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Newspaper Page TextWEEKLY-ENQUIRER. COLUMBUS: * THURSDAY’, JANUARY 23, 1867. TERlIg OF »LBSCRIPTIOH i One Year (in advance)...—.——- $4.00 Six Months •tin advance)-— $2.00 stay Lav Declared Uneonatltutloual. W,. find in the Milledgeville Recorder ■ oi ,*n week the head note* of a number -,.f decfefcma of the Supreme Court of Georgia, lately pronounced, and will glean from them, in a day or two, such l»in« as we consider of general interest. \ rnor.c them is the long expected de rm or, declaim gibe Stay Law passed by eha hist Legislature of Georgia unconsti tutional. the head notes of which we copy bol.iw. It will be 6epn that one of the poiiiis made, and the primary one, is that tuck a Uw ia prohibited by the Constitu te n of the United Slates. This being the case (and the decisions of Federal Courts into in it), it follows that the ‘‘Belief’’ ordinance of the Convention now iu ses- sion ut Atlanta is also unconstitutional, oars iu vitality to the sanction given t.. it by the military authority, witch has been made supreme in Georgia for an in definite term by the legislation of Con gress. Thoso who are to be benefited by this “relief" will therefore see that it must cease When the Civil authority is re- s u rd to ait* fail jurisdiction and super sedes tha llUMfc. government. This i nnicdetstl'dti wiH slow that those who have connected the ‘‘relief” question with that of the Convention and the adop tion of tbo Constitution have "o’erieaped themselves"—they have made the contin uance of “relief” consequent upon the rejection, not the ratification, of the Con stitution ! The decision of the Court was made upon cases from Bartow, Oglethorpe and Randolph counties, the Superior Courts, gquirer, Jan. ID. Inch they were sent up having pronounced the Stay Law unconstitu tional, and the plaintiffs in error having soughtin the Supreme Court a reversal of their decisions. The following arq the points made in the opinion of the Su preme Court, delivered by Judge IlarriB : Tho judgments of tha Superior Courts in tho three above Etated cases are affirm- e i A majority of the Supreme Court .-Iding that the first and fourth sections of the act of the Legislature of Georgia put. ed tho 12:h December, 1806, entitled an act for the relief of the people of Geor gia and to prevent the levy and sale of properly under certain circumstances, are in violation of that clause of the Consti- . lion of the United States which prohibits any Slate Legislature from passing any law impairing tho obligation of contracts. Also, that said act of December, 1860, i- violative of that clause of the Constitu tion of Georgia which prohibits the Le go, lalure from passing any retroactive : . vituperating injuriously upon the right of the citizen. Judge Walker dissenting. Tn addition to the aDove grounds upon which tbo above cases have been disposed of, 1 state two others to which the act of 1866 is obnoxious. 0 That the 4ib section of the act of ‘ December., 1866, is an interference with ll,(i execution of the judicial process of the courts by the officer of the courts,and is in Ibis respect violative of those clauses ... the Constitution of Uaorgia distribu ting the powers of the Government among the three departments thereof.and prohibiting the exercise by tho Legisla tin'-. of any of the powers belonging to the Judiciary. 1 And further: that the Legislature have no power to alter or modify any jodgrabiit of tbo Superior Courts of this State, or by law to arrest or suspend tbo enforcement of such judgment. The-Graut and Chase Factions.. The"fallure of General Butler’s amend ment to the pending new Reconstructing bill, tho effect of. which was to allow the State Conventions in the Southern Stai to vacate ull the offices at once and.fill them with Radicals, was, we think, the first p’ositive demonstration by the Grant men in Congress." They knew that the men selected by the Conventions would be extreme politicians of.the Chase wing, and that all. their influence would be ex erted to secure the nomination of their fa vorite, and-they voted down the scheme. It has heretofore been hard to split the Congressional “rump,” brit this vote is an entering wedge. We think that we shall sc-e more manifestations of the same sort soon. The Butler and Stevens wing may retaliate by opposing the new bill.— Slovens has already declared that it is a bill to make Gen. Grant President, and Butler thinks that it is worth but little without bin amendment. The clamorous Rads at Atlanta must be greatly disap pointed by this votP, a3 it amounts not merely to a refusal by Congress to give them the power they ask for, but a posi tive prohibition to their attempting to ex- erciie it. . A South Carolina Judge has decided that slavery was not abolished at the date of President Lincoln’s proclamation, but ceased to exist when tho State was cap tured.—Exchange. We know of s ,mo old-fasUoned people in Georgia who hold to the opinion that slavery ceased to exist here when a cer tain “Constitutional Afmdnffment” was ratified hy a Slate Convention.—fugusta National Republican. And the National ^Republican (a Radi cal paper), wnich seems to endorse the opinion of these “old fashioned people,” at the same time holds that the State Convention (or Legislature) of Georgia which ratified the Constitutional Amend ment ahoiisbing slavery, was an illegal body ! Does he thoreforo think that slave ry has cot yet been abolished? It is the only logical conclusion.—Columbus En* A dispatch of the 17tb, from Baltimore, annour.cas tho election of Hon. Wm. T. Hamilton as United Slates Senator for Maryland, to succeed Hon. Reverdy Johnson. As thoro is not a single Radi cal in the Legislature of Maryland, it iB hardly cecossary to say what are the poli tics of Mr. Hamilton. . the negro murderers of Judge k^rne were permitted, in the Superior Cour^ff Sumter county last week, to enter the plea of “guilty of manslaughter in the first degree," and were then sentenced— two of them to twenty, one to ten, and another to one year’s confinement in tho Penitentiary. This plea was allowed af ter a conviction of all of them of murder some months ago (from which they ob tained a new trial) and after the reconvic tion of murder of the first oneagain tried last week. The Republican denounces the proceeding as a measure of UDdue leniency allowed by Judge Vason to pre vent a Radical clamor and movement for his displacement by military authority 1 Tho Washington reporter of the Phila delphia Inquirer telegraphs that there is u majority of over twenty in the Senato in favor of the House bill requiring two- thirds of the Supreme Court to set aside a law of Congress, and that the bill will pass in a few days. There is something cheering in the fol lowing statement, which wecopy from the Montgomery Mail of Sunday. Such an investigation having been ordered in Ala llama, a similar one will of course be al lowed in Georgia, and then “we shall see wbat we shall see." We hope that our friends in every county will prepare them s selves to report and expose any frauds in their neighborhoods: Registration Frauds.—We under stand there is in session in this city an in vestigating commission, appointed by Gen. Meade, (o look into tho frauds com* mitted in registration and at the ballot- box. The commission is in session daily, and we learn that tho evidence is volumi nous and specific on this point. That great frauds have been committed in registering and voting there can be no doubt, and we uro glad to learn that positive evidence of this fact will be submitted to the District Commander. The planters of some parts of Louisiana seem to think that the fertility of their land- will enable them this year to over come the difficulties that are paralyzing agricultural enterprise in other portions of the South. We learn from the New Or leans Crescent that hands are wanted in the sugar regions of Louisiana, and that thousands of them can obtain high wages and rations. The Montgomery Advertiser of yester day says that the amount of fraud in reg istration and voting which the investi gating committee will be able to show up for iu city alone is astonishing; and that if all that it bears be true, Gen. Meade will have to set aside the whole affair as fraudulent and illegal. Are our friends in Russell county tsking any steps to show up the frauds commit- 1. The National Republican is not a “Radical paper." 2. Wo think it would.puzzle the ena quiring Enquirer to place his finger (or pen) upon any assertion we havp made warranting him to believe that we "hold” any-such theory respecting the State Con vention of Georgia. 3. We do think slavery has been abol ished.—National Repvblican. Tho National Republican advocates the Congressional plan of reconstruction, in cluding negro suffrage and white disfran chisement; it approves the action of the Atlanta Convention so far, and sustains Blodgett, Bullock and other Radical lead ers in their courso and schemes. If it is not a Radical paper, it takes very curious means of showing that it is not. But this is of little consequence. Whilo sustaining the action of Congress which pronounces tho present State Gov ernment of Georgia illegal, it says that it would pujzlo us to find any assertion by which it has declared the Georgia Con vention of 18C5 illegal. Wo care nothing about tho “assertion.” Tho logical con clusion is unavoidable. If the Conven tion ofl803 was a legal and authorized as semblage, the Stato Government which it established must necessarily be legal also, and the declaration of Congress, which tho Republican supports, is not sustained by tho luets of tha case. He who holds that the present State Government is ille gal must also hold that the Convention of 1860 was illegal, and that the ratification by Georgia, through that Convention and tho Legislature which it called into being, of tho Constitutional Amendment abolish ing slavery, is also a nullity. Form of Government Changed. 1 Proceedings ef/t’ It is the apprehension nft^p-Doma-.j • , kfllUtlottaj . cratic and Conservative presses generally,} • . , *(y , E s' T y. w g aT j>a.t. had of h Bomber of the Republican ,-~r prases of the North, that the* aro two Friday, January 17,1868. c< M, A. Potts banded ia a resolution, which was read asfoliowc: , Resolved, ThatLhis Convention do unan imously tender their thanks to General Meade, Military Commander of the Dis trict, (or, the coarse he is pursuing 'in regard to reeonetraetioa. John Harris thought the motion was rather in advance. He agreed in part with it, but be .^id not believe that ha should remove seipong from civile State offices and fill offices with military men in every case., fie moved that the motion lay’on the table for the present _ A. T. Akerman naoved that the words “In-.c rxnrcniMlM jncftonH of “ia hnrauinff > has pursued." -Instead of “ia pursuing*’ .ameiwlment'was declared carried: n snhstitntftri- 1 The r'.i'.Q'Vcas next taken on t&< bo substituted. The substi’-Sde rules suspended. Tho resolution bouse and.cewaad *ss accepted, and the asp then put to the following, with a “No" in every case: g,’, Fields, Martin of Sdaill. Harrison of Car- ewton, Griffin. measures now pending in Congress, which, if passed and executed, will effect a great- change in the character of the Government of the United States. They are the new Reconstruction bill, and the hill making it almost impossible for tho Supreme Court to declare an act of Con gress unconstitutional. The one will de stroy what is left of the power of the President, and the other will.as effectual ly abolish"the other great constitutional check upon the aggressions of Congress— the Supreme Court. The new Reconstruction bill 'takes from tha President the command of tbut por tion of the army of tho United States on- service in tho South. It, in effect, cre ates two Governments in the country,one of which embraces the Ion “reconstruct ing" Slates, with Gen. Grant as dictator. Tne only restraint imposed upon him and bis subordinate officers by the bill is that -they shall not recognize the existing civil governments in these States. They are ~ — — —_ ,. ««*•* «-r”2 - •^‘‘T.’SS'JSSrrSSSKW meat, and their administration cannot oo 1 - - — - interfered with by tbo executive or judi- Dial authority. If this falls short of an absolute despotism, we aro at a loss to discover what power is lacking. If this is the kind of “republican" government which Congress, according to the ir junc : tion of the Constitution, is to gunrariteo to every State in the Union, wo won dor what features the more frightful appari tion had that caused the fathers of toe re public to put in such a guaranty ? The bill to require the concurrence of six of the eight J udges of the Supreme Court to pronounce an act of Congress unconstitutional, as effectually lies the hands of that Court as if Congress had provided that none of its acts should go before it at all. Congressmen have ascer tained that three at least of the Judg- s are opposed to interfering with tho recant legislation of Congress, and 'that these three constitute moro than one third <d the Court. Tbo bill, therefore, is framed to prevent just wbat it was feared the Supreme Court would do if not hampered in this way. It is an aggregation r-fjiow- er by one department ol the Goveriimqnt at the expense of another department. The Gupreme Court has just ns much right to rule that no law of Congr- s? shall be considered constitutional unless pat sod by a vote of two-third^ in its favor. Among tho Republican papers that have protested against these bills before. Congress, in the manner spoken of above, aro the New York Times. Evening Post, of IfceeffortB of gome i white man the Drivi ng qp to every poqr .colored set ci. the road,, taking a hold " — c iuf(ditto fot arms. TT man tohave the right’ J * n the proper way. The right vested him a- meags of de- P«regi lege mao of , _ wanted the to carry T. Caitfpbell, another negro, made a tpeeeli on f 'tbe questiop, And we do. hot hesitate, to any that if there was nothing id the speech,'here was at least in his actions and bearing a visible respect for those around biro: Th»*aies-were suspended for the pur pose of taking, up the amendment of, A. T. Akerman, and after counting tl(e_votes,. on this anrtnoimeift, it was found’they stood—ayes 59, nays 59. The Chpirman having thadeciding.volo ■ he dpcided In the affirmative, andvQse —■* -'it tied: r... on the section teat he understood fully tho responsibili ties resting upon him, and 1 can well see the,object of that letter. It is this: “Gen tlemen, keep your hands out of my way. - Don’t you put your hand on the Treasury of this State. -I will attend to your wants Foster of Faajfeins:, Carroll, Gore, Yjr'AOd roll, Burnetti Hp«pa- . . Hooks, Christian, Holcombe, Martin of Calhoun, apa Hudson, * TUB BILL or EIGHTS. E Conley moved that the bouse resolye itself into Committee of the Whole, for ‘Is. eeley offered j a resolution to the effect that no member addressing the Com mittee gbould oecupy a longer lime than ten minutes on any one question, unless by a Vote of the msjojjty of the Com mittee. It was sometimes the case, when the Houso of Representatives of the Uni- tori States resolved itselfInto Committee of the Whole, to limit speakers to five minutes, and he thought that tbi3 body ought to be satisfied with ten. A' T. Akefman was opposed to the resolution. He was opposed to the right of discussion being stifled. J. E. Blount was also opposed to the gagging of members when questions of so grave a character were up for discus sion, and thought such an idea was an outrage. ”, Tho motion was withdrawn. J. R. Parrott moved that, as they had no rules to govern them, they adopt the rules by which the House of Representa tives of the United States were governed in Committee of the Whole, except that limiting debate I. Seeley movod to strike oat the word “except.” The question limiting debate was put and lost. A division was called for, but the call was suppressed immediately upon A. Alpenria Bradley (negro) standing up, and in a half sneering manner saying, “Not at all—it is not seriously neces sary.” The motion iv.-ts then put and carried, and tho Rules of Congress adopted. I'IVTn SECTION CF ' THE CONSTITUTION. Tbo consideration of this section was takes up: R. U. Whitely moved that the fifth sec- tion fie struck out as he thought that the matter properly belonged to a legislative body. G. W. Asbburn moved that the section he adopted. The section read as follows : . - . , ,, “The punishment of all frauds shall be and Commercial Advertiser, tbo bpnng-I p^y-ded by law.” The Washington correspondent of the New York World makes a report of a conversation held with President John son concerning the restoration of Stanton to tho War Department. That portion which relates to Gen. Grant’s action in the matter is elsewhere given. The fol- .. - lowiDg is tho concluding portion of the We icarn from the Sumter Republican ,, , , . ... ^ Wl colloquy, as given by the reporter of the World : I asked the President whether Mr. Stanton was <-r would bo recognized by him (the President! as Secretary of War, in consequence of Monday’s resolution by the Senate. Mr. dphnson firmly replied, “No. The Senate, said he, “has passed a resolu tion in which it says it ‘does not concur’ in Mr. Stanton’s suspension; but this does not reinstate Mr. Stanton, according to the law. The office of Secretary of War is liable to be reduced to a mere clerk ship. He can issue no binding orders ex cept by tho direction or with the concur rence of the President; and as Mr. Stan ton will not receive instructions from the Executive, it is apparent that his reas sumption of a chair in the War Depart ment amounts to that and nothing more.” I now ventured to assume that tha President would probably see fit to make a new nomination for Secretary of War within a short period. “At the proper time,” said the Presi dent, “that will be done.” He anticipated, however, that the par ties to tho present difficulty, and particu larly Mr. Stanton's intimate friends, would see their way to that gentleman’s ultimate retirement. The President observed, in the course of the brief conversation of which this is the sub|fancc, that he had been all along conscious of acting in this matter with strict regard to wbat he honestly believes te be a constitutional principle. Charles R, Hubbard, Clerk of the Cir cuit Court of Montgomery county, Ala., who was removed by Gen. Swayne just before ho left Montgomery, has been re« instated by order of Gen. Meade. Swayne requested tbe reinstatement. The Atlanta New Era publishes a note from the Secretary of the Convention, in forming that paper that it has been se lected to publish the official proceedings of tbe Convention, and that it is expected to publish tho proceedings only, not the remarks of delegates. We can understand why ihe Convention did not wish to have the “remarks" published; but why the Era should make a blow over its com mission to publish the proceedings in so dry and uninteresting a manner, we can not divino. Who will read such reports, when the racy and entertaining accounts of tbe'tfiteUigenccr are accessible? c i» Rlind Tom appears to have gotten him self into trouble by not fully understand ing, or igno ing,” tne provisions of the Civil Rights bill. Tom knows more music than law, and it is probable that his long absence in Europe prevented his keeping up with tho march of political events in this country, that entirely knocked the black out of the negro. One of our exchanges says: "Josiah Cook, of Buffalo, has entered a suit against “Blind Tom,” tbe pianist, and his agent, and doorkeeper at St. James Hall, for the ted in that county? We have no doubt i forcible ejection of one George Dover (a that they also could show many votes il- negro barber) and his wife from one of ..legally registered or polled, and they j Blind Tom’s entertainments after they had ought to move in the business at once. purchased tickets of admission,” field Republican, atjd tbe Providence Journal. The New Y’ork Times has of late taken fright at ail the extreme action of Congress, and openly declares that its course must bring about tho defeat of the Republican party. Il says: “ltmay .be that the people of the Unitod States have made up their minds that we need a hew style of government—that tho one framed by our fathers, and provided for by ti e Constitution of tho United States, is no longer applicable to our condition, and must give place to one that in their deliberate opinion they right and the powor to give it practical effect. But it is only fair Lhat they shouid do it with their eyes open. They shouid not be betrayed into doing it unwittingly, or under false pretences. "In our judgment the action of Con gress on the subject of Reconstruction tends that way and is leading inevitably to that result. Tho general system of government which is embodied in '.lie Constitution is undergoing, through the action of Congress.a fundamental change. The question was then put to the house and adopted, and tho SIXTH SECTION Was taken up, which read as follows : “The writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless in caso of rebellion the public safety may requ'we it. G. W. Asbburn moved tha adoption of this section. Madison Bell moved an amendment by inserting after the word “rebellion” the word. “■•Invasion.*’ j G. W. Ashburn accepted the amend- I mrnt. Tire am . . . dment was put and carried. It that' is T-it. -y and nays were , ’then taken on re the ! tho section as amended,and it waB carried. SEVENTH SECTION,. G. W. Ashburn movod the adoption of j the seventh section. I E. L. liigbee moved an addition to the i sputum, making it read as follows: I "But the General Assembly may pass j iaws to prevent persons from carrying j concealed weapons.” i Madison Bell moved an amendment by J inserting a'-the end the words. “But tbe j seer; t carrying of deadly weapons shall be prohibited by law.” | tievt-ral members spoke on the question, j I). C. C tting moved the following I amendment Possibly it may be a change fertile bet- , “But this provision shall not be cen ter ; it may be a change made nect .-sary, ! (6 ,p ucd as permitting the practice of carry- i inn nnu 1 ori tiputllv umarinns ” T.rtaf as chango is always made necessary, by the course of events ; and it may be one for which tho people are not only ready, but one which they will approve and sus tain. These points we waive for the pres ent. All we wish now to insist on is the fact that such a change is going on, through the action of Congress; and if Congress is sustained by the country in wbat it is now endeavoring to do, wp shall have a government widely different, in many oi essential features, from that which was established by the Consti tution of 1789, and which was maintained unimpaired down to the date of our re cent civil war. It may be better, Or it may be worse; but it will not be the same.” Fires.—Our late— 1 ‘exchanges from Montgomery and. Savannah bring ac counts of destructive fires in their cities— both believed to have been caused by in cendiaries. „ The fire in Savannah broke out in a store owned and occupied by Hiram Bankston, on tbe south side of Taylor st. It communicated to several houses on tho east and west, and consumed them. A number of families, white and black, were burnt out, some of the inmates of tbe houses barely saving their lives. Seven houses in all were burnt, and tho loss is estimated at over ten thousand dollars. Hiram Bankston (white) was arrested on suspicion of having fired his own bouse, but as he held no insurence, a motive for such an act cannot easily be conceived. In Montgomery, tho extensive livery stables and old hotel formerly kept by Richard Owens, now deceased, were burnt ing concealed deadly weaponB.” Lost. Madison Bell proposed am amendment as follows: “To insert at the end the words ‘the secret carrying of deadly weapons is prohibited by law.’ ” Tne amendment was favored by L. L. Stanford and J. S. Bigbee in cogent and forcible terms. Lost. L L. Stanford offered the following amendment: "Carrying deadly conceal ed weapons shall be prohibited by law.” J. E Blount spoke at some length on the subject uud io favor of the last amend ment. He could see no other way of stri king at the'ebot of the evil or prevent the carrying of concealed deadly weapons. Ho gave some striking evidences of crime which had come under his observation, at <1 refeired to the fact of the blacks car rying arms, and said he had always for bidden them to do so. He had never car ried a deadly weapon in his life, and he never would do so. He thought it was the surest evidence that a man wanted to hurt somebody when he carried concealed weapons, and tbe man who had right and justice on his side, and moant to keep tbe peace, had no need for them. It was only the coward and the ruffian that carried arms, and such should be held amenable to the law. A. Alpeoria Bradley (negro), up again, said: “Will the gentleman allow me to ask a question ?” J. E. Blount (coldly, and somewhat ag gravated at the untiring thirst for inter- motion exhibited by Bradley) replied ;. "Y r es, go on.” Alpeoria smiled, as much as to say, “Well, don’t get mad, because I don’t care one fig for you.’’ J. E. Blount—"Go on with the question quick; I’m io a hurry.” A. Alpeoria Bradley (negro)—‘-‘What would you think if a Judge was to give a man pormissiun to carry arms when he know it wasln self-defence?” "Put him in jail," said the speaker; “put him out of office.” And now, saitr he, very excitedly, and pulling up bis sleeves, let me alone; I want to unravel this whole matter; I want to turn it inside out and unwind it. He then proceeded at on Tuesday morning last. The loss is es- j K roat leD ^ h and with great vehemence to timated at 515,000 or $20,000. A negro was arrested on suspicion of having fired the premises. The New Y’ork Times, regarding the destruction of the powers of the President and of the Supreme Court as fully de termined on, wonders whether there are any other constitutional obstructions to the grasping of unlimited powor by Con gress that will have to be removed. It says: “It is just about a year since Wen dell Phillips demanded the abolition ol the Supremo Court as an obstruction in tbo way of tho good times coming; and shortly after this demand, one of his Bos ton disciples called for the abolition of tho Executive on the same ground. Both schemes ara now pretty vjell on toward accomplishment. Tbe Executive is a mere figure-head without power or influence; and the Supreme Court is about to be re duced to a fiction, -without authority or respect. Is there nnything else worth while abolishing? What says Phillips ?” It is said that the wild ass “feeds on the wind.’’ Bat tha. black assae of tbe Georgia convention can’t raise the wind to feed on. [Prentice. ondhtj. A division. «■; called lot 1 tny epiniWS die votesjueod—yeas 76, nsyS?«J7 — lutions there t carrkflv- -j-.tion who will ’-ptaittee ”*' and Tbf? **• J -g"i”. 'the amended section; A Well regelated miltjM?being/ ry to the security of tfi^Trea pe< right gf the pioplo to-keep and bi shall wot be infringed, but the cotter®*tva.: ,' ' r Assembly eball have power^To -pfwfcrjbe y- ttiohardson said it was not pro- by Jajftithe nwiittMUptB 'which ahslFbc tfbsed that the Committee should lay ruth- zvmr-v , , lew hands on the money of the Treasury. He tboufti;t it was duo to tha pepple of Georgia thit they should know where„that Sd<W0b-wa9 gone and what bad been clone ^^^^WithIt, and-also that-they should knr-v so to meet ddsetboFtliey had bean betrayed or npt. How deeply interested this new friond is in the welfare of the people of Georgia. Ho is welcome from Maine, and a mainer looking"physiojjhomy he could not well have imported with him. We need such friends just now. Ob ! if he was only on that committee that got hold of tho fi nances for investigation. N. L. Angier tnought it was in exceed ing bad tasto for the Convention to pro coed in the matter. He had good authorl ty for saying that the authorities were after tho parlies with a hot stick, and that Gen. Moade wa£ doing_all in his power to get the money for them. Soothing words these for craving appetites. C. H. Prince was of the same opinion. A BAR ROOM SCENE—THE RULES , PENDED. dilate upon the benefits that were likely to flow, from the adoption of the amend ment, to the country and to society; and he concluded by expressing a hope that tha Convention would adopt it. A W. Holcomba said be thought it was a most extraordinary proceeding for men who had come here to restore order and harmonize all classes in the State, to make it necessary that every citizen in tbe State of Georgia shoold arm himself to defend his life and protect himself from every man ho met on the road. Instead of giv ing a license to wicked and evit-dispoBed persons, they should do everything in their power to restrain the passions and calm down the prejudices of men. This was a position to which none could ob ject; and if, instead of doing this, they made laws which fostered crime aDd riot in the land, posterity would have reason to look back to them with censure, and the manifold outrages to which, in our own times, they gave rise, would bring disgrace and dissension in their midst. It appeared to him as if most of the gentle men thought of nothing bat the arming of the negroes, and were forgetfnl of the evil passions which such a course might lead to; bnt, for himself, ha could only say to them, do as becomes men who are assembled to make important laws tore- strain- crime. Take ont of the hands of everyone the weapon by erbioh crimes may be committed, and, by doing this, they would bring down apon them the blessings and the reepect of mankind in general. bornqby priva J. ITBryantl of the Whole ask -Grif Prinjcc veotifin adjot'irt . agaiwon Monday atK» o’clock.* Lost A report from tbo. Cjjmmitteo oh.Print- ing was handed in antrcbe rulessuspended. The report stated that the Committee bad engaged the services of three phooo- grapbic reporters, who would probably be prepared to enter on their duties on Mon day nest. Tie Committee recommended that reports of tho proceedings of ihe Con vention bo furnished daily to tho Opinion aod New Era newspapers, but said not one word aBbut the Intelligencer. This is really poor gratitude for all our attentions to them- On motion of J. E. Bryant, tho rules were suspended for’the purposo of taking up tbe following resolution, offered some days age by,Mr.- Belli of Banks: Resolved/ That there be incorporated in ihe Constitution a clause requiring tbo General Assembly to foster important workaof internal improvements, particu larly the Air Line Railroad, by aid from tbo Treasury or tbe credit of the State. On motion of J. E. Bryant, tho resolu tion was referred to the OommiMte on Corporations. % The Convention then adjourned'* 10, a. m., pext day. • TWENTY-SECOND DAY. Atlanta, Jan. 18, 1868. P. B. Bedford moved the roil be called to ascertain if tbore was a quorum, as ho did not think there was. R; Richardson moved a reconsideration of tbe astihn of tho Committee of tho Whole on the previous day in regard to tbe 7th section of the Bill of Rigbls. Ho wasaMfSiSr tbo impression that there were just reasons why be should do so, inas much as be know that they (bis faction) bad power to vote down any such amend- raent’, utid he thought it likely, though he did-not leant to attribute any mistake to the Sacrotary, as the vote was taken standing- there might have been an una voidable error in tho ec-tiBling. Several members rose tcia point of or der, hut tho Chair decided that tho gep- tiettan had a right to move a reconsidcia- tioif'ofjbo action of the Committee of f fec. a short discussion on the legality notion, it was withdrawn by con ib e SoUse. Blount flaqyed that the report of the Committee on Elections be taken up, and the' ca?” of the contested seat of Rich ardson and Griffin bo settled immediately thiTyhe Convention may bo done with it. H. Bryant moved as an amendment that tbe rules bo suspended for the pur poso of taking up reports of Standing Coc&mitiees. Tho votes wero taken when lahew s.'wa.d—ayps 67, noys 41. [Ilere was read tho loiter from General Meade, in regard to tbo payment of the exponses of the Convention, which wo published yesterday.] J. D. Waddell offered the following : Resolved, That the Federal authorities be requested to authorize such advance of money as may be necessary to defray the said expenses, to be made to tbe Disbur sing officer of this Convention, for the purpose above indicated. A motion was made to suspend the rules for tho purpose of taking up tho above. J. E. Bryant did not see any object in suspending the rules, ^as thoro was no money in the Treasury. J. L. Dunning was opposed to taking any setion in the matter at that time, he- causi ho was satisfied it would accomplish nothing. He believed Ihero was money in tie Treasury, and that if tho Legisla ture was in session it would be readily ap propriated for their use. It was merely a trick to delay the progress of reconstruc tion. Tbe money was in tho Treasury, and be for one was determined that it shou.d come out of the samo holo it wont iDto. R. H. Whitely thought self-respect re quired that they should abandon the mat ter for tha present, and they ought not to bo wasting valuable lime in talking about theirexpense. The motion lo suspend the rules for tho purpose of taking up the resojulion was lost. \T. M. Whitehead handed in a proam- T>le and resolutions requesting that a com- mittse be appointed to proceed to Mil- ledgaville and investigate the. Stato ac counts and report on tbe same. B.lL Whitely thought tho resolution uncalled for, and that they were not as sembled for tho purpose of acting in civil matters. J. E. Bryant wa3 of opinion that the people of the State ought to know what had become of the money of the Stato.— Grave suspicions had been expressed, and the charge had gene abroad that the Tressurer had done away with the money, and be thought it was due to him (the Tressurer) to investigate the matter. The charge had also gone forth that the Gov ernor of the State had appropriated $40,- 000 for the purpose of defeating recon struction. He did not know whether such was the case or not, bat if it was, it was dose contrary to law, and he, for one, would like to know whether it was true or no;. He did not think that Gen. Meade would have anything to do with the fiaSnces of-lhe State, as it was likely he Would consider that that belonged to the people of tbe State, and be (Bryant) thought the motion a good one. J. E. Blount—I object to the passage of this resolution. What do you propose to to into an investigation of the finances of Georgia for? For how long a time do vou intend to investigate them? Since the 19th day of January, 1861, up to the present time? Is that the proposition? I apprehend that that is the proposition. I take it for granted that 1 understand the object of that resolution. Suppose we vote to carry out this resolution iu its in tent and in all its bearings; suppose we take upon ourselves the investigation of this matter and discover that the finances of the State of Georgia have been wrongly disposed of, and cootrary to law? I will assume that this is the case. I will sup pose that the Governor of the State ap propriated the money for the purpose of opposing reconstruction; that ho has paid it out of the Treasury of the State of Georgia, and that it fi»s guno iulu tho hands of lawyers as a payment to them to fight against the cause we wish to defend. If gentlemen, the money has been paid out of the Treasury, and suppose a great many other things have been done wrong, bow does the matter 6tand now? The military authorities havo the question in their hands. The great and powerful United States Government is a responsi ble government—the most responsible government in the world—and that gov« ernment has taken possession of the Treas ury of Jthe State of Georgia, and they are bow responsible for the money and the money’s worth, and for all the effects of the State, Tbe letter of the Commanding General satisfies me that he has taken a correct view of the question, and shows me by the iaws of tbe nation will enable me tq do it, and I am determined that it shallb'edone.” Gentlemen, I understand the language. It is very clear to me. and I tell you that is wbat I understand him to say. How does the matter stand now ? It stands between the - Government of the United States and the officials of the State of Georgia. The issue rests with them, apd I tell you these-same officials will be held to a strict accountability. The Gen eral who presides over the District is a man uf integrity, and be will see that jus tice is done the people. And I want te know from you if the Government of the United States cannot do this thing, can the CoRygntion do it? I think not; and my epini?1Hs, that if wa pass these reso- iero is not a man in this Conven- ^ will not regret it before, a week pqSses ’by. Now, suppose you do this thing, and suppose you spend your time oVer it, who is going to pay tbeexpenses? You have not money lo do it, and I trust tM&you will reject-tho resolution. Just at this stage of the proceedings, the rules were suspended, without. »ay mo tion, in a brief way, which our legislators sometimes adopt when they are in a hur ry. P. B. Bedford exclaimed in a loud and excited manner : "I won’t allow you to tell mo I lie, Dr. Blount,” or words to that effect, most of which were lost in the confusion which immediately followed. In vain did tho Chairman's hammer fail heavily on the desk; in vain did his cries of Order ring out. A general rush was made to the spot whither Bedford had pursued Biount. Friends came around them thick and fast, and, fortunate to re late, they succeeded in wresting a chair from-out the hand of each assailant.— booth to say, something of tbe kind was needed to enliven the dull monotony of the scene. They had been plunged head, neck and heels in devising a good, sound plan by which the "needful” might be laised, and tho appearance of the entire mass was one of doubt and uncertainty. Besides, they scarcely over have a laugh there, unless when A. Alperoia Bradley, negro, performs one of his hideous grim aces, which are always sure to creuto either disgust or laughter, but more fres qtttnrtly the.latter. The affair terminated, honever, without tbo shedding of any blond. G. IV. Ashburn proposed that they be led before the President by the Sergeant- at-Arms anfi reprimanded. R. H. Whitelay thought they were bound to apologize to the Convention. The latter course was accepted by all parties. They stood forward like men willing to forgive and forget, and make atonement for the impropriety, expressed sorrow -ml wera oxcused, and tho affair died away in laughter and smiles. All persons weru anxious to ascertain the cause of the affray, but as the parties were not allowed to relate the circumstance, tho curious worn left to satisfy their curi osity as best they could. On motion of C. H. Prince, the resolu tion was laid on tho tabic. RETORT OF COMMITTEE ON PRINTINGS The report of tho Committee on Print ing was road, and J. L. Bryant moved that it be laid on tho table till Monday. A. Alpeoria Bradley (negro) raised his voice as usual to one of his own points of order; a thing which ho does so often and so insolently, that even one of the white members felt constrained to rise to a point of order, and tho point of order was, lhat Alpeoria was out of order, inasmuch (said T. J. Spear) as he (Alpeoria) did not stand up, and always put his points without pointing himself in the proper m inner. Alpeoria was indignant, his fine feeling, of dignity having been offended, and he grow crimson with rage, and consoled himself by turning around in his seat, and shouting to the members, “Vote it down!” A. W. Holcombe thought they ought to havo somo information as to what com pensation tho Reporters required for their services. J. E. Bryant asked loave to withdraw his motion. He, however, renewed it and a vote was taken, when it was carried by a majority of two—ayes 48, nays 46. The house then went into a Committee of tho Whole, and tho Bill of Rights was taken up, when the 8th and 9tb sections wero adopted without discussion. Tho 10th section was taken up for con sideration, but as no action was taken, and as the question wiil probably come up on'Monday, wo slay a report. The Committee of the Whole, upon motion, ro?.o and reported, and tbe Con vention adjourned to 10 o’clock a. m. Monday. TWENTY-THIRD DAY. 1’rom the Atlanta Opinion. Mondat, January 20, 1868. Convention met at regular hour. Pray er by the Chaplain. Journal read and approved. The President laid before the Conven tion a communication from Gan. Meade, enclosing a copy of his order for the en forcement of tho temporary Reiief ordi nance passed by the Convention. The or der was published in the Opinion of Sat urday. The consideration of the Bill of Rights being the regular order, in Committeo of the Whole, Mr. Conley was called to tho Chair, and section 10 and pending amend ments taken up. Several amendments to the section as amended on Saturday, when Mr. Miller moved to strike out the section as amend ed, and insert the original section reporleu by the committee. Mr. M. entered into a comprehensive review of the history of the law of libel. The early practice was, to allow the jury to determine only as to the fact of the publication of the matter charged as libelous. The later and more intelligent practice was to allow the de fendant to prove the truth of the assertion charged as a libel, and that it was not ut- tarod or published maliciously. He, therefore, wanted the liberal principle adopted, and would vote for the section as reported by tbe committee. Mr. Adkins offered an amendment, that prosecutions for slander be governed by tho same principle as prosecutions for li bel. He regarded such cases as so similar that they cannot well be controlled by i different rules. Lost. , The section, as amended, was stricken < out. , i Tbo question then recurred upon : !>• adoption ot section 10, as originally re ported, and was agreed to, as follows : Section 10. In all prosecutions of in dictments for libel, tbo truth may be given in evidence, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the lucts. Section 11 was nexteonsidered. Amend ments and substitutes were offered by Messrs. Whitely, McCoy, Richardson, Bryant, Crane and Caldwell. All - w ^ r0 voted flown except the amendmentpt air. Bradley, striking out the words of pub lic interest,” which were stricken °dti Mr. Blodgett moved to strike out the words ’'of legitimate consequence. Agreed to, and the section, as amended, was adopted, as follows; Section II. The right of tfie .people to appeal to the courts, to. petition- the gov ernment on-all matters, and peaceably to assemble for the eopsidi'iali'-o of. tiny m-itter, shall never bii impaired. '* On motion, the Committee rose an®, re ported progress. ■ Air. Ashburn moved a suspension of the rules to allow till? introduction of resolu tions requesting General Meade to talte notice of the action of certain sheriffs vfber disregarded the provisions of tbe tempo rary relief ordinance, by making sales ot property irr January, and to removothem from office. The resolutions were read, when Mr. Miller opposed the motion to sus pend. He was sorry any officer had iu- fringed the ordinance, but he thought the VOL 4. O Special (othe Kcw York World. Stanton Not To he Recognized by tiieP,resident—The President will JR.hsist Encroachments by Congress trrra all the Fowet. at n rs Command. - Wtnhdngioie,Van. 18,—Mr. titantun con tinues to act as .Secretary of W ar. • i learn officially that ho is not aud will not ho re- Cognized by tbe President, Tha latter will issue no orders to him, and Mr. Stan ton .can issttapixi'rdors by Mr. Johnson's authority. Tnrafo^dsut tiio Treasury and Navy 1 >efi^HB^xran«act official business with a cotir* In which the Fresidffl^^^^interfeio n£ present, considering ..busi ness of ,tbo Govern menpro- usual legal notice had not boon given to posed "by Yfr. Johnson fditssu»at onoe the * ' order reducing Mr. Htnirton to tb6position of a mere clerk in the \\ <*r Department, could be made to occupy ; for it. is cocfi- ■dently expected that the ex-.Secretary will ultimately, feci Compelled to resign. ' Tho Intel tit-oner to-day cal l- upon Grant to camo out and admit or deny the truthfulness of tha statement of Mf. John son’s understanding of Grant’s promises about tho Stanton affair, and that paper will to-morrow, contain an editorial, in which it is alleged that at the Cabinet meeting £o-day, tho members compared notes as to what took place at their meet ing on Tuesday, when Grant was pr-sent, and they agree that Grant admitted tbe correctness of the i’reside alls siatemept of the agreement between'himsnlf and Sir. Johnson, viz. : that Grant was to hold on to the office, or give tho President timely notice to enable him to appoint another Secretary, gd interim, .jut..' ■ 'liis-ionr. tt "tt^Pwrcsidentalsas .ex pressed himself to-day in The most posi tive manner respecting tbe revolutionary measures now hem/; put through Con gress. If Congress so enacts as te deprive him of any portion of his constitutional authority, ihe E:r: •• , j was as di- rectly ejected by an,' aidirectly represents the people as iking cess wa.; end does rial be expected fa re si;.', such cm encroach ment with all the pent!*".* af Hs'ccmoar His right and dffty ns Command* Chief of tbe Army "f which i: i- prop to doprivo him in tile pending Recur tion bill, are among tho chief prerox which Mr. olinson will ennsistor; fend. prevent, in many instances, the action of sheriffs. ' .. ._ The motion to suspend the 'rules, was lost on division—til to 47"—iwo-tbirds be ing required to suspend. Mr. J?arrott opposed the original and all the amendmentsat length. Ho did not want this Convention todie turned into an election precinct. The reconstruction cause would Oo ruined by the completion of such a policy. He wanted this Cqn- ventrnr. to proceed with its legitimate busi ness; adopt a Constitution republican in form, lay it before the' people, thoy will adopt it, a.nd then would proceed to fill the offices in tho old familiar way.whjca; had been guaranteed by their father*—' They wantrd to bo relieved of .military interference with civil offices, .and tha privilege of taking the matter into il ’ own hands would be an, incentive to tj them to vote for ratiOcttfori of gitimate actions 61 tTrirdyouvetititHi. fore concluding, the hour of adjournment arrived, and the Convention adjouriied until to-morrow. Farewell Visit tu Governor Jenkins. It being understood that our honest ami patriotic Chief Magistrate, having been’ driven from tho position to which he had been called by the people, by military force, would leave our city on Friday for Augusta, tho citizens of MilledgevllW turned out cn masse to visit him oh Th urs- day night. Tho campus in front of the ■Executive Mansion was filled with citi zens. The Uovernor appearing upon the front steps of the Mansion, was greeted with three cheers hy the people. The Mayor of the city, Mr. T. Newell, in a short but appropriate address informed tho Governor that his neighbors and fel low-citizens had come to take an afl'eo- tionato leave of him for the present, and also to testify their unqualified approba tion of bis conduct as Govornor, of Geor gia. Governor Jenkins thanked the citi zens for their approval of his conduct, and then, in a speech of considerable length, told his audience how hard he had : en deavored to get on in peace with the mili tary commanders; that lie bad received letters from every part of tho State ask ing him to hold on to the. office as long as possible. He said ho had submitted to many things that were very humiliating and disagreeable to him, for tl*o sake of the people of Georgia, and it was only when asked to do what Iris conscience and his oath of office forbade that he refused. He said ho believed General Meade was doing what he heliovod to ho his duty, and tliut his conduct towards him had been marked by groat politeness and cour» tesy. Tho Governor exhorted the people to stand firm in defence of their constitu tional rights, and trust to Providence and a returning sense cf justice in th.eir coun trymen to vindicate their wrongs- Tfce vast crowd was greatly affected at this address of their beloved Governor, and retired to their homes more than ever impressed with admiration for tlieir patri otic Governor, and with loathicg and de testation of tyranny.— Federal union. Railroad Convention. A Railroad Convention was hold at At lanta on the 16th inst. Col. E. W. Cole, Superintendent of tho Georgia Railroad, was requested to issue a circular to the Southern railroads, call ing their attention to the importance o)**:ouraging immi gration to the South Ha? fa'll read3 as fol lows: Belioving, as we do, that the prosperity of tho railroads, us well as every other in terest of tlie South, is dependent on at tracting to it an extensive immigration from the North, as -.veil as front abroad, wo especially invite tbe attention of rail road managers to tbe importance of early and energetic action, with the view of af fording ail possible inducements to immi grants and immigrant societies who may wish to settle or operate in oureountry. To this end we suggest that the South ern railroads shall adopt the following ta riff for the transportation of boiia title set- tiers and their goods : For each adult passenger one (1) cent per mile. 1 For children between live and twelve years of age half price. For children under five years old free, and that each full passenger be allowed one hundred and fifty pounds of baggage, which shall be carried free of charge,,and that they shall bo charged at the ratb of two cents per ton per mfio for exTrwbag- gage, which shall include household fur niture, farming implements, muchinary and tools intended to bo used by such per son. And, furthermore, that the road on which immigrants shall settle shall trans port him and his goods free of charge. It is tho wish of this Convention that this suggestion should beeotae an agree ment, and you nre requested to com muni- cate to E. YV. Colo, Superintendent Geor gia Railroad, Augusta, Ga., your accept ance or disapproval of this proposition at as early a day as possible.'- 7 AVhen any twenty roads or inoreshaH have agreed to Lb is proposition a second circular will be issued by E. W. Cole, cal ling together tho General Ticket Agents of the roads agreeing to tbe tariff, at seme convenient point, to arrange the details and carry the agreements into effect. Tho members of this Convention are fully impressed with the belief that aw in crease of tbe industrious population in the South will add greatly to our prosperity. We confidently ask the press of the coun try to give this circular publicity, and re quest them lo call tho attention of their readers to tho action of this Convention, which action will show that theTaitroads of the Smith are anxious and determined to do all in their power to restore the country to its former prospe-ity. By order of E. W. Cole, President Chas. H. Irvin, Secretary. migli Correspondence Richmond Dispatch. Washington, Jan. 16,1868. Grant has lost prestige without a doubt, and it is very evident that among the Radicals he is considered secondary to the present Secretary of War in poinj, of importance. His chances for the Repub lican nomination for the Presidency have materially lessened within tho past few days. The opinion is very goncral that the at tempts to reduce Generals Hancock and Rousseau from their military positions will be successful. Thcro is no charity expressed for them among any of the Radicals. It is strange enough that Han cock is now being accused of beinga man of the McClellan typo during the «far. • Within tbe past two or three days, in connection with the refusal of the I resi dent to recognize Mr. Ktariton as an offi cer of his Administration, the question of impeachment has been renewed in some quarters and actively discussed ; but Nei ther the President nor his.friends have any fears on the score of that sort of ao tion. It is used as n ti’-oat; which wil fall far short of its inter :.?ns. Ttmon. Mr'. Brooks Tells the K- What the Democrats Wilt the House, on Friday, Mr. Br- New Y’ork, said: We intend to undo what has b : by this Congress, ami woabc later, havo the posv. r within t the House to limfii.it.aiU ‘Tbe ings ia Ohio and Now Jen; ;, beginning of tho revolutt i already mnd'Y'it' iappearai. and tho precedents.and pro,- powers which tlie majority ia now assuming in tbo most: mannFr^fl^ntend to make u . all those revdtnt’ionnry i*»> cdU*jnge, So tho honornt. : front- Massachu up his mmd not tuts • great rehetionnry mov-" do not intend to doprivo t tho South of their liberty, allow thorn n five-fifths rep: not a three-fifths one, which in tho North are having. Bu intend to allow, so far. as we c tho pooplo of tho North to into negro copartnership in g on the Boor of this House, or t. hy black majorities—by rotten negro constituencies in thoS- do not intond to bo ruled by u government as that, and all th" of legislation by which that :■ reached, or is to bo reached—. State Legislatures as in Obi. , t, Stato action as in New Jersey, ■ 50,000 popular majority in my • v to be increased next year io 100 CG' intond to undo. If thi3 Hi. with those proceedings we intend to . them all. I repeal. Hist everything iv has been done i3 to b . c T v of tho pooplo is no longer hoard w.: • pers, bat in tho• loud ri-nr of the whin* wind, coming" fro!# fill port; of the oo;. - try; and it will sou no ■ r ut: large majority of those who now cntiat:- tute the majority on this ilour, putting io their places the Dembcraey of tho oouo« try. JS tfto statistics of oleetior.s are Oi- IffinioJ -OVOfl now, IV V;,,A b<. ^h a t ft large majority oi' tho'member"-’ ■ ' tu : side of the Houso hold their seats here and voto hero upon these hills, who no longor represent their constituent;, but are acting in utter defiance of the people who sont them hero. ♦ Alexander H. Stephens’ View op Aefaibs in the South.—Aloxandi-i II. Stephens,in conversation with a friend who saw him recently in Philadelphia, took a Very despondent view of affairs in the South, lie pronounc'd tho future before that section of the country fraught with gloom and disaster, arid can rvo nothing in tho policy of rerun "trueth n but the operation of a fearful scl'cme, whose ultimate result will bo the destruc tion of either tbq ^Uek or the white ran*. Every day, ho Says, it becomes more painfully evident that the e-::rangeir*i -t between the races is widening—oh ti e part of the negroes from the effects of such instruction as teaches them to di- trust and oppose the whites, and on tho part-ofthe latter from an abhorrence of tho negro leaders and an instinctive aver sion to be ruled and legislated for by i«- norance and aqmi-burburivoi. From what fell under his own observation in Georgia ho was unable lo doltct anything like n, spirit ctn oitiier giclo tending to mutu 1 sympathy of sentiment and in erest. Radical emissaries from tho North have sown tho seed; of civil di '.'ensioh with ft terrible earnestness, and the diametric op* position of tbe races now visible all over the South.must, iu..thc very nature of things,lead at some time or other to fear ful collisions, This inevitable result, Mr. ’Stepbdns declares, as-a. dispassionate ob server, foroos itself ibresistibly on hi* at tention. A war of races, desired b,y son ' und indifferently heeded by others, i bis mind, a consequence as sura to pen] under the Radical method of r i slrtictian,as it is Impossible to avoid il precedents of history or tho impulse* * control human naturo bo taken into count. Hon II. S Fitch —We learn that tllb Hon. H. 8. Fitch, United States District Attorney for this Stats, passed through this city last Saturday night oa.his return from Washington city to his home in Sa- van-iah. We learn further, that he brings intelligence that Prosidant Johnson is not unmindful of the condition of Georgia, and that he is maturing ictiofl which will show to the Radical scalawag*, who are just now rioting over the overthrow of our State Government, that the Exeoutivo ib not wholly powerlesa to protect the good people of the State. Col Fitch has devoted modi of his time and talents of late in the caate of our people, and we doubt not be wul recejfA a9 he deserves, the comniendatidn or all good men,—Chron. Sentinel, The U.’ S.' SurREMi: Court.—Th- lowing information in_reference t Supreme Court of the Lnited Stater correct some prevalent mistakes as names and number of the Judges. • otherwise interesting, now f t attention is dircc'ftfl to b* v -- r of that tribunal with xc. ;a-d to tb struction laws. Th.oroar Judges, who rank r>; f Salmon P. Chase, Cum, - Nathan Clifiord, Mainn, Samuel Nolson, !■.<’.w rod., Robert C. Grier, Fonn., Payid Davis, iilinoi?, Noah YV. Swayne, <b Samuel J. Miller, Io wa, Stephen J. Field, Cn T-be-salary of theCkiuf Ju ' per annum, nsd t : - oi ta.' ,1 ustire $6,000. Tbe ages of these Judges, m can ascertain them, arc ns folic (10, Grier 72 on the 5 h of ,Vs Miller 41. Clifford 05 on tbo IL:-, 1868. Nelson about 75. Field 45, i. . and Swayne about 05 year Of these men Chase, Miilor, . Davis and Field wero appointed uoln, Grier by Polk, Clifford b- anan, and Nolson by Buchanan or . , Tbo Democratic partisans are Nei j ;3; Grior is claimed on tl 'Of the five Judges appoiute boln, Field is accepted as a r: ‘sLiucted Johnsonian; Davis as h moderate Republican, whom nan lately been mentioned ns a Const!' - candidate for President ; whilo Me :: Chase, Swayne and .Miller aro avo membors of tho Kopub ic«n party. tHE First Negro Nominee —Tfcn Republican Convention of Louisiana, on Tuesday, nominated F. E. Dumas, negro, for Lieutenant Governor ot the State. Ho afterwards declined, on. the ground that the nomination was without ids consent, and Oscar J. Dunn, negro, of New Or* leans, was nominated in liis s! ad. This is the first nomination yet made of a nes gro for any of the offire! of higher dignity in*the State. It is only the beginning.

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, January 28, 1868, Image 1