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l I KND i YiiORM Sti, i KBBCABY 8
WHOM SPAT MOBKISe, FEB. 18.
Tite Selma and Memphis railroad is
now completed and running from Sel
ma m Prairie Station, within fourteen
miles iif Greensboro, Ala.
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TANARUS.: Legislature of Kentucky, by a
targe uidj iiity, baa teluaod even lo in
quirt into til!- expediency of reppealing
her laws p;obibiting negroes from test!
fyiug against whites.
The fcetimated loss by the recent tie
struetive fire at Port Gibson, Miss., is
s . and to be SIOO,OOO, of which $25,000
i,!iiv was cnvered by insurance.
i ,iu raiiioads in Mississippi are pass
, < immigrant laborers coruiug into the
- at one Cent per mile.
(tiiib-i appointments are quoted among
;i.juthern Congressional carpet baggers j
it from $2,000 to $4 000, ;li , steady
Nortliern rieramil
A PiiKABiKU Rumor. A minor
: otucS from Atlanta, via Macon, to the ,
, if..ci that the thing iu Atlanta is going
to adjourn.
Am;..a ! -The Now Yotk Herald says j
that “under the present condition and *
tendencies of things the administration
is drif'iug with Congress to demoraliza- j
tion, failure and defeat.”
Mr. Thomas G. flight, lor several
years a cotton merchant at Rome, Ga.,
died in that place on T uesday of last
week. Some two years ago he was par
tially paraljzid, and died finally of
dropsy.
Hogs Packku in the West.— The
total number to Feb. 10iU is given at
1,502,618. The season has a full month
to run, in which time more than 100,000 I
hogs w ill bo added to the sum total.— j
During the whole of last season there j
wi re packed but 1,483,140.
The new city charter for Montgome- i
ry, now before the Senate ol Alabama—
having passed the House —requires lire
City Council to appropriate one tenth i
of the gross receipts of the city to school |
purposes.
Another Military Governor.—
Despatches from Texas say that Rey
nolds runs the Texas Legislature, just
as Terry does the thing in Atlanta.
Port Gib3oN Burned.— Telegrams
received at New Orleans on the 10th,
announce the destruction by lire, of the
business portion, of Port Gibson, Sties.
The postoffice and hotel were among
the buildings burned.
Meadows and Blankenship, charged
with the robbery of old man Blanken
ship, in one of the mountain counties
of Tennessee, some months ago, of
87,000, were tried last week at Louis
ville, in that State, convicted and sen
tenced to the penitentary for five yearn.
An altercation occurred at the hotel
in Humboldt, Tenn., on Wednesday
night last, in which three women, em
ployees in the house, were engaged. '
One of the party, a Mrs. Robbins, was
severely if not fatally injured, her skull j
lining fractured and her person other
wise badly bruised.
More Yet!—The Rads in Congress
are disgruntled over the decision of the
Supreme Court in the legal tender cases.
And now comes forward Mr. Ingersolb
of Illinois, to propose a Sixteenth
Amendment to the Constitution, auth
orizing the issue of legal tender notes.
Advantages of being an Odd Pel
low. — Mr. Pearson, charged with the
killing of Erastus White, at Columbia,
Tennessee, was uuable to give bond
and was committed to jaii. Being an
Odd Fallow, the members of the order
in Nashville hearing of the Diet, made a
bond and mb as u him from prison.
\> . D'X, the groat philanthropist,
s mainly instrumental in influ
i r the erection in Alabama, Missis
a and other States, of hospitals for
the in-one, is now on a trip ot inspec
i .a ibe condition of these institu
tions She is sojourning in Nashville
a? pres.-lit. She is, we believe, a sister
~t i; m John A. I)ix, of New York.
Affairs in Warren.— A letter from
Wurenton on the 9lli, to the Atlanta
Const’.union,says “everything is getting
.. hi!.’: finely at this point; the alarm first
felt L wearing off, and our people are, as
usual, attending to their own business,
preparing their farms to make cotton
and a little corn.”
In the Missouri House ol Rcpresenta
les mi the 9th, the hill proposing to
iy the interest on the State bonds in
1, after the Ist of July, 1870, was re
j eied by a vote of 82 to 20.
We learn from the Chattanooga
Times, that on Wednesday last, Mr.
John Hoskins, of Red Clay, Ga., whilst
< n a ducking expedition on the Tennes
see river, was drowned. His body has
been recovered.
At the present term of the Circuit
Court of Hamilton county, Tennessee,
A. Williams, who killed Adolph Deutch
in a very brutul manner some three
years ago, was tried and convicted of
murder iu the first degree. This de
gree of murder is punished in Tennes
see by suspension by the neck.
We learn that arnoug other require
ments of the bill which recently passed
the Alabama Legislature, extending the
time ofihe law granting State Aid to
railroads, is one requiring the roads
availing themselves of its provisions, to
carry passengers at a rate not exceeding
lour cents per mile, and not to charge
■ wr twenty-five per cent, more for local
than for through freights.
Pap in the Post Office A Wash
ington telegram of Wednesday says:
“The President’s nomination to the
Senate to-day of his own father, Jesse
Grant, to be postmaster at Covington,
Ky ~ created a great deal of amusement
at the capitol. Grant, senior, was first
appointed by President Johnson, but as
his commission was about to expire, bis
son reappointed him.”
Cautersville and Van Wert Rail
Road —The editor of the Atlanta Con
stitution has had an interview with Col
Crawford, President of this road. From
him information is obtained that the
work is progressing finely—four miles
have been graded and nine miles will
soon be cc mpleled. That the company
has ample funds to build the entire
road, and that it is their determination
to have it running its entire length by
October next.
VOL. XI.
Our Condition.
In pursuance of a resolution of ad
journment, the farce of reconstructing
Georgia was to have been resumed on
yesterday. Up to this writing, we are
without intelligence from the thing.
The interval of adjournment, which
has been used by the two factions of
! the Radical party to interview Grant,
Sherman, and sundry Radical Senators,
has been prolific of sensational dis
patches from Washington, which have
shed precious little, if auy, light on the
situation.
We believe that Grant has promised
to be the frieud of both factions. It is
pretty well settled that Senators Conk
ling, Edmunds and others, did denounce
Bullock as a liar and a trickster. But
from nothing that has transpired, can
we draw the inference that Bullock and
his co conspirators have been baffled or j
defeated. We prognosticate that the
Legislature will meet and proceed to
elect Senators—probably Blodgett and
Rice—and that they will be admitted.
Bullock will fix the Judiciary and State i
officials to his own liking, and then the !
wreckers will be turned loose on Geor- i
gia. Under the head of “material in- }
terests,” many gigantic schemes of
fraud and rascality will be pushed i
through the Legislature, and a large I
majority of the so-called Democrats in
that body will be found actively co op
erating iu the work. Terry runs the j
concern, and is known to favor and en
dorse all of Bullock’s schemes. And
Terry is high in the confidence of the |
powers that have brought Georgia to
her present deplorable condition.
Goaded to Desperation. —The Mo
bile Tribune has lost faith in the efficacy
of the ballot box, and peaceful means
to care the ills uuder which the South
suffers. In view of the late outrage
perpetrated by the Alabama Legislature,
in removing the duly elected Mayor and
Council of Mobile, in order that their
places may be filled by ignorant and
debased scalawags and carpet baggers.
The Tribune says:
Are we to submit forever to such out
rages? They who insist that we still
have the remedy by the ballot in our
hands must needs answer, yes. But we
who declare the contrary, answer, no.
Conquered and disfranchised though
we be, we hold at our mercy the lives
of our robbers and their instigators; aud
when the hour comes to decide that
"patience has ceased to be a virtue,”
the people will have a moral right to
rise in their might, and hang to the
lamps-posts the miscreants who are
confiscating their property under the
forms oflaw. What if the act results
in bringing a few more Federal troops
amongst us ? “In population is wealth,”
and not being a free people any longer,
it is a matter of small importance to us
if every new citizen who settlees here
wears a blue coat and carries a bayonet.
It is only a free people who need have a
dread of standing armies; and under
a direct military rule we shall at least
have protection from plunder.
A “Loil” Judge and a Refractory
Grand Jury.— One of Bullock’s crea
tures,called Sessions, who presides in the
Brunswick Circuit, discharged a noto
rious criminal on straw bail or some
thing worse, whereupon the Grand Jury
of Glynn county presented him as a
nuisance. Sessions fined each Grand
Juror twenty-five dollars and imprison
ment until the fine is paid. The Grand
Jury are to be sent to Savannah jail to
day. It is only a question of time
about Sessions being sent to the peni
tentiary, where he will have the pleas
ure of meeting the larger portion of the
Radical party of Georgia. Go it Ses
sions. Go it Grand Jury.
Sensible Suggestions. —ln the
Richmond Dispatch, we find tho first
message of Gov. Walker, of Virginia,
to the Legislature of that State. It is
a short and eminently practical docu
ment, abounding in good hard worldly
sense and wisdom.
II ? recommends that the ignorant and
rascally carpet baggers, put into office
by bayonets in Virginia, shall be at once
removed, and their places filled by com
petent, honest and intelligent Virgin
ians, until an election for State officers
can be held. He further insists that
Judges of well known character and
capacity shall be selected, without look
ing to the question of their eligibility,
and that Congress shall be asked to re
move the disabilities of those who may
be disqualified. This is the message.
Gov. Walker seems to be determined to
put Virginia on her feet again, and has
made a most excellent beginning.
The Cincinnati Southern Rail
road. —In the Kentucky Legislature on
the 9th, the Committee on Railroads re.
ported a bill giving to the above-riamed
Company a charter for a railroad
through Kentucky. A number of
amendments were offered to tbe bill.
Tbe bill and amendments were made
the special order for to day.
This road is proposed to be built by
Cincinnati, and is lo extend from New
port, on the Kentucky side of the Ohio
river, opposite Cincinnati, across the
States of Kentucky and Tennessee, to
Chattanooga, a distance of between four
and five hundred miles. A charter has
already been obtained from Tennessee.
The city of Cincinnati has already made
a subscription of $10,000,000 to the
road. Georgians feel great solicitude
for the success of the enterprise.
Infanticide. —ln old Abolition
times, remarks tbe Manchester (N. H.)
Union, we used to hear a great deal of
the cruel separation of “slave mothers
and their infants—ah.” This was from
men who were utterly ignorant of what
they were talking about. No matter
now what the real facts were. There
are no longer any “slave mothers”—the
blood of half a million of our brave
young men has set them free. And
what of the mothers now ? In a single
county in Virginia are now on trial two
ot them for murdering infants born alive
amt well. They were never distin
guished tor maternal affection, even
when the care of their children devolved
upon others; now, when they must
support them themselves, they kill them
with as little ceremony as they do sur
plus kittens. A writer in the Boston
Banner of Light, who has recently been
among them, says the negro race is
nearer to extinction than many sup
pose.
The Tuscaloosa (Ala.) Observer is
discussing the advantage and import
ance to that city and country South of
it, of a railroad from Tuscaloosa to a
point called Chickasaw, on the Ten
nessee river. The distante is stated to
be one hundred and twenty miles.
Chickasaw is at Deep Water, on the
Tennessee river. This road built and
extended to Selma, whence it would
connect with the Selma and Penßacola
road, would form almost an air line
from Pensacola to St. Louis, as any one
can see by a reference to the map, at a
distance not exceeding 820 miles—B2o
by rail and 600 by water.
THE WEEKLY SUN.
A DUTCH ORGAN.
Atlanta delights in a Dutch organ;
we cannot recall the name, and could
not pronounce it if it were before our
: eyes. It is not a hurdy-gurdy, such as
one sees on the streets, grinding ont an
accompaniment to a Teutonic gentle
man in baggy trowsers, who sings,
“Coom sohainge rings mlt me mj loaf,
Coom 8 ’hainge rings mit me;”
But it is a paper organ, a journal, well
filled with the productive proclamations
,of Bullock. Nothwithstanding the
; boasted population of Atlanta, there are
| not Germans sufficient there to support
this journal. It is problematical if there
' are Germans enough in the State to
keep it going We cannot permit our
| selves to believe that the German popu
lation of the State would support this
organ—this radical Dutch organ of Bul
lock. Who pays the expense ? The
people of Georgia, we opine. It will
be remembered that the Legislature of
Georgia, the body that Bullock claims
is illegal and of no force, appropriated
ten thousand dollars for immigration
purposes. It further elected a home
and a foreign agent of immigration,
at large salaries. This was many
months since. The agents have drawn
their salaries, and the organ is drawing
on the ten thousand fund, perhaps; but
not a sturdy, industrious German has
been added to the productive force of
the State through this Agency. What
is the organ for? To grind radical
music. To bring to the support of Bul
lock the German population of the State.
We cannot read German, but have been
told by those who can that this thing is
intensely radical and disgustingly ful
some in its support of Bullock and his
policy.
So far as we are Informed,the Germans
amongst us are a well ordered, thrifty
and industrious people, who have as
similated themselves to our ideas and in
stitutions. They are making permanent
homes among us and are educating their
children to become citizens of Georgia
If they entertain feelings opposed and
inimical to the people of the State, they
have not yet made public profert of
them, la better and quieter times they
may induce their friends, relations and
former neighbors to follow them. We
should be glad to welcome an immigra
tion similar to that which has quietly
come and settled down. But we can
imagine no greater calamity in store for
Georgia than to be overrun by people
whose ideas of Georgia and Georgians
are gathered from Bullock’s Dutch or
gan, and who may come here to put
into practice the pernicious doctrines
which it teaches and disseminates.
It is to be hoped that our German
friends throughout the State will take
measures to expose the true character
of this concern, which may undertake
to pass itself off as an exponent of their
feeling and sentiments in the “Fader
land,” and thus defeat the ends of the
schemers who have started it. Apropos
of this Dutch organ. About the time it
made its first appearance, Hulbert, the
right hand man of Bullock, was credit
ed with having boasted in a speech in
Southwestern Georgia that he would
complete a great railroad within a year
with German labor.
How to Raise Irish Potatoes.
This valuable vegetable, both for ta
ble use and stock, grows well in this
latitude, and when put in the ground
right, gives large yield in return for a
small amount of labor. The best, and
at the same time, most economical way
to plant, we have tried, is, first to break
the land deep—say, eight to ten inches
—pulverize it thoroughly, leaving no
clods. Then open a trench with a weed
ing hoe about its width, and in depth
about six inches. Then with tho spike
of the garden hoe, open a trench in the
centre, say one inch deep. Iu this
trench drop the potato—cut side down.
Then fill the trench about half full of
well rotted Btable or chip manure, and
the remainder with loose soil. When
tho vines grow to the bight of six to
ton inches, draw to them » slight ridge,
and submerge the whole well to the bud
with litter from the woods—leaves or
pine straw —we prefer the latter. Dis
tance —rows two and a half feet, and
tbe potato ten to twelve inches in the
drill. Do not be too economical in cut
ting up the potato, as some do, leaving
only one eye. Enough of the potato
should be left to support the plant. The
potato acts as a nourishment to the
plant, and causes the early throwing
out of the roots that form the potato.
As much as from four to five hundred
bushels to the acre have been produced
in the South from this mode of culture.
The litter, while it serves to shade aud
keep the earth cool and moist, it keeps
down weeds and grass, and saves any
further labor in cultivation, whilst at
the same time, it fertilizes the land. Our
public gardeners would do well to test
this plan.
Killing of John M. Foster.— An
unfortunate altercation took place Sun
day night, between Mr, John M. Foster
and Mark D. Brainard, Clerk of the
Circuit Court of this county, in which
tlie former was shot in four places, tne
last shot proving fatal. From what we
can learn, Brainard and his wife had
separated, and he went to Mr. Stewart’s
house to get his clothes. While there,
an altercation took place between him
and Foster, which was continued to the
street, and at tbe time Mr. B. fired the
last shot, Foster had him (Brainard)
down, and was beating him. Brainard
was shot on the left side of his head,
during the difficulty, receiving a slight
wound, and sMglitly bruised in several
other places. It is claimed by Mr.
Brainard’s friends that he acted in self
defence. He surrendered himself to the
Sheriff this (Monday) morning.— Mont
gomery Mail.
Railroad Meeting. —A delegation
of citizens from Talladega county ar
rived in Opelika last week, for the pur
pose of ascertaining if some arrange
ment could not be made whereby the
route of the Savannah and Memphis
Railroad could be so changed as to run
by the town of Talladega. A confer
ence was had at the office of the com
pany, between the delegation and a
portion of the Directors of the S.
& M. Railroad, and we learn that tbe
proposition of the Talladega delegation
was entertained, and, perhaps, favora
bly considered. —Opelika New Era.
Death of Nathan L. Hutchins.—
We regret to learn that Judge Nathan
L. Hutchins died at Social Circle, last
night at 11 o’clock. His exit was calm
and peaceful. —Atlanta Const., of Sat
urday.
Secession of Dr. Breckbnbidge.—
It is rumored that Dr. R. J. Breckin
ridge intends withdrawing from the
Presbyterian Church. — Exchange.
The Presbyterian Church will lose
nothing by this operation.
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22,1870.
Tlie Legal Tender Decision.
“Lo,” the Washington correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, writing on
the oth, says:
The Supreme Court has decided that
the Legal Tender Act of July, 1862, is
nnconsututional as regards pre-existing
debts. The right of the Government to
issue bills of credit is admitted, but not
the right to make them legal tenders for
debts already contracted. The decision
was not unexpected, but still it creates
much dissatisfaction in Congress.
The Republican party will not allow
to the Judiciary any rights under the
Constitution. That party has often de
cided, in Congressional caucuses, that
neither the Supreme Court nor the Ex
ecutive have any rights that a Congress
ought to respect, except so far as they
may concur with the policy of Congress.
The decision of the Court is less im
portant in a financial than in a political
point of view. It will produce no great
: shock in business matters. But it will
: give the Radicals additional reasons for
the continuance of their war upon the
Supreme Court and Chief Justice Chase,
as its able and independent exponent.
Some complaint is made because the
Court did not wait till the two more Re
j publican Justices were on the Bench,
and till an opportunity was given for
| the rehearing of the argument. Justice
Grier remained on the Bench, expressly
! for the purpose of giving his opinion in
this case. Thus the Court stood ‘five
for the opinion now rendered, and three
against it.
The two newly nominated Justices,
Strong, of Pennsylvania, and Bradley,
of New Jersey, are thorough Republi
cans, and would, it is thought, support
the constitutionality of the Logal Ten
der Act as regards all debts, either pre
existing or subsequent. Then the de
cision would have been four, including
the Chief Justice, for bis opinion, and
five disentants, to wit : Justices Miller,
Swayne, Davis, Strong and Bradley.
Already it is given out that Congress
and the party will not abide by the
opinion ot Chief Justice Chase and his
Democratic and half rebel associates.
A prominent Senator declares that the
opinion is of a piece with all those of
the Court since the rebellion took place-
The dissentants, Justices Miller,
SwayDe and Davis, find the constitu,
tional power to enact the Legal Tender
in the great resource of constitutional
authority—that is, necessity. The Re
publican party will not yield this prin
ciple. The whole series ot war legisla
tion must find justification in necessity.
The Legal Tender Act, say Congress,
saved the Union, and, without it the
Union would not have been saved.—
That is argument enough for their cases,
and they intend to have a court that
will concur with them on all questions
growing out of the way.
As soon as the Bench of the Court
shall be filled, there will be a Radical
majorty of one. Anew case is to be
immediately made and brought before
the Court,in order to have this reversed.
But, if this scheme should fail, then the
Court is to be reorganized in the inter
est of the Republican party. This will
be done by an addition of several Jus
tices carefully selected to carry out the
Radical policy.
The Republicans will view Justice
Chase’s opinion as a standing rebuke to
their course. Moreover, it will prevent
future exaction of power upon occasions
of necessity which may occur.
'l’lie Noittli aud tbe West.
From the returns of imports and ex
ports for the month of November, 1869,
received by the Bureau of Statistics, we
take the following items:
Imports. Exports.
New Y T ork... .$19,233,190 $17,695,415
Boston 3,952,675 998,715
Baltimore 1,528,268 1,459,110
Charleston.... 22,905 2,236,443
Mubllo 01,033 3,803,309
Savannah 82,983 5,190,028
New Orleans.. 1,355,548 10,752,177
Here is a table which is most instruct
ive. Boston, the seaport of a populous
and thriving State, with extensive rail
connections with the North and West,
having a larger direct importation than
any other town in the country, except
New York, has a comparatively small
export trade. The reason is evident.
New York is nearer to the harvest fields
of the Great West than Boston is, and
New York offers greater advantages and
cheaper transit to the products of an
immense portion of this country.—
Hence, New York absorbs this trade.
Boston, which for a long time was ena
bled to support a line of steamers, has
been obliged to abandon them as the
railroad connections of New \ T ork have
developed, and its exportations are now
dwindling down to the manufactures
and products of its own immediate
neighborhood. Charleton, on the con
trary, with an insignificant import
trade, exported produce in November
to an amount more than double that of
Boston. Mobile, where importations
are trifling, exported still more largely,
and Savannah, with a population of
only 40,000 or 50,000, exported five
times as much as Boston. The commu
nication between the West and the
South is constantly extending, and there
is every reason to believe that the ex
ports of produce from the Southern
ports will increase very materially. It
will be noticed that Savannah stands
second only to New Orleans as an ex
porting city. The efforts being put
forth by the business men of Savannah
to secure a larger trade from the West,
will no doubt result in a large increase
in tbe exports from that city. Low
railroad freights to Savannah will un
doubtedly make Savannah an export
port for a great amount of Western pro
duce.—Nashville Union.
A Carious Scrap or History.
In the fall of 1832, Governor Middle
ton was in Greenville with his family.
He had formerly reseded here before
his mission to Russia, and had disposed
of his house and farm to Washington
Earle. Through my influence he was
elected a member of the State Conven
tion from Greenville, together with my
self, Colonel Brockmore and Felix R.
Whittier, called in the fall of 1832, to
nullify the tariff laws of Congrees. Be
fore starting to the convention, and
after we reached there, we were a good
deal together, and 1 derived a great deal
of valuable information from him, and
was always delighted, as well as edified
by his conversations. In my journal,
I have made memoranda of some of
these conversations. He amused me
often with his anecdotes and sketches
of public men. In one of these conver
sations he told me that he then had in
his possession a manuscript ofhis father
which contained a speech of Mr. Madi
son, taken down in short-hand, advo
cating a treaty with Great Britain, on
the condition that she would acknow
ledge the independence of all the colo
nies north of the Carolinas. The Caro
lines and Georgia were to remain
British provinces. The resolution em
bodying this proportion was introduced
in the old Congress by Mr. Madison
himself. Many years afterwards, whilst
Governor Middleton was a member ut
Uoucress, he mentioned the subject oi
this speech to Mr. MadisoD, and ex
pressed his great surprise at it. Mr.
Madison acknowledged having intro
duced the resolution and made the
speech. He justified himself on the
ground that the Carolinas and Georgia
were at that time conquered provinces,
the country was overrun with British
troops, and the royal government re
stored. These colonies were considered
entirely lost after Gates’ defeat at Cam
den, and all reasonable hope of recover
ing them was gone forever. An address
had been presented to Lord Cornwallis,
signed by many of the most prominent
citizens of Charleston, congratulating
him on his victory and the final subju
gation of the province. I do not re
member to have seen this remarkable
fact mentioned in the history of our
country. The address to Lord Corn
wallis I had heard of many years before,
but not the speech and resolution of Mr.
Madison. Congress sat, at that time,
with closed doors, and their secret pro
ceedings were not known to the coun
try. — [Ex-Governor Perry's •*Reminis
cences of Public Men ” —“ XIX Century"
for February.
Proceedings or tbe Executive Com
mittee or tbe State Agricultural
Society.
Reported expressly for The Constitution, by
B. R. True, Esq.
Atlanta, Feb. 10, 1870.
Agreeably to the call of the President
of the Georgia State Agricultural Socie
ty, the following members of the Exe
cutive Committee met in the City Hall:
Hon. B. C. Yancey, President of the
Society and ex officio Chairman of the
Executive Committee ; Vice Presidents
—C. W. Howard, Bchley, Capers, Bar
row ; Ex officio members of the com
mittee from Ist district, Dr. J. T. Chap
pel; 2d district, J. B. Burke and A. H.
Colquitt; 3d district, James H. Fannin;
4th district, George S. Obear, E. Stead
man, L. J. Livington ; sth district, B.
H. True, T. J. Smith; 6th district,
James S. Hamilton, JohnN. Montgom
ery ; 7th district, E. E. Rawson, John
H. Fitten.
On motion of Mr. C. W. Howard, a
committee consisting of Messrs. How
ard, Colquitt and Schley, were appoint
! ed by the President to confer with the
City Council of Atlanta in relation to
arrangements for the Fair of 1870.
On motion of Col. Capers, a commit
tee was appointed to audit accounts of
the Secretary and Treasurer for last year
and to the present time, and also to au
dit all claims against the Society.—
Messrs. Capers, Obear, Rawson, Col
quitt and Steadman are the committee.
On motion of Mr. Howard, all essays
on reclaimed land not reported upon at
the fair were referred to the Committee
on Essays appointed at the fair for re
port, Gen. Crown and Mr. Howard.
On motion of Dr. Hamilton, a com
munication from the Rev. Mr. Quig, In
relation to an essay on tbe Policy
Planters should adopt to protect them
selves against the combination of spec
ulators and capitalists, was referred to
a committee consisting of Messrs. Col
quit), Livingstone and Chappel.
The President read a letter from Dr.
C. P. Culver, in relation to claims of
Dent & Cos., for services in procuring
the use of the Laboratory buildings for
holding thft fair of 1809. It was refer
red to the following committee: Mr.
Brown; Chairman; True, Livingstone,
Barrow and Schley.
The following gentlemen were ap
pointed a Committee to revise the
Premium List : Fitten Chairman, Far
mer, Howard, Steadman, Montgomery.
The report of the Committee to con
fer with the Mayor and Council made
a report, which was received and laid
over till 7 o’clock to-night. The Com
mittee then adjourned to visit the
ground purchased for holding the fair,
two miles from the city, on the State
Road.
The Committee adjourned to inspect
the Fair Ground,and re assembled at the
Oit,y Hall, at 7 o’clock, p. m.
In the absence of Secretary Lewis,
Major B. H. True was elected Secretary,
pro tem.
The following resolutions were adopt
ed :
1. That the Local or City Committee
are required to provide suitable grounds,
the number of acres to be decided upon
hereafter by the Executive Committee.
2. To provide two hundred stalls for
horses 8 by 12 feet, and the stalls to be
provided with managers and doors with
hasps and staples.
3. To provide one hundred cattle
stalls 8 by 10 feet,with rack3 aud troughs
—all the stalls for horses and cattle to
be covered and numbered with large
figures.
4. To provide fifty sheep pens 6 by 10
feet, covered and provided with racks
and troughs.
5. To provide seventy five pens for
hogs 10 by 10 feet,covered, with troughs.
6. To provide an ample supply of wa
ter for stock and machinery, with
pumpa. ,
7. To provide a half mile track.
8. To provide a fine art hall, 30 by 125
feet; a fruit, floral and vegetable hall,
30 by 125 feet; a mechanical hall, two
stories high, 40 by 120 feet.
9. To provide a treasurer’s office on
the grounds near tbe main entrances, on
the line of fence, 40 by 20 feet.
10. To provide a secretary’s office
within tho grounds, 20 by 40 feet, with
shingle roof, good floor, doors and win
dows, with proper fastenings, furnished
with desks, chairs, tables, etc., and so
arranged that a part thereof may be oc
cupied by the Executive committee for
the transaction of business; also an
audience hall, 40 by 120 feet, in which
to make the annual addresses, hold the
meetings of the society, award the pre
miums, and for such other business as
may be designated by the committee.
11. To provide a judge’s stand after a
plan to be submitted on octagon, not
less than feet in diameter, and two
stories high.
12. To provide an amphitheatre capa
ble of seating 5,000 people, and to be
covered.
13. To provide a ladies saloon, 16 by
40 feet, furnished with combs, towels,
brushes, soap, wash bowls, mirrors,
tables and chairs, and have in attend
ance a female.
14. To provide a gentleman’s saloon,
10 by 40 feet.
15. To provie a stout railing around
the track, and on both sides of the car
riage-way.
16. The buildings and fences to be
whitewashed inside and out, and ail the
walks and buildings, not floored, to be
covered with saw dust; the officers’
and ladies’ saloon to be furnished with
stoves, and, if necessary, keep and pre
serve the track in good order.
17. To erect on the grounds two
suitable eating houses provided with
necessary arrangements tor eating.
18. To erect a forage house, 40 by 20
feet, with 15 feet posts; also, to erect a
proper covered shed, 40 by 60 feet, for
the display of carriages.
19. To furnish $3,000 in cash, on or
before the Ist day of August next, to be
appropriated for the premium list.
On motion of Col. Capers,
Resolved, That the cotnmitUee to au
dit claims be instructed to inquire and
recommend what compensation or sal
ary shall be allowed our treasurer.
Resolved, That the secretary be in
structed to inform all persons exhibitors
at the fair of 1870, whose articles are
left in the care of the secretary, without
the payment of freight, that unless the
expenses of freights and storage be paid
within sixty days after notice, that the
articles be sold to defray tbe charges
aforesaid.
Resolved, That the treasurer he re
quired to give bond with two securities,
in the sum of ten thousand dollars ; and
that a committee be appointed to devise
a system of checks by which it may at
all times be ascertained what amount
of money has passed into his hands.—
Messrs. Capers, Smith and Rawson
were appointed the committee.
Messrs. True, Obear, and Chappel
were appointed, to report new business
for the action of the executive commit
tee.
On motion,
Resolved, That the secretary be in
strueted to have diplomas prepared, to
be distributed to persons to whom the
same were awarded ; also medals in
bronze.
On motion of Mr. True,
Resolved, That the next fair be held
in or naar this city, opening on Wed
nesday, the 19th October, and continu
ing until Wednesday, the 27th.
On motion of Mr. Livingstone,
Resolved, That the city be required
to have the buildings and grounds ready
by the Ist day of October to be delivered
to the society.
Resolved, That the regulations and
management of the next fair be referred
to the committee on the revision of the
premium list.
Adjourned to meet in (heir hall after
the inspection of fair ground to morrow.
Encouraging. —An Illinoin man has
received the following encouraging let
ter from a debtor: “Mr. Stout—Dear
Sir : You say you are holding on to my
note yet. That is all right—perfectly
right. Just keep holding on to it, and
if you find your Land3 slipping, spit on
them and try it again. Yours affection
ately, .”
TELEGRAPHIC.
I ron] Washington.
Washington, February 14.—Ways
and Means Committee considered the
extending of whisky bonds to three
years; also, a memorial of the Chamber
of Commerce of New Orleans, presented
by Gen. Sypber, against a change in
1 the sugar tariff.
House.—The memorial of the New
Orleans Chamber of Commerce regard
ing the sugar tariff was presented by
! Scbenck, and rtferrtd back to the Com
mittee.
Various disability bills presented.
The President accepts the resignation
of Clark, Assessor Ist Georgia District.
C. T. Watson nominated for the va
cancy.
The Judiciary reported favorably on
Strong and BTadley by one majority.
No action on the plan of trying con
tested election cases by drawing a com
mittee or jury from the House. It was
defeated. On the motion to suspend
the rules, the vote stood, 78 yeas to 104
nays. The Committee are opposed to
the plan.
House.—A resolution was introduced
declaring it the sense of the House that
the business interests of the country re
quire an increase iu the volume of the
currency, and instructing the Commit
tee on Banking and Currency to report
as soon as possible a bill increasing the
currency at least $50,000,000.
A motion to table this failed by a vote
of 93 to 73. It comes up on Monday
next.
A resolution was adopted requesting
the President to inform the House j
whether an order had been given to i
clear the docks at New York for repair- (
ing Spanish war vessels, and if so, by
what authority.
Senate.—A communication from the
Secretary of War, upon affairs in Geor- ,
gia, with the credentials of Senators I
elect Hill and Miller, were referred to
Judiciary Committee.
The Secretary ot the Treasury was [
directed to report whether the public |
interest would not be subserved by re
moving the Branch Mint from New Or
leans to New York.
Bill introduced to enforce the 15th j
Amendment, by. granting suffrage at
State and county elections, and punish
ing refusal or neelect to col
lect a tax, when its payment is a quali
fication of an elector.
Mississippi bill considered without
definite action—a motion to postpone it
resulting in a tie vote, determined in
the negative by the vote of the Vice
President.
Washington, February 15.—Collec
tor James Atkins, Fourth Georgia Dis
trict, reports that the houses of his de
tectives in Cherokee county have been
burned. He has no hope from the
State authorities. He wants power and
zeal.
Reconstruction Committee reported
Senate bill, removing political disabili
ties, amended by their own bill, which
covers some 3000 names. This involves
delay.
Election Committee considering the
action of the House yesterday adverse
to proposed ballot or jury system, will
proceed with the contests.
It is apprehended Paine will with
draw from the chairmanship.
It is stated that the Judiciary Com
mittee reported favorably on the nomi
nation of Pcarre for the 4th Judicial
District.
House.—Contested election of Van.
Wyck vs. Green was discussed for four
hours.
Senate.—Garrett Davis spoke four
hours on Mississippi bill.
An effort to fix the voting time to
morrow, failed.
Katlieal Nominations for Senators
Last Night.
The Atlanta Constitution of Tuesday
says, tho Radical m®™* *“«•< Ja81 night.
colored men were brought in with
the promise of having one of the Sena
tors. There was sparring between them
however.
Foster Blodgett received 80 votes on
the first ballot, for tha long term—2
scattering. Henry P. Farrow received
60 votes for the second long term—l 6
scattering. John Rice, Esq , withdrew
in favor of Col. Farrow.
For the short term (to fill a vacancy)
Messrs. Simes, Wallace, Beard and
Turner, (colored) Whitely, Mott, Grif
fin, Blount and Lochrane were put in
nomination. The ballot resulted in 18
for Wallace, 16 for Mott, 28 for White
ly, 1 for Lochrane, and the balance di
vided among other candidates.
Forty-three being necessary to a
choice, it was declared no nomination
by the whiskers.
Mr. Mott and Dr. Blount were with
drawn, and O’Neal, of Lowndes, nomi
nated.
The ballot was announced 25 for Wal
lace, 54 for Whitely, balance scattering.
R. H. Whitely declared the nominee.
The colored carpet-bagger Campbell,
made a long-winded harangue in favor
of making Whitely’s nomination unan
imous.
Geo. Wallace said tbe colored men
would have a meeting at 8 o’clock on
Tuesday, and he would do whatever
they said; now he would vote No.
Conley said the colored men had
played a trick on their white friends.
[The lamb muddying the stream.] Wal
lace retorted if they had played a trick,
it was one taught them by tbe white
republicans.
The vote on Campbell’s motion
showed it was not unanimous. It was
a cute trick on the colored men.
On motion, the candidates, Blodgett,
Farrow, Whitely and Gov. Bullock,
were invited to come into the meeting.
They were all big with speeches, and
were safely delivered.
The Southern Publishing Com
pany.—We are gratified to learn that
Mr. J. C. Derby, the eminent New
York publisher, is the general mana
ger ot the above Company, and that in
this city will be located the principal
office ot the concern.
Mr. Derby’s success as a leading pub
isker in New York for many years, is
well known to the Southern people.—
Just after the close of the war he pur
chased a farm near Aiken, where he has
been spending liis winters for two or
three years, and has become so much
pleased with the South that ho has de
termined to locate permanently here
and transfer his great publishing inter
ests to this city.
Tho Southern Publishing Company
will confine their business to the pub
lication and sale of books by subscrip,
tion alone. None of these books can
be found in the bookstores. They will
be distributed by canvassing agents
throughout the States of Georgia, South
Carolina and Florida, and when no
agents are employed, orders for books
will be received and filled from the
principal office here.
Mr. Derby will issue nothing but
standard works—those of real value to
the public—and we doubt not will re
ceive liberal encouragement from our
people in his new enterprise. The es
tablishment of such an extensive and
wealthy publishing bouse in our city
will contribute very much to our trade
and prosperity, and we warmly wel
come Mr. Derby and his associates, and
trust that thesr highest anticipations
may be fully realized. —Chronicle and
1 Sentinel.
Tbe UeorKln Busluesa.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Tribune has mapped out
the situation in Georgia, and the future
course of Bullock & Cos. to the letter, as
follows:
Two delegations, representing differ
ent views, but both claiming to be Re
publicans, are here. Col. Bryant, the
Rev. Mr. Caldwell, and State Treasurer
Angier, with the expectant Senators,
the Hon. Joshua Hill and Dr. V. H.
Miller, are the principal Conservatives
here. Gov. Bullock, Foster Blodgett
Congressmen Prince and Cliff, with
others, are working quietly but tffect
ively in the presentation of their views.
It is argued, and with an effectiveness
which is having considerable influence
on Senators, that a legislative body,
largely composed of men since proved
to be disqualified under the Federal
Constitutionit6elf, wasnotlegaiiy quali
fied to elect United States Senators. It
is stated that 27 members of the Senate
and House have been declared ineligible,
and their seats vacated under Gen.
Terry's directions. The President, who
has hitherto been supposed favorable to
the view set forth by the Bryant faction,
that the only effect of the recent legis
lation was to reseat the colored mem
bers, and expel those found to be dis
qualified, now states, it is claimed, that
in his opinion all the acts of that illegal
ly organized Legislature were illegal
and void. In all probability this view
will be sustained by tne Senate. Mr.
Hill has considerable personal sympathy
in the curious position in which circum
stances have placed him, though the
more radical Georgians charge that he
was the animating adviser of Bryant’s
disorganizing action. Dr. Miller is
ineligible under tho Fourteenth article,
and would probably have some difficulty
in obtaining his seat under any circum
stances. Among other res,sons urged
for beginning anew in all Georgia mat
ters, is tho fact that Congress required
the ratification of the Fourteenth
Amendment, a thing which had already
been done, if the Legislature, as first
organized, was a legal body. Nothing
is positively known here as to who
will receive the Republican nomination
for Senators, which are to be made on
Monday next, but a Mr. Rice of Atlanta,
President of the First National Bank,
is expected to be one of the nomines.
To which Horace Greeley adds edi
torially : We care very little about the
personal questions involved in the Geor i
gia Senatorial dispute about to be pre
cipitated npon Congress. The country
is comparatively indifferent as to the
struggles of individuals for the Georgia
seats ; it does insist that these
Delays snoutd end; and the require
ments of the law being complied with,
that Georgia should be promptly ad
mitted.
Gen. Butler’s Bill for the Remo
val of Disabilities. —The bill report
ed by Representative Butler from the
Committee on Reconstruction, and re
committed, provides for the removal
of political disabilities because of acts
committed during the late rebellion. A
person desiring to avail himself of the
provisions of the bill may petition to
court, in the Slate or Territory in which
lie lives, giving particular description
of the acts done by him against the
government, aud declaring: he intends
hereafter to act and conduct himself as
a loyal citizen of the United States. He
is required to pray to be restored to his
rights and all he has lost by his wrongful
conduct. Public notice is to be given
that a hearing will be had on proving nis
statement by witnesses. This court shall
issue a certificate restoring him to all liis
rights, thus removing his disabilities.
The removal of disabilities is not to affect
property lost, captured or destroyed by
the army of the United States.
Negko Mortality.— The Monroe
Advertiser says great mortality prevails
among the negroes in that county. The
same is the case in this city and the sur
rounding country. The mortality among
them is at least two to one as com
pared to the whites. This is the inevi
table consequence of freedom. The
mortality among them since freedom
came, is the reverse of what it was when
thoy woro in alavp.ry. Thf‘. np.gro phi
ianthropists who know little of their
disposition, ask why it is so. To us,
who have known them all our lives,aud
have had the care of them, the problem
is easily solved. When in slavery, an
abundance of healthy food was provided,
as was also comfortable quarters. When
sickness and disease overtook them,
medical aid was provided. They were
not only nursed by their owners, but
were forced to nurse each other. This
they will not do voluntarily. They now
sicken and die for the want of this su
pervision of the superior race, aud ere
long, like the poor Indian, they will be
no more to be seen.
Cotton vs. Corn. —The planters of
this section would do well to take the
following advice, given by the "Carrier
Boy” of the Winnsboro (8. C.) News,
in his New Year’s address to the pat
rons of that paper. The whole story of
Cotton vs. Corn is told in the following
extract:
Although our nolle farmers
Have worked with might and main,
They’ve failed In many Instances
Their honest ends to gain.
For the rains are very partial,
And the crops, of course, were short,
And those who raised no corn a t home
Os Northern merchants bought.
The liens took all their cotton,
And they ever will be poor,
Who, Instead of raising corn at home.
Have their cribs In Baltimore.
Sumner told a World correspondent
who interviewed him the other day,
that in May last he was authorized by
General Prim to sell Cuba to the Cuban
Junta, but that the latter was unwilling
to pay the price demanded for tLe is
land. The Junta named one hundred
millions of dollars as the largest sum
which the Cubans would be willing to
to pay for their independence.—Ex
change.
If this is true, the Cubans deserve to
be severely dealt with for destroying
valuable lives, and more property than
would have purchased their indepen
dence.
A Choice ScironL Book.— The fol
lowing extract is taken from Clark’s
Graminer, which is adopted for use in
the schools of the Slate of Alabama.
There are tunny <> liu-'l iha same sort,
butonc specimen will suffice :
“Note iii”— A Collective noun indi
cating unity, requires its verb to be in
the singular number.
Examples—“A Nation has been smit
ten.”
“The Senate has rejected the
Bill.”
“Congress has adjourned.”
A Curious Fact about Free Ma
sonry’—Free Mason’s will be interest
ed to know that Mastai Ferretti, better
known as Pope Pius IX., once belonged
to their order, having joined it in Phil
adelphia when he was a Papal Nuncio
to this country, and that he continued
to be a Mason two years after he became
Pope. These assertions are made on
the authority of the Fra Paoli Sarpi of
Venice, a Catholic journal devoted to
ecclesiastical reform, and, if true, they
are certainly very peculiar,, especially
when taken in connection with the well
known devotional character of the Pope
in his earlier years.
NO. 50.
Baying Fertilizers for Cash anil on a
Credit.
THE difference.
A recent editorial in tbe Augusta
Chronicle and Sentinel contains some
i sensible suggestions on this point, which
we append:
But there is another point to which
we desire to direct planters’ attention in
connection with the commercial ferti
lizers. It is the great difference between
the cash and credit prices, established
by all dealers in these articles. We do
not hesitate to say we do not believe
the profits ot cotton planting, as now
conducted, will authorize or justify the
planter iu paying from twenty to Uirty
per ctnt. lor money to purchase fertiliz
ers. And yet hundreds—perhaps thous
auds of them— paid this rate the last,
and w:li pay it again this year. We
venture to assert, that not one in a hund
red who lias paid it, or is about to pay
it, really knows thatthey are giving this
amount of interest iu the purchase of
their fertilizers. We know that those
who continue the practice cannot make
money by planting, unless cotton goes
up to 35 or 40 cents a pound. This is
hardly probable, and hence planters will
do well to examine this matter a little.
The great bulk of the fertilizers now
iu the market, range in price from fifty
to eighty dollars. Dealers make a dif
ference of ten dollars a ton between the
cash and credit prices. Time sales are
made payable Ist of November, with
factors acceptance. The following table
shows the rate of interest paid by the
planters on these time sales. We have
included the 2£ per cent, charged for
acceptances, though we learu that some
factors do not make this charge. It is
nevertheless a legitimate chargo, and
factors are entitled to remuneration lor
the risks they assume in thus accommo
dating the planters. We calculate the
interest for nine months, that is to say
from Ist February to Ist November, al
though thousands of tons are not pur
chased until Ist of March, and the pay
ments fixed at Ist of October.
On fertilizers sold at SSO
cash and SOO on credit,
the interest paid by the
planter is .23.00 pier cent.
On those sold at S6O cash
and S7O on credit, the
interest is 23.72 “
On those sold at $65 cash
and $75 on credit, the
interest is 2125 “
On those sold at S7O cash
and SBO on credit, the
interest i5.... 20.00
Land plaster, which is used very ex
tensively, and should be even more lib
erally applied to our land, acJla.nin.o
t«> » iod, cash, and $25 on
time. Tho interest paid by time pur
chasers is 33.72 per cent., including
commissions for acceptance.
The remedy for this evil is simple
and within the reach of every planter.
No laws are required on the subject—
no officers to enforce it. Let no planter
purchase more fertilizers than he has the
cash to pay for. Adopt this course and
stick to it." In a very few weeks, or at
most months, manufacturers and dealers
will be willing to extend liberal credits
to consumers, at fair and living rates.
We urge our planting friends to exam
ine this matter. Let them answer
whether it is likely that they can afford
to pay such rates of interest and take
the chance of unpropitlous seasons short
crops, or low priced cotton. They will
have no one to blame but themselves if
they blindly rush forward their orders,
knowing the rate of interest they will
be compelled to pay.
NEWS AND OTHER ITEMS.
The Government recently sold 8,000,-
000 acres of laud iu Texas for taxes,
realizing only $6,000.
An eccentric young woman in St.
Paul, Minn., playfully bit off her lov
er’s thumb in a tiff they had the other
day.
A woman at Booth’s Theater, while
enjoying “Hamlet,” wanted to know of
her escort why Rosecrans didn’t wear
his General’s uniform. She thought it
was old Rosy.
General Tate, Salnavo’a minister at
Washington, is inclined to think the
offer of a reward of $5,000 lor his head
indicates something a little more serious
than a heavy rise in the prico of wool in
Hayti.
A Western paper, commenting on
the present high price of eggs, thinks
that “hens could make piles of money
now by paying strict attention to busi
ness.”
Friedrich Hecker, famous in the Ger
man revolution of 1848, advertises his
farm in Illinois for sale. 110 has been
pardoned aud goes back to Germany.
A Kentucky Colonel recently said to
Grant: “Mr. President, my papers are
indorsed by every leading Radical in
the State.” “Well, sir,” said the war
rior, “I am truly glad to hear it, for this
is the only time our party in Kentucky
have ever been able to agree.”
A sensational preacher in lowa con
ducts Sunday services in a billiard sa
loon, opening church with beer all
around, and closing with a treat for the
crowd. He draws large audiences.
A nautical instrument maker of San
Francisco has made a telescope for the
Merchants’ Exchange, of that city, by
which the names and signals of vessels
can be distinguished fifteen miles at sea.
A healthy competition is waged by
two opposition stage lines in Wiscon
sin. One line carries for nothing and I
gives a dinner to each passenger; the
other carries for nothing and giveß each
passenger a dinner and a pair of buck
skin gloves.
Women who want to vote will be in
terested to know that the following
speech, delivered in the Wyoming Leg
islature, was tho clincher that caused
the passage of tlie law which accorded
them the right to vote. A member rose
and said: “Damn it, if you are going to
let the niggers and pigtails vote, we will j
ring in the women, too.” And they ;
were immediately “rung iu.”
A Maine Speech.— While the Maine
Legislature was vaseillating over the
question of attending the Peabody fun
eral, a respectable member from the
back country said: “Mr. Speaker, I am
disgusted with the conduct of this
House. This funeral at Portland is a- j
going to be a great affair; but when Ii
see this House a tetering and see saw- ;
ing, as if it didn’t know its own mind,
I declare I wish Mr. Peabody hadn't \
died." j
Heavy Bail. —Young Gleaves, of 1
Wytheville, Va,, who killed another 1
student named Hines, in that town, a !
week or two ago, was admitted to bail 1
by the County Court, before which he :
was examined, in the sum of $40,000. 1
“Tom,” said a girl to her sweetheart,
“you have been paying your distresses
to me long enough. It is time for you
to make known your contentions, so as
not to keep me in expense any longer.” j
“Wife !” says a gentleman of New
Haven, “has Willie been baptized ?” -
“No, my dear, not yet; b”‘ why do you
ask, John ?” “Because there is a great
deal of small pox about, and ft ought to ]
be done at once ”
Tbe Christian Index contains tho
announcement of the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Hillyer, eldest daughter of
Rev. John 8. Dagg, D. D Her death
was very sudden. Whilst sitting at the
supper table, apparently in good health,
she was taken suddenly ill and died in
a few minutes. Truly “in the midst of
life we are in death.”
Steamboat Disaster.— The steam
boat Maggie Hays, exploded her boiler,
on the Mississippi river, in the after
noon of Thursday last, and afterwards
took fire and was burned to the water’s
edge. The accident occurred at the j
foot of Chute 60, about forty miles be
low Helena, Arkansas. Her Captain,
Bernard C. Martin; the second engin
eer, Michael McDermitt; one fireman, 1
and three colored deck hands were kill
ed, and several persons were scalded
and bruised.
I Better front tbe Hon. Jacob Tbou>|>-
son, on Htnntou.
j To the Members of the Bar of Cincin
j nati :
More than two months ago I saw in
the New York Times what purported
to _be extracts from a speech ot Judge
William Johnston, of Cincinnati, before
the bar of that city, “upon the life, ser
vices and character of Edwin M. Stan
ton.” I felt unwilling lo act upon this
newspaper report without first ascer
taining from Judge Johnston himself as
to its correctness. I therefore address
ed him a polite letter, asking him if he
was correctly reported. My friend, to
whom 1 inclosed the letter, informs mo
that he soarched for Judge Johnston in
Cincinnati, and he was not to be found;
and that he could not learn when ho
would return to that city. After the
lapse of so long a time, and Judge John
ston does not correct the report of his
speech, I am bound to presume its cor
rectness; and as he is absent from Cin
cinnati, but one course is left me, aud
that is u> appeal tnrougU the press to
the sumo auuience he addressed. Con
scious of the integrity and fidelity with
which I discharged every duly while iu
the service of the United States, I con
sider myself fortunate in having sueh
an audience, for there is no class of chi
zens so free of prejudice, so ready to
hear, defend aud maintain truth and
honor, mid iuto whose hands 1 would
so cheerfully commit my reputation as
into those of the members of the bar.
la Judge Johnston’s speech betook
his own course to present the character
of Mr. Stanton. To this l take no ex
ceptions. But, uuder the division of
"Buchanan’s Cabinet” he introduces
my name, aud then 1 have a right to
comment. Iu speaking of the members
of the Cabinet he says: “Thompson had
stolen $8,000,000 of Indian bouds.”
Now this Is a positive, unqualified aver
meat, and it is a positive, unqualified
falsehood. Afterward he represents
Floyd and Stanton in a heated alterca
tion during a Cabinet meeting, when,
he says, "Here Thompson interposed
to rebuke tho insolence of so new a
man iu the Cabinet ” “Mr. Thomp
son,” said Stanton, “I have been here
long enough to find out that you have
stolen $8,000,000 of Indian bonds, and
expect to stay here till you are
punished for it.” Writers of fle
tion arrange their facts to set off the
noble qualities of their heroes. But lor
fear of outraging the public taste, they
give to their facts at least an air ot prob
ability. Here Judge Johnson violates
this well known rule of the authors ot
fiction and romance. The time, place,
circumstances and known character of
the dramatispersonoe give to this state
ment of Judge Johnston’s the lie direct;
and when lie uttered it, I do not believe
a single member of the bar believed tbe
story, nor do I think Judge Johnston
believed it. To make his picture com
plete in his own estimation, his fruitful
fancy conceived this feature necessary,
and, however false, he did not scruple
to add it. „
It is a vain and idle subterfuge for
Judge Johnston to say he derived these
facts from the recorded history of the
times or from conversations with Mr.
Stanton. It is simply impossible. His
tory is not a record of lies, and it is a
gross slander ot the dead to charge Mr.
Stanton with uttering such falsehoods.
Indian bonds to the amount of $870,-
000 (which sum Judge Johnston did
not hesitate to carry up to $8,000,000),
were abstracted from the Interior De
partment while I presided over it. At
my instance, and by my request, a com
mittee of Congress thoroughly investi
gated the whole transaction. The re
port of this committee forms a part of
the history of the times. It is found
in the Reports of Committees of the
House of Representatives, second ses
sion, thirty sixth Congress, Report No.
78. I refer you also to a statement
made by me through the columns of tho
New York Herald, more than a year
ago, which I shall request the editor to
print with this card, in reference to this
abstraction of Indian bonds. Thus you
will be advised of all other facts in the
case, and you can judge how wanton
and unjustifiable Judge Johnston has
been to me. I have boen slandered on
this account long enough, and I ask of
you that defense only which justice aud
truth give me, and that contempt for
Judge Johnston which tho slanderer
aud falsifier surely deserves at your
bauds.
Since tho war I havo sought privacy
and retirement. In every way I have
refrained from thrusting my name be
fore the public. I have not even de
fended myself when falsely assailed.—
I have waited with the hope that truth,
with her slow but certain inarch, would
ovortake falsehood, with her pashionß
and prejudices, and overwhelm her. 1
now speak because my feelings are out
raged by this f'alst representation of the
personal relations of Mr. Blanton and
myself. Our intercourse, both beforo and
during our service in Mr. Buchanan’s
Cabinet, was free, cordial, intimate and
confidential. Sometimes we differed on
questions brought up for our action. We
both were frank in the expression of our
opinions, and never was there the
slightest personal feeling on the part of
either on account of this difference, or
the slightest impeachment of tho mo
tives of either. On the night before my
departure from Washington, Mr. Stan
ton came to take his leave of me. Our
conversation turned upon tho gloomy
prospect looming in the immediate fu
ture, and we both saddened at the view.
Just as he left my room, where my
family were with some friends, ho call
ed me out and said : “Mr. Thompson,
God only knows what may happen to
us and our country. But, my dear sir,
I want you to carry this assurance with
you : lam your friend, and will con
tinue so ; and if it so happens I can in
any way serve you in the future, I shall
not forgive you if you fail to let me
know how I can do it." This was tho
last time wo ever mot, and there was no
correspondence between us afterward
His subsequent course was,in my estima
tion, the result of his ardent, Impusive
nature. When he saw that the Constitu
tion of 1787 was buried, and a war upon
the State begun, I have no doubt he felt it
his imperative duty to form now politl
cal associoiis and pursue anew direc
tion; and this he did, as ail must admit,
with great zeal and ability. Whether
in this he acted with wisdom and char
ity, is now a question for posterity.—
Now that life’s labors are over, and his
earthly record is made up, 1 would In
scribe in great sincerity upon bis tomb,
1 Requiescat. in pace."
Jacob Thompson.
Oxford, Miss., February 1, 1870.
Minority Ret-reskntation.— The
Committee on Electoral Reform in the
Constitutional Convention of Illinois
have made their report, the fifth section
of which, providing for what is termed
minority representation or llie free vote,
is subjoined :
“Section 5. In all elections of Sena
tors or Representatives each qualified
voter shall be entitled to as many votes
as there are Senators or Representatives
to be elected by the same constituency,
and may distribute them, or equal por
tions thereof, equally or unequally,
among the candidates, or concentrate
them upon one, at his option, and the
candidates highest in vote shall be de
clared elected."
This section alone, snys the Chicago
Times, is all that would be positively
necessary to inaugurate the proposed re
form. There is nothing in the plan,
which is completely set forth in the fore
going section of ten lines, that every
person of average ietelligence may not
understand by the simple perusal, and
even more readily than he would under
stand the phraseology of anyone of half
a dozen sections in the legislative arti
cle. It is surely not complimentary to
the average intelligence of the electoral
body to say that the electors cannot
understand what is meant by allowing
every voter to givo his votes as he
pleases, all for one person, or some for
one and some for another, or for two
others, according to the number of per
sons to be elected. There is nothing in
the nature of political reform that would
work greater political benefits, or that
is more surely destined to be popular,
than the free vote.
“Charlie,” said grandma, reproving
ly, “your portion will bo in the burning
lake, at least if you go on telling so
many stories.” “Oh ! no, Grandma, I
couldn’t stand it.” “But you will be
made to stand it, my boy.” “Ob, well,
Grandma, if I can only stand it its all
right.”
Cotton at Selma, Ala.— To Friday
last the total receipts were 48,240 bales;
stock Feb. 11th, 7835.