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Telegraph and Messenger
MACON, JANUARY 25. 1670.
The Georgia Press.
The Rome Daily reports a terrible tornado in
that section on Monday* It blew down houses,
'trees and fences. All the houses on Green
Ware’s plantation were blown down, and his
wife’s arm broken. The tornado passed a mile
north of Rome. Dr. Nowlin had a horse killed.
Gen. Terry’s soldiers arrested Devi Abridge in
' Chattooga, on Thursday night, and put him in
jail, without being allowed to talk to any one.
Abridge was released by Judge Kirby, who in
terfered at the request of some forty citizens.
The Constitution has this suggestive item of
local news:
Robbery.—Robbery and burglary are the or
der of the day just about now. Thieves like
buzzards, gather speedily to take the last pick
at the dead carcass.
A Warrenton correspondent writes to the
Constitution conceniag the situation in that
county, that the reinstatement of Norris, the
Radical Sheriff, by Terry’s bayonets, caused
great alarm, and many persons whom he was
known to dislike personally, left the county at
once. “ On Friday Norris arrived in town, and
with a squad of United States soldiers proceed
ed at once to the Court-house and forcibly
ejected CoL Pottle from his (law) office, rented
in the Court-house, and took possession of it a3
office for Sheriff, when there were other vacant
rooms in the Conrt-house he might occupy, as
other sheriffs had done before him. The order
to CoL Pottle was to vacate instauter. Nothing
further of much interest occurred until last
night, when two of tho citizens of the county,
Mr. B. Henry Ivey and Churchwell Hill were
arrested at their homes; for what cause, I know
not, and were taken to Major Kline’s headquar
ters, at Barnett Station.”
The Chronicle and Sentinel, referring to
Blodgett’s power over Bullock, says there are
other parties quite as powerful as Blodgett. It
says “some of these walk our streets at midday,
holding their heads high in the air, and pre
tending to be bitterly opposed to Bullock, worm
out of too confiding Democrats all that is said
and done to check Bullock’s power, and then
report what is said to their friend, the Govern
or. Some of these live in Augusta. Wo know
them.” Well, let us have their names.
The Eatonton Press and Messenger says
nearly all the negroes of that section have made
their contracts and settled down for tho year,
yet many farmers complain that they cannot
get the requisite nnmber of bands to carry on
their planting operations as they had intended.
The cause of this is not, as some are inclined
to think, the decrease in supply, but it is the
increase in demand, caused by tho effort being
made to till a larger area than heretofore.
The Chronicle and Sentinel is informed “that
at a small but select scalawag tea party held in
this city the other night, the souls of tho seal-
lies were made to rejoice by the reading of a
letter from Ben. Conley, in which the latter
stated that the scallies would have the city gov
ernment in ten days.”
The case of Cole against the State of Geor
gia has just been settled by arbitration at At
lanta. When Gov. Johnson was in office, Cole
built somo culverts and did other work on tho
State Road at Altoona Creek. It did not come
cp to the contract, and the State refused to pay.
The claim was for $35,000, and has been pend
ing a long time. Cole now gets $3,500 with in
terest, which makes the total $6,000.
The Columbus Sun, of Wednesday, says:
The Result.—The result of the interview
between President Wadley and Superintendent
Clark, of the M. & G. R. R., with the contrac
tors last Saturday, at Union Springs, was that
tho latter promised to push the extension to
Trov at once. If not, the road will do the work
itseif.
The late Aaron Wilbur, the Savannah News
states, had policies of insurance on his life
amounting in the aggregate to $64,000.
The Savannah river stood at five feet nine
inches on Saturday, and on Tuesday evening
at twenty-three feet.
Under the head “Georgia and Mississippi,”
the Columbus Enquirer shows that what is sauce
for tho goose is not sauce for the gander. It
says:
The Legislatures of these two States met the
same week—one on the 10th and the other on
the 12th inst. The Georgia Legislature is sup
posed to have a Democratic and Conservative
majority; tho Mississippi Legislature wasknown
to be overwhelmingly Radical—-no believe al
most unanimously so. The members of the
Georgia Legislature (all except the Radicals
who have had their “disabilities” removed by
Congress) were not only required to take a
searching and stringent test oatk,bntthe military
commander has been instructed to find out by
something like a “drum-head court-martial”
whether any of the Conservatives who have
taken it had a right to take it. What farther
measures may be resoited to to radicalize the
Georgia Legislature, time only can disclose;
but we are not permitted to doubt that if the
labors of the military commission should be
found insufficient, additional “tests” and inves
tigation will be promptly ordered.
Now compare the treatment of Georgia with
the course pursued towards the undoubted Rad
ical legislators of Mississippi, and mark the con
trast. Not only was the oath of conformity to
tho Fourteenth Amendment not required in
Mississippi, but it has been ascertained that
forty-one members of tho Legislature of that
State—now in session and working away on the
“reconstruction” job—are disqualified by that
amendment. That is tho number of members
who have forwarded to Congress applications
for tho removal of their disabilities, and tho
Speaker of the House of Representatives is
one of the nnmber. Congress will, of course,
promptly relieve them all, and then, if there
shonld happen to be in the Legislature of Mis
sissippi two or threo Democrats or Conserva
tives disqualified by the Fourteenth Amend
ment, the administration of the test oath may
yet bo ordered and tho Legislatnre “purged” of
them as a vindication of that amendment.
We state simple facts, which no man, of any
party, will have the effrontery to dispute.
A Type Setting Match.—George A. Barber, a
compositor on the Cincinnati Commercial, hav
ing published a challenge to the craft, wherein
he holds himself ready to set type against any
Other man for ten consecutive hours, for a
purso of $1000, the New York Tribune says the
challenge has been accepted by Geo. Arensberg,
of the New York Times, who has pnt down the
forfeit money. Since tho art of type-setting
has been known, tho question of how many
types, according to printers’ measurement,
could be set up and corrected in ten hours’
time, has been an open one, and now that an
opportunity is to be given of settling it, the
printers of the country will not ceaso to specu
late upon it until the event has passed. . It is
claimed by those acquainted with these men
that each has set as much as 17,000 ems of typo
in ton consecutive hours. "When the reader is
informed that 17,000 ems aro equal to about
40,000 separate pieces of metal, he will have a
basis upon which to calculate. To do this, one
piece must he lifted in each moment, the time
of justifying each line, and transferring each
stickful to a galley, included. Should the
match take place, and should either perform
what it is claimed ho can do, it will surpass
anything before known of mechanical motion.
Tho test copy is to be a message of tho Presi
dent, run into ona solid paragraph, and the type
is to be nonpareil.
"We learned yesterday that Mr. James Rice, tho
enginer who was killed Wednesday morning last on
the Brunswick Railroad, had been married but about
one month before the fata! accident occurred. Two
others—a man and a boy—were on the engino and
tender with Mr. Bice, but strange to say they es-
aped unhurt. j
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Radical Rule In tbe Capital-Movement for
a Territorial Government Radical
Break-Up predicted—Conservatives RIS'
imj—Snppressed Speech of Senotor Sanls*
bnry—News Items.
Washington, January 19, 1870.
Editors Tdcgraphund Messenger : The pres
ent status of Washington City is not unlike that
of Georgia. Washington has a carpet-bag May
or who obtained tho position by fraud, and who
uses the office for his own pecuniary and politi
cal ends, regardless of tha interests of tho tax
payers, who have no voice in civic affairs, and
who are groaning under excessive and rapidly
increasing taxation. In more respects than one
does the carpet-bag Mayor, Bowen, resemble
the carpet-bag Governor, Bullock. The other
city officials are, with scarcely an exception,
carpet-baggers, irresponsible adventurers and
negroes.
Under such a rtgine it may well bo believed
that the city finances are squandered, and that
taxation has so increased as to amount in many
instances almost to confiscation. The citizens
of Washington have endured this for some time,
not uncomplainingly, but without a determined
effort to remedy the eviL Now they aro moving.
At a recent meeting a committee •was appointed
to draft a bill for presentation to Congress,
providing for a territorial form of government
for the District of Columbia. The committee
has faithfully performed its duty. Section 4 of
their bill provides:
“That the legislative power and authority of
said District shall bo vested in the Governor
and Legislative Assembly. The Legislatnre
shall consist of a Council and House of Assem
bly. The Council shall consist of eleven mem
bers, to be appointed by the President of the
United States, by and wiih the advice and con
sent of the Senate, and whoso term of office
shall continue four years, and each of whom
shall be a resident of the said District, and a
qualified voter therein. The House of Assem
bly shall consist of twenty-five members, whose
term of office shall continue two years, and
who shall bo elected by the qualified voters in
said District, in accordance with the laws now
in force regulating elections in said District so
far as applicable. Eaoh member of tho House
of Assembly shall be a resident and qualified
voter in tho district from which he is elected;
the first election to be held at such times and
places, and to be conducted in such manner as
the Governor may direct; all subsequent elec
tions to be held at such time and in such man
ner as may be prescribed bylaw. Tho person
or persons having the greatest number of votes
for the House of Assembly shall bo declared by
tho Governor to be elected members of the
House of Assembly.”
The bill further provides for tho election of
one delegate to the House of Representatives
of the United States. The right is reserved for
Congress to repeal or annul any and all acts
which may bo passed by tho Legislative Assem
bly of tbe District. In other respects, tho pro-
visisions of tho bill preparo for a form of gov
ernment similar to that of existing territories
Tho City Councils of Washington and George
town are “wiped out.” By this means it is
hoped to get rid of the present thievish City
Hall ring, and to secure protection to property-
holders and tax-payers.
Tha prediction is confidently made by close
observers of events at the Capitol, that the
present Congress will witness the disruption of
the Radical party. They profess to see plainly
the handwriting on the walk In this delay over
the admission of Virginia they detect indica
tions of weakness and dissensions. It is to be
hoped these views may prove correct. That
they aro not unfounded, I can confidently af
firm. It is a matter of daily occurrence, both
in the Senato and House, for Radicals to taunt
one another with having “ gone over to the
Democracy.” Sumner has already been shorn
of much of the control he had over his associ
ates. Bntler’s supremacy in the Honso is now
hotly contested by both Schenck and Bingham.
Farnsworth and Bingham in the Honso, and half
a dozen Radicals in the Senate, have been fore
most in urging the admission of Virginia with
out conditions. They stood by Georgia until
the last. Yesterday, Mr. Dawes, of Massachu
setts, tho oldest member of the House, and an
undoubted Radical, attacked the Government
for its lavish expenditure and extravagances.
The Democratic members in both housos seem
to have taken back seats. They make a set
speech now and then, but so far as active legis
lation is concerned, they aro nowhere. Tho
moderate Republicans, (if I may so term them,)
have taken np the line of policy which the
Democrats were restricted to follow, and are
pursuing it with ability and vigor. Everyday
the conservative element in Congress strength
ens, despite the efforts of the ultra faction.
That it will continue to strengthen, many hope
and believe. At present, tho indications are
favorable for such a result.
There appears to havo been an attempt to
suppress the remarks of Senator Saulsbnry
during tho debate on tho Virginia bill, last Mon
day. The Associated Press reports sent North
do not oven mention his name. As the speech
was one of the most effective and eloquent that
have been delivered daring the present session
of Congress, I think it deserves to go before
tho country, and copy as follows from tho Con
gressional Globe:
Mr. Morril, of Vermont, said—I have nearly
as mneb confidence in tho whites of tho Sontb,
in relation to our financial policy, as I have in
the Democratic party. I believe that they will
support the honor of the country about as faith
fully, perhaps, as will tho Democratic party; and
when it comes to the question of the emancipa
tion of the colored race at the South, I believe
that the Southern rebels will be as true, if not
truer, to the cause of freedom than tho North
ern Democracy.
Mr. Saulsbnry—Mr. President, tho silence of
tho Democratic members of this body during
this debate has on several occasions met with
animadversions on the other side. I, for my
self, Sir, am tired of it, or, rather, I should say,
I am tired of some things which constantly,
notwithstanding our silence, have been said in
reference to the party to which I belong. There
has not been a single day since this debate
commenced that some persons very wise in their
own conceit have not seen proper to speak in
very disparaging terms of the Democratic party.
We have heard to day from one Senator, that
he has more confidence in the people of Vir
ginia than he has in the Democratic party. I do
not know what his confidence in the people of
Virginia is, but his remark evidently was in
tended to mean that there was not much confi-
gence to be reposed either in the people of Vir
ginia or in the Democratic party. I am exceed
ingly sorry that that Senator made that remark
—showing his want of confidence in the two
million Democrats in tho United Stntes. Sir,
when those two millions Democrats shall hear it
—when the telegraph shall Hash that news to
them—I am afraid they will be terribly pained;
I am afraid they will weep at tho idea that con
fidence from so distinguished a source cannot
be accorded them 1 Sir, it is time that such re
marks had ceased to be made in the Senate of
the United States, especially when nothing is
said on onr part to provoke them. Who cares
for the lack of confidence thus expressed?
whom does it hurt ?
Mr. President, when the party to which these
Senators belong have done as much to exalt the
character of this nation, to bnild it np, to make
it respected at home and honored abroad, as
the Democratic party have done for it, then it
will be time for them to insist upon n compari
son between their parly, and the Democratic
party.
Sir, tho Democratic party took the manage
ment of your country in hand when you num
bered but fifteen States, and somo five or six
millions of people. Every foot of territory
that has ever been added to the United Stales,
has been added by Democratic administration;
every foreign war that has been fought—hero;
ically fought; every triumph over a foreign foe
that has ever been achieved, has been achieved
under a Democratic administration.
What has the Repnblican party done that its
advocates should taunt Democrats on this floor
with a want of fidelity to the country, or that it
should set itself up as the great judge of the
Democratic party, its policy and its administra
tion of the country ? A brief existence of eight
or nine years; a land deluged in blood; almost
every acre of your soil freshened with graves
a debt amounting to billions of dollars; a peo
pie crushed to earth by onerous taxation; and
every safeguard of civil and constitutional lib
erty set at defiance, ignored and trampled upon
—these are its achievements.
You cannot look at the history of the Demo
cratic party and charge it with the violations of
the fundamental laws of tbe land, of which yoor
party has been guilty. Daring tho period of
sixty years that the Democratic party adminis
tered the affairs of this government, it never
arrested one, no, not even tho hamblest Ameri
can citizen, and tried him on a criminal accusa
tion, except by due process of law.. No man’s
bouse was ever entered except under legal au
thority, during the whole sixty years that tbe
Democratic party administered the govern
ment. Not one public press was ever suppress
ed. This party of yesterday, when they came
into power, found a Constitution under which
the people of this country had lived for seven-
ty-five or eighty years, in the enjoyment of all
the blessings oftsivil and Constitutional liberty.
They found this Constitution, made by tho great
and wise men who laid the foundation of your
government deep in the principles of Constitu
tional liberty, and without any experience in so
great a work, they set to work patching it up
until now, if the great men who made it could
rise from the dead, or descend from heaven,
they would scarcely recognize the instrument
they framed.
But, sir, I will not, unless farther provoked,
indulge longer in this line of remark. It is
foreign, I admit, to the subject, which ought to
be the legitimate subject under discussion. I
have only made these remarks because day af
ter day we, in the minority in this chamber,
hav6 heard denunciations on the party to which
it is our pride and onr honor to belong, by gen
tlemen on the other side of the chamber. Sir,
if blows hereafter are given, blows shall be re
turned.
Information has been received hero of the
formation of a negro party in South Carolina,
with a view to sending a negro Senator to Con
gress next year, in place of Mr. Robertson,
whose term then expires. This “third party’
is said to consist mainly of yellow-colored indi
viduals, many of whom possess considerable
wealth and influence.
In a speech in the Senate, to-day, Mr. Sum
ner said Virginia had a constitution dabbled
with blood, a Legislatnre reeking with rebellion,
and a Governor who had declared his intention
of destroying her public school system. He
read a nnmber of anonymous letters from scal
awags and carpet-baggers in that State to show
that Virginia is in a worse condition now than
ever; more rebellious than during the war; and
that the election was a fraud.
There is no immediate prospect of a vote in
the Senate on the admission of Virginia. Sum
ner & Co. seem disposed to postpone action as
long as possible.
Georgia is the twentieth on the list of States
in tho amount paid for internal revenue during
the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1869. Daring
that time she paid into the Treasury $1,010,
281,57.
It is nnderftood that the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue has decided that the income tax
for the present year can be collected in ad-
ranee! Whether an attempt will be made to
do so remains to be seen. The decision ap
pears preposterous. How can the great major
ity of people tell in advance what their incomes
will bo ?
The Democratic members of Congress hold a
caucus this evening to discuss various matters,
and among others that of the establishment of a
newspaper organ in this city.
Theo. G. Cone, formerly of Georgia, but now
of the New York Bar, is in the city, on profes
sional business.
Ben. E. Green, agent of the Dalton City
Company, arrived hero yesterday. Dalton.
Kicking in Harness or Ont of It.
Representative Dawes, of Massachusetts,
Chairman of the House Committee on Appro
priations, got out of the wrong end of his bed
last Tuesday morning and pitched into things
generally. No bull in a China shop could havo
been more destructive of fine crockery than
Representative Dawes proved himself upon all
the high-sounding economy professions and
boastings of the Radical organs in behalf of
Gen. Grant’s administration. Dawes came for
ward with a.terrible Philipio against their mad
and reckless extravagance, and the ridiculous
and profligate mal-administration which charac
terized every department; and crowned his as
saults in detail by showing that the appropria
tions of tho first year of Grant’s administration
exceed those of the last year of Andy Johnson
by the immense sum of jorty-ninc millions of
dollars /—the exact amount was $49,628,537.
In the course of Mr. Dawes’ scathing analysis
of the departmental estimates, he made some
points which excited a very lively derision in
the House. For example: in speaking of
promise of Naval Secretary Robeson to save a
million dollars on coal, by requiring the vessols
of war to uso their sails, Mr. Dawes showed that
the whole expense of coal for naval purposes,
during the last year of Secretary Welles, was
only ono hundred and fifty thousand dollars!
Reconstruction Needed in New York.—A
letter to the Cincinnati Commercial (Radical)
displays an alarming want of loyalty in New
York—worse, indeed, than the refusal of the
people of Memphis to weep over the bier of
the sainted Stanton. This letter details some
horrid demonstrations which lately occurred at
the Grand Opera House on occasion of a pan
tomimic exhibition of counterfeit presentations
of celebrities such as Fisk, Greeley, Grant,
Lee and other. Grief at tho disloyal ’conduct
of the audience compels us to employ the cor
respondent in narrating tho rest of the harrow
ing details:
Tho figures walked to the foreground from
behind a curtain, appearing in succession ono
at a.time. Most of them excited but feeble in
terest in the audience, and called forth only a
little laughter. When the figure of Grant ap
peared, however, clad in military costume and
smoking a cigar, there were some signs of wak
ing up in the house, and I shonld say that about
one-fourth of the audience applauded and
another quarter hissed, while fully one-half the
whole body took no part with either side, but
maintained their ordinary stillness.
Immediatelyaffertheconnterfeitpresentment
of General Grant had disappeared, the figure of
General Lee, grave, stately, and white-headed,
stood in the foreground, and instantly the house
rang with long-continued applause that seemed
to come from tho whole body of spectators.
There were doubtless persons present who did
not join in the acclamations; bnt certainly one
would rarely see or hear a more -rigorous dem
onstration in any theatre than was made on this
occasion npon the appearance of the Southern
rebel leader.
Manacling a State.
The Richmond Enquirer grows sarcastic over
the delay in admitting Virginia—from which
wo infer that the Enquirer people took no stock
in that begging of Federal artillery with which
to fire a salute when the old mother did crawl in.
It says:
“Jonathan Wild never took so many precau
tions to manacle Jack Sheppard. We were
promised that if we would lie down quietly and
not kick, they wonld only pinion our arms and
legs and transfix us to the floor with a spear (a
pleasant allusion to the Sic Semper Tyrannis
on tho Virginia coat-of-arms.) But having
achieved this job, the villains are walking
aronnd the panting body, and tying fresh knots
and investing us with fresh bonds—and planting
about us pit-falls and spring-guns, if we shonld
attempt to rise.”
And the worst feature in the whole sickening
business is, that a great many of her sons who
would almost faint if called Radicals, at every
fresh turn of the rope, and new knot, cry out
with Mr. Toots, “its of no consequence”—any
thing to get in. Please lend us some cannon
to fire a salute.” That’s the thing that will, some
day, “bite like a serpent and sting like an ad
der.” :
Haiti.—By last accounts darkies were going
off cheap in Hayti. The victorious rebels were
taking ont their colored brethren of the Salnave
stripe in squads of fifteen and shooting them
Many up annexation. Such a waste of voting
material cannot be tolerated.
FROM ATLANTA.
Evidence Closed Before tbe Military
Commission.
Several Members of tbe House to be
Tried.
No Cine as to tbe Final Decision.
Tbo Board Admit vrbat Everybody
Knew.
Special to the Telegraph and Messenger.')
Atlanta, January 20.—The military commission
was engaged all the forenoon in hearing evidence
against members of the House charged with ineligi
bility, and closed at noon. About two-thirds of the
number wfil be tried. There is no clna to tho final
decision. There was no argument to-day by the
conns el.
Tho military board announce that they had no
authority to compel legislators to attend theinvesti-
gation of their eligibility. They could compel Wit
nesses to appear; but could not compel members
of the Legislatnre to answer its call. Georgia.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Washington, January 20.—Tho American Coloni
zation Society visited the President to-day, who ex
pressed sympathy with their views and motives.
Revenue to-day, $290,000.
The Gold Committee to-day examined Charles J.
Osborne and Mr. Bocock, in reference to the panic.
The Treasury books show receipts light and ex
penditures heavy, as compared with tho lost four
months.
Tho flag ship Nipsie, and steamer John Bell, col
lided in tho harbor daring a fog. Tho damages to
tho Nipsie wfil detain the Darien expedition a fort
night.
Coin in the Treasury, $53,000,000; gold certifi
cates, $50,000,000; currency, $0,000,000.
The friends of "Virginia aro very down in the
mouth to-day as to the early action of Congress.
A dispatch from Jackson, Mississippi, announces
the election of Bevoll—said to be a full-blooded ne
gro. Ho was elected for the short term, ending in
1871. Ames was elected for the term ending in
1873, and Alcorn for tho term ending in 1875.
CONGRESSIONAL.
Washington, January 20.—Senate—Rhode Island
has presented Congress with a statue of General
Nathaniel Greene, which will be unveiled to-day.
Anthony is delivering a eulogy.
The "Virginia Admission bill was resumed. Tho
following is Wilson’s amendment, which was defeat
ed without division: “ That the Constitution of tho
State shall never be so amended as to deprive any
citizen or class of citizens of tho United States of
tho right to vote or hold office, who are now entitled
under said Constitution, except in punishment of
crime; nor exclude from service as a juror any
person on account of race, color, or previous con
dition of servitnde.^Tho amendment was not
agreed to.
Mr. Drake renowed the amendment previously of
fered by him, admitting Virginia to representation
in Congress, on tho following fundamental condi
tions : “ That the State Constitution shall never bo
changed to deprivo any citizen, or class of citizens,
of the right to vote who are now entitled to vote,
except in punishment of such crimes a3 are now
felonies at common law, whereof they shall havo
been duly convicted, under laws equally applicable
to all tho inhabitants of. said State; provided, that
any alteration of the State Constitution, proscriptivo
in its effect, may be made in regard to the time and
place of resident voters.”
The argument on Mr. Drako'a amendment was
continued at great length. Senators displaying
much contradictory historical knowledge regarding
tho terms and conditions whereby "Virginia alienated
tho northwestern territory. Several opponents of
tho amendment were driven into ita support by le
gal and historical quibbles.
The Senate adjourned at half past five o'clock,
with tho understanding that a vote will bo taken
at four o’clock to-morrow. Tho voto was about
being taken at four o’clock, when Howard receiveda
dispatch, probably seven hundred words, regarding
the condition of affairs in Georgia. Howard refused
to name the author.
Mr. Mort on said he had received similar messages
containing the assertion that a large fund had been
raised to defend persons against the charge of
perjury.
House.—Two thousand citizens of Utah petition
for State Government.
Committees report nothing.
Butler, in conversation with Zcph Tamer, Speaker
of the Virginia House of Delegates, said the Senato
bill did not suit him, and he would have the bill re
committed when it came to the House. Butler is
indignant about the passage of Bingham’s bill by,
as ho terms it, a snap judgment, during his absence
and a thin House.
The following Republicans voted nay on Ed
munds’ amendment, yeBtorday: Ferry, Powler.
Kellogg, Morton, Ross, Stewart, Trumbull, and
Vickers.
Mr. Bingham introduced a bill making it an of
fense punishable with a fine and imprisonment for
any person to propose a repoal of tho ratification of
any proposed amendment to the Constitution.
A preamble and resolution were introduced, de
claring an absence of Constitutional authority to ac
quire territory without the consent of tho House.
The League Island bill was fesnmed.
Dawes and Schofield had a eharp controversy, in
volving political mutual veracity and honesty.
The House passed the Military Academy bill. Tho
balance of the day was consumed by tho committee
on printing.
The Houso then adjourned.
FROM LOUISIANA.
New OrLEANS, January 20.—In the Legislature
to-day, bills were introduced to confirm tho charter
of tho Berwick’s Bay and ToxaB Railroad, giving
$1,500,000 if the road shall bo completed in 23
months; authorizing the State to subscribe for one
thousand shares stock in tho Mississippi Valley Nav
igation Company; a resolution inquiring into the
disposition made of the $500,000 drawn from the
State to purchaso machinery for the penitentiary:
a resolution inquiring whether members of tho
Houso havo received bribes for votes; a joint reso
lution, passed, appointing a committee to consider
tho erection of a State House and the prospective
investment of some millions; a resolution granting
the woman lecturer on fomale suffrage uso of the
Houso, passed. *
FROM VIRGINIA.
Richmond, January 20.—A detachment of United
States artillery arrived here to-night from Portress
Monroe. They wero sent by tho Government au
thorities, in compliance with an application of our
citizens for artillery to fire a salute on tho admission
of tho State. They were marched to camp to await
the event. Their arrival, in view of the action in
Congress, is rather premature.
.FROM CUBA.
Havana, January 20.—The Columbia has arrived.
Sterling 11J^@123^; Federal 173£ discount.
Seward was serenaded by tho troop3 and several
thousand people were assembled. Seward compli
mented the’ people on the improvements they had
made since his former visit. All nations, ho said,
were interested in the permanent peace and pros
perity 1 of Cuba. I pray God this progress may con
tinue, and peace and harmony be restored to tho
Island. Referring to Spain, he expressed tho hope
that the political situation of the country that was
tha most ancient ally of America would result in a
safe, happy and speedy issua. Seward’s remarks,
from beginning to end, were strictly noncommittal
in regard to the matter of insurrection.
Tenot the gunboats that recently arrived from
New York have gone to sea. Their destination is
unknown.
FOREIGN NEWS. -
Pabib, January 20.—Belgian journals were seized
on the frontier. -
Ten thousand workmen have struck at Creuzo.
President Schneider, proprietor of the works at
Creuzo, has gone there.
A new cable, in the interest of the French-Ameri
can cablo, has been successfully laid between Franco
and England.
Deputy Rasp&ul is not dead. Much indignation
is expressed at the unknown author of the hoax.
Madrid, January 20.—Serious disturbances at
Baliansas. The mob attacked the municipal authori
ties. The troops interfered, quelling the riot. .
IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE.
Chief Justice Brown's Opinion Upon the
Disabilities of legislators.
Atlanta, Ga., January—, 1870.
Mon. Joseph E. Brown, Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court;
Tho undersigned committee, appointed by
meeting of Republican and Democratic mem
bers of the General Assembly, respectfully call
your particular attention to the opinion of the
Attorney General of the State, latelypublished,
relative to the disqualification of members of
the Legislature, and request your opinion as to
its correctness.
"We desire more particularly to know whether
the persons who filled the positions of State Libra
rian, Notaries Public, Road Commissioners, Offi
cers of the Militia or Officers of Municipal Corpo
rations, as they existed prior to the secession of
the State,and afterwards engaged in insurrection
or rebellion against the United States, are dis
qualified as members of the Legislature, or can
they safely take the oath prescribed by the late
act of Congress, under which the Legislature is
being re-organized..
An early reply is respectfully solicited.
"We are, very truly, yours, etc.,
J. E. Bbyant, L E. Shumate,
Dunlap Scott, P. M. Haupeu,
Milton A. Candler. W. O. Smith,
"W. F. Holden, A. J. "Williams,
J. H. Caldwell, C. B. Wooten,
C. K. Osgood, J. T. Burns,
W. P. Price.
Atlanta, Ga., January 1870.
Gentlemen : I have received your common!
cation, and after some consideration, I have
concluded to comply with your request.
As the question connected with the disabili
ties of members of the Legislatnre, cannot, un
der the laws of the land, come before the courts
of this State for adjudication, I do not see, in
the midst of an emergency of so great interest
to the people of the State, why the judges of the
State courts, who, as a general rule, should
avoid, all political strife, and publio discussions
of political questions, may not express their
opinions when desired by their fellow-citizens.
As you aro well aware my duties upon the
Supreme Bench are now very onerous, and I
have not the time to appropriate to the prepa
ration of a written opinion npon a question out-
sido of my duties on the bench, which I could
desiro. I, however, submit the following re
flections and am satisfied in my own mind of the
correctness of tho conclusions at which I have
arrived.
I consent to the publication of my views on
this question, the more cheerfully because T
was denied the privilege of giving my rea
sons for the opinion expressed under oath in
Senator Wellborn’s case, before the military
commission now sitting to inquire into the eli
gibility of members of the Georgia Legislature,
when I stated that I did not consider the posi
tion held by him such an office as is contempla
ted by the Constitution and the reconstruction
acts of Congress. I appeared before the com
mission under a military order, as a witness on
the part of the prosecution, and as my opinion
there expressed goes on the record, I see no
reason why I shonld not in this manner do what
I was not then permitted to do—put upon record
the roosons which have led mo to this conclu
sion.
Article C, section 3, of the Constitution of the
United States, the Fourteenth Constitutional
Amendment, and tho different acts of Congress,
known as tha reconstruction acts, being in part
materia, like all other laws where the subject
matter is tha same, must by a well known rule
of construction be considered and construed to
gether.
The 3d section of the Gth article of the Con
stitution of the United States declares that the
members of the several State Legislatures, and
the Executive and Judicial officers of the
United States, and of the several States, shall
be bound by oath or affirmation to support the
Constitution.
The 3d section of the Fourteenth Constitu
tional Amendment is in these words
No person shall be a Senator or Representa
tive in Congress, or elector of President and
Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or mili
tary, under the United States, or under any
State, who having previously taken an oath as
a member of Congress, or as an officer of tbe
United States, or as a member of any State
Legislatnre, or as any Executive or Judicial of
ficer of any State, to support the Constitution
of the United States, shall have engaged in in
surrection or rebellion against the same, or
given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof;
but Congress may, by a vote of two-thirds of
each house, remove such disability.
The act of 2d March, 1867, known as the
Sherman BiU, provides, that “no person exclu
ded from the privilege of holding office, by said
proposed amendment to the Constitution of the
United States (the 14th) shall be eligible jo
election as a member of the Convention to
frame a Constitution for any of said rebel States,
nor shall any such person vote for members of
such Convention.”
Tho first supplemental reconstruction act,
passed 23d of March, 1867, prescribed an oath
for voters at the elections to be held for the
Conventions in the rebel States. This oath re
quired tho voter to swear “that he had never
been a member of any State Legislatnre, nor
hold any Executive or Judicial office in any
State and afterwards engaged in rebellion or in
surrection against tho "United States, or given
aid or comfort to thojanemies thereof; that ho
had never taken an oath as a member of the
Congress of the United State, or as an officer
of the United States,-or as a member of any
State Legislatnre, or as an Executive or Judi
cial officer of any State to support tho Constitu
tion of the United States, and afterwards en
gaged in insurrection and rebellion against the
United States or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof.”
The second supplemental act, passed 19th
July, 1867, puts a legislative construction npon
the above oath. It enacts that the true intent
and meaning of the oath prescribed in said sup
plemental act is (among other things) “that no
person who has beena member of the Legislature
of any State,or who has held any Executive or Ju
dicial office in any State, whether he has taken
an oath to support tho Constitution of tho
United States or not, and whether he was hold
ing such office at tho commencement of the re
bellion or heldit before, and "who was afterwards
engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
United States, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies thereof is entitled to be registered or
to voto; and the words Executive or Judicial
office in any State in said oath mentioned, shall
be construed to include all civil offices created
by law for tho administration of any general
law of a State, or for the administration of jus
tice.”
The act to-promoto the reconstruction jgf the
State of Georgia, passed the 22d of December,
1869, requires that each Senator or Representa
tive, before taking his seat, shall, iit addition
to the oath or oaths required by the Constitu
tion of Georgia, take an oath that he has been
relieved from disability by act of Congress, or
an oath that he has never held the office or ex
ercised the duties of a Senator or Representa
tive in Congress, nor been a member of tho
Legislatnre of any State of the United States,
nor held any civil office, created bylaw for the
administration of any general law of the State,
or for tho administration of justice in any State,
or under the laws of the United States; nor held
any office in the military or naval service of the
United States, and thereafter engaged in
insurrection or rebellion against the United
States, or gave aid or comfort to its en
emies, or rendered, excopt in consequence of
direct physical force, any support or aid to any
insurrection or rebellion against tho United
States; nor held any office under, or given any
support to any government of any kind, organ
ized or noting in hostility to the United States,
or levying war against the United States.”
1 These are the different Constitutional and
statutory provisions on this subject, which it is
necessary to construe together to arrive at a
just conclusion as to the true scope and meaning
of the oath prescribed for the members of the
Legislature by the late act of Congress.
I apprehend that comment is unnecessary to
convince any lawyer or intelligent person that
the terms Executive and Judicial officers, men
tioned in the 3d section of the Oih article of the
Constitution of the United States, as originally
ratified; and the same terms in the Fourteenth
Amendment of said Constitution, and in the
act of 2d March, 1867, were intended by the
law-givers to refer toj and to embrace the same
class of offioials, and none others.
Bnt it had been found in practice by the per
sons appointed to register voters in the differ
ent States, under the two last mentioned acts,
that persons who had held Executive and Judi
cial offices, before the secession of their respec
tive States, claimed that they had never taken
an oath to support the Constitution of the Uni
ted States, as required by the 3d section of the
6th Article; and upon search no such oath could
befond. Tomeet these cases, Congress declared,
in the act of 19th July, 1867, that such person
should be ineligible “whether he has taken an
oath to support the Constitution of the United
States or not.” In many eases the oath may
have been taken and lost, and as it was the duty
of eaoh Executive and Judicial officer to take
it, before entering npon the discharge of his
official functions, Congress intended to say that
such presumption should be conclusive. In oth
er words, if he held the office when it was his
dnty to take the oath, he should be ineligible,
whether be took it or not. Bnt it could not have
been tbe intention of Congress to go further
than the original Constitution and the Four
teenth Amendment went, and prescribe new
disabilities by rendering a class of offioials in
eligible who were not Executive or Judicial.
Congress proceeded to define the terms Execu
tive or Judicial offices; not to create new disa
bilities by declaring a class of officers not Ex
ecutive or Judicial, to be disqualified. The
language used by the act of Congress is: “And
the words Executive or Judicial in any State,
in said oath mentioned, shall be construed to
include all civil offices created by law for the
administration of any general law of a State,
or for the administration of justice.
And I may here remark that the act of 22d
December, 1869, uses the very same language
in the oath prescribed for members of the Leg
islature. The case seems, then, to turn in a
great measure, upon the true meaning of the
word administer or administration. Every
person who held any executive or judicial of
fice before the war, in which he administered
any general law of the State, or in which he ad
ministered justice, is ineligible, whether he
took an oath to support the Constitution or not,
and such persons cannot safely take the oath
prescribed for a Senator or Representative if
he afterwards engaged in rebellion against the
government of the United States.
"What is meant by the administration of a
general law of State, or the administration of
justice?
To ascertain the true meaning of the word, it
is best to appeal to lexicographers of acknowl
edged authority. "Webster, in his unabridged
dictionary, which is, I believe, acknowledged in
this country to be a work of the highest au
thority, defines administer as follows: “To
aot as minister or chief agent in managing pub
lic affairs, under laws or a constitution of gov
ernment, as a King, President, or other su
preme officer. It is used also of absolute Mon-
archs, who rule not in subordination, bnt is
more strictly applicable to limited Monarchies,
and other supreme executive officers, and to
Governors, Viceroys, Judges and the like, who
are under the authority of laws. A King or a
President administers the government or laws
when he executes them or carries them into
effect. A judge administers the laws when he
applies them to particular eases or persons. In
short, to administer is to direct the execution or
application of laws. 2. To dispense, as to ad
minister justice or the sacrament 3. To af
ford, to give,or furnish, as to administer relief,”
etc.
The same authority defines the word execute
to mean (among other things) to carry into
complete effect, to complete, to finish—we exe
cute a work undertaken, that is, we pursue ft to
the end. To carry into effect the law, or the
the judgment, or sentence on a person, etc.
It seems very clear, from this authority, that
the officer who executes a law, is one who car
ries the law into complete effect, not one whose
duties and authority are interlocutaxy, or stop
short of completion. As, for instance, an offi
cer having authority to issue a warrant, or an
attachment, but no authority to hear tbe case,
or make any decision in it, render any jndment
npon it, would not be an executive officer, be.
cause his authority stops short of the execution
of what he has commenced. Nor wonld such an
officer be a judicial officer, because he has no
authority to give judgment or decide upon any
matter in dispute. The very mention of a ju
dicial officer at onoe conveys to the mind the
idea that he has authority to adjudicate causes,
or render judgments of some sort, or in some
class of cases. "While the mind arrives with
equal facility at the conclusion that no person
is an executive officer who does not have power
to execute some law; that is, not simply to do
certain ministerial acts, bnt to cany law into
complete effect. And in this ease it must be a
general law of the State as distinguished from
a local law, confined to a particular county, city,
or district,
I conclude, then, that no officer is included in
the disqualification who did not have authority
to administer a general law of the State by ap
plying it to particular cases or persons, or who
did not have authority to administer justice, as
by trying causes between man and man, and
rendering judgment in some way binding on
persons or property, or who did not have au
thority to execute some general law of the State
by carrying it into complete effect. Construing
the Constitutional provisions and the acts of
Congress together, I see no other rational con
clusion as to their true intent and meaning.
The Fourteenth Amendment intends to dis
qualify only such persons as were, in the gen
eral acceptation of the term, Executive Legisla
tive or Judicial officers of a State, or officers of
the United States, such as were contemplated
by the framers of the original Constitution,
when they directed that they should take an
oath to support the Constitution of the United
States. If my time would permit, which it will
not, I shonld have to extend this opinion to
too great a length, were I to undertake to apply
these rules to all the different officers mentioned
in the published opinion of the Attorney Gen
eral, to which you specially invite my attention
and ask my opinion as to its correctness. Suf
fice it to say, that in my judgment, his opinion
embraces certain classes of officers who by no
just or known rule of construction, are or can
be included in the disqualification intended by
Congress.
Take the case of the State Librarian as it existed
irior to the war. No oath of any kind was required,
le simply took care of tha library, and did such
services connected with it as are usually performed.
What general law of the State did he execute or
carry into complete effect ? What general law did
he administer or apply to particular cases or par-
ticulnr persons? What justice did he administer
between man and man ? What causes did he hear
and determine, or what judgments did he have au
thority to render ? To state the case is to argue it
He, in no just 6ense, administered any general law
of the State, nor did he administer justice.
The same is true of a Road Commissioner. He is
limply appointed with others to see that the roads,
iridges. and causeways, are kept in order in a dis
trict of a few miles in extent; and while he may im
pose a fine upon a defaulter for refusing to work
the road, he has no general jurisdiction as an oflioer
who administers any general law of the State in any
legal sense of the term. He was required to take
no oath to support the Constitution of the United
States, or any other Constitution.
A Notary Public, prior to the war, fell in the same
class. By the act of 1816, the appointments of Ven
due Masters, Notaries Public, and Lumber Measu
rers, was vested in the Commissioners of incorpo
rated towns, or the persons in said towns in whom
the incorporate powers were vested. No Commis
sions were directed to he issued, and no oath to be
administered to them, by the act to support the
Constitution of the United States.
At a late period the appointment of Notaries Pub
lic was vested in the Inferior Courts of the respec
tive counties, which was the case till the date of se
cession. They were mere local commercial agents.
A few years before the State seceded, they were au
thorized to issue attachments and administer oaths,
hut they had no Judicial powers; no right to hear or
determine any question, or to administer justice be
tween man and man.
As to militia officers there can bo no pretext that
they tre disqualified unless they had civil duties in
connection with their offices as such; which author
ized them to administer justice, or to administer
some general law of the State. Such was not the
law of Georgia. It is equally clear that municipal
officers of cities, towns or villages, are not disquali
fied, unless they had some general jurisdiction in
addition to their municipal functions.
I am aware it is contended that ovary law connec
ted with tho Government of the State is in some
sense public. And the Attorney General has arrived
at the conclusion that the State Librarian, Notaries
Public and Road Commissioners were all public offi
cers, because they each discharged some sort of offi
cial duty under the laws of the State. So they did,
and so did many other dosses of personsnot men
tioned by him.
If a Road Commissioner is a dril officer adminis
tering a general law of the State, why is not a Road
Overseer a civil officer? He warns the handB in
obedience to law, and takes control of them, and
works them under his direction : and reports them
to the Commissioners to be fined in case they are de
faulters. But like the. Commissioner he takeB no
oath to support tbe Constitution and executes no
general law, as a public officer.
As tho law stood before the war, inspectors of
beef and pork, inspectors of flour, inspectors of
lumber, pilots, commissioners of pilotage, tobacco
inspectors, jailors, escheators, etc., were all officers
in the broadest sense of the term, acting under the
laws of the State. If Road Commissioners are dis
qualified, why are not all these in the same condi
tion ? .
All jurors act in an important official capacity un
der general laws of the State. Why sre they not
included in the disqualified class ? Again, a general
law of the State provides for the administration of
the estates of all deceased persons by executors or
administrators. Why are they not also included?
All marriages are celebrated under a general law of
the State. Then why not include each minister of
the gospel who solemnizes a marriage under this
general law, and makes bis official return of the fact
to the Ordinary? Tbe principal keeper, and other
officers of the Penitentiary, act under a general law
of the State. Bo does the Superintendent and other
officers of tbe Lunatic Asylum, and the officers of
the Academy for tho Blind, and-of the Asylum for
the Deaf and Dumb. All persons appointed to ap-
raise an estate, and all commiesiocera to aw"
lower to tbe widows of the State, act under gem
notall theaef oon,a ^ aBjo,1 «** ineligible, why^
the Captain of the8Ute HoiweSuanls? HehL 00 *
military commission, and is paid a salarvftn^.? 1
And if he is, wbyia not
the good old African servant, so well known
people of Georgia ’who for so many year? ££
different administrations, built fires and
kept in order tbe offices of the State
which he was annually compensated frem'i?
treasury? Ot
With all doe deference, I must say that the na
tion insisted npon for the exclusion of the d
officers mentioned above is simply absurd *
While I admit there may be some difficult*
drawing the Ime with perfect accuracy between
cere, or persons acting under the laws of the
who are, and those who are not embraced Sfi
disqualification, probably the nearest approach ,!*
general role would be to say that the pnbtkTritJ
officers of the State, commissioned by the Govern T ‘
whoi accepted their commissions and qualified n*'
to the passage of Urn Ordinance of secession
were 6y lau, required to take an oath to support* 1 !
Constitution of the United States, are tbtoJH
sidered officers for the administration of the
al laws of the State, or for the administrate'';!
justice, and are disqualified. &O0D
The act Of 18th December, 181G, requires ,
officers, civil and military, to take an oath to J. i
port the Constitution of the United State*
this State. But the act proceeds to show wh., oi 3
meant by the officers to which it applied
adds, “and the form of said oath so to be taken ‘II
subscribed, shall be forwarded with the dcdimT.frl
qualify the said officer, or be taken and sabs^Jil
at the time of receiving said commission.” ^ : I
The class of officers who were to take tlia
then, appears to be such only as received cote?’
sions. Such as it was usual to send out a deSSr
from the Executive office to qualify. This j?®*
doubt tho broadest sense in which the fr&nJi 1 ?
the Constitution intended to use the tarmi T.™ °‘
tive and Judicial officers. Effect.
I apprehend the Congress of the United Km
would dismiss an application for removalata®
bilities made by a Notary Public, a State rite •
appointed under the law as it stood m Geotei • a
to the war, a Road Commissioner, a ItoidOvM^, 01
an Executor, Administrator, Grand Juror
like, with tho prompt reply. “You are under nn k
ability, and need no relief.” . “ 3 "
In conclusion, I need onlv remark that 1 see
legal reason why a person who held the positte^
State Librarian, Notary Public, Road Commissi,,
officer of the militia, or officer of a monicipff
poration, if in the latter cases they had no eenerl:
civil jnriadiction, to administer a general lawofM*
State, or to administer justice, mav not safelvuv*
the oath prescribed by the late act of Congrea tn
members of the Legislature of this State. ' *
I am, gentlemen, very respectfully,
* Joseph E.Bcow
To Messrs. J. E. Bryant, Dunlap, Scott,
others. ^
Atlanta Congressional Agency.
Wednesday, January 10, 187Q,
Senate.—Senate called to order by Presides!
Conley, at 10 o’clock, a. h. ■
Prayer by Wesley Pxettyman.
Journal read.
Senator Harris stated that ha intended L
make a motion to adjourn over until Mondial
next, bnt in consequence of information:
ceived of a communication from
be moved to take a recess until 12 m., to-dtr]
which motion prevailed. "’
Senate assembled at 12 M.
Senator Harris moved that, as the Senate M
ascertained that there was no impropriety iid
doing, he would move to adjourn until Mondr]
next, 12 o'clock. i
Senator Higbee did not think the SenJ
should adjourn for a longer period than the]
days. 1
The inevitable Aaron Alpeoria arose to ghj
information to the Senate of a conversation U
had held with General Terry, bnt the Presi&3
declared him out of order. j
A vote was taken, and the President deckel
the Senate adjourned until Monday, 12 o’docq
House.—House met at 12, m., and was caifel
to order by that same rap of the gavel of iuj
Speaker of tbe House that looks so strangely-;
the hands of the Hon. (?) A. L. Harris.
Harris announced that the Clerk would twj
an order from Gov. Bnllock, and endorsed b
Gen.. Terry.
This order required the adjournment of till
body until Monday, 12 sc. After proper fel
had been allowed for newly arrived membtntJ
qualify.. j
Hon. Dunlap Scott asked if any discnssiJ
was allowed npon such orders from Bollock
Mr. Harris said there was none.
Mr. Scott replied that he supposed they we]
here merely as pnppets to obey Bullock’s vJ
He asked the question in behalf of the tea
payers of Georgia, who were inonrring til
daily expense of three thousand dollars with:]
anything being done. The House had snbri|
ted longand patiently.
Mr. Harris ruled him out .of order, sajid
that nothing was in order except the qnalii>
tion of members. J
Mr. Scott said as swearing was in order, d
he was not a swearing man, he wished he Le
Bill Arp’s “cussin man” here to swear for lq|
at this outrage npon the rights of the Ho;f
and people.
Judge Black arrived, and Sheibley being o|
of the way, went through the entire process r
qualifying. (This is very intricate.) I
Effingham—Morgan Rawls. I
Harm’ gavel here came down with an ora
nous sound, and his mightiness declared a ree|
until Monday, 12 o’clock m.
Atlanta, Ga., January 19, 1870.]
Pending the investigation into the right 1
certain persons to hold seats in the House I
Representatives, under the Reconstruction
it is ordered,
That the Clerk, pro tern., after making ifl
nouncement and giving ample time for ecI
persons as desire so to do to take the oath pra
scribed in the “Act to promote the reconstrnl
tion of the State of Georgia,” shall declanf
recess cntil Monday next, at 12 o’clock, x.
Bums B. Bulloce,
Provisional Governor.]
Hzadq’bs Military Dibt. of Georgia,) I
Atlanta, Ga., January 19, 1870. ) f
Pending the investigation into the qualii]
tion of certain persons who sre alleged tor
ineligible to seats in the House, under the ^
construction acts, I approve the foregoing ori
Alfred H. Terri,
Brevet Major General Commanding]
A Drawing-room Chat.—The following corn]
sation took place in the drawing-room of a i
on Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, one pleasant
noon about ten days Ago. (Two ladies, Mrs. 1
gan and Mrs. Knight, had just dropped in tee
morning’s call on Mrs. Rapelje, tho lady of ^
house.
Mrs. M.—My dear Mrs. Rapelje, are you
You look quite delicate.
Mrs. R.—No, not sick exactly; but suffering t
debility, and dreadfully nervous. Do you knc»|
could cry this minute.
Mrs. K-—Too much excitement, Pm afraid.
Mrs. B.—Perhaps. But what can one do ? In 'j
gay season one must give parties and attend t
Mrs. M.—I supposo so. Fashion is law—n
the pity. But you must take something to tone J
system, or you’ll break down.
Mrs. B.—I hate medicine! But you shall press
for me. What would you advise ?'
Mrs. M—’Well, Til tell you my plan. Whend
Tm nervous or hysterical, or have a headache]
am at all out of sorts, I take a oonpie of table
ful of Plantation BrnERS once or twice a day!
a week or so, and it invariably brings me round |
Mrs. K. I do the same thing, with the
pleasant result I have implicit faith in that i
Mrs. It—Well, ladies, on your recommend*
mtiy it
“Sea Moss Farine can be taken into the sto
of the most delicate, and is just the thing for]
valids and all those desiring a light and da'
food.”—Boat. jan23eod diwll
Charleston, November 8,19
To Dr. IVm. Jenson :
Dear Seb : We take this method of rcoommei
every mother to use your Southern Soothing I
in the nursery, for it is certainly one of then
valuable medicines produced, and we do not b
tate to pronounce it fax superior to tho “Mrs. r
slow” or any Northern production. The 1
the fl. S. 8. to children teething, claims this p*
age of all mothers, and your liberality in
down the price all yon conld during the trying “
of our need and scarcity, deserves the most g"
and extended support of the Southern peopk
(Signed)
Respectfully,
Mas. Geo. McD. i
Mas. S. F. Bex ra-
Latest From the Ladies.—Since the inti
of PhAlon’s Yttalia or Salvation for the Hair, 1
who formerly used dye* are universally i
them. They find the new article sc bsimk*J
clean and pure, so pleasant to the senator
with ail so superior as a means of renewfcy
original color that they absolutely shudder
they think of the filthy stuff tbsy onoe neoA
Jan.lS-eod&wlw