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FRIDAY, AiMilL 21,1508.
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Owing to (he unavoidable absence of
'tin* editor and principal conjpoKitdrf, it
will lx» impossible to issue till* regular,
edition next week. Tin* following week'
we wiH be* all »in Id.
#*jgr Owing to tin* dn mage tin? A. ■
& G. Railroad, by the recent h4t»vy rain*,
wo have been übtmst entirely* deprived
of mail facilities dm ing tin* i)r|*w*nt »vp k,
which will account hq* tin* imtigre a*
mount of news in to day’s Bajhici.
ftoiy-We arc under obiigations to Mrs
MTarnxsk fa a moss of Irish Potato##,
grown iu her garden in Quitiipm, the
present season. They arc tlie* first we
have need of the growing crop.
Rev. Joseph B. Raker is dinirour
of procuring the service# of several ac
tive, intelligent and HuKlyvoithy agents,
to «ngage in a lucrative and pleasant
umpioynicnt See ndverttaeAtvnt.
The I .lection
Tfee four days’ election in this place j
passed off quietly, and without the least
'disturbance, notwithstanding the contest
«(ko far ns some of the county offices were
concerned,) wan a very warm and excit
i«»g one. The people generally, how
ever, had made up their minds as to the
♦character of ballot the}' intended to east,
ntnd it was "love’s Johor lost” to cmleuv
***r t > persuade them from their determin
ed purpose. We ore also happy to an
nounce that the election was conducted
with tallness and impartiality and we
do not believe a solitary man can be
found who lias the least complaint to en
4cr against the managers.
<U 'r I ave delayad tlm issue of our pa
pcs beyond the usual hour, to enable us
1<» furnish the official report of the entire
ballot, which will be found, in full, in an
other column.
We regret very much that the Stale
4ind District Demociotic s andard bom
«er»- -Gordon and Fin n—did not receive
x majority of the voles cast in tliis eouti
iy ; but have strong Impes that theyhavo (
Carried the Stale hy n decisive* majority
The County officer* elect, me gentle
men fully competent to discharge the dn
ties of their f. sp' vtive i Id vs, and lie*
most of them are old and honored citi
zoos of the county, fully identified in in*
Iciest and feeling. We may, ut a future
day, furnish a brief statement of'the past
history and character of the successful
candidates.
Vox l*opnli Nnjrreiiiiis hvt.
The agony is over—tin* verdict record
ed ! The pimple have spoken and t*o
.their judgment we how with becoming
,k.:cckueHß. The issue presented (al
♦though viewed hy many as a trivial mat
6<*r,) was the most important that ever
U*K, or e ver will be, presented to Geor
gittMK. It involved the future prosperi
ty of the Commonwealth, and the weal
or woe of every citizen Hereof. Rely
ing upon tiio wise discretion and sound
judgment of tin* masses, wfc hope, yea,
indieve, they have spoken wisely In a
low horns the telegraph will proclaim
the tidings, whether the people tin re rat
ified or rejected the proposed Constitu
tion : whether they htvve selected use their
Chief Magistrate, an honored son of tlio
soil, or one who has saught our clinic for
mercenary and political motives. We
(trust the verdict has been in favor of the
former : the pure, upright, ami consci
eutoys gentleman, and dashing, brilliant
*«ddler, Gen. .John 11 Gordon. If the
tniMii-tlo of success, however, has fallen
upon the latter, as we have already stat
-4*l, M’tt yield to tin* republican maxim:
Tor pcfpuli wprrmii.* Irr.
The Quituinia Uninter.
For tfte ha ideas and imnewt expression
of opinion, in public and pi k ale, the ed
It nr of the Banner Ims, during the jwes
<ont week, been rt*q nested to discontinue
the visits of his journal to a few suh
seribrrs. On ti c* other hand, vve are hap
py to announce, that for every one thus
withdrawing their patoniay, two new
subscribers have taken their place.
Thus satisfactorily demonstrating that
proscription for the independent express
sion df opinion, don’t pay—it almost iu
Variably results to the advantage of the ',
proscribed.
J’Vn the information of our furtinutar
friends, and the public at large, we will
.state : that the Qi itm.w Banner is the
property of its editor, and he claims the
right to conduct its editorial columns in
such manner, and in the interest of such
parties, as unto him appears expedient
and jwojH*r. A long editorial career has
satisfied us of this fact : that if an edh
tor attempts to please om*#FW»/, la* will
please nobody— and therefore* the only
correct policy is, to /•'<<*><• himurtf. We
yot the mcfiCenary of any man or par
' V ami although c*pou>ing and advo
cating the principle? of Democracy* al
ways reserve to otn-soif t he right t.» dis
sent IV rm tuo paltry of its lenders, as
well as to support or discard aspirants
iu its ranks, who are always seeking otti
dal position. Under no other circum
stances will wo ever consent ta publish
a public j urna! ; for we \vo«ld ration
submit to the tyranny of a despotism
than the fyatmij us j*trty 9 inaugurated
by*those who have towering aspirations
ft»i* official position.
To those who have and will extend to
u-f patronage, under these conditions,
we arc grateful $ Imt to llmse who de
sire a manacled juess—a subservient
-editor—we must say, the B.w.vrit in n«»i
c*b--d G* tVe** *: -! *- N editor is yet u ,
and will sou ver decline to be
h * 4>‘ave nf pa !y oj* men, <b*to mbiedon
rule or ruin.
Brooks County—OHicial Eepoi t
of th? Election.
and in* fidluw ng is the official canvass of
the election for Brooks county, held at
Quitman, on tin* 20jJj, 2lat, 22t1, and 2»bi
:
the ca^rsTfTtH* ‘V;
F«,r the Constitution,.... f»W
Against, the f’onHlitution
rot: <K»vv.iiNKjn
Rufus B. Bullock fi<o
lili»lm B. Cordon 4 -°
Majority for liirllork 5!-0
CONCKKSS.
.frwq.li W. Clift 6-2
Iloiiry S. Fitcli 4 22
Majority fort.'lifl 200
.OK KfAIK AKXATOn.
Milton C. Smitli 6tiS
JallitfH Y. Jour s 805
Majority for Smith 248
rrm Itri'IrKsENTATIVK.
VV. A. T.iUir- 648
Jairifß H. Hunter 4 00
Majority fir lame 218
Hl* OIUrINa.KY.
Jaruirtr 1.. Beaty 6(ii
John 0. McCall SCO
Majority ft r Beaty 80)
run t r.K-KK r.. BtTr.Kioa not kt.
J. (I. M Waruock 680
W. <i. Bentley 410
Majority for Win nock 214
rcni snr.mrp.
John McKinnon 088
Julius ('remora 807
UolHnjf IThII 28
Majority for McKinnon 271
roll TAX KECEIVKR.
W. O. Bagwell 4i25
T N. Lewis 888
Jesse K i 28
Majority for Bagwell 287
roll OOU-KOTOB.
A. Strickland «5f5
T. Aiilermuti 412
Majority for Strickland 228
COK HUUCRYOIt.
Murdock McLond 044
V. Lucas 881
Majority for McLoud 208
rrm fcoUoNKtt.
Itrilifflrt HuajjjlMicys 038
\V illi u n 1111 ack 3.S 3
Majority lor Humphreys 255
rot! COUNTY TIIEASUUKIt.
I). J. McDonald 204
Scattering 17
Total vote cast 1,061)
An Vufortuuntc DiltiriiWy.
U'e regret vr ry nint h to record the oc
currence of ait nnf .rtnnato difficulty iu
onr town on Monday last. Some disa
greement lutd cxistixl for serrerar! weeks
j |iust rtiotwvien Ca)rt. J. it. Hoidneon .and
Mr. Jinisoy Hunter ; and on meeting,
at about one o'clock on Monday, a quar
rel ensued, which resulted in Hunter
drawing a bowie-knife, and inflicting
several severe wounds on the person of
Lapt. Robinson. The latter finally drew
Ills pistol, and fired two shots at his ad
versary, tail lie was so weak and uer-
I vims, from the loss of blood, the shots
fattest of their mark, and Hunter escaped
unhurt. Robinson was carried into the
dental office of Hr Battle, and his wounds
promptly attended to by Dr. Jelks. They
were quite severe, and at first deemed
very critical ; but at this writing, we
are happy to announce that tlm unfurtu
ante gentleman is recovering.
Mr. Hunter was promptly arrested by
the civilauithoritien, and required to give
bail, in the sum of five thousand dollars
for bis appearance ul. Court.
KtrawlurriCA
We are again under obligations toour
generous friend, Col. B. \V. Sinclair, lot
a feast of delicious strawlie: l ies, from
Ids extensive garden, a slmrt distance
from town. The Colonel cun supply any
order (large or small) for these berries,
and we learn that he proposes shipping
large quantities to onr Savannah friends
during the present season. We hope be
may reap a rich reward for his enter
prise and industry.
The Recent Rains.
From every quarter we have the most
distressing accounts of the damage done
l>y the recent very heavy rains. They
seem to have been general throughout
the cNwnitrv, and dgubtiess many million
dollans worth of property has l>e«’ii des
troyed, to say nothing of the great dam
age done to m ops.
( fta)— Ceiisov trays : “If the Devil ev r
laughs, it niMst. Is. at hypocrites : they
are the greatest dupes he has; they serve
him bet ter than any others, ami receive
no wages ; nay, what is still more extra
ordinary, they submit to greater mortifi
cations to go to hell, than the since rest
Christian to go to Heaven ”
Us course this is not applicable to any
| one in tliis section.
Who is at V'ait.t? Tim telegraph nnnnnn
era the appiehe: s -ai of a general Indian
1 war in tli • plains daring tlm summer.
Who is at the bottom of this tiling? The
i Washington eorrospondeiit of the Boston
; I'u.-I , a reliable antlsnity, says tlm torri-
Iblo massacres of our troops which bare
oorlin'd within tlm past few years, have
\ n united from a failure on the part of the ;
Uoreciuncut to pay promptly an amount
' of uuKcev tx. Stsottoii Tail according to a
g r eetainit. Tliis same clpef is now at
fort Laramie awadiug tlai arrival ol
: the Coi-.mtiasion to again enter into trea
tv stipulations, lathe nieantime, the!
various tiibes with wliieh treaties have
been made by the Comtatsaion may re
new hostilities, if tlio tJovcrttmen* fails
ti> make good its promises.
►3“ H is stated tb it President John- >
son onteitains little hopes of acquittal,
it is now apparent that the Semite is dr
fertuined to remove him at ~!! barzards
11,.. of Ale. Dai is.
Tl»<* flecond <biy of May in appoint' 1 j
for tin,* trhU of Mr. V -ivia und 1 tin*
bill «>f indictment. It will take f’accj
at Richmond. Tlio Xcw YoiU V/dtt 'l
thuH rt frrn to it ;
r J’li* new indictinp/it him with :
it* imtuoroiiH *fM.4:iliodtionH of tin- overt
act of loyvimr war tlto United
Stair*; look# lik<* biiainrlf i« ini iu-~
finrm and to eonv ct and not rc»—
U*aae the |>ri*om*r The rnmovnl of John
i»on ♦oo'"w«ii fifvtVo aiming the Rudicaln
a tlrirrft for blood aa the exocofiori of
Charlt'H the F rat .of bdlaßiod
Roundhnnds ttVldoo'fy HOtUnmetitK wit
other partiea and the beheading of poor j
faOUiH the Sixteenth gave anew juu>uUe j
to the Jacobin of and j
in France.*
There in a powerful fnetion at W:\nh- 1
ing ton and throughout the count ry which i
will not be Katifd'md with anything lens |
tlian the hangman's rope for Jefi. DnVis. !
It will be beW n<M*ess.liy as a wurniiig j
to traitors t<»l inng Davis, Mil ti.e e is
one man at \\ uHliingtoii who will remem
her that fiiocbitnatioti of Davis of out
la wry on lint head of Gen. R. F. Butler, j
*and thus man is Butler himsell, the a< -
trng head of impoai’h j
inent.
We do not place nnirh cnufidencc in
the llbr/f/Q’iisiially RCnsattOual ;;i tides, j
but wo have no doubt that ‘’there iu a
powerful faction at Washington and
throughout ilk; count I*3' wliicli wdl not
bo aatislled with anything loss than the
hangman’s rope for .1 off. Davis.” l’ower
fill, however, As this “faction” may be,
there is too much of public virtue extant
in the Masses and too mncli for the gov
ernment to risk in the gratification of
th# malignant wishes of the "faction, ’
for ns to have any fear for the life of Mr..
Davis, or of his conviction of treason,
indeed, we remain still impressed with
the conviction that Mr. Davis will never,
be brought to trial lor the offi-nse with
which he stands diarged though it may
be years before a nolle pro&'qui will be
entered upon the indictment pred'eued,
against him.
TDK SU( ( i;SSI()A.
IS A PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF TJJIC SENATE
EUGIULK TO RE ACTING PRESIDENT OF Tllj*
UNITED STATES ?
The following is the summary of the
argument against the eligibility of an
officer of Congress to the position of Ac—
tipg President of the United States. The
authorship has been attributed to Chief
Justice Chase, but denied .through t.be
newspapers. Whether written by him
: or not, it is positively st ated that these
arohivS views ; and whether the*}' be iiis
or not, they are doubtless correct and as
here put forth being the conclusion of a
profound and exhaustive article on the
subject they are evidently the produc
tion of a skilled and aide investigator
on Rueh questions ;
The Constitute u has it«elf drawn a
clear distinction between the President
pro’tempore of the Senate and all other
oflicei*s ev en of "Congress. The second
section of the flfst Article Treats of the
composition of the House of Ropicsenta
tives oft! c quallicalioj s"f members, etc.
The fifth clause provith b thatJ‘Thc House :
of Represeimtives shall chose their own
Speaker and other < fliceiß,”JUu; phrase
ology « f the third section is cjuite and fler
ent ; the fourth paragraph reads : ‘The
Vice Rreskhmt of 11k* United States
shall he Rresident of tlio Senate,” etc.
The filth paragraph rumftlms [ fhe.S’ n t
shall choose then* other office);*# and also
a President pro tempore in the absence
of the N ice President, etc. The .Speaker
of the House was intended to be a pel mu !
licitt ..Hirer ; not so the President pro- j
tempore of tlio Senate as, indeed, the I
very title implies, 'flic early pract c»* j
was tw elect on every occasion if ah- j
Bence of the Vico President ; the same j
Senator has been twice dec tod in the
same session as have two in ,
the same session. The election of a se
cond President pro tempore necessarily
ousts the first. It was not until ISkS,
after this practice was changed, that an
additional salary was provided for the
office.
The office of Vice* President Is anoma
lous, as also ia that of Urea Mont pro tern
•poivjof the Somite. The former is both !
greater and less than the latter. The 1
former is elected by the people and 1
holds his office ind< pondcntly of the Sen
ate ; tlve latter inflected by the Senate,
and under Um*. curly practice held upon 1
the volition vrf' two superiors the Senate
and the Vice President except when the
latter exercised tlm office of the -’dent.
The President pro tempore doc# not be
came Vice-President of ilm United States
not even 1 cling Vice President. This
office once vacant remain# vacant to the
end of the term. The J Vice j
President is Loth a civil officer of the
United States amt presiding officer of
the Senate ; but has no vote as the lat
ter except in case of a tio. BuUtho Pk si i
dent pro tempore is not a civil officer
never loses his vote nor* doc*# 1m cvas<*
to he a The Vice President i
may lie im|H*ach( and ; a Senator cannot !
he. Under no circumstances, in sum,
can the President, pin tempore be di*iu;i
ved ot his Senatorial character pvhich is
somewhat analogous to that of ambassa
dors of foreign countri *s in certain im
munities is essentially different from tliaf
of an otliix*r of the United States. What
his precise character, is not entirely* ea
sy to determine : though of coarse tliere
is uodiiiici Ity iu this that he is the rep j
resentatives <>t a State and .a legislator
of the United States.
A liiiiil and decisive t<*st of an -fficei
of the United States,” is a (lorded bv the
Oonstitution itself. It is this, that "the
Prvsi Uni shall c mmiss on all thoi)ffitx>r.s
of thp United Slates ” But the President
never drriimisiinns u Senator oor Repre
sentative, nor the President pro tempore
of the Senate.
An officer ot one of the State govern
incuts could not have been meant for the
j conclusive reason that the Federal Gov
ernment has no ah-quxte jurisdiction :
! ova r any of them. But even if it had.
what would be tiie rule of procedure
among ilkiii ? ami In w could it he ex
, ercised ?
A citizen it is self evident e« uld not .
be designated t * become acting* Presi
dent : the Uenstitution requires the des
ignatiijoof an officer; a*. 1 one who >1; >uM .
v st himself of his oliice wo.;ld and sqnali
; fy liiuiSt.'! upon the fu* an office,
is required to act. Ji iv.-sistibly, there
fore, the acting Pres-dent in >t Hot owl\
be mi officiT ot The United States on as*
sniniiig that )*i:i «*, l*«Utn:ist remain o ie '
Fiit-ully, the Acting PlNfiifhTe.it is an ;
officer under the Unit* and But the |
sixth « ction of the first ar»j#ve of tin* j
(‘ohrtiitntmu is explicit : "N r » oerwon j
Imld.ijg any ( under the United Siao n
ittiaii b : aim inber of either House du
ring hia continn.iuce - in office.” It is
impossihluTtir this reason tli«*refore if for
no other, t|at ;i Senator, IJresident1 J resident pro
t<■iiipon* of the Senate, can lawfully be
Acting President of the United States.
Thvre M a fourth and most important
considei at ion which l«-s not yet been !
ad vi rted to.
Tfie sole function iff The Vice Pr<*si- j
dent, except wJiqn he ciuea the office
m ’ riV^mSui^¥ the United States, is to
preside in the Senate and perform the
diitii-H —cl 1 igfly or perhaps cutirely, min- j
;kl< riiil-»-iHM*p:i,rible from the phsition. ;
'Jlic function of the President pro teinjjo ;
reof the Senate is to preside and per-!
Jorfn the same duties m the ol |
the VioifiPumideTit that he woifld 'pJr- .
form were hi* personally in attendance.
, This expresses nil his power# ; and this j
is plainly and specifically the whole pur-j
pose of the Constitution, To take him]
away from the jmHbi mancC of that ftiuc-
I lion to assign hjm -to other and canon-|
i tially different duties—admittedly for 1
I uigu in their nature and scorn.* to those
( for which lie Was elected would be to |
I defeat the tniiiiifoSt intent of the Conisti
] mtiou. To defeat the Constitution is to j
j violate it.
’ The Senate must have a .presiding
officer in the absence <»J the Vice Pres;* ]
rji n or when the Vice President excreta- 1
es the office of Pi eside nt of tie* United;
States ; the presiding officer must be
President, pro tempore i»l the Senate and
there can he but one prolempore at any
one time. To elect a second vac it's the
office of the first. Tliis lias more than
once happened in the history of the Sen
ate.
The congluHiun of this examination is
too obvious ar.d deceive to need further
■statement, thr/ugh other consiilcratioms :
j might be ottered. Kvery avenue to tie*
Presidency through cither House of Con
gress Ims been effectually closed by the
Constitution ; for the main objections to
.the President pro tempore of the Senate
ate equally potent against the 6'pcaker
of the iioiuse of Representatives. The
Fathers, indeed "builded wiser than they
Knew,” and if living their unanimous res
ponse to the caption of tliis paper would
l»e—NO !
linjx*;
Wasipngfon, April 15 The most
dramatic episode of the impeachment tri
al was that upon which the curtain fell
to-day. After some discussion upon a
motion to modify tlio rides so as to allow
the Managers and the PresidenCs coun
sel more latitude to speak at the close di
the trial tlio motion and amendments
thereto were laid on the table. Lienton
’ utit-Generr.l Slrsirriaii theu) re called
to the stand by the President's counsel,
and Mr. Staiibury at once proceeded on.
the same course of inquiry that had been
( hocked by' the decisions of tiro Court on
Saturday afternoon. The first question
adted Gen. Sherman was whether it was
his opinion after the restoration of Mr.
Stanton to office, that the service re
quired that Stanton should not lie at
the head of the War Department ? Butler
objected of bourse to this question. A
debate sprang up upon it, which was
participated in 4>y Bingham and Butler
oil behalf of the Managers and Messrs.
Staubuiy and Kvarts on the part of tin
defence. Mr. Stanburv explained that
the counsel wished to offer in evidence
I that not only General A’hennan, but«th
or general officers of tlio army* thought
what the question suggested they pro
posed to show that the motives up >n
which the Prosuleiit acted was to the a<l
vantage of the service and was based' on
the opinions of competent and intelflgeet
men ■ but tlie somite decided not to 'al
low' Gen. Sherman to reply by' a vote ol
thirty five to fifteen. Senator llcverdy
Johnson then propounded the question
j to the witness : “Did yon at any time,
| aud when, talon: the President gave the j
j order for the removal of Mr. Stanton as J
Secretary of War, advise the President |
to appoint another person ?” which was
also voted down by thirty two to eigh
teen Senators. These adverse decisions j
j did nut seem to affect the spirits of the
] lawyers having in ,charge the President's
Cause. Tiny kept coot bidisl tlieiriimc
and called another witness, Mr. Meigs,
Ulerk of the United States ifidtrict Court
who produc#d the warrant issued for the !
arrest of General Thomas, and Stanbm’s
allidavit upon which the warrant was j
made out. At {lie close iff the examina !
! tion of-tlds witness, Mr, Ueverdy John
! son sent the foll 'wing question in wri 1
j ting u» the Clerks desk, which was read
!to Gen. Sherman a.s that officer again
! look the stand :
Whi n the President tendered you the]
I appointment of Secretary of War ad in- i
j terim on the Ist ot January* ISC>B, and on
] the 31st of the same month did he at the |
very time of making such tender, state J
to you what his purpose iu so doing was? j
After more opp -sßion, thin question
was allowed; but as Gen. Sherman be
i gan to reply to it in a way* Hot according
! with Gen. Butler’s notions he was inter
rupted and at last answered briefly that
the President did state his purpose. - ]
Senator Johnson now added to his ques- j
lion the wore# :
| “II In* did, what did he state hi* purpose
i WHS?”
! Here again a sharp debate between tin*
] opposing counsel was inaugurated by
objection of Butler, whose smartness was
! only exceeded by the brazen insolence
with which he seemed at one time to ac
cuse Reverdy Johnson of a motive un
worthy of one of the purest Senators on
the floor. The sneer of the Massachusetts
satyr at Mr. Johnson was in substance
jjs follows :
One of the judges, he saiJ, "desired
to put a question to like witness to satis
fy his own mind. Os course he was
not acting as counsel for the President.
That cannot he supposed ”
Instantly senator Johnson arose, and
a pain fill scitßatjpu disturbed the Court
and the audience in the galleries. Ren
dered so iodignatit that his whole frame
shook and his voice trembled with eiiio* I
tion, the nobie old man repelled the im
putation which he suspected Butler
! meant to cast upon him with a few In* vi j
ami scathing words. “What,” lie first
asked, "does the Honorable Manager j
! mean ?”
Haller, quailing a little.--responded :
* ] mean precisely wijat I say, that it
cannot be supposed that the Senator was
acting for the President.”
"if the bo*<Hable Manager, n proceeded
Mr. Jtdmson, "mesNs to impute ili.it in 1
anythfug I have done in mis trial 1 have
been acting as counsel or ill the spirit ol 1
counsel he docs not know the man of]
wlmm he speaks. I am hereto discharge (
a duty and that doty l propose to and s
ehaige. 1 know the law as well as hv !
Butler set himself to work iu good
earliest to make an explana
tion n4|Jie words that had offend- and the
Senator, until Mr. Johnson nnnmineed
t' at he was satisfied hut it was on -
the p iw-r of hotii Cutler and Bingham,
which last-named jteutlemutr eecond. and
his colleague, to cutiiuly obliterate the
impression pteduoesl tlpoli tie* rnin-lsand,
synipatliies of tins Court hv thd .reflect ion
winch had slipped from Butler’s
lips. General Sherman’s testimony was
at length received arid he was permitted
not however without further opposition
| by the managers to state in his own way
! what the President had said to him in
1 the conversations of the Ist and 30th of
January last. It appears is this tvsti-i
runny, that the President stateJ to Gen
or Sherman, First, That hr intended to
get secretary Stanton out of office ; .Sec
olid. That his parp-me in ro doing teas To
see that the \Vnr D<-|mi tiiM-nt was ad
ministered for the good of the service
and the country ; and Third, that he had
! a right to eject iS'timtoii under the law,
i and that il the case could he got before
j the. iSapreme (,'ourt, it could not stand
!in ,Stanton’s favor an hour. The l’resi
I dent asked General Sherman if lie would
! necefit the position of Sec re t,,i ry of War
:nl ititeritu ttp oi these grounds and when
; the latte! im|uired what means (he I’rt--
Ident might See fit to employ if Stanton
! refused to vacate the cilice, Mr. Johnson
| replied that there was nO need of consul
eritig that qtiOßtioti then as In* had no
doubt that Stanton whom he believed to ,
I lie a "cowardly” person would retire,
i .Such strong and straightforward evi
dence dal not fail to 'Huvi* its weight
with every reasonable person in tin
chamber. It helped to upset tint malt
! cions fallacy of an intent by tint Presi
: dent to accomplish by Stanton's removal
any worse ends than the proper idminis I
! nation of the Government, atel it show
ed com lusively how opposite the Presi
i dent’s design was from a proposed viola
lion of the statutes. The .Managers do
i dined to .cross erratuine fiel.ei ul Slier* j
! man until after a private ejauiiuutioii to ;
- vliiuh he will (at snhjeeteS before them j
*. tomorrow. -The rest oi the testimony |
i taken this afternoon was of comparative i
ly slight importance.
KeadctU of the Worlj, wl o have exam |
ini'd the extended reports of litis trial'
1 with care have been puzzled by some of
! the votes upon questions submitted to j
' the Senate during the last few days j
Most of the votes have been very e*l<*se, j
i and several extreme Radicals have join* j
«t with the minority in dcsiding to ad
mit evidence iu the President’s behalf]
? which was earnestly objected to by the j
] .Managers- When metillilte Sumner <’onk *
ling ami Cameron play such fantastic j
! tricks the purpose is t ransparent. Sumner <
in guise of a judge, is ahoi t as much < tit
of character as Yates would be in an as
ceilsion lobe and it need not.bo expected
that he will vote differently upotiihe is
l-sse of the trial because lie and others
] like him seek to hoodwink the country
j now with a show of fairness. The eonsis
j tent.course of other Republican Scnaluix
has a better look although 1 refrain from
compromising the President's cause by
mentioning the names of these Menetors
thereby drawing upon them the apatite
irias and threats of conßtrt pen's whe
badger them enough already. 1 adhere
to the belief expressed to you more than
a week ago that the doubtful members of
the Court are numerous enough to |>re
verst, convict ion. J. 8, fc>.
j THK ERIE RAILROAD ACCIDKN'T
i TERRIBLE ACelllKST —EOl'R CARS THttnWX*
j liinv.v XV KUBAXKMKNT—SI.KI.I’INIi CAB |
| nt'KVRD —TWENTY I'CRSOXS KILL! II AMU
I Kim - Wot'XDED.
' The following particulars of the acci
i dent ou the Elio Railroad have been re
! cciv.d :
] The train to which the accident occur*
| red left Buffalo Tuesday afternoon. The
train consisted of the engine lend *r, three
sleeping ears, two first class and one ;
second class, two baggage and one pus
, tal oar. About three o'clock yesterday
! morning, Ainas and Horton of the Genci ■
1 al i’uetolfioe in New Y*• k city who were
| in charge of the postal ear, saw the bell j
' rope straighten <*#t and break in two, I
j when Mr. Judd remarked to one of tin.-
] officers that be had lost his rear cars.
They ran to the rear platform sf the car
when four cats were seen rolling down a
1 precipice from seveutyfive to one hundred j
j feet high. The scene of the accident is'
i thirteen miles beyond Port Jervis, on the ;
Delaware division of list road. The!
; disaster was caused by a broken rail 1
* which threw Iho rear ear immediately
] in front, and the whole were precipitated
‘down the embankment.
The ears in going over the embank
: meiit turned several limes before teach, i
iag the bottom and were nearly dcniol ‘i
i-Uicd. A sleeping car was entirely des
troved by lire. The passengers immedi
ately began to rescue the wounded and ,
remove the bodies of the killed. Many '
of the latter could not be recognized.
Seven persons were burned to death and
six others were killed by coming in eon j
tact with the jagged rocks, Ac. The
wounded persons were placed in a train
and brought to Port Jervis. Several sur
geons were immediately summoned, ami
everything was done to alleviate the
sufferings of the injured. The bodies ol
the killed were left on 'lie ground. By
the latest dispatches i ■ cermed at the Eric* '
railway office, it appears that twenty
persons are dead and fifty wounded. Os
the latter tea are seriously if not fatally
injured
Nnv A'-rr.K, April Ilf—Mr. Blakeby, a
passenger on the Erie railroad, ami who
was injured by tbc accident yesterday
says: "1 was told by Mr Porter who was
: traveling with me and who was awake
at the time the train left the track that
i tlto train wa.s fanning at the rate cf fit -
ly miles an hour. They were running
: to make up time as 1 was told at Sake
matico wltcn f embarked that the train
was thirty miles behind time in conse
quence of having been backed and delay
ed some time at Cony, Pennsylvania, in
picking up the body of a man who bad
. been killed by the train passing over
| him.
Tax as Frontier 1 .iff. —Bishop Mc
] TANARUS, eric, of the Southern Methodist Church
writes from Texas, eighty miles west l! i
San Antonio, that one ntati followed
the Presiding. Elder an mud for eleven :
j days, improving the privilege; of hcar
i ing the gospel, and not iu vain, for in
that time tie had heard seveni.** it set
, icons. Two unprotected women travel
ed seventy miles ou horseback to attend ;
a quarterly meeting- The pionder pteacli
! ers arc well received in those distant
frontier regions. One man, a professed 1
i freethinker swpre* that he would not hear
the "circuit-rider, without paying him j
$2, and he did pay it. Another Raid !
1 "come and get a cow." Beyond ttie '
(roiitfer, in the Mcsilla A'aliey, the good
Bishop found himself "pumped” in the
trite Yankee style as to where he • was
; from,”, and Jjwboic going.* bald one,
‘What did y*u sa£ y* u. name was?'
"I didn’tsay uuyilinlg on thfal subject."
“Well but you ain't got nqlobjeetioii, 1
! reckon, to telling yt ur iiahji ? I ain’t a
j-shatned to tell mint- anywhere.” The
Bishop, uncovering the trank, where il
I wan printed in | UijjtleUers $» and: There's
I tny ton ik*; you CM a read, osin’t ymi?"—
j Ni ffriitg duliurtlened, and jti good hp
; mar, he said he could, and ft'-gan thus:
M little c higT-y-e-i-r-e, and then tried it
over, retaining to the big TANARUS, pud taking
-a running sf art jto c.ijyii tlu* t-romiiicia
! tinti, in the iiiciiotiiiic iscttiifertho letters
tangled. "Well, stranger, Ijgive it up
jit you ain’t got tbc beatinest name of
any country 1 vrasjevir in." Tiie Bishop
i worked (line uu 1: av.fi spelllngj hut tc tl e
] lasj JKpcu ffi«;n>lw..nUu»nffi> ignorant of
! each other’s name.
I Preaching one night, a young man
j ami his sistn* Item tho country were
! present, and word came that his horses
had been stolen, ’faking a companion,
* he quietly left tin; Chnrcii, pnrsftcd the I
thief, shot him recovered his horses,
quietly returned to tmeting ustfnoth
ti.a had happened, and tile Bishop adds,
with less disturbance than lie had wit
nessed elftwlft# over a ring-light,*
The Indian Mat in Florida.
A dispatch is published extensively in
the Northern papers to tho effect that at;
Indian war trad broken out in Florida.
The Florida Union] says (he report is:
without theslightest f itindalioti, and so
far as we can Ascertain, nr nii from, the i
fact that Tiger Tail, the chief of thu* Sent- j
iuoies, having carried some slaves to j
New Smyrna to sell the pep pfe refused
to fay them telling the Chief that slave
ry was abolished. Tiger Vail denied
the right of Uncle Abe, or a ip; other man
to set his slaves free and carried them
back to the Everglades in high dudgeon.
Owjug to this and sotne ulleged outra
ges on the patt of white trailers and cat (
tie dealers the Indians have been of late
gotifewhat dissatisfied. Weave inform
ed ou tbe authority of Col. 'rpragne that
these Indians cannot tint-it.*r over one
lnmdr/.d warriors, am! the idea of snob a
i handful of savages making wsf nputi Ibe j
| whites is simply absurd
] StiMIF.UE CoPRT To UK lIK-oIMAJ&ZBn. Al
I Washington letter of the 7th, t"the (Jin
j cinnafi Commercial, says :
j It is the intentuui of tit - Radical,--]
should tho i:. peueluweiit scheme succeed
to rekorganizo tin- Sapirerpe Court ehaitg*-
! the districts legislate some of the pres
i ent members ottt of office and new mem
hers in and lucrt.-ase.flie ituml'cr ol Jndg j
' es by new appointments. In "flier words
to "ha k” the court with men who are i
j eonrfpn.itted to the reconstruction hills el
:.Coi gi*iss and phidgcd to a Ixdk-f in theft
cmiotitnl onabty. 1 iee iM ; l>e one ol
the fir t things Under the new tegim*; ,
Judge Carl'.-r who is uow Ohief .Tostice]
! of the Snpremp Cmirt of tl.« District will]
j t>e tvan feried to tin- Supi'cnu; j’onrt til
the f*n ted .States, and ot wr griitleuicn
; like hftp wi l Ebo . appointsgl. jrt’here are j
those whosaytlint in tin- change of ands
i tricts or Gifcnits, Chase will ho legisla-]
: ted off tbc bench- Certain it is, that j
: most of the Radicals would like to legis :
; late him out of office. Tin y denounce
: idm every hour of the day though for tio
.t# reason tiian because ho has pros!
| dial over the impctiChruettt with that jnd.
I eial dignity and impartiality which alone
i hue saved the trial from being a Coin
plefe btitlesqiie. It may be wartli while
to retuipil thu Radicals tout they Cannot
i legislate Mr. Chase "not us nlfice’’ !o:- any
] conaiderablo time in thisconntry. 'They \
' may legislate liim out of Ike Supreme
Court” Put 'if Sh the people will legislate]
him into the \A hitc llntt.se.
JA Sll AMKI.ESS A(JT OF TYRA VNY.
The tfoeo.tnt of the iTtiprisoiithent if]
.Judge lVpc, at Jacksonville by a I.icu ;
tenant if the army , will he read this >
mpruing with an universal thrill of in- ;
dignatiot). A feeble >ld utan is imprison ,
ed by a suit-officer fur refusing to dis
I criminate in favor es negroes. The "fii
J cef enters the Oohrt of Justice,'presrded
: over by a Judge whose loyalty has nev
er been questioned, dissolve* llwi t purl
i and s* nds the Judge and his civil office:*
to jail, with tlit’ cool cruel remark—C ir
■ ppra.l, oofiduct the Judge lo jail; lake
hia: ate tdily for he is wery feeble." Yes,
very feeble, but stronger to day than a
! liou in the nfleefhm ands Ippni tof the
people of Alabama! Sot only s*ibtit when
u crippled, gray lorded, old man ex
i presses his indignapoa at tho outrage
upon the Jt dye, his err.« -els snat died
Iron) him hy a number oi initial soldo is
is broken over his head and the ofrl man
is himself hurried * IT to jail.
Wo forbear eommint, for General
Meade has threatened to imprison us if
we dare to piiblish words which arouse
the prejudices and passions of nnr pbor
down-troddeu people. Tlie-tale is told; !
let the people orisidcr the moral! And j
let General .Shepherd diligently investi
gate whether tho men in blue uniform
who beat the crippled old man over tbe :
head* with hia own crutch were not dis
guised members of the Ku-KJnx K lan! .
[M'litl'jumcry Adixrtiaer.
Th* Fats of Colossi. St. Eekvr flitfivrli
It appears that the escape of this
gallant soldier and gentleman from Thy
Tortugas, took place on the night be
tween bill and 7lh of March last. TB*
Colonel managed to take along whlt Tiffii
tlnee other prisoners and one of the sol
diers who wcrcou guard at the titne,: be
ing the one who w s thfc sentinel in
eha**geof(Uc boat c-tui -etrd wit hr he
post, whilst he was on guard. It is
supposed that the Golonel itfsome at at
managed, to bribe the gourd totlcsei t.
and tiUanl him arid the other .three pris
"ner* to escape. Afi so< nas the esenne
was iliscovered, the United States s'ea
mer Bibb was sebt out iu search of the
tugrlives, but site failed to find any trace
■f tlwm. Ou the night of the cueape it
was Mowing a gale, and as the boat
which t ok them was small and in bad
! Condition, it is probable that they all'
j perished.
The Methodist District meeting at Thom"
asviiie, agreed to transfer the Cambridge!
Female t’ollege building, which, though,
in an ucfinislie state cost tbir.v tlKiU
sand dollars, to the Trustees of the l’ol
i ytechnic College, reserving line privilege .
f two perpetual scholarships for the j
benefit of tise Methodist Church.
The growth of the Astar estate in
New York is saitr 1*) he shown by the j
increase r-f Mr William B Aster's taxes.
A few years ago he paid sio,Ot)o a year:
now Ire pay, $219,000, or nearly S7OO a
day. Commodore A aodcrbilt pays *40,- 1
000 a year at present, ever ?100 a day.
N.iurs tv Tfias. —A Sbrrespomlent-bf
the Cincinnati Ountne/'ctof Concludes t»
.letter from Marshall, TtXofi, with the fdl
tow'ng:
‘*7*oll arriving in this irlßte 1 wasim.
pressed Witt the fertility of imiginatinß
displayed by the innahitunts, as set forth
in th - nit tiles bestowed by them on I heir
village anti towns, 1 immediately cm. l
mete id miking a list of.the most pec a
liar, and 1 si'nd.jnu all that 1 have col
lected. with the aSrotrapcc Unit lam in
debted for none fit them to my own im
agination, Here is (he list: Lick Skillrt,
Buck Snort, Nip Irtd Tuck, J mtown,
Rake Rocket, llog Eye,‘f-air Flay, Horn
Hill, Seven Eeague, SleixleEasy, Rossuni
Tiot, Flat Heel, Frog lx**Ve), Short-Pone,
Gourd Neck, Shake Kag, lib erty Slante,
Black Ankle.
“in the village of Henderson I A.tft in
troduced to a buxom school girl of fonr
teen years who possessed tic foilowrug
name: Dyonisia Boaddicea Jetfalimla Ja
cobiua Cln isliani Buckiana Caledonia
Susannah Emily Wyatt Wilkeraon Moore
Wynne. ‘0 Sophonisba, Syphonisba'^.’
"This young lady is a con. in iff a
1 voting man of that village who, in tlffe
; slißit spall of his life of twenty-t woyeark
; lias done and suffered tlte billowing
, tliings: He has had over at hundred per
.<• nil encu inter; his sot mortal rth ee
men; not mortally eight; is in \v resting
i * nfer seven bail U)nds(ffrins !*et*u tnrongb
i the war from tin- beginning: married,
uic 1 ari iJa it daughter, and si a cl
j liolil the wife who is now going to
school; and is now living on bis father's
i substance, ill pi ssession ot a pair of line
! boots, a spat ined horse, a M. xican sasl
die, a silver watch, Uireßa-t-voiVers aud
a Derringer, audom* dottar in sfs-cie. All
this he told m - hisuse'f, with much ap
parent satisfaction. He expects to at
tend the Wueo races, Ikj t does nut ex
pect to lay h avy wagers.” |
A KjiF.EmiA n's liii'REßlirntvd of Liberia.—
A treedman who left Charleston, !Snuth
Carolina, for Liberia a few imsilhs ago,
l writes back the most glowing account
jof matters and things th re. After sta
ting that he never felt free ontil.hc rcs.-h
--ed that Republic, ami that ho had select
'd Ids land for cultivation, he adds: “Os
: all the Ini t 1 found on the land nr
tongue is unable to explain, lull 1 will
give yeti tie* name of sotne. First, a
] field of thirty acres ofc *ff e, second, co
j ' wi lint tree* in any qti mtfty; third, lent
j ms by lli" bushel; fourth the gif at palm
] tree toe most important and precious
j ttvu in the country, from which we get
j nice nil, cabbage, but er; then the kernel
t shlngitl*, then unrd and thread, and then,
1 best of all, we mu get \v im* of it to
j t!i ink. All of these we Inive on the farm.
Tell my brother Washington this in the
countiy t « e.Mnc t<».”
'ln Xkw Orleane J^ca.yune* \ays that
| ft.iin;e fibio 's begining to become an »r
--ttctl of t al? at chat port, ami thone
1 merchant there, whose name it gives,
Iras r c v Ic and r for it f.o i >*ew York
md ofieiH <j (fl»le the market rate of cut*
• ton for aM he cjwi <4>tain. ft adds that a
) demand for the frbro is also Rpringi i^
! up in the West, l«it that no definite or*
det s for it from that *e 'tipu have yet
: been recieved at New Orleans. Asa
■‘generous mention" of tbe merits of Ha
ritic’ the J’i nynne says it i** as g»*od as
j linen cambric or silk, and when it to no*
j into use the wearer will line? that ‘tin*
; chief and fii td v 'will bo that it will not
w**ar out when the la»bion am!
he* w ill bate to throw it aw 13, when af*
era c nip e of years wear it is Mill as
good as new.
Testimony which Accord* with Heaton.
The Mongomery (Alabama) Mail in pub-
Imbing the order of UeiieraJ O. L. Sliep-
Hieru against lire so called Ku Klux
j Kl in, »jiy<: ,4 0eti issues the
; order against a society in whose exist
; » nee no sane man in the State believes.
We defy him to specify'a single outrage ,
: tt •, which is traceable to any such amo
|ei ition. Every puldication, fdacard, Ac.
[ which has appeared about tbe mystical
ivlan is web known to have originated
with some half grown youths, who are
;ilwavs ready for sport#* The Mail is
about correct in this matter. Every day
seems to confirm more and more th* idea
that the nonsense of youth* and boys i*»
Ihe sum total of this whole Ku Klux
business.
Tho steam man that Itau made *•
much talk is now de. ounced by a New
ark man, who seems lo understand the
: case, as an unmitigated humbug. It
never has walked a step since it w«
made. It was carried from the shop
where it was made to an ice-cream gar
den; then it was propped tip, so that its
fait did not touch the ground, agoing;
its legs swung back and forth in the
; empty air but that was all.
Kv l ist accounts of the State Inebriate
\syiiim at Jlingharuptoii, Xew York,
there had been applications for a<tmis
*ion front S3O clergymen, 80 judges, 340
merchants 1 240 gentlemen
■ and 1,300 rich men’s daughters.
A Nashville paper publishes quite *
a long list 0! colored men in that city,
who have accumulated property ranging
in the several cases from $2,000 *0 $50,-
000. Many of them bought their free
dam and that of their wives and children
before tbc war. \
Ilayes City, Kansas may be thus sum
inarized : Four hundred whiskey dealers
sell drinks to the four hundred inhabit
ants. Services on Sunday consist of
draw poker, monte arid faro. Amuse
ments consisting of burglaries and cold
blooded murders on the streets. Courts
are not yet organized but hangings aro
frequent.
At a County eleoiion held a short time
ago in New Jersey a woman offered her
ballot, but was not allowed to vote be
cause she had not registered.
While repairing an old building in
Brooklyn, last week, a rat’6 nest, lined
with $2,500 in bills of tbe Mechanics’
Bank of Williamsburg, was under thdflj
door. The money had been lost in
- aud thus came strangely to light.
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