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5 o u i j) f r it ij trail). D u MARTIN DR M DRAVENPORT ItIT O ■ 1 . « RIFKIff. O A„ AVO rST », 5 *66 . Immigration. Ti e South a* a mass arc rapidly drifting to the coaeloition that the labour of tho Frccdmcn cannot be relied upon as acer- jn drafting any programme for the ilcv iopinjj of her great resource*. Some think that, under the moat favorable circum* statical, the negro If determined not to work at all; other* believe, and we think juatly, he tcould work, were he once from under the p< ruinous influence* of the Bureau system. Wc do not pretend to insist npon it that ho would do a* much work now, beiqg free, a* he did, cr rather was made to do, while in a ntatc of slavery. Our position is, that inas much as the South must have laborers to till her lands, why not let those laborers be sc lcctc-d from a class wlio have proved them selves to be our belter friends!* We mean pluinply and plainly that the friendship of the negro to the Southern white man is more to be ! relied on than that of any foreigner, yea, or even Yankee, who may come and settle among us. The more trifling clai-s of Freed men, it is granted, are bound to perish, in a little while, utulcr any system that can be devised—Bureau system or what not. I’bil anthropy need not exercise herself in effort* to preserve this class, or Christianity exhaust her energies in essays to reform or regener ate it. It has to suceuinby.ond as slavery only could save it, an 1 ,-lavery itself is an ig nored, doomed institution, —it ivould seem f.irevcr, — it (this class of worthless negroes) I has to he soon numbered with the things that were. Tho worthless portion of the Frcednien strayed-off, or starved-off, or froz en i ff, or otherwise disposed of, the remainder would prove tho basis of the most useful and peaceable working peasantry that any nation ever had. The efforts of the South, then, should he so directed as to keep this popula tion- thus purified by elimination- among us, uml also to prevent tho Yankee from ruin ing it—both relatively, as fur as wo (the whites) are concerned, and absolutely, as far as they (the negroes) themselves are con cerned. As the Bureau system is now an incubus upon the poor negro, and will continue a year j or two longer, tho only hope wc see to nou , tralizc its deadly effects, is for the Southern ! man and the Freedman to come together in j this wise—that the former shall give prefer dice to the latter in all contracts, over all ] si • t 1 white laborers —Europeans or Yan kees—hut the Bureau is to be utterly ig- nored, and no question whatever between them (the Southerner and Freedman) is to bo ri It rrod for adjudication to that tribunal- Let the Bureaus, no longer used, rot into nothingness, and the incumbents thereof, that live on perquisites, starve literally, and let tho Southern man and Freedman, bet ter friends of each other, than each is, re spectively, of any other, have a fair under- | standing to work into each other’s hands j The Yankee has moro than half-destroyed the negro ly freeing him, in the first place, and, with his Bureau, he bids fair to destroy wiirt! little remains of him. Now, if the Southern innti invites white labour from abroad, ho finishes 'he poor negro, world without end, while that same white labour will' eventually destroy the very ones thni introduced it—tho Southern men themselves. Tho Yankee, and tho white laborer from abroad, nre conspiring to exterminate the negro, and, it lot alone, they will do it —and after they have done it, they will have the blush less mendacity to swear that it was tho South that exterminated that poor race. Tho negro has as much right to livo here—being first stolen by the \ imkeo and sold here—as the N ankee himself, or the j imported white laborer, who is, nine times, in ten, as much our cueniy and the negro’s i enemy, as is tho Yankofl. W c say then, i give the negro tho preference, and if it i comes to tho issue that tho Yaukco or the ; negro, one, lias to be driven out,'our voice is, let the negro stay. The negro, only uh< n compelled, has not niurdcied us, burned us up, cursed us, like tho Yankee, and the im ported foreigner ; and, niough in an abstract contest between the white man and the black man, we arc emphatically for the former, yet we just as emphatically prefer a uarkie that is good, or barely tolerable, to a low-1 down, mean wbito man who despises us, and whom, with more than usury, we despise in Even if the negro votes, wc would PWpbr him then; for veiling at random, he j aJaIJ a« ofUfc tvfsjrtgTrt U wrajuv j^g&J tad the Radios) aigner never woufiWofche couwf help it. I’ll n.ADKLi'tii.v Con vkntiox.—- While nearly every journalist South sees, or seems to see, so mueh to go into glorification spasms about, touching the wondrous doings of the Philadelphia Convention, and we, for the life of us, can really see so little —in formal deference to tho preponderating masses, we will hold on yet awhile, to see if we can be s> mistaken as the odds against us might be interpreted to imply. If the mountain had brought-forth merely a mouse, that, though a ridiculous result, were a harmless one j right glad we will feel if that incubating miss baa hatched no cockatrice’s eggs. It u reported that the French governmen lias abandoned the idea of extending the frontier of Franco by the annexation of cer !ain German provinces on the Rhine. Itiqitl ■>< moralixulioii. (Ju-en Victoria is letting herself dowu most tr< mombiiislv. U ,idi s exhibiting a great penchant for a liveried servant of hers, bct-au-c he favors her deceased “ dear Al bert.” a-ifall Dutchmen did not favor one an other, she has shown the worse than Lad taste —the criminal meanm-sq or worked up mad ness, wc should call it—to marry-off one of her da ugh tors, the Prince** l/e'ma to a fellow over oa tho Continent, y-elepcd Prince Ckriitlan Schlrnr>y llohtrin, who already has a wife and four children living, and, withal, is poor even to poverty, his real income about a thousand dollars a year, an adventurer, a notorious gambler and sporting man, a man with all the low vices of the German char acter and none of its virtues. Recollecting how the royal doll t-iok sides against the Southern Confederacy, for no better reason than the fact that the Yankees made themselves simpletons about her pet boy, the I’rincc of Wales, while lie was trav elling through tlieir country, it would not surprise us to bear, any morning, by the sub marine cable*, that her Majesty had taken another consort, in the shape of the said crout-euter or lager drinker that is so much like her dear Albert, llow far their laws or conventionalities foibid (ho mixing of royal and plebeian blood, we know not— hut if such things arc not interdicted, no one need bo much a-t'inUhcd to lei.rn (fiat a German gardner, or cook, or groom, e.r stew ard, or buth r, or whatever he is, no matter what, has 1 et n promoted to the vacant jiosi. (ion of Prince Consort. \\ by he astonished when stranger, more unaccountable tilings arc taking place eon Rintly in the , v 'outh ! (o wit, nice rebel girls forgetting all their j brave resolves, turning right around, and ; marrying notorious playouts that deserted j tl eir section, fought against their section, and killed or robbed the brothers and fathers j of the very sisters and daughters whom they j afterwards hood-wink and marry. Vic. has now a precedent, though of her I own instituting, of whie.i she can avail her self at any moment, and take unto herself j anew liusl an I, leadening doubtless, that if I it is not good fur man to fie alone, it is also, j by analogy, not good for woman to be alone— i especially if the new husband somehow man j ages to look like, or falk like, or act like the old one. 'rite IMiiiuilclpliiii fAireutlon, Below we give the “ Declaration of Prin ciples” set I’mih, and umiuimmody agrecd-to> by the delegates accredited to A and present at this Convention. An address lias also beon sent forth, but as it is tediously long and a mere elaboration of the resolutions, wc cannot displace more interesting matter fruui our columns to give it space. DECLARATION OF HU.NCjri.F.S. The National Pnion Convention, now assembled in the City of Philadelphia, com posed of delegates from every State and Terri tory in the Inion, admonished by tho solemn lessons which for the past five yc_ars it has pleased tho Supreme Ruler of tho Universe to give the American people, profoundly giateful for the return of peace, desirous as are a large majority of their countrymen in all sincerity to forget and forgive the past, I revering tho constitution as it conies to us j from our ancestors, regarding the l nion in | its restoration as moro sacred than ever, looking with deep anxiety into the future as of instant and continuing trial, hereby is sues and proclaims the following declaration of principles and purposes, on which they have, with perfect unanimity, agreed : First: We hail with gratitude to Almighty God the end of war and tho return of peace to an atllieti and ami beloved land. Second : The war just closed has main tained the authority of the Constitution, with all tho powers which it confers, and all the restrictions which it imposes upon the General Government, unabridged and unal tered, and it has preserved the Union, with the equal rights, dignity and authority of tho States perfect and unimpaired. Third : Representation in the Congress of the United States and in the Electoral (Col lege is a right recognised by tho Constitu tion as abiding in every State, and as a duty I imposed upon its people—fundamental in its I nature, and essential to the existence of our : republican institutions ; and neither Con gress nor the General Government has any authority or power to deny this right to any State, or to withhold its enjoyment under the Constitution from the people thereof. Fourth : \Ve call upon the people of the Unite.! States to elect to Congress, as mem bers thereof, none lut men who admit this fundamental right of representation, and w ho will receive to seats therein loval representa tives from every State in allegiance to the United States, subject to tho constitutional right of each House to judge of the election returns and qualifications of its own mem bers. Fifth: The Constitution of the United States, and the laws made in pursuance there of, are the “ supreme law of the land, any thing in the Constitution or laws of the State to the contrary notwithstanding.” All the powers not conferred by the Constitu tion upon the '— l nor pro ihlbiteA by ifac t»Utoa, ... " ’ - * • States or to tho people thereof;” and amjng ill righto tho reserved to the States, is the rignrro^prostTfro”qualification for tho elec tivo franchise therein, with wblsh right Congress cannot interfere. No State or combination of States has the right to with draw from the Union, or to exclude, through their action in Congress or otherwise, any ether Stato or States .from the Union. The Union of there States is perpetual. Hixth : Such amendments to 'he Constita- I tion of tho United States rosy be uiado by j tho people thereof os they may deem expc | dient, bat only in the mode pointed out by j its provisions ; and in proposing such amend ments, whether by Congress or by a Conven tion, and ratifying tho same, all the States of the Union have an equal and an indefeasi ble right to a voice and a vote therein. Seventh : Slavery is abolished and forever prohibited, and there is neither desire nor purpose oti the part of the Southern States that it should ever be re established upon the isoil or within tho jurisdiction of the T'uited | States, and tho enfranchised slaves in all the State* of the 1 nfon should receive in c in won with all their inhabitants cqnal pro t otion in every right of person and prop city. Eighth : While we regard as utterly in valid and never to be assumed or made of binding force shy obligation incurred or un dertaken in making war against the I'nited .States, wc field the debt of the nation sacred ar.d inviolable ; and we proclaim our pur pose, in dLcbarging this, as in performing all other national obligations, to maintain, unimpaired and unimpcached, the honor and faich of the Republic. Ninth : It is the duty of the National Government to recognise the services of the Federal soldiers and sailors in the contest just closed, by meeting promptly and fully their just and rightful claims for the services they have rendered the nation, and by ex tending to those of them who have survived, and to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen, the most generous and consider ate care. Tenth : in Andrew Johnson, President of the United States, who, in bis great office, has proved steadfast in bis devotion to the Constitution, the laws and interests of his country, unmoved by persecution and unde served reproach—having faith unassailable in the people and in the principle of free government—we recognize a Chief Magis trate worthy of the nation and equal to the great crisis upon which his lot has been cast, and we tender to him, in the discharge of his high and responsible duties, our profound respect and assurance cf our cordial and sin cere sopport. [communicated ] From the Griffin ITi Weekly Star. Mes*r*. Editor* : —lt is a prevalent opin" ion among the people, that the repudiation of private contracts is within the province of the Legislature; and the citizens of Pike County have given a public expression of that opinion in tho resolutions published in your last paper. This opinion is erroneous, and all hopes of relief based on the expecta tion that the Legislature, or even a Conven tion of the people, can pass any act to annul nr de.-troy contracts, or in any way impair the obligations thereby imposed, arc illusory, and will never be realized. The Ist Article of the new Constitution of Georgia declares that, “ex post fictn laws, laws impairing the obligations of contracts, and r, troactive laws injuriously affecting any rights of the citizen, arc prohibited ” And again, “ Legislative acts in violation of the Constitution are void, and the Judiciary shall so declare them.” Such arc the solemn injunctions of' the Constitution of the State, and every member of tho Legislature, and every member of the Judiciary, havo taken an oath to sup port that Constitution. Now, it is a self evident proposition—one which admits of no argument—that if the Legisluture cannot pass an act impairing the obligations of con tracts, it cannot pass an act to repudiate, loan nul, and to cancel the obligations of all con tracts. And if the Legislature—acting under the pressure of an excited public sentiment —should pass such an act, the Judiciary would not hesitate to pronounce the act un constitutional, and therefore null and void. But if the Constitution of the State of Georgia contained no prohibitory clause on the subject, the State—acting through its Legislature, or even through a Convention of the people—could not pass any binding act of repudiation. The 10th section of the first Article of tho Constitution of the I’nited States, de clares that “ no State shall pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing tho obligation of contracts.” Thou, ae a State —acting through the instrumentalities of a Legislature,Convention, or any other political agency—cannot pass a law impairing the ob ligations of contracts, it follows as a log ical sequence, that the Stato cannot in any manner repudiate any contract, or destroy the obligations which, imposes on the debtor. It is not necessary to discuss tho subject of repudiation in its moral aspects. It is not understood that the very respectable gen tlemen who composed tho Pike meeting, or any portion of the people of Pike County, advocate a sweeping and an indiscriminate act of repudiation. Many widows and or phans in the State have no other source of income than notes, and other evideneces of debt founded on contracts. The makers of notes and other obligations have received a full equivalent for them ; and many of them are not only able to make payment, but are rich in tho means to do so. There are oth ers who have bought lands, and other proper ty, and who arc at this very time enjoying the use of such property, without having paid any part of the purchase money. There arc some who aro engaged in trade and spec ulation on borrowed means. And there are very many debtors who havo ample resources and can discharge every pecuniary liability resting on them. Ido Dot understand that any one is disposed to advocate the repudia tion of this class of debts; yet, every one must see that it would be very difficult to lr-me a general law which must be general in its operation, so as to exclude from its benefits the undeserving class which I have enumeratrd. To repudiate such contracts would briug upon the country more suffering aiid distress than I can describe. Wc can not live in a state of civil society without having some respect for the sanctity of con tracts To repudiate all contracts would be like touting as mder the very ligatures by which society is held together. And wc should submit to isolated eases of individual sufferings and individual hardships, rather than tolerate a departure from a great moral primiplo—one which is entertwined with the As repudiation of private contracts is im possible, is there any remedy for the evils of the people so earnestly complain ? A disastrous war has swept away more than one half of our wealth ana capital, and left the people of the South poor to an extent unex ampled in the history of the country. NVhe» to this impoverished condition is added the blighting effect of drought, and tho inefficien cy of our new labor system, which is even yet in the progress of doubtful experiment, a sad and gloomy future is opened before us. Th® money in the country is not sufficient to pur chase one-tenth of the property of the State which may be subjected to execution and sale ; and the growing crop of cotton docs not promise to yield enough to supply the manifest deficit in the corn crop. In this st te of things, sotno remedy is necessary, or many of our best and most respected cit izens will be subjected to great privation and reduced to want and beggary. As re pudiation is impracticable, we roust look to some other remedy for the evils which, are already on the oountry. There are rerv many crcdi'era who hare not been cltaf to | the calls of humanity, and generally deserve gre a commendation tor their liberality tLd indulgence But th* are some whose rapac ity must be stayed by the strong arm of the law ; and to accomplish this object, the next Legislature should prohibit the creditor fr.jtn | re-sins any part of his execution for two, three or four years. This extension of time of payment, would give the debtor, with the aid of propitious seasons and remunerative prices, an opportunity of relieving himself from the crushing hurt!: n which has come upon him, without any lan. that can-be just ly imputed to him. I am aware that the e ii-tinition -o'y of tho stay law is a question to ! L and by the Supreme Court of the Slate; > lam very sure that its constitutionality wiii i affirmed, because the law points distinctly to the remedy of the creditor, and not to the obli gations of the contract. The obligation im posed by the contract remains intact, and therefore cannot be said to be impaired by extending the time for executing it. The vital principle and binding obligation re mains tlie same, whether tiic process of the law is suspended forty or sixty days, or two or four years, and neither the legal or moral obligation of the contract is weakened or impaired in the slightest degree by any law regulating the mode and time of executing final process. If it is the manifest inten tion of the Legislature to abrogate all com tracts, by an act extending the collection of debts to an indefiqite arid indeterminate pe riod of time, it would be unconstitutional; but it is an unreasonable assumption to say that any Legislature in the face of thepro hibitions contained in the organic law, would, attempt such an evasion of their sworn du ty. Jf the exigencies of the country requir ed a prolonged extension of time for the promotion of the suffering debtor, he should be required to pay the accruing interest on his indebtedness. This would secure to the creditor an available income without impair ing the obligation of the dcbtor'to pay tho principal of the debt, and without infringing cither the letter or spirit of the Constitution. The late Convention of the State passed a stay- law and extended its provisions until the adjournment of the first ensuing Legis lature. By extending the provisions of the law until the adjournment of the Legislature, the Convention clearly intended that the Legislature should <xu mi th- u: nil further if the necessities ut li; p. ipL u nanded it. Here then we have an authoritative declara tion of the supreme power of tie- .'t.ue in favor of the constitutionality oi the stay iuw, and I trust that it is a remedy which the Legislature will not fail to apply to uu ex tent commensurate with the wants and ne cessities of the people. This is the only feasible—the only practicable remedy, and the creditor, as well as the debtor, are deeply interested in its prompt and speedy appli cation. To press the collection of debts when property has no market value, is to destroy the resources of the debtor—to im pair his recuperative energies, and to leave him in a state of hopeless insolvency. Strug gling under the depressing influences of the difficulties and embarrassments which sur round him, he needs time and opportunity to marshal and apply his crippled resources, and to relieve himself from the burthens of his condition. A Citizen of I’ike Public Meeting- At a meeting in Zebulon of a large and respectable number of the citizens of Tike county-, on Tuesday-, the 14th instant, on motion, I*. 11- McDowell, lv-q , was called to the Chair, and W C. Beckham was re quested to act as Secretary. On motion, a committee of five were ap pointed by the Chair, to report matter for the consideration of the meeting, who after due deliberation, reported the following pre amble and resolutions : Whcrrtm, The Government of the 1 nited States have cm • :;n i !'>•' h- -roes, the former property ui 1 s : and whereas, the State I * • ’ ratified said emancipation by th t<- i- o ber peo ple in solemn Convention; -it whereas, said Convention did repudiate 0, State and Confederate debt, without extending any re lief to the masses of the people, thereby leaving the good citizens of the State with out any means of paying debts formerly contracted ; and whereas, the almost entire failure of a crop of grain as well as cotton in the greater portion of the State the present year, will make it impossible for the people to pay any portion o' tlieir indebtedness ; and whereas, there is a manifest, disposition on the part of the capitalists and money deal ers to press their claims to the great sacri fice of what little property is left the citi zens of this State ; and whereas, the relief contemplated by the General Assembly in the passage of the act known as tho Stay law, requiring one fourth of the indebtedness to be paid annually for four years until all the debt be paid, in view of the great depre tion in the value of property, the whole of the real'estate now owned by the citizens of this State would be consumed in the pay ment of the one-fourth of said former in inbtedness, thereby failing to render the re lief intended by the passage of said act to the people of tho State; therefore— Rewired Ist. That the citizens of l’ike County feel it to be a duty we owe to hu manity as well as society, to call upon our Senators and Representatives ot the General Assembly, when convened, to pass a law re lieving the people of their present embarrass ments, either by stay law, exemption or re pudiation, by calling together a Convention or otherwise. 2nd That wq . pi~7?oun fivs of the fatate favorable to this cause, to ca;i the citi zens together aud unite with u> m this great, and important movement, 3rd. That the public gazettes in the city of Griffin, and others throughout the State, be requested to publish these proceedtlh:s Upon the motion to adopt the report of tho committee, Col. W. D. Alexander moved to strike out Mi much of the Ist resolution as had reference to repudiation, which motion was lost. The preamble and resolutions were then adopted nearly unanimously I*. A. McDowell, Chairman. 1 NV. C. Beckham, Secretary. Jenny Lind, the great cantntrice, it il stated, has lost her musical voice. She rtcently made a signal failure, in attempting to sing in Paris and—so saya a Paris letter —*was hissed by a great part of the audience. The widening of tho guage on the niroad extending From West Point to Mont gonery, was completed several days age. Through trains can now be run over that roild, without change of cars. NUMMARY. The election in Kentucky shows that every one of the nine Congressmen from that State w.li be Pi mot-rats, save possibly one. The Democrats will gain three, if not four, mem bers. Ti,e President and Secretary Seward will leave Washington on the 2>th inst., to at tend to the Douglas Monument ceremonies, going by the way of New York. Gen Logan’s recent speech at Springfield, Illinois, is a good illustra'ion of the feeling at the North among the Radicals towards the South. He said “ until you adopt the constitutional amendment, if it is forty years, you shall not come in.” “ There was but one way to treat with rebels, take the torch in one hand and the sword in the other, and sweep over their territory.’ The Charleston CoUritr says that Mrs. Davis, in a recent letter to a gentleman of that city, writ' s as follows : “ Mr. Davis is not slowly, but surely wast ing away, and I look forward to his Maker’s release, if man does not soon afford him one. ft is very kind of you to ask what he wants ; but, beyond cigars and a little Madeira and Sherry wine, he seems to desire nothing. The following 13 a good Recipe for the cure of cholera: 1 oz. Laudanum. 1 oz. Camphorated Spirit. 2 oz. Tincture of Ginger. 2 oz Tincture of Capsicum (mixed). —Dose, oue teaspoonful in a wine glass full of water. In obstinate cases repeat the dose every two or three hours. Letting the Cat ovt of the Bag.— A dispatch from Philadelphia, of August 7th, to the Cincinnati Times of the Sth, says : “In a specoh at Boston, last evening, Senator Wilson denounced the President, in terms at once severe and ungracious, and declared that the people would prove this fall that every one of the Southern States must pass the Constitutional Amendment lie declared it as his opinion that the Presi dent would be impeached next winter unless a change took place this fall. The speech was received with great applause.” A German professor has been trying.to measure the “ ultimate atoms.” From cer tain theorcdcal data, lie finds the thickness ot at. atom of atmospheric air to he 8.927 hundred thousandth millionths of an inch. In a cubic loot of air, ho calculates there are 2111,000,000,000,000,000,090, atoms. This confident arithmetician also says that an atom of air weighs just fifteen ten-thous andths of a grain. This is the last degree of scieuce. Prussia peremptorily declined a Russian proposal for a Congress of the Powers which signed the treaty of Vienna. MARRIED, On the -20th inst., by the ltev. W. A. Ungers, at the residence of Mr. S. Cnuthen, Capt. JACOB S KING, of Thomaston, Ga., to Miss DORA L. READY, of Spalding County, Ga. On the evening of the 19th Inst., at the resi dence of Col. W. 11. Hunt, by the Rev. Mr. Jones, Prof. CHARLES A. F. YASQUE to Mies MINNIE J. HUNT. DIED, On tli 19th inst,, at the residence of Ids father in Columbus, Oa., JOSEPH M. BANKS, grandson of Dr. Pi-iehard, of this city. The body was in terred at the old grave-yard, in Griffin, on Mon day last. New Advertisements. LIEN BY UEYAN. A. L. HARTRIDGE. .E. V. S. MIFF. BRYAN, HARTRIDGE 4 CO., COMMISSION MERCHANTS ASD BroLuora, SAVANNAH 0 EOROIA WE solicit consignments and make advances on shipments to ourselves, New York and Liverpool correspondents. |yPLANTERS’ SUPPLIES FURNISHED JjJ aug-23—-tf SHERIFF’S SALE. WILL BE SOLD before the Court House door in the city of Griffin on the first TUES DAY in October next, one house and lot, known ns the Middle Georgia Medical College, situated on Broadway, near the Macon & Western R. R. Depot, levied on as the property of Edward F. Knott, to satisfy costs on several fi. fa.’s issued from Inferior and Superior Courts of Spalding County. John L. Doyal vs. Edward F. Knott, Janies M. Couch vs. Edward F. Knott, and others. ft' g2l-lm D. D. DOYAL, Sheriff. Railroad Meeting AT GRIFFIN. FTMIE Stockholding,'VrfYtf A R. R. (XL, and wWTJTends of the enterprise, are requested to as serabte at Griffin, Ga., or. THURSDAY, the 13th day of September next, to adopt Some plan to complete the Road. This call has been suggested by numerous stock holders, aud cordially assented to by C. 11. JOHNSON, au23 —td President. G 1 F.ORGIA— SPALDING COUNTY.—Whereas L J hn 1). Moor, Administrator of the estate of Lee Strickland, late of said county, deceased, applies to me for letters of dismission. These are therefore to cite and admonish all parsons-interested or concerned t* be and appear at my office within the ti»e prescribed by law, and show cause if any exist, why said letters of dismissiun should oot be granted. Given under ttiv hand nt office, this the 15th of August, 1866. F. D. DISMUKE, augl6—6m Ordinary. G 1 EORGI A—SPALDING COUNTY—Whereas ■ David P. Elder. Guardian of David D. Ma lair and Elisabeth A. Gray, formerly Elisabeth A. Mslair, applies to ms for letters of dismission. These sre therefore to cite and admonish ail persons concerned to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, and show cause, If any exist, why such letters of dismissiec should not be granted. Given under my hand, at office, thts the 14ts day of August, 18««. F. D. DTSHUKE, attgl 9—<SOd Ordinary. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS OFFICIAL. To His Honor A. Bcllakt, Mayor: At a me. tieg of the citizens of Griffin b.IJ Friday last for the purpose of devising » av , means to raise funds to equip the ment, a committee of five weref eali npon the eltis.ua and see what amount emus beraoud In eoajuncUon w.th alike of three from the Griffin Ilook and Lad J-r n No. 1. Griffin Fire Company. No. J, and two f ’ City Council, beg leave to state that tber U* performed the duty imposed upon them and a their efforts demonstrate that the desired oW * cannot tie obtained by subaeription. if We therefore recommend that your honorin' upon the jieople, in the exercise cf ti e elect franchise, in aecordanee with the Hth seefj the charter, to say whether the aid a-k. and it,.n", granted by authorizing the City Council to i, u J* a special tax for that ptirt ose. Feeling satisfied, as Wd«, tfayt every prol> _ holder within the corporate limit* 6t the 12* not help seeing the importance cf a well orwini!!) Fire Department, 6 We are, very respectfully. J. A. BEF,KS. Chairman Citizen Com H C CUNNINGHAM, Ch’n H * r (V . L. J. BLOODWORTFf, Ch’ii G. F. Cos JNO. £5. WISE, Ch’u from City Council Election Notice. AN electron for one Alderman to fril J-r cancy occasioned by-the resignation of F- W. C. Wright, will be held on SATURDAY tie' 25th inst, between the hours of 9AM snd’d p- M„ at Council Chamber. Also, &t same time place the voters of the city will please sigaffv them approval or disapproval of a Bp e cia i tfL being levied for the purpose of fitting out the Fire Department. Endorse on tfie tickets "special tax” or "m --special tax.” a. BELLAMY a,, g 16 - 2t Mayor. VT George W. Grant and E. W. Bel*, Executor, of 11. P. Kilpatrick, deceased apply to me for letters of dismissiou on said estate. These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons concerned, to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause if any exist, why such letters of dismission should not be granted. Given under my band at office. o !his Auvn.s 15th, 1866. F. D. DISMUKE,*" aug!6—6m Ordinary. JS'oiicc to Debtors and Creditors• VI.L persons indebted to the estate of Janies W. Middlebrooks, late of Spadling County, deceased, ore notified to come forward and settle immediately, ami those having demands against said estate are requested to prevent them duly autlientiealed in terms of the law. J. 11. CONNALLY, augl6 Administrator. / lEOKGIA SPALDING COUNTY—Whereas R. F. Maim applies to me for letters off Dismission oil the estate of Rhode Hamil . late of said conny, deceased. These are, therefbre to cite and admonish all' persons interested or concerned to be and appear at my office within the time prescribed by law to show cause if any exist why such letters of dis mission should nut he granted. Given uuder my baud at office this 15th August 1866. Cm F. D. DISMUKE, ’ HUE A & JOHNSON, G-rocers, Produce, AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS, 4 RE receiving constantly a large lot of -V SUGAR, COFFEE, FLOUR. BACON. LARD. ROPE and Bagsing, And every article kept in their line of trade. Tlieir Store is opposite BRKK WARE HOUSE od SOLOMON STREET. augl6—3t THE GREATEST INDUCEMENT OF TIIE SEASON AT MRS. TAYLOR’* MI NLIERY EMPORIUM C CONTEMPLATING a radical change in W- J ness the coming season, the undersigned offers lor the next FORTY or FIFTY DAYS, a LARGE, FRESH and FASHIONABLE- STOCK of Millinery and Fancy Goods, at prices that will astonish the most incredulous We attempt no humbug, but the goods MUST and WILL be sold at some price, a portion of the stock AT LESS THAN COST. A great inducement will he offered to any wish ing to mako a good bill. Call soon, as the best chances are first taken. S. S. TAYLOR, Agent, at Ladies’ Store. Griffin, July 19 1866-41 _ __—rnsilAL LAND AND EMIGRANT AGENCY WITH II EAD-QU ARTERS AT GRIFFIN, GEORGIA. I shall keep a Registry in my office, where all par ties having Lands, Plantations, City, or other prop erty for sale, rent, or exchange, ate respectfully solicited to Register them free of chsrge, whether my services are engaged as Agent or not. I am thoroughly acquainted with Southern Lands, and therefore amply Able to discern tha quality 'and strength, as well as -what they are belt adapted for, etc., etc., which wM enable ®e to render valuable services to Capitalists and others wishing to invest or exchange. I now have several Plantations, Lota, and a considerable quantity of wild lands in different parts of Georgia for sale, rent or exchange, aud will soon have them mapped out on my Register so that all can examine for themselves. I am now making, and will soon have perfected arrangements with parties in New York, Phila delphia, and Baltimore by which I shall be able to advance money on lands, growing crops, etc. KanmacEs: George N. Niebols, Esq., Bay street Savannah, Ga ; Ransom Rogers, E*q., No. 119 South 4th Street, Philadelphia, and the business men of this city. A. JACKSON ROGERS. fW Otfce, for the present at my residence, oa corner of Broadway a«4 18th Streets, opposite Marshal College. July 19, to.