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FEYvNAN, GEORGIA.
Saturday Monring, December 14, 1387.
It is thought the cotton tax will he re
moved at at) early < lay
Furious snow storms are prevailing in
many northern States, and in «o«ne localities
the severest that have ever been known.
fff'The people of Paris lenDcasce gave Ex-
Gov. Harris a perfect ovation on his return
from exile.
The President’s Message.
We conclude this week the publication of
this impoitant document. Without prelirni
nary remarks we make the assertion that it is )U * ne k* h
the ablest State paper, from a Northern stand
point, that has yet issued from the White
House on the reconstruction question. It is
unanswerable, overwhelming, and :ulministers
to Congress a merited rebuke. The language
and sentiments are plain and bold, and propet-
]y character*-:s the action of the Rump Con- j 5
gress in placing the South under military rule,
preparatory.‘o banding it over to the govern
ment of the negro. The reader will observe
that the President stands up boldly for the
laws and Hie ’onstitution, unawed by threats
of irnpear’ neat. The Radical members are
kindly infen ■ a! that the Northern people, in
their recent flections, have pronounced against
their scheme for negro supremacy in the South,
and hence are urged to repeal the Shcrinau-
Sbellabarger bill. \7e have no hope that they
are wise and patriotic enough to do this. An
opposite course, however, will only render
their overthrow as a party the more speedy and
signal.
The other features of the message claim
tent ion, but comment is unnecessary.
! proceeded.
! The result of the vote was then announced,
, as follows: Parrot 103, Dunning 46, and Irwin
*2. (Applause.)
, Parrot took his seat and indulged in a little
nonsensical chat.
; V. A Gash ill and P. M. Shfcibly wore nomi
nated for Secretary. Sheihly received 81 and
Gaskill 87. A E. Marshall, nominated by
Bradley (negro) for Assistant Secretary, and
.hum's M. Simms (negro) was nominated by
! Wm. H. De-Lions. Marshall rec ived 125 and
Simms 20.
Convention adjourned. This amount of bu
siness has cost the State over 82 000.
j Wednesday, Dec. 11th.—Martin J. Hinton,
. white, was elected sergCant-at-arms. Aiter
which J. 'I'. Costi
have the rest
Tluit we enter on rec >rd. in
behalf of the people of this
solemn protest against the
Convention, which we affirm
with evidence befoie us. has l*een ordered ua-
Rer pieteuce of votes which were illegally au
thoriz'd. forcibly procured, fraudulently re
ceived. and falsely counted, as we believe
In accordance with the manifest meaning of
the re- 2 at ion. this Committee, for efficient
and prompt action, is made central. It is re
spectfully suggested that the Committee should. |
at an early day, organize, and app'
committees for the different sections of the
State.
The gentlemen appointed will please accept
to each
Norway and its Midnight Sun.
: And. in view of the solemn responsibilities of the publication of this order as a notice
the issues involved, we do hereby declare that of his appointment,
we will forever hold the work of framing a t
’ Constitution by such authority, with intent to j ♦-
be forced- by military power on the free people
| of this ancient Common wealth, as a crime
igain.-t our people, against the continuance of
free government, against tin: peace of society,
against ih'-pmitv of the ballot box, and against
tiie dignity am! character ol representative
institutions.
! tj. Resolved. That a Central Executive Com
mittee of tiSteen be appointed by the President
i of this Convention at his convenience, and that
said committee he authorized to cal! conven
tions of the Conservative party of Georgia
| whenever the same may be deemed necessary.
\V. W. Thomas, late Unitetl States Consul
at Gothenburg, Sweden, iu a letter on Norway.
,.,int sub- | thus describes that far northern couutiy and
one of its peculiar phenomena:
Imagine a huge table-land, rising o.OOO feet,
sheer above the sea—one vast ruck, iu fact,
bleak and barren covered with snow, swept
with rain, frozen in winter, sodden in summer
Miscellaneous Items.
The new “cream” for the complexion gives
the fashionable brunette tinge—a butternut
brown.
Aclnmiistraior’s $aie.
^GREEABLY
to an order of the Ordinary
mnty, wiilbesotd bef 0 -e Z
in Newnan, s;tid C n u
BENJ H HILL ! -the home of a few reindeer and Lapps, and jnst seen a gentle.na four days from the Rocky
n. riietcj. | .. ut - I Mountain—only 10 miles of staging now.
to
of Cowfta co
i Court-house door
! the first Tuesday in February next, withi'n
! legal hours of sale, half interest of her .
I -No- 108, u: the 1st district of said conr.tV °‘
j halt interest of seventy acres of lot v
The New Fork Express speaks of having t the 1st district of said county (widow'’’
Although Tortola was not submerged, the
wind was yet so violent that not one house re
mains standing on the island.
What the People will and Won’t have.
The Hon. Allen G. Thurman of Ohio in a re-
cent speech gave as follows, his views of the
; will of the people as expressed with late elec-
j you have Norway proper, nine-tenths
! Norway that is shown on the map.
i But the rock is not whole; it is cracked
apart here and there, and the fissures show f pantaloons, Mary.”
like slender veins over the country. Phesides '
of these ravines are as steep as the cleft left by
an axe, and their depths are always tilled bv
exc. pled), 1 eioneing to Henry M. H..mn
The last words of Fitz Greene Halleck, the
sweetest of American poets, were “hand me my
tion.
A politico-religious daily, to advocate Ritual
ism, is to be started in New York as soon as
the necessary funds can be raised. Half a dozen
The people demand the truth, and they will
have it; they demand common sense iu the ant l seen the perpendicular rock rise 5,000 feet
conduct of our affairs, and they will have it - ■ - :i — -* ’ — 1 i;i- 0 =*rm «»f
tliev demand constitutional rule, and they will
have it ; they demand relief from unnecessary
axatiou, and they will have it: they demand
s, and
Gen. Rope that
l in compliance t
at-
The Reaction.
The Northern
the negro and tin.
that tire Radical
defeats in every
declared for a white man
the Sherman bill, and
people are so disgusted with
negro legislation of Congress
party meets with Waterloo
contest. Even Boston has
government against
lee ted a Democratic
Mayor. Twelve months ago such an event was
as improbable as the Devil’s turning angel.
The sentiment of the Northern masses, as
expressed in their elections, both State and
municipal, is truly noble and magnanimous,
and has done more to win the hearts of our
people and to prepare the way for a true Union
than any action of theirs or their representa
tives since the sunender of the Confederate
armies.
The oppressed whites of the South feel no
bitterness towards men who have come to their
rescue ; but on the contrary entertain none but
kindliest sentiments towards the great and
victorious Conservative party of the Northern
States. They doubt not that the Conservatives
desire the Union as it was, and we will heartily
join them in their efforts to establish it. We
are sick of Radicalism and negroism, and are
ready to grasp the hand of any man as a friend
and brother who offers the Constitution as it is
and the Union as it was.
We believe the day is near at hand when
this desire of the nation shall be gratified, for
the reaction continues and the Democracy is
sweeping everything before it.
Atlanta Daily Intelligencer.
This journal has favored ns with an exchange
regularly since September 18G5. During that
time we have been a constant and critical reader
of its columns, and now we feel prepared to say
that the Atlanta Intelligencer is printed in
the highest and best style of typographic art,
and edited and conducted with enviable ability.
In short, the Intelligencer is an honor to At
lanta and the State, and we are rejoiced to
learn, from an inspection of its pages, that it
is liberally sustained by the merchants and
other advertisers in the Gate City. Every is
sue of that journal contains the latest tele
graphic, State and general news, able editorials
and choice selected articles. It will be partic
ularly interesting during the session of the
Georgia Unconstitutional Convention. The
proceedings of that body are fully and graphi
cally reported daily by the Intelligencer.—
Without intending to disparage the claims of 1
other Atlanta journals, we would state to our
readers that if they wish to subscribe for an
Atlanta Daily or Weekly during the session of
the Convention, they cannot subscribe for a
better one than the Intelligencer.
Feeling a pride in every ably conducted
newspaper, particularly if a neighbor, we have
thought proper to write the above, although
we have heretofore only at distant intervals
called atterition to the claims of our cotempo
raries. We expect at an early day to acquaint
our readers with the merits of a few more of
the Georgia Dailies.
Georgia Unconstitutional Convention.
Monday, Dec. 9.—The delegates assembled
at City' Hall-in Atlanta to-day. G. W. Ash-
burn called the body to order. Foster Blodgett
was chosen temporary chairman, but was not
present. Dunning, of Atlanta, was then called
to the Chair, and Clift, of Savannah, chosen
ternporary Secretary'.
One hundred and thirty members were pre
sent—10S w hites and 22 negroes.
The body then adjourned until 12 M. Tues
day.
Tuesday, 11-th.— Foster Blodgett was present
and took the Chair, and made a short and
foolish speech.
One hundred and forty present to-day.
Dunning was then nominated by Caldwell,
and J. R. Parrott by Blount, for permanent
President. \\ e quote from Atlanta Intelligen
cer of the 11th:
others, most, i
A resolution
committee of seven to notify
the Convention had assemble
Order No. 89.
J. L. Dunning moved and the Convention
adopted a resolution giving seats to newspaper
reporters so long as they did not misrepresent
the members or the action of the body'.
We quote from the Intelligencer the con
cluding proceedings of to-day:
Dec. 11.—C. II. Hopkins offered a resolution
that Genrals Pope ami Sibley, and their respec
tive stalls, and all registering officers, be invit
ed to scats upon the floor.
Aaron Bradley', negro, moved to strike out
all about the registers. Some of thorn were
not fit to come into the hall of the Convention.
They had prevented “us”—the negroes—from
voting. Home of them were rank Democrats
—everything that’s had! and some of them
were black men at that. (Laughter.) Adopt
ed.
The resolution was further amended to in
elude Register-General Halbert and staff, Gov
ernors and ex-Governors of Georgia, and adopt
ed.
A motion that Rev. Mr, Pretty man be elect
ed Chaplain of the Convontoin hy acclamation
was lost.
J. T. Costin, negro, offered a resolution that
the Secretary furnish the Convention with
water. (La lighter.)
Aaron Bradley, negro, moved to amend hy
inserting Messenger, instead cf Secretary.'—
Carried
Pending a discussion on the election of a
Chaplain, the Convention adjourned to 10 a. n
to-morrow.
After adjournment, the committee to wait
on Gen. Pope was announced as R. B. Bullock,
G. W. Ashburn, II. M. Turner, (negro) II. V.
M. Miller. Trammel J. Whitely, and J. T. Cos
tin (negro.)
The committee on rules of order. J. E.
Blount, Jas. D. Waddell, and 11. R. McCay.
Thursday, Dec. 12.—The following ordi
nance embraces all the business transacted by
the Convention to-day The circumstances
referred to as occuring in the last twenty-four
hours, we suppose is the decision of the Su
preme Court, now in session at Milledgeville,
declaring the stay law unconstitutional.
“ R. B. Bullock said circumstances occurring
within twenty-four hours past had rendered it
a matter of great importance to have some im
mediate action on the subject of relief, and he
would, therefore, beg leave to intioduco an or
dinance on that subject.
Foster Blodget moved the previous question
on the adoption of this ordinance, which call
was sustained, and, the ordinance being put
upon its passage, was adopted by the Con veil
tion hy a heavy vote and with applause. This
is the ordinance as passed:
AN ORDINANCE FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
Whereas, The Question of affording some
relief to the people of Georgia from the burden
of indebtedness which is now oppressing them
is likely to be acted upon by this Convention
at some future day ; and
Whereas, Largo amounts of property are now
levied on and about to he sacrificed at Sheriff s
sales , and
Whereas; the debtors in such cases should he
entitled to the benefits which may be conferred
on other debtors by the future action of this
co u ve u t ion. The re fore;
Be it ordained by the people of Georgia in
Convention assembled, and it is hereby ordain
ed by authority of the same. That from and
after the passage of this ordinance, all levies
which have been or may be made, under exe
cution issued from any court in this State, shall
be suspended until this Convention shall have
taken, or refused to take final action upon the
matter of relief ; and that all sales under exe
cution in violation of this ordinance shall L-e
null, void, and of no effect,”
Georgia Conservative Convention.
Friday. December C. 186,7.
The Committee on Business reported the l’J
owing preamble and resolutions, which wert
read and unanimously adopted, tu-wit:
meat in :\ i>e deemed best adapted to subserve
and promote the public good,
8. Resolved, That this Convention do earn
estly recommend to the Conservative men in
each county of the State to organize at once,
and report their organization to the State Ex
ecutive Committee.
9. Resolved, That Herscbe! V. Johnson, Ab
salom H. Chappell, Benj. 11. Hill, Warren Akin
and T. L. Guerry, be appointed a committee to
prepare and publish an address to the people of
Georgia and of the United States, setting forth
the true sentiments of the white race in this
State, the deplorable condition of our people,
and the ruin which the enforcement of the
Reconstruction Acts of Congress will bring
upon all classes in the South.
The following resolutions, introduced by Mr.
Reynolds, of Newton, were also unanimously
adopted:
Rest>1 veil. That we tender our thanks and
grateful acknowledgments to the Conservatives
of the Northern and Western States, who are
battling to sustain the Constitution of our
fathers and the supremacy of the white race.—
And we hail as true friends of Constitutional
Liberty, ail those of every section who stand
hy the. rights of the States alone to confer suf
frage and fix its conditions.
Resolved, That our wannest gratitude and
heartfelt thanks are hereby tendered to the
benevolent friends North and West, who sent
their contributions so generously to our suffer
ing people during the past and present year,
and pray that a gracious Providence may vouch
safe that they may gather up their bread thus
cast upon the waters a hundredfold in days to
come.
P. W. Alexander, Esq., of Muscogee, sub
mitted the following resolution, which was
read and adopted, to-wit:
Resolved, That five thousand copies of the
official proceedings of this Convention, togeth
er with the address hereafter to he prepared, he
published in pamphlet form and turned over to
the Executive Committee for general distribu
tion throughout the State, and that contribu
tions be requested from the delegates of the
Convention to defray the expense of publi
cation.
Mr. Lamar, of Muscogee, moved that the
Convention do now adjourn sine die. The ques
tion was put and carried, whereupon the Pres
ident addressed the Convention us follows:
closing address of the president.
Gentlemen of the Convention: Before pronounc
ing this Convention adjourned, I hope you will
pardon me the liberty of a parting word.
Your work in Convention is done, and well
done. It will carry gladness to the hearts of
your constituents and inspire hope for your
children. And thousands of noble and true
men faraway, and throughout the North, will
read the words of manliness and patriotism
which you have this day pronounced, and will
rejoice and take courage.
Too long have tire Southern people been tra
duced, their notions maligned, and their pur
poses misrepresented. And hv whom ? By
those who had closed their mouths, and denied
them the opportunity of being heard in either
refutation or explanation. Too long have the
faithful defenders of the Constitution, and of
our lights under the Constitution, been com
pelled to stand in the breach and wage the
battle in our behalf without the encouragement
of a word from the victims of the bavonet.—
On the other hand, theie are some thing>
that they are 1 termined not to have. They
won’t have n<-gives put above white men; the}'
won’t have one third «•! the country given up
to destruction : they won’t have the prosper
ity of the wlp.-Ie country saci diced for the sake
of politicians ; they won’t support tens of
thousands of office-holders in idleness who
ought to be turned out to Lun-st work: they
won’t bo taxed l« support t^goies uho.iic able
to support themselves, while poor white men
and v....a have to earn their daily bread by
j their d.diy oil; they won't have a gold cur-
! ivncy for the bond holders, and paper currency
i tor the p'-opie ; and they won’t have the social
customs to which they have been habituated ar
bitrarily interfered with by vexatious and ip-
| pressive legislation. So 1 lead the elections of
I this Year.
Turn this ever and look at it.
The following statement in Secretary McCul
loch’s report, just laid before Congress, ex
hibiting certain operations of the Treasury for
four months, from 1st of July to 1st of Novem
ber, 1S67, will show how the bond-holders are
grasping the gold ol the country :
Debt bearing coin interest July 1,81,637,190,841
Debt bearing coin intc-eest No
vember 1st,
foaming brook or river tumbling along fioin .
ti«e drenched table-land above the sea. I have 1 reverend doctors are named as its editors
looked from the bottom of one of these valleys,
on either side and heaven show like a strip of
Ex-Gov. Seymour has written a letter in
which he says that he will not consent to be
Wherever in the dales there lies a candidate tor the 1 residency.
. J f l« ..*•.» t lin
A clergyman in Springfield, Mass., who is
given to figurative expressions, said in a ser
mon on Sunday last that the eolumbiad of a
pure heart should be loaded with the projec
tile of prayer.
of sa;d county, deceased,
ol the heirs and creditors.
Sold fo
and
in
0W< r
r tlu
• in t
benefit
_ rms cash
Dec. 14-tds. J. C SUMMER.
a m r.
CLASSICAL AND ENGLISH
S C PE OOP
fmm
Increase of debt bearing coin
interest
Debt bearing currency interest,
July 1
Debt bearing currency interest,
Nov. 1
Decrease of debt bearing cur
rency interest
Debt bearing no interest. July 1
Debt bearing no interest, Novem
ber 1
1,778,110,641
140,220,000
625,803,905
420,768,640
199,035 265
419,507,972
402,385,677
said Mr.
The Secretary then proceeded to call tbefroll
On reaching the name of H. H. Christian a
voice replied “J. L. Dunning.”
Mr. Dews, of the 9th District
Christian was not in the house.
Mr. Martin, Mr. Christian s colleague, said
that gentleman was not present. °
Mr. Dews then repeated his statement, with
the further announcement that Mr. Christian
was a white man. The party voting beiu
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
We. the delegates of the people of Georgia.
| in Convention assembled, recognizing our oldi-
| gations to support the General Government in
j all legal and proper measures, and claiming
! fiom that Government the due performance of
j the reciprocal duty to extend to us, in common
I with all the people of our whole countiv. the
| protection guaranteed by the Constitution of
1 our forefathers, do declare and affinn that
| manly protest against bad public policy is the
! duty, as well as the right, of every American
citizen: and this, without factious opposition
to the Government, or untimely interruption
of public harmony. The season for honest
discussion of principles, and for lawful oppo
sition to existing abuses and their growth, is
ever present and pressing.
The Southern people are true to Constitu
tional liberty, and are ready to acquiesce in
any policy looking to the honor and good of
the whole country, and securin
all classes of people.
M e regaid tne efforts of the present ruling
power to change the fundamental institutions
ol the Unitetl States Government as false in
principle, impolitic inaction, injurious in result,
unjust to the South, and detrimental to the
General Government.
Silence under wrong may be construed as
endorsement. Be it, therefote,
Resolved, That w’e recognize the duty to
sustain law and order, to support cheerfuliy all
constitutional measures of the United States !
i Government, and to maintain the rights of all
j classes oi people under enlightened and liberal
| laws.
i — Resolved, That the people of Georgia ac- !
: ce P l good faith the legitimate results of the I
i bite war, and renew the expression of their !
| allegiance to the Union of the States, and re- |
j iterate their determination to maintain invio- !
j I able the t\ institution framed bv the fathers of
i the Republic
3. Resolved, That we protest, dispassionately
i yet firmly, against what is known as the Re-
i construction Acts of Congress, and against the
At last you have spoken, and every word you
have uttered and every meaning you have felt
or expressed brands the charges of your ene
mies and oppressors as slanderous and traito
rously false.
Never, uiv friends, be afraid of the truth.—
Never be afraid to speak, to act, to defend the
truth. In pro}H)ition as you have been ma
ligned the Constitution has l»een tattered and
torn. Too long have }'ou been absent fiom
the Councils ot the Nation, and during that
time the Constitution has been disregarded,
despoiled, trampled upon and cast out. And
how, with glad hearts and gJorious welcome,
tiie true friends of liberty will hail your com
ing again. And you will return with an earn
est purpose to aid those whom you have left
too long in unequal contest, in restoring the
Constitution of our fathers and the prosperity
of our common country. Do not be discour-
aged. Stand hy the Constitution, and the day
| of its restoration and your triumph is sure and
j near.
j True, your work in Convention is ended, but
; the great work has yet to be accomplished.—
i Go home, and as you go, and when you go,
i speak words of encouragement and counsel to
| your neighbors. Let it lie in your hearts, in
| your actions, in your determinations, that this
; fair land in which we were born and reared
j ought not, need not and shall not be brought j
| under the dominion of the negro and destroyed |
: as the heritage of our children.
Organize—in every county organize. Not in
secret hidden conclaves as those who do evil,
i but in open daylight and before the eyes of
; men, for the sun in the clearest hour of his
j noon is not brighter than tbe glorious purpose
| which moves you and the high work which
i you seek to accomplish.
You represent a people who know what suf-
j tenngs mean. Tney have lost their property,
! and buried their children and comrades ; they
j have seen their cities burned and their country
... „. | bitd waste; even now they see their industry
the rights of P ara 4 ze d and their fields lying idle, while
j their coffers are exhausted and their garners
empty. But, thank God, Georgians are honorable
yet, and beaming in your faces and sparkling
in your eyes Iread the firm determination that
Georgians shall ever be honorable! You have
indulged in no spirit of bate and engaged in
no personal animadversions. You have organ-
Decrease of debt bearing no in
terest 17,121,395
Total debt less cash in the Treasu
ry, July 1 i 2,511,800,013
Total debt less cash in the Treasu
ry, November 1 2,491,504,450
Total decrease of debt in four
months 20,296,563
These figures, says the Nashville Union,
show an apparent decrease of the public debt
of $155,610,097, when the truth is only an
actual reduction of $20,296,563 has been made.
These manipulations of the Treasury are, of
course, mysterious. But there is one startling
fact which stands out in bold relief, and that
is, that the debt bearing coin interest has been
increased in four months by more than one
hundred and forty millions, or at the rate of
four hundred and twenty mTlio.ns * r annum.
At this rate one year mere will sulfite to make
all the debt bear coin interest. In these four
months a demand for nearly eight millions
more of gold has been eroded, ^bich must
come out of the pockets of the irfesscs, and
will go into those of the bond-holders.
blue ribbon,
a bit ot earth’twixt rock and river, there the
Norwegian peasant has built his cot: and it is
on guali bits of earth that inhabited Norway
is gimated, and here live its 1.200.000 people.
The kind just round his door gives the Nor
wegian potatoes, rye, barley and and oats ; bis
cattle climb the steeps above fi r every stray
blade ; for the rest he depends upon the sea
and river. Were it not for the excellent fish
eries along this northern shore, Norway would
be uninhabitable.
One night in July, 1865, Hon. J. H. Camp
bell, late Minister at Stockholm, the two
Messrs. Buckley, of Birmingham, and myself,
landed on the shore of a Northern herd in lati
tude sixty degrees north. We ascended a cliff
which rises about one thousand feet above the
sea. It was late, but starlight. The Arctic
Ocean stretched away in silent vastness at our
feet. The sound of waves scarcely reached our
airy lookout. Away in the north the huge old
sun swung low along the horizon, like the slow
beat of tiie pendulum in the toll clock in our
grandfather’s corner. We all stood silent,
looking at our watches. When both hands
c ime together at twelve, midnight, the full
round orb hung triumphantly above the wave
—a bridge of gold running due north spanned
the water between us and him There he
shone in silent majesty, which he knew no set
ting. We involuntarily took off our hats; no
word was said. Combine, if you can, the
most brilliant sunset yon ever saw, and its
beauties will pale before the most gorgeous col
oring which now lit the ocean, heaven ami
mountain, In half an hour the sun bad swung
up perceptibly on its beat, the colors changed
to those of the morning, a fresh breeze rippled
o\ :r the hol d, one songster after another piped
up in the grove behind us—we liad slid into
another day.
I
News in Brief-
There are 1,639 National Banks.
Both Houses have (Kissed a bill striking
“white” from the laws and ordinances of Dis
trict of Columbia in the House by vote 106 to
38.
Shurtleff, Democrat has been elected Mayor
of Boston. The first event, of the kind since
Jackson’s glorious days.
Edward William Johnston, the veteran Edi
tor and brother of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston is
dead.
A Democrat has been elected Mayor ofXew-
buryport Massachusetts.
Thad. Stevens’ confiscation bill L ;s been
again posponed this time, to 2ist of. January.
John T. Hoffman has been elected Mayor of
New York by a majority over both Wood (De
mocrat) and Darling (Radical.)
The Radical candidates for Mayor, Comp
troller, Treasurer and City Attorney of Phila
delphia have been defeated by over 3,000 ma-
j jority.
I The Democrats have beate the Radical
j didates in Manchester, N. II. by 3000 major!
' ty.
Politeness.—It is a graceful habit for chil
dren to say to each other, “Will you have the
goodness?’’and “I thank you.” We do not
like to see prim, artificial children; there are
few things I dislike so much as a miniature beau
or belle. But the lmbit of good manners by
no means implies affectation or restraint. It
is quite as easy to say, -‘Please give me a piece
of pie,” as to say, “I want a piece of pie.”—
The idea that constant politeness would render
social life too stiff and restrained, springs from
a false estimate of politeness. True polite-
ness is perfect ease and freedom. It simply
insists in treating others just as you would
like to be treated yourself. A person who
acts from this principle will always be said to
have “sweet, pretty ways with ht-r.” It is of
some consequence that your daughter should
know how to enter and leave c. ball-room
gracefully ; but it is of prodigiously more con
sequence that she should be in the habit of
avoiding whatever is disgusting and offensive
to others, and of always prefering their pleas
ure to her on n.
A man in Bordeaux, France, recently killed
himself by eating oysters in excess. He de
voured twenty-five dozen of oysters, arid while
asking for mole, expired, as became an over
fed glutton.
A Piesbyterian church in Ohio, having sus
pended a member for joining the Masonic order,
an appeal was taken to the Presbytery. This
body by a vote of fifteen to teu, sustained the
appeal, and restored the party appealing to
the communion of the Church.
Queen Victoria is said to have gained much
flesh—and she always had quite enough-du
ring the period of mourning fin her deceased
lord. Falstaff was right in invoking a “ plague
upon singing and grief.” It seems to have
the same effect upon women as on men.
’The people of a Missouri town lately witness
ed a race between a i ail road train and a bal
loon. It was proven by the result that the
cars do not move with the swiftness of the
wind, inasmuch as the balloon went five miles
while the train went two.
The hist and best definition of this word, as
applied politically, has been given by a chap
in Elmira, N. Y. “ A Copperhead.” said he,
“ is a man whose mouth is too small to swallow
A terrible tragedy has occored in Austrian
Tyrol. A fanner after effecting a heavy insu
rance on his house and barns set fire to the lat
ter but was discovered in the act by one of his
shepherds. He therefore killed the shepherd,
anil murdered his wife and infant son, finish
ing by cutting his own throat.
iNTownan,
MILS INSTITUTION wilFbe opened in r hf
Acaoemy near the residence of II 0t : u
. Buchanan, on ’ •
Wednesday, 15th January, 1308.
t The scholastic year will consist often month-
The Primary Department will be under* th.
| control of Mrs. M. J. NIJIMONS. The brthe-
English branches will br taught bv Mis« V \pv
11. McMERliAA. Mathematics and Aucicr
Languages bv T. N. RHODES
Mark Twain says a Turkish lunch has its
weak points—one is dirt.
Airs. Jenkins complained in the evening that
the turkey she had eaten Thanksgiving did not
set well. ;* Probably,” said Jenkins, “it was
not a lien turkey.”
his face.
16 00
-4 iO
40 00
5o On
ges u} l. r>. RHODE
KATES OF TUT ION PSR ANNl JP.
Primary Department
Preparatory “
Higher English and Mathematic?..
Classical Department
Drawing, Music and French, if desired" will
be taught at reasonable rates.
Tuition to be paid quarterly, in advance
if practicable. ’ ’
Those who favor us with their patronage
may rest assured that the highest and best in
terests of the pupils will he promoted
discipline will be mild, but firm and salt
Mrs. M. J. NDEMONS I
Miss MARY
T. N
Oe
n. Mcmurray,
RHODES,
i an;.
Teacher*
and
ami
TESTIMONIALS.
E. A. F. College, )
Tcskeoee, Ala,, Feb. 6, 1867 i
1 lii> in to certify that I have been associated
with T. X. Rhodes in Teaching, lie conducting
the Department of Ancient Languages,
lh.it I have not known a more efficient
laborious instructor. H. E. Brooks
Prof. Mathematics
E. A. F. College,
Tuskcgeo, Ala.
ORAWFonnviLLK, g.a., “fid,tmi 1867
K S. B., Esq :—1 know T. N. Rhodes well,
andean but believe that he will give on tire sat
isfaction as a teacher and instructor of youth.
Yours Truly,
Alexander IE Stephen?.
References:
H.
He got a glass of water in
The Author of the Lincoln Assassination
Plot.—The Columbus Sun, speaking of the
vast amount of money expended by the gov
ernment, and the execution of several persons
supposed to be accomplices in the murder of
Abraham Lincoln, says that tbe authorities
have all along been at fault in getting hold of
the originator of the plot. The Sun charges one
Thomas Gilbert, of Chattahoochee county,
with this guilt, and goes on to prove its state
ments. It says that this man, who is one of
the delegates to Pope's Mongrel Convention,
was the author of the diabolical plot, and
stands ready to produce competent proof to
that effect. Tiie Sun gives the following facts :
“At a meeting ot the citizens of Chatta
hoochee county, before Abraham Lincoln had
taken the Presdential chair, and previous to
the secession of tbe State of Georgia, this
hoary-headed old reprobate submitted to the
said meeting a proposition in writing, offering
to arm and equip, at his own expense, one
hundred men, to proceed to Washington City
and to kill Abraham Lincoln. He supported
his propostion in a violent harrangue, charging
Iris more moderate and humane neighbors with
a want of patriotism and courage. These facts
will be fully attested by some of the most
prominent and respected citizens of the coun
ty of Chattahoochee.”
Will Gen. Pope take action upon this mat
ter, or will he permit this man, elected by the
votes of ignorant and irresponsible negroes, to
take his seat in a Convention which is to re
construct the State of Georgia? Uur military
commander has exhibited wonderful energy in
ordering the arrest and confinement of citi
zens innocent of any crime, and will he let
this one go free because he is well suited to
the purposes of Radical reconstruction?
Cable Tolls Reduced.—A foreign dispatch
says : “All ihe details of the new tariff of the
Atlantic cable having been settled, we are en
abled to announce the following modifications,
to go into effect on the 1st of December proxi
mo, viz : Tolls between the city of New York
and any place in great Britain or Ireland on
messages of ten words, not exceeding fifty let
ters in all, 825 ; each word after the first ten.
$2 50. The address, date and signature, to the
extent of five words, twenty five letters in all,
free of charge. No extra charge will be made
for messages in code consisting of plain words,
Emt messages in cipher, that is to say m“'.sages
in numerals or in letters of the alphabet, not
having any known or dictionary words or names
of places ships, persons, etc., are to be charged
for the first ten words $25, and each aditlonal
cipher $2 50. Tolls between New York city
and points west and south thereof will be
charged in addition to the above.”
let!) Itnterfoemfflk
SCHOOL FOIL ADVANCED PUPILS.
The Spring session begins on Second Tuesday
in January.
Students are thoroughly prepared for any
Class iu College, efficient teaching or practical
business.
Tuition from $3 to $5 per. month, desired in
Advance if practicable.
Deductions are made for protracted sickness.
Board furnished by the Principal at $15 per
month. Provisions taken in exchange.
DANIEL WALKER, Prim
Newnan, Dee. 14, 1807—tf.
Mell, I). D.—Vice Chancellor
University of Ga.
Eev. Jas. Stacy, Newnan, Ga.
John Powell, Esq. “
■E<s A Welch,
Hon. H. Buchanan,
( 'apt. H. J. Sargent,
J. W. Spence,
John E. Robinson, “
E. Monegan, “
Dr. A. B. Calhoun,
Col. Jas. Ncelv, “
Dec. 7, 1867-tf.
Bowiioisr
C0LLML!
Bowdon, Carroll County, Ga.
M»j. JKO. M. 141 CHAliDSOJV, Fresfilcnl,
The next Term will begin on Wednesday,
January 15th, 130#.
Tbe Departments of Instruction are English,
Mathematics, Engineering, Book-Keeping and
Languages.
The course is thorough and extensive, and
young men can here get a n.,odpractical rdb'-'i.
tion, fitting them for the active duties of lito
at less cost, perhaps, than elsewhere in tbo
State.
TCILIOX FOB SPUING TERM OF SIX MONTH.
Collegiate Department (in advance) Sdo 00
Engineering 36 00
Commercial 36 00
£fey“'D.images and incidental expenses i barg
ed to tiie students.
Board iu private families $12 to $15
per month. \Y. T. COLQUITT,
Dec. 7-lin. Secretary Board of Trustees.
I30AI1I > INGKHOUSE.
DRUGS—DRUGS,
The undersigned takes this method of in
forming the public that she is prepared to
accomodate a limited number of Boarders on
moderate terms. The subscriber hopes by a
strict attention to the necessities and comforts
of her patrons, to merit a liberal proportion
of the public patronage.
E’or further particulars apply at n.y residence
opposite the Baptist Church.
mrs a. e. McKinley.
Newnan, Ga., Dee. 7, 1367—tf.
Horrible Barbarity.—The latest news from
Abyssinia develops King Theodore in a still
more blood-thirsty aspect. He had made an
Just in front of the Court-House you will find
DR. EDWARD SMITH’S
Drug Store,
where can be had anything in the Drug Line at
the lowest Cash rates. Keeps constantly on
hand liest Unexplosive Kerosene Oil, Lamps
. . , and Chimneys, Fine Toilet Soaps, Perfumery,
expedition to the small island of Metrata, in j stationery, Tobacco (good Smoking at only 30
the Lake Tana, and put every inhabitant to ; cents per pound.) fine Brandies and Wines for
03n * death by fire: then lie made a trip to Ifag, a ! for medicinal purposes, Soda, Starch, Pepper,
Hanover county V:t, the Dirth place of Clay
and Henry, Orange the birth place of Madison
and Zackary Taylor, Abbermarle the birth
place of Jefferson and Charles City county the
birth place of Harrison and Tyler are now re
presented in the Virginia Convention by ne
groes.
The Radical National (?) Executive Commit
tee has fixed Chicago. May 20th for holding
Convention to nominate Candidates for Presi
dent and Vice President.
flourishing town in Forggara, seized fifteen
hundred peasants, placed them in five large
houses and burned them alive. It is said there
is now not a single mao, woman or child alive
Concentrated Lye—in short everything usually
kept in a First Class Drug Store. Articles all
fresh, everything having been purchased within
the last twelve months. Friends and the pub-
between Debia Tabor and Emfra?, on the bor- ' lie generally specially solicited to call and ex
Impeachment Dead !—The last trmr.p card of
ized no party for spoils, for you are saving a,! Radicalism has been played, and turned out to
country for your children.
Earnestly hoping that when we meet again
we shall still be. aide to say we have a country
worthy of our fathers, worthy of their children
and worthy of our children, ami with a Con
stitution supreme over all its enemies. I now
pronounce the Convention adjourned without
a day.
be a failure. The vote ou impeachment was
52 for. and 108 against it. A motion to recon
sider was voted down, and impeachment is
dead ! Radicalism will be dillo before this time
next year !
Conservative Central Executive Com-1
mittee.
Macon, Ga.. Dec. 7, 1867.
Ry authority of the sixth resolution adopted
Brave Words.—The white peple of this
country, says the National Intelligencer, will
never let “any man go into the Presidential
chair by the unconstitutional votes of an Af-
} ricanized South. It Africans, or their paltry
I number of base white allies, get into Congress ! diets that we are to have an exeedingly cold
i by climbing up some other way than a consti- j and dry December, January and February, but
tutional one, the white people of the North
ders of Demina. In the camp his majesty has
been pursuing the same game. Having heard
that two thousand of his troops wished to
desert, he had them surrounded by the others,
and tbeir throats cut like cattle, the mothers,
wives, children, and nearest relatives of the
men being pistoled by the soldiery. Two
hundred and ninety-five chiefs of districts
have had their hands and feet cat off and have
been left to starve.
amine for themselves.
[Dec. 14-tf.
The Goose Bone.—From ‘time immemorial,’
as is generally known, many worthy persons
have regarded <i goose bone as possessing some
Buie to Perfect Service.
GEORGIA, Carroll County.
Superior Court, October Term, 1866.
William J. Winkles)
vs. r Libel for Divorce.
Sarah A. Winkles. )
It appearing to the Court, by the return of
the Sheriff, that the Defendant is not to be
found in the county ; and it further appearing
that she is not in the State.
Ordered, therefore. That service lie perfected
Coweta Sheriff’s Sale.
On the first Tuesday in .January next,
ILL be sold before the Court House
(loir in Newnan, Coweta county, xvith-
in the legal hours of sale, the follow ing pro
perty, to-wit:
One bale of lint cottoD, weighing 518 pounds,
more or less, marked 85 B, and eighteen Luc-
dred pounds, more or less, of seed cotton:
levied on as the property of John A Shank, to
satisfy a fi fa issued from the County Court oi
Coweta county in favor of M. Salosliin & ho,
vs said Shank. Property pointed out by plain
tiff’s agent.
Seven hundred and fifty-five pounds of seed
cotton : levied on as the property of Moses
Pate (colored), by virtue ol a fi fa issued from
the Couiity Court of Coweta county in k* vor
of Wm U Anderson vs said Pate. Property
pointed out by plaintiff. _ .
Fifteen barrels of corn, more or les3 : levied,
on a3 the property of James Bilbo, by virtue
of distress warrant sued out by Wai S Beadle?,
administrator of Jos Beadles, deceased, vs said
Bilbo. Property pointed out by plaintiff.
5 botties Hoik Gin, If lbs. Pepper,
peculiar and mysterious power of divining the hy publication of this order once a month for
character of the weather that would prevail for i four months, as required by law.
months ahead. Whether this ancient belief' Granted. LUCIUS H. FEATHEESTUN,
has any foundation in fact or not, the believers , Geo. W. Afstin, Pl'ff ”s Att y.
iu its prophetic capacity never waver in their |
firm faith, and year after )’ear the bone is
carefully examined to detemie what kind of
weathe- will be experienced during the winter.
Several members of the Farmers’ Club have
experienced a desire to test the predictions
made by this strange oracle. Dr Spurr brought
one to the Club room on last Saturday. It pre
J. S. C.
A true extract from the Minutes of this
Court. J. M. CHEVES, Clerk.
December 14-4:n.®
by the Conservative Convention of the People ! will decree their expulsion. The mass of
ot Georgia, iissembled by delegates in tliTs city : Northern white men have sternly declared
ou the dill instant, the following gentlemen are j against Southern Africanized control oi the
rt* lK tlVe antl P? rtisa ? administration of those j hereby appointed and will constitute the “Cen- j Government by acting in conjunction with
i Act.->, as wrong in principle, oppressive in ae-
; tion, and ruinous to the States of the South,
i as well ns hurtful to the true welfare of every
negro, as was discovered^ on S’Sh U u ^ *** ^ »
his rising, there was much laughter in the hall, | stipremacv of y ’ - t 1 h , e + perm £ uent I
some shouts and yells bey'ond the bar, and 1 —’• c S 1 race m all those States !
cries, of kick him out,” “kick him out*”
“oh. ‘oh!” There was much excitement
in the body, the call of the roll was suspended,
a temporary sergeant-at-arms was appointed,
and the negro came forward to the de-k 'The
chairman asked him his name, he replied
“Jones, and that he had been sent to vote in
n At thi * there was re
« ^^ughuir and confusion, and the obfus
Brother, »-ho rrihS
whererthose laws are now being enforced.
4. Resolved. That we protest, in like spirit
and manner, against the policy of the dominant i
party in Congress which seeks to inflict upon j
the States ot the South permanent bad govern- •
ment. as a wrong not only to both races in the
South and to the people of all parts of the
Union, but a crime against civilization and
humanity, which it is the duty of all right
minded meu everywhere to discountenaace'und
condemn.
1 tra! Executive Committee” ordered by that re
lation :
E. G. Cabaniss, of Monroe. Chairman,
Eugenics A. Niselt, of Bibb,
John J. Gresham, of Bibb,
James Jackson, of Bibb,
George W. Adams, of Bibb,
L. N. Whittle, of Bibb,
James P v . Sneed, of Bibb.
Anderson- W. Reese, of Bibb,
A. R. Wright, of Richmond,
Julian Haktridgr of Chatham,,
Nelson Tift, of Dougherty,
P. A . Alexander, of Muscogee.
Jared. I. Wuitaker, of Fulton,
J. W. A. Johnson, of Whitefieid.
Sckxer J. Smith, of Towns.
what may by a possibility, still continue class
j monopoly States of the North who have sternly
j decreed against negro suffrage there, will never
j submit to a comroi of the General G<>vern-
j ment by the Africanized Southern States.”
j These be assurances, Messk as, full of cheer
j and comfort to those down here who see that
1 very thing .-o awfully near. We will do all
! that shackled and gagged men can do to de
feat the iniquity, but the sword, the purse,
bribes, bayonets, and a polluted ballot box are
massed against ns. We put your declaration
on file. It rests with you to make it good.—
But we must not hear too much about the
“Constitution” and the “ will of the people.”
That is simply reading the riot act to those
who answer with bullets and grape shot.—Ex.
a very wet March. Our readers can make a
note of this, and ascertain for themselves
whether “the goose is right” this time.—
Farmers' Horne Journal.
! Up WO months fiber date application will be
; JL made io tiie Court of Otd’sary of Heard
j couoiy for leave to sell all Jlie real estate be-
i ionging to Robert Boggus, late of said courriv,
: deceased. R. H. BOGGUS, Exec’r.
| December 14-2m.
Grape Brandy
29 lbs. Tobacco,
4 pair Boots,
18 sacks Table Salt,
4 patent Axes,
lbs. Rice,
“ Tea,
cans Powder,
decks Cards,
Padlocks,
paper Tacks,
536
11
4
^2 -- Race Ginger
4 £1 Starch,
8 11 Rosin Soap,
73 Pipes,
4J Colgate Soap,
24
3[ lbs. Spice,
240
324.V
19"
15
Tire Iron,
Swede “
Band “
Rope,
2
B';
quires cap Paper, 2
Note
Billiard Table,
Cyprus Bucket,
pair Cotton CarJ3 ;
Slate Pencils,
Pen Holders,
Horse Brush.
setsBuggyFellows
Tea Kettles,
Boilers,
Ink Stand3,
Foot Tubs,
Measures,
pair Trace Chains,
Sboveis,
Spades,
situated near
The framework of the Paris Exibition bnil- ; before the Cout-bousc door in Newnan, said j V1J >
ding, which is about to be sold, weighs 27.000.- { county, within the legal hours of sale, on the j { Tom the Sl, P erior c / >U! t of Co ' v f ( ta c0 ™ er .
Administrator’s Sale.
VIRTUE of an order of the Court of j P ied . b - v ™; H - Gearrald,_ and one two
Ordinary of Coweta county, will be sold ;
the
one Livery Stable and Lot
Denot. in the town of Newnan, ana now occu-
_ _ horse
Hack: all levied ou as the property of fdo-.
aid i Orr, by virtue of an attachment fi fa isaO 0 - 1
000 pounds. | first Tuesday in February, 1868, one hundred
_ . , . -1 i • r> i-f i' ! at *d fifteen acres, more or less, of lot of land
Century plants grow wild m California, and ; Xo 36 in the se ’ Tenth district of said comity,
are rooted out of gardens as nuisance. .. J
There is a man in Brooklin, New York, who
feeds his family on one hundred dollars a year.
(widow s dower excepted.)
! Also, by virtue of an order from said Court. '
[ will be sold before the Court-House door in i
i Campbell ton, Campbell county, between the j
An Algerian juggler amuses London by turn- i legal hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in J
ing his eyeball out upon his cheek. Ke also March. 1868. three town lots, situate in the !
ants fire coals. \ town of Palmetto, in said county of Campbell, i
! All of the above described property sold for I
Seven dead infants were found in the streets the benefit of the heirs and creditors of T. D. I
of New Pork and Brooklyn in twentv-fonr j Watkins, deceased. Terms cash,
hours ending on the morning of the 26th'inst, Dec 14-tds. JA8. P BBEW.STER, Adm’r.
favor of Tolleson Kirby vs said Orr. Propc-
tv pointed out at date of attachment by pl Ji “
tiff.
GEO. H. CA RMICAI., Sh'f-
December 7th, 1867.
. It the same lime and place trill be sold ihefuUmi
property, to-wit:
One* buggy: levied on as the proper.}
W Bolton, to satisfy costs that b :l ' e t ,lt<
in various executions vs said J M Bohon
G. M. WALKER, Dept.
December 7th, 1867,