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Newspaper Page Textm **. , ..-fir.' 4T i" i A STRICT CONST RUCTION OF TUB CONST1TU TIOX—AN IIONKST A NO KCONOHICAU ADMINISTRATION OF TIIK GOV KHNMKNT. RAGLAND & WYNNE. I^roorietori COLUMBUS, GEORGIA., TUESDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1870. VOL. XLIf.—110.10. EEKLY ENQUIRER, I Klt.'lS OF M Ils( kip rio\ 0:.i; of the Ansrr.WTiEs of “recon struction." ns supported by the Bullock party > n Georgia, is the proposition tbnt present Legislature, being “provis- id" only, eautiot trnnsact general lcgis- ou. but may puss the Tax and Appro priation bill*. and then adjourn. This ‘Txi»er Which Kixn ?"—Hath Governor Bullock and Gen. Terry nro issuing proc lamations making appointments of new county otficcrs and removula of old ones. 11 ullock proclaims tl.o nppoiutmont of Michael McDowell as Clerk of the Supe rior Court of Jasper county; Bcnj. F. iuctioH i*. entirely too finely drawn to j Hell tv Ordinary of Sumter county ; John appreciable to the judgment of men. I H. Wolfo as Ordinary of Laurens county: f the so i however favorably it may impress these and James W. Wilkinson ns Ordinary of Saturday '•'!»'* have party schemes to carry out or j Lee county—all to till vacancies. All these the vote l»v which [ private interests to subserve. The tins- J proclamations aro signed by Hulloek as had determined to or seven members rtvl election in 1 »i»K »!' of tlu- i.ru. i.l 111.. . f I ho p, glaiing to | the appointment of A successor. This is . • that the ronMrtu declared elected lo latioiiof ]>.;*<: ai; ‘ | “Governor," without the “rrovisionah and are endorsed “approved” by General i Terry. Gen. Terry, on his own hook, has proclaimed tko removal of llcnry S. Wct- i more. Ordinary of Chatham county, and Stono as his by military that j “order." dated from Headquarters at Al ien! | hint a. and the name or concurrence of the ; Gov. Hulloek ill it *h>< •; not appear, i t s- Wet more is the Ordinary who lately de cided that Hullo.-h whh only a “Provis ional' and that Gen. Terry was the potent Governor of Georgia. His removal by older of Gem Terry ,-.* • ms to sustain his decision. It may possibly be that Gov. Hulloek m characteristic modesty and for bearance prompted him to devolvo on Gem Terry the making of this removal ami appointment . but we beliovo that in the cut* niplation of the Constitution r.nd laws even a regard for r.ucli virtues docs • • • -titntloti of the [ not justify tlu* exercise of Chief Executive ...y ignored in defining powers bv more than one Governor at n .). thou the “little game time. So the (|uostioii incurs. Who /.i the >n,» for grown-up white uetu.d Governor .• If the sit nation is made It may servo for the any more muddled and complicated by ic negro members, who proud of their Lcgisla- little boy is of his first Hut it really seems to Is who help I., piny ..ill ‘sn, or does it derive pe 'plc of the State ? , true that the election - so far as freedom n.i ,1. W as it also THE RICHMOND nORROR. Kichmoni>. April 27.— Tho atm rose bright and cheerful this morning over a city full of happiness, which by midday was turned into mourniitg and desolation’. One of tlio most frightful and appalling catastrophes occurred at tlu* Capitol build ing, wholly without a parallel, by which nearly fifty lives were lost and as many were maimed, and this day is hencefor ward one of horror and calamity in Rich mond's history. Such was the intense interest felt in the decision to bo rendered by the State Court of Appeals in tho Mayoralty ease to-day. that by 11 o'clock a. »u. a crowd of euget citizens tilled the court-room, which is lo cated ou the upper floor of the Capitol building, oil the north side, and immedi ately above the hall of the House of Dele gates. Tim room is about twenty by twenty-live feet, tho Judges' bench at on, end being confronted by a small gallery at tho other. Tho outmneo to the omul room is from a balconied gallery in the upper story, over the Washington monu ment. on tho lower floor, and above is a skylight in tho roof, which admits tlu light. This balcony, or'gallery, was also filled with people who could not gain ad mittance into the court-room. At tho time of the catastrophe it is e.*»ti mated that not more than three hundred persons were in tho court-room, but these tilled it to its utmost capacity. A largo number of tho legal fraternity and mem bers of tho press were seated in the room immediately in front of the bench ami tin* gallery. The opposite end was filled w ilh leading citi/oiiH, and the centre of the small room was thronged by a crowd, both seated and standing. There was a g, neral conversation or discussion as to tho merits of the ease going on among tin* assembled audience, the members of the press were arranging their pa] or and cracking joke*, as is usual among them, ami all were ea gerly awaiting the advent of the Judges. At length two of tlicir Honors entered puzzling proclamations, the people of ,| ll( j K<J8 ,j 0 ynes and Anderson ami took will ho in the dilemma of the their scats, when the conversation lulled mu, who promised his servant among tho people, and for the first tune , for informing him, every morn- lh, ' r ",77 I'* >‘ 01>l»l.lo silom-e h * buddeuly, and while uw.utmg. the urnvul ho Awukeu him, wind kind of j ,»f the remaining Judges, n report as of a nt he was living under. j smothered gun under the floor was hoard. ' From the Atlanta Con*titution.'\ GEORGIA LEGISLATURE. Sati’iiuav, April .10, 1*70. The Secretary rend the Dili resolution of the report of the Committee requesting Gen. Toi rv to enforce the relief resolu tion. On motion it was passed Also the Huh resolution, that when this Legislating do adjourn it adjourn till l.*t Wednesday in July next. Mr. Hinton moved to substitute *W//, dir," for “1st Wednesday in July." Lost. Mr. Sneer moved to substitute RUli of .ftinc. Lost. Question recurred on oiiginnl resolution. t,1. Ye Mr. lb • I. during the Siipnint. n.h’nl of the Western and Atlan tic Railroad to discharge all members of the Legislature who are now employed by him on said voad. was taken up. Mr. Column ottered an amendment.that the Governor be requested not to employ of tho Legislature as counsel his i olntio declined t<> accept id proceeded to discus* ! toil. canes l tvi.-ks of slmblo ,1 imiiiedm poit. and everybody started ats and looked towards the e. >om, from whence the omim ■t»un*»l to slung tlu esort with the tlm -<t th.' late awful a flair in the saino city d ! ■ .v hate the effect of securing a • .! i'i qttonl exatnitialioii of such • . by r mpi tent architects, to as- i •!• ;• they may safely boused :i. I -ii- • ■ to whiidi tliov are devo- •■1 to bv th<> Atlanta A'. statements of tie* d.i" cuts of ini! v .ml, after •d that til. affecting girder which pie, Is that the j r defeat U1 is Quixu <*r I l together, milking when J area of thirteen by twenty | ivus formerly supported by e!i wore subsequently ro- rove tho appearance of the o ..f D< legates. In the : u.ler was a mortise, which rail. He strength to !i\ by 20 fatal . nor was in malting hai without examining i a relVrei.i'e t.. their enpuci- llic re a stifv placed upon in Brook**. of New York, in pee, - li on the tariff, a few that if no one else could be lertnke the task, “lie would lei's wagon and go through nl di triels, exhibiting a hoc, “. a shovel, a trace chain, si 11., will, oilier articles, and . I he eyes ot the people tho \ornmUKlh< wi'kcd taxation s.d upon them by existing i would bij a very effective .4. a meeting of railroad officers . InG week, to take into consul non- perfoef hystem of connec- a! city. Presidents Wadley of !. ami Johnson of the Charlotto, and Augusta roads, Vice Prosi- r of the f -nt 1j Carolina, uml 'dent Peake, were present. Tho f a 111-,;*rii!i,*• nt union passenger urg. I. and it was reported that W.i.iVy had offored to lend tie- (Charlotte, Columhia and o.ul to L. ar its portion of the It i • probable that tho depot i bul wo uoo no reference to ia Railroad in tlio reports of the latest instance is the following not if our tmuurka concerning Senator brock's proposition to exclude A. A. Hradluy from the list of colored members of the Legis lature to whom pay should bo given for constructive service dming tho interim of tlroir expulsion . l lie I lolUtuhUH Fulfil it <i i>, in. CUtllOR to the defcURo of Rradlcy. It wants Hrudley to have his juriliu/i for the pe riod of exclusion, notwithstanding the fact that Hrudley was expelled, not l>y rea son of “color or previous condition," hut by reason of the fuel that he oiieo served a term in the 1'euitontiNiy us a convict.'' Wo did not advocato tho payment of Rradlcy. • >:• any other expelled mouther; nor do wo think that any of them ought to receive pay. They rendered noser- other than the pasRivo service of ubscnce during tho ]>criod for which it is proposed to pay them, and wo cannot soo tho justice of tho proposition. Our strictures wein solely upon tho “invid- kmsiioss" ,-f e xcluding Dradloy from a measure of reparation or houctit applies- blo to the other expelled colored members. And wo incidentally coiuuioiitod upon tho Radical fraud of restoring him to his seat under thu pretext that ho had boon cx- pollod on account of race or color, and now, when they lmvo succeeded in “fix ing" up tho Senato as lo have a “snfo and reliable majority without him, turning round and excluding him from pay on tho ground that ho was expelled becauso ho was a penitentiary convict. If that is why ho was expollod, his restoration un der I ho latest Georgia “Reconstruction" act was a fiand, which tho Radicals should have admitted and prevented at once, stead of profiting by his restoration. The restoration must be regarded as jainai fori? evidence that tho expulsi. wrongful and illegal, and so long as this presumption cxints Rradlcy is entitled to all its benefits. issue. Hoopla tin ',* stood nj and look, 1 themselves for an explatialioi of the slratigo and mysterious noise. Hut they had i."i long lo’wait. There came a crackling sound, as of small lindicishruak- ,. i mg. and then the lloor was felt giving way * u> 1 in tho coni roof tho room. Simultaneous ly everybody jumped to their feet, for all felt that danger was imminent, and self- preservation is the first law of nature. Hut it was too Into. Down went the floor with a terrible erosli, with its living, breathing and frightened human freight, dragging with it tlio gallery uml its living muss, and down they went a distance «d nearly twenty-live foot to tho floor of the House of Delegates. Then, with the de- Mr. Hroek showed, at some length, th< impolicy of such employment of Legisla tors, as us tendency was to corruption, lie did not, however, charge corruption ou any Senator who might now ho s»> eiu- Senator Smith, of the Mli, asked Mr. brock if ho knew of any legislator em ployee of the Stale Rond who did not do Ins duty as such employee? Mr. brock continued. Grant that they dal do their duty as employees, »ud the |.iiti.-ii.1o was tha same. Mr. Ilungorford off, red us a substitute that tin* Supi-rintrmh'ut of tin YG-.i.-m and Atlantic Railroad be not allowed to employ any Ron. brother, or blood rela tive o| any member of the Legislature. So ot the Secretary ot tho Senate and Clerk ol the House, and the Treasurer he ordered n«-t to pay any such persons. amendment which Hvi ; of UKPKKSKSTATIVKH. Aptil .’10.- A motion to Porter's resolution to pay tlu* colored members for the time xpulsion, prevail, d. moved to reconsider the action of the House on Price's resolution. Mr. Scott made tho point of order, that c Speaker, vhtu the miuority men were orn. refused to entertain a motion to consider before the member* were oiu in. Tho Speaker staled that he was acting under the instructions of Gen. Terry and the Reconstruction acts. lu reply to Mr. Scott, the Speaker said that '.,* was now acting under the Recon struction acts. Rico made the point of order that no member could intevrogvte the Speaker in such a n..,nner as to draw out- the Speak er's political opinions. The Speaker decided that as tlm Mem bers from the counties recited ill Price's resolution did not appear in Gen. Meade's order, lie would entertain the motion to Th, ,mb< .i. d. .lid l.lt ion. id that they i «|i|« Meade s proclai The Speaker must be seated Darnell read from the net of t’ongre lo promote the reconstruction of Georgi to prove that tiie.so men could not now I seated. Harper, of Terrell, opposed tho motion to reconsider, because it did not “pro mote" reconstruction* The elect ions xv held under tho orders of tho General e. umtuling and Gov. Hulloek. Their iui*-don w-i s legal. Porter (Colon,1.) ights, lmve wo a r liuicnt, and made it a point of order \ under thu rules of the House, that ull pro ceedings, touching appropriation money, must be considered in committee of the whole. The Speaker ruled the point :*s not well taken. L. Hry.int proceeded to demonstrate fi tho journal v of the House, uml messages of Gov. Hulloek, that Georgia was a per man,;iit, and not provisional Government He read from the report of the Senate judiciary committee in defense of his po sition. Ho stated the fait, (hut the act of Congress, of December 1 hid, did not require Georgia to ratify thu Fourteenth Amendment, or Legislature to give assent to stliking out relitf sections of thu Con stitution. thus expressly admitting thu validity of thu former action of tin., body, ('ongi'es did not demand, nor expect, the LegiJiitme to do this, and thu action rati- j i«» tv in-; the F,iiu*lucutli Amendment and re- , affirming its assent to striking, »ut thu relief ! t«• clauses, was done by gag of tile previous question without debate and by threats ot ; n j* The Speaker ruled * : - ider lo-niom.-v. -thirds not v take that dii it/palrick <• The unlit hi »n. Tho net the , bll.s ! fold < !., ; i laturc. admitting minority men were in detianeo of the opinion ol thu At - ! rom |iu torney General: but it- is quoted as thu t'tou | „f | act of tins body. \Yo are told Ibid unless , we do so and so thu military will inter fere. We have nothing to fear from the military. Price occupied the chair and the Speaker vacated his seat for awhile. In the course of his argument. JJryanl proved that the Legislature was bound by the ('ounstitu- tion, I he government organized under ii and the Governor inaugurated. The Gov- i his i of isr.s Hit othe i legislate lid llarpf Repiih!. This i was nee, pled. I' vv tin- same a'ltiioriti.*: paid all | Mid Hr. Iliingerfuid in the pi i.dioi •tit ill i-1 •oted b> hud iding , tlm ceiling ab.o , which loU’MivfK Mam i Ai'TUUKH. - Our city ! vicinity won a creditable portion of the honors at the Julo Louisiana Statu lair, i held in New (irlwauB. 'I'liosc borne off' by • the Eagle A l'honix Manufacturing L'vin- i puny have nlroady been mentioned. We learn that tho goods honorably mentioned as those of “Hurriuon A Son, Columbus, Georgia," were goods sent by tho Colum bus Manufacturing Company to them a* friends to icpruscnt the company. A diploma was awarded to this company for Knitting Thread, and honorahlo mention was made of their Sheetings. Messrs. Harrison A Son are cotton factors of Now was Hoiuehow attached to tlm gall came down with another fearful crash, smothering and crushing tho living and struggling mass of victims beneath. A ledge of about twelve fe, I, on which the bench was located, did not go down, and on this many lives were saved, includ ing thu Judges and reporters. As soon ns the fearful crush lind occurred thnso who could clutched hold of the windows, stepped out of the gallery ami ran out to other rooms, nud thus many other.. .\, ic also saved. Tho scene which followed is utterly be yond description. Ih'tween the (wo bodies of tho floor and coiling was the nniss of people, tlio force ami power of lh<> I.liter, with tho gallery falling upon them, fur ever silencing their erics fur help. It was n sceno of horror novel* lu be forgotten by those who witnessed it. To those who remained about and who ventured lu look down into tho vacant space of thu court room nothing wan visible but a cloud of thick dust, through which the frantic cries of tho victims yet alive could ho heard vainly appealing for help. Tho crash was felt in every portion of the building, even to tho basement, out of which tlm officers ran in precipitate haste, and room tlm alarm of tho catastrophe was pealed through tho city on the bolls of the surrounding churches. This sound lmd the effect of bringing promptly t<> the sceno tlm i no Department, besides a largo concourse of citizens, who were under the impression that a conflagration had tnV.cn place. Hooks and bidders wero at onen brought into active requisition, and the work of extricating thu dead, iho man gled, the wounded, and tho dying, was commenced. Luckily, it. was an hour prior to the meeting of the Legislature, when the House of Delegates would also have been thronged, and hundreds of others would lmvo been added to tlio already immense list of killed and wounded. As it was. Homo tiftocu or twenty persons are report od to lmvo been in tlio House, sorno of whom escaped, and some weru killed, one of tho pages among thorn. Tho Capitol building, which dates n« arlv to tlio revolutionary era. is dilnpiilntedaud insecure, and is now but a wreck of wind was, tho whole northern side of it being mass of debris. While tlm dead and uunded were being removed, many the people of ' Wo thet crat, and * there he n k. We hud an invitiu; 1 exhibition in our owi in the display of bundles Grimms. and wheat- all wellhead j Mr. James Ennis, of this city, obtained mshtulk. The oaU were ' prizes for thu best cotton rope, and tho lard and rank of growth, 1 * ,est “ xc halves, and hubs for vehicles, remarkably green and tho ^ They wore raised by Mi. of th x-.Ma is <itv. The Wilkins, as the prod uc 1 the ••pi possibly Mr. II eh ho Mucnulovy ! '1 he people of Eufuula voted, on Mon day last, upon tho question of a city sub scription of i? 100,000 to tho stock of tho Mongomcry and Etifatila Railroad. The vote was almost unanimously for tho sub scription only ten votes against it. whi say ' i Uio J he Iowa le gislature) Las passed a bill to look at its heads through j railway passengers three dollars 1 he wheat was from tho I overt day's unreasonable delay of their i Mr. J. M, Stroud, of Russell • baggage. It was of tho Schley anti- • '• : r h long heads, now in tho , Tho iJostou Port says : “Schoncklikes pionii.»ii. * him an extra early the income tax law, but it is as odious to apply of breadstuff's. I to see. from these specif • f our friends are taking it rest in other agricultural •• who know hi., | that he had still ( *d honor before I .’•"S the follow- . ' tho people ns an animal whoso name comes very near Sehenek s. East Tennessco exchanges say that the growing wheat nover looked bettor before at this season of the year. If no blight of any kind should befall it between now and will ruiso a Thun the ni lhonrmstou Herald publishes, . • 1 lift.ratlio t tho following lotter harvest, East 'lennesse tho colored Representative of Upson rousing crop, tv in the Legislature: Gr.OBOlA LEOrsniTI/llE, J h »l St; OF ItErr.lIRENTATIVK iduit \prl. 1' At u large and spirited meeting of the Democracy of Lee county, Ala., hoi Opolikn ••* T* 1 . the oxpn up. I to native Georgians and respon alarms took place, and tin; people rushed I h, hh- men, and for a jurr/io.sr. lie used from the building repeatedly in terror of | hw own office to learn these tacts, another calamity. i Mr. Jones wanted to know who Senator Ilungorford's clerk was, and what liis Mood was? Mr. Hungurford said ho would tell his name, pedigree, tlio wliys and wlioroforcs, and all about it, if the Senator would per mit him to toll about hin clerk. There was a volcano beneath the State Rond. Why wore tho carpet-baggers pre ferred to native Georgians? lie would tell. They wore not citizens, and wore not responsible. They would leave as boon as tho job was finished. Hut Ulodgutt was not responsible for this. Thorn was a man who sat on the throne ami directed all this. JUodgcll op posed it, but was powerless. Mr. Ilungorford said ho would not have made this resolution and crjm< if it hud not been for Hrock’s resolution ; for lie had thought of it, hut it had slipped his memory. Ho wanted the people of Georgia to know if ilungorford had boon stealing, ami he wanted to know if anybody tUr hud Inm rtraliny. He never would, howovor, have raised his voice about tho Stuto Road if this direct personal atta k had not been rnado upon him. It is impossible lo secure enough clerks who understand tho English language. There is not a clerk in this Senato but has a father, brother, son or blood relative in it, and tho reason is that tho Secretary's £.700 pay for extra services depends upon it. Ho is afraid to employ competent clerks. He would inakn a clean swoop if any sweeping was to bo dono; would coinpromiso now with thorn, if they would expel tho carpet-baggesR from tho Road. Mr. Griffin, of the iifith, desired to ease Mr. Hungerford's mind, and thereupon MURRAY, FERRIS A CO.'S (’O i l ON CIRCULAR. New York, April .'•(», IS70. Tho continued free receipts and unfa vorable advices from abroad have tended to depress tho cotton maikot, but with tho small stock ami improvement in gold, hold ers have been able to prevent nn impor tant decline, and the market closes with Homo firmness nt our quotations. For future delivery tho solos reach JO,-too bales, nt -Lfa'J-for May, If J Z for June, 22^u‘J2.{ for July, nnd I'D for Octo ber. For immediate delivery 1!,70J bales, of which llhfi wero taken by spin ners, 1005 on speculation, 5h;JU for ex port and 772 bales in transit. Wo quote : Middling Uplands 2.'lj|, Low Middlings 222, flood Ordinary 21*, Ordinary Iff. list At New York for week. At all the ports do Do sinco Sept 1st 2,7 EX I OUTS. 1,1 0,005 21 J HjfC'J FromN.Y. forweek... •’roin all the ports do :n,im !1,1 I 55, :M Do since Sept 1st 1,777,078 1,217,102 stock. At New York At all the ports.. Visible supply.. J hgm-o 82,028 S'! 1,072 of Hou. proceed'd h* f r as t found about 7 o'cioe! in uu insonsihle -••. t immediately > *1. #ikill could do was mark of violence about Li what money he had. Lad be*- his pocket,his watch and pap disturbed !•• left tho hoi.-j depot, and had ■ Editor of the Georgia IMrulJ, wan strongly coave u communication to day from Jjarnes for Governor. Aon Geo—Stating that it war ro- r. the county of Upson that i war ..... s „, u]iATt oft of npuon for U>« ««nbn.l«o .-»«<• t:. t. Ot' cr.-ating anew county of departure for Now lork v • •:; 15 ir;. 1 villo Goo—wood bo thocoun- Bruton, of the Haiubridg* I owtton, to uy to tbo | Oolumbu. »o.a, to buy ire ; r . * >.p-on inut tno above roinor air . ; .. e to all such antogiuistik ro- tweuty miles of that roou. j ■:!.. c:h: :.nd always has Liu, and i will ► ay further that no clik or combinnation I Goldwin Smith suid : with money or otherwise, air ahull, to En- ' tax is a tax on honesty, a premium on tie me nor the majority of the members ' dishonesty, a corrupter of national, and i _ endant physicians that im died of some of this Legislature to stupe to thay dier I ospeciully of commercial honor." This is ] narcotic poison, as there w«ro no svmp-1 Bolican plot. William Gl'ilfoui», what make* eur income tax so popular toms of apoplexy or paralysis. J Hept. of Up«ou. with the Radical loadera. There Was ► person, lu of the nt- announce:, tho of President , Cuthbcrt and n for tho first “Tho ineome Cotton Claims.—Wo havo just learned that John 11. Fain, who had a lot of cot ton seized at this place by Con. Shcrinnn, presented his claim to judgment in the Court of (Jlainih, where they allowed £7,5100 for his cotton. 1 ho United States appealed to lliO fcu- I premo Court. 'I ho Supremo Court, during tlio proscut month, dismissed the appeal, nnd sent the ciiHO back to tho Court of Claims, with in structions to allow to tho claimant tlio ad ditional sum of £51,000, which was dono by the lowor court, thus giving the claim ant upwards of £8,000 instead of the £5,000.—Atlanta C'vimtitutio/i. Oh! it Certainly, under the law*. 'Me ins claim that the colored niom- h ;ul representatives, and vet pnv them* oiised tho virtuous ire > f ltiee and Dmnell, who made tlu point of order liial the. Speaker should be confined to the , subject, and not accuse them of acting effect, that dishonestly. etiled from: Harper “Truth hurts.’' I Jiave a right a Ik here ami toil the truth. Will tlu* I ;ii latiuv allow minority candidates to 1 - , ... sworn in, j ’-d refuse legally elected I ", I _ ; meinhei's their just rights. Price, of Lumpkin There was an lion- j ,u ' k j <. t xiew to lake of the question, and he ' <i ' i n . • wanted thi • h" . • t*> take that. view. The i '. 1 , l , Adam . ' G,-neral As . in -iy ] a sued u resolution on ! • tlio 17th day f *l' August, isffs, requiring general j s lie (iovertior to issue a proclamation for ■ ,,H "• -1 ' tho holding of elections in certain ooun- | H« s for inembors of the Legislature and if tho j comity officers. < Jon. Terry has not in- •f blood J tufoiisl with the couuty officers elocled that time. Will ho interfere with tho of the House? He denied that tho seating of those members now, would distraction to the admission of : and cited the fable of tin* wolf and tho Intnh at tin* si ream tho Repub lican party being the “wolf" and tbo Democratic party tho “lamb." If restor ed, Georgia should bo restored as a total ity, and not leave out tho counties named in the resolution adopted. Lane, of Brooks, thought tho introduc tion of tho resolution injudicious ai the present time, lie made a conservative speech in opposition to tho resolution. In conclusion ho called the previous question. Tho motion lo reconsider prevailed by the following vote : Yens Atkins, Alhu of J.ispor, Allen of Hart, Jtathuno, Rolclier, Hell. Heard, Hums, Campbell, (-lower, Claiborne, Cos- tin, Colby, Cunningham, Darnell, Davis, Ellis, Fitzpatrick, Franks, Floyd, Good win, Golden, Gardner, Guilford, Jlillycr, Holcombe, Houston, liurdcn, Ilmen, Hughes, Hut chins. Hooks, Hall of Morri- wether, Harris of Glasscock. Joiner, Jackson, Johnson of Towns, Johnson of Spalding. Johnson of Forsyth, Lee, Lind Hev, Maxwell of Henry,Madden, Madison. Mnull, Moore, McCormick, Nesbitt of Gordon, O’Neal of Haldwin, Porter, Per kins of Dawson, Reid, Rice, Rogers, Richardson, Simms of Sumter, Smith of Muscogee, Twoody, Thoiuasson, Tumor, Watkins, Warren of Hurko, Williams of Harris, Williams of Haralson,ZollarH-<57. Nays-Armstrong, Anderson, Rennett, Hrewstor, Drown, Harnuni, Hallanger, Hryant, Clink, Caldwell, Cloud, Cobh, Duncan, 11 win, Felder, Fowler, Ford, Fryer, Gobon Gray, Gullatt, lligden, Holden, Hamilton, llarkuoss, Hook. Humber, Harris of Murray, Harper of Sumtev, Harper of Terrell, Harrison of Franklin, Hull of Glynn, Kytlo, Mathews, McArthur, Nash, Nishet of Dade, Os good. Parks, Price, Paulk, Perkins of Cherokee, Reddish, Rainey, Rosser, Rawls, Rnmph, simulate, Scroggins, Smith of Charlton, Stono, Sisson, Scale, Shackleford, Scott, Sorroll, Smith of Ware, Tate, Vinson, Walthall, Wclchel, Warren of Quitman—fill. Osgood offered a resolution inviting his Excellency, Gov. Hard, of Idaho, to u sent, which was adopt oil. Hryant wished to introduce an Appro priation hill. The Speaker reversed his ruling that the Appropriation Act could bo taken up ami a. toil on nnafiia. Scott, of Floyd, appealed from tlio de cision of the. Speaker. Tho Speaker, in answer to an interrog atory, said that il was in the powi r of the House, to do as it pleases, and dial ho was not directing tho House. A messago was received from tlio Sen ate announcing the passage of tlio Appro priation Act of I si51), ami other resolu tions, ' appearing in tho report of Senato proceedings elsewhere) ami asking tho conciirif nee of the House therein. Mr. Scott, yielded tho floor for Mr. Shu mate, who made a motion to adopt the resolutions as a whole. Mr. Scott, then made a constitutional objoeti-.il lo tho icnuiiitioits—that it oc curred in tlio S> mite. lie was frequently interrupted by tho Republicans with points of order, and all lit cided uol well taken. Mr. Hryant obtained the floor, but yield ed for a motion to adjourn. 'J'ho House adjourned until Monday morning at ten o’clock. Tbo House concurred in Mio Senato reso lutions requiring tlio presiding officers of Hi • General Assembly and tlio auditing committees to ndhoro strictly to the lHlst section of tho (.'ode. Atlanta, May 2. — Senate—Conley called Spoor to tho cliuir and took his seat ou the floor. President, Spoor announced llmiger- ford's substitute in order. Ilungorford ha>l tlio floor, lie desired Brook's origi nal resolution. His substitute was read and he then r» marked that he had been approached by Senators, since bis speech on Saturday, anil told that if lie would stop disclosures they would vote down Brock's resolution and liis substitute : il not, they would vote for Brock's resolu tion. But bo could not be bribed from duty, and wanted a clean swoop, said employees of tho State Road, who were blood relations and incompetent, hud to employ aids who received an equal I salary. Tint was the way sorno of the I monthly • :i..mg** went: and Legislators, -kiiiionuey Kut” fight. I un Hccount vf l>lo«J relations,' foreoU the plllsioil of colored members I 1 he had I .V .i ••\citc l t.i , sworn to stippoit, protect and d lend the Fitzpatrick ofiVn | < '•institution "! Georgia, and a dm- n gaol : resolution, on relie [ f..r l.n official ...ith, etc. Tlm Governor. | Tweedy off ered u in liis last week’s message, unde, several _ voted down n l. v appointments, signing himself Governor, j polled colored me and whenever he had any purpose to sub- , mileage during the serve, lie siguH himself Provisional. | the previous un: - I'ahlwi II inquired wh it was the ol of riling thu the app o- t ussc.d Ills reso cd him 1. far Lack he would go to determine Lb relationship? Would he • o lu k to Adai [ Laughter. J Air. Iluugciford said ho was gene business agent for the road. He was v known in railroad circles, Mr. Iloleoinho wanted to knu Senator was employed by virtue latiouship or competency? Ilungorford replied that ho was known be competent, and was not, afraid to submit them to any great railroad man in Georgia, even tho celebrated Gainpboll Wallace. lie said all the accidents that hud hap pened ou the State Raud, were caused by the ignorance and carelessness of blood relatives of members of the Legislature. These accidents hail caused the loss of ten, twenty ami thirty thmmml dollar a nt a pop. Air. Brock interrupted lossy something but Mr. Burns entreated tho Chairman not t.» allow the Senator interrupted. He believed in fair play, und hoped these Ue- v» hipmoiits would bo allowed full play. Mr. Iliingerford was asked if lie was not ffixon a gold-headed cane by some of the sons and relatives of members to indue him to appoint them on the Road. lie commenced to explain, but the President ruled it out of order. Mr. Brock said ho had no relatives on tho road. Mr. Hungurford was glad of that, but lie knew there wero two or three hundred relatives of members who were employed. It was as impossible ns to fly for an out siilcr to get a position as a clcvk, unlow he was a son or brotbor, relative, or nrr, jiaiiicttlav fi ii in/, lie challenged contradiction of all bis remarks. Everybody knew, the Senators knew, tho public know, that they liking the Legislative offices a family ichino, the Slate Government a family iichino, every public office or gift a fam ily machine. An inside view of the work ings of these machines would cause tlio public to open their eyes. Ho spoke of tlio £21),000 that ought to bo paid into (lie Treasury. If tho Senator meant business, ho would meet him nnd have tho whole thing If lie meant child's play, and to whiten a par! nnd Idackon a part, he would find that il was no easy matt er to pul out a few Senators- all must go together. I In inti mated he would play Samson on them. If Mr. Brock's resolution was passed, lie would use all liis and his friends' influence with tho Governor to have it defeated. If only Senators were to be excluded, lie would bring all influence lo bear to make a clean sweep of the matter in putting out relatives. This would meet the approval of every body, scalawags a.id Democrats, niggers and white folks. IL' could tell a good many things about the State Road. Ho was not General BusiucKH Agent for nothing. Carpet- bagger. fresh from New England, were Ilda rs had read the •print'on act ot 1 stiff. It appioiati d in sums to the Marshal, Secretary of Semite, Clerk of the Hons* and is. Is the Marshal Secretary of the l** ? No such outrage and robbery as plated by this net would be tol- j any Northern State. Sovoutx- i dollars to Taylor, tho Clerk, should 1 ivnd, s« venty-livu dollars to Hams, the I Tycoon of Georgia, who with a wave of j his hand assembled tlio House, or bid it to depart. The gist of tho whole ques tion is tho 22d section of tho appropria tion act. Our nuistors aro anxious to pass this lovely suction, because it enables the Governor to rat the Treasury : enblcs him I.# give more foes to Democratie lawyers to curse Radicalism and support the Blodgett-Hulloek ring. Oil this section tlu-Governor, according to the Treasurer’s books, bad drawn over £1 iH.iMMiin twelve months, while previous Governors had nover drawn over £7,00i). Thirteen thousand had been paid as fees to Democratic lawyers: five hundred was paid to the editor of a Democratic* paper as a retaining fee, when it is said lie had not practiced law in ton years. Tho Trea surer had refused to pay tbo money on the warrants, thus saving tho money of the people. For this reason ho must bo got out of tho way. Tho present measure is not one of tho Republican party, but one ol tho Blodgoit ring. In regard to the investigation of tho State road, he pro posed t tint the Domoeruts select two, the Republicans two, and tlio Speaker one— the Ropuhlierus nut of the Blodgett ring should select tlio committee. A Senator informed him that n Democratic Senator was receiving four hundred dollars per mouth from tho State road. Blodgett's right hand man w as a Democrat. L< e interrupted him to know if Bryant thought turning off* Republicans and placing loyal men, “hoys in blue," in thoir places was right. Bryant replied ho had learned that tlio “boys iu blue" could bo as true to Geor gia in her hour of peril, us tho “boys iu gray." That he had learned that native < leorgiftiis could disgrace Georgia ns fully uh “boys in blue." (Applauso. > Simms made tho point of order tlmt no paper could be rend without permission of the House. This was done because Bryant was quoting from Senator Hungorford’s speech. Tho speaker referred to Senator Hiingerford’s expose of tlio Stuto road management. Spoakor McWhorter is not siipposud to know what blood relations of im-uibers were on tho road. The assis tant superintendent was a Democrat. Tho State road management can t bo charged on tho Republican party. It is a mongrel concern. If it was simply a Republican machine, any Democrat could be selected. Why is it that so many relatives or partic ular friends of members nro on the State Road, and w hy is it that when an impor tant incftHuro is before this body, tho su perintendent is on this floor and fre quently button-holing Democratic mem bers, when tho election of officers was pending? A member of this body was offered by the State road .uthorilies a po sition on the road :•* £’J no, jf lie would vole with them, i" Ids pay slcuml < ni- menco At once. a His offer ho spi* ed. 'J’ho soli of i. member who was en., yed there, was <!.- barged bccauso hi i ilier voted againsi Hio Bullock ring. Mr Guldv 11 wished to offer resolu tions, but various members tried to g t the floor, when Hrvunt offered them him self. Darnell opposed tlioir reading and the speaker ruled them out of order. Bryunt wanted the whitewashing com mittee. nud every oue who voted for such committee to ho made known to the peo- ,,k utYo .\ n by tin' i iov* nations in the > n*v not oth« iwi adopted. It-solu! ion t.J Speaker. THE OLD \YAI; i >• >, < ON THE S'j i According to pivvl.-.*..• the inevitable Aaron Alg. fyvtU ill the City Hall > • Several hundred •*|.i!, A hildr. n v. • 1 l-\ of the hale mid a sprinklu ,d..r Sj' • I'if 7. The tr RcjiuL Hich! very rich ' I Superintendent to p»y llioec men. m Adjourned (ponding Mr. Jl.’mpooclutill Hm wny limy wimt. d to put Ilungorford Monday morning 10 o'clock. Repor ' l Mr. Spoor's amendment to Brock's reso lution : Resolved, That the Superintendent of I A tho Western and Atlantic Railroad he di- j the reeled not to employ any perron upon the Road who lias not lived in the State five years, and paid all legul taxes required of them, including Stato, County nnd Muni cipal taxes. Resolved further, That the Superin tendent be roquirod not to employ upon tho Road any person who did not vote for Rufus B. Bullock for Governor. f gf-t ’his place nud appointments in his gilt, because ho would not appoint incompetent blood relations. A message from the JIouso announced •tirronee with tlio Senato rcsolu- to tho nay of members, officers, Mr. Jluugorford continued his remarks till one o'clock, und tho Sonato adjourned till to-morrow. House—Bryant having tho tloor on ad journment Saturday, on a motion to con cur iu tho uctiou of the Senate, on the ap propriation tax act, etc., resumed his portioi so.il'> oil the halcoin A ..on Alpeoria *i would takeaeoutlac ol evevy loyal mat tlm loss of limb •.;* 1 we had sent political I.:.Li-- , lo ton to represent i, . i: ws,.:i.«• j th- Lhiek men ,'.oval. .1 t-. p* • pi-lh-d colored nun from the L. and not the Democrats. Out of men in tho Senatd, only . : !i! Democrats, llow could v L turn out anybody ? weak-kneed Repuhli •, into tho hands of tho Democrat many Democrath piny into t). • Bullock—absent tbumselvcs u pretext or another. The h idin " *ati in Georgia—tlio brains of the ; .i n. tliu Uhief Justice—proclainn’t! in 1 a •• Georgia that negroes were ineligible, while another song was sung to tho colored men Lower Georgia. Tho Republican pa <\ first promulgated the doctrine; the | n*mo ends simply carried it out, lie read a long string of resolution j, which, for want of space, wo omit nt pr- cut. Ho said tho miming of Congress us they did Mio Georgia Legislature was “played out;" that thu Hulloek ring had played their last trick, nud lost. 'J'ho Constitution of Georgia had jievei been amended as required by Con; tv . ami Avticlo 12, which declarer, that to amend the Constitution requires a two thirds vote of two successive legislatures, and a submission of tlu* amendment m the qualified voters for final ratification. This had never been done. The striking out of tho relief sections was an amend mont. Ho alluded to tho cattle boxes used on tlio State Road for tho transportation of colored persons, demanding free moil's pay for slaves’ furc. | Applutiso. < >ne ex cited colored woman proposed three cheers and an oratigo.] J lo predicted tlio wiping out of all tlio officials on this road fort heir violation of tho civil rights hill. He made a prediction that. Blodgett would never occupy n seat in tin* United Stalls Senate, und that (L neral Sheridan would succeed General T«-ny. th* L. .«> »>. Fort Fisher, unless tho latter did hi. duty Blodgett uml Bulloe!: sttud: iu th- no-: trils ot Congress and W.idiington. Il half tho stories told by them were true, Georgia ought not to bo ndmitted into the Union for tlio next ten yem-. Throe persons told him, before tho as scudding of thin Legislature in January, tlmt Gov. Bullock did not wish him to cum**, us ho would be imprison" l or killed, ami he would pay him pci* month L> stay in New York. Was not the Governor guilty of felony under tin- act of Decern- Simms renewed his point of ordor and j *' t ‘ ; * u prevent l:i ; \ rtit sustained by tbo chair. Bryant replied that ho was stating what Hungerford had suid. Members might leny that it was his statement, and say lie was not good authority, but lie lmd tho right to use what ho said. He owed u duty to Georgia far above that ho owed to his party, or himself. Ho spoke ns a rep resentative, not as a partisan. Caldwell moved to lay the Senato r« so lutions ou tho table. Tho speaker rcoguized O’Neal ns en titled to the floor. O'Neal characterized tho speech of Bry ant as tho most extraordinary ever listened to. He did not tbiuk Bryant’s speech had much application to tho subject. lie took tho position that Bryant was not a leader of tlio Republican party. The con stitution is inactive. Every step taken by this body has boon under the supervision of Gen.‘Terry. Bryant. The gentleman says the act of Congress of December 22, INnff, set aside the Constitution of Georgia. Show tho law. It is not in tho act. O'Neal- Gen. Terry conics here under General Grant's order, as military com mand' r and Governor »>f Georgia. O'Neal contended that Georgia w s a provisional Stab* nud the Legislature . oulii not trans act general legislation. The Fourteenth Am 'nl:iient was declared valid before Congress knew that Georgia hod ratified it. Thai waft tho reason tho act of De cember, 1KCU, did not requira its ratifica tion. The speaker whs, at times, inaadi- blo, and made points which, though fail ing lo reach our ears, induced of applause from his side of tho houso. lio said tho Stuto Road ought to be sold und taken out. of politic*. Bryant—O'Neal states what ho knows to bo fulso when ho misstate* my argument. 1 did not intiiuute that myself and one or two others composed the Republican party. 1 insist upon the point of ordor, thut ho cannot proceed with his argument when he states w hut he knows to be utter ly false. pat urn? Senator Brock proposes t*» expel iuo.- o is likewise guilty of felony under that act, because I havo taken the oaths pro . Frofound urn some of the law yers in tho Senate. Tho LJtliAmomliaont to tlm Constitution of tlm United States provide* that “neither slavery nor invol untary servitude, except as a punishment for crime," etc. This sets aside all Sou- tor Brock’s boast of expulsion. These country lawyers should vmir New Sork or Boston and have a few shells kins Led off. Gov. Bullock, the paper, silk-sticking, kid-gloved Governor- whose bruins lay in xtreme rear part «*f the head—so far back us to incline the center of gravity to wards his heels- -talked of Ku-Klux. Why the Ku-Klux was Bullock’s body guard; but for Bullock's support they wouldn't exist; we re it not for this, tlio blacks would protection. Ho advised tbo la boring men to cultivate the friendship and cutcctu of tlumo to tho “manor born. Ho native of South Carolina, and was proud of it. (Enthusiastic negro woman shouted glory fordat.) Muscle was of no avail without land, and land unpvofitublo without muscle. There was mutuality "1 interest. lie was tired of feeding tho children’s broad to dogs. Let the 1)8,000 colored counties where they were i all colored men. Lot th Republicans elect tlu iis, i whero thoy predominated. Tho band played “Bail and other tunes. Two colored repot i**r> tho crowd, pencil h- baud. Universal regret w . • vj* absence of the chief on Slander Mill* as ho • >■ and could have .seen**;• ■-.* speech.—Atlanta ( on 4«*st, elect iiiti white . counties lu Chief" ■d »t tile i» cipbe d thu A Sau Francisco par* r ' lisb the particulais «•) im “there was iiothiug '•'*'; about the inode* of death. iginttl

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Weekly Columbus enquirer. (Columbus, Ga.) 1861-1873, May 10, 1870, Image 1