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The Miner.
Down ’mid the tangled roots of things
That foil alKMit the central fire,
I seek for that whieh giveth wings
To stoop, not soar, to my desire.
Sometimes I hear as ‘twere a sigh,
She sea's deep yearning far above,
“Thou hast the secret not,” I cry,
“In dwjier depths is hid my love.”
They think I hurrowfrom the sun,
In darkness, all alone and weak ;
Such loss were gain’d if He were won,
For'tis the sun’s own Sun’l seek.
The earth, they murmur, is the tomb
That vail v sought his life to prison;
Why grovel longer in its gloom?
He is not here; He hath arisen.
More life for mo where He hath lain
Hidden, while ye believed Him dead,
Than in cathedrals cold and vain,
liuilt on loose sands of “It is said.”
Mv search is for the living gold,
Him I desire who dwells recluse,
And not h : s image worn and old,
I fay-servant of our sordid use.
If Him I find not, yet I find
Tin-ancient joy of cell and church,
The glimpse, the surety undefined,
The uiujucnched ardor of the search.
Happier to chase a Hying goal
Than to sit counting laurelled gains,
To guess the Soul within the soul
Than to be lord of what remains.
[James Unwell Lowell.
GEORGIA LEGISLATIKE.
Report and Resolutions ofthe Joint Stand
ing Committee on the Constitutional
Amendment.
Your Committe have serious boubts as
to the propriety of'discussing the proposed
Amendments to the Constitution of the
I ’nited States.
They are presented to us without the
authority of the Constitution, and it has <
occurred to us, that as the dignity and i
rights of Georgia might be compromised by
a ('moderation of the merits ofthe pro
posed Amendments, that the proper course j
would be to lay them upon the table or in- j
definitely postpone their consideration with- j
out one word of debate.
We shall depart from this course only so
far as to give the reasons which to our
minds forbid discussion upon the merits of
the proposed Amendments.
The argument resolves itself into a few
simple propositions..
Ist. If Georgia is not a State compos
ing a part of the Federal Government
known as the Government of the United
States Amendments to the Constitution of
the United States arc not properly before
this body
2d. If Georgia is a State, composing a
part ofthe Federal Government, known as
the Government ofthe United States, then
these Amendments arc not proposed, ac
cording to the requirements ofthe Federal
Constitution, and are proposed in such a
manner as forbids this House from acting
or discussing the merits of the Amend
ments.
In discussing these propositions we will
endeavor to establish,
Ist. That Georgia is a State ofthe Unit
ed States, coequal with all the other States
of the Federal Union, and, therefore, en
titled to all the rights and privileges ofany
and every other State under the Federal
Constitution.
2d. That these amendments have not
been proposed in either ofthe methods re
quire 1 by the sth Article of the Constitu
tion.
We do not propose to discuss whether
any political organization, except a State
ol the Union, can constitutionally consider
amendments to the Constitution, because
by the sth Article proposal amendments
become a part of the Constitution of the
ih.ited States when ratified by the Legis
latures of three-fourths of the several
States , or by conventions in three-fourths
of the States, as the one or the other mode
of ratification may be proposed by the Con
gress ! With this citation we shall dismiss
what seems to us to be a self-evident pro
position.
It might with propriety be said that the
affirmative of the second proposition ; is
Georgia one of the United States? might
rest, upon the fact that the Constitutional
Amendments proposed have been submit
ted to the L gislature of Georgia for ratifi
cation or rejection, but in view of the fact
that Lhe Radical party, now dominant at
the North recognizes the status of the
seceding States as States whenever sueii
recognition is necessary to a surrender of
rights, and denies the proposition when
ever the recognition is essential to their
maintenance, it may not be out of place to
recur to the history ofthe Federal Govern
ment in order to define the relation of
Georgia to the several States ofthe Ameri
can Union.
Neighboring States certainly have no in
herent right to control the political condi
tion of each other, this being the case,
thirteen States formerly colonies of Great
Britain formed a political alliance and es
tablished a Government called the United
States of America. Georgia was one of
the original thirteen, certain political pow
ers were delegated to the General Govern
ment, and certain other powers reserved
to the States respectively.
The delegated powers were expressed in
a written instrument called the Constitu
tion of the United S'ates.md the power of
the (ieneral Government tolegislatein any
way upon the interest of the several States
composing the Union is derived from that
instrument, either by express grant or by
necessary implication.
Georgia was clearly a State when the
Union was formed, for site was one of the
original States by whom the Government
was created.
Georgia then being one of the original
States, has never ceased to occupy that
relation to her sister States unless by the
Constitution, either expressly or by impli
cation she has reserved to herself the
right to secede or vested in the Legislature
or some other department of the Govern
ment the right to eject her.
Did Georgia have the right to secede?
Georgia supposed that when the General
Government ceased to answer the purposes
of its creation, that she had a right to se
cede, and did in fact endeavor to withdraw
from the Federal Union in conjunction
with ten of her sister States. The remain
ing. or non-seceding States, declared the
Union to be perpetual and indivisible, but
failing, under the Constitution, to find any
power to coerce a State, Congress resorted
to Stir section, in which the legislative
powers are defined, wherein the power is
given to C ingress to suppress insurrection,
and on the T'hh of July, 1861, passed an
act entitled "An Act to provide for the
suppression of rebellion against and resis- i
tunee to the laws of the United States, and !
to amend an act passed February 28,
1795.” 1
Under this and similar acts the military
power of the United States was called forth |
< hsignedl i/ not against the States, but to !
suppress insurrection by the people within j
the States. The United States Govern- j
ment uniformly refused to recognise the |
acts of secession as State acts, but treated ;
them as the acts of insurgents rebelling !
against the authority of the United States, |
Under tills political aspect of the case, no
tear was erer tie I iretl og Congress (which
is the only department that could declare i
war), because a declaration of war would
have recognized the practical right of se
cession.
The war should have necessarily been
declared against the Confederate Govern
ment as a foreign power, and the relations
which the States composing the Confeder
ate Government would have borne to the
United States, or remaining States, when
conquered would have been entirely de
pendent upon such terms as should be
embodied in the treaty of peace which
might be between the contending Powers.
Instead of recognizing secession and de
claring tear, the Congress of the United
States passed the act referred to for sup
pressing insurrections, whenever, in the
judgment of the President, the laws of the
United States could not be enforced by the
ordinary course of judicial proceeding’s.
How long did the power of the President
continue to employ the militia of the sev
eral States. and the land and naval forces
of the United States ? So long as the
cause which called it into existence continu
ed no longer. What was that cause?
This act and all acts passed by Congress on
the subject declares that it was to suppress
insurrection when it should be so formida
ble that laws of the United States could
not be enforced by ordinary judical course,
and this act was left-to the judgment of the
President, whose duty it is to see that the
laws of the l nited States are executed.
The President, by proclamation, has de
clared the rebellion suppressed, that peace
reigns throughout the United States, and
that the laws can be enforced by ordinary
judieial course. In other words, that an
insurrection did exist on the portion of the
people of the several States of the Union ;
that that insurrection has been suppressed,
and the whole people of these States are
now t.as a portiou of them always have
bcen\ ready to yield obedience to the laws
of the l nited States.
No treaty followed the suppression of
the insurrection, because a Government
does not treat with individuals, and the
Government of the United States through
out the whole of this contest, has refused
to treat it as a contest with States; and
again, because the people hitherto charged
with being in insurrection were citizens of
States already bound together by a com
pact known as the Constitution of the
United Spates, which has never been abro
gated or overthrown, and has lost none of
its vitality by an unsuccessful attempt to
overthrow it, and which is therefore now
the supreme law of Georgia. _ By virtue
of its powers, the Congress of the United
States, acting upon the theory of the indi
visibility of the Union, treated the State as
a State in the Union, and under the sth
section, Ist article of the Constitution, de
clares :
“Representatives and direct taxes shall
be apportioned among the several States,
which may be in this auiou. according to
their respective members, did on the sth
August, IS6I, enact “That a direct tax of
twenty millions of dollars be and is hereby
annually laid upon the United States, and
the same shall be apportioned to the States
respectively in manner following : The ’
State oi Georgia, $584,367 33, and a pro
portionate amount to each State and terri- ,
tory of the United States,” and on the j
15th July, 1862, “An Act to amend the ,
Judicial system of the United States, the
districts of South Carolina, Georgia, Ala- ;
bama. Mississippi and Florida were consti
tuted the fifth circuit of the United !
States.” !
There are several other acts passed du- j
ring the rebellion deriving all their force I
from the Constitution, wherever it defines ;
the legislative power of Congress over the |
States in the Union which but for the tact i
that these States were regarded as in the j
Union would have been wholly inapplicable I
Ito them. , , , „
1 The whole theory adopted by Congress ,
I and the Executive, and maintained J
j throughout the entire war was this: The
' Union is indissoluble, the practical relation |
I ofthe States to the Federal Government is ■;
j interrupted by a rebellion. The whole i
I i>ower ofthe Government must lie used to !
I suppress the rebellion; that the States j
i may be restored to their practical relations j
and this result followed, whenever the ;
! President declared the rebellion suppress- :
jed ! Wherever the laws could be enforced
in the ordinary judicial course, the Union
was restored and the Constitution pro- :
claimed the relation of the States to the J
Federal Government, rendering legislation j
on the subject by Congress not only unne
cessary, but unwarranted.
We have thus endeavored to show that i
the right to secede is denied by the Gen
eral Government, and its construction has i
been maintained by the sword and is sub- !
rnitted to by all the States.
Has Congress the right to eject a State.
The powers of Legislation are defined in
the Bth section, and no power is given to
Congress to legislate a State out of the j
; Union ; and while by the 3d section of the
i 4th article, the Congress may admit anew
I State formed out of the territ try of the
I United States or foreign territory, there is
no clause of that instrument by which
j Congress or any other power can transform
i a Siate into a terrritory.
Then as Georgia was one of the original \
! Thirteen States which formed the Union, ;
I and could neither withdraw from it or be- j
! legislated out of it, her Federal relations j
being, only suspended during the rebellion,
she must necessarily continue to be one of
the United States, and as such, her rela
tions to the Federal Government and to
her sister States is defined by the Consti
■ tution ofthe United States, and this rela
tion cannot be changed, nor the terms of
the Constitution altered in any way except
in one of the modes provided in that in
strument by the Stats themselves.
2d. Are these Amendments constitu
tionally proposed. By the Fifth Article of
the Constitution of the United States, two
modes are prescribed for proposing Amend
ments. One by application of the Legis
latures of two-thirds of the States to the
Congress.
The other by a vote of two-thirds of the
Congress. If proposed, they become
Amendments when ratified by the Legisla
ture of three-fourths of the several States,
or by Conventions of three-fourths of the
States, as the one or the other mode of
ratification maybe directed by Congress.
1 lave these amendments been proposed
by two-thirds of the Congress of the United
States? Georgia in conjunction with her
sister States by the Ist Section Ist Article
of the Constitution declared that all Legis
lative powers herein granted shall be vested
in in Congress ofthe United States, which
shall consist of a Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
The 2d Section prescribes the mode of
re-electing members of Congress, and de
clares that Georgia shall have at least three
members of the House of Representatives
and two Senators, and that her represen
tation shall be increased from time to time
on a certain basis therein named, upon
i which basis of representative she is now
entitled to seven members in the represen
tative branch.
By the sth article it is provided that she
shall never be deprived of her equal suff
rage in the Senate without her consent.
Thus, by the Constitution of the United
States in virtue of which instrument alone
has any other State or Government any
right to interfere with her external or in
ternal political relations, the Senators and
Representatives of Georgia form an integ
ral part of the Congress of the United
States! The same reasoning applies to the
other ten States whose practical relations
to the Federal Government were for a time
interrupted, they were like Georgia either
original States by whom the Government
was created, or States since admitted upon
terms of equality under rules presented by
the original thirteen.
During the war Congress could be con
stitutionally convened without the repre
sentation from these States because they
were voluntarily absent and the States
failed to elect, representatives. It was fur
’ this reason that the amendments abolish
1 ing slavery were constitutionally proposed,
and in ratifying them Georgia yielded no
political principle, a material sacrifice was
demanded of her, and she laid it as a peace
offering on the altar of our common
country.
, Since the reorganization of the State gov
ernment Georgia has elected Senators and
Representatives. So has every other State.
i They have been arbitrarily refused admis
sion to their seats, not on the ground that
the qualifications of the members elected
did uot conform to the 4th paragraph 2d
section Ist article of the Constitution, but
because their rights of representation was
denied by a portion of the States having
equal but not greater rights than them
selves. They have in fact been forcibly
excluded, and inasmuch as all legislative
power granted by the States to the Con
gress is defined, and this power of exclusion
is not among the powers granted expressly
or by implication. The assembly, at the
capital, of Representatives from a portion
oi' the States to the exclusion of the Repre
sentatives of another portion, cannot be a
constitutional Congress when the represen
tation of eaeh State forms an integral part
of the whole.
This amendment is tendered to Georgia
for ratification under thai power in the
Constitution which autorizes two-thirds of
the Congress to propose amendments.
We have endeavored to establish that
Georgia had a right in the first place, as a
part ofthe Congress, to act upon the ques
tion, “shall these amendments be pro
posed ?” Every other excluded State had
the same right. The first constitutional
privilege has been arbitrarily denied, and
therefore the seoond should be promptly
declined.
Had these amendments been submitted
to a Constitutional Congress, that never
would have been proposed to the States.
Two-thirds of the whole Congress never
would have proposed to eleven States
voluntarily to reduce their political power
in the Union, and at the same time dis
franchise the larger portion of the intellect,
integrity and patriotism of eleven co-equal
State's.
Had they been constitutionally proposed,
even then the Legislature of Georgia, act
ing for itself, never would, as it never will,
ratify an amendment by which the State
will bo shorn of political power, and a por
tion of her best citizens branded with dis
honor.
If we have been successful in establish
ing our premises, the conclusion necessari
ly follows that Georgia can only act upon
this question as a State, one of the mem
bers of the United States Government :
that as such States these amendments are
not properly before her, not having been
proposed by a Constitutional Congress ;
and to act upon them when proposed in any
other way, would be to participate in set
ting aside the Constitution and to estab
lish as a precedent that the mandates of
the Constitution are subordinate to the will
of the Federal Legislature. The evil is
directed at Georgia to-day— to-morrow in
some other shape, when anew party gets
into power, it may be directed with equal
force against States now free from its in
fluence.
In recommending that these Amend
ments be rejected for the reasons stated,
your Committee are animated by no cap
tious spirit. It material sacrifices were 1
demanded to promote harmony, Georgia
would in the future, as in the past, stand
ready to make the offering, but, in the
opinion of your Committee, the State !
should not yield her Constitutional rights,
even though her citizens may, therebv,
have to endure further privations.
Individual wrongs will pass away with
time, but the overthrow of the Constitu
tion is an enduring evil. If need be. let u>
wait and suffer, and let history teach the
le son that, under the Constitution, the
States of this Union are co-equals, and
that any war made to perpetuate the Un
ion. in its utmost success, can only main
tain the States in their original relations to
each other.
We recommend the adoption of the fol
lowing resolution:
Hesotved, That the Legislature of Geor
gia declines to ratify the proposed Amend
ments adding a Fourteenth Article to the
Constitution of the United States.
B. A Thornton, Ch'rn'n Senate Com.
J. J. Gresham,
0. L. Smith,
James Dickey,
R. Nf. Paris.
R. A. Rowley Ch’m'n pro tern. House
Com.
R. J. Moses,
John Dodds.
Wui. A. Mcßougaid,
James A. McWhorter,
Lewis P. Dozier,
Hiram L. French,
Thos. B. Granniss,
Jesse A. Glenn,
W. H. Malloe,
Thos, W. J. Hill.
Another conspiracy against the Govern
ment has been discovered in Lima.
A woman in England recently died of
excessive anger.
The Austrian government has adopted j
the Lindner gun for the arms’.
A paper printed in Chinese and Ja
panese is published in London.
Blind Men and Elephant.
BV JOHN 0. SAXE.
The following has a moral, which re
quires but little thought to discover:
It was six men of Hindoostan,
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant,
(Thoufih all of them were blind,)
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
; Against his broad and sturdy- side,
At once began to bawl:
| “(>h bless me !—but the Elephant
Is very like a wall.”
I The Second, feeling of the tunk
1 Cried, “Ho ! what we have here
: So very round and smooth and sharp ?
To me 'tis mighty clear
Tliis wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear !”
The Third approached tiie animal
And, happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“ I see.” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake !”
The Fourth reached out his eager hand,
And felt about tiie kuee ;
j “What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“ ’Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree !”
The Fifth who chanced to touch the ear>
Said, E'en the blindest man
Can t%ll what this resembles most ;
Deny the fact who can,
Tliis marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”
The SUUi no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on tiie swinging tail
That tell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth ne, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope !”
And so these men of Hindoostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right
And partly in the wrong 1
Foreign Items.
There is to be another great fight for the
championship of the English prize ring,
the combatants being Baldwin, called “ The
Irish Giant,” who recently fought for and
won the belt, and a man who has been se
lected by Mace, the ex-champion, but whose
name has not heen allowed to transpire.
It is, however, to be made known at least
two months before the fight, which is ap
pointed to take place in what is called the
London District, ou the sth of April, 1867.
The necessary articles of agreement have
been entered into, and the stake at issue
will be “£2OO aside, and the Champion
ship of England.”
The bell which is heard in the first act j
of “Don Juan d’Autriche,” at the Theatre j
Francais, is one of those which on the j
24th of August, 1572, gave the signal for j
the massacre of St. Bartholomew. Being
nut up for sale during the revolution all the '
bells of St, German l’Auxerois were I
bought by a founder named Flouban, who |
parted with the smallest of them to the !
theatre just named. It was rung for the!
first time at the theatre in 1861, at the first i
performance of “Edouard enEcosse,” by I
Alexander Duvall.
The Emperor Napoleon will be an exhib- j
itor at the international Exhibition in j
Paris. His Majesty has designed a model !
for a workman’s house, which, to lowness of
price, unites all the accommodations desira- j
ble and the conditions required by the pub- !
lie health. By paying a moderate rent, ;
one part of which would be devoted to a j
kind of sinking fund, thetenant would in a \
few years become the proprietor of the j
house, such being, in his Majesty’s opinion i
quo of the surest methods ot'instilling hab
its of order and economy in the working
classes.
The iron arm-chair presented by the city
of p’Luvec to Gustavus Vasa was sold in
1425 to M. Schinkel, a chamberlain of the
King of Sweden, for 120,000 francs; the
prayer-book used by Charles I, of England,
on the scaffold, brought 2,500 francs ; the
coat worn by Charles XII, at the battle of
Pultowa, was sold in Edinburgh for 561,-
francs; and in 1816, Louis Sehwarterbury
gave 16,595 francs for a tooth of Newton,
which is now set in a ring and worn by the
elder branch of that family.
The chief of the feudal party in Prussia
lias published a pamphlet in which he says
that he does not believe in the crowning
of German unity effected by Prussia, and
condemns in the policy of the cabinet all
which seems to tend toward liberal ideas,
which he describes as the old and sworn
. enemies of the crown. This pamphlet is
I looked upon as a proof of the schism between
j Count Bismark and the Prussian conser
: vatives.
The Herald's Paris correspondent says ;
Gen. Castenau will arrange for the retire
ment of the French troops from Mexico cn
masse, as Napoleon thinks that the march
by detachments would be inconvenient. It
was considered that France would be re
lieved of two huge incubuses—Mexico and
Rome—at about the same period of
time.
General Garibaldi, on his late arrival in
Florence, summed up his counsels to the
crowd assembled bcneatli the windows of
the villa at Bellosgoardo, by the following
; words,, addressed to the female portion of
the audience: “ Italian mothers, Italian
sisters, if you wish your sons and your
brothers to be good patriots, never again
[ enter a confessional. ’ ’
i At a recent sitting of the Medical Society
of Stockholm, Dr. Malensten adduced ar
guments to prove that not only quarantines
were no preservation against cholera, but
that they even tended to propagate it. His
statement produced a great sensation, and
his colleagues unanimously expressed con
currence in the opinion so expressed.
Chang, the Chinese giant, eight feet
high, accidentally stumbled in Worcester,
England, lately, and two living bodies roll
ed out of him, one of which had furnished
the head and the other the legs of the
monster. Barnum’s Fecjee mermaid
probably supplied the idea ofthe ingenius
combination,
King 4 ictor* Emanuel has just institu
ted anew order of knighthood, to he eal- j
led the Order of the Leone del St. Marco, !
according to the same ; that ofthe Italian 1
lion, according to others. It is to take j
rank immediately after the Order of the
Anuunziata, which last is only given to
crowned heads, members of reigning houses, j
and generalissimos.
The Paris journals announce that the !
Empress Eugenie has placed in the Church
of Notre Dame des Yictoircs a magnificent
lamp, bearing the initials L. N., which is to i
burn perpetually before the higli altar. It, j
is a present to which is said to be attached !
a vow relative to her family.
The Empress of Mexico, now called the |
Princess Charlotte, is affected with a religi- j
qus _ monomania, always bewailing the in- !
justice done the Church in Mexico; and j
her case is hopeless of cure. It is s»-id the
unfortunate lady has attempted suicide by :
jumping from a window.
annual ceremony of crowning the
King of the Pumpkins at the Central Mar
ket, Paris, took place the other day. The
vegetable which obtained the honor this'
year weighed two hundred and fifty-eight
pounds, and measured ten feet four inches
in circumference.
Baron James de Rothschild is in a very
critical state of health. He is the only
surviving son of the founder of the house,
is chief of the Paris branch of the Roths
childs, and the most eminent financier of
the whole family.
The Paris Jloniteur publishes the names
of 115 persons upon whom medals have
been conferred by Napoleon, on the recom
mendation of the Minister for the Interior,
for acts of devotedness in saving lives
during the month of July last.
The Louvre, in Paris, contains over 2,000
pictures, amongst which are: 12 Raphaels,
3 Corregios, Is Titans 13 Paul Vcroness,
42 Rubens. 22 Van Dykes, 17 Rembrandts,
11 Gerard Dows. 11 Murillos, 6 4 elasquez,
1 Warteau. 40 Passius, 16 C. Lorraines.
441 Joseph Yernets.
The Bishop of Orleans, who is absent
from his diocese for his health, has nobly
given up his episcopal palace for the use
of the sufferers from the floods, and de
voted a quarter of a year's income to the
same purpose.
A law exists in Germany to prevent
drinking on the Sabbath during Divine
service. It runs thus: “Any person
m an ale-house during service on Sunday,
or other holiday, mav leeallv part without
paying."
The final result of the plebisalum of
> enetia shows 641,768 votes in favor of
a union with Italy, and only 69 negative.
1 here was great popular enhusiasm
throughout V enetia.
r-. There is a report that an energetic effort
wul be made next session by the leaders of
fashion in Paris to revive the practice of
powdering the hair.
The cupatorium saturija, a plant from
Sauta Fe de Bogota, has been successfully
used against cholera in Paris. It is what
the snake-charmers cat when bitten.
Maximilian made a car a Hero and a
grand cross of the order of Guadalupe, of
the editor of bis organ. Lacronica. The
decorated journalist is an ex-New Yorker.
Rev. Augustus 4\ alker. a missionary of
the American Board, died of cholera at
Diarbaker, Turkey, on the 18th of Sep
tember.
The short-time movement among the
Lancashire cotton manufacturers was mak
ing progress, and indicated a large decrease
in production.
The English and French Governments
are to interfere in the dispute between
Spain and the South American Republics.
The cost of pauperism in Great Britain
last year was between thirty-five and forty j
million dollars.
CHARGE OF HOX. WM. R. McLAWS 1
To the Grand Jury of Richmond County,
November Term. 1866.
Mr. Foreman,
and. Gentlemen of the Grand Jury:
This is the sixth month of your service
as Grand Jurors of the County Court of
Richmond county, and I have thought that
a short address from me, by way of a charge
—giving you the result of my experience as
Judge of the Court, together with such
arguments as may have suggested, them
selves to my mind in favor of the Court,
and such alterations or modifications as I
humbly conceive to be necessary to be made
by tiie Legislature now in session—would
not be unacceptable to you at this time.
My motive being a good one, gentlemen. I
hope that you will pardon my trespassing
upon your attention.
Though this is the sixth month of your
service, it is not your last Court. You will
have to assemble once more at the semi
annual session of the Court, on the first
Monday in December next, when, after
having discharged your duties as Grand
Jurors, your time of service will have ex
pired—the language ofthe Act being “that
you shall serve for the next six months,
and during the next semi-annual session.”
You were drawn at the first semi-annual
session of the Court, which met on the
first Monday in June last; the first term
of your service was on the second Monday
in June, and your last term will be, as I
have stated, at the next semi-annual
session. And just here I would suggest
the abolition of Grand Juries at the semi
annual sessions, as being unnecessary, in
consequence of their having no civil cases to
try, and owing to the proximity of the
monthly session ofthe Court, being in this
county on the following week, and in all of
the counties in the same mouth.—a jail
delivery once a month answering all the
expectations ofthe people.
The Court is one of the offsprings ofthe |
revolution, and was organized by the Legis- I
lature to meet the necessities of the times.
I am satisfied that we must have the Court
as it is, or one similarly organized. Abol- I
ish it altogether, and we will soon have the j
military tribunals of the Freedmen’s j
Bureau established again over us. They
will be ordered by the Government as a
necessity, and will doubtless be called for
by some of our citizens, as humiliating as
it may be, lather than we should be
without some tribunal where speedy jus
tice could be administered to the i'reedman
or to our citizens in ail cases where they
should be at variance with the freedman.
I say that it wouid be humiliating, for it
would amount to a confession that the peo
ple of the once great State of Georgia had
proved incapable of self-government, and
wanting in sufficient wisdom to manage the
internal affairs of the State.
Abolish the Court altogether, and what
I would be our situation? We would then
; have remaining our Superior Courts and
j Justices’ (the Supreme Court being only a
j Court of Errors) Courts; the first sitting
! twice a year, and the latter monthly. The
j Justices’ Courts have only the power of
j committing Courts. They have no author
j ity to punish persons for crimes, because
I they have no grand jury, nor have they a
| pettyjury of twelve men to try offenders.
! The Superior Courts then will have to try
all offenders, amounting in this county to j
at least twenty or thirty every month. _ A j
large majority of these, unable to give ;
security for their appearance, will have to j
be sent to jail, where they will have to re
main at the expense of theccunty until the I
meeting of the Superior Court, when they j
will first have to be indicted by the Grand
Jury, and then tried by a petty jury. I I
would ask you how long would this occupy 1
the time of the Judge and juries? Make .
the calculation for yourselves; and by w r ay |
of a data to govern you, 1 will state that i
our Superior Court just adjourned occupied I
fifteen days in trying seme twenty cases, I |
believe, fourteen of them being felonies, j
and that there were still remaining in jail j
to, be tried seine fourteen defendants. The [
number of persons on bail awaiting trial I j
never learned, but it must be quite large.
New, experience proves that, as a general
thing, it takes a day to try a felony, because |
the defendant is entitled to a full panel j
jury; the evidence has to bo taken down,
and the punishment being severe and infa
mous, the attorneys very properly exercise
all their ingenuity, skill and eloquence in
behalf of the accused.
And whilst my mind is upon this sub
ject, I would suggest an amendment to our |
constitution, taking away from our Superior
Courts exclusive jurisdiction in cases of
felonies, and giving authority to the Legis
lature to extend the jurisdiction to our
County Courts ; and, I may add, our City
Courts, in order that there might be a
speedy jail delivery in all cases under the j
grade of capital offences. This, I think, j
would be productive of great good to the I
community, and attain what we have so |
much needed in Georgia—speedy trials, j
speedy convictions, or speedy acquittals.
There have been such great delays in j
the administration of criminal justice
throughout the country, that great crimi
nals have presumed upon it, knowing that
every continuance inures to their benefit,
and that after much delay they will finally ;
escape the prosecution, and the community
cease to take an interest in the case; wit
nesses die or move away, some, disgusted
by frequent attendance upon the courts — I
waitihg perhaps a week or two for the case
to be called, and then to be continued for
six months —cease to attend, and when the
trial does, come on, the offenders, as a
general thing, are acquitted. Therefore,
in bad cases, the policy is always to con
tinue, and when there are many witnesses
some are sure to be absent; lienee the
punishment is not associated with the
offence, and the fear of punishment does
not deter others from committing crimes.
Speedy jail deliveries will save great ex
pense to the counties. Thecity of Augusta
having charge of the jail in this county —
has to pay the sum of six hundred and
thirty-five dollars per month, this being
the average payment, or over seven thous
and dollars per annum for the purpose of
keeping up the jail. This is a very heavy
tax upon our oppressed population. Speedy
trials are but just to the accused, many of
whom may be innocent, and for their cases
to. be continued after they have been in
jail six months awaiting trial, is a crying
evil, and must fall more heavily upon the
poor freedman, very few of whom are able
to give bail, particularly in felonies. This
would, of itself, in the event of the aboli
tion of the Court, attract the attention of
those who would desire the presence of the
Freedmen’s Bureau.
| The speedy trials given by the County
j Courts, would take so many cases from the
j Superior Courts, thereby affording that
; Court more time to devote to the civil
j docket. What a trial it is every session to
! parties and witnesses, many of whom are
dependant upon their daily labor for the
i support of themselves and families, to bo
| detained about the Court, awaiting the
! disposal of the criminal docket. You have,
! doubtless, most of you, experienced this
| great inconvenience, annoyance, and w T hat
some of you have conceived to be trifling
wit li your time.
The argument most generally used
against the County Court is the onerous
duties it imposes upon juries. This I ap
prehend, is a mistake. The cause does not
lie in the County Courts, but in the new
relations created by the revolution ; for
without the Court, our citizens would have
to perform three times as much duty as
jurors as they performed before the Act of
the Legislature of ’66, placing the freedmen
upon a footing with the whites inour Courts
of Justice.
It should be borne in mind that we are
now called upon to perform the additional
duty as jurymen for the colored race set
free amongst us ; not only to settle dis
putes between themselves, between the
blacks and whites, but to sit in judgment
in all cases where they are charged with
violating the criminal laws of the land.
I say that it has been deemed politic, and
wise by the Legislature to grant them
equal rights in our Courts of Justice, and
the chief of these rights is that of trial by
| iury. All this duty, as we well know, must
Ibe performed by the whites. Were the
I blacks sufficiently intelligent and advanced
j in civilization to sit as jurymen in these
| cases, only where their own color
j were concerned, we would be re
j lieved from much of this new duty.
Our own laws now require this duty
of us. and it is but just, right and hu
mane in us to give those who are inferior
to ns in natural capacity, acquired infor
mation and opportunities of improvement,
the benefit of our superior intelligence,
not only inour Courts of Justice, but in the
daily pursuits of life.
Experience has proven to me. however,
that in some of the cases on the criminal j
side of the Court, a jury trial may be dis- j
pensed with. It has sometimes happened j
that freedmen. who had been arrested and
brought before me as a Magistrate, for
violating some of the criminal laws, after
examination, and after I had decided to
commit them for regular trial, have impor
tuned me to pass sentence upon them at
once, rather than await the annoyance and
delay of a trial with the certainty of final
punishment. In such cases I had no au
thority to punish. To make punishment
legal there must be findings by both
I Grand and Petty Juries, unless the defend
: ant pleads guilty to a charge, made by a
! Grand Jury. Now I would respectfully
1 suggest to the Legislature to grant author
j ty, l and I presume that there can be no
i doubt about the right to the Judges of the
j County Court, sitting as committing magis
: trates. to pass sentence upon defendants,
j where there can be no doubt of their guilt,
and where they desire it. This right, if
wiselv and humanely exercised will relieve
both ’Grand and Pettv Juries from the bur
dens and vexation of Magistrates.
! I see it suggested as an improvement to
} the Court, that anew Grand Jury be sum
j moned to attend at every term; that this
would cause a more equal distribution of
the burdens of Jury duty amongst the
1 citizens. I have no doubt but what this
; plan would be more acceptable to the peo
-1 pie at large throughout the State, partic-u
--: larly as it is not the fashion now-a days for
j Grand Juries “to diligently enquire and
i true presentments make of all such matters
and things as shall be given them in charge
or shall come to their knowledge, touching
the present service.” T say that it is not
the fashion.' ibr it Las been several years
since 1 have known a * I rand Jury to make
a (Special Presentment; and though you.
gentlemen, have been in session lor near
six months, you have not thought proper
to call upon the Solicitor to make out a
Special Presentment wherein you might
make a charge “from your own knowledge
t aud observation. ”
One ofthe objects of the Legislature in
having you drawn for six months, 1 sup
pose, was, to cause you to present in Term
time what violations of law you had ob
! served in vacation. This haying failed in
practice, I can see no objection to having
anew Jury’ every Court ; though were 1
a J uryman, living in a city like Augusta,
1 would prefer the present system, which l
do not think has proved to be particularly
onerous, and which has preserved , you
from molestation by the Superior Courts
where the duties of Grand Ju.ries are
doubly severe—having to serve not only as
a Grand Inquest in the investigation of
felonies, but as Special .Jurors on the civil
side of the Court—and where you are lia
ble to be called upou to serve, not only as
as falis Grand Jurors, but Labs Petit
Jurors in the trial of criminals. Being a |
sworn Grand Jury of the County Court for
six months, and presumed by law to be in i
the discharge of the duties during that
time, I should think, would protect you .
from Jury duty in any of the other Courts.
I can perceive no particular objections!
to the civil powers of the court. They are j
iu most respects eminently wise and !
proper. I would suggest, however, that
in all suits above the sum of thirty dollars,
tried by the Judge at the monthly session,
the losing party be allowed the benefit of
an appeal to a Jury, subject to the usual
rules regulating appeals in the other courts.
Experience has taught me that from the
haste with which the Judge is sometimes
called upon to decide cases, and the little
time given him for reflection or investiga
; tion, that sometimes his decisions work in
, justice, and that the remedy now pointed
\ out by eertorari, is so expensive aud tedi
j ous that the party would prefer to submit
to what he conceives to be an injustice
rather than avail himself of it. It would
relieve my mind very much were appeals
allowed in suck cases, or even in all cases
above the sum of twenty dollars.
No fault has been found with the semi
annual sessions. Leaving out of view the
Grand Jury and criminal powers which I
have suggested be taken away, the Court
simply takfs the place of the old Inferior
Court; tlic only difference being that the
new Court has a single Judge, whilst the
old Court dad five. Before the revolution
such a Court, as the present semiannual
session ofthe County Court, existed in some
of the Southern States, and was pretty
generally advocated amongst the legal pro
fession ir. Georgia. The semi-annual ses
sion of the Court, I may safely say, is an
admitted necessity in our Judiciary system.
The civil jurisdiction of the Court at its
monthly session is the same, in most re
spects, with that of the Justices of the
Feace in the city of Augusta. The princi
pal additional power given it is the right
to try mses sounding in damages-—a right
which the Legislature, though appealed to
at every session, have always refused to
cor,for upon the Justices of the Peace.
This is a very important power, and in my
opinion, has tended to the advancement of
justice in many cases, which, without the
power in the Court, would have altogether
been denied. It is true that suits lor dam
ages in small, or in any amounts, could be
brought in the Superior Court; but who
would king a suit in that Court for a cow,
for instance —a horse, or a dog of small
value—where the services of an attorney
were absolutely indispensable ; where the
suit mist be framed in a formal manner,
and where the fees of counsel would, in
most cases, amount to the value sued for?
Before the existence ofthe County Court
it was a rtre case for a suit to be brought
for articles of small value (an action of
Trover), and these rare cases were brought
where the parties had the means and were
stimulated by pride or passion to seek re
dress for wrongs, at whatever cost.
The special powers of the Court, and the
power to hold special sessions at the option
of the J udge, have worked admirably well
in this county, and have been the source of
much convenience and satisfaction.
But, gentlemen, for a proper understand
ing of the powers and operations of the
Court, I respectfully refer to the act of the
Legislature organizing it, and ask of you
to give it a careful perusal. lam satisfied
that most of the opposition to its existence
arises from ignorance ; for I ’have never
yet conversed with an honest, intelligent
man, who understood its operations, but
who admitted its necessity.
In the discharge of what I conceive to be
my duties, a great part of my time is devo
ted to giving advice to the f'reedmen. An
impression prevails amongst them that the
office was established for their especial
benefit, and they call upon me daily for
ad rice and legal counsel, which I freely
and patiently give without reward, to tiie
best of my ability ; and in giving counsel
to them I have endeavored to give it such
a direction as would promote harmony be
tween the races, instruct them in their
new duties, and cause them to turn again
to us with confidence ; for it is but in ac
cordance with the laws of our nature, that
we should lie after all, their truest and
sincercst friends.
The freedmen require some place to go
to for advice, and I have never turned one
away without rendering him or her some
service.
An impression has gone abroad that the
officers of the County Court are very
handsomely paid by fees received in the
different cases. This, gentlemen, is a
great mistake. We are not paid in one
half of the eases brought, and were it not
for the fees received as Committing Magis
trate, it would be impossible for me to
hold the office any longer ; and even as
Committing Magistrate, I receive no pay
for my trouble in a majority of the cases ;
for no pay is received for cases where the
parties are sent to jail—and a majority of
those tried are sent there, as they belong
to that class who are unable to give secu
rity. Those parties who are regularly in
dieted and tried—generally f'reedmen—
are unable to pay, as a general thing,
either fines or costs, and our only recourse
in such cases is to look to the fines which
are paid, and which have amounted toonlv
about one hundred and fifty dollars since
the existence of the Court.
Remember that these fines are divided
amongst the officers, and that the Judge
has to pay the Clerk out of liis own re
ceipts.
Speaking within bounds, I do not think
that the Solicitor, who is required by law
to give a bond for slo,ooo— the same as
the Solicitor-General of the Circuit—has
received, as fees, more than one hundred
dollars since he has been in office; and I
would here suggest that provision be made
by the Legislature, now in session, for the
payment of all “insolvent costs” at least
quarterly, by the County Treasury—the
bills being first passed by three of the
Judges of the. Inferior Court; or, tliat a
similar provision be made for Richmond
county as is made for the county of Mus
cogee, in the bill organizing the Court.
Speaking for myself alone, I regret that
the Judge should have any fees of office at
all. It would certainly make him feel
more independent were he a salaried officer.
Though the salary did not amount to as
much as the fees, it would place the Judge
beyond the temptation to swerve from the
path of rectitude, or at least from the sus
picion of being governed by improper
motives for the purpose of making fees.
Our Legislature, as an act of justice,
revised the Code, and out of kindness to
the blacks, and as an act of necessity from
the anomalous condition of affairs, "passed
an act reducing some twenty-two felonies to
misdemeanors —a very wise measure, I
think, upon the whole —for had it not been
for the passage of this act. Richmond Su
perior Court alone, provided it tried all the
cases, would fill the Penitentiary with con
victs in two years.
I say that it was a very wise measure
upon the whole, because I do not approve
of some of the reductions. For instance,
I think it would have been wise to have
retained larceny from the person as a
felony; and the offence of breaking and en
tering into a dwelling house, and stealing
therefrom articles of any value, is no
longer burglary.
Even the offence of rape is a misde
meanor; but this last must have been an
error on the part of some of the engross
■ing clerks of the Legislature—the offence
of attempting to commit a rape being still
a felony.
I hope I may be mistaken —but I thinkT
perceive a disposition on the part of some
of our people to shrink from the real cares
which our changed relations have imposed
upon us. I think that I can perceive an
indifference to every thing like State pride
—the glories of the past or the hopes of
the future. lam afraid, too, that there is
a willingness to allow others to interfere in
what should not concern them, in order
that they, as citizens might follow un
molested their own selfish pursuits. We
are all perhaps unconsciously giving away
too much.
This should not be—let us be true to
ourselves ; let us arouse from tbe lethergy
which is creeping over us, and let us be
prepared cheerfully to bear our new bui
dens. There are ’ high and noble du
ties for us to perform—duties requiring
the highest qualities, moral and intellec
tual ; and should we perform them with
zeal and ability, instead of sinking to the
level of slaves, we will arise like Antee.i,
gathering strength from our fall.
The 23d course of lectures in tbe Reform
Medical College at Macon, was opened on
Monday in an able address by Pror. M. S.
Thomson.
Mr. Willians, the Episcopal clergyman
who was recently charged with picking the
pocket of a lady in the sth Avenue stage
has been released onbat!
Garabaldifat. I bis farming.
Linton & Doughty,
COTTON FACTOR S
AND
Commission Merchants,
j
Continue the Business in all its Branches.
OFFICE ON
JACKSON STREET i
opposite th old stand, where t ey
STILI, 5T01513.
AVil! also, ltcep oil liand,
PURE PERUVIAN GUANO.
SAM'L I>. LINTON CHAS. W. DOUGHTY.
auglO—d&wlm
New Firm,
J. C. DAWSON A BROTHER,
PRODUCE
AND
CONMISSION MERCHANTS,
Augusta, Ga.
THE undersigned respect-,
fully inform their friends and the public that they wil
be prepared on the Erst day of September next to receive
Consignments of Cotton, Rice, Tobacco, Hag
ging, Hope, Hay, Salt, Corn, Wheat,
liyc, Oats, Flour, Feathers, Ba
con am! Lard,
in short, everythin*; from every portion of the United
State? that will pav the shipper a profit m this market. Con
signments of COTTON will be stored in the Warehouse
formerly occupied by DOUGHTY, HE ALL & C J. . on
Jackson street. Office and Sales Room second door up stairs.
flavin" had long experience in the WAREHOUSE and
COMMISSION BUSINESS. our planting friends mayiely
upon our beat efforts to obtain the highest market rate for
their cotton and th** exercise of our best jugment in the pur
chase of BAGGING, ROPE, Ac.
Liberal advances will be made on Produce n store, if de
sired. Our charges will be customarv.
We hope by strict and punctual attention to business to
merit the confidence and patronage of the public?
‘ J. C. DAWSON,
S. J. DAWSON
augl2— ddtwSm 01 Greensboro,
New Firm,
.X. 51. DYE & CO.
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION MKRCIIT’S !
At the old stand, No. 113 Reynolds Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
r pilE UNDERSIGNED HAVE TIITS
I day formed a copartnership as above, and will continue
the busiuess in all its branches. Our personal attention will
be given to the STORAGE and SALE OF COTTON.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made on Cotton and other j
Produce in Store, when desired.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
JAMES M. DYE,
SOL. ROBINSON.
Augusta, Ga. Nov. Ist, 1566. nov2—d&wlin
M, P. STOVALL,
WAREHOUSE
AND
OomMiissicii Merchant,
AUGUSTA, GA.
WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE IIIS
y ¥ personal attention to the Storage and Sale of CO I’-
TON and OTHER PRODUCE. Consignments <>f Cotton
will b» stored in the NEW EIRE PROOF WAREHOUSE
on Jackson Street, on the site formerly occupied by Doughty,
Beall <fc Cos.
His Sales Room and Office—the New Granite Front build
ing, now erecting on the Northeast corner of Jackson and
Reynolds streets. augll—d&wtf
S,!). Heard,
W A. R E BC O XT S E
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AUGUSTA, GA.
aug2B—d& w6mw3
New Stock of Clothing
—AND—
FURNISHING GOODS I
JOHN K. HORA,
(Under Central Hotel)
Has received a well as-
SORTED Stock of CLOTHING, consisting of—
Beaver and Cloili Overcoats*
Black Cloth Frocks and Sacks,
Beaver and Cassimere Frocks and Sacks
Black and Colored Caasimere Pants,
Black and Colored Silk asttl Velvet Vests,
Black and Colored Casaimere Vests, &;o
—ALSO—
Fine Shirts and Drawers,
Socks, Suspenders, Collars,
Gloves, Neckties, &c,
To the examination of which he would invite his old friend
and the public generally, as they will be sold on REASONA
BLE TERMS. oet2s—6wd&4w
Guano ! Guano!!
J JAWING SECURED A STORE AT
SAVANNAH,
WE ARE PREPARED TO SUPPLY
PLANTES S
WITH
PIHENIX AND NO. 1
PERUVIAN GUANO,
FROM EITHER SAVANNAH OR AUGUSTA, IN
QUANTITIES TO SUIT,
All orders should be addressed to the undersigned at
Augusta.
WILCOX, GIBBS & CO.
Commission Merchants and dealers in Guano,
nov6—d&wSm No, 24l Broad St.
Mill Furnishing Goods,
THE UNDERSIGNED WOULD RE
spectfully inform his old customers, and the Millers in
general, that lie is now prepared to furnish the best quality ol
ri’caeli Burr,
ESOPUS & COLOGNE MILLSTONES
Bolting: Cloth, Smut Machines, Belting,
Wire Cloth, Mill Picks,
And any other articles needed'for a good grist or flouring mill.
Orders solicited and promptly attended to.
WM. BRENNER,
apl6-d&wly Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
G. C. NORTON. WM. 15ARKUL00.
G. C. Norton & G 0 .3
Et 33 Ij E SSS O? AT B
AND
INSU It A NCE AG E NTS,
Brunswick, Ga.
anglT d&w6m3s
Carriages and Buggies
Manufactured and repair
ed by
Experienced Workmen,
AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE,
And on as REASONABLE TERMS
As any ether Establishment.
MURPHY & WELTCII,
Bethany,
sep!9—6mw4of Jefferson Cos. Gs.
I m^slller
212 BROAD STREET,
AUGUSTA, GA.
\\ r E ARE NOW RECEIVING OUR
1 T stock of YELLOW and WHITE
oiviorsr sets,
Our supply of FRESH
garden seeds
papers and in bulk.
Our .Stock will be the most complete ever offered in tins
market. Descriptive Catalogues and Almanacs lurnished
gratis. *
PLUMB & LEITNER.
oct2C—dinseoddswtf 212 Broad St. Augusta
~COTTON WAREHOUSEr
NEW FIR3I.
J.J. PEARCE. W. T. WHELESS, CKAS. A. PEARCE
Pearce, Wheless & to,
Cotton Factors & Commission Merchants.,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
TTAVIXG FORMED A COPARI
njU-A, ERSHIP as above, and having secured a fire-proof
warehouse on Jackson Street, formerly occupied by T.ees A
j,:; we will continue to store and sell Cotton 'and other
Ca;;. advances cn Produce in Store. Order3 for Family
a \ les .uileu at market prices.
/ nos the patronage of our friend? and acquaint
an*. -- iS solicited,
J. J. PEARCE x SOX,
, W. T. WHELESS,
, _ , lAte of the firm of Fleming & Wheless.
Augusta, Ga.. July 10. l -66. ivli—dAw6nuns
Great Barham,
the subscriber, wishing to
-A char. 2 his planting interest, offers for sale his well
known and Valuable PLANTATION, known as Shady
(Trove, sc Columbia county, on Oocfcee and Kiokee Creeks,
a '..Doming . anus of Clacton, Walton. Lamkin and o hers, lb
n.-ies \v e>.t of Augusta, between Washington and Columbia
containing a~res, regarded as the best land in
>UGm»: Georgia ; GOO acres open, balance in pine and original
-•.•res,, raeplace is very healthy and well watered, with all
p e^f* sai T out uund.ngs, Stock. Plantation Implements, Corn.
AfWif r \ . p n ,ne place has been made the largest crops in
.Lou.e Georgia. A great bargain is now offered”. Apply to
L J. H. Ivey, on place. p. KAMSE Y.
Notice,
\ LL PERSONS INDEBTED TO THE
-4jL. iate firm* of J. M. NEWBY & CO., and IIOEA,
ul.sLiCO., for debts contracted previous to the war,
ana to J . K. Hera during and since the close of the war
are particularly requested to call and make arrangements
* r M-:Tl:r,;r their inn a? lam desirous ofsettiing
np said claims immediately. The books and notes of said
J™* car ] be at the old established clothing stand,
231 Broad street. JcHN K- HORA.
Iron Fronts.
TRON FRONTS, EITHER PLAIN OR
. OJtNAMEN IAL, furnished at short notice, and at low
P
DAY & HOPKINS,
PHOENIX IRON WORKS,
aovl-tf y areuif it, near Augusta Cotton Factory,
JENNINGS, WARD & SMITH, |
Warehouse and Commission M e rohants.
AUGUSTA, G A .
T H £.SS^S- SIGNia » HAVE FORMED A COPARTNERSHIP UNDER THE
T ho „„., l( JENNINGS, WARD & SMITH
and offer theirwrvices 10 an A GENERAL COMMISSION BUSINESS,
attention to all business entrustedtothem? d the pUbllC ‘ Thu - V P lwJ g e Oieir undivided
Cotton I 'blade l ofAususta ‘and
the services of Mr. E Brsn v , Y h„ P, oasu . n ' 111 a'tnouneing that they have secured
LIBERAL CASH ADVACES will & madcW b0 ° k '* !
/• A JENNINGS, Augusta, " I
00l2M^',m JOsLYt K
COTTON HOUSE.
J. «J. ROBERTSON «s*c CO.,
WILL CONTINUE TII E
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
IN ALL ITS BRANCHES AT THEIR LARGE AND
COMMOr 1 OUS CLOSE STORE
No. 5 Warren Block, Augusta, Ga.
PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO STORAGE AND SALE OF COTTON
Ukli^c'u-fofVv'n^N^anlu : V; K- is considered far superior to open “Warehouses ," both as regard
uanceonw'r'rDr* : 1 1 * l!e vc ‘ r J ll '-' oral tatronage extended us during the past year, we respectfully ask for a contia
w augl9—d&w4m3&
. ISAAC S’. HEARD & CO„
WAEEHOU3L AND COMMISSION MERCHASJS,
CORNER REYNOLDS AND McINTOSH STREETS,
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA.
TO DEVOTE THEIR STRICT PERSONAL ATTENTION TO THE
t AND of cotton, and all other produce. v 11 11
Order? lor Irairc.ng Hope, &c., promptly attended to. Liberal Cash Advances made at all times on Produce inStob
J - VA - '• UL.tiin lausrll—d«fcwbm| O. M. STONE
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
T OUISYILLE. JEFFERSON COUN-
T\.—Whereas, Mary A. Kelley, Executrix of the
Tasi Will and Testament of John N. Kelley, lute of said
count , deceased, has made her application asking to be
discharged^ Executrix aforesaid, and recommending
Reuben W. Carswell as a suitable person to be appointed
as Administrator wit h the Will annexed of said deceased:
These are therefor -, to cite and require all the heirs
and creditors, of said deceased, to be and appear at my
otlice by the first Monday in December next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said application should not
hr granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, this 29th
day of October, 1866. NICHOLAS DIEHL,
nov2—sw4G Ordinary.
A dmintstrators saleT^by
XJI virtue of an order from the Honorable Court of Ordi- 1
rnrvjof JO:or.-'on County, will he sold on the FIRST TUES- i
1 Fnext, at the market house In the town
of Louisville, the following property, to wit : One tract of
laud in said county, contaiug 169 aces more or less, adjoining
lands ol Rut us Way, Meredith Carsons and others.’ Also,
one other iract of kind in said county containing 171 acres
more or less, adjoining C. Hudson, Wm. Wren and others,
bold as the property ot the estate of Benjamin F. Taylor, de
ceased. 1 eras on the dav ot sale.
c * . , ; t AMES KING,
no. 8 —w47td Adm r with will annexed.
GEORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
\ I \\ hereas, Win. A. Goodown applies to me for Letters
of Administration on the Estate of George F. Way, late of
said county, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said doee:ised, to be and appear at my
office within the time prescribed by law, to show cause, if any
they have, why said letters should not be granted.
Giv n under my hand and official signature, at office in
Louisville, tins sth day of November, ]B6f».
novb—4w47 NICHOLAS DLEIIL, Ordinary.
( GEORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
' V A " hereas. Robert E. Alexander applies to me. for I.ct
j ters of Guardiar.shsp of the persons and property of Aden
j and Augustus I*. J. Harden, minor heirs of Augustus A.
Harden, deceased—
These are therefore to cite and admoiiisli all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear
at my otlice within the time prescribed by law, to show cause,
if any they have, why said Letters Should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in Lou
isville, this fall day of November, 18GL
novS—4w47 NICHOLAS DIEIIL, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
Whereas, Job R. Hunter applies to me for Letters of
Administration on the Estate of Noah B. Covington, de
ceased—
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular,
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at
my office on or before the first Monday in December next, and
show cause, if any they have, why said Letters sli uld not bt
granted.
Given under my hand ar.d official signature at office in Lou
isviile, this 19th day of October, 13iSG.
j oct23d- 5w44 NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary.
GEORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
\ Jl. Whereas, Wills Howard applies to me for Letters of
Administration on Estate of Michael Pcole, deceased :
These are therefore to cite and adraoi ish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at
my otlice on or before the first Monday in December next, to
show cause, if any they have, why suid Letters should not be
granted.
Given under mv hand and official signature at office in Lou
sville, this 15th day of October. 18156.
octlS—sw44 NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary.
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE.- BY
/ a virtue of an onler from the Honorable Court of Ordi
nary of Jefferson County, will be sold on the FIRST TUES
DAY IN NOVEMBER NEXT, at the Market House in the
town of Louisville, a tract of Land containing eight hundred
and twenty acres more or less, adjoining lands of Cyrus Hud
son, JA. Bigham, L. Q. C. I>. Brown and others. Sold as
tie property of Andrew F. W liigham, deceased, for the benefit
of tlie heirs and creditors of said deceased.
Terms on day of sale.
LUCIUS Q. C. I). BROWN,
sepl3—w39td Adin’r.
/ IJCOHuIA. JEFFERSON COUNTY.
V_A Whereas, tlm Estate of Isaac Youngblood, deceased is
unrepresented:
These are therefore to cite and require all persons concerned
to sh >w cause, if any they have, why the Administration of
said Estate ahould not be vested in the Clerk of the Superior
Court, or in some other lit and proper person at the Court of
Ordinary to be held in and for said count}-, on the first Mon
day in December next.
Given under my hand at office in Louisville, September
29th, 1566. NICHOLAS DIEHL,
oct3—2mw42 Ordinary
A DMIN ISTRATOR’S SALE.—BY
/a virtue of an order from the Honorable < !ourt of Ordi
nary of Jefferson County, will be sold on the FIRST TUES
DAY IN’ NOVEMBER next, at the Market House in the
Town of Louisville the following property tc wit: One tract
of land in Jefferson county, containing 119 acres more or less,
adjoining lands of Tempy McDaniel, Dr. Boring, Mrs. Reed
and others. Sold as the property of William Hutchens, de
ceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said de
ceased. Terms on day of sale.
sep22-6w40 RED M. HALL, Adm’r.
f i EORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY
yjBT Whereas, Dele Wudley and Milledgc Murphey, Ad
ministrators, applies to me for Letters of Dismission from the
Estate of Michael Wall, late of said county, deceased —
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office on or before the first Monday in I ebruary, i867,
to show cause, if any they have, why saiu Letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in
Louisville, this 17th day of August, 18 <i.
ang-.’l—wff-Him NICHOLAS DIEHL, OrrVy.
/ 5 EORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.
y 7 Whereas, John G. Jordan Executor, applies to me
for Letters of Dismission li oni the estate of Robert Jordan,
late of said county, deceased—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appeal* at my office on or before the first Monday in Feb
ruary, 1867, to show cause, if any they have, why said Let
ters should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in
Louisville, this 20th day of July, iB6O.
jy2s—\v32-6m NICHOLAS DIEIIL. Ordinary.
jVTOTICE.—TWO MONTHS AFTER
JLI date, application will be made to the Court of Ordinary
of Jefferson county, for leave to sell the lands belonging to
the estate of Thomas G. Jordan, deceased.
SARAH JORDAN. Adm’x.
November Bth. 3806. novß—Bw47
iVJJTICE.
1 Two months after date, to wit. on the first, Monday in
January next, application will be n ado to the Court of
Ordinary of Jefferson county for leave tosell all the land be
longing to the estate ol' Benjamin F. Ta\ lor, of said county,
and ceased. JAMES KING, Adm’r;
nov2—2mw4‘i
jVTOTICE.—TW 0 MONTHS AFTER
JLi date, application will b - made to the Honorable,
the Court of Ordinary of Jefferson county, for leave to sell
the Lands belonging to the Estate of Samuel A. Lucky,
late of said county, deceased.
IIENRY J. FARMER,
oet 1— 2mw42 Adm’r de bonis non.
ATOTICE.— I TWO MONTHS AFTER
date, application will be made to the Honorable,
me Court of Ordinary of Jcfbrson comity, for leave to sell
the Lands belonging to tin* Estate of Lucius Q. C. I). Han
nah, late of said county, deceased.
PLEASANT WALDEN,
ocM—2mw42 Executor.
~\TOTICE. —TWO MONTHS AFTER
_l_ date, application will be made to ihe Honorable, the
Court of Ordinary of Jefferson county, for leave to sell the
Heal Estate of John N. Kelly, late of said county deceased.
MARY A. KELLY.
oCt3—2raw42 Executrix.
'jV' OTICE,—TWO MONTHS AFTER
date application will be made to the Court of Ordinary
of Jefferson county for leave to sell the lands belonging to the
estate of Jasper Vining, late of said countv, deceased.
sepl —Bw39 MARY VINING, Adm’x.
AJOTICE.—TWO MONTHS AFTER
i. 1 date, application will be made to the Honorable the
< '*urt of Ordinary of Jefferson county, lor leave to sell the
Real Estate belonging to Thomas N. Polhill, late of said
county, deceased. FREDERICK A. POLHILL,
OCt3—2inw42 Adm’r.
ivroTicE. '
j_ x Two months after date application will be made to the
Court of Ordinary of Jefferson county for leave to sell the
lands belonging to the estate of Newton J. Hadden, late of
said county, deceased,
ANDREW J. WILL IA MS. Adm’r.
September 3,1866. s*j r2 —2mw3B
ATOTICK
X ? Two months after date application will be made to .
t ne Court of Ordinary of Jefferson county for leave to sell the
lands belonging to the estate of John J. Hadden, late of said
county', deceased.
MARTIN G. DYE, Adm’r.
September ?, 1866. seps—2mwßß
Administrator’s Sale.
By VIRTUE OF AN ORDER FROM
the Court of Ordinary, of Jefferson county, will be
sold at the Market House in the Town of Louisville, on
the Ist Tuesday in December .next, a tract of Land, con ;
taining (692) six hundred and ninety-two acres, more or
less, adjoining lands of It. L. Gamble, George Stapleton
and others. Sold as the property of James F. Hannah
deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and creditors of said
deceased.
Terms on day of sale. HENRY J. FARMER,
oeti—2mw42 Admr.
Administrator’s Sale,
py VIRTUE OF AN ORDER FROM
I ) the Court of Ordinary, of Jefferson county, will lie
sola at the Market Hou-m i the Town of Louisville on the
Ist Tuesday in December next, a tract of Land, contain
ing (822) eight hundred and twenty-two acres, more or
less, adjoining lands of Asa Willoughby, Willis Howard,
Henry Peebles and others. Sold as the property of \ alen
tiue A. Hatcher, deceased, for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said deceased. T
Terms on day of ..ale. ROBERT A. M ERCER.
oct4—2mw42 Adm’r.
Administrator’s Sale,
t GREEABLE TO AN ORDER OF
the (Vjiirt of Ordinary of Washington county, •»•!:) he
-Did before the Court House door in the Town of Dalton,
Whitfk!<l county, Ga., on the Brat Tuesday in Uecemhcrmixt
within the legal hours of sale, a tract of LAN D, in W bitfield
county, Ga., containing three hundred and twenty (320>
acres, including adjoining lots Nos. 62 and 63 in the 18th dis
trict and 3d section. The land lies well, excellent water, we;
timbered, about thirty acres cleared, produces about 25 to 80
bushels of corn or wheat per acre, and situated on the Stab
Railroad, two miles from the station Tilton, and six miles
from Dalton. Sold as the property belonging to the estate of
Eli Gumming, late of Wasnington, deceased, for the benefit of
the heirs.
Terms on dav of sale
D R. & N. Y GUMMING,
occ 6 wtd-42 Administrators.
Plantation for Sale,
I ton ACRES GOOD PINE LAND ;
■ TUV/ (formerly belonging to Joseph Olipbsnt, deceased;
lying In Jefferson county, Georgia, 17 miles north <f Louis
vhle, the county site, about one-third open and well-fenced,
the balance original forest, well-timbered. Upon this place is
a good dwelling house, outhouses, blacksmith shop, good gin
house, screw, Ac. This land lies in a compact body, sur
rounded on three sides by rnnning streams, which furnish
three good null .eats, and some ex cel lent swamp land, in a
high sta eof cultivation. This place is very healthy, and may
be divided into three parts, having a good mill seat on each—
a splendid chance for a Factory of F arms. Offered for sale
for distribution among the heirs. Call and see it, or uddrest
the undersigned at Louisville, Jefferson county, Ga.
J. H.OLIPHaNT,)
oet27—omw4s J. N. OLIPiIANT.i A ? e
COLUMBIA COUNTY.
4 DMINISTRATORS’ SALE.—WILL
J~\ be sold at the Court House i; Appling, Columbia
Rmty.onthc FIRST TUESDAY IN DEC EM BEK next,
FIVE SHAKES of the SOUTHWESTERN RAILROAD
STOCK, belonging to the estate of Mrs. Nancy Butler, late
of said county, deceased. T. H. PA SCHAD
oct2o—wtdf A<!tai r
/COLUMBIA SHERIFF’S SALE.—
\J Will be sold on tho FIK.vT TUESDAY IN ItECEM-
Bx.K next before the Court House door at Appling.
tween the legal hours of sale, two lots of land, one contain
ins thirty-two acres more or less, adjoining lands at J. *'
Biackston, Francis Tillery and others: the other lot coy
taining nineteen and one half acres. adjouiDS *anas oi J
W. Blackstoa andestate of Geo. M. ilagruder, levied on a.-
the property of Britton Bos worth to satisfy live arias.
from the Justice’s Court of the Sixth Company Distnctoi
said county in favor of Joseph Day. and transferred by sain
ST ‘ lamfs w - Blackston u. Sblriff ’
J cAdrMEcnmitL
RICHMOND COUNTY.
Georgia’ Richmond county.
?• Mm ' s - Administratrix on the estate
ot Hubbard b. Mill la, deceased, applies to me for Letters of
Dismission *
These are theriaore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors ot said deceased to be and avnerr at
my office on or before the first Monday in June next, to show
“anKal" any hCy have - wb >’ 3uhl la-ttrn should not be
Oiveii under nry band and official signature, at office in Au
gusta. this Oth day ot November,
nov7—6mw47 DAVID L. ROATll,Ordinary.
/ 5 EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY^
N A Whereas, Artemas Gould, Guardian and Adininist>: t#r
ot Joseph 11. Adams, minor, deceased, applies to me for Li
ters of Dismission:
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to tie and appear at
my office on or before the first. Monday in June next, to show
cause, it any they have, why said Letters should not be grant-
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta. this 6th day of November, 1b66.
nov7—Gmw47 DAVID L. ROATH, Ordinary.
ffJ-EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY
V \N hereas, John Tilkey, up] lies to me for Letters
oi Administration de bonis non wltJi the will annexed
on the Estate ot Thomas Courtney, late of said county
deceased: J
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors ot said deceased to be end
appear at my office, on or before the Ist Monday in Decem
ber next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Let
ters should not bo granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, tins Ist day ol.Ncvember, 1566.
r DAVID L. ROATII,
r.p\-—sw4f> Ordi i iary.
( 5 EORGIA, RICHSIOND COUNTY,
V_A Y\ hereas, Nancy M. Hills, applies to me for Letters
ot Administration on the Estate of John M. Hills, late of
said county deceased:
Those are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singu
lar, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, on or before the first Monday in
December next, to show cause, if any they have, why
said Lettere should not be granted, J
Given underlay hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this Ist day of November, 1866.
r 4 . DAVID L. ROATH,
jiov2-5w46 Ordinary.
EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
VJi, Whereas, Samuel Drayton, applies to me lbr Letter
ot Administration on the Estale of Rose Drayton, late of said
county, deceased: ’
These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
tne kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at
my office on or before the first Monday in December next to
granted USC if auy tiley ljave * why 6aid Letters slamld not lie
Given under my hand and official signature at office in Au
gusta, tins Ist day of November, 18' 6.
_ .. DAVID L. ROATII.
nov2—s\v4G Omiimry.
/ 5 EORGIA, "RICHMONIT COUNTY.
\ n hereas, James Henderaon apinh-s to n:e for I o'tors
OI Ailmimstration on tJie Estate of u iiliam JI. Cooncr. late
of saul county, deceased : *
These are t herefore to cite and admonlshtfall and slmmlar
flic kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and attnearat
my office on or before the lirst Monday in December next to
allow cause, it any they have, v.-hy said Letters should not be
granted.
t.h cn under my hand and official signature at office in Au
gusta, tins 2d day of November, 1866.
uov2—4w4i DAVID L. K OATH, Ordinary.
(75 EORGIA, RICH3IOND COUNTY.
.* A Whereas, Sludrach S. Tarduc, applies to me for Let
ters of Administration on the Estale of Harry Thomas late
said county, deceased:
These arc therefore to cite and adraon Lh all and singular the
kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at rnv
office on or before the first Monday in December m-xt. to'; iimv
* l ' iy have, why said Letters sliuul'd not be
Given under my hand and official signature at office in Au
gusta, this Ist day of November, lflfifk
_ , . An DAVID L. ROATH,
nov2—jw46 Ordinary.
/GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
\ hereas, the Estate of Thomas S. Dunbar, late of said
county, deceased, is unrepresented :
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office on or before the first Monday in
December next, to show cause, if any they have, why
Letters of Administration on the real estate, and letters of
administration with the nuncupative will annexed on the
personal property, should not be granted to Lafayette
JMcLaws, Clerk of the Superior Court of said county, or to
such tit and proper person as may be named and present
ed to the Court.
# Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this Ist day of November, 1C66
t ., •> - 1R DAVID L. ROATH,
_ nov — Ordinary.
(GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTV
VJI Whereas, Caroline Doubet applies to me for Letters
ot Aclministrst ion, with the will annexed on the Estate of
Antoine I’icqnet, late of said county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all und sin
gular, the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, on or before tile first Monday in De
cember next, te show cause, if any they have, why said
Letters should not granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, ut office
in Augusta, this first day of November, 1666.
k ir DAVID L. ROATH,
nov2 5m 46 Ordinary.
fJEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
v " M hereas, Catherine E. Trimbly, applies to me lbr
Letters of Administration on the Estate of Wm. W. Trims
bly, late of said county, deceased :
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular tlie kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, on or before the Ist Monday in Decem
ber next to show cause, if any they have, why said Let
ters should not l*e granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, tins Ist day of November, lsf>6.
„ r „ DAVID L, ROATH,
nov2 jw46 Ordinary.
( GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
* A M hereas, Louisa U. Nelson, applies to me for Let
ters of Administration on the Estate of John Nelson, late
ot said county, deceased:
These ai e, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, th<- kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be
and appear at my office, on or before the Ist Monday in
December next. *o show cause, if any they have, why
said Letters sho.-d not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this Ist day of November, 1.566.
. . „ DAVID L. ROATH,
nov2—ow46 Ordinary.
( GEORGIA, RICHMOND COT NTY
\ J Y\ hereas, Josejdiine Wilson, app'i- s: to n; f>r Let
ters of Administration outlie Estate ol' Refer Wiison a
minor, late of said county, deceased:
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish, all and sin
gular, the kindred and friends of said deceased, to be and
appear at my office, on or before the Ist Monday in Decem
ber next, to show cause, if any they have, why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this Ist day of November, 1566.
DAVID L. ROATII,
nov2-. r >w4o Ordinary.
jVTOTICE.—ALL PERSONS INDEBT
JLI. edto the Estate of Augustus H. Roe, late of Rich
niond county, deceased, are required to make immediate
payment, and those having claims against said Estate are no
tified to present the same, duly attested, within the time pre
scribed by law. FOSTER BLODGETT,
oct4—4oaw42 Adminstrator.
( Y EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
Whereas, Robert A. Allen, Executor of Joshua
Jones, deceased, applies to me lbr LeFers of Dismission :
These are therefore to cite and admonish all ami singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear
at my office on or before the first Mornlav in March
next, and show cause, if any they have, why said Letters
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in
Augusta, this 3d day of September, 1866.
sep3 36w6m DAVID L, ROATH, Ordi nary.
EORGIA, RICHMOND COUNT Y. ~
\ X Whereas, (Charles A. Rowland, Exetmtor of Fatlie
rine Barnes, deceased, applies to mo for letters of Dismis
sion :
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office on or before the first Monday in March next, to
show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, th;.- 6th day of August, 1866.
aug7—26w34 D. L. ROATH, Ord’ry.
/4.KOKGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY.
VT Whereas, ID-!. :l If. May. Guardian of Carrie WiEis
Kv ~1 Mi:.or, (:.ow illc : me f..r Litters of
D ■ :
These are therefore to cite r.:.d ndmonSh all and singular
the kindred and creditors of a
11. y ■
next, t° show cause, if any they Lave, why'said Letters
should not lie granted.
Given under my hand and cfilcial signature, at office in
Augusta, tills 6th day of Augu.-.t,
augT—J >A V I D L. KOA TH. Ordinary.
RICHMOND COUNTY.
* A
bonis non will annexed, on the Estate of Thomas J.
Walton,<kceased,apnlh •• ;
These aie, tlien fore, to cite and .
the kindred and creditors of said d< 1, to hi
at my office on or before the first Monday in January next
to show cause, if any they have, why said etters should not
begranted.
Given under rny hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 2d day of {July, iboG.
DAVID L. ROATH,
jy3—w2 'J 6m Ordinary'.
YAEOIIGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY.
vjT Whereas, Margaret Scanlon, Administratrix on the
estate of Timothy Scanlon, deceased, applies to me for Letters
of Dismission :
These are, therefore, to cite and adm on »:'h all and singular
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear at
my office on or before the flrot Monday in January next, to
show cause, if any they have. Why said Letters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 6th day of Jute, 1866.
ie6 26w24 DA VID L. ROATII, Ordinary.
LINCOLN COUNTY.
A DMINISTRATOR S SALE. —IN
pursuanc'* of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Lincoln county, will be sold on ti.e FIKriT TUFSDAY IN
•I AN UAK \. 1867. before the Court House door in said coun
ty, let ween the lawful hou:s of sale, the following property,
o-wit. Three hundred and eighty-five acre? of land, more or
le«s. in Lincoln county, on the waters of Lloyd’s Creek, ad
joining lands of James T. Loftin, .John L. Paschal.C. A.
.Strother and others, sold as the property belonging to the
estate of Virgil M. Paschal, for the benefit of the heirs jfod
creditors of said estate. Bold subject to the widow's dower.
Terms on the day of sale.
novS—'w47td DENNIS PASCHAL, Jb. Adm’r.
A DMINISTRATRIX 7 " SALE. —IN
/ A pursuance of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
Gone county. Georgia, will be sold before the Court House in
Lincoln county, Georgia, on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
DEC EMBER' next, between the lawful hours of sale : One
hundred and twenty-five acres of land, more or Dsf% in said
bounty of Lincoln, on the waters of Mill Creek, adjoining land
or P. W. Sale, George W. Norman and William S. Taton .
-old as the property belonging to the estate of Mitchell I>.
Turner, late of Cobb county, deceased, for The benefit of tee
ueirs and creditors of said deceased. Terms cash.
JULIA A. TURNER.
Administratrix* of Mitchell D. Turner, dee'd.
OctlS—6w44
V OTICE—APPLICATION IVILL BE
i \ n adc* to the Court of Ordinary o Lmcoin c .m.t>, Ga.
Hie first reguia- term after the expirarion of two i .
from this notice, for leave 10 sell the lands belonging to the
-state of Jared Fouik. iate of said county, deceased, for the
,eneflt of heirs and creditors of said deco red.
15. r. j Lhi.
October Dth, 1860. Ex'r of Jared F ouik, deed.
CK-t t>—6W44
ilsignee's Notice.
BANK OF AUGUSTA, )
Augusta, Ga., Ist Angus-, 1 }
i LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS
y\ against tiie BANK OF AU'iUSTA, a C »rp r t; u;
iteiy doing business in the c: y of Augusta, Stated
»eorgia, are notified to present such claim > to the under
igued, within six months from 'hisdat -. The Code if
.Borgia provides thai bill holders stall present their
iaims withiu six months or lose their priori y.
J AS. W. DAVIES, A tor eyfor
nov2—4dA3mw46 Assignee of Bunk of Augusta.
rs GIVING UNIVERSAL SATIS-
I FACTION. Orders Ciled by
Price «130. F, PHINIZT & CO.
«KX3o—dltwliasoa r»etoj» * Gem. MenJust*.
GREENE COUNTY. ~
GREENE COUNTY.—
' , Ep,ate °f L y Bonner, late of said
coiinu, deceased lsunrepresente.l—
w«>'?•»«of«udLucv Bonner.deceased
' v.font , .-Hf , ( - crk ofthe Superior Court, cr In
fVi.J i m j ' ‘ :u a ! ,he Court of Ordinary to
her next. ™ f ‘ nly ’ 0h thc Qm Monday in Decem-
Giveu under my hand at in .Greensbero October 20th,
186 °wt3a-5w EL GENIUS L. KING, Ord’y. *
i DMINISTRATOIt'S S\ LK RY
J. L vlrtne of an order of the Court of Ordinary uiGrrene
eoimty, Ga. will be- «.M before the Court Hufs? ',w?n
tireenesbnro in said county between the e
sale, on the Fin.ST TUI.SDAy IN tiFt'EMBKH
following Heal Kstnte. lying in said cnntv to
tractof land belonging to the estate of John L T irlw
deceased, adjoining lands ot John A. Cartwright
'"m '.re'or' ] . C0 1 Sbont
i 1-’ #cns. more or ie>s, our 4<» an os of which has I.om,
! assigned to the widow ns dower. All of the ah'“ Kg
I will be sold except that purttuii assigned as dowtr-the fee
' in which dower u ill not be soid.
j The place is under fence, and a portion of it is valuable
I wood uuid. Sold as the property of the estate of John L
i Tarpley, deceased, lor the benefit of the heirs and credit..™
Terms cash. \v ILLI t M 11RVAN
octln—7w 13 Adm rol John L. Tarpley. V
i A DMINISTRATOIt'S SALE.
j /x. virtue of an order from the Court of Ordinary of
GVccne county, Georgia will iw sold before the Court House
doorin t*rccoc-1.,-ro, 111 said couutv, on the FIRST Tryo
; I>AV IN OKCFMiIr;!; next, betwc'C the b™i hours of
j sa.o, the following tract ol land in said countv i>
the estate of John D. Gentry, deceased, to wit :‘a tract of
tl.ota'tn . I!.*,' MV" K ' ll u ‘V f ' ,o m f’-'-"i-'laii and others—
I .1! I r , ?-' 1 " I't'reon ea and John I). Gentry re
-1 r.V . '.V, 1 of . his death, t-aid land willbe sold satv-
I ject to flit* niiion (i dower. Sold a> the iirc’.crrv ..t ti...
estate of John l». (ientre. deceiied mid t',r the SmlVof
| payiDgthe debtsof said deceased, ' e purpose of
-NANi'V L.D.GENTRY, Adtn'x,
... . „ SAMUEL T. GENTRY, Adm’r
oCtlfr ~' W « QfJohn dee'll.
GREENE COUNTY^
be made to said Court for leave to sell all the kV.i vit
conssting of a house amilet in J'enfleld in said con, L'.’' El
longing to the estate of-Samli Aaburv, deceased for the Y.ur
pose of paying the debts of said estate. ' 1 r !ur
SIMEON T PTSTTT
Bep26—low4l Adm’r of Sarah Asbury, deceas!d.
( r JEORGI.\TGi;EENE'coUNTY.-
> A Iwo months after date, to wit. at the i '
be made to Aide, -urtiw l2a?®toSll < S| "lS
John D. Copelan, deevaoed. 1 Estateot
September J6th, IS 6. OfIAWAU
rj.EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—
her Term „f il,. ol' l 'i),Viinsra t 'i'r’s'iiit elmntr anl
plication will be made to the said Court for h ave to neff all
the Leal Estate helonging to the estate of George 0. Daw
son. deceased, lor the purpose of paying the debts of said
estate and tor d;stnnution.
Eli HARD IV. SRABROOK Adm’r
~ ~ H’ith H ill annexed’of
sepJ7—lOtvfl George 0. Dawson, dee’d.
EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.-
V A M hereas, Mrs. Ovmthia Sanders. Ex ecu rlx of the la«
wi.l ana testament of Biillngton M. Sanders, deceased, pet 1
;S&L CoUrtof Ordinary of said county for Letters of I)i
t :lr<> 'tef to to cite and require r.ll persons c^ucemei..
Executrix, ami l-suiiig to her i.ett.i- 1 )isn i-,s.. r v*ni^ht- ronrt
of OriUnary to t>o held in and lor said county, on tlie first
Monday in April next. 1867. •
Given under my liand at office in Greenesboro September
18th, 186 L EUOENIUS L. KING, Ordinary.
8e p2o—6 m&3 w—w 40
I YZJ.EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.—
! fwo months after date, to wit, at the next Doeember
j 4‘ i m of the Court, ot Ordinary of said county application
will be made to said Court for leave to sell all the land belong,
ltig to the estate of Robert (’. Bowden, deceased, for thu
purpose ol paying the debts cf said estate
ISAAC A WILLIAMS,
. JOHN A. (’ARTWRIGHT,
Administrators ot Roht. Bowden, det’d
Seplmber 19th, 1860. gep2>-10wA3d-w4Q ’
TjXECUTOR’S SALE.—BY VIRTUE
i J of the last will and testament of Jasper N. Cope-
Ihu. late of Greene County, Ua. deceased, will be sold bo
toiv tho Court House door in Greenesboro, on the FIRST
TUESDAY IN DECEMBER NEXT, the interest, (the
same being one-half.) of said Jasper N. Copelan in tho
Livery Stable and Lot in Greenesboro.
r l his Stable is conveniently located, has room fur .*>o or CO
horses, with good crib, carriage shelter and well of water,
and lot attached. This Stable belongs to the late firm of
Copelan A; Brother, and tlie interest of both copartner*
will be sold at tlie game time.
MARY E, COPELAN, Executrix,
JOHN CO DEL AN, Executor,
_ , of Jasper N. Cop. lan, riec’d.
Greenesboro, Ga. Sept. 12th 1860, * t pis 12w39
GREENE COUNTY.
\Ji Two months after date to wit, at the next Decem
ber Tei m of the Court of (Jrdinary of said county, applica
tion will be made to said Court for an order to sdl all the
Real Estate, (consisting of It Ul acres ffiore or less) belong
ing to the estate of Jas-er N. Copelan, deceased, for the
purpose of pari ng the debts of the E«r te of said deceased.
MARY E. COPELAN, Executrix,
JOHN COPELAN, Executor
BeplS—l2wß9 of Jasper N. Copelan, deceased.
.September 12lh, iB6O.
I {Jt EORGIA. (JREENE COUNTY^
VJI Whereas. Übadiah G. Copelan, Administrator of Hie
estate of Fealston A. Seals, deceased, petitions the Court ot
Ordinary of said county for Letters Dismissory:
These are therefore to cite and require all ju raons concern
ed to show cause against tlie granting of the discharge ol
said Administrator, and issuing to him Letters Dismissory,
at the Court of Ordinary to be held in and fur said county,
on the first Monday in December next.
Given under my hahd at, office in Greensboro, May 23d.
18CC. EUGENICS L. KING,
my27—6mw23 Ordinary.
/Ji EORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.
V T Whereas, John E. Jackson, administrator of the estate
ofJoseph B. W alker, deceased, petitions the Court of Ordina
ry of said county for Letters Dismissory :
These are therefore to cite and require all per-'ons concerned
to show cause against the granting of the discharge of said.
Administrator, and issuing to him Letters Dismissory, at the
Court of Ordinary to be hdd in and for said county, on the
first Monday in January next. (1867.)
Given under my hand at office in Greenesboro, June 13th,
1866- E I*GENIUS L. KING, Or dinar}'.
iv t—v'2Bflm
; A DMINISTRATOIt’S SALE.—BY
virtue of an order of 1 he Court of Ordinary of Greene
c >unty, Georgia, will Lesobl before the Court House door in
Greenesboro in said county and State, between the lawful
hours of sale, on the FI R-T TUESDAY IN JANUARY
next, 1867, the following tract of lanu Iviugin said county, Ut
wit: The tnrt of land upon which Mrs. Rebecca Mocre re
sided at the time of her death, tlie same being her dower in
the lands of Burnett Moore, Sr. deceased, containing s">o
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of estate of Janus Findley,
T. P. Janes, Jas. T. Findley, W. A Parteeaml others.
About fifty acres in original woods ; about L 5 acres in cul
t vat ion—the balance in pine.
< in the premises is a good dwelling and necessary outbuild
ings. and a good peach orchard.
Sold as the property of the estate of Burnett Moore, Sr. de
ceased, and for purposes of distribution. Term son the day of
sale. WILLI A M A. COIj 'LOUGH,
Adin’r de bonis non. of Burnett Moore, Sr. ilcc’d.
nov9—Bw47
ELBERT COUNTY.
ICt EORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY.—
VT Court, of Ordinary. October'jerm. 3666.-D appearing
I to the < nun. by the written petition of Mary A. Hall, one of
! the heirs at law ot James O. Hall, that Phillip A. TV White, of
; said county, did. on the I6«b day o: January, 1857,execute to
said James O. Hall, then in life, now deccaed. two txmds con*
i ditioned to execute lawful thus to two tracts oi land, one
lying on the South Beavcrdara ertek. oinlng lands of Maria
flail, Robert White and others, containing two hundred and
eighty acres more or less. The other tract King on the waters
o» - lieuverdam Creek, jolidng lands of Maria Hall, William R.
Hally atid others, containing one hundred ands -r’y seve and
a half acie.s, more o- less. And it further appearing that
the said Janies <Hall ih pa ted this life without having
titles made to him; and it further appearing to the said
Court that the purchase morey has been paid, according to
the tenor ofsaid bornD, and Maiy A. Hall, one of tl e heirs at
law of said James <’. Hall, having petitioned the (hurt to
direct Philip A. Wilh ite to execute title** to the above de
scribed t rads of laud to the heirs at law of said James C. Hall
in conformity with said bonds; therefore, all persons concern
ed are hereby notified and required to file their o ejections, if
any they have, in my office witljn the time allowed by law,
why said Philip A. Wiilhite should not.be ordered to execute
titles to the hei'-s at law of said James C. Hall, to .h two
tracts of land, according to said bonds; and it is fiirtner or
dered that a copy of this rule be published in the <’hi<nic!e &
Sentinel, a newspaper published in Atigus a. Ga. for three
months. WM. ii. EDWARDS,
oct27—3mw4 "> < trdin.v-y.
IYTOTICE.—APPLICATION WILL
X i be imide to the Court of Ordinary «.f i JiM-ri county, Ga.
ut the first regular term after the c: pi ration of two months
from this notice, for leave to sell all the lands bel nging to the
estate of Woodson Burden, lite of said counfy, deceased, for
tlie benefit of the heirs and creditors of said deceased
ELIZABETH C. BURDEN.
0ct27—8w45 Executrix.
( i EORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY.—TO
\ J ALL WiluM IT MAY CONCERN,-Nathalnci
I »o< *t *i, having an j!. ‘to me for letters of Administratiiu de
bonis non, on the E : * j ol John S. Culvaud, late of said
Tii'.** is to cite all and ingo! ir, the next of kin and creditors of
said lifera.-cd, to i>c ai.d .; p ii, at my office within the time
allowed by law, an : , ..v ... • •. If any they can, why said
letters should not be ai.-.uu and !•. said applicant.
Witucas my hand a:.*i o signature, 29th September.
1800. W. H. KDWARDS,
oct4 —1 mw 42 Ordinary.
TyEORGI A7EL Li’. HTI'OU NTY.
\ Whereas, John H. Jones, Executor of Simeon Hall,
rejiresents to the Court in his petition filed and entered on the
minutes that he has fully administered as Executor of said
Simeon Hall’s Estate:
This is, therefore, to cite all perr ons concerned, kindred and
creditors to show caasc, if any they can why said Executor
should not. l e discharg ’d from his Executorship and receive
letters of i lisuusslon on the first Monday in March, 1867.
August29th, 1860. W. H. EDWARDS,
sepl—6mw37 Ordinary.
EORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY. ~
VJT Whereas, Sarah C. Rucker. Administratrix of William
P». Rucker deceased, represents to the Court in her petition,
duly filed and entered on the minutes that she has fully ad
mmistered William B. Rucker’s Estate :
This is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and
creditors, to show cxiuse. If any tie j can, why said Adminis
ratrix should not he discharged from her Administration, and
eet-ive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in J- ebruary
1867. W. 11. EDWARDS, Ordinary,
jylf—29w6m
TALIAFERRO COUNTY.
Valuable Plantation for Sale,
BY VIRTUE OF A DECREE IN
a Bill in Equity in Taliaferro Supe ior Court, at
the September Term, 1/66, will he sold at the Court
1 louse door in Crawfordville, Georgia, between ri-e legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in December u *xt, the
Plantation of the late James Pe> k, Sr., of Taliaferro coun
ty, deer ased, lying and being situated on the water- of
Ogeecfcee river.
The Plantation consists of NINETEEN HUNDRED
ACRES of laud, ajont nine hundred and fifty, under
fence, and about six hundred in original forest. On the
place is a good dwelling house, with six rooms, besides a
large dining room, a good kitchen, besides other out
houses, good si ables, and scow houses. The stables are
twenty-two in number—framed ari l in good condition—
a good bam, and granary—six corn c ibs, two gin houses
cne first-rate rollon press, two carriage houses, Ac., 4tc.
Upon the whole, it is one of the lest improved places in
this section of the country, and taken all in all. it is one
of the most desirable hs well as most valuable planta
tions in Tft!iafe»ro county. Capitalist and those desirous
of I iirrh to cs fig premi
ses. 'I hey are situated about five miles from < raw fords
ville,in a southwestern direction, onthe road from Craw
fordsvilh- to Bethany Church. The place is to he sold
undei decree of ( 0.. r for distribution between the heirs
at law of said <)ecea-ed.
Terms of sari will he made known on the day of sale.
Perhaps part will he required in cash, and time, with
undoubted curity, given for the balance.
FELIX G. C. PEEK,
Receiver u ikr order from Court.
Crawfordville. October ' #66. dlm&wtd-fl
/ri i:ORL IA,TALIAFERRO L’OUNYT
" X Mrs. Margaret Fi. Fr -t, applies to ne-fer
U tters of Administration 1 n the Estate of Richard M. Frost
late ofsai<lcounty, deceased.
'i'his is to cite all persons concerned to l,*e and appear at
the regular term of the Court of Ordiu.trv for said county,
to be held on the first Monday in l> comber next, to show
cause, if any they have, why saidjltiters should not be
granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, this Orto
ber the 25t1i," 1866. J. D. HA .MM NCR,
oci.il— swl •'» *>rd 1 nary.
V DM IMSTKATUIX S.A US—WILL
J.Y »*eso!donteeFiU.-TT* ;:BDAY i> !GJ E.IBER
:- At, 1. fore the Court II - in t . . .>!•»?•;vin-. 'lalla
ferro county, under an order from the Court of <Jr. :. ,ry of
-aid county, the following property, to wit: Ot.etra- 1 of land
it; said county cci.taining al»out sixty ac-es more or ad
joining lands of Lawrence Battle Peyton Grierson and others,
and lietter known a-* the Elijah Meadowitract of land, it being
the sirnc conveyed by deed to Mrs. huaan Grierson by Elijah
Meadows.
Sold a- the property cf Mrs. Susan Grierson, late of said
county, deceased, for distribution amongst the legatees of s.id
Terms cash.
oetl»- td DELI LA MEADGWS. Adm’x.
VOTICE.-ALL PERSONS IX
UEIITED totheestateof Cterlcj W. fl . late of
I aliaferro county, deceasetL arc required to make payment,
and those having claims against said deceased, will present
them to the undersigned in terms of the law-.
October 17th 1806. MARY C. GEE, Adm x.
'V OTI VE. —ALL PE RSI )NS IN
II DEBTED to the Estate of Esau Ellington, late of
Tai-afcrro county, deceased, are required to make nay merit,
and those having claims against tad deceased, will present
tb octl9-7wfa nll ‘ !relg ‘ J A >ajs“sLUXGTOS, Adm'r.
vOTICE.
A Two moi:th lifer to date, to wit, «t the November
him ofthv < --in > 1 Orriiii»r>- -r 1 u .Mr uoaftty.
t.on wifi he made fir leave to sell the lands belonging to the
estate of John G. Morgan, late of said county, deceased.
FAITiIA L. MOKGAX.Adn,’*.
September »1, luC-. sep4 ■ Siiw-jm
SC RIVEN COUNTY 7
igcnTyEN <x>. sheuikftTsale.
tri . ' i ' ,or ! n Sylvanla,
• in Fcriven bounty, on tbc FIRS I rUESDAY tv df.
C LMBERp'-xt, between the usual hours of sale, one tract of
land, containing ore hundred and eighty one acres more or
°f V ie BenQ l-annual session of
fcher.ffS. C.
V]St WO months after
grlc.;*s, a 'S “ , lr 'v w } ll, w made t-the <;ojr. ofordlDa
tTe J. :of Ki'S (? Swrep^Idt^L'dnds 1 d t^L'd nds Mo "^ g ’°
octt ROBT.D. SHARPE Administrator.
AT OTICE.— TWO MONTHS AFTER
■4-3 .^ ate application will be made to the Court of Ordinary
oi county, Ga. for leave to sell all the Real Estate of
W ilkins H. .sunnallv. deceased
. „ IJIODORUS B. C. NUNN ALLY,
sep^3—Bw4l Adm’r de bonis non.
A LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS
jX Against V. likins H. Nunnally. late of Scriven county.
Ga. ueceaLod, ate requested to present them to me as required
by law, and those indebted will make immediate payment.
DIODORUS B.C. NUNNALLY,
•ep-JS-GwU* Ailm'i d# bvnui #OH»