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FRIDAY, MAIICII O,
Tti«* >< H Reconstruction Hill.
Tl*«* iMipplcnttiittul tecumd ruction bill,
N*».—r, bus passed I ><»1 ti liottnc* of (Jon
and Im-cj* submitted to tlu* Presi
<lt mil. It provides that a majority of \
Voles kI.hII rutify Constitution* and llmt
registered person* shall vote rniywlicre
tn the State, aftet- ten days residence : '
resistration Iwdng proved by certificates
ullhjavit or other evidence ; and tint!
State election* shall be held simultane
ously with that for the ruti lieutiou of the !
Constitution.
Ruder this law, it in thought that all
tlrf* Radical constitntioiiM of thecxcluded
State** will be ratified, and such itircon-
Ktitntional legislation bo forced Upon tin*
people votenn voUtnr, In tier ease of
Alabama tlie* Constitution will be re
vu limit ted so the people, and if a major
ity us the \ote* cant are in favor of the
innjnitmn abortion, t will bo deebued
tin* Count ir ut ion of the D ale and fin.
pc< pie forced at the j oi.it of the buyout!
to respect it.
I nder tlii* new plume that reconstruct
1 inti has assumed, it behooves tl»e poo*
pic? to awake from their letnrgy and abati
doii the policy of “masterly inuet \ ity.’*
J util the adoption of this last bill in the
series of abomiiintious, the failure to
cast n ballot was a vole in opposition to
reconstruction ; but now the game lias
been changed and all who fail to vote,
indirectly cast their HiiflVage in favor ol
the ratification of tho Constftnlion and
negro suffrage. For heretofore it re
quired if lilt a ma jority of the registered
voters, should v» te upon the question
now ; a'f that is necessary is that a ma
jority of the ballots east should be in
favor of ratification.
Notwithstanding this new dodge of
our Radical lask-tniodns if the pcnpUt
will do the r duty if they will fuliy ap
preciate and net in this crisis as become
men and patriots the Constitution pre
pared by unprincipled demagogues ami
ignorant negroes can and will be defeat
ed. '
(low a tiovemor wims Honored-
On the 2(Mh nit., (lav. Walker, of
Florida, visited tlie Mongrel Convention
in session at the Capitol, and was re.
qmujtcd to address the “black and tan*’
spirits. He said : "Mr. Fresident and
ynttfenwn (?) of tlie Con void ion, I thank
yon for the honor you haw done rue by
this invitation, but it is one / do! not
onficipafe” Ye gods ! how the mighty
have fallen ! David S. Walker, a man
who, In years gone ly, lias been repeat
edly honored by the good and tijie men
* f Ids own rare —a man who bus occupied
nil the high and honorable positions
within the gift of the people of hi« State:
a man whose moral ami social position
gives him pre-eminence among his fellow
men, and whose towering intellect com
mands the respect of statesmen am! ju
rists ! Think of it : tin’s man voluntarily
outers a hall polluted by the presence of
scalawags, carpet-baggers, negroes and
traitors, and hypocritically tells them
that ho feels honored by the association !
0 ! tempura ! 0 ! mores !
A Nrw Party.
A dispatch from Atlanta on the ‘27th
nit• informs us that an 'anti-relief” party
was inaugurated the previous night, by
thirty of the Sea! a tray delegates, in canons.
This party proposes to nominate n can
didate for Governor, to ask all opposed
to .repudiation whether in favor or not
'of ratification, to support its nominee,
and to request * engross to reassemble
the Convention with instructions to
strike out the relief clause in the (\ nst -
tufjon m»w framed.
W e are opposed to repudiation, and!
woWd be pleased to aid in the defeat of
tlie p >\lcy *, but we have no respect for
nor confidence in any of the delegates
composing the Atlanta Scalawag Con
vetition: a party inaugurated ly sm-h
dirfy cuttle would not receive counte
nance or support from men of character
m honor. And as for pi till mug C> n
gress to reassemble the present "Menag
erie,” all decent citizens will condemn
the movement for that body has al
ready been in session suflicicutly long to
disgrace the State.
Tnk llarrku. Mckcer.—We are happy
to learn that the negro, Beil. Stripling, «
wHt> murdered Mr. R. G. Harkem., on the
25th of January near the Am-illu river,
in Juifeix li ouuiyN |>ri l mu 1 tbi win . c
arrest ft lewnrd of one hundred dollars j
was ofTVred through ti.e columns of* the
tditifniaii /tanner, \v:o arrested on tin*
lldtli ultimo, by Mr. J. n\s, of J« fTv rs >n, i
and commUtcd to jail nt Motif icciio.
Tire Jeffc'tmu ti ait tie says that on the
trial for commitment tin* negro eo M s» ss
ed to naving been captured by Harrell
aUil escaping from his custody ;he also
coafi'wos to t pmsuit t*y Harrell sax
ing lbiit Ilarrtild overtook him and caught !
1 tic rope by which he was tied, \
thus jerking Harrell to the ground, but I
il elite* the killing.
Mucb iuiliguation was expressed in
Washington «ni the 2t*th, nt the course of
Judge Carter in tl»e Stanton-Thomas mai
ler. It is now conceded it was pro-a .
ranged by Stanton and bis friends f :
tho Judge to discharge Thomas, to pre
vent the case reaching the Supreme
Court. They checkmated the Fresident
ill this, as he ho} ed through this [mans
to have tested the constitulioiiality 04
the Tenure of ( (See bill.
There was an immense aiiii-imp< ach
luent meeting in New York on Friday
». lj * • gfl
• lie imp.uriti.i .idol I lie l.td^rid
The intense excitement which prevail
ed at Washington and throughout the
North, at the date of onr last issue, has
materially subsided, and the people are
calmly awaiting the decision of tin? ('"till
<»f Impeachment, before whVh the Con
slltutional President of the Coifed States !
is to Ik* arraigned, charged with "high j
crimes and misdemeanors,” prefcired by ;
thr Radical House of Rcpiesentatives.
The present calm, however, is but tlie j
t prelude to the storm; f'»r if Fn aaf’iit j
■ Johiifon is mfronstitutionally ejected!
I from oilier, civil war will ensue, and, as j
j »*ne writer predicts, tlie "atreel* of W ash !
| ingtoii w ill How bridle deep with blood. ,r ;
! The reason for the temporary lull in the !
excitement, is because there in » better
, general understanding of the situation
! and the fact being established that Con
! gross will not attempt to suspend the
1 Fresident from oflic.e during trial. It is
also apparent to those who feared the
President would resort to military force
to sustain him ami execute his orders,
that he had lio such purpose; and those
who expected Congress to rush the im
peachment project to a finally, and de
pose, or attempt, to depose, the President
within ten days, as promised by Radical
members, now see clearly lhft‘ all such
boasts were premature, as it is unde,
| stood that Judge Chase (who will pre
i side,) cannot be induced to join in any
j irregular or intemperate action, and that
| a number of Republican Pen a tor* wi li
not consent to any improper or queation
| able proceedings, nor hurrying up to a
i conviction without giving ample time for i
1 preparation, argument and deliberation, j
! commensurate with the gravity ol the
j trial and the dignity of the office us Pre**
j ident of the United States.
' The articles < f impeachment, as re
ported by the Committee and adopted by j
| ilie House, are as follows :
1. The removal of .Stanton, with the
intention to violate the constitution and
laws.
2. The appoint incut to the Secretary
ship of War, with tlie like intent, of one
I.oieii/. > Thomas.
i>. CoUMpjnng with Thomas and others
; unknown, to hinder Stanton, bv intimi-
I dal ions and threats, from « xercising his
j oflice;
j I. Conspiring with Thonmft and others
| to prevent and hinder tho execution us
j the Tenurc-of Otlice Dill.
5. Tin* appointment of Thomas while
the Senate was in session.
(i. A conspiracy with Thomas to seize
property of the United States, contrary
to tho act ol July, 1801.
7, A conspiracy with Thomas ami oth
ers to eject Stanton from the War Oflice.
8 A conspiracy to take possession of
the property of the United States in the
War Oflice*
t). (Jiving Thomas a letter authorizing
him to take possession of the War Oflice.
10. Ferstiading General Kneuy that
the law required that orders from the
I'resident ami Secretary of War should
not come through the General of the
Army.
Nine of these charges, it will be per
ceived, refer solely to Stanton's lemoval
from the War Department and the t nth
is contemptible and silly. It refers to
Gencr tl Emory's interview, wherein the
Fresident asked : "Am 1 to understand
that the Fresident of the United States
cannot give an order but through ti e
General iti-Chief. or General Grant
Emory answered, "yes !” and withdrew.
The following is stated to be the pro
cedure in the impeachment case : On the
day after the articles of impeachment are
presented, the Senate will resolve itself
into a court at I o’clock. A quorum of
the Senate constitutes a quorum of the
court. After the trial commences the
court will sit daily. Legislation will
proceed during the session of tho court
The linal argumc t in the case will be
conducted by two on each side, the
House having the opening and closing
speeches. All order* ui.d decisions will
be made by yens and nays, without de
bate on the part of Senator**. Chief Jus
tice Chase presides. The Fresident need
not appear*
The oath of the .Senators is as follows:
“That in all things appertaining to the
pending impeachment I will do imparliu|
justice, according to the Constitution and
laws, so help me God.”
' The Court compels attendance and
• punishes contempt, and may call the Ar
jmy and Navy to its support. The Court
! sits with • pe t doors.
The following m mbes < f the House
ha\c been eb eted 1 mpenchmeut Mana
,cin : Messrs. Stevens, Dutler, Bingham,
Rout well* Wilson, Williams and Logan.
The Washington Star says the ques
tion has been raised whether the other
engagements nt Chief Justice Chase
would not compel him to defer the ini. j
poachment trial; but it is stated, on un
doubted authority, that no such obstacles j
will intervene to prevent the speedy com
menecmvnt ol the Dial whenever tic
House Committeeot seven, charged with (
tlu* preparation and prosecution of the
presentment ol the Fresident before tlie :
Senate, shall have reported to that body
that they are prepare*} to proceed. The
engagements of thirChicf Justice', among ,
which is the trial of Jefferson Davis,
may be attended to bv any of his asso- j
ciates or < ven the District Judges, in his
absence* The impeachment trial would
in any event take precedence, in view ot
the dignity of the oflice and the iMtier- !
gency of the case. The Chief Justice, in
eases of impeachment, holds precisely
the sans- relation toward the Senate a>
does the Speaker toward the House; and
it is iticu!!il*'!it upon him to respon ! nt
once to the call of the Senate to become
its presiding oflicer.
Gen. Meade ha* issued an order that
in the case of the municipal authorities
of Savannah, the charge of maladminis
t rat ion not l*oii.g sustained before tbe
t .r the want ol
t,il ‘ 1 • J " l ' bf ;>
1 iiipeu ell men t
The latest telegram leceivcd bcfo’C
going t<» press, in r<Terence to impeach
meut, is, that (lie Hou.«e, on the 3td, a
dopted, by a strict party vote, two nddi*
tioual arti(-lcH in tho Dill of Impeach
meut. The fir*# charges the Fresident
with rnisd* rnanoiH in his speeches while
on his western tour. The other charges
the President with saying in 1800, in j
Wasliingti ii, that Congress was illegal, ;
and could net only so far as lie chose* to j
r- c ignize and tho violating of two •r ;
three bills in his efforts to keep Stanton j
out alter the Senate had overruled his j
reasons for suspension.
On the same dav the 8* mite notified i
I tlie House that it was ready to proceed
with the impeachment trial.
A New Aspect of (tic Chip
-B<»me of the friends of Mr. Johnson are
raising the po nt that the action of the
House of Representatives in respect to
impeachment will not legally apply to
him, hut will defeat itself in that the
r.-solution passed by the House impeach
ion Andrew Johnson, Fresident of the
! United States ; whereas const it utio: ally
a id legally Mr. Johnson is \ ice President
of the United States discharging the
powers and duties ot the President in :
consequence of the death of that officer. 1
They argue that the Constitution d«*>* \
not say in cast?'ofthe death, resignation,
or inability of tin- President, that the
Vice President shall be President ; but
its language is : "In case of the remo
val of the Prcshh-iit from oflice, or of his
(h ath, resignation or inability to din
charge tlie powers and duties of the said
oflice, the same shall and« volve on the \ ice
; President.” The entry upon the discharge
! of the duties of ti e President by Mr.
! Johnson rendered it necessary that the
j Vice President should be discharged by
some other person and accordingly the (
Semite chose, a President \»ro temoore, not |
a Vice President, to preside over its de ;
liberations. They hold in this case that !
! Mr. W-ftde it* not Vice President but u
j Senator from Ohio, otherwise there would
j l*« a vacancy in the representation ol ;
that State,— Sav. Republican.
Tin* Homestead Law.
The Atlanta Convention lias adopted
Section 32 of the Dill of Rights, which
guarantees to each head of a family in
Georgia, a Momentead exempt from exe
cution and sale. It will beseeu that the
c’ause adopted is not so extravagant as
the one reported by the Committee, and
published hist week :
Each head of u family, or guardian, or
trustee of a family ot minor children,
shall be entitled t<> a homestead of reali
ty to the Htirn $2,000 in specie, and per
sonal property to the value of SI,OOO in
specie, both to be valued at the time they
a e set apart, and no court or ministerial
oflicer of this State shall ever have juris
diction «*r authority to enforce any judg
ment, decree, or execution against said
property so set apart—including such
improvements as may be made thereon
from time to time—except for taxes, or
money bo. rowed and expended in the
improvement of the homestead, or for the
purchase money of the same, and for la
bor thereon, or materials furnished there
for and the removal of incumbrances;
and it shall he the duty of the General
Assembly, as early as practicably, to pro
vide by law for the setting apart and val
uation of said property, and to enact
laws for the full and complete protection
and scemity of the same to the sole use
and benefit of said families aforesaid.
Gkn. Grant and Cotton Ses.et rations. —
j Tlie Louisville Courier suns it is begin
: ning to leak out that Gen. Grant was
I engaged in cotton speculations during
| tlie war, and refeis its readers to the fob
j lowing special dispatch to that paper
j dated Memphis, February 24 : “A suit
j pending here in the courts regarding
j the forcing of citizens in 1802 to sell c*»t
--| ton to army speculators at stipulated
prices or have the same confiscated, has
; brought to light important facts* It :
j was proven on trial that General Grant
; and other officials were privy to and con
| corned in cot ton speculations during the
j advance of the army through Mississippi
| and Tennessee iu ISO 2 In this case the i
j defendant a Noithern man says himself,
and proved by several witnes.es that
: win re citizens would not accept the
prices offered for cotton it was cmdisca- j
ted by QuurtermaaUrs and Grant receiv
j ed a percentage on all c< Unit bought.”
! Conc.rkss 1 rwHtf.ni n. —On Friday last
■ Speaker Colfax read to the House a let
ter from the Chief of Police of New York
to the Chief of Police of Washington con
tabling the statement that T. F. Shaflner
had reported that one hundred am! sixty
pounds of nitro-glyccrinc was in unau
thorized hands. The New Y oik Chief
j intimated that it might be intended tor
Washington ; and the startling intelli
'g( nee did not have a wholesome i-fleet
1 upon the sensitive nerves of Congressmen
They acted like n.eu wliodM not know
■ at what moment the Capital would be
| blown into fragments and their carcases
! buried amid the ruins. A motion to ad
I journ was in order.
1 oamrtino on thr FrFsidvnca”.—The!
Washington correspondent of the New
Y’ork lYibttne writes : A gambling es
| tablishmhnt exists in this city whore j
: pools arc opened about once a week for
the Presidential candidates. Last even- l
i big western betting men were offering
j odds of SSOO to SIOO that Mr Johnson i
j will receive tho Democratic domination.
Hancock is the next high' st. One of the
' prominent gamblers and politicians of
tho country lias boon and is still betting
i heavy odds on thief Justice Chase a
gainst General Grant as the Republican
nominee. As the time fbr the nomina
ting convention draws nearer tlie inter
est in these pools increases.
Three negroes, brothers, who vvete
sold into slavery in Cuba thirty years
ago, recently drew a $30,000 prize in the
Havana bltety, bought their fieedoui,
and are now on tbe r wax home to Afri
ca.
Stanton remains at the YYat P put
meut constant! .
AN ADDKGSS
Tb thr /Vo/Je y f and Florida invit ay
thfir AllttflL’a uni St'ppaiJtn the pnhjtevhidt
tof eye. to Ik! rntahUtihefl at fiahibeubjr. Got.
D .iNiißiia.K, Ga., Feb* 3, 1868.
Fc!lw-Citizen* : Some few months ago
the attention of the citizens of Decatur
coitufv, Ge«*rgia, w-as called to the im
portance of obtaining possession of the
fine builcing, partially completed, winch
was originally designed for a female col
lege, that it might he fitted up for a Pol
yteclnpc Institution, to be established in
the town of D*it»bridge, and to be under
tbe care and patronage of the Masonic j
fraternity of Georgia and Florida.
The design of this institution is to af
ford lacililies for an education to South
ern youth, riot only in literature and
science, but also in the* mechanic art* ; in
other words, its projector* would erect,
upon the grounds of the institution, a
building for instruction in the mechanic
arts right beside tlie one where will be
taught the rudiment* of a theoretic edu
cation ; so that the youth, when he will
have gone forth upon the great duties ol
life, alter a four years course, will have j
his mind not only stored with a know I- ;
edge of the languages, the mat hematics, j
(including surveying and engineering, , j
ami the sciences, but In? will also have
hia hand ready for the practice • f the
art, trade and myde.ty of someone of the
mechanical callings us lile. fur the ac
complishment of this very important end,
the trustees will erect, upon the college
grounds, ala ge and commodious build
iug, and will have it fi.trd up for the
manufacture of all those articles of prime ’
necessity which are used in onr midst, j
and for which thousands of dollars of the j
hard earnings of our people are yearly :
g di g abroad to fc< and tbe pride of the ter
rible oppressions that are now bringing 1
our necks beneath as unjust a tyranny I
as ever crushed the hearts us a generous .
people. |
The effect of such an institution will
be moral, intellectual and political : mot- j
al, because it w II tend to industry and !
to thrift— virtues, the opposing vices ol j
which are the bi*ne of every interest, in-j
dividual, social and material; intellect- i
ual, because there will Is: established a
"currieuhnn of study” which will fit a »
I student for any of tiie intellectual call j
I ir.gs of life- -tlie bar the pulpit, or the j
I Senate chamber; and, substituting the j
work shop and the field for the gyinna- :
>in in find the lounge, the physical povv- ;
ers will move on hand in band with the i
moral and intellectual, and thus there j
! will be accomplished the highest human
attainment, to wit : the production us a
“sound mind in a sound body.’
The political HVeet of this institution,
we would like to call your attention to
more, at large. The great mistake of (un
people, since the surrender of our armies
under those brave and noble men, John
ston and Let*; has been in supposing that
eight millions of white men cult and live,
i thrive and grow rich upon the labor ot
four millions of irrcpsonsible negroes,
whom r black republican policy, having
galvenized them into voter*, have engen
dered in theii bosoms a senseless pride
which has petrified them into stones, but
such as will serve as no consistent foiin
dation tor any prosperous system of la
! bur. From tne foundation of tin* world,
no nation, possessing universal Ircedom,
has ever risen and prospered that has
not faced tin* labor question ot their coun
try with their own bold hearts and strung
arms; and when we remember that the
greatest minds of Greece and Route, of
; England and America, have gone f.on*
j the plow and the work bench to le id both
I senates and armies, can one be too much
! in earnest ill fostering any enterprise
j that will lit men either with the mind
| alone, or with the hands alone, or with
! both combined, to fight the great battles
! of life ?
j And now, fellow-citizen*, supposing
i that the idea of this enterprise is fully
l before you—an idea which originated in
the mind of our General Agent, but which
has been caught at with the greatest
avidity by all who have had it unfolded
to them we cull upon you to extend the
wave of enthusiasm which began to rise
at tho meeting of the Grand Lodge of
Florida; that has since been contributed
' to by the travelers along the wayside;
i bv every little group that lias listened to
i its aims and prospects, around the fire
| side and upon the street's; which received
a powerful impulse at. our meeting, in
! Fobibridge, of Masons and citizens; we
call upon you to extend that wave from
the seaboard to the mountain, that, as it
recedes, it will bear back to the source
whence it originated, such material aid
\ as'will liable tho trustees to give to the
■ public, very soon, a lull realization of a
scheme so fraught with interest to our
, fraternity, to our State, and to the whole
| South.
The undersigned, fellow citiUzens, are
not unaware of the discouragements that
! might seem to forbid the possibility (if
! the public soon realizing a |Ueject of!
1 such magnitude; but we feel persuaded !
that when you contemplate the plan up- ;
' on which the means are to lie raised, you |
will have no fears of its ultimate and
! even speedy success. That plan is not \
to tveeiee la «/e, but small subscriptions,
except in such cases as where larger
ones would seem to flow, as it were,
.spontaneously. The success us this plan (
will, we feel persuaded, app**a» perfectly 1
consistent to your minds when you re
fled that there are thirteen thousand Ma 1
sons in Georgia ahme. from whom, should !
there come but an average of only ten j
dolluis per head, there would l>e realized j
one hundred and thirty thousand dollars
—full half the amount necessary to place
the school upon a basir to rank with 1
many of the e Aleevs of tin* State.
\Y||. K. 11A MU.I' N,
YYm. O. Flkminc,
J wtr.B E. Pn kins> v,
Aieif 'TINK Ilansk! v
Trustees. j
Indian Oltk.uk* in 1 kxas —Women
Carried into I'activity— Cun i»ukn Km kd.
j —Tlie Galveston News earns from the
San Antonio Herald that three families
■ of women and children wen* all at the
house of one of them to remain while
the men were gone to mill- Ibe Indians
j cuiuc to the house. After committing
| some depredations among the stock in
the neighborhood they took away with
i them these women and childreu except
oue woman who had attempted to shoot
thorn on their entering the In use and
who was stabbed to the heart. The
smallei children who were unable to
travel were killed within halt a mile of
the house. This is awful ami we cannot
but agree with the Herald in saying that
"the prevailing policy in the treatment
of these Indians should be extermina
te i” This took place not far from Sau-
An ouio
The Indians are reported all through
Kerr, Kendall ami Bandera counties. A
woman named Wagner was killed by
them near Kerrvi-lk* last week- A hoase
was burned by them in the same tieigh-
IhtlrhxL
Ge>rsl:t I’olitlc*
Tin- Atlanta eorrespimilent of the New
Volk Times, wider date of 22J instant,
says :
Tl o content for the office *>f Governor,
or rather for the Republican nomination,
ia actively waged by the friend* and ad
herents of the two prominent candidates.
Mr Bullock, 1 still think, lias the advan
tage, although he has not lieeu declared
to he “eminently fitted h r the place" by
as many town and village meetings as
his adversary, Mr. Farrow. Mr. Bullock,
too, has the advantage in point of means
and power to intinencc others; but Mr.
i Farrow has the great recommendation
in Southern estimation of being “to the
. runner born," while Bullock is a native of
1 New York, who only came to Georgia in
! 1800 or ISM. Both are tally up to the
requirements of Radijalism. Neither has
“any use for” Mr Johnson, and each out
vies the other in the fervor of his faith in
the infill,biliity of Congress.
The anti Coiivcntionists and nnti-Rad
! iculs will almost certainly support Gen.
.(..Ini II Gordon, now a resident ot this
I city, as their candidate, lie is a coni
| paratively young man, of unblemished
i character, of high social standing, of con
: side ruble talent and culture, a very flu
i cut popular speaker, and of more fame
as a so'dier than any of the survivors of
! the war who had not been educated to
I tlie profession of arms. He is univer
sally kiimvii and ro«peeled, and would
I certain y prove a moat formidable corn
, politor before tlie people, should be lie
’ able to bold tlie office. If tlie test oath
Ist required, ol course lie could not enter
i the race But if it should not, as he is
! not disfranchised by the Constitutional
j Amendment, his election would be cer
tain, if lie consents to run. Should Mr.
Wilson succeed in removing tlie disabili
ties of cx Governor Brown, Messrs. Bill
i lock and Farrow will have to be vigilant,
I or he will get the inside track.
Kncoiirneinx Woi.lv
Commenting upon a letter received
from one ol its cotrespondentsin Lmixann
in which the writer says he witnesses
! no signs in the North of that spirit of
resistance to the despotism exercised
I over the South, the chains of which must
eventually fit the limits of the other
' twenty six Stale* as they do now the
| Southern Stales the New York Rrpre**
! Ba >-« =
i “Patience, patlcne*; good friends! The
■ stillness which is brooding over cite
! North is not apathy is not indifference is
I not submission to usurpation or tyranny
| —but the calm that heralds in tlss storm
Tlie great heart of the people for the
moment is t o lull for utterance—hut
the time is near at hand when the Ty
rants and Traitors who are now tearing
down the Temple of Liberty liy piecc
| meal, will be summoned by them t.» ac
count—before the chains that are pre
paring for them can Is; put on their
limbs. Tlie government which those
sappers and miners arc now endeavor
ing to upset was created Ivy the people
for the people and by tlie people it w ill
be maintained at whatever hazard, and
at whatever cost. The servants of the
people may assume to be their Masters
j but wo to all such assumptions and all
j such betrayals of trust, w hen the day ol
j settlement conn s.”
; Stami’KD Lkttei'.s.— Several of our cx
j changes arc calling attention to the fact
that some people never think of a reven
i ue stamp when writing a letter yet some
i letters require stamping as much as a
I note or deed. jPmler the internal revenue
laws, letters acknowledging the receipt
of eitheir drafts, checks or money, ex
ceeding twenty dollars, are subject to a
stamp duly of two cents, the same as if
a formal receipt had been given fm so
nine!' money. This fact is sometimes
forgotten or is not known even by good
business men.
The Dimrn.rv.—We find the follow
ing going the rounds. It is from the
New Orleans /’irxjyit/te and while it is
rattier strongly pu , there is too mncli
truth to be ignored :
It is contemptible, in this day of deso
lation and poverty in the South—when
the cry of starvation goes into Congress
for the benefit of whites as well as ne
groes that white men should haunt grog
shops and street corners in city or Coun
try or even ling the eaves of tile houses,
when so much rich laud is growing up
in brush and weed for the want of men
to till it. They can get the use of it for
next to nothing, ar.d make thereon a
livelihood for themselves and their sisters
; arid mothers who now perhaps have to
, support them out of scanty savings or
petty earnings. Mave these men no
shame ? If they have not let the coni
i inanity put them to shame and B|>ew
them out as worthless !
It is not only the idle negro who cur
ses the South ; it is the idio white man
too. That he curses the North, also
‘ chi -fly its cities and towns does not make
l it loss true of him here. There are few
men among ns who cairn t work, hv
I reason of age or infirmity ; there are )
loth rs who being crippled or othirwise
unfit for hard labor should have lighter
! or intellectual tasks and who work cour
j ageoiisly and steadily in them ; Imt a
j multitude of those who are out of employ j
ment might find it easy if they were not 1
either falsely ashamed to work or too
lazy to be useful !
To core such, and to renovate and ic
i construct the Smth, we need to make?
| idleness dishonorable!
Bi: Ji'sttO the Mrrount.- 'Our con
! temporary of the Kufaula News makes a
I just and timely appeal that is alike ap
plicable to every Southern community. !
He says : N -w that cotton is approach
ing something like its value we cannot
: too earnestly enjoin upon planters the
; importance and duty of relieving prompt-
Ily tin s- merchants who advanced sup
plies and otherwise favored them last
year in pr< ducinga crop. Our merchants
acted nobly and generously with plant
; ers last year, ami now that the planters
arc receiving a living price for their pro
: duce it is nothing but just and honest
that they promptly meet their obliga- ]
tions.
A flying machine lias been invented ,
hv an English lawyer, lie has a steam
engine fitted with wings, with which he
intends to convey passengers through
the air.
It is stated that Attorney General
Stanbery, Judge Black and Charles O-
Conor. Esq., will defend the Fresident
bef'ue the Senate.
The Drmocnc) of Ainbuiua.
The executive Committee of the Con
servative paity of the State of Alabama,
met at Montgomery on lasi Saturday and
the following resolutions were adopted :
JWiwf, ?Ut. That a Convention of
the white people of Alabama, without
distinction of old political parties oppos
ed to negro domination and Radical mis
rule rn tlie government be called to meet
at the city of Montgomery on the first
Monday of Juue, fir tlie purpose of tak
ing measures to sustain and to co-oper
ate with the National Democrary of the
nation in the approaching election for
Fresident and Vice l’resideut ot the Ini- ,
teal States
2d. That if, in the opinion of the Con
servative State Executive Committee,
events should transpire to render it ex
pedient or necessary that that the said
State Convention be called at ail early
day it shall have the power to convoke
it.
3d. That five citizens be appointed to
repair to Washington to remain there as
long ns is necessary to represent t' e po
litical interests of this people and to
keep our friends of the North advised of
i tlie state of affairs in Alabama.
4tli. That the friends of that cause are
earnestly advised tojinaiutain an active
i political organiz'di»u in every town and
| county of tha State, with a view t.» be
! icaily to support a white supremacy and
| constitutional government under wliat
; ever contingencies may uri-e
Re ter M. Box, of Madison; J. J. Giers,
of Morgan ; l>ec Faisons, of Talladega ;
11. F. Randall, of Dallas, and John For
sythe of Mobile ; wcie appointed a com
mittee under the third resolution.
The Gf.cm.iA Cinnu.. —The Atlanta
Convention on llniltth, adopted an or
dinance that the Slate Capitol shall be
removed front Milledgcville to Atlanta
Tlie vole upon the question was: ayes DU
nays.3o. The Mayor and Couiicilrncn < f
] Atlanta, on the 21st passed a resolution
tendering the “City Hall for the use ot
I the State Legislature and all buildings
necessary for State officera free of till
cost for the space of five years."
A SnocKiKfl TsackuT/—A woman near
; Pembroke, Canada, was seized with a lit
of insanity and murdered her live chit
droll by beating llieir brains out with an
axe. Tlie little things had just gotten
out of bed and were standing around llie
stove. The spectacle says a Cauad an
paper, that presented itself at tlie inquest
is descrilied as sickeni g and pitahle in
th; extreme. Three of the children wore
already Cold in death and the other two.
barely alive were lying where
they Imd fallen with the ghastly Wounds
iu their beads precluding the possibility
of recovery- One of these yet alive had
in addition part of one hand cut off, the
little thing having probably on the same
principle that “drowning men catch at
straws" mechanically clasped its hand
over its l ead to ward off tlie descending
blow. The woman was committed to
prison and since that event has come to
Iter senses, but save a few half meat, ing
less expressions she has said very little
in connection w th the affair, and is not
apparently disposed to speak at all on
tie subject. Iler mental agony appears
to be excessive, as evinced bv constant
moaning arid rocking to and fro, while
tie tearless eyes seem to denote an
extremity of inward suffering too grea
to be relieved by tears.
IsncsTsv Srtt.t. Fats. —The Athens
Hanni'r relates an instance of a young
man living about twenty miles from
Athens, who leased a farm containing
300 or 400 acres most of it well worn.
He worked four or five hands, made over
twenty hales of cotton, a large crop of
potatoes, over four hundred bushels ol
corn, and with the proceeds of his crop
twught the farm a few days ago, paying
$l,lOO for it. In good times the place
was worth over $3,000 'This is but an
illustration of what well directed indur
try will do anywhere in tlie South. It
ouryoung men, instead of looking to
wards Honduras or Brazil, would go to
work with energy right here at home,
they would soon find that it would pay.
Our lands are not yet exhausted.
" Fbesiuent \Yape's Cabinet."- Some
of the Radical papers are assuming as a
fixed fact that Ben. Wade is to be I’re.x
-ident, and they are already engaged in
arranging for It ini his Cabinet. One of
them prints the following names as like
ly to be selected ;
Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts,
Secretary of State.
Freeman Clarke, of New York, Secre
tary of the Treasury.
Win. B. Kelley, of IYnusylvania, Sec
rctary of the Navy.
Frederick Douglas, negro, of New
York, Secretary of the Interior.
John M Langston, negro, of Ohio,
Postmaster General.
\V. 11. Carpenter, of Wisconsin, Attor
ney General.
Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War
—of course.
It is understood tint the Fresident has
abandoned the qno t rarrantu proceedings
; against Stanton as long before the mach
inery of that writ would bring a decis
ion, the Senate w ill have closed thejinat
tcr by a verdict upon tlie charges made
j liy 'lie House iu the matter of impeacb
! ment.
The F. S. Supre u : Court is at pres
1 cut engaged in the MeArdle case, by
which the constitutionality of the Recon-
I struetfon Acts of Congress wilt be de
cided. The promulgation of the Courts
decision however, may be deferred for
months.
fcofr- Barnunvs Museum, with the ct ~
riosities and most of the animals, was
burned on the 3rd hist. Loss five hun
dred thousand dollars—insured for one
hundred and fifty thousand.
It is stated, but we know not how
truly, that the servants at the Tuileries,
Paris, carry on quite a profitable busi
ness by selling to the Coffee bouses milk,
in which the Empress and other ladies of
the court have bathed.
It is stated that Stanton has restored
a Erecdmen’s Bureau to Kentucky.
A woman is like ivy—the more yon
are ruined the closer she clings to yon
A vile bachelor adds: "Ivy is like wo
man—the more it clings to you the more
you are ruined. A ;w/or rule that wont
work both ways.
Snvnmiati .Market.
Tlie f -Hewing was the report of tlie Savannah
market ou the 3d.
t'ntton. market lirm with sei advancing ten
dency. iSates made at SOl'i ltj. Gold, seltintr
•it u:i(e 1 tl. Itacen. adviiiieiitg: i|tiolisl at. aides
IKffSUe); Shoulders. He; Hams. ]B}(s.*iJ. -
Fleur. $ 11 $17,011
Quitman Retail Prices Current,
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
It should be borne in mind that our «|tn>tiAtionri
represent retail price* only. lairgebill* to plant
er* a* and others mnv bo purchased at a shade
lower.
Ilacon r* -- -1 1# (4 20
| I Sutter—G«>»ben "j* lb 60 (ai
Country !‘f* !h.. i IT* («*> 40
j Candles... .* r > *’ • 35 (4 50
Hiee-e ’p* lb J 7:, (a‘ 35
( „ffw— Hio !>* t>... 1 29 (4 :«
j Coin ;r* bush 1 (Ml (a) 1 25
i Cracker* !>»•*. | 20 (* 25
! Egg* !>* do/. i:» (4 2«
Floor—>i’ peril lU* j'r* bbl . {la IN) (4 16 (Ml
Family J|i bbl jl7 00 (4 18 <»0
Ginger >* &»• (4 s«*
laird If* 11). . 2.‘l (4 25
Orator* can . 40
Benches ... . r* can (4 5o
iMckb-s f* jar ~ 50 (a 75
I‘otUvOos Irish 'r* bush 250 !<t 300
Nweot ...... if* bush (» 50
Powder. ... ’;* B> 60 (<• 75
Potash ,-Mt I («» 20
ir*c*v . . r* 9.,. 15 (~r 16
UaUio* . . ..l r* . (*f 50
Salt ;>» sack 350 (it 450
So;*p If* Hi. .. 15 (4 20
Siljflir 'r* It- Ur(j* 25
Syrup r* .! 50(5 75
St»*la ~ f* |t». , (*r, 25
-Shot i r » It. ,| (5 20
Starch H 9t 20 (*i 25
Tobacco, good urllclc. r* It* 1 5«» («i 2 00
Vinegar .. !~p* gul j «;o (a, 75
Jlcur
GENERAL SI FTS uITIfK, j
Ait..- xTie A firi.r Raiijuiai* Cos., -
1 Savannah, February 27th, ISOS. J
OF^^E.
ON and aucr Monday. M uch. 2d.
Traius ou lid* Komi will run iu follows
Sunday* emopted :
Leave Savann :h 7 :00 A. V,
| •* Qu* man 5:30 I*. M.
Arrive at Flainbriflge 10:20 I*. M.
Lt-uve L« ; i)t>rld"e. 2:00 I*. M.
t*til!rt»an . . . .6:20 I*. M.
A,,lrt* at SaY»nnn»i. 6:00 A. M.
11. S. 1! A INKS.
Gco'l xSup t.
March 6 , "CH 6 im.
DENTAL NOTICE!
I WILL receive In pnvment for lVnf**t Work,
any and all kind- I’rnviHroii* and Coun*iy
Frofluee. at the h'l'lß .-t market pi ice; *!*«>,
Jeans. .Vb«, Ac.
m i. Batti r.. n. n. a.
(Juitman. Ca. March 6. *6M 6 ts.
C 1 KiHiiilA. Lrouk* Counly.
W Two months after dab* cpplierttbm will
made to the Onliuary of shUI county, for leave
1 to *4*ll the real es ate e.f James H. Groover, lata
of said coumv. deceased.
J. P. I>i ouka, Adm*r.
March *2. 1 li-2»u.*
(~'l EOKGIA. I‘kook- ('orntt.- Wlterea*. W. If.
T DeVane ha* applied to me for ol
| Guardian-Hip o‘‘ the in'tior heir»of T. F. lt<Klger*,
i deceased.
These are therefore to cite and admonish all
parties at interest to (lie their objection* within
the time prescribed by law. otherwise said letter*
will be granted the applicant.
J. G McCall, O. It. C.
March 2. 18(58. 6-ts.
(1 KOKGIA BROOKS ( ’(H'\TY. Where-
JT W. A. Bowen applies for Letb* r a ol
Guardian-hip. for Kebecca J. minoi
and ho* lloilgt*: *. dceea*M'd. »
Ti»e-e t. ;f.ioeioie to rite and admonish all
! parties at intcest to tile their objection* within
the t : me presrrilM*«l by law. otherwiseletten
, will be granted the applicant.
J. G. .YlcOai/., Ordinary.
Maxell 3. 68. 6-Im.
TIE PLACE
TO GET
GROCERIES
CHEAP,
IS AT THE
liA.\Mil! GROCERY,
(>j)]>ositc the Hotel.
FAMILY SUPPLIES
OF EVERY KIND
Always on f-lniid.
tyriTMis, Feb. 21. 186 K,
Crockery!
Fur sale at the
BANNER GROCERY.
sonsrniiMJ WSI
AT THE
banner grocery.
RAN DELL & CO.,
AY HOLES ALE
GROCERS,
201 and 203 Bay Street,
Savannah, - - - Geo.
Have nowin .-tohe a urtr an<l com
plete assortment of Groceries- w “* r ' l
: they offer to itie trade at prices less than »h* y
i car* be laid down from the Northern markets r
eonsistiag in part of
Bacon—Sl i ! *n biers,
Sides, Hams, Pork,
Sugars—(all
Refilled and Raw,
Ci'ffee —R>o, Java,
anu Ceylon.
Teas —Green and Black,
different qualities.
Che se, Butter and Lard,
Mackerel, Codfish, Herring-.
Candies, Soap and Starch,
Tobacco, of various grades, Sic.
\ attention given to order- w ith re
rn' :ar.ee or Short Git v Acceptance. !*riee> fnr
ni-he' vheu dv-iml.
Jonnarv 22, '*•'* ai