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(i hr lifiuniiii Urrolft. 55 NEWNAN. GEORGIA. Saturday Xorning, December f2. 1869. No Paper Next Week. wiil i..,iue otilv an extra, orttainw tl>c h.T >ore< i W a ’vcrtm-mentn. next week. H-tvinj. < '.limi©nftly during the yea?, we wish »- * !s r]}., enjoy a week of r *«t. The nffl«-i* Will be open. and wc will r.!.c"C»ful- ly accommodate all who may wish job work done. What will Congress Do? Tl,.' .S-ulheru people are very anxious i • h-arn the correct nnftwcr to this inlerrozatory? \ ( , (, men will give the same r«*uly to this - Mi in. In the general eonfn- i.rti an 1 umvr- taint v of the times, we presume to <>:}•• r our \i ws "ii this important subject. We v.ill pre- mi s; hy remarking that there is a a st din< r- < :,<(: lx.-tween what Cong raw would <]■> and vli.it it can do. The majority in both IF>u--- vo;ild destroy the Southern people — their name, jir [icrly and country ; but, thank G d, th Uicn cannot do tile. '; thin; s. \\:i 1 („■ tigress territorialize the unrepresented Stales? We cii:.".'i, no; bee;nine ('<>iiai*-.-.< lias not the right ii' r the power. In the first place, there is no v. arrant in the Ton: !itutioH f r such a step, and if it were attempted no one knows better tlian the Kadi cals that it would lead to civil war. Suppose lor a moment that the act was passed, and Chief .lustier; Chase, as propos ed. w.is empowered to appoint Provisional Gov ernors, and he were to appoint one for Georgia, and his a].pointer should order (fi>v. Jeiiki.T? to vacate his scat. What would follow? Gov. Jenkins would ask assistance of the President to protect him in the exercise of Iri^ officii.! duties, and to prevent the overthrow of the State Government. J’n -i lent Johns <:r. having recognized Charles J. Jenkins as Governor of Georgia, would be forced to interfere with the military arm of the Pnitod States, and tle ii the conflict would begin. The Radicals know this, and tlierefoi'e will not take any step in- volving such consequences. Again: Jf the act should p ms, and ho enforced without opposi tion, the ten States owe the people of the Northern States SHOO,000,000, which, hy that measure, would he blotted out, and the Radical <'oiigresKincn will not vote for the pa-sage of any law which would inflict such alieaiy pecu niary lo. ,s upon their constituents. Wha t about negro suffrage? asks one. Friend, the Radicals themselves do not claim that Con gress has the right to pa ;s an act d •-igtmfhig tiw voters of any Stale. Tlie> do not deny that the Constitution guarantees to c.c Ii State the right of determining for its If the question « f suffrage. Sumner, Stevens. Hut/ r, r‘ ul iiinm genus, never expect to secure to the negro i:i the Southern States the right of voting, ex cept by such pressure upon the States that they will grant it hy their mvn act. Hence, if the negro ever votes, it will he because the South ern people themselves give him the right. Oh, hut Congress will confiscate our lands, says another. We ask how? Will they pass an act declaring it confiscated ? By no means, for the members of Congress have more sense than to do anything of that kind. Ik-fore the property of any person can he confiscated the owner i11ust. lie indtcfid, hint and eviiriefcd In/ the < uni ts of the fount;-;/ of he i?. a. and even then the property is not confiscated longer than the lifetime of the owner. If hung ten days after conviction, the property is eimlis it-ed for ten days only. If. therefore, no f rson F indktod, tried and convicted of treason, ii - prop rty will he con li sea tod. How m am does the reader think the juries of Georgia world say. by their verdicts, wore guilty of treason? Not many, we apprehend, But still further; Ninetcen- twentiontlis of the people of the Southern States have been pardoned by the lfivri lent, even if they had been guilty of treason. The property of such cannot be touched even by 1 lie Courts. An act of Congress cannot confis cate any person’s property, and the craziest of the lladicals will never attempt to reach it in tint way The question then recurs, What will Con gress do? That body will attempt to frighten t ho Southern States into a rat ideation of tin Constitutional Amendment. All thet ilk about converting the States into territories, negro suffrage and oonfiscafi >n is intended for noth ing else than fo fiightcn tiie peoplb into the ratification ol this infamous measure. Congress lias done all it can do', and IT rinu'e is done we must do it ourselves. Wilt we be frightened like children and humble our-elves in the dust for the amusement of the demons' at Washington? Will the Southern people throw away their manhood and cower under tin- 'owns of their adversaries? Will they f«>r ,v i tlic pas*, and cause its glories to be lost in their self-abasement of the present ? Surely not. Then let them stand firm. Give no pre text for further prosecution, and determine, come what may. they will not do anything more to conciliate Radicalism'. A Candid Confession. !*eace ami country arc ail lust sight of iu their efforts to hold to the nipple. The mother may ar.d "th* rwi>c evidence her pain, hut so naughty lias her child become that, to silence i f on;r ; :i - our r -a-iers i the agonized mother, he threatens to bite if | further signs of displeasure are shown. Tin world may pity the mother, hut it will not fail to despise the cfnM. The pir..graph we have quoted from C-' Pri -s and Times, contains in a nut-sh» 11 tin print iphs of the “loyal’' party, not of Ten nessee only, but of every Pul:.- in the " Unite 1 State**. This party, placed in office bv the iKrident- of war, and spoiled hy the unbridle 1 use'of powe r, unresist-d amid the din *.f arms. » liave d'termin' 1 t-i ovcr-ride tin- will of the people. and surrender th>- p- sitions which they are disqnaiki-d t*» till, only in the agony ofihv , death struggle, and wo th ink our Nashville Colemp* rary f<. r so acknpwl jdging. In future we !: ij*e tie will be nothing in r dTa Ion the score of loyalty. Her* aft r g at! m-n in ' discussing the qti. cion of negro suffrage, we suppose the reasons advanced will lie equally lmdisguisc I. and .«.m--irh:.t in this form: We 1 know the negro aflhen d to the soldiers of King George in the Revolutionary war. and those of Lincoln iu lf'il. and opposed and fought the 1 armies of W.g.liin;rt..u and .Idler- m Davis— ! that lie is ignorant even of tl, • import of the word loyalty, and i unlit to exercise the right of suffrage -still we wish to enfranchise him, beams'* ye lcdi- ve wc can control hi - vote and by that means we will be continued in power, although the Government may, under our swav. totter to its fall, Our motto is s* If—the coun try an 1 it., inhabitants mu f lie ruined if neces sary to mbserve ear purposes. Talk out plain ly, and this and coming generations will know rn what !*r;ht to view vou. Congressional. We give a few items relative to the proceed ings of C tigress. with the view simply of in- of the general drift of evi nts. ITf iss. p. ec yp—3lr. Hnedkir. of Illinois. cfS-nsl the following: •• r s-.lve l. That the House of Represecta- tiv* s i .f the i . ngr. ss of the United S', u.-? will d*-T>*x* r*» the al>sunl stork's ab *nf the »M ; n *n of JJaximiFan. and the abunionnuaU of Mex ico by the French, are now heartily a?', -lued of their cTtdulitv. V.’.iz ifK. The Lcjislaturs Ad;-' ui®. d cn Fr: : ,y 1. ?• ^ *‘ zive the list of acts - p 1 a-. 1 signed by the Govern- -r. The most distinctive f" nturc of the past Legisiatm -.and "Me that will m -,ke an impress that of Si.-te aid t" Jovemi'r bos vit v l the Air Lino . rT the «ar>nii»h. GritEn end North A! u t Roads, they Fat sleep until the next - - ion to reparsed. AL- ■ , it he- i,,rn p:— d and signal by t: •• Governor, protecting' the rights oi married •v- :ne:t. It provides Gmt all jir»,.jvrty of the wife a: the tint of her marriage, whether real - p -rs—n tl. or ch -vs in :uli u. shall he and n*iilain tie s*avirate prop-rty < f the wife ; and li. t all pi- pcrtv given to. inherited or acquir- ■ d the wife il.iring c .vertur •. shall Vest in and belong to the wife, and sh: 1! t l*e liable for the payment of any debt, default, or c"U- t; _• t f the husband.—$ /.« ' ' : -r. !)■ •. IS. giv nfdtering support to the Executive Re- u r ,,n future Icgis’ati a. t< i par :>t of th? Gov-rament. in vindication pf r , r * J, 'y. Though tik* G the time-honored pdficy of Ole Republic r f.ri i m arme»i inh.-rvention which tend* to the do tnicti n of constinni nal lilvctty on this oontimnt: and esp*.-ci illy comm-ml the tone • f tV N tiunal voice in r?:- nr.ce t . >Ic- • . ** Adopt .1. PARDOXIXM FOWr.a OF THE PRX-UJ-lVr. S-v.TE. Dec. IT -On the bill to r ;• ---1 th* 1-lth - tion of the act to suppress in- irr-.. Ti"i. Mr. Trumbull said th? repeal of ri !< - '! a ...dy p: ;■ .sea to tab • fr -m the i*i —: ! at tfi,* ]>• w -r to issue a gyenerd t>r • * -n-ai a ..ra- n* tv. Under t his cl •mse, 4(ri.00ff acres of land had keen already restored t < rebels, arid mar,v of them \ l of s»j»pr- i.ulng t. h- .! I- v.erc rn .re defiant ami disloyal than ever. It was t s::pj>. -■! th -.t any n* -sity v.-. »fi.! .iri- • in the future for a general amnesty, and i: was. th-refore, proper to pr-. riuie the I'.cri ; from issuing it. Johns' n s ii ] th - f institution gave the IV s- i'lent the ;n -l U'liimited power over the whole matter, and as the danse in questiMn did net add one i i i t > his p -w. r. n ItD r c aid As rejieal t-.k any from him. Gen. Washington ii a 1 i-mi, 1 a ; ,i-r il amnesty to t’se ]..,rti*-i- pints in the whisky insurrection, and no ques tion 1. id e•.•••: is I "f his n. .v.rt' do it. Adjourned. Ffii: Tl.:.i: iTO;;; azi vimixi.v AND LOt ts.'.-.XA. • Sknate. Dec. is. Mr Sumner pr . i, 1 a memorial t; ;,i the Norfolk i\'a.) Union League, protesting i.ga.mit iv IVvri h-iit s julicv, and a king tii • p int.’ic.nt of Judge U:..Li wo -1 how if f -m- e-s with t!ie crime or the .remedy, li had baiter treat them a* guilty partly of a pofit-eftl Tense and partly of offense? en/lum in re. than now to attempt to { ass laws btcause otherwise the malefactors might escape. This professes to be ft bill to make in iefinite the I prosecution «f those offenses winch of .nil others should he quited by lapse of time. Al- thongu treason is as high a crime as can posi- bivjbc couanritted, yet tiicrc rre so many en- z .ged in t; » crime of ?r*".s't and in rebel!:*>n, that there n:n-t be some quieting law. and in my judgment there ought to b®. X •'a*, i: (fees not follow tha; every traitor will escape w!'.>‘ is no: pmsecuTed within tliree years of the time of toe commisrion of tbs otfi-use. The statute never ru :s in any es-e, ual-ss it Is p >s- sihle ;• enf rce the remedy. I: uulv rauafroffi :he time it was possible ro eafoc; it. EMORY 0 ; ACADEMY. | HERE’S THE PLACE S j'OSi Over CO) acts i i Approprioti re . 1 by tliv Governor. Bill only calls for a rtilhor Noam Carolina. —Both Houses of the North Carolina J.cgi. l.iturc have rcjecb.'il the consti tutional amendment. Tm; Savaxx;;:, Gnirruv k North At acama I!aii.>:ovd Rim..—Th- l dl to b ud the aid of the State to this fmd war vetoed hy the Governor, and failed hy five votes to pars th*- Tvnalc j,y two-thirds; on Friday, the hi-* day session. Referred t-o the ik- ’>1 •f the Exshptiox Law.—The Exemption or ii >me- st -ai! Law, which passed both Houm s ami was vetoed by the Governor, was lust in the iI'■«>>■ on the last day of the session. It prop?';'. t.> exempt about twice as much as is no*# ::'pt from bwand sale. ■rial Go construction t 'ouimittv?. Mr. 'I'nimbiill pr. -ented a petition from Gov. Y. '; :i e! ■ : lifts. praying the territ jriaiizatiun of Ix>ui.si.ina. Mr. Trnmhull said ti...t ii the aU jafl - the p '.ition are true, it is the duty oi Congress t i driv - ■ usurpers out with strong iuuids.— Th p r of Congress v.as ahsolute in th i ; mi.-es. and it v .. incumbent t:j> u it to e.x- ti ; " ! a tost.ring hand to loyal citizens. He w as informed that taxes v. : e I-ild in A’ab: tan to pay the salaries of rebel officers, lie was also infonned that unless something done the loyal pei-ple of North (lamiina, Alabama, Texas and other Stales would i.uw to leave.— It was tli duty of Congres.-: to interfere at once. i he petiuou was reterrod to tiie iie.i>ns;ruc tion Committee. To Tax Collectors. Among the acts p.-ossci by tie; General A-- , nnd which has r-'ccivcd the approval of the Governor, is the f Rowing: Ax Act extet ■ tim within whi 1 Coll -"tors of this State shall make their final ( return? to the Co eg; trailer General for the pri*. ut year. .S>: -Mov 1. IV it enact-"l by the General As- s ini ly of the State of Georgia. 'Jliat the time hi which Tax Collectors in thru State shall make their final returns to the Comptroller General be, and the same is hereby extended i to the first day of March, 1!E'>T. Six'. Rejieais conflicting laws. Approved November 10, 1 cOd. 1 should be very glad to see eon ligu pun- ishsnent inflicted upon many cf these me . but mv i .'.piial pa::ishn:ent. I never realized the s:iQk-i?ncy of the atonement tftade by the execi'ion of the miserable Wirz, a Dutchman, I i-eilev?, wi:h ajiump back, who was obeying hia wperiors, an 1 who, inordin ary times, when men were tried according to law, wonM never have bean convicted, because Ids government was answerable, net he. I do not believe that the starvation of thousands of Union prisoners is to be atoned for by the ex ecution of one of the kee pers. Stat:: lF Gcoecua.] PROCLiAMATIO^T By Ills Excellency, CHARLES J. JENKINS, Governor of sal! State. ,XE of the test f r gaining instructions under the supervision of experienced teachers. Rates low and board cheap. Spelling. Reading. .Arithmetic and Gram mar $10 CC Philosophy. Chemistry. Algebra .... H4 00 Rhetoric, Advanced Ratiicuatics, the Languages 32 Off Pupils charged from the time of entrance until the fiose of the term. R. K. PITMAN. Principal. J. R. ALEXANDER, Dec. Io-$m. Instructor in Languages. JUVENILE SCHOOL. W uarv. TO GET TOfR ]VL o ii e xr B a c k * Twenty per cent. Sa-.-cd A. POWERS, TFLTC'-tii Siclo ^3ay Str C; NEWNAN, GEORG I.', MRS. M. J. NI.MMOXS ikl, resume tiie exercises of her Juve nile School on the 2d Monday in Jan- Kates of Tuliiuii as follows : I F YOU wish to buy anything and everr- thing cheaper than you can purchase then- i elsewhere, be sure to call aiut examine for i yourselves, and not take my word for it. • am daily receiving everything kept ia tic -ine of 1st Class per term of weeks $10 00 M 3d '• “ Incidental “ December 8-1 in. 24 Off 32 00 1 00 ENGLISH AND GLASSICAL CHCOL1S67. "rtXERCISE.S begin January 8th. Students repared for any Class in College. DANIEL WALKER, Principal. I EAXSR J I :r ri Tin: Tist Oath. -A Washington dispatch of Dec. 1'Jth, says: ‘•Judge G liar is preparing a majority opinion on the uneonstitutionality of tlic Test U.ith as a ffecting lawye rs.' ’ As wr. Exi’EtTim.—A Washington dispatch, dated December iff, lays: “ ! he Senate pass 'd the bill hy a v-yfe <. f 32 against 13,. conferring suffrage in the District of Columbia on colored 'poop!-;-, but excluding persons who, in the language of the bill, may have voluntarily given aid and comfort to the i< bi i. in t!:i- late rebellion. A bill for a simi lar purpose, with unrestricted suffrage, passed the House last session, and there is no doubt the measure will become a law, ;ls two-thirds or more i:i each House arc in favor of it. ITews an:l other Items. The Crown Prince of Prussia has informed the King that he cannot take up his residence at Hanover, as desired hy his Majesty, because his consort, the Princess Royal of England, refuses to become mistress of a castle that once belonged to the Frown of England. In the Arkansas Legislature, on Saturday. John T. Phillips was elected United States Sen ator, for the unexpired term. Judge Grier, one of the Judges of the Su preme Court of the United States, has li st the use of his limbs. It is rumored here that the temporal power of his Holiness the Pope has been secured lo an agreement between tiie Emperor Napoleon and King Victor Emanuel. Tl u: dismissal of ladies from the Treasure Department is postponed till February. They are lighting-pathetically for their places, and will doubtless retain them. They number near ly iin? thousand. AN ACT, To declare certain persons competent vritncs.-es | as iu the Act set out.-and for other puposes. : (Ifill by Mr. Simmons, 23d Senatorial Dis- trict.) >Vi!::iiE,vs, tiie inquiry after truth in the Courts of Justice is often obstructed by incapac- : itics created by tiie present law ; and it is Jeri- i rable that full information as to the facts i:i i-.-U ', both in civil :uid criminal cases shm;!d in.* laid before the persons who are to decide up->n them, and that such persons should exer- : cise their judgment on the credit of the witnes ses adduced for the truth of testimony. $sctiox 1. The General Assembly of tiie State of Georgia do enact, That, in nil cases hereafter tried, no person offered as a witae?.- shall hereafter be excluded, by reason of inca pacity, from crime or a party, from giving or by deposition, according to tiie practice of >:xTi:.x r or the democratic sr uu arru ix the ! *'^ 13 Court, on # the trial of any issue joined, or sen ate—the time ok the meetixu.of coxuiiEss. !,n J nitUter or question, or on any inquiry arising in any suit, action, or proceeding, civil of criminal, in any Court, or before any Judge, Jury, Sheriff, Coroner, Magistrate, Officer, or Washington C >rresp suFneeof the Macon Tel egraph. Letter from “Warwick.” THE TEST OATlI ACT CEFOEE TIIE SUPIIEME COVET— T^^HEIlEAS. vacancies will occur during the > > year 1807, in the following Judicial Cirents by the expiration of tire t<-n is of tin? | present incumb* nts. to-wit: in tl;e otrk e of i Judge of the Superior Courts of the Eastern, l Midilk*. SoiiClicm. Patauli an>l Tallapoosa Cir- J euit*. and in thy office of Solicitor Geiwral of ilu* Eastern. Northern. Southern. Ocmulgee. Flint and Blue Ridge Circuits : and, whereas, within the past year vacancies have occurred in other Jinlicial Circuits Aviuclqliave been filled by Executive appointment, until an election coddle luM agreeable to the Constitution . id laws of the Stare, viz: In the office of Judge oi the .Superior Courts of tin* (tctnulgee. M icon, South-Western, Cherokee. Coweta and Brunswick Circuits, and in the office of Solici tor General of tiie Macon, Southwestern, l’atnil ia and Coweta circuits. Nov.*, in pursuance of law, I have thought proper to issue thF. my Proclamation, hereby entering and directing that elections lie held on Wednesday, the Second day of January next, at the several place's ot*holding elections in the counties embraced in said Judicial Cir- uus. for ;i Judge of the Supererior Court and ‘■I take pleasure in stating that we received no students at .Mercer University better pre pared than those «ho had been taught bv Mr. Danit.1 Walker. N. AI. Chawkoud.'’ ‘* From personal knowledge of Mr. Walker,, and from ids success in preparing young men for College, we most heartily endorse him as it capable, efficient and faithful instructor of youth. II II Tucker, President, ri P Sanford, Prof of Math k Art J K Wili.;:t, Prof of (.'item <fe Nat Phil W G Woodfix, .Inn, Prof of An Lan “Jf reer University, Nor. 12/A, iSdti. Refer to— J J I’lXSOX, J E Dent, John Ray, A J Beery. Hi gh Brewster, Col W F Weigh r, Gen T A Grace, J V Davis. £i*g“A few boarders can be accommodated at the house of the Principal. Newaan, Ga., Nov*. 24-tx . GBJ.\TVILlfi HIGH SCHOOL. ■ interest, or. from befog : ®? h< lto / General as herein before specified, to i evidence, either in person i ! he . cu,i tha J fc * a ! tl °/ hccs «»«>’ be tilled according j »r.i;.-rr t» *•- . K; t *> ? £Ulli I lurtlier require a return of said ! 31 ale an I Female Collegiate Institute W.tsmxGTOx, December 11. !'li? qu"stiofi of the constitutionality of the Tert O.itii Act was brought before the Supreme party, having by law, or consent of parties au thority to hear, receive, and examine evidence: but that every person so offered shall be com pellable to give evidence, on behalf of either, or any of the parties to the said suit, action, or other proceedings, except as hereinafter excepted: Provided, that where one of the original parties to the contract ot cause of ac tion in issue and on trial, is dead or is shown to the Court to he insane, or when an Execu tor or Administrator is a party in any suit on a contract ot his testator or in estate, the oth er party shall not be allowed to testify iu his own favor. Fix. 2. But nothing herein contained snail * Court la*'an i rea,ier a,1 J person, who, in any criminal pro- i .. •/. , VT , cecding, Is charged with the commission of any in actable offence, or any offense punisha ble on summary conviction, competent or compellable, to give evidence for, or against himself; or shall render any person compella ble to answer any question tending to criini- nate himself or herself; or shall, ia any crim inal proceeding, render any husband compe tent or compeMublc, to give evidence for, or against his wile, or any wife competent or compellable to give evidence, for or against her husband : nor shall any attorney be com pellable tc give evidence for or* against his client. rise. 3. Nothing lierein contained shall ap ply to any action, suit, or. proceeding, or bill in any Court of law or Equity, instituted ini One wdi informed says it is doubtful wheth er Nebraska fin'd (\dorado will Lie admitted with the word ‘* white" in their Constitutions. Leading Republicans say they are determined to in 1 liaf II1; 'ke a straight out light on the issue. Fenian matters are lively. Arms and am munition are aecitmulating. 'It is stated that two privateers have cleared this wo-i/ One vineyard in California will yield 1-7,000 gallons of wine and 3,000 gallons .of Lr.uidy this season. "Toni." a genuine Guinea negro living at Hamilton, Ohio, is the only person now alive who witnessed the surrender of Cornwallis. The owner of the richest oil well in Penn sylvania is a Dutchman, who has bis green backs corded up iu a cellar. United Shite? c'oi'dnci f? for tiie year 'Tiding Juue 30, 18*10. amouuts to $4G7,0t>8.t*0o im ports. and $oCo,420,SJ-i exports. A committee of the citizens of New Orleans have been appointed to take the necessary ett-ps ;uid measures to defend the reputation and >n- iert.-a-' of. the citv l^fore the Oon.rressk'nal A Radical iviper of Nashville, Teim.—the Press and Times of the loth of D<x'ember— makes the following candid confession of the intention of tiie leaders of his party: "The loyal men are determined that the State shall not pass into disloyal hands, except hy the force of arms, and the Republican mem- Committee, which is about meeting in that city bers of the Legislature are fully prepared and to investigate the July riots, resolute to jviss any and all measures which they may deem necessary to prevent the con trol" of the State from relapsing into the hands of rebels aud rebel sympathizers." * ourt i>f the United Starts last whiter, and was fully ■ftig’-ied at that time. H u. Reverdv Jiiimson. <»f Maryland, brought all the p eurs ■ >f bis vigorous mind to bear upon the subject, and liis ui -.it speech, demonstrating the uncoii- stitutionalitj ul the act ia question, was one I of t He most learned and eloquent ever deliver- i ed before the Court. The case might have j been decided then; there was abundance of ! time before the Ci’Tirf adjourned, f>r the Judges j to make up' their mind. But the decision was postponed till this term ; the parti es interested, j and the lawyers orr er. *h ride, being informed 1 t!;.'.! Hu decision would be'promulgated at an] early day of this term. It was ascertained, when the present term of tiie that tiie Judges had made up ai decisions, and that five ot them were against the constitutionality of the act. and four of them were i:i favor of its eoustitutknality. If the matter lmd rested there tire decision would have be n promulgated at s-Tie time during tiie present se ssion. Bub this would not suit the Radicals at all. To have thoTert Oath Act <li-flared mu . nsiitutional woul<‘. be t > edmit F ■ ndsof 1 iwyers in the Soutg :rn States to practice in tiie United States Courts, oral that could not l>e thouglit of for a moim nt. Of the nine p*;*esen* Judge.- of the Supreme ConrR five of them, including the Chief -fus- tice. were appointed by'Mr. Lincoln. Such a thing as the apiKiintmont of move tieirr one Judge of the Supreme Court. !>;,*( :r Pr sMiui,* was never heard of before since the organiza tion of Hie Court. Of course, it wa.f not to he. expected that men whom Mr. Lincoln would select would be men like Marshall, and Storey, and Taney. First-class judicial talent was available, hut Mr. Lincoln did not avail him self of it. r J lie men whom he did appoint, to use tiie very mildest form of expression, will shed no lustre upon the august trilum d over which they preside. One of them, it is’ said, had prepared a brief opinion against the ( m- stitulionulity of the Test (kitii Act. But it is pretty certain that lie will never deliver this, or any such opinion. W int means have been resorted to to change tiie deterinination of the Court alxjut promulgating its decision on tiie * subject, I do not know. The simple feet that the d-1; nnination has been changed, is all that is known. \ esteruay, 11 ie infamous Jack Ham ilton, • ; \ . - . sugge ted t > rim Court “ th it the ca.-- ■ on the part of the Government had not lieen fully presented," and desired that the j Court would hear further argument upon it before giving their opinion. This suggestion was evidently highly agreeable to the Chief Justice, and it is now understood that the w hole ease is to be argued over again. Tins, of course, is only a pretence. Iu ail probability, tli ■ matt r will result in tiie announcement, either nt t'ais or the next session, that five of the Jude s are of the opinion that the Test Oath Act is constitutional. Matt rs are settling quietly down to an ac- quie.se:ice in the plan of action adopted hy the Radical caucus last Wednesday night. The intention, of course, is to pass every one of require election to l>e made to the Executive Depart ment in the time prescribed bv law*. Given under my hand and tiie Great Seal o*rtho State, at the Capitol in Milled. - ville, on the 28tli day of November, IStiG, and of American Independence the ninetv first. ‘ CHARLES J. JENKINS, Governor of Georgia. By the Governor, N. C. Babxett, Secretary of State. Dec. lo.tde. Ili'iii Ikfrtisiwnts, MIXED SCHOOL, 3>»To'X7X7'2rx. rs xa, rf'ITE subscriber will open, on tiie 1-ltli of | January, 1807, a Mixed Sclioot on Sitcs- ville Street, for the accommodation of all who may desire his services. RATES OF TUITION PER MONTH. Spelling, Reading, Writing and Intro ductory Arithmetic, $2 00 Advanced Arithmetic, English Gram mar, Geography and Algebra, 3 Off Higher Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Languages, &c., a 00 LEONIDAS JONES, Principal, ProfatM/r cf ifat/iematics, Ancient P.r.rftfuage*, dr. Mrs. JENNIE MORELAND, Niuic pi-jxrrimenl Exercises to commence on the second Monday in January, 18b7. COURSE OF STUDY AM) R ATES OF TUITIOX i’EU SCHOL ASTIC MONTH. Primary Department, Spelling, Reading and Writing, - -- -- $2.50 Preparatory Department, English Grammar, GeopSphy, Arithmetic, &c.,- - - - -100 Commercial Department. English Grammar, Composition, Arithmetic, Book-Keep ing, Algebra, &c., 5.00 Culleyiate Department, Natural Sciences, Belles Letters, Declamation, Latin, Greek, French, Higher Mathematics, Music, &c., No., - -- -- -- -- - 5.00 fu Tcr particulars send for Circular. December l-l»rn. mm AM> EATING HOUSE, Next- Tiro Doom Hc-s\t <</ the Pont Ojjicc, Novfnan, Ga. 8®»Tu ition due nt tiie end of each month. Especial pains will be taken to develop the __ ^ thinking powers of each student, and to instil consequence of adultery, or in any action for ! tacm moral principles of a wholesome rrMJfri favorite Saloon lias just JL very fine stock of everything ia breach of promise of marriage. rise. 4. Persons who have not the ime cf reason, as idiots, lunatics during lunacy, and children who do not understand the nature of an oath, are incompetent. Spc. 5. A’d taws and parts of laws repugnant to this act. arc hereby repealed. Passed both Houses. character. December 22-2t. M. L. CARTER. HOUSE AND LOT FOR SALE. MRS. L N. DAVIS wishes to sell her House and Lot in this city. For par ticulars call on Mrs Davis or Cant J W ^ j Powell. -v n e t x" i If not disposed of privatelv. before that Sevens on the Cass cf Jefferson t ; me , the above mentioned property will be Davis. The f •" wing r marks of Stevens have crea ted profound sMisation. particularly among his political friends, some of whom now allege that he is soured an I means iui.-ehh f to iris party, i Viecause of their having ignored iris lemlcrslrip in tiie House. The bill which called out this ' utterance of Mr. Stevens, was that introduced by Lawrence to hang Jefferson Davis—for that was its object—which was nip for consideration and disensssut on the Utb. Mr. Stephens, of Pennsylvania, obtained tiie floor and said : Mr. Speaker, I approach with great distrust ail bills of this kind, which are evidently brought forward for the purpose of ascertaining how we can convict men whom we cannot convict under laws existing when tiie crimes were committed. I do not believe it is safe for us to undertake to pass laws by which we can or may be able to punish men, however property sold at public outcry, in front of the Court house door, in tiie city of Newnan, cn the first Tuesday in January, 18*17. D. M. DAVIS, Trustee. December 22-tds. For £aie or 21 ent, THE Subscriber offers ALB OR Uliis HOUSE and LOT. for in X tiie City of Newnan, containing ten acres of land. For terms apply to A. B. Ilill. M. Ik CLARKE. December 22.3t f jyj 1)0 • - measures over 'the President's veto— ‘ fW* that ««M *<* ^ punished under the 1 iws exisugg wiieu the crimes were committed. Could we now change tiie Constitution so as to clnurge the place of the trial of traitors, to say that the venue might lie changed, and that they should be tried by jurors summoned from another bailiwick? The Constitution and our laws provide very carefully, especially in the case of treason, the party charged with that crime must be tried at the place where This is exceedingly refreshing. Tiie idea of a *• loyal " newspaper threatening to resist by force of arms the will c f a majority of the I oplo is wondrous strange. The Times would denounce such views, it expressed by others, as rank "disloyalty :" but inasmuch us the Times says these things, there is nothing wrong.— VI -, a lovely >et of fellows the Republican m mbersot the Tennessee 1.. gisiature must lx>. i hey are so resolute on liol ting power that they will enfranchise women, children, negroes, mulattoes; Indians and lunatics, or will iviss ' ..ny and all measures’ that will lengthen .air lease on office. These men are loyal:?!* .1 Republicans. All these things, too, are . :ie under the garb of loyalty. Do they think frequent use of the words “rebel" and ' '.vl symjxuhizers ” deceives any one, or An excursion party left- Washington on Fri day in"1:ring, the 21st. for the South, consist ing of Vice Presilient l\*stcr. Senators Ramsey, Line. Norton*. Parsons. 8!v.irkcy. Aidiorn. Ileu- drieks, and Congressmen Lawrence. Ketclium. Newell. Blow. Ikui-uniu. Davis. Hubbell and Blaine. They will arrive at Chattanooga on riunday. The number was to be ninety posi tively. but many others will probably go.— 1 hey will uine at Memphis Christmas. 1 be Judiciary Committee hits determined to report favorably on -the reduction of Congres- This can be easily done in the House: but can it l*e d 'lie i;i the Senate ? That is the question t!i it is •- ing asked now. The Senate now con sists of 52 members. It wiii require th v tes •f 18 s -nators. therefore, to prevent the pas- s ige t f any one of these measures by a two- thirds vote. Now I cannot see IS in* o * rs of tin* ] ft <:*nt Senate who would even pr 'y vote ■: •.first any one of those measures, 'j e 13 • 13 S.- uators miquestiimabiy wfi: v against ti. >m aU, namely: Messrs. Cowa \is. l*i\. C... little. Guthrie, Hei. lriek.-. hu- 8on. McD ug .*. Nt-smitfc, Patterson. IF. i riaulsbuty. This is a’oout the oxter.r of F » Deimvrarie sto **gth in the Senate : and I think, it is entirely chimerical to count upon theIdK tion of the necessary five more votes to t: e above thirt-vn. Iu the Bnlt ( '.err ss it will be a gr«.. t d>-.! worse. On the 4th of Mart ;: Administratrix Sale. VIRTUE of an order from the Court of Ordinary, of Coweta county, will be sold before the Court house door, in Newnan, with in the legal hours of sale on the 1st Tuesday in February next, ali tiie land (widower’s dow er excepted( belonging to the estate of Sanford Hubbard, dec’d. Said land iies in Panther Creek district. Sold for the benefit of heirs and creditors. Terms Cash. ELIZABETH HUBBARD. Adm’r. Dec. 22-tds. . Notice to Debtors and Creditors. that bailsrick Mow, a ay law which professes to change that in any respect looks to me so much like an attempt to commit judicial mur der that I have always been afraid to attempt LL peraons indebted to the estate of Da vid Guricy. late of Coweta county, de ceased, will make immediate payment, and persons having demands against said deceased A Wilkinson, Wilson 4 Co., COTTON FACTOBS A N I» — General Commission Merchants. Agents for the purchase and sale of all kinds of Cottozs. IDortacfeitics. Ci? Liberal Advances made on Con- signments.'TBa Office No. 3 Stoddard's Jrtftcer Range f BAY STREET, SAVANNAH, GA. U. B. MTlkixsox, of Newnan. Ga. B. J. Wilson, formerly of Okeefaskee Cot ton Mills, Ala. P. H. Wood, cf the late finr. of J. W. Ra bun x Co., Savannah. Sept. 8-tf. GROCERIES. CONFECTIONERIES NOTIONS, FANCY TRICKS, &c. If you want to buy FINE CHEWING AND SMOKING Tobacco tins is the place you are looking fot. If you wish to buy Bacon, Chees Sugar, Codes Syrup, (golden) Syrup ^N Orleans,) M o lasses (Cuba) Kit Mackerel, Barrelled Mackerel, Corn, Meal, Flour, Oysters and Sardines, Virginia and Liverpool Salt, BOOTS, SHOES, FACTORY YARNS Shaving Soap, Ba r So ap, Blacking, Blacking Brushes, Buckets, Brooms, Tubs, Spades, Sieves, Shovels, Shovels and Tongs, Squares, Augers. All the above named articles can be boughi cheap'at the old stand, second door West »iiD Bay street. J. R. KELLER, Salesman. I? you wish to buy anything in tiie lino o' CROCKERY AND GLASS WARE, just, step one door below, at the stand former ly occuped by Our & Simms, no?/ by P. A Powers, where you will find Hardware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, Fine Toilet Soup, all brands, Perfumery in great variety, Ovens, Spiders, Boilers, Boiling Pots, all sizes. Waffle and Wafer irons, kc., and in fact anything imaginable in ono or the other houses to suit ladies or gentlemen, big or little, old or young, white or black. With out further ceremony call ar.d see for your selves. ' Nov. 17-tf. ONE PRICE STORE!! Ifi F. CUTTING), NEWNAN, GA., 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 trimmed,) Gents' Ilat.s and Caps, Ladies and Misses’ Shoes, Gents’ Bools and Shoes. ALSO CROCKERY, HARD-WARE, YANKEE NOTIONS 8?TUa]l and see for yourselves. [Nov 17-3m it. I air. afraid that 'he traitors in the South, wiii present them in terms of the law. if tried under our existing C onstitution* and laws, will not one cf them be couvieted. 1 should never attempt to try them for treason De 22-401 ELIZABETH GURLEY. Adm’x. we shall lose Mr. Cowan, Mr. Div;<. Mr. M**- —I would try them as beiria- r u's under iiie Dougal and Mr. Nesmith. The s-.-ats of at hast three of those Senators will be sure to be filled by Republicans. Nor is ii.is ill. The territories of Nebraska ■ --, c ' a tr ;al. and CM. ru.!o are both applying for admission as Start's at this Session. The probabilities are strongly in favor of th-* admission of them both. Their four Senators are all here, and they are ail intensely Kad>ai. Tiie Senate N law ef nations and the laws of war. Mr. Lawrence, of Uirio. We have r,o reason to expect of the Administration any Mr. Stevens. I am stating what I would do if I were the Admiaistraiion. [Laughter.] Now, although I would not discourage trials for treason. 1 mention this to show that I am sioaal pay, as the subject was passed u:wn by . the 40ih '*C.‘Frae^ V tL^rci we* will" mob ri d I none . of liiese CaQ eve A be COn * 1 -.r, . fi ' victed or treason unuer our present Consiitu- • non and laws ; ami yet I would ratner let every man of them go unpunished forever than , make a law now by which they eouid be pun- i-Lied- I thi..k our government would be en dangered in its fu:are existence, ia sense _ , i i of justice, in its character before the world, gress. it has been setik-d taat it is to be cx>n- , - .. ® .. I ™ -.1, xc: by conduct ot teat mad, more than it woa. 1 the constituents of members at the last elec tions. consist of 5b members, so that : be required to prevent ;my of the above meas- ’ urcs being passed over the veto: niaeteeu, when Additional Mexican intelli-CRce states that there wi ” only be 10 Demoe-nuic vorts ° in the Senate! there appears to be no concert of action be tween .' laximilian and Bazaine. The latter has issuvi manifesto'that, since Maximilian has determined to remain, the French will not take In regard to the meeting of the 40th Con- that their protestations of loyaltt ixoer tiieit si.ie.-. and will ficht onlv in case tiiev are at- vened on the 5th of March, and is to remain ■ , . , .. in session until the 1st of August, 18*17. A ' n - r enduring toe evil. —- — - be taken, for three months, government suffered more trera its murder off I think the British deformities? The bray of the ass dispels all fr ,rs engendered by the skin of the lion. The truth cannot be hid. These self-styled “loy alists ” now hold office contrary rt> the wishes of »ue majority of the people, aud so dearly do they love the public pap that right, decency. tacked. Baraiue sent *a Commissioner to the United States to negotiate with Ortega. 1 lie i- ranch troops have departed from the City of Mexico to N era Cruz, excepting a few hundred. recess is then to ^ , - . , and it is to reassemble cn the 1st of November, ! Rassel! * a 4 tho& ; 2h n A ^ D - v mea T n f of I So i. aud to remain in session until tiie 1st of C0Iirt condemning him. it woald naYe August. lSoh. Alter that, the sessions of Con- done had he been suffered to escape. It was gress will cximmence ri-gularly on the Is: of November in each rear, and will conrinue to by just such contrivances as this mat that ju dicial murder was effected, and by which the ; the 1st of August next following—making the British government suffere 1 more than it wocid legular duratitm of each session nine months, have done by the escape of forty traitors. Those people here who gave such ready ere-1 think oar government had better be card": C. D. SMITH. M. D. * J. H. COOKE. SMITH & COOKE. NEW DRUG STORE, S outjj side of the public square M ay things be found unique and rare, I f you have/; re er. Bucks to spend T o you? wants we will attend; H aste to Smith k Cooke's Drug Store, A nd bring your Cash and look o’er. N ow, if you doubt this, try tLera. D ear bought goods they would not keep. C one on, come oa and buy them. 0 f Drugs they hare a large supply— 0 f Paints every hue and dye, K ept in case's peat and clean. S oaps Extract?. Wines and Brandy— D oa t thlnk finer ever seen. Ft are tfiiigs, and handy, U-i|Je atrd-the. beamifui. G codlihrd»:rr*qrieri Candy, S weet, fancy, new and useful; T obaero, Cqgars and Dru -hes, O ils, Perfames and Essences, R Ich Ponjtide;. and reanymore— E h! everything at our Drag Store. Dtcenfoer 15-;;. received a its line of business, consisting in part oi’ Cognac (verv superior), Peach (two years old), and other Brandies; Crown’s gc’nnii Old Bourbon, (Jib- son’s Nectar, Cabinet, Monongahala, Rye, Rob ertson county, Irish and Scotch Whiskies; Sherry, Port. .Madeira, Longworth’s genuine Sparkling and Still Catawba and Ckampaigne Wines; fine o!d Holland Gin, Jamaica Rum, Brandy Peaches, Lemons, Sue Cigars, fine Chewing Tobacco*, kc.. kc. If you want a real genuine Tom & Jerrv, an ambrosial Irish or Scotch Whisky Punch, fine old Brandy, Wine or Rum fur Egg Noggs, pure Spirits for medical purposes, or fine and ap propriate Wines for tiie Sacrament, go to the Star Saloon. In the Eating Department, which is under the personal supervision of that prince of ca terer-. Mr. Wm. Brewster, will be found Fresh Oyster?, Fish, Birds, &c., as well as the sub stantial of life. If you are hungry give him a call. He will serve for you anything from a fried Oyster to a roasted Turkey. T , ... . Fresh Oysters for sale by the can or ! LATEST FASHIONS DEMAND Devour i.etf. cu >.v.\ ..iAinu..). j iff j; ra j] e j' s Celebrated Patent DUPLEX ELLIPTIC (OR DOUBLE SPRING) S Iv I I i T ; T HE wonderful flexibility and great comfort and pleasure to any lady wearing the Du plex Elliptic Skirt will be experienced particu- htriy in ail crowtled assemblies, operas, car riages, railroad car?, church pews, arm chairs, for promenade and house dress, as the Skirt can be folded when in use to occupy a small place as conveniently as a silk or muslin dress, an invaluable quality in crinoline, not 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 ail others. They will not bend or break like the single spring, but wifi preserve their perfect and graceful shape when tliree or four ordinary Skirts have been thrown aside as useless. tiie boop3 are covered with double and twist ed thread, and the bottom rod3 are not only double springs, but twice (or double) covered , preventing them-from wearing out when drag ging down stoops, stairs, <xe. The Duplex Eiiintic is a great favorite with ail ladies and is universally recommended by the Fa*h: j, Magazines a3 the Standard Skirt of the Fashionable world. To enjoy the following inestimable advan- R --- nrr . . . ,, , . f ages in crinoline, viz: superior quality, ner- E_. ravE.^mqnej and raluabics on deposit, .feet manufacture, stylish shape and finish . , HF. t ; n ; lrSe ’ interest en men- flexibility, durability, comfort and economy e - ’ , e ‘ L l0 ‘ A not iei,s than enquire for J. W. BFadlky’s Duplex Elliptic JOli.V li. BANKER AND BROKER, Corner of M'bitehall and Alabama Streets, ATLANTA,. .*. GA, Hankins Iloiuse. One of the best Vaults ia the State two months. Bays and sells Gold, Silver, Gold Bullion. Goid Dust. Stocks, Bonds, Compound Interi-^i Notes, 7 3-10, Exchange, kc., kc. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 17-2m. PORCE S SHOE HOUSE. Whitehall, St. 3 Atlanta, Ga. ior*" SIGN OF BIG JJOOT.Afffi H Ad L On baud the- largest and best stock ot Bootfc and Shoes ever brought to this i marxet and as they corne direct from the eastern Manufactories will be offered to coun try Merchants, at New York prices -freight elsewhere, added.'- B. W. Foncs, formerly of Charleston, S. 0.. will be pleased to see his former customers Oct 2b-7-12m, plex Elliptic, or Double Spring Skirt, and be sure you get the genuine article. Caution.—To guard against imposition be rpaticuiar to notice Hurt-skirts offered as “Du plex have the red ink stamp, viz: “J W Bradley’s Duplex Elliptic Steel Springs," upon ti.e waistband—none others are genuine. Al so notice that every Hoop will admit a pin being passed through the centre, thus reveal- m the two (or double) springs braided togeth er tuereia, which is the secret of their flexi- .j,Lt.y and strength, an-1 a combination not tc be found in any other ikirt. dor sale in all stores where first class skirts are cold throughout the United States and Manufactured by tHe sole owners of the Patent, WEST, BRADLEY «x CARY. _ fj7 Chambers k 7 r j k SI Readc Sts., N. T. Noyeinber 24-3m.
