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TUESDAY MORNING, April *.
The Radicals Stamping the South;
It is given out that Mr. Wilson and
others of Abe Radical leaders in Con
gress intend, after the session is over,
to stump the Southern States in support
of their particulars views. The idea is
jne,- says the Herald, and
iese gentlemen that gO
the hotter.:. The effect cannot but be
salutary, When the extremists on
both sides,come together, they will be
apt'to modify each, others sentiments.
Ben butler has already been in the
South, but it Wits in a capacity that
rendered him incompetent to form a
correct judgement. He went there as
a great military leader' and came back
with a heap of glory in the, shdpe cif—
spoons.; General. Schtnck was also
down there; but his experience wa$
contined to running into a rebel train
and getting cut up, at Vienna. Banks
performed some, remarkable' military
exploits at Bed'river. Well, we would
recommend him to go and take a look
at Red river again. We do not know,
in fact, .anything that would create
greater ^Interest-, than for these distin
guished statesmen and generals to con
front the Southern politicians on their
own stump and bid for the negro vote.
A discussion sustained by Henry Wil
son, Ben. Butler and General Schenck
on the one side and byWade Hampton,
General LongStreet and ex-Governor
Wise op, the other would be one of
most exciting and entertaining things
imaginable. The excitement, however,
would be all on the side of the Northern
men, for the fireeaters have learned to
take-things coolly, and cannot now be
easily put out of temper. We have no
doubt that if the stumping business
were>once. fairly set going even General
Lee would be induced to lay aside his
reserve and take his share in it. The
effect certainly would be to educate the
negro to a higher point of intelligence
on the subject of his rights than the
school “marms” from New England
cad succeed in teaching him in quar
ter ofa century. The negroes have a
great' deal of. natural shrewdness and
cunning. They will soon find out on
which side their interests lie, and will
votg accordingly. The result will be
that the South will get hack into Con
gress by next winter ten or twelve votes
stronger than it ever has been. Then
wil( be decided the contest as to who
is to govern this great country for the
next fifty years.
Veto of the Supplemental Rill.
Our readers will not fail to enjoy a
perusal of the President’s veto message
in .this paper. When so many men of.
[For the Rome Courier.]
An Appeal In -Behall of the Poor.
Bomb, April 4, ’67.
Some liberal hear ted, and. good citi
zens has proposed to me: tp give five
dollars per month, for the months of
April »ndrMay, to procure c.orn .for the
destitute widows and orphans of the
county, who are now actually suffering
for bread, and unless they receive some
assistance, and that soon, their suffer
ing will be intense. Will a Christian
community look upon this sad specta
cle with' indifference—with hearts void
of Christian believolence f
Who will assii^ tbem ? Those who
can spare five; fourj three, two, or oiie
dollai per month,for two.months, will
please send or hand in their respective
amounts-towards relieving the wants
of these unfortunate victims, of the
providences of God, and the casualties
of the war.
Any donations made to me will be
duly acknowledged through the city pa
pers; also, all disbursements.
Tnos. J. Perry.
Commercial please copy.
' New Advertisements.
Withdrawal.—Geo. Noble has sold
his interest in the firm of Noble, Bros.
& Co.
Legal Notice by J. Lamberth.
Chattooga Co. SnERirr Sale.
Manufacture of clothing by Hooper,
Hough & Force.
The elegant residence of Edger Vliet'
formerly owned by Geo. P. Burnett,
will be offered for sale by Watters, A1
len & Co., on the 4th inst.
Prom Congress;:
. SENATE.
Postmaster at Rome. \
The President has, with the advise
and consent of the Senate, reappointed
A. R. Smith Postmaster at this place,
for four years.
ggy*We learn, from reliable authori
ty, that Mrs. Victoria Curtis, of this
county, shot herself, on yesterday, with
a repeater—probably producing a fatal
wound.
It is believed she shot herself acci
dentally, as the repeater was found in
her pocket.
Lnmail^ble
Letters in
Office.
Rome Post
April l - —'Howes, Babcock & Co., Sil
ver Creek, New York.
Maj. F. M. Conn, Cedar Grove, Ga.
Robert B. Simms, Cave Spring.
L. E. Garrett. Jacksonville, Ala.
One letter no name or place.
The writers of the above letters can
have them mailed by paying the post
age.
Internal Revenue Tax Returns.—
We are informed by Mr. Burnett, the
Assistant Assessor at. this place, that re-
tho South—brave men—great and good turns for license and income for the
men—are completely subdued by the
terrors of radical lawlessness, it is real
ly refreshing to see the Presided bold
ly interposing the Constitution and the
claims of justice—against the measures
of revenge adopted by ah infatuated
Congress.. These veto messages of Pres
ident Johnson will place him high in
the estimation of all lovers of free gov-
errirtient, and, in years to cOme, his
name will be revered on account of
these patriotic efforts to save and re
store what was once the “best govern
ment upon the earth.”
•: Adjournment of Congress.
On Saturday, the 30th ult., Congress
adjourned to the first Wednesday in
July next. This will be good news to
tbe people, who will.now be enabled to
breathe a'little easier for a while.
elections in Georgia Suspended by
Military Authority.
It will be seen from an order of Col.'
,C. C. Sibley to be found in our columns
that all elections are suspended in this
State until otherwise ordered by Gen.
John Pope, who has been assigned to
the command of District No. ,3.
' Meeting in Montgomery, Ala.
A.meeting was held in the. Capitol
on the 26th of March, called for the
purpose'of ratifying theSherman Mili
tary bill. Fifty whites and seven hun
drqd negroes participated. Resolutions
were passed endorsing the Sherman
bill, and pledging support to it, also
endorsing tbe Huntsville Convention,
and recommending a State Convention
of true Union men.
Benevolent.—Brick Pomeroy, in his
recent tour through the South, has, in
nearly'eyery city,,delivered lectures to
large audiences, arid given the proceeds
to local charitable purposes. He
passed through Atlanta on the 28th of
March, not tarrying there long enough
to lecture, but he gave fifty dollars to
the editor of.the Intelligemcer, with in
structions that it be devoted to the
most charitable object in that city.
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General Orders No. a.
Hd’qrs. Dis’t. of Ga. I
Macon; March 18th, ’67. J
I- By the direction ot tbe General-
in-Chief of the United States Army," the'
Colonel Commanding forbids all elec-
tibns. State and local, in the District of
Georgia, until the arriyal and orders of
Brevet Maj. Gen. Pope! assigned to the
command of Mili ary District No'. 3.—
All' officers commanding in this Dis
trict, are enjoined to enforce this order
within the limits of tbeii posts.
By command of Col. Caleb C. Sibley,
United States army.
(Signed) Joun. E. Hosemer.
1st Lieut., 16th United States Infan
try, A. A. A. Gen’l.
Official—C.JF. Trowbridge,
Capt. I6th Intan., Brevet Major U. S.
A., Commanding Post. -Atlanta.
m m . Wheat Fields of Virginia.—
Tbo editor of the Rockingham Register
aay* that wheat fields all along both
sides of our splendid highway in the
Valley,;are looking splendidly,. Alre*-
dy there promise, without
misfortune,.of an uncommon harvest of
the staff of life.
year are required to be made be
fore the 10th inst., and hot the 19th, as
we erroneously slated in our issue a
few days since.
“Brick” Pomeroy in Town.
This gentleman passed through our
city on the 28th, en route for his home
in the We t. His stay in the city was
only a couple Of hours’ during which
brief period, however, we were gratified
at receiving a call from him. He was
anxious to lecture in this city, but
pressing business matters would not
admit of it. - We found in this featless
advocate of Constitutional liberty, a
young gentleman of very engaging man
ners, and one by no means backward
in expressing the honest sentiments of
the heart. He has been a fierce oppo
nent of radicalism through the columns
of his journal for many years, and is
still engaged in dealing blows upon it
thick and fast. Everywhere in the
South he has been cordially welcomed,
whether upon the speaker’s stand or
in private circles. He states, as the
result of his observations, that the
South to-day can boast a better state of
society than the North has; and that
notwithstanding the many malicious
reportsand misrepresentations which
have goue abroad to the contrary, he
is firm in the belief that the people of
the Sohth are more honest iu their de
termination to uphold the Constitu
tion and obey the laws, than are our
brethren on the other side of the Poto
mac. And further, that nowhere has
he witnessed in the South a disposition
to wrong the negro, or defraud him of
his just rights. In their former mas
ters are to be found their best friends,
and the freed population will soon be
made sensible of the fact. The South
needs only to be let alone—to be placed
upon her honor—and her people will be
found true to the requirements of the
government. This is “Brick’s” opin
ion, and we think this is entirely cor
rect.
Mr. Pomeroy’s lecture at Macon on
Wednesday night lost,.was largely at
tended, and such has been the case
everywhere, the proceeds being in
every instance contributed to charita
ble purposes.
He left on the train of yesterday
morning for his home in LaCrosse, Wis.,
to look after that pet of his, the J)emo-
oerat. Success to Mr. Pomeroy.—At.
Intel,
Washington, March 26.-rSfevrial
petitions ftoat Sotherners praying re-
if- - -t- e o ffi C0 holding disability,
d to the Judiciary- ' Cpm-
lief fro:
were referred
urittee. gP&y • \ *
A resolution inquiring if West Vir
ginia is really a State, was referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
Tbe bill for repairing the levees was
taken up. Mr. Sumner proposed a
proviso that no'levees be repaired in
any State until it was admitted with
equal rights to elective franchise,
free.schools for all colors,
bill was postponed.
A motion to adjourn to-morrow at
noon until thefirstWednesday in Ju
ly, when, if there is no quorum, ad
journ with a day,' passed.
Adjourned.
HOUSE.
and
Tlie levee
All Elections Postponed.
The following is the important order
issued by Gen. Sweeney, alluded to in
our dispatches a few days since. It is
explict and to the point:
Hd’rs., Post of Augusta, )
Augusta, Ga., March 27, ’67. J
General Orders Ho. 26,
Incompliance with instructions from
Headquarters of the Army, all elections
are hereby prohibited within the lim-
itsof this command until General Pope
assumes command of this military dis
trict and issues bis orders in the mat
ter.
By command of Brevet Colonel T.
W. Sweeney, U. S. A. Commanding
Post. • ,
2d. Lieut. 16th infantry, U. S. A.,
Post Adjutant.
More Districts.—The Richmond
Examiner nominates Ohio as “District
No. 6,” and Maryland at; “No. 7.”:New
Yot k must fp.ll in as No- 8, her Legisla
ture baying, resused. to; allow colored
people to vote on the call of a State
Convention.
A bill to reimburse Indiana and Ohio
for expenses incurred in repelling the
Morgan raid, waj passed, and goes to
the President.
A bill milking moneys due color'd
soldiers payable through the Freed-
meo’s'Bureau, was passed.
The question of adjourning was dis
cussed, in which the Judiciary Com
mittee was roughly handled for trifling,
and Mr. Butler denounced for a breach
of confidence" in gossiping.about coofi
denlial evidence inadveterntly commu
nicated to him. •
The House adopted the Senate’s ad
journing resolution, and adjourned.
Washington Items.
Washington, March 29.—General
Schenck has declined the Ohio Repub
lican Go bematorial nomination.
Internal Revenue recipts to-day $600-
000.
The Municipal registration so far is
816 whiles, 1339 blackB. •
The Senate to-day confirmed three
and rejected two nominations.
Washington News.
Washington, Maroh 29.—Lovell H,
Rousseau has been nominated a suc
cessor to Brig. Gen. Rosencranz.
The Postmaster General has ordered
an increase of pay in postoffice clerk
ships of a thousand dollars, and under,
of 20 per cent; over that amount ten
per cent; route agents and carriers .20
per cent.
'Civil Appointments,
i Washington, March 29.—The Sen
ate yesterday confirmed 99 and reject
ed 62 civil nominations..
Convention in North Carolina—The
Representation Composed ol Blacks
and Whites.
Raleigh, N. C., March 29.—The
Union Convention, in which 52 coun
ties were represented, half white and
half black, adjourned after a session of
two days. They adopted “Republican
as the party name, and the tone of the
resolutions was radical.
Failure in St. Louis.
St. Louis, March 20. —Runyan & Co,
bankers, have failed.
Duel in New Orleans—A Theater
manager Kills an. Editor.
New Orleans, March 29.—A duel
occurred this morning between tbe
Manager of the National Theater and
the editor of the, German Gazelle, the
latter probably fatally shot at the third
fire. Weapons, revolvers—cause, an
actrers.
The New Order of Things at Work,
Nashville, March 29.—Tbe leading
Conservatives hare propose inviting ne
gro voters to participate in preliminary
political meetings, and to send dele
gates to the nominating convention.
Congressional.
SENATE.
Washintton, March 30.—A resolu
tion suspending the rule requiring the
return of nominations to the Presi
dent at tba close of the session; was
passed. This resolution retains in the
Senate the present nominations, whioh
will be considered in extra session.
A resolution for joint standifag Ordi
nance Committee was passed. •
A Committee to accompany home
the remains of Senator Riddle, of Del
aware, who died yesterday, was ap
pointed.
After Executive session, adjourned to
July.
HOUSE.
Th^memorial of the Mayor and the
members of the Council, Baltimore,
praying for a Republican government,
was referred to the Judiciary Commit-
tee. »Y.
Mr. Benton introduced a resolution
thanking General' Sheridan for his
Louisiana removals. Mr. Wood ob
jected, and the resolution was not con
sidered.
The joint Ordinance Committee res
olution was concurred in.
The House, Committee • or the
Schench-Logan Butler bill, confirming
the South Carolina tax sales, was re
ferred to the Committee on Claims.
The Agricultural College bill was ex
tended to Nebraska.
The Speaker announced that all Com
mittees are authorized to sit during the
recess without; formal authority from
the. House.
The House fillibustered on the small
appropriation bill until 12 o’clock, when
it adjourned unjjl July.
' Adjournment ot Congress.
Washington, March 30.—Congrei
has adjourned.
Renewing his protest, the President
approved the appropriation of a half a
million for the enforcement of the Sher
man and Supplemental bills.
Gen. Steedman.
Washington, March 30.—Gen. Steed-
man has been confirmed as Collector of
Internal Revenue for Louisiana.
Washington Items.
Washington, March 30.— It is stated
that the President has iu no way inter
fered with the commanders of Districts
since the appointment.
Congress met this morning at ten
o’clock.
Fire In New York.
New York, March. 30.—A large cab
inet factory, and teq other buildings
on Sixth Avenue, Forty-seventh street
destroyed by fire. Loss $110,000. The
falling walls buried a steam engine, but
no fives were lost.
New Orleans Folice.
New Orleans, March 30.—The police
of this city will be composed of blacks
and whiles. Col. Syplier. late 11th col
ored artillery, will be chief of police.
Marine News.
Fortress Monroe, M arch 29.—More
than forty sail vessels, principally from
foreign ports, are between Capes Hen
ry. and Hatteras, endeavoring to, get in,
The Westerly wind is strong, and the
current from tbe freshets preventing
Municipal Elections Forbidden.
Augusta, Ga., March - 28.—General
Sweeney has forbidden elections until
General Pope assumes command.
Congressional Proceedings.
Washington, March 28.—The bill
authorized the Secretary of War to em
ploy - two dredge boats to keep open
the mouth of the Mississippi, was pas
sed and goes to tbe President.
Tbe amendment to the wool tariff,
with an additional amendment, .that
the second section be construed to in
clude silk and mohair cloth, passed.
The bill confirming South Carolina
tax sales to soldiers, and members< of
the marine corps; passed.
Adjournment discussed. Incidental
ly suffrage was discussed, and a consti
tutional amendment urged proclaiming
suffrage universally thoughout the
Union. The proposition met with lit
tle favor. It was argued if let alone,
tbe States would soon adapt negro suf
frage; whereas, if coercion North was
attempted, the people would become
stubborn.
The majority of the Senate seemed
unapprehensive of the President fail
ure to execute the laws.
The bili to survey ship canal around
the Louisville Falls was passed, and
after a short executive session the Sen
ate adjourned.
In the House, the Maryland Reubpli
can Convention resolutions were pre
sen ted Mr. Toomas sjiid there was in
tense excitement in Maryland, but he
doubted its leading to bloodshed. Hr
denied there was. any republican gov
ernment in Maryland. Mr. Thomas
argued tbe right of Congress to seize
the Slate, particularly as it lay around
the District, and to pass an enabling
act thus guaranteeing equal rights.
Mr. Brooks argued elaborately against
the right of Congressional interference,
and asseretd that in Tennessee and
Missouri there was no more republican
ism than in Egypt.
Tbe resolutions were referred to the
Judiciary Committee.
The Speech of Wade Hampton at he while citizens of the State, , arid of
~ " ‘ ‘ yours to them; But suppose-.tbe bill is
pronounced Unconstitutional,' what
then? You will be left in preeikely the
same position yortheld before i& pas
sage.: The present Slate govern (neats
will continue, and tffo present laws will
prevail. It will then be for us to' prove
that our professions of friendship were
not-idle, and while I cafi'not speak for
others, I tellyou what I dtaf willing to
see done—I am willing td" give the
right of suffrage to aU who dab read
and who pay a certain amount taxes,
and I agree that all, white as weH as
black, who do not possess these qi&lilL
cations shall be excluded. I would
Washington Matters.
Washington, March 28.—The South
ern Republicans met last night to ask
the National Republican Committee to
appoint a member from each unrecon
structed State.
The President has approved the bill
taxing shinplasters ten per cent; the
bill to take effect next May. The bill
authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury to discharge tbe direct tax collee'
tors at discretion, imposing their duties
on revenue collectors.
Maryland News.
• Baltimore, March 28.—The Repub
lican State Convention have resolved
to take no part in the approaching con
stitutional convention, but urges Con
gresa to give the Stale a Republican
government.
Constitutional Convention in N. York.
Albany; March 28.—The Constitu
ticnal Convention bill having passed,
the Republican General Committee
have issued a call for a Slate Conven
tion, to assemble at Syracuse on the
10th April, proximo.
Specie Exports*
New York,* March 30-—Exports of
specie to-day $188,000.
Schooner Droned . at . §ea.
Charleston, March 29.—The schoo
ner Vandover, from Rockland, Maine,
for Norfolk, has been burned at sea.—
Crew saved.
Revenue Regulations Disregarded
New York. March 29.—Twenty bar
rels of fraudulently marked, and a hun
dred and twenty barrels with inspec
tion uncancelled, were seized to-day.
Foreign Items.
London, March 29.—The English
Government proposes to guarantee the
Canadian railroad loan.
The Grecian Government asks the
great powers to interfere, and prevent
further blcodshed in Candia.
Russo-American Treaty.
Washington, March 30.—The Presi
dent submitted to tbe Senate a treaty
with Russia granting the sovereignty of
the Russo-American possessions, and
Adjacent islands, to the United States.
Price seven millions. The acquision
almost excludes England from the Pa
cific, and includes valuable fisheries.
Re-Assembling of the Senate.
Washington, March 30.—The Sen
ate convenes in extra session on Mon
day at noon.
N.Y. Market.
New York, March 30.—Cotton open
ed firm, but closed dull and declining.
Sales 2,000 bales at 30£ to 31 for mid
dling uplands.
Flour less active. Common grades
5 to 10 cents lower. Medium and good
firm, $9 70 to $10 70 for superfine State
Corn $1 17 J to 1 19.
Money was very active and stringent
till towards the close, when it was a
trifle easier in some quarters. There
was some pressure to sell gold, with
sales at 33f to 33}. Governments firm,
with an advance on old Five-twenties.
Stocks steady.
North Carolina—the Fruits of Secret
Organizations.
The America, published at Statesville,
North Carolina, contains the following:
Serious Troubles in Wilkes County.
—It appears that a lawless set of “Red
Strings” in Wilkes county, have taken
it into their, beads, that because tde
State has been placed under martial
law, that therefore there is no law to
punish crime, and the vicious can take
their neighbors’ L-oods to their own
use with impunity, and commit others
outrages as well. Last week a band of
ten or twelve of Khcse outlaws, headed
by a desperado who says he hails from
Maryland, with any number of aliases
and all but himself citizens of Wilkes,
made a raid through a portion of the
county, taking horses, mules, watches,
brandy and other property; and com
pelling by force, good citizens, whom
they happened to meet, to go with
them.
They met a man and has sister in the
road with a team, took the animals, and
then hung the man to a limb until be
was nearly dead, when they cut him
down and carried him to their camp a
prisoner. During the night he watched
ins opportunity and made bis escape,
and collecting seme dozen of citizens,
attacked the desperados in their camp,
capturing a hall dozen, the others mak
ing their escape. Four of these have
been admitted to ball, and three, in
cluding the leader, are confined in jail
at Wilkesboro.’
.These men say that their friends are
numerous and that they can be releas-
at any time. They say that there is no
law to punish them now, and those
who arrested them shall suffer for it.—•
From the statement made . by. these
outlaws, their orgrnization is extensive,
and they have plen ty of arms and am
munition. They profess to be “loyal Un
ion men.” It requires no sage to tell
ing is the pause ot these
whose
troubles.
Columbia.
The following are gome extracts
from the speech delivered by General
Wade Hamptoit at the' freedmen’s mass
meeting in Columbia, South Carolina :
Mt Friends—You have requested
me to give you'a few words of advise
to-day, and 1 accept tbe invitation in
the same kind spirit with which it was
given. There have been few incidents
of a public character, that have grati
tied me more than this mark of confi
dence from tbe colored people of this
district, amongst. whom- my life has
passed. ,. / j jf
* * *'
There is one other point oh which
there should be no misunderstanding
as to our position; no loop on which, to
haidg a possible misconstruction as to
OUr views; and that is the abolition of
slavery. * * * The; deed
has been done, and 1 for one, do hon
estly declare thaVl never wish to sea
it revoked! Nor do I believe that the
people of the South would now remand
the negro to slavery, if they had tbe
power to do so unquestioned. Under
our paternal care from a mere hand
full he grew to a mighty host. He
came to us a heathen—we made him
Christian. Idle, vicious, ssvage in his
own country, in ours be became indus
trious, gentle, civilized.. Let his bisto-
ry as a slave be compared hereafter
with that which be will make for him
self as a freedman, and by the result of
that comparison we are willing to be
judged. A great responsibilty is lifted
from our shoulders by his emancipa
tion, and we willingly commit his des
tiny to his own hands, hoping that he
may prove himself worthy of the new
position in which he;has been placed
As a slave, he was faithful to us; os i
freeman, let us treat him os a friend
Deal with him frankly, justly, kindly;
and, my word for it, be will reciprocate
vour kindness, clinging to his old
home, his own country, and his former
master. If you wish to see him con
tented, industrious, useful, aid him in
his efforts to elevate himself in the
scale of civilization, and thus fit him
not only to enjoy the blessings:, of free
dom, but to appreciate its duties. *
Your qwn orator of. the day, wbo has
just addressed you, has spoken wisely
and kindly on this topic and the ad
vice he has given you I approve , pf
heartily. Why should we not be
frieoda ? Are you not Southern men.
as we are? Is this not your home as
well as ours? Does not the Southern
sun above m shine alike for both of
of us ? Did not this soil give birth
all of us f And will we not all alike,
when our troubles and trials' are over,
sleep in that same soil in which we first
drew breath ? 1 see before me a ban
ner on which is inscribed, “united we
itand, divided we fall.” That motto is
full of significance and truth, for your
welfare is inseparably linked-with that
of the whites of tbeScutb. If we are
oppressed, you will suffer; if we are
ruined, you will be destroyed. Your
prosperity depends entirely on that of
your country, and whatever fate awaits
the white people of the South will be
yours;
Now, let us consider for a few mo
ments the subject which has brought
you to£ethei to-day, tbe military bill
just passed Congress. You must bear
in mind that a great many persons,
amongst whom is the President of the
United States, think that this bill is un
constitutional; that Congress had ho
authority to pass it. Now the only
way by which the question can be set
tled, is by a decision of the Supreme
Court ot the United States. The Court
will declare the bill either constitu
tional or unconstitutional. If consti
tutional, you will, by it, all be allowed
to vote. How will you vote? Whom
will you select to make the new laws,
which are to govern the State ? Will
you choose men who are ignorant of all
law—all sections of your government 1
Will you place in cilice these strangers
who hava flocked here to plunder
what little we have left us ? Or will
you trust the men amongst whom you
have lived heretofore—amongst 'whom
you must always jive? It seems to me
that this latter course would be the
wisest, for os it is to the interest of the
Southern whites to make the blacks
enlightened, prosperous and content
ed, they would surely do all in their
power to secure these objects. I do not
tell you to trust to professions of friend
ship alone, whether they come from
the Southern, or Northern man. What
I ask you to do, what I have the right
to ask of you is, that as we profess to
be your friends, you will give us the op
portunity of showing by actions, whetn-
er we are sincere or not.
If we deceive you, then turn to the
North, and see if you can find better
friends there. I have no fears of. the
result; for with us not only does hu
manity dictate kind treatment, honest
dealing, just laws for the 'colored pop
ulation, but self-interest demands from
us the same course. A stronger preju
dice has always existed at the North
against your people than here, and it
exists stillE Jf this bill goes into oper
ation, you will, first of idl, have to vote
for members of a State Convention.—
Now your own speaker, to whose re
marks on this point I listened with
pleasure and interest, has given you
sound and practical advise. Select the
men to whom you know to be honest
and trustworthy, and who are identi
fied with the Mate.
Yon ask counsel of me. I have giv
en it fully, frankly, sincerely. No per
sonal motives can possibly sway: me,
for J am no longer a citizen of the Uni
ted States nor of South Carolina; Tbe
bill which have the right of suiirage to
you disfranchises me. I have not even a
home here, for my home and the homes
of all who love my name, have been
laid in ashes. I have no political tights.
I have nothing to bind me to this ruin
ed land, but the memories of the past;
the affection I cherish for its people,
and the graves of my kindred. These;
ties, however, arestrong enough to keep
alive in my heart a warm interest in
my State, and they are sufficient to
make one strive always to promote her
welfare. This motive, alone, brought
me here to-day, for it was not until the
chairman ol your committee urged me
to come, upon the ground that I could
thus * do good to my own people, and
to his,” that I consented to address you.
I trust that these expectations may not
be disappointed; and that the spirit
which animated this meeting may'
spread over the-whole South. I trust
that hereafter there may be mutual
kindness, forbearance and co-operation
between all classes of our people.
Let those* then, who are familiar
with the cause, the people, and tbe in
terest of South Carolina, frame the new
constitution, and if you find that your
rights have been ignored; if 1 you find
that there is-one law for the white
man and another for the black; you
can justly complain of having been de
ceived, and you can reject the consti
tution. This convention, then, will be
the means of testing the sincerity of
the professions made to you by the
not,take this.right from any one who'
have heretofore exercised it, but I wish
MARRTEDin Chattooga os*. .
21st, Mr; James Carry
8B(j jr? ,
eecca, .daughter of Dr. T*<-
ton. 1 ' 8
• Married, id this county *
inst.; by the Rev. Jesse
to see an educatfonaland property qual- J. J. SdbcKtzt 1 and Ml. • ’ ^
ification for voters adopted for. the fu- yfxnb'. E
ture. Let this . qualification bear, on
white and black alike, and while it will
cut off from voting some of both races,
it-will be a Strong inducement to all to
seek education and to obtain for them
selves a real and tangible interest in the
State. It will servw to elevate all clas
ses, and contribute not only to the ma-
terial'prosperity of tbe State, but to the
increase of virtue and education among
her people,. No one under twenty one
years of age is allowed to vote, nor can
foreigners do so until they liave been
been in this country some-years.
List of Counties in Georgia ip
which the Colored Polls . Prepon
derate.
[Compiled by the Augusta Chronicle.]
Counties
Baker
Baldwin
Burke
Camden
Calhoun
Chattahoochee
Columbia
Crawford
Decatur
Daugherty !
Eearly
Elbert
Glynn
Greene
Hancock
Harris
Houston
Jasper
Jefferson
Jones
Liberty j
Lincoln
Lowndes
Lee
Macon
Meriwether
Mitchell
Monroe
Morgan
Oglethorpe
Putjam
Randolph
Quitman
Schley
Screven
Stewart
Sumter
Talbot
Taliaferro
Terrell . ..
Thomas
Troup
Twiggs
Warren
Wilkes
Whites
309
552
857
216
288
430
463
547
928
371
365
805
204
696
719
981
807
607
598
498
' 365
. 300.
520
365
597
1,091.
430
887
583
66S
: 478
767
238
358
531 ;
804
880
749
328
522
781
978 '
403
620
554
Blacks.
-950
. 647
2,040
277
623
463
1,359
760
1,012
1,537
674
811
370
1,263
1,188
1,159
2.145
902
938
840
556
605
606
1,339
1,053
. a 1,-219
566
1,266
1,016
1,110
913
802
312
378
589
1,373
1,282
1,100
440
-703
1.325
1.146
879
708
1,121
Married—in thiTdty"
uh., bythe Rev. Jesse
0D «> 8 ;
M. S. Judkins and IgJS
Summers. J
Also, in this city, on the 3b. ,
theJUT. Jesse Lamberth ^
S. Wolff, and Mijj Sracim, 1 **1
Also, in this city, on Sj**- I
£ J®®? Lambent ^ %{
B. Hajibin, and. Miss'S. E p ^ J
• «ica,
the
.Steam Sash.
AND
Panell Door Factor?
• ' and PLANING Mm. *
W E prepared to reci*. 0 . i
VT anything m onr list OiSlH
abroad strictly attended towdY?M
filled. Fom. I
Contracts for Buildings of Aut a,
ken, and the work done at iWrUfoh- i
Jn addition to the above T5 I
Bedsteads of all kinds, Wardrobef^ l
stop Tables and anything in r.y* 1 -1
.Line that may be ordered.
j {Coffins made at shortest njti K .
aprSOwly DAILY > A CD,
POSTPONED TAX SALE.
Wn* be sold before Ae (Wt
TV door in the city of Bine, Plori .
ty, Ga., on the first Tueedtj in r
between the usual hours dale,
One hundred and ten ages of Jotof I*,. I
No. not known, in the 4th District utSI
Section, as the property of J.-ff. v.i-J*l
for tax of 1S66.
Also, 130 acres of Lots Jos. 262 ulinl
in the 4th district and4tk eeetion; levirirl
as the property of J. J. a Willi, m
to satisfy a Tax fi. fa. foi 1866. * *
april4 L. 1. MAT, D. Sif
Fitch on Confiscation.
Our facetious friend of the Griffin
Star generally has notions of his own on
matters and things ip general, and here
are his viewson confiscation :
Ws desire to inform tljoseofour rea
ders who are fearing this “raw bead
and bloody bones,” that the Yankees
are altogether too shrewd, a people to
confiscate our lauds as long as we fol
low our present system of business; for
they already get everything valuable
that we raise on our farms, and we buy
everything we wear from them, and
everything we eat except a little turnip
salad— and if the yankees would send
that here for sale, onr people would
quit raising it.
Confiscation*Indeed! -If we are not
already confiscated, we should lil^e to
know the reason why. We are regular
brick-makers for yankeedoin now-, ‘ and
they do not.eveh furnish us the straw.
figy-An.attempt to swindle a life in
surance company out of $15,000 was
detected at Chicago, The plan em
braced the bogus death, fictitious wli,
stolen corpse, &c. The party insured,
and who was reported as dead, is a man
named Richard Rainforth. Two. per
son's, Dr. Charles Kendall, and a lawyer
named T. W. Nailer, both of that ci
ty, are supposed to be implicated in tbe
affair, whiciis soon to undergo, inves
tigation.
S@,A French editor has given the
following sensible description of the ef
fect of air advertisement: The first
time a man sees an advertisement he
takes no notice of it;: the second time
he looks at the name; the t.hird'time he
looks at the price; the fourth time he ;
reads it; the fifth time he speaks of it
to his wife; the sixth time be buys.'
An Unexpected Danger.—One of the
spread eagle radicals at the. meeting on
Monday night wanted the wings of a
bird that be might fly to every village
and hamlet of the State, and carry the
;lad tidings of reconstruction. A bad
joy near the door sung out;; ‘“Dry up,
you old fool, you’d get shot for a
eoose before you flew a mile.”—Moni.
'Mail. '
t?*“It is of tbo - first importance,”
says the Mucon Tede.raph, “that the
Southern people make no mistake in
the new and untried circumstances that
have been forced upon them. ' They
should take counsel of sober' reason;
and not of unworthy fear, ill-timed pre/.
udice, or unfounded apprehension.”
Hon, Jno. Bell,—The Nashville Dis
patch ot the 28th says :
“We are pleased to learn that the
health of Hon. John Bell, now'residing'
in Stewart county of this State, has im
proved, and that he is enjoying the. cor
respondence of friends.'
Internal Revenue” to sn PP""p„blic 1
ment t> pay interest on »• ’
and for other purposes, *^
30th, ’64, and the
proved* March 2nd, 186 ‘ , AsS e2»or*
Lunatic. Asylum.-A writer in. the WoTW
AYumination of a”
Macon Journal k Messenger, who has.
been oh a visit to Milledgeville, writes:
“There are now three hundred and
twenty-seven patients in the institu
tion. and their health better than is
usual at this . season of .the year. . The
friends of humanity and the . cause of
Christian civilization, will never cancer
their debt of gratitude to Dr. Green for
his indomitable energy in planningr
consructing, and supervising the insti
tution, as ia my judgment no other
man ever would have done.
Postmasters—Confirmations by the
Senate.—The Senate has con firmed
the following appointsnaents of post
masters for 'Georgia: Mary J. Rich
ardson, Albany; Ashael R. Smith,
Rome; Samuel Williford, Athens;
Willis C. Goodwin, Americus; Dillard
M. Young. Marietta; Wm. A. Hu>lan
Milledgevilla.
TAX SALE BE MAT.
O N the firrt Tuesdayia May next, i
in the legal hours dale;at the Cv
House in Floyd county Ga., will bo e
the : following property, m:
One Wheel Cultivate; nearly new, l
four Good Turning Plow, leried on to a
isfy a Tax fi fa fog State and Connty id
against Carson & Parks u the prepertjil
defendants. i
Also Lot of Land lumber eixty-one,
in the twenty-secon^ district and third tel
tion,..of the late € lerokee purchase, ml
Floyd county as the property of Parkisa I
Stewart to satisfy a, tax n fa for Sate nil
County^Tax against hfecdint, and thefts I
cost on a fi fa from theCouty Court, A11
Sloan k Co. against said Stetrar.Frinei^l
and S. B. Chambers, Sectrity. f
Also Lots of Land number twenty-tlm I
(23J and 30 acres (f lumber ttrenb-Is I
(24) and number fifty, (51) all inthe’itil
district and fourth afletion of the late Chet I
kee purchase, now Floyd • connty. The* I
lots are 40 acre lots snd lie adjacent*, si I
make. a compact settlement of one hmiri I
and ten acres, levied on to satirfj a Tut I
fa against K. Bambo. I
Also number forty-seven (47) and a y:-l
tion of number forty-eifht, ’ea.'t.'side, D-l
king a settlement of about tvo htuixl
acres, all in the 4th district and fourth a;I
tion of the late Cheiokee purchase, uI
Floyd eounty, levied onto satisfy a tax ill
against James Jbf. SpuIIock. I
Also lot of land number one hmdredi:l I
fifty-eight, (158) in the 22d distrietin thri I
section of the late Cherokee purchase. *1
Floyd county, to satisfy a tax fi. & I
Mrs. Tittle, she being ia possesriu a f
claiming the same.
. ' - N.YABBB0KL
april4 D. hk'l
O’
leK-ll
!:th|
FLOYD SHEBIFF SALE.
N the first Tuesday in May next,
the legal hours of sale, »t
House in Floyd bounty, <•*-. via
one hundred and sixty atres of
two hundred and eighty-three, ("S3
twenty-fourth district and third iei
the late Cherokee purejase, now in
county, leyied on as the property ol
Downey, to satisfy a fi a fro®
rior Court;' in favor of A- E. an , ij.ri
vs. J. W. Hicks k Co.,the usual affidirt
non-residence pf J. A. Downe; "
the property pointed oat by
Also'lot of land number two.bunte*
eighty-ene (281) in the third district
fourth section, originally Cherokee-
Fltyd county, levied on to satis.fy th
Costs on two fi fas, one from to
Court (of Folyd County, iofaTor of
Hooper, the other from the Supenor
of Floyd county, in favor of BlacL j
Co., both afgainst Charles.Dangbertyi
on as the property of too de f e ““L.
Also lot of land number eighty-W'.
in the third district and fourth seeW.
Finally Cherokee, now-Floyd coM«V
on as the property of Wesley r-
satisfy the Court Cost on-two fib
Inferior Conrt.of Floyicounty,^
of Sloan A Hooper vsW.P. W-. ^
W. Thomas, security, the other » f
John J. Hoggins, ,Adm.n.straW JA _
win, deceased vs. W- P._ Clouts
Ware, security. .niidr^l
Also lot oi land number
seventeen, (217) in the twenty-^ 1
and third section, late Chen*
now.Floyd connty, levied t
of J. k J. H. Lanbam, to sa
Cost on one fi fa from the y--
and one fromthe Superior
County, Bob Hide ysJ. ,
Lanbam N. TAt 1 D. Sl*|
apri!4
the I
flMnl
4th Collection Distnrt I
COMPRISING THE COUNTS
FLOYD A CHATTOOG^
: that the 11
N OTICE is hereby
• valuati in and enum
it vaiuau jii
suhject,to tax under the nport
Ari j
the examination 'of all “'j
for the space of ten d ®7 3 ’ n f"ipril ij'j
ted) from the date. *««f
tween the hours of 9, A. - ‘ ; r ,tion 'J
immediately after the
days ftom the datedeW*
of April I will receives^ ej
appeals relative to -rro
valuation or enumeratK. ® lb
by' the said Assistant A - {be tM*
herein referred to
license, and the tax ? s . P? n d other,'
iard tables, silverpla}
ated articles for the y? ar fcf ii
,68, and taxes upon m c
ending Dec. 31, 1866. 3 jforer 5 ; ^
All appeals to Assessor
he made in writing, -' ie -pe-"‘fi,
ular cause, matter or th»-8» ^
a decision is requested- ,^ J
grounds or principle ot
A•»«••' 4ti a
March