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WOOTTEN & WELCH,
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THE NEWNAN HERALD.
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j c. WOOTTEN,.. Editor.
VOL. III.] NEWNAN, GEORGIA, SATUEDA.Y, DECEMBER 21,1867. [NO 16.
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One COT'Y onp vear. payable in advance. $3.00
Ooe copy six months....“ .....“ 1-50
S. P. THURMAN.
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(Fiftv numbers complete the Volume.)
WE are iy
Stock of
JDtt
The Ladk*3 e
ctiving our Fall and Winter
r GOODS-
Jly arc invited
of
to call and
Prints, breached and unbleach J d
DtU t lCKinc?, Goo.
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in Dress Gooff? we have in part,
Bilks, French Merinos, French
Poplins, Alpaccas, De
Lains, &c.
Wo also keep a large stock of
Dress Buttons, Ribbons,
Belts and Belting.
We pIho keep a splendid stock of
Roncly Maclo Clotlxing
S. P. THURMAN & CO.,
Manufacturers
AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
Candies and Confectionaries,
Greenville Sir., Newnan, Ga.
How Booth was Hilled.
THE TESTIMONY OF LIEUT. Lr. B. BAKER.
Committee.)
Lieut. L. B Baker sworn, .May 22, 186?:-
A. The cavalry surrounded the barn, and
had one of the Ganett boys in charge, whom j some water. I took Booth’s head upon my
I supposed to be aa accomplice of Booth's; he j knee, and threw some water in bis face. His
took the carbine and knife out of Booth's belt.
At that time Garrett rushed in and said:—
” Boys, let me extinguish the fire.'
The soldiers ran and threw furniture on the
myself and two soldiers carried Booth out of
the barn and laid him by a tree. I had a cup
in my pocket, and I took it out and called for i
told me he had locked them in, for he supposed
they were desperate cases, ami did not know
what crime they were guilty of; f told him he
mouth being open. I poured some in his mouth.
He blew it out and opened bis eyes. I gave
him some more water, and he made bis lips ;
must go into the barn and demand their sur- j go as though be would say something. Con-
render and the surrender of their arms
We are manufacturing and receiving our
Til A" t n TTrnjm
full a wmi
biubix
he i ger was there, and put his ear to Booth’s lips, j , . , ,
protested that he knew nothing of them, and He said. “Tell mother.’' and then he swooned : resting - e mem e.s. e mo ion recon-
that be was .afraid tc go'in, and I shored him
S3ECE GOQBS,
CoTupriiing Hie very latest styles.
Hals* Shoes and Boots.
Also a re'fy ‘urge stock of
DENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
huch ns
Fine White Shirts,
Neckties, &c., &c-
JjSy^All sold cheap forCASH.**^fi
Dull and examine for yourselves. No trouble
to show goods.
JOE WET EL,
Masonic Building. Greenville bt.,
Sept. 28-tf. Ncwmin, Ga.
P. W. J. ECHOLS,....
\\ hitcha.ll Street, Atlanta, Ga.,
f vEALER in all kinds of Agricultural Itn-
| ) pleinents and Machinery, and agent for
il.uace L. Emory & Son’s
‘UNIVERSAL” COTTON GIN
Candies, Pickles,
Nats, Raisins,
Mackerel, Cheese,
Crackers, Sugars,
Coffee, etc., etc.,
To which we ask the attention)- of the
WHOLESALE and RETAIL TRADE.:
We will wholesale Candies to Confectioners ■
as cheap as they can purchase the same article i
in any Southern market. Determined to ex-1 , _ - T , . .
tend'our wholesale business, we pledge onr- ! ~;F bo!d undertaking for a had or nineteen
- _ *_ _ ti If flint t l . n hfnl
selves to refund the money paid us for Candies
which do not give satisfaction.
Mr Thurman having an experience of six
teen years as a manufacturer of Cand-ies. flat
ters himself that he understands his business,
and has no superior as a manufacturer in the
Southern States.
The attention of the ladies particularly atid
the citizens generally is called to the fact that
we keep constantly on-hand a supply of
C03Nr3333ILS33ri.
Rail way & Lever Horse Power?
And Tngersoll's
Hand Colion Press,
L.EMERY&SOlj
raiea
We know we can please yon.
wc mean and mean what we say.
October l'J-Gin.
We say what
NO CONFISCATION!
1ST ew Arrival!
AIM WINTER STOCK 1
The attention of Planters needing Machine
ry for Ginning Cotton, is called to the above,
The ,l Uuivorsal” Cotton Gin and Condenser.
1 can recommend ns superior to all others,
while thp power for running the Gin, and the
Fress for packing the Cotton, is all that can
be desired.
r<g n 'Deser ptive and price circulars furnish
ed on application in person or hr letter.
P. W. J. ECHOLS,
Dealer in Agricultural Implements
and Machinery,
aug lO-Cm. Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
I
BOOTS A.\I) SHOES.
WOULD respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of
Newnan and vicinity that 1 havess*
secured the services of
Mr- -tST« TL. H33ES33,
a most accomplished workman. T invito all,
therefore, to call, assuring them they can now
have their Boots and Shoes made in the most
fashionable style. All I ask .to convince, i? a
fair trial.
8&f*Repniring neatly and promptly done.
R^Office on East side of Public Square,
Newnan, Ga. [July lo-tf.] W. FLOYD.
W. B. W. DENT,
MANCFACTCTKIt OP ALL KINDS OF
TIN ware.
Latest Styles from the American
Depot of Fashions!
Save time, travel and your Railroad expenses
to and from Atlanta by buying your
Staple &, Faucy Dry Goods,
Boots, Shoes, Hats, Notions,
Ready lade Clothing
^ r
3* S5. BSUJNS’S,
GREENVILLE STREET, NEWNAN, GA.
September 7-tf.
Southern Branch
OF THE
NATIONAL STOVE WORKS,
USTE'W 'STORK.
F. M. RICHARDSON.
L. Y. SANFORD
AND DEALER IN
Vb kinds of Country Produce taken in ex
change.
EVS^Will duplicate anv Atlanta hill given to
merchants. " [April 27-tf.
Saddlery and Harness
EMPORIUM.
6. C. ROGERS,
RICHARDSON & SANFORD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Stoves, Howlow-Ware, Block
Tin, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron,
and Tinners’ Findings,
Lamps, Cutlery, House F urnish-
ing Goods of every descrip
tion, Plated and Brit-
ania Ware, &c.,
KEYSTONE BLOCK, WHITEHALL STREET.
ATLANTA, GA.
They would call special attention to their
large and varied stock of
COOKING STOVES,
of the latest and most approved patents.
Call and examine their stock. [Oct.26-6m.
“ It appears that this first voyage was mere
ly one of inspection, ns he left for England a
short time afterward, from whence he returned
in 1085, bringing with him not only the Press,
out a wife—the daughter of Mr. Sowle, his
former master. A curious document is still
preserved in the collection of a gentleman of
onr city, being a circular letter of introduction
from George Fox. the founder of the Society
of Friends, introduced to his American breth
ren “ a sober young man. whose name is Wil
liam Bradford,” and “who comes to Pennsyl
vania to set up the trade of printing Friends’
Books,’’ and requesting that the Pennsylvania
Friends “let the Friends know it in Virginia,
Carolina, Long Island, Plymouth Patent, and
Boston.” New Amsterdam, or New York, is
not mentioned. Friend George probably con
sidered that the “stolid Dutch” of that city
had no need of Friends’ boots, and' little dream
ed that this “ sober young man ” would proVe
himself a black sheep, and, in less than ten
years, be appointed government printer to that
commonwealth.
“ Unfortunately, it is not known where the
first chapel was erected. One tradition points
to Kensington, and locates the press near the
old Treaty Tree, while the inhabitants of Bur
lington, N. J., backed by frtany of the oldest
printers, declares that it was located in that
city. Wherever the Tress may have been first
established, however it is certain that on the
first month, 1866, it was iu the city of Phila
delphia.
f * The first work known to have been issued
from Bradford’s press was an almanac of twen
ty pages for the year 1686, (printed in 1685,)
calculated for the meridan of Pennsylvania by
one Samuel Atkyns, bearing a somewhat bom
bastic title.
“Even in this, his first publication, Bradford
found himself iu conflict with the government
of the province. Stating the date at which
Penn took possession of the country, he an
nounced it as “ the beginning of the govern
ment here by Lord Penn.” The word “Lord/’
applied to a mortal, being deemed irrevereut
by the Friends, Atkyns and Bradford were
summoned before the Meeting. The former
was ordered to blot out the offensive word,
and the latter warned not to print anything
“but what shall have lycence from ye Coun
cil.” The only copy of this almanac known
to be extant is in the possession of a gentle
man in New York.”
A Tuck and Gallant Woman.—A woman in
Tennessee informed her husband, a few days
before the election there, that if he voted the
Mongrel ticket she would leave him. He did
so, and true to her word, on the evening of
election day she moved to her father’s house,
where her husband went after her. Nothing
daunted she ordered him peremptorily to leave
her presence, as she would not live with him
another day. She declared to him that she
held in utter contempt a man who would vote
for a party who was seeking to drag herself
and her children down to the degradation of
negro equality. Glorious woman 1 Her virtue
ami heroism are worthy of the sublimest days
of Spartan or Roman courage. What, indeed,
can be more repulsive to a true woman than
the simple thought that her children should
even be familiarized with the idea of equality
with an inferior race ?
We clip the above from the New York Day
Book, and we heartily say Amen to this brave
woman’s heroism.
The Alabama Menagerie a few days since
divorced a Mongrel voter from his brave wife
because she refused to live with him on ac
count of his political proclivities. No doubt
the good woman will hail that act of the so-
called constitution makers with joy. We can
not see how any respectable woman can live
with any man who advocates negro equality
both socially and politically.
[Sumter Republican.
EVERYBODY WANTS A
COOKING STOVE!
YES, EVERYBODY OUGHT TO HAVE A
0O0KI&& SW0V1I
EVERYBODY CAN GET A
■ - ( -- d door below Moore & MarMi
opposite U. Status and American Hotels,; " '
keeatur-St
By applying to
W. 3VT- KEYLTOLDS,
Atlanta, Ga., j IN NEWNAN. GE0RGL4.
the largest and finest stock of : who has a varietv sufficient to suit all in size.
< ARRUP F° v KAn-^fv AIto j quality and price, from the smallest and cheap-
■vA'r'f E , BlGG l lAKNE ^- HARD- 1 esi to the largest and most costly.
' AKL lor evevthing m his line, tor the supnlv 1
[[Saddlers and Harness-Makers, including a! Tn E PLANTER.
THE FARMER,
ner stock and better varietv of BUCKLES e v- ;
€r brought to Atlanta.
-/Kes more reasonable and Stock more com-1
: ';y than any in the city of Atlanta.
, Carriages and Buggies of the most ap- )
style and finish on hand, and made to
; ,T rat prices as favorable as can be obtained !
• r ‘£pr York.
*** * give me a call. Ycpt. 21-12m. 1
THE LIVE OAK,
THE IRON SIDE;
Also the celebrated
STEWART STOVE.
August 10—tf.
A Remarkable Invention.
It is stated that a German glass-maker has
lately made a remarkable discovery. He has
invented a telescope, or magnifying glass, by
means of which the most intricate nerves and
vessels inside of the hotly may be seen from
the outside. In fact, the whole arrangement
and action of the interrior organs may, by
means of this glass, be distinguished.
The discovery will probably be of immense
benefit to mankind, as by means of it the phy
sician will be able to determine with unvary
ing accuracy the nature of any particular dis
ease, and the proper manner for treating the
same.
The name of the inventor, who will proba-.
bly realize a fortune from his discovery, is
Gotlieb Juntz. He is very poor but a well read
and highly intelligent man. He has an aged
mother, and invalid wife, six children, and a
blind sister, all depedent upon him for sup
port. His mother was well acquainted with
the poet Goethe, and it was probably her many
anecdotes of this illustrious person which first
inspired her son with, a desire to do something
to win the respect andeste^n ot his fellow men.
The glass he has made wiil probably place
him among the first rank of inventors, and
win for him the esteem of whole nations. -
By means of this invention he has already
nearly cured his wife. Six months ago, a well
known doctor said she could not live, and pro
nounced her disease to be an affection of the
heart.
Juntz however, has now proven to him with
the aid of the wonderful microscope that he
was entirely mistaken ; the stomach alone be
ing the part affected.
We are eagerly looking for further informa
tion regarding Juntz and his wonderful glass.
iD; then I heard' s‘ into- conversation in the
barn, and heard some one,• wh^tn J supposed
to he Booth, say :
‘•Damn you, for you have betrayed me.”—
Then he said, “Get out of here.”
Garrett came back to the door and" sard'.
“ Let me out; he is going to shoot me.”
I said, “You cannot come till you bring out
the arms.”
He said, “ He will not let me hare them ;
let me out quick ”
I opened the door, and he dodg-. d out as
though he was afraid Booth was going to shoot
him. I shut the door very quickly, fearing
that Booth might make a break from the door.
Then young Garrett said:
“ Captain, I will do anything for you except
to go in there again. He is desperate, and
wiil shoot me.”
Col. Conger came up, and we decided to
dismount our men. We bad decided to fire
the barn, arid therefore we had to dismount
the men because the horses would not stand
the fire. That occupied aboc-t half an bonr,
for we had to dismount the men two by two.
so a3 not to leave the litre unguarded, I re
marked to Conger that I w ould make fife pro
position to Booth to surrender. That being
agreed upor, I addressed those who were in
the barn—told them we had fifty men around
the barn, all armed, and demanded their sur
render. We had but twenty-five, but I made
the number larger in order to intimidate them.
The first that I heard said was: “Well,
captain, this is damned hard. This man is an
innocent man, and it is hard to burn his barn.
Give a lame rnrn a chance. Draw up your
men before the door, and I will come out and
fight the whole command.”
I told him we did not come there to fight
him but to take him prisoner—that we had
him, and that he had better surrender like a
man; he then said, “Give me five minutes to
consider.”
I said, “ Very well.” I waited for what I
thought was five minutes; then I said I could
wait no longer, and that the time for action
had come. He then said:
h Captain, there is a man here who wants
very much to surrender.” I had ascertained
that Berold had carried a carbine.
I then unlocked the door-—keeping the lock-
in the hasp—and told Booth that the man
could come out, provided he brought a carbine
and one - pistol. Then I heard a conversation
between the parties inside and Booth cursing
Herold, telling him to go, that he did not want
him to remain, and calling him a damned
coward. Then Herold came to the door and
rapped} and said:
“ Let me out, quick. I do not know any
thing about this man. He is a desperate char
acter, and is going to shoot me.”
I said, “ You cannot come out unless you
bring your arms.”
lie said, “CaptaiD, the arms are mine, and
I shall keep them. This man is guilty of no
crime.”
Con ger came up and said I bad better let
him out, that he would be one les3 to fight.—
I opened the door, and Herold came ont.—
Capt. Doherty, who had charge of the cavalry,
soon came up and took him in charge, I put
rm r back against the door again, and put the
lock on.
Then Conger said: “Let us fire the barn
immediately.” Then I addressed the person
in the barn, and told him we should fire the
barn in two minutes if he did not come oat.—
lie again made the proposition to come ont
and fight the whole command, and then said:
“ Captain, I consider you to be a. brave and
honorable man. I have had half a dozen op
portunities to shoot you, but I did not do it.”
He called me Gaptain. supposing I had
charge of the party. There were no names
mentioned at all I repeated that we did not
come to fight him but to take him, and that
we should take him. T had been holding a
candle in my land until Herold came out.
when Conger said if was presumptuous in me
to hold a candle, as Booth might shoot me. I
set the candle down about twenty feet from
the door. 5Ve failed to make any soldiers stand
in the light of the candle, but Garrett and I
were there all the time.
I knew that Booth intended to shoot any
one who made any approach to the barn to tire
it, but we did not expect to do it there. Fi
nally I told him we could wait no longer.
Then he said, “ Well, my brave boys, you
can prepare a stretcher for me.”
Conger came up to me and said, “We will
fire the barn.”
I said, “Yes, the quicker the better.”
When Conger was firing the barn, the last
words that Booth said were:
“One more stain on the old banner.”
I opened the door quickly, and the first I
saw of Booth he was leaning against a hay
mow, with a crutch under each arm, and a
carbine resting in this way at his hip. He was
in the act of getting up from the hay.
Early Printing in America.
Everything pertaining to the art of printing
—that art which aids all arts and sciences—is
; of interest. Concerning its introduction into j (Extract from the Report of the Impeachment, fire, but it waif too late. Then CM. Conger,
: this country, we find the following in the Proof- ~ ~~
j Sheet, written by S. J Hamilton, of Phila
delphia :
“It is a fact worthy of nolle?, cf which
Philadelphians may well be proud, that while
nineteen years elapsed from the time of the
landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock,
before The art of printing was introduced into
the New England Colonies, and while nearly a
century and a quarter passed from the settle
ment at Jamestown before a single sheet was
printed within the limits of Virginia, the Press
was introduced into our city, and an almanac
calculated and printed, but three years after
its settlement; and that William Penn was
accompanied by a printer on his first voyage.
William Bradford, to whom belongs the
honor of having first introduced printing into
the Middle States, was born in Leicestershire,
England, May 20th, 1663. His parents were
William and Annie Bradford, of whom but
little is known. At an early age he was ap-
pteYificed to Andrew Sowle a well-known
London printer and publisher of that day.—
Sowle appears to have been an enthusiastic
admirer of the doctrines of the Society of
Friends, or Quakers, and an account of his
life, held forth as that of a true Christian for
the edification of succeeding generations, may
be found in the second volume of Tomkrn's
Piety Promoted. It is as the Master of Brad
ford, however, that he possesses the greatest
interest to us, and it is very probable that thro'
his influence Bradford was persuaded to ac
company Penn in his voyage to the New World
Georgia Unconstitutional Convention.
FIFTH DAT.
Friday. Dec. 13th.—The first business be
fore the body to-day was a motion to recon
sider the Relief Ordinance passed the day
before. Negro member's were difficulted to
Arrive at the -pint,” and would occasionally
address the President as Your Honor. Bradly,
negro, was very prominent, and bad something
to say on every motion or question, and per-
9 : sted in turning his back to the Chair and ad-
He said, “Tell mother,” and then he swooned
away again. I was washing his face ftlb the
time. He said, in if whisper, “TeH mother I
die for my country.”
Then I saw his wonnd. That was the first j
time I saw it. I saw that he was shot in the ;
neck. The wound - did cot bleed, and I did not ;
know the nature of if. The fire was then I
burning rapidly, and it became so warm that j
we had to take him away. We carried him to j
the piazz'a cf the house,-and called for some
water and ice in' clip, and some cloths. Col.
Conger tore open Booth's collar and took a :
diamond pin out of his under-shirt, and- fixed j
him so that I could wash him. Then saw that
the ball had passed through las neck I ;
washed his wound and washed his face. He J
opened his eyes and seemed to realize what :
was going on. The first words he uttered I
were: “Kill me; oh, kill me!”
I said, “No, Booth.” When I said “ Booth” |
he seemed surprised,opened his eyes and look
ed about. It had begun to be daylight then.
The sun was rising. I said,
“No, Booth, we do not wish to kill you,”
that we hoped his wound was not mortal, and
that he might yet live. He repeated the re
quest that I would kill him. Then Conger
came. He was kneeling down on one side of
him and I on the other side. I spoke to Con
ger in reference to Capt. Jett, from whom we
got the information at Bowling Green, fifteen
miles beys-nff,- that he had pilotted Booth and
Herold over the river. When I mentioned
Jett's name Booth opened his eyes and said :
“ Did Jett betray me?”
Then I saw that I was making unnecessary
developments, and I said, “O,- never mind
anything about Jett.”
He seemed to be paralyzed below the wound.
His hands lay by Ins sides. lie said,
“ My bands.” I took up one of his hands
and washed it in ice water. He looked at it
and said, “ Useless, useless,” and be dropped it.
The first thing he said 3fter we got him on
the piazza was to repeat the request that we
should tell his mother that he died for his
country, and that he had done what he tho’t
for the best. This he said in a low whisper.—
Booth died leaning against a mattrass, which
the girls at the Garrett House got and laid on
laid on the piazzv. I was not sworn on the
trial. My testimony has never been taken,
except before Judge Holt, and that has been
disposed of; it cannot be found, I was sum
moned as a witness, but was informed after 5
got there that I was not wanted. In regard to
one leaf of the diary that was absent, I found
it in Virginia about ten days after the capture.
rider was lost by a vote of 64 yeas to 84 nave
— Bigby, o? Coweta, voting yea.
We quote from the Intelligencer:
R. H. Whitely introduced the following,
which was adopted, in lieu of Akerman's res
olutions, tabled on Wednesday last:
Whereas, the successful culture of cotton in
Georgia is essential to the prosperity of the
people and the full development of the imite-
! rial interests of the State; and whereas, the
encouragement given its production abroad,
during the war, has largely increased that
production, which has, in connection with
other causes, so reduced its value as to seri
ously endrvrge? its continued cultivation as a
lending staple by orr people;
Therefore Resolved, That this Convention
do recommend the repeal of the cotton tax,
and if practicable, the application 1 cf the re
peal to the present crop.
Resolved, That the Convention considers its
repeal as essential fo the continued successful
cultivation of ooftort as tbe great staple of the
country, and as a measure of relief to both
agricultural capital and labor.
Resolved, That the Convention, having con
fidence in the earnest desire of the Govern
ment of the United States to aid in restoring
the prosperity of the people of Georgia and
the development of all her material interests,
do hereby request the President of the Con
vention to forward a certified copy of these
resolutions fo the President of the United
States, the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives, with
a request that they he presented at an early
day to both Houses of Congress.
On motion, the Convention proceeded to
draw for seats, taking a recess’for that purpose.
On the body being called to order again, J. E.
Blount moved that there be a re-drawing, inas
much as the business had not been fairly con
ducted, and insisted on his motion with great
vehemence, amid much confusion and loud
and often repeated laughter. Motion lost.
Foster Blodgett moved when the Convention
adjourn, it adjourn oWer to 10 o’clock Monday
morning next. Carried.
J. E. Blount tendered his resignation ns a
member of the Convention. Aaron Alpeoria
Bradley (negro) said he doubted if the dele
gate could resign under Gen. Pope’s order.—
Not acted on, a motion to adjourn prevailing,
and the Convention then adjourned to 10 a. in.,
on Monday, the I6ch instant.
Kate* of Advertising.
Adbertisermentsinsertedat $1.50per squar*
(often libes orsp&ceeqatralent,)for first inser
tion. and 75 ettots fdP each sabsequent in
sertion.
Monthly or semi-monthly advertisement*
inserted at the same rattes as fox'new advertise
ments, each insertion.
Liberal arrangements will be made witt
those advertising by the quai ter or year.
All transient advertisments must be paid
for when handed in.
The money for advertiseing dtf% after the
first insertion.
SCHEDULE OF THE A. & W. P. R. R.
L. P. GRANT, Superintendent.
Leave Atlanta - - -
K*.
Arrive at Newnan -
- - - 920
«f
Arrive at West Point
- - - 12 A
K
Leave West Point - -
- - - 12 40
F M
Arrive afNewnan- -
- - - 3 20
*<
Arrive at Atlanta - -
- - - 530
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
E. W. COLE, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 5.15 \
Arrive at Augusta ...6.00 P. M.
Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 6.00 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 6.20 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta 3.15 M.
Leave Augusta 8.00 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 5.00 A. M
A Missouri husband, who wanted his wife to
come out of church to take ca-e of the baby
which she had left in his charge, hit upon the
ingenious expedient of ringing the dinner bell
in the vestibule of the sancturry.
get up. and dropped one crutch, and started
toward the fire.
He got within five or six feet of the side of
the barn and peered all about, as though he
should like to see who fired the barn, having
the carbine poised. Then he seemed to give
it up. It was an old tobdcco house, and there
was a table lying there bottom side up. He
turned to throw the table on the floor, but he
dropped it, and turned to look around the
barn. The fire was rolling over the roof. He
saw the door open, and he turned and dropped
the other crutch, and started toward the door,
with a kind of limping, halting jump. He
used his leg instead of the crutch. The last
two or three steps he took was with his leg.—
He came within twelve feet of the door, when
I heard the report of a shot. I was then
standing outside the door, waiting for him to
come out.
Q—Where was he shot.
A—Through the neck ; the bullet perforated
both sides of his collar. He gave a spring
when he was shot, and fell down. I jumped
in, and while I was getting to him he partly
turned over, and appeared as though he was
going to get up again. I caught him by the
arms and went down on him. I did not know
that he was mortaliy wounded, and I thought
I wonld secure him. But I soon saw that he
was powerless. Conger came in. and T turned
up the wounded man s head and said, “ I: is
| Booth, certainly.”
I supposed at the time that Conger shot him,
j and said, “What on earth did you shoot him
] for?”
He said, “ I didn’t shoot him.” Then the
idea flashed across my mind that if he did, it
had better not be known.
I turned again and said, “ All right.”
Said he, “ I did not shoot him.”
“ Well,” said I. “the man who did gees back
under arrest.” All this took place very quickly.
I picked up the carbine which Booth had 1
dropped. The pistol he grasped in one hand i why
so tightly that I had to twist to get it out. I * upor
took the Disto!. Captain E>ohertr came in and
From the Montgomery Mail.
What the Badical Constitution Proposes
to do as to Suffrage,
The Constitution submitted to the people of
Alabama by the Military Reconstruction Con
vention contains provisions which, if ratified,
will accomplish the following results:
1. To permit every negro to vote whatever
his competency ot in competency, who has
been in the State six months and the county
three month?.
!L To permit to Vote only such white men
as may have been in the State six months and
in the county three months, who will swear
never to change the proposed constitution so
far as it affects the question of suffrage.
III. To deprive of the privilege of voting
and holding office—1st, All whites who may
be disfranchised by the proposed constitutional ! this Convention
amendment (14th Article) and by the Recon- "
struction Acts, that is to say, all who held any
office, Federal or State, of the lower grade be
fore the war and afterwards gave aid or sym
pathy to the Confederate cause. This provi
sion, according to the Registration returns, will
disfranchise thirty thousand men of the State.
2 All whites who shall have been convicted
of treason at any time before an election. As
nearly every white man of the State who ap
plied for pardon under the $20,000 clause of the
President's amnesty proclamation was compell
ed, by order of Judge Busteed of the U. S.
District Court, after his property was libelled,
to plead guilty to treason in open court, it fol
lows that this provision disfranchises every
whiteman who applied for pardon under that
clause, embracing not less than ten thousand
of our best citizens.
3. All whites who have conscientious scruples
about taking the test oath to the effect that
they will never vote or use their influence to
change the basis of suffrage, whatever may be
the evil effects of the proposed system—in
other words, a test oath swearing away their
liberty of thenght and action.
The first two of these excluding provisions
take the suffrage away forcibly from the hands
of forty thousand whites, and the last clause
will take it away conscientiously from all but
the lowest classes who care nothing for the
sanctity of an oath nor the liberty of thought.
In short, these disfranchising propositions of
the Reconstruction Convention proposes to
He did | give the State government of Alabama and the
municipal government of all but six counties
of the State, to negroes who have had no op
portunity to prepare themselves with a knowl
edge of even the simplest duties and obliga
tions of government.
Such a government the negroes have not
asked for .and the whites will not endure.
Such a Constitution has not been demanded
by the Republican party nor by Congress. The
proscription for which it provides has been ex
pressly repudiated at every primary meeting
of negroes in Alabama. The people of the
North have denounced the scheme from ocean
to ocean. Will Alabama indorse it ? Will the
white race vote their own degradation ? Will
the black race vote their own destruction ?
Tennessee Legislature.
In the House a bill has passed its third read
ing, which declares that “there shall be no
disqualification for holding office or sitting on
juries, on account of race or color,” and re
pealing all laws in conflict with this. It has
yet to be acted upon by the Senate. Nigger,
nigger, nigger. Bring on the monkeys next, J
and let them have “ manhood suffrage.”
The bill to secure to loyal citizens of Ten- j
nessee recompense for losses incurred during J
the rebellion was passed, and if it should be-1
come a law we poor tax payers wiil have to j
dance to the tune of about $230,000 addition- j
a! to pay tbe 260 Commissioners to be appoint- i
ed to audit the claims of loyal men. And a
resolution is pending in the senate authorizing
the Governor to borrow S400.00O at a rate of
interest not exceeding 12 per cent, to pay the
interest, now due by the State, Well may the
Dispatch ask, Whither are we drifting? Verily
the Jacobins are drifting us to ruin.
The bill giving $200,OuO to pay the Metro
politan Police Force of Chattannooga, passed a
second reading, which amount of money could
have been saved had the Jacobins allowed cor
porations to manage their own affairs. Oh God
do not the very lightnings of Heaven fall
upon tbe base demagogues who are ruining the
land !—Ilcm' Jonrncl
SIXTH DAY.
December IGtli.—Tbe various committees
were appointed and various ordinances were
introduced. We quote from same paper:
G. W. Ashburn, an ordinance:
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Representatives
of the people of Georgia, in Convention as
sembled, and it is hereby ordained by the au
thority of the same, That all persons exerci
sing authority under the instrument known as
the Constitution of Georgia, framed in 1865,
j by the direction of Andrew Johnson, acting
| President of the United State?, shall cease to
j exercise their official authority from and after
; the first day of January, 1868.
j Sec. 2. And be it further ordained, That all
| officers, executive, judicial, ministerial and
1 municipal, be declared, and they are hereby
| declared vacated after January first, 1868, or
! unSH filled by Brev. Maj, General John Pope,
Military Governor of Georgia, or by a vote of
or an election held by all
the legal voters of Georgia.
Mr. Goodwin offered the following sub
stitute ?
It is hereby declared the sense of the Con
vention, that under the Reconstruction law,
under which this body ?s assembled, it is the
right and duty of the same not only .to frame,
a civil government, and that fo frame a civil
government it is the right and duty of this
Convention to declare vacant all offices in the
State, and either elect officeis to fill the same
by the action of the people in Convention here
assembled, or by general election at the pre
cincts of the State, as this body may deem best.
By Foster Blodgett, a resolution .to give
members of the Convention the same pay and
mileage as had by the last General Assembly.
H. K. McCoy, a resolution to inquire, thro’
a special committee, as to the legislative power
of the Convention—its limits, validity, &c.—
This resolution was adopted, and a committee
appointed, as follows: H .K McCoy. Foster
Blodgett, N P Hotchkiss, J H Caldwell, H V
M Miller, R II Whitely, B Conley, W Shrop
shire, J L Dunning, A T Akeiman.
By R. H_ Whitely:
An ordinance to allow each head of - a family
in Georgia a homestead, and to prevent the
levy and sale of the same under any circum
stance.
Hereafter each head of a family in this State
shall be allowed to own a homestead, which
shall consist of one hundred acres of land,
with the dwelling house and improvements
thereon, it not exceeding in value fifteen hun
dred dollars : Provided, that none of the above
lands he within the limits of city, town or vil
lage ; or in lieu of the above land, real estate
in a city, town or village, not exceeding two
thousand dollars.
The above named homestead shall be exempt
from levy ard sale by virtue of any process !
whatever under the laws of this State; nor!
shall any valid lien be created thereon, hut be ;
for the use and benefit of said family through j
its head.
By James L. Dunning: An ordinance to pre- ‘
vent the sale of lottery tickets in this State. 1
By J. G. Campbell, negro: A resolution to
abolish in Georgia imprisonment for debt.
By H. M. Turner, negro: An ordinance to
extend tbe time for tbe collection of taxes.
By Aaron Alpeoria Bradley, negro: A resolu
tion to regulate the behavior of delegates one
unto another.
Bv J. E. Blonnt: Withdrew h;s resignation
JAS. M. GLASS, ROBT. W. NORTH. T. T. BOHANNA
GLASS, NORTH & CO.,
Greeuville Street, Newaan, Ga.,
OROOERS
—AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Are now receiving and will keep constantly
on band a complete assortmenT of Family
Supplies, Corn, Meal, Flour, Rice,Bacon, Lard,.
Oats, Iron, Nails, Salt, Sugar, Coffee and’ all
other goods usually kept in their line, to which
they solicit the attention of their friends and
the public generally, t\nd promise to use their
utmost exertion to satisfy all who may show’ a
disposition to favor them with their patronage.
Newnan, Ga., January 26-tf.
F. FHINIZY & CO.,
Cotton Factors
AND —
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Will continue the Cotton Business in all its-
branches at their New Fire Proof Ware-IIotrse
on Jackson .Street.
BAGGING, ROPE, &c.„
Furnished at lowest market price.
JdfcfcT’Liberal Cash advances also made.
FERDINAND PHINIZY, 4
C. H. PHINIZY, l
j. m. burdell. J [September 14-tf.
POWELL & STALLINGS,
Attorneys at T * a w
NEWNAN, .GA.,
W ILL practice in the several Courts' of Law
and Equity in the Tallapoosa and Cow r -
et.a Circuits, and in the United States District
Court for the State of Georgia.
Special attention given to the compromising
and collecting of Old Claims, and Administra
tion, Conveyancing, kc.
AH business entrusted to them will receive
prompt and faithful attention.
JOHN W. POWELL, J. E. STALLINGS,
Newnan, Gst. Senoia, Ga.
March 9-12m.
COOK & JONES"
Grocers, Commission Merchants
AND AGENTS FOR THE
PIEDMONT REAL ESTATE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Authorized Capital of $1,000,000.
—ALSO FOR—
JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY ,
Chartered Capital $1,500,000.
Office on LaGrange street, near DoHgh- -
ertv’s Hotel, Newnan, Ga. [July 6-tf-
R CORRA,
C©HF£Gri©HERT
FANCY GROCERIES,
Whitehall Sti\, West Side,
(A few doors from Alabama Street,
ATLANTA, GA.
WINES, BRANDIES,
LIQUORS. CORDIALS,
TEA, SUGARS, COFFEE,
CANDIES, PRESERVES,-
CRACKERS, BUTTER,
CHEESE, HAMS,
BEEF, RICE, &c.,
FRUITS, NUTS, CURRANTS, RAISINS, PIPES,
SEGARS, SNUFF, &c.
^“Country Merchants supplied at .N. York
prices. [Nov. 2-3m.
Andrew J. Smith. Wm. Allen Turner
SMITH &, TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
NEWNAN, GA.,
WILL pay the debts, in a Court of. Bank-
tendered on Friday last in a moment of excite- r»ptcy, of aU who apply to them before the 1st
ment—made an explanation, &c.
Several relief measures were introduced,
which on coming up will be noted.
Convention adjourned to ten o’clock to-mor
row morning.
-soon as it was discovered that white men
had carried the State of Kansas on the negro-
suffrage issue, the negroes at Leavenworth
held a meeting, and adopted a resolution com
mending the Radical General Committee to
call a State Convention for the purpose of pe
titioning Congress to disregard the will of the
people as expressed through the ballot box,
and give them the right of suffrage. “All.
this,” says the New York Times, “ sounds
absurb enough ; and yet it Is only the logical
fruit of the doctrine that Congress can enter
any State, to legislate upon the qualifications
of electors.”
Lying.—No vice more easily than tnis stupe
fies a man’s conscience. He who tells lies
frequently will soon become an habitual liar ;
and will soon loose the power of readily dis
tinguishing between the conception of the im
agination and the recollections of his memory.
June, 1868, and will practice in the Tallapoosa
and Coweta Circuits. [Nov> 9-tf.
WARE-HOUSE
—AND—
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
AVING changed my location, and taken
charge of
H
W. B. Berry's Fire-Proof Ware-House,,
I- will give mv personal attention to business
at that House, the ensuing season. This
Ware-House is disconnected with any other
building, and is r .therefore r seeure from fire or
iginating elsewhere.
I have ample and and excellent Storage,
respectfully solicit a liberal share of patronage
from my old friends and the public generally.
Strict attention will be given to t’m sale of
any Cotton entrusted to my care. Charges,
moderate. HUGH BREWSTER.
August 3-tf.
