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paraguams.
—Yesterday, in New York, Gold was
"quoted at 1.44 J, Cotton, 30Jc.
—The salary of the Kiqgof the Sandwich
Islandiris $45,000 a year. ;
—The two Bremen and Baltimore Meuniers
are really paying affairs.
•—Kossuth is writing the history ol Hun
gary in twelve volumes.
—Which is the most to be pitied—a pen
sive lady, or an expensive one?
—John Brougham has made $20,000 by
the “Lottery of Life." . Lucky J.ohu 1
—Robert Lincoln is already very success
ful as.a lawyer in Chicago.
—Prince Napoleon has the best cooks in
Paris. He keeps six of them.
—The journeymen tailors of New York
haved organized for a strike.
—A slight shock of earthquake was felt
on the 24tb, in San Francisco.
—President Johnson is reported ill from
the effects of the miasma around the White
House.
'—The Italian Senate has ratified the Con
vention made with the tobacco manufac
turers. and adjourned.
—James Russel! Lowell, the poet, is
about as great a smoker as Grant, the next
President.
—The Union Pacific Railroad at Sherman
is 8,200 feet above the sea level. Nearer
the sky than any other railroad on the earth.
—The land of teachers and traders —
China. Every child of ten year* old can
read and write Chinese.
—The Ohio Slate Journal states that there
are 1,200 Grant clubs organized in that
State.
—ls the Republicans carry Wisconsin this
Fali, Matt. 11. Carpenter will become United
States Senator in place of Mr. Doolittle.
—Queen Victoria’s clrief cook gets $3,G00
a year in gold, with the privilege of taking
four apprentices, who pay him S6OO a year
for his instructions.
—Real estate in New York is almost at a
dead halt at present. The auctioneers are
not making money enough to to pay for
clerk hire.
—An ex-Confederatc refuses to take oath
to support the Constitution, because he says
he has all he can do to support his wife and
family.
—One of the last generation of Mrs.
Partington thinks it is not unnatural that a
member of on editorial corps should be a
dead head.
—Some enterprising Philadelphian has
taken out a patent for the manufacture of
wooden shirt bosoms and collars, the mate
rial being the same as that now used in
“papering’’ rooms.
—The past sixty days have been unusu
ally prolific of criminal deeds in New York.
During that brief period, eleven murders,
sixty-two murderous assaults, and twenty
suicides, besides the usual complement of
minor outrages, have been chronicled.
—King William of Prussia came across
a .bust of himself in a shop at Ems, crowned
with laurel. Going in, he said to the shop
keeper: “Take off the poor man’s head
dress; he does not like to see himself made
such a show." *
—An English civil engineer proposes that
when rain clouds hover over any district
requiring rain, a good volley shall be fired
from heavy guns, which, he says, will have
the effect of shaking the rain out of the
atmosphere.
—The assessment of property of all kinds
in Queen Anne county, Eastern Shere of
Maryland, just made, gives eight millions
and a half to the whites, and one hundred
thousand to the blacks, who constitute more
than half the population.
—The acquisition of Sonora and Chihu
ahua by the United States will give us a
railroad route from Brunswick Bay, on the
coast of Georgia, 800 miles shorter than any
other, and- over a snowless region and
through North Texas. Mr. Seward would
wipe out many ugly figures against him by
• such an acquisition.
—General Butler has gained a certain
fame from the charge that he stole spoons,
and now the same accusation is raised
against Frank Blair by the Raleigh Stand-
That paper says that Frank stole
-..Jlpbons in North Carolina. We believe that
nc had the liveliest bummers in all Shot
man's army.
—Some four or five years ago, T. M.
Kellogg commenced the business of print
ing the inside of country newspapers in
New York city. The plan seemed to take
with our rural friends, until he now prints
• one hundred and three, located in all the
States of the Northwest, So that Demo
cratic papers, Republican papers, and al!
sorts of papers, go to their readers with the
same matter on two of their pages.
—Prof. George J. Adler, the well known
lexicographer, died in New York a few days
since. Prof. Adler was by birth a German,
but educated in this country. He graduated
at the University of the City of New York in
1844, and in 1816 was appointed Professor
of the German language in that institution,
which chair he held until 1854. He was a
. hard-worfing student always, aud much
[ esteemed for his learning and his virtues.
—Goethe’s mother said of herself: “Order
and quiet are my characteristics. I dispatch
at once what I have to do, the most disa
greeable always first, and I gulp down the
devil without looking at him. 1 always seek
out what is good in people, and leave what
is bad to him who made mankind, and knows
how to round off the angles.”
—lls versus 225. These are the caba
listic figures destined to fatigue the eyes of
newspaper readers in the coming fall. The
meaning is, that a select 11 of the best
English cricketers are to sail from Liverpool
on the 2d of next mouth, for New York,
meet in athletic contest select Amerir-" n 99
cricketers. Better this than l*" une '"oose
the dogs of war. ..ving loose
• —An editor in G . , .
fined for sellin " erman J b £ n
v A space tn his editorial col
hell »' c»lanc, of the Hamburg gambling
bo,,’- at. Blanc has filled the space he
• ght with startling accounts of the heavy
losses which the bank was reported to have
sustained ; these accounts were, of course,
entirely fictitious, and only destined to
attract the gudgeons to Hamburg.
—The trial of the California steam plow,
which took place at San Francisco on
, Saturday, is pronounced a success. The
machine moved along at about the usual
speed of a horse, cutting the earth six
inches in depth, casting the weeds on one
side, and leaving the ground as if dug with
a spade. There was a large attendance of
witness the trial.
—The Hon. Samuel J,- Tilden, of New
York, was once spinning an apparently
interesting yarn to President Jackson, in
the course of which he spoke of the oyster
as pleasant to eat, though repulsive to look
at. The President, who was perhaps a trifle
bored, here interrupted, and taking his
spectacle from his nose, quaintly observed :
“ Therejpas one thing to be said in favor of
the oyster, and that was it knew when to
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SATURDAY 2n,jss-
For* PRESIDENT
Or the United States:
ULYSSES S. GRANT.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT:
Schuyler Colfax.
Os INDIANA.
Republican Electoral Ticket*
STATE AT URGE.
Electors. Alternates.
A. T. AKERMAN, D. A. WALKER,
H. P. FARROW, C. H. HOPKINS.
DISTRICTS.
I. Aaron Wilbur, E. E. Howard.
2. E. R. Harden, S. F. Salter.
3. E. J. Higbee, I. R. Thomas.
4. W.H. WiiiTsnuAD, 11. Glover.
5. J. E. Bryant, F. J. Robinson.
6. J. Fain, J- S. Clement.
7. W. W. Boyd, F. A. King.
OUR PAPER.
The present Presidential campaign in
volves more momentous consequences than
any previous political contest in the history
of the country. The people of Georgia are
deeply interested in the result, and will
therefore, look forward to the developments
of the campaign with increasing interest.
The dissemination of reliable news, and of
sound constitutional views on the important
issues of the day arc essential to the success
of the Republican party.
To supply in a measure this need, we will
mail The National Republican from
now to January 1, 1860, at the low rate of
$1.50.
We appeal to the old supporters of the
Republican to aid us in extending its
circulation. We pledge ourselves to devote
all our energy and ability to the success of
the great cause in which the Union Repub
lican Party is embarked; and to spare
neither labor nor expense in making The
National Republican a useful and reliable
newspaper.
Specimen copies sent free to any address
GOV. BROWNS*GREAT SPEECH.
Wc shall publish, to-morrow morning,
the great speech of ex-Govcrnor .Brown,
delivered at Atlanta on the 18th. It is ;
perhaps, the ablest effort of his life. The
issues of the campaign arc met with the
wisdom ot a practical statesman and the
courage of a soldier. Those Democrats
who dare exhibit the courage to read it
will sec how slanderous are the charges
that it is either incendiary or violent in
tone.
—-—♦♦♦
Troubled.—Our neighbor ol the Consti*
tutionalist is troubled because “ every
illustrated paper published in New York is a
campaign paper for Grant.” The statement
is true, and the fact is one of the best evi
dences that the great popular heart of the
North is not in sympathy with the Democ
racy. In the days when the old Democracy
was a power in the land, all the romic
illustrations were favorable to that party.
but now, that Democrats have become the
Ku Klux ghosts of Confederate grave-yards,
they are only fit to be caricatured for the
amusement of the party that is in full har
mony with the patriotic aspirations of the
people.
Simeon’s Enterprise.—Sim. Atkinson,
of the Banner, is attempting to astonish
the Athenians, and win their applause for
his wonderful enterprise in getting a lot of
old wood-cuts from the papers of New-
York, and palming them off on his unso
phisticated readers as new. In the Banner
of the 28th, he has a caricature which he
says represents the friends of Gov. Brown
congratulating him on his appointment as
Chief Justice of Georgia. The picture is
an old ouo, and, to us, it looks like the
devil and his agents congratulating a
certain New Hampshire carpet-bagger
known as S. A. Atkinson, for his advocacy
of the rc-opening of the inhuman African
slave trade, in the Augusta Dispatch, some
ten years since.
Specimen of Democratic Kinbnivss.—A
few days since, ns wo learn on undoubted
authority, about fifty men surrounded the
Jailor of Columbia county, at Appling, and
took from hid person the keys to the jail.
The mob at once proceeded to the prison,
took one of the colored inmates out, and
without further ceremony, hung him. Such
acts of murder are not infrequent, and yet
the Democratic press and the Democratic
pulpit have no words of rebuke for their
authors.
Blustering Bob. We learn that the
blustering braggart, Toombs, was in Atlanta,
a day or two since, in his normal state —
drunk. When in this city, his friends had
to take charge of, and smuggle him out of
town.
None to Lapse.—Bob. Toombs, in bis
Cedar Town speech, on the 25th, spoke of the
“lapse of virtue in the people.” Bob’s virtue
hasn't “ lapsed”—he.nevcr was the possessor
of the article.
REPUBLICAN STATE CENTRAL
COMMH TEE.
llon. Foster Blodgett, Chairman.
Hon. Benjamin Conlky, Treasurer.
W. H. Watson, Esq, Secretary.
First District— C. 11. Hopkiua, J. )V.
O’Neal, T. G. Campbell, Sr. W. A. Golden.
Second District—John Murphy, R. H.
Whiteley, W. P. Pierec, Phillip Joiner.
Third District — J. 11. Caldwell, Marion
Bethune, J. T. Costin, Tbos. Tuggle.
Fourth District —John Harris, J. Clarke
Swayze, Jefferson Long, George Wallace.
Fifth District—J. E. Bryant, T. P. Saf
fold, John Bowles, W. J. White'.
Sixth District— John A. Wimpy, W. T.
Crane, C. A. Ellington, Madison Davis.
Seventh District — Samuel Bard, P. M.
Sheibley, P. L. Gudger, H. O. Hoyt.
|®r*We have just discovered, says an ex
change, why the Copperheads make such a
fuss about Grant’s name. It is because it
is not C. S. Grant instead of U. S. The
former would suit them exactly.
THE RETURN OF THE MILITARY
PROBABLE.
The rebellious attitude assumed by the
Ku Klux in the House of Representatives
of Georgia, within live weeks after the
announcement of the cessation of military
authority in the State, gives vitality’ to an
inquiry as to whether such withdrawal
was not premature. It will be remcm
bcred that the iron grasp of the soldier was
not relinquished until alter the present
Legislature had solemnly ratified the
Fourteenth Article- of the Constitution,
and accepted certain modifications es the
Constitution of the State. Twenty-eight
colored members participated in this
ratification of the amendment and accept
ance of the modifications of the State
instrument. Without their assent this
result could not have been attained, and
the military would have retained full
swing. Now, the Ku Klux members spit
upon their official obligations and openly
defy the laws of the State and Nation. We
understand they quote the Drcd Scott
decision, which declared that the “negro
possesses no right which the white man
is bound to respect.” These Solons
certainly forget that this political decision,
together with its author, has long since
been buried in the grave of human
slavery. In endorsing this defunct dictum
the Georgia Democracy not only repudiate
subsequent decisions of the Supreme Court?
the Fourteenth Article, but likewise the
amendment making freedom universal
and the late slaves citizens. They not
only repudiate the Congressional plan, but
Johnson’s plan also.
We have stated that if these colored men
had not been admitted to seats guar
anteed to them by the Government, the
Constitutional Amendment could not have
been adopted; and if that Amendment
had not been adopted, our Representatives
would not have been admitted, nor the
troops withdrawn. It follows, too, if these
members arc not now entitled to seats, they
were not then ; if they were not then, the
Fourteenth Article has not been legally
ratified. This being the case, the Demo
crats have been guilty of a fraud to secure
the removal of the military, and are now
guilty of open revolution to destroy the
State Government they are sworn to sup
port.
The Atlanta Constitution says that in a
Republican caucus Hon. Foster Blodgett',
Chairman of the Republican State Cen
tral Committee, introduced the following
resolution:
Whereas, The Constitution of the United
States and the Constitution of the State of
Georgia recognize no dirtinction on aoeount of
race or color, or as to any man’s holding office ;
and
Whereas, the House of Representatives pro
pose, in violation of this Constitution, to turn
out of their seats legally elected members on that
ground. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That we enter our protest and ap
peal to Congress.
Wc arc not advised of the truthfulness
of the Constitution’s report; but every one
knows that the statements in the preamble
arc correct, and the remedy proposed the
proper one. Mr. Blodgett has suggested
the only peaceable remedy; for, however
ready the Ku Klux may be to shoot harm
less blades and unprotected Union men,
they- will hesitate before meeting in hostile
array the gallant “Ixiys in blue.” If we
again have military' law in Georgia, the
people will have the reckless Democratic
leaders to thank.
A WHITE NAN'S GOVERNMENT.
The Hon. W. H. Wadsworth, of Ken
tucky, a supporter of McClellan in 1864,
thus effectually disposes of the Democratic
cry that the supporters of Grant propose to
a Black Mau’s Government, by
showing that the Republican party has given
us the only white man’s government we ever
had. Cal. Wadsworth says:
The Democratic party wants a white
man’s government. The Republican party
has given us the only white man’s govern
ment wo ever had. Before slavery was abol
ithed, we had a black man’s government.
Slavery controlled the government. The
black man skid who should and who should
not be President. Tlie blXck man drew
Pierce and Polk from their obscurity, and
placed them in the Presidential chair. The
black man made the war with Mexico ; he
repealed the Missouri Compromise, and gave
us the Kansas and Nebraska troubles ; and
finally the black man tore the Union in
pieces, and caused the war in which the
blood of out children was shed. The black
man’s government made the debt about
which alt this clamor is raised by the Demo
cratic leaders. It is true the black man did
not do these things of his own volition. He
bad no speech in the matter, but as soon as
he was placed in a position to speak he said
huzza for the United States. [Great ap
plause.] Now, it is a white man’s govern
ment, with no more voting for men not
allowed to vote for themselves. We got this
white man’s government by fighting for it.
We got it through shot and shell, through
fatigue and starvation, and imprisonment:
through lingering deaths in Andersonville
prison pens—-by the blood which animated
the brains of soldiers you see spattered upon
this flag. [The speaker referred to the flag
of Colonel Glovers regiment, and which
was unfurled on his left. The stains of the
blood and brains of a young man who was
killed by a shell while carrying the flag, io
the Army of the Potomac, were still
plainly Visible.] Ah, let that speak while I
am silent!
Made his Mark,—Hon. J. N Morris, at a
recent enthusiatic reception of Gen. Grant,
among other things, said :
Washington never made a speech, Jack
son never made one, Taylor never did ; but
they all made their mark, aa you have.
[Rousing cheers.] By your integrity, your
valor, your coolness on the battle field, you
have made yourself famous. [Cheers].
General Jackson attempted to suppress a
rebellion in its incipency. Y’ou succeeded
in suppressing a gigantic, one. [Continuous
cheers].. You served your country in the
army, and took your rise from our State ;
hence we claim you. You have been
availed, as all men have been ; you
have been calumniated by
but there are patriotic hearts enough in
this nation to save you, to raise you to the
higest position in the land."
—Mrs. E. Cady Stanton, speaking of
Charlotte Cushman, whom she recently met
at Secretary Seward’s House in Auburn,
says: “She was richly dressed in a black
and white silk, aud her gray hair was taste
fully arranged without dye or head dress.
It is a great step toward freedom when
woman has the right to grow old, and feel
herself no longer bound to seem young when
she is not.”
(From the Atlanta Constitution.
The Georgia Legislature*
• Atlanta, August 27, 1868.
sbnate.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock.
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr. Wooton moved to reconsider so much
of the proceedings of yesterday as refer»ed
to the repeal of the usury laws. He reviewed
the arguments in favor of a repeal of these
laws in an able speech.
Mr. Winn followed in favor ot repeal, and
read the opinion of Judge Lampkin. The
hour of 11 being the time-assigned for taking
up the Savannah Municipal bill, on motion
of Mr. Hinton it was read.
This bill requires an election to be held
for Mayor and Aldermen in Savannah, on
the first Tuesday in December, requiring all
voters to be registered, and to reside in the
city three months.
Mr. Higbee moved another bill as a sub
stitute, which he read.
Mr. Candler objected to receiving this as
a substitute, on the ground that it is different
subject matter—ana because he is offering
it as a substitute for a bill that has pasted
the House, and is now before this House for
its action.
Mr. Lester—The House bill is a special
bill; the one offered by Mr. Higbee is a
general bill, and should not be received as a
substitute.
Mr. Adkins hoped that this bill would be
received as a substitute, as it embraced all
the cities, and was of general interest.
Mr. Smith, 7th —As there is no second to
the substitute, it can not be entertained.
Mr. Adkins seconded Mr. Higbee's substi
tute.
Mr. Smith, of the 7th —I think the point
of order is well taken ; this bill should not be
received us a substitute to the House bill,
because it is a general bill. All the citizens
want their election at different times, and I
agree with the gentleman that it contains
different subject matter, and therefore
cannot be made a substitute for the House
bill.
Mr. Harris —I am candid about that. I
am not in favor of Mr. Higbee’s bill: yet I
can see no reason why it should be received
as a substitute for the House bill.
Mr. Merrill gave the same reasons and
favored the substitute.
Mr. Higbee withdrew his substitute.
Mr. Brock offered an amendment to the
House bill, authorizing three precincts in
Savannah.
Mr. Holcombe moved the previous ques
tion on the whole bill.
The main question was ordered, and the
vote taken on Mr. Brock’s amendment, and
it was adopted.
The bill was then read us amended.
Mr. Fain called the yeas and nays.
The bill was, as amended, passed.
Those voting in the affirmative were
Messrs- Anderson, Brock, Burton, Burns,
Candler, Collier, Corbitt, Fain, Graham,
Griffin, of the 6th, Griffin, of the 21et, Har
ris, Hicks, Hinton, Holcombe, Hungerford,
Jordan, Lester, Merrill, Me Arthur, Mc-
Cutchen, McWhorter, Moore, Nunnally,
Richardson, Smith, of the 7th, Smith, of the
36th, Speer, Wallace, Welborn, Welch,
Winn, Wooten.
Nays—Messrs. Adkins, Bowers, Camp
bell, Coleman, Dickey, Higbee, Sherman.
Campbell gave notice that he would move
to reconsider, and said that three precincts
were not enough to hold the election in
Savannah, and that it would certainly bring
on a collision. The black man knew his
rights and would maintain them, even if it
did bring on a conflict. The gentleman
(Mr. Brock) said that he had consulted all
the friends of this bill, both Democrats and
Republicans. He did not consult me. I
claim to be .interested in this bill, and the
people there, and I think that there is not a
sufficient number of precincts to allow my
people to vote.
Mr. Brock. I did not think it was neces
sary to consult the gentleman. lam
informed that there is sufficient room for
every one to vote.
The previous question was called.
Mr. Adkins, (excited). I enter my solemn
protest against the action of the Senate.
Mr. Harris—l voted for this bill, and I
hope that it will not be transmitted to cut
off a reconsideration. I want it discussed
to see if it should be done. 1 want the
citizens of Savannah to have their election
so as to be satisfied with it.
Mr. Smith—l cannot see why the Senator
, from the 2d can make any objections to the
bill. The friends of the bill designated
only two precincts for the purpose of giving
1 the colored men a chance. They increased
r it to three. I think that the Senator in his
remarks was attempting to get up a dis
turbance with the colored men. It is not the
, first time that his remarks would tend to that
. point. He need not make such remarks to
the bad blood of his race. There is liber
ality in this bill, and justice, and the
Senator is very much like Ben Hill, he
talks very much about fighting bait never
fights, and I would advise him to desist.
Campbell, (negro) rose to a privileged
question. I am a peace man, and only
spoke as to what would result the passage
of the bill.
Mr. Adkins wanted bis protest entered on
the minutes.
The motion was then put on-the previous
question, and the yeas and nays called.
Those voting in the affirmative wore:
Anderson, Brock, Brutton, Burns, Cand
ler, Collins, Corbitt, Fain, Griffin, (6th),'
Griftin, (21st), Hinton, Holcombe, Hunger
ford, Jordan, Lester, Morrell, McArthur,
McWhorter, McCutchen, Moore, Nunnally,
Richardson, Smith (7th), Smith (3Gth"),
Speer, Wallace, Wellborn, Welch, Winn,
Wooten.
Nays—Adkins, Bowers, Campbell, Col
man, Harris, Higbee, and Sherman.
The bill to repeal the usury laws was again
taken up.
Mr. Winn had the floor for three minutes.
Mr- Holcombe was opposed to the recon
sideration of the bill.
The hour.of adjournment having arrived,
the Senate adjourned till 4 o’clock in the
afternoon.
Hotse.
The House met pursuant to adjournment.
The journal of yesterday was read and
confirmed.
Mr. Rice moved a reconsideration of so
mueh of the journal as related to the deci
sion of the Chair in reference to prohibiting
members involved from voting.
Mr. Scott arose to a point of order, stating
that the proceedings of yesterday came under
the head of unfinished business, and that a
motion to reconsider was out of order.
The Chair ruled that the point was .well
taken.
Mr. Ellis raised a point of order that the
parties arraigned were uot allowed,. under
the decision of Jefferson’s Manual, to remain
present during the discussion of their cases.
The Chair ruled that the point would be
decided upon as the cases came up for final
action.
Mr. Rice renewed his motion to reconsider.
He stated that the report of the majority, on
yesterday, was not a proper one, us al! the
bad not considered if.
Mr. Bethune said that he wanted the
minority report reconsidered, because the
facts stated therein were not true. The
members of the minority report were impa
tient, and wished to make a report without
the consent of the majority. I know you
have a majority ; pass upon it as you choose.
I advise the colored meu to submit to what
ever action the House may deem proper.
Take your hats and go home and abide the
issue until such time as your rights shall be
recognized. (He turned and addressed them
particularly.)
Mr. Harper, of Terrell, said that the gen
tleman who has just taken his seat remarked
that the minority of the committee had been
impatient, and wanted to shirk the matter.
On the Other hand, the majority had dodged
the constitutional question on the case.
There was no excuse for reconsideration ; let
the issue be met in a manly manner. He
considered this question of vital importance
to the State.
Mr. Tumlin rose and spoke as follows:
The question before the House to-day is
one of vital importance to every black man
and to every white man on this floor and
throughout the State of Georgia. Sir, it is
a constitutional question, and one which I
hope will be discussed deliberately by mem
bers on both sides of this House ; and while
undergoing an investigation, I do hope that
the greatest order will be adhered to by
members on this floor, and especially by any
spectators outside.
This question, sir, is of greater magnitude
than any that was ever before any legislative
body in this State. It is one in which every
black man, every white man, woman and
child throughout the State ol Georgia is
deeply interested. It is one, sir, that should
• be settled at onoe, today. Therefore, let
Georgians come up like honest men, like
I true men and good men, and have the nerve
to cast their votes either for or against the
. eligibility of these colored men. Will you
do it? Georgians, have you got the nerve
to do your duty ? If so, come up and settle
this question now, right now. We are here
consuming the people’s money; the wheels
i of this body are completely clogged until
this question is determined. Therefore come
up and let us determine the matter now, so
that we can go forward to transact such
; business as may be necessary for the interest
i and prosperity of both races. I call for the
, previous question, and do hope that no
i Georgian will vote to reconsider the minority
report.
The call was sustained, when the yeas and
nays were ordered, resulting as follows: yeas
53, nays 85.
Mr. Bethune desired a reconsideration for
the purpose of offering an amendment for
the appointment of a committee of three to
present the question of eligibility to the
Supreme Court. He wanted the question
settled. This was the most expeditious plan
to pursue. It had to be settled some day ;
and if colored men are not legally and
constitutionally entitled to seats on this
floor, he was willing to turn them out. Peace
was what the country wanted.
Mr. Flournoy said he did not suppose there
was a man in the House prepared or disposed
to resist any one in the conscientious dis
charge of a sacred duty. Nor did he appre
hend violence or bloodshed. But if it could
not be avoided except by shirking the issues
before the House, then let it come, for we
had no right to avoid the discharge of a
i plain delegated duty. Let us act strictly in
, accordance with the written law of the coun
i try, and if war comes out of such action, let
• us appeal to a just God to defend the«right>
i The power of the Jjegislature over this
■ matter was higher than all the Courts.
Even should the reconsideration prevail and
t the Supreme Court decide that the arraigned
, parties are entitled to seats on the floor, that
will not reinstate them. It will only apply
to county officers, etc., and not to members
of the Legislature. The House could
not reconsider, because it was not the
1 province of the Supreme Court to touch
1 the question, under the- Constitution,
1 which empowers this Assembly to de
-5 termino the eligibility of its members,
t Why not come up like men, and vote
1 according to the dictates of conscience and
1 the provisions of law ? t He who does not is
1 wanting in manhood. “ Each House shall
1 be the judge of the returns and qualifica-
> tions of its own members.” The Supreme
> Court has nothing whatever to do with the
t question of eligibility as regards members
upon this floor. I repeat, therefore, that
- the House cannot reconsider its action of
1 yesterday, for the purpose of submitting to
r the Supreme Court the right of colored
members to seats, as, by the Constitution of
the State, the eligibility of members can be
1 determined alone by the House, and that if
the Supreme Court of Georgia should
I decide that negroes are entitled to hold
office in this State, it could not affect, in
I any way, their rights to seats in the State
! Legislature, as that question has, by the
1 Constitution, which is higher than the
Supreme Court, been left solely to each
r branch of the Legislature to determine for
e itself-
Mr. Price moved to take up the special
? order of to-day, which was a bill proposing
1 to give aid to the Air Line Railroad.
8 Mr. Bryant moved to postpone until to
morrow morning, 11 o’clock.
t Mr. Price rose in opposition to postpone-
3 ‘ ment. The bill was of great importance to
the State. The pecuniary interests of the
9 State were of far more importance than
, the unseating of members.
r Mr. Gullatt moved -to postpone until
Monday morning, 11 o’clock. Carried-
[ Mr. Shumate rose to a point of order. The
, point was that one motion to reconsider the
5 action of the House upon the minority report
involved the whole question, both of receiving
, the minority report, the substitute in lieu
thereof, and the laying on the table the re-
. port of Mr. Bethune, because if the motion
had prevailed, the whole record would have
been reversed upon that subject, and placed
back precisely where it was when the mi
- nority report was first presented. There
’ fore tliis second motion to reconsider is out
of order.
The Speaker ruled that when the House
refused to reconsider the minority report, it
involved the whole question.
The decision was sustained, which put the
matter back just as it stood on the Journals.
Mr. Scott. Under your ruling, I believe I
have the floor,
Mr. O’Neal inquired whether there was a
particular case before the House. If so,
what case ?
The Speaker (Mr. Price). The twenty-six
colored members of the House.
Mr. O'Neal. Then I move a division.
Mr. Scott. Every case is involved alike
in the question of eligibility .on account of
color.
Mr. Bryant. Mr- Fyall claims to be a
white man, and we can not investigate his
case properly withoht severing.
Mr. Scott. If there is a doubtful instance
among the twenty-six, I am willing that his
case be considered separately.
Mr. Turner. Have the negroes ever ben
edited the State of Georgia $100,000?
Mr. Scott—l don’t know that free negroes
ever benefitted Georgia one cent. The
slates have. I call for the previous ques
tion on whether there shall be division.
A motion was made to strike off the
names of all who claimed to be white men.
(Done by general consent).
Mr. O Neal—There are four of such, I
believe.
Davis claimed to be only one eighth
negro.
Mr. Turner, (colored), (addressing Davis]
“Sit down ; don’t make yourself a jack to
be gulled by white people.”
Fyall, Belcher and Beard also claimed
the same status.
This reduced the number of negroes
embraced in the pending question to 22.
Mr. Bryant hoped the gentleman from
Floyd would not again be interrupted.
Mr. Scott—l thank the gentleman from
Richmond. It is the first sensible speech
be has made on this floor.
A message from the Senate was received
concurring in the House hill making some
amendments relative to the election of
Mayor and a Board of Aidermen of the
City of Savannah.
A message from the • Governor was
received, stating that ho had signed the
bill encouraging emmigration in this State.
Mr. Lee, of Newton, moved that the
House extend the time for adjournment to
2 o’clock, for the purpose of allowing the
gentleman from Floyd to finish his speech,
which motion, on suspending the rales,
prevailed.
Mr. Scott then proceeded with his argu
ment.
, Mr. Bryant asked the gentleman from
FJoyd, during his speech, in which he was
quoting Brow n’s remarks on negroes hold
ing office, if ho (Mr. Scott) was willing
hereafter to abide by the decision of Chief
Justice Brown ?
Mr. Scott—“l do no‘. wish to inject such
stuff into my speech.” [Ho alluded to
Bryant.]
Mr. Bryant—‘‘Well, I don’t wish to
bring in such stuff into my speech.”
Mr. Scott—“l hope you will notl do
not wish to be so disgraced.”
Mr. Turner (col.)—I do not recognize
Gov. Brown as my criterian.
Mr. Scott —The colored member is more
honest than others of his party. He don’t
take Brown as high authority.
[ln the concluding remarks of Mr. Scott,
he far surpassed the most sanguine ex
pectations of his Democratic friends, in his
eloquent and forcible arguments.]
At the conclusion of this able speech, the
House adjourned.
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of GRANT CLUB NO. 1 will bo hold at the
City Hail on MONDAY EVENING, August
31st, at 8 o’clock p. m. All Republicans' are
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By order of the Vico President.
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TN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE.
1 United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of )
THOMAS J DAVIS, >IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. ) No. 81.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Court
for a discharge from all his debts provable under
the Bankrupt Act of march 2d, 1867, notice is
hereby given to all persons interested to appear on
the sth day of Beptember,lßi : B, at 1(1 o’clock in the
forenoon, at chambers of the said District Court,
before Alexander G Murray Esq., one of the Reg
isters of the said Court in Bankruptcy, at the Reg
ister’s office, in the city of Griffin, Georgia, and
show cause why the-prayer of the said petition of
the Bankrupt should not'be granted. Aud further
notice is given that the second aud third meetings
of creditors will be held at the same time and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
r -, Judge of said District Court, and the
(• seal thereof, this 27th day of August,
1868. W. B. SMITH,
au29—lt Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of* I
SAMUEL R. WEE MS, ) In Bankruptcy
Bankrupt. J No. 236.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bank t-upt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 1 Ith day ol September, 1868, at 10
o’clock a. m., at chambers of the said District
Court, before Alexander G Murray, One of the
Registers of the said Cburt in Bankruptcy, at
the Register’s office, in the city of Griffin, Ga.,
and show cause why the prayer of the said peti
tion of the Bankrupt should not be granted.
And further notice is given that the second and
third meetings of creditors will be held at the
same time and place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
|wai..J Judge of said District Couit, and. the
seal thereof, this 27th day of August,
1868. W. B. SMITH,
au29—law2w* Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT* OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
■Georgia.
In the matter of ) IN BANKRUPTCY.
ALLEN J. JONES, )
Bankrupt. J , No. 223.
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 22d day of September, 1868, at
io o’clock a. m.. at chambers of said District
Court, before Charles G. McKinley, Esq., one
the Registers of said Court in Bankruptcy, at
the Register's office in the city (of Newnan,
Georgia, and show cause why the prayer
of the said petition of the Bankrupt
should not be grunted. And further notice is
given that the second and third meeting of
creditors will be held at the same time and
place.
Witness, the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal.] Judge of said Court, this 27th day
of August. 1868.
W. B. SMITH,
au29—lt Clerk.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District of
Georgia.
In the matter of * ]
WILLIAM G. HERRIN, I-IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. J No. 217
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the
Court for a discharge from all his debts prova
ble under the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867,
notice is hereby given to all persons interested
to appear on the 16th day qf September, 1868,at 10
o’clock in the forenoon, at chambers of the said
District Court, before Chas G McKinley, one of
the Registers of the said Court in Bankruptcy,at
the Register’s office in the city of Newnan, Ga.,
and show cause why the prayer of the said peti
tion of the Bankrupt should not be granted.
And further notice is given that the second and
third meetings of creditors will be held at the
same time and place.
Witness the Honorable John Erskine,
[seal.] Judge of said Court, this 27th day of
August, 1868. W. B. SMITH,
au29—law2w Clerk. •
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Proclamations
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BY THE GOVERNOR.
Executive Decaiitment, 1
Atlanta, Ga., August 25th, 1868. I
■yTTHEREAS, AT THE APRIL TERM OF
vv the Superior Court, held in and for the
county of Jasper, in said State, A. D. 1868
Green Pearson was tried and convicted of the
offence of murder, and was then and there, by
the presiding Judge of said Court, sentenced’ to
bo executed by hanging by the neck until dead
on the 12th day of Juno thereafter; and whereas’
the said convict, heretofore, on the 6th day o ’s
June, A. D. 1868, was respited by his Excellency
Thus. H; Huger, Provisional Governor of this
State, until the meeting of the Legislature, that
the General Assembly might take such action in
the case as might scorn to them proper; and
whereas, in the meantime, by the adoption of the
present Constitution of thia State, the “power to
grant reprieves and pardons, to commute penal,
ties, and to remit any part of a sentence for
offences against the State, except in cases of
impeachment," has been, and is now, vested in
the Governor of this State, by the Constitution
there of; and whereas, by a careful examination
of the testimony taken on said trial, it is doubt
ful whether or not tho homicide charged to have
been committed by said convict amounted to
murder, or manslaughter merely; and it appear
ing, also, that a great provocation was given by
the deceased:
Tktrtjore, By the power and authority in me
vested by the Constitution of this State, I hereby
commute the said sentence of capital punishment
so passed upon said Green Pearson, as aforesaid,
to imprisonment at hard labor in the Peniten
tiary of this State, for and during his natural
life; and it is hereby ordered that the Principal
Keeper of the said Penitentiary forthwith cause
the said Green Pearson to bo convoyed to and
confined in said Penitentiary, in pursuance of
of and compliance with the commuted sentence
aforesaid.
Given under my hand and Seal of the Executive
Department, at the Capitol in Atlanta, the day
aud year above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK.
By tho Governor: Governor.
B. B. DbGbaffknbeid,
Sec’y Ex. Department. au29—3t
Executive Department, )
Atlanta, Ga., August 26, 1868. $
To the Sheriff, or his Lawful Deputy, of
Muscogee County:
WHEREAS, AT THE EEBRUARY AD
JOURNED TERM, A. D., 1868, of tho
Superior Court held in and for said county, John
-Simpson was tried for, and convicted of, the
crime of murder, and was therefor, then and
there, by tho presiding Judge of said Court,
sentenced to bo executed by hanging by the
neck until dead, on tho 10th day of April there
after ; and whereas, on tho 3d day of April, A.
D., 1868, the execution of the sentence so passed
as aforesaid, upon the said John Simpson, was
respited by his Excellency, Thomas R. Huger,
Provisional Governor of this State, until the
meeting of the Legislature thereof, that the
General Assembly might take such action in the
ease as should to them seem proper; and whereas,
in the meantime, by the adoption of tho present
Constitution of this State, and by authority
thereof, the “power to grant reprieves and par
dons, to commute penalties, and to remit any
part of a sentence for offences against the State,
except in eases of impeachment,” has been, and
now is, vested in the Governor of this State;
and whereas, it has been made to appear that a
number of tho jurymen who tried tha case have
since declared, that had certain testimony been
produced on tho trial, which was afterwards
discovered to exist, tho verdict would have been
materially changed ; and whereas, new evidence
has been discovered since the said trial aud con
viction, which, if it had boon produced upon tho
trial, would have shown either that the homicide
was justifiable, or at most, manslaughter :
Thertrort, Believing that the said John Simp;
son is entitled to tho full benefit of all tho testi
mony in his behalf, I, by the power and authority
in me vested by tho Constitution of this State,
do hereby commute the sr’d sentence of capital
punishment, so passed upon the said John Simp
son as aforesaid, to imprisonment at hard labor
in the Penitentiary of this State, for and during
his natural life ; and it is hereby ordered that
the Principal Keeper of the said Penitentiary
forthwith cause tho said John Simpson to bo
conveyed to and confined in said Penitentiary,
in pursuance of and in accordance with the com
muted sentence aforesaid.
Given under my hand and Seal of the Execu
tive Department, in tho Capitol, at tho city of
Atlanta, tho day and year above written.
RUFUS B. BULLOCK,
By tho Governor: Governor.
B. B. DEGnAFFENREin,
Sec’y Ex. Department. au29—3t
IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That ou the
31st day of March, A. D. 1868, a Warrant in
Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
JOHN J. ENGLISH,
of Forsyth, in the county of Monroe, and Stateof
Georgia,who lias been adjudged a Bankrupt ou his
own petition; and that the payment of any debts and
delivery of any property belonging to such Bank
rupt, to him or for his use, and the transfer of any
property by him, are forbidden by law; that a
meeting of the creditors of the said Bankrupt, to
prove their debts, aud to choose one or more
assignees of his estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to beholden at the Register’solfice
in the Court House, at the city of Mason, Bibb
comity, Ga., before Alexander G. Murray, Regis
ter, on the 24th day of September, A. D. 1868,
at 2 o’clock p. m
WM. G. DICKSON,
au29—lt U. 8. Marshal as Messenger.
IN BANKRUPTCY ~
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE: That on the
11th day of August, A. D., 1868, a War
rant ni Bankruptcy was issued against the es
tate of
SMITH A DANIEL,
of the city of Columbus, county of Mnscogee.
and State of Georgia, who have been adjudged
Bankrupts on their own petition, and that the
payment of any debts, and delivery of any
property belonging to such Bankrupts, to them,
or for their use,and the transfer of any property
by them, are forbidden by law; that a meeting
at the creditors of said Bankrupts, to prove
their debts, and to choose one or more Assig
nees of their estate, will be held at a Court of
Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Register’s
office in Newnan Ga., before Charles G. McKin
ley, Register, on the JBthdayof September, A.
D. 1868, at 9 o'clock a. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
_aul9-l t U.S. Marshal as Messenger.
~IN BANKRUPTCY.
THIS IS TO GIVE NOTICE : That on the
31st day of March, A. u. 1868, a Warrant iu
Bankruptcy was issued against the estate of
JOHN A. ALEXANDER,
of Forsyth, in the count/of Monroe, and State of
Georgia, who has been adjudged a Bankrupt on
his own petition, and that the payment of auy
debts, and delivery of any property belonging to
such Bankrupt, to him, or for bis use. and the
transfer of any property by him, are forbidden by
law; that a meeting of the creditors of said Bank
rupt, to prove their debts, and to choose one or
more Assignees of his estate, will be held at a
Court of Bankruptcy, to be holden at the Regis
ter's office, iu the Court House, in the city of
Macon, Bibb county Ga., before Alexander G.
Murray, Register, on the 24th day of Septem
ber, A. D. 1868, at 3 o’clock p. m.
WM. G. DICKSON,
au29 —It U. 8. Marshal as Messenger.
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE
United States for the Northern District ol
Georgia.
In the matter of 1
JOHN S. FLOYD, (IN BANKRUPTCY
Bankrupt. J No. 182
The said Bankrupt having petitioned the Coer
for a discharge from all his debts provable unue
the Bankrupt Act of March 2d, 1867, qotice i
hereby given to all persons interested to uppeare
the 1 »>th day of September, 1868. at 10 o’clock in tn
forenoon, at Chamber* of the said District Low’ •
before Charles G. McKinley, one of the Regietew
of the said Conrt in Bankruptcy, at the Register*
office, in the eity of Newnan, Georgia, and snow
cause why the prayev of the said petition ot tn
Bankrupt should not be granted. And fnrtne
notice is hereby given that the second and wire
meetings of creditors will lie held ht the sain
time and place. „ , .
Witness the Honorable John Erskine,
[siau Judge of said Court, this 0
L AngneQ 1868. W. B SMITH,
au2V—law2w " Clerk-