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<lhc Urchin journal. ' 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"