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“WISDOM, JUSTICE AND MODERATION.”
VOLUME XXIV.
ROME, GA., FRIDAY MORNING. JUNE 17, 1870.
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“ r * ■ TItURDAY^O^^ 0 ' Junc n -
1 The completion of the Selma, Rome &
Ijtltou Road, and the meeting of the Stock-
I tilers thereof, has been made the occa-
1 boo of great festivity by our peop’e.
A committee of the citizens of Romo
| nit to Dalton (as we have before stated)
j offer the stockholders the hospitalities
I of oar city. The committee, upon arriv-
jj, at Djltoo, found themselves taken
I daw of by a delegation of Dalton folks,
tl) were extremely hospitable and pleas-
I ut The afternoon was agreeably spent in
niainjorer the city aud studying the hah-
| in of the natives.
The stockholders from New York were
I tipected by the Knoxville train at 8}
1'dock, when a handsome supper, prepared
lithe city authorities, would be served for
I that delectation.
Owing to an accident the train did not
I *gm until tea o'clock, when the Stockhol-
I ders were met by a band of music, and a
h® crowd of citizens at the depot, and
(sorted to the hotel, when, after brushing
J of the dust of travel, they were ushered
rroom. Col. J. A. W. John-
I in welcomed them ia a very happy speech
which was responded to by Capt. Barney.—
He sapper was elegant and bounteous—
lines of all kinds, from the royally rich
I Ciiquat, to the modest Catawba, flowed in
I ihnhnee, ice cream, jellies, fruits and
Mfettious, abounded extremely. Some
mylandsome monument cakes crowned
the beard: one very finely decorated had
ftpt, Barney’s name, surrounded with ap-
jnprate mottoes engraved upon it. It was
1 present we believe, to the gallant Cap-
| nil Horn Miss Mollie Tibbs.
After snppev- the guests adjourned to the
j pdon of the Tibb’s House, and reveled
J of Dalton’s fairest daughters.
‘Might fantastic toe” was very exten-
w; tripped, and the nimble tongues of
Erfs daughters were very vigorously wagg-
1 4 Mil about four o’clock in the morning.
Daring the night the following note was
I Haded to Mr. Delano, of New York, by
I toe committee from Rome :
Dalton, Jane 8, 1870.
I hfoRrprescntatives of the Selma, Some
i Ekin R. R n and their Friendt :
Re undersigned, delegated by the citi-
® “f Home, take pleasure in congratn
Dtiog you U p 0n t j l0 completion of the
?rat enterprise in which yon have been
tajiged (the Selma, Rome & Dalton Rail-
I r*d.)
he are deputized to offer you the hospi-
;! llle3 ^ out city, at the time most conve-
■tent to yourselves, of which time please
I 113 :U Jfsr earliest convenience.
Respectthiiy submitted,
B - T. Hargrove, 1
J- P - McDonald, J
H- IV. Grady, ) Com.
H- M. Smith, C
B11 -Tones. \
Igreeable to this iovitatioo, it was de-
™ s * we excursionists would breakfast at
aeon,Thursday. Accordingly, the par-
iji 10 cloct . left Dalton in a special
n, ot ^ 0tn8 - Ex Governor Parsons, of
5 ® J > Messrs. Delano, Mnrdock, Paton'
jj. et Prominent capitalists of New
’ * ete on board, also, Mr. Breed, the
to, j° , tbe ^° a *l snd one of the Apple-
„j {ts >°f Publishing House fame,
noted citizens of Georgia and
pleasant ride of two hours, Rome
Wettn li M 4tbe excursionists turned
saiteda Wre ° f our City Fatier8 ’ who
im . 30 to n substantial breakfast,
® the Tennesse House,
breakfast
ed the R tv C0 ™ D g trip, our gnests visit
ing. 0 ln o Mills and other points of
% ’” the %. expressing themselves
ItjJrJ Wltb everything they saw.—
hi lW " eno c '°ek the Conductor cried
tages resulting to our section from the con
struction of this road. Not only have the
facilities for travel and transportation been
increased at least five hundred per cent,
but, as incidental to this, all the real ertate
along the entire line has been increased in
value on an average of about one-fourth.
About three years since, OoL A. D.
Breed, of Gincinnatti, backed by olher
Northern capitalists, and without th
twee of -a single dollar from the citizens
along the line, undertook to build a rail
road from Blue Mountain to Dalton—a dis
tance of 104 miles, and this great work now
stretches out before'ns not only completed,
bat completed with all the latest improve
ments. All considerate men thank Col
Breed and bis backer. 8 , who had the nerve
to undertake this great enterprise under
un propitious circumstances, and grant the
meed of well deserved praise to Capt. E.
G. Barney for the almost superhuman
energy with which he. has executed the
work. These men have accomplished a
great good for oar section, and we hope
“the bread they have scatteroi npon the
waters” will return to them greatly increas
ed by the venture.
But to return from this digression. Soon
after arriving at Patonait was made known
to the committee from Rome, appointed to
consult in regard to the location of the
workshops, thatCol. Breed, who has en
tire control of that question, would see
them at once, and they assembled for that
purpose. He listened attentively to the
memorial, and in reply stated that the per
manent locality of the shops bad not been
fixed, and that he was pleased to receive a
proposition, and . would consider it, and
would reply in writing at an early day. It
is probable that ^enerons action on .the part
of Rome will secure the shops.
Tho dinner was both samptuons and ele
gant, and great credit is dne Mr. J. P. De
Camp, Treasurer of the Road, and Henry
C. Barney, son of the Superintendent, who
aperintended the calinory department for
this occasion.
The Stockholders met at 1 o’clock, aud
with the ntmost harmony transacted the
following business. Gen. L. W. Lawler
was called to the Chair, G. M. Chapman
appointed Secretary and J. W. Lapsley As
sistant .
The President, Mr. Delano, said that the
grant of lands made to the Ala
bama and Tennessee River Railroad was in
fair way to havejthe transfer to this Com
pany ratified by Congress.
The action of the Board of Directors ip
selling the Ashby Branch, was confirmed.
On motion of Tbos- A. Walker, tho fol
lowing resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the contract closed and
executed by the Board of Directors of the
Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Compa
ny on the 15th of September, 1869, with
John Everett, Wm. H. Forney, Payton
Rdwan, James Crook and Thos. A. Walker,
on the snbjeet of transferring all right of
franchise, road bed, and work done, eto.,
from Jacksonville to Gadsden, be and the
same are hereby approved and confirmed
by this convention.
It was stated by Mr. Delano that owing
to.the recent completion of the road, the
engineer and other officers had not in read
iness the full reports, bat that they would
soon bo furnished to the stockholders in
printed form.
Mr. H. H. Delano of New York, was re
elected President, ani the following, which
is the old Boarct, exceept Mr. Flint, were
re-elected Directors : W A Mnrdock, of
New Yorkj Wm. Paton, of New York; I H
Knox, of New York; C F A Townsend, of
New York; T J L Flint, of Now York;
John T Agnew*of New York, Levi W Law
ler, of Mobile; A G Mabry, of Selma; Jno.
W Lapsley, of Selma; Daniel S Printup, of
Rome.
On motion of James W Lapsley, the fol
lowing preamble and resolution was adopt
ed:
Whereas, At the recent fire in Selma
the hooks of the Company were destroyed,
and some Stockholders have lost their cer
tificates of stock.
Resolved, That the Executive Committee
of the Board of Directors are hereby em
powered and instructed to hear and deter
mine all applications for duplicate certifi
cates of stock, reporting their action to the
Board Cow confirmation, by whoNu order the
officers ot the Company sball isauo dupli
cate certificates, such indemnity being taken
to prevent the Company against any im
proper issues as the Board may direct.
The Convention adjoorned sine die.
We understand that the Stockholders,
except Messrs. Breed and Delano, are ex-
pected to return to our city this evening
and will probably spend the Sabbath here
We hope they will be entertained in a be
coming manner.
wl “I® the excursion
K “g stocked with wines and eat-
of our citizens, besides
Einj n, ’ c ‘‘ a J° r and the committees,
Thc cn?ineer w “ ° r *
^ tni ° i roiles in 40 minutes,
KiS 6,l0t0Ut Rke an arrow, and
*^t a tail- r mi e3 rauat the rate of
10 tlle ""’me t„:T °“ 6 ° f the pttmps
Prohablr * nbecame disordered, else
^'M^oodtn s Peed would have been
"as, the trip
S* minds of mil * e ' a ^ minutes. To
SoftT oUarcifeM
^oldstaL " aturall y eontrasted
ton din rate ’ by
^tooKu^T ffere wnsumea
,hen,to »
the ““estimable advan.
A Voice from Polk Covnty.
Pursnant to previous notioe, a portion of
the citizens of Polk county convened in
the Court House, at Gedartown, on the
4th inst., for the purpose of directing the
attention of the projectors of the contem
plated Railroad from Coiambus via La-
Grange to some point in North Georgia, to
the abundant advantages that may be af
forded both to the Company and to the cit
izens of Polk county, by ranning their line
through Cedar Valley.
On motion, M. H. Bonn was called to
tho Chair and D. B. Stone requested to act
as Secretary.
By request of the Chair, j. A. Blanee
explained the object of the meeting. After
which, on motion, a committee of three, as
appointed as follows : J. A. Blanee, T. M.
Pace and P. C. Harris, to furnish action for
the meeting.
On consultation, the committee agreed
upon the following report:
Resolved lit, That the resources of . Ce
dar Valley,—both agricultural and min
eral, urgently demand the building of a
railroad.
Resolved 2d, That in onr judgment the
Columbus and LaGrange road that is now
being agitated, cannot find a more easy,
cheap, and practicable route, making Rome
. j 41^''
its point of destination, than through onr
valley.
Resolved 3d, That we respectfully invite
the .Company to review, the lino indicated,
and can but express the belief that so soon
as they learn with what ease the lofty
mountains that form the Southern border
of onr conntiy can bo passed in the vicinity
of Cedartown, they will not . hesitate to
pronounce in favor of its adoption.
Resolved Ath, That the proceedings- of
this-meeting be publish<*d iu the Colombos
Nun, the LaGrange Reporter and Rome
Courier.
On motion, the repirt of the Committee
was adopted.
There being no other business, the meet
ing adjourned.
M. H. Bunn, Chairman.
L. B. SioNE,.Sec’y.
A Democratic Victory.—Oregon-
one of the fairest young States, has gone
Democratic by 4,000 majority. In the last
Gubernatorial election the Democratic ma
jority was 327. The Democrats have elec
ted a Democratic Legislature, and. will, of
coarse^ elect a Democratic United States
Senator. This will be an important gain
and let os hope that it will be the inaugura
tion of a complete revolution this fall. New
York fired the first gnu, Oregon booms the
Second—what State will he the thirf ?
The Pionio of the Season.—As a
climax of all the other festivities of the sea
son, it has been determined to give a huge
picnic at Col. LeHardy’s grove, on the 18th
inst., (Saturday.)
The following are the committees Elec
ted by a meeting of the gentlemen interes
ted.
committee of invitation.
Lewis Ford, W. L. Griffith,
Charles Fort, David Powers,
Paul LeHardy, Nick J. Bayard,
Wm. F. Parks, Chap Qoillian,
Johnnie Johnson.
COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
H. H. Smith, - Dunlap Scott,
C. H. Smith, Chas. Waltermire,
Dr. E. D. Newton, J. W. Hooper,
E. R. Smith, Geo. E. McGuire.
FLOOR MANAGERS.
Henry Grady, Ed Graves,
Cain Glover, Hines M. Smith,
Dr. J.D. Thomas, Captain Chastain,
W. J. Hiller.
A large platform has been erected, a
splendid band ef music engaged, and those
who wish to dance can do so with pleas
ure. The grove is cool and pleasant, and
the picnic will be a big success,if for nothing
else, from the fact that’it will afford such a
capital retreat from the swelter and dost of
the city.
A New County.—We clip the follow
ing account of a public meeting held in
Cartersville on the 7th, fjr the purpose of
forming a new county from scraps, includ
ing aiportion'of Floyd county.
We do not know the wish of the people
npon this subject, but we are in general
terms opposed to the arbitrary dissection of
conntics, into small bits and parcels.
The Cartersville Express contains the
proceedings of a public meeting held in
Cartersville, on the 7th inst., by the people
ef Bartow county, with reference to the
catting off and creating a new county from
the-northern portion of Bartow-, southern
Norton of Gordon, and eastern portion of
Ployd, with the county site at AdairsviUe.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the petition for a new
county to be formed from portions of Bar
tow, Floyd and Gordon, around AdairsviUe,
be presented (o the people interested there
in for their signatores^nd that the same be
forwarded to the Representatives in the
Legislature from Bartow county: to be pre
seated to the General Assembly for favora
ble consideration.
Besolved that the Representatives from
Gordon and Floyd counties be requested
to co-operate with us in this matter.
late Telegrams.
Washington, Jnne 9.—Butler ia his
report Irom the Judiciary Committee on
the indebtedness o~ certain Southern Rail
roads, says most of them, especially those
which made moderate purchases, have set
tled. Several roads, most of them largely
indebted, have set up counter claims, which
are in litigation. Suits are pending against
the foUowing roads for the lollowing
amounts ! East Tennessee and Virginia,
$758,829; East Tennessee and Georgia
8365,331; NashviUe and Northwestern
$47,104; Nashville and Chattanooga $301-
849.
These roads; the report says, come before
the committee, and while protesting against
legislation designed to affeot the proceed
ings in court, express a desire for an equi
table settlement without litigation, and ask
that the Secretary of War, or some com
petent tribunal, be authorized to compro
mise the differences. The committee con
sents to this, and propose to abandon the
suits. The bUl reported is in acoordanoe
with this recommendation.
In the House a bill was reported from
the Judioiary Committee, to establish a uni
form system' of naturalisation, with a pro
viso postponing the exercise of the rights
of naturalization.
The bill was denouneed by Eldridge as
the embodiment of partizan malignity, re-,
lignum bigotry and intolerance. Sargent,
of California, opposed the bill because it
would serve no useful purpose. The bill
was further opposed by Republicans as
cumbersome and calculated to embarrass
naturalization. After farther discussion,
the hill'was laid on the' table, yeas J03,
nays 62.
Crops in North Carolina.—The Wil
mington Journal says : We regret, great
ly, being ouuipelled to admit that the crops
of this State, have, as a general thing, been
seriously injured of late. One week ago
the fanners everywhere were congratnlat-
ing themselves'on the prospect of bounti
ful crops, while now alas, corn and cotton
has been injured and ranch of the wheat
totally. destroyed. With a much longer
continuance of the late wet weather ev
erything nearly, would soon be inevitably
lost. -W' gi'j’sn 3 ‘ i iSi -■
General Starr is not a shoo ling star, bnt
knowing that he would become a fixed star
if the Canadians caught him, he disapear
ed in a twinkling. It was the best way he
could planet.
DEFENCE OF THE PEOPLE OF
GEORGIA.
‘ .
. Beluga Reply to Gov. B. B. Bollock.
By Nelson TIB. late Representative Second
. Congressional District of Georgia.
•
Washington, Jane 3,1870.
2b the Hon. Members of the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Congress
of die United States : .
As the State of Georgia is now permitt
ed to have representation, or a voice in
Congres.-, I adopt this method of address
ing you in defenco of the reputation, tbe
rights and interests of her people.
Under pretense of defending himself
against the partial exposure of his crimes
by the Hon. Judiciary Committee of the
Senate, Gov. Bullock, in his letter of May
23, addressed to certain members of Con
gress, continues to fabricate and repeat
falsehoods and slanders against the people
of tbe State of Georgia, through tbe instru
mentality of which, and means of corrup
tion drawn from the Treasury, he has now
for two years agitated Congress, promoted
discord, delayed the restoration of peace
and good fellowship among the people and
and States of the Union, retarded the pros
perity of the State, violated the Constitu
tion and laws, usurped the authority, and
sacrificed the rights of onr people.
The statement made by the Senate Ju
diciary Committee that Governor Bollock
did “use improper means to influence the
vote of Senators upon the Georgia question”
and the statement of Hon. Senator Ferry,
that, “had Georgia for the last too gears
been in the hands of men of high patriotism
ij tie had been in the hands of men tvho were
looking to the welfare of the nation instead of
their ownpeewniary advancewent, we might
have had a different stale of things from what
exists to-dag” are truths mildly stated, and
well known by sad experience to the peo
ple of Georgia. troi a majority ot its memoers, ne qoarreu-
Governor Bollock, in his letter, wth an €( j with (j en . Meade because he would not
effrontery which wonld make Satan smile apply the “test oath” to exclude his oppo-
in approbation, states that, in his represen-
esamt to have them come;” and it re-
qnired the twelve following questions by
the committee to draw from him the fact
that he did telegraph to Atlanta for them
to come to Washington with the ‘ design”
and “purpose of exercising an influence in
opposition to the Bingham amendment.”
Shch was the general character of bis tes
timony until he came to Chapman and Sen
ator Pomeroy.
No candid man can read carefnlly Gov
ernor Bollock’s testimony concerning Sen
ator Pomeroy from page 143 to page 148,
and especially the light of Senator Pome
roy’s statement on page 149, without a
conviction, too strong to be resisted, that
the whole story is either the rcsnltof a con
spiracy between Chapman and Governor
Bollock, or a cold-blooded malignant fabri
cation to injnro the reputation and destroys
the : -fluence of an honorable Senator who
had opposed some of his wicked designs np
on Georgia. In this part of his testimony
there are three distinct objects: to slander
Senator Pomeroy, who opposes his schemes
in Congress; to slander Captain Bryant, a
Republican member, who opposes his
schemes in the Georgia Legislature; and
to divert tbe attention from his alleged
scheme of selling the State railroad to the
■Southern Express company,” an odious
bill for the incorporation of which he has
now before Congress, and has solicited its
passage before the committees.
If it were necessary I conld go on, bnt I
tire of the humiliating record of his crimes
and trust that I have said enough to con
vince yon of the character and pnrposesof
Governor Bollock, and to show you that
tbe good people of Georgia can have no
legal protection for their rights except
through the action of Congress.
Governor Bollock has worked with a des
perate purpose and eneigy to the point
wbich he has now almost attained.
When the Legislature of Georgia was
organized nndet the U3W constitution in
1868, and he found that he could not con
trol a majority of its members, he qnarrell-
tations concerning Georgia, he has “been
careful to avoid exageration, and to state
only the literally troth,” and be challenges
contradiction.
Ido not now think of a single important
statement made by Gov. Bollock, relative
to the condition of affairs in Georgia, which
has not been exagerated or false. The
slmders which he caused to be raked from
all parts of the State and presented to
the Reconstruction Committee of the 40th
Congress, 3d session, were disproved by the'
unanimous testimony of more than one
hnndred judges, ordinaries, mayors of citie3
and sworn witnesses, who were among the
best citizens residing in different parts of
the State, and many of whom were among
the best Republicans in tbe State.
The false statement of his conversations
with President Grant, which he telegraph-
ed over the country to influence legislation
against Georgia, were denied by authority,
from President Grant.
His late letter and his testimony before
the Jndiciary Committee, are made up of
exagerations and falsehoods.
In his letter he repeats the now demon
strated falsehood, that there were “thirty
or more” inel'igible members in the origi
nal organization of the Georgia Legisla
ture. He then knew that of the fourteen
flagrant” cases tried by Gen. Teriy’s mil
itary Commissioner, bnt three had been de
clared ineligible, and that eleven were de
clared elligible. He also knew, that the
sixteen men who declined to qualify, were
induced to do eo by his threats and prom
ises, his falsehood and treachery
In his letter he refers to his offieial com
munication to the Legislature, on the ex
pulsion of the colored members. In that
communication he denounced the seating
of the minority candidates, as a violation
of the Constitution, the laws of Congress,
and tbe principles of Republican govern
ment, and he threatened the Legislature
with Congressional action.
Bnt circumstances change and so does
Bollock. In Gen. Teriy’s report (Senate
document No. 41) is an argument of twelve
pages, which he says (page 12) “is a pre
sentation of the law of the whole case in
behalf of Bollock” In this argument he
says; *' * “Without question, if a per
son nominally elected is found ineligible,
that body (the Legislature) would declare
the next highest elected and give him the
seat * * Indeed, there has never been
in tbe State any donbt of the application
of this law to tbe Legislature until the
present crisis has given it birth.”
Gen. Terry was finally convinced (seo
his report) that he conld not legally seat
the minority candidates, bnt he allowed his
acknowledged subordinates, Gov. Bollock
and the Legislature to seat seventeen of
them, thus giving Gov. Bollock control of
the Legislature which he now seeks to per
petuate.
Gov. Bollock, in his letter, refers to an
examination into his official conduct by
committee of the Georgia House of Rep
resentatives in January, 1869, and says that
they “finally reported back a resolution to
the effect that they conld find nothing af
fecting my official or personal integrity.—
In this Gov. Bollock has suppressed facts,
which is the equivalent of intentional false
hood. The majority of this committee made
whitewashing report.” The minority of
the committee reported in substance, the
fact that Gov. Bollock was guilty in nu
merous instances of appropriating the pub
lic money contrary to law. Tbe minority
report was adopted in tbe House by a vote
of 86 yeas, to 37 nays, and to-day he stands
charged by that action with impeachable
offences for violations of the C institution
which he swore to support.
Governor Bollock, in his letter, boasts'
that he “shall leave the office of Governor
of. Georgia with clean nap dp,” but with l is
“private fortune greatly diminished" etc.
If public reputation and tbe tax books can
be relied npon, he had no “private for
tune” when he took the office of Governor;
and even now the State Treasurer, N. L.
Angier, wbo has published eleven distinct
charges and specifications against him for
violations of tl)0 constitqtiog and laws in
the use of tite public funds eto, states that
“the Governor neither gives in nor pays
any State, connty, city or revenue (income)
tax;” snd yet lie spent $14,500 in Wash
ington between the fifth of March and the
2fst of April last, using ‘'improper means”
to inflnence Congress against the State.—
This rate of expenditure for the twenty-five
months which ne has been Governor, wonld
have required a private fortune of $246-
800.
Read the report of the thirteen pages of
Governor Bullock’s testimony before the
Senate Judiciary Committee for an illustra
tion of the “unwilling” and the. “swift”
witness. In answer to the third aod fourth
questions he denies aU distinct’.knowledge
of why the colored members of the Georgia
Legislature came to Washington. In his
fourth answer he says: “I do not know
that I can say that I knew of any dispatch-
ipply the “test oath” to exclude his oppo
nents, telling General Meade at the same
time that “bU friends” bad been relieved
by Congress.
It is believed by many that he suggested
and aided secretly in the expulsion of the
colored members of the Legislature to make
a pretext for reorganizing by Congress.
He vetoed a joint resolution of the Leg
islature pledging tbe State to abide by the
decision of tbe State Supreme Court as to
the eligibility of negroes to hold office in
Georgia, and when the Court had drrlared
the negroes eligible, he failed to call the
Legislature, or to give them an opportuni
ty to comply with the derision.
He defeated, through his friends in the
Legislature, tbe adoption of tbe fifteenth
amendment, at a time when it was believ
ed that its adoption wonld have settled the
Georgia question.
He has, with the aid of tbe military,
grossly and palpably violated tbe law of
Congress of December 22, 1869, anO has
thus finally succeeded in acquiring control
over the Legislature, illegally organized.
Bit Governor Bvllock is not satisfied
with his present “fruits of victory;*' he de
maods of Congress a perpetuation of his
role, and to accomplish this end speedily,
he has commenced a course of discipline
among members of the Republican party.
1n Georgia the usurped power of the
State government, backed by the military
and his unscrupulous “ring,” whilst he ma
ligns the people and consumes the vitals of
the State under the pretence of loyalty and
terrible sacrifices for the Bepnblican party,
he has assailed the character, and to the
extent of his means destroyed the inflnence
of every Republican who, ontraged or dis-
gnsted with his illegal and corrupt coarse,
has openly opposed his schemes.
And now because some honorable mem-
bers of Congress of the Republican party
hare obtained a glimpse behind the scene
of his corruptions, and dare to say so, he
holds them up in his letter as repealers
of slanders, sympathizers with tho re iels
and Ku Klnx making “investigation” with
the vain hope that lies of interested rebels
may have some foundation in fact,” and be
threatens Congress with the responsibility
for the otter destruction of Republicanism
in Georgia” if they should adopt the “Bing
ham amendment, or any proviso substantial
ly like it,” because R wonld prevent him
and the present illegally organized Legisla
ture from carrying ont his avowed purpose
of depriving the people of the whole State
of the right to vote for representatives, and
of perpetuating the Legislature for two
years beyond the time for which they were
elected, in violation of the State constitu
tion.
Tho constitution of Georgia, article 3,
sec. 1. par, 2, says, “The members of the
Senate shcdl be elected for four gears, ex
cept that the members eleoted at the first
election from the twenty-two senatorial
districts numbered in this constitution with
odd numbers, shall only Judd their office for
two years. The members of tbe House of
Representatives shall be elected for two
years.”
This is clear and absolute, and what fob
lows gives no authority to the Legislature
to alter the term oi office. The “time” or
day “of election” may be “changed,” and
tbe members “bold until their successors are
elected and,” so that the “old members"
would sit in any extraordinary session, held
before the regular term at which the new
member ware to ho qualified.
A most important question now presses
itself upon the pnblie mind. Will not Con-
tress vindicate its own dignity and the viti
ated law of December 22,1869? Having
undertaken by that law to restore the ex
pelled colored members to the Legislature,
and to purge it of inelligible members, will
they now sanction the illegal violence and
fraud by whioh eligible members were ex-
pel'ed, and seventeen members seated who
were not elected?
But if past violations of the laws cannot
be corrected, if the people of Georgia most,
for the time being, continue to be the prey
of wicked rulers, then another important
*— tod. ' Will Congress by,
its action,either directly or indirectly, emo
tion the avowed purpose of Governor Bol-
Inok to prevent an election in Georgia for
members of the General Assembly, on ‘Tues
day after the first Monday of November of
this year,’ as required by the constitution ?
Or will not Congress, knowing the purpose
of Governor Gullock, declare in plain terms,
that the election shall be held as therein re
in their ears, they did not play the hypo
crite and glory in their defeat or curse their
dead comrades as traitors, bnt they did sur
render in good faith, they did pledge an
honest snpportto the Constitution and laws
of the United States, and they have kept
their pledge. The great mass of- people
have been law abiding, moral indostrions
and earnestly desirous of peace and a per
fect restoration of the Union.
They appreciated the magnanimity of
the officers and men to whom they had sur
rendered, and they relied on the promises
of the Government, and the common inter
ests of the country, to restore them to their
common rights’, whilst they wonld'cheer-
fully boar tho common hardens of American
When the war was over, as a general
role, the officers and soldiers and a large
proportion of the citizens, on. both'sides,
with the generosity which characterizes
brave and true men, recognized the settle
ment of a question which had divided and
agitated the country from tbe beginning
of the Government, shook hands, were again
friends, and dctei mined to work together
to allay prejudice,restore fraternal relations,
and secure tbe union, peaee, and prosperity
of the whole country.
Why have the efforts of these patriotic
men been unavailing ?
Why is peace delayed and strife and en
mity continued ?
It is because there is another though
small elass of men who were generally skul
kers in the war, or speculators in tbe mis
fortunes of its victims, who, when the war
of arms ended, commenced their war of bom
bast and denunciation of falsehoods, and
plunder, against individuals and oommnni
ties of men, women, and children. This
war of these demons of peace, these moral
beasts and birds of prey; has been continu
ed five years, and has been little less disas
trous to the interests of the country than
tbe war of arms wbich preceded it.
To-day, after five years of nominal peace,
by the invitation and suggestion of Govern
or Bollock, the State of Georgia is ruled by
a military despotism under General Terry,
who suspends the writ of habeas corpus, and
removes and appoints civil officers at his
will, in violation of the Constitution and
laws of the United States and of the State
of Georgia.
To-day onr petty tyrant, Governor Bol
lock, ia urging and threatening members of
Congress to secure a perpetuation of his in
famous role over the people of Georgia.—
From such a Government even military des
potism is a relief, and wonld be preferred
>y the peop’e of Georgia,until constitutional
liberty can be restored.
WUl not tbe Congress and tbe people of
United States open their eyes to the evils
which snrronnd us, and adopt the means
necessary to save us and the country from
the abyss of tbe anarchy or despotism which
we seem to be so rapidly approaching ?
Never since the formation of the Consti
tution has it been in greater peril, nor has
there been a time when it was more impor
tant for patriotic members oi Congress, and
officers and citizens of all classes and par
ties and creeds, to unite their efforts for its
preservation.
The constitution of government for the
United States was formed and established
by onr fathers in a spirit of mutual con
cession and forbearance and confidence—
which is necessary to its integrity and con
tinuance. Its sacred and ever binding pur
poses were—“to form a more perfect union,
establish justice, insure domestic tranquili
ty, piovide for the common defence,promote
the general welfare and secure the blessings
offiberty to onrvelves and to onr'posteri-
ty.”
If we wonld but earnestly put away the
evils and corruption which like a swelling
tide threaten onr destruction—if we will
earnestly strive to emulate thegecerons
spirit and self sacrificing devotion of onr
fathers—God Almighty will bless us in tbe
consnmation of their designs.
Veiy respectfully.
Nelson Tirr,
Late Representative in Congress, 2nd Con
gressional Dis. Go.
Great Blot at Tnskegee, Alabama.
Great excitement exists in Tnskegee, Ala
bama, on account of the shooting of a ne
gro member of the Alabama Legislature,
named Alston. Alston was badly wound
ed by a mob who came to hie house at
night Four negroes have been arrested
and lodged in jail, charged with committing
the act. Later advices published in tbe
Montgomery Advertiser, of the 8th instant,
state “that armed negroes in oountless num
bers are guarding; the streets leading to
the town, and firing upon all persons who
do nof give the countersign. Women and
children have fled from tbe place, seeking
reihge in Montgomery and places along tho
railroad. The whites have told the negroes
that the negro Legislator, Alston, was
shot at the instance oi white men, and they
havedeclared that the town shall be destroy
ed, and fixad upon last night or today as
the time.” .
TELEGRAPHIC.
Reported for the Trl-Weeklj Corner.
Georgia. -
The indications to us, now, arc that Geor
gia will slip back into the Union again,
this-week through the bill agreed upon by
the Reconstruction Committee which ad
mits the State to representation at once,
aod provides for a new election next fall.
We hardly think there can or will he
any serions opposition to the bill in either
House. The friends of tbe Bingham
amendment favor it, and even Bollock’s
friends who have been raising such a howl
over the impossibility of having a fair elee- ... ....
tion in the fall without addition 4 Icpisla- ment Republicans declare that the disgrace-
tion, are estopped from farther objection to W scheme, enacted m convention surpasses
Senate unimportant
Maj. Perry Fuller has given bond before
Judge Wylie of this city, in fifty thousand
dollars, to answer certain Custom House
chargcs against him in New Orleans. Ful
leris bondsmen are Senators Ross, of Arkan
sas and McDonald, of Arkansas.
Fnllerwas represented before Judge Wy
lie t>y Congressman Sheldon of Louisiana.
Havana, June 10.
Nothing later irom the Upton expedition.
DeRodas’ official dispatches report three
battles, in which three were killed in each,
and 12; 14 and 12 Insurgents.
House.—Three hnndred druggists aad dea
lers in spirits, petitioned for taxation at the
stills on a capacity basis.
The bill regulating credits for good be
havior on the part of convicts passed, and
goes to the President.
The hill creating St. Joseph a port of de
livery, attached to collection district, at New
Orleans, passed.
Correspondent New York Evening Post
ordered before house to answer for alleged
false dispatches, implicating certain mem
bers in the Caban corruption.
A resolution passed ordering the arrest
of .parties who assaulted Congressman
Porter, of Richmond, for violation of Por
ter’s privilege. They will be arrested when
ever found and brought before tbe House.
Washington, Jnne 10.—Revenue oyer a
million.
Boutwell goes North; will be absent a week.
The President win be absent about a week
Private dispatches from Oregon indicate
that, the members ot Congress' heretofore
claimed as Republican, ia Democratic. The
Democrats modem clean sweep.
Red Cloud and his party had a final inter
view to-day with the Secretary of the Inte-
fior, when'Red Cloud -reiterated his demand
previously made for the removal of the fort,
and was informed, orach to his dissatisfac
tion, that the fort wonld not he removed.—
Received news that arrangements were made
for the departnro of himself and party for
home on Monday next
Spurious stamps on North Carolina tobac
co have been seized in Baltimore. Counter
feits slightly larger and tinted lines of the
genuine absent
Hocsz.—Ordered a Special Committee
on alleged false statements by correspondent
New York Post Daring discussion General
Butler said there was no question of veracity
between himself and the correspondent
(Note.—It is dne to the craft to say that
there is.)
The Senate made 256 amendments—the
first regarding .the Court of Chums, was adop
ted. It provided that no portion of the
nesty granted by the President whether gen
eral or special by proclamation, or otherwise*
nor any acceptance ot each pardon or omnes
ty, nor oath taken, or other act performed in
pursuance, or as a condition thereof, shall he
admissable on the part of the claimant in the
Court of Claims, as evidence in support of
any chum against the United States, or to es
tablish the standing of any chum in said
Court, or his right to bring or maintain suit
therein, except where such pardon and am
nesty were granted, and oaths ef allegiance
and amnesty were taken in' good frith dor
ing the continuance of the active operations
of the late rebellion under the proclamations
of President Lincoln, issued in pursuance of
tbe 13th section of the act of Congress known
as the confiscation act, approved July 17th,
1862, pledging the pnblie frith for a restora
tion of the right of property, and where all
the requirements and conditions named, in
said act and proclamation have been frith-
folly complied with, and said oath of amnesty
and allegiance kept and maintained inviola-
lireof this, is declared to be the tree intent
and meaning in this regard of the several acts
conferring jurisdiction on the Court of Chums,
and'of the said act of July the 17th, 1867,
and the arid proclamation of President Lin
coln is founded thereon. Without further
progress on. deficiency bill, adjonroed.
New Yoke. June 10.
The Grand Lodge of Masons today aban
doned tbe schemo to establish a National
Grand Lodge.
The elevated Railroad is successfully ope
rating. Patronage limited.
Senate—The Book Publishers memorial
ize for a modification of the Copy Bight
Laws.
A bill was introduced authorizing army
officers to insure their lives in Life Insur
ance Companies.
Wilmington, Jane 10.—Republican Conven
tion tonominate a candiate for Congress Third
District closed at Lnmberton last evening,
after the stormiest and most exciting session
known in po’itcal annals of North Carolina.
After the withdrawal of the Lnmberton del-
egateo* O. II. Dockery, the present incumbent,
was' nominated first ballott. Dockery refused
to endorse the administration ot Gov.'Hol
den. The anti Dockery faction are extremely
bitter, and avow their intention of running
an independent candidate, or of voting for
Conservative candidates. Galloway, - negro
Senator, and one of the delegates, pledged
New Hanover county against the nominee
before he withdrew from the Convention.—
Andrew J. Jonoa, it is thought, will be the
independent Republican candidate. Prom-
that score, now that the bill enforcing the
Fifteenth Amendment has become a law.—
That, bristling all over with pains and pen
alties as it does, is enough to satisfy the
most malignant Radical in Congress.—Ma
con Teh.
The politest as well as the most consci
entious man of onr times lives in Pittsburg,
Pa. The cither day he was walking on the
railroad track near that city, when he was
caught tip by tbe cow-catcher of a passing
train, uninjured, and carried into the depot
Emerging from his dangerous post, he po
litely tendered payment to the conductor
for his involuntary ride. The conductor,
not to be outdone in politeness, gently re-
Gtn»ti of Frentlce.
Mrs. Weodhull is still in tbe field as a
[ candidate for the Presidency. She proba-
quired, and representative government bly forgets that the candidate who wins
maintained ?
In behalf of the people of Georgia, I
appeal to Congress to secure to ns tbe com
mon lights and liberties of American citi
zens, and the common rights of a S tate of
the American Union. \ r
It is now five years since the dose of the
war. When the people of Georgia sur
rendered their arms they also sorreodered
tbe caose of independent government for
which they had contended. With hopes
crashed, with property destroyed, with the
wail of the widow and orphan still ringing
must strip for the race.
If Congress dashes to revive the habit
tho American people once had of rejoicing
on the Fourth of July, it oaght to adjourn
permanently on that day.
Divorce*.
The general conference of the Methodist
Ciinrch, whioh recently sat at Memphis,
passed a resoloiton recommending an
amendment to the book of discipline pro
hibiting Ministers from performing the
marriage ceremony for any divorced party
anything of the kind ever witnessed.
London, June 10.
Charles Dickens died last night
Washington, Jane 12.
The President orders the release of the Cu
ban steamer Hornett to its original owners,
upon a bond of fifty thousand dollars—B. F.
Butler, Wm. E. Chandler, bondsmen—that
she will not be used in violation' of the neu
trality laws. Trias of the steamer and prop
erty released is $100,000. The Hornett was
a Cuban privateer, which put into WilmiDg.
ton for coal. . - t
Twenty thousand dollars, in tens stolen
from the Treasury.
Charleston, June 12.
Wm. Gilmore Simms, the distinguished
Southern novelist, died at the residence of his
son-in-law, in this city, last evening—aged
64. „ ffl
Washington, Jane 13.
Thornton^has received instructions to thank
Grant for the Fenian interference.
The Despatch expresses the English hope
that the Fenians will be punished.
It is understood the Administration will
allow the courts to deal with the Fenians.
Red Cloud holds that tho forts in the In
dian country only brought mischief by whis
ky, abase of squaws and other bad work.—
He gave assurances that the Sioux wonld
not commence war. The Indians are very
much depressed and dissatisfied, aad the
n held here ,fb
- inti
! i - l.i i. IE.-U i 'luud
■nt' c-i b'»i--i , carry Iiiy.i
I meipaniunx !:• Ii.. . tin- end of
| road.' Cux Could _not promi:
would give presents. Red Cloud replied that
hd was not angry, but if horses were de
nied, ho wanted no presents, with an expres
sion of fortitude and defiance that he was
born naked. Persons acquainted with In
dian councils and character predict an eariy
and serious Indian war.
Hocse.—Alter the introduction o' a num
ber of bills, Davis introduced and moved the
previous question on a bill to amend the Nat
uralization laws, providing penalties for false
swearing in application, and of false person
ation, and the use or possession - of forged
records or certificates; Also giving United
States Courtsjurisdiction in.allsuch offenses.
Under suspension of the rules the bill pass
ed by a strict party vote.
Stokes introduced a bill to remove all po
litical disabilities. On a division, tho bill
was defeated by a large majority.
Bradley T. Jobuson, of Richmond, arrived
as a special counsel for Wood, for an assault
on Porter. The Judiciary Committee met
to consider the case this evening.
St. Louis, Juno 13.
Indians inhabiting the Indian Territory
had a meeting, and adopted an address to the
President and people of the United States in
expression of amity, hut adherence to treaty,
and oposition'to tho territorial hill, and rail
road grants.
Knoxville, Tenn., Juno 13.
About nino o’clock this morning a personal
rencounter occurred between Gen. J, A. Maj
bry and Col. John Baxter. Mabry mode the
attack, and discharged two pistol shots at
Baxter, oho taking effect in his right wrist,
causing a flesh wound. Baxter retreated in
to McCIunu’s store. Mabry was arrested and-
held in bond for his appearance.
Washington, Jnne 13.
The Senate occupied oil day on apportion
ment. Discussion continued to-night. The
vote will be .reached in a few hoars. It is
supposed the Senate will pass tbe House bill
without amendment.
The majority of the sub-committee of the
Senate on the Memphis and El Passo Bail-
road, made a report, concluding os followos;
From tho best examination that we have been
able to make of the facts and the laws of
Texas, oar conclusions are that the Memphis
and El Passo Railroad Company ia an exist
ing corporation, with the right of way across
the'State of Texas, and that it has a valid
land grant of sixteen sections to the mile, to
be selected ont of the pnblie lands of Texas,
without -ny special reservation.
In the House the following Repnbsicans
voted to suspend the roles to pass the gencr-
bill removing disabilities: Buckley.
Dockery, Fitch, Pierce, Platt, Sargent,
Stokes, Tillman. Motion defeated 59 to 111.
Butler moved Georgia bill—defeated, 120
to 38.
River and harbor bill considered and passed
and goes to the Senate. The features of the
bQl has been telegraphed. Month of the
Mississippi gets three hnndred thousand;
falls of Ohio one fourth million; amount for
Tenn. river increased to 80.000; fifty thou
sand given to Mobile harbor and bay.
The Speaker laid before the House a mes
sage from the President, condemnatory of the
attrocious manner in which the conflict in
Cuba is carried oh, on both sides; represent
ing that - the object of the Cubans who'urge
their recognition as belligerents, is to embroil
the U. S. in war with Spain; declaring his in.
ability to to see, in the present condition of
the contest in Cabo, those elements required
to constitute war in the sense of internation
al law; and inviting the attention of Con
gress to all the relations and bearingt of the
question, in connection with a declaration of
neutrality, and granting of belligerent rights.
[The message having been read, a discus
sion sprang np which ended in its reference
to the committee on foreign afirira.]
Tbe Judiciary committe postponed the con
sideration of Woods’ case until to-morrow.
Bradley T. Johnson Has arrived to look after
Woods’ interest
Revenue to-day over a million.
It is reported, here that a negro succeeds
Dawes from N. C.
Two negros appointed to West Point re
jected on account of physical and intellect
ual inefficiency. *
Madrid, June, 13.
In the Cortz on Saturday Prim, in xeply to
question, said the Government had sought
a candidate for the throne, but thus far in
vain;. He felt confident, however, within the .
next thre» months one wonld be found. He
deemed it necessary to state farther, that he
did not mean Alfonzo; while he knew there
was a general feeling of anxiety on account
of this unsettled' state of affair?, he did not
apprehend any disorder. -
New Orleans, June 13.
Judge Bradleys decree on Saturday against
the-mocopoly pretentions of the Slaughter
House Company, had a disastrous effect on ;
its slock, which dropped from 30 to 18.'
Omaha has a man who lives with his
family in one of the large iron tnbes, uted
in the construction of tbe bridge. He was
too poor to buy or rent even the humblest
frame cabin, so,he adopted this singular ex-
nt. He has constructed a neat stone
_ lace in his iron bouse, and here tbe
wife* and children manage to live and get
their frugal meals..
Tbe ravages of the tornado in - Macon
on Thursday.wore quite serions.
A fool hardy young man named Web, a
compositor in tho Plattsbnrg (N. Y., Sen
tinel office recently climbed the spire of a
new church in Plattsburgh 196 feet above
the level of the street, and balanced hi n-
sclf on a surface a little more than an inch
in diameter.
The Alabama Legislature has passed a
law imposing a tax of $40 upon every Geor
gia lawyer practicing in the Courts of Ala
bama. The Georgia lawyers threaten re
sistance.
Grass Valley (Cal.) Union suggests that
the men who go about shooting people and
then plead insafty should be tried by a
crazy jury that is insane enough to hang
them.
A lady who is trying to cure her hus
band of smoking has learned to use the weed
herself, and complains that “it is rather
an expensive habit for tw§.”
A Western man has died after proving
the world “that honesty and efficiency
are compatible with itinerancy in cleaning
and repairing clocks.” ,
Senator Harlan, who last year styled the
reporters “the iazzaroni of the press,” now
politely calls them “the chrometers of pub-
opinion.” _
The Brandon (Miss.) Republican states
that Gen. Robert Lowry has received a long
and friendly letter from Gen. W. W. Lor-
iag, dated Cairo, Egypt. Gen. Loring
is in the military service of the Viceroy,
with the rank of brigadier general, is well
jdeaaed, and speaks in high terms of the
ficeroy. * t
Avery able correspondent of the Jack
sonville Republican says of tfce platform.
The People vs. The Fools and Thieves
Power,”—“This platform meets with
hearty approval. It substantially covers
every foot of ground necessary to be occu
lted in the coming contest for State officers,
] rom the Governoroiown.”
