and cnlculnte
to sell, where there is ope who wishes and
calculates to buy. 2nd Th y will n thrive
either rhe money or the credit to buy if
they wished. Our people are spending
their rash, notwithstanding the merchants
advertise their 'erms as cash—in order to
dress like Yankee men nnd women in New
York and Boston, and te supply the'r fam
ily wants, and the wants of their freedmen
for the current year. And when the crop
is made even if a reasonable yield is hail,,
the mercantile houses which have dotted j
every city, town, and vill -g \ will dram
almost the last greenback dollar from our I
midst. TTie f eedmen will spend their
money before they get it, and the whit s t
w ith a few exceptions wi’l do the same I
thing. It this reasoning tni ror-ect, those j
who are calculating »o ted next fa 1, and ,
acting as though a sale was a £xol fact, j
will find to their mortification and regret,;
th :t they - will have to continue their old
business, and that they are n< t well pre- j
pared for it for want of breadstuff’s, an 1
domestic animaV, to the growth of which ,
they are giving but little attention. To }
buy corn and bacon for die next year will j
cost more than to havo made them on j
their own farms.
Tt.e reasons why our planters and farm
ers have drawn wrong conclusions ev n if
they could well find sale for their lands are :
Ist The other business to which they are
looking aa more easy, or congenial, or in
order to escape the trouble and care of
managing free negroes, will verv probalfy
bo crowded to overflowing, and therefore
not profitab e 2nd. They arc not by fnr,
as well qualified for entering upon t’ e
prosecution of a now occupation nr calling
as they are to carry rn that in which they
Lave been raised and trained. It is a
"reat error to suppose that a man even
with the ,noo. ssnry capital,'is prepared to
make a succef». r '.ti merchant, who has not.
been truined to that ouJine e, nnd such is
true of every other cal ing The observa
tion of every man of discriminating mind
will have furnished him with many illustra
tions of the truth of tjiis ass: rtioi.
What this country most needs is agri
culture, in order to supply its wants, bring
in money ti rebuild the waste and destruc
tion of the past, and to beautify and orna
ment it. And the most Uiscoutaging fea
ture now manifest, is that so many of our
experienced agriculturalist are making
tlieif calculations to abandon the tillage of
the earth, and betake themsc’ves to more
easy and graceful pursuits.
Creox.
[raou rne sotiiikr.n oihistiak anTOCiTi]
Licence Iu Dooly County
Mr. Editor; —Thqt»?w Code of Geor
gia—so I have been inlormed—gives the j
Inferior Court e-f everv county the power j
to grant or withold a license to retail spir- j
ituos liquors. Well, the Justices of Don-:
lv Couuty hnvo boon applied toby many!
ti rsons f or license and have been great
ly importuned, yea, have had a lawyer to,,
appear before them an! make' a very j
el .borate and poweful argument to influ
r nee them to grout beenso to disabled sol
diers and others, but they have withstood
all these things and refused every applica
tion ! Therefore there is not a single re
t-iil »h A p in Dooly County. It is beleived
there will never be another—because the
citizens of tho Uocn'y—tbos; who ‘imbibe’
as wed as temperance men, so far as I can
learn—wi 1 sustain ti e Inferior Court !
“Well and ne,’’ gentlemen of tho C ur.!
“Quit you like mea:” Ye people of Doo
ly County!
Will not other C uts and Counties of
the State "go and and > like*is-. ?”
Please say to'Uncie Dabney,’that some
of us are glad he has suggestei the tesur
ruction of the Tempera l ..e - Cause, tnd will
do what we can to aid this good work.
W. 8. Ti bneh.
Montezuma, Ga., April 18.
arl, gray, and azurq blue arc
the fashionub’e colors for Paris lad ea’
stockings, and l>uots of bkick satin, with
gilt betas.
Sensible Tall*.
Tbo National latelligeacor, speaking of
the proposition, likely to be mado to the
South, to amend the Constitution, aooording
to the plan proposed by the j lint comroitt >e
ol tittceo, and passed upon favorably by two
thirds of the bouse of rtpresentutive*, says :
"It is impossible for the human rnmd to
conceive of a more illogloal and irrational
proceeding than the proposiynn addressed to
the wooded Srates—"Ratify this amendment
>f the Constitute n, and wa acknowledge
your right of representa'i >o.’’ If the South
ern States have no right to represent? tion,
then they have no right to vote on an
amendment to the Constitution. But if
they have the right to vote on an amend
ment to the Constitution, then they have a
right to representation. The proposed Con
gressional plan of rcc instruction admits the
Southern States to vote on it. and yet post
pones their exercise of the right of repre
sentation until the amendment to the Con
stitution is adopted. .
Surely, we have fallen upon evil times
when such involved ideas of conriitutional
’» v are adopted by a great party
If tha Congress have no regard for the
oath which they have-taken t> support the
Constitution, have they no regard ft r com
mon sense ? If they do n >t_ mind tramp
ling on the sacred charter of our libeni- »,
have they no objection to rendering them
a-Ives eonspicui us for their self-.-tultifiea
tion ? If history should hereafter turn its
inquisitorial glasses on such small objects as
very many persons of the present Congress,
it will be at a loss to know whether most to
pity or condemn.”
If there is a man in tha South, vile enough
to vote for this iniquitous amendment,'tbo
adoption of which would more effectually de
grade the South than anything else that
could bed me—bank-hmeut to the realms
of Brownlow’s dominions would not he too
great a punishment for him, though the se
verest that could be iofl o’ed upon a decent
and virtuous man in this life-
Action of Hi? General Conference.
The action of the General Conference
may be summed up in ihe following items :
1. It was resolved to change the name of
the Chutch to Episcopal MfemoDiST
Church, provided that three fourths of all
the members of the several Annual Couft.*-
eneos shall concur therein.
2. Lay rstlrescDtation—frnr laymen, one
of whom may he a local preacher, (to be
elected by the Dri-net Stewards or in 6uch
way as the. Annual Conferences may direct,)
to each Presiding Eider's D.str.ct in the At -
nual Conferences; an (qoal number of lav
men and clergym n as representatives to the
General Conference —the lay members of
the Annual Conference to elect the lay rep
resentatives to the General Coiferenet, and
tbecbrieal members to ehet the c-erica!
representatives. Upon of one
flt’.h of the General Conference, tho laymen
and the clergymen can form two dri'iocf
houses, when a eincurrent majority w ;]| t c
necessary to piss any Lw. This ac.i n.
however, is subject to the same eoifirmatitn
and approval of tbree-ftwrtbs of all the
preachers in the several Confir-Dec*.
3. The limit of the Pastorate has been
extended fr'm two to ft ur years.
4. A svMoaaef church meetings was adop
ted, *a be belckoaeu a m >a:b, if practicable,
otherwise o;>o8_a quarter —to be pregid if
over by the preacher in charge. The ob
ject of it is t) put the membership more
thoroughly irt connection with tho variou •
enterprises of the church.
5. Th# probationary system has been ab
rogated—niemb. rs are to be received formal
ly by the preacher iu charge, according to
t> c form (f ihe baptismal service, or some
other form in »n appendix ti the Discip
line.
6. Class meeting is placed upon the same
footing with prayer mooting, and i3 no lon
ger a condition of membuoship.
7 ssienarv Society is divided i jto
a 1> imestie and a Foreign Missionary Socie
ty, with distinct B iards, S eretaries and
Treasurers —the former located at Nash vill-,
and the latter at Baltimore.
8. Everything in the Discipline in regard
to the men and women sitting apart in the
church, has been taken out.
9. The whole matter of the quarterage has
been m rged into a real support.
10 Eva rything advisors in regard to dress
Is taken on* • and so too all that part which
requires preachers tn consult the presiding
elder upon the delicate subject of matrimo
ny.
J l. No traveling preacher can be proposed
to an AhUu- 1 Conference for ordination, ex
cept he shall have p»..scd an examination-be
fire the Conf.ronce CommittiwJ to their sat
isfaction in the prescribed course rs s udv
12. It is recommended that, f»r tlm pres
ent. a Biblical Chair be established in con
nection with eaeh of our Colleges, for the
theological education of young preachers.
13 Several important changes in the
boundaries of Conferences were made, for
which we rest r to the report, of the Commit
tee on Boundaries and Northwest Texas,
the Colombia, the Mobile, and tie M"«>-
gomery Conferences were formed. The
name of the “Ilio Grande’’ Conference was
changed to West Texas, ouul that of the
“Ouachita'’ Cons rence to Little Rock. The
Kansas Conference was divided between the
Missouri anti St. Louis, Conferences. The
St. Louis, the Missouri, the Baltimore, the
! Virginia, the Georgia, aud the East Texas,
are permi'ted to divide during the next four
j years, if they shall deem it expedient and
! desirable so to do.
14. The vote on licensing preachers and
recommending persons fur ordination, is to
be taken by ballot in the Quarterly Confer
ences.
Good Nlwj to the People of Georgia.
It affords us great pleasure tolearn, savs
the Augusta Constitutiouallist, that T. M -
Chichester, Esq., of this city, who was ap.
pointed by G venor Jenkins agent of the
State of Georgia, has made a temporary
loan of SIOO,OOO, in the city of New York,
at a low rate of interest, which it is expect
ed will relieve the Govenor in his financial
matters, and en >blo him to purchase aud
; distribute the corn authorirol by tho Leg-
I islature for the wid «ts and disabled sol
dier# of *ur State. Mr. C. is now eegiged
in superintending the engraving of bonds
! which are to be issued under the-authority
of the legislature. The success of M'.
[ Chichester in cff.c.iog this loan upon such
favorable terms not only adds to his credit
as a business man, but will show to the cit
izens of Georgia that their .'titc has a dc
scrv-dly high credit <\br>ad.
r id LEeBAP HI O.
i. tTIiK i IVROP£.
Arrival of flic Cuba.
FINANCIAL PANIC CONTINUES.
Halifax, May 21 —The steamship Cuba
has arived with Europen advices to the 13th
instant.
The finaroial panic continued. Bank of
England rate of discount Dine per cent.
The house of Averead, Gurney & Cos.,
had failed .
Op S iturdaycotton advanced 1-21. Sales
20,0u0 bales; Middling Upland- 1 , 12 12d
'1 be news from the Continent was warlike,
but there were still hopes cf peace. .
1 oe House, to dav, c in idered a preamble
and resolution by representation, McClung,
of M :Bscuii, declaring : Whereas, the cou
tin*n and ceutumaey of the seceded States ren
ders it t ee- s iry to cxerciso Congressional
lpgisla’i >u in order to give the loyal ciriz-n
--of these States protection iu their natural
and personal rights enumerated in the Con—
stitu'ion, and, addition thereto, makes it nec
essary to keep on foot a large standing army
’o uiaintaiu the authority of General Gov
ernment : and whereas the country isalieady
nverl.urtbcti and by a war deb: incurred tode-j
f'-ud the nation against an infamous rcbell-,
i >e, and it»is neither j i>t tier pili:lfc to in
flict 'his vast additional expense on the peace ]
ful industry of the nation, therefore
Resolved, 1 hat it bo referred to Commit
tee on Reconstruction to inquire into the.
expediency of levy i pg contributions ’on the
seceding States to defray the extraordinary
t xpensc'B that would otberwis; bo imposed on
the General Government, and that sard com
mittee he instructol to report by bill or 1
otherwise
The resolution was adopted by a vote of!
To against 5.
1 From fcnttdi Jmcrira.
BOMBARDMENT OF CALLAO.
New York, May 2—Aspiuwall dates
to the 13 b have arrived.
The Spanish flu t bombarded Cillao on
the 2nd inst. They were repulsed, however
daing little damage. Admiral Noutz was
badly wounded- The Peruvi m Secretary of
War was k'lled bv'tho exj 1 >s;on of a bat
tery. The fight la-tcd four hnu r s, and ter
minated by the withdawal of the Spanish
fb-et. On'” a few hundred dollars worth of
( property ' Vrfroyed. The Spanhh loss
is supp be heavy. The news of the
Spini-h repu'se was received with great en
thusiasm by f' e inlr<hifarts. i
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington May 17,1566
Official reports confirm tho feebleness nf
J ffer-sn D,v : s. It is reported that lit in
dictment ha= been drawn under the Act of
Congress of July 17, 1862, to punish treas
on. The Aet fixes the punishment of any
persm cjnvitfted nf rebelli tn at imprison
ment not exceeding ten rears, and a fine not
exceeding ten ihous-md dollars. -It is sail
this Act repeals all previous provi ions for
the punishment of tri aton.
Psivtitc CoiitiafK.
There are many nf our people, notwitb
standing that the Civil Cour's of the State
have resumed their functions, and some if
no* all the judges have held a term in their
e not understand the bireis up
on which priva'e con'riefs, and th'e equi
ties thereof a r e to be detirmjned. Nothing
is more and finitely settled, I can assure you ■
This was done, among the first of its other
important duties, by the convention which
assentbledin Miledgerille in October last,
and is embraced in the following ordinance:
An Ordinance To make va id private
contracts entered into aod executed du
ring the war against the United
apd to authorise the c urts of this State
to adjust the equities between parties to j
contracts made, bit not executed, and to
authorise the settlement of such contracts
by persons acting in afi lue!«rry character.
S ction 1. The people of Georgia, in Con
version Assrmb/eel, Jo ordain. That all pri
vate contracts made and executed dnring the
war against the United Ftatcs and not in
violation of the constitution and laws of tie
State, or of'tbe United States, Bhall be as
valid and binding as if made and executed
bes re ho.tiUities commenced.
Section 2. And be it further ordained.
That all contracts made between the first of
.June, 1861, and the first 0 1 .Tune 1865,
whether expressed in writing or implied, or
existirg in parol and not yet executed, shall
reeoivo an equitable construe ion and either
party in any sa t for the enforcement of any
«ne:i contract, may upon the trial give iu ev
idence the consideration and the value there
ot .iianv time j and tho iuteniin of the
parties as to the particulars in which pay
ment was to be made, and the value of that
currency at any time, and the verdict and
judgment rend-rod shall be on the priuei
p en of equity; Provided, that all contracts
executed within the time spocifi and, and
which were simply in renewal of original
contracts uwule before the sai 1 fi at day
of June, shall stand upon the footing of
contracts executed before the hosdlities com
menced.
Section 3. And it is further ordained,
That executors, administrators, guardians
and trustees, shall have power to settle or
compromise all claims or evidences of debt,
io their possesion created between the firs;
of Jnne, 1861, and the first of June, 1365,
contracted with reference to payment in
Confederate States of America Treasury
notes or other currency of deprecia'e 1 value,
tnd accept in satisfaction of snob indtb ed
ncss the fair and reasonable value of such
claiir s.
S : g 1 Nov. 8 : h, 1865.
. tcHEt.o V, Johnson, President.
A : J. D VTaDDEL, Secretary.
F on ibo fnegoiog it w*ill be feroeived,
that up -n evidence estabii-hing considera
tion and value, all contracts are detirm ned
by the court. Tboso who understand this
would incur useless expense, and endure
waste of time, it they were to h si'ate, or re
fuse to settle upon the basis thus la’d down
by the Uouvention in the foregoing ordi
nance.
The last section of the same ordinance,
toe, plainly, shows the power vested in the
hands of executors, administrators, guardians
and trustees, to comptisc all claims or eti
dences of debt, iu their possesion, created
between the first of Juno, 1851, and the
first of June, 1865, created with reference to
to a Coufcic-rate or otl cr depreciated cur
rency. A resort to the court* caunot
chango cr slier this-hisis of et l ’erncct,.
1 ORDER [’ROM GENERAL HOWARD
Washington May 21.—General llow
| ard, Gommisiencr of the breedmens’ Bureau,
| lias issued an order nhioli among other par
l tickulars, c 11s the attention of all officers
to reports iu circulation acts of cruelty and
; severity to winds freedmen on their own part,
aud to reported dereliction? in rendering sc
coun's, &c , and says that every officer so
j accused thall have an eportunity of vindica
tion befora court-marriari The order also
foib’ds investment ofiffieeis in planting in-
the crnin.itioi.tr tajs tuch action
will almost inc-vitablyjt ad to corruption, as
’ it already Las to bitter accusations.
Who will be President if Johnson
j Dies?—By a law passed and approved
! March 1, 1791, it is jrnvidid that, if the
Vice President, ccrirg as President, die two
j months p revious to the time muted by law
! for choosing electors of President and Vice
i President, the .Secretary t f State shall i-sue
1 his proclamation for a Presidential election,
to be o inducted in the same manner as if
at a regular election, and the Preti lent so
chosen by the elect' rs, shall be sworn in as
President on the 4th of March following,
aud hold his office, m t for the residue of the
jirm, but fir the regular tt tin nf four years,
thus charging the time for ton tn ucement
of *bc term of (ffiee of the Presiib nt.
Mew Advertisements.
MONEY ADVANCED
ON COTTON.
IM ILL buy cotton of the coming crop, and ad
vance on it nos—-to b* dt-liceicd in Dawson
or Ameiicus by the fiist of November next.
maj2S,2m K. «. LOVLFSS.
Sotice Iu Deiitwrx ami Crediturs.
VLL persons indebted to Wiliiam A Brown,
la eol Calhoun county, decc.st and, will conic
forward and make payment, and all those holding
iliims agaiust said deceased, w ill render the Same
ia to me. TIiOS. J. BROWN,
May *20,40d * Administrator.
Cv IrOKGIA, Terrell Gorinly ;
X WBertas, Mary Ad .ins appli-.s aj plies for
letter* ol guardiansliip ot tlie person nnd property
of Ada Adams, orphan of Tiros. Adams, late o!
said county, deceased—
These are, therefore to cite aud admonish all
persons concerned to be aid appear at nt* office
within toe time prescribed by law, and show cause,
if any, why Said letters should not be granted.
G vvn under uiy baud and t the n! signatuie, this
May 18, ISG6. T. M. JONES, Ord’y.
DISSOJLUTJ OISL
r copirtnerahip heretofore ex sing l/etween
JL King, C itn & Cos, ia this d> v tiis.-oived by
mutual consent. Thanking the [ii.b io for rhe pat
roiiage so liberally exteudeii, theol-J ii.m < af»new.i
solicit, a coutiLua iuu of the s.iinc lor the new.
NEW FIRM.
r l' , I!E huainestp of rhe lute fi tn w .11 be ern lucted
-L by J. £5. A; €«., wi t «lioih r’l
seit’crnen sos the old firm >rt* to be 'mad all
ii.ibiliiieß ira-umed. J. li.*Cilia & CO.
Dawson, May ld r h, 1866 2t
SODA WATER,
ICL ICE, Jtlf.
ICED LEMONADE and Soda Water a f nil tirnrg,
Ice Vffatil every Holiday and Thursday
Eveiiir-g, or ofuner if the demand r< quires ir—
Served u» L dir-s »t uheir residences c.r ji»y private
parU»r. Ice t all times iu qu tnti'ies to soil the
want*of f iniifies nr. the lowest possible price.
L ger Beer, Cidtr, fine un itiaHerared ho’ilfd
Wines »i:d Liquors, w-»rra>-t»*d to he wh t they
are I t belled. R. a! Fine l! ways on
Iwud at the Diwson Hotel. •
C. I>, oi GA.,
WITH
A. L&K6L6H £i GO. ;
Successors to J . 8. Christie,
JOBBERS OF
SfOOTS fSESOKS,
35 Coonlandr. A 12 H Lihertv Sis , First duor
above Meichunt's Ho <l,
A. Langdon, J. S. Cbrisrip,
fi'-iNEW YORK.
W. A Lathrop, J’artners.
CARRIAGE AFD HARNESS
MANUFACTORY.
Cl TUBI liT, - - GUOHCI.I.
"V’KW BI’GGIES #l*4 harness for sal- as rlnp
In a* th«? can bf* bought anrwhi re. I efiti *«4l
good and neat biutuie.’S *'th n«*t iwlvor-mourned
hiirncps, at from $225 to $-100. CorVm*» ir % rvieef*
eerreraMv, such articb p could h< bony Hr for
this money. Many c'iti* ’»ia of liandcfph, Terrell,
and adjacent counfit-P wore aoq’nvitifod wirh rnv
style of previous to the war, and I r»'ppeefs
fully solicit, a liberal share of pa'romige 'from
tho.je counties.
Having a corps of splendid workmen, wi*h
strict personal attention to his bu»int I•• 6• U
confident of giving any reasonable iuau
Satisfaction.
lam prepared to bu : !J rny kind of a v hielc
needed in sou'h-wrst Georgia, aid w ill keep fit p
buegies and harness constat*ly on hand. O.i?ri -
age or dray harness made to. All repiar jobs will
bt, done wiih nea‘nc-9 and dispa cb.
Cull and examine for»yourselvt*s.
Miy a5,6m J A.tOSTF.R.
I > t : v V. T V . -* *s^
Auburn, 4vl»n,
a; p'i,-a'ion vurntej to cn I the (Roetetringht
and stubbern hair of ei her sex into wavy ringlet*
or heavy massive cmla. Hip been u«cd bv tbe
fasbion.ribles of Pari* and L -i.ckin, with the most
gratifying results. Does no injury to the hair.—
Price by mail, scaled and posipaid, §l. P-«crip
tive circulars mailed free. Address, Br.RGER
SHUTTS A CO., Chemists, So. 285 Hiver Street,
Tror, N. Y. Sole auen*R for United States.
\t r ii iNii L it!»~ "
t sand Mustaches E SS
forced to grow upon the
smoothest face in from
RESTAURATUKR CA -
PILLAIKE, the most wonderful d'scoverv in mod
ern science, acting upon the Heard nnd Hair iu an
almost miraculous manner. It. h‘s been used by
the elite of Paris and London «i b the most flit
tering success. Names of all purchasers will be
registered, aud If entire sadsfacr on is not given
in every instance, the money will be cheer fully re*
funded. Price by mail, sealed and po pa : d, si.
Descriptive rircnl irs n and test im* mi =)s mailed free.
Addrecßs BERGER, SHUD'H CO .. Cbemiara,
No. 255 River St, Tioy, N* Y. for
the United States. May 25
Ct EOBUIA, Terrell Couuty :
TT Whereas, EUia Johnson applies 10 me frr
letters of adminis-ration, ie bonis no", on tbe es
tate ot James B. Wilbanks, lute of said county, de
ceased —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish al
persons concerned to be »nd appear at my office
within tbe time prescribed by law, and show cause,
if any, why snid letters should not be granted.
Given tinder my hind ami -official signature this
SVytt b :s<V6 T. M JONES, Ordinary.
HEAI) THIS,
NEW GOODS!
new goods
BEST, PIKEST,
AND
* !N THE MARKET I
<o n ,c One! C„„ lrl||
A ex-mine the opl P „ d ;8 .
* b,ch h “ 8 "ecu received
A T JUDGE SIMMOXS' OLjj s T AXZ
Consisting of the latest fashions of
MUSLINS,
mozambiques,
’laws
ALSO,
CALICOES,
Bioached and Unbleached
I > O 31 ESTICS
MILLINERY GOODS,
BOOTS a-d SHOES
CLOTHING AND
furnishing good
Alxat ss s Not: ns of all kinds,
ISarc! Wai t*,
Tin Wnre,
Seg:aa-s & Tobacci
Powder anil S!*ot,
A'’d a thoi-anil n.hp r itnp 2 . .no
morninn, w'-1.-b wi!! I,P-I.|
th* sou r-,.’. AM I ask ia , 0 c irc
amt ji'lge for ynurg.lf, ,» thp'r n1 trruh'p"
showing u.v eonds. I Pornsadv iotits it e y
‘o call, and th.y should be sure to
KENIEItSBER THE PLVCEI
At Judge Simmons' Odd Stand.
JAKE Nl. fViASNSTER.
Diwson, Ga., Vfay 2S, I SK6. Bra
E. B. LOYLESS
DAWSON, GA.,
.it- It is ne ir Stori. opposite the Limy Stn
next dr,er to J. />. Cnm &■ Cos.
■ OFFERS VERY LOW,
DRY GOODS,
GIiOCERIE:
HAEDWAIiE,
CUTLEEJ
lie lias in the bne of I2rg Goods •'
PRINTS,
MU .'IP NS,
SB KETING,
shirting,
LA OIKS’ HOES.
G EN’fS’ k»lfE®
Oual cr PON NETS,
GENTS’ HATS,
LOOTS and SIIOIS,
F'T Ladies and Gertie®
And pxprp.j to hrpp evprv f>il-*-r rrt’cltinl
line ueuaiiy kept iu a l)ry Goods h'lore.
ALSO,
Coffee* 2 * O,ll
C O SS IV ,
SMOKING AND cnFM’INO
TOBACCO
Ssiaifff, Candy, Fo«dc
SSaot, Lead,
Bridles, Saddl^
HORSE COLLARS, BoggJ J’ f
AVhips—painted and Dra:t>-
Buckets, Tubs aud Seivrs,
Dinner-I’o’s, Ovens, Spiders,‘f 1 .
Lids, Flow Iron and Stce., -
ing Hoes and SmootLog
Irons, C ff<e Mills, ie»
Kettles, Oaipeu tcri
TOOLS, -w
A Large Lot of L n aP>
s A !>* r r
Paints and G
.TJO.VE i 'dll °"
Coop ot totiois
So if you tcanl either to Sp ( ”^
Get Money,
* Give no a Call’-
c„ . a.. 25. c"