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WEEKLY LOYAL GEORGIAS. J. E. RRTAKT) - - Editor. AC GIST A, GA. SATURDAY AUHUST 24, 1867. Official Organ U. S. Government Official Organ of the Georgia Educational Association. All ■ I'oininunil’sitioiiß lor pttlilira tion hiub! hr written only on one of the paper, anil accompanied with Hie name of tin writer. We will licit pul'lislt the name, unless the writer wishes ns to do so, tint we must have it as a guarantee oi * .tile truth! illness of the article. Tine Principles we Advocate. Reconstruction in accordance with the laws ol Congress. The equal political anil legal lights of all citizens of the Untied Stales, except those who have linen convicted ol crime, or lhose who have vol untarily attempted to destroy the Government. The enactment of State law s for tile inauguration and support of a system of common schools. The elevation oflnhor, and the pas wage of such laws as will protect tile toiling masses ol society in their just and legal rights. Laboring Men, Remember! That Hell II- Hdl in Ins “.great" (?) speech at Atlanta spoke in lavor of “a landed aristocracy," rmbrwinf ; comparatively few people. Kemciiihcr that three handl'd thou sand slaveholder* —the “ landed aris tocracy'' of the Smith- have heretofore mil’ll the .Soulhern Slates, driving the laboring white men from the good land: into the pine barrens, keeping tin* great mass ol (lie people in igno rance and povci ty. Kemeiflber that this “ land'd aria tocracy " brought oil a war to destroy the Government-, established a “ reign of terror," and tom in the pour men to light for them. Remember that this “ landed aris tocracy" have always despised labor tug men, and have crushed them h) oppressive laws. Remember that the Union Republi can parly is pledged lo elevate labor, and to flic passage of such laws ns Will protect tile lolling masses ol society in their just and legal l ights. Colored Men, Remember! That the Hell I Gpppci load party— sometimes palled IhKl'einoeralie part) - - lotight to keep you ,in slavery; ami j that the leaders ol t\.,it party have; done till the) could It* prevent you call part) lias givfii you lr<?«*don» »»mI ; the right l« vote*; tbul it Ihih |m-mIwI«m1 ' von, mid will contmm* to |*rot«*rt > on Kt'im iulo r all this ;ui«l do wli 't you can to tlwiuat the K<hi*l ('opiM-rhfiitl party, ami |»U«c«* llu* Union Kei»ul»li ciin j'lu t) in J*‘»W! r. Organize and Register. \Y<* njjaiii call tin* attcnlioii «*t oi 1 vcfltlc*s lo tin* niijifUsmcA* "1 having tlicit namcH pco that every man \n li«* will vole the Republican tieliel has his naino tcrcil. l>o not fail. In order to make it nhaohitdif t,ij„ that all of our IViend.-* have he« n registered, it is necessai v to liave kuiih* kind ol a society or« tnized. Tlm* '* l'nion I-1 iiii'ii*' ' i** tin* bent zafion, but it it is iinpossibb* to have a “ jLeagut *’ organized, establish a Republican Club'. Von wili find a tViiiatitiition for tin* organization of slid) (’labs mi the outside of our paper. In organizing (’labs, we would advise that a few true nu n come to gether. choose temporary officers, and adopt the constitution. Alter that, let names be proposed and referred to a committee who shall examine to see if they are Inn* nu n Let the Com uiitU e report whether they are trb nds or enemies. Then have a vote of the ('lull, and let a majority decide. It a majority vote against the candidate, lie is. oi course, rejected ; il a majority vote for. then have him sign the Hon stitution and enjoy all the rights ol other members. Allow none but members ol Republican flubs to at tend meetings. Have a sentinel to keep out persons not numbers \\ lieu a sufficient number ol persons have been elected, have permanent officers elected in accordance with tliel’onsti tiHiou. Friends! thf tilin’ lists come for work. Tin' •’m inv mi’ organizing to defeat o« Let us work us hard as tin -y. * Political. Tlie Chairman of ill-- Stale Central Committee lias app-uiit-’d Mr. 11. C. Flourn.iy, oi A; hens, a inioiih- i ol the Committe, - .or ilie Sixth Con ■ i i-s-ioi.ul District, and Mr. T. S. 1 uggle, u! Co lumlivis. for the ITurd. A Republican Mi s Meeti-i wifi he lielil in Macon. - , the 27th instant. Large aud cnllm malic Mi.-s Meet injjs are In-in ■ Li-iii sill --i the .Stale. Sunday Schools Our colon’ll liicmb in all parts o the Slate sic tie-in -i d-e; interest in the orgaiiitsaiioi- ol San- . SehooL. Springfield Jiapti.-.t Cion eh of this city recently -• t 11’ ury Walt- Jr., -is a Sunday S. hool n- n. mgto ize Sm.ll y S-! !-. F> h, report to th- church, we {l'.nrii that he organized - 0.-i.- in \Vasioiigton, Wilkes county, numbering two liuiidrc 1 scholars; Cawloidsville, Taliaferro county, ninnl.eriiig sixty-five scholars; La* •range, Troup county, numbering jive hundred scholar' Thi. is hut the Coinnit-IH e-Dieiit ot his work. We understand that the church will again send him into the field. We trust that our friends in other pari ot lot- Slate will “ go aud do like wise. It Makes a Difference Whose Ox is Gored It is well known that many Southern politicians have for years resorted to most contemptible means to crush political opponents, especially those who differed with them on the slavery <|ut*s tion. No man dare avow himself an Abolitionist in any of the Gulf States. At the close of the war anew era dawned upon these States. Men not only opposed the political views of Southern fire-eaters, but newspapers were established to oppose thes»* men who had brought ruin upon this tinny land. The editors of these papers have been protected from mob violence by the federal troops. At length a power ful party lias . piling up to oppose tin* men who again attempt to lead the people to ruin. A daily paper- -ihe National Jitj>nh li'ttn —was recently established in this city, it was known that gentlemen of wealth and social position wen; eon- j Heeled with it, and that il was conduct- j < and by an old citizen who bad been for many years connected with the daily pi* ss <d ilie State. From the first, it lias taken a candid, high toned po.-ition, but il advocates the. principles of the Republican party. That is the unpar dutiable sin with the fire ealtr.s. Simply because it opposes their wicked and lreasonable coma*, no language Inis la co 100 vile for them to use in allud ing to it. They do not attempt* to answer its arguments. Tli <•)• show llu; weakness of their cause tiy using villi p* ration instead of argument. Not content, with abusing tin: paper, they liave abused those who support it, or even advertise in it. Business men who advertise in the not In cause liny approve of (lie principles which it ad vocal's, but because they wish lo bring their business to the attention o' ils readers, have been informed tlial unless they take their advertisements out, they will loose business. We elip llu* following Iroin the Cht'otli etc and Sentinel: Ai.i'.nts ion tiii: Mii.vrro Ki.it hi i can.—We find the following names of gentlemen in lliis State, published in the llrst number of Ihe mulatto tt< /u_d,li,; ns agents of that sheet in their lespeelive luealltkv. We happen 1" know most ot 1 lie: c gro Hellion, and from our ac'iuaintanee with them we do not believe that the) have authorized such a use ol their names in eoinieetion with this Hybrid Bustard. If, however, they have turned traitors to their rare and section, which wo etui’! yet believe, hi Unis hemming I lie volnii iary aiders and abettors of thettc'nmhdto Uepuldieans, il is lad justiee. to their frivnds Ihrongluml the Mtate Hint their position should he made Known, lie tied is not lor his rare in this light is Ittoitl eertainly against il. -flte old enemy, under anew name, is now lielore them as a candidate for popu lar favor ami patronage. Tlmso who are in favor of I he suprenufey ot theblueh over llu white rare, will support it. Those whowisli I" make a eaUs paw of the tic crocs with which to gather for thrmsrlv es all the roasted chcstimli in the way of fat otliees will plaee their names on it siih eriplion list, and give it the material nidn Iheir advertising patronage. A lew days till develop who these are, by the ppeariniee of lit* ie iiauu ■ in its li I el lit I in' "tin r h'dnd, every trill*' eunslilif' tioiiai union maii will spurn the dirty tiling Irem liieir liniiii and avoid its von lamination a limy vv mild I hat of the must Inaflisolie v iper. The high priests ol the mulatto Kepuhlii an parly liave. 11l a print ed circular which inis been sown hroaiT ■ as! througlioul Die I nioti, declared Hull “only money was wanted to curry every Southern State for the Radicals. ' Will the true hearted Southern (»eoplo heroine eoworkers will! lliis Kadieal Hxeentive ( onimittee in furnishing the means lo destroy thoirown luippiness and .safely? Molt K I’ nose a I I’T Ivi v. The l.oyul l.eaguers ate at their favorite work in Savannah. The iVrtrs nuit 11, cola of tlmt city I ( onsorvntivel lliis had advertisements and subscriptions withdrawn from il he cause it inis Ihe independence lo oppose the Kadieal parly. The war erv of ihe l.eagnres fltere, as here, if seems, is vie dared to he “ IhnlU'nls s/nitl pottv,,i:< hot Ifiutiails." file (‘ongress and llntatoi Hope ale “ running the same schedule." Itv Ihe by, weonghl not lo tail mention ing lhat we, too, have a little experience in lliis line. Two days sinoc a Kadieai Insurant i \genl, w hose plane of business is on Broad street, stopped our paper he cause, we suppose, ils complexion was not Murk enough for him. 'l liis ho laid a right to do. We think white people also have the rigid to discontinue their insur mice policies in liis oilier. Sallee for the goose ought to lie stlllee for the i/iintltr. A word to the wise is sullicient. We -ivi Mr. Stii-nr the hem-tit of our i nlniuns lor u reply to our strictures ill ycsdh ihiy's paper ill regard to tlie step page ot our jiapcr hy a Loyal League tn suraiii-'- Ai-.i-nt on ltrund stri-»-t. It will In- H-i-ii ttiat Mr. Sln-aradiuits Unit tic itlsi-on 1 iiiui'it his suliscription to tin- V/tronieh II- S', n/‘in /, anil says that /c- ns n rttixttn for s.i Being to mir book-keeper that lie wi t ll -it *o curtail i-\pi-nsi-s. Hi- ilocs nut say that tin- reasons given were tin- real ones, nor does In- deity Radical proi-livi ties. We said yesterday, and we n-ju-at it now, ttiat wt- admit the right of any siih si-ritH-r to stop Ids joijn-r when its tone and principles does not suit liiiu we claim ttie same right for those wlm wish insurance policies, to select agencies w hich are not hostile to their interests and honor. I’.J*. I.'. ,V 8. While the V/iivnitle (tint Sentinel and other papers have thus abused th -so who favor reconstruction, and those who even advertise in papers tavoriug re. constriiction, thev have constantly tibus ed the Government, and, in fact, all distinguished loyal men. The billowing from the Chronicle anti Sen fiat l is a sample : Let the monuments! pile, formed of the Ilie hones amt cemented bv the blood of fallen patriots, tie raised until its peak shall kiss tin- skies, a tilting monument of tsoutlu-m dc-votiou to flic memory of him who will pass into history as tin greatest and most wicked murderer oftliis or any other age. If these Atlanta patriots wish a pretty inscription for their “ gorgeous pile,” let us suggest ttic following: FORMED OF TUB HONES AM) IEM MED IIV 111) B 1,001) D) THE I. L > t H I tills F A T K 1 O.T S Who fell liy hireling bullets w hile lighting for their country's cause, THIS MONUMENT 1:'. -ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OK AURAHAM LINCOLN 11V ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND WIDOWS AND ORPHANS, WHO RECOUNT/.EH IN HIM TUli BLOODY MURDERER OF THEIR HUSBANDS AND FATHERS, AND THE FANATICAL DESTROYKR OF FREE GOVERNMENT IN AMERICA. General Pope, who, in our opinion, has favored tile Rebels of the Third District too much, at length derided that the Government should not nssi.t iu supporting the papers that attempted to injure it; and be accordingly issued an order forbidding all Government oflieers from advertising iu the papers that were its enemies. Forthwith, these papers that liave done so much to pre vent business melt from advertising iu papers that favor reconstruction made a frightful (?) howl. The Chronicle and Sentinel said; The Di:u or tiie Hoik.—The Thirty ninth Congress, controlled by the Kadieal Bump, passed a law directing that all government printing in the .’nutll should be given exclusively lo Kadieal organs. General Tope, the military salrap of tills Distriet, has already issued ins royal nka.v, requiring all tiie civil and military Oflieers ol the State to advertise exclusive ly in the columns of reconst ruction papers. Tiie Loyal League of lliis city, which, through Ihe power of the military, lias control of the city government, eject from ofliee and patronage those who arc not rn cnpjjorl with Radicalism. Individual Loyal Leaguers carry this proscription into all j Hie transactions of life, ami neither sup | port or palroni/.e anv trade, profession or vailing which i- not Kudina] Is it not time that the conservative rle | ment iu tiie State should profit by these examples, and confine, their support and patronage to those who are opposed to ■ negro supremacy ? Should not every i white man who feels that his own is the | superior, and should he the controlling \ race, determine to employ, patronize, trade, or support none but "those of both race.-, who are oppo: ed lo llio Radicals and their pneeriplive policy? This sy.-lcm lias been roinmcnecd by Hie Radicals. They are pressing it to the utmost ex tremity. Shall vv not, for our own pro lection and safety, he governed by the same feelings—those of race, color and interest ? M ii.riN*. or Tin; ITiehs. —We very cordially approve of the suggestion of our esteemed colcmporarv of the Atlanta In trUnjcnecr lor the meeting of the Conserva ti v i Press id' Ihe Stale, Io take such action as may he found necessary and proper in view of the recent order oi' General Pope, muzzling tin: free press of tiie State. By all means let u have Hie meeting and adopt such measures us may be, found necessary against lliis most obnoxious and intolerant order. We believe that, upon a proper presentation of the matter to General Pope, he v ill revoke or ma terially modify the order, and, failing with him, we are convinced that Gene ra) Grant will remove tiie muzzle. When they attempt to take patronage from Republican papers, it is all light; when the Government refuses to sup port its enemies, it i all wrong- “Gon sisleney is a jewel. Personal. William Lloyd Garrison received at Edinburgh tlio ancient capital of Scotland, on the IHth of July, an honor reserve'll exclusively for the most illustrious British ,subjects and for foreign visitors of llu; highest dis tinction, viz.: the “freedom of the city" an honor conferred one him died years ago upon the immortal John Hampton. The ceremony took place at the Town Hall, in the pres ence of the magistrates, tiie members of the council, and a large company of ladies and gciitlelip'ti. The hold l’rovost presided ami made the pre sentation speech, at the conclusion of which lie handed to Mr. Garrison a velvet covered box. hearing the arms yl llm city.-pud enclosing the Record Os tiie honor thofehy veyed. Hi the course of his address he said : “We thank yon, sir, for your noblo efforts iu llhumubc of negro emaneipa lion. We sen you here to-day as ail augur) of the future good understand ing hetwixt this cnunti) ami the United States. It allbrds us all great satisfaction, in the name of this tdd community, to confer upon you llm privilege of a burgess of tins city. Take tins holm* with you as an augur) ul tlm good feeling Unit exists between us. I trust It limy lie, ns it were, a holding nut of the olive blanch toward Aiuci icii." Mr. Gimisoii’s speech in reply was exceedingly felicitous. lie said: “I slioalil lie something less or more tltun human not to feel deeply im pressed by the marked honor and privilege you have now conferred upon me. 11. in tins instance, lam ‘Tint to the maimer horn”—if, as 1 am told, 1 am the first American upon whom this distinguished token ol respect has been bestowed—l have at least labored unselfishly and devotedly, against ticnn minus forces, lor nearly two score years, in the cause of im partial liberty and universal emancipa tion. And that cause makes me cos mopolitan—for it is nut simply Ameri can. hut belongs to thn world. And, though mi man can surpass me in a genuine love of native laud, yet, where the principles of justice, the rights of suffering humanity, and the obligations of a common origin ami destiny are concerned. 1 have no other rule el' action than tliis--my country is the world, my countrymen i are all mankind. l!y nativity I be , long to the United States of America ; | that is accidental. l!y human sym ; patliy atijl allinity 1 heluttg to the I w hole human raco; that is both my i choice and my destiny. The interests I of a 1 men and cl all nations arc to me alike; their liberties arc equally sacred. “Uomiugto Great Hrilain quietly to see old friends and coadjutors, and seeking neither personal eouspieuity nor popular commendation, but rather privacy and recreative enjoyment, 1 lmve been taken hy surprise at the cordial and Haltering manner in which 1 have been publicly received m vari ous parts of the kingdom by those high in position, rich in culture, foremost in reform, and last, not least, by the laboring masses and also at the generous aud eulogistic tone of the press, without regard to sect or party. 1 am happy indeed to he thus tavorably regarded hy you, and thus honored hy the large aud growing city you represent. It is a tribute which, if properly bestowed, is undoubtedly elicited more by the fact that 1 first led the way in the mighty conflict for immediate abolition, and thus sub jected myself earliest aud longest to popular wrath and scorn, tlmi'that I labored with any more zeal, persever ance, courage, or self sacrifice than a multitude ol others, without whose co-operation I had peradveuturo achieved no success, aud who may fairly he classed with those ancient martyrs and confessors "of whom the world was net worthy.” Assuredly it is not your purpose to separate me from them, uof to crown me at their expense ; hut, on the contrary, m me and through me to express your re spedlor the long, bitterly traduced, but now triumphantly vindicated anti slavery men and women of America as a body. And they will acquit me of seeking, either bere or elsewhere, lo appropriate to myself ft single laurel which I am not ready to bind on their brows. Hitherto we have had all things in common—reproaches, insults, calumnies, distresses, afflic tions, imprisonments, perils in the city, and perils among false brethren— ‘as deceivers and yet true; as un known. and yet well known ; as dying, and behold wo live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, y;t always rejoicing ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.” And whatever reversal of judgment and treatment is, or may be, in any single instance, at home or abroad, it must he shared by all alike. As we feared the frowns ot none, so we have coveted the praise ot none. Our sufficiency has been of God, not of ourselves ; and “no flesh may glory in his presence.” 15 it this public testimonial is obviously ment by you, gentlemen, to imply more than a handsome recognition of my anti-slavery labors, or the labors ol tlicso who endured the beat and burden ol the day with me in the same broad field of philanthropy. It would he pitiable egotism in me, and in them, to restrict it to ourselves, It would be most unjust to you not to perceive in it an earnest desire and a special pur | pose, not only on your part, but in behalf of tlie citizens of Edinburgh and the people of the United Kingdom, to idler it as a symbolical olive branch to the people of the ( oiled States, and an expression of international unity and gooil will. It is iu that light that my joy is full, aim my heart heats re-' sponsively. I believe it will be as magnanimously regarded by my coun trymen as it is generously committed to my trust by yourselves. . . , . May happiness and prosperity abound in Edinburgh ; may Scotland increase greatly in intelligence, virtue, wealth, and true glory; and may England und America be forever united iu indis soluable bonds of peace, and in advunc ing the cause of liberty and justice in every part of tiie habitable globe.”— Independent. The Last Fantastic Trick. i lie political situation is interesting. Any conjecture or allairs which re vives the hope of tho I’resident’s im peachment is welcome. Tho suspen sion of Mr- .Stanton and the removal of General Sheridan are two contin gencies which we have great hope will prove sufficient to incite an easy-going mid amicable Congress to the stern duty of deposing tho Traitor of tho While House. The American people ami Llieir representatives in Congress sometimes do a great pub lie. act from the highest motives ; but not often—-certainly not always. All tho great measures of Liberty which have made illustrious our political history of the last few years were prompted more by time serving expediency than by moral duty. The rebellion was conquered not so much through the great virtue of the North as through the over lietoll.simess of Hie .South. The Fede ral cause needed to lie goaded to victory by the plottings of Jellerson Davis : by the disaster of Bull Run ; by tho slaughter of Fort I’illow; and by the horrors of Aiidersonville. How wonderful is that constitution of affairs whereby the wrath ol limn is made to praiau Gud ! . -——s—■ So now, so tlio maintenance of the public safety, the nation still needs a little further prolongation of that chief of ils calamities, Andrew Johnson. Sweet are the uses of adversity ! We still need Mr .) oh nno it ■ the presi dential chair for the purpose, of edu cating tho American Congress up to file high duly of impeaching him next December. A few more tricks, a little more treason, an added spice ol Satanic malice in the President, and 111 ' tiling w ill lie done ! So we reutter Mrs. Browning’s prayer, “Give more madness. Lord!” The impeaelimnii ought to have been accomplished long ago The President has held his office a year too long already. Shall he lie permitted to hold it to the end of his term? From the time of the first plain proof of his surrender to the rebels, we have demanded, and shall continue to dc- I maud, that this Aaron Harr, this Hetic i diet Arnold, this Andrew Johnson j shall lie put out of the way ol injuring I a government which In* first disgraced, then betrayed, and would willingly destroy, The most hopeful sign of the times now on everybody's lips is that, if the President uses the luiw-string upon Mr. Stanton and General Sheridan, lie shall himself he strangled with it. Hut was not the President’s measure of iniquity long ago full, pressed down, and shaken together ? Must the great renegade add new outrages to the old in order to earn his title to decapita tion ? What has heretofore been, and what is now, the one and only ob stacle to a peaceful and speedy recon struction of the Union? Nothing under Heaven hut the treachery, ma lignity, and baseness of Andrew John son. lie has been long the chief euemy of the Republic. Why, then, is he suffered to remain its Chief Magistrate? If anybody is to he removed, let it not be Mr, Stautou; lot it not lie General Sheridan: let it be Andrew Johnson ! Congress ought not to have ad journed, leaving the field clear for this brigand to errry on war against the Republic Mr. Johnson is a bold, had man, and needs to l>e watched—not oil 1 v with eyes, hut with votes, aud with arms. It is only because he has so miserable a minority of accom plices that he has not already over thrown the Republic. We ask again for a general utterance of the popular voice in a spontaneous demand lot the President's impenchineut and and. po sition from olliee.— .Xac York Jndc pendent. —The Athens Foundry and Ma chine Works, at Athens, Ga., had be fore the wav an excellent reputation for (lie manufacture of steam engines: saw, sugar, and bark mills; threshers, horse powers, etc., and have ever since been kept in successful operation. We arc-glad to learn that this concern is now doing a thriving and increasing business. Captain U. Nickerson, the manager, is a thorough mechanic, and improves every machine he takes in hand. M . A. Ilappic, a well known tobacco manufacturer, was arrested in Virginia charged with counterfeiting the Reve nue Inspector’s brand. i'rum the Augusta National Republican.) A Stringent Law. A great ileal ha- been said and printed about the tyranny and oppres siot of the military government. A latTof tiie last Legislature of this State, passed, it should be borne in mind, neady a year after tiie Constitutional Annulment, abolishing slavery, had been ratified and adopted by the people of Georgia, and therefore not applicable to the colored population alone, as were most of the previous l#i against insurrection, appears to us jts stringent as any laws passed by Congress, or any Orders issued by anv ciiinoandiiig General. The following isj the Act, wbieli we find in the piupldct copy of the Laws for 1860 ; 1 An Act to amend the Penal Code. iteriox 1. ria General Assembly of the sin of Ocoryin do enact, That insurrection , ; ’ u i]! oonsint in any combined reaistance to tH lawful authority of the State, with intent t3the denial thereof, when the same is nmnifested or intended to be manifested by aits of violence. (Section 2. Any attempt, by persuasion or olfcerwise, to induce others to join- in any ci.bincd resistance to the lawful authority of the State, shall constitute an attempt to) incite insurrection. Section X. Any person convicted of tho oAnse of insurrection, or an attempt at i Jurrection, shall be punished with death, <i| if the jury recommend to mercy, con (Mement in the Penitentiary for a term not A than five, nor more than twenty, years. WtsTii.s 4. If any person shall bring, jEroduce, permit, or circulate, or cause to bf introduced, circulated, or permitted, or aid or assist, or he in any manner instru mental in bringing, introducing, circula ting, or printing, within this estate, any paper, pamphlet, circular, or other writing, fur the purpose of inciting insurrection, riot, conspiracy, or resistance, against the lawful authority of the State, or against the lives of the inhabitants thereof, or any part of them, such person or persons so ttjlcnding shall be guilty of a high misde meanor. end, upon conviction, shall be punished by confinement in the Peniton - tiary fur a term not less than five, nor longer than twenty years. Section 5 repeals conflicting laws. Approved lnth December, 1866. Such is tHe law of the State of \ Georgia, in force at this day, and ! Inuring upon all classes of citizens. It appears to us there would Ire some j ground for“the often reiterated charge (if oppression against the United States and the military eonimuudunt . had ! Congress passed a similar law. Slip- [ IP-o, for the sake of illustration, Con- | .tress had adopted this law without i (Tit change of a word, except substi tuting the words “ United States" for fin-word ‘‘State" wherever it occurs; i lcl us suppose that, in accordance ttith (lie law, the military authorities j should arrest all such ns counselled j combined resistance to the laws of the I United States, or attempted to per- j *nudc others, peaceably or otherwise, i to resist (for the second section makes Ihe mail punishable by death, or the : penitentiary, who persuades resistance ! by any means), or should arrest any man, without or within the State, who printed ..v circulated pamphlets, niavs jpipel's, or documents, i-outiscllinsrc sistancc. or any man who printed, introduced, or circulated in this State Any such new-paper, or other printed matter, having Si tendency to excite resistance to the law -, of Congress j and the military authorilics, alter eon viction by a military commission, bould condemn -tteli an olfcudcr to death, or the penitentiary, could it not be said that freedom of speech and of tin' press existed no longer, and I lint nothing remained but a despotism that would not allow its aejs to be ques tioned or scrutinized ’. Hut the military authorities stiller every thing to be done against the authority of the United States, which , this law forbids shall be done against ' the authority of the Slate, and quietly i ignore these transgressions. Not one | of those who are so ready to counsel resistance to the authority of the I lilted Stales, the only lawful author it\ here, could complain if they were subjected to the in-nalties of this law : out of their own mouths would they be condemned. We do not counsel it- enforcement- it is the extreme of tyranny but those who have not a word to say against the despotism oft this law, should -ay nothing against the more reasonable and lenient au thority of the Federal Government. l-’runi the Augusta Naliun.il Republican.) General Grant. The position of General Grant has! become a subject of discussion among ' the New Volk journalists some view ing his agency in the removal of Stan ton and Sheridan as evidence of his unfaithfulness to the Republican party, to which lie has always been understood to belong, and contending dipt his obstinate silence upon polit ical subjects is suspicious. The other party showing from the record that the General lias always supported, to their full extent, the Reconstruction acts, and asserting that bis silence arises only from his sense of duty as a soldier, imd that he has had no occa sion to declare his sentiments on polit ical subjects. 'flu- New York Timex •piotes a column or two front his official correspondence with the dis trict commanders, to prove that he fully endorses the reconstruction policy, and among others the follow ing letter to the Secretary of War relative to the ease of Gov. Jenkins: The conduct of. Gov. Jenkins demon strates, however, how possible it is tor dis contented civil otliccrs of the reconstructed States to defeat the laics of Congress if the potter does not - riel trith the dietrii t cum slanders to suspend tluir functions ior cause iu some way. It seems clear to me that the pilfer it given in the hill “ for the more effi cient government of tho rebel Statos,” to use or not, at the pleasure of district com manders, the provisional machinery set ng without the authority of Congress iu tho States to which the Reconstruction Act applies. There being doubt, however, on this point, I would respectfully ask an ear!)’ opinion on the subject. If the power of removal does not exist with district commanders, then it will be eotnc necessary for them to take rtfuge under that section >g the bill tchich authorises mili tary commissions. U. S. (, rant, Genera!. —James Gordon Rcnuett, Jr., sold the yacht Henrietta for $50,1*00. From the Augusta National Republican.) An Acrobatic Performer. Everybody knows the New York Herald ; everybody knows that it is a good newspaper, and everybody ought to know that it has neither politics or a public policy. Many people believe that it has great influ ence, because they see it frequently quoted, and because it lias a repu tation for shrewd foresight in politi cal matters. They suppose that it governs public opinion, which is : about as reasonable as it would be to euppo-c that it was the weather cock that made the wind blow. If the Herald, is any indication of public opinion, the changes in public opinion must fie very violent, sudden, and frequent. Tim Ihrald just now lias taken a sudden notion to side partially with the disunionists and Mr. Johnson, and to be horrified at what it calls “nigger supremacy but its sinceri ty iir deprecating the dangers of con ferring suffrage on the freedmen may be estimated when it is known that it favors reconstruction on the plan of Congress. In other words, the llemld , true to its inconsistency, favors the execution of the law and condemns its provisions—it wants the law put in force, but wants the i officers who attempt to do so turned out at once! The opponent- of the Congressional plan of reconstruction must be very hungry for crumbs of comfort when they seek for them in the Herald. They may find sonic consolation in it j to-day, and to-morNrtv find nothing ! but bitter pills, sueli as the Herald i abounded in a lew weeks since; and as to its being any indication of public opiuion at the North, any one who lots remarked its course, for any I length of time, must know that it has been as often wrong as right. ! llow could it lie otherwise when it lias been on all sides, upon all quts : lions, and for and against every po ! litical party ! From the Augusta National Republican.) Removal of Gen. Sheridan ’l’lie news of the removal of General Sheridan from Ihe command of the Fifth Military District, comprising Louisiana and Texas, will doubtless add to the excitement c aused by the ejectment of Mr. Stanton, but as it was well understood that the President dispossessed Mr. Stanton principally for the purpose of getting rid of Sher idan and oilier officers objectionable to him, the removal of Sheridan will ! cause but littlcaasurprise. It will go j far however to make “Little Phil" a ■ prominent eandidate lor the I’resi | deucy. I General Thomas, who has been ap | pointed in his place, is noted for his j firmness and moderation, a- well ns , for his ihj\otion .lo the; l nion. In liis hands the interest of the country will suffer no detriment. Reconstruction and the Qualifica tion of Delegates to the Con vention. As it i- very well settled that the | people of Georgia will determine in j favor of holding a Convention under l the reconstruction law s, questions bc ! gin to arise as to the qualification of delegates. One has already been mooted whether a delegate will be required to take the oath of office prescribed by the net of July '?. 1862. commonly tailed the ‘‘iron clad” oath. We think there can be little doubt on that point. The olliee of delegate is one created by the paramount authority of the United States, a delegate is ati officer of the United States, and as such must be required to take the same oath, as are all officers. Another question will come up in time, whether a delegate must neces sarily be a resident of the county or district lie represents. The law is silent <m this point. There is nothing in the reconstruction laws which re quires the delegate to be a resident of the county, and judging from the practice in Georgia and other States (if such practice is a precedent), it will not be improper, if a suitable candidate cannot be. found in any county, for tlie voters to select, vote for, and elect a person from any other countv to represent them. No provision is made in the laws for those persons who, between the time of their registration and the time of the election of delegates for the Convention, or the time to vote for the ratification of the Constitution formed by tin- Convent inn,may remove or wish to remove from the precinct in which they are registered. Much of our population is very migratory, and it may happen that, through this cause, reconstruction may be defeated. A reading of the law indicates that each voter must vote at the precinct w here lie has been registered, and none other. A removal to such a dis tance from that precinct that attend ance w ould be impossible or so incon venient as to prevent bis presence, would of course disfranchise him. as effectually as though lie had never been registered. Some authoritative, decision should be promulgated on these and similar points. In these, as in some other respects, the reconstruction laws are deficient. They are careful in pre scribing the qualifications of voters, but leave to inference and analogy the qualifications of delegates, which are of as much or more importance, and they certainly should make provision bv granting certificates or otherwise, for persons who cannot vote at the precincts where they are registered. County lines, as such, are not recog nized by the reconstruction acts, except for convenience. Representa tion in the Convention is founded entirely on population, somewhat as ill our State Senatorial and Congres sional Districts. The whole number of voters has to be divided by the number ul members in the most numerous branch of tlie Legislature in 1 Slit*, aud the delegates arc to l.»e apportioned accordingly. Os course it will be the duty of those in authority to distriet the State, giving to those counties that liave the re quisite numlrer of registered voters, one or two meinlicrs, and throwing together two or more 'counties which singly may fall short of the number. The data for any calculations are very imperfect, but we suppose that the number of voters in Georgia will be nearly doubled by the addition of the colored citizens ; if so, the repre sentation in the Convention will be at the rate of one delegate to about twelve hundred voters. There tire other important points to tie settled and arrangements made between this time and the election, but we throw together these, to show that the work of reconstruction is hardly commenced by registration, and that a vast amount of labor has to be performed, even when registra tion is closed. Frum the Augusta National Republican.} The Situation iu Alabama It is the deliberate purpose, says the Montgomery Adeertlner , of the people of Alabama to push forward the work of reconstruction until it reaches a point of complete -niece--. This pur pose becomes firmer and more deter mined every day. The people arc not only anxious for a settlement of our political troubles, but they arc resolved to have it. Success is already not only fully assured, but there is a growing increase in the number of those who are to consummate the work. Ot thb we sec striking evidences daily. Nor is this to be wondered at. Indeed it would lie very surprising if it were otherwise. People who reflect upon this subject, and keep themselves free from passion and party rancor, will have no difficulty in reaching a proper conclusion in regard to it. The ease jis perfectly plain. Political tranquil ity in the country i- a matter of abso lute necessity. We are now at the mercy of an angry tempest. Life and property are quivering before a mighty whirlwind, and if it be not speedily arrested, no one can tell who or what may lie carried aw ay in its devastating sweep. This being the actual condition of tilings, people will very naturally be induced to reflect. Self-interest will induce men to consider, and consider seriously, what is best to lie done at such a time. There will be nothing but instability and distrust as long as these tcu States are held in their present anomalous conditions. They are neither in the Union nor out of it. As political communities, they are neither dead nor alive. Their pre cise relation to each other and to the Union is indescribable But, how ever difficult it may lie to define their real statu-;, there is not the least diffi culty in comprehending the necessity for relief front the discouragements and troubles that are inseparably iissoeiated with our present situation. To remain as we are. is to bring upon ourselves certain ruin. People see this; and. at tile -ante <4iiiie. they see there is but one mode of escape. That mode is to -eek out the path which leads most directly into the Union. A short and easy one is found in the pending recon struction plan. This is manifest to all who are not blinded by intentper ! ate parti/.an.sbip. But the masses; of the people are not parti/.un», and hiTicc it i’ that they are rallying in almost solid phalanx to the standard of reconstruction. From tho Augusta National Republican.; Voting Population of the Excluded Southern States. A table is published, compiled from the United States census of 1860, show - ing tin: number of white and colored voters, tis they would stand were no persons disfranchised. Front this table it appears that the total white voting population in these States is 1.010,oH): colored, 747.«54n—white majority, '10!),- 16,'). The colored voters have majorities in two States South Carolina and Mi”i.”ippi: in the first, 18.077; in the last, 14,601. Os the fifty Congressional district’ in the ten excluded States, bv the apportionment of 1800. the blacks have majorities in eighteen, whereof three are in Virginia, one in North Carolina, live in South Carolina, three in Georgia, one in Alabama, two in Louisiana, three in Mississippi. A census taken in the last named State since the close of the war shows a decrease of 10.1 ot) whites, and of 60,140 blacks, leaving a majority for the latter of tJ.Olt*. and giving to tin whites majorities in all but one of the Congressional districts. These figures, founded on a census taken so long ago. and with so many causes operating since to disturb tlie laws of population, are. of course, not very reliable, but they furnish some data for calculation, if wc can admit those or similar causes to have operated as forcibly upon one race as upon the other. If we can suppose that the destruction of life by the war and its consequences, to have been repaired by the natural increase of the popula tion, the relative numbers of the voting population would remain almost un changed. The numbers of whites dis franchised. or lost in the w ar. may be balanced by the asserted greater death rate among the colored population. Tlie registry lists of the different States and Congressional districts, when collated and published, will be the best data from which to form an estimate of the proportionate voting population of each race. NiciiitK aul Fact, In bis report, Mr. Tomlinson, Super intendent of Education in South Caro lina, states the significant fact that “ there are twenty live thousand colored men aud women in South Carolina to day who can read a newspaper with a fair understanding of its contents, who two years ago, did not know the alpha bet.” From the Augusta National Republican.) Judge Bigham’s Letter. Wc eommeud to the careful and candid consideration of our readers the admirable letter of the Hon. B. 11. Bigham, which we publish to-day. The calm yet forcible manner in which he maintains the cause of reconstruc tion, is in admirable contrast to the vituperation and abuse which consti tute the staple of the arguments of those who maintain opposite opinions on this important subject. To men like Judge Bigham, who have heretofore been honored by the people in offices of high trust and honor, and now liave nothing to ex pect personally by the adoption of the terms which they advocate, no other than the most uuselfish and patriotic motives can be attributed. Such men, however reluctant to en counter the storm'of misrepresentation and slander that is sure to pour down upon all those who dare to differ from the rampant and raging champions of anarchy, yet feel themselves forced by an imperative sense of duty to their fellow citizens, to endeavor to turn them into the path that leads to safety and prosperity. YVe hope the time is at hand when the voices of many more men of practical sense, experience and wisdom will be heard in our State—men who are not to be borne down by the insane clamors of the violent, or daunted by unmeaning epithets. Hi) tfckgrapl). FROM WASHINGTON. OFFICIAL ORDERS. Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, Wash imjtou, Awjust I‘J, 1 5 67. General Order No. 77. — 1. The following orders have been received from the President : Executive Mansion, I Washixotox, August 111, 1>67. ) Major General George 11. Thomas is hereby assigned to the command of the Filth Military District, created by the act of Congress passed on the "and day ol March, 1 5 67- Major General P. 11. Sheridan is hereby assigned to the command of the Department of tbu Cumberland.(?) Tlie Secretary of war ad interim will give tlic necessary in struelious to carry the order into effect. (Signed) A mike" Johnson. 2d. Pursuance of the foregoing order of the President of the United Stale.;, Major General CL 11. Thomas will, on receipt of the order, turn over bis [ire sent command to tho officer next in rank to himself, and 'proceed to New Orleans, Louisiana, to relieve Major General P. 11. Sheridan of the command ot the Fifth Military District. ;;d. Major General P. 11. Sheridan ott being relieved from the command of the Fifth Military Distriet, by Major General G. 11. Thomas, will proceed to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and will relieve Major General \Y. S. Hancock, in the command of the Department of the Missouri. I tit. Major General \V. S Hancock, on being relieved from the command of tbc Department of thc Mi.Amiri by” Major General Sheridan, will proceed to Louisville, Kv., and will assume command of the Department of the Cumberland. Ath. Major General G. H. Thomas will continue to execute all orders he may find in force in the Fifth Military District at the time of his assuming command of it, unless authorized tty the General of the army to annul, alter, or modify them. Otli. Major General Sheridan, before relieving Major General Hancock, will report in person at these headquarters. 15y order of General Grant. E. D. Townsend, A. A. G. Speech of Ex-Governor Wise Richmond, August 22.—Ex-Governor Wise delivered an address to day at the Washington and Henry Academy. He said: We all now owed national allegiance to our country, and any oath to support its constitution -ir oath of registration was a violation of that constitution. There is now being ni-ide an effort to make while freemen South übject to the domination of black freedmen. Against this we must appeal to the white masses ol the North, who will not permit a sacrifice of nature’s law.-, to political prejudice. The whites of New England, the Middle States and Europe must not lie kept out of the South by black rule., This is a white mans laud, and must be kept open for tin whites. He said that to avoid the na tional dishonor of repudiation, tin- in terest <m the national bonds must he reduced to four and a half per cent. That interest taxed, ami the whole delit consolidated, the rich would stop hoard ing bonds. He urged his audience to renew their aliegiance to their country, and never desert the constitution. To preserve the purity of their race and blood, and labor unceasingly to live in peace and plenty. General News. New Orleans, August 17.—General Sheridans anticipated election order, issued to day, provides two days for the election—September 27th and 28th. The Convention is to be composed ol •>3 members. Hoards of Registration are ordered to commence a revision of the rolls anil final registration fourteen days before the election. The number ot representatives in each parish is designated. The other provisions of the order are unimportant, being confined to the usual details of general elections except the following : Section 7. Should violence or fraud lie perpetrated at any of the votiug precincts on the days of election, the offenders will be punished in the severest manner, and the election within these precincts will beheld over again under the protection of United States troops. Washington, August 22. So far both the President and General Grant refuse a publication of the correspon dence relative to Sheridan’s removal. It is well understood that Grant re monstrated warmly. Washington, August 22.—General Sickles telegraphs Gen. Grant, asking a revocation or suspension of the exe cution of Executive instructions sus pending his Order No. 10, in its appli cation to Federal Court processes, un til lie (Sickle*) can argue the matter.