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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.
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Advanced Arithmetic, English Gram
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Higher Mathematics, Natural Sciences,
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ProfatM/r cf ifat/iematics, Ancient P.r.rftfuage*, dr.
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Exercises to commence on the second Monday
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ASTIC MONTH.
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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.
