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SAVANNAH NATIONAL REPUBLIC,
WEDNESDAY MORNING, DEC. I8tiP
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itabhAed?
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degree infinenced
affisn. Hitherto
so inrwiiiant-1
and
dtioe a healthy reaction, will not long re- form, equally as binding. It is incnm
main undone. Much will be effected bent upon ns to nse every effort to p%pi-
when the intentions of the Governn^ent ^ fy the passions of both, the former mas- * rom
affe fully and plainly developed, and a ter and slave: We cannot consent to
fixed policy 'total
whioh has in hot
the present state
the changes have been
there has been so much
no apparent fixity of purpose—that our
reliable, conservative business men have
been in doubt how to act, and this incer
titude has induced an excessive cautious
ness amounting almost to inaction. We
can ill afford to have so much of the
capital and energy of the country double-
locked in this way when needed to en-
Secrrtmrr McCulloch and Our-Fi
nances.
The report of the Secretary of the|
courage the productive industry of the
people, and it is truly a matter of con-
gratnlation that they are soon to be re
lieved from the influences which have
forced their temporary withdrawal.
The facto detailed in the report are en
couraging, more so indeed than we sup-
Treaamy will meet the general and just ^ ^ be _ andwe have yet *
approval of the people. The state of| £ , „„„
our finances is so
ly by and witness an erratic, nns-
• guided, Or designing man uttering in
ceadiaxy language, calculated to en
danger the lives of onr people, without
protesting. We are’ doubtless despised,
hated and abhorred by many as deeply
as the negroes, and all because we po
litically differ—it being in our case not
a prejudice of complexion, but of pne
bom of intolerance. It is qut duty tO q
“forget and forgive,” as far as possible,
all the wrongs of the past, and that is
what we have advocated to the Freed
man. Disregard the seditious teachings
people, i no nut™ u. | reason for dissenting from the
Clearly i. efln ?: andh f I policy of Mr. McCulloch in any particu
lar. But notwithstanding this' hopeful
view of the case, we are far from thinking
it possible for us to escape from the trials
suggestions so unexceptionably good,
that it seems like a matter of impossibili
ty for any one to Arid fault. It will'be
remarked that while pointing out the de
fects of our financial system and urging
oertain reformatory measures, there is no
intimation that we are in a perilous ex
treme, or that the time is necessarily
near at hand when we shall be uncere
moniously precipitated into the yawning
gulf of commercial ruin, about which
there has been so much canting non
sense.
For several months past it seems to
have been the sole occupation of many
which our situation seems to render in
evitable. •' The sick man must past
through the different stages of convales-
euce, and our condition is that of an in
valid on the fanning to recovery.
We will yet have enough to try our pati
ence. The'speculative mania which has
taken possession of the minds of so many,
and sunk every humane consideration,
the duties of patrotisim as well, beneath
an inordinate desire of gain, cannot be
persons to keep the country in a con- reached by remedies in our power to ap-
staut state of turmoil and excitement by
writing up or down this or that scheme,
and alleging, with all the gravity of truth,
backed by the wisdom of experience,
that unless this their favorite course
were pursued, we would be met by the
direst misfortunes imaginable. Some of
the plana presented for obviating the dif
ficulties attending the solution of the
vexatious problem were good, and well
worthy the attention of every one seek
ing enlightenment on the subject; but
the great mass of these were such as no
rational being, with the least understand"
ply. It must be left to run its course.
Legislative action would prove inefficient,
and, besides, the restriction of commer
cial enterprise is dangerous even with
so praiseworthy an object. It is one of
the cases where the end does not justi
fy the means. We must trust to some
thing else for relief. It is a fungous
growth, governed by no particular law
or circumstance, and will in time fall to
the ground of its own weight, an evil
arising ont of the passions of men—and
will surely work its own correction.—
Those who are engaged in it, are in a
mg of the rudimentary principles of fi" great measure responsible for the present
uanee, would for one moment entertain*
This report will take the wind out of the
sails of these empirics and amateurs.—
Mr. McCulloch has shown himself a
• ‘Triton among the minnows, ” and the
result must be a general dispersion and
the affectation of that muteness so
characteristic of the finny tribe.—
He urges the contraction of the currency
' and the cutting down of the principal of
the national debt as rapidly as circu in
stances and a wise prudence will permit.
The dangers of precipitancy in the re
duction of the former are in nowise ud.
derestimated—and while it is his desire to
hasten the consummation as much as
possible, he expresses his determination
to disturb as little as may be the smooth
current of business transactions. A very
recent experience has taught us that this
work must be gradual if we would avoid
the most serious convulsions, and the
present stringency in the money market
will be taken in support of the Secre
tary's Argument against the adoption of
violent measures.
There may have been a time when the
public debt was, to a certain degree, a
national blessing, inasmuch as it joined
to the duties of patriotism the grosser in -
centive to action, which we are liable to
feel when our moneyed interests are
threatened. We would not slander those
who were loyal to the government by
even so much as intimating that their love
of country was not strong enough to have
made them persevere in their efforts to
maintain it, but we may say it is very
probable this debt was a bond giving ad-
ditional.strength to the Union, and made
them the more resolved to prosecute Vhe
work to a successful ending. However it
may have been, it cannot now be claimed
to be other than a dead weight on
energies of the people, which this dictates
of sound political wisdom require us to
dispense with without unnecessary delay.
There can be no disagreement on this
point.
Considerable complaint has been made
against our present system of taxation,
and not without- some show of reason. It
certainly fails to accomplish ail for which
it was designed. A careful study of it
«iil serve to prove that it is open to the
grave charge of unfairness in that it
presses more heavily upon some classes
than others. This, however, is the result
of the inexperience of those who origina
te it —perhaps of the whole country-and
cannot be looked on as a deliberate in
tention to legislate in favor of any portion
of the people. There has never been any
substantial reason to justify those who
made the most outcry against it. The
political character of these men was too
well known to permit of their cloakiDg
their real object under any pretence of
high prices of everything, and though
Congress may da much towards reduc
ing them, they will remain far above what
they should be until these unscrupulous
men have suffered the consequences of
their miserable folly. The mutual de
pendence »of all our Banks—the direct
result of the National Banking system,
will equalize the pressure upon all sec
tions, and make the burthen as light as
as possible everywhere. Our reliance is
in the willingness of the people to under
go hardships which they feel are for the
good of the country ; and it is not unrea
sonable to believe we will pass through
this second ordeal as triumphantly as we
did the first, giving to the crowned heads
of Europe another instance of the beauty
and perfection of our republican govem-
I ment. We have certain duties to perform
here in Georgia which we must not ne
glect. The importance of establishing
our finances od the broad basis of a con
firmed integrity is recognized by ah. To
accomplish this it is necessary that the
business of reconstruction be settled
completely and satisfactorily. While we
stand in our present attitude there
will be a want of confidence in ns
everywhere—we will not so much
as believe in ourselves. It is in
our power to aid the Government
in this emergency, -and our interest de
mands that we should, if we would, bring
the necessaries of life within the reach of
every one. Will we do it? Will we be
guided by reason and humanity, or will
we do everything in our power to bring
even a "worse condition of affairs upon os ?
It is impossible to see how any person
can be so unwise, and yet many appear
to be making haste very slowly.
The Bradley Trial.
Onr readers will find a very full verba
tim report of yesterday’s evidence and
proceedings in this important case, now
on trial before a Military Commission
reported expressly for the Republican.—
The case will be continued to-day, when
a large number of witnesses will be ex
amined on both sides. The testimony
thus far adduced against the accused is
of' a very serious nature, and pretty
strong rebutting evidence will be neces
sary to clear the prisoner.
There is one thing certain—Bradley
has, according to his own confession,
done wrong, and perpetrated uncalcula-
ble mischief among our colored peo
ple, Ilis language to them is sedi
tious, and if heeded, must endan
ger the peace, and even the lives of
onr community. The great danger of
such foolish connsels will result only from
the ignorant class of Freedman with
whom it is an easy task to sow the seeds
of revenge and discontent. We look
their seeking to redress the wrongs of the u P on a11 «uoh harangues at the ^present
injured ones. They simply inveighed I while society is in a disordered and
against the rich that they might offer to I chronic, state as dangerous in the extreme,
the poor that perpetual aliment of dis- and if not checked, no one con predict
content which is but a modification of
agrarianism, and sought thereby to rein
state themselves in political power. We
ate pleased to note that the Secretary has
recommended a careful rovision of the
laws on this subjeot, ana made sugges
tions which, if acted upon by Congress,
as we doubt not they will be, will remove
all objections on this score.
The meaBores proposed for the accom
plishment of these desirable objects—the
the reduction of the currency, liquida
tion of the pnblie debt, and making the
d taxation just and efficient—
have the endorsement of onr ablest
anaucier*, we feel confident that
whatever can be done to this end, to ((9*
the evils and untold horrors that will en
sue. The magazine of slavery is exploded,
and the danger of the concuariojs is ever,
but, in the name ef humanity, let us act
the part of true Christians, and frown
down every attempt mfide to scatter fire
brands among the unfortunate and un
educated blacks, for from this class are
the first acts of open violence sore to re
sult, should their base passions be wick
edly excited.
We have eameatly^dvocated the rights
of the colored people, and shall continue
to do so fearlessly, whtQavsr, in torn jndgt
ment, they are invaded ^* made the
victims of oppressioik but
of those who would mislead yon, and
thereby create undying hatred, breed
incalculable troublej and sound
the tocsin for a conflict of races.
•The Government is your firmest, best anc
truest friend, and the freedmen may rest
assured that there is no desire nor inten
tion on the part of any of the agents of
the Government to defraud the black
man of his rights. Place your reliance
in the Government, rather than obscure
individuals, and when that mighty power
refuses to protect yon, it is time enough
to look elsewhere for counsel. Be' pa
tient and cheerful, labor diligently, and
you need fear no evil, nor spend yoftr
time in chasing after “will-’o-the-wisps.
Become an excited, turbulent, disorgani
zing element in society, and your very
existence is perilled. We have no fears
of insurrections if irrational advisers are
kept at bay? and you are left to work ont
with a proper assistance your own dos*
tiny. “Learn to labor and to wait.”
Early Herald-ic Piety. *
“Although in possession of the Message and
reports at a sufficiently early hour yesterday to
have issued them in an extra yesterday evening,
we refrained from so doing in deference to the
well known dislike of our people to having the
stillness of the Sabbath broken by the shouting
of newsboys.”—Saoannah Herald, IIth.
“ Better late than never,” and “ a poor ex
cuse is better than none,” are both very old
and trite sayings, and it has been left for our
enterprising coteinporary to revive and call
them to mind by inditing such a weak sentence
as is contained in the above paragraph.
Without desiring to be pretentious, or in the
least egotistical, we would like to ask our
neighbors to bear in mind What Lacon odcb
remarked : “When you have nothing to say,
•ay nothing ; a weak defence strengthens your
opponent, and silence is less injurious than a
bad reply.” We mean by this to imply that
the pious excuse of the Herald for not beating
ns in publishing the President’s Message ii
rather poor, and not in good taste, when we
are informed that they made extraordinary ef
forts to secure the services of printers on the
Lord's Day for the avowed purpose of beating
the Republican.
“ Consistency and fair play are jewels,” but
we are doubtful if they could very properly be
adopted at this late day as Herald-ic emblems.
What we call a little inconsistent is the sud
den prating of our ambitious and proud neigh
bors on their excessive morality and pious re
gard for the nerves of the religious and sensi
tive people of our city. How many weeks have
elapsed since onr pious neighbors did not con
sider it at all sacreligious to lay important
news before the public on the Sabbath ? We
fancy it is not so long ago but wbat some of
the juvenile newsboys could recall the date,
and yet not tax their retentive memories. Our
only objection to the comm ents of our con
sistent Massachusetts neighbor on the issuing
of our Sunday extra containing the President’s
Message, is, that wo dislike to be arraigned as
an impious and unholy sheet, willing to dese
crate the Sabbath for so small a pecuniary con
sideration as “extra’s” guarantee. Was there
no envy at our success ?
We lorget the authors name who thus truth
fully describes envy: “Envy, if surrounded on
all sides by the brightness of another’s prosperity
Hka the scorpion, confined within a circle of fire,
will sting itself to death.” We admire the
uniqueness of the Herald's subterfuge, but it is
too palpable to the most careless eye to obtain
credence from intelligent readers. It so zealous
a laborer in the cause of' religion and morality,
would it not be consistent for our pious neigh
bors to suspend tbe publication of a Monday
morning paper, the entire work of which is per
formed on the Babbath V
We shall endeavor to reform, and in future will
take the Herald, for our moral guide to Godliness
and piety.
AY MORNING. DECEMBER 13. 1865.
— ez —
, Ga.. on
166SC and on
or remove from snch
-This at or aear the
or about the 5th day of
divers other
Specification 24—Is this, that
T. Bradley, a colored eititan of the United Si
did publicly proclaim that the
States were. Mw ip the condition el Territories,
and tbnt the eeloeed people had a right to aqua*
on and take poateariMoltha laadritherein, and
no power Use than an aot
move them—advising and
m* to make contrasts. to work
ntaia rush lands in their
MR. HAMILTON TAKES HIS FIRST
BENEFIT TO-NIGHT.
Trlsil of Aaron A. Bradley for Using
Seditions Language in a Public
Meeting, Before a Military Commie
aian*
Dec. 12, 1865.
This important case, to which we alluded at
considerable length in onr issue of yesterday
and which is destined to excite pnblie attention
and commotion, not only in our own communi
ty, but throughout the country, was continued
yesterday in the Provost Marshal’s Court with
elosed doors,before a Military Commission, com
posed of the following officers :
Lient. Col. Edward Ilstey, 12th Maine Vols.—
President.
Captain John H. Watrons, 103d U. 8. C. In
fantry-Judge Advocate.
Lieut. Col. G. H. Bush, 147th Illinois Volun-
Msjor W. C. Manning, 103d U. S. C. Infantry.
Major Frank Clendiniu, 147th Illinois Volun
teers.
Captain W. F. Easton, 103d U. 8. C. Infantry
Captain G. H. Fay, 147tb Illinois Volunteers.
Captain M. W. Borland, 147th Illinois Volun
teers.
There was a full attendance of the officers com
posing the Commission, and "the'proceedings,
after the court had organized, commenced by
tbe reading of tbe following Chargee and Specifi
cations to the accused, who pleaded “not guil-
y” to all of them. The bearing of the prisoner
was easy, while his inquiries and demeanor
throughout were polite.
Bradley, whom we understand is a lawyer,
conducted his owu defence with considerable
toct and shrewdness.
There was a large attendance of the friends
of Mr. Bradley outside tbe court, and the
liveliest interest in his behalf was manifested
by them. ’■
Charges and Specifications against Aaron A.
Bradley.
at of the
United States was drank, or he never would have
restored inch rights to rebels, or words to that
effect. •• ., .
This at or near Savannah, Ga., on or
about the 5th of December, 1865, and on divers
other oooasions.
Charge 2d—Conduct and language subversive
of good order end pnblie peace, and defrauding
negroes and other persons.
Specification lst-In this, that be, tbe said Aaron
A. Bradley, a colored citizen of the United States,
did wickedly and unlawfully counsel and advise
the colored people of Savannah, Ga., and sur
rounding country, to violate law and defy the con
stituted authorities, by saying that all property
in this party of the country was rightfully the
property of negroes, and that they should
take what they needed, and that the colored
people should not lgave the lands or estates
they now occupy unless forced to do so at the
point of the bayonet, notwithstanding the orders
of Major General Howard, or anybody else, or
words to that effect, and that the freedmen
ought not to contract with the whites for labor.
And further, that the said Bradley has collect
ed large sums of money from the colored peo
ple under the pretense of using the same to
procure their right of suffrage and titles to
lands, defrauding them of this money to mis
representations, deceptions and unlawful pro
mises and statements.
This at or near Savannah, Ga., on or about
the 5th December, 1865, and on divers other
occasions. H. F. Sickles,
CoL and S. A. Com. Ii., F. and A. L.
Witnesses—Rev, E. A. Cooley, Savannah ;
— Mobley, colored, Savannah; Rev. Mr. Cox,
colored, Savannah; Rev. Mr. Stanford, color
ed, Savannah.
The first witness called for the prosecution
was the Rev. E. A. Cooley, who, after being
sworn, testified os follows: I recognize the sc
cused here present; he has been teaching in
Savannah during the past two weeks.
By the Court.—Have you attended any meet
ings in Savannah where the accused addressed
colored people, and if so, state the language
he used on the occasion ?
I was present at one of them. He opened
his remarks by replying to assertions of one of
the previous speakers, who had charged col
ored people with being guilty of stealing and
other acts, and in reply to that charge (steal
ing,) said that it was nnjnst—that they had
been laboring for a great many years here,
and the property of the South was tbe product
of their labor. He made the interrogatory,
“From whom were they stealing ?” From tbe
tenor of his reply I inferred that they were
really taking only what v§ the product of
their own toil—of their just labor.
The accused here objected to witness stating
his inferences.
Witness continued—He said for them to take
what was the product of their own labor. In
regard to the condition the land was in—inas
much as the Southern States .had by their se
cession abolished their constitution and laws,
and were in the condition of Territories, that
as such any person had a right to sqnat upon
them ; that in the organization of States from
Territories it had been the custom of tbe
United States to allow all squatters upon the
soil the right of voting, and therefore they
would, as squatters upon this soil, have such
right; that the President of the United States,
in interfering with their rights, was a usurper j
that Congress alone would bare the right to
determine these questions, and whenever Con
gress ordered them off the soil they should obey
the dictates of Congress ; and that the Presi
dent had no more right to interfere in this mat
ter than he (Bradley) had. He was still talk
ing when I came away.
The Cburt hero asked the accused if be had
any questions to ask the witness. He replied
affirmatively, and was then told to put them in
writing, and hand them to the Court.
Mr. Bradley—l have so little to ask this
hs at this stage had crested' quite a
in ths'jtoiienee. In regard to the
rebels, he said that the
President had not the right to pardon them mod
restore-them back their abandoned lands : that
he (Bradley) did not claim that they were rebels,
but belligerents—1 use his language—and th#t
these belligerents were not inarms, and
President only had the right to pardon thi
arms. The object of the afternoon martini
to send a petition to Congress, and the
collected then was for tbe purpose of sending
delegates tp Washington to present the pent
and to par their expenses.
-Oross examination of witness by the accused—
I think I understood the defendant to say they
mute quietly stay on the lands if they got no
Tbe'Court here deliberated with closed doors,
-aD'pereoos being sent into the ante-room until
the'Conrt admitted them.
Re.-direct examination of witness continued—
He (Bradley) said, in regard to the elective
franchise, that the colored people here had tbe
right to petitionfor it; that except they asked
for something they would never get anything.
He next argued that there might be the objec
tion made by the North that the colored peo
ple would not work for their former masters—
in short, that Congress oaght to give them
what they asked for. I cannot remember his
views or representation. He said that night
that the President had nqt the right to pardon
rebels, asking certain questions, such as Was
not the President drunk' Or, was not he a fool
to restore i-ebels back their lands ? This latter
hd said in connection with tbe subject of par
doning rebels and restoring back their lands
to them. In reference to property, he said that
the Southern States which had been in arms
against the Government, and given up their
old constitutions, were now in a territorial
state; that in regard to this property (lands)
in the seceded States, the freedmen had a right
to remain there, and should not be put off.
There was about $148 handed in at the
meeting for the purpose of defraying the ex
penses of Washington delegates. I did not
pay any money. There was a President, Vice
President and Secrets^ of the meeting,
can’t ssy that it was not called a mass meet
ing, although lectures were delivered there- I
wag President of the meeting held at Mr. Cox’s
church at night.
By the Court.—Did not he (Bradley) say
that the Copperhead press had said that the
President was drunk, and- that we were fools ?
There was something of that kind said, but
1 can’t remember it v
Bydhc Court..—Did or did not the accused
talk to them abont making contracts with their
former owners—if so, what did he say ?
He said that they should, if they could,
make good contracts, and that if they could
not do so, not to leave the lands they were on
unless Congress removed them. I can’t say
that I did hear him say that they had a right
to the property of rebels. He asked certain
questions in a sarcastic way in reply to Mr,
Fraser, as “From whom can-they steal ? what
can they steal ?” &c. He (Bradley) said that
no power bnt Congress had the right to remove
them from these lands, and he seemed to stick
tenaciously to that remark; that they were
squatter sovereigns, and again reiterated that
as such no power except that of Congress had
the right to remove them from these lands—
not even Gen. Howard, or any other officer,
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OF
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Tax Notice.
OFFICE U. S. DIRECT TAX COMMISSION,
Distsktt or Gxoaou,
Savannah, Dec. 13, 1S65.
Owners of Lots, Lands and improve
ments in the City of Savannah, Ga., ar 11
notified that the
TAX ROLL
for said City is completed, and the Taxes due thereon
may be paid to the nnderrigned at onr office, •
North-west Oor. South Broad.& Lincoln sts.,
In said city of Savannah.
For non-payment of the Tax,’the Act of Congress
prescribes a penalty of FIFTY fSOj PER CENT, aad
the Fsrlsltaih si the Property to the
United States.
T. P. ROBB, 1U. 8 Direct Tax
8. A. PANCOAST, > Commissioners Dist.
J.C. BATES. ) of Georgia.
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dtossaand restoring tbe health.
cares disraw wMeh are caused |_ J**' • ^
Scrofula, or Kisg> Evil, Tamms, oaTT”
Blotches, Eruptions, Phanies, go- v '
ter. Salt Rheum, «. -
Worm,
all foul
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surprised »t its rapidity in
leaves the blood pure, and
system free from disrose.
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, ° eoer; d Agents, if CM
8old by *n dealers in medicine*
decl3-4f
Notice.
D. 8. INTERNAL REVENUE,
Coludotos's Ottktx.
Savannah, Dec. 12, 1MO.
Ail persons who applied to the.
for Licenses before December first, are re
quested to cal] and get’themat the Collector i Offlce.
dec!3—Jt a. N. WILSON, Collector!
For Augusta.
A SINOLE Bov r;
BRAXDRKTH'S PILL* antm.
vegetable extractive matter than twentv
falls in the world besides;
use them in their practice to tbs exdm»!r S' 9 *
PBigstire*. The'first letter of their *
ly appreciated. When they arc bette
death and continued detests wO! he of thr
those who taow them apeak right out
It is s duty which will sere Be.
Our race are subject toandamban a , ri __
at this season, aad k is as dnawM ** '
but Brandrethn Pifli afford as
protection. By their occaafosal me
collection of those Imparities, which, temtaw*-*
quantities, cause so much danger to the four* ~
They soon core liver complaint, dyspspau. 7 X ~
tit*, pain in the bead, bean-bora,
bone, sudden
reapectohle Dealers :n 1
Chi’istadoro's
EXCELSIOR DYE.
.. . - Which in atwtaaiiag
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t T **® ste jm<-r Jas «. Christopher, Capt
J- M. Moody, will leave for the above place on
THURSDAY EVENING, at 6 P. Uf H
This Boat is of light draught and very fast
For freight, apply on Charleston Wharf to
dec!3 J. M. KINCHLBY, Agent.
Shades sf Color
| From Brown to Black, is
favorite, the store
ISiprsves the Qullty of the Hair.
I And requires renewing less frrqsentiy 'An «sj ai--
8old by Druggists, and applied try liar Lrmr.
Information Wanted.
cannot say that ha counseled them to resist T F tll l 8 noti ? e shaI1 raeet l, ic eyeof Joseph T. Steele
1 other a ntw;,r or Lacretw A. Steele, formerly of Stockton. Ga..
.1 = formerly of Stockton, Ga.,
they or either of them will be so good »a to write to me
immediately at Danville, Va., to the care of John F.
Hobsor Esq. JOSEPH WILSON.
V All Georgia papers please copy. <lecl3 -1
T. J. DUNBAR & CO.,
Importers and Dealers la
.. tow
gentleman that it is hardly worth tbe trouble.
I guess I won’t ask any questions ofhim.
Mr. J. W. Brinckerhoof was next called
for the pfosecution, sworn, and testified;
By the Court—What has been Bradley’s busi
ness in this city during the last two weeks ?
I understand he was acting as a missionary,
besides lecturing, &c. I attended a meeting at
the Second Baptist Church last Sunday eve
ning, and listened to an address which he de
livered.
By t^e Court—Please state his language 7
His^tonorks referred to the language of a
previous speaker (Mr. Eraser) who had said he
had seen freedmen marching alpng the streets
of Savannah under guard, and Bradley aros6 to
reply to the statement; he (Fraser) urged the
people to abstain from stesling, falsifying And
evil practices, and unless they did they could
not expect to have their full rights as citizens
granted to them. Bradiey said that he was
sorry that he bad t& find fault with Mr. Fra
ser’s remarks, one of which was, “Yon must
not steal!" Bradley said.: .“ I don’t like that;
it sounds harsh ; grates on 'my ears; and ask-
ed, “How can you steal? All that has
been raised within the last - few years has been
cultivated and produced by you. Yon can’t I
steal, because there is nobody to steal from.”’
He (Bradley) did not like to hear the charge.
His speech was rather separate, but the points
wero distinctly marked. He next spoke of
all other authority except that of Congress
said they could not resist a bayonet,.tat never
theless to stay. Ho asked, also, if uSperty in
Georgia and other 8outbem Stater was not
produced by the freedman’s toil and sweat, and
they were entitled to it.
The Court adjourned at 2 o'clock to re-as-
semble at 10 o’clock to day.
Mr. Bradley, whom we understand is on
parole, was followed by a large crowd of sym
pathising colored people Upon leaving the
coart room. The^ throng pressed around the
prisoner anxious to learn the resq^ of the ex
amination. In a conversation with one^f our
reporters Bradley admitted that he was very
sorry for what he had said, and if he succeeded
in escaping punishment this time he would be
careful not to get into A similar 1 scrape again.
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Savannah.on the 1th hay of In.Ml
All persons who shipp'd paodr ■»
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Savannah, Dec. 11, 1865.
Messrs. Dillon & Baylor, Painters, 09
Bay street : *
It gives me pleasure to state in reply to
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After twenty years’ experience as master
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dec 12—C,
We invite the attention of the Trade and the Public
generally to onr large asrortment of
WLYES,
day, are requested to call immeduviy at the r* > •
F. M. Myreil, Erq., Darrif* Buiidtag. Bay a'
identify snch goods as hsve be>a mred hast at
wreck of the s tesmer. T. W. WOLCOTT, hfa.
nov2rt—tf
FOR SHERIFF OF (IITill l«m
Tbe undersigned i>s>mre w re
friends and the voter* of Cbuhu
I that he is a candidate for the cite sf Sheriff < *
County at the next election, and r»p»c::-...j • s
[ their suffrages in his behalf.
no-,-6 tf BEN-T L COLL _
STATE AMR OHYTT TIE CHUCTAT
The subscriber is a Casdraie hr
election, and respeetfolly sskr ‘he
| of the citizens of Chatham County
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ITCH! ITCH! ITCH!
8cratch ! Scratch! Sente: •
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Will enre tbe Itch In 4S Boar*
ceats to WEEKS A FHTC. *t»
tefSTtoshNMfo mj
tbe United SU 1
‘and
. Specification 1st—In this, that the said Aaron
A- Bradley, a colored citizen of tbe United
States, did nse and employ insurrectionary and
ditious language before a public asaetablage of
lored people. In the City of Savannah, Ga.,
mg them that to fate the property of their
Victims of oppreffffUML bat Wbito <touu<j iprmer owners was not. stealing, bnt that they
ttua, m tovtftftQftaftEored dafrto
s property,
V words to
spoke
lands in connection with the disappointment
colored ptejde(e2flpsrtencad_ in girinf up their
lands, sad sted thsy were gives up because
their former owners had been pardoned by the
President, who had no right to pardon these
den, and that evdry pardon was. an act of
usurpation ; that Congress alone hud power to
grant a pardon, and had authorized it to be
given only to those who were in arms, and to
pardon a man not in arms was usurpation. He
next alluded to the trial of Jeff. Davis, and
said that the President had no right nor power
to hang Davis, who was not a rebel, only a
belligerent, and that it was contrary to the
laws of nations to hang such. Bradiey said :
“I will tell you, my friends, the difference be
tween a rebel and a belligerent. When a man
resists the law be is a rebel. As the President
had issued his proclamation giving him one
year to lay down his arms, and be does not do
so, he is a belligerent, and it $s contrary to the
laws of fifitions to hang such. He made me
an outlaw. The President can't try an out
law-anybody can kill him. If any of you
doubt these things are so, you can go to-mor
row into somebody’s law office, examine there
a certain digest, and you will find I am right.”
I left the meeting at this point. There was
considerable desultory remarks by speakers,
and it was my inference Butt they considered
the rebels had done right in seceding.
The Accused—1 object to this witness’ inferences
of the Conrt plesse ? 1
The Voyirt.—L repeat, that if yon have anything
to say, yon must pat it in writing—not addres
the Court verbally.
The Accused—1 beg yonr pardon, I
was in a civil court, -j
oSsimwasert
tion; sworn and testified: I re
cused; his business here was to
thought I
#83S
recognise the ac-
, . — —to establish a High
School to the best of my knowledge. .He is
lecturing to the colored people of Savannah, and
le inter
e gavel
lands to colored poop&—they bad s right to ex
pect snch to be done. He believed that persons
who had settled down on abandoned lands were
squatter sovereigns, and that no powar had the
right to remove them save Congress. It was
true ttoy coaid not refist the point of the
tat ao other power could remove thfta.
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DTJItBAR’S
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Sols Agents for Robert Smith** celebrated Phfis-
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Brandies, Gins, Wines, Champagnes, and every de
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33.’ STAMM’S
Barbershop
Cor. Bull & Bryan 9ts„
I S a most exquisite establishment, where everything
in that line can be performed in as good style
as in okr Northern Cities.
The establishment is now, however, undergoing
thorough repair and renovation, and will be fitted up
in a style equal, if not superior, to any similar place In
the North?
From a long experience In the buafneaa he is
bled to giTe «tip taction to hto naxnoroiw enstonaers,
and soliSts a continuance of their patronage,
^SlWhSXafantestoek of Goods in his
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undersigned have this day tew* 1 * ” r
nership for the transaction of * tirasra
Vtorwanlim B “*5£ rB £
ISAAC D. L*** SL
JAMES 3. WEST
Savannah, Dec. 1.1365. S ?—
sion.
name
nerahtp lor the tran"action <r »<
hipping and Forward ing Baa
of LaHuCHE A WEST?bflte
Doctors LeHarty aid HatorOi*
H ATING earned toms
ticcof Medicine. 8arg»ry.
their profession, offer their rornces to
Savannah and vktojty.
line, to which he
deelS—*t
Stone Ballast.
Bold in 8avannah by
declt—codtm
A. A. SOLOMONS A CO,
OU1BAB * CO.,
Li J STEAM
PACKING BOX MAKERS
Noe. 134 A 120 Worth st., (one Bast of Broadway.)
NEW YORK,
t' All kinds of Boxes done np to shocks, for Southern
trade, at Ibw/ates for cash.
dec!3—«
100
at the
heavy Stone
B|P
he Upper Cotton Press, for sate by
CHARLBjj QRHBN A SON.
s,
dec4— 3m
.. - - - -... „
SSSSS J. r. m. EPPiNa
coming Congnm ought to set off • portion of » rriTTVff“FI'171Tl v ,
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANT.
DARIEN, GEORG
d&li stout
s
OAA SMALL drams Smyrna Fif ■>
AvV/ 180 boxes Bordeaux Frames, Fancy
SO bbls New Ivica At
tr IttObbla. Assorted Crackers, totals by
„ , HILTON A KANDELL,
dseJ3—4t m Bay street.
F° Water
decll—*
IBM YANKS,
or OH, to
for sale
MOT *eU
tale by
CHARLES GREEN AI
at *3 per c
iTunaa ado vicumy. ^
Office over HiPsrajin* Dnx* *****1™*?*" £
rough ton streets. Office boms tom » » a a-
andfr«m3 to5 p.uL j c uHAHJT
Rcidcncetwodjprowm-Pri
Rsstemee No- ”
decll Three doora Southw**!?:—
(opartn?r>hip
THE undersigned hare k!h4>~ '
Ja under the same aad wta _ , whorfW'
SMITH A CO., for toe teaMcbro
headof Bay street, opptetr
Savannah, Nor. 14th, IMS. coj-_
Dissolutioii.
fflHE firm of LaBOCHZ.
T was dissolved on resist fori.
of Isaac D. LaBochr. Jbe Tffej .1
under the naiucofGADSN A n J-
stand corner of Bay and
Rocbe retatotog an office withes** 1 *'-
ISAAC D.
benjamin
DAVID A CSCKUS- ^
Savannah, Nov, lgth. 19te. —
Notice.
Steamship Chase-
21st, MSS, will please ’‘JLoorn £
m a***
jath^SiyofDecemtyruCTLfofj*^' 1 ^
the adjustment of the ^““gj^SSA
nov**—13D ——— “ "
Importations
County oi P 10 "
Per Shi;
tou
up ”
Irotn Ghlaegow,
200?