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Ijjt florae tarter,
BOMB) GA.
■ TUESDAY MORNING, June 23.
CALLED BY THE -
Mttl'J Central Executive Committee
In Atlanta,
tin Monday, tlic 2»d day ot Jttlt.
The several counties will do well to elect their
delegates at an early day. je2tw-w.2w
Veto ofthe Arkansas Hill.
We publish below the tclegrapie synopsis
of the President’s veto Message in regard to
the bill admitting Arlpmsas-as a State. We
are glad that ho still stands firm and un
swerving it\ his efforts to''defend and pro ; •
tect the Constitution. The bill Ins already-
passed the House by a strictly party vote of
111 to Cl, and it will doubtless pass the Sen
ate by tho requisite two-third majority, and
become a law. But those tilings all go to
make up a record, that, at no very distant
day, will sink radicalism to merited con
tempt and ignominy-. The action on his
bill foreshadows that on the Omnibus bill
also :
Washington, Juno 59.'—The veto mes
sage says .-
The approval of this bill would bo an ad
mission that tho act more efficiently gover
ning the rebel States, and the acts supple
mentary thereto were constitutional; where
as the President’s opinion is unchanged in
this respect, but rather stienglhened by
the results attending their execution. If
Arkansas is not a State, this bill does not
admit Iter; as she is a State, no legislation
is necessary- to entitle her to representation
in Congress. J5-acb House, under the Con
stitution, judges the election returns and
the qualifications of its own menahetS, and
nothing is necessary to restore Arkansas
but a decision by eaali Housed'the ineili-
gibility of those presenting credentials.This
is tho plain and simple plan of the Conetitu
lion; and, had it been adopted in iSfla, in
stead of legislation of doubtful constitu
tionality, and therefore unwise and danger
ous, restoration would long since have been
accomplished. The Piesieeut again re
commends the constitutional plan. The
terms proposed are scarcely applicable to a
Territory, certainly not to a State which has
occupied a place in the Union over a quar
ter of a century, and tho President is una
ble to iind the authority for the conditions
of the bill in the Federal Constitution.—
The elective franchise is reserved by the
Constitution to the States themselves. The
bill fails to provide how Arkansas, shall sig
the murder of Asliburn, have induced spies
informers, detectives and suborners of ig
norant and corrupt witnesses to embark in
tbe scheme of proeurin:
with the military assistance
probably by arrangement for division of the
spoils, it will be wonderful if they do not
buy or coerce some testimony on which
they can procure a conviction in a military
court or.anizeil to convict.
Iiut whatever moans may have been or
may hereafter be resorted to, to procure
ccnviction, your petitioner, conscious of the
entire innocence of his son, does not desire
to elude or evade, but on the contrary, de
sires the fullest, freest, and promptest in
vestigation of his conduct, either in regard
to Ashburn’s murder or anything else. All
he asks is that he he tried before theorgah
ized courts'ofthe country, in accordance
with the principles and rights guaranteed
to him by the Constitution and laws of the
land; that he be treated as a citizen, and
protected by the presumption of inuoccueo
till ids guilt is established; that the spies,
informers, suborners and perjurers who arc
seeking his life may he required to swear
to such tacts as they may state before ti
court competent and willing to puuish per
jury". The courts of the State of Georg:,
aud of the United States are open and un
interrupted iu the district in which (.loluui
bus, Georgia, is situated, and impartial jus
tice can bo administered therein without
sale, denial or delay. Such a trial can be
obtained through the intervention of your
honorable bodies, and your petitioner prays
for such orders or resolut ions as will pro
cure it for his son and the other persons
similarly charged aud imprisoned.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
W. S. Ghipley:
Military Order.
conviction,; amtf HB^ttA. 3d Uis’r
afford^ them; ■ (Department of Ga., Ala.,and ria.)
Choice Flour.
AVc are indebted to Messrs Stewart &
Austin for a sack of most excellent flour
made from new wheat. Thicr mill has
wen deserved reputation for making the
very best of flour, aud a spirit of liberality
characterizes all their dealings. Their
great success in milling is presumptive evi
dence of merit, aud we hope they way
on to even increased prosperity.
Atlanta “Constitution.”
This spirited Democratic Daily, by Carey
W. Styles & Co., announces that after this
date, both a morning and evening edition
of tbe paper will be issued. Under tbe
present mail schedule, this will admirably
suit tbe citizens ot Home,- and all parties on
nify-its acceptance of the fundamental cm- | the line from Home to Jacksonville. The
dilions, nor does it prescribe penaltiesfor j 0vcui? pj- lt i 01 j : wiil arr ive here the next
morning, aud give us the news one day la
ter than we now get it.
their nullification. It is seriously question- j
ed Whether the Constitution has lieen rati- !
fled according to law, but assumed to be in
force before its adoption. The Arkansas
Constitution restricted franchise or. its rjiti-
ficatiou by tests unknown in therecomtrue-
tion acts—among them the acceptance of
polttical and civil rights of all men. It is
well known that a large portion, it' not a
—majority, of the electors don’t accept this
test, and if appli-d to voters North there
is reason to believe tint many of them
would remain away from the polls rather
than comply with its degrading conditions.
The President concludes:
.Should the people of Arkansas, therefore,
desiring to regulate the elective franchise
so as to make it conform to (lie Constitu
tions of a large proportion of tho States of
the North and West, modify the provisions
i eferreddo in the fundamental conditions
what is to he the consequences '! Is it in
tended that a denial of representation shall
follow? And, if so, may we not dread, at
some future day,a recurrence of the trou
bles which have so long agitated tho coun
try ? Would il not tie tho part of wisdom
to take for our guide the Federal Constitu-
tution rather than resort to measures
which, looking only to the present, may,
in few years, renew in an nggrivated form
the strife and bitterness caused by legisla-
tion-whieh has proved to be ill-timed and
unfortunate '?
House—The time was occupied in dis
cussing unimportant matters until the. veto
of the Arkansas bill, which passed 110 to
51 with a strict party vote, except
Stewart, of New York, who voted with lie-
publicans.
Mr. Muusic Released.
Mr. James Munsio, who has been con
fined fora few days, in tbe barracks, for re
sisting the orderly of the Durcau, in at
tempting to arrest, without a musket, a ne
gro who had fled to Mr. M. for protection,
was released last Saturday after giving a
a bond of 81.000.
Wc were misinformed as to his having
been sent to Atlanta last Wednesday night,
lie was uet sent from Rome at all.
Cufclough & Harkins.
These enterprising merchant? arc receiv
ing large additions to their already fine stock
of goods, and will offer rare inducements to
planters when they sell their wheat, aud to
ail others who want good trades. Honiem-
ber tlie place—dirst comer above the hank
—and give them a call—See adv.
Price of tthcat iif"New York.
We have seen a private Telegram from
New York dated last Saturday evening in,
which red wheat was quoted at $2, 75, and
uoine on the Market. It had advanced
about 5 cts., in the proceeding three
days.
The iVllc.it Crop.
[From the National Intelligencer. New Wheat is comiug iu fully two weeks
The Tyranny in Georgia. : earlier this year than common. Nearly 2,0-
We reprint below the .petition to Con- 00 bushels was received in this mavketlast
gress of Dr. Chipley, of Kentucky, iu be- week. Wc are informed by tlio Agt., of
half of his son,now imprisoned in a dungeon j the Steamboat Co . that a full cargo-6. 000
in Atlanta,'Georgia—being one of the pris- bushels—lias already been engaged for
ave already ad- | tbuboat this week and that probably asec-
we learn a j end trip will be mndethe last of tho week,
man of decided Union sentiments all through j down as iaras Cedar Rluff.
the war, and of the highest personal char- j - he general desire or Plantersjs to get
their crops to market as soon as' possible
end a lively trade iu this Hue is expected to
set in about the last of this week.—A No 1
article of Red Wheat now commands S2.15
in this .Market..
AtlantA, Ga., June 19,1868
(Circular.)
The ofiieeof Superintendent of Regis
tration for the State of Georgia, (EL JTul-
bert, Superintendent) having been closed,
all communications on Registration, or
business connected with that office, will bo
addressed to Colonel James F. Mcline, Gen
eral Inspector of Registration, Third Mili
tary District, Atlanta, Georgia.
Jly order of General Meade.
R. C. Dxu.m,
[Official.] .Assistant A4j utant General,
liayti.
The Radical editors of the . North are
holding a sort of a coroner’s inquest on
Huyti. . Tire way the negroes are illustrat
ing the blessings of freedom and the supe
riority of their race in that country does
not pieasetlie jury. The jury says Hayti
will before long illustrate the fate of the
Kilkenny eats and nothing be left of the
grand Republic, but a remnant of what
Air. Alautilliui woult^ style “demd . moist
unpleasant bodies.” Thej belligerents in
Hayti give quarter with a knife, and se
cure all prisoners of war by cutting their
throats on sight. The Radicals are in
trouble.—Mu -on T<-1.
Columbus Prisoners.
We have, been informed that tliepris-
ouers,'except Mr. Bedel. have been again
taken out of their cells, and are now in
comfortable quarters. We do not know
how to explain this change unless it is be
cause one of tho detectives who scouts to be
iu command of this Department, (Hatehct-
faeojhad his hair trimmed very close, and
lias cooled down. We hope he won’t get
mad again till it grows out or comes out.
Ulmtu Intelligencer,.
.Y Fatal Accident.
Wc learn, by a private letter in this
city, that Wm. M. Nolan, aged 17 years,
sou qf.Judge Q. li. Nolan, of McDonough,
accidentally shot himself, while carelessly
handling a pistol, on Monday, the 15th
hist., causing the death of the unfortu
nate young man in about one hour after
tbe shooting. Young Nolan was a youth
of prominent qualities, and bid fair to oc
cupy a useful position in society. lie had
just returned from William aud Henry
College, Va., to spend vacation at the
home of liis childhood, and by this unfor
tunate accident is prematurely cut oil while
in the vigor of youth. When will boys
loam to be otiutious iu handling fire-arms ?
— Covington Exam.
One of our-California mining exchanges
gives an acconnt of a new type metal’ wh'ch
is produced in Humbolt county, Nevada, fife a bill was introduced transferring the
Th(* fflUtal IS fllltAlltPll llV RMUMtin? -fill— ..t rtf Tnlt«n, Vr. An aMdman 1 . t.........
('The metal is obtained bj separating rib
ver from the ore, and is composed of about
thirty part of lead aud Seventy parts anti
mony. The metal, with slight additions,
is snid to be superior to that, used in the
Eastern States. A shipment oftwenty tons
has been made East. The metal is pro
duced so cheap as to put all competition
out of the question. Some of the iron foun
dries and -machine shops in San - Francisco
arc now nsing the same metal for journals
in place of the Babbitt metal.
. ~ 3 ' ; g——Ay . -
Remarkable Discoveries.-—lit the
State of Illinois, which is remarkable for a
great many things, there is a vast alluvial
plain, stretching' nearly one hundred miles
along the Mississippi, and having a mean
breadth of seven miles. Standing in groups
upon this great plain, and stretching in
connected scries from blnff to river, are nu
merous ancient mounds, varying in s’ze from
a few feet to nearly one hundred feet-. Un
til very recently these inlands have not
attracted the attention of scientific men.—
At present Dr. DeHaas Is carefully study
ing them, and enough is already known to
warrant the assertion that the mounds are
tlie remains oi a populous community, who
tilled the soil, were Adepts in working stone,
and had made very creditable attainment s in
pottery.
From Washington!
Washington, June 19.—In the Sen-
oguAnticipatory of the meeting • of the
negro-radictJ Legislature at Montgomery,
an enterprising hotel keeper of tlmt goodly,
but much abased, city, has published
in the papers the following card:
Notis to he Members.
De uuerzined tiro prepard to commodate
members ob de legislator cheap for cash
at sixty cents a day to. be pade ebery uitc.
Do members hab.de privilege ob habin a
levy every nite. Good water and lites.
Noaii Winders, colored.
Prospective Sharp Judgment.—We
learn, upon tlie authority of a leading radi
cal, and one who is in the counsels of the
Alagnates of tlie party, that the order for
the assembling of the Legislature will be is
sued on Tuesday next, and that tho
day for meeting will be the 4th of Ju-
J y- ,
Eleven day’s notice will be ‘-sharp and
quick,” and if all parties concerned are not
on the alert a snap judgment may be en
tered. Atlanta Const.
control of Indians to the freedmaa’s bureau.
Vote rejecting the bill, and relieving ex
porters of distilled rums, was reconsidered.
The bill thou passed.
Tlie Pacific railroad matters was discuss
ed until adjournment.
The bill stimulating the canting of pas
sengers by steam vessels, was passed with
out division.
- Th'c Conferen sc Committee’s report on
relieving political disabilities was defeated
by a vote of7S to 50—not two-tliirds Dem-
■oerats on account to f the erasure of two
‘Democrats from the list—joining the Re
publicans wlio oppose pardon entirely. This
result produced much dissatisfaction among
Republicans. Republicans appealed that
without this bill, Congressional reconstruc
tion would be a failure, and untold evils
would be the result. Broomall, who had
changed his vote'for the purpose, moved a
reconsideration, .which prevailed, and the
question comes up again on Monday.
The Senate’s amendment to the bill con
tinuing the Freedman’s Bureau was adopt
ed.
It goes to the President.
Tlie Express says it is reported on good
authority that Chase lias written a letter,
to be read in the Democratic National Con
vention, placing himself squarely on any
platform the Convention may determine,
hut urges that negro suffrage be recognized
and Universal amnesty demanded.
Private advices from Atlanta represent
that thfc Columbus prisoners are treated
with increased rigor. The House Judiciary
Committee contemplate bringing the mat
ter before the House on Monday.
The Star announces positively Secretary
McCulloch’s resignation.
Tlie defeat of the relief hill iu the House
this evening created an intense flutter. It
is Very likely that it will pass Monday,—
though the Democrats will vote solidly
against it, unless Houston, of Alabama,
and Jones, ofTennessee, are restored.
The military Inquisition of Georgia,
The following statement diped from a
Columbus paper, it will be noticed, is
vouched for by some of the best men: in
that city.
How long can such things he tolerated
undcr'“the best government the son ever
shone upon”?
New York, June 20.— Cotton firmer
ind less active; sales 1500 hales at 31c.—
Fiour favors buyers, prices unchanged.
Wheat 2 cents better hut quiet. Corn
heavy, mixed western 571 Aless pork $23
00. Lard drooping. Groceries quiet.—
Freights firmer.
Crops in Morgan Couuly.
A correspondent of the Atlanta Consti
tution, writing from Madison on the IStli
inst., says:
Twice the amount of wheat has been
sown this year as compared with the year
previous, aud will give an average yield;
though good judges disagree on that
point. Twice as uiuchj corn has been
planted, and that which was plowed deep is
quite flourishing, while that which was
plowed shallow is suffering somewhat from
tlie drought. When will oui; tanners un
derstand that it is bad economy, as well as
false philosophy', to scratch tho surface of
the earth, instead of stirring up the sub-
ioil, to give admission to the roots of the
crop of the fertilizing elements of the at
mosphere. About one-third less cotton is
planted, and is doing well. In some favor
ed localities it is two feet high, and the av
erage is about S inches.
oners to whose case we h
verted Dr. CJjipley was
actor. He lias just returned from a visit j
to his son—whom lie was allowed to see on- j
Iy once, and iu tho presence of an officer,
fite authorities saying that this was an c-x- j
ceptional case, and would not bo hereafter i
allowed. These gentlemen are merely ac- j CarpctsToH Clttlis, etc.
ettsed poisons, not convicted, and yet are ! ,s. S. Kcmlrick & Co., of Atlanta, adver-
treated with the brutality which would not | t : scs j„ this paper nil extensive stock of
he pardonable in the case or men ascertain- j carpels, oil cloths, mattings, shades, cor
ed to be lelons of ts: deepest dye. fney j ,rices, aud.alL sorts of house goods. This is
are not officially informed even o t the aval- j :in 0 ]j (; rl!1 experienced merchants, and
sation against them, and are not allowed to | tliey can offer great inducements in their
liafc counsel for their defense. Such is our j |; ll0 0 f trade See adv.
boasted Itccilom in America :
T‘> the Hon. ,S‘ mite anil //bn.*: of Ih-pre
lutU-rj of the (Jaital States :
Your petitioner, Win. S. Chipley, respect
fully states that lie is a citizen of the Unit
ed States, aud a resident of tlie city of Lex
ington. in the State of Kentucky; that lie
is the tatiier of Wiu. Dudley Chipley, a
citizen of Columbus, Georgia, who has been
arrested aud imprisoned by order of the mil
itary of U- S., without cause, and in disre
gard of the provision's of the Constitution
ofthe United States, and carried out of tlie
district iu which any offence charged against
him was committed, to Atlanta, Georgia,
some two hundred miles distant from _his
home, and is now confined there in a cell,
which is wholly unfit for. tlie confinement,
even as punishment, of a condemned crimi
nal. He is denied the privilege of seeing
or consulting with his family, itis friends,
or itis counsel, and deprived of till informa
tion as to the nature ofthe charge against
him, without power to summon or procure
the attendance of witnesses in his defense.
In short, he is utterly at the mercy of his
prosecutor?, and deprived of every right
which the Constitution aud laws secure to
the citizen. He is not, and has not been,
cither in the naval or military service of
the United States. He is a Commission
Merchant in Columbus, a married man,
and a "ood citizen, as all who know him
will‘ testify. Your petitioner does not
kuow certainly what tlie charges against his
son are. and can only surmise from the
statements of discharged negro witnesses,
’ who were arrested, confined and examined
touching his connection therewith, that ho
is imprisoned for complicity iu tbe murder
of one G. W. Asliburn, who was killed in
aho'usc of ill fame kept by a uegress, in Co
lumbus, on the night of the 31st of Alarch,
1868. These negroes)since their release,
have voluntarily give affidavit,? as to tlie
the mode of examination resorted w—the
torture, starvation and threats against them
liberty and lives, to which they were sub
jected, iu order to extort false testimony
from them against his son and others, winch
affidavits are filed herewith, and made part
hereof as fully as if copied r<-yi/atm here-
in. ' #
* Comment on the facts stated in said ^affi
davits unnecessary—indeed, can only be
fitly made under tho right of discussion in
your honorable bodies. Your petitioner
will not venture to jnake any. The enor
mous rewards—over $2p,000-^-off?rpd fir
conviction of some person or persons as
A Sharp Struggle iu Prospect-
Tile New York Sun, Republican, of tlie
1) tli inst.. ventures the following predic
tion with regard to the nominee of the Na
tional Democratic Convention :
“Viewed from a purely Democratic
standpoint there is a great force iu the ar
guments of these supporters of Pendleton.
Addressed to strict party men, they seem
to lie unanswerable; and if the Democracy
deem it expedient to select as their candi
date a straightout partisan, Pendleton is
undoubtedly their strongest man. He has
a firm hold upon tlie party in tlie West
and South; and the West is cut 1 usiiistic
and powerful, while the politics of the
South are in so chaotic a condition that he
would probably stand as fair a chance to
obtain a share of its electoral votes as any
other purely Democratic candidate. Nev
ertheless, we are confident that if the ele
ments now clustering -around tliu Chief
J ustice adhere to him, Air. Pendleton will
bear off the palui only after a struggle
which has no parallel for intensity in the
history of National Conventions.”
Tfie Athens. Acre Crops.
We eopy from the Athens Southern
Watchman the following report upon the
competing acre crops in that city:
Premium Wheat.—We have not re-
ceiv- d ti ft ill report of the contestants for
the silver pitcher, hut tho following will
show what Athens can do in the way or pro
ducing wheat
Dr. J. S, Hamilton,, bushels 45J
Edward Bancroft, “ 43J
A. P. Dearing, “ 40}
Alfred L.'Bearing, “ 36
Wm. M. Browne, “ 39
Col. D. C. Barrow, ‘I 27
Henry A. Gartrcll, “ 20}
John W. Nicholson, “ 21
Taking into consideration tho fact that
all the above lots were more or less injured
by rust, we think thp experiments are very
encouraging. It is tho opinion' pf many
that the yield would have been fifty per
cent, greater if the season had bien favora
ble. This would give as large i yield, we
believe,as lias ever been produced anywhere,
and demonstrates the fact that this section
of Georgia is ax well adapted to the pro
duction of wheat as any part of the world.
Will our farmers take the hi»t, and learn
to make great crops on small areas ? This
is the road to success where labor is scarce
apd high.
Pen Pictures or Gant and Colfax.
—Geo. D. Prentice has discovered that
Washington Irving, through tlie medium
of Dalarielc Knickerbocker, long since pic
tured the Radical candidates. Thus:
‘•There are two opposite ways by which
some men make a figure in the world; one
by talkiug faster than they think; and the
other by holding their tongues and not
thinking at all. By the first many a smat-
tercr acquires tlie reputation of a man of
quick parts; by the other, many a duud-
erpatc, like the owl, the stupidest of birds,
comes to be considered^thc very type of wis
dom.”
Again treating of Governor Wouter Van
Ttrilla-, Irving wrote:
“With all his reflective habits, lie never
made up his mind on a subject. His ad
herents accounted for this by tbe ex
traordinary magnitude of liis ideas. He
conceived every subject on so grand a scale,
chat lie had not room iu bis head to turn it
over and examine both sides of it. Certain
it is that if any matter were propounded to
him, on which ordinary mortalswould rash
ly determine at first glance, ho would put
on a vague, mysterious look, shako his ca
pacious head, smoke some time in profound
silence, and at last observe that he had his
‘doubts about the matter.”
Haunted.—A young lady was taken in
charge in the streets of Chicago, the other
day, who was laboring under the illusion
that the spirit of her dead husband was
pursuing her, aud demanding,with skeleton
arm outstretched, her money. She had
already thrown $300 at the feet of the ap
parition and fled, but it still pursued. The
insanity of tlie woman is the last act of a
tragedy that occurred three years ago. At
that time she was thebrideof an old divorc
ed man, who at once doted upon and was
terribly jealous of her. One evening he
asked her for $500, which he had given her
ru a moment of tenderness. She taunting
ly replied that she had given it to her lover,
lie demanded the name'ofthe man, threat-
epinsr to blow bis own brains out if not in
formed. She told him to blow away. The
next moment lie lay dead at her feet, his
brains scattered over her night dress. Her
guilty conscience now conjures up tho old
man, continually haunting her ana demand
ing his money, as on the fatal night.
AIore Lives than a Cat.—It is said
the cat has nine lives. The Cincinnati com-,
mcrciai says more than a dozen Livesof
Grant have been laid on its table within
two months. One we presume for each
phaso of tho weather.
B3k.The citizens of Tnskegco propose re
building the rail-road from Oliehaw, on the
Alontgomery and West Point road, to that
place.
BSwOn Monday morning, the 8th inst.,
a man named Pierce, living near Griffin’s
Landing, on the Bigbee, was shot and kill
ed by some unknown porson. Geu. Meade
will never hear of it, for Peirce was white,
and is supposed to have been murdered by
a negro.—Selma Times.
From Washington.
Washington, Juno 20—McCoIlough
not resigned. •
The President’s veto to the Arkansas bill
just in.
01t is probable that a general amnesty-
will be proclaimed on tlie 4th of July.
Tlie President pardoned Confederate
General H. Ueith.
The Corruption Committee continues
examining witnesses.
liis Speech.
Grant made the following speech on be
ing visited by the committee - appointed to
inform him of his nomination:
“You’d scarce expect one of iny age,
To speak in public on the stage,”
And if I chance to fall below
Charles Sumner and Galusha G row,
Don’t view me with Ben Butler’s eye,
But pass my imperfections by.
From Marshall’s paps great dogs do blow;
From little colts great horses grow.
As you'll agree, it is too lato
For me to try to cultivate
The art of speaking. Therefore, I
Will let the little job go by,
I’ll only say that I’ll fulfill
Whatever you, my friends, may will.
And it is now my full intent,
If I am chosen President,
To so discharge official duty.
That every act, my friends, will suit you.
From California.
San Francisco, June 20.—A rock slide
occurred on the Pacific Central Road kil
ling several Chinese.
The first train reached Reno yesterday.
Nine thousand workmen employed.
From Montgomery.
Montgomery, June 20.—Fine rains
have fallen within tho past few days, just
in time to save tho crop, which was nearly
burnt up.
Members of the Legislature, elected un
der tlie reconstruction law, are arriving iu
anticipation of tlie Omnibus bill. None,
but Radicals were elected as the anti-Rad-
ieals acted on the suggestion of the recon
struction lav/ and defeated the Constitution
and Legislature by non-voting.
BQi_Thc editor of the Louisville Journal
says, if he possessed the most valuable
things in the world, and was about to will
them away, the following would be his plan
for distribution;
I would give the world truth and friend
ship, which are now so very scarce.
1 would also give an additional portion
of truth to lawyers and merchants.
I would give to physicians skill and learn
ing.
I would give to printers tnfeir pay.
To gossipingwomcn good sonse, modesty,
large waists and natural teeth.
To young sports and dandies common
sense, little cash and hard labor.
To old maids good tempers, little talk,
mooth faces, and excellent husbands.
To old baoholors love of virtue, children
aud wives.
The Pendleton Platform.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, which is tbe
leading Pendleton organ in the West,
mauds, at the hands of tho National Demo
cratic Convention, a platform which shall
embody the following points:
“1. The five-twenty bond? can be legally
paid iti legal-tenders and ought to beso
paid.
2. All debts of a public character, not
otherwise promised in gold are to bo paid in
legal-tenders.
3. One currency for all, and equal and
common taxation upon all, must be affirmed
as Democratic principles—opposition to
privileged classes which receive favors and
aids from the Government not given to the
masses, follows logically, from the adoption
of this principle.
4. Tlie public debt is to be paid as soon
as possible, without too great an inflainatiou
of the currency, in order to save an annual
drain of $150,000,000 a year, now paid in
the shape of interest upon the principal of
said debt.
5. A national debt Isa national curse,
and efforts must be directed for its speedy
liquidation.”
nguHaving beard that a certain person
“(lied without a will,” Judy asks if any
body ever died “with a will Yes, a poet
died with WiU Sbakspoar.
iSfWhat is the difference between a bar
ber and a mother? One has razors to
shave, and the other has shavers to raise.
Jl©»Why wasn’t Eve tried for stealing
the'appie ? Becnase there was no court of
appellate jurisdiction.
. 8®,This pretty incident is related of a
ca'aary bird- Tlie door of the bird’s cage
was occasionally left open that he might
enjoy the freedom of the room. One day
lie happened to light upon the mantle shelf
.vlicicupon was a mirror. Here was a new
discovery of tlie most profound interest.—
Ho gated long and curiously at himself,and
came to tho conclusion he has found a mate.
Going back to his cage lie selected a seed
from its box, and brought it iu his hill as
an offering to tbe stranger, In vain the
canary exerted himself to make bis new
found friend partake, and becoming weary
of that, tried another tack. Stopping back
a few inches from tho glass he poured forth
liis sweetest notes, pausing now and then
for a reply. None panic; and moody
and disgusted ho flew back to his perch,
lianging his head iu shame and silence for
the rest of the day; and although the door
was repeatedly left open, refusing to conjc
out again.
Oregon.—The World has an article
which shows very clearly the extent of the
political change which has just taken place
in Oregon. Last year the Republicans
“had a majority of six in the State Senate,
and of one in the House. This year the
Democrats have a majority of two in the
Senate, and of nine in the Houso. At the
same time tlie Democratic candidate for
Govornor is elected by a majority of more
than 1,200, while-two years since the Re
publican candidate was elected by a ma
jority of 337. These are striking facts,
and onr Democratic friends have a right to
rejoice at them. Bnt the World does not
represent them fairly. It omits a very im
portant part of the truth. Not even an
nllnsion is made in its article to the fact
that the Democrats of Oregon fought and
won this important battle under the ban
ner of Mr. Pendleton. This feature of the
case the World is perfectly aware of, and
ought not to ignore. It is unpleasant to
see .the habit? of partisan journalism oar-
ried so for as to do injustice to a rival sec
tion of one’s own party. Candor and hon-
ty are After all the best policy, in politics as
in everything else.— T. Y. Sun.
From Florida.
Tallahassee, June 20.—In the Legis
lature to-day, Abijah Gilbert, (Radical) was
elected as Senator for six years from Mareh,
1S69. Vote 4S to 21.
In the afternoon session a majority of
t lie members were granted leavo of absence
till the 7th of July, meantime the minority
will meet adjourn.
Incendiarism and Loss by Fire.—
On Monday afternoon about 4 o’clock, the
flames suddenly burst from the roof and en
tire interior of the Randolph Male Acade
my, and long before the arrival of any as
sistance the extensive building was a mass
of ruins.
Mr. McDowell, tlie Principal of the
Academy, had only a fcwyuinutes previous
ly concluded the exercises of the day aud
closed the doors No fire had been upon
tlie premises for months.
The Academy was owned jointly by A.
A. Gamble, Esq., and H. II. Jones, and
their insurance policy had but recontly ex
pired. . The perpetrators of the deed have
not yet been discovered.—Ciithbert Appeal
Roses.—Tlie rose among the ancient
was bold in high consideration—was used
to adorn the temple aud palace, the solemn
rites cf religion and the festive gayeties of
the banquet. Cleopatra, at a feast given
to Mark Anthony, expended upwards of
one thousand dollars in tho purchase of
roses alone. Suetonius relates that he
spent four millions of sesterces, equal to
$150,000, on roses for one supper! The
porticos and courtyards of the paiaees, as
well as tho couches and apartments, were
thickly strewn with thorn. A thousand
roses yield two and a half pounds of rose
water. From a film that rises on this wa
ter the otto is taken with a fcathor. Ten
thousand roses produce one hundred and
eighty grains of otto, and one drop is
worth its weight in gold.
Important Railroad Meeting.—On
Tuesday the stockholders’ meeting of the
Montegomeiy and West Point Railroad was
held at the office in this city. A large
aniouut of stock was represented especially
that held by the Central Railroad and Bank
ing Company of Savannah, Georgia. That
Company has leased the Muscogee Railroad
for nincty-nmo years, and now owns, as we
learn, the controlling portion of the Mont
gomery and West Point Railroad. They
propose and have agreed, wo understand,
to build the road from Montgomery to Selma
in less than two years, in order to have one
grand lino from the Mississippi river to the
Atlantic coast.
An election was held for Directors of the
Montgomery and West Poiat railroad, and
tho old Board re-elected, with Colonel Pol
lard as President—Montgomery Advertiser,
18/A.
®SrWe find in the list of graduates at
the West Point Military Academy, three
names said to be “from Georgia.” viz.
George M. Harriss, Sumner Bodfish (Qu.
Cod-fish ?) and John J/Coniine. Wesup-
i that-.they arc citizens of New England,
tainly they arc not Georgians. Well,
since we have been compelled to stand
Prince, Clift and Bryant; “from Georgia,”
we think we may stand Sumner Bodfish.
Jupiter! what a name!—Athens Banner.
Let Off Easy.—Thomas Whittemore,
the Radical treasurer of the town of Spen
cer Massachusetts, having levanted with
$18,000 of the public funds in his carpet-
sack, was caught in Mississippi where he
had gone to run for An office; and restoring
the money, was allowed to pursue his de
signs upon the pookets of the people of
that Stato. Wo shall see Whittemore in
Congress yet, where he will doable his
money. '
The Nation’s Wabds.—The Radical
Rump insists that the negroes are intilligent
enough to vote and hold office and govern
the white people of the South, and yet in
the teeth of this, Congress insists that’the
people shall be taxed to continue the Freed-
men’s Bureau In existence for another year,
to be used no donbt as a huge electioneer
ing machine in the merest of Grant and the
Radical party.—Chronicle & Sen.
STATEMENT OF JOHN WELLS, FREEDMAN,
j made June 11, 1868, at columbus. ga.
I was taken with the other prisoners ar
rested at the same time with myself to Fort
Pulaski. We were all striped and exam
ined for weapons and money. All money
was taken from the prisoners, and has not
been returned, so far as I know; nor has
the clothing been given back to them.—
Each prisoner was put in a cell by himself.
The cells are four by six feet, with a very
narrow opening above for ventilation; oae
vacant cell was left, between those occupied
by prisoners, so that no two prisoners occu
pied adjoining cells. Soon after oorarrival
persons apparently in authority inquired
in -the hearing of witness whether “the ra
zors” were ready to shave tho heads of
prisoners. Being answered affirmatively,
witness was blindfolded and taken off to
another part of the fort; his head was lath
ered; two men held him, while others stand
ing around prepared to shave his head, and
spoke of what was to he done. They drew
his head back, and in an effort to put him
selfinamore comfortable position, tbe
bandage was poshed from his eyes, when
witness discovered he was in a casement or
other large room, and that a cannrn had
been trained upon him, and that a man
seemed to be in the act of firing it directly
at hm Witness was very much alarmed;
suproed they were about to kill him, and
begin for alittle time to make a statement,
aadtucet bis fate. They replied that there
was but little time then, but they would
give him fifteen minutes. Witness stated
all he knew of the occurrences on the night
of Ashburn’s murder; where he was at vari
ous hours of the night; how and when and
where he heard of the killing; and affirmed
most positively his own innocence, and
hiseutire ignorance of any fact or circum
stances going to implicate others. He
spoke of bis own previous character as a
citizen and member of the church, saying
he had told them the truth; that he could
not utter a falsehood to implicate innocent
persons; and that if for this they still per
sisted in taking his life, they must do
it.
Witness was finally taken back to his
cell, was left there for some days longer—
during which ho was repeatedly interroga
ted—and was finally permitted to walk out,
and, at length, was allowed the freedom of
the fort. This privilege was granted as he
was informed, because the parties exami
ning him believed he was innocent, and
knew nothing against others. Witness was
put to work about the fort.
The persons who blindfolded witness,
and interrogated him, he understood, were
detectives, perhaps officers in the detective
force.
John Stapler, another prisoner, witness
learned, was pntthrough the same process
as himself. One of the detectives subse
quently said to witness that Stapler had
told two tales, which contradicted each
other. He (Stapler) was finally put into
the “sweat box” and kept there from Sat
urday morning uutil Sunday night. Does
not know whether the answers finally ex
torted from him were satisfactory to the
inquisitors or not. Heard, however, that
Stapler stuck to the last talc he told, which,
witness was informed, referred to Barber,
another prisoner, and amounted to but lit
tle.
Witness was told that if he divulged any
thing he saw or heard while at Fort Pulas
ki they would put him in there for five
years. There was some lumber at the fort,
which, the prisoners, ofthe garrison told wit
ness, had been brought there to erect a
gallows to hang the prisoners from Colum
bus.
Ex-Provisional Governor James Johnson,
the present Collector of tho port of Savan
nah, visited the fort while the prisoners
were there. Heard him ask Barber who
killed Ashburn; said ho (Johnson) knew
every one of the damned rascals,
and so did he (Barber). He denounced
Dudley, Chipley and Dr. Kirkscey, and
other prisoners, as damned scoundrels and
assassins, and said they were the leaders of
it. Jonhsou was very violent aud denuncia
tory. Barber made no reply that witness,
who was sitting above, could bear.
It was represented at the fort that Alex.
Stanford, an emigrant to Liberia from Col
umbus, while detained two weeks in Savan
nah, waiting for the ship to sail made sev
eral visits to Jas. Johnson, and for the
sake of money, was induced to make state
ments, the object of which was to implicate
others; and it was said many, if not all, the
recent arrests had been made in consequence
of hi3 pretended disclosures. Heard John-
son talking to Stephens tbe same day he
talked with Barber, but some work was go
ing on in the neighborhood, and could not
distinguish what was said.
The white prisoners, at least Daniel and
Betcz, were taken off and examined also,
hut what was said and done witness did not
learn.
A soldier prisoner, or one who appeared
to be such, told witness that the authorities
intended to hang five or six ofthe principal
prisoners, and send the others to prison for
ten or twelve years.
For nine days witness had no meat to eat,
and supposes the other prisoners fared no
better. His breakfast consisted of bread
and coffee without sugar; his dinner was
rice soap. Sapper same as breakfast. Af
ter tho nine days meat was given to priso
ners.
Some of the soldiers of tho garrison were
kind, others were not. Of the latter class
were two who used to gather up the food
for the prisoners and throw it to them as if
they had been dogs.
When the prisoners were taken to Atlan
ta from Fort Pulaski, witness was brought
along with them, though in a separate car,
as far as Macon, when he was told he
could return to his home iu Columbus.
The two detectives, who seemed to have
chief control in the examination of' priso
ners, Said they had come from "Washing
ton.
Prisoners had uo bedding or blankets.
Witness; John Wells,
P. W. Alexander.
E- T. Shepherd.
Wm. King.
John McKenerek.
SSL.A gentleman once said to Rowland
Hill: “It is sixty-five years since I first
heard you preach, and the sermon was well
worth while remembering. You remarked
that some people are very squemish about
the manner of a clergyman in preaching
but you then added, ‘Supposing one is
hearing a will read, expecting to receive a
legacy, would yon employ tho time in eriti-
For Tho Confutation.]
The Old Secession Governor.
TO BE SUNG BY THE DEMOCRATIC GLEE
CLUB.
Air: Fine Old English Gentleman
BY THE AUTHOR.
There was a famous gentleman, his name
was Joseph E,
As great anon at eating fire as ever you did
He scalped the Yankees with his pen, and
swore in lofty strain,
That never to old Uncle Sam he’d doff his
hat again—
__ This great secession gentleman,
All of the olden time.
With-threats and curses loud and deep, he
made the mountains ring, .
And wrote terrific messages—was ever.- on
the wing
Tu and same noble aet to do, like taking-
helpless forts,
Ai.d seizing unoffending ships, and closing
Southern ports—
This brave secession Governor,
All of tho olden time.
For laggard war’s relnctant voice, he could
by no means wait.
But into fighting attitude he urged his
unarmed State;
And then, to meet the Minie guns, he made
a lot of pikes,
With which, on empty bee-gum sides, he
made some valiant strikes—
This wise secession Governor,
All of the olden time.
Bnt soon he found that other heads were
likely to command,
And that the management of things was
slipping from his hand;
Whereat his wrath waxed very warm, then
grew severely sour,
And worked against the despotism with true
despotic power—
This kind secession Governor,
All of the olden time.
He vowed before he’d yield the fight, he’d
follow Dido’s style,
And burn his little earthly all upon a funeral
pile;
Bnt when the Yankees sought him out to
try his flint and steel,
He grabbed a load of cabbages, and plied
his thrifty heel—
This gallant secesh Governor,
All of a squally time.
And when the Southern cause was lost—
when brave men gave it'up,
And sadly drank the lowest dregs of foOure’s
bitter cup—
When ruined homes and blasted hopes his
victims now deplore,
With fifteen thousand income still he turns
his coat once more—
This extra secesh Governor,
All of the present time!
An Butler's feast of silver spoons, he takes
the anxious seat,
And humbly craves of Master Ben ' a few
small crumbs to eat,
With woolly Sainbo on his aim, his nose
in lofty style,
He marches to the ballot-box, and wears
his ancients smile—
This new-born Southern Radical,
All of the present time! •
From motley broum to deepest htuck is no
great step at last,
A litSe tie will do the job; and make the
color fast,
Provided thatthe dye receives a due amount
of gall
And this the honest world will give, till
stars and heavens foil,
To set this Southern renegade,
All of the present time!
To the Southern Press.
I am too tnlly assured of the interest the
Press of the South feels iu the suceess of le
gitimate Southern enterprises, to apologize
for asking genera] publication of the fol
lowing resolution and brief summary iu
complioncc therewith:
At a meeting ofthe [Board of Directors
of the Southern life Insurance Company,
held at their office in the City of Atlanta,
Ga., on the 18th of June, 1868, the follow
ing preamble and resolution were offered
and adopted:
Whereas, It is reported to this office
that many prominent men in every section
of the South desire to insure In the South
ern Life Insurance Company, provided it is
ascertained to be both reliable and strictly
Southern in character. Therefore,
It is resolved by the Board .of Directors
ofthe Southern Life Insurance Company,
That the President be requested to fur
nish to the public such facts as in his judg
ment will place the Company ia its true
light before the Southern people.
It would really seem that the names of
the directory shonld be a sufficient guaran
tee both in respect to reliability and the
Southern character of the Company. As
to the reliability, I wish to make this gen
end remark, that all well managed Life In
surance Companies are reliable. Those of
the South as well as those of other sections.
How long shall the South be taunted with
the idea that her organizations are all un
reliable, and how long will our people con
tinue to encourage these charges by with
holding patronage from their own people
and sending their capital away to other
sections ?. Will no solid monied basis—no
array of names of honorable men, and able
financiers suffice ? What are the facts ?—
Are Southern Insurance Companies unre
liable? Do the “Planter’s Fire,” the
“Hermando,” the “Southern Mutual Fire,”
the “Georgia Home,” and others which I
might mention, settle losses less promptly or
less fairly than Companies of other sec
tions ? Away with this pernicious idea!
But to the Southern Life. It
business with a larger cash capital
any Northern Company of which I have
any knowledge—some of the strongest and
most successful of these gigantic instita-
tions commencing on less than half of the
capital of this Company. It has promptly
adjusted an amount of losses or payments
dne policy holders rarely equaled in the his
tory of snch companies. Its financial con
dition challenges the closest scrutiny, and
that fact reflects the highest credit upon
the financial ability of tho Memphis Direc
tory.
It cannot yet boast of its millions of accu
mulations, but it is abundantly able to pay
all its policies, and if the people will ap
preciate the scope of its patriotic purposes,
will soon have for investment the vast sums
now befog taken from this section by far-
subject, as well as to that hips who would
continue, by misrepresentation of the char
acter of this Company, to beguile our pov
erty-stricken people into the continuance
ofthe suicidal polity of sending their mon
ey away from our own section, I request
that all papers willing to aid in checking
this enormous drain on our resources, give
this circular insertion and circulation.
J. B. Gordon.
Atlanta, Ga^ June 18,1868.
lumnul
Married,- At-the residence ofthe bride’s
father,-itf Gordon couhty, on the morning
ofthe 20th ult„ by Rev. W,J-King, Rev.
M. H. Sanders, formerly of Franklin
county, ana Miss S A. Scott.
Died, At the residence of her father, in
Floyd county, Ga., June 16th, 1868, Has-
eltineT. Wright, daughter of Milton
Wright, aged 23 years.
The deceased was quiet and amiable iu
her disposition, modest and unobtrusive in
her manners, beloved by her many friends,
and when qnite young made a public pro
fession of a saving faith in Christ, and was
baptised, by Rev. John Crawford, into the
fellowship of the Baptist Chnrch, at Enon,
in which she lived and died a worthy mem
ber.
For several days prior to her decease,
she frequently spoke of death; she spoke of
it as having no terror for her, and of her
glorious prospects in the future. While,
her many friends and relatives weep for
their loss, they mourn not as those who
have no hope. „Write, blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord from hence
forth.” Rev. XIV: 13. K.
C0LCL0U0H & DARRINS,
ARE RECEIVING DIRECT FROM N. YORK
AN ADDITIONAL SUPPLY OF
SEASONABLE GOODS,
T O which they invite the attention of the
trade They would especially'call attention
to their
Very Large Stock
GENTS’,
LADIES’AND
CHILDREN'S
Custom-Made
BOOTS, SHOES
AND GAITERS,
Manufactured to their own order by
T. MILES
PHILADELPHIA.
In fact every line comprising their entire stock
is full, and will be offered to the trade
At Such JPrices
As Will Insure Ready Sale.
They are prepared to meet the closest eompe>
tion. They can't be undersold.
E. H. COLCLOUGH,
june23wtf JOH1J HAItKIXS.
KguBishop Beckwith administered the
rite of Confirmation to a class in LaGrange
on last Wednesday. He has confirmed
over 500 persons since his arrival in this
State.
„ yonreelf,
and how mneh. Let that, then,be the way in
which you listen to the GospeL' ”
S@,The World gives up Mr. Chase as a
possible Democratic candidate. After sub
mitting the question of his candidacy for
the consideration of its Democratic con
temporaries, and observing their responses
to the proposition, it concludes that tho
Democracy cannot yield their traditional
prejudices against the colored man so. for.
Effi»He who waits for a chance will have
to wait a year.
JSrPneumatic railway—a train of
eign companies.
As to the second point in question, it is
simply purely Southern'. Every stockhold
er, with one exception, is a resident of a
Southern State, and that one has removed
from the Sooth since he became a subscri
ber to the stock.
All of Its investments: are, and will con
tinue ter be, made in the Southern Slates—
all of its accumulations be retained here for
the benefit of our oten impoverished section.
Itis the fixed .determination of tho Di
rectors—who are known to the people—as
well as tho stockholders, that none of its
aocotunulations shall constitute any portion
of that vast sum—the six million dollars—
of which tho South is annually drained by
insuring life in foreign corporations.
As to this department, consisting of the
States of Georgia, North and South Carol
lina and Florida, it stands upon the records
of this office, that the accumulations of this
department shall be invested In the States
named.
Expressing the hope that that this will be
a sufficient and satisfactory answer to those
who honestly desire information on the
AYER & HILLS
HAVE SECURED THE SERVICES OF
Mr. F. Pence,
WHO WILL ACT FOR THEM AS
GENERAL AGENT
For Geoi’gfia,
IN THE
AGRICULTURAL MACHINE
BUSINESS.
W E ars agents for the best agricultural im
plan cuts in use, such as
Pitta Combined Thresher and Separator
Ceisora, “ «
Sweepstakes, “ “ “
Kentuckj Horse Power and Thresher,
Kail Way “ “
Bnckeye Reaper & Mower,with Dropper.
Woods “ “ Self Rake,
Kirby “ “
Wheat Drills,
Hay Rakes and Wheat Cleaners,
Riding Plows (Buckeye,)
Victor Sorgho Mills,
Cook’s Evaporator,
Corn Shelters. Feed Cutters dec.
We can famish the above articles at Manufac
turers prices to the trade addingonly freight
Purchaaing many of these Machines by the
Car load, wo are enabled to offer better terms in
freight than can otherwise b« obtained.
We con cordially recommend Mr. Pence to the
farming community aa a man of experience and
skill in &rming,well versed in the nae and capac
ity of agriculture 1 implements.
Circulars and pamphlets containing tail descrip
tion >f Machines can be obtained on application
to AYER dr HILLS.
apr7-tv3m
Mantua Making.
DRESS CUTTING &C.
Hisses Mayes & Sharp.
H AVE removed to the Millinery Booms af
Mrs. Attaway A Mias. Sollie Wilkerron.
Dresses cat and fit to order, Sewing of all kinds
for Ladies or gentlemen neatly done,
aprlt-wtf
J. E. VEAL,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND -
JEWELER,
FIFTEEEX YEARS ESTABLISHED tX
Rome, Ga.
junel3-tw-w-ly
DISSOLUTION.
rjVHE firm of Barnett A Jones is dissolved by
I the sale ot Mr Barnett’s interest to tbe under-
deraigned, who will continue tbe business at the
old stand. I earnestly request those'indebted
to tbe late firm to make immediate payment.—
Such as do not pay or moke satisfactory settle-
meat by extension before'the 1st of August will
-ertamfy bo sued.
Necessity makes tbo coarse unavoidable.
junell-tw-TV-tilaugl B. F. JONES.
A. T. HARDIN
IS RECEIVING HIS
SUMMER GOODS,
'FROM NEW YORK,
B OUGHT by an experienced buyer which he.
proposes to SELL AS LOW as any other-
house. Please call and examine his stock,
jonelff