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Newspaper Page Textf riLUMEXXI ^ ® "P ^ » JUSTICE AND MODERATIO N. ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 14, 1867. Home (fmffitt* C JptflNELL, Propr. J^T^ERY FRIDAY, of Subscription. {late 8 .... $3 00 - 1 ” jlsjtti,-;"""" 1 00 jlontns Rates for Tri-Weekly. ....$6 00 .... 3 50 2 00 tear-— f£S"— SViBUBLY IK ADVANCE. [lubl „f Five or more ene copy will be wanted in exchange for Proprietor. jjPGAJj ADVERTISEMENTS, fund by Administrators, Exec- ^l es of L are re q U ired by law to m . G “!u d e first Tuesday in each month, j;M« n ten in the forenoon afternoon, at the Court J^ccUty in which the property these sales must be given in a VflUf * todays previous. *. be ale of personal property Xla in like manner, through a 3';±i 4 n , .Sb.„.d. ;i o C i,v,lights for two months. v tb , CP . b f u r letters of Administration, .‘Utieos., must b e publishod 30 ardmn.-'H trom Administration, Sfrir norths-for dismission from Ti. fltbe forocloseure of Mortgages U lie published monthly for four mon ths MiabUskin- lost papers, for the full .Ofthree months-fpr conipeHingt.tles twentors or Administrators, where “ ll Wen siren by the decease^, for the jPaWicattnslil'- always he continued Sins to these, the legal jenutrements, dess otherwise ordered, at the following BATES. rfs Sales per levy of ten Uneso^ ^ leriffs Mortgage fi. fa. sales, per Collector’s sales, per levy,.... htinns for letters of Administration... Sioas for letters^! Guardianship..... 3 00 :;e ot application for dismission m Administration, _ . ire of application for dismission in Guardianship,. licatiou to sell lend e to Debtors ami Creditors of Land, of perishable property, 10 days... ray Notices. 50 days, insure of Alorigage. per square... man advertising his wife, (in ad- 10 0q 5 00 5 00 3 00 6 00 4 00 6 00 3 00 5 00 2 00 4 00 4 00 S.BURDAY MORNING June 8. Keep a Stiff Upper tip. Assure as the sun rolls above tbiscoun t will yet right her«elf. The con- tnnal iand marks will be restored. Ihntons, the Marats and the itepieres of this era have had their and their end will soon come.— ;r wicked deeds will be a stench in enostrils of the nation, and their mishment tvill be as certain as the siorabie decrees of fate. Jur sentiments exactly, brethren of Chronicle & Sentinel, says the Mil- Seville Recorder. You are right, all have to do, is to keep a stiff upper clinched teeth, a determined heart, firm resolve, and our rights and 5>r "ill be safe, and the Stevens’, aner’s, Wilson's and Butler’3, will lie brought to the political guillo- ihe storm is rising and approach hst; and the wind that they have >ed to wait them into power, will prove the whirlwind of their des- ttion. fie unmanly arguments used by calling themselves Georgians, and appeal to the fears of the people, iciing ■evil, it we do not debase li? es, is tire fit argument of dema- ,J esand week-kneed leaders. Our J re safety, is in not yielding another °f ground or principle, but with patience that marks resolution, our day of dehverence. It will a nd that at no distant day. Self latent will not hasten it>, but aer re Iard and invite further aggres sor the Rome Courier.] c °MJION sense view. _ Military Bill. * ,1 ^ tl further enacted. That 6 people of any of said rebel ‘11 * lave formed a Constitution tjernment in conformity with the 1 utiun of the United States, in all poets * * Sec. 5 Of the Military Bill also re quires that the Constitution to be form ed for the rebel States, “shall provide that the elective franchise shall be en joyed by all such persons as have the qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates, and meaning that impar tial suffrage, without regard to color, must be allowed as a condition previous to admission into the Uhiob. Now, this clause is in direct conflict with amendments to the Constitution, as above quoted, which give us discre tionary power to exclude a part of our citizens from voting, and to have! re duced representation in proportion to the number excluded. We are required to form a State Con stitution m conformity with the Con stitution of the United States; conse quently, this clause of the military bill being not in conformity, we cannot obey it, if we respeetthe Constitution. And should we obey it, and get, back into the Union, there would be no barrier in the National Constitution to prevent us afterwards from regulating the right of suffrage in any manner we may see proper. It will be no settle ment of, and is not designed as a settle ment, but has been gotten up purpose ly in a style ambiguous, and in terms contradictory to render any acceptance on our part impracticable; that we may be held indefinitely out of the Union, at the mercy of a Congress, which Wars with the President, ignores the Consti tution, defies the Supreme Court, and declares the will of the people, and not the written Constitution, to be their rule of action. The only correction of these revolu tionary mearures is to register under the military act, and with earnestness of purpose, tempered with common sense, let us vote understanding^ for the best men and the best measures— looking to the restoration of the Union, and to the best interest of all—not neg lecting the freedmen, whose good be havior during and since the war, enti tles him to equal protection of person and property, and to all ^the political privileges which can be safely intrust ed to him in his inexperienced and un lettered condition. Common Sense. said State shall Wed entitled' to representation c-^s.and Senators and Repre- 11 be admitted therefrom, g the oaths prescribed s shall be admitted therefrom, , r takin law, s ^ C ° XsTITlTI0 ’fAIi AMENDMENT. dioiTrf ^ e P resen fi a tion shall be ap. e among the several States ac- ffiio] “Win “«in . th6iC res PSctive numbers, «aoh V 9 Wl10 ' 0 nat nber of persons ted t! 410 ’ exc ^ ud ‘ n S Indians, not i e l„„,. Ut 7 hen the r 'gbt to vote at P re • !° n or choice of electors J^ent and-Vice President of the „ p te6 ' ^presentation in Con- tale * oc “ Uve and Jndicial- officers of •or the members of the Legisla- hZ“‘ ,aM «*•» A. ohabita. ntg 0 f 6tich ^ * 4 -tein 8(2 hT b f of * e P* es D,& e-.&o ro reduCedin the P ro P or mmb er Pr°P ortioi i to IN MEM OKI AM. Proressor James Pleasants Waddel died in Athens, Ga, at the residence of his son, Prof. Wm. II. Waddel, of the University, on the morning of the 28th of May, 1867, in the 07th year of his age. , The business of his eminently useful life was to teach the young; and his record proves that the vocation and the man had met. He had, in high per fection, the rare faculty of being able to impart instruction to every shade and degree of understanding, and apti tude with consumate skill and the hap piest success. His insight into mental character—-just developing—was intui tive and unerring. He seemed ever to know best how, and precisely when, to stimulate the slothful, to encourage the desponding, to guide and caution the ambitious; and hi3 power of ren. dering plain and simple, any j intricate problem of the text book was, indeed, marvellous. His preceptorial labors cover a term of forty-five years. For more than twenty years he was of the faculty of the University of Georgia, and he efficiently and acceptably dis charged therein, at different periods, the duties of three separate depart ments—a fact which, while it honorbly associates his name with the lettered cul ture of the Stale, is no mean proof of the variety and accuracy of his scholarly acquirements and accomplish ments. He was one of the founders of the Phi Kappa Society; and until gath ering years had, in some measure, un fitted him for active employments, was among the most useful, as he was ever of the most honored of that Fraternity. His attainments as a scholar were liter ary as well as grammatical. With Latin and Greek classics he was critically familiar. His knowledge of English Literature was wide, intimate and various. In the fields of scientific research, he had gathered more sheaves than are usually harvested outside of the Professor’s Chair. His memory, ready, retentive and capacious, was a storehouse wherein were garnered, without confusion, and ready for use at any moment, the truths of science, the facts of history, the striking incidents of biography, the grand images and fine passages of general literature, whether of prose or verve. Books were his so lace and his passion—praesidium el dulce decus—and his intelligent admiration of the grand old authors, had all the or der of personal attachment. While the Southern Literary Messen ger was under the editorial conduct of Thomas W. White, and Edgar A. Poe— the zenith of its celebrity—some of the best contributions to its pages—many of them in Verse—were • from ms;, pol ished pen. His epistolary writings, huiriealy thrown off in the abandon of friendly confidence, evince much of the elegance and power, without the frivol ity of Walpole. His rich and playful hu mor, his prompt and genial wit, his ripe and beautiful culture—all set off by wonderful colloquial talents—fitted him for the highest level of social' life. And from his conversation of friend ship, no man, young or old, went away to remember one word of profaneness, one allu3ion of indelicacy, one impure thought, one unbelieving suggestion, one doubt cast on the reality of virtue, of patriotism, of enthusiasm, of the progress of man—one doubt cast on righteousness or temperance, or judg ment to come. His exquisitely delicate appreciation of what Sterne calls the “small, sweet courtesies of life;”, his almost feminine modesty, ever shrinking from the blaze of public notoriety; his manly frank ness, and perfect usefulness, his, large heart, so full of generous impulse and Catholic affections, and tender as pity itself, endeared him to the circle of hi® friends, and enabled him to beautifully exemplify the more sacred relations of husband, father, brother, and every tie of family and kindred. Beneath the roof of home, it is but just pfaise to say, that in all respects, he was exetnr plary and aimiable. While his eye was not dim, nor tis natural force abated by advancing age and infirmity, his life was one of great labor. He never tasted the bread of dlgness. What his hands, found to do, he did with his might, cheerfully, con scientiously, seasonably and well. A child of the Covenant, he was for many years a communicant of the Pres byterian Church—the ecclesiastic faith of his father’s—and. avouched the sin cerity of his profession in a guileless walk and conversation. The messen ger of death approached so suddenly, and so soon dethroned consciousness, that they could learn nothing, from his words of the experiences of the last hour; but that the struggle was a (ri- umph, and the “dark valley,” the por tal to endless day, who that knew him, doubts ? The struggles, and crosses, and disappointments of a life, in many respects, privileged in many, sorely tried, could but better fit such a spirit for the never-ending peace. “After life’s fitful fever he sleeps well!” And this assured hope it is w hich soothes the sharp grief of those whom in life he loved best—depriving melancholly of alL gloom, anil sadness ry. than, that from which you have just been released. They want to make political slaves of you—to. bind yon by oatbsj and de vils to do their bidding—mere tools to be used when wanted and then cast aside. It stands to rehson that those who have raised ur and always lived among us, and especially our old own ers, are better: and more sincere friends to us than strangers possibly can be.— Attachments naturally have grown up which never can be severed while we behave ourselves and continue to de serve the friendship which we have al ways experienced from the Southern whites. You know a man will become attached even to his dog, and will fight for him. Whilst a stranger will only give him a kick. We can only live happily and prosperously here in the South,by standing on a conserva tive platform, and by spurning the counsels of those who would breed strife i between thewhite and ' colored races. Remember that the Radicals deny to the colored man at the North the very political- rights which have been enforced by bayonets and milita ry law aiMhe South. Yet. they would have you believe they are -yoar only friends. By their acts judge ye them. It is only hatred of the Sonthern whites and not love of the blacks which actuates then. Therefore I say to you, keep aloof from their secret societies and organizations, which would have you • bound by a solemn oath to preform acts which you may forever after regret doing. Let politics alone—stand on high gronnd—and when the elective franchise is to be exercis ed, vote only for men you know tojbe honest, capable and in every way worthy of your trust. Recollect that we-want instructions in many things ourselves, and our children want educa tion—let us obtain these things we most want; be honest, industrious, and polite, and all other things will be ad ded to us-in God’s good time. -Yoar fellow-citizen, • j William Martin. Lake City, Fla., May 22, 1867. of all sorrow. Would that the leaf thus laid upon the grave of my foster-parent were fra- gpant as the memory of his virtues. J.D. W. Registration in First Military District. . Wc publish to-day, Gen. Schofield’s order, giving instructions to Boards of Registration in Virginia. It will be no ticed. that by this order the greatest possible number are excluded from reg. istration. He not only excludes sev eral classes, in regard to which the At torney General was in doubt, but some that even Mr. Stanberry thinks enti tled to vote under the military bilL Death of the Hon. Joseph Henry Lumpkin. The painful tidings of th8 death, at his home in Athens, of this great and good roan reached this city yesterday afternoon. The sad event took place at-iO o’clock on Tuesday morning, the result of a second attack of paralysis. “Sure, the last end: ' Of the good man is peace. How caljn > his ■ exit.; , r - Ni'ght dews fall not more gently to the ground, Nor weary, worn-out minds expire so soft. Behold him in the eventide of A. life well spent; whose early care it was His riper years should not upbraid his green; By unperceived degrees he wears away, Yet^like the sun seems larger in its setting. Not only to his immediate-' family, but to the State at large, will the deathjbf this profound scholar and Christian gen tleman be a loss irreparable.—Intelli gencer of the 6 th. A Warning to Freedmen. The Lake City (Fla.) Press has the following brief but sensible address to the colored voters of that State,* by Wm. Martin, colored, who is widely known as a man «f excellent character and remarkable intelligence. These re marks should be generally read and pondered by our colored people. They cannot fail have their effect upon the minds of those who have the intel- telligence to appreciate truth and candor. This exposure of Radical trav elling missionaries and confiscation- shriekers is as scathing as it is thorough. He says-: Will ybh allow one of your oWn race and color to give you a little seasona ble advice. Ponder well on what I say, for your welfare alone induces me to take this step; I have been a freed- man for lo! these many years, and long before the emancipation procla mation was .ever dreamed of, and have, therefore, had some experience in the matter I desire to address you about. I was born in the South, have always lived in the South, and expect to die here in Florida, the home of. my adop tion, among my friends. I know the was Southern people and have tested their friendship in a thousand ways and am not now willing to sacrifice their good will to gratify thStibibitious designs of a few po'itical aspirants and demegogues, who desire to make cats-paws of the ignorant colored people to help them to place and power. I understand their 6chem.es, and.if .you .watch them closely you will find these men,, who are so anxious to excite your prejudices Synopsis of the Attorey General’s Opin ion. The following synopsis of the opin ion of the Attorney General should be clipped and kept for reference : 1st—Officers of the Militia are not disqualified. 2nd—The disfranchising clause in cludes all State officers, Governor, Lieu tenant Governor, State Auditor, Treas urer, Secretary, and all the State offi cials proper who execised executive functions at the seat of government : also Judges whose jurisdiction extend ed throughout the entire . State. 3rd—Municipal officers do not come within the provisions of the act. 4th—As to the county, township, or precinct officers, he reserves his opin ion. 5—All other executive or judical offi ces except county officers come irithiu the meaning of the law. 6th—Persons who exercise special public duties, rather.in the nature of occasional employment than as.a gen eral and continuous official duty, don’t come withiu the law;—as Boards of Commissioners on Public Works, Direc tors of State Asylums, Visitors of State Penitentiaries, State Directors of Bank or otoer corporations, special commis sioners, etc.; but all persons wbp, as ex ecutive or judical ofheers of any State, have taken an oath to supnort the Con stitution of the United States, are clear ly disfranchised. 7th—Members of the Confederate Congress, diplomatic agents, &c., are disqualified. 8th—Officers in the rebel States who during the rebellion discharged official duties not incident to war, but in pre servation of order and the administra tion; of the law, are not to be consider ed as thereby engaging in rebellion. The interest of humanity requires the performance of such duties, and they can never be considered as criminal.^ 9thi-rBome direct overt act done with intent to further the rebellion is neces sary to bring the party within purview, and in meaning of the law, merely dis loyal sentiments or expressions are not sufficient. 10th—Acts of common humanity and charity cannot be considered as in volving a party in participation in the rebellion. . . '' nth—Voluntary contributions ■ in furtherance • of the rebellion, or sub scriptions toi rebel loans, aDa even or- strictly .sanitary ... ... classed with acts whichidisquahfy. from the duties and powers of franchise. , X2 t h—The administration of -any other oath than -the one provided in the act would be, extra judicial and without authority, and false swearing could liot be assigned’ as perjury on such an unauthorized oath. The oath in the act is the sole and only test and of qualification of an applicant. If he takes it his,name must go on the regis ter. Foreign Markets. [BY THE CABLE LINE.] Liverpool. Jnen 4.-Cotfon less; ac tive during the latter part of the Jay. but closed very firm. Sales 1,200. Uplands UR Orleans Ilf. Breadstuff's easier. Corn declined 9d since, yester day. Lonbon, June 5.—noon.—Consols 04J. Bonds 73}. ggp A man named Tidwell, said to be froni the Southern part of Georgia, was accidently killed at the saw mill of Loomis & Bennett, Chattanooga, on Saturday last. Melancholy Occurrence. -Mrs WCbb, of Th 001831011 ' Georgia, we learn,'was thrown from a PUggY at about 11 b- to- on Monday last, and died shortley afterwards. Jail' Delivery—Three pnsoners design to reduce you to a greater slave- . escape. N. Y. “Markets. . New York, .June 5.—Cotton firm.;— Sales'1,800 at 17} to 28.' Flour heavy— State §9 to 511 75 ; Southern $11 l .tij $15 501 Corn heavy—mixed, new, $1 12 to $117; old $1 22' to $126}. Mess pork heavy, closed’ at $22 90. Lard heavy. Rice, sugar and cofiee steady. Naval stores heavy^ Alabama Registers.—The registers appointed for the^36th District of Ala bama, composed of’Cherokee and De- Kalb counties,-are Lemuel J.. Standi, fer, A. J. Horton and Wm..Malone. Here atal There.—An Indiana corre spondent of: the New York Times writes: Judge Lynqh,;to onf disgrace be it said, is at present.doing a meet exten sive business. in Indiana. Sixteen "cases of mob larb have Been recorded. durihj the past, two months, and there are prospects of farther accessions to this'nnmber. Kelley got cp a disturbance in Mo- rile, and forthwith the civil govern- hen t was done away with. The gov ernment of New Orleans was removed because there had been a riot—that of Selma, we suppose, because there might be a riot. But in Indiana, a Republi can State, there were sixteen cases of mob law in two months. Are there no Sheridans or Swaynes for Indiana? Selma Messenger. The Price of Wheat.—We under stand that, wheat, new crop, is being sold in some sections of the State at $2 50 per bushel. [For the Romo Courier. Tbe Wheat Harvest and Corn Pros> ’ pect. " “ • ’ The wheat crop is ready for the har vest, and'it will turu out much better than anticipated a few weeks ago; the only trouble is the scarcity ot laborers. The corn crops are growing finely, and if its cultivation is not neglected for the wheat harvest, and seasons hold out, Floyd county will be abundantly supplied with bread for th? next year; but, it is yet too.early to count upon the corn, crop, as it depends on good working land favorable , seasons before it is made; we can only hope for the best, as the prospects are flattering up to the present. . The farmers seem intent, in this val ley, in' sowing more wheat next fall than was sown last fall, and they are going to put the seed in tbe ground in better order. The inquiry how is, which are the best plows for breaking up the land in the fall. Heretofore the sow ing of wheat has been hurriedly and imperfectly done; but they seem now desirous of preparing tbeir ground thor oughly before sowing, feeling satisfied they will be better paid in a more abun dant yield, than as formerly done. The next thing then to be done, is to procure horse power reapers, as no de pendence now can be placed in manual labor, witfiout interfering with the reg ular cultivation of the corn crop. As such, horsa power reapers must be adopted- to carry on the whole farm la bors, without neglecting ' one crop for another. What We greatly need , is la bor-saving implemen ts of all kinds, to carry on our farming operations. Old customs and habits mustbe abandoned, and new systems must be adopted to suit the new order of things, and .the sooner we adopt them, the better it will be for our interest, and it will render us less dependent on so many surplus hands. I see freedmen now, who have broken'their regular ' annual contracts on farms, merely to cut wheat on. shares. Such is'an outrage, and the only way to foil such gentlemen is to make ones self-independent of their free will, by procuring horse power reapers, and make them stick to the plow-handles or the hoe. Henpe, the sooner' we pre pare ourselves with labor-saving ma chines, the better. The times have changed, and me-must change with them. ® 1 * , i: * -jOft&tvnt. I Jane 6th,’67. More Civil Officers Removed. Mobile, June 4.—The following or der was received and'read by Major Horton to tho Board of Aldermen of the City Council this morning at 11 o’ clock: Head’rs, 3d Military District, V Atlanta, Ga., May 31st. J Special Order No, 34. In pursuance of recommendation of .General Swayne, Commanding Dis trict of Alabama, touching the recent disturbances at Mobile, and for reasons -therein stated, the officers of the city, tax collector, city trersurer. board of aldermen, of common Coun-cil of the city! of: Mobile, are hereby vaca ted by the removal of the present encumbens. The new appointees were inauzurated ijnmed lately afte r the promulgation of this order. Registers in Bankruptcy.—The fol lowing -persons have been nominated as Registers in Bankruptcy: • Second District.—3. C. Keffer, Mont gomery. ' " • Third District.—C. S. G. Doster, Prattville. Fourth District.—Geo. E. Spencer Tus caloosa. Fifth District.—Joseph W. Burk, Huntsville. Sixth District.—D. H. Bingham, Ath ens. jgg“The Mayor and Commissioners Fayetteville, N. C. heve been removed, and sucessois aipppitoted. " ■ / „„„ ^ Nr the Rome Courier.] THE GRAIN, egrain.t egrain^ beautiful grain; How ,t laughs b the br %w . th , fram, , , „ Blessing the famishing earth , -. Making her smile with glee. 1 er pam ' Lifting in praise each bright got As it drinks the deir that tbe Fathe' Courting the sun’s warm lover-like frow Returning it smilingly. The grain! the grain! the beautiful sheaves! A song of joy, their rustling Weaves, For the gracious gift that the earth re- , :ceiyes, .. ...... Given mgst royally. From every hill side,'eVery plain Comes the farmer’s song as he reaps the 5 toll •- And the summer breeze wafts on the strain, In wildest harmony. A grateful' song of rejoicing to greet The Master, who sefldeth the seasons sweet, Giving the grain, the goiden wheat,' A hldssing for all to be. He ponrs o’er tbe earth His brimming horn, That the valleys may laagh and sing with corn, While Hope, from her death trance, rises new born, The brighter days to see. Our Father, we thank Thee! the beantifal Grain, - Brings a blessing like that, when the soft summer rain Comes down on tho parched earth, nor bids it in vain, . Rejoice and hope ever in Thee. Hope ever, and tfust, Thy thoughts, net like ours, Thou sendest the drputh, then bringest the flowers, Withholdetk the grain, then, with magical showers, A glorious harvest,we see. . And so for the grain! the beautiful grain! The golden, -the. laughing, with glad re frain, , ... , /; Blessing *be famishing Earth, in herpain, Wo offer our worship to Thee. T. F. New' Orlcriis Matters^ New Orleans,, June S.rtTbe Board .of Levee Commissioners appointed by Gov. Wolfs, met to-day arid perfected their organization by .electinz Robert B. Sfcille President; E. IJ. A.ugomar, Chief engineer, and N,. C. Sweethen, Secretary. The selections are excellent, and give general satisfaction, and assure immediate re-building or of the levees. Gen. Longstreet publishes a letter in this morning’s Republican, containing tb6 following paragraph: . '. \The Militaiy bill and amendibcnts "Npeare offerings. We should accept Ja as such. and. place ourselves Zvv.!Mem as the starting point .from as they ) v. me ® t ^“ ture political issues addr° e Is^k WeIIs *&&*** President, protean* vlry caustic, aJ! noTa .«$ .another, whfch he says fe d £ truth in the charge , n ° t • a * or f- °T - „ .. „’7c\at he was mi pend mg the execution ofY laws of firess ' - \ Important from LoS^~ New Orleans, June 6.—>. ing order was issued at ten oY^'ldst night: A. Hdhs. 5th Mil. Dts\ A’ewCrleans. June 6,’67. K Special Order No. 62. ^ ExTRACT.^-Mr. Thomas j. Durant having declined tbe appointment .pf Governon of Louisiana, conferred Upon him in special orders No. 59—extract 5^from these headquarters. Mr. Benj. Flanders is. hereby appointed in his stead., Mr. Elanders will at once asp surde the duties of his office, and all records, etc.. pV rtair ing to , it will be turned over to; him without unnecessa ry delay. By command of Maj. Gen.' P. H. Sheridan. .■ . (Signed) George L. Hartzuef, 1 A.a.g: Another Letter from TUadens Ste vens. The following letter appears in the Gettysburg, Pa.,- -Star & Herald, of which tfie'Hdn: Edward McPherson is chief editor': Lancaster, Pa., May 28, ’67. Dear Sir : Short as your letter is, I fear 1 cannot answer it without violat ing an,injunction of my medical advi ser not to become excited. You liye in a region which was two or three tithes initadjd by the armies of Jeffer son Davis. In the counties of Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Cumberland! Adams and York, they visited almost every far mer and other inhabitant, and plun dered them of their horses, cattle, pro visions', wagon3 and money, when found besides some detached cases. They laid in ashes one thriving village of 6,000 peopl 5 *, and turned the inhabi tants houseless into the streets, to seek shelter-in fence corners. No provision has ever been made, or is now making, to reimburse the plundered citizens.— By the law of nations, a government makes no compensation for damages dope by an invading army, . unless such government be victorious, when it al ways provides by treaty for the pay ment by the vanquished enemy, A government which neglects to make sneto provision on behalf of its plun dered citizens is basely negligent of its dufy. A quasi peace exists between the late belligerents, the terms of which are wholly dictated by Congress, which is nnderjbe control of the Republican party. Nothing but the proceeds of the confiscation of a small portion of tbe property of wealthy rebels . can be applied to pay the damages inflicted by the marauders, unless it he paid oat of . the Treasury of the United States. A few Republican meteors, always er ratic in their course, gre flitting through aqd exploding in. the Republican at mosphere. . They attract sufficient public attention, to enable them to as sure the amiable rebels who inflicted this injury.that they need fear no con' flscation; that nobody of any note in the North is in favor of imposing such punishment for the sake of remunera tion, or of justice. They assure them that nothing can be taken from Aiken's estate of millions, from Hampton, Davis Orr, or Faulkner, or from a thousand others wbp are still worth their hun dreds of thousands to reimburse the loyal men.;NP c th and South, who were plundered of tbeir estates, and to aid yoar poor neighbors to rebuild their humble tenements. It is scarcely to be endured that Congress for two sessions should sit indifferent to these suffer ings, and. take no steps to enforce these lights. These remarks apply' to large portions of Maryland, of West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Missouri, as well as to’the slave States. . He who can pa tiently listen to that patient humanity which we now see propogated, has more command of himself than I have. In deed it looks if we were still to add to the burden of our taxation to defray the expenses, of transportation, and the ovation of triumphant traitors. But I must stop, or I shall commit the fault against which I have been warned.— With, great respect, your obedient ser vant, TgADEns Stevens. Igg-The following brief letter from old Thad, to Mr, F^S.C. Sommerhamp of Dadeville, Alabama, we copy from tbe Tallapoosian: v Lancaster, May 21,’67. Dear Sib: We do not confiscate loy al men, nor rebels, unless they are rich, few wili suffer, not enough I fear; ‘ some innocent men will I fear. Thad Stevens. Tbe New Orleans Muddle. : New Url :ans, June 7.—Benj. ..jF. Flanders, the newly appointed Gover nor, called on Gov. Wells this morning at the Executive office, and made known that became in obedience to.an order from Gen, Sheridan, aha wgs ready to enter upon the duties of.tne Executive of the State. Wells declined voluntarily to vacate the office, and,pro tested in writing against the action (| of the military authorities. At 1 pi , in., an order was received from the Gover nor’s office, addressed to Flanders, bpt he was absent. The nature of the com munication was not ascertained, Mexican news leceived to day con firms the previous reports' that. Lppez sold Queretaro to Escobedo for tbtee thousand ounces. No new develop ments. ' Gen. Sheridan and Gov. Welts—The Louisiana Governorship—-Exciting Times. New Orleans,June 8.—This morning at 9} o'clock. Brevet Brig. v GeneraI John W. Forsyth, of Gen. Sheridan's staff, called at the Executive office, in the Mechanics’ Institute, and told Gov. Wells that be bore a written communi cation to him from Gen. Sheridan, which was found' to be as tollowe: Hd’qrs 5th Military Dis’t, j New Orleans, Juno 7, ’67. J Mr. J. M. Madison Wells, Ex-Gov- ernor Louisiana Sir—Governor Flan ders has just informed me that he made an official demand oh yon for the records of the office which yon have heretofore held as Governor of Louisiana, and that you .have declined to.tiiro them over to him, disregarding the right to remove from office by me, which right you .have acknowledged and urged on me up to the time of yoar Own removal. I, therefore, send Bevet Brig. General J. W. Forsyth, of my staff, to satisfy you that he is. seht by me to eject you from the Governor’s room forcibly, unless you. consider ibis notification as equivalent to ejection! ' (Sighed.) P. H. Sheridan; Major General U. S. A. After thereadjng of this communica tion. Gov. Wells stated to Gen Forsy th: “Sir, 1 surrender the office I told only to the sword)” and called- Judge Ryan, of the Parish of Rapades, to bear-wit- ness of what h.C said! Without mak ing any response whatever, Gen For syth withdrew. The ' new appointee, Mr. Flanders, will therefore take im mediate possession of the Executive office. Ex-Gvoernor' Wells has consul ted with eminent counsel as to the*pro- per course to pursue at law. The Antecedents of the nciV Governor of Lonisiana—The Action of Gen. Sheridan not Endorsed at Washing* ton, &c. Washington, June 8.. -Berij. F. Flan ders. whom Gen. Sheridan has appo nt- ed Governor of Louisiana, arrived here twenty years ago-from .New Hampshire. He commenced his career as clerk of the Charity Haspital; was Secretary to Mayor Crossman, and was an ardent “know nothing;” tyas Secretary of the Opelousas railroad, and opposed to co operation during the inc’piency of the rebellion, and has been Federal Treas ury Agent for several years past. Gen. Sheridan appears unsupported here.— His nrompt action defeats the plans of the schemers, and shocks the C mserva- tives. Some changes in District com manders are. regarded as certain. I If NE\y SERIES-^0.-8g;4.L, \J :-.i Tbe remainder of^the city officials of. . Mobile were yesterday removed by or- j in Bankruptcy'for the j... der of Gen. Pope.—Selma ■ Messenger of I of Georgia, h«« been give 5rt... J—Intel, \li d , n The Requests of Maximilian on Surren dering—He was Betrayed. San Ldis Potosi, May 18.—General Miguel Aiopez, an officer high in Maxi milian’s confidence, and two other Imperial generals, caused the fall of Queretero by selling one of tbe princi pal forts. Maximilian, on surrendeing made these requests: 1. That he shout not be insulted: but treated as/a prison er of war. 2. If any were to be shot, tho 1 Ac should be the first. 3. If shot his body not to be abused. Personal.—We learn from a gentle man who was recently in Washington City, that the Hon. Joshua Hill, with his family, will soon become a resident f of this city. The position of Rpgister ’* ! in Bank runny fnr tk a Vfipihoyjj District Mr. Hill.

Georgia Historic Newspapers

The Rome weekly courier. (Rome, Ga.) 1860-1887, June 14, 1867, Image 1