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feiu' (Quitman fanner. F. ft FILMS,--Editor. qoitman, geo. 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