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River Nkws. —There have been uo
arrivals since the B iudy Moore. The
river rose very rapidly on yesterday,
and was 17 feet at the bridge at
dark.
The Old Story
The crops promise well, the only
drawback being a scarcity of negroes.—
Exchange.
This is becoming a stereotyped ex
pression among our Southern ex
changes. It is unquestionably true that
negroes are scarce, but we see no hope
of their getting more plentiful. To bring
them trout Africa, is a missionary en
terprise that is uo longer profitable,
anil considerable numbers are emigra
ting, some to the North, some to Texas,
and not a few to the devil. We doubt
if the crop oi pickauinies is as large as
it used to be anyhow, and almost every
paper tve lake up reports the finding of
anegru child dead, deserted or mur
dered by its parents. J lie truth is, the
freedwomeii have as mu ell as they can do
to take care ut themselves,and the hard
ships and exposure ot their position
will ted in the census table of the next
ucc-ade. So the “uiawbitck on the
crops,” from tiie scarcity of labor Com
plained of, is bound to get worse and
worse, if we depend on the negroes for
laborers.
We here disclaim any hostility to the
negro. On the contrary, he has our
gratitude tor his past good conduct, and
our sympathy in his present and future
positi n. But we are heattily tired if
the stale old story that “crops are un
promising because negro labor is scarce.”
and would see our agricultural interests
so managed that the white people shall
have something to eat whether the ne
gro works or not. What other country
or people on the face of the earth de
pend upon another race to keep them
from starving ? The time has come
when the white people must relv on
themselves, and must look to other
means of making a living than keeping
a shop or setting tip in a profession. Is
it not strange that we never hear of n
scarcity of merchants, of lawyers, or
physicians? On the contrary, they seem
to have been greatly multiplied by the
war, and every cross road, and village,
and city, lias twice or three limes as
many in all those pursuits as are really
needed; while the poor farmi r sighs
over his desolate acres, growing up iu
weeds and brambles for want of labor,
and there is nobody to come to his re
lief. Is it not time for a radical change
in the popular ideas of usefulness and
thritt? It the negro labors let him be
well paid—if he refuses to labor, let him
starve ; but let the white men and hoys
of the country go earnestly to work,
thus, at least, setting the negro a good
exam pie, and securing themselves against
starvation.
If You Want good boots and shoes,
go to Blodgett & Co’s.
I bksoxai,. —We take pleasure in
announcing the arrival in the City, of
lev. F. M. McAllister, who has recently
accepted Pasted charge of th# Church
of the Atonement. He will preach on
the coming Sabbath.
Panorama conse
rr°V V ain * the * x hibition of
fl\hT « T rattaoflhc
for the benefit of the poor ot the City
has been postponed until to-night. The
character ol the P. lUorama _ Coi
thirty m«e splendid paintings-and th°e
JC r ?I u lhe proceeds are to b
apphed, should call out a large audi-
Zde? " h ° Pe t 0 - £ Hal,
Firsmx's Registry.—The total
xsWui registered up to
tcwUiJrj ■ftsnwm w«» 904—something
more than half of the Department, we
believe. .
Registry List.—Voters had better
call ou Geu. Green and register. His
hours are from 9 o’clock A. M. to 2
o’clock P. M., dally, at the Chy Hall.
Correction'. —The Resolution in
Council increasing the Recorder's sal'
arj was ofcred by Mr. Gargan.
G$ to Blodgett & Co’s for your
boots and shoes.
How to SIAKf. We fear that the
trouble with most of our readers is tliut:
they sleep too much, but if there ere
any who are denied the soothing em
braces of this ‘‘sweet restorer,” we
recommend them to try a cold bath,
rubbing the legs aud body with a rough
towel. This will relieve the pressure o*
blood to the head, which is th« usual
cause of restlessness. A long, walk in
the open air, an hour's exercise in the
garden, or a run up aud down stairs
several times in succession, will also
equalize the circulation and' promote
sleep.
Sale or Stock. —The sixth weekly
auction sale of horses aud mules, by
Capt. Dehoney, takes place to-day.
Farmers aud others in want of stock
should attend.
Indelible Pencils. —Quinn has re
ceived another lot of those unique
pencils for marking linen They are
very convenient. One pencil will mark
the clothes of a whole family for years.
Important Bridge Gone. —A pri
vate dispatch received in this city yes
terdny says that the bridge over Run
rung Water Creek, beyond Chattanooga,"
was washed away. This will seriously
interfere with the receipt of corn and
other Western produce.
Stolen Goods Recovered. —The Po
lice, on Tuesday night last discovered a
lot ot stolen goods in the house of a
freedman in the upper part of the city.
A portion of these goods, consisting ot
clothing, was stolen from Maj. Crans
ton, of Warreuton, Ga., and a portiou
consisting of silver ware, was stolen
from Mr. A. Gould, on the Sand Hills.
Nearly all the silver ware has beeu
recovered. Two of the parties connected
with the robberies have been arrested.
The Police deserve great credit for
the skill with which they conducted this
search and the arrests.
Mr. Blaine’s Speech. —We invite
attention to the sensible speech of Mr.
Blaiiie, of Maine, on the proposition to
repeal the tax on Cotton.
Georgia Citizen. This paper—
recently transferred from Macon to
Amerieus—comes to us much improved
in appearance, and with a decided in
fusion of spirit and taste in all depart
ments. It is published tri-weekly at
$6 a year, and weekly at §3.
Bcsinese-in New York.—The Fi
nancial Chronicle ot the Ist, in a review
of the business ot February, says results
are not satisfactory. From the South
there has been but few representatives
in the market, that section of the coun
try appearing to require but few goods.
The credit purchases of lust fall have
not beeu paid for with the punctuality
which was expected from the compara
tively high price of cotlou ; and the
merchants of that section assign as a
reason that the cotton crop has left but
little profit, while a considerable poriion
of their winter stock of merchandise
still remains on band.
The Western demand for goods has
been much less than was anticipated.
Ihe jobbers of that section complain of
unusual difficulty in making collections,
and have, in many cases, to ask from
their creditors a renewal of their notes.
Mississippi. —The Gainesville
alludes to the increasing importance of
the lumber business, requiring a whole
fleet ot steamers in the Pascagoula river,
to convey the products ot the mills to
market..
I urpentine works have been started
at Gainesville.
A Madison county planter complains
in the Crescent of the way he was swin
dled by a colored labor agent. He ven
tured §B4 advance on fourteen hands,
and got four, costing, when they reached
his plantation, S3O each, with no cer
tainty that they would stay long enough
to earn the money. He says the frauds
practiced on planters are shameful.
How to Mark Butter.— Everybody
likes good butter, and very few know
how to put it up so as to keep it fresh
and sweet. For the benefit of those
who desire information on the subject,
we publish the annexed recipe, from the
Petersburg Index , and recommend them
to try it:
Take two quarts of good salt, one
ounce of sugar, one ounce of saltpetre.
Use one ounce of the composition for
one pound of butter. It should be
stamped and left to cool before putting
in jars. Butter prepared in this way
should not be used for two or three
weeks. You will find that your butter
will be very fine, as it will have no
brittle or salty look or taste. By follow
ing this course your butter will keep the
year through, in warm as well as cold
weather.
Hon. A. H. Garland has been
elected United States Senator, from
Arkansas, for six years from the 4th of
March next.
t —Blundin’s Cotton mill was recently
burned in Philadelphia. Insurance,
$145,000; loss not stated.
—“The colored people of Charlotte
have formed an anti emigration society
to prevent, as far as possible, the emi
gration of colored people from this
State. They insist that North Carolina
colored citizens should remain at home
to develop the resources of their own
State.
HITECH
EX-GOVERNOR JOE E. BROWN,
Delivered at tke City Hall, Atlanta, Ga.'
on Monday Evening,'March 4, 1807.
Alter the meeting on Monday night
had adjourned, there was a strong incli
nation manifested on the part of the
audience present to hear from ex-Gov
ernor Brown. In compliance with their
wishes, he addressed the audience as
follows:
M*. Chairman and Gentlemen: - I
sincerely regret that iny honorable Iriend
(Col. Farrow.) called yyu back, for
nothing was farther from" ray intention
thun to make rut remarks. I fear I
snail riot be able to edify you by any
thing that I may say. In response
however, to this call, coming from my
neighbors, and I trust I may say my
friends, I will not decline to say some
thing. and in the rem«rks I may make,
I will say that I do not intend to wound
the feelings of any one present. I think
that this is a tithe when it is much bet
ter to pour oil on the troubled waters,
than to excite the flames of passion and
attempt to divide our people by augry
strife. Remember that Congress has
already taken action which places all of
us under a military Government. Re
member that iu a very few days, the
President, in all probability, will feel
it to be his duty to place over the mili
tary district of Georgia, Alabama and
Florida, a man whose will wiil be the
law of the land ; that it will be a matter
of discretion with this commander
whether he will allow any one charged
with offences to be tried before any of
the civil courts of the State, or before a
military tribunal, where the punishment
and the mode of its inflictiou will be
alike determined upon iu accordance
with military laws. It may be a pun
ishment of tine and imprisonment, or
with ball and chain, or any other adop
ted in the army.
Gentlemen, this is not child’s play. It
is a serious matter. It is such a state
of things as you and I have never seen
in all our past lives, In view of our
responsibility, then, is it becoming for
ys to quarrel with each other, or to in
dulge in a spirit of fault linding, or of
crimination and recrimination 7 Is this
the time to stir up angry strife among
ourselves, or to take each other bv the
throats ? Would it not be better in this
state of things, if we differ, to dilfer re
spectfully, nnd if we discuss, to discuss
calrulv and with modi ration?
The groat trouble with our people
seems to be that they do not recognize
the fact that they are a conquered peo
ple, and that they must submit to what
ever terms the conqueror imposes upon
us. They forget that they have no
longer any power of resistance, and
that they must submit to the powers
that be. The struggle that has ended
by the triumph of the arms of the
United States Government, was one
which had its commencement in a di
vision of opinion that has existed since
the formation of the Government. It
had its origin in the different theories
of Alexander Hamilton and Thomas
Jefferson, and raged with more or less
fury until it broke out in the late un
happy strife which has deluged the
whole country with blood. The con
troversy could not be decided by Con
gress or by the Supreme Court. It was
left for the sword to decide the ques
tion. We appealed to that arbitrament,
and the decree is against us. Congress
now claims that, as the war-making
power is confided to it, 80 also bust the
power to make peace be confided to it;
and Congress has maintained its su
premacy by the passage over the Presi
dent’s veto of the bill which has just
become a law.
Gentlemen say, we will appeal to the
Supreme Court. But what would such
an appeal be worth ? Do you not re
member a few days ago, if the newspa
pers report correctly, that Gov. Piorpont,
of Virginia, made a requisition upon
Governor Fenton of New York, for the
surrender of a violator of the laws of
Vi rginia? Gov. Fenton refused, on the
ground that Virginia was not legally a
State, and that the question wis carried
up before tbe Supreme Court, who held
it to be inadmissible, because a political
one. It is also said the-Supreme Court
has resolved to decide no mere political
questions, but to leave them to the other
departments. As the issues involved in
the Sherman Military bill are political
ones, it is hardly to be expected they
will be decided by that tribunal. You
will also remember that Congress has
passed an act that whenever vacancies
occur on the Supreme bench, they shall
not he filled until the number be redu
ced to seven. As the Supreme Court is
now constituted, a majority of the Jus
tices have ruled the test oath unconstitu
tional ; but three of them, Justices Nel
son, Grier, and Wayne, who concurred
in this ruling, are now old m n. physi
cally. infirm, and cannot be expected
long to o- copy their positions. When
their positions are vacant, a majority of
the Supreme Court will most likely en
tertain political opinions in accord with
the party now in power. I think, then
that the South has but little relief in the
present emergency to hope for, from
that august tribunal. Their present
docket, as 1 was informed when in
Washington, is sufficient to engage
their attention for the next two years,
and it wdl he iu their power to put the
cases which may arise under the Sher
man Military bill to the foot of the
docket, and thus avoid a decision till
reached in their order.
During the whole of that time you
will he under the Military Bill as it
passed Congress.
I know that I am slandered and mis
represented, and my motives attacked
for the course I have felt it my duty to
pursue on this question ; but I pass by
all imputations of the kind as the idle
wind that I regard not. [Applause.]
They sav lam not consistent. I admit
it. And who of us is? I was born in
South Carolina, in Mr. Calhoun’s Dis
trict ; was reared in his political faith,
and sincerely believed that the doc
trines which he taught were the true
principles of this Government. But
the sword has decided against the doc
trines of that political school, and we
ought to acquiesce. I was retired a se
cessionist, but I bow to the decision of
the august tribunal that dictates between
States and nations in the last resort. I
am not, therefore, a secessionist now.
[Applause.] Therefore, gentlemen, I
am not consistent. I do not claim it.
The tnun who sets himself up to be con
sistent at all times, and under all cir
cumstances, in my judgment, acts very
unwisely.
That which is expedient to-day as a
matter of policy, may not be expedient
to-morruw. As an illustration : would
anybody in this audience, ten years ago,
have thought it expedient that negroes
should testify in courts of justice, where
a white man was concerned ? Clearly
not. Then they were slaves ; but since
that time they have been made as free
as you and I. Would anybody, ten
years ago, have thought it expedient
tuat a negro should be allowed to *ue a
wh ‘‘« sian t Clearly not. But now the
eaM ik different, 'Then be had a master
■to Wok after bis rights; now he must
look after them himself, and he must
have them, and if they are denied him,
he must have the right to sue for them.
[Applause]. Then we are not con
sistent. Who is there that, fen years
ago, would have advocated the abolition
of slavery in this State ? But now that
measure has beeu adopted by a iiiiaui
mous vote. An ordinance to that effect
has been passed by the Convention of
the State, and I do not remember
whether it had a single opponent. Every
mat; hi-Georgia, then, by his representa
tive, has voted for the abolition 01/
slavery, and every one who has been
pinioned under the amnesty proclama
tion of the President, has laid his hands
upon the Holy Evangelists and taken an
oath that he would nbide by it'. Why
did you do it ? Because the fortunes of
war were against you. The tribunal of
tile sword had decided 1 against you.
Were any of you consistent then? I
think not.
-A* a man degraded because he sub
mits to this bill ? My friends, let us
reason together upon this subject It
is, indeed, very humiliating, especially
to so me of us who are disfranchised by
the bill; but is there anything de
grading in it ? When Napoleon Bona
parte, who fought as gallantly as ever
man fought, was overwhelmed by supe
rior numbers, he surrendered to the
combined powers of Europe. He was
humiliated, but he was not degraded.
Was General Robert E. Lee degraded
when, after his forces had
phalanx by phalanx, he surrendered to
General Grant ? Let us look to this
illustrious example. You say tha',
although you have surrendered, you
will not Jo what the conqueror requires.
You will simply do nothing , and submit
to whatever follows ; but General Lee
did not do this. After he had surren
dered his sword to General Grant—who,
it is reported, with a magnanimity that
has seldom been equalled, and never
surpassed, returned it to him with ex
pressions of admiration and sympathy.
Gen. Lee did not put himself upon
his dignity and say, I am conquered ; I
am at your mercy ; do with me as you
please, but rest assured l will do nothing;
I will never disgrace myself by doing
what the conqueror requiies. lam in
your hands, sir, but I will carry out no
terms you dictate. On the contrary,
Gen. Lee enquired, What terms will you
give me ? Gen. Grant informed him
substantially that he must take a parole
to abandon the cause for which he had
fought so gallantly, and swear never
again to take up arms against the Gov
ernment of the United States, which he
had for the last four years attempted to
destroy in the Southern States. When
the terms were offered, Gen. Lee and
his gallant veterans accepted them, and
acted upon them, as the best they could
do under the circumstances. Gen.
Lee’s course then was not consistent
with his former course. Had he stood
upon consistency, and refused to a. tor
sign the parole, he and his gallant c un
lades must have gone to a military
prison and been tried for treason.
What he did was humiliating to his
pride. But the condition of the con
quered is always humiliating. Did any
one say that Gen. Lee, by acting upon
the terms, had degraded liimse f, or for
feited the respect ot others ? How much
more degrading is it for you to accept
and act upon the best terms you can get
as a conquered people ? \
Suppose you refuse to accept the
terms of this bill, will you get any bet
ter ? When Congress presented to us
the constitutional amend ment which
disfranchised but a small class, and we
rejected it, did it present to us thesa'me
measure alone a second time ? No 1
But they said yon have refused this
measure, and now you shall accept it
and universal suffrage too.
Suppose, now, you refuse to act upon
the present offer. What may we expect
but general disfranchisement of all who
engaged in the rebellion, and a general
confiscation act? But it is said that the
bill disfranchises a large class of our
fellow citizens. True, it disfranchises a
hi lily intelligent class. Who are they?
It disfranchises aii who were members
of Congress, or officers of the United
States, who had taken an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United
States, and afterwards engaged in the
rebellion.
There were few United States officers
in Georgia prior to the war, except post
masters. But it disfranchises every
memberof the Executive,Legislative and
Judicial departments of the State Gov
ernment,who had taken the oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United
States and engaged in the rebellion.
This embraces all persons who have at
any time been Governors of States,
members of the Legislature, or Judicial
officers. In the latter class is embraced
all Judicial officers who had a right to
try causes, from a Judge of a Supremo
Court down to a Justice of ihe Peace
who had taken said oath and afterward
engaged in the rebellion, as we are
now obliged to call it, whatever may
have been our opinions. But there is
a large class of officers who are not
disfranchised, although their offices
required them to take an oath to sup
port the Constitution of the United
States.
No man under twenty seven years of
age is disfranchised; because a min
had to be twenty one years old to hold
an office that required him to take the
oath to support the Constitution, and it
has now been six years since the war
began. Neither militia officers, ttor
county officers, no? judicial, ure disfran
chised, as sheriffs, clerks, tax collectors
and receivers, county treasurers, con
stables, coroners, toad commissioners,
notarys public, etc. Is it not bett>r,
that the classes embraced in the dis
qualification, submit to it than iha*. the
whole mass of white men who aided in
the rebellion be added to the excluded
class, and the property of the whole
people confiscated ? Ido not feel that
it is degrading to submit to the terms of
the conqueror. If so, ali who hear me
are already degraded. Y r ou all tuok the
amnesty oath, when so required, to save
your property and avoid punishment.
Why did you not then discover the de
gradation, and adopt the do nothin<j,
dignity policy, which gentlemen now
talk so eloquently about ? Those who
acted then should have a little more
charity for those who propose to act
now.
Why did not gentlemen put them
selves upon their dignity and manhood,
when required to abolish slavery, re
pudiate the war debt, and abrogate the
ordinance of secession, which we had
passed with so much defiance ? If we
could take all that, and maintain our
“self respect,” I think we may take the
balance of the dose, which we are in
formed shall he the last, without making
as ugly faces us some ol us now make.
Let us put a little sugar-coating aruund
it, and Bwallaw the pill at once and be
done with it—waiving the “dignity” for
a time, as we have so often been com
pelled to do. Those who have taken
the amnesty oath and voted lor all
these measures, now claim that they
have done enough. So we all thought,
bat the conquerors «»y not, and it is
our misfortune that they are in position
to decide that question for us without
consulting us.
At the close of the war, a part of us
were atrested, aud for a time we had
not tbe option of fearing the country.
But all of you, gentlemen, who were not
under arrest, had that opportunity.
The may was open to Mexico, Brazil,
or Europe, or to any other part
of tbe’world. Why did you not ail go?
I supppie you stayed either from cho ce
Or necessity. Many had aged parents,
wives, tor children, or all together, for
whoso support they were responsible.
They had not the means to carry them
to a strange land. This class—-a very
Inrge ope—if they had no other attach
ments to bind them to the country, re
maiued from necessity. A large
class, no doubt, remained because, with
all its faults, they still loved their native
iand the best, and were unwilling to
exchange this laud with its Government
for any other. Most of those who then
left have since repented and returned.
We theu chose this as our Government
aud again placed ourselves under its
protection. What follows? It is our
imperative duty to give it our allegi
ance, and to support its Hag wherever
it may waive, against every enemy, for
eign or domestic. There is neither
manliness, dignity, nor good faith in
any other course.
Anew era has dawned upon us, and
whether for weal or woe, we must act
our part, and make the beet we can of
the situation. We must accommodate
ourselves to circumstances. God has
given us a magnificent country. It
needs development. We lack labor.
We lack capital. Let us invite both.
And when Northern and Western men
come among us, let us treat them as
friends. In war we were enemies. The
war has ended, and we are again un
der the same Government. Our ances
tors were the same. Our blood the
same. Then let us do all in our power
to heal the wounds opened by the war,
and as little as possible to irritate.
This is the only way to advance our
own prosperity. The more population
we have, and the more thrifty, the
more valuable is the farmer’s land, the
better the merchant’s trade, the more
patients the doctor has, the more
cases for the lawyer, the better the
freights on the railroad, nnd, indeed,
the better for every interest of the
whole State.
1 am assailed because I have recom
mended our people to do what the con
querors require on the suffrage question.
Men are gravely discussing the question
whether the negro shall be allowed to
vote. This is a useless waste of breath.
Congress has settled that question for us.
We have no power to prevent it. They
are now voters. That is not now the
question. It is, shall the great mass of
our white men vole ?
It we accept the position and act
upon it, the ballot will remain in the
hands of nine tenths of the white men
of the South. If we refuse to do so, it
will be taken from them and given to a
very small class ot while men, and the
negroes. During the war the blacks
acted nobly. We sent our white men to
the field, and the negroes, who knew
our failure was their freedom, stayed at
home and acted as protectors to our
families, and made a support for them
and their masters in the field.
The fortunes of war have placed them
upon terms ot civil and political equal
ity with us. Many ol them have nursed
our children—others have been the
companions of our boyhood, and our
Servants iu manhood. Their interests
and ours must be iu a great degree
identical in future. What sense is
there, theu, in such action on our part
as will alienate them, aud make them
our enemies. I think we had better
keep their friendship, and snow them
by kind and just treatment, that we are
their best friends, iu giving this ad
vice, 1 trust I may not he considered as
selfish. iam not courting their votes.
They have no right to vote for me, as 1
am to office. I am caught
on three horns of the dilemma, iT you
will allow the expression, as I have
been a member of the State Senate, a
J ud.e of the Superior Courts, and tbe
Governor of my State, and 1 have taken
an active part in ihe rebellion.
While I may be denied the political
privileges of a citizen, l am not uncon
cerned about the future of tiie country
1 have children, relatives, and triends,
who are not disfranchised. 1 .visit to
see their Government, aud their country
the be. t it can be made.
A few words in releret.ee to the right oi
the Uoyeruoi aud Legislature to call a con
vention. It is coutui.ded that they have uo
suen authority, because the preamble of the
tjheiman uet declares ouristate viovernuioms
illegal. Bat it Will be seen by an examina
tion of the act that the b dy of it declares
them legal till set aside by Congress. By
tbe tihobuborger amendment, it is declared
that the pteseut ibuito lioveruments are
provisional only, subject to tbe paramount
authority of Congress. N'oiv what is a Pro
visional Government? It is a temporary
one, subject, to hr set aside, but legal while
it exists. The intention of Congress, no
doubt, was to declare tbe State Governments
as organized by the President illegal, but
to legalize them temporarily, till Congress
thinks proper to set. them aside. Any Con
stitutional act, thorelbre, wbieb may now
be done by the Governor and Legislature is
legal.
It may be said the Governor is subject, to
tko Constitutional Amendmeur, and, there
fore, dbquaiificd. This may bo true ; bat
it does not yet appear. So soon as that feet
is establisned lie may bo sot aside; but that
does not abolish the executive office any
more than the resignation of all the Judges
in 1860 would have abolished our Supreme
Court; ur than the death of the incumbent
wouidubolish the office. Charlos J. Jenkius
may bo declared ineligible, but that d->os
not. destroy the Government of the State.
Till he is so declared by the authority having
power to enforce the judgment, his acts are
legal,—made so first by the President, and
then by Congress. Upon lhat point, at
least, we have now the concurrence of both
departments of the Government.
W’hioh is right and which wrong, in the
cont st over this question, it is not my pur
pose to esquire. I do not stand here at this
hour to praise or to censure either. I stand
hero to say what, in my judgment, is best
for Georgia, iu her presont condition. Ido
not think Uov. Jenkins should hesitate to
convene the Legislature—to call a conven
tion to comply promptly with the require
ments of Congress. We should then elect
u delegation to Congress, woo cun take the
oath aod lake their seats. When this has
been done, lam satisfied the test oath will
bo repealed, but never until then.
In conclusion, I have only to add, that I
give no advioe to others tbatl am unwilling
to act upon, fiinee the surrender I have
taken the amnesty oath, which 1 did not teol,
at the surrender, I would ever consent to
do. I am satisfied I did the best that I
oould have done under the circumstances;
and 1 feel fully conscious that I have done
no act of disloyalty sinoe that time. I have
kept my oath religiously and sacredly thus
far, and God being my helper 1 shall not
violate it in future. [Prolonged applause
by tho largo audience.]
—A Chicago husband disappeared
last summer, and his wife shortly after
obtained a divorce. Now he has reap
peared, sayiug that he only went away
to teach nis wife a lesson, and us the
pair has been remarried, it is fair to as
sume that she has learned it.
Bn Qulegrapf).
g?Q Till) A StiOGIATED I'll KBS.
FROM WASHINGTON.
loti arc..tonal.
SENATE.
Washington, March 6— F. M.
Mr. Sumner introduced k bill to guaran
tee a Republican Government that would
protect tbe loyal people of tbe South ; also,
to prescribe an oatb.
A committee wow appointed to equalise
the pay of employees.
A standing committee on appropriations
was ordered.
Messrs. Doolittle and Patterson made
personal explanations, denouncing tbe
falso report of the Committee on Expendi
tures, which intimated their acceptance of
bribes.
A joint resolution was offered, declaring
■the municipal offices of Alexandria vacant,
in consequence of disobedience.
Sherman’s Bill was ordered printed.
The Senate then adjourned.
The following is from the debt statement
for February : Increase of gold bearing
bonds, $44,000,0110 ; decrease of cur
rency interest bearing bonds, $32,000,-
000 ; increase of tbe public debt during the
month, nearly $5,000,000 : increase of coin
in the Treasury, nearly $8,000,000.
HOUSE.
The Utah delegate was sworn in.
J. J. Stewart contests tbe seat of Charles
E. Phillips, of Maryland.
Ward introduced a resolution, asserting
that an ex member of the Cabinet declared
in a public speech, tbat evidence in assassi
nation cases was obtained by suborning
witnesses; jthat there was no evidence
against Mrs. Surratt.
A motion was made to lay the resolution
on tbe tabic, whereupon Ward withdrew it.
An effort to take up the tariff was defeat
ed by a motion of adjournment.
There are between three aud four hundred
vacancies for Senatorial action.
Butler and Logan iavor a Special Com
mittee on Impeachment.
Tbe Ohio delegation was in caucus to day.
Subject unknown.
The New York delegation favored a refer
ence of the impeachment question to a spe
cial committee, and favor a recess lilt May.
There is a general caucus to night.
Tho Superintendency of Indian Affairs is
vacant.
The revenue receipts were over a million
dollars to day.
Washington, March 6
Mr. Sherman’s and the tenure of office
bills were officially published by tbe State
Department to-day.
Mr. Seward published a circular letter
proposing a peace Congress to the bellig
erent South American Republics, to be bold
here, on the first of April, with an armistice
till the termination of the conference.
FROM NEW YORK-
TiiOY, N. Y„ March 6.
Tho Democrats carried the Charter Elec
tion.
Elmira, N. Y., March 6.
A Radical Mayor was elected by seventy
six majority.
FROM ST. LOUIS.
St. Louis, March 6
A. W. Lee, who stole forty thousand dol
lars in bonds from the Treasury Depart
ment, has been arrested, with thirty three
thousand dollars iu bonds and four thousand
dollars in cash.
Judge Moody, of tho St. Louis Circuit
Court, on trial before a joint session of the
Missouri Legislature, has been found guilty.
FROM TENNESSEE.
Nashville, March 6.
Brownlow has issued an order to organ
ize a volunteer force, to serve three years
under his command, to act as a military
polite to preserve peace and protect tho
people.
FROM CHARLESTON.
Lois of flic Steamer Andaiu^ia.
Charleston, March 6.
The steamer Audaiusia, from New York
to Charleston, was burned off II aft eras.
Edward, Norib, purser; James McMullen,
engineer; Jacob Lockman, pilot, and four
others, and four passengers, arc missing.
The remainder were brought hero by tho
Manhattan.
THE MARKETS.
I'inaucial.
New York, March 6.
Gold closed at 35J.
New York, March 6—Neon.
Five-twenties, coupons, ’62, 109$: tin ’f>4,
coupons, 1074ai975; do '6b, coup ns, 106.
Ten-forties, registered, 97£. Seven thirties,
first series, ltiSSulOaj;' do second series,
l»5Jul0of. The stock market is exc.ted,
and rates are fluctuating. Gold, 13 Ex
change, sixty days, 1084; sight, 100.
New York, March 6—P. M.
Five-twenties, 'O3 Coupons 1.10 to 1.101 ;
New Issue 1.065.
Cuiumvrcial.
New Y’oiik, March 6 — Noon.
Cotton market dull, with a declining ten
dency. Middling Upland quoted at 3ic.
New York. March fi —Noon.
Flour steady i sales, 7,000 barrels; prices
uncharged. Wheat quiet and easier. Corn
dull and unchanged. Beef steady. Pork
firm, at sl2 25a22.31. Lard dull. Whiskey
quiet, but steady.
New York. March 6—P. M.
Cotton dull and declining; Sales 1,800
bales at 30jc. Flour firmer ; Southern uvre
active; Mixed to Good" $10.26 to $ll.BO ;
Fancy to extra $11.90 to $16.80. Corn
heavy and easier; Mixed western $1.9a1.10.
Pork heavy and doeidetlly lower. Whiskey
steady. Wool firm and advancing;
Sales two hundred thonsand pounds domes
tic at 45 to 70c., chiefly at 42 to 60c; Texas
23 to 30c. Cotton to Liverpool, steam, §to
J; Sail g to 7-10.
St. Louis, March 6—P. M.
Cotton and Tobacco unchanged. Flour
quotations barelv maintained. Mix-d Corn
47 to 4Sc. Mess Pork $20.50 to $21.00.
Bacon firm ; Shoulders Ole.
Louisvii.i-e, March 6—P M.
Shelled Corn 08. Mess Pork $21.00.
Bacon Shoulders 91 ; Clear Sides 12J. Whis
key, free, 25c ; in Bond 28.
Baltimore, March 6.
Cotton dull; Middling, 30c. Flour dull.
Corn, supply light; mixed white, HBc. Mess
Pork, $!2. Bulk shoulders, 9a9lc.
Shipping Intelligence.
Charleston. March 6.
Arrived Yesterday—Ship Southern Kights,
Liverpool; sehr K. K. Townsend, New
York.
Cleared Yesterday— Ship R. C. Winthrop,
Liverpool.
Went to Sea Yesterday—British Ship
Bessie Crosby, Liverpool.
Cleared for this Port- Scbr Menawa, at
Baltimore, March 2.
Savannah, Maroh 5.
Arrived. —Norwegian bark Firda, Mata
moras.
Cleared. — Steamship Virgo, New York;
steamer Julia St. Clair, Augusta; ship
Francis B. Cutting, Liverpool.
AUGUSTA MABXET.
W* dnxbdat, P M., March 6.
COTTON.—The market was dntl and
weak. Strict Middling 30 cent*; Good
Middtidg 304 cent*.
COEN.—Arrival* are qnite large, and tka
market is weak. We still quote $1.45 from
depot—round lots aan be boogbt at $1.40
—from store the ruling rate is still $1.40.
MEAL.—The market is well supplied at
$1.40 to $1.45 for City ground.
BACON.—The market is dull and irregu
lar, with an easier feeling. Ribbed Sides
may be quoted at 15 cents; Shoulders 12}
to 13.
GOLD.—The market was dull and lower.
Brokers paid 37 and sold at 39. Silver 30
to 35.
WEEKLY cottok statement.
The weekly Cotton statement of the Fi
nancial Chronicle, for the Ist iust., shows
aI V increase from the total iu tbe last
statement, amounting in ail to 73,574 bales
(against 60,030 bales last week, and 71,727
bales two weeks since), making tho total
receipts since September 1, this year, 1,529,-
623 bales, against 1,350,552 bales for tbs
same period in 1865-6. In the following
may be seen tbe details of tbe week’s re
ceipts :
Received this week at— Receipts.
New Orleans bales 28,786
Mobile 6,91i0
Charleston , ■ 5,281
Savannah 7,472
Texas..., ’ 5,491
Tennessee, Kentucky, etc 8,588
Florid* 4,100
North Carolina 1,164
Virginia 5,792
Total receipts for the week 73,574
From the foregoing it will be scon that
the receipts not only from New Orleans and
Savannah, but also from tbo Southwestern
States (Tennessee, Arkansas, etc.,) and
from Virginia, still continue largo. The
exports this week from all the ports are
about the same in the aggregate as those f
the previous week, amounting in all to
54,296 bales (against 55,058 bales last
week).
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SIOO REWARD !
Escaped from jail at new-
BKRIIY C. H., on the night of the
16th February, 1867, five Colored Prisoners,
who were confined under sentence of death,
and answer to tho following names and
descriptions :
Ist. JIM POSEY—copper colored, about
fifty five years of age, about five feet nine
or ten inches tall, weighs about 170 pounds,
has rather a serif us countenance, round,
good face, grey haired.
2d. EMANUEL GUNTER—black, short,
and thin, fi iy five or sixty years of age,
bow-legged, large mouth, stoop-shouldered,
hears a strong le-cmblancc to tho native
African.
3d. BOOKER DUCKETT—bright cop
per colored, about thirty fi\e years old,
weighs about 140 pounds, heavy bushy
hair, growing i- wn low on tho forehead,
about fiv it i ? eight- inches tall.
4ili. DA V A LAM-.'—very fine looking
black man, nb -v.i six feet tall, weighs 170
or 160 pound.-, abo.it tw uty five years o
age; no spc-bii i: . rks shown.
6th. Al.iitilii' ./aYlS—bright mulatto,
about fi\e tect four or five inches tall,
weighs about 140 pounds, about twenty
two or twenty three years old, rather a
pleasing countenance.
These Negroes were tried at this place
last October, f'-r the murd-r of batnuel
Lane, of this District, convicted, new trial
granted, tried and convicted for robbery.
\ reward of SIOO for the apprehension of
each, or any one of them, is offered by the
Sheriff of Newberry District.
THOS. E. PAYSING ER,
Sheriff.
Newberry C. H., S. C., Feb. 16, 1867-
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Board per wook 10
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LIST OF REGISTERED VOTE
Ward I.
Beard, James A M Laoderbsek, G
Bignon, Bernard Levis, Christopher F
Boulineau, George E Loeey, Istae.C
Both well, James T McClb*, Francis
.. Wsrsb, Albert H
Barrett, Wm II M„ o re, John L
W John
Blodgett, Foster Meyer, John U
Csrr, Henr, W Molten, James
Gory, Eugene A Martin, Charles B
I>regael.C Frederick MeCanu, Patrick H
Dillon, William G Morria, Jeremiah
Doniphan. Henry T Nally, Cleon A
Dunham, Samuel Napier, We J
DeLberbe, Francis Pemble, Charles
Diener, Me* Payt*, Charles F
I>u*«B, Lewis O Peay, William E
Elbert, Ken ben Page, Wm T
Evers, George Pardae, 8 8
Ells, Jas N Philpot, Thos N
Elliott, Charles Russell, Thomas
Foster, H Clay Rodgers, Jas B
Farr, Wm J Richards, Wm T
Foster, John Rawls, Hezzy
Ganahi, Joseph Rice, Luke
Griffin, Jesse K Rutherford, Wm J
Gould, Wm T Ramsey, Joseph B
Glover, Robert D Sharp, Edwin V
Griffin, Thomas J Sharkey, Patrick
Ileuialer, John F Shackelford, Thos W
Hammond, Patrick Small, John
liog&u- John Shackelford. .las H
2Jones, Wm H Sullivan Xdward A
Jones, John H Smith John 1)
Jordan, Henry S Tant, James K
Jones, Wm C Thompson, Isham
J >nes, Geo A Tuttle, Wm
King, Wm W Thompson, Jas F
Kilpatrick, Alex Thompson, Wm K
Levy, Isaac Wiggins, Amos P
Leon, Henry L Wood, Virgil
Lath rop, Joseph J Whaley, Jacob
Lenehan, Corneal
Ward 11.
Brodnax, Benj H May, Robert n
Bernhardt, FrederickMeineckc, John II
Bisell, Kent Meyer, C
Bignon, Henry A McAdam, John
Cohen, Phillip L Mendlesohn, A
Oleary, John Miller, J P R
Carter, Flournoy Meyers, Henry
Cates, John W Maher, Richard W
Cohen, Morris Neihling, John
Cohen, David O'Donnell, Edw
Cohen, John J OJin, W Milo
Close, Lewis G O’Neil. Michael
Denning, David H Poetzelberger, J A
Dean, Joshua Phinizy, Rob't M
Dwyer, Thomas Rhodes, G Crawford
Deecombes, Chae S Rice, Patrick
Dorr. August Rhodes, W Peyton
Emery, Caleb Renkl, Gregor
Ferguson, Anthony BRich, Charles T
Glover, William Reilly, John
Graham, Andrew Rhodes, Thos R
Goodrich, Chas G Snead, Garland A
Glasner, Geo Spaeth, Charles
Gibson, Wm Stallings, Wm H
Hollcyman, Thos A Suinerau, Joseph
Peter Smith, SH W
Johnson, Whitfield Sibley, Samuel H
Jones, Aaron 11 Snead, John C
Jones, M J Tweedy, Ephraim
Levy, Samuel Williams, Wm
Levy, Abraham Wade, Wm
Maher, John
Ward 111.
Ammons, John lob. Michael
Adam, George Jeffcoate, John
Baker, Henry F Kranalke, Frederick
Butler, N K Lamblack, F
Buckley, T M Lombard, Richard
Brandt, Hermann Looney, Daniel
Baker, Charles Maher, Richard
Boggs, A P Miller, John T
Hu tier, N K, Jr McCarthy, Patrick
Carter, John B McDonald, Michael
Croak, Zames McKenzie, John
Callahan, Patrick McAuliffe, Timothy
Critz, Peter Nelson, Matthew F
Clark, Ralph P O'Conner, Michael
Craig, John O’Connor, Patrick •
: lark, Amos K O’Donnel, Michael
Castleberry, D T O’Conner, Francis
Caroll, John Owens, Dennis
Daniel, Wilberforco O’Connell, C
Davis, Jacob R O’Dowd, Michael
Davis, Wm R O’Conner, M I)
Dunn, Patrick Philip, Alexander
Desmond, Dennis Reynolds, John
Estes, Charles Red Cornelius A
Freeman, Joel N Reynolds, Thos P
Gorman, Michael Reynolds, Patrick
Gallaher, Edward Stoy, John W
Gardiner, Jas T Sullivan, John
Gibbs, Leonard Y Sherman, Francis
Gargan. James Schaufele, Fred
Gow, Jas L Sheffield, Jesse N
liolsonbake, A Vaughan, John
Hetfc, Andrew W amor, Chas II
Hatton, Joseph Wilier, Dewitt U
Hall, Albert G Wills, Wm B
Hall, Charles Williams, Stephen D
Ward IV.
Bennett, Thos Newman, Geo W
Crombe, Alonzo F O'Callahan, Timothy
Davis, Andrew J Rossignol, Henry
Enright, Dennis J Roath, David L
Fleming, Robert A Rahner, Joseph
Farrar, Daniel M Stoughton, Jos B
Galvan, John C Stalling*, Rcbt R
Gleason, Patrick Stallings, Dr 1>
Gable, Henry Stovall, Boling A
Ingalls, Lewis L fmalley, Chapley
Jones, Thomas Timmons, John
Kitsch, John Tilkey, John
Landers. John W’allaco, Patrick
Meiutzur, Wm C W'ingficld, Thos T
Tho above is a correct return of Register
ed Voters of the City of Augusta up to
date.
J. C. GREEN,
Registry Clerk.
Augusta, Ga., February 28, 1867.
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