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Twice Read.
The lamp burns with a fitful glow,
The . onnfia die in the streets below,
The rain sweeps on the panel
1 push m.v Ilia.l aside ;
What weight to me have Helen's woes—
Andromache's—the Trojan’s foes,
Or Ood like Hector slain ?
1 read it once, long years ago,
“ Bat not alone"—l whisper low.
We bent absorbed above each page,
The birds sang noisily in their cage,
Tho vines swayed in the air.
I mini! me well that summer day!
The sunbeams crept "toward our book,
Then stopped as with a pujialod look.
To read the legend there,
Otir hearts sang then, though lips’ were
dump,
A song for ail the years to come !
r l lie bright, glad years! 1 could not see
1 he shadows wailing there for me,
The weary, haggard years !
i'll lay you by, old book, to-night;
And trim the lamp, and sew or ing,
< >r write a ballad -anything
To slop these burning tear.-.
In the Nevada’s lonely shade
His grave, by stranger’s hand-, was made.
'Hie years to come—the hidden years !
What loves and doubts and fears,
They hold in their wide hands!
The bubble’s sparkle on the streams,
Fit emblems of the hopes that be :
Tlie streams run seething to the sea,
Over the silver sands.
And full-sailed boats along them flee,
With priceless freight, but not for me.
The years gone l>v; the hopes that sleep,
With.n their tomb, that make s me weep
And trembling kneel to pray!
O. silent years that were so bright!
Wan corpse* washed on a wild coast,
Kuch one comes like a spectral ghost,
Down to your graves—away !
These lonely thoughts hut ill prepare
Me for tlie dav and all its care.
Lectures to Young Men.
Dr. W. W. Everts delivered, last even
ing, the fourth of the scries of lectures to
young inen in the First Baptist Church.
The large audience room was nearly filled
with the most appreciative audience. The
lecture was founded outlie test “ And s;n.
when it is finished, hringeth forth death.”
The following is a sketch of the address: —
Ch lea go /'tin,.
Everything in nature has a eompartively
small beginning, and gradually reaches its
maturity. The acorn, imbedded in the
earth, after a long series of years, becomes
the sturdy oak, waving its branches in the
sunlight and defying the storm for centu
ries ; and the humble rivulet, issuing from
a spring so small that an elk or a moose
might drink it dry, running for miles along
a channel so narrow that the hunter can
step across it, gradually widens and deepens
its channel as it rolls on to the sea, till it is
nent. This same law of progression exists
in the human mind. Ihe tiny infant with
its embryo intellect, after a long course of
years, assumes the form of mature man
hood. So vice, beginning in the inception
of a sinful thought, in its progress and
culmination follow the same law of pro
gress. It is tho law of progression, as
applied to the vices of lift, that embraces
all their terror. It is that when vice is
begun it is progressive, and that “ when it
is finished it hringeth death.”
How insiduous the progress, and how
unsuspected the fearful consummation of
Sabbath-breaking. One who has been
brought up to an observance of the Sa -
hath stands in awe of Hod's commandment
concerning the Sabbath; hut after the
lapse of years, perhaps* for some slight
cause, the law is broken, the young man,
for some trivial reason, withdraws his foot
from the house of God. One such dese
cration opens the way for others, until
there is a painful vacuum iu the mind and
thoughts. When the Sabbath was kept,
its engagements observed, his affections
and thoughts were placed upon th ir proper
object- ; but now he will lounge late in his
bed, or read over tho morning papers, or
make an engagement with companions, or
go abroad. He becomes restless anil un
happy. worldly thoughts come in, and his
whole life unconsciously becomes changed ;
tho pledge made as he kneeled at his
mother s knee is broken; the Sabbath is
no longer a delight to him. He now pur
sues his worldly schemes on the Sabbath
day, until at last the flood-gates of vice
sweep over him. He has become a Sab
bath-hreakcr, and Sabbath-breaking is a
hebdomadal descent toward perdition.
The Sabbath-breaker commits a double
crime; lie takes away God’s appointment
and then confounds amusement with the
idea of worship. In the cities of the Old
World, where Sabbath breaking is fre
quent, the people arc more corrupt and
given to vice than where the day is ob
served, and it will always be so.
Another vice that is marked by this
same mode of progress from small begin
nings is that of profanity. The boy that,
has been accustomed to repeat the Lord’s
prayer stands iu awe of His law ; hut at
length he brfcaks out in some terrible oath.
Let him tell ais experience then, and he
will say that he trembled at what he had
done ; hut at length he becomes fixed in
habits of profanity. Profanity usually
springs from a desire to hide some igno
rance, or to cover some meanness of mental
capacity. Every vice is useless, but how
destitute of use is this profanation of the
name of God! When a man becomes a
profane man, that habit cuts oil all accept
able approach to God. God will not hold
him guitless, but will spurn him away. A
man who has a God to swear by has no
God to pray to.
Tho vice of untruthfulness also steals up
on one progressively. Nearly every child,
in early youth, is as sensitive to the truth as
was Washington ; but hv mingling with the
world, and seeing its various deceptions,
he at length learns to deceive. But false
hood. when it is finished, brings death.
Gambling is a vice that grows from
small beginnings to its fearful consumma
tion. Tho world is full of gambling. Men
love to hazard something in various pur
suits, but it is all vicious; there is no good
in it. For some wise purpose, some start
ling events have lately fallen upon the
public ear, and tho true conscience of tlie
public has rightly interpreted those events.
In one place a nqm was Shot down at a
race-course by another man. Another by
a tell blow was destroyed in dur midst; ’and
still another is shot down by his .mistress.
These are all warnings that’ the public
should heed. Look at the confirmed
gambler. Seated with his companions;
the flame burns from the lengthened wick ;
the lights grow dim in the looming; at
last the shrill crow of the cock awakens
them to a sense of their place and condi
tion. So there is no vice that renders a
man more fiendish than the perfect mas
tery of gambling. When it is finished it
hringeth death.
The vice of intemperance springs from
small beginnings. It is enough to say that,
if children were brought up to take the
pledge of total abstinence, this vice would
soon l>e dried up. It breaks down charac
ter, fortune, and even civilization, every
thing is ruined before it. It is stated that
the late fire in Quebec, which detroyed
2,500 houses and rendered i't.iHtO persons
homeless, originated in a drinking saloon.
So here in Chicago, where there are 2.000
of these saloons, some one’s sons a r a form
ing habits of irretrievable intern peranee.
Ami, lastly, impurity of heart, "When
it is finished, bringeth death.’’ There is
nothing nobler in man than a pure heart.
A man that regards his honor in the treat
ment of women cannot be far wrong in
other respects, and a man must be utterly
demoralized who could ruin innocence and
bring shame upon an entire family. Our
instincts so declare it. and there is „o other
crime for the commission of which the pub
lic will justify the taking of the life of the
offended. A civilization that requires the
taking of the life of the seducer is a higher
civilization than the lower judgments of the
communities of continental Europe—not
that the crime wholly justifies the taking of
life. This vice begins with impure and
sinful thoughts, ana when one once yields
to the sin, he moves, like a train on an in
clined plane, to certain perdition.
Virginia Items.
A party of hunter- from lvoanoke and
Botetourt counties, killed twelve deer in
the Alleghany Mountains, during a hunt
of five days last week.
About 300 Quaker emigrants from
Guilford county. N. (.'.. were to arrive in
Norfolk Wednesday evening .. r -m v to
Indiana.
The survey of the Valley Railroad has
been completed, and the entire distance be
tween Salem and Harrisonburg
tained to be 123 miles. Ibe cost of the road
is estimated at $30,000 per mile.
A suit involving property to the amount
of $300,000 is now iicing tried in the cir
cuit court of Augusta county. I lie suit
■wasjaroueht by Brown. Lauigan A Vo. vs.
Forrer and others.
It is probable that Gen. Stoneman, the i
cavalry raider, not unknown to gentlemen
•in the rural districts hereabouts, will s vu
take command in this city. He lias been
promoted to a colonelcy in the regular army i
and a portion of bis regiment is here.
Stoneman has the reputation of being a
gentleman and a man of sense.— -Petersburg
A number of notices are being served by I
the Agent of the breedmeu s Bureau in
this county, upon partis - whose property ;
was libelled for confiscation a year or more !
ago, to the effect that the Bureau has
takeu possession of tlie same from the date i
of the delivery of the notice. Many per
sons supposed that after obtaining the par- i
don of the President, paying the costs at
tending the libels of their property, and
getting the certificate of the clerk of the
district court to that effect, that that was
all that was required ; but not so. It is
further required that these papers be laid
before the Freedmen’s Bureau, who would
thereupon give the final release, the prop
erty, when libelled, being nominally in the
possession of the Bureau. Persons who
have not this final release would do well to
present their papers to the Agent in this
place and have the matter attended, to at.
once. Where parties are thus fortified, of
course, these notices amount to nothing.—
Ltesburg Mirror.
SPEECH,
DV JESSK ff. JACKSON, or Morgan Cos.,
BEFORE THE GEORGIA LEGISLATURE,
In tlie Capitol at Mllledgcvlile, Nov.
Ilth. 1M6().
Subject— Debt—Belief.
(j’cntlciien of the ,S*ncitc,
And House oi Ueprcsentalivcs:
It i- now something more than a hun
dred years ago since that great and good
man. Gen. Oglethorpe, founder of the
Colony of * Georgia, feeling a deep ’concern
for the suffering debtors of England, a
Targe number of whom were shut up in
the dreary prisons of that country, because
they could not pay their debts, seeing that
they could not work while in jail, and earn
money to satisfy the demands of their un
relenting creditors, while their families
were suffering for bread. Oglethorpe, en
tertaining a supreme contempt for the folly
of putting people in prison for debt, and
being a man of influence, and at that time
a member of Parliament, prevailed on ihe
King and the honorable body of which he
was a member, to agree to a plan for their
relief.
The plan agreed on, was to liberate all
from confinement who would go to Ameri
ca, and settle in the wilderness south of the
.Savannah river. In the autumn of 11-j-,
a y- ar ma ie memorable in the annals of the ,
world, by the birth of Gegrge Washington,
Oglethorpe as their Governor, and a large
number from the debtors’ jpri.-oris of the
old country, sailed for the New World, and
landed where tlie city of Savannah now
stands, fin that spot the adventurer
built rude cabins, and laid the foundation
of the great colony of Georgia.
[ have thus alluded to this brief histori
cal record, to show the cruelty and perse
cutions which our ancestors endured from
their heartless oppressors in old*England,
which caused them to bid farewell to their
native land forever, with all its fond and
cherished recollections, to seek a home and
resting place amidst the wilds of our be
loved Georgia.
Ah? it would indeed Jprove a difficult
ta-k, tt tell the mingled feelings of joy and
, sorrow heaving the bosoms of the adven
turer- ; joy in so unexpectedly emerging
from solitary confinement, sorrow at thus
being driven from their native land to
peril the stormy billows of the ocean, and
beyond the trackless deep, seek a home in
the wilderness ; a land never yet trodden
by the white man, with no companionship
save that of the ferocious wild beasts and
-avage AborigTiese of America, roaming its
wills undisturbed.
Gentlemen of the Generally Assembly,
draw your own comparison between the
condition and circumstances surrounding
those of our ancestry, who landed on the
soil we now trend under this strange and
trying ordeal, and that of their posterity in
tiiesc latter days. The contemplation of
this solemn subject must lead us to exclaim
in agony of sou! : Oh ! That there was
an Oglethorpe to deliver the people.
After the close of the war, and adjourn
ment of the Reconstruction Convention,
looking abroad over our desolated land ;
seeing that about three-fourths of the
wealth of our people had been destroyed
by emancipation, State repudiation, by
(ire and the sword ; while millions of per
sonal indebtedness was in existence based
on property thus destroyed. 1 was led to
inquire what can, what should, and must
be done to save our people from financial
ruin. Those of my own blood and kindred
race and color.
I thoughtfrom the signs looming up in
the horizon, unless relief be given, a vast
majority of the bone and sinew, the patri
j otic, the generous, the solo repository of a
; national honor and a national glory ; those
upon whom the perils and hardships of the
late bloody struggle had fallen with pucu
| liar violence—must sink down inevitably
into the vail of poverty without Legisla
tive intervention. And that a rigorous en
ibreement of existing laws, by a co-ordi
| nato branch of the Government, would be
j a death blow to the people, and place them
j lar below a level, of tbe millions of the
manumitted African race, in their financial
affairs.
In the contemplation of this solemn sub
j jeet, the exclamation has often crossed my
mind, great God, shield our people from
the violence of the impending storm— from
! the iron-hearted grasp of a few luck
j monied-men, who will show no mercy up
on the alter of whose darkened souls not a
I spark of humanity has ever shown, with
its benignant rays.
With profound reference, 1 would im
i pi ore the searcher of all hearts, to purge
out every pulsation of mind that beats not
high in the cause of civil liberty. But I
must say, l prefer tho liberty of my own
to that of any other country ; and the
i liberty of my own to that of any other race.
A vast majority of our people are involved,
and without relief will in future only know
what freedom is by name, not in reality,
i ho man in debt is a freeman, the dearest
linen, known to our poor, fallen, perishing
: humanity.
In rctrospecting the mighty past, L have
in vain sought to bring to light, one
solitary instance, amidst the uprising and
downfall of empires and of nations, re*
I corded on the annals of history, from the
present event ful period down the long dim
vista of the world’s progress for six thou
sand years to Creation’s early dawn, to
! find a parallel for the present anomalous
position of our race and people, in these
so-called rebellious States which have just
emerged from a bloody and destructive
revolution, which will he known as the
great American Rebellion of the 19th
Century. The learned historian might
ruinage the archives of ancient lore—
plough up the wlnlc classic field of an
tiquity in vain to find its parallel.
I appear before you this evening, not in
the capacity of an office-seeker, or a politi
cian ; but as one of the people from the
private walks of life, only professing _to
know something of the wretched condition
| and necessities of my unfortunate fellow
countrymen. I know this subject to be one
1 of vital moment, affecting the present and
tjilurc generations. One in which almost
! every man, woman, and child are either
j directly or remotely concerned. Twelve
; months ago, 1 was deeply impressed with
; the vast importance involved in this nto
j mentous question. It had but few friends
at that time, but, 1 am profoundly thank
ful to Almighty God that its friends now
arc legion all over the State with the wel
come news that they are still increasing.
,It is to be expected that there will be
1 opposition to relief in almost every section;
an 1 1 regret there is bitter hostility against
I any relief adulterer, by a few ; yet there is
| great consolation to be derived from the
fact, that this hostility is not front prin
ciple, but alone from self-interest. No man
upon earth can sustain himself, and show
| that he is an opponent of this cause of
j humanity and civilization from principle.
| Sympathy, justice and honesty , alike de
i maud an equitable, adjustment of these
I financial difficulties.
It is a great principle recognized by all
l writers on moral science, that we are
i formed for society, and unless perverted
j from our natural channel, wo have ten
| dercies manifestly directed to the good of
| society. Our philosophy is, therefore,
false to nature —when it assumes that every
man ought to live for himself. Now, the
| loss of nine-tenths of the money due the
j creditor in our State, would not do injury
I to society, while if no relief were given, so
ciety would be torn up root and branch.
This is a contest between a. landed aristoc
racy and the people. There is enough
personal indebtedness in tlie hands of a
few in each county in Georgia, to buy up
every foot of land iu the State it forced to
sale.
Between two courses of conduct we are
under moral obligation to choose that
which will conduce most to universal good.
All the world should reprobate the man,
having already a competency in life, yet
i whose grasping avarice would snatch the
! last morsel of bread from the unfortunate,
j upon whom the fortunes of war have fallen
1 heavily, l-'rom the bereaved widow and
orphan children of the brave and heroic
soldier who perished in battle, and whose
chivalrous bones lie bleaching on the plains
! of the bloody fields of the late war; many
\ oi whom hare never been honored with even
so much as a gear, in which to rest.
The man obeying the promptings of
self-love —seeking his own—blinded to the
interest of all around, should be con
demned by the unanimous voice of all good
men the world over. While praise and
j immortality should l>e awarded him who
-corns the accumulation of wealth, to the
ruin of his neighbors, and the destruction
| of society, I would, with all tny heart,
implore di\‘ine blessings oti him - sr
lolly soul prompts a sacrifice for the
yorid of his suffering countrymen.
What can be said to extenuate the ac
tions of the deeiple of Mammon, whose
avaritious propensities burn in his dark
ened conscience, with an unconquerable
thirst and re-:stiess sway, holding undis
puted possession of his narrow contracted
soul ? Who. in this perilous hour of our
country s hi>torv, would reduce to starva
tion those of his own blood and kindred,
and wade through an ocean of tears, drawn
from suffering humanity around him ?
Stay thy righteous vengeance. 0, Heaven!
—suffer not the earth to open wide and
swallow him up; spare him yet a little
while, that he may repent of his great
sin!
The most pernicious and accursed spirit,
| brought to the surface by this revolution,
is an insatiable thirst for " filthy luere”--
knowing no leniency nor mercy for a poor.
: conquered people— plunged in vale of
j poverty.
I The unnrect dented amount of litigation
going on in all portions of our State, is an
, unmistakable sign of the calibre of the
■ men who have come into possession of
: most of the negotiable paper in the coun
try. By speculation, extortion, and other
wise equally as criminal, the indebtedness
has been gathered into their poluted hands,
much of it by using Confederate money to
; carry on their nefarious purposes, refusing
to take it where a man had land upon
i which they could by their grasp after the
war. Gentlemen of the Legislature. thL I
is the cla-« soon to swallow up this coun
try. Shall they be allowed to do so l 1
say no, never!
Compounding an l compromising debts,
without legislation, can never prove effi
cient, for it Is needless to appeal to those
whose ear.-: are sealed up to the cties of
humanity: whoso eyes are closed to the ;
heart-rending scenes of poverty that sur
round them. The man whose God is mam
mon, at whose unholy shrine lie is a de
voted worshiper—the purpose of whose ■
soul is to hoard up money—is well described
by Milton:
“From orbs convulsed should all the plan
ets tty,
World crush on world and ocean mix with I
sky ;
Ho unconcerned would view the falling :
whole,
And still maintain the purpose of his
sou!.’’
Is there one under the sound of my voice '
who will say no relief should be given the
debtor; when the property on which this
indebtedness was based has been lost with
out fault of his; without his will or con
sent; without dishonesty on the part of!
the debtor? If there are such present,
pardon me for appealing to you by every
obligation which you owe to God, to your i
fellow man, and to yourselves, to lie certain
the right is with you ; that, in opposing
relief, the duty is imperative, ere you enter
on this cold hearted massacre of the dearest
hopes of your fellow country men.
Life, liberty and property were all in
volved iu the gigantic struggle from which
we have just emerged. Would there be ;
the least violation of the most exalted prin- j
ciples of morality, to throw the negotiable j
paper in the scale? Does not .justice /,< -
tween, man awl man, and honesty in the
sight of God, alike demand it ?
If. in an hour of excited feeling, looking 1
to self and self only, making this your
centre and circumference, or, from other j
reasons, you fail to act on this momentous
question as faithful public servants thus :
wilfully consigning thousands of the gallant
and the brave, the noble and generous of
our land to financial ruin, and afterwards
discover the deed was one of great moral
terpitude; that the blood of the innocent
polluted our hands ; that the cries of the !
fatherless were ascending to Heaven against
you —oh, how could you “hence the sad re
proaches of a guilty conscience, how atone
for the wide-spread ruin and irreparable
mischief—and how, as a people, efface
from our fair escutcheon the infamous
stain that would be stamped upon us !
Those who oppose this cause are in immi
nent danger of error. In a duty so awful
ly obligatory we should he sure we come
to a correct conclusion. It is human to
err, but divine to forgive. If we err at
all. it should ever be on the side of mercy. :
If I know my own heart, 1 can say of a ;
truth, I would to God -omo system or plan ;
of a just and equitable relief could be in
augurated. without the slightest possible
irritation to any good and fair-dealing man
—that this adjustment could be possible
without pecuniary loss to a single human
being who deserves the money. This
being an impossibility, and such is the
frailty and depravity of human nature in
its most enlightened form, to await the
day when no hostility shall be arrayed
would be vanity in the extreme.
I should do violence to my own con
science, prove faithless to my own heart,
were I, from the fears of the frowns of
the opulent, or intimidation by false accu
sations that I seek my own self-interest, to
refrain from the utterance of my senti
ments and feelings, when the happiness
and temporal salvation of my friends,
neighbors and fellow-countrymen is in
imminent peril.
These people arc my associates, fellow
sufferers in the vale of poverty —among
whom I expect to live and raise my family,
and with whom I hope when life’s fleeting
day is past—to pay the last tribute of na
ture. My sympathies are with the unfor
tunate, the poor, the destitute. I have
and will avow thy feelings and sentiments
in tiicir behalf just so long as there re
mains the baseless fabric of a vision upon
which to rest my hopes of success to the
cause 1 have honestly espoused.
All questions of a political character
sink down to insignificance when compared
to this. Without relief the few will swal
low up the many : the poor become poorer,
the rich richer. The foundations of society
torn asunder, gloomy shadows overspread
the land from the seaboard to the moun
tains. 0, then, my countrymen should we
not all be united on this great humanita
rian cause of giving relief, where inexor
able justice between man and man, and in
the sight of high Heaven alike demand.
We have been divided between ourselves
in times past, on questions now hurried in
oblivion. Those who favored were honest
alike with those who opposed the action
which involved us in a mighty war, and
deluged the land in blood. / allude to the
yeomanry, the virtuous toiling millions of
'these lStates.
Gentlemen of the Legislature : There is
a good old maxim, “Where there is a will
there is a way”; and still another—
“ Equity knows no wrong without a rem
edy. ’ ’ We profess to bo heirs of liberty.
It is the crowning glory of till republican
governments, that all political power rests
m the hands of tho people. But it would
indeed be a libel ou that hallowed term
were it impossible for the suffering millions
to obtain relief from the financial troubles
which afflict the land.
( The landed property in our Slate, with
! out Legislative action at this session of the
Legislature, would soon fall into the hands
of a few moneyed men —-if it were possible
I for the decrees of our Courts to be exe
cuted. And if this mighty storm should
burst forth in terrific violence on the de
| voted heads of our people, the blame will
; rest upon those placed in authority as
i guardians of the public good.
While many creditors are not disposed
to press their debtors to the wall, knowing
| there is no money in the land, no help at
hand, (and this class have acted with a
! magnanimity worthy of commendation,)
j yet there are disciples of Mammon who
have in all ages of the world cursed man
kind—deaf to the cries of a perishing or
phan—upon whose ears the wail of’ a poor,
bereaved widow has no restraining power.
, Oh, let this flood of evil be stayed, this
\ murky tide be dyked, or the people will be
| consumed by tlie scorching fire and burning
avarice of these men !
! There are those who acknowledge the
j justice of “ Relief,” and its accomplish
ment possible, were it not for that clause
| of the United States Constitution forbid
ding any State passing a law impairing the
obligation of private contracts. In my
j opinion, Relief is possible without conflict
| with that instrument.
No constitutional authority on earth
’ could free the negro, but Georgia, in the
sovereign capacity of a Convention, by the
ratification of the Constitutional Amend
ment abolishing slavery, now, henceforth
I and forever. The mighty lever that moved
! in majestic grandeur the pondrous wheels
; of Southern industry, has been stricken
down. Georgia can violate her contracts
by repudiation of eighteen millions of her
people s money; strip them of capital and
resources on which these debts were based;
authorize, by act of the Legislature, the
Treasurer to sell State bonds, and then kill
the same in your hands, and hold you re
sponsible; set you to delve and toil tke.bal
auce of your life to bring forth the money
destroyed. If there ever can be an in
fringement on the supreme law of the
land, in securing relief, that work lias been
consummated already, and we only need
laws to relieve us now of the oppression
and anomalous circumstances under which
it has placed us.
Tiiis matter of relief was a work for the
Reconstruction Convention, but it is pass
ing strange to say, no man in that august
body of reconstructors would deign to rai ;e
his voice for the toiling millions. They
must be reduced to bankruptcy, and take
the place of the negro, as a vacancy had
just been made by giving hint his freedom.
Reconstruction is not, nor never will be
comp Ute until this matter is settled by laic.
—things must be made to harmonize.
I would remark, just upon this point, if
the Union was supreme, the author and
maker of the States, the argument might
be regarded as plausible that uo relief was
possible; but as the States made the
1 ’nion, it is therefore impossible the crea
ture can have a divine right to .rule the
creator, in matters involving her own in
ternal affairs.
li l have no eommisseration for princes,
but my sympathises are reserved tor the
great mass of mankind. ” This was the
language of our unrivalled statesman, the
prince of American orators; and should lie
the motto of every Representative man in
this Republican land of ours. The toiling
millions deserve sympathy, succor and aid ;
and the man whose heart does not beat for
this class is unworthy of place or power ;
and if unfortunately such a man r.ow holds
position or authority, he should be hurlei
back into obscurity forever, by the righteous
indignation of a free people.
The man who has voluntarily taken upon
himself the vast responsibility to be
incured as a representative of the people :
should possess no narrow contracted views,
but should cherish enlarged sympathies,
looking abroad on the community with his
eyes and ears open to the distress of the hum
blest of his constituents ; to see how much
suffering hecan alleviate and how much good
heean do. His gnat ru l ing principle in
all his official acts, should be sympathy,
fidelity, justice, mercy and humanity.
He who is vested with authority, and
endowed with these, estimable qualities
will be aroused to action ; he can no more
refrain trom action than he can violate the
great laws of his being : all the powers of
mind with which he may be invested by
nature's God. will be brought into exercise,
to embrace the largest number of the un
fortunate and the wildest possible sphere
of suffering.
My countrymen —let your immaginations
survey the field, look abroad over an im
poverished and desolated land, a howling
wilderness of desolation meets your sad
dening gaze, millions of our race and color
blood and kindred conquered, vanquished
and poverty stricken. Three-fourth? of
the wealth of these States lost forever !
without remuneration : while millions up- !
on millions of personal indebtedness exists,
concentrated m the hands of capitalists, ■
who will show no clemency.
These claims were based on the negroes 1
and other property lost by the disastrous
result of the war; and yet is it true the
late Convention took no action to save the j
country from universal bankruptcy ! And ’
can it be true that Gov. Jenkins, seven
members of the House, and a few in tho;
Senate, would give our people not a day to !
work out, but consign them to the rale of j
poverty without a tear.’ Oh! is there a |
philanthropist, patriot—whatever may he j
his calling or station in life—who eaunot 1
shed tears ■ ■!’blood over the appalling dis- ;
tress brought upon our afflicted land ?
In the burning words and lofty eloquence ;
of the bard and romancer of North Britain.
I would cxe.aint:
“Lives there a man, so cold and dead,
Who never to liimsclfhaih said,
‘This is my own, luv native land?’ ”
No man, v.hodove- a Republican Gov
ernment, or believes in it, can have any j
sympathy for a despotism, which is known
to be tlie deadliest enemy to liberty that
afflicts the earth. But whenever the peo
ple of Georgia drift headlong into a landed
aristocracy, they are at once crushed down
under the iron heel ot a despotism of the
most direful character. Mark theprediction.
The war, with its horrors, has passed away;
the fife and drum supplanted by the more
welcome sounds of the anvil and the forge;
i industry, in all its varied branches, in
feebleness struggling to rise. The masses
of our people have nothing left hut their
homes. Their lands are now their sole de
pendence, front which a scanty subsistance
may lie derived by great industry, sell
denial and rigid economy.
Oh, shall they bo deprived of this hum
i ble inheritance, be reduced to fifty acres of
red hills and yawning gullies, to add to the
; well filled coffers of the extortioner, the
speculator on negotiable paper, and thus
he turned out upon the wide world as pil
grims and beggars upon the earth.
A distinguished orator and statesman of
a former generation on a certain important
occasion, used this lofty sentiment with
surpassing eloquence : “/ aspire to possess
! a stout he art and steady eye, that can sur
j vey unmoved and undaunted any mere
j personal peril that can assail this poor ,
! transient, perishing frame. But I cannot
I lay myself down in the way of the wed fore
\ and hajipincss of my country. 1 cannot
\ for my personal benefit, or self-age/ra.nilc.e-
I meat cheek her onward march to greatness
j and glory. / would not , / dare met lie
j down and place my body across the path
that leads my country to prosperity and
happiness. ’ ’
This is that higher and nobler courage,
' laying aside all sordid interest, a weak
! pusillanimous spirit; daring to stand up
; boldly as a patriot and philanthropist,
i ready and willing to sacrifice his own for
! his country’s good.
It is the bird of night that warbles its
! inharmonious strains in the midnight
gloom and solitude of tho forest, fearing to
burst forth its hideous sounds amid the
open light of day. But the eagle that
brushes its wing against the cloud, bathes
its plumes on. the misty mountain’s top
and.looks boldly in the face of the sun.
This question of Relief is a momentous
one, addressing itself to every honest heart
and intelligent mind. Especially the man
honored by the suffrages of the people to
guide the helm of State, should reflect
dispassionately that the ends of justice
may he attained, making a fair comparison
of its certain or probable ills with its pos
sible gains, and then pronounce the sen
tence which justice, humanity and policy
demand, and a suffering, disheartened
people will bless that decision.
We live for the future, not the past.—-
It is a sacred dutj' to provide for ourselves
and our posterity ; to make the world bet
ter and happier around us; to labor for
the greatness, glory and prosperity of the
land that has given us birth. The exist
ence of society and preservation of our
race hangs ou this question.
While our heart-felt sympathies should
run out for all nations and people ground
down to tyranny and misrule, and if with
in our power aid to break the chains with
which they arc bound, oh let us not forget
the duties we owe our own people, our own
country, are only secondary to the duties
, we owe our God.
His Excellency addressed a special mes
j sage to your body, at your last session,
! favoring relief of tho Banks, and gave all
j the weight of his official influence, even by
1 a veto, against allowing one single hour for
1 the people to work out their enormous lia
; bilities. It may be said he was governed
Iby conscientious motives—l he Stay law
was in his opinion unconstitutional. Now,
search with all the strength of your natu
ral vision, aided by the most powerful mi
croscopic assistance, and tell me how it can
be just and constitutional to relieve corpo
rations ofliabilities and penalties, , and not
the people! The policy of tho Executive
would leave the debtor at the mercy of the
creditor, while the latter is more to he
; blamed ibr this indebtedness.
Every public man should possess that
] high, ennobling, exalted and sublime emo
i tbn reigning supreme over the heart of a
j patriot, whose absorbing and soul trans
! porting thought, is the good and glory of
his country. That patriotism, indebted to
heaven for its inspiration, soaring far away
| at an immeasurable distance above all
| prevailing interests. This my countrymen ,
! and. this cdouc, is public virtue.
Rome men talk and act as if the people
were made for the government, and not the
government for the people. It is a truth
ful saying that the worst form ofgovern
; uient in the world is a military despotism,
I but the most heartless and despicable form
: of despotism on earth, is capital concentra
ted in the hands of the few, for the oppres
: sion and depredation of the many. Is there
i not danger of our being drifted into this
i whirlpool of ruin.
i _ The mighty conflict of arms which bap
| tized this continent in blood, has been alike
; destructive of property and of human life ;
, mourning and sorrow has visited almost
j every household. We are now among the
! poorest people ou earth. The bright lu
-1 minary of heaven in his majestic progress
round the world, shed’s not his cheering
| rays on a people once so prosperous now so
poor.
1 hold it to boa great ruling principle,
that every individual or association of in
dividuals, lias the natural right to make
and enforce such laws, as may ho most
promotive of its own social and domestic
policy. So long as such laws do not affect
the inalienable rights of others or the great
natural law.
Every State is entitled to, and should be
left, to the free exercise of its own discre
tion in the inauguration and maintenance
of such regulations as may be designed for
i its own domestic policy. Only let this
' grand principle be denied, and the whole
theory of self-government falls prostrate to
the ground.
This principle is founded on truth, with
reason and justice. What can he more
unreasonable or unjust than to compel a
people to submit to laws absolutely op
pressive, and deprive them of all power to
remedy the evil ?
| Each independent State, so far as the
establishment and preservation of its own
domestic rules are concerned, must stand
lin the relation of a forei 0 n government to
| all the world. Upon these grand and
( glorious principles is laid the very founda
; tion of good society, and forms the chief
| corncr-stpne of civil and religious liberty.
1 here are some debts that should be
I paid —many that should not. The creditors
i of the country, who have been indulgent,
| would realize more money by wiping out
! all coercive measures of law, than if no
relief were given. The heartless sharper
who has run his claims into execution
would bankrupt the country, and leave
I nothing lor any one else.
1 have often heard the question pro
•pounded, “ where is the justice in depriv-
I ing the- creditor for the sake of the debtor?’ ’
j But ah! there is a very great difference.
The debtor class are the masses; the
; creditor the exception, nine-tenths of whom
—were they to lose every dollar—would
•till live comfortably, and be, by far, the
richest people in the country.
Millions ol these claims are due in Con
federate scrip, or bought with the same on
speculation. This accursed trafic was car
ried on during the war by a set of soulless,
, monied mongers—peering sharply in the
dim, misty future, these blood-suckers lived
I in joyous anticipation of the day ichen
: they should become lords of all they survey.
In a conversation with an intelligent
member of the late Convention on this im
portant subject, I asked him if ho voted
: for State Repudiation? He promptly re
plied he did. Did you vote for the Consti
tutional Amendment ? Yes, voted for
that too. Well since you have voted away
well nigh all the people had, I suppose you
are willing to relieve them of their liabili
ties, based on this property you have de
stroyed. at least so far as coercive meas
ures by the State are concerned ? 0, no,
i why that's unconstitutional to interfere with
i private contracts. \\ ell. then, 1 suppose
j your are in favor of turning a map. out of
house and home, as a beggar in the worid,
or incarcerating him in a dreary dungeon,
j because he don't pay the money you have
destroyed? Now, what do you suppose
was the answer of this patriotic representa
: rive of the sovereign people? “ Well, that
; would look a little hard.”
The glaring inconsistency of this memor
able body was in exercising the right to
; burv in the fathomless depths of the ocean ;
all the people possessed, save a pitiful own
ership in the soil, and leaving this at the
mercy of the monied man who had_ been
laying his snares and arranging his figures
for this emergency, and now stands with
open mouths to swallow up the country.
Not a few of the prominent lights of this
Convention are among the number, with
their jaws wide extended. But. aIU be
careful; tread softly—do not speak of re
lief to the people, that unconstitutional,
retractive law.
These cold-hearted, selfish, narrow, con
tracted views can never stand in this ad
vanced age of civilization. Oh, witness the j
mangled form of that veteran hero of many a 1
hard fought field whose body has beer,
lacerated and tore, fighting for him and his
property, who now turns his wile and chil
dren out upon th: world with no shelter j
butthe heavens, perhaps to give place to
sonic sable specimen of the African race.
Who can witn’re without a tear, the ‘
chiiling sound of the Site rift’s hammer, '
which elo-’s th door forever of a once
happy family. Around that venerated old ;
homestead, cluster a thousand pleasing j
recollections : of the past, ever and anon
rising up to memory those halcyon hours, j
now burie 1 in the deep ocean of the mighty i
past, asa bright oasis ou the desert of fifes i
toilsome way.
Those Cherished objects once so much
enjoyed ; the broa I expanding branches of
the old shade tree, beneath whose cluster
ing foliage the family were want to resort;
that dearest spot of earth where ’rests the
sacred remains of loved ones long since
passed away, must now bo turned over to
stranger hands; the heartbroken family
turned homeless wanders in the world to
battle the best they may with the
sneers and contempt ever shown the poor
penniless bankrupt an I the unfortunate who
people the earth. . .
Gentlemen of the Legislature, this is
no fancy sketch nor overdrawn picture, but
a sad, solemn reality, which must he seen
and felt ere the wane of many moons,
from the ro k bound shores of the old At
lantic to the mouldering waters of the llie
.
lation shall interpose. The people are
moving on this vital question. O will you
set to work, that the.si heartrending scents
may not be witnessed in Georgia.
Oh ! wituess that greyhaired sire over
whose veneralje head nearly three score
years have passed, after a long life of in
dustry and toil has nothing left but his
home ; with trembling limbs and bending
form, accompained by his aged companion
who has stood side by side with him bat
tling with tlie shifting storms of this event
ful life for forty years.
Oh! how striking the similitude this sor
rowful sight, to that of Moses as he hid fare
well to tho children of Isreal on the plains
ofMoab—ascending Mount l’isgart’s tower
ing heights this wonderful man ofGod turn
ed for the last time to cast a lingering gaze
on the white tents ol Isreal which dotted
the plains far below. Yes my friends, this
aged couple with gloomy forebodings and
burdened hearts, turn their dim and tear
ful eyes to look for the last time on their
old home, and gaze once more, on the
graves of their loved ones mouldering
beneath its hallowed ground.
Oh ! witness that bereaved widow in
weeds of mourning, whose pale countenance
reminds you of one whose world of sor
rows, have been clustering over the grave
of the Father of her famishing children- —
bidding farewell to her humble home. Yes
my friends, the last sad stroke of the
Auctioneers hammer, sounds the death
knell to all her earthly hopes, and she now
looks forward to tlie cold silent grave as
her best, her only friend.
Under our laws, ifyou become my debtor
you are my servant, you make yourself my
slave. The moment I become your credit
or, you have a master —relentless, perhaps,
of a spark of sympathy for you. Have 1
not control of what you possess? Have I
not the right to expose your property at
your own expense?
And at a time when property is at a low
valuation —no money in the land, no help
at hand —is an auspicious hour to call for
payment. Further, have I not the prov
ince, with all the powers of the State to
back me, to hurl you into a dungeon, away
from home and family, to suffer and endure
the horrors of that worst of all earthly pun
ishments—solitary confinement ?
lmprisonmentforuebt!— horrid thought!
Inhuman, barbarous custom, in any coun
try, to visit on the unfortunate debtor the
most torturing punishment in the catalogue
of human sufferings.
This offensive and tyrannical statute must
chill the blood of every humanitarian. It
is reproachful to us as a Christian people,
amidst the blazing light of tho nineteenth
century. L would exclaim, with profound
reverence —Great God! from thy majestic
throne, open the eyes of our people to this
outrage ou humanity; this dark spot on the
fair escutcheon of our glorious old Com
monwealth ! May the foul page on which
this barberous relic of the dark ages is re
corded, be defaced—forever buried in the
deep sea of oblivion!
! Our rights vested in the slave was co-ex
tensive with the early settlement of this
j continent, holding a priority of claim above
Constitutional guarantees, or the original
laws conferred by State or Federal Govern
ment.
These sacred and ancient rights have
been invaded by Georgia herself; that
military dictation was brought to bear,
does not change the principle, nor relieve
the State oi' repairing, so far as possible,
the damages thus brought upon the people.
Southern wealth was composed of the
negro ; being so much cash in hand, credit
was given on this security; if there was a
dollar the negro would bring it. Now, is
it possible for a_ matt to work with his own
hands, after being stripped of capital and
resources, to pay the accumulated millions
based, directly or indirectly, on this species
of property.
A government, driving its citizens to
this direful calamity, would very justly be
held in supreme contempt by the civilized
world of mankind; and it would be de
nounced, disgraceful alike to Christianity
and civilization.
Every political association is founded on
a contract, between each of its members;
each member stipulating to yield obedience
to its laws, and to refrain front acts de
structive of its existence, while the govern
ment stipulates to each of its members,
justice and the free enjoyment of his rights.
While i all must admit the sacred obliga
tions of a contract, that where the laws re
quire it, tlie government must enforce com
pliance on the part of the debtor ; that he
has not the right to release himself, this
being inconsistent with the nature of a
contract, therefore, he can only be released
by tlie political association of which be is a
member.
Now, since Georgia lias destroyed the
ability to pay, swept away the capital and
property on which the indebtedness was
based, the people are released from the
moral and should be from the legal obliga
tion to be held accountable at least- to the
extent of tla■ destruction by the action of the
government. Can there be wrong in this,
where in all conscience is the injustice or
dishonesty to any one in the adoption of
this policy.
It has been said orphan children would
be great sufferers by success of this cause,
a limited number of tlie more wealthy
class of orphans might loose, yet this
would be overbalanced, by the benefit given
the thousands of poor helpless ones whose
fathers perished in the struggle. Those
made such by the war have but little prop
erty, and where old claims are to be set
tled, must he reduced to abject poverty
i and destitution.
Now, T should despise myself were I not
| with all my heart to sympathize for an
| orphan child. It would be, indeed, pass
ing strange if. I could not, being left in
infancy myself a poor, helpless orphan,
without a father’s protecting care to direct
my frail bark over tho stormy waves of
life’s billowy tide. Most of tlie money of
this unfortunate class was swept into
oblivion by investment in Confederate
scrip or State bonds. Therefore, objec
tions on these grounds have but a shallow
foundation, anti should not serve to effect
to divert attention from the cause ol relief,
upon which is suspended the temporal sal
vation of our race and color in these States.
The farmer must be the principle sufferer
without relief. v Ve are an agricultural
people. This elus> compose a vast ma
jority. and if reduced to insolvency, enter
prise and industry will be paralized, and a
universal spirit of despondency overshadow
the land. The farmer is the bone and
sinew of the country. "W hen he prospers,
all others reap the reward of his prosperity;
when he fails it is known and felt through
out the land. Should his hopes be blasted,
the earth at his bidding refuse to yield
fortli her abundance, then starvation would
stalk abroad, with ponderous tread,
amidst universal desolation—the earth
herself be draped in mourning, and the
perishing millions of the world s teeming
population cry out in wild despair.
Oh! shall this hitherto thrifty and noble
class, honest toiling yeomanry, who earn
their bread by the sweat of their brow,
whose stiffened fingers and sour browned
countenances tell of their laborious calling :
who know nothing of intrigues to seek ad
vantages oflheir fellow man or their own
self aggrandizement . I repeat shall they
now be deprieved of all that is desirable iu
life ; their joyous propects forever blasted;
tied hand anti foot, cast into outer dark
ness. to grope their way along fifes toilsome
journey, aud finally sink down into an un
timely grave, unwept, unhonored and un
t sung. ,
Failure of crops’, heavy taxation and the !
streightened circumstances of our people,
places it out of their power, as now requir
ed, to pay tlie fourth of all their debts. A
continuance then of the stay law becomes
an absolute necessity, even if nothing more
was done to prevent the sacrifice of prop
erty for debts made during and before the
war, or law'cM, desperation and blood
shed will be the inevitable consequence.
It the Legislature fail to take action, or ;
the Supreme Court decLre null and void
the stay law. then a Convention of the !
people to save themselves is the alternative ;
to avert great trouble and a scene of terror, i
Durine the late bloody drama, even in !
darkest hours of the struggle—while the
storm was howling m all its fury, a high
regard for law and order was observed, j
unparalleled in the world s history. But.
dark will be the day when the decrees of j
Courts are disregarded and lawlessness j
reigns supreme. j
This matter of Relief to the People. ;
reaches the hearthstone of every family.—
Those not affected iu a pecuniary sense
cannot be otherwise than deeply concerned \
for the preservation of our race and the
salvation of society. I cannot believe there I
is a solitary member of the Georgia Legis- j
lature who will jay, by
I'-itt ,tr)f trust the prnpJf'
If bound down by constitutional restric
tions, throw this vast responsibility back
upon the sovereign people and your skirts |
will be dear, whatever may be your own
peculiar views. Oh no, my countrymen,
live or die, survive or perish, let us never
be afraid to trust the people.
I would not presume to dictate to this
honorable body—my object being to pre- j
sent the necessity, rather than the practi
cability of this great question. Vet I
would venture to suggest, if you doubt
your jurisdiction in the premises, policy j
and wisdom demand its reference to a body |
elected with a view to its adjustment.
Tens of thousands of our people failed 1
to vote at the last election, they had not
realized their abject poverty ; were not cog
nizant of their perilous condition ; un
aware they were trampling on dangerous
grounds, beneath which was raging a burn- i
ing volcano. That memorable period in ;
the history oil icorgia, the 19th of January,
• is.jl, was the day that burned forever the I
| obligation of all contracts and. promises to
pay, based on property lost by the disas
trous termination of the war. To start
an;/lit in the sef'lenient < t this momemtous ■
queition icemust start at the starting point. !
It could hardly have been worse, that
j every foot of land in Georgia had been con
| fiscated, than that the country shall now
fall into-the hands of those who will show.
| no sympathy nor mercy for the debtor.
t Banks made insolvent, by domination of
I State or General Government, should be ;
relieved of liabilities when the people get 1
| relief; of penalties, when imprisonment
j for debt is abolished. Some Banks are ,
j buying up their notes at a few cents in the j
dollar, that might he made to disgorge !
| something more, if pressed to the wall as j
| is being done with the poor unfortunate j
| yeomanry of the country.
! A few prominent journals in Georgia are I
crying out: '"Ridiculous mid impossible ’ \
j harping of the unconstitutionality of any j
| just and really practical relief. This is a ;
! waste of printer s ink, and will check the j
progress of this cause about as much as the I
! beying of the cur to stop the rising of the I
| moon. Onr people are honest, and would !
j gladly pay their debts. They know what |
is just, and they know their rights, and j
will dare maintain them. “The voxpopuli \
| is yet powerful, and not to be rudely tarn- j
| pered with. "
The exalted opinion I entertain of the |
magnanimity of the Georgia Legislature !
i forbids the idea that you would wilfully, I
j either by action or omission, plunge the i
; country into a state of anarchy and despe
| ration,. by throwing open the Courts for the
| collection of debts during the coming year.
The noble generosity shown by Northern
j creditors to Southern merchants is worthy
■ the highest commendation. “Do unto
\ others as you would others should do unto
j you goes by default with many of this
j class of our citizens. “Pay me what thou
owest ’ is their demoniac cry; many of
! whom will grind down to starvation their
| debt ors for the last dime—principal, profits,
: and interest.
If the morrow morning’s rising sun could
! dawn upon our people free from debt, a
i spirit of enterprise and industry v/ould
spring up unparalleled in the history of
| Georgia.
j If we would give succor and aid to our
I own blood and kindred, we must not de
-1 prive them of their ownership in the soil.
: If we desire to hand down to posterity
pure, uncontaminated Anglo-Saxon blood,
: avoid the dangers and horrors of amalga
mation, the contemplation of which must
i chill the blood in our veins, we must not,
! oh we must not, reduce the great masses of
our people to bankruptcy, beggary and
starvation. .
In this dark hour, when the howling
winds of eviI_ rage furiously around our
glorious old ship of State, threatening the
peerless fabric reared by our ancestors, oh,
for the sake ot memories past—memories
of the sacrifices and sufferings of our peo
\ pie—let us stand by each other as brethren
in the vale of poverty ; let our legislation
he wise, humane and politic, suited to the
wonderful change that has been wrought.
We should not await the passage of a
Bankrupt law, which would not meet our
condition if adopted, nor should our people
bo reduced to this humiliating extremity.
I [is Excellency, the Governor, has made
: not even the most distant allusion in his j
i message to this vital subject of Relief.— |
| This strange omission will strike the people
| of Georgia with profound astonishment.—
We find, however, in reading through the
voluminous pages of that document, judi
; cious counsel on our national affairs.
He says: u lt behooves us above all , to
keep ourselves in proper relation with the
supreme rider of the universe .” It is true,
while murky clouds overshadow our political
j horizon, and muttering thunders arc heard !
; in the distance. _We are but inactive ob- j
| servers of the mighty events transpiring, |
j and must recline upon that Almighty be ■ i
I ing—■
“That rides uj on tho stormy sky, i
And calms tlio roaring seas.”
Our people are groping their way in j
darkness, weighed down in agony of soul. I
Many ol the noblest of earth among the j
aged are being buried, and many have al- ]
ready been borne to the grave by the heart
rending contemplation of home lost forever, j
In this perishing world of frail humanity, j
no word in the vocabulary of language
| lights up the heart with so great delight, j
{ But alt, what, gloomy shadows enshroud \
j the soul when all that is dear in life has i
1 past away.
i _ Gentlemen of the Legislature, I stand ;
; in this time Honored old capitol of the j
! glorious Commonwealth ol Georgia, where |
I I stood nearly twelve months ago, plead- j
I ing this cause of humanity and civilization. |
I And 1 will beg leave to say in conclusion, if i
our ruin is. to be eonsumatod, the great
i masses of our unfortunate race to be
crushed down, turned houseless, homeless
wanderers on the earth, oh, let not your
garments be stained with blood wrenched
from the hearts of your poor , conquered
poverty-stricken countrymen.
Impartial Suffrage—-Position of the Pres
ident.
W asai .\ i (ton, November 19. —The
Y\ asliington Republican, which has the
honor of representing the opinions of the
President, has, in its issue of the f 9th, the
following :
t Suffrage should he conferred by the
States, that right being guaranteed to
j each State by the Constitution. Andrew
i Johnson is in favor of qualified suffrage in
j Tennessee as a citizen of that State. ” lie
| authorized us, in behalf of the Chief Exec
| utive of the nation, to urge qualified suf
frage for three classes of colored men of
] this District, in April last, and at his sug
| gestion we renewed the proposition again
j in July, only about one week before Con-
I gres* adjourned. We took special pains
! to notify several Radical Senators and liep
j reselltatives, who were anxious inquirers
on the subject, that the President was in
favor of the plan proposed in the Repub
lican. The Radicals were afraid to touch
the question, and went home to their sev
eral States and blackguarded the President,
and declared that he was opposed to ex
tending the right of suffrage to the black
I man.
| Andrew Johnson is in favor of more for
the black man in Tennessee, as a citizen of
that State ; he suggested to Gov. Sharkey,
; of Mississippi, more for the colored men of
| thrt State, and requested and authorized
; us to urge upon Congress, at the last ses
| sion, more for the colored men of this Dis-
I trict than Charles Sumner, or Henry Wil
| son, or any other Congressman of Massa
| chusetts ever urged for the colored men of
their State. No colored man who fought
in the Union army, or who owns property,
| no matter how much, can vote in Massa
i chusetts unless he can read and write.
; President Johnson goes beyond that. He
| is in favor of granting suffrage to all colored
| men, wherever the_Constitution gives him
! the power to do it, who can read and
write, or who served honorably in the
Union army, or who owns property to the
I extent of two hundred and fifty dollars and
; upwards.
' The only difference between the Presi
j dent and Congress is, that the former be
j Sieves tba\ under the Constitution, each
I State has the right to settle the question of
| suffrage for itself. Congress assumes the
i right to impose it upon the States, Consti
| tution or no Constitution.
South Carolina Items.
Charleston and Savanah Rail
; Road. —According to announcement in the
. papers of the city this road, under order of
| the trustees, was sold by Messrs. Wardlaw
A Carcw, Auctioneers, at the North of i
! the Exchange yesterday morning, to Messrs, j
J. H. Taylor, and others, for the sum j
of s:>o,Poo, subject to existing liens, includ
ing the State lien of about $750,000.
This sale needs no comment, as nothing
can better evidence the affect of the present
political status of the South. A railroad
of one hundred and three miles in length,
that cost about three millions of dollars,
connecting two of the largest cities of the
South, sacrificed at about seven thousand
dollars per mile.— Charleston Courier.
From our farmers wc iearn that the
wheat is looking remarkably well. We
also learn that a much larger area has been
seeded than ever before known in this
count}'. — Roanoke Times.
Great Barham.
THE SUBSCRIBER. WISHING TO
,JL change hii planting interest. offers for sal- ii- weil
known an<f Valuable PLANTATION, known a, Shady
orove, m Columbia county, on Oochc-e and Kiokee Creek*.
lr *-Rg lands of Clanton, Walton, Lamkin and o her* 16
raues West of Augusta, between Washington an., folurab'a
regarded as the best land in
acres'.; ,r. balance ir. tv ar,d origina'
* De is verv healtny ar.d well wa:~re<i with a' 1
out build mgs, Stock, Plantation Implement "rvm.
MuSulfeL, 0111116 phxce ha * be€n rc3<if ‘ th - cropsin
I 5 is now o&reif. Arr.iv to
J,u,lvey ’ onplace - I ‘-
Teacher Wanted,
THE TRUSTEES OF MASON
JL Academy wish to employ a TEACHER in t*e F>i- a'*-
S&TSS Tear/The funto of thi iaitunoa
a-eiost, and the tuttton is aU that can be offe-ed
Mast application to B. ¥. HARDEMAN.
u™#.., <*i. n.t, iMh, wt™ o; *2%?:ts3r-
Warehouse and Commission ' Merchants* I
.V DGUBTA, Gt A. .
hAVE FORMED A COPARTNERSHIP UNDER THE
T . ... . J ENNINQS, WARD & SMITH
andtehei^X^o^ 11 COMMISSION BUSINESS, j
attention to all business entrusted PU> ‘ C ' They l >led «° thoir undivided
Cotton Trade <lf ! \Vi''ust 'i ' s '. ocat ® n Mclntosh street, the Center of the
the services of Mr. K. Bi’stix \vho wm al i"?" ncin « ,h;Ulho y have secured
LIBER VL C \SH \ T)\- (, ]’-< enargo of the correspondence and books.
1 AMI Am A( ES will be made on Consignments.
T. J. J i:\Xi\Gs, Augusta,
oct2o-dAwom Jit, A1{1) - Oreene county.
JCbEPH r. SMITH, Elbert county. i
O QT TON HOUBE7
.5. tiimi'j'sov ,%c 00.,
WILL CONTINUE THE
WAREHOUSE AND COMMISSION BUSINESS
IN ale ITS BRANCHES AT THEIR LARGE AND
COMIMOI' 1 OTTS I'iRE.PRGOF CLOSE STOdEtE
Warren Block, Augusta. Ga.
PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO STORAGE AND SALE OF COTTON
takine can rs (.'(>TTO.\ at.-i Vi A t' Vk 11 ' ' ** considered far superior to open “Warehouses," both as regard
uanoc v f their cci: K d«*i.' c. * ' ' e ‘* " '' l ' atro!l **S c extended us during tho past year, wecespectfully ask fbr a coutia
' augi9—dAw4m3fi
ISAAC r r. HEARD Ac CX>,,
ITAREIIOI’Sh AXJ) COMMISSION MERCHANTS?
CORNER REYNOLDS AND McINTOSII STREETS,
AUGUSTA, GEOUGIA.
\\ lEI. DE\ OTE TtIETR STRICT PERSONAL AIT CNT TOY TO TTIK
... AXI> SALK OK,OTTO*. AM) ALP OTllffll PRODtm AiILA 1 AO 1U H
Pi.VAe’ f.'illN'i.'i)'I'’ 1 '’' 1 att, ' mled ,0 - Ltw" .nT* TA * OEB “ ADE " Imis 0X o>r"ivx k“
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AT
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BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL!
POLITICALLY,
Recognising tho great change in our Social
relations and industrial condition as the
fixed and immutable results of the late war,
we shall endeavor to conform to them in
views and policy. Wo shall give a strong
and cordial support to the National Ad
ministration, and uphold its noble head
and chief, Andrew Johnson, in liis
endeavors to resist and stem the tide of
popular Northern Radicalism.
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AND
Rapidly Increasing Circulation
Os the CHRONICLE & SENTINEL,
commends it to merchants and
others as the
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WHICH THEY CAN EMPLOY.
T h e
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Is now printed in large, clear type,
and we shall endeavor to make
it one of the best printed
papers published.
THE
JOB OFFICE
Having received anew and thorough
outfit) we are prepared to do
all kind* of
•fob and U'sxncy
I’R.IIVTXIVO
IN GREAT VARIETY
AND AT
LOW RATES.
Especial Attention to
Book and Fancy Printing
•such as
POSTERS,
BILL HEADS,
LETTER HEADS,
CARDS,
CIRCULARS,
LABELS) of every kind,
PROGRAMMES,
WEDDING
LAW BLANKS, INVITATION CARD
It. R. RECEIPTS,
CHECKS,
CHECK BOOKS,
DRAFTS,
WAR CHOUSE RECEIPTS
Ac. Arc. *Scc;.
Our Assortment ol INKS, TYPE, &c. are
such that we can do
ANVJOB OF COLORED PRINTING
—S WELL AND AS CHEAP AS CAN BE
DONE IN NEW YORK.
THE bTITd ERY
Is now in operation, and we are prepared
to execute BOOK BINDING in all
Its branches, and at
LOW rates.
•WE HAVE EVERY VARIETY
or
LEGAL BLANKS!
And shall keep them constantly on
hand, so that County Officers
mav order at any time
with the certainty
having their "of
RDLR. S PROMPTLY FILLED.
New Stock ot Clothing
—AND—
F F HNIBIII > G GO O 1)8 !
JOHM K. HQRA,
(Under Central Hotel)
Has received a well as
sorted Stock of CLOTHING, consisting of—
Beaver anil Cloth Overcoat*,
15! ck Cloth Frock* and Sack*,
Beaver and Cas.-iimere Frock* and Sack*
Black and Colored Cassimere Pants,
Black and Colored Silk and Velvet Vests,
Black and Colored Cassimcre Vests, dkc
—ALSO—
Fine Shirts and Drawers,
Socks, Suspenders. Collars,
Gloves, Neckties, Ac,
T>, the examination of which he would invite hi« old friend
.
Middle Georgia Plantation
FOll SALE.
THE SUBSCRIBER OFFERS FOR
,7*-. the phicc on which 're now resides, in Hancock
t^l\T^- twelve m:! - s north of Sparta. The entire
tract con 3J of oetween 3*JO and :iio) :icres, a large pr.por
•* - ri ’V onß.m.j tor Wit and many swamps and branches, which
•
Z£u ou , tr,l i !l ' ji . n r', : barn and stables, St by 44 It!
.'J‘Uv’""'-' with aa.pl.- room for forty
h' use, J. 'henue iLVb.boo "V Jb
chard o t 50 acres, an apple orchard of H acres, besides t
irrap- fi, tis?3 and o r her truita; two excellent wells of water be
sides an abundance cf water all over the Plantation and arm
p.e accommodatiuns for 75 bauds.
THE OTHER SETTLEMENT
is two mUa distant Ou the place there i, a dwelling having
th . ~'aee; and good amtse- f,.. r w '•> u '‘
Loth places are very healthy.
j J w |il Stock hogs, cattle, horses, mules, "-r fod
2fJ;hL^ I >VVo D , tr f‘f;7 a^or i s * cart8 ’ and household and
kitchen furniture, it desired.
yV a to an early purchaser. Buyers are in*
vited to come and examine the premises. A good manager
1 -ii; maxe 250 .o 000 tales of cotton tier annum, ror further
mformalioE, address me at White Plains. Greene countv. Ga.
.. . , , . WM. li. LOANER.
November 20th. i066.
Augusta Constitutionalist and Savannah News cory iQ
weekly for six weeks, and tend biiis to this office.
n0v21—6w49
Notice.
All persons indebted to the
late firms of J. M. NEWBY & CO., and If ORA,
uisE&CO., for debts contracted previous to the war,
and to .7. K. Kora during and since the close of the v/ar.
are particularly requested to call and make arrangements i
for settling their indebtedness, as I am desirous of fettling
up said claims immediately. The books and uotee of said
firms can be found at the old established clothing stand,
VA Broad street. JOHN K* >IOKA.
ociSC— d2Jt4w44
Linton & Doughty,
COTTON FACTOR 2j
AND
Commission Merchants,
Continue the ISuaiuess in all it* Branches.
OFFICE ON
.JACKSON STREET
opposite th old stand, where t ey
STIIX STORE.
NVill also, keep on Hand,
PURE PERUVIAN GUANO.
SAM’L D. LINTON UHAS. W. DOUGHTY.
auglO—d£w4in
New Firm.
,T. M. DYE & CO.
WAREHOUSE & COMMISSION MERCUT’S
At the old stand, No. 143 Reynolds Street,
AUGUSTA, GA.
r pilE UNDERSIGNED HAVE THIS
1 day formed a copartnership as above, and will continue
the business m all its branches. Our personal attention will
be gi\*en to the STORAGE and SALE OF COTTON.
Liberal CASH ADVANCES made on Cotton and other
Produce in Store, when desired.
Consignments respectfully solicited.
JAMES M. DYE.
SOL. ROBINSON.
Augusta, Ga. Nov. Ist, ISOB. nov2—d&wlin
G. NORTON. "WM. BARKULOO.
G. G. Norton & Cos.,
R, JB X, 33 TA.T Ei
AND
INSURANCE AGENTS,
Brunswick, Ga.
augl7 d&wßm3s
S. D. Heard,
\V AREHOUSE
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT,
AUGUSTA, GA.
aug‘Jß—d&w6mw3
M. P. STOVALL,
• WAREHOUSE
AND
Commission Merchant,
AUGUSTA, GA.
WILL CONTINUE TO GIVE TITS
V y personal attention to the Storage arid Sale of COT
TON and O THER PRODUCE. Consignments of Cotton
will b*» stored in the NEW FIRE 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
Kill Furnishing Goods.
r CIIE UNDERSIGNED WOULD BE
f spcctfully inform his old customers, and the Millers in
general, that he is now prepared to furnish the best qualit y ot
French Xsm*r,
ESOPUS & COLOGNE MILLSTONES
Bolting Cloth, Smut Machines, Belting,
Wire Cloth, Mil! Picks,
And any ot her articles ncededifor a good grist or flouring mill.
Orders solicited and promptly attended to.
WM. BItENNER,
apl6-d&wly Broad Street, Augusta, Ga.
Asignee’s Notice,
BANK OF AUGUSTA, \
Augusta, Ga’., Ist Angus', 1866. /
A LL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS
7~\ against the BANK OF AUGUSTA, a Corporation
fatuy doing business in tlie city of Augusta, State of
Georgia, are notified to present such claims to the under
signed, within six months from this date. The Code of
Georgia provides that bill holders shall prescut their
claims within six mouths or lose their priority.
JAS. W. DAVIES. Attorney for
nov 4d&3mw46 Assignee of Bank of Augusta.
Hardware!
MOORE Ac 00.
23 5 Uroatl Street,
Opposite Globe Hotel, Augusta, Ga.
JM PORTERS AND DEALERS IN
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
HARD WAR E,
Iron, Steel, Nails,
Axes, lliitchetM, Smlilis’ Rellotv*, Anvils,
Vices, Hammers, Chains, Hoes, Straw ('ut
ters, Corn Sliellcrs, Flows, Haines,
Rakes, Shovels, Spades, Cooking
1 tonsils, Carpenters 7 Tools,
Pocket and Table Cutlers',
Guns, Pistols. Ac: Ac.
novlS—w3m
Carriages and Buggies
M anufactured and repair-
ED by
Experienced Workmen,
AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE,
And on as REASONABLE TEUMS
As .any other Ertahlishment.
MUR I’ll Y .v WELTCII,
Bethany,
80pl9 — Ginvv lOf Jefferson Cos. Ga.
xcipil
RICHMOND COUNTY.
fiEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
Where:*-:. J.ucy I>. Mill s, Adiuini>t':itrix on the evate
of Hubbard is. Mill is, ueceastd, c]'plii s to m for Litters of
Dismission •
These are therefore to cite and admonish all aid singula’'
the kindred and creditors of .-aid deceased to be and a uni- r at
my office on or before the first Monday in June nexUoriiow
cans-, if any they have, why said LeUeis should not he
granted.
Ojv«i under ray har.-l and < fficia! .-icnatuie, at office in A u
guata, this 6th day of November, lH’ifi.
nov7—6rnw47 DAVID L. ROATlLOrdinary.
( GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY
■) V hlT'-us. Artin. a- Goaid. Ga. . . .*. -• ~.r
-!'•’! mi:jor *'*• “for IV,.
the ktodml J"
ray office ou or !,cf„ r .- Uit. tii-t iloouay in’.hn. ■r 'c
cause, if any they have, why said Letters shoui'd uotb e grant
j*?, “ B £? r i n> b ??. <! an<l ''ffieial signature, at office in Au
gusta. tins nth day ot November, IsSfi.
novi-Oinwji DAVID L, ROATH, Qidinsry.
(GEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
, / 'Mici.hw, Robert A. Alien, Executor of Jos'ma
•-rhli-at , me for Letters of Dismission •!-
therefore to cite and admonish nllard rincm’ar
tne kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and Sppem
next * w°cL ,Hi A h,; I J r ' t Monday in March
Sidrart he grinfod. Di tyhiiV ''’ wh »' fcal ' l '' r '
Au-mi r. U ri.ljy ri ? * ,an e c an ? cf P c,al s *gtiature at office in
this .id day of >epteml>er, 1.»g;.
H-p.; .yiv.om DAMP L, RQATII, Ordinary.
(. <EORG la, RICIIMOND COUNTY.
' f Where... Charles A. Rowland, Esc .tor of ffalh.
nne Barnes, neceased, applies to rue for letters ofDismis
I hese are. therefore, to cife and admonish all and sir.guiaj
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to he and i n,-a
at my office on or I c-fore the first Monday in .March ncxL n'
snow cause, :f any they have, why said letters should not in
granted.
Liven trader my hand ar.d off, sal signature, at office in Au
gusta. thisCth day of August, 1866.
aug?_26wai _ D. L. BOATH, Ord’ry.
( GEORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY."
V.* Whereas, Robert 11. May, Guardian of Carrie WiilH
Evans, Minor, (now deceased,; applies, to me for Letters oi
These are therefore to cite and admonish ail 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 shoav cause, if any they have, why said Letten
should not be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature, at office in
Augusta, this 6th day of August. 1866.
aug?—2*w3i DAVID L. ROATIL Ordinary.
FiEORGIA, RICHMOND COUNTY.
\ X Whereas. William G. Whldby, Administrator de
bonis non with'the will annexed, on the Estate of Thomas J.
Walton, deceased, applies to me for Letters of Dianu-etion.—
These aie, therefore, to cite and admonish, ail and smgu*ar,
the kindred and creditors of said deceased, to be and appear
at my office on or before the first Monday in January next*
to show cause, if any they have, why said i.etteis should not
r (ilven under rny hand and official signature, at office in Au
gusta, this 2d duy of |July, 18«. DAVJD L BOA T H,
Jya-wffiMlm _
( ' EORGIA. RICHMOND COUNTY.
I ~r w-hereas Margaret Scanion, Adm inlstratnx on the
egtfj&e 0 f Timothy Scanion, deceased, applies to me for Letters
° f ThSS?therefore, to cite and admonish all and ringulat
the kindred and creditors of said deceased to be and appear af
mv office on or before the first Monday in January next, to
show eause, if any they have, -why Baid Letters should not be
my hand and official signature, at office irr Au
gust-* this 6th day of June, 1*66.
)tC 36*24 DAVID L. KOATH, Ordinary*
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
TRUSTEE’S SALE.-BY VIRTUE
ord« f™ the Hon. June, P. H.;k, Judge of (he
•a £xrl!J .^r e Circuit of Georgia, there wifi l>e
>"»•(> of l.oiiliville, in Jtfcr-
V Em'.l Fiii!j Y ll;sr TUESDAY IN JANUARY
UinVjj t h L, -■n 2 ‘n ,ours tract ~f lend. situ, te,
T v rV, l“■ vil I f«i* "f the 04eediee
lii'L”' 1 y' k Uemfci t ( rook, containing three hun.-fed and
in ‘ . known as l lie PolhtU place,
snfVl'r.iw 'i ', ln,1 "-'" wn ot I.ouistnllo. aclioin
r ' K "eor,.),i and Matthew H. Hopkins,
iI ‘Tri■ ie FVi'iii I nl. -o,ni n ' e .,‘ ,r eommoniy known as
of Thnnß V lv.lhill ' "! c Of the Trust estate
? •[„,"l 1 | jJVr- M :ea * e<1 ’ Jo'Oi'h it Po'.hiil and J. <!
■(Ud VonhE m™ Ot'? , A - " 1 c< '> t- 'forme, Iv PoIhUI)
Terms on the £y of Ldef' ' S “' n ***** * id i rest.
■WILLIAM A. WILKINS,
November lidh, !!«). VnrjV *49 * C '
\ DMINIBTRATOR S SALE —BY
x V Vi rt»o of at. order of the Coe'rt of Ordinary of J,|T,
( oniny. there w.d be sold at the Market House in .he Town
of Loui.w ilie, iu said county, on the FI RST TI ■ I-’*> T> \v I v
JANUARY next, within the legal hours of saie7one*trclfof
la,',dsofl?.'m?"\' l.e- nv'wnFlofl? fi'SPV
.V ‘ • *‘ n iuei A.I ea.n, AJ.aml .\\ highamand William
<». Ferugirs, contatmng two mmdre i am* fifty acres more ot
Wn iV M ‘ a 'i tH h r °l' ert >' °f H;! Estate of William A. Whig
-011 the day Ot sale. WILLIAM 1-. WHIUiiAM
limdl v.’tlltd Aii.nini-tni or.
4 DM INISTRATOR’S SAI E. —BY
JT\. virtue lit mi order fron the ' ourt of Ordinary of Ji fftr
{“'* Wll s ‘j', l , : !'..S I S,,y, ! K. l i ct IJOhiv in the town of
Louisville, on the HUM' TUESDAY IN JANUARY
neat, one tract ol laid eioiuriiiK to the Estate t f Newton .1
Hadden, and containing acres more or less Ivingouthi
waters of the I-i.ng Branch,’ adjoining lands of Wil iara Vanss!
James Braisell and others. Sold subject to the whlow's
.. , , ANDKEW J. WILLIAMS,
1 enus on the day of sale. AdmV
uov2l—w49td m r -
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE. — BY
A e '"'' w " f “V <>Klvr Lom tho Honorable C..nrt c fOrdi-
VidVr UkT-V™F V ' " -lH * n (lie KIKM TfKS.
I DAT In •lAM Abi next, at tin* mai'.u.t t. ; •
of Louisville, the following projertv, towd- Uoe u-ui of
land in said county, conta ng l» 9 acres more or lev -iii'i*,;, v
lands ot Rutus Way Meredith Carsons an ! otners.' Alwfc
I t »ne other ri ct of land in said county containing 111 acres
! c'f/f °,i °r N ai '*'oimng C. Hudson, and others.
I bold as the ptoperty ot the estate of Benjamin F. Taylor, de
| ceased. 1 enns on the dav ot sale.
. ,o , JAMES KING,
i UO\B~w4.td Adm’r with will annexed.
! ( GEORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY*
\ I W hereos, \\ m. A. Goodown apidtes to me for I .otter J*
i ot Administration on-the Estate of George F. Wav, late of
I said county, deceased—
j These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the
I Lhidred and ere. h tors oi sa*d deceased, to l.e ml appear at my
i u ! -ht-i Lie time preseri tied bv law, to show cause, if any
i they haw, why said letters should not be granted.
I , Giv ii under j.iy haiid and official signature, at office in
i Lou’.-ville, th’> jth day ol November, istk>.
.
( 2 BORGIA, JEI FERSON COUNTY.
‘ ' VK : . Ak-xuuiUr ;l] pi ,to for I.K
--t, r> ot (>uaro i.'p on on- persons and property of Aden C.
I Augtistus I*. J. Harden, minor heirs of Augustus A.
rbe.M are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular
the kindred am, creditors ot said deceased to bo and appear
at my orttee within the time preseribed by law, to show cause,
if any they have, why said Letters sliould not l*e granted.
Go on uneer my b md and oEieial signature at office in Lou
isville. this sth day of Novtmher, isbfi.
novS—lw4l NICHOLAS DIEHL, Ordinary.
/ J EORGIA. JEFFERSON COUNTT.
\ J Whereas, Dole Wadlev and Mille 'g • Mutydiey.Ad
nunistrators, 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, t<* bo and appear
at my «nlie«>oii or before the first Monday in l cbinary, iso7
tt> show cause, if any they have, why said Letters should not
be granted.
Given under my hand and official signature at office in
Louisville, this Uth day of August. IS es
aug-:i—■wIU.-tim MCIiOLAS DIF.PL, Ord'y.
/ 'J.EORGIA, JEFFERSON COUNTY.-
v * G- J»'rdan Executor, applies to m«k
Hteof seikl count”-’* deoeased— thC esJtale of oU ‘ rt Jordan,
These are. therefore, to cite and admonish, all and singu
lar the kindred and creditors of safd deceased, to bo and
appear at my oflice on or Ik*fore the first Monday in F* I>-
SS'&ouiii^KSS‘ fany ,hey " h > L ' t
lSilK«hL'^htoyofJ^:^B,la, '’ reatoffila!i ‘*
jyZ~i-w:c-f.m XH-HHLAS DIEIIL, Onlinary.
IV OTICE.—TWO JIONTHS AFTER
iliiti’.appluatltm will be made to the Court of Ordinary
Os Jefferron county, for leave to sell the linids belousiiie to
| the ertnte of Thomas O. Jordan, deceased. b k
, 011 . SARAH JORDAN. Adm-x.
] November Bth. IS6G. novS-Sw47
YoTU’i:
a Two months after date, to wit. on the first Monday in
i January next, application will he made to the Court of
| Ordinary of Jefferson county for leave to sell all the land be
: longing to the estate ot Benjamin F. Ta> lor, of said county,
and ceased. JAMES KING, AduTr>
iiovU—2mw4>
Plantation for Sale.
1400 ACRES GOOD PINE LAND,'
* AVjy (formerly I.etonklnKto J<«cph oil,,hnnt, dec,l, _
Ivma "1 Jflb r.-. 11, 0(111,ty, (K min, n 11-iNs T.i.rth . f luu - +
villc. the comity Bite, almut one third oiien and well-feuced,
I tne balance original lorcst, weli-ihubercd. Upon this place is
j a gooi dwelling house, outhouses, blacksmith shop, good gin
house, strew, Ac. This land lies in a compact bodv, sur
rounded on three sides-by tunning streams, which furnish
I three good null seats, and some excellent swamp land, iu a
I high stive of 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 or Farms. Offered for sale
for distribution among the heirs. Call and fee it, or ddress
the undersigned at Louisville, Jefferson county, Ga
J. H.OLIPIIANT,) . .
oct27—Bmw4s J. N. OLIIMIANT.i A £ c " ts -
GREENE COUNTY.
/GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.-
\T Two months aftei date, to wit. at the next December
Term of the Court of Ordinary of slid county, application will
he made to said Court for leave to sell all' the Real Estate,
consisting of a house and lot in I’entield in said county, lie
longing to the estate of .Sarah Ashurv, deceased, for the pur
pose of paying the debts of said estate.
SIMEON T. PEEK,
sep26—low4l Adm’r of Sarah Asbury, deceased.
Georgia, greene county.-
yJ Two months after date, towit. at the next Decem
ber Term ot the Court of Ominarv for said county, ap
plication will be made to the said Court for leave to sell ail
the Real Estate belonging to the estate of George O. Daw
son, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of said
estate and for distribution.
EDWARD W. SEARHOOK, Adm’r,
With Will annexed of
sep27—lOwll George 0. Dawson, dec’d.
GEORGIA, GIIEENE COUNTY.-
\ X Whereas, Mrs. Cynthia Sanders, Execu lix of the last
wjd and testament of Billington M. Sanders, deceased, petl
t.ons the Court of Ordinary of said county for Letters of Dis
'l hese aretheiefore to cite and require all persons concerned,
to show cause against the granting es the discharge of said
Executrix, and issuing to her Letters Disuussnry, at the Court
of Ordinary, to lie held in and for said county, on the first
Monday in April next. ISC7.
Given under my hand at office in Grccnesboro September
18th, lS’foi. EUGENI US L. KING, Ordinary.
scp’JU—f»rn A ?.w—w 10
GEORGIA, GREENE COUNTY.
\ T Two months after date, to wit, «t the next Decem
ber Teini of the Court of Ordinary of snid county, applica
tion will be made to said Court for an order to sell nil tho
111 til Est ate, (consisting of 1004 ticres more or less) belong
ing to the estate of Jas'-er N. Copelan, deceased, for the
purpose of paiyng the debts of the Est te of said deceased.
MARY E. COPELAN, Executrix,
JOHN COVELAN, Executor
seplS—l2wß3 of Jasper N. Copelan, deceased.
September 12th, 1868.
S jj.EORGIA. GREENE COUNTY.*
\ X Whereas. Oludiah G. Copelan, Administrator of the
estate of Fealaton A. Seals, deceased, jietitions the Court of
Ordinary of said county for Letters Dismissory:
The.se are therefore to cite and require all persons concern
ed to allow cause against the granting of the discharge of
said Administrator, and issuing to him Letters Dismissory,
at the Court of Ordinary to he held in and for said county,
011 the first Monday in December next.
Given under my hand at office in Greensboro, May 23d.
_ EUGENICS L. fciNG,
my2i—f.mw23 Ordinary.
( 4. EORGIA; GREENE COUNTY. ”
\ A IV liereas, Jonn E. Jackson, administrator of the estate
of Joseph B. Walker, deceased, petitions the Court of Ordina
ry of said count y for Letters Dismissory :
These are therefore to cite and require all perrons 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 he held in and for said county, on tin*
first Monday in January next, (18*17.)
Given under my hand at office in Greenesboro, June 13th,
1866- EUGENICS L. KING, Ordinary.
)Y4—w3Sfim
A I>MT NISTRATOR’S SALE.—BY
£~\. virtue of an order of the Court of Ordinary of Greene
county, Geortria, will he sold before the Court House door in
Greenes boro in said county and State, between the lawful
hours of sale, on the EiR-'T TUESDAY IN JANUARY
next, l-i>7, the folin-.s ing tract of lanu lying In said county to
I wit: Tbetra t of land upon which Mrs. Rebecca Moore re
sided at the time of her death, the. same being her dower in
t*:- land.s of Bum,ell Mone, >r. (iu- t aseil, contalninff BS9
acres, more or less, adjoining lands of eat ate of James Hndley,
T. J*. Janes, Jas. T. Find ley, W. A. J’urteeand others.
About fifty acres in original woods ; about Ifiu acres in cul
t" vat ion—the balance in pine.
On the premises is a good dwelling and necessary outbuild
ings, and a good peach orchard.
t'old as the property of the estate of Burnett Mo re, Sr. de
ceased, and for purposes of distribution. Terms on the day of
•sale. . WILLI A M A. COLCLOUGH,
Adm’rde bonis non. of Burnett Moore, Sr. dec’d.
nov9—Bw47
ELBERT COUNTY.
/ (EORGIA, ELBERT COUNTY.—
\ T Court of Ordinaire.October 'ierm. 1866.—1i appearing
t'/the Court, by the written petition of Mary A. Ilall. one of
the heirs at law ot James C. Hall, that Phillip A. Willhite, of
said county, did, on the I6UI day ot January, 1857, execute to
said James C. Hall, then in life, now dcceaed, two bonds eon
ditioned to execute Lawful titles to two tracts of land, one
lying on the South Beaverdam creek, mining lands of Maria
Hall, Robert White and others, containing two hundred and
eighty acres more or less. The other tract lying on the water*
of Beaverdam creek, joining lands of Maria Hall, William It.
Haily and others, containing one h undred and forty seve.i and
a half acres, more tr less. And it further apnearing that
the said James C. Hall departed this life without having
titles'made to him; and it further appearing to the said
Court that the purchase money has been paid, according to
the I-.nor cf.said bonds, and Mary A. Hall, one of tl e heirs at
law of said Jamej <’. Hall, having petSßoned the Court to
direct Philip A. AVillnite to execute titles to the above de
pcrlbcd tracts of land to the heirs at law of said James C. Hall
in conformity witti said bonds ; therefore, all persons concern
ed are hereby notified aiid required to flie their otijeetions, if
;m> they have, in iiiv o.Tice within the time allowed by law,
why said Plniip A. Willhite sliould not he 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 further or
d« red that a opy of tins rule he published in the Chronicle &
Nenfinel, a newspaper published in Augusta. Ga. for three
WM. ii. EDWARDS,
<>et^7—Sn>w43 Ordinary.
V() TIC E. A FPL LC AT fON WILL
'' Gi-t'lc to tl f ‘on •: of Ordinary of Elbert county, Ga.
at the first regular term after the expiration of two months
from ti.i.s !mt:ce, for leave to cdl all the lands bel nging to the
e-*ate or Wo m Burui-n, 1 ite of said counfy, deceased,
the beiiChlof tlie heirs and creditors of said deceased
r ELIZA BE i H C. BURDEN,
octLi—Bw 15 Executrix.
orgia; klbert county.
■ 7 Wi.- ,-. , John H. Jones. Lx>-nttor of Simeon Hall,
repre.-ent-s to the Court in ids petition filed and entered on the
minutes that he has fully administered as Executor of said
Simeon Hall’s Estate:
1 i.i > is, t herefbre. to cite all personsconceriicd, kindred and
creditors to show eaxsc-. if any they can why said Executor
would not be discharged from his Executorship and receive
letters of Dvn:s-b,n outlie firat Mondav in March, I»C7.
August2otb, 1866. W. H. EDWARDS,
sc pi—tifow-'i; Ordinary.
(' Et )RGIA, ELBERT - COUNTY. -
\ J \\ liereas, Sarah C. Km•... r. Adn istratrixof William
B. Rucker deceased, represents to the < ’'mrt in her petition,
duly filed and entered on the minutes that she has fully ad
ministered William R. Rucker’s Estate :
This Is therefore to cite all persons concerned, kindred and
cri Vor*. to show t -iu-<. :fany tr.. j , A' .- iinh
< urged from her Administration, and
eceive Letters of Dismission on the first Monday in February
1861. W. H. EDWARDS, Ordinary.
)yl4—29w6m
TALIAFERRO COUNTY,
i DMIMSTRATORS SALE—WILL
I V 1 -•OJtOH tinK - T 11 r >D A V 1 > J A GARY
no. before the Gouri in < -awf-r. . K Talia
f-r o county, under a . :<. t.. ;r the C■ jo •Jrl.uury of
mi : county, the following property, to w.t : Dm: large
Jjforehouse and lot, in the town of Craw ford vit>. .Said lot
contains about on*- acre more or less. Also, one grocery Louse
and small lot. AU wail known as the Ellington .Store and
Grocery b«*uees.
Sold as the property of Esau Ellington, late of Taliaferro
county, deceased for the purpose of paying the debts ot de
ceased. and distribution among the legatees of said deceased.
Terms of sale given on the day.
AMOS ELLINGTON,
iiOvlT—td AriroV of Esau Ellington.
A DMINIST iATOR S SALE—WILL
JA be sold on the FI RST TLJ ESDA YINJ ANI ARY,
the Gourt House door in the town of Grawford
• u:id< r an order from the Court of Ordinary of I aliaferro
■u' /, the following property, to wit: One tract of land
lyiti u haid county known as the Holmes tract, adjoining
.andst *Thos. J. Feck, William Johnson and others, contain.
(77;acres more or less. one tract <a
■and. the «ame whereon John G. Morgan resided at the tl:n«
of hisdfci ch, exclusive of the widow’s dowir, adjoining latxds
of Wm. Johnson. Isaac Moore, Win. Jordan and others, and
containing about two hundred and sixty-two (862; acree,
Aii Mhfas the property of John G. Morgan, late of said
county, deceased, for the purpose of paying the debts of sakl
decease !. Terms ou the day of sale. .
FA IT HA L. MORGAN,
nov!7—t«l Adro’a of John G. Morgan.
VrOTICE.— ALL persons iiT
DEBTED to the estate of Charies W. Gee, late of
laliaferro county, deceased, are required to make payment,
and those having’daims again.«t said deceased, will presen t
them to the undersigned in terms of the law.
October 27th. 1566. MARY C. GEE, Adm x.
octiu—7w44 -
XTOTICK—ALL PERSONS IN
-1 \ DEBTEL: c the Estate of Esau Ellington, late of
Tai.aferro county, deceased, are required to make pav nent,
and those having claims against sad deceased, wifi present
them to the ■'undersigned in terms of the law.
octl9—7wD AMOS ELLINGTON, Adm’r.
LINCOLN COUNTY]
A DMINISTRATOR’S SALE. -IN
f\ pursuance of an order from the Court of Ordinarv of
Lincoln county, will be sold on the FIRST TUESDAY IN
JAM AKV, 1867, before ihe Court House door in said toun
ty, bytween thu lawful houis of sale, the foDowing property,
to-wit. Three hundr -d aDd eighty-five acrea of iaad more or
less, in Lincoln conr \y. on the waters of Lloyd’s Creek, ad
joining lands of Ja. .es T. Loftin, John L. Taschal. C. A.
Strother spd othe: sold as the property belonging to the
estate of Virgil lI.P Jschal. for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said esta .e. Sold subject to the widow’s dower.
lerms on the day ci ac.
novS—Wl7td DEXTTIS PASCHAL, Jn. Adm’r.
ivr OTICE- APPLICATIONW ILL BE
JL 1 n.ade to the Court of Ordinary of L'ncoln county, Ga.
at the first regular term after the expiration of two months
from this notice/t»r leave to sell the lands belonging to the
estate of Jared F ulk, late of said county, deawsed, for th*
benefit of heirs an 1 creditore of said deceased.
B. F. BENTLEY.
October Dth. Mx’i of Juod Foylk aea'U