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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n It withdrawn from the less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 .
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and pleasure to any lady wearing the Du
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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