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PUBLISHED WEEKLY EVERT SATURDAY BY
j c WOOTTRJf, J- A. WELCH.
WOOTTEN & WELCH,
Pr opr ietors.
THE NEWNAN HERALD.
j. c. WOOTTEN, Editor.
SPRING GOODS!
SPRING GOODS!
-iVa are now receiving every dny by Express,
I%EW SPRING GOODS,
Consisting of
Prints,
Dress Goods,
Clothing,
Boots &, Shoes,
And many other articles too tedious to mention.
We invite our friends and the public gener
ally to give us a call. No trouble to show
goods. Wc buy our goods for Cash, and sell
them as cheap as any house this side of New
Nork. [March 14-tf.] JOE WIELL.
DR. O. D. SMITH
I ~) KTURNS thanks to a generous public for
Yi their liberal patronage, and will con
tinue the practice ol his Profession. Partic-
uliir attention given to Obstetrics and the Dis
cuses of Women and Children. Motto, “Live
and let live.” May be found at his Drug Store
in the day, and at his residence near the depot
at night. [February 29-tf.
UAKLIiWrOft’S PA THAT
Cotton Seed Planter.
Coweta County, March 18th, 1808.
We, the undersigned, havo to-day witnessed
till the farm of Joseph Amis, Esq., of this
county, the trial of a Cotton Seed Planter,
Darlington's Patent, which we have no liesi-
tnney iu recommending as the very best thing
of the kind that wo have seen. The ground
on which it was tried was very rough, yet it
performed the work iu as perfect a manner as
could be. desired. It opens the fu* row, drops
the seed and covers, all in the same operation ;
andean he adjusted in a few seconds of time
so as to sow any desired quantity of guano,
cotton seed, peas or wheat per acre. Where as
much as thirty or forty acres are to be planted
in cotton, the amount of seed saved by this
dropper would no doubt pay the cost of the
machine.
We, therefore, take great pleasure in recom
mending it as a money, as well as labor-saving
machine.
I?/"Mr. Amis lias the right for this county.
O. J. HARRIS,
March 21-St. J. It. TOLBERT.
BOOTS, SHOES
LE ATHER!
NEW STOREi—NEW GOODS!
Extra Inducements to Buyers at Whole
sale and Retail!
Peachtree Str., Markham's Buildings,
(Opposite Cox & Hill,)
ATLANTA, GEORGIA,
Nov. 30-tf. GEORGE W. PRICE.
(tille Jtonan JjoA
VOL. III.] NEWMAN", G-EOEtG-IA, SATURD AY, M^VEtCH 28,1S68. [NO 29.
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(Fifty numbers complete the Volume.)
qood news: good news:
S. P. THURMAN. J. W. SPENCE.
S. P. TBIRMAN & CO.,
Manufaoturefs
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS
Candies and Confectionaries,
Greenville Str., Newnan, Ga.
PROPOSED CONTSITUTION
FOR THE
STATE OF GEORGIA,
AS ADOPTED BY THE
NEGRO RADICAL CONVENTION.
We are manufacturing and receiving our
FALL k WINTER STOCK
OF
Candies, Pickles,
Nuts, 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
a* cheap as they can purchase the same article
ih any Southern market. Determined to ex
tend our wholesale business, wc 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 he understands his business,
and has no superior as a manufacturer in the
Southern States.
The attention of the ladies particularly and
the citizens generally is called to the fact that
we keep constantly on hand a supply of
We know we can please you. Me say what
we mean and mean what we say.
October l9-6m.
Southern Branch
-OF THE-
NATIONAL STOVE WORKS,
TSTEWX7" YOKE. ■
F. M. RICHARDSON.
L. Y. SANFORD
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.
HOOTS Ai\D SHOES.
I WOULD respectfully an
nounce to the citizens of
Newnan and vicinity that I have
secured the services of
Mr. JXT. R. REESE,
a most accomplished workman. 1 invite 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, is a
fair trial.
Iteg^Repairing neatly and promptly done.
fej^Office on East side of Public Square,
Newnan, Qq, [July 13-tf.] W. FLOYD.
G. H. & A. W. FORCE
WHOLESALE DEALERS IN
BOOTS & SHOES.
WH1TEALL STREET,
ATLANTA - GEORGIA.
Keep on hand the largest and l>est selected
stock in Atlanta, and will sell to Country
merchants at New York prices with freight ad
ded. Nov. 30,1867-ly.
Preamble to the Constitution.
We, the people of the SLte of Georgia, in
order to form a permanent Government, estab
lish Justice, insure Domestic Tranquility, and
secure the blessings of Liberty to ourselves
and our posterity, acknowledging and invoking
the guidance of Almighty God, the Author of
ail good Government, do ordain and establish
this Constitution for the State of Georgia.
ARTICLE I.
DECLARATION' OF FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES.
Sec. 1. Protection to person and property is
the paramount duty of Government, and shall
be impartial and complete.
Sec. 2. All persons born, or naturalized, in
the United States, and resident in this State
are hereby declared citizen? of this State, and
no law shall be made or enforced which shall
abridge the privileges or immunities of citi
zens of the United States, or of this State, or
deny to any persons within its jurisdiction the
equal protection of its laws. And it shall be
the duty of the General Assembly, by appro
priate legislation, to protect every person in
the due enjoyment- of the rights, privileges
and immunities guaranteed in this section.
Sec. 3. No person shall be deprived of life,
liberty or property except by due process of
law.
Sec. 4. There shall be within the State of
Georgia neither slavery nor involuntary servi
tude, save as a punishment for crime, after
legal conviction thereof.
Sec. 5. The right of the people to appeal to
the Courts, to petition Government on ali mat
ters, and peaceably to assemble for the consid
eration of any matter shall never be impaired
Sec. 6. Perfect freedom of religious senti
ment shall be and the same is hereby secured,
and no inhabitant of this State shall ever he
molested in person or property, or prohibited
from holding any public office or trust on ac
count of his religions opinion ; but the liberty*
of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so
ccnstrued as to excuse acts of licentiousness,
or justify practices inconsistent with the peace
or safety of the people.
Sec. 7. Every person charged with an offense
against the laws, shall have the privilege and
benefit of connsel; shall be furnished, on de
mand, with a copy of the accusation and a list
of the witnesses on whose testimony the
charge against him is founded; shall have
compulsory process to obtain the attendance
of his own witnesses; shall he confronted
with the witnesses testifying against him, and
shall have a public and speedy trial by an im
partial jury.
Sec. 8. No person shall be put in jeopardy
of life or liberty more than once for the same
offense, save on his or her motion for a new
trial, after conviction, or in case of mistrial.
Sec. 9. Freedom of speech and freedom of
the press are inherent elements of political
liberty. But while every citizen may freely
speak or write or print on any subject, he shall
he responsible for the abuse of the liberty. .
Sec. 10. The right of the people to be se
cure in their persons, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable searches and seizures
shall not be violated, and no warrant shall
issue but upon probable cause, supported by
oath or affirmation, particularly describing the
place, or places, to be scarcbeQ, and the per
sons or things to be seized.
Sec. 11. The social status of the citizen
shall never be the subject of legislation.
Sec. 12. No person shall be molested for his
opinions, or be subject to any civil or political
incapacity, or acquire any civil or political
advantage in consequence of such opinions.
Sec. 13. The writ of habeas corpus shall not
be suspended unless, in case of rebellion or
invasion, the public safety may require it.
Sec. 14. A well regulated Militia being ne
cessary to the security of a free people, the
right of the people to keep and bear arms
shall not be infringed ; but the General As
sembly shall have power to prescribe by law
the manner in which arms may be borne.
States, are void, and the Judiciary shall so
declare them.
Sec. 33. The State of Georgia shall ever
remain a member of tbe American Union : the
People thereof are a part of the American
Nation; every citizen thereof owes paramount
allegiance to the Constitution and Government
of the United States, and no law or ordinance
of this State, in contravention or subversion
thereof, shall ever have any binding force.
ART. II.—FRANCHISE AND ELECTIONS.
Sec 1. In all elections by the people, the
electors shall vote by ballot.
Sec. 2. Every male person born in the Uni
ted States, and every male person who has
been naturalized, or wl o has legally declared
his intention to become a citizen of the United
States, twenty-one years old, or upward, who
shall have resided in this State six months
next preceding the election, and shall have re
sided thirty days iu the county in which he
offers to vote, and shall have paid all taxes
which may have been required of him, and
of which he may hflvc had an opportunity of
paying agreeably to taw-, for the year next
preceding the election, except ns hereinafter
provided, shall be deemed an elector; and
every male citizen of the United States, of the
age aforesaid, except as hereinafter provided,
who may be a resident of the Slate at the time
17th District of Bulloch, Screven, Burke. ; nays, and the yeas and nays shall be recorded
18th Dist. of Richmond. Glascock, Jefferson. ( on the Journal.
19fh Dist. of Tiliaferro, Warren. Green. j 10. Every Senator or Representative, before
20th Dist. of Baldwin, Hancock. Washington. 1 taking his seat, shall take an oath, or affirma-
21?i Dist. of Twiggs, Wilkinson, Jones. j tion., to support the Constitution of the United
22d Dist. of Bibb. Monroe, Pikf. States and of this State ; that he has not prac-
23d Dist. of Houston, Crawford, Taylor. ticcd nny unlawful means, directly or iudi
24th Dist. of Marion, Chattahoochee, Mus- rectiy, to procure his election, and that he ba3
cogee.
25th Di3t. of Harris. Union, Talbot.
26tb Dist. of Spalding, Butts, Fayette.
27th Dist. of Newton, Walton. Clarke.
28th Dist. of Jasper, Patman, Morgan.
29th Dist. of Wilkes, Lincoln, Columbia.
30th Dist. of Oglethorpe. Madison, Elbert.
31st Dist. of Hart, Franklin, Habersham.
32d Dist. of White, Lumpkin, Dawson.
33d Dist. of Hall. Banks, Jackson.
34th Dist. of Gwinnett, DeKalb. Henry.
3uth Dist. of Clayton, Futon, Cobh.
36tb Dist. of Meriwether, Coweta, Campbell.
37tb Dist. of Tronp, Heard, Carroll.
38th Dist. of Haralson, Polk, Paulding.
39th Dist. of Cherokee. Milton. Forsyth.
■40th Dist. of Union, Towns, Rabun.
4lst Dist. of Fannin, Gilmer. Pickens.
42d Dist. of Bartow, Floyd, Chattooga.
43d Dist. of Murray, Whitfield, Gordon.
44tli Dist. of Walker, Dade Catoosa.
If a new county be established it shall be
added to a District which it adjoins, and from
of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be w ],u.jj die larger portion of its territory is ta
deemed an elector, as aforesaid; Provided, j jj Pn> The Senatorial Districts may be changed
That no soldier, sailor, or marine in the mili- J j (J . t i, e General Assembly, but only at the first
not given, or offered, or promised, to any per
son, any money, treat, or thing of value, with
intent to effect any vote, or to prevent any
person voting at the election at which he was
elected.
section v.
1. The General Assembly shall have power
to make all laws and ordinances, consistent
with this Constitution, and not repugnant to
the Constitution of the United States, which
they shall deem necessary and proper for the
welfare of the State.
2. The General Assembly may alter the
| boundaries of, or lay off and establish new
| counties, or abolish counties, attaching the
| territory thereof to contiguous couaties, but
! no new county shall be established but by a
j vote of two-thirds of each House: nor shall
j any county be abolished except by a vote of
two-thirds of each House, and after the quali-
! fled voters of the county shall, at an election
. held for the purpose, so decide.
SECTION VI.
1. No money shall be drawn from the Treas
ury except by appropriation made by law, and
W. B. W. DENT,
MANUFACTUTER OF ALL KINDS OF
TIN WARE,
AND DEALER IN
rinds of Country Produce taken in ex
change.
^“Will duplicate any Atlanta bill given to
•hunts. [April 27-tf.
Saddlery and Harness
EMPORIUM.
G. C. ROGERS,
(2d door below Moore A Marsh,
opposite U. States and American Hotels,]
Decatur-St Atlanta, Ga.,
Has on hand the largest and finest stock of
8ADDLES of any house in the State. Also
CARRIAGE and.'BUGGY HARNESS, HARD
WARE for eveything in his line, for the supply
of Saddlers and Harness-Makers, including a
finer stock and better variety of BUCKLES ev
er brought to Atlanta.
Brices more reasonable and Stock more com
plete than any in the city of Atlanta.
ClfTlarriages and Buggies of the most ap
proved style and finish on hand, and made to
orderat prices as favorable as can be obtained
in New York.
tff’Pteasa give me a tall, [sept. 21-HUn
DR. A. R. WELLBORN
TENDFRS his Professional services
to the citizens of Newnan and sur
rounding country.
His old friends and patrons will
find him in possession of modern ap
pliances for curing diseases and re
lieving pain.
{^“Office, during the day, at the Drug Store
of Dr. C. D. Smith, and at night may be found
at the residence of Johu Ray, Esq.
January 4-tf.
Andrew J. Smith. W m. 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, 1808, and will practice in the Tallapoosa
and Coweta Circuits. [Nov. 9 tf.
be provided by law.
Sec.TO. Excessive bail shall not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and un
usual punishments inflicted, nor shall any per
son be abused in being arrested, whilst under
arrest, or in prison.
Sec. 17. The power of the Courts to punish
for contempt shall be limited by legislative
acts.
Sec. IS. There shall be no imprisonment for
debt.
Sec. 19. In all prosecutions or indictments
for libel, the truth may he given in evidence,
and the jury shall have the right to determine
the law and the facts.
Sec. 20. Private ways may be granted upon
refuse to take the following oath: 4, I do swear
that I have not given, or received, nor do 1
expect to give, or receive, an}' money, treat, or
other thing of value, by which ray vote, or any
vote is affected, or expected to be affected, at
this election, nor have I given, or promised
any reward, or made any threat, by which to
prevent any.person from voting at this elec
tion.”
Sec. 3. No person convicted of felony or
larceny before any court of this State, or of,
or in the United States, shall be eligible to
a regular statement and account of the receipt
tary or naval service of the United States, i S e S5 jon after the publication of the census by \ and expenditure of a!! public money shall be
shall acquire the rights of an elector by reason j t j ie pr n jted States Government, and their num- published from time to
of being stationed on duty in this State; and : t, cr c j, a |j not h e increased,
no person shall vote who. if challenged, shall j o. The Senators shall be citizens of the Uni
ted States, who have attained the age of
twenty-five years, and who, after the first elec
tion under this Constitution, shall have been
citizens of this State for two years, and for
one year resident of the District from which
elected.
3. The presiding officer of the Senate shall
be styled the President of the Senate, and shall
be elected, rica voce, from the Senators.
4. The Senate shall have the sole power to
try impeachments. When sitting for that pur
pose the members shall be on oath or aflirmn-
time, and, also, with
the laws passed at each session of the General
Assembly.
2. No vote, resolution, law, or order, shall
pass, granting a donation, or gratuity, in favor
of any person, except by the concurrence of
two-thirds of each branch of the General
“Assembly, nor, by any vote, to a sectarian cor
poration or association.
3. No law or section of the Code shall be
amended or repealed by mere reference to its
title or to the number of the section in the
Code, but the amending or repealing act shall
distinctly and fully describe the laW to' b’e
amended and repealed, as well ns the altera-
nnv office or appointment of honor or trust j t ; 00> a „d shall be presided over by one of the j tion to be in tde; but this clause shall he con-
i Judges of the Supreme Court,selected for that j strued as directory only to the General As-
purpose by a vie a voce vote of the Senate ; and j sembly.
no person shall be convicted without the con- j 4. No law shall he passed by which a citizen
currence of two-thirds of the members present shall be compelled against his consent, directly
—Judgments in cases of impeachments shall ! or indirectly, to become a stockholder in or
not extend further than removal from office j contribute to any railroad or work of public
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any j improvement, except in the case of the inhab-
offiee of honor, trust or profit within this State: : itants of a cor; orate town or city. In such
but the party convicted shall, nevertheless, be , cases the General Assembly may permit the
liable and subject to indictment, trial, judg-! corporate authority to take such stock, or make
ment and punishment according to law.
within this State, unless he shall have been
pardoned.
Sec. 4. No person who is the holder of any
public moneys shall be eligible to any office in
this State, until the same is accounted for and
paid into the Treasury.
Sec. 5. No person who, after the adoption of
this Constitution, being a resident of this
State, shall engage in a dud in this State, or
elsewhere, or shall seDti or accept a challenge,
or be aider or abettor to such duel, shall vote
or hold office in this State; and every such
person shall, also, be subject to such punish
ment as the law may prescribe.
Sec. 6. The General Assembly may provide,
from time to time, for the registration of all
electors, but the following classes of persons
shall not be allowed to register, vote, or hold
office; First—Those who shall have been con
victed of treason, embezzlement of public
funds, malfeasauce in office, crime punishable
by law with imprisonment in the Penitentiary,
or bribery. Second—Idiots or insane persons.
Sec. 7. Electors shall, in all cases except
treason, felony or breach of the peace, be priv
ileged from arrest for five days before an elec
tion, during the election, and two days subse
quent thereto.
Sec. 8 The sale of intoxicating liquors on
days of election is prohibited.
Sec. 9. Retnrns of election for all civil offi
cers elected by the people, who are to be com
missioned by the Governor, and, also, for the
members of the GeneraJ Assembly, shall be
made to the Secretary ofi State, unless other
wise provided by law.
Sec. 10. The General Assembly shall enact
laws giving adequate protection to electors
before, during and subsequent to elections.
See. 11. The election of Governor, members
of Congress, and of the General Assembly,
after the year 1868, shall commence on the
Tuesday after the first Monday in November,
unless otherwise provided by law.
ART. III.—LEGISLATIVE.
SECTION I.
1. The Legislative Power shall be vested in
SECTION III.
1. The House of Representatives shall con
sist of one hundred and seventy-five Repre
sentatives, apportioned as follows:
To the six largest counties, to-wit: Chatham,
Richmond, Fulton, Bibb, Houston and Burke,
three Representatives; to the thirty-one next
largest, to-wit: Bartow, Columbia, Cobb, Cow
eta, Clarke, Decatur, Dougherty, Floyd, Gwin
nett, Green, Hancock, Harris, Jefferson, Lee,
Muscogee, Monroe, Meriwether, Morgan, Macon,
Newton, Oglethorpe, Pulaski, Randolph, Sura- |
ter, Stewart, Troup. Thomas, Talbot, Washing- j
ton, Wilkes and Warren, two Representatives j ^
each ; and to the remaining ninety-five couc- i
ties one representative each.
2. The above apportionment may be chang
ed by the General Asscmby, after each census
by the United States Government, but in no
event shall the aggregate number of Repre
sentatives be increased.
such contribution, or engage in such work,
after a majority of the qualified vo'ers of such
town or city, voting at an election held for the
purpose, shall have voted in favor of the same,
j but not otherwise.
5. The General Assembly shall have no
| power to grant corporate [towers and piivilc-
: ges to private companies, except to Banking,
i Insurance, Railroad, Canal, Navigation, Min
ing, Express, Lumber, Manufacturing and Tel
egraph Companies; nor to make, or change,
election precincts; nor to establish Bridges or
Ferries; nor to change names of legitimate
children ; but it shall prescribe, by law, the
manner in which such powers shall be exer
cised by the Courts. But no charter for any
shall be grrnted, or extended, and no
act passed authorizing the suspension of specie
payments by any bank, except by a vote of
two-thirds of the General Assembly. The
General Assembly shall pass no law making
the State a stockholder in any corporate com-
, ,, , . . . panv; nor shall the credit of the State be
, 3._The.lle,P r e 8en UU i re s shall be citizens of , * ' ^ or , d to ilid nnv company without
the Unite*btates whtrmrre attained ,he *£‘j a provision that fife whole pT^erty of the
Company shall be bound for the security of
the State, prior to any ether debt, or lien, ex
cept to laborers; nor to any company to which
there is not already an equal amount invested
by private persons; nor for any other object
of twenty-one years, and who, after the first
election under the Constitution, shall have
been citizens of this State for one year, and
for six month resident of the counties from
which elected.
4. The presiding officer of the House of a workof public imprest No pro-
vision in tins Constitution tor a two-thirds
vole of both Houses of the General Assembly,
shall be construed to waive the necessity of
a General Assembly, which shall consist of a
Senate and House of Representatives, and un- Representatives, but the Sennte may propose,
til otherwise directed, the members thereof, or concur iu amendments as in other bills
Representatives shall be styled the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and shall be
elected viva voce from the body.
5. The House of Representatives shall have ! J“ c gi aturc of the Governor, as in any other
the sole power to impeach all persons who:
shall have been or imiy be in office.
6. All bills for raising revenue, or appropria- j
ting money, shall originate in the House of 1
See. 15. The puuishment of all frauds shall after the first election, shall be elected, and
the return of the election made as now pre
scribed by law.
2. The members of the Senate shall be
elected for four years, except that the members j
elected at the first election from the twenty- !
two Senatorial Districts numbered in the Con- I
stitution with odd numbers, shall only hold j
their office for two years. The members of j
the House of Represen tares shall be elected |
for two years. The election for members of I
the General Assembly shall begin on Tuesday
after the first Monday in November of every
second year, except the first election, which j
shall be within sixty days after the adjourn- [
cases, except in the case of the two-thirds vote
required to override the veto.
ARTICLE IV.—EXECUTIVE.
SECTION I.
1. The Executive power shall be vested in a
Governor, who shall Sold bis office during the
section iv. | term of four years. and until such time as a
1. Each House shall be the judge of the ! succ< * ssor shall be chosen and qualified. He
election, returns and qualifications of its mem- i 5 [ ia |[ have a competent salary established by
bers, and shall have power to punish them for i ]., Wj which shall not be increased or dim nisb-
disorderly behavior, or misconduct, by censure, J rd (] ar j n g the period for which he shall have
fine, imprisonment, or expulsion ; but no mem- | hepn elected; nor shall he receive within that
bers shall be expelled, except by a vote ot | p er j of [ an y other emolument, from the State or
«. —• •- the United States, or either of them, or from
two-thirds of the House from which he is ex
pelled.
2. Each House may punish, by imprison
ment, not extending beyond the session, any
any foreign power.
2. After the first election, the Governor shall
be elected quadrennially, hv the persons q,ual-
person not a member, who shall he guilty of a : jf ied to vote f or members of the General As-
contempt, by auy disorderly behavior in its ! pen ,i > ij j on the Tuesday after the first Monday
presence, or who during the session, shall j j n November, until such time be altered by
threaten injury to the person or estate of any ! j aWj which election shall be held at the places
CARRIAGES, ROCK
\J A \V AYS, BUGGIES
2T AN D PLANTATION
WasoilS.-The Manufactory of A. T.
FINN FT, on Forsyth street. Atlanta, Ga., is
daily turning out substantially finished and
fashionable work, to which the attention of all
wishing to purchase, is respectfully invited.
Several Pleasure Vehicles and a number of
Plantation Wagons are completed, and will be
disposed of at reasonable figures. Orders will
be promptly filled and are respectfully solicited.
Charges moderate and all work warranted.
Manufactory apd Warerooms on Forsyth-st.
Atlanta, Ga., nearly opposite the Opera Hall.
April 6-12m.
COOK & JONES,
Grocers,, Commission Merchants
AND AGENTS FOR THE
PIEDMONT BEAL ESTATE
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Authorized Capital of $1,000,000.
—ALSO FOR—
JAMES RIVER INSURANCE COMPANY
Chartered Capital $1,509,000.
re on LaGrange street, near Dough
erty's Hotel, Newnan, Ga,
just compensation being paid by the applicant.
Sec. 21. All penalties shall be proportioned
to the nature of the offense.
Sec. 22. Whipping as a punisfiment for crime
is prohibited.
Sec. 23. No lottery hereafter shall he author
ized, or sale of lottery tickets allowed iu this
State, and adequate penalties for such sale
shall be provided by law.
Sec. 24. No conviction shall work corruption act business;
of Mood, and no conviction of treason shall . jonrn from day to day and compell the pres-
ment of this Convention; but the General, , ,
\«emblv mav bv law change the time of elec- ; raein l jer f° r anything said, or done, in either ; of holding general elections in the severa.
tion and' the members shall hold until their ! House, or who shall assault any member going , counties Q f this State, in tbe same manner as
succe«or= are elected and qualified j to ’ or burning therefrom, or who shall rescue ; ; 3 j. rescr jbed for the election of members of
2. The first meeting of the General Assem- j or attempt to rescue, any person arrested by j the General Assembly. The returns for every
bly shali be within ninety days after the ad- i ort l er either Hou*e. , election for Governor, after tbe first, shall he
inurnment, of this Convention, after which it 3. The members of both Houses shall be sealed tip by the Managers, seperately from
work a general forfeiture of estate longer than ] ence of its absent members, as each House
during the life of the person attainted.
Sec. 25. Treason against the State of Geor
gia shall consist in levying war against the
each House shall constitute a quorum to trans-j ceny, or breach of the peace: and no member j the Governor for the time being, who 3hall,
but a smaller number may ad-i shall be liable to answer in any other place for j without opening the said returns, cause the
” 1 anything spoken in debate in either House.
4. Each House shall keep a Journal of its
proceedings and publish it immediately after
its adjournment. The yeas and nays of ttie
may provide. No session of the General As
sembly, after the second under this Coustitu
State, or against the United States, or adher- unless prolonged by
ing to the enemies thereof and giving them aid
and comfort. And no person shall be con
victed of treason except on the testimony of
tion. shall continue longer than forty days, members on any question shall, at the desire
each branch thereof.
4. No person holding a military Commission,
or other appointment or office, having any
two witnesses to the same overt act, or on bis ! emolument or compensation annexed thereto,
own confession in open Coart. ! under this State or the Lnited fiitates, or either
Sec. 36.
tion, and
vote of two-thirds of j of one-fifth of the members present be entered
on the Journal. The original Journal shall be
preserved, after publication, in the office of tbe
Secretary of State, but there shall be no olbei
record thereof.
5. Every bill before it shall pa?3 shall he
Tiwc Rfinll We a crenerfll nnera- : of them > ex cept Justice of the Peace or officers j read three times and on three seper.ite days in ( c ^ . _ „ .
general law, affecting orivate K lhe ,10r an - T defauUer for public j eac h House, unless in cases of actual invasion | ofthis^tate ;buUf ^Pcrsonba e ^
same to be laid before the Senate, on the day
after the two Houses shall have been organ
ized ; and they shall be transmitted by the
Senate to the House of Representatives. The
members of each branch of the General As-
.-embiv shall convene in the Representative
Hall, and the President of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
op* n and publish the returns in the presence
of the General Assembly; and the person
having the majority of the whole number
given shall be declared duly elected Governor-
no general law, atlecting private
rights, shall be varied in any particular case
by special legislation, except with the free
consent, in writing, of all persons to be affected
thereby; and no person under legal disability
to contract is capable of such free consent.
Sec. 27. The power of taxation over the
whole State shall be exercised by the General
Assembly only to raise revenue for the sup-
shall have a seat in either house; nor shall
nny Senator or Representative, efier his quali- j j ect aia tter, or contains
fication as such, be elected by the General j what is expressed in the title thereof.
Assembly or appointed hv the Governor, either
with or without the advice and consent of the
Seuate, to any office or appointment, having
anv emolument annexed thereto, during the
! port of government, to pay the public debt, to j Hme for which he shall have been elected,
provide a genera! school fund, for common! A Tbe seat o. a member of either Louse
♦ r . . .. . i ^UaII Kn raoutan nn y>ktmnVt)I frftm tIIP Ilis.
prov
defense, and for public improvements, and tax
ation upon property shall be ad valorem only,
and uniform on all species of property taxed.
Sec. 28. The General Assembly may grant
j shall be vacated on his removal from the Dis-
trict from which he was elected.
SECTION U.
1. There shall be fortv-four Senatorial Dis-
, then from the two persons having tbe
nance pass which refers to more than one sub- j highest number of votes, who shall b«> in life,
matter different fiom j and shall not decline an election at the time
appointed for the Legislature to elect, ^be
6. All acts shall be signed by the President! Legislature shall immediately elect a Governor
ot the Senate and the Speaker of the House of j rica voce; and all cases of election of a Gov-
and no bill, ordinance or res- I ernor by the General Assembly, a majority of
ri.e effect of a law. ! the votes of the members present shall be
- - choice. Contested elections
have
the power of taxation to county authorities tricl3 in this State, composed, each, of three
and municipal corporations, to be exercised ' contiguous counties, from each of which Dis-
within their several territorial limits. ! triers one Senator shall be chosen, Until otb-
Scc. 29. No poll tax shall be levied except erwise arranged, as hereinafter provided, the
r educational purposes, and such tax shall . said Districts shall be constituted as follows:
for ...
not exceed one dollar annually on each poll
Sec. 30. Mechanics and laborers shall have:
liens upon the property of their employers for,
labor performed or material furnished, and the j
Legislature shall provide for the summary en-
forcement of the same. j
Sec. 31. The Legislative, Executive and Ju- \
dicial Departments shall be distinct; and each
Department shall be confided to a separate
board of Magistracy. No person, or collection
of persons, being of one Department, shall
exercise any power properly attached to either
of the others, except in cases herein expressly
provided.
Sec. 32. Legislative acts in violation of this
Constitution, or the Constitution of the United
1st District of Chatham, Bryant, Effingham.
2d District of Liberty, Tatuall, McIntosh.
3d District of Wayne, Pierce, Appling.
4th District of Glynn. Camden, Charlton,
oth District of Coffee, Ware, Clinch.
6th District of Echols, Lowndes, Berrien.
7th District of Brooks, Thomas, Colquitt.
Sth District of Decatur, Mitchell, Miller.
9th District of Early, Calhoun, Baker,
10th District of DoughertVj Lee, Worth,
11 tb District of Clay, Randolph, Terrell.
Representatives:
olation, intended to , ,
which shall have been rejected by either House, necessary tor , ft
..... , , • ,i „ - „ «ui| i,p detcmined bv both Houses of tbe Geu-
shall be attain nrooosed during the same ses- snail ue aeteriunicu
snail ue» 0 .u.i <=> , | , A^Arnblv in such manner as shall be
Sion, under the same, or any other titie, with- j era* - ---
oat the consent of two-thirds of the House bj !™Knhe' O „ b eli iblc t0 the oBce of
"t Ch N U.r u:,:.”' Sl^djoara for a,ore ! Go^eJ who she,, no, have been . cit^en of
than three days, nor to any other place, with- the l-tt«l States fl.tccc, rears and » ,»
out tbe consent of tbe other; and iu cose of I of tlmjState »l years, andI who shall not have
disagreement between the fvo Honse, on « j »=“.-■. the age o Jbjr-y ^„ atio „ or „ isa .
1 ! or
a. The officers of the two Houses, otherthan senate shall eaercise the Eie ,a ive pow,r of
the President and Speaker, shall be a Secre-, the Government until
urv of the Senate and Clerk of the House,, moved or a successor u elected and qualified.
J «n Aa*l-t-rt for each* a Jonmalizintr : And in case ot the death, resignation or disa-
c”erk*twr> E^uTOSsioTaod'twoEnrolUugClerks i bility of the President of the Senate the
! for'each Hous°c a:.d The number shall not be j Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
increased except by a vote of the House.— exercise tqa Executive powers of the Govern-
And their pay, as well a3 the pay and mileage n*ent until the removal oi t^he di^bility or^e
of tbe members shall he fixed by law.
9. Whenever the Constitution requires a
vote of two thirds of either or both Houses for
12th District of Stewart, Webster, Quitman, i the passing of an act or resolution, tlie ye^.s
13th District of Sumter, Schley. Macon. j and nays on the passage thereof shall be en- 1
14th District of Dooly, Wilcox, Pulaski. i tered or. the Journal, and all votes on confir-
15lli District of Montgomery, Telfair, Irwin. • raations, or refusal to confirm nominations to
16th District of Lanrecs, Johnson, Emanuel. 1 office by tbe Governor, shall be by yeas
and I
election and qualification of a Governor. The
General Assembly ehaii have power to provide
by law for filling unexpired t«rm3 by a special
election,
5. The Governor shall, before he enters on
the duties of bis office, take tbe following
oath or affirmation: “1 do solemnly swear (or
l‘- "ntinued on fourth page.)
Bates of Advertising.
Advertisements inserted at $1.50 per square
(often lines or space equivalent,) for first inser *
tion, and 75 cents for each subsequent in-
• sertion.
j Monthly or serai-monlbly advertisements
! inserted at the same rates as for new advertise
ments, each insertion.
Liberal arrangements will be made with
: those advertising by the quaiter or year.
Ali transient advertisments must be paid
for when handed in.
The money for aiirertiseing due after tb«
first insertion.
SCHEDULE OF THE A. & W. P. B. B,
L. F. GRANT, Superintendent.
Leave Atlanta - - -
- - - 7 00 A. M.
Arrive at Newnan -
- - - 9 20 “
Arrive at West Point
- - - 12 A. u.
Leave West Point - -
- - - 12 40 p m
Arrive at Newnan- -
- - - 3 20 “
Arrive at Atlanta - -
- - - 530 “
GEORGIA RAIL ROAD.
E. W. COLE, Superintendent.
DAY PASSENGER TUXIN.
Leave Atlanta.... 5.15 A. M
Arrive at Augusta 6.00 P, M
Leave Augusta 6.30 A. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 6.00 P. M.
NIGHT TASSENGER TRAIN.
Leave Atlanta 6.20 P. M.
Arrive at Augusta * 3.15 A. M.
Leave Augusta 8.00 P. M.
Arrive at Atlanta 6 00 A. M
IN' STORE
AND TO
ARRIVE
20,000 lbs. clear Bacofi Sides;
5,000 lbs. Bulk Sides
2,000 lbs. Lard;
300 sacks Virginia Salt;
100 “ Liverpool “
20,000 lbs. best Family Flour;
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. ABC Sugar ;
6 bags best Rio Coffee;
10 bbls. 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 be sold out at a very small profit at
my old stand on Bay Street.
Dec. 21 -tf*. P. A. POWERS.
NEW BOOT & SHOE SHOP,
Bay Street,
BOOTS and SHOES made and
repaired neatly Antie/uxrply. There
shall be no complaint of high
charges, f ry me and be convinced. Patron
age solicited. S. S. LOVELESS.
Newnan, January 4 3ru.
T- M. & II. C, CLARKE,
(Sign of. the Big Padlock,)
PEACHTREE STREET\ ATLANTA, GA.
IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN
ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
HARDWARE.
CONSISTING IN PART OF :
Locke, Hinges, Screws,
Carpenterb’ Tools,
PncKefe & Table Cutlery,
Guns, Rifles, Pistols,
Carriage Hardware,
Iron, iSteel and Nails,
Sheet and Hoop Iron,
Axes, Hoes, Chains,
Mill and X Cut Saws,
Bellows, Anvils, Vices,
Rubber Leather Belting, Axles, Springs,
Rubber Hemp Packing, Hubs, Rime, Spokes,
Grass,Cotton, Jute Rope,Heavy & Light Castings,
Steel Peacock Plows, Pig Tin,.Big Copper,
Corn Sheliers, Straw Slab and.Sheet Zinc.
Clatters,
All of which we will sell low for cash.
Agents for Fairbank’s Standard. Seales, and
for Knoxville Iron Works.
Nov. 30. 1867-Gm.
rLETCHER Leak.
WELLBORN SIMMONS.
GROCERS & PRODUCE DEALERS
Roark’s Corner,
(Near Wh.iteliall.)
ATLA3STTA, GkA*.
BULK MEATS,
MAGNOLIA HAMS,
PLAIN HAMS,
Rio CoSee, Java Coffee,
Sjrupn—Sugar House and White Drips,
Crushed Sugar, Extra “ C ” Sugar,
Yellow Coffee Sugar,
Lard iu Tierces and Kegs,
Rome Mills F. F. Flour,
Potatoes—Pink Eye, Prince Albert,
Early Goodrich Potatoes,
Mackerel, Candies,
And anything in the Grocery Line at very
Low Prices, at
LEAK & SIMMONS'.
Feb. 15. 1863-6m.