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GEORGIA WEEKLY OPI^ON
THE WEEKLY OPINION.
BY W. 1. SCSUOOf AND J. B, DUMBLfc
OFFICIAL PAPER FOR THE COUNTIES OF
Baker,
Baldwin,
Bartow,
Bibb,
Butti,
Carroll,
Chattooga,
Clayton,
Cobb,
Dado,
DeKalb,
Fayette,
Forayth,
Fulton,
Oordon,
Greene,
Gwinnett,
Harralson,
Heard,
Henry,
Jasper,
Lee,
Monroe,
Murray,
Nowton,
Paulding,
Polk,
Spalding,
Sumter,
Upcon.
DtvrUftnANCia is Alabama.—Our dis
patches from Montgomery, though doubt
less highly colored, ns the telegraph report*
- from that point have licen for Mint* time
* pa-t. indicate a bad state of feeling. It I 4
to bi regretted that there U no legal me.i,-
mv* In that State of reaching a «
miserable agitator* win'* wouhl plunge
State into anarchy v/../ rather t
cont<-nt tueiifc-clve* will* l"dtc l t
were l orn to.
“RELIEF,” THU OTilKIt SIDE.—TIlC ll*
of Mr. M. G. Donmxs. addressed t *
President of tin* Constitutional Coin
tlon. will arrest the attention of i lie rea !• u 1 ‘
Mr. Dobbins D well arid favorably known ; i m ’
In this community an upright, succor- i
ful businessman. As a financier, he ha.
few equals, perhaps no superior, In Georgia
His opinion*, therefore, on all question
relating to finance, are well worth consid
ering.
PROGRESS OF RECONSTRUCTION.
This Journal was tho first In tho State to
advocate Reconstruction on tho basis of
the Congressional Plan. We did this not
because the plan In itself commanded our
entire approval, nor yet because the meas
ures provided for Its execution were in ac
cordance with the spirit of our republican
institutions; but because wo realized the
helpless condition of the Southern jwople,
the importance of a speedy restoration to
tito-.c rights forfeited by unsucessful revo
lution, and the purpose on the part of the
conqueror to excrcbo the prerogative of
prescribing terms to the vunqitDi. d.
It cost something at tliai time toadvo-
_ cate such a measure. In time. !.• ' •••.• i\ It
i re--ponded to a popular •« min.* uU .
other Journals joined u* in the campaign.
•°* j Men irre-peellvu of «.l l pa. :.- V- aluii •
1,1 ’ atcil with tho movement,and the work has
'■‘■'’•‘Ti! ready progressed so far ; - t-» .• nluce a
■ : ;1 -« onveutloii, repre-enting th
■ > Georgia, and charged •
Their Early Settlement in America—His
torical Jin in inis vences.
The .lows were among tho pioneer* w lio,
driven by tyrunny anu oppression from
•heir homos in the old world, colonized and
peopled i ho new. Tho Puritans however,
antidate tho advent of these people Into
our North American colonies, many years,
they having Immigrated In 1U2(J; wliflo the
first accounts of an v Jewish exodus from
foreign shores are down to August 21. Mill.
At tills time i*eoplc of all denominations
were compelled to flee from their ml Ural
homes iu Europe, the Jews being of the
number who sought this continent us a
refuge from iKditieal and religious ex-
. . .. .. -- . . .. In some parts of
actions thorn as well
Asia and Africa.
On August 21. 1
eupoil
vitll III:.- r-pi
sitfuty
K'liplO
•cord-
i.in ( f
t'oiigi
That
The City.—'The city for the past thirty-
six hours ending about 12 last night, lias
iHioti one of stir, bustle and confusion.—
Christmas was ushered in with the firing
of guns, popping tlrc-erackers and other
11 re-work?, deafening shrieks and boister
ous yclilngs. from what seemed to be, nlnc-
tcntlis of our entire population. A "big
drunk*' seized many of the unsus
pecting “moderate dram drinkers." and
the iM.rh rman* es on the streets during the
whole entertainment were free to sjiecta-
tor?. the performers paving their own
lieen»e.s and the admission foes of their
guests. It lias been suggested that the
Inn * may lind an adjudication of their Ics-
ii\ itle» before hi* Honor, the Mayor, rather
expensive.
Jesting aside, we do think that many of
the young men, and not a few of the older
ones, indulged too freely iu intoxicating
drinks, it is true that iu a certain sense
they have a riyht to act as they may choose;
to debauch their person; to squander their
warnings in riot and mirth; and it Is also
true that an Intelligent Christian people
will hold them responsible for the abuse of
these assumed rights. While every man
has the Individual right to do these things,
may, even worse, it D an established prin
ciple of law that relatively speaking he
lias no such rights. No member of society
has the right to do that which is detri
mental to the peace, quiet, happiness, or
.prejudicial to the interests of his neighbor,
i he conduct of certain parties near a house
of public worship on the evening of the
2!tli leads us to these reflections, and wc
trust that they may spi edily he brought,
lit some way, to atone lor their crime.-—
Assured wc arc, that. if human law docs
not bring them to feel the enormity of
their crime, an Omnieknt Creator will
hold them to a rigid and strict account for
their attempt to trample HD sanctuary un
der their unhallowcil feet. If this class of
men have no respect lor themselves, nor
do not fear the law of man, let us admonish
them to beware how they trample upon
the mercy of Him to whom they are in
debted tor every heating pulse and every
breath they breathe.
MKMBEIIS OF 1 UK < o\\ ; *.
were no more pc lent rc.-is*
than the alleged f. t that tu
.—If there
distrust
. ii , mem-
’»•>* ;ik Northern born men, t'.iu friends of
l i-' • - j »*rueiion iu Georgia would have
. . idcfor. That there are one or
( . ‘ *ci in that Convention.
j.WitV-.1 . : • an h r. who Is acquainted wiUi
t j u ... *,el of th'it hotly, can deny. But
;l . ;ral thing, tho men of Northern
Mi; 1 .', who hold scats in the Convention,
iiavc come to Georgia to make the State
. |*,.» r Wo presume the people of
<would not he willing to * xt hide Mr.
Vai.:.aIM>ig !1aM * ^ r * Cox. - lr. " vi iu oi*
Air. t'u vw from otlicy merely* Li » v au-o they
vn e not born In that State. The people
, I low:*. Kansas, or Nebraska un» not, we
filing
oritv
u unrig
For the
Agent
:ion it ■ had a - -shmuJ two
.*. The ic-ult has been any thing but
•urngiiig. Much lias transpired t >. 1 -
tin- public and dishearten the -
* of Reconstruction. ’.•>-» limn ;.
n small men, possessing neither editna
tion, character. natural ahliity nor politi
cal cx|»ericnce—men who have neither the
talent* to conceive nor the plodding in
stincts to copy a sensible ordinance; nor
yet the prudence to keep silent when
silence alone would have screened their
shameless Ignorance—these are the men
who have assayed to shape the policy of
the Convention, and render the oflleers of
the Statu subservient to the Interests of a
clique. They have succeeded thus far only
in chattering themselves Into notoriety;
their schemes of plunder have been too
transparent to deceive, and too flabbily
executed to command success. The coali
tion formed with this disinterested clique,
by certMn parties in Atlanta, and in dero
gation to the best interests of Atlanta, has
only partially succeeded. The State Road
is still out of their hands, and let u* hope,
for tho sake of the tax payers of Georgia,
that it will remain so.
The Convention re-opens on the 6th,
proximo. Delegates who have accepted
scats in that assemblage at a sacrifice of
their own personal Interests, and with a
view only to aid in restoring peace and or
der to our distracted country, will b© pres
ent. Let us hope that all others may bo
absent; and that tlm quorum thus formed,
will addross Itself promptly to tho legiti
mate work before it. It is important In
more respects than one, tiiat this should be
done. Another two weeks of scrambling
for Cmcc and plunder; another session of
wire-pulling, intrigues, and combinations,
looking alone to tho {xsrsonal interests of a
few small men in and out of the Conven
tion, will cause every respectable Union
niau in Georgia to wash his hands of the
whole affair.
Wc speak plainly because we feel Unit,
under the circumstances, it is a solemn du
ty to do so. And we do this, too, In the
Gill knowledge of the fact that It will cost
its several suhscrlliers, and pcrliaj)* the en
tire printing of the Covention to do so.—
Nevertheless, the Opinion can nfTonl to
lose both, rather than squint at or endorse
the dbgusting role ol a faction who seek to
make the whole reconstruction movement
subservient to their own base and selfish
purjMwes. We have already sacrificed
more than any other public journalist iu
the cause of Reconstruction. We have
done this from principle alone. N« sneak
ing desire for oftlce. public patronage, or
emoluments of place has prompted our
course. We desired, above all things else,
to soo the country settled ami »■'
for tills and this only have we laboi -d, and
will continue to labor.
hip arrived at
' • m.i.tit !- .ii. ii i n i;.c principal
oj t*iiiry, lr*>ti* one ot i i. V. .-i i-mi l 1«-
widl a nuhim-r ... JcwDh I .Millies
Ki! tiouid. These laiiiilics. many <*i '.hum
w re people of wealth, n-q.n
general fntellgcncc, settled
alter arrival.
The second regular synagogue esMhlD.'i-
ed in this country was at New York, in
Cheatham street. 172!>. In this city at Ike
time ; !.o\e mentioned there were but lew
Israelite*, n ml for many years thereat ter
not more than three hundred Jews were
known in >.'• Am.-ienlaui, as New York
was theli called. Mib-i-quent to 17-l\ vail
ous other |»o, isuf entry \vcre (q»em-d in tin*
!. It Ai..< .'ieau colonics* ottering to the
• .* ail nations of Europe a home
.a an ius.i—New York. Boston, Phlla-
*'.- : p!da and Charleston being the principal
points to which .Jewish pilgrims from 1 In-
old world wended they way. Charleston
next appears to have lollowcd New York;
there, about 1705. the lir^t Jewish syna
gogue was established. From this period
up to lsiO the Jews became a considerable
integral element of the population, and
were highly esteemed for their respecta
bility, Intelligence und general character.
During various periods they filled many of
the otllces under the city government, and
constituted much to the current literature
of the State. The most of them were en
gaged in commerce, a few in mechanical
pursuits, and others with (he newspa|»er
press, the bar and the forum. Isaac C'or-
dozo was for many years editor and pro
prietor of the Evening Patriot, and during
his editorial career was considered the best
authority in questions of political economy
iu the Southern country.
The States of Georgia, North Carolina,
Alabama, Mississippi. Louisiana, Kentucky,
Virginia, Tennessee, Maryland, etc., be
came the recipient.- of :i considerable por
tion ol* tlie original fcttl.-r- and their de
scendant.-. Tiic-.- p ,-n :.iged in com
merce prillcij.alh. a poll loll of them in
profe.—ioual occupation-, polities and the
line arts.
in California (San Franc Deo) the Jews
are now so numerous and their inlluencoso
great, that steamer.** bound for foreign port*
are frequently detained when a JewDli les
tival or fa*t day has occurred on these
days, in tills.‘as with most other Mates.
Saturday, being the Jewish Sahbath, is
made a holiday to the pupils of the various
schools.
Iu Cincinnati the .lows are very numer
ous. The scats in the new synagogue in
that city recently sold at public auction,
brought extraordinary prices, the net re
ceipts being over $2UtUNM. the premium on
certain scats bringing #3Ul).
A Law Abiding People,—When the cen
sus of tho United States was taken in ItMiO.
it was the boast of the Israelites in New
York that up to this period there was not
In this Staten single Jew put on trial for
any capital offense, and that no such thing
as a conviction or execution for sucli an
ofTenso was known up to this time. The
criminal citUmler of the State, accessible
up to this iterlod. justifies this assertion. It
should lie (mow n, if it D not generally, In
connection with this subject, that the Isra
elites In all parts of tho world, and histo
rians have Indorsed the assertion, that tills
peculiar freedom from capital offenses, such
as murder, etc., have characterized tills peo
ple from their earliest history, published
since the Christian era, down to the pre
sent. There have been Individual excep
tion** to this rule, hut they have been few,
and only in such instances where the Jew
has licen tlm aggrieved party. This lias
lieen partly owing to their domestic edu
cation. wherein they liavo been taught to
obserw the ten commandments, bequeath
ed to tli«-iii by their law-giver, Moses, iu
their M-iiool* and synagogues, wherein the
precepts and’ religious instructions
• ob.-l-
Governor llrasvia and “llelleff.
Hon. J. R. Rarrott, Vreetdent of the
Georgia Convention:
Sin—I notice in tho Atlanta Dailt
Opinion, of (lie 10th, the *iil»tancc of a
conversation between yourself and Ex-
Gov. Brown, which ho has reduced to
writing at your request, on the subject of
"Relief,” so-called. On that question, the
Ex-Governor and myself differ, as gentle
men have a right to do. 1 proviso briefly'
to examine the position lie takes, and iu
doing so, should 1 handle his “views” a
Rule roughly, it is not on account of any
unkind feelings toward tho Ex-Governor.
It D true, we have differed heretofore, on
great and vital questions, but the stand
token by him for the last twelve months
ka- caused me to hold him in high esteem.
Tin* ex-governor sets out by saying the
war has resulted In* tho destruction of hun
dreds of thousands of property in this
State, to say nothing of what has been de
stroyed iu oilier States. Much of this was
destroyed by the Government. Imt much
the largest loss grew out of the abolition
of slavery*. Now 1 deny that the Govern
ment of tiic United States des: roved slave
ry. Gov. Brown knows better than I can
tell him that tiic war destroyed slavery.
E\erv intelligent man know s that Presi
dent Lincoln never would have Issued the
iCiuuucipntion Proclamation had it not
been for tho war, and that the war never
would have existed but for that odious or
dinance of Secession which caused the
wholesale destruction of life and projierty.
It Is {Kissing strange that men are so prom-
to charge nil these ills to effect and noth
ing to the cause. Now, sir, who is It thill
demands “ ReliefF* Is it the {»oor men ol
the country*, white or colored? Is it the
poor ragged, starving widow and orphan
that wc meet on the streets every day.
whoso husbands uml fathers were slaugh
tered in a war gotten up by* a set of crazy
politicians? Nay*,verily! Not a word said
about 44 Relief*’ for the truly needy; hut
the honest debts of the lauded aristocracy
must bo speedily repudiated, else they will
bo turned out of doors! Tills is a very-
strong term of the cx-Govcrnor's. when lie
knows that the homestead law now allow*
each head of a family fifty acres of land
and five additional acres for every child
and a house not to he wortli more than
three hundred dollars, licsldes other per
sonal property. How, lien, can you turn
anybody out of doors?
I ask again who is It that demands “ re
lief?” The answer D plain: It is the
very men that brought on the tear, many of
whom are now w’orth more than they >vere
before the war, and of whom it is well
known ninety-nine out of every hundred
could have paid their debts In C'oufe lerate
money If they would, hut wlio took shel
ter under at* odious Stay Law and refused
to pay* their jn-t debts, even in that trash,
when tlie debts w-cre contracted to he paid
in gold.
These an* the men that now come before
the great State ol Georgia In Convention
to have themselves •‘relieved’* from
their just debts. They first destroyed the
property of the country, and now they
claim that a great Statu should disgrace
herself in tlie eves of ail the civilized world
in order to reward them for their evil
deeds?
Tlie Ex-Governor says such debtors have
not involved themselves by hud manage
ment. In this he is simply mistaken. It Is
known tiiat they refused to pay their debts
even in UonfcVr.de money up to January.
lWkh After that time, it became n*» « rime
to refu-e ('on ID lerate script in payment ot
old debts, previous to that time, any man’s
iie«*k was in danger Wo* nfused In rw/iv
ii <j( /~ir !<>r debts eautrucinl for on u gold
consider it Imd policy to confer them. 1
will give a very short Uiu-tratiou : In the
Spring of the present year, many {»oor men
were obliged to have a little cash to enable
them to finish their crops. They got it by
giving liens on their little farms and crops,
and tlius made plenty for their families,
and paid their debts iu good faith. Will it
not be so with many next year and for
many years to come? Now If all they
have and much more Is exempt, who can
loan them money ? Who can credit their
wives a few mouths for ii calico dress or a
pair of shoes or cotton cards?
Ex-Gov. Browu says the great landed
aristocracy are broke, and they ought to
II off their lauds in small farms. I don't
doubt but. ninny of them arc broke, if their
Just debts were paid; but the Ex-Governor
pro|toscs to “iclca*e" them from these
debts; some entirely and others for an in-
•elinite |H-rb>d. and thus enable them to
Til iso
FKMdiiirt.—The Rome * ouricr
of yc.-terday learns through a private i< r-
ter from K. E. Evans, General F..i-teru
Agent of the Virginia and Tessa Air
Line Railway, that hereafter In- •lit- from
Norfolk t<* Atlanta. Rome, and other places
South; will Ik? carried In “sealed carVtmd
run on regular time schedule*—about live
days to Atlanta. From New York. Phila
delphia, or Baltimore to Norfolk, the tiino
D twenty-four hours. This route Is be
coming very popular with our merchants.
Financial FaMp.i: in the I/jiimana
Uon vlntion.—The Georgia Convention Is
not alone iu ii- money troubles. Adis-
it.-i:. vtl N. Oi !«■ iu--. t-1 • 24th. say -:
The U*'Mveui"oil to-day almost nnani-
riliitu
-nllnouc--. and adopts!
nee reported by the
Commit'.**, with Kuino nniend-
adopted the ordinance provide*
the
. ; (Kn. Grant held a meet
llalk Rotten, on WedncMla;
week. The houto was k?i
npd tlie whole affair D rep;
l een sh cold ns hn iceberg*
Dili i
proi*orty, be collected
* •: 1 >p*.e*l npi»o!nt-
.'•jtiate si loan, t«* n-
r--Ilil‘- »>f the « oil-
ltd iu negotiating tho
■ilk. Fl *
Tilt. Ciiai:*:.. oi- False Jmpiusonmknt
Alainsi- Edwin Siantox.—To-dsi)
ti.«- .. uuul- by the plaint ill* in tin-
c.is-1.| .“*uii. u :igiilu*t Manton for oyer
.-.ml in-,.- s. ii v.: . to have couic Iwrlo.e
.L:-; .. W* ii -. Git:, i the request of eoiin-
,az i*hei-n |Kistt)oned lb •
lew 1 i.. plaiutllf. Mnithsom it id
i.,- ri»* •’ l '*- d. w.i- a hanker in this if
:t. -suviiu Uio war was arrested bj the
nii.itat, authorities on the charge of i-nui-
if:., initu'inatlon t«* tho enemy, convicted
by a military commission, und sontem i d to
the Albany {HMiltentlary, from wMeh lie
was afterwards pardoned. Suilt li-.ni
brought suit sigain-t Mr. Stanton lor (alia
imprisonment, laying damages at s.V)0 jo,
and the defendant put in a special idea to
the bill, in which refersuco is made t•» i
number of documents and the plaintiJ
now makes this motion ot oyer and iu*p. *•*
linn to compel the defcinfaut t«> pro«im i-
the documents referred to or to lurid-h
cop!* - *»f them lor the iiisjaction of the
plaiuLiiV. The plaintilf i> reprcseiiti'd hy
Judge llugiies. t.cu. D* nver. and Mr. Peel’.,
(of ti c firm of Hughes, Denver A l*c«*k)
and Mr. \V. D. l>a\ idg-. of this city, au*l
tlie defendant bv lbni. U. Maiibery, Attor-
m-y Gem ral. lion. J:.im*s E. Brady, ami
Judge i’l'-rrcpoot. of New York, and Mr.
W. Fcndad. of this city.— ii'ashinjiva
Mar, 21st.
TIi-
on rt 1
the
ib*. iu
night of last
than half full,
i M-nted to have
Tin; Alauama Kj.lotion.—A letter to the
Cincinnati Commercial, dated ai Mont
gomery, December 21st. savs:
The Constitution of Alaliama will l-e
v*»t -1 op,»n on tli** -tt!i of February, and Its
friend claim that there will Le a majority
iu favor of ii - adoption ot from aiu/uOlo
•I0.UIH. From the character und ability of
the t onvenlion now tilting it Atlanta. It Is
but reasonable to infer that a good Uonstl-
i tuliou will be framed I -r r Jn. and
wa- a } there Is little doubt in the mind* of the
Robert loading Ur.ior.D?* -!* !i a one will I*-;
j adopted by a majority * t ij.»lh white v**te«
' , 11 1 and colon-tl. It i> reasonably certain then
■orted Judge, j j| us three States Comprising the Third
1 ~ Wlien New i
county scat, in 1CIX ■
Raymond Reid was on the
bench. A military guard , . .
members of the bar, suitors and witnesses; District wlll all be repp -entcJ m Cotigre;
i'.n rnm-r An- ‘ bv June, and lesmno tuelr places as Mates
‘ —— . , to TuUahas.ee. to attend tlie Court or Ap { , -f tho UlllolK BnU ck . votc i tolls beat In-
TttK I*AUkKa Fiifco.—The rccond time I peoli. The commander of the ctcort w ns | tcrC8 ^ t >
set for the marriage ef Col. Parker, “Mg I Lieutenant (nowGeneral) UlyssesS Grant.;
imllaiv’ of Grant's stall; and MD-* Minnie - ; Tub Tennessee Pacific Road.—^The m-
•O. Boekett, of Washlngun. was the 24tli “CoTonol Parker” was married pri*! ganbsatloir of tho Tennessee and Pacific
Instant. We have not heeuodvDcd whether i y ^dy, in Washington, Monday evening, ! Railroad Company was completed at Nash-
tlp-happy event eante oil'thl« time. | General Grant giving away tlie bride.— villa on the lhth InvU by election of W, P.
—y , , I Then-ands wlio attended at tlie church. Intit-s, P*c*id {, nt; ILS. 1 rnzIet»N ke Prcs-
l »apcr |it?olDbvd nt D • bbmw-'l hi j ve-tenlav. to witness the public ceremony., ident* and Joseph W. Allen, Secretary and
<ly jwiper inihlDI
tills B ate, Is olfcred for sale
di-appoiiiled,
!.-• .v *;iu:i,n-lltiitk.iial. umi • l.* ii pr**p»ny
.' i • ii.iii*:*- luin-D rapi. lj. g-» V.,t„ ||.-
. .... *.f s.,.nMifator-. Anoll.ei n.i-tak**.
at tLi- tin*** whocareit n»
, ' iiil.iiiu. In -ueli an iti**Ltnee. the
<i. ■: b.d is t-n-debt w. i.id have to buy
lIk* land. D tlu»t bard upon t.ie debtor?
Does not i.ic property justly belong to the
•-iv-11lor. if tin* debt Im* just > It Da strange
*) sn in of •• relief,” t*» take money from the
rig t.u! owner -n«! put It Into the Jtoekct
**I w!i » li.is nlrt ady Im.! value received
for it. I would like to know bow that is
going i*» ’• Relievo” tin* State? Better
■of* . n Agrarian *y>tctu at on, «*.
> . .■ !!\-Governor says something about
11.* Judges of tlie Courts being sworn to
support the,Constitution which he pro-
{mi.-cs. I will not argue Courts with
him. IK- Da lawyer; l ainjuot. Butitoi-
curs to me that there arc Judges who hold
Courts in Georgia, that will not take that
oath, nor do l believe that any conscien
tious Judge can take It. 1 believe nil
ofiicera of Courts have It) swear, first, to
support tin* Constitution op the United
States. And, If l recollect aright, there D
a clause in Hint instrument forbiding any
State to pass any law violating the obliga
tion ot contracts.
The cx-Governor Is liberal In the way of
homesteads. To that 1 have no objections,
if made to net prospectively; but I don't
want to take one man's land und give it to
another. 1 give it as my opinion, however,
ns a business man. that the exemption at
this Ume of $1,000 worth r.f land, be/ide#
oilier property, would bo the hardc.it lick
the poor men of this country have had for
a long time, if a man be worth §1,000 ho
D thought worthy of credit to the amount
of §500, and can get it If he D a prudent
man. Now, there ii not one man in ten in
Georgia, who digs his living out of the
ground, that is worth what Gov. Brown
pri){>oscs to exempt. Wh it then have tin so
men upon which to base a credit? Noth
ing. What is he to do? Of course some
impractical men will say, lo. them live
without credit. That is easier talked of
than done. Rich men cannot do It in any
civilized country, much less can poor ones.
Credit Is the |Hior man’s capita). I know
this from fair experience, not only In my
own case, hut In thousand* of other*. De
prive the poor nitui of credit and you make
him a hewer of wood nud drawer of water
for sonic lauded aristocrat (luring,hi* own
life and that of hi* children after him. In
TELEGRAPHIC I.1TELLIGEXCE*
From the New York Press Association. ,
DUturlmmc* in Alubumu.
Montgomery, Dee. 25.—Tim negroes
were out iu force to-day. contrary to the
municipal regulation* and mil tury orders,
with guns. pDtols, etc., and iu full uniform.
No ufi'oi t wu* made to suppress the deuioii-r
st ration. In tlm afternoon several thous
and negroes.wcre Iuranged in incendiary
States where there are but few pour pe<>- i language by Barker, IJrainanl ami other
pie, these largo homesteads am well prominent Radieal*. laite in the nfier-
enougli, where no one D defrauded by Barker ami Bniimud were arn-stcJ
them; but where the great urns* of the i>* o- j *')’ the military authorities,
pie are as poor a* they arc iu Georgia, || Disturbances were reported at (i
Hie last night. A military detachment
was sent down io restore order. No parti
culars. hut all was quiet at la-t account-.
The Selma paper* report UDMrhanee* at
D<*mo|>olD and Camden, to wliieh points
troop* have lieen sent.
The Steamer llnleiuli Itnrtii.
('u.titi.KSTON Dee. Si. —The Raleigh took
tiro on Tuesday, Jtlie 24th. nt noon. The
following have Ih.*oii saved a*»d are liele:
Purser McManus and wife; I). B. Riee,
chief engineer; John Smith, seaman; Tho*.
J. Keating, baker; Jame* Crowley, third
cook; John McDonald, seaman; Margaret
Montictli, stewardess; Captain X. R. Mills,
ollieer of the New York police: Charles
Whitson, passenger; C. W. Bartlett, chief
ollieer; Gordon Young, second ollieer;
Charles Smith, quartermaster; Michael
Glhbonoy. Messinaii; Thomas P. Brown,
fireman; E. Robbers, steerage passenger;
Francis Mehal. steerage passenger; J.
r|, their Inn,!., nti.l of «"ni K e im»rri, t ;or.
th,'III Off in .mull firm., . ill I than ! ,ullo "|"« " ri! l ,r,,lmb: >’ »“ r « : <-'• 1 ‘-
poor im 1 ,!—tv!,it<‘ colored- muhv •«» •" the Captain{ I’ot-
th.-i.i toniiiit. I will, ther.'l.v l.nil.lluj ir ; , ! r "' k «reui«"s John I-m hlnj,
. -1.111.1,■,I orlrtorr „-y" j,„t,o,l of hrenkliia ! ""'""“I hllls :lnJ H'e eiiptoln .
It down. tVlio,,filing loree lnnd holder* ’*
ow pnees
'-fourth of
•orn? Not
that will -ell these lands at
when they can rent them for ot
the cotton, an 1 oue-tliird of titr
many. I imagine.
Now. -dr. I have written more |!tnn I ex
pected. What I have said I know i» jiooriy
said. I am no seliol r. but wli.it D here
stated, and what I say in conclusion, are
my honest sentiments, and 1 feel inclined
to put them on record. 1 here state that
I am not only opposed to cx-Governor
Brown’s views of - relief ’’ ns it D modestly
called, hut I am opposed to all plans of re
lief that look toward interfering with the
sacred obligation of contracts. Have the
{>cople of Georgia met in Convention In
this enlightened age of the world, to form n
government, tlie very corner stone of
wliieh D to Im* Repudiation ? I trust not.
What is gold, lands and houses com{Kired
with honor and strict integrity, even witli
Individ unis, much less in States? I beg
you and tlie honorable body* over which
you. preside, not to attempt the establish
ment of a government on any such rotten
foundation. If you do. 1 predict it will
cause trouble and confusion.
Well, you may ask. “What I* your plan of
rclieC or have you any”? I say any plants
better than robbing one man to 4 *relieve”
another. If tlie Convention in its wisdom
thinks “ relief” is necessary, let them Issue
tlie lioiids of the State, sell tho State Hoad,
or do anything else they think best rather
than act unjustly and in had faith to any
of her citizen*. Let them loan tlie money
to the people, take liens on their lands and
wait until they can pay It hack. Do all
you can, sir. to build up the credit and
honor of your State, and nothing to tar
nish it, am! future generations will ri-e up
to call you blessed.
It may ho *nk). that ill all this I am set-
ID!): thatl owe lio old delfts, and tiiat I
have much due mu. To some extent, this
i- true; but I here state, that there Is tuft a
in <n who owes me with whom I would not
r >mpremise, and givehim Ids papers if he
will make a fair and honest settlement with
m N»-r -/ill 1 turn one of them outofdmn**.
. in- I • ib-ve ninety-nino creditors out ot
i-'cn hundred will do tho same, if they
\ .11 rot. the ftui.krupt law stand* ready
(»< nuke iLein toniproiuDc. Where, then,
l .i-k, the necessity for a great State dis-
gr.uing herself by Eradiation.*
Very tvs poet fully,
M. G. Doiiuins.
fur the Opinion ;
Atlanta, December 25. lSi;7.
It a pi tear* that “Senlx.” supposed to he
an old secesh, but now one of the Grant
Club, says, through the Era of the 25th.
that the vote of the Republican caucus on
the first night ot its meeting, was a farce,
and that the Grant men, what few there
were there, did not see force enough in the
move to arouse any opposition. But why
does he not give tlie result of the same
caucus the next night? Tho Grant men
there, by an insider, and of course with
the thing well understood, ottered a pre
amble saying that the resolution tho even
ing hubru was not understood, and ottered
:i regular Grant resolution and it was
voted down i\* unnnhnously* n*» the other
was pa—* d. Why did Mr. Senlx not it- u ,
|>ort that ? Aii! it wa* hoeau^o tho truth I
would hurt. Cant. “Senlx" is supposed to ] ,roul 1 J’ 1 *-* , *l’l‘
1 44 I UllNllMf ttltt*tOl
Pei
P*-i>oii* are hi a large lM>at
ami are know u lo I.n\c others with them,
name- unknown, and it is believed that
they picked up several parties that wen-
lloDtlng on {Mirtlons of the steamer.
'I lie following are lost: Henry J’elvin
«-hi-f steward. Thu*. Collopy, third stew
ard. J lines IVnlb-hl. waiter, Tlios. Bran nan.
p.mtry man. Martin, a Imiv, W hi. WeDli, :i
boy of New Orleans, Joshua SilveruaU,
coal |»a-scr. D. l.ovelle, fireman, Mrs. Bry
ant. passenger.
'J lie Fate of tlie remainder, including
* ’apt. Marshman, D up to this time un
known.
London. Dee. 25.—Government precau
tion* against Fenian* continue, and exten
sive preparations to-day indicate tiiat the
authorities are in possession of {informa
tion tiiat a general attempt will lie made to
rescue Fenians confined in various parts
of the kingdom for complicity in the late
outrages. Special constables are every
where on duty. The Times editorial on
Ahysdnian war, which It fears will he pro
longed next year, blames Napier, who com
mands forces, for delay. Nothing of con
sequence will lie done at tho present season.
Russia addressed tho French government
protesting against its shifting policy upon
the Eastern question. China advices re-
|H»rt reliel successes in operations against
the Imperial Government.
Washington, Dec. 20.—Tho case of Col.
MeUnrde) versus Oon. Ord, for arbitral*,
imprisonment, will lie taken up liy u
Supreme court soon after recess.
Washington D emptied of it* ii«ftnb.. *
No new *.
Havana. Dee. 20.—The Cuba arrived
yesterday with Mr. ami Mrs. Jeflerson
Davis on board enroute for Now Orlean**.
This Immortality or Fairy Storik*.
Jack and the Beanstalk, Puss In Boot*, the
gallant and quixotic- Giant Killer, and tie-
den rest find red i, whom every one mu.-t
have loved. I should think, ever sine" we
first knew her In her little brow n pinafore:
I wondered. a« I Imt them nil lip for the
night between tlu-lrgreen boards what it
wa.-that made these ctorh-s *•• fre*h and.
vivid. Whv did not liny full to piece.-,
vanish :«Du ex|»lude. di-appear. like - •
many of their unp.t..j; - and dr-eend-
aiils? And yet far from being forgotten
gein-r.tion in turn. r.» i: ir.ine into ti.
world, looks to Im> didighted <^t!ll by brli-
llant pageant, and never tires or we trio
of it. And on their side prince* and
princesses never seem to grow any older;
tlie castles and the lovely garden* flourish
without need of repair, or whitewash, or
plumber*, or glaziers.
'1 he princesses’ grows, too—sun. moon,
and star color—ilo not wear out, or pa—
out of fashion, or require altering. Ev
the veil-leagued l>oot* do not appear to
be the wor.-e for wear. Numbers or real
istic stories for children have passed away.
Little Henry and hi- Bearer, Poor Harry
and Lucy, have very nearly given up tliefr
little artless glm»ts mid -uattle, and ceased
making their own bed* for the Instruction
of le-s excellently brought up little boys
and girls: and. notwithstanding a very in-
terecting nrtb-le iu the rettunlay RevliW.
It must be owned that Harry S m’Jford and
Tommy Merton arc not famHliar j-l.ty-fe'!-
nurseries and ►elHwd-rot»iu i .
1
Blit not-o all the-.* eeuten.
Riqttet. CantlKts Little ib* i
Rlueb'*aid. and oilu-i>. Th
they would ne\«r en»w oh
with the ehlidren. they amu
there seem* in
and |H*remiiai
ri tns-Priiu.-
Rlding-hoott.
■ I’. Tlu-v plnV
i.-o the ’elders;
fund of hpirlt-
be one of those faraeeing propheU that In ! i' jP '
princes and j | , Hi
everywhere and every duv/ Wo are all
prince- and princeves'in dl-gulov or ogre-
or wkked dwarfs. All Rte-e hi*tori«> an-
tin* IdstorU** of liiiinaii nature, which doe-
not seem to change very in.teli in a tfiot:-
sand^ y ears or so, and w e don't get tin ! of
the lairie* became iln*v are *•(» irue to it."
Mies Hacker an. , '
secession days told the {H!0{)le how rich
this country would be if they would .se
cede, und there is about a* much common
sense In hi* prediction about Grant as
i there was in ufivldng treason.
| A.NTt-VARNKV.
I Reticense.—A Flraie.—Thu Now Orleans
Republican, the organ of tho Grant party ,, .
J r.isTiUK .sum, axi> .‘-TAii.
IlnthMiujr.Ni}*. uii-hs.—I'ust Mi«i.,- liamuu h*.
We :ip- now uit.l nhvav. Ii.vo iu-i-u in fa. : i -ikiI the follonlnff nrffer:
j von>riinnitlnglhi'm,(t!iollnlK'U)andliave| Knr t!w IwUvr m'a»uuiidi1ntinn of t!i •
Inn oUMtlOH Ilf .oaini Uorncc Grrcley hiulillo, l>o*l Ma.'ir, arc ainborlml loile-
dimifiriiK Uy thttlr *lao; unJ If Jud»tc .Iffiiato bsviiM lor t!:i! tale of i»*tajfo
ClmMlw, plantail liiin.alf ti|«m Ilia mil- Utani|i. amt .uin|.ail onvuloin, wMiiin mo
! veri.nl ftmoaty uml unlvor.nl nifflage plat- ilollvory of ili.-ir tlvo oiHcc, nntl lo
form.to ■■tell,*n extent that ilia Imllotur “lipnly -nohi aonrj wljh sulJ .taniis otc-..
Surratt und Jnlfcrsnu DhvIi uliall witlirli iu I ni-iL ■uuunit.. ....u.,.
Surratt and Jell’erson DavD shall weigh ns i or tin* m*u i-
iniielt ns the ballot of Langston and Doug- exi-cediug • * ». and
lass, he too. may swing from the same seat-! remit or two per
fold. their purdm.-e*."
iu vulno not
I-mv Ini them a di--
. ell the amount of