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THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BT W. L. BCnUGOl AHD J. B. BUBBLE.
GEORGIA WEEKLY OPINION
TUESDAY::
till!) SEPTEMBER 10.
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES
OF TllK
UHION BEPUBLICAH PABTY OP QBOBOIA.
ADOPTED BY TOE STATE COSYESTIOi,
Atlakta, July 4th, 1807.
Whereas, We, humbly nckootrlodglnff our tie*
licmlencc upon on overruling Providence,.who
I'liapcs thedustiniesot men an<I nation*. thank Al
mighty God for having, through Agencies and
strumentalltie* in Hi* winloin selected, prcscr*«*
our Government when its deepest foundations
were being shaken by the mighty upheaving* of
the recent rebellion. And
\Vhekkam, The loyal men of Georgia desire the
earliest practicable settlement of tho dlsturlicd
condition of the country: and whereas, we believe
that the establishment of Justice is essential to en
during iKsace, that patriotism should Ikj exulted
ns a virtue, and It is tho duty of the State to cher
ish all Us people; and whereas, those who assert
these principles are called Republicans, through-
fcclve* in alliance with the National Republican
party of the Union, afid for tho unconditional sup
port of tho Union of these states.
Rftolced. 9. That wo pledge our hearty support
to tho reconstruction measure* of the Congre.S of
the United State*. .......
/tesolctd, S. That it is the #lnty of the State to
educate all her children, anil to that end. wo re
commend tho establishment of a general system
of free school*.
littolted. 4. That the Union Republican Party is
identified in its history and by it* essential prin
ciple* with tlic rights, tho interest* and the dl
ty of labor, and i*ia sympathy with tho
nia»Sci of society, and that tho working
Georgia will receive at its band* every encourage*
ment ami assistance that may lie necessary *
sir full rights; and, that
THE COLORED SCHOOLS OF ATLAHTA.
Tho Macon Messenger expresses much
surprise that tho State Educational Asso
ciation which assembled in this olty a few
days since, should admit to.its councils
such “Yankee interlopers as a Mr. Ware,
teacher of a negro school tn^Atlanta.” That
paper says;
The Radical party having made tho edu
cation of this (dass a governmental affair,
it strikes us that a call for a meeting of the
teachers of the State, did not include such
missionaries as Mr. Ware and his co-labor
ers: and that ills being present was a sig
nal) Uustrat Ion of Yankee impudence and
ollieloiiRncHS. We all know pretty well by
this this time, what these men tench In au
dition to the prescribed course laid down
iu the so much vaunted, “Dree school sys
tem of the North. They arc nil either fana
tics or knaves—lit the proportion of about
live of the latter to one ol the former, and
their sole mission is to stir up strife and
sow the tares of hate nud evil in tho minds
it the distil
tho toiling
rklng men of
VUZ _
. pro*
; lu the tnalntcn-
.3 position taken nml the principle*
-a Have t!i[,uay iirowcil. wo cordially Invite til.
tto-niKtration ol* nil citizen., without regard to their
Iioliticu! antecedent,.
Duolrtd, B. That the Cnton liepubllcnn Fort)
of the statoof tlcorglt, pledge, itaelffe, maintain
the fret and legal right, of all men, and It
abide hv the prescribed term, of re, to rat in
electing to place tlio,o uien ouly who etta comply,
la all reaped,, with tltoretjulremenUof the Aetval
Congress,, raid who prefer the .tiovernment oftht
United Mate, to any other that could be framed.
MISS MUniBACH S HISTORICAL NOVELS,"
Thero is somethin" chnrmlnff in the Itlen
of a woman who nUils to the zeal ol’ the
historian the imagination of the poet Turn
her loose among the archives ami trinli-
t ion' of courts, ami she is sure to Hint a
"rent many thing* which no man would
over think of looking for—just tho things,
too, to glvo tho liulshlng touches of truth
fulness anil beauty to the historical picture,
We learn from Miss Muhliiacii not only
how Frederick William anti Frederick
the Great. Joseph the Second, the. Empress
Cathaiumk, Maria Antoinette, Sophia
Dohotiia. and other brilliant lights of a
former era, walked and talked in their
grand roles, hut how they powdered their
lialr, lllrted and teak ten. Nothing Utoo
trivial to escape Miss MfHLitAcn’s notice,
if In any way It can add to the back ground
of reality, against which her heroes and
heroines perpetually move. No writer has
more entirely ldentillcil him or herself with
the spirit of a past age. Tills Is the only
way History pan be written that will com
mand readers. The writer must not lie
•content with a knowledge of thu great per
sonages and events of tile time, but must
he familiar with the cii-totm and manners,
the dresses, the caitlue, the little foibles
and the whole social by-play of a people
ns well. This was the great secret of M.v
cauley's Histories, ‘-Ills History of Eng.
land is nn Interesting novel,” every hotly
-aid. True, !t Is a novel In respect of its
picturesque and dramatic accessories. It
is essentially a novel, too, in the free sweep
which the author permitted to his Imagin
ation in speculating upon tho causes of
acts anti the motives of actors.
Miss Muiilbach's novels are histories ns
much as Macaulays’ perhaps, with this
dtlVereiicc, that she owns, at tho start, that
they uro novels. But they do thu olllco of
history as well as grave and uninviting
records, and are therefore worthy the at
tention of the student ns well ns the Idler
who seeks only amusement. Never wtu
history ntado more fascinating. Her “Ma^
hie Antoinette and her Son,” is a mnstcr
piece of art. The heroes anil heroines of
the first French Revolution, nro brought
before you face to faeo In living reality.
You enter Into tho court life of France,
and get an insight Into the details of that
great event, and of the persons and motives
which Inaugurated It, nowhere clso to be
itad. Lamartine'* glided pictures of the
second Revolution, possess neither the ik>-
etle lit*, the romance, nor tho historical
accuracy here found. Her perceptions
of proportion and relative distance,
colors ami shade* nro artistic. Her
characters arc not incongruous nor
huddled together. Every person movi
clear and unobstruction through Ills or her
part. Her talents are varied, and cqunl to
all occasions. Battles, halls, flirtations,
love-making, Intrigue, law proceedings
and diplomatic jugglery, she describes
with tho same facility. Her stylo Is free
from mannerisms. It possesses marked In
dividuality, and yet It is scarcely noticed
as style. Tills is because It is froo from af
fectation or pretension; in other words,
because U Is good
The Aitletonb, of New York, have al
ready published faithful and spirited
translations of her “ Fiiedkuick tho Orcat
and his Court;" -Joseph tho Second and
ills Court,” “ Marie Antoinette nnd her
Son,” and “Tho Merchant of Berlin.”—
When tho extraordinary merits of these
works Iteeomc known, they will bo found
us common on tho parlor tables and library
.helves of the reading public ns the Wa-
vorly Novels onco were.
“riT ArrLEtox A Sons, New York, PublUhers,
Gordon County.—Col. J. E. Farrott, of
Gordon county, was In tho city Monday.
He represents things In Gordon and unjoin
ing counties os being liopeftil. A great
change lu public sentiment In that locality
has recently taken place In favor of Recon
struction.
HIT A deserter from tho Tennessee State
militia ha, been sentenced to one year In
the penitentiary.
laving
teachers?
Now such nonsense as this is wholly out
of place. The wore intelligent and respcc-
taplo portion of tho Southern people do
not oppose the education of tho colored
people. On the contrary, they aro disposed
to encourage it. Many of them have given
of their scanty means to that purpose.
Why then should they ostracise a North
ern man who is only carrying out what all
good men in the South hesitate not to
sanction? Mr. Wauk is a gentleman of
line culture and irreproachable char
acter, and is doing* noble service in
the cause of education. So too. of ids as
sociates in this city. Men who know most
of the practical inside working of these
colored schools are the last to countenance
such sentiments as those uttered by the
Macon editor. The schools arc conducted
in a highly creditable manner; nnd we
cannot, if wo would, close our eyes to the
fact that these colored children are making
progress iu their studies that is at once
gratifying nnd astonishing. No one here,
who knows anything about the manage
ment of these schools, can he made to be
lieve that ill*. Wahk or any of Id* co-
laliorers seek to stir up strife between the
races. On the contrary, it is a notorious
fact that tho colored people connected with
these schools are more polite nud deferen
tial to the whites than aro the generality
of negroes. If being a zealous friend of
education is a crime, then Mr. Wake is
unworthy of association
but if not, then the mere fact of his
being a “Yankee ” should not be made u
occasion for this exhibition of Httlene
and ill feeling. We had hoped that this
contemptible prejudice had lost place at
least among the frieuds of education, nud
those who make pretensions to intelli
gence.
TOO LATE!
Speaking of the President's renewed
warfare upon Congress, the Macon Telo-
grnph says:
As it has now been reduced to a question
of power, tbc President has as much right
to reconstruct the South and promulgate
an unconstitutional law as Congress; there
fore let him issue Ids proclamation for all
the people of the South to participate iu
the coining elections and the formation of
State constitutions without restriction
upon their action. They will all agree
upon the impartial suffrage system, nnd
members of Congress elected under it
should tie made secure in tiieir scats, if
force should lie required to make them so.
The country would sustain tills action.
There was a time in the history of the
reconstruction controversy when the plan
above suggested Would have been practi
cable. Universal amnesty and Impartial
Suffrage was all that the majority in Con
gress asked in the Spring of 1SCG. A few
Southern men had the nerve to advocate
this measure, but wo nil remember how
it was received by tho very men who now
urge its adoption. They even went so far
as to say that they never would, by any act
or word of their own, sanction any measure
of settlement whereby negroes should be
admitted to tho privilege of suffrage.—
Not content with opposing tids meas
ure, they carried their opposition so
far ns to denounce those who advoca
ted it, ns fanatics or cowards, who to
avoid an imaginary evil, were willing
to make terms with “tho enemies of
our only friend, the President,” Well,
time passed on, and tho very condition of
things which the advocates of that meas
ure then predicted is now upon us. The
negroes are all enfranchised, whilo many
of the whites aro disfranchised. Twelve
months hence, should tho present scheme
of reconstruction fail, these same men who
now oppose it will lament their folly in
not accepting it; or they will advocate the
adoption of the present measure when it
shall have become obsolete, anil urge it in
the hope of defeating a still moio rigorous
measure of settlement. Mark the predic
tion !
THE PRESIDENT’S PROCLAMATION.
Our dispatches, this morning, contain n
Proclamation from President .Johnson.
Tids document, we have no doubt, hud
Its origin in tho fact that Geueral Sickles
decided to disregard the mandates of the
U. S. District Court, lately held in North
Carolina, over which Chief Justice ChABR
presided. The action of General Sickles
in oppostion to Judge Chase, gave an op
portunity which has lieen quickly em
braced. It was a crumb speedily “gobbled
up.” Gen. Sickles was ousted for suffi
cient cause, we udmit; tho honesty of the
motive of the Kxecutivo may be doubted.
Mr. Johnson embraced a politician’s trick
to create a schism in tho ranks of the
Union Republican Party. We can award
no greater merit to the document printed
this morning.
or Col. John A. Orr, brother of tho
Governor of South Carolina, is ono of tho
Radical leaders In Mississippi.
Personal.
The Jonesboro (Tenn.) Flag expresses
its preference for Gov. Brownlow as Uni
ted States Senator, to succeed Senator Pat
terson.
Major Ewing has been appointed Gener
al i Superintendent of tho Nashville and
Chattanooga railroad.
Dr. Paul F. Eve. of Nashville, reached
home on tho 1st instant, from a tour to
England and the continent. A part of his
traveling party remained to enjoy more of
trans-Atlantic life.
The National Intelligencer’* articles
calling for Cabinet changes, arc said to
have been written by George Black and
Montgomery Blair, and inspired by a clique
of politicians who w ish to put Mr.Clw:o
in McCulloch's place, and clear the whoio
Cabinet of Its present occupants.
Homicides in Monroe.—On Monday Inst
a negro lad named Guilford Bfyrlek was
accidentally shot, and instantly killed, by
the discharge of a pistol in tho hands of
a lad named Robert Stanford, clerk in the
store of Mr. J. II. Dumas. The pistol was
being examined with a view to its pur
chase by the colored hoy, when it was dls
•barged while in the hands of young Stan
ford—the loud passing through the head of
tho unfortunate vietim, killing him in
stantly. An inquest w as held, and a ver
dict rendered in accordance with tho above
facts. Captain Belcher, local agent of the
Frccdmen’s Bureau, was present during
the investigation, and. we under*tabd, fully
coincided with the verdict of the jury.
A murder occurred in the same county,
near Crawford’s Station, on Saturday last.
A negro named Simon Morgan, an emjtloyee
on the plantation of Mr. Job Taylor, while
seated but a short distance from the resi
dence, was approached by another frecd-
man named General Taylor, who, uttering
nn oath, accompanied by the declaration
that Morgan had stolen a pumpkin from
him, presented nn Enfield rifle and shot the
latter through the head. The negro Taylor
was arrested by a number of freedmen,
who carried him to Forsyth and placed
him in custody of the Bureau agent, who
turned him over to the civil authorities.
The culprit will most probably bo tried
during the term of the Superior Court now
in session.
Tennessee.—The. first bale of Tennessee
cotton, new
on the 31st.
A school hoi
night of last v
Wilson county.
op,
s received in Nashville
ras burned Thursday
near Cumberland, iu
s desperadoes who did
the mischief had not been apprehended on
the 2nd.
The Banner is urging upon the merchants
of Nashville to make renewed efforts to
secure the Alabama and Georgia jobbing
trade.
CST* There has been a grand masquerade
at I’ino Knot Springs, line Knot lias
been regenerated nud baptized in another
name—-The Chattahoochee White Sulphur
Springs.” Tills sounds better. The elite
of Mncon and Columbus were in attend
ance. The beauty and the chivalry paid
court. Goobers and peaches, and water
melons and wild plums, country-made
“terhaeker” and llahnnua*, had a happy
union. All went off well.
Corruaixmilence of the Opinion.]
W«ihluflon.Gm*i|h
Washington, September 1.
General Steedman spent the day (Satur
day) with the President. Ills presence
here at this tlrao Is suggestive, in view of
this fact that the removal of Commissioner
Bollinb Is sought to 1>e accomplished.
Generul Hteedman states, however, that ho
has no Intention of taking Mr. Rol
lins’s place. It was offered him several
weeks ago, hut lie declined It. On the sub
ject of ids taking tho War Department
folio, he says nothing, hut It is still hinted
by his friends that it will lie offered to him.
Collector Kellogg and Stekpman’m deputy
In New Orleans.are hereon Intenml Reve
nue matters.
The First National Bank, of this city*
advertises for a large sum of Confederate
bonds. They arc supposed to be for the
European market. If the bonds can be
b<.light here at one cent in the dollar, nnd
sold to English agents at an advance ofone
lit. the speculation would be profita
ble.
A clique of stock Jobbers, gamblers and
whisky dealers, of New York are renewing
their efforts for the removal of Mr. Rollins,
Comiulssioner of Internal Revenue,
majority of tids clique is said to bo Inter
ested in the whisky frauds and arc bringing
to bear all avoidable influences upon the
President to secure their ends.
Fernando Wood is said to bo a chief
mover in the matter, and his recent visit
here was for that purpose. Wood attribute!
to Rollins the rejection by the Senate of
ids appointments to the Internal Revenue
Office in his district. Tills movement
against Rollins Is very likely to succeed.
The President dislikes him because he is a
firm Republican, and the hibby bate him
because they cannot use him. The fact
that Steedman states that the place had
been offered him indicates that he is surely
to lie removed.
An effort is already on foot here looking
to tho reinstatement of Governor Wells,
of Louisiana. Tills is. of course, a logical
sequence of the removal of Sheridan.
You need not be surprised should the Pre
sident eventually yield* to this pressure.
The parties who urge his replacement. aj*o
Ex-Attorney General Herron, Judge
Aiieli, Ex-Governor Vooriiees, and other
politicians who are out of place. Should
the President yield, this will lead to nnoth-
breuch between him and Gen. Grant;
thu General has the power under the
law to prohibit the restoration of nuy offi
cer heretofore removed, and he will un
doubtedly exercise it. This will bring a
fair test of the of the relative powers of
Gen. Grant and the President, under the
Reconstruction Acts.
Edfar
War of llaces.
i Opinion: 1 f a war of races should
Personal—I)r. W. S. Armstrong, Pi
fessorof Anatomy in the Atlanta Medical
College, left tills morning for Europe,
where he will remain lor the next eight
months in thu prosecution of studies pre
paratory to tho discharge of the duties de
volving upon him by his recent connection
with the College.
NAD ACCIDENT.
A Young Lady Drowned at Savannah.
Tho Herald of the 2d gives the following
particulars of a most lnclnncholy accident
which occurred near the wharf on the
evening of the 1st instant:
A young lady passenger. Miss B. Daley,
in walking the gang plank from the
steamer to the wharf, stepped off the plank
and fell into the river, between thu vessel
and the wharf, and was drowhed. There
were several persons on the wharf who
saw her fall and gave tho alarm, hut it is
supposed that she immediately sank to rise
no more. Efforts were quickly made to
rescue her, but no traces of her could lie
discovered other than a bundle which was
found floating in the water, and which It
is supposed she had in her arms at the time
of tlie unfortunate occurrence.
We learned upon inquiry, that Miss Da
ley was placed on hoard thu steamship at
New York by her father, and it is sad to
reflect that that parting was forever in life-
gad. that with her feet almost on shore site
should be hurried into the Jaws of death.
Forthcoming Amnesty Proclamation.
The Washington correspondent of the X.
Y. Trlbnne sends a dispatch to thnt paper,
under date August 30tli, in which the fol
lowing sentence occurs:
Tho President has now under considera
tion a new amnesty proclamation to rebels
in the .South. Prominent Southern men,
who were known as Unionists during the
war, and who nro now Johnson men, have
been urging this for some timo past. They
have been aided by Democrats ot the North,
who have Influence with Air. Johnson. Of
course, tiie details are not delinitely known
to any person outside of official circles. It
will probably bo submitted to the Cabinet
next week. Those Interested In tho matter
state that tho new proclamation will in
clude brigadier generals. None above col
onels are now Included. They assert that
the provisions of tho proclamation will bo
very liberal, as Mr. Johnson is inclined to
grant nearly all they ask, excepting uni
versal amnesty. They fear, however, that
his Cabinet will control him, nud make it
more conservative, -
Bound Over.—Messrs. Bowie and O’Ha
ra, arrested for forgery, had a hearing be
fore Justice Randolph yesterday morning,
when they were required to give bond in
tho sum of $600 for their appearance at the
ensuing October term of the CUy Court.
Not being able to give bond, they were
committed to Jail.—Jfoiifflomery (Ala.) Sen
tinel 31s t.
r“*ult from the present state of affairs it
ill bo the fault of the men who, in defl-
tance of the inevitable, set themselves
against the enfranchisement and ]>olitieal
equality of the negro. Were there any
hope of success—were it probable even to
retard it—there would be some sense iu
the effort; though wrong, it might not
have any evil results. But, as the case
stands at present, it is hopeless. The ne
groes will have a majority of the registered
voters; and the man must be demented,
indeed, who hopes to get them to vote
against their own political equality with
the whites.
What can men like Mr. Hill hope for!
What motion does he present to tho negro!
Does he not fear, whilst he is talking so
glibly about refusing this and that to the
negro, he may put it Into the negro’s head to
do this and that to him. Who is it that ten
ders the issue’of races? It is not the ne
gro; lie, poor fellow, seems to have no re-
seutment, nnd will be satisfied if he gets
equal rights with the white men. But does
not every body see that, possessing as they
do the power—having tho majority—that If
the issue is forced upon them,they may meet
it in the same spirit in which it is made. If
you think it right to disfranchise them,
they may think it right to disfranchise
you. It’s a game two can play at; and the
worst of it Is, tho negro cun play it best,
because lie not only has a majority of votcs t
hut he would meet with the favor of tho
party controlling tho United States, should
he decide to disfranchise the leaders of the
late rehell Ion. Take care, gentlemen hot
heads, you are playing with edged tools,
and you may get your fingers cut.
Union.
TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE
from the New York Fret* Association.
Washington, Sept. 3,—Grant was absent
from the Cabinet session, which lasted two
hours. •
Revenue receipts, one million*five hun
dred and ninety-one thousand.
Senator James A. McDougald, of Cali
fornia, Is dcud.
Farrugufs official re] ort, off Cronstadt,
say s:
“Our reception here by the Russian au
thorities, naval and civil, was most grati
fying, faith nationally and individually.”
Admiral Davis, of flag-ship Guesoiere,
arrived at Rio Janeiro July 20th, twenty-
nine days from Boston. He relieves Admi
ral Gordon in the command of the squad
ron.
Prince Alfred was received at Rio Janei
ro with royal salute, State dinner and ball,
In which the officers of tho American
squadron participated. *
proclamation iiy the president.
Whereas, By the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, the Executive power is vested
in a President of the United States, who is
bound by solemn oath faithfully to execute
the office of President, mid to the best of
his abilities to preserve, protect and defend
the Constitution of the United States, and I j| olwe
U by the .Erne Imtrujnont made Command- Jtet ,; rng fn)111 tlon , of the State
cr-ln-Chi.* of tho army and Davy of tho llllll( , (ltfi tlmt tl|(J luU!re , t rogl.tn.tlon I.
United State* and la required to take care Hanging. Tho black, have ao fur more
tiiat the laws lie faitiitullv executed; |
And whereas By the same Constitution
I net tids m«*rnihg. I he i*n*»id»*nt hoped
last night that it would bo disposed of to
day.
The proclamation will he based ujion that
of March, 1862, Issued by Johnson whilo
Provisional Governor of Tennessee, which
was approved by Lincoln and Congress.
That proclamation said, In effect: While
conscious that treason may bn punished,
no vindictive or retaliating measures will
lx? adopted, but a genera! amnesty for all
past act* and expressions will l>o granted
to tho people on tnn single condition that
they yield themselves citizens under the
majesty of thu law. He ap]>ea]ed to all
erring nnd misguided people to return to
their allegiance and avail theiuselvcN of this
amnesty.
An abundance of coal has been discov
ered in Colorado. One vein fifty tulles
north of Fort Union is ten feet thick, ex
tending fifty square miles, and equals the
best Pittsburgh.
A sc raw pile light house has been erected
nt Hooper’s Straights, Chesapeake Bay'.
The light will be exhibited there for the
first time on the 11th of September; visible
eight miles.
[.EATON, Sept. 3—Gen. Can by ar
rived here this afternoon with his family
and staff and took quarters at the Wells
Sheriff Salks Yesterday.—W. L. Hub
bard, Deputy Sheriff, sold yesterday, before
the Court House door in this city, an ele
gant two-horse Express wagon for the sum
of $176, and a now one-horse Express
wagon for the sum of $147. This property
was sold to satisfy a ft. fa. issued from Ful
ton Superior Court in favor of George R.
Crump A Co. vs. the National Express Co.
Mr. Hubbard also sold an Inimenso amount
of machinery, moulds, irons, etc* etc., be
longing to the firm of Iloge, Mills & Co„
which, owing to the veay complicated con
dition It was in, did not bring more than
2% or 3 per cent, of Its real value. A gen-
tieman present notified the crowd that he
held judgments against said property
which had been issued against the same
while It was owned by the Gate City Man
ufacturing Company, and that be should
proceed to make a levy upon it as soon as
the sale was over. The bidding was lively
and a source of mirth both to tho partici
pants and by-stenders. Mr. Win. Solomon
was tho purchaser of tho largest portion
offered for sale. ^ ^
__TThe net earnings of the Union Pa
cific railway, Kansas branch, in July, were
$85,000; amount of business done for the
Government, 664,000; gross earnings,$100,-
000. Length of tho road In operation, 235
miles.
it is provided that the *aid Constitution,
nnd the laws of the United States which
shall be made in pursuance thereof, shall
Ik*, the supreme law of the land, and the
Judges in every Stale shall be hound
thereby;
And whereas, In and by tho same Con
stitution the judicial power of the United
States is vested in one Supreme Court and
such inferior courts as Congress may from
time to time ordain and establish, and the
aforesaid Judicial power is said to extend
to all eases iu law and equity arising under
the Constitution, the laws of the United
States, and the treaties which shall lie made
under their authority;
And whereas, All offioeers.civil nnd mil
itary. are bound by oath that they will
support and defend the Constitution against
all enemies, foreign and domestic, and will
bear true faith and allegiance to the same.
And whereas, All officers of the army
and navy of the United States, in accept
ing their commissions under the laws of
Congress nnd the rules and articles of war,
took an obligation to observe, obey and
follow such directions as they shall from
time to time receive from the President or
the General or other superior officer set
over them, according to the rules and dis
cipline of war;
And whereas, it is provided by law that
whenever by reason of unlawful obstruc
tions, combinations, or assemblages of per
sons, or rebellion against the authority of
the Government of the United States, it
shall become impracticable, in thu judg
ment of tho President of the United States,
to enforce, by the ordinary course of judi
ciary proceedings, thu laws of the United
States, any Stntc or Territory, tho Execu
tive, in that ease, is authorized and re
quired to secure their faithful execution
Iiy the employment of the land and naval
forces;
And m hercR«, Impediments and obstruc
tions serious in their character have re
cently been interposed in the States of
North Carolina and South Carolina, hin
dering nnd preventing for a time the pro-
]>cr enforcement there of the laws of the
United States, and of the judgments ami
decrees of a lawful court, thereof, in dis
regard of the command of the President
of the United States;
And whereas, Reasonable nnd well
founded apprehension exist, thnt such ill-
advised and unlawful proceedings may l>e
again attempted there or elsewhere:
Now, therefore, I, Andrew Johnson,
President of the United States, do hereby
warn all persons against obstructing or
hindering in any way whatever tho faith
fill execution of tbc Constltulon nnd the
laws; nnd I do solemnly enjoin nnd com
mand all officers of the Government, civil
and military, to render due submission and
obedience to said laws, and to the judg
ments and decrees of the courts of tho
United States, and to give all tho aid in
their powers necessary for the prompt
forccmeut and execution; and I do hereby
enjoin upon the officers of tho army nnd
navy to assist and sustain tho courts and
other civil authorities of the United States
in a faithful administration of the laws
thereof, In the judgment, decrees, mandates
and processes of the courts of tho United
States; and 1 call upon all good and well-
disposed citizens of tho United States to
remember that upon tho said Constitution
nnd laws and upon the judgments, decrees
and processes of the courts, made in accprd-
ance with the same, depend tho protection
of tho livea, liberty', property and the hap
piness of tho pcoplo; and exhort them
everywhere, to testily their devotion to
their country, their pride inslts prosperity
and greatness, and their determination to
upliold Its free institutions by a hearty
co-operation in the efforts of the Govern
ment to sustain the authority of tho law;
to maintain tho supremacy of the Federal
Constitution, and to preserve unimpaired
the Integrity of the National Union.
In testimony whereof I have caused the
seal of the United States to be affixed to
these presents, and sign tho same with my
own hand.
Done at tho City of Washington, this the
third day of September, In the year one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.
[Seal] By the President.
Andrew Johnson.
W. H. Seward, Sec. of State.
The amnesty question la before the Cab*
than two-thirds of the whole number reg
istered. Returns yet to come will proba
bly reduce their mojorlty, but not ma **ri-
ully.
Raleigh, Sept. 3.—Delegates to the Re
publican Convention which assembles
here to-morrow crowd every train.
A large number are already hero, and still
arriving. Tho present indications fore
shadow an immense gathering. Tho white
imputation are largely represented, nearly
ail of whom are moderates of the Gordloe
wing.
Galveston, Sept. 3.—Fever unabated.
I)r. Rowe, army surgeon, very low. Lieut.
Adams Medical Director, taken. General
Potter is thought to be improving. Gen.
Griffiu’s only child and its nurse were ta
ken lust night; he has telegraphed to re
move the headquarters of the Fifth Dis
trict from Galveston.
Lieut. Garnetson has been appointed to
take charge of the Freedman’s Bureau, vice
Kirkham, dead.
The Times of this morning, in its review
of the yellow fever in the city, says that
during the last half mouth of August only
four natives of the State had died from it.
A large majority of deaths are foreigners.
Interments yesterday 25.
Cleveland, Sept. 3.—Four hundred
Spiritualists in Convention, California on
ly unrepresented.
Tho Fenian Congress convened to-day.
President Roberts here. One thousand
delegates in attendance. Proceedings pri-
ntn.
London, Sept. 3.—The condition on
which England willingly submits to the
Alabama’s claims to a Commission, is that
the claims of English subjects against
America for losses suffered during the rc-
l>clllon be submitted to the same Commis
sion.
Cortes’ note announces the termination
of thcCandia war, and a general amnesty
to tho insurgents. Many reforms in the
laws and government of Cundia aro prom
ised.
San Francisco, Aug. 31.—Past week’s
receipts of bullion from mines, one million
two hundred thousand. The Montana took
out one million flfty-cight thousand.
SrKEcn of Judge Chase.—Upon his arri
val at Manchester, N. II., a few days since.
Judge Chase was waited upon by a depu
tation of citizens and tendered tho hospi
talities of the city. Mr. Chase’ made the
following address:
Citizens and Friends: I am exceeding
ly grateful to you for this most hearty aud
cordial reception. The services which it
has been my privilege and happiness to
render tho conntry are more than repaid
by tills ruccptlon, and these most happy
tokens of your approbation. It has been
tlie great study or my life to so act as to
liiKrlt the approvnl ol my countrymen. To
you It Is very fitting for me to say, thnt l
am Indebted to the good old State of New
Hampshire for my birth. [Applause.] In
her public schools I received the rudiments
of my education, while 1 afterward had the
privilege of graduating from her honored
college. It was In a New Hampshire
church that I experienced that spir
itual awakening that leads me to look
forward trustingly to tlie life eternal.
It has been said of New Hanipchlro
that her only products are ice and
granite. [Applause.] New. Hampshire ami
Now England nro great in tho power and
worth or their men and women, who go
forth into every part of the country, sow
ing broadcast the seeds of vlrtne. industry,
Intelligence and godliness. Thus they lay
the foundation ortho nation’s greatness.
Almost everywhere you find the Yankee
schoolmaster nnd sehoolmarm teaching
alike tho white and black. New England
does a great work for tho Republic, A na
tion can only bo great In tho virtue, intel
ligence and goodness of her children. I
did not design to mako a speech this eve
ning. and did not intend to lie betrayed in
to these remarks, but you nro nil so good to
me In New Hampshire that the heart will
not allow tho tongue to be silent. [Great
applause.] For this most kind and grati
fying reception, allow me once more
to thank you, and to say that 1 shall not
forget your kindness to tlie latest hour of
my llfo. [Applause.] , •
Military Movements.—We find tho fol
lowing items, in the Nashville Banner of
the 1st:
About fifty new recruits, for service at
Atlanta, passed through this city from
Louisville yesterday.
The troops at Cumberland and Ash Bar
racks were mustered for pay yesterday.
General Duncan’s headquarters will be
removed from opposite tho Chattanooga
depot to Ash Barracks, Thursday/
All the troops now stationed In Nashville
will be removed to Ash Barracks the Utter
part ot this month.