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Pub-1 citement; BuUock desired to have the Legisla- lio opinion and sentiment, moulded by our j ture purged in the outset, and insure the elec- teachers and the press, has tolerated no middle ground. Many, no donbt, whose judgment fal tered, were guided by the love of affiliation with An the Ana and bonorablo, and by fear of the to fire the Northern heart, and to successfully Prom the uttermost realms of light. Made a P* 080 to tbeir 81111161111 of e0D o> B And folded their pinions from flight; fliey knew that the name of the flower ffts called in the Holy One’s story— Ahdo sacred it was from that hour, The greatest were shamed by its glory.) Ihen to Him who had named they bore it, And planted it close to his feet, Prom its friends of the wale they tore it. To blossom to Eden so sweet. Tears of Joy and Grief. The human heart is passing Btrango, It ever finds in tears reUef, So matter if it swell with joy, Or, overburdened, burst with grief. The tears that flow from Joy's deep eprings Are limpid, sweet, refreshing, cool; Soft as the down on angels' wings; Liko waters of Siloam’s pool, They heal and vivify the soul. Cool as the dews the skies distill, They bathe tho cheek down which they roll, And sparkle like a mountain rill. Bat as tho lava’s fiery flood Pours hissing down Vesuvius’ side, And fiercely sears and bnms where’er The serpent of the flame doth glide; Thus, hot and scalding to tho cheek, Are tears from Sorrow’s briny well; And many times have blisters marked The spot where tears of sorrow fell. C. P. Jlacon, December 2~lh. For the 'telegraph and Messenger.'] Soles on tlie Situation—No. 2. NOT BX B. H. DILL. Tour humble correspondent claims no exemp tion from such censure as may be due to the errors of popular judgment, which led ns to tho situation of which we nre to write. If, indeed, in unofficial citizen can be said to bo in any way responsible for it, by having advocated and voted for secession, supported the Confederacy to its final overthrow, gloried in the justice of «oi cause, cherished down to this hour, a rev erence bordering on idolatry for the genius of ocr leaders and heroism of our soldiers, and by baring opposed reconstruction as amended by Congress on tho terms of negro political equal ly- . . .. In order to comprehend the situation and foresee the destiny to which wo appear to be tending, we must look to the causes that have produced it. That taking counsel with out fears, we at first stooped too low in making obeisance to our conquerors, and that at a later period, taking counsel of cur passions and stimulated by undue confidence and misguided hopes of immunity from danger, we assumed too much of independence and defiance for the promotion of onr true welfare and safety, all candid and unimpassioned students of the last five years of our history must concede. A part of the error is onr own and not an inconsiderable part is justly chargeable to onr Northern friends bnt in both the error, in the main, is of the bead and not of tho heart. I feel warranted by abundant evidence in concluding that no concession we could volun tarily have made, or which might have been ex torted from ns, would heretofore have fully and finally restored us to the Union as political equals with the Northern people—with the Na tional Republican party in power—and that viola that party shall continue in power, noth ing can unchain ns from their oppression, will not stop to argne to your readers a proposi tion they, with gTeat unanimity, already believe tobetrue. Then, whatever we have done, and whatever our Northern friends have done, tending to per petuate Republican rule, has, with whatever odium of dissenting, have opposed reconstruc tion and all tho plans of the government. All who attempted to take middle ground have been forced to side squarely with ono or the other party. To go with tho Radicals, who had con quered and were insulting us, was to invite al most universal odium and intolerance. In many places it was extended to social ostracism. I am not now condemning or justifying this policy as applied to tho men and their motives, who did thus throw themselves into the arms of our enemies. Tho effect was to confirm Northern opinion that we were still rebellious against tho Government—and by affiliation with the North ern Democracy, to insuro tho defeat of onr friends—the only sourco through which we could hope for deliverance. Our intolerance of reconstruction and of all its advocates—our re fusal, under the advice of our leaders, to take part in it, or to seek, as many of us desired, through white truly Southern delegates in con vention, to modify the State governments so as to mako them less intolerable—has thrown these governments into the hands of our worst men, and armed them with the power they now have— in a word, brought on tho situation of which wc shall attempt to write. The following appeared among the press tele grams yesterday: Georgia is in a state of duress and must yield to the demands of tho Radical party, or bo sacrificed. I believe a prompt Convention of the people will avert tho calamity. Of this I am assured by influential Republicans. J. P. H. Various ideas occur to us in explanation of theso telegrams. Ono is that the Radicals in Congress, since the Georgia bill has passed, may be afflicted with some doubts whether any good is like to como of it to themselves either*in or out of Georgia, and are willing to take shelter under a specious and delusive and impractica ble proposition for compromiso. Another is that, in the Georgia bill, the atro cious policy of amending the Constitution of the United States by coercion, bribery and in timidation, is disclosed in perhaps a more unde niable and offensive form than in any other of the acts of Congress. It is plain enough in the amended reconstruction acts; but in this case we may say a State is firet kicked out of the Unjlon in order to compel her to vote for the Fi/teenth Amendment, as a condition of re-ad- m/ssion. The press telegram represents Sena tor Morton as saying: ‘“The wholo of this (Georgia) legislation is to secure the adoption of the Fifteenth Amendment,” which is a direct yprbal admission of the fraud upon tho State and nation. Tho same admission in substance was repeat edly made in the Senate during the discussion of tho bill, until Senator Carpenter remonstrated against it as likely to bo dangerous to tho valid ity of tho bill. motive done, tended to prolong onr politioal degradation, and continue the obstructions and difficulties that Re in onr way of progress in national development and restoration to peace at home, and with the general Government. Tie Northern people were so nearly a unit against ns during the war, and we so thoroughly sailed in our struggle for politicalindependence, that I feel warranted in treating of tho two peo ples as united against each other, and actuated by opposite and hostile opinions and views. Their defeat would have been onr triumph— their shame, our glory—and vice versa. Their pnblie men developed abilities and acquired reputation and power, by what they did in sub doing ns, and the samo natural causes would have placed and kept our great captains and leaders in counsel, at onr head controlling gov ernment, moulding poUcy and opinion, if wo had been successful. The RepubUcan party by accession to power and in pursuance of its policy brought on tho war^-whipped into submission temporarily all parties at home, and hurled them willingly or unwillingly against ns. In doing so they open ed many domestic wounds, and sowed tho seeds of their own destruction—and they soon sprang np and began to crop out. If the Na tional Democratic party had organized at home usd fought with the weapons exclusively their ovn, Radicalism would ere this have been a by- vord of national reproach — and the party doomed to hopeless defeat. Bnt they sought with ns and we with them a National political alliance. Tho masses of the North thought they were not only to overthrow radicalism, but to con demn the policy andthe party thnthnd triumphed and saved their government, by an open alli ance with ns, if not tho restoration of onr leaders in rebellion as they call it, to position and power in tho government,to the suppression and condemnation of their own—Northerasonti- B rat admitted of no middle ground for their public men. It assigned men to a place with rebellion and its leaders—or the Union and the filoty claimed for tho leaders and people who nad preserved it at so much cost of treasure and Llood. It was too great a weight for tho noble democracy to carry even in the face of RepubR- ean blunders and crimes. Tho people preferred to prolong their power rather than write their condemnation and a seeming endorsement of ns to the edicts of the National ballot. ..In 1SC6, the Democratic members in Congress tovited us to a convention at Philadelphia, Ponding a State election. These views were by •be_ writer forcibly urged there in a communi cation to the Daily Telegraph, which was re fined publication by its then gifted editor. The troth of it was verified a few years after, when Forney replied through bis paper to the speech of General Dick Taylor, at Philadelphia, that d was not the “first time the rebels had invaded Pennsylvania.” - ' ■■■■(’ The nomination of General Grant dragged heavily in tho North. Democratic confidence almost ran riot all over the land. It is true •bat the consequent struggle among our leaders, to>d the final injudicious combination of candi- “ ales i damaged us much; but tho ticket was defeated by the first night’s proceedings after •he. nomination was made. The flag, ai soon 84 it was unfurled, was rapturously seized by J?* n i of all tlie most beloved by us, I rut of all •he most bated by the people of the North, and ;'>e shadows of defeat began to-thicken upon 1 3 brilliant folds immediately, and the clouds o disperse that had brought dismay to the •Republican camp. tion of Brown and Blodgett tothe U. S. Senate; by expelling tho negroes now you will furnish him with the means to keep np the excitement, invoke the aid of Congress to do what he has not himself been able to accomplish. Not only this, but when this reconstruction business, bad as it is, shall be undone, fresh vials of wrath will be poured out upon us; bloodshed may be provoked—it may ba desired—and thus the passions of the war, fostered and kept alive by artful devices, will bo carried over to the next Presidential election, with such results as we already experience.” If the men hero named, or either of them, had thus addressed the Dem ocratic members of tho Legislature, inexperi enced, vain and ignorant as most of them are, who believes we would now be deploring their amazing folly? Wo lack many things in the South. We want capital, and railways, and manufacturing estab lishments, and schools, and good crops, and re- a pure judiciary, honest and faithful officers, and a correct pubho sentiment, we shall not feel much concerned about federal offices. It is to secure these results to the people that wo advise our friends to take this last monster by the horns and throttle the thing in its very in cubation. State of&’artics in tlie Georgia Legis lature. We copy the following from the Atlanta Con stitution, of Tuesday: We have been looking into the matter closely. With the broadest application of the Georgiabill in the Senate there wi\l remain thirteen Dem ocrats. If no Republicans are excluded, there will be twenty-five, of vhom five on no occasion ever.voted in favor of tny extreme measure of Radical policy,- and cai probably be relied up on to vote against Radicalizing the State. Others of them have never been considered by Bullock, Blodgett and Conley, sis reliable Rad icals. . _ . - Thus, the union of the moderate Republicans mnneretiva prices. But we need something with the Democrats against extreme measures, else still more, and that is a ore at leader—a no-1 1 ■_ r. «>o else still more, and that is a great leader a no- can ma ke a majority of Jjfi - who will probably litienl Moses, with the eonrnoe. the wmns. the ... •* * ' >■ 1 J litical Moses, with the courage, the genius, the patience and the self-denial to conduct ns by the shortest and safest route from Radical bond age to the land of peace and security. Hamp- At toait ei hty of lhese are eligi i )le Democrats, ton struck the key note soon after the war, but: Accoraing b to ? he report c f the radical members tho people still smarting under their wrongs, of tho c^utee $ tUe Ho nse, who reported were unable to follow him. If Mr. Calhoun , - -- — ’ 1 were aRve I firmly believe that each Southern State would now be represented in the national Congress, with such rights as could be saved from the late political wreck, and with our hon or still safe and in our own keeping. He would have seen the end from the beginning, and would have moved right on to it, and by yield ing to what his superior sagacity enabled him to foresee was inevitable, have saved to ns and our posterity many precious rights and privil eges that are now lost to ns forever. Georgian. Mr. Hill's New Issue of “Notes on the Situation.” Editors Telegraph and Messenger: I regret to see that Hon. B. H. Hill has commenced a new issue of his '‘Notes on tho Situation.” If the value of the “Notes” wore in proportion to their circulation, possibly some good might come of them; bnt unfortunately this is not the case. I know Mr. HU1 well, and am his personal and poRtical friend; and yet I protest against foRowing his lead any further. There are thousands of inteIRgent Democrats in Geor gia who feel as I do in this matter. There have been two political leaders in Geor gia since tho war—Mr. Hill and ex-Gov. Brown. Tho former actuated by patriotio motives, sought to lead tho Democratic party along a path of safety back to tho shelter of the Consti tution ; but unfortunately he was not equal to the task. The latter, prompted by the most unworthy considerations, yet sustained by re markable sagacity and uncommon ability, has succeeded in placing the Radical party in un disputed power in Georgia. Tho one has led a good cause unwisely; tho other has crowned a bad cause with victory. It is difficult to say which has done the more barm—tho one by his bad lead in a good cause, or the other by his good lead in a bad cause. Already we see certain newspapers following the lead of Mr. Hill, trying to cover up their own mistakes, and at tho same time to break the force of tho late outrageous legislation in Washington, by saying it is not a matter of much consequence, after all, since the Legisla ture hadalready determined to reseat tho expell ed negro members and ratify the 15th amend ment. What a confession! Bnt granting what they say to bo true, what explanation havo they to offer about the new oaths required of tho mem bers of the Legislature by the late Congressional iniquity? And what about the controlling ma jority in both houses of tho Legislature,' which this provoked purging of their membership wJli assuredly give our enemies ? And what about the Negro MiUtia which Congress is already preparing to give Governor Bullock. And what about tho now assured sale of the “Opera House,” and the squandering of tho revenues of the Stale Road, and of the taxes of an over- burthened people? And what about the coming demoralization of onr labor by colored militia companies marchiDg to and fro in tho State, leading to riot and bloodshed, and the other un numbered wrongs that will certainly flow from this new reconstruction ? Had the Legislature determined to inflict theso ills upon ns also? If not, was it wiso in ns to give Congress a pre text to forge those additional links to our already lengthened chain? If the negro members luid not been erpeV.cd, would any of these wrongs have been heaped upon Us? When wiR onr people learn wisdom ? The negro members had done all the -harm they con’d do, by assisting in the organization of the two houses, and in the confirmation of Judges and the election of Senators; and could wo not have waited a littlo while—at loaat until wo had got ont of tho woods, before wo commenced to shout ? If we had been patient, and, without approving any of tho wrongs put upon us, had made the most of our sad lot, and bided our time until we could have placed our feet upon a rock, our misfortunes, at tho worst, would havo been short-Rved; whereas it now looks as if wo should have to lio down under them for the next twenty or fifty years, and perhaps forever! Meanwhile Mr. Hill has been our leader. But has Mr. Stephens done his dnty ? Have General Toombs and Ex-Gov. H. V. Johnson done theirs? Have not most of onr editorial friends taken counsel of their just resentments, rather than of their calmer judgments? All they havo said may have been true, but was it best? Have tbeir counseLs been seasonable? and havo their utterances been “words fitly spoken ?” Mr. Tift, a man of sense and sa gacity, endeavored to point us to tho safe path qualify. In the House there are near ten vacancies, leaving one hundred and sixty-five to organize, “What Shall We Do?” Under this head the Chronicle and Sentinel, of Tuesday, considers the situation in a long editorial, from which we extract the following: Bat the people of Georgia are otherwise vital ly concerned with the immediate effects which the passage of the Georgiabill may accomphsb. Leaving out of question the great constitntional points involved, wo have a direct and personal intesest in the enforcement of the bill by the Legislature, soon to been assembled. If Bullock shall be able, through tho indifference or refnsal of the Democratic members to take their seats, to secure a majority in both branches of that body, it requires no prophetic ken to determine in advance the Rno of action which will be adopted. Probably among the first acts of that body wiR be the repeal of the present admirable jury law, and the enactment of one which will fill onr j ury boxes with negroes who are whoRy unfit from ignorance and past training to pass upon ques tions involving the life, Rberty and property of the citizen. The laws in relation to common carriers wiR be so amended as to require all distinctions in regard to passengers to be abolished. Laws will be enacted forcing upon us equaHty in our churches and places of public amuse ment. Tho recent elections for sheriffs, justices of tho peace and constables will be declared inop erative and void, and the State filled with the worst class of negroes in all these offices. The people will be taxed to an extraordinary and intolerable extent to estabHsh, foster and support mixed schools. , The municipal governments of our largo cities and towns will be destroyed and their manage ment and control turned over to officials appoint ed by the Governor or elected by the Legisla ture. Bullock and Blodgett will bo elected United States Senators, and the State Road will bo con veyed to a few Northern sharpers and native thieves. Bnt we forbear. The list of contemplated iniquities, Rke the spirits which appeared to tho extorted vision of Macbeth, might be stretched to the crack of doom, and then some infamous plot which no forethought could havo anticipa ted, will bo concocted and enacted to further our ruin and increase our burdens. And now wo approach tho question which beads this ar ticle, What shall we do in the premises ? We say, after mature reflection, the first thing to he accomplishedis to cultivate a spirit of kind ness and forbearance toward those in our own party who differ with us on the question of rati fication. While we have been and are still op posed to this thing—while we could not, if a member of the Legislature, under any circum stances vote for it, we are not in favor of making opposition to it a test of party fealty. We are perfectly willing to accord to those who differ with'us on this point the widest latitude and freest action. We shall accord to them pure motives in the position they may take, and shall not attempt to influence them in the opposite direction. The whole matter is fully before the people—the argument has 'been exhausted and the time for action has arrived. Thoso members of tho Republican party in the State who have, from the first, opposed tho upon the eligibility of the House members, only three were said to have been ineligible, McCul loch, Long and Nann, the rest, in tho language of Bryant and Neal, extreme Radicals, “having by their oaths rendered themselves clearly eH- gible.” Their eligibility is again to he tested by their oaths. Not more now than then will be ex cluded by the oath of the recent act of Congress. This will leave 102 in the House, of which 77 are Democrats, The vacancies made by tho ineligibility of Long and Nunn, it is said, will bo filled by two Democrats who received the next highest num ber of votes in the election of 1808. The vote for U. S. Senator in the House, July 29, 1868, is a fair test of Republican, as well as Radical strength. The Republican vote was 71. Of these, six have died or resigned, leaving 65. Only 54 voted for Blodgett, though the nominated candidate of tho party, with all Bnllock’s appointments for sale to buy his elec tion. Thus, with the negroes in, and the few- Democrats out, the House would be in the con trol of the Democrats and moderate Republi cans, who have never, under any sort of press ure or temptation, given their votes to Radical measures. At the organization of the House in 1868, a Democrat was elected Clerk by five majority over a leading RepnbRcan, Hardin received 38 votes. Since then, in fiUing vacancies, five Demo crats have been sworn in as members. By death and resignation, the Radical vote has been lessened, it is said, nine members. In every view there is much reason to hope the Legislature will not be under Bullock’s con trol ; and there is almost a certainty that his control will not enable him to succeed with the most important, to him, Radical measures. We shaU say more of this again. FROM WASHINGTON. Death of Stanton—Exit or the C. B.’s—Presl- dent and the Georgia Bill. Special Correspondence Telegraph and Messengce. Christmas Day, ISG9. People are making merry here to-day, in tho usual way. The shops are closed, the Depart ments are closed, and there is no news to be had for love nor money. Yesterday tho city was startled by tho an nouncement of the death of Edwin M. Stanton. The general tenor of remarks on his decease was rather congratulatory. A private dispatch was received here from ex-Fresident Johnson, last evening, in which he spoke of tho death of Stanton as “a great event,” and expressed sym pathy for the family of the deceased. Carpet-bagger Bullock, had not left the city last evening. He was seen on Pennsylvania Avenue, in the afternoon, gracefully dinging to the arm of the correspondent of Forney’s Press. He is the last carpet-bagger left rnnning alone; all his thieving companions are happily gone. It will be a reRef for the Radical newspapers here, when Bullock goes too. It requires the entire attention of one reporter from each jour nal to chronide his carpet-bag dinners at negro restaurants, and other festive and “trooly loil” blow-outs. The President has expressed his satisfaction with the Georgia bill; bnt cui bona/ Dalton. Georgia Never Tire. Under tie above head tho Charleston Nows expresses some ideas, so concurrent with onr own in the editorial of to-day, that w® may be charged with plagiarism, although the News containing the article came by mail some hours after our editorial was written: Tho Washington Chronide of yesterday says that the order promulgated on Friday, assigning General Terry to duty as Military commander of Georgia, remands that State to tho condition occupied under tho old Reconstruction acts, and is signed under aathority derived from them. The administration, according to the Chronicle, construes the recent acts of Congress on the subject to be “a virtual repeal of all laws passed sinco the first organization of tho State govern ment after tho war.” It is nothing new for Congress to claim abso lute power to chtnge, by a simple enactment, an independent State into a military province, or a military province into a radically indepen dent Stqjo ; but In tho case of reconstructed Georgia, the dominant party havo not even tho poor excuse which justified their conduct to ward the whole of the Southern States, at tho time of passing the Reconstruction measures.— Georgia, as the Nation distinctly states, “has been already ‘‘admitted to the Union, under a solemn act of Congress, or, in other words, un der a pledge of the nation, after having formally fulfilled all the conditions exacted of her by the original Reconstructions acts.” And now the supporters of tae Georgia bill claim that the Slato is not in the Union, because her senators have not been admitted to their places in tho Senate; something, as tho Nation says, that “might happento Now York to-morrow.” Be cause tho senators have not taken their seats, Congress overtims tho Stato Government, “puts the people undor martial law, and im poses fresh terms of reconstruction.” What Democratic Members of the i A Typhoon at Sea. Legislatore fan Take the New ! It is not often one reads K more forcible de- Oath 7 soription of a storm at sea than is to be found onr lsslie °f yesterday we suggested that, 1 in tho foRowing dispatch from Admiral Rowan, m our opinion, it would be proper for those ; of (& v s shi Idaio on her ^ from Yo ka- membere of the Legislators who cannot take the i, T 0 new test oath, or whose “disabilities” have not! homa ’ Japan, to Hong Kong, 26th of last Sep- been removed by Congress, to resign. Now, let 1 tember: us see who can take the new oath. The follow ing is lhe old test oath contained in the Recon struction Acts: OLD TEST OATH. . L liave not been disfranchised for par ticipation in any rebellion or civil war against the United States, nor for felony com- During the afternoon of the 20th inst. the sky was clear and bright, and we carried studding sails until evening. Throughout the midwatch of the 21st inst the wind continued the same, the ship making ten knots per hour. At day- Rght a Rght drizzling rain set in. Daring the morning watch the sea became moderately rnnoh. nntl iTnrincr iViA oVin onm. “ eVer ^'ometer stood 29:70. At 1 i>. u. topsails were nor J 1 . 6 ^ I. reefed, and the wind freshened so rapidly that before the hands were piped down, the mainsail any executive or judicial office in any State and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the United States, or giv en aid or comfort to the enemies thereof; that I have never taken an oath, as a member of and mizzentopsail were furled. ' At 3 p. m. the foresail was furled, as there were signs of weakness along tho head. During this watch a new foresail was bent, the fore- CongreM of the United States, or as a member , storm-staysail and trysail- were set, and 4 p. m. ot any State Legislature, or as an executive or | the ship wrb lying to on a port taok under a judicial officer of any Stale, to support the Con stitution of the United States, and afterwards engaged in insurrection or rebelRon against the United States, or given aid or comfort to the*‘Tho sea was quite rough, but eLo rode very Tlie Georgia Bill—Wliat Does it Meau ? The essence of the bill consists in its assump tion that the Legislature has never been legally organized. According to the theories of the party which has controlled the Government of the United States since the war, the civil ma chinery existing in what are called the “rebel States,” is only provisional until legal and State Governments are recognized by Congress in the admission of the State to representation. The very foundation of a legal civil State Government, is the Legislature. Until that is organized, there is no Governor, no Judges, no Stato Honse Officers, no organization at aH.— Such officers, it is true, exist as they have ex isted ever since Governor Jenkins was inaugu rated in 1865, bnt they are mere temporary, provisional officers. Their acts are lawful— they sit in Ctesar’s place, and so long as they sit there they perform Ctesar’s acts. But they are merely temporary holders of tho seals of offico until tho permanent organization is af fected. When that occurs—when the Legisla ture is legally organized as the permanent or ganization—this whole temporary, provisional, preparatory machinery goes by the board, and gives place to the permanent Government pro vided for by the Constitution. Then Gov. Bul lock ceases to be Provisional Governor, and en ters upon the 'duties of the office to which he was elected under the reconstruction acts. So, too, of all other officers elected under the ordi nance of the Convention. They have possession of their offices as provisional encumbents; they will bo commissioned as permanent officers when the provisions of the Reconstruction Acts have been complied with, and this compRance approved by Congress. Thus the Governor, Legislature, and other officers who were elected under the Reconstruc tion laws as permanent officers, to be inducted into their positions when the Legislature should be legaUy organized, will, when that event takes place, each enter upon the respective duties of his position ss a permanent State officer. All oth er officers—Judges, Stato House officers, Sena tors, Magistrates, Notaries, etc.—dependent as they are upon tho legal organization of the Leg-* islaturo, holding their positions as they nowdo as provisional, temporary, preparatory fnnctlona- aries, will bo replaced by officers elected under tho permanent Government. We take it for granted that, in the main, these officers will simply be re-appointed and recommissioned. We merely state the theory of the party in power; not how that theory will bo worked out. The appointment of General Terry to dnty under the Reconstruction laws is tho first step in carrying this theory into effect. Georgia is now under these laws—in military hands—with a provisional Government, and so wiU continue until the permanent government is organized and reconstruction completed. [Atlanta Intelligencer. ....tt - „„„„ t Certain it is tlat tho Rpdicala wiH mtifeo'no extreme and violent measures of Bnliock and ^ lrl 8 out of Georgia by tbeir latest outrage. Blodgett, and who are' now, wo think, opposedThey with {ho. assistance of Federal hayo- to this last crowning oulraga-snch men as i nets . down tho people for a tune, but as - A •_ - ■ ■ - . . 1 OAAD no 4 A A t r A A ft O OYfl XT* it Mtirn TUB I ▼ fl A T* m O U/l I I Akerman, Josh Hill, Fannin, Angier, Farrow, the McWhorters, Holden, Jordan, and the liko, who are fully identified with tho best interests of the State, and who must view with alarm the soon as the troops are withdrawn, Georgia will be just as much t white man’s country as it is this day. The whito people of Georgia cannot be overcome by a legion of BnUocks and Browns, efforts which BuUock, Blodgett & Co. are mak- “4£ tb6 y we J° ? minority instead of a major ing to destroy our social organism, and inaugn-; **7’ *^fy daih enough and pluck enough to rate hell in our midst; will, wo hope, co-oporato 8™ them the control of tho State and nerve with aU true friends of virtue and of the State,; enough and brams enough to keep it. in proper efforts to defeat the schemes of Bui-! lock and of tho extremists. This is no longer a I The particulars of Sir. Stanton s death are as question of reconstruction policy. It is ono which follows: On Thursday he complained of his out of our troubles; and yet how fiercely tho press turned upon him! Somo of tho members of the State Democratic Executive Committee sought to avert the storm, but their labors were -unavailing. A timely word, however, from Mr. BuUock and Blodgett havo been active and instru- 1 sickness, but hB family were not alarmed as to mental in forcing upon us, that they might bo : a fatal resnlt, as he had apparently been in a benefitted at tho expense of tho poople. It is j worse condition previously. Shortly after mid- no longer a party question with Republicans. ! night his symptoms became alarming. Surgeon- Loading Northern and Western men of that' General Barnes was present on his accustomed party oppose thin iniquity as indignantly ns wo ' visit, but found it impossible to afford relief.— of tlia South. Bingham, of Ohio, if not the ’ Rev. Dr. Starkie, of tho Church of tho Epiphany, ablest, certainly ranking with tho ablest men in Protestant Episcopal, of which Mr. Stanton was tho House, openly and strongly opposed tho a member, was summoned, but shortly aftor- bilL Many Republicans opposed it whoso I ward tho sufferer lost consciousness and was names do not appear in thelistof nays recorded unable to converse with any ono. The pnlsa- on its final passage—some yielding a reluctant •' tion of his heart ceased for a few seconds and assent, and others avoiding a vote. The same thon returned, his breathing beingvary faint.— class of Republicans in this State—those who It was. not until half an hqur before his death have intelligence to perceive the wrong, and who that his family could realize that ho was dying. Jtavc a real personal interest in our welfare— ' About three o’clock ho expired. Surgeon-Gen- wid, we hope, co-operate with the true men in the oral Barnes says that he never saw a man die so Legislature and in the State to defeat this quietly in his life, breathing away without a crowning horror. (struggle. He died of congestion of the heart. Wo feel very confident that if a combination • At his bedside in these last moments .were his of the conservative dements in the Legislature ' family, consisting of Mrs. Stanton, his eldest can be made, that it will be tho death-kneff of ’son Edwin L. Stanton, Ella, his oldest daughter, BuUock and his party. But to accomplish any about twelve years of age, Lewis, his second good results in this direction wo cannot spare ; son, nine years of age, and Bessio, his youngest a single Democratic vote. If members, yielding j child, five years of age. to what we must consider counsels not well con-! . siderod, shall voluntarily absent themselves ! A carious method of celebrating tho acconoh- Stephens, or General Toombs, or Ex-Governor poRcy incur a vast reaponsibiRty—a responsi- Jphnson, or Mr. Hill, would havo saved us from j biRly which tho people who elected them will upon tfin assembling of tho Legislature, all will ment of tno Princess Margaret, was adopted in be lost. Such a course is what BuUock most de-' Naples. Everything pawned fora less sum sires. It wiU enable him to take perfect and . than'five francs was redeemed and presented to absolnto control of both houses and dictate just — 1 1 such measures as he may desire enacted. Such a course yields in advance the whole position to the enomy. It will require years of suffering, of insult, of outrage, and perhaps of violence and blood, to regain our lost ground. Those mem bers of the Legislature who adopt tho stay-away the negro-expulsion blunder and its prolific brood of wrongs and blunders. If cither ono of thoso gentlomea had repaired to Atlanta, and pointed ont to tho inexperienced young men surely call them to account for. They havo the means within their grasp of defeating BuUock. Theso they must U3e to the best of their abiUty. We regard the situation a3 one of so much who were ambitious to be regardedas leaders moment as to require the earnest and continued in their respective houses, tho foUy of their! efforts-of hot only the members of the Legisln- proposeu eocreo, the latter would havo retraced: turo, but of aU, truo men in tho State. Not thc-ir steps at once. If they had said to tho I that wo believe that any action short of an un- Demozraiio members: - “ Refrain from doing, conditional negro-radical organization of the this thin" • the negro members havo done aU j State will secure our admission to representa- ihe harm they can do, and you wiR only bo tlori. This wo have como to regard as of minor playing into BuUock’s hands by expelling them : importance. So long as we can control the leg- now- he and his party do not want you to pass islation of the State, so long ns we can mould the Fifteenth Amendment, and many of tho and adopt .our laws in accordance with the - m- Radical members wiU even vote with you to un- terestp of the people, so long as we can maintain tho original owners. The present lawRmitsthe number of mem bers of the House of Representative to two hun dred and thirty-three.- Tho Yinton lew, as it was caUedfrom tho author, Samuel F. Vinton, of Ohio, was intended to fix this as the perma nent number. An extension of the number, by adding two fifths of the blacks to the represen tative number, was not then contemplated.— Now it is proposed to fix the number definitely and permanently at three hundred. Nearly every member of tho Passaic Council was under arrest on Tuesday, in consequence of a complaint made by a colored woman of that village, named Susan Wilson, charging them with malicious mischief in removing her houso while opening a now street. A child was bom a few weeks ago in Hobo ken, whose father is its step-father. Tho wan Augusta and Knoxville Road. Speaking of this enterprise, the Washington, Wilkes county, Gazette, says: The proposed railroad, when completed, is likely to become one of the most important lines of communication between the Atlantic coast and the far West, Tho plan of tho projectors, as at present developed, is to carry the work through Rabun Gap into Tennessee, and then connect with the Blue Ridge Railroad, leading to Knox- viUe, and through that, with Cincinnati and tho great West. This route wiU be shorter by one hundred miles and more, than any now open between the far West end the Atlantio coast— with which latter, it will connect by means of tho Augusta and Port Royal Road. This harbor is tho best on the Southern coast—not even ex cepting Brunswick. The largest sea going ves sels can come into Port Royal, and anchor at tho piers, without any other pilots than theso they carry at sea, and with the comple tion of tho proposed railroads, a line of stoam- ors will run direct to all the principal European and Mediterranean ports. This route wiU also shorten communication between the West and South America and the Gulf Islam!.-;, by several hundred miles—Savan nah, Port Royal and Charleston being far more convenient points of intercourse with them, than Baltimore and New York. It only remains to bo said that tho Northern Company who havo taken hold of this work, is composed of men of extensive means and large experience in railroading and financiering, while tho name of a distinguished Georgian, Hon. H. R. Casey, of Columbia, as President of the pro jected Augusta, Hartwell and Rabun Gap Road, is sufficient voucher for the integrity and hon est intentions of the Company. A memorial asking Congress to do something for General Anderson, of Fort Snmter fame, signed by General Dix, ex-Senator Morgan and tlireo hundred New Yorkers, has been forwarded to Washington. Mb. Dickess’ new story, of which the first part wiU be published in March next, will, it ap pears, ba completed in twelve monthly parts, instead of in twenty, hitherto the invariable limit of his stories published in this way. Art imperial decree making new postal regu lations with the United States is published in Paris. Letters of ten grammes, sent direct, are charged sixty centimes; via England 70; Insufficient prepayment renders postage null. The Austrian Bishops at Rome attended a re ception in their honor by the Empress on Wednesday. The French Ambassador gave a dinner and reception on Wednesday night, at which eighty church dignitaries were present. Deep-sea dredging has revealed the fact that an extraordinary abnndance of animal life ex ists in the ocean’s lower depths. Animals of high organization and with perfect eyes have beon brought up by Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys, whose interesting report has just been made before tho English Royal Society. The latest propcAl to overcome the difficul ties of crossing the Straits of Dover, between England and France, is to bniid large ferry boats, capable of carrying the trains over and somewhat similar to the boats that formerly transported the Baltimore trains across tho Sus- ' nehannah River; Charles Kobilsky, a Pole,' who is master of five languages, has been appointed to a lingual professorship in a New York College. Being had married a widow in Hoboken, and the sud den appearance of his first wife drove him to a I without funds, he was shoveling coalTin Jersey hasty retreat, leaving the widow and daughter ; City, as a laborer, when attention was directed without provision for their support - * , to him. and his attainments ascertained. fore-storm-staysail, fore-trysail and close-reefed maintopsail, heading S. W. by S., with a mod erate gale frdta South-east, and a drizzling rain. enemies thereof; that I will faithfully support the Constitution and obey the laws of the United States, and will, to the best of my ability, en tourage others so to do; so help me God.” No donbt all of the present Democratic mem bers took this oath, which was necessary, when they became registered voters. Under the rul ing of Attorney General Stanbnry, which ruling was endorsed by President Johnson’s Cabinet, and afterwards, by implication, sanctioned by CongresB, by its omitting to change the afore said ruling while changing tho law, or to alter opinions advanced by an Attorney General at the same time, there W6re two classes of per sons who held office before tho war, who were permitted to become members of the Legisla ture. The first was that class who held offico, but who had not taken any oath to support the Constitution oj the United States It was held, that, although these persons must have held office before the war and afterwards engaged in the “rebellion,” yet they were not exoluded from voting or holding office under the State Constitution, because they had not, previous to the war, taken an oath to support the Consti tution of the United States. There was another class of persons holding office before the war, who were also deemed eUgible to hold office. It was that class who, though having taken an oath! to support the Constitution of the United States, yet did not engage in the war or “rebelUon”—that is, those who did not go into tho field, who did not buy Confederate bonds of the Government, or con tribute money to volunteer companies to carry on the war, who did not furnish arms or horses to persons, Ac., and who had not taken office under the Confederate Government Those persons who merely held the ordinary State offices during the war for the administration of justice, offices usual in time of peace, were not deemed and held (nor are they now so deemed and held by any general law) as having engaged in the **rebeUion. ’ ’ Consequently we learn that there are three or four of the Democratic mem bers of the latter class and several of the former*, class in the present Legislature, who, for his own purposes, BuUock has got Congress to pass this special act to oust from the Legislature. As before stated, we learn that those in his confidence claim that he can, under the law just passed, rule out thirty Democratic members. We very much doubt this statement—we donbt if there are half that number of these two classes in the Legislature; but be there few or many, Congress has compUed with BuUock’s demand, and aims to rule ont aU who ever held any State or Federal'offioe before the war, by in corporating in its late act the foUowing oath, viz: . „ , . NEW TEST OATH. easily. The barometer stood 29.50 but was fak ing rapidly, and the galo increasing, holding steadily to its direction, south-east, until 84 p. m. During the afternoon, and after 5 p. m., "the gale increased to a hurricane. At r>4 the main yard broke in the slings with a thundering crash, the starboard arm banging furiously to the lee ward against the sail and rigging, breaking in two, one piece fouling in the back stAys and rig ging, the other hanging by the sail brace. The port arm flew back, pressing against tho weath er rigging, which was reReved of strain by tak ing the jumper well forward and setting it up. Simultaneously with this disaster the maintop- saU spRt with a succession of deafening cracks, sounding liko a voUoy of musketry, and the lee half instantly disappeared. The lee brace was immediately let go, the topsail yard flew back, and the main trysail was set as quickly as possible. This sail did good service for nearly an hour, when it blew to rib bons. The noise, fury, and impetnosity of the hurricane at this time were indescribable. The prisoners were released at 6 r. m. , and worked manfully. Too much praise cannot be given to the crew, some of whom toiled like giants. Boatswain Leeds, a passenger, was invaluable in cheering and leading on the men. He was at aU times “the right man in the right place.” Thomas "Walker, a coxswain, also deserves special mention. He was the principal actor in securing the lee main yard-arm, and, by a reck less exposure of Rfe, saved the rail from being crashed. The ship lay to aHnost motionless, keeling over considerably, the helm being hard up.— The gusts of wind were now sudden and aU- powerful; its fiendish howls were deafening, and the air waaRterary composed of spray. The sea was pressed down smooth, the tops of the waves were cut off clean by the wind, and car ried by the tempest in fine spray, which blinded . ns and stung onr faces painfuRy. At times the mainmast was invisible from the quarter deck. I do solemny swear (or affirm, as the case may be,) that I have never held the office or ex ercised the duties of Senator or Representative in Congress, nor been a member of the Legisla ture of any State of the United States, nor held any civil office created by law for the adminis tration of any general law of a State, or for the administration of justice in any State, or tinder tho laws of the United States, nor held any of fice in tho mUitary or naval service of the United States, and thereafter engaged in insurrection or rebelRon against tho United States, or gave- aid or comfort to its enemies, or rendered, ex cept in conseqnence of direct physical force, any support or aid to any insurrection or rebel Ron against the United States, nor held any of fice under, or given any support to any gov ernment acting in hostiUty to the United States, or levying war against the United States, so help me God, or on the pains and penalties of per jury, as the case may he. By this, it will be seen that unless a person who held office before the war can swear that he did not give any support to the rebellion (such even as tho holding of an ordinary State of ficedaring the war,) or,if he went into the army, unless he is wiUing to swear that he was forced into it, he cannot hold his seat in the present Legislature. If he was conscripted, of conrse he can, under the “physical force” clause, take It was utterly impossible even to look above the rail, and below it we actuafiy breathed salt wa ter. Orders could not be made inteUigible by word of mouth, the trumpet was useless, and work was accomplished by examples alone.— Men became sick from the salt water which they imbibed. The storm stiU came from the south-east and continued until 7:40 p. m. Between 6:30 and 7:40 P. M.,‘the following accidents occurred : The maintopsail yard, fore and mizzen royal masts and yards, ana maintop gallant masts and light yards went, hanging on m tangled wrecks; the foretopsail split and dis appeared in a twinkling, followed by the frag ments of the fore-storm try-sail,. the sheet of which was steadied and strengthened by two strong tackle^, The maintopgailant mast went close to the cap with a fearml crash, coming down with the whole debris of the top hamper and starboard half of the maintop, and lodged outside the lee main rigging. The wire rigging held wonderfully. The mizzentopgallant yard, after hampering to leward some time, thrust itself between the rigging and mast, and jammed the wreck of the maintopmast, and could not be cut away. ' > The ship now began to labor heavily, ship ping gtpat seas with every larch.' The first sea smashed the whole boat half way np the mizzen rigging, carried away the bulkheads of the cabin pantry, cabin door, the ward-room skyh'ghts, and weather hammock rails, sweeping every thing and everybody above decks into the lee scuppers. The ship now went nearly on her beam ends, but in a moment righted, and left tho third entter in tho sea to ledward The barometer had now faHen to 27.62: At 7:30 P. m. a sea came over the lee bow, sweeping the lee gangway clear, bringing everything aft, and swept thoso in the vicinity against tho bulk head, through the cabin door, and aft in a con fused mass. The fury of the tempest was now at its height, and the darkness was impenetrable, excepting when there were, occasional flashes of sheet- Rghtning, when the waves could be seen banked* the oath. And, if he can swear and prove that i up, one over the other, seething and boiling he did not “volunteer” or enter a “volunteer high above and around the ship. The noise of company” until forced to do so by the conscript the wind was Rke unearthly yells, and the ship officers—who were at hand to carry him off as j quivered in every timber. Suddenly the mer- a conscript, in case he did-not go into saidvol- cury rose to 27.90, and with slight fluctuations unteer company—We are inclined to think that he can take the oath, and be eligible. But as we do not profess to be weU versed in the science of law, if there be any member of the Legis lature thus situated, before acting, we would advise him to seek legal advice. We have said that there is now no general law continued to rise. With one fierce squall the wind dropped almost to a calm. A confused crosaed-sea was now rnnning, while puffs and squalls came from all points of the compass. The ship was making water fast,,bnt the men manned the pumps cheerfully, singing songs and congratulating themselves that the gale was excluding theBe two classes of persons from over. She rode beantifuUy, going down low holding the ordinary offices of the State, and that some law wiR have to bo passed by Con gress before BuUock or any other Radical satrap can have the semblance of Congressional or other law to justify him in withholding corn- first, as if she would never stop trembling, and then mounting the sea with a long, sliding sweep. She shipped great seas at every in stant. The sea nib in the deck were open fore and aft, and the water poured through in tor- missions for other offices from this class of onr ‘ rents, damaging or destroying all tho books, feUow-citizens. As evidence that this is the Radical view in Congress, we give the foUowing extract from the proceedings of the United States Senate, when Bullock’s law was before that body on the 17th instant. Pending its con sideration— Mr. Morton then offered another amendment, that any person engaged in the rebelUon, hav ing heretofore held office of any kind, and papers, clothing, and stores in and below the main deck, as well as aU the personal effects of the officers in the ward-room and steerage. She shipped another sea on both bows, star board gangway, and both quarters at the same time. The ship trembled under this shoclw and it seemed as if she would never rise again. Tar paulins were now better secured in the rigging, the close-reefed spanker got ready, decks clear- whose disabilities have not been removed, shaU ®d, and everything secured. At 9:20 p. m., the nnklAAt 4/v Ann nnA imnvioAtim A n4 An ' wind PflmP r»nfc in rpfilmlf rr\r>t flvA ing to hold any office under the United States I north and east, striking ns on onr port beam, in the State of Georgia. ; The helm was hard np. She bore np weU and Mr. Thurman said this would bar ont ninety- Itdd more quietly as the last half of the typhoon nino in every one hundred people of Georgia, passed over, the wind backing to northwest, and and was ranch more swt eping than the Four- moderating rapidly, although the sea remained teenth Amendment. (very rough. At 10:30 p. m., our rising barom^- Mr. Morton said he would withdraw the ter, and the rapidly subsiding wind gave proof amendment, and incorporated it as a general that this most terrific typhoon had left us. bUl applicable to aU States.—News. ! — The fashionable world in this country wiU re- Juaii Ferkakdez.—Robinson Crusoe’s famous joice to learn that, next to the Empress, isle has been colonized^ by a weU-organized most superbly dressed lady in attendance at the company of German emigrants. It was ceded Egyptian Vice-regal ball at Ismalia, was one of in 1866 to Robert Wehrdan, an engineer from their own countrywomen, A fashion oorres- Saxony, who, after serving the United States as pondent-, in describing the grand affair, speaks a major during the late war, engaged in explora-thus enthnsiasticaUy of Madame de Ville, a tion for railroad companies in South America, most beautiful American lady, who married, a Ho has induced a company of Germans, sixty or few months ago, Monsieur de ViHe, a Parisian seventy in number, to migrate to this island, banker: “Whatever of all the pretty things, and they are quite delighted with their pros- costly or otherwise, with which beauty dresses pects. They find it A lovely and fertile spot, heteelf, or wins victories, were displayed on stocked-already with herds of wild goats, and the faultless form of Madame de Ville". JHer with a few wild horses and donkeys. They have diamonds would havo made a fortune for an brought with them cattle, swine and fowls, agri- honest, respectable man; and as. for dress, cultural and fishing implements, and all need- though I declare I am ignorant of its material— ful equipments for n etvong colony. The grot- for it was a compound of ganze and muslin rib- to, so famous as Robinson’s house, still remains, bons and binding—skillful art had done so much It is situated in a largo valley, covered with an for it that I do not beUevo the bast modistes of exuberant growth of wild turnips. A Chilian Paris could have suggested an improvement youngster, who bas'charge of the swine, is as- upon it. To me it appeared the very acme of signed to this valley, as the tnrnips afford good perfection; and as for her appearance, why, feeding to the swine, nnd ke may revive memo- she was simply beantifnl. She was not a Se ries of Robinson by taking possession of the nns, such as Rubens paints; nor was she such grotto. As Juan Fernandez is now a regular as a Titian created;'rat sho was an Amerioan stopping place where whalers take in wood and honri—a blonde—-trith ringlets of gold flowing water, we shall have frequent reports of-the over her shoulders, ahamJhg with tbeir lustra fortunes of the new colonists. the golden band whioh bound them. ” * /..A' . Afj.it. ■MMMm -Ji ' ,, ’•..'is*. ■* 1 ’v 4 ■*’. / * * i* W