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For the Journal A Messenger.
THE LATE DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT.
AU. huMToa: We will call your attention to one
. rl y one more of the re' ent decisions ot the
Supreme Court, wh.ch we believe to be against princi
p'.e, precedent, aid authority It I* the decision that
the conscript ofLcer may take a man under recogni
zance for/rfong cat of the custody of the civil authori
es and piece him in the military service of the coun
try
la’. It is oontrary to the practice of the Confederate
Government
2d. It is contrary to the letter and spirit of the Con
federate Army Regulations, and the Statute® of the
State oi Georgia.
It is subversive of th* rights of the State under the
Conatitation, and place* the civil in subordination
to the military power.
If we sustain theae three points,we shall bare shown
to a demons'rat ion, that tbe decision complained oi is
a grave and dangerous error.
W hen a soldier kill®.a citizen or commjla a depre
dation upon him amounting to crime, the civil author
tieshave invariably claimed him lor trial, and tbe
M.ii’arr authorities have a® invariably respected the
claim The latter have even gone leiiber, and in some
instances'where both were soldiers, have voluntarily
turned the offender over to the ervii authorities for
trial and punishment. This was done in the case ot
Stokes who killed Myers in Virginia. Both were
soldiers belonging to a Georgia Regiment, and Myers
was killed while discharging bis duty as a sentinel.
But wo are not left entirely to custom to establish
thia proposition. It is provided for by the Army
Regulations of the Confederate States.
Regulation No. 38 says : When any commisaioned
officer or soldier shall be accus »d of a capital crime or
of baring used violence or committed any offence
against tbe penton or property of any citizen of any of
the Confederate States, such an is punishable by the
known law® of the land, the Commanding officer and
officers of every Regiment, troop or company to whicn
tbe f»er#on or person® so accused shall belong, are
hereby required upon application duly made by, or in
bt-balf of the oarty or parties injured to use their UA
most endeavors to deliver over such accused perwoti
or persons to the civil magistrate, and likewise to be
aiding and assisting tbe officers of justice in appre
hending and securing the person or persons so accused,
in order to bring him or them to trial. Il any com
manding officer or officers shall wilfully neglect, or
•hall retuse upon tbe application aforesaid, to deliver
over such accused person or persons to the civil mag
istrate or to ba aiding anlhtMuting to tbe officers of
justice in apprehending such person or persons, the
officer or officers »o offend lug shall be cashiered.”
In the case before tbe Supreme Court, tbe two men
were mustered into Confederate service, and were ter •
ving in the reserves at Anderson.
They were arrested by lawful warrant and due pro
cess of law for a felony alleged to be committed
‘'against the dignity of the State of Qworgia.” They
delivered up by the “commanding officer “to tbe
civil Magistrate. They save bond and surety to ap
pear at the next team of the Superior Court of the
county to answer any indictment that might be found
• raiust them. Before the next sitting of said Supe
rior Court, they were arrested by the order of the
oomtnandiug officer of tbe command from whence they
were delivered up to be again placed in the tanks.
The Supreme Court determined that this arrest was
legal; and notwithstanding they ore legally in the
custody of the civil Magistrate, they could be forced
back into military service before trial, and even before
indictment found- It must be borne in mind that
th* real parties before tbe Court were not the offenders
nor their sureties, but they were the majesty of the
law* of Georgia on the one band, and Confederate
military service on the other. The superior Confede
rate military authority had by the regulation above
inserted, bowed with deference to the laws of Georgia.
The Supreme Court, Jfor some reason, saw proper to
award, to tbe former what ita law* and regulations
disclaimed.
it may be argued that these men, being out under
bond, could render military service, and appear to be
tried too. Tnat this la net an impossibility we admit,
but tbe object of the law is to secure a certain and
speedy trial The probability that this would be
done in the case of men who are in military service,
and subject at any time to marching orders is very re
mote. Therefore the majesty of tbe civil law required
that those men should remain in he.r custody.- Upon
a legal arrest for crime tbe prisoner must enter into a
recognizance, or go to jail. If he gives bond, his sure
ties are bis Jailors. If he fails to do this, the appoint
ed prison keeper of the county is his jailor. In either
event he has a jailor. Whether in or out of jail after
legal arrest, in contemplation of law he i» in jail. *-
Hence, the Supreme Court have given their sanction
to the right of » conscript officer to recruit among
criminals in our jails. This might be well if no one
had rights to be affected but the criminals. But there
stands to confront tbe conscript officer, an outraged
community, and the sovereignty of the Slate of Geor
gia.
Notwithstanding the concession (if IL may be so
called) by the Confederate military authorities, we ad
mit it is in tbe power of the State ot Georgia, by prop
er legislation, to yield her right to try and punish the
violators of her criminal laws. The power to pardon, as
well as other attributes of her sovereignty, give her
that power. But tbequestions are : Ist Bas she dene
so; and 2d, ought she to do so ? We assert that so
far from making such a concession, she has, by solemn
legislation, asserted her right to retain, try and punish
all persons under charge of felony.
Tbe act of 15th December, 1862, says: “That in
. any and all cases, where the principal or principals, to
any reeognixances, requiring him or them to appear
and answer to a charge of not, or any other offense
than a felony, has or have heretofore entered, or
shall hereafter enter the military service of the Con
federate Mates, or ot th s State of Georgia, during, the
existing war between the United States and the Con
federate States, and this fact shall be found by a jury,
n ary case where the principal shall foil to appear, the
Judge before whom the fact is found, may, in hie dis
cretion, enter an exhoneration on such recognizance,
as to the surety or sureties thereto; and tbe aurety or
sureties shall pay the cost of the proceeding.”
This act is as explicit as language can make it, that
in felonies Georgia Insists on her rights, and in offences
tans than Monies, leaves it to tbe discretion of the
' Judge. This was the Stale of onr legislation at the
date of the decision of tbe Circuit Judge, and there
has been no subsequent legislation to the contrary.
By the Act of March Bth, 186 f , it .a made tbe duty of
the judge presiding, it a person sbaii fail to appear by
reason of being in the military service, to corntrnue tbe
caw, and that no bond hereafter or heretofore shall
aland forfeited, if it be made to appear that the party
i® in military service. Inks act doesnot declare the
right of tbe military authorities to conscript and place
in th* service her citizens lawfu’ly accused of felony,
aud by force of military power to take them out of
lawful custody, it simply provides foe protection to
sureties in case such persons may by any means have
found themselves “mustered in.” We think, then, we
have clearly established our first two propositions and*
will proceed to discuss the third, together with the
inquiry whether Georgia ought ever to make such a
concession to the military authorities * The statement
iof that proposition is its proof. Certainly ao sane
man will contend that under tbe war making power
the Confederate Government can step into the States
and suppress the enforcement of their p*nal statutes.
This is virtually a destruction Gt the reserved rights of
tbe States, aud the demal of their sovereignty It is
declaring marshal law, and a suspension of the habeas
corpus at the same time. An argument in favor of the
judgment of tbe Supreme Court is, that persons will
commit crime to keep out of tbe army. If this, for the
sake off argument, is admitted, it is only an argument
olt he nature. inctwn-enttnrt. It rests upon no de
cured law. It is applying what the Supreme Court
may think a good policy to uproot the very iounda*
tious of the law. What right has that tribunal to
substitute their apprehensions for law ? If they are
wall grounded the remedy must be by the law making
and not by th® law expounding department. This
can be easily done ?
The legislature can restrict the right of the State to
certain grade® of crime, or they may leave the whole
matter in the discretion of the circuit Judges, or of the
Supreme Court by appeal, if thought better. Certain,
ly, that power has done neither, except in cases lege
than felony. But let us exam ine this apprehension a
little. A man may commit a misdemeanor, or may
even run the risk ol the penitentiary' for exemption
from tbe perils of tbe battle held. But will he cotnmit
willful murder or arson? Will he even ‘commit
those crimes of great moral turpitude such as rape and
burglary ? He can but die on the battle field—that is
an honorable death, and redacts eternal credit upon his
posterity. With this in one scale, and a capital crime
in the other, a crime which links his name forever with
infamy, will he not chose military service ? But sup.
pose there are depraved spirits that will make a choice
so infamous, what ought be done with them ? They
should be banded,over at once to the civil authorities
to receive a fair and speedy trial and proper pun ish
meat, and not be permitted to expiate & horrible crime
by an honorable service and perhaps an houo cable
death. Ws assert that the prevalence of such a doc
trine is an initatian to crime. If men know that the
only certain punishment for murder, arson and rob
bery is military service, many will not hesitate to as
sassinate an enemy, or to carry the burglar's dark lan
tern and false keys. It is plain that an outraged com
munity should have tbe right tn try and punish those
who make war against life, liberty, and property.—
Sup?? - * te »h* rity ol Mteeon, one of your best
and most virtuous citizens should be shot down in
cold bloo<f, without justification, or aggravation by
some desperado, and the commandant of conscripts
was to take him from the civil authorities, and send
him to the army to fight, and perhaps by the side of
the son of the man whom be has murdered—or that
some fiend, from motives of revenge, or gain , should
place the incendiary’s torch to your city, and burn
down a large portion of it, thereby endangering life*
and turning out the tenants into the open air to
live ? Would* placing the guilty person in the army
satisfy the demands of an outraged people and a vio
lated law V Most assuredly not.
And yet such a right exists in the military author?
ties by the judgment of the Supreme Court. True,
the decision was not made in such a case, but if it is
law in one felony, it is law in another—the grades of
moral turpitude make no difference. The public at
tention being almost entirely directed to the war, and
war having produced its usual amount ot demoraliza
tion, the commission es crimes have increased. To
prevent and punish such, the last legislature has re
quired the holding of special criminal cou ria. What
good can these courts do if subject to the interruption
of conscript, officers? Our legislation is adverse to the
exercise of such a right by the military authorities.
There is no law or principle to smtt&in it, and it is
“shocking to tbe moral sens.- ” It remains to be seen on
what ground the Supreme Court places it.
LEX.
[From the Richmond Sentinel.]
Lessous from Other Daye.
"They are driven to the wall treat them as
criminals craving mercy.” This was the coarse
counsel of a New York journal to Abraham Lin
coln, as he set out to meet our commissioner!?.
We all know how well he acted hia part, in ac
cordance with the admonition. Who expected to
find him imbued with a loftier spirit than had
thus hissed its, paltry venom, byway of advice?
Can any one have contemplated r single phrase
of the gross presumption which governs the mo
tives, as it guides the movements of our foes,
without being persuaded that they are a people
radically different from ouraelves ? He and his
JidiM Ackatee came with a blustering “woe to,” as
their commentary on the aim of those who rep
resented “Peace on eartll—good will to men.” It
was a Frankesstein meeting a good Samaritan ; it
was the ruat caelum of a Maranatha, to answer the
Pox vobiicum of a Paul—a tae victix to blur ato
Deum ; a Bombastes Furioso, face to face with
Humanity. And, in all this, it was thoroughlv
characteristic and .thoroughly representative.
“They are driven to the wall—treat them as
criminals craving mercy.” Hectoring, insolent
words, worthy of their source! Worthy of the
doom that awaits them, as, in all time it has
awaited, and fallen Jheavily on similar bravado. It
was so, in effect, that the London Merc’irv (long
sixiee defunct,) spoke to George 111, a few months
before be had to treat with his “rebel criminals”
as honored equals. It was precisely so that his
Imperial master spoke to the tyrant Gealer, in
January of 180 S ; and yet Switzerland has sur
vived the threat until this hour; a threat far less
audacious in the mighty voice of German? under
the circumstances of the Confederated Swiss, than
it it in theiJwseon of the day to us. It was al
most exactly so, that Francis of Carrara spoke to
the Genoese, to crash, forever, the “wicked re
publicans of Venice”—“shattered, hopeless and
at our mercy.”
There is something, significantly applicable to
current events, in this coincidence, and for that
reason it is worth recounting. Ou- foes have
utterly ignored the many noble lessons of home
h’.ttory, aud 4 have wilfully closed their eves to
eren the most glowing pages in what were once
oar common records. A® this that we have here
to offer, is of purely foreign extraction/f* would
doubtless affect them more than any parallels of
tustory which are merely of native grdlwth. Kot
Macon, Ga., Saturday Morning, April
for -any possible effect on them, how»vrE > *bNf for
whtt it teaches ourselves, do we choose no’ to
of the most sugg> -live Miswt re of his
toey to such braggart advices as cheeied Litaoln
on hia woy to City Point.
Towards tbe end of the year 1376. the Veuofosn
had Jbeen reduced to such extremiti-. s that r&tff
solitary ray <4* hope lightened the dense gloom then
hanging over their destiny. The battle of Pels so
shattered their armies and the fall of Chfoza so
cripplpd their power, that despair laid its unnerving
grip on the whole Republic. The united armaments
of Genoa and Padua had effected all this distress
by a succession of brilliant victories in an aggres
sive war. On the 16lhof August, 1379, Frrucis
de Carrare wrote to his capital that the gallant Ven
etians “were pushed to the wall and must be t>not
ed without mercy.”
There were croakers in those days, as there have
been ever since- and these croakers were, sudden
ly, so numerous throughout the Venetian Republic,
as io iucind* nearly all its civiUians. Less on be-
humanity than of their Remaining interest,
these caused an Embassy to visit the triumphant
enemy not to sue for peace on “honorable terms,”
but on any terms A panic w=s on them, and, in
its paroxysm, they gave their ambassadors a blank
Sheet of paper- let the leaders of the united arma
ments fill it up as they please—only allow them a
shadow of the substance they were too ready to
surrender —and that was ail. But, that shadow _-e
quited tne recognition of the nominal independence
of Venice. This was a slight boon but it could not
be tolerated. » . .
The arrogant Genoise were full flushed with vic
tory, and panting to complete the ruin of their
rival. “My foot is on their necks.” wrote Peter
Doria to Genoa, “they are suing for mercy iu the
guise of peace; but lam deaf.” Nothing seemed
easier than to push on and crush them. Suppli
ants in his camp with a “blank paper,” were proof
positive not only of humiliation, but of the des
truction a few days or weeks would finish, forever.
Therefore, he related to the embassadors in these
words: “On God’s faith, gentlemen of Venice,
you shall have no peace until we first put a rein
upon the unbridled horses of yours that are on !
the porch of your Evangelist St. Mark. Your sub
jugation a certainty, we shall keep you quiet.— •
Take back the prisoners you would give me up.— !
I shall presently come and let them and all the
others out.
Do not imagine that we are here describing,
slightly disguised, the speech which was
other day at fortress Monroe. The wordsand poli
cy of the insatiable aud short sighted tyrant of :
five centuries ago, might indeed, be confounded
with their modern reproduction. But we are 4
speaking of the veritable Peter Doria, commander ,■
of the Genose, and not of Abraham Lincoln; of
the spirit which they said, and the manner ol say- i
ing, ages ago, away in Italy : “They are driven ’
to the wall—treat them as criminals craving for
mercy.” These words were then precisely whai ,
they are now—insolent bravado. The Venetian 1
carried hack, for the consideration of their
d m p - ai £ in f c< ? m [ ad £t The - V lepeated to them the
electric shocks! The dark e ioim at ol , ce jj. J
luminated by a flash of patriotic lightening, a»a t
•there was not one Venetian craven enough to Lug '
the torper he was so lately eager to embrace; dis- •
may and distrust, as if by magic, fell from their
hearts, and instantly they girded themselves for
the strife. They would nobly do or bravely die
for Venetian and independence.
It was well that their preparations kept pace with
their rekindlded ardor. The united armaments were I
quickly upon them to achieve the victories that were I
to make good their haughty and inexorable threats.
Many terrible and uncertain conflicts succeeded • but '
there was no more dismay in the Venetian ranks or '
people. All was bright, deep-set, harmonious, deter- !
mmation. It triumphed. They would not be con- I
quered—and they were not. Within five months of 1
this fearful threat, Peter Doria paid with his life a re
tributive penalty for his insolence before the walla of 1
Cnioza. In five months more the all but vanquished )
Venetians dictated their own terms to their premature
ly exultant foes.
It was the despotic and heartless answer of the i
Doria which saved Venice, not Only from her relent- j
less enemies, but from what was unworthy of her I
within herself. That was tbe spark that lit her expir- .
ing hope, and revived her whole being. Resolute in
her re animation, she stepped forth self-reliant, and
only drew back victorious The peace her foea scorn
fully denied her, she compelled them humbly to sue
for on such terms as she pleased to allow. Behold !
history is re-enacting one of her sublimest spectacles
this very day, on this very soil!
(From the Augusta Constitutionalist.]
Ctxarl«ston,
If the secular journals of the North yelled and I
raved more vocifferoualy over the fall of Charleg
ton than Howling Dervishes, the religious papers
were, if anything, a bow ahot beyond the charter- :
ed libertines of the Press, in all manner of vituper
ation and falsehood. Mr. Long, of Ohio, In that ■
masterly speech which we have published and
which ought to go home to every Confederate,
characterizes the religions principle of the North '
as depraved, hellish and barbarous. We can ap
preciate the full force of this remark when read- '
Ing the extract from the New York Independent !
which we give below. Let all Southern men read
it and from it gather a defiance which is the parent !
of fortitude. More especially let. every South J
Carolinian brood over these vile words until they I
are seared upon his -oui never to be erased in this '
world.
it is proper to add that the Daily News and j
Freeman’s Journal, the one representing what ns i
left of euliglrteaed Democracy, the other the pur
est Catholic sentiment, have both denounced the '
base strictures and cowardly presumption of the i
Tribune and the Independent, with a force and •
elegance which cannot be surpa’sed. But the de- i
fence falls upon deaf eacs within their benighted i
land, and it remains for us to treasure up their ut i
terances as so many|argument9 to suffer everything I
rather than submit:
Here, under the caption of “Babylon is Fallen,” •
the Independent vents its devilish spleen :
So, at last, Charleston is ours, plucked like the i
golden apple of the fable, that turned to ashes in I
the grasp. The great news is like wine to the
pulse. The early telegrams were thought to be
too good to be true. What a picture was that
which the Tribune’s correspondent presented to
us on Tuesday morning of the Old Flag hoisted
once again upon Sumter, even though waving
from an oar’s blade for lack of a flag staff! The
rebellion is humbled in the city of its first haughti
ness. Boastful, braggart Charleston skulks away
from itself, and surrenders without firing a shot in
its own defence. The only heroism of the retiring
traitor,-was in exploding powder for the horrible
burning of their old women, children and old men. !
Having lately robbed both the cradle and the
grave, they make a strange variety in their bar
barous customs by now heaping the cradles into
the graves.
What a hideous sight saluted the bewildered
eyes of the Union troop® as they entered the city
—weak and helpless human beings, scalded,
burned, and mutilated by those who ought to have
been tbeir protectors; a city set on fire by its own
garrison, when not a flame could touch the hair of
an enemy’s head, but only singe and roast its own
inhabitants! Terrible is the self inflicting retri
bution which an Ali-wise Providence has decreed
against this cocatrice’s den. Except for Charles
ton, the rebellion would never have been ; and
except Charleston had been terribly scourged by
the war, poetic justice would have failed. “Bui
vengeance is mine, I will repay ,” saith the Lord.
No battle, and praisworthy defeat! No stout
defence and honorable capitulstkHi. Nathiog but !
th6 hanging of r hound’? rail between Lis swift
running legg* 0-hame where i- thy bhiA .
Was there any city in the South that 'peciallr
boai-ied of its chivalry ? That city was Charles
ton-! Was there any that resolved to dig in its
own fair screetA if necessary., the “list ti.iofc ?”
That city was'Charleston.! 0 fallen Babylon ! 0
elegant city ol spfonded lies, rear now a monu
ment to thy shame, and inscribe the obeb.sk with
the -wtadom of Solomon* “Pride gooth before
destruction and an haughty spirit before a fall!”
Now comes the question, Will it ever fiv worth
while to rebuild Charleston? Is her name worth
saving? la her site worth a memory on the map 0
la her sin less guilty than Sodom’s, and should her
punishment be less heavy than Gomorrah’s ?—!
Nevertheless, out of her firery ashe® let a fail
pecenix ari<e! Let the treasonable city, humbled '
by war. and purified by fire, make haste to cleanse
and sweeten itself into a fit abode for Liberty and '
Peace' What are the signs of the times? The
beginning ot the war saw Fort Sumter standing
on a foundation of New England granite. The
end of the war shall see South Oirolina standing
on a foundation ol New England ideas! Where
fore, let us prepare io sing the great anthem,
“Peace to the nation and praise to the Lord i”
WM. M DUNN.. THOB w MaWGRAV.
DUNN & MANGHAM,
General Produce Merchants,
AND
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN
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W£ buy and sell Bacon, Lard, Syrup, Soda, Sugar,
Coffee, Flour, Meal, Tobacco, Whisky, Sheet
ings, Osnaburgs, Yarns, Corn, Peas,
Salt, Leather, Cotton Carda.
etc., etc., etc.
Consignments and trade respectfully solicited.
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'SLAVE TRADER.
AND DEALSS IN
STOORS, BONDS, CERTIFICATES
Gold aud Silver Coin,
Chery Street, Macon, Georgia,
NEARLY OPPOSITE THE DAILY TELEGRAPH
j AND CONFEDERATE OFFICE.
——
ALL classes of NEGROES usually on hand, and stoek
constantly replenished by experienced buyers.
Oaoh advanced to regular traders as heretofore.
Negroes also sold on Commission.
i My old truaty porters “ANDREW" and “ANTONY 11
attend the Trains. • ■ march!
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i Produce and General Merchant,
MACON. Ci.A..
SOLICITS Conulgnmruts of PRODUCE. And win buy
and sell
I Bacon, Lard, Byrv.p, Flour, Corn, Meal, Paas, Soda,
Sugar, Ootfee, Tobacco, Sheeting, Yarns,
Osnaburgs, Salt, Leather, Col-
ton Cards, etc., etc.
My Commission for Frt'ing le S pel cent. War, City ard
Soldier’s Tax 6J< per cent. At Corner Sd and Popiar
Streets. marßl-tf
Macon & Western Railroad.
TRAINS will leave Macon, Thursday morning, March
80th, for Atlanta, on and after Friday, March the 81st,
• will leave as follows :
t Leave Macon..,B 15 A. M.
[ Arrive at Atlantas p m
j I *ave Atlanta:„.s 80 A. M
1 Arrive at Macon 1 45 P. M
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; mar29-tf Superintendent.
Crawford Sheriff Sales*
THS SHERIFF’S SALES of Crawford county will be pub
lished in the Journal A Messenger, hereafter,
• ■ March STth, ISSS. JAMhBN. MATTHFWF,
marßo-tf Sueriff,
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. JAMES J. SNIDER. JONATHAN COLLINS.
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Jlautou, Ga.
(AS H. L. JBWBTTrt OU> BTXSD.)
TYPE solicit Consignments of every description, and
! *• will buy and sell Bacon, Lard, Fyrup, Flour. Corn,
, Meal, Peas, and Country Produce generally and any othet
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Stationery,
100 Reams Fools Cap PAPER ;
200 “ Letter “
150 “ Note “
50,000 ENVELOPES—EngIish and Domeotlc ;
60 Gross Steel PENS -,
50 “ Lead PENCILS;
Good Black INK—warranted.
For sale by J. W. BURKE, Agt.
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COLUMBUS, GEORGIA.
- - EDWARD PARSONS.
(Late of Atlanta,) Proprietor.
HAVING spared no expense In making the House com
fortable, he will be happy to see his friends aud the
raveling public generally.
The practicing Pistol Gallery of the weil known Capt.
Travis, is now xt this house. mnrlA»
Sirayed or
A Large Bed COW. Her herns hare been bored, and a
piece of the hora is split off at cne cf the holes. She
is marked in the mark not recollected. She has
been miselng since last. Any information of her
whereabouts will be thankfully received at tbe
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quest’s rooms, Triangular Block,-Maeon, Ga.'
Having the best light in the cj/j- Pictures taken at short
settings.
Children taken in fine Rtyle, If sent at 11 o’clock on frir
day®- PUGH 4 LUNQUFFT.
march I—dSm
CNOTICL,
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.—The foltowing
Certificates of Deposit, having been stolen from me.
or destroyed by the enemy, the public are hereby cau
tioned not to trade f -r the same, as I shall proceed to es
tablish them according to lav : CertiSeate, No. B.lto, f or
|I,UK), dated March 18th. 18GI, and one dated Trane's,
28th, 1864, No. 151, Sor S.IOO. signed W. B. Johzmca, De
positary, and issued to Thoma? Gibeon.
mark-re * THOB. GIBSON. *
Vol. XLIII—No. 33.
legal advertisements.
Brought to Jail.
I - B-i-h e.->v-.-y, ic .■■♦ptcib-'r u--t, a Negro Boy.named
BILL, who says that he belongs to a Mrs. Susan Wil
liams. a refugee trom Tennessee to Ma*ietta,Ga.
AhorJirougi t to Jail, in October lart, a Negro Boy named
, £■'. wh save be ‘-.longs to Iliomas Cleveland, *ho wen;
to the war from Ccnton, Ga . and met his company In Cal
houn, Go., where he wont with him.
Abo, brought to Jail, in October last, a Roy nemM
JOHN, who says he be.ongs to Angus Morris, of Atlanta,
; Ga
Also, brousrht to Jail, in November last, a Negro Boy
1 nan?, d D »'• I EL. property of J. Cameron, of Tenn-sree.
Also, brought to Jail, In December last, a Neuro Boy
named GEORGE, property or George Willett, of Pavsn
i nah, Ga
Alai, brought tn Jail, in January la-t, a Nerro Boy
• name 1 GEORGE, who tars he belongs to James Ballard, n
’ Sargeant In a battery
The owners of said negroes arc req-rested to come for
i ward, prove property, pay cnarges and take them away,
or they will be sold topav expenses. Apply to
LEM CHERRY, Sheriff,
Or J. JOSEPH HODGES,
Macon, Ga , March 2Tth, ISCS. Dept. Sheriff.
mar2B-wtf.
'VOTIVE.— AiI persons indebted to MATHEW H-
X t SANDWICH, late of Upson county, deceased, are
heresy required to make immediate payment. And aU
persons having demands against the said dec-asod are re
quested to p-esHEt th m to ths undersigned properly pro von t
within the time prescribed by law.
AMOS WORRILt,
mar23-1m Administrator.
' ** after date application wlU'be mado
ro tne Court of Ordinary of Dooly county, for leave
I? Be ‘i . lan!,R belonging to ths estate of Gordon W,
1 Hamilton. Jate of Doolv county, dea’d.
febl *T-’m* SIMON ROYAL, Adm’r.
PEORGII, Crawford County. Whereas,
V. 4 James N Matthews applies to mefor letters of Admin
istr-ition on the estateof Williaam bloan, late ot said coun
ty, deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all an singular
the kindred and creditors of said dec’d. to be and appear
at u*y office within the time prescribed by law, and show
ca^se— if any—why su'd letters should not be granted.
Given under mv hand and official signature at offioe
reb.-, 28d,1?65. JAMES J RAT,
. _yarl Utod* Ordinary
if2LF-OBGIA. Klooly COuuty.—Whereas, Jsmea
VX Holt applies to me for the Administratorship o' J T.
Warren, m : nor child of John Warren, deceased.
This Is therefore to cite aod admonish all persons con
cerned to be .nd appear at my office on or before the first
Monday in April next ane show cause—if any they have—
why the Guardianship of said icinor should not be en
trusted to said applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature, February
23th, 1365. WM. H. DAVIES,
mar4-8?d Ordinary.
TVi’O ttfO-'i'A'i'-SS after date application will be made
to the Court of Ordinary of Crawford county, for leave
>0 sell lot of land No 6, in the 6th district of Dcoly county,
belonging to the estate of Benjamin L. Powell, dec’d. late
( of Ora ford county. JOSIAH J. CLARKE,
Jan 18 45-2m* Executor.
Adniiiiistrator’s Sale.
BY virtue of sn order of ths Ordinary of Crawford
county, March Term, 1865, will be sold before the
Court House door. In the town of Knoxville, on the first
Tuesday- in M.ay next, the following described NEGROES,
viz : ohn, a man, about 27 years old ; Vilet, a girl about
7 years oid; John, a boy, a'-out five years old; and Oli
ver, about 8 years old. Boid st the property of Moses
‘lathews, deceased, for tbe benefit of the heirs and credl
tors of ea .d deceased. Term.—Cash. Thi , March 11th,
marlfi-td.* Administrator.
Crawford Connty.-Whereas,
® l-'e jaieln B. Barnes, Admin st. ator on the estate of
John Barnes, late or said county, decee-ed, applies to ms
for Letters <jDistni-slon from Said estate.
Thise are there ore to ci'e and admon sh all, and singu
la trie he.rs and creditors, to show cause,if any they have,
why s.-i I letters should not be granted at the expiration of
■ ’ six months.
1 Given under my hand at office, Mkrch 81st, 1865.
a r2-wGm JAMES L. KAY, Ordinary.
Gi E.U Jiftl A- Houston County.—( b-hkauv’s
( Office for said Cocnty.—Whereas, Jas. R. Burnam,
petitions the undersigned for Letters of Administration
upon the estate cf Loretiao D. Law, late of s.ild county,
deceased.
* This is therefore to cite and admonish al! persons concerned
to be and a j pear at my office on or before the first Monday
in May next, and show cause, ts any they have, why
said letters should not be granted.
' Given under rr.y official signature, this March 28‘h. IMA.
<i-.31-wlm WM. T. BWIFT, Ordinary.
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Notice,
I- hereby given to ell persona, against trading for TWO
(2) certai PromlsFciy h OTKS, for Five Thcusand Six
Hundred end Twenty-fiye dollar.’ each, made by ms, and
d payable to E. W. "Hughe*, or bearer; due January Ist,
: >865, and January
terms ot contract, by tendering payment for said notes la
the Con'ederate treasury notes of .the new issue, I am da
term ned to let the law take its course.
Twiggs county, Ga., iiarch B7th, 1365.
apr£-eod!st jjR. u. A. RICE.
.
’ HKORGIA, Crawford County.— Whereas,
VjT John H. Gooden, applies to me for letters of Ad
' ministration, de bonus non, with the will annexed, of
Robert A. Golden, late of said county, decsa ed.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all, and eln
vular the heirs and creditors, to be and appear at try of
fice, on or before the first Monday In June next, and show
cause, if any they have, why sa ! d Letters should not bw
granted.
Given under my baud and official siroature, this April
3d, 1565. . JAMES j. BAY,
aprs wSm* Ordinary.
Hosston Cownty,— Ordisart’# ,
Officb yea said r ocsrY —Wliereas Edmund A. Pol
lock, A. minlstrator of estate of Thos. Pollock, deceased,
petitions the undersigned for Letters of Dumisaloa. from
' his b iid trust.
This is therstfore to cite ail persona concerned to be and
appear at my office on or before the first Monday in Octo
ber next to show cause, if any 'hey have, why said letters
should not be granted said applicant. •
Given under my official signature, this March 28th, 1863,
marßl-w6m WM. T. 3'VIET, Ordinary.
GI ORGIA, Houston County.— Ordinabt's
trncs fob 3aid Loumv—Whereas, Wright H Lave,
pWti lons the undersigned for Letters of Administration
up-n the estate of Smith Lave, iate ot -aid county, deed.
These are herefort to cite and admonish the kizdred and
creditors of said deceased to file their objections—if any
they have —on or before the.first Monday In May next
why ?a>d Administration shouldnot be granted.
-Given under my official signature, this March 2Sth,TB63,
marSl-wlrn WM. T. SWIFT, Ord naryi
Two MONTH 3 after data, application will be made to
the Co. i t of Ordinary of Dooly county, for leave to
sell all the LANDS belonging to the estate of Nancy Mns
selwhJe.late of Dooly county, deceased
March 6 h. 1865. BE BEIL P. CLAYTON,
ma: 12-604 Administrator.
G,E3RGIAy Dooly County.— Whereas Nancy
Tippett applies to me for Letters of Administration
on the estate of John Warren, deceased.
1;. is is therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and ap~
p»ar at my ffiec on or by the first Monday in April next,
then and mere to show cause, if any, why said Letter!
ma >• not be granted to said applicant.
1 Give,; under ray band and official Signature, February
2Sth 1865 WM. H. DAVIES, Ordinary.
mar4-Bhd st .
Aii.’IINISTHAIOK’S SALE.-Will be sold
betore tbe Court house door in the town ofCglethorpe,
Macon county, on the first Tuesday in March next, within
i the uJkal hours oi sale, two likely negro fellows, Peter and
; Henry, Belonging to <he estate of Edwin W: Forehand,
i fate ci said coun’y, d- c’d Sold by ord’ei of the Court ot
i Ordinary of said countv, for a division of among theheira
, of said e«‘ate. Terms on tbe day.
; jao 11-tds ALEXANDER FOREHAND, Adm’r.
A j&MIMSTHATOWS SALE. -Agreeable to
an or er of the Court of Ordinary of Cpson county,
WHi be sold > etbre the Court house d _,or in Thomaston, on
tee first Tuesday in March next, one negro girl, named.
Harriet, asred S years ; thf property of the -state of Hen
ry Reed, late of said county, dec’d. Bold for distribution
among tke beire at lew. Terms c-sh.
JOHN M. 8. GREENE,
Jan 17—Adm’r. with the Will annexed.
rEORGIA, Macon County. Whereas, Wm,
Tru.ut k. applies to me for letters of Administra
tion G-o : e estate of Hoidan JV. Ingram, late of said cun
tyMeceaaed.
T! ?e are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
-e km i. rd «Ddcre Dors of t aid deceased, to lobe and
..p>--ar p.t my office on or before the first Mondav in
Ayr ■ -x-.. nd shew cause—if any they nave—why said
i’a.’s of Administration should not be granted to said ap
plicant
Given under my handlhls 25ffi day of February, 1865.
JNQ. L. PARKER,
roarßdd Ordinary*