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TUB CONSTITUTION.
ATT. A JIT A, GEORGIA, APRIL. 26. j
Gov. Itiillock’s Humbug About Kn-
forclng Law iu Georgia.
Gov. Bullock Is la Washington slander
ing Georgia abont her quiet, lie says he
can’t enforce law here. This is cool in the
face of the fact that he refuses to appoint
a Judge for this Circuit in the place of
Pope, resigned some time ago.
We are informed that he declared he
would not appoint a Judge while Georgia
remained a provisional government.
Good.
Senator Sumner a few days ago, finding
that the Constitution of the United States
wouldn't cover his broad Radicalism, tried
to stretch tbc Declaration of Independence
over it. That was hardly clastic enough,
and lie mustered in the phrase, E Pluribue
Cans.
Senator Carpenter gave him thegenteel-
cst Carrying about bis E Plurilms Unum.
that we have enjoyed in-many a long day.
lie seemed to think that Sumner has rath
er over-done the tiling, when he was so far
outside of law, reason, sense and usage in
his notions, as to make E Pluribue Unum
the basis of bis political chimeras. We re
gret that we have not space to reproduce the
debate from the Globe. It is rich. Car
penter rings his Irony upon Snmncr ex
quisitely. Sumner got furious, and charg
ed him with being a Secessionist, and
wearing the blood-stained habiliments of
John C. Calhoun.
But Carpenter squelched him with the
EPlurtbue Unum irony.
Its Withers Wrung-
The Radical organ squirms much over
the exposure of the true statement of Dr.
Angler’s taiegrapb -abont Gov. Bullock’s
drawing *20400 from Mr. Rice’s National
Bank. What particularly harts is that U
should have stated as a suspicion what
Angler did not charge, viz: that thedrart
was to he paid ontof the State Road funds.
Mow did it come to think that Angler had
charged thief
Angler simply stated that the bank on
which Gov. Bullock drew was the deposi
tary of the State Road funds. The guilty
connection between the two was first an
nounced by the organ.
The organ thinks Angler’s dispatch an
implied imputation upon the Bank officers,
the State Itoad Treasurer and Governor
Bullock. This is strange. The facts of the
dispatch are undented by the organ. If
trnc, nobody has a right to complain. If
the organ’s statement means any thing,then
it is that the facts are an Implied imputa
tion on these gentlemen mentioned.
The organ knows why. It certainly lias
not helped the matter by patting itself in
the position of having to explain why the
statement of facts hurts these parties
The Boml or the State Bond Treas
urer Inadequate — Another Evi
dence or Itullock’s'Vigilance in
Protecting the State’s Interests.
The Treasurer of the State Road is re
quired to give bond and security, approved
by the Governor, in the sum of one hun
dred thousand dollars.
The wisdom of this requirement will
not be questioned, when we reflect that
the Road has cost the State six millions,
and is now valncd at ten millions.
The Treasurer is the custodian of Its
earnings, and his office is, therefore, impor
tant to the people of Georgia, and should lie
carefully guarded.
Hence tho legislature requires the Gov
ernor to take an approved bond of the
Treasurer before lie enters upon tbc duties
of his office.
The present Treasnrcr, Isaac I*. Harris,
returns, as shown liy tho Tax Digest of
1869,91,950. Ills securities, six in number,
viz: John Harris, Augustus II. Lee, Jos.
Harris, Charles L. Bowkcr, S. N. Stalling,
and J. W. B. Simmers. Returns in the ag
gregate *31,886, and our dear Governor,
nrho lovea Ills people so devotedly, and
-guard* their Interests so scrupulously, ap
proves the bond.
Allowing the homestead af *3,000 in gold
to each of these securities, and it would
make *1400 in gold. Reduce this to the
currency In which their tax returns are
made—estimating the premium of gold at
fifteen per cent.—and It makes 520,700 of
the property of these securities exempt
from levy and sale. Deduct this amount
from the *31,886, returned under oath by
zaid securities, and it leaves *11,ISO subject
.to their liabilities.
But two of these securities are not worth
as much as the homestead gives them.
Joseph Harris does not return a dollar.
Chas. L. Bowkcr only 81,250. Add Harris’
homestead, and also Bowker’s, less the 81,-
250 returned, to *11,180, It will make *16,836
worth of tho property of said securities
subject to their liability. Yet, the Gov
ernor Is required, by law, to take a bond
with approved security in the sum of *100,-
000.
Truly, our Governor guards well the
State Interest. „
Tho Gnat Policy of the Radical
Organ.
Keep It up, brother organ. It will snit
exactly the calibre of yonr non-reading
African subscribers.
Forney Secured in Bullock’s In
terest.
The following pa ragraph from the Wash
ington correspondence of the Baltimore
Gazette, may throw some light on Forney’s
persistent devotion of his paper, the Wash
ington Chronicle, to the advocacy of Gov.
Bullock’s schemes.
In the light of Col. Forney’s past record,
no one donbts that bis services have not
been gratuitously given. His antecedents
furnish room for suspicion.
The Worst feature of the matter is that he
should use the. weapons' of falsehood to
serve his Gcorgta employees. His deliber
ate garbling of an editorial from the Macon
Telegraph and Messenger is In point to
show the unscrupulous character of bis ad
vocacy :
Governor Bollock will leave for Georgia
to-morrow. He leaves no friends here, and
will find none at his journey’s end. He
ought, however, to remain until the Judic
iary Committe have time to ventilate his
lobby schemes. Apropos to this matter,
Forney has an editorial on it this morning,
full of his usual misrepresentations. It
wasnotthe statements in the Gazette which
led Mr. Edmonds to call for an investiga
tion; his information was received direct
ly from two Senators to whom bribes had
been offered for their votes against the
Bingham amendment. Forney’s misstate
ments are fatly accounted for, however, in
the following extracts from a Washington
letter to one of Bullock’s organs in Geor
gia. “They” (Bullockand Blodgett) “have
secured to their interest the Chronicle, and
the persona! efforts of its able editor, Colo
nel John W. Forney. HU personal influ
ence with Congressmen is great,” etc. How
“ secured f” The admissions contained in
the foregoing sentences are no less remark
able than truthful. What did it cost to
“secure” the Chronicle and the “personal
efforts of Forney ?”
Georgia New&
The LaGrange Reporter says Mrs. Wal
drop, of Henry county, U107 years old.
A public library is to be establUhed Id
LaGrange, says the Reporter.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch, 21st, says
that vegetation is safe in that section.
The first locomotive for the Port Royal
Railroad arrived at Pocotaligo, on Wed
nesday via Savannah.
The Macon and Western Railroad Com
pany offers *150,000 coupon bonds for
sale.
The Covington Enterprise says, the
church used by the colored people in Ox
ford was destroyed by fire on Tuesday,
The Reporter says P. L. Miller, son of
the Sheriff of Troup county, died in La
Grange, a few days ago.
The Griffin Star, 22d, says the peach crop
In that vicinity is a total failure. Wheat
is not yet badly injured.
The Columbus Sun says Capt. A. D. Bull,
of that city, died suddenly at the Perry
House, on Thursday night.
■The Dawson Journal says: Rev. Dr.
Dozier visited our city the past week, and
organized a Lodge of Good Templars,
which was named “ The Banner Lodge.”
The Coving’on Enterprise says, cotton
and corn were not sufficiently advanced to
bo much hurt by the cold snap recently, in
that section.
Dr. E. T. McGehee. a highly esteemed
and respected citizen, of Perry, died at his
residence, on the morning of tbc 2Gtb in
stant.
SABBATH EVENING-.
BT GE030E S. PSZXTICE.
Unw calmly tints the setting sun I
Tet twilight lingers still:
And heantifol as a dream of Heaven
It slumbers an the 'dll;
Earth sleeps, with all her glorious things,
Baneath the Holy Spirit’s wings.
And rendering back the hues nbove.
Seems resting in a trance or lore. ~
Around their holy i
And ihro’ their leaves the night winds blow,
So calm and still their music low
Seems the mysterious voice or prayer.
Soft echoed on the evening air.
And yonder western throng of clouds.
Retiring from the sky.
So calmly move, so softly go.
They seem to Fancy’s eye
Bright erestores at a better sphere.
Come down at noon to worship here.
A ml from the sacrifice of love.
Returning to their homo above.
The bine isles of the golden sea,
Tne night arch floating high.
The flowers that gaze npen the heavens.
The bright stream leaping by.
Are living with Religion. Peep
On earth and sea its glories sleep.
And mingle with the starlight rays.
Bike the soft light or parted days.
The spirit of the holy eve
Cornea through the silent
To fedlnn’s bidden spring
A gush of music there!
And the far depths or 'ether beam
Bo passing fair, wc almost dream
That we can rise, and wander through
Their open pathsnf trackless blue.
Each soul is Ailed with glorious dreams;
Each pnlse Is beating wild;
And thonght is soaring to tho shrine
Or glory nndefilcdl
And holy aspirations start.
Bike blessed angels, from the heart.
And bind—for earth** dark ties are rlv’n—
Oar spirit* to the gates of heaven.
AFRICA IN ATLANTA. jTltc Georgia Baptist Convention.
Cotton at Macon.—Receipts for the
week ending Wednesday, 457 bales; sales
8G0; shipments 744; total receipts 7G.555;
stock April 20th, 1870,12,010.
'I lie Columbus Sun says: To last Friday,
since Scptenit>cr 1. tlicrc have been sold in
tills market 50.303 bales of cotton at an
average of 22c., amounting to *5463,705.
The Griffin Georgian, 22d, says: At the
present term or McDonough Court, Lon. S.
Roan, Jas. It. Ellis and Geo. W. Westmore
land, after a very creditable examination,
were admitted to tho bar.
Tiic Columbus Enquirer of the 22d, says;
It was rumored a few days ago that the M.
& W. P. R. It. had sold its branch from
Opelika to Columbus to the Central Rail
road, and flint tho Georgia Railroad had
bought the part from Opelika to West
Point.
Tho Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel
says; Michael McCartney, a discharged
United States soldier, was arrested in Co
lumbia on Wednesday, on suspicion of be
ing one of the persons who broke into the
banking house of Scott, Williams & Co.
on Sunday last.
The Newnan Herald, of the 22d, says:
The mortality among tho colored popula
tion of Newnan has been very great, re
cently. On Sunday night, five died. Two
or more of that number were apparently as
well as usual in the morning and were
dead before the next day. Ten or twelve
have died during the space of a week. The
disease is meningitis.
Proposed Change in the Great
Southern Mail Route.
So frequent of late have been the irregu
larities and failures of the great mails be
tween Now York and New Orleans, both
by the Western route, via Louisville, and
Southern route, via Knoxville, that the
Post-office Department has commenced in
quiries as to the practicability of procuring
better service by diverting the mails from
the Western route at Jackson on the South
western route at Corinth, and cany them
over the Mobile and Ohio Railroad as faras
Meridian, and thence by way of Jackson,
or by diverting them from the Southwestern
route at Cleveland, and carrying them
thence via Atlanta, Kingston, Romo, Selma,
Meridian and Jackson, or by dispensing
with tho Southern route SouUi of Wash
ington, and running thence via Richmond,
Weldon, Wilmington, Kingsville, Augusta,
Atlanta, Kingston, Rome, Meridian and
Jackson. If it shall be found tho great
through mails can he convoyed with greater
regularity by either of those routes, the
change will be immediately ordered by tho
Department. '
Fact.
Seventy-seven different kinds of rico are
cultivated in India.
The great International Fair project in
Washington has fizzled out.
The Baptists of Ireland have doubled
since the revival of 1859.
A vessel cleared from Charleston the
other day with lumber for Australia.
The first detachment of a colony from
Poland has arrived in Virginia.
A new hotel is to be erected in Chatta
nooga, Teon.
w The wheat crop in lower East Tennessee
looks unusually well and promising.
The longest suspension bridge in the
world is to be commenced in a few days
across the Delaware.
The Educational Institute at Porterville,
In DcKalb county, Ala., was destroyed by
fire on Monday night last. It was beyond
all doubt. the work of an incendiary.
In some French cities there are wine
shops tor women only, and drankenness
among working women Is said to be on the
Increase.
The Memphis Avalancho says a number
of young men, all old ex-Con federate sol
diers, are in the city, and will start for
Cuba in a few days to join General Jor
dan’s army.
Professor Griscom is astonnding the
scientific world of New York by illustra
ting. with the aid of a doll, a glass case, a
rubber tnbe and a bellows, how “the
first breath was foroed into the first man,
Adam.”
LTmparzialc that a man aged thirty-six,
lias lately died in the San Maria Nauvo
Nospita), at Florence, from the results of
the application of creosote to a carious
tooth. Ginitis and gangreen of the mouth
appeared, and death from septiemia took
place in sixteen days.
A statement of the gross collections of
internal revenue since the organization of
the bureau, in 1862, shows the amount col
lected to June 20, 1889, to he *1,297,325,-
833.01. The receipts of the presene fiscal
year are estimated at $175,000,000. The
people can form some idea ot the taxable
virtue of the United States.
Pig iron can now be made in Tennessee.
Georgia and Alabama, and delivered at
Louisville at a cost ot 822.00, Cincinnati,
$2340, anil Pittsburgh. 825.00 per ton. One
ton of pig Iron can be freighted from a
furnancc in eislier of these States to Pitts
burgh, by rail and river, at less cost than
one-and-a-lialf tons of iron ore is freighted
from Lake Superior, and a half ton of lime
stone from the Interior.
A Ricli Debate in flic Colored Lit
erary Society, of Atlanta—Wo
man's Rights front a Dark Stand
point.—What the “’Scendants”
of Ham Think of the Question.
A letter from Atlanta to the Springfield
Republican says:' -
At the last meeting of tho literary socie
ty connected with the Store School for
freedmen. the question for discussion was
the popular one of woman suffrage. Each
member had an opinion and a reason for it,
and several of them evinced great quick
ness in answering an argument from the
opposition. Some of the point- made were
decidedly original. One girl about fifteen
years old said: “ Why jus’ see how it was
in de garden ob Eden; Eve ate dc apple
fnst, but dcre wasn’t any fu-8 made about
it till Adam ate one too, and den de Lord
called him to account for dem both, ’cause
the commandment was giben tode man,
though Eve was ’sponsible for her own ac
tions, ob course!” One several years
younger, replied to the statement that wo
men did not understand matters connected
with government, by saying that she lived
once near a liquor store, and saw the pro
prietor bring a number of men who “ had
not good sense,” and after giving them all
the whisky they could drink take them to
polls. “ Now.” she continued, “I think a
sober woman i3 jus’ as fit to vote as a
drunken man.” Another said that the
polls were surrounded by rowdies, and
were not suitable places forladies, and was
followed by still another, who thought
that difficulty could be obviated by having
separate places for the men and women,
opon which the first one remarked that the
white men would not vote at the same
place with the colored men, and the women
would certainly haveas mnch feeling about
it, “an’den I’d like to know how many
polls dere’d have to be!"- The question,
proposed by one of tbc scholars, for the
next meeting was, whether the negro or
Indian had the most cause for complaint.
In the regular school exercises I was sur
prised at the attainments of some who have
known the alphabet only three or fonr
are.
Feminine.
Eugenio is now getting on with only
forty-three female attendants, whereas
Josephine had sixty-six. The Prince Im
perial has butfiftccn besides his playmates.
A late New York scandal is of n married
lady who fell vety desperately in love with
her daughter’s fiancee. The daughter sus
pecting it, dismissed her lover, who wont
’to Europe, and the mother went after him
in the very next steamer with her maid.
A story is going the rounds of tho press
that there is a place in New Hampshire
where there are never any old maids.
When n girl reaches twenty-nine, and Is
still on tho lndder or expectation (the last
round), the young fellows club together
and draw lots for her.
Count C- a Paris dandy, recently per
sistently annoyed one of the prettiest
American ladies in Paris, by foliowing her
wherever she went. At last the American
spirit of independence could stand it no
longer being tracked step by step, and Miss
boldly turned to the petit creve and
asked him politely, but energetically, to
“vanish.” Hereupon the gentleman (sie)
Indulged in an ardent declaration, which
was interrupted by the young lady’s
breaking her umbrella over his head. The
Count swears he will take his revenge
upon .tho first American who falls into bis
hands.
With that liberality of commendation for
good things that has always marked this
journal, wo hasten to bestow the proper
meed of admiration upon that feature of the
Radical organ’s administration, that wc do
not know better bow to designate, than its
“Gnat Policy.”
The feat arc is on the large minded order,
and so thoroughly conforms to tho noble
mission of dignified and comprehensive
JonrnalUBi, that wc should be derelict of
duty If we did not call attention to it. Amid
fell the flare features of that Impersonal,
that liypcrboUeally Impersonal, Journai,
from its reproduction of Forney’s Ku-Klux
slanders on Georgia, including ita admira
ble method of circulation among the loyal g,- Hattons off her breeches by
Africans in the State Road employ, nnable gjg 1 " g0 bi „ so that tliey dipped down
to read, down to its Ingeniously construct- the i ef , 8 3n d entangled her feet, obliging
>smlnnnof Mosaic, familiarly known as her to stop in the muddy street to pul!
tte^SpWtof CteGeorgia Press,” not one them off. this caused agoodjaughand
The Public Feeling in Cincinnati
on the Negro Question—-Tlie 15th
Amendment “Jnbelo in Pork-
opolis.
An eminent physician of Cincinnati, and
formerly a well-known resident of East
Tennessee, in a letter to one of the leading
citizens of Atlanta, under date of April
16 “ The Fifteenth Amendments were out
on Thursday, parading, and taking all in
all, they were a shabby set. One of the
..orpass. in utility and beauty, and in
brBtiaat Illustration of tho true aims ?f
journalism. Its magnificent Gnat Policy.
For some time past this rare tiling ex
hibited Itself In s masterly criticism upon
the typographical errors of its city con
temporaries. It then changed its splendid
Tange of shot and battered away with he
roic fury upon those pitiable fellows who
■rise! up their little pronouns, “I” and
“wer The solicitude of the organ about
this was gorgeous, and reached, upon one
occasion, the distant clime of Knoxville;
and there is no telling where it would
gravel to npon minute provocation.
No pent up Utica,” etc.
■The .last phase of the P n *t policy seems
to be a eplemlW disposition to eommunl-
■catc to the enraptured readers of the organ
anv divers gr?*t matters of personal refer
ence in the editorial columns of this jour-
Dell*
A bottle of choice California wine sent
to The CoNSTm-TiOK put the organ into
€tich an ccstacyof feeling, that it has en
thusiastically “ slopped over” twice about
shout among the spectators, and was really
the only piece of fun that I saw or beard
of. The thing passed off quietly, hut many
of poor whites cursed deeply If not
loudiy.' I 'hlnk the feeling against the
negroes is daily getting worse, and times
here will be queer yet.” •
‘
White Slavery in the North—A
White Boy kept Iu Slavery on a
Republican Farm.
A strange story is related by the Charles
ton News of the 10th: “ A youth named
George Siller arrived hero day before yes
terday, and yesterday left for Camden. He
stated that in April, 1865, when the Fcdsral
cavalry passed through Camden, they took
Literary.
Punchinello pays $5 a column for prose,
and $10 for poetry.
Swinburne will publish, next month, his
“ Songs before Sunrise.”
Tho Abbe Liszt is completing a now ro
mance called Malgretont, to tho Paris Re
vue des Denx Mondes.
Lamartine’s niece, Mile, do Ccssiat, is
collecting her illustrious uncle’s letters for
publication.
William Morris is bringing out, in Lon
don, his “Story of the Volsungs and Nib-
lungs,” and songs from the “ Elder Edda.”
A new magazine, which aims to snit the
taste of everybody, has just been started
in London. It is called “ The Million.”
Four hundred original American books
out of 1680 published in 1869, were repor
ted and registered in England.
Tho Temple Bar Magazine, for April
contains the opening chapters of a serial
story by William Gilbert, called “The
Landlord of the San.”
• Montalcmbert left threo works in MS.
“Tho life of St Bernard; “Preface to thp
Will of Lacordaire,” and papers on the
last three years of the republic.
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN
THOMASyiLLB, GA,
A Man Attempts to Kill his Wife!
and then Cuts UiS own .Throat
Fall Particulars.
The Hawkinsville Dispatch of April 21st
says’ Wc learn from Mr. Thomas Grace
that a bloody tragedy occurred in Thomas-
ville last Monday. A white fiend by the
name of Jack Harvard.cominghometo din
ner, and not finding it ready, requested his
wife to set the table. She being busy wash-
in”. told him there were plenty of victuals
in ! tbesafe,nndto set it himself After eat
ing his dinner, he told his wife that she
would have set the table for any one else,
and that ho had a great mind to whip her.
She dared him to lay ids hands on her. He
then drew a knife, when she ran to the
depot, he following her and cutting her as
she ran. On reaching the depot, finding
that he conld not forther harm her, he cut
his own throat.
Mrs. H., although cut seriously in sever
al places, will probably recover. Her bra
tal husband Is exported to die. We learn
that this same fellow cotoff 3 former wife’e
nose, on a previous occasion.
Monument Over tbe Grave of Gen.
®. J. Jackson.
To tbe officers and Soldiers of the Second
■ Corps of tho Army of Northern Virginia,
to all our comrades in arms, and to tbe
friends of our Chieftain, throughout our
Country:
It is generally .known that soon after the
death of Geneial Jackson, tho Stonewall
Brigade obtained from Mrs. Jackson the
privilege of erecting a monament over bis
remains.
Tbe amount raised was lost in 1SG5, and
the sad reverses in onr Southern country
have prevented the completion of their pa
triotic and loving purpose. Seven years
have pastsince onr General fell, anil we now
ask you to nnite with us in a suitable me
morial of love and respect; one that more
than ail others meets with the cordial ap
probation of Mrs. Jackson.
Every Statoin tho South was represented
at different times in his army corps. Let
organizations be at once formed in every
vicinity, and the funds contributed be re
mitted to either of tbe undersigned, whcr
will deposit them at the banking house of
R. H. Mahry & Co-, Richmond, Va., until a
sufficient amount Is collected.
R. L. Dabney, Major and A. A. G. Ham
den Sidney, Va.; Hunter McGuire. Medical
Director and Surgeon, Richmond,Va.; Wm.
Allan, Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of
Ordnance, Lexington, Va.; James P.
Smith. Captain and A. D. C., Fredericks
burg, Va., surviving officers of the staff of
General T. J. Jackson.
tST’ Southern papers please'eopy.
f Bichmond Enquirer, 20tft. _
A Now York correspondent tells tho fol-
lowing tough story: “ At some of tho balls
which havo recently been given, special
accommodations were made for ladies ac
companied with babies. One largo room
was changed into a nursery, and provided
with cradles and cribs, so as to look more
like a foundling hospital or the infant de
partment of an orphan asylum, than any
thing else. Tho other night a party of
young men, by some means, obtained ad
mission to the baby department of the boll,
and set themselves to work at changing the
babies. No less than fifty infants, between
tho ages of fonr months and four years,
were changed in as many seconds, and the
party mado their cscapo just as the anxious
mothers, fresh from their triumphs of the
German, were making their way to the
nursery to visit and refresh their * tootsy
wootsics.’ Snch a sceno as took place! The
wails of the cherubim roso above tho swell
of the orchestra; hut I am glad to bo able
to add that the proper babies found their
proper mothers in good time.”
Fanny Mention.
What is the shortest manner in which a
declaration of lovo can he be made? Sim
ply by a-oioiocl.
The story of a man who had a nose so
largo that he couldn’t blow it without tho
nso of gnnpowdor, is said to be a hoax.
A physician boasting at a dinner that he
cured his own bams, one of tho guests re
marked; “ Doctor, 1 would rather he your
ham than your patient”
Tho Radicals havo long essayed to prove
that black is white; bat the affiliation of
the fifteenth amendment voters 'with the
Republicans, indicates that black is fast be
coming party-colored.
Gne of the banners borne by the colored
men at their celebration in Louisville read,
“We will live on hash before wo will vote
tho Democratic ticket” “God mado ns
men” was inscribed upon a wagon filled
with women.
A new drunk-juice is made out of sweet
potatoes. They say it goes further, and
makes a man drank longer, And . does it
quicker, than the rip-gizzard generally
used.
In order to amuse the children on a
Sabbath, a lady was engaged in reading
from tho Bible tho story of David and Go-
liah, and, coming to that passage in which
Goliah so boastihgly and defiantly dared
tho young stripling, a little chop almost in
his first trousers, said: “Sister, skip that,
skip that, he’s blowing. I want to know
who licked.”
Ipp-Thc Atlanta Constitution contin
ues to present the appearance of increasing
srss&S’issansJ esa
tbey have an exponent at the metropolis of
prison. After . , ..
a Captain of tho array carried h»ra to his
farm in Pennsylvania, and made him work
as a common farm btnd, until a week ago,
when he managed to escape. - George did
not know when here what had bceomc of
bis family, as be b«>l not heard from them
since Bis capture.” If this indeed be trnc,
it completely throws into tho shade the
story that has been circulated quite exten.
siTely in flic Northern Radical papers, of
Special Cor. of The Daily Constitution 1
Newnan, G*, April 22,1870.
BAY BEFORE THE MEETING. .
A number of the delegates are already
here. Dr. Mell, the President, who enjoys
an enviable reputation as a presiding offi
cer. Dr. Landram, the popular pastor of
the 1st Baptist Church. In Savannah, where
he has labored with great success for near
ly a dozen years, and still possesses the un-
diminished confidence and affection of his
people. Dr. DeVotle, of Columbus, who
has been held to his present field for four
teen years, by the affectionate regard and
entreaties of an appreciative congregation,
who, notwithstanding his feeble health
tor a few years, refused to release him as
their pastor. But if I should mention none
hnt Doctors, you might suppose we had no
worthy brethren in the University but snch
as enjoy this distinction.
Then here is M. J. Wellborn; of yore he
enjoyed the prefix of honorable—a title
earned on the bench and in the national
hall of legislation, in the purer days of the
glorions past, when onr judiciary was un
tainted by corruption, and onr Congress
unbiassed by bribes; hut Mr. Wellborn is
now an humble, zealous, useful and pious
minister of the Gospel.
J. H. Kilpatrick, of Eastern Georgia, a
man of logical mind, scholar and zealous
preacher.
Bnt time would fail me to speak of
Tucker, Tharpe, McCall. Butler, West,
Davis, and a host of others who are pres
ent.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF MERCER UNI
VERSITY,
Arc now In session. You do not expect me
to give you. particulars of this meeting,
since they shutout persons not members of
their body. Listening through the key
holes, or otherwise, I learned that the in
come of tbe college from dividends and
tuition the present year amounted to 812,-
000. That the institution has an endow
ment of $130400. besides the property in
Penfield. Among other difficulties men
tioned as hindering the full prosperity of
the University was that of location. It is
away from the railroad, without a town to
sustalD.and capacity to entertain persons
who may desire to attend commencements.
It is inaccessible to the pnblic. and hamto
be hunted np by such os love it so well as
to carry their boys there.
Nothing is recommended directly 'as to
removal. Yet the Board are almost unani
mously in favor of moving the University
from Penfield. The selection of a location
is a matter of the first importance. Once
removed it must remain forever. It is a
question worthy of consideration by the
influential friends of the College, as to
whether it is not right and best lor educa
tion to be carried to the doors of as many
as possible of those who ought to receive
the oentits arising from it Tho policy of
the friends of education in Europe has al
ways been to bnild their Colleges in large
cities, and populous centers. This is the
trite policy—their success, many of them
for centuries demonstrate this fact. A Col
lege should be placed, if possible, where the
local patronage will sustain it. .
Your people have done well for them
selves in securing the location of
OOLETnORFE COLLEGE,
but they have not done so well for it. They
want an institution of high order and self-
sustaining. You ought, therefore, to have
f ’iven it at least one hundred thousand dol-
ars as nn endowment fund, in an addition
to the buildings you propose to erect. Yonr
city is wide awake and holding out its
hands to catch every passing enterprise
that proposes to increase its population and
■finances, but it does not seem willing to
cay for the advantage it seeks.
Let onr cities pursue the most generous
course towards our institutions of learn
ing. and then tliey will so far increase their
efficiency as to realize the highest advan
tages from them.
MEETING OF DELEGATES.
The delegates present met this evening
at the church, and instead of a sermon, as
manv expected, they had, I believe they
callc'd it a “ talking, or informal devotional
meeting.” These Baptists are great talk
ers. when you get them started; but to
night, they talked to good purpose. We
enjoyed the occasion; it was a real good
old-fashioned experience meeting; only
wanting tin)® for all who desired to say a
word. Ecno.
About Railroads.
It*" White an editorial reference to tire i negroes in the interior of Alabama still
policy. lon '
A gentleman just from Memphis, where
ho resides, informs us that tho people- of
that city arc looking with great interest to
secure a largo Texas trade, and that, too,
very speedily. Tho Railroad is now in op
eration from Memphis to within ten miles
of Little Rock, and the work of tho Road
this side of Little Rock is being poshed for
ward with great energy and dispatch. They
expect the trains to ran into Northeastern
Texas, if nqt even tp Galveston, within two
yesrs. The Railroad communication be
tween Memphis and Galveston will doubt
less he completed by tho connection of the
Memphis with tho Houston and Great
Northern Railroad. By the way, a private
letter informs us that tho Chief Engineer is
now engaged in locating the named Road
from Houston to its crossing on the Trinity.
Tho gentleman from Memphis above re
ferred to has recently been over a large
portion of the Western States, and ex
presses the opinion that within the next
three or four years, at furthest, Galveston
will have Railroad communication with
all tho groat cities of those States and with
tho Pacific by tho Neosho Valley Broad.
Tbe Little Rock Gazette says of Rail
road progress on the Memphis line, that
track-laying is proceeding rapidly west of
the L’Anguillo river, and the work will cer
tainly he completed to tho military road by
the first of June. As soon-as tho condi
tion of the Roads will permit, stages will be
put on the road on the west side of White
river, between Duvall’s Bluff and Claren
don, and from Clarendon to the movable
west end of the Railroad. The staging will
he fifteen miles on each side of the river, or
forty miles in all
tST A New' Vork^^orfei Washington
correspondent writes:
Two ladies, one an American the other a
foreigner, haying specially distingnsbed
FIRST DAY’S PROCEEDINGS.
Special Correspondence of The Constitution 1
J Newnan, Ga., April 22,
At 11 o'clock the delegates assembled at
the house of worship, which was pretty
well filled. The sermon was preached by
Rev. .T. G. Rvals, of Cartersvillo from the
Scripture, “ It is finished.” Mr. R. Is one
ofthehonored graduatesof MercerUniver-
sity. A man of active mind, clear intellect,
and a very forcible speaker. You do not
weary In listening to him. Some of our
destitute churches who desire a strong man
as pastor, would do well to call him from
his comparatively obscure, bnt very useful
sphere, ana introduce him Into a larger
field.
ORGANIZATION.
At 3 o’clock Dr. Mell called the body to
order and after the report of the Committee
on Credentials was read, an election for of
ficers was ordered. The former officers
were re-elected, to-wlt: Dr. P. II
Mell. President, Rev. G. R. McCall, Clerk,
and Rev. A. A. Baiiy, Assistant Clerk.
On motion of Rev. Mr. Chandoin twenty-
five minutes were spent in devotional ex
ercises. '• ; -.
. CELEBRITIES ..
Among the distinguished visitors pres
ent; were A. D. Phillips, for fourteen years
missionary In Africa. Rev. Mr. Iloguc, for
twelve years missionary among the Chock-
taw Indians. Rev. Dr. Teasdale. of Mem
phis, Tenn. Rev. Dr. Snmner, of Marion,
Alabama.
Among the absentees whose presense has
for long years in the past cheered and
blessed the Convention, were those of Rev.
Jesse H. CampbellandTIiomas'Stocks; the
former for many years one of the most popu
lar, zealons ana efficien t ministers of his de
nomination; the lattera layman of distinc
tion, who, for . twenty-five years, was
Speaker of tho House of Representatives,
in tlio better and purer days of the Empire
State of the South. He was also, for a
number of years the presiding officer of
this body. Now, both these gentlemen are
growing old. Mr. Stocks has already past
sis four- score. How melancholy the
thought that these vnlued and useful men
are henceforth lost to us, because standing
on the border of tho better land, only wait-
cst, and tender, and with all, manifested a
power of analysis and construction which
promise growing usefulness, with growth
in grace and years.
Objection. I love these social religious
gatherings, the influence is good, but it is
not unmlngled with evil.
I do not mean so much moral evil as so
cial, or physical. It may be more a mis
fortune than an evil. However, it is an
evil, a very great evil. Were you ever In
bed with a man who snored? Did you
ever return late, alter a day’s fatiguing
work, and feel it was important yon should
obtain some refreshing sleep to prepare
you for the labors of the ensuing day, and
just as you became quiet and composed
yourself for the night, a sound, something
like the dying straggles of a suffocating
man, proceeded from the open mouth of
your bed-fellow? Well, sir. this is the
greatest evil to be found in these bodies.
1 don’t suppose that Baptists snore worse
tbau others. J hope it is not criminal In a
religious sense to snore. Bnt snoring is
certainly an evil, a great evil. Have you
any insurance companies that issue poli
cies against snoring bed-fellows? If so,
send me one by tclegraoh, if you don’t get
this in time to send by mail, for I can’t
stand it another night. Is there no cure
for snoring? Please ask the medical fac
ulty of your city. If they have none, sug
gest it as a query to the next session of the
Medical Association of the State.
Echo.
SECOND DAY.
Newnan, April 23,1870.
According to the resolution of yesterday
a half hour was spent in devotional exer
cises. This “sweet hour of prayer” kindles
the fires of devotion, softons any asperities
of nature, and increases the fraternal feel
ing of tbe brotherhood, and thus they are
the better prepared for the religious duties
of the day. A special prayer was made in
view of the important interests involved in
tho discussions of to-day. Mr. Clark opened
the disenssion. He stated that the
LOCATION OF OUR COLLEGE
had never been free from agitation. Dr.
Mercer, for whom it was named, was op
posed to Penfield as a suitable location.
Now was the time for a full, free and Ira.
ternal disenssion of tiie subject. He had
moved an indefinite postponement yester
day. because he desired a discussion of tbe
subject on its merits, which he would now
enter upon.
1. There was too little water to supply
the wants of the few who lived there, mnen
less for the commencementQccasions. John
the Baptist selected “ Enon because there
was much water there;” the Baptists of the
present day did not want less.
The location was soobsenro that the out.
side world did-not know where it was—the
people called it the
PENFIELD INSTITUTE AND SCHOOL.
He had graduated there, and yet some of
bis friends were surprised that the farm la
bor performed at the Institute had not
promoted ids physicial development. He
was rather delicate for one raised in a
manual labor school. Its want of reputa
tion with tho outside world prevented
many from sending their sons to Mercer.
He was the friend of tbe University at Pen-
field or elsewhere, and lienee he desired to
place it where it might enjoy equal advan
tages with other institutions. In the midst
of the discussion, the hour set apart for
preaching arrived. The
REV. MR. EARLE,
now engaged in conducting meetings in
your city, delivered a forcible and a very
affecting sermon, on the Divine Family. I
sat id the rear of the church where I could
observe the effect on - the people. There
were many who wept frequently, and all
were attentive, and listened to every word
spoken. Mr. Earle -is a remarkable man—
not for Ids any tlthical power—not for Ids
;racc and eloquence- not for his learning.
Hit certainly for ids faith, which is an ele
ment of power wherever found in the min
istry of the Gospel
We all feel better since we heard Mr.
Earle’s sermon. I think wc will now dis
cuss our differences on tho removal of our
College with more deference to tbe opin
ions and feelings of each other.
Were you ever in
NEWNAN?
This is the centre of hospitality. Here
you find generous and polite gentlemen,
who greet you with unaffected cordiality
at the thresholds of their homes. Here
you find ever-glorious woman adorned
with smiles and graces, and presiding in
her sphere as the soul of Intelligence and
ease. In the parlor, entertaining and at
tractive; and in the dining room, a queen
dispensing the richest viands to her guests,
GOOD LIVING.
These Baptist delegates are fond of good
t, and enjoy with the keenest relish.
BY TELEGRAPH.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
ing the opening of tho pearly gates that
they may enter the Celestial City.
BUSINESS.
Dr. Landrum, Secretary of the Board of
Trustees of Mercer University, read their
report. The report stated that the build
ings of the University needed repairs, the
apparatus required replenishing and the
living!
the bountiful and excellent preparations
mado for their entertainment. It Is pro
posed that our University be removed to
this place, and that we have two com
mencements a year, just to enjoy the good
living which the Newnaq housewives are
proverbial for preparing.
But I have just finished my dinner. I
positively can’t write more at present.
Echo.
The Latest News,
Burlingame’s funeral took placo in Bos
ton Saturday.
The Board of Methodist Episcopal Bish
ops bolds its next meeting in Dayton, O.,
commencing May 25th.
A Western member has prepared a sub
stitute, to be offered for the tariff bllll, re
ducing all duties ten per cent, after June
30th, next, except upon spirituous liquors.
Tlie defenee in the McFarland trial at
tempt to prove that Mrs. McFarland was
after Richardson for tbc sole purpose of
getting his money.
In a conversation about the Georgia case,
the President said he wanted the recon
struction finished up, os he believed the
whole country was tired of It. This shows
that the project of remanding Georgia to
military government does not meet bis ap
proval.
The first colored juror was empanneiled
in the county court at Cincinnati on the
20th.
Great religious excitement exists in Ma-
copin, twelve miles from Paterson, New
Jersey. A new religious society called
“Jehovah’s Band,” has just been started,
supplanting a favorite station of the Meth
odist Church.
Private dispatches from Washington
state that, in view of the present large cur
rency balance in the treasury after the first
proximo, Secretary Boutwell may remit
bis gold sales for May.
Judge 'Shakelford fs to he impeached for
releasing Yerger on ball. -
Brownlow wants tho Legislature and
Convention of Tennessee wiped out, and
is in favor of extreme measures.
. While Bullock and company rejoice at
the defeat of the Bingham amendmeht,tbey
do not find; themselves any better off, as
library needed additional volumes to its the terra of the Legislature is more rcstric-
thc State co zealous in support of justice
and principle. Tho proprietors have re- _
cently added to their printing departtppn 4 themselves during tbe season for their ex-
two fine steam power presses, manufactured
in Europe. This feature alone speaks well
for it* increasing patronage’—Greensboro
Herald.
t&TA. youug lady at Burlington, Iowa,
went to church and forgot her waterfall,
leaving it In the window, and when she re
turned sbe found a little blue-bird sitting
ip it, on two eggs.
treme usage of thp “ eonqge cut low,” The
latter received quite a pointeo reouke late
ly She was languidly eating ice cream,
leaning back on n sofa, while a gentleman
languished at her side. Another gentle
man; after watching the pretty little scene,
took a “tidy" frodf a chair, ftnd going pn
to the lady, deliberately adjusted It around
her neck, saying he was afraid she would
spUl the ice cream on her handsome dress.
shelves. .. . .
The Faculty were highly complimented,
and the deportment of the pupils most
warmly cqmmcnded. It was stated that
three of the faculty, to-wlt; Profs.Tucker,
Sanford and Willett, had become authors.
A premium of *500 was awarded to a
competing volume on the“ Structure, Hab
its and History of Insects, as illustrating
the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.”
This work is by Prof. Willett.
REMOVAL OF MERCER.
After the report was referred to a special
committee. Rev. Mr. Irwin offered a reso
lution, that the present location of the
University is unsatisfactory, and that it
onglit to be removed.
Rev. John T- Clark then moved the in
definite postponement of the resolution,
and arose to address the body on the mer
its of the removal question, but the hour
having arrived, the Convention adjourned
till 10 o’clock to-morrow morning. It Is
nnderstood, I believe, that tiie object of Mr.
Clark’s motion is simply to secure a full
discussion of the subject, without any side
issues or proposed amendments.
Rev. Mr. Kilpatrick lias on paper a com
promise of the whole question of removal
and location, by referring it to the Trus
tees and a similar nnmbcr of delegates,
folly empowered to act after a calm and
full investigation of the whole subject. It
this proposition can secure npanimitv and
removal, it will be most happy for the de
nomination; and' will'distinguish the au
thor of tbe~scheme. But I most not an
ticipate.
To-morrow’s discussion will involve
more ofmoment for the fqtqre pf tl«j edg-
catiqnai interests qf (ieprgia Baptists than
they may imaginp. Bnt tliey are a practi
cal and Christian people, wfio have man
aged their interests pretty well in the papt,
and its happy experience will not ho lost
l ‘°THe evening was occupied by an unusu
ally fine practical sermon, by Rev. Mr.
Nunnally. He seemed quite devout, earn-
ted under the new bill, and tbc State is in
the meantime virtually taken from their
control. To their complaints of tiie new
programme, Radical Senators answer they
have been here howlipg ahont alleged out
rages in that State, and now they turn
around and denounce the bill to suppress
these outrages by military forco. It looks
very mnch as if the two houses would
come to a dead lock. The Georgia carpet
baggers are demoralized.
Literary.
Madame Rattazzi is engaged in writing
history of the ladies of the Second Empire.
|t will, of course, be hrimforof malicious
gossip.
The Lexington Observer and Reporter
says: “ Mr. Merritt W. Smith, of this
county, presented us yesterday, with a de
position of Daniel Boone, which was writ
ten in 1797. It was taken for tho purpose
of perpetuating testimony in regard to land
entered by Colonel Boone in Mason county
in 1778, where he was on his return from
Indian captivity. Boone certainly knew
the place, for he deposes that he roasted
some meat and got some water there, Tho
deposition is a rare relip of the sturdy old
backwoodsman.' 1
“Nym Crinkle” is the lunar caustic wri.
tor on tho New York World. His articles
on the naked drama are the aquafortis and
tho oil of vitriol of journalism,
Tho Yioerqy h«s. Invited Louisa MuhV
hachto a mx-mohths 1 visit to Egypt, in order
that she maj write a, novel located in that
cquntry. .
IS” After ^»u u comes “Fer
nandm" which piece boasts of being the
last Parislen success, and was written by
Victorian Sardou, whose drama of “ Palrie”
has already made him favorably acquaint
ed with onr pcoplo.
■Washington Items.
Washington, April 25.—Revenue to-day
nearly $500,000.
After court in Richmond, Judge Chase
will go to Europe in search of health.
The Howard corruption investigation
Is still confined to the church trouble.
The bill which passed the nousc, giving
the Sisters of Mercy of Charleston, 830.000
to rebuild their asylum was reported to the
Senate without amendment.
Tiie President nominated Commodore
Lee to be rear Admiral; Captain Parrott lie
Commodore; Frank Burnett Supervising
Inspector of the Fourth District.
The 17th and 14th infantry, and all re
cruits are ordered west.
Congressional.
In the House, among the bills introduced
was one granting the right or way to the
Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad to the
Pacific, and granting lands to the Selma
and Fernandina road. ...
Dockery offered a resolution declaring
that the honor and good faith of the Gov
ernment is pledged to the payment of all
claims of all loyal people in the South, who
had property taken by the army, navy, or
Government during the war.
Objection was made, and the resolution
was not entertained.
Subsequently, Booker offered the same
resolution, and the House again, by a vote
of 69 to 90. refused to second the demand
for tho previous question and allow it to be
entertained.
Several honrs was consumed in hearing
excuses of members absent Friday even
ing, when the House was called to order.
The tariff bill was resumed. No pro
gress.
Mr. Burdctt, from Elections Committee,
reported in the election case from the 4tli
District of Louisiana, that Michael Ryan
is not entitled to tiie scat, and that J. P.
Newsham is.
Mr. Kerr makes tho opposite report.
In tiie Senate a petition was presented
from the Cincinnati Board of Aldermen
lor the enlargement of tiie Louisville
canal.
The Judiciary Committee reported as a
substitute for all propositions on tiie sub
ject of a bill to enforce the loth amend
ment, setting forth that all citizens
of the United States, otherwise qualified
by law, to vote in any State terri
tory, district, etc., shall be entitled to
vote at all such elections, without dis
tinction of race, color or previous
condition of servitude, any law, custom,
usage, or regulation of any State or tcr-
rity to the contrary notwithstanding. Also,
that if the laws of any State or territory
shall require any act to be done as a pre
requisite to voting, it shall be the duty of
the officers of the law in said State or ter
ritory to give equal opportunity to all cit
izens of the United Slates to iierform sucii
prerequisite, and any such official failing
to do so shall forfeit and pay live hundred
dollars to the person aggrieved thereby, to
bo recovered by an action at law, and
in case of correction, shall also be lined
not less than live hundred dollars
and imprisoned from one month to one
year. The offer of any citizen for whom
such prerequisite is required shall be
deemed a performance in law of such act,
if suc'u act fail to be carried into execution
by reason of tho wrongful act or omission
of the said officers charged with the duty
of receiving or permitting such perform
ance of offer. The same penalties are pre
scribed against any person who shall hin
der or attempt to prevent any citizen from
performing snch prc-requisitc. Persons
deprived of any office, except that of mem
ber of Congress or State Legislature, by
reason of a violation of tho forego
ing provisions, inay recover possession
through the United States Courts, which
are given concurrent jurisdiction in ail
snch cases. The United States District
Courts shall have, exclusively of tho State
Court, cognizance of all crimes and offenses
against the provisions of this.net, and all
the officers of the United States Courts
are required, under a penalty of *1,000, to
institute and enforce proceedings thereun
der, and the President is authorized to cm-
iloy tho land aud naval forces, or the mil
tary, to enforce its execution.
1 he bill to renew a grant of lands to the
South and North Alabama Railroad Com
pany passed.
Igitc Cuban News.
Tiie New York Tribune to-day contains
news from Cuba, which show greatactivity
on the part of the insurgents. Col. Fagar-
do was attacked near the Capital of Canra-
guey and suffered severely. A forco of
cavalry was sent to their rescue, and they
were enabled to return to the city.. The
Insurgents are reported active near Clen-
fuegos.
A fight occurred on tbe estates of Santa
Isabel and Brazo. in which the Spaniards
were worsted. A report was in circulation
at Santiago dc Cuba, that General Jordan
had been killed while attempting to escape
by a boat.
On tho Rampage,
Memphis, Tenn., April 28.—Two negroes
stabbed and threw overboard tho engineer
of tiie tow-boat Mary Alice, from New Or
leans for Pittsburg.
An engine and six freight cars were
wrecked on the Mobile and Ohio road, Call
ing through a trestle near Humboldt.
Gen. Leo in Charleston.
Charleston, S. C, April 25.—Gen. Lee
arrived here from Savannah this after'
noon. At his own’ urgent request, there
was no public reception.
Trouble in a Fenian Camp
Philadelphia, April 25.—The Chicago
delegates withdrew from tiie Fenian Con-
gress and have issued an order disap
proving its proceedings.
The McFarland Cose.
New York. April 25.—Additional evi
dence of McFarland’s insanity. Nothing
startling to-day.
freedmen, and recommends encouragement
to railroad bnilding.
Council subsequently passed an act sub
mitting the question of tho division of
lands, 1* as to he held in severalty or as-
heretofore common, to the popular vote 011
tiie 4ili of July.
FOREIGN.
London, April 25 —Otway Under, For
eign Secretary, stated in the House of Com
mons to-day that tho Government has dis
patches from Athens confirming the mel
ancholy intelligence of the fate of tho
captives in the hands of the brigands.
The Greek Government made every effort
to save them, but in vain. Negotia
tions having been exhausted, the troops
moved against the robbers and drovo
them to lower on the coast near Crapo,
where they were surrounded on Friday af
ternoon. Offers were once more mado to
the brigands, hut were rejected, and at 10
o clock next moningnn attack was made on
their position. As soon as the troops com
menced to move Herbert and tho Secretary
or the Italian Legation were taken out by
their captors and butchered, and subse
quently, when the brigands found tlicm-
selves hard pressed. Vyncr and Lloyd were
killed. The troops finally carried tho tow
er, and the brigands, two of whose lenders
had been mortally wounded, fled, closely
pursued by the soldiers.
There arc strong hopes that most or tho
hand will he captured, in which ease they
will be summarily dealt with by the Greek
authorities. The Britisli press clamors for
the punishment of the murderers, and de
mands indemnity from the Greek govern-
FOREIGN.
Interesting Intelligence from
Faris.
Paris, April 25—The Jonrnal Official
contains tiie following circular to tbe of
ficers of the civil service, signed by all the
ministers:
“ The Emperor addressed a solemn ap
peal to tbc nation in 1853. He asked power
to asaurc order. In 1870 ho asks power
to establish liberty, confident of the title
which is his by reason of the right of 8,-
000400 sufferages.
He does not surrender the empire to dis
cussion. He submits to a vote only the
liberty transformation. Yes, fs to vote for
liberty. Tho, revolutionary party Is se
cretly attracting the national sovereignty,
and misrepresenting the respect which tho
Emperor pays to that sovereignty. They
are not true friends of liberty, hut In spite
of these, tbe masses will march in our
ranks. Can they ignore the fact ifiatlo
abstain fiom voting, or to vote “ no,” wir
bolo strengthen, those who only combat
the transformation of the Empire in order
that they inay destroy it, and, with ft. the
mlitical and social organizations to which
franco owes her greatness? - In tiie name
of public peace ami liberty; in the name
oi tho Emperor, wo demand of yon all
our devotciicolahorers to unite your efforts
wish ours. It is to the cltiz uis wc address
ourselves, not as ordering but as offering
latriotlc counsel. Our object is to answer
o our country a tranquil future, to the end
that on the throne as in the humblest
dwelling, the son may succeed tho father
in peace and quiet.
Reported disaffection in the. party of the
left if headed, all will vote alike.
Tbc Ecumenical Council.
Rome, April 25:—The Ecumenical Conn'
cil fathers present, unanimously adopted
'fDelid*-” It contain* four oharters and
eighteen canons.as follows, “Charter 1st
of five canons on tho Creator; Charter 2d.
of four canons on the Revolution; Charter
3d, of six canons on Faith; and Charter
4th, of three canons on Faith and Reason.
Heard From,
London, April 25.—It is stated that
thin strip oi board, oqc yard long, painted
blue, drifted ashore, Inscribed, “City of
Boston is sinking, Feb. 11th.”
NIGHT DISPATCHES.
Miocpnis, April 25.—Allen Wright, prin
cipal chief of tho Choctaws, has sent nn
able message to the special session of the
Council, and warns them by reference to
tho fate of their territory in Mississippi;
what It will be in -the proposed
territory of Lincoln, and advises
lands he surveyed and held In severalty
and that the Ciiootaw* organize themselves
at once as the State of Oklurhurnma, aw
apply tor admission into the Union, and
it is the honest desire of tho Government
to have them beome citizens, It will acqui
esce in die petition. - He also recommends
an immediate protest against tho for
mation of a Territorial Government,
and adoption of a resolution asking the
Qovcrnmept to settle the status of the
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Monday, April 23,1S70.
Senate called to order by 1’residcnt
CONLEY. ‘
1’iayer by Wesley Prettymon.
Mr. BROCK offered a resolution to apply
to General Terry to know what authority
the Legislature had, and what acts ho
would recognize.
Mr. HARRIS offered an amendment that
the application he made through Provis
ional Governor Bullock.
?5 r ' 4? * c ccpte<l the amendment.
Mr. NUNNALLl offered as a substitute
lor the whole, a resolution that a commit
tee be appointed to wait upon tho Gover
nor and inform him that tiie General As
sembly hail met, and were ready to pro
ceed to business, and to receive any mess
age or communication from him.
A lengthy discussion-ensued, in which
Senators Higbee, Bradley, Campbell, Uun-
gerford,'Holcombe, Nunnally, Candler ami
others participated.
Harris’ resolution was passed.
A message was received from the Honso
that the House had |Htssvd a resolution to
wi® effect that a committee of three from
the Senate and live from the House wait
upon his Excellency the Governor, and,
alter consultation, rejiorc the propercoursu
pursue under the circumstances.
Sir. HARRIS moved to concur in tho
resolution of the House.
Mr. BRADLEY was opposed to referring
any matter to Bullock, or taking any of his
advice. He was no lawyer. (Called to
order ) He was on side of the question,
J5® 'y o, >ld not tell things reliable from
\Y asimigton, (called to order) “lie, Braillcv,
-was in a caucus last night. (Called to
order.) He wanted to speak abont Bui lock.
(Called to order ) He didn’t know as much
as lie. (Called to order and requested to
take Ills seat.) which lie did.
, The motion to concur was passed, and
Harris, Nuunally and Brock appointed an
the committee.
The Senate adjourned till Wednesday.
12 m. j
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Monday, April 25,1870.
Pursuant to adjournment, the House met
and was called to order at 12 o’clock M. by
Speaker McWhorter.
Prayer by Rev. W. M. Crumley, pastor of
Trinity Church.
Mr. BRYANT moved that the nousc do
now proceed to transact sucii business as
properly come before it.
Mr. BRYANT thought the House should
either proceed to business or adjourn. Tho
tax bill, appropriation net and school bill
ought now to be acted on. The affairs of
the State Road ought to be investigated by
men outside of tiie members of the Legis
lature, known for honor and integrity.
Grave charges are made against its present
management, and those charges should be
Investigated. .
Thc'charges of Treasurer Angler against
Gov. Bullock should be investigated, and If
sustHinwl) the Governor should be im-
leached. As one who helped to elect Hill
ock, he stood ready, when the charges were
proven, to vote for his inqicaclimeiit.
Mr. RICE, a Northern colporteur, hero
called Mr. Bryant to order.
The Speaker thought Mr. Bryant had
taken too wide a range.
DARNELL,of Pickens,offeredasasub-
stitute, that a joint committee of three
from the Senate and five from the House be
appointed to wait upon Provisional Gov
ernor Bullock aud ascertain what is tho
proper course to be pursued by the Gen
eral Assembly under the circumstances.
Mr. PHILLIPS, of Echols, made a forci
ble speech in favor of transacting appro
priate busincs and going home.
Mr. PRICE, of Lumpkin, offered as a
substitute for the whole, a resolution that
a committee of threo be appointed to wait
upon Provisional Governor Bullock and
inform him that the House Iuul met and
was ready to proceed to business, a id re
ceive any communication I nun him.
Mr.BUY'ANT withdrew Ids motion.
Mr. SCOTT, of Floyd, raised a constitu
tional point of order that, under article 3,
section 3, no session can be prolonged lon
ger than forty days, nnlcss by a vote of
two-thirds.
Mr. SCOTT contended that members had
sworn to support the Constitution of Geor
gia, and even as a provisional Legislature
were acting under It. The Legislature has
been In session 47 days, ami any act now
K irformcd is unconstitutional, unless the
ouse should resolve to suspend tho rules
and extend the session for ten or fifteen
days.
The SPEAKER ruled that tho point was
not well taken.
Mr. SCOTT appealed from that decision.
Tho House refused to sustain tbe call for
tiie yeas and nays, and sustained the
Speaker's decision. .
Mr. PRICE., of Lumpkin, supported his
resolution in a pointed speech. He was in
favor of treating Gov. Bullock with duo
courtesy, but he was unwilling that Gov.
Bullock should do bis own thinking.
Gov. Bullock was a Provisional Governor.
The legislature should act. He would
stay here until the State Treasury was ex
hausted of its last dollar, or a Common
Scliocd bill was passed.
Mr. PR ICE called the previous question
on his resolution.
Mr.TWEEDY, of Canada, said it was
unfair to gag the Republicans.
Mr. PRICE said that, as he disliked to
act discourteous to the Governor, and sun-
posing the gentleman had something offi
cial to state, and with that understanding,
ho would withdraw the call.
Mr. TWEEDY, of Canada, then “ spoko
n piece" (what he paid for it is not known)
inveighing' against the Democracy in par
ticular. At tbe close of his remark*, lie
moved that Mr. Price’s resolution be laid
upon the table.
The yeas and nays were called, with tho
following result : yeas 56, nays 53.
So tiie motion to lay on the table pre
vailed.
The previous question was called on Mr.
Darnell’s resolution.
TURNER, of Bibb, and PORTER, of
Chatham, wanted to change the phraseolo
gy nf the resolution.
TURNER was opposed to asking Gov.
Bullock what the Legislator should not do.
Tiie previous question was called upon
the passage af Darnell's resolution.
The Speaker decided the motion lost.
Mr. BRY’ ANT moved to adjonru until 12
., to-morrow.
Mr. TWEEDY mado a statement, npon
which tbe Speaker reversed Ids previous
decision.
Tiie Spoaker announced the resolution
adopted by yeas 53, nays 52.
The SPEAKER announccd-tbc following
ns tbe committee: Darnell, Price, Bell, of
Banks, narrison, of Hancock, and Nisbet,
of Dade.
Leave of absence was granted to Sir.
Lsstlnger, Mr. Tumiin, aud Williams of
Morgan.
A motion to adjourn to 10 o'clock on
Wednesday, was declared carried by tho
Speaker.
Tnu L*noF.sT ArPLKTnzE in tub Would.
Near DanlckTiltc, in Madison Co.. Ga, therein
an applo tree growing on Ihc farm or J. M. Math-
awe, ten feet two inches In circnmCsrcnro at the
bare. The sprout I* aaiil to have been brought
from Virginia shortly niter the revolutionary war.
The tree is now In luH bloom,. The apple is what
Is termed " Butsct”