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ON IS LEFT FREE TO COMBAT TY.'—Jeffermm.
VOLUME XXI.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30,1869.
NUMBER 26.
CAN WHITTS AID BLACKS IHTEB-
HABBY IS OBOKQIA ?
THE QUESTION
DECIDED BY
COURT.
THE ALTREME
(PMOHOOHAPHICAI.I.T IIPOETKD FOR TUX ATLANTA
■ NTCLI.IoncZI.]
Ou the que-tion of the legality,und<-r the laws
«>l Georgia, of the intermarriages of whites and
persons of color, the Supreme Court yesterday
rendered the following decision.
Chief Justice Brown stated that in the case of
Chablwttb Hcott. ]
flanliff la error, | Indictmeot for Adcit ry
vi. ;-*Dd fornication, from
Tax Stitx or Gxoru'a, | Dougherty county.
Defendant In error. J
the following were the points decided by the
Court:
tallest Arch-Angel in Ueitcu down to the
meanest reptile on earth, moral and social in
equalities exist, and must continue to exist
through all e’ernity.
While the great mass of the conquer in' peo
ple of the States which adhered to the Union
during the late civil strife, have claiine 1 the j
right to delate the terms ot settlenn u , aud 1
have maintained in |h> aer, those who demand
that the people of the Sta'es lately in rebellion, j
shall accord to the coloied race equality of civil i
rights, including the ha'lot, with the same pio- I
tection under t> e laws which are »ff >rded the!
white race; they have neither required of us !
, . /•. a cry • , . ,. ,i the practice ot mifeegenatiou, nor have tiny ;
1st The Code of Georgia, adopted by the new | c) aimed lor the colored race, social equality!
enforce, moral or social equality between the ! The attention of our readers is invited to
diflenut races, or citizens*..I the State. Such ! the decision of the Supreme Court, delivered in
isrs/T ‘Tjrz sus? ss i ^ ru m - jt»* b - r c, " ep *»*■“
no human law can produce it, aud no human Brown, on the question of the legality, under
tribunal can enforce it. There are gradations the laws of this State, of intermarriage between
and classes throughout the uni verse. Jr rom the the while aud black races, which appears in an-
Constitution, forever prohibits the marriage re
lation between white persons and persons of
African descent, and declares such marriages
null and void.
2d. This section ol the Code is not repealed,
by nor is it inconsistent with that part of the
Constitution which declares that : “The social
status ol ihe citizen shall never lie the subject
of leg'slation ” That clause of the Constitu
tion absolutely den es to the Legislature the
power to pass laws in future regulating the eo-
with the white race. The fortunes of war hate I
compelled Ur to yield to Ihe fretdinen the legal j
rights above mentioned ; nut we have neither i
authorized nor lega iz d the marriage relation
between the races, nor have we euacted laws,:
or placed it in tlie jiower of the Legislature
hereafter to make laws, n gulating the social ,
st.-.tus, so as to compel our p ople to inert the |
colored race on terms ol si.i ial equality, Such
a state of things could n*-vcr he fa-s r< »l by the j
thoughtful and rtfl. Cling poition of either rate, j
cial status, or compelling the two races to unite t, “ n ^ f ^
* «• i ,odrvrv^:rv.u: u ;,r t
nity. No such laws are of force in
-1 the Nortliein States, so tar as 1 know, .
is supposed, no considerahle pan ot the p
isteDCe ail wed churches, lor iusiance, to deter
mine tor themselve-who shuld occupy ther
seats, and where they snould sit; and "permit- j
ted laitroud and steunboat cornpaoie-i, auit bo-j 0 j aii y lal( ( • ,
tel keepers, to cla.-sity and assign plac Sloth-se I deedf the m .,sl ab-mlute
using tneir accommodations, acrorniog to so- menls d
ctal status, and g ade, as they might think • b «_ d
proper; the Constitution puls it b-youd the ' y
power ot the LegLlaiure ever to enact any law
compelling them to make ditierent class fications
or to group together in social intercourse those
who do not recognize each other as social
equals
As the social relations of citizens are not the
proper subjects of legislation, the Constitution
has wisely put the matter at rest, be denying to
the Legislature the power to repeal or enact
laws on that subject.
THE CHIEF JUSTICE DELIVERED THE OPINION
AS FOLLOWS :
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1. The record In this case presents a single
question for the consideration and adjudication
of this court. Have white persons and persons
of color the right, under the Constitution and
laws ol Georgia, to intermarry, and live together
in this State as husband and wife ? The ques
tion is distinctly made and it is our duty to meet
it fairly and dispose of it.
The Code of Georgia as adopted by the new
Constitution, section 1707, lorevcr prohibits the
marriage relation between the two races, and
declares all such marriages null and void.
With the policy of thie law we have nothing
to do. It is onr duty to declare what the law’ is,
not to make law. For myself, however, 1 do
not hesitate to say, that it was dictated by wise
statesmanship, and has a broad and solid foun
dation in enlightened policy, sustained by sound
reason, and common sense. The amalgaiiou of
ihe races is not only unnatural, but is
always productive ot deplorable results. Our
daily observation shows us, that the offspring of
these unnatural connections, are generally sick
ly and effeminate; and that they arerinferior in
physical development and strength, 'to the full
blood of either race. It is sometimes urged that
such marriages should be encouraged for the
purpose ot elevating the inferior race. The re
ply is, that such connections never elevate the
interior race, to the position of the superior; but
they bring down the superior to that ot the in
ferior. They are productive of evil and evil
only, without auy corresponding good.
1 do not propose to cuter into any elaborate
discussion ot tiie question of policy at this
time, but only to express my opinion, after ma
ture consideration and reflection.
The power of the legislature over the subject
matter when the Code was adopted, will uot, 1
suppose be questioned. The legislature ceitain-
ly bad as much right to regulate the marriage
relation, by prohibiting it between persons ol
different races, as they had to prohibit it be
tween persons within the Levilical degrees, or
between idiots. Both are necessary and proper
regulations. And the regulation now under
consideration is equally so.
2. But it has been urged by the learned coun
sel lor the plaintiff in error that the section of
the Code, under consideration, is in conflict
with the eleventh section of the first Article ot
the Constitution of tins State, which declares,
that, “The social status of the citizen shall never
he the subject ot legislation.”
In so tar as the marriage relation is connected
with the social status, the very reverse is true.
That section of the Constitution forever pro
hibits legislation ot any character; regulating
or interfering with, the social status. It leaves
social rights, and status, where it finds them. It
prohibits the Legislature from repealing any
laws In existence, which protect persons in the
tree regulation among themselves ot matters
properly termed social, and it also prohibits the
enactment ol auy new laws on that subject in
future.
As illustrations: The laws in force when the
Constitution was adopted, left the churches in
this Stale free to regulate matters connected with
social status iu their congregations, as they
thought proper. They could say who should
enter their church edifices aud occupy their
seats, and in what order they should be classi
fied, or seated. They could say that females
should ait in oue part of the church, aud males
in another; and that persons ol color, should, it
they attended, occupy such seats as were set
apart lor them. In all this they were protected
by the common law of this Stale. The new
Constitution lorever guarantees this protection
by denying to the legislature the power to pass
any law withdrawing it; or regulating tuc so
cial status in such assemblages.
And I may here remark that precisely the
same protection is guaranteed to the colored
churches, in the regulation ot social status in
their assemblages, which is afforded the whites
Neither can ever intrude upon the other, or in
terfere wit n their social arrangineuis without,
their consent.
The same is true of railroad, aud steamboat
companies, and hotel keepers By the law iu
existence at the time the Constitution was adopt
ed, they were obliged to tumuli comfortable
and convenient accommodations, to the extent
of their capacity to accommodate ail who ap
plied; without regard to race or color. Bm
they were not compelled to put persons of dif
ferent races, or of different sexes, iu the cars or
in the same apartments; or to scat them at the
same table. This was left to their own discre
tion. They had power to regulat; it according
to their own notions of propriety, aud to classify
their guests, or passengers, according to race, or
•ex; and to place them at hotels in ditfeieut
houses, or different parts ol the same house ; or
on railroads in different cars; or on steamboats
in driiierent parts ol the ves-e!; aud to give them
theh meals at different tables. When they had
made public these regulations all persons pat
ronizing them were bound to conform to them.
e them enacted. In- J
and despotic goveru-
nut attempt to regulate social eiatus J
laws or to enforce social (quality I
among races or closes without tneir con-cut. j
As already stated, we are ot tiie opinion that i
the section ot the Code which forbids intcrumr- j .. .. .
riages btiwetn Uic races, is neither inconsistent I l ^ 13 Cll y Ibismornui.
with, nor is it repealed by, the section ot the I
Constitution now under consideration. It, tlu-re- j
fore, stands upon the statuie book of the Stale j
forever prohibiting all such marriages and de
claring them to be null aud void.
Let the judgment of tiie Court below be
affirmed.
other column of this morning’s Intelligencer,
and which has been phocographically reported
for it specially, by Mr. Eugene Davis, who,
from ihe accuracy of the legal reports with
» hich lie h is supplied us, we should think has
no superior, as a phonographic reporter, on this
continent Our acknowledgments are due Mr.
D. for the service which he has rendered us on
tliis, as well as on previous occasions.
As to the decision, itself, of the Court, we
conceive it to be not only correct in a legai
sense, but eminently proper in its conclusions.
A Cincinnati Treasury agent had himself
locked up in a bunk vault to escape the wrath
of a tobacco dealer whose factory he had closed,
and who was hunting him with a big whip.
A nice old gentleman who recently died in
Germany, r- lieved Iris nimd by confessing on j
his death-bed that he had poisoned sixteen
numbers of his tam ly.
Another F.X|ieduiun to Cnba,
Ti e New Turk Sun. ol Thursday, says an
other expcd'ti *u, numb ring 1.280 men, well
armed ai d i quipped, \\il. stii irom our South
ern coast on Saturday cr Simony. The men
have been ei li-ted in New York apd sent oil
in d tachm-. nt» ol" 100 or 125 men. Tue last
detachment, h r the expedition will start fioin
When the Chief Justice had delivered the de
cision—
JUDGE McCAY spoke as follows :
In the decision'" which has just been pro
nounced, 1 agree with the judgment of the
Court, and with the general tenor of the rea
sonings of the Chief Justice.
1 wish to say, however, iu order that 1 may
not be misunderstood, that I place the judgment
wholly upon the ground that the law prohibiug
marriage relatious between persons of color and
whites is not a law having any reference !o the
social status of citizens. The legi.-hilure has tlm
same rigid to enact such a law, that it lias to
say how close shall he the degree of consanguin
ity to make a marriage void ; or, to regulate the
ages of the parties—to say bow old the person
shall be : and, in fact, the regulation ot a civil
contract, describing who shall, and who shall
not, enter into it, or between what parties it
shall be void, lias nothing to do with the social
status of the citizen.
If the law, making illegal the marriage rela
tion between whites and blacks, were a law-
regulating the social status of the citizen, 1 am
not prepared to say that it would not, by the
very terms of the Constitution, tie inoperative, as
contrary to the Constitution. In my judgement
thcrewereuosucli laws in operation, and it
was the intent of the Convention to declare
that none ever should be pass* d. The social
status ot the citizen is not the subject of legis
lation and ought not to be.
l>cHlli of (Cenry J. Ray iiioixt.
The He to York Times, of the lOfh instant,
comes, to us clad iu mourning, because of tiie
deceits ol its chief editor, Henry J. Raymond.
Several columns of the paper are devoted to an
obituary notice of tiie deceased, and a column
or more from his successor aud “friend” of ett-
logy upon his life, and character, and public
services. Mr. Raymond was the founder of the
Times aud was also its Editor-in Chief to the
day of his death. His last “leader” appeared
in the columns of that paper on Thursday
morning hist. The manner of his death is thus
reported in oue of the articles to which we
have referred in the foregoing :
“Mr. Raymond passed the afternoon previous
to his death in Green-Wood, making arrange
ments for the Interment ot his son Walter’s re
mains, and called at the office o! the Times
about G o’clock in the evening. After a lew
While the amount per capita of our national
| debt is $66 05 in gold, that of Great Britain is
! (5120 75, and that of Holland $106 35, while
France and Spain avenge-mure than $60 of
I debt for each inhabitant. We pay more inter-
| est per head than auy nation but Great Britain,
! which pays $4.53 to our $3,684.
Jefferson David.
The Savannah Hem saj s it regrets “to learn
that a dispatch, received at Montreal on June
12th. by- Mr. Howell, from Paris, announces the
health of Jefferron Davis ss extremely prcca
rious. At ODe time, recently, his life was dis
pam d of. It is the purpose of Mr. Davis, if be
lives, to visit Canada during the summer, and
to spend the following winter among his old
friends in the State of Mississippi. We trust
that a long life is yet in store for him.”
The Svvedcnborglau Clmrclie*.
The New’ York Herald, of Ihe 20th instant,
says that the flfleenth animal Convention of the
Swedenborgian churches- in the United States
came to a close yesterday, all the business be-
lore it having been finished. Iu the election for
members of the Executive Committee a bolt
was made against the regular nominees, espe
cially against Herschel V. Johnson, ot Georgia,
who, out of seventy-eight votes, received but
twelve.
This is the first instance, we believe, in which
politics have been introduced iuto the delibera
tions ol the Swedenborgian Churches. If we
are not mistaken the “spirits” have never before
counseled such proscription. Our most excel
lent ex-Governor, however, we feel confident,
will bear the infliction fiut upon him, by his
Northern brethren, with, good temper and Chris
tian philosophy. The Church, the Herald con
tinues, “was evidently divided during the elec
tion for members ot the different executive com
mittees for the ensuing year on tiie question of
“rebel” and “Union” men—a point which, to say-
the least, appears slightly unchristian in spirit,
particularly when urged - at a perioil of time so
long subsequent.to the close ot the war.”
I11 DiHtreHM.
The Savannah Republican,'of the22d instant,
says that “the Norwegian ship Vestalinden,
bound Irom Matanzas to FaJmoutli, England,
with a cargo of sugar, arrived off Tybee ou
Saturday morning in disUess, the captain aud a
sailor having died previous to reaching the bar.
The crew were all down with sickness, and the
command devolved upon the mate, who navi
gated the vessel. Under the peculiar circum
stances of tiie case, the ship was auchoted off
minutes’ conversation with the writer of this j the light-ship. Yesterday morning her agents
sketch, pertaining to tiie business of the paper, I !iere sen tdown a quantity ot fresh provisions,
he returned home Alter dinner he sat with j afternoon the Health Officer proceed-
his family and some lrmuls who rame iu until
between 9 and 10 o’clock, when he left them to ! to the vessel.
[From the Wa-liia?tou Dispatch to the N. Y. World. 1
THE erlMLOTlNE.
Pour Hundred Clcrkt DiKhirged frou*
tiie War >«>arunjent.
I telegraphed voa some time ago that a list of
clerks doomed lor the official guillotine had
been made out by the War Department author
ities, and that at no Jirtant day the victims
would be sentenced to execution. To-day the
death warrant was publicly announced, or at
least its existence because known, and the num
ber was so great as to a^trtle even the most ap
prehensive among theAhakers and Quakers.
Think of over lour hundred clerks at one dash
ot the pen deprived oUtheir cosy little berths
That is the number. ITfe the largest batch at
one sweep ever doomed,^Perhaps, under any ad-:
ministration. Secretary.^awlins, it seems, de
cided upoif the step belore leaving for Connecti
cut, and some ot the to-bp-removed officials de
clare that he delayed tlje promulgation of the
order purposely until afrixrhis departure, so that
he might be spared they-appeals for reinstate
ment that would natural)^follow. Rawlins is a
tender-hearted man, and could very poorly en
dure such entreaties. . - , .t - " ;
He would be sure to hrP^ down aodcave iq'
it compelled to meet th^5f
and prayeis that would be {"t,ected at film, con-
eqaentiy he did well to ret;eat to the repose of
the Nutmeg State and lea-N. his subordinates to
meet the moans and sighs and imprecations
News ot the affair leaked out sometime this
morning through a clerk a -10 secured a private
perusal ot the order, and jft may be imagined
that there was soon a bigseosatioa all over the
dingy old War Office Clerks were n- diced
whispering to each other at first very quietly
and mysteriously, then more loudly, then tbt-y
Were observed dr*-pping qgt in groups into the
corridors ol the building, and even iuto the
streets, to discuss the terrible mandate Irom the
martiai Tycoon. Many faces that were yester
day happy looking and smiling were suddenly
clouded with gloomy sorrow. In such cases
there are always sume who wilt talk cheerlully.
“Well, my dear Jim, my trunks aie packed
aDyhow. No use crying, you know. Laugh
and ch«er up, old fellow.
“ All very well lor you to taik, Joe; yoa
haven’t any family, but I have.”
“ Pshaw ! I don’t believe the thing can be car
ried out; why, the War Department might as
well be closed up at once. It that order is really
executed, there won’t be enougiu left to do the
business.”
“ Rawlins will suspend* the execution, you
may be sure. He canT be so foolish as to insist
upon such an outrageous proceeding.”
“ It is not Rawlins’ work at all. It’s the work
of the d-d Army of the. Republic. John A.
Logan and Jim Thayer at 1 * at the bottom of it.
I suspected they were at".some devilish.trick
when T saw them hanging about here so much
lately.”
“ That’s why RawliDs tjent away, too. He
was forced iD the step and then was afraid to
face the music.” r
In such way did the clerks talk over the mat
ter among themselves. Their customary re
sorts for liquids and solid refreshments were
deserted, and at least two popular beer estab
lishments in the vieiniuity of the War Office had
good reason to bewail the unpopular order.
The stamps were rarities in those establish
ments. The order is said to be substantially
as follows;
“Ordered, That Ihe general service and tem
porary clerks and all other clerks employed in
this department and not atfiborized by law, be
discharged from and after July 15,1869, and
that the same be furloughed'tor thirty days, com
mencing June 15,1869.” _
The effect of this order is to reduce the force
of the Adjutant General’s office from 260 to
about 65, and all tiie other business in about a
Married Sixty-Six Years.—We were In
formed yesterday ot the death ot Mrs. Nancy
Stroud, of Lee county, Ala., who was born
February 10th, 1785 She died ou May 13ih,
1869, aged eighty-four veins, two months and
three days. She was married sixty-six years
ago, in her eighteenth year, to the husband who
survives her. What a story such a life could
tell, of joys and sorrows, of struggle aud pros
perity, and the advances in science and art aud
wealth in the country. When they were united
in*marriage the Indians roamed by thousands
through this section, the city ot Goiuuibus was
unthougbt of, railroads and U h graphs, it dream
ed of, merely the chimeras ol what were deem
ed visionaries. Time now a days is counted by
heart throbs, then by the slow motions of the
dial.
"Her husband, James Stroud, was born May
18th, 1779. He is now iu his ninetieth year,
lives in Lee county, am! evinces more life and
energy than some men at forty. Iris hearing
aud eyesight remain good, and often be “drives
the plow afield,” aud daily performs his portion
ot farm work. The pair have raised', a large
family that now count three or four generations.
If the old gentleman he" a philosopher, these
children are the links Which kpld past, years to-
Our Weekly local Department.
of complaint*, gefher. How many of this earth,can say, “I
nave been married sixty-six years.” Both hus
band and wife are ot the Primitive Baptist (vul
garly known as Hard-shell) persuasion.
Age is a matter ot small consequence in these
fast days when life is consumed so rapidly. We
think 11 is Dr. Tying, of New York, who said
the>man who lives thirty years in this century is
a "condensed Methuaith-h.” Columbus Sun.
Tiie Removal or Political Rentrietfon*
Irom the Cillseu* of ilte Southern snares*
The remoius of Henry J. Raymond, the iaie
Editor 01 the New York Times, hid scarcely
been deposited in their last resting place, when
that Daper appears with a leading editorial in
its columns, advocating in an earnest manner
the removal of all political restrictions Irom the
citizens of tire Southern Slates The sign is a
healthy one, and shows that, reason begins to
resume her sway over the minds of a portion at
least of those of the Northern people, who, un-
til,very recently, were wedded to the proscriptive
policy of the Republican party, and that justice
in view to this change of sentiment, it shows
also, will yet be done the South. “Practically,”
says the Times, “the South is now just as clear
as the North of any purpose to organize resis
tance against Federal authority. The suspen
sion of habeas corpus, which the Northern peo
ple were made to feel duriDg the war, would be
scarcely more out of lime, if revived now,, than
are these civil disabilities, still visited, upon the
South. The rebellion has forever passed, and
with it should pass forever away Irom bo:h
parts oi the country the last glimmering of its
cruel necessities. If there was any significance
in the last Presidential election, it was just this
which the people of both sections pronounced
for, in uniting as they so generally did upon
General Grant, with his watchword, “Let us
have Peace." The peace that was then voted
was no hollow-pretext or sham affair. It was
honest, heartfelt peace, springing from a sense of
common brotherhood aud common interest
—a peace sought and found in its natural
bourse, laid iu liberal forgiving sentiments, and
in principles purely pacifie, as lar removed as
the poles from all intolerance and proscription.
Despite of the opposition of the lew malignant*
a ti*ill irnf lia tho nlnra a! t it IU
corresponding style. From-j^e Quartermaster 3ide it w ff| yet be the a lory ot tjuis
Generals office eighty-three will depart; an- N v; . r. . ( vaI, nnn ; i* i«,
other office will be but down from HO to exactlyf Administration to fulfill Us ass.gued work, by
_ .1 1 • _ 1 r-r- „ I .. 1. :. l 1. «l.; n nna/m a rratmino Otwl rrl’OTYi 1 rPfilltv "
attend a political consultation; and hisl&tnily saw
no more of him until was not discovered, about
2:30 next morning, lying in the hallway uncon
scious and apparently dying. He had locked
the outside door ami shut the inner one, and
was apparently stricken with the malady that
closed his life. The most eminent medical aid
was at ouce summoned, and the utmost that
science and skill could do were done, in vain.—
He remained uuconscious, and died tranquilly
about 5 o’clock in the morning.”
Tne deceased had worked his way up from
the humble ranks ot journalism to become the
Editor ot one ot the most influential journals
iu Lite American metropolis, with a ^oiute con
trol of its pol cv, which, as compared with the
other leading Repub'ican journals ot the coun
try, was conservative in its character, thus act
ing as a cneck upon the more radical of his
paity, often circumventing them in their at
tempts to ruu riot over every interest ot the
country ior the sake of tiie party and the spoils.
So far as news and editorial ab litv could make
it so, Mr Raymond made llte Times second to
none. 01 the New York dailies. As a politician,
.we UiVir believed in him, but he was uc\cit'ie-
b.ss a m iu of re fined cuhure and great ahi ity.
we were
W heat —In a recent visit to Ariie
pleased to learn that fine crops of wheat w ere
I and are t cing made In and around that place.
Dr James Lumpkin from a three m re lot, 00c
I that a few years ago was completely covered
! with Bermuda gne-s, gathered eighty-six bnsi e’s j
1 ol wheat, weighing sixty-four pounds to the !
Aud those who did not like their regulations I bushel.
roust seek accommodations elsewhere. There: Sees rel lots around ill towm \ k-lded a large
was no law to compel them to group together j number of bushels per acre. But this for the
in locUl connection, persons who did not recog- 1 of fertilizers used, and the nature of
uize each other as social equals. f 1
To avoid collisions and strife, and to preserve lae sou was a une - vlei “-
paMe, harmony, and good order in society, the ' 7>~ 7
uew Constitution has wisely prohibited the Leg- 1 I s flNh - nK ” r - Heverdy .Johnson s very : -■
mixture from enacting laws, compelliiur | nsarkable after-dinner speeches m l-.uc'.iud, he
these companies to make new social i offered to guarantee a landing to any Eaiu[>eau
nmuigemeuts among their patrons Gouip&ny s Ocean le oirrapU C able, under the
or to disturb those in existence. The law shall ' sovereign authority and pio't tmu agi; ol tiie
staud as it is, says the Constitution, leaving each I S reHt A..., now comes
to regulate such matters as they think best, and Attorney-General Hoar, tn answer to a letter
there shall he no legislative interference. All j from Peter • c r . to announce offici i v :fn,t
shall be comfortably accommodated, but yon the United Sta'es t«'*v* rnmeut alom- con"reds
shall uot b*: compelled by law, to force social "in n* ■ ' ri c«> -.st aud an app *a*. .1 re o-to
equality, either upon your trains, your boats, or ; B’h.u wifi men like Mr. Johnson, m.*i a ***aiu
iu your hotels. ’ J many men who are 0**1 at ail like him, learn
The same remarks apply to the regulation ol ! that our “Siaics" are already neither more or
social status among families, and to the social less than the very inconveniently arranged
one clerk ; still another, having 175 clerks, wili
be cleaned out completely—head, tail, aud body.
The Fay Department will suffer with the rest.
Among the dismissed undoubtedly will be a gre$t
proportion ot very efficient men, who have uot
only fought, bled, and become mutilated in
the war, but who have been true loliowers
aud believers in the most Radical tenets ot the
Republican doctrine. One-legged and one-arm
ed soldiers are not even spared. Indeed, it is
9aid while some of the untouched officials are
competent, deserving, and reliable men in every
way, still many more ot them are old lossels
and ancient fogies, who have done little else lor
years but draw their pay. One of the to be-re-
moved clerks humorously remarked that nobody
would be left except the antiqnated ducks who
daily went their way along a beaten track to and
from the War Department, and who, if led off
that track but a few steps, would be sure to lose
their way. There are several explanations of
this extraordinary movement given, bat none
ot them official. One is that already mention
ed, to wit, that the Grand Army ol the Repub
lic, of which the warlike Logan is the big chief
tain, occasioned the order, so that by making
eueral sweep vacancies would be created,
into which the rank and file of the Grand Army
might easily he conducted. Logan and Senator
Thayer are certainly credited with no insignifi
cant influence in procuring the order.
Ot the Canvass In Virginia.
The following animated account of the can
vass iu Virginia is given by that sterling Demo
cratic journal, the Richmond Enquirer. We
are glad to see that there is life still left in the
“Mother of States,” and that so many of her
true, eminent, and patriotic sons are laboring to
restoie peace and prosperty to her long-suffering,
distracted aud oppressed people :
We feel that there is li.e in the old land yet,
when we witness the progress of this magnifi
cent canvass. As irtouciied by some enchan
ter’s w&nd, the white people ol this Slate have
sprang to their feet. Bauuer alter banner waves
from every hill-top, and rar and near the wind
ot the bugle betokens tne stir that proceeds the
battle. In every county the apathy seems to
have been dispelled; at t-very precinct or many
ot them a recruiting office m opened. Ali th<
talent ot both the old parties—and there was
many a heavy battle axe in each—seems to be
on the stump, Whig and Democrat vieiug with
each other in rallying tUe people to resist and
beat buck the black niliows that threaten to
pour in upon us It is a brave spectacle to wit
ness the uaternfied old chieftain, Governor
omitn, entering into the canvass with
the same fire and spirit with wnich he
drew his sword in bis o’d age. The ven
erable Conrad also sou, a blast Irom the
Lower Valley. Fiournoy, like a true night, as
be is iu the saddle in the' South. Beverly Doug-
w las and Marye have bceu scouring the whole
have evidence ot oue who either; field, and uttering words of encouragement. W.
' W. Walker lias entered the lists like the In-
known Knight at Ashby-de-la-Zoucke, and chal
lenges the admiration and the sympathy of the
speciators. And Aylett, and (fold, and Daniel,
aud Johnson, and Guy, and Shackelford, and
Humes, and C'ampbeii, and Herndon, and Goode,
and Bluw r . aud Kelley, aud Cameron, and Wal
ton, and Kindred, aad Staples, and Whitehead,
and Siiingtello-a - , and Winston, and a hundred
others have already reached the front; while
Johnson, Barbour, C rid win, Stuart, Leake, Ed-
rnuds, Bocock, G irland, Echols, Tredwav, Gil
mer, Wingfield aud many more have their foot
in the stirrup.”
“ Wells id'll be beat ”
“The ship is anchored well off Tybee, is in no
proximity to the shore, and no danger may be
apprehended from the infection. The disease
on board is yellow fever, but we may stale that
the most vigilant care has beeu taken to avoid
any spread of the fever. She lies in Tybee
roads, twenty mile9 Irom the city, and a guard
Irom Fort Pulaski keeps constant surveillance
over her, to prevent any communication with
the shore, and besides this, the pilots have been
instructed to keep an eve upon her.”
J oil 11 Miiciiell
j John Mitchell arrived in Bangor, Maine, re-
! cently, having letl Hong Kong on the second
! day ol May, and made the passage iu tweutv-
| nine days ! He made a trip from rian Fraucis-
I co to New York iu six days.
| This remarkable man will Lkcoqic as cele-
1 orated, “ it be goes on,” as a traveler, as he is
for his patriotism and fidelity to Uie land of his
i bii th.
—
Gen. Robert Anderson, [we presume of
Fort Sumter celebrity,) goes to Europe, because
■ ot the high cost of living here. In this, cer-
; tainly, we
fought upon the wrong side, and greatly to his
j own discomfort, or “the best government the
svorld ever saw” has turned him off to “feed on
i husk aud taste ot hyssop ”
The 15th Constitutional Amendment.
It is claimed by the"Northern journals that
the votes of the Legislatures of four States only
are necessary to ratify the Fifteenth Amend
ment. The Stales of Vermont, Rhode Island,
Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Virginia, aud Mary
land. are \ et to vote on the subject.
If this be so, we apprehend there is but i:tlle
chance for thedeleat of the monstrous metsure—
a measure conceived in fraud, iniquitous in its
conception, and will be in its results. But—“let
as have peace!"’
Not Called For.
The London papers tell the following story :
“ The manager of the Royal Alfred Theatre
in London recently hit up a brilliant expedient
tor the accommodation of female visitors. He
announced that infants brought in arms would
A Splendid Newspaper Bi’iluisg.—A. D. be provided tor while their parents enjoyed the
. , , , . , j entertainment. A number of visitors attended
Richardson, who is w ming a description ot the J pnmiplly alld the b;lt , ies WPre c hecked aud laid
i ■: its 1 :-.rir< u for "he New fork ! ue, givts j ^fde. A» the close ot th» pe • ormance bts baby
Inc 1* liowiug account of a ue wspuper office iu j uckel cierk stood prepare d to 'eturn his charges,
ihe West: I hut to his astonishment there were very tew de-
»uti*icourse of society generally
This, in my opinion, is oue of the wisest pro
visions iu the Constitution; a.- it excludes from
the halls ol the legislature, a question which
was likely to produce more unprofitable agita-
Hou, wrangling and contention, than any other
subject wiliiin the whole ru.ige ol their at*
thorify.
Goveiu'ueut h is full power to regulate civil
and political 1 rents; and to give to each citizen
of tire Stale, as our code has done, equal civil,
aud equal p Jitioal rights, as weil as tqual pro
tection of the laws. But government has no
power to regulate social status. Before the laws, , , , . .
the C-nie of Georgia makes all citizens equal, j W1 1 tiie
without regard to race or color. But it does uot
livided Provinces oi an Empire
We copy the foregoing from the “//■■. wri,,
ot the 19th instant. In it there is much re
flect upon. We may talk aud write of “Stales
of State liichre, and State Sovereignties; but
alas! wo are I t. ed to l urk Ufron ail these as < !
the past, and to recognize now the stunning
tact that the State*” are “neither more nor less
Ilian the vety inconveniently at ranged and di
vided Provinces ol an Empire,” call them by
whatever name we please. We have no sym-
lmpenaUsl; and would feud to 1 a sub-committee of the House Judiciary Com
it no aid, but we cannot resist the truth when it : ra jttee, met there on Saturday, and, after a short
tnands made upon him. Couple after couple
w hen the last iemale form van-
'ut'? new office of the Cbicaeo Tribune is th a * . ^ - (
timso newspaper building in the Umted States. I ^ .n^ce a stock of infentsTemained
It is of white marble, nuishedintenoriy inches-( *„;}*,cut for a good-sized foundling
.uu und b ack walnut, four stones high an. ( The poor manager is in despair, and
TJT !,H * * ■ irH 1 , COsl • has not determined whether to have an auction
$220,000; and the portions rented beside those, unclaimed babies, to establish a baby
re*,n.red for tne use of the newspaper,.return | stlOW in cOftnection with the legitimate drama,
1 per cent, per annum on the entire invest- . lo em pj„y i,; a novel force in a grand specta
cular pantomime, to be entitled “ The Old Wo
man who Lived 'i a Shoe.”
im-nt it is said that the profits of the estnb-
iiriimesit lor fifteen months paid for the bitild-
Tlie Buileed C01
create, nor does auy law of the Slate attempt to presents it, as it does in the foregoing extract. • session, adjourned until December
I A New York or Washington City manager
Itiee. I would not be caught in such a trap. If he
The HUional LUelligencer, of the 22d instant, \ ^ „ ie bubies wotlW [*> auctioned off at
says that the Busteed impeachment committee, once.
Fire.—The Gale City Foundry was destroyed
by fire last night.
making this peace a genuine aud grand reality.
Noue but the most radical of the Republican
Party can deny that the South lor years past
has ceased all resistance to Federal authority.—
Her people, as a whole, haveaocepled the “situa
tion” and desire more earnestly than General
Grant does, that peace shall prevail throughout
the land, and that they he felt to pursue their
avocations peaceably—obeying the law—to work
out their destiny, and to recover their former
prosperity. Raymond s successor in the Times
has touched the right key, and. we doubt not a
favorable response to his sounding notes will
come from thousands who have heretofore been
led by extreme radicals of his party; by those
who were so on account merely ot the “spoils’
which as victors they have claimed. Fanatics
there are too among them upon the “ nigger ”
question, but from these we expect nothing, and
shall never expect nor ask anything. Like
“Ichabod,” they are joined to their idols, and w©
shall let them alone !
* A Hard Hit.
“In plaiu English” says the Pall Mall Gazette,
a London newspaper of great intluence, “we
ought never to attach the smallest importance
to any speech or declaration of policy which
comes to us Irom the United States.” This is a
hard hit, but when we reflect that it was caused
by Sumner’s Alabama speech, we, of the South
at least, can put up with it without feeling hurt,
or demanding Irom the London paper an
apology, with “pistols and coffee for two” in
case of refusal on its part to comply with our
demand.
Editors and FnblMber* liable to a Special
Tax as Maoniacinrers.
Internal Revenue Commissioner, Delano,
in a letter to a firm in Pudadelpfiia, in reply to
the question, “ whether Editors and Publishers
are liable to a special tax as manufacturers?”
decides that they are, under the loilowing para
graph and section ot the Revenue act:
Paragraph 81, section 79, ot the act of June
30, 1864, as subsequeutiy amended, defines a
manufacturer as any person, firm or corpora
tion who shall manufacture by hand or ma
cbineiy any goods, wares or merchandise, not
otherwise provided for, exceeding annually the
sum of one thousand dollars, or who shall be
engaged iu the manufacture or preparation, for
sale, of any article.
\ Tfe« Southern Hall road Sjalem.
We are indebted to Col. Hulbbkt lor the
map of the Southern Railroad System which we
publish on our first page to-day. With it we
lay also before our readers the speeches ot his
Excellency, Governor Bullock, and of Col.
IIulbebt, at the late Cincinnati Convention,
both of which are eminently practical efforts,
and evince too a lively interest in the railroad
and other enterprises oi Georgia which is highly
creditable to those officials of our State. Our
readers would do well to preserve the paper
containing the map and the speeches for future
reference.
Knee Again*! Race.
The Washington correspondent of the Balti
more Gazette, writes on the 20th instant to that
paper as follows: “The Bricklayers’ Associa
tion took action at last, and has expelled six of
its members for working with the two negroes
employed in the Navy Yard. The case ot the
ei.iored printer, Doog’as, vs Ifo Typographical
Union i-> s : i!l unite id- >1
Cedar Valley Lands.—L IL btephens A
Co. t |n a communication to the Rome Courier,
state that Mr. William Peck, living two miles
from Cedartnwn in Polk County, had sold two
hundred and filly acres of his home tract, with
indifferent improvements ou it, for $100 per
acre, and that he was negotiating with another
party ior the sale of an additional two hundred
and fifty acres of the same place, without im
provements, at $80 per acre.
Crops in Morgan.—From a conversation on
yesterday, with Judge lie esc, of Madison, we
learn that crops of all kinds in Morgan county,
are promising. The Judge stated that gardens,
patches, and farms, were all looking well, and
that the seasons have been good.
Tuesday, Jane 22, 1869.
L J. Winn, Esq., was this day admitted to
the Bar of this Court.
The following judgments were announced :
By Brown, C. J.—John T. Gibson plaintiff
in error, vs. The Slate, defendant in error—at
tempt to incite insurrection—from Early county.
Judgment of the Court below reversed on the
grouiKl that Section 4251 of the Code prescribes
no punishment for Ihe defence of an attempt to
incite insurrection, ot which the defendant was
convicted in this case.
Charlotte ScutV plaintiff in error, vs. The
State, defendant iu error—indictment for adul
tery and fornication—from Dougherty county.
Judgment of the Court below affirmed.
Negroes and whites cannot intermarry. The
Code declares such marriages illegal and void,
and Sec. 2, Art 1 o® the Constifrjion phohibits
the Legislature fif 'i hereafter amending' or re
pealing the lhw of the Code fixing the social
status of the citizen.
Flag & Fish, plaintiff* in error, jos. John W.
Johnson, defendant in error—foreclosure of
mortgage—from Dougherty county. Judgment
of the Court below reversed on the ground that
the a>s : gument of the mor'gage it properly
stamped, couveyed tiie mortgage to the estate,
and it was assets iu the hands of the adminis
trator, and tire proceedings to foreclose it must
be in the name ot fall Johnson as administra
tor, and not iu hi- individual character.
Joan Doe, ex dem Benjamin F. Tugirle, plain
tiffs in error, vs. Richard Roe, cos'l eject'r and
John H. McMath and John Teal, tenants, de
fendants in error—(jectrneat—from Sumter
county. Judgment ot the Court below reversed
on the ground that parole evidence should have
been received to give effect to the grant by
identifying the person intended as the grantee.
James C. & J. C. Deuliam, plaintiffs in error,
vs. J. J. Williams, defendant in error—claim—
from Mitchell county. Judgment of the Court
below reversed, on the ground that the Court
erred in ruling that the claimants, Denhams,
were bound in favor of Williams, to proceed
first against the land in Tennessee, which is em
braced in the mortgage and is beyond the juris
diction of the Courts of this State; and ou the
ground that the order making the award the
judgment of the Court is presumed to be correct,
and if Williams claims that it was a fraud upon
his right he must prove actual fraud. If no
fraudulant intent is proved, the other facts in
the record do Dot make such a case ©9 entitles
Williams to a verdict.
By MeCay, J.—William Toler, plaintiff in
error, vs. Seabrook, Administrator, defendant, in
error - Motion to distribute money, from Dough
erty.—Judgment ot affirmance.
J. E. Bower, Administrator, plaintiff in error,
es. Hamlin J. Cook, defendant in error—As
sumpsit., from Dougherty.—Bill of exceptions
dismissed because there was no judgment of the
Court below to which a bill o(^exceptions will
He.
"E. Graunis?, Administrator, plaintiff in error,
vs. t^pqneliD. Irwin, defendant in error.—Eject
ment, from Mitchell.—Judgment of the Court
Jfeefow reversed ou the ground that the Court
erred in withdrawing the deed from Gove to
Nichols, from the jury, it being the opinion of
this Court that the suspicious appearance ci a
deed duly recorded, it any such suspicious ap
pearance exist, is matter for the jury, under the
charge of the Court, as to the law.
Jake ColiiDS, plaintiff in error, vs the State,
defendant in error—Assault with an attempt to
commit murder.—Judgment ot the Court below
affirmed. The law implies malice under the
bets of this case.
By Warner, J —Judgment of affirmanee in
the case ot Wm. E. Smith, plaintiff in error, vs
George M. Lawton, garnishment from Dougher-
erty county.
Judgment of affirmance in the case of Frank
P. Smith, plaintiff iu error, vs. Hamlin J. Cook.
—Contempt, from Baker county.
Judgment of affirmance in the case of Mason
Tiller, plaintiff in error, vs. D. Spradley, agent
for Green H. Jordan, defendant in error.—Com
plaint and motion for new trial, Irom L» e county*
Gen. G. J. Wright resumed his argument lor
plaintiff in error, iu the case of E. C. Clarde et.
al, vs Jerry Beall.
Mr. B. H Hill replied for the defendant iu
error On conclusion of his argument the Court
adjourned till 10 a. m. to-morrow.
Wednesday, June 23, I860.
Thomas F. Greer, Esq., was admitted lo the
bar of this Court.
Argument was resumed and concluded by
CoL W. A. Hawkins, for plaintiff in error, in
the case of E. C. Clark, el al, vs. Jerty Bell.
No. 16, Southwestern Circuit, Foster vs Dan
iel, motion to set aside a judgment from Sumter,
was argued by S. H. Hawkins, Esq., for plaintiff
n error, and by N. A. Smith and W. A. Hawk
ins for defendant in error.
No. 18, Southwestern Circuit, Jones vs. Boone,
was stricken from the docket, and it was ordered
that the same be entered upon the docket lor
December Term, 1869.
Pending the opening argument of S. H. Hawk-
kins for plaintiff in error, in the case of Huff vs.
Wnght, No. 19. Southwestern Circuit, the
court adjourned till 10 a m., to-morrow.
Thursday, June 24,1869.
The Court heard argument to-day in the fol
lowing cases:
No. 19, Southwestern Circuit, Huff vs. Wright,
motion to set aside a judgment irom Sumter—
S. H. Hawkins, Esq , for plaintiff in error, and
Messrs. S. C. Elam aud W. A. Ilawkins, for de
fendant in error.
No. 20, Southwestern Circuit, Thomas, ten
ant, vs. Malcolm & Hanks, motion lor new trial,
from Sumter—McCay, J., not presiding; Judge
R. H. Lyon, for plaintiff in error, and W. A.
Hawkins, Esq., for defendant in error.
No. 21, Southwestern Circuit, Baldwin vs.
McCrea, motion for a new trial, from Sumter.
Held by the Court that the questions involved
in this case had already been adjudicated by
this Court.
Merchants.—A merchant, or other business
man who depends upon a trade for a livelihood,
and who is too penurious to avail himself of the
press to inform the public of his whereabouts,
and what he has to sell, had belter take down
his sign. Trade should shun him.
The above is from the pen of the successful,
and well-known merchant, A. T. Stewart. Any
man that will freely use printer’s ink to make
known what be wishes to dispose of, that will
be economical in his management, and that will
throw truth into his business, most meet with
success. Customers never know what is in a
house tiol< ss the proprietors advertise. It is a
to > well known fact to speak oi at length, but
the successful merchant is the one who adver
tises. There are hundreds of ways by which
merchants can economise: by judicious adver
tising, by taste and care in selecting goods, in
their treatment of customers, and their agree
ments with employees, and in various other
ways. Nothing adds so much to the beauty of
business as truth, and nothing can so advance
and increase it. The more truth a man invests
in his business the better. If your business is
honest it will be advanced by tending it with
truth. The talking, the delaying, the little that
has to be done over, the anxiety put aside, is all
a great gain. Under all circumstances, and in
all places, the man who will be trathfol in his
business in spite of present inconvenience or
foolish sensitiveness will find that it pays well. (
St. Louis, Hickman and Charleston.—We
are pleased to learn that our friend Thomas E.
Walker, Esq., has been tendered and has ac
cepted the appointment of Through Freight
and Claim Agent ot the Charleston, Nashville
and Hickman Line. We are glad to hear also
that while he will be called frequently away,
his headquarters will be iu this city, and
also his residince, and his office in the new Geor-
rgia Railroad Depot.
Tom, as we call him, has been connected with
the State Road for the past eleven years, and
has served in all the freight departments up to
the General Freight Ageut of that road; and we
know of no more judicious appointment than
the one just given him.
In this connection, we think it not amiss to
call attention to the energetic aud enterprising
corps ot agents now engaged in the service of
this liue. Ma J. C. W. Anderson is the General
Agent and ranks os one ok the ablest railro.d
men in the South—indeed from the freight busi
ness of the railroads and steamboats he has not
been separated since he was quite a young man,
until Gen. Forrest made him* one of his aids,
with whom he served with the approbation of
that chier. Since iris appointment as General
Agent of the Hickman, aud Charleston line liis
energy and capacity have shown themselves in
the tiusiuess ot the several roads.
Our hieuu .VIaJ Jno. P. Edwards was ap
pointed a s-hori time since Solicting and Trav
eling Freight Agent of the A. & C„ aud A.
& N. W. Railroads, and his business qualifica
tions, together with his personal popularity,
warrant its iu saying that the liue has secured a
valuable man.
With such men in the service ot this line it is
obliged to become a great favorite with the
merchants in the South. And they wi'l avail
themselves of Us advantages—quick time, low
rates, and prompt, obliging and fair agents to
deal with.
The Nineteenth Century.’’—Through
the Agent, Mr. S. Langley, Jr , who is now iu
onr city, canvassing for subscribers, we have re
ceived a copy ot the first number ct this most
interesting magazine. The following card which
appears below the “table of contents” of the
number before us explains the aim of its Pub
lishers, whom we wish every success in their
enterprise:
To ihe Public.—“The 19th Century” speaks for
itself. It is the aim ot the Publishers to make
a sprightly, vivacious and entertaining Maga
zine. The articles are short, pithy, pleasingly
varied, and there are no continued stories. It is
a Southern enterprise, and wc have faith enough
in our people to believe they will lend ecourage-
ment to Southern Literature. Yearly subscrip
tion $3.50. Single numbers 35 cents. Postage
ODly two cents a number.
To Advertisers—1st. We receive none but
first class advertisements. 2d. A monthly Mag
azine is usually preserved by its receiver, and
remains a month upon the drawing room table,
is read by every member of the iamily, and not
unlrequently goes the round of a neighborhood.
3d. One insertion in a monthly, with its careful
display, is therefore equal to thirty insertions in
a daily. 4th. Our rates are low.
Address all communications to
F. G. de Fontaine,
Business Manager XIX Century
Publishing Oo., Charleston, 8. C. -
Mr. Lanoley, the Agent, will call upon our.
citizens during the week to solicit their patronage
and we trust will meet with success in every
call he may make. Our friend “Personne"—F.
G. de Fontaine—left so agreeable an impres
sion upon this community, when he was last
here at the Firemen’s Festival, that we doubt
not many will subscribe for the work, seeiDg liis
connection with it.
Bridges.—Judge Pittman, Ordinary, let out
the contract on Saturday last, for rebuilding the
bridge across Peachtree creek at Howell’s Mills
for $380. The bridge is about 210 feet in length,
and is to be rebuilt complete, except the piers.
The bridge across the same creek on the Peach
tree road near Bnckhead will be repaired soon.
It was destroyed by the armies in 1 34, and re
built in 1865. It is about 300 feet in length, aDd
it is estimated that daring the winter season 250
wagons, upon an average, daily crossed it.
City Hall.—We are gratified to state that
Mr. Alt. Burnett will give two of his entertain
ments at the City Hall—the one to-night
and the other on Friday night.
The Montgomery papers speak very highly of
Burnetts, Mr. Caudle, and Hepsedam Sermon.
As a mimic Mr. B. is without a rival. Miss
Nash is said to be a young lady of intellect, ex
ceedingly attractive in her specialties. Mr. J.
W. Sbarpley has quite a reputation as a coti-
certinist. At the low price of admission we
are satisfied that the Hall will be crowded.
Athens Manufacturing Company.—We
learn that this prosperous company are contem
plating erecting a Wool Factory on the east
side of the Oconee river, opposite their Cotton
Factory.
Mr. John S Wise.—The card oi the above
gtntlemaD, who is the Southeastern Agent ot
the Memphis and Charleston Railroad Com
pany, will be found in to-day’s paper. Mr.
Wise is well anu favor»bly known in this sec
tion of country. Fory.-nrs ue was connected
witn the railroad bustuesa in this S a.e. Any
company can congraiu*aie themselves upon
having this gentleman connected with it.
We have b**en pre-cat- d by Mr. H. I. Kim
ball wiiha bt an'ilul and accurate photographical
picture ot the Kuubtil Opera House, now used
under contract for State House purposes. We
shall place it iu some prominent position in our
office as an appreciation oi the gife.
Messrs. Kimballs will please accept our thanks
ior the kind remembrance of the Intelligen
cer.
These gentlemen are enterprising and deserve
the encouragement of our community.
Professor N. F. Smith, at the United States
Hotel, is said to be the best 'Phrenologist that
has ever visited us. He is also giving instruc
tions in Human Magnetism. He will leave
soon. je24-lt.
Tax Digests.—Mr. S. Grubb, receiver ol Tax
Returns, advertises that the Digests tor Fniton
county will be closed on the 30th.
Peaches.-Mr. O. L. Pease will please accept
our thanks for a small box of very fine peaches
—the first of the season. They were delicious
and we advise our friends to call and see Mr.
Pease, on Alabama street, and supply their
wants.
Foundry.—We noticed on yesieruay coat
the lot near the Mineral Spring was being pre
pared for the erection* of Mr. WaterweatUers’
Foundry.
Real Estate Sales.—Messrs. Wallace &
Fowler sold on yesterday the Pounds IIill pro.
perty, for $599 50. These gentlemen also sold
a house and lot on the right of way 01 lit - W.
& A. R R., to Mrs. (J. Currier, for $700.
Supper.—On last Friday night, the ladies of
Athens gave asup]>er lor the purpose ot raising
money to purchase new trucks &c., for 1 he
Hook & Ladder Company of that place. The
amount realized from the supper^was $670.
A Rose by any Other Name, &c.—One of
our exchanges says that Calomel is the name of
a lawyer in Virginia, and says that it presumes
he never enters into a case but what he goes
through with it.