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About The Dawson weekly journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1868-1878 | View Entire Issue (March 4, 1869)
jfatosmt lournal. s. K. wuvro*, Hlltr. V. : ■ ■■ , t)pi’s ojtr, u ThurssUiy, March 4, I SCO. • - —— 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. 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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 *
