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aiOCRAriC CONVENTION
The Democratic Convention which
recently assembled in Louisville, Ken
tucky, is represented as being as large
and talented a body, as ever assembled
in that city. The following are the
preamble and resolutions adopted on
tint occasion:
1 Vhereas, In all the republics,
after the convulsions of revolution.,
Advance. 1 vvhcn t* ,e stornj of'passion has sub-
j sided, and reason has been allowed
again to give utterance to the words
of inimitable truth and justice, it has
j been deemed proper to pause and as-
I sert the true principles of government,
j Now, therefore, the Democracy of
j Kentucky, in Convention assembled,
; do solemnly declare that this Conven
tion doth unequivocally express a firm
resolution to maintain and defend the
Constitution of the United States, and
the Constitution of this State, against
3 00 | every aggression, either foreign or do-
5 oo I niestic, and that the people of this
a oo { State will support the Government of
the United States in all measures war
ranted and sanctioned by the Consti
tution of the United States.
2. We most solemnly declare a
, .... ,. , , warm attachment to the Uuion of the
Sties of Laud, Stc,., by Aduuuiatnii -s. Executors or ' .
(itmrdians, uro req-uirod by law to be lie. ,-n the fii^t f fctatCS, Ullder and pUloUant to the
i j -K,iay i" th « UK " <lb; beiweyu tU* k<»ura^. mi »the ; Constitution, byThe adoption of which
the Union was effected, arid we know
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gr-tte it) days previous to the day of sale.
Notices tor the sale of personal property must be
given iu like manner 10 days previous to sale day.
Notices to the debtors ami creditors of an estate
must also be punished 40 day
Notice that applicati
Ordinary for leave to sell Land, &.C., must be publish
ed for two months.
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Ate., must be published 3d days— for dismission
Administration, monthly six months—lor dismission
from Guardianship, 40 nays.
Rules for foreclosure ot Mortgage must be published
monthly for fmr m ,nlhs—for establishing lost papers,
for /hr fill! space of three months—tor compelling titles
train Executors or administrators, where bond has
been given by the deceased, the lull space of three
months.
Publications will always be continued according to
these, the le
dereo.
should he admitted to their seats in
the Congress of the United States.
6. We declare that the Federal
Government has no right whatever to
abridge or interfere with the freedom
of speech, or the press; that all ^nen
have a natural and indefeasible right to
worship Almighty God according to
the dictates of their own consciences;
that these rights are expressly guaran
teed and protected by the Constitu
tion itself, and that tlieir suppression
is the destruction of every principle
of Constitutional liberty; that our
Government derives all its powers from
the people, and that our officers from
the President down are the agents and
servants of the people and not their
masters. That the people have an
undoubted ami unquestioned right to
assemble and to discuss all public af
fairs, to applaud or condemn as they
may see proper, the actions and con
duct of all public officers of the Gov
ernment, and to elect.others in their
places when they are false to their
trusts, or whenever they may deem
it proper and expedient to do so.
7. We declare that the Federal Gov
ernment has no right whatever to try
civilians by Military Commissions and
drum-head Court Martials. The Con
stitution expressly says: “No person
shall be held to answer fora capital or
otherwise infamous crime, unless on a
presentment or indictment of a Grand
its
requirements, unless otherwise
u no better or more effectual way of
maintaining and perpetuating the
Union, iiu.:i by upholding and defend- j Jury, except in eases arising in the
mg the Constitution, which is the > j anc j 0 r naval forces, or in the militia
bond of Union, by a faithful observ- | w hen iq actual service in time of war
of A.-iuimistration.Guardianship, j-*^ ce of the principles uj on which the i or public danger.” These Constitu
tion ! ^ n ' OD based, and by the cultivation : tiorial provisions are plain ; they can-
! ot a feeling of friendship and justice I uo j. ]^ e mjsumtei-gtood, aiJ d were in
to wards the citizens of our sister j tended to protect the citizen. To *1-
Mates. j | ow Military Commissions and drum-
3. We declare that the Federal Gov-1 j lea( ] Court Martials to supercede our
eminent is one of limited aryl restrict- j cour t 8 of justice, would utterly de
ed powers, and that it has uo authori- \ stroy our form of government, and turn
ty whatexer to exercise any powers jj. j D to a despotism more fearful titan
not specifically enumerated and au-: that of either Austria or Russia. The
thorized by the Constitution, and such j ]jf e 0 f DO citizen would be secure and
promptly and neati/y E- e i implied powers as are pertinent and j we wou jd be driven iiito revolution or
A A Tl,l! * ° * F ^_ t E ‘ j necessary to carry out in good faith be f orce( ] to give up and surrender our
py When a subscriber finds a cross mark on the express powers, aild that the pOW- j liberties,
paper he will know that his subscription has , 01 S IlOt u6l0^tli0(J tO til0 Tj lilted StdttS 0 W0 d0Cl&r0 tlicit tll0 QU08tion of
-wV.UVp'JAt'ir.'tSJi“‘ be : b / ‘ he CoMtituti.D, nor prohibited by. .uffrage i, one which belongs exclu-
'Vedo nut send receipts to n?w subscri-1 a t0 “ ,e States, are reserved to the ; s j ve |y , 0 the people of the several
i»p. s. if t'uey receive the paper they may anew j fetates respectively, or to the people, States, and we regard it as one of the
and the exereise of any power by the m0 st flagrant outrages that was ever
Federal Government or by any of its perpetrated against the Constitution,
departments, which has not been ex- t | ie nia j or j^y j n Congress
pressly delegated in the Constitution, 1 - -
h^ok and work, of all kinds,
tint we have received the money.
r Subscribers wisltin? their papers chanped
from one post-office to another must state the
name of the post-office irom which they wishit
changed.
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i is a usurpation dangerous to the lib-
1 erties of the people, destructive to our
I theory of Government, and an inra-
' sion of the rights of the States of the
people thereof.
4. We declard that we believe that
the Federal Government is as much
and as firmly bound to respect and
obey the mandates of the Constitution
as the States themselves, and that j
when it violates and tramples on its
provisions and assumes powers
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1 should assume the power to deprive
| the Southern States of representation
| unless they should consent, to place
the negroes upon an equality with the
j white race and give them the privi-
i lege of voting. We most earnestly
protest against thi* usurpation of pow-
| er, and trust that oureister States will
never consent to accept such humil
iating and degrading conditions.
9. We declare that, although we do not
believe that the Federal Government had
any Constitution*! right to intermeddle
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in rebellion against the
Constitution, and that it has no right
to make its unrestrained will the su
preme law of the land.
o. We most solemnly declare that
Congress has no right to deprive any
State, in this Union of its representa
tion in that body; and that it is a
right and privilege expressly guaran
teed to every State by the Constitu-
The Constitution express-
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192(12i 22 2324, ly declares that the House of Repre-
25 2627 28-29no ^ j se ntatives shall be composed of mem-
o 3 4 5. fi 7 s 1 bers chosen every second year by the
9 }® ” }y 262122 ' P e «fdc of the several States; that
24 25,j6.27 28 29 j each States shall have at least one Rep-
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SPRING & SUMMER GU0DS !
A. NEW Stock, jtlstreceived, »t
H. TINSLEY’S,
Agent.
MiUedgoville, March 12th, 1666. 32 tf
TwTramjn & CO.,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
140 RAY STREET,
savannah, ga.
293031 j 2 3 4 I not delegated or expressly withheld, with the domesticinutitutionsof o«r State,
and whilat we protest against their action
upon this subject, yet we are forced by
circumctances over which we have no con
trol, to recognize the abolition of slavery
as an accomplished fact, hut we most ear
nestly assert that Kentucky has the right
to regulate the political status of the ne
gro race within her territory, and candor
eompels us to proclaim that whilst we shall
protect their rights of person and property,
we deem it both inexpedient and nnwise
to permit them to exercise the rights of
either a juryman or voter, and we should
regard any attempt upon the part of Con
gress to interfere with our rights in this
respect, as not ouly an infraction of the
Constitution, but also a gross and palpa
ble invasion of the reserved rights of the
States.
10. We declare that as the Federal
Government is one of limited powers, it
can ouly rightfully exercise those powers
granted to it by the States, and that as
the Constitution expressly says, “the pri
vileges of the writ of habeas corpus shall
not be suspended unless wheu in case of
rebellion or invasion the public safety may
require it,” it fellows as a necessary con
sequence that this great writ and bulwark
of freedom is fully restored as toon as the
war of invasion is at an end.
.1. W. Rabun,
P. H. Wood.
April 24th,
36 tf
L. CARRINGTON,
General Agent at MHledgeviUe,
rVjli the transaction of any »v± ad
T connected with the SEAT OF GoVeBNJEST
lie will furnish certified copies of any Acts passed
by the Legislature, wilUxarnme^aud give correct
information ot the Land Books, A c.
moderate. , Q - _
Milledgeville, April 2d, IsG6-
3i ly
removed.
rniTE undersigned having re » teJ ° CCU ‘
1 pying the rooms at the •"*<**«
DAllJEN BANK BUILDING,
whore he can be found at all hours, read^tosettle
any daimTdue hin,, and receive pn-^of
same, many of them being|o^en ugh ^ ^ ^
old friends calling on me, as 1
on them, not having been out of my y^jL.
ittst Christmas day. - q t *
April 9th, 1066. Jt ’
resentutive; and that no State, with
out its consent, shall be deprived of
its equal suffrage in the Senate. Any
attempt to deprive the States of this
right is a palpable and flagrant viola
tion of the Federal compact. Against
all such action we enter our solemn
protest, and denounce the Radical ma
jority in Congress as false and recre
ant to the Constitution, as men who
have resolved either to humiliate and
degrade the people of one section off
the
citizens, or to destory the Union of
the States. At the commencement of
our fate and unhappy civil war, in
doing what are known as the Critten
den resolutions, Congress solemnly
proclaimed to the world, ‘that this
war is not waged on our part in any
spirit ot oppressiou, nor of any pur
pose of overthrowing or interfering
with the rights or established institu
but to defend and
_ 11. We declare that in times like these,
country, and make vassals of its when the people are grievously burdened
by taxation and a gigantic national debt,
it becomes the government to practice the
most rigid economy in its expenditures,
and to hold to a strict accountability all
officers and contractors who have been
guilty of corruption fraud, speculation, and
embezzlemeut of the public monies, and
we demand that it shall be done.
12. We declare that fur the general
Government to tax the people ot the
Southern States, and at the same time de
ny them the right of representation in
Congress, would be in opposition and con-
tions of the States ;
maintain the supremacy of the Com
stitution, and to preserve the Union | f.
with all. the dignity, equality
rights of the several States unimpaired,
and that so soon as these objects are
accomplished, the war ought to cease.’
The war is now over, the authority of
the Federal Government is fully and
completely restored throughout the
entire limits of the republic, and we
declare that honors truth, justice, as
well as the nation’s faith, pledged in
its darkest hours of trial, as well as
the requirements and obligations of
the Federal Constitution, all alike de
mand that the Representative* and
were so
i gloriously vindicated by oar fathers in the
battles of the Revolution, and that if aueh
a system of government should he perse
vered in, it would be unjust, tyrannical,
subversive of the principles of repnbhcan
liberty, and would finally end in disrup
tion or abject despotism.
13. We declare that large standing ar
mies in times of peace not only burden
the people with enormous taxation, but
are dangerous to all free governments, and
aa every war in wbieh we have been en
gaged has abundantly demonstrated that
the nation can rely upon the valor and pa
triotism of its volunteer soldiers in any
emergency, we recommend that the army
be reduced as near as practicable to
former proportions in times of peace.
14. We declare, that taxation in what
ever form the same may be laid and eollec
ted, should be made equal and uniform,
as far as practicable, and that R is unjust
and contrary to The spirit and genins of
government, that in laying and collecting
taxes there shonld be any discriminations
made in favor of one class of citizens
against another class, or in favor of one
species of property against other species
of property, or in favor of one branch of
industry against other branches of indus
try; but that the whole wealth and popula
tion of the country should be made to bear
equally the burden and expense of main
taining the government. That we regard
the exemption from taxation of what is
termed Government securities, constitu
ting, as they do, a vast amount of the
property of the nation, as an unjust and
odious discrimination in favor of the rich
against the poor, of the capitalist against
the laborer, and of the monied aristocracy
against the industrial classes of the cood-
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15. We declare, that in these times
of corruption and publie plunder,
when the people have been defrauded
out of hundreds of millions by fraudu
lent contractors, and other public offi
cers, we deem it as a bright omen of
the future, that the President of the
United States has announced to thq
eountry, that he will receive no pres
ents, thus putting his seal of condem
nation on a practice which is so pro
lific of corruption, and so near akin to
bribery that the wise framers of our
Constitution deemed it necessary to
engraft a clause upon it, forbiding any
officer of the Government from ac
cepting any present from any king,
prince or foreign State.
16. We declare that the President,
Andrew Johnson, is entitled to the
thanks of his countrymen for his veto
of those iniquitous and unconstitution
al bills, known as the Freedmen’s Bu
reau bill and the Civil Rights bill, and
that in refusing to accept of the enor
mous and almost unlimited powers
which those bills conferred upon him,
he displayed an unselfishness not often
exhibited by those in power, and has
inspired every patriot in the land with
new hope and confidence. We are
fully aware that be came into the
Presidential office surrounded by a
hundred fold more difficulties than eter
beset or encompassed any of his pre
decessors, and the Democracy of Ken
tucky pledge him a generous and
hearty support in his efforts to restore
the Constitution and the union of the
States.
17. We declare that the course of
the majority of the members of the
last Legislature of this State, and of
our Senators and the majority of our
Representatives in Congress, have
been satisfactory to the people of this
State, and merit our thanks.
18. We extend our greetings to the
Democracy of Indiana, Ohio, and all
the other Northern States—thanking
them for their past action, and pledge
our hearty co-operation with them in
working for the restoration of our
Government to its former purity and
freedom.
19. In conclusion, we declare to
the people of our own beloved Com
monwealth as well as to the people of
the whole Union, that we have met
not to foBient discord but to heal dis
sensions, aud to endeavor to the ut
most of our power to bring back our
Government to its ancient purity, and
to try to make it snch as it was in the
days of Washington, Jefferson and
Jackson. We wish to maintain and
save both the Constitution and the
Union as they came to us from the
Imsds of our patriot fathers, to pre
serve the rights aud liberties of our
citizens, to maintain all the safeguards
of the Constitution intact and invio
late, and to rescua the Government
front the vandal grasp of that radical
Congress, whose governing principle
of action is rule or ruin. The Demo
cratic party is not sectioial, but is co
extensive with the Union itself, and its
mission is not to destroy, but to re
store concord and fraternity, and to
resist all encroachments, from whatev
er quarter they may come, upon the
Constitution and the liberties of the
people. This is the great work we
propose, and to accomplish these no
ble and patriotic purposes we invite
the co-operation of every patriot
throughout our vast domains.
It wiH be seen at onpe that this is not a fai
cr reliable way te arrive at a truthful con
clusion. In some localities, a breath of
laud is being planted equal or nearly so,
to that cultivated in i860 ; while in others
not far distant the crop new being planted
is not equal to more than one third of the
usual crop. In tire one .instance-ft would
not be fair to infer that because in one
county a large crop is being put in, there
fore, tbo-erop planted in the cotton grow
ing region is a large one ; nor on the other
hand because in some sections a very
small crop is being put in, that, therefore,
a small crop will be the result.
These individuals and particular state
ments coming from the different sections of
the entire cotton producing region, must
be collected and carefully compared.—
Their resemblances examined—the facts
upon which they are based carefully scru
tinized, the motives and opportunities of
the party for forming a correct estimate
understood ; if we undertake to give an
opinion which would entitle us to claim a
near approximation to the truth. We
know how difficult it ever has been to
arrive at a proper estimate of a crop
covering so large an area of territory, and
liable to be influenced by so many un
toward circumstances, which can never be
accurately anticipated or accounted for.—
Heretofore, in making such estimates,
the greatest embarrassments aruse from
the nature of the plant—its great susccp-
tability to extremes of season—its liabili
ty to the ravages of worms, and the
climactic influences which promoted or in
jured its productiveness. To these we
now have added the question of labor; its
supply and effectiveness; the supply of
stock, provisions and agricultural imple- ,
ments The quantity of fertilizers Jikely j
to he used, and the high prices which j
have been obtained for eotton during the l
fall and winter.
The first great and leading question to
be solved is the amount of labor applied j
to the production of the present crop. In i
1860 there were something over four mil
Making a total of four hundred and
twenty^fivo -thousand bands withdrawn
from.the production of cotton. To these
must he added the number who have died
during the war. Those have been eatima-
one fourth, of.the entire
ted
black papulation. Without stopping to
iuquiiT whether this is a fair estimate ot
the entire mortality of the black raee, we
think thn.t eve mny safely estimate the mor
tality among those between 15 and 60 to
he at least one hundred thousand. Then
we Lave the following figures :
slaves in the cotton States cut-
loyed iu I860 as %kl laborers, 990,000
From which deduct en
listed soldiers, 200,000
Engaged- in cities and'
towns, 75,000 -
Women, aud girls not
working, 100,000
Women and girls doing
house workv 25,000
Died since the war, 100,000-500,000
Which leaves, 400,000
as the entire available black labor now
engaged in raising cotton. To this we
mubt add the amount of white labor thus
employed. We have seen that about
three hundred thousand whites were en
gaged as farm laborers before the war.—
At least one-fourth of them were killed
or mailed during the conflict. This
would leave two hundred and twenty-five
tliousand now at work in the production of
cotton. Then we have as the entire
available plantation labor iu the seven
States of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,
Lou isiana, Arkansas, Texas, Florida aud
8outh Carolina:—
Blacks. 490.000
Whites 225.900
.625,000
Total
Against
Blacks 900,000
Whites 300 000
Total 1,200,000
lions of negro slaves in the Southern
States. According to the censns tables in 1S60. Thus we have for the produc-
about one half of that number were be- tion of the present crop but a little over
tween the ages of ten and sixty years— one-halt the labor employed in 1860.
This would give, two millions able to do j In properly esrimating the extent of
work. Of the four millions of slaves in the growing crop, we should also bear in
the Southern States in I860, two millions mind the infirm character of the labor now
and forty thousand (2,040,000) were in employed as compared to that of 1860.—
the States of Virginia, North Carolina, i The experiment of free negro labor is yet
Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri and Mary- to be worked out. We believe that they
land, and consequently were not to any aTe so far doing much better than the
considerable extent employed in the pro- most hopeful had anticipated. No' one
duction of cotton. It is true, a few tliou- with whom we have communicated, liow-
sand bale* were raised in some of these ever, rates thsm as full and efficient labor
States, but the labor of those States was as under the old system. Something must
principally applied to the production of be aHowed for this deficiency in the char-
provisions, tobacco, grain, hemp, turpen- acter of our present labor. This, as a
tine and stock. This would leave in the mattor of course, is a mere matter of con-
cotton growing States about two millions ' jectnre. Some say they are ouly half as
of slaves, one half of whom were working efficient as formerly—some think they do
hands. From the number we must de- about two-thirds the labor they accom-
duct those employed as domestics, and in plished before the war, and some put it
the trades ; also some deduction should a little higher still. But estimating each
some
be made for those engaged in the cities
and towns as laborers, draymen, steve
dores, porters, &c.
We do not believe that more than eight
or nine hundred thousand hands were em
ployed in the production of cotton previous
to the war. To these must be added the
number of white laborers who were engaged
in its cultivation. There were, in 1860,
about three millions of white people in the
seven cotton States. Of these one-half,
or one million five hundred thousand, were
between the ages of 10 and 60 years.—
About one-balf of these were males.—
hand employed, as good as in 1860, and
we cannot under the most favorable sea
sons expect more than a half crop, or
2,000,000 bales.
There cannot be more than onedialf the
land planted, which was cultivated in
1860. For want ef effective stock, and
the compelled use of inferior implements,
the preparation of the crop has been very
imperfect. The scarcity and consequent
high price of need has compelled.oar
planters to put tco little seed iu the earth
—their planting will he the eaute of bad
stands. The condition of the plough ani-
Tbis would give us in the cotton States mals is very poor, on account of the great
seven hundred and fifty thousand male scarcity of corn, resulting from the failure
white persona between tha ages.of 10 and of the negroes to work and house the last
60 years. Of these about one-third, or crop.
two hundred and fifty thousand, were Taking all these things into considera-
owners of lands and slaves, who did not tion we do not believe that a crop of more
labor in the fields. Of the remaining five than eighteen hundred thousand bales can
hundred thousand, it is supposed that two- be possibly raised this year. If there
fifths were employed in the mechanic arts, should be an early frost, or any very great
trades and the professions. This would extremes of wet or dry weatber.it will
leave three hundred thousand field labor- fall short of that amount. Indeed, there
ers. To these add the number of slaves are so many accidents likely to affect the
employed in agriculture, and we have the growth of the plant, that it would be ex
foliowing total field laborers:
Slaves 900,000
Whites 300.000
Total 1,200,000
tremely bazaidousto make an estimate of
the crop, save epon the grounds which we
have takeu.-
It will be seen that in all our estimates
and-figures we have confined ourselves to
the seven great cotton States. The high
'We are wtiefied that this is rather ever price of cotton will no doubt stimulate Ha
than under the number actually employed : production in North Carolina, the South-
[From the Augnsta Chronicle & Sentinel May I ]
Tke Csttos Crop ef 1866.
We notice that many of our exchangee
are publishing opinions of various parties
as to the probable number of bales which
are likely to be made tke present year.
In many instances no reasons are given
for the opinions expressed, and we notice
several whose views are founded upon the
statements of correspondents from particu
lar localities, as to the prospect in their
immediate vicinity. Opinions vary as to
tke amount ef the orop from one to three
million bales. This is a wide margin, and
can only be accounted for trom the faet,
that estimates for the entire crop of the
eotton producing region are founded in
most instances, upon the crop prospect in
the particular section familiar to the writer.
as agricultural laborers previous to the
war.
Let ns now examine for a moment the
present supply of labor, both black and
white, and see how it compares with that
of 1860. Unfortunately, we have no re
liable data to aid us in this investigation ;
we have, however, a few facts, from which
we may be aLle to approximate a. fair es
timate of our present labor sppllj. In
the first place, we know from the official
reports that two hundred and fifty thou
sand black men hare been enlisted in the
army of the United States as soldiers,
teamsters, pioneers, fee. Of this number
it will besafe te calculate not more than
fifty thousand will hoe cotton this year.—
Then there is quite a large number who
have flocked to the cities and towns to
avoid field tabor. We estimate these at
•ne hundred thousand. There is also a
considerable number of women and girls
from. 12 to 16, who were field hands, but
now are lying up on the plantations in
idleness, their husbands and fathers sup
porting them. A great many field women
have also sought and obtaiued employ
ment as house women—cook*, chamber
maids, washer-women, fee. Theae must
be all deducted from the number for
merly employed in the cotton fields.
Thus we have:
Enlisted soldiers, fee 200,000
Engaged in citiea and towns 100.000
Women and girls not working 100,000
Women and girfs doing house work, 25,000
Total 425,000
era portion of Virginia and Middle and
We6t 'J L’cnnessee. Allotting a fair crop,
in proportion to the land plained, to be
made in those States, we still think our
estimates will fall rather under than over
the true amonnt. We must not overlook
the very important fact that little or no
manure will be applied to the cotton erop
this year. Heretofore, all the stable and
baru-yartl manures, the scrapings from the
cattle and slieep pens, and a considerable
portioa of cotton seed, have been applied
to cotton. The amount of cotton seed
raised was generally sufficient to- supply
the corn crops, leaving ail the other avail
able fertilizers for cotton. There being
no eotton seed this year to be used as ma
nure, the corn crop has absorbed all the
stimulants usually applied to cotton, leav
ing the latter to straggle unassisted against
the poverty of the soil. Guano, too, had
been, previous to the war, pratty exten
sively used on cotton lands. This year,
the high price, scarcity of money and im-
perfect.meaus of transportation, have pre
vented the usual amount being used. All
these things must be carefully considered
in arriving at a conclusion as to the extent
of the crop ; and they all tend to confirm
us in the belief that the present, in the
very nature of things, must be a short
crop.
GEUKi>Ia, Brtidwiu County.
W HEREAS, Eliza A. Roberson has filed her pe
tition for letters of auiniuietmtion on the estate
of William A. Roberson lute of said oaaty, dee’d.
These are therefore to cite a.->d admonish all persons
adversely concerned, to tile their objections ot or be
fore the first Monday in June next.
Given under my official signature tLix May 1, 18M.
39 it JOHN HAMMOND, Ord’y.