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eville, March 3, 1866.
session.
Milled^
.^vFTEBNO f
ambled at 3 o'clock.
" . oS r mnl) BEAD ISO.
.llection of debts,
lid
Lost.
1*290 of the code.
I ui act requiring cotton and
•Vli'li li.-ts of their stockholders.
matter.
lutrodneed a bill to incor-
,1 Lumber Company.
1,(11 to incorporate the town
county.
granted to Mr. Scanderet, of
.Mr. Dodson of Ca-
r.f sickness,
morning at 9 o’clock.
llle, March l
i a. in., pursuant to ad-
ie chair,
of the .Senate,
corrected. It appears
ouucement that the bill
lying near the city of
thorities of said city, had
in*. Mr. J. A. W. Johnson
tioii of the Senate on said
of 18 to 12.
unis <•! the State lying in the
l.crmauent endowment for the
distillation of grain, and for
ed.
the laud by the United
s ,.t colleges to promote agricul-
■ arts. Passed.
pt »-3
1.1 th* puli' 0 ''
1.1 the mechan i
THIRD READING.
i diugs of the southern
f t 11 .' 11 r : oi tli«* Brunswick and Florida Railroad,
I -, ion '«* t! “* 1,1 Mail * railroad. Passed.
Iijjj.t,. th, . ounty of Screven from the first
t'o^n'ahioual district Passed,
ihori/.,* tin.' Justices of the Inferior Court of
uniy. to lev) and collect an extra tax for
„urt house and bridges in said county.
■oal1"
•••nil'll
t jiarticstime to make writs of certiorari
.,•> it allows ten days. Passed.
,\ivc the military code of Georgia as it exist
in' war. Passed.
a. ilitatt- tie- trials against tenants holding
t.
■r|» rate tlu- Muscogee Insurance and In-
Mbiatiuli. Passed.
,.rj»-ratc the Southern Mining Company.
•rpnratc the Lookout Valley Mining Com-
}j. relief of executors, administrators,
„1 tru-i.. s in certain cases. PassecL
i-iJ'-p-d bill to vest certain lands of the
nfy authorities of Macon was taken up
. pjiecial order for Wednesday next,
adjourned till 3 o’clock p. m.
ENATE—AFTERNOON SESSION.
re-assembled at 3 o’clock p. m.
1>E RILLS ON THIRD READING.
•umboat, railroad and express com-
>*: -o n cei^ts for freight. Passed.
. .ti -n i i the pardon or £psey Wood, a female
• fused.
ili • authorize the Justices of the Inferior Court of
aiiiy to issue county bonds. Passed,
it. iiiaugt: the lino between Paulding and Carroll
It•lu.vrpi*rate the North Western Mining Com
posed.
»m.ori*orate the Okefenoka Land and Caual
id; Lost
t in. rjM.ratr the North Georgia Petroleum and
: Company. Passed.
' ti ■M-.nit.- tho aur*flresx U —a
Mill Com]any. Passed.
, . .v • ** * 1 ^ a A
lutiou to allow tho Secretary of State a clerk.
I to.
lutK.ii to authorize the Superintendent of the
n and Atlantic Railroad to aid persons living
hi r.ad m building stock gaps. Agreed to.
luti.m that the General Assembly will not en-
auy proposition to relieve stockholders from
ept in certain cases. Indefinitely
«po|ed.
• • I it: ii t.. authorize the Governor to appoint a fit
ifll" »» nt person to aid the Hon. David Irwin in
iGpiliug th«* laws. Lost.
- - was received from His Excellency con-
information in relation to the finances of the
Ihr■ini ssage, with accompanying documents,
-• M ri. I to a committee cousteting of Messrs.
Stru kland, J. A. W. Johnson, Bower and
- ’ . of the session w r as spent in reading House
| r Ji tlie s«-. .»nd time.
3d j •turned.
HOUSE.
h U»UNS met at 9 o’clock
JOCttlLfllt.
hijer tiv th*; Chaplain,
ikjuuriial was read and approved.
Ht rules were suspended and the bill to authorize
^ 1 •• rit"t' to remit a portion of State tax upon eer
| iu. -oiitiugi u<: tes was taken up and passed,
dilution was adopted allowing the Secretary of
Milt t > bay.- a clerk.
>nat. t in tor organizing county courts was made
^;1" ml "i dcr for Tuesday next.
’ psy Woods, a convict in the Peniten
pursurant to ad
spasmed,
alio
opardoi
Chatham Free School to sell certain
i J. W. Martin, a convict. Passed,
id section 4275 of the, code. Passed.
^ mak. s house burning and burglary at night
punishable with death.
nil (ungulate rate of interest in this State. Post-
indefinitely.
H'.us*- a*].i<mrued till 3 o’clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Th' House met at 3 o’clock p. in.
-E 1ULL8 ON THIRD READING.
fcl 'l t-'puuihh horse stealing with death. Passed.
c cs in equity to be rendered in
Bill tt» alloi
<baiijl*ri
• iu illegal seizures in this State. Passed.
'1‘orati; the Georgia Express Company
Bait.
biii i.
*Wd.
Bib t<
Bill ft
bill to aiiuw aij,
Ulilo i..r tl„.,
Hwlliuseaili,
o'" iol m. linn 4797 0 f tin; code. Passed.
""i"'i„,niti- tin, savings Bank of Augusta.
• I" a! Ill;; section of the code. Boat,
il"-1 >iu i oi oflieers of the Bank of Savannah.
is t<> own land in Georgia. Laii
i-sint.
•'Bed till to-morrow morning at 10
Tuesday, March 6.
SENATE.
N Iiai, Diet at the Lour of 10 o’clock
s:.u t . — lut uuur oi iu o cioca a. m., ptir-
™ wnljoiimment. r
yraj'-r th,. journal was read and approved.
to reconsider the resolution
etent person to
• ing the code.—
Excellency the
s for the stay of
>pted child of S.
iu • de. Passed.
in traded daring
■ ode. Passed.
>{ the common
i sad.
i 'ray and Gordon
-lining and Bolling
’ ‘his State to ad-
of guardians, ei-
> Brunswick Im-
fiining Company.
M a ifufachiring Gom-
»urt of Richmond
. tax. Passed.
■;.inst trust estates.
aits of the city of
•r members of the
ita. Passed.
f, f Madison a city.
jf superintendents
ral counties of the
Charter of the city of Brunswick.
h y. Holding the Superior
■• l10 votera of Georgia the question
The journal was read and approved.
The bill to allow aliens to hold lands in this Stale
lost on yesterday waa reconsidered.
Leave of absence granted to Mr. Martin and Mr.
Dodson.
NEW HATTEB.
Mr. BarneB of Richmond—a bill to incorporate the
Augusta and Summerville Railroad Company.
Mr Swearinger of Decatur—a bill to incorporate the
Mechanic's Saving's Bank.
Mr. Hanison of Chatham—a bill to legalize the ap
pointment of L. J. B. Fairchilds as Treasurer of the
county of Chatham.
The special order—the. bill to organize County
Courts—was laid on the table for the present.
The rest of the morning session was taken up In
discussing the General Appropriation bill.
House adjourned.
REPLY OF Hour. JOSHUA HILL
To the Sixty-nine' Special Legislative
Friends of Hon. A. H. Stephens.
Gentlemen—I have read your review of me and my
recent speech on the Sanatoria election. I have never
had a newspaper controversy, nor have I the slightest
desire for one. - In your case, I would naturally,
seek to avoid “the war of the many with one,” if for
no other reason than the great disparity of num
bers.
You have entered into an elaborate argument to
prove that I was wrong in saying of Mr. Stephens
that, under the circumstances, he could pot escape a
suspicion of having encouraged his election to the
Senate. Yon say, after presenting-your array of facts,
that “Mr. Hill must fall back upon his judgment as
being biassed by his attitude.’’ I admit I am not in
fallible. I may be obtuse. Whatever may be the
general effect of your reasoning and facts, I cannot
help thinking that some, more incredulous than the
rest, will attribute to Mr. Stephens the amiable weak?
ness of being too easily “over-persuaded.” He did
not refuse the high office as often as Csesar did the
“kingly crown,” and yet Cseaar wa9 slain tor his am
bition. But there was but one Anthony importuning
Ctesar.
Unlike the men of Athens, I am not, “in all things,
too superstitious.” It so happened that I had been
warned,and that, nut in a dream,but with my eyes and
ears open, at least one week before the first meeting of
the Legislature—that a shrewd and knowing politician
predicted the election ol' Alexander H. Stephens and
Herschel V. Johnson, as Senators'. I never forgot the
prophecy, nor ceased entirely to look for its fulfill
ment. It at least broke my fall, and, I think, made
James Johnson’s descent easier. Speaking oi
prophets, gentlemen, hereafter commend me to this
political diviner. Yon cannot make le3S of it than a
curious coincidence.
Some, to whom this fortune-telling had been com
municated, and who may be too appreciative of a jest,
regarded the animated contest between Messrs. Gar-
trell and PecpleB as the best joke of the aesson. It re
minded old - turfmen of a gallantly contested four
utile race, with broken heats, and the cheers of the
crowd, as the fleet steeds came neck-and-neek, thun
dering down the last quarter stretch, were almost
audible. But tbs gallant contestants were in the end,
reminded of that beautiful Scriptural aphorism, “the
race is not to the swift.” They both ran well, and
each was nigh the goal, bnt it was never intended (at
least so thought Fatalists and Prenestinariaus) that
either should win.
You attack my pretensions to loyalty to the govern
ment of the United states, and demand, with an air
of triumph, “What is the plea of loyalty set up by Mr.
Hill?” Y'ou then proceed to contrast my poor efforts
to save the Union, to the Herculean labors of Mr.
Stephens to preserve it, and succeed in convincing
yourselves that Mr. Stephens has the better record.
I never doubted its Buiting you better, nor questioned
that Jefferson Davis' record pleases many of you bet
ter still. Mr. Davis is entitled to all the credit that
attaches to unflinching devotion to a cause that he
consented to embrace and defend. Had I loved the
cause, I could but have honored his constancy and de
termination. I never regarded the cause and the
South as synonymous. I could not look upon the re
bellion with favor, when I felt that it waa absolute
ruin to the South, and a curse upon my whole coun
try
It is surely no fault of mine that gentleman should
refuse to read my reported speeches and published
letters. Had time dono so, they would now remem
ber the uniformity of sentiment prevading them, and
their ardent nationality. This is characteristic of all
I said or* wrote during my public service. But I
am aware that I never had any particular claims upon
the public regard, farther than being esteemed some
what above that contemptible thing, a professional
politician, in independence and candor. I never
sought to win notoriety in any manner. Unlike some
of whom I wot, l was not ashamed of the position of
a private gentleman, living secluded from the world,
and but little known beyond the small circle of friends
surrounding me. And if a single one of you im
agine that my election to the Senate would,in my own
opinion, “add a cubit to my stature,” or for an hour
increase my vanity, you know little of me.
No; I have weighed “the guttering bauble," Fame,
lor luug years have been aocustomed to say of it,
that anything less than the reputation of Clay or
’ ‘ ’stoArYlwditjycrthjeeking. -
vere teachings of misfortune,Have enabled me fo bear
up under the frowns oi former friends, and—
“To suffer
The stings and arrows of outrageous fortune,"
without repining.
For me to undertake to convince you that I loathed
and abhored disunion or secession, and that I never
failed to rebuke it, when I came to speak or write of it,
would be to make myself ridiculous; and to acknowl
edge that your estimate of the value of my opiniohs is
the universal one. As highly as I respect you 1 can
not cohsent to abide your judgement of my insigni
ficance.
As for my recognized devotion to the Union, it was
a fact fixed in the minds of such men as John 0. Crit
tenden, Stephen A. Douglas, James Fearce and : Hen
ry Wintou Davis, aU of whom, “had they but served
theirGod with half the zeaT’they served their country,
would now be, us I hope theyare, bright angels in a
better world. And of the living, let me name John
Sherman of Ohio, Gen. John A. Logan, Charles F.
Adams, Dawes, Thayer, Mr. Seward, and Morrill, and
I might add, all who knew me or observed myj>oliti-
cal course.
In the midst of the bloodiest scenes of the wicked
and causeless war through which we have passed, it j
was a source of heartfilt comfort and consolation
"when my household-gods lay ahivered around me,’
to know that I was still cherished as the friend of the
Union by my old associates throughout the nation.
And to that settled conviction as to my character and
feelings, I am greatly indebted for marked courtesy
and kinkness.
Every man in Georgia, of ordinary intelligence
knows that I have been looked upon with distrust and
uukindness, and am yet, for my attachment to the
Union. How many of you have denounced me for my
national principles? Which of you have censured;
Mr. Stephens for his abandonment of his opposition
to secession, and for consenting to serve in the Provi
sional Congress at Montgomery, or for accepting the
office of Vice-President of the Confederate States ?—
Which of you blamed him for giving his counsel and
personal influence to the rebel cause ? When was it
that you complained of him for encouraging the peo
ple to farther exertion to obtain a separate nationality
and independence ? Let us be candid with each other,
gentlemen. Do you not love and admire him more
for bis identification with tho cause of disunion; and
his consequent sufferings and imprisonment, than for
his “early disrelish” of secession ? I had come near
saying, of the doctrine of secession. I am not awara
that either of your Senators elect baa, at any time, de
nied the right of a State to secede, though both have
condemned the exercise of the right for insufficient
cause. I would not knowingly do either of them in
justice*. But what if they still bold that a State may of
right secede ? Do you condemn them for maintaining
the opinion ?
I have never sought to depreciate the effort of Mr.
Stephens before the Legislature in 1060, to prevent se
cession. It was meritorious. But I did complain at
the time, and have continued to complain, that he did
ing the people to require pi _
in writing, before electing them,?
of the convention to the-j
severe on secession. But
like all my labors.
Some or yon are aware that I am a member of-the
still existing State Convention. I comotitied a grave
error in that body in consenting-to absaflpn my an
nounced intention to ittsigt^n'a rfcinhiaeittion of the
Tote adopting the ordinance repealing the- ordinance
of secession, for the purpose of declaring said ordi
nance “absolutely null and viold.” I gave, Mt thei
time, my reasons, abating nothing of any principles,
and opinions, but reluctantly yielding to the solicita
tions of friends of the Union, and being anxidus to
avoid discussion calculated to, produce discord and
Had I reflected properly on -She stikhilati^g' effect of
the word “ repeal,” upon the doctrine of secession
the right of a Slats to aacede -from the Uni
a consequence, the legality of all lndflbl
curred by such State for the prosecutio
defence of the right of secession, I could n6t have
been induced to forego my purpose. I could not have
obtained a majority,for the support of my views. It
was manifest tpat a majority were opposed to the re
pudiation'!/ the' war debt.l and tfilt It was only carried
To yield the willing assent of the mind, unreserved
ly, to the absolute nullify,pf every act of every repre
sentative body, intended to. sustain, in any manned
the rebellion, is to reject the mole doctrine of seces
sion. -Until this is dobs, 'there is no repudiation of
tehest
for the preservation of the Union.
I recall, with melancholy interest, my last interview
with my Indiana friend. It Wfls : by ifiiy own fireside
in Washington. Georgia had. seceded, and I, agsagst
the advice of true and sagacious frieiuU, was l
paring to return to my home., Both of us were
mounting the Mly and .madness that menaced tin
peace of tho country. He drew, u,vi,!'“
the inevitable conflict he saw approau!
ingly suggested that his son and mihsi might mee
in d sadly strife, Strang era to. each- oahey, spd one p:
them might foil by theother’shand-n-IliqffypaySibflfli
prophetic. Few can ever know whet I have-loat, anc
fewer still will care. Many think I was but too forth
nste in preserving my own for spent life. I appeal no
to man for sympathy, and,-y«t I have met it, w]
fell upon my crushed heart aa the gentle dew ei) with
Bring flowers. It cams not from the hearts at unfeel
ing politicians. Oh, secession; aeoessibnl "Th;
bruise is inourable, and thy wound la grievous.” <#>'
yet thou liveat nnrebuked in Georgia- .. .' ,
A talented Georgian writes me tit regard to the elec
tion of Senators, as follows: “Taking this flset Ip con
nection with the tone of our press, and the L
of our public speakers, it mpy well he said
not refuse to sign the Ordinance or Secession, then was eaid of the Bourbons—’they haye learned hbtltihg
move to reier it to the people, and, upon the refusal of and forget nothing by resolution.’ One would ^think
the majority, to submit it to the popular vote, then
call upon the Mends of the people to withdraw with
him from the Convention. Years ago I < xvessaid to
Hon. B. H. Hill my regrets that he himself did not
take that course.
It is not pleasant to advert to it, even at this distance
of time; but the truth of history domanda it. What
public man, of all Georgia, besides myself, was pub-
icly burned in effigy in more places than one in hit
own State, soon alter tbs fatal act of secession was
adopted ? Think you it was because I favored dis
union ? Was that then regarded a crime ? What se
cessionist was treated in like manner V -Was Mr. Ste
phens the object of such contempt? to which of yofi
am I under obligations for denouncing such unjusti
fiable and vindictive displays of feeling ‘towards me ?
I pray you make me sensible of my indebtedness, that
I may thank yoh. Was it for my inertness in the de
fence of the Union, that I was thus contemned and
despised by infuriated mobs? No; the friends of true
liberty and order are never demonstrative; they are
quiet and thoughtful. And to that one great, natural
truth is the.country indebted for the blighting curse
of secession. Itwse not number!,* that the concen
tration of passion and prejudice,and the rabid spirit of
intolerance, that effected disunion.
Had tile honest, laboring masses, even of South
Carolina, been appealed to as rational beings, and told
by their public men that the State desiretTa calm ex
pression of tho popular will as to the propriety of dis
union, and that he who voted for the Union was to be
regarded as the equal in courage, devotion to the State,
and every element of inanhness of him that favored
disunion, I feel confident the unwise step would never
havebeen taken.
Pardon me if I show some anxiety to refute the pre
vailing |dea of your letter, lo-«it: that I, at beet, woe
a mere passive friend of the Union, of doubtful char
acter, while Mr. Stephens was enthusiastic and devo
ted. I did not begin to make Union speeches in 1860.
began five years before that, in denunciation of that
unfortunate measure, known as the.. Kansas bill—the
greatest blunder, except, peautpa, tbe defeat of the
Clayton Compromise, ever made in American politick
I msde no-other but Union speeches from that time to
this day.
I mode many very thorough Union speeches in 1859,
and I860; several in the autnzpn (ft 1860, in Georgia,
all of which appealed to the people to submit quietly
and peaceably, as good citizens, to the probable -elec
tion of Mr. Lincoln. In answered Mr. Wm. L. Yan
cey, who was regarded pretty generally aa a respectable
advocate of disunion. We both spoke In tne State
5°"“ ^ “"yOnd about the last! ~
The next evening I spoke to many _
“^^.^pwl^csame stand with Govi
The pi
•tor Kennedy^anT3epreaentatireWeStier,^ ,,1 ’“ l
the abqjninahle heresy. It is a question <
importance to the people Orthe satire L
distinct sud emphatic renunciation of the doetrii
secession by States that" have resorted to it to del
the Union, should precede the return of such Si
to a position of .equality iu the Union. with unoffend
ing States. The folly of restoringaState to the Union,
with the boasted right qf scQeseiou unin%>aired. and
still maintained End daf&defl hy_ Ms prominent offi
cers by a majority of the delegatee of a convention of
the people, and by . majority of the Legislature, can
only be equalled by an amendment qf the Fi
Constitution, sxpressly admitting the right oT-'a
for any cause, in its own judgment sufficient to WiUp
draw from the Union. - ■ i
This doctrine of secession, despite the mikchiefii ancr
miseries it has produced is, this day, I fear, more gen
erally tolerated, if not entertained, by the people of
Georgia, than it wag when it waswetiuced 1 to prietioa
The_ mass of mankind hale dkihar leiaSrd
patience to investigate any great principle of govern
ment. They are oftener influenced by arguments that
appeal to their feelings and Interests, than to their
stract sense of right Many favored secession, just a!
some others opposed it, because they believed their
action beneficial to themselves. The rebellion has
proven a failure up to this time, but most of its devo
tees yet believe it was right and that had it not been
crushed by numbers; they would have realised all they
were promised. On the other hand thousands of ear
nest opponents of secession, who have suffered deeply
by loss of fortune, and were made wretched by. the
bloody casualities of war, have relaxed in their
feelings, and are, by no means, pertinacious in main
taining their former opinions, Man of 'SMiacity, fond
of the adulatit>n! Qf; tasih.follows, and ambitious of
place, know well this state of public feeling, and either
sympathise with it or allow it to exist without attempt
ing to correct it To be sure, there are prominent in
dividual exceptions to tbe rule, but nqt sufficient to
effect a change. Many limit their political vision to
the boundaries of the State—content to shape its in
ternal polity—without special regard for its Federal re
lations.
It is refreshing, in this dearth of sober reasoning,
to find some of the foremost intellects that contrib
uted all their powers to aid disunion, now openly pro
claiming their opposition to the madness that would
assert the right of the State to he represented in Con
gress by just such individuals as the people, or their
representatives might prefer, wholly regardless of
their past history. These gentlemen perceive plgtaily
that they themselves, though heretofore oftendfim-
ored by the people with the highest trusts, are, by
reason of their identification with, seoeaswn and war,
no longer proper instruments to be chosen to rest ere
cordial relations between the State and national au
thorities. Recognising secession as a failure, and a
principle to be forever rebuked; they now express a
willingness to be considered as no longer available
public men, and to retire from the political arena,
yielding to such aa may be more agreeable an account
of their i>olftical action to tha ; Fedurd-gpeerktifrik
sud Consequently more- use fel to tbe fltete^JSM! A
thy ’estimate'or such conduct? Whet think you of
such modesty and self-denial ? These gentlemen found
no difficulty in restraining their friends from wanton
ly voting for them.
What though you insist that all differences of opinion
as to past political events . ahooM be consigned to ob
livion, never to be reVlFed 1 Can you compel Con
gress to adopt youfauggeattaKF’*; is not your will,
but theirs, that must govern'.’ Sire' you quite certain
that your practice agrees w|th your teachings ?
It may intprgst some Who will take the
what I write, to Isarp-e few split
to myself and others,-Mflfh ffrelsl
the eviflence of my good stabdinL
with eminent Unioniste,_at a time,when there wee some
merit in boing a Union man. - True love of the Union
is like genuine, heartfelt piety. It is serene, uniform,
forbearing; exhibiting itself in, every act, and. Without
effort, convincing Ml men of Its deep stneerity. Afld,
what is more,,it is independent qf the frowns or .blan
dishments of meh.' Washington whs'Its lmpeMona-
tion. How few were capable of appreciating lids grand
patriotism—his exalted lavs of countfy.
I first saw and heard read the celebrated CrittendSn
Compromise resolutions in December, 1860. I was In
vited to s room in Brown’s Hotel, Washington, «"8
there met some half dozen moderate but prominent
members of the Republican party, I being the only
Southern man present. Our host, a distinguished
statesman and accomplished lawyer -of Indiana, then
in attendance on the "Supreme Court, produced the fa
mous “'peace offering,” 1n’his own elegant batiif and
submitted it to the gentlemen present for their consid
eration and criticism; This noble man. still.UA,
pledged never to iaccept political effite.. Wmsll'ljn
“Tho rank is but the guinea's stamp,
Thd man’s the feowd-f&r a' that. 'Ti-
Lest tbe President should be Impoa
iJMriqtitiitYGeorgians furnished’him with i
lei for. 1 He Understands it—he understands us allu He
knows whatTitspendpd loyalty means, and know* how
to .appreciate
Senate Committee for. the Crittenden Compromise,
and iof course that he was opposed to disunion. This,
you; contend, makes a good Union record. Do yoti
doubt, gentlemen, that the President or the Senate
would have approved the election of Mr. Devla se lbo
Senate by the Legislature of Mississippi ? Wrisk Ob
jection could be urged against it ? Does any occur to
you ? Has he not talents and a large experience to
commend him? And was not he, too, one of the
Prophets?
It occurs to me to inquire of you what apology you
propose to make for the renr inconsiderable vote you
give the President’s Provisional Governor, James
Johnson, for,8eUator? Iq your zeal for the Union,
how could you forget his record? What had hp done
to shake your confidence in his loyalty ? Was it his
excess of kindness in recommending applicants for
pardon to the President, that yon intended to rebuke ?
His fine talents and personal worth were not unknbwri
powerless in Georgia,
but you are not so well assurred that t/OND Condem
nation of me is destructive of my influence at 1
ington. It bebomds* necessary; now, to insure
You miy succeed In convincing those who control
tbe Government, that foe orgfiffihfctioiwbtaistapKidous
rebellion to orefthrMIIte Cunstituticfeal flhNfsrkment
of yourcbtmtry, Ynendtriflcellf Hundreds Of thousands
of valuable lives lost in trying to maintain the su
preme authority, together with the slaughtered thou
sands cruelly seduced or driven to take arms as -ux
sargents, is a light affiur. You may, by ingenious ar-
gumentatjon, prove that the men most to bo trusted by
the Government are those most prominently and con
spicuously identified with tborebo! Government; the
men whose names must live in history, more on ac
count of the hfoh places they occupied in, the rebel
Government fliau/p;- snyfhmg they ever dfib.in the
the niches in your Capitol that may contain tho statues
of Washington, Jackson, Webster and Clay, and forbiil
your countrymen to look upon them again. Then wul
the revolution prove a triumph and the Union becom?;
a phantom.
Bespeotfttlly, Joshua Hill.
Madison, Ga., Feb. 10,1866.
, •-’•I'lfTMfl LATKST WtWMCu J
From Hfow York Filet to the 8th.
HE AniffTOQTrvkx ***831 BEPRE9EN^ 1 !-
rr i
The leading ieature of the Congressional proceedings
in both *iie Senate and
ifammbk
ern representatives. Senator Wilson introduce
ries of resolutions, which were referred to the
struction Committee, providing for their admission
whenever the Legislature of their States shall place
the froddmeiFou s perfect equality with the white in
habitants in regard to all civil rights; grant-the privi
lege of voting to negroes who have served in the- na-
for emaniji&tion of flavee-cw-fluy.dtbt incurred to assist
the rebellion. Tlift Reconstruction Committee report-
tp tlie House wither aeries,, applicable only to.the
of Tennessee, but which do not, as anticipatory
These resolutions agree that Tennessee shall be
ditions, including-the enfcur.unient’of the^provision of
bef new. constitution excluding rebels for a term of
.‘years from vdtlng or holding office, and the ignore-
ment of all tebel debts and claims for slaves emanci
pated. These resolutions, which were accompanied
by aminority-report urging the right of the Tennes
see representatives to immediate admission, and me
morials and documentary testimony regarding aflhlrs
they
state that until these are compifofl with no Mato gov
ernments organized ilit less 'imni i authority of the
President or by^ctifb?of Ore people shall be recog
nized by CongreuP^HSELSKrtiF
The reeonstrucuSft’ ■p?SmlMfte6 r is continuing ita
labors with zeal. A. large mass of testimony has
been submitted By ‘the commiftee -to Congress. It
chiefly refeja.to the condition of .tim. States vT Texas,!
Florida anffiLouiaianC. J /
* ' TBOOPS CALLED OUT IN CANADA.
Montbeal, March 7; 1866—Great excitement preJ
vails here.
The morning papers state‘ that hut night Orders
were received by (he militia authorities to call out tea
thousAtid vbhmteers within twenty-four hours.
Guards, have beep stationed at all the armories, and
everything put in a state of defence for any emergency
thatm«.*ri»e. .,i . , ./.
THE Tkhtimony of gens. Johnston and lex.
Washington, March 6.-,-Joe Johnston, in obedience
to summons,' made his appearance -before the Recon
struction Committee today. - He was questioned close*
lyin reference to his impression*-tof affaire -inths
south, and replied*.qb groat clearness
m2—Sawim
. Soap Manufactory.
MOODY & BAERETT,
Steam Seap Works,
ISavamuali^CkA.
USE, MAMIE, LITE AID ACCIDENT
RISKS TAKEN
In the following First-Class Companies:
■
I.
Columbia Fire Insurance Company, of New York
Fulton “ “ •• «
of Hartford
of Baltimore.
cArrTAi—
....*506,000
.... 200,000
.... 260,000
.... 300,000
.... 500,000
.. 500,000
of Tallahassee 300,000
ACCJIDEKrT-
K88RS.' MOODY At BARRETT would respectfully
“A announce te the public that on and after Jan-
luuy 1st Iter will run from their Soap, Works two
wagons, with competent salesmen, who will visit
evert family oBcfi a Weitk with Hard and Sort Soap,
by ths bar, box, gallon or barrel, at prices lower than
it can be pwohased in or ont el the city.
We warrant our Soap to be free from all adulters-
tions and to give entire satisfaction, or money re-
nmded. •; ■ , ;
SOAP EXCHANGED
FOR GREASE OR SCRAPS.
Special nVotice.
We have bat one price for oar goods, and that
price shall be satisfactory. Persons ordering from
the country will find it will save time and money by
sending na their orders; and If the goods do not sat-
«fy In price and quality, seed them back to ns at our
expanse.
Orders addressed to MOODY k BARRETT, or JL J.
GUILMAHTm k CO., 148 Bay street, Agents, will re
ceive prompt and immediate attention.
J4-tf '
For Sid© on the Wharf. !
/-WARN,.Oais. Apples and Potatoes, landing from
V steamship Flambeau- Apply tb
J. K ROWLAND, Jr.,
*Lower Steamship Wharf
BELLS.
Travelers' of Haitford.......
.$506,600
Marine arwi Fire.
Petersburg Savings and Insurance Company of Virginia. iv $500,000
gnf»ql_5 Home Insurance Company of Alabama 200,000
^' I ^.rr‘' t, ~ M, '>LO 0 i n mi)i 1 i 360,000
LIFE.
New England Mutual Life Insurance Company of Boston.... ”5 f* 8 *?*
Knickerbocker Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York... . . . l ooJjJ**
On
Oreat Western, of New York.
: Company of New York.
Open FoUcii
■ in
Commercial Mutual, of New York.
AARON WILBUR, Agent,
Na 89 Bay Street.
Southern Palace
DRY GOODS HOUSE.
van iioqtr foobnc &I>L-.
JCIsSUsSCq £E VTjDIXi''
that the secessionists were .the victorious party if cmi
did not know the contrary.” ..”g
One of the moat talented men in America fetid, to
speech soon after the dose of the war; “ “We have di
posed of the doctrine of secession -by the bayonet;-
that aocute suggestion, that though the, State', has not
the right to secede, yet that.the citizens ore bound to
obey their State, and that war* by this State isnoi tibi
on in them*” Do you not so regard the doctrine £6
tlemen ? If you do not, will you, favor the public wf
your definition ? ,, ; j • . ' e- ’ "
[Mr. Hill here introduces some extracts from a let
ter of hie friend, the late itop. Jamas L. Psttigrq of '•
South Carolina, dated 28tfa Janaary, 1862, ife which itlle’
writer denounces secession, declares his oonvicittofi of
the ultimate failure of the southern ^nueej ana,, p:
presses his concurrence in th* . political opinions
Mr. Hill, which we ontit bn account of the length- ir
the documents.—Ed. Hebald.] ‘ ■ ”, ~
You charge teat I became a candidate for.
and “tried to get an office; the obtaining
must have nude it impassible for him- fa .
the oath,” Ac. I- waa no non a candidate 4
ernor than waa Mr. Stephana a candidate for -
I deny trying to he elected. I ref used to
administration of Gov. Brown, and to
when assured that bydofoig so I oovM
upon myself the opposition* him. and i
down a third candidate. “Solitary and alons.’
floor of Congress, I had oaosused UtaMU tei
of the U-S. Arsenti st Augusta said Port PaBakV
Savannah. The Secsaaion Oecrentio* afeontebte
prored bis hetion and thereby retmkfe}iMioP
which of us dkl you sympathies ? JaisI ofij
l ib permitting my mma to be rotofl Mu I ,iPP
hoped to (nth the nucleus nfia southern conaervatire
party, oppoeed to eeceeaton and wen and t
£2““, A^ledtoifrbviffireaf.friymerftnmtod
hvlng in this town and vicinity, all of v
bear me witness that undsrn -
would I ever tekqsn oath to <
of the Confederate States, cr tho A
thereof: We examined the official oath of the,!
eniOT.end conchidadi that to fohn. ee.thr^ctvf
military heed of. the State, the oath f
Only did not apply. And H it JufeA.
been elected, I would have snurned it. <
ehorite have nude more chJaateTtoa*
ing the office- The genriemefe to whpml
men of high character, and "Ism feme,the!
service.” I am proud to claim thecn-enm
measure
, i . j. ,
Navy Departments to use' such precautions *a may be
deemed necessary by thsif respective heads, for the
prevention and spresd of the cholera in this country
the eHstllng'sqmmer. The Commerce Committee, to
which the matter was referred, Wilt ropCfT fsvorably
upon it in 8 few days. .
la iDKATH OF OEM. QUANT'S ADJUTANT GCHXBAL. j
Ook' 3f. 8. Bowers of Gen. Grant’s staff, was killed
a railroad accident on tistjfflL A dispatch Bays
“From passengers on the train st the time of'iha
- accident of Coh-Bow^awa feMPed toe^foUcnnng par-
the railing*of s S^^wh^^n^^Miatchel titans
’"tOVUMBiS
body. His remains were, sent back to West Point
dhargelhf-ilh officer detailed by Gen. Grant, who»o
lined his jdarnty to this city.”
JQQCA8»ofthl« celebrated Whisker. For Mtle
proud to ei ,im tbem ae-iny , .
u * »d they «ra pvend of my pctoctetas aud anycpuree,
in- which few.anlwell nndanhmA''iiG‘j“ ;-. . i I .
its Thai aootealon and war press denounced my
j • - L ’‘ !J ' ’ ’ .Tall V- .T-ifl
I J '- - l-nwG xtriour .1
C-21-i
flve^fiBjhbete'Ofhls staff
WMhburn, and other zn
note, leave the city to-nl w
ccmaoaife* D-- ■
Tui 1 ATTklrire T l tr ABSASBINATn FBXD.
night, hewaeaacPCTtaed,
by '
*****
iff a brick. Sind knoutf
The brick was buried wiflx
ehHgraaed hisright knee ;^h*t ttfe pistol
ness. ,
ao 1 i -1 - TH * FBiaara, f ' .
_ Navr JCoKK, March Tre-Du Eenfen excitement Win
HUtiwrisfeTpuh^fo^te^we^beldjsst —
various j*rfeof Hue ctiy e^ at Brooklyn,
thousanddoliars wobonds wars sub
BttSjMaSiteF,
ing Of J ^ ■ .ffi-fe-A.
for
’to
B ELLS of any weight required cast to Oder, at
short notice. An.expenence or over forty years
in rastl^bells enables iu to. produce them or a’ si
henry N. Hooper & co.,
mB Sm Boston, Mass.
Xhonj&s Dixon,
SAVANNAH,-GA;;
£ffi|8i|RE-PACKER OP COTTON,
WOOL Rides, Rkgs, Jnaks, etti.,
TN the best shipping order, at foot of Jefferson st.
Building Material.
•D hand Lime, Rosendale Cement. Plaster
apd Hair for Plastering. For sale on
icdl
E have oi
CRANE ft GRAYBILL.
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m3
rr717
MACKY, BEATTIE fe Co.,
.; *0» and 205 Bay street.
Just Received,
FIRKINS Extra Leaf Lard
25
T Jos
»
•i 2SJr.t8 ftyfprejpd-for^e by
,r. COLBY A CO. i
ijjffiiViW _
In etoaa and fer sole fqr
MtnateJc CHAB. L. COLBY A CO.j
MACKY, BEATTIE k td.t
’ 966 end afe Bey street.
***macJ:y, bEathe i‘co:,
208 end 20§ Beys
fil TTfHTzS P--T,' ■ ■ ' i
A WATKINS,
CMPORTERS AND ' '' ,
IN DRY GOODS
IN Alain ITS BRANCBBB,
111 «fe 113 Congress St., Savannah.
To Rent.
Miscellaneous.
Storehouse,
A GOOD and convenient’ Storehouse for Reih —
A Apply at 104 Bey street ja-tf
ACE buttle Salts, near White Bluff- nine miles
t Saraunah. Apply to
PALMER A DEPPISH,
Hard ware Store, 14S Congress st
Wanted.
Situation Wanted. ?
T>Y a midlife aged man, Jn a wholesale dry goo-Is or
JJ grocery store. Understands packing, inurkmg,
shipping and receiving-gooda. -The very best of ref-
erenceagivefo Apply at to? Bay street
Book-Keeper and Clerk Wanted
NTjflj, eVoSugMan. s resident of Savannah,
toact aM Bookkeeper and Clerk. :
Book-Keeper and Clerk,” Savannah Post
miotf
t AA nnft BUSHELS of PUau Christl Seed, the
JUU.UUU: present asaaon. I toll pay cash for
this amoant. at tlire« -dollars per honored pounds,
•nd IdiSthte best seed for planting, also bags to de-
rtver tbe crop in Savannah. Estimate <rf yield to
each hand, $1,320 to $4,620.
Seed and
mT-4%
T-Zf
Challenge to aYi^ Centleman in
the State of Georgia.
I WILL wager $280 tint l ean produce an amateur
Pistol Shot to shoot the pistol ga follows: Twenty
shots at the word, or at deliberate aim ; distance 12
paces; string measurement; attiMspot: shoot torule
with a smooth-bore pistol; the match: or
if arceited to, must be shot at my' GaBfery ; the trtgtoi
S not bf -shot with the. aiilsf.one. I* n| l only. This
aljengp is left open for two weeks; money ready at
my Gallery on Bay street, over Our House, where all
the preliminaries can beareaogcd. At either of these
matches is accetfed to,-# must coihe off four days af
ter agreed npon. ,?•; .
WM Capt. JOHN TRA VIS.
Sti;
EMPORIUM OF FASHION
M RS. R. L. LOUIS respectfully informs tbe'clti-
zens of Savannah that she has opened a breach
of M’dme Demorest’s Mode of Fashions, of Neyv
York, and is ready to receive orders’ for all kinds of
work for ladies and children. She also keeps on
hand the latest styles of patterns of every descrip
tion. All kinds of ornamental needleworic, such aa
Braiding, Embroidering, Stamping, Fluting, Ac., will
tie done at short notice. • ' >-
She also keeps on hand a handsome assortment of
Dress and Cloak Trimmings, Embroidery, Silk and
Braid, Cottons, Stamped Yoikes and Banda. «MB and
s^e for yourself, at No^iei CONGRESS STREET, UP
Fashionable Press »rid Ctoak Msklag.
128-lm
JAMES B. DAWKINS,
Attorney-at-law and Solicitor
in
l Stoddard's Bangs. /
WANTED,
t • j&ti j
TYOARD, by March 27th, for' a gent
Jj wife—In a private fomlly, where
other boardem glfoisffi.
Addreea C. L. Lock Box 132.
eutleman and his
there are no
Orders for Lumber.
ZS.KQZiUt
i'A .HtXiSSO'li..
for Pitch ]
Confer with (teo. <v
drew
mio-eodtw
ti to receive orders
Savannah, or ad-
IER dco.,
, St. Marys River, «a
GAINESVILLE, EAST FLORIDA.
flfolasrly . . . : -
EXECUTORT NOTICE.
JOS. A. BOl
- ° (Lato of Oolumhaa, I
SHIPPING, PORWi
General Comiwasion Merchant,