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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.
