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BY H. F. ANDREWS. Furniture! GIVE ME YOUR PATRONAGE!! I AM NOW PREPARED TO MANUFACTURE AND FURNISH „MY PAT RONS and the public with all kinds of Furniture. Such as Bureaux, Bedsteads, Wardrobes, Chairs, Window Shades and is reality everything connected with the Furniture business. COFFINS ! COFFINS !! BURIAT. CASKET BURIAL CASES. vST" A competent Workman will attend each burial if desired. Parties needing anything in my line are earnestly requested to give me a trial be fore purchasing elsewhere. lam determined to sell at the lowest possible PRICES FOR CASH ONLY. ETI AM also prepared to furnish all sizes of Mctalic Cases of the best manafactuer, I also keep all sizes of Woodden Cotlins furnished in the best stile. Parties coming from will not la; detained but a short time. A competent workman will attend all burials if desired. The Hearse will also be furnished when ever called for. All orders promptly filled, night or day. JOHN 3>. FLOYD. Feb. 16—3 m BOOTS AND SHOES! 30 Cases First Class Goods FROM A LEADING HOUSE OF PHILADELPHIA. In ORDER to counteract the effects of the horse disease, I spread before my friends and the public the followin'; inducements, and assure them that the work below men tioned is or line finish, and manufactured from the best material, viz: 430 Pairs Ladies’ 18-threal, Double Sole, Lace Gaiters, at $2 50 pnr pair. 360 Pairs Misses’ of same quality, Lace Gaiters, at 2 25 per pair. 320 Pairs Ladies’ Pebble Goat Doudle Sole Boots, at 2 50 per pair. 249 Pairs Misses’ same quality Boots, at 2 25 per pair 280 Pairs Misses’ Pebble Foxed, Silver Tips, at 1 85 per pair. 140 Pairs Child’s same quality, Silver Tips, at 1 60 per pair. 200 Pairs Child’s same quality. No Tip, at 1 50 per pair. 96 Pairs Ladies’ Cloth Top Pebble Foxed Boots, at 2 65 per pair. 96 Pairs Ladies’ Cloth Top Kid Foxed Boots, at 2 50 per pair. 96 Pairs Ladies’ Cloth Velvet Tops, 1 to 3, at 2 50 per pair. 180 Pairs Child’s Extra Fine Velvet Top, Kid Foxed, 7to 10, at 2 15 per pair. Which is an average REDUCTION of about 13 percent, on former prices. A gr«a*er variety or (lentleino.n’s I laud-Stitched work than can l»e found in any house in the State, i very artb dc in the above list equal to all that is claimed for it, and recla mation made in every instance when it fails to give satisfaction. The ONE PRICE RULE, as heretofore, will be strictly adhered to, and every effort made t» acc mmodate and please customers. PETER KEENAN, 226 BROAD STREET, AUGUSTA. GA. dcc77-tl THREE DOORS BELOW CENTRAL HOTEL. A, FEAUKLIN, Dealer in DRYGOODS , LADIES DRESS GOODS\ &C. Y HAVE now in my store a full line of white goods. A Complete Stock of Clothing for men and boys- The prices will suit every body. A full stork of Bools and Shoes for Ladies and Gentlemen . GUNS AND PISTOLS. SADDLES AND BRIDLES, Crockery and Willow Wars. A large aud well selected assortment of the above goods to be sold at the lowest market price The public are requested to cull aad examine my goods before purchasing else where. CARRIAGE, WAGON AND BUGGY MANUFACTORY. — r |MIE BUILDINGS OCCUPIED last year by Messrs. Bohler £c Bigby are now oc 1_ cupied by me. lam prepared to do all work in my line, neatly, promptly and at reasonable rates. I have every facility for making vehicles of every description fi i m an Ox-Cart to the most elegant Phaeton. GIVE ME A TRIAL. ] have been at great pains and expense to engage the best workmen in every <3e j» u tment of the business. Repairing done at all times and speedily. BLACK-SMITHING. lam also prepared to do all kinds of Black-Smith work. Mv terms are POSI IIVELY CASH. I will make NO EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE. All work must ns paid for before leaving my establishment. B.'O. BIGOT. feblC-ly @l )t Wu§hmson WASHINGTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1873. For over FORTY YEARS this PURELY VEGETABLE LIVER MEDICINE lias proved to be the Great Unfailing Specific for LIVER COMPLAINT and its pain ful offspring, DYSPEPSIA, CONSTIPA TION, jaundice, Bilious attacks, SICK HEADACHE. Colic, Depression of Spir its, SOUR STOMACH, Heartburn, Chills and Fever, &c., Ac. After years of careful experience, to meet a great and urgent demand, wo now produce lrom our original Genuine Pow ders THE PREPARED, a Liquid form of SIMMONS’ LIVER REGULATOR, containing all its won dcrlul ami valuable properties, and offer it in One Dollar Bottles. The Powders, (price as before) SI.OO per package. Sent by mail 1.04 IST CAUTION!^ Buy no Powders or PREPARED STM MONB’ LIVER REGULATOR unless in our engraved wrapper, with Trade mark, Stamp and Signature unbroken. None other is genuine. j. ii. kkii,iar & co., MACON, GA., and PHILADELPHIA. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. G. W. TERRY, General Insurance Agent, WAgiII.YGTON, C;,V. Insures (tin Houses and Cotton. Nov. 1, 5872 ly K M NT N V 5 M CHICAGO ALE DEPOT AND— Wholesale Liquor House No. 0 PRYOR STREET, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. Agent for the celebrated “Russell” and “Old WickliflV’ Whiskys. O. t. C kRUOI.L, Prop’r. nov!s-8m FULL STOCK Os Glass Ware and Crockery at S. H. CRENSHAW’S CIIGAHS AND TOBACCO OF THE J finest and latest Brands at S. 11. Crcnsliaw’s. Ayer’s Cathartic PiUs, For all the purposes of a Laxative Medicine. r*. Perhaps no one modi cine is bo universally Jjy required by cveiy ygr body as a cathartic, nor was ever any bo fore bo universally I 3E) adopted into use, in amon/r all classes, as V ‘'J#/ this mild but efficient \l'r--TTf purgative Pill. The ifffih obvious reason is, 3 that it is a more relia* - bio and far more ef fectual remedy than any other. Those who have tried it, know that it cured them: those who have not, know that it cures their neighbors and friends; and all know that what it does once it does al ways that it never fails through any fault or neg gleet of its composition. We have thousands upon thousands of certificates of their remarkable cures of the following complaints, but such cures are known in every neighborhood, and we need not publish them. Adapted to all ages and conditions In all climates; containing neither calomel norany deleterious drug, they 'may be taken with safety by anybody. Their sugar-coating preserves them ever fresh, and makes them pleasant to take, while being purely vegetable, no harm can arise from their use in any quantity. They operate by their powerful influence on the internal viscera to purify the blood and stimulate it into healthy action remove the obstructions of the stomach, bowels, liver, and other organs of the body, restoring their irregular action to health, and by correcting, wherever they exist, such de rangements as are the first origin of disease. Minute directions are given in the wrapper on the box, for the following complaints, which these Pill» rapidly cure:— For I>yt»|M*i»*is» or Imlig>e«tlon, WAstisss* n<‘M. Lang uor and I*o«* of Appetite, they should be taken moderately to stimulate the stom ach, and restore its healthy tone and action. For Llrer Complaint and its various symp toms, Illliou* Headaclie, flick Head. ache, Jaundics or Clrccn flickneM, Bil ious Colic and Bilious Fevers, they should be judiciously taken for each case, to correct the diseased action or remove the obstructions which cause it. For Byaentery or Diarrhoea, but one mild dose is generally required. For Rheumatiua. Clout, Gravel, Pal pitation of the Heart, Pain la the Hide, Back and I«of im, they should be contin uously taken, as required, to change the diseased action of the system. \\ ith such change those complaints disappear. For Bropay and Bropalcal flweliinpi they should be taken in large and frequent doseC to produce the effect of a drastic purge. For flupiireuion a large dose should 1)6 taken as it produces the desired effect by sym pathy. As* a. “ Dinner Pill, take one or two PUls t# promote digestion and relieve the stomach. An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and bowels into healthy action, restores the appetite, and invigorates the system. Hence it is often ad vantageous where no serious derangement exists* One who feels tolerably well, often finds that ft dose of these Pills makes him feel decidedly bet* ter, from their cleansing and renovating effect oa the digestive apparatus. Dr. J. C. AYEJI & CO., Practical Chemists, LOWELL, MASS., V, 8. A. DR. H. NEESON, Agt. Poetry. [published bt request.] TOBACCO UNION. Come old and young, and hoar mo tell, llow strong tobacco smokers smell, Who love to smoke their pipes so well, That for tobacco they would sell Their right to social union. They always scent the atmosphere; And you may know when they arc near, Though not a word from them you'll hear, Their breath grows stronger every year, In this tobacco union. Oft the fumes and smoko will rise Like morning mists towaids tho skies, And woe to him who lias weak eyes, Unless he takes his leave and flies From a tobacco union. Often within tho Church yqp’U view Some person there to sit and chew, And spit on carpet, floor and pew, Until it spreads a toot or two, And sing of Heavenly union. Sometimes tho quids, so large within, The juice runs out and stains the chin, And then I always have to grin, And think there is no little sin Iu this tobacco union. Tho ladies they aro sweet, ’tis'true. But they have learned to use it too ; ’Twould almost make a monkey laugh To see them spit upon the hearth, And talk of marriago union. Sometimes you'll see some five or six Out in the woods, a limiting sticks; The sticks are cut, the swabs are made, And a group they now parade, And now for slobbering union. And now the snuff-box is pulled out, And with their sticks they dip it out, And rub their tcetli inside and out, And smear their faces all about, And talk of snuff communion. SYNOPSIS OF LEGISLATIVE PRO CEEDINGS. made up from our exchanges. SENATE. February Bd. In the Senate, Mr. Simmons moved a reconsideration of tho bill amending the usury laws relating U> banks. Agreed to. Mr. Hoyle introduced a bill making it the duty of sheriffs to pay over to the So licitor General all insolvent criminal costs and to regulate the disposition of the fund. By Mr. Reese—A hill to authorize the Governor to purchase the Macon and Brunswick Railroad it necessary to secure the State against loss. Tho committee reported adverse to the, bill to provide for the appointment of re porters for the Superior Courts, and it was laid on the table. Among Home bills on a first reading were read: A bill to incorporate the Brunswick Loan and Savings Bank. A message was received from the Gov ernor staling that he had signed a bill to change the time ol holding the Superior Court of McDuffie county ; also, a resolu tion appointing a committee to investi gale the indebtedness of Foster Blodgett; also, a icsolution appointing a committee to report the number of land grants issued by 1). G. Cotting, late Secretary of State ; also, to suspend tho collection of the fl.fa against .1. E. Parrott until the committee shall report. Adjourned. HOUSE. Ir. the House, among bills on first read ing was one by Mr. Longley, to appropri ate blank dollars for the exhibition of specimens of minerals and agricultural products at Vienna during the World’s Fair. By Mr. Atkinson —To prevent hotels, theatres and common earners from dis criminating against parties on account of color. By Mr. Walsh —To incorporate the Greenwood and Augusta Railway. By Mr. Simmons—To prevent the sale of liquors in the town cf Oxford. By Mr. Yow—To amend the charter of the Augusta and Hartwell Railway ; also, to create a Board of Commissioners for Franklin county. By Mr. Foster—To amend the act creat ing the City Court of Augusta. By Mr. Mercer—To revive the second section of the act granting certain privi leges to the Chatham Artillery. By Mr. Mills—To revive tho act grant ing certain privileges to the Georgia Huz za™ ; also, for the protection of deer, wild turkeys and partridges in Chatham and Bryan. By Mr. Shewmake —For the relief of M. H. Bently ; also, to declare valid the acts of the Legislature of 1870. By Mr. DcLoach—To amend the act creating a Board of Commissioners for Bulloch county. By Mr. Smith—To apply the State tax of 1873, collected in Mclntosh county, to rebuilding the Court House and Jail. By Mr. Hunter—To artliorize the Ordi nary of Thomas county to issue scrip to redeem the mutilated and outstandiug county scrip. By Mr. Lockett—To authorize the holders of certain 1 Kinds to enforce certain rights arising under the first mortgage Jiens either at law or equity. By Mr. Turnbull— I To amend the char ter of the Athens and Clayton Railroad. By Mr. Williamson—To amend the charter ofMilledgcville. Among Senate bills passed was the bill repealing the act of the last Legislature preventing gaming in bar rooms. Re pealed as to adults, and is applicable only to minors, who are obliged to have the written consent of parents. A bill to amend the charter of the Georgia Railroad, so as to authorize it to aid the Port Royal Railroad. Passed. Five hundred and eighteen bills have been introduced, and only about thirty have been disposed of. No new bills can lie offered after to-day, except by a two third vote of the House. In the Senate, a resolution that no new matter be introduced after Thursday was tabled. Philadelphia, January 29.—Wilson and Colfax addressed the Young Men’s Christian Association. Neither of them i alluded to the Credit Mobilierl Wilkes County Bible Society. At the request of Mr. Henry 11. Parks, Agent for the Wilkes County Bible Socie ty, the Executive Committee met on last Monday, in order to receive his final re port in regard to his labors in this coun ty, which is hereby submitted: No. of days of service rendered, 75 No. of Auxiliaries, Branch Societies, &c. visited on official business 2 No. of anniversaries of Auxiliaries, &c., attended 2 No. of Ecclesiastical Bodies visited... .10 No. of sermons and addresses delivered for the Bible Causo 10 No. of official letters sent. 13 FINANCIAL. Value of books received from So ciety |204 95 By amount rec’d from donations 102 50 $307 45 By am’t due Mr. Parks for wages 150 00 “ “ “ for inci dental expenses 84 75 By am’t of books returned by him 24 75 “ “ donated by him 25 25 Nett earnings of the Society $234 75 72 70 Wilkes County B. S. duo Ameri can B. S . S2OO 09 By amount received ns above from Mr. Henry If. Parks 72 70 Cash on hand 77 12 Books remaining unsold at tho Depository 65 05 . $214 87 Nett indebtedness of Wilkes Cos. B - S 40 12 The following resolutions were offered and accepted: Resolved, That all the money now on hand he sent to reduce our debt. Resolved, That the final report of Mr Henry 11. Parks bo spread on the minutes and also be published in the Washington Gazette. T. W. Callaway, Pres’t llenhy Cohdes, Sec’y. - m «♦- [From the Chronicle and Sentinel. The Bond Question. In another column wo publish n propo sition made to Governor Smith by the holders of Georgia bonds—declared null aud void by the last Legislature—through their agent, Thomas L. Snead. As briefly as possible we propose reviewing this of fer and the history of [the bonds which it proposes to revive. Th« first proposition is that the" State shall pay to the bona fide holders of the semi-annual gold bonds issued under the act. of October 17, 1870, the amount with interest which they have paid for or ad vanced upon them. The committee which devoted months to the investigation of tho bond question reported tlmt the same principles w hich applied to the endorsed bonds of the Brunswick and Albany Rail road and required them to be ignored, ap plied with still greater force to these gold bonds. The bonds wore issued for the pinmosc of taking tip the second mortgage bonds of the railroad, and flic only secu rity given the State was these second mort gage bonds The Constitution declares that the credit of the State shall not be granted or loaned any company unless its whole property is bound for the security of the State “prior to any other debt or lien,” except to laborers; yet this act gave the State only a second mortgage on the property of the road. Neither was there any investment by private parties as re quired by the Constitution, and a double debt was based on the same inadequate security. The committee found that the act of October 17, 1870, was unconstitu tional, null and void, and declared that the bonds could not he recognized as binding upon the State without a palpa ble violation of its fundamental law.—- There was also evidence that bribery was used to secure the passage of the act. Now as to Boorman, Johnston & Cos., and the Fulton Bank of Brooklyn and their claim of $119,000, the facts arc these: Under the act of August 27th, 1870, two millions of currency bonds were put upon the market—as a temporary expedient un til the quarterly gold bonds could be is sued. That was the law, which every per son could read and understand. These bonds were hypothecated by Bullock, for money borrowed, witli Henry Clews, Rus sell Sage and the Fourth National Bank of New York. In March, 1871, Bullock issued an order appointing Kimball the agent of the State for the purpose of vis iting New work, replacing the currency with the gold bonds, and returning the former to the Treasury to be cancelled.— Ho carried his credentials with him, plain ly stating his authority and his duties— and informing the world that the currency bonds had been retired by the issuance of the gold quarterlies. The Fourth Nation al Bank surrendered their currencies, hut Kimball, instead of returning them to the Treasurer for cancellation, hypothecated them with Boorman, Johnston & Cos. and the Fulton Bank, and received $119,000 on his private account, not one dollar of whieh enured to the benefit of the State. The law was plain and public, Kimball’s credentials were explicit and unambigu ous ; yet the lenders now ask the State to repay them the money which she never re ceived and which was loaned upon a col lateral which the act ot the General As sembly made worthless. These bondholders next ask the Legis lature to declare valid the outstanding gold quarterly bonds when Mr. Clews set tles or agrees to settle with the State. — The only gold quarterlies which the State refused to recognize were about SIOO,OOO held by Clews. The basis of the action of the Legislature was Clews’ refusal to sur render the bonds, holding them, he said, as collateral security for money due him by the State. Tho evidence shows that Clews misappropriated, in the language of the committee, over $600,000 ot tho bonds of the State. If Clews will settle fairly we have no doubt that the Legislature will rescind its action in this case. The fourth proposition is that the val idity of the State endorsed bonds of the Brunswick and Albany Railway shall be recognized upon the completion of the road to the Alabama line. The commit tee, after a most thorough and exhaustive examination of the facts and the law of the case, found that the endorsement wus illegal and unconstitutional. There was no investment by private parties to give the Stato tho securities requited by the Constitution, and in every ease the bonds were issued nnd endorsed before the com pletion of the section of the road, upon the completion of which, only, such guar anty could bo given under the law. A connected scries of frauds upon the State, was shown throughout* the whole man agement ot the road. Os the $3,300,000 of bonds issued, SBOO,OOO were without any authority of law whatever, while the whole amount was issued when the road was only imperfectly completed for a dis tance of 145 miles. The committee found and based their finding upon the highest legal authority, that the bonds were not binding upon the State either when iu the hands of original holders or when in the hands of third parties, and their decision was affirmed by an overwhelming vote ol both branches of the General Assembly. Lastly, ns to the endorsed bondß of the Cherokee Railway. This was first incor porated as the Cartcrsville and Van Wert Railway, and under the net of 1800 Bul lock endorsed its bonds to the amount of $275,000, illegally and unconstitutionally, before a single dollar was paid in by pri- Kgtc parties, nnd when only three miles of the road were imperfectly and incomplete ly laid. In 1870 the name was changed to tho “Cherokee Railway,” and Bullock, nt the request of Kimball, President of tho Company, endorsed $300,000 of the bonds of tho new company for tho pur pose of taking up the former issue. The old bonds were never taken up, but re mained in the hands of Henry Clews. Thus tho State endorsed nearly SOOO,OOO of bonds without any investment of pri vate capital, aud before the completion of a single section of track. What will be the action of the Legisla ture upon these propositions it is difficult to predict. The usual arguments will be urged to influence favorable action—the fairness of the offers, the ruinous effects which previous legislation has had upon the finances al thq jPt **‘f -*W|h charges which have been so often rung before will be rung upon the doctrine of innocent purchases for value. It is to DC hoped, however, that there will be no hurried legislation—that what was done carefully and deliberately by their prede cessors, with the results of months of pa tient research, aud inquiry before them, will not be rashly and hastily undone by the present General Assembly. Let the members not be frightened by tho cries of interested parties about the “ruined cred it” of the State. Let them remember that the bond committee pronounced the credit of the State better than it had been since the war, though according to Clews and his associates, who had repeated the assertion from November until August our credit had been ruined for eight cal ender months. That it has been injured wo deny. Every legal obligation of the State has been recognized and met—only contracts have been ignored. The people did not ask protection from their creditors, but from the highwaymen of Wall street, who, led by the financial Dick Turpin, Henry Clews, and assisted by Bullock and Kimball, made the State stand and deliver. Tho first two proposals strike us ns manifestly unjust—the one requiring the State to assume a liability which she never contracted, nnd the second forcing her to repay money which she neither borrowed nor received. It remains to be seen whether the last two can be accepted and carried out legally nnd in such a man ner as to give the State ample and com plete protection. With regard to such action strengthening the State credit, we do not think it all probable. If that credit has been destroyed, which we de ny, it cannot be repaid until after many years have passed away. Confidence in the integrity of a State or an individual when once lost is not easily restored, as every one knows—certainly never by a compromise. Where it has not been in jured by any act of repudiation no meas urc of reparation is necessary, and the world will soon find out, if it docs not al ready recognize the fao‘, that the action which Georgia has taken carries with it neither stigma nor disgrace, and is war ranted by every principle of law and mor ality. Furthcs: The best method of pro tecting and elevating tho credit of the State is for the State to recognize and pay all its legal obligations with abate ment or compromise; but never to recog nize any principle which will permit that which is acknowledged to be false, fraud ulent nnd void, and so demonstrated, to become a charge upon the assets of the State by legislative manipulation. Wc are utterly opposed to any and all legisla tion which, in any manner or form, wi.l recognize obligations pronounced, after complete investigation, false, fraudulent and void, as valid for any purpose. If these parties have any valid claim, legal or equitable, against the State, let them present it. and if just, let it be paid in full; but let there be no recognition of fraud. VOL. VII--NO. 40 ATLANTA CONSTITUTION FOR 1873. A Democratic Ncwspupcr Daily & Weekly The Favorite of all Claeses, Lawyers, Mer chants, Farmers, Etc. TWELVE REASONS FOR SUBSCRIBING. 1. The Constitution is published at the Capitol of the State, and contains Pro ceedings of the Legislature in full, togeth er with constant and accurate information of the actings of all the Departments of the State Government. 2. It has the sole and exclusive right of publishing the Decisions of the Supreme Court from the Reporter of the Court, These Decisions are delivered on Monday of every week and arc immediately pub lished in The Constitution. Hence every lawyer in Georgia should take the paper and the great proportion are subscribers. 3. The Constitution is the official Jour nal of the State, of the city of Atlanta and a largo number of counties. 4. The Constitution publishes a weekly Cotton Editorial, embracing remarks on the Gold Premium and all matters affect ing the cotton trade, with statistics diffi cult to be obtained elsewhere. Producers and dealers in cotton, not alone in Geor gia, but all over the country, procure the Constitution for these a' tides. 5. The Constitution furnishes Telegraph ic Dispatches and news from all quarters of the globe, including markets, domestic and foreign. Hence the paper is popular with merchants everywhere. 0. Besides our Daily Associated Press Dispatches, The Constitution has spe cials from Washington, the National- Capital. 7. Its Correspondent Department is un surpassed in the South, having special correspondents at Washington, New York and in various parts of the country. 8. The Constitution publishes a month ly Fashion Letter from New York, writ ten by the most celebrated female Fashion writer in the United States. The ladies, therefore, all want the Constitution. 9. Anew feature for this year will bo Weekly European Corresponder.cc, by which the readers of The Constitution will bo taken on a tour through Europe. 10 The ablest writers and statesmen of Georgia select the Constitution to givo their views to the public, and so do the people, and hence it is the admitted lead ing Democratic Journal of the State. 11. The two great specialties, our Su preme CourC Decisions for the lawyers, and our Cotton articles for the merchants and (urmers, mate The Constitution nnri- Sfelhtd in this paiWttig EW*#*-’-**'*-. 12. Fhr the reasons given above, The Constitution is the paper for all classes, lawyers, merchants, farmers, mechanics, and others, circulates in every county of Georgia, has the largest State circulation and is, therefore, the favorite medium for Advertisers. Every Georgian should, nfter taking his own local paper, subscribe for the Consti tution, published at the Capitol of his State; and we would here return thanks to the people for a patronage that Ims culminated in the grandest newspaper success known in the Southern States. The Constitution not yet five years old, has nttnined a circulation, never reached by a Daily paper in Georgia, and has erected a magnificent five-story building of its own, as complete os any in the United Stntes, giving employment to sev enty or eighty persons daily, and running a half dozen presses by stenm. 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Hemphill, & Cos., Atlanta, Gs. ■ the discussion on the Indi an appropriation bill the other day, Sena tor Thurman remarked: “There are four millions of black peopln in the South who have no property; must the United States take care of them toe f Whereupon the indignant Howe, who m arguing in favor of the appropriation, re plied with great spirit: “No, Mr. President, the United States lmvc not to take care of tha black man in the SouHi ; the black men are taking care ot the United States.” These “black men” have taken such good care of the affairs in Louisiana that it is no marvel that tbs eloquent Howe should have anticipates! the enlargement of their dominion with proud and elevated feelings.— [Courier Journal.
