Georgia Historic Newspapers

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DA'VSDV CA, JULY II), 1867 j
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THE TIME IS AT HAND!
The books of registration wiT be
ojieuixl at Dover to-day nnd at this
j/lace on Monday next. Before anoth
er issue of tills paper tho time will
I ave passed, and those who care noth
ing for their once noh'ocomm nwealth,
will have exhibited tho fact by a fail
nre to register, provided they are not
disqualified by tho reconstruction bill.
We trust that our pcopb will be
duly awake to the great importance
of this action, and it any man is in
doubt as to whether he is disfranchis
ed or r.o, let the benefit ot that doubt
go in favor of his country, nnd ho who
will go further towards “straining a
point" in order to prepare himself to
vote, is in our mind, the most patriotic.
Let us remember that we are in the
power of unscrupulous men, with no
hope of any resistance or salvation ex
cept through the ballot box; and by
a vigorous and patriotic use of this
mighty power, we may once more be
fiee and equal under the common g»v
en ment, and soon regain our once
proud position as a component part of
tbj Republic.
Let u< remember that the only ef
fectual way to fight the radical party
is through the ballot box, and by the
proper use of this mean-, wo may yet
hops for redress for past wrongs, and
present greivanccs.
Wlii’e we hope for so much through
the bal ot box, even this means will
avail u= nothing unless we REGIS
TER!
Hon B. 11. Hill.
Tho number of this gentleman’s
“notes’’ has gone far into the teens, and
his resources for stable argu r e s seem
to be, inexhaus'able. It is well enough
f r us to hive our memories reficshed oc
casioDal'y upon constitutional matters
that we may in future days remember
what form of govcrrmeDt we once lived
undor. If tl e North, which is cow in
power, did not held that these ten States
lost all their r'gh.s ar.d protection under
the Constitution, and a convention of
States was practicable, these argum nts
would bo forcible in that Convention
Rut if the argumonts of Doolittle and
Revcrdy Johnson, in Congress cnuld
not convince the North of the infamy
and unconstitutionality of thcsi meas
ures, we very much fear that cur zeal
ous Georgia champion, will not avail.
We have been a.-ked why we do not
publish those notes. Ours is a family
newspaper, and while we give a summa
ry of the current news ot the day, we
oonld not conveniently monopolize our
space, in a weekly Journal, with one
sul j:ct. We stiive to lay both sides of
the political questions of the day before
our readers, but we must necessarily do
this in a brief manner, for the sake of
variety. Ours is not a party paper, or
church paper, and we propose to work
out our own course, by our honest con
victions of duty under toe circumstan
ces, without being towed through the
rcugh waters of tho present by any par
ticular man or party. We would not,
like some, place our feet upon a particu
lar platform of principles and swear to
sink or swim with it. Rut wouH rath
er choose the sound planks of every plat
form ; and, as in the course of human
nature, time, progress and circumstan
tial policy indicate the rottenness of
tome, uj p’y stheir places with such
as the circumstances render sound. Like
fashion in all countries, some principles
highly esteemed, are rendered by time
abhorrent
CoxcßLii. —Gen. Scott tells us, in
his autobiography, of something he
heard Jefferson say once to Dr. Mitch
ell, member of Congress from Virgin
ia : “Doctor,” said the President, “I
have just thought of nn object to which
to compare the House of Representa
tive*. Sir, it is like tlie chimneys to j
our dwellings. It carries offthi smoke
of the party, which might otherwise'
stifle the nation.” We may suppose
that if people see a tremendaus smoke
in the directi nos Washington, this
summer, they will conclude that there
isn’t so much fire, after all, and wi 1
accept Mr. Jefferson’s explanation.
All Europe mourns the death of
Maximilian. The Government of Eng
land, it is Btated, will recall the British
Legation, and withdraw from diplo
ma*ic relations with the administration
of Juarez. That of France has sen'
out an order suspending all the sane •
tious of the French Consuls in the Re
public. The French Chambers de
nounce tie execution as a crime against
civilization. All festivities in Paris
Jjaye been abandoned.
■tiidii'iil Biot in Tcimes'te.
Browulow, together with a few white ,
sneaks, seem-i to ho all
hi- fi udish Inert could wiali, toward
the uit* r am. ihi lu. i>u of freediuen aid
decent govtrnment iu Tenms-<eo. Ou
Saturday, the O h inat., tho white lead
ers of tho Browulow league succeeded in
getting together a mcettiog of col- ,
ored people at Franklin, 'icon , which
meeting resulted in a row. It seems
that Joe Williams, a very sensible con
servative colored man, was passing
through on his way to Nashville, when
he was, after much persuasion, induced
by the leaguers to mak: a speech. 11 is
torn Icing conciliatory, conservative j
and honest, of course did not suit the
white-washed leaguers; and they in |
consequence broke up the meeting and
threatened Williams’ life, as well as j
that of Conservative whims who upheld j
him. After the meeting broke np the j
leaguo was organized and partially arm
ed. Williams, being acquainted with a j
Colonel House, took refuge in his store
where a few of lloußi.sJfriendshad gath
ered in anticipation of foul play. (Short
ly the store was attacked, by the league,
who fired the first shot, which mortally
wounded a white citizen named M. 11.
Cody. Mr. Cody sraggered a little, but
quick as thought raised Lis piece and
discharged both barrels simultaneously
into the midst of the leaguers. In a
mi ment afterward he was dead, and bis
body removed to the inside of the build
ing.
Roth Bides then poured in a vigorous
fire, the wounded of Col. House’s party
being carried into the store as faot as
tLcy fell. A large number of citiz ns
hearing the firing, rushed to the plach,
thirty or forty of them joining House’s
party. Thus reins irced, tho little gar
rison at the store charged the league,
which at once gave way and retired,
taking their wounded with them, and
-the conflict ended.
A1 tho woun led leagu r. wfre s'ruck
by buck shot or squirrel shot. Some of
them were terribly frightened. One
who had received a light fUsh wound
in the back, gave himself up tor dead,
until he saw the shot that had hit
him roll out of his boot, none of them
having remained in the big lump that
had been raised upon Lis back.
One white man was killed and five
wounded : and thirty-five colond leigrrs
wounded, —only two or three very
seriously.
It is but reasonable to expect such
occurrences so long as such out-laws as
Rrownlow are upheld by the gover
ment.
Reconstruction. —We puMi.sli flit,
week the additional supplometilul bill,
just arranged, and passed by both
Houses of Congress, now in Exti a Ses
sion, by which it will be seen that that
body declares iie own supremacy’, and
virtually ignores the other two depart
ments of the Government —Executive
and Judicial. The bill spe iks for it
self, and is in perfect keeping with the
course of that body of fanatics who !
are kept in power by the prejudices
and sectional hatred created in tbe
minds of the Northern pi ojle by the 1
war. The only tope for the country,
lies in the destruction of that party ;
and tbe on'y question for Southerners '
to settle is as to tho surest and most
expeditious means for the accomplish
ment of that end. Will persistent re
sistance to Congress while it is sup- 1
ported by the North, cause the people
to sympathise with us, and turn from
the Republicans to us and the Democ
racy, or will a disposition to abide by
what the North denominate* ti>e de
cisions of the sword, and acquiesce in
any terms for the sake of restoring
[io^c 3 and harmony to the country,
bring about that end ? As men who
have the welfare of our Sunny South
at heart, we should look at these ques
turns in all their healings, and decide
for ourselves which course it is most j
reasonable to suppose will turn the
great masses of the Northern people
from the radical party, and give us
their sympathy. This is the only thing
that will weaken the party in power;
and the destruction of that parly is the
only hope of the present generation of
Southerners.
Truth.—A Kepublionn paper, in an
unaccountable freak of candor and
honest}, says : Unless the demoraliza
tion which has been going on in the
publie service for the last tr n years
can be checked, and that speed.ly, our
whole financial system must utterly
breakdown. For when it comes to
he understood that rogues can and do
systematically escape taxation, honest
men will refuse to pay.
The Pkesidest.—The Republican
members of Congress say that the
President has intimated hiswi lingness
to approve any reconstruction bill
übieh is confined to declaring the in
tent of Congress in tho former art,
leaving it understood that he is oppos
ed to the whole scheme.
We don’t know that Mr. Johnson’s
willingness, or unwillingness, amoun's
to anything any more. lie has per
mitted the radicals to bind him hand
oud foot, and henceforth has nothing
to do but to diaw bis salary per quar
ter,
Tlexieo.
F r a half century past, revolution
has been the order ol tho duy in this
unhappy country. And ns one revo
lution suceeeuß nnothi r, it i-i impossi
ble to point out tlie good resulting
from any. The awful tragedy which
has just closed another season of blood
in Mexico, and which has filled the
hearts of all civilized num of feeling,
with horror, is but another proof cl'
tlie fart that this mixed race of semi
barbarians is nrt capable of self-gov
eminent; and of the tru'h that so long
as anarchy reigns in Mexico, this Gov
ernment is virtually responsi le for tho
dark pages she is writing in the history
of the world. Upon Amer'can soil,
within easy reach, lies this Egypt of
tho present time. Annexed under
such a government as wo once had,
Mexico would bo one of the wealthiest
and most populous States under the
sun.
We are glad to see that some men
begir. to raise the question of in'erfer
ance in Mexican affairs. It seems to
us there.would be more manliness and
wisdom in attempting to regulate af
fairs, in, and restore peace to, a dis
tracted country, than in attempting to
create discord, ill feeling, nnd social
discord in a section of their own
country, which was already moving
along in the great work of progress,
with the utmost harmony and good
will.
Aptly Mated.
Admiral Semmes, through the Mem
phis Bulletin, thus states the case :
Suppose that in one or more of the
Southern States it were possible to
vote down a convention ? Cui bono !
In less than a week after the meeting
of the Congress, the military recon
struction acts would be so amended,
as to disfranchise other classes suffi
ciently numerous to give the prepon
derance to the negro vote, and in less
than sixty days from modification of
the acts, the “rebellious ’ States which
had refused to organize would pnss>
like the others, under negro rule
Does the Freeman’s Journal and übt
the disposition of Congress to do this ?
and has it any reason to doubt that
the Northern people would sustain toe
Congress ? These arc tho reasons
which have influenced so many South
ern men to submit to the ungracious
and ungenerous terms which have
been imposed upon them, By exei
tion ihere is a bare possibility of sav
ing themselves—without exertion
everv thing is lust.
Jflaxinilliian’s PcatU In Eu
rope.
The cetys of Maximilian’s death, j
says the Montgomery Advertiser, chang
ed the festivities of Paris into gloom,
and the Court was ordered into mourn
ing. The grand display, in honor of |
the Sultan, which was to come off on
4th, was abandoned. The Americans in
Paris, who intended celebrating the day,
gave up the idea in token of respect for
the French Government. The recep
tion of the news seems to Lave created
a profound impression throughout Eu
rope. Maximilian was a favorite Aus
trian Prince, and a brother of tho pres
sent Austrian Emperor. Tho inhu
manity of Juarez and his Cabinet has
left Mexico without a single friend if
the public expression of condemnation
and indignation are to be relied on.—
Everywhere the error seems to bo gen
uine, though a few papers in America
have the ba 1 taste to spdak lightly of
the fallen Emperor.
A report of the recent proceedings in
the French Senate leads to tho belief i
that Europe holds the Uni'cd States
responsible for this tragic affair. Na
poleon, more than any one else, is re- j
sponsib'c for the murder of Maximil- ;
ian and the unhappy condition of “Poor
Carlotta." One voice however is heard j
that is not only willing to accept the
responsibility for, but to endorse tho ac
tion of Jaurcz, and that voice is heard
in the Congress of the United States. '
Mr. Shanks, a member from a Western
State, last Friday offered a resolution
referring to Mexico, and endorsing the
execution of Maximilian. The act was
promptly denounced by other members
as barbarous and the resolutions as dis
graceful. The House refused to sus
pend tlie rules to receive them.
To endorse the murder of Maximil
ian would be highly appreciation Mr.
Shanks as an individual, but as an offi
cial act of the Congress of the United
States, it would bo deemed a flagrant
insult to every Europeen nation, and an
| outrage on humanity. Whatever may
j be its short comings we rejoice that
1 Congress sparsd tho country this dis
j grace.
On to Mexico.—A filibursting fever
j with the watch-words “On to Mexico,’
prevails in New Orleans in ail circles.
Confederates and Federate partake of
jit ai ke. At the anniversary dinner at
the St. Charles, Ex-Governor Weller,
|ot California, gave ns a sentiment,
l “On to the Monteznmns” and was re
sponded to with applause.
A young lady in Lancaster, Pa., was
so much injured by attempting to bite
her .toe-nails, that a physisian bad to bo
. called,
Oe!ui!iii|! tlie itiu keya. j
The Savannah Republican, an out-1
■od-uut Radical paper, thus alludes to
tho Atlanta tea party:
The C nixiittro if resolutions repor
ted a platform for the row patty, full of
loyal rhetoric and g'ittering generalities
It was evidently the in'eniion of tho
“while spirilb’' to make them so general
as to avoid eiitieism. Tbo blacks ob
jected tc this, and in an excited discus
sion claimed that the rights belonging
to them, socially and politically, should
be specifically described, and drclara
lions made of the party’s intention to
vindicate them. Tney were defeated
by their own weapons. It was suggest
ed that no reference to ‘color’ bo intro
duced into tho platform, aud the more
enthusias'ic of the blacks, wheedled by
flattery into the belief that they were
not at all “colored,” received the couc
sclwith applause.’
Commenting upon this, the Augusta
Constitutionalist says : Blind and de
luded freedmen, y u are the political
slaves of ambitious white mm, wbode
sirc to 6tcp to pc wer upon your backs.
Here is a specific care of humbug for
your interior thoughts. Clap-trap
words and foolish flittcry bold you in
thrall We are sorely afraid that even
“Big Ben,” Quondam’s “rigid Conser
vative,” succumbed to the persuasive
proof that he was not a coloaed man at
all ; that there aro no colored men ex
tant, and, though ho went to Atlanta to
meet a “passol of other niggers,” he
aud they suff.red transmogrification at
the whitewash bucket of the magician
Blodgett—of Fairy Land.
For the Convention —Tbe editor
of tbe Bainbrid pe Argus, who says he
is going to vote “No Convention" him
self, yet does not doubt that the Con
vention will be voted for by an over
whelming majority, urges tbe impor
tance of electing the best men possi
ble, and annauuces a ticket,' f which l.e
says: ■
“It is compo'ed of two of our best
men, who would have received a large
vote for any office to which they might
have aspired in any period of our past
history. B F. Bruton and John M.
Potter, Esqs, are unexceptb nab’o, nnd
will receive the unanimous vote of the
respectable whites; and, should it be
true that th°y aro the choice of the
blacks, the we'fare of the State, so far
as Decatur county is concerned, is
safe, despite the efforts of wicxed men
to the contrary.
“Let us be vigilant and activo, for
our “adversary, tbe devil, as a ‘roar
ing lion, is going about seeking whom
he may devos rI” Our rigba arc in
iminent peril, and let us bo on the
aleit, fully prepared for the emergen
cy.
A Very Fine riclrf.
“The South is a fine field for North
ern capitalists,” says the .New York
Herald, adding I
“There never was a finer oppertuni
ty for Northern capitalists ,o invest
their money than the South affords
just now. * * * Why do not our J
capital sts, instead of stock jobbing;
and using their money for all sorts of J
kite flying speculations, invest in South I
ern property
For tlie simple reason, says the Ex- .
press, that they do not invest their,
money jn IJayti, or Jutnacia, or Span
ish America, viz., that fi mixed people 1
with mixed governments, can give no
stability to Capital, or certain reward |
to Enterprise. The Federal Govern- j
ment is ruining ten States of tbe Union, 1
i
in order to keep up Tariff’ Bounties for.
a few Northern Monopolists, and is
using Southern negroes to govern
Northern white men. Capitalists wi 1
never invest much money under ne-;
gro and mulatto Governments, no
more in Louisiana, than inllayti or,
J amaicu.
Tennessee. —Owing to tho riotous,
‘and threatening conduct of some of
Brownlow’s militia in Nashville, the
Mayor of that city has found it neces-j
sary to issue a proclamation, calling
upon the people to maintain order and
quiet, and assuring them that the com
mander of the Federal forces there
will oromptly act for their protection,
whenever the exigencies shall require
it He also convenes a meeting" of tho
citizens “to counsel together, freely
arid fraternally, in regard t.> the evils
which now surround them, and the
means of avoiding all mischief likely to
arise in future.”
It begins to look very much like tho
Radicals will succeed in precipitating
Tennessee into another bloody con
flict.
In cleaning out a revservoir at St
Louis used for supplying the city with
water, the bodies of thirty-three chil
dren wore found. They varied in size
from those of a span to thirty inches
in length ; and in age from those of no
age in partieu’ar to thoso of eighteen
to twenty months. There was like
j wise a great variety as to preservation.
Some were pure skeletons, and others
were fresh as if just thrown in; and
between these two extremes were
found ail possible stages of decomposi
tion.
The Albany Evening Journal say s
the differrnco between Horace Urecly
and Thad. Steven* is, one favors univer
sal amnesty, the other damnnsty.
a uii<l Ollier il« min* j
Gen Ord h-s asked and obtained per
missjfin from the Secretary of War to
horse thieves in the Dry Tortu
ga*
1 Gen. Grant approves a suggestion
from Gen. l’apo that Confederate offi
cers who oppose tho Cang-essional Re
Ci nstruction acts isolate tho terms of
their parole.
'y Gen. Ord compla ns of a difficulty iu
finding loyal men in Mississippi qualifi
r (1 for registers.
A cow died in Brimfield, Mass., re
cently, and upon examination a common
dining fork was found in her stomach,
the tines of which had penetrated to
her heart and caused death.
The crown worn by the Austrian
Empress at her recent coronation a«
Qicen of Hungary, was made for Maria
! hcrcaa, but never worn by that Em
press. It is incrustcd with jewels valu
ed at 1,000,000 florins.
GriDnell, of lowa, is one of tho Radi-
I cal candid, tes for the Presidency • The
country knows how easily he can be
whipped.
The organization of the negro Radi
cal party South cost about fifty millions
of dollars a yiar to the federal Govern
ment.
Frederick Douglas w.s one of the ne
gro orators in Norfolk at their celebra
tion on the 4ih.
Graut aud a party of Congressmen
are going to Sherman’s battle-fields in
Georgia the latter part of this mouth.
The B s‘on Post says the popular in.
vit.atin to take a dtiuk at the Hub is
Will you strengthen your tissues?
Galignani speaks of of a Chinese con
juror, Ling Loop, who is performing
'in Paris. Among other feats ho swal
jlows a sword of full entiro ieDgth, end
after that swallows a number of egns.
; lie then smokes a cigarette, and finally
‘produces the egg; unbroken,
j Henry Wyecff is out in a Utter dc
■ fending tbe Emperor Napcleon against
lb? charge of deserting Maxmilian. It
1 will take many such letters backed up
1 by the best evidence to remove the stain
'of Maximilian’s blood from the skirts
' of .Napoleon.
| The Memphis Avalanche has an ed
itorial on the “Devil in America,”
which is a fiithful portrait of his Satan
ie M ijesty. A correspondent, not hav
ing tbe fear of the Motropiditan Police
before his eyes, eudeavers to show that
tho edi cr, in drawing a picture of the
devil, has given a life-likeness of Brown
low.
The Hound Table thinks the Radicals
will nominate Gen. Grant from the fear
if they leave him the Democrats will take
him up. The Table speaks highly of
Charles Frances Adams, and says, “of
the prominent civilians in the dominant
party there are but two who have any
preten-ions to tho ability proper to a
first class statesman, to wit : Charles
Frances Adams aud Chief Justice Chase.
When a steel pm has been used until it
appears *o be spoiled, place it ov r a
flame (a gis light for instance) for, say
a quarter of a minute, then dip H into
water, and it will be again fit for use.
Anew pen, which is found too Lari to
write with, will beoome softer by being
thus heated.
News reached Nashville a few days
ago ol a sudden decline in the health of
Governor Brownlow. His sufferings
from palsy are so great that his signa
ture is scarcely legible. There will prob
ably be a contradiction of this report
from the amiable Governor’s own hand
in a day or two.
A feverish anxiety is said to exist
among radical politicians at Washing
too, in regard to tho effeot of Southern
restoration upon the next Presidential
election. Some of these politicians,
therefore, ape at tv loss to determine
whether it is safe to let the South iu or
not.
An Outrageous Act. —The Sumter
Republican has been informed that a
rape was commuted on a very respecta
ble white lady, by the name of Jones,
in the county if Schley, on the 4th of
July, by a white lad, whose name our
informant, did not know. Mrs. Jones
was 52 years old, and was on her way
to Lumpkinj to'see some relative, when
she was overtaken by this lad, who was
traveling in company with two other
men. Mrs. Jones received a severe cot
with a knife on one of her hands, and
others on her head and ni ck, in resisting
the carrying out the design of this in
famous scouodril. After accomplish
ing hii hellish design, be lift her in a
helpless condition, greatly suffering
from the wounds he had iuflicted with
his knife.
The Savanauh News & Herald says :
Yesterday tncre were 447 voters regis
tered, of whom 180 were white and 267
colored So far there has been regis
tered 1,464 whi es and 2,238 oolored,
making a total 0f3,702. Judging from
tho energy in which the whites have re
cently ccmo forward it is evident that
their reticence is rapidly becoming ex
tinct and that they have fully become
ditermiued in the C'urse whioh they
should pu’sur.
Tin- It<■«■«»iinl rll«’mm Bill Hi il
Moiti Houses of ilie
It;t<li<-n I t’oiigrew.
Washington, July 13. —The follow
ing is a text cf the Bill vs it passed
both houses:
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House cf Representatives of the United
States of America in Congre-s assem
bled, That it is hereby declared to have
been the true intent aud meaning of the
Act of tho second day of march, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven,
entitled “An Act to provide for the
more i fficient government of the rebel
States,” and of the Act supplementary
thereto on tho 2d day of March, 1807,
that the governments then existing in
the rebel States of Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Flor
ida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas were not legally
established governments, and that there
fore said governments, if continued,
“were contiuued sut jects in all respects
to tbe Military Commanders of tne re
spective Districts, and of the paramount
authority of Gungitbs.
Section 2. That tho commtnder of
any district named iu said act shall have
power, subject to tbe disapproval of tbe
General of the Army of tbe United
States, to have effect till disapproved
whenever in tbe opiniov of such com
mander the proper administration of
said act bhall require it, to suspend or
I remove from office, or from the perform
ance of official duties and the exercise
of i ffioial powers, any offioer or person
holding or txcrci.-iug er professing to
hold or exercise any civil or military
office or duty in such district under any
power, election, appoinimeut or authori
ty denvtd from or granted by or claim
ed under any so-called Slate or the
government thereof, or any municipal
lor other divi-ion thereof; and upon such
j suspension or removal such commanded
sul j ct to the disapproval cf the Gener
al as aforesaid, shall have tho power to
; provide from time to time for the per-
J f jrtnance of said duties ol such officer
or peißon so su-p hied or removed, by
the detail of some e mpeteut officer er
soldier of tbe army, or by tbe appoint
ment of sonic otber person to peif .rm
the same, aud to fill vacancies occasion
ed by death, resignation or otherwise.
fcjec. 3. That the General of the army
of tbe United States shall be invested
with all the powers ot suspension, re
moval, appointment and detail granted
iu the preceding section to District
Commanders
Bee. 4. And be »t further enacted,
That the acts of the officers of the army
already dune, in removing in said Dis
tricts persons exercising tho functions
ot civil officers and appointing ethers
in their steal, are hereby confirmed ;
Provided, that any person heretofore or
hereafter appointed by any District
Commander to exercise the functions of
any civil < fine may be removed either
by tbe military officers in command of
the District or by the General of the
army, and it shall bo the duty of such
commanders to remove from office, as
aforesaid all per o .a who are disloyal to
tho givernmeut us the United Status,
or who u e their official influence in any
manner to hinder, delay, preveui or ob
struct the due and proper admioistra
tion of this act and tho acts to which it
is st p lemeDtary.
See. 5. That the Boards of liegistra
tratioa provided for in the act entitled
ao act supplementary to an act entitl and
an act to provide for the more efficient
government of (he rebel States, passed
M..rch 23, 1867, shall have power, aud
it shall bo their duty, before allowing
the ictristration of any person, to ascer
tain, up f Dsuch facts or information as
they can obtain, whether such person is
entitled to be rogistcred under said act,
and the oath required by said act
shall not bs conclusive on suih a ques
tion ; and no person shall be registered
unless such Board shall decide that he
is entitled the.c o; at and such Board sh 1
also have power to examine under oath,
to be administered by any member cf
such Board, any one, touching the qua!
fieation of any porson claiming registra
tion, but in every case of a refusal bf
iheßiard to register an app’ieant, and
in every case of striking his name from
tho list, as hereinafter provided, the
Board shall make a noto or memoran
dum, which shall be returned with the
registration list to the commanding Gen
eral of the District, setting forth the
gruunds of such tofusal or such striking
Irom the list ; Provided, that no person
shall be disqualified as a member of any
Board of Registration by roasot of race
or color.
Boc G. That tbe intent and meaning
of the oath prescribed in said supple
mentary act is. among other things, that
no person who has been a member of
the legislature of any'Stateor who has
held any execu'ivo or judicial i ffice in
any State, whether 1 e hits taken an
oa>h t support the Constitution of (he
United .States or not, and whether he
was holding such officeat the commence
ment of the rebellion, or Lai held i
before, and who was afterwards eogiged
in insurrection or rebellfon against the
United States, or giving aid or comfort
to the enemies thereof, is entitled to he
registered or vote; and the words “ex
ecutive or judicial office in any State,”
iu said oath mentioned, shall be con
strued to it elude all civil officers created
by law for the adminis'ratioD of any
g neral law of a State for the adminis
tration of justic“.
Sec. 7. That the time for completing
the original registration provided for in
said act may, in the aiscr'tnn of the
Commander of any District, be extend
ed to the Ist day of October, 1867, and
tlie Boards of Registration shall have
lower, and it shall be their duty, com
mencing fourteen days jirior to any elec
tion under said act and upon reasona
ble public notice of ihc time and pinto
thereof, to revise for a period of five
and iys the rrgistraii w lists, and, upon
b'ing satisfied that any person not en
titled thireto has been rrgi tered, to
s rike the name of such pcr.-ion from the
list, and such Board shall nisi during
the same period such registry the
names of all persons who at that fimo
possesses the qualifications required by
said act who have not be.n alteidy reg
istered; and no person shall at any lime
eniiiled to be registered or to vot*
by reason of any Executive F , r d o „
oi amnesty for any act or thing w hj c u
without such pardon or amnesty
disqualify him from registering or y g .
Sec. 8. That section four ofg a M i„.,
named act shall be construed t 9 aul j, 1
izi the commanding General nam A
therio, whenever ho shall deem it need.
lul, to remove any member of ajy -
of Registration u"„d to appoint"
such Board ’ TaCOE< 7 ia
B>cc. 9. That all members of gaid
Boards of Registration, and all he rfoßg
hcrsaftcr elected or uppointed to t H?
in said Military Districts nnder any
called State or municipal authority
by detail or appointment of the Dim-ict
Commanders, shall be required to ,„k e
and subscribe the oath of office Brß
, scribed by law for officers of the P t io!i
j States. ™
j Sec. 10. That no District Comm» n a
der or members of the Board of Reei*.
tration, or any of the officers or app.,„
1 tees acting under them, sball t he bomd
ffi his ac‘ion by auy opinion of any evil
officer of the United States
8 c 11. that all the prvisions 0 f
this act, aud the acts to whieh thisjg
supplementary, shall be construed !shr.
ally, to tho end that all ihe intemts
thereof may he fully and perfectly C r
ried out.
!
A\ ho Do You Spite. —We join w.h
with the Petersburg Index in askib
this very potent question :
“When you refuse to register whom
do you spite, your friends or your ene
mies ? The destructives, who are mot.
ing Heaven and earth for the hnmili*
tion and degradation of all you hold
dear ? or the friends who turn to you for
assistance in ther struggle to preserve
tho honor and fair fame of our good old
Commonwealth ? Who approve the
C'-urse you have determined to pursue 7
M ho smile ia their sleeves and chuckle
over the madness and folly whioh have
seized hold of you ? Surely, not your
friends.”
A Virginia Negro.— At a negro
meetiug held Dear Cbariottsville, Vir
ginia, on the 4th instant, a colored
preacher was the ch es spokesman. He
said he would be satisfied with nothing
loss thon absolute social as well as po
litical equality, and he would not thiok
reconstruction properly effected until he
could enter the parlor of the best white
man in the land, and be addressed as
Air. Lin lsay. He urged the negroes
to elect a black Governor and a fair
shore of the Legislature, one Senator
and all the Congressmen they could
g ct * - '
A Greenville, East Tennesse, cnrrr..
poudent of the NashviH > Gazette says—
“ Everything in this end of the State is
most encouraging. We will carry Ea.t
1 cnucsse by Jatg) majorities. All cur
information corroborates this
All the corruption and fraud being
practiced by the Brownlowites cannot
defeat our glorious chair; iin."
COTTON—JuIy 16—Macon 170,
for middling ; N ;w York 26$ ; Charles
ton, 2oats; Savannah, 23; xVugusta, 23
a 23J ; Liverpool, lOJd.
• Vc w t*f rlisimcn Is.
Plantation Supplies!
TTTE began to supply Planters wiih neces
it «,iry supplies to (Tqvke their crops, early
in the season, before there was evidence of
pood crops.
We arc siill prepared to supply
Corn and Bacon, Sugar, Coffee, cfC.
Eiihir for cash or on time, due Ist Nor,
We will be ready with a good stock of
BAGGING AND IKON TIES in due time
for the trade in August. Our arrangements
will be e ch that we can sell these necessary
articles on as good terms a* any house South.
FLAltti A LAWTON,
July 19-2 t Third St., Macon, G«.
HOUSE AND LOT IN DAWSON
FOR SALE.
/'F'HE most beautiful lot in the heiltMest
.1 portion of town—containing two and a
half acres—wiih modi r ite improvements, au
excellent well of water 7 tine rich garden,
splendid orchard, and beautifully arranged
shade trees. An extraordinary hargain to a
cash buyer. For particulars, apply at
THIS OFFICE.
TO THE T.IIfJES !
ANOTHER
FRESH ARRIVAL
OF
FINE DRESS GOODS!
NEW STYLE PRINTS!
BLEACHING, &c., &o
TT7E have just opened another Goe va
V T riely ot Muslins, Mozambique?, Cali
coes, ke., suited to the sca-on. Also, good
lot of Bleaching, Domestics, Ac., all of which
are going off rapidly at low prices.
OKU, BROWN A CO.,
jyl9 Under the “Journal” Office.
/ t noted.l, Te rrell Count}.
IT Whereas, C. B. Wooten, and F. M.
Ilarper app’yio me for letters of Adminis
tration, with will annexed, on the estate of
John T. Mercer.
These are therefore to cite ar.d admosirh
all persons concerned to be and appear at my
office within the lime presetibed by law, to
show cause, if any, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa*
lure, July 15, 18Cfi.
T M. JONES, Ord.
T9U4TO IW
Un<l» r nn order from fl>« Court of Ordina
ry of Terrell County, wi!] be sold, before tl ©
Couit Bouse door iu Ihe town of Dawson, on
Ihe first Tuesday in September next, ShJ en
hundred and seventy-five acres of land, lyu g
in the 12rh District of said conntv, on Bear
Cieek, beloDginp; to the estate rt P. A. Vvsl*
ler, deceased. Sold tor tlie benefit of heirs
and creditors. MARY” L. ATiT.Kfi
Aim.a.