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KEWNAK. GEORGIA.
Saicrday Jtoftaing. April 7, 18M.
? Clerk's office a paper donnected with the
case. One of the beauties of law.
Besides the attorneys residing iirCar-
! rollton, lion H. Buchanan and S. Free-
make arrests, and that other officers may
bo specially commissioned far that pur-
j»ose by the Preridcnt oi the 1 uited Sta
tes. ft also authorizes Circuit courts of
the United States, and superior ooutt>^ oi
The president's Peace Proclamation.
Wasm: ctox. AyrH 2.
Wh-rea?. by procLunatiou on the ?5tb an!
April, 1 SO:. the I*resident of the L-
19th of
States. bv virtue of the powo
re>t i .l in him
■*‘1 shall take no Step Backward.”
Fuch fa tlic language of President
Johnson fo tTic iJaltimorc Committee,.
who waited opoa him a few days ago to ton, of Cobb, and Iliraxn >1. Matthews, | persons,
•ffrurc him of the approval of his policy 0 f Carrollton, were examined by a coui-
Newnan ; C- Nt*. .viatiry, of the territories, to appoint, without limita-
J. Head, of Buchanan; i tion. commissioners, who are to oe char
•red with the performance of
cial duties
“ The section empotrefs
missionsr$, 'tb wredtvd by the
appoint, in writing, one or more suitable
‘ man, E c q . of
Franklin; M
Col. Waddell and Solicitor Gen. Blance,
I of Cedar Town, w*re prescutaud engaged .
in the business *G Like Court; , . * • ■ 1
On Tuesday of Court, M
•„v the c Jstitmfem «fcd the tew, HeeM tUt J ^ ^
thelaws of the U. Slate
tlm avnentirtiv tVM
were oppm
- instructed in the
Communicated.
Mr. Editor: Now that the Legislature
l has adjourned, will, you be so kind as to
rive these few lines a place in your col-, j
. . 1 umns? The action of that, honorable
I foots of the gnm Storm King in Illinois J ^ ^ faUen ?t , far , hort of thc C x P ec-
From theEvansville (Ind.) Journal. oftbe29th.
• Terrible Tornado in Johnson County,
Illinois.
Many remarkable and most strange ef- i =
I » _ £ it- 2 . >n/« in 1 HtnAtC I ^
time to time been recorded
Accounts have been given of the tearinj
J. A. Cot-
time to time.
execute
by tin ir conhtitueots. 1 bej*e words give
unmistakable, evidence of the nerve and
mittee and received the usual licences of
attorneys. We were informed that both
purpose of the speaker. Let the Radicals t hc young gentlemen passed very credits- ze
howl, altrader and villify him, or ifleife T<ft b i e examinations. ! eT
assassination, still Andrew Johnson knows j Judgp l'eatberston. presided, and, as
his duly, and, come weal come doe, will usual, was courteous to the bar aud the
perforin it. 11 is language, noble and ! Ocople. He bolds fast to
courageous as it is, is not the only cir-
aij.i whereas, l.t another proclamation, m u.e
the 16th dav of August in the same year,
an act of Cougre?', rppTOved j u r j]j^ a „
ihah.tan..- of (»e<>.<-ia, . j,jj! 09<>n county 1 Ui(tois,-ami one of the
sippi and Florida, exoeptin
f*lrobins, Tenncs.-c*,
Texas. Arkansas* Sissis-
the inhabitants of
tations of the people in giving relief to j
the debtor portion in this embarrassed
almost devasted condition of our;
I feel it to be my duty, as well !
the people and thc press, to speak
and demand of the next Legislature i
permanent relief; and if the conscieu-.
T '“; ? cious scruples ot the Governor are so!
ZLr&.’S&JZTTji -ute M .'.prevent hie oaten., let kj-
and give place to one who will
aware of.
We were yesterday visited by Mr- Win.
lira Ibertisnitfuk
TO THE CITIZFXs
OF
(Hmncta Co until.
1
people.
ion of all which he won in former days.
cumstance that will help to win thc heart IIis honor is an able Judge, and conscieu- n<»t responsible to the government, but to
and admiration of our people. lie has 1 cions in thc discharge of his duties. the commissioner’s only -and in whose
juftr-sfilt' aftojhef^rty aerufa fluf dark!
heipona. ' We.refer to bis proc
addition to the military, and are authori-
__d to summon a po$te comitatus, aud
even to call'to their aid such portions of, q{ ^ Sti|eaBd the othcr States before ,’
thc land and naval forces of the. I mted , | iRmeii as nJ _, ht niainlain a IoT;l , lesion to 20th, which caused
~~ ~ (he Union and the constitution, or niijrht be r and the total destruction of e\er^ thing
oiled by J the lino of its inarch, cutirejy uprooti
most extensive in that county, who fuv-' He relief Ls unconstitutional.
■*HE Legislature of the State of (Joorgias
p.iS-ed a Riil organizing a County Court,
On the first Wednesday in Way treat an elec
tion will he heM for-a Judge of that Court,
and I respectfully announce to the citizens of
Coweta that I am a Candidate for that office.
Before the war I wag too vonng to be comect-
__ . ed wiih any political party—consequently I
if he is right, the preseut IIoiuc- j have no enemies or friends politically. I Le
na mi tne r - t * fes > or °1 t * ,e ^il*** 8 * a? n,a J ne ®‘ s ...
a c " I 8ar y to thc performance of the duty with J from time to time oce
the good opin- w , )jch th are c j iar; ,ed. Thiscxtraordin-1 the forced of the y. St
• a ,v power is.o be coel'errcd epon
nishes us with a succinct and detail- jj
that part of the ^ d f CnptH> " ) of a .‘r r L na i° ^Vu 1, stead’Bill and the Stay Law, signed by ' caitte a soldier in the Confederate Army early
of the Albany mountains.and lo , J^ ‘ passed over tklt neighborhood on the ■ | ^ ^ erc unconstitutional, and I *« the year 1361-the Army of the Pitomac
-- sed a terrible loss of life, j Homcstca j Bi H ^fited by the Gov- h ’ Beauregard) and
iu| . ■ ^ , j afterwards known aj the Army of Northern
1 Delteve v'irjTjnift, *
Upled and controlled
States engaged in the dis-
ernment is unconstitutional.
•eh entirely ur.rootin^ 1 ~ ‘rguun. With that Army I remained as a
. ’ * ^.^.the Legislature could hive repudiated , private until the S)tb day of April, 1865.
! n ° awa 3 louses, ree . | relief of the people and the banks ! I came home, and have closely applied my-;
hing above the ground, , ornnriotv that thev rerni- i - <eIf ‘ t0 the study of the law. I was admitted
[wjit/ral
lapiktiqn 1 declaring the rifar at an end.^-
At this early day wc cannot foretell all
thc conserjucnces that will follow thc is
suing Ottilia important document; but
wc do know (batihe Frcedfcan’B - Bureau
can h TC only twelve month* longer. Thc
death of thismonficr will be the birth of
enlarged liberty, and what patriot does
not feel like thanking God for such a
consummations.' Notwithstanding wc can
not deny that the President is gaining
odr affections, Mid we havi* no desire to
conceal the pleasure with which we jvjt
ness bis advance in unrolling the Consti
tution ; still, os long os the writ of 11a-.
bcas Corpus is withheld and the Press
muzzled, we can have no inclination to
throw up our hat and hollow hurrah for
Andrew Johnson.' Wo fhnkc no' cotn-
plaint against fcis rpcer* nets, fdr we
woitld hot have liiili do riiorc in those
particulars than lie has done; still we.
fuel inclined to wait until the sun of lib
criy is vp—until thc President haS taken
n few more steps, before wc can feel fret
to do or say more. In thc meantime we
think it the better policy of thc Southern
people to remain quiet. When thc battle
between thc Executive and Congress and
their supporters grows hotter, our aid and
influence will be sought, and to obtain it
the President will restore to us, as far as
IQ his power lies, every right wc enjoyed
in the past, nnd wc then, in that critical
moment, caifsttfp in and lend a helping
baud to our friends.
Synopsis of the President s Veto of the
Civil Rights Bill.
We give below the.substance of the Pres
ident's objections to this bill—which
published last week—the reader can get
a very clear idc^r^ the veto uiea^ngc, -
The President regifjtftthat he esmnot
iqonsistently with his sense of duty and
views of th*' Obnstiftitiun appprove
i Whereas, by another proclamation of the
— , j 1st of July, 1S62, issued »» pursuance of an
hands such authority might be made a ter- ! act 0 f Congress, approved January 7th, in the
rible engine of wrong, oppression and same year, the insurrection was declare) to be
The Stay Law.
'Ve think Our correspondent niiscon-
ntrued the-Stay Law. We cannot doubt
that it was thc intention of our Legisla
tors to pass an act to prevent thc levying
upori and sale of the property of any
debtor^who pays one-fourth of bis indebt
edness ; but iu event thc debtor fails
to pny thc one-fourth of thc judgment
against him, the creditor cau levy upon
his property tuid Sell enough to pay thc
fourth unpaid and no more. Its plira
sao^gy^ill authorize this construction.—
AVe do not fully concur with our corres
ponded iiu *U of liis positions, yet we
are willing to publish his views. On our
part, wc are,pfnjcnt to abide the Sthy/Law,
whether constitutional or not, and lend
our aid nnd inflbentfc “to the encourage
ment of kind feelings between thc credi
tor hnffSdebttif cresses of thc community.
Uouest debtors and merciful creditors
can manage their affairs justly aud equi
tably without thc intervention of any law.
As it will be a long time before the
General Assembly will convene again,
wc deem it unnecessary to say more on
this subject at thc present.
e bill. By the bill all persons, exclu
ding Indians not taxed, etc., are declared
citizens of the United States—including
Chinese of the Pacific States and Indians
taxed. This is the first time an effort
has been made to confer Federal citizen
ship upon excepted races (negroes) in the
States. If they are already citizens where
is the necessity of this act, and if notjeiti-
zens it is Dot thc time, while eleven Sta
tes are not represented in Congress, to
make the colored population citizens —
Four trillions have just emerged from sla
very and it is not presumable that they
are prepared to enjoy and appreciate the
privileges of citizenship, besides the Sta
tes have not requested it. This bill dis
criminates in favor of thc negro against
the foreigner, who is required to reside in
our limits five years and to perform other
acts before he can become a citizen. The
first section makes whites and blacks equal
before thc law, and forbids discrimination
by State luws, which right to discriminate
has been exercised by States North and
South, for instance no white person shall
enter into matrimony with a negro, and
if Congress can do away with discrimina
tion in one particular, it can do it in any
particular. If it be granted that Congress
can repeal some State laws, discriminating
between .whites and blacks, why may it
not do so in regard to laws of suffrage
and office-holding. Thc second section
inflicts penalty for violating rights confer
red' upon negroes by first section and
seems designed to apply to future State
law. It inflicts penalty upon a.State leg
islator who enact* a forbidden law nnd
the officer who cnforecar it. This section
thus invades the State legislative and
judicinl departments; If the State’s
Judge, in obedience to -£tato law, refuses
to let a negro testify, he is pwiLlicd for
the-refusah If States deny to the negro
any of thc rights granted by this bill and
that negro commits a crime against the
laws of that State, thc criminal can be
tried and punished only by Federal courts
and according to Federal law if there
is a law applicable to thc case.
“ The question here naturally arises,
from what sources Congress derives the
the power to transfer to Federal tribunals
certain cases embraced in this section.—
The Constitution expressly declares that
the judicial jtewer of the United States
shall extend to all cases in law aud equity
arising -under the Constitution, the laws
of the United States, and treaties made,
and which shall be made under their au
thority ; to all cases affecting embassa
dors or other public ministers and con
suls ; to all cases of admiralty and mari
time jurisdiction to controversies to which
the United States shall be a party to con
troversies between two or more States,
between a State and citizens of another
State, between ci izens ul different States,
claims of land under the grant of the differ
ent States, or between a State or the citi
zens thereof, and foreign States, citizens,
or subjects. Here the judiciary power of
the United States is expressly set forth
and defined, and thc act of September 24,
1789, establishing judicial courts of thc
United States in conferring upon the
Federal courts jurisdiction over cases ori
ginating in State tribunals to confine
them to the closes enumerated in thc
above recited clause of the Constitution.
This section of the bill undoubtedly com
prehended the cases, and authorizes the
exercise of powers that arc not, by thc
Constitution within the jurisdiction of the
courts of the United States to transfer
them to those courts would be an exercise
of authority well calculated to excite dis
trust and alarm on the part of the States,
for the bill applies alike to all of them ;
as well to those that have as to those that
have not been engaged in rebellion. It
may be assumed that this authority is in
cipient to the power granted to Congress
by the Constitution, as recently amended,
to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
article declaring that neither slavery or
involuntary servitude, except as punish-
mentfor crime whereof the pnTtv, shall have
beeu daly convicted, shall exist within
the United States or any place subject to
their jurisdiction ; it cannot, however, be
justly claimed that with a view to the
enforccmment of this action of the Const!
tion there is at present any neeesitity for
thc excise of all the powers which this
biH confers, slavery has been abolished.
fraud. The statutes regulating the land
and naval forces of the United States, and
the militia, in execution of thc laws, are
believed to be adequate for any emergen
cy which can occur rn time of peace. If
it should prove otherwise, Congress can
at any time amend tho$e laws in 6uch
manner as. while subserving public wel
fare, not to jeopard the rights, interests
and liberties rif the people.
The seventh section fixes the amount
and Hiauncr of collecting the fees of the
Commissioners. These fees are payable
from the Treasury of United States in all
cases, but, in the event of a conviction,
arc recoverable out or thc defendant.—
The President says:
“ It seems to me that under the influ
ence of such temptations bad men might
convert any law, however beneficent, into
an instrument of persecution and fraud.
“'By the eighth section of the bill the
United States Courts, which sit only in
one place for white citizens, must migrate,
with the Marshal and District Attorney,
( and necessarily with the Clerk, although
he is not mentioned,) to any part of the
District, upon the order of the President,
and there hold a court ‘ for the purpose
of thc more speedy arrest and trial of per
sons charged with a violation of this Act;’
aud there the Judge and the officers of
the court must remain, upon the order of
the President, for the time therein desig
nated.’
“ The ninth section authorizes the Pres
ident, or such person as he may empower
for that purpose, ‘ to employ such part of
the land and naval forces of the United
States, or of the militia, as shall be neces
sary to prevent thc violation and enforce
the due execution of this Act.’ The lan
guage seems to imply a permanent milita
ry force, that is to be always at hand, and
whose only business is to be the enforce
ment of this measure over the vast region
whefe it is intended to operate.
“ 1 do not propose to consider the pol
icy of thi$ bill. To me the details of
the bill seem fraught with evil. The
white race and the black race of the
South have hitherto lived together Under
thc relation of master and slave—capital
owning labor. Now, suddenly thaf rela
tion is changed, and, as to ownership,
capital artd labor are divorced. They
stand now each master of itself. In this
new relation, one being necessary to the
other, there will be a new adjustment,
which both arc interested in making har
monious. Each has equal power in set
tling thc terms, and if left to the laws
that regulate capital and labor, it is con
fidently believed that they will satisfacto
rily work out the problem. Capital, it is
true, has more intelligence ; but labor is
never so ignorant as not to understand
its own interests, not to know its own
value, and not to see that capital must
pay that value. This bill frustrates this
adjustment. It intervenes between capi
tal and labor, and attempts to settle ques
tions of political economy through the
agency of numerous officials, whose inter
est it will be to foment discord between
two races
employment will continue, and when it
is closed their occupation will terminate.”
still existing in the States sforesaM. with the
exception of certain specified comities in the
whole farms, carry-
wagons and everyth
and bringing mischief and mourning into
the happy homes of many.
31 r. Brill’s farm-house rests upon an
eminence sufficiently high to give him a
view of the section through which the
destruction passed, and on thc day of the
State of Virginia; •nd-whereas, b .y in » t J! fr 1 2 0th, he and hU family had a perfect
In pursuance of an act of Congress of July j View of the sublime scene which the an-
pursu&nce
13th, 186!, the exceptions named iu the proc
lamation of August 16th, 1861, were revoked,
and the inhabitants of'ffle-States of Georgia,
S. Carolina, Tennessee Alabama, Louisiana,
Texas, Axkaqsas, Missi^jnj, Florida and Vir
ginia. except the fjrtv-eight counties of \ ir-
ginia, designated as Western Virginia, and the
ports of New Orleans, Key West, Port Royal
and Beaufort:
And whereas, by another proclamation on
the 1st day of July, 18<>5>passed in pursuance
of an act of Congress, approved June 17, in
in thc same year, the insurrection was declar
ed to be still existing in thc States aforesaid,
with the exception of certain specified coun
ties in Virginiaand whereas, by another
proclamation, made on the second day of
April, 18C3, in pursuant* of an act of Con
gress of July 13th, 1861, the exceptions named
iu the proclamation of August 16, 1861, were
revoked, and the inhabitants of the States of
Georgia, S. Carolina, N". Carolina, Tennessee,
Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Missis
sippi. Florida nnd .Virginia, except the forty-
eight counties of Virginia, designated West !
Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key j
West, Port Royal and Beaufort, S. Carolina,!
were declared to be in a state of insurrection J
against the U. States ; and whereas, the House
of Representatives, on the 22d of July, 1861,
adopted resolutions in the words following, viz:
“ Resolved by the House of Representatives, J[C.,
That the present deplorable ci'il war has been
forced upon the Country by the disunionists of
the Southern Slates, now in rebellion against
constitutional government, and in arms around
the Capital; that iu this-national euiergcnry
Congress, banishing all feelings of resentment,
will do only its duty to the whole country;
that the war is not waged on our part in any
spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of
conquest or subjugation, nor for the purpose
of overthrowing or interfering with the estab
lished institutions of those States, hut to main
tain and defend the supremacy of the consti
tution, and to preser e the Union with all its
dignity equally, and thc rights of thc several
States unimpaired, and as soon as these objects
are accomplished the war ought to cease:”
And whereas, These resolutions, though not
joint or concurrent, form substantially, and
may be regarded as havipg expressed the sense
gry elements were enacting in a valley
one-half a mile south of his boos*.
He describes the appearance of the
storm as thc most terrific ever witnessed,
or that the wind can conceive. A dense
blackness enveloped the valley below,
while it was quite light on thc bills around
and this added to the distinctness of thc
whole. The most terrific foar, rtltnbling
and moaning filled the air and the smell
of sulphur was very strong. The unearth
ly noise seemed to drown the voice of spea
kers close to each other.
As it advanced, apparently with the
moderate speed of a locomotive, Mr. Brill
observed high in the air thc most extra
ordinary spectacle of trees, crushed hous
es, wood, rails and objects that appeared
to him to be horses and cattle, borne on
by the storm in dense volumes of dirt and
dust, all iu thc most inextricable confusion.
The very heavens were filled with the
contents of farms. Every object seemed
torn from the earth and folded upward.
Splintered timbers were torn up bodily
and dashed overhead, and perfect desola
tion spread over the valley.
The portion of the valley where this
tornado passed was in the neighborhood
ot Tobacco I'ostoffice, and within a few
miles, if we understand him rightly, of
Golconda. The tornado moved from west
to east, and appeared to keep in a chosen
path. The country is very broken, but
those living in thc small valley seemed to
suffer moat.
As the tornado advanced, the indica
tions of its course were very deceptive,
appearing to point in all dirctions. This
effect probably came from the revolution
going on in volumnes of dust and sulphu
ric smoke that enveloped everything in
the valley, and which, at times, seemed
ofCobfcress updt the subject Irhich they r*hue to roll and spread .in all directions.- The
And whereas, By my proclnnwlion of the 13th | whole country was inundated, and the
of June last the insurrection in the State of j soil in many places washed down to the
Tennessee was declared to have been suppress- 1
ed, the authority of the United States therein
to be undisputed, and sucli_j~uitcd States offi
cers as had been duly commissioned to be in
the undisputed exercise of their official func
tions;
And whereas, There now exists no organized
armed resistance of misguided citizens, nor
others, to the authority of the U. Suites, in the j
substratum of clay, as though the clouds
had burst and flooded the earth with
oceans of water at onee.
The following is the list of lives lost
and total destruction as far as named :
Joseph Harper was mortally injured,
three of his daughters were killed out-
honestlr and promptly.
WILLfAtf M. SPARKS.
Newnan, April 7, 1866-31-21.
States of Georgia, S. Carolina, Yiginia, X. Car- . right, and others of his family of nine
olina Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan- ! morta lly wounded. IIis home and every
sa3, Mississippi nnd Florida, and the laws can , c 1 • i , • i . \
be sustained and enforced therein by the pro- I ° b J CCt P laCe , Wa3 . eDtlr fty carrled
per civil authority of the Slate or Federal gov- , Sim nothing has Since been lound
ernments, and the people of the said States are
well and loyally disposed, and have conformed.
of anything. A wagon load of flour and
meal in sacks was taken up by thc tor-
or will conform in their Legislatures, to the | nado> aud „ 0 trace of it afterwards fouud.
Thirteen thousand dollars in money was
Peterson’s Magazine
For May is on our table. This month
ly generally reaches us in advance of
other Lady’s Books, and is second to none
of them in interest. Terms 82 per an
num. Address,
' Charles J. Peterson,
306 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
Carroll Superior Court.
- \V« were in attendance upon this Court
from Monday inoroing until Wednesday
evening. A large number of cases wore
sounded and passed or continued, and bat
few tried. Citiscns from all parts of the
country were present, and there was a gen
eral complaint of thc scarcity of bread-
stuffs, owing to a long drougth and the
consequent short crops last year. As
might h^. expected under such eiream-
eiances, money is in great demand. Thc
people, however, are manfully struggling
against thc misfortunes of the past, buey-
ed with the hope of a better time coming.
From the large number of true bills
returned by the Grand Jury, we were
drawn to the opinion that that body in
tended to make the law a terror to evil
doers, and especially to those who have
been guilty of larceny.
^Tbe Federal, during thc war, destroyed
many office papers, and litigants find jurisdiction of the United States, nor has that the doctors have co hope of his re-
many difficulties ift preparing their cases! there been, Uor is it likely that there will covery. Bat it is reported that ^hc^told
for trial. On o«r return homo we were
accompanied by a friend residing iu this
condition of affairs growing out of tbe amend
ed Constitution of the U. States prohibiting, ,,
slavery within thc limits and juridiction of thc j a * s ® blown away with the house,
United States; j j}. Bayne’s house was also taken up
And whereas In view of the before recited and blown tQ atolns . IIis gtock f boot
premises, it is the manifest determination of, , , , ■, . . ’
the American people that no State, of its own : 8 h® es nnd dry goods were carried for
will, has the right or power to go out of, or miles and scattered over the country.—
separate itsell from, or be separated from the : Everything totally lost. Esquire Worley
American Inion, and that, therefore, each ; had nine in family; one killed, and ei"ht
STS£ t 7Lsr m “ i “"i !Q r scJ •?!*"“ rt ?r“j“ red - a «S“
Whereas, the peopfe of the several before ! an ^ everything on the place swept away,
ui- iu llTttu mentioned States hare, in the manner afore- j John Jones lost a child, jbverything to-
ouiciib uuiuiu uuruu said given satisfactory evidence that they ac- tally lost. Jonathan Water's farm was
for as the breach widens their qniesce in this important resolution of the Na- j literally torn up and carried off. There
tional Union , and . • is not an object left. Louis McGowan’s
W hereas, it is believed to be the fundamental i „ , , ,,
principle of the Government that the people ! f arm was a ‘ & ° totally destroyed. Houses,
who have revolted, and who have been over- ■ barns and everything gone,
come and subdued, mu*t be dealt with so as j Woodson West’s farm was entirely des-
to induce them to become friends, or else thej j troyed, and everything on it swept off.
must be held by absolute military power so as r
to prevent them from ever again doin
No Devil After All.
Some weeks ago we copied an account
of the appearance of a huge devil, in
Bnrbon county, Kentucky, which fright
ened several people in that section almost
out of their wits. A subsequent account
has stripped his satanic majesty, “ so call
ed,” of all his hideousness. It now seems
that the thing was gotten up lor the pur
pose of frightening some negroes, with
perhaps the incidental intention of rob
bing. To accomplish this purpose a light
frame work was made in such a manner
that a man could walk inside of it and
blow through a tube coming out of the
monster's mouth, a composition of phos
phorous, sulphur, and perhaps saltpefra.
The joke was a little too serious, but was
played most admirably.—Evening Mirror.
This explanation is unsatisfactory, be
cause how could the frame work vanish
in a flame as did his alleged Satanic Ma
jesty without exposing the individual
within ? who is said to have manoeuvered
his horns, tail, etc.
Further of King’s Confession of
being Lincoln’s Assassin.—It is said
that King — who confessed to having
killed President Lincoln and attempted
the assassination of Mr. Seward, and who
ttempted to commit suicide after making
the confession—will probably die. In-
and at present no where exists within the deed one of the Kentucky papers says
be, any attempts to revive it by the peo- where important documents were hidden,
pie of the States.
, ...... , i , , . i “ However, if any such attempt shall be , ,,
county, who had just attended the tbtr- Made fklU tbe dnt \. of the j cere and reliable.
teenth- Court in a #ase in which he is General Government to exercise anv and
interested, aud to all appearances the trial all incidental powers nfecessary and proper
and these, if brought to light, may serve
to show whether his confession was sin-
is inore remote now than the day the suit
was commenced; for then he had the pro
per papers and documentary eviden
while now there cannot be fouud
Important to Pensioners.--It has
to maintain inriolate this Government been decided at head quarters (Washing-
law of the freedmen. ~ - " ' -j-—
harm
as enemies, which last named power is abhor
rent to humanity and freedom ; and
Whereas, the Constitution of thc U. States
provides for constitutional compact on’y as
States and not as Territories, provinces and
protectorates ; and
Whereas, by such Constitution the States
must necesarily be, ufl by the Constitution
and laws of the U. States are made equals, and
placed on a like footing as to political rights,
in dignity and favor with the several States
with which they are united; and whereas, the
Orchards were pulled up by the roots
and carried five miles. Every one who
escaped destruction in the line of the tor-
jiado, as well as those who were killed,
were blackened as though by soot. Mr.
Brill, was one of the fortunate few who
lived off from the route of the tornado,
and thus escaped with slight loss. He
tells us that tbe seeDe, after the torna
do passed over, was one of the most
heartrending it had ever been his misfor-
observance of political equality as a principle ^ ane witness. Every Farmer who
1 lived in the path of the angry elements, is
hoiueiessand totally broken up. Dcstruc
tion is to be seen everywhere. He is of
the opinion that the hurricane at Natchez
many years ago was no worse in its effect.
The three daughters of 3Ir. Joseph
Harper, afterward found dead, were lock
ed in each other’s arms. Cows hogs and
farm implements in some cases were
found at a great distance. Of course
nearly all live stock in the line of the
storm was destroyed.
This tornado, in less force, visited ma-
ny parts of the country, being what is
known as the “ equinoctial storm but
of right of justice, U well calculated to eneonr-
*ge the people of the States to be and become
more constant and p*?serving in their renewal
of tfceir allegiance; and whereas, standing mil
itary occupation, martial law and the suspen
sion of the privilege of the writ of habeas cor
pus are in time of peace dangerous to the pub
lic interest and incompatible with the individ
ual right of citizens; contrary to the genius
and spirit of our free institution, and exhaus
tive of the national resources, and ought not,
therefore, be sanctioned or allowed, except in
the case of war for repelling invaders, or sup-
pressinginsurrection or rebellion; and whereas,
the policy of the government of the U. States,
from the begitffSng of the insurrection to its
final suppression, has been in conformity with
tbe principle herein set forth and enamerated:
GEORGIA—Coweta County.
To alt whom it may concern :
K ING CLARK (colored) having in proper
form applied to me for parmanent Letters
of Administration on the estate of Burwel!
Berry 'colored), late of said county, deceased:
This is to cite all and singular the creditors
and next of kin .of said deceased, to 1/e anil
appear at my office within the tiiric dflffWed
by law, and show cause, if any they can, why
permanent administration should fftft be gran
ted to King Cltffk m the estate of said de
ceased.
Given under my hand and official signature,
April 5th, 1865. B. II. MITCHELL, Ord’ry.
April 7-31-30d.
GEORGIA—Coweta County.
1 71LIJAH L. BRYANT having applied to be
2j appointed guardian of the person and
property of Marietta Wester, a minor undef
fourteen years of age, resident of said county:
This is to cite all persons concerned to be
and appear at my office on or Before the first
Monday in May next, and show ciusc, if anv
they can, why said Klijah L. Bryant should
not be entrusted with the guardianship of tho
person nnd property of Marietta Wester.
Witness iny hand and official signature,
April 5th, 1866. B. II. MITCHELL, Grd r.
April 7-31—30.
with the same propriety that they repu- . J . , ,
dialed thc war debt; for the same war, *®*J* b *T ,n , 1859 - P™ t £ cd l , iW U " u * I.
aided by the ._ tate, resulted in the ruin : conn ty honor me with the office, it shall be
of the people and the banks that SO nobly | my earnest desire to fulfill thc duties faithfully,-
came up to the help of the State in that
deadly conflict. I say all ought to have
been relieved together. But if bouorable
gentlemen still adhere to the fragments
of the constitution aud will not repudiate,
let them kill off the interest on debts,
and stay the redemption of bank bills
and thc payment of debts ten yekrs.—
That would give the bauks and the people
time to resuscitate, and would mak«'their
action altogether constitutional; because
it would not impair the amount of thoney
called for on thc face of thc notes, nor
would i^ prevent the debtor from j iay'mg,
if he was able. That kind of act'.would
relieve the people and beget end! ry and
activity iu thc heart and mind of all.
Bilt I fear too many of our honorable
Legislators, especially ift the House, went
to Miliedgevillc to represent their own
interest, instead of theif constituents.—
The necessities ot the poor creditor were
absorbed in the avaricious hope of thc
creditor in collecting his money, even at
the sacrifice of all charity. And I believe
the only safeguard to the country is for
the people and the press to rally to the
support of suffering humanity, and let
the Legislature understand that the peo
ple demand relief at their hands.
When two-thirds of the people arc sold
out of house and home, their families
turned out in the hot sun or winter’s
blast, or made tenants for life, thc press
will feel the want of patronage, and lose
more by that process than will be gained
by silcnc* on the subject. Do you be
lieve, Mr. Editor, that the people can pay
all the different taxes required and one-
fourth of their debts out of the coming
crop ? Why, surely, no sane man can be
lieve any such thing.
There will not be one tenth part of thc
debts paid; because in the crippled con
dition of the farming interest, and th:
necessity of relying on hired and uncer
tain labor, the people will do exceedingly
well if they can make subsistence and
get fitted up for makin" a crop next year.
And I suppose, as the Stay Law now
stands, if one-fourth of the debts arc not
paid by the 1st of January next, thc
debtor becomes liable to pay the whole
debt; or, in otherwords, lie is no loirger
benefited by thc Stay Law. Hence
nearly everybody is sued, and the heart
less creditor grasping for that money
which for thc good of the country he was
willing, six months ago, to lose, fc'ee how
lands are declining in price. All this is
preparatory to a day when an aristocracy
will be built up on the ruins of the poor
debtor, by selling his lands from him,
leaving the debt comparatively unpaid.
Mr. Editor, I shudder when I contem
plate the evils and distress which must
follow thc action of our Legislature, aud,
therefore, turn from the sad picture. 1
would advi»e the debtor portion of thc
people, however, to mind who they vote
for next time.
Let us hear from the press on this
subject. Observer
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL xliose iiiilehteil to tine estate of
Htephenii, late of Coweta county, deceas
ed, will come forward and make immediate
payment, and those having demands against
said deceased will pre'sCrft fheftf fn tends of
the law. CALEB \V. STfiPflEJift',
April 7-31-Ot* Administrator.
MRS. DURAND
H
AS the pleasure of an-
nonncing to her New-
nan friends, that she has Eg
recommenced her 53
MILLINERY BUSINESS
in Atlanta, and will keep an excellent stock of
Sonnet and Millinery Goods
of the best qaality and styles. Hhe respect
fully invites her former patrons and f'iesd'S-
gencrally to favor lier with thefForders.
Mrs. Durand wifi till orders for all kinds of
Goods wfth promptness, and 06 the most
reasonable terms.
Atlanta, Ga. March .31-30-lm.
W. C. D. WHIPS, J.N. WIU.ARO. GKO. A-NDKItSOX.
WILLARD HOTEL,
( Opposite the Court Ho « i e , )
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.
Just completed, newly fitted and furnished.
WHIPS, WILLARD & CO., Prop’rs.
March 21-30-2L
Cheap Tobacco.
I ll WE a few boxes good Tobacco, bought
with Confederate money, which I will sc-ll
for mnch less than present prices.
March 3l-30-3t. W. B. BERRY.
Therefore, I, Andrew Johnson, President of j its violence in Johnson county is without
the United States, do hereby proclaim and de- | ” •
clare that the insurrection which heretofore '
existed in the States of Georgia, S. Carolina,
N, Carolina, Virginia, Louisiana, Alabama.
a parallel.
A correspondent who recently visited
From tbe Pari3 True Kentuckian, March 28.
Fearful Tragedy — Major Waters, of
Georgia, Killed.
On last Monday a fearful tragedy was
enacted in Millersburg, of this county.—
Henry M. Boulden, of this county, about
nineteen years of age, son of Jessee H.
Boulden, was being tried before the trus
tees of Millersburg for a breach of the
peace committed the night before. Du
ring the progress of the trial, young
Bouldon jumped up, drew his pistol,
flourishing it and swearing said, “ any
person who said he fired his pistol the
night before told a lie,” and that he would
kill the person who touched him, and
called upon the bystanders to assist, and
in the attempt to do so, he fired his pistol
twice, the first shot killing F. E. Waters,
son of II. H. Waters, of Georgia and for
merly Auditor of the State. Waters was
about twenty-one years of age, and had
lost a leg before Atlanta during the late
war, having been a Major in the Fourth
Georgia Regiment. He was a student in
the college at Millersburg, and was look
ed upon as tbe most brilliant young man
in the institution. He was universally
respected and loved, and is deeply regret
ted by all who knew him. Though u a
stranger in a strange land,” by bis gentle
manly deportment, he had won a host of
friends. He was preparing to leave for
home, with the intention of studying law
under Governor Brown. When Boulden
fouud he had killed Waters he was deep
ly affected and kneeling over bis prostrate
body, made great lamentations. Boulden
had an examination trial at Millersbar^
6. V. THURMAN,
P.
J. W. SPENCB.
s.
THURMAN & CO.
MANUFACTURERS
Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas and Florida is at the tomb of Thomas Jefferson, says:
an end, and henceforth to be so regarded. J
In testimony whereoL I have hereunto set
my hand, and caused the seal of the U. States
to be affixed.
the same evening, before ; Sqires Trigg
and Barnett. They held him to bail 'to
answer at the nett April Bourbon Court,
“The walls Inclosing the remains of!»“ the sum of $2,000. Jesse H. Boulden
Jefferson and his wife and children, be- a "d Dr. Carpenter being his securities.
- „ ,, ... , sides those of some relatives, are grad u- The citizens of Millersburg were greatly
day of April in tb'e rear of onr Lord .nc thou- M ' ,in p *° ^ ground. The gate is ! outraged at the decision. \\ e feel great
sand cijjfct hoB<ired aud and of the ; unlocked, ind lngTess can be obtained
independence of the U. States the ninetieth. by every vandal curiosity-hunter disposed
j to desecrate the tomb of Jefferson for the
■ sake of possessing a chip of the stone
| monument covering his grave. To such
“ • Un extent has this petty larceny been
A W cstern paper suggests as an im-! carried, that the tombstone presents the
(Signed) ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
TV m. H. Siotakd, Secretarr of State.
| ton City) that all pensioners residing in _ _ ^ ? ^
l . C { ' rU ' 1 “ The fourth section of this bill pro- the Southern States, trho c^n prove their provement in Bibles the preparation of a [appearance of a broken piece"of 'f^ranite.
denee, vides that officers and agents of the Free- j continued loyalty, are entitled to their leaf or two in tbe “family record” for [Even the grave-stone of Airs. Jefferson
in the men’s Bureau shall be empowered to pay during the war. 'divorces. ' has not escaped these thieves.
sympathy for the friends of both the ac
cused and thc deceased.
The father of young Boulden paid the
expenses of Major Waters’ fancral, and
sent Joseph Miller with the body to
Georgia.
11 Where shall I get a panel ?” said the
sheriff to the judge. “Why, I suppose,
sir you can get panels enough out of door*.’’
WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS
—IN—
CANDT & CONFfiCTIONERIES,
Depot Street, next Door to Perry’s Corner,
NEWNAN, GA.
WILL always keep on hand a Large ami well
assorted supply of
CANDIES, PICKLES,
SUGAR, COFFEE,
MACKEREL, NUTS, FRUITS, kc.
We will also sell Candies to purchasers as
Cheap as they can buy them in any Southern
Market. Our Candies are all Fresh, and if de
sired we will make them to order.
The attention of the Ladies particularly and
the Citizens generally is called to our Stock.—
We have MASON’S* MEDICATED CANDIES,
Gum Drop?, Wine Drops, the ICE CREAM
CANDIES of different Flavors, the GROUND
PEA Candy, CREAM Candy, COCANUT Can
dy. and other kinds too numerous to mention.
Give ns a call before purchasing elsewhere,
and we think we will give satisfaction.
We will also keep on hand a good snpplvof
Fresh Cakes—POUND CAKES, SPONGE,
FRUIT and GINGER CAKES, which will bo
furnished in quantities to suit purchasers.
Mar. -3-26-3m.
SHOE FINDINGS,
SOLE LEATHER,
Calf Skins, Lasts,
Spokes, Felloe?,
Springs, Axels,
Saddles, Harness, ic.
Just received by
JOHN MORROW & SON,
Phcenix Building, Decatur-St.
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
March 10-47-lm.