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teceived a copy
ofvmir prime*! communication, asking
my views.
1. Upon lire legal scope of lfie hill
(the late am of Congress to promote
national Government shall be re estab
lished, and peace and harmony restor
ed; and that the State shall again be
represented in Congress, with as little
ehiv as possible. The interest of
the reconstruction of Georgia) and the C ,e Slate requires that the laws be
full extent to which the General As- i fadhlully and impartially executec ,
semi
IIv can 20 under its provisoes in
distributing i!ie present State Govern- { er y county in the State; that property
ment. i he protected, and lawlessness and
2. What is the course that patriotic
members of the Legislature should
pursue- tor the interests of the Stale?
A moment’s reflection will boubless
satisfy vour mind lhal it would be
improper for me to give; an opinion in
repousse to your first inquiry, while I
remain upon the Supreme Bench, as
it is by no means impossible, that, in
the course ol events, this very ques
tion may come Indore the court for
adjudication.
In my opinion it is not droper* while
I hold my present position, for me to
mingle a* lively in political strife; 1
have neither the time nor
t:sn to do so. But in (
emergency, it may not lie improper for f'3ih An.
me to answer your secoud inquiry, by
giving m\ views “for publication,” in
compli ,nee with your request. j I*V _ ,
^ * 1 reM f ' to
ine Philadelphia Tost publishes
some reminiscences ot the late Mr.
Stanton, among which is the follow
ing :
Mr. Lincoln was very sensitive of the
criticisms ofihe newspaper press, be
lieving it, V s he ascerledjthe true voice
ot the peojfie.- The failure of McDow
ell an*’ McClell an and Burnside and
p or e with the Army of the Potomac,
y.d the accompanying criticisms of
punished, and that every q ie Newspapers, had almost crazed
"'"'" him. Time and again he would free
without regard to race or color, in ev-
ertme be
good citizen put forth his utmost exer
tions and used all his influence to srp
press disorder and promote obedi^ 0
to the lawful authorities rhe^ 5 e
suits can never be attained ,,on
action, or resistance to the re-‘0i)sLruc
lion policy of Congress, as fc*’ 3 rea( ^
been clearly demonstrated Here o-
fore, the watch ward taa f,eei * n . on '
action. In future,^ actum,
action, action.
But what actio- 15 necessary to re
store us to our p°* ,l,on 111 Congress?
of the re-organi* i,t ion of
to the act
hon
“tak
p.w*u*-,.d set
He leaves a wife.— Tel. fy Mess., ,
American Bail roads*
The 2rowth of the railroad system in
this country is shown by the following
(able :
Year.
i
I-3H
Nothing sho*
,i . • , | ,i v , i (M ,; s |.turc in obedient
the ultima- 1,1 u o la * -mru inn nf iho
I of Confess, and the f-mption ot ttie
too pre&cnt-J _^ * ^xwlinen t to die Constitution ol
the Ufflert Sta*-'- 3 "hi now do it,
wlia^ver may have been true in the
q. We may offer resistance, or
ict Jer years to come, and
Probably evv candid persons win i . -i- - , ,
. , -. ... * . i uo under military government, or in
leuv that n wou d have been much.! , . , • J ° . ,
whit if bordering on anarchy, and we
i , * • , | will still bo compelled, in the end, to
int e had acquiesced 1,1 mpasn^i »
it would have been
belter for Georgia, if the whole
in the tneasiu
of reconstruction previously presr *'
ed by Congress, and every veil/ ,
gone he polls, and selected ‘* eie )y
me - i who were eligible, **' re f m:, sent
them in the Convent)' 1 * ; t the
Legislature; and if &S complied
promptly, and in :i, dh, with the
terms dictated ij/^ ie Conqueror to the
Conquered, as lLey did when
President Jt/mson, as the represen-
taii\e of trie Conqueror, assumed to
dictate the terms of reenstruetion,
without the authority of Congress.
Had this course been pursued the
whole question would long since have
been settled reconstruction would have
been complete, Georgia would havi
be*-n represented in both
come to the terms dictated by the con-
]ueror. Then why longer delay
My advice in this crisis is, that the
; Legislature reorganize s required by
the act of Congress, and that it prompt
ly adopt the 10th Amendment as soon
| as it is organized.
I Thai will now settle the question
| Nothing short of it will.
But Why let me ask should we pre-
| fer anarchy, or military rule, to the
adoption of the 15th Amendment.
What sane man doubts that negro sul-
: (rage is firmly established in Georgia,
and the other ten Southern States?
I And what additional burden does the
15t!i Amendment impose upon us
Houses of! which is hot now imposed?
Congress, the country would have J The effect of the amendment is to
been at peace, autl we should before j establish negro suffrage in all the
this tunc have been making much j other States ot the Uuion. We all
more rapid strides than we now are in , recollect the telling effect which the
development and prosperity. Some of j Democratic orators oi the &outh,in tin 5 *
us who were satisfied we foresaw the j last Presidential canvass, used ar *
evil which must result from either non gument that the Cbic-ngo platform was
actionor resistance, warned tJre peo I unjust, because it approved negro sut-
ple against such folly. But popular j frage, as good enough for Georgia, hu*
rralors aroused their feelings ol resent not good enough lor Ohio.
Amendment proproses to meet that
ment, and reason and judgment were
Ict (ironed by prejudice and passion.
The 15th
meet that
objection by imposing upon New York
i ne result was the adoption of the non-j and Massachusetts the same rule as
iction policy by most ofihe while men j to suffrage which they, by their votes
i Goorgia, and those of us who fore- m Congress aided to impose on Georgia
tw and foretold the calamities which j and V irginia. No more or less. *1 here
•ould follow, were denounced as j are more colored voters in the two
rotors for telimg the people an unwel- last named Stales, blit the principle is
nne truth. ~ ' precisely the same. As we are com
idled to take it without the loth
Amendment. I see no reason why
anil not j we should remain under military gov-
I eminent and be excluded from repre
I believe, however it can
id to vour credit, that your
ve been reason aril logic
justly be
weapons
i 1
rsonat ntnise.
But it is no part of my purpose to
tew the discusion of 1S67 and ISfiS.
- views were placed upon record at
time, and 1 am willing for those
who are to come after us to decide be
tween me and mv adversaries, who
took advantage of popular excitement*
to arouse popular prejudice against me
at the expense of the best interests of
the Slate.
The results which were predicted
having come upon us, the qeustion
now is, what is best under the circum
stances by which we are at present
surrounded And in this crisis you do
me the honor to ask my opinion
It is mv decided conviction that ev
ery patriotic member of die L»*gisfa
turej no matter by what party name he
mav be known, who can concienlious-
e either ofihe oaths prescribed
- act of Congress should attend
it 1 v in obedience to the call
sentation in Congress, rather than con
sent to aid in imposing upon others the
same rule of suffrage which they have
imposed upon us. I think our Legis
lature should not hesitate, under the
circumstances, to vote to make the
practice uniform in all liie Slates,
North and South.
Very Respectfully,
Vour Ob’t Serv’t
JOSEPH E. BROWN.
“From Greenland’s Icy Moun-
rAtns,” &c.—Few that have sung this
grand old hymn from the inspired pen
of Bishop Hebcr, have any idea ofihe
origin of the soul stirring music to
which it has been wedded. Ii is a Sa
vannah tune, composed by the cele
brated Lowell Mason (now of New-
York State, but for many years a resi
dent of this city) about the year1S27.
of J Mr. Mason was Superintendent of the
ivernor and qualify without hesi- ! Presbyterian Sunday School at that
Surely we have had enough I day, and among his teachers was the
non action policy. Our taxes ! lady to whom tlie composition was
•penning burdensome. Our | dedicated, M-ss Mary W. Howard, af
terwards the wife of Rev F. It. Gould-
iug, the well known author of those
popular juvenile stories, “The Young
j Maroouers,” “Marooners’ Island,” &c.,
! &c. Mr. Mason is now residing in
Orange county, New York, and has al-
eitizens believe they j taineii the advanced age of sevenly-
tbe present.movement schemes eight years. In a private letter, writ-
somd ambuiiMi, and personal I leu but a few weeks ago, to a relative
l the expense ot q Ui State. If j of his deceased friend and teacher, he
ie tight, it is ail iinporiutii lhal j thus slates the history of the tune :
friend of Georgia, who j n “One day as i met her (Miss How-
toulll ' “
debt is increasing. And the
ial policy to l>e adopted Iiv the
Government is /astiv more im-
t, than the gratification or mor
on of any private *>r personal
on.
ly patriotic
b<* at tils I ard) she said to me in substance ; ‘Mr.
)ubiie proper!y, | Mason, I have just received from a
he public inter- j friend, the copy of a beautiful hymn,
?o singular a metre that 1
any tune to it ; will you
n to serve her
> protect the
die Credit, ant
I they i ire wrong, an honest, I but it is () f
adtninis'ration will only shine cannot tin,
• liter a‘ter it has gone through ' write one for me ?’ ‘Certainly,* I re-
cal of searching investigation, : plied. I took it home and wrote the
i coni tally sanction every act) nmsm im promt a. When 1 saw her soon
• eneral Assembly for the pub- \ after, i handed it to her. I do not re-
, ami wdl practice and encuur- | meiitlwr that it was snno i r , public in
nomy in *4ril the departments „f! Savannah, but ' ' ' 1
ite Government,
it became so popular
!■ l ' over Jnwnt, as the only that, not long afterwards, I had it print-
O paving the public debt and |id by Faiker, of Boston and published
^ , i °t ver,) ment without by him. It was dedicated to Miss
•'g the burdens «f taxation. I Mary W. Howard, of Sav^mia^ Geo“r-
e ,° ln ^ 5ta,e ,ia .ve a right | gim’ — Savin,uih Republican.
5 that the* Western and Allan- j
' ya{ he managed with ability
iomyj ai ^j j^ 3 net incomes
1 ^ rrrasury.
COUien fty.y | H;en |;, r g, ; i n *| |e
J -if,*'r S " 1 K , 5n.l tie-
/- 1 ” 1 "« 1*0 0,1 in
tet 0vi r y of ,l,o
place, fpared
mease ol misrixm-
; .‘ n(l . r quallv willing to do
" u R«ve the meed
no be in Lis
ttiie evil
l he Central Georgia Manufac-
'i uking and Agricultural Company.
t a uh i ting oi the gentleman who
own the Laboratory pro pm uear Ma .
con held in that city, it W d lo
establish a stock company atl{ , on
l uesday apply, lor a character u,v| er
llie name of the “Central Georgia Man
ufacturing and Agricultural Company.”
The uses of the building and grounds
I ”,;® ft. P u ri>osea of l.ol.ling » f ail
'sues, | i£<| lo arranga lor raoc
portant as may be these
s in the
uestions, they are not the
eel by your inquiry. What
patriotic members of
ihe Telegraph says the genllenufn
who control this property are deter-
nl" ed i0 . s P are neither libor nor ex-
pott oo to j n ;p rove and ornament it for
the
P ur pose intended,— Tel. Mess.
himself from the White House, and
seek Mr. Stanton’s liLtle office, the on
ly place in Washington, he often re
marked he was free from bores. He
often talked lo Mr. Stanton of resigning
or pressing on Congress the propriety
of giving control of the army and navy
to military men. It was during this
period that he conceived the idea of
putting Hooker in command of the
Army of the Potomac, and have him
make an effort for success. Fiom the
time lhal Hooker began to march until
the smoke of battle had cleared from
the fatal field of Chancellorsville, he
scarcely knew what it was to sleep.—
It will be remembered the fight lasted
three days. During the first two days
it looked as it Hooker was about to
accomplish what so many had failed
to do, but on the third day the usual
half hour dispatches began to make
matters look worse. The whole day
Mr. L incoin was miserable. He ate
nothing and vould see no one but Mr.
Stanton* As it grew dark the dis
patches ceased coming altogether. The
President walked from the White
House to the War Department and
anxiously inquired for Hooker. The
night was dark and stormy—about as
mean a night as was ever experienced
in Washington. About seven o’clock
the President closed his visits to the
War Department.
An hour afterward a dispatch of an
indefinite character was received and
Mr. Stanton hurried with it to the
White House. He found Mr. Lincoln
walking the room, and as he entered,
the agonizing appearance of the man
so terrified him that it was with diffi
eultv he could speak. Mr. Lincoln
walked to him like a wildman, and
seiii»g the dispatch from his hand,
read it and simply remarked, “Stanton,
there's hope yet!” At Mr. Stanton’s
solicitation he accompanied him to the
War Department, where they agreed
to spend the time together until some
thing definite was heard from Hooker.
For four hours, the longest and most
wearisome of his life, said Mr. Stanton,
they wailed before the dispatch an
nouncing the retreat of Hooker was re
ceived. When Mr. Lincoln read it,
he threw up his hands and exclaimed,
“My God, Stanton, our cause is lost.
We are ruined, we are ruined, and
such a fearful loss of life. My God,
this is more than I can endure.” He
stood trembling like a leaf, his face of
a ghastly hue, the perspiration rolling
down his brow. He put on his hat and
coat, and began pacing the floor. For
five minutes he was silent, and then j
turning to Stanton, he said,” “ll I am
not about enriy to-morrow don’t feel
alarmed. Defeated again and so many
killed. What will the people say ?”
As he made the remark he went to
open the door to go out. His action
alarmed Mr. Stanton, and he stopped
him and entreated him to retain, that
they might talk and act like men.—
With difficulty they had him return,
and Mr. Stanton began to try to cheer
him. He finally got him lo assent to
retire to bed, and lea\e for the at my
together next morning—which they did.
Lincoln afterward told Mr. Stanton
that when he spoke to him about not
being alarmed if he was not about the
next morning, he had fully made up
his mind to go to the Potomac and
drown himself. Mr. Stanton said We
thought at the time ho contemplated
suicide, and never felt so frightened
during his lifetime.
183-j
183:)
1840
1841
lr>4'-i
1843
1844
1845
184G
1847
1848
1840
T-50
1851
1852
Mill's.
Increase.
Year.
Miles.
Increase-
i.C98
1853
15,300
2,452
t ,27.1
175
1854
10,720
1,360
1.497
224
1855
18.374
1.654
1,913
41(5
1850
22,0)7
3,643
1,30*2
389
1857
24,508
2,491
2,818
r,io
1-58
20,968
2,460
3,535
717
1859
28.789
1.821
4,02(!
491
1860
30,635
1,846
4,185
159
1861
31.256
621
4,377
192
1862
3*2,1*20
864
4,833
250
1863
33.170
1,050
4.930
297
1804
33,908
738
5.599
069
1865
35.085
1,177
5.990
397
1866
36.827
1,742
7,305
1,309
1807
39.276
2.449
9,021
1,056
1868
42.255
2,979
10.982
1*2,908
1,961
] ,920
1869
50.000
est. 7,745
It thus appears that the number of
miles of railroad constructed iu this
country during the year which closes
1 in day is equal to all that existed up to
i 1S49, and exceeds the total construc
tion of anv two former years.
The 7,715 miles bid t in 1869 must
have cost at least three hundred mil
lions of dollars, (which would not be
quite $10,000 per mile ; and the cost
of our railroads and their equipment
averages more than that sum.) Is it a
wonder that wc fall in debt toEurope?
Of course, we need railroads, and
must build them. We shall probably
have one hundred thousand miles in
operation before the close of this cen
tury. But we cannot build all we
need next year; and there must be a
pull up, or another 1S-37 will be down
upon us. Gentlemen who are intent
on more railroads ! be good enough not
to start any lill after 1S70, and let us
try to fund our national debt!
[New York Tribune.
A Substitute for Tobacco—A
correspondent of a Calcutta paper
makes a curious suggestion lo tobacco
smokers. Alluding to the alleged dis
covery, by a Parisian chemist, that
watercress is a perfect antidote to nic
otine. he says : It lately entered into
my head lo try how some ol it dried
would smoke. To my great satisfac
tion, I found that, when put into ny
pipe, after a couple of days’ drying in
the sun, it had all the flavor of the best
Cavendish without the treacle—and it
was even stronger than Cavendish.—
Here then, is a perfect substitute for
tobacco, without the deleterious and
deadly poison so freely contained in
ihe latter; and it is at the same time
cheaper. Watercress, with its fine
stalks and leaves, when dried, requires
no cutting to fit it for the pipe; and
while a pound of cut tobacco ranges
from 2rs. to 4rs., here we have an ar
ticle a rupee’s worth of which when
dried would weigh more than a couple
of pounds.—Bombay Gazelle.
Late Tidings from the Spirit
World.—We were shown a letter yes
terday, which was received from a
well-known gentleman of Columbus,
some eighteen months dead, through
the medium of a man named R. W.
Flint, of New York, who claims to hold
communication with departed spirits.
The letter states that after death there
is an entire cessation of being for a short
time ; that through the agency of an
gels the spirit is then awakened to con
sciousness, being clothed with a spirit
ual body, susceptible lo the same emo
tions and passions as in time, and ca
pable of walking, talking, and exercis
ing the various functions of the earth-
state, but with infinitely more facility
and enjoyment. We have heard much
of spirit communication, but this is the
first straight-through epistle from a
man we knew and loved, which has
come under our immediate observation.
The letter is on tissue paper and writ
ten backwards.— Columbus Enquirer.
A boul Murder at Dykesboro.—
One ol the foulest murders ever perpe
trated in Georgia was committed at
Dykesboro, on the Macon & Bruns
wick railroad, Christmas night. The
particulars as detailed lo us, arc as fol
lows : A little while after dark there
were three customers in the store of.
D. W. Lee, who was behind the coun
ter watting upon them. A gun was
fired from the darkness outside and
through the door at Mr. Lee, who im
mediately fell and exclaimed “oh I”
3’he customers becoming frightened
ran into the street and gave the ahum.
In a moment the store was filled with j
people, atl( j gj, on examination they !
Iqnnd the body of Mr. Lee with life ex- i
lincl. bilteen buckshot wound s were
found upon Iris breast heart and head.
It is not known that he had an ene
my in the world, and who perpetrated
the assassinatfdh Js! a profound mys
tery. The people Cbnld get no evi
dence that night, nor have they been
able to obtain any since which would
End of “Lord Hubert Ainslfy.”
Last summer thers appeared in New
York a young tnan calling himself Lord
Hubert L. S. Ainsley. He ingratiated
himself into fashionable society, dress
ed fashionably, gave fine dinners and
rode in an English dog-cart drawn by
a horse “bobbed” in a style supposed
to be English, and at his back was a
“tiger” in all the dignity of top boots,
gilt buttons and cockade. With a
claim lo a title and so much appearaw e
ol wealth, his society was courted by
some wealthy persons.
He formed the acquaintance of a
wealthy young lady living on Staten
Island, and soon it became known that
they were engaged to be married.—
About this time it was whispered in
“f tshionabie circles” that the fellow
was an impostor, and that no such
name as “Lord Ainsley” appeared in
the English Book of the Peerage.—
These rumors became so wide-spread
and annoying that the mother of the
young lady dispatched a messenger to
England t<> ascertain about the antece
dent!: of the man. The instructions
were fully carried out, and it was dis
covered llntt the person claiming to be
a lord had bt-en an English valet lo a
Freach gentleman in Paris, where he
had mastered two or three languages,
and learned the ways of “society
that his name was Richard Radtoid,
and that his father was the keeper of a
stable in London ; and that, finally, he
was a mere adventurer and gambler.
Notwithstanding this report, the news
paper exposures, mu’, the scandal
which followed, the y'Mjng woman
clung to the man and married him.
The rest is soon told. lie Uvifle a
brie! trip to Philadelphia, attractor', at
tention by the excellence ofhis dinners,
and then returned to this city, where
he engaged a furnished house on Mad
ison Avenue. For a few weeks lie fol
lowed up the same style of living, and
then took lodgings in an obscure hoard
ing house in the same neighborhood.—
A day or two ago his wife arose from
her bed to find her diamonds, money,
watch and her “English lord” all gone.
On the table lay a note saying that he
had gone never to return. The wife
returned to her mother on Staten Island,
where she is said to be lying danger
ously ill of brain fever.
It should be added that this impos
tor succeeded in making his way
among a certain kind of wealthy soci
ety, iit spile of warnings of the press ;
that he was a Lie to persuade the
daughter of a wealthy family to marry
him, in spite of the fact that his preten
sions had been exposed in public as
as in private; and long after it
MILLEDG-EVIL|LE:
Tuesday. January 11* 1870.
interest and credit oH Slate, that is
care is for the
Bullock’s fi-
OUU TRUE POLICY.
Wealth is strength, power aud influence,
and as it holds good in individual instan
ces, it equally applies to nations or sec
tions. The great aud important point that
we would endeavor to impress upon the
minds of the Southern people,and especial
ly those of our own State; is the im-
portance of a commercial and financial in
dependence of the North. There is no
necessity that ave should be the willing
sheep to bo sheared by the middle men of
New York city, as regards our cotton crop,
or that we should forever look to Northern
manufacturing establishments for every
want, from a toothpick to an engine, or
what we wear, from a paper collar to a
broadcloth coat or a silk for the wife.
We must begin to live within ourselves,
and the first great step is to raise our own
provisions, and not to have our meat houses
aud corn eribs in tbo Northwest. It costs
too much to get them from such a distance ;
far better to Lave them within sight of our
dwellings and under our own eyes. Every
dollar saved to the planter by raising bis
owti corn or meat is just so much money
in his pocket, and so much saved to the
State. It is out of tbo question for us to
grow rich upon a cotton crop alone and
everything else bought. It has been fig
ured out too often, and actual experiments
have shown that the planter who raised
his corn and meat made money more rap
idly than the mere cotton planter.
AgaiD, we should keep as much of our
money at home as possible, by erecting
factories and converting our cottou into
cloth. The figures would astonish the | cccdingVof the Unif States House of
reader if be knew bow much the 8outb
up such enterprises btf encourage
ment, and the moreor^, greater will
be the desire to deseri'tronage and
to please.
C? 3 We give the prs of Chiei
Justice Brown, andjr. Tift. Ot
course we do not agrelth them in ail
of their ideas or points^ to the naked
question ot voting for l-5lh Amend
ment, we could not d| If it has to
pass to save the Statom the plun
derers row in powerjihose of easy
political virtue do the, but do not
let it go to the world [ the State of
Georgia approves it,, that she be
lieves it right, just, constitutional.
Let us make it appetf pass it must,
in all of the hideous ljs ol bare arm -
ed tyranny, unconstitjnal usurpation
and an infamous exerlof power over
a defenseless Stale.
Our great anxiety
ed to re-
iipped us
. _ — , r ~. ...... issue our
edition on Tuesday. We give to the
reader however, the latest new3 from the
Georgia Legislature.
CCp One of the best monthlies that
we receive is the Pictorial Phrenologi
cal Journal. It is, in fact, the most in
structive work upon the principles of
Phrenology, Physiognomy, Ethnology
and Physiology we have ever read.—
Especially is it devoted to the “Science
of Man.” Each No. is well filled with
portraits, sketches and biographies of
(illustrious men. Read prospectus in
another column.
■I
now jeopardized by
nanciering. Also loie eatnings of
the State Road, thaje fear will be
squandered and sioI£> fill the pock
ets of favorites and fj)S. Outside of
State considerations, would cheer
fully invite military <nnorship over
the Slate, in prefereito the the pres
ent rule, and remain it until belter
days and better mere inaugurated.
We have nothing to eet from Gov.
Bullock hereafter thy ill at all savor
of wisdom, justice o^dcration. He
feels, doubtless, as /Macbeth :
"Slept in so f„r, that, sljl Le wade no more,
CeturniiiB were as tedios go oVr.”
Qj* The Land we Love and the
New Eclectic, published at Baltimore,
by Turnbull & Murdock, comes to us
as usual, filled with interesting and
choice reading matter. It is emphati
cally a Southern magazine, and calls
tor Southern aid and support. Price
$4 a year.
Religion--Fashionable Pretend
ing to be what we really are not, and
“stealing the livery of heaven to serve
the devil.” Going to church as a mat
ter of necessity, and making devotion
a public form instead of a governing
principle, or silent communion between
the the heart and its Creator. Actions
that make devils laugh and angels
weep.
Religion—General :—That whith
we inherit or embrace as a general
principle, from the accident ot birth or
association, and for which we are not
to be censured or praised ; for as we
take our language from association, so
And ho will go oRegardless of all : we adopt certain religious tenets irom
considerations save
and the aiding of hi
per.se of the State The legislature
has important workjforc it, and there
are suggestions thrcji out in the let
ters published, ill should receive
thought at the handjrfour legislators.
flitl Congress miltnU Georgia ?
We let Congress iswer the ques
lion. The fblbwinp from the pro-
was most clearly ascertained that he
was an impostor, his invitations to din
ners find oihet* festivities were freely
accepted l»y many persons who make
pretensions to social standing.
[iV. y. Post.
Louis Napoleon is beginning to sell
his real estate in Paris. He lately sold
two houses for 1,150,000 francs. It is
temembered that Louis Phillippe show
ed a similar disposition to realise pre
vious to February, 181$,
spent annually for cotton goods made
North. The fact that many of the large
cotton mills at the North hold their stock
at from 300 to 500 per cent, premium, aud
a few as high as 1,000 and upwards, is
conclusive that the demaud for their goods
is great, aud the business remarkably profit
able. We should as a matter of economy
and interest turn our attention to manufac
turing cotton. There is a demand for all
we can make, and as we raise the article,
we have the advantage of production and
no freight to pay. We can manufacture
cheaper, and hence, would have the ad
vantage iu the markets of the world.
Again, we would strike a blow at New
England arrogance, that would make her
feci that abolitionism did not pay, when
the wealth that was in uegroes returned
back to us in the way of looms aud spindles
aud an active competition created, when
heretofore, there was a reciprocity and re
ciprocal trade. As Rev. Mr. Beecher said
in 1854, “that every factory established at
the North drove a uail in the cofiiu of
slavery,” let his hearers learn that for ev
ery slave lost to us there will be a spindle
at the South, to drive their factories into
sileuce, or work on short time. Retributive
justice may be slow, but it is sure, and in
our case, it will be as swift winged as
Mercury ; for already our influence is felt
as a manufacturing people.
Again, we should export our cotton di
rect from our Southern ports ; no necessity
to send it by way of New York to Liver
pool, and in return import such goods as
we generally use of foreign manufacture.
The following from the Columbus Ens
quirer is sensible :
We contribute largely to the aggran
dizement and pride of the North, again, by
purchasing from that section manufactures
and provisions that we ought to make at
home. We heard Henry Ward Beecher
declare, in a so called sermon iu 1S54. that
every factory established at the North
drove a nail in the coffin of slavery. His
argument was that it added to the power
and resources of the North in its warfare
against Southern institutions. It may
with equal truth be uow asserted that every
fnctory established in the South weakeus
flie arrogant power of the North and
strengthens us in the contest for the pre
servauon of our political rights and our
prosperity as a section. Every bale of
hay, or hogshead of bacon, or barrel of
flour or potatoes, which we raise at the
South, cuts off tribute money to the North
and helps to make us a strong and self-
sustaining people. Our strength as a see
tiou now lies in our industry. So long as
Representatives, onae 25;h of July,
1S6G, printed in ie Congressional
Globe :
Mr. Dawes—I aijnslructecl by the
Committee of Elects to report back
the credentials of J|Y Clift and C.
H. Prince, membe elect from the
Statn of Georgia, till Stale having rat
ified the 14th Amernent to the Con
stitution, and in all < er respects haring
conformed, to the ra/u ments of law in re
gard to the admUsii oj that Slate.—
These gentlemen 'll take the oath
prescribed by the a; of July 2, 1862.
The report was tj-eed to.
Mr* Clift and MrjPri nee appeared
atul were qualified.;
It will he seen th» Congress delib
erately declared in { most solemn and
authoritative form, »at Georgia had
conformed in all resjBls to the require
ments of law in regal to the admission
of the State, and thejupon two Repre
sentatives were admfed.—Constitution.
Yet, for party prnoses, to engraft
an unconstitutional ituendment upon
the Constitution, thejnost outrageous,
shameless and infalous proceedings
have been inangufted against the
Stale, and bayonets lurched into our
legislative halls willihe threat to do
the bidding of Congiss or to submit
to military rule. i>|ver were galley
slaves commanded mre peremptorily,
but it remains lo betseen if we will
heed the command. 5 If we do, do it
with a protest so louj, bold and defiant
that we rob the stin^of its poison.
livuiual benefit education.
iends at the ex- j Religion—Pure:—Doing good from
love to God and our fellow man. Lov
ing justice, haling wrong; loving virtue,
hating vice ; trusting in God and never
calling into question his judgments;
or as the apostle James defines it:
“Pure religion and uudefiled before
God and the Father is this: r lo visit
the fatherless and widows in their af
fliction, and »o keep ourselves unspot
ted from the world.”
Repentance :—Sorrow fur a wrong
done; a keen sense of guilt; good res
olutions backed by living action. I hat
repentance based upon expediency or
policy and has for its vindication words
only, is as shallow as a shade and as
transient as a cloud ; but he who feels
deeply, will be eloquent in silence or
in tears, and every lineament ot the
face will teil the story ol repentance.
“Habitual evils change not on a sudden,
But many days must pass aud many sorrows:
Conscious remorse and anguish must be felt,
To curb desire, to break the stubborn will,
And work a second nature in the Soul,
Ere virtue can resume the place she lost. "
ff?* The officers^ attendants and
employees of the Stite Lunatic Asy
lum, presented on la^ Christmas quite
an acceptable present in the shape of
a handsome buggy a^l harness, to Dr.
Thos. F. Green, tit Superintendent
and Resident Physicin. Dr. Green
has been for the last |venty-four years
the Superintendent o^lhe Asylum, and
fthfi
if he has given anythfjg thought, ma
ture thought, it is thejmanagement and
treatment of lunatics. \ The gift, coming
as it did from those vvjio know him well,
demonstrated the reipect and regard
the givers had for one who has always
deported himself towards his subordi
nates with uniform courtesy and kind
ness. We hope there are yet many
days of usefulness in store for the Doc
tor, and that those who have served
we permit the North to control and grow j ,] 1C l n5t Uution so well, will continue at
fat on it, so loDg will we be treated as iu
feriors iu the Uniou. But by so using our
great resources as to convince the politi
cally dominant scctiou of our value aud
their posts
We have received from Hinkle
importance as an ally, and of our power to & Co Cincinnati, Ohio, 8 new “Book
make it feel in the pocket nerve the loss, ’ . . • „
of our good will, we may achieve iu the 1 on Building. Ihe wor' con u
Union what our arms failed to wiu for us
out of it, and what the most rigid compli
ance with Northern demands has siuce
failed to secure for us.
FINE MONUMENTS.
Mr. Artope, of Macon, well known
as a tasteful artist in the design and
finish of monuments, has lately erected
a very neat and tasteful one over Mrs.
Adams, wife of our fellow citizen,
B. B. Adams. The design is beautiful Ohio,
and the work well executed. It is
tasteful without being gaudy or showy,
and strikes the eye as being very ap
propriate. It should be seen to be ad
mired. Mr. Artope has erected a num
ber of others in our cemetery, and we
number of fine cuts, showing the archi
tecture of some ol the handsomest build
ings erected in that and adjoining
Slates. The plans are aiso drawn so
that one can at a glance see how the
houses are constructed. It is a good
book for reference, especially «o those
who contemplate building, or are fond
of such things. Send and get a copy,
addressing Hinkle & Co., Cincinnati,
Judge W. D. Luckie, for many years a
twentTvear, JadgeofOw
dinary of Newton county, Ga., died at his Harris said no protest would now
m, o once in Pine'Level, j^lah^a, lowed. , - *
son s residence m " T ( j haItt R,di«b,
on the 4th inst, »ged sixty nine years.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
At 12 o'clock, M., J. G. W. Mills, Sec
retary pro. tern., iu accordance with Gov
ernor Bullock’s order, called the Senate
together.
As the name of each Senator was called
he stepped up to the desk and read the oath
prescribed. T. G. Campbell, colored, was
active in his objections to a number of Sen
ators boing qualified, aud interrupted them
by reading a printed protest. Senator
Candler protested against the proceedings
and called iuto question the authority by
which it was done. An attempt was made
to arrest Mr. Candler, which produced
quite a confusion for the time being; he
was not arrested, however. Mr. Moore,
Senator from the 12th District, rvas the
onlv one who could not take the oath re
quired.
After the Senate was organized, Mr.
Conley, the old President, was put in nom- )
iuation, as was also Mr Wootten. Conley
received 23 and Wootten 11 votes. Mr.
Conley theu read his address, which was
upon the Bullock order of charges and un
truths. The following is a sample :
“It is useless to recapitulate to you the
specific causes which have led to this re
versal of our proceedings. Yonder vacant
seat of the murdered Adkins tells its own
story. Men may attempt to deny or ex
cuse the violations of law which have oc
curred ; to deny them betrays a want of
common sense; to palliate them shows
that the apologist has no sentiments of
justice or humanity. Men know, aud the
people of this vast country know, that in
many portions of Georgia, there has been
no justice, no enforcement of law, no
maintenance of order ; that juries have
been prejudiced and overawed by bands
of prowling assassins, that magistrates have
refused to do their duties cr done wrong in
cases where the rights of certain classes of
our citizens have been involved.”
We learn that Bradley, that pestilent
negro from the 1st District, is again in his
seat, but that he will be expelled as lie
was at first. There is a warrant for his
arrest in Savannah, for being accessory to
the murder of young Mr. Law, of Savan
nah, a year ago.
In the organization of the House thero
was great confusion and excitement.
The House was called to order at the
hour oi 12 o’clock by A. L. Harris, (of
Otiio.) as Clerk, pro. tem.. by virtue of
Gov. Bullock’s proclamation.
Harris, assumed to be dictator and
would not listen to any inctiou *~at a
Democrat had to make. The Radicals
thinking that they had everything in their
own bauds, were violent and unscrupulous.
We clip the following from the Constitu
tion. In calling the roll of the House, Mr.
Scott, of Floyd, asked Harris, the Clerk,
•‘will the members take tbe oath to sup
port the Constitution of Georgia V T
Caldwell, of Troup, called Mr. Sc< tt
to order, aud Harris ruled that Scott w
out of order.
Scott theu asked if he would be i
ed to enter his protest then, or awaV
organization of the House. ^ ^
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