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Oje Jtoait Detail PUBLISHED IYBEKLY EVERY SATURDAY’ BY j- c WOOTTEN, J. A. W»LCH. WOOTTEN & WELCH, Proprietors. THE NEWNAN HERALD. C|e ffehmait j c. WOOTTEN,.. Editor. VOL. III.] NEWNAN, GEORGIA, SATUEDA.Y, DECEMBER 21,1867. [NO 16. terns of subscription One COT'Y onp vear. payable in advance. $3.00 Ooe copy six months....“ .....“ 1-50 S. P. THURMAN. J. W. SPENCE. ..1 00 One codv three mon’hs, A Club of oil veil! be allowed an extra copy. (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. TV ✓He 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.