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RAGLAND & WYNNE, l 7*1*013 rio tor:
A 8T1WCT CONSTRUCTION OP TI1K CONSTITUTION—A SI HONKS r AND lOCONOWICAL AOIIINIS Til\TION OP TIIK (lOVKIINMENT.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY MORNING, APRIL 19, 1870,
VOL. XLII.—NO. 16.
U FELLY FXQHHFlb
COLUW0U3:
THURSDAY. A PHIL II. 1"
«*l list IllPTlON :
I'll.
Mokton’h “Eseoki
t«»r Morton's bill for the enforcement •
In* l.MU Amendment appears to bo artful
;*uwa up to subserve the cuds of ll.iu
ulisia. It provide* severe puuishnui
i>r any ono hindering or controlling a:
DOST NEGLECT TUE GRAIN.
While most planters readily admit the
npoliev of planting largo crops of cotton
| to the neglect of grain— numbers admit-
ting it whoso practice does not correspond
1 with the admission—others are disposed to
| !. ■"at the warnings of the press on this
j subject, as coming from men who haveuo
! practical knowledge of farming. This
the
t of I
The pi
• pre:
Of employ I
Vitude.
hall oi th.
ddlesomo iguorauce on
s unjust and erro-
. - looks at this question
'pc. It considers the rola*
importance of the several
fled upon sections ^uut
of heavy drafts upon
nnotli
suppl
. In
What They Wan*.— 1 The Washington
Chronicle of the Dtli inst. publishes several
letters written ,or purporting to have been
written) from Georgia to the “delegation’’
now in Washington striving to procure
the defeat of the Ringhnm amendment.
As a *• imple of the spirit of theso letters,
we copy the following extract of one said
to be from “a gentleman occupying a
high official position, who resides in
Columbus':
“I have not heard or seen a Republican
since the Biugham amendment passed tho
House but what regretted it, and I hope
to live to see it defeated in the Senate.
If it should pass the Senate we will bo left
in the hands of the lvu Mux as we were
And if it passes, I do not bell
them f"r
charging
itself. Its position
to do this. Planters, on
are t >o apt *o consider
eods or predilections as
policy of the section in
iti 1 many go even fur-
; tin- impolicy of a farm-
still following it them*
Ot e that others will save
;-|i
TERMS OP OFFICE UNDER THE
CONSTITUTION OF GEORGIA.
Gov. Rullock and tho extreme Radicals
in Congress, who are trying to defeat tho
Ringham Amcndmont, which limits the
terms *>f Stato officers to the time pre
scribed in tho Constitution, are actuated
by personal and partisan molivi s. Their
purpose is to violate their oaths of office,
ignore the Constitution, usurp theiightful
authority of tho people, and perpetuate
their tyrannical rule.
Wo extract from the Constitution of
Georgia and tho ordinance of the Conven
tion so much as is necessary to show that
there is no doubt as to the terms for
which tho several officers mentioned were
elected:
Akt. 3—See. 1. “The mkmukiis or nn
Senate shall /•- (\>',d / >>•
except that the members elect
tirst election from the twenty
rial Pistriets numbered in th
ptivs
the
oi.' ' Not!.:
will tak.
MUg that t
ist hindra:: ••
race. color. <
ended cspei ia
nth. liv
a large
pursue. It is this vain
often caused an over-
otton aud a large deti-
und resulted in the ro-
t » f tho proceeds of the
y provisions,
it of Agriculture a bu-
like the press, a stand
i it call survey the whole
[lily report for January
“The
all
*s tho ease:
•otton, and In
ixhibited on u
• w ir. and has
only sorry that
>t in Washington when Senator
Stewart, of Nevada, made his speech, to
take him by the hand and thank him for | ,“ m nd
so ably defending the loyal people of j
Georgia. Some kind friend has furnished Ai.r.
me with the journals of Congress, and I I s j ia j| j„
'•••••» looking at them with «ro.'.t : (liH /!.;■ I, nn
interest. ' | rs - * »
In tho first place, vie do not believe that i “After the first election tho G<
this lot ter was written from Columbus. It v ■ .* ccttil <; oad.-u nmaji/. • ev
is not. of course, hard to believe that a j •^ ••'rh,, Srem-xu
man “occupying a high official position" j s | l;l || ooimist of thr
whieli position will bo secured to him for lira appointment *
two V. ir. beyond tlio form for which ho I lntiul.-.l for four years,
»..» ©looted. 'l.v tho defeat of Jtii.ghnms ! “"'V'"'
• n | Iptetll appointments, i
amendment would he rather unseriipu- pire.l terms. shall he f«
loiis iu the use of mentis for tho defeat of ' years,
that amendment : not to put too fine a | Ai;r. .• See. “ 11
point on it. would !', a little for its defeat. I
Ihit we cannot designate a man in Colum- !
bus hi such a position, who. in our opinion, |
vvouM write Hitch a letter, oven with such j
an incentive.
I Si-e. I. •• the Ex
Judge
WHAT RECONSTRUCTION MEANS!
Hon I'istl. the Republican correspond
ent of the liiidieui Cincinnati Cuomorend,
lets himself loose upon the situation as
follows :
The Senatorial confuscrs of woeful
knowledge are pounding away at Georgia.
Troops are needed in North Carolina.-
Tioops arc called for in Tennessee, and
thole seems t«> be no end of tinkering,
patching and threatening on the part of
the majority iu Congress. And trim ir,
*ft it tioim to a realdetinithm, neoimfruc.
•/"<’/,« r»fiii<j the litpublican tiekit.
We have given to tho negro tho ballot.
We have expended vast sums on his edu
cation and for his support, and yet the
It ..du.i.m in his Is lull has no limit. It
is the hoyeless legislation of vengeance.
Some fellow writes Senator Sumner a let
ter full of himeutatii'iiH and diieful fore
bodings, and Massachusetts' elongated ag
ony the animated personal pronoun “I"
rises in his place, has the letter read,
and then moves mi enactment looking t,o
the annihilation of the disloyal element of
tin* South. Well, gentlemen, it can’t lie
annihilated in that way. This disloyal
parly, us you call it. is the growing ele
ment oi the South, and cannot ho sup-
i pressed unless we mo willing to give up
theory of government and wipe out
Stale lilies, and substitute military dr
ill their stead. Lot us see
is ; but all subs
seept to till line
r the term of tuel
who
After passing the most string
cuts, after driving the tlisloyu
mil all political power, wo fn
■I exists. It mull* up the in
>nl «
Correspondence Charleston Courier.
Wamusoton, April 7.
1 learn to-day Had the bar of the Su
preme Court have come to the conclusion
that tin' opinion pronounced by Chief-
Justice Chase, on tho pail of the Court,
i*st it lit iotialit v of the
I li.Ul.l!
-ill Tender Act nf 18(1:
lutes to debts contracted prior to Februa
ry, 1m!-, will be re versed, through the
contrary opinions of the three former dis-
seiitionists lo the Chase opinion, and of
The bar of the Court 1ms com
tan I ly to this conclusion. Tho hi
posed, as a body, to any cluing,
law in this icpurd. The entire ('«
live press of the country depreei
sal of th.
the Radical «
el iic-
l in-
The
Whv .
stublb:
isiali
ich Judges
* shall bn
i.l the othe.
Singly
o. !». “There shall be a J rim
ion Conns for each Judi. a
At the jh'.tf ap/^'ii.-tnu nt «
* * oue-lmlf of the numb,
appointed for /'<"//• j/cm
• half for eight \i/mrs; bi
,•oih.-oi/m i,f opjiointinents, except toll
' imexpired terms, shall be for the term t
The object and effect of the Ringham I ,/<//,/ (pars
amendment is simply to restrain Gov. | See. I. * * “Tho Disritirr .h ours an
liiilloek and the present piebald l.egisla
til re from extending their terms of offici
f.»r two years beyond the period limited,
|.\ the Conslitution and bv the intent and !
I period of
shall hold the!
shall
•lit bodV of th.'
1-11 fill
uptev
i A.
id the .
xaetlv.
Mrs. Hullo
. subject so appropriate and
append them. That paper
pre-s of the entire country
cd a great many arguments
leal oi advice to tho farming
which lms been comparative
and the consequence lias
t pi s has controlled to a
extent this great, vital inter-
o hc.nd ono prominent eiti
planter impure whether or
iieers urge tho raising of pro.
from Hellish motives. The
• to have obtained generally
■ good was sought after, but
eh subtends the purposes aud
th
newly u
HUpper;
with
jok it back *in its next
s .i mistake. Whtr. upon the -NY-
• Ibis paragraph will, of cour
id ; tri m ly coj i. t by tli Opj
the State. Wo will lie
ivhether they will copv the retraxit,
titiitit»n made in iu > .
hose energies aro di-
el through which no
o'ept from the farmer
1. While this is alto-
j,r.
•lit i-*
th.
Radical ollic. !.
entertained at his lions- . aji( j ul
aim of Radical gratitude . h .
of the negro—of Radical
Wo did not
therefore have
Rut the anxictv
tiic eorr.'t tiou •
it mean to sn
owing his ollic.
mgc.1 or irnligi:
rouplo had bee
I; this tho met
for the service?
uncerity in claiming “equality"
negro -of Radical respect fut
whose exclusion from office is n
pretext for remunding lieorgia t-
visional and military government
Fkeiuiits.- Tim Atlanta ('■■■
publishes tlu* following as the
tariff on produe.; from St. Louis
eipal cities in Georgia .
To Macon- Racn > J.lu ; tlout
wheat 4He. : corn •!'.*.
ToGolumbus Racon^ld'*.; Ho
wheat He. ; corn 4 !c.
To Savunnali RaconGlc. ; lloi
wheat IDc. : corn 4*.c.
We have been measuring all th
to Bee if we could find « no tin
tho distance from St. Louis to h
shorter than the distance from J -
to (.'olambus. Rut Wfgiv.; it up.
line), that we can draw nmk< Suv;
least two hundred miles the forth
St. Louis.
• •ntioii, and which . limuaU-d
dclih. iatw brain, suggested
i brought to Lii-
• lid l
? l! was
uid wo are
If this b.
i the city
opinion
sure but
true, do not
*•• > thcniHolves bad financiers ?
the roiuody in their own hand?
•t th y tho only ones who can
I in • ajiplies not only to our
i t. hut to every Southern mur-
li .ut its I road extent. Wolmvo
hut that if the entiro amount of
• f our city could ho compared
•ash roah/.nd from tho cotton r»*-
nmtter whore sold, it wouhi as-
w' U us cHiviiico the incredulous
i v. "’ild proves an argument alto-
• this onlv
'•« f«ol,le i, 1BK
liicli we hope \
, f-jr tho raising
of corn, potato
•th r.daiidiug of tho people. Only tl
id nothing more. We suppose that it
limed that the terms of the local oilier
ivied at the same time will also ho .
iitlt'd if Hingham's amendment does n
went it. in no other respect do
ingham's amendment clmtigo <
• uu tl." lull as gotten up hy Hull'
polled by I tut lor. Tho whole
r-v. then, in over the . vlcnsioi
*.lu diet
lie."
Alt
dille
the
This b.
It will I*,
terms of o
t 'onstituh.
(’oust it ut i.
tinning the fu
of lilitor.se. il
theso IS, that
by law chang.
! this e.ililiot in
of the I’eaec. “\
rney (i.nerals of the Slat
tor 1 i.'tiornlh for e:.ell .1 it.Ii.
« lived at //M./.N.
• observed* that these sev.
lice are lived absolutely by I
' provisions in i
I'ul.
ood u,c ,, sf i>r,jn>u(l<mure ,‘J
controls the press, makes pub-
•nl ami holds the property. It
iiigeroits to ottr Government out
than iu. OppresNv.i, insulted
I. it grows iu deadly antagonism
Intel
up
id
id take control to .
late
i which
«•!' the
Ul fn
oral As
ad.
the nh.
• the ease, we leave it to I this eainiot be construed to change the
t is knavery P" dive declaration of the Constitution us
. * to tho several tonus of office. The other
“ 1 r " provision is that members of tho General
that if the , Assembly and other officers “shall hold
tho Senate, j until their successors are elected and
i» «l.u I '
decide whether
that prompts
extract" to an
mlmeiit passer
Ringli
tho Kupublicaiis “will b.
of the lvu Klux as they
being left out of ojflee ir
as being left “in the hands of the lvu
Klux, the amendment may hasten that
dread, d catastrophe by some two years;
but the writer should have had the hon
esty to sav that that was wlmt ho meant.
All the provisions of tho bill for tho re
pression of “Ku Klux," or for tho protec
tion of Republicans, remain unaffected by
Ringlinm's amendment remain just as
Riillork and I tut lor concocted them. And
all the whining about the. .lnugcrto “loyal
men" if the amendment passes is only
whining for tho continunnco of office and
for the prolongation of ill-gotton power
over nn unwilling people. The declaration
that tho Radicals “ennuot carry a siuglo
county in the Stato’’ if tho nmondincut
prevails, is one truth in tho extract: but
this also contains tho Riiggostion of a
falsehood, by tho intimation that tho de
feat of the ninondinont will ouablo them
to carry tho Stato. It will only put off tho
day of their defeat -not bring their terms
of office aud pntfor to nn oml at tho
timo prescribed by the Constitution. And
“that’s just what’s tho matter with Hnn-
nah."
The
rdiua
of III.)
institutional
Convention (No. after providing for
thing the tirst election to be hold “April •.?«»,
I Mis, for “voting on the ratification of
Hio Constitution," for “the election of
Governor, members of the General As
scmbly, Representatives to the Congress
of the United States, and nil other officers
to he elected mi provided in the Constitu
tion,’’Ae., makes tho following declaration
ns to tho terms for which they shall hold
thoir offices :
“.\nd the persons so elected, or up
pointed, shall enter upon Hi" dnlie* "f Hie
several offices, to which they have been
respectively elected, when autliori/e.l so
to do by Acts of Congress, or by the order
of tho General Commanding; and n/nill
coiitimu in ojlin till Uu rti'olnr .uiecmsinn
jiroriihdfor ojtir tin i/eur istix, and until
successors aro elected and qualified; so
that siiiil ojlh'nx slmll, mr/i nf Ihan, Imltl
their ojllcm tin llioiif/h the// ccr, Cechd on
the 'I'nrmtiii/ after tin Jir.-t lIniiilai/ in
\oreiulnr y ihtls, or elected, or appointed,
by the General Assembly next tin n alt. r."
Thu officers elected under this ordi
nance, entered upon the duties as uuthor-
i/o.l both by “Arts of Congress'" and (lie
“General Commanding," and Hu y me to
“continue in office till Hm regular succes
sion provided for" iu (he Constitution
“after the year IKfiH."
Under this ordinance the ((institutional
term of tho several State officers then
elected tom me need in .\onaihcl\ l s G.-«,
;uid the next election must, be held at th.
ind nf tin term prescribed In/ tin Consti
tution.
If <.'ongrcsH can violuto our State Con
stitution and appoint our State officers, or
if Governor Rullock and his clan can be
backed by Congress in the usurpation of
tho rights of the State and the plunder of
our people without arousing the whole
Union to a sense of their own danger,
• | then indeed may wo know that free gov-
ular press dispatch of eminent is a mockery and Congress om
nipotent. Savannah Jlipuhliran.
A Vote Kxiwted.—The latost reports
concerning tho Georgia question ut Wash
ington lead us to look out for a vote of
tho Senate at an curly hour. I'orhnps our
latest dispatches iu this issue may an
nounce it. Rut us tliis is uncertain, wo
still copy speculations and opinion
the result.
will .
jury.
I know of nothing more child'sh or
puerile limn to hear Charles Simmer or
I’urilaii I Make reading anonymous letters
and shaking their Senatorial lingers at a
power that has to-day morn brain, more
pluck, and far more statesmanship, than
these our inquit.>ut lawmakers.
I have no question but that Sumner,
Ib.ike A Co. are honest m this. Rut one
in saving so is forced to compliment their
morals at the expense of their intellect.
R"t back of these, aud urging them on,
a.< ". Ham other lawmakers not. so honest.
A> the matter stands, neither the brain
nor the material interests of tho South are
represented ui Congress. New England
and I’.musylvania both represent that re
gion. T he scalawag or carpet-bagger sits
like a monkey on a hand-organ, watching
with keenest eyes the whip of his muster.
The iiimieuse moneyed interests, tli<» ac
cumulated and accumulating capital of
the few, own uud possess and occupy the
South, lienee, it is well never to be done
reconstructing. We have tolled the South
along us a farmer doos a stupid ox, with
nubbins of corn, until tho poor boast finds
that it was tho yoke and not tho food that
it was to get.
I THE I'll ESI RENT’S AMNESTY RKO-
CLAMATTON.
, April
\V AH 111 KU
The Kilmnu of Mu. Royu. Wo lmd
a brief paragraph a fow days ago slating
that Mr. Iloyd, a Kon-in-lavv of Coil.tutor
Miller, of Mobile, and Solicitor of Greene
county, lmd been killed in n difficulty ut
Euta’v ono night lust week. Thu Living
1 p" »!>i
•tig"
ANew Mem. ai. Mo.vtiii.y. W- Im-
received ihu prospectus of tho “Y .
Zone" Central Joi rn d of Medicine, which
I).-. Wm. Abram Love, of Albany, Ga..
proposes to publish at Atlanta. ilo fur- j
uithas a long list^f Medical gentlemen of
tLc cities of Georgia and other Southern ,
States, who will be coluborator*, contrib
utors and translators for the work, and 1
adds : “Each and every Southern Stun i
r> pjesciited by an able corp of oiisw*:
and reporters, stationed here and there in
the field of active practice—Physician
whose actual cxperienco eminently quali
fies them for such work, and whose con
tributions will make tho Jonm</?peculiarly :
interesting to all who have to contend
with, or feel an interest in tho treatment
of. Southern diseases. iivu.
Tho field of Medical literature marked \ Lmp*
out for the work is an extensive one, and j
embraces all the subjects of most interest i
to the Profession.
We have:. > .i >nbt that ii.* J
Medici/,,, under suah auspices, and with > ‘ ’’
such a plan, will be one creditable tthe '
Ptato and of much interest and usefulnc .
It is pr T " >sed to
early in May. i ■ -
t.:. C J ".. .
YjtnoER.—A special d*..patch from Jack-
non, tub, to the Mobile T ” . reports mov e
that L’td. Verger, ami a man name 1 >./•
w ho killed Tuck, ha 1 bet
the jail to the penitentiary, in a close cm- 'J
riage ; aud the dispatch adds : “Ku dell- L
nitc* reason for these proceedings i« given, :.
but .- pr le for fear of Lj
This probable reason rather nun.
founds ur.. Have they. Radical Ku
Mississippi, who v.uw* about to deal viu- ; «•»;
leutly with Verger and Sizer V ] • D 1
. ■ •. Some inquiry is made
i;auiug "f tliis word, which is
; in di patches con
■iu ii politics. We understand
■ I’rench proposition to be
i'i*'ul by tin; Emperor to the
a vote upon soino reforms
i in .ms of conciliating disaf-
>- Chambers and among the
>• find in an exchange the fol-
•m<'nt of the definition of the
- literal meaning;
the 1-tli gives it as tho best opinion that
Rullock and tho Legislature will have to
go out at the expiration of the terms for
which they wi re elided, but that the elec
tion of their successors will bo conduct jd
under military supervision. Tho special
| dispatch of the Macon Journal, of j nton •Joiirnul f»ivc;H further particulars 1
homo date, gives u fuller report of tho | the off fid. “that on Thursday night, o
proceedings of the Senate on Tuesday, | psrty^of men in disj;
than that of the Associated Press. Wo
copy it. with tho remark that the with
drawal of Wilson’s amendment indicates
his acceptance of Williams' or Pomeroy's —
probably I he former :
W\-.iiiv.ion. April 1J. Tho Georgia
bill b ing the special order of tho day, its
numbering from fifty to sixty,
Gloavcland’s Hotel and ussassinated Alex.
Royd, County Solicitor and Register in
Ghanocry. The circumstancen leading to
this tragic event are, of course, unknown,
except to tfie actors; but they si" sup
posed to be connected with the killing of
a mail by Royd, Homo years ago, and in
f .. . consequence of which lie lied tlm State
i tho Senate, j returning only about the time of his up
The question h. uig first upon thoamend- f,ointment to office." Stlma Tim,.-.
ment offered some days since by Mr. Wil-
son. that Senator asked and obtained leave . qj„. Xew York Herald says the sending
to withdraw it. ( of negro cadets to West Pojut will result
Mr. Pomoroy offered an amendment j iri ^jUmg that institution. It says: “Mr.
providing thatu new election for Senators . |j i; ti,., ,,\ MaM.iichusotlH did, it apears, re-
and memhers of tho Stato jjcgislaturo ho | u |]y nominate a negro for the military
hold in 1*7-. This was regarded os the . H chool, but with his usual acute discrim-
utmost coneessioii the extreme Ropubli- niatiou he nominated ono who was in-
cans would mako. eligible. Somebody, liowovcr, will now
Mr. Williams offered a substitute for the nominato another; and a nigger cadet is
Mijipoit it.
I»j.vt ..f the reversal
leriorily ot Congress
' (iov.-rnincut. and to destroy all tlu*
i*ions of the Constitution,
lo- lx with concern upon what is
. * take place in tlu* Supreme Court.
Jiall In* the mortified witnesses of
bjecii n of the Judiciary to the leg-
)•* |")'\«'.’. Ille main object of the
movci . 'iit for the reversal of the Chase
decision is to put the power of Congress
over tbat of the Judiciary. That will bo
a fatal ■■ lunge .if the Constitution. The
principle is new and wrong and dcstiue-
I was surprised at tho order of the
Court r.»-opening th.* Legal Tender Ques
tion. I lmd now that Chiof Justice Cliuso
•mil the three present memhers of the
’ ni l w ho . oineidud with him, voted
linst Attorney General Hoar’s motion
for a rehearing of tho question, lint the
throe dissentient Justices and tin* new
Justices voted for it. Thia vote shows,
is is thought here, that the five Ju.'-'ie. i
who voted lor the reopening of the qiie
t ion, aro in I’uvor of the ru versa I ot
l» MEETING AT VU’.nna.
DOOLY COUNT Y.
The meeting of the citizens of Dooly
county called for the .’.tli inst.. was organ
ized by appointing Jatuos Cobb, Esq..
Chairman, and John II. Woodward Sec
retary.
The Chairman, iu a few remarks, ex
plained the object of lb«* meeting to be
to consider the important.* of a railroad
through our county from the Mucon and
Rrunswiek railroad, via Hawkinsville,
Vienna. Dravton and Americus to Colum
bus.
Judge S. Rogers was called for and ad
dressed the meeting iu a plain, practical
and able manner, and urged upon the
importauro of at once starting ti is enter
prise with a determination to complete
the road. The roiul in his opinion is an
importi.nl ono for the resources of our
county, un.l a great and manifest con
venience to our citizens.
A letter fmm the iTesident of tho Ma
con and Rrunswiek railroad, Geo. II.
Ilar.h hurst, to J. 11. Woodwurd was read
by him to the meeting, iu which said
company sav they are ready to co-operate
with tl'.- citizens on the proposed route in
the building of the road. The proposition
was favorably received and highly appre
ciated by the meeting.
Col. C. T. Goode was then called upon,
and eloquently pictured out the advan
tages of railroad facilities. They built
our cities, towns and villages; enhanced
tho value of our lands, opened up new
avenues of trade and social intercourse.
polled to yield tin* tl.mr to His
Ju.lg
ole.
incident thereto.
The following
I »v Judge Ul
l cuter
up.
Tinse
The
sundry depr
«*iit i
state
sorvativo press
this threatened
acceptable law
All sound financial »
and exp.
J
■< "i>j •
id tinaneiei
..hi:"
fore
i Hi:
I, ’lmd Hie •di/.cn.s of Dooly
>r of Hie const met ion of n n.ii-
soiiie point soiitlienst of Haw-
mi the Macon and Rrim-wlck
is Hawkinsville. Vienna. Drav-
lierir-us. oil to Colltinlills. ;t be-
'■-t eligible roido upon wlii<*h
v probability of building a n.il-
gh Do.ilv.
still
Resovh*d. That tho Chairman appoint a
delegation, consisting of thirty citizens of
• the county, to utton.l the eontcmpl .b I
, railroad meeting of the ejiizens of l’ulaski
I county, to bo held i:: Hawkinsville on the
RMh instant.
I <>n motion, it was
Resolved, That the citizens of tlio sev-
j «nil counties through which the eoiitein-
| plated load will puss be requested to hold
Attorney-General Hoar ! Himilar meetings without delay, and
a mlipariiiK. liul Oi—! "n i ' ril, ° " s ‘
Rut ii is determined by the Radical
clique Hint still governs Congress, that
the Supremo Court shall be subject to its
power. The reopening of tho decision
was from a Radical leader’s order. It was
necessary th it Clnef-Jtistieo Chase should
be put down, ’iprocedure was prompt
ed by a person..1 and politieiU spite against
him. You may sec this plainly
the argument of ‘
for his motion f
loll ior a rehearing, lint tliere “i" '
I her wheel within theso other 1 proposed road.
i the construction of tin
A telegram* from
lie* Associated I’rchs denies tin* truthful-
tiess of a paragraph in these dispatches
relative to the J'resident's proposed
in sty message. Your correspondent has
tali' ll tIn* trouble to got from the best
Hu.iily tho truth on this subject, and finds
that. what, has heretofore boon stated
these dispatches is correct. As was stated
before, tlio President informed Senators
Johnston, of Virginiu, and Konriuun, of
West Virginia, that ho hud prepared a
message to Congress rocoiiiinnnding
vers,.1 amnesty, and that he would tnms-
mil it to that body after the admission
Texas and Georgia; that, in his opini'
the time for general amnesty had arriv
and he thoiighl. Conf'resa should puss a
lull enabling all political offenders to lie
come enfranchised by going to the neares
court, registering, and taking a prope
oalii. The ptihlieation of these I’ael
aroused tin* opponents to general amn<-:,t
among them a few Senators ami Rnprc
sent at i ves who have been since that time
exerting thoir iullucnccH with the Pi
.lent to have message delayed or r.et a
altogether.
Notwitiistanding tlio unqualified denial
by (lie Assoeiated Press of the leal fuels,
it is nevertheless trtio Hint the subject of
mum sty has been several times talked
over by tho President and his Cabinet, and
General Grant adheres to his original pur
pose; and tlm draft of a moasnge to Con
gress on the subject is now lying upon his
table. Meantime accounts of outrages,
alleged to have been committed recently
in North and South Carolina aud Alabama
upon colored persons, have, boon brought
to the notice of the President by Senator
Warner and others, as a reason why the
amnesty proclamation should not now bo
Issued.
Senator Warner vouches for the relia
bility of soino of theso accounts, whilst
others are not credited. Secretary Fish
had an interview with tlio President on
tiie subject to day, and approves tlm course
proposed by tho President. 1 Jciiural Sher
man also approves the a in lusty message,
and to-day remarked that amnesty would
tend to soothe tho two or Ihrco hundred
thoir tod persons disfranchised in Hu
South, and cause them to assist in putting
down lawlessness; and this class of people
would no longer ho found saying, “We aro
nut citizens, uml don’t caro if the laws are
violated.” Admiral Porter also.remarked
that general amnesty ought to bo grant' d
at one... It ich mo,id Dispatch.
wheels that inline
The Htorney-General liar, a personal
pique against the Senators who preferred
llradley to himself, and he intends to
push Hindi.*y to the wall on this difficult
question. Helms forced Hrudlcy to vote
lor the reopening of the question, lb-
intends to force a majority of five of the
Court to reverse tho opinion of the Chief
Justice.
It is a melancholy matter for the coun
try, hut so it. is. The Federal Judiciary
is to be subdued and brought under the
order of the legislative power. Il is the
worst result «>f tho late revolution. All
tho other results we might agree to, stand
as well as wo could. I lie three amend-
uiciidmciitH we had already swallowed.
Rut the principle of legislative Huprenm-
tho Federal J udieinry and Stales
rifi'il"
cognized by the Constitution,
lot prepared fo
Leo.
1 NivKitsAi, Amni xTy. Tho Now York
Tri'honi, of Saturday, iu nn editorial on
the Fifteenth Amendment, says :
Now is the timo to seal our great lii-
timph by enacting and proclaiming Uni
versal Amnesty. Our Civil War virtually
closed w ith Luo’s surrender five years ago.
No united force has inarched or fired a
shot under the (lag of the Southern Con
federacy since May, Jst»f». Thero are bn.l
men who still commit outrages; there is
not, and for years lms not been, any upon,
embodied resistance to tlio Federal au
thority and laws. IL is high time tlmt
every ono were officially assiirod that no
penalty still impends over him for any
thing done or threatened in the interest
and under the Hag of tho Rebellion.
We ought for our own sakes to idontify
Universal Amnesty with Impartial Suf
frage. Wo ought to mako ono tho com
plement "f tho other, so that they should
henceforth have a common vitality, a com
mon longevity. Wo ought to bo able to
ray : “Tho edifice is crowned, tlio work is
complete, henceforth woo to him who
recklessly disturbs and imperils it."
There aro still heart-burnings ut tho
South. Thero am men who lament tho
fall of the. Confederacy and do not lovo
tho Hag of tho Union. Proscription and
disfranchisement aro tho aliment whereon
their morbid feelings subsist. They aro
Du effect; patents of nobility in tho eyes
of a class re pcetuble iu numbers and
strong !*y social position. To sav of a
Southron, “He cannot vote,’’ he is forbid
den to ‘‘hold office," is to invest him with
a p< <*uliar and often envied distinction.-
11 is ei ildrci. l ike up the quarrel which by
lui-bik'-ti policy fastens upon him; they
are trained to lade tin; Government which
i uu worthy tho rights of a
detest the 1‘UCO with whoso
nt his proscription is in
identified. Wo cun never
peace while wo still hold
lids as virtual prisoner!
ids him
iiiiinl i
Also, that the proceedings of this meet
ing lie published in tho Muon, Americus
and Hawkinsville papers, and tlmt all
public gazottos in tho State bo requested
to copy them.
On motion, the mooting adjourned.
James Conn, Clmirlimn.
J. 11. WoomvAitn, Secretary.
ASSASSINAT ION OF THE STAT ES.
Speaking of the fundamental conditions
which the Radicals aro iu the habit now of
attaching to the admission of Slates, and
which th. y provided in tho case of Texas
last week, Senator Carpenter (Radical;
kicks out of tho traces. Tho Senator
said ;
“Sir. the whole doctrine of fundamental
conditions, tho more you consider it, tho
more candidly nn.l patiently you investi
gate tlio ground upon which it rests, looms
up iu monstrous proportions of absurdity
more and more. It deals a destroying
blow upon the very foundations of tho
Constitution, and destroys the harmony of
our system of government. It is sowing
tlio w ind, that our children may leap tho
whirlwind.
“Sir, tho blind haste with which Con
gress lms rusliod through this business, its
manifest anxiety to bo done with an un
pleasant task, the acceleration of its speed
when the constitutional difficulties were
suggested, the rudeness with which it has
put aside the Comiuitteo on tho Judiciary,
us children prattling out of timo, tho re
morseless purposo with which it has held
tho murderous knifo over theso nrostrato
Slates, brings to mind the mournful solilo
quy of Macbeth at tho door of tho sleep
ing Duncnu:
“ *lf it wero dono whou 'tis done, thou
Tworo well
11 wero dono quickly. If the assassination
Could trammel up tho consequence and
catch
With liis surcease success; that but this
blow
Might bo the bo-all and cud-all here;
Rut here upon this bank and shoal of
timo
We’d jump the life to come. Rut in these
.•TJA.MIU bubs fn
will not move to ;
plant*. .
homo I ni
do.vn, certainly t
vicinity, back."
Next Monday
roeonstriieb.d T.<
Yeglslaltuv or
rnordiimry bie;i
ul loyal one !
■ I into the hands .if
ns paper ot ;■ late
Hill plenty of col
Red River fml\
hrevoport— but it
l until our slaplo
■ irgiu to
m •n.a.-hita River
vekqmn nt
bulled H:n
April 1 '
was arrested and lifto n t...»u-:
i'.covered. Stato Auditor Gm
l:.-.hi*s a card cautioning the pul
Ii..ding for warrants i- an d bv
o pul -
ekliffe
“Tin; l’luuL'Mc-i: or Cvhti;. ’ Th.* Tri
buue of Now York is iu a p vl. of trotibl"
on account of curtain pc.-tilenl ITiiln.h !
phiaiiH who, not having the fen ref 1 i-*
I .Mil amendment befor*' tlieir eyes, are
actually impudent enough to d" what they
please with the ii iperty. 11 o
on e stands tlm t; A nn 1 . • • .
phia negroes and a lev. m • i l whites m
tho same political kidne; i I
a lecture from Kenator Revels, t ie y :q
plied to tho diroetors uf the Academy a
Music for the use "f tlmt building, and
the directory declined to rent il I :• tie
purpose specified. V* hat give.; the mattei
an additional sting in tlio fact thatthc-c
directors are Radicals and not Democrat.*,
with a ••loyal" record until now absolute!}
spotless. They approve the nmendincp;.
and think the negro is a good lliiii". In i
“don’t want any of him in theirs. \\.
ate not surprised that tlio Tribune un
corks its bottle of rigid conn indignaliou
and pours the contents thereof upon the
direetors in particular, and Philadelphia
in g noral. it amh a “<l ii cti n t i a
c,.imt of race and previous condition of
servitude,’’ had transpired in Richmond >•;
New Orleans, Congre.xH w.wild have kick, d
Virginia and Louisiana out *-i tho Union
the next day, uud punished them with a
fresh iloso of military government. Why
not discipline Pennsylvania for this ut.
mistakuhlo indication of “robel" procliv
itiev
In thi:■ onlighteiiud ami pi
;0t of 111
I b.* allowed t
Ml RICAY,
CO.
COTTON
v.'.r l frequently ocrurs in
atches. (md may not be tin-
that j or lion of our readers
in icqiitiiiited with foreign
i / not bo amiss to explain
:;t least in its general signiti-
" •mpoiinded of two Latin
/JC.-’-f, people, and seif mo,
e. i.:;*I in ancient times was
; 'i.ate a law or ordinance
1 toman plot
requisition
<>t the rights and'interests andVhe .State
u. without tho concurrence government th
J’atrieians. A . used now . provisional only.
ny accurate knowl- j jt , H considered certain Hint, the Ring- J
amendment, the provisions of
oiild secure tho election of a now
'ir<- in Georgia in September next,
endment also provides that un- :
•ouimon- ii| tl.c* election and qualification of a new I
tribune, 'a Legislature, us provided in tho suhntitute, I
admitted by Congress, tho (
shall he considered
'I Ins i
.....
now a foregone conclusion of the Radical
mind, 'i bis will pretty effectually drive
tlio right sort of boys away from West
Point, und leave there only sniveling hyp
ocrites, willing to mako b. liovo that they
are as fond of Sambo as of anybody else.
T hat is to say, this will bo tho effect un
less tho boys, as boys aro apt to, shall de
cide to settle tliis matter for themselves
. - — r> , on tho first day that comes. West Point,
presume it desig- ham amendment will bo stricken out, as it . indeed, will he a very hot place for the
i or bill of rights mod- j s objected to by some of tho moderate | pioneer nigger, and we prophesy that he
to be presented by the Republicans as being too much of a con- j w jj| resign.
by tho people ; (
r.tion of the French
It is expected, ho
:r, that tlio substi-
Iniuan Cohn Vi
a hose namo is
tuto offered l.y Mr. \ViUiamHwill bendopt- i , ' f (iuoonsland ,
,,l. It w thought to bo .. cornpromwe u . r(jclir .
measure between the Democrats and siieli , , h ,-
K. A correspon-
(Australia; give:,
for making vine-
from Indian corn : “Steep a quart
, . ... of the Republicans as are ion ny numunr ....n
? <li :]»atcli from Jackson,Miss., , ttn d J>rako in tho •*"•« imib.** »...i maize in about five gall
i the 11
day noticed, is a merchant of Jack- pjs wing i
lust
<:U killed James Tuck,
orinerlv a Fed-
Bull
posing tho Willia
the p* ople of the
led by Kumucr
Monate, and Jlntler end Ur f()r two ur throu ttnd thc „ put
; ,US .^*.k. i .♦ t . it on the lire until tho maize shows signs
;!!!*) of burning. Do not let it burst, but take
it off tho tiro and strain the liquor into u
rU hk, and add about ••'* ,,,, '* u ,,f
thif ”
i substitute, i
. ..i. i .. tbr* litei.-
rger and Niger, and il was
.:.t they were hurriedly re-
. j-:l to the penitentiary.
, »:i.al bHilerb.il. upon m lud to threoor
hhould (he iloueo bill ]»««, with he four w „,. ks it ^inYo found to contain live
Ib'iKbam amendment stricken out and the , , vi „ 0 y„ r . ),„ !ls .pumtitinx
“’’b-*'"’ 1 " ' n *er'ed. it w.ll vitiate b . J j , h ^
New Yoek, April D,
Our cotton market the past week lias
been firm, though quiet, and prices have
improved •{«. This is ontirdy du«* to the
upward movement in Liverpool, caused,
in u great measure, by less favorable ad
vice from India, which neutralizes the ef
fect of our continued liberal receipts.—
T here is, besides, such a gonoral feeling
that prices will go higher, that tho slight
est cause operates quickly on our market.
Forward delivery the sales are l!l,'JfiO
bales, closing at 'J2j| April, -2} May,
22j Juno, and 22J July. For immediate
delivery, 10,2<#2 bales (4Hi to arrive;, of
which JJ.T7I bales w ere taken by spinners,
DJH on speculation, 4l.">7 for export, and
It!}."* bales iu transit. Wc quote: Mid
dling Uplands 23$; Low Middling 22];
Good Ordinary 21; Ordinary IDc.
llKCKIFTB.
180*1-70 IfffJH-'J
At New York for week. TI.OOo 10,fill
At all the ports do 42, IDO fifi,(i'JK
Do since Hopt 1st 2,413,08(5 1,878,188
Kxronxs.
18(50-70 18158-D
From N. Y. for week 8.sfil 7.G14
1 tin* ports do... (5(5.10:1 41.000
Wo still liavo judgment here; that wo but
teach
Rloody instructions, which, being taught,
return lo
Plague tho inventor. This even-handed
justico
Commends tho ingredients of our poi
soned cbnlico
To oar own lips.'
“Yes, sir, if it were «1*#no when it is
done; if tho nssassiiiatioj. ><f theso States
could trammel up •' cou .cqttouee; il :lio
ghosts of iniird* .cd men did not ret': i to
startle us fr«>i • «»ur stools, and the ■ • s.*-
quoncoH of . ! deeds <perplex u.* r. tho
future, then, i-idoed, wo might jump Hie
I life to come j -1 commit a few great vi<>
| latioiis of tl. Constitution to have dm
"‘V’ . i .1 i i i i i 4i ! with the whole bnsincsH and forget it.--
' 1 us '•>'«<■; tbocouljwl! .rttlmxr. ,, , rouJil „„ .u^orom
who are grandly triumphant be wisely | ” • - - ■
inagnuiiimotiH. Let us shut the temple of
Julius, uud proclaim to all mankind tlmt
•au Jiax'j forgotten tlmt wo were lately ene
mies and leiiiemhor only that wo were
formally brethren. Let us fill th«* ranks
of ! i.valty by effacing all pretext for fur
ther disloyalty. Let the world rejoicingly
note that, as the blood of no prostrate too
stains our triumph, no vindictive feeling
lingers in our hearts that wo couquerod
not for a party, a caste, a scctiou, but for
all Humanity. Let uh have Peace !
many th
A Lamentation.- The New York Tri-
houe bemoans tho Connecticut defeat of
its party;
“ I ho Republicans of Connecticut liavo
ithlesslys
Congress over tho work
struutioii. Day by day have tho procras
tinators and tlaw-piekers in either House
been warned that, unless thoy desisted
from their evil work and enabled tho
President to proclaim tho XVtli Amend
ment the law of the laud, Gov. Jewell and
his associates on tho Republican Stato
ticket would fall victims to thoir malign
fatuity. Rut all warnings were unheeded
—all remonstrances wasted on reckless
ears. Tho result is oxuctly wlmt was up-
prohendod. Gov. Jewell's majority would
have, boon as largo us English’s is, could
the Amendment have boon proclaimed ton
days earlier, so that tho colored citizens
could luivo voted nt this election. Such
are the fir.it fruits of obstructions of tho
Ruth
i th
North aud time will
[••pially baleful in the
taking trouble for the iu
■stril
tho
SorniiiuN MANUFAcrruBES.—The spirit,
of manufacture in the Southern States
has been materially encouraged and
strengthened by the demonstrated suc
cess of all tho enterprises now in opera
tion. The cotton mills in Georgia aud
Mississippi aro so prosperous, und so
rendily find a greedy market f»r ull tlio
fabrics they can turn out, that all the
leading papers in those States aro actively
urging the formation of more companies
and tho erection of more mills. AVhy
should not the South manufacture a large
proportion of its own cotton^is a ques
tion kept constantly before the people.—
Tho ordinary cotton crop of tho Southern
States is worth ii(22.’»,000,000. Tho simple
conversion of it into yarns would, it is
estimated, add £1.Mi,000,000 to this valua
tion, employ thousands of operatives, and
distribute among them $*! 1C,000,000 iu
wages annually. Of course it is not pro
posed that tho South should convert all
its lint into yarn ; tho figures aro only
given to show how profitable tho manu
facture of a portion of it is. Tho South
has not tho vast cnpitul nor the trained
manufacturing skill of New England ; but
turn up a contempt no
prcseiico of our African brother with im
punity, und wo bog tho Tribune to lash
the recreant Quakers into a lively repent
ance.—St. Leans Jhpublican.
Tho Washington Gazetlo ventilates tlm
following romnrkablo cxperienco given in
nt u eolorod chufth, iu Wilkes county by
negro named Juke. Ho iuformed liis
hearers that sovernl days before being < l<>
use his own expression) exorcised in mind,
ho resorted to a secluded spot to meditate.
Jloro ho was so unfortunate ns to meet his
Satanic Majesty, and being taken sonic
what at a disadvantage was chained by
the neck to a tree. A frightful struggle
then ensued, and Jake, by desperate ex
ertions Ruccoodcd in breaking the chain
with which ho was bound. J list a t he had
obtained this hard-earned advantage,
however, ho was startled by the loud b« l
lowing of a bull on tho neighboring hill,
und before ho had any timqjfor reflection,
tho furious animal camo rushing upon
him. Terrified by this new danger, Julm
did not await this encounter, but tied with
the utmost precipitation, llo sought tho
hoiiBO of the preacher David Lowis, and
forthwith begun telling his story and ask
ing permission to enter, was refused on
tho ground that ho ought to liavo “stood
aud font.” Tho brethren aro at present
in a great quandary whether they shall
grant tlio candidate admission or not,
being impressed with the idea that In
should havo “stood and font. ’
Ai.akming.—It is alarming to boo tlio
amount of corn and hay tlmt daily goes
into the country. Every day wo see
fanners in town who have hundreds o!
acres of luml, plenty of mules horses, und
no corn nor money to buy it with. They
bond their crops ut nn enormous per cent
and get tlieir supplies of corn, hay and
bacon. Now this is extreme folly. Wo
enu excuse a man for buying his bacon,
if he has tho cash to pay for it *. ns we
belicvo just now, it is cheaper lo buy than
raise hog moat. But us for corn and
rough forage, no excuse will justify their
purchase, especially in the mutter of hay ;
every cotton and corn field lun plenty of
hay in it. which is allowed to go to waste
every fall. It could bo saved without any
perceptiblo expense. Rut at tlio time
when it should bo gathered, tho farmer
thinks of nothing but getting out lus rot-
t hi. We know the farmers will say this is
none of our business, but it is. Tlieeo
people who havo to lmy their corn, bay
un.l bacon, never cau spare tho money to
take a newspaper; of course not. Tlieir
families aro to grow up in ignorance, be
cause daddy will persist in boiug n slave
to the corn aud hog raisers of tho North-
West.
1 \'i traul to see this thinn stop. To-dny
wo have to givo three dollars a bushel for
o.*w pens, which will grow on tho poorest
land, will thrivo in tho midst of a corn
field, in fuct grow, like weeds, anywhere.
All thut lms to bo dono is to plant and
gather them. And yet they are three dol
lars a bushel. It is a disgrace and a *can
dal on Georgia farming, and we hope wo
shall not havo to record the like again.
For heaven’s sake, farmers raise some
thing to eat this year.—Lirifln Star.
the
Tying tub Fi.ao to tub North Poi.r.
The Chicago Times is responsible for the
subjoined pioco of high treason :
Captain Hall, tho Arctic cxplo
n na r JHUS, for tllO BUIU of $1<M),U0U, *
: •’ *4i. I American llug to tho North Pole. Capt.
either largo capital nor great j j H moro outspoken than some of tin*
not
skill, ui.ll it is propose.,1 Unit u .'ommenco- j o a 'tl„W V R,” wlio prm-lic
moiit l.o mailu will]i Uicso rmlo maniitno- Bjmil " r lia0 0 f Imsiucss, tlion^!, bis
'■“ 1 v,n K *»«l«*0"...nt» «.f | i( , cll scom not lo bo ui K Ucr. Mr. Hol.t.
11,n ml to f" l.m ss I ; . auhffy* J w.aker ruceivod a much larger *mu Ilor
foil,. , in iluu l “"'. •‘un.l.uru in. u »bu |vjl tho American fluff lo u pole in Al»»-
I,„ v " ffiwn • lie whole HUlijoct rurefn at- ^ that was luoro ro
tout .oh and study, duoluro thut eolton
yarns cau be made in the tiouth cheaper,
Ringham amendment stricken out and tho
Williams substitute insertod, it will vitiate
all the Senatorial elections that havo oo-
.eurred in the Georgia Legislature, and
j keep the Htato from representation in tho
; lower house of Congress uutil further
< ommihsioners of tjou by Congress. 1
sesHi«in at Seale
• ,I:n ‘■.•lay, Jfilh inst., ordered
ih* r.iiinty script of Russell
L.V. I been redeemed^ should
. i makes tho *Huhbc11
. y, of which thero is only
.nlation. a*> good as gold.
Tiiundeii and Oyhteiih.- A Baltimore
correspondent writes: “Thunder sours
milk and kills oysters. You may loud u
vessel to its utmost capacity; start for
market, and one good round clap of thun-
A Northern paper says that there is loss dcr will kill every oyster in tho \essel
suffering from tho cold during tho winter j immediately. Pounding with auaxo upon
season in Minnesota and thereabouts than ; deck of a vessel when oysters are thereon or
there is in Missouri and further south.— pounding upon the sides of a vosscl with
We should judge so fropi the remarkably | a heavy weight, will kill every oyster thut
short time winch it takes to freez.o to I feels tho jar. Rut thunder fetches them
death in that country,—*#, Louis Times. | the first pop."
At New York
At all the ports..
\ idhlesupply....
. 1,4D.‘», 11(8 1, fit!), 170
It uppears from a cable dispatch of the
12th,that there wasu sharp brush between
the Government troops und tho insur
gents nt Barcelona, Spain, before tho lut-
tor wero dispersed. Tho dispatch says
that 10 of tho insurgents wero-killed und
10 wounded; also thut two of tho troops
wore killed and thirteen hurt.
Ridden Ai , oi.oui/.es ‘io the bin.
Cueut. I hu Washington special of tho
Rullimoro Son says:
Huch has proved to be the record of Al-
pooria Bradley, tlio colored Stato Senator
I coin Georgia, that Mr. Riddle, the mem
ber of tho bar who presented hia applica
tion for admission to the Supremo Court,
appeared in Court uud withdrew it, uud
apologized for having offered it. It ap
peared, among otiiut thiugs, Unit Bradley
hud served a term in tho Peuitontiurv.—
lie is ono of tho Georgia delegation Loro
urging tho reconstruction of that titato.
km und ,,f th© •«*«,""" '!>«' ’ . ;1 ,
cully mu. ©id 1° "e 'ho American "off
a polo iu Sau Domingo, • uly ulront■*•©"•
000 is said to liavo boon ill .our, 1 'm ro
Ui, remainder retnrncd In Wo'hmfft©" in
tho saino Bhip, along wiih (ho f tdlornoj
who “tied I ho llug.'' Tying tho American
flsff to a polo Komoolioi-o is one of the
most profitable branches of law praojic©
I by fivo cents a pound, than in the North,
-. 1 and that yarns made in tho South and ex
ported to Europe can bo sold for four and
n half cents a pound cheaper than yornH
made in Europo of oxportod American
cotton. t uiiwii(v
if this claim is correct, it presents a j JJSol!‘waaWngton att.irucys luovfiud to
margin largo enough to warrant as many | ' 1
yarn factories in the South us can bo 1 *
established thero for tweuty vears to comtE
A spinning mill that would omploy 87
operatives, and consume 887 bales cotton,
would not cost over $50,(MM) ; aud tho
Aunuul profits ou tho sale of its yarns at
Northern prices, it is estimated, would bo
$17,(mm).— ,v. Louie JiepuO.
f their business ln»
The English papers announce that tb.»
locomotive builders of that country have
lately received order* b'|*’"b *•«
:Wl enginon, iswlmg ■■ "■ '■ 1
;,l.Hi railway truck*. A- m l" turn bus
an order for 1 It looouioavva.