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■WISDOM, JUSTICE AND! MODERATION."
VOLUME XXTT.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 17, 1868.
NEW SERIES—NO, 34,.
Che Home Courier.
M. DW4NEIX, Prop’r.
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS.
Sales of. Land by Administrators, Exectors or
Guardians, aro required by law to be hold on
the first Tuesday in each month, between the
hours of ten in the forenoon and three in the
afternoon, at the Court House in the county in
which the propertyis situated.
Notices ol these sales must he given in a pub-
lie gazette 40 days previous. ^
Notices of the sale of personal property must
be given in like manner, through a public gaz-
etie 10 days previous to sale day.
Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an estate,
must be published 40 days.
Noticc tho papplications will be made to the
Court of Ordinary for leave to sell land must bo
published for two months.
Citations for letters of Administration, Guar
dianship Ac., must be publishod 30 days—for
dismission trorn Administration, monthly six
months—for dismission from Guardianship, 40
days.
Rules for the forccloseure of Mortgages must
be published monthly for four months—for es
tablishing lost paperB, for the full space of three
months—for compelling titles trom Executors or
Administrators, where bond has been given by
I lie deceased, I 0 r the full spaee of three months.
Publications will always be continued accord
ing to these, the legal requirements, unless oth
erwise ordered, at the following
RATES.
Sheriffs Sales per levy of ten lines or less $3 00
Sheriff's Mortgage fi. fa. sales, per levy, 5 00
Tax Collector’s sales, per levy 00
Citations for letrers ofAdministration 3 00
Citations for letters ot Guardianship 3 00
Notice ot application for dismission from
Administration, 6 00
Notice of application for dismission from
Guardianship, 4 00
Application to sell land C 00
Notice to Debtors and Creditors, 3 00
Sale of Land, persquaro, 5 00
Sale of perishable property, 10 days .. 2 00
A Ridiculous Failure,
The Scalawags of Georgia made a tre
mendous effort to get up a gtand demon
stration in our city on the lOthinst. After
ten days’ notice, with hundreds of flaming
handbills, stuck up in Floyd, Polk, Chat
tooga and Bartow counties, announcing the
meeting, and stating that -Jos. E. Brown,
R. B. Bullock and Jas. Atkins, would be
present as speakers, they, succeeded, by
sending around bills and notices, in col
lecting white men, drawn in from curiosity
and other motives, to the number of one
hundred amt Seventy-four. Some fifty of
these were respectable citizens, who just
called in, on their way to dinner. There
were present about two hundred negroes.—
Brown drove iris bob-tailed bull, Bullock
declared that he was fat, and Adkins
“played thunder.” On next Thursday we
expect a speech from a gentleman, at the
City Hall, that will prove Atkins is a per
jured man, and whose proper place is in
the penitentiary, and not in Congress.
Military Movement-
Company G, 33d Infantry, lift here for
Laurense county, Ga.,Capt. C. JIc.C. Lord
in command. Capt. Lord is understood to
be an intense Radical. He, while in com
mand ofthis post, issued the only order in
the State against a particular paper, the
Courier, in pursuance of General Order
No. 49. We commend him to the citi
zens of Laurense and adjacent counties as | injured,
his merits deserve.
New Store.
It is always a pleasure to us to give
good news to the people. The old mer
chants of the city have established such a
high reputation that surely they will not
•be jealous on account of a few words of
commendation for a new house. Messrs.
Sullivan & Gwaltney, late of South Caro
lina, are now receiving, at McClung’s old
stand, a beautiful stock of dry goods. These
gentlemen are experienced merchants, and
thoroughly understand what they are
about.
Their goods were bought with cash, and
just at the “nick of time,” when cotton
fabrics were lowest, and will he sold as low
as can be afforded, strictly on the one
price, cadi system. We would especially
call the attention of our lady friends to
their large and beautiful stock of dress
goods. They will not be prepared to ex
hibit their goods till Tuesday, the 14th.—
We love to see such first class business
men settling in our community, and com
mend them to a cordial reception, both in
business circles and the social relations of
life.
Frost.—On last AVednesday morning
we had both frost and ice in this vicinity.
The freeze was not sufficiently hard, how
ever, to kill anything except the tendcrest
plants, such as beans, Irish potatoes, etc.
[For the Courier.
APHORISMS.
Selected by Jim Sikes.
Election Ordei.
Hl’qrs., 3d Mil. Dis., A
Dep’t. Ga., Ala and Fla. y
Atlanta, Ga. April 6th. )
Men who oppose de radical revolutiona-; General Orders, 1
ry measures of Congress don’t like to be! ^" 0 >
cotch talkin wid de Presiden oh de Union i ^ Wh „ er f e “> Jhe Const.tut.onal Con-
- vention of the State ofGeorgia. recently in
^ jea ff ue - session in this city, did, on the iOth day of
Candidates dat can’t get de white fol':s j March, 1863, adopt an ordinance entitled
to vote for em, go right straight to de l’res- ; “An Oordinance to provide for the elec-
iden ob de League to get nigger votes. tion of civil officers," which Ordinance,
s.'
k ee P s - the twentieth of April, 1868, (at such
Any man who am in favor of eongregat- places as may be designated by the Com
ing niggers durin de dead hours ob de night, j mending General of the District) for vot-
for de purpose ob teaching en. to vote for
de disfranchisement ob white men, and de
political supremacy ob de .bluets will inva
riably prefer de company ob Union Lcaug-
ers and niggers.
ing on the ratification of the Constitution,
for the election of Governor, members of
the General Assembly, Representatives to
the Congress of the United States, and all
other officers to be elected as provided in
this Constitution, and said election to be
Any man who aspires to office, and kept open from day to to day at the discre-
, . , . . ...... i tion of the General commanding.
loves not his country, will net hesitate to -
“And at said election, on the ratification
hug a nigger to get his vote, or kiss a nig- ; of the Constitution, and for Governor,
ger baby. | members of Congress, members of the Gen-
De greatest sin, do sin ob de day, 1 eral Assembly, and all other civil officers,
Am scramble for office, and greed for pay. the qualifications for voters shaft be the
-• same as prescribed by the act of Congress,
De greatest truth de world e’er told:— known as the Sherman Bill, for voters at
Men can he bought and men can be sold, j the t lection on the ratification of the Con-
! stitutiou, and at all elections under the pro
De-Union League and do Ku-Klux-Klan, visional government. And Maj. General
Hab not do sanction of honorable men.
Dal dm a fact.
Do Union Leagues and radical elans.
It is believed that the fruit is not materially De Gnmd Cjc]opse KtrKlu * bands,
Dat meet in de night to scheme and plot,
Voters of Floyd.
A’ote for the regular nominated ticket.
L P. May is the candidate for Sheriff,
with Joseph H. Lumpkin (not H. P. Lump
kin) and Thos. A r . Smith as Deputies. A’ote
the straight out ticket.
New Music.
We have received from the enterprising
Publishing House, of Root & Cady, 67,
Washington Street, Chicago, the following
pieces of new music :
Should all be throttled, or all be shot.
Jcs-so.
Meade is respectfully requested to give the
: necessary orders to carry into effect the
foregoing provisions, and cause due returns
to be made, and certificates of election to
i issue by the proper officers. Bnt this or
dinance shall not apply to Justices of the
- Peace, who shall be elected at such time as
shaft be provided fiir by the first General
Assembly, until otherwise "provided for by
revolu- ’
Mass Meeting at 'Rome.
Keep it in mind, and tell yont neigh-
Sstray Notices, SO days, 4 00 j b 0 f the grand rally of the Democracy,
foreclosure of Mortgage, per square 4 00 i j o j j j
mn advertising hia wife, fin advance)lo 00 aud white men of Upper Georgia, to be in
Home on Saturday, April the 18th.
Gen. Gordon, our gallant Standard
bearer, and other distinguished speakers,
SATURDAY .HORNING, April 11.
The Proposed Constitution
Sec. 5, of Article 1, Declares that the f jmU bo present. Come one, come all.
ri{ ht of the people to appeal to the courts
shill never be impaired. And yet, in the
clearest disregard of this fundamental de
claration, the same Constitution, in See.
17, of Article 1, completely denies the peo
ple the right to. appeal to the courts in a
Polk County Nominations.
There was a grand rally of the Democra
cy at Cedartown, on Tuesday, the 7th inst.,
Judge A. R. AYright made a splendid
speech, and great enthusiasm prevailed.—
multitude^eases,'-of the gravest ipjpor . The nomination ,of Gordon ‘and Young
Stance.,. The right is not only impaired, but. Wfe heartily *endorsed
t ’ 4Ai - _ _ a f/yllAnrinrr nTiiall.
And, in further hostility to the
' right of the people to appeal to the courts,
{ is provided in the 11th division of said
th Section that, if some future Legisla
te should allow persons to appeal to the
courts for thd enforcement of their debts,
Seated before June 1,1865, then it should
tfe in the power of the General Assembly
to impose a tax of 25 per cent upon the
debt, one-haif of which to he collected out
of the debtor—which tax is, however, not
to be collected, unless tlie process of the
law is resorted to, in collecting the debt—
so Jjtbat, in substance, a tax of 25 per cent
is intjjiijged upon the people as a penalty for
Appealing to-the courts. For instance, if
A owes B. 81,000, and neglects to pay_
him, and B appeals to the courts to collect
the debt, this Constitution gives the Legis
lature power to impose a tax of $250 on
B for appealing to the courts. Is not
this impairing his right to appeal
to the courts ? Is it not render
ing his right to do so less valuable to
him ? It impairs it one-fourth in value, in
the first instance—but, at all events, one-
eighth in value—as he can never get out
of the defendant one-half of the penalty.—
But, again, the party Bued sometimes has a
good and just ground of defense to a suit,
and when he has such defense the laws of
all ages and countries allow him to plead it
in court, and such courts give him the ben
efit of it. But this Constitution says no—
if you have ever so good and just a defense
you shall not l e permitted to appeal to the
courts to sustain you, without being fined
aud punished 12 J per centupon the amount
of the plaintiff’s demand. Thus if A owes
B $1,000, and B owes A 8900, but B re
fuses to settle with A, aud sues him on
the 81,000 debt, A pleads his 8900 as a
set-off, which, in right and justice, he
ou"ht to do, yet, for doing this, he is taxed
$125, or 12J per cent upon B’s. claim of
81,000, and taxed also 12} per cent upon
his own set-off, of 8900. Thus people are to
be treated for appealing to the courts.
It may be some consolation, however, to
observe that, according to express provi
sions of the said Constitution, all such
parts of the same as impairs the right of
the people to appeal to the Courts, shaft
never have any binding force. Thus in
See. 33, Articlel, it is declared that no law
or Ordinance of this State, “in contraven-
The following excellent ticket was nomi
nated :
For the Senate.
W. J. HEAD, OF HARALDSON.
For. Representative.
GEORGE AY. WEST.
ForOrdinary.
S. A. BORDERS.
For Clerk of Superior Court.
: AV. L. McCORMICK.
For Sheriff.
AGUSTUS McGllEGOR, and
E. AY. CLEMENTS, Dep’y.
For Tax Receiver,
E. J DUPREE.
For T^x Collector.
. . • m.R. BECK.
CTor Treasurer.
WD, WRIGHT.
' Fbr'Coroner.
J: H. PRICE.
For Surveyor.
E. D. HIGHTOWER.
Stenograph} - .
Mr. B. Maguire, the gentleman who
made great reputation by reporting for the
Intelligencer the proceedings of the Atlan
ta Convention, is in Rome, and proposes
Ip give instruction in the art ofStcnograpliy-,
He is a gentleman in every sense,. and an
adept in the Art. His rooifis are at the
Choice Hotel.
This affords a rare opportunity for pro
fessional men, and young men of literary
attainments and ambition.
He teaches The system of “short hand”
writing in a single lesson and guarantees
entire satisfaction.
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Federal Government, Upset.
The McCardle and the Georgia cases,
says the Recorder, have finally been ruled
down in the Supreme Court by subterfuge.
Justice Grier may truly say, to acquit
himself, “he was ashamed that such an op-
probium should be cast upo'i the Court and
can’t be refuted.” The truth is that both
the Judicial and Executive Departments of
the Government have been absorbed by a
bogus or minority Congress. No legal gov
ernment now exists and anarchy under
military rule prevails. Nor is there any
relief to be expected to the country till the
people at large tukc the matter in hand,and
by electing sound meD to Congress, bring it
back to Constitutional rule. This was all
the South at first sought to do. If the
people do not now arouse and in their maj
esty hurl from power the consolidationists,
there is no further hope for free government.
Southern Insurance Company of Nash-
vme, Tenn.
Mr. Henry M. Scott, special agent for
the above named Insurance Company, has
appointed our enterprising follow citizen.
W. L. Wadsworth, lo&il Agent for the
Company, for Floyd and adjacent counties.
We have seen numerous notices of the
prompt payment of losses by this Company.
The following card is copied from the At
lanta Intelligencer :
Atlanta, Ga., April 3,1868.
Secret political organizations am ™-., u As by the provisions of said Ordi-
tioaary in dar character, and dangerous to nan( . e fhc Comuiand ; ng General is request-
de liberties oh de people, and it may here e( j to cau3e certificates of election to be is-
Sonos.—The Cottage in the Wood, ! | ie 0 bserbed dat Union Leaguers, and Kn- sued to those persons who may he elected
Poor Jack Brown, Bessie Jane, My Marga- j Klux-Klans, are no exception to dis rale. to said offices, and that he may not be call-
ret. Lost Lonnie Laine, The Girl for Me,
and The Spring at the Foot of the Hill.
Instrumental Pieces.—Ernanie Na-
bucadonozor, Santa Lucia, Un Ballo in .
Maschera, The Two Angela, Floating j ea ^ ^
Clonds, Rigoletto, and Araldo.
Mr. Henry A. Smith will order these
pieces, or any others that may be desired.
True as preached.
ed upon to cause certificates of election to
Rufus li. Bollock one of the Capturers
United States Arsenal near Augusta.
When Judge Irwin was appointed elect
or on the Davis and Stephens ticket in
1861, the State of Georgia had withdrawn,
by solemn ordinance of her people in Con
vention assembled, from the Federation of
the United States, and had joined the Fed
eration known as the Confederate States.
The latter had been recognized by the Uni
ted States Government as a belligerent pow
er—not as rebels—and was officially treated
as such.
When Joseph E. Brown, as Governor of
Georgia, made war against the armed for
tresses of the United States, in the mouth
of the Savannah River, and by force of
arms, seized upon and took possession of the
United States Arsenal near this city, cap
turing the garrison of United States sol
diers who were in possession and defending
it, Georgia teas ill the Union and hound hy
her allegiance to the Union.
The Convention which subsequently as
sembled at Milledgeville, and passed the
Ordinances of Secession had not then met.
The allegiance of her people at that time
was due to the Federal Government. The
seizures thus made by Joseph E. Brown
and his conspirators against the Federal
Government was open, clear, legal, treason.
They were made without the shadow ot
authority from any source whatever. The
treason of Joseph E. Brown was the result
of the act of the iiulividual, not of the Ex
ecutive of the State, for in the latter capac
ity he had no authority to act what
ever.
Aft those who volunteered to aid him in
these acts of war against the authority cf
the Uni ed States became liable, individu
ally, for their participation therein.
Among the number who shouldered their
General Meade’s KuKlnx Order. 1 color. Notwithstanding he siw death star-
The Savannah Republican, makes some! ing him in the face, the clergyman lnforrn-
exteuded remarks in regard to the above I ed ns that he was so stubborn that he would
named remarkable Order. We extraetthe
following
If General Meade sincerely intends to
enforce this order by taking prompt meas
ures to arrest and bring to trial the guilty
parties, we shall, in common with “all the
good people of this District,” heartily re
joice. The suspension of all the incendia
ry sheets in Georgia, and their satanic edi
tors and proprietors also, would speedily
put an end to these troubles. We should al
so like to know whether the printing of
such circulars as, it is reported, were issued
from the office of the Savannah Bradley
organ, and scattered broadcast throughout
this city by Clift and Bradley, threatening
the lives and property of our citizens, that
their houses should be burned to the
ground, &c., are included in the catalogue
of incendiary publications? We presume
not. Can General Meade name or produce
one solitary copy of a circular or poster is
sued outside of the Radical secret leagues
which could in any possible manner be
construed as “tending to prodace intimida
tion, riot or bloodshed!” We ehallenge
the proof.
So far as General Meade dictating to us
what we shall aud what we shall not pub
lish, either in the columns of our journal
or print in our job printing office, we can
only say that we intend, in spite of all
“threats and intimidation,” whether from
Raker Council Negro League, or Head
quarters Third Military District, to control
our own property and to exercise our own
judgment in all matters strictly pertaining
to oar business. We never have been, nor
never intend to be connected with any of
not even offer up a prayer. He said
until- the last, when asked if he -was .'not
sorry for what he had done,he replied“No;’.’ :
and not until the last lingering ray f hope .
bad .fled, .did he beg. for mercy. -
These are immediate facts connected “with
the case, and .any other statement that has
been, or may be published, conflicting with,
this one,is a slanderous attack upon the vir
tue of Miss P., and it. cowardly insnlt to her
defenders and avengers.
Hoping that this statement may reach
the eye of every man and woman in’ the
county who has, a heart, to feel and can sym-
jjathize with outraged innocence, we respect
fully request that all papers, under whose'
eyes this may fall,will copy,and by so doing
will greatly oblige
Thirteen Prisoners.
muskets and marched upon and besieged the ; these “evil organizations” which are now,
garrison holding the United States Arsenal; and have been for months, openly per mi t-
at this place, was one Rufus B. Bullock, | ted to foment strife and bloodshed between
now Radical candidate for Governor of the the t : vo races, hut we still reserve the
State. j right to think, speak, write and act, pro-
When the Federal garrison surrendered i vided always we do cot violate the laws* of
to the revolutionary body which besieged the land, or encroach upon the rights of
the Arsenal, Rufus B. Bullock was one j others, or lend our aid to the intrigues of
of the valiant soldiers of Brown, who, with j secret cabals.
persons inelligible to hold office, he calls the i musket ; n ] land aIld bayonet fixed, marched | AYhy does General Meade not enjoin
WSulf it am right to suppress Ku-Klux attention all concerned to the provisions ; u au ,l t ;ok possession. The Union flag Bradley, Hrpkins,-Clift, Simms & Co. from
was hauled down from the. flag stujf on the i making inff;.mmatory appeals! Is it at all
Klaus, it am right also to suppress Union of section 3 of the amendment to the Cou-
stitutiun of the United States, proposed by
Congress, and designated as the 14th Ar-
Bffi_If an order was issued to suppress, j tide, which section he deems, under the
New Goods.
J. P. McDowell, than whom there is no ,
better merchant in this community, has
just received a large and elegant stock of
spring and summer goods. The ladies, well
knowing his good taste, will surely not fail
to give him a call. In Staple goods, also,
you can nowhere do better.
not only de Ku-Klux-Klan, but de secret
Union Leagues, ebery good citizen would
help put dem both down.
Anger begets anger, aud love begets
love, and friendship begets friendship, so
also secret clans beget secret clans, and evil
begets evil.
De radical league klan begot _ the. Ku-
klux £/p74,alfd iffvre don’t find 'some plan
to stay dar reckleS3 hand, will scatter death
all over de land.
Abolitionism begot' secession, secession
begot war, and war begot de Debit, gener
ally—specially de secret Loyal Leaguers;
aud da begot de ku-kltu-klan.
It am not a bery good way to restore de
Union, to disfranchise white men, and den
let all de negroes vote.
Dat am a fact.
Jim Sikes.
Important Information*
For Congress*
The following are Conservative nomi
nees for Congress :
First District—Hon. H. S. Fitch.
Second District—Nelson Tift.
Third District—Hon. P. AY. Alexander.
Fourth District—Hon. O. A. Lockrane.
Fifth District—No Nomination.
Sixth District—Hon. J. H. Christy.
Seventh District—Gen. P. M. B. Young.
Bullock, the Stranger, vs. Gordon, the
Georgian.
“.One from among thy brethren shalt
thou set King over thee; thou mayest NO T
SET A STRANGER OVER THEE,
which is not thy brother.”-—Deut. 17c.
55 a.
Bullock says give him fifty negroes in the
Legislature, and he can control the State.
Headq’rs Third Militry District.
(Dep’t Georgia, Florida and Alabama,)
Atlanta, Ga., April 7,1868.
General Orders, No. 53.
The ittentiou of the Major General Com
manding has been called to the extraordina
ry cource-of lsteLieuteuant Charles T. John
son,15th Regiment Infantry,which he deems
so important as to justify comment in this
public manner.
The facts of the case are, that Lieutenant
Johnson, differing in opinion with Judge B.
T. Pope, of the Circuit Court of Calhoun
county, Alabama, as to the proper construc
tion of General Orderes Nos. 53 and 55. of
1867—after indicating to Judge Pope, his
views, aud the Judge failing to comply there
with, proceeded to close the court, arrested
the Judge, and ascertining that the Clerk
of the Court did not agree in his views, al
though no act was charged against him also.
Lieutenant Johnson, herein committed two
grave errors. In the first place, had the
Judge .violated General Qrderes 53 and, 55
there was no warrant or authority for his
arrest by Lieutenantf Johnson. The power
of closing courts anti arresting Judges, is
vested alone in the Commanding General of
the Third Military District and has not
i been delegated, to any subordinate officer.
By the new Constitution you are forced j On the contrary Paragraphs LGeneral Or-
to muster, in the militia service, side by; ders No. 4, scries of 1867, whilst it requires
, , t. : v 1* a CC c.wt «11 f.nlnr/»e rtf
side with the negro. You must stomach
econstruction acts, applicable to the elec
tion of officers provided for by said Ordi
nance, and is as follows
“See. 3. No person shall be Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of
President and Vice President, or hold any
office, civil or militaiy, under the United
States, or under any State, whdv-_havfog
previously taken an oath, as a member, of
Congress, or as an, officer of -ftjc. United
f»ture, or as an executive or judicial officer
of any State, to support the Constitution
of the United Stat§s, shall have engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the same,
or given aid or comfort to the enemies
thereof. But Congress may, by a vote of
two-thirds of each House, remove such dis
ability.”
Attention is aEo called to the 6th 'Sec
tion of the Supplementary Reconstruction
Act of Congress, which passed July 19th,
1S67, in which it is declared that the words
‘executive or judicial office in any State,’
shall be construed to include all civil offices
created by-law, for the administration of
any general law of the State, or for the ad
ministration of justice.”
III. The following are the officers to be
elected at the approaching election ini the
State of Georgia, under the provisions of
the foregoing Ordinance, and the act - of
Congress anthorizing the election, to wit:
A Governor of the State", Senators and
Representatives in.the General Assembly,
and for each county in the State a Clerk of
the Superior Court, Ordinary, Sheriff, Tax
Collector, Tax Receiver, Treasurer. Coro
ner and Surveyor.
Also seven members of the House of
Representatives of the United States Con
gress, being one member to be elected from
each of the Congressional Districts in the
State, as established by an Ordinance of
said Constitutional Convention, entitled an
Ordinance to establish Congressional Dis
tricts, adopted March 6tE, 1868.
By order of Maj. Gen. Meade:
S.F. Babstow,
- aprT— A. A. A. G-
s. A
Fla., V
7- )
Military Order.
Hdq’rs. 3d Mil. Dis.
Dep’t. Ga., Ala. and Fla.,
Atlanta, Ga., April 7.
General Orders 1
No. 54. J
The Commanding officer, Sub-Distnct of
Georgia, will proceed to distribute the
this on hot summer days, if you do the Con
stitution. How do. you like it?
Radical legislation is debasing the white
race, and making no improvement in the
black Let every voter ballot for the Con
stitutional Democracy, and save the coun
try.—N. Ga. Citizen.
jg^Does Gen. Meade's order 51 refer to
Loyal Leagues, and incendiary speeches
made in those Leagues ?
Does it privilegt a certain class to threat
en negroes with violence who do not vote
the Radical ticket.
If not, let order 51 take its course, and
stop these wicked, clandestine meetings.
Society demands, our safety requires it.—
We feaT them worse than the dilapidated
m ow™) iu courraven- 0 u the first day of last month I insured Zclre Kk’s.-Cft&n.
tion or subversion of the Constitution and i my touge and furniture with Mr. L. B. i P
subordinate officers to report aft failures of tr00 pg uader hL command, in such manner
the civil officers or tribunals to render fiqnal : ” ■ •• •’ • - ’ * ' J --
justice to the people expressly declares said
civil officers and tribunals aio not to he in
terfered with in the discharge of their du
ties. Lieutenant Johnson should have con
fined himself to calling on Judge Pope for
explanation and reporting the facts to these
Headquarters—his assumption of authority
to arrest, is deserving of the severest cen
sure, but is justified or palliated, by his
zeal or coLscieutious desire to do his duty,
bull of which the Commanding General is
willing io admit. _
In the second place, Lt. Johnson erred
in judgment, his construction of General
Orders 53 and 55 not befog correct and so
far as the Commanding General can judge
from the correspondence submitted, the
construction of Judge Pope was such as
has been given_at these headquarters. The
object of General Orders Nos. 53 and^ 55,
was nob to declare, as seems to be Lt.^ John
son’s opinion, that aft juries must be .in part
composed of colored men, and that no jury
Government of the United States shall j Dorig^ Insurance Agent, and os the 19th * * m *
never liave any binding force.” Now, if j of last month my house was burned. ! Procure Tickets Early.
the relief feature of the proposed Constitn- The adjusting agent of the Southern In-! We suggest to our friends in the severaij was legal unless colored men were
. . , „ nf t c. United surance Company, of Nashville, Tennessee, ' connties of the State the importance ot ■ ed. The object and intent ol these orders
ion is in con ra ■ - came to me promptly, and adjusted my ! promptness in procuring printed tickets for was simply to remove the distinction which
States Constitution that relief feature be- a straightforward and honorable the election. Just as-soon as your county the laws of the State in this District made
ing a law (part of the organic law) of this man ner, and to-day, I have, through Mr.
State shall never have any binding force. Davis, received the amount due me from
And if this he so, then what becomes of all, that Company, all to my entire satisfac-
the so-called relief ? That the relief meas- t,0 j most chcerfulIy rcC ommeud to any
ures, so-called, are in contravention of the want ; n g Insurance, the Southern Insurance
Constitution of the United States, is clear Company of Nashville, Tennessee, (Mr. L
beyond dispute. The adjudications of the B. Davis Agent) as one worthy of their
courts on thb subject are such as leaves no confidence, aud as one that will pay pleas-
reasonable ground to doubt this conclusion: ! aBtl y“ nd her loSSCS '
And it is unnecessary to refer to them . L. H. Boykin.'
here. Then out of its own mouth, we.-, con-; A
nominations are made, send to the most on the ground of color, and to add to the
convenient Conservative newspap-r office Qualifications for jurors required by the ad-
and have your tickets printed. There are ditional one that all jurors should be regis-
quite a number of offices to be filled, and tered voters. It does not appear from the
printed tickets will be indispensable, papers submitted that Judge Pope declined
There are not so many newspaper offices obedience to these orders as thus construed,
in the State as formerly; therefore you j 0 i that his course wasin conflict therewith,
may crowd some of them too much by de- t The Commanding General trusts this public
laying to order tickets until a few days be- disaprovalof the conduct of Lt. Johnson
fore the election. It is best to have the will have the effect to raider all subordinate
tickets properly distributed in good time, j officess cautious, and to refrain from hasty
and aft the arrangements for effective work : and unauthorized exercise of power which
_ on the days of the election perfected before is only vested by law in the highest military
deoin the proposed Constitution. A house i agkaltunning off with another man’s wife | it commences. Energy and through pro- officer in the District
divided against itself cannot stand. ! is styled larceny in St. Louis. Pretty j paration for the contest is ia t e
Crito. i (coat) larceny, probably. 1 battle
By order of Major General Meade.
F. S. Babstow, A. A. G.
as will, in his judgment , best Buheerve the
purpose of preserving order during the
coming election.
The Quartermaster’s Department will
furnish the necessary transportation, and
the troops sent to stations not now occu-
pied, will be furnished with camp equip
age, in all cases where satisfactory infor
mation has not been obtained before their
departure, that suitable quarters can be
procured.
By order of Maj. Gen. Meade,
S. F. Babstow,
Ass’t. Adj’t Gen’l.
Hr. H. V. M. Miller at Fayetteville.
We learn that our highly esteemed fel
low citizen, Dr. Miller, addressed a. large
and respectable meeting at Fayetteville on
yesterday. From a gentleman who was
present, we learn that the speaker treated
the present political issues most ably, and
at the same time calmly and dispassionate
ly. He advised them to give their united
support to Gen. Gordon, for Governor, but
thought it was best to ratify the Constitu
tion. He was willing to trust that instru
ment in the bands of that patriot and true
Southron, and notwithstanding a large por
tion ot the people of the State were unwa
vering in their opposition to it, he waa sat
isfied that thly could do no better than to
accept it. This, according to our infor
mant. was the position taken by Dr. Miller
at Fayetteville.—At. Intel.
A school master was about to flog a pu
pil for having said he was a fool, when the
hoy cried out-—“Ob, don’t! don’t! I won t
call you so any more. M never sa.j what
I think again all the days of my life.”
parade by the soldiery of which Bullock
was a mighty member, aud the Lnion sol
diers stacked their arms in obedience to the
terms of their surrender in presence of the
great rebel RuPUS B. Bullock.
When Joseph E. Brown made a blood
thiraty and revolutionary harangue in the
afternoon of Ahe capture of the Arsenal to
the excited throeg of citizens and soldiery
in front of the Planters’ hotel in this city,
in the mud aud rain—drenched to the skin
aud shivering in the cold winds of winter—«
stood Rufus B. Bullock, with gun in hand,
appla u/iiwj and cheering Brotcn’s treasonable
andcrfcfdutionary utteiances.
Will General Meade inform us how i: is
that Judge Irwin, Vho was using all the
influence of his fine intellect and pure char
acter to prevent the war, while Bollock'was
capturing United States forts, is ineligible,
and the latter is eligible ? Judge Irwin
was a Union man before the war, was op
posed to secession—labored night and day
to prevent it—was a Union man during the
wai and Bince the surrender—yet he is de
clared ineligible' because he was placed,
without his knowledge or consent, on the
Confederate' electoral ticket nearly a. year
after the State seoeded, by and through the
suggestion andartificesof Joseph E. Brown.
This censistcnt*Unioii man upon principle is
forbid, by the mighty Meade, to ran for
Governor in order that the people of Geor
gia may have fastened upon them a man in
whom they have neither respect or confi
dence, and who was an opeu, rampant,
active, noisy'and bold conspirator .against
the Government of the United States, before
the State of his adoption hadjwithdrawn from
the Union. The native Georgian—the
Southern Union man, who counseled
against war and violence—4s set aside to
make place for the New England yankee
rebel, whose fierce patriotism and intense
Southern feeling could not wait the slow pro
cess of getting out of the u hated yankee
government" though “the instrumentality of
a regular State Convention.
It would be charitable to suppose that
General Meade has not been advised as to
the part Rnfos B. Bullock*took in precipita
ting the war against the Union. It is in
that view that we have felt compelled to give
publicity to this most interesting period in
the “great agent’s” history. Having ex
posed this portion of Bullock’s war record,
we ask: Is he eligible, under the Recon
struction laws, for the Governorship of Geor
gia?— Chronicle <fr Sentinel.
Homicide—One of the Convicts of the
State Penitentiary killed his guard some
days ago, above Jacksonville and made his
escape for near a day. Ahont.night he was
overtaken and shot. He died the next day.
The convict was a negro, and his guard
was a young mau living near Jacksonville.
We do not .knowhis name. Gaddens time.
Et tu Brute!—Radical, died-fo-the-
wool Michigan has kicked overboard her
new Constitution because it had negro suf
frage in it. Alas! Alas!
The Osly Way.—Sickles,the murderer,
iu a recent speech in Connecticut, said that
the only" way to preventthe negro from com
ing North to compete with white labor there
was to give him his “rights” down here; i.
a, turn over ten-States to his rale, to pre
vent his competing in the labor market,only
with those who claim to be his especial
friends.
Dried Potatoes.—We have had dried ap
ples, and dried peaches, and dried fruits of
various kinds, for a long time in the market,
bnt we have never heard of drying pota
toes until now. A Mr. Francis n. Smith,
of Baltimore, has been experimenting on
potatoes, sweet and common Irish,' with
reference to preserving them fresh and nice
for an indefinite time. The potato has
heretofore been good only for a limited
time—a few months at the longest; and the
sweet potato after a few days or weeks even
loses some of its best qualities. Mr. Smith
has succeeded in preserving the potato,
simply hy drying it, so that a dish of the
best quality can be had at any period of the
vear, as fresh ai. l dry and sweet as though
newly dug. So 1 e says, and so the editor of
the - Scientific A. rr-ri -an.seems to' think he
has done. If hs e-au introduce hia plan of
coring and dryi- g the sweet potato into the
South, he thinks he will have furnished
planters with nu rc'tSian a compensation for
the loss of the ructon trade.
Washington, April 7*—Three thousand
negroes ask aid to Liberia. Johnson thinks
the Governmentshould assist these people to
return to their native home.
The City Charter has been extended one
year, with amendment on Summer motion,
which takes the appointing power from the
Mayor and gives it to the Council, its object
befog.to give negroes office. It was adopted
29 to 10.
incendiary for a negro. agitator to travel
through (he rural districts and tell the un
suspecting blacks that he has “two hundred
muskets in Savannah at his hack, and that
every colored man most arm and be pre
pared to march at a moment’s notice to Sa
vannah!” Does General Meade deny that
such speeches appeal to “the passions and
prejudices of the people,” and what is still
worse and more dangerous, to the most illit
erate and ignorant class' Does General
Meade mean to assert before an intelligent
public that the raising of banners at the
late negro meeting in Macon, with the
words, “Deatjt to every colored jia n
WHO REFUSES TO VOTE THE RADICAL
ticket,” inscribed thereon, were not “cal
culated to produce breaches of the peace,
and to' intimidate any persons 'from *-
exercise of their political privil
Was the recent speech and cowardly
hood of the peijured' Hopkins, who stated
at a public meeting of colored men in this
city that “Congress had its eye open upon
and would spot every colored man who did
not vote the Radical ticket”—was not this
contemptible threat, one well calculated
to intimidate' persons of color from
the exercise of their political, privi
leges!”.
Congressional.
SENATE.
Washington, April 8—The colored
school property for the District is exempted
from taxation. ,
Wilson reported the House'bill extend
ing the Freedmen’s Bureau. J
Bill allowing persons who had formed
and expressed opinions from newspaper re
ports to act as jurors, ‘passed;
Sumner proposed aconstitutional amend
ment declaring persons elected' President,
or Vice-President who acted as President^
ineligible to either officer..,. •• —
A large nttmbSr of private Bills were
passed fo executive session. Adjourned.
house.
Robinson offered a resolution rescinding
the impeachment^psolntions and withdraw
ing the managers. The Speaker declared
that the resolution required unanimous con
sent. v ’
Pending another privileged que .tion to
printforty thousand copies, .of Butler’s
speech, Robinson moved the regular order,
with a view of getting that out of the way r
but the House adjourned after a quarter off
ah hour’s session.
A Card from the Jeflcrsoa County Priso
ners.
Military Prison; )
Atlanta, Ga., March 31,1868 j
Having seen an account fo the Atlanta
Opinion of the recent burning fo Jefferson
county, which is calculated to prejudice the
public mind, and which is entirely false,
plcase,allow us to correct it through your
columns by giving a true statement of the
facts as they really happened. The state
ment of the outraged young lady is: That
while walking the public roadshe was accost
ed by the negro Jim Beall, who immediate
ly seized her, whereupon she struck him in
the face with a small bundle she carried fo
her hand, at the same time screaming at the
top of her voice. But all this did not bluff
the demon. Still holding her by the throat
and hand until,^through exertion and fright
she became exhausted and foil into a swoon,
atwhich time he accomplished his hellish
design. Heremained with her until reason
retnrned, and then, with threats of killing,
made her kiss him several timesjud turned
her loose, following her up. the road,and
threatnfog her with death if she betrayed
him.
ed,she hur’ietl tome as fast as she could under
the circumstances,and reported the affair to
her family. Her father being absent, and
no male member of the family befog at home,
no search for the villain was instituted un
til that night After getting a description
of the offender from Miss P., an arrest'was
made, who,after an investigation, was found
to he innocent
Suspicion then fell upon this negro Jim,
who was fo town (Louisville, Ga.) at the
house of his brother. An officer was im
mediately sent to arrest' him, and while
knocking at the front door, and making his
business known to Mrs. Matthew?, the pro
prietress of the house, Jim, knowing his
<ruilt, made his escape through-a hack win
dow and was not caught until the following
day, when he was arrested while attempt
ing to cross the river, by two negroes who
were at work upon the bridge,who brought
him nearly to town, where they met a large
number of infuriated citizens who were on
track. As soon as he was captured he con-'
fessed the whole affair without even befog
asked. ,
This is the statement of his captors. He.
was immediately carried into the presence
of Miss P., who indentified him without his
knowledge from among a number of negroes;
He was then asked if he couldfodcntify the
young lady. He said he could! She was
then brought nut among several more of
her own age, and tte moment he saw her
he pointed her out. She . was then .asked
what she desired should be his punishment.
Her reply was “Burn him.” A vote was
then taken upon the question^nd all, white'
and blackjnale and female, large and small,
unanimously voted to burn! He was then
carried to the spot where he did the deed,
was chained to . a stake planed for the pur
pose, faggots piled around him* and the_ se
quel will show the rest-^not, however,with
out the benefit of clergy. For nearly two
hours before he was tied to the stake he
was left alone with a clergyWM of his own.
Fnhn Washington..
Washington, April 9.—No business in
the House to-day- , r- r •
The impeachment, court opened on as- -■
sembHng. After reading .the journal Mr.
Butler called other witnesses, among them:
Blodgett," . who - 'testified-' Yegarding hia,
moval from the ' Postmasteiship at Angus- f
ta. He knew" nothing beyond the fact
that he had. been removed. Butler asked
for certificate that no reason: had been,
given, for .Blodgett’s suspension. The
fense made the point - that Blodgett’s case
was- outside of the charges made against
the President. At quarter past one o’clo
Judge Curtis commenced his argument.
Virginia Convention. _
Richmond, April 8.—A resolution pi
hibitfogthe Legislature from establishing
separate schools for the two races, was de
feated by 67 to 2L All the propositions
for relief, including the Homestead Ex
emption, were discussed to-day. A. speak
er refused to give way to allow Sergeant
Bates to be invited on the floor, saying that
he did not wish to see the American flag
brought in under Copperhead auspices.—
Sergeant Bates arrived at 4:30 in the af
ternoon. : About 5,000 people were at the
bridge awaiting his arrival. He went off
in a brisk trot to the hotel,and at six o’clock
appeared on top of the Capitol. He wav
ed the flag to a large crowd who had gath
ered fo front of the building.
A fall through a bridge having lamed
him, he will not leave for' Washington bc-^_
fore Friday morning. ' "
A number of prominent, citizens called
Milwaukee Municipal Election.
-O’Neil. Dem-
Milwaukee, April 8.—O’Neil, Dem
ocrats, has been elected Mayor bytwo thou
sand majority. The Republicans loae three
Aldermen and five Councilmen.
•.From Alabama.
Montgomery, April 8.—There waa a,
heavy and a general frost here last night, "
which had a bad effect npon young corn,’
cotton, and fruit
From' Richmond,
Richmond, April 7.—General H. H.
Wells, of Alexandria, this morning took
oath of office as Governor of Virginia and
entered upon the duties of his office.
From Ohio,
Cincinnati, April 7.—The Democrat*
have elected City Commissioners and WLarf
Master. The Republican .majority of last
yearwas 2,100.
From Evansville, Ind.
Evansville, -AprilJ[7.—The Democrats
carried the town, for the first time in
several years.
Connecticut 'Election. .
Hartford, April 9,—Collected returns
give English a majority of 1,735.
” Markets.
: New York, April 9.-—Stocks active.
Money 7. Exchange 9}a9|. Gold 1381.
Virginia sixes 50. Tennessee sixes 67 for
both. Flour dull and slightly in favc -
buyers. Wheat quietandsteady. Cor
lower. Pork, lower—mess 2G.50a26.52.
Lard Arm. Cotton active, excited and de-
eidely ; higher at 27}a30 for uplands.
Freights dull.
Liverpool, April 9.—12
excited; }d better; uplands on the spot 12};
afloat 12}; Orleans 121; sales of the week
.108,000, export 29,000; speculation 8,000;
stock 356,000, of which 196,000 are Ameri
can; below the estimates 1,000 hales. Pro
visions quiet. • (....rf*?
jarTwo of the Prcsiden’ts eounsel hat*
expressed the opinion that the impeachment
trial will he concluded within fifteen day -
Y,