The daily opinion. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1867-1868, February 15, 1868, Image 2
THE DAILY OPINION.
OFFICIAL PAPER FOB THE COUNTIE8 OF
Baker.
Baldwin.
Bartow,
Bibb,
Bail*,
Carroli,
i'hittoo^i.
Clayton,
Cobb,
DeKalb,
Fayette,
Forsyth,
Fulton.
Gordon,
Greene,
Gwinnett,
H&rralaon,
Heard,
Henry,
Jauper,
Lee,
Monroe,
Murray,
Nt wton,
Paulding,
Polk,
Spalding,
Sumter,
Upson.
AT), A NT A, G A: FEBRUARY 15.
FOUR O’CLOCK, P. M.
Situation in ALABAMA.-There:*re already
three political parties in the United
States. The old rampant, run-mad, pro
slavery. sore-headed Democracy; the ex
treme, fanatical, purblind, impracticable,
canting. Iiyproeritical Radicals; and the
Impartial Suffrage and Amnesty partj\
Hie first want no Union without “Demo-
»r.»ey” and perhaps slavery also. The
second want none wherein r. white man
may live ami maintain his self respect-
The third, want a Union wherein all men
uny have nn equal chance before the laws;
where all have the opportunity’ of better
ing their condition, without the means of
degrading any. The first would ruin where
they can no longer rule. The second would
organize Ilaytl. .-t. Domingo or Perdition
in the Southern Stated for the sake of the
-polls. The third would have the Union
restored, not “as it was.” but as Justice, anil
the altered condition of society, demands.
Tlie defeat of Reconstruction in Ala
bama was the result of the combined ef
forts of the two first named parties. The
Democrats were, of courec. expected to
oppose any scheme of Reconstruction
which did not place the State in their
bands. The Radicals, equally proscrip
tive, nought to foist upon the pe» pie a Con-
? icution which aimed to perpetuate power
in the hands of an ignornt cabal. The
« on«equence was, that not only Democrats,
blit Rcpubli ..ns who still stand pledged
to Reconstruction under the Sherman bill,
voted against it. Had the Constitution
l*een liberal and just—disfranchising none
not disfranchised by the Constitutional
Amendment—and had it been a charter of
Rights commensurate with the necessities
and convenience of the whole people, instead
ol a sort of political platform, it would
have received the support of the masses,
and been ratified by an overwhelming ma
jority. As it is. the work h to be done
over again.
Doubtful.—It is stated by an Alabama
paper, that Jeff. Davis is very much op
posed to reconstruction under the laws of
Congress, and that he proposes taking the
stump in Mississippi against the new Con
stitution of Mississippi. We judge from
be any truth in the report),
GEORGIA STATE COXVFATIOJt.
FORTY-SIXTH DAY.
[HtrOKTED rXPKESSLY FOB THE DAILY OPINION.J
Saturday, February 15,1868.
Convention met at the ususal hour.
Prayer by the Chaplain. Minutes read and
approved.
Mr. WADDELL moved to reconsider the
vote on the adoption of section 10 of the
Franchise article.
Mr. EDWARDS moved to reconsider the
vote by which paragraph fl.e, section 1, of
the article on Legislative Department, was
adopted.
Mr. CONLEY moved to reconsider the
vote amending and adopting paragraph
six of section 1, of the same article.
The question being on the motion to re
consider the vote on section 10. Mr. WAD-
Second—The bonded debt contacted
since 1865, provided, however, that no in
debtedness, bonds or otherwise, contracted
by’ the State of Georgia, during the late
rebellion, or indebtedness contracted dur
ing the last two years for the benefit, di
rectly or indirectly, of any Interest of the
rebel States or Confederate Government,
shall in any’ manner be recognized by this
Convention.
Mr. MILLER moved to strike out all
after the word enumerated, and insert as
follows: ‘•All the bonded debt of the State,
issued and negotiated before the 19th day
of January, 1861, and since the 1st day of
June, 1865.”
The notion to suspend the rules was
lost.
Mr. WHITELEY moved to adjourn.
Lost.
The consideration of the legislative re
port was resumed, and paragraphs 1,2 3,4
DELL sent to the Secretary’s desk a sub- ' and 5 were adopted, as follows:
that there U n.» rtqltmiWT rrrp-
< institution.
stitntc which he should offer, should the
motion to reconsider prevail, as fol
lows :
Sec. 10. White men only shall be eligible
to any office of trust, honor, profit, or
emolument, whether municiple, judicial, or
political, in this State; and white men
only shall serve as Jurors in the Courts.
On motion to reconsider, the yeas and
nays were ordered, and resulted—yeas 19,
nays 103, a3 follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Bell of Banks, Cameron,
Cooper, Cobb of Madison, Crane, Flynn,
Foster of Paulding, Griffin, Harland, fiar-
rison of Carroll, Houston, Holcombe,
Howe, King, Knox, Martin of Calhoun.
Stanford, Trammell, Waddell—19.
•Nays—Messrs. Adkins, Alexander, An
derson, Ashburn, Bedford, Bentley’, Beaird,
Baldwin. Bell of Oglethorpe, Bowers,
Blodgett, Blount, Bryant, Bracewell, Bul
lock, Campbell, Carson, Casey’, Christian of
Newton, Clift, Chatters. Claiborne, Cham
bers, Cobb of Houston, Costin, Conley,
Crawford, Crayton, Crumley, Cotting.
Dalcv, Dinkins,'Dunning, Dnnnegan, Ed-
warefs, Ellington, Fort, Gilbert Goodwin,
Gove, Golden, Guilford, Harrison of Han
cock, Higbee, Higden, Hotekiss. Hopkins,
H ndsoiv, Hutcheson, Jackson. Joiner, Jones,
Jordan, Key, Lee, Linder, Lumpkin. Mad
den. Maddox, Maull, Mathews, Martin of
C: . roll, Martin of Habersham, McUan,
McCay, Minor, Miller, Moore of White,
Moore of Columbia, Murphy, Neal, Noble,
Palmer, Pope, Prince, Reynolds, Rozar,
Saulter,.Sikes, Seeley, Sherman. Smith of
Charlton, Smith of Coweta, Smith of Thom
as, Shumate. Stewart. Supple, Stone,
Strickland, Traywick, Turner, Wallace,
Welch. Whitaker, Whitehead of Burke,
Whitehead of Butts. Whitcloy, Williams,
Wooiley—103.
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
Tho question then recurred on the mo
tion of Mr. Edwards, and the yeas and
nays being ordered resulted yeas 63, nays
62—the Chair voting in the negative—as
follows:
Yeas—Messrs. Adkins, Alexander, An
derson, Ashburn, Bentley, Beaird, Baldwin,
Bell of Oglethorpe,Blodgett, Bryant. Bul
lock, Campbell, Casey, Clift, Chatters, Clai
borne Chambers, Cobb of Houston, Costin,
Conley’. Crane, Crayton, Cotting, Dinkins,
Edwards, Golden. Guilford, Harrison of
Hancock, Higbee, Hopkins, Jackson, Join
er, Jones. Linder, Lumpkin, Madden, Mad-
Minor, Moore of Columbia,
About Dickuns.—Dickens, it is said, has
.i sistcr-ln-law. who is keeping a boarding
house in Chicago, ami who barely earns a
support.
In this connectior we remember a state
ment, made in the New York papers a few
days since, that Pickens had gent Mrs.
Clem, of Baltimore. Edgar A. Poe’s moth
er-in-law, f1,000.
Reynolds, 3
Abii.msm.—Ii is not surprising that a
man of Dr. Lovlck Pierce's learning and
piety, should pronounce the weak and
s.illy effusion of Ariel unworthy’ the seri
ous consideration of any’ sound mind.
The style of this pamphlet l y Ariel is
clumsy, the reasoning both puerile and
pedantic, and many of the arguments sim
ply’ contemptible. It Is at best a very in
different hnmbug.
- <««»
.Memoir of John M. Daniel.—Frederick
L. Daniel, brother of the late John M.
Daniel, editor of tho Richmond Examin
er, Is preparing a memoir of his illustrious
brother, anil selections from h;a writings
as editor of the Examiner. T.ie memoir
will be interesting to a very largo class of
the Southern people, ami will not he with
out readers North and South.
Money in Montgomery.—Up to Satur
day last—this day week—nearly 55,000
bales of cotton had lieen received in Mont
gomery and the greater part of it sold.
They ought to have plenty of money in 1 W:,s taken up, when
Montgomery ami vicinity.
1. Each House shall be the judge of the
election returns and qualifications of its
raembeas, and shall have power to punish
them for disorderly behavior or miscon
duct by censure, fine, imprisonment or ex
pulsion, but no member shall be expelled
except by a vote of two-thirds of the
House from which he is expelled.
2. Each nouse may punish by imprison
ment, not extending beyond the session,
any person not a member, who shall be
guilty of a contempt by any disorderly be
havior in its presence, or who during the
session shall threaten injury to the person
or estate of any member for anything said
or done in either House, or who shall as
sault any member going to or returning
therefrom, or who snail rescue or attempt
i to rescue any person arrested by order of
either House.
3. The members of both Houses shall be
free from arrest during their attendance on
the General Assembly, and in going to or
returning therefrom, except for treason,
felony, larceny or breach of the peace;
and no member shall be liable to answer
in any other place for anything spoken in
debate in either House.
4. Each House shall keep a Journal of its
proceedings and publish them immediate
ly after its adjournment. The yeas and
nays of the members on any question shall,
at the desire of one-fifth of the members
present, be entered on the Journals. The
original Journals shall be preserved, after
publication, in the office of the Secretary
of State; but there shall be no other record
thereof.
5. Every bill, before it shall pass, shall
be read three times, and on three separate
and distinct days in each House, unless in
cases of actual* invasion or incurrection.
Nor shall any law or ordinance pass which
refers to more than one subject-matter, or
contains matter different from what is ex
pressed in the title thereof.
Paragraph 6 was amended and adopted
as follows:
0. All acts shall be signed by the Presi
dent of the Senate ami the Speaker of the
House of Reprssentatives, and attested by
the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives; and no
bill, ordinance or resolution, intended to
have the effect of a law, which shall have
been rejected by cither House, shall be
again proposed during the same session
under the same or any other title, without
the consent of two-thirds of the House by
which the same was rejected.
Mr. MURPHY moved to strike out two-
thirds in the third line, and insert the
Key
Stewart, Supple,
t Palmer, Pope,Prince, | words “a majority.'
“Ston^^nc^fetr^^TTunTj -The motion prevails
, Whitaker, Whitehead of : au *'~ tffla iwl^y^fr/1
Wallace, Welch
Burke, Whitehead of Butte, Williams—63. i
Nays—Messrs. Angler, Bedford, Bell of j
Banks, Bowden of Campbell, Bowers.!
Blount, Bracewell, Bryson, Carson, Camer
on, Christian of Newton, Cooper. Cobb of:
Madison. Crawford, Crumley, Daley, Dun
ning, Dunnegan, Ellington, Flynn, Fort,
Foster of Paulding, Gilbert, Goodwin,
Gove, Griffin, Harland, Harrison of Car-
roll. Higden. Hotchkiss. Houston, Hol
combe, Hooks. Howe, Hudson, Hutcheson,
Jordan. Key, King. Knox, Lee, Lott, Ma
thews, Martin of Carroll, Martin of Cal
houn, Martin of Habersham, Mellan, Mc-
Cav, Miller, Moore of White, Parrott, Saul-
tcr. Smith of Calhoun, Smith of Coweta,
Smith of Thomas, Speer, Shumate. Stan
ford, Trammell. Traywick, Waddell, White-
ley, Woody—62.
So the motion to reconsider was lost.
The question then recurred on tho motion
of Mr. Conley to reconsider the vote on
amending paragraph six.
The motion prevailed, when
Mr. CONLEY moved to strike out the
words “vote or.” which were inserted yes
terday.
The motion was sustained, and the sec
tion as amended reads as follows;
0. No person convicted of anv felony or
larceny before any court of this State, or
in any*of the United States, shall be eligi
ble to any office or appointment of honor
trust within the State, unless he shall have
been pardoned.
The regular business, the report of the
Committee on the Legislative Department,
l,aml the paragraph
Mr. ASHBURN offered the following
resolution:
Mrs. Pollard. Mrs. E. A. Pollard—j Resolved, That the 2d and 3d sections, as
wife of blood and thunder Pollard, author reported by the Committee on tho Legis-
of the “Lost Cause”—has been released
from jail. She was Incarcerated, as our
readers may remember, for shoot ing at and
attempting to kill Dr. Moore, of Baltimore.
A Mr. Johnson, «nd a Mr. Poppleton, went
her -ecurity.
Mrs. Yklveriox Coming.—The Hon.
Mrs. Yelverton—who has become some- j
what notorious—lias been giving dramatic
readings in Charleston, S. C., and Is an
nounced to appear in Augusta soon. We
presume Atlanta will, in due time, be com
plimented with her presence.
Homicide in Green*.—The body- of
Jesse Mf ore, a citizen of Greene county,
was found near WliU^Pi a ins,on Thursday
lative Department, be referred to a special
committee of seven appointed by the
President, selected, one from each Congres
sional District, with instructions to report
on the 19th instant.
Mr. ASHBURN moved the previous
question, which motion was not sustained.
After discussion,
Mr. WHITELEY moved the previous
question, which motion prevailed, and the
resolution to refer was adopted.
The following gentlemen w’ere appointed
the committee named in the resolution of
Mr. /siiburn: Messrs. Whiteley, Seeley,
Edwards, WhJJjetmd-et Rutta. Hotch
Shropshire and Blodgett.
Mr. HOTCHKISS moved to suspend the Headq’rs. Third Military District,/
rules to offer the following resolution
Paragraph seven was adopted.
7. Neither House shall adjourn ibr more
than three days, nor to any other place,
without the consent of the other; and in
ease of disagreement between the two
Houses on a question of adjournment, the
Governor may adjourn either or both of
them.
Paragrapli eight w’as read, as follows;
8. The officers of the two Houses, other
than the President and Speaker, shall be a
Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the
House, and an Assistant for each, a Jour
nalizing Clerk, two Ergrossing and two
Enrolling Clerks for each House; and the
number shall not be increased, except by a
two-third vote of tiic House. Anu their
per diem pay, as well as the pay and mile
age of the members, shall be fixed by law.
In tho passage of which two-thirds, of the
members of each House shall concur. '
Mr. BRYANT moved to amend by strik
ing out the words “two-thirds” In the last
line, and Inserting the words “a major
ity.”
Upon which motion the yeas and nays
were ordered and resulted—j’eas 68. nays
41, as follows:
Yeas—Messrs Alexander, Anderson, Ash-
burn, Bedford, Bentley, Beaird, Baldwin,
Bell of Oglethorpe. Bowden of Campbell,
Blodgett, Bryant, Bryson, Bullock, Camp
bell, Casey, Clift, Chatters, Clalrborne,
Chambers, Cobb of Houston, Costin, Con
ley, Crane, Crayton, Crumley, Dinkins, Ed
wards, Goodwin, Golden. Harrison of Han
cock, Higbee. Hopkins, Howe. Jackson,
Joiner, Jones, Jordan, Linder, Lumpkin.
H’dquarters Third Military District,)
(Dept. Ga., Florida and Alabama.) >
Atlanta, Ga., Feb. 14.1868.)
General Orders, No. 24.
1. Whereas, the Constitutional Conven
tion of Georgia, now in session in Atlanta,
on the 8th day of February, 1868, enacted
the following ordinance:
Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the people of
Georgia, in Convention assembled, That
an ordinance of this Convention passed on
the 20th day of December, in the year 1867,
entitled “an ordinance to levy and collect
a tax to pay the delegates ana officers con
nected with the Convention, as well as all
other incidental expenses,” except the
second section thereof, is hereby rescinded,
and the following is ordained in lieu there
of, to-wit:
That it shall be the duty of the Comp
troller General of the State of Georgia to
levy and assess a tax of one-tenth of one
per cent, on all the taxable property of this
State, as returned upon the digegt for the
year 1867, for the purpose of defraying the
expenses of this Convention, and the com
pensation of officers and members. And
it shall be the duty of the Tax < 'ol lee tors
in the several counties of this State to col
lect the tax so assessed, and to pay the
same to the Comptroller General on or be
fore the first day of May, 1808. And it
shall be the duty of the several Tax Col
lectors to issue executions against all per
sons subject to taxation under this ordi
nance whose tax is unpaid after twenty
days notice to pay it. for the amount of tax
due them and fifty per centum thereon and
all costa; and of sheriffs and constables to
levy and sell under such executions, and to
return the proceeds to tho Tax Collector?,
as soon as the same can be done under the
provisions of existing laws.
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That any
scrip which may be issued by tho authori
ty of this Convention for the purpose
aforesaid shall be received by the Comp
troller General from the Tax Collector in
payment of the tax aforesaid.
Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That the
Tax Collectors shall receive tho same per
cent, for collecting the tax aforesaid as
they are now allowed by law for collecting
the State tax.
See. 4. Be it further ordained, That the
Comptroller General shall Issue to the tax
collectors all necessary orders for the col
lection and payment of tho tax aforesaid,
which orders shall ho binding upon said
tax collector.
Sec. 5. Beit further ordained. That the
moneys and scrip received by the Comp
troller General under the ordinance be
paid by him into the Treasury of tho State
to be disposed of as this Convention may
direct.
Resolved, That the General Commanding
the Third Military District be requested to
enfore an ordinance of this Convention,
passed this day, entitled “an ordinance to
provide the means of defraying the ex
penses of this Convention, and the com
pensation of officers and members.”
Resolved, t^at copies of said ordinance
and resolutions be transmitted by the Pres
ident to Major General Meade to the Pro
visional Governor and Comptroller Gener
al of the State.
II. Therefore, by virtue of the plenary
powers vested by the acts of Congress in
the Commanding General of the Third
Military District it is ordered : That all of
said ordinance, except what is contained
in sections 2 and 5. is approved and direct
ed to becairied into execution; and it is
hereby enjoined on the Provisional Gov
ernor, Comptroller General, and Secretary
of State, Tax Collectors, Sheriffs and all
others, to give due and prompt respect to
the requirement of this order, and to the
collection of the special tax provided for
in the aforesaid ordinance.
ItX. Xm. 1L>*» m ^■»-» O *>«> — |x1a 3
of the aforesaid ordinance, the Provisional
Governor of the State is hereby autlioriz
ed to issue in advance of tho collection of
the special tax. scrip in such sums as may
be deemed tlie most convenient, and not to
exceed in amount fifty thousand dollars
IV. The scrip herein authorized to be
issued, shall be made receivable in pay
ment of the special tax; shall be paid out
of the Treasury only for the pay and ex
penses of the Convention, and so much as
shall not be received* in payment of the
special tax. shall be redeemed out of the
i proceeds of said special tax when collected.
Bv order of Maj.Gen. Mkadb.
R. C. Dkum„ A. A.G.
Official : R. G. Drum, A. A. G.
On motion the Convention adjouned.
TELEGRAPHIC.
FROM tbs BMW YORK PRESS ASSOCIATION.
Congressional.
Washington, Feb. 14.—Senate.—The
President was asked whether he had cre
ated a new’ military department here, and
under what law.
The bill regulating the filling of vacan
cies was passed • It provides that offices
vacant by sickness or otherwise may be
filled by the President for ten days, pro
vided that the appointee’s salary shall not
be increased.
The Thomas case was resumed and dis
cussed to executive session.
Adjourned. 'nal; sales 1,500 bales: receipt.. t >71
Washington,! eb. 14.—House—Gen. Grant j ^ ’ 191
was directed to furnish the House bis cor
Pari**, Feb. II.—Miui-tt-rhl »
conciliatory of tin* TJiwral p,, u
rently reported.
Florence, Feb. 4.— n .
Parliamentary que-thm. M« iu) t \
that tlie Government had dUpat, 1,. ,*
ral ships to th»* river LaPlat.i.
!*Isrkci«.
Mobile. Feb. 14.—Cotton fl ,,
bales at lSJdalO.
Baltimore. Kebnian 11. « ..
at 201*.
New York. Feb. 14.—Cotton ' . 1
sales 2,100 bales at 20^*20’*
securities dull and steady. Nortl.r^T
bonds 73aSl. Sterling 9 • n uti-«.. ,
cited during uftcrn<ion. ret. i„
closed at 140%al40$i.
Savannah. Feb. 1L—Cotton UnIL,
respondence with Gen. Hancock.
A resolution was offered taxing Federal sales 10.000.
Liverpool. Feb. 14. — < ,ki.>>
firmer; uplands 8C,its' ll ; orl«\:n-
bonds two per cent.
The bill extending the patent fora wood
en screw making machine, was lost.
Tho Speaker submitted a communication j
from the Secretary of War, covering or
ders issued by district commanders.
A resolution from the Virginia Com en- J
rl
tion. praying a reduction of the toba< eo! ^onds
New Orleans, Feb. 14.—(ottnn .
sales 2,700 bales at 19*4 5 reeHpt.
bales. Sugar and molasses active ,,
changed. Sterling 52a5(. New )
Rediscount. Gold 139’snli'».
Cha lestox, Feb. 14 —Cotton «l«
’■£; middling 19'sa20.
London. F*>h. 11.—noon—i....
:
tax, was referred to the Ways and Means
Committee.
House adjourned.
mtceUaueoui.
The Government is pushing the claims
against Confederate agents abroad. Some
seven millions dollars worth of property
Paris. Fel». 1-4.—Bullion in. r.
million franc**. Hour**- higher, i;.
quiet.
Liverpool, Feb. 14.—r. m.—<^
- Sales will reach 10.060 hale*. I.arJ Lj
London, Feb. 14.—Evening 1
93.R. Bonds 7*21*.
has been attached in Fraance. The claims i The Very Latest Intelligia
against Mr. McRea approximate twelve
millions, nc also sold twenty-six ships to *
various parties, proceedings against whom
are about being instituted.
The Treasury Department suggests thatj dler for insuiting hi- wife,
tlie seven-thirty bonds due the 15th of .Tune j Tlie Arkansas Convention lm-
and July, amounting to two hundred mil- subject to the call of its P»*-i*l» nt
lion?, be promptly forwarded, otherwise!
there will lie delay in returning the five-
twenty bonds, into which seven-thirties
are convertible.
The President has pardoned Commodore
Farran, who commanded Pensacola Navy
Yard, but who resigned to join the Confed
eracy.
The whisky tax from 1S63 to 1807 lias
averaged 827.000,000 per annum.
Ethan Allen, Collector of customs at j directed to make 11 cruise, callii
Teelie, Louisiana; Albert G. Gridley, Gen- } Thomas.
J FTRHSOOS Tt hhs
A SeUlcr Skat.
MxMPHirt. Feh. 15—A negro ,
Foreign.
Commodore Farragut dirn.l wit;.
Emanuel. His alleged object \v ; .. tl*.
quirem nt of* naval station on *h« M.
ranean.
The Fenian Lemon lias in. n 1,1
to fifteen years suspension.
Tlie writ of habeas corpus in li«*h
continued.
The British We»t India mail -t.m.
eral Appraiser of Merchandise for the
South; II. E. J. Morgan, Surveyor of Cus
toms, at Selma, Alabama, arc confirmed.
An official proclamation was issued to
day, creating a new military division of
the Atlantic, comprising the Departments
of tlie Southeast and Washington, com
manded by (Jeneral Sherman, with head
quarters at Washington.
The President ordered Grant to assign
Sheridan to tlie temporary command of
tlie Division of Mie.-ouri.
Internal Revenue receipts to-day 8213,-
000.
General Lorenzo Thomas is assigned to
duty a? Adjutant Geueral of the army, re
plevin* General Townsend, who lias 1km’
acting alnre 1802.
Covode presented a communication, sup
Pr.
Hill I tit.
J.11M..
M-
The French
stormy debate.
The Freneli Government P
the National Guard, the organ.
Market*.
New York, Feh. 15.—Flour 5ali> ’
Wheat le better. Corn quiet hat
Rye steadv. Oats dull. Pork heav j :
23.37 1 Lard quiet. Cotton firm* r
a20*^. Freights dull. Gold 140P.
London, February 15. u.—Consol- ■<
Bonds 72.
Paris, Feb. 15.—Rentes firm.
Liverpool Fell. 15. m.—Cotton <
firm, estimated sales 10,0in) 1*1*-. 7
! market for cotton to arrive is im..w
Breadstuff's generally firmer,
j London, Feb. 15, r. r.—Bonds 71 ,r.
Liverpool. Feb. 15. r. x.—Cotton Ik
[•11 ' ant—uplands 9iga8* 4 '; Orleans s ,a:<
• lands to arrive 8’ j; sales 18.000 >. «i.
. , ,, ... In Jail.— Messrs. Galloway ami V. t-
ported by affidavits, Kianlinx alleged ; 0 f the Mel..,Av.Ui.rk-
whisky fraud* in New Orleans. The pa
pers are quite voluminous. It alleges that
each distiller pay 1 the whisky ring over
one thousand dollars per month, the reve
nue officers getting a portion of tlie
money.
Loutalann Convention.
Nkw Orleans, Feb. 14.—The Convcn-
recently fined and imprisoned for «*ohd,
of court. They nre !>oth in jail. -*>r
out their time—one month ea< h.
Seeley, Sherman, Speer, Stewart, Supple,
Stone, Strickland, Wallace, Whitaker,
Whitehead of Burke, Whitehead of Butts,
Whiteley, Williams—68.
Nays—Adkins, Angier, Bell of Banks,
Bowers, Blount, Bracewell, Carson. Cam
eron, Christian of New ton, Cooper, Craiv-
ty The Maine Historical Society t,.
j piece of paper taken from the poll*! mo»:
i a saw-log, received for sawing at
, some time ago. The paper bears the ir..r
tic, yesterday adopted a ronton Mil.*
for the appointment of Gen. Mower to
command the Third District, in case Han
cock is removed. It was amended to sub
stitute General Sheridan for Geueral Mow-
ford, Cotting,Dunning, Dunnegan, Elling
ton. Foster of Paulding. Gilbert, Gove
Griffin, Harrison of Carroll Higflen, Hotch
kiss, Houston, Holcombe. Hooks, Hudson,
Hutcheson. Key, King, Knox. Lee, Lott,
Mathews, Martin of Carroll, Martin of Cal
houn. Martin of Habersham, Me Han. Me-
Cay, Miller. Moore of White. Saffbld, Saul- j tlie Union :
ter, Smith of Charlton. Smith of Coweta,
Smith of Thomas, Shumate, Travwick.
Turner, Welch, Woodey—41. .
So the motion to strike out prevailed.
The CHAIR laid the following com-
unication from Gen. Meade before the
Convention:
Governor Bullock, the Republican
Governor of Massachusetts, In his message,
already alluded to by telegraph, said : “We
must remember that there are millions of
the white race who cannot and must not
always be retained iu the position of ab
ject foes; millions whose productive labor
is necessary for the discharge of national
obligations which must never be repudia
ted, and whose good will and co-operation
arc essential to a complete and thorough
renulon. Let us then hear no more of con
fiscation and attainder for the Southern
masse**.”
Republican Meetings.—The proceed
ings of Republican meetings held in Up
son, Spalding and Union counties have all
been received, from which we observe that
they have proclaimed for Col. Farrow as
their choice for Governor. We cannot
publish these proceedings for want of
space. Similar meetings have been held in
Carroll,. Campliell, Murray and Towns
counties, but we have been unable to pub
lish them.
Alabama ln Congress;—The fotyowuig
Is the bill introduced in the United States
Senate, for the re-admi«ion of Alabama to
evening. Hc-had . vldentlv been hron<rb* i Resolved, That the Finance committee
! ir , IiatI \ N K t>eui brou ^ ht ! bo authorized to negotiate a loan to defray
the expenses of this Convention.
J Mr. SAFFOLD moved that seven per
j cent, only should be paid.
Mr. ANGIER moved to add : “Provided
it can be procured at a rate of interest not
j exceeding 12 per cent, per anmum. Mr.
j Saffold accepted the amendment which was
lost.
1 The resolution was adopted.
Mr. BULLOCK moved to suspeud the
rules to allow the introduction of tho fol
lowing resolutions:
O ~ V. V lUVIlbl J I/Lvll U4 l/U
to hR^^atn through malicious means, but j
Jh clue has been had of the murderer.
The Polls in North Alabama.—The
Huntsville Alabamian (Republican) pays
the vote lu that section was very small,
and that the Constitution has been defeat
ed in the State by 15,000.
The two Bens.—Ben, Butler and Ben.
W*de are both aspirants to the Republican
nomination to the Presidency. Not much
chance there for either of the Bene., and
(Dep’t of Ga., Alabama and Floflda.)
Atlanta. Ga., Feb. 14.1S69,
Whereas, The people of the State of Ala
bama have, with strict compliance with the
filth section of the act of March 2. 18G7,
entitled “An act to provide for the more
efficient government of the reliel States.”
formed a constitution of govenment,
framed by a convention of delegates elected
. in compliance with the said act; and,
Whereas, Said Constitution has been rat-
i ified by a majority of the qualified persons
Hon. J. It. Parrott. President Constitutional! v <^ng on the question of ratification; and.
Convention, Atlanta. Ga: • 1 Whereas, bAid (. onstitution contains all
SiB-I have the honor to ackimwlege the I \$£ nntec * rP T>««ed by said act;
receipt by’ the hands of the Secretary of f - . , , , , , . „
the C onvention of an official conk of the • f Be it enacted and declared by the Sen-
ordinance, passed the 8th inst., to provide ! J- 6 ;, 1 . 1 ? ¥f n .* e of f P e l’ r ^ nt »ti v es of the
the'means for defrivinv fho pthmiw •- i ^ nited States of America, Ac.. That the
the Convention, and the eompenlatkS of of r A ^“ B I* to representa-
officers and members,” and begleave to 1 U on n J* n< ^ tint Senators and
enclose herewith a copy of the orfer issued | frJSi S^SkiS ? the i^tir’pn^ll^bv I Mo8,LP ~ February 14.-Hiram T. Henry. ;
^tTnVS^ement 0rdi T^ ^ V P * l*a oldest Printer * *
Inasmuch as in my opinicarton the issue j
To-day was the sixty-fourth day of the
session.
Another resolution, abolishing the addi
tional thirty per cent, per diem, failed.
The Committee on Style reportod that
the Constitution, as revised, had been sent
to the printer, and would be ready for the
action of the Convention on Monday morn
ing, together with the suggestions of tlie
Committee on the amendments proposed.
Adjourned till Monday.
A dispatch from Galveston says tlie Con
vention has undoubtedly carried, the con
servatives voting against or wholly ab
staining. No general returns yet received.
Worth Carolina Convention.
Raleigh, Feb. 14.—The Convention was
engaged in discussion on the Bill of Rights 1
to-day’. Nothing done.
The Convention will hold night eessioin*, j
beginning to-night.
Gen. Canby has left for Charleston.
Month Carolina Convention
side of it. tlie precise number of j«»
since Arnold's expedition up the he
bee. The fact that the paper was pi w
a ’ a preacher, Rer. W. A. Drew, nn-fl*V
l doubt as to tlie au hcnticRy of th-
of its origin.
For a Couou.—Roast a Urge lrin«.n »»
carefully, without burning It; a her. i:
thoroughly hot, cut and squeere It in:
cup, upon three ounce* of sugar. Jt-" r
powdered. Take a •poonful a he never r-
cough troubles you. It Is as good a*
agreeable to the taste. Rarely h** it —
known to fail of giving relief.
tSTJohn M. Langston, theeulore.il**
yer and orator, recently made a
Ids birth place In Virginia. During •
addresa. ho stated that he wa* the **a
one of the most influential and belov**'
the old aristocracy, ‘-who now
thc side of my slave mother in the \!• i
graveyard.” ’
.v e if a n 1 e nr is em t:' /*
Cl T V EXPRESS
FOB
U. S. Barracks and West U
e*rrlajr«- ■* •••*
on the arrival**"■
/ . 7. ~7~~. " j uxrtorc or train- On tr«n«oort t>«.«erre’
( HaRLESTon, leb. 14.—In t.ie 4 onven- we are rumilnir carriage, to th* U»'* *
I N addition to furni-hior 1
wagon., at tl.e DEPOT <
tion to-day a speech was made in furt' er
discussion of ’he new Constitution. Noth
ing-of. special importance.
*Flwrida Convention.
Tallahassee. Feb. 14.—The excitement •
among the delegates has been intense forj
the past four hours. There are serious np-
prehen duns ol a collision between the Bil
lings faction and the majority of the Con
vention. Tlie military are protecting the
Capitol from {he possibility of n iolent
demonstration. The Convention hud
twenty-eight members present to-day.
Arrest of Rlr. Burns.
Augusta, Feb. 14.—A special to the Ma
con Telegraph, dated Rome, Feb. 14th,'
says .-“Ex-Comptroller General Burns wu.-,
arrested to-day by order of Gen, Meade,
and is now confined in the barracks, for j
refusing to delUer the records of hisj
office.”
Death of an Old. Printer. • *!
and W KST KNI», lliroc time. » day It iravr-l
* hotel* .-it 8*« and it o’clock In tfca rn-.rni; .
I 4 In the ant-moon, an* make* the irtf r -
I hour. Will run ol tcner if patronage a m .
Fainilie. will please leave order* lor ci* 1 '
• express wagon, at onr oOlce. Whitehall -h 1 *
febl3— dlw- W. V. HARRIS. !!»»•*'
" ‘ „ t
Insure* Your Stock
ha n: ror a hoop
H0SRE, MULE .OR 00*
Come Up! Come I P
INSURE THEM " I f 1 f THh
LIVE STOCk IIS. '*•
of any scrip had better oe superintened by
in Mobile, died tide
morning, aged 62 years.
Foreign.
Havana, Feb. 14.—Hayt’en dates to the
Cocas,
at ora nkw ttifi' *.
Indiana.— 1 The Indiana State Republican f
the officers‘of the StAtoGorernmcntTcoiT- | Convention, for the nomination of dole-! ^
. VIWIVI w aim j uected with the control of its finances, I gates to Chicago, meets on the 20th at In- j llth instant have been received.
a* 0r« win probably bark to Ttemoo-! ofS&nUoVro %«- j JSforee Se of tbe I ““Pf 11 '"'** j *w«‘r ".ilos of Capo HayUex. h»
* ' scrip provided for in sections second an<U^ tu4e ,av * tendered Senator Morton tlie!capturedtMrty9alnavesandtheirfollow-
flve of the ordinance. '
Very respectfully,
Your obedient sonant.
Geo. G. Meade;
Major General U. S. Army,
Commanding Third Military DUtrlet.
racy whence ho came.
Repudiation in Virginia.—The Vir
ginia Constitutional Convention lias laid
the question of repudiation effectually on
the tab!*.
mate indebtedness of the State of Georgia,
and do hold that said indebtedness should
I ever be held sacred. In this series of obli
gations we enumerate:
1 First—The entire bonded debt contract
ed under the acts of the General Assembly
of the State of Georgia before the war.
vote of the Convention as the first choice f ers, including a General. Several w»re
for President, but lie has declined it. The shot, rialnavee’ fall Is regarded as rer-
frtends of Mr. Colfax are making a strong tain.
L. B. DAVIS, Ag*"**
lebia—4It • *.
MESSRS. BALME A CO..
Horticulturist* and ffotrert***-
0¥ FAX 18,
efibrt to jg«4. him tndoreed Ibr Vlce-Preot- f
dent.
A British man-of-war baa gene le tb«
Bay of Xanam to watch proceedings there.
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v_^ boiu’s bntldlaa, ronivr of ,,
Alabama .-trreti, tb« most .pUaJIJ
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