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The Geortcta Injunction BUI.
United States op America :
To the Honorable the Justice* of the
Supreme Court of the United States, „•
The Slate of Georgia, one of the United States of
America, brings this its bill oi complaint, in equi-
MATES OF LEGAL AO VERTISIAG
..$2
3 00
5 IIU
1 50
8 00
1 00
Sheriff* Sale*, per levy of ten lines, or le»*..
Slier lit * Mortgage ft. J'a. Sale* per square...
I mx Collector* Sniff, j>er square 5
* itation* for Letter* of Administration 300
citation* for letter* of Guardianship
L**t ter* of Application for Di*tni*aiou from Adminis-
t ration
le tter* of Application for Dismission from Guar
dianship 3 Of,
Application for leave to Sell Land ,, tj.)
Notice* to Debtor* and Creditor*
hale* of Land, Ac., per squre
hah * of Perishable Property, today*, |«-r rguare
Estray Notice*. *) day*,
Foreclosure of Mortgage, per square, each time.! .
Sale* of laud. Ac., by administrator*, executors" or
Guardian*, are required by law to lx; held on the first
Tui-m ay in the mouth, between the hour* of 10 in the
forenoon and 3 in the afternoon, at the court house in the
county in which the property i* situated.
Notice*of these sale* mast he given in a public gazette
4b day* previous to the day of sale.
Notice* lor the sale of personal property mu*t be iri
in like manner, today* previous to »ale day.
Notice* to the debtor* and creditor* of an estate mu-l
be published 40 day*.
Sot ice tliat application will be made to the Court of Or
dmary for leave to sell land, Ac., must be published r<
t wo month*
Citation* for letter* of aduiini*tration. guardianship,
Ac must he puhii*tied 30 day* ; for di*mi**ion from ad
ministration, monthly li niontti* ; for dismission fro
guardianship. 40 day*.
Rule* tor foreclosure of mortgage must be publish
jntlily for 4 months; for establishing lo*t papers for
monthly
the full 1
>f 3 months,
• administrators,
sed, the full spat
. an
for compelling title* from
vhere bond lias been given
of 3 month*
at 52 per quire,
blank*, t WO on a
BLANK*.
blowing Blanks on band, at. thi* oftic
lArge blank*, one on a sheet; small
sheet.
Lind Deed*, Administrator's or Exec
Marriage License, tor's Deed,
Letters of Administration, Warrantor Appraisement,
Letter* of t ■iiardiaiinlilp on led ter* of Guardiati*hip,
Property, Letters of Administration de
Administrator** Bond, Ismls non. Will Annexed,
Bond for Title*. Temporary Letters,
Admiiiislrator * Bond, Will Letters Testamentary,
Annexed, Letter* Administration
Temporary Administrator'* bonis non.
Bond, Natural Guardian's Bond
Guardian's Bond.
III!
I If. SllllHlt-
I tin- Opinio
lied in
General Hope.
Haiti til the Era, Wm. L. Scrug<
i, and the Proprietor of this Jou
•oiiijianj' on General Pope yestcr-
lav, at the National Hotel, to pay their respects
o the General. The visit was brief but very
• leasalll.
Pope is an accomplished gentleman
, and we have no doubt he will riis-
ilulies of his office faithfully and effi-
< Jeneral
ami soldi*
charge the
ciently.
The good people of Georgia, Alabama, and
Florida may rely upon it, and govern themselves
accordingly.
llunnlcutt
The notorious IJev. Mr. Hunnicutt, of Yii-
giiiia, seems to he getting into trouble, llis
impudence and constant abuse has at last set
some people to looking up his antecedents, and
they are just what might be expected of such an
unmitigated mischief maker. lie turns out to
have been a negro-trader, anil was noted in the
county where he formerly lived for unparalleled
cruelty to his slaves. Ollier things are being
published of him in the Richmond and Peters
burg papers slid worse, lit a word, he is a fair
representative of a class of Southern-born men
who now absorb all the loyalty and patriotism,
claim to lie the peculiar friend of the freed men,
and insist that llie lands of the reconstructed
rebels shall he confiscated, that they may fatten
and grow rich upon the proceeds. There are a
few llunnicults in Georgia, whose records need
ventilation badly, and we shall do ourself the
pleasure of attending to them as soon as we get
through with more important matters now pres
sing upon our columns.
Friendly <01111 ml to our iTIHItary Hiller*.
The Memphis Appeal counsels the military
commanders of the South in words of respect
and soberness, as follows: “You have not, in
becoming soldiers, ceased to be citizens, or fallen
in love with despotism. The laurels won by
bravery upon fields ot victory and on those, not
less honorable, of defeat, rest upon your brows,
and the world knows you as good and gallant
soldiers. You are now set in positions where
you are to achieve honors far more illustrious, or
reap only ignominy and shame. You are ap
pointed io rule a conquered, irritated, jealous
people, ol broken lorluucs and ruined hopes,
who sit among the ruins of their homesteads,
and among the graves of their loved ones, and
see continually, both in the darkness and the
light, the eyes of their dead gazing mournfully
and pityingly upon them. Exercise your powers
mercifully!
“It is glorious to he strong and powerful; hut
it is far more glorious to use your strength and
power tenderly and gently. Remember that the
men whom you are to rule are of one blood with
yourselves, were once your brethren, and are not
oppressed by any sense ol guilt or bitter con
sciousness of dishonor. They fought tor what
they believed their right, and lost, and by de
teat iug them you won your glories and your
honors. They deserve your respect as much
as they do your commiseration. They deserve
your respect so much the more, because they
adhere manfully to their opinions and scorn to
deny or conceal their convictions. It will not
he beneath you to honor them as men, and you
toy come to love them as brethren.
“ It is in your power to do much to heal those
wounds ol the country which, bleeding inwardly,
may else prove fatal. You cannot wholly cure
the present evils, localise you cannot reverse the
wretched blundering of legislation, and must
yourselves be the instruments ot a dangerous
despotism, hateful to all lovers of freedom. There
is no issue from the evils that menace the whole
country, the North not less than the South, with
min, except in moderation, patience and forbear-
iituv Time alone, and sad and hitter experience,
will bring wiser counsels. Look also to your
own fames. One unjustifiable act of tyranny
will wither your laurels into ashes. You are ou
trial before the great tribunal ot the world, and
cannot escape the judgment of history aud pos
terity. Every absolute ruler has it iu his power
to he honored as Trajau and Antoninus, or exe
crated as Caligula and Carcacalla. The jewels
of the prerogative ot a monarch are generosity,
justice and clemency. It is difficult to rule
with justice and wisdom, generously and nobly,
tkuse who eosltriue iu their hearts the memories
of a former free estate, and chafe under a sense
of bitter injustice and uuuierited wrongs. The
laurels you have won will be of little worth to
vou if von should prove unequal to that Disk.—
'll you "tail, you will fall like the Sou o! ihc
Morniug, never to rise again.**
South Carolina.—The Yorkville Enquirer
says: Merchants in Columbia are beginning to
take State money at par. Gregg A Co., Fisher
Lawrence, M. M. Cohen, and A. Tolleson,
have published their willingness to receive it at
par tor goods. This course appears to arise from
the near approach of tax time: and with it a
strong presumption that the taxes will L»e gath
ered in as usual, aud in State money. This, we
jiresume, is so: and people might as well make
up their minds to take the money aud to pay
.t-heir taxes.
The Ukbkewsof New York.—The Hebrews
ol New York are talking ot establishing an iu-
sjuranee company in that cit\ with a %er\ large
capital. Many of them are indignant at the re
fusal ol existing companies to insure their prop-
ortv, and regard it as an try ust reflection upon
their integrity. The imputation is that soite
among them have tired insured property in or
der to secure the insurance. The -ante may be
t:ad of those v> ho are not Jews.
New York City.—The New York papers
elate that the foreign trade of that city is gradu
ally melting away, the natural result of loolish
radical legislation,
thereupon your
orator, this complainant, complains and
Respectfully Shows:
That the said State of Georgia, having been
originally peopled and organized as a Colony of
the Kingdom of Great Britain, did, on the fourth
day of July, in the year of oar Lord one thousand
seven hundred and seventy-six, unite with twelve
other Colonies of the same Kingdom in the decla
ration ol said Colonies' independence, and of their
separate existence as States,and did, subsequently
unite with the said twelve other Suites in Articles
of Confederation for the surer maintenance of that
declaration ; that after a protracted conflict be
tween tiie States so confederated and Great Brit
ain, to-wit: on the third day of September, in
the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
three, a treaty of peace was concluded between
the said belligerents, which was subsequently, in
due form, ratified, whereby his Tlritanic Majesty
acknowleged the said Suites m> confederated as
aforesaid—each State being distinguished by iu
projKjr name, and among them this complainant,
the State of Georgia, “to be tree, sovereign,and
independent States,” and “ relinquished all claims
to the government, proprietary, and territorial
tights of the same, and every part thereof.”
That, subsequently, the thirteen States which
had thus achieved their iudejiendence, for the
purpose of forming a more perlect Union, assem
bled in convention and adopted a Constitution,
creating a Federal Government over them all,
touching such matters of general concern, as
were by said Constitution delegated to it, which
said Constitution was in due kirm ratified, so
that it became binding upon all the said States,
and all the people of the said United States, and
that the Government instituted in pursuance
thereof lias continued to this day. That in the
year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one
the Suite of Georgia, and certain other States,
for causes, by them, at that time, deemed suffi
cient, proposed and essayed to withdraw from
the Union formed by the Constitution aforemen
tioned, aud, so fur as the same could he efiected
by delegates chosen by and representing the last
mentioned States, severally in Convention, did
avowedly so withdraw themselves. That the
Executive and Legislative Department of the
Government ol the United States, thereafter, and
now, in fact, administered liy the remaining
States, denied the right of the s.tid Stales which
had so essayed to withdraw front the said Union,
ind which will he hereafter referred to as the
seceding States, so to withdraw ; and on this is
sue a civil war ensued.
That during the progress of such war the
Congressof the United States,by resolution, and
the President thereof, by proclamation, repeat-
ally declared in substance that the Union formed
by said Constitution was indissoluble by such
iction as thesaid seceding States hail taken ; that
such seceding Slates were not then, or by any
iction of their own could he, removed or with-
1 raw 11 from the said Union ; that such war so as
iforesuid then progressing against them was uot
waged by the Government ot the United States
vindictively for any purpose of conquest or sub
jugation, hut solely to maintain the supremacy
the Federal Constitution and laws, aud to
preserve the Union aforesaid bv defeating and
(vercorning the aforesaid essay and attempt to
withdraw from the same. That, whilst the
announcement so emanating from the existing
authorities ol the United States, apparently made
in good faith and for the purpose of opening
door for reconciliation and the full resto
ration ot the former relations between the,
said seceding States and the people thereof,
and the Government of the United States, re
mained unrescinded, the said seceding Stales and
all States and all persons whomsoever then and
theretofore so engaged in tinned resistance to the
authority or laws of the United Stales, did be
fore the 1st day of June, iu the year ot our Lord
thousand eighteen hundred and sixty-five,
ly down their arms and make, to all intents and
purposes, a full and complete surrender of all
their military forces and means of continuing
any such resistance; anil did, also, before the
'ast-natned day, make a perlect submission to
the authorities ot the United States, thereby es
lablishing, as far as in their power, a condition
ot perfect peace and acquiescence in the authori
ty ol the constituted official departments and
agents of the United States. And this complai
nant further shows that, ever since the last,
named day, such peace as last aforesaid, has re
mained undisturbed and unbroken, and now still
xists ; and that perfect order and tranquility in
this respect, and entire obedience to the laws and
Government of the United States, and of ttie lo
ll or State authorities, have existed and still ex
ist throughout the said lately seceding States, in
cluding the said State of Georgia, in as full and
perfect a manner as the same ever did exist in
my of the said seceding States at any time prior
to their said attempt, and as they do now exist,
or ever did exist, in any other of the United
States of America.
And this complainant further shows that the
Congress of the United States, being theu in re
cess, the President of the United States, deeming
expedient that all laws of the said lately sece
ding States, respectively, which hail iu any way
sustained or countenanced the said attempt should
he annulled, and that the governments ot such
States should not longer he administered by ex
ecutive officers who had been engaged in the
actual prosecution of such war as last aforesaid,'
suspended such State officers lrom their func-
ions, appointing provisional Governors for each
of such lately seceding States, and amongst them
in the State of Georgia; and, through the instru
mentality of such provisional Governors, did
1 fiord to'the electoral body of and in each of such
lid lately seceding States, the opportunity, by
heir representatives in convention assembled, to
-adjust, iu conformity with the Constitution
mil laws of the United States, the relations of
such lately seceding States with the States from
which such separation had been so attempted,
and with the common Government, against
which such resistance as last aforesaid had been
so made.
Anil this complainant further shows that, by
such a convention of the people of Georgia,
fairly constituted under the auspices aforesaid,
and acting voluntarily and freely, all prior oou-
stitutious, laws, provisions ot laws, ordinances
and legislative enactments in any manner or de
gree antagonistic to the authority of the United
States, or to the Government or laws thereof, or
inconsistent with the perfect union of all the
States ot the United States of America under
the Constitution of the United States, are abro
gated aud annulled.
That a new Constitution for the said Stale of
Georgia was adopted by such convention, de
claring the Constitution,laws and treaties nt the
United States to be the supreme law, providing
for the State of Georgia a government strict li
re publican in form and in substance, agreeing in
its general features with those of other States of
the Union, and in all material respects identical
with the Slate constitutions, under which the
people of Georgia had lived in the Union for
more than seventy years—that is to say, during
the whole period of said Georgia’s existence as
a State anterior to the said attempt to withdraw
from such Union—save and except that thereby
slavery was acknowledged to have been abol
ished, and was forever thereafter prohibited
within said State.
And this complainant further shows that Af
terward, and before the first day of January, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, the Gov
ernor, or chief executive, aud the legislative
officers of the said State ot Georgia, provided
for in such new constitution to form and consti
tute these departments in the government ot said
State, were, as prescribed by the same constitu
tion, and iu the usual and accustomed manner,
elected by the qualified voters of the said State,
and did actually enter upon their respective
offices and the performance of their respective
official duties. That the judicial department of
the said State ot Georgia, and the Judges consti
tuting the same in office at its adoption, were
recognized aud continued by said new constitu
tion, due provision befog therein made for filling
vacancies then existing or thereafter to be open.
That time a period preceding the said first day
of January, oue thousand eight hundred and
sixty-six, the government of the State of Georgia,
iu all its departments so created or recognized
by and uuder the said new constitution, has been
and still is iu the full exercise of its functions, as
the actual and absolute govtynuKut of the State
ot Georgia, with the absolute consent anil acqui
escence of all the people of that State, and with
mens of Georgia, in its administration of the in
ternal domestic policy and concerns of Georgia,
has, during the entire teim ol the Thirty-Ninth
Congress, been undisturbed: that during that
time the Stale of Georgia lias, in many impor
tant particulars, been treated by Congress aud
by the Executive Government "ot the United
States as a Shite ot the Union, and now claims
to he such State, and to he entitled to all the
rights aud privileges appertaining to that condi
tion, as well in the Federal relations of such
State as in its local or State Government; that
since the adoption ol such new Constitution the
Government ot the United States has extended
its postal, revenue, and judicial systems over the
State of Georgia as in former times, and as now
extended over other States; has collected trom
the people of Georgia direct taxes imposed by
laws of Congress, theretofore exacted on States,
as states : has presented to the said Legislature
of Georgia for consideration, and ratification or
rejection, amendments of the Constitution of
the United States proposed by Congress since
the surrender and submission aforesaid, and also
to the Legislatures ot the other States now re
presented in Congress; that the ratification of
some of these amendments by the Legislature of
Georgia has been accepted, while the rejection
of others has been treated us an oiiense. And
this complainant charges, and respectfully in
sists, that a Slate cannot he in the Union tor
Certain purposes, aud one out ot it lor other pur
poses— iu the Union lor taxation, and out of it
regarding representation,—in the Union so far as
its actions may subserve the furtherance of par
ticular views and interests, and out of it when,
in the exercise of an imlepeudant judgment, its
act of State fails to promote such views or inter
ests—in the Union when it attempts to withdraw
therefrom, anil out of it when, in good faith, it
relinquishes such attempt,and proposes full com
pliance with the Federal Constitution and the
laws enacted in pursuance thereof
This complainant further shows, that being
sincerely adverse to lurther strife, the State of
Georgia had determined to forego the unques
tionable light ot its electors to representation in
the Congress of the United Slates, and to par
ticipation, by iLs duly chosen representatives, iu
the administration ot the Federal Government,
until, by the prevalence of more just aud liberal
counsels, such right shoul he voluntarily conced
ed : provided, that as such State Georgia could
enjoy, without molestation, its said corporate ex
istence :is a State, with the privileges of self-
government in matters pertaining to domestic
State policy not tailing within the cognizance ot
the Federal authorities. But this complainant
further shows, that near the termination of the
Thirty-ninth Congress an act was, bv thesaid
Congress passed anil adopted, entitled “Anact to
provide, lor the more efficient government ot the
rebel States,” in which the Suite of Georgia is
expressly named and included as a State belong
ing to the class so denounced ; that very soon
.after the organization of the Fortieth Congress
which opened its session on the same day that
the said preceding Congress expired, a supple
mentary act was adopted by said Fortieth Con
gress, entitled “A11 act supplementary of an act
to provide for the more efficient government of
the rebel States;” that each of thesaid acts was,
in turn, when presented to his Excellency the
President of fix* United States, according to the”
requirements of llie Constitution, vetoed by him
tor the reason by him assigned—that it violated
the Constitution of the United States; that the
Congress, iu protessed conformity to the course
in that ease prescribed by the Constitution ot the
United States, reconsidered and passed each of
the aforesaid acts by the votes of two-thirds of
the members of each House present and voting
therein at the respective tiniesot such reconside
ration
That, as complainant is informed and believes,
his Excellency Andrew Johnson, President, as
aforesaid, notwithstanding liis belief, clearly and
strongly expressed to Congress iu his veto mes
sages un the oecasions-in that behalf above men
tioned, that suclt acts are unconstitutional, deems
it. fit., under existing circumstances, to interpose
no obstacle to the execution of such acts, and to
withhold no official orders or action of the Ex
ecutive Department that may he needed to carry
them into full effect and operation.
And the said complaint further shows that, by
the said new constitution ot the Slate of Georgia,
the whole constitutional and lawful authority of
said State in aud over all matters and subjects
of State power or cognizance, is to be exercised
by certain elected officers of said State, and
others, but the said elected officers chosen for
that purpose ; and that, by the provisions of
such constitution, the only persons competent or
qualified to vote or participate in the election of
said elected officers are the free white male citi
zens of said State, of the age of twenty-one
years or upward, who possess certain minor
qualifications as to local residence aud the pay
ment of taxes; and this complainant further shows
that, by the same constitution, no person is
competent to hold any office in the said State of
Georgia, or under its "Constitution or laws, who
is not one ol thesaid electoral class of citizens
of said State; and this complainant further shows
that, as to the competency andtjualifications of
persons to vote for or participate in the election
or appointment of officers aud to hold office in
the said State aud under its laws, Lite Constitu
tion and constitutional or fundamental law of
the said Slate of Georgia have been in precise
conformity with the said provisions in that
behalf of said new Constitution, as above
stated, at all times since the existence of Georgia
as one of the United States of America.
And the said complainant further shows that the
said State of Georgia now owns and possesses,
and has jn its control "and possession, through
the agency of its said State officers, sundry
large amounts ot real and personal estate, ex
ceeding in value five millions of dollars lawful
money of the United States; that amongst its
real estate are the following parcels of laud—
that is to say, the parcel of land in Milledgeville,
iu said State of Georgia, containing twenty
acres and upward, whereon is situated the build
ing known as the State Capitol, the value of
which land and building is one hundred thou
sand dollars and upward; and, also, that other
parcel ol land in Milledgeville aforesaid, con
taining two acres and upward, whereon is .situ
ated the buildings known as the Executive
Mansion, the value ot which last mentioned
parcel of land and building is tidy thousand
dollars and upward, and also a great variety ol
other real estate situated in said State of Georgia,
and of personal estate also in said State.
And this complainant further shows that at,
and long previously to, the passage of the said
act of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, there were,
ever have been, and still are, in the said State of
Georgia, many thousands of black men ot Afri
can descent, being inhabitants ot the said State,
above the age ot twenty-one years, and in all re
spects qualified and competent, according to the
terms ot said acts ot Congress, to vote at any
and every election assumed to be authorized or
sanctioned by the said acts of Congress, or either
of them ; and that no one of such black men,
nor any other black men, ever was, or now is,
authorized by the Constitution nr laws ot the
said State of Georgia to vote at any election in
said State, or otherwise to exercise or participate
in any political power within said State, or under
its Constitution or laws.
And this complainant further shows that at,
and previously to, the passage of the said act of
the Thirty-Ninth Congress, there were, and at
all times since there have been, and still are, in
the said State of Georgia, many thousands of
tree white male citizens ot said State of Geor
gia, inhabitants of the said State, above the age
ot twenty-one years, and in all respects compe
tent anil qualified to vote at auv and all elections
for officers in said State under the Constitution
and laws thereof, who, at all these times, were,
and still are, good, true and honest men, desir
ous of promoting the interests of their country,
firmly and earnestly devoted to oerpetnating the
Union of the United States, faithful to the Con
stitution thereof, determined, to the best of their
ability, to support the same, and of good name
and lame, aud never convicted or adjudged
guilty in any court or tribunal of any offense
whatever, who, nevertheless, could not truthfully
take the oath or affirmation prescribed in the
first section of the said act so passed by the said
Fortieth Congress, and who are, therefore, by
the said act of Congress, precluded iroin regis
tration iu reference to any election authorized or
sanctioned by the same acts, or either of them,
and from voting at any such election.
And this complainant further shows, that the
intent and design of said acts of Congress, and
each of them, as manifestly appears by the terms
thereof, are to be set aside^aunulled and wholly
abolished, the said present existing State of
Georgia, and to cause to he erected and substitu
ted iu its place and stead, within and upon the
territory now held aud occupied by the said
intends to put the said act of Congress into full J causing to be ascertained the result of anv such !
and complete operation, and to execute the same j election, or for the purpose of holding or causing
in the State of Georgia, as well as in Uie other of j to be held in the said State of Georgia anv such
the said so-called rebel States : and l.na - .1 ,
TELEGRAPH.
out doubt or question ot its authority by any of j State ot Georgia, and the exclusively governing
the citizens or inhabitants ot said State; that power in respect of all governmental or political
luring all the time last aforesaid the said several 1 authority within or concerning such territory, or
lepartments constituting the government ot the f concerning the property and persons therein, not
| said State of Georgia have acted in harmony and
I concert, each and every one of them, including
i the said judicial department, having uniformly,
\ at all times, and on numerous occasions, in sol-
| emu forms, recognized the validity ot the said
! last mentioned constitution.
And this complainant further shows, that in
j the interval between the adoption of such new
j constitution aud the next meeting of the Cou-
! gross ot the United States, members of the Con-
! gress for said State were duly elected or chosen,
I and the Provisional Governor released trom duty,
‘ and the State government so organized ami put
iu operation as aforesaid iu Georgia fully recog
nized by the Executive of the United States,and
j that such State government has been continually
so recognized to the present time.
That although the Senators and Representa
tives so elected or chosen, as last mentioned, to
the Congress ol the United States have been re
fused admission to their seats, the State Govern-
delegated to the Uniteii States by the Federal
Constitution, another distinct and hitherto un
known State, to be called and designated the
State of Georgia, represented and primarily cre
ated by a class of voters or electors other "than,
and different from, the class ot voters and elect
ors who, by the fundamental law and constitu
tion of this complainant, the State ot Georgia,
have at all times hitherto possessed and exer
cised through their representatives duly elected
by themselves, the State government, in and over
tUe territory aforesaid.
And this complainant further shows, that if
the said acts are, or either of them is, put in
force or carried into execution, the immediate
effect thereof must unavoidably be to consum
mate, effectuate, and fully accomplish such un
lawful intent and design as aforesaid.
And, on information and belief, this complain
ant farther shows, that the President of tite
United States has given out and declared that ne
the said so-called rebel States; and has also
giveu out and declared that he will so put the
said acts iu operation and execute the same by
means of his official directions in that behalf as
such President, issued through those official or
gans, officers anil agents* of the Executive De
partment ot the Uuited States, which, according
to the practice and usage of said Executive De-
partment, would be the most appropriate agen
cies in that behalf, it the said acts of Comfress
were valid and constitutional, and has also given
out and declared, that in conformity with the
tenor of the said act of Congress, he" intends to,
and will, from lime to time, as occasion may seem
to require, tor the purpose last aforesaid, de
tail and furnish to each of the military offi
cers assigned to command the respective dis
tricts in the said acts mentioned, a sufficient
military force to enable such officer to carry into
complete execution the directions of the said
ac.L
And this complainant further shows 'that put
ting the said acts of Congress into execution, as
so threatened, would overthrow and destroy this
complainant’s corporate existence as a State of
the Union aforesaid, by depriving the said State
of Georgia ol* all the means anil instrumentali
ties whereby such corporate existence might,
and otherwise would be maintained and upheld,
and would deprive this complainant ot its prop
erty, real and persoual, aforesaid, and of all
lawful or adequate power or means whereby to
possess, control, enjoy or protect said property
or any part thereof.
And this complainant further shows that, ac
cording to the usage and practices of the Ex
ecutive Department, the Secretary of War aud
Ulysses S. Grant, General ot the Army, are the
most appropriate and the chief officers and
igents ot that department, and the officers
through whom such official directions ot the
President as last aforesaid, and under whom
such directions, if lawful, would he carried into
execution anil enforced.
And this complainant further shows that
Edwin M. Stanton, a citizen of the Suite of
Ohio, is the Secretary <>t War ot the United
States, and that Ulysses S. Grant, the said Gen
eral of the Army, is a citizen of the State of
Illinois.
And on information and belief derived from !
acts anil circumstances, this complainant further
shows, that the said Secretary ot War aud the
said Lieutenant General have each indicated
and giveu it to he understood that lie will issue
aud cause to be fullj^executed by means of all
power under his official control, all such orders
and directions as the President of the United
States may desire or direct to be issued uuder
or in pursuance of the said acts of Congress, or
for the purpose of carrying the same acts into
full execution and effect according to the tenor
of the same. Aud this complainant verily be
lieves that, unless restrained by the order ol
this court in this behalf, the said Secretary of
War anil the said General will so issue such
orders aud cause such full execution as last
aforesaid.
Aud, on information aud belief, this complain
ant further shows that, 011 the eleventh day of
March, oue thousand eight hundred and sixty-
seven, in pursuance of such, Ids declared intent,
the President of* the United Slates did cau^e to
he issued, by the said General Ulysses S. Grant,
trom the headquarters ot the army, at Washing
ton, General Order No. Ten, purporting to be
for the information and government of all con
cerned, containing first, a copy of the said act of
the Thirty-Ninth Congress; "and, secondly, an
announcement that, in pursuance of the same
act, the President' had directed certain assign
ments, among which was the following: “ The
third district, consisting of the States of Georgia,
Florida and Alabama, to be commanded by Ma
jor General G. H. Thomas, headquarters Mont
gomery, Alabama.
And that further, thereafter, and in like pursu
ance of such intention, on the fifteenth day of the
same month, March, the said President did cause
to he issued from the said headquarters, by the
said General Grant, another General Order,
numbered eighteen, whereby the following
change in the aforesaid assignment to the said
third district was made—that is to say, that
Brevet Major General John Pope was assigned
to the command of the third district of the States
of Georgia, Florida and Alabama.
Aud, on information and belief, this complain
ant shows that the said John Pope, who is a
citizen of the State of Illinois, has accepted thtf
said command, and has giveu out and declared
that he intends to and will put iu force and fully
execute the said acts ot Congress within the
State of Georgia, as well as in the other parts of
the said third district.
Aud this complainant apprehends and believes
that the President of the United States, and the
said Edwin >1. Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant, and
John Pope, acting by and under the orders and
direction of the President in that behalf, will
put the said acts ot Congress in force within the
State ot Georgia, aud therein fully execute the
same according to the intent and desigu of the
said acts, as above iu this bill alleged, and with
the effect, and producing the ruinous and de
structive ccusequences to this complainant above
in this complaint -stated, unless the putting in
force and execution of the said acts of Congress
be restrained, enjoined, and prevented by this
honorable court as is herein prayed.
Aud this complainant further shows aud insists
that the said acts so respectively passed by the
Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congress ot the
United Stales were and are, and each of them,
aud each autl every provision of each of them,
was and is, in tenor, object, intent, design and
purpose, incompatible with, anil repugnant to
the Constitution 0$ the United States, and utterly
unlawful and void.
And tills complainant further insists that
neither the Congress nor Government of the
United States has any* right, power or authority,
by or under .the Constitution of the United States,
or otherwise howsoever, to declare or prescribe
the qualifications of electors for elective or other
officers of the said State ot Georgia, or to hold
or govern elections for such officers, or to consti
tute a State government in said State, or to annul,
set aside, or disturb thesaid existing constitution
or government thereof.
And this complainant further shows that, in
asmuch its the President ot the United States,
though conscious o( the unconstitutional, unlaw
ful, unjust and oppressive nature and desigu of
said acts, does not. think it. tit iu him, as the
Chief Executive officer of the Government, to
abstain from executing the said acts whilst they
remain unimpeached by any judicial court com
petent, authoritatively, to advise him iu the pre
mises; and inasmuch as. by consequence, In the
absence of such judicial action, the whole phy
sical power of the said Executive Department
will be pul in force against the said State of
Georgia to compel its submission lu llie acts
aforesaid, this complainant, the said State of
Georgia, is wholly without adequate power of re
sistance, or auv other protection iu the premises,
this complainant claims and insists that such
protection can be and ought to be afforded liy
the order and decree of this honorable cot, in
the premises, anil by its preliminary order and
injunction herein prayed for.
And this complainant further shows that there
is no adequate remedy in the premises in any
court of law, nor in any court of equity, save in
this honorable court; and that the threatened
injuries to this complainant, herein above men
tioned, will he committed and perfected within
the next five or six months, and will he perfect
ed, consummated and absolutely irreparable bv
any competent power or authority, to the entire
destruction of the said State, ils government, and
proprietary rights aforesaid, unless the execution
of the said acts of Congress he, as herein prayed
for, restrained and prevented by the preliminary
order and injunction of this honorable court and
its decree in the premises.
In consideration of the premises, and inasmuch
as the^complainant has do remedy at law, or any
other effectual remedy whatever, and to the end
that, by the order and injunction of this honora
ble court, in due form issuing out of, and under
the seal thereof, directed to the said Edwin M.
Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant and John Pope, the
said last named three persons, and every oue of
them, may, until the further order of this court
be enjoined and restrained from issuing any or
der, or doing or permitting any act or thing what
ever, within or concerning the State of Georgia,-
which is or may be directed, or in terms or effect
required of them or anv of them, by, or under,
the act of the Thirty-Ninth Congress, entitled
“ An act to provide for the more efficient govern
ment of the rebel States,” or by, or under, the
act of the Fortieth Congress, entitled “ An act
supplemental to an act to provide for the more
efficient government of the rebel States, passed
March the second, one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-seven, and to facilitate restoration
and that, by a like order and injunction, in like
manner issuing and directed, the said last named
three persons may be enjoined and restrained
from making or issuing any order, or doing any
thing for the purpose of making, or causing to
be made, in or tor the State of Georgia, or any
part thereof, any such registration as is mention
ed in the act ot the Fortieth Congress, entitled
“ An act supplemental to an act to provide for
the more efficient government of the rebel States,
passed March second, one thousand eight hun
dred and sixty-seven, and to facilitate restoration,”
or for the purpose of administering, or cansing to
be administered in the said State of Georgia any
oath or affirmation prescribed in the last mention
ed act, or for the purpose of holding or causing to
be held in the said State of Georgia, any such
election or elections as in said last mentioned act
is or are prescribed or directed, or for the pur
pose of making or causing to be made any re
turn of any such election in or for the State of
Georgia as" in the said last mentioned act is re
ferred to, or lor the purpose of ascertaining or
convention as in the last mentioned act is directed j NEW YORK ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
or referred to; and that by the order aud decree
of this honorable court the said three persons
last named may be perpetually restrained and
enjoined in all the respects aforesaid, and that
this complainant may have such iurtlier relief, or
such other relief, or both, in the premises, as to
this honorable court shall seem meet, ami shall
he agreeable to equity: May it please your hon
ors to grant to this complainant the preliminary
order and injunctions aforesaid, or the said one
of them, and also the writ ot subpoena issuing
out and uuder the seal of this honorable court,
directed to Edwin M. Stanton, Ulysses S. Grant,
and John Pope, commanding them and every
one of them at a certain day, and under a eeitai'u
penaltt’, to be therein inserted, to be and appear
before your honors in this honorable court, then
aud there to stand to, obey, abide and perform
such order aud decree in the premises as to your
honors shall seem meet, anil shall be agreeable
to equity.
Aud this complainant will ever pray, Ac.
Jeremiah S. Black,
Solicitor for the Complainant.
Jeremiah S. Black,
Robert J. Brent,
Edgar Cowan,
Charles O’Conor,
Of Counsel.
District ok Columbia, tw.'
Charles J. Jenkins,being duly sworn,says that lie
is the Governor ot the State of Georgia,duly elect
ed to that office according to the Constitution ami
laws of the said State, and is now in the actual
exercise ot the functions of said office; and he
further says that he has read the loregoing hill
of complaint, and knows the contents thereof;
and he further says, that the said bill < j%true of
his own personal knowledge, except as to mat
ters which are therein stated on information and
belief; and, as to those matters, he believes it to
he true.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
day ot April, 1867.
The Supreme Court—TUe Georgia Bill
Filed.
Washington, April 15.—The Supreme Court
of the United States to-day refused to eutertain
the Mississippi Bill against the President, but al
lowed the Georgia Bill to he tiled, as the same
objections did not apply to the latter.
COMMERCIAL.
ATLANTA WHOLESALE MARKET.
Tuesday, April 10.—Below we give the prices now
ruling iu this market.
Axes.—S. W. Collins—$ dozen $22 00 © 24 00
Teueyck’s and Blodgett’s, $1 dozen.. 10 00 © 20 no
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1 05
1 65
1 75
1 00
Bacon.—Shoulders, # lb
Plain Western Hams, $ ft
Canvass Hams, Jl lb
Clear Ribbed Sides, # ft
Clear Sides, # ft
Bagging.—Gunny, by the bale, ¥ yd
Butter .-Goshen, # ft
Country
Western
Beeswax.—$ ft
Black Pepper.—# ft
Corn.—White, Western, new
Yellow or mixed, bushel
Meal, ^ bushel
Oats,
Cheese.—Hamburg, ft
New York State IS ® 20
English Dairy 00 @ 23
Crackers.—¥ #> 18 & 20
Cigars.—Imported, $ 1,000 85 00 @150 00
Medium 50 00 @ 75 00
Common 20 00 @ 40 00
Cheroots 14
Candy.—Fancy, assorted, ^ ft
Stick Candy, %) 1b
Candles.—Adamantine, $ ft
Sperm. $1 ft
Star, $ ft *
Steanne, ft
Coffee.—Java, $ ft
Rio, ft
Factory Goods.—Cotton Thread
Brown Snirtings, ^ yard
Brown Sheetings, $ yard
Feathers—W ft
Flannels.—Red, f! yard
white, yard _
Flour.—Fancy, $1 bbl., white wheat.. 18 00 @ 20 00
Extra Family, 48 bbl 10 00 @ 17 00
Extra, !|8 bbl 14 00 @ 15 00
Superfine, $ bbl @ 13 00
Glass.—8 by 10, ft box 0 00
10 by 12, $ box ... 9 45
12. by 16, $} box 9 50 @ 9 75
Gunpowder.—¥ keg. Rifle 9 50 @ 10 50
Dupont’s, blasting keg 7 00 @ 7 50V
Hay.—Kentucky Timothy. $ ft @ 2Si
Herrings.—Smoked, $ box 1 00 @ 1 00
Hides.—Dry, $ ft 12V® 14
Hoes.—Wiusted Hoe Co., $)doz 12 50 @ 14 00
Hoop Skirts.—S doz 9 00 @ 30 00
Iron.—f 1b 8 @ 12V
Lard.—In barrel* and kegs 15 @ 17
Lead.—ft 8 @
Leather.—Sole, ft 30 @
Upper, $ ft 50 @
French Calf Skins $1 doz 65 00
Harness, $1 ft
Liquors.—French Brandy, $ gallon— 8 00
Domestic Brandy, gallon 3 50 @
Holland Gin, $ gallon 6 50 @
Domestic Gin, gallon 3 50 @
Jamaica Rum, f gallon 500 @
New England Bum-; $ gallon 3 50 @
Corn Whisky, $ gallon 2 75 @
Bourbon Whisky, gallon 2 75 @
Robinson County, fl gallon 3 00 @
Rectified Whisky 225 @
Peach Brandy, gallon 400 @
Apple Brandy 3 50 @
Sherry, ^ gal 3 50 @
Port, $ gal 3 50 ©
Madeira, $1 gal 3 50 @
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10 00
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Champagne, $1 case 17 00
Old Rye Whisky 3 00
Lime.—$ barrel 3 00
Lumber.—1,000 feet, green
Kiln dried 27 00
Laths.—8 1,000, sawed
Mackerel.—kit 3 00
barrel 22 00
Natl8.—4d to 20d 9 50
3d $ keg.
Pickles.—Gallon jars, $ doz
Half gallon jars, doz
Quarts, doz
Pints, ^ doz
Prints.—$ yard 15
Pea Nuts.—$ bushel 100
Rye. $ bushel 1 65
Haisins.—Whole boxes, 25 fts 5 00
Halves, 12.V lbs
Quarters, 6V tbs
Rice.—N lb
Rope.—Greenleaf. and other standard
brands, machine made, 48 ft 10 @
Handmade, $ ft 15 @
Shot.—?! bag @
Steel.—N ®> 15 @
Spool Thread.—$ dozen, Coate’s
Amory’s $1 dozen
Silk finish, dozen
Salt.—Liverpool, $ sack
Smoking Tobacco.—# ft
Soap—Bur, Atlanta Manufactory, # ft.
Collates, # ft
Starch.—# lb
Sardines.—V boxes, # case @ 24 00
Sugar.—Brown, # 1b
Clarified, A ..
B. # ft
C, # 1b
Loaf and Crushed, # ft
Granulated.
Syrup.—Cane, f) gallon
Sorghum, # gallon
New Orleans, new crop, # gallon.
.Muscovado Molasses, # bbl ,@
.Muscovado Molasses, # hhds ©
Tallow.—# ft 12 ©
Teas.—Black, #ft 1 25 @
Green, # ft 1 50 @
Young Hyson, # ft 1 50 ©
Tobacco.—Common, # ft 85 @
Medium,# 1b 75 @
Prime, # ft 1 25 ©
T wine—Kentucky Bagging, # 1b
Vegetables.—Potatoes, Irish,# barret 5 00 @
Sweet Potatoes, # bushel 75 ©
Onions, # barrel @
Vinegar.—Cider, # gallon
White Wine 65 @
Varnish.—# gallon 5 50 ©
Wrapping Paper.—# ream 1 25 @
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FINANCIAL.
Exchange on Hew York.—Buying at par; eelling
at V premium.
Gold.—Buying at 31 cents ; selling at 35 cents.
Silver.—Buying at 25 cents ; selling at 30 cents.
Gold Bullion.—Buying at $1.25 per pennyweight.
Gold Dost.—Buying at $1:15@$1.20 per pennyweight.
GEORGIA.
Buying. Buying.
Georgia R. R. <k B. Co.. 97 Central R. R. Bank 97
98 Bank of Middle Georgia S3
35iBank of Athens 4;
20 Bank of Augusta ?i
Marine Bank of Ga...
Bank of Fulton
Bank of Empire State..
Augusta Ins. & B. Co...
City Bank of Augusta..
Mahnfac're B’k of Macon
Northwestern Bank
Merchants’ & Planters’.
Planters’ Bank
Bank of Columbus
Union Bank of Augusta
Augusta Savings Bank. 15
Timber Cutters’Bank.. 2
Bank of Savannah 30
Bank of the State 10
Bank of Commerce .... 5
Mechanics’ Bank 2
ALABAMA.
Bank of Mobile 95 Bank of Montgomery..
Eastern Bank of Ala 42 Central Bank
Bank of Selma 20,Northem Bank
Commercial Bank 10| Southern Bank
Bank of Chester
Bank of the State (old).
Bank of Charleston
Exchange Bans
Merchants’ (Cheraw)...
Bank of Georgetown.. .-
Planters’ Bans
Planters’ & Mechanics’.
13 Bank of Newberry 4u
7 Bank of Hamburg 17
19 Southwestern B R.Bank 25
Farmers’ & Exchange.
Bank of Camden
Bank of S. C
State Bank
Commercial Bank
NORTH CAROLINA.
Bank of Cape Fear 20| All other N.C. from 80 t<>
Bank of Wilmington... 15i 85 per cent, discount.
Bank of the State 30>
Bat little doing in Tennessee and Virginia Bank Bill*.
STATE TAX NOTICE.
T HE Tax Digests for Fulton county will be opened on
Wednesday, the 10th day of April, and remain
open nntil the 1st day of Jnne. All persons holding pro
perty in Fulton county are required to make return of
the same by that time. I can oe found at the store of
Ormond, on Whitehall street. Office hour* for
the present, from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M.
All males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty,
whether white or colored, are required to pay a poll tax
of one dollar.
SAMUEL GRUBB,
apr4—lm Tax Receiver Fulton County.
NOTICE.
A LL persons are hereby forewarned trom trading with
my wife, Rhoda Tanner, or giving her credit upon
my account, as we had a marriage contract before mar
riage. and as she has left my bed and board without my
knowledge or consent; and I am determined to pay no
debts contracted by her. DAVXD TANNER.
Calhonn, Ga., April 13.1867.apr!6—3tw
FISH.
J g HALF BARRELS TROUT,
10 h*Jf barrels White Fish.
They sre large and fresh, and we offer them cheap Li
the wholesale.
apr!2—6t
ORME & Farrar.
FLOORING.
S IX THOUSAND FEET Prime Dressed Kiln-Dried
Flooring, Tocgued axd Grooved.
jan33—c
KING, HARDEE & CO.
Washington Matter*—Supreme Court, dec
Washington, April 15.—In Uie Supreme
Court to-day, Chief Justice Chase delivered the
opinion in the case of the State of Mississippi
against President Johnson and Gen. Ord, on
motion to file hill restraining them lrom the ex
ecution of (he reconstruction law. The Court
dissented tr >iu the argument of counsel that the
President is required merely to perform a minis
terial act, aud held that the terms ministerial and
executive an-Uy no means equal in-import A
ministerial duty, the performance of which may
iu proper cases be required of the head of a de
partment by judicial process, is one iu respect to
which there is left no discretion. On' the other
hand, it is the duty of the President to see that
the laws are faithfully executed, and among
these laws arc the reconstruction acts. An at
tempt on the part ot the judicial department to
enjoin the performance of such duties by the
Presideut, might justly be characterized, in the
language ot Chief Justice Marshal, as an absurd
aud excessive extravagance. Congress is the
legislative department of government, the Presi
dent is the executive department. Neither can
be restrained in its action by the judicial'depart-
ment, though the acts ol both when performed
are, in proper cases, subject to its cognizance.
The court proceeded to show the impropriety
of such interference by considering the probable
consequences, and concluded as follows: It has
been suggested that the bill contains a prayer
that if the relief sought cannot be held against
Andrew Johnson as President, it may be granted
against him as a citizen of Tennessee, but it is
plain that relief against the execution of au act
of Congress by Andrew Johnson is relief against
ils execution by the President. A bill praying
for an injunction against the execution of an act
of Congress by the incumbent of the Presiden
tial office cannot be received whether "it is ad
dressed to him as President, or simply as a citi
zen ot a State. The motion tot leave to file the
bill is therefore denied, in the case of the State
of Georgia against certain officers, the Attorney
General makes no objection to the filiug of the
bill, and we will therefore grant leave to file
that hill.
Judge Sharkey said the objection to the bill
“he attempted to file seemed to be that it was an
effort to enjoin the President. The bill was not
filed, and he could reform it to suit the views of
the court anil present it again. Chief Justice
Chase replied, leave to file the motion is refused.
When another bill is presented it will be consid
ered.
Judge Sharkey: “1 understand the Court to
say that application can be made ou Thursday.”
The Chief Justice replied, on Thursday.
Thus ended for the present the proceedings in
the court. Subsequently a subpoena was ordered
to be issued against General Pope, commanding
in Georgia. According to the rule of the court
process is to be served on the defendants sixty
days, before the return of the process. As the
court will adjourn in May, the return iu this
case cannot he till next December.
General Sickles—Important Order, dee.
Charleston, April 15.—General Sickles’ or
der, published this morning, staying execution iu
civil suits, gives great satisfaction.
The South Carolinian newspaper, published at
Columbia, has been purchased by Nash, and
other colored men, and will be conducted as a
conservative negro organ.
Anniversary ol' the Death ol' Mr. Lincoln.
New York, April 14.—The German Republi
can Central Committee observes the anniversary
ol the death of Mr. Lincoln, at the Cooper Insti
tute, tomorrow evening.
Fnlton County Grand Jury Presentments.
The Grand Jurors selected, chosen, and sworn for the
second week, April Term, or the Superior Court of Ful
ton County, make the following general presentments,
We^concur, in the main, in the recommendations made
by the grand jury of the first week of this present term.
On entering npon the examination of the public books,
records, dfcc., of the county, we find that- the time allotted
for the performance of this duty is too short to make an
examination and report satisfactory to ourselves or the
S ublic, whose interests we are endeavoring to “iiard. « e
eem it unnecessary to examine the books, 4c., of the
Fulton County Court, as the jury of the first week of this
present term reported fully on the books, 4c., of this
Court. This body feel, in view of the heavy bills of in
solvent cost presented by this Court, to be passed npon
and to be paid out of the County Treasury, that we should
and do recommend to onr next Legislature the abolition
of said Court.
The financial condition of the county has given ns
much concern, and onr examination therefore has been
chiefly directed to this point. We find but one book of
general entry used by the County Treasurer. We have
found, so for as we have been able to examine, that his
entries are all sustained by county checks, properly sign
ed by the Inferior Court; but we are constrained to say
that the accounts upon which these checks are based are
in many instances exorbitant, or seem to ns to be so.
In justice, however, to ourselves, and parties at interest,
respecting these accounts, we will say that the deprecia
tion of our county checks require an increase of the prices
formerly paid for boarding criminals, guarding the jail,
4c. Our main purpose in calling attention to these tacts
is, that some system be inaugurated by which the credit
of the county may be re-established and put on a firm
basts. In seeking information respecting the bonded
debt of the county, we cau find ao regular book kept by
the Treasurer, or any other county ottice*, for the regis
tration of bonds issued by the custodinus of the finances
ofthecennty; and it is therefore impossible for us to
state or arrive at the bonded debt of the county. We
find, in a private mercantile cash book of the Treasurer,
iu pencil memoranda, on page 61, the sale of bonds to cer
tain parties, amounting to $18,512 50.
We find, through the courtesy of Judge Manning, the
adjustment of a claim against tiie county in iavorof Clark
Howell, bv the Inferior Court, as follows: May Term,
1866. Ordered, that ten thousand dollars in bonds, at
par, be issued, payable to Clark Howell, or bearer, due
three years after date, in lien anil place of the following
notes, which were given to hint during the late war, at.d
which-notes were lost, or stolen by some soldiers of the
Federal army some time in November, 1864, to-wit:
Two notes,dated June 3d, 1362, one of
which is for $ 2,000 00
and the other for 875 00
One note, dated January 6th, 1363,
for 3,000 00 .
Oue note, dated April 7th, 1S63, for... 3,001) OO
One note, dated J uly 7th, 1863, f or... 5,000 0U
One note, dated September 1st, 1863,
for 2,000 00
One note, dated November 3d, I860,
for 2,000 00
From Soutli America.
New York/ April 15.—General Masquero, of
Columbia, Las carried out Iris long tbreatend at
tack upon the Congress of the Republic, and
3 : xty-eight of its members liad been arrested, in
cluding Ex-President Murillo. The army is en
tirely devoted toMasquera, who has overthrown
the constitutional State Governments of Magda
lena, and established a new one entirely devoted
to the Dictator.
From the Plaina.
New York, April 14.—A dispatch lrom Fort
McPherson, Nebraska,states that the mail party
from Fort Kearney, near Fort Laramie, in charge
of M. Yaro Ralsey, the Government scout, has
arrived with intelligence that a sergeant, with
twelve men of the 2d cavalry, were killed,
scalped and multilated by the Indians, eighteen
miles east of Fort Reno, on the 9th. None es
caped.
Interesting Mexican Intelligence.
New York, April 15—Mexican letters from
the headquarters of the Liberals in front of
Queretaro, of March 27, have been received, and
from San Luis Potosi to the 26th. They contain
details of the recent engagement at Citaya.
Complete rout ol the Imperialists again con
firmed. Several roads for escape are still open
to Maximilian, and tiie people .ot Queretaio aid
him liberally with supplies. The besieging army
is also suffering for food, and the contest turns on
the question, which army will be starved out
first. Escobedo is considered incompetent for
his position. A portion of Coahinla is again in
rebellion, under the leadership of Gen. Henero,
who proposes to erect the Laguna District into
a separate State. Trouble is apprehended from
this, as the opponents might easily move on
Saltillo, and the Liberal General Ortegas.
From Ilaytt.
New York, April 15.—Letters from Auxlayes
Hayti, March 21st, states that when the revolu
tion broke out against Jefford, the country peo
ple attacked the town but were repulsed by
Jeoffanj’s batteries. Great fears of another at
tack is entertained, and the impression is preva
lent that conflagration might result.
Jachnel is flooded with counterfeit money,
eighteen millions of which is expected to arrive
shortly. Several persons have been arrested for
passing it.
BY THE ATLANTIC CABLE.
Foreign Nem.
Brussels, April 14.—It is reported that a pro
position is now-under consideration to make the
Duchy of Luxenburg neutral, in order to avoid
a war between France and German}-.
Athens, April 14.—The Cretan National As
sembly has issued a proclamation declaring in
favor of religious toleration and equal political
rights.
Vienna, April 15.—Dispatches have been re
ceived here stat*mg that Omar Pasha, with ships
of war and a large number of troops, has left
Juskey for the purpose of joining the movement
to suppress the insurrection in Crete.
Lisbon, April 15.—The mail steamer from
Rio has arrived here. When she left a rumor
was prevalent at Rio Janeiro that the mediation
proflerred by the United States, had been sum
marily rejected by the Paraguayans.
London, April 15.—Spain has yielded to the
demand made by the British Government in case
of the steamer Yictorine.
Showing a total amount of. 17,375 IK)
While the record states the aggregate
of these notes to be $20,375 00
Thus showing a discrepancy against
the county of. $ 3,000 00
Also, another item. June term, I860: Ordered by said
court, that bonds amounting tc five hundred dollars be
issued to E. M. Taliaferro, in lieu of one note dated
February 3d, 1863, for $1,000.
We feel obliged to mention these instance-, which
seem to us to be irregular, to say the least of it. in order
that some intelligent action may be had, so that the diffi
culties by which we are now so sadly embarrassed, mav,
if possible, be removed, aud our credit restored. W’o
therefore recommend respectfully, but most earnestly,
that his Honor Judge Warner appoint a committee, con
sisting of two competent gentlemen, to-wit, one lawyer
and one book-keeper or accountant, thoroughly qualified,
to examine into the public books, documents, 4c., of
each and every officer in the county, whose official acts in
any way affect the liuaucial interest of the countv,
and that his Honor clothe said committee with powers
which will give them access to all books, papers, 4c.,
and such assistance from county officers ns may be re
quired to enable them to make a fall report to the Supe
rior Court of this county at. the October term ol' this pre
sent year, and that said committee be paid for such ser
vice out of any unappropriated funds in the County
Treasury, the account of said committee for the service
to be rendered to this court, and if approved as rendered,
ordered to be paid by the court; otherwise, tho court to
scale the charges to an amount adequate to the labor per
formed.
We find in the hands of the Ordinary, of'the Poor
School fund, $820 68, and we are informed that the Tax
Collector will pay over to him about $5(Hl. According to
the published presentments oflast week by the grand jury
there is stated to be $1,820 68. This is an error of one
thousand dollars, there being only the amount stated
above in hand unappropriated. We make the same re
commendation of Io per cent, on the State tax, as that
made by the grand jury of last week for the Poor School
fund.
We would respectfully recommend to his nonor Jndge
Warner, as Snitable persons for the committee hereinbe
fore recommended, the appointment of John Milledgo,
Jr., and James McPherson.
We feel it to be incumbent upon us to call attention t^
the fact that D. P. Ferguson, County Treasilrer, recently
left for Honduras, to he absent some time, how long wo
know not; meantime, the county i* without a Treasurer.
We would also call attention to the fact that but little
regard has been paid by the proper officers to the law re
quiring dealers in liquors, who Bell in quantities over one
quart and less than one gallon, to obtain license.
In the present embarrassed state of the finances of onr
county, we would recommend to our Inferior Court re
trenchment and reform ; and in this connection we can
but recur to expenses in guarding the jail and boarding
the inmates. These items of public expense, as before
stated by the graud jury of last week, seem to us intol
erably high, and we trust the proper authorities will look
to this matter early.
We have thoroughly examined the building which ia
called the Jail, and pronounce it a public nuisance, and
earnestly recommend that the Inferior Court shall rnuse
a suitable bnildlng to be erected in its stead at ns early a
day as possible.
We have examined the Court House, and find that it
needs repairs. We recommend that a public privv be
built ou the public square. We wonld call the attention
of the proper authorities to the necessity ol enclosing
the City Hall building, so soon as it can be done.
We have examined the Poor House, and make the
same recommendation regarding it as was made by the
grand jury of last week.
We na
iave examined the Roads, aud as usual, find them
in very bad condition. The streets of the city, near the
suburbs, are, if possible, in worse condition than the
county roads. We recommend that the proper authori
ties attend to this matter at once.
We presume that as there have been no presentments
made by the city officers—they having been called :;pou—
by the grand jury for infractions of tne law against retail
ing liquor 011 the Sabbath day, that there has been no
violations of the law, and that bar rooms are, as they
ought to be, hermetically sealed on that day.
We beg to call the attention of the officers whose duty
it is, to enforce the laws against vagrants and paupers,
who are now arriving in onr county.
To his Honor Judge Warner we tender our sincere
thanks, appreciate his many courtesies, veuerate his
sturdy integrity, and congratulate the county in possess
ing, as it does, his services.
We recognize in Wm. H. Hulsey, Solicitor-General, au
affable, able, and efficient public officer.
We alBO offer thanks to our Bailiff, Mr. McLin, and to
Patrick Fitzgibbon, Esq., for the attention shown us.
James Ormond, Foreman.
Richard P. Zimmerman, Jeremiah C. Huff,
Russell Baker,
David N. Judson,
John M. C. Reid,
'William L. Adamson,
William L. Mangum,
Leonidas Ferguson,
William Holbrook,
Daniel C. Venable,
Eli T. Hnnnicutt, ,
Cornelias Shehane,
Ordered, that the foregoing presentments be published
in the city papers. W. H. HULSEY, Sol. Gen,
A true extract from the minutes of said court.
W. R. VENABLE, Clerk.
Richard B. Jett,
Premascus McDouold,
Green T. Dodd,
Phillip House,
Owen Lynch,
Thomas C. Jackson,
Larkin Baker,
John T. Akridge,
William Rnshton,
Marcellus O. Markham,
CLAIM -A-G-EISrCY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
T HE undersigned haring been for many years success
fully engaged in the prosecution of Claims against
the General Government, respectfally renews the tender
of hiB professional services to his patrons, and others
having claims due them—
For Bounties, or Additional Bounties due Soldiers, or
their Widows, Orphans, Father, Mother, or Brothers
and Sisters, who have been engaged in the military ser
vice of the li. S. War of 1861.
For Pay, or A’rears of Pay, and other allowances due
Officers and Soldiers, or their Heirs.
For Pensions to the Widows ofOfficers and Soldiers, and
to the Minor Children in certain casee ; of such Officers
ani Soldiers who have died in the U. S. service, or of
contracted disease or wounds received in said service.
For Renewal of Pensions, and Half-Pay to the Widows
or Minor Children 01 Officers and Soldiers who have been
killed in b*ttje, or died of wounds received, or disease
contracted in the military service of the U. S. in the va
rious wars since 1790.
For Invalid Pensions, and Increase of Invalid Pensions
in certain casee.
For Three Months Pay dee Commissioned Officers under
the rank of Brigadier General, War of 1861, who were in
Che U. 8. service on 3d March, 1865.
For Restoration of Pensioners in certain cases of Inva
lids, Widows, aud Minor Children, Dropped from the
Pension Roll under Act of February 4,1862.
For Horens Killed or Lost in the military service of
the United States.
Claims arising under the Revenue Laws, such as Seiz
ares and EnormouB Fines, to be prosecuted before the
Treasury Department.
Claims against the Commissary and Quartermaster
General Department for Supplies furnished the U. S. Ar
my. Special attention will he given to the prosecutions
of Claims for the Balance due Mail Contractors, .Post
masters, and Census-Takers of 1860.
Claims for Bounty Land.
Having a thorough and practical knowledge of the Pen
sion and other laws, and of Departmental Rules, Regula
tions, and Decisions, and many years experience, is ena
bled to give satisfaction. Terms and references satisfoo
tory.
Address P. O. No. 17, Atlanta, Ga.
Office of J. J. Findly and Olin Wellborn, up-stairs,
over the store of L. H. Hope 4 Co., Whitehall street,
janlfi—w3m H. II. WALKER.
S. B. McCOBKLE & CO.,
Produce Commission Merchants,
GREENVILLE, TENNESSEE.
Strict attention paid to the Purchase of
Corn, jOaeon, Flonr, and all kind* of
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Orders ft* rtjom and Bacon solicited from Atlanta,
., and Macon. Goods carefully marked and ship-
janl2—w3m
GEORGIA, Mzriiaxthzr County.
John A. Mitchell, Ex’t’r, 1
4c Complainant, 1 Bill, 4c. Iu Meriwether 811-
xs. V perior Court. Returnable
Caroline Mitchell et of. j to February Term J867.
Defendant*. J
MERIWETHER SUPERIOR COURT, FEBRUARY TERM, 1867.
I T appearin'* to the Court that Messrs. Leiper 4 Mena
fee and Robert J. Trammell, defendants in the above
stated bill, reside ont of the State of Georgia—
It is therefore ordered that service be perfected on said
defendants by publication of this order once a month for
four months, in the Atlanta Intelligencer, a public ga
zette of this State: and that the said defendants appear
at the next term of the Snpt rior Court of Meriwetter
county on the 3d Monday in August next, and plead an
swer or demur to said bill. By the Court.
PEEPLES 4 STEWART, | _ „ ., •
W. A. ADAMS, )' Com P> 3 Sot 9 -
The above contains a true extract from the minntes of
the superior Court of Meriwether county, Ga. April 9,
1866. JNO. W. BOYD, Clerk.
Printer’s fee $1 per square each insertion.
aprl6—lam4m
GEORGIA, Heard County.
LES RIDLEY, administrator of James Presnail, late
of said county, deceased, having made his applica
tion for letters of dismission from said administration—
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned, to be
London, April 15.—The Brazilian mail steam
er which arrived here this morning, l<rings addi-
... ,, „ in and appear at my office to show cause, if any they can
tional intelligence tiia* the LtH|»eror ol Bra L,.n j wl[? . -_. ic i administrator should not be discharged from
order Io re-inforce his army on the frWufc.ua}',
had called the national guards ot the Umpire
into active service. Y'his created much dis
content among the people, and provoked some
opposition to a continuance of the war with
Paraguay.
i- .nliiiinistratiou. Given under my official signature,
r7ovemb<*r 1S66. W. H. C. PACE, Ordinary,
deco—lamGm Printer’s fee $4 50
Tke Glory of Xan is Strength.
IEKSFORB, the nervous and debilitated should Im
mediately use HzunoLB’e Extract Buchu.