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VOLUME XLVII.
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, MAY 29, 1866.
NUMBER
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T?r;l »
~r JOHN GANTT tenders his professional
1 / V, ivices to the citizens of Milledgeville and
*r.jL ' Office that of the late Dr. Fort.
10 tf
vicinity- Offic
March G, la6b
JstL. IB- 'X’-A-T/RIIRdD^S office is
] ) ju MoUomb’s old Hotel, where he can be
. i ..} a n hours when not otherwise engaged.
Milledgeville, May 1, 1866
18 12t
NOTICE.
D JJ \v. T. LOCKHART, tenders his profes-
sioual sen ices to the citizens of Milledgeville
■vicinity Special attention paid to SURGERY
111 ali () f iis diversified forms, lie will be found at
i' .iirs. when not professionally absent, at Judge
it K. Tucker’s residence one mile from the State
^lliilcdgevil’e Sept. 5, 1865 36 ly
"XEW FIRMi::::::::NEW GOODS.
Miciiols oz> Mapp
H ave OPENED a S&UCf- SSOES at
Mr Vail’s old stand, next door to the Hotel,
g]U i will keep constantly on hand a complete as
sortment of
!rmm T iN PERFUMERY.
w-eLIifi’s, jBr ™gS0A p s,
Writing Paper, Combs,
und a general assortment of fine articles for
USB.
Parties wishing to purchase, will do well to give
them a call, as their stock is all new, and was
li.intrht exclusively for cash, which enables them
to sell as low as any house in town.
Milledgeville, Feb’y 6,1866
6 tf
Prescriptions.
\i/E ARE now prepared to put up PffYSl-
VV CIANS PRESCRIPTIONS, and ask a
e of public patronage. Our medicines are
ail fresh, and our prescription drugs are from the
veil known establishment of Dr. Edward R.
Squibb, where none but pure articles are sold.
I*r. Mapp will pay special attention to this depart
ment ot our business.
NICHOLS & MAPP.
Milledgeville, March 13,1866 11 -tf
1. BILL'S WORM HESTiU)YER.!
* SURE AND EFFECTUAL Remedy for
CHILDREN, will eat them as well as candy.
No humbug in the medicine,
Dr. BULL is a man of character and reputa
tion, and an old citizen of Louisville, Ky. His
florin Destroyer, is considered a Specific, in Ken
tucky and wherever it has been used.
For sale by NICHOLS & MAPP.
May 8, 1666. 19 tf
HOUSE OP ENTERTAINMENT.
a DR. JOHN GANTT, occupying the
late residence of Dr. Fort, in Milledge
ville, would respectfully inform the pub
lic generally, that his house is now open for the
reception of transient custom.
Milledgeville, April 3, 1866 14 tf
T. 1^. MEWBIjIi,
-Attorney-at-Law,-^
MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA.
Milledgeville, March 13,1866 11 tf
CABINET WORK.
t WOULD raspectfuliy inform the citizens of
Baldwin county that I am prepared to do all
kinds of Cabinet Work. Will t'e<-l thankful for
any favors in the way of mending old furniture, or
making new. Give me a call, and I will promise
to please both in price and work dene.
ROBT. N. ADAMS.
Milledgeville May 8, 1866 18 tf
Niilledgeville
LAW-CLASS
AT REQUEST of some young gentlemen, I
A. have again consented to take charge of a
Law-Class at the seat of the Supreme Court and
of the State Government. The future perpetual
presence of that Court, and of a County Court for
ni siprius practice, united with the extreme care
Usually given to my law-students, will render
Milledgeville the best point in Georgia for young
■nen preparing for the bar. My students will re
vive all the diligent attention ever bestowed by
law-profetjsors in a University, and their studies
"'Ll he so directed as to lit them in the best man-
Etr and shortest time possible for active practice
under the system of Georgia laws.
w. McKinley.
Milledgeville, April 3,1866 14 tf
OSBORNE’S OPTICAL DEPOT.
336 BROAD STREET,
^^AUGUSTA, GA.^*^
nearly opposite planters’ hotel.
Specially and Hxclusively Optical.
Ui'try Eye-help known in Optical Science.
JJA riENTS treated by mail to superior Glass'
. es Gy sending one glass out of their old Spec*
. ac { e * and stating the best distances or number
■ trei-es from the eyes at which they saw comforta'
‘dj 1 to read with the old glasses—length of time
li ‘y have been used without change, and a state
me nt as to general health.
^T shades and color inserted so as to defy
detection even by experts.
^gtistfl, March 20, 1866 12 tf
C|, 's. P. McCalla. M. T. McGregor.
CLERK’S OFFICE SUPREME COURT, 1
Milledgeville. Ga., 6th May, !b66. £
^ OAXjIjA db OCX,
SMKsssipg meaAOTS.
Particular attention given Lo the Sale anJ pur-
J" as8 of COTTON and COUNTRY PRODUCE,
' ,jerai n.dvauees made.
Tl^HE Docket of the Supreme Court to be held
-I- at Milledgeville on the First Monday in June
next, will be called by the Judicial Districts, in
the following order, to-wit:
1. All cases from the Pataula.
2. “ “ “ “ Eastern.
“ Middle.
4. “ “ “ “ Coweta.
5. “ “ “ “ Flint.
6. “ “ *• “ Tallapoosa.
7. “ “ •« “ Blue Ridge.
8. “ “ “ “ Cherokee.
9. “ “ “ “ Cliattahoochee.
19.“ “ “ “ Macou.
11. “ “ “ “ Western.
12. “ “ “ Northern.
13. “ “ “ “ Brunswick.
14. “ “ “ “ Southe.ru.
15. “ “- “ “ Ocmulgee.
16. “ “ “ “ South-Western.
By order of the Court
Witness my official signature, this 6th day of
May. 1866.
CHARLES W. DcBOSE, Clerk.
S3*" Journal & Messenger, Augusta Constitu
tionalist and Atlanta Intelligencer, inseit once a
week, three weeks, and s®nd bill to Clerk Supreme
Court.
May 15, 1866 20 3t
Good News
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j®g)nipin &
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fflt J^eut iljafk as± !
ruirftF? i muslins,
liiLItJLd} j CAMBRICS and
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Nansook, Swiss, Tarlton and Illusion,
Beautiful Figured, Plaid and Checked Jaconets,
AT COST!
An elegant assorted Stock of Dress Goods
.A.T COST!
Trimmings, Hosiery—ALL and EVERY THING
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A large lot of Ladies, Misses, Chil-
Till dren’s Boys and Men’s BOOTS and
T SHOES, HATS and CAPS, ’ ^
_A_t Actual Cost!
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3d door, Milledgeville Hotel, Canvas Sign.
Milledgeville, May 8,1866 19 tf
BACON!
Bacon! Bacon!
12 CASKS CLEAR BACON SIDES.
12 do. SHOULDERS.
1 do. SUGAR CURED HAMS.
For sale cheap to close consignment, by
WRIGHT & BROWN.
Milledgeville, April 3,1866 14 tf
J. W. RABUN. P- H. WOOD
J. W. Rabun & Co.,
FACTO XL S
AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
140, Bay Street,
SAVANNAH, GA.
March 13, 1866 11 tf
PUBLIC LAWS.
An Act to remit the taxes due from Tax Payers for
the year, 1864 and 1865, and for other purposes.
Soction 1. Be it enacted, Sfc., That all
taxes now due from the Tax Payers of the
State, of Georgia levied upon them for the
years 1864 and 1865 be. and the same are
hereby remitted, and shall not henceforth
be collected.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That before
any of the Tax Collectors for the years
1864 and 1865 wbo have not already set*
tied their accounts iu full at the Treasnry,
shall be released from their bonds, they
shall make affidavit that they have paid
all the money into the Treasury of the
State, that they have collected from the
Tax Payers, except commissions of the
Tax Receiver and their own commissions,
or. when they have not paid into the
Treasury all the money thus collected they
shall return the same to the Justices of the
Inferior Court of their county with an affi
davit that the money they returned is
all the money they have collected of the
Tax Payers of said county, except the
Receiver’s and Collector’s commissions,
and except what they have paid into the
Treasury : and that they have not ex
changed with any one, State Treasury
notes for Confederate Treasury notes, ex
cept for the purpose of making the usual
change with Tax Payers in the payment
of their taxes. When they return both
State and Confederate Treasury notes,
said Tax Collector shall state in his affi
davit the amount of eacli he returned to
the said Justices of the Inferior Court.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That when
a return by any Collector as provided, in
preceding section it shall be the duty of
the Justices of the Inferior Court of the
county, where said return is made, to im
mediately burn said notes thus leturued to
them, and keep a record of the same, and
give the Collector a certificate as to the
burniugof said notes.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted. That upon
a return of the affidavit or affidavits and
certificate provided for in second section of
this Act the Comptroller General shall
cancel the account in his office again9t
said Collector, and shall return to said
Collector a certificate of payment iu full
of said account.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That when
a return of State or Confederate notes has
been made to the Justices of the Inferior
Court of any couuty, and been burned
by them, it shall be the duty.ofsaid Comp
troller General to enter the amount of
each class of notes thus burned upon the
account in his otfico against the Tax Col*
lector who makes sucii returns.
Sec. 6. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 10th March, 1S6C.
An Act for the relief of Administrators, Executors,
Guardians, and Trustees, in certain cases.
Whereas, Administrators, Executors,
Guardians and Trustees, in the adminis
tration of estates supposed to be solvent
have, during the late war, paid some cred
itors iu full or in part, supposing that the
slave property in their possession would bo
ample for the payment of all debts due by
the intestate, And Whereas, the emancipa*
tion of slaves has reudered many of such
estates insolvent.
Section 1. Be it enacted, Sfc., That no
Administrator, Executor, Guardian or
Trusteee shall be chargeable in his own
person or property by reasou of having
paid some creditors in full or in part, when
others are now excluded on account of the
emancipation of slaves having rendered
said estate insolvent, but the said Admin
istrator, Executor, Guardian or Trustee
shall be exonerated from liability to the
exteut of such negro property.
Sec. 2. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 12tb March, 1S66.
’• 1 ’• ax wjxkle range Comer of Jackson
ami Ljlis Streets,
-A.TJC3-TTS'Z’.A., Q--A.
£ S , t u r i* sre fo " Cotton.
August 8, leoo 32 Jy
TJnrted. S"ta/tes
STEEL PEN WORKS,
Factoryi Camden, N. J.
R. ESTEI1BU00K & CO.,
Steel Pen Manufacturers.
warehouses:
403, Arch St.Philadelphia; 42, John Si.New York.
These celebrated Pens are of genuine American
Manufacture, and comprise every leading style in
the Market, and are eqnal in finish, plasticity and
fineness of point to the best imported. ale ’
therefore, sure to gain the confidence oi the Amer
ican publifc. . t ,
Samples and Prices on application. Hots
made to order, of any pattern or stamp required.
For sale to the Trade at the Manufacturers
Warehouses, as above; and at retail by all »ta-
i" S
March 13, 1866 LLJL
Look out for a Horse Thief.
SBoO REWARD.
1 11AVE FOLLOWED from Randolph county
a man who stole from me two Horses. One I
recovered w.'icrs-he sold him in Bibb. - man
was at Gordon on Saturday on the other Horse, a
large iron grey, heavy mane and tail, m good or
der; on his back, where the saudle rests, lias a
round white spot, three inches or more in diame
ter about seven years old.. The above reward
will be paid for th^orse and thi^f. .
The thief is a man well dressed, wearing a iignt
hut 27 or 28 years old. no beard except a small
moisucl.e.aidta. K WABE .
Jiilleilgcville, May 15,1566 w '
An Act to provide for the election of a Superin
tendent of Public Roads and Bridges in the
counties of Wilkes, Muscogee and Lincoln, aud
such other counties as may adopt the provisions
of this act, and to define his rights and duties,
and to repeal all laws inconsistent with this act.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, 4c , That all laws
providing for the apj.ointment of Road
Commissioners for the Counties of Wilkes,
Muscogee and Lincoln, and such other
counties as may adopt the provisions of this
act, and vesting any authority iu them, be
and the same are hereby repealed, and
that from and after the passage of this act,
the same authority, rights and duties vest
ed in, and obligatory on, the Road Com
missioners iu the counties of Wilkes, Mus
cogee and Lincoln, he and tlio same are
hereby vested iu, and conferred on, one of
ficer, to be styled “Superintendent of
Roads and Bridges,” to be elected once iu
two years,at the same time and place as oth
er couuty officers, and by the same electors,
(except that the first election for this officer
shall take place on the 1st Tuesday in
April 1866, and his term of office shall ex
pire Jauuary 1st, 1868, the returns of said
elections to be made to the Justices of the
Interior Court of each of said counties, aud
a commission to he issued to the officer by
them; said Justices to determine who is
elected, and to order a new election where
no one is elected, or where a vacancy oc
curs from anj cause iu said office, and for
sufficient cause made known to them to
remove said officer, and to have the same
authority and control over said officer as
over road Commissioners. But when any
such fcmperiniendeut is so removed, he
shall have the right to appeal to the Su
perior CoWt of the couuty ol which he is
Road Superintendent, aud there have his
case tided by a special Jury, iu such man*
ner as the presiding Judge may direct.
Sec. 2. When such Superintendent is
elected, he shall, when commissioned, give
bouti aud security iu the sum of one thou
sand dollars, faithfully to discharge bis
duties, which boud shall be tak£h by said
Justices ol the Inferior Court, and shall
be tor the benefit ot any citizen of the
county or State, who may be injured by the
non performance ol duty by said officer.
Sec. 3. Said Superintendent shall have
authority to appoint overseers cf.the Roads
In the counties of Wilkps, Muscogee and
Lincolu, who shall be obliged to serve for
one year when so appointed, and again be
liable to reappointment after four years,
aud such overseer shall he obliged to work
the Roads with such hands or labor as may
be appointed by said Superintendent, aud
said Superintendent shall have the right
to work the public Roads not only with
the hands liable to do road duty, but also
with such criminals, when so employed,
shall be supported as the Justices of the
Inferior Court, aud under 6ucli regulations
as the Judges of the Inferior Court may
prescribe.
Sec. 4. It shall he the duty of said
Superintendent to collect, as RoaJ Com
missioner, all tines and dues for failure to
work the roads, and faithfully account for
the same with the County Treasurer, aud
said Superintendent shall receive as bis
compensation, annually, from the County
Treasurer of Wilkes and Muscogee
counties, the sum of four hundred
dollars, and from the count)’ of Lincolu the
sum of two hundred and fifty dollars.
Sec. 7. Be it farther enacted, That the
Justices of the Inferiof Court of any other
county in this State, upon the recommen
dation of the Grand Jury of said county,
may adopt the provisious of this act, aud
the Justices aforesaid may fix the salary
of the Superintendent of Roads iu their
respective counties.
Sec. 6. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 10th March, 1866.
An Act to prescribe and regulate the relation of
parent and child among persons of color in this
State, aud for other purposes.
See, 1. Be it enacJed, fyc., That among
persons of color the parent shall be requir
ed to maintain his or her children whether
legitimate or illegitimate.
Sec. 2. Be it farther enacted, That chil
dren shall bo subjected to the same obliga
tions, iu relation to their parents, as
those which exist in relation to white per*
sons.
Sec. 3. Be it farther enacted, That every
colored child heretofore born, is declared
to be the legitimate child of his mother,
and also of his colored father, if acknowl
edged by such father.
Sec. 4. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved 9th March, 1866.
An act to prescribe and regulate the relation of
husband and wife betw een persons of color.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, S$c., That persons
of color now liviug together as husband
and wife, are hereby declared to sustain
that legal relation to each other, unless a
man shall have two or more reputed wives,or
a woman two or more reputed husband ; in
such event, the man, immediately after the
passage of this act by the General Assem
bly, shall select one of his reputed wives,
with her consent, or the woman one of her
reputed husbands, with his consent, aud
the ceremony of marriage between these
two shall be performed. If such man, thus
living with more than one woman, or such
woman liviug with more than one man,
shall fail or refuse to comply with the pro
visions of this Section, lie or she shall be
prosecuted for the offence of fornication, or
fornication or adultery, or fornication and
adultery, and punished accordingly.
Approved 12th March, 1866.
An Act to amend the 1350th Section of the Code
of Georgia.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted, Sfc., That, after
the words “December, 1S47,” said Section
be amended by adding the following, to-
wit : “Or were in practice under legal di
ploma, or license, ou the first day of Jauu
ary 1863.”
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That this
Act shall take effect immediately after its
passage, and that all laws militating
against this Act, be and the same repealed.
Approved 9th, March 1866.
An Act to add an additional clause to the 1540th
Section of Article 2nd, Chapter 7tli, part 1st.
Title 16th of the Code of Georgia.
Sec. 1- Be it enacted, Sfc., That the said
Section shall be amended by adding the
following clause :
“And whenever the owner of any land
in this State shall refuse to extend any
drain or ditch through the same, that may
be dug to the line ol his lot by the owner
or occupant of adjoiuing laud, then the
said adjoining owner or occupant shall be
privileged to extend his drain at his owu
expense, through any such lauds, to a
proper ouflht, and if his land shall be in*
jured, or crecreased in value by reason ol
said draining, then he shall receive full
compensation from the person so draining
lor the injury doue. The question ol such
injury in value may be submitted, on re
quest of either party aiid uotice given, to
threo disinterested freeholders, to be cho*
sen by the Inferior Court of said Couuty,
and they shall make au award upon the
same rules and regulations as are now pro
vided by Jaw, touebiug arbitrations aud
awards. Brocided, said awards shall be
made 1 , and just compensation paid, beiore
the drain or ditch is commenced.’’
See. 3. Repeals conflicting laws.
Approved March 12, 1866.
An Act to repeal so much of the 16551b Section
of the Code of Georgia, as prohibits the mar
riage of persons within the fourth degree of con'
sanguinity.
Section 1. B$ it enacted &r., That so
much of the 1655th Section of the revised
Code of Georgia as prohibits the marriage
of persons within the fourth degree of con
sanguinity be, aud the same is hereby re-
pearled.
Sec. 2. Repeals conflicting taws.
Approved, .March 12. 18C6.
Fixing thk Rkcimid.—The citizens of Colum
bia, South Carolina, held a public meetiug in that
city oti Wednesday last, for the purpose of placing
on record the tacts iu relation to Die destruction ot
their city, and the overwhelming array oi' pi oofs
winch can be offered to support Inc iouer of Gen
eral Hampton_on that subject.
The Board of Health in N\*w York City have
declared Cboiera imminent, and reqiusted the
Governor tv proclaim the danger,
President Johnson.
His Statement to 'the Correspondent of the
> London Times.
The following is the loiter of the corres
pondent of the London Times, giving the
particulars of his interview with the Presi
dent, with his remarks ou the present po
sition of public affairs :
Washington, April 16, 1866.
In the perplexed and uncertain state in
to which public affairs have fallen, it is
impossible for me to send you any informa
tion more important ot valuable than the
particulars of an interview which I had
with President Johnson at the White
House on Thursday last. The President's
opinions, especially with refeieuce to the
freedmen, have been so wilfully inisrep*
refuted in the Radicals press of this coun
try, and his general policy towards the
Southern States has been exposed to so
much unjustifiable perversion, that Mr.
Johnson’s own explanation on both these
subjects may have some weight even with
those who are mo^t embittered against
him. The President first adverted to the
condition in which he fouud the country
on his accession to office, and pointed out
that ever since that time the Radical par
ty, which now has the coatrol over Con
gees, bad been prepared for the issue forc
ed upon him. Their object was manifest,
and it was one which, from their point of
view, they could scarcely be blamed for
pursuing so eagerl)i» They knew perfect
ly well that when #he South came back
iuto Congress their da^ of power would he
over—the Southern Representatives would
stand as a unit; they would probably fall
into alliance again with the Democratic
party, the old issues of slavery aud State
sovereignty would be dead and buried, and
the party which now ruled would he strip
ped of its power. Their talk about phi*
lauthropy and benevolence to the negro,
meant no more than a desire to work up
on the feelings of the North, so that they
might be enabled to carry everything their
own way. It was a renewal of the old
conflict. The two sections of the country
were ready to go to war before rebel
lion broke out—the one to preset ve slavery,
the other to destroy it.> Each side was
willing to sacrifice the Government in or
der to gain its object. The South struck
first. The rebellion was subdued at the
Southern end of the line, and now it is
swinging round to the other end. “These
men,” continued the President, and be al
ways used these words to denote the radi
cal party,—“are almost ready to go into
rebellion again rather than have their su
premacy destroyed by the re-introduction
of the South. They know nothing prac-.
tically of the real slate of the Soulh.- The
very man who had drawn up tlfl^ Civil
Rights Bill, what are his means of judg
ing ? I left him in the Senate during the
war, and weut out to Tounessee and saw
it all, and bore my share of the troubles.
He stopped at home and now endeavors
to make his theories square into the eveuts
of the war, and legislate on ideas which
he has never put to the test.
The President then weut on to speak of
slavery aud the negro. He had been
brought up, he said, under the very shad
ow of the institution of slavery. He had
bought and owned slaves, but still he had
always been for abolishing slavery upon
any basis which could be adopted with
safety to the country. "When it came lo
the question whether slavery should be
abolished or the Government broken, he
never had a doubt as to the course which
he ought to pursue : lie decided to give up
slavery, and he abided by that decision.—
But the South now would treat the negro
with greater kindness than the North if it
were let alone and not exasperated. “They
talk of justice to the negro,” continued
the President, “God knows my heart
yearns toward him when 1 think of the
end which these men are preparing for
him. I see that end clearly enough—they
are going the way for a conflict of races.
When that occurs we all know how it will
fare with the negro. How has such a con
test always ended ? When the time comes
there will be no struggle. The result will
be decided without that. Now, then, what
do they find 1 The very thing which wa
said these Southern States could never do
—which we fought these four years to pre
vent them doing—these lien affirm that
they have actually done—namely, been
out of the Uuiou. The Southern States
aie ready to come hack upon oui terms,
take loyal oaths, and acknowledge their
allegiance, hut these men say they shall
not. Wby, if they had offered to come
back, or any of them, during the rebellion,
should we have turned them away ou the
ground that they had placed themselves
out of the Union 1 Mr. Lincoln offered to
receive the whole Legislature of Richmond
— a rebel Legislature—aud would have
w elcomed them with opened arms. Would
he have refused to receive these States
now that they have fully submitted?”
The President next referred to the mis
representations of his policy which have
been so industriously spread abroad.—
“These men” had for mouths past had the
public mind open to then*, and bad poured
into it whatever they pleased. Now it
had become iucrusted, as it were; but
once let that incrustation he broken
through, and the truth would begin to find
its way. “I am not. discouraged,” added
the President; “either these States must
be brought hack or they must bo kept out.
It is like doing a sum iu addition—some
sums wants figuring up more than others
before you can get the answer, but I bes
lieve it will all come out right iu the end.”
Mr. Jobuaon then enlarged with con
siderable detail upon the operation of the
Freedman’s Bureau, and said its machine
ry- was now being used to got negroes cons
veyed from the North back to the South
by the very mou who were asserting that
the lives of the freeduien were not safe in
the South. They had bired or bought
lands, they wanted labor, and they got
their negroes transported at the expense
of the Government. The Freedman’s Bu
reau compelled the negroes to go, or they
stopped their subsistence allowance. It
was little better than another form of sla
very, ODly that it was solely conducted by
abolitionists; for th^Freedman’a' Bureau
would not assist a Southern man in get
ting negroes from the North, ^here manv
thousands have taken refuge during the
war. A gentleman from Falkland countv,
Virginia, had been to him, the President
said, only a few daj's ago, saying that he
had sent three hnudred negroes to the
District (of Columbia) for security during
the war He now wished to hire them,
but.the Freedman’s Bureau interposed ob
stacles, and would give him no help iu
transporting them ; whereas the Govern
ment railroads were placed at the. service
of other speculators. In all that he said
it was evident that the President approved
some plan for protecting the negro and
giving him succor, but that he considered
the administration of the Freedman’s Bu
reau was not ail that could be desired. It
did not accomplish the true object for
which it was founded.
Passing from this subject, the President
said that the Radical party' iu Congress
talked to the people as if they had to fear
some act of oppression on the part of the
Executive because the Civil Rights Bill
had been veto. “But the veto power,”
he said, “could never he mane an engine
of oppression. It has only a negative
force—it originates nothing. It can only
say when it sees unwise and unconstitu
tional legislation attempted. ‘Now stop.’
Consider this thing a little further. Pass
the bill if you will by your constitutional
tvvo-thirus majority, hut I think it well to
give you au opportunity to think over it
agaiu. They have passed the Civil Rights
Bill, and it will not be long before a Judge
is arrested for carrying out the laws of his
State. Then the case will he brought to
the Supreme Court, aud the people will
soon see which was right—Congress in iu-
sistiug upon having it, or 1 in endeavor
ing to dissuade them from it.” Here,
again, the President distinguished between
the principle upon which the bill is pro
fessedly based, and the bill itself ; the
former he was anxious to see carried out,
but the means proposed he considered ob
jectionable and hazardous.
“Congress,” the President further said,
“represents the Btates, but the men who
voted for them individually all voted in
my election. I am like the Tribunes elect
ed by the Roman people—I am to stand
and represent their interests. And irhat
other object can I have but to represent
those interests—the interests of my coun
try ? I have no party objects to. serve—
no selfish interests to promote. If I were
a man of ambition, I do not know what I
could desire more than I have gained. I
have gone the whole giddy rouud, from al
derman upward, and I tio not value this
office (here the President spoke with great
earnestness and feeling) except for the
good which it may enable me to do. I
want but a corner of this house to live in,
aud I do not care a bawbee, as the Scotch
say, for ail the rest. Let me but gee the
country at harmony and peace, and how
gladly would I give up ail ! 1 suppose I
may say that 1 have done enough to satis
fy any reasonable ambitiou, and feel that
my race is well nigh run. These men
want power, I have enough, and am in
different to what I have. We think”—he
said these words with a smile—“we thick
this a great position, without ideas—we
are educated to do so; but I can assure
you that I am often here twelve Lours a
day without it ever occurring to me that I
am President.” He evidently meant with
out the pride of power occurring to him.
“These men,” he also said, “have rais
ed the cry of ’mad dog’ at me, and the peo
ple seem to be getting afraid. The) will
understand me better by-aud-hy, aud un
derstand these men, too. I could not ex
pect to get through without a struggle.”—
Yet it was most extraordinary, he contin
ued, to think of the course which “these
men” were pursuing. By being united
again the country would stand respected
iu the eyes of the world. It was now la-
boriHg under the evils of au inflated cur J
rency, and while trade is restricted by
the South being kept in uncertainty—au
element of dauger m the State—such evils
could not be corrected. Y T et there were
signs that people were beginning to be
alive to the truth. “Look at Peoria”—and
he mentioned several other towns where
meetings in support of the President’s pul
icy have lately been held since the pas-
sago of the Civil Ryjhts Bill. “It is like
water trickling afbug the ground,” said
Mr. Johnson. “You can see the damp
places here aud there, anil you kuow that
it will gradually spread. It will take
time ; but, after all, what good can he ac
complished without trial and difficulty. If I
fail, my regret will not be tor myself. I
will Dope that some one wiser will rise up
to do the work.” The President uttered
these words in a somewhat weary aud sad,
hut very earnest tone. He continued with
greater animation “My convictions are
firm and strong, and strong convictions
are a great source of courage to a man. I
have fought disunion nearly all round the
circle, and if I am called upon to complete
i the circle I will. Then I could say most
j heartily that I would that I could depart
in peace.”
Ludicrous Scene in a Church.—An
aged Clergyman, speaking of the solemni
ty attached to the Ministerial office, said
that during forty years that he had offici
ated therein, has gravity, in the pulpit,
had never been but oneo disturbed.
On that occasion be bad noticed a man*
directly in front of him, leaning over the
railiug of the gallery, with something in
his baud, which lie alterwards discovered
to be a big chew of tobacco, just taken
from his mouth. Directly below sat a man
fast asleep, with his head back and his
mouth wide open. The man iu the gallery
was intensely engaged in rioiDg and low
ering bis hand, taking an exact observa
tion. till at last, having got right he let
fall his quid, aud it went plump into the
mouth of the sleeper below ! The whole
sceue was so indescribably ludicrous that
for the first and last time iu the pulpit, au
involuntary smile forced itseli upou
ttounteoauce of the preacher.