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NEWN’A'N. GEORGIA. SaturdayrMormng, February 22, 1868. Laughable.—John Erskine, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the District of Georgia, in his decisions, speaks of the “so-called Confederate States’’ like he was soroabody. Where is Bill Arp? FumiPA.—The Florida Convention recently became discordant—the majority retiring from the hall of deliberation. Both factions, major ity and minority, proceeded to frame constitu tions ar,d finished their work; but, having grave doubts as to the propriety of their Con away what they had done and l»egin anew, i Tallahassee telegram of the 19th says: fjfT"CottOTT j>oM in Atlanta last Tuesday for 17 1-2 to 1 Scents. Ditto in Newnan. Alabama.—A Montgomery telegram of the 18th says, official returns from forty-two coun ties have been received at District Headquar ters, but, under an order from General Meade, publication is refused. It is estimated that 09,000 negroes and 3.000 whites—total 72.000 —voted on the question of ratification. Half of registered voters is 84,000. The Constitu tion fails by 12,000. JfTTt is stated that Sherman does not desire to assume command of the new Military Di vision recently created by order of the Presi dent. The Senate has also refused to consent to his being brevetted General. The New Jersey Senate withdrew its assent to the Fourtecth article by a vote of eleven to seven. If the South were powerless to defeat recon struction under the Sherman hill the Northern Democrats are not. Watertown, Feb. 10.—The Democrats have carried this town for the first time in fifteen years. Radicalism is dead, and time is only needed for decomposition. Washington, Feb. 20.—The President has revoked the order assigning Sherman to the command of the Atlantic, with headquarters at Washington. The President is always striking in the dark, often makes unfortunate licks and is forced to retract. Anything PJ.sk.—Grant is anything else but a great man. He is unreliable, as his conduct towards the President in the Stanton case proved. He is wanting in firmness, as demon Btrated in his correspondence with Gen. Plan- cock. He is not a scholar, as all the letters and reports writteu by him show. He has given no evidence of statesmanship, sobriety or any other attribute belonging to one worthy of presiding over the destinies of this great nation. In fact, Grant’s reputation .is acci dental—the growth of a night, as it were—and we predict is destined to a speedy decay. Gen. Gaktrell. — The Atlanta Opinion of Thursday says: “ We understand that Hon. L J. Gartrell will support the new Constitution, aud that he will probably enter the field and make a square stand up fight for ratification under the reconstruction programme.’’ We hope the Opinion is in error. If Gen. Gnrtiell so far forge ts his past, and his duty to his country as to desert his race in the coming contest, wc tell him he will yet curse the day on which he was born. No forgiveness for men who knowingly, willfully and basely aid in surrendering Georgia to negro and Radical rule. About through the List. The Radical journals of Atlanta have devoted considerable space,for the past six or eight days, to cards, suggesting the names of different members of the party for the offices of Governor and Congressman. We think they have about gone through the list. It would be very diffi cult to find the names of any more whites he longing to the party, and if all are candidates who are spoken of, who will run for other State and Federal offices? r>ut are not the publica tions designed to induce those whose names have been suggested to continue their present part}* affiliations? The idea is: A sees his name suggested in the public prints for Gover nor or Congressman, and although he may never be though of by nominating conventions, still lie does not know but that his time will come soon. Very good idea, for we are sure the Radicals need the votes and inllucnce of all who ever did belong to the party, aud can not afford to lose one, and these public sugges tions of A’s, B’s and C’s fitness to fill high offices, are the cheapest way of rewarding party friends that we know of. Another idea is, that the Georgia Radicals are engaged in pub lishing a list of their members, and, being so few, have taken this method of concealing their design. Gentlemen, be liberal and slight none, and ns you have gone thus far, if any modest brother has been overlooked, hunt him up and have his name in the papers. Cotton. The rise in the price of cotton, we are ap prehensive, will finally result in evil to the planter. In the first place, two-thirds of the staple is already in the hands of the specula tors, and not more than one-third in the hands of the producer. One-third, then, of the planting community - may derive an immediate benefit; two-thirds are injured, because they have sold their crops at 8 and 10 cents per pound, and, if the rise is for a time only, will be forced to pay advanced prices for their sup plies. This injury is slight and reaches only a cer tain class. There may a result follow the rise which we fear will reach the whole planting, interest of the South. Excited by the high price paid for the staple, there is much ap prehension lest the planters will neglect to de vote a sufficient breadth of land to the provis- visionerop. and next fall will be heard through out the limits of the cotton States a piteous cry for bread. Communities will be forced to send agents to ask alms of Western farmers, and those who are able to buy will be com pelled to pay exliorbitant prices for the “staff of life, and planters will have no other re source than to mortgage their crops and sub mit to whatever price the bread-holder may ask. If the present rise in cotton causes us to witness such scenes, it would be better that every bale of cotton was burned, though a dire ful calamity indeed. We do appeal to our planters to avoid this state of affairs, and to make every reasonable effort to produce an abundant provision crop. Let our people become independent of the V est, and then what cotton is raised, will sell for sis much money as a larger crop. * Moreover, the planters with full cribs of com can use their own discretion about selling, and thus avail themselves of all rises in the market.— e believ e that our people’s high road to pros perity lies through the corn-field. ctemallv damn everv one whose name is con- of Grant is now started. ■ ® , °..***} . Jnm netted with them in the eyes of all good peo- one word of it, and never will believe it nn pie. Thev have attempted hv every possible Mr. Bell so writes or pub.lcly speaks. \,e means to Induce some respectable men to run hope never to see such a letter, never lo near for office. They have tried coaxing, bribery such a speech. In expressing this hope we and sp- cious promises. Finally, they have are influenced by an ardent desire to see Mr. resorted to the extremity of running their Bell do nothing which would tarnish his fame names without their consent, under the hope 0 r injure hi? reputation as one of the hitherto duct, sent for Gen. Meade, who proceeded to tD.-it. if elected, they will serve both the office statesmen of the Union. Tallahassee and requested both sides to throw and the partv (hat placed them in it. But The Union need have no fears about the or- X thev have hid but little success as yet. No i man of character will submit to the infamy to which it will consign him And now they are unable to find a sufficient number of competent men to hold the offices. The few that they have, as a general thing, have neither charac ter, credit or honesty. Those of them who are Southern men will be scoffed at and spit ! three thousand millions of dollars which movement is likely to prove embarrassing TAT} TOTT\T 'pT' they used to represent has taken the shape , to the President and create considerable ^ J3 j J of a heavy burden upon the tax payers,! excitement when the facts are known. — ' “The Convention to-day, by a vote of 23 to 17. declared Billings. Sanders, Pearce and Rich ardson ineligible, and their seats vacant. “ Billings, by permission, defended his eligi bility in a violent speech. “ Excitement ran high, and the question of i npon by the present and fnlure generations — eligibility was discussed to adjournment. j A sympathizing posterity will slit-d tears upon After adjournment a negro delegate was t their graves, and tbeir children will dy from attacked by the negroes, snpporteis of the Bil- ! the spot with ahudderings and disgust.’’ lings party, for voting against the expelled members. One of the assailing p >rty shot in the hip. ’ thodoxv of Mr. Bell. Its surmises in the premises are quite correct. The old statesman was never more devoted to civil liberty than at the present moment.—Nashville Lnion. The President's Very Latest. the Alabama News. CONSTITUTION DEFEATED. At the time of writing (Tuesday morning) it is generally conceded that the Constitution, framed by the Alabama carpet-baggers, has l»een rejected. The exact vote for ratification is not known. We are of the opinion that not a thousand white men voted in the whole State. THE CAUSE OF DEFEAT. Notwithstanding the unalterable opposition of the white men of that State to its ratifica tion, still it is generally conceded that the Radicals would have secured its ratification by fraud, if the Democratic party of that' State had not been thoroughly organized. As proof of what we say, our Alabama exchanges are filled with notices si mi la: to the following: “ The Democratic Club in Baldwin, headed by Dr. C. M. France, did ye Jinan’s service, and kept down the poll to384 votes—less than rne- third of the registered voters.”—Mobile Adv. “ All honor is due to our worthy and inde fatigable Sheriff, Mr. John T. Long, and the gentlemen who assisted him, for the vigilance displayed during the progress of the election last week. From morning until night did they watch with nnabating interest the dusky throng of Alabama sovereigns as they swarmed around the “pandora's box” of approaching desola tion. All disorders, irregularities and frauds were suppressed and avoided, as far as lay in tlu-ir power, and it was not until after dark on Saturday evening that they finally retired from the scene of action, leaving the enemy cha grined and demoralized for net having had a bfctte’ opportunity to run the machine in his own way and under more auspicious influences.” Greenville (Ah.) Advocate. THE EFFECT. The committees in the different counties, where they were permitted by the managers to remain at the polls and challenge voters, took down the names of all voters, distinguishing white from black, and have had them publish ed. As a consequence the Alabama papers are filled with cards similar to those below, show ing how damaging it is in Alabama to be con sidered a Radical. It will be same in Georgia. “Mr Editor: Please state in you* - paper that the man G. W. LeFevre. who voted for the Menagerie Constitution, does not belong to the family of F. A. LeFrevre, or J. B. LeFevre, or A. I. LeFevre. I make this request simply in justice to my family’s honor, as I have been accosted on the streets since the close of the election and accused of having voted ; but, thank God, I am able to proclaim to the world that my family is not Radical. “Respectfully, A. I. LeFevre.’’ Editors of Daily Register: Gentlemen—Having seen the name of Alex ander McCormick published in your paper as a white man who voted at the recent election. 1 wish it distinctly understood that it is not the Alexander McCormick who was so long in the employ of Mr. Beroujon, and now in the em ploy of the Gaieties Tlieatie. Alex under McCormick. ’ ’ “ Ferrvary 28th, 1SG8. “Mr. Editor: I see in your paper my name as a candidate for County Commissioner. I take this opportunity to say that it w;is put there without my knowledge or consent, and I cannot, under the circumstances, serve if elect ed. Respectfully, Coleman O’Gwynn.” FRAUDS - THE MANNER OF CONDUCTING THE ELEC TION. The very latest version of what President wants said to his constituents, ! is a letter from “Mack," detailing an in- BA dical outrage. Urview on the 9th. We epitomize: Not content with the perpetration of all! Johnson isn't “prostrate’ on impeach- manner of frauds in some counties during the ment ; doesn’t “ writhe ” any. f the election, the Radicals of “Let them go ahead. \V hen they drawing from them all they can rake and scrape to pay a larger rate of interest than can be got of any other investment. Highly Important. respondent bet teem Generals Grant and Hancock. The President evidently has been striking in the dark in the matter, as a telegram received to day from Gen. Sherman, now in St. Louis, by his brother, the Senator shows anything else than appreciation of | the high compliment paid him. The Lae 1M m Or- \ The General condemns the nomination as one which should never have been made, and being made, should never be j confirmed. He does not stop there. His indignation reaches such a pitch, he tele graphs his brother his determination to re- GREAT REMEBi BILL’S CEDlfoF AUTHENTIC DOCU^^, Arkansas He; TESTIMONY -a rd Stoney Point, White Co., Ark Dr. John Bull—Dear Sir: fj.. V.' was in Louisville purchasing d nrN progress Lowndes countv, enraged at the defeat of the Constitution, broke open the Sheriff's office in that county and extracted the boxes containing the votes. The facts and the motives of the rascals are given below. The reason the elec tion was conducted fairly in Lowndes, we suppose, is owing to the presence of a Demo cratic Committee at the polls. “The Montgomery Mail publishes a state ment sigrn-d by a large number of the best citizens of Lowndes county, giving the facts in reganl to the lobbery of the sheriff "s office and abstraction therefrom of the boxes containing the votes of Lowndes county, cast by the ne groes last week. “ The vote of Lowndes county amounts to 2,587. against a registered vote of 4,054. The boxes were stolen on Sunday night last, and up to last accounts had not been recovered or the thieves discovered. It was known at the time in Hayneville that the netrro constitution iiad been defeated, and the whites, therefore, could have had no object in purloining the votes ; and, besides, the good people of Lowndes would not countenance sueh an outrage. There is no doubt in the minds of all responsible people, who are conversant with the facts, that the Court House at Hayneville was forcibly entered and robbed by the Radicals! Their object doubtless was to throw the odium of this bold outrage upon the white citizens of tiie country, for the purpose of inducing Gen. Meade to re-open the polls, and afford them oppoitunities to perpetrate additional frauds." The signers of the card say: “The election was conducted fairly, impar tially. and with justice to every voter, whether white or black. A full and ample opportunity was given to each and every voter to deposit his vote, and although the polls were very much crowded on the first days of voting, yet there was full opportunity during the other days to allow all to vote who desired to do so. and before the polls were closed the voting had entirely ceased, and the managers announced to the public that, any one who desired could bring in the charges I’ll try to answer them, that’s all,” and he laughed as if he didn’t believe the charges would ever come. Here is a new version of Grant’s diso bedience : “ Mr: Johnson referred to that part of Gancral Grant’s correspondence in which the General asks him to reduce to writing tiie order given to him verbally, to disre gard any order received from Stanton, un less be knew it to emanate from the Ex ecutive. “Here,” said he, “ Gen. Grant asserts that 1 had given him such a verbal older. 1 never did anything of the kind. It was he himself who first suggested that I could take such a course as to reduce Stanton to a mere clerk, and it was this suggestion from him, and not any verbal order from me, that first brought the sub ject up in that light At this point the President produced a letter from Gen. Sherman, dated Satur day evening, January 18th. Sherman says that it was the intention of himself and Grant to call on Stanton, on the follow ing Monday, to request him, for the good of the country, to resign the office of Sec retary oi War; but th .t he Icarus Grant must go to Richmond,and he to Annapolis, so that they can't call on Stanton on Monday, but will do so at some other time, and insist that he shall resign. Then Sherman goes on to say that if Stanton won’t resign it will be time enough to look to “ ulterior considerations.” “Now,” said the President, 1 these uiterior considerations’ were nothing else than the suggestions of Grant himself that Stanton should be treated as a mere Washington, Feb. 15. In the House to day, the Speaker sub mitted the following : j sign at once. Senator Shearman replied to In compliance with a resolution of the the General begging him not to resign, | goire of yonr Sarsaparilla ; House on the 14fh of February, I have an '^ sen 5 a no ’ e to the Military (. onmiitte, My jthe honor to transu it herewith copies of requesting, in the name of the General, 9tm I the correspondence betw en Gen Han- that the nomination be not confirmed [cock and myself relative to the removal, | Sherman, in hisdispatch, ventures to pro by General Hancock, of the Oounci linen son-in-law, who anij Iron ft was with md Co vote, but none at that time responded. This . shows that full opportunity was given for all to j clerk, and confined strictly to the execu- vote. _ tiou of duties imposed upon him by the The boxes were left in the office of the . j e t(e r of the law. And \ et af ter having Sheriff, where the election was held. This * rocm is fire-proo , and has iron window shut ters, and is otherwise a safe place ot deposit.— This room seems to have been broken into by prying loose the iron shutters of the window, and the boxes thereby taken out.” Meeting of the Conservative State Cen tral Committee. Macon, Ga., Feb. 13, 1868. In response to a call from the Chairman the Central Committee of the Conservative Party of Georgia held a meeting at the Lanier House in this city, this evening, and the Secretary was instructed to spread before the public the following extract of their proceedings: “ Whereas, the only party at the North which maintains the Constitution of the United States as made and construed by the fathers, and the union of the States thereunder, is or ganized under the name of the National Dem ocratic party ; and whereas, all men in that dominant section of our common country, without regard to differences of opinion upon dead issues of minor consequences, embracing the honored and illustrious names of Fillmore, Wiuthrop, Doolittle, the Adamses, Dixon, Cow an, and others too numerous to mention, are either moulded into that great organization oractiijg in cordial concert with it; and where as close co-operation with that party is demand ed by the instinct of self-preservation—the first law of nature—as the only rational mode of escape fr^ru the iron rule of military despo- The manner in which the election was con- j tism, to be followed by a more humiliating ducted in some of the counties of Alabama sugge.-ted this and urged it upon me, lie writes me a letter asking me to reduce my “verbal order” to writing. It was his own “ verbal order,” not mine. Here the President evidently desires to create the impression that Sherman is on his side. But if he has been deceived in Grant, he may be deceived in Sherman also. . Besides, the National Intelligeucer was trying to cypher Grant’s politics out of Sherman’s record, only a few weeks ago, on the assumption that they always think alike. And the Intelligencer re ceives its inspiration at the White House. Speaking of Grant’s deception the President proceeds: “ That’s a fair Specimen of the way he has been aeti lg ali along. This whole matter is md the first or the only time he has pla}ed that part. It’s only one of a great many instances in which he has grossly deceived me. lie relates one instance: I got a dispatch one day from Georgia, telling me that Meade and Jenkins had been in consultation, and that it was probable that Meade would remove Jenk ins. 1 sent for General Grant, and he came over. I showed him the dispatch in the City of New Orleans. Very respectfuly. Your obedient servant, U. S. Grant, Gen. New Orleans, February 7. General U. IS. Grant: I have removed nine members of the City Council, two white and seven color* ed, for contempt of orders of the military commander, in proceeding to an election for a Recorder for the seeond district, and which is an elective office under the laws by the people, and not by the Coun cil. The attempt to hold the election was made while I was absent in Texas, but the Council was referred to Gen Sheri dan’s order forbidding elections until re construction is complete, without the au tliority of the Commanding General.— Nevertheless these members voted an im mediate election, aud the project was car ried. The election was about to be com pleted when one or two members, more timid than those, withdrew, thereby break ing up a quorum. A case in point is the order of General Mower, of October in 1807, removing the Jefferson City Council for a like of fence. My action in this matter was in accordance with the powergranted by the reconstruction act, which allows a district commander to suspend or remove per 6ons from office, and provide from time to time for the performance of the duties of persons removed, by appointment. Winfield S. Haxcok. test against being called to Washington, to make it his headquarters. Sherman’s dispatches relieved the Radical of much of their apprehensions, and they are, ju- I bilant to-night over the turn that things fare likely to take. They claim Grant j and Sherman are warm friends, and the ; purpose of the J’resident is to alienate i them. Jinti 5liiiu v riioctitinik st °re, has been down with the rh ^ - 1 some time, commenced on the Bin ^ found his general health improve,’ V ' I>r. Gist, who has been in un biul heal,i, DR. J. S. DOBBINS, SENl'SSW, H AYING permanently located, respectfully tenders his professional services to the good people of Newnan and the surrounding country. All work done at his office shall be neatly and substantially executed in the most approved style, and warranted to give satis faction or the money will be returned. Teeth inserted on Vulcanite Plate at the following reduced prices: Full Upper or Lower Sets $30 Upper and Lower Sets 50 All operations performed on the natural organs with care, and the least possible pain to the patient. «^“TEKMS * CASH. The best, references can be given if required, ffsr* o dice up stairs over Johnson & Kirby’s store, opposite Sargent’s, Greenville street, Newnan, Ga. [February 23-3m. fully explained in the article copied below from the Greenville Advocate, referring to the elec tion in that comity, where the Democratic Committee were refused the privilege of chal lenging illegal voters: “ When the polls were opened on Tuesday morning, a number of the ters: They were refused th Chief Manager, one Grover, thorough and full-blooded non need to these geiitlemc thus shutting off every chance of challenging on account of non-age or for other causes.— The votes were being received and thrown into the box without numbering, and without keep ing a list of the voters as is requited by the laws of Alabama, and as managers were re quested to do by orders from the Chief of Reg istration in the State. Possum, Parson, Scalii- wag. Carpet-Bag. Sk<began Gardner, who is a candidate for Probate Judge, was bossing the concern, and when an applicant offered his ballot his name was called out, Gardner, hav ing control of the registration list, would aing condition of negro supremacy, and whereas, | an( I told him I would not like Jenkins to many of the Clubs, organized in the several ! be removed until I c-*uld hear something counties of this State under the auspices of this niore about the matter. * He assurred me Central Executive Committee, have already fch t , ^ See to it that Jenkins was assumed theUemocnitic name, anti others have , , forwarded here their action requesting this ■ n °k removed. I thought this was enough i est c zens in the ■vise o preventing ngii illegal ve e pi V il ege by the who seems to be a vill d l. He an- i th. it every appii- vote whoso name swe ir that it was, Committee to assume the name of. and fuse all Conservatives into the body of that party ; therefore by virtue of iiie powers vested in us by the Convention assembled in the city of MaCon in December last. “ Resolved, That this Committee assume the name of, and be henceforth known as The Central Executive Committee of the National Democratic Party of Georgia,” and we recom mend to the various Clubs at present organized as Conservative Clubs, and to all the good people of Georgial to form upon this the only practical constitutional line, and rally under this, the only banner left from the wreck of the civil war, on which are still emblazoned the fundamental truths taught by our fathers of every party throughout the entire country- “Tbe Constitution, the only bond of fraternal Uniu but judge of my surprise when the next day I learned that Jenkins was removed. I don’t believe Grant interierred at all, j though he distinctly promised me he would. That’s the kind of game he has been playing all the time. Alter the assurance that ‘that’s the kind of game Grant has been playing all along/ Mack naturally inquired whether ! or not the President understood Grant to have been on his side all along. Here is the reply: “ Of course I understood him to be with me all along, because I had his word for it,’’said the President. “ He went down Washington, February 8. Major General W. S. Hancock. New Or leans : Suspend your order removing the City Council of New Orleans until a full re port of reasons are received. Answer by mail. U. S. Grant, Gen. Gen. Hancock under date of 9th writes to Gen. Grant reiterating the reasons for his action, given in his first letter, and snys if he is not sustained he will ask to be relieved from bis preseut command. Washington, February 11. Maj. Gen. W S Hancock, New Orleans : If your order removing the City Coun cil has been executed, and the new ap pointees are in, you need not suspend the order as directed. IT. S. Grant, Gen. New Orleans, February 11. General U. S. Grant, Commanding the United States Army : The change in the City Council was an accomplished fact when your dispatch of the 9th of February was received, and several appointees had already filed copies of their oath of office. In my selection I have appointed the best men to the of fice, without regard to their political opin- , ions. All wait to take the required oath, and the change will be of immense ad-! vantage to the city*, as the poor of the ! city are dependent upon them. Winfield S. Hancock, Maj. Gen. U- S. A. ESTR.1Y NOTICE. T AKEN up by M. S. Johnson, of the 6933 District, G. M., one OX about four years old, sides and legs red, white face and back, marked with a split in the right ear and a swallow-fork in the left. Appraised to be worth Twenty Dollars. Said Ox will be sold before the Court-house door in Newnan, on the first Tuesday in March next, if not claimed by the owner. Feb. 23-11. WM. COLDSBERRY, C. I. 0. them, and he also improved Dr. Coffee, who has been in , several years -stomach and Ihn M cd very much by the use of yoiir deed the Cedron Bitters has' ' popularity in this settlement r [ . sella great quantity of y„ur mir- I fall—especially «f yonrcXm jSS 1 swpK-vu m, ett & Neely. Respectfully, C. 8 \yA Bull's Worm Destro >vt To my U. States and World-wide Eei-’l 1 have received many te.sf/r noni -, fessional and medical nan, ns m '. ^' n ami various publications have sf 1' 31 which are genuine. The follovrin-Tlf, a highly educated and popular Georgia, is certainly one o! the communications l have ever recehli l Clement knows exactly what hesn«fc, r j his testimony deserves to he writt, • rrrvio —L. vx 111 'U i'.'tJ of gold. Hear what the Doctors WORM DESTROYER: VlLLANOW, s«y*ofBuid E GEORGIA, COWETA COUNTY. To all whom it may concern: MANUEL BRITTON having in proper rrn applied to me for permanent letters of administration on the estate of Mary F. Smith, late of said county, deceased: This is to cite all persons concerned to be and appear at my office within the time pre scribed by law, to show cause, if any they can, why letters of administration should not be granted on the estate of said deceased. Given under my official signature, February 19th, 1868. B. U. MITCHELL, Ord’y. " Feb. 23-30d. GEORGIA—Coweta County. \\T HEREAS William B. Brown, sr., admin- T f istrator of William B. Brown, jr., rep resents to the Court in hr3 petition, duly filed and entered on record, that he has fully ad ministered William B. Brown’s, jr., estate: This is therefore to cite and admonish all persons concerned to show cause, if any they can, why letters of dismission should not be granted on the first Monday in September next Given under my hand and official signature February 19th, 1868. Feb. 19 6m. B. H. MITCHELL, Ord’y. FLETCHER LEAK. WELLBORN SIMMONS. From the Louisville Courier. The President and the Crisis. ! time as to the proper action of the people of out, 1 all right!’ and the lovely missive went into j Georgia upon the proceedings of the Conven tion at Atlanta. “ Resolved, That the Committee urge upon our friends in the several counties to perfect iie box, rejoicing. Under this arrangement, detection was out of the question. If Gardner is mean enough he had everv possible chance ion-*equal rights to every State, the only j "’ ' , , . , . T true construction of that bond.” j South, anil came back more lor me -.han L “Resolved, That it would he premature, in j was for myself. He wrote a report that else - g6t the Southern States back into the Union, as I had started out. He called on me freqeuently for a long time after the eon- "nesonea, mat u wouiu ne premature, in , was lor myseii. rie wroic a lepoiu n view of the purposes of our late Convention in j encouraged me more than anything e the appointment of this Committee do express j , d d(J t0 perserve in the effort to < any opinion cr give auv advice at the present , , v, , , . , TT * .. .i , , 's.iiiniArn Sf-jlfli nnf»L- infn tnP l.nif the list or not. If Gardner whs not there for j stitution of our country, deserves and receives the express purpose of defrauding, why was j from our honest and patriotic men wherever he there at all? An honorable man could not ■ found, their unstinted respect and admiration; be induced to manage an election, and he him- j and that, as men loyal to the Constitution, we self being a candidate. Y'et Gardner w:is run- | desire to give public expression to our commen- uing the concern at his own pleasure. The i datum of his course.’ True extract from tlie minutes.- J R. Sneed, Sec’y. Th.e Hon. John Bell. paragraph from the We copy the follow shelbwilie Union : English language does not contain words suffi cient to convey an accurate idea of the con tempt with which we regard such a man.— Gen. Hayden and the Chief of Registration, Mr. Hatchett, were written to, and the situa tion made known to them. On the next day- orders came to turn Gardner out, also to allow voters to be challenged, and that the election i should be conducted according to the laws of | This once able statesman is still alive, and Alabama. Gardner went out sorrowing, but j ij ves 0TCr on the Cumberland now. He is new the other orders were not complied with. ^ The j up «- ar d of seventy years of age, and compared old villain who managed the farce, only re- ■ with his former sc-if is bat a wreck. His marked upon receiving it. ‘ that he did xiot ; health is by no means good, and be but awaits ha\e time to hold a court, ami tuns the thing i t ],e dread summons which must take him from went on. One name was voted for another e;irth t0 - eternity. Aware of his feebiene- where any similarity existed. Negroes Horn aad with lhe « u bUety of a serpent, some m his hitherto- fri&uis who are troversy between me and Congress had JO lUCWlI ilO AJ.4VA V 1 011 [A«WII'1L ViJtAJJVV. | VU1 111 LliUO *.I UIO CVHI.ll WUIIULC IV |.*tr I irU-w J j 1 * A U . . I • of committing fraud without detection; for tbeir organizations at the earliest day possible, j commenced, and it he meant anything he held the lists, and the names voted were | and report to the Secretary of this Committee by what he said, he was my friend and not taken down or numbered. All Gardner j “Resolved, lliat the tearless stand taken ; supporter He never talked politics very had to do was to give the command and the j and maintained by President Andrew Johnson, j much bccanse Grant always pretended he vote was received whether the name was on for the rights oi the whole people and the Con- I . J r . , . , mdn t know anything about it; but he didn't seem to regard reconstruction as a political question. He suddenly turns up as a Iiadical candidate for the Presi dency; and that was the first I kuew of his opposition to me.” The President’s views of the financial situation are just, and rather original in their presentation: “ The fact is,” said he, “ fhat before the war, there were three thousand mil lion dollars worth of property in slaves in the South, distributed so as to create an aristocracy, which controlled the South, and, through the South, the country.— The war destoyed both the property and the aristocracy. But now we find that the property only disappeared from the number* upon making affidavit that they “were I “ ls uHoer.o-™« s ; wno are now Radicals. | South to appear in the North in another registered. Of course these were instructed | have ‘ n J Ta i _ b I*_ P _ J: a “ d . bav i p ' ; ** said - j -nape, ana to create, an aristocracy and a other counties voting on the first day in great considerable number have voted more than once, there being no written lists kept by which it could be detected, borne voted first in their own names, and then afterwards voted in the name of parties that they knew would not be here. One negro being asked how many times he had voted, replied that * he did not know—five or six times, he reckoned.’ An other offered his ballot but the name could not be found ; no her name was given, and that could noi l*e lound ; a third was given with no better success, finally his ballot was received upon making affidavit that fie had®bgistered. hut that he did not remember the name!— ! extorted from him a lemark in which he ex pressed a desire to see General Grant elected President. Such at least is the report. We do not beiieve if. We do not believe that Mr. Bell ever expressed such preference. What ever he may have said favorable to Grant, was said long before Grant had manifested a desire to throw himself into the arms of the Radicals —long before Grant had signified his willing ness to become a dictator over ten sovereign States. Drowning men, however, catch at straws, and hence the effort of the Tennessee Radicals to get the use of John Bell’s name in order to aid them in keeping “ old Whigs ” out of the Democratic party. It is for this reason political p*ower in the shape of bonholders, more destructive of the Government than the slave-holding aristocracy wtft, because a continued burden upon it—drawing up on the resources of the country to sup port it, aud adding not one cent to to the productive interests. The three thousand millions of slave property, while it was an evil, it was at the same time a good, for it increased the productive resources of the nation. But now we find the four millions of negroes a charge upon the Those villainous and abominable frauds will that the report stating Mr. Bell to be in favor country, instead of a benefit to it, and the Three Hiyhly Important Movements—Consternation Among the Rabicals—Gen l Sherman Indignant. Washington, D. C., Feb. 14. Developments seem to indicate that Johnson has assumed the offensive, with the determination to carry the war into Africa. But appearances are deceptive, and things are fearfully mixed at the na tional capital. Within the past twenty-four hours the President has made three important moves, all calculated to alarm the Radicals and to produce an impression in the country. We have had a rapid succession of nominations. Lieut. General • Sherman as brevet-General, the creation of a new military department, styled the Military Division ot the Atlantic, headquarters at Washington, and third ordering General Thomas Adjutant General of the army, to report, wLich has been filled for the last six years by assistant Adjutant General Townsend. The latter order is significant in view of those which precede it. Mat ters of a private and personal character caused General Thomas to be detailed to duty elsewhere, and his sudden restora tion was not anticipated. As to the purpose for thus establishing a new division, and fixing headquarters at Washington, he may or may not choose to explain. Yi’e have now Gen. Grant, com manding the United States Army, head quarters Washington. We have Brevet Brigadier General Emory, commanding department at Washington, headquarters here. We have also Lieutenant Colonel Wallace commanding the garrison of Washington, with headquarters here. The second order has been followed by resolutions of inquiry from Senator Wil son, calling on the President for the au thority fo r creating a new military divis ion. While his authority is denied in the Senate, it will be found, on this point the President is perfectly secure. The Radical inquiry dow is. why has a new military district been formed, and another General with headquarters at the Federal capital, appointed. Still more important is the movement, io regard to General Sherman. 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