Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page.

* ■WISDOM, JUSTICE AND! MODERATION." VOLUME XXTT. ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. APRIL 17, 1868. NEW SERIES—NO, 34,. Che Home Courier. M. DW4NEIX, Prop’r. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. RATE8 OF WEEKLY. One year .$3 00 Six Months..... .V. 1 75 Three Months 1 00 RATES F^R TRI-WEEKLY. One year....;.:; ; .‘ $6 00 Six Months 3 50 Three Montiis 2 00 INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. To elubs of Five or more eue copy will be fur- nieked gratis. Clean Cotton Rags wanted in exchange for the paper at three cents per lb. M. DWINELL, Proprietor. 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. -ft 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,