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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, APRIL 19.
The Radical Organ Quotes
esty.” •;»>{
‘Hon-
A Candid Answeb.—With sincere re
gret we are forced to admit that Georgia
has become quite a favorite resort and as-
sylnm for knaves of every description
[ Constitution.
“An honest confession Is good for the
soul."—Radical Organ.
The Radical organ should practice the
“honesty” It professes. The knaves al
luded to by Tns Constitution are “ polit
ical adventurers " and “ buccaneers ” of
the Radical party; bad men in high places
of trust; to such as these Georgia has been
been forced to grant temporary asylnm.
Even the “honest” processor garbling ex
tracts to salt the tastes of its readers, will
not assist the organ in hiding unpleasant
and demonstrable facta.
Georgia Bonds Baying Votes
Against tko Bingham Amend
ment.
The Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Despatch, telegraph the follow
ing to that paper:
RAILROAD BONDS ENDORSED BY
TIIE STATE OP GEORGIA HAVE
BEEN OFFERED TO SECURE VOTES
AGAINST TOE BINGHAM AMEND
MENT TO THE GEORGIA BILL. IN
ONE INSTANCE THIS CAN BE
PROVED. The Senator who wns to have
been influenced has declared bis intention
to vote for the amendment, and the party
proposing the trade was promptly exposed
to the friends of the Amendment.
This is clear and definite.
The charge is made in unmlstakcablc
words. No one doubts that there are con
gressmen who will take bonds or anything
else valuable for their votes. The cadet
ship matter is fresh; and no one in Georgia
doubts for a moment that Georgia State
money is being used in Washington to in
duce Congress to continue in power the
Radical dynasty now ruling the State.
Afraid to submit to an election, the Bul
lock faction seeks congressional aid to over
ride the very Radical constitution they
made, and deprive Georgians of the right
of election next fall.
Tho despatch quoted shows how our own
means arc coolly used to our damage.
Badical Falsehoods.
Hamilton, furtliersays that the “ Repub-'
lican party would never outlive the odium
Of a total abandonment of the colored race
In the South.” The connection of this state
ment, with the defeat' of the Bingham
Amendment, this sage Senator will have to
explain. But under any state of things, if
the colored race is to be in constant pupil
age to Radicalism, the fact is a stunning
condemnation to the elevation of the blacks
to political privilege. And if the Southern
white people are to be perpetually cruci
fied that Radicalism may keep Cuflee above
bis true position, the Radicals had better
quit their cant about humanity, and openly
own that they never expect the negro to
be capable, but they mean to use him just
as a means to keep themselves in power.
But the feature most conspicuous in this
fellow’s speech, as in all the tirades of his
ilk, is that Tax Repuclican Party seems
the grand aim of their talk. The interests
of the country are nothing; Right is noth
ing; Law Is nothing; hot the party and its
preservation are all.
When the future historian shall wearily
trudge through the interminable sea of
Radical utterance that belongs to this era
of reconstruction, ho will find that the
weal of the country was never the object
of these Radical saints; hat that faction
and its perpetuity were brazenly sought' at
the expense of everything worth having.
Hamilton’s concluding blast that the
Southern people were the most “blood
thirsty set of cut-tbroatsGod ever permitted
on this foot-stool,” while it shows him, as a
‘‘John Bice—Party Warfare
our astonishment to Coicnunieateil i •
with which men of Editor Constitution; Under this
Life Insurance.
It has often excited
see the recklessness
good sense in other matters invest in Life
Insurance.
This basin ess, all over the civilized world,
has assumed the most immense propor
tions, and the entire country, through all
its cities, towns, and interior, is occupied
by agents, embracing some of the best and
some of the meanest of men; some of the re p rescn tati T o, are asked to ostracise him
highest rank, as regards position, talents ml ] house of which he is the head!”
and birth, and some of the lowest in all This being news to me, a citizen and busi-
respects. The very intermixture referred ness man, I would he_ glad if the Cap-
to points at the most urgent necessity for tain’s paper would furnish the proof of its
the people to scrutinize, test, examine, dis- charge. I dislike “bare assertion.” Whew
R is rumored that the Right Hon.
Chichester Fortesaue, Chief Secretary for
TUISD DAT.
Dr. Love moved that-tho autographs of
Ireland, has been elevated to a peerage, ! CTrXrvwi
and will soon replace Earl Spencer as t“ c “ b<!rs J°! f ^ A»ociatton bo proser>cd
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Palmer will | ln J^e arelnves. Adopted.
replace tho former as Irish Secretary, and
Lord Hatberley becomes Lord Selborne.
Dr. Wright moved that a committeo of
three for this Association be appointed to
tion, “ Captain BJodgett’s ” paper of yester
day morning, emphatically charges that be
cause Mr. Jno. Rice, President of the Geor
gia National Bank, of this city, is in Wash
ington laboring vigorously for the defeat of
the Bingham Amendment, the business „ penuon hj ine licginamrc oi ukil oum-, i „ - . .—.. , , ;tt« ji
men of Atlanta, of whom he is an honored declare that the passage of a ten hourlaw ^oChair appo> Btc( l, as said committee,
• - - 1 ^-s. Wright, Blackshcar and Hinkle.
The following resolutions were also
Vessels passing and' repassing ' firom report upon tho resolution passed by tho
Liverpool to New York, on the Northern American Medical Association,- at its last
track, still keep watch for the City of meeting in Now Orleans, regarding the:
. ... . . license of practitioners of . medicine.
The manufacturers of Massachusetts, in .... *
i petition to the Legislature of that State, 1 " at q?u tC nl
Jeclare that the passage of a ten hour law I ^ ,,
would greatly embarass the industrial in- Urs. Wright, Blackshcar and Hinkle.
terests of the Commonwealth.
Efforts are being made in India to pnt a adopted:
stop to the ancient custom of destroying The appointment of a board of five mom-
female infants, and a bill for this purpose | f or the examination of those proposing
is now before the Council of Calcutta. So | to entcr on ^ practice . Alin, that the re-
month in 1869, and 13 per cent oTcr 1868.1
Cotton is the same as last yean Haber- 1 , F^thoGalrasUa N^
dashery increased 10 per cent; earthenware, ^-^ ^ iJXt/SUiei
5; hardware. 12; linen yarn, 18; linen «■— —>* *-—■--* • I™”
goods, 6; machinery, 21; iron, 26 (largely
taken for India); sick manufactures, 7.
Woolen manufactures augmented 2 per
cent, while yarns fell off 9. In tho imports
wheat arrivals, which wero chiefly from tho
United Stctes and Russia, increased 11 per
cent. Each of those countries sent 1,200,-
000 cwt Barley'and Indian corn arrivals
decreased. Cotton receipts wero 794,102
cwt, or more than double tlioso of January,
I860, when they were but366,001.
THE MESSAGE-
Uow tell her that I forgive?
T ^d^ 0 ^o‘ir g r hvc ucd that day -
I^Vnow how sudden
Would I had forjt jvcn j rot after all
“l‘k2o h WthM “ d *■“ * rl9CI,>
criminate, before insuring. Nor should
this vitally important investment be made
the strength of personal partiality or
friendship for the agent. The company is
the guardian we have to select for our fam
ilies, or our own old age, not the agent.
“Bat I have confidence in my friend, and
be tells me that his company is the best.”
Perhaps he thinks so; perhaps the com
mission dependant npon yonr insurance
makes him pretend to think so. Zook at
the facts. Demand proof. Ask for tie re
cord. Not such proofs as he may present
in bis own figures and calculations; hut
_ tho evidenced Andin -what manner is it
being done? And by whom? And when?
It will not do for'so veracious a paper as
that of the “ Captain’s ” to have a statement
of its own unsupported when the proof is
called for. Military men always support
their batteries!
If Mr. Jno. Rice, President of the Geor
gia National Bank,-of .'this-city, has leisure
from his legitimate business of Banking for
the commercial men of Atlanta, to remain
a month or two at Washington, and in com- thousand
iaDy with certain negroes of the Georgia years. Dr. Lancaster,
legislature, “ the Captain,5 His Excellency-
the Governor, et id omnegenus, for the pur
pose of using his great personal influence
Tho Latest News.
Gov. Morton's speech on tho Georgia
or too applicant snau do aae-1 ^ in f avor of cmpowcr ; n g too President
rtuuejimnoowusniuuu. i - , * . ® proper gene , * I to send troops South to suppress, disorders,
Cliief Engineer Meriwether, of the that he is twenty-one years of a o e » ™ without waiting for tho coll of Governors
Memphis- and Charl«ston railroad, expects studied medicine three years, one of which or & pre tty well understood
to start a corps of engineers, about the lQtM in some regular organized college whoso I. t tho President who
of May, on a preliminary survey ol a route curriculum ombrAccs adequate facilities for , ;ih - <• , j i n, e
I^atic, demonstrative *?d hospiUcal clin-1d^VhYm.a'ndthatheshould
^m£^ntev e nf C £ ) n me thn 1 u a ^ml quirements of tho applicant shall bo adc-
S n o?oScgirU“ ,t fUd. ten ‘“Hquatoproof - -S-
such as are official. Find out fhejertend todefeatthe “Bingham Amendment,” Ido
of expenses; the per cent.’of dividends; not'sfe what the husmess men of Atlanta
the amount of outstanding -obligations; have to do with .t, so long as their momed
the assets, In cash or
cial list showing how
if;anjJ ; jnoffl-
company stands
ruffianly slanderer of a noble people, yet ers, for, of course, every one wants the best.
falls harmless to the ground in the light of
the statement that he was born, raised, and
had voluntarily lived' all his life among
such a people.
Decoration of Confederate Sol
diers’ Graves.
Active preparations are going on In the
cities of the South for the decoration of
the graves of those who died in the cause
of the Confederacy during the war. We
notice in our exchanges that the memorial
celebration of this year, promises to eclipse
any thing of the kind yet. witnessed, and
a touching emulation is apparent all over
the country among the various associations,
to excel each other in making this occa
sion one of deep and memorable interest.
In this city, the 10th of May has been
designated for the anniversary. Although
nothing has yet publicly transpired as to
the steps taken by our citizens in the
coming celebration, yet wc feel assured
that the ladies of Atlanta, will not suffer
their fair sisters in other cities to excel , „ , _ . ,
them in their devotion to the memory of havo faiIel1 ' 15 ut y el j wc are convinced,
the Southern dead; and that the emblems and our judgment is backed by tho well
of immortality and the garlands ot faith matured opinions of some of the ablest
and affection will be strewn as thickly men of the age, that a prudently managed
overtheturf of tbdso who sleep in the and proper system of Life Insurance, is the
Cemetery of Atlanta, as any other spot of safest of ail financial institutions, for ob-
Southern soil, rendered sacred by their
ashes, and hallowed by the fair hand3 of
the women of the South.
transactions in the Bank are properly con
ducted! And I protcst that they have not
been asked to ostracise him, and call for .. (nhor butter
in all these respecters compared with oth- evidence to tho contrary! Will “Captain qJ," eral George P. Buell, late In com
Blodgett’s ” paper givcRto tho public?^ man(1 at Jefferson, Texas, has been tender
ed the position or engineer on tho Mem
phis and El Paso Railroad
tersville toajwinton the Alabama and I retraction r (rebels had deceived him and that he should
* toLp.™ ihsrcSuSrssSwn
om starvation in ten senes of ouctics, embracing not less than mutua , rcqucst of tho partics contested,
er, tho eminent coroner threo distinct subjects, which shall be pro- . ..-tended the timo for taking testimony
of Middlesex, said a few d*ys ago, wheei sented at tho opening of the next meeting, . 0 ~ Connor contested election
holding an inquest on a poor old fnmate of and taken up at tho pleasure of tho Asso- ® ‘ h .° contcStcd olecUon
St. Pancras work-house, aged seventy-two, L iation - ' case to September 1st. ,
who died from oxhaustiorg eonsequent on d" ' lnl - n _... ft i so .dooted—That tho A novel question has been submitted to
being allowed no food from 5 p. m. to 8 a. EcsoluUon. VHJMSO^ adopted inat too th() HouS() Forcl „ n Affairs Committee, by
m, that lie would infinitely nrefer a jaU to committee on credentials be authorized to John w Caldwell, formerly United States
awork-house. investisatetho list of members and roport Bl;i Mr. Caldwell has been
It is madness to say that one company is as
good as another; for,of the ono-hundred
and fifty companies in Amerie*,there are no
two whose figures are" precisely, the same
on any point In their history- jf-iuse, ex
amine, compare, before you are led by the
voluble agent to make, this all "Important
investment, upon whihh may hang the only
dependence of the loved ones around you,
of your own declining ige:
We believe, that to a certain extent, no
man can make a better investment in the
world. It is an Investment- which every
one should make, whether rich or poor.
And there are companies in the land whose
afiairs aro administered so ably and con
scientiously as to yield a first-class busi
ness investment, as safe nnd profitable de
positories of money,oven if they furnished
no insurance. The example of the Royal
Albert, the International and the Albion,
of England, and of several in America,
which have failed, should teach cafe and
prudence. Remember that three-fourths
of the companies that have been chartered
Wilson’s false assertion “ that there have
been more assassinations in the South
since Lee’s surrender, than there were men
lost in any batUe during the four years
of the war,” and which the individual
named Hamilton, of Texas, reiterated In
the Senate, with additional falsehood .at
tached, that Wilson’s estimate was far be
low the truth, is another fact proving the
unscrupulous and vindictive hate with
which the people of the Southern States
are pursued by a ravenous crew of party
wolves, whose only desire is to revel ln the
downfall of the nation.
Such creatures as Hamilton, whose de-
plorablo antecedents arc too well known
to need repetition, and.lwhosc character
nlone is a sufficient antidote against the
venom of his blatant tongue, aim to
achieve an unenviable eminence in cor
ruption nnd anarchy, by feeding the fires
of Badical fanaticism against the South,
and by a professed famiarility with the
country and Its people, seek to veil their
criminal Intentions under the guise of
statistical proof. Safe under the shadow
of the National Capital, he cries “persecu
tion” and “ blood,” and true to the Jesuiti
cal motto adopted by the Radical autocra
cy, that tho “end hallows the means,”no
falsehood, however great, no means, how
ever dastardly, no subterfuge, however
contemptible it may he, Is allowed to
escape from being pressed into tho service
of these defenders and abettors of ruin
and anarchy.
Hamilton said: He knew the people
there (tho South.) He was horn and
raised amoDg them; had lived all his life
among them, and they were the most
blood-thirsty set of cut-throats God had
ever permitted on his foot-stool.
He is not the first renegade who has
turned npon and defiled the country that
bore him; his are not the only beastly
fcngs that have rend the hand that nour
ished and protected in former days of peace
and prosperity.
After this triumphant and patriotic ef
fort on the part of the man Hamilton, it is
stated that Governor Bullock, of Georgia,
and General Clark, of Texas, shook hands
with him. “ Wo are a band of brothers,”
etc, etc. No doubt the public recognition
and hearty shake of the hand by such un
blemished patriots and disinterested friends
of the people as Bullock & Company have
been, must havo been exceedingly flatter
ing to the great Texan Annihilator.
And the Radical organ of this city calls
It an “able speech! ” So is Lucifer’s ad-
dress to the fallen spirits an “able speech,”
but the spirit It Inculcates Is certainly not
commendable. _ t± ■ . ■ -
Have the People any Bights?
Under this caption, the Charleston Cou
rier lias an ably written leader denouncing
the destructive and law-defying policy of
the Radical party, and, in illustration, cites
the case of Louisiana, where, for two years
past, the five Representatives to Congress
to which that State is entitled have been
kept from assuming the posts to which the
voice of the people called them, and all of
this in tho face of majorities given them, in
lawful ballot, of from five to twelve thous
and votes. The reason of this ontrageous
proceeding is that the gentlemen elected
were conservative, their defeated oppo
nents Radicals.
Baker (Radical) Chairman of the State
Board of Registration, stated, in the pres
ence of tho entire Board, that it was the
intention of the majority to show no faver
to the Democratic palty, and, to use his
own expression, “to crush them out if pos- , _ , , . .... . _ ,
affile.” And, again, at the conference of cultural Fair Association mil have a grand
the campaign committees or the two par- horticultural exhibition at the Fair Grounds
ties to secure, during the canvass, peace in Augusta on the 11th day of May, to con-
and harmony, General McMillan, one of sistof plants and flowers, cut flowers, fruits
the Radical leaders, openly declared that, and vegetables. Rev. Charles W. Howard
Tho Bidiculosity of Radicalism.
vious reasons. The examples of the tens
of thousands of policy-holders, whose
hopes wero disappointed, and the prospects
of many of whom were blasted by the fail
ures referred to, should teach the people
caution and circumspection. A life com
pany may operate for years after it becomes
insolvent, according to tho standard; and
there is nothing more certain, as the re
cords of the insurance departments show,
than that a large number are now on the
road to ruin. No sane man who has access
to the records of many of those companies
would invest a dollar for any consideration,
These facts should always be demanded
and proven. The outstanding obligation
the amount of assets; how much cash; how
much in notes of band; bow It is invested
the per cent, of expenses; the per cent, of
dividends; the per cent, paid to stockhold
ers ; the commission paid to general agents
the per cent, of mortality experienced;
copy of the charter.
Augusta Horticultural Exhibition.
Tho Cotton States Mechanics’ and Agri-
The Case of Georgia.
From the Chicago Trihuno (Radical) 1
Without dissenting from tho wisdom
and patriotism which have required that
every State heretofore readmitted into the
Union should first have elected State offi
cers and- Representatives in Congress of
the Republican pattern, we trust we may.
be permitted, without mortal offense to
the little people who make their living out
of politics, to doubt whether its interests,
or those of the country, require that Geor
gia, which has Republican officers, now,
should be kept out of the Union for fear
she may elect Democratic officers hereafter.
This is the exact quality of the milk in the
Georgia cocoanut, which is now being
tossed from the House to the Senate ant:
back. ''■» .
■ Mr. Butler says, ln substance: “ Tie the
present State officers into their chairs for
three years to come, which Is nearly three
years longer than the people elected them
to serve, and I am ready to readmit the
State. IT not. I go for keeping the State
out of the Union until it votes Radical on
the negro and reconstruction questions.”
And Mr. Sumner echoes the same sentiment
in the Senate.' As there is netbing left of
these questions now except the question of
the readmission of Georgia, everything else
having been settled by.the 15th Amend
ment, General Butler’s motion is not to let
Georgia come in until she hersell is willing
to vote that she ought to be kept out. We
confess that if this be sound statesmanship,
or decent workmanship, or anything else
that is “ship-shape,” wo fall to seethe sense
of it. It looks as if Butler and Sumner re
garded the reconstruction question as the
English lawyer did the chancery suit
which he beqnathed to his son, as a thing
that was never to he settled, decided, or
compromised, but which, having made the
fortuncxif himself, his father, and his grand
father, he desired to see handed down to his
grandson, and grand-grandson, as long as
any heirs mate remained in the family to
attend to it. . ... ;
The Tcadmlssion of Georgia will restore
the Union, and so far as the mission of the
Republican patty was to restore the Union,
its mission is ended. Bnt we have invet-
The General Conference of the Metho-
dlst Episcopal Church, South, meets at] safe in that section.
_ | in Americas on tho 2d Wednesday in April, ^ cn>
- 1 A movement will he made in the Ways
and Means Committeo of tho House fixing
the income tax at two and a half per cent.
Memphis, May 4. There will be about 400
delegates present.
Georgia News.
The. Americas Republican says fruit is| Documentary evidonco bcforo.ths House
Investigating Committed give basis for sliow-
- A new Presbyterian Church is to be built ing that the Howard University had been
In Newnan. * made a very profitable speculation through
The Macon Firemen are drilling for al«°. unauthorized use of ewvenmwBtr fmids
race and tournament. which belonged to the Frecdmcn s Bureau.
_ . , , The rebutting testimony in tho McFar-
A lodge of Good Templar^ to 1m known land casCj to ^ comme ncod by the prose-
Orleans and the Morgan Lino of Steamers, I ^li^nvon FVidav^ast 27 ’ or 8 an,zed in C ution probably on Monday, may place
from interfering with them, andhave com- Atoany onrriaay rase. quite a different aspect upon tho case. It
menccd {fork, Tho Savanna’ll News states that the Geor- j s Ported that they will prove that Rich-
There are one hundred and fifty-seven gia Teachers' Association meets in Savan- ^ , i ctter to Mrs. McFarland, already
scholars now^attending schools in Dirt | Sah during the first week in May. Sushed w« writto two mon& after a
The Augusta Constitutionalist chronicles virtual separation had taken place between
.. Late News.
The Chattanooga Railroad Compaby has
succeeded in enjoining the city of New
Town Valley, Ga. In proportion to the
nnnnlatinn wo will wairer that this beats- zne AUgn3UL^unsiuuLiuinuiaui;u.ui.ioi» virtual separation naa ian.cn pmeo
any It rip of 'count ry W in°G corg ia. 3 There death of Mr. J. P. Force, an old and Mr .a„d Mrs. McFarland; that a paper con-
are five good schools In this Valley. respected citizen of that city. taining articles of separation had ; been
The Rome fire department officers have h e Americus Bepnblican states: In the drawn up and signed by both parties in JJn
passed a resolution obliging both the fire I Zander case of Jowers & Windsor vs OH- presence of five witnesses, and that thesi
companies to try their engines andtoseat Te r, the jury awarded tho plaintiffs four I w ;tnesscs will now bo placed upon the
least rfnee a month. thousand dollars damages. stand to nrovo ik
win Nellie Patterson, a colored woman 103 In tho Senate, Mr. Wilson asked that
tore she wHl ld “ H W |. U b " d years old, was burned to death near Isom- time be agreed upon for a vote on tho Gcor-
Hon. R. II. Whitely, Senator elect, ar-| ville,Ga M on Friday. So says the Americas g ; a bill, and said the country was rapidly
rived at hornet in Bainbridgej Ga^ on the I Republican. I coming to tho opinion that Congress is too
lOtbinst. The Albany News says the Companions 1 slow in the transaction of public business.
He is at present confined to his toon I of Albany Chapter, No. 16, R. A. 1L are Tho President is represented by his friends
with rheumatism. ' making extensive arrangements for the to he opposed to delaying further the nd-
The gardens in and around Bainbridge, reunion and festival next week. mission of Georgia, but is anxious that tho
Ga,’ are very fine indeed. 1 1 a -----
le corn prospect in Pi
iod.
ah the Toledo, Ohio, Cuuk.vmivubi uw-i scare oi vteorxia, vtuv uaoww*. *»>-"* i a——— — , -
trlct, Dr. Peck, Radical, is elected to Con- that city for tho past two years, has moved whole State out any longer,
gress by a majority of 2,787 over Mr. Hill, to Savannah. Tho Committeo on Military Affairs will
the Democratic candidate. This majority , r „ onri nn , nn - has ca ii for a meeting finish Logan’s army hill at tho next mcet-
was the result of running an independent : on^hl mbInrtant, to organic ing. They havo decided to make numerous
l that Mr Sam hc Young Mcn’s Eopubllcan CentraTciub changes, but will leave tho pay table as
Distributing Plow which is said to be the thing? Discussion on the tariff bill will occupy
most ingenious machine of the day. It The Newnan Herald says: Mr. Oglesby, all summer. .
distributes anything. It will drill wheat, agent for The Constitution, who recently Dr. Bliss, when before Butler’s^ suo
cotton seed, oats, or any grain, and it is passed through the counties of Bartow, committeo some time ago, testified that he
claimed that it will plant corn. As a gu- pi 0 yd, Polk, Paulding, Carroll and Camp- knew of no attempt at bribing or otherwise
ano distributor it is a most excellent ma- bell, informed us that the wheat crop in all influencing members of Congress or other
chine. A patent is applied for by Mr. | the counties named, is very promising. officers of tho Government
*phe News states that at a meeting of the Mr. Riddle has apologized to the Supreme
Tosco eachncw-cla-1 scml as Beaten,
Anil to question if there be
A tokofl for her amour the rest,
Or a word of love from me 1
Lust night X would have sent It to her,
But just as I stooped to speak
In the dying baby’s car—ho died I
The word wero easy to take..
And I know that if still the sea goes over
Her upturned faoe by tho wreck.
She questions each white, white face that smiles
From, the ships above that break I
But tho ships at onr wharves—I look them over—
They seem so strong and so gay.
Hot one will ever go down X know.
And the y ears aro slipping away I
MOLLIE K. HOOBK.
THE BEAUTIFUL LAND.
Thera are brighter skies than theso l know;
‘ Land, where no shadows lie—
Fields when immortal flowers bloom.
And founts that are never dry:
Thera are dooms where tho stars aro never dim.
When tho moon forever gleams.
And the music breath or the radiant hills
Swoons over tho crystal streams—
For often I have caught in tho time o( sleep,
A gorgeous glimpse of tho hidden -'cop.
Away to too land of dreams.
"When night lets down her pall of mist
On slender cords of air.
And tho purplo shadows of dying day
Aro teeming everywhere;
While unseen fslrles chant a lay
In tho lllly’s silver cells.
And the solemn voleoor the harmless winds
Breaks up the dreary fells:
I know by the cry of my soul within,
TUcro's a place where they shut the gates or sin.
And the God of glory dwells.
Tho wall of the wind, tho river’s voice,
Tho arch of western hill.
The beauty spread on the living earth,
in slumbrous twilight, stills
The yearnings or each human heart.
Fora boll
A higher HI
Hearing tb« wui uivuu i
Ah. suroUicrc mnst be a land,
W here the whito-robed millions ransomed stand
Chanting their songs sublime.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE. .
Monday, April 18,1870.
Pursuant to adjournment the Senate was
called to order at 12 si. by President Con-
Prayerhy Wesley Prottyman.
On motion of Mr. BROCK tbeSenatc ad
journed until 12 o’clock m. on Wednesday
next.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, April IS, 1870.
Pursuant to adjournment, tho House of
Representatives, at 12 M., wa» called to or
der by Speaket R. L. McWhorter.
Prayer by Rev. W. P. Harrison.
DARNELL, of Pickens, moved tint tho
House take a recess until 12 u, Wednesday
next.
SCOTT, of Floyd, suggested that there
wero some new members present,* who
should be sworn first.
The Speaker replied that he would rule
that they were entitled to pay from the
first day of the session.
Mr. SCOTT—Pay is not the object of tho
members on this side of tho House, though
it may be tho consideration on tho other
side.
The motion to adjonm prevailed; tho
Republicans voting almost unanimously
for it—the Democrats not voting.
Senator Hamilton, of Texas, whose ad
mission into Congress was hastened that
he might help kill the Bingham Amend
snent, has shown this fact by making
most bitter speech against it. Some of his
statements aro so broadly preposterous
as to carry their own antidote. It seems
that our patriotic Governor paid him pert
the purchase money of the blast with a
email installment of thanks on the spot.
Hamilton declared that the adoption of
the Bingham amendment would be Iks
death l-nell of the Bepnblican party in every
Southern'State.” If this wild conclusion,
Instead of being a simple fusillade of illog
ical fustian, to a truth, and the Republican
party can be killed where it has so ingeni
ously labored foT five years by the mere
tact of permitting Georgia to have an elec
tion as allowed by onr Radical Constitu
tion, then indeed has Radicalism labored to
little purpose, and deserves to have Its
“death knell” sounded.
Verily, Radicalism to folly, and Hamilton
is its prophet.
Bnt Hamilton don’t believe what he
juid. It was necessary to scare the party*
andjie yelled “wolf” lustily,but ridicu
lously-
His statement that since Lee’s surrender
the political murders in the Sonth exceed
ed the number killed in any one battle of
•the war, to another falsehood, so preposter
ous as to deceive none, even the most cred
ulous. With rigid circumstantiality have
-the Southern disorders been detailed, while
hundreds that never occurred have been
-fabricated. Yet more murders occur ln
one large Northern city in one month than
any Southern State in twelve months.
nnless “the entire policy of the Radical
party was accepted, nothing could he dona
in the interests of peace and order.”
“To crush them out, if possible”—aye,
that’s the word l What rights have the
people of the South, that Radicalism is
bound to respect? If they will not bend,
break them. “Unless they accept the en
tire policy of the Radical party,” why, let
anarchy reign supreme; let loose the dogs
of war and rapine; keep the old fires of
Smlthflcld trimmed and burning, and for
get not tho liberal spirit of the Salem
witch-burners., “Who Is afraid!” cries
every petty satrap, every cros3-road whip
per-in- of the great Radical hierarchy,
ho flourishes his knout in tbo face of out
raged law, and violated humanity. Sure
enough, why should they he. Trifling oc
currences, no larger than a gnat, compared
to the enormous villainies daily practiced
in tho so-called loyal States, arc inflated
by hired scribblers to the size of elephants,
and thus dispatched and retailed for the
edification of horrified readers, North of
Mason and Dixon’s line. Cries of fraud
and murder; of lawlessness and rebellion,
are pealed into the ears of a Congress, ever
ready to uphold the wicked strong at the
expense of the Innocent weak.
The bayonet and the sword aro tho only
alternatives given to tho people, as a choice
between outrage and submission. Valid
elections are set aside by a simple stroke of
some autocratic pen. Bad men are hoisted,
at the point of the bayonet into posts of
honor, profit and power, against tho ex
pressed will of a majority of the people;
and expressions of ill-will, and demands
for justice on the part of tho people, are
chronicled as the mutterings of incipient
rebellion, and held up as evidences of
their incurable insubordination, and the
necessity of further Radical legislation, in
order to “crush them out.”
Richard Everett, a colored man who has
taken the stump In Louisiana against the
rule and ruin party, and who has evidently
fallen very far from Radical grace, uses the
following argument In favor of peace, law
and order:
u jjy argument is In the first view, to
protect onr friends at home, cad try to live
together as a band of citizens and people
has been selected as the orator of the day.
Tho editor of The Constitution acknowl
edges tho receipt of a special invitation
from Mr. E. H.-Gray, the Secretary of tho
Association, and will try to bo represented
Hon. t?) Richard H. Whitely.
Editor Constitution: This loyal individ
ual is still in Wasbingtob, trying to get in
as United States Senator from Georgia. I
propose to give your readers a short ac
count of his military career during the
erate and profound contempt lor that ob
structionist class of mere partisans who,
having made something out of the war,
would fain keep rebel animosities and dis
content alive, under the apprehension that,
when they are mustered out from service
against the rebels, they will be discharged
from political life altogether, as having no
capacity for anything else. Such politi
cians rightly suspect their incapacity and
the people should take them at their word.
When the reconstruction question has,
like the negro question, been settled, as it
will be by the admission of Georgia, the
chief duty of the Republican party will bo
to restore the prosperity of the country
from the low stage to which it was brought
by the devastation and destruction of. the
war, and, at the same time, to enhance. the
national credit, not only by a judicious and
Wise revenue system, but by absolute con
cord and revived and enlarged commerce,
and fraternal feeling between the sections
lately at war. The pretence that the rebel
States are a smouldering volcano If a dead
ly assault upon the national credit, as well
as a political untruth. It i3 the first duty
of the Republican party to stamp under
foot every misguided effort to keep alive
the animosities of the war, now that the
ballot to fiifaly and irrevocably secured to
the emancipated race.
Suppose the Democrats carry the next
election in Georgia, as they arc very likely
to do, under the present provocation, what
harm will result to the State, or what rea
son will that fact, if it could be predicted,
furnish why the State should not now be
readmitted? None whatever! We know
the silent omnipotence of the ballot to se
cure kind treatment by the politicians to
wards those who need it. what If, in the
» wa - vesterdav commenced in the The News states that at a meeting oi me air. inuaie nas apoiogu^xne ^muuan i»nuer says *. Aiuerman
United States^Circuit CoS?™of^New York Fire Department of Savannah, it was re- Court for attempting to foist on it Aaron lias been elected Tax Collector or Brooks
by the English shareholders of the Erie solved to issue special *° Alpeoria Bradley.
Bail way, against Gould, Fisk and Lane^of | Chiefs ofp^partmente ^Charle.ton^ An- j — -J—
Hip Tfrlp direction -1 gusto, Macon, Atlanta, Rome and Colum-
T?W. Grimes, Esq., will deliver the ad- bus. to join in their annual May-Day cele-
dresson the occasion of the soldiers’ grave | bration.
decoration, in Columbus, Ga., on the 26th.
Milwaukee received 20,000,000 bushels
. grain in 1S69.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says: We The wheat crop in upper East Tennessee
A S Al_ _ A tl.. ,1nn/ T 1itOK 1 - .... ” * -
national military police lor tne &ontn “ on Wednesday night from the injuries no t a direct result of the position of the
preserve law andoidcr. He appeared received ^ ^ sun in regard to them; the French bean
favor tho new Radical policy, which is|received. I turosfrom riglrt toleftl thehop from left
with his own experience...
a correspondent of the Rural New Yorker
4. fUllnnrinrr nnnpIllsifinC!
“late unpleasantness,” as I had the honor .wards those who need it. wnat ii, in me
the same command State at large, the Democrate, former slave
of serving four years in the same command
with him.
Early in 1861, he wps a rabid secession
ist, and volunteered in the“ Hardee Rifles,”
Capt. Hugh M. King, from Bainbridge, Ga,
which was company H,6th regiment Geor
gia Volunteers. He soon distinguished
himself (?) by seeking the position of
Judge Advocate (or recorder) of all the pet-
ourts martial in our command, and it
,\as a notorious fact that no matter how
black the offense, by greasing his palm
with a sufficient quantity of Confederate
currency, the criminal could go scot free.
He always managed to be detailed on some
such duty whenever the regiment was en
gaged, and on one occasion, at Kennesaw
Mountain, lie was put in command of the
outpost pickets and videttes, very near the
enemy. The climate was rather too warm
for liis loyal heart, and he was too full of
the milk of human kindness to want to
hurt the hoys in blue. So he quietly went
to sleep half a milo to the rear, and left Uto
responsible position in charge of the gal
lant Capt. Hester; of Augusta. Ga. Our
brigade commander (Gen. J. K. Jackson;
reprimanded him severely.
Afterwards, at the bloody field of Jones
boro, Ga, he could not control his coward
ly legs, and ran clear out of the fight. Wo
found him far in the rear, snugly hid away
in a fortified pit, with the infirmary corps.
Here he would undoubtedly have been
cashiered for cowardice, had he not. by
boot-licking General S. R. Gist, obtained
leave of absence, ana never rejoined his
command, except to he paroled, In North
Carolina, and come in for a heavy share oi
the wagons and mules given to his com
mand, which he afterwards sold to a great
advantage to himself.
In the above statement of facts, many of
my old soldier comrades, in the gallant old
5th Georgia, will readily recognize the
character of this Major Whitely, who is
tryin” to palm himself off as one of the
“trooly loll.” A deeper disgrace could nev-
policy. _ _
gradually developing for policing the | Mr T K> Oglesby, the genial and popu- j right; and ^common bryonyEither way.
South with an armed force. I lar Agent for The Atlanta Constitution, I sheen that are not more than six years
I called on us one,day this week., Mr. O-1 o]d w „{ > cut w closely with thete teeth that
pay to
r. -. , .. -• I popularity of The constitution.—oew-1 <r ra jn for sheep.
lues, and places them under the - Govern- j Ueraid. ^ ia recognized as ranking
tnent control, prohibiting at the satne time _ tiirtilv a s a fertilizing crop. Professor
any other lines from being worked by pri- The Savannah Republican says that •"-“‘y s . n . of the Royal Agri-
vate parties or corporations. It proposes carter Couturier, formerly an employee ’ ccra^^ 1 . . En „i an( ], in 1868, said
to connect the lines with all post-offices, ln tho Augusta Post-office, and charged cmturai^oc i.y experiments made
and provides for a cheap rate for messages. with breaking open a letter and embezzle- Jf "^’ r croD of c i ove r removed
A similar bill is pending in the Senate. SSSt, was sentenced to pay a fine of fifty s f ^ tA Rnil aD^ared tolncreasc iu wheat
The Senate Political Disability Uommit- dollars and costs, and he imprisoned f’ 1 caiSwUties From thil as well as from
tee. rather than wait for a general amnesty months in the Chatam county jail, by the capabilities^ p ro fessor, together
Southerners.
A memorial of Cyrus W. Field was pre-
un'dertaketh'e^la^teg^o^atelegr^ihfc'cable I [grants passed through our city a few days I 'IouTm Possible SS
Nhw York, haspnr ch asc§ r a”large tract ofo f nitrogenous “ a **:J
.jasKs^asassawg SSfSS&sS
Dr.Thomas, of Savannah, offered tho fol- propose to colonize with 6turdy emigrants gow with wheat, or better still, work
lowing resolutions, which were adopted: [ from Germany. • I thoroughly in the autumn, and next spring,
Resolved, That we tender to Dr. J. M.j ’ sow with barley and follow with wheat.”
Green, President of tho Blind Asylum, Ma- Fact. j n places they have a somewhat
con, Ga, and the superintendent and offi- _ .. . 11,1™. w vn ted $140 - novel method of treating tomato plants,
cersof the same, our most cordial thanks I Dallas county, Alabam^ has voted ^iw, novm raeroo^ frutt of a ~ excellent qual-
for the very interesting exhibition of the 1000 to the Selma and New Orleans Road, j r - ipen3 early. The stems aro cut
attainments of the scholars of the institu
tion.
Proceedings of the Georgia Medi
cal Association.
From the Macon Journal. 1
SECOND DAY
, itv which ripens early L
t . a large number of dams have been swept 0 ff down to the first cluster of flowers
Resoived, That this Institution is deserv-c^^^y^c^®®^” 1 tho Eastern part °f ™.’ aa j S tjitoto^lone
ing' of the most hearty support of our Fond du Lac county. flv “ timcs successively. By this means the
State. . _ . I a German committed suicide at Portage plants become stout dwarf bushes, not over
Resolved, That vro recommend that the] “ d ” y ‘jagf WC ek, by leaning against lus I eighteen Inches high, and they arc kept
ftS525°S l 5f.%SiSaS Sun. And firing it off with tho ramrod. ertet in the rows by s.icks_ or _s rings. A
professional men throughout the State take J J .TT7'
some interest in hunting up all the blind 6 un i and firing
children, and sending them to this Institu
tion for education.
. _ , very "Simple method and ono that can easl-
Tho earnings of the Iron Mountain Rail- hy & accomplished. The tomato is con-
— „ , „ road for tbo month of March, amounted to Uuiered a luxury and anything that will
Tho Committee on Nomination reported - g8 g26 62 an increaso 0 f $46,327 62 over improve the fruit will doubtless bo inter-
B?HP Campbell, President. the corresponding month last year. “fedlSSTgwS ^following receipt
Dr J G Thoma 3 , First VieePr^ment. The citizens of Platteville, Wis., expect I fordoing up shirt bosoms:
Dr G G Crawford, Second Vico Presl- to be running to that place, on the “Take two ounces of fine white Rum
dent. — ' Dubuque and Milwaukee Road, by tho 1st I arable powder, put it into a pitcher and
_ _ * I rvnna. <1 nin? rtP tTilirfl rtl W&L
of June.
Dr J E Biacksbear, Treasurer.
Dr R P Myers, Permanent Secretary.
Dr W C Musgrove, Corresponding Sec-
that had been raised and lived together for e ]l‘be"put on the good people of theEm-
wearj—that it wonld be best to support pire state of the South than by admitting
those whom wc knew and who had treated this monstrous humbug, as one of her U.
us kindly, and would treat us kindly in S. Senators.. Shades of Berrien and Col-
thc future; that our former masters would
like to have our labor; that we would be
useful to them and they would he useful to
us; that they have always done what was
right; tbatthey held us as slaves because
it was the law, and when-the law said that
slavery should exist no longer, they agreed
to that law as law-abiding citizens, and
that it was best to abide with them.”
Ah, Richard! we axe afraid love’s labor
is lost, as long as the Badical party finds
it necessary to keep the flames of fanati
cism and persecution alive throughout our
fallen country, in order that the power
and exchequer of the nation may remain
in the itchy palms of its leaders. Wc shall
have to ask the question: Have the people
any rights? for some time to come, ere it
can be answered in thcaffirmative.
Tho West Point Shield states that the Cth
of May has ho«n decided on for the SuDday
School celebration in that town. A fire
men's parade takes place on the same day.
quitt forbid I
One of the 5th Ga. Rio.
Lady Jueors Saying theib Puatees.—A
little circumstance connected with the late
term- of court, comes to onr knowledge,
which we are inclined to make public, even
at the risk of betraying confidence. Dur
ing the long and tedious Howie murder trial
the jury (of whom one-half were ladies)
were not permitted to separate and go to their
homes, but were, under tho charge of bail
iffs (one lady and one gentleman), taken to
the hotel for their meals, and lodging was
provided for them in the adjoining par
lors, each under the charge of their bailiff.
And here, every morning during the trial,
upon arising from their beds, these ladies
kneeled together, and, like the child Solo
mon, asked wisdom of God to enable them
to properly and wisely discharge the’.r new
and arduous duties. While their male as
sociates'were engaged in boisterous mirth
and trifling levity, they, with the full con
sciousness of tho responsibility resting upon
them, wero seeking aid at tho throne of the
Allwise.—Laramie Sentinel.
owners and ex-rebels have a majority ? In
many of the counties, the two parties are
evenly divided, and in not a few, the Re
publicans, most of whom are black, are in
the majority. To cater to and win the col
ored vote in these, politicians of every
grade will soon learn to treat tbo black
man with decent respect, if not with gen
uine kindness, at elections and elsewhere,
throughout the entire State.
No more is needed. It is not essential
to the peace of Georgia that the black
minority shall rule the white majority for
ever. It is not consistent with manliness
and dignity in Republicans to plot for or
abet that antt-republlcan outrage. The
blacks of Georgia, being confessedly in
the minority in numbers, in property, in
intelligence and in capacity for govern
ment, have not the audacity to ask or ex
pect to govern the State. It would be a
threefold outrage against the rights of the
majority, the interests of the tax-payers,
and the rule of intelligence to coerce the
State to submit to their rule by Congres
sional legislation. Again we urge that
the State of Georgia be promptly admit
ted without conditions, and the Union rj
stored.
Fact and Incident.
George Sand is very All..
There are 19,000 noisy children in Mont-
S °A nmv^bat for ladles is called the “Frou-
Frou.”
Pongee parasols will be en regie this
spring — _
Bordered handkerchiefs are now consld-
^CWax^son is named Schuyler Dent
Colfax.
Some of the Southern States are be*ining
to cultivate China grass, to be used as a state enj
substitute for silk.
London scientific men are divided on the
subject of the safety of the use of laughing
gas as an anesthetic.
The father of the authoress, Virginia F.
Townsend, died at the New Haven, Con., - 0
poor house, last week. Ishow of authority, thereby fieeciDg “*e ^at cheap politicians suppose them to be.
^Divorces are becoming expensive in In- '.publtc, aud casting reproach npon the pro-1 p p rr
diana. One in Clay county, recently, cost ifession, and . The system of delivering letters by car-
’ ” Whereas, It is the opinion of this Asso-1 T ; eTS which has now been in practice in our
ciation, an act of simple justice to the reg- cities for several years, has failed to
ular profession, that they be allowed to say, . ,, , aC0 of tbat of nr i Ya te boxes, as
ula d r t memter^'°a r nd who V are °m^ “nter- *<• was expected to do. A report just made
lopers claiming to be of our household, but to the House of Representatives by the Post-
not of our faith; therefore, be it mastcr-General shows that the rents paid
Resolved, That a committee of three be for boxes, since the delivery system was in-
appointed by the President to memoralize traduced, have increased rather than dimin-
the General Assembly ot the State of Geor- ; s b e d thus proving that a considerable por
gia to enact such laws amendatory of the ti on of the public prefer the box system,
present existing statutes and laws, 03 will % v . .. ■ .
enable the Medical Board of Examiners] Anotuek Longevity. There is.living in
for the “ Allopathic School ” of medicine the neighborhood of Dumfries, Prince Wri
ter this State, to draw with authority the liam county, Va., the widow of arevolu-
line of demarkation between the regular tionary soldieT—Mrs. Chloe Flatford, who
graduates and licensed practitioners of our ^ rc ached the unusual age of 115 years,
school, and the imposters who impose upon gj, c en ; 0 y S aoo d health, but is very deaf,
the masses under false pretences. \.. J : a Knmow hat imnaired.
pour a pint or more of water, and then
. having covered it, let it stand all night. In
A New “Yankee Notion.”—A diseaso t he morning pour it from the dregs into a
re n ry weu„i, TwnSi™ Alter I called tho ‘‘clam cholera" has made its ap-1 clean bottle, cork it and keep It for use. A
Dr W S Holt, Orator, Dr Cooper, Alter-1 _ carance with fatal c fl- cot ; n Connecticut.J tablespoonful of gum water stored in a
The above named gentlemen were unan- The matter is very properly to ho officially j either white or printed^
Imously elected. investigated. , of newn ess, when nothing else can
The following gentlemen were appoint- 1 ' ' 1 * * * • ’
ed delegates to the American Medical As
sociation. ' _ „ „, ,. .
Dr W A Green, Sumter county; DrS G subject ry.'t thereto: •
White, Baldwin county; Dr H H Smith, Kansas, to accompany the bill reported, de- x have rea( i a gcorc 0 f articles asking ter
Screven coubty; Dr T S Powell, Fulton daring all sales null and void, and provid-1 a £ u n r0 for hard milkinK anl ) s i ow milking
county; Dr Ii D Arnold, Chatham county; I j n «p for the return of money paid to any c0 ws. The answer is, “ It is said tho
Dr Juriah Harris, Chaurnm county; Dr W 0 jg ccr 0 f the United States, in pursuance of knife can be used safely and successfully.”
H Doughty, Richmond county; Dr f A a assumc( i sales, it being asserted that [ assert there is danger in the use of the
Mims, Screven county; Dr EJRoartbiui- r utl ■ ^ the United States to said tract knife to open the orifice. This is my an-
ton county ;_Dr Ed E Newton, Clark conn- . . t0 lU ” q UC8Uon , - ii ow shall I cure my
or to any part or it bard milking cows?” Take a clean, smooth
At a meeting of the American Colomza- knitting needle wire, No. 16, heat it red
ty; Dr G E Sussdorf, Bibb county,
Dr. Lowe offered the following, which
was adopted
m. J tion Society, held in New York on last Sun-1 hot, (use a candle atyourside. and heat
Whereas, There are ^many within this | j al. . nnAn <wiAmanf tpab iIiopa I oitnnhnnA frnm thn p.mh nmT hiim Ant
connected with the same, not licensed nished to send them. This does not look as 0 -
practitioners of-medicine, yot claim, to be if the mission of the Colonization Society
of the regular school, and practice under were ended, or its occupation gone. Nor
an Interned Bevenue License, or some such does ; t look as if all negroes were the fools
$361. The ordinary price is twenty-five
dollars. :
It is a late literary discovery that the
only prophet literally translated was"El»-
jali.
Mrs. Caroline Neil is now a Judge of
the Court ot Oyer and Terminer In Wyo-
mine-
Francis Deak, the .eminent Hungarian
statesman, has addressed a letter to Louis
Kossuth, asking him to return to his
native country, and to let bygones be by
gones.
The King of BelgiOm, although quite a
young man. has perfectly gray hair since
the death of his little son and heir, and so
has the young Queen. ,
Dabney, Morgan & Co. caution the pub
lic against negotiating the Kansas Pacific
first mortgage seven per cent, bonds num
bered 677. and Nos. 3310 to 3350, inclusive,
and Nos. 6001 to 6020, inclusive, the same
having been fraudulently obtained.
Somebody has dramatized the “ Cata
houla VendetUv”. in which the Liddels and
Joneses, of Louisiana, were the antagonis
tic bouses.
The Griffin Star announces the death ol
xn« Emms Huff, daughter of Deputy Mar
shal Huff, in that city,
Whereupon the Sdlnt^inted W. her W«Sri.t «™«^t «»p.ared.
A. Love, SlQ. Crawford and J.Ie. Black- Sh .® ha s lost all her teeth, bnt has a thick
shear, fl committee to memorialize the suit of gray hair. Her memqjry is good.
General Assembly of the State. She says st;e was a grown woman the time
Dr. Harris, of Savannah, moved a sus-jcf the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at
pension of the rules ter the purpose of Yorktown. She is in the receipt of a pen-
reading communications from the Trus- s ; on f rom tho United States government,
tees and Faculty of the Atlanta Medical I and j s Ter y comfortably cared for. The old
College, Carried. , , lady both chews and smokes tobacco.
The Secretary then read several letters J 1 .™. . . ,
blood runs—no soreness occurs. I have
known it to be tried, and never knew it to
fail. Don’t wring or twist the needle-
straight in and straight out, quickly, are
the directions. If you wish to use a larger
or smaller needle, do so, but not so large as
to make the cow ipse her milk- *
A wet April speaks woll ter fru't.
Expect a dry summer when rain falls on
Good Friday.
Should it thunder in April, the hoop has
its bounds. , .
A wet April brings a dry June, but a dry
April brings both a wet June and a wet
summer. . „
Moisture and warmth in April are sure
signs of a fruitful year and an excellent
harvest. . ... .
Like the weather is when the cherrtca
blossom, wili it be at tiie time when the rye
and the grapes bloom.
April, tike many men, whose aspect is
severe and heart most kind, even when
most boisterous is most engaged in doing
^When beautiful weather at Enter is sent.
received from the said college.
On motion, the Association adjourned.
British trade exports increased $1,600,-
000, in January .above the total of toe same
A Connecticut woman ate a bushel of
roastoj oysters ter a ten-dollar wager. Tho
man to whom she was. engaged disappeared
mysteriously from his hoarding-house the
same night, and a person answering his des
cription was noticed baying a through ticket
far California.
Georgia Nows.
The Quitman Banner saysT. Alderman
county.
The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel says
the railroad war in that city Is getting to
be decidedly rich.
The Macon* Telegraph and Messenger
states that Mr. Frnuk Ross shot a little lin
ger from one-hand of Mr. Emil Brown, yes
terday afternoon, in Binswangcr’s saloon.
Tho Savannah News says Mr. Bryan
Sneed, who was badly injured two months
ago by a switch engine in that city, died
from his injuries last Thursday.
The Telegraph and Messenger states that
Policeman Win. Wryc wasshot and nearly
killed by a negro named Lewis Turner,
whom lie was attempting to arrest for dis
orderly conduct, a few nights since, in Ma
con.
The Augusta Constitutionalist says, tiie
store and contents of Mr. M. Kcmpncr, a
merchant of this city, were totally destroy
ed at Sawdnst, on the Georgia railroad, be
tween 1 and 2 o’clock, Friday morning.
Loss $8,000; partially insured.
The Savannah Advertiser say a dastard
ly outrage was committed on the person of
a little mulatto girl nine years old by a ne
gro named Nero Williams, one of the
Broadbakcr murderers, near that city, re
cently. He has been arrested.
The Savannah Advertiser, of tho 17th,
says: James Wayne Moore, formerly of the
firm of Drummond & Moore, was arrested
yesterday, by Officers Peyton and Fox,
upon warrants issued by Justice Wade,
charging him with larceny after trust del
egated, and with forgery.
The Savannah Republican savs that ad
dresses are set down for Hon. H.W. Hil
liard, of Augusta, Hon. Solomon Cohen, of
Savannah, and B. Sears, D. D.. Agent of tho
Peabody Educational Fund, before tho
Georgia Teachers’ Association, to bo held
in Savannah, on the 3d, lth, and 5th of
May.
The Columbus Sun states that a yonng
man named George Johnson. 18 years old,
was bit by a rattlesnake, in Uchce swamp,
on Thursday. The snake measured, after
being killra, three feet and some inches.
Johnson, on Friday morning, was still
alive, and hopes of bis recovery was enter
tained.
Religious.
From the Protestant Churchman News.)
The following facts in reference to tho
comparative growth of tho Protestant Epis
copal Church are taken.from tho census of
the State of Now York: “Between tho years
1856 an>l 1865, in the item of communi
cants, the Baptists, of all sorts, lost 2,393,
or two and a half per cent; tho Friends,
2,325, or forty-three per cent; tho Presby
terians, of all sorts, 3,401, or threo and
three-quarters per cent; tbo Univcraalists,
641, or fourteen por cent; the Unitarians,
626, or thirty-eight per cent. On the othor
hand, tho Congrcgationaliste, in communi
cants, gained 2,049, or eight per cent; tho
Methodists, or all sorts, 68,901, or four and
a half per cent; the Roman Cotholics, 11,-
694, or four and a half per cent; tho Pro
testant Episcopal Church gained 76 church
es, 84,515 sittings, 1G.605 in usual attend
ants, and 17,178 in communicants, or fifty-
two per cent These aro facts from tho
impartial census report
There are thirteen different branches of
the Presbyterian Church in this country.
They are distinguished as tho Reunited
Preshy terian Church, the Cumberland Pres
byterians, tho Southern Presbyterians, and
tho United Presbyterians. Theso arc ail
largo bodies. The smaller ones, chiefly of
Scotch origin, aro the Old Side Rcformod or
Covenantor church, with 80 ministers and
86 chnrchcs; the New Side Reformed or
Covenanter, which had until lately 55 min
isters and GO churches, but which has been
split in two by the expulsion of Mr. Georgo
H. Stewart; the Associated Reformed Synod
of the South, with 68 ministers; tho Asso
ciate Synod of North America, with 13 min •
isters, and tho Associate Synod, of New
York, with 11 ministers. Also, tho Decla
ration and Testimony Presbyterians of Mis
souri, and a smalt body of Old School Pres
byterians in the same State, who refused to
go into the Union, and a recent organization
in Charleston, South Carolina, whoso name
is not reported. Some progross has been
made in Scotland toward a union between
the United and the Free Presbyterian
Churches, The Union, it is supposed, wiU
ho effected in two or three years, on the
simple basis of tho standards; as in the caso
of the American churches.
In Wilmington, 111., a Catholic Church
has just raised nearly $3,000 by a fair and
lotteries. An elder in tho Presbyterian
Church and a Superintendent of a Sunday
School presided as judges at tho drawing
of tho lotteries, and tho Superintendent of
(ho Methodist school drew a prize.