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PAIAGIAMB
—Ye»terday, in New \<>rk, <«old
was quoted at 1.35|. Cotton 85c.
—An caih spring—jumping out of
bed at five o'clock ; n the morning,
—Matilda Heron is fifty years old.
ami liveßr.
—Marshall O. Roliert*'Grant recep
tion cost SIO,OOO.
—-Madame Anna Bishop is coining
to New York to settle.
—Victor Hugo roads KnglnJi but
cannot write or speak M-
—A New Jersey judge has non
suited a ease of contractTfec.atisc it was
made on Sunday.
—The hen is n generous fowl, for
every single kerne! of corn she will
give a peck.
When is a young mans arm like
the gospel? When they make glad
the waist places.
—The Kansas Union Pacific Rail
road has been blocked by snow bet ween
Hays Citv and Sheridan since the
6 th*.
—Major Dunlap, living near Chilli
cothe, has raised about thirty-five
thousand bushels of corn this year—a
big thing.
—The widowed Marchioness of
Hastings will, it is said, despite the
losses of her husband, come into about
£5,000 a year.
—There will he four eclipses during
1869, two of the sun and two of the
moon. One of the hitter will be visi
ble here on the 27 th of January.
—The difference between Rachel,
Jacob's wile, and llachol. of ixnulon
Borrodaile notoriety, is said to be that
while one went to the well, the other
went to the bad.
—An Ohio landlord dropped dead
of apoplexy while caning an overcoat
thief. The latter remarked that it was
the judgment of Heaven, and walked
off with the coat.
—A wag, on being asked what he
had for dinner replied : “ A lean wife
and the ruin of man for the sauce.”
His dinner consisted of a spare rib and
apple sauce.
—A society to train young men for
the humanizing business of the prize
ring has been formed in New York,
and has adopted the very appropri
ate name of “Ilitiles and jfawlites.”
—The following sentiment is attri
buted to Napoleon Bonaparte: ‘‘A
handsome woman pleases the eye, but
a good woman ]• leases thfi heart.—
The one is a jewel—the other a trea
sure.”
—A baud of religious enthusiasts
recently paraded the'atreets of Peck
ham, near Londoi), singtng the hymn,
“Come to God,” to the tune of Tommy
Dodd.”
There is a man named Smith, in
Dubois county, Md., who is now living
with his eighth wife. Dei th Jias re
lieved him of three, and divorce Ire
friended him on four occasions.
—War has been declared ami the
first battle fought between Greece and
Turkey. 'Hie well-known sympathy
of the former for the Cretans was
the cause of the declaring of hsotili
ties.
- -Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana, in
connection with General Longstreet,
has prepared a bill for the rebuilding
of the levees on the Mississippi, which
he will introduce after the holidays.
- -The people of Cranberry Summit,
on the Baltimore A Ohio Railroad,
• H aded three miles through the snow,
and fed gratuitously the passengers of
a train that was snowbound.
—The Washington Home in Boston,
is prospering. Since its foundation
more than 2,900 drunkards have been
reformed, at an average cost of about
RIO dollars each.
—“I say, Clem,'’ cried two disput
ing darkies appealing for decision to a
sable umpire, “which word is right—
dizactly or dezactlyThe sable um
piro reflected a moment and then with
a look of wisdom said, “I can’t tell
)>erzactly.”
—Ad attorney, about to furnish a
bill of costs, was requested by his
client, a baker, “to make it as light as
he could!” “Ahreplied his attor
ney, “that’s what jou may say to
your foreman, but it's not the way I
make my bread.”
—The Swiss watchmakers are stead-
Hy approaching perfection, in 1862
the average deviation of the Neuf
chatel chronometer was 1.61 seconds
per day ; but one was recently finished
and tested which gave only 1.61 of a
second variation in twenty-four hours.
—llmmicatt's paper, the Xcio Xa-
Richmopd, Ya., has wholly sus
pended. lie charges the Republican
managers with having proscribed him,
and announces himself as a candidate
for Congress in opposition to the regu
larnominee.
—The Sheriff of Cumberland county,
Kentucky, becoming wearied of dun
ning a tax payer for his dues, seized
upon his splendid net of false teeth.-
The delinquent had to gum it on milk
aud mush until hr settled the reckon
ing.
—Captain John Travis, tho pistol*
shooter, challenges all the world to a
match. Tie will shoot his pistol u]»-
sidc down, backwards between his
legs, his opponent to shoot in the reg
ular way, using only one hand. This
is to l>e done for $5,000.
—The champion eater of the United
States is named Josiah Plumb. A
few davs ago he entered a restaurant
in IJudson, New York, aud ottered to
cat all that any one would pay for.
The challenge haring been accepted,
he disposed of the following articles;
Ten pieces of apple pie, six com cakes,
a quarter of a pound of crackers, six
cups of peanuts, thirty pickled dams,
four lemons, an ounce <4 candy, and
two bowls of claw soup. He then
drank six tumblers of Water, and
offered to cat one hundred run oysters.
No one doubted his ability to accom
plish tlie feat, but nu one was willing
to pay for the oysters ; and so he went
off, grumbling’ that he wasn’t half
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FRIDAY MORNING Dec. 25 lx#
1
IL
Inion---Liberty Just ice.
This is a Republic where the Will of
the People is the Law of the Land.
[U, 8. Grant.
“lie/cA over the preservation "J the ( nion
vith zealous eye. and indignantly Jiovn upon
the first dawning of eceig attempt to alicnate
any portionjf the Count»•// frow, lke r< or
to enfeeble the- sacred ties. which m ir Iml.
together the various parts.'— Hihiixstiw’s
Farewell Address.
TO THE PUBLIC.
On the first of January, 1860, the
Augusta Daily Press will be re
sumed, and its publication continued
thereafter as an Independent News,
Commercial and Agricultural Journal.
The Daily Press will be published
by Col. C. R. Hanleetej:, a gentle
man whose name is familiar to the
people of the State, as the editor and
proprietor of the Southern Miscel
lany and National American, at At
lanta, from 1842 to 1861, and whose
superiority as a newspaper manager
is recognized by the profession
throughout the entire South.
The Local and Commercial depart
ment, which will be a speciality of the
paper, will be under the general super
vision of Mr. John M AVeigle, a
Southron by birth and education, and
who has been personally known from
childhood to all our people, as a steady,
upright, intelligent and honorable
member of the community.
The Daily Press will pot champion
any politician or political organization.
It will be independent \\\ its comments
on current events. It will reserve the
right to commend that which is com
mendable, and to rebuke, in dignified
language, that which may be detrimen
tal to the public interests. To con
tribute to the restoration of the old
fashioned prosperity of Georgia, and
the happiness of its people, and to
publish the anil cheapest newspa
per in the State, will be the highest
ambition ol all connected with it. I
only ask that the paper shall be judged
by its merits.
The Augusta Weekly Pees;—
containing all the News, Market Re
ports, Editorials, and other interesting
matter of the Daily Press —will be
issued on Saturday, the 2d of Jan
. uary, 1869, and regularly
i every Saturday' morning thereafter.
Terms: Daily, one year, Five Dol
, lajss; Weekly, one year, Two Dol
lars —invariably in advance.
K. 11. PUG I IE.
Ben Butler After a Preacher
Theenemies of Ben Butler charge
that he has not the most sacred regard
fur the rights of other people's prop
erty. Whether this is true or not,
the great majority of the American
people believe it. “ Give a dog a bad
name and you had just as well kill
him.” If the rights of property are
sacred to him it is about all that is.
If ho had been in the place of Moses
he would not have removed his shoes
when approaching the burning bush.
We are led to these remarks by the
perusal of a caustic, flippant and
irreverent letter addressed by him to
a Rev. Mr. Strong, of Cleveland,
Ohio, which we find in the Herald,
of that city. The reverend recipient
of Butlir’s communication may de
serve the rebuke, but die Scriptural
quotations arc made in an inexcusable
irreverent maimer As the letters of
great men, of good men, of notorious
men, and of very bad men, arc always
eagerly read by the jmblic, we annex
Butler's letter, leaving the leader to
decide to which of the above classes
he belongs;
IVAHiriNi.roN. Dec. 1.!. HMJB.
lt<r. .Mr. Httoug, t'hreinnd. tdn'o.
Siß: 1 lutve read your sermon on ijiauks
giying Dny, which, being n son of'secular
(Sabbath. ««ins to have cauaod you to use the
pulpit for the purpose of vituperation in the
interest of capital luhl tlie monev chatunsrs.
whom our DR inc Master drove out of God’s I
Holy temple with a scourge of small eords. j
Nay, He expeilc i therefrom those who .«>ld I
doves— an innocent occupation compand I
w ith that of the gold gamblers mid specula- |
tors, to whom you warn to have given Hie j
beix-tits of the sanctuary
It seenis you were not even aware of the i
lartsupo.’i which you prodiciletl your per
sonal attack, frointhe pulpit, u;s>n ifiyaelt by I
iw, nnd the majority of the Republican |
Repr«<si'Hlixri in Con’gr»«* There wa« no I
proposition to tax the Ix»nds, only the Income I
th rived from them, nsthc Government al ways ,
has done. Tlint proposition did not go to a i
committee furconskteration,but the committee I
was oidcred to bring in a bill to make that
pr<>iK>aiiinn law. At 1 assume, if you had
known the facts, you would not have borne I
“fal-c witness against ymir nctahbon.” 1 .
•end you with tint note h copy oi my speech. !
which, if you will read carefully, will show
you wiuit was proposed, and also an extract
from a letter in reply to a gentleman who,
while lie was dis|»ose<l to criticise, \ut- just
enough to liud <>ut what my views were be
fore he condemned them. Pardon me, rev
erend sir. If your sennou had not been sent
me iu the Cleveland Hcrol'l marked, 1 should
no. have troubled you with a reply at all,
mid even now, 1 should class the publication
witli tlie lucubniUous of Brick Pomeroy and
1 linnis t i’Flahcriy. which you will find print
ed on the ba k ol your sermon, did I not sup
pose vou were h mestiy mistaken, and might
lie willing tn be et right.
Respectfulßl.n.i. F. Ill"i i.eh.
P. S.- I should be pleased to hear a ser
mon from you on this text: "Why dost thou
judge thy brother ?" or, "Why dost'thou set
at nought thy brother? for we"shall all stand
before the judgment of Christ.” «
Christmas!
T<> our readers, one and all, ami to
every member of the commimity, we
.send greeting, with a heartfelt wish
that this may be a “ merry Christ
mas!” May the flow of egg-nogg be
inexhaustible, and each dinner-table
to-day be graced by a good fat turkey,
ami may those to whom these luxu
ries are denied, have- something extra
on this the holiday of mankind. This
is a day into which politics cannot be
lugged. It is too sacred for their in
terference, and too joyous for their
jealous schemings. No person has a
right, to be miserable on t'liristmas
Day. Too many fond memories of
’ the past cluster around the day to
indulge iu reflections on the real or
imaginary grievances ol the present.
There are none deprived of the indul
gence of the “Pleasures of Memory,”
and much quiet happiness is to be
derived by this means.
As the birthday of the ReoeemEi:,
whose mission was “peace on earth,
and good will to men,’’all should honor
the day and manifest the spirit of Him
in whose honor it is named. And there
is no better way of exercising this
Christian good-will than for those
tables groan with plenty to-day
to send a portion to their poor neigh
bors, who are barely able to supply
their tables with necessaries, much
]ess luxuries. Those who divide their
dinners with the poor will easily di
gest what they eat themselves. Those
who may be too selfish to “remember
the poor,” it makes no difference if
they do groan in their sleep, have the
nightmare, and are forced to take
castor oil. Communicating happiness
to others is the surest means of secu
ring and retaining it for ourselves.
Then, dear reader, if you would.enjoy
a real, genuine “merry Christmas,”
see that those about you are made
“merry' by some kind act of your
own. But wo must be
fore the buys drink all the egg-nogg.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York Tribum telegraphs to
that paper of Monday: “The official
report from the officers of the Freed
men's Bureau of Georgia for the year
ending mi the Ist of this month, show
that seventy-one colored citizens were
murdered during that time by the
whites, for which fifteen whites were
arrested- Throe were acquitted out
right. and none were punished. The
report also shows that fifteen whites
were murdered b.v /<>r which
( /Ourtecn arrests were made—seven
have been punished, two acquitted,
and the rest are on trial
Major 11. W. Husted, an old and
prominent citizen of Raleigh, North
Carolina, died in that city,of paralysis
of the heart, on Sunday hist.
Josh Billings on the Frog.—
Josh Billings replies- to a correspond
ent this wise:
“ Benvolio." In writing to you an analy
sis of the frog, I must confess that a have
copied the whole t liing terafiis ud liberating,
from the works ova celebrated French
writer ov the 16th century.
1 The frog is in the first place a tadpole, and
body and talc without coming to a head.
He travels in pond holes by the side of a
turnpike, and is accellorated by tlie activity
of his tale, which wriggles witli uncommon
limberness and vivacity. By and by, before
long, pretty soon, in a few days, his tale is
no jnoro, and legs begin to emerge from the
south end of the animal, and from the north
at the same time, may be seen a disposition
to head out.
In this cautious way the frog is built, and
then for the first time in his life he begins to
get liis head above water.
His success is now certain, and soon, in
about tive days more, he may be seen sitting
down bv hiriwelf on the side of the pond
hole, anil looking at the dinner baskets of
the children on the way to the district school.
As the children come more nearer, witli a
club or a chunk of brick in Ins liand to snoot
him with, he rates upon his hind legs and
enters the water head fust, without stopmng
to open the door.
Thus the frog docs linsiness for a spell uv
a times, till he gets to lie 21. and then his life
is more ramified.
Frogs have 2 natures, ground and water,
and iz as free from sin as an oyster.
1 never knew a frog tu hurt enybody who
INiid his honest dues.
I don’t recollect whether a frog has any
before legs w not, and if he don't it ain’t
nobody's business but the frog’s.
Their hind legs are used for n frcslunents.
but the rest won't pay for eatin.
A frog is the 011 R person who can live in
a well and not get tired.
The bull frog is the bos of the puddle,
and lias a log to sit on over on the other side
.of the puddle, aud talks tu the rest of the
frogs, way down his throat, so that .von
cannot understand more than hall lit sez.
lie is generally a cross, lazy old devil, all
over wnrtz.
This is all there is worth knowing now
about the frog, except that the\ ketch flics
in th time, and in winter bv freezing Up
solid.
I’. t>,~ 1 have <;llii>.u<lore<l to llullsiitle mi 1
autiierclo.se, but it iz lull hi render all hi
but its into our tung without Ixulin the I
M*nse.
• \ ictoi Hugo reads english. Lut i- j
llll.tble |O IJW'tii or write it.
r Frotn the Congressional Globe.
THE CONDITION OF GEORGIA.
A Debate in the Congress of the
United States
Mr. Pomeroy. I ask leave, without
previous notice, to introduce a bill re
lating to the State of Georgia. I
would not have introduced this bill if
I had seen in any of the other bills on
this subject a mode of relief which 1
thought would be the most easy of
attainment for that State. I find that
the Constitutional Convention of Geor
gia did not dissolve, but adjourned for
one year, subject to be called together
if Congress should require anything
further in relation to reconstruction.
But the difficulty with the Constitu
tion of Georgia is that it prescribed no
qualifications for holding oflicc. TTiis
bill simply provides for the reas
sembling of that Convention, requir
ing of them to put in a qualification
for holding oflicc not in conflict with
the amendment of the Constitution of
the United States called the Four
teenth Article, and then to submit
that Constitution thus amended to
Congress; and when approved, then
for the reassembling of their State
Legislature organized according to the
Constitution-. That, I think, will re
construct the State of Georgia; at any
rate, that is my bill.
By unanimous consent leave was
granted to introduce bill (S. No. 716)
to provide for the reassembling of the
Constitutional Convention of the State
of Georgia, and prescribing the duties
of the same; and it was read twice by
its title.
Mr JEkmunds. I wish to say, in
connection with the observation of
my friend from Kansas, that I think
one of the chief virtues of the Consti
tution of Georgia, which has been re
cently adopted, is that it docs not have
any qualifications tonxhing the right
to hold office, but gives that right to
every citizen of the State, “without
regard to race, color, or previous con
dition,” as the technical phrase is.
If my friend means to say’ that lie
thinks its construction is to legalize
the conduct of that body that called
itself a Legislature, which met there a
while ago, and to hold that that body
acted in accordance with its funda
mental law in expelling nearly one
third of its members because there
was a different shade of complexion to
them, then I think he is decidedly
mistaken.
Mr. Pomeroy. If the Senator, as I
presume he has, has read the Consti
tution carefully, he will see that it is
silent on the question of holding
office.
Mr. Edmunds. Exactly.
Mr. Pomeroy’. AVhat the Senator
says is only implied. The facts are
that that Constitutional Convention
before it adjourned legalized, if any
Constitutional Convention can do it,
all the laws of the State that came in
conflict with the Constitution; and
the Constitution expressly providing
nothing in relation to holding office,
it legalized it, as they construed it, the
old law of the State, which was that no
colored num should hold office. The
Constitution-whieh wc accejitcd legal
ized that okk law. There being noth
in the Constitution against it, they
have construed that that was binding
on the Legislature.
Mr. Edmunds. Do you think that
is a fair construeaion ?
Mr. Pomeroy, Ido not thiiik it is;
but that is their construction.
Mr. Stewart. I think the Constitu
tion of Georgia is a little more than
silent. Ido not think it is silent on
this subject. The first section pro
vides who shall be citizens of the State:
all who are born in the «mt ail
who nr.- o/.e..iaffzed under the laws of
the United States. Then the section
that does prescribe the qualification of
members of the Legislature says that
they shall be citizens.
Mr. PO.MDROY. They are all citizens.
W omen are citizens but not voters.
Mr. Stewart. It says all male citi
zens over the age of years:
so that I think the Constitution of
Georgia, by a fair construction, guar
antees to all male citizens of the State
over the age of twenty-one years, not
convicted of crime and laboring under
no disabilities of that character, the
right to hold the office of member of
the Legislature. I think that is very
clear. It can bear no other fair con
struction.
Mr. Pomeroy. The fact that a Con
stitution provides that all the citizens
of the State shall have equal rights is
not construed in any of the States to
mean that they have equal political
rights, 'fhe Constitution of Georgia
does say that all male citizens of a pre
scribed age may vote; but it is not all
the voters who are entitled to hold of
fice, as they construe it, because they
had a law legalized by this Constitu
tional Convention prohibiting a certain
class from holding office. We accepted
the Constitution with that provision,
and I want the Constitutional Conven
tion to reassemble, it having provided
for its r« assembling if-called together,
and adjust that question. I do not
want it left to construction. One law
yer or judge may construe it in one
way and another in another. This
question of holding office should not
be left to construction.
Mr. Howard. I merely rise to make
an inquiry of the honorable Senator
who last addressed the Chair, whether
the bill he has now presented contem
plates any alteration or change in the
operation of the act which we passed
at the last session autliorizing the re
admission <>f the several recently in
surrectionary States into the Union ?
Mr. Pomeroy. The provision- of
ilmt act arc held in abeyance.
Mr. Howard. Let me call the Hen
ator's attention to a danse in the first
Mction of that act: “Thateach of the
States of North Carolina, South Caro
lina, lx*ui«iNia, Georgia, Alabama and
I'loi'hlu, shall be entitled and admitted
to representation in Congress ns n State
•>i tiro Union when the Legislature of
Kiich State shall Imve duly ratified the
amendment of the Constitution of the
United State* proposed by the Thirty-
Ninth Congress, and known as article
fourteen,” tiiiorf*’certain fundamental
conditions which do not relate to this
subject. The query which T wish to
put to the honorable Senator is this :
whether or not the right of that State
has not already become fixed and un
alterable by our own legislation,and by
the compliance on the part of the
Legislature of Georgia with those
terms? It is, I think, an important
question 1 desire to know whether
the bill he has now introduced has in
view the alte ration of the act to which
I have alluded, and if so, upon what
ground he bases it.
Mr. Poms not. The bill which I
have introduced suspends the action
of that law until after the State has
been recognized by the reception of
its members in both branches of Con
gress. The reconstruction act that we
passed did not contemplate that our
action should be final on the question
until their members were received;
but wl»en the members from those
States were received in the two Houses
of Congress that completed the work
of reconstruction so far as Congress
had anything to do with. it. Until
that period, however, they are still
subject to the legislation of Congress;
and indeed I do not know but that
they arc afterward. They certainly
are up to that time. This bill contem
plates the reassembling of inc Consti
tutional Convention of Georgia to
complete this work. They anticipate
that other things might be required
of them, and they adjourned to an
other time for that purpose. The year
is not out.
Mr. Davis Mr. President,! under
•tand that the reconstruction laws
have been carried out by the State oi
Georgia; that a portion of her people
have formed a Constitution in obedi
ence to the mandates of the recon
struction laws, as they are termed.
The honorable Senator from Arkansas
nods his assent. I would modify that
by saying “the destruction laws,” if
he will accept the modification. Now,
what is the main purpose and princi
ple of the bill introduced by the hon
orable Senator ? It is to dictate to the
people of Georgia, through their Con
vention, which has continued its exist
ence by an adjournment, a particular
principle or clause in their Constitu
tion. The honorable Senator from
Kansas is a very able statesman and a
very able constitutional lawyer, and I
should be obliged to him if he would
suggest to me and to ihe Senate from
whence the Senate derives the power
to pass such a bill. If he will give
me a legitimate authority for the
exercise of such a power, and satisfy
me that it is wise, just and prudent to
exercise that power in the form which
he proposes, I will vote for the meas
ure.
Mr. Pomeboy. The form which I
propose is simply the form which has
been used in the reconstruction acts.
The bill does not require of them any
particular qualification for holding
office, but only that they shall make a
qualification in harmony with the
Constitution of the United States as
amended by the fourteenth article.
If they refuse or neglect to do it, it
will still be in the power of Congress
to receive or reject their members.
Mr. Davis. The honorable Senator
has ignored my question. I did not
ask him what the reconstruction laws
were, or what the Convention of Geor
gia had done in their effort to execute
the reconstruction laws, but to tell me
the source of power which would
authorize Congress to pass the bill
which he has now introduced.
Mr. Pomebot. The source of power
I apprehend to be the same that ex
isted in Congress at the timo of the
pass.-w* tf ' c reconstruction acts. I
hold that we obtained the right to
legislate for the States in rebellion by
the surrender. The difficulty between
the Senator from Kentucky and myself
is that I believe the Union cause tri
umphed, and that in that triumph the
rebels surrendered everything that
was in controversy between the par
ties ; and one of the things in contro
versy be'tween the parties was the
dogma of State authority over the
General Government. They held,
and the Democratic party generally
have held, that in this Government of
ours there were some thirty-seven
sovereigns, and that therefore Con
gress could not legislate for a State;
but I apprehend that that dogma of
State rights and State sovereignty
was surrendered when they gave up
their old horses and commissary
stores to General Grant and General
Sherman; that is they surrendered
not merely the materials of the war,
but they surrendered the elements of
the war, all that went to make up the
controversy anti the issues between
the parties. They surrendered what
tliey went to war about. They sur
rendered the question of State rights
over slavery, State sovereignty as
against the General Government. We
acquired the right to legislate for
them by' that surrender.
Mr. Davis. That is the mostextra
ordinary explanation of the principle
I have ever yet heard, that a State
raising an insurrection or rebellion
against the General Government may
upon its military coercion surrender
its sovereignty and all its rights into
the hands of tlie General Government.
Will the honorable Senator inform
me wltence the General Government
derives its authority to become the
depository of such power, and whence
States acquire their power to surren
der the .sovereignty and the reserved
rights of the people in the hands of
the General Government or any vic
torious Generals acting under the
authority of the General Government?
Mr. Pomeroy. It docs not follow
that the State surrenders the reserved
rights of the people. It is in regard
to State rights that, the difficulty’ with
the Democratic party has been 'from
the beginning. I was here when five
•States had gone out of this Union, <
ami the question was submitted to Mr. •
Buchanan and his Cabinet what can j
we do? They met in full Cabinet 1 <
counsel and discussed it. They nd- <
jnnrned until the next day, when they j
met nnd disenswd it again, and finally, ■
on the third day, they came to the
conclusion, and Mr. Buchanan promul
gated it, that there was no power
under the Constitution in the General
Government to coerce a State; that if
rebellion assumed State authority they
could not help it, and they had no
remedy for rebellion when it assumed
the authority of a State organization.
They believed that we could put down
individual rebels or a rebellion like the
Dorr rebellion in Rhode Island ; but if
rebellion assumed Slate authority, the
State had a sovereignty that the Gen-!
oral Government could not coerce.
That was the dogma; and it was one
of the great difficulties that led to the
immense proportions of the recent re
bellion.
It was the feeling with men in the
South that they owed supreme alle
giance to their State As Gen. Lee
said, when he was serenaded at Arling
ton* the State of Virginia had called
him; he deprecated war ; he hated
above all things civil war; but the
State of Virginia, the mother that
bore him, had called him to lead her
troops, and he owed his first allegiance
to the State of Virginia." It was that
dogma of his that led him to war
against the authority of the national
Government, and it was this dogma
which the Democratic party have held
that led to the dissolution of this
Union, so far as State rebellion could
dissolve it. My own belief is that
State rebellion against the General
Government by a State as a political
organization is State suicide; that
when that political organization rebels,
when it forms another government,
when its officers swear allegiance to
that other government not known to
this country, its political organization
has committed suicide. That is where
we get the right to legislate for these
communities, because we conquered
them. We were the party that took
their surrender ; we did not surren
der ; and in that surrender we took
everything that was in controversy,
and they submitted. 1 ask that the
bill be printed.
Mr. Fessenden. I came into the
Senate late, and I am not aware what
the question is that is now before the
body. Will the Chair be kind enough
to state it ?
The President pro tempore. The
question is on referring the bill intro
duced by the Senator from Kansas to
the Committee on the Judiciary.
Mr. Davis. Mr. President, I have
only one word to say to my honorable
friend, the Senator from Kansas. His
final refuge is now in an opinion ex
pressed by President Buchanan at the
time the rebellion had its inception. I
think the honorable Senator is in a great
strait when he resorts to that opinion
of Mr. Buchanan as authority for the
introduction and passage of this meas
ure; but the more the honorable Sen
ator is urged upon this subject the
more hjs confusion becomes confound
ed, the more his darkness is intensified;
at least, it is so to ray mind, for that
reason I shall not follow up this dis
cussion with the honorable Senator.
The President /»ro tempore. The
question is on the motion of the Sena
tor from Kansas, that the bill be re
ferred to the Committee on the Judi
ciary, and printed.
The motion was agreed to.
SEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Letters of Dhmissioii
STATE OF GEORGIA—
Richmond County.
Whereas. Hilliard E. Wolle, Administrator of
tbc estate of David M. Wolfe, late of said eouuty,
deceased, applies to mo for Ix-tters of Disrais
. sion—
These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all
• and singular, the kindred aud creditors of said
, joceaseu, to be and appear at my office,op. or be
fore the first Monday in July next, to show
cause, if any they have, why said letters should
not be granted.
Given unde-my band and official signature, at
Augusta, this 23d dav of December. 1868.
SAMUEL LEVY,
' de2s—Gm • Ordinaiy.
IMSUKAJIiCE.
FIRIWMWO
rpHE SUBSCRIBER IS THE AGENT OF
the following well known responsible Com
panies, representing h paid up capital and surplus
of more thau slo,ooo,oo6—viz;
Hartford, Conn.
Phenix Insurance Company,
Hartford, Conn.
Howard Insurance Company,
JVew York
Manhattan Insurance Company,
A’etc York
Standard Insurance Company,
Nc'u> York.
Astor Insurance Company,
Aeto York
Commerce Insurance Company,
New York.
Fireman's Insurance Company,
New York.
Lamar Insurance Company,
New York
Commercial Insurance Company,
New York.
Mercantile Insurance Company,
New York
Phenix Insurance Company,.
New York
The .EI’NA. of Hartford, the HOWARD,
MANHATTAN and FIREMAN S, of New York,
were chartered ne.,r a half century since, and are
known as among the best and most substantial
Companies in the United States, as are the oilier
Companies named with them.
I eau insure sloo.olloon Cotton, in any one of
our Warehouses, and $70,000 on Cotton iu a good
Steamer, from Savannah or Ckarleston to New
York, or other Northern Ports.
Irfies.-s equitably mijnsted mid promptly paid.
Tim potronage of lue public is respectlull v so
iicited.
oct'M—3lll Wm. SHEAR. Agent.
AUGUiTi. October 22, 1808.
Northern district of Georgia- i
Madison, Ua , December 21, 1868. I
The nadenigueil hereby wives notice of bis I
uuMiiuiuieut ns Assigoccof BERRY M. THOMI* t
SON. of Madison riumtv, and State of Georgia, I
within said Dietric., who has teen udindqed a I
Bankrupt iqion his own pulitioa bv the District 1
Court «f said Diatrict. <
Dated thia 2let dnv of December, A. D . 1868. i
R I< BULUtCH, <
d*»-nwßw A«wnc..
special notices.
AMMTAVT BcMniWTK»t, MMT ', Q r ,.., '
oeokoia railroad,
Augusta, G.., Daeembar 2*th. Isas
DELEGATE* TO THE
Geofltia CMferMM of Colored Preachers. t 0 U
lieti 111 Augusta, January 6tli, will p l( ., f
returning, on |i\ saltation of eertifical, llf
berahip from the preaiding officer of c, i.f*.,,.",.
8 K. JOHNSON
J*’—Sup.
SI I’ERINI I.NI'E ,T’S „ F1 ... .
Aiavar* A SVMXanviLLi R. R. Co ’(
At er»TA, G*., Dec. 21. 1 sag. j
CHRISTMAS DAY
Hie Caia upon the City Lines of this Com",imv
will be withdrawn.
Upon Summerville Line Cars will leave Depot
at 8.30 a. m. aud 2p. m., and will leave Arsenal
at 9.30 a. ni. and 3 p. iu.
JAMES J. DAVIES,
~de2s— It Superintendent
Ordinary's Olilcc,
Richmond Co., Augusta, Ga,, Dec. 10, [
Proposals for keening the Poor 11 mse in this
County for the year 1869, will be r. reived at Ulv
office until Monday the 28th, iiut.
SAM L LEVY.
■ dec 11 td llniiiia;.,.
Mayor's Office, at City u al , ,
Avgusta, December 5, 1868. ’ j
Ou and after Monday, the 7th hist., my o^te
hours will bo from »i p. ui , to 5 p. m., and a n
chitons having official bininen with ine willcal
ot the Mayor's office during thane hours, and not
at my place of hue luces.
H. F. RUSSELL
dee6—tf Mayor C. A.
ASS’T SUPERINfiNDENTTtIEFICF 2 ,
Geokgia Railroad, ’ I
Augusta, Ga., November Utli. 1868 I
ON AND AFTER MONDAY
November 16th, 1868, the Night Train on the
Washington* Branch will run only twice a week
—Monday and Tuesday nights—leaving Washing
ton at 10:00, p. ni. Returning, arriving at Wash
ington at 3:20, a. m.
„ t 8. K. JOHNSON
novio—tf Assistant Superintendent.
an ordinance
To provide for the control and management of
, persons condemned to labor on the Public
Works of the City of Angnsta.
Section 1. Be it Ordained by the City Oouneil
of Augusta, and it ie hereby Ordained by tin ou-
■ thvriiy of the same, That it shall be ihe dutv of
. the City Jailor, each morning (Sundays ex
' oepted), to place in the keeping of such a uard
■ a-may be selected by the Mayor an! Police
Cutumittei f. r the purpose, all ot those prison
ers, able to work, who have been sentenced to
labor on the Public Works of this city.
Set. 2. He it further Ordained, That said
. Guard shall take charge ot said h orlyug Gang,
, shall seo that they faithfully perform all labor
required of them,and shall prevent entirely any
.ntercourse whatever between citizens anil the
! prisoners whilst they are under its charge and
, direction. The Guard shall bo governed by
such rules as may be prescribed by' the Mayor
’ and Police Committee, and shall e force such
- discipline, and punish insubordination amongst
, the prisoners in such manner as shall be ap
• proved of by the Mayor and Police > ummittee.
Sxc 3. Be it further Ordained, TLat it shall
. bo the duty of the Mayor to order or procure
for the prisoners such clothing a the Police
i Committee shall determine to be suitable, which
! clothing shall be worn by them until their dis-
- charge. But no clothing, tools, or other articles
. shall bo purchased for the uso of the Working
) Gang, except by order of the Major or Police
' Committee.
M.O'. 4. Be it further Ordained, Tr.attlie Librr
. i f the prisoners shall be employed in such man
’ ner and npon such of tbo Public Works as may
be indicated by the Mayor or Street-Cemmitke.
- the hours of labor to be from fi to 12 o’clock a.
m., and from 2 to 6 o’clock p. in , unless otb.r-
, wise directed by the sane auth rity.
Sec. 5. AnddeG /arMer Ordaimd, That ail
Ordinances and parts of Ordiuaucos militating
. aga nst this Ordinance be, aud the same are
hereby, repealed.
Ddnc in Connell this 18th day of December,
A. D., 1868.
[seal] 11. F. RUSSELL,
Mayor C. A.
‘ Attest: L. f. Blomk, Clerk of Council.
de2B—lOt
Wanted,
A SITUATION, BY AN OLD AND E.X!’>
KIKNCED BOOK KEI PER.
, Apply at TillS OFFICE.
de22—3t.
I ASSIGNEE’S SALE
OF
' Valuable Real Estate,
BY BIGNON <1- CRUMP.
C. V. WALKER, Auctioneer.
Plantation in Richmond County-
Homestead in Richmond Co.
WILL BE SOLD. IN PURSUANCE OF
an order from Albert G. Foster. Register iu
Bankruptcy, on the FIRST TUESDAY in JAN
UARY, 1869, between the usual hours of sale, nt
the Lower Market House iu the city of Augusta,
at public outcry, for cash, free from the incum
brance of liens by the creditors, themtire Prop
erty belonging to the estate of Francis Holman,
of said coutfty, a bankrupt, consisting of One
Plantation in tlie county of Richmond, with the
improvements thereon, containing acres, more
or lea. ; bounded uonh by land of Hez-kian Wil
iianis, east by land of Williams, Thomas Smith,
and the estate of William Fulcher; south by land
ol the estate of Elisha Alien aud McKean Creek,
aud west by land of James Sykes and Jeremiah
Atwood, and known us the Templeton Place.
ALSO,
That very desirable Property three miles from
Augusta, on both sides of the Georgia Railroad,
containing about ten ac>-es, and bounded by lands
oi Dr. Dugas, Jesse Osmond, and William U
Davidson, aud now occupied by Francis Holman-
On said land is a house containing seven rootne.
facing sou tit, on the north side of the railroai.,
wbic.n runs uireotly in front of it, making the ap
proach to the city easy aud convenient: a hue
stable and all other usual outbuildings. I pu" ’h®
whole this is one of ihcmost desirable hvmestca .s
in the county.
Also, all the Notes and Accounts belonging W
said estate. HENRY JnNES.
Asrignee of Francis Holman,
delo—eodtd _
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ,Hl '
A United States for the Southern District el
Georgia.
In the matter of |
WILLIAM G. BELL
and I
GEO. AUG.TARBUTTON IN BANKRUPKI
and i
BELL 4 TARBUTTON, |
(Partners), Bankrupts. J ,
To all whom it may concern : The andeisig l ’ 1 ’ 1
hereby gives notice of hie appointment as A
signee ot Wm. G. Bell nnd Geo. Aug Tarbottou.
and BELL & TARHUTTON, copartners, ot the
county of Wasliiugton und State ot Grt’O* I *]
within said District, who have been adhi<6.®
Bankrupts upon their own petition by tae o
trict Court of said District.
H. L. WAJiTHEN,
deXA—Uwthv Awny c s
United States Marshal's Sale.
V. 8. MARSHAL S OFFI< E, '
Southbrn District of Geobsu- >
qpilE UNITED STATES vs. 15 ACRES
A Land, uoar Macon. Ga. . i.«,ied
By virtue of a writ of venditioni expom*’- ,
from the District Court of the United e’a'J”
the Soothe™ District «f Gaoi-gia, in the a.. ,j
titled cause, dated March 2,’», IW, to i«e 1 l)1( ,
and delivered. 1 at publn- . w(u |
first Tncaduv in January next, within the law*
hours of salkut the Court House ."'"[ep' J j
Macon. Bibb county, Ga., u certain °•
pr ,2S2?i Di*