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mmm Cjje Jtoait petals ruiaisHii) wheely eyt;87 EATmbAY by i. C. WOOTTZN, J.A. VELCfc. WOOTTEN& WELCH, Proprietor*. J. C. WOOTTEN,.. Editor. TERMS OF RrBRCRIPTtOJf : One copy one year, payable in advance, $3.00 One copy si* months....“ “ 1.50 One copy three mon hs,‘‘ “ 1 00 A Club of six will be allowed an extra copy, (Fifty numbers complete the Volume.) THE NEWNAN HERALD. ^ fMilg §onraal;-"gerotd is ifflito, J^jritaltoi*, Ctamme, $t. VOL. II.] 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 lEOHG.A BAIL ROAD, E. W. COLE, Superintendent, Leave Atlanta (j.15 A. M. Arrive at Augusta 6.00 P. M. Leave Augusta 7.00 A. M. i Arrive at Atlanta ; P. M. i Leave Atlanta.;..., 6.30 P. M. I Arrive at Augusta 5.25 A. M. ; Leave Augusta ...,6.25 P. M Arrive at Atlanta ;....:,5.3o A. M. ATLANTA and WEST POINT •RAIL ROAD. Leave Atlanta <7 00 A Arrive at Newnan ...9 17 A Arrive at.West Point 12 27 P Leave West Point 12 45 P the! Arrive at Newnan 2 45 P Arrive at Atlanta 5 30 P taiize himself and secure to the country permanent peace, by mercy ; and those who urged him to use the sword of jus ;ice are his worst enemies, and will, if he NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Atlanta 1 00 A ... . . . Arrive at Newnan 3 22 A and bony ; her lace is pale and lined as ^ Arrive at West Point 6 00 A if by time and care; but her manner was j Leave West Point 6 30 P Arrive at Newnan 9 07 P Arrive at Atlanta 11 32 P GEORGE G. HULL, SuperiuteDdant. 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 *1*11.0 Soutlierxx EXPRESS COMPANY, Have unsurpassed facilities for the transpor tation of Freight of all Descriptions, GOLD, SILVER CURRENCY, AND BANK NOTES To all parts of the TJ. STATES, CANADA and EUROPE. Freight brought through from New York to Atlanta in sixty hours, and from Savannah or Charleston in twenty-four. Special attention is called to our uevv rates. V. DUNNING, Agent, Atlanta, Ga. G. W r . RAMEY, June 23-tf. Agent, Newnan, Gn. THOS. A. GRACE, NEWNAN. GA., Insurance Agent for the following Companies: J3TNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Connecticut. KNICKERBOCKER LIFF. INSURANCE CO., New York. JETNA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, Hartford, Connecticut. UNDERWRITERS - FIRE INSURANCE CO., New York. SECURITY FIRE INSURANCE New Vork. COMPANY, EUFAULA HOME FIRE INSURANCE CO., Eufanla, Ala. JAMES RIVER FIRE INSURANCE CO., Howardsvitie, Va. OGLETHORPE INSURANCE COMPANY, Savannah, Georgia. July 28-47-tf. North and South, is closer and better ac-! dent to excuse Iro n confiscation. 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- JNO. G. WHIX NHR’S General Insurance Agency. 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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