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' T-hfi'.tO ■WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION." VOLUME XXIII. -^friwlNELL, Prop’r. bates of weekly. __ tt£^3ZSSj^ m ^’SwjSSSt in advance. JSSU-- ocopvwiUbafur- ,i-hc<l gratis. ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. JULY 9, 1869. NEW SERIES-NO 45. M. DWINELL, Proprietor. Sales of k anl r p? u , r ed by lawto.be held on ^eaca month, between the a, first Tuesday!v on ftnd three in the hours of to” JJ e ‘Court House in the county in StoP^ali 1 'roust*!*£>"» in a P ub ' litjuetto fA^bofpSonal property must Notice 5 of J“ " j„ n er, through a public gaz- (, c given m a w sale day. alteicdzjs P 1 ;*" ttod creditors of an estate, ■.. Promptly Paid. The Cherokee Masonic Aid • Associa tion, on the 1st inst., paid over to the heirs of Daniel D. Johnson, one of their mem bers, who fell dead while threshing wheat in the field, in Oglethorpe county, on the 25th ult., four hundred and eighty-one dol- —the amonnt at that time dne to members of Class C, of that Association. The fact that Mr. Jchnroc had paid in only ten dollars, and yet his family prompt ly received the above named amount, shows the great advantage of the Institution. •rttarfWfitaSS.wffl be made to the , cave t ° sell laud must be ‘.ublisbed f’ rt *°®° nl of Administration, Guar- Citations f» r ‘ e ‘“ r ^ publisbod 3b days-for Hansbip vd ministrotioii, three months— lijmUsio-n Guardianship, 40 .ays. for dismivU'P^ , 0 r Mortgages must Balts for the fo ™ “ or fuUr months—for cs- e publishes, mouth y space of three rilbhing lost rom Exeeotors or ' Mth! .^or°"iPwh«eCd ha. been given by idomutrafom, _ iM ,t three months. i,ed?cearc J , for the tut P continncd accord- Pipjlications vrilll J niremonts , unless oth- ■—^iTfsassSSI# Sheriff’s Mer s*g« “•‘ 00 TalCoU, r Cl °l4S 5 C ofAdminSratioa 3 00 Citation, for _ ( Q ulr diunship 3 00 for dismission from - g |!! 4 00 gniraiinihip,. ... 6 00 rJe'c^ShiK^peky. 10 days......... 2 00 K«trav Notice?, oU<lfl}-j . __ Rifle Stolen. Maj. Jacob Boss hud a rifle gnn stolen a •few days since. Information in regard-to it or the thief will be thankfully received— See adr. ^IXfuKHAY MORNING, July 3. A Heroic Boy, Quite a sensation was created in the lower en d of Broad Street on last Thursdry after noon, b)- the startling rumor that Mr. fobersc.'n, wbo was engaged in digging a well for the City Sexton, on Cemetery Hill, had fallen iut» the well, and was probably tilled. A number of gentlemen went with all possible speed to the scene of excite ment, to know the truth of the rumor, and to render what service they could in extri cating the unfortunate victim. They t'ouud a man lying in the bottom of swell between twenty and thirty feet deep, in which gas had accumulated until it could he plainly seen, like a blue smoke, from the top, but no one could tell whether the man wa6 alive or not. All felt impressed with the idea that something had to be done im mediately, hut there were three dangers star ing t'ew in the face. In the first place, • it was necessary lor some one who had never bcca in a well before, to go down; and then the certain presence and danger of the gas, and the last and not the least danger, was from the blast that had just been prepared, and fire throwu in. There was one present who was ready fur the emergency—a little boy—son of Mr. R., 12 or 13 years old. lie begged Col. -J It. Towers, who was one of the first to arrive, and who ren dered very effectual and timely aid, to let him down. This was done immediately by lying a rope around the boy’s body. The boy carried a rope in his hand, which lie tied around his father's body, just below his arms, and hoth lather and son were drawn out—the t nrmer in a perfect helpless aod insensible Mnflition; in fact, the presence of life was scarcely visible. But he begun gradually to revive, and in an hour or two he was re stored to consciousness, and was able to set up. Mr. Roberson went into the well to see why the fire he threw in did not- explode the blast that had been prepared. He was immediately overcome by the gas, and call ed to his little son to have him drawn out. Mr. Stafford, the City Sexton, was at work a few hundred yards off, and ran as fist as he was able to the relief of the little boy, hut when he got there. Mr. R. was hardly able to speak. The tub was let down, Mr. A got on, and they drew him 8 or 10 feet from the bottom, when he fainted and fell hack. Rat as above stated, he was snatched from the jaws of death by the presence of mind and the heroic exertions of his glori- ouslittle son, whose name is Arthur Rob erson . A Foolish' Contest.—Two Germans in Knoxville, recently drank Larger Bear for championship. One drank a little over six- teen glasses and the other eighteen. Time one hour—result both drank, speechless and motionless, lying on the floor. Good Cotton.—We have received from James-M. Pryor of Polk Co., a cotton stock containing one full bloom and 27 weU formed squares. It is 21 feet high Who can heat it? Who Wants European Laborers. An arrangement is being made by which the planters in this section can secure as many laborers for next year as they may desire, from Belgium and Holland. These laborers are generally sol er, industrious and frugal, and will pr ibnbly, in a few years, becriue land owners, and make good and usefnl citizens. A gentleman proposes to leave here for Euiope about the 1st of August, lor the purpose of obtaining laborers, and desires that parties wishing this help, to give him their orders. See adv. Chinese Labor for tUe South. 1 he experiment of employing Chinese laborers in California has resulted in a suc cess that labor there being both cheap and reliable. A movement is now being made ■a Memphis to bring Chinese laborers into the South iu large numbers. A conven- tfon for the purpose of furthering this ob ject will be he'd in that city on the 13th inst. The princip -1 Chinese importer Ka- apmauschoop, of San Francisco, will he there, and the Chamber of Commerce in cites each county, city and town, in the -Miith, to rend delegates. f he great object of the Convention is to mature a plan of eooporatiou, and thus, if possib'e, secure the influx of a large amount of cheap and reliable labor The object is a good one, and well deserves the intention of the agricultural interests. [Communicated. Hogs at Large. Mr. Editor : Dear Sir—All who read your interest- g journal must know that yon have ev er felt an anxions solicitude for the im provement and prosperity of Rome, as also for the whole State and people of Georgia. One thing, however, yon and our city Fath ers have overlooked—I allude to the many hogs which infest our streets, which should be considered a perfect nuisance in every respectable community, besides the dam age they do to property, etc. They nn- dermino buildings, root under garden fences and destroy onr vegetables, and that in the night season. They roll in the gutters, run on the side walk in Broad street, and beianb ladies’ fine dresses with mad. They throw down aged and decrepit people, and make them a laughing stock for the vulgar. I have, my self, seen a large hog upset an infant’s car riage.—the child thrown ont and badly hurt.' Yon recommend a fair. Should such a thing take place in onr city, and the swinish multitudes are not placed where they Ehonld be, they wiil cause much eon- fusion, and leave an unfavorable impres sion on the minds of strangers, as to the taste and refinement of Modern Rome.—- perched as it may be on seven hills. I submit to your consideration, and, if yon think well of it, please correct as yon may think proper, and give it a place in yonr excellent paper. One thing 1 very much wish, viz: that some enterprising gentleman wonld put up a hath house, on each river, one for ladies,' the other for gentlemen. They wonld prove a luxury during the summer months, and be very conducive to health. They need not be made expensive, and I am sure a moderate charge would pay well. If you think such an enterprise wonld answer here, please make the suggestion. H.M. Look Oat. . Spurious $50 and $100 bills on the First National Bank of New Jersey,one in circu lation in Augusta. They were stolen from the Treasury at Washington without the signatures of the President and Cashier, though impressions from the gennine plates. The numbers of the notes stolen range as follows: Upper numbers from 19,609 to 19688; lower numbers from 671 to 750. _ Election or Officers of tbs Lunatic Asylum At a meeting of the Trustees of the Lu natic Asylum, last week, for the election of officess of the Institnti.n, all the old of ficers were retained except E. J. White, Steward, and Treasurer, who has been suc ceeded by M. R. Bell, our present Ordina- ry, and Mr. J. G. Fowler, Assistant Stew ard, succeeded by Col. James Green, _ for mer Principal Keeper of the Penitentiary. —-Recorder, 29/h. Price of Wheat at Different Markets Our last news from the North West is fiated June 30th. At that time wheat was quoted at St. Louis atjl lOal 15; Chica- e e §l 20; Cincinnati,^$1 20 and Nash-: '■file, on July 1st, new red $1 00, and new white 1 05 In the Rome market a good article of good new red, readily commands SI 50.— Ihe latest reports from all quarters, .con firm previous statement that a very largo er op has nearly everywhere been made. t^Wc have seen Darby’s Prophylactic uid very successfully applied to the treat ment of chrome sores. A Subscriber. The World, in announcing the appoint ment of General Daniel E. Butterfield as Assistant Treasurer at New York, .in place o' H. H. Van Dyck, resigned^ says Mr Butterfied waslone of the principal parties in getting up the subscription to purchase Grant’a house in Washington. Stock in the great gift enterprise is still good. Divi dends are large and frequent Chinese Workmen. An agent of the Wills Valley, the new railroad being constructed southwest from Chattanooga, Tenn;, loft Nashville on Mon day on hisway to San Francisco to employ three thousand Chinamen and bring them to work on that road. The subject of bringing Chinamen to take the place of ne groes on plantations and in the construe tion or public works is receiving favorabl- consideration, and the opinion fs becoming f-encral that in a few years labor in the South which has heretofore been done by negiocs will be performed entirely by Chinamen.- Knoxville Press. Masonic Fe sate College at Csvlngtou— Comm eneement. Mr. Editor—I ask space in yonr ex cellent paper to say that the recent Com mencement Exercises of the Gcoigia Ma- sanic Female College, at Covington, were a decided success. The Commencement Ser mon was preached on Sunday, 20th of June by Rev. E. Stead, a Baptist Minister, was not so fortunate as to hear the dis course, but have bsen informed that it was such a sermon as a cultivated Christian Minister might be expected to deliver be fore a cultivated andience, upon such an occasion. On Monday night the young ladies of the Sophomore Class read selections for prizes. I was much impressed with the ev idence these yonng ladies gave of thorough training in the important and grossly neg lected accomplishment of reading. Really, Mr. editor, the reading of some of these carefully trained pupils, was remarkably good. On Tuesday morning we had a very fine exhibition from the junior class. On Tuesday afternoon Rev A. G. Haygood de livered t he annual address before the Orr and Butler Societies. He talked very ear' nestly to the girls upon the tone sphere and high duties of Southern women in these uvil days. “He gave thanks that Southern society coaid. not in n thousand years have produced such a prodigy as Ca dy Stanton, nor have brought to the light ef astonished day, such a spectacle to men and angels as Miss Dr Mary Walker, and —“all the people said amen 1” Tuesday night we had a superb musical entertainment, conducted by the accom plished teachers of music—Mrs. Virginia Conyers and Miss Florida Floyd. Wednesday morning a very large andi ence assembled to witness the closing ex- crc : ses of the commencement. Diplomas were granted to fiftcin young ladies from different parts of the State. Owing to the noise incident to so large a crowd, it is to he feared that very few peop’e heard the Compositions of these young ladies. I was so fortunate as to be near enough to hear every word, and I do not hesitate to pay that these graduating compositions were very highly creditable to the beautiful girls wbo read them. President Orr delivered most masterly baccalaureate address, showing that bo thoroughly understands the duties of an instructor of girls. I believe that this is the only Female College under the special care of the Ma sonic Fraternity in the South. It is emi nently worthy cf patronage. Having very recently examined a number of catalogues and circulars of colleges, North and South,I have come to the oonclnsion that there not the least reason for sending onr chil dren to our enemies to be edneated. When Georgians pass by Franklin College and E nory and Mercer, to send their sons to Yale, and deny patronage to the old “Wes leyan” at Macon, and to the Masonie Fe male College at Covington, and send their daughters Northward, why, sir, it smells of 8HODY.” Visitor. A Diabolical Plot Exposed. From the Atlanta Near Era.] WniTES vuxe, Harris Co., Ga., V June 20,1869. j Dr. Bard: I am a Methodist preacher, belong to the mother church. I occasion- ly travel over the fonr adjoining counties. The coloed people are doing better than they have done since freedom. . We live in peape with the white folks. Bnt I heard of a darkey, the other day, who was travel ing through the country, telling the color ed people that a white man in Atlanta told him to go through the country and tell all the darkeys that if they could get np a fight with the white folks, they oonld get the State ont of the Union, and Bollock wonld give us forty acres of land and a mule. They say this fellow told them not to hit first. If they did, it wonld ruin everything. Bnt he said we had lived with white folks long enough to know how ' o make them mad, and, when they hit, for ns to pitch I want you to warn all such folks to stay ont of Harris county, if they know whatis good for them. We are in the Uni on, and want to stay there. I want my race to hold office, if the people give it to them, if they are qualified for it. I want to see them sit on the jury. And I want peace, too. We have got that in onr section, and beleive Gen. Grant will see to it that we get. onr rights, I believe more than that; [ believe that in' less than two years the whites here will be as willing for ns to have it as the President is himself. Why, sir, they are helping >us now, with onr church es and with our schools. I don’t know how the white folks do in other places, but I know there has been a mighty change through here. * . * * * * Frank Joseph. Election in Virginia. The election in Virginia comes ofl July 6th. Walker will he elected beyond doubt. Wbat about those 5,000 Copies oftho De cision! Who pays for the five thousand extra copies of the Supreme Coart Decision, on the eli- gility of negroes to civil office? They were ordered to he printed by G overner Bullock, at the office of his Democratic organ in this- city. Will there he a warrant drawn upon the Treasurer in payment for this little job ?—Or will it be paid out of money al ready drawn from the State funds ? If by warrant upon the Treasurer, under what particular act of the Legislatme can the Treasurer legally cash snch a warrant. Now, we bel'cve there is not a paper pub lished in Georgia that did not publish this decision. All the reading people of the State Lave read it ■; and those who cannot read have heard, and all know the nature and effect of that decision.—At. Bra. BSJ-The administration at Washington hfis sided with the Wells faction in Virgin ia and the Stokes faction in Tennessee. _ We expected nothing else from* it.— Wherever it is a question of - decency and right the administration mustier sc be in opposition. The official that eonld saddle Turner upon a community, after the ven tilation of his character that was made, of course, must endorse the party that is con-, genial, and that is best fitted to further his purposes.—At. Constitution. 5®*Prentice thinks the Radicals have no cause to complain of Grant’s appointing incompetent men to office, since they set the example last November. From the Chronicle k Sentinel. - The Legal Status of tile Expelled Xegio Members of the Legislature. Letter from Judge Junius □ llycr—All i answerable Argument. Athens, June £4,1869 Gen. A. 11. Wright vr-beaKl Wfri My Dear Sir—I received by yester day’s mail your letter referring “to the re cent decision of the Supreme Court of this State in relation to the clligibility of ne groes to hold office,” and asking my ’ opin ion upon the effect of this decision upon the status of the expelled negro members of the present Legislature. At yonr request, General, I willingly give you'my opinion upon the question s' ted. In doing.su I think it best not crowd the columns of yonr paper by elaborate argument, but to content myself with a.simple statement of my opinion, with such reasons and remarks as may be nec essary to make it clear and intelligible.. I have all my life been a law-abiding man, and have made the-principle of obe dience to the laws of my country a part of my religion and a matter of conscience, and while I regard the Supreme Court of the State as the proper arbiter of. all questions which come within its exclusive jurisdic tion, yet I am clear and decided in\,the opinion that the decision referred to in yonr letter does not effect the power and duty of each Here of the General Assembly to de termine the right of the negro to seats in their respective bodies. There is no court in this world which is clothed with power or jurisdiction to jndge of the election returns and qualifications of tbe members of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. The Constitution expressly devolves that high dnty upon each House to determine for itself Ana when the Constitution de-. elares that “each House shall judge of the election returns and qualifications of its members,’’ it means that each House shall pass its own judgment according' to the view taken by it of the law of the case be fore it. It does not mean that each House shall endeavor to make'fts views conform to the supposed opinions of other depart ments of the government, bnt, like every other judicial tribunal, eaoh House is bound by the Constitution to announce its own judgment according to its own opinion of the law. And this judgment, when an nounced—is final. From it there is no ap peal. The power is not given to reverse their own decisions, and in the case before ns, in my judgment, the negroes expelled by the two Houses of the General Assem bly cannot be reseated according to law.— With them the case is res adjudicata, and no tribnnal.has jurisdiction further to act upon it. 'A It may be said that the Xegi ought to follow the decision of the Supreme Court as a high authoritative precedent. I don’t think so. Tbe question of precedent don’t apply in this case. It is expressly excluded. Fur the Constitution declares that the jurisdiction of the two Houses shall be exclusive over the election returns and qualifications ofthe members of each. Each for itself independent of each oth er, and indepehdent of every other tribu nal It would be equivolent to abrogating that salatary clause of the Constitution to adopt the rule that the two Houses of the General Assembly onght to follow the rul ings of the Supreme Court in cases sup posed to he analogous. It wonld reduce that clear, comprehensive clause to this absurdity that “the two Houses shall judge of the election returns and qualifications of their members except where they have reason to suppose that the Supreme Court wonld differ from them, and in all snch they shall decide according to what they think wonli probably be the opinion of the Supreme Court.” For it will be re membered that the Supreme Court have not decided that negroes are elligible to seats in the .Legislature, and never can so decide, for the question never can be brought before it. It has simply derided that a negro was elligible to bq Clerk of the Superior Court of Chatham county, and it is inferred that two members ofthe Court are of opinion that negroes are elligible to . the Legisla ture. And this is the authority which we are called on to respect, when it is urged that every cautions judicial tribunal will always respect the adjudications of the same questions by other tribunals. When we come to view this derision in the light as authority, and to consider how much weight should be given to it, then we meet {he important fact that it was made by a divided court—and the two Houses of the General .Assembly may well inquire, and they ought to inquire (if they refer to the decision at all as authority) whethor Judge Warner, the dissenting Ju ; ge, is not entitled to more weight and his opinion, as a mere matter of legal authority, entitled more to- spect by aff careful, conscientious tribunals than both tho other members of the conrt together. In making this point, I mean ho disrespect to Judge Brown and McCay.—- It is a fact well known that in Georgia, on a point of law. Judge Warner’s opinion would weigh down half the bench and bar of the State. If precedent is to govern this question we may well inquire why the Supreme Court ventured to disregard the high au thority of the two Houses ofthe General Assembly, who w«re clothed in the Con stitution with jurisdiction to try and deter mine the question before them ? Why did not the Supreme Court infer that the Len- ate and House were of opinion that' under the lavs ofGeorgia a negro could not hold office and give effect to what they suppos ed to he an authority in point ? Here we have two decisions made upon wbat most persons consider analagous cases by two distinct tribunals,- independent of each other, and both having jurisdictian to try the question made in the case before each. And strange to say the tribunal which rendered the first decision is called upon to reverse its own deliberate judg ment and adopt the decision of the ether tribunal. Can they do this without virtu al admission of their own intellectual infe riority ? I am aware that I have gone somewhat beyond the precise point made in your letter which is confined to the status of tbe cx- lelled negro members of the present Legis- ature. I am of opinion that as to them the decision ofthe two Houses is final and irrevocable, and they cannot be reseated without a violation of the law. I am fur. ther of opinion that in all future cases the Constitntio i makes it the duty of each House ofthe General Assembly to judge or itself of the election returns and quali fications of its members. They are bound to pas3 their own judgment. They are not permitted to adopt the judgment of other department of the government. General, there are questions of policy and political results involved in the con templated aotion of the Senate and House of Representatives that I do not wish - to discuss. I greatly regret that there is reason to fear that our cruel conquerors, after compelling the members of the Leg islature to swear that they will judge ofthe e’ectiou returns and qualifications cf their members, will then punish the people of Georgia because they will not violate* their oaths by making a decision contrary to their judgment. Let the Legislature do what they believe to be right and let us all cheerfully abide the consequences. Junius Hillter. Rome—The Masonic Celebration, etc. The following complimentary notice we clip from the editorial correspondence of the Dalton Uitizen ofthe 1st inst: We left our post a day ortwo last week for the purpose of takiDg a brief respite from our arduous editorial 'abors. Dur ing our absence wp made it convenient to stop ov r at Rome on the 24th to witness the Masonic Celebration on that day. We found this beautiful and wide-awake little city among the hills entertaining a goodly numberoi tie “mystic brethren,”and_alive with excitement consequent npon the ap proaching festivities. Though not a -member of the brother hood, we were-oevertheless most cordially and pressingly invited to the City Hall to listen to the oration of onr venerable fel low townsman, Rev. H. C. Carter, and io partake of the collation of good things at the Court House in the evening. The address of the aged orator was one of the best we ever-heard for the beauty of its dietion and inatehiessness of its imagery and pathos. AJ1 were delighted with this rare literary feast, especially the Fraternity, many of whom pronounced it a very able Ma sonic address. The tables were beautifully decorated and bountifully spread with rare daiuties and rich luxuries. The most fastidious ep icure could not have found fault with the finely prepared substantiate, the delic : ons cakos and lncions fruits and confectiona ries. Indeed, we never feasted at a richer or more beautiful hanqnet, at least seven hundred partaking-of the good things pre pared by the generous hearted Romanites. In all our peregrinations we have never met more hospitable and social people than the dwelleisof our fair sister city. The polite and elegant courtesies extended ns upon this festive occasion by tho “fair wo men and brave men” there assembled, fol ly evinced the refined hospitality and good breeding which existed among them. Since we visited Rome, last October, many new, substantial and imposihg brick store houses and beautiful residences have gone np, and the spirit of improvement still goef on with unabated vigor, there being several millions of brick engaged and mak ing fn the vicinity of the place for the erection of additional business and dwelling houses. The Messrs. Notle are erecting, in connection with their commodious and well appointed Foundry, a Rolling mill, which will, when completed, be one of the largest establishments of the kind in the South. Truly Rome is a wide awake place, and if onr people had half the energy that her inhabitants passess, Dalton would, with her many natural and superior advantages, ere long go far ahead of her in prosperity and commercial importance. Onr people mnst awaken from their lethargic sleep, if they wonld not have the “seven hilled city” overshadow Dalton. LETTER FROM ALEXANDER H. STE PHENS TO A FRIEND IN' THIS CITY. Ills Opinion ofthe PoliticalSituatiou--The Work to Which lhc Remainder of His Lifcl3 to be DcTotcd. Cheap Freights. The New Orleans Picayune hears of a shipment of flour from St Paul, Minnesso- ta, to New York, down the Mississippi and via New Orleans at $105 per barrel. The railroads running east out of Chicago that have hereto'ore had a monoply of that busi ness are beginning to quake . under such facts, bnt the grain growers of the West are exceedingly jubilant thereat Like people elsewhere they know what it costs to fall into the hands of monopo lies. Heavy Life Insurance. A man in Chicago, by the name of Drake baker, had for some months had a pre sentment that he was going to die, and that he most abandon the baking business if he wonld live. He came home one day and laid himself down on the sofa and died.— His life was insured for nearly $150,000. Among companies known to be concerned are the Charter Oak, $10,000, Jdna Life $10,000, Connecticut Mutual $18,000— all of Hartford, Connecticut; and the Equi table 40,000, and Northwestern $20,000. BgkJ3ome one in the Editor’s drawer of “Harper’s Monthly” says:—“Levi. Rock well, of East Windsor Connecticut, is a gentleman who seems to have had certain notions relative to the expenditures requi site for the comfortable maintenance of his household that differed from the views of hiis spouse Julia. Julia, having decided upon making sundry little purchases that Levi calculated he could not and would not afford, and deeming it his duty to ap prise the public that he went npon the cashplai, announced the fact to the pub lic in the folia wing stanja: “Jnlia,my wife, has grown quite rude, She has left me in a lonesome mood; She has left my hoard, She has took my bed, She has gave away my meat and bread; She has left me in spite of friends and church, She has carried with her all my shirts. Now ye who read this paper, Since she has cut this reckless caper, will not pay one single fraction For any debts of her contraction.” SSrA carious incident is related of a Theater in Saxony. Daring tho perform ance of Hamlet, when the melanoholly prince soliloquized : * “Bnt that the dread of something after death. The undiscovered country from whose bonrn No raveller returns,” A country feller in the gallery exclaim ed, “Stupid ! did’nt you see yonr fathers’ spirit last night ? Where do you think he-came from ?” A Georgia Patriarch. The following announcement appeals in tho Valdosta Times: “Died at his residence in Clinch county, Ga., on the 8th of April last, Samuel Reg* ister,agcd.83 years and 9 months. Ho was by occupation a farmer—a useful man be loved by his friends and respected by all. He had seven sons and seven danghters—one hundred and twenty grandchildren—end one hundred and fifty-five great grand children, making in the aggregate an inter esting family of two hundred and eighty- one souls.” t^rPaper peticoats are now sold in Lon don at six pense e».ch. - Shoes are made of the same material. Liberty Hall, Crawfordsvilll, Ga., June 13. 31 r Dear Sir :. , Yonr very kind and highly appreciated favor of the 6th inst. was received .yesterday Allow me to re turn my thanks for it. I am improving slowly, very slowly, however, from my hart some four ni inths or more ago. I can now sit up part oftho day, but can neither stand nor v alk yet without aid of some sort. I have, notwithstanding this affliction, resum ed work on the second volume ofthe “Con stitutional View of the Late War Botween the States.” I agree with you in styling it the worst and most > culpable that ever took place on earth. I greatly fear, too, that it will, in its ultimate consequences, prove to be tho most disastrous one that ever occnred to the principles of constitutional liberty. Onr Constitution, as made by the fathers, was one of the most wonderfal po litical aeheivements ever attained by genius and patriotism. Had its principles been ad hered to, this late terrible war never would have occurred, and the only hope now for tho present and fatnre of the country is to bring back the Federal administration to the trne principles of the Constitution. This can only be doDe by a virtuous, intelli- ligent and patriotic people. When bad men conspire to impose their usurpations “outside” the Constitution, good men everywhere must combine to keep all snch men ont of power. This can only be done by the publication of troths and by awaking in the minds of the people the sense of the dangers which threaten them, and arousing them to fatnre action before it is too late. The only proper remedy for all existing evils and the greater ones which appear in the future is at the ballot box. The great object with me in the remnant of my days is to do ail in my power towards the inculcation of snch truths and princi ples as arc essential for tho maintenance of onr institutions as handed down irom the fathers. To this coarse the fatnre of my life is devoted. And notwithstanding all that is said and'has beon said about the re bellion and the disloyalty of the rebels, etc., I know of one test of true loyalty in this country, and that is loyalty to the princi ples of the Constitution of the United States. In this, and in answering devotion to them, I yield to no man that ever breathed the vital air of Heaven I can say no more now, bnt repeat my thanks for yonr letter, and send yon my kindest regard and best wishes. Yours truly! Allexander H. Stephens. New Tori: World, 22d. of the Supreme Court legally affect iu aay way the action ofthe two' homm lit tfce premises. It can lave no binding or obfig- atory effect whatever upon lltfnt or fu ture action of tbe houses of the General Assembly upon the question involved, for by the constitution, as stated above, each house is the sokaud exclusive judge of ^he Police have advices of the departure ol a schooner with a lot of horses aboard. Tbe Legal Status of tbe Expelled Negro Members of (bo Legislature. WRITTEN ESPECIALLY FOR THE CHRONICLE A SENTINEL. LETTER FROM HON. PHENS. A. H. STE- LlBERTY HALL, Crawfordville, Ga., Juuo 29,1869. Gen. W. A. Right, Chronicle ifc Sentinel Office, Augusta, Ga: Dear Sir :—Your letter of the 21st insant was duly received, bnt it found me in worse condition physically than I have been for several weeks. This, with other pressing correspondence, has prevented u_e from giving yon my opinion upon the the ques tion propounded sooner. I most now be brief. Indeed there is no necessity for any extended views. The argument' is . already exhausted by you, your neighbor of the Constitutionalist, the Constitution at Atlanta, the letter of Judge Fleming, and the communication of Tolly in your paper, some days ago, to say noth ing of the labors and productions of oth- But in what I have to say, it is prop er to premise by stating that 1 beleive tbe decision of the Supreme Conrt on the ques tion of the negro eligibility to office in this State to be in accordance with the law and Constitution which were their guide. Had I been on the Bench I should have come to the same conclusion under the same law and Constitution, that a majority of the Court did, though not exactly by the same process-of reasoning pursued by these learn ed Judges. The result of my judgment, however, would have been the same. I thought the two Houses of our Gener al Assembly committed an error in dedd- that those members who had been elec- and returned to their ref pective bodies with an eigth or more of African blood, were thereby disqualified to hold seats in the Legislature under the law and Con stitution of the State os they now stand. But it was a question which they alone— each House for - itself—had the right and power under the Constitution to adjudicate and determine. By the Constitution of tho State, each House is made tho sole jndge to decide npon election returns and qualifi cations of its members. This question of eligibility and qualification to hold office on the part of this class of persons, who are elevated to the si tus of citizenship by the present Constitution of the State, I knew was one not free irom donht,one on which able and trne men might and did differ. Therefore, while I thought the decision was erroneous, I also thought that all charges against these Legislative bodies up on the grounds that their judgement had been made from captious and factious mo tives were altogether unjust. This now clearly appears from the able dissentient opinion of Jndge Warner, an eminent jurist ofthe Republican.party, who still maintains, after all the discussion since had, that the decision of the Houses was right. Mcn'on both sides, thorefore, should learn to be more charitable in their "opin ions of tho motives of men in the discharge of public duties. Bnt your question to me is, what effect this decision of tho Supreme Court now ren dered,can have upon the cases of those members, who w'ere decided by the respect ive Houses of the Legislature, not to he qualified to hold scats therein? Will it be to reseat the members, or are they legally en titled to be reseated thereby? To this there can be but one legal and judicial answer. That is, no! These cases have been decid ed by the only tribunal having constitu tional jurisdiction over them, and having been decided they cannot be again opened even by tbe Houses who decided them. Their judgment after being finally render ed cannot be again taken up or rovers d by themselves,any more than the Supreme Court itself can go back to the docket of *ts own judgments when rendered to,the un settling of the rights of the parties therein adjudicated. Much less can this judgment this question so far as membership of their respective bodies is concerned for all time to come,or so long as the constitution shall remain as it is on that point._ No change, it is presumed, will. ever be made in itia this particular, for it is strict conformity with that universal law in all representative governments whenever and wherever es tablished, cither civil or ecclesiastical, by which tho solo power to decide absolutely upon the qualifications of the members of the Legislative bodies is and has been,with out exception I believe,vested in those bod ies. From their decision there is no appeal to any other tribunal; and from the very nature or the subject there cannot properly be. This power, like all other delegated powers, has often been very grossly abased in this as well as in other counties. It has been grossly abused repeatedly, perhaps by one house or the other of the Legislature, in every State of the Union, as it has un-* questionably often been'most grossly abus ed by Congess. Its gross abases in the British Parliament are well known by stu dents of history. Still this arrangement in distribution of the powers of Government is the oDly one, or the best one,yet discov- covered for keepingseparate, distinct and perfectly independent of each other the three great Departments, to-wit:the Exe cutive, J ndiciary and Legislature. Mon strous as the doetrine seems to some, yet it has come down to us stamped with the wis dom of our ancestors after the experience of centuries This sole power to decide upon the elec tion, returns and disqualifications of the members o each House which is vested in it by tbe Coastitution.is, however, by no means an unlimited power, Because there is no appeal from its exercise,this by no means justifies a capricious or illegal de. cision under it. It. is a power of great trust to bo exercised as all other jndical powers are. Each House is constituted a judge for the purpose—this Court so constituted is to hear and decide both the law and the facts in each case as it comes before them. First, to hear the fac'ls and then apply the Jaw to them. In forming their judgment npon the facts, they are to be govered by the same general j rmciples which govern all other, courts in arriving at truth,right and jostico. Their decisions when [made in any case stand as the decisions of all other courts, from which no appeal or writ of error lies This is the law and the case. Bnt how far members of the Legislature might very properly be influenced (in decid ing doubfol questions of law involved io-tbe qualifications of those elected, by the judg ment of the highest judioial trubunal in the State npon the same question in all other offices of the State, is a very different question. My opinion is that in all doubt ful questions, or where their own convic tions are not both clear and ^strong, they should be influenced, bat not otherwise. The two Houses of onr General Assenihl; at the last session, I hare been informed concurred in a resolution submitting this qnestiou as one on which they had doubts to the Supreme Conrt,with a pledge to con form to the detoision of that Conrt in their action. Howhis is, I do not know, bnt if my inferma- tion is correct^t'certainly re lieves them of all imputation of improper or factions motives in their first action. The effect of th* decision now rendered under that resoln tion, would by a requirement of them in all fnturo like cases which may come beforo them to decide, in accordance with the principle established by the judg ment ofthe Supreme Court. This is all the fulfillment of the pledge that they can legally and con stitutional render. This, I think, the most the same Judges who made * this decision wonld, if inquired of, pronounce to be a right view of the) sub ject. . Yours most respectfully, Alexander H. Stephen?. District Columbia. Washington, Jaly 1.—The three Cu ba* crafts captured Is New Fork harbor, oootoined only one hundred and fifty men. The maie expedition is aadonbtely far to The ho. sea will probably perish for tbe want of hay aboard. Banks after consulting with Cubans visit ed the President, and Rawlins. Banks thinks the Cnbans will obtain an early in dependence, and that the Government wonld declare them billilgerents before many weeks. Yesterday’s Express has the following regarding the money panic: It has leaked ont, to-day, that above five million dollars of greenbacks are locked np by parties who are manipulating the money market, in order to affect prices generally. The present distress in the money market conld never have been reached, at this sea son, but for the remarkable sesistaaee from the Treasury Department. Wall street bas locked up five millions. Bontwell has locked up nearly thirty millions. New York. New York, June 29.—During tbe past two days, late borrowers, in order to make their accounts at bank, bare been forced to pay as high as half of one per cent, iuterest for the use of funds over night. Yesterday the demand continued until after fonr o’clock, some of the banks having to remain open to accommodate customers who were tardy in making up their balan ces; the interest paid for one day, wasat the rate of one hundred and eighty per cent per annum. IMPORTANT CASE- Decision in the Gold Contract Case. Baltimore, June 18.—In the suit of Abell & Co., ofthe Baltimore San. against the Chesapeake Bank of Baltimore, to re cover $3,000 in gold, deposited in 1861, the jury rendered a verdict this morning awarding the plaintiff $3,000 in goli, with $909 50 interest, also in gold. Memphis, Jane 30. —The storm this af ternoon unroofed and otherwise injured some twenty buildings. In various portions of the city it blew down chimneys. A lady and three men are reported to have been drowned while crossing the river in a skiff. Markets. New York, July 1.—Stocks strong. Money quiet at 7, with J commission. Ster ling 9}. Gold 1 37i. Floor 5al0 cents better, on shipping grades. Wheat laSo. better. Corn a shade better. Pork 32 12}. Lard dolL Cotton quiet, firm at 34}. Liverpool, July 1.—Cotton a shade firmer; uplands 12}al2}; Orleans 12|al2}; sales 12 000 bales. SIcmorlal Volume Of Hon. Howell Cobb. We have seen some of the proof sheets of the memorial volume of Gen. Cobb, now sing through the press of J. B. Lippin- cott & Co., of Philadelphia, and edited by our townsman, Rev. S Boykin. Judging a appearances, and from what the edi tor tells ns will be the character of tbe Volume we doubt not that the book will be alike oreditabe to the publishers and to the lamented dead. It will be gotten np in Lippincott’s best style, in large, clear type, elegantly bound and enriched by two capital steel engrav ings cf Gen. Cobb, one of which is from a photograph taken just previous to his death As yet the publishers have not announced the size and price ofthe volume; bnt those items will be given in due time. The contents ofthe volume will be varied and interesting, and will be composed of the addresses delivered in honor of General Cobb at Atheos and Macon; of the ser mons delivered at the funeral; the able sketch by Hon. E. A. Nisbet; an interest ing communication concerning tbe last mo ments of Gen Cobb, by Bishop Beckwith, and various interesting communications from distinguished individuate—all volun tary tributes from friendly hearts. The proceedings of tbe bar, in varirous parts of the State, are given, and all is thrown together in a manner that makes the volume one continued whole. Orders for tbe book may be sent to S. Boykin,* Maooo, Ga.,*and if any particular style of binding is desired that may be sta ted.—J/aeon Telegraph. Tbe Augusta PMtoSce. From undoubted authority, we learn that the fight over the Augusta Poet mas tership be'ween Blodgett and Bryant, has at last terminated and that victory has again perched itself on the banner of Sko- hegan. The war between the rival* has been conducted outside the State of Geor gia and the field of conflict has been within thewalte ot the department of Washington. It appears that the Post Master General, Cresswell, was a strong supporter of the Little Perjurer, and promised the latter that he shonld receive the appointment as soon as Grant returned to the city—the President having been absent from Wash ington for tbe past few weeks. I! honune propose mat's Dicn Dispose. Thera is ma ny a slip 'twixt the cap and the lip. When Grant returned a few days since and the Postmaster General urged upon him the appointment of his favorite, the President informed him that be wonld not give the position to Blodgett, and that he Wished the commission given to Bryant. This command has been obeyed, and Bryant will arrive here to day or to-morrow and take charge ofthe office.—Chron. 27th. 90%. A North Carolina mother, forty years of age has her twentj-aeeond child in her arms. Challenges Renter Duel. to Fight a Knoxville, Tenn., June 30. Special to the Republican Banner. At Clinton, to-day, Stokes challenged Senter to fight a duel. In his speech he said he had a wife and children, bnt wonld j insist on Senter’s meeting him after the election. Senter told him that he wished to settle the affair withont delay. Bnt Stokes re sponded that there wonld be time enongh after the election. Fine Wheat. Col. Joel A. Billups has threshed ont 31 bushels of wheat this season—the product one bushel. He expended about $5 in en riching material—cotton seed. This boats , th'e brag wheat growers of Athens, when we take into consideration the large sum ex- j deqded by them in the purchase of fertili zers, and iu the labor bestowed in th e prep- , ■ration of grounds. Col. B.’s entire crop j was'extra good.—Madison Journal. A Quo Waur vnto.— We learn that a I quo warranto was issued by Jndge John D Pops yesterday, directing Thomas Spencer j to show by what authority he is exercising ( the functions of Justice of the Peaoe in the 1,026th District. The 20th of July is set f down for a hearing of the case. Messrs. i| Collier & Hoyt, L. E. Bleckley, and Can- l dler and Hill, represent the claims of Judge W. M. Bntt, who Whs elected Justice of j’ the Peace for that district by a large major ity. The Governor exercising judicial pow- j ers refused to commission Jndge Bntt and, appointed Spencer. The Govereor claim* that Judge Bntt is disqualified from having filled offices before the war, although he has commissioned others as Justices of tbe Peace and Notaries Public who labor under the very same disqualification. The case will be an exceedingly interesting* one.—At. Constitution. Manufaetare or Draining Pipes, At Ne. 1 Milledgeville and Gordan nil-; road, mere commonly known as Stevens’ Mills,we caw the other day person* engaged in the mannfactnre from the clay of that section, inexhanstable quantities of which are to be found there, piping suited fort draining of buildings, sewerage and under fl drainage of tends. Mr. Henry Stevens,who t is one of the most enterprising men we,j have, has commenced this manufacture, is under the direction of a gentleman came from New Jersey for the pan They are now preparing about seven nan-. dred feet per day of eight'ornine inoh pipe,' The furnace for burning it is eompleb When it in finished Mr. Stevens will mate tbe cost and fin a price upon it is confident he will be able to sell it cheaper rate than it can be imported, are glad to see this manufaetare introda in Georgia, and hope it will be eno by the people.—Macon Tel. ^They have a two headed and legged negro girl in Chicago, and are m ing a great ado about her. The headed and two legged negroes are ct excitement and trouble enough. I Sambos and Dinahs are mining upon double-headaded and doable limbed, it hard to imagine what will become of u*. •^Dentists who use Darby’s Prophy lactic Fluid praise its dissinfeeting virt in the strongest terms, and they ought know something abcut bad smells. ia-The only way to he a gentleman i* have the feelings of one; to be #lnv J above others in sentiment rather than 1 ation, and to let the benevolenee nf heart be manifested in the general < and affability of the