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"FIR- J. J. KNOTT, Griffin, Georgia. Os-
XJ #oe at reeldence opposite Court-House.
Jane 1, ISO-
| 1 W. THURMAN, Attorney at Law
JL - end Notary Pobllo. Will practice Lew la the
Count! oe Oompoeinit the Flint Circuit. Prompt attan-
Woo given to *ll business entrusted to his csre. Ofbce
Kest Side of lllU Street, up stairs. In the Moor Build--
log Gridin, Ga., October 81, IStS-8m
JM. CAMPBELL, Attorney at Law,
. Qrlflln. Georgia. Will attend promptly to all bus-
Iness entrusted to hU earo. Btrict attention wUI be
given to CoLUKrriona and cases In Banxbuftct. Office
In Almah Hall. April 11,188T-ly
T'kOYAL A NUNNALLY, Attorneys at
LaW|Grllßn, Georgia. OBice In Cunningham'*
BSlldlng, Hill St Praottoo In-th* Flint Clronlt, and
aHewher* by q»elal oontraot; and also In the Dnlted
States District Court. Special attention to Bisanm
ot Cassa. November ST, 186 Sly
DR. M J. DANIKL-Office at Harris’
Drug Store, Hill Street, Gridin, Q*. Nov.Bl.ly
T\R. L. G. BRANTLEY, formerly of
JL/ Henry County, tenders his professional service*
to the clUzuns of Griffin and the surrounding country.
Consultations and Adviok strictly confidential Offico
next door to the Nelms House, where he will be found
when not professionally engaged. Deo. 0,186 My
A CLEVELAND & SON, Resident Deii-
US. DREWRY and MOORE—Office at
Dr N. Ore wry'* Drug Store, where they mar b#
round during the day. At Night— Calls for Dr "Drew
ry v>m be left at hfs residence; tor Dr. Moore, at the
residence of Mr. Prothro. Jau’y 19-ts
Grim*, G*. Will practice In the State Courts, and
fn the umted States District Courts, at Atlanta. Office
In Merrill's D«v <k Building. Deo 1,1868-ly
BOYNTON a DISMUKE, Attorneys at
Law, G.ltalfl’, Ga. (Tfflcein Almah Hall, nextdoot
to the,£T*£ Oflroe. Practice In the Counties composing
the Flint Circuit, and In the (J. 6. District Court. At
tention given to oases in Bankruptcy. N0v.27-1 y.
T>KEPLES & STEWART, Attorneys at
X Law, Griffin, Georgia. Oihce on the corner of
Hill Street and Broadway—Up Stairs—in the Moor
Building Prompt attention given to business placed
fn oar hands. November 2T-ly
William M. Cline,
Notary Public,
(EX-OFFICIO JUSTICE OF THE PEACE,)
•.•Office corner Hill and Solomon Streets, over G. B.
BEECHES & CO.'S Store, Griffin, G*-*.*
T WILL HOLD a regular Monthly Court
I for the trial of Civil Cuea, at my Offioe, on the
SECOND MONDAY in each month, and will try ertnf
fnalcaMeatanytlmenaeoaary. [aprtl 16, ISM-Im
Stone Yard in Griffin.
GB. ROOKS, Onntraotor for Brick
a and Stohs Work ; Plutarlng of nil elawa*—
In addition to the above, any kind 01 STONE CUT
TING will be faithfully executed at abort notice,
may 14, 1888-wiy
FURNITURE
WsmUm Wsss
MOONEY, BOYD & CO.,
MAH UFAQTCKBB AND WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
DEALERS IN
FURNITUHE of every Description.
Oar Minukctorj ha* been orerhauled, and Improved with
sew machinery, engine, 4c., and wo are now prepared to far
nioh the public wife Furniture of all kin da ah very low price*.
©(DDUFUHa®
We keep oonaUntly on band a LkS6£ ASSOBT
MBMT at COFFINB, from the Snoot Barlal Cue* to
tb* choopoet Coffins. BTOrdon for Coffin* ahoald be
node through Captain DOE, City Saxton.
We ar* groatfu for the largo patronage extended to
a* heretofore, and will endeavor to deeerve an Increase
thereof
Call at'o*r extensive Warerooms on BOLOMON ST.
March 2Sely MOONEY, BOYD k CO
Dissolution.
2 'HE firm of Head k .Spoor baa been this
day dissolved by mntnol eoneent. AU ptrtlee In-
Uni to the firm, will pleoae make payment to Hr.
ffi. W. HEAD, and thou haring dolma against the arm
will preeent them to him for payment, ae bo will make
nil aeltleiueel* O. W. HEAD,
Griffin, dnde 4, IMS-Wlm K. P. SPKIi.
Having bought the Inured of K. P. SPEEK, I will
rr,eUi.ua the badneu at ear eld stand, where I wt U be
reedy to eagre the publio with enyliitD* In mr Hne.^
Onffln, Ocoifie, June t, 1849-11
GRIFFIN CARDS.
WHOLESALEANfi RETAIL LIQUOR STORE!!
John D. George,
HAVING PURCHASED THE ENTIRE STOCK OP
Liquors 7
“ THE DRUG STORE!”
N. B. DREWRY,
DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY,
REMOVED TO RICHARJJSON & MANN'S OLD STAND, UNDER THE ODD
FELLOWS HALL,
Bast Side Sill st., Griffin, Ga.
„ i- DEALER IN
Drugs, Chemicals, Paints, Oils, Window
GLASS, LAMBS, CIGARS, SNUFFS, PURE WINES
AND LIQUORS FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES.
*©- ALL GOODS WARRANTED AS REPRESENTED. Dec. 13, 1868-3 m
t@T PRESCRIPTIONS put up under
the immediate supervision of Drs.
Drewry and Moore, day or night. -efry
Special to Planters!
I HEREBY INFORM THE PUBLIC that
I km Sole Agent at Orlffln for
MASSEY’S
MRATED COTTON GIN.
I will famish this GIN at MANUFACTURERS’
PRICKS, either with or without
Porter’s Improvement,
os purchasers may prefer. MASSEY'S GIN has been
extensively used in Georgia, end boa
Never beett Surpassed
bv any 01V in use Parties intending to buy * NEW
GIN this Fell, should oonsnlt me nt once, so that I may
be able to supply the demand, WHICH IS SO GREAT,
that the manufacturers sometimes And It difficult to
tawp'up'irtiS'OiKt order*.
A Specimen Giir
can be seen at the Store of DAVE PATTERSON, cor
ner Hill and Solomon Streets, who will take great plea
aure in exhibiting the same.
John H. Jossey.
«n*y 1< 18B0'-Bro
GUANO !_GUANO!
Charles A. Sindall & Cos,,
—AT THE
-014 State Bank Building, Griffin,
OFFER FOR SALI THR RE LI ALLS
Chesapeake Guano,
AN- AMMQNIATED
Soluble 1 Phosphate;
PREPARED at “ Chesepeake Ouano
Work*," Baltlimre -regarding which th* follow
ing certificate of Dr. Lera/libit, of Monroe oounty,
Georgia, la given:
MONROE COUNTY, OA, Dee S3, 1808.
GiumxxiHln reply to your Inquiry, 1 take plea*,
nreln saying my experience with the CUESAt’EAKE
PHOSPHATE, I bought of yon last spring, hie been
very favorable. I used (200) two hundred ponnde up
on (K) three fourths of an acre, third year's new
gronnd, applying It In the drill, rows three feet apart,
sixteen Inches In the drill, on whloh I bed Sve thous
and seven hundred (talk* of cotton. From thl* 1 g«th
•red (leS4) eighteen hundred and twenty-four pounds
of cotton. Tbs hut of August, the worm Oommiued
great ravage* in It, daatroylng all of the late crop. Had
it not boon for tho worm, 1 atioald hero made at Iriat
one-third more on tho land. I can oheerfblly recom
mend it to planters as a sarttllsoe for solton.
Raspactfully, L. MOLT.
DAA BARRELS on hand sad to arrive.
OuU Alto on hand, Peruvian Oaano, Bont Dust,
Loud Plaster, Lime, Salt. Ae.
%Hr Planters are invited to call st the PLANTERS'
WARE HOUSE, on Broadway Street, and examine
aiUclea fur thaauaiva* may 86, IMt-tf
Wall Paper!
V\7 IN DOW SHADES and FIXTURES,
> > ful gala by M. T. BKAWNI.R A BUN.
GRIFFIN, GhA., JpENTS 89, 1869.
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WE have iust reoeived direct from the
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Ihoyxrffi warranted to boa much better Instrument
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O O T T O IST
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90 IF. Lombard Si
BALTIMORE MARYLAND.
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oonelgmnenta to the above Homo, by CUAS. A.
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•.•Offioe OLD STATE BANK BUILDING, Broad
way, Grißln.Oa. may 21, 18«»-tf
PATENT GIN IMPROVEMENT
T DESIRE TO ANNOUNCE to the pub-
JL He that I am now prepared to aell COUNTY and
STATE RIGHTS, of my ‘‘Patent Gin Improvement.”
I am also prepared to nut my Improvement in Gins,
when desired This Improvement, which keeps tho
Cottbfl In a to and fro motion in a lateral direction, has
been THOROUGHLY TESTED, and pronounced by
the most Intelligent F&riilers and Cotton Buyers, a
GREAT IMPROVEMENT on any other mode of gin
ning Cotton, aa It produces LONGER STAPLE, llghier
draught, and makes more lint. In a given time, than any
Gin run without my improvement. fU"A good, rella
bio agent wanted A. A. PORTER, Gridin, Ga.
aprtl 16, 18tt9-8m
THE ‘PET’ GROCERY!
S@.ON TAYLOR STREET-®*
W. B. Cunningham & Cos,,
CONTINUE to offer superior induce
ment* in the
Grocery Trade !
and pay particular attenUon to tho purchase and sale of
Country Produce
We have also fitted up a neat anil cool SALOON, in
rhar of oar Btoro House, where
MR. ELY SHERRILL,
the Philosopher, wilt dispense refreshments In the moat
genteel manner.
THK PUBLIC may rest assured wo will alirajra give
Ultra aoordlaloldfhshtoned welcome.
tbarComo and ace us.^t
W. B. CUNNINGHAM k CO.
may 14, 1869-8 m
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A FEW DESIRABLE BOOKS over toy
Store. PRIORS REASONABLE.
O. A. CUNNINGHAM,
msy 14, 1869-lt
the Opinion of the supreme
COURT ON TBE INTERMARRIAGE
OF NEGROES AND WHITES—MIS
CEGINATION RULED OUl\
[reported kxpbksslt for the constitu
tion, BY N. J. UAMMoND, SUPREME COURT
REPORTS*.]
Charlotte Scott, plaintiff in error, vs. The
State of Georgia, defendant in error. In
dictment Iw Adultery and Fornication
from Dougherty county.
Brown, C. J.—Delivering the Opinion.
The reoorJ in this case pr esents a single
question fer> the consideration and adiudi,
tion of this Court. Have white persons
and persons of oolor the right, under the
Constitution and laws of Georgia, to inter
marry, and live together, in this State as
husband and wife ? The question is dis
tinctly made, ajid it is our duty to meet it
fiprly and dispose of it.
Ihe Code of Georgia, as adopted by tho
aew Constitution, section 1707, forever pro
hibits the marriage relation between the
two races, and declares all such marriages
null and t*>M.
With the policy of this law we hnve
nothing to do. It is our duty to deolare
what the the law is, not to make law. For
myself, however, 1 do not h6s!trite to stty
that it was dictated by wise statomansbip,
and has a broad and solid foundation in en
lightened polioy, sustained by souud rea«
son and common sense. The amalgama
tion of the races, is net only unnatural, but
is always produoiivo of deplorable results.
Our daily observation shows us, that the
off-spring of these unnatural oonneotions.
are generally siokly Snd effeminate, and
that they are Inferior in physical develop
ment and strength, to the full blood of eiths
er race. It is sometimes urged that such
mnrrioges should bo enoourged for the pur
pose of elevating tho inferior race. The res
ply is, that such connections never elevate
the inferior raoa to the position of the sh«
perior; but they bring down the superior
to that of the inferior. They are produc
tive of evil, and evil only, without anyoora
responding good.
Ido not propose to enter into any elab
orate discussion of the question of polioy
at this time, but only to express my opina
ion, ater mature consideration and reflec
tion.
The power of the Legislature over the
subject matter, when the Code was adopted,
vfill nit, I suppose, be questioned. The
Legislature certainly had as rauoh right to
regulate the mdrriage relation, by prohib
iting it between persons of different races,
within the Levitioal degrees, or between
iaioU. Both are necessary and proper reg
ulations. And tho regulation now under
section of the Code undor consideration, is
in conflict with tho eleventh seotiOn of this
dtote, whioh declares that: ‘The sooial
statfrs Os the citizen shall never bo the subs
jeot of the legislation.”
In so far an the marriage relation is con
nected with the sooial status, tho very re
verse is true. That Beotion of the Consti
tution forever prohibits legislation of any
eharnojor, regulating or interfering witli
the sooial status.
It leaves sooial rights, and status, whore
it finds them. It prohibits tho Legislature
from repealing any laws of existence, which
protect persons in tho free regulation,
among themselves, of matters properly
termed sooial; and it also prohibits the
enaotment of any now laws on that subject
in future.
As illustrations; the laws in force when
the Constitution Was adopted, left the
Churobes in this State lree to regulate
matters oonneoted with sooial status in
their congregations, as they thought prop
er. They could' say who should enter their
Chufch edifices and occupy seats, and in
what order they should be classified or
seated. Tney could say that feidales should
sit in one part of the Chinch, and males in
another; and that persons of color, should,
if they attended, occupy such seats as were
set apart for them. In all this they were
protected by the common law of this State,
The new Constitution forever guarantees
this protection by denying to tho Legisla
ture the.power to pass any laW withdraw
ing it; or regulating the sooial status in
6uch assemblages.
And I may here remark, that precisely
the same protection is guaranteed to the
colored churches, in the regulation of so
oial status in their assemblages, whioh is
afforded the whites. Neither can ever in
trude upon the other, or intcriere with their
social arrangements without their consent.
The same is true of railroad and steam,
boat companies and hotel keepers. By the
law in exiatenoe at the time the Constitu
tion was adopted, they were obliged to fur.
nisb comfortable and convenient accommo
dations, to the extent of their capacity
to aocummodate to all who epplied without
regard' to rade or color. But they were uot
compelled to put persons of different races,
or of different sexes, in the samo cars or in
the same apartments; or .seat them at the
same table. This was left to their own dis
cretion; They had power to regulate it ac
cording to their own notions of propriety
and to classify their guests or passengers,
aocordiug to race or sex : or on
it different parts of the vessel; and to give
them their meals at different tables. Wbeu
they had made public these regulations, all
persons patronizing them were bound to
conform to them, and those who did not
like tbeir regulations must seek accommo
dations elsewhere. There was no law to
compel them to group together, in social
connection, persons who did not recoguize
eaoh otner as sooial equals.
To avoid collisions and strfe, and to pre
serve peace, harmony, and good order in
society, the now Constitution haS wisely
prohibited the Legislaturetrom enacting
laws compelling these companies to rauke
new social arrangements among their pa*
trons, and to disturb those in existence.—
The law shall stand as it is, says the Con
stitution, leaving etch to regulate such
matters as they think best, and there ehall
be no legislative interference. All ahall be
comfortably accommodated, but you shall
not be Compelled' by law to foree social
equality, either upon your trains; your
boats, or in your hotels.
The same remarks apply to the regula
tion of social status amoug families, aud to
tb- social interoouiss of society generally.
This, m my opinion, is one of the wisest
provisions in the Constitution, as it exoludes
from tho halls of the Legislature, a ques
tion which was likely to produce more un
profitable agitation, wrangling and conten
tion than any other subject within the whole
range of their authority.
. Government has full power to regulate
civil and political rights, and to give to
each citizen of the State, as our Code has
done, equal civil, and equal political rights,
as well as equal protections of the laws.—
But government has no power to regulate
social status. Before the laws, the Code
of Georgia makes all citizens equal, with
out regard to raoa «r oolor. But it does
not oreute, nor does any law of the State
attempt to enforce moral or sooial equality
between the different raoes, or citizens ot
the State. Such equality does not in fact
exist, and never oan. The God of nature
made it otherwise, and no human law can
produce it, and no human tribunal can en
force it. There are graduations and class
es throughout the universe. From the tal
lest Aroh-Angel in Heaven, down to the
meanest roptilo ou Earth, moral and sooial
inequalities exist, tind must continue to
exist throughout all eternity.
While the great mass of the conquering
people of the States whioh adhered to the
Unian during the'late civil strife, have
cluinJd the right to diotate the terms of
settlement; and Have maintained in pow
•or, tho.lo who demand that the people of
the States lately In rebellion, shall acoord
to the oolored race equality of civil rights
including the ballot, with the same protec
tion under the laws which are afforded the
white face; they havo neither required of
us the Dractice of miscegination, nor have
they claimed for the oolored race, sooial
equality with the white raoe. The fortunes
of war have oompolled us to yield to the
freodmeu the legal rights above mentioned,
but we have neither authorized nor legal -
ized the marriage relation between the ra
ces, nor havo wo enaoted laws or plaoed it
in the power of the Legislature horeafter
to make laws regulating the sooial status,
so as to oompel our peotilo to meet the ool
ored raoe ou ternts of sooial equality.
Suoh a state of things oould never he de
oired by the thoughtful and reflecting per*
tion of eithor race. It would never promote
peace, quiet, or si cial order in any State or
community. No such laws are of force in
any of tho Northern States, so far as I
know, and it is supposed, no oonsiderable
part of the people of any State desire to
see them enaoted. Indeed, the most abso
lute and despotio governments do not at
tempt to regulate sooial status by fixed laws,
or to enforoe sooial equality among raoes or
olasses without their consent.
As already stated, we are of the opinion
that ttevseutionni Aha Uoda, wtuab IwVwU
intermarriagOß between tho raoes, is neith
er inoonsisteut with, nor is it repealed by
tho section of the Constitution now under
consideration. It, therefore stands upon
tho Statute hook of the State forever pro
hibiting all such marriages and declaring
them to bo null and void.
Let the judgment of tho Court below be
affirmed
IQu We accidently overheard a young
lady use the term ‘‘Monkey roost,” on the
street the other day. Os course we were
curious to know what she meant by it, as
wo were not awgro that Monkoys are in the
habit of rousting. Following along for a
short distance—positively with no intention
of eavesdropping—we learned enough to
know that the young lady applied the term
‘‘Monkey roost” to those street oorners,
where yoii&g men who are too lazy to have
anything to do, loaf and watch the feet ot
passing ladios. “There they sit,” she eaid,
“half a dozen of them, the live long day,
if the sun don’t shiim on their “roost”—six
pairs of hauds gloves, six ratanß
twirling about, six mouths squirtiDg tobac
co juice on the side* walk fur our dresses to
drag through, six silk hats on six treads
that have no more bruins in them than a
mullet’s, and six pairs of impudent eyes
ready to gaze at our ankles when we lift
our skirts the least bit, as we have to do in
order to keep then! out of the filth with
which they bespatter the sidewalk I It’s
mean! II one of’em were to visit me, I
would order all the spfittoons in the house
to be placed around' his chair, and ther,‘6ell
him why I had done it.” We heard no
more, hut passed on thoughtfully.—Atlan
ta Era.
The State Fair.— Colonel. D. W.
Lewis having returned from Wash
ington, a meeting of the committee
appointed' to locate the grounds for
holding the State Fair, in Novem
ber, met yesterday afternoon for con
sultation and to hear what Col. Lew
is might have to say in regard to the
matter.
He Stated that his mission to Wash*
ington was' entirely successful, and
that he had returned with an order
froffi'the Secretary of War, upon Col.
Lewis, of the Freedman’s Bureau, to
turn over 1 to the State Agricultural
Society the armory buildings held by
the Bureau in this city. Col Lewis
further stated that he had scarcely a
doubt that the Government would
finally donate the property to the
State for agricultural purposes and
the holding of State Fairs.
Wo understand that the work of
putting the armory buildings and
grounds in order and proper condi*
tion for the Fair, in November, will
be immediately entered upon by the
committee of arrangements, and when
completed there will be nothing of
the sort, in the country, that trill
surpass them in convenience, ele
gance and amplitude.—Macon Tele
graph-
. New Paper. —We leatn that anew
paper bos been started in DcKalb
oounty, called the “Regulator.” Is
it published at Gin Creek ?—Consti
tution.
NO. 68.
AN HONEST LAWYER.
The Rochester Chronicle has been
told a now story about General But
ler. The directors of a Boston bank)
having their suspicions aroused, noti
fied their cashier that an examina
tion of the books and cash in his pos
session must be had. The cashier
went to Butler and stated his case.—
He had misappropriated funds of the
bonk to the amount of $50,000. He
asked whether he had not better owii
up, restore what he could,' and let.hia
bondsmen make up the defioit. But
ler, after some consideration, directed
hinf to attend the meeting of the di
rectors, deny there was anything
wrong, and, if they desired, to sur
render the keys and go home, leav
ing them in possession. He did os
direoted—gave up tho keys, and the
directors, upon examining the books
and cash in the vaults, found a deficit,
as they anticipated, of $50,000. They
notified the cashier and his bonds-
men, who, in due time, appeared ac
companied by Butler, who, acting as
spokesman, inquired what the mattor
was. The directors informed him of
the facts, and offered to compromise
the matter by the return of tho miss
ing funds. General Butler coolly re
plied that his client had surrendered
the keys to them, and that the defic
it, if any, occurred after the directors
were in possession. The directors
now began to see the. dilemma in
which they were placed and sent for
a lawyer, only to find that they had
made a false step ; that they had no
proper evidence of the amount of
ca*h in the bank when surrendered
by the cashier, and that in taking
possession they had lost their oilly
remedy. As it would not do to let
the stockholders know how they had
been overreached, the, directors had
to go to work and make up the loss
out of their own pockets. They gave
their cashier the certificate . of char
ter, which he demanded, and he went
to work in another bank in the same
JS** A lady, who has just return
ed from passing the winter in Flori
da, states that a planter made his ap
pearance in town from the depths of
tho everglades, bringing with him two
negroes for salo ! He was actually
ignorant that tnero had been a war!
Imagine his feelings at the sudden
depreciation of his movable property.
—News.
Ice in June. —At Marquette, Mich
igan, last week, there was a remark
markable sight. With the thermom
eter at eighty-five degrees in the
shade, the bay and harbor were so
full of ice that it was With difficulty
could make their way through"
it. At night the wind changed to
tho west, and moved the large body
of ico out into the lake. The bergs,
are still so solid that it is dangerous
for a' vessel to strike them when un
der headway.
Arretted. —Sheriff Hubbard arrest
ed yesterday .34 parties, for being en
gaged in “Keno.” They were car
ried before the proper officers, and
bound' over to the next Superior
Court, to answer the charge.—Con
stitution.
A Chicago paper advises Eli
sha Sprague, if he wants a rich wife,
to pay the verdict and marry Aman
da.
WSf“ A bold woman in New York
says that “Female Suffering” is a
more important subject for discus
sion than “Female Suffrage.”
XL Xu MURRAY,
Architect & Master Carpenter,
/"OFFERS his services to the Oitizens of
Griffin and tho surrounding country, and solicits
a share of thoir patronage. DESIGNS of the latest
atio most faahionablo stylo drafted upon SHORT NO
TICE. Contracts uiadc.
Cabinet Work
dono and repaired AU work entrusted to rat, will ha
executed with neatness and dispatch. +»*Bhop oppo
site the market, at the old Dugan stand.
inarch », 1860-If
Russell P. Johnson,
GRIFFIE. GEORGIA,
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
IQuOffioe at the Griffin Ware House'll
TT'OR the eele of GUANO, Phoephatee,
X 1 So- ALSO—Agricultural Implement!, Macblno
-17, «to. tWi'-onilKnaieut* respectfully •oltoltod, and
prompt return* made.
•.•Agency tor tho celebrated Dow Law'e Cotton
Planter end Uneno Melrlbutor. feb. 24, 1840-1*
Dissolution.
THE COPARTNERSHIP heretofore ex.
kiln* hetw.cn HAST * ALEXANDER, Attor
neys at Law, wee diioolvod on UM Ihth laotaat, hy mu
tool eoneent. JOHN S. HART,
J D. ALEXANDER,
rhomaaton, Os., J„a* l», IMS.