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&l)f City Printer—Official Paper LARGEST riTT Clßft LATIOBf. C * *'' THURSDAY MORNIS »... I*«T \ T Pan r r«>:« ••rrn'«,) Mar ti *'l>. >s**- I a... IS*. ■“■ it's »l° i® **° To Adwtisors Generally. ■■ * * Tk« lutrrnal KcTcnue law •* the Unit** Matap •»»*•• * '■* •*? per Mata, mm itac »»•■»' rwriiM far w4verll.rt.eiM. ky Ike pnb«l»l»- rr» at every Jenrnal *r Hftt»MP rr liavinK a clrcnlnll.n ml iwa ibou ,.ud ar mere c»|il«». Tko PAII.F PRI.VS PAI'STMIS TAX. anil !>»•*>- 1 lakes tke ass Ida! U*l ml Uiwnl and, Ifcerelore, n>«»« k«™ largest clrc»l*tl ,u ' «nd» canec. qneully, affords Ike beat medium far udverltslug all Rinds.l buai* nee*. Agents for tha Daily Press. M. H. MANDEVILLE, Athens, tie. STURUES i CHEW, Wayneskoro, Ga. w. J. McCULLOI'GII, Agcut on the Georgia R- R- .Vets Advertisement*. Stores, Tin Ware, etc —D. L. Fullerton, 186 Broad street. Consignees—Per Central Railroad. Iron ami Brass Foondry—Pendleton & Board man. Lost—W. A. Ramsey. Sacred Historical Tableaux —At Con cert Hall. Raffle—At E. H. Sumner’s. Cook Wanted—Apply at this Office. THk daily press Has the Latest Nows, by Telegraph, from aM parts of the world, up to twelve o’clock each night. The Subscription Priee is only Five Hollars per annum. Advertisements insertod, by special con tract, on more liberal terms than any other newspaper iu Eastern Georgia. Single copies of the Dailt Press — to be had of all the Newsboys— Five Cents each. Newsboys are charged two and a halt cents a copy. The Daily Press is the cheapest, and most readable newspaper issued in this sec tion. . • f Remember the price—ss per vear. K. H. PUGH®, Proprietor, 190 Broad and 153 Ellis street. 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. 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The Leonard Scott Publishing Company also publish the FARMER’S GUIDE, by Hbnry Stkpiiens, of Edinburg, and the late J. P. Norton, of Yale College. 2 vols., Royal Octavo, 1,600 pages and numerous Engravings. Price $7 for the two volumes—by Mail, post paid, SB. ja27—.‘>m 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- fe22—tf Commercial Bouse, Corner of Church and Queen Streets CHARLESTON, S. C. This establishment having been recently fitted up in .the MOST IMPROVED FASHION, the Proprietor respoctfully calls tho attention of the public at large to the moderate prices charged. Board per day 2 Board per wook 10 . „ C. OSTICH, doß—3m Proprietor 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. 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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. 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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. marl —1 Dyeing Establishment. ESTABLISHED IN 1832. THE SUBSCRIBER BEGS LEAVE TO state that he still continues to Dye Silk aud Woolen Dresses, and Crape Shawls, etc., various colors in the best manner. Ladies’ Hats and Bonnets Cleaned and Pressed in the most fashionable style. Kid and Doe ekin Gloves Cleaned in the best manner. Gentlemen’s Garments Cleaned and Dyed Black as may be required, in the same su perior manner which has, generally, so much pleased bis patrons and friends for tho past thirty years. Persons at a distance can have their ar ticles sent by Express and returned in the same way. ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, 35 Drayton Street, fc24—law4w bavannah, Ga. BOOTS AND SHOES AT REDUCED PRICES, AT AT. COHEN’S, 182 Broad Street, TO MAKE ROOM FOR SPRING STOCK. mar2—tf C. H. WARNES., IJLTJMBER, L GAS and STEAM FITTER, la rear of 255 Broad street, Augusta, Geo. Pumps, Gas, Steam and water Pipes, Rubber Hose and Hose Pipes, promptly urnished or ren “red. ja2o— tf 3LUGUSTA BOBBIN WORKS, AUGUSTA, GEO., H. T. NELSON, Proprietor., des—taugs