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We give below the full vote by yeas
The Atlanta Ring.—The Atlanta
Constitution says the idea of a Ring in
that city to control the action of the
Legislature is a myth. Actions speak
louder than words, and many things
daily transpiring in Atlanta show be
yond dispute that some evil influence
| is at work. There has been strenuous
efforts made to prevent any searching}
land effectual investigation into the Ieron, Candler, Coney Estes, Irwin,
[State Road. There seems to be an ! Heard, Hicks, Hillyer, Hinton, Hoyle,
The Vole in
Overruling
Bill.
SSou»e on
Selection !
BRJIOCKATIC STATE fOAVKNTIOV
Forsyth, Ga., JNov. 22.—A Con
vent ion of the Democratic party will
. assemble in Atlanta on Wednesday,
and nays in both Senate and House j the 6th day of December next at 1U
Representatives on the passage of theio’clock a. m., to nominate a candidate
Election Bill over Conley’s veto. In i for Governor.
the Senate 42 Senators, including the
President, voted as lollovvs :
Yeas—Messrs. Brown, Burns, Cam-
THE FEDERAL UNION.
Corner oj Hancock and Wilkinson Streets.)
alarming apathy in overhauling and in
vestigating Bullock’s fraudulent issue
; Jervis, Jones, Jordan, Kirkland, Kib-
bee, Lester, Matthews, Nichols, Nun-
nally, Heddy, Reese, Richardson, Sim-
Wedn'psday Morning, November 29. 1871.
of bonds—his. frauds in the purchase | mon8; Steadman, Welborn and Mr
of the Opera Ilouse, of which he was j President, making 23 votes, or the
part owner, and knew there was an j two-thirds necessary to carry the bill
WHO SHAI.L BE GOVERNOR?
In a former number we declared our
preference for Judge Warner. He is
still our choice, if he will consent to
run; but we have heard it suggested
that he will not leave his present po
sition to run for Governor. If that is
true we must look elsewhere for a can
didate. W e hope the Convention will
be careful and select no one who has
not the confidence of every section of
the State. lie should he a man of un
doubted honesty and of great firmness
1 here will probably arise many things
next year that will try men’s souls in
Georgia. Let us have an Executive
that we can trust in every emergency.
No mere demagogue or selfish politi
cian will answer for these times.—
Above all things we want a man that
cannot be influenced by the Atlanta
Ring. Bullock was their tool; Con
ley belongs to them. Let us have a
man who belongs to the whole peoplJ
of Georgia, and one who feels an in
terest in every section. May the nom
inating Convention he wise as serpent
and harmless as doves.
CONI.KY’S VETO.
As might have been expected, Con
ley put his veto on the bill calling for
an election for Governor, to fill out the
time of the stray Bullock. Bullock
cast his mantle upon Conley, and Con
ley is determined to walk in the foot
steps of his illustrious predecessor. In
order to fill up the measure of Bullock‘s
iniquity, he is determined to remain in
office as long as possible in defiance of
law or decency. It is entirely by the
courtesy of the Democratic party that
he now holds his present position. He
was entitled to that position as long as
he was President of the Senate, hut not
an hour longer. When his office of
President of the Senate ceased he had
no more right to exercise executive
functions than the man in the moon.
Every man in the State knows this to
be true ; Conley knows it—he knows
that the Legislature suffering him to
retain his position after another Presi
dent of the Senate was elected was t
great stretch of courtesy. Conley, no
Kf oiLj'i.Luiwtl iLw»r -owwricny- ter kli
fear of Federal bayonets, and (Jeter-
mined still further to act upou their
fears, and remain in office, contrary to
law and the wishes of the people. The
reasons for his conduct, given in his
veto message, are ridiculous and be
neath all criticism, and show clearly
that he intends to hold on to power
without law or reason. This is carry
ing out Bullock’s programme to the
letter, and shows plainly that kindness
and. courtesy are thrown away on such
men. VV e are glad to see that there
are honest men enough in both
branches of the Legislature to pass
the hill over Conley’s veto. We see
with astonishment and regret that a
few Democrats in the lower House
voted to sustain Conley in his attempt
ed usurpation. We are at a loss to
see the reason for such a vote.
The Edinburgh Review.—The Oc
tober number of the Edinburgh Re
view has been received. Its contents
are: Professor Jowett’s Translation
of Plato; English Guilds; European
Adventurers in India ; Game and Game
Laws : South Africa and her Diamond
1 ields : Essays on the Tenure of Land ;
1 he Inns of Court and of Chancery ;
The Commune of Paris ; The Session
and its Lessons.
It is issued from the Publishing
House of Leonard Scott & Co., 140
I niton St., N. Y. Terms of each of
the British Reviews or Black" ood’s
Magazine, $4 ; Blackwood and either
of the Reviews, $7 ; Blackwood and
all four of the Reviews, $15 per year.
“General Butler’s Campaign in
Massachusetts.”—Under the above
title the last number of that excellent
magazine, “The Atlantic Monthly,”
gives a graphic history of Beast But
ler’s effort to “storm” the Gubernato
rial Chair of Massachusetts, and his
sigual overthrow and repulse. The
evidences of the approaching downfall
ol this monster, who is »o justly detest
ed - in the' South, are plainly visible,
throughout this highly interesting nar
rative. The writer—who sports the
pseudonym of “ Warrington”—evi
dently enjoys the discomfiture of“ The
Beast.”
Jhe Atlantic Monthly is the very
ablest of American monthlies. Even
me and syllable is made up oi original
contributions irom authors occupying
the very first rank of American Litera
ture. An absorbing 8 t 0 .y ol Southern
life, “Kate Beaumont,” i 8 running
through its pages, and is written by a
master hand. Among it6 contributors
are found such names as Bret liarte,
Whittier, George Elliot, Longfellow,
Saxe, and many others well known to
the literary public on both sides of the
Atlantic. Published by Usgood Co.;
1~4 Xremont St., Boston.
incumbrance upon it, and all of his
fraudulent combinations with Kimball
to cheat and defraud the people of
Georgia. There has also been an effort
to retain Conley in his position. All
of these show the hand of the ring
whether the Constitution sees it or not.
Some people are born blind ; some are
blinded by prejudice, and some close
their eyes so that they can’t see.
Will not the Legislature Repeal
or Modify the Relief Law and the
Homestead Law?—We earnestly be
lieve there is no way in which the Leg
islature can do the whole people of
Georgia so great a benefit, present and
perspective, as by a repeal or a great
modification of the two laws above
mentioned. It is generally believed
they are unconstitutional, and it is
well known that they are in direct
conflict with the rights of honest cred
itors. But this is not all—these two
laws have a most damaging effect upon
the credit of the State, and upon the
morals of the people. Men outside of
the State are af;aid to leud money to
any one in the State, for fear that by
means of such laws they will be de
frauded. These laws have already
destroyed all confidence between men,
and are fast demoralizing the rising gen
eration. What child can have a very
correct sense of right who knows that
the house in which he was born and
raised was obtained by his father by
cheating and defrauding his former
friends and creditors? If the present
Legislature wish to cherish a system
of Irauu and corruption, they will sus
tain these laws ; but if they wish to
purify the moral atmosphere of the
State, and instill into the minds of the
rising generation the principles of hon
or and honesty, they will expunge them
from our statutes.
EliECTlOX 5151,1..
which has become a law in
THE
The hi
spite of Judge Conley’s veto, provides
that a special election for Governor
shall be held throughout the State on
the third Tuesday in December next,
to fill the unexpired term of Rufus B.
Bullock. It provides that the returns
shall be sealed up by the managers
and directed to the President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House of
Representatives, “and transmitted to
the person exercising the duties
of Governor for the time being
wlju sltall, wiiljw.. 8 vj^icniilg said
returns, cause the same to he laid be
fore the Senate, if the Senate be in
session when received, and if received”
during the recess, then so soon as the
General Assembly convenes.
The Senate is required, forthwith,
to transmit said returns to the House
of Representatives. The two Houses,
also, are required to convene in the
Representative Chamber, open the re
turns, count and publish the vote, and
declare tlie “result of said election, as
provided by Article 4, Section 1, Par
agraph 3, ot the Constitution,” and
the Governor thus chosen shall be in
augurated the. next day thereafter at
12 o’clock, m.
We give this synopsis that our read
ers may fully appreciate the very un
tenable points made by the Acting
Governor in his veto message.—Atlan
ta Sti/l.
Antecedents of Thieves.—In dis-
cussiug the financial affairs of South
Carolina, the New York Nation says
that tiie charges of fraudulent transac
tions are supported by the history ol
some of the State officers. It gives
the case of the State Treasurer, Mr.
Niles G. Parker, who, it says, kept a
bar in Haverville, Mass., before the
war. He entered the army ; served,
as worse men did, with credit ; then
settled as a c rpet-bajger in Charles
ton ; opened another grocery ; “went
into politics was made an alderman;
cultivated the negro vote; failed in
business, acd paid thirty cents on the
dollar ; rose rapidly in politics ; be
came State Treasurer, and is now re
ported to be worth a million, and has
plenty ot diamonds. Put behind such
men tiie most corrupt and ignorant
Legislature that perhaps ever carica
tured free government in a civilized
State, and we see why the financial
condition of the State is suspected.—
“New York,” the Nation adds, “is cer
tainly the last place tor such a ‘Treas
urer’ to come to just at this moment
asking credit. We are too familiar
with this kind ol financier.”
The Germans of Chicago evidently
agree with DeQuincy, that a gift-horse
may be lookfid ifi the mouth. The
Crown Prince and Emperor sent to th e
sufferers by the fire 1,500 thalers ($],-
i25), which was declined in the fol
lowing more pithy and pofite language:
Resolved, That we, the undersigned,
formerly subjects in Germany, requests
the committees instituted for the re
lief of Chicago to indignantly reject
this miserable pittance thrown to us
by Ilis Majesty the Emperor of Ger
many and His Royal Highness the
Crown Prince of Prussia and lady ;—
and be it further
Resolved, That the undersigned sub
scribe the sums figuring after their
names below, in order that they may,
together with the 1,500 thalers, he
distributed among our poor country
men who have been ruined, maimed or
crippled by -the Franco-Prussian war,
ami who are to-duy yet German sub
jects.
over the veto. Of this number all
were elected as Democrats, except Mr.
Jordan ol the Jasper district, and Mr.
Richardson of Dawson county, who
were chosen on the Republican ticket.
The nays were
Anderson, Black, Brock, Bruton,
Campbell, Clark, Colman, Crayton,
Deveaux, Gritfiu, [McWhorter, Smith,
Wallace, Welch—14.
Ail these were elected as Radicals
except Dr. Black from the Sumter dis
trict, w ho defeated Jones of Macon
county (Rad.) for the position. Ander
son, Campbell, Crayton, Deveaux and
Wallace are negroes.
In the House there were—including
Speaker Smith’s—one hundred and
forty-seven votes cast divided as fol
lows :
Yeas—Messrs W. D. Anderson, W.
P. Anderson, Bacon, Baker of Pike,
Berrien, Ballenger, Barron, Butts,
Bush, Bunn, Booth, Brewton, Bowie,
Barksdale, Carlton, Clark of Richmond,
Clark of Troup, Cato, Chastain, Craig,
Collins, Cummings, Crittenden. Cox,
Cody, Cleghorn, Chancy, Davis of
Newton, Dell, Edwards, Farmer, Fain,
Glower, Guyton, Griffin of Twiggs,
Goldsmith, Grafham, Goodman, Gray,
Hooks, Hail of Upson, Hudson, Hend-
ley, Howell, Harvey, Hoge, Hughes,
Heidt, Huuter, Jenkins, Jones of Ter
rell, Johnson of Clay, Johnson of Jef
ferson, Killian, Knoles, Kennedy, Kel
ly, Lang, Lamkin, Mann, Morrill, Mc
Neil, Meadows, Martin, Murphy of
Harris, McMillan, McConnell, Mattox,
Murphy of Burke, Morrison, Nether-
land, Nutting, Paulk, Patillo, Phillips,
Palmer, Payne, Pentecost, Peeples,
Paxton, Pour, Pierce, Reufroe, Reid,
Riley, Rountree, Rutherford, Russell,
Richards, Slaton, Snead, Summerlin,
Scott, Smith of Oglethorpe, Simmons
of Gwinnett, Spence, Stovall, Sellers,
Tarver, Trammell, Wofford ol Bartow,
Wofford, of Banks, Woodward, Wil
son, Walters, Wood, West, Wynn.—
110.
Nays—Allred, Atkinson, Bruton of
Decatur, Blue, Brown, Battle, Camp
bell, Clower, Converse, Colby, Dukes.
Davis of Clark, Emerson, Etheridge,
Floyd, Franklin, Griffin ol Houston,
Hall of Merriwether, Head, Hiilyer,
Jones of Macon, Jackson, Lewis, Mans
field, Moreland, McWhorter, O’Neal,
Oliver, Putney, Richardson, Smith ol
Coweta, Simmons of Hall, Simmons of
Houston, Sargent, Williams, What
ley—36.
Griffin of Twiggs, so far as we are
able to classify the members of the
House, was the only one chosen on the
Radical ticket wlio voted yea—the rest
being Democrats. Among the nays
we regret to find more Democrats than
anybody had reason to expect. They
are Emerson of Whitfield, Etheridge
of Putnam, Franklin of Fannin, Head
of Haralson, Jackson of Fulton, Sim
mons of Hall and Whatley of Fayette.
The remainder of the nays are all Rad
icals, of whom Atkinson, Bruton, Blue,
Campbell, Clower, Colby, Dukes, Da
vis, Floyd, Lewis, O’Neal, Richardson,
Smith and Simmons are negroes.
Hoover Come to Grief.—If mat
ters go on as they have commenced,
the whole Radical party about Wash-
isliton will be in jail before long. One
Hoover, a simon-pure Radical of the
first water, formerly Postmaster at
Washington, and of late lobbyist and
procurer general at the White House
and in the several departments, has
been detected in black-mailing the fe
male employes of the government, un
der assurances that they would be re
moved unless he was paid handsome
ly to use his influence in their favor.
This is a new expedient in Washing
ton rascality, and the public will he
glad to know that the indignant wo
men whom Hoover has fleeced have
had him arrested and held for trial.
Will Tammany be Reorganized ?
—Under this head the Boston Post’s
New York correspondent, under date
of Thursday last, writes as follows :
The general opinion appears to be
that Tammany will have to keep in
the background for some time to come.
Its power is, for the present, complete
ly broken, and the men who have
been foremost in managing it are
shrewd enough to know that their
best policy is inactivity. But what
ever may be the future of Tammany,
it is certain that the Democratic par
ty will he reorganized without much
delay. Notwithstanding the defeat it
has just suffered, the party can and
will get control of the State again.—
The majority against it on the State
ticket can be easily overcome, and
will be, perhaps, at the next election.
The Empire State is not by any means
lost to Democracy. When a reorgan
ization of the party takes place, and
the people have got over their indig
nation agaiust a lew individuals, we
shall have this city wheeling into line
with its old majorities against Radical
ism, arid the rural Democracy making
a better fight than that of last week.
At all events there is a much better
feeling among Democrats now than
there was then, and full confidence
that the party will soon he in power
once more.
Tweed, Murphy & Go., stole about
twelve millions of dollars, and the
Democratic officials and citizens of
New York at once took steps to punish
them and have the principal thieves on
the road to Sing Sing. Governor Scott
and his aids stole thirty millions in
South Carolina, and Grant and all paid
journals in the country are trying to
get him out of the difficulty. This,
(-ays the Pittsburg Post, is the differ
ence between the two parties.
By direction of the State Democrat
ic Executive Committee.
Clifford Anderson, Ch’m.
A Contrast—The Washington cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Commer
cial (Radical) presents the following
contrast:
“ Andy Johnson, during his eutire
official life ‘from Alderman to Presi
dent’ never accepted a present amount
ing in value to $50. Grant, during
a period of less than six years has ac
cepted presents amounting in cash val
ue, presents that money bought, to
scores of thousands of dollars. The
only one he was ever known to refuse
was the bitch pup from Cleveland, O.,
on which there was express charges
amounting, I believe, to $10. He has
accepted bouses and lots, horses and
carriages, libraries and works of art,
live stock, furniture, wines, cigars auu
indeed everything that was offered
him.
Those who contributed most liberal
ly were appointed to the very best of
fices, and I cite A. T. Stewart, of New
York; Hoar of Massachusetts ; Fish of
New York ; Borie of Pennsylvania;
and Murphy, of New Y’ork as specimen
brick. Although Andy Johnson, when
he came to the Presidential chair, was
worth less money than Grant was
when he left tiie office of General, yet
he refused even the compliment of a
number of rich gentlemen of New
York, who were above officeholdiug,
when they offered to present him with
a pair of horses aud a family carriage.
Johnson was too poor to drive hand
some horses, aud his stables were scan
ty enough. In the White Ilouse sta
hies in Johnson’s time, there were five
horses; there are now eighteen, includ
ing the sore-tailed colt.
THE tARlEKSVII.I.K A: VAN WERT
RAILROAD.
We have learned some facts in regard
to the Cartersville and Van Wert Rail
road that excite no pleasant sensations
in the reader's mind.
On the 12th day of April, 1$70, Mr.
Cooper, the President of the road, de
livered to Col. D. G. (Jotting, Secreta
ry of State, SI00,000of the road bonds
for indorsement, taking Cutting’s re
ceipt for them to be substituted by
Governor Bullock. The road still
holds Colonel Cutting’s receipt. On
•the same day the rest of the bonds to
the amount of 8200,000 were deposi
ted by Col. Coopor with Periuo Brown
agent of the Georgia Railroad and
Banking Company in Atlanta.
On the 22d day of June, J.S70, Mr.
Brown delivered to Mr. Kimball $100,-
000 of the bonds in his possession on
Col. Cooper’s order. And on the 9th
day of At.gust, l^/O, Mr. Brown de
livered 875,000 more of the bonds to
Mr. II. I. Kimball on Colonel Cooper’s
order.
Thus we see that 8275,000 of these
bonds were issued before five miles of
the road was fully finished. Only
3 84-100 miles from Cartersville to the
Etowah was complete. The law al
lows the State indorsement to the
bonds of 812,500 per mile when each
five miles are done, or in batches of
832,500 for every five miles.
In addition to the $275,000 of these
bonds, Governor Bullock has had is
sued $300,000 more ostensibly to be
exchanged for the first 8275,000, but
both sets are out.
On the 11th of April, 1S70, Laman
Conant & Co., the contractors, wrote
to Col. Cooper requesting him to ask
Gov. Bullock to turn over to Clews &
Co., of New York, the bonds for ad
vances when the bonds shall havebeeu
indorsed by him. On the 12th Colonel
Cooper made the request oi Gov. Bul
lock.
Gov. Bullock indorsed these bonds;
knowing the road was unbuilt. If we
had nothing agaiust him, this violation
of his duty alone would justify his im
peachment.
It is with pain we give these facts,
because they implicate parties respec
ted hitherto. But we have no choice.
The truth must be told, hurt whom it
may.
This road is twenty -two miles long.
$275,000 is the whole indorsement it
is entitled to when done. Yet all was
given before five miles were done.—
And fourteen miles only is complete
now. Thus bas Bullock committed
the State to the payment of a large
amount of principal and interest ille
gally. Clews & Co. hold the 8275,000.
Who have the last $300,000 is not
known.
Here is matter for the Legisla
ture.—At. Constitution.
Presidential Gossip from Wash
ington.—We have a curious report
from Washington, which we accept
as substantially true, and it is to this
effect : That on the 30lli of the pres
ent month (Thanksgiving day,) lour
days before the reassembling of Con
gress, a secret council is to be held in
Philadelphia, Baltimore, or Harris
burg—most probably in the latter
place—which will be composed of
General Benjamiu Butler of Massa
chusetts; Senator Carl Schurz, of Mis
souri; Jacob D. Cox, of Ohio; Sena
tor Spence,of Alabama; W. M. Lvaris.
Thurlow Weed, Horace Greeley, C.
A. Dana, and George VV ilkes, of New
York; Senator Trumbull, ol Illinois;
and some half dozen or more others ol
the anti-Grant Republican managers;
that Senators Sumner and Wilson of
Massachusetts, will also each have a
finger in the pie, but will not be pres
ent on the momentous occasion ; and
that the object of this extraordinary
assemblage will be to arrange a pio
gramme for the coming Congress to
head off General Gruut and to unite
the Republicans opposed to his nomi
nation upon some general plan of op
erations.—N. Y. Herald.
* CARPET-B IG governors ASD “ LOYAL i Reception of tiie Russian Grand ! The intended retention of Benjamin
THIEVES” IS TIIE soiTH. I Duke.—New York, November 21.— ^on\ey in the Executive chair meant
We invite attention to the following 4 t eleven o’clock this morning the continuation of all the Radical
trom the leading Republican journal j steamer Mary Powell, with the recep- Judges, Solicitors General and other
of the West, the Chicago Tribune: jtion committee and about five hun-jState^officials, the continued Radical
Th
Bav. Over a thousand persons
sembled at the pier to witness the de- ■ ca ^ party. 1 he election of an honest
parture. The steamer was gaily dec-1 Democratic Governor wipes all this
orated with Russian and American ol,t at a blow, leaving not a vestige
flags. Nearly all the vessels in the j behind, except the wreck and ruin of
Bay wen# decorated with flags, many ^ the P‘ l »t. Atlanta bun.
of them displaying the Russian colors.
he West, the Chicago Tribune : tion committee and about five hun-, oiaj.e omciais, me cour.mue<l Radical
here is considerable excitement I dred persons, "including a large num-j majority on the Supteme bench, and
■ the condition of the finances of her of Indies, proceeded down the t| ie dispensing of the patronage of the
n„pmrtv Bav. Over s thousand persons as-1 Executive lor the benefit of the Radi-
Hon. C. L. Vallandigham’s estate
settles up much more favorably than
it was generally supposed among his
friends it would. It lias been found
to be worth over $100,000, which goes
to his sou Charles.
the State ofSouth Carolina. One party
asserts that there is an over-issue of
813,000,000 of State bonds, making
the State debt $22,000,000, when even
its extravagant administration only au
thorized a debt of 89,000.000. On the
other side these assertions are denied
officially ; hut the denial is not accom
panied by any intelligent statement of
the actual condition of affairs. It is
impossible to obtain any information
from the discussions now going on in
the South Carolina papers. Every
thing is marked by intense partisan
feeling. Statements and accusations
are made by the contending factions in
the most reckless manner, and without
the least evidence to sustain them. In
Georgia the long and flagitious rule of
Governor Bullock has been brought to
a close by his flight and resignation.—
In what condition he left the State
has not yet been disclosed ; but bis ad
ministration has been marked by such
a continued traffic in State bonds that
the State, which emerged from the
war without any debt, has now an
amount of outstanding debt which
will not be paid during this centu
ry- '
Speaking from the records made by
the Government of South Carolina and
Georgia, we confess that Republican
ism has not been a success in these
States. The necessity which compelled
the recognition, after the war, of the
horde of adventurers who found their
way into the'Soutliern States, has been
grievous indeed. Except, perhaps, in
the case of G<>v. Walker, of Virginia,
there has been hardly a carpet-bag
Governor elected in any of these States
who has not proven to be, in one form
or other, a disgrace and a curse to the
State and country. They have been of
incalculable injury to tlie negroes.—
They have taught the latter how to be
dishonest, corrupt and utterly unprin
cipled in political matters, making
them, to the extent of their ability, a
practical injury to the States.
There has been no justification what
ever, iiice 1S66, for any political dis
franchiseinent in the Southern States.
If the people ol Illinois had been cursed
by such Governments as have existed
in North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Louisiana and Texas, and
perhaps other States, there would have
been a popular revolt before this time.
Bullock’s flight and Holden’s impeach
ment ought to be supplemented by
the resignation of all other scalawags
holding State or national offices.
The duty of Congress to the suffering
people of all these States is to repeal
ail laws in any way restraining the
people in the choice of their own offi
cers and Governments. Until this is
done there will be no peace. If Repub
lican ascendancy in those States can
only l>e maintained by the forcible pro
tection of fraud and robbery, then it
would be better for the Republican
party to lose its control in these local
ities. The reign of the carpet-baggers
ought to be brought to a close as spee
dily as possible.
Hard on Freddy.—A writer in the
New York Tribune, commenting up
on the appointment of the President’s
son to accompany General Shermau
abroad, says :
“It has heretofore been supposed by
the people that when army officers
were sent abroad at the public ex
pense, tt;eir mission was for the pub
lic good ; in short, that they were
sent abroad officially to study the mi
tary system of other nations, in order
that they might introduce at home
such changes and improvements as
were likely to prove beneficial to our
own army. And in making the selec
tion of young officers, those only were
taKen who had been distinguished for
their talents and proficiency at West
Point. Iu this instance, however, a
young gentleman has been chosen who
stood very low down (37 or 40—I for
get the exact figure) in the class, and
was strikingly deficient in bis exami
nation iu every branch of military
science. What incentive does such a
practice offer to cadets to labor assid
uously and faithfully, day and night,
in order to master the difficulties of
their profession ? -And in this partic
ular case, was it just to the thirty-sev
en or forty other graduates, many of
whom were no doubt young gentle
men of much talent and promise, that
they should be passed over, and Lieu
tenant Grant selected, simply because
lie happened to be the son of the Pres
ident ? What is this but that sort ol
corruption, in a small way, which has
so completely demoralized every
branch of the public service, and is
sapping the foundations of all govern
ment, both national and local ? Has
it come to be u- derstood that all offi
ces and places controlled by the Chief
agistrate of the nation are his per
sona! propelty and perquisites, tube
disposed ol by him tor his own profit,
or that of his family, without any ref
erence to the national welfare or
wants ?”
How is this for Gratz?
Ku-Klux in Georgia and Florida.
—A Washington special to the Cin
cinnati Gazette of Saturday says :
The Congressional Sub-Oommittee,
composed of Baymard, Scofield and
Maynard, returned to Washington to
day. The committee report that they
have investigated Georgia and Flori
da, and have found that the Ku-klux
organization has an active existence in
those States, but. not to that extent
which would justify interference on
the part of the Federal troops, or re
quire that the writ of habeas corpus
be suspended.
As Gen. Grant is shockingly igno
rant of the geography oT*his Southern
provinces, we would remind him that
Charleston, Coles county, where the
three Radical negro murderers were
Ku-Kluxed, hanged and burned to
death, last week, is in the loyai State
of Illinois, and not iu Georgia. We
call his attention to the fact in order
that Le may not declare martial law iu
Georgia by mistake.—Sac. Ntivs.
, . . . ’I The people of Wyoming are not sat infied with 11m
Broadway IS thronged with persons cxpci-iiiem of female i-uilriige in that Territory and
awaiting tbe parade. A groat number St!."" ““
arrived from the country on the early j
r. 11 iir ii ... 1 Egypt, November 2o.- A steamer with nilm-im.
trains. The buildings on Broad-!, u route to Mecca, sunk from a collision,
way and other principal streets arej five pilgrims were drowned.
decorated with flags. The national j Two hundred colored emigrants left F\
. . ° fp . , roe on the -Itii ln^tnnt for Liberia. The
Gliard is out in full force. I lie woath- the interior of the State of Virgnia
Sev enty-
•Vrtre.R Mon-
They were from
ei is fine, and the reception will be
brilliant.
The crowds on Broadway arc so
dense that locomotion is almost im
possible. Every window and space
from which a view can be obtained is
occupied. Ten thousand troops are in
line, extending a distance of two miles.
Alexis landed at half-past one o’clock,
when the procession moved* During
the formal reception, Major-General
Dix addressed the Prince as follows:
Your Imperial Highness :—In the
name of the citizens of New York we
have the honor to tender you a cor
dial welcome to the United States. It
is great gratification to us to see with
in our harbor the gallant squadron
which has brought you to our shores.
It is greater gratification to us to re
ceive among us one of the imperial
family of Russia whose illustrious
chief has done much for civilization,
and in whose hands the possession oi
power has, under the guidance of
providence, been developed to the no
blest of uses for the social and politi
cal elevation of those who come with
in the sphere of its exercise. The
long united condition of her states has
naturally created a strong sympathy
on our part in all that concerns her
welfare, and has caused us to regard
with deep interest her steady but si
lent progress eastward, shedding at
every advance the lights of Christian
civilization over regions which have
been buried for ages in com pa rat ve
darkness. Your Imperial Highness
will no doubt find much in our coun
try which is a novel to an European,
and which will be remembered as a
source of useful suggestion in political
societies. In the name of the citi
zens in whose behalf I speak I tender
you a sincere welcome.
The Prince replied as follows :
General Dix, Ladies and Gentlemen :
I beg to express my thanks for the
warm manner in which I have been
received. The. feeling which exists
between Russia and the United States
is as strong as it is lasting, and noth
ing can disturb it. I shall pass rapid
ly through New York to pay my re
spects to the President, whose high
character is greatly appreciated ev
ery where ; but on my return 1 shall
have the pleasure to accept your hos
pitality so kindly tendered me. [Now
we feel better.—Ed.]
Impeachment.—Tiie interest taken
by journals outside of the State in the
impeachment of Governor Bullock is
rather remarkable. From many dif
ferent quarters come up urgent en
treaties to push the matter. The
Constitution provides for impeacli-
ineut after leaving office as well as
while in office. And the reason of the
law is conclusive. The penalty of
impeachment is disqualification for
further office bolding. If a Governor
is guilty of crimes demanding impeach
ment and heinous enough to make him
unworthy of future trust, no delay of
discovery should work his exemption
from disqualification, while no other
method of trial is provided to put the
penalty upou him. Concealment of
his crinife beyond his term should not
be the barrier to bis punishment. Oth
erwise the sharpest rascal, bv shrewd
concealment, might work his way in
to office again.
The opinion grows upon us that
there should be an impeachment of
Bullock.
The Boston Post has this to sav
about the matter. It will be seen
that the Post takes the ground that
the national public is interested in
Bullock’s punishment, particularly as
bis crimes have been upheld by the
Radical administration at VV’ashingtou
The point is a strong one.
The Senate, if he were impeached,
could do nothing more than disqualify
him for office ; and that sentence he
has already, by anticipation, inflicted
upon himself, and whatever stigma or
disgrace attaches to the disqualifica
tion is as effectually fastened upon
him by his own act as it could be by
legislative decision. IPs impeach
ment is still urged, however, not so
much for the purpose of affixing this!
stigma, durably and permanently, as
might be done, bat for the sake of!
bringing to public light and reproba
tion the mismanagement of affairs in!
Georgia, which has made carpet-bag
Oscar J. Dan, the negro Lieutenant Governor
of Louisiana, died in New Orleans on Wednesday
Norwich. November 21—Tw.-nty-one lives were
lost on the steamer City of New London
Scranton, November 21.—A portion of the town
sunk several inches.
Hr. Finlay of Taibotf.on shot and dangerously
onded a negro last Friday morning. The ne«ro
ill Mr. F.
Mr
wounded a neg
had threatened to
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