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DAWMLN JOURNAL.
P. R. WFRfON & W. F. COMBS.
muons akd mos ii nous.
U .4 M’SO.r, «wi.,
Thuraday, January 4, 1871
RT Rending mat*er on every
Vlie Jl«w V«‘i«r.
Another year has bee:: uaheml in
ly existence which evidence# the fact
that “tho fullness of time’’ is not yet
como, and that tho great ,l I AM ’ is
still extending probation to his crea
tion. How varied nro the thoughts
that agitato the huiunu breast when
witnessing tire decay of one year to
bo succeeded by another. We hail ,
with joy the coining, offer our saluta
tions, echo tho “happy New Year’
and enter upou the duties of life un
conscious of “what a day may bring
forth ” While sortie live to see the |
uouautnatioii of their plans for the
current year, others die with the same
and aro borne as trophies to the eter
nal past, and the world still moves ou
Somo are joyful at their worldly pros
jweta, and are made more joyous at
the fact that the family circle remains
unbroken, the sympathies of wife and
husband still flow' in inutuul fellow -
ship, while th 6 bright eyes of infant
prattlers are ever turned towards them
iu confidence and love. Others “see
their fond hopes decay,” and amid tho
revelings and hilarity of the busy
world, they watch over their loved
ouos in afflictions hour, go with them
to tho “bank of tho liver” aud bid:
them “good-bye” until the resurrec- j
tiou morn. With divided interests j
they turn aside, clinging to the com- :
forts still left behind, and watching
with eagerness tho eternal flight of j
tome loved one as borne on the wave
of time, they cross to the “other side.” |
Thus it ever is with man. We all
have our seasons of joy and sorrow,l
each in their turn. Nutious rise and
fall. Kings and Monarch# sway their
sceptre of power, are driven from tho
stage forever and shrink into the
<pilot walks of private life, to ponder
on tho “sweetness of their own sor
row.” In some portions of the earth,
history is marked with the progress
of religion, politics, science and urt,
the just ruling the just; in others, the
etieng tyranizing over the weak, and
thus retarding tho progress of liberty
and right. What, then, is the duty
of the hour ? We answer, let us
profit from the errors of the past, and
laying aside the petty frivolities of
our natures, let us resolve to live more
truly for God, for our cou try and for
our fellow man.
Tax on Die i*re»».
As an expression of opinion by
newspaper editors will perhaps enable
our legislature to arrive at a just con
clusion in regard to taxing printing
material, it is proper that all should
speok, notwithstanding they are di
rectly interested. Some liuve taken
the position that newspaper men are
the recipients of u great deal of char
ity at the hands of tho public, and as
such their tools, which yield such an
enormous revenue (?) on the capital
invested, should be taxed, and he
made a source of revenue to the Gov
ernment just tho same as any other
mechanical investment. With all
such we beg loive to ditfer, and con
tend that every newspaper of any
standing contributes more to the pub
lic good than many are willing to give
them credit for. Without enumera
ting the many objects to which news
paper columns ar« thrown open, with
out receiving a cent, and which is a
means of dispensing useful kuowledge,
we allude to one only : —that of pub
lishing the workings and calls of the
State Agricultural Society. Ilavo wo
a Legislator that doubts the good
this Society is doing throughout our
State? If so, let it ho abolished and
no more appropriations made for its
support- Acknowledging, then, that 1
it has and will be, in future, of great
benefit to the State at large, we ask,
would or could it have been a • effectire
for good had it not been for tho press
of the State? We venture the asser
tion that hod all the gratuitous print
ing for this Society alone been charged
for, it would have paid the tax on the
Press. If we would loster publi* in- ,
stitutions, and spread broadcast the !
genial influences of science and 1 art,
thus ennobling and enriching, the
masses, let us take care that the me
dium through wfcqchr this is done is
not unnecssAiiburdened, -and Re
member that like all public servants
a shpiA of > appreciation frmu thosd
thej - serve will make them more faith
ful. _ .
At tho election for represcijtMiive in
Calhoun county, Mr. Buy uton was. elec
ted by over 200 majority.
Joy is the happiness of love; it ig
love exulting; it is love awure of its
own felicity, and rioting in riches
which it has no fear of exhausting, it
as love taking a look at its treasure,
and surrendering itself to WLss without
foreboding.
tiii: tivi rii iv mu »ej*-'
A TL.
IC. V Swdflel'"* 1 otter iu the Cin
cl iiistti Commercial.
I*. is perhaps well that the old South
made her mark in tho Senate Cham
ber, for the new South docs not. Her
great light# seem to have jvassoil away I
or been snuffed, or been put under a |
bushel for tho roar of their oratory j
has ceased to be heard in lire Senate, :
aud their places aro filled by wooden
men.
South Carolina formerly to k a
front rank in the Senate Chamber, her
representatives being equal in point ot
ability to those sent from other States.
The list of her former Senators is a
long array of eminent names. Hut
from a place among those at tho head,
she has dropped to the tail-end, and
is now represented by a Massachusetts
school-teacher and a nativo peanut
| planter. Robertson and Sawyer were
never heard of beyond their respective
school districts before tho war, never
held office of profit or trust, even to
being members of tho Legislature,
' which is next to nothing, and but for
the war would have been paddling
down the stream of life, one raising
peanuts among his nativo sand hills,
and the other teaching young ideas
how to slioot, at fifty dollars a month
and board. The only evidence, we
have of their ability is the fact thut
they do not often attempt to say any
thing. They have senso enough to
understand that they have no ideas
that will enlighten anybody, and for
this they deserve credit. Once in u
w hile Robertson spreads his wings for
an oratorical flight, but his ideas are
crude, his wind short, and he soon
flops into his seat, where ho should
have remained in the first place. Be
fore the war, if a patriot had proposed
running either of these men for the
Legislature, word would have been
sent to tho nearest lunatic asylum, in
quiring if they hadn’t lost an inmate.
As for Virginia, the mother of Pres
idents, it is to be regretted that she
cannot call back the ghosts of some of
her doparted great to represent her
now. Messrs, Johnson and Lewis aro
gentlemen, but in healthy and well
regulated times tho Old Mother would
hardly select them to represent her at
the council board of the nation. It
her present Senators are fair speci
mens of her statesmen, her tobacco
land is not the only thing that is on
the decline.
Alabama used to loom up in the
Senate, but she hangs her rebellious
head in sliamo now, and well she miy
while sha is represented by such men
as George Spencer He is without
ability, and if a fifth of the charges
against him are true, without charac
ter either. His operations in Alabama
as cotton agent and his transactions
with Judge Bu-teed, the bribe taker,
do not reflect the more honor upon
him the more they are investigated.
Gold*.hwaite is a fair man, but w ill
not make his mark now. If the stulf
had been m him to make it, there
would have been surface indications
of it some time ago. lie has held the
offico of Circuit Judge, and is an av
erage lawyer. Spencer’s experience
as a “statesman” before the war began
and ended us assistant clerk or door-
I keeper of the lowa Legislature.
I Arkansas is anew State, without
i the glorious Senatorial record to look
hack upon, ns a solaeo for the present
feebleness, that some of the States
have. Even this dubious privilege is
denied poor Arkansas. N\ ithout much
reputation before the war as a Sena
-1 tor tonder, she is not in a fair way to
| make any now, and, until she gets
| Rico and Clayton out, her feebleness
| will be pitable. How much it cost
| Clayton to get in cannot be stated
i with precision, but as lie had to buy
1 off the Lieutenant Governor, Johnson,
I at a price of not less than ten thous
j und dollars, und three impeachment
j committeemen, at not less than five
thousand dollars each, it will be seen
j that his seat in the Senate was an ex
i pensive affair. Some of ex-Lieuton
aut Governor Johnson’s friends insist
ed thut the old fellow sold out to Clay
ton for fifteen thousand cash they
wanting to make it appear that he
drovo a sharp bargain, but I think
the actual sum was something less
than that. He looks to mo like a man
1 w ho would sell out his satchel of princi
ples any time for ten thousand dollars,
on easy terms, say one-half easb, and
1 the balance in six or twelve months,
j with interest. .
I As for B. F. Rice, he is a weak Son
j atorial reed, even for the weak and
: helpless State of Arkansas. His total
. legislative experience up to the time
! he entered the Senate consisted of
i having served one term in tho Ken-
I tucky Legislature. Think of it, ye
t gods ! A term in the Kentucky Legis
lituro as a qualification for ilio United
States Senate! It is an estimated
' distance of only one step (three feet, if
i the legs are not tco long,) from the
sublime to the ridiculous, hut in this
instance liice has cortuinly reversed
the p repo si turn, and gone from the ri
diculous to the sublime at a loap.
From, the Kentucky Legislature to the
I United States Senate at a step ! Is
! there another in sauce on record ? I
! hopo not.
Georgia is the Empire State of the
South, oag.ht to he well repreeeni
ed in the Sonirta. and, after seven long
I years of contest with the carpotbag
jyers, jobbersv and robbers, she has
now upoh tK? floor yesterday, *fur the
first time since the war, two Senators,
honorable aud qupltied for tho duties
of fceir position. l>y an*extta
of good luck, seldom run upon by a
Southern State since the War, ehe
■"escaped’ Blodgett, theVnotorifeuS jotTn
her; Furrow the rebel saltpetre dirt'
digger; and Whitley, the apostate !
Confederate Colonel, all of whom were j
elected to the Senate by the stupid and
ignorant Legislature.
Norwood was sworn in yesterday, I
and, for the first time in ten yours,
. Georgia is fully represented in Con
gress. Both Norwood and Ilili are
men of good character. Hill was a
1 member of Congress before tho war,
and was tho only one of til t delegation j
who refused to withdraw anil go into j
the rebellion |
As for Florida, neither of her Sena-!
tors ever had any experience iu pub- I
lie life until the commotion following I
tho war throw them to the surface, I
aud a fortunate eddy flouted them into
tho Senate. Osborn is lioiu New Jer
sey', and during the war was a captain
of artillery. Gilbert is from New
York, and wont to Florida alter the
war, “ for the benefit of his health ”
A good many others, since tho war,
have done the same thing—gone South
for health ; can’t staud the Northern
climate, you know ; but I notice that a
number of them get back as far north
as this city, and manage to wiggle
through a lew severe Washington win
ters.
Kentucky is well represented—that j
is blie has u»e:i of ability and cliarac
tor as her servants. Both Stevenson
und Davis were much ill public life be- j
loro their election to the Senate. In I
addition to other official trusts, they
have each served two or three terms
in Congress
W Pitt Kellogg and J. Redman j
West represent Luuisianu. The way |
they sign their names, as here given, j
is of itself au indication of gnuious. ;
Now, if each would part his nair in j
tho middle, and pronounce paper, pa- |
pau, there would no longer be any j
doubt of their claim to considera- j
tion. As it is, however, their chief!
merit consists in the taste they display j
in displaying their names. But it is
having the effect. A member of Con- ■
gress from tho Same State has profit- j
ed by the Senatorial example, aud
now sports J. Hale Syphore. It is
well. |
West Virginia, a fractional mother ;
of Presidents, is represented by Messrs
Boreinmi aud Davis. The most re- j
markable event connected with their
history is the fact that they were both i
born iu the same year, one i:t Ma
ryland, and tho other in Pennsylvania, i
Boremau’s anti-war legislative experi
ence consisted iu having been a mem
ber of the lower-branch of the Virgin
ia House of Delegates, w hile Davis
had no legislative experience at all,
except what a railroad depot agency
would give him, until the war came
up, and commenced its work of mak
ing great men out ot little ones.
Os Texas, not much can be oxpected
and those who have the sagacity to ex
pect little will not be disappointed.
She is represented by Messrs. Flana
gan and Hamilton Hamilton began
his career as a clerk in tho War De
partment, and pe:haps sho could nave
got along in an indifferent sort of way
if he had never been promotod to the
Senate Chamber.
Flauagan first served his country
in the capacity of a justice ofthe peace
in Kentucky. He administered Hie
law—so far as ho was able to read it
—with great firmness and impartiali
ty. . The sacred sobers trembled when
he adjusted his spectacles and opened
his court, for he dispensed with jus
tice, and did not temper it with mer
cy. Afterward ho wont to Texas, and
became a member of the Legislature.
His career, like A J.’s, has been up
ward und onward, although he has
skipped fevers! offices in his long
strides.
Wo now oome to Tennessee, poor
Tennessee, the old ‘ volunteer State,”
Ac Tennessee used to loom up iu the
Senate, figuring extensively in tho
Globe through her representatives, but
the most of her figuring now is done
at roll-call and ou pay day. Brown
low and Cooper are hers. Brownlow
is very weak, physically, and entirely
played out, politically. But if ho were"
in good health, and popular even with
a part of any party, ho would not be
the man for Senator. Ho made a suc
cess as a preacher at local camp-meet
ings* and also as a country editor, tho
same qualities being essential to both
callings, namely: A never-ceasing
ability to pitch in. Brownlow could
always pitch in, whether aiming his
blows at Democrats or other sinners.
He was pretty good in a debate, too,
but not good enough to establish from
the Bible that slavery was a Divine
insitution handed down to us out of
heaveu by our Father for our especial
profit and convenience, although ho
tried very hard.
Twenty years ago Brownlow might
havo made a passable Senator, but ho
is too old and feeble now. A man
who cannot rise in his seat without
help is not in.proper condition to rep
resent a great State. The position is
exceedingly trying to his prostrate
body and weak nerves, but he sticks
to his seat, for, should he resign, oh ■
fearful thought, a Democrat would be
elected. Let us close our eyes to the
melancholy picture, and tell Brownlow
to stick.
Ilonry Cooper, elected over Aody
Johnson, by tieachery, is not making
any character as a Senator. During
the war Henry and his brother Ed
ward weio both taken up by Andrew
Johnson and made something of—that
is, he made one a Circuit Judge in
Tennessee, and the other Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
North Carolina is represented by
John I’ool, Z. B. Yanco not havlig
got in yet, and it is doubtful if he will.
There is something the rnattor with
his regard somo way, but to go to the
bottom of things, the chief oflfection.
away down, covered up with oratory
und rubbish, is tho fichthat lie is a
Democrat. If he-sfras- truly loyal, he
would not fiud so much trouble-in get
ing into the seat to w hich he riafel
ected. It is J a great tiling t 6 yell with
largest pqwd. Pool is a native of
diie State, and. saw service tyafore the
war in fne LegislatwrcC 1
Missouri is the ablest represented of
any of the Southern States, if indeed
we may call her a Southern State,
Both Schurz and Blair take a front
rank. There are abler men in
tiro Senate than either of them, but
not two from the same State, with i
tho possible exception of Ohio.
From Mississippi wo havo Ames
and Alcorn. Ames represents nothing
ft n 1 does not even live in the
State. He went there us it General in
the i rmy, and tho negroes elected him
to the S«nato. Ho owns no property
there, 1 blink, and his representing
the State is a farce, lie lias ability
as a military man, und did good ser
vice duiing the war, but is not quali
fied in au eminent degree for a Sena
tor.
Alcorn is an able man, has been
long in public life, is possessed of a
rich fund of experience, and is iden
tified with the interests of the State he
represents to tho extent of owuing a
good part of one or two counties.
This takes us through the Southern
States, and we failed to stumble upon
a really great man in tho whole floor
full. Tile superiority of tho Senators
leprosentiug Northern Status, leaving
Missouri out of the calculation, is very
marked. The South sent forward her
share of ability before the war, but it
is not so now. The civil commotion
has overturned tilings, and a very large
number of bottom rails are floating
sereuely about on top.
Tiie New Year from it Religious
Multipoint.
In echoing afid repeating the salu
tation of “a happy new year to you
all,” gentle reader, may we not be per
lii; and to indicate that course which
will assuredly give fruition to the wish?
First then we that dotg faith
fully discharged, goes very far to se
cure serenity of miud, and earthly j
comfo,t. Whatsoever your hand find
eth to do, do with all //our might, is the
exhortation of holy writ. This prin
ciple is equally applicable to every
walk and pursuit of life. Success,
prostevity, the confidence of your fel
low men, all depend upo.u it. To the
banker thou wo say, be honest ; to the
merchant, be just iu your dealings ; 1
to the professional man, let integrity
aud honor characterize your course ;
to the pastor, wrestle like Jacob of old
| for a blessing ouyour charge ; all like
wise, wo would uiljuie to be truthful,
I diligent, prompt, and oven punctilious
in meeting every moral and pocuniaiy
obligation. Oh, that men would realize
that honesty, strict, uncompromising
honesty, is not only the safest, but the
surest road to wealth and preferment.
“Be sure your sin will find you out.” j
| Bui at the risk of a rebuke from
j many, though classed as a secular
' newspaper, for this once, on tho thresh
hold of another year big with the fate
iof thousands, and which may prove
1 the turning point in your existence,
1 we solemnly aver, and give our testi
’ moil}’, that, the only perfect peace and
’ happiness attainable on earth, must
be derived from the Christian’s hope
' and faith. All else is ephemeral, de-
I lusive, unsatisfactory. Aud though
the infidel may carry it with a stout
heart and high hand in the heyday of
his prosperity, yet the night of death
will find him shorn of his strength, a
' wretched, shrinking sinuer, skivering
i on the brink of eternity
| Pardon the writer, then, if at this
1 solemn pause in your career, when
about to “take au observation,” and
lay a new' course for your bark through
the billowy sotist of another year, he
implores you to take the Saviour on
board a# your pifot, and make him the
“man of your counsel.” Do this, and
rage and rave the tempest as it may,
all will be well with you ; anil in God s
good time you will cast anchor in that
blessed haven, where zephyrs ever
blow softly, and peace eternally reigns.
Dear reader, we wish you that hap
piness the present year, which the
world knoweth not of, neither can take
away.— Tel. Sf Men.
Speaking oj the Brunswick and Al
bany Railroad, tbo Albany Nows says:
I There is a faint gHturner of hope that
order may yet coiuo out of chaos. We
i have infbimotion that important prop
: ositions aro\ being considered by the
company and.bondholders ; that theso
propositions embrace the payment of
all claims against the road aud its
speedy completion to Eufatila, and that
I there is reason to believe they will be
accepted and the work resumed within
! ten or fifteen day*. We have nothing
definite, and even hope is weak ; hut
parties deeply interested and better in
formed have confidence iu the pro
gramme.
PniL.iDF.LrHia, December 31.—The
Ileuldi office report shows the foliow
j ing figures in regard to the small pox
deaths : For the past week, 223 ; for
the past year, 1879. The progress of
the spread of the season is as follows :
Deaths in July 5, August lfi, Sept. 18
Oct. 236, Nov. 562, Dec. 1094. Tho
new remedy, sulphate of zinc and dig
italis, is reported as being used with
! success.
Washington,} Deo. 3 o. —Judgo
1 Lochrane, late Chief Justice of Geor
gia, and regardedvas one of the ablest
men in the Republican party of the
South, had a long interview with the
' President to-day. Judge Lochrane
says the administration must take no
1 hand in settling the ass airs of Georgia,
1 and as Governor Conley cares nothing,
personally, for the place, there will n&
contest between him and Col. Smith,
the recently elected Governor, for that
office.
The Pilatka (Florida) Herald says (
that the present season has produced
the largest aiid most delicious oranges
that we have seen for many years.
Perhaps tho unusual size of this fruit
is owing to the fact that the groves
lost one-third of their fruit during the
severe gales of August, sinco which
time the season has been most propiti
ous for their development.
He only is great who has the habits
of greatness; who, after performing
what none in tho tin usand could ac
complish, passes on like Samson, and
“tells neither father nor mother of it.”
[Lave ter.
Men and statutes that are admired
in an elevated station Lavs a very dif
ferent effect on us when we approach
them ; the first appear less than we
imagined them, the last larger.—
[ Rochefoucauld.
A ot Hio Soul lii
Ururgiu Cuulerciicc for 1874.
SaVas.n.hi Distiuci —J O A Clark,
P. E. Savannah, Trinity, J E Evans.
Savannah, Wesley Church and City
Mission, G G N McDonald. Spring- i
field, T B Lanier Mizpah, J J Morgan.!
Sylvania, W T McMiehael. Bethel,:
R W Flournoy. Alexander, J A Ros-j
ser. Waynesboro, N B Ousley. Louis
ville, C C Uiues. Saudersvilla and
Davisboro, W S Baker. Washington,
J C Culpepper. Gibson, S N Tucker,
J Domingoes.
Macon District —J W Ilinton, P.
E. Macon, Mulberry Street and Viue
ville, J 0 Branch. East Macon and
Swift Creek, J W Burke. First Street,
W.W Ilieks. City Mission, Supplied
by R Cain. Macon Circuit, J S.Jor
dun. Gordon, W J Green. Irwinton,
Supplied by F Flanders Jeffersonville,
|K F Evans. Twiggs, Supplied by W
| Griffin. Fort Valley and Marshalville,
:F A Branch Beaver Dam, W W
’ Tidwell. Mont zuina and Providence.
To bo supplied. Perry, A J Dean.
Ilaynesviile, EII A McGhee. Wes-,
leyan Female College, E H Myers,
President W. F. C. : C W Smith and
W C Bass, Professors Wesleyan Fe
male College.
Coi.umcus Distujct —T T Christian,
P. E. Columbus, St Luke, J 8 Key.
St. Paul, Arminus Wright. Wesley
; Chapel, M D Bond. Girard and As
bury Chapel, Supplied by J E Cooko.
Muscogee, To be supplied Hamilton,
W F Robinson. Talbotton, R W Dix
on. Talbot, D It McWilliams, It L
lloniker. Geneva, S 11 Weaver. —
Juniper Mission, V. A Green. Butler,
J R Littlejohn. Buena Vista, W W
Stewart. Cusseta, S D Clements. Ogle
thorpe, G S Johnson. Levort Female
College, HD Moore. Lovick Pierce,
Conference Missionary Agent.
! Aaleuicus District —J B Smith, P.
E Aiuericus, A M Wynn. Bethel, J
Harris. Magnolia Springs, A M Mar
shall. EUaville, C A Crowell, R F Wil
liamson, sup. SiuithviUo and Mission,
D 0 Driscoll. Cuthbert, B F Breed
love. St Pauls and Millers’ Chapel,
E J Baldwin. Spring Vale, N D
Moorehouse. Georgetown, To bo sup
plied. Dawson, G 0 Clarke. Terrell,
GX Embry. Wiftm, E J Rontz.
Lumpkin, J M Austiu. Stewart, J B
Wardlaw. Florence, To be supplied.
President Andrew Female College, J
B McGehoe. Agent Orphans’ Home,
S Anthony'.
* Bainbridoe District - It B Loiter,
P. E. Bainbridge, W Knox. Decatur,
J F Mixon Trinity, G C Thompson,
Colquit, W I’’ Roberts, J M Potter.
Fort Gaines aud Blakely, W M Hayes.
Morgan, J D Mauldin. Camilla, T J
Ainsworth Caiio, P C Harris. Uroo
verville, RII Ilowren. Duncanville,
L C Peak. Thomasville, Clt Jewett.
Albany and Mission, R J Coaley.
Brunswick District —L B Payne,
P. E. Brunswick and Mission, JU A
Cook. St Marys, II P Myers Centre
Village, WII Thomas. SVaynesboro,
J L Williams, Waresboro, T S Arin
’ stead. Jessup, W M Watts. Holmes
ville, Supplied by J Ware. Stockton,
S J Childs. A'aldosta, W M Kennedy
Guitman, S S Sweet. Morveu, A P
Wright.
llinksvili.k District-J W Simmons
P. E. Hinesville, \V G Booth. Darien
aud Mclntosh, E J Burch. Scarboro,
J W Glenn. Dullin, A J Ellis
Wriglitsville,. Supplied by W T Ray,
County Line, To be supplied Swaines
boro, 0 J Toole. Jacksonville, II C
Fentress. Oconee, R D Gentry. A1
tamalia Mission, W F Conley. Reida
ville, D G Rope. C A Fullwood and
A A Robinson transfered to Florida
I Conference.
llavvkiksville District —J E Seu
tell, P E. liawkinsvi le, It M laick
wood. Cocliran Mission, L A Darsey.
Pulaski aud Wilcox, Supplied by W
D Bussey. Vienna, L J Spence. Dooly
Mission, Supplied by W M Clemons
Flint River Mission, Supplied by W
M Russell Moultrie Mission, W M
Buntin. Nashville, J J Giles. Alapa
ha, B S Koy. Ocmulgee, \v Lane.
C E Brown transferred to Arkansas
Conference. Next Conference to be
held at Thomasville.
Conference adjourned sine die, with
doxology and benediction.
I’rcposcil lew Canal Home
from iiie j-.jii to the Sea.
A memorial has been presented to
Congress froru the Georgia Legislature,
praying the United States to devote
ten miliioie to the) construction -of a
canal to copnect.tho Mississippi -with
the Atlantic. A channel can lie 5 .obr
tained through Georgia by connecting)
the waters of the Tennessee and Coosa
rivers and the Coosa and Ocmulgoe
rivers by canal. The benefit to be de
rived from the work when completed,
i would be, it claims, enjoyed equally
by the Eastern and Western States of
the Unoin, and that, in case of a hos
tile invasion, it would be invaluable to
the Government as an interior means
of communication by which supplies,
in large quantities, could bo cheaply
and safely transported from the West
to the East, and that, for tho reasons,
justly and propel ly be consid
ered a national work. The impover
ished condition of tho South, it adds,
precludes the hope that this work can
bo successfully prosecuted, either as a ,
State Vork or by private enterprise, j
for rnanjf years. Its freedom from ice
all the ytStr round is pointed out, and
the absoncts of a necessity for trans
shipment or-piarine insurance. It says
that the graiirtfegions of the North
west demand c\n outlet which will
bo cheaper and sffiqrter than the exist
ing ones to mako ctVn raising remun
erative. This route Njvould meet both
ends, it avers, saving 1,82 miles from
St. Louis to tho sea, viik Georgia, and
844 miles to tho Georgitk seaports, in
stead of to New York »y the lakes
and Erie Canal. It says freight could j
be transported by the netV lino from !
St. Louis to Savannah, at V* a t OI1 >
and corn at twelve cents a fcushel. Itj
would take the grant either in a do
nation of land or by a liSan pf the
credit of the government.— JVeus'. j
See notice to Societies j
in another column. | -
Important to I lie Holders of
IHuntitled Currency.
It is announced by the Treasury
Department thut from and after to
day, defaced or mutilated United
States notes and fractional currency,
instead of being redeemable as now
only' by the United States Treasurer,
subject to discount for mutilation, will
bo redeemed at their full face value
in now notes or currency by the Treas
urer, tho several assistant treasurers
and designated depositories ot the
United States, and all national bank
depositories, and will be received at
their full face v alue by all ofiicors of
tho Treasury Department in payment
of currency duos to the United States,
provided that three-fifths of the orig
inal proportion of the notes aro pre
sented in one peiee Fragments less
than five-eights will be redeemed only
by the Treasurer ol tho United States.
llf more than one-half and less than
| live- eights .is presented, half of tho
j feco value will be paid. laess than
, half a note will bo redeemed only ou
affidavit that the missing portion lias
been totally destroyed.
Under tho new rules any person,
firm, bank, corporation, or public offi-
I cor, will be permitted to forward five
dollars and upwards in fractional eur
! rency, and fifty dollars und upward.-?
I legal-tender notes, for redemption to
j the Treasury, by express, under the
! Government contract with Adams Ex
i press Company. Heretofore nothing
j less than SSOO was entitled to traus
i pollution at Government expense. A
circular embodying those changes rs
now preparing in the Treasurers office
| The officers of the Treasury are de
j termiued tu remove all causes for com
| plaint concerning tho condition of the
United States currency, and to that
end have concluded to extend to all
the most liberal facilities lor its re
demption.
The Abbe Malot expressing a dotibt
to Richelieu how many masses would
save a soul, thecardiual replied, “Fko,
you are a blockhead—as many as it
1 would take snowballs to heat an oven!’
jrm iy -in ru/.' tiskaie.yts.
Gf.iBEM SEED.
Cl 0 In Solomon’s to get tout Garden Seeds.
T He kteps on hand scfd fresh from
D. LANDRETH k SONS.
rg<s’ supply in town on hand, and wi'l
keep up the assortment during the Spring.
Jan 42\ .1. la. *OlOXlOl*.
LUMBER, LUMBER.
jUiE ui and rsignod is now prei ared t>
FILL ORDERS
for a’l kinds and tie best qunli'y of
Lumbar a' shirt nofee- Lumber
shipped 'o any point < n the Railroad.
Addrrsa, J It KNOTT,
j in. 4 ts. Dawson, Ga,
Fostponed Administrator's Sale,
Will b<» pold, V>Gfore the Cou t Hon e and or,
at Mo»guii t ou the l?t Tufpc'ffv in February
r.cit, the entire interest- of D.r.nis Colson,
deeM*, in lots of land, Nos' 40 and 50, in
!Cd district ol Calhoun eountv. Sold under
an order of Court. Terms Cash,
jan 4 Im. J6AAC COI.aSOS*, Adm’r.
88. JOHN T. UMM,
regain tender mv serrieos 'f> 'l" puMic
Thankful for past favois. )>■- hn, e and
Office oil my fa'in, A'ievm mi s S' >r h of
J) ,wson ami one half mile from lhuker’s
Mi le. Gi v e me a Call, fi lends, day. or night
Jan. 4-3 m.
MLDiaIXILLLIt*
' *
N'OTICE is given to the public -i I have
elected on my pLufmion, 'wS mils
West ol the Turnpike, in Caihou Oorfnty, a
ViU that will clem Itouith Kioe -t -hurt no
ice and in good style, aud resp c o ||y B -k
the patronage of all paiti.B he'i g rough
Rifle on hand. J. L. VVIJAiKHLY.
j a D 4-lm. ,
iiffim nisi
M in street, near Depot,
DAWSON, GA.
IS now open and ready for the reception of
trim ie it eia ora. Public p tr> iagJ rc*
fcpoctfnHv solicited
f ■ JOHN. MORELAND, Proprietor.
jNn 4-itn.
Lost.
ONE JVbte, dated nhout the First of No
Tember, 1871, due one d«v after d-ie.
for $f8.44. signed by David Wooten, given
•o the undersigned. AU persons are cau
tioned not to trade lor said note, as it has
been loft or mislaid.
j* n 4-ts. j. w. JciissTOjr.
,itlmini*trator' , B Sale.
ATfILL be sold, cn the first Tuesday in
V ? Et-bruary next, before the Court House
door in the town of DawsoD, Terrell county,
the following described notes, to-wit:
J/arcii 25th, 1867. ,
On or by the twenty-fifib day of December
I ISf.S, we, or either of us promise to pay A.
| 11. G Harrell, or bearer, Three Thousand
pounds of good merchantable Cot'on, packed
in good Older for shipping, Said cotton fs
given for a certain tract or parcel of land,
viz : Lot number (278) Two Hundred and
p. venty-six ; One hundred acres tfl' the
North side of lot Z'wo Hundred and Seven
ty -fi»e, (275) and twenty five acres off oflo‘
adjoining two hundred and seventy five, all
of said lots in tho fourth D str'et of oigiual*
ly Zee, now Terrell county. Oot'oa to be
dtlivered on the premises. S'gned,
JOHN \V BERRY,
H ALEY JOHNSON,
[*]
March 23, 1807.
On or by the twenty-fifth day of-Decem
ber next, we, or either of us, promise to pay
A. B. G. Harrell, or bearer, four hundred
and fifty dollars lor value received of him.
JOHN W BERRY,
HALEY JOHNSON.
Jan 4 80d. J B F HARRELL, Adrn’r.
One pair of Spectacles, steel frame. The
owner can get them by calling on Lojlo3S Si
Giiffin, and paving for this advcitiscment.
C.IMIOI'.* SHERIFF SAFES.
IVILX be sold before the Court House
Door, in Morgue, on the first Tuesday in Feb
ruary next, between the legal hour* of sale
iko following property to-wit :
Ibushels of £orn, 200 bundles Fodder,
60 liaslielg Cooen seed, 16 Bushels potatoes,
’4 do V'eas and 9 Gullous -Syrup. Levied on
as the property es I. M. Eubanks to satisfy
one Xien Fi Fa in favor cf Lee & Fulton vs
I. M. Eubanks.
A'so at the same time and place, 100 Bush
els Corn, more or less, 11-0 Bushels Cotton
seed more or less, levied on as the proper
ty of M- I’. Holh's to BaiLfv one Lien Fi fu in
f-vor of Lee Si Fulton vs M. F. noltis.
Also at the same time und frlsLO the follow,
ing L< ts to wi’. Nos. 89, 9n, 91, 78, A 48, in
the 3>d Distiiet of said Coun'y. /-evied on
to sa is!y one Tux F’i In for 1871, -Slate and
County ts. J/. F. Hollis
Also at the same litre and place 1 yoke
os< n 1 Sow, 2o Bushels Corn, more or less,'
3.i Bushels Cot;on seed more or Ires, 3uu lbs.
Fo.der aiore or less, lo satifv a Distress war
rant, returnable to Calhoun Nupeiior Court in
favor of Duun, Williams A Wooten vs. Will
B.rbcrCol. G. W. A VERA, Sheriflf
j Juu. 4 td-
TERRELL SHERIFF SALES.
\V7 ILL be sold before the Court House
VV Door, in the town of Dawson, saitf
countv, on the Ist Tuesday in Febtnarv next,-
wilbiu the legul hours of Bde, the following
described property, to-wit:
7 Lies of hud numbers 229, 218, 2t-3, 250,
280, 249 A 264 in ihetl.iid Distiiet of Ter
rell Countv. Levied cn e.s the proper ’v of
Ddvi.l U. Jones to satisfy a F’i,fa i tsued front
Randolph -Superior Court iu luvor of James
M. Jon s vs. David H. Jones.
Also at the same time and place one lot
of land number 150 in the third District of
Terrel? Cort; tv. Aevied on ns Ihe property
ot Arthur Bi ll lo satisfy a F’i,fa Issued from
Ti rrell Superior Couit iu furor ol John -S'.
Dobbing, vs. Arther Bell. PtlegalUy over
ruled and ordered 3 fa Jo proceed.
Also, at the same time and place one lot of
land, number 176, in the 3rd Distiiet ot Tet
rel! count.. Levied ou as the property of
A CATE Jones, to satisfy a fi la issued
from Terri It -Superior Cou-t in favor of Win.
nays, Vs A C A T E Jones.
Also, at :he same time and place, one Cot
ton irorevv and Running Gear of Oiu. Lev
ied on as the property of J E. Beatty and
C G Farmer to satisfy a fi fa issued from
Terrell Superior Court iu favor of John
Kitchens, vs J E Deaty and €'Q Farmer.
vllso, at the same time ami place, one lot
cf land, uYumber Two, a'-d Tsenty-eight
acres oil' of Number Oue, iu the 3rd District
ol JVrrsll county. Levied on as tbe- propers
ty ol C. A. Ke-ly, to satisfy afi fa issued
Iroui Terrell Superior Court iu favof of ti-4’
Elate, vs C. A. Kelly,
Alsi ,at tbe same time aid place, one Crib'
of Coin, 1 lot of Fodder, one lot of Cotton
se» and, and one lot of peas. Levied on as th:
property of D B 6’hambers to satisfy a sisa 1
isriit-J ti om Terrell Superior Court iu lavo?
of L-:, A Fulton, vs Djvid B. Chambers,
Al-n, at tbe same time -md place, three
lo's ol land, number 185 18rt, 199, in the 3rd
Disirkl ol Ten ell county. Levied on as the
pn petty of J. B V mover, to satisfy a T.\X
fi In i-ined by W. li. Oxlord, Collector, in ln»
vor ol ihe State and county, vs John B.
Vanover, dot’d.
AI.-0, at the same time nnd piece, 5 lots of
land, numbers 2n2,
in tiie 8-d District of Tcnell county. Lev
ied on i the piupetty of Iv- ott and Peters,
to satisfy a lax ti la i.-sued by W B Oxford,
T. x Collector ot Teriell county, in favor of
ihe* S ate aiid county, vsKuo't and I’elers
A -ti, at the same time and place, three
lots ol l.md, numbers 69, 69 and 79, in the
3rd D stiict ol Teir-II county. Levied on as
be pioperty ol J 11 Picket, to satisfy a Tax
fi fa is- ui and by W B Oxford, Tax Collector of
lentil comity, in iavor of the State and
couinv, vs J II lVkct .
ABo, at the seme time and place, One
Bundled acres til ol lot of land number
1 46, in the.l lth Pisnict ol Teirell county.
Levied on as the piopertv ot R B Vinson, to
satisfy a Tax fi fa issued by W B Oxford,
fax Collector cf Terr-11 ctrni'y, iu lavorof
the State and county, vs R B Vinson.
Abo, at the same time aud place, two lots
of land, i umbels 110 and 115, in the 3id
Lis'i-ict ol Terrell county. Lev ed ou as tho
l ropertv of J /> M. Kellar to satisfy a Tax fi
la is.-ut dby VV B Oxloid, Tax Coll etor of
Ter < 11 coupi v, in I .vor of the State ti J fi
.)/. K liar.
ai"“, at the same time and place one lot of
lend, number not known, but at own as the
pi me whereon Irs. .S' rah it'iambe't now re
side.. Levied on »s the prop it. of Mrs
-S' ml Emrub.-it, to sa'i.-lr a ti la is-ue-1 Iron*
T*-f r, II Superior Como in favor ol Sbiney II
Bom or, Adm'i.ol John I’uillips, v- Surah,
K ambert.
/.Iso, M the s«tno rime and nbne, Two*
IE rs i-l *’olloi-, 1 ii Bushels (\ .mi. .S ed.
Ln i .1 oK as the o onerty of James i/mkley
urn! .1 F Bailey, lo o i-.nv afi fa i-.-ued ront
e i , II superior (J->i-ri“iti favoi ot James VV
E.-'O , vs Jaincs Slml-levand J T Bailey,
jan 6 td. . VV M KAIGLER, Sin its.
I LRRBLIi HdiiTGAGES A LE
Alt' I pi, be sold h tn'o the Court llou=e door
lr ii Dawson, Ten 11 county, one the first
.Tin sii'H ill Ha th next, between 'lie legal
I ojiy o 7 eile/the toll-owing prop-ity to wit :
Ajfim fir I miil, nullify s ((89) sixt y-nine,
(7u)*evei,ty, and (.vyj fifty-ujtV, in the ibird
district • f Terrell ron*fy. L«*ie -on as the
,property J 11 Picket, and'B E Fudd, to
aatidfv a nmrtgage 'fi fa irsued it mil Terrell
1 Superior Court in I'avbr of 'fhofcae K Taylor
. v'- J II Pickett atid B E Toad. P.operty
pointed cut in said moitgage.
■ Also, at tiny* time aud play, lota of
lautyiiuinbers (110) oue hundred and eigh
een, (138) one. hundred and thirty-tight,
(13D) oue"’ mindryd and thirty-nine, and all
that part lot number (140) one hundred
and forty, lying on the east side ol the
Ciiickasnwhutchee Creek, and ail that, pirt of
lot uutiiber (119) one hundred aud nineteen,
lying South-west of a straight line drawn
Itorn Lire South east corner of said lot to tbo
center of the West line of said lot, in the
3rd district of Terrell county. Levied on us
the pioperty of James R Glenn, to satisfy a
mortgage fi fa isrued from Terr ell Superior
Court in favor of W'm H. Crawford, vs
James R Glenn. Tioperty pointed out iu
said mortgage.
Also, at the same time and place One Crib
of Corn, one lot of E'oddor, one lot of Cot
ton Seed, one li t of Need Cotton, aud oue
Bay J/are. Levied ou as the pioperty of
John Sapp to satisfy a mortgage fi fa i.suei
stem Terrell Superior Court i.r favor of S L
Williams, vs John N’rpp. Property poiuted
out iu mortgage
WM. KAIGLER,
jau4 td. (Sheriff.
TotickT
GJ EORGIA Calhoun Connlf
I Thirty days alter date application wail
• e made to the Court of -Ordiuary of Cal
houn county, for leave to sell the entire real
estate of John B: Davis, late ol said county
deceased. J/. J. JONES’, AJm’r.
ee. 7- 30d.
OTICE.
nrOKGI.4, Terrell County;
VI Martha E- Rivens applies to me for ex
emption of personalty, and retting apart of
homestead, and I will pass upon the same at
my office on tha 6lh day of January 1872 at
11 o’clock a. :a.
T. M. Jonks,
Ord.
Dec. 2S 2w.
tNOTIOE.
ff EOIUiIA, Terrell County :
VX E’rancis Edwards applies to me for ex
emption of personalty and sotting apart of
homestead, and I will pass upon the same at
my office on the Otlr day of January 1872
T. M J ONZ’S, Ordinary.
D sc. 28-2 w