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Ijjc Bttomtir i)cr;t[i). %TCRDAY BY J. A. WELCH. THE NEAYNAN HERALD. \\ r {){)T I' KN & M EI jC 11 F'toprietor*. , ~c~\VOOTTKS r Kpitor. Clje Hftonait per alb. F. S. WELCH. Publisher. fV #eeMg |jJournnl;---^frolc(l la fMrtfr.s, |lnvs, Hgmnltute, H'ornmcm, Sr. , payn >py three iptios : ivnhle in advance, $3.00 ..1.50 “-—-100 ■ n-ifl he allowed an extra copy. erJ complete the Volume.) 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 Rates of Advertising. Advertisements inserted at $1.50 per square (often lines or space equivalent,) for first inser tion. and 75 cents for each subsequent in sertion. Monthly or semi-monthly advertisements inserted at the same rates as for new advertise^ ments, each insertion. Liberal arrangements will be made with those advertising by the quarter or year. All transient advertisments must be paid for when handed in. The money for advGrtiseing due after the first insertion. 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.