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Newspaper Page Text30 €'1jp Hfiuratn NEWNAN. GEORGIA. Saturday Morning, March 30.1867. Meeting in Macon. ! mat'', except upon some occasions, w uen they We copy from the Macon Telegraph the pro- j enthusiastic and ceedings of a meeting held by the negroes “ j J^uiTuSe. and’ did not wish for the Macon on the 26th : j black man. much a; some pretended. That be After the Prayer, the following preamble and resolutions were read, and on motion, unani- I mously adopted by the assemblage : Whereas, In the course of human events and . ■ .--.-rr=======: ' - T National revolution, the mysterious workings MTThe President vetoed the Supplemental of a righteous Providence hath changed i,- „ in ea the relation our race m this country .ruin Bill, but the House pa. - ' _ slavery to freedom, and from cLattieL>m to ac- to 25, and the Senate by a vote of -30 to i. knowledged manhood, and : Whereas, The last session of the Thirty-ninth Congress in its generous distribution of human l The Methodist Episcopal Church, South i Q. a -no\- of Lay Delegation and change The following resolution, was presented in the j CT ^ame.—The Baltimore Annual C imerence of Louisiana Legislature on the lira. bv the Joint > this Church, recently in ssssion in this ony, an Committee on F- lend Relations, and referred to * which adjourned on Wednestm., titemoon sme th, .Tcdimarv Committee. I die. is said to have been one of die most harmo- DEMORBST’S MONTHLY MAGAZINE, fTKIVERSALLY acknowledged the Model Far- |_J lor Magazine of America; devoted to origi nal Stories, Poems. Sketches. Architecture and. let ns Disappoint the Radicals. capita! the other. That they should tnconrag friendir relations with those who had always proved their fri;*: is. and instead of spending their hard earnings in paying toe horde c: rights, has in the passage of the bill known as | nee< Jyadventuers who would come among them As u f, no _ a fixed fact that the negro will * h . e , Military l«vr. rec-otrmzed onr claim to ur to their old friends if they wanted any As it is now a Men .act t..a. e b o ful , of unqualified atireuship-tbereby , wt done drawn who would not charge be a voter in our future elections, our people, j investing us with those immunities and sacred ; ^ th | service . bul wii0 would always the Southern white men, should take some privileges which are held so dear 1 y every . , • j • white citizen of our common country ; and onins to instruct him on the subject, and lm- '‘'1- ‘ , .... . pome . J ’ j Whereas. The a d not only meets the approv- part to him such information in regard to our a j 0 f good men and the sanction of Heaven. political affairs as will prepare him to vote an- i„it is the restitution of our inalienable rights. derstandirmly. He should be taught that the j wh:< h w Radicals profess great fnendship for him toi withheld by for-e an. I domination for ; elusion he advised them to Stic* to ineir true whole people for more than ■ ^ } - •• • • * "ends j igentiy pursuing the avoci Before the adjournment of the meeting, Col. . T^di^g full and cheerful obedience to the gener- j rel ■ 1 States." is uncorstuutrensl In several re- , spocts, but mors especially in the following r-ar- : :• .lars. to wit: ignores the legal cxistenc of ten ; States, f ■raring an integral part of the union; It , declares that iijt only the Governments or 1 the States are i rovisional and do facto. but tnat -Ley arc sui'j -ct to tire abac lute contr •! of the general government: it interferes with the ric.it j of suffrage and eligibility to office in State elec- g’.:id!y serve them. j ; ,ns, it deprives the said States of all participa- t: . j • m they must not attach undue im- - aon in the rights and privileges of the general, portance to the new position they occupied.- | government.,whilst they arc,made tosher.- . ■ = *. . . . . . •• i burdens, mcludinnfull taxation withoutrccresen- That could they vote in -.nesol.dpbal.rax, ...ere time of universal trauquilrav, ran’ecd to us bv the God of na- would be more t;ian enough cand. ra.es .rum j j t over.’even unto death. tdirresponsible e creation of mankind, but have New England alone to till every o.rcc. ;n cor.- . commissions, armed with inquisitorial powers, a ■ elusion he advised them to sties, to tiie;r true ■ whole people for more than eighteen montns an no other reason than that their party may re- { WO hundred and fifty years, (a crime for which . friends. I -te--- 1 -} pu-siti.,-, J . ccive his support. They care nothing for the | the whole nation was equally responsible negro except M they can IK him liew-ta '.ire K«olve* 'lliet we. the colored citizens Their lore for the hixeir i. conSned to I *«“ »”‘ t 1 South. the Southern clime, and it grows wonderfully cool when its possessors are found in a North ern Stute. Why do not the negro worshippers enfranchise their idol in Ohio, in Rhode Island and other loyal States? Is the lately emanci pated slave better prepared to e>:' rcise the right of suffrage than those born and raised free in Ohio and other Northern common'. . s? Then why emancipate him if slavery elevated him above his brother bora free ? On the con trary, if the freedman of the South is net the equal of the Northern black, but still is suffi ciently enlightened to be entitled to vote, why not enfranchise flic Northern negro? May should the Northern black be deprived of this right? The motive of (lie Radicals is ph.in. They hope to increase their party strength in the South by enfranchising the Southern blacks. Let us try all proper means to defeat the.r dev ilish scheme. By their conduct the negro will make the Southern white men their enemies or friends, and a home friend is more highly to be prized than a pretended one at a distance.— In some places designing men will measurably lead the negroes astray, greatly to the detri ment of tlieir dupes; but a proper policy on the part of our people will enable them to suc cessfully control a large majority of the un bleached voters. of Macon and Ei’ob county assi-mMed. do hereby tender our thanks to the United States Cun- gress. and their worthy constituents, for an act so humane, just and righteous. Resolved, That we v.illendeaver to show our friends, and the country at large, that we are worthy of the noble trust committed to our care, bv demeaning ourselves in a!L respects, as meritoriously our condition and education will permit. Resolved, That we cherish no bitter feelings nor revengeful animosity toward .nose who were formerly our masters ; but that we will beju.-tas polite, respectful and mannerly as ever, and serve ti;em as faithfully for living wages as any people under the canopy of Heav en. Resolved, That the enfranchisement of our race demands an educational vigilance on our part, far surpassing any other impetus known in t/ie history of the world, and that we will endeavor to double our diligence in its acqui sition. Resolved, That wc heartily endorse the ac tion of cx-Gov. Brown, in trying to induce the people of Georgia to comply with the nations decree ; and further, that we believe the terms now offered by C ngrcss vi!V*be its finality, if submitted to speedily and faithfully. Resolved, That inasmuch as the enactment of the military law destroys the last vestige of radicalism in our State, as there can l>e no so- cailed radicalism now since radical measures have become the law of the land, we respect fully request, all good citizens, who are the friends of our people, to ass fit us in preparing our race for their grave responsibilities, by either written articles, lectures or sermons. Elder Turner was then introduced to his au dience Ho is a bright, intelligent colored man and delivered a most forc-iMe and eloquent ad dress—the tenor of which was f< r the colored race to educate themselves up to rise standard required of them to make them the political equals of the whites. He believed they would prove in time to be in no wise intellectually their inferiors in any respect, lie counselled a judicious use of the franchise mnv granted them, and peace and good will to the people among whom they are to live. He was followed by Rev. Primus, colored whose address was short, but gave good, sound sensible advice to his hearers, and as' ribed to God the praise of their social and political en franchisement. Rev. David Wills, D. D., was then requeu ed address the assemblage, which lie did in a simple hut effective style, that- carried convic tion to the minds of his hearers. As one who had ever been their friend and well wisher— not as a politician he spoke to-them. He bade them to trust those among whom they had been raised and nurtured, and who clways treated them kindly. He warned them to be ware of intermeddlers from abroad, who might seek to stir up aninvsrty cgainst their former masters—to avoid Lad me"!, be tney bern North or South. To «ducn!v themselves, tfcut 1 they might properly enjoy the privileges that had bfMi bestowed uponthSm. Col. Lewis, of Cfi.-n. Sibley’s staff—and the head of the Bureau now, we believe in Georgia was next cn!i< .1 upon to address the masses, which he did in a plain, straightforward an- manly manner, showing the colored pec pie their true position, and i Ring them plainly that the majority of them had much yet to ac- quire to make thenWully entitled to and ap preciative ot the elective franchise, and that Ire did not believe in universal suffrage—that no one, whatever his color, shor’d bv allowed to exercise that right who did not knowingly un derstand the principles of republican govern ment, etc. lie concluded by counselling them to a spii it of conciliation and good will towards those among whom they live—their Southern friends. Col. James A. Nisbet was the next speaker. He spolie of his long residence in Macon ; of having been raised and playing with many of the colored men whom he saw around him : he had been with them in joy and sorrow, in pes tilence and death, and had ever found them faithful and reliable. That now that the ines timable privilege of freemen had been given them, he wished to see them fully qualified lor the exercise of the privilege. That education alone could qusjifv them, and he wished the Slate to grant her aid in carrying out this great work of regeneration or qualification.— His remarks were loudly cheered at close. Superintendent Eberhart was next in order. As we took no notes of any of the speeches, we tear we may do him injustice did we attempt lo follow his remarks. Some of them we must give him the credit to say, were sound and sensible, but others evinced a spirit of uuehar- itabicuess, to say the least of them, and were calculated to create a spirit of dislike on the part of the colored nice for those whites who had not heretofore been prominent in currying favor with them—many of whom he said would now pat them on the back, that they might secure their suffrage. U. S. District Attorney Fitch next came for ward at the request of the meeting, and ad dressed them in a lew eloquent, but mo.-t sen- l government. Whereas, The people of the aforesaid ten States, Jas. A. Nisbet called the attention of ail pres ent to the mottu upon one- of their banner: j to themselves and to their posterity, tointer- £ -As we have to live and vote together in one pose all legal obstacles to the enforcement of a let us be friends’—and called for three ■ law which m it- consummation, must inevitably htate, cheers for it; which were lustily given by ail present, white and black. Steven’s Confiscation Eli’. subvert their liberties anultimately the liberties fthe oth< r States of this Union; be it resolved; Sec. 1. That the people of the State of Booiei- unr do enter this their solemn protest against the enforcement within the limits of this State, ci the iaw of the United Slates entitled ‘r.a act for We give Wo, the Confiscation Bill intro- duced by lirad. Stevens and which the Kotae Louisiana shall proced in the discharge of postponed until 1st Tuesday in December. . their oSicial duties iu tuclr respective stations Whereas it is due to justice and as an exam- j " if sacb ^ b xr a promulgated.- pie to niture time that some proper punishment „ . . . , „ should be inflicted upon the people whoconsti- j of the State ana those oi tine fi.S. got eminent bated the “Confederate States of America,” j tue lormer wii oppose a mere passive resis- both beoause thev declared au unjust war j brace to the orders or the n.cter, and win ira- against the United States tor the purpose of mediately report the matter, to the Attorney destroying republican liberty and permanently - General oi the Sts:- and so Lie District Attor- establishing slavery, as well as for the cruel | ucys of their respective dirtricts. and hariiarous manner in width they conducted j Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of the At- said war in violation of all laws of civilized ; torney General to take immediate steps in the warfare; and also to compel them to make «ame of State of Louisiana to te3t the validity The Negro. For a time at least the white and black races will inhabit together the Southern States. It is a self-evident truth that the welfare of both will be promoted by the existence and cultiva tion of good feelings between them. No rea sonable man would deny that a conflict would prove ruinous to the weaker party—weaker in intellect—weaker ill numbers—weaker in prop erty. and weaker in education. It seems to us, then, that if the negro has any hopes for the future, lie will steadfastly seek the friendship of the white man, and invariably refuse to participate in any measure thut will array his race, as a race, against the superior race, inhab iting the same country with him. If tiic gauntlet is thrown down, he must know that it will be accepted, and in later days the motto of Christian nntious is, “woe to tiie conquered.” A3 little sense as the negro possesses, we be lieve he would see the folly o f provoking a conflicf with the whites, who own all the pro perty of the country, and from whom he must obtain employment if he obtains it at all —and without it he starves and would be particular to avoid it, and would succeed in doing so, if he does not permit himself to be led astray by designing whites. But the negro must remember that the consequences lo him will be the same, whether he voluntarily goes or suffers others to led him astray. After the conflict has commenced no questions will be asked. The blacks should not be puffed up because certain rights are cast upon them, and think they wi'l become the ruling race of the land ; for they had just as well understand it now as at any other time, thut the Southern white man will for ail time to come rule and govern the Southern States. It is right tnat such should be the case, because it is tlieir country, trad the black should feel rejoiced if the white man will consent to become bis friend, and grant him protection of person and property. The superior will always govern, not counting temporary exceptions made by foolish men, for such is the law of the Almighty. God has given man dominion over the beasts of the field, because man is superior to the beast, and Ho has also, for the same reason. given some men and races of men dominion over other men and races. No amount of sophistry and religious fanaticism can cause a permanent change of this law. The negro should be made acquain ted with these truths, and induced to n-nlize them in all their force. The Indians have been swept from every locality on this continent which the “pale faces” desired to possess.— This was all right, and no doubt decreed by the Almighty because He created this portion of His footstool fur nobler purposes than a d ,^ thera m tt lew deque . hunting ground for the red men ; .and equally | s jj,le remarks; one of which was to disabuse some compensation for the damage and expen ditures caused by the said war ; therefore Be it enacted, etc., That oil public lands be longing to the ten States that formed the Government of tiic so-called Confenderate States of America shall be forfeited by the said States, and become forthwith vested in the United States. St-c. 2. And be it further enacted, That the President shall forthwith cause the seizure of such property belonging to the beligerent ene my as is deemed lorfoited by tne act ot July 17, 1S63, and hold and appropriate the same as enemy’s property, and proceed to condemna tion with that already seized. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted. That in lieu of the proceeding to condemn the proper ty thus seized, as- provided by the act of July 17. two commissions or more, as may be hy him deemed necessary, may be appointed by the President for each of the said Confede rate states to consist of three persons each, one of whom shall of this law. by instituting legal proceedings in the Federal Courts. Sec. 4. That in case the said law should Id by the Supreme Court as constitution al then the above resolutions, directing-the course of conduct to be followed by the offi cers of this State, shah be considered null and void. Sec. 5. That copies of these resolutions be forwarded to the President of the United States, to Congress and to each of the Gover nors of the several Ftates of the Union. rune tine av eereuares, to the ord rums ?, adopted at il 3General Conference which oeasraoied in New Orleans in May 1S66, arv to be afiowed to participate :n c— the business ci t.'.e Conference, except such as involves ministerial character and relations, and they are to be chosen annually by the district st- wards, or in such oth er manner as the Annum Conlerenco may direct. Neither change, however, is to taka effect until! ‘three-feurths of the members of the Annual Con- ferenes present- and voting shall have concurred in the ordinance c? the General Conference,’ when •• the Bishops shall declare and proclaim the same.” Previous to the unanimous vote of 107 bv the Baltimore Conference, the minority vote cii Ly delegation was 33 more than cne-fourth of the whole vote, and 53 more than one-fourth or. the change of Church name. This repaired 93 ,-r,- ^ clear to carp" the iirst, an.l a-oJ vc.es. ■ ■ ar- rv ihe second, under the requisition for a three- fourths majority. The vote of the Baltimore C nference, therefore, carries lay delegation by eidit majority in the whole Church. The change offname is lost by 52. It is thought probable, however, that a (5onferer,ce in Illinois will join the Southern Church, with votes enough, if al lowed, to overcome this, and thus carry both measures, alter both had been given up for lost, —Bait. Sun. Health. Gymnastic, Equestrian Exercises. Mu- - Amusements, etc.; a.i by the best authors, ,d profusely and artistically illustrated with ^ costlv Engravinars full size), useful and reliable e-j Patterns. Embroideries, Jewelry, and a constant or succession of artistic noveities, with other useful and entertaining literature. No person of refinement, economical nonsewne, or ladv of taste can afford to do without tki3 Model* Monthlv. Sintrle copies 39 cents; back numbers, r.s specimens, 10 cents; either maned free Yearly, $3, with a valuable premium; two copies, f-5 59; three copies, $7 50; five copies, $12, and splendid premiums for clubs a* $3 each, with the first premiums to each subscriber. Address W. Jennings Deugrest. No. 473 Broadway, N. Y. Demore-st’s Monthly and Young America, to gether, $4, with the premiums for each. Miscellaneous Items. G vemor Geary, c-f Pennsylvania, has sign ed the bill requiring railroad companies to car ry passengers without distinction of color. James F. Cummings, an cx-Confcderaie Com missary, lias been arrested in New York on tire bs an officer cf the army ‘ charge of having used the power vested in hire. and two shall be civilians, neither of whom shall be a citizen cf the State for which ha shall ire appointed, and the said commission shall adjudicate and condemn property afi re- said under such forms and proceedings as shall he prescribed by the Attorney General, w’. ?re- upon the title of said property shall become vested in the United States. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, That out of the lands thus seized and confiscated tie slaves who have been liberated by the opera tions of the war and the amendment to the Constitution or otherwise, who resided .in the said Confederate States on the 4th of March, 1861, or since, shall have distributed to ihem forty acres for each adult male, and to each person who is head of a family forty acres, to be held in fee simple, but to be inahenaL’e ft,r the next tea years after they become seized thereof. For the purpose of distributing and allotting the 'said land, the Secretary 1 of Avar shall appoint as many commissions in each _ . . State as he shall deem necessary^ to consist of Davis, are gaming groufjo. three members each, two of whom, at least, shall not be citizens of the Stale for which they are appointed. Each of said commission ers shall receive a salary cf S3,009 annually and ail necessary expenses. Ea h commission shall be allowed one clerk, whose salary shall be $2,000 per annum. The title to the home stead aforesaid shall be vested for the use oi the liberated persons aforesaid i:. trustees, who shall be appointed hy the Secretary of War, and shall receive such salary as he shall direct, not exceeding $3,000 per annum. At the end of tc-n years the absolute tit-1- to the said home stead shall be conveyed to the said owners or to the heirs of such as are then dead. Sec. 6. And be it- further enacted. That out Euie to Perfect Service. STATE OF GEORGIA, \ Superior Court, March Coweta County. J Term, 1S37. Present his Honor Jno. TV*. H. Underwood. William M. Crim, j vs. >■ Libel for Divorce. Aminda Crim. J TT APPEARING to the Court by the return I of the Sheriff that the defendant does not reside in this county; and it further appearing that she does net reside in this State, it is, on motion of counsel, Ordered, That said defendant appear and answer at* the next Term of this Court, else that the case fas considered in default, and the plaintiff allowed to proceed. And it it further Ordered, That this Rule be published in the Newnan Herald once a month for four months. J. W. H. UNDERWOOD,|J. T. C. Andrew J. Suith. Libelant's Attorney. A true extract firem the Minutes of the Court. J. ?. BREWSTER, Cic-rk. March S0-m4m* Thu Appearance of the Sen from the Noth Pole.—To a person at the north pole, the sun appears to sweep horizontally around the sky everv 24 hours, without any perceptible variation in ire distance from the horizon. On tne 21st oi June it is twenty-three degrees and thirty-eight minutes above the horizon—a little more than one-fourth the distance to the zenith, tne high est point that it ever reaches, From mis alti tude it slowly descends, its track being represen- i, <\ bv a spiral or screw with a very fine thread; and in the course of three months it worms its wav down to the horizon,which it reaches on the twenty-third of September. On this dav it slow ,y sweeps around the sky, with its face halt lnddffli \iei below- the icy sea. It still continues to descend, * t3 ' 8e and after it has entirely disappeared it is still so gXATE OF GEORGIA, 1 Superior Court,March near the horizon that it carries a bright twilight Coweta County. ’ ) Term, 1867. trilight TT APPEARING io th. Court that Thoma, —‘ows -radnallv fainter, till it fades away. On G. Burpee was the owner of ft deed made o twentieth of December the sun is twenty-three to him by William T. Thurmond, dated about begroes and thirty eight minutes below the Lor- J the 15th September, in the year 1864, for three izon, and this lithe midnight of the dark r :nt ;‘ r hundred acres of land, situate and Iviug in of the pole. From this date the sun begins to ' as rend, and after a time is heralded by a faint dawn, which circles slowly around the horizon, completing its circuit every twenty-four hours- j the sixth district and fourth section of origi- nft’iy Cherokeo now Chattooga county, and „ 1 - - which said deed has been lost or mislaid and This dawn grows gradually brighter, and on • cannot now be found; the fewenti ith of March the peaks of icc are gflff- ed with the first level rays of the six months’ day. The briuger of this long day continues to wind his spiral way upward, till he reaches his hignest place on the twenty-first of June, and his annual course is completed. Such is one of the most wond rful works of God. by the Confederate Government, to take from '■ ho cf Tennessee, property valued at $600,000, and to frauuently c riverL it to Lis own use. He is new in Ludlow street jail. Gen. Sickles Ires taken command of District No. 2. North and ireuth Carolina, and issued an order similar to Gen. Schofield's. Tpe Union League of Maryland has petition ed Congress t > apply the Military Reconstruc- ! ticn Bill to that State. Gen. Frank F. Blair has been nominated Minister to Austria. Senator Wilson has given it as his opinion that under the late law negroes c-an hold office. Hopes ox an early release of Ex-President The official report of St. Patrick's day riot in New York, shows thirty-three policemen in jnred—nine seriously—nine dangerously. Ail recovering. Atlanta deserves to be congratulated for the good order of the past week—only two men have been assaulted and wounded with view of robbery. On last Saturday, Mr. Elijah Ash worth, of Dawson county, while on his wagon, three or four miles from the city, returning home, was shot in the back by a negro d.-.-pe- rado. His horses became frightened and by of the balance of the property thus seized an! running saved his life. The negro snapped his confiscated, there shall be raised In the manner hereinafter provided, a sum equal to $50 for each homestead, to be applied 1-y the trustees, herein be fore mentioned, toward the erection of buildings on the said homesteads for the use of the said slaves, and a further sum of $-300,- 000,000, which shall be appropriated as follows, viz: $200,000,000 shall be inverted in United States six per cent, securities, the interest oI which shall be semi-annually added to the si--ns all -wed hy law to pensioners wlio ve become so by reason of the late war; $•'100,000,000. or so much thereof as may be their needed, shall be appropriated to pay damages do! to It yal citizens by the civil or military operations of the Government of the lately so-called Confederate States of America. pens hav- pistol at the man who was in company with Mr. A. The negro did not pursue. Mr. A. is seriously wounded. On last Tuesday Mr. Thomas F. Hoover was assaulted, beaten and robbed on .Tariet.a St., about 4 miles from the city. His condition is critical. Sec. G. A Crevasse above A'ew Orleans. The calamity which those who have watched the increasing flood in tb e river, have awaited with dread suspense has ccme. A serious cre vasse lias occurred Li the levee cf the S. Sc E. Roman plantation, tit. Janies parish, about £f- /U.ueuenuo .-ut * AUitnui. . * -v- ± And be it further enacted, That the , ty-six miles above .tew 0..e.m s , on the r. & ^ property of no one shall be seized whose whole estat n the 4th of March, 1865, was not worth more than $5.060,. to be valued by said cem- mission, unless be shall have voluntarily be come an officer or employee in the military or civil service of the Confederate States of Amer ica. or in the civil or military service of some one of the said States, and in enforcing all the confiscations the sum or value of $5,000 in real r personal property shall lie left or assign ed to the delinquent bank cf the Mississippi. Prom the Kon. J. V. Buralde, President of the board cf Levee Commissioners, we learn the following particulars : The levee gave way at 12 o’clock, noon, on Wennesday, some six ty feet front caving in and permitting a power ful current of water six feet deep to rush thro’ and inundate the rich cultivated grounds in its rear. The levee was an old one, but still the plan ters in that vicinity regarded it us quite saf true is it that He never designed that a race whose ancestors have Ireen in all the past sava ges and cannibals, and whose brethren of to day are the same, and who themselves have been taught all they know while slaves, and at this hour give no evidence of equality intellec tually or morally wiih those who were their owners, but on the contrary prove by tlffir verv acts that tbev are not superior to thoir is very swarthy being nearer to that oi theirs, them of the fallacy of the idea that the present colored generation could hope t > cope intellec tually with the Anglo-Saxon race. Their de suendants could alone hope to come in compe tition with the present dominant whites. He at the same time encouraged them to persevere in their efibrts at elevation, and to a wise use of their privileges. Col. Thomas Hardeman, Jr., was then called for. lie opened by saying that his color, (he ancestors when the instruction imparted by the whites is deducted—we say God never in tended such a race to govern such a land as this, while a superior race inhabits it. But the white man has no desire to provoke a con flict: baton the contrary, if permitted, will prove himself the friend of the black, whose labor he wishes, and for which he will cheer fully pay. Ail meetings and assemblies inten ded to unite the blacks as one in au effort to seize the reins of government out of the hands of the white mm. is foolish, wicked and will result only in the ruin of those who engage in it. sec. 7. And lie it further enacted. That the compared with the many others above anu oe- cc: uni-ion shall put a just and impartial val- : low which had hereto tore been reported as weaK nation an all the nroDertv thus seized and and shakv. Neglect and crawfish torregs had doubtless weakened this levee, however, muefi more than was anticipated. nation an all the property thus seized and forfeited: and when such valuation shall be completed in the several States, all the said commissioners shall meet in Washington and asse» the $500.000,<M>0aforesaid, as well os the allows p.c s for the homestead buildings, pro raia, or. er. !i -:ffihe properties or estates thus seized. and shall give notice of such assessment and apportionment by* the publication for sixty days, in two daily newspapers in WaH-ir.gr n and in two daily newspapers in the capitals cf each of the said Confederate States. Sec. $. And fce*it further enacted. That if the owners of the said seized and forfeited estates shall, within ninety days after the first them, what he had done no tnatiks from them fur he had simply done what their right. He lat- they had the tight tu vote, he would assist them in securing that right untrammelled by political tricksters and political mountebanks who might wish to secure their influence for their own selfish ends. Jff“In a published list of freight damaged by the recent flood in Tennessee river at Chatta nooga, in possession of Nashville and Ghana-! he considered his duty and their right, nooga railroad, we notice that Mr- H. tpnnted | righl K , vote he wollld aaisl them in A.) Brewster is the only citizen of Newnan whose goods were injured and only to the amount of ten barrels of flour. The railroad company publishes a notice that unices parties owning said damaged goods come forward, receipt for said goods and pay charges for freight immediately, the same will be sold at public auction. The oompany will not re cognize any respoaaiuility for damages caused by the flood, viewing H se “a visitation of gk#i” should secure him their attenti. u. Before pro ceeding to advise them, lie should state frank ly that he was one of those disfranchised by the Sherman bill ; he could, therefore not be suspected of wishing to cozen them of votes, as he had retired from the political arena, he trusted forever. He then went on to say he bad ever endeavored to prove th.ir friend, both under the neV and old dispensation—and as a proof that he was so regarded by sonic of them, he cited the fact that all of his old ser- . . ,, . ,, , - • . 7 tire , . , , _ . ninety davs, shall re sola and convrrt=a into vauts are still with huu and intended so to re- - ; money m such time and manner are may ire tll:Un ‘ . deemed bv the said commissioners m<r?t aivan- He had vacated the Speaker s chair in the j ^geousto the United States: ProrteW. Tnat no Houses>f Representatives of the Georgia Legis- • ., r ^j i i e ] ;in d shall be sold in larger tracts than ait he might urge for them as full ^ hnrdiad acres: And uronded farther, That given than three ___ „ . years. ^ x *W.»»x V-» ♦ t- -vnx f I x.-x»tx t .r - * Bsownlow Dcxd !—The Nashville Gazette says: The city was muchly disturbed yesterday by rumors of Brownlow’s serious iiiaess. Twas even said on the streets he r.ad died. Our private opinion is that Browuiow Las been dead for the past twelve moctlxs, and that the personage at the Capitol is uo other than the Old Nick himself, who has assumed temporari ly the shape a.nd features of the ex-Parson. ORDI^flMCES Passed, Affirmed and Ordained for the muni cipal government of the city of Newnan, by the Mayor and Aldermen, in pursuance of the authority vested by the A.ct of Incorpo ration extending and defining the corporate limits of said city, and for other purposes therein mentioned. SABBATH TO EE KEPT. Be it Ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the city of Newnan, That no person shall do any work, or cause any to bs done on the Sabbath day,' unless it be a work of necessity. CEC. II.—INJURING OR DEFACING PCDLIC BUILDINGS, CHUEOHES, SHADE TREES, &C. No person shall write, paint, draw, cut cr carve any letter or letters, word or words, de vice or devices, or in any manner mutilate or deface any of the public buildings or churches in the city cf Newnan, cr cut, carve or mutilate any of the shade trees in and about the Public Square, or on any of the sidewalks in said Cicy, under a penalty net exceeding $5. SEC. III.—DIS03DET.lt HOUSES 03 HOUSES OF ILL FAilE. Any person or persons who shall keep a dis orderly house, or house of ill fame, and every owner of a house or houses, or other person who may rent or cause to be rented, any house to be used as a house of ill fame, shall be fined not exceeding $25 for every day the house is so kept. Circumstances from which it may reas onably be inferred that any house which is inhabited by disorderly persons cf im moral character and notoriously bad fame, is a disorderly house, or Louse of ill fame, shall be sufficient to establish the fact according to the meaning of this section ; and every adult per son or persons inhabiting or living in such house, shall be considered the keeper or keep ers thereof, and be subject to the penalties of this section. SCO. IV.—GAMING AND GAMING TABLES. No person shall have, keep or use, or shall allow any other person to have, keep or use, on his or her premises, within the city of New nan, any house, room cr other place for the purpose of playing or betting at any of the games enumerated in the 24fid Section of the lOta Division of the Penal.Code of this State, under penalty of paying a fine not exceeding $25 for each offence. And any person or per sons found nlaying and bettiqg at any cf the games so enumerated shall be subject to thc- like penalty o f those keeping ox using such house or room. Il is, therefore, ordered, That the said William T. Thurmond show cause on or before the next term of this Court, why a copy should not be fully established iu lieu of said lost original, and that service of this order be perfected as required by law. JOHN W. H. UNDERWOOD, J. T. C. A. J. Smith, Plaintiff's Attorney. A true extract from the Minutes of the Court, March 18th, 1837. J. P. BREWSTER, Clerk. March 30-m3m. N Notice to Debtors and Creditors. T OTICE is hereby given to ail persons hav ing demands against Abraham V*. North, late cf said county, deceased, to present them to me properly made out, within the time pre scribed by law, so as to show their character and amount; and those indebted to said de ceased are hereby required to make immediate Daymen! to me. M’ch 3G-40J. • GEORGE E. SMITH, Exec’r. GEORGIA—Coweta County, 'To all whom it may concern : J OSEPH T. BEAVERS having in proper form applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Thomas B. Hackney, late of said county, deceased: This is therefore to cito au 1 admonish all persons concerned to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and shew cause, if any they can, why letters oi administration should not be granted on the estate of said deceased. Given under my hand and official signature March 25, 1837. March 30-30d. B. II. MITCHELL, Or-I’ry. THE NEWNAN HERALD 1807. FOR 1867. the official organ of four counties. COWETA, HEARD, CARROLL, and CAMPBELL. The Proprietors of the HERALD, thankful for the lioeral patronage heretofore extended them, arc determined to spare neither labor nor ex pense to give their subscribers a fulTreturn for their money. The times are stormy, and po man should live a day without a Newspaper—and the humblest citizen of Georgia can spare $3.00 for that pur pose. In each issue the reader of Miscellany will bo entertained—the lover of News will be gratified— the Fanner and Housekeeper will be instructed, , GEORGIA—Coweta County. ^s^HEBEAS Nathan Simins, executor of y y the last will and testament of John A. Smith, having departed this life before closing the business of said estate, and no person having made application for letters of admin istration with the wi:l annexed, the estate i3 therefore unrepresented: This is therefore to cite and admonish all persons concer: ed to be and appear at my of fice within the time prescribed by law and show cause, if any they can, why letters of administration de bonis con with the will an nexed should not be granted to the Clerk of the Superior Court or seme other fit and pro per person on John A. Smith’s estate. Witness my hand and official signature, this March 25th, 1867: M’ch 3Q-20d. B. H. MITCHELL, Qrd’y. GEORGIA—Campbell County. W HEREAS C. C. Morris, administrator on the estate of Elijah Hammond, dec’d, applies for letters dismissary from his admin istratorship of said estate: Therefore all persons concerned are hereby required to show cause, if any they have, why said administrator, cn the firs! Monday in October next, should not be discharged. Given under my hand and official signature, March 22d, 1867. M' .h 30-6m.-$3 R. C. EE AVERS, Ord’v. lirai Ikerfisraieak Mr. Duralde informs us that this break en dangers the entire Lafourche district, and in fact°all parishes on the right bank below the crevasse, including Plaquemines. This is cne of the richest and most thoroughly cultivated sections cf L uisiana, and shc-u.d me planters and State authorities to unable to close tne break, ruav result in one of tie most disastrous overflows which our people have ever been af flicted. The water will probably follow the course of the > Lahranche crevasse of several years ago. latare. that he might urge tor them as lull ^ ve hundred acres: And pretention under the laws as that granted the ■ no credit shall whites; and that protection had been given ve4rs ,. of said provisions, pay into the Treasury cf the : ’ The officers of the Nina Sonm?, arrive 1 yes- United States the sum assessed on their estates : terday tu rning, reports tne break as eo—.ont- respeuivelv. ail their estates and lands not !y widening. ■ ' ’ ’ * yj r . Duralde has made arrangements to send all necessary material to the scene os the disas ter at once. Lumber, gunny bags, etc., are now being shipped on the steamer Lafourche, which wifi leave this morning. A bill appropriating funds especially for de fraying the exrenses thus incurred, has been, introduced in the Legislature. Ail that can, will be done to lesson the evils of this calamity. \y e fear, however, ii is but the forerunner of of more serious disasters of a similar nature.— X. O. Terms, 22i. lly appropriate shall Ire released and rest red to their owners. Sec. 9. And be it further enacted, t hat ail land, estates, and property of whatever kind, which shall not be redeemed as aforesaid in the There is a rumor afloat that Gen. Sheri-lan contemplates the removal of Gov. wells cf La. Gen. Sheridan has removed Attorney Gen. Herron, ot La.. Mayor lunroe Judge Abell, j lending his speedy trial, or release or bail, aud appointed B. L. Lynch. Attorney Gen. fc.a- ward. Heath Mayor. and W. W. Howe, Judge Iu the Senate cn the 22nd Wilson introduc ed a concurrent resolution regarding Mr. Davis. It concludes that common justice, sound pub lic policv and national honor unite iu recom- He concluded his remarks br wishing for their : of i5t Dislrict Court. The removed officers — *- ' • - • - - • • - were ordered to transier the appurtenances ot their offices to their successors. prosperity, and that at the end they should sleep peacefully at last side by side as their children had done in the past. Mr.Pomeroy (••Brick - "] was then called upon. He stated he was a stranger among them tho’ not less their friend. That he should speak to them “low down ” to suit the comprehension of all. That he came from the great North, 1 the heart of whose people were like their cli- The freedmen have held a meeting in Gharle ston under the auspices of the Union League. There are in Henry county in this State 180 soldiers’widows, 514 orphans of soldiers and 54 disabled soldiers flit ion in almost a starving eon- A Washington telegram of the 22ud says the the Relief bill was passed. It authorises the Sec. of Wai, through the Freedmen’s Bureau to furnish teed to ait classes sufficient to pre vent starvation and extreme want. The rl.ef Is . to come from unexpended money of the ffeed- men and refugee appropriation, aud the expen ditures shall not exceed appropriation already made. There has been a riot among the Schuylkill coal miners. 17ZW GOODS! NEW GOODS!! VTOW receiving and opening a large and complete variety of SPRING AND SUMMER Fancy and Staple Dry Goods, Clothing, Hats, Boots and Shoes. and manv other articles selected with great care, to which we will continue to receive fresh additions, all of which we will offer et very low prices FOR CASH, and we respectfully invite our friends and the public generally to give ns a call and examine for themselves. JOSEPH WEILL, Greenville St., trader Masonic Hall. Newnan, Ga.. March 30-4tn. GEORGIA—Campbell County. \\7 HEREAS C. C-. Morris, administrator on ^ Y the estate of James B. Strawn, dec’d, apples for letters cismis3ory from his admin istratorship of said estate: Therefore all persons concerned are hereby required to show cause if any they have, why *.he said administrator, aa the first Monday in October next, should not be discharged. Given under my hand a3 Ordinary of said countv, this March 22d, 186’’. M’ch 35 6m-$3. E. C. BEATERS, Ord’y. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, One Copy one year, payable in advance, $3,CO One Copy six months, payable in advance, $1,50 One Copy three months, payable in advance, $1,00 A Club of six will b.e allowed an extra copy. We will send the Herald and Godey’s Lady’s Book one year for $5,50. Or the Herald and the Southern Cultivator one year for $4.50. Or the Herald & Peterson’s Magazine for $4,50. Or- the Herald, Godey’3 Lady’s Book, Southern Cultivator, and Peterson’s Magazine one year for $3,50. We would respectfully ask our friends to aid us in extending our circulation. OFFICE SAVANNAH, GRIFFIS' —AND— NORTH ALABAMA RAILROAD. T A MEETING of the Board of Directors, il. on the 8th instant, the following resolu tions were adopted: Resolved, That an assessment of ten per cent, be, and the same is hereby made, and such in stallment now called for upon all such subscrip tions to the capital stock of the Savannah, Grif fin eo North Alabama Railroad, under the pains and penalties of forfeiture as prescribed by the Charter. Resolved, That the best interest of the Com- oany demands the continued, earnest prosecu tion of the work on the line of Road from Grif fin to Newnan, with the view of completing the same within the present year ; and in con sideration of the laxge amount of work done since the Company resumed operations in Oc tober last, and the necessity for pressing stead ily forward—cheered by tne prospects which await the Company on finishing to this point— the board would respectfully and earnestly urge every Stockholder to respond to the call as a matter of interest and duty. ROBT. A. CRAWFORD, Pres. W. M. Cline, Sec. & Treas’r. Office Savannah, Gbiffin & NofiTH Alabama Railroad • March 12th, 1867 F COMPLIANCE with the foregoing reso lution, the call of ten per cent, is now made upon all subscriptions to the capital stock of the Savannah, Griffin & North Railroad. Wx. M. Cline, Secy & T; March 23-28-5t —ALSO— Pamphlets, Circulars, Hand-Bills, Posters, " Cards, Legal Blanks Letter Beads Bill Heads. Programmes, Ac., Neatly and Promptly executed at THE HERALD OFFICE.