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Renewing our pledge of unsullied Ir-n or and our tender of frank and manly obedience to the Constitution, wc appeal to you, in the name of the Conservative people of our State, to nnite together in the patriotic effort restore and pel-pel- j nate constitutional government. Yom j recent election encourage our hopes and challenge nnr gratitude. May truth,jua j ticc and right, "terrible as an army with banners,” gathering strength in every conflict, march on "conquering and to conquer,” until its triends, rescuing it from the grasp of < i-ntraltsm, shall re store, to its appropi iate supremacy, THr. Constitution or rnr, I'Nimi Status, so that Georgia, together with her sisters in op pressinn, shall enjoy the same protection which its honest enforcement would give to every Slate in the Union. Hfrichei. V. Johnson, AliSAl.oM 11. OHAPPtIJ, * HiNj. 11. Him, Wahrkn Arts, T. L. Quirky. January 3, 1868. Report of llie <'ammitter on Relief We copy from tbe Atlanta Era, ol the 10th inst., the following report of the Committee on Relief, to the Georgia ne gro Radical Convention : EXPORT or COMMITTEE ox relief. Mr. Harris, from the Comm tiro on Relief, made the following report, which was laid on the table for the present. On submitting the Report, Mr. Harris re mnrekd that the minority of the Commit tee would submit their report to-morrow: Your committee to whom was refer red the subject of relief, beg leave to report the following : Whereas, By the late disastrous war the people of Georgia have lost ovc $400,000,000 of taxable property, also » vast depreciation of real estate, and the lota! loss of four years’ labor, thereby throwing into hopeless confusion the equitable relations of debtor and creditor and whereas, the indebtedness of the State toher citizens bus been repudiated and her most solemn contracts violated, and sanctioned and sustained by h t' ablest jurist, thereby leaving the people to bear as best they can, the increased burthens lima imposed ; and, Whereas, The low price cf rMton, the scarcity of money, tbo unr.ellled condi tion of political affairs ot the State, and tho derangement nr,d inefficiency if labor renders it impossible for the debtor tomakeeven partial payment; and, Whereas, To undertake to force the payment of indebtedness would only res ult in bankruptcy ond utter ruin of the great masses, ae.d concentration into tin, hands of a few, the little remainiiigjfvoin rjl bless war and Whereas, All or nearly all the indebt edness was based, cither directly or in directly, upon the property thus destroy ed or depreciated, while tbe amount o( indebtedness is held undiiuinished; there fore, We the people of Georgia, in Conven tion assembled, do solemnly oidain, Tliatfrom and after the passage of thin ordinance no o'urt in this State shall have jurisdiction at any time to hear oi determine or render judgment against any citizen of this Stale upon any con tract or judgment made or entered into tor any tort or injury c mmitted prior to the first day of June, 1805, nor sluili any court or ministerial officer of (his State ever have jurisdiction to enforce any judgment or execution rendcied or issued upon uny contract or agreermoil for any tort or injury committed prior to the said first day of June, 1805. John Harris, Chairmen. (!. H. lIoI'KINS, N. I’. Hotchkiss, W, L. Goodwin, 11 R Bi LMict. The committee offered the accompany ing resolutions : Resolved, That tho Committee on the Judiciary be and they tiro heresy in structed to insert in that part ol the Con etitulion which defines the powers of this Slate the following section : Section,—No court in this State shall have jurisdiction at any time to hear or determine, or render judgment against any citizen of this State, upon any cmi tract or judgment made or entered into, or for any tort or injury e. mmitted prior to tlio first day of ,lone. 1865; nor shall any court or ministerial officer of tins State liave | jurisdiction to enforce any judgment or execution rendered or is sued upon any contract or agreement, or for any tort or injury made or commit tod prior to the first day of June, 18G5. THIE I.ATKBT Ext'RKSBI'iN FROM Grant.— •Mack,” in his letter of 22(1 instant says: "A gentleman by the name nl Rogers called on Oeneral (Irant yesterday, and in Hie course of eonversution asked liim what he thought <>f Hancock's New Orl eans order. The General paused, gazed gravely into vacancy fur a moment and replied’: ‘Well, Rogers, if Igo to Ku lopo next summer you may take that black horse of mine and use him while I am gone, lie’s first rulo under the sad dle and trots good to a buggy. I'll toll Jim to lot you have him whenever you want him.’j 'Thank you, General, thank you,' said the obliged but still inquisitive Rogers, ‘But 1 think that was a good order, don’t you V 'You will find a good McClellan sad die in the stable,’ was the General’s re sponse. Rogers gave it up in disgust." Exeress Romikr Cmmr—.l man nam ed Wolfe, an Express messenger between Montgomery and Mobile robbed the State of seventy thousand dollars last week, and told ’a tale about being overpowered by robbers and showed bis coat with bullet boles in it, and all such \ deter tive found tbe money in bis house and j the Wolfe is now in the cage "When I ; o s a shoppin’, ’ said an oi I lady, “1 alters ask for wiiat I wants, and if they have it, and it's suitable, an ! 1 feel inclined to buy it, and it’s cheap, and cant be got for less, most idlers takes it without chappering about it all day, as some people do.” Information is wanted of a young man Alexander McDaniel by name, about five feet high, light complexion and sharp features; a marble cutter by trade. Said McDaniel lias a widowed mother in Cos 1 maims, wtio is rapidly declining in; health, and is anxious to see or hear from her son. Any information thankfully re ceived Address A. D Marcbaut, at Cos lorn bus, Ga. The Sheriff of Fulton comity advertis es in the Atlanta Opinion, of the * til ins! over four columns of sales, embracing seventy or eighty levies. It appears that right under tbe nose of tire Conven ti in not much respect is shown tor its .•relicordinance, which was to take ef teet immediately alter it? p.ms.ig* i She (Ouitmaa fanner. F. U. FILDEB, - - Editor. QUITMAN, OEf . FRIDAY, JAM ARY 17, IHtiH. pV For bocal news see thlpl page. Removal of (iov Jenkins and Treasurer Jones Fooled again ! Yes, the oppressed peo ple of Georgia arc again called upon to drink the cup of humiliation—and it forced to their lips hy one whom they had tome cause to believe would respect the Constitution of his country—refuse to be ti e pliant instrument of the Radicals— and have some regaid for the rights, in (crests, and welfare of the people over whom he was placed a ruler. But Gee. ) Meade has given unmistakeable evidence ! (hat lie is radical at heart, a tyrant in disposition, and, politically, as base as hia predecessor, the contemptible Pope. For refusing to comply with the man date of an irresponsible, traitorous and mongrel Convention, fair fly claiming to be the representatives of the people : for refusing to permit Penitentiary convicts, traitors, perjurers and imbecile negroes rob the treasury of the State—the honored, upright, conscientious, bold, fearless, and now, doubly-cherished Gov ernor, CHAiu.ee J. Jknkins, and the cor rect custodian of the people’s money, Hon. John Jones, have been rcmovid from their respective responsible ( fib'ce, tiy an cpaulotcd adventurer, who, by ac cident, was clothed with the title of Ma jor General, at.d now tyrannizes over a people, the shoes of the most humble of whom bo is unworthy to unloose And not satisfied with the removal of our own chosen Chief Magistrate, ho must insult the law abiding and sensitive people of the Stale, hy appointing a couple of shoulder strapped flunkeys, to tho vacant positions. The morally and politically depraved Pope was an intolerable nuisance, and the people shouted for joy when the elec tric current proclaimed his removal; but if this first movement of Meade, on the political chess-board, is an indication of the policy to lie carried out, wo are fear ful, we may regret the exchange of a villain for a mountebank and petulerit ty rant. But we must make the best pos sible out of a very disagreeable condition and patiently await (lie complete over throw of tiie entire radical crew. The following is the order removing Gov. Jenkins and Treasurer Jones : llxadquautk.uhThirii Military District, ) ( Atlanta, Ga., J' nuary 13, 1868. j. Oeneral Order s A'o. 8. I. Charles J. Jenkins, Provisional Gov ernor, and John Jones, Provisional Treasurer of the Slate of Georgia, having declined to respect the instructions of mid failed to co-operate with the Mujo General commanding the Third Military District, arohereby removed from office. 11. Hy virtue of tbe authority grained by tho Supplementary Reconstruction Act of Congress, passed July 19th, 1867, the following named officers aro detailed for duty in tho District of Georgia: Brevet Brigadier General Thomas Huger, -olunel Thirty-Third Infantry, to be Governor of the State of Georgia, and Brevet Captain Charles F. Rockwell, Ordnance Corps, United States Army, to be Treasurer ot the State of Georgia. ill. The above named officers will pio oend without delay, to Miilodgcv i le, Georgia, and enter upon tho discharge of the duties devolving upon them, subject t> instructions from these Headquarters. By older of Major General Mr: auk, R. 0. Diuim, A. A. G. An Important Address. We publish, on our first page, an Ad dress to tho people of the United States, prepared by a Committee appointed by tho Conservative Convention of the peo ple of Georgia, assembled at. Macon, on the sth of December last. It is an able document—setting forth in a concise ami forcible maimer tho lamentable condition of tbe country—tho injustice and oppres sion of tho Radical Congress,—and the danger that threatens the country from tho conferment of tho ballot on an igno rant and inferior race. Tho publication of this document throughout (lie Northern States will sure ly have a happy effect upon tbo minds of men, who aro not entirely lost to reason, and wedded to tho spoils of party, to fa naticism, and possessed of a spirit of vengeance : for it is a plain, unvarnished statement of the “true situation” of the Southern States, and a direct appeal to their judgment., as men and patriots, to rally to the defence of their endangered country and tho riglits and liberties of the Caucasian race, so ruthlessly assailed by the representatives of tiie Radical par ty, in the halls of Congress. This Address should be read by every man in America. It eminates from gen tlemen who have a National fame as statesmen and unselfish patriots, who have ever struggled for tiie preservation of the liberties of the people and tbe main, tenanco of tiie Constitution in ell its original purity and simplicity, and there fore will materially advance the revolu tion in popular sentiment, which is now sweeping like a tornado over the North. It is put forward at an opportune mo ment, and glorious results aro antici pated. Ir is stated that Gen. Grant telegraph, ed Gen. Meade to remove none of Dope’s appointees, except en charges and inves. ligation. This is a late day for the non committal General to discover that Dis trict Commanders are not supreme in their spheres of action. Grant is afraid j that Meads will remove perjured Radicals from office. It is said that General Bailey's remains ! were followed to the grave by hundreds | of bis old servants, who went many miles to see the body of their old master bu- j . ied. Tiie Northern Democracy- Tbe gallant old Democracy ol the j North-Vest is putting its house in order j and arranging ihe platform upon which the I’residentiul battle of November is to i*e fought- Tin; Democratic Conventions of Ohio arid Indiana, which were in ses-. sion on the 9th, adopted resolutions urg ing the abolition of the National hanks’ the repeal of the iniquitous tariff acts’ opposing negro suffrage, condemning Congressional usurpation, endorsing Johnson’s policy of reconstruction, urg ing the taxation of bonds, their payment in greenbacks, and the piotection of for eign-born citizens, and concludes byre commending that wise statesman and honest patriot, Pendleton, of Ohio, for President. Standing on such a platform, with so admirable s standard bearer, the Democ racy will sweep Radicalism from power and in thunder tones declare that this i„ and Khali remain a u-hile man 's govern ment. Thank God ! the skies are bright ening f The battle of November next will lift from tbe shoulders of tiie oppressed people of the South, the burden of op pression, tyranny and injustice, that lias so long crushed them to the earth. The hour of our deliverance is approaching— the hand writing is on the wall—and Radicalism trembles ! Constitutionality of the Recon struction Caws. The Washington hilar of the Bth Dan learned that tiie question of the eonstitu tionulity of tho reconstruction laws of Congress will soon be brought before the United Slates Supreme Court in such a shape as to secure a direct derision on the subject. In the Georgia and Missis sippi cases, brought up laHt spring, the matter assumed suoli a purely political aspect that the Court decided it had no jurisdiction. It is understood now that a test case,'arising under the regular ad ministration of the reconstruction laws in the South, and coming through tiie courts in the regular way, will soon reach tho Supreme Court of tiie United States. Those wiio pretend to know—and among them are several Senators and members of Congress—say that the Court will de cido'all the reconstruction laws unconsti tutional. The Conrt it is said, will stand five to three. Another reason to justify the belief that a majority of tiie Court are averse to the constitutionality of.these Acts of Congress, is that a bill lias been intro duced in Congress, requiring a majority of two thirds of the Supremo Court to de cide a law of Congress unconstitutional. In this connection tiie following ex tract from Attorney General Stanherry’s speech is deemed very significant. ‘Gen tlemen, 1 have been at the bar for nearly ball a century, and have been a constant student not only of common law, but of our own constitutional law, and I do not hesitate to say that tiie whole of these reconstruction acts of Congress, from beginning to end, first, second and third fu tiie series, are uncoil Btitutioin-I and void. There are times when to bo silent is to ho unfaithful. There are times when men must speak out. I will not attempt to school myself into reticence upon these great questions and I could not if I would.” The Cotton Tax. As we had anticipated, remarks the Augusta Chronicle & Sentinel, the Senate has refused to repeal the tax on cotton. It will he remembered that the House previous to the adjournment for the lioli days, had passed a bill repealing the tax but limiting its operations so as not to apply to cotton raised in 1867 or previ ously. An effort was made in the House and also in the Senate to have the repeal applied to the tax on the crop of the past year. Tins failed. The Senate now even refnsos to concur in the House Bill repealing the tax to apply in the future, and amends tiie action of the lluuso so as to suspend the tax upon cotton to be grown in 1868. Cotton planters will do well to note this action. They cannot fail to perceive tiie motives ami reasons for this singular legislation. They should ponder them well in preparing to "pitch” tiie coming crop. The Radicals suspend tiie tax to induce the planting of a large crop, and to give them strength with the negroes in tho approaching Fresidential election. They intend to levy and collect tho tax notwithstanding this suspension. When tho crop is made, and elections over the suspension will be removed and the oper ations of tiie tax restored. We trust that our people will not be caught hy this shallow device of the ene my and induced thereby to plant largely j of cotton. The necessities and distress j of the South require the cultivation of! large provision crops This is a duty which it would be criminal to neglect. Wo can live without cotton—coru we must have or perish. Cotton at the present prices cannot be profitably culti vated even if we had an abundance of provisions. The lax wifl most unques j tionably be required of two and a half! cents a pound ou the next crop. We re peat, let it atone. Bully for the Democracy. The j Charleston Courier says, a lady in Mt. j Vernon. Ohio, having given birth to five j children at a single birth—three boys and two girls—ail of whom are doing j well, and it having been ascertained that j the family are all Democratic, and intend j removing to Sullivan county, a forty! acre tract of land was immediately do- j nated for tbeir benefit by some of tbe cii j izens. The family ot Judge Richard Fortson, ! residing near Elberton, were all poisoned j ! during Christmas w.-ek. Some of them came near dying. Poison had been put in a pail from which water was taken ; to make coffee, ami by drinking the latter the family were poisoned. i The Great Issue of the Day The Coining Revolution. Tho negro, as an element of political power, and ultimately as an element in our social life, says tiie New York Herald, is the vital and paramount question of the time. Upon this the Presidential election mast turn, and men—heroes of tiie war or prominent politicians—will amount to nothing with’ the people when they will be called upon to solve it next November. It will overshadow all oth ers, and the public miad is ripening fast for the issue. Congressmen, managing politicians, the partisan press, and even the sharp newspaper correspondents at Washington, do not see the bearings of this mighty question and the inevitable solution of it in November. Tiie balderdash about rebels and rebel lion, when there are not and cannot be such things in existence, is simply ridicu- j lous. No one is weak enough to believe tiie old rebels are not effectually squelch ed, or that they over dream of raising ' their heads again. The people are tired with such Radical trash, and it is so tlior- j oughly played out that it cannot liave any ■ influence hereafter. The great question, then, is as to the status of the negro, politically and socially, in this country. Shall the temi-barbarous ne gro, just emancipated from slavery, hold the balance of power—nay, become the j controlling power—in the Republic?—; Shall this ignorant and brutal people— the lowest type of the human race—out weigh the votes of the white people and j control the destiny of tiie Republic?—: Shall the proud Caucasian race—the high- ] est type of mankind—bu put in subjee- j tion to a people little removed from bar- | barium ? It is iinpossibii The mind of every white man or woman revolts at i such an idea. It is contrary to nature, ! repugnant to tbeir sense of decency, and utterly' subversive of tiie whole political l and social fabric of our country. Yet j this is the great issue before the country. That is the question to he settled at the coming Fresidential election. Who can doubt the result ? Tiie issue is leprescnted on one hand by onr Radical Congress and politicians, i Tbe whole frame work of Congressional reconstruction is based on giving tiie ne groes political power in the South, with tiie view of controlling the government. The object is to make three or four mil lions of barbarians a political element to rule the destinies of thirty millicns of white people-through tiie balance of pow er iliey would hold. All the hypocritical talk abont humanity and mankind being free and equal is sheer nonsense. It is simply a question of political power with the Radicals. On the other hand is the Conservative, wise and consistent policy of President Johnson to restore the Union upon the basis of a white man’s government, as it was originally estab lished, and as every sensible man believes it should exist. He wishes to give every protection to the negroes under their new-born liberty and every opportunity | to elevate themselves in the scale of civ- j ilizalion. Sc do the masses ot the white people, both North and South. But he is I opposed to making these benighted peo- \ pie a controlling political element in the j Republic. He knows, as we all know, | that tliis is utterly repugnant and would ; bo dangerous, lie knows tint this would ) lead to great social evils. The negroes, witli political power in their bands in the j South, would soon insist upon social j equality, and pass laws to bring that j about. The h ailing blacks in and out of the Southern Conventions talk very boldly of this. The negro men want white wives, and are looking forward to snob a result of their newly acquired po sition. Over two years the President has stood firmly and boldly on this vital issue against a Radical Congress. lie, therefore, is the representative' of the principle which is now going before the country. Jlis messages and conduct con stitute the only platform on which the Conservatives can conduct the Presiden tial contest*. Stanton RHmtatrd in the War Ofßee. A dispatch from Washington on tiie 13th says that the Senate, after an exec utive session of five hours, passed the resolution reported from the Committee 6u Military Affairs, declaring that the reasons of tlie Preaidei t for removing Secretary Stanton from tiie War Depart ment arc insufficient, and that they do not concur in the act of suspension. The ; vote on the passage of the resolution ! stood yeas, 35 ; nays, 6. The Senate then ordered a certified copy of ihe reso lution to be presented to Gen. Grant ami j Secretary Stanton. A dispatch of tiie j 14th says that “copies of the Seuate's ; action regarding Stanton’s suspension was furnished the President, Grant and j Stanton last night- Grant and Stanton \ had a conference iate last night and met ; again this forenoon at the War Office. Grant left the office afterwards, and Stanton remained. Stanton received | calls from various officers of the Depart- j ment but up to noon bad not formally j j commenced business. Up to noon tiie I President had taken no action in the premises. Collection of Debts in Alabama. j Gen. Meade issued an Order on the \ 11 tii inst., validating an ordinance adop- I ted by tbe Convention, to stay the col ; lection of debts in Alabama, up to the ! Ist of January 1869. The several officers, (judiciary ami otherwise in that Slate are ! required to respect and obey the order. I A similar order is looked for as to | Georgia, when the Convention adopts a I permanent relief ordinance. Gen. Butler was on a visit to Richmond, Ya., on the 13 h. All prudent people hid th ir spro. ns, jewelry, and small things generally, so that the Yankee thief would not be tempted i Tbe Georgial'nconatitulionalCon vention. This body of Northern adventurers. Southern traitors and ignorant negroes, have resumed the political farce—ao sue cesbful enneted during twelve days Dre vious to adjournment—of preparing a Constitution and framing laws for the government of the people of Georgia After ascertaining that a quorum was present on the thirteenth day, a call was made for new business, when, among many others, the following ordinances and resolutions were introduced : By Mr. Blount—An ordinance to de clare illegal, null and void, all notes, bonds, and executions for the purchase ofslav's ; and further to make null and void all la»S of the State of Georgia i made while in a state of rebellion against the United States by which money has , i been raised for the purpose of carrying on and sustaining the late war against tho United States, and all notes, bonds, j bills, and coatracls founded thereon. An ordinance to declare illegal null android, all notes, I onds, executions j and contracts for services or hire as Biib ; slitutes in the Confederate army. Mr. Bowers ottered an ordinance in re ; lation to the qualification of civil officers I in the State. ! Mr. Burnett offered an ordinance for I the relief of tlic people of the State of j Georgia. Mr. Clift offered an ordinance declar ing the relations of the people of Geor- , gia to the Government of the United I States. Mr Ashburn—Resolutions asking Na tional aid for material purposes, and re , commending the railway system, and recognition of the principle as set forth by the National Railway League. Mr. Higliy—An ordinance to establish j homesteads. ■Mr. Muddox-An ordinance for the re lief of persons lidding change hills is-: sued by the Western and Atlantic Rail road. Mr. Strickland—A resolution reques ting the continuance of tho Frcedmcn’a Bureau. Mr. Turner (negro)—A resolution to j j stay the collection of taxes, Mr. Wallace—A substitute for a reso- Inti in ottered by Mr. Dunning relative to the removal of the Capitol. Several ordinances in reference to j li misleads were read the second time, and referred to the Committee on Bill of Rights. An ordinance to change the Senitorial Distriiti and reduce the number of Sen at< rs and Reprerentatives of tbe Gener al Assembly of Georgia, was read the seeond time and refe red to the Commit tee on lb j Legislative Department. An ordinance to dissolve the luferior Courts of Georgia; and un ordinance for the relief of certain debtors, were read and referred to tbe Commute on the Ju diciary. Nothing of importance transpired on ! the 24th day further than the deliveiy of inflamatory speeches. On tbs 15th day Gen. Meade appeared in the Convention, and made a speech the gist of which v.as that he would rigidly enforce the provisions of the Reconstruction Act of Congress. J. R. Pnr.ott, the President, intro duced an ordinance to prevent Sheriffs from the levy and sale of property. He stated that said officers, in open defic jiqc of the previous action of this body, were exposing at public outcry the property lof a helpless people, and continued at eome length in tbe snpport of his meas- j ure. ‘The sheriffs had treated with coll ! tempt the authority of this Convention, ; and were seizing and selling the prop erty of the people. lie wsnted a stop ! put to it. Thu ordinance made it ape- ! ual offence on the part of sheriffs to diso bey ana such action would have the de sired effect. If they understood that a fine or dismissal from office would follow 1 further disobedience of this Convention’s j instructions, there would beau end to sheriff’s operations.” An animat and discussion maned, and the ordinance was postponed for farther consideration on Monday last. Ashburn introduced a resolution that ; the Convention be clothed with the same | power as that of the Military District | Commander, and the Congress of the: United States be petitioned by this body j to grant that power. Ho read a letter from Senator Sherman, iu which all pow | sr desired was pledged to be conferred jby the U. S. Congress. Mnch excitement and discussion followed tbe introduction ;of this ordinance, and the question was not decided at the hour of adjournment. Messrs. Miller, Ackerman and Tram mell fought the infant) us resolution man ! fully, charging the convention with the design of procuring complete control of ‘ the State government, for tbe purpose of I plundering the Treasury and satisfying a fiendish spirit of oppression. The tight, over the resolution was a heated one; and was continued during the greater | part of the next day—Saturday. Ash burn finally closed the argument by ] moving the ‘'previous question,” which the Convention refused to sustain by a ' vote of 6to 128 It was finally laid on 1 the table, and made the special order I for last Monday. ! (The result of Monday’s deliberations we may have l>efore going to press.] ! Gov Bili.ock, the Republican Governor of Massachusetts, in his message, already alluded to by telegraph, said : “We must remember that there are millions of the white race who cannot and must not always be retained in the position of ab jot t foes : millions whose productive la bor is necessary for the discharge of na tional obligations which most never 1* repudiated, and whose good will and co operation arc essential to a complete and thorough reunion. Let us then hear no more of confiscation and attainder for the Southern masses.” Foster Bi.odgett, who was indicted for ! perjury by the U. S. District Court, re cently in session at Savannah, has been removed from the office of Postmaster at Augusta; and a petition has gone for ward to General Meade, praying that he be removed from the Mayor’s office of the same city. Thus it will be seen that vil lainy is not aiwsys permitted to prosper. Congrewrionnl. The Radical Congress at (what "Brick Pomeroy” calls) "Rump Hell,” is becom ing more outrageous ar.d fiendish every day. The “disloyal South” has made the members very billious, and in their wrath they vomit forth nil sorts of filthy ingre dients upon the defenceless people of this section. And there is no method in their madness : from one excess they proceed td another—and each is characteristic of blackguards, and give evidence that many of the au hors were reared in a similar purlieu to the "Five Points,” of New York. On the 11th instant the telegraph in forms us that the House Committee on Reconstruction agreed upon a bill de claring that there are no civil govern me its in the lately rebellious States, and that the provisional governments shall not lie recognized as valid or legal either by the Executive or the Judicial authori-! ties of the United States. In 0.-ilcr t<> i the speedy enforcement of the hover. I I reconstruction laws, the General of the ! army is authorized to remove all officers I now employed and appoint others for the performance of all acts required by those statutes, to the end that the people of Un said several States may speedily organ ize civil governments in a Republican , form and be restored to their political power in the Union. The General of the army- is also empowered to remove all civil officers and appoiut others in their places. So much of the reconstruction acts as authorizes the President to deta I the military curnmandeis or remove oth- I ors is repealed. i The bill declares ii unlawful Ibr the [ Pr sident to order any- part of the army j or navy to assist by force of arms the ! military of those provisional govern ! j merits to oppose or obstruct the authority ■ |of the United Slates. The bill further declares that the interference by any per | son with intent to prevent by force the execution of the orders of the General of the army, shall In' held to be a high mis j demeanor, and the party guilty thereof, | on conviction, shall bo fined not exceed i ! >»g five thousand dollars and imprisoned not exceeding two years. The bill repeals all parts of the Reconstruction acts in : consistent with the above provisions. (From tin- Atlanta Intelligencer.) AI) CONVENTIONKM. sr jaukh a ulet k tiiomiwox. Hie Wimtk* must rule the land nr die ; The purpose slirs in hearts tit steel; With hurtling ch.-rh and flashing eye He wait what waiting may reveal, lint come what may tin- H uin:s must bold What white noil's patriot valor bought— ! Our grand-si®, ashes not yet cold Hallow the soil for which they !ought. | Shall low-born scum and quandom slaves Give laws to those who own the soil? I No !by our grand-sires' bloody graves. No! by our homesteads In light with toil Our rights are rooted in an lands. Our law is written iu the ,kv. Fate flings the flat from her hands - The Whites shall rule the laud or die ! There Is a stony energy Locked in the born'.', white man’s will There is a passion like the sea That clasps the shores of freedom stilt; Though banded Gossack dare the day, 'And soulless vampires All the nights, The distunt ominous thunders sav - None save themselves shall rule the whites. Our arms are down, w-e kiss (he rod And only ask for honor's dues ; Ton arrogate the power ot Qod And curse us as He did tin- Jews ; lie ware ! tbr lion only sleeps, Give hitu Uis share and keep him still, Another thrust and up he leaps, Hire passion mastering all his will 1 We have no gnawing greed for gold— I No burning thirst for wanton power, [ But we trill lord it as of old, j And make the land bloom like a flower, ! Or. if oppression goes go far As cramps us under stave born men, j Again shall roll the ear of war, I he drum aud cymbal dash again ! Ring through the land tbe dirge of shame, The requiem of greed and luat, | Drive back the Cossacks whence tbev eatne And grind there vampyres iu the dust; Then shall the cry of hunger cease The horrid fiend of murder fly. And ail our valleys steep in peace! The Whites must rule the kiwi or rfi, / lloid fast, brave hearts, tbe day is nigh When howliug con. lave.- dare not meet— When ail these mongrel fiends shall fly ■ To eome putroncimce-daubcd retreat! Blow- Fate s decree from sea to sea From skv to sky, from realm to realm— Our ship of state eternally Shall have a Wuitk Max at her helm! Strange Dcei..—A queer duel recently j took place itt Texas. A gentleman of I Houston, who lost all bis family by the late epidemic, anil who was himself wea ry of his bereaved existence, was touch* led on the shoulder, as he was entering the house, by an aggrieved acquaotance who requested his company a short dis : taneo. Both walked away in sileccc i Noon coming to an open field, the silent : challenger paced off the approved dis tance each drew his pistol, and with the i few words, “Ready ! fire 1” the duel was ! commenced—»nd ended. One went home with a shattered jaw ; and the other | crawled into the woods to die. Gin. John B. Gordon addressed a Con.' servative meeting at Atlanta, a few days ago. He said, in the course of his re marks, that he had net Gen. Hancock, on tbe field of battle, as an enemy, but if he met him now, he vvor.M esteem it a priv-1 ilegc to take hla hand as a friend. #*»"■ The Kentucky Legislature, it is stated, has passed a resolution instruc ting Senator Guthrie either to proox'd to the capital or resign, aud in conse quence he has chartered an extra car, and will undertake the journey notwitle standing his feeble condition. He is said to he suffering from paralysis of the lower limbs. Aaron Au-eora Brapiev, who wa* committed to jail, a few days ago, for attempting to incite a riot in Savannah, wrote a pitiful letter to the Mayot, aud begged to lie released. His Honor fell : eorry sot the poor black wretch and turned I him loose, upon the payment of SIOO aud I casts. A riot occurred at Marshall, Texas, a few days ago. The rioters were arrested by the military, whereupon the Constitu tional General, Hancock, immediately di reeted that they be turned over to the civil authorities for trial, who released them on bail. Collection of Taxes Suspended. The following Proclamation from Gov ernor Jenkins, issued on the 10th inst., we copy from he Federal Union : Executive Depabtuext. ( Milledgeville, January, 10th 1868. ) By virtue of tho authority in me ves ted by the “th Section of the Code of Georgia. Ido hereby suspend the col lection of Taxes not paid into the Treas ury of the State by the people of Gem gi* whether specific or advalorent, until tbe first day of May, in the present year. The Comptroller General will forthwith give notice to the Tax Collectors of the several oountics and publish tbe same in the gazettes ol this city. Charles J. Jenkins, . Governor. . The Florida (so-called) Constitutional Convention will meet at Tallahassee, on Monday next, the 20th. Rev. J. B Campbell, of Tliomasville. has been called to the charge of the Bap tist Church itt Baiabridge. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, of Geor gia, writes from Philadelphia that his physical Constitution is very fcehlu mud that he is hardly able at times to sit up iu bed. The '.hock of an earthquake was dis tinctly felt, at Atlanta and Griffin on the morning of the Bth. | The Florida having come to the conclusion that tho forty acres and a ■ mule talk was a humhng, s!n>vr a di*p<»> 1 gitioii to make contract** oil reasonable | terms. | In order to induce emigrants to aettU j in Florida, lands are given away aJoug tbe line of the Florida Railroad. Savannah Market. The xVefM (t Herald of tin- i »<h iu.tl.es tbe ful | lowing report ol tin- market ; Cotton.-—Tbe market to-day •• H * fair demand, but holders a-Red i*.,. ' w hich buyers would not give, until a ! .. | Liverpool and New York were received, which, i being favorable, caused an active demand, which | continued until about 2 I\ XL. when a quiet mar | ket in Liverpool Hnd a declining one in New York being reported, caused our market to droop and close at a decline from our last qnotat.on*, j We quote : Ordinary., 121Q13 i Good hdiuany KiKoUHf Low Middling MjfdMtl Middling 15 (gi&{ Bacon- la in better demand, w ith light s.ock ! Prices about the same. We quote: Shoulders ’ 12(3 12|c; ribbed side*. l?*jc; clear ribbed sides | 14£(« 15c: clear sides. 15(ql5|c; dry salted clear sides. l,y<4 J4c. Hums, plain, lbifi 20c; ouvassed 20(a) 22c. Flour — Is in good demand, at unchanged figures : Georgia super sl2(q 12 50; extra, sl4; family, sis(<t 16; Northern superfine, sio o0($ li 60; extra, $ I '2(« 14; family and fancy, $16(4 16. Gkain.—Corn continues dull, with a heavy stock. Prices are unchanged. We quote new country at $1 20 (a l 2x6 from depot ; $1 30@ 140 from store Oats are steady. Wc quote at $ Krill 10 ; seed, $1 1001 15. 2Uti* jpmtisrmcnte. REMOVAL! S. B. CMBfILL & £O. HAVE REMOVED TO THEIR NEW BRICK STORE East of A. J. ROUNTREE**, on Screven street where they will continue to keep a General Stock of MERCHANDISE! And will sell the same VERY LOW FOR CASH! As tbe Price of Goods decline our customer* shall invariably have tbe benefit thereof. | Give us a call, and and remember Our Terms are Cash. D. B. CARROLL A CO. i ’ Quitman. January 17, 1868. 49-l<tt C'T EORGIA, Arruxo Coi'XTT. —Whereas, Wil- Jf lis F Taylor, Administrator on the Estate | of Michael W. Nelson, applies to me for letters cf Dismission from his said Administration of said i Estate. These are therefore to notify all persons at inter i est to file their objections wit.iin tho time pre ; scribed by law, otherwise said letters will ba granted and issued to said applicant. Given under my hand and official signature this January 8, 1868. Jan. 17-6 m. J. Liuhtskt, Ordinary A. C. Sav. Daily Advertiser. S. YATES LEVY. Editor. E. O. WITHINGTON. A^ottatk. ‘ rjIIIE ADVKRTIM.R «« i I interests of Savannah, of hi.H ■- ; the South. In favor of Reconstruction on a \ sound bams, and opposed to Radicalism in every shape. A paper acceptable to tb# family and man : of business. For the present it will be published only as % Daily, hut at an early day a Tri-weekly edition will also be issued. Postmasters acting as Agents will be allow-7(1 a liberal per centage on all cash subscriptions. Published at per year ;$4 for six months ; $2.50 for three rc >nths. and $1 for one month. E. O. WETHINGTON A CO., Publisher*. MONEY WANTED. THE undersigned hereby notifies all persona indebted to them for lumber. Ac., that they are in need of money. Your accounts are all due. and they must be paid immediately, or they wi!l be placed in the hands of an officer for col i lection. .So we ask you to be prompt in respon ding to this notice, and thereby save cost. Wo are in earnest. KING A HESTER, January, 10,1868. 48-lm WARNING. R DO hereby forwarn aii persons from hiring or M making auy contract whatever with a color ; t-d boy named Henderson, who lived with*DrJTl*. Vs. Fernsides last year,—as said boy was appren ticed or bound to we according to law until be attained tbe age of 21 years. I shall certainly prosecute any person who violates this notice. J. L. MOSELEY',Guardian. Quitman. Jan. 10, 1868. 48-2 t £ 1 EORGIA. Brooks County.— Whereas, H. W. VJT .Sharpe. Adm’r with Will annexed, on the estate of Jacob Rizer deceased, applies tome for | letter® of Dismission from his administration of said estate. These are therefore to cite and ad monish ai! and sin gw la" the parties at interest to file their objections • .thin the time prescribed b j lav. otherwise said letters will be granted to tbw applicant. J G MeCALL, Ordinary. Jan. 7. Lvß. tsa