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“WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
VOLUME XXII.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 24, 1868.
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Hdq’rs, 3rd. .Military Dist.,')
(Department op Ga. Fla. a Ala,) >
Atlanta, Ga., April 15 1868! J
GENERAL ORDERS,
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SATURDAY viOIt.NINIJ, April 19.
The Meeting last Thursday Night.
There was a meeting of the sober, indus
trious, business and working men, of the
vicinity, at the City Hall, on Thursday
night, the 16th inst., Col. J. A. Stewart,
was called to the Chair, and made a short,
but lucid and forcible speech, in which he
proved that the Radical parly was revolu
tionary in all its aims and efforts, and its
iirand object to destroy our present Repjib-
lican form of govcruuient.
Mr. J. C. C. Blackburn, Esq., of Bartow
county, being present, was next call on.—
He paid a beautiful tribute to our govern
ment as it iras, and showed, the only hope
of liberty was in-a restoration of the gov
ernment to a constitutional basis. He stab
ed that' he served, as a Surgeon, in the
same Brigade with James Atkins, the Rad-
cal nominee for Congress of this District,
and knew something of his military career.
tion, and his utter abharreneeoftheir whole
work was extremely forcible and entertain
ing. We have seldom heard a more beau
tiful tribute paid to any one than that paid
by the speaker to Gen. Gordon. He was
frequently interrupted by rapturous ap
plause.
The meeting closed at about 11 o’clock,
and the audience went home feeling glad
that they.bad been there.
WiioWill Do It?—Will any friend
furnish us with evidence that the Loyal
League has hud- a secret meet-iug iu this
city or the surrounding country since the
promulgation of the military order forbid
ding it?
Another Trick—Order (il.
i The Radicals about Rome were ns busy
as bees, on yesterday, circulating a misap
prehension, as we think, of Order No. 61,
issued by Gen. Meade, on the Iftt-h inst.—
We publish it in full in another column. It
will be uotieed that Gen. Meade merely ex
presses an “opinion'’ that members of the
next Genera! Assembly—and wc suppose
lie includes Governor, also—will have to
take the “Iron Clad.” His opinion” will
be appealed from to higher authority, if the
Constitution is ratified, and iu all probabili
ty, reversed. At all events, there is no
time to make changes now. We believe
the c instruction placed on this order ia a
trick to cheat and deceive, and we hope no
Dtmocr.it or Conservative man will abate
an iota of his zeal on account of it. Vote
the sEraightout whiteman’s tic tet. No good
can come from pursuing any other course.
If this order culs off. Gordon and Young, ^
it cuts off Bullock and Adkins also, and hostility' to the United States; that I have
nearly half the radical candidates in the
State.
Be firm, be vigilant, be active, and for
no consideration, dusert your colors. The
enemy are frightened, and more than half
whipped, as shown by these tricks.
®Sz_The Georgia Democracy says the In
telligencer. is at work in good earnest to de
feat the ratification of the Constitution,and
at the same time to elect their candidates
to administer the State Government should
said Constitution, in any event, he ratified.
The prospeets are good to defeat ratifica
tion, and good to elect our candidates. Let
the true white people stand firm, and
do their duty, and all will be well.
Unblushing Effrontery.
The Radical party, are up to all sorts of
tricks anu deceptions; are attempting all
sorts of frauds to stay their sinking hopes.
They are flooding the country with hand
bills of various sorts. Don’t believe one of
them. We nail one to the wall to-day. It
is headed ‘ Lookout for the Swindle-” and
No. 61.
I. General Orders No. 5:2, issued from
these Headquarters, on the subject of eligi
bility to office, have reference only To -the
qualifications for holding office under the
new constitution of this State, should it be
ratified, and after the State should be ad
mitted to representation iu the Congress of
the United States as provided for ia the re
construction acts.
II. —The question having beou submit
ted whether the members of the General
Assembly of this State, to be elected next
week, will be required,before entering upon
their duties, to take what is commonly trill
ed “the test oath,” the Commanding Gen
eral is. of opinion that, inasmuch as said
General Asssembly, should the Constitu
tion now submitted to the people of this
State be ratified by them, and be approved
by Congress, is required to convene and
adopt the proposed amendment to the Com
stitution of the United States designated
as “Article XIV'” before the State can be
admitted to representation in Congress: it
may be decided that the members of said
General Assembly are, while taking this
preliminary, action, officers of the provision
al government and as such.required, under
the itch section of the net of Congress of .Ju
ly ID, 1867, to take the test oath., 'flint
oath is as follows :
“I, A. B., do solemnly swear (or affirm)
that 1 have never voluntarily borne arms
against the United States siueo I have
been a citizen thereof; that I have volunta
rily given no aid, countenance, counsel or
encouragement to persons engaged iij armed
hostility thereto; that I have neither sought,
nor accepted, nor attempted to exercise the
function of any office whatever, under any
or pretended authority.
uot yielded a voluntary support to any pro
tended govcruuient, authority, power, or
con titution, within the United States, hos
tile or inimical thereto. Any l do further
swear (or affirm) that, to the best of uiy
knokledge and ability, 1 will support and
defend the C nstitutiou of the United
States against all enemies, foreign and do
mestic; that I will bear true faith and alle
giance to the same: that I take this obliga
tion freely, without any mental reservation
or purpose of evasioh; and that I will well
and faithfully discharge the duties of the
office on which I am about to eDter. So
help me God.” ;
By order of Major General:
R. C. DRUM.
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
THE CAPITOL
Gordon.
U. S. Internal Revenue Tax.
Thos. J. Perry, Deputy, Collector,
will he in Rome from the 16th, to
( the 30th of April, and in Summerville on
He exhibited letters to the audience from ^ 5 th and Gth of May, for the purpose of
the officers of Adkin’s command, provin
that he first volunteered in the spring of '61,
in Hardeman’s Battallion. for six months,
and served out his time faithfully on the
lower Potomac, where no enemy was seen,
and fish, oysters, and all sorts of good liv
ing were plenty. Iu November, the same
year, he uot only again volunteered, but
sought and obtained a Lieutenant’s commis
sion, in the Confederate army. The speak
er called the attention of Ins heaiers to the
fact that all this happened longhefore there
was any conscription law, or other means
of forcing men into the Confederate service.
Soon after this the regiment was ordered
to the front, and Lieutenant Adkins being
one night officer of the guard, went out, as
his duty required, to visit the picket line,
and never returned. The guards next morn
ing reported “all quiet” along their lines the
previous uiglit, and that no enemy had been
seen. The evidence being conclusive that
this was another voluntary act of James
Adkins, his name was entered on the mus
ter roll as a deserter, andso itstands to this
day. The speaker continued that he knew
nothing further of Mr. Adkin’s history of
public interest, until he returned to Geor
gia. after the war, with a commission of
Collector of Internal Revenue, in his pock
et. an office that he could not receive until he
had sworn that he never voluntarily took
up arms against the United States, nor in
any way aided or abetted the enemies there
of.
CONVICTION of the president a fore
gone CONCLUSION
Special to the Louisville Courrier.
' Washington, April 12.
The ruling of the Court yesterday will
exclude nearly all the evidence by which
the President’s counsel could clearly have
, . , . ... ..... exculpated him. The rejection of the ev-
exposes the trick of the meUigibility ot j ideacc by t i ie Court confirms the impress-
sion that his conviction is a foregone con
clusion.
The President’s counsel profess that
their confidence is unabated iu the acquit
tal of the President, but tl e opinion of the
public is altogether different. If the Court
continues to rule out testimony concerning
the declarations of the' President, lie fails
to establish his intent in removing Stanton.
But the counsel of the President insist
that the Court cannot reject the evidence
of members of the Cabinet, whose proof is
far more important, than Sherman’s.
The pitiable exhibition General Thom
as made on the* stand yesterday, together,
with Butler’s impudence, .and the pliancy
of the Court.scemed to dumbfound the Pres
ident’s counsel, and created an impression
unfavorable to the cause.
The Radicals express doubts that Wil
ley, Van Winkle, Anthony, Trumbull and
Ross will vote for conviction, but it will.
be surprizing if it is hot carried by a party
vote.
Sprague, hitherto supposed against it,
has changed base, and will vote for con
viction.
Radicals say Johnson has just one week's
lcese of the Executive mansion and no
matter wliatevidence he may adduce, he is
lost.
collecting this tax for 1867. Sec adv.
A Good Place to Trade.
Williams, Gentry & Co., in the Tennes
see Block, have just received a large, use
ful and beautiful stock of dry goods, an
excellent stock of groceries, crockery, etc.
They are clever dealers, and will give you
good trades. Give them a call.
, A New Invention.
Dr. J. A. Thomas, recently of Carters-
rille, offers to citizens of Borne and vicinity
a recently invented burning fluid, called
the Estrella Oil. It is marvelously cheap,
very brilliant, and warranted to be safe.
This oil may he tested and purchased at
the auction rooms of Thos. G. Walters &
Co., opposite the Choice Hotel.
Armory Restored.—We have heard a
report, deemed reliable, that Cook’s armory
has been restored by the U. S. Government
and that a strong Northern company arc
negotiating to aid in converting it into a
calico factory: \_Athen Banner
just as good and capable uieu, are without
employment, and in many instances, with
out the means of support fi. r their families.
We presume this liberal-minded, open-
liandcd faction will, if placed in power, in
crease ‘flic salaries of the other employees of
Can the Negro Hold Office !
Joe Brown said in his Marietta speech :
“I am asked whether the new Constitu
tion gives the freedmen the right to hold
office. I reply, in my opinion, it does not.
I think it goes as far as the acts of Con
gress have gone, and no farther. Congress
has not conferred the right upon the col
ored neople in the States. Inmost of the
Northern States they do uot allow negroes
to vote or hold office.
This speech was made to the white peo- j t ]j e ra j]road in the same ratio. This would
pic of North Georgia, where there arc very j eoE t the State the snug little sum,' in one
The speaker then pronounced James j few negroes. j item alone, of one hundred and fifty thovsetnd
Adkins a perjurer, and totally unworthy j Bullock, Hopkins, Murphy, Sikes, John | lhU ars, the first year of Bullock’s admiiris'
i ci R. Hill, and Bureau Pearce tell the negro i tratiou. and six hundred thousand dollars
the confidence of the people, and exhorted - n m that tllB right is dear, and I for his ‘ term of office 1 This, however, is
them to vote for Gen. Pierce M. B. Y cung, j actua ]]y ur g e them to run for.office. i comparatively a small item, as we- learn, in
who is truthful, honest faithful and patriot- | Bullock wants fitly negroes in the Legis-I onc cssc alone, an officer of the road has
ic, and one towards whom the finger of re-1 lature, and thinks, with that number, he J been promised an increase of salary of over
pr’oach was never poiutod. " i can control that body. j onc hundred per cent., in case he would
1 . ... | Apparently there is a difference or J affiliate with the Augustafaction'and' vote
The next speaker was Lot. .J. 1. " right, i opimon, but iu reality there is none. It is j f or R u ]] 0 ck.
He gave a scathing review of the “socalled” ; simply the lying, double-dealing policy of 1 These things show how the people’s
Constitution, showing that it was “conceiv- j the campaign. If Brown were to tell the | money will go, in case of Bullock’s election,
ed iu fraud, and brought forth in iniquity;” j white of North Georgia that negroes p t verifies ex-Govcrnor Brown’s prediction
‘ . . - n - . i are entailed.to hold office, he knows they ; Bullock’s election would* ‘.‘bankrupt
and from beginning to end, wa- one ' j would vote against the Constitution and t jj e g iau .” au <l reduce the. honest tax pay-
pletc tissue of frauds aud deceptions.— f Bullock. If the carpct-sack h: rpies, and ers 0 f t ]j C once grand old commonwealth -to
lie spoke for nearly an hour, and his ap- scalawags were to tell the colored voters in 1 a condition of hopeless poverty and com
pels to the white men of Georgia to stand ! Southern Georgia they are not entitled to 1 me rcial vassalage. And yet his Ex-Excel-
, • , , , : hold office, they fear the negroes would W 1C y the face to ask the people of At-
by their manhood, and save their wnes, sis- iMt tf cul . S o they straddle both ' jf nt ' a ,.d North Georgia, to place the
tors and daughters from the degradation | (he ]}„]]■„& and the Asa, hoping the trick state and State Road iu the hands of the
and infamy that would follow negro equali- | w ill not be discovered in time for successful j Augusta ring. What motives can possibly
ty, were so startling as to excite frequent i exposure.—Albany News. , prompt a man of Gov. Brown’s intelligence
.applause. !* _ . TTrT*^nrZL..A.'.,_„j :.. H.- work for the election of a ticket, the suc-
But we have already
long as wc can afford space
“best wine, however, was
©f the feast. Rev I. L. «,. may. mmy Gordon. He further lays that Where They are Known—Hartford,
waked the echoes of applame by his cxco-, two . tWt(ls ofthe negries will vote for Gon- j the residence of Jewell, the Radical nomi
nating rebukes ot renegade feeorgiaus, seal- m)S We llave sin ,ji ar reports from the j nee for Governor of Connecticut, went
awagsand carpet-baggers. His showing 1 Northwestern portion of the State. Opin- against him by 700. New Haveif the res
up of the illegality of the Atlanta Convcn-! ion. I idcnce of English, gave him 2000 majority.
IVIi.lt U Means to Accept Radicalism in the
South.
What is it. says the Richmond Whig, to
accept radicalism and to consent to its su-
-premacyin the Sooth? It is nyt simply to
reverse in one moment all of our long-cher
ished opinions and principles and espouse
those directly in conflict with them; it is
uot only to renounce all the teachings, and
tarn our back upon the examples of our fa
thers; it is not only to throw aside the Con
stitution of the United States and all the
traditions (if the Government; it is uot only
to deny.the equality and' independence of
the three .coordinate departments of the
Government in their several spheres: it is
not only to accept Congress as the supreme
center of authority, with executive, legisla-
tive„aud judicial power; it is uot only all
these,, but it ia much more aud much
worse.
The voluntary acceptance of radicalism
by Southern men is, in Tennessee, to pledge
fealty to Brownlow and his miscreants; in
North Carolina to swear devotion to Holden
aud liis infamous followers; in Virginia to
hug Underwood; Hunniout aud their slimy
set to bur hearts: to reward them for cheat
ing, insulting and persecuting us, to accept
negro supremacy, and tq declare ourselves
iu favor of all the corruptions, villinies,
plundering, frauds pud sales ol offiee
that are unblushisngly put forth as the
proper Radical policy. Siuce the destruc
tion of SoJoui and Gomorrah such rank
corruption such audacious aud undisguis
ed wickedness and abandonment of the
restraints of religion, honor, principle, law
and common honesty have not been seen un
der the sun.
This is the party and these are the infa
mies that the people of the South are cen
sured at the North for not unhesitatingly
accepting. Our opposition to them, which
we feel to be a religious, a social, a patriotic
duty, is denounced by some as akin to trea
son, and the evidence of a sullen disloyal-
ty ‘ .
The Impeachment Trial.
We clip the following from a letter of
“Mack,” correspondent ofthe Cincinnati
Commtr.-itd: ...
OPINION OF THE COUNSEL.
The great danger to the President is the
over confidence of his-counsel, and the pos
sibility that they may be led to rest their
ease too soon, from a belief that the Sen
ate cannot possibly convict on what has
been already proven. Stanherry, Evans
Curtis and Grocsback are all eminent law
yers, accustomed to practice before high
••ourts, and to have decisions rendered up
on the merits of cases. The difficulty is to
make snch men realize the fact that the
highest court in which they ever practiced
is also a political caucus, and that they
must shape their case for the caucus, and
not the court. If they rest on the court
basis, they will be beaten; in order to suc
ceed, they must make it so strong that the
judges cannot face the pec pie if they fail to
acquit. Mr. Stanherry is reported to
have said that if the matter were on trial
before a jury, or before the Supreme Court,
he and liis associates would not consume
any time in a defense, because the prosecu
tion has proved not hing in the nature of a
crime. They would be willing to risk a
verdict without calling a witness or making
an argument. But that wont do before the
Senate—a “court” composed of politicians
—most of them pledged to convict before
the trial began—a court whose character
and organization prove the pith of what
Macauly said of the House of Lords in his
essay on Warren Hastings; that it is im
possible for that great body .to divest itself
of political prejudices in the trial of an im
peachment. It is very essential that the
President’s counsel should keep this fact
before them, and govern themselves ac
cordingly.. If they do, they can make out
such a. case as will acquit the I’resident
now, or convict his accusers next fall
THE SUPREME COURT.
It is the intention of the radicals, should
the impeachment scheme succeed, to reor
ganize the Supreme Court, change the dis
tricts. legislate some of its present mem
bers out of office, and new members in, and
increase the number ot Judges by new ap
pointments. In other words, to “pack.”
the court with men who are committed to
the reconstruction hills of Congress, and
lodged to belief in their constitutionality.
The Radicals and tile State Road.
Wc understand that the Bullock and
Brown faction of the Radical party are of
fering the track hands on the State Road
an increase of wagesoftendollars permonth
provided they will vote for Bullock for
Governor. These men, we learn, aft notr , , ..» 6 v. — —— -
being paid one dollar and forty cents per j This will be one of the first things done
day, cash, whilst their neighbors, who are ’ ’ “ ~ "
under the new regime. Judge Carter, who
is now Chief Justice ofthe Supreme Court
of the District, will be transferred to the
bench of the United States, and other gen
tlemen like him will be appointed. There
are those who say that in the change pf dis
tricts or circuits. Chase will be legislated
Affthe bench. Certain it is that most of
the radicals would like to legislate him out
6f offiee. They denounce him every hour
ofthe day, and for no other reason than
because he has presided over the impeach
ment with that judicial dignity and impar
tiality which alone have saved the trial
from being a complete burlesque. It may
he worth while to remind the Radicals that
they cannot legislate Mr. Chase “out of of
fice,’’for any considerable time in this
country. They may legislate him out of
the Supreme Court, but if so, the people
will legislate him into the White House.
Mr. Johnson tells on Grant.
Speaking of the charge that he was
drank while on his Western tour in 1866,
Mr. Johnson said to “Mack,” of the Cin-
einnatiCommercial:
••They’ll find out, at any rate, that I
did’nt drink half as much as one or two
others, about whose condition nobody dare
to say a word.” ,
Brick Pomeroy Outdoue.
Brick isn’t a circumstance to Pat Do-
nan, of the St. Jo, (Mo.) Vindicator, for
merly of the Metropolitan Record, and still
“R-E-Bel”-ious, it would seeui:
CLASS IN BIOGRAPHICAL STINKOTOMY,
ASSUME A PERPENDICULAR I
Question—Where is New Africa ?
Answer—In North America.
Qucs.—How is it hounded ?
Ans.—On the North by can’t, hypocri
sy, fanaticism, hatred, extortion, rich bond
holdeis. impoverished tax payers, drunken !
Congressmen, thieving governors, filthy di
vorce cases, aud debauchery. Ou the East
by Sunday laws, high tarifis, abortions and
abominations. On the West by hard work,
poor pay, aud general discontent. And on
the South, by desolation, galling bondage,
beggary, nigger vagabonds, disfranchise
ment, aud scallawag “Constitutions ”
Qaes.—Who is New Africa’s strongest
inhabitants ?
Ans.—Sambo!
Ques.—Is i.e as strung as Sampsun ?
Ans.—As much stronger as a polecat ls
stronger than a pink!
Ques.—How so?
Ans.—Sampson merely slew a few Phil
istines, carried off a garden gate, tied fire
to foxs’ tails, and snapped a bed curd.
But Sambo, with the jawbones of asses
like Sumner, Phillips, Wade and Beecher,
has rent the “heaven-born Union” asunder,
overthrown the Constitution, slain five hun
dred thousand men, made three u ill ions of
widows and orphans, piled upon the bowed '
back of a nation of bankrupts, a debt tliat
eternity will uot see paid, beggared a con- j
tiuent and enslaved a hemisphere!
Ques.—What else has he done ?
Ans.—Ho has, with the accursed wand ,
of Congressional magic, converted ten "free
sovereign and iudepe dent States” into five :
wretched, groaning Military Pashawlics. lias
trampled beucathhis jay-bird heels all law, ;
human and divine, and crushed eight mil- |
lions of freemen’s sons and daughters under [
the brutal dominion of’bob-tailed cliimpan- ;
zees, ex-eannibals and sniffling, imported j
Plymouth Rockites!
Ques.—Is he satisfied with what he has 1
already done ?
Aus.—Nary time! After turning the :
radiant Goddess of American liberty into a
nigger strumpet and her proud emblematic |
eagle into a siek-looking buzzard, after,
smashing everything that was worth pre- j
serving, and starting the whole country, .
government and people, with stupified :
brakesmen, under a fnll head of stcaui, to ;
the Devil—he still, like the soul of his
horse-stealing saint, ‘goes a marching’
along.
Ques.—What does he propose to do
now ?
Ans.—To impeach and remdve the I’res
ident, the last obstacle in the* way of his
universal triumph; to change the immuta
ble decrees of nature herself, proclaim black
to be white, and white to be black; and
wind up by producing a Hayti four thous
and miles long by three thousand wide!
Ques.—Will he succeed ?
Ans.—Almost hardly none at all, if the
respondent understandeth himself, and he
thinks he do ?
Ans.—Because the people at last, will
rise in the might and majesty of long out
raged and patient manhood, and swear by
the Eternal Throne aod Him whosits there
on, that the Union shall be preserved
that White Men shall rule America,
and that Mongrel Treason and Trait
ors shall be made Odious!
Bully recitation! Class is dismissed,
and head-boy can go out and amuse him
self by shooting at a Registrar!
Pungent and Suggestive.—General
Grant’s remark ihat the “President’s re
moval is a matter of necessity, ’’has brought
to light sevpral scraps of history which
contain, in a small compass, very long ser
mons. Hear these:
“When the General of our armies enter
tains the conviction that the President ought
to be removed, there is no room to doubt as
to the duty of the Senate.”—Grcdry, Editor
of the Tribune.
“Let the scythe of equality move over the
Republic.”—Marat-—died a violent death.
“There are periods in revolution when to
live is a crime.”—Robespierre—afterwards
executed.
“The death of the King is apolitical nec
essity. We have no right to he his judges,
it is true; well, we will killl him ”—Danton
—executed 1794, by the connivance of
Robespierre. “My object was to prevent
a new September, and not to let loose a
scourge upon mankind. Those Cams knew
nothing about government. Heave everything
in frightful disorder.”—Dantoiii last words.
TnE Valuable Testimony of The
Witness Blodgett.—The witness Foster
Blodgett, who was examined yesterday iu
the impeachment trial, and who testified
that he was suspen^pd by tjje President
from his office of postmaster in Georgia,
and that the notice of suspension was not
given to the Senate, did not give the de
tails of his suspension. It appears from
the records in the Post Office Department
that this witness was indicted by a grand
jury .in the United States District Court,
in Georgia, for perjury, the charge being
that he had taken the test oath substantial
ly, when the fact was that ho had been an
officer in the Confederate army. The
Postmaster, George Randall, received offi
cial notice of these facts, and upon his own
responsibility removed Blodnett as post
master at Augusta, Ga., and placed the of
fice in charge of an agent ofthe department
The whole proceeding was under the ‘ di
rection of Governor Randall, and without
the knowledge of the President, who had
nothing whatever to do with the transac
tion. and had no information of the facts
until some time after the occurrence.—
Wash. Cor. Mew York World.
gg^,The Radical Board of Registration in
Columbus, struck off the names of two hun
dred and fifty white men. There were two
Republican candidates for office on the
Board.
From Washington.
Washington, April 14.—Sergeant Bates
crossed the Long bridge at tea o’clock.
Mr. Eldridge, representative from Wash
ington, welcomed Bates in a speech. The
weather was unfavorable, but the crowd
was large. Bates wore a jacket and pants
presented him in South ('arolina, and a
sxsh presented him iu Montgomery, Ala
bama. He carried a horn-cup, presented
him Ly the ladies of Vicksbnrg, and his
flag. His health is excellent. The Presi
dent met him at the threshold of the man
sion. saying: “All 1 want to do is to wel
come you and your flag.”
Sergeant Bates, after being received and
entertained at the White House, proceeded
to the Metropolitan Hotel, where he was
quartered; thence lie proceeded to the Cap
itol. where he tailed of securing admit
tance.
After -leaving the Capitol, Sergeant
Bates proceeded to Washington’s monu
ment. Mr. E. O. Perrin, of Tennessee,
spoke. He said had Bates carried a ne
gro on his shoulder from Vicksburg, they
would have allowed him to place it on the
Goddess of Liberty.
It is understood that the Department
will be closed to-morrow, in honor of the
unveiling of * President Lincoln’s stat
ue.
Gen. Sherman was before the impeach
ment managers to-day, who, having power
to examine witnesses under oath without
the rcstrainstof the Court rules, elicited all
the facts notyet known to the public.
The Capitol authorities are shifting the
responsibility of denying access to Mr Bate^
From South Carolina.
Charleston, April 14.—At a large
auction sale of Southern securities, to-day,
there was a noticeable improvement in
prices, the aveaage advance on all descrip
tion of stacks being fully ten per cent. A
large number of Northern bidders were
present.
LOOK OUT FOR THE SWINDLE.
Democratic Committee Rooms, 1
Atlanta, Ga., April 15, ’68. j
An article headed, “Gen. John R. Gor
don is inelligible to the office of Governor,
and cannot serve if elected,” appeared in
the New Era of this city this morning. Its
reputed author is Ex-Governor Joseph E
Brown. The same has appeared in hand
hill form, and no doubt thousands have
been sent all over the State.
The inelligibility of Gen. Gordon is
placed by the author of this article on two
grounds:
1st. His Military Record.
2d. His citizenship.
In reply to the first, and to remove all
doubt ou the subject, the following corres
pondence is published.
As to the second gtound of objection,
Gen. Gordon was born in Georgia, and nev
er claimed oi exercised the rights and priv
ileges of citizenship in any other State than
Georgia; and if elected, is prepared to take
the oath of office prescribed by the Consti
tution. Jas. F. Alexander,
Ch’n. of Deni. Com., Fulton County.
Atlanta, April 4,1S68.
Maj. Gen. Made, Atlanta: _
Dear Sir—It is proposed and desired
by a portion of the people of Georgia to
maintain and ruu for the office of Governor
of this State, at the ensuing election, our
fellow citizen, Gen. John B. Gordon. Gen.
Gordon was a Lieutenant General in the
Confederate States army, and has not been
pardoned by the President of the United
States, undertho Amnesty Proclamation.—
Having held no office requiring him tosup-
port the Constitution of the United States,
before the late war, we respectfully ask
whether, in your opinion, his military po
sition, in the absence of a pardon, renders
him inelligible, if elected, for the Execu
tive office of the State ?
Yours, very respectfully,
(Signed) L. J. Glenn,
Jas. F. Alexander.
“1 think I can guess the name of one on"' j^J) r . J. E-Blount writes from Stew-
hut it wasn’t because he was disgusted with ( ^ m y deliberate opinion. Sitting for three
my polities at all In fact, he wasn’t in a months with him in the Convention lias not
condition, to know much about polities just discovered to me a single qualification in
(hen.” ; him for Governor.
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Hdq’rs. 3d Mil. Dis.,
Dep’t. Ga. Ala., and Fla.
Atlanta, Ga., April 4,1868.
L. J. Glenn and Jas. E. Alexander :
Gentlenen—In reply to your letter of
this date, I have to state, that if there arc
no other facts connected with Gen. Gor
don’s status than these yon refer to, that
he is, in my judgment, elligible to office
under the acts of Congress.
Respectfully yours, Geo. G. Mede,
V Maj. Gen’l.
Official:
R. C. Drum,
Assistant Adjutant GeneraL'
A White Man’s Party.
Both Stephen A. Douglass and Abraham
Lincoln were the first to propose and advo
cate a white man’s party. The sentiments
below were uttered by these two distin
guished gentlemeu when they were candi
dates for the United States Senate in Illi
nois. against each other in 1858:
I hold that this Government was made
ou the white basis, by white men, for the
benefit of white men and their posterity
forever, and should be administered by
white men, and none others. I do not be
lieve that the Almighty made the negro
capable of self-government.—Stephen A.
Douglass.
Now hear President Lincoln in reply:
I am not, nor ever have been in favor of
making, votersor jurors of negroes, nor of
qualifiing them to hold office,nor intermarry
ing with white' people, and I will say, in ad
ditional to this, that there is a physical
difference between the white and the black
races which, I believe , will forever forbid
the two races living together on terms of
social and political equality—and inasmuch
as tliey cannot so live, while they do remain
together, there must be a position of superi
or and inferior, aud I, as much as any other
man, am in favor of having the superior po
sition assigned to the white man.
Carpet-Baggers.
Of these vagabonds and pests a Western
cotemporary draws the following faithful
picture: , i
You find them, he says, everywhere. Ou j
the cars and in the towns, and prowling J
about ir. country places; and yon can’t take '
up a paper, hardly, or hear a man speak,
but what there is sometliingabout the cur-1
pet-bagger. Few know where they come !
from; nobody knogs how they live—per-
haps'nothing but an itemized account .of;
the secret service money of the lleconstruc-'
tion Committee could tell that!—but here I
they are buzzing about like - gadflies, and |
seeking the weak points of the country |
with the unerring instinct of carrion crows-1
Bounded out of the North for rascality—
for everywhere, now and then, some ugly
past is brough' to light about them—they
seek and obtain employment iu the cause
of reconstruction, and coma South. Some
worm into the Bureau, others foist them
selves on the Revenue, others play pimp,
spy and call-boy for the service, and outside
of these, the great bulk sustain life by tak
ing up subscriptions for the freedmen, and
levyiug contributions for the good of the
party on enthusiastic radicals at the North.
Their mission and the - manner of their op
eration is also described as follows: We
know one case where, on the approach of
the election, one of these gadflies came,
carpct-bag in hand, into a village; next
day announced himself a candidate; on the
third day was elected; and now sits in a
sovereign convention to reconstruct a State.
Still another ease occurred, aud it is sus
ceptible of verification on oath, where an
other of these creatures, on his way to take
his seat as a delegate pawned his carpet
bag to pay expenses, and never coming to
redem it, had said receptable opened, only
to find therein some radical documents, un
der Congressional frank, and a few little
personal articles, uot worth, in all, over t wo
dollars aud a half. Such are the new ma
kers of Constitutions, and the guides of ne
gro voters to a ‘high civilization.’
BairtThc “Richmond Bullock;” after
being on exhibition in jthis city for several
days, was carried up the road on Thursday
night, for the purpose, itr is said, of being
shown in Rome, and other towns in that re
gion. It is an old custom, we believe, iu
the spring season, ai.d hence the peregrina
tions alluded to.—At. Int., 11 tli.
Shameful.—We are informed that the
Board of Registration for the counties of
Newton, Walton, and Clark, with their head-
quartets at Covington, struck from the lists
between 800 and 900 names. This shows
the drift things were taking, and the despera
tion of radicalism. Happily, General Meade
comes to the rescue, and orders that these
votes be received, but ichat punishment
should be meted ont to men capable of
villainies like that?.— Atlanta. Intelllgen-
cer.
KsVJIomicide.—We learn that a serious
difficulty occurred in Pickens County, Ga,
on the 9th inst., in which Mr. Riley Corbin
was killed by William Martin. We learn
that “some words passed between Mr. Mar
tin and a Mr. Mnllins. Martin drew a
pistol when the Deputy Sheriff cuaght hold
of the pistol aud was shot through the hand
Mr Corbin then caught hold of Martin
and was cut in nine places. The Deputy
Sheriff is entitled to much credit, ” Snch is
the statementas we get it. Marietta Journal.
From Washington.
Washington, April 15.—A partial list
ofthe killed aud wounded at the Port Jer
vis accident show no Southerners.
President Johnson unveiled tne statue
on the Lincoln monument. Grant was on
the sidewalk, having declined to appear on
the stand.
Impeachment continued. Chase ruled
out the President’s message of the 24th of
February.
The managers objected to it on the gen
eral ground, but Chase rejected it on the
ground that the Senate resolutions did not
require it. .Therefore it was u’opart ofthe
regular proceedings.
• The President’s message nominating Em
ery was admitted.
An i:u :.cuse amount' of documentary ev
idence was admitted, under continued ob
jections of Mr. Butler. ' „
The documentary evidence w. s conclud
ed, and the court adjourned.
The Senate ordered certain reports of the
sessions, and proceeded to the considera
tion of the impeachment and the deficien-
cy appropriations. --a
Pending the discussion of the forty thou
sand dollars’ deficiency in Forney’s account
.Mr. Cameron intimated thatForaey’s clerk
was wrongly charged.
In the House Mr. Stevens made a state-
meat to the effect that the Seuate .deter
mined not to hear the impeachers fully,
and gave notice ttat he would iiiove for a
night session in the House to allow the
managers and others to make their speech
es.
The President’s counsel had pretty much
their own way this afternoon.
The impeachers show palpable 'signs of
discouragement.
Railroad Accident.
New York, April 15.—A broken rail,
16 miles west of Port Jervis, threw the
cars down a twenty' feet embankment.—
Thirteen killed and fifty-two wounded.
Seven were burned beyond recogni
tion.
-From Alabama.
Montgomery, April 16—A letter from
Gov.-Patton to Gcu. Meade, written the 6th
of March last, appears in the Advertiser of
this morning. The letter was written to
show the wrong of forcing the defeated
Constitution upon Alabama, ftalso shows
that in many instances persons elected to
office could neither read nor write-
The letter is supposed to have formed a
part of Meade’s report to Grant.
The Other Side—We understand that
some of Mr. Ashbnrn’s family are under
the impression that his assassins were in
the interest of a well-known Radical in
Columbus, who wanted the nomination to
the Legislature, but whom Mr. Ashburn
defeated, giving as a reason therefor, that
the aspirant “had not brains enough to fill
the position he sought.”
Bradley Stricken from the List.—-
A. A. Bradley, of Savannah, late ex-mcm.
her of the Constitutional Convention, and
who was expelled from the same for dis
graceful conduct, has been stricken from
the Registration List as a Penitentiary Con
vict. Alas for Aaron Alpeoria!
“Sauce for the goose” is not sauce for
the gander in all eases, as wc of these ten
down-trodden States are painfully realizing
every day. For instance, Virginia, the
“mother of states-men,” is now being ruled
over by a military sa-trap from the State of
Michigan. Hewas appointed Governor by
Genaral Scofield, aDd a day or two after the
Michigander was placed upon his throne, by
virtne ofthe Reconstruction acts imposing
negro suffrage upon the South, the State of
Michigan voted down a Constitution per
mitting the fifteen hundred negroes of that
State to vote, by thirty thousand majority.
In 1866, Michigan went Rupnblican by
thirty thousand majority. It follows, there
fore. that a majority ofthe Radicals of that
State are oposed to the principle which
they declare is perfectly proper for tl.e peo
ple of South. It would be more honest for
the Michigan man who occupies the chair of
Patrick Henry to go home and convert his
own people, before attempting to evangelize
Virginia. At. Intelligence.,
We Beat Them.—We clip the following
from the Macon Telegraph of Wednes
day.
Base Ball—The match game yestefday
between the Olympic and the Gate City
Clobs resulted in a decided victory for the
Atlanta Club. The result of the soore
was 43 for the G. C- Club against 13 for
the Olympics; hut as no report of Ibe game
has been sent us, • according to prom
ise, we omit further remarks till to-mor
row.
The Macon players should practice more
before opening on players.
Jefferson County Prisoners.—We
understand that these prisoners have been
removed from McPherson Barracks to the
city, and are new under charge ofour city
authorities.
The prisoner.- are fitted up in good quart
ers, and will hav - every attention that they
require to make :l:eui comfortable.
For.this chat-:: they are indebted to the
officers who hao ihcm in charge, and to
Messrs. Brown 2: Pope and Milledge &
Clarke, tbeir .-Tierneys.—Atlanta Intell.,
14 th.
Sitka is contemplated by the Indians and
Russia^, and a massacre is imminent unless
reinforced.
markets
New York, April 16.— Stocks active;
Money active; Exchange- 9}; Gold 138i;
Bonds 101 for old and 7i for new . Ten
nessee'sixes 655 a66.
London, April 16.—12 v.—Consols 92f..
Bonds 72*. • -
Liverpool, April 16—12 m.—Cotton
quiet and steady ; prices unchanged; sales
10,000 bales. Corn declined. Sagar buoy
ant.
From Washington.
Washington, April 16.—James Hinds,
claiming to represent the Little Rock Dis
trict, Arkansas, filed his credentials to-day.
In the impeachment court Mr. Sumner
moved that all evidence uot trivial be ad-.
mitted. Tabled by a vote of 33 toll. This
was preambled by the statement that the
Senate is the judj^ of the law. and facts,
and its supporters include names that have
voted -tritirtfee”iiiinDrRy!~~”’“' reaiT " 0 ” "
Walter S. Cox, the President’s' counsel
in the Thomas case, was called.
Mr. Curtis asked when, by whom, and
under wlia: circumstances he was em
ployed.
Butler objected.
Chase ruled the answer admissable.
Mr. ’Cox went to the President’s at five
o’clock, February 22. The President and
Thomas were present. The President
said—
Mr. Butler interrupted Senator Edwards
to ask counsel what they desired to prove.
Mr. Evarte replied that the President
employed Cox to take snch steps iu the
Thomas case as would bring Stanton hefore
a judiciary tribunal.
Butler objected.
A long controversy ensued, when Chase
decided the evidence admissible under the
Senate’s ruling.
Mr. Drake appealed, when Chase was
sustained by a vote of twenty-nine to twen
ty-one.
The President directed witness to insti
tute proceedings, and have the const’l;
tionality of the Tennre-of-Office act tested.
He directed witness to consult Attorney
General, who was too busy to give the mat
ter his personal attention. Under these in
structions he applied for a writ of habeas
corpus, and was defeated by the discharge
of Thomas. He then instituted prelimi
nary proceedings in a quo warranto.
R. F. Merrick, Thomas’counsel, received
the same instructions from the President
and Mr. Stanherry, and gave a detailed
count of the proceedings in the Thoma
case, showing how himself and . Mr Cox
were defeated in bringing the question be
fore the Supreme-Court.
Mr. Butler interrupted Mr. Merrick, to
say that he wished to clear liis skirts of all
this matter. He was going on against the
objection of the managers under the rul
ing of the Chief Justice. Chase rose and
said, “It goes on by the decision of the
Senate of the United States.”
E. O. Perrin called on the President with
Representative Selye in the afternoon of
February 21, and commenced a narrative.
Bntler objected.
Mr. Evarts stated that he desired to
prove by this witness that the President
stated that he had removed Stanton and
appointed Thomas temporarily, as he in
tended sending a good name to the Sen
ate at once.
Ruled out by a large majority, among
which was Reverdy Johnson.
The counsel announced that they were
through with the work prepared for to
day. . _ :•
Mr. Butler made a harangue against de
lay, saying that during this delay Union
men were murdered daily throughout the
South; Treasury officials were selling gold
below and buying bonds fabove the - mar
ket, thereby putting mopty in their pock-
-ets. He characterized this as the last act
BSyThe New York Herald’s dispatch
states that official advices from Alaska ,
state that an attack upon the Americans in of the war, in which thousands were killed,
and remonstrated against delay in His last
act on account of the siokness,of an At
torney. Butler exhibited a note that lie
had received, telling him the avenger ~
abroad. - Butler denied being scared, i
ing a Seotch proverb, that a tbr
dog was safe. _ “
A motion to commence Court. at
o’clock was postponed, and . the Cou
jonrned. gK
* m *
' jSyThe Georgia negroes, who i
nine ont of ten ofthe Radical voters <
State have no representation at the C
Convention.