About The Newnan herald. (Newnan, Ga.) 1865-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1866)
ptannn Selected Dispatches. Fortsrs 3 Mokwie, Nov. 16.—Jeff -raon Da\i.s ha* been removed from hi« casemate to more commodious apartment* in Carreli Hull. I’.ALTraoBr. Nov. 17.—The H rst- Fdr L-_r, rj- largely attended. Gen. Grant w.m present t/r - ■ ~~ day ; alro, Ex-Confederate Geuaral Joseph E. J^TA oorrcspOmlent of the Atlanta Intelli- j ( ,y n «t<,n, who exchanged greetings with Gen. genocr. writing from Athens, ’ienn . says: “East Tennessee can spare one million bushels of com for export." NEWNAN. GEORGIA. Saturday Morning, November 24, 1866. Ko Hcxat'o.—After all that* 1< c*s l"-‘cn said. the astronomers were partly richt in their pre dictions concerning a meteoric shower, i w< ‘» vc thousand meteors were observed at Greenwich Observatory on the evening of the 14th. Communicated. What Shall We Do? From present indications. the Us r of the South will s>>n It withdrawn from the less productive portions of the country, and con- • ntrated in plaecs where the s^il is mon. j.r<>- du> tiv..- and of course the yield is more remu nerative. Scarcely a week has passed for serer.il m- •nth* without some one being here gathering up Lands to carry to Mississippi of Tennessee. The case of Lfctat. Brainc, of the Confederate Ifc . ‘ stioa naturally suggests itself, what is Navy, charged with'pfracy, has gone over to th- fc> h.-tin. result of this ? Will not all the best next term of the Court. iuui is s*s,n l*e mcnopdized by the few to the nent of the many ? 1 Our people are -■red with extra remunerative soils. from vear to rear, as practice and experience Thfi St&y 821(1 Exemption IiSWS. may suggest.' There must ;uid will be many yh e procee<lings of the Senate on the 10th j changes made in the juri.-Ji< tion and nK " , ' w 20th on these subjects are given below. ti; Legislat ure o n- f The bill for the Relief of tlie People, com- Graat. The President has nearly completed his Mes sage. Efforts have Wen made to induce him t recommend universal amnesty and universal suffrage and thereby to harm' nlze with C-.-n 1 gross. Tl,e dispatches from Washington on this subject are conflicting. We believe Mr. Johnson will stand firm. n >t all l and f- r the lot five or six yC in- have been v.TB-n l an-! w, ni, and ill their cultivation not much reference w.„s had to their future produc tiveness Hence the condition of the l.u, Is this year was not near so promising for a g»x>d yield, if the season had been ever so good, as ' rw York, Nov. 19,- -The Pod'* Washington in vca:s ’ • fore the war. It L, evi.Lnt that a f the Slate special correspondent says that fact- developed 1 reg- maj .ity of our people will have to change to-day show little kopc-that the President will ! tlnir plan of cultivating the soil, and adopt • * *' • *® * jr. "intacud impartial gu-Trac 0 in his message, j otic by which they c.tn better economize both g«FGcn Ortega protests against the injustice j A _ . t A _____ _ . , | labor*nnd expenditure, lire object of even- one sh utld i>e to make the best use of the means which he finds at his disposal, and that. to->. without running any great risk of losing that little all in trying t„• regain his lost wealth at a single leap. Put few arc able now to keep up the fences and cultivate all their hundred acre fields, when two-thirds of the land will not pay th • expense of cultivation. Would it | not then be beit.r loth: -,v out the two-thirds, and prop.rly cii lude the one-third which can •ranch of the Court. stilts to retain it. Tb - misdemeanors of lue monlv known as the Stay Law was taken up land must lie adjudi-n<d—<‘mew rare. It we : Mr' Graham offered an amendment explana- ^ put them before our Supetivr Court, instead ot J t 0 f the provisions of the act now in force. j one or two ir»b sessions, is now. we will hare amendment explains that only one-fourth •nc.T two stssi «s. My leeluurs are n f this debt mar be collected in January. 18*37. opposed to the Court without many nn« i1h.i- an( j jy,,. failure on the part of the debtor tMas. wunh c m very readily le eftote . T to pay this one-tburth does no* put it in the h ivi sai 1 thus much of tiiis matter : <ccai.se ^ 0{ - creditor to claim the pavment of leltit was nnportaut. the whole. rhme mu a tremendous pre sure, on ...st ^ urm . n , ]ment of Mr Gresham was discus- : Tx^Liy. in the House, on the subject of . ute ^ ftt 0>IM5ideraWe j engt h bv Messrs Gresham, ! to the Maa>n & Brunswick railroad he Wount Butler, was'finallv lost by a | company propose to mortgage to tne bta.e titty - , seven mil. S Of ro.ul already _c>raph-te^ with ‘ p BeaB offered an amendment provi- i a 1 their ruling sb - k. it the Mate^iDkoto ^ tllat the first section of the act be altered h ir b >nn> to the amount ot ten thousand /? , , j ,. L ,, ^ M A . Nixiko Emigration.—Our correspon let ‘' i.'' writes a very sensible letter on this subject, it? evils and their remedies. In event the Legis lature fails to proUirt the country, he appeals to the city and town corporation to do the work. Head his letter. .. - ... . .... i A special dispatch to the Commercial says it of his arrest by the Etilted States military au-I. J J ., ... ... | is c<<nn Ieutlv expectenl that r:-con-tru-tiju will thorities, and pleads in hist behalf tlie rights . ; 1 . . , ... .. „ ... : i»e ammicably settled earl v in the approaching guarantied by the Constitution. How ndicu- .. . \ , . ? . ‘ r „ session. Negotiations to that end are m pro long. A man with no more sense is not fit for ■ 1 , ... , ,, . gress between the President and leading pohti- 1‘resident *rm of Mexico. .. , „ , . . , cians North and South, ilie basis of settle ment will be universal suffrage and general amnesty. The President partially accccdes t» Ax TIoxkst MarT—In April, 1862. T. M. Daniel. Esq., of Athens, then a Lieutenant in : the 3-1 Georgia regiment, while out w ith a I scouting party in the neighborhood of Eliza- j beth City, North Carolina, stopped and stayed j all night w ith a man named Murden Stokely, living near that place. Fpon going away the | next morning, he left his gold watch lying ou the ruante*. and aS our forces evacuated that part of the country very soon afterwards, he had no opportunity to reclaim it. and of course gave it up as lost. Friday', however, says the Watchman. Me received a neat looking little package by express, and upon opening it be held the long lost watch, safe and sound as when he parted with it • In these days of miscellaneous rascality and meanness, such incidents deserve to be recor ded. and tor the credit of human nature we take greii! pleasure in making them public. Railroad Bobdeus Catgut.—The entire pan of out laws—thirteen in number who robbed d Louisville l * ie proposition, but in fists upon the constitu- rcceritly a train on the Nashville an.. „— railroad have been caught by the citizens of , Goal ground that the question of s t,n ige p:o- 1’ranklin county, Ky. A negro named Robert P^b belongs to the States, ttnd is so far averse Hoy was one of the leading spirits of the affair. ’ any action oft -angress on the subject ihe .♦ — j telegrams also states that if assurances can be Swindlers.—Tlie Northern lottery men are | obtained from the Southern 1 carlers of the again thxxling the country with their tickets, speedy a iopti >n of universal suffrage, the however There Ills been a bill introduced asking aid to our tjrirhn \ North Alabama rood. Its fate hangs in doubtful scale. Ihe Air Line r->ad is also asking- help. Many infants are desiring to walk, and I sincerely hope they may not seri- | ously effect and cripple the mother by deinand- . ing t<M> much assistance of her. i Lottery schemes for various purposes seem to i lie crowding in upon the Legislature. I fear they are Trojan horses, full of armed men. w ho | will attack the interest of the country very vigorously when they have been admitted into ! onr midst. There are m- re visitors at the capitol than J !> <raicrly. Among them many charming ladies, j Your correspondent, however, stands at a ! respectful distance, being a very timid young (?) man. Please offer our kindest regards to the ' fair of Newnau. Continually, Wat. hi the writing confidential letters to parties, offering to secure high prizes provided they will forward So, $10 or $.V), etc. Pay no attention to such letters, for those who send them arc nothing but swindlers. f Still Proorkssino.—Tlie work on tlie Savan nah, Griffin & North Alabama railroad is still progressing, and it is the intention of the President and Directors, in the event the State lends its aid to the company, to avail them selves immediately of its benefits, and prose cute the work with redoubled vigor, in which event the road will he completed to this place before the close of the year 1867. Is there any Reason ? Almost every day wagons loader! with apples of the 1>est quality, and raised in Carroll and Haralson counties, pass through Newnau on their journey to Co lumbus. The owners of this fruit receive a good price for it, while the cost of raising it is trilling. Is there any reason why the farmers of this county cannot raise as good fruit and at as small cost ? 1ST 'Bostonians called Kossuth a patriot be cause he sought to achieve the independence of liis native land, and extended him a cordial wel come to their city. Jefferson Davis did the same thing, for which Bostonians call him a traitor and demand his blood. Why the difference ? Kossuth's triumph would not have affected the pockets of Bostonians — Jefferson Davis’ would. How sensitive is the money nerve, and what follies does it make the mouth speak. Corn. — An abundance of corn has been J’re-i lent will waive hi.: •bjccti ai Washingro.v, Nov. L0. —A public me ting cl whites and blocks was held here last evening. t > consider the suffrage question. It was a«S- dr«ss d by Senator Harlan, and other orators, in cluding one black man. Harlan expressed the belief, that, if Congress was petitioned f<*r im partial suffrage, there would be no difficulty in the passage of a law for that purpose. Baltimore, Nov. 20. The Masonic display in this city, to-day, was grand and imposing. Several visiting delegations pirtk-ipited in the ceremonies. President Johnson, in full regalia, appeared on the jwrtico in front of the residence of Gov. Swann, and received the pt ■•cession. He afterwards, accompanied by Gov. Swann, proceeded to where the corner Masonic Temple was being 1 lid, ami took a j> <- sition on the grand stand. It is estimated that live thousand Masons were in tlie line. Albany, Nov. 20.—The Woman's Rights Convention met here this morning. Lucy Stone, Mr". SUmton, Pa lter, Pillshury, and Fred. Douglass were prominent upon such gatherings were adopted. The usual resolu tions cotise pient. News Items. It is said 2,500,000 people have perished in the famine in Orissa, India. borer for his hire ? And instead of clearing new fields and wasting the timber, ;>e all the spire time an 1 means in improving Lie select portions already cleared, and in pun Lasing better ami labor-saving agri- cuUur.ti implements? And when tlie land is well prepared l<efore the crop is planted, and deep cultivation substituted for the usual sur face plowing, who can doubt the vie! 1 will pay comparatively 1 : tier, let the sea. .is be good or bad ? It uy not be necessary here to reproduce f ats and figures to show that an acre of pro perly prepared land can lx: made to produce more, at a less cost, than five acres of common land in the usual mode of cultivation. This fact lias been demonstrated too often to need ivpctiti ju. And now, if this is the plan best adapted to our present circumstances and con dition, the sooner it is brought into execution the hotter it wiil be for us and the country.— ( r ( i ! All our future prosperity and wealth lie buried in the ground, and it certainly is important to every one to know how to get it out at the least labor and cost. If wc ever again reach a point of prosperity we must become a self-sus taining people. We must rely upon our own resources, and dneet all our energies and capi tal to tha t point as the great ultimatum of our final success. Tlie time has certainly passed when we can depend on the single production of cotton (under the present system) to regain onr former prosperity, or protect oursel ves from the legion of tax gatherers who are placed over us by a government in which our interest is not con sulted and our voice not heard. ° In one of the Boston Courts, a few days since, a colored juror was chosen temporary foreman. Tlie freednaen m Middle Tennessee are refu sing to enter into contracts for the ensuing raised in the west, and there is no reason why vc,u ‘ the price should not decline, except the im pression among farmers and speculators that ' '• our people have not enough to do them until the new crop can In- shipjied, which will be February or March. In this they are mistaken, as we know and they soon will know. So we hope the Southern farmers xvill not display great haste in purchasing their supplies of bread stuffs, for a decline l>y or before spring, we think, is inevitable. Nobly. After all protracted civil wars the greatest danger the vanquised have to fear arises from their own conduct. The victor, having the power, always makes humiliating demands, and if yielded, the “soul-wealth "—the honor —of the people is tiling away, and their future is dark. We thank God the South has seen this danger and resolved to avoid it. Our legisla ture lias refused the damning, poisoned draught prepared by radicalism. IFc trill not drink it.— The achievements on the battle-field of our heroes have been grand, and crowned with glory the Confederate arms—yet this act of our legislators, sustained by their constituents, iu the darkest hour of our history, will shine out with increasing brilliancy after the proudest monuments and mausoleums, erected and pre pared for earth's blood-stained heroes, have crumbled into dust. Why? The inhabitants of Middle Georgia are blessed with as pure water, as delightful and healthy climate as any people on earth. Their virgin soil gives the husbandman a bounteous return for his sweat and toil, while their exhausted fields, the result of improvident and unskillful culture, can be readily reclaimed. Then why should Middle Georgians seek homes in the miasmatic -^swamps of the west, the chilly re gions of South Arkansas, or on the parched praries of Texas, amid strangers and of whose laws, institutions and customs they arc igno rant ? It is true, many have toiled during the present year, and at its dose are }XH<rer than when it began. Why is this ? Because heaven withheld its showers, and such calamities over take men in all lands and climates. If the lands of any are exhausted, let them reclaim them, instead of abandoning them for others of tlie productiveness of which they know not. There are other reasons why all Georgians should not forsake the old 8tate now. 'Their mother, of whom all her sons and daughters should feel proud, is now humbled and in the dust. She calls for help to rise from her low estate, and in this hour of trouble let all her children unite their energies and strength to re-instate her in her formea glorious and dignified position. Then the pure water, healthy climate, virgin and revlaitliable soils and piteous appeals of Georgia, should constrain all Georgians to re main, toil and strive for former prosperity in the land of their nativity or adoption. There are thirty thousand lawyers in the U. States. It takes $712,000 to pay the increased salaries of Congressmen. One hundred and fifty Yankees have left Maine, landed nt Joppa, and intend to form a colony in Palestine, with a view of Cliriotian- izing that land. Bishop Andrews was in Savannah a few days since. Though age is telling on him, still his mental faculties are nudiinmed. Tlie Washington Chronicle calls upon the Loyal Leaguers to organize and come to Wash ington to protect and vindicate the power of Congress. The Union replies by calling on the President's friends to do the same thing, and give blow for blow, if Mr. Johnson is intcr- ferred with. Texas is to have a State University. Surveys have been completed for a bridge across the Ohio at Louisville, and work will probably be commenced. The Virginia Alleghanies arc swarming with game. A party from Albemarle, who entered the mountains from Stanton, killed twenty-one deer in five days. One buck weighed two hundred and fifty poumls. The Central Railroad Comp my lias rcducecd the fare from Savannah to Mac >n to ten dol lars ; and from Savannah to Augusta to six dollars and fifty cents. At a Printer's Festival, recently, the fol lowing sentiment was offered Woman — Second only to the Press iu the dissemination of news. Natchez lias buried 10,000 1860. What a black burring. negroes stuce Milledgeville Correspondence. MiLLEOGEVILLE. NoV. 13, I860. Dear Her auk l'bc Special Committee ap pointed by the last Session of the General As sembly to draft a Common School system for the State, has held a meeting and come to the very wise conclusion that Georgia must have a School System to meet the necessities of her otherwise thrifty population. Acting upon this idea, they appointed a sub-committee, with instructions to concoct a bill from the various plans suggested, and submit it to the Legisla ture for action on a very early day. I appre hend the syrtem will be ready for action in a few days. The impression is, tlie people, seeing and feeling more than ever the necessity of uniformity in the schools of the country, and in the provision for our poorer and more un fortunate classes of society, are willing to be taxed for the carrying on of the great work.— Every white child in Georgia must have the facility of a liberal education. For the present we are willing to leave “Cuflie” to the tendrr nu rcicx of his quasi friends. His literary neces sities will be attended to by the “practical miscegerators,’’ sent out by the extremely pious and benevolent (h societies of the “ heav enly kingdom." They desire to praetice their declarations: hence they find no difficulty in procuring the services of a quantity of “ mantis" and servants to carry their desiree of free inter course into effect. - c - * ° A bill has been introduced to exempt lroin taxation all capital invested iu the manufacture of cotton and wool for ten years. Tlie argu ment is, capital will be largely employed in such establishments, and we will deprive tlie Yankee nation of the three cent tax, of which they calculate to have such an immense income to the infernoI revenue “Bureau.” Col. E. P. Watkins, of Atlanta, is down here with a lottery scheme, by means of which he proposes to educate the orphans of deceased soldiers. Everything is ridden into favor on the back of the poor soldier. His bill was lost in the Senate on Saturday by a vote of 18 to 16. Reconsidered ou yesterday, and will come up for action to-day. If that succeeds, there are several ethers waiting to launch on the the same sea. There have been two reports—a majority and minority—from the special committee on the County Court: one in favor of modification the other for abolishing. The Stay Law is the special order for Monday next. There is no doubt of its passage, for I thiuk nearly all are iu favor of it. The Home stead question will be considered next week also. Many favor a large exemption. There ought to be something done. - Serenelv, Wat. Proceedings of the House of Represen- j tatives—State Aid to the Uacon and Brunswick Railroad. Thursday, November 15. A scat on the floor of the Hall was tender- cred Gen. John B. Gordon. The special order of the day, to wit : To ex tend the aid of the State to the Macon and Brunswick Railroad was read a third time. The report of the Agricultural Committee, which was unanimously in favor of the passage of the bill, was agreed to, and the yeas and nays were called on the passage of the bill, when Dr. Ridley addressed the House. He was opposed to the precedent. Tlie bill was unconstitutional. Laws must be general. If we endorse the bonds of this road, it is spe cial b gislation This act conflicts with private rights. Georgia is iu no condition to lend her credit. She is now carrying on the civil es- tahlishment on borrowed capital, for tlie pay ment of which the W. & A. R. R. is pledged. This is the only basis of our credit. Taxation of cur impoverished people cannot l>e thought of. while they are cn ing on all hands for re lief. He intended to vote in such a manner as to keep the credit of the State inviolate and inviolable, The passage of this measure will ruin the credit of the State. He had heard, twenty-eight years ago, the same arguments as to the capacities of the harbor of Brunswick, Georgia; it v.as often said the building of this road would make Brunswick the New York <<f the South. If Brunswick is such a port as represented, why is not capital from the North enlisted in this enterprise ? If Georgia endorses these bonds, and the road is built, it is not contemplated the road wifi ever pay the bonds, but that the Shite shall ultimately take possession of and sell the road to Northern capitalists. If Northern cap italists are to own this road, let them bring their capital here and build it. The wives and children of cur deceased soldiers arc calling on us for food, raiment and shelter. We say we have not the money. We have not appropria ted anything for the education of the masses, and the great argument against it is, “ we are not able.” Endowments are very dangerous to individuals and States. He would rather, if we had the money, build the road and own it—rather than lend our credit. Our bonds now are worth only fifty cents in the dollar in gold. He would not jeopardize the credit of of tlie State by endorsing the bonds of any rail road. Will w •, with the experience and ex ample of North Carolina and Tennessee before us, plunge into this wild scheme .' The bonds of these States are worth to-day sixty-five cents in the dollar, not in gold, bat currency. Mr. Hardeman (in favor) said he felt he should be at fault—false to tlie interests of the people, whom he represented, false to the pros perity, honor, and glorv of tlie State—did he forego the opportunity of speaking in favor of this project. The State Road, you say, has given you your credit, enables you now to feed and clothe your j»oor. Croakers were found in the day of building the State Road, who used the same argument against it. This was State Aid. Was there ever a more childish, whimsical argument, offered to sensible men, than that this act is unconstitutional. If this road be a public necessity, xvill the State be safe in aiding it ? Never was there a stronger appeal for aid. It brings the best of assets, and asks not for direct aid, but merely for an endorsement. The lands in Cherokee Georgia, prior to building the 5V. & A. Railroad, were not worth 81 per acre—an increase in value of the lands of seven millions of dollars in a few of the counties through which the State Road runs—and may not we expect a like in crease in the value of the lands through which the Macon and Brunswick Railroad will run.— Atlanta, the tx'eat wonder, is worth more to the State of Georgia than it cost to build tlie whole road. Build the M.icon d Brunswick Railroad, and at even an increase of $1 per acre, there will be an increase of taxable prop- ! erty of $5,000,000. Added to this, the increase | of population will be immense. It is to the | interest of the people to have as many outlets j to the sea as possible. Competition is the life ! of trade and of commerce. He believed the building of this road would inure to the benefit of Savannah—as you build up brunswick, you advance Savannah—compe tition and railroad rivalry will inure to the benefit of the people. provided of the remaining three-fourths meat was passed. 'I he bill was finally passed by a vote of 29 to | 7. leaving the bill the same as before, with the j exception that the first installment of debts are j required to be paid by the rir.-t of January, | 1868. and the retnain’ng installments annually ; thereafter. Those who voted in the negative j are Messrs. W. R. Beall. Gresham, Kenan. I Redding, Strozier, McDaniel and Owens. , . j In the Senate, on the 20th, Mr. McDaniel 1 moved to reconsider the bill passed on yestcr- j day to give relief to the State. His object in ! moving reconsideration was not to defeat the j bill, but only to perfect the bill, and to render it more acceptable to the people. He was in favor of giving the people the benefit of an other year s labor in order to enable them to pay their debts. His objection to the bill as it passed was, that it defered the final settlement of debts to too long a period. The Legislature might pass a Stay Law this sess:on. and is found necessary, next winter the Legislature could again pass a Stay Law. The motion to reconsider was lost. TIk: bill to exempt from levy and sale certain property id every debtor in the State, was taken up. and passed by a vote of 22 to 14.— The bill as passed, exempts 160 acres of land, with house, household and kitchen furniture, professional books.all agricultural implements, tools of mechanics, two horses [or mules, one two horse wagon, one yoke of oxen and one cart, two cows and calves, twenty head of hogs, ten head of sheep, one years supply of corn, and bacon or pork, together with all articles to each that a family may require. If the land is in city, town or vilage, four acres provided the s:ime does not exceed 85,000 in value. Mm Ikirdisintffuts. ENGLISH AND CLASSICAL SCSOOL-1G67. E XERCISES begin January 8th. Students prepared for anv Class in College. DANIEL WALKER, Principal. take pleasure in stating that wc received no students at Mercer University better pre pared than those who had been taught by Mr. Daniel Walker. N. M. CnAwroVra. ’ “From personal knowledge-of Mr. Walker, and from his success in preparing young men for College, we most heartily eudofse him as a capable, efficient an5 faithfffl instructor of youth. II H Tucker. President, S P San/ord, Prof of Math & Ast J E Willit, Prof of Cheui & Sat Phr? W G Woodfin, Jun, Prof of An Lan? "Mercer University, Mot. \1ih, 1806. Refer to— J J Pixsox, J E Dent, John Ray, November 24-tf Hugh Brewster, Col W F Wright, Gen T A Grace. Communicated. Carroll Resolutions. Miu.EDGErri.LE. Nov. 16. 1866. Mr.. Editor: My attention has been called to a publication in your paper of what purports to be the proceedings of a meeting of the peo ple of Carroll county, held on the 22d of Octo ber last; and being a citizen of said county (though an humble one), if I believed the res olutions therein contained reflected the senti ments of our people, or even the sentiments of those who adopted them. I should pass them by unnoticed. But believing that I know something of their sentiments, I conclude that those who adopted the resolutions were either misled by some one who did not know the meaning of tlie language used, or else they were hurriedly acted on without being properly and considerately scrutinized, and hence do not reflect the sentiment of even those who adopt ed them, as I shall proceed to show. In the first place, the resolutions adopted at a citizens’ meeting of the county on the 2d of October were unanimously rescinded. Now what right lias one assemblage of persons to rescind resolutions expressive of the views of another assemblage of persons ? While I re cognize the right of the people to hold as many public meetings as they see proper, and after having expressed thSir views at one meeting upon any one subject, the mine ptrsons may as semble subsequently and alter, modify or change their former action ; hut for another convention, composed of different persons to assume to themselves the right to control the action of the former, is an assumption of pow er unprecedented. Hence I conclude the action of those persons in attempting to do so was hasty and inconsiderate, to say the least of it. But to the resolutions. The first resolution recommends the Legisla ture to extend the Stay Law, so that no debt due cr to Le-orne due shall be collected, or suit commenced thereon, until the expiration of three years, or until tlie Legislature Play see proper to change or modify it, &c. Now so far as this resolution relates to debts to become due, I have no idea that it reflects the senti ments of a dozen persons in the county; for even' one knows that the effect of such a law would be a full and complete overthrow of the credit system, and a large number of our peo ple are compelled to ask for credit to enable them to support their families, and provide means for raising a crop the ensuing year. That it is the wish of all that the Stay Law be ex tended as to obi debts, from time to time, until the Legislature shall think the condition of the people will justify its discontinuance, I have no doubt, and such was the purport of the res olutions which these propose to rescind. The second resolution recommends the Home stead Law to be amended so as to secure heads of families permanent homesteads, &c. This resolution, so far as it contemplates the passage of a constitutional law to secure homesteads to heads of families, &c., is unobjectionable with a majority of our people, so far as I know. The third resolution recommends the Legis lature to use the most strict economy in the expenditure of all public funds, and oppose all appixpriations; “but we approve of ample pro visions being made for the wants of the deaf, dumb and blind, and for the destitute and dis abled soldiers, and for the poor of both sexes.” The resolution opposes all apprqrriatbjis. Now how do these people expect the Legislature to supply the wants of those objects of charity named in the resolutions, without appropria tions ? How do they expect the Lunatic Asy lum. that proud monument of Georgia’s wisdom It is to the interest of ] and liberality, to be kept up without appro- YOMG J. LOYG, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WJ ILL practice in the several Courts of '\ Law and Equity in Coweta and ad joining counties. [Nov 24-1 v. NOTICEJJMTICE! Valuable Property for Sale! Sale Positive---No Limitation—No By-Bidding. A Contribution from Mrs. Jeff. Davis to the Washington and Lee Association. The Norfolk Virginian contains the follow ing paragraph: “ \Ye announce with extreme gratification rind pleasure that Mrs. Jefferson Davis has presented to the Washington and Lee Association, through Mrs. Dr. Farrar, of this city, an elegant and costly set cf French jewels, to l>e disposed of as the Association may decide for its benefit. The tribute from Mrs. Davis, in this the necessitous hour of her own ... ,• - , and husband s affliction, stamps her as the I ^ l *- v . tUe ^e tor the diseussmn ot the noblest of her sex, and the gift will be cheer- Umu, -Y ' urt Y' WCre “ ade \ pro and con. By a sort of test vote on a com- [We regret this letter was unavoidably left out last week. We trust our esteemed corres pondent will continue his interesting favors 1 Milledgeville, Nov. 19,1806. Dear Herald: Saturdav last was the day set next. Most Df.plorab!.e Ignorance —A recent is sue of the British Quarterly Review, contains the following singular, nay almost incredible revelation -of the ignorance which exists in some section? of Great Britain : ‘•la Birmingham, thirty-two persons, aver aging more than twelve years of age. includ ing a young man of twenty, and two young women, could not tell the Queen’s name." The No more Circulating National f urrency. j commonest and simplest objects of nature The Comptroller of the Currency announces j such as flowers, birds, fishes, mountains and to do away with the organization completely ; for 1 think when we abolish that Court, there wiii lie substituted for it Yankee garrisons and bureaus. And 1 am well aware that the peo ple had rather suffer from frog- and lice, simi lar to Egyptian plagms, than from flat-footed, lager beer garrisons, or cerulean Bureau agents! Everybody of true grit and proper stamina in Coweta and other counties would prefer serving twice as often on County Court juries to being insulted by unprincipled Yankees. I trust our legislator.- will at least try to make the white man opud to tlie “orphans of the Bureau.” General Tiison. the negro agent for Georgia, the session of the Convention the people for the State to open up markets— as you cheapen transportation you benefit the people, and thereby enable them to grow rich- j er. j }[o looked at it not alone in a pecuniary view ! he looked at it in a political and commercial ! view. Population is what we want, Shall we 1 sit down supinely and see our population dwindling away and our political importance becoming every day less and lessOpen up your lands, invite immigrants, ami identify him with your people. Georgia needs muscle, needs capital and energy—with these Georgia will throw off her shackles .and again rise in | power and importance. With a proper devel- j oprnent of her agricultural, manufacturing and mineral resources, she will ere long be the ! greatest Suite this side of the Potomac. Let us meet and welcome the immigrant and in doctrinate him in our ideas of political economy j —and not leave ourselves to be dragged at the 1 triumphal ear of Northern Late and radical ' fanaticism. He argued at some length to show the im mense amount and value of the security offer- ed*to the State by the Road seeking aid by tnis bill—and closed with an earnest and fervent priations ? How do they expect the civil gov ernment to he kept in operation, the machinery of State government carried on without appro priations Did these people pause and consider that the Constitution provides that no money shall be drawn from the treasury except by a law appropriating the money ? Not they—and hence I say the resolution does not express their own sentiments. The fourth resolution asks the Legislature to pass a law requiring the voter to endorse on his ticket “Annual” or “Bi-Annual.” I do not know wkat this means, but suppose it refers to the sessions of the Legislature. If so. I know it does not express their own views, for our people are too well acquainted with the Constitution of the State not to know that the times for the meeting of the General Assembly are fixed by that instrument, which cannot be changed except by a convention of the people called for that purpose.' The fifth resolution recommends the Legis lature to mred a sufficient amount in the stock of the Savannah. Griffin & North Alabama rad road as may be necessary to enable the compa ny to lraiid the road. 1 would like to know where that monev is to come from to invest for j A IV. urday, the 7th and 8th of December next, at my residence in the' toVfn of Grunt- ville, I will sell all my property, birth real and personal, consisting in part of the following, viz: THE GRANTYILLE HOTEL, one hundred and ten acres of Land, several other Town Lots, with all the appnrtenancbs - thereto belonging, Mules, Wagons, Cattle, Hogs, Corn, Fodder, Shucks, Potatoes, a lafge lot of Household and Kitchen Furniture, a fine Piano, Beds, Mattrasses, Tables, Chairs, &c., Plantation Tools and other articles too tedious to mention. On the premises GOLD has been found in quantities sufficient to indicate a rich mine has been discovered. Sale unequivocal, without any reserve, as I am determined to leave the country. Cull and examine the property, if you desire, pre vious to the day of sale. Terms made known on the day of sale. JOHN" O. HILL, Nov 24-2t Agent for Sarah Jo3ey. LATEST FASHIONS DEMAND j. W Bradley’s Celebrated Patent DUPLEX ELLIPTIC (OR DOUBLE SPRING) SKIR T . T HE ffonderful flexibility and great comfort and pleasure to any lady wearing the Du plex Elliptic Skirt will be experienced particu larly in all crowded assemblies, operas, car riages, railroad cars, church pews, arm chairs, for promenade and house dress, as the Skirt can be folded when in use to occupy a small place ns conveniently as a silk or muslin dress, an invaluable quality in crinoline, hot found in any Single Spring Skirt. A lady having enjoyed the pleasure, comfort, and great convenience of wearing the Duplex Elliptic Steel Spring Skirt for a single day, will never afterwards willingly dispense with their use. For children, misses and young ladies they are superior to all others. They will not bend or break like the single spring* but will preserve their perfect and graceful shape when three or four ordinary Skirts have been thrown aside as useless.— The hoops are covered with double and twist ed thread, and the bottom rods are not only double springs, but twice (or double) covered, preventing them from wearing out when drag ging down stoops stairs, &c. The Duplex Elliptic is a great favorite with all ladies and i3 universally recommended by the Fashion Magazines as the Standard Skirt of the Fashionable world. To enjoy the following inestimable advan tages in crinoline, viz : superior quality, per fect manufacture, stylish shape and fiD’3h, flexibility, durability, comfort and economy, enquire for J. W. Bradley’s Duplex Elliptic, or Double Spring Skirt, and be sure you get the genuine article. Caution.—To guard against imposition be rpaticular to notice that skirts offered as “ Du plex” have the red ink [stamp, viz; “J. W. Bradley’s Duplex Elliptic Steel Springs,” npon the waistband—none others are genuine. Al so notice that every Hoop will admit a pin being passed through the centre, thu3 reveal- in the two (or double) springs braided togeth er therein, which is the secret of their flexi bility and strength, and a combination not to be found in any other Skirt. For sale in a*ll stores where first els9s skirt3 are sold throughout the Vniflei' States and elsewhere. Manufactured by the sole owners of the Patent. WESEE, BRADLEY k CARY. 97 Chambers k 79 k 81 Reade Sts., N. Y. November 24-3m. HERE’S THE PLACE TO GET YOUR Money Back!! Twenty per cent. Saved!! appeal te the members from Cherokee, Georgia, j that purpose. If it was in the treasury it j Mr. Ridley rejoined—reviewing Mr. H.'s ar- | could not be reached without an appropriation, j guments. and enlarging his former propositions. '■ which the third resolution expressly prohibits. } Mr. Moss follo*«l in. favor of the bill, and But it is not there, and in the present exhaust- j ' ed condition of the State, I have no idea that ! _ . - : heard before proper tribunals as to them, he •\f or , ; ‘ a ca ff' c were k’ r<is ] would use liis influence to have the garrisons. »-»« w "* ot what a r.ver j then in our midst, withdrawn. On the organ- r ~ jrom • a- i a c >w i izution of this Court, the negro was left U> seek ju:ic : : -- r..—- - , rights befcjie it and other judicial tribunals. - , .-car cuLi~'ca —fi nsvtr j The xriends of this judicature do not claim new banks, or to uo anything with the expee- j hare sec-n a primrose by the river's brim, or ■ for it perfeeh-jn. It was experimental, and of lation of getting circulating notes. I heard the song of the lark.” j Mr. Harrison of Chatham'in opposition to it The call for the previous question k was j tempted to be thwarted by a motion to adjourn, i Tlie yeas and nays were then called, and re- ' suited in yeas Uo : nays 54. I have given a short synopsis of one speech j for and one against the bill and would have ! been pleased to have given all the speakers a ! hearing, but fear that even what I have writ- I ten will be overtasking your columns. L. C. [Correspondence of Q<e Chronicle <fc Sentinel. If is thought a similar bill will pass for the benefit of the Savannah. Griffin and North Alabama Rail Road. r- wil!4uivc to b perfectrd an! mxlffi I 5 Tlx largest government depot iu the coun try D at Jeffersonville. Indiana, where over G"-:> worth of goods is said to be stored. our people look to or desire such a measure, as anxious as they are that the road should be , completed. Our membeii, in concert with thuse from Coweta, Spalding, and other coun ties. are doing all they can to procure the en dorsement of the State upon the bonds of the ! company to procure the completion of the road, , and farther they cannot go. Mr. Editor, the above mentioned resolutions j have been sent to our Senators and Represen- j tatives. as instructions by which to shape their ! legislation upon these subjects : and in justice \ to our members, lest they should be charged « with delinquency and of a want of fidelity ot; their constituents. I have thought proper to j write the above, and show our people the cate- ! gory in which an attempt to follow them would : place our members Respectfully, kc . H. F M I Police to Debtors and Creditors. N OTICE is hereby given to all persons haT- iag demands against either James Parks, T D Watkins, Nathan Sims or Ethelred Rai ner, all late of said county, deceased, to pre sent them to me properly made ont, within the time prescribed by law, so as to show their character and amount. And persons indebted, to said deceased are hereby required to make immediate payment to me. Nov 24-40d J P BREWSTER, Adm’r. P. A. POWERS, West Side Bay Street, NEWXAN, GEORGIA. I T YOU wish to buy anything and every thing cheaper than you can purchase them elsewhere.be sure to call and examine for yourselves, and j not take my word for it. I "am daiTV fe£e$ltfg everything kept in the Rue of groceries; CONFECTIONERIES, NOTIONS, FANCY TRICKS, &c: If you want to btry FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING To toaooo, this is the place you are looking for. If you wish to 1 buy Bacon, Cheese, Su^nr, Coffee, Syrup,(goTdcn) Syrup *($ Orleans,) Molasses (Cuba) £it Mackerel, Barrelled Mackerel, Corn, Meal, Flour, Oysters and Sardines, - Yirgini.u and Liverpool Salt, ROOTS, SHOES, FACTORY YARNS, Shaving Soap. Bar Soap, Blacking, Blacking Brushes, Buckets, Brooms, Tubs, Spades, . Sieves, Shovels, Shovels and Tongs, Squares, Augers. All tlie above named articles can be bought cheap at the old stand, second door West side Bay street. J. It. KELLER, Salesman. If you wish to buy anything in the line ot CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, just step one door below, at the stand former ly occuped by Oita & Simms, now by P. A. Powers, where you will find Hardware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Fine Toilet Soap, all brands, Perfumery in great variety, Ovens, Spiders, Boilers, Boiling Pots, all sizes. Waffle and Wafer Irons, &c., and in fact anything imaginable in one or the other houses f6 suit ladies or gentlemen, big or little, old or young, white or black. With out further ceremony call and see for your selves. Nov. 17-lf. -. . ONE PRICE STORE!! T WO months after date application will be made to the Ordinary of Coweta county for leave to sell land belonging to the estate of W R Perkics. late of saiu county, dsc’d. Nov 24-2m H Q WILKINSON, Adm'r. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. . . MRS. I. N. DAVIS wishes to sell her fp==| House and Lot in this city. For par- tiiticxUri call on Mrs Davis or Capt J W P. F. CUTTING, NEWNAN, OA, Old Stand of J. M. Dodd, opposite Newnan Hotel, Just received a full stock of Fancy and Domestic Dry Goods, Fancy and Staple Groceries, Ladies’ Hats, (trimmed and un- trim med,) Gents’ Hats and Caps, Ladies and Misses’ Shoes, Gents’ Boots and Shoes. —also— CROCKERY, HARD-WARE, YANKEE NOTIONS, &<?. tiF’Call and see for yourseh v e:f. [Nov 17-3m F. M. RICHARDSON, DEfiiEE IN Stoves, Grates,- House Fumisfiing' Goods and Tin Ware. The largest stock of Stoves in the State. l§^gr*600 Now in Store.^®^ Key Stone Building, W nltelialll street, ATLANTA, GEORGIA, November 17-11-Sm. JOHN H. JAMES, BANKER AND BROKER, Corner of Whitehall and Alabama Streets, ATLANTA GA. JYew Banking Bouse. One of the best Vaults in the State. R ECEIVES money and valuables on deposit , free of charge. Allows interest on mon ey, when left for a specified time, not le33 that two months. Buys and sells Gold, Silver, Gold Bullion,, Gold Dust, Stcfcks, Bonds, Compound Interest Notes, 7 3-10. Exchange, &e., £c. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17-2m. THE members of Coweta Lodge No 60, are hereby notified that ail those who are more than thre- months in arrears for dues on the 3d Saturda in December next, will be excluded for non payment of dues. By order of the Lodge. » Nov. 17-td W. GOLDSBEBRY, Sec’ry. TO BE RENTED. W ILL be rented before the Court Hoc. ir. Newnan, within legal hours, on : 1st Tuesday in December next, the Plants (widow’s dower excepted)-of the late Sant Hubbard. -Terms ou the day ©f renting. ELIZABETH HUBBARD, Adm'j-.J Nov 17-U-td
