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Great State Trials in this Country.
It is a remarkable fad in the history
VOL. I J
GEORGIA, SATURDAY, JTUnNTE 16, 1S66.
[NO. 4=1.
C nichtnood, that if the trial of ex Pres
ent I»avis shall be held there, three of
the most important State trials which
, i c l3 ten place in this country will have
ocenred in that city. .
" The history of the two previous trials
tre thus "iren by the Richmond Times :
The trial of John Thompson Callender,
in 1800, for a seditious libel upon Presi-
jet John Adams, was the first of these
fjinous criminal cases.
Callender himself was little worthy of
the whirlwind of excitement which his
trial then excited.
He was a foreigner who is represented
to have been as depraved in morals as he
was malignant in temper. His case de
rives its importance from the fact that the
Democratic leaders of that day having
marshaled their forces for a terrible con
flict with the Federal party, availed them
selves of his trial, and of the rude, con
temptuous and indecent conduct of the
partisan Judge who presided, to break
down the alien and sedition laws and im
peach the Chief Justice of the Supreme
t'ourt, who had-made himself most odious
in mercilessly enforcing them.
The alien and sedition laws punished
with fine and imprisonment any one who
dicussed with disrespectful asperity tl.e
public acts of the President of the United
States. Callender published a harsh and
vulgar political pamphlet, iu which he
abused President Adams.
For this he was indicted, on the 23th
of May, 1800, by the grand jury for the
Circuit Court of the U. States, Justice
Chase presiding. The prisoner was de
fended by Messrs. Hay, Nicholsnnd Wirt,
and the whole course of the trial was
marked by the most brutal ami indecent
conduct upon the part of Justice Chase
towards the counsel for the defense. lie
refused all reasonable and proper motions
for a continuance, bullied and scolded the
counsel for Cullender, and played the part
of prosecutor in a manner to completely
eclipse the District Attorney. Ilis rul-
iurs were evidently dictated by bitter
party feelings, and not by justice or pre
cedent.
When Wirt was proceeding to argue to
the jury that the alien and sedition act
was unconstitutional, Judge Chase insult-
ingly ordered him to take his seat. The
eonnsel for the defense then refused
argue the case. A ftcr a long and violent
eharge from Justice Chase the jury re
tired, and, after an absence of two hours,
brought in a verdict of “ guilty,” and the
Court sentenced Callender to nine months
imprisonment, and imposed a fine of two
liuudrcd dollars. Callender was subse
tjucntly pardoned by President Jefferson
upon the grounds, “ that the law was as
absolute nullity as if Congress had ordered
us to fall down and worship a golden
image.”
The tempest which this trial occasioned
throughout the United States at that time
can scarcely be understood. The news
pipers of that day were, for the first time
crammed with detailed reports of the case.
Virginia wassin a flatnc, for, even before
ihe'trial, affidavits 'were circulated, in
which it was stated that, before the trial,
Justice Chase had said he would not have
“d—d Democrats on the grand jury
and “ that lie would teach the lawyers of
Virginia the difference between the lib
trtyand licentiousness of the press.” He
»lso likened himself to a “ schoolmaster
who was about to birch a lew unruly hoys
as they deserved.”
His" political admirers got up r earrca-
itares of this judicial ruffian stretching, in
itarn/Wirt, Nichols, Hay and other emi
nent Virginians across his nees and flog
ging them soundly. His rude, course
and indecent behavior during Callender's
trial was designed • to humiliate the able
and spirted bar of this city. The slaps
he gave Nichols and Hay, at the outset
of the trial, were terrible specimens -of
judicial rudeness.
The offended arid insulted lawyers re
tested the conduct of Judge Chase so
fiercely that John Randolph, at their in
stance, preferred articles of impeachment
against him, and five of them were based
upon “Callender’s trial.” He was found
guilty upon tho article which charged
“ rude, contemptuous and indecent con
duct to counsel,” although acquitted upon
®*her charges. Nothing but party sym
pathy of the Federal members of the
.Senate saved him from conviction by
two-thirds vote, and the impeachment is
»aid to have utterly crushed Judge Chase.
The next great State trial, whioh di-
■twted the attention of millions to the
’Circuit Court of the United States at
Hichmond, was that of Burr, for treason,
which commenced on the 22d of May,
Richmond was then a city of
ainiy six thousand inhabitants, and it is
-•aid that there were at the coinmence-
fflent of the trial twice that number of
hall. Justice Marshall presided at the i
trial, assisted by Cyrus Griffin, Judge of:
the District Court of Virginia. George
Hay, who defended Callender, was the
United States District Attorney, and with
him was associated Alexander McCrac,
who at the time of the trial was Lieuten
ant Governor of Virginia, and Edmund
Randolph, John \\ ickham, Luther Mar
tin, Benjamin Rotts, and “Jack Raker”
appeared for Rurr. Tho grand juries of
those days were composed of the most
eminent and distinguished men of the
State, and we find a United States Senator
(Giles) among the grand jurors, who was
withdrawn in consequence of his “ preju
dices against the accused.” John Ran
dolph, the great orator of Roanoke, was
summoned in the place of Senator Giles,
and was the foreman of tbc grand jury.
Contrast this grand jury with that which
so lately met at Norfolk, and after listen-
to Underwood’s harangue found a true
hill against Mr. Davis !
After the finding of a true bill fourteen
days were spent in geetting an impar
tial jury who had “ neither formed nor
expressed an opinion ns to the guilt of the
accused.” Out of a venire of forty-eight
but four men were found whose opinions
were sufficiently undecided to permit
them to act as jurors. There was but
one juryman peremptorily challenged by
Rurr. It must be borne in mind that
he had, but a very short time before his
trial, killed Alexander Hamilton ii
duel.
A person who was being examined
to his competency as a juror, sharply
questioned and somewhat nettled by
Rurr’s counsel, turning to the spectators,
said : “ 1 am surprised they should be in
uch terror of me. Perhaps it is because
my name is “ Hamilton.” “ That re
mark,” exclaimed Rurr, “ is a sufficient
roasou fur objecting to him. 1 challenge
him peremptorily.” (Jut of a secoud
venire of forty-eight all had formed un
favorable opinions as to the accused, and
matters looked so desperate that the
counsel for the defence moved to quash
the trial for the simple reason that no im
partial jury could be obtained. A jury,
however, was at last obtained by per
mitting Rurr, to select eight jurors, who
were added to the four already selected in
the usual way.
The procurement of a jury had occupi
ed from the second to the seventeenth of
August, and on that day the examination
of the witnesses for the Government com
menced. The examination of the wit
nesses anu the argument of counsel con
tinued from the seventeeth to the twenty-
ninth of August, when Chief Justice Mar
shall virtually decided the case by that
famous opinion, the reading of which oc
cupied more than three hours. No “overt
act” of treason had been proved against
Rurr, and the decision of Marshall that
“no testimony relative to the conduct or
declarations of the prisoner, elsewhere and
subsequent to the transaction on Rlanner-
hassett Island, (the alleged overt act of
treason), can be admitted, because such
testimony being in its nature merely cor
roborative, and incompetent to prove the
overt act in itself, is irrelevant until there
ran be proof of the overt art by two wit
nesses." The Jury with these instructions
returned the following qualified verdict
of acquittal : “ We, of the jury, say that
Aaron Rurr is not proved to be yuilty un
der the indictment by any evidence sub
mitted to us. We, therefore, find him
not guilty.
This verdict greatly excited Rurr, who
at once sprang to his feet, and with great
excitement of manner protested against
the form of the indictment, and deman
ded that it should be rendered in the reg
ular and less damaging form. The ver
dict was finally simply entered on the
record as “ not guilty.” Rurr was then
admitted to bail, and tried and acquitted
of the charge of misdemeanor, on the
ground that the offence was uot commit
ted in Virginia.
Thus, eight months after his arrest, and
six months after the commencement of
proceedings against him in \ irginia, Burr
was once more free.
The trials of Callendar and Rurr, in
fbeir day and generation, chained the
attontion of the whole nation, but com
pared with the proposed trial of the cx-
President of the Confederate states, they
shrink into absolute insignification. CaU
lendar was a low, brutal and drunken
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The Memphis Riot.
IId. Qtts. Df.p’t of Tennessee, 1
Memphis, May 12, I860. j
Lt. Cen. C. S. Grant, U. S. A.;
Your telegram of this date is reeeived.
Thc Third Colored Artilllery has been
stationed here since its organisation, and
consequently were not under the best of
discipline ; large numbers of the men
have what they call families, living in
South Memphis, contiguous to the fort in
which the soldiers were stationed. These
soldiers had been used as the instruments
to execute the orders of the Government
agents, such as provost marshals, Bureau
agents, See., and consequently had been
more or less brought directly in contact
with the law-breaking portion of the com
munity, and the police, which is far from
being composed of the best class of resi
dents here, and composed principally of
Irishmen, who consider the negro as their
competitor and natural enemy. Many
negro soldiers have, from time to time,
been arrested by the police, and many
whites, including some of the police, hav
ing been arrested by the negro soldiers
and in both cases those arrested have not
unfrequently been treated with a harsh
ness altogether unnecessary.
These remarks and hints will lead you
to reflections which will explaiu and indi
cate to you the state of feeling which ex
isted between the negro soldiers and their
sympathizers and the lower class of the
whites had their sympathizers, in which
the last are included agitators, demagogues
and office-seekers. The testimony before
the Commission which I have assembled
to investigate the circumstances connected
with the riots, shows that about 4 o’cioek
Monday afternoon, April 30, four police
men Were walking down Cousey street,
and met three or four negroes ; they jos
tled each other on the sidewalk, an alter
cation occurred, one of the policemen
struck a negro with a pistol, and was in
return struck by another negro with
cane. There was no further trouble,
though a good deal of excitement amon
the negroes that night.
Incident on this rencontre, about
p. m., on Monday, May 1, a croft'd of
from fifty to seventy five negroes, mostly
discharged soldiers, were congregated
together near the corner of Main and
South streets; the greatest portion of
these negroes were intoxicated. Six po
licemen approached the crowd and arres
ted two of the mo6t boisterous of the ne
groes The policemen proceeded to con
duct these two negroes towards the station
house, being followed by the crowd of
negroes, which increased asjthey proceed
ed, and who used very insulting and
threatening language, and accompanied
their threats by firing pistils into the air
The police turned and fired upon the ne
groes, wounding one; one of the negro
prisoners escaped, and the other was re
leased by the police. The negroes re
turned the fire, wounding one of the .police.
The police force of the city, together wi.h
a large crowd of citizens congregated to
other in the vicinity of South street, and
dence befor’ the commission that John
Creighton, Recorder of the city, made a
speech to the rioters, iu which he said :
We are not yet prepared, but let us
prepare io clean every negro son of a—-—
out of town.”
Very few paroled Confederates were
mixed up with the riotere on Tuesday
and Wednesday, the larger portion being
registered voters. Who composed the
neendiaries on Wednesday night remains
to be developed.
George Stone man,
Major General Commanding,
Memphis, Ten.w, Slay 18, ’06.
To Lt. Gen. Grant :
I have the honor to report that it ap
pears upon investigation by the commis
sion that there were killed outright, du
ring the recent riots at Memphis, twenty
four negroes, eight of whom were dischar-
ed soldiers. •
George Stoneman,
Major General Commanding.
From the Atlanta Intelligencer.
Gen. Scott—His Character and Pecu-
culiarities.
New York, June 1st, 1866.
To-day, in the presence of brave sol
diers, a few statesmen and many politi
cians, all that was mortal of Winfield
Scott was consigned to eternal silence in
the Cadet’s Cemetery at West Point.—
There was a time—and few men are so
young they do not remember it—when
the name of Gen. Scott occupied the
highest niche in America’s temple of
fame. In the day of his greatness he
was truly great. Had he died at the pa
triarchal age of three score and ten, Iris
reatness would have survived him. Rut
nature kept him in the world to witness
the decay of his own glory, and when at
last he died, his fame had paled before
the glitter of younger stars.
You have already received full partic
ulars of his death. For many months
the feeble gait and failing intellect of the
old hero were ever constant monitors of
his approaching dissolution. When death
finally came to the littlo room in which
the eyes of “ Old Chippewa ” closed for
the last time, it found only a shattered
casket. Physically and mentally General
Scott was the crumbling wreck of a Col-
lossus. lie whose mind and mein had
won the admiration of the world, had
sunk into a helpless, querulous old man
and he passed from the scene of Iris
proudest triumphs in the shadow of an
obscure gloiy.
Already scandal is busy with his name
His family' relations were not happy, but
dishonor never crossed his threshold.
The fair maiden of Richmond who nearly
fifty years ago became his wife, died an
exile from his home but not from his heart.
Ilis affection was not demonstrative.—
However he may have loved his ft’ife and
childred, he rarely manifested it. In 1862
his wife died at Rome. An cstrangenieu
had grown up between them, and his
irascible temper was assigned as the cause
being very much infuriated, poceeded to "^ince her death this irascibility increased
hoot, beat, and threatened cvety negro
they met with in that portion of the city.
This was continued until about midnight
on Tuesday night, when it was quelled
by the interference of a detachment of
the United States troops. Wednesday
morning arrived, and found large crowds
of people collected together in South
Memphis, most of whom were armed —
They remained there until about 1 o’clock
p. m , when they were dispersed by a de
tachment of United States soldiers which
had been employed during the day in
keeping the discharged negro soldiers in
and white people out of the fort. During
the day several negro shanties were burn
ed down. About 10 o’clock on Wednes
day night a party of mounted men began
to set fire to the negro school houses,
churches and dwelling houses. It is
hoped that the investigation now being
had will result in identifying the parties
engaged.
During Tuesday and Wednesday sev
eral inoffensive negroes were killed, and
many maltreated and beaten in different
parts of the city. The number killed
and wounded in the riot, as far as ascer
tained by the Commission, were: one
white man killed, (shot by a white
man behind him;) one white man
wounded, (shot by negroes ) The turn-
hack writer, whose cause was espoused by \ ber of negroes shot and beaten to death
a partv then rising into power, to annihi- , has not been ascertained. I will give
late the Federal p\rty. Rurr was an un- | you the information when procured.—
principled, disappointed adventurer, whose Frequent applications were made for arms
real object must always remain a question 1 and permission to organize a militia foree,
and whew his own days were closing he
had become an exile from affection. II
died in the presence of a few military
friends. There Was but one hand
which coursed a drop of his own fiery
blood to press his brow as it grew cold in
death. In taking | him from the world
death did not snap one cord of pure
affection.
No man could be more jealous of his
own fame than Gen. Scott. He was con
tinually annoyed by remarks of the press
upon the failure of his greatness. Criti
cism was intolerable to him. He could
not bear to hear men say that younger
heads than him must guide the arm of
war. He who had been the father of
American Captains, could not look with
indifference to his children rising above
him. Of the many causes which pro
duced the unhappiness of his later life,
the transfer of public attention to men
really less great than himself was the
most powerful.
lie always claimed, even to the last day
of his life, that he was the ranking officer
in the army. Of course Congress did
not mean that he should practically assert
his claim to seniority of rank. They
knew how jealous he was of the honors
he had fairly won, and put the proviso in
to please him.
History may not write him down the
greatest American General, but if written
by an impartial pen it will record him a
man honorable in all things; earnest and
honest, though perhaps mistaken.
From the Columbus Enquirer. j j. c. thositsox.
The Author of the Phrase—“First in !
War, First in Peace, and Frst In the
Hearts of His Countrymen.”
Editor Enquirer :^Tn at* article in
one ol your recent i.-sues l observed a
statement, taken, I believe, from the Na
tional Intelligencer, ascribing to Gen.
Henry Lee, father of General Robert E.
Lee, the authorship of the words—death
less as the fame of the man to whom they
relate—“ First in War, First in Peace,
and First in the Hearts of his Country
men.” It was not Generrl Lee, but
John Marshall, who was the author of
the immortal phrase. The circumstances
are these:
Congress was in session at Philadelphia
t the time of Washington’s death, and
mmediately on the receipt of the intelli
gence both Houses adjourned. The next
morning, December 19th, 1799, on the
meeting of the House of Representatives,
en John Marshall, then a member of
that body—afterwards so illustrious as
the Chief Justice of the United States —
addressed the House in a short speech,
which must ever rank as a gem of obitUa-
ry eloquence, and closed by offering to
the House these resolutions :
“ Resolved, That this House will wait
on the President in condolence of this
mournful event.
Resolved, That the Speaker’s chair
be shrouded with black, and that the
members of the House wear black during
the session.
“ Resolvetf, That a committee, in con
junction with one from the Senate, be ap
pointed to consider on the most suitable
manner of paying honor to the man —first
in war, frst in peace, and first in the
hearts of his fellow-citizens.”
This joint committee appointed under
this resolution, among other honors, di
rectcd that a funeral oration should be
delivered by one of the members of Con-
ress before thej wo Houses. Gen. Henry
Lee, then a Representative from Virginia,
was selected for the purpose; and did
ccordingly, ou Thursday the 26th day
of Deeember, deliver a funeral oration
worthy of the great and mournful occa
sion, and which through all time, will
present General Lee to the admiring gaze
of his countrymen vyith the civic wreath
entwined around his brow along with that
bright laurel chaplet which he had won
as a warrior of tile Revolution. In that
speech Gen. Lee reiterates, with the acci
dental change of a single word, the re
nowned phrase which a few days beforo
had fallen fresh-coined from the lips and
pen of Mr. Marshall. In his speech Gen.
Lee says of Washington c
“ First in war, first in peace, and first
in the hearts of his countrymen, he was
second to none in the humble and endear
ing scenes of private life.
It is not surprising that the error should
have occurred, of ascribing the authorship
of this glorious phrase to General Lee
for doubtless many have read his speech
speech who have never seen, or have for
gotten, Marshall’s resolutions. Rut it is
a precious pearl in the literature and pa
triotism of the country, and therefore it
is more fit that it should be credited, in
T. H. THOKPSON
J. C. THOMPSON & BRO.
\T7"OULD respectfully inform their friends
> » and the public generally, that they can
be found
Up Stairs, over the Storo-Kootn of Eodwino,
Culpopper & Co.,
and are prepared to MAKE AND REPAIR
FUmSTITURB
at the shortest notice and in good style. tVe
are also prepared to make
April 14-32-tf.
WP
VIRGINIA
TOBACCO HOUSE.
D ON’T purchase until you call at P. A.
POWERS TOBACCO HOUSE, where
you will find him evfcr ready and willing to
accommodate all ana give
GOOD BARGAINS.
Either at
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL.
Tobacco, Cigar^
SnulT, Soda,
Cheese, Crackers,
Sugar, Coflee,
Flour, Bacon*
Salt*
Sorghum Syrup,
New Orleans Syrup,
Spades, Shovels,
Factorj’ Cotton,
Brooms,
Water Buckets,
And a general assortment of everything kept
L
rAMX&Y GROCERY.
Go to the Tobacco House at once to purchase.
February 3-22-tf.
BEATS? CAPS!
J. M. ilOLBIlOOK,
W OULD most respectfully inform the pub
lic and hi3 old p:\tr0n3 that he is now
permanently located at his old stand on
WHITEHALL STREET
(Sign of the Big Hat,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
With a large stock of well selected HATS
d CAPS, all of which will be sold low fo
Cash at wholesale aud retail.
Nov. 25-13-12m. J. M. HOLBROOK.
of grave doubt.
The distinguished
and
all of which were refused, and on Thurs
unfortunate j day I issued an order, prohibiting any
statesman who is soon to be tried is the rep-: persons, under whatsoever pretext, from
resentative of the millions whoagreed with 1 assembling anywhere, armed or unarmed,
him in sentiment, and who conferred upon Great fears were entertained that other
him unsolicited and dangerous honors. , buildings, such’as the l reedtuen s Bureau
His character as a man of spotless integ- j building, and the office of the Memphis
an especial manner, to its real author—
although it had no sooner found utterance
from his lips than it acquired a settling
in the hearts of his fellow-citizens, which
has made it a cherished common property
of them all, forever.
Gen. Marshall’s speech and resolutions
are to be found in the Appeudix of the
1st volume of Sparks’ “ Life of Washin
ton,” page 564. General Lee’s speech in
the 5th volume of Willston’s “ Eloquence
of the United States,” page 129
Whilst I am rectifying matters of his
tory interesting to the national heart
permit me, Mr. Editor, to call your atten
tion to an error in vour paper of yester
day, in relation to the age of Gen. Scott
—an error into which the National In
telligencer has also fallen, and it may po.s
sibiy be copied into many other papers
General Scott died not in his eightieth
but in his eighty-first year. lie was
born on the 13tli of June, 1785, in Din
widdie county, Virginia, near Petersburg
So we are told in the biographical sketch
of him in the 4th volume of Long icre’
“ American Portrait Gallery,” and
know of no book of higher authority on
such subjects. Tacitus.
Post would be burned down ; but if any
^ intentions were had the disposition
die author and principal promoter of the I of the small force at my disposal preven
Grangers iu the city Imon-The stri- 1 rit J- abilit ?’ and C . hristi,n I'TT' x 1> Y ?
king scenes of of m ; q-sRo-cd nor ■ * I
j scenes of that day -
«nk, ungainly aan, named Andrew
•Jackson, who is described as “ mounting
open the steps of a corner grocery, and. , ,
denouncing Thomas Jefferson for the : himself have lon =
pwt he had taken lor frustrating tie I He aLOXE, nt—i
teenies ” of Aaron Rurr. The triaf took t av > n S *}eId a
l'-»ce in the present hall of tie House oft f° r his life.
Delegates, and the struggle for admission j
*fD erril>le ' So great was tbc nun, b er
w distinguished persons claiming seats. - . . - ,
»'drin the bar, that lawyers of "twenty ! and importance it will be the most impor- j
A Novel Enterpise.—We saw yes
terday upon the river near the gas works,
the keels-of a novel grist mill, whieh we
understand Capt. McAlliister is building.
It is to be a floating mill, moored is tie
river where the current is swift and
Oriental Legend.—“ Every man;
on eastern legend says, has two angels
one upon his right shoulder and one upon
his left. When he docs anything good
the angel on the right shoulder writes it
down and seals it, because what is once
well done is done forever. When he
does evil, the angel upon his left shoulder
writes it down but does not sea! it. H
waits until midnight. If before that
time the man bows down his heal and
strong, and the motive power to be the exclaims ‘ Gracious Allah. I have stoned
waters iu its natural course, without fall —**«"* me the angel rubs it out ;
or artificial race. The elan we under- hat nst . at mtdn.gbt he seals it, and
late civil war. Thousand’s who were far | ted the realization. An attempt
more active in initiating hostilities than made by some parties to gain possession
since been pardoned. ] of the muskets which a few days before
He VLONE merely as a consequeuce of had bceu turned in by the 3d colored ar-
hi'di office, is to be tried ! tillery. Every officer and man here was
| on duty day and night during the week.
I In this trial we recognize the arraign- j Ou the 4th they were relieved by a de-
; meut and prosecution not of one man, but ! taehment I had ordered over from Nash-
' of an entire section. Henee in dignity , ville.
fears’ standing were excluded from their
^etustomedseats. Among the young men )
tk • town w ^° b ad succeeded in forcing'
, tlr iu was Winfield
c -»tobered up and stood for many
tue u
taut trial which has ever occurred.
The Congressional library at Washing
cott, who , Ion City now numbers 140,000 vo umes. j
iny hours . being the largest collection of books in |
sire Jock of the door of the j this country.
As before stated, the rioters were com-
! posed of the police, firemen, and the rab-
i ble and negro haters in general, with a
_ | sprinkling of Yankee haters, all led on
aud encouraged by demagogues and office
hunters, and most of them under the in
fluence of whiskey. It appears in evi-
or artificial raee. The plan we under-
was ] stand to be to place two flat bottomed
keels near together, heading up stream,
with only a narrow passage between them.
These will have a draught of several feet,
and the water running between them,
where the current is naturely swift and
deep, will constitute a race of much veloc
ity and power. Between these two keels
will be the water wheel, with a set of
millstones on either side ot it on the
floating hulls. We never heard of such
an application of water power on a large
scale before, but the principle appears to
be a correct one, and we have very little
doubt of the entire success of the enter
prise.— Columbus Enquirer.
T. .11. A It. C. CLARKE,
WHOLESALE and RETAIL
DEALERS IN
EULgliali cSs Auiorlemi
HARDWARE
CONSISTIN'6 IN PART OF
NSW SOOBS!
U
EAP BARGAINS!
J. LORCH & CO.,
Have just received at J. M.
DODD'S old stand, South-
West Corner Public
Square,
NEWNAN, GEORGIA,
i new and large supply ot
READY MADE
fitOTHING,
STAPLE GOODS.
LADIES and GENTLEMEN’S
All varieties of
CSX&SRE&’S SHOES,
BOYS & GENTLEMEN’S
IT If A ST*®
JL JL xjl tJL [«dtP
NOTIONS,
Of all kinds;
HOOP & BALMORAL SKIRTS;
CLOAKS. CORSETS;
HARD-WARE
25,000 pounds Plow Steel;
5,000 pounds “ Moulds;
Cast, Blister and German Steel;
Plow and Tire Iron;
Carpenters’ Tools;
Blacksmiths’ Tools;
Building Materials;
Nails, Axes, Shovels;
Spades, Mill Saws;
Leather and Rubber Belting;
Hemp and Gum Packing;
Pocket anil Table Cutlery;
Ilorse Shoes and Nails;
Guns and Pistols;
And all other Goods usually kept in the
Hardware line.
Also Agents for
Fairbanks Platform & Counter Scales-
T. It k R. C. CLARKE,
Corner Line and Peach Tree Streets,
ATLANTA, GA.
Jan. 20-20-Cm.
CUTLERY.
Also a large and full supply
of all kinds of
GROCERIES Si CROCKERY.
J. M. MANN, \ Salesmen
J. A. HUNTER,/Newnan, Ga.
R. T. HUNTER, 1 Salesmen
JOS. NALLS, JforLorch&Cq
A. M. WOOD, j Salesmen
W. MARTIN, / Franklin, Ga.
Sept. 16-2-tf.
THOMAS BARNES,
Depot Str., Newnan, Ga.,
Will repair neatly and promptly
3* Ha as l< ‘~*
-AND—
September 30-4-ly.
J. D. WATSON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
the angel upon the right shoulder weeps
A Strange Funeral.—Thomas B
Leighton, a man of wealth, wh6 died
Isle of Shoals, near Portsmouth, Xew
Hampshire, a few days ago, desired to
have no religious rites performed at his
funeral, and was buried, according to his
request, on Appledore Island, between
two granate rocks, on one of which he
wanted his initials cut. He was formerly
a pomiuent Democratic politician in Xew
Ka i.pdiire, but had lived for many year=
on a small island in the Shoals group, re
fusing even to visit the main land, lest
the boat might sink in the passage.
REAL estate agevt,
NEWNAN, GA.,
T~sOR Selling, Renting or Baying Real E=-
I’ late in Newnan, or in Coweta and ad-
joiniag counties. (Oct. 28-8-ly.
PHfENIX TIN SHOP,
TIIST TREE
W. M. ReynoldB
TY7 OULD respectfully inform everybody
YV an( l the balance of mankind, that be is
now prepared to furnish anything and every
thing in tho way of
STGYSS & TIN WARE,
At the very lowest prices and shortest notice.
Best Patent of Family Cook Stoves, —.
from .$25 to $50, according to sizeB&A K
and outfit. ,37,A
Tin Ware reduced 25 per cent, under
any other market.
Come, dome everybody, and buy!
I will duplicate bills bought at wholesale in
any market in the Union since the war.
January 20-20-7m.
W.ho Wants Literary Aid?
I WILL give Literary aid in any direction,
for moderate remuneration. I will furn
ish, at short notice. Essays on any subject,
Orations, Poetical Effusions, Communications
for the Press, and such like. All communica
tions strict! v private. Address, enclosing
stamp, ' A. 3. SMITH
January 20-6m. Newnan, Oa.
TAX COLLECTOR’S NOTICE.
N 'OTWITHSTANDING GOT. JENKINS has
suspended the collection for the first
quarter of the Tax enforced by the 12th clause
of the 2d section of the Tax Act of 1866, still
Dealers in Liquors are required to make re
turns to me for that quarter, and to pay the
Tax for the second quarter at the same time.
The law is thus construed:
1st. The Tax i3 to be paid every time that
the liquor is sold.
2d. No one shall be exempted as a Manufac
turer or Distiller who simply furnishes grain
or fruit, and does not distill it himself.
3d. Manufacturers or distillers who sell
liquor (except of their own make) are liable
to the Tax.
Those interested are notified that I will be
in Newnan on the 28th and 29th of June to
receive the returns and collect the Taxes a3
aforesaid. J. P. NEELY,
June 2-39-3t. T. C. Coweta countv.