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h Soggestiuu.
When the Democratic Convention
has mrnie its nomination, says the Nor
folk Journal, it will ot course appoint a
committee to prepare campaign docu
ments.
Now, we think that an exhibit of the
chief' points of the nefarious constitu
tions passed 1)y the carpet-baggers and
negroes in ail of the iSoutlieni States,
would be a document of surpassing
power. Let it.compare the oppression
of the South with the freedom of the
North. L.et it exhibit the frightful mis
ery already entailed upop’us by Radi
cal legislation and Freed men's Bureaus,
and exhibit by figures the terrible taxa
tion that will bring our property under
the hammer, and transfer il into the
pockets of these adventurers, who have
come among us to make fortunes with
out working for them, by fleecing us
out of wiiar the war lias left us.
Let us s t forth the attempt of these
imported demagogues lo introduce so
cial equality by mixed schools, mixed
militia, miscegenation, and all the other
schemes which they have iulroducd in
to these constitut ions to put the white
race down to the level ot the negroes,
or even bciow them.
Let the document beaccomjranied by
the extracts from the constitutions
themselve.-, giving the words-and the
figures, so that there can be no mistake
about its authenticity.
Let the ‘‘golden rule,” of doing as
we wouid be done by be urged upon
the Northern people, appealing to them,
and asking them if they will under any
circumstances consent to the infliction
upon the uiHorlunale people of the
South ol miseries of which they would
not tolerate the infliction for a moment
upon the most degraded of their own
population.
Finally, let this exhibit ol infamous in
justice ami tyranny be signed not by men
who have been ptominenl secession
ists—for some "Northern people would
not believe anything these men might
say—but let the signatures appended
be those ot Northern Democrats and
moderate Republicans of known char
acter, of Northern men who have set
tled in the South since the war and of
well known Southern Union men.
It would be well also to add an invi
tation to the Northern men l<3 couie
among u>, and to see for themselves
whether the exhibit tells the truth or
not. A word might be added, to in
duce the Northern men to come among
us and settle that wish to work for
their daily bread, like the South is try
ing to do if these carpet-baggers will
allow us to retain our property.
False impressions about the South
.constitute all that keeps the Radical
party alive—il the truth could be told
about us, it would die in a week.
Their papers have kept, up these in
fernal falsehoods, and told them so of
ten, that all lIic Northern people believe
more or less of them.
A PROCLAMATION.
Amnesty Proelamalion from the President.
BY THE
PRESIDENT OF
STATES.
THE UNITED
redundant population. Lbrf) barely, on ! heard of in the annuls ot the military
an area of G.270 square miles, moan- : law, and contrary to the rule and prac-
tainous in paits, contained in 1S-3G a lice of the service. But the officer
r | begged on, and finally the Secretary
yielded, the resignation was allowed,
and the soldier became a civilian and
merchant. The officer was General
milli
[Kjpnlation of over three
4S0 to liie square mile. Georgia has
about sixteen jreople to the squaie mile
Lombardy is the most crowded am
Washington, Juk 3, p. m.—Where
as in the month ol July, Anno Domini
1SGJ, in accepting the condition ot civil
war, which was brought about by in
surrection and rebellion in several of 1
the .Stales which constitute the United
States, the two Houses of Congress did
solemnly declare the war was not wag
ed on the part of jheGovernment in any
spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose
of conquest or subjugation, nor for any
purpose of overthrowing ot interfering
with the rights or established institu
tions of the States, but only to defend
and maintain the supremacy of the
Constitution of the United States, and
to preserve the Union with all its dig
nity, equality and rights of the several
Stales unimpfcired, and that so soon as
these objects should be accomplished,
the war on the part of the Government
should cease ; and whereas the Presi
dent ot the United States has heretofore,
in the spirit of that declaration and
withl he vtew»of securing for it ulti
mate am! complete effect, set forth sev
eral proclamations offering amnesty
and pardon to persons who had been or
were concerned in the aforesaid rebel
lion, which proclamations, however,
were attended with prudential reser
vations and exceptions—these deemed
necessary and proper, and which proc
lamations were respectfully issued on
the eighth day of December, 1SG3, on
the twenty-sixth day of March, 1SG4,
and the* twenty-ninth day of May,
1865, and on the seventh day of Sep
tember, 1SG7 ; and whereas, the said
lamentable civil war has long since al
together ceased, with an acknowledg
ment by all the Stales of the suprema
cy ot (lie Federal Constitution and the
Government thereunder, and there no
longer exists any reasonable giound to
apprehend a renewal of the said civil
war, or any foreign interference, or
any unlawful resistance of any portion
ol the people of any of the Slates to the
Com Million and laws of the United
Slates ; and whereas it is desirable t.>
r.ducc the standing army and to bring
to a speedy termination military occu
pation, martial law, military tribunals,
abridgment of freedom of speech and of
the press, and suspension of the privil
eges ot ha bran corpus atul the rights of
trial by jury, such encroachments upon
our free institutions in times of peace
being dangerous to public liberty, in
compatible with the individual rights ol
ilie citizen, contrary to the genius and
spirit of our republican loriri of govern
ment and exhaustive of the national re
sources. And whereas il is believed
that amnesty and pardon will tend to
War ex-President Jefferson Davi
These are the. facts ns related to us
>v
the most productive portion of Europe. ; Ulysses S. Grant, am! the Secretary of
The people arc said to resemble the
English in their appearance and hab
its, and they are at the head of the col-! an officer of the United States army,
umu in industry and thrift. This lit
tle State of Italy produces anmraliy
silk to the value of fifteen million dol
lars, seven millions worth of cheese,
thirty-three million gallons wine, three
hundred thousand bushels wheat, be
sides rice, corn, potatoes and livestock
in great quantities.
But they are getting crowded, and
need reiiet by emigration. They de
sire to find a favorable spot in which
to prosecute the industries to which
they are accustomed, and Middle Geor
gia is the place.
^Secondly. Their great staple being
silk, they have been embanassed, ol
late years, by some difficulties attend
ing the production of the worm. They
have been compelled to import lhe lar
vae in large quantities from Japan,
Asia Minor and other parts of the
world, at a cost, as we have been in
formed, of. about seven million a year.
They wish, therefore, to found a colo
ALEXHDiiH If. STEPHENS AND GIS tlOSSTI-
TUIIDXAL VIEW (IF THE WAR AND ITS RE
SULTS.
Of this production the Charleston Gouri-
ersays :
No book lias been written on the sub
ject of the rights of the States aud the
true principles on which the Government
was based which is so clear, so strong, and
so mathematically correct in its demon
stration. It ti iis country is ever to come
back to correct principles, this book must
become the text book of the American
statesman. The Sonth owes its author a
debt of lasting gratitude for having clearly
expounded the true theory on which the
war was carried ou and for having logi
cally demonstrated the character of its ac
tion, and eloquently vindicated the justice
of iis position. The slender ground on
which stood Kent, Story, Wep.stkr, and
all others who opposed tiie Southern view
is exposed with a force which is irrefuta
ble. Washington, Jbpverson, Madison,
(he Constitution itself, the debates in the
the Convention which framed it, and
wy more especially for the production
ol this larvae for borne consumption ; I the Conventions which adopted at, are all
but as ibis Requires but a small part ol j placed in direct contradiction to the the
secure a complete and universal estab
lishment and prevalence of municipal
Let the document we suggest stale ! law and order in conformity with the
the naked tinth, and let the Northern j Constitution of the United States, and
people know it. Let there be no rheto
ric, but simple facts—a’ the spiril ol
the North will revolt at the injustice
that has been heaped upon a defenseless
and ruined people, and call our op
pressors to a terrible account.
Fishing on the Gulf Coast of Florida.—
The Talbotton Gazette has a clever
correspondent vvhoSs rampaging about
the Gulf Coast ol Middle Florida. He
sailed down the Oekloekonee river and
anchored at Mash’s Island. Herd is
what he says about the way they catch
fish in those parts of the earth :
“Mash’s Island is a great fishing
point—a large seine being used in the
fall, which frequently draws in twenty
to fifty barrels ol mullet at one haul.
I have heard of as many as one hun
dred barrels being caught in these
seines at one lime.
Large schools of mullet often br#ak
through the bag of the seine and are
lost, to the great disappointment of the
eager fishermen. There is probably
not a more attractive and profitable
business, when there is a good run of
these fish. They appear on the Flori
da coast its great numbers about the
first of October. This is the season
for spawning, and hence the formation
ot schools which run up the bays and
coves for the purpose of depositing
their eggs. On the tise of the tide, a
fisherman posted on a high post or look
out, awaits anxiously the appearance
of the fish. Their approach may be
known by the presetted of the pelican ;
but more frequently a school is known
l.y a certain ripple of the water, ac
companied by an occasional jumping
up of the leading mullet. ^
The seine is generally run out on the
end of a boat at this lime (when the
school reaches within distance) a cir
cle is made in an instant, and the
school is drawn along the shore. The
tide soon recedes, aud this immense
quantity of fish is left perfectly bare.
There may be fifty barrels, or more,
and il will requite twenty hands ali day
and night to barrel them up. The
heads being first taken off', a good hand
can o|>en thirty or forty per minute.
They are then washed, salted and put
to remove all appearances or presump
tions ol a retaliatory or vindictive poli
cy on the part of the Government at
tended by unnecessary disqualifica
tions, pains, penalties,confiscations and
disfranchisements ; upon the contrary,
to promote and procure complete fra
ternal recognition among the whole peo
ple with due submission to 11)0 Consti
tution arid laws. Now, therefore, be it
known that I, Andrew Johnson, Presi
dent ot the United iStates, do, by viitue
ot the Constitution, aud in the name of
the people ol the United Stales, hereby
proclaim and declare, unconditionally
and without reservation, to ;dl and to
every person, who, directly or indirect
ly, participated in the late insurrection
or rebellion, excepting such person or
persons as may be under presentment
oi indictment in any court of the Unit
ed Slates having competent jurisdic
tion upon a charge of treason or other
felony, a full pardon and amnesty for
the offence of treason against, the Unit
ed States or ot adhering to their ene
mies during the late war, with restora
tion of all lights of property of which
any person may have been legally di
vested under the laws of the United
States. In testimony whereof, I have
signed these presents with my hand
and have caused the seal ot the United
States to be hereunto affixed*
Done at the city of Washington the
4th day of July, in the year of our Lord,
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
eight, aud of the independence of the
United States of America the ninety-
third.
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President :
William H. Seward,
Secretary ot Stale.
A Moccmtnt Looking to Italian Immi
gration in Middle Georgia.
Some very short time ago there was
in Georgia, unnoticed and unknown, a
highly intelligent and eminent gentle
man of Milan, holding official relations
with the Italian Government. He had
travelled over the most ol the South on
a tour of observation, having lot its
purpose the selection of a point in the
the time for a small portion ot the year,
the situation must also combine all the
facilities of climate and soil for the
crops which they produce at home—
for grapes, wines, for live stock, lor
the cheese (Parmesan) which isclassic,
tor wool and grain, anti all the manu
factures of silk, cotton and wool.
Middle Georgia is the precise spot
(or them. As a grape country, exoe-
lienced growers tell us it has no rival
on the Atlantic coast, and for every
thing else it is precisely what you
choose to make it.
W care not without hope that we
Jimitkrn liccorkr.
MILLEDG-EVILLE:
Tuesday. July 7, 1868.
DEMOCRATiO CONVENTION.
Hon. Horatio Seymour has been elected
permanent President.
Mr. Pendleton's fiiends claim ISO votes
on first ballot. It is generally believed
that it will require twenty or. thirty to
give him the required two thirds. He will
probably get the nomination.
The Convention passed complimentary
resolutions, endorsing the stand taken by
President Johnson in bis veto messages.
Also, complimentary resolution to Judge
Chase, upon the impartiality and dignity
with which he presided at the impeach
ment trial.
The Convention passed a resolution rec
ommending universal pardon of all, wheth
er under indictment or not, embracing Ex-
President Davis and all others.
ories which have -governed the North
TLe understanding of this question is to
day more important than it ever has been
before. On lhe preservation of the strength
and dignity oi' the States depends the
strength, dignity and freedom of the Gen
eral Government. This being our op in
ion, we are delighted to know that the
hook has had very extensive circulation
already, that literally thousands upon
thousands of copies have been sold, and
that the demand is so groat that the Na>‘ , . , . . ,, . , . ,
tiooal Publishing Company can scarcely * ,u,owliat uniler thn mflnence of drink.
HOMICIDE.
On Saturday last, the 4th iust., in this
city, Mr. Andrew McCrary, was shot aud
killed by Mr. Joseph H. Tucker in a per*
sonal reucouutre, four balls autoriug bis
breast aud stomach. Mr. McCrary was
lilt their orders with sufficient rapidity.—
We cauuot do better than to furnish onr
readers with a few extracts, which will
convey to them the leading idea of the au
thor. On pages 534 and 535, he says : , , . , ,
On the full recognition of the absolute ! * ctcd l, *' ou lhe dcte,IBlve * though there
and when so, was inelined to be quarrel
some, aud being a man of laige size, but
few could manage him in a Laud to hand
fight; From what we learn, Mr. Tucker
will make llie soil they occupy bloom
like,, fairy gaiden—Macon Telegraph.
Radicalism Responsible for a!! lhe Evils tiia!
dime the Laud.
Gen. Morgan, (Dem.) ftom Ohio, who
was lately voted out of bis seal in Con
gress by a lawless Rump majority,
made a speech, and gave the ltads
“blizzard” before lie left:
lie declared that the Republican
party was responsible for all the evils
that curse the land; that half of the
will undergo judicial investigation at the
Superior Court of Baldwin for the August
term, we mate no comments. Mr. T. is
held to bail in the sum of $1000. Mr. T.
was not hurt.
may see before long arrangements
made lor llie settlement ot twenty thou- , „ .
sand Lombards in this section, who | ;ul V inate sovereignty of the several States, j ate conflicting reports; but as the case
j 1 did consider it the best and the strong*
| est, and the grandest Government on
| earth.” *' •' * * * *
“This was the essential aud vital priu-
i ciple of the system to which I was so tbnr-
I onghly devoted. It was that which se-
! cured al! of tho Advantages of the confed-
j oration without the risk of centralism and
j absohiteisin, and on its preservation de-
a pended net oaiy the safety and welfare,. u .
j aud oven existence of inv own State, but| ^ lctc< * family in their loss.
I lhe safety, welfare and ultimate existence
| of aii* (he other States of the Union.
| The States were older than the Union.—
' They made it. It was their own creation.
Mcclias of llir Georgia Lrgi*l»inrr.
Atlanta, Ga.. July 4, p. in.— By order
of General Meade, aud proclamation of the
Governor elect, the Senate assembled at
the City Iiall at 12 M./ to-day, and was
called to order by Governor Bullock, wbp
ascended lhe stand, accompanied by Geq.
Meade, Judge Erskine and J. R. Parrott.
General Meade’s orders, the proclama
tion of the Governor elect, and the Om
nibus Tiill were read.
The roll was then called, Alpeoria Brad
ley (negro) heading the list. The oath of
office was administered by Judge Erskine.
Benjamin Cooley, of Augusta, radical,
was elected President of tbe Senate, bis
vote being 23. .0. D. Wootco, dem., 15 ;
scattering 2. Four Senators absent, and
A. E. Marshall, of Atlanta, Secretary.
Alter tbe organization of tbe Senate,
tbe Governor elect, accompanied by Gen
era! Meade, Judge Er*kine and Parrott
proceeded to tbe Hall of Representatives,
where the same routine was gone through
with. R. L. MeWbortefi, of Greene co.,
was elected Speaker ot tbe House. It was
then adjourued until Monday, 10 o’clock.
No message from the Governor yet.
The ciiy is crowded with straugers.—
The da}* passed off quietly.
Tbe prosecution testimony iu the case
of the Columbus prisoners closed to-day.
As regards the election id the House,
we give the followiug, which we clip front
the Journal & Messenger:
After the reading of the Act and Gen
eral Orders under whicb tbe General Ass
sembly had heeu summoned to meet, the
roll ot member* was called, when 152 rep
resentatives answered to their names. Ab
sent, 22.
Mr. Bullock thou requested members
elect to present themselves iu front of the
Speaker’s desk in front of the Speaker’s
desk iu squads ofteu, for the pmpose of
taking the oath prescribed by the Consti
tution of Georgia. Tho oath was admin
istered by his Honor Judge Erskine, of the
United States District Court for Georgia,
that Judicial officer being clothed io his
robe of office.
The Governor then directed an election
for officers to proceed. Capt. Dunlap
Scott objected, and appealed to the House.
Gov. Bulfock said that there was no ap
peal, except to the military. Capt. Scott
replied, “1 appeal thou to the military.”
After a short conference with General
Meade, Bullock ordered the election to !
proceed.
Whereupon an election for Speaker of
the House was gone into, which resulted
as follows :
W. P. Price, of Lumpkin, (dem.) 74.
Ji. L. McWhorter, of Gieene, (rad.) 76.!
Ilolden 1.
The Governor then announced Mr. Mc-
For the Southern Recorder.
lellrr* to »n Old Frirntl on flir Coadiii 0a
of Ibr South.
No. 41.
' h «tt!e
cost,
.'ti. McCrary leaves a wife and five cbil- Whorter as dnly elected Speaker of the
dren, tho eldest Bot being more than J f i House of Representatives, and appointed
We sympathise with bis af-
COTTON CULTURE.
Mr. Wm, M. Lawton of Charleston, in
a circular addressed to Messrs. Eastman
national debt was the result of | Their preservation was of infinitely more j & Co., cottou factoss, N. Y., after ei ibo-
robbery, and speculation, ami lbat the j importance than its continuance. The | rafa i„ *i._
Union might coase to exist, and yet the
States continue to exist as before. Not so
with life Uuion in case ot the destruction
a eorniuitee of two, Messrs. Price and Hol
den, to conduet him to the chair.
Mr. said, Mr. Chairman, when Mr.
Price voted lor McWhorter, it was done | fracf>o_ __
with the impression that McWhorter would | Vhen the Radicals came into power!
vote for Price, and Mr. Price claims to j
change his vote.
As we of the South know that
has been fought and*won at our
the cost of nearly all our earthly
and ol our liberties,—a battle fmeed'rp,
ns by the Abolition fanatics of the ftortf*
who openly declared “that the agita^
of the question of human slavery will r,
tinue while tbe foot of a slave presseg to e
soil of tbe American republic,” we are f u |
ly prepared to recognize, from the fl ag > utl
in tbe dark cloud over us, that a tornaL
is in proapect, gathering force to sweep
over the laud. The struggle will be final
ly waged between the Radicals who h tv
ignored the Constitution, and the Cuusery
alive men of all parties who adhere to that
instrument as the sheet-anchor of our r.a
tional safety and prosperity. The staoii,
ard bearer of the Radicals, or as tbey ought
to be called, the “Destructives,” has cr .
claimed in bis letter accepting the noms
ination, that he has no policy ot bis own
but promises to carry out the will 0 f the
people. The sentiment is worthy c f 3
man who has not sufficient brains to cans
ceive a plau of administration, or oven to
understand the lines marked down j a ^
Federal chart by the statesmen who f ursiN
ed the compact of 1787 between sovereign
States for certain specified objects. The
“Grant” of power he is more than willing
to exercise ; bat res erred rights he has no;
tbo ability to understand, nor the disposi-
tiou to respect. He is merely a tool i n
the bauds of a selfish majority, who, acts
iug through Congress, claim all the officea
within the bestowal of the Government * s
contraband of war, to be devoted to their
personal ose. Without the least scruple
they Lave made the most of the oppnrtn,
nity for the last seven years, as au hi-
liattsied Treasury and an overtaxed peo
ple eau Lear witnesss. Such vile rornip-,
tioD, such ignorance, such profligacy in
high places, such a shameless abandon
ment of all principle and all decency, nev
er before disgracod any country, or anv
Government.
In 182S, the lute and cry against Jehu
Quincy Adams that turned him oat of the
Presidency was, because he expended the
enormous sum of 813,000,000 per annum
for the support of Government, which in'
eluded a population of 12,000,000,—say at
the rate of ouo dollar each, and a small
On the 4ib March, 1*01,
the
aggregate debt ol lhe conn try was Sb,
500,000.000—nerly one half of the es-
innated properly i>l ilie country.
Mr. Lawrence, (Rep.) of Ohio in-1 «r ■nuihilatipn ol the States. * *
quired how Ins colleague made that ! What may be called a Uumn may spring
j | from tbe common rums, out jt would not
Mr. Morgan replied that the ascot -
Laioed liquidated debt of the country
was $2,500,000,000, aud that the float
ing debt amounted lo $4,000,000,000.
Ilis colleague would not deny that.
# * # * ^ *
The Democratic parly will cut down
the expenditures o! the army, abolish
your negro regiments, reduce by one-
hall the expenses of lhe navy, drive
rately discussing the questions as to the
probable future production of cotton under
the crippled condition of the Southern
States, remarks :
“From the defective nature of Free Ne
gro Labor, comoiued with a general want
ot mooey among tbe Planters, much less
Cottou has been planted in 1868, than iu
1867, while it is certain that more grain,
and other productions necessary tor food,
will be grown in the South.
*‘I am convinced, by my judgment of
present hazardous labor system (intro-
Irom lie decomposed elements ^ of dead duced and kept idle aud unduly expen-
Le the Union of the Constitution—the
Union of States. By whatever name it
might be called, whether Union, Nation,
Kingdom or anything else, according to
the taste of its dupes or its devotees, it
would in reality bo nothing but that de
formed ami hideous monster which rises
States the world over, and which is well
known by the friends of constitutional lib
erty everywhere as the demon of central-
j ism, absolutism, despotism. This is the
up carefully. They are now ready for ! South best adapted, by soil and eii-
sliiprnent to Apalachicola, where they | unite, to the silk culture, with a view
readily bring $10 per barrel,
anon, from Aligalor Harbor.
A lady was urged by her friend to
marry a widower, and as an argument
they spoke of his beautiful children.
“Children,” replied the lady, “a're
like tooth-picks. A woman wants her
own.”
Southern Governors.—Governor Bul
lock, of Georgia, is from New York ; Gov
ernnr Clayton, of Arkansas, is from Penn
sylvania ; Governor Reed, of Florida, is
from Wisconsin; Governor Warmoath,
of Louisiana, is from Illinois; Governor
Scott, of South Carolina, is from Pennsyl
vania and Ohio. All carpet baggers. The
Governor (B. B. Eggleston.) proposed for
Mississippi, is from Ohio; Governor Wells,
to be voted for iu Virgiuia, is from Michi-
g* n - __
We lessen one W#uts by lessening uur
desires.
More t‘> the transfer of a large body of iinmi
grunts from' Louibatdy.
He had been almost over the uatiie
cotton.region, meeting with favorable
conditions at various points, but a
stronger combination of them in Middle
Georgia.
Here he found the best conditions ol
climate lor the worm, and of soil for
the production ol the mulberry, upon
which it feeds. He did not find much
ol the Italian hud-bearing mulberry,
but they are to be found here and they
de.yelope with remarkable rapidity.
Middle Georgia is also an Olive pro
ducing climate. We know ouo olive
producing tree in Macon 22 years old,
and in fine healthy bearing condition.
There are others younger, aud the olive
could be produced here iu any <juan-
The object of this movement is two
fold. The one is to find an outlet-lo a
trom power the thieves and plunderers \ necessary reality of that result, whether,
win) are now drinking lhe life blood of! the imperial power be seized and tvieldod
the nation, and put honest men iu ihcir
places.
Mr. Driggs (Rep.) of Michigan, re
marked ihnti! the gentleman could con
vince him that his party would do all
that, he would promise lo support it-
Mr. Morgan said that he expected lo
convert the gentleman to the Democrat
ic party if he would give him his atten
tion. The Republican party, he de^
dared, was about to be driven from
power ly a plundered and outraged
people. As to investigating tbe frauds
and robberies committed on the people,
that was impossible so long as that par-
ty jjjmainecf in power. Every farmer, j
by tho hands of many or few, or of one.”
Mr Stephens is a statesman Who com
mands, raoie than any other from the
South, the judgment of the North. Ho
has well taken as his motto, “times change,
and men often change with them, hut priu
ciplos never.”
FROM wTsHINTON.
Tho correspondent of the Charleston
Courier, under date of the 26:h and 27th
writes:
The Democratic members of tbe House
have done well to present a formal protest
against the legislation by which negro bay
ouet-inade Stales will be represented in
Congress. Representatives chosen under
merchant and mechanic in the laud un- 1 negro-military laws are not entitled to
derstood float the existing abuses in tiie ] *~ ats * Ths made with a
Government cquid only be corrected by
driving the Republican party from
power. He contracted the taxation in
England and Lhe United Stales, and
showed that, whereas in England the
aggregate taxes averaged only DO cents
ou the $100 property, they averaged
$3 90 in the United States. Jo other
words, lhe taxes in the United Slates
were more than four times as great in
proportion to the wealth of the nation
as in Great Britain, lie referred to
the fact t hat one Congressional District
iu New York paid twice as much inter
nal revenue as was paid in the eleven
Southern Slates, and why? Because
Congress, instead of legislating for the
benefit of industry and commerce, had
but one idea in its brains—that of keep
ing the Republican party iu power.
How Times and Men Change—Ken. Grant and
Jeff. Davis.
Some years ago a certain young
United Stales officer was wild, and a;
view to contest tho reconstruction laws
horoaltcr. Further, the protest may b©
important in the contingency of disputed
niediouG between the Damocrats and the
Radicals. It may become important and
possible to exclude tbe Radical electoral
votes of reconstructed States.
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The prospect of the wheat crop is re
ported, by tiie Agricultural Btfreau, to be
tolerably promising, though it will rot be
so abundant as much to reduce its price.—
Corn is behind hand owing to the late sea*
son, and a full crop cannot be expected.
Cotton planting was discouraged by de
lay iu the removal of the tax, and by its
low price. The present price which may
ho maintained, will be high!}* rciunnera*
tive, but tbe crop is expected to exceed
that of the last season. In the crop of
1868 will not be sufficiently productive to
put the country again on its old footing of
prosperity.
The country has become pooier thau it
was in I860—poorer by the amount of the
cost and tho waste of the war. The artifi
cial prosperity produced by the large emis
sion of paper currency lias, in a great
measure, been succeeded by dullness of
unpopular among Lis army comrades . T , , . .
f ,.1.1° r» .... „ ,l , , trade. Importations hare been Urge, but
as.ne was reoMess. During the great!,, , . J-j e i
Crystal Palace exhibition iu New York j
city he distinguished himself by riding
they are paid for, not by exports of our
products, except gold. Forty odd millions
of gold have been exported since the 1st
a horse into a lial store, and performed i January, though there is a complete glut
several ot her ieats which at last brought | of gold iu foreign countries. •Onr Govarn-
hitn to a court martial. The court as- j meat bonds will go as long as they will be
twkcu in payment of tbe imports, which
are, it seems, not to be dispensod with,
whether they are articles of necessity or
lnxury. Home wise people think that the
day ot extravagance and luxury has uear
ly passed, aud that people will have to
come down to productive labor an the only
means of wealth. Irredeemable paper
will run a little longer, but it must sooner
or later mu nut.
semblcd at Fortress Monroe, the officer
was tried and the finding given, but
not published—“guilty of conduct un
becoming an olilicer aud gentleman.”
Informed of the finding and anticipating
its approval, the captain, lor such he
was, went al once lo Washington, call
ed upon the. (Secretary of War, and
made a frank statement of the case.—
He acknowledged his fault, but said
that if punished by the court iu the
manner he expected, he would be for
ever disgraced, in consideration of
Ins position as an officer, and the cir-
j euinstances connected with his family,
he begged permission to resign. The
Secretary of War informed him that
«uch u thing as a resignation after
charges had been preferred was un-
From Washington.
Washington. July 3.—The Corruption
Committee’s repoft covers over twenty col*
unius without positive facta or assertions.
The report labors to show the probability
that money was raised aud used to acquit
Johnson. The amount of dirt thrown is
amazing. Scarcely a friend of the Presi
dent, or promiueut political opponent, ear
capes.
sive by the mischievous Freedman’* Bu*
lean,) that .a scale ot prices three times
hightr per pound iu a gold currency, on
au average than those current prior to tho
war, wid tis necessary to meet and pay the
wear and tear of plantation management,
and to reuaur reasonable the expectation
of au annual production of two million to
two and a halt millions of bales of Cotton.
“Assuming that tfro facts and positions
which I present and honestly believe to be
•true, wilt bear the test of strict investiga
tion, I am impressed with certain convic
tions idative to the future good aud ad
vancement ot the white people of the
Louth. I snail endeavor briefly to sum up
aud suggest these conclusion.,, in the form
of a practical creed, to this effect, viz : that
it is the duty tor self preservation as well
as tor the benefit ot pooterity, not only of
the planting, but aiso, ot all other iutev-
t sis, of the Southern Cotton States, to dis
continue the cultivation of Cotton as a
staple crop, because it has become unrelia
ble, unrcinuuerative, and not susceptible,
even it they should come under the favor-
iug control of a conservative political par
ty of any useful or satisfactory modifica
tion ol present obstacles, to successful re*
suits. That other pursuits of industry, of
varied agricultural aud diversified manu
facturing enterprise, to develop and em
ploy, in a genial climate, the pi of use aud
prolific resources of the Southern soil, mer
it and demand the most energetic and
persistent attention of Southern people;
and that with the offered inducements of
employment, cheap food and a peaceful
home, tbe additional white labor, essen
tial to their prosperity will surely come.
“Before closiny, permit me to add, cor-
relatively, that tho depressed positioD of
the South, the increasing disruption of la
bor, the want of material monied facili
ties, with credit ho whore, hut everything
taxed to depletion, are causing obviously
day by day, a lessening of tho capacity to
consume the Vast amount of imported pro
duction formerly required by a purely ag
ricultural people.. This must soon have a
most injurious effect on Manufactures aud
Trade, in other sections, aud the opiuiou
is gaining strength that, if the Gotten
States produce but one million bales Got
ton, it will necessarijy command, since a
competition and demand for it Must follow,
as much money, if not more in gold, as two
million bales crop has done. This ques
tion viewed as a subject of the science of
political economy, deserves profound tho’t,
and its solution will not only displace an
immense amount of depraved negro labor,
but.albo bring about au entire change aud
diversification, now essential, of industrial
pursuits.
**t is the received estimate that at least
one hmith or one-third less land has been
put iu bea Island Cotton as compared
with last year, iu Florida aud South Car
olina.”
Mrs. Wm. M. Gray, <Jf the neighbor
hood of Black Spring, has presented us
with a specimen of her Beets, one meas*
uriog twenty-one iuehes round, of rich
bipod color.
Another lot of one hundred and four
convicts from tho Penitentiary has been
sent to Rome to work on tho Selma &
Dalton Railroad.
national debt djd not exceed 8100.000,000,
Tbe Governor said that he had no ob- j and the expenditures of Mr. Buchanan da-
jections to one vote bciug added to Price—
which was done.
The Governor then said that be had al
ready declared McWlioiter elected, and
that any inotiuu in futaro must be made to
him.
McWhorter assumed the chair and brief
ly addressed the. House, referring to the
reconstiuction measures and the pleasure
he felt in seeing his native State again
restored to her place in the Union. It
should he his purpose to discharge faith
fully the duties pertaining to his office.
The Speaker then announced the next
business in order to be the eleciiou of a
Clerk, aud tiiat members as tbeir names
were called would vote for the man of
their choice.
Upon tbe Clerk’s at tempting to call the
roll, a band of music ou the outside created
such confusion as made it necessary to ad
jonrn until Monday morning at 10 o’clock.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
Mr. Cameron, dem., was elected Messen
ger, and Mr. Thorn, dem. Doorkeeper to
the Senate.
In the Houi;e, Mr. Hardin, dem. from
Bartow, was elected Clerk, he receiving
83 votes, Mr. Johnson, of Dawson, rad.,
7S, L. Carrington, of Baldwin, first assist
ant or Reader at the Desk.
Jesse Osliu elected Messenger.
So far the House has shown itself Dem
ocratic. Mr. McWhorter was not fairly
ring the four years of his administration,
did not exceed $75,000,000 per annum, or
at the rate of 82 50 to each person in a
population of 30,000,000. From 1861 tr
1S6S, under Black Republican rule, the
national debt has increased to three thou
sand million of dollars, which makes lue
expenditures S42S,000,000 per annum,—
entailing a debt ou the people, the interest
on which is $150,000,000, equal to the in
terest of tbe whole national debts of Great
Britain, which began to accumulate t»‘>
hundred years ago. It is not necessary to
remind one so well acquainted with histo
ry as vonrself, that this debt of Great Brit
ain included the cost of all the wars in
which England was engaged from the
reign of William III. io 1688, to the Peace
of 1815, after the battle of Waterloo. Tru
ly have the Black Republicans proved a
fast generation lor spending money,—bav
ing wasted more in a war of four years
against the feeble South, than the Kings
and Queens of England did in tbeir wars
of more than forty years against Frar 1 **
and other Europeau powers, including tb#
war against the American Colonies from
1776 to 1783.
If au official investigation were ordered,
it would no doubt appear that fully one
elected to tbe Speakership, and in justice I » u c** r red by tbe Radicals
to the body over which be presides, should | tor tJle support of the war, was a rz-rm/r-
resign aud have another election.
Cotton in Liverpool on the 6th, active,
at llj to 11 Jd. In New York, same date,
32J to 33 cts. Iu Savannah, 31 to 32 cts.
See Military Ordet-9 in another place.
The Drought still continues with us.—
We have had bot one light rain in near
eight weeks. Everything is suffering.
Corn will be cut oft’one-half or more. The
tassel is dryiDg up before the ear is form ed.
We bear of particular sections, though,
where crops Lave not suffered as in this
vicinity.
Col. Yelverton P. King of Greenesboro,
died on the 5th inst. He probably was
the oldest member of the Bar in Georgia.
Was Solicitor General of the Ocmulgee
Circuit iu 1S23. Miuister to Bogota du
ring Mr. Fillmore’s administration. High-
toned and honorable, he was a fine speci
men of the upright lawyer aud polished
gentleman.
HaeoB & Brunswick Railroad,
Mr. Hazelherst, tbe President of tbe
Company, has, it is said, made arrange
ments Nurtb, for the nieaus, by which the
road will be finished iu eighteen months.
Forty-six miles of iron are already iu
Brunswick. It is thought the road will
connect with the Atlantic 5c Gulf road by
Christmas. ' Near fifty miles of ihe grad
ing on that end is already finishod. For
ty miles already in operation on Macon
end. Tbe whole length is 185 miles. So
this enterprise is to be forthwith carried
out.
Cattle from Texas, with boms so long
that they can scarcely pass the car door,
and hoofs corresponding, are at Cairo,
awaiting shipment east.
A magazine appeared in London on tbe
1st of January, called “Fireside Words.”
It is edited by Elihu Burritt, Esq., tbe
'learned blacksmith.”
tion fund in the shape of contracts to ta*
vorites iu the War Department, and othsr
functionaries who did not hesitate to serve
their friends aud partizans to double com
pensation in every sort of disguise. Take
a solitary instance from Mr. Stanton, wl* 0
directed $300,000 to be paid for an old
steamer vriiicb had been valued at $60,000
by commissioners, thus paying five tim? s
her worth as a* bonus to those who were
expected to use their influence for the sup
port of the administration ! On this se*!*
of values and of morals were the expendi
ture* of the Government conducted. AYhat
little property has beeu left to tbe South
after pillage and devastation, has to an
swer for these frauds in the shape ot
onerons tax, direct and indirect, while the
holders of bonds founded ou these ' er ?
frauds, are exempted from paying
tax whatever on this form of invested
capital. Such discrimination, such r*"
injustice will overreach itself inthe fcD '
The bonds will have a market value, - 3
Confederate Treasury note* once h,vi
Human affairs are very unstable, * n d ^
the strbke of a pen, in the hand of a
or other legislator, assisted by th ftt ‘ llu *
fatigable agent, the newspaper pr* 1 * 3,1
whole funded debt of tbe Govern»e»'
dwis
gball
with all its legal lender issues, may
die into rags, when the proper test 1
be applied. Whether the Supreme *-•- u
or the verdict at the ballot box, shall w 1 r
this result, T pretend to offer no °B’ nl
Fogs are often dispelled b^ sunshine-
I be» yon tc view my suggestions *
merely speculative, and not at all sign-
cant of my own wishes or my ° wn
trines. I confess that every thing in
way of politics and of war. in the Mt*y ^
constitution-making, and in tbo nature ^
man, black av'd white, (note bow p rec ‘ r
ly I follow tbe Bullock Constitute* ^
placing the black first aud the white
next) has been so different from * at
expected, that all my confidence in