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Readmy matter an every page. "©o
taritiv, C. A. Crowkli. is our authorized
■g<-ui, and will receive aud receipt for any
ntqney due the offiee.
rr We cull special attention this
week, to the statement of our worthy
repns ntaiivc in Congress, Hon. Nel
son Tift, to the Reconstruction Commit
tee, on tho Georgia case. We think,
having taken up so much space with
this statement needs no apology, as it
will doubtless interest every reader.
Mr. Tift is an intelligent and patri
otic gentlemen, and since his election to
Congress has left oo stono unturned,
which he could turn for the good of the
State. All praise tt> him.
The Legislature.
Wo notico, with regret, that some of
our Stato exchanges are very bitter and
nnconSned in their remarks in reference
to the General Assembly. Every day
tome editor vents his spleen in a callous
article of heinous charges, unrestrained
by reason or cvidenco. Never, in the
whole history of Georgia, lifts its Legis
lature done more, and that, under more
adverse oircumstancos, than tho present,
and how any man, who will compare our
situation now, with that of any other
Bouthorn State, or with our own, twelve
months ago, can form a different con
elusion, we cannot understand. It is
true, that our Legislature has been guilty
of some acts not altogether commenda
ble, and it is also true, that all the mem
bers of that body could not consistently
be accounted aolons ; but yet, generally
speaking, its considerations and enact
ments have been marked with judicious
ness, honesty and patriotism—its eye
ever watchful and its protecting arm
tvor ready to defend the State against
injustice and oppression.
If, however, these fault-finding edi
tors presume to think they oould do bet
ter, wo heartily wish they could be test
ed, and yet we tbiak tho experiment
would be a dangerous one for the State.
Atlanta and State Contract.
The Atlanta lutelliycncer publishes
the contract, says an exchange, between
the Georgia Convention and the City
Council of Atlanta, regarding the re
moval of the Capitol; also, tho contract
botween the city of Atlanta and the
Kiuiuuils. TI |«|| n.„ .v- State
has nothing to do. Tj show what obli
gation Atlanta entered into with the
State, we quite a resolution of her Coun
cil, which was formally accepted by the
Convention :
1. Resolved, That in consideration of
the location of said Capitol, as proposed
by said Convention, the City Council of
Atlanta do hereby agree, covenant, and
bind the city of Atlanta, free of cost to
tho Stale, to furnish, f >r the space of ton
years, if needed, suitable buildings for
the General Assembly,fur the residence
of the Governor, and for all the offices
needed by such officers as are generally
located in the Stato House, and also suit
able rooms for tho State Library and
for tho Supremo Court.
Despite this solemn stipulation that
the State should cot be put to a dollar
of cost for tho ten years, her Governor
has already paid out thirty-five tiious
and dollars for “suitable building for
the General Assembly,” &o. Will the
the people stand it?
Washington, D. C., Feb. 25/69
Dr. Bard, Editor Atlanta Era :
“The Reconstruction Committee to
day decided that Georgia wa> not recon
structed. Mr. McPherson, Clerk of
the House, therefore, will omit the
names of the Georgia members on roll
nali for the new Congress.”
This dispatch proves the wisdom of
©nr suggestion to the Legislature to
promptly adopt the 15th amendment.
Let it be done at once.— Atlanta New
Era.
JHold on Dr., don’t be in a hurry. We
are doing very well, and had better tako
ac outside seat, rather than put the
halter on our own necks.
None or Your Business. —Business
*aeu who undertake to sell their goods
without advertising, says the Augusta
INctt, and fail to do so, may perhaps
fluff-a hint as to the reason why in the
fallowing story, without a morel,clipped
•from a cotemporary.
A boy was sent from Groten to New
London,'Conn, one day last Summer,
with a bag of green corn to sell. He
was gone all day, and retarned with the
bag unopened, which he dumped on
the floor, saying: “There is your corn,
go and sell it yourself—l can’t. I’ve
been all over New London with it, and
nobody says anything about green corn.
Two or three fellows asked me what I
bad in my bag, and I told them it was
itona of their business.”
The Next Congress. —Radical pa
pers claim for the nest Congress 141
Radicals to 63 Democrats. This is
much below the ordinary Democratcount
and persages an attempt to keep up the
two-thirds tyranny at ail hazards and iD
defianee of all right, save the right of
successful rascality.
Princess Baochiochi, who broke one
of the two prettiest legs in Europe last
year, has died of * disgust at having
spoiled the sot, and left ail her money
to the Prince Imperial.
POLITICAL STATUS OP
GEORGIA.
lion, ftelaon Tift to Hut Rceon-
MtriM'tioia Commitl«;c.
To the Honorable Chairman and Members of
the Committee on Heconstrnclion :
Bjr your permission, I present this
statement concerning the affairs nf Geor
gia, which aro being considered by your
Committee, and 1 respectfully a-k lor it
your usual careful attention. 1 think
you will agree with me that (bis case bus
no precedent or parallel.
Governor R 13. Bullock, bolding is
commission, and performing the func
tions of Governor under the ConfOitu
tion and laws of Georgia, conns before
Congress and this Committee and asks
that (he civil government of the State
shall be destroyed, and military or pro
visional government fstabl’shed, The
reasons given by him for tbi p proceed
ing, and which aro attempted to be sup
ported by testimony, may bo lumn ed
up in thro'*, distinct charges against the
poon'e of Georgia :
l»l That tbc reconstruction acts of
Congress, providing foi tho admission of
the Stato to representation, were not
complied with.
2d. That certain colorpd members
who were elected to tho Legislature
wore declared ineligible under the Con
stitution and laws.
3d. That tho laws are not faithfully
executed, and that crime is unpunished.
In examining these charg<s I shall
purposely omit all comment cn the ex
traordinary proceedings of the gentle
man who at tho same time occupies and
ignores the position of Governor of
Georgia.
The laws of Congress for the recon
struction and admission of Georgia have
been complied with in overy single par
ticular.
The election for delegates to tho Con
vention to form a Constitution, the
meeting and action of the Convention,
tho adoption of the Constitution, anl
tho eleotion of effioc s by the people,
the organizitioa of the Legislature, the
striking out by the Legislature of certain
sections of the Georgia C ristitution ac
cording to tbc expressed will of Congress,
the adoption of the Fourteenth Amend
ment to the Constitution of the Uuitcd
Sta'es, the inauguration of the Gover
nor, the aunouucoment of tho with
drawal of military and tho establish
ment and supremacy of civil law, and
the proclamation of the President certi
fying the compliance of Georgia with
the conditions prescribed by Congress
for admission to representation, are all
in perfect acoordanco with the letter and
spirit of the law And finally, as if to
settle any quvs ion which could be made
in future on this point, the House of
Representatives gave their assent, by a
unanimous vote, to the fret that recon
struction was accomplished in Georgia
by the admission of It piesentatives to
scats in the House.
Thus we have the laws of Congress ;
the sanction of General Grant, who was
id ado responsible for tho administration
of the law, to tho declaration of Gener
al Meade; the proclamation nf tt»a Pres,
lacnt; and tho solemn action cf the
House of Representatives, ail in effect
declaring that Georgia is mw a recog
nized Stato in the Union, ou an equal
footing with her sister States.
The only statement which I have
seen or heard, iutended to show that tho
organization of tho State Government
was not legal, and consequently void, is
in the paper addressed to Cingr. s ,
without date, by Governor R. 13 Bul
lock The fi'jru of this statement is,
that the members pf the Legislature
elect were not required by General
Meado to take what is lmuwn as the
“test oath,” but were all to take their
scats on taking the oath prescribed by
tho Constitution of the Stato.
It is a .sufficient answer to this to sav,
that about the time the Legislature of
Georgia was being organized, Governor
Bullock called the attention of General
Meado to this subject, and insisted that
the members of the Legislature should
be required to take the “tost oath.”—
General Meade delayed his decision un
til he could consult General Grant.—
General Grant had already consulted the
honorable obairman and other members
of the Reconstruction Committeo in a
similar case in Louisiana. The result
was instructions from General Grant
that the test oath could not be applied
to members of the State Legislature.—
- his has been the uniform decision and
practice in all tho reconstructed States
of the South. These faots settle the
question of right on this subject.
In Governor Bullock’s testimony be
fore the Reconstruction Committee, he
makes a similar quostion on the legality
of the organization, and say», that in his
opinion, twenty-five or thirty members
holding seats m tho Legislature are in
eligible under the fourteenth amend
ment.
This is the mere opinion of a single
individual, whose legal duties have no
connection with, the subject.
On the other side, we have the legal
testimony of the members themselves,
and of the respective legislative bodies
of which they are members, that not
one in either House is ineligible under
the fourteenth amendment.
When the Legislature was organ
ized in Jnly last, under the military
command cf Gen. Meade, the respec
tive Houses of the Legislature, after a
careful examination of each member as
to their eligibility under section three,
Constitutional Amendment, article
fourteen, reported that they found none
ineligible.
It is worthy of remark, thet upon
this question of eligibility, of the two
hundred and seventeen members in
the Legislature, and including the col
ored men who were then present, there
were only two dissenting voices—Mr.
Adkins, who believed that two Sena
tors, who had not been believed that
four Senators, who had not be<n re
lieved by Congress, were ineligible un
der the fourteenth amendment of the
Constitution.
Governor Bullock, at that time, in
bis report to General Meade, agreed
with Mr. Higbee in opinion, that there
were four ineligible members, and dis
agreed with General Meade and tv o
hundred and fifteen members of the
General Assembly, whose duty it was
to know and determine tho facts under
the law.
Without any proper evidence to the
contrary, it is to he presumed that tho
members iff the Legislature have luith
fully performed their duties, and that
th. ro are none now holding their seats
in violation of the Constitution.
But let us suppose, for the sake of
argument, that there are foui m m
bers, or even more, who are holding
their seats in violation of the four eenth
amendment. What is the remedy ?
Surely not tho destruction of the State
government by Congress; not retalia
tory laws which shall deprive the
while people of Georgia of the ir rights
under the Constitution, but evidently
such proper enforcement of the Con
stitution and laws as will remove such
members as aro ineligible under the
fourteenth amendment of the Constitu
tion.
The declaration of the Legislature,
that colored men are not eligible as
members under tho Constitution of
Georgia, has been denounced here and
elsewhere, as a violation of the State
Constitution, and a wrong to the poo
p’e of tho Stato.
The answer is—
-Ist. Neither the reconstruction acts,
nor tho civil rights bill, nor tho four
teenth amendment of the Constitution,
require any State to provide that col
ored citizens shail he eligible to office.
Consequently neither the Constitution
or tho laws of Congress have been vio
lated in this respect.
2d. The construction placed upon
the Constitution by the Legislature has
doubtless boon influenced by the appa
rent intention of its framers In the
Convention which framed the Consti
tution, the tenth section of the article
relating to franchise provided that
“Ail qualified electors, and none others,
shall be eligible to any office in this
Stato, unless disqualified by the Con
stitution of this State or by the Con
stitution of the United States.” If this
provision has been adopted, it would
have settled all doubt It was report
ed to the Convention from a commit
tee, and ordered to be printed on the
14th of January. On the 14th of Fob
mary, after discussion and proposed
amendments, tho section was stricken;
out. by a v >te of 126 to 12. This left
the Constitution silent as to qualifica
tions for holding office. Too action of
tho Convention was construed to mean
that the simple qualification of elector
was not sufficient. It was contended
that tho right to hold office was inhe
rent in those who were born citizens;
that it was necessary to confer the
right to bold office by express provis
ion on those who were born to slavery
before they could exorcise it; and that
this had not only been done in the Con
stitution, but the Convention had re
jected a plain proposition having that
object.
These and other facts and arguments
were used to secure votes for the adop
tion of the Constitution by the people,
as well as to justify the action of the
Legislature in the exclusion of colored
members
Let us suppose, for Jtho sake of tho
argument, tnat the decision of the Leg
islature is wrong, and that the Consti
tution rightly construed makes every
elector eligible to office. What is tho
proper remedy ? I answer without
hesitation or a doubt: In Georgia, as
in every republican State, the only
proper remedy for this and all similar
evils is in tho ballot and tho Courts.—
These means are as ample, and will be
as potent in Georgia as in any other
State.
Both branches of the Legislature of
Georgia have recently, in deference to
the opinion of those who differ with
them on the question of the eligibility
of colored citizens to hold office under
the Constitution and laws of the State,
passed the following resolution :
“Whereas it is .believed that a judi
cial decision of the question oi the col
ored man’s right to hold on’/e in Geor
gia under the Constitution now in
force would restore the State to b er
proper position in tbe Union; and
whereas, said question is one which the
Courts of the State can properly take
cognisance of; and whereas we, the
representatives of the people of Geor
gia, are unwilling that any etlort
should be spared on our part to bring
about a state of peace and happiness to
the people, and a settlement of that
important question; be it, therefore,
“Resolved by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of
Georgia in Gsneral Assembly con
vened, Thai a case involving the right
of the colored man to hold office, shall,
as soon as the same can be properly
brought befoie the Supreme Court of
the State, be heard and determined by
said court, and we believe that the
people of the Stato will, as they have
heretofore always done, in good faith
abide the decision of the highest judi
cial tribunal of tbe State, whenever so
declared.”
This seems to be the only proper re
sponse which could have been given to
the charges of wrong which have been
brought against them here. It shows
a consciousness of right, and a desire
at all times to abide by tbe Constitu
tion and laws, as they may be expoun
ded by the eourts.
But it is charged that the laws of
Georgia are not faithfully executed;
that ihey are resisted; that the officers
are unfaithful; that the disposition,
feeling, and treatment of the white
people towards the black people, and
towards Republicans and Northern
men, is bad; that the people do not
desire peace and union ; and that, con
sequently, there is a necessity and jus
tification for the interposition of Con
gress and the re-organizution of the
State.
The testimony on “The condition of
affairs in Georgia” has been printed,
and I ask it as a matter of justice to
my State, that every member cf the
coinmitttee examine it carofully before
any decided action is taken. Much of
the testimony given against the people
and State of Georgia carries on its face
evidence of prejudice, exaggeration
and the promptings of evil. Many of
the statements are not only palpably
false, but ridiculous.
On tho other hand, comm "Doing at I
page 140 of the printed testimony, the !
official and sworn testimony of nearly
one hundred judges tis courts, mayors
of cities, and others, childly Kepubli—l
cans, covering all parts of ttic Stato, is
so uniform and consistent us to carry
conviction of is trutli to every unpreju
diced mind. According to this testi
mony, the laws of Georgia are faith
fully and impartially executed ; there j
is no re istance to the laws; the officers
are laithful to their duties; tho dispo- j
eition, feeling, and treatment of thej
people towards tho black people and
towards Republicans and Northern 1
men i-., as a general rule, kind and
conciliatory ; there is a universal do- |
sir j for peace and a restoration of their,
proper relation to the States and Gov
ernment of the Union; and that there,
is no necessity or justification lor the 1
destruction of the present government'
of Georgia, and the establishment of a j
military or provisional government.
The condition of affairs has been
steadily improving since tho establish
ment (if civil government, especially
since tho Presidential election, and
there can be no doubt that any inter
position by Congress to subvert and
reorganize the Stato government would
be disastrous to the interests of the
whole people Disorders would in
crease, capital would be withdrawn,
improvements would cea e e industry
would be crippled, produc ions, in
comes, tho prices of property and the
ability to pay taxes would all bo di
minished; and tho people of tho w hol
Union would be sufferers to some ex
tent with tho people of Georgia.
An examination of ail the facts
shows—
-Ist. That the law of Congress rec
ognizes Georgia as a Stato in tho Union
entitled to representation in Congress,
and of necessity having equal rights
with other States.
2d. That the action of the Legisla
ture, in their decision that color*men
were not, under the Constitution and
laws of Georgia, eligible to office, w as
a question confided to their jurisdiction
by tho Constitution, io fur as members
of the Legislature are concerned; and
if they have c minitted an error in
their judgment, ii can only be pr.-per
ly corrected by the Court, whose ju lg
ment, when pronounced, will bo the
law.
3d. That,.according to the most re
liable official testimony, the condition
of affairs in Georgia, considering the
circumstances which have surrounded
the people, and the trials through
which they have passed, is better than
the most ardent friend of p>eace could
have expected, and is still improving.
1 have said thecaie of Georgia cow
before Congress for consideration has
no precedent or paralell.
Will Congress make a precedent in
the ease of Georgia which in future
may be used, by large party majorities,
in times of great political excitement,
to suspend or practically destroy the
government of aDy Slate which shall
stand in the way ol their policy or pur
poses? Surely not.
Local and temporary errors of gov
ernment are easdy corrected by pow
ers provided for that j urpose in our
admirable system. Violations of fun
damental hw are apt to become chron
ic and incurable. The patriots and
tho statesmen, looking to the welfare
and interests of the wholecountiy, and
to the far distant future, will rise
above the atmosphere of sectional
prejudices which have l ecu engen
dered by the war, and make it his
pleasure as well as his most sacred
duty, tr> aid in uniting all the States
and ali the people once more iri bonds
of peace ami feelings of friendship.
This can be done by giving equal
rights and equal justice to all, it being
an indisputable truth, that with them
the people of all the States have a com
mon interest in the unity, glory and
perofituity of the American Union.
Finally, if tho State of Georgia, as a
State in the Union, entitled to repre
sentation in Congress, can ever lie
fixed b yond controversy, then it has
ah'eady been done by acts whieh have
been passed, and under which her
representatives h.‘*s been admitted to
the House.
There must be a ii.uie when errors
are cured, when doubt a.nd agitation
must cease, w hen stability and conti
dence are assured, or discord Wriuld
reign forever For Georgia that time
has arrived.
In tiie name of her good people, and
for the sake of the commun interests,
harmonious Union, and perpetual
peace of our common country, I ask
that Congress will stand by the law
which recognizes Georgia as a State
in the Union, entitled to representation
in Congress, and on aD equal footing
with her sister States.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Nelson Tire:
Emperor JTlaxiniilian—lie is
Still Alive.
A French provincial paper, Ulnde
pendant, says there is now in tbe city of
Paris a Frenchman, for many yea*a
resident in Mexico, from whence he has
just returned, who asserts that Emporor
Maximilian is not dead. According to
his statement, when the unfortunate
monarch fell under the fire of his exe
cutioners, he was carried into a convent
in order to be buried. But there one of
the monks, the doctor of the oommjinl
ty, examined his wounds aod saw that
the last spark of life had not yet desert
ed the body. With this belief the ohar
itable monk dressed the wounds, stopped
the blood, applied the air-pump to the
lungs aud the galvanic battery to the
nervous system, and was fortunate
enough to bring life back again into the
lifeless form of the Emperor. This
Frenchman, says the Independant, gives
the came of tbe village in which Max
imilian is now concealed awaiting the
means of escaping the vigilant eye of
the Mexicans. He, at the same time,
shows a letter of credit, recently written,
from the pen ot that unfortunate mon
arch.
General John C. Brcckenridgc passed
through New York Wednesday on his
way to Kentucky.
To Dealers ill Tobacco.
The following letter, addressed to the
Collec'or of Maoon District will inter
cst dealers in tobaooo;
Trkasury Department, 4
Office of Internal Revenue, >
Washington, February 15, 1569 J
Sir—Tho additional time given by
tbc act of D cember 22, 1868, during
which dealers might'sell finikin? and
fine cut chewing tobacco without pack
ing and stamping the same, ns requir' and
by actions 02 and 78, act of July 20,
1868, expires to-day—and bereaf er all
such tobaooo, before briny sohl or offered
for sate, must be put up io the packages
prescribed by law and stamped. Severe
peualties aro imposed f m any violation
of the law in this regard.
Persons Iwving in their po.-session
such tobacoo incur no liability f.ir keep
ing it unstamped, si long as they do not
sell it or offer it for sale
The stamping is not to be done by
internal revenue officers, or under their
inspection, but by the "owners of the
tobacco.
It becomes tbc duty of all revenue
officers to cause the law ir this respect
to bo complied with, aud to report all
violations of it for prosecution.
R spcelfuliy,
E. A. Roums, Commissioner.
J. C. II cßurney, Collector 2d Uis
tliot, JlacoU, Goorgia.
From the Albany Son*.
Atlanta, Fib, 1869.
*****
The friends if bis Excellency are
coming to the rescue. To-morrow
evening Judge and Mrs. Eiskine and
Bullock and hir—w'ife aro to give a
joint reception at the residence of the
former. Bullock contributes corn
beef aud oalfs bead, while the Judge
produces the poteen. Joe Brown has
adjourned the Supreme Court in hon
or of the occasion, and Bard is already
drunk in anticipation thereof. The
Chief Justice, Senators Adkins, Speer
and llungerford are to perform the
stag-dance to the tune of yaokee-dio
dle, by Professor Meade on tho Banjo.
The programme will conclude wuh
prayer by Rev. J 11. Caldwell of the
Methodist persuasion, north.
Ilulbert is letting out contracts to
widen the tunnel at Tunnel Hill, three
feet, fir the purpose of passing Super
visor Harris through. Hitherto it
has been found necessary to stop the
train, whenever the aforrs.id was aboard
to let Falstaff walk over.
The White Fawn under Templeton’s
management, is having an extra run at
Davis’ Theatre. Homo praise, some
curse, but everybody goes.
The Republicans had a meeting at
the City Ilail yesterday, which passed
unanimously a resolution end-using
! Bullock’s financial delii.quences. It
was composed of twelve white men
1 and one hundred negroes. The reso
lution was iutroducid by Attorney
Gen. Farrow. It was but. tl.e puny
iqueak of Lillipuiion, which not even
Congrisi can substiiu’c for the clarion
voice of the people. CIP.
Asa llaktz. —Death of Maj. George
Me Knight. —There is scarcely a reader
in this city, and few, perhaps in the
whole Sou'b, that cannot recall wi'b
pleasure some burner us sketch or some
literary gem over the signa'ute of
“Asa II <r Z” that appeal'd '(> his heart.
Perhaps we ought not to designate the
late Geo. McKnigbt by hi.- von deplume
but we are sure it will bo pardoned, as
it is name of which the friends and
relatives of the deceased may justly
feel-proud. Major McKnight die! yes
terday morning at 3 o’clock, at the
age of 35. Before the war the deceas
ed was connected with the press of
New Orleans, and during tho war he
wrote some of his test' productions.
But his constitution was undermined
by camp life exposure. He returned
at the close of the war and resumed his
connection with the press. But the
duties of a night editor or reporter is
not by any means calculated to restore
a shattered constitution, aud the ma
chine gradually wore out, until about
a year ago, like some worn out engine
left by the roadside, “Asa Ilartz” was
heard of no more The funeral of the
deceased, Major George McKnight, will
take place at 11 o’clock this morning
from Christ Church.— N. O. Bulletin,
IDA
Punch says a friond is one who
juilips dowu aDd puts on the drag when
he fiud» that you are going down hill
too fast.
The President signed the pardon of
Dr. Mudd, now at tbs; Dry Tortugas as
an accomplice in the Assassination of
President Lincoln.
JYetv •IdveriisciHentft*
JlfsT RECEIVED!
Bacon Sides,
Shoulders,
Lard,
Flour,
Sugar,
Codec,
Tobacco,
8008 WHISKEY?
And a lot of
Fresh Ground Meal and Grits,
From Judge E. G. Brown’s mill,
All of which I am offeiing at living rates for
the Jltatlty.
Would like to make arrangements with
families to furnish them with
FRESH MEAL AND GRITS
from the best |f*A ite Corn, and from
the best Mill in the county.
J. E. LOYLESS.
Dawson, Ga, March 4, ’69—3m
BBIF@S
—AND—
MEDICINES.
J
DR. J 11 JANES ....... W. A. LOTLESS.
Jims & lOYLESS
HAVING formed a copartnership in the
Drue business, have on hand, and are
constantly receiving, one of the largest and
best assortments of
-and Pure Medicines
Ever before offered in this Ma-ket, which
will bo sold at Macon Prices, freight
added, for (lie C*ISH. They buy largely
for cash, therefore can offer superior induce
on ms to cash customers.
Their stock consists of
Drugs, Chemicals,
ff'hite M.cud ground in Oil,
Paints, either dry or in Oil,
I 'arnishes of' alt kinds,
DYE-STUFFS,
ESSENTIAL OILS of the
Purest Quality,
Kerosene, Linseed,
Tanner’s, , Machine,
Sweet & Castor Oil,
in abundance;
ALSO,
Soda,
Starch*
Pepper,
tpicc,
(Huger,
Sulphur,
Salts, Ac,
A full and complete assortment of
Falunt Medicines,
Fliivoriiig Extracts,
Perfumery of all Kinds,
Pomades,
Hair Oils,
Toilet Powders
And Boaps,
Shaving, Tooth and Hair Brushes,
In fact, everything usually kept in a first
class DltlO S I tlltC. They keep,
also, for JYedical purposes, pure articles of
WINES k BRANDIES.
Superior inducements are offered to Far
mers and Physicians. Prescriptions carefully
compounded and filled by a Druggist and
Physician of experience. Don’t foiget the
place— next door to Wilt. Wooten’s,
Perryman’s old stand. Main street.
Dawson, Ga., March 4, 1869 —ly
$l oo REWARD!t
STOEEI*!
IT'ROM the sub c ibtr, at or near the turn
' pike, in Calhoun county, Ga , a medium
siz-, lightsorrell mare mule, small white spot
in lorehead, 8 years old this spring. It is be
lieved that the mule was stolen by a negro
named .Stephen Afmitee, formerly owned by
a Mr. Tennel, ot Warhiugtoi county, Ga.,
and that he has gone back to Washington
county.
Said negro is about 32 or 33 years old,
black, with prominent forehead, and has only
Tiro Fingers anti Thumb on one
hand, not recollected which hand, being a
natural defect.
For the apprehension and delivery in any
safe j til of this State, of said negro, ihe sub •
scriber will give one hundred dollars, aud
will give same amount for the delivery ot
said mule to him at his residence. Said ne
gro was under ari est for stealing and made
his escape from the Deputy Shot ill' of Terrell
court tv.
Any information thankfully received. Ad
dress JOHN R. HENDERSON,
march!;lm Dawson, Oa.
fyi'he Sandersviile Georgian copy one
time and send aid to this office.
S4O St itch! $3 50
S4O S4O first class Sewing Ma- $37 50
clfines given as premiums
S4O for $37 60 worth of sub- $37 50
ecriptioDS for Wood’s
S4O Household Advocate, a $37 50
first class Family paper, at
S4O 75 cems a year. Also $37 50
$32 TIC K ! TICK ! S3O
$32 American Watches, worth $32, S3O
$32 g’veu for S3O worth of subscrip- S3O
$32 lions. Also S3O
sl2 DICTIONARY. sl2
sl2 Webster’s Unabridged Dictiona- sl2
sl2 ry, worth sl2, given as premiums sl2
sl2 sl2 worth of subscriptions. Also sl2
SIOO Sunday School SIOO
SBO LIBRARIES, SBO
S6O Large or small, to be selected S6O
SSO from 400 volumes of the very best SSO
S4O books published, and given as a S4O
S3O premium for an equivalent amount S3O
$24 of subscriptions. $24
&e. Also several other premiums &c.
squally liberal. &c.
£jfThe “Advocate, ’’ (formerly called_J£J
-he ./hospeetus,) contains 16 large
ana aims to promote Knowl ,j&2
edge, Virtue, and Temperance. Ljgl
JbgU'has been enlarged and improved Al
three limes in 27 monihs. Send for. tiki
cimen copy. Address
S. S. WUOD, P. (j. building, Newburgh, N Y.
march4;2cn
Notice in bankruptcy.—This is to
give notice that on the Sd dav of Febru
ary, A. D., 1869, a warrant in Bankruptcy
was issued against the estate of Adoniram J.
Whitlock, ot Dawson, in the county of Ter
rell and State of Georgia, who has been ad
judged a bankrupt on his own petition, and
that the payment of any debts, and deliva'y
of asy property belonging to such bankrupt,
to him, or for his use, and the transfer of any
property by him, are forbidden by law; that
a meeting of the creditors of the said bank
rupt, to prove their debts and to choose one
or more assignees of his estate, will be held
at a Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the
law office of 0. B. Wooten, in Duwsod, in
paid District, before Frank S« Hcsseltine,
Keq , Register, on the 10th day of March, A.
D., 1869, at 9 o’clock, a. m.
W. G. DICKSON,
marcb4;lt U. S. Marshal, as Messenger.
A MERIC US HOT EL,
AMERICUB, GEORGIA.
The subscriber would be pleased to serve all
that may give him a call*
E. B. LOi LESS, Proprietor.
iPIiICE LIST
OF
Assorted Crates of Crockery,
IMPORTED BY
13. WISE,
MACON, - - GA,
Clemontson’s Best White Granite
Ware.
f> dozen W. Granite 8 inch l’lates, $1 30 |6 60
7do do 9 do 170 1190
7 I*2 dozen do Handled Teas, 175 13 12
3 do do do Coffees, 200 600
1-3 do do Ilukers, 550 183
1-3 do do do 7 50 2 50
1-6 do do 8 in. flat Dishes, 350 58.
1-6 do do 10 do do 550 92
1-6 do do 12 dO do 900 160
1-0 do do 14 do do 12 00 200
1-3 do do Pitchers, 4 50 150
1-3 do do do A 00 2 00
1-3 do do do 8 00 2 6?
3 pairs do Ewers & Basins, 150 4 50*
1-4 dozen do cov'd chambers, 12 00 300
1-6 do do do Dishes, 13 00 230
1-6 do do do do 18 00 8 00
1-0 do do Butters, 9 00 1 50”
1-6 do do Tea Pots, 800 IS3
1-0 do do Sugars, 8 00 1 33
1-0 do do Cruams, 3 50 58
1-2 do do Bowls, 160 80
1-2 do do do 2 00 1 CO
1-2 do do do 2 50 1 25
1-2 do do Gravy boat 8, 400 1 33
Clemontson's Best C. C. Ware.
2 dozen 0C 7 inch Plates, $65 $1 30
6 do do 8 do 70 420
6 do do 9 <)o 85 |io
1 do do Bdo FGt dishes, 180 45
J do do 12 do do 400 100
j do do 14 do do 700 lin
4 do do Bakers, 250 33
4 do do do 400 150
4 do do do 600 125
4 do do Pitchers, 200 #7
4 do do do 850 117
4 do do do 500 ]*7
3 do do Bowls, 80 240
21 do do do 110 275
2 do do do 1 50 800
4 do do Chambers, 400 lIS
4 do do do 500 167
4 CO do do 700 288
3 pairs do Ewers k Basins, 80 2 40
18 sets do Teas, 25 4 st>
14 duz. do Mugs, 1 25 1 66
1 do do do 150
sllß 67
Crate aud Cartage, 2 60
__ sl2l 07
Pear Sir;— Please find above Price List
of Cit ckery, to which 1 invite your especial
attention. Yours very truly,
B. A. WISE.
fell I—] m
LIQUORS! LIQUORS!
J. W. OTOWOK,
Successor to Ilorne k Co.'
Vo. <»©, Clicrry St, UIACOY <»n.,
Has on hand
A CHOiCE STOCK OF WHISKEY,
ALL grades, from a good common to tho
paiest and best in the market.
Also, pure Brandy, Gin, Rum, and Wine,
of all grades, all ol wnich can be putchascd
LOW FOR CASH.
FLOCK—Equal 10 the best, at tho lowest cash
price.
FL.-li TING POTATOES—A large stock.
Enly Goodrich, Peach B’ow,
E-rly Pink-Eye, Chill Red.
TOBACCO—PIug and Fine-Cut, cheap and
S'od. Tobacco has advauced, but ha
will sell at old prices.
He is tow receiving a l.rgp stock of Te»«,
Green and Black; Coffee, Sugar, Molasses
anl syiup, ol vmious grades; vine
gar, both Apple and Wimqall of
which he will sell at a small margin overcoat,
SOATS—lie has a large and varied lot of Fan
cy Toil- 1 and common i-oids, which he tell*
to the tinde a I'hUadelphia Prices.
FRJIT AND CAN GOODS.
A fire lot of Box Orangon, Lemons, Ap
ples, Nits of all grades ; Peaches, Toruatoor,
f*reen Corn, Peas, Beans, Pysters, Sardines,
Raising Currants, Horse it-iddish, Swamp
Cranberius and Holland Ilurring, £plit Peas,
Starch, Bluing, and, in fact, everything that
is usualy kept by a first-class Qiocer.
BACON.
lie bis jus received a few boxes of Clear
Bibbed Sides, which lie offers low. Also,
l’icklet? Beef, Pickled Pork, Engli-h Break
fast B*:on, Bologne B.i usage, Butter and
Lard.
He will sell all of the above very low for
cash, aid thoso who give him a trial he ia
B ure to please.
Call soon, and call often.
JNO. W. O'CONNOR.
j»n!4 —oneyrar
BOOiS! BOOKS!! BOOKS!!!
A7 PUBLISHERS PRICES.
F/10.1/ 10 CEJTTS TO #lO.
Aid sent by 3YA.iI, free of Postage.
BOOKS of Games, Tricks, Riddles aud
Puzzles.
BOOKS on Etiquette and Usages of So
ciety.
BOOKS on Love, Courtship, aud Afarri
age.
BOOKS on Fortune TelliDg, Dreams ands
Jfagic.
BOOKS ou Letter Writing, Talkiog and
Debating.
Novell, Prize Romances, Song and Joke
Books.
ANY BOOK that is asked for, no matter
what kftd, where published, where you see
it advertsed, or if not advertised at all. The
Books av> arranged in Lists. Give the kind
of Book you want, and a list with prices, will
be sently return mail. Address C, H. WIL
COX, G-neral Agent, iVo. 11 Peachtree St.,
Allanta,Ga.
Arran;ements have been made with hous
es in cwy branch of Trade and Business ia
the Unit and States.
Importrs, Manufacturers, Inventors,
Ptedishers, Dealers, Etc.
By vhieh Anything, Everythiny, that
can be found AE Y WHERE, can be
ju rmsht l.
In an,.gency of this kind, where the wants
of so ratty different persons are to be sup
plied thee must necessarily be many things
required that cannot be advertised, and
which ae not furnished except on apecial
applipatim. No person, male or female,
seed hav- the least hesitation in writing for
JCST WHrj THKV WANf.
Desciltive circulars of new and ussrpt
invention, Patent Medicines, Books, En«
gi avings,Photograpes, Music, Ac., sent erks
to an/ad ress. febl 1 ; 1 y
POSTPONED
Almiiiistrutor’s Sale.
AGRE-lABLE to an Order of the Court of
Oetnary of Terrell county, will be sold
before tL Court House door in Dawson, ou
the first Tuesday in April next, between
the legaibonrs of sale, the following prop
erty, tovvit: Lot of land, No. 63, in the 17 th
district,,md east halt lot of land. No. 62, in
the 17th listrict of Terrell county, kuowu as
the Forlplaoe, belonging to estate of Sarah
Ford, d«(d. About 120 acres of cleared land
—ordinav improvements. Possession given
the first <f January, 1870. Terms cash,
fob ltd; CHARLES FORD, Ada *
