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ATLANTA. GEORGIA
Saturday Warning, July 20, 1887.
A FUmtttM.VMwa on the “Situation,'*
•A^rifiiltural and I'olltlral.
Wu received on yesterday a letter from ono of
OeorRin’s most substantial farmers—ono who le
a representative man cf that class of Georgia's
most valuablo dUscna, and who, In the section
from which ho halls, has ou more than one oc
c-k.log !«*n called to represent it in our legisla
tive halls—ono who is neither now, nor lma ever
been partisan or deiuagogWj, hut ono who liaa
ever exercised influence over those who know
him on account of Ids open, honest, independent
course, Ids practical usefulness, autl, we may add,
elevated patriotism. Prom the letter of the gen-
;Ieman to which we refer, wc make the I'oi-ov-
,ag extracts, lcuving.Hio reader to form Ids otvn
conclusions in regard to tho value of"llm.sugges
tions embraced therein whether they refer to ag
riculture or to politics.
“ Our crops,” snVs our corrcspoudeut, " are
promising. Where they have been well cultiva
ted—for in many instances they have not been
itell cultivated, for the want of stock able to work,
and in many inslauces because the laborers were
loo careless and too lazy—they are good; the
wheat crop in this section is more than an average
oue; but it has t>ecn over-estimated at that It is
strango that ijeople will not have more common
sense in regard to their reports about the crops—
over-estimating them as they do in most in
stances. Now that the times arc very hard, and
will be in all probability for another year, this
over-estimating the crop of tho present year,
may do great injury. Even it wc should have
good, lull, crops the present year, and for the
next year also, they should exercise the greatest
possible economy, and should remember the
tact, that* the present year’s crop, whatever it
may yield, has in most cases, been pledged by
its growers lor supplies to grow it. Hence, alter
discharging the obligations iuourred upon the
present year’s crop, there will remain but a scant
■ supply to commence with the next year. How
necessary, then, it is tor all farmers to exercise
the greatest prudence and economy in their dis
position ot the surplus grain that may be left
them, after discharging the obligations to which
*i have referred. I iear too many oi them will
lorget this, and will begin the noxt year’s crop,
as they begun the present, somo with sennt, and
some with no supplies. No provident farmer, I
trust, will be caught in such a condition.”
“I cannot tome to Atlanta, to hear Ben. Hill
speak, hs you suggest. I did not read his
‘Notes’ until after six or seven of them had been
published in the Grifliu Star, and Griffin Herald.
The other papers 1 am taking did not publish
them, and 1 am glad of it. f think it unfortu
nate for the South, that either Gtjv. Perry, Mr.
Hill, or Gov. Brown deemed it necessary or
proper to speak and write as they have done du
ring the tow months past. Gov. Brown, for in
stance, was arguiug the want of jurisdiction in
the cose made by Gov. Jenkins before tho Su
premo Court, in a speech at Savnunah, when
that cose was pending, thug fuvoriug tho Uadi-
cats ; and now Gov. Perry and Mr. Hill come up
and argue the unconstitutionality of the recon
struction enactments, after the case has been dis
posed of by the Supreme Court—at least ‘Ben.’
did, and botli of them are putting arguments in
the mouths of the enemies of the Constitution
and the South by and through which still further
to make exactions upon our people. The less ol
letter-writing and speech-making politicians, in
these troublous times, tbo better. It is not only
what the Northern and Southern Radicals want,
.1)1)1. it is wlmt they have inaugurated in Georgia.
1 do not think that any good will come of tins
speech-making and letter-writing programme,
people of Georgia know what is upon them,
■r ,.*.1
undoubtedly do. In my judgment, a majority ol
the whites will vote for a convention, but tins is
doubtful. Strange influences are brought to
bear upon the people. I was asked tho oilier
day, ‘Are you in favor of a convention ?’ 1 re
plied that I was. ‘Well,’ said my frieud, ‘you
are with the Radicals.’ To which I replied:
‘The laws ot Congress require reconstruction-
all legal remedies lmd been exhausted, and no
alternative left us; we must obey the law; ns
tor being a ‘Radical,’ be eats bread am! drinks
water, arid so do I, but tlmt did not make mo a
Radical. I am tor getting rid oi tbo Military
bill as quick as possible, and for seeing the State
again in tho Union under it, lest she should be
come as Tennesseo now is’—a condition which
I Tear Ben. Hill’s exhaustive efforts will place her
in.”
So much troin our correspondent. Whether
lie be right or wrong, we leave tho reader to
judge.
Tho National Debt.
The national debt—enormous und increasing
beyond all precedent—is a tender cubject with
the Radicals. They don’t like to look it in tho
lace—its magnitude and proportions appal them,
and allusion to it, ns to whether it will not end
in repudiation, is sure to set the whole pack to
howling Jiko hyenas. The President merely
threw out a suggestion a day or two ago in his
special message, which lie had the unquestioned
right to do, and the whole Radical concern, in
and out of Congress, went into convulsions, and
fell to charging him with an intention to injure
the public finances. When the credit of “ this
great country” can he seripusly affected by such
slight tilings, the confidence ot capital, at home
and abroad, must stand on brittle glass. The
sensitiveness of the Radical leaders in tins mat
ter, is the best evidence of their own want of
faith in the soundness of the policy they arc pur
suing, and the nervousness they are exhibiting
over a matter which was hardly worth a thought
will do more to attract attention and set capital
to thinking, than a dozen suggestions from the
poor, impotent President.
On Reconstruction.
We totbo following oxtract (roip tho
speech of .Mr. Uobmson, who represents ono ol
tlio Brooklyn, Now York, districts in tho present
Congress. Tho speech Itself occupies several
columus of tho Baity Globs, and -is creditable
alike to the intellect, tho patriotism, und tho
heart ot tho speaker. Wa commend the short
ot tract to our readers, lamriug as it does the te$-
li noily that tbs' South is not utterly abandoned
b, representative men in ten North, though they
be !;i tho minority;
And never shall we hav® recolistructiim till
r>' oireiliation fans its holy spark into a vivifying
finite. Never, while men wlmshould die pteatl-
in; lor forgiveness ns they hope to lie forgiven,
i- nvl around the tombstones of tho bloody past
III o another "Old Mo.tMUy," with Incessant
in diet mid steeled chisel deepening the records
oi human lVniliy which the winds and rains of
1 h aven were mercUully providing to obliterate.
** A ranting crew,
Ho smooth, no godly, yet i devilish too,
Who, nrmed at once with updos nml w ith whip-,
Itlood on tlielr hands sod Hcoptnre on their lips.
Tyrants by freed and torturers by text
Make this life net 1 In honor of the next."
Lot "bygones lie bygniiec," i. yon ever mean
to let us lKtomo ono people again,; if you mean
( keep us forever apart, xi)v so anti lie honest.
V c have fought the South with their Johnstons
and their Stonewall Jacksons, and they, by bur
superior numbers and resources, are at our feet.
Tho prodigal son, at whom the gentleman‘from
Pennsylvania [Mr. Stevens] recently sneered,
has returned from scenes ot dissipation nnd riot
ous living. If yon mean to take him back, do
so, and kill the fatted calf. It you mean to slay
tho prodigal son and keep the fatted calf kicking
up its heels around the barn-yard, say,so. Do
something; but do not talk reconstruction while
you arc plotting disunion. If the erring wife
bos returned, take]her to your bosom, or if you
cannot do this, cast her from you forever. Do
not be reconstructing: he; into another and dille-
rent person, for that won d not be reconciliation
but bigamy. [Laughter.) If you mean to live
with ber, banish from yam roof, as you would a
spirit front hell, every croaking miscreant wlm
would shriek into boili your ears the tollies and
the crimes which you both committed ami which
led to your separation. II you mean to restore
to the weeping Union its former children, oh,
give licr back h* v darling boy, aud not the sick
ly, fairy child wi’li which you would mock a
mother’s prayer.
Sir, these are words of truth aud soberness.—
I believe the speediest way to reconstruction is
honest reconciliation and mutual forgiveness. 1
stand not here to justify the .South. While she
was in rebellion she was my .enemy ; in submis
sion she becomes again my friend. 1 would not
inflict upon her one single unnecessary humilia
tion. Of crimes against us she lias been guilty,
but who can cast the tirst stone of innocence'!—
I tell you that there were more crimes against
life, person and property perpetrated in Massa
chusetts since the rebellion was put down than
in South Carolina; crimes deeper and more
damnable, somo even nameless, for which no
punishment was inflicted, not even expulsion
Irom the legislative body of which their perpe
trators were members. 1 tell you that life and
person, and property, lmvc been more unsafe,
that crimes against them have been more nume
rous in one single Northern district than in the
entire State of North Carolina. Life, liberty,
aud property to-day are in more jeopardy in Ten
nessee, which you do not propose to reconstruct
or coutrol, than in any other portion of the world.
A Card.
We notice tho following card from the lion.
Henry S. Fitch U. S. District attorney for
Georgia in Hie Southern Enterprise. It speaks
for itself, and gives to the “Bureau" but little
comfort though it is desigued to relieve some
connected with it Irom an o<tium attached to
niuaiy :
Savannah, Ga., July 13,1807.
L. C. Bryan, Editor Southern Enterprise:
Sih : In your issue of the 9tli instant, under
Hie caption ot “Hon. Henry S. Fitch and the
Freedmen’s Bureau,” I find the fallowing sen
tence attributed to me, as addressed to the
colored men of Tliomoaville, namely: “They
(the freedmen) could not be free, until they get
rid of the Freedmen’s Bureau and llie set ol
d—d rascals that control it.”
This is scarcely the style of invective I have
been accustomed to adopt or admire. I should
be sorry to believe that I had been hurried, even
in the excitement of an extemporaneous speech,
into the utterance ot so unbecoming an expres-
One thing is ccitain, 1 made no such
Good Taste.—Having waged a four years’
war upon tho South—visited almost every por
lion of it with lire nnd sword—applied the torch
to the homesteads and root-trees of its people
overturned their family altars atnl scattered their
household gods—broken up and destroyed the
agricultural implements, and driven off and killed
the stock—plundered Hie women of their jew
clry and trinkets, and in many instances of the
last piece of meat in their smoke-houses, while
their husbands ami sons nnd brothers were ab
sent—tilled Hie land with indigent widows and
wailing orphans— all this having been done, and
the wounds and wrongs still fresh and smoking,
it is ccrtaiuly in good taste, in most excellent
taste, lor a Northern man, or, what is more likely
aud still worse, a Southern dougli-facc, dirt-eater,
or sneak, to be prating and whining about the
cold and stinted charities grudgingly doled out
by the government to some of the surviving suf-
furcis.
Popular Hatred.—A Memphis writer says
it is uot against Northern men who come among
us to engage in legitimate pursuits, that popular
hatred is gradually but surely shaping its terrible
course—not against Hie negroes, who are Hie
victims of tho baldest deceit ever attempted to he
practiced, hut against tho few adventurers from
abroad, nnd the reckless aud unprincipled white
men, born null raised upon the soil, who are do
ing everything in their power to perpetuate the
bitterness engendered by Hie war, and inaugurate
a war of races. These are tho guilty oucs, ami
upon their heads will tall the cousequuneec
The Gkokoia State Lottery.—’The Wash
ington Chronide, ol the llitli Instant, says that
“a special order of General Sickles, ou Hie thir
teenth of Jlino, shows that lie gave permission
to i he managers ol the Georgia State Lottery,
lor the bcnelit ot the widows and orphans or
Fri cinasons, to open an office in Charleston,
Deserters.—The Radicals refuse to allow I S. C., for the sale of shares or tickets in the
deserters to vote and hold office in the North — j sat ,e ; but tbut on the 23:1 ol June, iu cousider-
It is a little singular, but they scarcely allow : uli..u ol the views ot Governor Orr, this per-
anybody else to vote or hold office in the South. I mission was revoked.’’
tit just _
Lite very bead ol tho bureau, General O. O.
Howard, is pre-eminently honored for his virtues,
as well as his valor, and among his assistants in
Georgia,! am glad to number many o| my
inyiiils—gentlemen whose well-earned reputation
I would take great pleasure in defending, but
ci Tiiluly never thought ol assailing. My re-
n ..rks, so fur as they hud any personal appltcu-
tt n, were intended lor those unworthy suburdi-
i wlm "dressed iu a little brief authority,"
p i lert their office to political und speculative
p eposes. A class ot delinquents much more
n icrous than a kind hearted optimist might
it line.
I did maintain, nnd still do, that the bureau it-
S' ! is an illogical anomaly, and in dirc t utt-
ti mu ism to the recognized freedom of the negro.
I ie man that is at liberty to vote for bis own
cuulidatc, should be at liberty to make bis own
o struct—tho citizen intelligent enough to par
ticipate in the allairs ol government, is inlelli-
g at enough to manage Ins private aflairs.
I (lid advise Hie freedmen, and still do, that
tue first duty, alter the education of their cliil-
‘ li;|, i was to exercise their constitutional privilege
ci “petitioning for a redress ol grievances," and
demand ol Congress the abolition of that unne
cessary and humiliating guardianship, known as
tue t reedmen's Bureau. Until that is done, they
are not freemen before Hie law or society, tali
mere political tools in a quasi state of servitude.
I remain, very respectfully,
Henry S. Fitch.
On to Mexico.
We attach not a great deal of importance to
the various rumors of contemplated invasions ol
Mexico to avenge the death of Maximilian
They will hardly amount to anything substantial
tit present, and in a week or two we shall probu-
bly hear less of them. The following appears
in Hie New Vork Tribune, under date ol Rich
mond, the 14th, nnd we copy it without giving
any particular credibility to its statements:
There is great sympathy manifested both here
and throughout the Houllt tor the untorlunate
Prince Maximilian, whose tragic end seems to
have awakened all the slumbering ideas of rebel
daring. From information of which I am iu re
ceipt within the past few days, 1 can stale tlmt
organizations are being formed with concerted
action iu ail the Southern Stales, whose purpose
it is to avenge the death of a gallant prince and
tormer sympathizer oi tlioirs. They are all to be
composed of military men familiar with deeds
of desperation, and the daily accessions to tin
party arc said to be enormous, though the or
ganization is kept perfectly secret. A during
and well known ex-rebel officer of cavalry fame,
is, it is said, designated os the chosen leader of
the forces, and hunts from Europe are received.
The expedition will move secretly to Mexico,
concentrating in a remote portion of Texas,
where supplies will he previously forwarded
nnd from where a movement will he made upon
the Liberal army, us circumstances dictate. Eti
ropean governments are said to be involved in
tills movement, and will probably co-operate
With it.
The Bankrupt Law.—Wo find the follow
lowing dispatch in tho New York Herald of Hie
10th. We lmd overlooked the matter in Hie
Charleston papers:
CIIAUI.K8TOM, 8. C., July 15, I
10 o'clock, 1*. M. j
The first case in this State, coming under the
provisions of the new bankrupt act, was decided
iu the United States Court to-day. Judge Ryan
charged the jury tlmt the suspension by a banker,
merchant or trader to meet liis commercial pa-
per at maturity and non-resumption of payment
within fourteen days, although without fraud,
created an involuntary bankruptcy; that an as
signment made under the State law last May
although in trust lor the benefit of the creditors
ol a trader, constituted the assignor an involun
tary bankrupt as tending to defeat the operations
of the Bankrupt act.
Fred. DouglaM oti tl
Having givon our readm it tlio" vlows of Thud.
Slovens, Bettf 'Wadb; it'd., our apology for Inttjv
tlticlng Fred. Dobstans mils’, lie tlmt liti is quite
ns good as tho rest of Ids parly. Wc extract
Irom the New York correspondence ol tbo
Louisvllla Demoerat:
Somebody yesterday asked Fred. Douglass
(black manl why lie didn’t, trodown South along
with the rest- of the Republican orators, to help
enlighten Hie minds of tho freedmen, ns to their
political duties,'etc.
"Boculise," said Fred., “1 want to train alone.
_1. want to wait until those mean whiles get
through with their talk, anil then I will brain.—
I notice tlmt m nil the speeches that Wilajjn,
Kelley, nnd the rest of them have been maltipg
to the colored folks at Richmond, Mobile, Now
Orleans uml other places, nothing Is ever said
about giving the colored men a Vice-President
ol their own color, lint lliey’vo got to make
that concession to us, and that's just what ! am
going down South to tell our folks vp insist upon.”
"tint, Fred., do you think the Radical man
agers will accede to that arrangementV"
"1 have uodoubLof it, sar; none at all. Wen
dell Phillips and Horace Greeley say they are in
favor of it, and what they say lias got to be
doit". They arc tho men who run the RepublK
can party aiong with old Bon. Butler, and w'o-
over would rim witli Hint party must do wlmt
they say."
“Bill, do you think, I! 'bey nominate Grant
lor President, that Grant will consent to have a
darkey on the same ticket as Vice?"
“ Don’t think anything about it, sar. Grant
only counts one. it,is not for Grant, nor any
other man, to dictate to the people. We are Hie
people. Grant is but one oi our servants, sar.
If he doesn't like his company, let him resign.
Plenty ot others, sar, ready to take his place;
plenty of others, sar.”
" But, even if they nominate a darkey for Vice
President, wlmt good will that do you or your
race ? ”
"Don't talk, foolish child, it will do us a
heap of good. In do fust place, it will make a
colored mail presiding officer of the Senate, and
then, us the President may die, lie may be PreSi-
tlent of the United Slates. That's lay plan ol
reconstruction, sar; and until it is adopted aud
made succcsstul, sar, the Union will never lie
restored, and Hie country will never have peace."
There were other queries about, to lie submit
ted to tlio distinguished limn and brother, hut
just at this moment Reverend Doctor Cheaver
came along, and after introducing Fred, to a
blushing damsel, (who was hanging lovingly on
bis arm) the whole party vanished in the direc
tion ol the office ol the Anti-St,irery Standard.
The Arkanaaw Traveler.
We are indebted to the New York World for
the following special information from Arknn-
saw :
Away down in Arkansas a lew men have
lonncd themselves into an association which
they call “The Republican Suite Central Com
mittee. ’ This committee lias issued an address
to Hie voters of tho State, which is called “a
brief statement of tlio principles oi the Repub
lican parly” in Arkansas. It Hie principles set
forth do uot "suit” the voters in “every particu
lar” they are modestly requested "to see if they
do not come so near their views that they can
stand with ‘us’ in the coming election.” Among
these principles are the following: “We arc in
Ihvor ol immediate, reconstruction;” “we arc
in favor of rfipcaling the law that places a spe
cial tax on collou ;’’ “wo favor an economical
administration of* tlio government, State and
naUonal j” "we will ever maintain free speech
and a free press.” These may be Radical “prin
ciples” in Arkansas, but they are utterly at
variance with Radical principles elsewhere.—
The address is signed by a Air. B. Rico, ami ins
evident soilness iu political nllairs suggests the
idea that “B” stands tor boiled.
To Ride Behind.—In the event the Radicals
and re-destructiouists nominate General Grant
for the Presidency, which they are not likely to
do, it is proposed to overslaugh old Ben. Wade,
and put Thud. Stevens up lor Vice. The New
York Herald says;
Wo cannot hesitate as to which oi Hie two
men -Old Thud, or Ben. Wade—should he put on
the ticket with Grant. Wc know always where
to find Old Thud. As for Ben. Wade, we must
excuse him lroiu coming forward as a candidate
lor the Vice Presidency. He is a sort of bush
whacker and fights too shy. Aloreover, wlmt
can lie expected from one why confesses that lie
worships Greeley as llie wisest of men? We
ask Air. Wade himself, in the language of Dr.
Wlmt must tlmt man lie whose God
r ec^aceusatton^.iin., .... i. ;; ' 1 „„ .
of a recent dal
l lie Rev. Dr. Wentworth, ol the State street
Methodist Church, Troy, delivered himself ol a
sermon recently on the text: "All men aro
bars ” I’be reverend gentleman endeavored to
be particularly severe on the newspapers, clmrg-
ii g that they lmd no regard for truth,and would
|> ibli-h any falsehood tlmt would increase their
cireulation and put money in publishers’ pockets.
Dr. Wentworth is a Radical—he reads none
b ’ Radical papers, and bis opinion based upon
bn reading, is no doubt correct. Indeed, the
i . tor's reading being confined to Radical jour-
'"• -i we don’t well see how lie could arrive at
a y other conclusion tlmta Hie one above.
Soldiers Wanted.-A Memphis letter con
tains the following iu reference to the approach
ing elections:
It is well to contemplate dangers tlinUlirciu.
u-, and I would tain hope that General Tliomti
w illl have here a sufficient force to prevent dis
order and the seizure ot tlio pulls by armed
black members of Barbour Lewis' loyal leagues.
Ten thousand colored men from the Slate and
from the swamps of Arkansas and Alississippi,
ia thought, will vote herein August. Brownlow
militia would only aggravate evils. They are
odious to a degree tlmt I could not define. L:
ih lmvc Federal soldiers. We know somethin
ol them, mid arc willing to entrust our safety t
their fullness, discipline and courage
Snake Story.—The- Mirror, Alurion, Ohio,
IcIIh the following bit of a snake story
Mm Richardson, near this town, missed lie
little boy ye-lerday, and went out in the garde
lo limit him. Toiler horror, she saw the lijile
fellow, eighteen months old, literally enveloped
in the lolds of a monster snake. She heroically
seized Hie snake in her bands and tore it loose.
No sooner was lie loose, however, than lie made
for the mother, ferociously, and coiled himself
about her person, attempting to strangle tier as
lie ilid the boy. Him again disentangled herself
from him, and killed him with an ax. Tlio little
child swelled up tor several days, but lms finally
recovered. The snake is wlmt is called tlm
"blue racer,” which does not bile, but strangle:
it measured ten tent.
Hua red.—Forney’s Tress is alarmed lest Siq
plemeutal No. 2 should not be 'passed over the
President's veto. It says;
Our Washington dispatches intimate Hint the.,
may be some difficulty in passing tho Reconslmc
lion hill over the certain veto by reason ot the
absence ol Congressmen. Were this great nu
Houal measure to be detente] ibr such a cause,
we trust it will be the political death of the ub
ociitecs. They are in ibis country, mul many ol
them within reach, nnd inattention lo the inter
ests ot the country at such a moment is inex
disable.
"Greatnutiona! measure” is good.
Santa Anna Heard From.—The New York
Express lias advices from Ciimpcachy, and hears
ol letters from Santa Anna to his friends in the
United States. Tlio ex-IVesident was ihen
custody, and had llie whole city of Campeachy
for his prison. In other words lie was a prisoner
ou parole. He writes as if in no liar tlmt his
life was in danger, and seemed very secure, at
least of the immediate future. But no man’s life
is safe in Alexico, ami tlmt Juarez may find ere
iong. ^
I he Bracks.—Tlio Memphis Avalanchesays
There is fixed, unalterable determination or.
tlm part of the Conservatives throughout the
entire State ol Tennessee, lo refuse employment
to every negro who arrays himself against his
employer. Duly mul self respect demands such
a course.
That will suit Hie llie blacks very well—as
the Bureau lms promised [o feed them when
thus thrown out ol employment.
Nose Pui.LINU.—George Jones, a member of
tlm editorial stall' ol tho New York Times, a day
or two ago pulled Hie uose of Cyrus W. Field,
tlm cable mail. Air. Field lmd, u day or two be
fore, called Air. Jones a liar. It is thought no
thing more serious will grow out of tlio titlair.
TBirNK8sEE.-General Frank P. Blair, Jr., is
stumping West Tennessee, in behalf ot constitu-
tiouul liberty and the overthrow ol Brownlow.
jvtnt' yoke Associated peers dispatcher
Tlie Momhec-
W/VBH’,noton, ^nly 10,—"The Cabinet Is con
sidering tho mcsfiigc tills morning.
Wnsltluitlon Nnwn-Tlie Veto.
Wasiiinoton, July ID.—'The delenso Btill calls
for time. Judge lMsfler ordered that thcyjnust
close tlielr case to mou ow. mid court adjourned.
In Hie Senate the House amendment allowing
negroc.s to servo ns jurors adopted.
Tho Joint resolution Aom lito House nullifying
decrees of tlio Court of Claims was severely de
nounced by Air. Trumbull. ,■
Mr. Simmer introduced a bill to Btriko the
w o d white from the naturalization laws. Refer
red to Hie .Judiciary Con luittoo.
The veto was read, mid Hie bill passed not-
wiilistaiuliiig—80 to 0. Nays: Bayarfl, Buck*
lew, Davis, Hendricks, Johnson, and Patterson,
oi Tcnnus&u*:.
Tho Chair itfinounccil that tlio bill was u law.
The Reconstruction Appropriation bill, was
passed over the veto.
The Senate passed a resolution to adjourn to
morrow at three o’clock, until Hie first Monday
in December, by a vote of 22 to 15—the latter
figure representing the impeachment clement in
the Senate.
In the House the Assassination Committee
was allowed to take evidence by sub committees
aud administer oaths.
A Special Committee of live was appointed to
investigate tlio Paymaster’s Department The
preamble lo the resolution alleges fraud.
The veto message was received. The mes
sage covers three columns, ami argues elabo
rately the inconsistency, imconstitiilionality and
tyranny of tho act Alluding to the declaration
that the State governments are illegal, he says:
A singular contradiction is apparent here. Con
gress declares these local State governments to
be illegal governments, nnd then provides that
these illegal governments shall be carried on by
Federal Officers, who are to perform the very
duties imposed upon its own officers by this ille
gal State authority. It certainly would be a
novel spectacle it Congress should attempt to
carry oil a local State government by Hie agency
ol its own officers. It is yet more strange that
Congress attempts to sustain and carry on an
illegal State government by the same Federal
agency.
With regard to title by conquest, fie says: It
is a new title acquired by Mar. It applies ouly
lo territory, for goods or movable things regu
larly captured ill M'ar are culled booty, or if ta
ken by individual soldiers, plunder. There is
not a foot of land in auy cue of these ten States
which the United States holds by conquest., save
only such land ns did uot belong to either of
these States, or to any individual owner. I.mean
such lands as did belong to the pretended gov
ernment called the Conlederatc States.
These lands we. may claim aud hold by con
quest. As to all other land or territory, whether
belonging to tho States or to individuals, tlic
Federal Government lms now no more title or
right to it than it lmd before the rebellion. The
message concludes: Within a period less than
a year, tlio legislation ot Congress lms attempted
to strip the Executive Department of the govern
ment of somo of its essential powers. The Con
stitution, and tiie oath provided in it, devolve
upon the President the power ami tlio duty to
see tlmt tlio laws arc faithfully executed. The
Constitution, in order to carry out this power,
gives him tlio choice ot the agents, and makes
them suhicct to his control and supervision.—
But in the execution «.f these laws the constitu
tional obligation upon the President remains,
but the power to exercise t but constitutional duly
is elicclually taken away. The Military Com
mander, as to thu poM'ur of appointment, made
take the pimp ol tlic President, aud the Gen
•
^rhxllS ! S^Vo,rrV^i | A Hit at SckkNCk.—In tlio HoUSc, Batnrday,
.. Bll( , (. rr ived on the 14th. A deputu-1 Mr. Schcnck Insinuated that ccrtaib gentlemen
lion of Mtllcan rifficlais boarded the vessel nnd had mad® thoir way to Canada during the rtar
warmly Welcomed Madame Juarez. On the 5th
she disembarked midst much enthusiasm. There
was a public reception by tho civ and military
officials of tbo city, and a grand display o fire
works. Tlio party were leaving for tlio City of
Alexico on tho 17th.
Juarez arrived at tho capital on the 14th. 1 lo
emphatically declines a re-election, and has or-
dcred a nfcw election, and Will retire to ins ha
cienda In the mounUiins.
It is officially reported tlmt Viduari was shot
on the Oth. Marqucra is believed to bo hidden in
tbo City ot Alexico, and will bo shot ns soon as
captured.
It is reported in Vera Cruz that Santa Anna
„ still alive, but wo have lutcr datos than they.
Everything is quiet at Vera Cruz, and tlio city is
perfectly healthy.
Tho Austrian aloop-of-war, Elizubeth, is re
ceiving Austrian refugees on board. She lms no
communication with Alcxican officials, except
through the United States gunboat Taney.
The Wilderness brings dispatches to llie Brit
ish, Frencli and Austrian governments.
The Mexican Government is preparing an ad
dress to the world, in which it expects to justify
itspit for executing Alnxiuiilian. It will treat of
the killing of slxty-tiiree thousand Mexicans for
defending their native soil, will cite precedents
wlilfli they think will prove clearly their acts
within the range of propriety, and will produce
documents which will throw new light upon
their action. Some of llie ablest men in the Re
public are engaged on the work.
Another Indian ItlHiwitero.
Cincinnati, July 1!).—The Commercial's
Leavenworth dispatch says the Indians captured
a train near Fort Lamed. Bishop Lamay, ten
priests aud six sisters ot charity among Hie pits
sengers. Tlic men were killed and horribly
mutilated, aud llie women abused. Au escort
was trying to overtake the train to protect it
but arrived too late.
From California.
San Francisco, July 19.—Panic in mining
shares continues.-
From Sail Franclac
San Francisco, July 19.—Tho Republican
State Convention have nominated John Bidwell
for Governor. Resolutions favor impartial suf-
(rago without regard to color.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
BY TP LA, G It A PII.
New York Stock and Money Market.
New York, July 19.—Money 5 to 0 per ceut.
Gold 40. Sterling, time, 10J to 10). Sight 10jj.
Coupons of 1802, 111}.
[EVENING.]
New York, July 19.—Stocks excited and
heavy. Aioncy 5 to 0 per cent. Gold 302-—
Coupons of 1802,111} to 111}.
New York Market.
New York, July 19.—Flour unchanged.—
Wheat more steady. Corn, firmer for sound,
heavy tor unsound. Pork a shade firmer, $22 80
to $22 90. Lard steady. Whisky quiet. Cotton
quiet, firm, 2GJ tj 27. Freights quiet. Turpen
tine less active.
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New York, July 19.—Flour heavy; Southern
$9 00 to 17. Wheat firm ; new Virginia red
$2 00 to 2 70; M’liito Georgia $2 85. Western
mixed Com $1 04 to 1 00j; white $1 11 j. Pork
heavy; $2.1 80. Lard heavy. Cottpn firm; salci;
1000 bales at 201 to 27. Rice quiet; Carolina
11} to 12. Sugar quiet. Turpentine 58 to 58j.
Rosin $3 50 to $8. Freights quiet.
Cincinnati Market.
Cincinnati, July 19.—Flour dull; none offer
ing. Com dull; sucks 85 to 80. Alcss Pork
without buyers. Bacon advanced; slioul
-——utiitoiial power, may, under pre
tense of law, bo met by official insubordination. It
is to be feared that these military officers, look
icg to Hie authority given by tlicso laws, rather
tl ui to the letter of the Constitution, will reeng-
n /.e no authority but the Commander ot the
E strict, and the General of tlio army. If there
Hero no other objections than this to this pro-
P oil legislation, it would besufficicnt. Whilst
I bold the Chief Executive authority of the
U lited Stales, whilst llie obligation rests upon
in • to sec Hint nil the laws are laithfully executed,
I ei n never willingly surrender that trust, ortho
power given for its execution. 1 can never give
ii'f assent to be made responsible lor tlio faithful
execution of lnws, and at the same time surren-
! J r Hint trust, aud the powers which accompany
j it to any other executive officer, high or low, or
to any member of executive offices. If this exc-
cttlivo trust, vested by the ConsHtutiou in tlic
President, is to he taken Irom him and vested in
a subordinate officer, the responsibility will be
with Congress in clothing the subordinate with
unconstitutional power, and with the officer who
assumes itsexercise.
This interference M itli tlio constitutional au-
tliority ol tlio Executive Department is an evil
Hiftt will inevitably sap tlio foundations of our
federal system. But it is not the worst evil of
Ibis legislation. It is a great public w'rong to
lake from the President powers contcrred upon
hint alone by the Constitution, hut the wrong is
more flagrant nnd more dangerous when the
powers so taken from the President are conferred
upon subordinate executive officers, und espe
eially upon mililary officers, over ucarly
third oi the Union.
Military power regulated by no fixed law rules
supreme. Each oue of these five district mil
tary connniiuders though not chosen by the peo-
pie or responsible to them, exercises at this hour
more executive power, military and civil, than
the people have ever been M illing to couler upon
Hie head of llie Executive Department, though
chosen by and responsible to themselves. The
remedy must come Irom the people theinselvci
They know what it is mid how it is to he applied
At the present lime they cannot, according to
the Constitution, repeal these laws. They can
not remove or control this military despotism.—
I lie remedy, nevertheless, is in their bunds. It
is to be found in Hie ballot and is a sure one, it
not controlled by fraud burdened by arbitrary
power, or from apathy on their part too long de
layed.
With abiding confidence in their patriotism,
wisdom, and integrity, I am still hopeful or the
future, and Hint in the eud the rod ot despotism
M ill lie broken, the armed rule ol power be lifted
from the necks of the people, and the principles
ol a violated Constitution preserved.
Immediately after the reading of the message,
llie impeachers made a strong ellort. Boutwcll,
Butler and others characterized the message
defiant. t
Air. Stevens said “they were arguing that mat
ter in vain. There are unseen agencies at work,
there arc invisible powers at work in this coun
try, which will prevent impeachment. I repeat
any attempt to impeach the President will be
"am and futile."
Air. Wilson, chairman of the Judiciary Com-
uiiltcc, denounced Air. Stevens’ insinuations, as
serting that no amount of political pressure
should turn him aside from the discharge of
duty lo Hie law and facts. [Applause from the
democratic side.]
Mr. Stevens, without reply, demanded the
vote, aud the hill passed, toy to 34.
I lie veto of reconstruction appropriation bill
was read, and tho hill passed, 100 to 22.
Resolution passed forbidding the President to
remove district commanders without the consent
of the Senate, unless llie General commanding
till* jinnv rppfiittmaiwlA.i i n •
without any horses at all,
Mr. Eldridge retorted Hint tlio gcutlcman from
Ohio (Mr. Schcnck) lmd mode a charge in Amer
ica which, If ho had continued, would havo car
ried him to Canada.
[That la hlk retreat from Vienna.]
Alabama.—The Chattanooga Union under
stands that tlic greater part ol tlic Inhabitants of
Wills Valley, in Alabama, along the line of tlic
Wills Valley Railroad, are affiliated with the
Union League. Tlio chief members of the
League there are old secessionists, aud, fearing
confiscation, are trying to save their property by
joining the League.
Short and Pleasant.—A Leavenworth pa
per, in urging enlistment in a Kansas regiment
about to be raised to tight Indians, says: “The
services will last two or three months only, and
will be a source of heal 111, pleasure, and profit to
all who enlist.” Tiie pleasure will consist partly
in having the hair lifted from tiie top of your
head in a style peculiar to Hie “noble savage.”
attention.! £Cveryb 0t h
P. L. BIERCE
& CO.,
Of Momphts, Torn., will sell
-A-T AUCTION
CORNER V/BlTKflALL AND A l, A HA it A STS.
1STew Advertisements.
ORAPB8! SHAPES!
JjlRKSll GRAPES received every day, and for sale at
Jjr*0 - 8t
E. VAN GOIDTSNOVEN S,
Next door to .John Byan’u,
Whitehall street.
Sflhte, and nosed } Tflgncr ror sides und t tor
shoulders. Lard dull; 12 to 12}.
Amriisln Murker.
Augusta, July 19.—Alarket firmer and more
active, though not quotably higher. Sales 209.
Middling 234.
Wilmington Market.
WiLMtNOTON, July 19.—Cotton nominal at 23
cents. Turpentine steady, at 51j. Rosin firm
at $2 GO.
Suvuiniali Market.
Savannah, July It).—Cotton firm and in good
demand. Aliddling 24. Receipts 230. Receipts
i’r tiie Week 1350. Exports 2,213. Stuck 8,900.
Mobile Market.
AIobile, July 19.—Cotton sales 400 bales. Low
middlings 22. Receipts 05. Sales ot Hie week
2320 bales. Receipts 387. Exports 1444. Stock
11,501.
llaltlinore Market.
Baltimore, July 10.—Cotton quiet ami firm
Middling uplands scarce at 20}. Sugar un
changed. Flour dull and declining. Wheal
fair supply; declined 10 cents. Corn steady aud
scarce. Provisions very linn.
Foreign Market**.
I BY THE CABLE LINK. ]
Liverpool, July 19.—Noon.—Cotton firm.—
Uplands, 10}; Orleans, 104. Sales tor llie week
70,000 bales. Stock 738,000 bales, u’hercof 383,
000 arc American.
London, July 19.—Noon.—Consols, 94}.—
Bonds, 73}. „
Liverpool, July 19.—2 I*. M.—Colton llrmei
hut unchanged. Corn 3Cs. 3d. Lard advanced
to 49.
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Bonds,*72}.
London, July 19.
Bonds, 72}.
Evening.—Consuls,94 7-UJ.
Liverpool, July 19.—Evening.—Cottou firm
and active. Sales 15,000 hales. Middling Uf
land 10}; Orleans, 10}.
BUnciiester, July 19.—Market steadier lor
goods and yarns. Holders ask an advauce.-
Breadstuffs, provisions and produce uncluiiged
Two Things.—A recent writer says; “There
are two tilings in this world a man does not of
ten find away from home: the first is a good
soup; the second is disinterested love.” All who
have sweet memories of a mother’s doughnuts
and a mother's affection will smile a tearful as
sent to that truUi, without fear ol being ridiculed
or sentimentality.
Fecundity Extraordinary.—Wo clip Hie
following item from Hie Jasper News ISoy :
Wc understand that tlio wile of our worthy
colored citizeu, Bill Hailuot, presented him with
say uo more about negro inferiority. 1
Killed Again.—The report published a few
dayB ago that Dr. Liviugstouc, tiie African ex
plorer, was alive and had been heard from, is
contradicted on what seems to be good authority.
1 lie unfortunate gcutlcman was killed ns first
stated.
Whitfield County.—Tho Cherokee tdeor-
fflan says: There have been registered in this
count)* 1147 voters, ot whom about 200 nre
blacks. The Imard ol Registers are now in Gor-
doj.
JVL O R K LIFE !
JUST RECEIVED AND TO ARRIVE
LIVE DRUG- STORE:
500 LBS. No. 1 SPANISH FLOAT INDIGO,
1500 pounds best Madder,
10000 pounds White Lend—all grades,
500 boxes French Window Glass,
2000 pounds best Putty,
10 barrels English Copperas,
200 pounds tyilpk Silver,
20 casks III. Carb*. Hot'u,
100 Swodish Leeches.
OX HAND:
All kinilB of Paint, Oil*, Machlno Oil*, Burning Oil*,
Tanners’ oil*, anil Varnishes. A* pure an aasori-
ment of pure Drug*, Medicines, Fancy
Goods, Perfumeries, Combs nnd
Brushes, Patent Medicines,
Ac., Ac., Ac.,
A" ‘a» be found this aide of New York ; nil of which we
olfer very low, for cash.
We are giving special nttcmiou to our
PRESCRIPTION DEPARTMENT
Which iB OPEN AT ALL HOURS. Prescriptions care
fully and ncallv ailed at any hour of the nigh i; no disap
pointment. The famous 1
ARCTIC SODA FOUNT
atera and pure fruit
Commencing Monday, June 24th, igG7
A Large Stock of
HAT* AND CAPS, DRV GOODS
NOTIONS, DOMESTICS, PRINTS, k.
These Goods will be closed out at LOW FIGURES
IlojjariflDHs of Cost !
will commence at 9 o’clock, A. M., and con
tlnne until 8.3(1 P. M.
Now is your time to get your gooda for a small amooc,
of money I
P. L. BIERCE A CO.,
.'{in Corner Whitehall and Alabama Street*.
YVliiteliaill Street,
GEORGIA,
Importcra of, and Dealers in Foreign aud Domestic
H ARDWA H E,
CUTLERY, GUNS,
IRON, STEEL,
NAILS, HOES, Ac.
MANUFACTURERS’ AGENTS FOE
Brown a U. S. Standard Platform and Counter Sctlei,
Old Dominion Nail Works Company,
Vulcan Iron Works’ Bar and Plantation Iron,
Whefler, Madden & ClemBona* Circular, Mill, and
Crosa-Cnt Sawa,
Clifton Mill Company’s Carriage aud Tire Bolts,
Brinley'p Celebrated Kentucky Plows,
Calhoun’s Standard Kentucky Plows,
Collins’ Casteel Plows,
Gibson’s Patent Cultivator Plows,
Dupont’s Ride and Blasting Powder,
The attention of Dealers is respectfully called loos
arge aud well assorted stock of
HEAVY AND .SHELF ROODS,
Which we offer at LOW PRICES, for cash.
96th SEMI-ANNUAL EXPOSE.
TOTAL LOSSES PAID,
821,271,972 57!
Is still dispensing its sparkling
syrups, and receiving tlio d "
■ tally the Ladies, whoso sup
cnowledgrd. Cal’
and save 20 per
RED WINE A FOX,
x-ututjr v» nHrtir" 1 * ** — 1
Jeltk-
, espe-
i . . . , * taste is universally ac
knowledged. Call and try it for yourself. Buy Tickets
Corner Whitehall aud Hunter streets.
Atlanta, Georgia.
50,000 ACRES OF PINE LAND
WANTED.
T Hr iYP.m 11 °fJ er , f rorn Now York tor 60,000 acres of
"V 1 *2° l® Georgia. Poraona owning such
Lands, who desire to have me sell them, wi! ’.lease send
me a correct description of the same, with lo, wlon Ac
lowest cash price, aud condition of title.
G. W. ADAIR,
Real Estate Agent,
the Railroad Crossing.
Jyu -
jmr,
Whitehall Stree
f 515,sen n
248,993 ue
095,550 u»
l,2Ot».4U0 w
«>r. %V. II. NIGG
tenders Ids Professional Services to thocUi-
of Atlanta; nnd from his long experience in
J, iwoleaalon, he is conttdenl that lie can give sntinfae-
JjJ "b° >“»y favor him with their patronage.
Kp ^o3.l; , .U e " tl °” given to obstetric*.
Jillf tE Al lllL ' “ ,ur ‘ : A - C. lleggle & Co., Mitchell
JULY 1, 1 8 G
ASSETSs
(.if .VarUt Value.)
Cash on hand and iu Bank
Real Estate
Mortgage Bonds
Bank Stock
U. .States, State and City Stock, aud other
Public Securities 1,'iM lie
$ r,
Less Liabilities, Claims not due aud unad
justed 877,688#
Net Assets $4,273,369
HUE AND INLAND
NAVIGATION RISKS.
MfAgeiicloH iu all the principal cities and towniin
the United Stale*.
^ Applications for Insurance will l»e promptly attend^
OKPICB—Oue
hall streets.
Jyitf-
lTOU. HAI.10
A VKIIY DKS1KABLE LOT, containing
1 iiupiovemcnts.
one acre. No
*n Shares
mi Building j
Inquire of
iyi»»-2w
G. T. ANDERSON.
At Georgia Railroad.
Hie uriny recommended iu Adjourned.
From New Orleiins-Mcxtean News.
Kbw Orleans, July 19,-The Revenue Cut-
Heuistration in Chattahoochee.—jThe
registrations at Coleman’s were 173—00 whites
113 colored; at Jamestown 179—28 whites 151
colored; total lor two days 352-88 whites’204
colored.
NEW FLOUR
From Cook & Cheeks' Marietta Mills.
TjtClIt SALE to tlm trade, and guaranteed as hramlcd.
constant receipt, aud can supply any
Short!’ 1 her “ b “ rri ’" ° r Al80 ' ,or Ur “" ““
t~*‘ m GLENN, WltlOitT & CAHIt, Agents.
partner wanted
a Uuoratlvo Business,
mo tako one-half interest in a City Dairy, and a lot ol
.t- One Blooded Cattle and Hogs. He must be an or-
of mau rlllUr ' Termi ’ w111 bu lus(l " easy to the right kind
OAItNBIt * THRASHER. V
MORE NEW GOODS.
G b^yi'bKMKN who wish really nice Serge or Fine
FRENCH CALF SKIN SHOES, either of the Con-
mf 11!° r . H ’.btrap. or Oxford-Tie lantern, cau now
nd tilt latest stylo and moMt approved manufacture at
lea "’ bboe Store in Rawsou's Building, corner ol
w hitehall and Hunter streets. 1
mayo— I T. banks.
COTTON AND HAY SCHKtV.
PATENT IRON COTTON aud HAY
SUthW, with recent Improvements, is now being
manufactured In Atlanta. All neeessary Information Air
mailed on application. Sena In your orders immediately
that your Screws may be ready by first of the season,
i . TOMMBY A BTEWABT, Agents,
Jy4—lm Atlanta^ Ua.
WOOL MACHINERY FOE SALE.
A COMPLETE SET of Wool-Cardlug Machine*, iu
with Wool, otu, aud Burring
Apply to
Jytt-sw
loor from corner Alabama uml White
N. L. ANUIKR, Agcuh_
RATES ON FLOUR
FROM ATLANTA TO
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
VIA MACON AND SAVANNAH.
To N. York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore. $1 75 V H* rrrl
To Savannah i uo y Barrel
Flour in sucks charged at same rate.
Tri-Weekly line of splendid Side-Wheel Steamers It**
Ing Svaunah Tuesdays, Thursdays, aud Saturdays. Tim
as quick as by any other route.
G. J. FOREAl’RK, Gen’l Western Ageut
R. A. ANDERSON, Agent M. £ W It. K
JjrlT-lw
10. N.
JAFFHAY dt CO-
TALLEY, BROWN & CO.,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Glory of Maa is Strength.
'pOERKFORB, tho nervous and debilitated should lm-
L mediatoly use Uauuout’t Kxtiuct Bucay.
DRY GOODS,
300 Broadway, .... New York.
Flauuels, Hosiery, Dress Gooda, Silks,
Gloves, Dress Shirts, White Uoods,
Collars aud Ties, Linen Goods,
Ribbons, Shirt Braids. Embroideries,
Lace Articles, Laccu, tfjglish I’rej##.
Shawls, Cloaks, Yankee Notions, Jtc., Ac.
Jyl7—lm
RATeFoN FLOUR
FROM ATLANTA TO
New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore,
17.4 AUGUSTA AND VUALESTOX.
New York, Phlladllphls, and Baltimore, f t W V Barrel
Charleston 1 U) V
Sacks of ICO lbs each, charged as half barrels.
fV*Average time from Atlanta to New York,sir tlW-
t U T. ANDERSON, Agent Ga. R. K.
Jyie-lm C. D. OWENS,Ueu’l Western Agent-
(iovcrnincn! Auction Sale.
1 WUX sell at public suction, on SATURDAY, Jut)
*nb, HOT, St 11 o'clock, A. M., St the Warehouse el
fpst Commissary, Atlanta, Ua„ the following Coudemu-
cd subsistence Stores, vis :
Jj-IT—it
10 barrels Flour.
33SI pounds Hominy.
CHAS. S. ILSLEY
iit Lieut, itlthlnf'y, A u. S.