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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 9, 1869
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Rut. J. W. Hu.fi. is mt snljf aut.lior
(••3 tl»Y«*Ting A?««t. *» duly em|flr>were<]
tn«*MMre receipt, for monies <ine this office.
4gU Texas hart gone for the eotlserv
etives. Miasissippi ditto. Fu‘H returns
j»ot yet in
*rftei .ah«r»W»ry grounds near Ma
tron were sold on Monday, to a company
who to use it for an annual indus
trial «xlsibitHtn. i
T‘he property brought $24,000.
Another new route -to the ockwwv
,hae been opened by the completion of
the Macon and Brunswick Railroad
This will tend to relieve the pressure
of Savannah freights to Macon, by C.
R. R. Road. It remains to be seen I
whether the enterprise will be a paying
one or not. The people at least are the
gainers by every new artery of corr
rnerce that penetrates the interior. I
Ig. Bard of the New Era affects to
ignore the strictures of the Appeal, and
is fearful that any comment may adetr-
Us* us.
This is grandiloquent talk for a Swiss
Journal, which draws its aliment and
life blood from government teats.
Cut off these lacteal sources, and the
•ong of the Bard would be transformed
at once into the dismal croukings of de
spair.
Even Gov. Bullock must be asham
ed of his hungry protege , whose clamor
ous bark could so easily be silenced
with a bone from his mas era table.
Look sharp Mr. New Era, a change
of dynasty might leave no ,4 open rem’’
to you for escape.
Reconciled —lt affords us unmin
gled satisfaction to relate, that the seri
ous differences between the propriet *r»
if the Atlanta Intelligencer and Constit- •
tion, have been amicably adjusted.
Instead of pitching into each other
hammer and tongs, and spilling blood
to avenge their imaginary wrongs, a
calm interview, served to reveal the
existence of misapprehensions on both
•ides, which resulted In mutual explan i •
tions and the restoration of harmony.
We know of no one who will not re
juice at this auspicious event, save that
lehmaelitish press, the New Era, who,
from his infamous radical isolation,
gloats over every thing that will-dis
turb and divide the true sons of the
South.
The peace he prates about, is that
which the wolf gives to the lamb, or a
usurping Congress to an innocent and
unresisting people.
South Georgia Conference—
tered by the press of business engage
n eats and the difficulty of procuring
seats, we were able to be present but a
short time during each days proceed
ings, and forbear therefore to attempt
any detailed account of the action of
this important church judicatory. Be
sides, regular reporters of religious pa
pers were in attendance who will doubt
less spread before the public in full, the
minutes of the entire session.
We listened to some spicy debates
however, which showed that albeit the
grace of God was sufficient to "restrain
the wrath of man,” and good feeling
prevailed, still even Methodist ministers
arc mortal, and the pleasant anecdote
curt rejoinder, and that bye play ui
words, common to all deliberative bod
ies, were also in vogue here.
Even the saintly Bishop occasionally
pointed a decision, with some humorous
allusion, which brought down the bouse,
and served to preserve from stagnation
the current of the usual business rou
tine.
It is a remarkable fact that for sever
al years past, not a solitary death has
occurred among the members of the
Conference. When it is considered
that these men of God are exposed to
constant hardships and privations by
"flood and field,” this exemption from
“ mortality is the more wonderful. Good
men would rightly call it the goodness
and providence of God.
The following were the delegates
elected to the General Conference :
Miniate s. Rev. I.ovic Pierce D. D.,
Rev. James E. Evans D. D., Roy, E.
H. Myers 1). D., Rev. Jas. S. Key D.
D.,and Rev. Samuel Anthony. Laymen
Gen. A. if. Colquitt, Judge James Jack
SWft, Dr. W. J. Green, Col. J. J. Jones,
and R. W. Lovet.
This representation will reflect honor
upon Georgia.
The sessions of Conference closed on
Tuesday evening. The next meeting
will be held at Fort valley.
Another Labor Convention Lie
Scotched —ln the presentments of the
grand jury of Baker county, made to
the Superior Court last week, we find
the following paragraph :
"Having seen in the papers that one
Bill Price, represented in Macon, at a
late convention of colored, that the
Courts of our county refused to prose
cute for crimes committed against
persons of color in this county, ami feel
ing that upon our oaths, we were requ,-
©d to dilligeutly enquire into all viola
scions of the law, we called the said Bill
Price before us, aud asked him tu point
out such persons who were gu Ity of
unlawful acts of violence toward any of
the colored people, with the view that
they might be prosecuted, if proper evi
deuce could be obtained Said Bill Price,
fiowevar, failed to designate to this jury
who these guilty parties were, but said
that he made his statements merely up
on rumors, and could produce uo.relia
ble evidence to sustain such churoes.—
We therefore pronounce “the represen
tation of said Bill Price, at Mai <m>, as
false and a s ! auder upon the county.
Thiß graud jury hereby proclaims wil
linguess ami readiness, at all times to
prosecute violators of the law, whether
V e parties injured thereby are colored
»r whit, if <ufcient of j.
pr.Hlu.ed 10ti,.,,, t„ „ iKI „ bil|
OT special Presentment.”
The President’s Message-
We give copious extracts from this
documi nt, covering all.fche recommen
dations and important 'points discussed
by the Executive.
True to the leading strings of the
ultra radicals, it wifi be -seen Gen.
Grant lias thrown himself bodily into the
ai ms of that faction, and recommends
the reseating <4 the -negiosw -in the
Legislature, end the expulsion of those
democrats who e-.sanot take the oath re
quired by the lltb amendment.
TLis is what we have aW along antici
pated, *r*d effectually cuts the gordian
knot of iiegm eligibility.
As the constitution, as interpreted by
the courts, invests the African with the
right of office, all we cao urge in the
premises, is acquiescence to that which
may not at present be resisted or pre
vented.
But so Tar as the adoption of the 15th
amendment is concerned, for the honor
of Georgia and dignity and self respect
as a people let us spurn the proposal
with contempt. Who is ev<-r called
upon to be his own executioner?
What the ciuel tyranny of our ene
mies inflicts, we may be called upon
from dire necessity to endure, But in
the name of the glorious past, and by
the bones of car revolutionary sires we
would conjure our people to have no
hand in the forging of their own chains,
s.nd the humiliations sought to be
visited upon them.
The President urges the resumption
of sp< cie payments st the earliest prac
ticable day. The reduction of taxes,
and the revenue from imports, to the ex
tent of 60 or 80. millions per annum—
non interference in Cuban affairs—ap
proves of tiie rejection by the senate ol
the treaty with England for the settle
ment of American cluims.—recommends
t ho Darien Canal—the regulation of the
right of citiXi nship abroad—condemns
tiie Coolie system and inierdicts their
transportation, and favors the abolition
of the franking privilege. These are
some of the salient features of the me >
gige.
We have no time at present for fur
ther comment
A Monster of the Dxep.—Those
who “go down to the sea in shiiis” are
usually fatn uis for their "fish stories,”
hut it has fallen to the lot of some color
ed fishermeu of this city, not only to see,
tint to capture one of the huge inhabi
tants of the world of water, aud set ure
their tropliy upon terraJinm. The mon
ster was seen near VVappoo Cut, in
shallow water, and was pursued by the
fishermen, who struck him with their
oars. Flustered apparently at finding
himself in close quartets, h* beat wildly
in every direction to the great alarm of
his assailants, until a lucky flounder
landed him in the marsh. He was at
once atiai-ked more vigorously, and a
tierce engagement ensued, in which he
had almost worked his way off the marsh,
but was driven back and dispatched
by thrusting an oar into bis blow hole
on the top of Ins head, and by repeated
blows on the side of the head with an
axe. After the captive had ceased his
dying struggles, he was attached to the
boat and towed to Cli solm’s mill, where
with some difficulty the carcass was ele
vated to the wharf, n large truck was
secured, and after wrapping the enor
mous fish in canvas, it was transported
to the Militaiy Hull, escorted by a mix
ed crowd of gaping wonder-seekers. It
was oil exhibition on Saturday in the
yard of the Military Hall, and was visi
ted by a great number of persons.
it is about eighteen feet in length
and four in diameter, at the widest part
of the body, with a blunt, equate shaped
head, having the mouth considerably re*
cessed, and furnished with a range of
short, conical teeth some distance from
each other. The eye is small and dull,
with a backward look, and it has the
blow hole and fins characteristic of the
whale family. The general impression
seemed to be that the monster was a
genuine black whale,* though not full
grown. Professor Holmes, however,
pronounced it to be the grampus, of
which there are several species, Uie lar
gest attaining a length of twenty five
feet. The name grampus is supposed to
be a corruption of the French grand
poisson. (Specimens have occasionally
been caught off’our coast, but this, we
believe, is the first instance of one of
these monsters having been kuown to
visit our harbor. The carcass will re
main on exhibition for some hours this
morning, after which it will be cut up
and tried for oil. A yield of from one
r.o two barrels is confidently expected,
and, if realized, will be the first case, as
far as we know, of (Juffce "slrkiug ile ”
—Charleston News, 29M.
Cowardly Attempt to Musdrr in this
Dark. —The Atlanta Constitution of
Friday related the following disgraceful
occurrence ;.-
We regret to announce that Dr. C.
L. Reawioe, of the firm of Redwine &
Fox, was seriously if not mortally woun
ded last evening. The circumstances
were substantially as follows: At seven
o’clock, Dr. Redwine and Captain How
ell left the drug store to go to the Con
stitution office to meet a party of friends
who were to have supper together
Norther had a thought of any harm, and
were walking together, talking ; they
crossed over from the drug store to
wards the coiner of Phillips & Crew,
and passed the corner about ten steps—
Dr. Red win on the right and Captain
Howell on the lett. When about that
distance from the coiner, they heard
someone behind them say, lookout,
look out ! and immediately both turned ;
just as they did, a shot was fired -from
the corner, about ten feet from them
The shot was fired by Harrisson
Westmoreland, from a double barrel
shot gun Dr R, did not fall, but turn
ed and walked to his store. Capt. H.
walked up to Westmorela .and, and oth
ers ruseed up and arrested him. West
morel and remarked that ‘no man should
treat him in that way.” We are in
formed that lie was driven out of Red
wine & Fox’s drug store yesterday by
Dr R., on account of his being drunk
and disorderly, and he took ibis occa
sion to avenge himself. A more outra
geous attempt at murder we neve,
heard of. The doctors have hopes that
Dr. R. will recover, but say he is dan
gerously wounded. The gun was loaded
with twelve,bUuk#hT>t. Two took effect
in the right side, in the region of the
liver. The other barrel was loaded in
the same way. Dr. Westmoreland is
£3T Miss susan Oiep. eu.s, a daught
er ot Aimu it. Stephens, committed
suicide by ah >ot:ng herself witil a pis
tol, last week. No reliable information
as to the cense. — Dahlonega Signal.
Presidents Message.
15» the Senate and House of Representatives :
Emerging from * rebdlfion of gigantic
magnitude, aided it %as by the -Sym
pathies and ftsmslttnce eff nations with
Which w i were at peace, eleven States
of the Uuioff were four years ago left
without -legal Stale governments. „ ■_* f
A national debt had l»een contracted p
A men can commerce was almost driven
from the seas ; the industry of one-ball
the comatiy bad been taken from the
control Wf capitalists and placed where
all labor rightfully belongs, in the keep
ing of the laborer. The work of resto
ring State Governments loyal to the
Union, of protecting and fostering free
labor and providing the means for pay
ing the interest on the public debt, has'
received ample attention from Congress.
Although your efforts have not met
with success in all particulars that might
have betn desired, yet, on the whole,
they have been more successful than
could have been reasonably anticipated.
•Seven (States which passed ordinances
of secession, have been fully restored to
(heir places in the- Union. Thd eighth
(Georgia) held an election at which she
ratified her Constitution, republican in
form, elected a governor, members of
Congress, a State legislative and other
uffici is required.
The Governor was installed, the Leg
islature met and performed all acts
them required of them by the reconstruc
tion acts of Congress. Subsequently,
however, in viol tion of the oon»titutioo
which they had just ratified, as since
decided by the Supreme Court of the
State, they unseated colored members
of the Legislature and admitted to their
seats some members who are disquali
fied by the third clause of the fourteenth
amendment—an article which they,
themselves, had contributed-to ratify.—
Under the e circumstances, I woud sub
mit to you whether it would net be wise
without delay, to enact a law authoriz
ing the Governor of Georgia to convene
Uie members originally elected to the
Legislature, requiring each to take the
oath prescribed by the leconstruction
acts, and uone to be admitted who are
ineligible under that clause of the amend
ment.
The freedmen, under the protection
which they have received, are making
rapid progress in learning, and no com
plaints are beard of lack of industry on
their part, where they receive fair re
muneration for their labor.
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Among the evils growing out of the
rebellion and not referred to, is that of
an irredeemable currency. It is an evil
which l hope will receive your most
earnest attention. It is a duty—oue ot
the highest duties—of the government
to secure to citizens a medium of ex
change of fixed and unvarying value.
This implies a return to a specie basis,
.and no substitute lor it can be devised.
It should be commenced now and reach
ed at the earliest practicable moment
’consistent with a fair regard to the in
terests of the debtor class. Immediate
resumption, if practicable, would not be
desirable. It would compel the debtor
class to pay beyond their contracts, the
premium on gold at the date of their
purchase, and would bring bankruptcy
and ruin to thousands. Fluctuation,
however, in the paper value of the meas
ure of all values, gold ; is detrimental
to the interests of trade. It makes the
man of business an involuntary gambler,
fur in all sales where future payment is
to be made both parties speculate as to
what will be the value of the currency
to be paid and received.
I earnestly recommend to you, then
such legislation as will insure a gradu
al return to specie payments, and put
an immediate stop to Mie fluctuation in
value of currency I The methods to se
cure the former of these results are as
numerous as speculators on political
economy. To seciire the latter I see
but oue wav, and that is to authorize
the treasury to redeem its own paper at
at a fixed price, whenever presented,
and to withhold from circulation alt cur
rency so redeemed until sold again for
gold. The vast resources of the nation,
both developed and undeveloped, ought
to make our credit the best on earth.—
With u less burden of taxation than cit
izens haVe endured for “six years past,
the entire public debt could be paid in
ten years, but it is not desirable that the
people should be taxed to pay it in that
time.
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1 feel safe in saying that taxes and
revenue from imports may be reduced
safely from sixty to eighty millions per
annum at onse and may be still further
reduced from year to year, as the re
sources of the country develope. The
repoit of'the Secretary of the Treasury
shows the receipts of the government
for the fiscal year ending June 30, to be
$370,943,747; expenditures including
interests, bounties ect„ to be $321,490,
597 ; estimates for the ensuing year are
more iavorable to the government and
will no doubt show a much larger de
crease of the publ'i# debt. The receipts
in the Treasury beyond expenditures
have exceeded the amount necessary to
p'ace to thecredit of the sinking fund
as provided by law ; to lock up the sur
plus in the Treasury and withhold it
from circulation, would lead to such a
contraction of currency as to cripple
trade and seriously affect the prosperity
of the country.
*.** * • •
As the United States is freest of all
nations, so, too, its people sympathise
with all people struggling for liberty
and self-government. But while so
sympathizing, it is due to our honor that
we should abstain from enforcing our
views upon unwilling nations, and from
taking an interested part, with invita
tion, in quarrels between different na
tions, or between governments and their
subjects- Our course should always be
in conformity with strict justice and law.
In international and local affairs, such
has been the jvolicy of the administra
tion with these questions. For more
than a year a valuable province of
Spain, and a near neighbor of onrs, in
whom all our people can not hut feel a
deep interest, has been struggling for
iiidepeiidenqe and freedom. The peo
ple and government of the United
States entertain the same warm feelings
and sympathies for the people of Cuba,
in their pending struggle, that they
manifest throughout the previous strug
gles between Spain and hei»former col
onies in behalf of the latter;' but the
contest has at no time assumed condi
tions which amount to war, in the sense
of international law, or which would
show the evidences >f a de facto political
organization of insurgents sufficient to
justify a recognition of belligerency.—
The principle is maintained, h .wever,
that this nation is its own judge when
to accord rights of Iwlligereiiey either
to a people struggling to free them
selves from a government they believe
to be oppressive, or to indepeudeut na
fous at war with each other. The
Uuited States have no disposition to in
ter^ 1 * 1 with the existing relations of
ftpaiu to her colonial possessions ou this
continent.
They believe that in due time Spain
and other European powers will find
their interest in terminating those rela
t ons and establishing their preseut do
fancies as independent Those
dependencies are no longer regarded
as subject’to transfer from one European
power to another. When the present
relation of colonies ceases, they- are to
become independent powers, exercising
the right of choice and of seW-ooDtrul i.i
the determination, of their future condi
tion and relations with other powers.
The United States, in order to pqt a
stop to bloodshed in Cuba and for the
interest of the-neighboring people, pro
posed good offices to bring the existing
condition to a termination ; but the offer
not being accepted by Spain, on the‘ba
sis on which we believed it could be re
ceived by Cuba, it was withdrawn. It
is hoped that the good offices of 'the
United States may y** prove advanta
geous for the settlement of this unhap
py strife. Meanwhile, a number, of
illegal expeditions against Cuba have
been bioken up. It has been the en
deavor of the Administration tojexecute
the neutrality laws, no matter haw un
pleasant the taste, made so by the suf
fering we have endured from-lack of
like good fui.h towards us by other na
tions.
* • * * * *
Towards the close of the'last admin
istration a convention was held in Lon
don for the settlement of outstanding
claim* la-tween Great Riitajn and lhe
Uuited States, which failed to receive
the advice and consent of the, Senate
The time and circumstances . attending
the negotiation of that treaty were un
favorable to acceptance by tjhe people
of the United States, and its provisions
were wholly inadequate for the settle
ment of grave wrongs’ susfstiflrti -by this
government. Injuries resulting to the
Uuited States by Jenson ol tty; , onursu
adopted by Great Britain during the
war, increased the rates of insurance,
diminution of transports ani exports
and other- obstructions to the domestic
industry and progress; in its effect ou
the foreign commerce of the country;
in the decrease and transfer to Great
Britain of our commercial marine; in
the progress of the war and the in
crease of its cost, both in treasure and
the denying of its suppression, could
not be adjusted and ■ .lisfiod, as ordina
ry commercial claims which continually
arise between commercial nations. And
yet the Convention treated them simply
as such ordiuary claims, from wuicti
they differ more widely in tho gravity
of their character than the magnitude
of their amount. Great even as is that
difference, not a word was found in Un
treaty and pot an inference cuuld'be
drawn from it, to remove the sense ot
uuiriendliness of the course ol Great
Britain, jo our struggle for existence,
which had so deeply aud universally im
press and itself upou the people ot this
country, that a convention thus miscon
ceived iu its scope, and inadequate in
its provisions, would not have produced
the hearty, cordial settlement ot tho
pending questions, which alone is con
sistent with the relalious which I desire
to have firmly established between the
United States and Great Britain. I re
garded the action ot the Senate in re
jecting the treaty to have been wisely
taken in the interest of peace, and as ar
necessary step in the direction of a
proper and cordial friendship between
two countries.
A sensitive people, conscious of their
power, are more at ease under a great
wrong, wholly unatoned, than under
the restraint of a settlement which sat
isfies neither their ideas of justice ,:or
their.grave sense of the grievance they
have suspended. The rejection of the
treaty was followed by a state of public
feeling on both sides which I thought
not favorable to an attempt at renewed
negotiations I accordingly fO instruct
tbe Minister of the'United States 1 o
Great Biitain, and found that iny views
in this regard were shared by Her jjaj
estv’s Minister.
I that the time may soon arrive
when the two governments can ap
proach the solution of this momentous
question with an appreciation of what
is due to the rights, dignity and honor
of each, and with the determination nor
only to remove the cifhses of Compfuint
iu the past, but to lay the foundation of
a broad principle of public law, which
will preveut future differences and tend
to a firm and continued peace and
friendship. This is now tho only grave
question which the United States has
with any foreign nation.
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Our neighbors south of us, and Chi
na and Japan, should receive our spe
cial attention. It is to be the endeav
or of tbe administration to cultivate such
relations withal! these nations as to en
title us to their confi tence, and make
it their interest as well as ours to es
tablish better commercial relations
through the agency of a tn ire enlight
ened policy, than that heretofore pursued
towards Chi a. Largely due to the
sagacity and efforts of orie of onr own
distinguished ciiiz n<, the world is about
to commence largely increased relations
with that populous and with that exclu
sive nation. As the United States have
been the initiators of this new policy, so
they should bo most earnest in showing
t»n,ir good tailh in makiug it a success
in this connection.
_ 1 advise such legislation as will forev
er preclude the enslavement of ihe Chin
ese upon our soil under the name of
Coolies, and also prevent American ves
sels from engaging in the transportation
of Coolies to any country tolerating the
system. I also recommend that the
mission to China be raised to one of the
first class.
Oii my assuming the responsible du
ties of CfiHsf Magistrate of the United
States it was with the conviction that
three things were essential to its peace,
prosperity and fullest development. Ist.
Along with these is strict integrity in
fulfilling all our oldigatioos 2i. To
secure protection to the person and
property of the citizen of the United
■States in each and every portion of our
common country wherever he may
choose to move, witheut reference to
original nationality, religion, color or
politics, demanding of him ouly obedi
ence to the laws and proper respect for
the rights of others.
3d. Union of all the States with equal
r'glits indestructible by any constitu
tional means. To secure the first of
these, Congress has taken two essential
steps. Ist. In declaring, byjiiut leso
lution, that the public debt shall be
paid, principal and interest, in coin ;
and 2d, by providing the means lor
paying. Providing the means, howev
er could not succeed, the object duaued
about a proper aOininistVation of the
laws lor the collect .on of the revenue
and an economical disbursement of
theni. To this subj-ct the administra
tion has most earnestly addressed itself,
with results 1 hope satisfactory to the
country. There has been no hesitation
in changing officials in order to secure
an efficient execution of the laws, some
times too, where, in mere party view,
undesirable pobticaj results wi-re likely
to follow ; nor any hesitation .in susiaiu
irig efficient officers against r -monstran
ces wholly political. it-may be well to
mention here the embarrassment p >ssi
bie to arise from leaving on the statute
books tiie so-colled tenure of-offije acts,
and >to earnestly recommend their totd
rqpsfth It could not have beta 4be -in
terition of tbe farmers of the Constit
tion, when providing that appoiatine it
made *by the President should iiteceibl
the ermsent of the Senate, that tho lat
ter should have the power to retain ijj
office persons placed there by Fpderal
appointments against the-will of the
President. The law is inoonsfiftent with
a faithful and efficient administration of
the government. What faith can an
Executive put in officials forced upon
him, and those, too, whom he as sus
pended fyr sufficient reason? Ilow
will such officials be likely to serve an
administration which they know does
not trust them ?
• * * * * *
The Society of Friends is w*U known
its having succeeded iu living in peace
With the Indians iu tho early settle
ment of Pennsylvania, white
neighbors of other sects in other sec
tions were continually embroiled. They
are hlso known for their opposition to
all strife, violence and War, and are gen
erally noted for their striot integrity
and fair dealings These considera
tions induced me to give the manage
ment of a few reservations of Indians to
them, and to throw the burden of. the
selection of agents uptn the Society it
self. The result has proved most satis
factory. It will be found more fully
set forth in the report ol the Commis
sioner of Indian Affairs.
**-* • * *
The report of the Postmaster Gene
ral furnishes a clear and comprehensive
exhilnCof* the hperati of the postal
service, and of the financfeTcondition of.
the"P'ostnffice department. The ordina
ry postal revenues, for tbe y*-uf ending
tire 3DUj «*f.J<une, 1869, amoiited to
$16,444,510, and tbe expenditure* to
$23,698,131.
Your attention is respectfully culled
to the recommendation made by the
Postmaster General, for authority to
change the rat« of compensation to the
rnaiii trunk railroad lines, for their xer
vices, in carrying the mail; for -having
post route maps executed ; for reorgan
izing end increasing the efficiency of
the special agency service ; .for tKe in
crease of the mail service on the Pacif
ic ; and for establishing mail service un
der l-hc flag of the Union on the Atlan
tic; and most especially do I call your
attention to bis recommendation for the
total abolition of the franking privi ege.
This is an abuse from which no one re
ceives a commensurate advantage* It
reduces the receipts for portal service
from 25 to 30 per cent, and largely in
creases the serv ce to be peiformed..
• ••**•
There are many subjects n >t alluded
to in tliis message, which might, with
propriety, bo introduced ; but 1 abstain
believing that your patriotism aud states
manship will suggest the topics and the
legislation most conductive to the inter
ests of the whole people. On my part,
I promise a rigid adherence to the laws,
and their strict enforcement.
U. 8. Grant,
Washington, December 6th, 1869.
Mormomism in Georgia —The Macon
Telegraph and Messenger has been in
formed by a fri end who has had an op
portunity recently to inquiro into and
ascertain the facts, that about one hun
dred Georgians, principally from the
Northern part of the State, have be<?n
converted to Mormanisrn, and removed
to the land of promise since lust spring
Four Mormon prophets have visited the
State and have been operating a good
deal in Floyx), Henry and Fayette coun
ties. They have appealed to the people
principally on tho ground that Utah and
its institutions offer them a political
and social Tupi se which the machina
tions of the negro equality party will
never permit them to enjoy in the South
ern States. Futbermore, there are al
ready two large cotton mills inUtah,
and the Mormons are anxious to in
crease the number; but in order to do
it they must increase their home pro
dace of tho raw material j They have
already cotton plantations m the South
eastern corner of the territory, east of
the mountains, and require a greater
number <>f experienced cotton eultiva
tors, an 1 this necessity has in.iiniy di
rected their attention to Georgia and
the Southern States.
George Peabody’s Funeral.
Mr. Peabody’s remains will arrive at
Portsmouth, early on Friday morning,
the 29ih hist., where they will be re
ceived wit:i due funeral honors, and lie
forwarded to the dockyard direct,
w hence they w ll be take i on board the
Monarch, seven guns, anhorclad, tmr t
ship, Captain John E. (Jo u nerell, C B ,
V. <J, do» uioo’el alongside tho north
easterh jetty of that establishment.'
The stern cabin of the monarch will
meanwhile have been properly prepared
f r the reception of the coffin The
cabin is of an eliptieal form, twenty four
feet wide at its greatest width, twenty
one feet long and about eight fee l high.
Tiie stern post through which the heavy
seven inch six and a half Lou gun w’ould
be used for firing, will be stopped up
the gun itself, which ordinarily stands
half in and half out of tho cabin, will be
moved more amidships, and the bulk
head through which us muzzle projects
will be closed in. The cabin, It is tin
derstuod, will be fitted by .the dock- ;
yitrd workmen.
The body, on its arrival at tho Land
po t railway station, will be saluted
with minute guns from the garrison
and from the slope in harbor, the firing
of which will be continued during the
progress of the cortege to the dock
yard.
The procession will include the de
ceased’s private friends, the Minister,
the'Oimsulato and the Vice Consulates
of the U h ited States from many ports ;
the naval and military port and district
commanders in chief and other officers
of the army and navy ; tiie principal
officers of the several royal establish
ments m the neighborhood, and the cor
porate body of the borough of Ports
mouth. The Monarch huvmg received
the remains will, on the afternoon of
the 26ch, steam slowly nut to Spithead,
under salutes of minute guns, and wilt
there anchor for the night, leaving on
trie following morning for Boston, Uni
ted States.
It is. expected that at least four ships
of the American navy will have arrived
at pithead before the diy on which
the Monarch will weigh anchor ; and of
thqso the America, Ticouderoga und
, tjie Sabine are spoKen of as being cer
tain <o be among the convoy. Curren
cy is given to a tvpo-t also that a
French ma r of-war or two will accotn
pany the Monarch ; and it is believed
that a number of yachts will assemble
at tile anchorage and proceed with the
Hot hi a to a c rtain distance.— Cork Con
stitution, Nov. 19
Divorce by Wholesale. —Three hun
dred and twenty-one applications for di
vorce came before the (Jourt o! Com
moil Pleas for Middlesex county, Mass.,
this winter. The fair inference is that,
in the opinion of the parties themselves,
Massachusetts wives and husbands are
not worth uitvuvg. %
Outbageous,-—The Lexington (Va^
Gazettee says : The Methodists of Cak
lierstown and thoir friends built a eui>-
stasrtia} brick church, and for year*?
haie worshiped™ it. Under the rul
ings ot G«A|r#l Ounby their «Wrrcbi|gs
handed ovey for half the lime to wn«
vagrant f«Uow tint pretends to be a
missionary Ir. this benighted Sand. To
drive the ownets from their property'
and to pat a stranger in possession is
downright robbery. To turn worship
pere from tire temple of their God, built
by their hands and consecrated by their
prayers, is a hideous sacrilege. .To
commit these crimes in the name of jus-
Lea and religion, is an abomination be
foie God and mao.
Tribute of Respect
Washimjto.v Lodok. No. 19, F. & A. M.. )
December 3, 1869. f
Whereas, Tiie’’Suprerae Architect of the Uni
verse, has, ia His d.vuie wisdom, taken from our
midst, our lute Bro.her, JE-SSEE B. KEY. To
this dispensation of PrqyiJeuce we desire to bow
with much submission, and white mooraiog bis
loss as well to this Lodge, as to his family and
the community, our tenets wring from us the ex
pression, •‘the Land swill be done, blessed be
His name.”
Our lute Brother was horn in Bedford County.
Virginia, and in curly die settled iu Cuthbert,
as a merchant, in which occapatiwi he, by » (
coursenf strict intigrity, accumniated a h*«d
some fortune for bis family. No act of fulseboon
tfr injustice has ever been laid to bis charge but
in all things he appeared to *• Love his neighbor
as himself.'’ His life as a m rchunt in Cuthbert
covers the period of near thirty years, but he ij
gone to his final accotn', a'n l w; Lave him.in
the h aids ot a just God. Be it therefore
Resolved. That in the death of otic late Brother
Jesses li. Ket, the Lodge has lost a worthy
and consistent Brother, bis family,a kind aud af
fection >te husband aud parent, and society a
worthy member.
Resolved, That we deplore bis death, but bow
to a decree of the Supreme Architect “ That it
ts ippoiiited u.tlo in in o *Ce to die, ” and vvlii c
it is hard for us to know that the fraternal bonds,
so long existing between our deceased brother
and this Lodge, are forever,-severed we hope to
be united to him iu aaot er aud better world.
Resolved. That wy deeply sympathize with the
bereaved family of our lute Brother, and offer
them the consolation of hope, that wlmt has been
their loss, in the Provideuce of God, will be ottr
late Brother’s et runl gain.
Rtjo'oed, That the name of our deceased Brotl J
er be inscribed upon a blank page of the. min
ute* of this Lodge, and tlr.it the secretary fur
nish the bereaved family with a copy of this
preamble, aud these resolutions. Also that the
same be published iu the Cim’hbeiit Aitkal.
Edward McDoxat.d. )
Micuaei. I. Atkins, {-Committee.
Ephraim 11. I’i.att, )
A true extract from the minutes of Washing
ton Lodge, No. 19. M. C. Pahkmmos,
* Secretary.
New Advertisements.
Select School.
THU UNDERSt NED will open a SELECT
SCHOOL fur Boys, in this City, about the
Ist MONDAY IN JANUARY, 1870.
Having taught nearly four years, and giv n gen
ral satisfaction, he feels encour ged to hop*,' that,
by strict and energetic attention to business, he
may be successful here also, lie respectfully asks a
fair and generous trial.
J. A. EDWARDS.
RitrsREXCKs. - Col. H. H. Jones, Rev. B. J. Bald
win. Rev. J. R. Owen, Dr. A. L Hamilton, Cu'h
bert Col. John F McL-od. Col. Bozeman, Hawk
iniv.lle. Must*. I). U Houser, J. O. Staley, lohn
H. Kmg. Dr K. W. Jo >es. Fort Valiev. D. B
Frederick, M. McCaskill, E-q-t., Ma.-shalville.
dec&t f
Powell’s Halt !
JOHN TEMPLETON-, Director.
OUTHBEIRT,
SATURDAY. Die 11th, lf»G9
Appe ranee of Teuioteton’s r "’‘
O l 3 33 H ETA
AND
SENSATION COMPANY,
Wiih the Great Snn'liem Families. ALICE V > NE,
Star of the South; CLARA WILDMaN, Sensa
lion Vocalist; MARY TEMPLKTOV. ere,test .Iu
venile Talent in the W’ .rll ; ISABEL VANE, Pro
teau Artist: Mbs sO'ilER-8, Comedian.
The-c beautilul and aoeompfiabe I young tadies,
so well known a- being positively unexcelled »e
Vocalis'a. C iminediaiigf*and in the higlier walks ot
dramatic art, will o eu Saturday Night only, with
WILDMAN, CHARACTER. ARTIST. HORTON,
WILSON and TEMPLEION COM
MEDI AN. etc fe'-p-H
ADMI NISTiiATOH’S SALE.
BV virtue of an order, grafted at the December
Term i.f the court, of Ordinary of Randolph
c u itv, will bes ,ld before the court bou-e do >r
in the city of CiMii’wrt, on the hist Tu--day in
Febrnarv," i*7o, as the property of William M imor
deceased, lot of land No. 17.). in the Huh District
of Randolph countv, containing ac es more
or less. Sold torihe benefit ot heirs and c editor*.
Terms cash. W. B. DIX'ON.
dectttd AdrinnisUator,
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
BY virtue of an order, granted at the De ember
term ot the Court of Ordinary, of Randolph
county, will be sold at th# Court House in the city
of Cu'hbert, on the Ist Tue day in Fe n-nary, IB7<>,
as the property ol James Coleman, deceased, lot of
lain ! No. 13, west halt of s .id lot said to contain
acres, more or less, sold for the benefit ot the
heirs and creditors. Terms cosh.
tiecH'd O. J CDLEMAN, Admr.
A D MIN IST LI ATI) R’S SAL E.
BY virtue of an ord r. granted at the December
Term of the Court of Ordinary of Ra; do!;>h
count*', wilt be sold on the H st To-s-lav in Febr .
a , v 137« at the Court House in the city of Cnth
beri, HC -e* "f wild Lind, N«. 104, in the i> th
lli-t'rict of M'lSCOgee conoiv. <ii., SS the properly
of \V. W McMoil, deceased, fur the benefit ot beirg
and creditors.. Terms cash.
deeOtd SAM E McNEfL, Admr.
NOTICE.— Mrs. Elizabeth S*rickl.md has applied
for exemption of personalty. and setting apart
and valuation of homestead, and I will lass upon the
same at 10 o'clock A. M., on the 18th day ot De
cember, 1869, at my office.
dec9-2t M. GORMLEY, O dinary.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
* LL persons indebted to the es'aie of J. B. Rev,
/V deceased, are required to come forward and
set tie or make some salis'actory arrangements about
the same. All having claims again-t said estate
wilt present them for settle cent.
' JAS. A. ALLISON.
dec9 Im Aden iso tor.
In the District Court of the United States ,
For the Southern District of Georgia,
fn the matter of 1
DELAWARE MORRIS, >■ In Bankruptcy.
Bankrupt. ) No. 317
THE sad Bankrupt having petili ned 'he Court
for a discharge Irom all his debts provable u*t
der the Bankrupt Act ol Match 2nd, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear on
the 22d day of December, 1860, at 9 o’clock, A. M
at Chambers ol said D strict 0. urt before Frank 8.
Hesseltine, Esq . one of the R-gistcp-s of said Court
in Bankruptcy at th: office of 11-wtd A Kiddoo in
Cuthbert. Georgia, and show c use whv 'be prayer
of the said petition »f the Bankrupt should not be
graßhtJ. And lunhtr notice is given that the sec
ond and third mec ing of Creditors, will Le held at
the same time and place.
Dated at Baranuah. Georgia, this 2d of Decem
ber, 1869.
dec9-it JAMES McrHFKSON.CIeik
VALUABLE LANDS
At Auction. |
WILL be sold, before the Court House door is
Cuthbert, on Saturday, the 18th uay of De
cember, 1869,' Lot of Land No. 169, and one-half of
Lot N . 163, lying sLf[ miles north of Cuthbert on
the Lumpkin road. The Laud ig very good, well
timbeie I and under good fence. About 125 acres
moi e or loss open.
B<>ld sos distribution. Titles perfect. Terms*
cosh. W. N. rfOO.YF,
H. L. BOONE,
des2 At |P. 8. BAKBREY.
HOUSE A.N D LOT
At* - JC*
laoffar for sale nay House and Lot, situated on
< ©liege Street, sad ts one **l the roo t desirable
l-'Cations ia tbe etty. The lai cin auts 4 acres,
good welt ol water, and ail uece.-wary outbuildings.
The h .use cmiaiac it rooms, ail well fiuisbod, and
fireplace in each. _
Titles pviJeulaud undisputed.
dees tt f. W. ANBLEY,
THE ONE FBICE
t ISII STORE!
v .
-V . «>*’4ad f v . f .- >' .'ir'Jt -
We have now in store, a LARGE ant! SPLENDID STOCK o*
GOOD all
Fresh and New!
- 8* Everything for
Ladies’, Gents’ and Children’s Wear
Carpets, Crookey,
Hardware, Saddles, etc.
We have adopted the
ONE PRICE CASH SYSTEM!
• m
Sell to */tll *llike!
AND AT
Extremely low prices!
Come and examine ottr GOODS and PRICES for
yourselves. We will take pleasure in showing vou our
Goods.. <• . °
SCOTT & SMITH.
1
Fresh and Complete Stock of
FALL & WINTER GOODS!
rTAKR TICS METHOD OF ANNOUNCING TO MY OLD FHI ENDS
nn.l Hie public generally, tbut I have just opened a LARGE and COM
PLETE STOCK of
FALL AND WINTER DRY GOODS,
Bsalpuia Clothing, Boots, Sho93, Etc, Eto.,
Wiiich I tjffer to the public -'it ns LOW FIGURES as can be bought in the mar'
kvt Mv Dry Goods are all FRE&H and
auction, North, but from FIRST-CLASS HOU-SES, who do not deal in second
hand or damaged goods, 1 bought for CASH, got CASH ARTICLES, and whan
Goods are compared will show they afe as good as the best and as cheap.
I also have a general assortment of
Heavy and Fancy Groceries,
Hardware, Hollow and Willow Ware, Etc.,
Which can he had on reasonable terms.
Connected wilh my establishment is that accommodating and popular snlea
uihn, JNO. L. B!P)VV r ,V, who is ever ready to show my Stock, and will spare uo
pains to give satisfaction to all who may favor me with a call
gigy. Those indebted to me, I trusr, will respond promptly, and eotno tippeo
pared to bnlnnce old noeoniits. I have waited patiently until ymi gathered your
Cotton, and now I hope yon will not put me to any farlher inconvenience by
withholdntg toe same. Your promptness in tin* matter will but enable me to seii
to you on more favorable terms in the future.
octi4 3m ISAAC EASLEY.
Reopening of
CUTHBERT’S
ONLY BARGAIN STORE 1
-
Having just returned from the north with an im
mense aud WELL SELECTED
STOCK OF GOODS f £
Consisting of
Dry Goods,
Boots, Slues, and Bents Famishing Goods,
CLOTHING,
White and Woolen Goods,
LADIE’S AND GENT’S SHAWLS.
C3r roceries.
And many other Articles too numerous to mention.
JV. li.—Having attended the Latest Auction Sales in New Ycr’t r.r.d Phila
delphia, I ciin assure my customers, and the public in general, that i am enabled
to sell the above Goods, at
V . 1 LOWER PRICES than any House in S. W. Georgia F
All t ask is an inspection of »y IMMENSE STOCK. Come and see tor
yodrseives, aud you will be convinced ot the fact.
a®-Special inducements offered to Country Merchants and Planters wishing
to boy at wholesale. [ocl4 3m] M- H- PULASKI*
i . -t