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- • MACON, Ally-* isn.
BrxLWt'a Jobs, as explained by a Washington
correspondent of tho Chicago Tribune, have
been as marvellous since the conclusion of peace
as they wore during the war. He pocketed
thousands by selling his vote and influence in
(Sundry cases; but this is the mere salt in the
porridge. • He made a cool hundred thousand
oh the Boston post-office- So soon as it was
resolved to boild a P. O. building, he privately
secured an interest in the quarry and then the
contract for the stone to one of his strikers.
Bet that, also, was a comparatively small oper
ation. In the spring ot 1865 Congress resolved
to establish “a national asylum for tho benefit
of disabled soldiers, under which Butler proved
himself very far from “a disabled soldier.” Un
der this bill Butler procured his own election as
president and treasurer, and secured possession
oi funds to the amount of four million six hun
dred and oighty four, thousand dollars. Of that
atuonnt ho expended only $660,000, and a good
part of tho money, upon his own showing, re
mained charged to Iris private account in banks
in Lowell and New York, for a lorg time: and
to this day only 1,S32,000 have been invested in
lands and buildings—leaving more than two
millions to be charged to the current expenses
of the old soldiers. Famesworth alleges that
daring tho past five years Butler has had at least
§150,000 public money in his possession all the
time. Such aro tho stories told on Butler by
the leading Republican organ of the West: and
•yet Butler is the leading politician cf Grant’s
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J3VSIN'ES3 OP THE VfESTEBH AND ATLANTIC
Batleoad.—The Constitutionalist of Saturday
publishes a letter from ex-Governor Brown, in
reply to a statement cf a correspondent signing
himself “Publius,” to tho effect that the lessees
of the Western and Atlantic Road made $140,-
000 profits in the month of March. The ex-
Governor encloses a statement by Owen Lynch,
General Book-keeper of the Hoad, showing a
balance of receipts over current expenses for
the month amounting to (not one hundred and
forty thousand dollars) but $4,629.8!).
But that does not comprehend the whole story.
Tho ex-Governor shews, that during the month
of last March the company accepted bills for cars
and locomotives amounting to $68,905 65, and
has incurred a farther debt for box and coal cars
which adds $83,137 87 to its debt for the first
eighteen days in April, and must swell thi3 debt
largely to repair the track p.nd build now bridges.
Ent we aro sorry for any man who supposes that
any possible lease of the State Road is not going
to be a source of perpetual fuss and complaint.
Hates or Interest.—The States in which tlia
old maximum interest is six per cent., with va
rious penalties generally affixed for a greater
rate, aro as follows: Connecticut, Delaware,
Pennsylvania, Vermont and West Virginia.
The following States go as high as 7 per cent.:
Georgia, New Jersey and New York; while Ala
bama allows 8 per cent.
In the following States the legal rates are fix
ed at various figures, but parties are permitted,
by Special contract, to charge as much as S per
cent, in Louisiana, North Carolina and Ohio; 10
per cent, in the District of Columbia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri,
Tennessee and Wisconsin; and 12 per cent, in
.Kansas, Minnesota, Oregon and Virginia.
In tho rest of the States, while there are also
various legal rates as in the foregoing, there are
no restrictions at all noon special contracts; or,
in other words, a man may hire out his money
as he hires out his horse or his house, namely,
for as much as ho can get.
KzprBLicANiiTi is England.—At the very
turbulent meeting of London Iieds in Trafalgar
square, on Good Friday, the speaker, Auberson
Herbert, member of Parliament for Notting
ham, and called the English Hochefort, under
took to defend his vote for a dowry to tho
Princess Louise with very indifferent success.
The Queen and the established Church were
severely denounced. Tho speaker declared for
a Republic after the demise of the Queen, but
his remarks on the folly and suicidal character
of violence, which were very forcible and elo
quent, were loudly cheered. The whole dem
onstration wo3 considered a striking proof of
the progress of democratic opinions in England.
An eminent journalist in Kalamazoo, Michi
gan, declared in his paper that a rival editor
had seven toes! The rival editor thereupon
came out in a double-leaded article, in which he
denounced the statement as nntrnthful, and de
clared that the “author of it was a liar and a
scoundrel.” The eminent journalist replied that
he didn’t for a moment wish to have it under
stood that he meant that all seven of those toes
were on one foot. And now tho rival editor
tries to avoid tho public scorn by asking his
readers seriously, “Aro these subject-: which
ought to be discussed in organs whose duty it is
to mould public opinion?”
The Coal Mine Dhtlculties.—The World,
ot Friday, says that the miners are not in fault
Even if all iH«i r demands were conceded, they
would add to tho cos* of Pennsylvania coal not
more than six cents pt» ton. The whole
trouble lies with tho mine owners o n a railroad
men, who are, in most cases, identical, on d it
is simply a conspiracy on their part to rob the
people. Goal ranged from three to four dollars
a ton in 1869, on the precise basis now demand*
# vd by tho miners.
BmfAngAni.E Increase ox Circulation.—»T2io
Galaxy has just completed the firth year of its
# existence, and, from the start, has been con-
# stantly gaining in popularity. Its publishers
■ now claim to have made a net gain in circula
tion of ten thousand copies in the past four
months. Few people have any idea of the
amount of labor, capital, and time required to
establish a first-class magazine; but if success
ful, in the end the reward seems to be ample.
The Gbeat Cbevasse.—The great crevasse in
tho Mississippi levee at Bonne Carre, fifty miles
. above New Orleans, is now reported unmanage-
■abld, and sweeping across the country into Lake
Ponchartrain in a stream C50 feet wide and 40
feet deep. What if it divides its main channel
to the sea ? It will puzzle State, municipal and
federal authorities to keep the New Orleans ship
canal open-
The Ku-klux bill will be found in our columns
to-day. Like the Enforcement bill, its object
1 and effect are to put the liberty and property of
tho whites at the mercy of the Badical negroes
and their fuglemen. What amount of tyranny
and wrong they can perpetrate under the bill,
remains to be seen.
Negro Debts—Important Decision.—The
cupreine Court of South Carolina has lately de
cided in favor of the validity of contracts in
which slaves were the consideration. The court
wa3 unanimous on the question.
Pasis.—It seems the grand fight for Paris did
abt take place on Sunday, as anticipated. Mat
ters there are reported by the morning dis-
. patches without material change.
The Cotton . Excess.—The crop receipts to
iast Friday night, fooled up 3,512,692 bales)
■ against 2,519, A1C—showing an excess this year
of 963,576 bales.
TUc Democratic Address.
Tho address of the Democratic Senators and
Representatives in Congress “to the People of
the United States,” will be found in this edition.
It is in the nature of an appeal to the conserv
ative sentiment of tho country against the vio
lence, misrule and corruption of the Radical
party! It assails the character and career of
that party very forcibly, but not from a parti-
zan stand point. It is not an appeal to Demo
cratic. opposition, so much as to the sober judg
ment of the country at large. We suppose the
stylo and address of the document, and the
points it presents, indicates the current ideas
among the Democratic Congressmen of the
plan of the next Presidential campaign, and
tho issues which ought to be presented to tho
country by the National Democratic Conven
tion.
Taking this view of the matter, it is to be
noted that they present no issue against the re
cent amendments to the constitution. They
complain of the construction given to the four
teenth amendment, and of the arbitrary and
despotic character of the acts to enforce it, and
they call upon the people, “disregarding party
names and minor differences,” to insist upon
the restriction of federal power within just and
proper limits; bnt they appeal to the people to
“discountenance and discourage any violation
of the rights of any portion of the people, se
cured under the constitution or any of its amend
ments," and declare that it is for tho purpose of
protecting and perpetuating all personal rights
thus secured to the humblest citizen, wherever
he may be, that they invito the co-operation of
all good men. It is quite evident, therefore,
that these Congressmen have not the smallest
design to raise any popular issue on the ques
tion of a repeal of these amendments; and to
the extent that they may be supposed to repre
sent the democratic opinion of the country, the
fact is important, as forecasting the future.
The Material Argument Against the
Outrage Slanders.
Wo are glad to see that Mr. Whitthome, re
presentative from the Sixth Congressional Dis
trict of Tennessee, in a speech against the Ku-
klux bill did handle very effectively the material
argument against the charges of the Radicals
that Southern society is in a convulsive and dis
ordered condition by reason of the outrages
against personal liberty and safety from the so-
called ku-klux organization. Says Mr. Whit
thome :
Sir, look at-these circumstantial witnesses,
whose testimony outweighs a thousand such
as malice and disappointment have sped to your
capital:
Railroads. Miles.
In 1864 7.610
In 1370. • 11,131
Increase 3,521
NUMBER OF FARMS, MANUFACTURES, AND NUMBER OF
ESTABLISHMENTS OF PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY.
Increase per cent, in the number of farms returned
by assistant marshals in 1870 over the number
returned in I860:
Florida 59
Mississippi 491
North Carolina 2
Virginia and West Vir
ginia 18
Alabama 22
Georgia...-. z
Lcnisiana 23
Tennessee...-. 43
Arkansas 7
Tennessee and South Carolina not made up.
Increase per cent, in the number of establishments
of productive industry retained by assistant mar
shals in 1870 over the number returned in 1830:
Alabama 43 I Florida 263
Georgia 911 Mississippi 47
Louisiana 142 ! North Carolina 1
Tennessee 106 Virginia and West Vir-
Arkansas 76 | ginia 45
Texas and South Carolina not made up.
Total value of farm products in 1869 in all the
States was $1,847,004,843.
Total value in the eleven States in corn
and wheat, etc., articles named by the
Commissioner $332,524,584
In cotton 303,600,000
Add eugar, molasses, turpentine, and
" 100,000.000
Total $736,124,584
Or nearly one-half the total.
Value of live stock in the eleven States
in 1869 was $ 95,346,023
When it is remembered what immense losses
were occasioned by the war in live stock, aro
not these figures marvellous?
The total export of agricultural products
in 1869 from all the States was $389,674,987
The total from the eleven States, as per
statement taken from agricultural re
port of I860 274,452,108
Over cne-ha:f, and nearly two-thirds.
I read you now from a commercial writer,
and the same honest testimony is borne by ev
ery commercial and financial writer:
The great improvement of tho country since
the close of tho war has taken place chiefly in
the Southern States. With every industrial in
terest entirely prostrate in 1865, tho first efforts
of the people to improve their condition were
in the highest degree discouraging. During
I860 and 1867 tho crops, both of cotton and
grain, were, to a very great extent, failures.
The freedmen wore not disposed to work for
hire, demanded excessive wages; and too often
rendered poor services. In 1868 there was an
improvement. The harvest was so abundant as
to famish tho people with cheap food and with
a large surplus for the future aud for export,
while the sale of the exports of that year, in
the form of cotton, grain, sugar, tobacco, and
naval stores, amounted to an aggregate of at
least $300,000 in currency. Such a result has
brought to tho people of the South a large de
gree of strength and prosperity. It has restor
ed tho broken lines of railway communication
and is creating new ones. It is enriching the
soil and increasing tho quality and quantity of
the great staple per aero through the use of fer
tilizers and improved tools. This evidence of
tho capacity of the country to repair its waste
and extend its production is highly satisfactory.
Population in the eleven States, increase,
from tables before mo (estimated), 800,000,
showing, too, tho per centage of increase in the
negro population. Look at these astounding
results, and remember that not six years have
yet elapsed since those places were deser't places,
and this people were desolated, bankrupted, ut
terly impoverished, with a destruction of prop
erty amounting to nearly, or quite, throe billion
of tUAUrg, and answer me, if those who jrould
make yon believe that the South is one contin
ued scene of murder and rapine, that there “the
dance of blood” is nightly held, are not false
witnesses.
A llild Rebuke from niassa Greeley.
Commenting upon Forney’s blatherskite “no
ration” the other night to the negroes and Rad
ical bummers at Washington, wherein ho took
occasion to show whose dog he was by nomina
ting Grant for ro-election, Massa Greeley ven
tures this gentle rebuke:
OoL Forney is so fresh from sharp arraign
ment of the administration, that our present
high cste'wn for him would have been better
preserved if U#- had not made haste, so soon
after taking possession of his Collectorship in
Philadelphia, to renominate General Grant for
the Presidency. We do not think the lime has
come for nominating the next Fresifl ent, and wo
are very sure that new and gratefol office-holders
are not the men to do it.
Bnt Greeley ought to know, by.this time, that
it is absolutely essential to Forney’s health and
happiness that he should wear somebody's col
lar, and what’s more proclaims the fact every
time he gets a chance. When Mr. Bnchanan
owned him ho was always running around show
ing his collar and the inscription thereon: “I
am Mr. Buchanan's dog, whose dog are you? ”
and now he frisks about livelier than ever, and
inviting attention to his new collar. The
dreariest days of Forney’s life were those when
he could find nobody who thought him worth a
jollar. It was when he was in that “ Elough of
despond ” tHat Grant whistled him np and now
he is happy. “I am Grant’s dog, whose dogate
you,” is the refrain of his joyous bow-wow, at
present. -I-. .'
While at Versailles, the Emperor William
lost a favorite dog, and offered 200 thalers for
its recovery. It was brought baok by the Cap
tain of the Sehuzengilde of Gross-Bodungen,
who was then serving as a Landswebrsman. He
declined the offered reward; but asked the
Emperor to present to his company of -ShaTp-
sbooters at home one of the cannon captured
from tho French. The gun was at once sent,
and on its arrival was received in the village
with much pride and great rejoicings.
THE GEORGIA*PRESS.
Madison is going back on her usual summer
coblers and juleps, by making efforts to get np
a temperance revival.
Tho sleeping room of Dr. Hugh Ogelby, of
Madison, was entered Friday morning, and a
gold watch worth $250, and $70in money stolen.
The “Church of tho Good Shepherd," a new
Episcopal place of worship just finished at the
Sand Hills, near Augusta, will be consecrated
to-day by Bishop Beckwith.
Rome has subscribed $1000, and Harris
county $500 towards paying the expenses of the
survey of a route of the North and South
Railroad. The Rome papers say the survey will
be commenced to-morrow, the route- looated in
three, and the work commenced in less than six
months.
The residence of Mr. Nathan Massey, just
outside Atlanta city limits, was burned Friday
afternoon. No insurance andloss $2,500. •
The Constitution says:
• Charlie Fisher and Thomas Manson hired a
horse and buggy from tho stable of Mr. Bell, on
Broad street, on the 11th of this month, to go to
Decatur. Not reluming by the time speoified,
Mr. Bell employed J. R.- Hill to go with him af
ter them. Fisher and Manson were chased np
through North Georgia, and finally met up with
by Bell and Hill beyond Kingston, Tennessee.
Manson was arrested by Hill, Fisher making his
escape. In returning, Mr. Hill was in tho buggy
with Manson. Twenty miles beyond Marietta,
Hill undertook to ford Swamp Creek, which was
very full, and getting in the current they were
washed down the stream. The -horse was
drowned, and Mr. Hill had a hard timo making
a landing himself, as swimming was difficult.
He arrested Manson on the 16th and reached
Atlanta on Friday. Manson is in jail.
The Columbus Sun, of Sunday, furnishes us
tho following :
Squabble About the Post-office—’Tho report
comes prettyj^raight that Col. Hogan has come
very near losing his place as postmaster of this
city. It appears that Mr. C.' IV. Chapman,
Revenue Assessor of this sub-district, has an
eye for the place and a feeling for the salary.
Ho is reported as having operated through
“Petticoat” Arnold, at Washington, to secure
the position, representing that CoL H. is a Dem
ocrat, etc. This is funny. To be charged with
being a Democrat was always one of CoL H.’s
fighting points. The CoL was telegraphed by
his friends to come on at once to Washington
to establish his loyalty—and we understand has
gone forward and made it all right.
Poles fob New Yobk.—We saw yesterday a
large car load of oak and hickory poles on their
way North. They came from the Savannah and
Memphis Railroad. Hoops, etc., are to be man
ufactured from them. A long way to send poles
certainly. They told ns last summer in central
New York the people paid from twenty-five to
thirty cents for hoop poles. Will it pay to send
’em some?
We clip the subjoined items from the Wash
ington Gazette, of Friday:
Bobbery and Attempted Murder in Lincoln
County.—We learn that on Sunday tho 9lh, in
the early part of the night, two men visited the
residence of Mr. Jas. Howard, called him out
and inquired the way to Lincolnton. Mr. H.
walked on a short distance with them, to give
the proper directions, when they seized him and
demanded his money. He at first refused,
when they bound him to a tree and forced him
to give it up. One of them then turned upon
him and fired one shot from a pistol, which took
effect, inflicting a very dangerous wound.
The fiends then left him bound to tho tree.
Ho succeeded in releasing himself, and in get
ting back to his house. It was known that Mr.
Howard had a considerable sum of money in his
possession, a3 he had jnst sold his land and re
ceived a part of tho purchase money. The
thieves obtained about seventy-five or one hun
dred dollars.
Going to Test the Legality of the District
Court.—Judge Barne3 of the District Court,
ordered served a rule nisi on Messrs. Frank
Arnold, John C. Dyson and other defaulting
jnrnrs, to show cause at the next term of tho
court, why they should not bo fined for con
tempt in refusing to attend as jurors. Wo loam
that these gentlemen intend to test the consti
tutionality of tho law creating these courts.
According to tho Gazette, Washington has
degenerated sadly from the quiet, pleasant vil
lage it was when we knew it. The Gazette says
it “is a common occurrence for white men to
be seen staggering through our most public
streets, in a state of beastly intoxication, com
mitting acts that would put the Five Points of
New York to the blush.”
The new engine “ Governor Bollock ” was
smashed, Saturday morning, at Smyrna, on the
State Road, by running into a construction
train. Now let tho lying Jacobin jonrna’s leave
out the word “engine,” and substitute “Ku-
klnxed ” for “smashed,” and copy that much
of this item as another “K. K. outrage.”
Pink Whiting now rests his weary bones in
Clark connty jail, on a charge of rape on a ne
gro girl. Ho was captured in Banks county.
The corner stone of a monument to the mem
ory of the Confederate officers and soldiers of
Clark connty who fell in defence, of their coun
try, is to be laid on the 5th of May, at Athens,
and will be placed in the centre of College
Avenue, near the residence of Mr. John H.
Newton.
The SpartaTimesboasts that mnch more com,
oats and wheat have been planted in that conn
ty this year than her “most sanguino farmers
dared hope for.”
Talbot county has suffered quite severely
within the post fen days from storms and floods,
but, as a compensation, the Standard says
“boy-babie3 aro all the rage in Talbotton.”
Wo credit the Savannah Republican with these
items:
A Local Item Spoiled.—Wo are never sen
sational, and can only allude to a slight misun
derstanding which occurred yesterday after
noon between two well known young merchants
in general terms.
It appears that for some real or fancied of
fence given at a social party, a correspondence
took place between the two young gentlemen
alluded to, which, though supposed to be sug
gestive of coffee and pistols for two, was brought
to a rather abrnpt conclusion by tho mere force
of circumstances. One of tho belligerents
armed himself with a cowhide and went to the
store of tho other, and proceeded to inflict con
dign castigation. Tho other party being rather
surprised drew his revolver, bnt was estopped
from making daylight shine through his oppo
nent^ the interference of a third party who,
by his presence of mind, prevented a homicide.
In deference to a request made, the names of
tho parties combatant are withheld.
The Storm Thursday. Night.—Tho storm
which threatened our city Thursday night
passed over withont expending itself here, or,
as far as we can learn, in this vicinity. We have
information, however, from a letter from No.
7$ Atlantia and Gulf Railroad, that it struck
that vicinity in its fall faiy at 10 o’clock p. m.,
demolishing the mill house of Mr. W. P. Wylly
& Bros., breaking the saws and saw frame,
blowing down the smoke stack and destroying
the steam and exhaust pipes, making a perfect
wreck of one of the finest saw mills on the line
of the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad.
“An Antiquated Hambng.”
The Radical organ at Atlanta calls Magna
Charta. m “antiquated humbug.” Thatiscan-
did, we must gay. We knew that his ‘party
allies so considered and treated it, bnt we did
not know they , had reached the point of thus
openly and emphatically saying‘so. This is
just the difference between the Jacobins and
the Demdcrata—between men who hate liberty
and spit upon the Constitution,, and those who
love the one for its own sake, and revere the
other as the ark of their political covenant May
that difference grow and deepen until it shall
become a great gulf, into whose dark depths
an aroused people may soon cast headlong the
guilty wretches who have robbed and ruined
tiieml___
Let the organ proceed with its enumeration
of what it deems other “antiquated humbugs.”
We are very sure the catalogue will not embrace
any of the attributes or qualities that Jaoobini3in
has made its specialities, and which mark the
difference between partisans and patriots.
There is a movement on foot in Philadelphia
to have separate street car3 for ladies, with fe
male conductors.
address
.OF THE
DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OP CONGRESS TO
THE PEOPLE OF TUB UNITED STATES.
Alarming Strides Towards Centralization
—Reckless nnd Desperate Measures of the
Radicals—Grave Apprehensions for the
Future Peace of the nation, etc., etc., etc.
Washington, April 20.—The Democrats in
Congress have jnst issued the following address:
To the People of the United, States : Onr pros
enco and official duties at Washington have en
abled ns to become folly acquainted with the
actions and designs of those who control the
Radical party, and wo feel called upon to utter
a few words of warning against the alarming
strides they have made towards the centraliza
tion of power in tho hands of Congress and the
Executive. Tho time and attention of the Rad
ical leaders have been almost wholly directed to
devising snob -legislation as will, in their view,
best preserve their ascendency, and no regard
for the wise restraints imposed by tho Consti
tution has checked their reckless and desperate
career. The President of tho United States has
been formally announced as a candidate for re-
election. The declarations of Lis selfish sup
porters have been echoed by a subsidizedpress,
and the discipline of party has alreadyjhado
adhesion to his personal fortunes the supreme
test of political fealty. The partisan legisla
tion to which we refer was decreed and shaped
in secret canons, where the extremest counsel^
always dominated, and was adopted by a sub
servient majority, if not with the intent cer-r
tainly with the effect to place ih-tho hands of
the President power to command his own re
nomination, and to employ the army, navy, and
malitia, at his sole discretion, as a means of
subserving his personal ambition. When the
sad experience of the last two years, so disap
pointing to the hopes and generous confidence
of the centry, 'i3 considered, in connection with
the violent utterances and rash purposes of
those who control the Presidents policy, it is
not surprising that the gravest ” apprehensions
for the future peace of tho nation should be
entertained.
At a time when labor is depressed, and every
material interest is palsied by oppressive taxa
tion, the public offices have been multiplied be
yond all precedent to serve as instruments in
the perpetuation of power. Partisanship is the
only test applied to tho distribution of this vast
patronage. Honesty, fitness, and moral worth
are openly discarded in favor of truckling sub
mission and dishonorable compliance) hence
enormons defalcations and widespread corrup
tion have followed as the natural consequences
of this pernicious system. By the official report
of the Secretary of the Treasury, it appears that
after the deduction of all proper credits, many
millions of dollars due remain from ex-collectors
of the internal revenue, and that no proper dili
gence has ever been used to collect them. Re
forms in the revenue and fiscal systems, which
all experience demonstrates to be necessary to
a frugal administration of the government, as
well as a measure of relief to an over-burdened
people, have been persistently postponed or
willfully neglected. Congress now adjourns
without having even attempted to reduce taxa-
tion, or to repeal tho glaring impositions by
which industry is crushed and impoverished.
The treasury is overflowing, and an excess of
$80,000,000 of revenue is admitted; and yet,
instead of some measure of present relief, a
barren and delusive resolution is passed by the
Senate to consider the tariff and oxcise systems
hereafter, as if the history of broken pledges
and pretended remedies famished any better
assuranoe for future legislation than experience
has done in the past. ; • >1 - i •
Ship-building and tho carrying trade, once
sources of national pride and prosperity, now
languish under a crushing load of taxation, and
nearly every other business interest is struggling
without profit to maintain itself.
Our agriculturists, while paying heavy taxes
m all they consume either to the government
or to monopolists, find the prices for their
own products so reduced that honest labor is
denied its just reward, and industry is prostrated
by invidious discrimination. Nearly 200,000,-
000 acres of public lands which should have
been reserved for the benefit of the people, have
been voted away to giant corporations,neglecting
our soldiers and enriching a handful of greedy
speculators and lobbyists who are thereby en
abled to exercise a most dangerous and corrupt
ing influence over State and Federal legislation.
If the career of these conspirators be not check
ed, tho downfall of free government is inevita
ble, and with it the elevation of a military dic
tator on tho ruins of the republic.
Under pretence of passing laws to enforce tho
fourteenth amendment and for other purposes.
Congress has conferred the most despotic pow
ers upon the Executive, and provided an official
machinery, by which tho liberties of tho people
are menaced and the sacred right of local self-
government in the State is ignored, if not ty-
ranically overthrown. Modelled upon the sedi
tion laws, so odious in history, they are at vari
ance with all the sanctified theories of onr insti
tutions. And the construction given by these
Radical interpreters to the fourteenth amend
ment is, to nso the language of an eminent Sen
ator, Mr. Trumbull, of Illinois, an “annihilator
of States,” Under the last enforcement bill,
The Executive may, in his; discretion, thrust
aside tho government of any State, snspend the
writ of habeas corpus,” arrest its Governor, im
prison or disperse tho Legislature, silence its
judges, and trample down its people under the
armed heel of his troops. Nothing is left, to
the citizen or tho State which can any longer be
called a right; all is changed into mere suffer
ance. Onr hopes for redress are in the calm,
good sense, the “sober second thought,” of the
American people. Wo call upon them to be
true to themselves and their , post, and disre
garding party ’ names and minor differences, to
insist upon a decent equalization of power,-the
restriction of Federal authority within its just
and proper limits, leaving to tho States that
control over domestio affairs which is essential
to their happiness and tranquility, and good
government. Everything that malicious inge
nuity could suggest has been done to irritate the
people of the Middle and Southern States.
Gross and exaggerated charges of disorder and
violence owe their origin to the mischievous
minds of political managers in the Senate and
House of Representatives, to which the Execu
tive has, we regret to say, lent his aid and then
helped to inflame the popular feeling. In all
this coarse of hostile legislation and. harsh re
sentment no word of conciliation, of kind' en
couragement, of fraternal fellowship has ever
been spoken by tho President or by Congress
to tho people of the Southern States. They
have been addressed only in tho language of
proscription.
Wo earnestly entreat our fellow-citizens in
all parts of tho Union to spare no effort to
maintain peaco and order, to carefully protect
the rights of every oitizen, to preserve kindly
relations among nU men, nnd to discountenance
and discourage any violations of the rights of
any portion of tho people secured under tho
Constitution or any of its amendments.
Let us, in conclusion, earnestly beg of you
not to aid tho present attempts of Radical parti
sans to stir np strife in the land, to renew the
issues of the war, or to obstruct the ictum of
peaco and prosperity to the Southern States,
becanso it is thus that they seek to divert the
attention of the coontry from the corruption
and extravagance of their administration of
public affairs, and tho dangerous and profligate
attempts they are making towards the crcdtion
of centralized military government. In the five
years of peaco following the war the Radical ad T
ministrations have expended $1,200,000,000 for
ordinary purposes alone, being within $200,--
000,000 of tho aggregate amount spent for tho
same purposes in war and in peace daring the
seventy-one yearspreoeeding June 30,1861, not
including in either case the sum paid upon
principal or interest of the public debt. It is
trifling with the intelligence of the people for
the Radical leaders to pretend that this ‘yast-
sum has been honestly expended. Hundreds
of millions of it have been wantonly squandered.
The* expenditures of tho government for the
fiscal year ending Jane 30, 1861, were only
$62,000,000, while for precisely the fame
purposes—civil liBt) the national army and riavy,
pensions, and Indians—$164,00.0,000 wore ex
pended during the fiscal year ending June 30,
1 1870. No indignation can bo too stern and no
Boons, too severe for the assertions by. unscrupu
lous Radical leaders that the great Demooratio
and conservative party of the Union has or can
have sympathy with disorders or violence in any
part of the country, or.in the deprivation of
any man of his rights under the Constitution.
It is to protect and perpetuate the rights which
every freeman cherishes; to revive in all hearts
the feeling of friendship, affectionand harmony
which are the best guarantees of law and order,
and to throw around the humblest citizen,
wherever he m$y be, the protecting icgis of
these safeguards of personal liberty which tho
•fundamental. daws of the land assure, that we
invoke the aid of all good men in tho work of
peace and reconciliation. We invite their'gen
erous'co-operation,'irrespective of all former
differences of opinion, 6othat the harsh voice of
discard may be relieved, that a new and dan
gerous sectional- agitation may be cheeked;
that the burdens of taxation,'direct or indirect,
may be reduced to the lowest point consistent
with good faith to eVdiy just national obligation,
and with a strictly economical administration
of the government; and that the States may bo
restored in their integrity and time relations to
onr Federal Union. , .-?* •
• SENATORS. <
Eugene Cassoriy, Gal. A. G. Thurman, Ohio.
Gerrit Davis, Ky. George Vickers, Md.
John W. Johnston, Va. J. W. Stevenson, Ky.
T. F. Bayard, DeL Jos. P. Kelly, Oregon.
J. P. Stockton, N. J. Wm. T. Hamilton, Md.
Frank P. Blair, Mo. H. G. Davis, West Va.
Eli Saulsbnry, DeL Henry Cooper, Tenn.
*nTPTVpjnN>^TATlVl?3.
Fernando Wood, N. Y. S. S. Marshall, HL
S. S. Cox, N. Y. E. Y. Rice, III.
A. H. Waddle, N. O. Jas. H. Slater) Oregon,
J. M. Leach, N. O. J. F. McKinney, Ohio.
E. E. Hibbard, N. Y. J. O. Robinson, Ill.
F. E. Shober, N. C. T. W. McNeely, Ill.
H. W. Slocum, N. Y. John M. Crebs, DL ,
Thos. Kinsella, N. Y. Henry D. Foster, Pa.
DwightTownsend,N.Y. Richd. J. Haldemad.Pa
S. N. Bell, N. H. Edward Crossland, Ky.
H. W. Parker, N. H. S. Griffiths; Pa.
James B. Beck, Ky. Henry Sherwood, Pa.
Lewis D. Campbell, O. W. McClelland, Pa.
Wm. A. Handly, Ala. Stevenson Archer, Md.
J. O. Harper, N. O. Thomas Swann, Md.
R. M. T. Duke, Va. B. T. Meyers, Pa.
John T. Harris, Va. E. L. Acker, Pa.
Peter M. Dox, Ala. Chas. A. Eldridge, Wis.
R. B.'Roosevelt, N. Y. Alex. Mitchell, Wis.
Wm. R. Roberts, N. Y. J. Lawrence Getz, Pa.
Smith Ely, Jr., N. Y. E. Milton Sjpeer, Pa.
Jos. H. Lewis, Ky. Wm.iL Bamum.Conn.
John T. Bird; N. J. • M. D. Mason, Indiana.
Sam'l C. Forker, N. J. W. S.‘Holman, Indiana,
Ernstus Wells, Mo. J. G. Sutherland, Miob,
A. T. Mclntyro, Ga. M. C. Kerr, Indiana.
O. W. Kendall, Nev. * James M. Hanks, Ark.
Jos. H. Tnthill, N. Y. Wm. B. Read, Ky.
C. N. Potter, N. Y. Geo. M. Adams, Ky.
Eli Perry, N. Y. W. E. Arthur, Ky.
John Rogers, N. Y. Sam’l A. Merritt, Idaho,
John B. Storm, Pa. Boyd Winchester, Ky.
Samuel J. Randall, Pa. A. Comingo, Missouri.
P. Van Trump, Ohio. D. W. Voorliees, Ind.
J. R. McCormick, Mo. W. E. Niblack, Indiana.
Geo.W. Morgan, Ohio. Wm. Terry, Virginia.
Andrew King, Mo. D. M. DnBose, Ga.*
John M, Bright,Tenn Elliott M. Braxton, Va,
John Critcher, Va. . John M. Rice, Ky.
H. D. McHenry, Ky. Wm. M. Merrick, Mo,
R. P. Caldwell, Tenn. Frank Hereford, W.Va,
John M. Carroll, N. Y. James Brooks, N. Y.,
Wm. Williams, N. Y. Benj. T. Briggs,.Del.
O. N. Lanison, Ohio. John Ritche, Missouri,
Ed. J. Golladay, Tenn. P. M. B. Young, Ga. ‘
A. E. Garrett, Tenn. W. P. Price, Ga.
W. W. Vaughan, Tenn. M. K. Armstrong, Da.
BYt TELEGRAPH.
Georgia Baptist Convention.
Carters viCle, April 22, 1871,
Editors Telegraph and Messenger : Large and
interesting sessions were held, and several in
teresting reports and speeches were "made to
day:
That which excited most attention was the
report of the trustees of Mercer University, in
regard to the removal of tho College to Maoon.
The report states that the* committee appointed
to decide the locality elected Macon, but oppo
sition was made by the people of Penfield,*by
whom the matter has been litigated and carried
up to the Supreme Court, which will render a
decision next July. That decision will settle
the matter of removaL In the meantime the
college proper is suspended, with a view to
preserving their organization and securing a fair
start when the trustees shall again declare the
University in operation. Tho faculty are con
ducting an institution of learning in Macon at
their own risk, bnt with the consent of the trus
tees, under the name and style of “Mercer Col
lege.” If the Supreme Court decides that the
trustees have a right to move the college, (as is
not doubted by any one conversant with tho
facts of the case) then the college will officially
be declared moved to MacoD, and building will
be commenced immediately. It is unnecessary
to speak of the advantage this college gives to
all in Georgia, situated as it is in such a favor
able locality, insuoh a moral and- high-toned
city, and with such an able faculty.
The funds of the University were reported at
$159,856 83, besides a site in Macon and bonds
of the city for $125,000.
A speech in favor of,the Institution was made
by Rev. H. C. Hornady, and among other do
nations was a bale of cotton by J. J. Howard;
$50 by Rev. M. J. Wellborn; a $1000 AUhr&a
City Bond by Ex-Gov. Brown.
An interesting speeoh was made by D. Tras-
dale, Secretary of the Sunday-school Board, and
a large collection taken up.
Rev. Wilks Flagg, representing the Middle
Georgia Colored Association, wa3 duly received
by the President, and the Pastor of - the Church
requested to provide a suitable seat for him in
tho body.---
Tho Convention took a recess this afternoon
to enjoy n ride np the Etowah Valley, by invi
tation, on the Cherokoe Railroad.
A number of other distinguished visitors have
arrived, and to-morrow we look for a variety of
good things, including a; Sunday-school mass
meeting in the afternoon. B.
How Akermau had tho “Dry Grins.”
The Now York Sun’s Washington letter of
Thursday, speaking of the debate in the Senate
on the Ku-klux bill-says:
The Attorney-General has been on the Sen
ate floor for "some time, and dnriDg a fierce
phillipio against the bill by ThurmaD, the Initer
turned toward him and said that this bill would
keep from the jury box the Attorney-General
who had been in* the Confederate army. This
seemed to annoy him exceedingly, bnt he stood
tho gaz9 of tho gallorics and the Senate tolera
bly well, until Edmunds replied and said that
the objection to the bill seemed to bo that it
would not allow traitors to sit on a jury where
a traitor was to be tried. He had to sit and
take it. He is not likely soon to trouble the
Senate again, r
Marriage of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.—Tho nup
tials cf Gen. Fitzhugh Lee nnd ' Miss Nellie
Fowlo, daughter of the late George D. Fowle,
wore solemnized Wednesday afternoon at tho
residence of Captain P. B. Hoo'e, on Washing
ton street, Alexandria, Va. Rev. James T.
Johnston and Rev) Mr. Norton, rector of St.
Paul’s Church, officiated. The guests com
prised many of the most distinguished officers
of the late army of Northern Virginia. General
Jnbol A. Early, Gen. W. H. F. Lee, Gen. Lo
max, Gen. P. M. B. Young, of Georgia, Gen,
M. D. Corse, Capt. Haxall, and R. E. Lee, Jr.,
were among those of Gen. Lee’s comrades who
were present. . ; •
The Demooratio Platform.—The Norfolk
Journalsays: ••
“ The Constitution as it is should be thebasi3
of the- Conservative platform for the Presiden
tial election. It has been accepted by the coun
try for ‘better or worse,’ and no party can suc
ceed by maintaining that tho late amendments
are null and void. These amendments are
among the results of the war, and, good or had,
right or wrong, whether born of force or free
will, they are there; we are living under them;
and an overwhelming majority of the votes of
the conntry will be cast against any candidate
who may beoommittedto a repeal of them. Onr
strongest arguments against the Badioal party
are afforded by their violations of the' Constitu
tion. Let us not permit them to torn onr own
foils against us. They are daring ns to the en
counter on this suicidal issue, and endeavoring
by taunts and menaces to provoke us into an
acceptance of the challenge.”
• Pauperism, in New Yobk.—The Journal of
Commerce, commenting on the statement made
at the late National Immigration meeting, that
there were one hundred thousand people-in New
York out of employment, says, on the contrary:
Wo do not believe that the daily average
number of men out of -work, who are willing to
worlc, in this city, is more than 1,000, if so
many; and that 1,000 are not long disengaged.
Wo maintain that there is no point in the world
where a man or woman in health and who
knows any trade, or can or will do common
manual labor, can more easily find the opportu
nity. In many seasons of the year the demand
for labor of all kinds is in excess of the supply.
The men and women who are out of work are
almost always tho3o who are too proud or too
lazy or too ignorant to perform the service that
is wanted from them.
The rush of miners to the nifties in the neigh
borhood of Balt Lake City continues. About
two tons of bullion are sent from there daily,
besides abont twenty car loads of orejfor reduc
tion at other points. There has been a great
deal of snow in the mountains, and it has not
melted away sufficiently yet to work to advan
tage. 4t
Cotton 9Eovements for the Week.
N*v York, April 23.—The cotton movements
for tlie week show n continued falling off as
compared with weeks past, although the totals
ace in excess of the corresponding period of last
year. Tho receipts at all tho ports for the
week are 63,042 bales, against 64/156 bales last
•vyeSk; 67,543 the. previous week, and 71,744
three weeks since. Total receipts since Sep
tember are 3,512,G92 bales, against 2,529,116
the corresponding •period of tho previous year.
The exports from all the ports for tho week aro
80/525, against 59,142 the same week last year.
The total exports for the expired portion of the
y«a are 2,531.218, against 1,719,478 for the
same time last year. Stock at all the ports 4'84,-
- 643, against 341,083 for the same time last year.
•Stocks at interior towns 01,991, against 75,002'
lost year. Stock in Liverpool 923,000, against
484,000 last year. American cotton afloat for
G/eat Britain 249,000 bales, against 216,000 last
year. Indian cotton afloat for Europe 242,000
bales, against 163,000 last year.
New Yore, April 23.—At the South much
ran has fallen during the week. At some points
thero have been severe storms although at the
dose thero were signs of clearer weather. Not
withstanding tho rain and atorm?, reports of
operations in the Held and the progress of a new
crop are generably favorable. It is too early
to speak of tho area of land planted with cotton
for the next crop, although tho estimates are
awaited with much"interest in consequence of
the discussion here nnd at the South in regard
to decreasing the planting of cotton and increas
ing the planting of grain. At tho cotton ex
change daring the week, a largo number of
April contracts have been settled, and the set
tlements generally'were on the basis of 13 j to
a split between that prico and 14 for low mid
dlings. A noticeable feature' of the settlements
this month was the faot that the difference be
tween good ordinary and low middling was only
| to 1 cent, against lj cenffi in tho March set
tlements. The manipulation of quotations last
month for tho purpose of settling contracts, and
the general disatisfaction which it caused
throughout the trade have had a wholesome ef
fect, and hence tho reform this month. Any
individual has a right to buy cotton long or to
sell it short, but there is no equity or justico in
arranging the classification of cotton to suit
either one of these individuals at the expense of
the other. No cotton merchant should be com
pelled to take lessfor any grade of cotton in the
settlement of contracts than he could receive by
selling his cotton on the tables in brokers’ offi
ccs. Cotton exchange has a higher mission to
perform than assisting either bull or bear inter
ests in the monthly settlement of contracts.
Washington, April 23.—It has transpired that
the points in negotiating give the United States
free navigation of the St. Lawrence River, and
also the adjustment, of the old question of ju
risdiction of the island of San Juan.
Louisville, April 22.—Tho board of aider-
men to-night unanimously passed an ordinance
subscribing $375,000 to aid the Louisville and
Nashville Railroad Company in extending its
connections South by a lease of the Louisville
and Decatur Railroad, and to purchase interest
in the North and South Alabama Railroad. The
ordinance will be : submitted to the people on
the 9lh of May.
Madrid, April 23.—Deputy Castellan will in
troduce a motion in the Cortes demanding the
dethronement of the King.
New York, April 23.—A Herald special from
Paris of the 21st, says the Prussians are pre
paring to evacuate Charenton and other forts in
favor of the Versaillists. ".
The printing office of the Opinion Nationale
has been invaded, and the type scattered.
Versailles, April 23.—Five hundred million
of francs worth of property have been destroyed
within the last few de.y3. The avenues are filled
With wagons ceaLdning the wounded.
Paris, April 23.—The situation is unchanged.
The Versailles troops are building formidable
barrioades in Neuilly, and constructing pontoon
bridges at Luresnes and Puteaiix. The Chateau
Racon, the pivot of their operations, is strongly
fortified. It is rumored that tho Versailles
Government has paid the first instalment of the
war indemnity, (500,000,000 francs), and that
the Germans are evacuating the forts on the
north and east. Tho Communists hold their
ground with great tenacity. They complain of
maladministration, in the war office, and begin
to accuse Cluseret at aiming at a military dicta
torship. The Commune has made a requisition
on the gas company, and seized 200,000,000
francs at the office of the company.
Washington, April 24.—Dispatches from
Paris up to Sunday afternoon, via London, at
midnight, say that official reports to the Com
mune state that the Nationals silenced several
of the enemy’s batteries on Saturday, and re
pulsed the attacks on Issy and Vanvres on
Thursdays night. The Prussians have ordered
strangers to leave St. Denis. No detachment
of French troops was there yesterday, as ru
mored. The Republican league has published
tho details of its proposal for autonomy 1 for
Paris. If President Thiers consents to it, the
league will force the Commune to accept it.
General Ceceillia has been appointed Com
mandant of Paris. Bergeret has been released
from arrest. Tho firing to-day is not heavy.
The Mexican. Commission resumes its sessions
to-day.
The foreign dispatches describe the attack on
Issy and Vanvres as postponed. A night attack
by the Communists upon Asnieres was repulsed
with great slaughter. Faidherbe is expected at
Versailles. Toulouse has been declared in a
state of siege. Another emeute had occurred at
Marsailles and been suppressed. A delegation
has left Havre to mediate between Versailles
and Paris.
The bark Lillie N. Charlton, for Greenwich,
is at Antigua leakiBg. * She lost her rudder.;
Daniel Symonds, theatrical manager, is dead.
Versailles, April 24.—The expected general
attack has Mot commenced. Reinforcements
for the Versaillists are arriving daily and are
immediately forwarded to the front. The evac
uation of Charenten by the Prussians is officially
oontradicted. It is reported that the Prussians
at St. Denis have stopped the ingress of supplies
to Paris from the North. •
St. Louis, April 24.—The tobacoo factories of
Erickson & White and Wm. O. Woodson, with
eighty thousand pounds of plug tobacco, are
bunted. :
President Grant has arrived in St. Louis.
The Great Crevasse Beyond Control.
The following dispatch has been reoeived by
the President of the Western Union Telegraph
Company:
Louisville, April 24.—Eon. Wm. Orton,
President: The crevasse which occurred iiji the
levee of.the Mississippi river at Bonne Carre
Point, above New Orleans, some days ago, has
gradually Increased in extent until it is now en
tirely beyond control. It was last evening 650
feet wide and 18 feet deep. The danger of the
New Orleans and Jaokson Railroad and of our
lines is very serious.
fSigned] John Van Horn, Gen’l Sup’t.
New Orleans, April 24.—Assistant State En
gineer Hatoh, writing yesterday from the Bonne
Carre crevasse, says' xi ‘is now COO to 650 feet
wide and a vast volume of water rushes through
with a roar like thunder, piling itself up in the
middle in tho form'of an arch, cf which the
centre is five or six feet higher than the rides.
The torrent has cut its channel through the front
Balture and f %r out into the fields to the depth.
of probably forty feet, while^stelsiiD
foot, the great levee crumbles into f '
waters. The closing of this crevass *!!
the range of possibilities the ml 1
is to prevent, if possible, the wi,W
breach. A continuous sea of 1
to Lake Ponchartrain aRdfonaanv m 1'
and below. The disaster is great
butis beyond reach of remedy!? dtfl
who has seen it admits. €T(S J i
Washington, April 24 —Xh 3
were refused the franchise hav e T‘'“ '
suit, claiming $2,500 damage 3 . 0!C:s '’
Bontwell has gone to Chicago
Richardson will act in tho meanti c ? * 1
Admiral Porter will command L f
meet the Russian fleet bearing i
Prince hither. ‘ 1 “■ 1
Tho Mexican Commission
against the motions to dismiss «...
The dismissal is claimed on th ®
grounds: The claimant had n ot J .
remedies of the Mexican conris- a
had obtained permanent residence^
and had acquired citizenship
because the damage was ..
of war. Tho motion to
on all these points, because the ai M ^
prisonment complained of weref^ .v
tion of law. Tho Commission decides it
eigners domiciled here who have fleck ,
intention to become citizens, are eaUtS
hearing before the Commission. ' *
The commissions to bankers, one j
one per cent, for negotiating the ne* tT 5 "
payable in coin. 0J5? 4
Southern claimants desiring to have ti
timony taken by tho- Commission at J
points in the South must rednoe their ^
writing, and designate suitable wt//
commissioners. Parlies desiring tobm
cases set for a certain day, must nafe n
tion to the clerk in writing, stating yp) 1
themselves can be ready.
The Secretary of War has ordered !;.
fer a soldier convicted of murder l-
marlial in Alaska to tho civil authorities^
ground that murder being a capita cf’;;.-.'
cognizable by the court martial vhichseX!’
tho murderer to fifteen years iopum^
New Yobk, April. 24.—The ship %
Stover, from Liverpool hither, hadseTcal
pox deaths.
The interest on the firstmortgagelaa-i
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad will bep^j
on tho first of May.
Pams April 24.—General Cluseret rep*
the Commune that suspension of hos&is:
Neuilly has been arranged to date fra:
to-day. He also reports that affairs a*
are iu excellent condition. There ;
great movements of troops yesteife.
mense defensive preparations are in
Torpedoes have been planted at the St
main and Versailles Railway station, id
teries erected in the Rue Castellane. St
and St Sulpice are re-opened aad their
released from imprisonment.
Versailles, April 24.—Thiers neeh
deputation of the Masonic Lodge from
who asked, in behalf of the people of
an armistice. Thiers, replying, said
Ladmiranlt had power to grant a truce
ever necessary, but the Commune could
be recognized by the Government.
Beblin, April 24.—The Parliament has
the loan bill. Bismarck stated in the Hos|
day that although the French should pij
first instalment of the indemnity, then
forts north and east of Paris wouldnotbe
uated until the final treaty of peace in
cluded. Tho negotiations at Brussels
slow progress. The French were trying tol
ter the conditions, bnt Germany was
The movement of the Commune entiM
fices on Germany, bnt she would cot
with the internal affairs of France.
Cabacgas, April 9.—Qucsada rezrtsa!
accas, having reoeived £6,000 from
emissary of the New York Cubans. Ci
has gone to St. Thomas, from thence t:
to Aspinwall to meet the steamer and
New York. There are no indications tilt
man will aid Quesada.
The largest portion of Pulido’s arm;
turned to Lagnagro from the west, what;
is again re-established. It is generally'
Guzman’s own partisans are working to
mence a rebellion to overthrow him.
San Domingo, April 12.—The troops of
havo again defeated Cabral. Several
engagements between the forces of l-'P
Baez took place recently in the neniee*
vinces.
Munich, April 24.—The King of Bswa
written a letter to Dr. Dollinger, deploys
sentence of excommunication pn
against him.
Poet au Prince, April 8.—Tho Hi
again offered for sale. She will P
purchased by the Dominicans.
Tho excitement over the anneiiM 2 4
mingo is subsiding. A loan to redeem- ^
renoy and establishing specie pajof
ly discussed.
London, April 24.—An immense
e employes of tho match factories
the Commons with petitions agains
ened match excise law. The cr ^.,' A |
but an ample policeVorce controlled 1 -^ 1
procession approaching from Eafi L ' J ~ |
dispersed on the route.
Albany, April 24.-Tbe
for navigation to-day. or -t:. I
tions are that tho caualsaroiaS^^ |
Learning A Bad t’nstom W»!
We quote as follows from the he*
Times, of April 19ih: -a on Mr-1
The Chinese laborers employ^ .J
Davidson’s Po ^ D p ^orh%nd iJ
StBernard,haro stoPP^^ kill t0 the*
had evidently determined to sbrk
der to give them an l 3 ca o£ 0 n 1
expected, he set them t _ They «i
rows with a gang of “ e f>* j tbc eve*
there until dinner-time, and «*
turned to their own b3C kiotl*J
The overseer ordered them 1 tc f
er place, and when they■refused £
ed them to quit the field- - (
At this the-entire gang took ^ l
and started for their Waters.
on driving down to the pi
them on their way to the ci£ beie |
ter stated that they were commg^
some purchases, but on tnmr
complaint was entered of J 10 ^*
They contend that the 1
their contraot differs fr° m ihefiP 1
their first arrival we hear that ; ^
very exacting, and that many ^
have been almost frivolous. , ,
they demanded that their nta
brought to the door,and at ano
have water hauled for the^ .*)
Superintendent Badger m v agrs
hear, that this was no
that unless they went to wo»
would be arrested. - - # 1
We thought John didn’t know ^
and wouldn’t if he knew how-
is learning, with much that . jjjjj
country, a great deal that is e» ^ i
If he expects to compete with (
labor of the South he’ll have to
such nonsense as this. _
«——■ * li> * L
A flock of stolen sheep f»rs> j
Louis last week and sold, h *r t MereS - 5 ]
having been taken down by
to get the sheep into the roaj.
Tim orops throughout Noij-hf^ ,
me a finer harvest than ever ^
rain of Sunday night will do mo^
along.
