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•J lie League.
During the j>rt>rf -ss of tiif war it be
(‘:mn; a miiitary iierrs.-ity, am! Abraham
Lincoln issued his emancipation proc
lamation, ami tin colored citizens be
came free. But alas, by the fan? «»4
iii«- syren a lari'* proportion of llit; col
ored citizens and Tennessee have lost
litcir liberie, and they are again en
slaved. Tim colored man in all 'be
other States is Iree. lie is fete to Oft
for /lintfief, free to think for hi/itself,
free to rote fur whom he phases, and in
each and every particular, be is a free
m ai. But it is not so in Tennessee.
\\ e have a class of men who came
among the colored citizens with what
they call a League. These men, by
i tM eplion, persuaded the colored man
that the League ivas good lor him to
join, and by fair pionnsej they succeed
ed in gening large numbers to sign
a wav their liberties anti to place them
selves in worse bondage than that
which they had just been released from
by the emancipation proclamation.
When the colored man joins the
League, he lieu by a solemn oath
swears away his liberty. He can then
no longer act for himself—he can no
lunger vote as lie pleases, and support
such measures as his judgment shall
convince him is best for his own in
terests, and why? lie has sworn an
oath to do as these League manngert
te 1 him to do. Ik has sworn an oath
to vote for just who, and what, the
League teil him lie must vote for. He
has sworn an oath that lie is no longer
a Iree man, hut that the League gov
erns and controls him, and hold him as
their slave. He has sworn an oath,
• l.v** he 13 nut t */{ Loing «• fVcc
man, and, therefore, he swears to let
the League do his thinking —his acting
and his voting, because he must vote
as they say. He swears that lie will
n t be a free man, hut a slave to the
League. Little did the colored man
know that a trap had been set for him.
when he joined the League. Little
did lie dream that, by so doing, he was
selling his liberties, and his manhood,
to future ill for himself, as truly as
ever mortal sold his soul to perdition.
These leagues are form id by designing
men to control the weak minded and
ignorant, and to make them their ser
vants and toois, and as soon as the
m* u who control them ha u e accom
plished their own selfish purposes, they
laugh at the victims of their treachery,
and the League has answered the pur
pose lor which it was brought into
existence, and becomes a thine of the
past. —Know ille Commercial.
How if ihiilcil.
Vi e mentioned some days ago that the
fine saddle horse of Dr. Wilson had !
been stolen, and that the thief had made
good his escape. When last seen, the (
horse and rider were rapidly passing
up the Marietta road. Three gentle-!
men, George Kries, Esq., at their head,
went in immediate pursuit, and were
so successful in following the route
taken by the thief, that they could
hear of him hut a short distance ahead
< I their, all the while. From one of
the party we learn that the pursuers
and pursued slept within a half-mile of
each other the first night out. The
pursuit was continued to within a few j
miles ol Canton, in Cherokee county,
when the thief, whose name is now .
known, sought refuge in the woods,
ililts rendering 1 1 is capture next to im- j
possible, it. was ascertained l>y r the
party from Atlanta, that there is a reg- j
itlady organized band of horse thieves,
whose I,no of romimuncation extends
;is far as Mobile. In llie vicinity of
Canton they are known to have a ren
dezvous, and so complete are their
arrnngeineuts for transferring stolen
horses from one point to another, and
in so rapid a manner is the illicit traffic
carried on, that it is quite impossible to
recover stolen property ol that charac
ter. A number of the men composed
if the gang are actually known, but the
law lias thus far been unable to reach
.them. A l uge number of horses, stol
en in East Tennessee, are known to
have been carried to that point. In
one instance, wc are informed that a
pursuing party from East Tennessee
succeeded in overtaking' and capturing
a immbcr of valuabb animals, and dis
persing the gang. Since it is known
that stu b an organization is in actual
existence, and that members of it are
iioulnless dailv seen to stand upon our
street corners, too much precaution
cannot he used by parties owning line
s oek. Gentlemen ofthat character are
quite fastidious and want line stock
only. —[Atlanta Intelligencer.
Tli v Aew Soufli Carolina.
Ol il man Forney’s Philadelphia Press
is getting very sweet on South 'Caro
lina. Out friends of the Palmetto
Territory ought to feel encouraged.
The following is from the Press.
The resolutions ad oped at the late
meeting of the freed men at Beaufort are
specially significant, on account ol
indications they give of the character
of the New South Carolina the Repub
licans of tbat State are endeavoring to
construct. They propose that its cor
ner-Monc “shall he freedom, and not
slavery and “that of all the thirty •>
seven Slates, which are now about to
constitute one solid phalanx in the
I mon, nyt one of them shall have a
constitution more republican in form or
superior in any way to the one” they
are about to make for the “ancient ant!
venerable Commonwealth of South
Carolina.’” They promise to have
Presidential t lectors chosen bv the
people instead ol the Legislature, as
hereto) »|- ; ; io establish free schools ; to
■ 'lev-- 'V poor and destitute, and to
>h. * ?,.• !j ;:'• ■;in j i st-
| and honor of the while country.”
O.ie such new State would he vvoitlhra
thousand <1 such npliihcalion, seces
sion, aristocratic, feudal, and treason
hatclnng ('nminniiwealths as the old
South Carolina, vv l.icli aimed constantly
at the debasement of the hulk of her
population, and at the destruction of
the Ftiion.
c; LOIIGI 4.
'fhe New ork Journal oj Commerce
is urging capitalists to turn their atten
tion to the South as offering a tempt
, ing field for safe and profitable invest
ment. It says ol Georgia :
The oppor'unities for this are
abundant; and if i lie investor seeks to
speculate, there are sure openings lor
increasing Ids capital two, five, and
ten-fold, There is no point where this
is more manifest than in the lieigbor
hood of Augusta, one of the most
beautiful cities ol the South. Those
splendid residences at the Sand Hills,
known to all travelers in old times as
the abodes of health, wealth, and lux**
' urv, are in many instances oflered for
sale at prices fabulously low, and
plantations near that city ate to he
purchased at rates which must be
j doubled within a year if the crop he a
good one. \\ ho can doubt that this
j portion of Georgia will rapidly develop
( wealth ? Georgia itself is one of the
most remarkable Stales, in natural
wealth, on the earth’s surface. Within
its boundaries may be grown nearly
| every article of food and luxury known
to tlie tropic and temperate zones,
j Bananas and oranges, tea and coffee,
• rtiimii ....it . oj.ptoo. melons, neach
! es, potatoes, whatever the United
States and Cuba can produce, Georgia
can also produce within her limits.
Her mineral treasures are also vast and
varied ; gold, and iron and other metals,
abound in her mines. Slate, marble,
and other stones, are in her quarries.
Thk Dkist anij Finances of Georgia.
—ln closing a resume of the the debt
and finances of Georgia, the April
number of Hunt's Merchants' Maga
zine says :
The probable resources of the State
Treasury for the current year (1860 7)
are estimated at 5882.252.05, anil the
expenditures at 8879,906,06. The in
come from such sources is thus estima
ted—general tax 845.000 ; tax on banks
and railroads, each, 85,000, and on
foreign insurance agencies, .§10,000;
tax on liquor sales, 800.000 ; dividends
from Atlantic «$* Gulf Railroad §20,000;
and net earnings of Western & Atlantic
Railroad, 8259.000. The disburse
ments include §IOO,OOO for tlie Assem
bly, $70,000 for the civil establishment,
and $307,000 for interest on the public !
debt. There is also included in the
estimate of disbursements SBO,OOO fur 1
payment of temporary loan ami SIOO, I
805,06 for undrawn balances of old
appropriations, together, $192,805, not
I belonging to the current year ; leaving
the actual necessary expenses of the
State at $686,900.
From the exhibits above given it is
quite apparent that Georgia is rapidly
recovering from the prostration caused
by the late hostilities. A State that is’
able to raise such a revenue as is here
estimated from a population ofless than
a million souls, two-fifths the number
only just emerged from the condition of
slavery, is a sure test of financial vital
ity. No further loans are wanted ; all
old accounts are. liquidated, and once
again the two sides of the public ledger
are balanced.
A Question of Altitude. — Two
gentlemen of this city recently fore
gathered, and. in course of conversa
tion, the following colloquy ensued :
Mr. J’. (seriously), “i have known j
Gov. Brown lor many years. I saw |
him, yesterday, and he looks at least
two inches taller.” Mr. 11. (grimly).
“Very natural, very natural, friend IJ.;1 J .;
any man who has been taken up on a
high mountain ought to be at least two \
inches tallery
Jefferson Davis.
The New York '1 imes’ special of
April 30th, says the present indications
are that the trial of Jell’. Davis will not
take place, as expected, in Richmond
next Monday, but that a further post
ponement wiil be made. The advisa
bility of admitting Davis to bail is now
being considered.
Several prominent persons having
been here lately to inquire regarding
the case of Jeff. Davis, with a view to
obtain his tiial or release without fur
ther delay, it is asserted, on the very
highest authority, that the government
lias offered to release Mr. Davis on
his own parole, bm that be lias posi
tively declined to accept his freedom,
unless the same is given uncondition
ally.
A Fortress Monroe dispatch, dated
tlie 30th of April, says :
Mrs. Jeff Davis, accompanied by Dr.
Pemberton, hi other of the rebel General
Pemberton, returned yesterday Irom a
visit to Washington, where they were
engaged in interviews with prominent
Southern men upon the question of
Mr. Davis’ release. The result of the
visit is unknown. Mrs. Davis is in
remarkably good health and spirits,
and, in conversation with fiiends, has
lately spoken very confidently ol iiis
early release tom confinement.
Dyspepsia.— Do not suffer with dy-pops’a,
when relief is so close at hand. Twenty
thousand people have lean cured of this ten i"
! discuss in t’i* las! wir }-v ftjt- of
n ’»*• * pc.omuch Ft t'er-:.
The Express.
SAM'I, II SMITH a s!, ROUT. P. MiI.AM
Editors and Proprietors.
Cardrsville, Ga. May, lO SS«7.
Home District Conference 31.
12. ClitircL .Son Hi.
ree ently attended a District
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
: Church South, at Rome, for the Rome
District, which embraced the 3d, 4th
| and sth days of the present month, and
was much gratified at the result of the
! meeting. We recognize in this move*
| meat anew era in Methodism in the
South, It brings together elements
in said church never before assembled,
j and calls forth talents into the field
heretofore unknown. It is composed
all the travelling and local preachers
within the district, and one lay dele
gate Irotn eacli church and two lay del
egates from each Quarterly Conference,
and is presided over by a Bishop, and
in the absence of the Bishop by the
i Presiding Elder. The Romo District
is composed of 13 stations, circuits and
missions, and 13 traveling and 75 lo
cal preachers, besides laymen, consti
tuting an assembly of ai least one hun
dred and fifty men when fully attended.
'Phe object of the conference is to de
vise the best means and measures for
the spread of the gospel, for the diffu
sion of scriptural knowledge, for the
strengthening of the bulwarks of Zion,
and building up of the waste places of
Zion, by more effectually calling into
the vineyard of the Lord that large class
of officials in the church known as the
“local ministry,” more fully defining
their duties and obligations, and, at
the same time, enlisting the laity more
fully in their interests and work in the
great cause ol human redemption.—
The state of the church, the support of
the ministry, the education of children
both white and black, ihe course of
study t.o be pursued by local preachers,
Sabbath Schools, Missions, anil Church
Literature, were all subjects taken un
der advisement by the Conference, can
vassed freely and fully, and such recom
mendations and rules adopted as was
considered important to the growth
and welfare of the church and efficien
cy ofthe ministry and membership coup
led with the enlargement of Zion’s bor
ders.
Bishop McTyere presided, and John
W. Heidt was appointed .Secretary, and
Samuel 11. Smith Assistant Secretary.
The pulpits of the Methodist, Pres
-1 byterian and Baptist churshes were fill
ed on Sabbath. Bishop McTyere
preached at the Methodist E. Church
in the morning, after which Revs. Jas.
S. Harkins and Thomas N. Pledger
were ordained Deacons: Rev. A. G.
j llaygood, P. E., preached in the after
noon, after which, the Revs. Wm. W.
Simpson, Win. W. Leake, C. W. C.
Harris, Samuel H. Smith and Wm.
Cunyus, were ordained Elders. Rev.
Wm. 11. Felton, local preacher, Dr. 11.
V. M. Miller, J. E. Shumate, and 11.
F. Price, laymen, were eleeted dele
gates, and Rev. J, W. Ivaiglcr, local
preacher, and A. C. Trimble, layman,
| alternate delegates, to represent the
I Rome District in the next Annual Con
! ference, under the new rule providing
for hay Delegation. Carlersville was
selected as the place for holding the
District Conference next year.
At the close of the Conference the
following vote of thanks was unani
mously adopted :
Resolved , 'That the thanks of this
body are tendered to the citizens ol
Rome for their hospitality : to the Pas
tors ol the Presbyterian and Baptist
churches for the use of their pnipits,
to the Western & Atlantic, and Rome
Railroads for the reduction ol the fare
to tiie members of the Convention.
The citizens of Rome without dis
tinction of religious purstiasion, threw
open their doors and received the dele
gates into their houses and families,
l
treated them with ail that hospitality
for which they are so justly distinguish
ed, and for which favor, the blessings
and benedictions of the same are de
' voutly bestowed upon them. Alto
gether it was an interesting occasion,
both to delegates and citizens. Every
thing passed off pleasantly, and, we
trust, profitably to all.
The Rome Commercial is unformed
that the Cornwell Iron Works, near
Cedar Bluff, \ !a., will Commence work
iin >Tic course ol tin da vs.
BQrTlie following are the resolu
tions passed by the Ercedmen’s Con
vention recently assembled in Macon,
Ga., to take into consideration the Ed
ucational interests of the colored peo
ple of ‘.lie State :
The Executive Committee, which
had been appointed by the Superinten
dent ol Education for the State to pre
pare business fur the action of the
Convention, signified ie-tditiess to re
port, through its Chairmen. James
Porter, of Catham. The report was
read ;
Resolved , Tha.t we acknowledge the
truths of the. Christian religion to bean
essential part, and the only secure
formation ol Education. —the safe-guard
j of human freedom, and the ouly source
of individual and national happiness
and prosperity, and we earnestly appeal
therefore, to our brethren throughout
Georgia to use everv » possible means
within their reach to secure for them
selves and their children sound and
scripture instruction. ,
Resolved, That the Bureau Superin
tendent of Education be requested to
appoint as many men as he may deem
advisable, upon the broad basis ol com
petency and not color, to lecture and
give instruction and encouragement to
our people in establishing day anti
Sunday Schools. 1
Resolved, That we will give counte
nance and employment only to teachers
of good Christian character, who will
instruct our children with the same
care that they instruct their
own children, and who are themselves
earnest and faithful in making us ac
quainted with all our rights, duties and
immunities bv recent enactments of
Cungress.
Resolved, That we request all teach
ers to open each day’s school exercises
with prayer, and bv reading a portion
of the Scriptures, but we do not ap
prove of teaching any sectarian or
denominational dogmas, believing that
all such matters should he excluded as
detrimental to the interests and pros
perity of Free Schools.
Resolved, That we advise all who
desire to establish schools to organize
Educational Associations, by which in
raise the funds necessary to pay teach
ers, and in order to look to all the
interests ol the schools we advise the
people in every locality in which a
school is opened to appoint a Board of
School Directors, to consist of six
members, whose business it shall be to
correspond and co-operate with the
Bureau Superintendent of Education,
Northern Freedman’s Aid Societies,
and all other parties who are willing t)
assist us in the moral and mental culture
of our race.
Resolved, That the Bureau Superin
tendent of Education and Executive
Commute of the Georgia Educational
Association be requested to appoint as
many men as he may deem advisable
upon the broad basis of competency, and
not color, to lecture and give instruction
and encouragement to our people in
establishing day and Sunday Schools.
Cass—-Five schools, five colored
teachers,five hunderd scholars. Three
Sabbath schools, three hundred and
fifty pupils. (‘White folks getting more
sociable' in opinion of delegate.)
Eilucntion in Georgia.
The Bureau Superintendent of In«
struction for Georgia reports two hun
dred colored schools in that Stale, and
one hundred thousand colored persons
learning, in one way or another, to
read or write. These schools extend
over forty six counties. The total cost
of sustaining them last month was
$6,050, of which the freedmen paid
$2,000, the Bureau SBIO, and Northern
societies $3,840.
- - mm
New Or, leans, May 2. —Advices
from Tampico to the 21th ultimo say
that Gomez has pronounced against
Juarez and in favor of Ortega.
Dates from Matamoras to the 28th
ultimo say news reached Montery on
the 24th to the ioltowing effect:
Forferio Diaz occupies a part of the
city of Mexico. llis headquarters are
at the Convent of Santa Domingo. Ol
two squares of the main plaza of the
city, one"is still defended by the Im
perialists.
Gen. Hubert, at the head of a body of
Imperialists, had made another attempt
to cut his way out of Queretaro. The
Imperialists at Queretaro were literally
in a starving condition.
Gen. Guadanama, who pursued and
routed the Imperial forces under Mar
quez, has returned to Queretaro.
The Liberals were anxious to end
the struggle at Queretaro, aad were
working energetically to do so.
The Times, ol this city, publishes a
report received from a private source,
which says that another battle has
been fought at Queretaro, resulting in
the defeat of the demoralized linperal
ists’and tiie death ol Miratnon. After
the fight Queretaro was occupied by tiie
Liberals.
Maximilian cannot be found any
where. It is supposed that he secretly
lied. This confirms the report that
Diaz has defeated Miratnon, and the
Liberals are complete masters ol the
situation.
A Gentleman from Calhoun county
states that on the 25th ultimo the most
awful hail storm on record fell in that
region. Colton and corn were cut to
pieces, and wheat literally destroyed.
That important crop was in the “boot’’
' and ready to shoot out, hence a clear
sweep was made of it. *. Planters were
plowing up their grain to supply its
place with corn or some other prov ision
crop. —[Atlanta Intelligencer .
Tilt romiTiuiii.“tgix-d ‘■Fi.ern,” has
I or.-eff-!; !;••.>!» thus- i ffiiT, e <tic rea
»cn •! > ii.o ,-jq- oicv th " *.-• «*.
W c wonUl ro«rri't very much to see a
eontliet ot authority raised between tiie
two intended co-operative branches of
the government—the civil and the tnil
rt try the civil must \ield, and the
arbitrament of the sword is seldom, il
ever, very eonciliatorv. We fear,
however, that designing persons have
been and are still trying to brin«r about
a breach between these two functiona
ries of the government ; but from the
very respectful language in which the
correspondence is clothed, we hope and
be!iev“ that their object will not be ac
complished. Cartersville Express.
Os course you do not mean to insin
uate that the •■Sentinel on the Watch
tower”—he who was taken up on “a
little mountain’’ by the old Dragon
Tit.. ! —lie who lias become a peripatetic
pettier of “Radical progression” in this
Stale.
The heroic military chieftain who
captured Fort Pulaski from the United
Slates garrison of tad-poles, sand flies
and mosquitoes (there were no blue
jackets in the Fort); of course you do
not, brother Express , mean to include
Joseph Rex 1. and his right and lett
bower, Dunning and Markham, in the
list of designing oersons who are en
deavoring to bring about a breach
between General Pope and Governor
Jenkins. Everybody in Georgia knows
that Joseph is devoting the remnant of
a well-spent-life in efforts to induce the
people, he has more than once betray
ed, to lend him their aid in securing a
removal of the disabilities under which
he labors on account of his stupendous
military achievements before, and during
secession, and, therefore, be would lie
the last man in the State who would
like to see the military supreme!— in
a horn. [Chronicle Sentinel.
Episcopal Methodist Church.
'Phe Richmond Advocate publishes a
letter from Bishop Doggeit, who has
been attending a council of the Bishops
of the Southern Methodist Church. It
communicates the following official an
nouncement of the result of the latest
votes in connection with the subjects
of Lay Delegation and Church name :
OFFICIAL AXXOUXCI;MKNT.
The following is an extract from the
Jour- of the College of Bishops :
On Tuesday. April 10, the hook
editor, at the request of the Bishops,
joined them in gathering, verrifying,
and casting up the votes of the annual
conferences on the two questions—
Change of Name and Lav Delegation
—submitted by file late General Con
ference.
Whereupon it appeared that returns
had been received from all the annual
conferences, with the following results:
On Change ot Name, 1.577 votes
have been cast: A’eas, 1,108; nays,
409. ’The affirmative vote being less
than the required three-fourths, this
question was pronounced lost.
On Lay representation, 1.570 votes
have been cast: Aeas, 1,199; nays,
271. The affirmative vote being the
required three-fourths oftlte whole, this I
question was pronounced carried.
11. N. McTvkiuk.
From Washington.
Washington, May 6.—The Demo
crats have carried Lancaster, Pennsyl
vania, by 570 majority—a gain ul' 200
since last year.
Tlsc Kentucky Elections.
Louisville, May 5. Congressional
elections quiet. Grover’s majority in
the sth district 4,000. Peck is fleeted
in the 7th, and Knott in the 4th. All
Democrats elected. In proportion to
vote cast the Democratic majorities will
be larger than last year.
The Southern Baptist Convention
assembles in Memphis, Temn., on
Thursday, May Oth.
Georgia State Bonds.— A telegram
from New York to one of the leading
brokers of Augusta, quote Georgia
State bonds at 84 —firm, with good de
mu mi.
Call Upon Gen. Pope —The
Montgomery Advertiser makes a rail
upon Gen. Pope to issue and order
something like that issued by Gen
Sickles, commander of the second Mil
itary District, staying executions for
one year.
A Show of Rahics.
In Savannah, on May Day, they had
a novel exhibition. Nearly all the ba
ilies of the city were dressed in their
finest style, and c; rried by their nurses
to the Park, where a regular proces
sion being formed, they marched round
in review. It is said that the “show”
was exceedingly interesting.
Personal.
General 11. Porter and O. E. Babcock,
of Gen. U. S Grant’s staff, reached the
citv yesterday, and are guests at the
National Hotel. We learn that they
are on a general tour of inspection.—
At Intel, of blh.
Judge Underwood vesterday issued
a habeas corpus , direetingthe command
ing officer of Fortress Monroe to bring
Mr. Davis before him on the 13th.
The writ is obtained by Geo. Shea. It
is understood the writ will he obeyed,
and that Mr. Davis wiil not be remanded
to military custody.
* ,
Ex-Governor Perry.—Ex-Gover
! nor Perry, of South Carolina, has
| written and published another letter, in
| which he advises the people of that
State, who are not disfranchised, to g>
forward and register, and then vote “No
; Convention.” lie says it is the only
way to preserve the peace, maintain
honor, and prevent confiscation and a
! division of lands among the negroes,
A \ irgmia negro, according *> an
jexchange, on heating that Congress
was going to give lands to the darkies,
said: ‘-Land, de debil! I’s free now,
and don’t want no land. I’s givyno to
■ git worms and go ftshiu.” Give him a
vote.
—Three country lawyers of one burg
in Mississippi sent their several appli
! cations to Thad. Stevens for a copv of
the Bankrupt bill, and all called him
I “My Dear.” etc. Tit ad. answered with
three copies of his Confiscation bill and
a circular commencing “My Ytrv
j Dears.”
Prentice wittily observes that Gen.
Butler is terribly annoyed in Congress.
His seat is a most uncomfortable one.
It bristles with pins, thorns, ten-penny
nails, and spikes. May the Devil
sharpen them, and add to them the
tines of one of his pitchforks.
Onk of Josh Billings’ maxims—
“Rize arly, work hard and late, live on
what you cannot sell, give nothing awa,
and if you don’t die riteh, and go to
the devil, you utav sue me lor llama
cres.”
F. E. Clewell. an ex-Conledernte
officer, committed suicide at St. Louis
a few days ago by taking morphine.
The Preparatory and Normal De
partment of the llowaid University at
Washington, far the education of
colored men as teachers and ministers,
was to have been opened the lirst of
May. Rev. Dr. Boynton is President
of the University.
The commander of the post at Mem
phis, Tennessee, forbade any public
demonstration in honor of the Confed
erate dead on April 2Gth. but subse**
quentlv withdrew his objections and
suffered the matter to proceed.
Tub Question of War in Efropk.
—lt seems, alter all, that M. Bismark
cannot control affairs with a high hand
outside of Germany. The Luxemburg
question is to be settled peaceably by a
Congress to meet in London next
month, while, in the meantime , the
Fortress of Luxemburg is to be dis
mantled. In other words, Prussia
evacuates the Fortress even before the
Congress commences to deliberate, and
as to the rest of the country, it is hard
ly worth while talking, much less
lighting about. 'Flic fortress hatred
the road from Paris to Berlin : that road
is now open, and il strikes ns Napoleon,
at least, ought to he satisfied with the
settlement of this vexed question.”
Colored men of East Tennessee, von
who have not .‘alien into the snare,
shun it as von would the poison of the
upas tree. You who have been caught,
and are now held in bondage, assert
your tights as free men, and regain
your liberties as soon as v< it can. It I
does not become any race of men ohe
herded like cattle, and he driven to the 1
ballot-box. and made to vote as a few !
designing leagues may want them to, j
and for their benefit alone. Let the i
colored man in the League compare his j
situation with the free man. who is at j
liberty to be a free and independent
man.
The editor of the Baltimore Gazelle
has received up to the 29th of April.
8604, contributed for the benefit of
Polk county, Grorgia.
Ixformtiox Wanted. Mrs. Marv
C. Morris, of Coweta countv. is v»o v
desirous of obtaining some information
concern irg her son .1. C. Morris, who
inlisted as a private in Capt. Bell’s
company of the 19lh Georgia Regiment.
At the date of her last information
concerning him, lie was at Manassas
Junction, in 1804. J. ('. Morris is or
| was a large port! v man, weighing nearly
: two hundred pounds; has or had dark
hair, and the first joint of the little
finger of ilie right hand is missing.
Her postoffice isNewnan. Exchanges
please copy.
Is This So. —An exchange publishes
this way l(» save oil : Pin the wick into
the lamp and fill the latter about half
full of coarse salt, and then put m an
inch of oil and it will be found that a
great saving will be the result. The
salt wasts away gradually during the
burning, and must, therefore, lie re
newed from time to time. '1 lie light is
purer and more brilliant than ihat with
out salt, and the wick needs no trim
ming.
Universal Taxation. —Never Ins
the ingenuity of man been more taxed
in getting u-p a tax list. Nothing has
been omitted u liicli the combined heads
of Congress could think of. The tax
list now embraces sixteen thousand i\\i
ferent articles, and wil l he amended
from time t» time to meet anything new
which may be invented. Truly we
are a progressive people. — [Intel.
“fils Head is Level.”
[From the New Orleans Picayune]
While passing a stable yard yester
day, in the upper portion cf the city,
our attention was attracted, for a few
moments in two old colored men who
were trying to hitch a mule to a little
wagon. The mule was very obstrep
erous — lie had his dander up about
something, and lie put in a serious pro
test against the whole proceed
ings.
lie reared, and pitched, and threw
his hind feet about remarkanlv active
damaging wagon and several times
threatening to knock off the head of two
of the darkies, who were lamming a
way at his tnuleship with a long hoop
pole* The two negroes labored hard,
i but without avail. The animal had
not been worked for some time, and he
felt his oats, and was not to he trifled
with. Afier three or four ineffectual
attempts were made to get the mule
between the shafts, the colored gentle**
mutt with a hoop pole had hi.-passion
aroused, and commenced larruping the
animal in good earnest. The mule ac
cepted the issue made, upset the color
ed gentleman who was tickling him
with the hoop, and taking French
leave, his mnleship dashed clown the
street in full glee over what he had ac
complished .
The old darky who got knocked
down, with the aid of Ins comrade,
slowly got to his feet again. He gave
a glance at the retreating mule, and
slowly shaking his bead, he remarked:
“Pete, dal ar mule like some niggers.
You let ’em (tab liberty for a little time,
an’ da won’t do nuffm -but try to vote.
1 bet dat mule is gwine down to de
place whar dey register now,” \Ye
didn’t wait to hear any thing more, but
concluded that that old darky's head
was level.
C on list ationisits.
The Raleigh Sentinel , noticing the
fact that at a radical meeting in Ran
dolph county, North Carolina, Con
gress was especially appealed to, to
pass the ‘Stevens’ confiscation hill,
makes the billowing remarks, which
are applicable in other localities than
that ot the old North State :
ll we were called upon to spot one of
these confiseationisls m Norib C;roli
na, we should describe him thus: He
was either an original secessionist or a
violent war man in the start. 11 ;
didn’t go into the tight himself, hut he
urged others to go. He abused the
Yankees at every cross-road from
morning until night, and swore that lie
would never give uu, as long as he
could get anybody else, to Jight/or him.
He boasted of what he had done lor
the “brave hoys’ in the fi<'ld, and how
much he contributed to idm “sacred
cause.” He would leave the country
rather than submit to live again under
the “cursed old gridiron.” But when
he saw that defeat and disaster were
impending, he whipped around, vowed
that he had always hem a friend t >
the Union, perhaps joined the “Red
String,” and to cover up his own
treachery, was as blatant in his abuse
ol rebels as he had ever been of Yan
kees.
Kew Ad\erliscinen'.s.
MEW STOWE! NEW GOOSSS !
And New Arrangements.
The ninth-rstgried t: lies |,]i>asui'<> In nm nni'c 1 ’ ... to t! o
ett Belts of Cmt rsville and Mil ruli ihup I 'lii.lr.. Ilnifc
I e has jn»t opened nut a most t-|> i-.jil.-d anti J’Ar-ll
lON A HLb. Snick of
adapted to the wants o* Him j o«pt>\ wk'oh he ii|o|miscs
to sell lit P lie to SIMT tlieTl' K-,
Ltdi* suit (kid inuiu.-t Every tli u/ pt rt ilniii# to the r
WARDROBE.
<1 K.\"f I.KVIKN will find At aerial amt Furnish! *<
(roods lor Clothing.
Famine 1 ! Will find aI! Kind* n r in’* f'nr tni'H for do.
MESTIC USE, «iho BOOTS, SHOTS,
Hats Bonnets, Hoop "kills,
l 1 It 11 MV IlilS OvC ixC.
Also v. 11l keep on hand a larqe lot of
UK W! I U I, l) i»M li pny to receive cll- at an.\ tic e.
His lint, aiv throe 11 w and open. li 1 the tovd itlmi
is to alh (dime ai (I eMiinit t- lis em-d* and pit os.
Next dot r lo A. A. Ski aiei ACo. it dj- s 1 he'ow t' e
I’osi t'tli •«. 1, KK 'tit - ON.
.1, T. “TOCKo w l ■ FcilUs't.
C-ii rti is\ i'h'. (ii., May 'M 1 07.
Valuable Invnilicn.
Ttirko y-Decoy
Catent Fit&f ISM. Potcnfv/ bp t l> f nur/tmif *'/,
M 'con, ikh pj>i Is )T
(pUK Turkey I)ueoy is made «t a Hlb bout 1?/
I 'mu, \}4 in diameter, wi b a sp’ral trili Insl-ie ;
a s an apptnit'is made of slit horn mtl a slip «»f pa
per li led in a b »x on Mm end of the tube to • fiance the
vofc4 ot* tii : operator. A man can g r oLLIe. yH , e • t**,
cluck, dr iii„ or strut, an l make any md-e • ale eit ei*
by a tnrkey gobble* or hen. Cm u-u the Dect y any
time M r itiirh Mi* day nr yenr Mice?: -fully.
The Dec y will last at un her of ytaih A r v p<‘ r fmn
cinne them with a little pi net ice. full ins! motion
printed on each Decoy. Any a port* man or Ituider ea i
p'y for his D •< oy in mic day bv slm t’n* turkeys.
The Decoy is nicely jlti ded, painted, and lit e<i up, hi >1
will he se t by nm l or exp es-, prepaid to any parr of
the United 8 aies, upon the reo Ipt of live dollar*
Everv huititr sinui’d send and j/e’ one,
AGENTS WANTED.—Patent rights will be sold for
8ta»o nr County n reaso a d* t rt *ins. Any r< IVr I'os
tli at may be asked lor, ehe»rfplly liven, mid panics
who )ia n doubts in regard to the decoy will pleas*,
before purchasing, correspond.with any <»flicer or ci i
zeu of the town or county.
Th«>se wto wish to act as ngentg will ple.°?e remit
five dollars Tor san p'e ep i stat*inent of their sdary,
Atui ’ess the S«He inanuLieturec. K. M. BWELB,
Miton *P. 0., Noxubee Cos., Mis*.
N. I>. If any Editor or Printer in the Southern
teg will publish my circular once and set <1 me <>/iq
copy of Mieir paper, I will send them one decoy and
make tinman Aireiit forme, or will send them tlio
money. Semi me b.ll of choice, with pape**.
F. M. S.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OEOR
GIA,
Macon, Ga., May lut., 18G7.
Gene oat, Orueek, )
No. 6. S
I—The unv of tlir* “'Chain Gatic” n.« a mode
oflegul punishment in this .State, having been
atiused bv the authorities empowered to inflict
such punishment, is hereby discontinued, ex
cept in cases connected with prisoners sen
tenced to the Penitent 1 iary.
All Post C tmrnanthvs within the limits of
this State are hereby directed to enforce this
order, and report any action on the part of the
civil authorities, who refuse to obey the. same.
Bv command of Col. CALEB C. SIBLEY,
U.B, A.
(Signed) JOHN E. lIOSMER.
Ist Lieut, lfith U 8. Infantrv,
and A. A, A. U.'
Official.
Ist Lieut. 16th U. 8. Infantry and A. A. A G.
Executor’s Sale.
BY virtue nf an order of ttie court of ordinary of r.ir.
tow eountv, and by authority of the last Will of John
Clayton, late of Bartow enmity, deceased, will he udd
to the hljfhest bidder, at the Court house doi r in Car
tersvilte, in said county of Bartow on the first Tuesday
in duly next, in the leqal en'e hours, lot of land number
nme thousand and four 11004. in the twenty fl«rt (21st)
district of Hie second (?nd) section of ori|;inslly Cher
okee. now Bartow county. Sold so- distribution and
and the payment ol the debts of said estate. Terms
cash. YVABIUN AKIN,
May 8,15G7. Executor.
DR. O. I»I\KEUTO\.
Cartersville ,
Tenders his professional services to the citizens of
Cartersville and surrounding country, and will atie> and
ca'ls at alt hours. Office up-strirs in Ur. Samuel Clay
ton’s New Brick Building. May 10, 18G7,wIjr