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About The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1866-1868 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1867)
i)AWNii\ JOl-ILY Ah. DAWSON GA, JELY 12, ISO I [ Douwillty — The rogii-ti'itinit in thfa county sums up, whites, 552; Blacks, s.kh.' lion. U. li. IliJI is nnnnuiieod for im address to the pe< pie of Atlanta, oo Tuesday, ihe lCtli inst? The Independence (Mo ) Messenger a scarcity of local items by the Statement that there have occurred tut ‘‘two murders unci tvo or three waddings’’ in the vicinity duiing tho week. Immigrants continue to pour into tho country. This year, from January 1.-t to Wednesday, last, 120,305 im migrants have arrived ut New I ork, as compared wi h 1it),021 during the correspi tiding period of last year. Mon.-oe County-—ln a x di tricta in Monroe county, the registration list shows three hundred whites and one hunted and seventy-seven blacks reg isu red. One more district is to hear from, which, it is stated, vvi.l in reuse th ■ majority of the whites. In New England, ar. enterprising citizen has invented and patented a knitting machine, said to be the mo*t perf-ct yet brought before tho publ.c. It wi 1 knit silty pairs of stockings in a dav, and .a so simple that a cli'd can work it. Marti ages and Bittcs.— Last year 187,510 marriages were celebrated in Englaud and Wales. The birt's in the year were 753,188, and the deaths 500,938. Ihe number of males born vas slightly in excess of the iemales, being 384,042 against 363,440. There were a'so more desiths of males than fema’es. Register. — l he Charlottesville Chronicle pus the whole question of registration in a nut shell by using this foreiole and happy illustration : When you march to meet tho enemy you load your piece; if it is not loaded iti will not fire. You ought to register! whether you vole or not: you ought to put yourself in a jiosition to vote if the oecasi '.a demands it. If you do not register you cannot vote. Remem- i Ler this now, the books aro opened. The Lincoln (N. C ) Courier learn? from a reliable source that freciknen are being shipped from various points on the Southern coast —ostensibly as free emigrants to Liberia, but in reali ty to be disposed of as slaves to Cuban planters. A gentleman from South Carolina, a prominent leader during the war, purchased, a few weeks ago, in Culm where lie has had a planta tion, one of his former slaves. Mexico—The Indians. —The New York Herald of the 28th ultimo, ad vocates the wiping out of tho Indians aud the establishm nt of an American protectorate fur Mexico, and says:— “These ques’ions of Mex’co and ‘.he Indiacß have become of such national importance that they must take their< place in the political issues of the day and be settled hy the direct action of the people.” Murder in Tennibsee. —Two ot Brownliyw’s rounders murdered a harm less, inoffensive man at Ashlan j City, twelve miles from Na-hviHe, a few days ago, for do other cause than that he happened to belong to the other party. The murderers fled to Nash ville, and were arrested in the oflice ot the Governor, and committed to jail. They had probably been reading some of the Governor’s proclamations, ani thought no doubt ho would protect them under any circumstances. Con guess. —This body met on the 31. There was a quorum in both boos es, and the work so much feared through out the whole country—North and South—has commenced. The House committee on reconstruction consistsof: Stevens, as chairmau; Buutwell, Bing ham, Farnesworth, Hubbard, Beaman Paine, Pike and Brooks who is the on ly Democrat on the committeee. They hare concluded to restrict legislation to the reconstruction programme. Seven of the eight Kentucky members were prevented from taking seats, by protest, oa the ground that, they had aided the rebellion—thereby cutiiug eff that ma ny Democratic votes. A joint resolu tion of thanks to Gen. Sheri lan for his adhesion to the whims of the Radical party, was passed. Also, resolution of thanks to Sickles, Pope and Schofield, adopted. Gen. Ord, who went to work under tne construction of the Attorney General, is left out in the cold. We think they have Honored him in the eyes of the worid more than any of those they bava applauded. No doubt every thing necessrry to pre vent the legal admission of the South be fore the neat President il eketion willbe done. This is one reason Thad had lor calling the so-called Congress together; nod then be has not quite sufficient re venge for the burniog of Lis Iron works. Shades of departed Statesmen ! what a tCorgref*! lic£i»tcr j IttijUlci' ! Wo“ fed'that we cannot too often or too UTgcu.ly impress up u bur readers the great importance of piifcratiig the gccat and solemn duty (f regi.terit g. It matters not a bat our individual n> - liens of ihe aunts or dcmerits of tho Sherman hill may he, we hive yet lofind a public man in Georgia, of any politi cal stripe whatever, whoso prejudice is; strong enough, or ah se fanaticism is wild enough to prompt Lim to advise za ■ not to register. Joe Brown, who vir tually sayß policy makes the thing all right, ssya register. Ben Hill, who openly persists in denouncing the whole bill (and tbo hill brings about registra tion as the initiatory step) ts infamous, unconstitutional, degrading, and a sec tional party measure—at the same time advises every man not di-.franchised to register. Nj matter how unconstitu tional some if us may oons der il—how soon some expeot to soe the whole thing swept away by a reluming sense cf jus tice in the Northern mind—ill unite in saying that our only hope is in prompt registratn. (Since the rr-gidration has commenced we regret lo see the di-position of the people of s-ma distiicts to tit idly by, wi;h pouting lips and childi.-h obstinacy, and sec their State Government, witn uil the weal or woe of their posterity, passing from thiir own into inexperi enced and dangerous hands. They surely do not appreciate their duty to the present and future generations of countrymen, or realize the fact that revolutions naturally brirg about great political changes in any country—that civil war between parties or sections, united under any form of government, must necessarily result in the overthrow oT some principles and the establish ment of ethers in their stead. Patriots seldom despair. Then if we be patriots, let us seize upon this, the only Lope, uiW keep our hands untied, at least, by prompt registration. Let us never, willingly, allow an opportunity to speak through the ballot box pass by unimproved. And whether we veto ‘‘Convention” or "“No Convention,” let us put the name of a good man on our tickets, that we may be faitbiully rep resented if a Convention is held. By all means, REGISTER 1 Segro Jnrica. YVc mike the following ext a t fr m the letter of a gentle i.an residing in Houston, Tixas, to Lis brother m At lanta. It will be found emphatically rich: ‘A ccTto man had hired himself to Air A. for ?15 per tuon’h—and at the expiration ol 10 innntbs sued Mr. A for 8150. A. admitfe.d the contract as alleged by the negro, and admited that he.(the negro) had worked 10/ him the length of t : me for which the negro claimed wages. 3be case was subif'R ted to tho negro jury, under the charge of the court, and to the astonishment of all present, they brought in a verd ct in favor of tbs p’aintif for 110. The Judge told them he did not sco how they could render such a verdict; that the negto plaintiff was clearly entitled, by the ad mission of Mr. A., t > $l5O. A large ) dirty, greasy juryman raised up in the jury box, snd with much gravity inform his Honor that sll per month was all tlunegro’s services were worth; that he knew the plaintiff to be a triQiog, la zy scoundrel, and that the jury would not allow Lim any more’ O temporal O mores ! Tho white man (Mr A.) of course had no enu-e for complaint at the verdict. Bat this is a sample of their ideßs of hw and facts. God pro tect mo fio-n st e' l juries ! At the close of the first week of court in Houston, the negro jury were paid off at the rate I of $2 per day for their services as ju rors. And on the Monday morniog | foliowing, when court opened, the ne i grocs besieged he court house to getnp jon the jury. One old crippled negro I stopped the Judge on his way to court ; and begged for a place on the jury, urg | ing his crippled and almost helpless con dition as a reason why ho should be se lected : and fuither proposed to tsk e the job of sitting on the jury by the year. When the Judge infoimed him , that the court would be in fission only | three or feurwoeks, he seemed to thiuk ' this was »n artful dodge of bis Honor to ! avoid closing the contract, and ingenu j ou-ly proposed to take the jolt by the, year \at one dollar per day! This is the | pnro and unditiled channel through which verdicts now flow.” One Mrs Miller, in Wisconsin, had a room papered with old copies of the Weekly Tribune. When this good woman heard that 11. G. hml gone bail for J. D., in her wrath she set fire to the apartment. Her neighbors tan in to put out the lire, and asked her why was Ibis. She answered that she was “trying to beat up Horace Greely” Da. BrThF.ii.— The Providence Pres proposes that Ben. Butler should be seut down as Provisional Governor of Louisiana. An exchange says the Press forgets that new emergencies call for new men Civil officers are now to be removed—not plate and the like. I iietler I'lines Eipcete4<* I Extreme ease <harnat< r z ■.« the money market, to ys ti o N itiopid lutilligenci r, and stocks and G-.v rument sccuri i p are looking up. '1 ho n ark it fjr dry goods in New York i.i improving, ac cording to the Independent. Goods are no longer forced upon tho market at a 61CI ill CO. The binks, it is reported, urc also ; quite free from their monthly er quar terly panic. They are making their quarterly re'urns witl outdisturbar.ee of their customers. They aro ‘aid, also, to (bow abetter condition than they have hith uto done IVrhaps tho rca*on is that, while business has been dull, there has alno bo< n a tailing tff in specula tion, on! the banks have therefore been less exposed to losses. There i? a prospect of an abundant harvest and of cheap food for the peo ple, which will do more for the beriffir of industry and labor than an equal di vision of property omo a month Cheap food is the main-spring ts ail productive industry ond enterprise. It will make railways, and start the facto ries, and improve farms. These who have lost money by producing or import ing more goods than the people o uld buy and pay for, under the pressure if high prices for food, may not expect a j return to fern e* prices. They need not hold back cotton prints and sheeting any more than wheat and bacon in ex pectation of a rise. The fall of bread stuffs and provisions will bring down the prices of everything else. Tint lW<‘xi<-iin<«. The Boston Post says of the Mexi cans : Good men there are amoDg them, no doubt; but rare as drift wood upon the ocean. Their domestic wars have always been characterized by the most savage barbarities. YVhen they have had a recognised government its power has been exercised in acts of trespass upon all foreigners within its jurisdicj >n, and when call 'd to account has a! ways refused reparation. That miserable old scamp who sold himself to General Houston, to President Polk, to Maximilian, and cheated all three, is a fair type of Mox’can rulers, and no more a child of sin than most of them. The shooting off Maximilian was a cow aidly act, and if any new atrocity could add to the disgrace of Mexico, his blood would sink tho nation to its lowest point of degradation in the eyes of the civiliz 'd world. The very government that condemned him was no more legit mate than his own. Juarez ended his constitutioal term of office long ago,, and Ortego is his lawful successor : bu' Juarez being in control retains Lis place in express opposition to tbo provisions of the constitution under which he ;r - ‘ends to govern, and will, prcpably, hold on to his seat, until some other unsurp er shoots him and thus legitimately suc ceeds him recording to the Codo Mexi c^ti. The C oloredl People of Mobile. Montgomery, Ai.a , June 29.—L. 8 Berrv, first vJce president of the late Republican State Convention, and eight other colored men of Mobile, have addressed an appeal ta General Sway He, setting forth tho condition of the colored people of Mobile, political ly and otherwise. They declare they are denied rights in courts, and many odious provisions of the State code, to all intents, remain in full force, to their oppression. The civil rights ti 1 has secured no practical good to the col ored race, and is a dead letter. The grand jury has refused to indict per sons for its violation, in forcibly eject ing blacks from street cars. The courts afford them no remedy without milita ry aid, and they are without redress ,for obtaining immediate rights. They claim that they should be given posi turns under the city government; that they are proscribed and refused em ployment by political enemies, and are competent to fill one-half the places in the police department without preju dice to the city’s interest aud w ilh great benefit to colored people. The authorities, they say, pander to the Conservative dement to the prejudice of the rights and privileges ol colored men. No action has yd been taken lon ibis appeal, which is evidently in spired by Radical leaders and w ill in crease animosity between the two races Mr. F. C. Adain j , a Northern man, who has written a book entitled ‘‘The Siege of Washington,” pays a great tribute to the illustrious chief Magis trate of the dead Confederacy, and says in it that if Jefferson Davis had taken the side of the North ins ead ol the South, .n the late war, and been placed in supreme command of the Northern armies, ho would, ftom his military experience, his knowledge ol men, his grasp of mind, aud his iron will, have so used the immense resour ces of the North and West as to crush the South in or.u year from the com mencement of hostilities. Clever Ladies. —The ladies put par ti;;' ire into the ice erratn at a strawber ry festival in Cincinnati to prevent in j minus effetts. The i fleets were uoi injurious, but ludictous, *Gxneral Sheridan. —The Mobile Register thinks this bold ti hr is i.i J of Lig pr•■sent po .itioo, and w uld pre- j for a gallop on ti e [laics after * tlio ! bands if Lidiau warriors, rather than to be cramped up in a city where the pros pects arc so flittering for a blooming ; scrum cf yellow fever. Itis thus our ! Mobile cetemporary interprets Li» “in* j ‘urbordiuate letter to General Grant and , his slap in the face of the Pre-idont.— i Ho thought that would certainly bring | an order to relieve Lim, aid tbnt order would be a crown of martyrdom to give him a hoist to tho \YI ite House. Bu‘ Mr. Johnson seems to think he is as . gold ,l as any other mau” to Stilt tuos- j quitocs and Yellow Jack for the next four months.” Tub I’reedmkn’s School Celebra tion. — By invitation, we, t "ether w ith several other cit’zons attended the cel ebratic ti or closing exercises of the freeelmen’s school of Dawson, on Sat urday last. We first repaired to their church, in “Thomp onville,” which is getting to be quite a village on the North side of tho railroad, inhabited by tho freedmen, where a considerable audienco were gathered. Hero we li-tened to a speech by Dr. T 11. Stewart, which was delivered in 'his usual eloquent and impressive style.— His remarks were principal y upon t 1 e general subject of education, and its great importance to all classes at this time. Short, speeches of commenda tion and encouragement were also de livered by Rev Mr. Spence, Mayor Brown and the writtr. These services weie closed in a suitable manner by John Whitaker (colored) when a pro cession of the school and visitors was formed, to proceed to a very well ar ranged table, loaded with reviling vi ands to the most fastidious tastes. — The utmost order prevailed through out the day and every thing passed off' in a manner in every respect credita ble to our colored population. Walrus.-ia. —About these days, manufacturers if almanacs have their annual opportunity to record the fact that, for a while, it is now perpetual day at the North pole, since tho sun, at this season, does not dip below the horizon. The B i.-ton Transcript says: “In Ice land the finest print can be read at any hour for many weeks to come.” The same phenomenon obtains in tho remoter regions of Wa'russia, and if it Ui's “many weeks,” it w uld seem to affird a faverab’c opportunity for some other wise unoccupied Walrussian to get through with Sumner’s speech. Ha rd Lick.—The Natchitoches (La ) Times is responsible for the following : “Tho latest opinion in regard to voters furnished us by our specid, who scut a note to tbe Attorney General. It is settled that all persons who held a State or judiciil office btfore tie war, and af.crwavd became a quartermaster iu the G nfederate army, can register.— - Grounds : ‘After careful examination of the rebel archievrs, there can be found no instance in which this class of men ever rendu- and any aid, comfort, or sympathy to the Confederate army ’ ” Enclosing Hand dills in News papers.—lt is against the post ofiicu law to circula'e hand bills in newspa pers. This is generally known, but not always regarded. The editor ol G'e Jeffersonian, West Cheater, Pa., sent /orty-nine papers to the Wilming ton post, office la-'t week, each paper containing a hand bill. Doing report ed to the Postmaster General by the postmaster at YVefiv Chester, he was directed to collect one cu'dar upon each paper—forty-nine dollars jn all. Air. Hodgson pail the mon y according ’y- Grain in Europe. —The London Mercantile Gazette surveys the various grain countries of Europe, to ascertain tho prospect of future supplies. In England, all looks well, and no defiei ency is apprehended. In Paris, the stocK of floor is the largest ever hel 1, amounting to 800,000 ewte. Consid eiahle shipments are making to Eng and direct from France, but the Uni ted Kingdom is mainly dependent on I tho Black Seaports. The lift harvest in the South of Russia having been very abundant, tire exports !rom that quarter are expected to reach 2,000,- 000 quarters. The conclusion is that scarcity is out of the question. Maid Service at hie South.—The National Intdln/enytr understands that the Southern mail servico, restored as befotc the war, which went into opera tion on the Ist instant, includes about one thousand rouuds, and is as com pletely under contract with responsible parties as at any former period. No ef fort has been spared by the department to furnish the very best services in ro gard to the frequency oftrijs aud best connections, so that the most remote part of each State be literally webbed with post oflices. General Hindman.—Genual lliud mand, it ia Bald, proposes to atuu.p the State of Arkansas in behalf of the lle publiean par'y. It would bo unreason able to expect Thomas to lorg refrain Irom doing smithing foolish. Ihur.rCL J.isrmtiNo Stroke.—A fearful emmnlity from the foil of u, thunderbolt occurred at Buffalo on Thursday of last week. The Express of the following day, says: The lightning struck one of the sheds which contain' and men, women mid 1 torses. About u hundred persons were paralyze 1 in an instant, falling on their f ic.es, fled as many ns fifty wore rendered insensible for five or ten min utes, while u dozen wore quite serious ly burned. Two ho ses were kil e l fn tho spot. An old gentleman nam ed John Gordenwr, and two or three others are not expected to recover One woman was prostrated and de prived of her senses hut not her pow ers ol locomotion; sho instinctively gathered hei st If up and ran to the bus and was conveyed to Holmes’ Hotel, and declares site had r:o knowled '<i of what took place alter the ll t-h, until she found herself in a room at the house. The lightning struck a post in the ccn er of tho shed, against which Hen ry Tillou, tho landlord of the West Falls Hotel, Wits leaning, and to which a horse was attached bv a chain hal ter. 'The horse was killed instantly, while Mr. Tillou escaped by being glazed and knocked down. A singu lar luct mentioned in connection with tho strango freak of the electric fluid is that all the persons rendered insen sible fell upon their faces. The most fearful consternation ex isted among the oeople until it was discovered now light the injuries were that had been afflicted, and the excite ment was mo t intense A great many attributed the stroke to the atfadion (>f a moving machine winch stood near the shed, but two boys who were sit ting on it at the time escaped uninjur ed. nor was the machine at all damag ed if struck. Remarkable Discovery. —A few dayß ago while some workmen were ex cavating a cellar in Bulk township, in Monroe county, Indiana, tbe workmen struck what at first appeared to boa solid ledge of rock, and sitting down to rest, one of their number began idly to p ck at an apparent sis u e, when a bh ck of itono, nearly too feet tqaarp, disap peared with a dull thump The men went eagerly to work and removing tho bottom of tbe pit, disclosed a chamber w>h a six foot ce 1 eg, and eightc n by wenty-two feet within the wi Is, which are of gelid, neatly seamed stone work. Ranged in rows, oa ruddy constructed platforms, were twelve skeletons, each with a tomahawk and arrow heads at their sides, car rings and bracelets of solid s lver ly iog where they dropped, aud piles of what appeared to have been furs in the centre of the pla'form, each pile crumbling to dust as soon as expos ed to the light. A number of tools, made of copper and h-rdaned equal to the best east-steel were also urn arthed, and fresh discoveries arc being cons.ant ly made. A f»r AH. Soon a Convention will assemble to frame anew Constitutim for the State. When it does, urd , that instrument is being perfected, we hope some provision will he made to secure to every citiz n a homestead extmp t from levy ands dc f r debt. Now all prov’ui n cl this errs is stal uary, and licb'e to be cl angrd each suc cessive Legi-iature, or repealed entirely; while, instead cf thi?, it should be in crp irated ia tha organic law and made permanent as the Constitution itself Such aoonßiituffooal prevision would encour.g! the purchase and improve ment of homes, hy ciuz -ns new- within tbe State, aud be largely influential ir in ucing immigrants to come to Ge g a an fse 1 . Population, J mprovc merit aud increased production would re sult, and tbe Slate grow in wealth and political power. Heretofore the amount exempted has beenunifrrm rbq same for c : ty and country; but as the amount which would secure a home iu the country would bo catii - ' !y inadequate to the purpose in a ci‘y, it should be much larger. YVe hope when the Convention meets it will engraft tbe most lib< ral provisions ~on the Const Untie,n in reference to home steads.—Atlanta Era. The Atlanta Radical Conven tion.--Ti-e Griffin Star, whose editor was present, thus speaks of the black acd white affair in Atlanta on tbo 4th inst. The attenu.once was almost exclusive ly comprised i.{colored people, and was about the sizt>‘ of tie “Wilson gathering,” a few weeks since. We notice with pleasure that many respect able citizens of Atlanta who Wore per sued and to 1 y their attendance the Wilson meeting, were not present on this interesting occasion Os all the boasted converts from the rebel ranks to radical ta ; th, Furrow alone appeared ii;>on the arena, unless we inciude Foster Blodgett, who can hardly be counted as ei'her fish, flesh or fowl. It was essentially a dark col ored affair—there being some thou sand negroes present and not fifty white so ks, oven counting in the man agers of the concern and tne idle spec tators who were not identified w ith it. Poor Colfax. —A correspondent of the Cincinnati Commercial disposes of Colfax’s Presidential aspiration in this wise : “Colfax was bandmrzlcd by a few cra zy fellows into the belief that he bad c vhauce, and t ..e poor little man has been worrying himself Digb unto death ever since, lie has boon writing to tha Fo tuos about Vinegar Hill; to the Chris tians about the happy land; to the Jews about Jerusalem : to the Baptist*- iu favor of immersion ; to tho Calvin ists in favor of hell lira; to the Catho lics in favor of tho Pope, aud the Radi cals hallefujiah for tho niggers. Aud if that was’nt enough to elect a man, he has lectured three thousand four hun dred and fifty five tiroes on buffalos, bears and wild cat-.'’ Vl RO ini A. — ThrJßiehmond Enquirer has-iha following in rest lvnoe loan is sue gr -wing out ofrcgistaatioa iu that* Staf ,ia which panics had been 'uuiet d under a charge ot perjury: General Schofield, in his reply to the inquiry from Winchester, relative to the Alexandria Constitution dislranohise ment, cuts the Gordjau kuot at a stroke. He says the Virginia State Government being “illegal,” tie does not perceive how i‘ could ands rmchieo anybody. Thi.* is a blow between the eyes o the p rjury prosecution*; but it goes much beyond iu i's c uscquenccs. What right has an ‘illegal govern meet’ to 1 ,vy taxes, to enforce decrees, to imprison aud to hang? Governor I’ierj.ont modifies these last functions very tnuoh by bis pardoning operations ; but what right has an illegal Goverur to do it? The following is the reply alluded to : II DQ’RTEns Ist Military District, ) State of Vi hoini a, Jur o 24, 18ti7• j Captain O. R. Chandler V. R C., I‘resident of the Board of Registration . Frederick County, Winchester, \ r a Fir: Referring to your telegram of the IDth insr., Lam directed by the Ma j ir General commanding to say that, in, astuuch as the preamble to the act of March 21, 1867, declares that no legal finite Government exists in the Slate ot Virginia, it is uot considered that auy clause or section of the Alexandria Constitution woiks disfranchisement. Very respectfully, your ob’d’t serv’t. S. F. Chaflin, Acting Adi’c General. A circular from the Freed men's Bu reau, Washington, gives information from Virginia aud South Carolina that i itemperaßce among the freedmen is on tho increase. A movement is on foot in Washington city, having iu view a thorough organ’z itioo, so as to enable the colored people to exert all the pow er possible to arrest this destructive vice. Tho proDencss of the Southern freedmen to intemperance, siooo their release from those restraints to wbieb they have been accustomed, is puinfd'ly apparent. Important Order in Eiclrrlion to Eteris!ration. We find tho full iwing iu the fiavan r.ah R 'publican of the 4th. It will be seer that all are permitted to register tcho toill take the prescribed oath : Eiitor Savannah Republican : Per mit mo to use your paper to state that the B ard of Registration for this city has received instructions from headquar ters to regi-'er all persons uho will take Ihe prescrib'd oath. Wi 11 those gentle men who tailed at our office on Satur day last with their pardons please call again, if they wish to register under the above regulation ? Ts they will name a suitable h'ur, we will be glad to give them prompt attention. Rp,spec fully, Hunky S. Wetmore, President of the Board. Savaanah, July 3, 18G7. Tue Sol'd Truth —Tbe Buffalo Express says : The papers throughout the South a'o urging registration with great earnestnes, and appear much inure anxious for reconstruction under the laws of Congr. ss than thoso who enacted the laws. Tho greatest obsta cles to reconstruction at tbe South are tbe sentiments avowed by Stevens, Butler, and men of their data,, making new demand ani throwing uncertain ty over whatever action the South make take. • A person who has hold an and »' en the ca h to supp rt Ihe Fed era! Constitution and has not after wards engaged in rebellion, is not dis qual fi'd. So, foe, a person who has engaged in rebellion, but has not there tofore held an office and taken that oath, is not dFqnalifi jd. ‘Thus a Confederate soldier may have fouubt from Bull Run to Lev’s surren der and y< t not be disqualified unless counted with it, he bad before tho wat held a federal office wbioh had riqoired him to tako the oath of Federal allegi ance. ‘Were it not that General Lee, J* hn stoo,'Bragg were in the old army and had taken this oat b, all their Confvdcr a'e fi 'hting would not have disqnal fied them frem voliong.’ No New Terms in Rlcom-trCction —The Chicago Tribune of tiie 29ih ult mo, urge? that Congress propose an amendment to the Federal Consti tution, declaring the principle of uni versal suffrage as fundamental undde privlog the States of the power to dis franchise citizens of the United States, except for crime, But it says that this should not be anew condition of recon struction. The Knosvilic O.nnmeroisl announces that some fifteen or twenty families have recently sv-tijed in that vicinity They have brought nil tbeir agricultu ral implwnents with them, and are bui'd ittgup mi ]s, houses, barns, etc , in the old Dutch Penpsyvania style, and are now raising one 75 by 56 feet, with stone basement. They are sko making bricks tor two largo woolen and cotton factories, each with a sot of maobinery. Gen Longstrekt’s Pardon. —lt is stated, from Washington, that General Lorigs!rcet’s.pardon was granted upon tho written and personal application of numerous prominent individuals, includ ing among tho names appended to the request, that of General Grant and other prominent officers of (he army, with several Senators and Representa tives, many of whom wero also appli cants for the pardon. A yollow girl in Lynchburg, Ya., has three times tried to kill herself. Sbo 15 madly, bopehssly in love. Tiie Potato Boa.—lt j„ eaid pulverized charcoal sprinkled on or about potato vines will prevent the bugs ealing tnem. It certdnly is an inez pnnsible rertndy f, r a great evil. A n l other remedy, said to be exceedingly good, is as follows : tako equal ptrts of common salt and sulphur, mix them well together, and sprinkle about at e ». spoonful of ihe mixturo on each vine. JVew •'ldvertigeHteiits, IMOfIcT— TWO months af er date, anDlie»tin„ . L made to the.Couit of Oidloarr of T b * rell County, for leave to sell lhe r ' a , belonging to tbe estate ofKandall S. j" 1 E. O. lIILL, “ ‘ J u| y 12 _ Ex-r. ( 'H’errell Couiitv VJ Whereas, W. P. W. Leonard, ap„L. lor letters of dismission from guardian,hip of James Knight, mioor of John Knight, dec’d 1 hose are, therefore to cite and adnionfih all persons concerned to be aud appear at my L-slice within the time prescribed by Jn w and show r inse, if tuy exists, why said let ere should not be granted. Given under my hand and official eigna ure, this July 12 t iß 6 7_ T. M. JONES, Ordinary. NOTICE. r |''VYO months after date application will be 1- made to the Honorable Court of Ordina ry of Calhoun county, at its first regular sion, after the expiration of this notice fo'r leave to Sell tbe real and personal property of the estate of Win. L. Furlow, lale of Cal houn t'ouuiy, dec'd. T. M. FtTULOW, J ul r 12 Adinn’r. Save Money’ Preserve your eyes ! and Avoid Danger, By the use of Petro Oil! For sale by R. J. Soule, Dawson, Ga. TUB AH HOW TIB oSmi mb: • FOR OAUNC COTTON ! An Is finance Against FILE, WASTE AMD THEFT ! Cnrqna leti for ' implicit)' ofAd jusliuent 1 Surpassed hy none Cor Strength and . iduplahiti/y to all the ( s* es ut' t oiitmerce l T’-iev are manufactured in Liverpool, of the best English' Iron, ur.di it 1 t personal super* v sion ot ilia inventor, knuieiij n resident of New Orleans, La. Tiie Ari'UfV Tie W piefeired by Sb'f m i«ters and Comp osmi n, as it is woikrd with 4 ‘o 1 inch slack, wh.le ali •olid Tie- ie» quire 3 (o 5 m -ht s, which, in yuijuirg fl rung h a cargo, involves a heavy Toss iu tbe Ship master, Use the Arrow Tie and Bacd?, and ‘ save money in Freight aud iusu-» ance! Each Bastl and Tie Guar au.etd. Arrangements hsve been made to recurs m ample supply ol the Ariow Tie and for tho coiuii-g season. •Isis* A i ffiijl, Ag’t, Middle aud South,* w S'. Georgii. Andrew Lo« r «V Cos„ Qnuryl Ag’“» Savannah, Ga. The undersigned is irepai/ed ip fuujisli ihe Arrow Tie to the Trade ut Savar ual, pi ices, far warding and Transportation addofi JAS. A. HALL, Ageist, 1%0 100 C iierry .Street. MACON GA. HEAR THE INSURANCE AGENTS, Savannah, May 7th, 1867.—Tne reccpt fires in this city ha,vii g proved so our entir® patisfac’ion, by a thorough leaf, the isuperior ity of lion B«»nds for baling purpo?ep, *e strongly recommend them to the use of the Planters of Georgia hs an * fTieient pc r< n in tc t ft icting loss by fire* and M>'° agno to di?- ! criminate, when practicable, iu favor of Cot-: ! ton thns pruned. | A. WILBUR, General Insurance n . [ CHARIiRS GREEX N> Agents L vtrpool ; London & Globe Insurance Coro.pa y CHAS. L COLBY A CO«, Agents Sub & Al lan ic M, Insurance Company, Kew York. R. H. FOOTMAN, Insurance Agent. WOODY)!*! DGK BROTHERS, Insur. Agenf*. J, T. THOM AS, Insurance Agent* J. 0. McNULTY, Secretary, Southern Insa 1 ; rarce A Trust Company, JAS. T. STEWART, Agent London & tin caster Insurance Company. LANK a WEST, Insuraoce Agents. Macon Gr., May 10th, mT.-The recent fire at the Warehouse ol Mr B. T. Chapras in this city, having fully demonstrated advantage of the use of Iron Bands for K purposes, as a security agiiost lose by. * we, the undersigned Insurance Agents Macon, Ga., take pleasure in endorsing action of the Ageuts at Savunush, Ga- E. 0. GRANNIHS, Agent for several Ineu* raDoe Companie’s. J. W. BURKE, Insurance Agent. E.J. JQIUJAON & Ca, Insurance Agfa »• J. MONROE OGDEN. Insurance Agent. J. M. BO a RDM Ah', Insurance Ag.ot. JNO. B. COBB, I nenranoe Agent. ■jaTyl?:%9»T
