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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-
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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,
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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
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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.
