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NEWEST AJS", GEORGIA. SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1866.
[NO. 1.
Official report of Maj. General Gordon confiscation. Agents of the Freeduien’s
Granger on the Condition of Southern Bureau stepped between the planter and
the laborer, stirring up strife, p< rpetuaring
antagonism add often adding th**ir quota
of extortion and oppr»*W ; on. On every
nesty, as a party to the wai lately waged
Sentiment.
To his Excellency Andrew Johnson,—
President of the United States.
Sitt: lu obedience to instructions, da
ted May 9, 1866, directing me, while car
rying out a specific mission, “ to examine
aarefully into the disposition of the South
ern States through which I might pass,
toward the Government of the United
States,” I have the honor to report:
That in all the States I visited I found | n , feeling Bhould
arise ? None but a seated to the secession of Arkansas, only
no sign or symptom o organise disloyal- J (, rave and we [] mean i n g people could have when she was compelled to select whether
ty to the general government. 1 ‘°UBfd ; er , dared unresistingly all that the South her sons and mine should take up arms
the people taking our currency, and i^ad j hag nndergone . for or against her sisters, and she seceded
to get it J anxious for f orthern capital j j n p rose cuting this inquiry I hardly j iu vindication or denial of the right of a
and Northern labor to develope the resour . deemed it fair to ask more than what had j State peaceably to withdraw from th<?
ccs of their wasted country, and well dis- j been the actions of the people of the Union of States,
posed toward every Northern man w ho j f3 0 uth toward the general government,
came among them with that object in \Vith their private -opinions, their syuipa-
Amnesty-Letter from Hon. Albert Pike accused will feel, nor will the people of m Jenny Lind.
to the President. ; the South believe, that they have been , «The Swpedish Nightengale,” after so
Memphis, Tenn., June 24,1866. guilty of treason. Neither defeat orjioD- manv years of domestic retirement, seems
hand the people saw themselves robbed j against the United States,
and wronged by agents and seif appointed
agents prof-ssiug to act under the sanc
tion of the United States government.
Need it be wondered at, that among a
community thus dealt with, powerless to
resist, and too weak and prostrated for
successful complaint, some bitterness and
arise
Sir: I respectfully ask a special am- j damnation changes convictions. They • jijclined to let the worl 1 heartier ui lodi-
wiil u"t seem to have been criminals, bat v , us no j,. s once more. She still lives in a
only to have atoned with their lives lor aiagmficent house, surrounded by exten-
the sin of failure in the assertion t»f j 8 lv e grounds, in Wandsworth, four or five
rights claimed, even if unreal, by many | m jj es f rom London, where with her hus-
States, and by a great political party, hince band and her group of beautiful children
For me it was a war in behalf of the
sovereignty, and rights of the States. I
was satisfied as to the right of secession,
as an extreme remedy, fit to be used only
in the last resort, and when all others
have failed. I did not think its exercise
either wise or necessary in 1861
she is realizing the pleasures of “ Home,
sweet home,” and where she receives iu
serve to cement the Union. It is not
wise to punith a conquered people as
view.
In some localities I heard rumors of
secret organizations, pointing to a renewal
of the rebellion. On investigating these
secret societies I could discover in
them nothing more than charitable insti
tutions, having for their principal object
the relief of the widows and orphans of
Confederate soldiers w’ i had fallen in
the war. *#s- •
During the whole of my travels I found
it to be as safe and as convenient to min
gle with the people of the South, freely
discussing any and every topic that came
up, as in any other section of the United
States. I was often among them unknown
and the tenor of their acts and conversa-
toio was then the same- as when my name
and official position were thoroughly un
derstood.
The people of the South may be divi
ded into two classes, There is the in
dustrious class, laboring earnestly to build
up what has been broken down, striving
to restore property to the country, and
interested mainly in the great question
of providing food and clothing for them
selves and families. These form the great
majority of the people. Then there is
another class; an utterly irresponsible
class, composed mainly ot young uien who
were the “bucks” of Southern society be-
foro the war, and chiefly spent their time
in lounging round the court rooms and
bars, in chicken fighting ai d gambling.
These have been greatly broken up by
the war; many of them have been killed,
but thoso who remain are still disturbing
elements in the community, and are doing
much mischief. It is this class of men,
t and a number of the poorer whites who
have formed gangs for horse-stealing. It
is they who, in some instances, have made
attacks on officers of the Freedmcn’s Bu
reau, and have ill treated the 1'reedmen.
It is they who afford the main pretext for
saying that there is among the people ot
South a feeling of hostility towards the
Uuited States government. But they
are not the representatives of the Southern
people. They form but an insignificant
minority iu the community, and even
they are actuated not so much by a feeling
of opposition to the government as by a
reluctance to earn their own livelihood
by honest labor and individual exertion.
That cases of authentic outrage have
occurred iu the South is patent to every
one familiar with the current news of the
day. But these cases are few and tar be
tween, and it is both unjust and ingener-
ous to charge the responsibility for such
acts of lawlessness upon the whole South
ern people. For some malicious purpose,
accounts of these isolated disorders have
been collected and grouped together, and
sown broadcast over the North, so as to
give to the public mind an utterly errone
ous impression as to the condition of
fact is, that
thif-s, and their prejudices I had nothing
to do. Yet for a more thorough under
standing of the question I made it a part
of ray mission to investigate even these.
I found they had universally complied
with the conditions granted and accepted
at the final surrender of their armies and
cause. I found that they were carrying
out with good faith aud alacrity the re-
quirements'of the constitutional amend
ments abolishing slavery, and that in all
the States except Mississippi and Texas,
the famous Civil Bights bill had been an
ticipated by the action of the State Legis
latures previous to its pas age by Con
gress. Further than this, I fouud that
in the repudiation of every dollar known
as the Confederate debt, the same prompt
action had been taken by the State au
thorities, and had been universally indors
ed by the people; and I neither saw nor
heard any disposition, or anything that
pointed toward a disposition to repudiate
the rational debt or to revive the institu
tion of slavery.
But whilst the Southern people are
thus loyal, and have fulfilled all the re
quirements asked of them by the federal
government, it is impossible to disguise
he fact aud the better class of citizens
do not attempt to disguise it, that there
is among them a deep feeling and a strong
apprehension as to the cause of their loug
continued exclusion from Congress.—
They believe that it is part of a set plan
for perpetuating the existence of the po
litical party now in the ascendant, and
thatthequestion of suffrage, re-adjustment
of representation and taxation are but ex
cuses for still longer delay. Thus regard
less of the great interests, not only of
the suffering South, but of the whole
country, burdened with debt aud laboring
under embarrassment, I found the pre
vailing opinion, among the most intelli
gent citizens, as well as among those most
anxious for an early restoration of the
Union, to be that if representation and
an equal aud just co-operation in the ad
ministration of federal affairs were much
longer withheld from the Southern States,
a feeling of indifference would spring up
towards Liking any part in fill ini: federal
offices, and more particularly towards re
filling their seats in Congress—that the
people, in fact, would stay away from the
polls, and allow the election to go by de
fault, to the great detriment of the coun
try at large. This feel.ng of indifference
indeed is already manifesting itseif, and
is rapidly increasing in each Southern
State and but for those who have found
it necessary for their existence to live
upon and hold office, and whose haunts
and occupationshave hitherto been at the
federal c.ipiral, l do not believe auy
clamor would be heard.
What is needed to restore harmony and
prosperity to the entire country, bo’h
To prevent an Indian war on the fron
tiers of Arkansas and Texas. I accepted
the appointment of Commissioner to treat
with the Indians, and effected treaties
with them. With the civilized tribes I
agreed that their troops should Dot be
taken out of their country without their
conseut; and I always opposed their be
iug led into Missouri or Kansas; with
the wild bands I stipulated that they
should not take up arms at all, but ouly
live in peace with us.
In October, 1861, I accepted a com
mission of Brigadier General, to command
in the Indian country. This I resigned
in June, 1862. Alter my resignation was
accepted, I lived in retirement until June,
1864, suspected as disloyal to the South,
because of my known opposition to mar
tial law and military usurpation, and of
my Northern t irth.
In June, 1864,1 became Judge of the
Supreme Court of Arkansas. My taxable
proper.y, if not confiscated, is worth
more than twenty thousand dollars.
I can advance no other special claim
to clemency than this (if it be one),
common to many, that after long contend
ing against the spirit of disunion, and
being wholly without ambition, 1 uel’ed
reluctantly to an inexorabie necessity,
obeying my sincere convictions of right
and duty, and not regarding the move
ment as treason and rebellion, but as the
exercise of a lawful right; that rather
than assist usurpation, I retire' to private
life; and that I always condemned all
irregular warfare, violence to individuals,
inhumanities,persecutions and spoliations,
and all other acts contrary to the rules of
war between civilized nations.
Thinking it an unworthy part to at
tempt to escape, I have voluntarily come
from beyond the Mississippi, to submit to
what you may determine. My sole de
sire for the future is, to pursue the arts
of peace, to practice my profession, to
live among my books, and to labor to
benefit my fellows aud my race, by other
than political courses
1 accept, without reservation, that con
struction of the Constitution against
which I contended. The war has but
done a little sooner that which the irre
sistible influences of time were effecting.
Power is as legitimate a source of govern
ment as contract. For the future, the
States compose one nation, and the Con
stitution of its government is enacted by
the will of a majority of the American
people.
stitution as thus expounded, I have sworn
to support it, aud l will loyally keep rhe
oath and bear true allegiance. I accept
the decision as final,
seek to disturb it.
Proceedings bare been instituted to i
confiscate part of my landed estate. IJ
am wi ling to lose that. Nothing will j
then be left me but my books. These,
peculiarly dear to me, I pray the Presi-'
I need ;
scholar
the beginning of the government.
“ Useless violence always leads to fatal
reactions.” Blood shed after victory aud elegant hospitality the most distinguish-
I con- in the hour of triumph, will not make tLe , ed people ot England and of foreign lauds,
victory more illustrious or complete, nori \bout two W<eks ago she appeared at a
concert in St # James’ Hall; and uext
Moudav she is t<> appear there again, on
martyrs, more potent dead than when ; occasion for the ben fit of the w >un-
alive. Living, we shall have no influence;: dftd s „l d i e rs of the several nations of Eu-
so dying, we should become immortal 1 r .,p e naw et ,gaged in war. Wheu she
and omnipotent, eternal inciters ot tuture j upon the stage, two weeks ago. th«
insurrections, apostles of a faith whose j aUl ]ienee rose, waved haokerchiefs, shou
vitality can ouly thus be preserved. The ; ted and applauded for several moments in
President has it in his power to immor- 1 a ll)0St ra pt, ur ous manner. Iu appearance
she is no longer young ; she is very thin
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that of the same girlish simplicity which
does so, hereafter be the first to condemn y 0urs ago W ;>8 so great a charm. There
the severities they now advise. It is nor j was ,|, e utIll0St eagerness to catch the
by the proscriptions of Sylla that the j lonuS 0 f her vo ce, and to ascertain if it
wounds caused by civil war are to be ‘ } 1J( j j 08t ar ,y 0 f its old richness, sweetness
hcaied. _ j and power. The first verse or two of the
I cannot believe that any humiliation ! eou „ indicated a slight weakness; then
of entreaty would so assure the President : t ;. e ^ e waS almost a bieak, aud the ruoui
of my future loyalty as a manly but res- j waS as st jj| as death in fear of failure ;
pectful frankness,
so onlv can I
clemency, because worthy to live.
Albert Pike
To the President of the U. States.
ness. It seem-j to me that j w {j 0D Jenny Kenud to rally beneath the
show myself worthy ol h,&, cmLarrat-smeut, to rouse ail her old pow
ers ; and the remainder of the song was
criveu with a splendid full and triumphant
gust of voice. The delight of the audi
ence was unbounded, and she retired
irorn the stage in a perfect storm of ap
plause. A very pretty scene occurred
when later in the evening she sang her
4 bird son::.” Her children were
The Test Oath—How a "Loyal" Man
can take it, if he does Swear Hard.
I do solemnly swear (i»r affirm) that I
have never voluntarily borne arms against; fomim
toe United States since I have been a sitting just beneath her, on the seat near-
cirizen thereof; that I have voluntarily i est the stage; and the little things were
given no aid or counsel, countenance, or first to lift their hands aud clap (hem to-
encourageuient to persons engaged in j gether with delight at their mother’s suc-
armed hostility thereto; that l have cess; and as she withdrew, taking no
neither sought nor accepted nor attempted notice of the geueral acclamation, she
to exerci-e the functions of any office smiled her loving recognition, at her
whatever, under any authority or prefen- children and threw them kisses. The
ded authority in hostility to the Uuited j scene was so natural and so genuine in its
States; that I have not yielded a volun ! tender familiarity as to draw tears from
tarv support to auy pretended govern-! many eyes.—London Letter.
ment, authority, power or constitution
withiu the United States, hostile or inim
ical thereto. And I do further swear (or
affirm) that, to the best of my knowledge . g ^ fj p
and ability, I will support afid defend the j j,q eiu j tl ,, g j
Constitution of the United States against j
An Eloquent Extract.
The following is an extract from the
Hon. George H. Pendleton, at
r , . , _sburg, Ky.:
Constitution ot the united fctates against ' , , . - ,i
,, n • , J ... ..T 1 “ l stood the other day in that beauti-
all enemies, foreign and domestic; tnat 1; . f , ., . i,
... , , |, • ' ful cemetery which overlooks the valley
will bear true faith and allegiance to the _ : 0 . , a - t „i
, t . i *1 • ,i; j of Kentucky River and the capital ot
same; that I take this obligation neel\, „ T , , : tc u,,.
. , ’ ^ , ° ■ * vour State: I wandered among us beau-
without any mental reservation or pur- j a } . . , , , , •
0MO of evasion, and that I will well and j M"* 1 lrees - ?“ d Uk ‘ d “P ul1 - tbe lnscrl P-
f,id,folly discharge the dut.es of ,l, e ; t.ons upon its tnatty tombs
J - - the heroes of civil
office upon which I am about to enter;;
so help me God.”
Before Senator Patterson had obtained j
his seat Stokes, from Tennessee, had;
swallowed the oath and taken his seat in ;
the House. Patterson had been a Con-1
sistent Union man, although he had held ! . .
the office of Judge in the Confederacy, wree1e
1 saw there
strife—I mean civil,
as distinguished from military—who had
died with their harness on. I saw the
graves of the immortal dead who had
died in the Indian wars, in the war of
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I have been 1 not tell how dear the books of a
astonished to notice how little people, j are to him, nor why.
even those whose social relations are all | As I am unable te prefer any other
Southern, know ef the true state of feeling ; special claim to clemency, the President’s
in that section of the country. We need j generosity may permit me respectfully to
Southern society. The fact is,
wherever disaffection and turbulance have quaintance with each other,
manifested themselves outside the class
to whom I have above alluded, there has
been some local or specific cause to account
for it. Lawlessness, like an epidemic,
has extended over particular belts of the
country, aud, like an epidemic, is equally
traceable to some initiatory cause. Chief
among these causes must be named bad
government, pillage, aud oppression.
For five years the Southern people have
been the subjects of gross misrule. Dur
ing the war their y’.w^TRuent was a military
despotism, dependent solely ou the dictum
of an individual. Since the war they*
have been left more or less in a chaotic. ^ „ . , ... „ ,
state—their government semi-civil and j were the political relations of the people | to survive the strife and £
: :k, _.,.i nf mL i be'ter understood and acted upon. I j those prophetic words or Lae
have the honor to be your mO't obedient; forget the faults of ihe greatest criminals,
servant, Gordon Granger, | to remember ouly their punishment, if it
‘ has been too severe.”
1812. in the war with Mexico, and those
who had died in our late unhappy and
civil strife. Old and young,
, , , . . . t Kjail bore testimony to the courage and
and scrupled on that account to take tue , - „ , c„ n
* ... . . n n . i valor and heroism and loyalty ot iven-
oatb, as well he might. i lie oenate, , , ■ ,
j .... , . i • L nt ; tucky Ihere they lav altogether, those
agreed to rnodiJy the oath in his case, but f ' .
, J ,, ,r. ! who had dud fifty \eurs ago and those
'1‘e II ou-e wa, stubborn. The l«lfc.*u.g, a a , , lb V C e»r.-dc«t«.
\oluniar.l, accepting the (,on- scene occurred in the House: ! and Federal, laj siJe'b, side, their bat
Mr. Stoke, declared eotelttnly, ini»* ! , their ,tropic part- there they
elusion, that he would never vote to re-, ’ . .. r „
, -o . . ,i - __ T .„_ ; lay in the calm and silent repose ot a
neal or modify the test oath in any par-, J . . . f ,
i v. it . , ,, J ,, • . • a common death. 1 heir spirits had ascen-
aud shall never ticular. He would m .intam it as a . * ,. .
' . , , l- M„ n< i„,a 0 »nded upon eternal wings to perform in
flaming sword tn guard, -hieid and protect; 1 , , , r ■ .
... 1 | concurrent lurmony the duties assigned
t e o\a men o e °^ r .^ as k ed t ^ e them by the divine appointment of their
- he would ^mighty M
sorting I Bemen, that .
• i „ ‘ I necessity of harmony, must wait until a
common death shall seize us, and until it
shall be too late, b-. f *re we agree to strike
hands together, bury our d.fferenccs at
tlie foot, of our country’s altar and swear
Mr Eldridge (Deni.,
gentleman from Tennessee if
allow him to have read a letter purporting
to have been written by the gent
himself.
Mr. Stokes consented.
Mr. Eldredge thereupon sent
iker. Aud why is it, geu-
we, the livius*- feeiing the
to the
to
greater political, social, and commercial
freedom, more frequent intercourse, and
a kinder appreciation of each other s pe
culiarities. The advantages to the coun
try in its presenr financial stress of reunion
of heart and sentiments would be beyond
enumeration. The broad lands of the
fertile South are now lying almost in
waste for want of means and capital to
cultivate them; when every acre of its
Clerx s desk and had read a letter from , . , ,, , ,
7. a . .. T L n c Me : that by ihe Eternal God, to her. and
Mr. Stokes to Mr. John Duncan, ot Me / ... . ?
... ... , i t ■ l , , ai ^ I*? her aioue, we will be true torever ?
Minnvilie, Tpnn , dated Liberty, May io. ^ t t
not iu behalf of myself • 1861, iu which the following passages
it w« the general amiieety j occur: L Rattles.-ake Charming Turk.es
- - - - 1 - - - A verv strange and novel occurrence took
rerniud him,
aioue, that
proposed by the Tribune Plotius in favor
of all who had taken part iu the civil
wars, after the death of Sylla, that did
most to cicatrize the wounds of Rome ;
and that the Emperor Napoleon speaks
iu terms of commendation of *‘ those prac
tices of civilized nations, which teach
them to honor their adversaries, to spare
I have been a zealous advocate of the . „ r . .
Union up to the time of Lincoln', call place on tne teinncmahomn* near ft war,
f,.r 75,000 troop,, that hein* in violation ; Ten,,,, vama. a short urn. since j et M
of law and lot the subjection of the <™thta ness can be vouchediter b,R.W.
South. I commend Gov. Hams for his; McClellaod and other, m that v.cmtj,
course, and for arminc the State and re-. who were eye-witnesses,
sitting Lincoln at the point of the bavo 1 lie atteudori o a .
and have enrolled mv name ai a place (';lr. .McClelland wa, atlracKd lo
a y-ird in the rear or his house, where a
of a resident of that
net,
semi-military, or rather a division of rule [ be'ter
between the military, the Freedmcn’s
Bureau, and the provisional governments.
What might have been the result of a
different policy is not altogether idle to
speculate. Every military man who serv
ed in the South during the war will agree
that the heart of the great mass of the
people vras not thoroughly m the struggle.
The number of desertions from the rebel
armies abundantly establish this fact.—
Had a policy of wise and statesmanlike
conciliation been followed out immedi
ately after the close of’ the war it is more
than probable that the condition and dis
position of the people would now be f r
Fetter than they are. But on the subju
gation of the South the national authority
in the lately rebellious States was divided
and bruken up into opposing factions,
whose action greatly hindered the re-es-
tablishnicut of civil law and good order
so much needed among a people demoral
ized by the most demoralizing of all agen-
ci«s—civil war. The country was flooded
V'h Treasury agents who, with their ac
Job pBoes and imitators, fleeced the people
it and left, returning into the United
ei Treasury, for all the enormous
unts of property they seized and con-
soil rniFt be a^gold mine to the possessor! the conquered, aud not to permit anger j volunteer to re>ist the usurpation. I a y^ru in
" ■ - ■ 1 ■ j Ilso to repeat Lhall now march forward in the disebarce U^te;Bock of tucki» were c-mp.-gated,
Caesar, that " we; 0 f „,v duty in resisting Lincoln, regard-, utrenos, wtld ami dtscord.nt
a a " " _ I _ . p | I t« I O flTlTf IMl*llin
less ot lalse charges.
approaching, he observed a
cries. On
ar^e rattle-
Mr. E1 dridge°suggested whether it snake, coiled up in the act of charming
would not be better for him, for Con
The late war was more owing to the ; t 0 modify the test oath. [Lauahtcr an
dead ot the past, who are honored, than j applause in the galleries.! Mr. Eldridge
Brevet Maj. Geueral U. States Army.
Hamilton, of Texas, so much lauded - . .
by the Radicals, is scarcely exceeded in to the living ot the present, who are exe-; ^ked Mr Stokes how he could
ress a lordly gobbler of the flock, who was
d gliding swiftly in a circuit with eyes riv-
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Office with Tommy, Stewart & Orr, White-
Hill Street, Atlanta, Ga.
BgL>Scrip from No. 1 to 6 taken in payment
' (.leniMirns for Insurance.
Aug. ll-50-3m.
C|e yefanatt ParaO!.
J. A. WELCH. -
Publisher.
Rates of Advertising.
Advertisements inserted at $1.60 pet sqaaff
(often lines or space equivalent,) for first inser
tion. and 75 cents for each subsequent in
sertion.
Monthly or semi-monthly advertisement*
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 advertismeats most be paid
for when handed in. ..
The money for advertiseing due after tha
first insertion.
GREAT ATTRACTION!
mw &OOB8I
J. LOUGH & co.,
Have just received at J* M.
DODD’S old stand, South-
West Corner Public
Square#
NEWNAN, GEORGIA,
A new and large supply of
READY MADE
GLOTHIM,
AWD
JOHN P.AY. LAVENDER R. BAY.
JOHN RAY & SON,
attorneys at law,
NEWNAN, GA.,
Will practice in the Courts of
Fulton, Campbell, Fayette, Coweta,
Troup, Meriwether, Carroll,
Heard and Haralson.
Particular attention given to the collection
of all Claims of every description.
ffig-Office near Newnan Hotel. \juae2-Gm.
H
moral infamy by his brother celebrity,
Gantt, of Arkansas. The Houston Tel
egraph says he has been a scamp from
boyhood. Io 1853 be ran for the Leg
islature, anJ^was beaten on the open alle
gation that Be was in the habit of whip
ping his wife. He was a violent seces-; beyond the reach ot
sionist as early as 1858, and was for while those whom hatre s.eoi? o immo
separate action on the part of Texas.—
eted on the glassy orbits of his captcr, j Pu {,^Square.’
t ike the ari ^ gradually approaching its venomous
[Lau-'h- j lWS - Mr- McClelland quickly dispatched
crated; more to Jefferson and Madison • ^h in the face of that letter ? e - - , , . . , , ,
than to Davis and Hunter; more to rhe I in the galleries.] j ' h *boid intruder, and the turkey was set
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions thau j M r Stokes admitted that ho was wron? at hoerty; but. strange to record, wit i
to the arguments of 1860. “ Civil com- j when he wrote the letter, and then pro- i It3 p Jes so singularly transfixed that it
" »*!.,, . ’. . r was nnaole to move m a direct line, and
retired lroui its vanquished foe,
ceeded to rehearse events io 1861
as it
He was for re-opening the African slave
trade. When the late war broke out, he
tried to borrow money to raise a company
for the Confederate service. This is the
mau whom the Northern Radicals are ta-
kin°- to their bosoms, and whose vote for
the^Vice Presidency he is seeking to ob
tain by denouncing and slandering and
cursing the people of his own State,
Only fifteen persons followed “Doctor”
Dostie to the grave—four ladies, two Fed
eral officers, seven citizens and two oe-
r .. r . , „ groe^ The hearee, five carriages, a *»b
.at#d, barely enough to pay tba eest ef [aud a buggy formed the funeral.
motion have long root in the past,
and their true authors have b*en long , , .
human vengeance, j Coming State Elections.—Unusual moved obliquely with a shambling gait
interest will be telf in the coming fall
Lrte have been but the bondmen of neots-! elections, in which the relative strength
sity, the blind instruments of Fate.— ; of Congress and the President wi
will be put
Why should the scaffold crave the biood j to tlic test. They will occur as follows:
of the living, who only obey the dead ? J S-ptemfor.—Vermont, first Tuesday:
I respectfully submit that it is not just Maine, second Monday
to regard as rebellion and treason, what
had been claimed by States aud parties
At dusk on the same day a snake equally
ys large as the one destroyed, came into
the same man’s door-yard, and began cal
ling for its absent mate, rattling ioud.y.
It was summarily disposed of, and when
measured was aj-certained to be four feet
in length, with a tail studded with sixteen
rattles.
Dr. A- B. CALHOUN.
AVIN'G resumed the Practice of Medicine
re=p ctfally tenders hi3 professional ser
vices to the citizens of Coweta and aurroand-
ing counties,
His whole attention will hereafter be given
to his profession in its various branches-
Office on Depot Street, a few step.? from the
[Jan. G-l8-tf.
STAPLE HUS
LADIES and GENTLEMEN’S
All varieties of
OBZLSBES’a ssoas,
BOYS & GENTLEMEN’S
NOTIONS,
Of all kinds;
HOOP & BALMORAL SKIRTS)
CLOAKS, CORSETS; ,
HARD-WARE
AINTD
CUTLERY.
Also a large and full supply
of all kinds of
GROCERIES & CROCKERY.
J. M. MANN, 1 Salesmen
J. A. HUNTER, / Newnan, Ga.
R. T. HUNTER, 1 Salesmen
J. S. NALLS, JforLorch&Co
A. M. WOOD, 1 Salesmen
W. MARTIN, j Franklin, Ga,
Sept. 16-2-tf.
|g£g=*After the 1st October/
J. Lorch & Co. will occupy the
old stand of J. J. Neely with a
portion of their stock.* 1 ^^
P1KENIX TIN SHOP,
—AT THE—
TIN TREE
October.—Indiana, first Tuesday; Iowa
firstTuesday; Ohio, first Tuesday : Peun
for*seven tv years as the lawful exercise! svivania. first Tuesday; West Virginia. 4 , 0
ofYSIri^htbT a Sute; „.d that | fourth Thuraday. “ Bow do lou hke the character of St.
it vroohl be a grate uristale to make even ; Xacember — Louisiana, first Monday; j Pan! ? asked a parson of his land ady.
ooe uaroe and memory a waiehourd and Delaware, ilUooLs KaoSas, JlarjIand.J - Ah! he was a nooi eleter old soul
beacon fer all comino- time. It would be Massachusetts, Michgan, Minnesota, New , I know, for ne once said, you know that
to create “that impassable barrier which! Jersey, Wisconsin, New York, Missouri, j we must eat what is set before us, and ask
i . _ klfwl ta shpd thfi : and Npvada nn fho fii
always separates, after blood is shed, the’ and Nevada, on the first Tut-day; Bylo-. no questions 1
children of the same country.” j redo, second Tuesday; South Carolina, [ way s thought
Xf MBvistod and sentenced; none now fourth Menday. boarder.
for conscience sake. I al-
I should like him for a
DR. JNO. W. PEARCE
O FFERS hia professional services to the
citizens of Newnan and vicinity.
He may be found at all hoars in day time at
tjie Drug Store of Dr. J. S. Henry, or at bis
residence, brick Louse east side of the Rail
road at night.
Will give prompt attention to all patronage
entrusted to bis enre. [june 2-39-tf.
J. C. THOMPSON.
Y. H. THOKPSON
J. C. THOMPSON & BRO.
W OULD respectfully inform their friends
and the public generally, that they can
be foued
Up Stairs, over the Store-Room of Redwine,
Culpopper ft Co. f
and are prepared td MAKE AND REPAIR
IFTTIRJSJTTTTiRr-E
at the shortest notice and in good stjle. We
are also prepared to make
Aprs 14-32-rf. i '
■w. M. Reynolds
W OULD respectfully inform everybody
and the balance of mankind, that he ia
now prepared to furnish anything and every
thing in the way of
STOVES & TIN 7/ABE,
At the very lowest prices and shortest notice.
Best Patent of Family Cook Stoves,
from $25 to $50, according to sizej
and outfit.
Tin Ware reduced 25 per cent; under 1
any other market.
Come, come everybody, aud boy!
I will duplicate bills bought at wholesale in
any market in the Union since the war.
January 20-20-?m.
ft
A. F. BURNETT A CO., | BURNETT BROS.
ATLANTA, GA.. MACOH, GA.,
x>EA.iiBas xsr
I o
W E ARE prepared to furnish tCE (Crys
tal Lake) at 4 cents per pound to par
ties in country or on line of Rail Road. Libe
ral deduction made on car load or ton.
• ft3f*8hipmenta well packed. £june 23-3m.
1ST oii ce .
A LL kinds of COUNTRY PRODUCE
ken in exchange for GOODS at the hi
eat. markon-rates, atep HAGS and LCK
COTTON -RA^DAIL
