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sta i iinatffwi bcr that he if hurnan^MHHiiSSm foi him to err. It is the firm conviction of gome of the best intellects of the South, that if there ever was an occasion in the political history of the country, when ev ery energy ol the citizen should be brought to its full fruition, it is the pres ent. Bad men are at work in onr midst, endeavoring to undermine *ur political and social status, and if we quietly told our aims, and take to onr Embrace the policy of “masterly inactivity," wo will furnish them the opportunity to make a complete wreck of what remains of liber ty and social order. Therefore we cannot agree with our excellent and worthy Governor in his suggestion, and hope, next week, to have time and space sufficient to give the subject a careful consideration. The Supreme Court tin it tlie Injunc tion Hills- We publish elsewhere all the tide graphic intelligence in reference to the proceedings before the Supreme Court, with reference to the Bills of liijiiuetijn filed by the States Jof Mississippi und Georgia. It will be seen that the petition to file, made by the former State, was refused, and the latter granted, and a subpoena ordered to issue against Gen. Pope. The case will, probably come up for argu ment, during the next term of the Court, which is held in December; a decision may then bo delayed many months. In the meantime reorgauixuti >n, under the Military Bill, will progress. The ItUKKiau Treaty. The telegraph informs ns that the Sen ate has confirmed the treaty made with Itoasia for the transfer of her American possessions to the United States. “The fortifications and military posts are to be immediately delivered up to the United States. The Russian troops are to be withdrawn as aoon aa practicable. The United States pay $10,200,000 in gold, at the Treasury at Washington, within len months. After exchange aud ratifi cation, accession is free and unencum bered by any reservations of privileges, franchises , grants or possessions,by any companies of Russian or other nationali ties, corporate or incorporate, except merely private individual property hold ers, and all rights of dominion pass to the United States. Ratification to be exchanged at Washington before the 13th of June, or ihe treaty fails to the ground. The continental domain acquired is about 389,000 square miles. The islands in crease the domain to 450,000 square miles. Private individual property of civiliz ed inhabitants is to b respected. Tin churches built by the Russian govern ment remain the property of resident members.TheGreekOricntalChinch with its civilised inhabitants may remain three years in the Territory without forfeiting nliegianoe to Russia. Those ciloosing permanently to remain, become American C'tizcng, and arc to la- protected in their liberty and property. The remaining uncivilised trilies ure put on tie same footing as the aborigines of the country. Toucher's ( on vent ion. Tlie Jeffereun lia Kite, at Mo n tied let, notifies ' tlie teachers of all jn.Mic schools Me the Jtate of Florida, and of the- neigh boring" counties ot Georgia, and all o U era, who as touchers, feel an interest in tlie cause of education, though not now actually engaged in teaching, arc earn estly requested to attend a Convention to lie beld in Tallahassee, on Monday tlie 20th May Ail persons expecting to- attend the convention will uostfy tin- Rev. Cuxiu.es Kens -re of Tallahassee, the chairman of the committee ol Arrangements, o such intention on or Ih f*»ue the 15th of May, iod report tWfiw*«rWeK immediately on their arrival at Tkdhfchaiiae to this conn mittcc, who will be in waiting at tW thipitol 99 JiroAi: Notmss.—See legal not we from G* pi Jiio. G. McCall, Ordinary us Brook* GpiUitr. in iTm* in a minority of only one In the .Sc n tlcut ban not had a Democratic Governor in tin* lafit I wclvc? yearn. I’linh on the column ! Bismarck haw nent a note to I*arU, demanding the reason for turning the French, ami nays that I‘ruKKiit holdn Franco responaihlc for the conso* fjucnce of micb ntepa, and demanda the fnatant (refutation of warlike preparation*. It Look* a* i! Napoleon will have to fight. The citizens of Han Francisco have subscribed tidily thousand dollars, in gold, for the relict of the people of the South. Patrick Caudin, alias G/tiernl Miibmcv, late Fenian leader In Ireland, has escaped indictment by turning Queen’s evidence. The’Princess of Wales is at the point of death, and her brute of a husband, the Price of Wales, is a regular attendant at theatres and places of amusemeut. John C. Breckinridge, it Is stated, advices his friends to accept and make tlie best of the milita ry act. Within twenty-four hours after the burning of the Lindell Hotel, the citizens of Bt. Louis had pledged $1,040,000 to rebuild it. Address of Governor Jenkins- Washington City, I). G. ) April 10, 1867., j To the People of Georgia: During the Into civil war you wore distinctly informed, by legislative re solves and by Executive proclamations emanating from thu United States Gov ernment, that it was waged against you not vindictively not fur tlie purpose of conquest, but solely sot tlie mainte nance of tlie Union. The theory an nounced was that, by ber ordinance of secession, Georgia had not placed her* self, nor could in any way place herself without its pale, but. that at whatever cost of blood and treasure, the resistance of her people to the authority of the United States mn«t lie suppressed. With these ideas iu your minds (actu ated by what considerations it matters not), in April, 184J5, you, in good faith ceased that reistunce laid down your anus, and made full submission. From these premises it is undeniable that you hail n right to expect, as it is notoriously true you did expest, speedy restoration to the position in the Union from which you hud essayed t<> withdraw—your sta tus unchanged, save in tlie abol tion of slavery, to which, with amazing equa nimity, you assented, by word and by act. To tlds work of restoration, the Presi dent of the United States, in the recess of tlie Congress, faithful to the theory proinnlged as above stated, addressed himself with 'ntteli of circumstantial de tail and elaborate machinery, but in a spirit of unaffected kindness. His prescribed programme yon strictly pursued—all that was antagonistic to the United States Government you expunged from your records; all that was required to pat you again in proper relation with that Government, yon did.' When next the Congress assembled your State Gov ernment (which had been temporarily suspended) was iu full operation—Sena tors and Representatives, regularly elec ted 1 ami duly commissioned, present ted themselves in tin- hulls ot Congress and were refused admission. Yet the postal revenue and judicial systems of the Pyfi eral Government were extended over Georgia us over Massachusetts and Ohio. Direct taxes assessed against Ihe general Staten of the Union by acts previsously, passed, were collected from yon. An amendment of the Federal Constitution, proposed by the Congress in the pres ented forms was presented to your leg islature for ratification or rejection ns to those of New York and Pennsylvania., This you ratified and your ratification was accepted Your State Government moved uninterruptedly in its proper sphere, its legislative and Executive De partments holding communication with departments of tlie Federal Government, us in the palmy, peaceful days nf the Re public. Thus one long session of the Congress transpired, causing no new re gret, save your continued exclusion from j the National Counsels. This you Imre —if not irawnuplaiiiin}. lv, at least, sub missively—patiently awaiting the prev alence of counsels more liberal, more yist. But during the first session of the j ’Thirty-ninth Congress- another amend- ! tin-lit was proposed to- file Constitution ! and presented to your {legislature for ; consideration and ratification- or rejec-1 tion. This was considered iit the inter val between the first and second sessions : of Thirty-ninth Congress and in tii ms-en-j tirelv, respectful but quite distinct Pejec- i ted. Othci States (now and always par ticipant in Federal legislation, whosesta! tus, iis members of t 'e Union, lias never la-en questioned) likewise rejected it ami I are unmolested, Against Georgia and i other States similarly situated the rejec 1 tiou sectus to have stimulated tLo ire of stitutinn and in all the requirements of the two acts of Congress before mention ed, together with the incorporation of them all, by our own acta into our own constitution and laws. 2ndly, a firm but temporatc refttsq.l of such ac quiescence and adoption ; and a patient, manly endurance of military government until in the efflux of time and on the sub sidence of the passions generated by civ il war, better counsels shall prevail at the Federal capital we, meantime, strict ly observing law and order, and vigor ously addressing ourselves to industrial pursuits. As between these.alternatives, I have no hesitation in advising the adoption of flic latter, but forbear at this time to as sign any reasons for this advice because fellow citizens, 1 am far from believing that these are the only alternatives. 1 have strong faith that there remains to us an available remedy In the Federal Government there arejthree departments. Two of them -have passed upon these measures and are in direct antagonism regarding their constitutionality. But. in that event the Constitution gives to the Legislative Department power to override the Executive, and they have so done. There still remains, however, the Judicial Department—the great con servator otthe supremacy of tlie C- »sti tntion wl ost! decrees unlike the Exec utive veto, cannot be'overridden by the Congress. That Department has not yet spoken. Should it be found in accord with the Executive, this usurpation will he arrested. Then, although for a time, von may be denied representation in Congress your State government will re main intact, and full restoration will not long be delayed. Watching at borne the progress of those measures, J gave, as was my duty to you, earnest consideration to the ques tion whether or not we had any remedy against them. I reached the conclusion that a case could l>e made giving juris diction to the Supreme Courtfwherein the validity of these acts could be properly tested and whereby if found invalid, they could bo arrested. Unwilling to trust my own judgment or that of any South ern jurist so liable to be swayed by the bias of Southern interest and Southern feeling, immediately upon the passage of the first act I came here for tlie sole purpose of submitting my views to, and consulting with jurist able and pure, who would view the Whole subject from a different standpoint. I have done so, and, by such men my proposed course lias been approved. Before you read this tin- cause of Georgia will lie in that august tribunal hitherto true to tlie Con stitution—the bulwark of our Liberties. The great question of relief from that quarter will lie speedly determihed. Need j 1 ask you to Ik- calm and quiet, commit- ; ting yourselves hastily to no particului ! course of action ? Should wc fail (as ; fail wc may), there will rc-ina n nothing j that I can do for you. Your destiny will i he in your own hands, and you must •choose hetwen the alternatives first pres euted. In making that choice, you have my counsel, perhaps erronenus, but cer tainly honest. ('ii. ki.es J. Jenkins. SINC.n.AIUTIES OF SrKERAOB NoitTH. A nice commentary upon the Radical de mand for impartial suffrage In the South 1 is found in tlie fact that only eight out j of the twenty-two States controlled by the Radicals, permit such suffrage. Os the New England States, Connecticut is ! the only one that reluses the ballot to colored men. Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont make no distinction what ever in respect to suffrage, but Massa chusetts and Rhode Island do. The laws of Massachusetts requires the voter to he able to read the Constitution of the United States in tlie English language and to write his name. Rhode Island likewise indulges in a little Know-Noth iugiam in its suffrage law, by deviating: that every native male citizen may vote, j In .Yew York negroes with certain qual ifications are allowed to vote; that is siic.li as arc worth two hundred and fifty dollars and have been in the State three j years. In Wisconsin negroes are allow ed to vote by virtue of a decisiou by the Supreme Court of that State upon a tech ideality. Iu Ohio the greater part of j the negroes vote, although the law gives the ballot only to those who have more than half white blood. Darkeys who are black as charcoal can vote there in the Radical districts unacr the half white- j law. In nearly all of the other States, however, the Radicals leave declined, by j tests iu popular eleetious to give the negroes that which they so strenuously insist the Southern people shall give them. .Veto Yurt' Sun The Southern relief i'ftuiJ- in- New Y orh amounts to JdO.OOO. out and execute those laws. R. J. Walker followed, and tlie Court took the matter under advisement. W asiiinoton, April 15th.—In th" Su preme Court to-day Chief Justice Chase delivered an opinion iu the case of the State of Mississippi vs President John son and Gen. Ord, on a motion for leave to file a bill restraining them from the execution of the Reconstruction act. The Court dissented from the argument of counsel that the President is required merely to perform a ministerial act, and held that the terms miirsterial and exe cutive are by no means equivalent in import. A minis'erial duty, the per formance of which may, in proper cases, he required of the bead of a department by judicial process, is one in respect to which nothing is left to discretion. On the other hand it is the duty of the Pres ident to see that the laws are faithfully executed, and among these laws arc the reconstruction acts. An attempt on the part of the Judicial Department to enjoin the performance of such duties by the Piesident might just ly be characterized, in the language of Chief Justice Marshall, as an absurd and excessive extravagance. Congress is the Legislative Department of the Govern ment; the President is the Executive De partment. Neither can he restrained in its action by tlie Judicial Department, though the ucts of both, when performed, are in a proper case subject to its cogni zance. Tiie Court proceeded to show the impropriety of such interference, by con sidering the probable consequences, and concluded as follows: “.It lias been suggested that the bill contains a prayer—that if the relief sought cannot be held against Andrew Johnson as President, it may be granted against him as a citizen of Tennessee, but it is plain that r.dief against the ex ecution of an act of Congress by Andrew Johnson is relief against execution by the President. A bill praying for injunc tion against the execution of an act of Congress Gy the incumbent of tlie Presi dential office cannot he received, whether it describes him as President or simply as a citizen of a State. Tlie motion for leave to file a bill is therefore-denied. In the cusc of the State of Georgia against certain officers tlie Attorney-General makes no object km" to the policy of the bill, and we will therefore grant leave to file that bill." Judge Sharkey said the objection to tho bill be attempted to file seemed to be that it was an effort to enjoin tlie Pied dent. The bill was not tiled, and he could re-form it, so as to suit the views of the Court, and present it again. The Chief Justice replied: "The mo tion is refused; when another bill is pre sented, it will lie considered ” Judge Sharkey: “1 understand the Court to say that an application ean be made on Thursday.” The Chief Justice replied: "Ou Thurs day.” Thus ended for tho present the pro- i ceedings in tho Court. Subsequently a j subpoena was ordered to l>e issued against General Pope, commanding in ! Georgia According to.the rule of the i Court the process is to lie served on do- i fondants sixty days before tlie return of j the process. As the Court will adjourn j in May, the return day in this case can- i not be till next December. The Rev. G. G. Smith, the elo quent divine, who officiated iu tlie Meth odist Church, in Quitman, last year, was to deliver a lecture in Savannah, on last Wednesday night. Subject: “The young men o( the South—what they have done, and what they should do.” flfcjr* General Sickles, commanding tlie Sec ml Military District, issued an order on the 15th, staying executions in civil suits for twelve months. A military di rector can do almost anything, but we are inclined to believe that Sickles will be puzzled to find authority to justify his order. As it gives general satisfaction, however, wo presume it is all right. Bfch“ The scoundrel KicHAimson, who formerly figured as a Bureau agent in Brocks county, has turned up in Augusta and is engaged in the dirty work of of filiating with negroes, and inciting them to acts of hostility against the whites. Somebody ought to do the world a favor by presenting tlie scoundrel with a rope and tlie buzzards with a (east. Ex-Gov. Brown addressed tlie citizens of Savannah, yesterday, on the policy of kCCousUiiotiou. Offer their gervlccffto the Merchants and Plant ers of Georgia and adjoining States, as KE.VL PMCH.IMNS IGE\TS. THEY WILL nt’Y Corn. Macon, Flour, Sugar and GenT Merchandize, And will attend to the sale of all kinds of Pro duce consigned to them Their Senior partner residing in Baltimore, will give his personal attention to all business entrusted to them. They beg to refer to : F. YV. Sims tt Cos., Bryan, Ilartridge <fc Cos., Sa vannah, Georgia. Asher Ayres. Jewett & Snider. Macon, Geo. A. 11. Fleweilen, Esq.. Columbus, Ga. K B. Walker, SupH M. A W. U. U., Atlanta. E. B. Long & Cos., II F. Russell A Cos., Augus ta, Georgia. Price & Sons, Rev. G. G . N. McDonnell, Ainer icus. Georgia. Campbell A Beall, Albany, Georgia. Col. A. T. Mclntyre, Thomaavilie, Georgia. apl9 12-ts T ft. SMITH. Quitman, Georgia, la my *j • Attorney to transact business fur me in my absence. G. G. SMITH. April 19, 1867. 12-ts SFIHIMGr A NT 9 SUMMER STOCK. Culpeper, Creech & Cos., RESPECTFULLY notify their friends and the public generally, that they have received their Spring and Suntmrr flrrac Os Merchandize of every description, embracing all patents, styles and qualities of LADIES' DRESS GOODS, ■mg mm mis. k Lndtea* and Gents’ Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes, and everything generally kept in a Dry Goods Store. Also a very complete stock of FAMILY GROCERIES HARDWARE, ETC. Httr* They tender their sincere thanks to their friends for the patronage so liberally extended, and solicit a continuance of the same. Wo are prepared to sell at The Very Lowest Prices. Quitman. April 19. 1867. 12-ts LIVERY AND mm mmuM* T. J. LIVINGSTON HAYING purchased of Mr. Jas •rJ/EMJt' K. Young the Livery Stable building in Quitman, has supplied the same with a choice lot of Horses and Vehicles, and is now prepared to accommodate the public with Horses and Buggies at Heosonable Kates. Conveyances, with careful drivers, furnished to travelers to convey them to any portion of the country. Horses cared for. by the day or month, at moderate charge. He will also keep supplied with a choice iut ot Horses and Milled for sale. Quitman. April 19. 1867. 12-ts Estrayed! 17IROM the plantation ot the undersigned. one mile northeast of Groovcrvillo. on the night ot the 6th iust. Two Mul< $. to wit : One a bl.»ck horse mule, rather small, about eight years old; the other a black mare mrrle. medium size, good pacer, and branded with a single **i> ’ on the left shoulder. These mules belong to lames Bur □es and any person delivering: the some to me will be rewarded :or any information in refer ence to their thereabouts vril* be tbnfakfuHy re ceived JAMES KING* Apal K), 1017. LMf Country Herr hunts, PHYSICIANS AND PLANTERS, A LARGE AND WELL SELECTED STOCK 1 jM OF W. W. LINCOLN, H B- mm DRUGGIST & CHEMIST, ML SAVANNAH. i J Jit. mV, i ——” Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Potash, &c. ALL WHICH he; OFFERS ON the mo>t favorable terms, At corner of Bull and Congress streets, Monument Square, Savannah, Geo. April 19, >867. Li i ALMOST—NOT QUITE, ANYTHING X EVERYTHING AT JF»ERHAM’S VARIETY STORE COME AND SEE the New Goods, and especially do we invite your attention in the NEW PRICES, and don't forget to bring the Greenbacks, for by so doing yon can save bum). I am now rec«t mg. anti will kei*p constantly on hand, all varieties anti grades of Prints, Bareges, Printed anti Plain Lawns, Jaconets, Organdie., rhainbrir*. Gingham*. Furniture CaHcoes, Brilliant* and other Dress Goods with French naim s. Tafltta anti Bonnt‘t Ribbon*. Velvet Ribbons, Bugle Trimmings, Silk Trimmings. Plain and Fancy Belts, in great variety ; Ladies Paper and Embrokl ered Collars ; Me. Ambique Sbawlettes, Basques. Sacks and Mantles; Bodice Muslin, Swiss db.. Jaconet do., Nainsook do.. Swiss and Jaconet Liu broideries. Dimity, Swiss and Jaconet Band# ; Blonde Lace, Grape Collars. L. C. IMkts, Glove*, Mitts anti Gauntlets In great profusion ; Fans and Parasols, and a thousand and one other articles in this line, which I will show you when you come to see me. HATS! HATS! A splendid line of Ladies, Misses, Gents, Y ouths and Children's Hal*. To my stock of Ladies’ and .Misses Hats especially do 1 invite your attention. CLOTHING. A large and splendid stock of Gents’ Spring and Sommer Clothing, which I will sell cheaper than the Jews on Chatham street, New Y ork, for Greenbacks. Hardware, Cutlery, dbc. Halter Chains, Pad Locks. Him Looks, Stock Locks, Plate f.ook*, Gheet Locks. Cubboard Locks, Spurs, Bridle Bills. Plaoe Bitts, Fish Hooks and Lines. Strap Hinges, all sizes, Butt hinges, Ham! saws, Foot Adas Draw Knives, Club axes, chop axes. Hatches, Wagon boxes, Reap-hooka, Ham mers. Oil-stones, Grind-stones, sand stones, spring balances. G. D. caps. W.P. caps, Gun-wbipers, gen flints, gun locks, Double and single bbl. (Bins and Pistols H. H. handles, plane handles, screw drivers, screw wrenches, door bolts, carriage bolts, ftos of all sizes, screws, fry pans, sauce pans, tea kettles, chisels, knives and forks, pocket knives, dog collars, candle-sticks, blind hinges and fastenings, sad-irons, planters’ hoes, grubbing hoes, traces, screw plates, horse shoes, broad axes, squan**. trowel*, spirit levels, gimblets, Im*vUs. bam***, plow lines, rakes, blacksmith bellows, vlcew unvil*. Tong*, eow bells, stirnp irons, andirons, counter scales, shoe knives, shoemaker’s tools, H. 8. nails, wrought nails. Not to bo tedious, i will say that I have a large stock of Hardware. Yankee Notions and Toys In end tan variety. CWs* t»oods in great abundance. Tin W lire anything you need in this line. Cpoekery—s good stock at low figures. Hootx «»n<t a good stock of good shoes. Willow ware. Wooden ware. Groceries, and a hundred other things too numerous to mention. Also, very aeeonuw‘dating Clerks, who do not think it any trouble to show goods. Also a lot of Maryland White Corn just received. Give us a call. April 12, 1867. A. P PERU AW; A. ETNSTKIN. 8. H. ECU MAN. EINSTEIN & ECKMAN, Importers and Dealer! In foreign and Jlouirstic DRY GOODS, X_- .m X .7 X£3 5W 9 White Goods, Hosiery, YANKEE NOTIONS, HATS, CLOTHING, AND Boots and Shoes, 151 and 103 Congress st, SAVANNAH, GEO. April 19, 1867. :im Harwood, Gage A Cos. WHOIJESAI.K DEALERS IN ICE 2 HOES 2 Savannah, Ga. j April 19, 1867. 6m t 1 EORGIA, Brooks Coi xty. —Whereas. Mrs W Mary Norris. Guardian of Joshua Norris, j Felly Norris and Missouri Norris, having applied | for Letters of Dismission from her trust — These are therefore to cite and admonish all ; parties at interest to tile their objections within i the time prescribed by law. otherwise letters of ; dismLsiou will be granted the applicant. J.*G."McCALL. Ordinary. April 19. 1567. K-:t LOST ! IN Quitman, on Sunday. 14th inst.. a Single cased Gold Watch, with centre second haud\ wait* face, with an etrnscan gold chain attached, the linLs ot said chain are small and compact; oft one end of the chain is a broken ln ok. (gold), and a compass, and on the other the shrivel broke and attached to the pendent ring of the watch. The finder w ill be rewarded by leaving l it with Rev. J. H. Alexander or Mr. Mclntosh. ApriMU, 1007. J. W. MONKiUME.ki. | J. W. STALNAKER, ‘ Is now receiving his mim i< immm GOODS, and his stock is complete in every panicnlar. He has likewise arranged a co-partnership with an experienced merchant, whereby he will be better prepared to always keep SUPPLIED f ITI MIYTIING needed by the people o/ this section of country, and on Itrtter Trrnts i than formerly. A more detailed advertisement will ap | pear in the next issue of the Jkmner. In the ! meantime, the public are invited to euH emu EXAMINE OUR STGGK. J. W. STALNAKEK. Quitman. April 12,1867. 11 Mrs. MARI TIMER, IPHOLSTERLR & DEIORITOR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL OKAf J£R IN FRENCH. ENGLISH AND AMERICAN PAPER HANGINGS, Window Shades,? Tassels, Loops, Cords and Fixtures, Corni ces and Banda, GRATINGS. PRINTS AND PICTURE FRAMES Jk>. 58 St Julian Street, SAVANNAH GEORGIA-. March-1 l:t>7. ly