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Newspaper Page TextA STRICT OORSTRCOTIOR OF TUB CONSTITUTION—AH HOHRST AID ROOHOKICAb ADMINISTRATION OF THS MTIMMMT. — —‘ Umm RAGLAND & WYNNE. Proprietors. * COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 15, 1870. VOL XIII.—NO. 7. WEEKLY ENQUIRER. .1 * Ml X tl. MARTIN, - • Keillor COLUMBU9: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1870. TKIi.WN OF BUBSCRIPTIOM l i»e Yarn* (in advance) — ~$A00 ■Fighting it Oveb in Washington.— The telegraph mentions the arrival in Washington, yesterday, of two sets of Republicans from Georgia—one to ask Congress nml the President to sustain the late arbitrary measures resorted to at At lanta for taking the government of the State entirely out of the hands of the peo ple; the other to solicit Federal interfer ence to dofeat Gov. llullock's schemes.— The dispatch mentions some of the repre sentations that will be mode to Congress. When Capt. Bryant passed through An- gustit, on Saturday, he was “interviewed ’ by a reporter of the Chronicle cf* Sentinel. Bryant professed to have grout confidence in the kuccoms of his mission. He said that there was no doubt that the President and Con. Sboriuan were on his side, be- sides the best Republicans in both the Senate and the House. Wo copy from the report of this interview : Reporter—What was the object of Bnl- lock’s adjournment of the legislature;’ (Vipt. llryant—lie is alarmed by the f< cling in ('engross against his rocent uc- tion, and ho orderod the adjoarmneut in order that he might set himself right in Washington before bo proceeded further. >i udgo l'arrot and Blodgett went on to Washington a night or two since, and 1 have heard that Bullock will start to-night, lb'wishes to induce Congress to let his organization of the legislature stand, and allow him to have United States Senators <1- . ted by that body. If he succeeds, an election for Senators will bo held ouo week from next Tuesday (tho 14th instant). He is now as anxious for Congress not to in terfere as he was some time since for Con gressional action. We sliull ask of Con- l.r- >h to euforoc tho provisions of tho re cent Georgia act. und to docluro that the l<egislatare has been illegally organized, and order the work to be done over again in a legal manner. The Utah Tuofuul—Tho bill reported to Congress by tho lions* Committee on Territories, concerning Utah, looks like * ‘business." It abolishes polygamy aud nullifies nil tho Mormon ordinances sus taining it. The President is directed to sustain tho courts in enforcing the provis ion:! of the bill, nnd to this end ho is em powered to send to Utah such portions of the Federal army ns shall be doomod re quisite; nnd in case n sufficient portion of the army cannot, with safety, be detached from duty in other portions of the coun try. tho President is authorized to receive into tho military scrvico volunteers to a number not exceeding twouty-five thou- Nuiul, nnd for such term of service oh he may deem proper, not cxcoeding one year. It would seem from this limitation of the term of service of tho volunteers, that tho Coimnittoo contemplate making short work of tho rebellion, should the Mormons prove refractory. The bill also makes provision for tho support of Mormon women who may bo hoparatod from their so-callod husbands by tho act of Congress. It appropriates money for this purpose. So it appears that wo nro likely to havo other “wards of the nation,” for the support of whom tho people of the country aro to be taxed. It i.s to be hoped that thoy will not prove so troublesome or expensive ns tho darker lined “wards,” for whoso advancement so mu h has been dono nnd attempted since our Into “unpleasantness.” But thero is certainly reason to fear that, to tho extent of their numbers, the Mormon women will prove ns unprofitable a white “ele phant" as the black one already on hand. The Atlanta correspondent of tho Cin cinnati Commercial (Radical) tells the fu- t uro of Georgia Radicalism with prophetic ken. It will provo as truo as Gospel. Hu says: “Owing to a variety of reasons, the principal one of which is the fact that the army of tho United States and sundry military gentlemen in the shape of a court martial have couio to their aid, the Re publicun party in Georgia appear to be or rising ground. But as soon as the extra ordinary props now supporting it, and giviug it a falso coloring of strength, are withdrawn, the party will slowly sink again into tho slough of despondency, and cry out for help when no help can reach it. Tho time cannot be long now until the Slate is returned to her place in tho Union, uml then the party will have to stand upon its merits, if it stands at all, for Congress will be powerless to come to its aid overy six months.*' The Rejection or Hoab.—The vote by which tho Senate rejected the President'i nomination of Attorney General Hoar to the Supremo Court Bunch, has not yot been published ; but it is stated that all the Democratic Senators, all the Southern carpet-baggers except Warner of Alabama aud Gilbert of Florida, and all the Sena tors from tho Pacific States except Wil liams of Oregon, voted nay. The Circuit over which Hoar would have presided embraces Georgia. He has been reported os having said that he and the President canvassed tho entire Circuit, and ooald not find in it a “loyal" man competent to fill the position. This significant fact shows out of what kind of material it is that Congress proposes to construct a dominant lladical party in the South. No wonder that its party, whon put in power by the sword, so soon shows itself incapable of ruling, and is utterly pow*erlcss when left for a few months to itself. Good Advicb.—The Mobile Register, in urging upon the planters to pay more attention to the raising of cam, says:— “It is an old error of our planters to sup pose that when they make an immense crop of cotton thoy have made so much clear gain ; to forget that when they are without grain thoy must rob cotton Peter to pay corn Paul. And yet this old foe puts on a new faoe this year, and we hear of immense preparations for cotton and very slim ones for corn. This will not do. Com is independence—it is life.— With hoavier grjiin crops this present year wo could have held back cotton, if needful, ns it would not have been, and kept tho phee to any figure we pleased.— With heavier grain orops next year we can do the same, thus making a smaller cotton crop equally valuable in money.— If foreign buyers feel that planters can hold, they will not wait to buy, and tho demand will come. If, on the other hand, they know wo must sell to buy food, foreign buyers will wait till necessi ty forces the cotton upon the market.— Vaulting ambition to produce immense crons overleaps itself; and prices are maue to tumblo by the very means the planter uses to enhance the mouey value of his production." How the Jon is to be Finished.— One of tho Radical delegates from Atlanta to Washington telegraphs back to the New Xra that Gen. Sherman, as well as the President, fully sustains tho present or ganization of the Legislature, and that thero is no earthly chanco for Messrs. Hill and Miller; nnd the Atlanta Constitution of Tuesday says that “mmora were cur rent yestorday afternoon that Gov. Bui lock had telegraphed that all was well that thoro would l>o au election for Htate House officers as well as Senators; Akar- mau and Blodgett nro to be tho Senators; that tho ofilco of Surveyor General of the State must bo re-established aud n negro electod to fill it." Tho Atlanta correspondent of the Au gusta Chronicle cf* Sent in d writes : “The programme seems to bo this : After get ting rid of tUoHtateliouNo officers, Judges, aiul all obstacles, bills aro to bo rushed through, organizing a militia of loyal citi zens (of courso black); tho adoption of a general system of education for both races; the pnrehaso of tho Kimball house, and tho sale of the State Rood—it is 8Aid that capitalists uro now here with a view to its purcliaso—in the Bullock interest. If Congress should ratify the acts of this Legislature, all of these schemes will likely be carried, and others, too, of equal enormity. They expout to control the State for at least two years longer, and in that time they will make a cloan sweep of tho public treasury. Tho efforts of such men as Caldwell, Bryant, and others, de serve, and will recoivo from the people, irrespective of party, just commendation, whatever havo been their post errors, and they havo l>oon many. Their war upon this don at thieves for tho lost five weeks has already done groat good. Thoy de serve tho gratitude of ovory citizen of tho State.” The following is published as a list of tho Senators who voted against confirming tho nomination of Attorney General Hoar Supremo Court Judge: Abbott, Bay ard, Brownlow, Carpenter, Casaorly, Chan dler, Colo, Conkling, Corbett, Davis, Drako, Edmunds, Fenton, Fowler, Harris, Howard, Johnson, McCreery, McDonald, Osborn, Pool, Rice, Itobortson, Rosa, Saulsbury, Sawyer, Spencer, Stewart, Stockton, Thayer, Thurmun, and Vickers. It appears that though the nomination was defeated, a majority of the “old panel" Radicals sustained it. Thu carpet-baggers from tho South and the Democratic Sen ators liolpod a small minority of the North ern Radicals to dofeat the nomination. Tho Montgomery Advertiser of the 8th inst., in an article urging npon the Legis lature an extension of the time within whioh the South k North Alabama Rail road Company must complete its first soction of twenty miles to enable it to recoivo the State aid by endorsement of its bonds, says: “This terrible rain makes it cortain that tho company can not com plete their first twenty miles by the 18th inst. Tho work is nearly dono, the equip ment is ready, but we authentically learn that tho rain of last Thursday caused heavy land slides, which will be greatly increased by that now falling; and though all is being done that money, man and steam power con accomplish, to finish the work in time has unfortunately become a physical impossibility. The company and tho contractors have left nothing undono to come within the law, and have con trolled all else bat the elements; and tho responsibility rests with you, gentlemen, to say whether or not this groat work shall bo a failure.” The people of New York city aro some what troubled by a ne\e disease which they call “relapsing fever," that has attacked many persons in tho city, and terminated fatally in some cases—not moro than four or five deaths in a hundred. It is de scribed as commencing with a severe chill, followed by u fever. The first spell is broken in a few days, by proper remedies, terminating in a profuse perspiration; bat the disease makes its appearance again in seven or fourteen days, and this return (they coll it “relapse”) has been several times repeated at regular intervals. The [tapers may be correct in saying that it is ' a now disease in this country, but the di agnostic features are so much like the common chill aud fever of some localities of tho South, that we doubt whether it would pass for “new" here, “No Policy of His Own.”—The tele graph reports a complete surrender by Gen. Grant to tho Radicals who sustain Bullock and Terry. We did not look for anything olso. This change of policy, we think, is significant of the fact that a ma jority of tho Radical Congressmen uphold the measures by which the “Provisional' and the Military Governor of Georgia havo reconstructed the Legislature to anit themselves. Wo need not, therefore, en tertain any lively hope that Congress will do anything to alter the present political situation in Georgia. The Democratic and Conservative members of the Legislature went into the dead-fall with their eyes open, and tho trap lias fallen. The House of Representatives of Con gress has passed a resolution appointing a committeo to inquire into reports of the sale of cadetships at West Point, by mem bers of Congress. Instances were cited in debate, in which propositions to sell cadetships hud been rnude, and an adver tisement in u Now York paper, offering to sell one, was produced; bat no names of the Congressmen were mentioned. One report has it that the carpet-bag or South ern Senators have been “turning an honest penny" in this way. Tho London Times ascribes the depres sion in the English cotton trade to the dearness of tho raw material and the su periority of American soanofactoree. Its remedy is two-fold—greater intelligence and skill on the part of workmen and s re duction in the price of coal ALABAMA LEGISLATURE. Saturday, :*th.—The Senate concurred in the House amendments to the following bills: To establish the City Court of Eu- faula; to fix tho times of holding the Cir cuit Courts in the 11th Circuit; to furnish new counties with tract books. The Sen ate passed the bills to make Mrs. Martha Whitehouse, of Lee oonnty, a free dealer, to relieve Thos. Morriwether, of Bullock county, of the disabilities of nonage; and Houso bill to rogulato county olaims. In tho House, Mr. Springfield moved to reconsider the vote defeating the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad aid bills, and the consideration of tho motion was made tho special order for Monday, 11 o’clock. Tho Houso, by-a vote of r>7 to 18, expelled Ryland Randolph, Democratio member from Tuscaloosa, for some strictures on the Legislature made in a letter to hia pa per. Mr. Randolph was at home whon tho resolution for his expulsion was of fered, and whon it was passed, and was not allowed a hearing in his own defence. Monday, 1th.—In the Senate, a bill was introduced to rnako a final distribution and appropriation of tho 8 per cunt, fund ; an other to authorize tho Governor to on- dorse tho bonds of tho Montgomery A Eu- fuula Railroad to the extent of $20,000 per mile; to which an amendment was offered extending the same aid to the Savannah and Memphis Railroad; another to en able laborers, mechanics and employees to collect debts duo them for labor done, All of the above bills were referred. The The Senate, on motion of Mr. Pennington, adopted a joint resolution providing for a joint committeo to report amendments to the constitution, to bo submitted to a vote of the people at tho next general elootion. A resolution to adjourn sine die on Saturday next was lost in the Bonste, Tho Houno passed tho following Senate bills: To authorize railroad und express companies to soil freight; to amend the act to incorporate Eufanla; to secure comploto records in tho State ; to amend tho act in relation to Chancery County.— The bill to expedite tho construction of tho Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad was, before its passago by tho House, so amended ns to reduce tho nmount of State endorsement to $2,000,000; to require that all lands acquired by tho railroad shall ho mortgaged to the State ; and to require persoiiul security from the com pany, as well as a lien. The House passed a bill to create a lien in favor, of stablo keepers upon stock fed by them. Tuesday, Hf/i.—The He uul o passed tho bill to provide for thn extension of certain State bonds due in Iiondon in 1870. Xlov. Smith informed the Sonate of his approval of the bill taking tho government of the city of Mobilo out of tho handa of the people; but stated that ho doubted tho constitutionality of tho bill, was opposod to depriving the people of the right of self-governmont, aud only approvod tho bill because ho feared that if ho should veto it no provision would be made for s popular elcotiou even as soon as the bill allowed.* On a motion to print the mes sage, several Radioal Bonators denounced the message aa a reflection on the Legisla ture. But the motion to print prevailed, and, on motion of Senator Worthy, a reso lution was adopted tendering tho thanks os tho Senate to tho Governor for the terms in which the mossage was coached! The Senate possod House bills—To estab lish a charter for tho town of Troy; to fix the times of holding the Cironit Courts in the 12th Judicial Circuit; and concurred in the House amendments to tho Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad bill. In the House, a number of now bills were introduced, of which we notioe tho following: Toohango the lines bstween the counties of Barbour and Bollock; to protect the owners of jacks and stallions; to establish fences in Macon oounty. A resolution wan adopted removing J. B. Cloud, Assistant Engrossiug Clerk of the House, for withholding bills in his posses sion and for iucompetoncy. A favorable report was made on tho bill for tho relief of C. H. May, ex-Hheriff of Russell coun ty, and the hill was under consideration when the House adjourned. While two young uegro women were fighliug iu Macon, on Sunday last, an old woman, tho mothor of one of them, attempted to interfere iu behalf of her daughter; whereupon the other woman threw her against the mantle-pieoe with such violence as to break hor neck. The name of the old woman killed was Lucinda Payne; the namo of the girl who threw her, Jano Thomas. The Executive Committeo of the Htate Agricultural Society aro to have a meeting in Atlanta to-morrow, 10th inst. They will probably, at this meeting, take some preliminary actiou regarding a State Fair to be held next fall. A London correspondent predicts that Queen Victoria will, in conseqnenoe of ill health, abdicate this year in favor of tho Prince of Wales. Hon. Truman II. Hoag, the Democratio member of Congress from the 10th Dis trict of Ohio—who beat the notorious impeacher" Ashley at the last election- died in Washington on the 5th inst., of pneumonia.. Aitaibh in Florida. —From all aooounta some portions of Florida are suffering ter ribly from the rule of the oarpet-bangera and negroes. Governor Reed and his wife indulge social equality, and their re ceptions are only attended by 15th Amend- mentors and s few white-skinned candi dates for knavery. Labor iafearfiuly demoralised, and many of the best planters are transferring their interests to other States. Wtf had s call from Col J. H. Alston yesterday, who has just abandoned plant ing near Tallahassee, and rented lands near this city. He thinks Georgia, even as matters now stand, a better plaoe than Florida, and brings his family to abort onr fortunes. Wo bid him welcome to our hospitablo soil, but can offer him no cheer ing words for the future.—Albany News. A Sodua correspondent of the Lyons Republican aays: “The male portion of the oommunity at Sodua Point has gone stark mad on the subject of ioe-boating. The speed with which these boata skim over tue ice is almost incredible. When the wind is fair, one mile per minute is nothing extraordinary; and some ice-boat- era confidently assert that they can make their mile iu forty seeonda. When the ioe is smooth and sound the sport is at tended with little or no danger. But it sometimes happens that there are crooks and air-holes, and to run into ooeof those is not so agreeable." 9 THE RADICAL PROGRAMME. [Correspondence Savannah Republican.') Atlanta, Thursday, Feb. 3. The Legislature adjourned yoaterday morning until the 14th, after adopting the 14th ana 15th amendments and listening to tho Governor's mossage, said to have been written by Judge McCay, of the Supreme Court. The documont is evi dently the work of a sharp, shrewd law yer, who is accustomed to make the moot of a bad oaso. The whole message was written and gotten up for Northern con sumption, and is expected to aid in shap ing the additional legislation whioh Bul- loclc requires to put tho State completely under his control. The present status is not at all satisfac tory. Angler holds the Treasury aud many of the officers appointed by him have proved themselves to be independ ent and incorruptible, and this is not iu his programme. Augier’a news from Washington was a terrible blow to the Bullock party. As he tells it, Grant and both tho Shennans, Senators Edmunds. Trumbull, Oarpeutor and others assured him that under their construction of tho Reconstruction Acta all was accomplished when tho negroes were reseated and the ineligible Demo crats displaced—that the suWitnto doc trine was not in the bill—that all tho sets done, or elections had, or officers appoint ed And confirmed, before tho blacks were unseated, would bo held good, and that upon a compliance with the law and the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment, Messrs. Hill and Miller would be admitted to their seats in the Senate. When the news got abroad, the swear ing was “tremendous," and Grant and Sherman and the Senators named wore charged with falsehood, double dealing and almost all other crimes by the extreme Radicals. The gang of carpet-baggers wore es pecially illustrated, and l’rinco and Clift put out on yoaterday for Washington to rectify things and reinstate the falling for tunes of Hkowhegan. It is thought that a heavy and desperate fight will come off between Prince and Clift, and Merrill nnd other carpet-bag gers who aro in Washington, nnd tho men who desire to act with Homo show of prin ciple and jnstico towards tho downtrodden and persecuted people of Georgia. I nm informed from roliuhlo Republi can sources that Rullock and the oarpet- bnggors are in bad ordor at tho Capital, and there is a very general disposition to give thorn the cold shoulder. My infor mant says that Gen. Grant is becomiug restive, and has frequently expressed tho wish that Georgia should bo brought book without delay. Tho next ton days will tell the whole story, aud I look with some hope for good results. In this busy, sensational town ouo heats all sorts of nows. I give you somo of tho ^ prepared for action when the Login- > convenes: 1st It is proposed to pass a law requir ing a test oath from all poraons holding offioe in Georgia, and it will be ao drawn aa to exclude all persons but caTpot-bag- gers and runaways. 2d. It is understood thnt the Supreiuo Court is to be reorganized. Warner is 4o be ousted and Dawson and Walker put in his place. 3d. Changes iu tlio Superior Court Judges aro also to 1k> made. It in conoedod that Judgo Schley will be dis placed by that sturdy, and patriot and muoh beloved citizen of Savannah, a Mr. Stone, who has boou displaying his beard about the Executive headquarters for tho past week. This is glorious! 4th. Heaven and ourth, und hell if nec- essary, will be invoked to displace l)r. Angier, for if ho remains Bullock thinks reconstruction a miserable show and fail ure. 5th. The Opera Houko must be bought or the bottom is out. All tho eloments of power will bo invoked to carry this in lquitous scheme, and every “Bullock Democrat”—and there are a dozen of this hybrid breed in the Legislature—will be required to do thoir best to carry the opara. Since tho last session, Kimball has raised his nights, and will now want a half million to cover all his outlay and mako anything by the “spec.” The Opera House and contents wonld not sell in market over for more than one hundred thousand dollars, but tho Legislature will be asked for five times that figure, and and this is the WAy the people's money goes. What will become of the men who put themselves on the record in favor of this huge swindle when tho trne men of Geor gia once more get the power ? Who is Watson, tho new Assessor ? If he is the individual who has been figuring about Atlanta for two years past, I shall ventilate him Yours, Buoo, Fly. TO TAX PAYERS. The following eeetions of the Revenue Laws of the State of Alabama will be found of interest to the tax payers gener ally of that State, and we call especinl attention to them: Bbo. 02. Be it further enacted, That on the first Monday of March, in the year 1809, and in each year thereafter, the tax collector of each county is reauired to offer at nublio sale at the court nonse, or if there be no court house, at the office of the probate judge, all lands, town lots or other real property on whicn taxes of any description for the preceding year or years shall nave been delinquent and remain dne and unpaid, and such sale shall be made for and in payment of the total amount of taxes, penalties, interest and costs due and unpaid on suoh real property. Sbo. Gff. Be it further enacted, That the person who offers to pay the amount of taxes, interest, penalties and cost due on any parcel of land, for the smallest por tion of the same, is to be considered tlio purchaser, and when such portion consti tutes a half or more of the parcel, it shall be taken from the east side thereof, divid ing it by a line running north and south, exoept thst town or city lots nro to be divided, in snob case, lengthwise, hyaline parallel with the proper lines of the lots. If the portion taken be less than one-hAlf of the tract, R is to be taken from the northeast corner, in a squaro form, ar nearly as tho form of the land will con veniently permit. Heo. 80. Be it further enacted, That any real property sold under tho provisions of this act may be redeemed by the ownor, his heira or legal representatives, at any time before the expiration of two years from the date of sale, by depositing with the probate judge of the county in which said real property waa sold, double tho amount of purchase money, with interest thereon at the rate of ten per cent, per annum from the date of sale, cost of tho certificate of purchase, all taxes on such land whioh have aoornod subsequently to the sale, (unless such taxos have been paid to the collector as may be shown by his roceipt,) and pay tho aum of one dollar to tho judge; but the real property of auy infant or lunatic, when sold for taxes, may be redeemed upon producing satis factory evidence of ownership at any timo within one year after suoh disability is removed, upon tho terms herein specified. Sbo. 85. Be it further enacted, That immediately after the expiration of the term of two years from tho date of the sale of any real property for taxes under the provisions of this aet, the probate judge then in office, shall make out a deed for esoh lot or parcel of real property sold and remaining unredeemed, and deliver tho samo to the purchaser, upon tho re- tnrn of the certificate of purchase and the payment of one dollar for tho deed; but any number of parcels of real proper ty bought by ono person may bo included in one deed, as may be dosirod by the purchaser. Sbo. <17. Be it further enacted, That the person purchasing any tract of land, or town lot, or any part thoreof, shall forth with pay to the oollector the amount of taxes, interest, penalties and oosta charged on said traot or lot, and on failuro to do so, the said land or lot shall at onoe again be offered for sale in the same manner as if no tale had been made. Such payments maybe made in the same funds receivable by law in ordinary payments of taxes. A SPECIMEN TRICK. The Senate did not voto down the reso lution to appoint a committee to examine into the charges of Treasurer Angler against Governor Bullock, but passed it, aud the committee was appointed, though the Radical organ makes the uutruo state ment. The Houso did vote it down, because, alleged, the organisation was illegal. A Speaker, in Governor Bullock’s orders, could fix up a white-washing committee. Of course suoh a thing was never dreamed of, but atill aupicioua parties are foolish onough to believe the tnck was attempted. While the failure to pass tho resolution affords for the Governor a valuablo pioce of capital. But, it is not too late. When things get settled, the Governor shall have liis committee. In the mean timo, lot his stipendiaries hold in any dap-trap about Democratio unwillingness to have the charges examined into. All they ask is an honest oommitteo and a fair showing. They feel some hesitation in going into the game with the Governor holding a stocked hand. As too Speaker frankly etated, that a higher power ruled him, and he had to go according to orders, tho Democrats rathor distrusted a committee that was to be Governor Bullock's own hadi work. Hut he shall have his committee. [Atlanta Constitution. A SHARP DISCUSSION. In tho House of Representatives Tues day— • Mr. Stiles, of Pennsylvania, addressed the House, snd was proceeding to argue in relation to the gold conspiracy and the connection of the President therewith. Mr. Dawor made the point of order that the investigation of the gold panio was not a subjeot to be discussed undor this bill. The Chair (Mr. Cessna) sustained the point of order. Mr. Stiles said he proposed to discuss tho expenditures of the Administration. The Chair reminded Mr. Stiles that tho House was not in Committee of the Whole on the State of tho Union for general de bate, but in committee on a special sub ject, and the gentleman must confine his remarks to that bill. Mr. SUles thought it was competent for him, in canvassing tho conduct of the President, to relate what had taken plaoe before a committee of the House. Mr. Diokcy, of Pennsylvania, objected. That matter was before a committee of the House, and pending inveatigation he objected to discussion. Mr. Stiles was again going on with his remarks, and was about to read some testi mony before the Banking and Currency Committee, when Mr. Diokey again objected. The Chair again called Mr. Stiles to or der, and directed him either to prooeed or to teke bis eeat. Mr. Stiles reiterated that it was compe tent for him to show the President's con nection with the gold ring. The Chair insisted that he should not ^ Mr. Stiles desired to explain. The Chair declined to hear an explana tion, and direoted Mr. Stiles to prooeed in order. Mr. Randall, of Pennsylvania, wanted to know whether the Chair would hear tbs explanation of hie oolleague (Mr. SUles)? The Chair did not want any explanation, but direoted Mr. Stiles to proceed in or der. Mr. Randall—When we again go into Committee of the Whole, I hope the Speak er will select a Chairman who understands his business. The Chair—The gentleman from Penn sylvania will oorne to order. He knows such remarks are out of order. Mr. Randall—They are nevertheless true. Mr. SUles then obtained leave to print the balanoc of hia remarks, but before taking hie seat, said he bad proposed to read tbs testimony taken before tbs Bank ing Committee, which would show that the President of the United States waa ut terly unfit to rale over a free people. For this remark Mr. Stiles was loudly called to order by the Republicans. The committee then rose. Lemon, Feb. 9, Noon.—Console U2b: -*-87. DR. SAM BARD IN LUCK. Some sixteen years ago, there came from Northern lands a new political star into this our Louisiana, bearing the sig nificant name of Bard—Dr. Samuel Bard to bo more particular. Few knew any thing about hia antecedents, or indeed busied themselves in the least about them, for those were days of liberal ideas. Those who wore acquainted with his per sonal history said that he was from New York, and followed the two very inconsis tent callings of dentist and preacher, un til he became also editor of a country po- sr in tho northern part of this State. It d not require a long acquaintance by those who came in oontaot with him, to ascertain that Bard was an individual who had a high appreciation of his own exalted merits, and wno never hid his lights un der bushel measures. About that time there chanced to as- soroblo at Baton Rougo a Democratic Convention, to nominate candidates for State officers. Bard was there,and indus trious in impressing upon the delegates his extraordinary personal merit, and, when it was ascertained that no ono else aspired to the nomination for the poRt of Superintendent of Public Education, ho promptly and patriotically let it be known that he was ready to tako that position.— After his election ho qnietly installed himself in his official residence, made no attempt at show, for really he was about as much fit to dischargo tho duties of the offleo as a Necond-closs boy in a country school, and regularly and qnietly drew his salary as tho qnarterday came round.— Unliko tho ambitious and pretentions Conway of this day, he made no exertions to extend his powers, but left eduoable children to their fate, under the super vision of their parents. Whon tho war camo about, Bard got a commission in the Confederate army, and, with adtuirablo tact, always managed to got into safe aud comfortablo berths. While the struggle wns going on, he took it into his head to enter npon a course Of theological study, with a view to taking orders in tho Protestant Episoopiu Church; but for some cqhho ho soon changed his mind, and by the time tho war was ended, it is said that ho could swear as round and emphatic an oath as a Texas cavalryman. When the conflict ended, he returned' to Louisiana, and set up an agency in this city to supply free labor to planters; but not succeeding in that, ho transported liis household gods to Atlanta, wheio ho matiaged to start a nowspaper, which soon espoused the Rad ical cause with groat enthusiasm, and now wo behold him rewarded with the Gover norship of the far-away territory of Ida ho, and we may expect that he will not long delay in making it a State and him self ono of ita Senators in Congress.— Here, no ono soon failed to discover that Bard was all things to all men, and not to be relied on by any ono aa to any pledge, promiso or assertion. We caunot congratulate tho Idaho peo ple upon their new Governor; but we reel certain that neither the Louisiana or Georgia people will be grieved to learn that ho has got so far away from them that it is not likely ho will over again mako his appearance in either State.-N. O. Picayune. MURRAY. FERRIS k CO.’S COTTON I BRIGHAM YOUNG ON THE NEW GOV- CIRCULAR. New Yoke, Fob. 5, 1870. The,market tho past week has been un usually quiet, nnd prices havo tended steadily downward, closing dull at our quotations. For forward delivory thoro has boou considerable doing, but at lower prices. Tho sales aro 11,975 bales—basis Low Middlings at 2lj{a25c. for February, 24}a25j}c. for March, 25a25 5-10 for April, 25$a25j}e. for May, 25$a23c. for June, and 20jc. for July. For iiumodiate de livery 7458 bales, (182 to arrive), of which 4379 were taken by spiuners, 421 ou spec ulation, 2488 for export, and 170 lades in transit. We quote: Middling Uplands, 25|c., Low Middlings 2ljje., flood Ordi nary 23§c., Ordinary 222c. 1809-70 At New York for wock. 19,958 At all the ports do 101,001 1808.9 20,941 G7,8«r The Tiiuicra in Georgia. —Terry, Bub lock and Bayonet have triumphed in Geor gia, and gained one of the brightest and most oomplete victories that has ever adorned the brows of reconstruction. Tho Conservative members have been reducod by judioions expulsion until the Radioal element has a clear majority in the Legis lature ; Bullock, speaking in behalf of the other two partners in the firm, sends in a message to the Legislature tailing what he wants done, and what must be done be fore Georgia can hope for restoration to the Union, and the Legislature gladly hears and promptly obeys. Then the hon orable body adjourns until the 14th inst., whan an election for U. S. Senator will occur, and the man whom Terry, Bullock and Bayonet desire to fill that plaoe will be duly chosen. This is what is meant by the phrase “guaranteeing to every State a republican form of government, r ' and it must be confessed that the guarantees aro sharply put, and the “form of govern ment'' heavily Iron clad. Russia has tho same way of managing Poland, and the ooneequenoe is that “order reigns in War saw/’ and the Poles are spared the troublo of taking any part in tho administration exoept paying taxes. Tho Legislature as- eembled at Atlanta, the Senator whom that T legislature will elect, no more repre sent the people of Georgia than they do the people of Greenland, and unlike most of the machinery of despotism used in reconstructing the South, this Georgia business has been perpetrated in the face of day and with no attempt at disguise or oonoealmsnt. Received into the Union, kicked out again, ruled by a military sa trap clothed with absolute power, insulted by a Governor who ignores the laws he is sworn to support, Georgia stands forth an embodiment of Radical liberty such as can be witnessed nowhere else save in our own free and glorious country!—SJ. Louis Republican. THE WHEREABOUTS OF DR. LIVING STONE. A telegraphic dispatch received from England yesterday afternoon adds ono moro to the mnltitndinona murders which, according to British reports, are perpetu ally perpetrated on the person of Dr. Liv ingstone. This timo it is alleged that the intrepid explorer has been burned as a wizard by an unreconstructed intorior chieftain of African descent, the tale omo- nating from Captaiu Cochrane, of tho Royal Navy, and being told, not to tho marines undor that officer’s command, bnt in au epistolary way to the British public at large. Were rumors of this sort in re lation to the distinguished traveller in question somewhat fewer and furthor be tween, our apprehensions might be more serionsly excited in the present instance; bur wo trust that we may not be suspected of an Alabama bias if we withhold abso lute credence from this stoiy of incinera tion. The old fable of the boy who cried “wolf” too often has materially modified public confidence in reiterated recitAls of poriious adventures; and in Dr. Living stone's case, the temporary cessation of his corrospondenoe has so almost invaria bly boon followed by a detailed and cir cumstantial account of his death, that wo are tempted to surmise either thst he is unfortunate in attracting hia chief ad mirers from a highly imaginative class, that it is injudiciously deemed expedient to maintain popular enthusiasm in his be half by creating periodical paroxysms of anxiety for his safety. In the days of old romance, when St. George of England set the example of traversing Africa's deserts and slaying casual giants and magicians, and brooking spells and overturning en chanted castles, suoh a doubt as we have hinted wonld have been rank heresy. But thoso days are past, and we now live iu an eminently mercantile age, in whioh thero are few giantf to be vanquished, and lions have become comparatively poor-spirited brutes whose anatomy is ao altered that it is no longer possible to avnlse their hearts by thrusting one's good right arm down to thoir stomachs. Moreover, by Dr. Liv- ingstono’s own acoonnt, the royalty and nobility of the interior of Africa would be more likely to worship than to sacrifice a supposed soroorer; and, op tho other hand, wo aro distinctly informed that they take their meals raw, not roosted. Con sidering those inherent improbabilities in tho tolo as now told, wo expect soon to hear of Dr. Livingstone's continued safety and health.—X. j . World. Tan Btatb Road.—It is impossible to oonoeive of tho confusion that now exists upon the State Road. Tho trains miaa the connection nearly every day. On ono dey lost week, wo understand that five freight trains ran off in ono day. Ou another day there were eight trains (two of them paaaenger) ou the track be- i tween Cak* and Kingston. Just think of it Eight hogs trains of com in o space of about seven Bailee, four running one way and four another. This is e severe sarcasm on the judg ment of those men who atill think that the State Rond appointments should be mode by the Governor. Aa long so that la the cess, it will be the “elms house” into which all indigent politicians will be thrust, and these paupers will be the men engaged in running it.—Rome Courier. The Constitution aays it is rumored in Atlanta that John L. Hopkins, a lawyer of that city, will be appointed Judge of that Circuit fiot Judge Pope. Details of the important battle of Mina do Juan Rodrigues, between Jordan and Puello, on New Year's day, are given in tho letter of our Havana correspondent. According to tho intelligence gathered by tho writer, purely from American and Spanish sources, the victory of the Cu bans was oomplete and decisive. The main battlo was fought at the point abovo named, one of the approaches to Oma ni aro, the Cuban seat of government. It lasted all day, and ended with the retreat of Pnello, after a total low of from 1200 to 1000 killed, wounded and prisoners.— The Cabans pursued and the fly ing columns of the enemy until the latter reached Arroyo Hondo, where Puello en- trenehod himself and stood a siege of fif teen days, suffering great privations, and killing horses and moles for food. Tho approach of the Spanish column under Gen. Goyenecho induoed the Cabans to raise the siege, and Puello escaped with the remnants of his army to the small seaport of Bags, where Spanish vessels removed it to Nuavitaa. A postscript adds the rumor that Puallo has been soized by the enraged Spanish volunteers in Nuevi- tea, and is a captive in their hands. Ha vana dispatches of last night represent tho continued exasperation of the Spaniards against the Cabans on account or the as sassination of Mr. Castanon. The volun teers are restrained from violent measures of letidiiiiion only with great effort.— X V. World, Hit. Do siueo Sept 1st 1,835,290 1,435,000 exports. 1809-70 1808-9 From N. Y. for week 11,884 5,401 From oil the ports do... 57,200 21,132 Do since Kept 1st 979,331 701.913 t, 1809-70 1808-9 At Now York 78,541 00,773 At all the |>orts 529,248 387,752 Stock at Liverpool 155,000 85,000 For Liverpool (afloat)...103,000 105,000 THE ULTRA RADICAL LEADERS SHORN OF THEIR STRENGTH. Corres. Baltimore Gazette, j Washington, Feb. 4, 1870. I have takon some pains to ascertain the Htatuu of members of tlio Senate und House upon the question of further ag gressive measures by tho Radical londors, and mu nble to stato that the majority in the House of Representatives, and a mi nority of considerable and increasing strength iu the Senate, aro disposed, ut last, to pause before taking another step in the direction of civil revolution. The negro has boou set at liberty. Ho lias been accorded tho ballot. (when millions of W'liitos have been disfranchised); ho has been put in tho jury-box ; allowed to testify in courts in cases, civil and crimi nal,, where whites alone were concerned; tho children of his race have been provi ded, at tho public exponse, with ample means of education, and his equality en forced by law iu all public conveyances, theatres, houses of entertainmont and B nblic edifices; and, finally, he lias been fted to the highest positions in the Gov ernment—executive und legislative. Cor respondingly tho whites have been de graded ! It would bo difficult, iudoed, for tho dominant party to go farther on in the di rection of elevating tho uegro or oppres sing tho white race. Yet it is felt by many astute Radical leaders that to pause for an instant in this respect irould he death to their organization. This argu ment (unquestionably sound) has thus far dragged along many unwilling votes, which served to swell their congressional majorities. Bnt I am now assured by many in whom I havo the utmost confi dence that even the certain dismember ment of tho “Republican" party will not induce nn effective majority in Congress, even as at present organized, to follow Bwnncr anil Dntler un inch further iu their road to inevitable and final ruin. Tho negro,whoever may say to tho con trary, has all along boon tho shoet-anchor of tho Radical party. Upon no other question could it havo been made a unit under tho losli of New England. Tho hallucination of tho Northorn mind upon this ono point is the most marvolous phe nomenon tho world over witnessed. At this momout many Northorn voters (who know nothing at all of tho race) would not hesitate to go the length of its deification. Hitherto every other quostion has boon mado subserviont to this ono idea. Even hatred of secession and vongeanco against secessionists owe much, if not ull, of their doinoniacal malignity to the perfoct madness possessing tho' popular mind upon this subject, constantly excited as it has been by the lios of a purchased and unscrupulous press. Tho end of tho tether has at last been reached. “Othel- lo’s occupation's gone." No ono can exaggerate tho importance of tho reaction that has taken place in the past few days. Freed from the incu- bna wh/MFVeigned so heavily upon mem bers, and from caucus dictation, its ac knowledged effect, the great questions of tho tariff, currency, taxes, Ac., may now be discussed nnd voted upon with respect alone to the interests of the conntry at large. If Western and Bonthem mem bers shall, therefore, now be found voting for the eastern money-changers, bond holders and manufacturers, the excuse of party shackles imposed in deference to tho eternal and infernal negro qnestion will not avail them. They must stand out in bold relief as purchased cattle at so much a head. It must lie acknowledg'd that the evi dent roaction referred i.» lms been pur chased at a heavy and degrading]- ice. But it seeuiv L.ogvopliilism, like - nuts ntultieaulis lever, must needs in i its courso. It !• is now culminated. Tl day is not fur distant whon the wholo cm..dry will look line 1 with wonderment at its in fatuation, and hasten quickly and eftei 1- ivcly to retrace its steps. In tho lueuii time we must have patience, aud do tho best wo cau under improved prosjiects. You will see that Democrats and Con servatives in Congress are becoming more lively and independent than whon (a short time ago) they were under the daily appre- liensiun of expulsion, or worse. Their conduct to-day has been unexceptionable. Let them hereafter hold up their heads manfully. The throats of Morton, and Sumner, aud Butlor, aud Hoar, havo be come vapor indeed. Such men aro no longer tho Robespierres, the Dautons and Marats of America. They are forever, from this moment, shorn of their strength for further mischief. X. Nlgho Law.—The Viokaburg Herald tells the following story of a negro judge in Mississippi: “Two negroes had a difficulty, and it resulted in their attendance before a negro magistrate of the neighborhood. After a bearing the justice decided that both men were in fault, and that each should pays fine of twenty-five dollars and coat, making forty-eight dollars each. But both were unable to pay. The em barrassed squire finally hit upon a plan to get even witn them. He put both to work on hie forty-acre ootton patch, and and tbeypickcd 4800 pound* each to square Urs and Downs of Stocks.—About ten days ago n gontlcmuu of this city bought somo bonth Carolina Railroad stock from a friend at 38, who nrged tho purchase, and said it wonld bo an accommodation for him if he would tako it at that figure. The buyor went out of the city, and re turning on Saturday, when whom should he meet on Broad street but liis friend who sold him tho stock; and what was his sur prise to receive a proposal to buy the stock bock st 45; and tho original owner finally camo into repossession at 45J. La ter on Saturday 40 wus offered for this se curity, liut still higher prices are looked for. Last Monday morning about 400 shares of Havannah and Charleston Railroad stock changed hands at 23}; on Tuesday the whole lot was placed at 25, with ap proved note at sixty days. -#7boat interest, which paper was discour ml ut oi.o per cent, per month—/, f., 50 cents » off, leaving tlio buyer at 23j, u clear gaiu of $1 25 per ahare—aay $500 on a single day’s investment. Trnly, “tho early bird catches the worm." A Broad street broker is reported to havo made investments, in tho early part of last week, in Booth Carolina bonds at 80 to 82, expressed them to Now York, and placed all at 85 to 80—making a snog lit tle sum. All this goes to show that our leading securities aro maturing to their real values, aud holders had better look twioo at an offer before they pari with their valuables.—Charleston Courier, 7th. Gen. Terry has removed Enoch Gram bling, Sheriff of Cherokoo county, and ^ pointed John B. Garrison to to* rioad. ERNOR OF UTAH AND THE 0UL- LUM BILL. [From the Salt Lake Telegraphy Brigham Young's Organ.J Porsonally wo entertain no dread thoughts of either “aerioua disturbance" or “open war." Past experience baa taught ns the lesson that there ii a “Providenoe in the affuirs of men,” and, with that aasoranoe, we can listen to a great deal of bombast serenely, come from whom it may. To tho war expectation now so prevalent in the East, there can only be disappoint ment, and Gen. Shafer is as likely to be as proper a Governor, as far as that is con cerned, as any other man. There can be no war with Utah on any pretext whatev er. Borne of ns may be silly enough to h\y ugly and provoking things, snd dreamy enough to anticipate all sorts of magnlff cent results; but there is a heap of nsrd sense out here in the Rooky Mountains, among both men and women, snd the talk of war anywhere is to-day regarded as sheer balderdash. We have no personal acquaintance with Gen. Shafer, and there fore can disinterestedly tender him thead- vico to pay no attention to the folks down East ou the war question, but to oomeout hero when he is roady, mind hia own busi ness, nnd ho will get along well enougn. His “wisdom ana discretion," ignorance or obstinacy,” should he have either of those commodities even in superabun dance, will make not a whit of difference to affairs out hero; still wo should like him with the former rather than with the lat ter. Still, be it either way, program aud development are written on the scroll of Utah. We have neither time nor inclina tion for war, and we won't have it; it don’t pay. * * * * Should our citizens be attacked—be they poor or rich, high up or in low estate— wherever wo con we shall defend them with the truth. It is pretty genenllysnp- posud that the government designs testing this question of polygamy at no distant pay. In this case the Telegraph will have something to say, always assuming the position that what is constitutional anould be obeyed; what is not must be resisted. We will not, however, anticipate in this or in nnything else, but hold ourselves in readiness to defend whatever we believe to bo right. In relation to tho Gullum bill now pend ing in Congress, the Telegraph says: Tho latest news from Washington is very encouraging to tho friends of this anti-polygamic bill. It is said that the bill is snro to pass the Honse, and though it may bo retarded in the Senate, aull everything is vory hopeful. We have no idea that Sir. Cullora has much to do with the bill, as it bad its birth and perfection- mont iu this city; ho will, however, havo a lasting notoriety in that connection. Wo know not a single Gentile in this oity who does not say that ho is not opposed to that bill as it in. Bnt while they may be opposed to polygamy itself, they can not go tho whole lenght of diafranenising men for the faith they yet may have. There is enough of folly and outrage in tho Cullom bill to defeat its purpose. When men fight the faith or institutions of tho people of Utah fairly, we have no objection to their course; but when they resort to inquisitions we are opposed to them, and shall do onr best to expose thoir folly and wickedness. Wesley and His Witt.—Mr. George DawKon, in a lato lectnro on the great founder of Methodism, gave the following details. When Wesley settled he said: “It would bo moro useful to marry.” Thero is nothing liko giving that pretty sort of facing to your wishes. I have known a friend, when he was going to movo from a little living to a large one, say that it was because he was going to “a larger sphere of usefulness." A certain witty man used to say that whenever a clergyman went from a little living to a largo ono, ho did so because he had got a call, but that he would want a “good loud coll to take him from a largo to a little living.” Wesloy married a widow, who, through her jealousy, led him a life of wretchodnoss and misery. At last his spirit wns up, and ho wrote her: “Know me and know yourself. Buspeot me no more; provoke mo no more; do not any longer contend for mastery, for power, money, or praise; be content to be a pri vate insignificant person, known and loved by God and me.” It was not likely that a woman would bo pleased at being reoom- mended to be an insignificant person. After twenty years of disquietude, she one day left him. He bore it philosophically, lie went even beyond it—he took nia diary and put the moat pithy entry into it I ever met with in a diary: “Non earn rdinqux; non dimisi ; non revocabo," which may be translated thuB: “I did not leave her; I did not send her away; I shan’t send for her back." And so ended the marriage life of John Wesley. Birds Pbeyxb to Fly Aoainst the Wind.—Careful observers have noticed thut birds always appear to flv against the wind, and when aquatic birds dive, they prefer to do so against the stream. Mi grating birds are always more numerous when the wind is blowing from the direc tion in which they are traveling. If the wind blows strongly in the direction of their flight thoy frequently alight and wait a cliuugo. Great numbers of quails an nually cross tho Mediterranean sea into Africa, and it haa been noticed that they invariably start with a head wind. If the wind happens to veer aronnd daring their flight so as to blow nearly in a line with its direction, these birds perish by thou sands in the water. The general opinion is to the contrary of the above, but ob servation has folly proven it correct. Rea son : When the wind is irith the bird in its flight it gets under and raffles its feath ers in such an aggravating manner aa to destroy its eqnilibriam, and poaaibly its equanimity at the same time. Thetesnlt is a desire or a necessity for alighting.— The suiue trouble would, of oonrfe, bold good with the swimming or diving of aa aquatic bird. —Scien tific Press, Does death follow immediately npon decapitation ? This question, which has been often and elaborately tHsw—ill by physiologists, has recently been brought up anew in Paris by the guillotining of tlio mnrdorer Traupmann. Dr. Fuel has published a letter npon it, in which he takes tho ground that the trunk re tains life after the head is separated from it for a long period, thoagh it oeaaee to havo any consciousness as soon as it is emptied of blood. The bead, ha says, on the other hand, both Uvea and thinka, sometimes one hoar, sometimes two, and even throe. The brain remains uninjur ed, anil continues its functions until it is benumbed by loss of blood and of the nervous finid. It sees, hears and smells, and must therefore suffer the most oruel agonies. For this reason, the learned doctor denounces the goillotine as alto gether too cruel a punishment even for the most atrocious murderer. Once npon a time two mules Journeyed along, one lulen with mMd, tlx other beer- i ; ie revenue silver. Thie one, prond .1 . lino e burden, <U«ot think hfineelf in much need of conABUon on eeooimt of it. He walked withe lofty tread,mak ing his belle jingle ea he went. A ban ditti passing by, desirous of plnndsr, at onoe obeerved the nmle having the ailver. Several at onoo threw themeelvee upon him, aeised him by the bridle and stopped him. The mule, striving to dsfsnd him self, was pieroed with wounds. Hs sighed, “Alee! is this, then, that whioh thayMVe promised tne t This nulls who follows me retires unhnrt, while I f»U»ud perieh here.” ‘•Friend,” said hia fellow-tmvslsr to him, “it is not always good to have a hish employment. If you Tied only been in the eervioe of a miller, like myedf, yon wonld not baveimA%ith thie miafortaae. High pceitiona Jo not always bring the happineee they protniee.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, February 15, 1870, Image 1