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Blackwood on the American j
Situation.
Blackwood's Magazine, in noticing a
controversy between Professer Blackie,
of Edinburgh, and Mr. Ernest Jones,
of London, on tbo demerits of Democ
racy, states its own opinion on the
subject in some compact, striking and
vivid passage. We do not quote theln
with the view of inflaming partisan
resentments and passions, but as
showing the views entertained by a
leading British magazine, of the past,
present and future of this country, and
of the completeness of the revolution
wrought in the interests of sectionalism
and party by the late sectional war. —
Blackwood says :
One section has conquered another
section by brute force—pauperized
every body in the South, the negroes
as well as their masters—and resolute
ly declines even to attempt the restora
tion of the Union which it took up
arms to uphold. The Constitution,
with its fine checks and balances, is
destroyed or laughed to scorn ; State
risrhts arid local liberty —without due
regard to which it is utterly impossible
for the Government to exist in any
other shape than that of a miltary
despotism—are set at naught; the
Chief Magistrate is threatened with
impeachment lor no other offence than
strinct adherence to the Constitution
which he swore a solemn oath to de
fend ; and oven the Sci promo Coart,
the most august body in the United
States, is threatened with suppression,
because the Radical faction that has
the majority in a Congress that is real
ly no Congress unless the South be
represented in it, is apprehensive that
its deliberate judgment will be legally
pronounced in favor of the acts of the
President and against their own.—
George Washington foresaw the evils
that were likely to flow from the angry
and aggressive passions of an unlimi
ted Democracy, and solemnly warned
his countrymen of the danger. Jef
ferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams,
Jackson —all theillustrious Presidents
saw them also, and sounded the alarm.
Webster, Crittenden and Douglas—
well fitted to become Presidents, but
not destined for the perilous position
—also piedicted the sad results of to
day. But the Pemocracy had no eyes
to see, no ears to hear. It lusted for
dominion ; and in order to obtain it
destroyed the liberty of the white men
of the South’ fl> give liberty- to the
blacks, converting the latter from well
fed laborers into wretched paupers,
and reducing their number from four
millions to about two millions and a
half. In the process it left for the
whites, both of the North and South,
a crushing legacy ol debt, demoraliza
tion, disunion, and the certainty ol' a
financial crash that has yet to come
and astonish the world by its magni
tude, renewed conflicts, sectional hates,
and all the crop of the dragon’s teeth
whicb the ruling faction are engaged
iu sowing, as if they delighted in the
prospect of bloodshed, and sniffed the
carnage from afar.
Letter from Hon. Reverdy Johnson.
—The West Georgia u ‘" ~~
eeived the following letter from the
Hon. Reverdy Johnson, of Maryland :
Senate Chamber, Mar. 25,15G7.
Dear Sir:—Your letter of the 18th
is received. My vote for the bill ye a
refer to was given, not because I ap>
proved of it, but because 1 knew that
if defeated, or not carried out by the
South,other measures ruinous to them,
in every way, would follow.
I wished by my vote (hoping that
the South would not doubt my desire
to serve them and the whole country)
to place myself in a condition to advise
them more effectually to acceptance
than I would if I had voted against it
My advice therefore is, and I give
it most anxiously, that the proper
course to be pursued by you is to or
ganize under the act at once and in
good faith.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Reverdy Johnson.
B. T. Castellaw, Esq.
State Lunatic Asylum.
Near Milledgevillb, 1
Apr'l 13, 1867. j
Publio notice is hereby given, that
this institution is crowded to its ut.
most capacity, and no additional pa.
tient can be received, except as a va.
cancy occurs. Persons desiring the
admission of any individual, must in
all cases, give us information of the
fact. A record of those applications
will be kept, and the parties notified
in turn, as vacancies occur.
Provision was nn de by the last Le
gislature, for the erection of a building
for the recej tion of insane negroes,
which is in process of construction,
and will be completed in five months.
When ready for use, the public will
be notified thereof. In the meantime,
it is earnestly hoped they will not be
sent, as it is not possible for us yet to
provide for them.
Thos. F. Green,
Supt. and Resident Physician.
State Con vention of the Teachers at
Tallahassee. The Teachers of all
public schools in the State, and of the
neighboring counties of Georgia, ana
all others who as teachers, feel an in
terest in the cause of education tlio’h
pot now actually engaged in teaching,
are earnestly requested to attend a
Convention to be held in Tallahassee,
on Monday the 20th of May.
All persons expecting to attend the
convention, will notify the Rev. Chas.
Kenmore, of Tallahassee, the chair
man of the committee of arrangements
of such intention, on or before the
15th of May, and report themselves
immediately upon their arrival at Tab
lahassee to this committee, who will be
in waiting at the Capitol.
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(SEM-WEEKLY.)
L. C. BRYAN, : : : : Editor.
THOMASVILLE, GA.:
TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1867.
GENERAL POPE’S ORDER.
We publish to-day Gen. Pope’s or
der in reference to the appointment of
Registers. It is worthy of remark
that while Gen. Schofield in the de
partment of Virginia, requires a mili
tary officer to be on the board of Res
istors in each district, Gen. Pope
forbids it except in case of absolute
necessity. Gen. Pope is the most con
servative of the Southern Comman
ders, and shows the least disposition
to interfere with the established cus.
toms of our people.
FLETCHER INSTITUTE.
The attention of the Trustees of this
Institution, is directed to a call for a
Meeting of the Hoard, whifeli we pub'
l'mlt to-day, and they are earnestly re
quested to meet accordingly. We uni
uerstand there has been no meeting of
the Trustees for two years, and that
even now there is no President of the
Board. These things ought not to be
so, and we hope the Trustees will now
conic together, elect a vigorous l’resi'
dent, and put the Methodist household
in F.eteherville in order. A good
school is going on in the Institute, un
der the control of an able and worthy
gentlemen, but if the Trustees have
been as derelict in duty as they are re
presented, wo are at a loss to under
stand bow they can make an accepta
ble report to the Church of their man
agement of its property and educa.
tional interests. We do not know one
of the gentlemen we are alluding to,
but we hope to reinvigorate their luke
warm spirits and remind them of their
own duty and the interests of the
Church.
OUR EXCHANGES.
The latest paper we receive on Mon
day is the Augusta Chronicle Seiiti
ml, which comes on Monday one day
ahead of any other. The Macon Tele
graph comes ahead of every thing
else on every other day, except the
Savannah Herald and Republican,
and those three strike hands and come'
together. They are among the foremost
journals in the State, and are emphati
cally news papers.
SOUTHERN LEGISLATURES.
Legislature of Virginia—G e n e r a 1
Schofield.
Legislatures of North and South
Carolina —General Sicki.es.
Lgislatures of Georgia, Alabama
and Florida —General Pope.
Legislatures of Mississippi, Louis-
Artonvos—
Southern Capitols.
Capitol of the Province of Virginia
—Richmond.
Capitol of the Province of North
and South Carolina —Charleston.
Capitol of the Province of Geor
gia, Alabama nhd Florida—Atlanta.
Capitol of ihe Province of Missis'
sippi, Arkansas and Louisiana —He
lena, &c.
AN EDITOR IN LUCK.
In Luck. —The Editor of this pa.
per is one of the fortunate persons who
held a ticket which uretf a prize in
the Masonic Lottery, which was held
in Atlanta, on tho 17th inst. Two
other persons in this place drew prizos
of ono hundred dollars each.— Amcri<
cus Republican.
“ Two other persons drew prizes of
ono hundred dollarseach, “ but what
did gnu draw, Charloy 7 Come, out
with it.
Georgia Lawyers.—A writer for
the Macon Telegraph, is J'urnishing
that journal with a series or sketches
of Georgia Lawyers. This is a fruit
ful and interesting subject for a com
petent writer, and wo hope the cor
respondent of the Telegraph will do
the subject full justice.
Executions.— The Savannah .4 <7-
vr.rtiser of the 2(Jth inst., says, Jack
Jewett and Moses Bayfield, both col
ored, were executed by hanging, yes
terday morning, for the murder of Mr.
Seekinger, tho particulars of which
arc still fresh in tho minds of our
readers.
Baptist Revival.—Tho Savannah
Republican says, a great revival is
progressing in the Baptist Churoh in
that city. Many able ministers are
present, and greater interest mani
fested than lias appeared beforo in
several years.
JsUs“The Fort Valley Ledger has
been purchased by Mr. G. W. Maddox,
and its name changed to The Weekly
Gazette. It is a neat paper and we
wish tho proprietor much success in
conducting it.
From Washington.
Washington, April 21.-“-The Chro
. nicle, of this morning, says that when
the Senate adjourned last night, the
impression seemed to bo almost uni
versal, that there would be no quorum
in either House on the 3rd of July
next, the foeling between the Senators
and Executive was so comparatively
cordial, and the intelligence from the
South promising submission to the
terms of reconstruction so auspicious,
that very few doubted that the great
measures of Congress had anticipated
and foreclosed all chance of difficulty
and dissension.
The Senate adjourned leaving about
twenty positions vacant, which, under
the tenure-of-officc-law, the President
cannot fill. A majority of the vacan
cies are in the West.
Press Covention—Arrival of Gov.
Jenkins.
Atlanta, April 19.—The Southern
Press Convention, after a harmonious
session of three days, adjourned sine
die at one o’clock to-day, to meet in
Augusta next year.
The existing arrangements with the
New York Associated Press continues.
A grjvnd complimentary banquet
was extended to the Press last night
by the citizens of Atlanta, and speech,
es were made by Judge Whitaker,
W. G Clark, lion. Erastus Brooks,
Gen. Wright, Hon. R. J. Moses, Col.
Glenn and others, which were highly
conservative and satisfactory.
Gov. Jenkins arrived from Wash
ington this.morning.
The Supreme Court.
Washington, April 18.—In the Su.
preme Court to-day, Robert J. Walker
filed an amended bill in behalf of Mis
sissippi, against Secretary Stanton and
Gen. Grant. The Attorney General
moved to dismiss both this and the
Georgia Bill for want of juris .Motion,
and it was agreed by counsel that tho
motion should be argued on the 26th
of April.
General Orders from Gen. Pope.
Headers 3d M 1 LITA RY DIST, )
Montgomery, Ala., April 8, ’67. j
General Orders , No. 5.
1. The following extract from the
recent Acts of Congress in relation to
reconstructing the Sou’hern States is
published for the information of all
concerned :
[Public No. 6.]
An act supplementary to “ An act
entitled an act to provide for the
more efficient government of the
rebel States,” parsed March 2,1867,
and to facilitate restoration.
Be it enacted, &c., That before the
first day of September, 1867, the com
manding general in each district (de
fined by an act entitled ‘‘ An act to
provide for the more efficient govern,
nient of tho rebel States,’’ passed
Match 2,’1867.) shall cause a registra
tion to be made of the male citizens of
the United States, twenty-one years of
age, and upwards, resident in each
county or parish in the State or States
included in his district, which registra
tion shall include only those persons
who are qualified to vote for delegates
by the act aforesaid, and who shall
have taken and subscribed the lollow,
ing oath of affirmation.
ii , do solemnly swear or af
firm, in the presence of Almighty God,
that lama citizen of the State oi ;
that I have resided in said State for
next preceding this d.ay, and now
reside in the county of , or the
parish of——, in said State, a; the
case mav be : that I am 21 vears old.
mm. j nave not Decn uistrancnised tor
participation in any rebellion or civil
war against the United States, nor for
any felony committed against the laws
of any State or the United Stiy.es;
that I have never been a member of
any State Legislature, nor held any
executive'or judicial office in any State
and afterwards engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against tho United States,
or given aid or comfort to tho enemies
thereof; that I have never taken an
oath as a member of Congress of the
United States, or as an officer of the
United States, or as a member of any
State Legislature, or as an executive
or judicial officer of any State, to sup
port, the Constitution of tho United
Slates and afterwards engaged in in
surrection or rebellion against the Uni
ted States, or given aid or coinlbrt to
the enemies thereof; that. I will faith
fully suppoit the Constitution and
obey tho laws of the United States,
and will, to the best of my ability, en
courage others to do so. So help me,
God’’—which or affirmation may be
administered by any registering officer.
Seo. 1. That the commanding gen.
oral t f each district sliaH appoint as
many boards of registration as may be
necessary, consisting of three loyal of.
floors or persons, to make and complete
(lie registration, superintend’the elec
tion, and make return to him of the
votes, list of voters, and of the persons
elected as delegates by a plurality of
the votes cast. *
11. In order to execute this provis.
ion of the act referred to with as little
delay as possible, the commanding of
floors of tho Districts of Alabama,
Georgia and Florida, will proceed’in
mediately to divide those States into
Convenient districts for ngshntion,
aided by sueli information on the sub.
ject ns they have or can obtain. It is
suggested that the election districts in
each State which in 1860 sent a mem
ber to tho most numerous branch of
the State Legislature, will he found a
convenient division for regi-f ation.
It. is desirable that in all cases the
registers shall bo civilians, where it is
possible to obtain Rueh as come with
in the provisions of the act, and are
otherwise suitable persons; and that
military officers shall not be used for
this purpose, except in actual necessi
ty. The compensation for registers
will be fixed hereafter, but tho goner,
n] rule will bo observed of graduatin'*
the compensation by the number of
recorded voters. To each list, of voters
shall be appended tho oath of the
registers that the nam os have
been lailhtully recorded and represent
actual voters, and that, the samo man
does no* appear under different names.
The registers are specifically instructed
to see that all information coueeruing
their political rights is given to all
person* entitled to vote under the act
of Congress; and they are made rc
sponsible that every sycb legal voter
has the opportunity to record his name.
HI. As speedily as possible, the
names of persons chosen for registers
shall be communited to these head
quarters, for the approval of the comi
manding general.
IV. The district commanders in each
of ti e States comprised in this mili
tary district, are authorized to appoint
one or more general supervisors of re
gistration, whose business it shall be
to visit the various points where regis
tration is being carried on ; to inspect
the operations'of the registers, and to
assure themselves that every man en
titled to vote has the necessary infor
motion concerning h'fl political rights,
and the opportunity to record his
name.
V. A general inspector, either an
oflicer of the army or a civilian, will
be appointed at these headquarters, to
see that the provisions ot this order
are fully and carefully executed.
VI. District commanders may at
their discietion appoint civil officers
of the United States as registers, with
such additional compensation as may
seem reasonable and sufficient.
VII. The commanding officer of
each district will give’public notice
when and where the registers will
commence tho registration, which no
tice will be kept public by the regisi
ters in each district during the whole
time occupied in registration.
VIII. Interference by violence, or
threats of violence, or other oppressive
means, to prevent the registration of
any voter is positively prohibited, and
any poison guilty of such interference
shall be arrested and tried by the mili
tary authorities.
By command of Brevet Major Gen.
Port.
Otiicial: J. F. Convnoham,
Ist Lt. U. S Inlantry, A. A. A. G.
The Georgia Complaint.
Washington, April 19.—The State
of Georgia will bring its bill of com
i plaint in equity before the Supreme
Court of the United States, against
Secretary Stanton, Gen. Grant and
Gen. Pope. The bill does not includo
the name of the President of the Uni
ted States, as does the bill filed by
the State of Mississippi. 'Tho bill re
cites the political history of Georgia,
and mentions that during the progress
of the late war the Congress of the
United States, by resolution, and the
President, by proclamation, repeatedly
declared in substance that the Union
formed l-y the Constitution of the
United States was indissoluble by
such acts as the seceding States had
taken; that such seceding States were
! not then, nor by and action of their
own could be, removed or withdrawn
from tiie Union ; that the war then
progressing against them was not
waged by the Government of the Uni
ted States vindictively, or for and pur
pose of conquest or subjugation, bat
solely to maintain the supromacy of the
Federal Constitution and laws, and to
preserve the Union by defeating and
overcoming the essay and attempt to
withdraw from the Union; that while
the announcement so eminating from
tho „<•»!,„ n n ;tod
States, apparently made in good faith,
and for the purpose of opening a door
for the reconciliation and the full res
toration of the former relations lc
tween tho said seceding States and the
people thereof and the Government of
tho United States remained unreacin
ded, the said seceding States, and all
States, and all persons whomsover
then and therefore so engaged in arm
ed resistance to the authority of laws
of the United States did, before the
first day of June, in the year of our
Lord one thousand esght, hundred and
sixty-five, lay down their arms and
made to all intents and purposes a full
and complcti surrender of all their
military forces and means of continu
ing any such resistance ; and did also,
beforo the last named day, make a
perfect submission to the authorities
of tho United States, thereby estab
lishing', as far ns in their power, a
condition ofopnrfoct peace and aequi
esoencoin the authority of tho consti
tuted official departments and agents
of the United States.
The complainant further shows that
ever since the last named day such
peace lias remained undist- rlied and
unbroken, and new still exists; and
that perfect order and tranquility, in
this respect, and entire obo tieneo to
the laws and government of tho Uni
ted States, and of the local or State
authorities, have existed and still ex.
ist throughout the said lately seoeiling
States, including the State of Georgia,
in as full and as perfect a manner as
tho samo ever did exist in and of the
said seceding S ales at any time prior
to their said attempt, and as thqy do
exist, orever did exist, in any other
of tho United States of' America. Tho
Congress of tho United States being
then in recess, the President of the
United States deeming it exp dient
that all laws of tho said lately seced
ing States, respectively, which had in
any way sustained or countenanced
the said attempt, should he annulled,
and that the Governments of such
States should u->t longer be adminis
tered by Executive officers who had
been engaged in tho actual prosecu
tion of such war as last aforesaid, sus
pended such State officers from their
functions, anp inting Provisional Gov
ernors in each such lately seceding
States, and among them in the State of
Georgia, and thiough tho the instru
mentality of such Provisional Govern
ors, did offer to the electoral body of,
and in each of the lately seceding
States, the i pportunity by their repre
sentatives, in convention assembled,
to readjust in conformity with tho
Constitution and laws of tho United
States tho relations ot such lately se
ceding Stat s with tho States from
which such seperation had been so at
tempted, and the common Govern
ment against which such resistance as
last aforesaid bad been Sb made. The
petition then speaks of the State of
Georgia having called a Convention,
and adopted anew Constitut-on strict,
ly tepublican in fo.’in ; of the people
having elected Senators and Repre
sentatives who have been denied ad.
mission to Congress, notwithstanding
direct taxes have been imposed, etc.,
and tho complainant further charges
and respectfully insists that a State
cannot be in the Union for certain
purposes, and out of it lor other pur
poses; in the Union for taxation and
out of it regarding representation ; in
the Union so far as its actions may
subserve the furtherance of par.
ticular views, and out of it when, in
the exercise of an independant judg
ment, its acts of State lail to promote
such views or interests, in the Union
when it-attempts to withdraw there
from, and out of it when in good faith
in relinquishes such attempt and pur
poses full compliance with the Fede.
ral Constitution and the laws enacted
in putsuancc thereof. Complainant
is informed and believes that the Pres
ident of the United States, notwith
standing his belief, clearly and strong
ly put in his veto message, that “the
act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States,’ and
“the act supplementary thereto,” are
unconstitutional, deems it fit, under
existing circumstances, to interpose
no obstacle to the execution of such
acts, and to withhold no official orders
or action of the Executive Department
that may be made to carry them into
full effect and operation. The com
plainant further shows that, and long
previously to the passage ol the said
act of the XXXIXth Congres, there
were, ever have been, and still are-in
the said State of Georgia, many thou
sands of black men of African decent,
being inhabitants of’said State-, above
the age of twenty-one years, and in all
respects qualified and competent, ac
cording to the terms of the said acts
of Congress, to vote at any and every
election assumed to bo authorized or
sanctioned by the said acts of Congress,
or either of them, and that no one of
sroeh black men, or any other black
man ever heard of, was, or now is, au
thorized by the Constitution or laws
of the said Suite of Georgia to vote at
any election, or otherwise exercise or
participate in any political power with
in the said Sta e, or under its Consti
tution or laws. That at and previous
to the passage of’ the aet of the XXX>
IXth Congress there were, and and at
all tiiiKS since then ha e been, and
still are, in the State cf Georgia thou
sands of free white male citizens of
said -State of Georgia, inhabitants of
the State, above the age of twenty-one
years, and in all respects competent
and qualified to vote at any and all
elections for officers in said Stale, and
under the Constitution and laws there
of, who at all those times were good,
true, and honest men, desirous ol pto
moting the interests of their country,
firmly and earnestly devoted to per
petuating the Union of the United
States, faithful to tho Constitution
thereof, determined to the best of
their ability to support the same, and
of good name and fame, and never
w..*io*.ca ur suilty in any
Cuurt or tribunal of any what
ever, who nevertheless could
truthfully take the oath or affirmation
prescribed in the first part of the said
act so passed by the said XLth Con
gress, and who are, therefore, by the
said act of Congress, prevented from
registration in reference to any elec
tion authorized or sanctioned by the
same acts, or either of them, and from
voting at any such election. The com
plainant furth r shows that the intent
and design of the acts of Congrcst, as
manifestly appears by their terms, is
to cause to bo set aside, atmu led, and
wholly abolished, the said present exis
ting State of Georgia, and cause to be
erected and substituted in its place
and stead, within and upon the
territory now held and occupied by
the State of Georgia and tho exclu
sively governing power in respect to
all governmental or political authority
within or concerning such territory, or
concerning the pioperty and persons
therein, not delegated to the United
States by the Fpderal Constitution,
another district and hitherto u iknown
S ate, to be call -d and designated the
State of Georgia, represented and pri
mar ly eroated by a class of voters or
electors other than and different from
the class of voters and electors who,
by tho fundamental law and Constitu
tion, this complainant, the State cf
Georgia, have at all times hitherto
po-sessed and expressed, through their
representatives, duly elected by them
selves, the State government. If tbs
said acts are, or either of them is put
in force, or carried into execution, the
immediate result thereof must una
voidably be to consummate effectually,
and fully accomplish such an unlawful
intent and dosigu as aforesaid.
The complainant furth-r shows that
putting tho sai-1 acts of Congress into
execution, as so threatened, would
overthrow and destroy this complain,
ant’s corporate existence as a State of
tlie Union aforesaid, by depriving the
said State of Georgia.of all the means
aid instrumentalities whereby such
corporate existence might, and other,
wise would be, maintained and upheld ;
and would deprive this complainant of
its property, real and personal, afore
said, and of all lawful and adequate
power or means whereby to possess,
control, enjoy or protect said property,
or any part thereof. And in view ot
all circumstances, tho complainant in.
sists that the acts of Congress are, in
tenor, object, intent, design, and pur
pose, incompatible with and repug
nant to the Constitution of the United
States, and utterly unlawful and void.
I'hat neither the Congress or Govern
of the United States has any right,
power, or authority, by or under the
Constitution of the United States, or
otherwise howsoever to declare, or
prescribe, tho qualifications of electors
for elective or other officers ot the said
State of Georgia; or to hold or gov.
ern elections of such officers ; or to
constitute a State Government in said
State ; or to annul, set aside, or dis>
turb the said existing Constitution or
Government thereof. Many other
points are recited, among them, that as
the . complainant apprehends and.be
lives that the President of. the United
States, and the said Edwin M. Stan
ton- Ulysses S. Grant, and John Pope,
acting by and under the orders and
directions of the President in the be.-
half, will put the said acts of Congress
in force within the said State of Geor
gia, and therein fully execute the
same according to the intent and de
sign ot the said acts as above in this
bill alleged, and with the effect, and
producing the ruinous and disastrous
consequences to this complainant
above in this complaint stated, unless
the putting in force and execution of
the said acts of Congress be restrained,
enjoined, and prevented by this Hon
orable Court, as herein prayed. The
petition concludes as follows :
In considerutii-n of the premises,
and inasmuch as the complainant has
uo remedy at l>.w, or any other effect
ual remedy whatever, and to the end
that by the order and injunction of
this Honorable Court iu due form is.
suing out, of, and under the seal there*
of, directed to the said Edwin M. Stan
ton, Ulysses S. Grant and John Pope,
the said 1 .st named three persons, and
every one of them, may, until the
fuitlier order of this Court, be enjoin
ed and restrained from issuing any or
der, or doing or permitting any act or
thing whatever, within or concerning
the State of Georgia, which is or may
be directed, or in terms or effect re>
qaired of them, by or under the act of
the XXXIXth Congress, entitled “An
act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States,’’ or by.
or under the act of the XLth Congress,
entitled “An act supplomcnta! to an
act to provide for the more efficient
government of the rebel States, pass
ed March 2, 1857, and to faciliate
restorat-on ;” and tint by a like order
and injunction, in like manner issuing
and directed, the said last named three
persons may be enjoined and restrain,
ed from making or causing any order,
or doing anything for the purpose of
making or causing to be made, in or
for the State of Georgia; or for any
part thereof, any such registration as
is mentioned in the act of the XLth
Congress entitled “An Act supplemen
tal to an act to provide for the more
efficient government of the Rebel
States,” passed*March 2, 1867, and to
facilitate restoration, or for the purpose
of administering or causing to be ad
ministered in the Sta'e of Georgia,
any oath or affirmation presented in
the last mentioned act; or for the pur
pose of holding or causing to be held
in the State of Georgia, any such elec
tion or elections as in said last men
tioned act is or are prescribed or di
rected, or for the purpose of making,
or causing to be made, any return of
any such action, in or for tho State of
Georgia, as in the said last mentioned
act is referred to, or for the purpose
of ascertaining the result of any such
election ; or for the purpose of holding,
or causing to be held in the said State
Georg a, any such Convention "as in
the last -nentioned aet is directei, or
referred to, m.q that by the order and
decree of this fio-» ora bl e Court, the
said three persons lasi-^ ainc( ] ma y be
perpetually restrained and 0.-.j o ; ne J j n
all respects aforesaid, and that t],i ß
complainant may have such further
relief, or both, iu the premises, as to
this hono-ablc Cou't shall seem meet,
and shall bo equity, may
j it please your Honors to grant to this
complainant the preliminary order and
injunctions aforesaid, or tho said one
of them ; and also the writ of subpoea
issuing out under the seal of this Hon
orable Court, directed to Edwin M.
Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant and John
Hope, commanding them, and of them,
at a certain day, and under a certain
day, and under a certain penatity, to
be therein inserted, to be and appear
before your Honors in this honorable
Court,, then and there to stand to obey,
abide and perform such order and dei
croc in the premises as to vour Honors
shall seem meet, and shall be agreea
ble to equ ty. And this complainant
will ever pray, &<v
Jeremiah 8. Black, Solicitor for
Complainant.
Jeremiah 8. Black,")
Edgar Cow a??, V Counsel,
Charles O’Connor, )
Charles J. Jenkins being duly sworn,
says that he is tho Governor of Geor
gia, duly elected to that office accor
ding to the Constitution and laws ot
said Bfato, and is now in the actual
exercise of tho functions of said office ;
and ho further say* that ho has road
the foregoing bill of complaint, and
knows tho contents thereof; and he
further says that the said bill is true
of his own personal knowledge, except
as to the matters which are therein
stated on information and belief, and
as to those matters he believes it to be
true.
Bub'Cribed and sworn to before me
this day of April, 1867.
Powers oj the District Commanders.
—A Washington letter to the Balt -
moro Sun gives a very clear statement
J of the position of the President and
I his Cabinet upon the question of the
I powers us the District Commanders.
! The writer says :
“ Mr. Btansb'iry lias not written, nor
j has ho been reqnestod to write, oo
opinion on the subject, nor has Gen
eral Sheridan ever sent a line to the
Piesident with reference to the remo
val of the Louisiana officers.
“ The Secretary of War, a few days
ago, sent a message to General Sheri,
dan requesting a report ot his action
and the causes of the removals, but
1 the report has not been received, tho
momentarily expected.
“ The subject has been formally
discussed in the Cabinet, and it was
understood to be the sense of the ad*
ministration, that tfce military com*
manders aie not warranted under the
Reconstruction Act in removing civil
offic.rs, unless Ghey are in some way
obstructing the execution of the law,
and that-when such removals have'
been made, even upon good and suffi
cient grounds, the law does not autho<
rize a military commander to appoint
their successors. He can assign mili
tary officers to perform official duties
which civil officers fail to execute, bat
he cannot appoint Attorney Generals
and other State officers. This is mere
ly the informal conclusion of the ad
ministration, but the subject has not
been regularly before tbe Cabinet nor
referred to the Attorney General.”
Proceedings of Council.
Tiiomasville, April 22, 1867.
A regular meeting of Council took
place last night. The job of digging
out the extension of Broad street, at
the railioad, was awarded to U.- B.
Brown, the lowest bidder.
It was ordered that the Clerk and
Treasuter proceed forthwith to collect
a Street Tax of Five Dollars from eacli
male inhabitant of the Town from 18
to 45 years of age.
No further business of note waa
tiansacted.
WJI. CLINE, Clerk.
MARRIED
At the residence of Mr. Christopher Hebnor,
by the Rev. M. C. Smith, o» the 18th instant,
Mr. James L. Hutchison and Miss Non a S.
Davis; all of ThomasviH**,
■fPlxo Trustees
Os Fletcher Institute, are requested to meet at
the Parsonage, at 10 o’clock, A. M., Friday
next. A full attendance desired, as business
of importance will come up for consideration
in which all are interested.
N. It. OUSLEY.
April 23 It
Dr. W. F. I).; WITT,
OFFICE at present witli office of Messrs,
llammond &. Davis.
Rrsidenck—Lightfoot house, Fletcherville.
Having dissolved connexion with Messrs.
Reid &. Cassets, in tho sale of Drugs, will now
devote his attention exclusively tc tbs Prac
tice of Medicine.
Ap Hit _Bm_
FOR SALE.
nnWT) Billiard Tables in good running order
3 For further particulars enquire at t-ke
Our House.
PETERS & PERIiY.
Ap 23 . at
STORE FOll RENT
A GOOD sized Store Room, in a Itrick
Building, situated in tho most business
part of the Town, may be rented on moderate
terms bv application to
McQUEEN & VICKERS.
April 23 2t
AdminieSraS-n-’s’ Sale-
BEORGlA—Thomas Clouuty.
Wll.ii be sol’d before the Courthouse door
in Thoinnsville, on the First Tuesday in June
next, Lot of Land, number two hundred and
sixty-nine (289)-. in the 1 oth District of said
County; Bold as the property of John A. Lane,
hate a* raid Comity, deceased, fbr tlie benefit of
tho beii-tfand ereditors.
M. C SMITH,
Ap 23-40.1 Adin’r. _
Administrator’a SaIiK
(iKORUIA-’rinniHK County.
Wlt,li be sold before the Courthouse door
in Tho.nasville, on the First Tuesday in Juno
next, Lot of Land number three hundred and
eighty (380), in the 47th District of said o<Mt*t
ty ; sold for the benefit of She heirs and credi
tors of the estate of Dixon F. Pierce, dcc’d.
M. C. SMITH.
Ap 23-10.1 Adin’r.
Administrator’s Sale.
«m»K«SIA— Themas Homily.
WII.I. be sold before the Courthouse door
in Tn-masville, ou tho First Tuesday in June
next, Jot, number not remembered, but
knowir as eighty-one acres of land, the place
whereon David Shuler now lives, in the 23r4
District of said County; Bold for tne benefit of
the heirs and creditors of the ea.,ate of C. \Y.
Branch, deceased.
M C. SMITH.
Ap 23-40(1 Adm'r.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors*
Alii* persons indebted to the estate of W.
F. Sanford, late of said County, deceased, are
required to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the same will pre
sent them in terms of the law.
M. C. SMITH,
Ap 23 40(1 Ad mV
Notice to Debtors and Creditors,
Aljlj persons tho estate of Islix*
abeth Stephens, late of said County, deceased,
are required to make immediate payment, and.
those having claims against the same will pre
sent them in terms of tlie law.
M. C. SHITH,
Ap 23 40d Adin’r.
Notico to Debtors and Creditors*
AI*I. persons indebted to the estate of C.
W. Scales, late of said County, deceased, are
required to make imtnediato. payment, ana
those having claims against the same will pre
sent the n in terms of the law. rIJ
AI. C. SMI * 11,
Ap 25-403 A<im ’ r -
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