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the Quitman sanurr* T. K. nun Bdiior. QUITMAK, OEO. riIIDAY, MARCH 15, IBAT. o»pt James Si Moselcjr Is our •ntborirni <r<-D<'r»V Agent, to procure end receipt for •iiburriptiona and advertising lor the Quitrnan Banner. Vto Mr es tkc Peepte— flretlnr •( Ceter- Hn—Vlf»i *f Uttrsw irsUm. Tbe people of the South, of every de gree of social or p litical condition, can not but entertain most fearful f. rebodings for the future condition of our sorely op } rossed and suffering 1 country. A canopy n’erapreads the political heavens, envelop Ing oa in midnight darkness; and turn which way we may, not a solitary gleam ofhopc breaks upon the vision to cheer the heart or encourage the desponding. The adoption of the military bill over the masterly and eloquent protest of our hon ored President, banished forever the ling fng hope of patriots, that the blind fana ticism of our rulers would Ist dispelled, and reason be again permitted to guide the councils of American Legislation, and steer the ship of State free from the breakers upon which it was rushing with headlong fury. But nol the demon of fanaticism ruled supreme—the chart of civil liberty was cast to the waves, and the adoption of this odious bill proclaims in thunder tones, that Liberty is dethron ed and Despotism rules supreme. One of the worthy fathers of American Liberty, cast into the teeth of the haugh ty King George, of England, and incul cated in the hearts of the children of America, that "Hestitance to tyrants is obedience to God.."’ But, unfortunately for the South, she is powerless—bound hand and foot—and can make no resist ance to the unjust and tyranous yoke placed upon her shoulders. Under these circumstances her course of duty is plain. Let there be no demonstrations of hos tility to the powers that be; quietly sub mit to the decrees of the dictator; attend to home duties ami interests; raise provis ions for your starving Southern breth ren; «ry to relieve, as far as in your pow er, tfie suffering aud wants of your neighbors; and endeavor to make each others' lives as pleasant as possible, un der the rule of a despotism. Be not led astray by threats of confiscation, and the oily tangoed persuasive arguments of traitors, to acquiesce in the policy of your enemies. Give all such a wide berth. And if you will hold public meet ings, and pasa resolutions, let no word of (reason to your own suffering South, disgrace your deliberations, or sully the' fair names of men who have been in con dition to appreciate the benefits of a Re publican Government. Time, will rectify our wrongs : restore to ns our lost liberty, and recompense us for tlie loss of property. Until then, heed the counsels of the wise, the discreet, and the lionoi able. A majority ot the Governors of the Southern States will meet at Washing ton the present week, to consult with the authorities as to the proper co ;rso to pursue at this critical juncture. This is a wise movement, and will result in con cert of action aH to the beat policy to be pursued by all of the oppressed States. Governor Jenkins bus already taken bis departure, ami upon bis return will give wise and discreet counsel to the people of the Stats. The editor of the Augusta Chronicle un t bis Excellency at Augus ta, and says that lie counsels the people of the iitate to remain quiet and tirm un til further devclopeinonts arc made of the plans of the Radicals under the Sherman bill. He deprecates any undue excite ment, and counsels moderation, forbear ance and manly fortitude. He thinks that the whole South should he united in what ever action may he necessary to he tak en, and fears that precipitate action will not only divide our people but at the same time defeat the ends proposed to le accomplished. The questions involv ed in the enforcement of the Sherman hill should he submitted upon a proper case made, to the action and decision of the Supreme Court, and if that trihiyial should decide against the constitutional!' ty of the measure, he hopes and believes there is sufficient vitality left in the Gov ernment of the United States to enforce its decrees; hut if the Court should, con trary to his expectations, sustain the law, or the Government prove power less to enforce its judgment, if in our fa vor, be thinks it will he time enough to take into consideration the vai4ous plans suggeste I for making the best we can of the Sherman hill. Brown’s Gallery. We call spe.cial attention to the adver tisement, in to-day’s paper, of "Brown's old established Photograph and Ambro t pe Gallery,” located at 12 St. Julian Street, Market Square. Savannah, Geo. It is the largest and most elegant es tablishment, of the kind, in the city, and we recommend it to or friends in the interior. We have had considerable work done by Mr. Brown—always found him an affable gentleman, and do not think lie can be excelled us aii Artist, whilst his prices are very reasonable. The Savannah Republican. Judge Flemming sentenced Mr. John Hayes, editor of the Savaunah Republican to one hour Vt confinement ill Jail and S6OO dollars fine, for libel ol'Mr. S. Cohen, ad the Republican of the 11th inst., i ones to band with a brief editorial, dat e 1 "Editorial room, Chatham County Jail," etc. Perhaps this accounts for the failurt of the Republican to reach our office during last week. Is it so? Al ’hoiigh disagreeing wi li our cotempora ry political! , we always welcome his daily, as it is a tint cias* octet paper. Sere veil liuu.tc, Savaiiuiili. During a recent visit to Savannah, we stopped at this house, and were very agreeably surprised at the extent of the recent improvements made by the ac commodating and gentlemanly proprie sor, Col. McGim.ky. It has all the con venicnces, modern improvements ,and admirable arrangements of a first class hotel; and now stands unrivaled at the South. The rooms are kept clean and in order, the servants are attentive and prompt, the tables are furnished with everything that heart can wish, and the agreeable Colonel makes every effort to induce guests to “ft-i! at home.” Under these circumstances, it is not surprising, that the "Screven” is the most popular house in the "Forest City,” and that visi tors from the interior are unanimous in its praise. I-iOag may McGIXI.Y flourish and his hotiHC continue to be the resort of the traveler. Preparing (br Karhlurr]'• The Unit 'd States Congress (so-called) has a bill before it, reported by the Judi ciary Committee, and already passed the House by a vote of 117 to 27, providing for the enforcement of the Military bill and organization of State governments under it. Tbe Bill directs that the com manding General of each District shall cause a registration of the voters in his District, on or before the Ist of Septem ber next, and that an elect then ho ordered for delegates to State Con ventions, —the General appointing all inspectors of said elections. A reg istration oath is attached, which re quires a declaration that the person taking it is sincerely and earnestly at tached to the Union and the Government of the United States, and will steadfast ly support the Constitution, obey the laws, and induce others to yield their support and obedience to the same. Reg istered voters will likewi c be required to confirm whatever Constitutions the State Conventions may adopt. liow kind and considerate onr dear Congres sional musters are ! Not satisfied with enlightening our dull intellects by in forming us how we can get back under the sheltering care and protection of the glorious Union, they now propose to gen erously furnish all necessary machinery, so that the labor will be • asy. How grateful we should be to the magnani mous, liberal, high-minded and progressive Sumner, Stevens, Butler and their con freres, and how exultant we should be that the signs of the times indicate that their power will be perpetuo. Reconstruction in Florida. As is the case with all the States* there are a few unprincipled dema gogues and dangerous characters, in*>ur neighboring State of Florida, who, long since were kicked out of decent society, and given their proper position among jail birds, horse-thieves and filthy negroes.— These scoundrels propose to organize a State Government under the Military bill for the "Land of Flowers,” and it is evi dent if other means fail they design using force. The Times, a dirty radical sheet', published at Jacksonville, by a man who has proved a traitor to his country, refer ring to this matter, says : 4 The power of those who now rule will not be relinquished without a struggle, nor will iliey hesitate to avail themselves of any means to perpet uate it. But if we do our duty with'tlie strong arm of the national government stretched out to protect tho loyal and pat riot ict the issue cannot be doubted.” The meaning of this is that "all Union loving citizens,” i. e., all Radicals, will "immediately” organize for the purpose of fixing the political destiny of the State. ■ '»ir- Whi'u will Military Rule Begin 7 The Richmond Times says that officials who are to be clothed wirh supreme au thority in each of tbe “five districts” are yet to be appointed and assigned to duty by the President. As the Commander in-chief of the army, the President, if he shall deem it judicious to enforce an act which he has demonstrated to be grossly unconstitutional, will very soon, no doubt, comply with its provisions by pro ceeding to put it into operation. lie will, doubtless, make the act the text of an elaborate “General Older" from tho*“War Office,” which will contain the most care ful and explicit rules and regulations for enforcement. The act docs not per se invest the offi cers of the army now stationed at the Soutli with one particle more power than they now ha\e. As “Agents of the Freedmen's Bureau” they are powerless to execute tl.c Sherman act, unless here after specially assigned to that duty by the President. As the act is a “military law," the Judiciary are not expected to enforce its provisions, and it is a dead letter until the President, as the Com mander-in-Chief of the Army, gives it vi tality by assigning the commandants of districts to their respective posts. No officer of inferior rank to the President will take the slightest official cognizance of the act, until he is ■ rdered so to do by the Commandei-in-Chief It will seen by the following corres pondence of the New York Herald, that the enforcement of the odious law is not long to be delayed: The subject of reconstructing the rebel States, which causes so much excitement aud comment among the people nt large, j is now being considered by the President and his Cabinet, in connection with Gen. Grant, and I am informed from high j sources that in a few days Mr. Johnson will lie ready to perform the duty im- J posed upon him by the new plan adopt-! ed by Congress. Secretary Stanton and j j Gen. Grani are engaged in preparing in- ! structions for the guidance of the five 1 generals to lie assigned to the five dis tricts created by the new act. A detailed statement of these instructions would be i premature at the present time, iuaatntieh as they have not yet been laid liefore tbe Pres dunt for his official sanctum. They will point out the duties of the respec tive generals uuder the new lan, and icCulutiicnil lu ail casco the adaption ul such a course as will cause the least possible amount of hardship to the peo ple of the late rebellious States. Modera tion and prudence will be enjoined upon the commander, wlm in all eases will be expected to uvoid conflicts with the eivil law when pi aCtieable. The generals will continue to perform their dut'ts until such time as the people of the Stales af fected take measures to reorganize pur suant to the provisions of the Congres sional programme of reconstruction. I urn reliably informed that the new milita ry commanders who will have charge of this important work will be Major-Gene rals Thomas, Sheridan, Sickles, Schofield and Ord. Mississippi and Arkansas will be as signed to Thomas; Sheridan's district will comprise Louisiana and Texas; Sick les will be given command of North and South Carolina; Georgia, Alabama and Florida will be given to Schofield; and Ord will command in Virginia. Another authority gives Hancock one of the di visions. These various assignments are not in strict conformity with the provi sions of the bill, but 1 have my authori ty from a high source. The President’s Veto Message- The veto message of President John son, of the military bill, is one of the most powerful documents and masterly arguments ever given to the public. The Richmond Examiner fitly characterizes it the “funeral oration of the Republic.” The same Journal further observes: "Should it be, as there is every probabil ity, his fate to fall, he rnay apostrophize his judges on the close of his official life, as Lasource at the close of his personal existence : '1 die at a moment when tin; people have lost their reason, you will die the day they recover it.’" Live or Starve. Our valued cotemporary, the Savan nah Advertiser, says that the present con dition of the country has brought plan ters to this alternative : Plant corn and live, or plant rollon and starve.. Cotton, it says is no longer Kiifg. It may bring a good price, but when the tnx’cotnmis sions, and various other things are taken from the proceeds, what lias the planter left to live on ? The Advertiser under these circumstances, give* the following sound advice : “Plant cor:. ; raise stock ; make your own meat ; have your milk and butter on yotir own plantation. It costs but little to raise cows and bogs. One hun dred acres in corn—or even fifty—will give you provisions. A good crop of peas can be raised in the corn field. Your cows will give you milk, from which you can make butter and cheese; your hogs will get fat, and thereby ren der you independent of the Northern market for lard or incat, and you will live well. Don't plant cotton, only so fat as it may be needed for family use.” Not an Inch should be Conceded. —Not an inch should bo conced 'd, says the Philadelphia Age, to this march of usur pation. Concession will not satisfy the greedy appetites of the men who are now leading the assault upon the rights of the States and the liberties, of the peo ple. Ninety nine points given up with out a contest, and still the party in pow er would use force to tear the remain ng right or liberty from the grasp of a re lilCtant people. It is now the confessed intention of the Radical party to destroy the Southern States, and govern the ter ritory by military power. Is that an act which should be accepted or applauded? If not, then the means must be taken to prevent the mischief. One of these means is an appeal to the Supreme Court, aid the Enquirer is right in urging that duty upon tho people of Virginia and *the South. Governments of Force. —TJie New York World says : “If the Southern peo ple should resist the execution of martial law by force, they would be lighting in as righteous a cause as any in which a patriot ever drew his sword. Armed resistance is the natural and appropriate mode of redress l’or such flagrant injus tice as is now meditated agnfnst the South. “Resistance to tyrants is obedi ence to God ” The only good reason for not appealing to arms in this conjunc ture is the hopelessness of success.” Prentice on the Situation- The following paragraph from the Louisville Journal of the 2d is sound and reliable; There is one thing the Radicals should especially consider. The Conservatives’ arc far tho larger portion of tho popula tion of the country, and in tiie summer of 1868, they will he even a larger, portion of it than they are now. Aud such a majority will govern,' either by moral or political power or— otherwise. Let the fierce and insane op pressors lay these important truths to their hearts and heads. Anything is bet ter, or at least less bud than eternal sub mission to insolent despotism, especially the despotism of a majority. We need not repeat our advice to our Southern friends to stand as firm as the everlasting hills. They do not need the advice. They show that their’s is a slern and grand resolve that no influence or power can cause them to break. They will keep their self-respect and the world’s respect. Their skies are now black with the shadows ot an unnatural night, hut the morning-red will ere long l«e visible. And then they can exulting ly excla m, “the day spring from on high has visited us.” Kayton s OI.EUM Vm aNU Disrirm, Pills. —We hear daily of the astonishing cures affected by these truly valuable remedies, and therefore take great pleas ure in recommending them to onr read ers. The Oleum Vitas is a linament, prepared from a German Professor's re cipe, and acUlike magic on rheumatism, neuralgia, etc. The Dyspeptic pills are fast gaining the popularity they merit, and a: , pro nounced a sure remedy by all wl„ have list'd them. These articles are of home manufacture, and this fact should induce all to buy them in preference to other medicines. The proprietor, H. H. Kay toil. Savannah, will till all orders, and they can also lie found at our principal druggists here and through the country. ] —iKfir Pep, Feb. 28/A, 1857. .\cWa auil Ollier IteiUH. It in reported that General* Snerrnan. Meade, Hancock, McDowal and Schofield will be ap pointed to command the Southern DUtricU, un der tbe provision* of tbe ShermaH-Military Act. The Congressional career of Henry J. Ray mond, of New York, ended on the 4th of March, lie attempted to please all parties, and disgusted everybody. “He charmed tbe Conservatives with his speeches, and the Radicals with his votes.” The Senate of North Carolina, by a vote of 29 to 11, laid on the table a proposition to accept the Military BUI. Well done lor the Old North State. If there had been an Atlantic cable telegraph during the last War with England, the battle of New Orleans would not have been fought. Gen eral Jackson won bis victory fifteen days ufter peace was made at Ghent. It is announced that Admiral*Raphael Semroes, of the world renowned Confederate cruiser, has assumed the position of editor-in-cbiel of the Memphis Bulletin. Tbe Virginia State Senate has passed a bill calling a State Convention on the first Monday in May. The grave Senators of the “Old Domin ion” are a trifle too fast. The Rump Congress has taken the Convention business in hand, and all “so-called” officials in the “so-called” disloy al States, arc politely invited to “wait for the wagon.” It is said that Generals Grant and Sherman and Secretary Stanton, will so manage the MUi tary Government, that it shall be as mild as pos sible. The announcement is truly refreshing, and of course will be duly appreciated by the people of the South. Governor Jenkins has gone to Washington for the purpose of ascertaining the true condition of affairs, so that he may advise the people, under- of their duty in the present emer gency. The Wisconsin Legislature is about to disfran chise twenty thousand citizens for desertion dur ing the war. It is stated that the average was about tbe same in other States. Secretary Seward has published a circular letter, proposing a Peace Congress to tbe belli gerent South American Republics, to be held at Washington on the Ist of April, with armistice till the termination of the Conference. Governor Browhlow has issued an order to organize a volunteer force, to serve three years under his command, aud act as a military police, to preserve peace .and protect scoundrels in their acts of usurpation. The “Filthy Parson,” Gov. Jlrownlow, has threatened to suppress tbe Memphis Avalanche, on account of its bitterness towards bim and bis party. A. W. Lea, who stole sio,ooo dollars from the U. S. Treasury Department, at Washington, has been arrested at St. Louis, Mo., with $37,000 of the stolen funds on liis person. A hotel out West, in [disposing of its old furni ture, advertises a large assortment of good tooth brushes at a bargain. A young lady in Cleveland, having been af flicted by a frightful odor for several days, which repulsed her friends, at last discovered in her waterfall a dead mouse. It had been placed there by a mischievous brother. Ten thousand laborers are kept employed In constructing the Pacific ’Railroad in California, eight thousand of whom are Chinese, who work for thirty dollars and board themselves. These Chinese are said to be more tractable than white laborers, quite as productive, and fifty per cent, cheaper. Petitions are being circulated in Pensacola, Florida, and other sections of the State, praying Congress, in the event of Territorializing Florida, to annex the part known as West Florida to Ala bama. The Far West has in the last five years yielded in gold and silver the enormous sum of three thousand million dollars. In the event of the death or removal of Presi dent Johnson, that old sinner, Ben. Wade, re cently elected President of the Senate, will suc ceed to the Presidential office. Joel B. Thompson, the murderer of Thomas 11. Bailey, was married in his cell in the Troy jail, on Friday last, to a young laily named Kate Ives. The Radicals having passed an act disbanding the militia in the Southern States, they should now go a step farther and deprive them of their arms. It is understood that the Bankrupt law, passed Congress, sweeps away all State insolvent laws, and laws for imprisonment of debt. A bill lias passed the Illinois Legislature, vir tually abolishing capital punishment. Governor Brownlow recently pardoned » mur derer who had been sentenced to the Peniten tiary for ninety-nine years. Tbe convicts in the Alabama Penitentiary are being hired out to work on the railroads of that State. The Atlanta Era computes the number of des titute ill Georgia, who have not the actual means of subsistence, to be at least fifty thousand. What is to prevent starvation in hundreds of homes before a crop can be made! Some letter writer represents General Hardee to have declared, that the result of the late war was devised in the providence of God, and that "He intended the slave should be free.” We do not believe that General Hardee ever made use of any sueh .expression; i( be* did, it is an at tempted slander on God and man. The negroes are never slow to accept of "sup posed blessings.” At the Atlivnta-Joc Brown- Submission meeting, about sevcnty-Sve wore in attendance, and applauded everything said about themselves. Otherwise they behaved bet ter than Joe Brown's political friends. A Senatorial caucus at Washington, on the sth, opposed the meeting ot t ongress in May to con sider the question of impeachment. The caucus favored remaining in session for the transaction ot necessary business, and then adjourn to reas- j semble in November. A writer in Forney's Philadelphia Press, in sists that Secretary Seward is insane, and sug gests that Sumner or Thad. Stevens shall move ! in Congress for a commission de lunatics inquiren- j do, to investigate his sanity. And upon the same principle that a rogue is the best detective of villiany, we would suggest that any one of the j crazy Congressmen will answer as Chairman of! said commttee. Five ihousand negroes met at Richmond, Va., ! on the Sth, to ratify Sherman's bill.* The negroes were advised to vote against any constitution that may be adopted by the propos ed ohh o Uunnicutt beads the negro movement. General Howard made an official report to Congress on the *th, in which it is estimated that thirty-two thousand whites and twenty-four thousand colored will need food before the next > crop is made, and that it will require over two I million of dollars to feed them. The Fenians are creating considerable excite ment, and getting killed in Ireland. It is stated, j by telegraph, that the- Fenians, on the 6th, had j risen suddenly in ail parts of lrclmd, and are well supplied with rations, amunition and arms, j Their numbers are variously estimated from ten j to forty thousand. The British garrisons have thus far succeeded in repulsing them at all points. The great American humorist. Artemns Ward, died at Southemptoo. England oa the 6th isnt. From the Charleston Mercury ,j tontisCation OF all tiio humbugs (rut tip by Ter roists to friglitou weak people the great est is the humbug of the confiscation of the lands and property of the people of the Southern States by the legislation of the Congress of the United States. If these Terrorists intend to say, tha. by mere brute force, without law uncon stitutional authority, the Radicals will order our property to be seized and ap propriated, and carry ontfthe order by the military power of the United States Government, we have nothing to reply. This may be done but it will not be “con fiscatiou”—it will be "spoliation.” Con fiscation is an affair of law. In England formerly it was carried out against po litical offenders by bills of attainder passed in Parliament# But spoliation is mere robbery and appropriation by biute force. It pretendsdo no legal au thority.- It professes to have no title, and it gives no title ; arid p isses prop erty from its rightful owner so long as the stronger sword predominates, and no longer. “Confiscation” is a very dif ferent thing ; and our fathers, who had just come out of a seveu years war to en force their rights to their property, were not ignorant of the importance of providing the strongest guarantees iri the Constitution of tlto United States, against any deprivation of it, either by indivduals or the Government. In the fifth article of the Constitution it is provided—“No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise in famous crime unlesson a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the laud ot naval forces , or in the militia, when in actual service ill time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be put in jeopardy of life i> r limb ; nor he shall be c.impelled, in any criminal oo*>e to be a witness against himself nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation.”] Our readers will remark, that the j words used in this article are “no person.” Thes l words cover all foreigners, or so- j journers in tin: land—and ail inhabitants: of the Territories as well as of the States. 1 Hence we see every day foreigners tried ! in our courts with all the guarantees for justice this clause contains. In cases involving property, it is also the same, j Now, are the people of the Southern States "persons ?” If so they have a ] right to the guarantees for the preser- j vation and protection of their persons j and property this article contains. The military act just passed by Congress not only recognizes them as “persons,” but terms them “people of States” anti “citi zens.” All Ihe Constitution of the Uni ted States, however, requires, is that they shall be “persons ’ —whether inhab itants of the Statifs or Territories—citi zens or foreigncrs---entitled to the elec tive franchise or excluded therefrom— they must be “persons”—th&t is all. The Constitution makes one excep tion to the protection this article con tains, in the case of treason; and this is the crime for which it is said that our property will he confiscated. 1. It says that “no bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed.” The meaning of tiiis prohibition is that after any political offenses or acts of treason shall be committed Congress can pass no laws to punish them. Whatever pun ishment may he incurred for theje offen ses, must be by laws passed before the commission of them. The object of this | clause is, to divest Congress of the* power j of punishment, after the fury of the pas sions have been awakened, by laws af fecting previous offenses. 2 Another clause of the Constitution prescribes that “The Congress shall have Ihe power to declare the punish ment of treason, but no attainder of trea son shall work corruption of blood, or forfiture except during the life of the person attainted ” Here the power is given to Congress by a general law, do-; during the punishment of treason, before the treason is committed, to •ftix us aj punishment for treason “a forfeiture of property,” or "an attainder of treason” ] —that is a conviction for treason ; but j the forfeiture can only extend to the lite.j of the person convicted. And how this attaindei or conviction of treason is to take place, is also care fully provided for by the Constitution. 11 says : "The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment shall be by jury ; and such trial shall beheld in the State where the crimes shall have been committed Treason against the United States shall consist only of levying war against them or in adherring to 'heir enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall he convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or onconfession in open court The treason must be tried before a jury in the State where'the treason is commit ted, and conviction must be the result of his trial by the testimony ot two witness es, or on confession in open court.” Now, under these clauses of the Con stitution, how can Congress pass any laws, declaring a forfeiture oi confisca tion of property generally by the people of the Southern States, for any treason committed by them against the United States ? And if they pass any such law must they not be made applicable to eacli individual on a trial for treason be fore a jury of the State in which the treason is committed ? Does any South cun citizen fear a conviction for treason before such a tribunal ? And if convic ted for treason can the forfeiture extend beyond the life of the person convicted ? We have seen t stated, but we have nol seen the law, that Congress has provided for the punishment of treason, and has not included forfeiture as ono of its pen alties. It may be said in answer to these questions, the Congress of the United States will not regard} the Constitution and the protection it affords. Very well. They are revolutionists —they are open wrong doers—they deny us a trial for alleged offenses, and revel in the spoils of robbery. In this game nothing is lost and nothing is gained but by the sword. When the camp and the soldier disappars our right to our property isjust as good as Li-f Ore T.-o m. oii-ij- of it. Then we will only have to appeal to the Constitution of the United States, aud tiie peaceable operation of the laws and all our property will be restored to us, as it is now being restored in Tennessee. We have only to standstill and bide our time. It will come to opr triumph, and the confusion and discomfiture of our enemies. Let ns not fear wrong, but staad firm in the maiutenauce of the right. We are satisfied that under the Con stitution of the United States the proper ty of the Southern people car not be made amenable to confiscation—and we have no fears that it will be made amena Lie to spoliation, in contempt of Its pic vtinive sauctioue. Go Tliou au’l Ho Likewise What Industry Will Do —Under this head the Waco (Texas) 11 /titer has the following 1 Last year a voting man living near this place, Albert Sears, ren ted a piece of good land, hired one good old freedman, and with in's owtr hands went to work tb cultivate the soil. He worked manfully and well. And nOw for the fruits of his industry : he has gathered twenty four bales of cotton two thousand bushels of corn, ami made four hundred gallons of molasses from sorgiliu lie has also some pork to spare. He has sold sixteen hundred bnshels of corn, for $1,200 in gold obtain and three hundred dollars for his molasses and his Cotton is good for SI,BOO more-making in all $3,- 300. He was at some trifling expense during cotton'picking time. The Radical Governor Weua, of Loni- Hiana, has proclaimed that the Military hill will henceforth govern all elections I in that State. He thus gives the negro i the ballot and disfranchises white men, ; nolens vtAens. The Senate, on Saturday, passed a bill appropriating a million of dollars for the relief of the Southern people, regardless of antecedents, to be dispensed by the Freedmen’s Bureau. An amendment making the appropriation a million and a hall was lost. The man who shall attempt to - murder citizens of Texas by military | commissions, in violation of the laws of the land, will have a “sweet time of it,” ’ or we are no prophet —Houston Tele. A Great Trtth- —ln its decision in the i Milligan case, the United Slates Supreme ] Court gave expression to the following ] great But unheard of truth: "Civil liber ty and martial law cannot endure togeth 1 er; the antagonism is irreconcilable; and j in the conflict, one or the other must per | ish.” A Temperance Association has been ; organized in our neighboring town of • Thurriasville, and many have joined in ] the pledge to wage war against iutoxi- I ! eating liquors. ! The Columbus Sun, in the course of a | severe criticism of Ex-Governor Brown’s letter, says that the poor, honest, and in | telligent men of Georgia will scarcely i relish or adopt a plan, which degrades I them and their children to tho level ot - negroes, in order that the property of ] those who emerged full-handed from the war, may be spared from the provisions of a Confiscation bill. (Advertisement.) FACTS vs* THEORIES. “Give me a place to rest my lever on,” *ays Archimedes, “and I will move the world.” “Give me pure and unadulterated drugs,” says Medicus, of the olden time, “and I will cure disease.” In one sense, both of these learned pundit* were the veriest charlatan*. They knew there was no place to rest their lever on, either to move the world, or cure disease. Mechanism was in a backward state, and the medical profession was but another name for sorcery, and all tbeadjuncts of magic filters and charm* of the “evil eye,” Ac. Rut these latter days have borne unto us some thing more than even superstition and its crew ever dreamt of in their maddest philosophy. In these days of practical science, what was theory j yesterday is fact to-day, and all the olden time | notions become as bubbles in the sun, and burst and break with every breath we draw. ( Let Arcbemides shoulder his lever and we will find a resting place for it to move tbe world. Let mine ancient Medicus pant and toil no more I for the drugs he go sorely needs, for we have them at our hand, ever ready to serve them at hit* bet k. Refined in the laboratory of Dr. Maggiel, the finest materials known in tbe medical profes sion are obtainable by any one. liis Bilious Dyspectic, and Diarrhea Tills stand unrivalled and his salve operates with magical effect upon burns, scalds, and all sores and ulcers of the skin In fact we think Maooiei/s Tills and Salve are tbe wonder of this century, and we are happy in ] the thought that many others of our brethren of j the craft agree with us. We would earnestly coun ! sel that all families provide themselves with Dr. Maggiel's Preparations at once and keep them j ready at hand, so as to use them at the most op ; portune time and us occasion serves.— Valley | Sentinel. aug3l-lem Special Uoticcs. THE PEOPLED FKIMM). perry davis' vegetable pain killer Possesses virtue, which uot alone removes pain iustantly, bnt regulates the stomache, gives strength, tone and vigor to the system. It is one of the medicines that is worth more than gold. | Don't experiment in testing new remedies, when you can buy the genuine Pain Killer which ! everybody knows to be good. The Woodstock (C. W.) Sentinel says : ‘ It is a generally admitted fact that the medicine rnan j ufactured by Messrs. Perry Davis A Son has been instrumental in alleviating much pain, and giv ing relief to millions of suffering humanity. The medical faculty almost everywhere recommended the Pain Killer and its reputation is now estab ; lisbed as the most beneficial family medicine now in use. and may be taken internally and external ly to expel pain.*’ Errors of Youth. A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from Nervous Debility, Premature Decay, and all the effects ot youthful indiscretion, will, for the sake of suffering humanity, send free to all who need it. the receipt and directions for mak ing the simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers wishing to profit by the advertiser's experience, can do so by addressing, in perfect confidence, JOHN B. OGDEN, ja4-3m No. 42 Cedar st., New York. 1 Jew and brand Epoch in Medicine ! Dr. Maggiel is the founder of anew Medical (system 1 The qnantitari»ns, whose vast internal doses enfeeble the stomach and paralyze the bow els. must give precedence to the man who res tores health and appetite with from one to two of his extraordinary Pills, and cures the most viruleQt sores with a box or so of his wonderful and all healing Salve. These two great specifics of the Doctor are fast superseding all the stereo typed nostrums of the day Extraordinary cures by Mi - ,'s Pills and Salve have opened the eyes of the public to the inefficiency of the (so called; remedies of others and upon which people have so blindly depended. Maggiel's Pills are not of the class that are swallowed by the dozen and of which every box full taken creates an ab solute necessity for another. One or two of Mag giel’s Pills suffices to place the boweils in perfect tone the stomache create, an appetite and render the spirits itgin atxd buoyant! There is no griping, and no reaction in the term of con stipation. If the liver is affected, its functions are restored : and if the nervous system is fee ble. it is invigorated. This last quality makes the medicines very desirable for the wants of delicate females. Ulcerous and eruptive diseas es are literally extinguished by the disenfectant power of Maggiel's Salve. In fact it is here an nounced. that MmggiePs Bilious. Dyspeptic and Diarrhtva PIUs cure where all others fail. iVhile for Burns. Scalds, Chilblains. Cuts and all abrai *ons of the skin Maggiel's Salve is infalliable. < Sold by J. Maggiel 11 Pine Street. New York, and all Druggists, at 25 cts. per box. COUNTERFEITS! COUNTERFEITS L—All re3«l rs of tLI* paper are warned not tu purchase MA GO TFT.’' 2 PILLS or SALVE. | unless the name gs J. Hatdocx, Proprietor, in addition to the name of Dr. J. Maggiel. is c& V engraved , di"* surrounding each box or r*t Aug. 31, lei>6. UHOWN’S OI.D ARLISHKD PHOTOGRAPH * AND AMBRDTYPE GALLERY, 72 St. Julian Street, MARKET SQUARE, Savannah, Georgia. fTIHLS establishment, the largest and finest in X the citv, is open at all times for tbe recep tion of visitors. Oflr facilities for the production of first class Carts ae Visile. Arabrotypes and Porcelain Pic tures, is unrivalled. Pictures known to the art, are made | *t tbia Gallery, train the smallest minature to life I size. \ kind of picture copied '■ with ease i and dispatch. II BROWN, | March 15, Photograph Arti*t. Jmssolution. i rWVHE copartnership recently existing between I A the undcrs gned/ under the firm name of LeverettfA WaltlesJbus been dissolved and BJW. i Leverett will settle up the business of the late firm. B. W.,LEVERETT, w. s. wattles. Copartnership. TIIE undersigned have forwed a copartner' fillip, under the firm naJse of Leverett, | Stancil A Renfrew, for the purpose of conducting ; a General Grocery business, and will hold font? ! at the store recently occupied by Messrs, *k Watties. B. W. LEVERETT, W. K. STANCJL. R. R. RENFROW. March 15, ]B(>7. ltn * GE< )RGIA, Brooks County.—To all concerned : Whereas. James King and T. S. T. Knight Executors of Nancy King, apply to this court for Letters of Dismission as sfcch Executors. Thi* is therefore to cite and admonish the parties at interest to file their objections within the time prescribed by law, otherwise said letters will be issued and granted to the said applicants. In testimony, witness, Ac., thi* Mar. f*th, 1867. March 15*6m J. G. McOALL, o. a. c. Administrator’s Sale. BY Virtue of an order from the court of Ordi nary of Clinch county, will be jold on the hirst Tuesday in May, 1867. at the Court lieu** door in Homerville, in said countv. between th« legal hours of sale, Lot ot Lund, K’o. ifro, situa ted in the 7th District of tbe county of I.ownde*. and belonging to the estate of Isaac Carter, de ceased. Said land will be sold for the benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms cash. L A. AIRMANS, March 6, 1867.—td* Adm’r de bonis non. Pieree KlieritT’s Sale. TTTILL be sold in the town of Blackshear. \ V Pierce county, before the court house door in said town. <>■ the first Tuesday fn May next, between the IcgaPhour* of sale, the follow ing lots and, improvements, situated in the fc towr» ot BlackSbear in said county of Pierce (unless said Execution should be sooner settled,) levied on as the property of John W. .Stephens, to satis fy a fi, fa., issued out of the Superior Court of Pierte Jconnty vs. Mathew R. Albritton and John W. Stephens, in favor of Janies G. Watt*. PropertyJpointetJ out by pluiutiffs counsel, to wit : One Lot and Improvements, fronting on the Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, 268 feet, running back 135 feet, bounded on the north-west by said A. & G. R..•!{., on the South-east by the McKinney 1 lots, on nil other sides by lands by Alien C. Strickland. Also one lot contain ing one acre, lying on the east side of the A. A G Rail Road, commencing on the north east corner of William G. Cox’s land, bounded on the South by the lands formerly owned by A. C. Strickland. E. J. Acosta being the tenantJn possession of the above described lots. Also four (4) acres of land, bounded on the east by Jenkins andjKnights land on the west by John M. Jenkins land, on the North by the lands of*C. L. Wilson and on the South by the A. A G. Rail 1. it being a part of lot 47 in the 9th district of Tierec county. J. W. CCLI.INS, Sheiiff. March 9th, 1867. 8w PI E Uc¥i 11ER1F PS SALE. be sold, on the first Tuesday in April W next, before tbe court bonse door in the town of Blackshear, Pierce County, between the usual hours of sale, a Lot and improvements in the town of Blackshear, known a* the Schewly Lot containing one half acre more or less, it be ing the place where William P. Scbowly'lorinerly lived and now occupied by Watson Guest. Lev ied on as the property of W lliam T. .Srhewly, to satisfy an attachment fi. fa., issned from tho Justices Court of the 584th District G. M..o| said County. Levy made and returned to me by the constable. Terms cash; purchaserito pay for titles ami stamps. J. W. COLLINS, Sheriff. February 27, 1867. 7-4 t Administrator’s Sale. Georgia, Lowndes County. - * ''■MTILL be sold on the first Tuesday in May ?t next, before the Court Housq. door in the town Valdosta, in said County, Lot of Land No. 107. in the 11th district.of said county, be longing to the estate of Francis Jones, late of said countv, deceased. Terms Cash. MITCHELL JONES, Adm’r de bonis non. March 15. 1867. 7-6 t PRUG store; QUITMAN, GEO. THE undersigned has just re ceived a Large Lot of well^ | selected Drills, consisting of | Fatally fledlflnes, Patent Mrdklnr., KEROSINE OIL, * ROCK POTASH, AND FANCY SOAPS. Terms Reasonable. .J. 11. McCAIX. March 8. 1867. 6-ts M. FITZGERALD, MANUFACTURER, AND WHOLESALE A RETAIL DEALER IN EMBES, CBBBiiLS Syrups, FANCY fOXPECTIONERV, if., AT LOW PRICES. WHITAKER STREET, One Door from Congress, Savannah, Ca. {©“Country Orders Solicited.-®! March 1. IS#'. ly TAKE NOTICEf PERSONS indebted to the undersigned are hereby notified that they must come for ward immediately and settle all ckuau* against them, for goods or lumber. This notice is imperative. aa& imless ment is promptly made, partita must suffer the consequences. CULPEPER. CREECH k CO- Quitman. January 4. NOTICE. ON the First Monday in May next the Inferior Court of Brooks County will take action on the contemplated; route, for a wew Public' Road from No. 17. A. »t G. Railroad, to the Tbom asville and Madison roa'd. All persons ed will take due notice and file their on that d&v. ' ” WILLIAM HUDSON, JB Clerk Inferior Court, B. Quit nan. Feb'y 19. 1867. 4-4 t jflaslg NOTICE. 4 !.f. tm-:-.re ‘-,i-r*‘by .1. '-n I 1 ".' *r a certain pri»r*iisi-f.rvmH . > •iv-i'-i_r: •••?-. a-ad made ■•*’ ’1 • hr-.ary. } *67. to 'Vil|\^^ t ■ ;v :>nd t wcijflfl *•'■■ j r»> about ti.e :*-n f«r %hicKH *• •- 1. 1 vAili t>.iv ■ i-.d : v law. 'JGM jJB