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COLUMBUS: FRIDAY AOBSISU, JULY 34. FOB PRESIDENT OF EXITED STATES, HORATIO SEYMOUR, OF NEW YOKK. FOB TICE PBESIDEXT, FRANCIS P. BLAIR, OF MISSOURI. It is said that since the Yankee settle ments in Florida, they have discovered a fish on the coast called the Grouper, which they pronounce equal to cod-fish. They are catching and curing them. We learn from the Savannah News that a contract has been made for rais ing the Stsamboat Nashvilie, sunk in the Ogechee river during the last year of the war. Prof. Henry Tutwiler has declined j the Presidency of the University of Al-; abama, to which he was elected at the recent annual meeting of the Trustees. The sum of Beven hundred and thirty five dollars has been contributed by mer chants of Louisville, Ky., and forward ed to John King, Esq., in this city, to aid in the defence of the Columbus prisoners. The Corinth News, heretofore of Radical proclivities, has hoisted the names of Seymour and Blair at its mast head. This is a fair indication of the political tide in that part of the down trodden South. Roll on the ball. Mr. Hugh McCay, cotton merchant, and one of the oldest and most respect ed citizens of Mobile, Ala., died in that city on Monday morning last, of con gestion of the brain, aged about fifty eight years. He was a native of Ire land. Hon. Edward Frost, an .old and emi nent member of the bar and bench of South Carolina, died in Charleston on Tuesday last. He was a native of Charleston, and died at the ripe old age of about seventy years. To Get Rid of Rats—A Recite Worth a Year’s Subscription to the Sun. — The editor of the Rome Courier is assured by those who have tried it, that rats may be effectually driven from any building by sprinkling their places of resort with yellow ochre, a cheap paint to be found in any drug store. Dr. S. M. Bartlett and J. R. Caldwell of Macon county, Ala., who it appears, were suspected of sympathising with Radicalism, have each come out in a card in the Tuskegee News, defining their positions. They come out square on the Democratic platform and go in with a will, for Seymour and Blair. Nicholas Davis, of Madison county, Alabama, who was placed on the Radi cal ticket for elector for tho State at j large, by the scalawag State Conven- ! tion at Montgomery last week, has pub lished a card in the Hurtsville Inde pendent, declining to serve on any party ticket. As Nicholas floes not particularly object to being associated with the scalawag mess, we conclude the serious obstacle in the way, is the associate on the ticket—the assassiD, Joshua Morse. We admire his taste. Georgia Legislature—Evening Ses sion.—Tuesday evening tho House met at 4 o’clock, pursuant to adjournment.' At this meeting, the committee appoint ed to inform Gen. Meade and Gov. Bul lock, respectively, of the passage of the | Constitutional amendment, and to ask j Gov. Bullock at what time it would ! suit his convenience to be inaugurated | Governor, made their report. Twelve j o’clock Wednesday, was fixed for the ! Inauguration. Among other resolutions offered at this session, was one asking for a com mittee to inquire into the right of F. H. Fyall, negro, to a seat in the House, j All the suggestion of Bryant, of Rich- j mond, the subject matter of the resolu- I tion was allowed to lie over until the ■ Committee on Privileges and Elections ■ was appointed. If we mistake not, the negro represen tative Fyall, who is from Macon county, is charged with some offense against the laws —theft, we believe committed since the election. Sunday School Celebration at Enon, Ala. —We are indebted to Mr. Samuel Mendez, of the firm of Mendez & Perry, for an account of the celebra tion of the Sunday Schools of Enon, Ala., which took place on last Saturday. The affair was a very fine one, and re flected great credit on the teachers and scholars. Addresses were delivered by Mr. McCarty aud Master Tommie Da vis—the former a teacher, the latter a scholar. The orator of the day, Mr. Wm. Banks, of Hurtville, delivered an address to the school, replete with elo quence and advice. The scholars ac quitted themselves handsomely, well sustaining the thorough course of Chris tian discipline undergone. A Sunday School Union Association was formed between Midway and Enon. Rev. Mr. Norton is Principal; Rev. Mr. Banks, Assistant. The school numbers some one hundred scholars. A magnificent dinner was spread, to the getting up of which great credit is due Col. Joel Crawford, Majors Wm. D. Allen and Fletcher Rogers, Lt. G. R. Forbes, Dr. Caldwell and Mr. Wm. Davis, Monroe Tarver, Jno. W. Per sons, Col. Timothy Quin and Dr. N. P. Banks, assisted by the ladies—without whose presence no celebration is perfect. U A Nice Set of Fellows.— The Ala bama Legislature is supposed to consist of 38 Senators and 100 Representatives. The House on yeterday passed a bill fixing the pay of members at $8 pet day—presiding officers sl2 principal clerks sß—assistants $6 —sergeant at arms s6—door keepers $4 and pages The number of officers is greater aik ’HP ever required by the laws of i S ** The atnount it will cost the f , 16 to pay these fellows is the sn hg Httle sum of $1,150. This does' ? ot !i»6lude the mileage, which is just ? 01 iifle the amount before the war. 'Go *H#cripp]es of the hungry brigade.— ~Jvertiser. / In the Union. —An Arkansas editor, not distinguished for his excessive loy alty, thus rejoices over his admission into the Union: “Well, we are in the Union. We are trooly loil once more. Light is breaking. The sun of prosper ity is shining, and we’ll soon be happy. John Brown’s soul is prome-nading rajpidly. Pray on brothers. Let us chant “hell-e-lu-jah to the Onion.” We are happy. We are in ecstacy. We feel strong again because we are united. We gaze upon the old flag with rapture, and affectionately take the thieving Radicals by the hand, fold them to our bosom, and forgive them— Never /” The New York Tribune says that “no so considerate of the feel people as General whiph Opnor of consideration ;.f.v“srgsns? t o ß“‘T,°- Charles Lamb’s soboS-boy’’SS? ’I apples from home and ate them at nicht 80 that his room-mates could not heai him, out of consideration for their feel ings: “but notwithstanding these touch ing examples o§ consideration,” says Lamb, “he was not popular.”—Louis tills Journal. Drssced Into the Union. Radicalism, after persistently declar ing secession a crime and an absurdity, after shedding oceans of blood and mil lions of money to establish the declara tion, has succeeded in dragging Geor gia back into the Union upon a process of its own dictation. The shame and out rage has been put upon Georgia by her own sons. Without their co operation, ! negroes and carpet baggers could not have consummated the villainy. The garments and shekels of silver and wedges of gold of the Radical camp ; were too potent for the feeble intellects and loose principles of the Achans of Georgia. Men born and reared under a Southern sky, surrounded by every thing calculated to sustain a pure aud elevated manhood, have bowed before the storm or yielded to the corruption which pervades the ranks of a faction Yn temporary power, and have attached to their names a record which will cause their descendants to blush with shame throughout succeeding generations. \ Veiling their faces to the horrible fu ture, they have struck a mortal blow at the life and honor of their mother State. Turning their backs upon their broth ers and kindred into whose faces again they can never honestly and fearlessly gaze, they have voted to proscribe the virtuous anJ intelligent of the Com monwealth, that ignorance and vieo may run riot in the land. Though there be no Joshua to order these un happy creatures stoned to death anu hidden from the view of their indig nant people by the instruments of their ! torture, yet there is a retribution for i them in the future, and to its punish | ment we are-content to leave them. — j Time, the great avenger of men and | of States, is on his march with his j footsteps set southward, and the honest patriots, who have remained true and j steadfast during the reign of a despot- j ism of unparallelled atrocities, can hail j the dawn of the approaching day, be fore whose searching light pigmies and traitors will rush hack to tho obscurity from which they were thrown by the shocks of a revolution that has no pro totype in the history of human civiliza tion. To a body selected to organize civil government to give laws to an high toned and virtuous people which could perpetrate such an outrage on civil lib erty and personal rights, as is embod ied in the adoption of the “fourteenth article,” we can look for nothing fit for honorable mention. If it drags Geor gia down no lower into the putrid pool of Radicalism, we shall be astonished and gratified to know that, in the po litical world the axiom does not’ hold good, that one great crime is not speed- ; ily followed by another more hideous ] in character and gigantic, in proportion, j l>iserc«lit<!»l iu tbe House of Tbeir Friends. The spawn of the carpet bag govern ments of the South are finding their way to Washington, to pay and to plunder the rewards' for their abase ment aud treachery. Upon the appli cation of one of these for his seat in the Senate, the telegraph reports the fol , lowing scene : Affidavits from C. C. Bowen and Thomas J. Mackey were read, declaring their belief that Sawyer was ineligible, that he was a share holder in blockad ing and a member of a military organ ization in Charleston iu 1864. Senator Conkling said he was free to say that he did not believe one word of the charges against Sawyer. Mr. Conkling is to be congratulated upon his acumen, in so quickly and thoroughly sounding the true character of the men whom his party have select ed as their friends and co laborers. Mackey and Bowen are but fair speci mens of tho foul crew into whose hands the political power of ten Southern States has been consigned. The Senator from New York, will yet learn, and when he does, it is to be hoped he will avow it with the same frankness which has marked him on this occasion, that not one of the scala wags and carpet-baggers who-may reach a place in either House of the Congress, is entitled to be believed on his oath, on any question, no matter how trivial in interest. Such is their standing, one and all, in the communities which have been defiled by their presence. The Gulf Road Extension. —A Rail Road - meeting was held at Blake ty, Ga., on the 11th instant, to consid er tho project of the extension of the Atlantic and Gulf road from Bainbridge, yia Blakely and Abbeville, to Union Springs, Alabama. The following res olutions were unanimously adopted : Resolved, That we, the people of Early county, Georgia, are exceedingly glad to see that the question of build ing a railroad from Bainbridge, Geor gia, by the way of Blakely and Abbe ville, to Union Springs, Alabama, is be ing agitated. Resolved, That we earnestly urge up on the people of Bainbridge and Savan nah, and upon the officers of the Atlan tic and Gulf Road, in view of the vast and exceedingly fertile tract of country through which it passes, the importance of building said road. Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to subscribe every dollar that we are able to subscribe in order to build the road. The chairman then appointed Cols. B. H. Robinson, James Buchanon and Judge R. W. Sheffield, a committee of three to correspond with the President of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad as to what it would cost to extend that road from Bainbridge through Blakely, to Union Springs. Chief Justice Chase for Seymour and Blair.—A New York letter writer says Mr. Chase has sent a letter to the chairman of the Massachusetts delega tion, thanking him for the four votes he received from that State, and express ing his confidence in the success of the Democratic ticket under the present standard bearers, who will rally all the Democratic strength to their support, and command a large Republican vote by reason of Blair’s war record. Pretty Heavy Drunk.— The local of the Appeal mentions the capture in Memphis, of a practitioner at the bar, in a pretty happy fix. It says : “Dennis Lawler was carried to the Adams Street station last night with a beautiful case of the jim jams—seven- teen thousand rattlesnakes in his boots and a peagreen monkey with a scarlet tail sitting on each shoulder.” From Xortta Carolina. Wilmington, July 22. A grand Seymour and Blair demonstration to night, surpassing anything of the kind since the war. The streets illuminated with blazing tar barrels, bells rung, cannons fired, music, and pyrotechnic display. At the Ratification meeting the theatre building was crowded to overflowing. Many ladies present. Galleries filled with colored people. Speeches by Col. R. H. Cowan and Mayor Robert Strange. Stage of the Atic decorated with United States flags. Dixie and the Star Spangled Banner by the colored Brass Band. Both received with rapturous applause. Mr. John Ray, an old and esteemed citizen of Newnan, died in that city on Tuesday morning last, at the advanced age of 74 years. From the Constitution. GEORGIA LEGISLATURE SENATE. Atlanta, July 22, 18C8. The Senate-met pursuant to adjourn ment, and was called to order by the President. Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Smith, Sena tor from the 7th District. The roll was called, anil the journal of yesterday read. Mr. Smith made a motion to recon sider so much of the proceedings of yes- ; terday as relates to the hour of meeting at 9 o’clock, and adjourning at 1 o’clock, and that hereafter the hour shall be 10 o’clock and 1 o’clock. The motifln was agreed to. Mr. Higbee, from the Committee on | Inauguration, made a report that said j committee had discharged the duties I imposed upon them, and that His Ex- j cellency, Gov. R. B. Bullock, designa-! ted 12 o’clock to day as a suitable time to enter into Jhe inaugural ceremonies. ; Leave of absence was granted to j Messrs. Holcombe, Moore and Adkins for a few days. Mr. Harris then moved that the Sen ate take a recess until 111 o’clock, which motion prevailed. ' [During recess we noticed the Hon orable Senator from the Second District, (cullud,) and Foster Blodgett in close conversation. Lookout ! the time ap proaches for the election of United States Senators. “Sharp and quick” work ahead, no doubt. Stand to your colors, Democrats. Joe was also on baud. “Who bids the most ?”] The Senate re assembled, and several motions were made, among which was one to t ake a second recess until five minutes before 12 o’clock, the proper preparations for inauguration not being completed in the House. The motion was agreed to. On re assembling again, Mr. Ilardin, Clerk of the House, presented a message from the same, declaring the House ready to proceed to the inauguration of the Governor, which was received, and accordingly the Senate repaired to the House for the purpose of participating in the ceremonies. The Senators left the Chamber arm in arm, Aaron Aipe roria Bradley and James Adkins bring ing up the rear. The inaugural ceremonies being com pleted in about two minutes and a half, the Senate re assembled, and, on mo tion of Mr. Speer, adjourned to Friday morn ing at 10 o’clock amid the booming of cannon. But the “cullud troops fout nobly.” nousE. Atlanta, July 22. House was called to order by the Speaker, and, after prayer by Mr.- —, the roll was called and the proceedings of last session were being read when Mr. McDougald, of Chattahoochee, gave notice that he should move to re consider so much of the action of yes terday as related to the expunging of certain clauses of the Constitution of Georgia, know r n as the “relief” meas ure. Several unimportant motions were made and resolutions offered, some of which were adopted and some lost. Mr. McDougald made his motion for reconsideration, when the Speaker de clared the motion out of order, as the action of yesterday had gone forward to the Provisional Governor and Com manding General. Mr. O’Neal, of Lowndes, offered a resolution that when the House adjourn to-day it shall not meet again until Friday next at 10 o’clock. Adopted. Mr. Bryant, of Richmond, moved that the House take a recess until half past 11 o’clock. Adopted. THE INAUGURATION. , The House re-assembled at 11J o’clock preparatory to the inaugural ceremonies* At 12 M., Gen. Meade, accompanied by his staff, and the officers of the gar rison, entered tho hall, followed by the Provisional Governor,-who was under the escort of ex-Governor Brown, tho President of tho Senate and the mem bers of the same, and His Honor, John Erskine, of tho United States District Court of Georgia. The Provisional Governor was welcomed to the rostrum of the House by Speaker McWhorter, Gen. Meade and exGovernor Brown be ing seated to the left of him, and the President of tho Senate, Mr. Conley, to the rieht. The General Assembly was then call ed to order by the President of the Sen ate, and the Provisional Governor arose and said: Fellow Citizens, Senators and Repre sentatives: We are assembled here to day under the fostering care and pro tection of our General Government. Through its clemency we are permitted to inaugurate a Civil Government for our State that will supercede the mili tary power which has been supreme in our midst since the failure of an attempt to establish the sovereignty of separate States, in opposition to the Constitu tion and Union framed by the people of the United States. The misfortunes that have followed a misapprehension of the allegiance due by the individual citizen have become a par t of our histo ry, and need only be referred to when there may be danger of its repetition. We have good reasons to congratulate ourselves that we have so rapidly aban doned our erroneous opinions; and that under the benign influence of the liberal laws of Congress, we have pro gressed successfully towards a restora tion to our proper place in the Union, And especially should we rejoice that this has been accomplished, notwith standing that in the pursuit of a proper policy, we have distracted and divided among ourselves by the failure of the National Executive to act in harmony with the will of the people Constitution ally expressed. Only twelve months ago, a number of citizens assembled in this city and framed a political organi zation in sympathy with the principles and the policy of a majority of the people of the whole country, and to-day we witness what has been accomplished through the agency of that patriotic body—the Union Republican party. A Constitution ha3 been adopted that guarantees to all free and universal edu cation ; equal, political and civil rights; and restores to us self government. It should not be forgotten that this Consti | tion has been framed be delegates who were elected under the law which gave the bondman the irresistable weapon of the ballot. The wisdom and moderation with which this privilege has been exercised, should overcome all prejudice, quiet all fears, and lead us to appreciate the justice of enfranchising the freedmen. With a territory of magnificent pro portions, unsurpassed in richness of na tural resources, we have but to apply ourselves to its development to reap a bounteous reward. By united efforts in the enforcement of civil law, securing to every one the lawful exgressron of their political opin ions, and the enjoyment of the results of their labor, we will invite within out borders an increased population to share with us the comforts of our climate and the wealth of our agricultural and min eral productions. Humbly trusting in the sustaining grace of the Great Ruler of all, I shall endeavor to perform the duties of the high position to which you have elected me, by a strict adherence to the provis ions of the Constitution, and in such a manner as to bring upon us Ilis bless ing in a peaceful , progressive prosperity. At the conclusion of this address.— His Excellency announced his readiness to subscribe to the oath of , Dice as Gov ernor of Georgia, when His Honor, John Erskine, clothed in his robe as the judicial representative of the general government, administered the oath. The President of the Senate then pro claimed Rufus B. Bullock duly inagura ted Governor of Georgia. The General Assembly was then dis solved by members of the Senate retir ing to their chamber, and a subsequent adjournment of the House, Front Sontsompij. Montgomery, July 23.—Business to day was of a local character, except the Senatorial election, which, resulted in the choice of Willard Warner for the term ending 1871. Gen. Warner is from Ohio and has been in the State since the close of the war. He was an officer on Gen. Sherman’s staff, and was a member of the last Ohio Senate. A letter received from ex-President Pierce, says: “Seymour is perfectly satisfactory to the New Hampshire Democrats and will carry the State be yond a doubt in November.” Gen. Blair’s Letter of Accptauee. We lay before our readers the letter of Gen. Frank Blair accepting the nom ination for the Vice Presidency, tender ed him by-the National Democratic Party. It is characteristic of the man, and in its bold and practical language, j its frank avowal of his views, position, and determination will be iound in forcible and pleasing contrast to the letter of acceptance of Grant, in which ! the latter avows that he has no princi ples or ideas: Gen. -George I V. Morgan, Chairman of j the Committee of the National Dem ocratic Convention : General :—I take the earliest op portunity of -replying to your letter notifying me of my nomination for j Vice President of the United States by j the National Democratic Convention, i recently held in the city of New York. I accept without hesitation the nomi nation tendered in a manner so gratify ing, and give you and the committee ! my thanks for the very kind- and com plimentary language in which you have conveyed to me the decision of the , convention. I have carefully read the 1 resolutions adopted by the convention and most cordially concur in every principle and sentiment they announce. My opinions upon all questions which discriminate the great contending par ties have been freely expressed on all suitable occasions, and I do not deem it-necessary at this time to reiterate them. This issue upon which the contest turns is clear, and cannot be obscured or distorted by the sophistries of our adversaries. They all resolve them selves into the old and ever recurring struggle of a few men to absorb the po litical power of the nation. The effort under every conceivable name and disguise has always charac terized the opponents of the Democratic i party, but at no time has the attempt | assumed so open and daring a shape as j in this contest. The advocate of free \ constitutional government in defiance of the express language of the Constitu tion have erected a military despotism in ten States of the Union, have taken from the President the power vested in him by the supreme law, and have de- ; prived the Supreme Court of its juris diction, and the right of trial by jury, and the great writ of rights, the habeas corpus, the shield of safety for every citizen, and which has decended to us from the eariest tradition of our ancestors and which our revolution ary fathers fought to secure to their posterity forever in the fundamental character of our liberties have been ruthlessly trampled under foot by a fragment of a Congress, whole States and communities of people of our race have been attainted, convicted, con demned and deprived of their rights as citizens, without presentment, trial or witness, but by Congressional enact ment of expost facto law, and in defiance of the Constitution, prohibiting and de nying to a full and loyal Congress the authority to pass any bill of attainder and ex post facto law. The same usurp ing authority has substituted as electors in place of me"h of your own race.— Their allegiance attained and disfran chise a host of ignorant negroes who are supported in idleness with the public money and combined together to strip the white race of their birth right through the management of the Freed men’s Bureau and emissaries of conspir ators in other States, and to complete the oppression the military power of the nation has been placed at their dispo sal in order to make this barbarism supreme. The military leader under whose pres tige this usurping Congress has taken refuge since the condemnation of their schemes by the free people of the north, in the elections last year, and they have selected as their candidate to shield themselves from the result of their wick edness and crime one who has announc ed his acceptance of the nomination and his willingness to maintain their usur pation over eight millions of white pco pie at tho South fixed to the earth with his bayonets. He exclaims, “let us have peace.” “Peace reigns is Warsaw,” was the an nouncement that heralded the doom of the liberties of a nation. “The empire is peace,” exclaimed Bbnaparte when freedom and its defenders expired under the sharp edge of the sword. The peace to which Grant invites us is the peace of despotism and death to those who seek to restore the Constitu tion by executing the will of the people, and condemning the reconstruction acts, already denounced in the elections of last year; and which will be, I am convinced, still more emphatically ex pressed by the election of the Democrat ic candidate as President of the United States. Negro suffrage, which the popular vote of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Connecticut, and other States have condemned as expressly against the letter of the Constitution, must stand, because their Senators and Representatives have willed it so. If the people shall again condemn these measures by the election of a Democratic candidate for President, they must not be disturbed, although decided to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, and although the Pres ident is sworn to maintain and support the Constitution, the will of a fraction of a Congress must be reinforced, parti zan emisaries sent to the South and supported there by tbe soldierly must stand against the will of the people and decision of tho Supreme Court and the solemn oath of the President to main tain and support the court. It is revolutionary to execute the will of the people. It is revolutionary in the President to keep inviolate his oath to sustain the Constitution. This false Constitution of the best principles of our Government is the last resort of those who would sway and supercede our time-honored institution. The na tion will say the Constitution must be restored, and the will of the people again prevail. The appeal to the peaceful ballot to attain this end is not revolution. They make war and revolution who attempt to arrest this quiet mode of putting aside military despotism and the usurp ation of a fragment of Congress, assert ing absolute power over that Denign system of regulated liberty left us by our fathers. This must be allowed to take its course. This is the only road to peace. S It will come with the election of the j Democratic candidate and not with the election of that mailed warrior, whose bayonets are now at the throats of eight milliqps of people in the South to com pel them to support him as a candidate for the Presidency and to submit to the determination of an alien race of bar barous men. No perversion of truth or audacity of misrepresentation can ex ceed that which hails this candidate in arms as an angel in peace. I am, very respectfully, your most obedient servant, [Signed] Frank P. Blair. The Radical, county officers elect in Montgomery, Alabama, have been qual fied and installed. In order to accom plish this, it became necessary to re duce the amount of their bonds. That of Sheriff, heretofore $50,000, Was re duced to $15,000, and that of Probate Judge from $25,000 to $15,000. The Alabama press say the bondsmen of all the officers of the county combined could not get credit in a prudent busi ness house for $5,000. Somfc go so far as to say the bonds are as worthless as so much blank paper. We pity those who are unfortunate enough to have money fall into their hands. Carpet-baggers in the House conduct themselves modestly. Not knowing how to vote they wait for the signal from Colfax who sends the page, and the little fellow whispers, ' ‘ Speaker says vote aye or no.” A few days since Butler posted them how to vote, but another Radical opposed to Butler’s measure got them to vote tbo other way, which drew forth a bitter tongue lash ing from the Massachusetts charlatan.— Louisville Courier. A letter from Terrell county, dated July 22nd, says the cotton plant is begin ning to shed its fruit rapidly, and with a few more such scorching days as we had last week unless rain comes to its assistance soon, nothing but a little dry stork will remain. Canvass Prospects. The Washington correspondent of the Boston Post says : The Respective National Committees are energetically arranging for a liberal distribution of campaign documents. The growlings first heard here over the New York nominations inspired the Radicals with a false hope. They were jubilant, and everywhere they were quoting this Democrat or that Conserv ative to prove that the Seymour ticket was a failure. This continued only a few days and now nothing of the kind is heard Chief Justice Chase has endorsed the ticket. Doolittle is out with a letter approving it most cordially. Toth Ew ing, Jr., advocates the election of Sey mour and Blair, and will deliver a speech at the grand ratification meeting on Saturday evening. Vorhees goes heartily into the contest, and President Johnson assured your correspondent to day that the ticket had his best wish es and would receive all the support the Federal Executive was able to give. The Chairman of the State Central Committee of Pennsylvania is here, and says Pennsylvania is as certain for Seymour and Blair as New York, not, however, by so large a majority. He reports the ratification meeting in Phil adelphia on Saturday last to have been the largest and most enthusiastic ever known in that city, while the Radicals thus far have failed to get up a ratifica tion meeting of any kind. Philadelphia alone is set down a3 good for 10,000 majority for Seymour. The Democrats carried the city at the last election by upwards of 3,000 votes. It is confident ly stated by well posted politicians that Judge Chase’s endorsement of the Dem ocratic ticket secures the electoral vote of Ohio for Seymour. Illinois and In diana politicians, who claim to know, say that their States will go enthusias tically for Seymour and Blair. The political aspect seems to have complete ly changed here within a few days, and j the New York nominations of Polk and i Dallas in the better days of the Repub ! lie—not a breath of dissatisfaction is to | be heard, and the,greatest enthusiasm prevails. The National Camp Meeting.— i Several families within a few days have I passed through York from Baltimore, j on their way to the national (M. E.) camp meeting at Manheim, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. It is expected that this will be the largest religious gathering ot the kind ever held in the | United Statei. There are five or six. hundred tents erected, and persons are : there from various sections of the coun try. Tho opening services commenced j yesterday. The Lancaster Intelligen i cer says: Four or five large frame sheds have ! been erected to be used as boarding houses, and three or four structures, un der or in which the visitors can partake of lunch ; a couple of tents, to be used as barber shops, have been pitched ; three wells, two of them supplied with pumps, hogsheads, etc., have been dug, and, indeed, no convenience that could j be desired has been neglected. The meeting will be kept up until Friday, the 25th instant. Many of those present come from a distance, the Methodist of New York, New Jersey, j Maryland and Pennsylvania being j largely represented, with others from j more distant States. The grove in j which the camp is located comprises i oak, hickory and chestnut trees, and is one of the most beautiful that could be selected. The encampment is laid out j in the form of an oval, the tents front- j ing on streets aud avenues, the princi l pal of the former being Front and Mar- j ket, and the latter Wesley, Asbury j Hedding, Abbott, Embury, Lybrando, i Hamlin, Fletcher and Pennsylvania. ! In the centre is located the stand and • altar, from which religious exercises will be conducted, aud seals sufficient in number to accommodate about three thousand persons. Tbe entire space devoted to religious services is about 284 feet by 224. Wc find iu the Anti-Slavery Stand ard, of July 3d, the following letter from AVendell Phillips, which is an ad mission of the defeat of the Radical party : Congress brings the rebel States back into its Hall; not because any man con siders them fit and ready, but to help Grant’s chances of election. In this sort of game the Republican leaders have always shown themselves clumsy players, and we fear they are fated in this instance to find themselves at fault. Tennessee and West Virginia w r ere brought in with the same plea—saga cious managers’ idea of strengthening the party. But the Senators from these two States have been constant stumb ling-blocks, and checkmated impeach ment at last. Present appearances in dicate the same result in these lately admitted States. If their admission defeats Grant, we shall not be surprised. If Senators may be bought, why not Presidential electors ? Bribery has be come now a fixed element in our poli tics. We look to see the action of tho Presidential Electors steeped in such corruption as will throw the impeach ment market thoroughly in the shade. With Johnson in the White House it is a dangerous step to admit these seven States. Unless carefully watched they will prove a serious danger to the loyal party. This peril is more specially im minent because the land has been left so exclusively in the hands of white seces sionists. The negro votes the Repub lican ticket at the risk of starvation, if not of life. Besides this the negro voters lack organization. They are just now specially liable to be deceived in their candidates. The South swarms with adventurers and reckless specula tors ; the most hopeful speculation just now, is by hypocrisy and bribes, to buy admission to the Senate or Electoral College. With the influence of the ad ministration on their side, success will not be difficult. Such transition times as these are hotbeds of turncoats—and traitors. If the cold North plants Ross es, Fowlers and Fessendens, what a four-fold crop of Burrs and Arnolds the tropic South will give us back ! The Republican party has charlatans enough who plume themselves on being “prac tical men.” The admission of these States is their boasted “practical states manship.” In our view it is putting a knife into tho hands of Northern and Southern rebels whcrcwitli to cut the throat of tho loyal party. Nothing but the persistent vigilance aud activity of fanatics can avert that result. States men—denounced as dreamers —must take up the stitches these blunderers who think themselves owls—are con stantly dropping. Save us from con ceited friends, and wc will risk the shrewdest enemies. Wendell Phillips. Making Love with Umbrellas.— A certain dramatic writer, being caught in a shower of rain, took refuge under the portico of a handsome dwelling in New York. As soon as ho had taken the position a window was opened, and a lovely female face appeared, which seemed to beam with sympathy and anxiety. She soon retired, and sent him an umbrella by a servant. He fell at once desperately in love ; and think ing from her anxious looks that the feeling was reciprocated, he called on her the next morning, sent up his card, and gave into her own hand a very costly umbrella he had purchased in place of the old and shabby one he had borrowed, and then wouud up all by makiug a profession of love. The young lady, without even noticing the ex change that had been made, perceiving how her act had been misinterpreted, naively replied : “I feel it to be my duty to undeceive you, sir. At the time of the shower I was anxiously expecting a gentleman who is, I confess, very dear to me, who wished to see me in private, and my only motive for send ing you the umbrella was to get you off the steps.” Executive Committee.— The Pres ident appointed the following Executive Committee in conformity with a resolu tion of the Convention: E G Cabaniss, of Monroe, Chairman. J I Whittaker, of Atlanta. Wm Ezzard, “ “ Dr J H Alexander, “ L G Glenn, “ DP Hill, J F Cooper, “ E D Hoge, “ G N Lester, Marietta. P W Alexander, Columbus. Gen A R Wright, Augusta. Nelson Tift, Albany. S G Smith, Banks county. §eo A Mercer, Savannah, eo S Black, Rome. [Atlanta Constitution. An Inside View of the Georgia Legislature. The Atlanta correspondent of the New York Times, in a letter to that . paper on the 14th, ventilates the ma-, neuvres on the political chessboaid in , the so-called Legislature of Georgia. Since the letter was written, the Con- j stitutional Amendment has been adopt ed. Next comes the Sensational elec- j tion, of course that matter was settled , before the vote on the amendment—as the result will show unless one side to the bargain proves false. Speaking oi the purge urged by Bullock and Meade, the writer says: The cause of the whole proceeding is said to be the doubt as to tho power of electing two Radical Senators. The ; Democratic majority in the House is , not as large as the apparent Radical majority in the Senate, so that on a i joint ballot tbe Radicals would appear j to have a majority of one or two. But j many Radicals are of doubtful fidelity. , Bradley will almost certainly he expell- i j e( ], Mr. W. H. McWhorter, Radical i ! Senator from Oglethorpe District, will j very probably be unseated on account i 1 of the frauds committed in his election, ■ ! and besides this there are one or two ; who, since the rubbing out oi relief by ! Congress, have squinted very much in j the direction of Democracy, dodged j votes, and by many other proceedings have fallen under suspicion. Were the j Legislature to go into a joint election j for Senators at present., Mr. Brown j I would certainly have no chance what j ! ever. It is barely possible that Mr. ! Joshua Hill and a Democrat could be | elected by a compromise, but any nonr ! ination with Brown in it would bo ! defeated. Bullock insists on Brown j 1 and Blodgett, his original favorites and ; i backers. Hence the awful pause, and ; j the effort to make a _ new shuffle, j There are several candidates for the I Senatorships. Brown and Blodgett, i ! Bradley and Bryant, Hill (Joshua), and j i Fitch, James Seward and Farrow, | Whitely and some other little man j whoso name I forget, iiiach has more ; or less of a support, aud each insists on I his own claims, which adds a good j deal to the confusion and to the uncer tainty. Bradley has announced in j caucus liis absolute determination nevi er to vote for Brown, because he do- | dared that negroes are ineligible to ! office, and never to vote “for auy car- j pet-bag Yankee adventurer like Bryaut j who dared to lake flings at tbe respect- i ability” of Bradley. I quote his ! precise words. At one time a compro- j raise appeared likely between Brown and Joshua Hill, but it was defeated by Bullock, who could not consent that his Warwick (Foster Blodgett) should be left out in the cold. At any rate it is deemed exceedingly injudicious to go into an election in the present con dition of parties in tbe two Houses, and that if there is auy chance of getting | rid of a few Democrats, it is wise, to wait until the purge has been applied. As the case stands at this moment, as I am informed and believe, there is not a single Democratic member of the House who is not a registered voter, and consequently not ineligible under the reconstruction acts; while there are anutnberof Radicals, or “Latter Day Saints” as they are called, who were secessionists and rebels, but are now in the bosom of the church, who are in eligible under tbe acts of Congress. But the moment the purging process was thought of, a special ambassador, in the person of Mr. Kent McCay, was sent to Washington to have the disabil ities of the Radical members removed, so that they might continue to hold their seats. Prominent among these is the speaker of the House, Mr. Robert McWhorter, who was a member of tho Legislature, and held some other ofdce before the war, and afterward raised a company of infantry and served as a regimental commissary until the sur render. The use of the pardoning power by Congress as a political eugine of reward and punishment, excluding all who do not subscribe the extreme Radical faith, no matter what their antecedents, and pardoning all who do, no matter how scarlet their sins of rebellion, is not calculated to induce respectable men to become active supporters of the ruling party. However unpleasant it may be to admit it, the Georgians, whose sins have been forgiven, are, with one or two exceptions, men of no standing, to sav the best of them, and not a few are no”t entitled to this negative praise; while hundreds of good Union men, honest reconstructionists, have been excluded and their names stricken from the lists, like those of Jones of Tennes sec, aud Houston of Alabama, because they would not agree to indorse the extreme Radical programme. From Savannah. Savannah, July 22. A difficulty occured here last night, in a drinking saloon, between W. Robert Hopkins, tax receiver, and Isaac Russell, deputy sheriff, resulting in the shooting of Hopkins, killing him instantly. Russell claims he did it in self defense.|The affair caused great excitement among the negroes, who at the sound of the drum assembled several hundred strong armed with guns and clubs, and threat ened to lynch Russell and demolish his house. Learning that Russell iiad been taken to jail, they proceeded to attack it, but were dispersed by the Police. Excitement has somewhat abated since morning. The prompt obeyance of tho signal shows that the negroes were organized in this city. TnE Savannah Homicide.—We pub lished a telegraphic account yesterday, of the killing of William R. Hopkins, by Isaac Russell,in Savannah on Tues day evening. The Savannah papers of Wednesday, have full particulars, from which we cull the following account of the killing. Wc copy from the Repub lican. That paper says; The deceased had been drinking during the evening, and, just previous to the occurrence which cost him his life, he had had a difficulty in the street. A man, named Collins, was with him, and Mr. Hopkins caught and pulled him to the ground, he (Collins) falling on top. Some negroes, who were standing about, thought Collins was beating Hopkins, aud they came up aud knock ed him off. A scuffle ensued, in which Collins had his leg broke. He was con veyed home, and Dr. Rogers attended him. The deceased then went into Yeager’s bar room, considerable excited, and ap- j parently very much under the influence , of liquor. A few minutes previous Mr. Russell had left his residence on Gaston street, and had gone to the saloon to meet his brother Richard, whom he j thought was there. This was not the j case, however, and Mr. Russell took a seat in the room, and asked tor some soda. It wa3 about this time that Hop kins canto in. He had entertained feel- j ings of hostility towards Mr. Russell on j account of the latter having been the officer who arrested hint on a charge of murder, and on entering the'door said something about the rebel try ing to arrest him, and then turned to- j wards Mr. Russell aud remarked, “There’s one of these rebel of j here.” Mr. Russell arose from his ! seat and said, “I don’t want anything to do with you, Mr. Hopkins,” and was in the act of sitting down again when j Hopkins sprang forward and struck ! him once or twice on top of the head with the butt of a pistol. Mr. Russell ' then clutched him, drew his pistol and fired four shots in succession, each of which struck the deceased. At the fourth shot a person in the bar room caught him as he was falling to the ' floor. He expired almost instantly, i Dr. Rogers, who was in the neighbor- j hood and heard the shooting, repaired - to the scene and had the body sent home to the late residence of deceased, on Jones street, above Whittaker. Mr. Russell walked out and delivered him self up to Policeman Metzger, who took him to the county jail, where he now is. Thus has ended the career of one of a trio of three as bad men as ever , disgraced the soil of Georgia. Savannah, July 23.—R. Hopkins, Tax Receiver, who was killed by Isaac : S. Russell on the night of the 21st, was hurried to-day. An immense gathering of negroes, estimated at between 2,000 and 3,000, followed the body to the grave. About 20 white people present. Coffin wrapped in the American flag. No disturbance so far. From tlm Atlanta Constitution. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MILITARY COMMISSION ASSEMBLED Foil THE TRIAL OP THE COLUMBUS PRISONERS. TWENTIETH DAY. McPherson Barracks, ) July 23, 1868. J Court met at 10 o’clock, pursuant to adjournment. The conclusion of Ellis’ testimony and tho whole of Cicero Johnson’s (colored) were re-read. The recored was then approved. Gen. Sibley, President of the Com mission, then handed to Gen. Dunn, the Judge Advocate, tho following communication from Headquarters 3d Military District, to-wit: Headquarters Third Military Dist., I Department op Geo., Fla. and Ala., > Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 18u8. 1 Brevet Brig. Gen. C. C. Sibley, U. S. A., President Militory Commission : General: Iu view of the action of the Legislature to day, and the probable immediate admission of the State ol Georgia and consequent cessation of mHiiary authority, the Commanding General directs that the Commission, of which you are President, suspend all further proceedings in the trial of the Prisoners charged with the murder of Ashburn. The prisoners, however, will be retained in custody until further orders. Very respectfully, Your obedient servant, R. C. Drum, A. A. G. Tho Court then adjourned till 10 o’clock Friday morning. 24th inst. TnE Columbus Prisoners. — Gen. Meade’s order to the Military Commis sion to suspend action in the trial of the Columbus prisoners “until further or ders” is the initiatory step to the dis charge of the young men, or a turning of them over to the civil authorities. What a fuss ! What a fizzle ! Were it uot for the temporary incon venience accruing to the prisoners from further incarceration, we might wish that tbe trial could go on until all the evidence for tbe defence shall have been beard. There is a great deal behind, not dreamed ot save in the Devil’s phi losophy, calculated to astonish the country and to further unfold the vil lainous plot of hireling conspirators, paid by the Government to torture inno j cence in order that the machinations of ! a base and unscrupulous party might : prevail. i The alibi of Duke has been proven beyond tbe “shadow of a shade” of doubt, by such witnesses as the prose cution itself is forced to admit are gen tlemen of veracity. Yet the paid per | jurers, Betz, Marshall and Bennett— | those witnesses upon whom the Gov | eminent and its hired assistant, Joseph E. Brown, mainly depended, swore ] more positively to the presence of Duke at the murder, than to any of the re it lon trial. But the evidence is clear that I Betz, Marshall and Bennett were either mistaken or that they hate sworn to a \ lie. We cannot, even in charity, be lieve the former. The testimony of i each dove-tails so perfectly with the . other as to preclude the idea of a mis take. It was delivered by rote aud con | cocted in the fertile brain of tbe infa | mous detective, Whitley, j There is another —an army officer— | who has likewise taken an active part | in the prosecution of these innocent j citizens of an outraged State. If guilt- I less, why has he so suddenly left this ■ precinct for parts unknown, in compa i ny with the perjurers—Betz aud Mar | shall? Is it conscience or is it fear? j If justice hath its course the Colurn j bus prisoners will be released instanter, and the foul wretches who plotted their destruction be made to answer before ; the civil courts of Georgia for their crime.— Atlanta Constitution. I The Cheat Tennessee Serpent | I Accounted For.—An old negro man in the neighborhood of Nolansvillc, says that something over thirty years i ago, a menagerie passed through that neighborhood, and among other ani- j mals attached to it, tvas a cage contain ing various species of large snakes, big and little, of the Aniconda order. lie says some how or other the cage got upset and the snakes turned loose, scampered off. He says all but one, of j small size, was found and captured, j This, he thinks, is the snake which has | been seen by many and created so much 1 uneasiness among black and white, i during the last twenty years. It is a ' very reasonable story. The size repre i sented would indicate that it is of the Aniconda order. Excessive Heat in New York.— The New York Times of the 18th in stant, says : The hot days and nights of the now closing week will be long remembered in this and the neighboring cities, while the terrible record of victims they have left behind will set apart for the statis tician tho month, of July, 1868, as one of fearful figures. In no past year was the mortality, having the excessive heat | of the weather as its immediate cause, ! nearly so great as it has been in this i one, with half of July still before us. Os the past twenty years, but three gave a list of deaths by sun-stroke ex ceeeding a hundred in number ; in 1863 the fatalities from this causo were 211; in 1863, 132; in 1866, 314. During the past five days, as nearly as we can reach it, waiting official returns, the deaths in the metropolitan district num ber at least 400, and the prostrations by heat were probably three times that number. Crops in Nebraska.— A letter to tho j Augusta Chronicle from a gentleman traveling in Nebraska, dated Browns ville, Nebraska, July 4, thus refers to j the crops in that State : The crops are so fine that the farmers are murmuring lest they should not get } a big price for their products. Corn is j already falling, and, unless some disas ter befalls the crop, crain of all kinds j will surely be quite cheap if there are ■ fair crops realized elsewhere. All 1 through the route of my travels, I find ! it standing about 3x3 feet, each way, ; and from 3to 10 stalks in a hill, lt is now, generrlly, laid by—and looks fine- ; ly, as the season has been unexception- | ablo. Potatoes. Onions and all kinds 1 of vegetables promise an abundant yield. The prospects for fruit was never better. “Leo,” writing from Washington to the Charleston Courier, on the 17th, says : In reply to the comments upon Gen. Blair’s revolutionary letter, calling for the forcible abolition of the Radical reconstruction system, it was argued, in the Senate, by Mr. Hendricks, that this appeal to force is the necessary consequence of the arbitrary action of Congress in prohibiting the United States Supreme Court from any adju dication of constitutional questions ari sing under the reconstruction laws, and in restricting the Executive from the exercise of his constitutional functions. Congress has usurped all tbo powers of the Government, and has left no alter native but such a course as Mr. Blair ha3 proposed. Congress, this day, accepts the. issue made by Mr. Blair, and which, it may he said, was adopt ed by the New York Convention. Bueadstuffs from the South.—lt is gratifying to observe, says the Bal timore Sun, that every steamer arriving ut this port from Charleston, since the harvest commenced, fetched breadstuff's. The steamer Falcon, from that port, brought 2,500 bushels of wheat, besides rice, fruit, and vegetables, in addition to other commodities. This exporta tion of wheat, which has succeeded the means of subsistence sent from this and other ports for the last few years, is a cheering indication that under the in i’ „cnce of favorable seasons and per severing industry, the extreme destitu tion caused by the war, and succeeding failure of crops, is beginning to pass away. Extraordinary Cotton Bolls.— We were shown, several days ago, by Mr. J. M. Wright, two cotton bolls, from the fields of Mr. Isaac Lowe, of this connty, and Mr. John W. Snow, of Walton. These bolls measure four inches around, and made their appear ance on the 14th and 21st of June.— Athens Watchman. From WaahinKton. Washington, July 31.—The Sonate ■ passod a bill directing seven engineers to report at the next session, regarding tho bridging of the Ohio. House passed Funding bill sub stantially as published on Monday last. Appropriation bills aggregating to two hundred and ninety two million dollars were passed. Apprehending unfavorable hygienic results, the removal of the Confederate dead from Johnson’s Island lias been postponed. Southern members held a caucus this morning to consider the situation ot Virginia, Mississippi and Texas, and to make arrangements for the campaign. Blair’s letter of acceptance is publish ed in this morning’s Intelligencer. Senate.—Robertson and Sawyer, Col lectors from South Carolina, were seat ed. Sawyer’s seating excited prolong ed discussion. Affidavits from C. C. Bowen and Thomas J. Mackey were read., declaring their belief that Sawyer was ineligible, that he was a share holder iu blockad ing and a member a military organiza tion in Charleston in 1864. Senator Conkling said he was free to say that he did not believe one word of j the charges against Sawyer. I Robertson, who had been previously ! seated, so lie might speak and vote in | Sawyer’s case, heard none of these charges in the South Carolina Leigisla ture, and he believed them unfounded and brought up by disappointed friends of Dr. Mackey. | The question of adjournment was re sumed when the arming of the South* j ern State Governments was again dis cussed. Tbe bill will undoubtedly be come a law before Congress adjourns. Tbe concurrent resolution to lake | recess from Monday to tbe third Mon j day in September was passed, j Adjourned. The President proclaims the adoption of the 14th Article by the alleged Ala bama Legislature. Kellogg of La., and Tift, of S. C. seated. Carley made personal explanations denying remarks attributed to him about paying bondholders in gold, and denouncing the papers alluding to him as a rebel, half rebel and in the bond holders’ interest. The Speaker mado a statement in re gard to - the tax bill in answer to a question, and had a message from the President 'read, in which approval of the tax bill was announced. The See retaty of the Treasury and Commission er of Internal Revenue, however, had advices that the bill was not signed. The Speaker had no other information than that contained in the President’s message announcing that the bill had been signed. Amendments to Alaska appropriation disapproved. A Conference Committee appointed on the bill extending the time for the completion of the Southern Pacific Rail Road. The uncertainty about the tax bill creates much excitement. It seems probable now that the President will veto it on the ground of innovations on tho appointing power. The Senate will disagree to tho House amendments to the Funding Bill. The President has nominated S. F. Beach Dist. Att’y for Ya.; Alvin Haw kins Consul General to Havana; Wm. E. Wells, Collector 4th Dist. Va.; Wm Seddon, 2d Va. Dist. At a meeting of Southern members and Union men of which Whetmore of 9. C., was President, and H. Fisher of Miss., Sec’y, a committee of five was appointed to draft resolutions. John C. Fremont introduced resolutions: — In view of the present threatening at : titude regarding reconstruction, Con j gress should remain in session till after j the election. Congress should imme diately give Virginia, Mississippi and Texas loyal governments. Congress should pass stringent laws for the en ! forcement of the 3d section of the 14th ; amendment. Pending consideration i of the resolutions, it was argued that the President should be impeached, tho j members pledging themselves to resist I adjournment or recess until his remov al was accomplished. Adjourned till S night. Washington, July 23. —The adjourn | ed Radical meeting passed resolutions i of impeachment and appointed a com | nrittee to present resolutions to the Re construction Committee. Resolutions regarding Mississippi was j offered, but Senator Wilson said he had Ia bill prepared, vacating all official olli ! ces in Mississippi, and filling them from ! persom recently voted for, who could j take the test oath, that the militia was ordered to enforce the law without de lay, and this shall constitute tho Mis sissippi Government until otherwise] ordered. Senate. —Wilson introduced a bill, j its character indicated in the noon dis- | path, for the Provisional Government ] of Mississippi, was ordered printed. ! Ilowe introduced a bill for additional troops for suppressing insurrections in States, applying to those lately recon structed, providing Federal assistance only on application of Governors or Leg islatures, created by the reconstruction acts. Referred to Judiciary Commit- j tee. A bill subsidizing the lino of steamers hence to Europe, was passed. Protection to Americans abroad was ! resumed and tjiscussed to recess. House.—Little business of import ance. Recess from Monday to the 3d Monday in September was taken up. I Arming of Southern States monopo lized attention, and every speaker hav ing expressed his views briefly on the subject, was called to order for speak ing on a bill pending, when not before the House. This movement is evident ly prominent in the mind of every mem ber. Garfield was unmilling to adjourn until the party friends South were armed. Washburne, who is recognized as Grant’s organ in the House, disaproves of the measure ou the ground that with in ten days these arms would he in the hands of the rebels. Washburne, fa vorirtg a recess assured the House that the President would sign or veto all hills pending. The Speaker announced that the President had signed the tax bill with a protest. Boynton of South Carolina, protest ed against sending arms there; they were not needed, aud would only tend to create strife and excite passion, which he thought it was the duty of Congress to assuage and if possible to prevent. Dcwos, of N. C., made a wild speech and appealed for arms; using belliger ent language, saying iu effect, come on, come on; the representatives of four millious of people, though they had black skins, would bo in the field. This speech created much mirth on the floor but it was evidently deprecated by the Radicals. Finally the Senate resolu tion for a recess was adopted, and a motion to reconsider the vote to-roor. row prevailed, which leaves tl, tion still open. The House disposed of tu e j; election caso in favor of pu e journed. The President has nominates v Jeffries Commissioner of Intern.- - enue. Epoiii Richmond. Richmond, July 23.—Lieut \\ Mackey, of the 33d U. 8. I U i ai)( from Lynchburg yesterday win siderable amount of inouev , by fraud. Dispatches have i, t . w I to all military departments to j arrest. Tlia«l NtevciiM for Blair and Ne Vl[ll '■ During a recent debate in then j of Repnisn-tativea “Old Thad” up his party in a very lively style ■ append the most iutereslihg n on ; tho debate, as follows: Consideration of the funding bin resumed in the committee. Tin amendment was agreed to, with' ; modification that bonds shall he b nomination of SSO or some uni ■ thereof. Mr. Ross moved to amend the » ; amendment by reducing the rate of tercst to throe per cent. Rejected Mr. Hubbard of West Virginia, m ed to amend the portion proposed; struck out by providing a classui ; year bonds at 3 05 100 percent; making four classes of bonds, ’{ was agreed to. Mr. Pike moved to amend by u the interest on all bonds 4 per ; instead of 3 65 100. During the discussion Mr. Stcv who advocated 4 per cent, as the lev rate of interest, said he had under the gentleman from Illinois (I{ ot . say that the bonds should be paid, cording to the New York plattorn,. what was that platform? Mr. Ross said it was to pay the 5; in lawful money. Mr. Stevens—What do you callls-. i ful money ? Mr Ross— Greenbacks. Thatisj 1 doctrine and mine, you know. [Las; | ter.] Mr. Stevens—l hold to the Chi. platform as I understand it on | point, and to the New York plat; that these bonds shall he paid j; I cording to the original contract. A member—The law. ! Mr. Stevens—According to the!, Mr. Pile—The spirit and letter i contract. Mr. Stevens—What was that k>. : that the interest should be paid up; ! certain time at 6 percent, in coin; i the bonds fell due they were to br, 1 ablo iu money, just ns the genii* i from Illinois understood it, just m ! [Mr. Stevens] understood it, just as. i all understood it when the law was: j acted, just as it was explained out ; floor a dozen times by tho chairman j the Committee of Ways and Means. | he knew that any party in the cornu would go for paying in coin that wb: j was payable in money, thus enhance | the debt one half—if he knew that Ik; | was such a platform and such a deb. urination on the part of his own par he would go for Frank Blair and ft the other party, lie would vote for: such swindle on the tax payers of country. He would vote tor no sis speculation in favor of the large boc holders and millionaires. He repeater though it was hard to say it, if Fran Blair stood on the platform of payin' according to contract, and it the IV-.Y lican candidate stood on tho plaWs of paying bloated speculators twice., amount agreed to be paid them and ing his constituents to death, ho wo: vote for Frank Blair, even it aww man than Seymour were on the tick [ Much excitement and sensation | Mr. Ross—The Democratic doors t still open and the gentleman can be! ken in. Mr. O’Neill, of Missouri, moved fix the interest at 4J per cent. Rejei Mr. Pike’s amendment was also: jected. Mr. Pile moved to make the term the bonds sixty years. Rejected. After discussion a vote was later & the first amendment of Committee o: ! Ways and Means making but one cits | of bonds to run forty years at three a i sixty five hundreth per cent, and vs : agreed to. 1 Mr. Pile moved to amend the prov j sion about exempting from taxatioi j making it to read “and the interes j thereofi and the income therefrom tbs be exempt from payment of all tax I or duties to the United States as wel I taxation in any form by or under State I municipal, or local authorities." I After some further discussion debt 1 i was ordered to be closed in ten minu! • i Mr. Niblack moved to amend by stis j ing out the exemption of taxation hi inserting “which said bonds shall 1 liable to taxation by or under Sis i municipal, or local authority tots j same extent as money is taxed unde I such State, municipal, or local author. ' ty, and no greater.” I Without disposing of this amendnv i the committee arose. The Atlanta Military t:oninil*«l»' j Negro Spies and Vagabond Detecting Some of the Murderers of Mti. rati Among the Gang — Executive | terference Probable. Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer. Washington, D. C., July 13, The disgraceful history of the In de commission which condemned 51: Surratt is likely to bo eclipsed by ti trial now progressing at Atlanta, lo gin, of nine prisoners charged with t murder of Ashburn. The facts « soon be made public officially, wb will shock the moral sense of the eot try. Your correspondent ia permit! to anticipate tho ofllcial expose. No attention was paid to the death Ashburn. At the time it occurred was a wretched outcast, forced to si a home in a negro brothel. When 1 report of his death reached Washing’; the party machinery was set in in to manufacture political capital, w prove Southern tyranny. Gen. 51 being applied to, dispatched Maj Sir; of his staff, to Columbus, to exam and report the facts, offering $10,000: ward for the apprehension of the a derers. Major Smyth caused tho arrest o: large number of citizens, but failed obtain a clue. Tho Washington IB tory not satisfied, dispatched R« detective to Atlanta, who had I working up impeachment. Curious facts are stated touching pay of tho detective while making Butler’s impeachment case. Rcca ported every day to Ilosmer, a c.s agent here, who had in service at time forty negro spies through this c Ilosmer drew checks on which a* and his co-workers received pay “ lor’s report fails to explain Ilosm connection with the investigation, how it happened. Ilosmer was p master for his detectives and the explanation will come from quat least expected. Reed reported to Mes who referred him to Major Smyth, explained the examination bad, an > results reached. In the meantime 1 Howard telegraphs to Kansas for-h Whitley, a detectivo who had prominently in tho service of the Department with Baker. These two worthies procured t' B 1 ny in the trial of Mrs. Surratt. _ ■ ley has arrived, and he hurried w'e new field of labor with the inceuti forty thousand dollars. . * How well he has succeeded in f manufacturing of witnesses, m ■ by the published testimony. “ 9111 will soon appear from another That the witnesses are all eubpo'c and a plan concocted in Washing , for a political effect, will ho P r0 '’ , Reed, who, becoming disgusteu the foul proceedings, has returns to expose the whole scheme. ( , ([l A private citizen of high 8l ““ .. was dispatched to Atlanta to as*, if it were possible this could 6 ltli The report has been submitted . t j t . President, and if necessary h- , interference will be had to P r ”,„ r | S trs conco, as access to the Chief B k lCi) is not so difficult as on font sions, when Mrs. Surratt w sentence. , The Governor of Alabama oj reward of four hundred dollars apprehension of Martha A. * e ■ jt; daughter, Mary Potty, charged the murder of Allen C. Perry, lll I shaw county.
