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Washington. December £1. —Lewis an'l Au-
jrnutiw Williams, negroes, convicts 1 in October
for highway robbery, were executed to-day.
Galveston, Duo ml>cr 21.—Minister Catnp-
!k*1! pawed here to-day, cn route irom Mata-
raons to New Orleans. He reports Mexican
affairs on the border very unsettled.
(’apt- Craig, of the army and Bureau, in
civil custody, was forcibly released, nft- r three
day# imprisonment, by a fo-dy of tavolrvcptn-
n^tmJed by < apt. Hunt. ( apt. Crai-r i* now
discharging the Bureau functions, guarded l.v
l.i< ut, b- utbcrland and sixteen m< n. of the
17th Regulars.
Xctt Oi:i.kax«. I) mb-v 21,—Aft*, r an artil
lery salute, Gen. hherman domiciled '110
dly a*>k that it may l»c one of uncx- j Sheridan, and is a waiting Cor Washington <11., - '
(T'l|p Jiiftuiiou Itolil.
NEWNAN. GEORGIA,
Saturday Morning. Janaary 5, I860.
1 3 6 7.
1806 has gone, and 1807 ha* 1>een ushered in
shrouded in white, w!ii< h vc trust may net 1*?
prophetic of the death and shrouding of pence
and of tlie American Republic; but. to the
<obtnrv, »' mbolic d ot the purity of the acts, ,
Ja-uislativc. Executive and Judicial, of those
m authority. Lot the old year, its associations
■ f pain, bittern-:-s. antm«**itics and tears be
buried r- i forgotten, while we hail th* New
>1 j rejierity and happiness.
l’j.i , . 1 : Rktlrn.— Some friend, name im-
Lliov.ji. has borrowed rur volume of * burry of
. Nu t.” A return of it is earnestly rc-
q nested.
IJaiti.k-FiklI) or Graswo;.nvrt.i,n.—Those of
our readers who participated 3u the engage
ment at Griswoldville, will rend with interest
an in tide under the above caption on lirc.t page.
I 'ri< e and three dauchtene were is
t >i J.-auK on the 2d, having r* tnrfcsd bon
Conh *. .■ Mexico.
jg tie la-: i.-slaturee of lVuiisy Ivnnia, Maine,
M:e ;hiiM.-tt.-, Ohio and Maryland met last
Wednesday.
Tnt S< piuime Cot ut.—’Hi'- United 8t.it. s Su-
prciae Court—riot withstand a few manly dc-
U U i.s of recent date -is fast falling into con-
1 inpl. A numher of the Justice's are uch
pliant poiiiirui tools, and recently so basely
1 . j'.vanlly withheld their opinions on ques-
t' m. iff \itai importance, tliat all impartial
men begin to view the Court with contempt,
and i ulize the sad tnitli tliat the mantles ot
the i ilierand purer Judges have fallen upon
unworthy successors. Storey, Marshal and Ta
ney would ns indignantly spurn the ermine of
tin- living Chief Justice, as the Savior did the
momy-chiuigeiH in the Temple. Some on the
Supreme Bench, who delight ho min ii in obey
ing party behests, may be flattered and fawned
on w hile living, but cannot after death escape
the infamy of Jeffries and other unjust Judges.
A friend lias applied.to the Chief Justice for
u writ of habeas corpus for Dr. Mudd—who was
charge ! with the crime (?) of setting Booth’s
leg, arraigned, convicted and sentenced, by a
Military Court, to imprisonment on the Dry
Toi. igas—and Chase, knowing such a step
would greatly disturb the equanimity of A A
party, has unbiusliingly refused it. What it
disgrace to the American Judiciary. Every
hoy ten years old knows that the writ of habeas
c /‘as i.s a right of all Englishmen and Ameri
cans, and never denied until Lincoln with the
army trampled on the Constitution. But Lin-
' o 1 n is dead, and Andrew Johnson is w illing to
leaped t!ie laws and Constitution. Still Chase
li i nd the moral courage to investigate the
doings of attain Radicals during the era of.
blood.
The conduct of Chase is a source of profound
regret, and all patriots witness the abasement
ot ilie Judiciary with feelings of alarm. Cor-
nipt Judges make a corrupt Executive and
legislature, and when the whole body is cor
rupt an early dissolution--death -may lie ex
pected.
Progressing 1 .
Notwithstanding the opposition of the Radi
cals, the Americans of the Southern Stab .. an
making some progress tow ards self-irovernmont.
It is true that our people are not repiv. nied i '
in Congress, yet in other respects we in future
v\ HI enjoy, for u time at least, all of our former
rights. Freedom of speech and of the press
is not disturbed, i he 1’residcnt w ili soon issue,
it he has not already issued it. an order pro
hibiting the trial of citizens by Military Courts,
and General Howard one prohibiting Bureau
Agi ids interfering with judicial trials of the
Macks. When these Things are done we can
hid defiance to the brav ado of military squirts,
l'erson and property will be secure, and unless
the Radicals succeed by fraud, force and cor
rupt' i in their infamous designs, our people
v, ih go vigorously to work with the earnest
hope of bettering their unhappy condition.—
llow can the Radicals be foiled.’ By prudence
on our part. No Christian ever prayed more
ardently for the salvation of lus soul than the
black spirits of the Radical party do for agita
tion in the South.* They would cheerfully
lavish thousands upon the agitators of the
Dostie stripe. Radicalism must have some
thing to tire the Northern mind, or it will die.
No lather ever scanned the telegraphic news,
seeking t he news ot his sen s safety Alter battle,
more eagerly than do these hvenftg forth* an
nouncements cf riots, murders of Bo-
venu agents and Southern ” loyalists.” Tin*
ivnow - that every drop ot blood of sueli characters
improperly shed, lengthens their hold on office.
Now how should the Southern people act ?—
1 indently, cautiously, circumspectly. Policy.
not passion, should govern all their actions.
Such a course, we do candidly believe, will
bring its safely to the port of restoration. We
say to the people of the South, be of good
cheer, tor the gloom ot the near future has a
silver lining.
j patch
New Vosk, DccemD-r 21.—The Chamber of .
■ mine:ee } . stet cay considered the memorial
t<> < >ngr ss laid owr from );,st sta- ■! meeting
j—the points of v. 1*1- h have heretofore been!
■telegraphed --asking til- ri peal of the tax <.:i
cotton. Elliott 1 . (Vovdiri spoke strongly in
I opposition, maintaining that the North, i cing .
i mainly mmuf o tilling, would l>e inure heavily j
foxed than cotton, and that the removal of
the tax would throw the entire weight of tax
on theX"i th. The Chamber'dually postponed
iodelnlW) the con Menu:- n of th • memorial.
Vi’A**iXofojr_, IV eciuh . r 21—lion rn r I.etch
er.' Virginia, is litre, mid has had a < -nfor-
ence with the President and Attorney General
relative to Dr. Watson's ciute now pending in
Richmond fofforc a Mill buy Commission, fe.r
killing n negro in Rockbridge county. He had
been discharged by an examining court on a
writ of habeas corpus issued from Judge .Mere
dith and which was resisted by General Scho
field. Dr. Watson’s demand for releas** under
the dcci.-i' n of the Supreme Court in the Indi
ana o nsj'inu y case tv; • rejected as inapplica
ble. 'J li«- e cirninn tunc .-s were submitt l t >
the Attorney General, who expresses the < pin
ion that Watson's cas. falls within the Indiana
decision. 'I'lu* l’r -iff nt, premised to l .v 11.,
facts before the Cabinet to-day, and give '• *v-
emor Ix-tcher an early decision. During th>*
adjournment of the ion, Dr. Wat n
is mi jiarolc.
The 1’resident has ordered the release of Dr.
Watson.
Washixc.tox, December 24 —At a Cabinet
meeting held lor the consideration of Dr.
Watson’s ease, resulting in the dissolution of j
the ( omfhisd' n and an order for his discharge, |
the wlmle matter was full}' discussed, and in .
view of the hearing in the recent Indiana con- ■
spiracy decision by the Supreme t’ourt, it was
determined that the trial of civilians l.v mili
tary courts should cease, except und- r extraor-
linaiy circumstances, and then only under
orders from Washington. In view of this de
termination, the Secretary of War, it is said
will immediately issue orders to commanding
Generals directing that when civil am is. for
any cause whatever, arc made, the facts shall
be reported at once, and subsequent proceed
ings be governed by instruction from Washing
ton.
Mr. Oldham. Confederate San ilor from Tex
as, who on the collapse of the Confederate
armies wont to Mexico, passed through here
yesterday, incognito, on his wav home.
Xkw Ionic, December 2-1.—The mail advices
from Candia give the details of a disaster to
the Tuiks at the convent of Arcadia. The
convent cont tined live hundred and forty soul. ,
including three hundred an! forty women,
leaving on. htidred and ninety-seven men to
defend it against M istupha l’.tea's army <>f
tw. lve thousand. ’1 he Cretans refused to sur-
render, mu! the'lurks heinrcrdcd the convent
and nights. After destroying the
walls the l arks poured into the e.-nrt of the
convent: hut the Christians continued to de
fend themselves from the cells, a:, 1 finally a j
monk tired tiie magazine, hurting the Chris- j
tians and lurks into the air. Two thousand
Turks were killed, and large numbers wounded, j
Only thirty-nine men and sixty women and
children of the garrison were’eft alive. Over
a thousand wounded Turks have arrived at the
hospitals from this explosion.
The Turks burned seven Cretin villages in
revenge, for which the Cretans have burned
twenty-seven Turkish villages.
Mata nor. as, Dec. 2f>.—A courier from M-n-
teray last night, reports the Liberals in posses
sion of San Louis Potosi and Zicetveas. ( olonel
tiduez. commanding, who has dec 1 . uv,l iq fa
vor of Ortega, who is supposed to he in the in
terior of Tamaulipas. C.males and Cot tin,: h.>
prontumcvd in Ortega’s favor.
Galvustox, Dec. 2L—The gunboat Talla
poosa, from Brazos, yesterday, repo.-ts that
Canales had hung Escobedo, and that Ortega
is beyond pursuit.
There is a general insurrection among all
parties at Matainoras, ami preparations are
for a light. Chaos rules the hour.
; ge' ies. One Tmponimr house alone was com-
1* Red. a week eg. . to pay $80,000 in gold for
attempting to evade the law.
Dee£-ml>er 2S.—A.» arrival L *>m P rtoCabell-
■ confirms previous advices received by pusg of a
reroluti :i fU Barcelona and Guaraga, in Vene-
zaeia and a state of general anarchy and
fusion
' Nrw OxiEAXS, Decemh r 28.—'The exenr-
sir-ni-ts ifiv.'arrived, and will have a pat»Kc
‘Ran r. They w ill depart at 7 o’clock to-mor-
t row.
Mi r V-vrk. D'ecmber 20.—Specials fr m
N w (J. lem.s of the 2Stb stale that Judge Ken
nedy, of the G .Weston and Houston District,
bast lately eu*t .
• unconstitutional. Olds law is similar to the
; vet e<l by Covcn.-r Humphreys, of M:s-
1 sippl, and provide; for the j ; :n .t • f deh:s
bv four annual inst Uments.
C . •••::• : . 1 ' : "
I s ,v! ircs.--.il a circular htb r to the greet
Powers complaining of the v-ir-Iike* acts of
Cn. in r< :Vr>-ncv to the affair^ in C x ID,
an 1 nsr. rtir.g a d -Urminati- n i • break off di-
plomatic relation* with that nation.
Lo.vdok, Decemboe 29.—It is semi-offidally
rainoun 1 that the great pv-wers will not med
dle in the Turk and Greek qinstion f*<r the
present, but the statement is ulso made that
I/ird Lyons h ;s 1 :i instructed by the British
Government t » esmtion Greece against any
further acts of hostility, open or secret, against
Turkey. '
V* .-.'nixuTi:.v, December 30,—The Courier ues
Etats I nisof y.-sterdav exphiins the non-recep-
t:on oi );r. hcwnid’s c.;b!e dispatch of Novem
ber 22 !. It was presented to the Minister of
! 1 oroigti Affairs, by Mr. Bigelow and was
j reftt.-< I on account of its rudeness. Mr.
J Bigelow argue I that what was rude in
h w; y polite in English, to v. hit h
tl i tin ister n plied that it vas usdess
! ■ : i ' ■ paj r ■ : a ; 1 >y i ran :nt whi h did
BClt 1 ird irs own tipul ns < f neutrality
and instai d the ,otcuj n t f Mt ti m
Mr. i’igtlow then telegraphed to Mr. Seward,
gettli a reply d >nyiirg the occnpation of Mat-
11 I ispatch v lived con-
diiioi.aliy. lut afterwards returned to Mr.
Bi ! iv on t mfirn iti n of tl ■ up ition.
Ssenor*R it), . hti tl Juarez Gov-
crmneiit Ik re. is of the ophdon that, owing to
mutual violations' of uiaierst-•! stipui it ions
on tin part of the United States and France,
both parties will act their p! asure in .Mexican
affairs., He is apprel nsir th Uth witl^drav il
of the French will not occur until it suits Na-
ixdeon's convenience.
Another dispatch from Washington, Dec. 31.
says,
'l !:>• French Minish r has ri it 1 < ffi ial in
formation that ten ships will leave Bust at
I once, and that ten < tbt-is will leave as soon i.s
C • fin: y urid< r way will llow to
; bring home t he French troops from Mexico.
j B.vLTixionu. January 1.—Judge Megrr.der was
l released < u two tlu-nsand dhirs biil, to an-
pearb . Lt ; I S tes.Court, for vkda-
! R -ti ot the Civ;] Rights Bill in :uuli*ni;::ng the
I sale of felon negroes, as provided by the laws
of the State of Jhirr land. He is also under
bond in the same amount {for rejecting negro
evidence, which is h :I i.'den by State law.
B'-uis. 'D ■:. 1 r 81 - Jatters dated Mas -
wall. Aby.-ki'i.i. state that the English <lonsul,
Consul Cameron, Mr. Ihissan and their friends,
ku wn for ..cine years as the Abysinian cap
tive. who had just been released from a pro
tract'd Imprisonment, have been again ironed
by orders from the Emperor Theodore.
AH the leading European powers, except
Prussia, h ive resolved to protect the H Jy See.
I he Prussian and American representatives are
aeits m st det n dm 1 supj utdfts, and the
French Ambassador has declared that France
will hold Italy responsible for the violation of
the temporal power.
’i he chief points in Italy's propositions to
the Pope are as follows :
Florence to be the capitol of Itilv. Cardi
nals to he the Princes of the Kingdom, with
present incomes guaranteed. The inhabitants
of Rome to vote whether they will he subjects
of Italy or Rome. Rome to remain a free cite
under the absolute control of the P.vpe. The
Po]*e tn crown Victor Emanuel as King of Italy,
at Florence. This arrangement is only to be
binding during the present Pope's life.
r i V-. d. Without the passage of som: uch Tie E cpcrtcd Ccmmissioner from South Sensitiveness of the Atlantic Telegraph
law as this, he anrued that i-*r c entry w.is '
n : m re free than Persia ur Turkey. He ar-
gtu*d at length in favor cl the bill, and com.
I'atte l the views eutcruumd by il.ejPr>~ nt.
He did not cunsiJer the a h pti- n <■: the i_on-
•‘Htitutional amemlnu ut should oi u«'li cnt*.-
tl the late r- ’ - l State- to representation in
Congress Impartial suffrage was necessary to ,
prevent the .Southern States from falling into
the hr. . ’;- of rt-1 tN.
A".t! :k h.slt .n of Mr. Stevens" remarks,
Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, introduced a substitute
for the’V.; : bill, providing, in eff t. for
C nventions i:: the South era Si... - to frame
governm- nts on certain c .nditior.s. Several •
members made speeches against the President,
and in favor of negro suffra •- Adjourned.
Thu lin-. '.T op ttk Spuciai Com::issovj:r ox
j«k Rbvkvte.—The report of the S. eci d C*-m-
:ti?ic r oi: the Revenue w..- t -;,ty su; niit-
ted to CoB^res. He jpeconends first, a redac
tion < ;* t*;. j present g nc.al tax of live percent.
<-ii the pr- ducts and sak-s < f ni;uiulacturing
• . U. .r; : ; . a '
ding re»luct5< n ia .-■]=••. i;jc taxis K-vtcd on anal-
; g 'Us branch s of !us:. v. $cc<-ud, an en
tire removal cf all direct internal taxes now
j levied ut n tl ; production (.f bar, plate an 1
sheet iron, an i < f such addition -I taxes as are
y«' . \ i ... ' : - the n
tore of steel. Third a reduction of the lax of
two and a half per u nt, on the gr s- s receipts
of sugar refiners to one and a half or one per
cent. Fourth, r.n entire removal < f the inter
nal revenue duty <”.i uhthui ;c aei'i, and <>n the
mi rung and manufacture of emery. Fifth, the
entire removal of the internal revenue tax up
on the manufacture of salt. The total amount
of the reduction of the revenue consequent
upon the adoption of lhe above r-ecomenda-
tions, taking tiie receipts of the lust Cscai year
as the hosts of calculation, may be estimated
at about thirty-five milions of dollars, leaving
a surplus available for other purposes of about
twenty millions of dollars. The < ommi-sion-
er further recommends, as a basis of present and
iture legi Iati n, tl s principh f abatii . t
duty on raw materials to the lowest point co:i-
listent with the requirements of revenue, and
of placing upon the free list such raw mate
rials, the product mainly of tn pical countries,
as art} essential elements in great leading
branches of manufacturing industry, and do
notcome hi competition with any domestic
produett. On fit pj incij 1 s above laid d< m n,
the Commissioner has prepared a bill which
accompanied the report.
MOVEMENT TO BltlXG GEX. GRANT FORWARD FOR
THE PRESIDENCY.
New York, J.m. 3.—A Washington dispatch
to the Tail' s say that the Hon. William Mor
ris, a former member of Gongress from Illinois,
•and other prominent politicians from that
State, inlet d to i iet * to-mi rrow at Springfield,
to consider a pro: <i-:tion to nominate General
Grant for the Presidency. They have invited
leading IK mo r its of other States to join
them.
Washington Matters.
Washington. Dec. 31.—The Agricultural Re
port i . r December estimates the cotton pro
duct d in the ~ iuth i : 1,750,01 0 bates, as fol
lows: North Carolina, 91,000 hales; South
; 1 ;!■• liiia. i 12,< •• ->: < eorgia, 205,000; Florida,
: 0,000 : Ala .. ...a. 22:1 €00; : 3 2- pi t 270,-
000; Louisiuta, 101.000; T< xas, ■ (0,000; Ar
kansas, 182.000; Tennessee, 148.000; other
States, 1-18,000 bales.
Judge l.'ha.-ie has refused habeas corpus in
Dr. Mudd’s behalf.
isBington, Dcoetnlor 20.—On account of
the absence of Justice Grier, who is to deliver
the decision of the Supreme Court in the test
oath ease, it will not be delivered this morn
ing, and as the Court adjourned on Friday to
Thursday, the opinion is not expected till on
Monday following.
Washington, December 2(5.—Major General
S. R. Curtis died of appopilexy, at Council
Bluff, to-day.
Fort Laramie, Beco-mlxw 27.—A messenger
The Bekstornt to be Imcfachivd.—We clip just nrrive.i repotts the lotmalion cf a general
the following dispatch from the New Era of coalition of twelve tribes of Indians for i m-
January 2d. The news, if correct, is very im- 1,1011 cause against the wldtcs in the Territories '■ erja:.:
of Dacotah and Montana. Tlte number of
warriors is estimated at 11,000.
portant. We are inclined, however, to believe
that it is more sensational than true, for it is
difficult to arrive at the conclusion that such
insanity as this measure indicates prevails at
Washington. Time, however, will soon settle
the question.
'W ashington, January 2.—Tliere is goc<d au
thority lor saying a bill imjvxuhing President
Johnson will be introduced in the House on
AloiKui\ next by Ashley, of Ohio, with everv
prospect of success. The Fresideut was notified
to-day ot the fact, and expressed himself realv
for the trial.
Congressional.
Washington, Jan. 3—Senate—The Senate
met at 12 o'clock.
House.—The Ii-euse met at noon, there being
about a quorum present.
Mr. Ashley "of Ohio, has prepared a bill for
impeaching the President which he intends to
introduce in the House on Monday next.
Mr. Brumby, of Ohio introduced a bill to
divide i exits into four Territorial governments,
to l e called; Brasi lia, Bravo, Sabine and Lin
coln, to be admitted as states when they have
sufficient representative population, and have
ratified the constitutional amendment. The
preamble to the bill recites that the so-called
State of Texas, having waged war against the
United States Government-, forfeited all their
privileges and rights, and forfeited them by
reason ef overt acts. The very name, it says,
that the country is known by throughout all
land, is sugcsiive of the penal colony of the
world, the name and history, therefore, indlca-
tinglittle els? than blooshed, ingratitude, vio
lence and wrong. Bill referred to Committee
on Territories.
Mr. Payne introduced a bill providing for
the-militia. All persons between
jghteen and forty-five are to be enrolled. It
also tuvpos*s a National Guard, to con.-ist of
27sws ana other Items.
Mr. Bidgely has made application to Judge
Oha ) for a writ of i ibtas cm in favor of Dr.
Mudd, confined at the Dry Tort;:gas.
G.-m-ml Grant has ordered recruiting depots
at the following places, with the subjoined
number of recruits to each: Louisville 95;
M icon 000; Havannah b iclishm^g 220;
NT.-hvi!Ie 12U.
A communication to the .. U
from the King of Prussia annountt s the al>
s>*rption of Hanover, Electoral of Ilcsse,
Duchy of Nassau and the city of Frankfort,
and requests the revocation of the exequators
of Consuls representing these place .-. The re
quest has hecii complied ’.vith in thirty eight
cases.
There has been a destructive fire in Vicks
burg—Loss $2,000,000.
Hon. A. H. Stephens is writing a history of
the late war. The work will contain about
800 pages.
A Constantinople telegram states that the
French Squadron has been put at the service of
Turkey to render the blockade of Candia
more effective.
Mar.dml Eazaine telegraphed to Napoleon on
December 3d as follows: Maximillian is still
in Mexio. iqi l has not come to any decision
with respect to Ids future movements. The
evacuation of Mexico requiring to be com
pleted by March, it is urgent that the trans
ports should an ive without delay. The mis
sion of Minister Campbell and Gen. Sherman
arrived at Very Cruz on the 20th, and left De
cember OvI^Klo utissii/u appears to be ani-
fMjgnts of the most conciliatory
charac
Tiie
relations
evitable. ■'' !< ::
Bishop Elliot of Savannah, Ga., is dead.
It has been discovered by the Investigating
Committee recently in sessi >u at Washington,
that $300,000,000 worth of cotton lias been
seized by the government agents in the South,
and Dot more than u tenth of the amount has
been resized by the treasury of the United
States.
Carolina to Washington.
In our columns on Fridsy appeared a special
disp-.: ! n nt our Washington correspondent
. Leo), d.it-'l 20th instant, stating that “the
r th South C in* L<
tare returns with the assurance ti .it tiie State
ad - D :":-
ti anal atm :>I merit."
S Jos juentlv we received the New York
Tribune > f 7i.er?«l..y. the 20th iust., contain
ing a 1 from ’■ gton, which tated
tii.u a leading member of the South Caro
lina Legislature had arrived lo re [Waal ing-
t-r.j a few days ago. having been deputed by
the members of that body, -o confer with the
Republican members of Congress ia regard to
the present coiffikion of the affairs of the
country,’’ etc. This letter contained many
statements la addition to the above, which,
we are informed are in no wise true, being
altogether the speculations of the writer, and
no doubt up f«r seasational pm . -■
The Tribune's Washington correspondence
of the.following uay, Friday, the 21st instant,
coat.tins tiie following paragraph, which the
v.'iitc-r ! :-.s the honesty to say is a “currcnru-
mor," but which we . re authorized to say is
as far from being true as were the first state
ments ef the Tribune's correspondent :
Th-:re is a very current rumor that tiie
amendment question lias "been arranged with
the 8outa Carolina representatives, and that
they have pledged its acceptance by the Legis
lature, ptovided that no further condition are
exacted, which, it is asserted, the leaders of
the Republican party have agreed to. The
rumor is a most important one if correct, as
t::: admission cf South Carolina to Congress,
without further conditions than the accep
tance of the amendment, might induce all the
other States to go and do likewise.”
Our Washington correspondent, i; Leo,” in
his letter put lished elsewhere, likewise refers
to the visit of the reported commissioner, and
who is also somewhat in error as to the main
facts of the case, which we will proceed to
relate as obtained front a source bevoni ques
tion. It appears that prior to the close of the
session of ear Legislature, which adjourned
cn Friday last, a large majority cf the mem
bers c; the Senate consulted together as to
the propriety of sending a member of that
body to Washington, to confer with the Presi
dent of the probability of the State being re
stored to her place in the Union should she
adopt the constitution al amendment. After
consultation it was decided that some good
might arise from the pursuance of such a
course, and one of their number was selected
for the mission.
The gen Ionian selected was Colonel T. C.
Wcatberlv. Senator from Marlboro’ District,
who immediately proceeded to Washington,
and sought an interview with tiie President.
Lpon bis arrival he found that the President
was occupied in a Cabinet Meeting, and being
disengaged he determined to make good use of
his leisure moments, by obtaining interviews
with the leading Radical members of both
Houses of Congress, and conversing with them
freely upon the subject of the constitutional
amendment, and tiie prospects of the admis-
ion of South Carolina to her rights upon its
adoption. Col. Weatherly succeeded in mak
ing the acquaintance of several of the leading
Radical Senators and Representatives, with
whom he conversed freely, and was assured
by them that the constitutional amendment
was the ultimatum of Congress to the South
ern States : that iis adoption by them would
remove all obstacles to their being admitted
to representation in Congress.
Col. Weatherly, however, had a subseqnent
interview wiilt President Johnson, to whom
be bad been formally deputized. We learn
that the interview with the President was of
some duration, as well as free and candid.
As firas we can learn, and we believe that
we are correctly informed on the subject, the
President is unchanged as to Ids views in ref
erence io the unconstitutionality of the pro-
posed amendment to the Constitution, which
is agitating ail sections, and which, if persist
ed in, must be a source of great evil to the
whole country.
As said before, the interview with the Pres
ideal was free and candid, during whico he
expressed the hope that the Southern States
would remain firm in their position as regards
the constitutional amendment and steadfastly
reject it, believing it to be un advance step to
the inauguration of a despotism. In doing
which lie said he hoped they would be guard
ed in their reasons assigned for its rejection,
and avoid any language that might, by any
possible means, be tortnred to give offence to
the opposing party.
The President feeds confident, from a recent
decision given by the Supreme Court that he
will be sustained by that law-abiding body :
and that in a short time a returning sense of
reason will point out some middle ground be
tween ttie constitutional amendment, aud the
projected Territorial scheme, upon which cur
country may become united, when peace will
again smile upon us with all its blessings.—
Charleston Conner ‘loth ult.
Cable,
Mr. Cyrus JY. Field, in a speech delivered at
the banquet given him by the merchants of
New York, alluded to the sensibility of the
! new Atlantic Telegraph Cable. He remarked
i that the old cable works Ktter than the new
1 one : and he stated us a reason that the gntta-
percha covering was improved in quality by
Doing r >ng submerged. The new one is, how-
even constantly growing better. To evidence
the extreme sensitiveness of both cables, and
that thev cm be oivrat-.-d by the smallest bat-
terv-power. Mr. I iehl said:—
•'* \Vhen tiie lir>t cable was laid, ia 1858,
electricians thought that to send a current
2,030 miles it must l>c almost like a stroke of
lightning. The other day Mr. Latimer Clark
telegraphed from Ireland across the Atlantic
ocean and back again with a battery foimed in
a liuly'z thimble ! And now Mr. Collett writes
me from Heart’s Content : “I have just sent
my compliments to Dr. Gould, of Cambridge,
who is at Vahptia. with a battery composed of
a gun-cap. with a strip of nine, excited by
drop of water, the simple bulk of a tear ! A
telegraph that will do that must be nearly per
fect. 'the cables have never tailed for an hour
or a minute. There have been delays in receiv
ing messages font Europe: but these have all
been on the land lines, nr in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, and not on the sea cables.”
NEWNAN BUSINESS DIRECTORY
J.
T. XFRBY, Dealer in Staple and I ,
Dry Goods, Greenville street.
R ANDALL & CO., Dealers in Staple and
Fancy Dry Goods, Haas' old Stand By
street. ’ ""
P F. CUTTING, Dealer in Staple and Do-
• mestic Dry Goods and Yankee Notions'
South-West corner Public Square.
T & D- SWINT, Dealers in Groceries and
• Staple Dry Goods. Keepsjconst mtlv on
hand Sugar, Coffee, Syrnp, Nads, Bleached
and unbleached Domestics, Prints, Shoes and
Boots, Hats and Caps. Produce taken in ex
change for goods at the market price. West
side Buy street
w
B. W. DENT, Wholesale and Rcta'l
Grocer and Commission Merchant.
Greenville street.
W O. PERRY, Wholesale and Retail Gro-
• cer and Commission Merchant, South-
East corner Public Square.
D'
ENT & WOOD, Wholesale and Retail
Grocers aud Commission Merchants,
Greenville street.
31 m 5liinrrtistDiMts. JP-
A. POWERS, Grocer, Produce and Com
mission Merchant, Bay Street.
A MIXED SCHOOL.
I DESIGN to open a School for Boys and
Girls, on Carrollton street, on
WEDNESDAY J AX CARY 1G, 1S67.
RATES OF TUITION.
Spelling, Reading and Mental
Arithmetic, ----- $2 00 per month.
Grammar, Arithmetic and Ge
ography, - ----- 3 00 “
Algebra. Geometry, the Lan
guages, ifc.x, &c‘, - - - 4 00 “
Bg^Special attention given to Mathematics.
Each Student will be drilled daily in Pen
manship.
ESfoDffi ion to he paid punctuattq each quarter.
Patronage respectfully solicited.
WM. S. BEADLES.
Newnan, Ga., .January 5-2t.
gists, South side Public Square.
R. A. B. CALHOUN. Practitioner of Med
icine, office Depot street.
S MITH & COOK, Wholesale and Retail Druf-
‘ " "
D
\\
W
T. COLE, Dentist, office No. 4, Green
ville street.
1LLIAM M. SPARKS, Attorney at Law,
will practice in the counties of Heard,
Coweta, Carrol, Canqfficll, Haralson and Polk.
Office Depot street.
npi
Coweta County Court.
IIE last session of the Legislature changed
the Monthly Sessions of the County Court
into two Quarterly Sessions and two Semi-an
nual Terms, and left tlio time of holding the
Quarterly Terms to the discretion of the Judg
es of the counties where the time of holding
the Courts was no? fixed by the Legislature.—
The first Quarter Session will be held the 4th
Mon-lay in March, 18G7, the second Quarter
Term will be held the 4th Monday in Septem
ber, 1837. The Semi-annual Terni3 will be
held as now. Grand and Petit Jurrrs drawn
to serve at the January Monthly Term, are
hereby notified that they need not appear at
tlio January Monthly Term for January, but
will be required to serve at the Quarter Ses
sion to be held the fourth Monday in March
next. WILLIAM M; SPARKS,
Jan 5-3t Judge of Coweta County Court.
-\T OUXG J. LONG, Attorney at Law, New-
I nan, Ga.
A B. CATES, Bookseller and Stationer,
• Greenville street.
M L. CARTER, Teacher of Mixed School.
» Location, Sitesvilic street. Will open
January 14th.
rRS. M. J. NIMMONS, Teacher of Juvenile
1YI School. Location, La
Will open 2d Monday in Jam
D ANIEL WALKER, Teacher of English
and Classical School. Location, Green
ville street. Exercises begin January 8th.
WT BEADLES,Teaeherof Mixed School.
W . Lc
Location, Carrollton street,
begin Wednesday, Jan. lGth.
Exercises
MIOS. A. GRACE, Insurance Agent, New
nan, Ga.
r i
/ i OVAN STAFFORD, Proprietor Star Sn-
loon, North side Public Square.
BREWSTElt, Proprietor Eating House,
» V • North side Public Squire. Meals at
all hours.
‘Oreteco bad Turkey are
The Election.—The vote polled last Wed
nesday in this county forjudge Superior Court,
was v ery light, and so far as heard from re
sulted as below. The returns from the 1st
District has not been received, but it is be
lieved that it will increase Featherstonc’s ma
jority ;
Feathers ron, . • . .270
Harvey, gj
Terhuue
Massachusetts lias three negroes in her Leg
islature and three hundred and thirty-four in
the State Prison.
Hie Indians are very troublesome, and the • fits f ini ntry in .. strict and
troops at Fort Phil Kearney have been almost
in a st..;o cl siege for weeks joist. On the 22,1
a numl>er ot Indians came near the jv st. arid
Lieutenant Colonel V . J. Peterman. Captain
N. Brown, Lieut. Gnunmoud, all of the ISti.
infantry, gathered hastily thirty-nine men of
Company C., Second Cavalry, and forty-five
men ot the iMh Infantry, and went after them.
The troops were gradually drawn on. until, at
a point four miles from the Fort, they were
surrounded and slaughtered. Net a man es-
| territory represented in Congress, one of which
shall be (."Uij-.sO'i c>t colored men, if more
j than one third of the militia th :• in shall he
Ha lured men. N, tie who j..;ri:,l; tied in tiie
late war are:.: ' e • rffeere •. r private, In the Na
tional Guam. wu" may i eaih I . .t to sup-
p-rcss insurree:; >n an i for.:' :Le I . m Bill
j refered to C mmittee on Militia.
Mr. Stevens ovdied up h!> salstituto for the
I ill nen tofore reported from tl i - ..
Important Decision.
Tlte Express. Petersburg, contains the fol
lowing notice of an important decision recent
ly rendered in Virginia:
Tlte or !u: n iff the District Court of Appeals,
in the case of Tucker vs. Watson, McGill &
< and tie* same vs. Brotinnx and Ly, u. pub
lished in fall in he Express f yesterday, Js
•■•f n;< litti - importance- to Southern debtors
u. ain.-t the claims of Northern creditor-. The
ti. * w .r l**e tw. *.*o the Fnited States and Gafed-
Military Tribunals have no Eight to
Punish Citizens.
OPINIONS OF THE SITUEME COl'ET.
Washington, December 31.—The opinion of
the minority delivered by Judge Chase, and
that of the majority by Judge Davis, are pub
lished. comprising some twelve thousand words
It is impossible to telegraph it entire, and the
arguments are so close that a synopsis would
do injustice to the learned Judges. The only
print in additon to those heretofore telegraphed
is, that Mr. Chase maintains that Congress can
relieve members of the illegal tribunals from
personal responsibility in damages, etc., to
who Uttiy have punish*: -1.
of Mr. ffiwflwpDa-
vis against fhe constitutionality of the trial of
citizens of military courts, the following para
graphs appear:
lt can never be in this country of written
Constitution and laws, with a Judicial Depart-
; mint to interpret them, that any Chief Magis-
: trate would be so far forgetful of his duty as
to order the execution of a man who denied
the jurisdiction tliat tried and convicted him,
after his case was before the Federal Judges
with power to decide it. who being unable °to
agree on the grave questions involved, had,
according to known law. sent to the Supreme
Court ot the L nited States for decision. But
even the suggestion i.s injurious to the Execu
tive, and we dismiss it Irom further considera
tion. There is. therefore, nothing to hinder
this court from an investigation of the merits
of this controversy.
Tire controlling question in this case is this
—upon the fact stated in Miiiigan's petition
am? the exhibits tiled, had the military com
mission mentioned in it. jurisdiction legally to
try and sentence him.' Milligan was not a
resident of one of tiie rebellious States, or
; i i.-ajiier of war. but a citizen of Indiana for
twenty years past, and never was in the mili
tary or naval service; is white, and with all
JACOB SLACK,
Cons mission Merchant
AND WHOLESALE DEALEK IX
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
UNITORS A]YD CI&ARS,
(Under Planters Hotel,)
Alabama Street, Atlanta, Ga.
January 5-if.
Miss Lawes,
Milliner and Dbgss Maker,
<*■: * .-,*' •
At Judge Ray's.
Newnan, Ga./Tannary 5-2t.
dST office.
H
AVING returned to Newnan on special
business, all persons owing me, either by
note or open account, can have an interview
ith me at the new brick store now occupied
by Maj. Jlunvey. I will only be here till the
!2th inst. All parties failing to settle with
me by that time, will afterwards find their
notes anu accounts in the hands of some at
torney for collection. H. HAAS.
Newnan, Ga., Jan. 5-11
Ax. IU. SEAGO,
COMMISSION MRffiMT,
ATLANTA, GA.,
ISstza.'SolxsTka.ooL 2LOS2,
Mi\s. IE. Johnson
I N\ Il’L.S her friends visiting the city of At
lanta, to call at her BoardiDg House, con
venient to the business portion of thecitvund
Dejiot, at the corner of Forsyth and Peters
streets, where they can be accommodated.
vith board and bedding.
[Jan 5-tf.
Being the oldest
house now doing
in the Gate
established
business
City,
Will be constantly receiving, on Commission,
immense shipments of
€OK.Y,
FLOIR,
. tion CVamr.itiee. pr. riding k-val gov rnrent
caned to t*. 11 of the disaster. The bodies were i p. r t p y - •. ;n >t ,, ; ,
v h f Sonth-
rrrs or North rn parti**- is kn wn to have been
v ry nsi • t the . of
h -tiiiths. the ■ . • t o.f tic- dec-ion will be
• (.in a very large amount of debt
i in this cas will be
: :- ::
stopped of every article of clothing, scalped ’ ^ iqj; -.vine the
and mutilated. Tldi ty Kxiics were foumd in
3 s D’-ce not larger than a good st:x*d ixc-m.—
Neatly r.ll the bodies were recovered and buried
in the Fort.
a*. ;.r.
mdi
ll'-ri
i
BIr. Steveus explain- | ; d i; A'A
recent dedriaa oi the i nr re- b
> Supreme Court dvimuided immefoia;-. acti :*. cn I : ■■
the part of Congress. That decision rex knw r
: all protection frem loyal citizens ia the late
j rebellious States, and the people there were | their
* E ' V ^ " ::K * lX?ceiuK 'r 28—Frauds upon the snl-k-ct to endless Tvr-..-er.ti. a. If C ntreess 1 1 : '
revenue are not reaifinid to the whiskey dis-
tiRerie- alone. It is known that many L.rg.
silk and lace importers have perpetrated huge
swindles upon the government, bv means of aav pretect : .-»n sni
\W11U- they mtcnreJ to meet present oatm-f atrocious murderer. Watson, had «lre*d*- hw, mr-monnri.
did not takes action, it would be liable to
me just censure of the civilized world. The
mili ary authorities are now powerless to i.ffer
cannot enforce the laws
;.* war cotwccri tne L niteil Mates ana U-niea- .*,*'. ___ „„ .
niteStates t - ... - ; ■ * 'A';; '' ! D-cr of the
. party-, not being-recoverable as it aerai- I - - ■ pnsoned, ^anu on cnmtnal
naniated. camiot lie legally claimed now th.it j ? ? . o P r <-’*erred against him. is tried,
i com it tea and sentenced to be hanged bv a
military commission organized under the di
rection of the osmmanaer of the Military Dis
trict of Iieiiuna. Had this tribunal the legal
powvr and authority to try and punish this
lliilli *
No graver question was ever considered by
mis Court, nor one which more nearly concerns
the fights of the whole people, for it is the
birthright of every American citizen when
charged with crime to be tried and punished
according to law. The power of punishment
Is alone through the means which the laws
have provided for that purpose, and if they
arc ineffectual there is an amenity from pun
ishment. no matter how great mi offender the
intiividual may be, or how much his crimes
may have shocked the sense of justice of the
country, or endangered its safety.
—ibh* to do pa re than
\s a class there* are no
in tl: ’ v.*. rid th-.n the
-h. Ha*I i ■ y :* t i- -u
? bclive th y '* I*i. witii
; : .- p that -. ’ .Vi p..M b >th
' 1 - to the l. -t •: dlar. In
«. n I.tiort the I'.' -r.a -ni Eitr-
:.. I . . ;
• . ity. La
st . then y h ■
in*r to comrrouiid *n the forms pr-.p .-.*.’• by the
Soothqm creditor, and even to open now ac
count*. Merch.mt- are *r. neraiiv men of llbc-r-
1 : an i their i
viicy.
Stead
The late-t case of jealousy is that of a iadv
who uiscarded her lover, a sea captain, because
he hugged the shore.
BACOX,
LARD,
MAY,
and all kinds of Western products, which will
be sold to Merchants, Planters and Country
Agents, ai the very lowest possible rates, for
CASH ONLY.
I am determined to sell so low that none
can make it to their pecuniary advantage to
pass Atlanta for the purchase of supplies.
Very respectfully,
A. K. SEAGO,
Fire-Proof Pmlclmhr,
Corner 11 hitchall aud Forsyth Sirs.
Atlanta. Ga.. Jca. 5-tf.
ATLANTA MARBLE YARD.
D. N. JODSOI-I, Agent,
Dealer and Worker in Italian and American
M arble,
Monuments, Box Tombs, Tablets,
HEAD AND FOOT STONES,
Fm-iaUure i?Iarblc, &c.,
Corner Peachtree and Walton Streets,
Atlanta, Greorgia.
f£5P D. N. J. would respectfully invite those
wishing to purchase to call and examine his
stock of Marble and work, which will lie sold
upon the most reasonable terms. Orders so
licited and promptly fiiled. [Jan. 5-12m.
KEROSENE and GAS STOVES!
TEA AND COFFEE BOIE%RS, GLUE POTS,
OIL CANS, fie., ikcf-T *,
JcPliF' All the Cooking for a family may*fgjj(
JE^ybe dorre 'with Kerosene Oil, or Gas,“^a
jSfS3P*with less trouble, and less expense,
jS*i2C‘t!tan. by any other fuel. “©a
Each Article manufactured by this Company is
guaranteed to perform all that is claimed for it.
£2P'Sead for Circnlar. < =g^g
figg^Liberal discount to the trade.
KEROSENE LAMP HEATER CO.
(Jan. 2-tf. 20G Pearl Street, N. Y.
; Postponed Administrator’s Sale.
>Y VIRTUE of an order of the Court of
Ordinary of Carroll county, will be sold
before the Court House door in Carrollton, Ga >
, on the first Tuesday in March next, within
the legal bour3 of sale, lot of land No. 133,
in the 11th district of said county, less the
widow’s dower, with 20 acres cleared land—
no buildings. Sold as the property of George
H. Henderson, deceased, for the benefit of the
heirs and creditors.
Jan 5-tds—$C* LARRY GRICE, Adm’r.
GEORGIA—Carroll County.
“VJ - OTICE is hereby given to all persons con-
_|_N cerced that Samuel Eskew, late of Carroll
county, deceased, departed this life intestate,
and no person has applied for administration
on the estate of said deceased ; and that in
terms of the law administration will be vested
in the Clerk ot the Superior Court or some
other fit and proper person, thirty days after
tne puo.ieation of this citation, unless some
laii't objection is made to his aopointment.
Given under my hand and official signature
this 2d day of JanuarVj 1867.
Jan 5-30d. J*M BLALOCK, Ord'y.
WO months after date I will apply to the
Ordinary of Carroll county for leave to
ieil the real.esme of Harvey J. Boon, late of
said countf* de«a3ed.
JanrS*2u J. P. CULPEPPER, Ad.m'r,
B