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P. It. ILLDES, -- Editor.
QUITMAN, OBOE
rill DA V, MAIM I! 18, IHCB.
Dn.v.
The 20th of April has been not a port I
by lie Georgia Convention, for the elec
tion of all civil and municipal officer* in
the State, as al*o for the voto upon the
now Constitution framed.
A QrF.HTtov.--.Should theduy to he nam
ed hy General Meade for an election of
State officer# he hilt thirty day* off mid j
should the Democrat* determine to run a j
candidate for Governor there? Ixdng no
time for a State Convention how will the j
candidate he n< imnatid? M e would he t
glad to hear fr< in our Bern* die cotem !
potnrie* on fid* point and all may speak ,
at onee if they ho desire.— Macon Trie \
rj/Tjth.
We should prefer that the DenmcrajH
make no nomination. If they do, it will
ho a endorsement of the usurpation
of the Radical programme for itecon
s’ruefion. A failure to nominate a can
didate, may enable the revolutionists to
place in the Kx cutive a Mongrel; hut it
Will bo only temporary. For so goon as
ihe Reconstruction nets of Congress are
pronounced unconstitutional all proceed
lugs had and laws enact and thereunder,
f ineluding the usurpations of Military
commanders and mongrel conventions,)
will he null and void. In such event
Hon C. J Jk\ki\'s, the present only le
gal Executive of Georgia vvill he reinsU
led Govern* r, and will hold the office
until .a successor is legally elected ami
qualified. Therefore wo protest against
the nomination of any nan to run (or
Governor, in < pj o ition to the Mongrels.
Georgia liadiatl Candidate A
The Mongrel Convention of Georgia, j
on the 7th, resolved itself info a notninu- j
ting body, and on counting noses found I
there were present ninety-two delegates;
of these thirty one were negroes and
1 wenty eight northern men. R. B. Bui
lock was nominated for Governor; H . L
(Jlilt, Congressman for First District;
and C. 11. Ilepkins, Mayor ol Savannah.
‘•Potash” Furrow, the President of the
I'ntou League, protested against the
action of the body and Ims published a
card announcing himself ft candidate for
Governor. It is thought the election
will he ordered to lake? place the first
wee k in A pi ih
National Democratic Convention.
The National Democratic Committee
have issued ft call for the National Demo
cratic Convention, to assemble in the
City of New York on the 4tl» day of July
in xt for the purpose of nominating ran
didatcK tor Pit sident and Vice President
of'lie United States. 'l''he basis of rep
resentation is double the number of Sen
ktora and representatives in Congress t*f
each State. Hy this call the South in
not ignored, aid tl.ncTore w ill he repre
sented in the important assemblage.
I in peach moot
All preliminary arrangements have
been made by the United States Senate
ut)d Chief Justice Clmoo, 111' the trial of
Andrew Johnson. A summons for the
impeachment was served upon the Pres
ident on last Saturday evening, made re
turnable to-day (Friday). On the pre
sentation of the summons, the President
took the mutter very coolly, simply re
marking, that he would attend to it. It
is asserted, hy thorn? who appear to he
in the confidence of the Executive, that
ho will appear before the bar of the Sen
ate in person, to answer to the charges
preferred.
The New York Express says: “The
friends of impeachment say that the
whole tiling will he over in six days.—
Tim friends of the President say that
thirty days will pass before the impeach
ment will he re tidied. They have been
ml vised by the ablest counsel in the land
that Senators can he objected to as well
as jurors, and the men who have pro
judged the case cannot sit on the trial.
They intend to object to every Senator
who has expressed an opinion on the
matter and in easy of u denial, bring
forward witnesses. Tl cy md to con
test the matter inch hy inch, a id use c\-
ery legal defence that the la v allows,
li all Senntois who lave expressed an
opinion as to the guilt or innocence » t
the President shall be set aside, the jury
to try the Piesident will he a small one.”
This, in good part, will meet our con
stitutional objection to the Donate that
it in not an impartial jury. There may,
possibly, he a difficult \ in this line of de
fence, the Senate being the judge on all
points to be raised. They will, doubt
less, decide against the President and in
favor of themselves, and the important
question arises : Can an appeal he had
from their decision ? We cannot see why
it should not. The? Senate is sitting, not
ts u legislative body, hut as a court ol
law, and we cannot see why an appeal
cannot he taken to tl e highest judicial
tribunal recognized by the Constitution.
Upon the whole, this case of impeach*
tm nt 4s enveloped in a fog, and we doubt
if there is legal knowledge and mental
astuteness enough in its managers to
work out of it into the sunshine.
Tito Snvaiiiiali Advertiser,
What has Itecotnc of this excellent
daily? Have unr friends, WirmsuTox
and J'lvink, cut the J-amuT from their
daily exchange list ? It lias failed to
come to hand for several weeks, and is
son ly missed.
There is a disposition on the part of
the moderate* Republicans and Democrats
in and about Atlanta, to compromise on
a conservative man f«»r Gov* ruur, fur the
pui|Hj*e of and» leaoiig Builtt‘k.
i ui i vunou ‘ iiftmiii Georgia*
The work of the Black Republican
1 vcitinti of Georgia, any* the Augus
ta Chrot)(' if: Srnlinrl, is rapid y draw*
j iiig to a clone. Tin; illegal and uncofisti
| ttifinnui conclave, which ban rioted in ill
j gotten power at Atlanta for the past two
i»r three months, has ncnrl/ completed
its labor of evil and perfected its plan of
military reconstruction Soon the result
of that labor—a Constitution fir the State
of Georgia--will he submitted to the peo
ple for ratification or rejection. Embra
cing, as it will, the elevation of the blacks
to political p< wef —aye, under the mili
tary despot ism which rules ns and dis
franchises so many of Georgia’s host and
noblest sms, even to political supremacy
—what becomes the duty of the white
men of our State ? To prevent hy all the
lawful and peaceful means within their
»*»wer, the adoption of that Constitution.
It will embrace within its provision* a
glittering bait to the suffering people— I
a golden temptation, as it were, to give j
it vitality and force. It will give them j
what is called “Belief”—relief from their j
debts; hut, oh 1 at what a sacrifice of I
honor, of safety, of peace! To secure
this ten j orary relief, this seeming secu
rity from present evils, shall >ur people
fasten np« n themselves anil their State
the yoke of negro supremacy and Radi
cal dominion forever? That is the word
-forever ! for it is idle to say that they
can he got rid of at some fillurc day. It
vain to l ope for such a thing. The
right of suffiageaiid political power once
granted to a people, it will lx; found a
v< »*y difficult, it not an impossible, task
to wrol it from tin m by peaceful kgis
!•, 1 . .n. Ii can only he done by force and
in bloodshed, or by the presence of the
nword and the bayonet. 'Jims, then, to
secure a temporary relief from the exuc'
lions of the creditor, while tho white poo*
pie of Georgia fasten upon themselves
and then children forever, an incubus *o
blighting, so deadly as this ? We cannot
believe ii of them. They will not forget
that this is the while man’s country, the
white man’s Govo» mnent, the white man’s
work; and they vvill make it the white
man’s triumph ! So let them throw off*
their apathy and their indifference to tin*
great political events which are transpir
ing around us. So let them cast usith;
their sidfiishm?**, and shut their eyes to
the blinding glitter of the Relief Provis
ion. So let them look adovvn the. long
vista of past yearn, and refresh their
patriotism with memories of Washing
ton, of Jefferson, of Madison, of Clay, of
Webster, of Lumpkin, of Troup, ot all
tin* glorious names of white men who
framed our Government, who adorned
<.ur Government, who illustrated its
brightest pages, and who stamped upon
every page of its history the glowing
words : “This is the white man’s Govern*
ment.” So let them, beholding these
honored and honorable memories, emulate
the example of the dead heroes, and pre
serve the honor of Georgia from tarnish
ment and shame. So let them look, too,
adown the avenue of coming years, and
behold the miseries of Radical and- negro
rule, if they fasten it upon themselves.
So let them hearken to the mute appeals
of the spirits of the dead Confederates
who fought and died to save them from
infamy and tyianny; to the living ap
peals of the maimed and suffering sol
diers, the heart broken and poverty strick
en widows and orphans. So let them
look to the past and to the future, and
make the piesent the hour to indemnify
the oik* and secure the other. So let us
all, then, with one accord, unite to defeat
the mad schemes of the designing adven
turers and politicians, tvho are striving,
upon the ruins of out grand old Common
wealth, to build up for themselves and
their negro allies u monument of political
power and political supremacy. Arouse,
then, and, throwing aside apathy and
selfishness, prepare for the coming strug
gle which must decide the political fate
of your noble Stale. Organize in every
city, every town, and every county, ami
when the day of trial comes show to the
world that Georgians are not afraid to
do their duty at the lujlut-box, as they
were not afraid to do it upon the battle
field. Thus united, thus organized, and
thus acting, we shall save our dear old
, mother from the terrible fate which
threatens her, and achieve a triumph as
glorious ti» us as it will be fruit Jul of
| good to our posterity.
The Suvoitunli He pub I lean.
That sterling Florida journal, the Tab
j lahussce Sent inti, in a late issue indnl*
! gea in the following deserved compli
mentary terms of that favorite daily, the
Savannah lo'jiubliean, which we moat
heartily endorse :
“Os t e Savannah Itejiuhliran, we have
spoken so often and in terms of such cn
llinsinstie praise that we have feared our
well meant compliments might be con
strued into meaningless flattery. Even
when it was directly opposed to us in
politics there whs always, about its trig
: on mis editorials a ring of independence
and candor which, above all things else,
we most admire in journalism. There is
jno paper, perhaps, published «<? far
South which is read move extensively, or
with greater interest, North. L Indmlf
I of Souther n character and S utheiu in
' forests, the AV/mfi/eiin is now exercising
an in:!- one* ! Northern States which
ought to in-.. .< every Southern man inter
ested in building it up. It is now an
! honest honorable and true exponent ot
[ Southern sentiment as reflected through
a thoroughly eon verted Northern gentle
limn. .The HepuUivan has reached the
; dignity of a Metropolitan organ and it
well deserves the proud distinction,
i H e hope itwill he universally oilculuted
, throughout our State.”
The Prf.sioknr s Coi xsei,—lt is stated
that 4lie following named gentlemen will
act as the President's counsel in the ini*
! pcachment tiia! : Attorney General Stun-
I cry, J. S Black, \Y. S. G rocs beck, D. j
D. Field. B. R. « intis, \V. M. Evurt and
G. T. Cat tis.
Had tea I Proqiects
Kvc:y step taken by the Jacobins in
Congress, but contributes to the already
accumulated mas* of capital to Ihj used
in the next presidential election to their
destruction. Their rccc t precipitation
with respect to the impeachment ques
tion, remarks the Greenville Advocate,
has broken a link in the chain of radical
ism, which, in all probability, can never
be united. Thousands of honest Repub*
Means at the north were opposed, conuci.
entiously, to the impeachment of Andrew
Johnson upon the trail parent and flimsy
pretext complained of by Congress, and
hundreds of the most substantial and re
liable journals there, have denounced the
nefarious plot with great bitterness and
warmth. It was this overwhelming ad
verse influence that kept Congress at
bay, and protected the President from
the shaft* of their malignity. But the
late stubborn determination of the Exec
utive, manifested in his order removing
.Stanton, aroused their ire to such a pitch
as to disarm prudence and the more de
liberate calculation# of caution and par
ty expediency. It is truly a shell thrown
into the radical camp, that will prove
very destructive to their party organiza
tion. There is any amount of point in
the remark of a radical Senator : “That
lie did not know which would injure tin
party most, the conviction or acquital of
the President.” Just so exactly ; there
is injury on either horn of the dilemma,
since impeachment lias been inaugurat
ed, that will result in the final overthrow
of the radical party, and a triumphant
election of Andrew Johnson for the next
four years.
Can Grant be Arrested ?
The Chicago Times calls attention to
a political atiomoly in our government
that may well startle the people of all
sections. It is that Gen. Grant cannot
Im tried hy court martial. By the arti
cles of war, a court martial must be
composed so as to include among its
members some of the same rank us the
accused.
The Times continues : The very most
that the President can do is to issue an
order placing Grant under arrest. This
arrest would be only nominal in many
respects. Like the arrest of any mili
tary officer it would involve no confine
ment If Grant were placed under ar
rest he would be simply deprived of his
command. Even this would amount to
but little ; for if at the end of twenty
days no charges were preferred against
him he would bo entitled to resume his
position. That there conic* -..n0 char
ges preferred i* evident from the fact
mat there is no tribunal with which the
complaint could be lodged.
It follows from this State of things,
that in Grant the nation has an official
who is absolutely beyond all responsi
bility. The members of the Supreme
court may be reached in case of official
misconduct, by Congress. The Presi
dent is always amenable to the Senate
through charges which may he prefer
furred by the House. From the Presi
dent of the United States down to the
village revenue inspector, there is in all
this country no one who is irresponsible
save Ulysses S. Grant.
Now, what is a despotism ? It is the
power of a despot. Wlmt is a despot ?
One who governs with unlimited and ir
responsible power. A despotism is a
form of government in which one rulers
unchecked by constitution or laws.—
Is there any constitution of laws
which check Grant ? None what
ever. He is above all constitutions and
laws for he is absolutely unknown to
either.
If definitions have any value, if lan
guage may be depended on, then has
this country fastened upon itself a des
potism as absolute as autocratic, as ar
bitrary and irresponsible as that of the
government of China. While professed
ly in advance of all other enlightened
governments we ha ve in reality placed
ourselves under a system as tyrannical
and as autocratic as was ever known in
days when nations intrusted single men
with their lives property and destiny.
The only limitation which can be im j
posed upon our despot is an arrest of
twenty days ; and it is doubtful whether
! even this time and check would be sub
milted to by him who, in the character
of General is the Czar of the United
States.
A grlctill urnl Prospects.
The New York. World says “it is evi
dent that every year the West of Eu
rope becomes more and more dependent
upon us that from the Ist of Septem
ber last, Great Britain has imported
from this country nine millions of wheat
and Hour, rt full prices and would have
imported twety millions more, if wc had
Imd it to spare.
As lor corn it says :
“Wc are absolutely unable to find ship
room to transport to her our surplus, for
which she is making urgent call and pay
ing most liberal prices. The export of
provisions has been on a scale ot unsur
passed magnitude. In the past three
months we have exported many thou
sand tierces and} barrels of beef and
pork, and many million pounds of b icon
and lard; in fact quantities almost unpre
cedented and these products have gone
forward at good prices. During the past
year domestic tobacco, has increased
twenty per cent in price, and during the
same period the exports have been on a
scale far in advance of any former year
and arc only impeded at the present
time bv dejiciency of supplies.
“A« respects vOtton, the superiority
of the Southern States for the growth of
this staple needs !»•* more effective de
mons’ration than that Manchester, alter
having for seven years put forth her ut
most efforts to develop Cotton growing
in other parts of the world finds her sup
plies so reduced that she bids for out i
( i : ton twi :e as much as the average j
price before the war.”
All that thecountry requires says the j
World, is—
“ The restoration of good feeling be
tween the several sections, and among
all classes sf our wide spread country : j
the restoration of statesmen to the con- !
trol of our public affairs ; the lemoval ol !
oppressive individual taxation a sound
currency and the establishment again of
that sense of justice and security to ;
which unhappily we lihv«- hoeu for a con
siderable period strangers.”
Tin* Nashvi le G.z ite calls General
Thu uas the of A«; tat tuTvtirt.
He lief Measure an Finally Passed
by the Convention.
Paragraph 1. No Court in this State
Khali have jurisdiction to try or deter
mine any suit against any resident of
the State upon any contract or agree
ment mode or implied, or upon any con
tract made in renewal of any debt exist
ing prior to the first day o! June, 1805.
Nor ahull any court or ministerial officer
us this State have authority to enforce
any judgment or decree rendered or is
sued upon any contract or agreement
made or implied, or upon any contract in
renewal'of a debt existing prior to the
first day of June, 1805, except in the fol
lowing cases :
1. In suits against trustees where the
trust property is in the hands of the
trustee, or has been invested by him in
other specific effects now in his hands,
and in suits by the vendor of real estate
against the vendee, when not mole than
one third of the purchase money has been
paid, and the vendee is iu possession of
the land or specific effects for which he
has sold it, and he refuse* to deliver the
laud or said effect* to the vendor. In
such cases the courts and officers may
entertain jurisdiction and enforce judg
ments against said trust, properly, or
laud or effect*.
2. In suits for the benefit of miuorsby
trusties appointed before the Ist of June,
1805.
8. In suits against corporations in
their corporate capacity, but not so as
to enforce the debt against the atockhol
deis or officers thereof in their individual
capacity.
4. Iu suits by charitable or literary
institutions for money loaned, property
otlter than wives sold, nr services ren
dered by them.
5. In suit* or debts due for mechanical
or manual labor, wlicu the suit is by the
mechanic or laborer.
G. In cases where the debt is set up
by way of defence, and the debt set Up
exceed* a 113* debt due by defendant t
plaintiff of which the courts are denied
jurisdiction.
7- In all other cases in which the Gen
era! Assembly shall by law give said
courts and officers jurisdiction, provided
that no officer shall have, nor shall the
General Assembly give jurisdiction or
authority to try or give judgment on or
enforce any debt the coiiHideration of
which was a slave or slave*, or for the
hire therefor.
Paragraph 2. All contracts made ami
not executed during the late rebellion
with the intention and lor the purpose
of aiding aim encouraging said rclxllion
or where it was the purpose and inten
tion of one of the parties to such con
tract to aid or encourage such rebellion,
snd that fact was known to the other
party whether said contract was made
hy any person or corporation, with the
State or Confederate States, or by a cor
poration with a natural person, or be
tween two or more natural persons, are
hereby declared to have bien and to be
illegal, and all bonds, deeds, promissory
notes, bills, or other evidences of debt
made or execuWd by the parties to such
contract, or either of them iu connection
with such illegal contract, or as the con
sideration for, or in furtherance thereof,
are hereby declared null and void, and
shall be so held .11 all courts in this State
when an attempt shall be made to en
force any such, contract, oi* give validity
to any such obligation or evidence of
debt.
And in all cases where the defendant,
or any one interested in the event of the
suit will make a plea, supported by hin
affidavit, that he lias reason to believe
that the objection or evidence of indebt
ed ues* upon which the suit is predicated,
or some part thereof, has been given or
issued for the illegal purpose aforesaid,
the burden of proof shall be upon the
plaintiff’to satisfy the court or jury that
the bond, tie and, note, bill or other evi
dences of indebtedness upon which suit
is brought, is or are not, not* is any part
thereof founded upon or in any way con
nected with an}’ smh illegal contract,
and has not be n used in aid of the ro
belliou, and the date of such bond, deed,
note, bill or other evidence of indebted
ness, shall not be evidence that it has or
has not, since its date, been opened, trans
ferred or used in aid of the rebellion.
Faragraph 3. It shall be in the power
of a majority of the General Assembly to
assess and coMeet upon all debts, judg
ments. or causes of action when due,
founded on any contract made or implied
In-fore the first day of June, 1865, in the
hands of sny one in his own right, or
trustee, agent or attorney of another 011
or after the first day of January, 1868, a
tax not exceeding 25 per cent., to be
paid by the creditor on pain of forfeiture
of the debt, but chargeable by him as to
one half thereof against the debtor, and
collectable with the debt : Provided, that
this tax shall not be collected if the debt
or cause of action be abandoned or set
tled without legal process, or if in judg
ment be settled without levy and sale :
And provided, further, this tax shall not
be levied so long as tl e Courts of this
State shall not have jurisdiction of such
debts or causes of action.
The recent scenes at the War Depart
ment in Washington are worthy tii pen
ot Sylvanus Cobb, and would make out*
of the must thrilling dime novels ever
written. The grim Stanton holding mid
night councils of war about his bivouac
in the Department sending out a faithful
emissary to lock all the doors in the
building and finally settling himself in
his sleepless chair with the pile us keys
on a table before him ; the weary pass
ing of the hours us darkness, whose
monotony was relieved only by the
tramp of seiitinela changing guard ; the
parting just before daybreak with his
staunch Congressional supporters who
confided the ex-Secretary to the prut c
ting care of one waking pali '- t, Thayer
of Nebraska—these are better than tales
of the Inquisition. Stanton we learn
like a true warrior slept on his arms —
or keys—occupying a lounge iu his of
fice while Thayer napped on another, j
The monotony of the seigo was varied ;
by the appearance of breakfast brought i
hot fioiu the illustrious gentleman’*
kitchen, and also by the arrival of Mrs.
Stanton, with whom he conversed, veil
tui ing without guard to the cut b stone. 1
but leaving his base of opeiations well
protected by Gen. Howard Having
NeUled the details of his commissariat, 5
he again retired within his inticiichincnu
there to await in sternly stupid immo- j
bility the further progress of what will
go down in history as the seige of the
War Department.
A Gentile paper, published at Salt
Lake City, predicts that if the Mormon
question is let alone, the progress ol
civilization will settle it in a few years.-
It says : “When the Pacific Railroad
gets out this way; when men are plenty
aidwol en si arc, how the ruth c s mva
tiers will ‘gobble up' the surperlluous
wives, and leave thejdisconsolate saints
o mourn beside detcited hearthstones
Srtrela (cl out of tlie Senate C'Uatu
ber.
The lending article of the Old Guard
for March makes i tioatliing review of
"A letter of Senator Drake, of Misiuuii,
to SeiiHtor Johnaon, of Maryland.
Tlie letter is in reply to a pamphlet
written by Senator Johnson against the
Reconstruction acts, and may justly lie
regarded as the voice of the Senate in
its defence and as revealing the exteut
of the Revolution projected by Congress.
The review first considers the grounds
taken by Mr. Drake for pronouncing
the scheme of Reconstruction to lie con
stitutional and then comments on the
declared objects of it :
This letter lets the Ward cat otit of th*
hag and fully confesses that all this
"Reconstruction" is to put the while
race on an equality with uegrous. And
it dares to defy and threaten the white
race of the United States in the follow
ing maimer :
“Dot them, if they please prolong their
efforts to keep the negro down ; tm
they will learn that he cannot be kept
down, if the nation keeps its honor with
them ; and it will keep it ! No cry of
danger to our institutions will stay its
resistless march to this grand cousnrna
lion No appeal to the people against
the subjugation of ten States to negro
rule will avail for the loyal people of the
nation will answer hack with a shout.
Ili ttcr to the toi/al nnjro than to lha Hebei
irhUe man /’
Tin "nation keeps its honor” with ne
groes : Who pledged the “nutio
honor’ to negroes ? Who are (he nation
Is the furious and traitorous taction ol
political Jacobins who i ntlnace less than
mi fourth of the white popuiotion ot the
United States, “the nation ?’ Two tail
ors once petitioned the Dritisli i’arlia
incut beginning thus : “SVe the people
ol England.”
The total majority in ail the States
which held elections in 1807 was largely
with the Democratic party and the m»-
joiities against negro suffrage were
everywhere overwhelming. Rut all
those white men who do not go for ne
gro suffrage do not belong to the 'nation,'
Seven tenths of the white population of
the United Stales are inexorably oppos
ed to negro voting hut the mean tluee
tenths who believe themselves no better
than negroes are the only people who
have a right to he cuited the “nation,”
and all the rest are defied and threaten
ed by this idiot voice trum the Senate.—
We arc impudently told that “no dan
ger to our institutions will stay the re
sists'ess march to this grand co- sums
lion” of negro equality. It is declared
that “no appeal to the people against
the subjugation of ten States to negro
rule will avail." Hear that white people
of America.
You are threatened from the Senate
Chamber that you will appeal in vain
for the supremacy of your own blood
over that* of the barbarian negro ! Your
votes, your proud and virtuous will Can
avail nothing, for the Heiio and its
militaiy tools will force negro suffrage
upon yon in defiance of your power.—
That is the insolent threat. Have these
Senators no throats to lie cut ? How
many duplicate heads do they count a
piece? Had they twenty thousand cat'll
they would bej as powerless as w spa
of straw against the fiery wrath of the
white masses v . they come to realize
that they have 1 » brought down to the
level of negroes! While the whole drift
of Congressional politic* is to put the
white man down to depths if li uindation
and misery under the hand of merciless
oppression we are told that "the negro
cannot he kept down,” meaning that he
shall stand on a perfect equality with
white men. Now this is the one absorb
ing ai nos this faction which calls itself
the Republican party. It is nothing
more nor less than a negro party. Every
man intending to vote with that party
at the next Presidential election must
go with Ids eyes open for negro equality
The mail who says he is opposed to ne
gro equality and yet votes with that
party gives the lie to his professions.
Every proud and virtuous while man,
and especially every white woman
should look upon him ns a besespecimen
of the white race who has degraded him
self to a level with negroes.
Grant uk it TVillst-i-.
The editor of the Randolph Citizen re
calls some interesting reminiscences of
the great Reticent. He had a tor.gue at
one time, it would seem ;
In the summer of IStiljGerieral Grant,
then colonel of the Twenty-first Illinois
regiment of Infantry, was stationed at
Mexico, on the Ninth Missouri railroad,
and hail command of the post. He re
mained several m -nths, mingling freely
with the pimple, rcgardle-s ot the pecu
liar shade of any unci* political opinions;
and a.- the distinguished Colonel had
then no thought of aspiring to the Presi
dency or a dictatorship no uocasion exis
ted for the tcticence to which lately he
owes the gieater part of his popula- ity, I
Ulysses the Silent was then Ulysses the i
Garruons, and embraced every fair iq -
portnnity which came in his way to ex-j
press his sentiments and opinions in re
gard to political affairs. One of the de -
clarations wo distinctly remember. Ins
public conversation in Uiusgo's banking
house a sterling Union man put the qiu-s
tinntohim: ""’hat do you honestly
tliiuk was tho real object of this war on
the part of the Federal Government V’
“Sir," said Grant, “I have no doubt
in the world that the whole object is the
restoration of the Union. 1 will say fur
ther though that I am a Democrat every
man in mv regiment is a Democrat—and
whenever I shall he convinced that this
war has fi r its object anything else than
what I have mentioned or that the Gov
eminent designs using its soldiers to ex
ecute purposes of the Abolitionists tleu
1 will nut only resign my commission
Imt I will carry my sword to the other
.side and cast my lot with that peop'e.”
This same Grant now openly defies and
treacherously betrays his superiorofficer
forfeits th* esteem of los countrymen and
mankind and dooms himself to undying
infamy that he may become ihe willing
instrument of Had cal v n.-; orators in
preventing a restoration ic Union
emasculating the Presidency, striking
down the Supreme Court overturning
the Government of our fathers scatter
ing down every bulwark of liberty and
making slaves ol as noble people as ever
lived on God's footstool, to a horde of
loitsey negto barbarians.
Os such is Ulysses I, the Radical hero
and demi-go-
A decision in the Mc.Vrdlc case is ex
pected t week from Monday next. It
involves the constitutionality of the
Reconstruction Acts of Congress.
i Extkmilso G hack to Bankrlits. —The
bill introduced into the United States
Senate by Mr. Stewart, intended to a
mend the Bankrupt act, will apply to
section Di rty three of the present act.
It i* now the law that a debt created by
fraud or eiida-zzlemcnt or by breach of
trust while the party is acting in a fidu
ciary' capacity shall not he discharged.
But the debt may l-c proved against the
estate and the creditor receive his divi
dend, which shall be a discharge for as
milch as is paid- Another clause enacts
that a discharge under the Bankrupt act
shall not release or affect any other per
son jointly liable with the bankrupt for
the same debt as partner, joint contrac
tor indorser or surely. The same section
contains the important declaration than
in all cases of bankrupty where pro
ceedings are commenced after one year
from the passage of the act (w hich time
expires March 2, 1868), the party shall j
not be discharged unless his assets pro
duce fifty per cent., upon his liabilities,
or lie has the written assent of a majori
ty in number and value of his creditor*.
Tire changes which Mr. Stewart propog
es are as follows: He would re-enact the
proportion of the law in reference to the
non-discharge of bankrupts as to fiduciu
ry and cmls-zzlement* with the stipula
tion that others jointly liable with the
bankrupt shall not lie released but he
would extend the fifty per cent, clause
until one year after June, 18C8, under
the same regulations a* are prescribed
by the present law. It will be some
time before both Houses ofCongres* will
act upon the proposition. Meanwhile
the fifty per cent clause will operate a
gainst all bankrupts who are made such
in the interval, l'erson* disposed to be
voluntary Im k ill Jits will and lay their ap
plications if possible, while inis amend -
ment is under consideration ; but those
persons who may lie forced into invol
untary bankruptcy will not have the
benefit of the extension of time unless
there is a proviso r extending the
present law up to the time of passing
the amendment.— J’hila. Inquirer.
Senator Vickers, of Maryland, presen
ted his credentials to the Senate on Mon
day last. Stunner moved their reference
to the Judiciary Committee, because in
Maryland negroes were not [lermitted to
vote, and therefore the government of
said State was not republican. AVhen•
upon a Democratic Senator retorted, that
under Sumner's plan, five N’ew England
Slates and Wisconsin would have to car
ry on the government. The old repro
bate, Sumner, saw his blunder, and with
drew the motion. Vickers was seated.
The Georgia Convention on the Oth,
adopted by a vote of 18 to 46, a resolu
tion requiring voters ori the question of
the ratification of the constitution, to
take the following oath :
“Yon do solemnly sweat or affirm)
that you have been duly registered agree
ably to the acts of Congress ; that you
have not prevented, or endeavored to
prevent or dissuade any person fro
voting at this election ; that if the Con
stitution noon which the vote is now be
ing taken is ratified, that you will truly
and faithfnllv support it. So help me
God.
The Charleston Mercury says : “The
very man—Stanton —who now indicts
General Thomas under the Tenure of
Office Act, advised the president as a
Cabinet minister to veto Ibis act as nil
constitutional ; and consented to write
the veto, but was prevented from doing
so, as he alleged only by indisposition.
DRY GOODS!
SPRING TRADE,
loss.
WHOLESALE!
yiff & w ivmms,
SAVANNAH, GEO.,
WILL BE PREPARED TO OFFER
ABOUT TIIE I OTH INSTANT,
A COMPLETE STOCK,
ON THEIR
USUAL FAVORABLE TERMS.
March 7th. 1848. <-lf
pew Admtiocmrnto.
FRESH
GROCERIES,
Just received at the
BANNER GROCERY.
Quitman. March 13. ’6B.
oOSHEN
BUTTER!
Fur sale at ll»e
banner grocery.
Quitman. March 13.
Just received and for sale at the
BANNER GROCERY.
Qnitmin March 13, ? f>B.
Administrator’s Sale.
W’lLI. bo sold before the Cotirt House door
|l in the town ofltlackshear, G»., on the
first Tuesday in May next, between the 1-gal
hoar* of sate, two small Lots of land, with a
frame house upon it, belonging to the estate ol
A. C. Strickland.
Sold for the benefit o' the heirs and creditor-.
Terms: Half cash, and the balance on six
months credit. Tuos. Swkit, Admr.
March 17- l$«8.
| The Washington Siur of 7th says that
! General Lorenzo Thomas will hereafter
attend the Cabinet meetings as Secreta
ry of War od interim and that business
pertaining to the War Department will
l>c transacted through him by the Presi
dent.
In a whisky revenue row in Clairborne
county, Tenn., on the 6th inst., three
men were killed. A company of caval
ry had been dispatched to aid the reven
ue officers.
There have been two hundred and fifty
four [letitions for bankruptcy filed iu tbe
j Clerk’s office of the Un'ted States Dis
-1 Irict Court, at Savannah, up to Tuesday
last.
lion. n. 11. Hill addressed an assem
blage of two thousand eitizens, at Atlan
ta, on the 10th. He bitterly opposed
ratification aud denounced the Conven
tion There was great enthusiasm. .
The Radicals, in Convention at Atlan
ta, have nominated Gt‘n. Grant for Pres
ident, and Foster tlie perjured
t lilian of Angusta, for Vi.at President.
At a dinner given recently in Boston,
there were thirty UmdhoMers present,
every one of them being worth over a
milliou apiece.
A little girl baby, found in a snow
drift in New Jersey, lias been appropri
ately named Cliiona.
Suvautiuli Market.
Cotton. On the 9th the market was very ac-
I Uve, aa«l price* advanced to --f for mid
dling. This is the highest price realized the
present season. On the loth the market was in
active, with a alight decline from the previous
: -lays quotations. Trateactions were limited,
j We make the following quotations :
i Ordinary HJtSitS
Good Ordinary 73$ («
■ l.ow Mi-idling .24 (-4
Middling 23 os
Gold— buying a id- setting al Hit.
i iUcos. Shoulders 14c.; Sides, lap's 17; Ham 1 ,
; lfs.c.'s.
Kioe* - IVman-l Goad-quoted from #12(3 sl7.
j Ski»h -lujf-niHt.
Quitman Retail Prices Current,
CORRECTED WEEKLY.
j It should W horn* in mint! that our quotation*
represent retail pric«** only. l.sirgv bill* to plant
era a’ and utbm may be purchased at a »h*ri*
lower.
! Bacon |>* . 18 (4. 20
Butter—(iofibfn | r* lb.. 60 (4
Country jf* lb. . 35 (K 40
| Candles... ' pi, IK HA <O. *0
•Chew** . ip* 25(4 35
Coffee Bio f If. . 29 (a S3
Corn r r* bnab 1 <hi (4 ] 2A
Cracker* lb . 20 (* 25
KffP <!oz 1A (4 20
Flour—*V»»|M*rflne ... +* bbl I A oo (p 16 00
Family j* bbl 17 00 («L 18 00
, r ip* lb.. (<* sft
Urd ip* lb 23(0. 25
jOjater.* ir* can (<t 40
Peaches jf* can (<* Ao
j Fickle* ! p* jar. A0 (4 ~f>
Fotatoea- Irish C bush! 2 50(4 3 00
.Sweet |f* bu«h (4 50
| Powder j«*&».. | CO (4 75
Potash t* i (4 2**
Hire r * t*. 15 18
Utkin* f. (<*
Salt rack. 3 50(4 4 50
Soap f* tv 15(4 2“
; Stiff nr ... : *j* B* . It* (4 2A
Syrup jr* pal.. 50 <4 75
S'»la . . (4 *0
Shot («4 20
Starch jf* ft- 20 (4 25
Tobacco, good article. If* 1 50 (0 3 ftn
1 \ ln«ic«r jf* gal * ; 0 (4 7A
A. C. LOMELINO,
DEALER IS
Groceries,
West India Fruit,
WINES, LIQUORS, PROVISIONS, Ac.
CORKER BflA AVR COV.KF.fS STS,,
Vnder Masonic Hall,
SAVANANH GEORGIA.
March Ik IdtiS. _ 7-ts
SPECIAL
DENTAL NOTICE.
i 8 F have frequent solicitation to visit parties
■ J\_ in the eonntry. who need ftentiet work
-lnne. I would say. it is impossible Tor me to vis
! it patients at their residences, unless in very ur
gent cases.
I am prepared, with every facility, at my of
fice. to _ __ T
Do oi k W ell,
r i therefore it is not only to tlie interest ol the
ent. but decidedly to my own advantage for
parties to come to the office.
it is almost impossible to extract teeth without
paiu. or to in-ert fillings in sensitive tceib. out
side of tho office ; another Advantage is, that
I have au Assistant here,
to aid me in all difficult operations—the services
of whom 1 would be deprived of in the country.
M. L. BATTLE. D. D, 8.
Quitman. March IX, ‘ti*. 7-tt
FINE AND COMMON
TOBACCO,
For wt!<* at th«*
BANNER GROCERY.