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THE DAILY OPINION.
LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION.
Po»t office
Official Advertiser.
OFFICIAL FAPEB FOB THE COUNTIES OF
Baker,
DeK&lb,
Jasper,
Baldwin,
Fayette,
Lee,
Bartow,
Forsyth,
Monroe,
Btbb,
Fulton,
Murray,
Butts,
Gordon,
Newton,
Carroll,
Greene,
Paulding,
Chattooga,-
Gwinnett,
Polk,
Clayton,
H&rraUon,
Spalding,
Cobb,
Heard,
Snmter,
Dade,
Henry,
Upson.
A TLA NT A, G A : DECEMBER 26.
FOUR O’CLOCK, P. M.
Disturbances nr Alabama.—Our dis
patches from Montgomery, though doubt
less highly colored, as the telegraph reports
from that point have been for some time
indicate a bad state of feeling. It is
to be regretted that there is no legal meas
ures in that State of reaching a class of
miserable agitators who would plunge the
State into anarchy and war rather than
content themselves with positions they
were bora to.
M km beks or tiie Coxvextiox.—If there
were no more potent reasons for distrust
than the alleged fact that too many mem
bers arc Northern born men, the friends of
Reconstruction in C eor £> a would have
more to hoi>c for. That there are one or
two worthless creatures in that Convention,
no man ot candor, who is acquainted with
the pcrsonel of that body, can deny. But
as a general thing, the men of Northern
birth, who hold seats in the Convention,
have come to Georgia to make the State
their home. We presume the people of
Ohio would not be willing to exclude Mr.
Vali.anmc.iiam, Mr. Cox. Mr. Wade, or
Mr. Chase from ofiice merely because they
were not born in that State. The people
Iowa. Kansas, or Nebraska are not, we
pre-ume, willing to exclude the majority
of their citizens for the same reason. We
doubt whether any of the Northern States
would do o. Why, then, should Georgia?
I- not the old Chinese wall of Slavery
beaten down? If so. let us remove its
traces and open new Geogia to emigration
and intercourse with the outside world.
\notuki: Sensation Spoiled.—The Ma-
eon Telegraph, of yesterday, learns that
the troops who left that place for Milledge-
ville Monday night were called for by the
Mayor oi that city, in order to keep the
I twice during the Christmas holidays. So
much for the opinion of the Associated
I»rrss Agent at Macon. Can't he get up
another sensation ?
own case, but in thousands of others. De
prive the poor man Of credit and you make
him a hewer of wood and drawer of water
for some landed aristocrat during his own
life and that of his children after him. In
States where there are but few poor peo-
ple, these large homesteads are well
enough, where no one is defrauded by
them; but where the great mass of the peo
ple are as poor as they are m Georgia, I
consider it bad policy to confer them. I
will give a very short illustration: In the
Spring of the present year, many poor men
were obliged to have a little cash to enable
them to finish their crops. They got it by
giving liens on their little farms and crops,
and thus made plenty for their families,
and paid their debts in good faith. Will it
not be so with many next year and for
many years to eome ? Now' if all they
have and much more is exempt, who can
loan them money? Who can credit their
wives a few months for a calico dress or a
pair of shoes or cdtton cards ?
Ex-Gov. Brown says the great landed
aristocracy are broke, and they ought to
sell off their lands in small farms. I don’t
doubt but many of them arc broke, if their
just debts were paid ; biit the Ex-Governor
proposes to “release'’ them from these
debts; some entirety and others for an in
definite period, and thus enable them to
Governor Brown an*“Relief.”
Hon. J. R. Parrott, President of the
Georgia Convention:
Sir—I notice in the Atlanta Dajlt
Opinion, of the 10th, the substance of a
conversation between yourself and Ex-
tiov. Brown, which he has reduced to
writing at your request, on the subject of
“Relief,” so-called. On that question, the
Ex-Governor and myself differ, as gentle
men have a right to do. I propose briefly
to examine Jhe position he takes, and in
doing so, should I handle bis “views” &
little roughljyit is not on account of any
unkind feelings toward the Ex-Governor.
It is true, we have differed heretofore, on
great and vital questions, but the stand
taken by him for the last twelve months
has caused me to hold him in high esteem.
The ex-Govemor sets out by saying the
war has resulted in the destruction of hun
dreds of thousands of property in this
State, to say nothing of what has been de
stroyed in other States. Much of this was
destroyed by the Government, but much
the largest loss grew out of the abolition
of slavery. Now I deny that the Govern
ment of the United States destroyed slave
ry. Gov. Brown knows better than I can
tell him that the war destroyed slavery.
Every intelligent man knows that Presi
dent Lincoln never would have issued the
Emancipation Proclamation had it not j keep their land.*.’ and instead of selling
been for the war, and that the war never them off in small farms, call around them
would have existed but for that odious or- ! poor mu—vhjte and colored—and make
dinancc of Secession which caused the | fliem tomuirs at will, thereby building up
wholesale destruction of life and properly. I a ••landed •j-tocracy” instead af breaking
It is passing strange that men are so prone it dawn. Who of those large land holders
BY T
GRAPH.
FROM THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATED PRESS.
LAST NIQaprs LISP A1 CUES.
im till pleasure of relieving his wife from
tjie caNs of business, and enabled him to
provicKlfor her a spadious^ and well fur
nished abode. She adorheda high station
as well as she had borne a lowly one. and
presided at her husband’s liberal table as
••Relief,” the Other Side.—The letter
of Mr. M. G. Dobbins, addressed to the
President of the Constitutional Conven
tion. will arrest the attention of the reader.
Mr. Dobbins is well and favorably known
in this community as an upright, success
ful businessman. As a financier, he has
few equals, perhaps no superior, in Georgia.
Ills opinions, therefore, on all questions
relating to finance, are well worth consld-
crln *’ .
The Tennessee Pacific Road.—The or-,
ganixation of the Tennessee and Pacific
Railroad Company was completed at Nash
ville on the lJlth inst., by election of W. P.
In nos President; II. 9. Frazier, Vice Pres
ident. and Joseph W. Allen, Secretary and
Treasurer.
—. ->•*»»•» ■—
Subsiding.—The friends and supporters
of Gen. Grant held a meeting at Fanneuil
Hall. Boston, on Wednesday night of last
week. The house was less than half full,
and the whole affair is represented to have
been as cold as an iceberg.
Tuf. Parker Fiasco.—The second time
set for the marriage of Col. Parker, “big
Indian.” of Grant's staff, and Miss Minnie
O. Sackett, of Washington, was the 24th
instant. We have not heeft idvP< i whether
the happy event came oil this lime.
« ► * .
Death of a kaltiiy Ni oivy. Jatitps
Roper, mulatto, illegitimate sen of an ec
centric Englishman, died near Petersburg.
y.j_ a tow days since. He is said to have
Ki‘ii worth over half a million.
IVr the Opinion.]
Atlanta, December 2.x, 1S67.
it appears that “Senix.” supposed to be
an old seersb, but now one of tlie Grant
t'j u b, says, through the Era of the 25th.
that the vote of the Republican caucus on
the first night ot its meeting, was a farce,
and that the Grant men, what few there
v. ere there, did not see force enough in the
move to arouse any opposition. But why
does he not give the result of the same
caucus the next night? The Grant men
there, by an insider, and of course with
the thing well understood, ottered a pre
amble saying that the resolution the even-
in,«• before was not understood, and ottered
a regular Grant resolution and it was
voted down as unanimously as the other
was passed. Why did Mr. Seuix not re-
j«ort that? Ah! it was because the truth
would hurt. Capt. “Senix" is supposed to
bo one of those tarseeing prophets that in
secession days told the people how rich
this country would be if they would se
cede. and there is about as much common
>ense in his prediction about Grant as
there was in advising treason.
Anti-vahney.
Reticense.—A Straw.—The New Orleans
Republican, the organ of the Grant party
in that city, says:
We are now and always have been in fa
vor of banging them, (the Rebels) and have
no objection of seeing Horace Greeley
d-nsrlin" by their side: and if Judge
Chafe has planted himself upon the uni
versal amesiy and universal suffrage plat
form, to such an extent that the ballot of
Surratt and Jefferson Dav.-s shall weigh as
much as the ballot of Langston and Doug-
Sm, be too, may swing from the same scaf-
fcU
to charge all these ills to effect and noth
ing to the cause. Now, sir, avIio is it that
demands “Relief?” Is it the poor men of
the country, white or colored? Is it
poor ragged, starving widow and orphan
that we meet on the streets every day,
whose husbands and fathers were slaugh
tered in a war gotten up by a set of crazy
politicians? Nay. verily! Not a word said
about “ Relief” for the truly needy; but
the honest debts of the landed aristocracy
must be speedily repudiated, else they will
be turned out of doors! This is a very
strong term of the ex-Governor's, when he
knows that the homestead law now allows
each head of a family fifty acres of land
and five additional acres for every child
and a house not to be worth more than
three hundred dollars, besides other per
sonal property. How, hen, can you turn
anybody out of doors?
I ask again wlio is it that demands “ re
lief? ” The answer is plain: It is the
very men that brought on the war, many of
whom are now worth more than they were
before the war, and of whom it is well
known ninety-nine out of every hundred
could have paid their debts in ConfeJerate
money if they would, but who took shel
ter under an odious Stay Law and refused
to pay their just debts, even in that trash,
when the debts were contracted to be paid
in gold.
These are the men that now come before
the great State of Georgia in Convention
to have themselves “relieved” Irom
their just debts. They first destroyed the
property of the country, and now they
claim that a great State should disgrace
herself in the eyes of all the civilized world
in order to reward them for their evil
deeds ?
The Ex-Governor says such debtors have
not involved themselves by bad manage
ment. In this he is simply mistaken. It is
known that they refused to pay their debts
even in Confederate money up to January.
1863. After that time, it became no crime
to refuse Confederate script in payment of
old debts. Previous to that time, any man's
neck was in danger who refused to receive
it at par for debts contracted for on a gold
basis.
Again: The Ex-Governor says the
Supreme Court will soon declare the Stay
Law unconstitutional, and then property
will change hands rapidly, and go into the
hands of speculators. Another mistake.
There is no one at this time who cares to
speculate in land. In such an instance, the
man that holds the debt would have to buy
the land. Is that hard upon the debtor?
Does not the property justly belong to the
creditor, if the debt be just ? It is a strange
system of “relief]” to take money from the
rightful owner and put it into the pocket
of one who has already had value received
for it. I would like to know how that is
going to “Believe” the State? Better
adopt an Agrarian system at once.
The Ex-Governor says something about
the Judges of the Courts being sworn to
support the Constitution which he pro
poses. I will not argue Courts with
him. lli is a lawyer; I amjnot. But it oc
curs to me that there are Judges who hold
Courts in Georgia, that will not take that
oath, nor do I believe that any conscien
tious Judge oan take it. I believe all
officers of Courts have to swear, first, to
support the Constitution of the United
States. And, if I recollect aright, there is
a clause in that instrument forbiding any
State to pass any law violating the obliga
tion ot contracts.
The ex-Governor is liberal in the way of
homesteads. To that I have no objections,
if made to act prospectively; but I don’t
want to take one man’s land and give it to
another. I give it as my opinion, however,
as a business man. that the exemption at
this time of $1,000 worth of land, besides
other property, would be the hardest lick
the poor men of this country have had for
a long time. If a man be worth $1,000 be
is thought worthy of credit to the amount
of $500, and can get it if he is a prudent
man. Now, there is not one man in ten in
Georgia, who digs his living out of the
ground, that is worth what Gov. Brown
proposes to exempt. What then have these
men upon which to base a credit? Noth
ing. What is he to do ? Of course some
impractical men will say, let them live
without credit. That is easier talked of
than done. Rich men cannot do it in any
civilized country, much less can poor ones.
Credit is the poor man's capital. I know
this from fair experience, not only in my
that uUI sell these lands at low prices
when they can rent them for one-fourtli of
tiie cotton, .-inti one-third of the corn ? Not
the “many. I i; engine.
Now, sir. i have written more than I ex
pected. W hat I have said I know is poorly
said. Lain no scliolir, but what is here
stated, and what I say in conclusion, are
my honest sentiments, and I feel inclined
to put them on record. I here state that
I am not only opposed to ex-Governor
Brown’s views of “ relief” as it is modestly
called, hut I am opposed to all plans of re
lief that look toward interfering with the
sacred m obligation of contracts. Have the
people of Georgia met in Convention in
this enlightened age of the world, to form a
government, the very corner stone of
which is to be Repudiation ? I trust not.
What is gold, lands and houses compared
with honor and strict integrity, even with
individuals, much less in States? I beg'
you and the honorable body over which
you. preside, not to attempt the establish
ment of a government on any such rotten
foundation. If yon do. I predict it will
cause trouble and confusion.
Well, j'ou may ask, “Whatis ycrurpiano!
relief, or have you any”? I say any plan is
better than robbing one man to “relieve”
another. If the Convention in its wisdom
thinks *• relief” is necessary, let them issue
the bonds of the State, sell the State Road,
or do anything else they think best rather
than act unjustly and in bad faith to any
of her citizens. Let them loan tl»e money
to the people, take lienson their lands and
wait until they can pay it back. I><» all
j'ou can, sir. to build up the credit and
honor of j'our State, and nothing to tar
nish it, and future generations will rise up
to call j ou blessed.
It maj' be said, that in all this I am sel
fish; tfiat I owe no old debts, and that I
have much due me. To some extent. tiff.*
Is true; but L here state, that there is not a
man w ho owes me with whom I would not
compromise, and givehim his papers it lie
will make a fair and honest settlement with
me. Nor will I turn one of them outof doors.
And I believe ninety-nine creditors outol
every hundred will do the same. If they
will not, the Bankrupt law stands ready
to make them compromise. Where, theft,
I ask. is the necessity for a great State dis
gracing herself by Repudiation?
Verj' respectfully,
M. G. Dobbins.
Disturbances in Alabama.
Montgomery, Dec, 25.—The negroes
were out in force to-day, contrary to the
municipal regulations and military orders,
with guns, pistols, etc., and in full uniform.
No effort was made to suppressthe demon
stration. In the afternoon several thous
and negroes were haranged in incendiary
language by Barker, Brain ard and other
prominent Radicals. Late In the after
noon Barker and Brainaxd were arrested
by the military authorities.
Disturbances were reported at Green
ville last night. A mil i tar j- detachment
was sent down to restore order. No parti
culars, but all was quiet at last accounts.
The Selma papers rcpor^listurhances at
Demopolis and Camden, to which points
troops have been sent.
The Steamer Raleigh Burnt.
Charleston, Dec. 25.—The Raleigh took
lire on Tuesday-, Jthe 21th. at noon. The
following have been saved and are h^re:
Purser McManus and wife; D B. Ri- e.
chief engineer; John Smith, seaman; Tho-c
J. Keating, baker; James Crowlej', third
cook; John McDonald, seaman; Margaret
Montictii, stewardess; Captain N.R. Mills,
officer of the New York police; Charles
Whitson, passenger; C. W. Bartlett chief
officer; Gordon Young, second officer;
Charles Smith, quartermaster; Michael
Gibbonej", Mgssman; Thomas P. Brown,
fireman; E. Robbers, steerage passenger;
Francis Melial. steerage passenger; J.
Short, steerage passenger.
The following arc probabty safe: C. P.
Marshman. .Jr., son of the Captain; Pat
rick Harrington, fireman; John Larkins,
fireman; Ellis, engineer, and the captain's
boj\ These persons are in a large boat
and are known to have others with them,
names unknown, and it is believed that
they picked up-several parties that were
floating on portions of the steamer.
The following arc lost: Ilenry Pelvin
chief steward, Tlios. CVllopy, third stew
ard, James Penfield, waiter, Thos. Brannan,
pantryman, Martin, a boy, Wm. Welsh, A
boy of New Orleans, Joshua Silvernail,
coal passer, D. Lovellc, fireman, Mrs. Bry
ant, passenger. V
The fate of the remainder, including
Capt. Marshman, is up to this time un
known.
London, D.ee. 25.—Government precau
tions against Fenians continue, and exten
sive preparations to-day indicate that the.
authorities are in possession of imforma-
tion that a general attempt will be made to
rescue Fenians confined in various parts
of the kingdom for complicity in the late
outrages. Special constables are every
where on duty. Tiie Times editorial on
Abyssinian war, which it fears will be pro
longed next j'car, blames Napier, who com-
j mauds forces, fur delay. Nothing of con-
j sequence will be done at the present season.
| Kus a ia addressed the French government
protesting against its shifting i»olicy upon
i the Eastern question. China advices re
port rebel successes in operations against
, tiie Imperial Government.
irraceflHY'&s'whpir lie ate his breakfast of
bread hud m4lk
Parton’s Lift
nroin a two-penny bowL—
e of Franklin.
NE W lAL VERT I SEME NTS.
GEQRGIA, Monroe county.
WHEREAS, Robt. G. Anderson, e. s. c. applies
to me for letters of dismission from administra
tion on the estate of Mrs. M. A. Sutton, deceased:
Thesoaro, therefore, to cite and admonish all
ami singular, the kindred and creditors of said
deceased and all concerned, to bo and appear* at
my office, within the time prescribed by law,
and show cadsC, if any they can, why said let
ters should not* be granted to said applicant in
in i firms oftbie law.
Given nnVlCT mV hand and official signature,
this the 2i>l day of December. 1S6T.
O. MORSE, Ordinary.
dec36—WGm Printer’s fee $1.50
GEORGIA, Sumter county,
WHEREAS, Richard A. Tiner applies to me
for letters of administration on the estate ot John
Tiner, deceased:
These a’-e, therefore, to cite all«nd singnlar
the next of kin and creditors of said deceased, to
be.apd appear at my office, within the time pre-
scriberf m'-law, and show cause, if any they can,
why (.atdtatterMhouldfSot Ijo granted said appli-
djuit-' ',1 ' ,, ...
‘-' v — * Afficial signature, this
DORMAN, Ordinary.
!-.vC0.-*trSud .Printer's fee $3
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ADMINISTRATOR’S SALE.
BY virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary
of Carroll ccqfetjN U^orgia, Will be ..old before tke
Court House dhor,' in said county, on the first
Tuesday in February next, lots of land numbers
125,126, 110. 20S and tiie undivided half of lot num
ber 103, containing Dll,q acres, mofe or less, in the
3d district of Carroll county - , the widow’s dower
iri the above l;ir; l excepted. Sold as the property
of Wm. A .Johnson, deceased. There i» on the
premises a good saw and Grist Mill; also 101
acres of good bottom land, cleared. Sold tor the
benefit of the heirs and creditors. Terms cash.
This Decern her 21st. 1667.
JOHN 1*. WATSON. Administrator.
dec26—wts Printer’s fee $5
1
NOTICE.
T IIE copartnership heretofore existing between
J. G. Miner and Geo. Norris, with place of
business nei.r Aliatoona, Ga., is dissolved, and all
persons are hereby notified that the undersigned
will nor he held rtsimnsibld tor debts contracted
in future bv said co-partnership.
GEO. NORRIS.
Aliatoona, Ga , December 26,1661—d2t*
MRS. FT A. licCANDLESS,
WILL OPEN A
SEMABY FOR YOL'YG LADIES,
Near the residence of John Ryan, Esq.,
Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Ga.,
I
, OK THIS
.First Mpnday of January,1868.
M rs. McCAJf LESS h<s for the last twenty
years been engaged in the business of teach
ing iii Camdeni South Carolina. She has main
tained at the last named place, a school of the
highest order, whioh has always ranked among
the first and best in the state. Her entile time
and attention will be given to her School, in
which will lie taught the usual >»glis.i and
Mathematical brunches, together with Latin.
French and Spanish.
TERMS, PER MONTH:
Primary Department , |4 00
English and Mathematics, with French (op
tional); 5 00
English, Mathematics and Latin 6 CO
English, Mathematics, French, Latin and
Spanish 7 00
For further particulars apply at the residence
of Mr P. Rumare, on Pryor, two doors below
Mitchell street.
lUtk'KKENbKS— Right Reverend Bishop Davis,
Rev S. II. ilav, Gen. J. B. Kershaw, Camden, S.
C.; Ex Governor J. L. Manning, South Carolina;
Fror E. G Mangel, Marietta, Ga.; Rev. R K.
:Porter, Atlanta, Ga.; P Roinare, Atlanta Xatiou-
al Ran k. dec24—<!3t
-*■*>»»——
Bell-.John so ii Hall.
— — —•— - —
OPEN EVERY EVENINC,
WITH A>
Excellent Company.
CHANGE * OF PROGRAMME
EVERY EVENINC.
Tuesdnv, December £4th.—CURDY MAS KVK—
TOODLES.
Wednesday, December 25th.—TilK DRUNK-
ARD-LIMERICK BOY.
Thursday, December — BEN BOLT.
Friday, December 27lh.—TIIE RENT DAT.
Saturday, I Dec. 23th.—LnTOUK DcNLSLE and
DICK TURPIN.
J«r Prices of Admission »5 and50 Cent*.
uec23—dlw
JUST IN TIME
1 .toil those fine Brandies, Wines 'and Gins,
X? Bourbon and Rye Wnukiea, Jamaica and
Santa Cruz Rum, at
decS—d9t R. M. ROSE A CO.’S.
Trk Immortality of Fairy Storiks.
Jack anil the Beanstalk. Fuss in Boots, the
gallant and quixotic Giant Killer, and tiie
dearest Cindreila. whom everj* one must
have loved. I should think, ever since we
first knew her in iter little brown pinafore;
I wondered, us 1 shut them all up for tiie
night between their green boards what it
was that made these stories so fresh and
vivid. Why did not they fall to pieces,
vanish and explode, disappear, like so
manj' of their cotemporaries and descend
ants? And j-et far front being forgotten
and passing awajq it tvould seem as*jf each
generation in turn, as it came into the
world, looks to he delighted still by bril
liant pageant, and never tires or wearies
of it. And on their side princes and
princesses never seem to grow any older;
the castles and the lovelj'gardens flourish
without need of repair, or whitewash, or
plumbers, or glaziers.
The princesses’ grows, too—sun. moon,
and star color—do not wear out, or pass
out of fashion, or require altering. Even
the seven-leagued hoots do not appear to
be the worse for wear. Numbers of real
istic stories for children have passed away.
Little Henry and his, Bearer, PoOr Harry
and Lucy, have very nearly given up their
little artless ghosts and orattle, and ceased
making their own beds for the instruction
of less excelleutty brought up little boys
and girls: and, notwithstanding a verj' in
teresting article in the Saturday Review,
it must be owned that Harry Sandford and
Tornrnj' Merton are not fantilliar play-fel
lows in our nurseries and school-rooms,
and have passed somewhat out of date.
But not so all these centenarians—Prince
Riquet, Carabas, Little Red Riding-hood.
Bluebeard, and others. They seem as If
they would neveT ^row oldl Thej' play
with, the children, they amuse the elders';
there seems no end to their fund of spirits
and perennial youth.
IL, to whom I made this remark, said,
Irom the opposite chitnuey corner, “No
wonder; the stories are onty histories of
real, living persons, turned into fairy
princes and princesses. Fairy stories are
everywhere and every day. We are all
princes and princesses in disguise, or ogres
or wicked dwarfs. All these historiesare
the histories of human nature, which does
not seem to change very much in a thou
sand years or so. and we don’t get tired of
the fairies because they are so true to it.”
Jiliss Ihackeray.
A Newspaper for Sale.—The - Signal,’
a Weekly paper published at Dahlonega, in
this Skate, is ottered for sale.
TLo Very Latest Intelligence.
A ITEIiS DON LIS PA TCUES.
Washington, Dec. 26.—The case of Col.
Mc< ’ardel versus Gen. Ord, for arbitrary
imprisonment, will be taken up bj* the
Supreme Court soon after recess.
Washington is emptied of its notables.
No news.
Havana, Dec. 26.—The Cuba arrived
yesterday with Mr. and Mrs. Jefi'ersoa
Davis on board enroute for New Orleans.
■’liirkcts.
New Nork. Dec. 26.—Flour quiet and
unchanged. Wheat dull. Corn dull find
drooping. Rye firm. Oats quiet. Pork
20.1)5. Lard dull 12%al3. Whisky nomi
nal. Cotton drooping at 15al5L£. Freights
dull. Stocks dull. Money easj'at 7. Ster-
linglOj^. Gold Bonds, old and
new lOtDg. Ten-forties 101%. Seven-
thirties 104%. Tennessee sixes 62%. 1
London, Dec. 26.—Bonds 72%.
Liverpool, Dec. 26.—Breadstuff's quiet
and firm.
The Alabama Election.—A letter to the
Cincinnati Commercial, dated at Mont-
gomerjq December 21st, .says:
The Constitution of Alabama will be
voted upon on the 4th of February, and its
friends claim that there will be a majority
in favor of its adoption of from 20.000 to
40,000. From the character and ability of
the Convention now sitting it Atlanta,’it is
but reasonable to infer that a good Consti
tution will be framed for Georgia, and
there is little doubt in the minus of tile
leading Unionists that such a one will be
adopted hy a majority of botli white votes
and colored. It is reasonably certain then
that the three States comprising the Third
District will all be represented in Congress
bj- June, and resume their places as States
in the Union, and devoted to its best in
terests.
Franklin's Wife.—To promote her hus
band’s interests, she attended in his-little
shop, where she bought rags, sewed pam
phlets, folded newspapers, arid sol^ Hie
few articles in which he dealt, fcueh as ink.
papers, lampblack, blanks and Other sta
tionery. At the same time, she was an ex
cellent housekeeper, and besides being
economical herself, taught her somewhat
careless, disorderly husband to be econo
mical also. Sometimes, Frafkiln was
clothed from head to foot in garments
which his wife had both woven and made,
and for a longtime she performed all the-
work of the house without the assistance
of a servant.
Nevertheless, she knew how to be
liberal at proper times. Franklin tells
us that for some years after his marriage
his breakfast was bread and milk, which
they ate out of two penny earthern vessels.
With a pewter spoon; but one morning, on
going down to breakfast, he found upon
the table a beautiful china bowl, from
which his bread and milk wag steamii g,
with a silver spoon bj* its side, which huu
cpst a sum equal In our currency to ten
dollars. When he expressed his astonish
ment at this unwonted • splendor, Mrs.
Franklin onty remarked, that she thought
her husband’deserved a silver spoon and
china bowl as much as anj- of her neighbors.
Franklin prospered iri his business until
he became the most famous editor and mot $
flourishing printer iu America, which gaje
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CHATTOOGA SHERIFF SALES.
WILL be sold before the Court House door, be
tween the usual Hours of sale, iu the townof^um-
mervilie, Chattooga county. Ga.. on the first luo-
day in January next, within the legal boure o*
the following property to-wit:
Eighty acres of land, more or less, of land So
147, and one hundred ano’thirty acres, more or lo
ot lot No. 173 in tnc 6tu district anil 4th section ot
said county. Levied on as tt.e property ol Marion
Little, deceased, to tattsfy a n. la. from Chattooga
Superior Court ugaiust William Graham and Ma
rion Little, deceased, saving and reserving tho
one-tliird part claimed by the v* mow as her dow -
cr, said fi. fa. being In favor of C. C < leghorn.
guardian. Ac. l'roperty pointed out by plaintifl
Also, at the same time and place will be sold lo w
65. acres of lot No. and lota Nos. tl» and 22U. alt
in the 25th district aud 3d section of Chattooga
county. Levied on to satisfy a fl. fa. from Floe t
County SupcriorConrt, in tavor of Wesley tdirop-
sltire vs. oohn Metcalf, principal, and Elizabeth
Cost and Henry Fo»t. securities, executors c;
Lindsey Post, deceased. Levied on as the proper:
of Linosey Post, deceased. Property pointed o; *
by plain tuf.
Also, at tne same time and place will be so:
town lots Nos. 11, 12. 13 and 14, in block IS, and IS
undivided half iu town lots Nos. 7 and 3, in bio*
5, all in the town ot bummervilie, GA. Levied <>n
to satisfy sundry Justices’ Court fi. Iu. id r.,
hands irom tii. t»Gt>ili district, G. M., m favor ot W
K. & J, 6. CiCr.lioru, and others, vs. J. li. Garre'.'
administratoi of Benjamin Ganett. decease .
Levied ou as the property of Benjamin Garrett
deceased. Levies made and returned to me by .
Constable. Propei ty pointed out by defendant.
Also, at the same lime and place w HI be sold IV
undivided half oi stoie bouse aud town lot >o. ■
in block. 10, hi tne town ol suiioncrvUte, Georgi,
Levied on to satisty a li. la rota lbattuuga *«,.<■
rior Court in favor of W illiaai Hail vs. Jas K*
Rosser, principal, and Jas. iiuiiow , Jr., endors* r
Levied on as the properol Jauics liar low, Ji
Property pointed out b\ one ol Uic oc.eudaii'
Have notified all the truants in possession. I I
November 26th, 1N>..
Also, at tbe same lime and place w ill be sold •
lot ol land No. ifi in lue lain district and 4tu -
lion Of LhuUooga counts. la v led on ns tiie pj
erty of J. \V Gianu, deceased, to salisty a Jc
tices’ Court fi. la. Hum tiie l‘*vi<i district, G. M.,
favor ol W.Lik J.s. Liegliui'ii Vs J. vV.Gb
deceased, llie above Inuu sold suiter tiie thru
oeraace of the widow s turner, l roperty point- .
out by pl.tiniilf. Levy madetuid eiuiucu to .
by a constable. Tenant in possesion notified.
C. L. CLRGliUliN. Mi, ric
decS—wtils Printers
GREENE MIEUlFr a J-Al.E.
WJLL be si hi Itc'lorc UieLonrt House, in tktr
of Greeneslioro, Greene couu.y, Georgi i, on
first Tuesday in January next, witlnulbeie ,
hours of sale, the lollow mg property, to-w it:
Tract of laud lying and being in
county on the head wateis oi Boi vaidair cr*
bounded by lands of li. L. Peck, a m t» »
and otuers, containing five bundled acres, mot.
less: on said trai t is a valuable dwelling fi,.
and valuable grist r ills and saw mill* Lei •
upon to satisfy two 11. las. ot.e m Uwir ot Jou
Martin Vs. Will. Moore, Janus Moore. Mini
and Elliot L. Bowden, aomiiu-tr.itor ot w n ,
Luckie, deceased, security, .uid aoim bnsut r a
dorser, from tne Superior < ouri
and the otber Id favor of Miles
signee, Ac., vs. ElliolL Bowden, a
Luckie. i won Greene superior Co
erty pointed out by plai.iiitTs a
cas'b. December 3, 1*7
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GEORGIA, Paulding county.
WHERE AS, James Davis applies to me in
proper loriu for letters of guardianship over the
person and property of Josephine Davis, minor
heir of Milton L. Davis, deceased;
These are, therefore, to cite and require all per
sons coucemd to be and appear at iny office, o.i
or before the first Monday in January next, to
show cause, if any they can, whv the said letters
should not be granted the applicant.
Given under my hand aud official signature
this December 3,1867.
■i _ , S. B. McGKFGOR, Ordinary.
nec7—w3TM Printer’s fee *3
LEE MORTGAGE SALES rOii t Li
ARY, 1863
WILL be sol.! An the first tue day in Feb*
next, between tne legal nbtir» ol *.,ie. ’n f r
Court House door, in tiie town «>i -t.,i»»» ,
Lee couuty, Georgia, tbe ioilowin, i
to Wit:
Twelve bales ol cotton, marked A .1 ,i
two hnndred bushels „i corn, i<>
age fl. fas, Irom Lee •*>u 1 <«r»or l oui t, o ; u.
U. K Johnson A Co., lor the u-e ol .
vs. llcury 8. Beacbam. the otucr iu .
V. Price A Sous v». Henry •» i ..
property pointed out iu said fl U-
Also, at the same time and pia-c. t i r <
cotton. Levied on a- tee piopcrt
Roby, by virtue of a Mortgage d la ‘ir
County court in favor of Lo> levs A < <.... t
A llotiy. l’rope ty pointed out bj |.i, u i,„.
Also, lots of land number* i dp liur. •
(5j five in the first district, and lot* i. ’
two hundred and eight, t.> twoi ,, r>
lorry, (2ua, two hundred nine, one ban
hundred and thirty-nine, all of I <t» i ■ .
two hundred and lorty one, tw>. i.i.i
lorty-two. (271j two hUntile. aud
272) two hundred aud keveuiy-two
the 2d district, and aii of lot No 31
all that part lying westui Mu. knee ii,,.k,r
district ol Lee county. Allot -aid In
ay virtue of a Mortgage fi ia i. t,. .
superior Court ol Lee t ouniy. in lav i
bald Wright v». Merrick Baltics and . i .
culbrclli. Said propci It 1-ylnHnl .u.. .
Ibis November 27ih, 1st,7.
_ W. C. GILL. Sf.t
novgi-wtd> Piuiicr.ii
POSTPONED ADMIMSTRA'R> v
BY virtue of an order irom the t out t o u
ary of Uuriiou county, Geostia. w Hi |„- «.h ,
the Court House door, in tin- tow u of t allt -t.
tbe first Tuesday m February n<-\ ui n:
legal hours of sate, lot of land No. iri i
district ami 3d section of - ti l oiunt t
property oi L. u. Aiarrh.nau m.
beuelit of the heirs and cietlit r- ol -a ti ..e t
with the widow’s dower to mine out i i
credit to Augu-tl8N; sin tl. notes ui.h
curity. Decemlier Sj,
OaBoUN UctVK'. Admin * •
degai—wts I rintei - i
GEORGIA, Henry county.
WHEREAS, James Coker, ud:ii nistri’
right of his wife, com te.taiaenL
estate or James It AloRig.it. deev -i-t v ha
application to me for letters >.t-mi--t.r\ : n
estate:
These are. therefore, to cite and ml
and singular tbe kindled mid < ic !it<
deceased, to be and appear a’ m\ i»ibt r .
time prescribed by law. to t«i.
they have, why such letters almuld not. .< . ,t
in terms of the'law.
Given under my baud anil official *4g;.»
this the 27th day of November, lHff.
^ *4- U. NoLAN. Ordin*
novso—W6m P- inter’s 1,-e f :
GEORGIA. Newton county.
WHEREAS, John 1*. Marbut. ex. < ’ A
Joshua Marbut, ntreeased, apidies to uie fi i .<
ol dismission from bis administration
estate:
These are, therefore, to cite all ai. l -li
the next of kin and creditors o said i.e* "
tie aifii appear at my oiucc, within t..< . .:<
scribed by law, auushoa eati-e. if any tin '
why said letters ot dismission should i- 1 •
granted to said applicant.
Given under my hand and official
this the 5th day oi December 1^17
WM. D. LUCKIE. Gr.iiT
dec7— w«m Printer s Ur -
GEORGIA Gordon county.
TWV> MONTHS after date application will be
made to tiie Court of Ordinary of said county, for
leave to sell the land belonging to the esta'te ol
Elias Putman, late of said county, deceased. 1 bis
November 4th. 1867.
ARLETTIA PITMAN, Fxecutrix.
novO— w2m Printer’s fee |o
GEORGIA, Bartow county.
WHEREAS. A. M. Penn applie*- to m -:
of administration on the estate of KoU rt ;
late of Alabama, deceased:
These are, theiefore, to cite all an*lu
the next of kin and creditors oi -aid dec ■>
be and appear at my office, within the in
scribed by law and show cause, if an' t •
why said letters should not be grunted the
cant.
Given under my hand and official
this 2d day Of December, 1367.
J. A. HOWARD. Or’hfl
decS—w ib i Pri'ficr'- fi
GEORGIA, Upson county.
TWO MONTHS after date appltea'i ’ n * 1
made to the Court of Ordinary ot V |r>'•' f ' 'l.
for leave to sqll lot of land number fln>
tenth district of originally Monroe, now tl
couuty, belonging to tbe estate ol Henry t *
deceased. Noveml>er2.1th. 1867.
PETEK P. BUTTS. Admini*
decS—tt 3u muter’* ** r