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r p SOUTHERN & QJt F E I) E R A 0 /.; loosl Southern Ctonfedcrarn T. r. Rif AM mul II. A. mtFIIII, co EnrroRs. ATLANTA, OHOBOlii BATDftDAV, MARCH 10, 1801. Kx-Cov’uor Floyd and hi* Calumniator*. Wo have jin! risen from a clone and dispas sionate teview of Gov. Floyd's defence egamst tbe Congressional Inquisition to which he b*« been recently swtyeetod. Wo confess that we h*v<; laid aside Clio paper contaioiog this Tiudmation p-rf'cclly heart* aick. We are forced t* conclude from th# dear est internal evidence, not only that the Com mittee which plotted Governor Flojd’sear jKtrlt, arraignincut and trial were actuated by the most deadly aud grovelling malignity them- selves, but that the sacrifice •>( A noble victim from the South was demanded by the foul fiend of anti slavery. Aud it is, L.o, with distrust of the usefulness and boasted character of the press, that we here see a case of character pre judged, ,an honored genealogy begrimed and disgraced, a lie and (dander upon an exalted name, with malice prepense stcrouty jud in the public memory to all eternity ; and all through the perversion of this gigantic power of the press, that our people nro ready to fall d *wn aud worship. Prom our experience end observation of political plunders and lies of Suite, wo have conic to think that of all earth ly ills they are the most hop. less and ineradi cable. The wily bad man will see that lie must combat them not by opposing truth to false hood, but by fighting tlio devil that vexes him with his own fire, and that true science in the infernal war of Blunder consists iu out fl nk- itig the enemy who would destroy you with a lie by bringing down upon him a bigger one If you arc bo enrumlHired by coiiscier.ce that you must decline these tactics, you have noth ing then left for it but to live till y-'U die thank ing God every day jvu do live, in the mean time, that there is to U» a day of judgment, aud that pail'sans and hireling pie-sea will have nothing to d* with its decrees. As we calmly recapitulate the argument* of this un- an«w. ruble crushing r. joinder of Gov. Floyd, a strong feeling of indignation rises up itx • ur hearts against these Southern men and South- era preescs that have lautilu irjaid to B ackP# publicno mnligr ity in spreading its defamation « f a deserving ofHchtl r i.tr.xef -r, to whom tbo South is en much a debtor a* ibis eoletnn crisis i-. our affair#, fiat ft r the ft reslght a d firm- t.cssand patrioFc providence of Jo hr. B. r i y d, in what >tress and p?r.i w *hl .r.eC/t nSiates he floundering in ibis day. Ho kw toe iuevi- ItModooruof the Cti : on. or the d*"m of his For ro:-r,y '.h, |i»t, from kit .land point, 1,2 lirit an rxpandrd li- 'ii nf tli«m !■> rpri ld ilia lkoamt, wh.ffi fjavoV. tfca emtn V W iMWaaari _ 1o IW t. that J Cl« _ w,r» iHogaJ, rad k«»«r1 ihd* Ikay *• r or imira ago. In 1 eottld nut tiara ' 1 my offii’ial liinff.Uun 'bo raialouc. of t »«pr. lanfliHfr 1 preaaad. v> auy t i IntrnUoo t.1 am ntd at ib. iiu»« intended to bo trrap nnorptma _ . _ — . wo. Hainan.niff Jrt-T* iu *• disobedience of l*f?r.” I could never have ’ ■ . i —f-s.i <■.. isimOhm Jvmfa.Md they worn ilirgal, for I n.r.r bolior- I thrTI^^I 2Td iSrr M BNL . > ed they were: though I uever pretended that ; have^xplainedtnM?! BenjJmrJfT tn the ' Oflita gains by lh# p'under «f the g*v there waa express law authoN*.ng acceptance, , WOf why th# ,i < bi riH i n . tioo j h.n mam, G, ,1 is rt*p< naibl^. ii an- fln-ir * >• • : • I brAf forward come Icgislyiion to have him-«>f its] tUt llJlpfint frnan jolt. But tLcy have not i c»!j» party puro^.-*, 1he BlackJt« publioa don* »#,.«r>d their faUure ih a co!i!f8fci„n that Jr.* 1 -■ ^ 23 thaw whol. auiomdnf oat tbo aubj.ot i. » b.ao l l'**w' m— tayol F,-d>r.l Snr.-t IiVIi f.1.«bood: ii i.an admi—inn of wh.il. ill. iv.l . faoi. that oaithir tha ao.ernmtat nor a «m (toillian w111 lonaa dollar opon l lu'.r I.iaax Qfiimi'b tat ...lid. Upon #i. bln. of HlaffaryVrytriotiak. praaranlio >tSarS,a"' ily*f daairimi; 4ha ratio.Hioo oi ^hfv.-ry, w 1 4 A ME* H. AI.EUpOKH. ATTORNEY AT RAW Id *4W«lt>a c. on i ft- Hull, K ... p.?..Vi'.?,.”A* l r ?T t Vf' l < ‘fll*| l '.lf ; «?«• *® °» l . funbar aaaiaujco «aa I Tl.r ..n.alion prr.a liamraia.d will, aiorira lor nrgotiation , ,*,.dy ahown. It w« brlirv.X that Coni P?.** ",. .f n0 * *.* , Gov. Floyd aa>a- vhieh < holow the horizon from Vi’hen hia f.dthful loyait peop’e began its labors i t ■ s*-' «he great den lut which wu Lil •rtl» had t! powder a thing els vy guti, tti-s l ball, ju. f . ai the >\ that Wonred to IU crnti □ t. IIo iinou Qo* lifted lrcit in • in S u L'd belong i rt; forts ,ja «!. Who a;i t 37,0c «*ur soil who n.irrlit h murder us at Abraha mder tbeg .rri- na which were w dc f r else, but who a .1 s. »ud rege* t*» y«-t p »^s» stand of arms t » Gcor.j ’i ? 11 w ••snoi 09,000 rn>re prime death dcnH.'g r fl b ot J.ick->>n, Mistituippi ? A»ul, in short, why have w i any. thing at all iu the S mtb to mail the stri og hhi.tis of the rons of tha Smith h.Ui a* this hour when ev*ry heart and head and arm vf her children i re needed in Iit da.-fence. Truth di'iuandfl it of us, to decluro (Lut ws owo to) John B Floyd un cU rnal tribute « f gratitude f *r all this. * H J he bxn l? t s the put.i. t th^n ho whs, w*» migh ii w Lave been disarmed and ut the mercy ot u i'.ati>>u • f cut tl r<. K tA a*.d piuoderor.-*. Vet, we stand by in tilvi.ee. and suflbr the whole Abolition herd*, whothirrtf'r Floyd’s bloodbecuuae Ii.-haF bafllod (In in, loasperseand outrage his Ibir fanie. How inuny Southern papers havo osk. J for Gov. Floyd eveu the poor charity of a short ailcoce. A jeanitical pretense, on the part *»f his do fa m era, of de cent secrecy kept those silent who niivh* have. »s friends, began even in the race wiih I loyd’a enemies. While thil s»al of *cer cv ’vua etill arcr.iingly ke[*t on the acts of the Committee, tho wnole North were gloating ard snarling over a miserable, g*rblcd eccoutti of Gov. Fhyd’a imputtd villsLite, while to ^ word bed bom w-t-cd for. . r waiUd In*, fnm the other aide. We very mu'h r«gr«-t, o« sincere admlrcrtof the late Secretary of War, that we find it im possible, from the pre-s <*n our columns, to pub- li-b this triumphaiit vindication in Governor rioyd'e own lurgucgc. From the rxtrccU w« cro enable i to furnish, however, our renders nu.y see with what culm strength the paltry pack that, assail him nr*» crunched and ground to pieces under Gov. Floyd’* rciut. We are perfectly sincere when Wr s»y t!i»t we regard this reply ns a perfect nn-w* r to - very c'» and spi-ciilcatiou made ngiiinsl the ofli *!U char acter r.f cerretary Fl .yd, and that in tho whole dreary range of purtina mrndecity, «o nev^r knew uu instance ol irjuelicc, brotili'y and outrage tho equal of that which is manifest In the pretended inYeettyaticn * f the Ccmrohv*e of the Jest tongresv, c f wh : ch Morris o** IllJ. nois Wiis Chrirman. In a word, cui iu were deaigued by this nothing else was thoi; tlio feme of a Souther lend himself, like poirfieott, to be'tlio butch- r of his own people, ai d. secondly, to d k tr I a of: firnt, in®, who ■o things d we think * blaeken s-ornsd to r'.o.K^tlS pnxetfee UPQ1 trier master* to drtw upon the Quartermaflier General in favor of creditor* ot the Government, and for the latter officer, in'tho absence of foods, to accept the orders; whereupon the paper went into the herds of cepkeUsts. I suppose three eeeep lances amounted tv millions of dollare, for it Iihs been said (though doubtless with exagger ation J that the Mexican w*r was carried on by this uieuns It is also a notorious fact that, wit. tin the last year <»r two, claims upon the poateflice Department to a very large amount havo been put into form to be made the sub ject of negotiation OoiDg back to an earlier period of the Government, it will he found that this practice was very early adopted. Indeed, paper precisely of the kind isaued by tne, drawn in tho very language of the unconditional ac ceptances which I gave, in repeated instances, passed even the ordeal of the courts unscath ed. During the Administration of Gen. Jack- s »o, the Postoflico Department issued accep. tuDcea. unconditional as well as conditional.— Not only did it accept in favor of contractors to whom it owed money, but it induced con tractors, who cr j >yed high credit with the pub lic, to drew upon it in order that it might ac cept aud raise money on the paper for its own use-i. eeeeeeee If this be so in the case of the Postoffice De partment, a fortiori, it is so iu that of the War Ddpxrtmi'nt, which is expressly authorised to contract, without the authority of specific law tor the case, by the act of 1820, in these words: Bee. C. Aud be it further enacted, That no c.intract shall hereafter be made by tbe Secre tary of Bute, or of the Treasury, or of the De partment of War, or of the Navy, except un der a law authorising the same, or unuer <n appropriation adequate to its fulfilment; and excepting, also, contracts for ihe subsistence aud clothing of the Army and Navy, and con tacts by the Qiisrterniest^r’s Depertinent,: which may be made by the Secretaries of those Department*. Here tho Secretary of War is expressly au thoris'd to make contracts for the Quartermas ter's Department without the authority of ex. prvs^iaw, aud i accordingly dismiss the charge of the Committee thnt my conduct wss in dis obedieureof law. I will now explain the reas ons which dictated TUB CltAiriSd OV ACCKPTASCRB. This wss an act of merit for which 1 d*>§-jrve the commendation of the country, rather than the censure of Coegressions I Committees. In the history of tho world, there is nothing tor which CdbinetA and Ocnenls have been wil lin' to make greater sacrific 1 ** than tor the safety of armies against any want of provis ions: and, under similar circumstances, 1 wou‘d do Jg in, for the comfort aud security of rur Army iu the remote West, dependent tor it* existence upon the transportation trnir.a, wiiHt I di-i do ut the cxneusc «.f eo mucu unjust clamor und vituperation. The transportation for this service required ua immense outlay et the outset, for wagons, tencis, mid perishable stock; such as fow men ,[establiche i capital would venture upon, aud r.v. o but nii»u of exlra.rdioary ruterprise would think ol risking. The stock thus pur- oliii-ijd be sent > ut iu the distant wildernexs to c counter uiu’.tipliel hvzardA, itself furnish ii) bia s of credit, f *r i f could not bo insur ed ; and the very fuel thnt men efuharked their morns :»nd credit i.i such adventures, tended to iliscr’dit them with capitalists, a class pro. Wblnlly timid an i cautious. Tho outlay, n o e tver. was all rtqu?red iu tbe fitting out and starting oil of those Irair.s, while theesrn- irgs could not ho collected until the train had traversed immen>o distauces. occupying sever al month!-; i or until the bit's of lading could r»ti*iv tie Mm« tedious journeys in returning i • he p.sv o{ the accounting cflicsr* of Gor- eroiccr.t. The s -rvire was peculiar, also, in its immense magnitude, involving millions, whore Lllior contracts < f Government <>p!y involve tbopsr.nds or hundreds of tbousandN. Russell, Msj-irs aud Waddell w ere the only bidders for this dangerous contract. under the advertise- I:r..? .t published by the department. Thus, in the heaviners of outlay necesenry in the out- •et; in tlio dangers encountered by the stock • mplcved, from stampedes, Indian attacks, amt accidents ol fl >od and field, rendering it useless as a basis of credit; in the extraordi lusry lapse of time requisite f.,r collecting the I esruings after the expenditure was made; in jthr magni'.uda of the undertaking iteelf; and in tho uitfieuilv of obtaining contractors at all. this service d flVred from any other ever before known in the history of military ouerations or Government contracts. Under this wholly nuomsloua state of things, the question arose in the very beginning, and continued to pre sent itself in the progress of the service, how -hall these men be enabled to anticipate their earnings thus uuustially delayed, deprived, as they are, of the means of ob'aining credit up on their stock, from its perishable character, aud the extra-fdinsry hasirds attending it nt every step? It was plain that they could ob tain credit oniy upon their ro .tract; and the acceptances I gave seemed the only mode available of providing them with the ireuns ne»r# ? arv for their operation*. • ••• a a a a Ti e country cannot have forg< tteu that, at M.o tin e t M.ao acceptances were given an ae •uni rebellion was un foot in Utah; that the ub 'io United Btaiai force was in a most peril ous cjndition irutn the fear of slarvatiou. The troops were * thousand miles beyond the Itiu its ot our settlements, in advert country *f. t<<rding not a solitary supply of any sort, mii4 annoyed constantly by au active, daring ore my, » ho hit' g coritiuualiy around them avow edly for cutting off supplies The couutry re collects that our army was reduced to such ex tremity that only a single week’s provisions saved them Iruu th« necessity ol eating their mule*. What would have been the censure of the country upon me if I had from any cause allowed the army there losuff. rlor profitless. I wrj bitterly abused for the risk the troops were exposed to—what would hsva been the just condemnation heaped upon me it the im pending dangers had factually befallen them? Gov. Floyd thus notices the liability rf the government on account of the acceptances: Tbe Cnmmt.tc* could also have learned, if they bad pursued their ir.ouirics lar enough to embrace the whole truth, that the outstanding acceptances had been provided for by the con tractors iu *n essignmeutof property believed to bs ample for their prrteetion, and that no ultiinato loss to tho government is likely to rntue on account of them, indeed that a large portion of them had been secured hv doub’.a assignment*. Thus the Committee’s magnifi- cent bubble of six or eeren millions of accept - :ea, likely to fall upon the government, cel- l «*|*blr.lifJ U.Uut, l>> will. dixtjijMilUM- tn > I 1,1,1 #_■> . would b. in fund, to rxieuutba u.il huhii 7 . i iu« »m«r pnnmil,i.» ofilfirciTp.. with u«n |„ Sl.vorr. >*J d-i,.. », HI* * "" UM « work -HbMi b»lp. Th.«>,KH*i»w,in tuilnl. ik"A.*V»f"‘»« lo* Tho .O..OD f*r w«o.p.,ri»v,u t.rn. on. Their | rtt-.renr- TI(oji» »l«i lu.i'w ■in vlh/n, embarraslmentl continued, grid rhe credit of; my affifrs ktro# tlikt ft is grossly and i-nf their contrsmt, in Jta^aystiUhle form, ttecaina | false; kuow that 1 ^o out uffice a pour i pen. pie wh »tolersto t_ie system. If the Black Re publicans North were sincere in fliefr pfofes*- ed batrcil to dlarrrf, as practiced iu the Cot- lotfstaSei. tliey’C^-tliuly would not desire fel- SEVERAL Good Workmen could fl D «| n n 1 fd«y»f»e»tA, Ht iitverwl prices, eilh 13 -dfiwl. LAVfAHE A rCRTEbl REACH & HOOT and harb'tn't'i • •« eking, by » a: still, they • wuer* of fllHve*. n, to protect th nwilliug to Icav — • vwm.. —o, luiiu. urtauio , iifttov , fcUUw l II IU 1 Lil uuw uiii.o U pool IU III , • esientlir th them In brtTer to enable them tfr» M'diTtitr'feAdny be ffSTO fo‘'Any seafi'I.H thrfrnttsW Warery. If the Free *tnte« were supply the troop* upon the plain*. For these , monger in Congress and scaveagtr cf the press 1 H*®*®.®* * *K H,n sHorded them the asSistnijce w |, 0 delight* in suoji inquiries; and thin fs*t asked lor ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j is the ootiolusive and hwtornblu von«iier I hold Against all iheir hrutaf charges. TH* gpi'POigD axsi tTS or pitoTr.sT. . . .. , Muoh la nsndnof th# lallacioua suppoeiU«»n 4 In conclusion, iuy. Floyd siyg that, if the acceptances I gave these conirac- I A great fuel elands prominently out iu tore bad gone to protest, 1 should have been 1 spits of all calumny and detraeiiou. It is tbi* officially disgraced and have hail to retire from 1 —(bat l hare aihumisiered the War Depart the Cabinet. Tbe acceptances were legal and j rU enl upon die i.ppropiiaiioiis made by Con were demanded t,y ihe interest, ,,f the public , |,„ vt . „,k,.| f„ r no diflicienev hill •ereipe. The protest wnnld bare been annoy. | ", g „ rr , a „ . Tlie „f J.ery mg to me, and have aubiected tbe transporta- ; T • . . _ ti. n service to embarras.ment; but further \ ,,R ’ e ' ee, ‘ lh ? •Pr-ropnaii°m. than that the simple consequence would have “Bhougli the estiiuaies of ihe Bureau Imre been an order shipping tho payments from the ! been mod tuattnany reduced by ( ongre**, Quartermaster’s Depariineui to the contractors. | Under circum-tUiicea Cdlulmvl grea'ly to eui To suppose any graver consequences was very barrass the faervice. tgregiously to exaggerate the case. Acceptao- \ These appropriations, ii must be h^rne iu ces did go to protest In boptember, and still 1 j mind, have all been made upon specific oaii- remained in the Cabinet. Thus tho imputed \ males for each branch of tbe service and for object of the abstraction of tbe trust bunds , evt ., y j t m Congres* could not fail 10 under proved tebe failnoiou.: bat Mill the eb.trec^ I d ,,, orougllli , n ,i nl „ e ly everyibinK non went on. Yet il ■■ upon tbe f«il end I .... f./ .... ■ SPRING GOODSji upon s# total , consequences of protest to my reputation that the whole fabric of Imputation is built. Mr. Drinkard’s conversation with Mr. Bailey, ex pressing very gloomy views of th# oonsequen- ces of protest to my official standing is promi nent! v adduced by tbe committee. I doubt rot that Mr. Drinkard’s convictions on the subject were aincere, imaginary as they were: but the fact that he t<>nk to exMtfip-ra'cd a view ot the cafe proves that be could have had no conversation with me on the subject, and spok# wholly without iny authority. The greater part of the trutt bonds we*e ts ken in July and September. My acceptances were not deposited by Mr. Rutseii with U.iiley uutil the middle ot December Tbo bulk of the bonds, com# half a million, having then already been takceu, I should have been a very simpleton, if I had bud in truth any ktiowl. edge of the abstraction, to Lave allowed the *-’eeptancee to he deposited in their place. Is there a man In aM the world, beside* tM* com mittee, who could entertain so improbable 3 supposition ? As to complicity with Bailey. Mr. F». yd rays: It must be borne in mind that during cil ti e time fr> m July to De.-cmtor, whilst Mr. Bsi- l«y professes *0 hove boeti moved by such a lender regard lor my chsrscter, be never thought once of intimut r«g to me what he wui doing for iis protection. Besides this, the com nv.tLce knew, or could have ko'>wu by asaiug. that there wss no n rt f intimacy whatever between Mr. Bailey and myself; ou the con trary. that our sanoaiaticn was of the most li»r mafkinJ. I did net cv- 1 know until Mr. Hvi- l*y disclosed hia defalcation to me in Decern ht-r li st, that he occ picil m y sjwci; I p4*sition ol trust in the Interior Department. I did not know that su< h b nJs were in his cufaiody. or eveu in the office of tho department, was not a solitary cir.-uu.vi.i <. b. a fort which usually bit •• o- s < A bonds uf friendship; t.o bnuM *« koJ pruikt**, | they were doing. The expenditures w*re in conrurmiiy with the esiituaies mid (he appropriations, nnd every comraci and every order for purchase, specifying (he arti cle* contracted for or bought, the exact hums of money expended, and the name* of ihe ponies 10 transact ions, have nil been regular* ly (ranemitted (o Congrers So that a perfect imp of 1 lie whole transactions of ibv Denari- meut has been regularly laid before ib*t body every year, nnd not one ►ylluble of censure has ever yet been tittered agaiu-'t a single iraiifaftctton. I arrogate nothing when I * iy that greater amount of set v?c* was never ren- lendcred 1 efore to the United .Siui'ca f. r ihe faitniH emu ol n.oi ey Tbe army hss. during my whole term of office, been on >t w<»t footing, and not dial uf peace, snd have l* v. cairyiug on active cutnpuigus froai Texu^ in liie Sop h to thn Brinsh pmtseshiou* in »h« N rih. wiiilet the transportation required nnd pi-rlurmi d ha^ been beyond nil precedent greater thmi at any former peri** 1. During at) iliia (tiue. ernid diflicuides aris ing from * distrustful and hostile course of legitd.»*b»n. not «*ne dollar has h^en expended beyood the approj riad* na ot Congress, not onedniifai L »t to the govcrniivnt fioin fraud, peculation or theft. 1 here Hand* the accounts, plain, clear, distiuor. inviting *inve*iiga»:on. defying horeH security. If them facte, which neither malignity nor falsehood cin overthrow 01 cliake, nro tn*: ’ ^isoL'rWso'* honest in Iheir professions, it seems to ns that ’1 ' ^ La ' ihey would gladly part with those so*fa/Wand I JlABKtJK A&tffsMfdf ^ hm bariouH. Tti*» trutli is, there is no sincerity in North •rn hostility to negro 8tavery it is the result of fanaticism, and the lu«t of pdlticil p>w#r. Ami the anxiety now manifested to hold tbe Union together is but additional evidence of the justness and Divine origin of tbo system \ As yet, we have had no war, and. in our judg meut. there will bo none, and tbe fruits <>T 3»- j cession, at no distint day. will eradicate the I isms of the Free State*, and the agitators of the day, with the innumerable mvwI* nt n«r- • chy already sown in their midst, will bo swept iuto oblivion. Having crossed the Rubicon of 3e>.aaio«, the proud temple of a Botuhern Ojufadersny | will be for tbe future tbe great bea.'on of ad vancing civilization. OROAND/KH, / ' < PRINTED JACtiNXfS, A.lllXs* DE CHINES, CH ALUCS, SUES, PRINTS, GINGHAMS. Cllgb shield 1 hv Mr. Bailey should his prospect f shielding mia nnd n*peril iii* character, •« ever for t « f rud .1 lent con»rao's and count I, mentv, it will be owing alone 'u P -rgreas shall lend iirflf » * th * ' f Such lepnita ».re ll.e ofl-pt „ Tli.ro i l<"Mi n , ,i 1 igni!,v, ir.-i.vl "I I’.rl i 1 (.-* «.| i high ft'.d n.tbl * duty of upholding ll.e pu in’ ;t r in inivreets by Misiuiuir g, or at least shielding xt i n. I from idj :*t ami Ii, liiosc who have been faith ful to tntir public trusts. propagation r g of labe lling the IHd 1 1 foundati da.- K -r Abu JOHN 11. FLOYD. March 4, IH’.I. Be Have Crossed the Rubicon. Tl.o secession .»f U.o Cotton Slates is tho most markable event, in many respect*, 'list isre- rded in the Book ol T:m-. 8evcu ol the great Ctspic bUtea of the Ile- | public have discarded the Federal Government Mr. Hailey’s letter to me, dated the lOili ol Decemlwr, revealing the fn* t of Die abstraction of the bonds, and his possession rf the accept ances, hears upon its face, in every tine and syl lable, conclusive pr.»of that l.e \\.i*» revealing lads to me that he knew* I «s* icnornnt of.— Tl,». .I,r «l.ol. old-, » ». ll.e .ole j wi|hlllll . u , rcll , or .rd h»e f. object ol this letter; written fur unv other ob- , jctft it would have been iioiiseuce. No man ! ed a Government up--n the uiequahy ot the would have written such a letter a- this utiles* races, which, in the eloquent language of the to another ignorant ol the subject di-rlosed, and j ., alr j„ t tta'osmaii, the first Vice PresideDtof so every honest mau will decide. Mr. Hailey, ‘ . , . . in ibi, I’tl-r, ..U for . iht-oo.I inUrvi-w mil, the IWI-o-r.t- Slain. I. th- mi-l.„„ ,.l ro« Itefore 1 should make my disclosure. With | p'rctiiat will expand N«»rthwnrd. Eastward, this letter to me he sent a eopy of Ins pr*q*o*e*l j Westward and Southward, until it will coutrul Inter to Mr. Th,m,p«>o-i„ which I* drirr- th ,,, ti : , lbj , ,, t Thu.ib.oro. mined to conceal the transaction until the dose . * of the administration. Immediately alter ins I phctic statesman maps upon the canvas i.f the interview with me, which took piace according : present ihe chiseled features of destiny us she r-qu-.t. h« d-lcrntinrd 10 di«.lo»e lb. j ,, r .»id-t „v. r th. future gr.nd. ur of lb. South- irunsaction nt of the abstrarliou, slightest degree in would it li persist in iii* plan of roacealnient. Ami as, nt that tunc, ihe committee assert, *• Mr. Bailey the exercise of lorelhought, prudent to If 1 iiad known anything l*ml been implicated in the I oro Xj,u I ?,,, ' rui '7 • or fi.lt any interest wh.it- Although there has been threatened cullis- it. how easy and natural J ions between the seceding States aud the Fed- t^lo urge Mr. Hailey to , era ; Government, public sentiment, thus far, of the two sections, revolts at the ides, and has been more poteut with cabinets than the diplo- detection, mad# up his Mock account for last j macy of radicals or the lust* of jwiwer. And year, .bowing on ,t, that lb. bond, were j , ul . b h „ h , f ,, r „., ia , tridrs „f ,, ro . safe 10 his custody, nothing could have been I ... ... more easy than to continue the concealment.— 1 t5 re<,> BD '' “l* pertains to a high eivilm- Hut immediately alter this interview. Mr. Bui- | tmu.thut the world to-day Is the witness of tbe l-y .hangrd In. |,r.v,o„.ly i on,■, «..! plaor. „„,l unexampled ann la-l- of lb» fr—„ people In made hia disclosure. -Mr llailey docs not leave . . . . . . the reaaon lor thia change iu L plan, in any I,n..r,n, tb. b«.t ,n,.rn„unl known doubt. He said, m his converaations with va- 1 t > nun. aud taUblishiug one ou the Diviae id#u riou* witnesses and others, ••that he never I of the inequality 0/ the ram In thn S •ntliero ould have .hanged l„. plan, ol .■onc-alinent | Coufe.I-ru-T thn Anglo-Norman, or Anglo- uperiyr r*cc, have established a lor the conversation he held would not cousent to lie the depository of snvh a secret, and therefore Mr. Hailey concluded very properly thnt farther concealment was ut terly impossible ; and, consequently, on the tery day of his interview with me, lie directed Mr. Wagner to deliver hi* letter ot confession to ■ Mr. Thompson immediately on Mr. Thompson's I return to the city. It was not owing to Mr. I Dailey's inability to arrange Iuh uoupqu uccouui pt, the corner-stoLc of which is ihe j orj eUijl enslavement ol the descendants <•! Usiii, an inferior rsc#. Upou this idea, iheu, the Goverumeut is baaed, and from the experi ence of the past, tl« comprehensiveness of the system ns indicii'e*! by Southern statesmen in duced them to discard b Government of quasi- tqvihty and Hfatublir-h one ■ f <liatiu< t im q mli- ty, with tho cutaiuty rf the moat hemlic.nl rot-ulta to civilization. And although the civ- i.i/c I world has been opposed to African ncgr<* JalaveHr (• practiced iu tie Sou Lorn States of out thu w hole truth, they have omitted to record j America, yet. we witness lb# rcnarksbl# *p- •- lb. mai.nni f*.t ibn. Hr. Thompmn d,d give Ucle tilWB Soulb.m SlM-4 ihrnwhig .IT a the certilicaie, which wa* hied ou the 14ill De- ( , .... / . ..... .-iiib-rj u»d thill ihe bond, wrr- in hi, pn,.-,. which reiuw. i„ pr-tect tbe in, 1 ,, siou nt tke very tun# when they had been ah- tution, for tbs purpose of catab.ialiir.g a Gov- stracted. ' crniu#Ht tbst is based upon tb« great ides of - ^ — n| - perpetuating negro slavery, and that without that caused th# “early dieclOHire* nnd i cominiltes knew perfectly well. The fominit- I tee knew that Mr. Hailey find gotten Mr. Thoiup- | son, the Secretary of the Interior, to certify that hia accounts were all correct (as an in«tnuee of comnuitee'a neglfact or mdi»|»oailion to bring j Official fkuprr-^ervlreoblenfaa. We rcceiiei through !b« Post Office, this morning, a most promising envelope stamped 1 “ Depart ment of the Interior, Census Office,. and franked by John G. Kennedy. 8. C. [ The precious enclosure was dust snd ashes j on the lip, and proved to be a miserable so- ' phfslicsted piece «*f Yankee special tdeading, 1 stod entitled, “D s'ii.ion and its ffeWts to the ! doutb.” Tiie drift of this argument, if it may J be called one, is to prove that the 8«*uth is. af ter all, not so indiepeuHihle tn any body in j particular, nnd, with the usual mend .city of Northern figures.it shows, *ouclu«*iv#iy, that | EMDROIDKklEH, LACKS, Ar., tix. uplete and large, and CASH, at as low , r fall We start led by the no fresh, that the Frci ti**u »*. the produci iSMily warring f- then she will pitch l*h dominions, ail ,seil-elected guard ii to bosoiicitmu* to *1 ■.try. 1 S.a?* vhteh ihe writer thinks 1 ure turning iheir atten- [ .*• l>tton. Ejvp*. too. | “i.irrwid y irer and J to.*; ditto of the Turk- ) 1 short, this provident, 1 f the South, seems only • save us.o* the deluded South, | ruin, ft doe-* occur to us that • gn*fie.iat hs thut embraced in : 1. might be spared without all i FLEMING <fe CO- But we dot n>*t intend n cious, intermeddling, and in We only cull attention t-* th cer of tho United State*' g > high place, is a’lowed t* s incite opposition to tbe cm things in tiii* government, tbst ti.o charges of SciihI* (dbers against (his 111 an K an*! thul he deserv try for his pragmatical liiioti rule. the c eview of this spe- , sidiott* piimphlcl. j - fart, thut an ntfi- ernment, filling iw dM.-ontent and ahlo*hed order of Wo bo vc BO d> 11 bt >r Clingtitau and enuc*fy were just, sure of the coun in behaif of Ab*.*- WHOLESALE Produce Dealers, AND ftKSFRAt : | COMMISSION HEICimi, MASONIC IIALL BULDIN0. Post Office Department United Siaies Gotcrnmeni co se sovereignty in the Seceded 1 to Hy the liiHt ner ery empire to es, at Post office is concerned — 1 istublisltiiig i'osl routes wo find ouies have burn eatabiished in #«• the Seceded dlutCH. When is the ceise, or ure we ucv*e in get fully We subjoin (he new post routes in (Opposite Passenger Depot.) ATLANTA, GEO. PROMPT ATTENTION -Pr 1ffl~ PAID TO-Hr ,TS KILLIN'(l ORDERS. *-4 f My. viu Camilla, ie, Colquit couiih » Oillins' But lor the knowledge of this I itig to me os it did on the 'JOth tug to me as it Util on the Vbltl m December, I ' , r - these whol# traMsucticas would hsv# lawn s« i htnd#ran## from any quarter. This completely concealed now as they were ut any : fact but demonstrates that cot only tbe pro **•»« Hl ,l,e P'wwdinf. d«c* of nqro »I»*«fy control, c.bio.U ,ru: th# co?( n vcT etf tbx coxMiTTrK. diplmi.acy, but that th# ctktiBW #f civi 1 com# now to tbe eoumitite iifa«lf, and how ‘ n T»d#f#nd*it up**» its lualutefiarce at d i •hall 1 ebaraet#vi*# th* eourse U hat pursued | P#rpeltufion. If such be the fact, Airman or towards not 1 venture to assert (hat, io all J negro slavc*y aa pi sc'iced in the Soatlicru l>n. (hehisttry of secret ir.qasiiiona there has j *»d#raey, is <le*»tioei u» control the commerce f they co«i!d, tho" Ysuhe# monopoly ro *,g ] nodi lb "tX ***!u* n ‘ns.snce in which he.vicr Im- ' of nation*, and ritk it th# system of O *verr- ci-j .yc! of all Oe . IR. iul ro ity whi.-b li*» j liiintlr.d i«ur*d ky »,.i S nm. n i of jjd ^"bJcTupon," tuT) t’dMillufloB’lr I , “ , ’ , ' nn whi, h 1( " m,l “ “ u 1 »m«»kr. I.nr.-c<l tli. Amrric.n n.m-. Ihcy marttry | TT** <r * .apprcnlcn of f»ot.,_ j ul " “ ,4U <■* "*0 *’w"’ '•*’«'>< ! of lou e*n fell «| on fo* wauclt w ' *° d lV ll *‘ fn<1 N T «'I"T brought oil tlcir J**««- T/# onaH, for w .nt of epsce, th# impressive corn ml ite# reoort six m ID loom If th# g*>v#r«-, 1 of rr* : TTave (ney proposed any ; oec.*»siun •/the Cptum State*, t^h^n. Meg prefatory remsrks cf Gov. Fluyd's vindication, , meut shall permit the earnings cf the (rains pro?** fur the ca#* imputed? They t for th» perpetual, a uf Negro Slavery, » firm and, at th# aUrt, introdno# the m rc material {ir ! “ 81 l ’ ^ •Lpl'fi to **£*•!uuUUnding ac- 1 [»*▼• propoted noihiog, they have don# Bolb of society which Ini heretofore received th# i..... u. ,c«pt»r.«*.th.)-nM- i i',l4-irvft* 1 ..ul w ,rT0 1 li». They b.w not even deemed |k,lr ow« | 0 « n , !etan « t r 0 n^.oflho ,rr,l ni J!oo, of tk, ceded Gcorgi F’rrun Newton, Baker coi Miichidl cout ty, aud Mouh •y. io Nashville, Herrun c.i From Milford via Furlo# From Americus, Sumter county, via Ellas- vilie, Schley county, and Buena Yivta, Marion county, to Geneva. Talbot county. From Wareahoro* fo Ilolmesviilc. From Blackshear. Bierce county, via»Sirick- land ami Bsgby'a Store, t** Douglas, Coffee county. From Albany, via Moul'rie and Taliukas to Quiimati. From Spiing Phice • * Bill Ground*. Mur ray county. From Elij iy, via Jasper, in Pi keas county, fttlJ Hft l tli’oiiil is, to CatlUMl, r*l* r JXe » c » iu ty * F'rom K *n*e, via the Coosa lliv r ami Green- port. to 1’HlladegH, Alibsmii. m From 8teplt*n*ville io Dublin. 1. «y- From Atlutita, via Kosweli, Alpburena an*l j Ctinuniog, lo Dahh negH. From Uowtlen. via (ioggiu nnd Wall hall’s j Store, and Tallapoma. to f * fartown From AiUn'a. via Turner and Mason’s Fer ! ty, Povxler Springs, Villa Rica, Mimhanau, and Tallapoosa, to Jacksonville, Alabama. From Trader’s Hill to YeVieiuvIRe, on th** 1 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. F'oui S'ateuville, Echoh county, toValJos J tit, I.ownde** county. From Newton to Bond's Miite From D.iotortown. hyihe Minniabi r<*ad. to : OcmulgeeviMe From Ueid-vili# to Johnson’* Flaiiun. Ft mil Valdosta, via ililiira. Deny Wells, j and Avt. to Moultrie. Colquit county. From Way s Staton. *a *•■# Alahnuu and j Gulf Railroad, via l’.u>»*> - Store, Valeotiae | Ci i -. William Kennedy's ,. d HarrilFaHtore, I in Hulinch county, i * S:a*c horo'. K»oni Jdck-onvil c, in Te ‘sir mun'y, to 8u- J t ar Creek. From II ir uory Gr> vc, h* .1 ichson connty, ! Phidetia. Bushviile, **nl the county siie of ! Hanks, Well, Creek, llollinswor.fi, to Clarks- I viile, iu Habersham e *uo»y. LIBERAL ADVANCES MADE OX CONSIGNMENTS. $ i DC8I.NESS TRANSACTED OX THE CASH SYSTEM E-X-C-L-r-S-I—V-E-I.-T! j] Prices Currcut mailed March 9, 1901. • weekly- J. W. HE WELL, .» and arrku. dsaia* i c*y anil Staple DRY GOODS, MARKHAM S BLOCK, Comer Whitehall Ac Alubama Sta^ ATLANTA. GEORGIA. Feb. Ifi—ly. THOMAS M. CLARKE, J Successor to Clorko Ac Lewia IMPORTER A DEALER IN EVfiLlSil tunica IHIMlIl —T-V- fa- T- r< r-olBla iu Ui!i U. R um Of Hi, main U.u, ko | g-n ob (o »»y 1 Ubor, wonky of oocultntlok by th. Bout, Btfor, -kftrtetori^'ng th««lr»or<Ilo»ry pro- I r.l-kr.t.J unnUin-. -odluy. of (hi, CoAralltM, I will rx.oilo. »ud r.tut. thrlr okargM ,g»in»t m. In ..try I MCUmrroil to git. bc-iamui. c*«o in »J)lch tjio— Sir, Tcntured to rtdu^, , It it ,^g*d (h.t f pro'oil,'*J Bo much for III, logallty mil txl-at i f Him* ' ** N«far*»,ni»llT»,. They Ii.t, not d,r*d I, ••!>}«* thBf report io Bin union io op,n U- | ">•»**« Ju.t.m, lb, pro|.ri.ly, .n,i thoDi rithoui .nareliy or o..|II>lon, u coucluiliu to If, ,4 thkyTror.ib, pnbllo to IxlUfC, j uothority of the iottitntioo imlf. h« 'y i further partlou : ll/Bt8XTI-W» b«Tihfa,rel i:onr. l. tnAWLEY, \Uolrsalf nml Rftail Tlfalcr ii PRODUCE AND PROVISIONS, -AND- Genrral liusin^ A sent. U f ILI, attend promptly t«* any busine if u “ “ , bu rr l FOR HAtlk A rouse md L»u *. , '»aic4 «n th c. ttcr of. W**hT*g "n and Farr Btreefs, fir sale. . Trass ; One ball' «u»h, th# balsoc# A LSO, BW«e ,» KixUh rad Aiu-'i'' 1 '.^ fust, (German. H.ister snd Flow ro. Guts, Rifles, sad Pistols, Farmers IJT; inenis,-Carpenters’ TNmfe, A# , <*arrisg# "TT ware. Bptiegs. Aites, Hni#. ffpoltf«.a" d - k y s tii.H-s, j g«>le Agent t.*r Fairbsnk’s Scabs., <# -* util ly j price*. Peach 1>*« f»m t. Allaata,Gs. t Bide* is