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established 1826.
MA0O2SJ; TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12 1871.
Volume LXV—No. 24
' Tennyson’s Mew Poem.
r -flth* New loik Evening Tost.]
r ,,t dumber of Harper’s Weekly will con-
wmonneed in onr early editions, a new
Alfred Tennyson, first given to the Amer-
7,,T in that paper, from tho author’s advance
if#!,,- arrangement with J. R. Osgood & Co.,
will he pnblished in book form, on Sat-
WJ^mcember I The poem is entitled “Tho
*^vp.rm!iment." It forma one of that rematkar
Ia** v” Arthurian poems, “The Idylls of the
rounded out into the fullness of an
S<*' \ j t j place is between “PellsiB and Ettarre”
Tournament” is eubdned—almost
"TiLin coloring and tone. The wail of Novem-
j a ju every line. The hero is Sir Tris-
t#*® « of the younger knights of the Round
S?: in whom the growing moral degeneracy of
^' ino dims the g ory of marUal deods. He is
itariof Queen Ieolt, of Britain, who is wedded
rtJhrntiin and besotted Mark. At the condu-
,oU nMlie laet tournament in which the Knights of
SSfoimd Table engage, Sir Tristram, victor in all
i -mts rides forth ti visit Isolt. who has been
• nred tv her jealous lord in the Ionoly castle of
gJUJjr gi DC e he saw her last he has married a
^.fakeof die Queen—the fair, white-haired Isolt,
s J?,ii!inr whom he does not lovo; and as lie rides,
5-^Tis vexed with devising how to smooth it
T®f 0 ie ho loves as well as bis shallow nature
into To pleaee her and show his devotion he
^niedibe rich prize of the tournament to hang
‘ftsjpUrig is beautifully described:
nm preying day by day thro’ Lyonosso
iL toarockvtollow, bellmg, heard
hounds of Mark, and felt the goodly hounds
Wd at bis heart, but turning, past -and gained
flfaii b»lf by sea, and high on land,
A-roan of towers.
1 Down in a casement eat,
Alaw-iei-eunset glorying round her hair
and elossv-tbroated grace, Ieolt the Queen.
And when she hrard the feet of Tristram grind
The ppiring stone that scaled about her tower.
Flushed nulti, met him at the doors, and there
Mid bis bisdy with her white embrace,
frrieg alvud, r, Xot Mark—not Mark, my sonl!
Tt'r footttep tluttor’d me at first; not ho;
Cat-like tutu’ bis own castle steals my Mark,
tewnior-wisa thou strides through his halls
Uholutes thee, as I him—ev’n to the death.
Hfgrcl, I felt my hatred for my Mark
oiite wiibic me, and knew that thou wert nigb.”
To «hoa eir Tristram smiling, “I am here,
bit: tby Mark, seeing he is not tbine.”
to! drawing somewhat backward ehe replied,
•Can lie bs wrong’d who ie»not ev’n his own,
Bet rare for dread of thee had beaten me;
watch'd, bitten, blinded, marr’d m3 somehow—
Mark?
Rit lights a'-e his that dare not strike for them ?
Sot lift a batiil—iot, tho’ he fonnd me thus!
Babfarken, have ye met him? hence he wtnt
In-Jay for three days’ hunting—as he said—
tod n returns beliko within an hour
Mut e way. my soul! —but eat not thou with him!
Ecause he bates thee even more than fears; _
Sortak: and when thou passest ary wood
Owe v.eor, test an arrow from the bush
ilosll leave mo all alone with Mark and hell.
MyGcl tho measure of my hate for Mark,
hat the measure of my love for thee.”
W pluck'd one way by hato and ono by love,
lean'll ot her force, again ehe sat, and spake
111 Tristram, as he knelt before her, saying,
"0 hunter, and O blower of the horn.
Super, and thou lia-t been a rover too,
Fs ire 1 mated with my shambling king,
it twain had fallen out about the bride
Ofcac-fuj name is out of me—the prize,
llpr.'i die were—(what marvel!—she could see)—
Tune, friend; end ever since £.y craven seeks
Tawreck il.« e vil ainously; but, O Sir Knight,
i'ca: liaae or damsel have ye kneeled to last ?”
t.r Tristram equivocated. and Queen Isolt, sad-
ring at I ts weakness, cries out:
Ihal fot gotten all in my strong joy
To i*a thee—yearnings ?—ay! for, hour l<y hour,
Kero iu the nivi r-onded afternoon,
OesreUr than all memories of thee,
beeper than any \ earnings after thee
Seem'd those far-rotling, westward emiling seas,
Watched from i his tower. Isolt of Britain dash d
before Isolt of lir.ttany on the strand,
Would that have chill'd her bride-kiss? Wedded
her?
Fought in her father's battle ? wounded there ?
The Kog was all fnlljJi'd with greatness,
dud she my namesake of the bauds, that heal'd
Thy hart and heart with unguent and caress—
Weil-can I wish her any huger wrong
c an having known tliec ? her too hast thou left
To pine and waste m those sweet memories ?
Owete I not my Mark’s, by whom all men
lie nolle, I should hate thee more than love.
iud Tristram, for,ding her light hands, replied,
t™ 0 *- Queen, for being loved; ehe loved me well.
MI love her? the name at least I loved,
hour—I fought his battles, for Isolt!
ae night was dai k; the true star sat! —Isolt!
i-sninie was ruler of the datk—Isolt!
toe not for her! patient, and prayerful, meek,
as b.oodtd, the will yield herself to God.”
Aad Isolt answer'd: “Yea, and why not ?
rr e ‘I 'he larger need, who tm not meek,
b.ooded, prayerful. Let me tell thee now.
utre one black, rnnte midsummer night I sate '
“Wiy, but musing on thee, wondering where,
Stnauncg a light song I had heard thee sing,
hil once or tw.ee I spake thy name aloud,
-ink'd a levin brand; pnd near me stood,
hfumiLg sulphur blue »M green, ft fiend—
snk s way to steal behind one in the dark—
*ci!.ete was Mark: ‘He had wedded her,’ he said,
•Mttail, but hiss’d it; then this crown of towers
»ebook to such a roar of all the sky,
‘to here in utter dark I swoon’d away,
vil woke again in utter duk, and cried,
1 rubles hence and give myself to God,’—
•U thou wtit lying in tby new liman’s a-ms.”
General Assembly of Georgia.
PROCEEDINGS OF TUESDAY.
Reported for the Telegraph and Messenger.]
Privileged and Elections, said, that there was
only one question in the case, to-wit; Whether
or not the votes of persons who had not paid
their poll tax were legal or illegal. He discussed
the legal points involved, and argnedthatnnder
the Constitution the votes most be held illegal,
a,, o ... „ . - ... Mr. Simmons was oppoeed to reconsideration
^bihaix. The Senate was called to order by and said that although the Constitution requires
EF®*!?®?? j^ amtnel » and P* fl y ed for b y Rev - that persons shall pay all legal faxes before they
Mr. Ketcnnm. are entitled to vote, yet the Legislature de
clared in 1870 that no poll tax should be col
lected, add tax collectors were instructed not to
receive it, and if the non-payment were suffi
cient a great many Democrats would go out.
He had as great a contempt for Republicans
and' their principles as any man, bnt he .was
, T ~ i prepared to do justice.
Mr. jOne moved to reconsider a bill to create i On the motion to reconsider the yeas and nays
the Oconee judicial Circuit out of the counties were called for with the following result—yeas
composing the Southern, Macon and Middle 31 nays 111 ,
Roll call dispensed with.
Journal read and approved.
Mr. Nichols moved to reconsider a bill to
equalize taxation, providing for the appoint
ment by fhe Ordinary of a board of three tax
assessors for each county, passed on yesterday.
Carried.
Circuit. The motion was lost by ayes 12, nays
19.
A report of D. B. Woodruff, Arohitect, ap
pointed by the Committee on Fublio Buildings,
Mr. Jaekson moved to take up the bill to se
cure to educational purposes the fund now due
to the Educational Department. He said that
he thought he could suggest an amount to in
to inspect tho State House, with various recom- 8e rt in the’blcfak which would meet general kp-
mendations attached thereto, was read. The j proval. The motion prevail^. He proposed
report contained a thoroughanalysis of the con- to insert $327,084, the amount of ; poll fax fcol
struotion of the building, and recommended * = ?E-L-—'o~ n
EUTitet '8m, becoming a little wcaiy of her re-
j™,*™** xnd tad mood, remembered the jewels ho
“Jwoa.ht to adorn her with, and while the was
*pe»kiDg, and lotting
—ono finger lightly touch,
nna white apple of her throat, replied,
a little closer, ewoet, until—
I am hunger’d and half angered—meat,
wine—and I will love thee to the death,
“a out beyond into tho dream to come.”
So then, when brought to full accord,
^/oee, and aet before him all he wishld;
j-’after these had comforted the blood
meats and wi-'cs acd satisfied their hearts—
«r talking of the..- woodland paradise,
deer, the dews, tho fern, the founts, tho lawns;
«* mocking at the much ungainliness,
jai craven shins, and long crane legs of Matk—
*«5 Tristram, laughing, caught the harp, and
.. “ang;
A?i »y, O ay—the winds that bend the brier!
a uar in heaven, a star within the mere!
N- ay, 0 ay—a star was my desire;
“"loae was far apart, and one was near;
•J. ay, 0 ay—the winds that bow tho grass!
**[ one was water and one star was firo.
T 8 ® on* will ever shine and one will pass—
" *y, 0 ay—the winds that move the mere.”
, IJ**a in the light’s last glimmer Tristram show’d’
S? "*nrg tho ruby carcaoet. She cried,
.an* collar of some order, which our King
2*0 newly founded, all for thee, my soul,
‘'Not ' 10 t ^ le0 f> raca kc^ond tby peers.”
“but the red fruit
<£*•0, my Queen," he said, “bn^l
on a magic oak tree in mid heaven
•-owoo by Tnstram aa a tourney prize,
gather brought by Tristram, for his last
and poace-offeriDg unto thee.”
turned, and Hinging round her neck,
; bnt while he bow’d himself to lay
0.7®,“‘sea in the hollow of her throat,
jS^yke dark, just as the lips had touched,
Ijnn® bim rose a shadow ana a shriek—
,***y.” said Mark, and clove him thro’ the
brain.
^epeem closes with a picture of sombre desola-
^t night came Arthur home, and while he
Win d ? bd ,
hi. . *atli dumb autumn-dripping gloom,
to the hall, and look’d and saw
Qaten’s bower was dark—about his feet
"Sw'^iS aobbiDg till lie question’d it,
t7***ttbou?" and the voice about his feet
hi t f^7,answer, sobbing, “I am tby fool,
•nail never make thee smile again.”
ufe'W.U>° massive and dim-lit stairway, stands
sobbing atiiis feet lies the poor
®»wb tho secret of the Qaeen’s guilt with
Protchtog on the shadow of his ap-
,e Port^ itor in HJinois having engaged a new
tttofl. '^bprived tho following aa his first
boo aw i ” e “ e informed that th^gentieman
is r,nV. on 1 “ B iead under a pile driver for
ittiJ*® of having a tight pair of bntea
^inv afterwards found himself in
Ids ptK&st"^ naked and without a cent in
the removal of the State Library as producing
an undue and dangerous pressare upon that
portion.
A message from the Governor, transmitting
the report of the Board of^ Visitors to the At
lanta University, and recomnfending a liberal
appropriation therefor. Also a~message trans
mitting tha report of Trustees, Superintendent
and Physician-of the Lunatic Asylum, were
read and referred. •'
Mr. Erwin offered a resolution that the Gov
ernor be requested to have removed a portion
of the library books to other rooms in the Capi
tol. Adopted.
On motion of Mr. Nicholis, the rules were
suspended to take up a’bill to incorporate the
Land Grant Board and for other purposes.
Mr. Nioholls offered a substitute appointing
the Executive Board of the Agricultural Society
to receive the agricultural college scrip donated
to the State—to locate the lands under the same
and report to the next General Assembly. - -
Mr. Jones offered a substitute to create a
Board of Trustees to receive said scrip and
locate said lands—composed'of the Governor,
President of the Senate. Speaker of the House,
Chairman of the Joint Committee on Agricul
ture and Manufactures, the President of the
Agricultural Society, or their successors In of
fice ; and to give tho benefit of one-fourth of
said donation to the colored population. Lost
by ayes 16, nays 20.
Mr. Bruton offered an amendment to the sub
stitute of Mr. Nioholls, that the benefit of one-
third of said lands, when secured, shall be al
lowed to the Atlanta University.
Mr. Hinton hoped that the amendment would
not be adopted, nor ary amendment which
looks to tho distribution of this fund until it is
secured. Upon the policy of securing the fund,
all are agreed, and after that has received due
attention tho distribution can bo satisfactorily
effected.-
Messrs. Brown and Nunnally were opposed to
the amendment because they considered no pro
vision of that sort necessary nntil the fund is'
secured.
Mr. Jones was willing to allow that portion to
the colored popnlation but not to tho Atlanta
University exclusively.
By permission Mr. Bruton substituted colored
people for Atlanta University.
The amendment was lost by ayes—Messrs.
Anderson. Brock, Bruton, Jones, Jordan, Reese,
Smith and Steadman—8.
Nays—Messrs. Black, Brown, Burns, Camp
bell, Clark. Coleman, Cone, Deveanx, Estes,
Erwin, Griffio, Hicks, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle,
Jervis, Kirkland, Kibbee, Lester, Matthews,
Nichols, Nunnally, Peddy, Richardson, Sim
mons, Wallace, Wellborn and Welch—28.
The substitnte proposed by Mr. Nichols was
adopted by ayes 23, nays 14.
BILLS ON THIED BEADING.
A bill to incorporate tho Dahlonega and
Gainesville Railroad Company. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the Merchants’ Mutual
Insurance Company. Passed.
A bill to incorporate the town of Austin,
Thomas county. Passed.
A bill to secure counsel fees In certain cases.
Passed.
A bill to fix tho compensation of clerks and
ordinaries on applications for setting apart of
homestead and exemption of personalty. Passed.
A bill to provide for farming out convicts
and for other purposes.
Mr. Nunnally moved to mako the bill the
special order for Thursday, and that fifty copies
be printed.
Mr. Candler spoke in favor of the motion and
of the bill. Ho considered it one of the most
important measures that had come before the
Senate, and all necessary tftne shonld be devo
ted to its consideration. Some snitable pro
vision must be made and it behooves the Legis
lature to treat it with the importance it de-
ni&Du£.
Mr. Simmons moved that when the Senate
adjourns it shall adjourn to meet at 3 p. ar.
Carried.
Messrs. Bams and "Wellborn opposed the mo
tion on the ground that the session is too near
its close for tho delay and nothing can be ao -
complisbed by it. Tho motion was lost.
Mr. Kibbee moved to take up the bill by sec
tions. Carried.
The first section authorizes the Governor to
farm ont for a term of years not exceeding
two years, the convicts for a price not to be
less than S2.N per capita annually.
Mr. Jervis moved to strike out $23 and insert
$50 per capita. ..
The hour of adjournment having arrived the
Senate was declared adjourned nntil Q o’clock
p. x. *
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House.—House met at 9 a. Speaker Smith
in the chair. Prayer by Rev. Mr. Heidt.
Journal of yesterday was read and approved.
Mr. W. D. Ande/son moved to reconsider the
action of the House on yesterday, in passing a
bill to incorporate-the Atlanta and Tennessee
Railroad Company. He wanted the reconsider
ation in justice to tho Marietta and North Geor-
lected and the liquor tax collected since 18G3. -
Mr. Putnqy said that a much larger sum than
tho amount proposed was due to the I?duoational
fund, and that the interest on $327,084 would
not meet the demands and pay teachers fbr ser
vices already rendered. The-passage^ of .thabill
in-the- proposed shape, would amount 'ter repu
diation and render the law useless'.
-Mr. Jackson' also moved to amend -the bill by
ordering the destruction of all bonds issued by
tho Legislature in 1870. This motion prevailed.
The motion to fill tho blank with $327,084-
prevailed. / , •
Mr. Dell moved to further amend by prohib
iting any farther issue of bonds for education
al purposes under pre-existing laws. This
amendment prevailed, and the bill as amended
was passed.
Mr. Pierce offered the following resolution:
Whereas, The present State Scfioqi Commis
sioner is a stranger to onr peop!6 and so little
acquainted with onr wants and desires- that
under his management the system of public in
struction is now and will always be a failure.
Therefore, be it resolved, That he bft re
quested to resign at once the office he iiow
holds. On the motion to. adopt, the yeas - and
nays wero called for with the following result:
yeas 115, nays 26. . •."*
Mr. Hoge offered a' resolution tendering the
use of this hall to' tho Democratic .Convention
which assembles in this city to-morrow, and
providing for the adjournment of this House
from to day over dntil 9 a. ar. Thursday.
Mr. Bacon offered a substitute providing for
taking a recess from half past eleven ’ o’clock
A. ar. to morrow ufetil 7 p. ar. The substitute
was adopted.
The bill to make penal the sale of agricultur
al prodacts between the hours of sunsst and
sunrise was read the third time.
Messrs. Griffin of Houston and Davis of
Clarke opposed it.
Various amendments were offered.
Mr. Johnson, of Spalding, moved to lay the
whole matter on.the table. On this motion the
yeas and nays were called: Yeas, 78; nays, 55.
The Committee on Privileges and Elections
reported on ihe case of Mr. Tarver, of Baker,
declaring that from the law and evidence it is
the'opinion of said committee that Mr. Tarver
is a citizen of Baker county.
On motion of Mr. Phillips the report was
taken up, and on motion of Mr. Simmons, of
Gwinnett, it was laid on the table.
A report of D. B. Woodruff, an architect, on
ihe safety of the Capitol Bnilding, was read.
This report says that the bnilding is safe under
ordinary circumstances, and recommends some
changes, such as the removal of tho library to a
lower floor, and the removal of the water tank
from its present position.
Bill to incorporate the Merchants’ and Mechan
ics’ Savings Bank of Columbus, passed.
Bill to promote the propagation of shad fish
in the Savannah river, was read.
Mr. Bawls moved to strike out Monday from
the clause of the bill which prevents fishing on
Sunday and Monday.
Mr. Rawls’ amendment was lost.
The bill was then passed.
Bill to incorporate the Macon and Chattahoo
chee Railroad Company, passed.
Governor approved act to change the lino be
tween the counties of McIntosh and Liberty.
The House adjourned to meet at 3 p. M.
AETEBKOON SESSION.
Senate.—After much discussion, the Senate
passed the bill to provide for farming out of
the penitentiary convicts at $25 per year, to be
paid by the contractor for each convict.
The Senate passed the following bills:
To protect the people of this State against
the sale of explosive kerosene oiL
To amend an act providing for famishing
panels of jurors in certain cases.
To amend the attachment laws, and allow
attachments to issue against the purchaser
for the purchase money of property when un
paid.
To mako a penal of the sale of persona
property under mortgage; also, several local
bills. Special order to-morrow: A bill to pro-
I vide for paying the debt of this State with the
earnings of the State road.
House. —The House passed the following bills:
To moro effectually protect religious worship.
To amend the usury laws, allowing ten per
cent, by contract, and seven per cent, when no
contract is made. Also a large number of local
bills, amending railroad charters, and town cor
porations, and referring to county matters.
Gonley approves the bill to exempt firemen
from jury duty; and also the resolution for the
arrest of any parties the Investigating Commit
tee may find to have violated the laws.
The following bills were lost.
To authorize persons to make returns of, taxes
to clerks of the Superior Courts in certain cases.
A bill to require pleas to bo complete as filed
at tho first term and catting off amendments.
Also several local bills.,
NIGHT SESSION.
House—A number of Senate bills were read
gia Railroad Company, which has already been | the first time. Several bills of a local charao-
- - - - - ■ - - —■ ■ ■- * ter were passed and some lost.
A bill- repealing the bastardy laws of this
State was passed by a vote of 69 to 53. 8. L.
MOBNINO SESSION.
Senate.—The bill to pay the debt of this
State with the earnings of the State Road was
lost by a vote of 17 to 20.
The Senate zefased to reconsider the bill to
provide for the farming ont of convicts.
Other proceedings unimportant.
House.—A bill to abolish the Diatriot Courts
chartered, and hindered by H. I. Kimball, who
was a curse to it as well as to the country. The
Atlanta and Tennessee Railroad will cover pretty
mnch the same line, and there can certainly be
no use for both.
Mr. Simmons, of Gwinnett, -opposed the mo
tion. He was in favor of allowing a chartar to
any road proposed, to be built with private sub
scription.
Mr. Jackson also opposed tho motion to re
consider, remarking that the charter asked for
now will complete a chain of railroads, through
ro n i whicfcvSe ZT i was passed over Conley’s veto by a vote of 125
willing to chart ®5.“yP® 1 * to 26; also a biU to repeal the act declaring the
sons propose to buiia with their own money | ^ Qf 18G8 . 69 _ 7 o iUegal, and to provide
f 721 <« “» ““““"a °< a» —>«. >7 m
State aid has been granted to the road from Ma- 10 1 an '
rietta, and yet not a lick has been struck on it; I afternoon session.
and refusing this charter might defeat a road | Senate.—House bills were read the first and
through that section of the country. j second time.
The motion to reconsider was lost. j The Senate passed the bill making the pnr-
Mr. Simmons, of Hall, moved to reconsider chase of stolen produce a misdemeanor. If the
the passage of a bill to amend the charter of purchase is made between sunset and sunrise
Gainesville, etc, with a view to striking out it shall be primajaeia evidence of guilt. The
the fourteenth section of the bill which legal-. defendant may testify. Persons carrying pro-
izes the snbscription of Gainesville to the dace in wagons more than five miles to man
Gainesville and Dablonega Railroad. He said ket are excepted ip the provisions of the bilL
that the people of Gainesville are almost nnan- j — night session.
imonsly opposed to that feature in the bill. This The House took up the appropriation bill and
motion to reconsider prevailed. ' discussed it till half past eight o’clock. Ad-
Mr. Hinton moved to reoonsider a bill to joumed. _ 8. L.
createa new judicial circuit in order to subfltf-, . m
lute a Senate bill therefor. The motion pre-' It is said in the Hartford Gourant that the
vailed. three insurance companies in that city which
Mr. McMillan moved to reconsider the loss.of have survived the Ohioago fire andare still do-
a bill to establah a system of public instruction of ing business have received for premiums dor-
Lumpkin county. ~~ . . 1 ing the month of October, almost double the
Mr.’ McMillan moved £& reconsider the action amount obtained in October, 1870, by all the
of ♦hfa House in laying the report of the com- insurance companies, nine in number, then do-
mittee in the case of Houston va. Blub," on the ipg business in Hartford. There has been an
table. * ri. ^ increase in the rates of premiums, averaging
Mr. Phillips, chairman of the CoDmittee on about twenty-five per cent.
POLITICAL GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON.
The Malcontents Upon Grant’s Candidacy.
The Democrats Upon the Situation.
Syndicates and Singecats.
The Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribud.e:'gives a colmpn of gossip among
the newly arrived Senators and Representatives,
from which wb take the following:
They freely express themselves as unqualified
ly opposed to his renomination, and assert that
he is the weakest, instead of the strongest, can
didate the Republican parfy could select The
events that have occurred during the recesft
appear to have strengthened them in their op
position. A-Western Republican Senator, noted
alike for his vigorous independence i tfid’his
popularity in his otfn State, said, to-day:
“The only success that was claimed for the
Administration^last winter was in its financial
policy/ Boulwefi was its right bower. • Now,
he-h&s kflled ; hiinself-by his Syndicate opera-
tidb, iff which tha.-Government was swindled
for'the benefit of- a-few favorite bankers. .'The
National Banks tfiit wero in the Syndicate drew
checks on themselves for the money to .pay for
the boiids fhey ordered; and the checks were
not drawn, but were deposited with the banks
that drew -them. They got the bonds without
putting-up a dollar Of- money.' The old bonds
they already had depositfid in the Treasury were
exchanged for new ohe^ and -the Syndicate got
three months’ interest "oh bdth sets. It was a
downright robbery of the Treasury, and it will
have a thorough raking up when Congress
meets. There is no respect for law in Grant
or his Cabinet. Thingb have been done that
Andy Johnson never dared attempt.”
In answer to a question as to the probability
of Grant’s renomination, the Senator said that
if four or five of the leading newspapers that
are opposed to him-would-unite upon any One
of a dozen good men who might be named, and
bring 1 him prominently before the people, Grant
could easily be be££a&, , l _. ■, .
-Another Senates of more conservative tenden
cies, and of national reputation as a Republican
leader, said to-day. that he’had little doubt of
Grant’s renomination. “Tho South,” he said,
“ will be solid for him. Iu the South the offico-
b-Jders and'the negroes make up the Republi
can party, and with the solid .Southern .voto in
ehe Convention, it will not take many votes
from the North to nominate him. The power
of patronage isfso great that he will have no
trouble to get^them.-’
The Senator Was asked what he thought would
be the effect of a concert of action among lead
ing journals and politicians who prefer a change
in the Presidency. He answered :
..“Any successful movement for reform mn3t
come from t(io people, and not from the news
papers, or from self-constituted leaders. If
the people are in earnest about certain great
national reforms that we think ought to bs
made, they will soon find leaders; and they will
iBQve in euoh strength that opposition will be
useless. Just as they did in New York. If the
reform movement, started in New York, spreads
over the country, having for its object the puri
fication of national, State, and local govern
ments from the abases that prevail, it will be
irresistible ; it will embrace men of both par
ties, and politicians, instead of heading the
movement, will only be the instruments of the
people. But, if the people aro not convinced
of the necessity of reform, and are not ready
for such a movement, nothing that the papers
or a few Congressmen can do, will start it”
The Senator said ho was disposed to think
that there was something in the apparent signs
of the dissolution of parties, and to look for
tho nomination of a Republican in opposition
to Grant. A member of the House, represent
ing an overwhelming Republican majority in a
District in a Middle State, said: “The session
will be largely occupied with President-making.
You will find a much stronger opposition to
Grant than was manifested last winter. Then
it was certain measure, like the Santo Domingo
scheme, or appointments like that of Murphy,
that were objected to,now, all the doings of the
Administration will be sffiamed np and a balance
struck, and fhe opposition will be to tho man
himself nsacandidate for renomination. Grant’s
administration has been a failure in every im
portant particular. Look at his foreign policy;
what a cowardly course has been pursued to
ward Cuba. Then there is the offensive Santo
Domingo job. Tho policy pursued toward the
South has been senseless and wrong from the
start. The boasted Indian policy is proving a
failure. Boutwell’s gold boarding and his syn
dicate bargain are bad features, and as to pay
ing off the debt, Grant deserves no credit. Con
gress cut down expenses and left a large sur
plus of revenue. What else could he and Bout-
well do. with the money, but pay the debt ? I
need not say anything of the low tone of the ad
ministration, its personal favoritism, and its
wretched appointments. You may look for a
pretty strong and independent opposition to
Grant iq Congress. There will be something
like a-third party in both Houses. If Grant is
renominated (and I believe he will be,) then
there will be a reform party organized strong
enough to defeat him."
Very few Democratic Senators or Represen
tatives have arrived here yet. Senator Thur
man, of Oh’o, Mr. Eldridgo, of Wisconsin, and
S. S. Cox, New' York, being the only represen
tative men of that faith who have yet reported
themselves. Judge Thurman does not feel au
thorized to speak for the Democrats of Ohio in
regard to their future plans, and doubts if many
of them have yet made up their minds aa to
what it will be best to do. When Congress Bhall
have met, and the members have compared
notes, some polioy will probably be-'adopted
which will meet with the general approval of
their old supporters.
Mr. Cox, on being asked what the Demoorats
will try to do in the Honse, during the coming
session, replied:
“We shall advocate, in the first place, a re
daction of the tariff and internal taxation; then
we shall go for amnesty all of the time, and I
shall try to have the Reconstruction Committee
abolished. It does nothing, either in the com
mittee room or in the House, but indulge in
personal quarrel, until, as you remember, Mr.
Beck said in the House that even a Kentucky
nigger would not stand as much insult as he
had seen Butler take from Farnsworth. Some
of ns wanted to abolish the Committee session
before last, bnt General Butler said that if we
would let it continue a little longer, he would
bring in an amnesty bill, and so he did, bnt the
exceptions were so much more numerous than
the acts of grace, that the bill was a worthless
one.”
Mr.. Cox, in reply to a question touching the
fqtnre policy of the Democratic party, says that
he is still for the “New Departure,” the result
of the late elections not having shaken his faith
in it, as he is sorry to see they have that of some
of the leading men of his party. It was no easy
matter for the Democrats to break away from
the traditions of yean, but they will have to
a >me to it in the end, and he is In favor of any
thing that will take them ont of the ruts and put
them en rapport with the spirit of the times.
“I don’t believe,” he said, “in a passive
polioy, giving np entirely the party organiza
tion, though I find myself becoming less of a
partisan than I used to be. The Democratic
party is still too strong to give up its existence.
We have 3,000,000 voices, and these most not
be thrown away. Let the Republicans who are
dissatisfied with Grant’s way of doing things
get together and make a liberal platform, in
which the question of tariff, eta, on which the
members of neither party can agree, even
among themsdves, shall be left open, and if
they can show some strength of their own, that
is, if they .have reasonable hopes of carrying
loch: States as New Hampshire, Connecticut,
New York, Illinois, and tha Pacific ooaat, why,
then, the Demoorats might go In a body to the
support of snoh a man as Judge Trumbull,
Judge Davis, or Gratz Brown. Ndw I know the
Democratic parfy pretty well and I tell you that
the old hickories of the forest may twist and
bend some,-but they must not be expected to
come out of the soil all at once and walk off on
their roots, as the negro is said to have walked
off on his ear, and we mast not expect it. Bat
you can’t toll positively what w* shall do yet,
though t think something will.be developed in a-
week or two.” r
. ;
Tfae Fenofe Question.
Editors Tehgrdplf nnd Messenger ; I see that
the attempt will likely be made to pass a law
during the jpresent session of our Legislature to
enforce S new system in fencing. Whether we
are to fence Btook out or fenoe them in. Now,
I see no reason why a law shonld not be passed
compelling owners of stock of all kinds to keep
them on their own premises. Law is an off
spring of justice, or claims to be, and I am Bure
that jostioe would demand that every man kept
his stock on his own premises as 'Well as any
other property he may possess. Now I will not
attempt to suggest a law or act to be accented
and adopted by out Legislature, but would
merely give some ideas by wayjpf qutfina. I
will say it is possible to pass *. &W of this na
ture, but it would not do away with fences at
all, but rather tend to improve our fystem of
fencing or enclosing land. By a natural law it
is undoubtedly just and right that every one who
has stock of any kind should provide for them
proper pasture oh his own premises.' I would
have'no right t6 plant'corn or cotton ini my
neighbors fields, nor would I have his consent
to doao. * Neither wduldT expect to reap were
I to sow grain uponihe highways. This idea
then hints at the true prinoiple of justice found
ed on the fact a man has no right to what is
another’s, or even to that which has no owner
except the general public. (Bullock to the con
trary notwithstanding ) If this is just and right
there would be no injustice in a law compelling
every man to keep his'stock on his oyra premis
es. If a man has premises deprived of the ad -
vantages of natural Sources of water he should
set about securing wells Buffioient for all pur
poses if he expects to raisp stock of any kind.
This should be no offset against this law for
every farm favored with water privileges has
cost the owner more than a farm without water.
So the expense of digging wells and drawing
Water on the less favored farms would only
bring out the value of this-farm. This law per
haps would increase, the fences of the farm for
a few years, but If ai pfoper system was estab
lished in setting out hedges and digging ditches,
the want forraitltiiaber would after a while be
come less."
I will consider for a few moments the practi-
cabilityof this -law. Now, as-1 have said, if-a
man owns stock he elioritd provide all the forage
they consume, and should have-pastures of his
own for summer, and dry feecpfor winler. H a’
man has no land—as-many of our stock-owners
have not—(I refer-to the negro, who is ambi
tious of owning cohntless herds of both swine
and kine,) he should rent land for stock as mnch
so as-he does for corn and cotton. So if this
law stops the system of foraging at large it will
surelyrCeutt in' good to the mafi who has most
at stake/’ But some one, who' perhaps does not
want any stock, asks how dobs this result in his
benefit?' Every man’s farm either joins his
neighbor’s or is bounded by public road or run
ning stream. If neighbors would work in corf-
cert they could soon have a thrifty and durable
hedge marking the line separating them' Fences
would be necessary at present, but in a few
years hedges could be substituted. Where a
public road divided farms, there should' b'e a
fence or hedge on either side. If a public road
traversed a farm the owiier could' have a hedge
on either side, and this would divide his farm
into two lots or parcels, which would serve for
both stock pastures and cultivated fields. If a
stream sufficiently large divided farms no fence
or bodge would bo needed.
When a neighborhood road traversed farms, a
gate should bo supplied on every land line and
kept in repair top the parties benefitted.
Railroads comd be so tunnelled under os to
prevent stock from crossing. The saving to
railroad companies in stock now killed by run
ning on the highways would enable them to
trench along their boundaries and setouthedges
on each Side. This law.would make.beautiful
onr State and enhance the land of all alike. It
would seem to co3ta great deal of money,' bnt
in tho end it would save millions. Besides we
would take an interest in stock raising equal if
not paramount to dut interest in cotton raising.
Every farmer having his*<Jyn stock to provide
for, would be as careful to raise com and grass
as he is to raise cotton. Or if tho cotton raiser
did not want stock of any kind, he would, only
need to have his entire farm inclosed and would
need no cross fences or ditches and hedges.
Those who are wise enough to raise hogs and
cattle would need two or three cross lines. There
are many advantages this system of enclosing
farms would secure to the farmer which I have
not time or spaoe to innnmerate. Of course
this law would not compel a man to enclose all
his woodland if ho did not see proper to do so,
but it would be greatly to his interest. For
then he would have his possessions in ship
shape and conld exclude ail hunters and prowl
ers of all races and colors from his premises.
The negro out hunting on a dark night would
not mistake a hog for an opossom, for in a few
years with a close and perfeot hedge and_ all
gates locked ho^would not be able to get into
the sacred precincts of a farm.
Many advantages would result from such a
plan, and may the day speed that will see it in
operation. If I had spaoe, I would say a few
words in'reference to tha excuses some give
for wishing fences abolished. I, for one, could
not sleep at night, if I had corn or cotton
planted with no protection at all'around, it.
Even if I knew there were no stock in miles
around, I could not rest contentedly. They say
timber is getting scarce. I don’t find it so aronnd
Macon. Wood is cheap enough. They .say the
darkey won’t split rails. I have them to do it
every year. Some say they have hands hired
on shares, and they have to pay extra for rails
and fencing. I would not do it. Fences do not
protect land, but the produce. If they are at
one-third expense to put up fences, they get a
third of the crop.. The timber, and wagon, and
mules is two-thirds. But others say, the old
field is sappy and worthless for timber or rails.
True. But why do we let onr lands grqw these
sappy pines. I think land should have better
employment. But I will finish this subject at
another time. I will try then and suggest some,
better employments for our old fields. Enough
for the present, for fear some solid one cries:
“Utopia.” Respectfully, eto.,
J. S. Wimbish.
Macon, December 1st, 1871.
P. S. An. enclosure can be so large that one
rail will fence an acre. Bo the large plantation
will require less rails in proportion than the
small farms.
NeabiiT Home.—We extraot (Be following
from a late Knoxville letter in the Cincinnati
Commercial: 4 - -
Upon entering the Senator’s (Brownlow’s)
honse we fonnd him lying upon a large sofa, a
negro rubbing his feet. He is in wretched
health, but no more than he has been for two
years. His hands and feet are continually
jerking and shaking with the palsy. He cannot
read unless the book or paper is fastened to a
frame In front of him. He oannot speak above
a whisper, and some days his strength is so far
gone that he oannot do that. Indeed, he is as
helpless as an infant. Nothing but constant
care and watching npon the part ot his family
and' friends and his own iron determination
keeps him alive.
LOOK ON THIS PICTURE ;
The homes of Carolina,
How drearily they stand.
With prison pens and martial law,
And thieves on every hand!
Those of her sons who dare remain
Thrust into dungeons deep,
While titoee who flee most leave their grain
For sciliawaga to reap!
AND THEN'ON THIS :
The homes of Indiana,
Dear Moxa Morton’s ground;
Abo tit their loyal hearthstones,
No Ku-Uux bills abound!
Suspend the habeas corpus—Nay!
They’ll stand no martial rigor;
“We don’t do business in that way”—
' We just suspend the nigger.—Ex.
. Victims of Tyranny.
The Washington Patriot prints the following
.communication, which, it says, is from a well-
known and respected citizen of South Carolina,
take a man all apart and mend him np as good
as ever; and I know you can too, but I wnnt
you to jump down,this hole (tbe opening of the
rotunda, surrounded by. the long, spiral -«*<-
way), away on the pavement. Conte on, do it
whose word no ono would dare to doubt. That you must!" And the fellow exerted himsMf to
journal withholds the came of the writer, for
the reason that the foot of writing the letter
would make him a victim of Grant’s tyranny
and despotism. And yet this is a free country t
Columbia, S. O., November 10, 1871.
Sir: I was in Yorkville, a few days ago.
While there, I met an aged son of Africa. His
wool was white, his brow wrinkled. His eye
had grown dim, and the o]d man’s back was
bent. Hie ebon countenance was black ai night,
bnt there wah the light of truth and sincerity
in it. ’ : *
. He was coming from the jail, where a large
number of Ku-klnx prisoners were incarcerated.
I stopped him, being struck with the intelli
gent, though Bad expression of his face.
“Old man,” said I, “have you been to the
jail?”
“Yes, boss,” he. replied. ‘T’se.beento see
my young masaa. Dey got him in dar.”
“For wfiat ?”
■ “For nriffin in God's world, boss, but dat Jie
is a Dimocrat.'"
“Do they charge him with any crime?”
“None dat he, nor I knows on.”
“What!” I exclaimed, “doesn’t he know
what he is put in jail for?"
“sNo sab,'dat he don’t. An’I knows dat de
boy is n3 innocent o’ Ku-klucking as .yon.is, or
L All de.niggers will swar dat.” •
“If there i3 nothing against him, why don’t
they let him go ?”
“De Lord oniy knows boss, he replied in the
most earnest and mournful manner. “ Dey say
dey gwine to keep ’em all dere till way on to
Christmas times.”
“ How long has your young master been In
jail?”
“Two weeks an’ better.
And don’t’know what ho wa3 put in jail
9’> • -
Radical persecution peering wistfully through
the iron bars, longing to be in the sweet sun
shine without, and yearning for the homes
where they had left their loved ones in tears, in
loneliness, in despair. There stood the grim
sentinel, with neat uniform and flashing bayo
net, guarding the entrance to the jail. There
was the camp,of Grant’s soldiers, the white
tents and shady booths dotting the green slope
of the hill that swelled np in graceful outline
to the rear of the prison-house. And here,
thonght I, is the seat of Grant’s Rebellion!
one of the dungeons, I rather thought, selected
for the arbitrary imprisonment of tho victims
of political persecution. This was my ' first
glimpse of “the Rebellion.” As I looked npon
the scene—the military camp, the guarded jail,
and -tho quiet, peaceful little village reposing
npon the hills aronnd—I thought how in the
midst of peace w£ are in war. ~
Management of Maniacs.
One of tho oldest inhabitants of Boston has
furnished the following anecdote of old Gov.
Leverett, as an illustration of the force of
courage and ingenuity upon a madman:
One morning, many years ago, a stout, burly
built maniao, in a paroxysm of insanity,^burat
out of the asylum, and on his way a musket
heavily loaded, fell into his > hands. With this
formidable weapon, ^mounted with the terrible
, bayonet, the madman rushed out into 1 tha city,
and pretty effectually cleared the streets as he
was marching along. Turning a earner, he
Suddenly came npon Gov. Leverett, and was
on the point oi making a point blank charge
upon tho vitals of the old Governor, who,
comprehending his danger, in a single glance
at the old fellow, and drawing himself np square
and firmly before his dreadful antagonist, he
hailed him thus:
“Ho! brother soldier, have yon learned yonr
exercise ?” • . -
“Yes, I have,” said the fellow, Vitha terrible
oath.
“Then, brother,” said the Governor, “stand
to your arms, like a vigilant soldier, while I give
the word of command.”
Tho madman seemed pleased, and stood bolt
upright, with his musket fitted closely to his
shoulder in regular drill order.
“Poise your firelock!” The fellow did so.
“Rost your firelock!” The fellow obeyed.
“Groundyour firelock!” This he did. “Face
to the right about, march!” says the Gover
nor, and the madman wheeled and stepped away.
The Governor quickly ran np behind him, seized
the powerfnl fellow and the musket, and held
him until several lookers-on—standing at a safe
distance and watching this curious scene—came
to the Governor’s assistance, and the madman
was carried back, in an awful rage, to his quar
ters.
The anecdote reminds,us of a similar one
that happened to the famous Dr. Physic, an
eminent medical man, now dead and gone, of
Philadelphia. The doctor was a visiting physi
cian at the lunatie asylum, near that city, and
one morning, after going his rounds among the
patients of the institution, the doctor strolled
upstairs into the top gallery of the large rotunda
of the bnilding. to view the .city and surround
ing country. While absorbed in the view from
his high, elevation, a robust madman, who had
eluded his keepers, came suddenly., upon the
doctor to his no little astonishmep$ and bodily
fear. But keeping perfectly ooc4> htr bid the
maniao “good day,” and was tntim$fcboat to
go down stairs. •
“No you don’t,” said the mAt^djpching the
doctor firmly as a vioe; “I want' yon to show
me something; they say you do e+fty thing; cut
off heads, legs and arms; put them together;
drag the doctor up to the railing, to which'the
poor doctor clung with the tenacity of A-Hok.
The moment was one of peril,to toe doctor, but
his presence of mind completely floored bis an
tagonist.
“It would not be very hard for me to jump
down there, »q\” said the doctor, “butl oaa do a
greater feat than that for you, if you wish to see
me try. * *■'
“Ganyon;-‘eh, old fellow? Well, try it. What
is it?”
“Why air, I will go downthere to the bottom,
and'tnto ono spring, sir, Pll jump clear .up
“Ha! ha 1“ laughed toe maniao, “that would
bo worth seeing, go down, doctor, and jump np
—I’ll catch you when you oome np.”
The doctor lost no time in going down and
sending np the keepers, who nabbed the poor
deluded man. -
Ponspej’s Conscience.
Several years ago, in a New England village,
might be found a very flourishing Congrega
tional 6hurch, which was served by an eldwly
pastor of great wortb, and of unusual ability aa
a preacher.- It was as oommon then as if la
now uncommon, for the pastoral relation among
them to grow stronger with age, and not nnfra-
quently to last a lifetime. “But times change
and wq change with them,” the Roman poet
says, and so our old friend the pastor found.—
He was not at all disposed to yield np his posi
tion, although he knew from the cold looks of
some, and averted faces of old friends, mem
bers of his congregation, that he did not stand
so well with tho “new set,” who had sprung up
m the room of their fathers.' “Coming events
cast their shadows before,” and the good man
felt In his bones that he was to see trouble- ere
long.
Matters came to a crisis in the following
fashion: Tho malcontents had for some time
been .finding fault—now with his doctrines,
which wpro.‘.‘old.fogy” and “ont ^of data ;”
now with his sermons, which were “too long!”
“too prosy - ‘‘without fire,” and “not of a sort
totonch the heart;” again with his manner,
which was cold, ‘too grave ahdmonotononS,”
to suit ‘he young people; in fact they r had- pret
ty Tnuch orerhauloa' everything 'that codia .be
made a handle of-;to get the good parsoh out
of <his congregation, And-he did not Or would
not pay any attention to what at last came' lo
his ears through somo of the gossips. Finally
they resolved “to bolt.” They had borne it
as long as they could. They wouldn’t endtire
o ,'l n y, 1 ° n S er - . They resolved on the “next
Sabbath, .to* rise in a body and leavo “the
meeting. * .
pretty.large proper-
for?
“No more nor yon, nor I,’’ the old man re
plied, shaking his head,
“Has he had no trial,.nor hearing of any
kind?”."
“No, sah. Liyin’ in jail, boss, and no chance,
giv him o’ clarin’ hisself-!”
“That is too bad.. Is he married?”
“My young massa married? Ha, ha/ha. No
boss. Ha’s picked him out a gal, an’ soon 03
the military lets him ont o’jail he’s'gwine fnr
her; bnt he’s got a mother. Sinco old master's
dead, my young boss is her sole independence.
She’s left all alone at home now; an’ she’s nigh
distracted consarning of his takin’ off and lodg
ment in jail. I never speoted to see de day
when my young boss would be put -in jail, an’
fnrnnffin under God’s snn,” said the old man,
with eyes dimmed with tears of commingled
sorrow ahd indignation. ; ‘ _ _
“Well, w.hat do you think of all this business, tion.'not all decidedly ODDosed"to“t£«
anyhow old man?” said I. bnt several of them o/thSl^S
-“Ah, boBs, I don t think mueh-of it.
“What, aro you not glad that the 'Ku-kltix,
the persecutors of your racs, are being oaught
and put in-jail?”
“No, boss, I ain’t glad. De Ku-klnxes neber
trouble me. I never steal nuffln. I neber burn
nobody’s bam, I neber march about-de coun
try wid Scott’s melisb, wfd muskets, and drums,
an’ flags, frying to ’timidate de white folks.
Some o’ de colored people - say dey are glad dat
de white men am! put in jail or driv out o’ de
country. But I ain’t. It hurts me to see so many
yonng men in jail down dar, huddled together
like hogs in a pon—driv about liko cattle—an’
by dere own color, too! White men treatin’
white men in dat way, is more dan I can under
stood. Drops big as buckshot come up into my
eyes ebery time I looks at dat jail, wid my young
boss caged in derq,liko be was a bear!”
Here the good old. African made a pause, after
which ho said, with an urgency of tone that be-
spoko the sincerity of his words:
“Ah, boss, if I wasde President of de United
States I’d die before I’d let my own people be
crammed in jail dis way by so, an’kept dere
widont a bearin’! »I’d stop this. I’d set things
to rights!”
- I bade the earnest old negro good bye, and
passed' on to tho gleomy jail, where Ku-klnx
prisoners were “ huddled together like hogs in
a pen, an’ driv’ about like cattle.” I fonnd the
prisoners guarded by soldiers as though they
were captives of war. • There was-the dark,
dreary looking bnilding, with its grated win-
, ... classrwho are ready
to follow-others to good or evil—mere “wax
noses. One of .these was named Pompey,
Y° m ?’ Z hich in suited well
with his character, for Pomp was a well dressed
negro on Sunday, and felt himself “ as large as
any white man.” -Pomp had heard the conver
sations of his white brethren, and had deter
mined lo bolt with them if they left the congre-
gation, and he did. °
As Pomp joined tho rebels on tho outside.
8r6a , tly taken aba <*- They did not
evidently consider him as of much honor to
o 3 he jQdfied hi «self. So one
of them opened fire npon him.
“Pomp! what are yon doing ont here ?”
» h " w G i. g0t tired of de parson.”
whut ka 7® J° n to sa y against him?”
liVfl 0 hi3 f? o M E?eClaI w 8in de man > bnt 1 doesn’t
like his teachins. His sermons is too lone: I
1 liko snmQn raoro ’citing
®» a ? d de fact * s > ray conshuns won’t let me
Bit any longer under his preachin.”
Conscience, Pomp, that’s too good.”
Yes, sah. Can’t de gemman ob color hab
conscience, Pd like to know?”
“Well, I ’spose he can, Pomp; but what do
you know about conscience ? What is con-
science t
“ r H°? slmnB > sak ? Hinki knows what eon-
shuns is. Conshnns, sah, conshuns ahem!”
(Pomp here drew himself, put his hand upon
his finger pressod in firmly,
hjj 8 ®. y ? B rolled np ih a sanctimonious
dows and forbidding alpect. There I beheld dat fcelirC in here^wha^says’l won’t'
the sad faces of many an unfortunate victim of conshuns / sab f”
conshuns! sah!”
. is a 8 r eat deal in onr day that is said
and done under top sacred name of conscience,
ont when reduced to its true meaning, it is
nothing moro nor less than the feeling of sheer
self-will which says emphatically, with eyes
raised to heaven, hand npon the breast, and
finger pressed to the heart, “I wonit”—its
Pomp's conscience.—The Church Journal.
Democratic Meeting in Randolph
County.
Cuthbebt, Ga., Deoember2,1871.
A large and enthusiastic meeting of the De
mocracy of Randolph county was held at toe
Court-house this day, for too purpose of organ
izing the party of the oounty, and selecting del
egates to the State Convention at Atlanta, on
the' 6 th, to nominate a candidate for Governor.
The meeting was organized by "calling J.
McK. Gunn to toe chair, and Elam Christian to
act aa Secretary.
On motion of Mr. Gormley, the following
gentlemen were appointed a committee to des
ignate snitable delegates to represent our coun
ty in the State nominating Convention: B. J.
Smith, J. B. Buchanan, J. M. Chastain, J. T.
Harden and O. P. Beall. The committee re
tired, and after a short absence, reported
through their chairman, the following n«ma«
recommending their eleotion as delegates to the
State Convention: W. D. Kiddoo, J. T. Clarke,
Elam Christian, M. Gormley, W. L. Baldwin.
J. B. McGehee, J. McK. Gim, S. T. .rB
Report of committee unanimously adopted.
On motion of Ool. A. Hood, our honorable
Representatives, B. F. Crittenden, S. A. Me.
Niel and W. M. Tomlin, were added to the del
egation. - 1 ."
Judge Kiddoo offered toe' following, resolu
tion, which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That Col. H. Fielder is the unani
mous choioe of this meeting for Governor, »"d
that toe delegates appointed are requested to
urge his claims on toe Convention as long, aa
in their judgment, it is to CoL Fielder’s and
the country's interest so to do.
On- motion, toe chairman was authorized to
appoint an Executive Committee during toe
next week.
Resolved, That toe proceedings of this meet
ing be furnished the Cnthbert Appeal and Ma- .
con Teleobafs add Messinges, with a request
that they be published.
The meeting then adjourned.
J. McK. Gunn, Chairman.
Elam Chbisiian, Secretary.
Democratic Meeting in Mitchell
J ' Covnty.
Camtt.ua, Ga., December 2,1871.
In pursuance of a call of toe Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of -Georgia, toe oitizens of
this county met at toe Court-house this day at
2 o'clock p. m. The meeting was called to order,
and upon motion, Dr. J. B. Twitfy was called
to the chair and J. C. Henderson to act as Sec
retary. Dr. J. B. Twitfy explained the object
of toe meeting, and m a brief manner,-the situ
ation of the country.
Upon motion, a oomrqittee of five was ap
pointed to prepare business for'the
The committee submitted the name of O. B.
Collins, delegate, and. J. 0-Hendaraon, alter-
nate, to reprwent^arcounty in the Gubernato
rial Convention to meet in Atlanta cm the 6th
instant "
'Upon motion, toe Maoon Tslkobaps and
Messengeb was requested to publish toe pro
ceedings of the meeting.
Upon motion, the-qieeting adjourned.
J. C. Hendebson, J. B. Twott,
‘ v Secretary. Chairman.