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’ J- A. WELCH.
WGOTTEN& WELCH,
Proprietor*.
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NEWNAN HERALD.
y/L III.] IsTEAV^rA.lSr, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, FET3RLIARY 8,1868. [NO 23.
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now rccrivJng our Full ami Winter
IDJRY GOODS.
he Ladies especially an
nunitic onr stock of
invited to call nml
Prints, bleached arid imbleach’d
I> ITwHicli.-.r
In Dress Goods we have in part,
Silks, French Merinos, French
Poplins, Alpaccas, De
Fains, &e.
We also keep a large stock of
Dress Buttons, Ribbons,
Belts and Belting.
V, e also keep a splendid stock of
Iton-dy Maclo Cloth.ing
P. THURMAN.
S. P. THURMAN & CO.,
Mnnufactur o irs
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
Candies and Confectionaries,
Greenville Str , News an, Ga.
From the Debates in Congr***-
Mr. Hubbard, a member of ^ ». ’r^Se from
! Connecticut, in the course of the debate now
! progressing upon the last reconstruction bill,
made the remark; which we copy below.—
1 Such appeals as these, of course, will fall
■ powerless upon the infatuated and desperate
i bodies to which they are addressed, but they
are dispersed everywhere, to add fuel to the
I fires that are already blazing through the
length and breadth of the land:
Intemperance in High Places.
docked to the defense of the country at the
sound of tiie first rebel gun. would have drop
ped the bayonet and returned the sword to the j “ Mack,” the Washington correspondent of
met of the scabbard. Every battle would have , the Cincinnati Commercial, in his letter of the
been a Bull Eun ; nay, worse than that, a Big j 17th. tells the following:
Bethel, a Drury's Bluff. j “ There never was greater need than at pre-
sent lor a vigorous prosecution of the war
From the Dalton Republican. against intemperance in high places. Whether
North Georgia. i Senator Wilson has become discouraged or
I disgusted I know not, but he seems
United States Bankrupt Law.
PIECE coons,
Comprising the very latest styles.
Slices JbTltl Hoots.
Also a very large stock of
uknts furnishing goods,
ihe White Shirts,
Neckties, &(
r^T'AH sold cheap for GASH.
&C.
ill and examine for yourselves.
io\v goods.
©a
No trouble
We are manufacturing and receiving our
m a t f (■ -|- TT T-|,irn'T'n P P T ^
I'ALiLi a Win 1 Ml OIUbK
vanities, I’ieLloo,
Nuts, Raisins,
Mackerel, Cheese,
Crackers, Sugars,
. Coffee, etc., etc.,
To which we ask the attention! of the
to have
CHEROKEE ixdiaxs visit their OLD homes—the entirely relinquished his Christian efforts of a
object ok their visit—INTERESTING REMi.v- year ago to reform his Congressional brethren
escencks. through the agency of bis temperance society.
One gentleman, vrbo was an exemplary mem-
The Chief of the Cherokee Nation, sccom- ber of the Congressioui 1 Temperance Society <
! “ For the reasons I have given, therefore. I j panied by several of the leading men of bis j a year ago, astonished and appalled the boar- '
I protest against the bill. I protest against the j tribe as a delegation to the United States Gov- 1 ders at Willard’s, one morning last week, by j
! power of Congress to create General Grant or j eminent, paid a visit to their fatherland this • entering tne breakfast room in bis night shirt, j
I any one else military emperor ot ten States in wees. while en route to Washington city. ; at about 10 a. m. Another was t;ken home j
j the Federal Union. And as some notices have j They contemplate an absence of several i n a hand-cart not many Sundays since; while j
; been served upon us from the other side of the ' months from tiirir N ition, on what may be still another, over whose conversion all the j
Hotse, I beg leave to give notice in return j regarded a three-fold mission. | ladies were a year ago saturating their hand- j
I ! that if Genera) Grant shall take upon himself j Their visit to this section, after an absence j kerchiefs, and carrying on in a more melodra- j
the nsnrrw>d i* 1 *v*-«-r3 conferred o, ,i,. j , ll(rU . vt . ; . r5 tp.luok once more npon the mafic wav than anything recorded of the Brick j any person
•*" ana execute them in a manner sufficiently camping and hunting ^grounds ot u.eir irio«=, j i..- V n C n r .,*„ c i, <>,• ,t,V Eitenezer Temperance So- the militia
relentless and despotic to satisfy his political ■ :t ni] to hnnt r»p and de the small rem- | < iotv. of which the eHtr M«-.
j rnn.-ters, he will have taken a load upon his J nant that have lingered behind to go ‘ home”
: shoulders that will break his back hi the next j where they can be properly i ir.-.l for.
' Presidential election. I care not what may be j In our conversation with them they informed
I his military reputation and services; he who, us that quite a number are still living in North
i after having fought for the integrity of the Carolina, and a few in Georgia and Tennessee.
| Constitution, shall lend himself to a scheme j They expressed themselvvs anxious to find
for the overthrow of the Constitution and the them, and send the last wanderer to his tribal
subjugation of ten States to martini law and j family.
negro dominion will, in my humble judgment, i Their mission to Washington is to make a
have forfeited the gratitude of his country and i final settlement with the government of the U.
......<i
| wentur" was suck a bright and shining Tight
! —that gentleman (need I say he :s a distin-
Objeet of the law: Is to enable persODS who
can’t pay their debts to get rid of them.
Who may take advantage of this law ?
Any persons or firms who owe debts to the
amount of tfiree hundred dollars or upwards,
whether they be individual or partnership
debts, or both, and it makes no difference what
is the character of the indebtedness, whether
it be by bill, note, or account, judgment, as
principal, or security or otherwise.
Wlmt does the law demand of the applicant?
That he shall surrender his property, except
such as is hereinafter mentioned, to his credi
tors, for a jto rata distribution among them.
What doe? the law permit the applicant to
kee{
1st. Household and kitchen furniture and
necessaries to the amount of $500
2d. The wearing apparel of himself and
family.
Sd. The uniform, arms and equipments of
who is, or has been, a soldier in
or service of the United States,
ait*. If the applicant Is the head of a family,
his homestead, to iUc v..t u « „f SfiOO. If he
has no homestead, then in .leu thereof, money
•Cjje Jtehman
Rates of AAtftTfcis-ing.
Advertisementsinsertedat $1.50per squara
(often lines or spaceequiw»>ent,)for first in3er
tion, and 75 cents for each subsequent in
sertion.
j .Monthly or semi-rmwithiy advertisements
inserted at the same rates a? for new advertise -
, meats oro-h insertion.
Liberal amwigements will be made with
those advertising by the quaiter or year.
All transient advertisumits roost be paid
for wiien Iittpded in.
The money for advertiseing due after tb«
first insertion.
wished Senator from the West?) has been f.-r ; or other personal property to the value of $300.
WHOLESALE ami RETAIL TRADE. I the luster of a great name in history. Let
these modern Mark Anthonys, who are offering
Wc will wholesale Candies to Confectioners
as cheap as they can purchase the same article
in anv Southern market. Determined to ex
tend our wholesale business, we pledge our
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 Candies, flat
ters himself that ho understands his business,
and h;is no superior as a manufacturer in the
Southern States.
The attention of the ladies particularly and
tile citizens generally is called to the fact that
we keep constantly on hand a supply of
ili©Q ©111
We know we can please you.
we mean and mean what we say.
October 19-6m.
We say what
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J OK WEILL,
Masonic Building. Greenville 9t.,
1. 28-tL Xewnaii, Ga.
V. \V. J. ECHOLS’,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga
HALF.
)'
all kinds of Af
leinents and Machinery
L. Emorv x Son’s
ricultural inl
and agent for
“UNIVERSAL” COTTON GIN
COKTDEnSEn.
Railway & Lever Horse Powers,
And lngersoll's
Hand Col foil Press,
Tiie attention of Planters needing Machine-
' for Ginning Cotton, is called to the above,
Vlie "Uuiversal" Cotton Gin ami Condenser,
can recommend as superior to all others,
'hi 1 e the jKiwer for running the Gin, and the
i'ress far packing the Gotsxiii, is all that can
'• desired.
Deecr puce and price circulars furnish
ed application iu pereoa or by letter.
P. W. J. ECHOLS,
Dealer in Agricultural Implements
and Machinery,
:g 10-fim. Whitehall St., Atlanta, Ga.
Southern Branch
OF THU
\ T A rp T . NT A T O^OTTUl TT THU I/O
NAllUlMALj Di U V Lb WUIlhD,
UNTIE W YOR.KI-
K. M. RICHARDSON.
L. V. SANFORD
RICHARDSON & SANFORD,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN
Stoves, Howlow-Ware, Block
Tin, Tin Plate, Sheet Iron,
and Tinners’ Findings,
Lamps, Cutlery, House F urnisli-
ing Goods of every descrip
tion, Plated and Brit-
ania Ware, &c.,
KEYSTONK 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.
G. H. &, A. W. FORCE
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS & SHOES.
WHITE ALL STREET,
- a EuliC I A.
ATI. AST A
HOOTS AND SBIOES.
respectfully
| WOULD respectfully ati-
1 nounce to the citizens of
M*wnan and vicinity that 1 have
eenred the services of
Keep on hand the largest and best
stock in Atlanta, and will sell to Country!
merchants at New York prices with freight ad- i
ded. Nov. 30.1867-lv.
this military crown to these military Caesars
remember the verdict which history has passed
both on the Roman Ctesar and his selfish and
profligate tool. It is but a single step from
the Capitol to the Tarpain Rock.
41 1 have heard it said during this debate
that a political convention of the party with
which I act, during the course of the late war
pronounced it a failure. To that declaration
1 did not then subscribe. But I do not hesi
tate now to saj- that if the execrable princi
ples of this bill are to become the law of the
land, if the scheme which is now on foot is to
be successfully and permanently consummated,
1 hesitate not to say, though I did not believe
st then, that the war has proved a lailure—a
dead and utter failure. For what purpose, let
me ask, was the late war with the rebellion
carried on? For what purpose did you shake
the continent with the heavy tread oi a million
of men in arms? For what purpose was the
tlood-gates of the Treasury thrown wide open?
For what purpose did a million of the people’s
money flow out with every setting sun ? For
what, 1 ask? Simply to determine this rule
of constitutional law that the Union was in
dissoluble, and that no State could secede from
it: and for the purpose of vindicating that
single principle of constitutional law a half
nii.iion of men, counting the integrity of the
Constitution as of more ralue than treasure,
life, or limb, forsaking everything else—father
and mother, wife and child—offered up their
lives upon the fiery altar of war. Sir, that
constitutional principle has been written into
our organic law with a sword for a pen and
blood for ink ; and yet what do these recon
struction measures propose ? They propose
this: That to day—when not a hostile bayonet
is upturned, not a hostile foot in stirrup in the
whole South, when the rebellion has been en
ded for more than two years.—we should blot
out of the Union the very States to retain
which in all their “dignity, equality and
rights ” was, as Congress declared in 1SU1, the
sole purpose of the war.
Nay, more; these measures propose more —
They set the nation in the attitude of war
again—war against the vanquished. They put
the Federal Government to the exercise of war
powers—the employment of war machinery.—
They suppress the writ of habeas corpus, which
by the Constitution can be suppressed only in
time of invasion or rebellion. They establish
martial law, which can only be established
within the lines of belligerent military forces
and in time of war. They abolish trial by
jury, the inextinguishable right of the citizen
in all cases and at all times except when mar
tial law is legally established. They quarter
standing armies upon the whole South. They
appoint a supreme military dictator over ten
States. They silence the voice of law in the
clamor of arms. The}' subject life, limb, lib
erty and property to the caprice of the sword.
Nor is this the worst. The makers of the law
demand its enforcement, not in mercy but in
wrath. Now, I need not say it is a settled rule
that a public statute in derogation of tlie right
of the citizen is to be construed with benigni
ty Yet notice has already been given by the
chairman of the Military Committee that the
House is to lie asked on Monday next “ to im
prove ”—that, 1 believe, is the word—“ to im
prove the Army of the United States” by re
moving Gen. Hancock from his command—the
only man who has attempted to exercise be
nignant]}- the powers conferred by the Recon
struction Acts—the only commander who has
attempted to exercise his military discretion in
States, and get the balance due them for this
Cherokee country.
The third and last object in making their
protracted stay is to acquaint themselves with
the improvements, inventions and discoveries
of the age.
We asked what they thought of the general
opinion, that the Indian ere long will become
extinct, that they are gradually moving west
ward to the final burial ground of their race?
They replied, that this can be true only of
those tribes that will not accept of civilization,
but adhere to the barbaric enstoms of the
savage. As for the Cherokees, up to the time
a week or more confined to hfs room on a diet
of pickled cabbage to help him over a pro
longed carouse, terminating in the deliriums.
Nor is that all. Would that it were. It is not
even the worst.
“ \s tIlls subject is a delicate one, I shall he
pardoned, I trust, for withholding names.—
The moral sense of the nineteenth century
revolts against such publicity as a vile slander
The newspapers are licensed to he fanny over
the police court r> ports, and to blazon forth
poor John Smith's debauch as an awful exam
ple, hut between a great man and his “little
weakness” the moral ones hang a vail which
no journalistic Asmodeus dare lift, without
incurring censure as an irresponsible scribbler
and an envenomed calumniator. A particular
case(J repeat that I use no names) has become
so serious of late that an eminent bishop of the
Methodist Church has been sent for, and has
come all the wav from Philadelphia to see
A Most Strange Chapter.
of the war, they had not only continually in- 1 what he can do in tlie way of reforming the
creased in wealth, learning and refinement, j eminent sinner. Strange work for a Bishop,
but in numbers—the tribe counting full 2o,0uu ' whose office is or ought to be, to administer,
when the war commenced; but at present they j instead of to prohibit spiritual consolation.
number only 14,000, who are now in the In-J
dian Nation, many having removed into the
more remote western wilds and other hiding
places, to keep out of a war that they took
but little interest in on either side. The tribe
is also engaged in looking up and bringing
back these refugees to their friends and homes.
One of this company, by the name of Reese,
said he was once a scholar in the Missionary
School of Mr. Blunt, whom he intended to
visit, if he should be still living. When in
formed that his respected missionary friend
had been over two years dead, he seemed sad
at the disappointment of not meeting him
again in life, as lie had hoped, not having, till
then, heard of the death of this friend of his
youthful days.
When questioned about the condition of
their tribe in progress of civilization, they at
once laid aside their accustomed reserve and
sedateness, their chief speaker giving a glow
ing description of the advancement of their
people in the arts, sciences and general im
provements as far as their means would allow.
He w tnt on to say that they “ employed for
their schools and academies the best teachers j
that could • be protfurod from * he colleges of |
New England, and in education and general re- |
finement, believed that they were in advance !
of their white neighbors over in Arkansas—
that he had not seen a drunk man, belonging ;
to the Nation, in eight years, and though there !
was no law against the sale of intoxicating !
liquors, yet public opinion so discountenanced
the traffic that no one of means or respecta- j
bility can be found to engage iu the business,” j
and added, with particular emphasis, “ we are j
a nation of white men, and though our laws are j
few and simple, yet crime and vice are of rare |
occurrence in our midst. A sound, high-toned •
public sentiment is the restraining moral pow
er of the land, and is worth more than volumes
of written laws and penalties.”
We regret that their coming in our midst
had not been previously known, in order that
they could have received a public reception
befitting their character and humane mission.
From the Cairo (Ill ) Democrat.
Sergeant Bates.
WHAT HE FROrOSES TO DO AND HOW HE IXTEXDS
TO DO IT.
Sergeant Gilbert H. Bates, of Edgeworth,
Wisconsin, arrived in our city yesterday, en
route for Vicksburg, where he intends to start
upon a novel jour..ey.
The Sergeant was a soldier of the Union
army ; was one of the first to enter the service
and was one of the last to leave it. A Demo
crat fro’iu principle, he remained true to the
selected l-the^iViterests' oFthe" citizen an^on the side of { P art T during all the conflict and returned to
liberty and law. lus il0Uie ai * advocate of liberality m
DR. A. R. WELLBORN
J
JVtx*. JNT. JFL. HZEZEiSIE,
TENDERS his Professional services
to the citizens of Newnau and sur
rounding country.
His old friends and patrons will
find him in possession of modern ap
pliances for curing diseases and re-
i most accomplished workman. 1 invi*e all, lie ring pain.
herefore, to call, assuring them they can now i ^Office, during the day at the Drug Store
are their Boots and Shoes made in the most j of Dr. C. D. Smith and at night may be found
ashionablo stvle. All 1 ask .to convince, is a 1 at the residence of John Ray, Esq.
ur trial. ' ! January 4-tf.
{^“Repairing neatly and promptly done. j . T o vlTH
^Office on East side of Public Square, | Andrew j. smith.
Xewnan, Ga. [July 1'3-tf.j W. FLOYD.
W. B. W. DENT,
MAXUFACTCTEH OK ALL KINDS OK
TIN WARE,
AXD DRALSR IX
AH kinds of Country Produce taken in ex
change.
fesfriYill duplicate any Atlanta bill given to
merchants. [April 27-tfi
Vs. Allen Turner
SMITH & TURNER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
NEWNAN, GA.,
WILL pay the debts, iu a Court of Bank
ruptcy, of all who apply to them before the 1st
June,' 1S6S, and will practice in the Tallapoosa
and Coweta Circuits. [Nov. 9-tf.
CARRIAGES, ROCK
A W A IS, BUG GIFS
AN D PLANTATION
i Wag Ons.—The Manufactory of A. T.
I FINNEY, on Forsyth street. Atlanta, Ga.,
• daily turning out substantially finished and
! fashionable work, to which the attention of all
! wishing to purchase, is respectfully invited.—
j Several Pleasure Vehicles and a number ol
I Plantation Wagons are completed, and will be
I disposed of. at reasonable figures. Orders will
Now, sir, let me ask what is the purpose of
this bill ? It blots out, as I have said, the po
litical institutions of ten States of the Federal
Union; and why? For the simple purpose of
Africanizing them. Why Africanize them ?—
Because by that instrumentality you can Re-
publicanize them.
[Here the hammer fell.]
Mr. Peters obtained the floor.
Mr. Hubbard, of Connecticut. I hope that
I may have the privilege of publishing a sen
tence or two in conclusion of my remarks.
Mr. Bingham. I hope the gentleman will
be allowed to deliver them.
Mr. Peters. I have no objection.
Mr. Garfield. I ask that by unanimous con
sent the gentleman from Connecticut be allow
ed to proceed.
No objection was made.
Mr. Hubbard, of Connecticut—For what pur
pose. I enquire again, is this bill to be piissed ?
For what purpose is the writ of habeas corpus
abolished in the South ? For what purpose is
civil law destroyed ? For what purpose are
the treat- ■
rnent of the unfortunate people of the South, j
As a matter of course, he became a target at j
which all the Radicals in his neighborhood j
aimed their abuse. He was villified and per- j
secuted, by men who had talked war but never j
shouldered a musket.
In a controversy with a party of Radicals, !
who maintained that the Southern people were j
outlaws, who did not hesitate to take the life
of any man, white or black, suspected of Union- !
ish}, the Sergeant denounced the assertion as j
a falsehood, and declared that he an ex-sol- !
dier of the Union army, could march through !
the South with the Union flag exposed, with- ;
out a cent in his pocket, and not only escape
A correspondent writes ns from Waterloo,
Iowa, asking if we know of one Edgar Burn
ham. and of his history.
We do, ami as it is a strange, true one, known
to hundreds, wc give it in the Democrat, as it
is, that we may correct some errors tl ose who
speak of him have fallen into. Eight years
since when we were engaged as city editor of a
Milwaukee paper, there lived in this State
an editor named Powell, now connected with
a Chicago paper, we think. lie is unless he
has quit it lately.
In 1802, Powell was married to a Miss Ellen
Burnham, of Brodhead, Wisconsin, after a
courtship of some months. Miss Burnham’s
parents were old residents of Brodhead, and j
of high respectability. The daughter taught;
music, had a large number of pupils, and was j
very attractive. Powell lived with her as j
husband for two years, she being all that time !
a good wife in rll respects, presenting him ;
with but one child. At the expiration of two j
rears, Mrs. Powell's voice changed, she grew j
light whiskers, and gradually changed her sex, !
developing into a man, in all respects, as if
nature, anxious for a freak, had turned a por
tion of herself wrong side out!
The husband and wife separated when the
wife became a man, and Mrs. Ellen Powell
took the name of Edgar Burnham, donned
male attire, sought and obtained employment
as a clerk in Chicago, and lived a single young
man fer one year.
During this time he fell in love with a niece
of Senator Morgan, of New York, but did not.
marry her for reasons not pertinent to this
article. But about the end of the year he did
marry a young lady of Brodhead, Wis. -a Mis§
Gerta Everett, who was a music pupil of liis
when he was Miss Ellen Burnham, over three
years previous to the marriage, which was
bout two years ago. S*>on after this marriage
“Edgar” Burnham and wife removed to Water
loo, Iowa, where they reside, or did not long
since.
The former girl is now a man—the former
wife is now a husband—the lormer mother is
now a father—the former young lady teacher
of a young lady is now that young lady’s hus
band I Truth is indeed stranger than fiction,
and the above simple statement of facts bor
ders so upon the marvellous wc could not be
lieve it did we not personally know nearly all
the parties.
Any one can be convinced by writing to j
parties in either of the places we have named, j
of the full and entire truth of this most won- |
derful transformation, which puzzles not only
the medical but the entire scientific world,
and which fact appears now for the first time
in print, though the particulars have been long
known to us and to many other newspaper
men and prominent citizens of Brodhead,
where the parties so long resided.
\_LaCrosrt Democrat.
If the applicant has only so much property
as is above enumerated, of course lie has noth
ing to give up to his creditors.
The result of the benefit of taking this law
is a discharge from all his indebtedness. In
cases where there is no contest, it requires
from sixty to ninety days to procure this dis
charge.
This law went into operation on the second
day of March, 1807, and persons who propose
to avail themselves of its advantages should
do so as soon as possible, as they cannot do so
after one year from its commencement, unless
they can pay fifty cents on the dollar of their
indebtedness, or get the consent of a majority
iu number and value of their creditors.
From the Oincinatti Commercial, [Rail.]
The Great Reaction.
NOT ONE INTELLIGENT KEPI ULICAX IX A DOZEN F.N-
DORSKS TUB PEES ENT COURSE OF CONGRESS.
Yast as the power Vested in Congress is, it
may p;iss away between the rising and the
setting <>f the sun from the party that wields it.
A breath can unmake it as a breath h.is made,
and there is no power in Congress to fix upon
the country the policy of any party caucus.—
Congress is giving too much attention to the
Month. The battle-ground of the next Presi
dential campaign is the North, and Congress
is abandoning it for an untenable position in
the South.
The Democracy have already the enormous
advantage of irresponsibility. This always be
longs to the opposition, and tends to produce
changes and overthrow Administrations. In
! addition to this they have the sympathy of the
j President, and it is believed, of a majority
I of; the Supreme Court. Now when it is con
j sidered that the overhearing power that the
| caucus that controls Congress iias in command-
! ing a two thirds vote in both branches of that
body is only retained by the exclusion of the
the representatives of tliu States disordered by
rebellion, it becomes pretty evident,, we should
say, that the Republicans in Congress should
take the best cave of their strength in the
Northern States. This suggestion becomes
still more impressive when we consider that
negro suffrage, which is the corner stone of
Congressional reconstruction, as negro slavery
was the corner stone of the Southern Confed
eracy. was voted down in Ohio by fifty thou
sand majority iu October last, and that the
Democracy have carried the State of Penn
sylvania, New Jersey, Connecticut and New
York, the latter by fifty thousand majority.—
Are gentlemen of the Republican party in Con
gress pursuing the course that will re establish
the party iu power in New York ? The present
Congressional policy of failing to impeach An
drew Johnson, and then persisting in fighting
him and suffering the great interests of the
country to go without first attention, is imbe
cile. The passion and fury displayed iu it is all
foolishness. Not one intelligent Republican in a
dozen indorses the present course of Congress.
There is almost universal deprecation of it.
and apprehension about it. If these facts can
l»e got into Congress without a surgical opera
tion, it will be well. Great confidence is ex
pressed that the Democratic partisans will coin-
indiscretions sufficient to balance those of
Congress. We should not, however, depend
upon their indiscretion altogether. 'They have
not the opportunity to make capital against
themselves that the majority in Congress has.
We object to the immediate return of the
Democratic party to power. Therefore we ob
ject to the headlong partisan ism and extreme
exertions of disputed authority that are dis
tinguishing the action of Congress.
SCHEDULE OF THE A. & W. P. E. R,
L. F. GRANT, Superintendent.
Leave Atlanta - - -
- - - 7 00 A. M.
Arrive at Newnan -
9*20 “
Arrive at West Point
- - - 12“ AT M»
L ave West Point - -
- - - 12 P 5T
Arrive at Newnan- -
- - - 320 “
Arrive at Atlanta - —
- - - 5-30 “
Wisdom in Small Lots.
BY JOEL BLANE.
A Good Sell.—The New York Tribune give?
the following account of a gcod thing receutly
got off in Williamsburg:
In a gambling-hell on Grand street, a num
ber of dumb-bells graced the corner of the
apartment wlieie at 2 p. m. chowder lunch
was in progress. Many of the lunehers exer
cised with the 23 and o0 pound bells, but the
100 pound bell defied all, until an unpolished
bodily harm but receive hospitable treatment: countryman, unob.-erved hitherto, lifted it with
from the Southern people, upon whom igno» ease, held it at arm’s-length, and returned to
i rant radicalism was heaping so much unmeri- j his chowder as though nothing had happened,
ted abuse, A purse-heavy Radical offered to
Saddlery and Harness
FT K/J r> A Dill ftA * be promptly tilled and are respectfully solicited.
_ _ ^ ^ 1 | Charges moderate and ;il] work warranted.
Manufactory and Warerooms on Forsyth-st.
Atlanta, Ga.. nearly opposite the Opera Hall.
April ti-l2m.
CLARK, JONES A CO.,
COTTON FACTORS
General Commission Merchants,
No. 1, Stodtlard’s Loicer Range-)
Bay Street* Savannah* Georgia.
6^“ Liberal* advances made on Consign-
G. C. ROGERS,
w '‘f below Moore A Marsh,
opposite l. States and American Hotels, J
Decatar-St Atlanta, Ga.,
Has ou hand the largest and finest stock of
'-ADDLES of any house in the State. Also
AKl'lAGE and BULGY HARNESS, HARD
WARE for eveything in his line, tor the supply
*t Saddlers and Harness-Makers, including a
f*uer stock and better variety of BUCKLES ev
er brought to Atlanta.
Trices more reasonable and Stock more com-
i'T-tv than any in the city of Atlanta.
HTCarriages, and Buggies of the most up-
Proved style and finish on hand, and, made to i menu?
bet a certain amount that he w ould be k*Iled
if he undertook the journey, and in the event
Gf the Sergeant’s death agreed to pay the sum
to the “fool-hardy young man's family,”
The banter was accepted by the Sergeant,
eight millions of people made over to the rule an j p e jj now en route tor Yicksburg to begin
of the sword and the bayonet? For what put- J the j ournPV . He will travel from Yicksbur-
pose is martial law to be made supreme over ; la Jackson: thence to Montgomery, Alabama;
ten ot the States of tin.- Union Tor the sim- j j^ence to Milledgevillc, Georgia; thence to
pie purpose, Itaswer again, eff overwhelming j Columbi SouUl Carolina; thence to TUirngh, betting party, at once tool
the white race of tne South and the rising re- ■ y ,jj Carolina; thence to Richmond; and $200 being handed over to
action movement in the North m a black , ^uiugton. at which place he is to
of nesrro barbarism and ignorance, it the i . , f ,, . ‘ T i
friends of the bill were put upon the inquisi- i ^ or be ^ re the toarth of J , ut - V lo
tion of the confessional they would be obliged j The Sergeant n> a poor man described as
to admit it. To aecotnpliish this end. the bill | <*f™ d of conceit, and perfectly honorable in
is to be hurried through, with a latitude of j his conduct. Letters have been received by
debate however highlv honorable. I admit, to from prominent gentlemen living in the
the gentleman who reported it: but. never- j cities cn his march, inviting him to be their
theless. the bill is to be hurried through. Oth- j guest when, he passes through, and tendering
«-r legiriation must irive way. lhe work is to ; him a guard of honor.
be done in season for the coming Presidential i At Yicksburg much interest is felt in the
election I exploit, and hergeant Rates- will be the recipi-
^ I beg leave to say, In conclusion. Mr- Speak- j enl of fcrors there at the hands of ladies and
er. that this is a scheme which can never pre- f others. The Southern papers, m noticing the
States will matter, assert that it will do more to develop
Sum men are grate by chance, but I
know a darned site uv em that are mean
from choise.
A rale strictly konseenabus honest man
wont bet —unless he’s got a sure thing.
I don't know what a rat terrier dog
wuz made for, hut the Lord didn t make
him in vain. I wouldn t be vain myself
about making such a dog as them.
I hev always thot that ef the kollery
could he managed with discreshion it
might prove a publiek blessin.
A wise man don’t want to go to Kon-
gre-s; and mity few of em do it.
I know some raleroad conductors that
aint as honest as Judus Iskarriot waz;
but I reckon the rest uv em iz.
About all the difference I can see in
kourts iz that the biggest kourt has the
last guess.
I know sum uv the best kind of men
that never had an office.
When you meet a virtuous man, order
his life size photograf. You can carry all
At this exciting stage, a party of three entered,
who, in turn, were attracted by the the irre
sistible bells, and in vain attempted to raise
the 100 pounder. Tiieir inability proved the
occasion for one of them making a bet that no
one present could perform the feat.
Two exquisitely-accoutred young men, who
shall be named Algernon Sold and D«Conrsey (
Doncfor, and who had seen the conntr*. man’s i
performance, previous to the entrance of the j
up the bet, the
the bar-tender.— ! jyji’Jl get in a pocket album,
file countryman was then found, and requested ; j w jJ{ never patronize a lottery as long
to repeat hts performance, lie obhgtngtv spat 1 T .. 1 , i , ?
upon his muscular Christian right hand j he j as I 0an hire anybody else to rob me at
grasped the 100 pounder; he raised it six! reasonable wages.
inches from the ground and let it fall! '* Young man before you try to be a ras-
“ What! can’t you raise it?” faltered Sold. | ea J hadn’t you as well See if you wouldent
* n5wered the countryman, ma ke a better fool ?
whined Donefor ! isome men that do a great deal or bizx-
“ My; but ’a can't do it noo,” said the rustic, j ness in their liue, I notice, doagreat deal
and walked off with his hands in his pocket.- J of lien in. their biiiness
The two friends disappeared almost as ex- j
pediiiously, the $200 was handed over to the J but r jj bet ou toar dollars that YOU
winning party, and ten minutes thereafter the; , v ’ ,. -f. , ^ .
Heath, hell and the grave you may es-
vail. The assassination ot ten suites win AT**. “““ «** ‘“''i hev to bi Your wi*e a new bonnet ef she
lK-vcr v trammel up the consequence.” The j the love for the stars and stripes which now countryman had his share of the money. ; nev lO Dl J jur L a Dtw uounet ei see
judgment of this people are just; their instincts j lies dormant in the hearts of the people,, than j ♦ - — ~ •
are generous. They love liberty ; they hate would an army of men. or a peace conference, j - tT is 5ameth ing, but not evervthing c
oppresrion. They revereAbe Constitution, and ■ ,hft ,4!S hw " ff '
whoever shall attempt in this way to upturn
wants it.
I knowed when all them fellers in Ohio
^ trier at prices as favorable as can be obtained
u acw Y'ork.
[^“Flease give me a call
Money deposited with Major G. M. Han-
r . M , V Y V to pay the tax, on all Cotton shipped to us.
[sept. 3i-J2ml September ?-6m x '
the deep foundations of the organic law of the
land and turn us. over to negro dominion, con
gressional despotism and martial law, will be
ground to powder between die upper and the
nether mill stones of popular indignation. If
at the beginning of die war, the purposes now
apparent had been avowed, if the programme
now written down in this House had. been dis
closed to the people, a corporal's guard could
not have been mustered to the ranks of your
armies- Those grand levies of the people wfc/o
and they scorn the-idea of his being defence, ■ Th e big^t dumps we ever pot erw on were the ! New York Was running for office,
e»s, t e ag e carries being a protec- j j ou< j est on di^nitv. Dignity is dreadful when ; that there wouldn’t more’en half of em
uon than a regiment of men would be. u st „ odH on I^; n i, T . Your lady who pride *
SmcetU above was written sergeant Bates hersc]f Qn ^at dignity is generally noth-
has left Yicksburg on his journey.
ing but chaff and shed—Ahere is no heart,!
conscience, or womanliness about her. Y'our
get elected.
Non6 hut the brave deserve the fair,
and none but the brave can live with
The “ scalaways” don't like to be called; gentleman who does the same thing is a big i some of em.
If they don’t like It why don't} old muff—a creature of bulk without sub-j It is my opinion that a man OUghtent
Z u scalawags ?” Neither does ! ' ■"**
scalawags.”
they quit being
a negto. now-a-days, like to be called a negro,
yet he if a negro “for a’ that,”
Grange Rri-orter.
stance, or pretence without basis. Dignity is ^ have nary confidant. People can cum
j well enough as a grace and accomplishment, j - fi n din OUt JOUr biziness by
* but when men and women petrify into tt, it is I J
tea times worse than, np dignity t& aiL. ,P ur< ^
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
E. W. GOLE, Superintendent.
DAY PASSEXHER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 3.15 A. M
Arrive at Auirusta S.Ot) F.
Leave Augusta V..30 A; M.
Arrive at Atlanta 6.00 P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 6.20 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta 8.15 A. M.
Leave Augusta 8.00 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 5.00 A. X
IN STORE
AND TO
1RRIVE,
f.
10,000 U>s. clear Bacon Sides;
5,000 lbs. Bulk Sides y
2,000 lbs. Lard;
300 sacks Virginia Salt;
100 “ Liverpool “
20,000 n >s. best Family Floor;
2,000 lbs. best Hemlock Sole Leather;
1,000 lbs. Smoking Tobacco, all Brands
1,000 lbs. Maccoboy Snuff;
15 boxes fine Chewing Tobacco;
50 boxes Cheese;
25 bbls. A B C Sugar ;
6 bags best Ilio Coffee;
10 bids, fine Syrup;
10 “ Molasses;
1,000 lbs. Rice;
5,000 lbs. Castings;
40 kegs Nails.
I also have a complete Stock of everything
kept in a First Class FAMILY GROCERY,
which will he sold out at a very small profit at
rnv old stand on Bay Street.
Dec. 21-tf. P. A. POWERS.
F. PHIIVIZY & CO.,
Cotton Factors
AUGUSTA, GA.,
Will continue the Cotton Business in all its
branches at their New Fire Proof Ware~Hbua»
on Jackson Street.
BAGGING, ROPE, &c.,
Furnished at lowest market price.
fisgyT'beral Cash advances also made.
FERDINAND PH1NIZV
C. It. PHiNIZY,
J. M. m:UDELL.
'1
[September 14-tf.
POWELL & STALLINGS,
Attorneys at Xj a w
NEWNAN, GA.,
W ILL practice in the several Courts of Law
and Equity in the Tallapoosa and Cow
eta Circuits, and in the United States District
Court for the State of Georgia.
Special attention t;iven to the compromising
and collecting of Old Clf\im3, and Administra
tion, Conveyancing, kc.
All business entrusted to them will reeeive
prompt and faithful attention.
JOHN W. POWELL, J. E. STALLINGS,
Newnan, Ga. Senoia,Ga.
March 9-12m.
COOK & JONES,
Grocers, Commission Merchant®
AND AGENTS FOR THE
PIEDMONT REAL ESTATE
lYSlRlYCE COMPANY,
Authorized Capital of $1,000,000.
—ALSO FOR—
JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY,
Chartered Capital $1,300,000.
jgsgiy-Office on LaGrange street, near Doughs
erty's Hotel, Newnan, Ga. [July 6-tf.
F. COREA,
COKFSCTIOBEBS
FANCY GROCERIES,
Whitehall Str., West Sidej
(A few doors from Alabama .Street,
ATLANTA, GA..
WINES, BRANDIES,
LIQUORS, CORDIALS,
TEA, SUGARS, COFFEE,
CANDIES, PRESERVES,
CRACKERS, BUTTER,
CHEESE, HAMS,
BEEF, BICE, &c.,
FRUITS, NUTS, CURRANTS, RAISINS, PIPES;.
SEGARS, SNUFF, &c.
£fy“Country Merchants supplied at N. York
prices. [Nov. 2-3m.
WARE-HOUSE
—AND
COMMISSION BUSINESS.
H AYING changed my location, and taken
charge of
W. B. Berry’s Fire-Proof Ware-House,.
I will give my personal attention to bnsine33
at that House, the ensuing season. Thi3-
Ware-House is disconnected with any other
building, ajid is, therefore,, secure 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 the sale of
anv Cotton entrusted to my care. Charges
moderate. HUGH BREWSTER.
August 3-tf.
Tp WO months after date application will be
X made to the Court of Ordinary of Heard
county for leave to sell all the real estate be
longing to Robert Boggus, late of said county v .
deceased, R, EL ROGGUS, Exec’r*.
December 14-2p)