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Newspaper Page TextHarmony Mtiwren the Two Ricti, There are men in the SontU—yes, there are in Georgia—who, instead of directing their hors in the political Held to promote harmony between the whito and the black nmn, hare en tered it to promote discontent and teud, merely to gratify a thirst for office and otliorwiso to ad vance their own selfish interests. These men, few in numbers when compared wills the great !>ody oi the people, nevertheless influence oth ers, who, wills no such objects in view, their sp- I prehensions excited In tegard to tho future gov erning them, lend themselves to the designing few, and thus become instruments in promoting divisions, and discoutent, and strife, between tho | two races, and but for which harmony between them would certainly prevail. Most earnestly 1 do we enter our solcmu protest against such s . course of action; and most solemnly do we warn the people, white and black, against tho evil results that must inevitably flow from it.— ' There should be no antagonism between tho two j races. It is not demanded by the provisions of ' even those recent congressional enactments ■ | under which the Southern States arc to be re- j constructed into the “Union," nor will it pro mote in any particular, tho Interests of the one race over the other. On the contrary, such a contest will prove most detrimental to overy in terest, social and political, of oach, and long re tard the general prosperity of tho South. The natural nllies of the colored rnco in the South, are those among whom they have lived, j and among whom their lives have been spent 1 from youth to manhood. Humanity, duty, lutcr- 11 est, each and all suggest that every etfort on tho ' | part of Iho white man to ameliorate the condi- i tion of the freedmen and freedwomen; to edu cate and instil into their minds correct principles; ; to promote their welfare by encouraging them to || industrial pursuits; should be made. He does j j not como up to this great and humane work who Mi seeks only the ireedman’s vote; who, claiming ) H to bo their special advocate, flatters that he may ji advance his own private ends, intelligent freed- \\ ;■ men will not be deceived by such, nor will the ll credulous among them long remain deceived, it tj the Southern white man will only perform his • .j duty to the colored race upon whom freedom ( J has so recently been conferred, and upon whom the right of suflrago has also been conferred. The I 1 white man, who, from interested motives, seeks [ft ?. only to make a politician ol the black man, and ■ a | that lor the purpose of securing his vote; or te l ! ' make a parly-man of him, for the purposo of se ll} j curing the success of a party; is his enemy and if i not his friend.' We warn our colored friends ■,h ‘ against all such; and wc appeal to those of our ^ 1 own race who witness such efforts not to stand ' j idly by without making an effort to counteract • • . them. In the future, the white and the black - ; man of the South must live together with rela- , | tlons different from those of the past. The one must possess the confidence of the other. There must be no strife between them. Each will be 1 . mutually dependent upon the other. With civil and political rights the same; with interests that >;! »do not clash; why should there be strife? The 1 ; white man who would provoke it is no friend to b i either his or the colored race, but an enemy to f ; ! each, whom all should denounce, and ngainst j‘j | whose pernicious counsels we warn our colored j! t friends. | Before closing this nrticle, we would call the tiiI attention ol tl^ freedmen in this vicinity, to the ijy j following extract from an address recently deliv- f 1 ;; j ered by Ex-Governor Joseph E. Brown in Su- •f, 1 vannnh, at a public meeting held in that city, | by special request of many of its citizens. The excellent advice whicli it embraces, we trust, will be of service to tlioSc to whom it is ad- in giving it by no other than pure and patriotic motives, and as such it will be received by a largo majority of those to whom his patriotic lounscls are addressed: “To the colored men whom I seo present, I 'ouid say, the results of the war and the acts ol Jongress, have placed a heaVy responsibility up- i you, to meet whicli I fear many of you are >t well prepared. Yon must in future, with all lie legal rights ot tho white man, share in the 'esponsibililies of the Government. You should Highly appreciate this privilege, but you should remember that it only secures the right to you Jo labor for an honcstiiving and have your rights protected. It is neither bread nor meat. The j. right to participate in the Government is attend- . zd by the duty to pay taxes and help support it. J urge upon you the importance of striving to i. fducate yourselves and your children. Without I 1 liis you can never use tho privilege given you utelligently aud profitably. You should so net s to retain the friendship ot the whito man. Vo have been raised together. Many of you are been our companions in boyhood, and our 4 anfldential servants in manhood. You linve een good servants and we linve treated you indly. Then why should wo not still be friends? ” ur interests are identical. The same laws if hicb affect us injuriously, hurt you also. I! ; ie law burdens us with heavy taxation, you ■ iust paj^your part. If the white mnD here is }t prosperous, he cannot employ the black man id pay him good wages. In every view, we ive common interests and should endeavor to •omote the prosperity of each other. You lould select as advisers those whom you know be honest, whom you know to be your friends, filing to protect your rights. Never change a ie and tried friend, whose acts have proved m to be such, for one whom you do not know, is a good rule for a man always to consult his ends when ho needs advice." : “ To the white man I would say, seo that the tek man has full, equal, even-handed justice fore the law, in court and out of court. ■ Do vou can to elevate him. Encourage his edit ion. He is now a citizen, and your interests mire that he exercise the rights of a cilizeu | [utre that he exercise the rig • elllgcntly and wisely. Cultivate friendship .ween the two races. Providence has placed 1 together and we should be friends. Any oth- sourse would lie most detrimental to tho in- iats of both races." - ■■ -— -» »■ turn ol Uovernor Jenkins—Interview with General Pop;, 5] Inder the fooreging heading, wo notice the ■ owing article in the Macon Telegraph of Snt- ay morning last: Governor Jenkins, accompanied by Mrs. J., returned from Washington City, where lie been engaged for some weeks in. bringing Reconstruction acta before tho Supremo rt for adjudication. He reached this city erduv from Atlanta, and went forward by i l evening train Vo Milledgeville. We are toed to report His Excellency in his usual 1 health generally, though we regret to state jowing to an accident Involving the ankle t, lie is badly crippled, and can only move it by the aid of crutches. ringing the Reconstruction acts before npreme Court, Governor Jenkins was ani- 1 by tbe highest motives that can influence Jonauct oi a public officer and patriot. He Mb those laws as both unconstitutional and ^ssive, and as from their nature they operate J the entire people, he felt it ills duly, as their i Executive, to avail lilmself of every legal is for their protection. It ia no answer to hat if these laws should be defeated others i oppressive will be passed iu their stead.— fose they should be, we shall have the same Jr to protect us then as now, and if from any ■That agency should prove powerless, we *)nly settle the fact that this is a govern- i*>| brute force and no longer a government C—that the rights of the citizen have no atlon from government, that might makes “^nd he mu3t submit to everything that lie ? t tho physical power to resist successfully. \ really be so, the sooner the question U re- 3of all doubt and American Republicanism ed in its true colors, tbe better for all con- ;gards the merits ol tho controversy, we That Governor Jenkins holds the Acts to as clearly in violation ol the Const!- hat the Supreme Court has Jurisdiction tsc and in this opinion the able counsel tato ot Georgia, Messrs. Black & O’Con- y concur. They have aiao a well-ground- that the application tor injunction will feed by the court. The petition, or com- «&» a two-fold relief: first, a temporary m or order pendente life, restraining the its’ from all proceedings under the ob- Acta and secondly, a perpetual injunc- --——t, in which Jatl course set i ~ . Tho first point, or a iainporary injunction to restrain until the ault shall be flhally decided on its merits, la set down for .argument and odjudh cation on Friday next* Tho Attorney General lias filed a bill denying the jurisdiction of the Court In the cask before it, and this defense will bo first disposed of. If the Court should aualuin this demurrer the case will be dismlwod; if of the opposite opinion, tho argument will then pro ceed on the merits of the complaint “Such is tho presout status of tho.matter, which sccma to bo greatly miaundoratood by some, and perbapa wllftilly misrepresented by others. “Governor Jenkins remained over in Atlanta on Friday, and, we learn from rellablo sourco, had a long interview with General Popo with re gard to the political and civil affairs of tho State. We are gratified to know that it was mutally re- aneclfVil, pleasant, aud satisfactory. General Popo expressed his anxious desire to avoid all conflict with the State authorities, and promised to interfere in no case except to execute Iho law when those authorities shall have proved delin quent. Governor Jenkins was equally auxious to avoid a conflict, and would do nothing that he did not regard as Imperatively demanded by his oath of office, and lie saw no reason to appre- liond a disturbance with the military. Ho should only claim what General Popo did, tho right to discharge his official duties conscientiously. "Wo also learn that subsequent tosthe inter view, and previous to Governor Jenkins’ depart ure from Atlanta, General Pope addressed him a copy of Order No. I, with a respectful letter in quiring whether he (Gov. J.) had seen that order or been informed of its contents at tho time his recent address to the people ot Georgia was written and published. 4 Governor Jenkins re sponded in an equally respectful note, stilting that bo bad not seen the order nor had he been informed of its contents at the time of writing the address; that as he was absent from the State, seeking the protection of the legal rights of the people of Georgia befere the supreme ju dical tribunal of the country, he had no reason to suppose that a public communication, would bo regarded as improper or Inauywise objection- iblc that this correspondence It is proba 1 in the Atlanta papers to-day. lythef able. will appear “Wo pretend to give only the substance of the letters, as well as of the conversation related above, and though much is omitted, we have reason to believe that nothing is stated that did not occur. "Our citizens generally will he pleased to learn that the relations of their dual authorities hare been inaugurated so harmoniously. If all will imitate the wise and considerate examples of Governor Jenkins and General Pope, we shall havo little to fear. ” Radical Orators.—The Now York Express suggests that, as radical orators like .Senator Wilson, ot Massachusetts, contemplate a tour through the South to tench the freedmen how to vote, they should bo followed by good speakers of the Conservative and Democratic stripes from tlie same section. II Mr. Wilsotf, and others, have no other motive iu coming South but to stir up the freedmen on tho subject of voting, and about matters in regard to which they are already sufficiently excited, we respectfully suggest that lie and they had as well Btay at home. We have already too many political ronnders and bum mers iu the conctry engaged in that business, loyal leaguers and members of midnight organi zations, who meet under the shadow and gloom of darkness, aud whose works are necessarily mischievous in their tendency. The labor of the South is sadly demoralized, and those men who are meddling and tampering with the freedmen, drawing litem from their employment to listen to political harangues, arc doing an infinite deal of injury to the country. The sober thinking peo ple will perhaps begin to understand them niter awhile. Gen. Sheridan.—The press of Louisiana is down on Gen. Sheridan pretty heavily, and charge that in his appointment of registers of electors he has selected some ot the vilest and worst creatures in the country. Several of the papers assert that he lias mistaken the spirit of the law, and is serving tho Radical party rath er than going forward directly nhd discreetly in the work of re construction. Wo trust these charges and allusions are without proper fouu- /latUn, f/»» -Ij. tU. ..waitey htlfr Lrvou OUfTlv^lCIJ l* ly distracted and embarrassed, and tho time for a more patriotic and a more harmonious policy has arrived. IIorrirle • Accident.—The Chattanooga Union of tho 21st contains the following: John Morgan, a soldier belonging to Co. B, 04th U. S. L, was walking down the track on Railroad avenue, a little below Ninth street, yesterday morning, at 11 o’clock, when he was run over by a locomotive and horribly mangled. It seems that the unfortunate man was watching an en gine coming up on the other track from the one he was on, and did not hear a socond engine backing down on the track lie was walking along. The unfortunate man died in a few hours after the accident occurred. ast their enforcement. one Iter An Electioneering Tour.—The New York Express says: Several radical Senators have got it into their heads to make an electioneering tour in the South this summer, and, we are told, they will be joined by some of their friends from the other House, who like themselves, are anxious to inform the colored loyalists how to vote under the Five Monarchy bill, lor delegates to conven tions, &c., &c. Two or three months ago, it will be remembered, tho same men declared that the negroes wore all loyal, and would be sure to vote the Radical ticket. Now there appears to be some doubt about it. Hugs in Oregon.—Tbe State Journal says J. Luckey, of Eugene city, fatted and killed two hogs, the gross weight of which was one thousand four hundred and fifty pounds. The net w(tight of one was six hundred and forty-nine, the other six hundred and seventy-two, making one thou saud three hundred and twenty-one pounds.— They yielded seven hundred and ninety-three pounds of pork for salting, three hundred and thirty-three pounds of rendered lard, eighteen pounds of sausage meat, with ribs, backbones, and pigs feet enough for everybody. The Great Eastern.—This vessel, which left New York on the 17th, carried out one hun dred and seventy-nine passengors, paying one hundred dollars each, which amounts to nine teen thousand and one hundred dollars, a sum that will not more than pay lor tonnage, port duties, and the coal which tho voyage will con sume. The vessel lias the capacity to accom modate two thousand persons. As a paying en terprise the Great Eastern lias proved a magnifi cent failure. Louisiana.—There seeniB to be a large amount of dissatisfaction in Louisiana, at the manner in which the registration of voters is being carried on in some sections of the a late. These gentle men Beern to be exercising at discretion, and ta king a range in the exercise of their duties, not contemplated by the law, nor by any orders which have yet been issued. These things,how ever, are always certain to occur when men of low and narrow prejudices are selected for such places. Emigration fuom Ireland.—Advices from Queenstown state that the emigration is larger than at any former period, and that tbe numbers will exceed tbe enormous proportions of 1605. Tlie class of people emigrating is generally of the comfortable farming class, and as a rulo they are young and healthy persons. There were twelve hundred remaining at Queenstown, un able to procure passage when tbe last steamer sailed. Senatorial.—A Washington telegram nays tbe Swale spent three hours on Friday and Sat urday on tbe nomination of Surgeon E. H. A. (Jodie as Medical Purveyor. Lieutenant-General Sherman indorsed him in a telegram, saying be is an excellent officer, entirely without political friends, and should be confirmed. Tbe appoint ment was floaliy rejected. The Chain Gang.— 1 The chain gang system has been abolished in Alabama by an order of Gen. Swayne. At least it is so stated in tlie Mobile papers. iii at w,v. Tlie Mohtgomety Admtinr, bf Sunday, has tho following tinder thb alibvi) heading, which wb copy, with tho remain that a good many ol the men who are thrusting themselves to tbs front in the peculiar condition of affaire, will bear watching. In some instances tbolr antecedents don’txoramead them to the Confidence of any body, whito or black, and the military oommand- ors will escape embarrassment In tlie dlsch&rgo oi their duties by keeping a watch over thorn : This is a question aakqd In a privato letter written from Selma, giving some account of tho bank robbery, nnd also a startling statement which wo prefer to give in the correspondent’s own words. “An order’has just been shown here, puriiort- Ing to be issued by Mt\jor General Swayne, anted at Montgomery, and prohibiting tho holding ot the Circuit Court of Greene county. Tho Judge was iu consequenco compelled to adjourn court from day to day until be could learn from the General whether or not the order was genuine. George Qoldthwalte, Esq., was on his Way to Montgomery to. look into tho matter, and fortu nately met General Swayne in Selmn, who, the moment ho saw tho order, pronounced it spu rious, and not emanating from him.” Uoueral Swayne lias returned to tills city, nnd we loam while at Bolnra sent the order back to Groene county by Captain Goidthwaite, with the endorsement that it was a palpable forgery.— Surely the evil disposition of some men will go to tlie most extremo length, wlion they forge orders to suspend tlie courts ot the country.— General Swayne does not desiro to interfere with the Judiciary, so long ns justice is accorded to all classes. An Alabama Editor on the Round*. One of the editors of the Union Springs Times has been on a visit to Chattanooga, from which point he writes tlie following, among other tilings: : People in Alabama feel ruined by the war. They know nothing of its ravages in comparison witli those inflicted upon North Georgia and Middle Tcnuessee. Atlanta alone, of all the places on the route taken by Sherman in his march to the sea, has to any extent recuperated. There everything seems foil of life. Whole iably bo more houses than occupants. The reply was, that the demabd lor good business houses was so great as to keep both rents and real estate unprecedentedly high. Can there be a better cause of this progress and prosperity assigned than that this town of North Georgia is made a great market for skilled labor, by means of rail roads and manufactories? If not, how plainly is indicated the necessity for Southern capitalists to encourage and aid every enterprise that will add ono or many intelligent mechanics and arti sans to Southern population. Poor as our sec tion is, it has to-day more actual money than is profitably employed. Get the coal and iron mines opened and worked; follow that with the manufacture of implements and vehicles; add then other manufactures, and. the South will have a population that will seizo power rather than beg money. More ok the Selma Bank Robbery.—The Selma Daily Times has the following in regard to tlie First National Bank affair: We learn that a public expose of the affairs of this institution will soon be given by the invest! mors afloat on the streets yesterday, and tlie day before, simply for the purpose of filling up a col umn. We will, however, arrive pretty near at the truth, when we state that the deficit was caused by unfortunate speculations Indulged in for Borne time past, and not by actual robbery. This transaction has given a heavy, though mo mentary shock to the financial prosperity of our city; and Selma, tho "Phoenix," will recover from this blow as triumphantly as she has re peatedly done from disasters of greater magni tude than tho ono we chronicle. Melancholy Fate.-TIib Indianapolis Herald thus records the melancholy fate of a cotempe- rary: Swinclier of tlie Madison Courier, came to an untimely death last Monday. Suffering from toothuche, lie tied a piece of catgut around the raging grinder, fastened a fifty-six pound weight to the other end, and climbed a sour apple tree, with the weight in his hand. Crawling out on a limb, he braced himself and dropped tho weight. The tooth ramo out, but tho shuck broke poor Hwinchor’s neck. He was a fellow of infinite Jest, and we could havo better spared a belter man. The Vagrant Law.—Tho Boston Courier says of Wilson, Banks, and other agitators who propose coming South during the ensuing sum mer to enlighten the negro on the subject of voting: i .. Politics and politicians are tho bane and dry- rot of this country. What the South wants now is quiet, industry and freedom from excitement. Wo are not certain but that our Northern agita tors, who are proposing to go South, would fall under the Vagrant act. At any rate, they mean mischief to the Soutli and will keep the people there poor. Chopping Match.—A chopping match lor #40 and tlie wood cut came off at South Bend, Indiana, the contestants being a French Cana dian named Mazor and one assistant on tlie one side, and two men on tho other. The match lasted five hours, and was won by Mazor and as sistant. The winning party cut eight and three- eighths cords, their opponents cut seven-eighths ot a cord less, Mazor alone cut lour and three- eighth cords. A Sensible Neoro.—About the most sensible speech we have met with lately, either from a while or black source, is that made by a freed- man in Tennessee to his colored brethren who had assembled in convention to cohsider the po litical condition of the country. He said: “ Niggers, I know but little about conventions, and you know less; now you had better go home, make a good crop, learn some sense, and then hold conventions." Arrest or Parkman or the Selma Bank. —The following dispatch appears in the Mont gomery paper of Sunday: Selma, April 20.—8 P. M.—John Parkman, late President oi the Selma National Bank, was arrested yesterday in Wilcox county, supposed to be making his way to tho Alabama and Flo rida Railroad. He will be brought to this city to-day. The arrest was mado by city and coun ty officers. Presented with a Service.—A Western paper contains the following item of news " Captain Blackston, of tbe steamer Morning Star, has just been presented with a service ot three years in the penitentiary, in consideration of the distinguished ability with which he plun dcred a passenger and kicked him overboard." PnooRKss.—The English government lias taken from the negroes of Jamaica the right to vote, and abolished Representative Government in that Uland. They have had so much trouble with that sort of legislation, that it was conclud ed best to abolish it, and appoint officers directly by the Crown. Just Punishment.—At Zug, in Switzerland, a land owner was recently tried and convicted of putting water in the milk he sold, and was condemned to eighteen months’ imprisonment, tbe payment of tlie costs of the suit, and a loss ot civil rights. Served him right t AcquiTTED.—We learu that Rev. Lewis Smith, tlie colored preacher indicted in Jones county for an attempt at rescue oi a colored girl, under sentence of death for poisoning a child, was acquitted at the late terra of tlie Superior Court for Jones county. Church Alt)sic.—The Home Journal contains tills lmid one: Such lively music was rendered by an organist at a “high church," in New York, the other evening, that an old man actually got iu tbe aisle and commenced \o dance a break down. Salt Lake Item.—Some time ago they start ed a female seminary in Salt Take City. It flourished well, but in the higbt of its prosperity the Mormon principal eloped with and “married” the whole school. For Liberia.—The ship Golconda, which is to sail from Baltimore in a few days, and to touch at Charleston, will carry out five hundred emigrants for Liberia. NkW yank AssfcuTxi. press bi&bArciiks. Washington IWiliera-AOjourimjont of the Renata. Washington, April 81.—The Chronicle of tlife morniag says; When the Senate adjourned last night tho impression seemed to be almost universal that then would bo no quorum In ci ther house on the hi ol July next. The feeling between Senators (rid Intelllgencefrom the South promising submission to the terms of ro-con- structlon so auspidottB, that very few doubled that tho great meaiurcs of Congress had antici pated and foreclose! all chanco of difficulty and dissension. The Senate adjourned, leaving about twenty positions vacant, which, under tho tenure of office law, tlie Prcddent cannot fill. The ma jority of tho vacanc'es are in the West. New York DUtlllerlee-Outrage-Newe 1X0111 the Plains, Ace. New York, April 21.—Three more distilleries in Brooklyn were seized yesterday. Cornelius and William Alurphy, in charge of a distillery under seizure, have Icon arrested for allowing whisky to be removed from the premises. A young lady named Lizzie Smith, aged twen ty-three years, was brutally outraged on Friday night, near Bergen, New Jersey, by sixteen ruf fians in succession. Three men have been ar rested and identified as part of the gang by their victim. • . The HergUCs Leavenworth correspondence says affairs on the Plains are becoming interest ing. Sherman has arrived at Leavenworth.— General Augur is about moving Westward from Fort Kearney with six thousand men. Eleven thousand Indians are encamped between Forts Kearney and Smith, awaiting until grass to com mence hostilities, and General Hancock's expe dition is in distress at Fort Leonard, being un able to move for want of forage. Brazil and Paraguay. New York, April 21.—The steamer South America, from Rio, March 26tli, arrived to-day. News from tho seat of war reports another bom bardment of Curugunty by the Brazilian squad ron and batteries. Tho latter received only u trifling injury. That of the Paraguayans un known. The towns and fortifications of Santa Alario, on the upper Parana, have been destroyed by tho Brazilian gunboats. The Brazilian fort at Curaza lias been repaired and mounted with heavy guns, so that 2,000 men are sufficient to guard it. It is understood that a large portion of the Brazilian forces will cross the upper Parana, and march directly on Ascension and Faraguacza. General Diaz had died of wounds received du ring the bombardment of Curuguaty, February 2d. Tbe Anglo-Braziliau Times says there is no truth in the report of an American mediation, and the peace stories were canards. In the revolted Argentine provinces no further action had occurred. The government forces bad been largely reinforced, and tlie outbreak was expected soon to bo crushed. General Mitre had re-assumed the Presidency, and issued a warlike maDiiesto. Accounts of the Brazilian cotton crops favora ble. Tlie coffee crop expected to be fifty per cent, above the average in Parana. Tbe American immigrants having declared a preference for Coritita, their wish bad been ac ceded to and lands procured, nnd seed, food, nnd tools advanced, repayable in five years. The cholera, though not of a very severe kind, had broken out in Rio Grenada City, and sofne fatal cases had occurred. The Russlan-Amerlc»n Expedition. Washington, April 22.—Statements for pre parations for a Russian-Americnn exploring ex pedition are premature. The State Department thinks it would be discourteous to Russia to or ganize such an expedition until tlie cession i9 complete. AUtalreln SI, Louie. 8t. Louis, April 22.—The city has negotiated a loan of #800,000, to enable her to meet the in terest on Juno, July and August bonds and other liabilities. The Fenians endorsed General Pile’s advocacy of tbe recent Congressional resolutions of sym pathy for Ireland by a serenade. Pile respond ed favoring universal freedom. • Senator Wilson at Richmond. Richmond, April 22.—Senator Wilson ad dressed a crowd ot about 6,000 persons from tlie Capital steps this afternoon. Nearly all those present were colored, though all classes of whites wore represented, He was introduced by Gov ernor Pierpont. After alluding to tlie fact that he visited Richmond by invitation of several members of both houses of the Legislature, he proceeded to give tho history of the reconstruc tion bill. He then recited events since tlie close oi the war to show that President Johnson’s policy, adopted against the will of tlie nation, had caused more unhappiness than tho work of any otlicr man in America. It again excited men who had been more than willing to accept the terms of Congress. The reconstruction bill was not passed to humiliate tlie Soutli, but to meet tho need ol tho whole country. The question now before the Southern States ia, whather they will elect men to State officers and Congress who favor an honest acceptance of tho policy ot tho nation, or men who still mourn over tbe lost cause, and who hope something may turn up to overthrow that policy and restore old ideas and old measures. Patriotism de- mands that the latter class shall never more bo permitted to participate in tbe management of State or of tho General Government. The apostacy of Andrew Johnson had made a Re publican triumph at the next Presidential elec tion certain. The speaker wanted all classes of men—tlie colored, the white, tbeloyai, and those who have abandoned the wicked heresy of secession—to stand together on the national platform of the Republican party. As to the colored vote of Virginia, ho had no tears of its being controlled by the secessionists. He appealed to the old Wliigs ol Virginia, the followers of Henry Clay, who declared that slavery was a grievous wrong that no contingency could make right, to seize the occasion and unite their fortunes witli the Republican party. Now was their day and their hour to carry Virginia by an overwhelming ma jority. To that class who are disfranchised for par ticipation in the rebellion, lie would say that by speaking and working for the national policy they would show their countrymen that the disa bility now imposed on them ought to be re moved, and a country that had proved its gene rosity would not forget them. Governor Pierpont, after Mr. Wilson had con cluded, made a brief speech, advising tbe color ed people to work and make the old Slate bloom again. Alessre. Ilunnlcutt and Lnckie followed in brief Addresses, the former declaring his inten tion of appealing to tho military tribunals against tbe attacks of tbe Richmond press. matters Id Virginia. Richmond, April 22.—The Legislature ot Vir ginia has passed a law laying a tax ol 30 cents on the one hundred dollars to pay the four per cent, annual interest on the public debt. As heretofore authorized, certificates will be issued for deferred two per cent. It has aiso passed a law consolidating the four leading railroads con necting the waters of the Ohio and Mississippi with the Atlantic at Norfolk. Also, consolida ting the Virginia Central with the Covington and Ohio railroad. The law provides that the interest the Stale owns in the roads to be con solidated, amounting to over fourteen million dollars, la to be sold and payment on or before tfhelro bra Slab pcndtbg before tbe Legislature similar bills for the sale of tlie entire interest tho State own* in various railroads, amounting in all to twenty-one millions seven hundred thousand dollars. Later from Washington. Washington, April 22.—Tho Quartermaster- General has issued a circular showing by terras of purchase that sums due certain railroads for carrying malls, Ac., must be withheld until tho material purchased from the government be jpaid for, and making rules by which connecting roads not indebted may bo promptly paid. Quarter masters are directed to issue separate bills ot la ding to indebted roads when practicable. In debted railroads arc required to present accounts to Col. F. J. Crllly, acting- Quartermaster at Washington, for Atlantic roads; G. C. Sautcll, New Orleans, for Gulf State roads; to Col. 8. R. Hamil, Louisville, for all other roads. The list of indebted roads comprises forty-one. Butler is here awaiting tlie decision of the Grey Jacket case. Tlie Supreme Court baa affirmed the decision of the Louisiana District Court in tho case of the blockade steamer Wm. Bagley. This is the case where one loyal and three pardoned owners claimed the proceeds of the vessel and cargo. Decision adverse to their claims. Tlie Supreme Court decided to-day that tbe United States District Courts alone have juris diction over internal waters. Internal revenue receipts to-day half a million. The 8urgeon-General hns issued a circular con taining regulations against cholera in view of its probable prevalence this summer. Soutli Cnrollnn. Charleston, April 22.—Governor Orr lias addressed a circular to tbe sheriffs of tbe State, suggesting the naming of suitable persons as Registers under tbe reconstruction act. He states the qualifications required witli the pre scribed oath. The names thus collected are to be furnished to General Sickels. The circular concludes as follows: “I cannot too earnestly impress upon you the vital importance ofprompt- ly acting upon the request contained in this com munication, and of transmitting your answer at the earliest day practicable. If an earnest and en ergetic effort is not made to procure the services of the truatworty citizens to discharge their re spective ditties, they will bo discharged by strangers who may not have a correct apprecia tion of the wants of tlie community. Mexican Nows, Etc. New Orleans, April 22.—The steamer Sa hara, arrived ot Galveston from Tampico on the 17th, brings positive confirmation ot Uiq capture of Puebla, and says the revenue at tlie custom liouso of Tampico is being gobbled by Ortega, who is represented as in great favor with tlie people, and for whom they would pronounce it there was the remotest chance of success. Letters from the Liberal camp at Qucrctaro say that Diaz had shot six general officers and sixty-one of lesser grade, captured at Puebla, in alleged retaliation of the October decree. The steamship General Meade, from New York, arrived to-day, reports that she experioned heavy gales on the 15th and 10th. On the 19th, saw steamship George Peabody ashore inside Florida reef. New York Bank Statement, Etc. • New York, April 22.—The New York Bank Statement shows a decrease of loans of #2,500,- 000, decrease ol specie of #1,250,000, di crease ol circulation #53,000, increase of deposits #1,250,- 000, increase of legal tenders #4,000,000. Grain in'warehouse, wheat 1,142,000 bushels; corn, I, 181,000, peas 10,000. Tbe steamship New York arrived front As- pinwal with #1,117,000 treasure. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. 11Y TRLhORAPU. New York Market. New York, April 22,—Flour dull—common grades 5 to 10 lower. Wheat drooping. Corn 1 to 2 cents better. Pork steadier, #22 88}.— Lard quiet at 12} to 13}. Colton quiet-mid dling uplands 25. Freights quiet. [In cable dispatch of the 20th, receipts ot cot ton were stated at 284,000 bales ahead of same time last year. This was an error. It should have been 284,000 less tlntn last year.] IBVZNINO.] New York, April 22.—Cotton dull, without material change—sales 1,000 bales at 25 ccqts.— Flour dull and declined o to 10 cents—State, #10 13}; Southern grades, dull and declining, #11 90 to #17 50. Wheat dull and declining. Corn active—mixed Western #1 32 to #1 34; yellow Southern #1 38. Pork firm—mess, #22 80. Lard firm at 12} to 13}. Rice quiet at 10} to II. Sugar steady and good demand. Naval stores quiet. Freights steady. New York Slock and IQonoy Market. New York, April 22.—Stocks strong. Cou pons ot 1862, 109} to 109}; 1804 and 1805,108} to 108}; new issue 107}. Tea-Forties, 98} to 98}. Seven-Thirties, first series, 100 to 108.— Money 0 per cent. Gold 88} Exchange, 00 days 9}; sight 10}. (xvxmxs.i New York, April 82.—Stocks shade lower- 1802 coupons 109} to 1 10. Money 6 per cent. Gold 88}. Balllinor* Market. Baltimore, April 38.—Cotton dull; middling uplands 25 cents. Coffee quiet, and stock scarce. Flour dull, and declined 25 to 50 cents for spring wheat grades; winter scarce, and nominally un changed ; Southern wheat declined 5 to 7 cents. Corn easier; supply of whito good, at #1 20 to #1 23; yellow sfifl and higher, at #1 23 to #1 25 mixed Western #1 17. Clover seed dull, and lower, at #11 25. Provisions steady. Mess pork #24. Fresh lard 13}. Bulk shoulders 8}. Sides 10}. Bacon doll; for large lots mnrkct fa vors buyers. Whisky dull, and nominal. New Orleans Market. New Orleans, April 22.—Cotton sales 43,000 bales. Prices irregular and easier. Low middling 22 to 23. Receipts 3,490 bales. Sugar—fair 13} ; prime 13}. Molasses—prime, 72. Flour—small sales, buyers holding back for a reduction. Corn advanced 2} to 5 cents—#1 80 to #1 35. Oats dull, #1 50. Pork steady, #23 50. Bacon—rib bed, 17; clear 12}. Lard firm and unchanged Whisky #2 10 to #2 80 for Western. Gold 88}. Sterling 47} to 50. New York sight | to } pre mium. Cincinnati Market. Cincinnati, April 22.—Flour firm. Good local demand. Prices unchanged. Corn firmer and higher. Bulk 87 cents. The advance in railway freights to-day checked shipping. The demand for provisions unchanged. Mess Pork firm. Bacon shoulders 9; dear sides 12 cents. Charleston Market. Charleston, April 22.—Cotton firmer. Better grades in good demand. Sales 150 bales. Mid dlings 24 cents. Receipts 026 bales. Savannah Market. Savannah, April 22.—Cotton dull aud nominal at 23. Sales unimportant. Receipts 450 bales. Augusta Market. Augusta, April 22.—Cotton market stagnant. Sajes 54 bales, strict Middling 28. Receipts 25 bales. • Mobile Market. Mobile, April 22.—Cotton, sales to-day 375 bales. Quiet Middlings 22 cents. Receipts 400 bales. Foreign Markets. [ST ns CAH.X LDU.| Liverpool, April 22.—noon.—The markets \f cioaed ail account of coiniMpice of j Easter Holidays, Cotton verf irregular and quotations merely ndmliml. Middlings quoted on tho street at about il pence. Corn firm, at forty-three shillings and nine pence. London, April 22.-noon.—Stock beards and markets closed on account of holidays. Later about the Selma Bank.—Welcarn 1 that tho Government deposits in the Belma Na tional Bank amounted to about #30,000, and on the first day of April inBlaut, tho assets of the bank were: notes and bills discounted #207,- 718 22; real estate, Ac., #14,152 02; due from bauks and bankers, #50,516 83; bonds #200,000; cash #157,530 12; other items, say, #12,000. And its liabilities were: capital, #100,000; circulation #84,975; deposit #374,079 30; surplus, fund #4,788,02; dividends unpaid #5,000; due banka #0,008 13; profit nnd loss #33,100 37. The depositors in tlie bank are tlie heaviest losers, and we understand they will barely re ceive one-third of the amount deposited. Henry County.—The Griffin Herald of the 21st says: Henry Superior Court adjourned on Friday, after a session o( five dnys. A number of important cases were tried, among them Hes ter, Hildebrand, Ferguson, nnd Bryant, lor the murder of Dave, n frcedmnu, some tigne in June last. After a patient hearing, the defendants were, acquitted, all of them bavingclearly proved an alibi. _ Kentucky.—Tlie Danville Gazette says the “Regulators,” to the number of near two hun dred, were in Perryville, Kentucky, on Baturday night last, in search of Mr. Bennington, who, our readers will remember, was sentenced to the penitentiary at Boyle Circuit Court, for one year, and was pardoned by Governor Bramictte.— They failed to find Bennington, as he had ea- caped. Advice.—We are indebted to the Memphis Avalanche for the following : We trust the people of the South will not fur ther indulge an ill-timed disposition to clutch at every little promise oi an amelioration of their condition, and to throw up their hats with joy at every new hope, uo matter how faint, that is presented to them. A courteous, dignified and less demonstrative course will be more creditable to them, and will more favorably impress their rulers. Ti;e Senate.—The Senate adjourned on Sat urday night. Some twenty offices were left un filled, through the factious conduct of tbe Radi cal majority in that body. Tlie whole proceed ing of Congress for some time past have been cha racterized by a party spirit, and that only, dis graceful as it lias proved detrimental to tlie country at large. Cleaned Out.—In the town of Watcrvlict, New York, where the radicals last year bad a majority of one hundred and three, the Demo crats have swept tlie board by aboiit five hun dred majority I That’s what is going on about these days, all around tho country. Arming for the Conflict.—From the amount of arms and munitions which the gov emment of Tennessee is purchasing, it is evident that civil war in that State is about to be re newed. Memphis.—It 1b more than intimated (iu. the Memphis papers that the incomparable police of that city " go snacks ” with tlie perpetrators of tlie numerous robberies and burglaries occurring there. Forty-Four.—A large cow stable was burned at St. Louis a few nights ago, and ioriy-four cow 6 perished in tho flames. For tho Bem-u j ol* THE “MASONIC ORPHANS’ HOME!" —i— rflHK Legislature of the State of Georgia atit.n 1 session, tmmted to W. W bo,,1 ,„4 to adopts Lottery, or nerlorof Lotteries and AeenepS 1 to ralro money for the purposei of holldlne a ^ ' sncl aupportlne Indigent Widows ami OrrihanjJ?’ Home to be celled the‘‘MA80NIC OHPHANT4 llouvS Tho grantees have aaeodated with them, aa a il -.r 1 Managcra, toran of the tw-.i citizens of thin Stale i*V 01 great woik of benevolence and charity. 1 ,n We call the attention of the pnfdlc tn the n» HcHltXK below, and ark your patronage. ' ‘* D lit purchaalng tlckete, yon will remember that „ you fill to draw a prize, that your money win he... . and Maaonlcally applied to a charitable work. * r,etl I. GEORGIA STATE LOTTERYi FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE “MASONIC ORPHANS’ HOME p TO BE DRAWN IN OPEN PUBLIC, —AT— ATLANTA, GEORGIA —ON— Wednesday, May 16, 1867—Class B. Wednesday, June 19,1867—Class C. Wednesday, July 17, 1867—Class D. Scheme the Same for Each 1 Prize of #50,000 la #50,000 1 Prize or 80,000 la 80 OOn 1 Prize of 10,000 Is lojooo ]STew -A-dvertisements. SILVER TIP SHOES. iBHortimuii ur MiBBea' and __ __ —moral Roots. Also, a largo stock ot. Lsdles’ and Gents’ fine Boots and Shoes, for the Spring and bummer trade. U. II. & A. W. FORCE.. Slcrn apr33—6t Sign of tho Big Iron Boot, Wnltdhall Street. SODA WATER. T ins DELIGHTFUL BEVERAGE, with all tho varle tiea of delicious Syrups that make it bo refreshing as a drink, may bo had from early morn to ten o’clock at uight, at the Drug Establishment of the undersigned. To day It will he free of charge. J. M. WILLIS & CO., apr23—It Corner Whitehall and Marietta St roots. G. W. ADAIR, Auctioneer. I WILL soil, in front of my ofllce, on WEDNESDAY (to-morrow) AFTERNOON, at 4 o'clock, P. M., the following articles, viz: Q Mud Machines, G.Whcclbarrowu, 1 lot of Steel and Wood Brick Moulds,; 1 Foui-horse Wagon, 2 Pumps aud Pipe, 2 Dump Carts, 1600 feet Lumber, And several sets Wagon Harnosa. Terms cash. Sale positive, without reserve. Tho sale of tho four lots on Haynes street, between Foundry and Magazine streets, advertised for Wednes day evening at 3 o clock, is postponed for the present. O. W. ADAIR, Real Estate Agent, Whitehall Street, near tho Railroad Crossing, mariM—It G. W. ADAIR, Auctioneer, 1 WILL foil on the premises on SATURDAY next, the 27th instant, SIX BUSINESS LOTS On the east side of Forsyth street, commencing at the corner ol Hunter, and running north toward Alabama street, Tho corner lot is 30 feet front Ly 90 feet deep to an al ley. The other lots 28 feet front, rnnnlng back to the al ley. This' property was bought by N. E. Gardner, Esq., at my auction sale on the 1st Murch last, but ho has failed to comply with the terms of the sale. It will therefore be sold at his risk and expense. Terms.—One-third cash; balance in 8, fi, 9, and 12 months. Titles indisputable. G. W. ADAIR, Real Estato Agent, Ofllce Whitehall Street, near the Railroad. apr28—td Purchasing _A.gency, EDWIN C. CLARKE, AGENT IN NEW YORK FOR PURCHAHING MERCHANDISE and MACHINERY or ALL KINDS. H AVING a business experience of nearly eixUw. years in New York, and an extensive acoualniauce with first-class manufacturers and dealers in this city in the various branches of trade and manufacture. I um now prepared to fill orders for all kinds of Merchandise, at the lowest market or Ices. Merchants, Mechanics, and Families will find it to their interest to favor me with their orders. Orders from all parts of the country respectfully solicited. A reasonable commission charged. Address EDWIN C. CLARKE, 108 Pearl Street, or Box 8,5T2, New York. Rifehb.nccs.—F. W. G. Bellows, Vice President Pa clflc Mail Steamship Co., N. Y.; Iaaac Taylor, President New York A Bremen Steamship Co., N.Y.: Crocker, Wood A Co., New York • Huger Bros., New York; Hon. A. M. Clapp, Buffalo, New York ; A. B. James, Esq.. New Orleans; Geo. James, Esq., Zanesville, Ohio; Woolworth A Graham, New York: Marshall, Johnson A Co., New York; Henry Moore A Genung, New York. sptSS—3m THE LARGEST STOCK OF DRY HOODS IN ATLANTA 1 CHAMBERLIN. COLE & BOYNTON. Cor. "Wliltolxull nnd Hunt er HI h., H AVE their atock now complete, preaenttng the largeat and moat varied atock ot DRY GOODS In Atlanta, and offer the entire atock at (mailer proSta •hau any houae In the State of Georgia. SBB OUR NEW LOT OF DRBS8 GOODS/ Call and ace the new “Bell of the South" Hoop Skirt. With Indeatructlble Hoopal WINDOW SHADES OF EVERY VARIETY, (prill—am AT WHOLESALE ONLTi FACTORY YARNS. "VirB (re the AgeuU ol the Athena Manufacturing Co., V *!U Mil their Yarn* at factorv rttee to whole- *tr*e' m IS(n D lT >t * l ““ CluUJ “« Whitehall aprlB-8m HERRING* LEYDEN. CURRANTS.. 4 BARRELS CURRANTS, nice (ltd frtlh. For (ale ch«(p 1 by _ . LANGSTON. CRANE * HAMMOCK, mart*—«t Alabama Stmt. 1 Prize of 6,000 la I Prize of 2,600 1 Prize or 2,600 , 21 Prizes of 600 are I2.iinn RK Prlvn* nf OKft arn 13 |5() 5,000 5,000 66 Prlzca of. 125 Prlzca of. 100 Prize# of. 250 are. 200 are.. 100 are 10,009 APPROXIMATION PRIZES. 25,000 he nine remaining nnlta of the aame ten of tho No. drawing tho #20,000 Prize Ete nine remaining nnlta of tho eanu; ten of the No. drawing the $10,000 Prize 4,500 1«800 ten of the No. lining drawl; ing the $5,000 Prize i nino remaining units of the same ten of tho Nob. drawing tho $2,600 Prlzeenrc l)800 424 Prlzea, amounting to $ 108,000 Whole Tlckete, #12; Halvea, #6; Quarters, #3 - Eighths, #1.60, _BTAII the Prizes above stated are Drawn nt Every Drawing. PLA-IST Of these Great Lotteries, and Explanation of Drawing*. The numbers from 1 to 80,000, corresponding with the numbers on the Tickets, are printed on separate alios of paper and encircled with small tubes, ana placed ‘in a glass wheel. All the prizes in accordance with the Scheme are similarly printed and encirclod, and placed iu another glass wheel. Tho wheels are then revolved, and two boys, blindfolded, draw the Numbers aud Prizes. One ot tho boys draws ono number from the wheel of No*, and at the same time the other boy draws out one prize from the wheel of prizes. The number anil prize drawn ontare exhibited to the audience, and w hatever prize cornea out is registered and placed to the credit of th»i number; and this operation is repeated until all tb% prizes are diawn ont. The Tickets are printed In the following style: They are .divided into Quarters nnd Eighths, printed on the face of the Ticket. Four Quarters or eight Eights bear ing the same number, constitute a Whole Ticket. PHIZES PAYABLE WITHOUT DISCOUNT, W. W. BOYD, Deputy Grand Master, Principal Manager. Atlanta. Ga. |3r"Order8 for Tickets by mail orexproes to n« ad dressed to L. R. BUOADBENT, Agent, . , Gr W. W. BOYD, Principal Manager. fol)12—1awtillel7 Atlanta, (k Journal, Wllnungtou; Sentinel, Raleigh; Courier, Charleston; Constlutlonallat, Augusta ; Messenger. Ma con; News, Savannah ; Snn «!fc Times, Columbus: Mill, Montgomery; Advertiser, Mobile; Picayune, N. Orleans; Herald, Vicksburg; Telegraph, Houston • New* i»«\ve»- ton, quo itcrv dRi, /ittnirtn, wtit-vOffy, each, Olico per week until the 17th of June, and send bill and copy of pa- per containing advertisement to W. W. Boyd, Principal Manager. j. rTbostwicK, WHOLESALE GROCER Commission Merchant, No. I Granite Block# Broad St. f (ADJOINING THE RAILROAD,) ATLANTA, B. F. MOO ItE. GEORGIA, t. p. Fleming. IN STORE AND TO ARRIVE : 5000 hushela Corn, 10000 pounds Bacon, 2500 pounds Lard, 100 barrels Sugar, 20 barrels Syrup, 25 kegs Syrup, 75 bags Coffee, 20 kegs Soda, 50 kegs Nails, 56 boxes Candles, 500 reams Wrapping Paper, 500 pounds Snuff, 15 half barrels Mackerel, 15 quarter barrels Mackerel 15 half barrels Shad, 25 kits Mackerel, 20 kegs Cider Vinegar, 10 barrels Cider Vlnogar, 50 boxes Candy—assorted, 60 boxes Crackers—aBs’t’d, 60 boxes Babbitt's Soap, 50 boxes Colgate's Soap, 50 boxes Smoked Herring 50 gross Mason's Blacklug 6tJ0 bags Table Salt, 80 dozen Buckets, 20 cases Petroleum, 50 cases Pickles, 25 rases Preserve#,. 25 cases Jell)*, 20 cases Oysters, 10 cases Sardines, 10 cases Lobsters, 10 cases Salmon, 10 dozen Well Buckets 20 nests Tub*, 50 cases Champagne Cider, 10 cases C. A. Cider, 25 cases Imp. Ale, 25 cases Brown Stout. 5 cases Prunes, 6 cases Olive Oil, 100 cases Assorted Liquors. 20 cases Cod Fish, Figs, Raisins, Citron, Currsnts, Almonds, Walnuts, Filberts, Rope, Twine, Chewing Tobacco, Ac apr!8—8m ■ JUS fltfiCEIVED, —A r THE— CBOCKEIiY STORE, NEAR THE RAILROAD, WHITEHALL ST., Another Freehand Cheap Lot OP THE FOLLOW tNQ OOOD9, VIZ. Pl(lu and Fancy China Tef.rieta, Pitted Caatora, from #6 to #23, • dated Spoona, Fork., Cup., Dippers. Candle Sticks, Ac. Waiters, Water Cooler*, Toilet Bets, Lamps, Lanterns, Looking Glacies, Lamp and Candla Wick, Table Cutlery, Ac PURE KEROSENE OIL. All of which will bo acid upon the most reasonsble terms, for caeh. Thankful to my old patrons in past yeare for their for mer favors. I would (till solicit a snare of the same, and Ptblfr generally. My motto Is, “LIVE AND LET LIVE. Call and take a look. No charge for looking. ft * . T. R. RIPLEY'S, Agent, tpfla-lw Whitehall Street PRESCRIPTION DRUG STORE! TDHI’IN fe KINO G IVE their entiro attention to compoun ding of Fre scriptions, and preparation of Family 91 e (I I <t 1 u o n . FANCY GOODS AND TOILET A RTICLES Of the finest quality, to anlt onr Lady friends Oar Drag* are warranted. Call and see m, on White- hall street, near Railroad. tprl 3- -3m STATE TAX NOTICE. T HE Tax Digeet* for Fulton county will be opened oti Wednesday, the 10th day of April, ana remain open until tne lat day of June. All pereons holding pro perty In Fulton county are required to make retnrn of the aame by that time. I can be found at the store of Bell A Ormond, on W Ultehall rtreet. Office bouts for the oreMnt, from 2 A. M. to 4 V M. An males between the ages of twenty-one and sixty, Whether white or colored, are required to pay a poll tax of one dollar. SAMUEL o»C5H, *I”4—!=! tax KKttY.1 Fulton County.