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\Vi;i)XK>DA V. APRIL 1, 1868.
Some Question* lor Itulloek or Ills
Keeper* to Answer.
We observe, in a Radical paper pub
lished at Atlanta, a series of questions ad
dressed to Judge Irwin. We propound
below a few for his opponent Raider B.
Bullock to answer. When lie, or Blodgett,
or Brown, or any other party that does his
thinking, ses lit to repiy to these ques
tions, we pledge ourselves to see that
Judge Irwin is equally frank.
1. Where were you born, and how long
have you resided in Georgia ?
2. If in Georgia before the war, were
you for or against secession ?
3. Did you, during the war, render any
aid or assistance to the Southern cause ?
If so, what did you do, and what respect
able naan can you refer to to prove the
fact? >
4. Did you, as agent of the Southern
Express Company, either directly your
self, or through any of your subordinates,
furnish information to the Federal army,
or any of its officers, against the Southern
Confederacy?
5. Do you regard negroes as your equals?
and have you any reliable assurance that
the negroes reciprocate the compliment?
0. Are you willing for negroes to visit
your family, sit in your parlor, and eat at
the same table with yourself and family?
7. If content thus to degrade yourself
and family, are you in favorof compelling
better people than yourself to do the same
thing, by compelling them to submit to
the company of negroes in railroad cars,
elc., etc.?
8. Are you in favor of the election of
negroes to civil and military offices in this
State? Your emissaries down here say
you are; Brown, in North Georgia, says
you are not.
9. If elected Governor, and negroes are
elected to the Legislature, will you open
the door of your house to (hem, and in
vite them to your entertainments at the
same time with white people?
10. What induced you to become a Rad
ical? and if you say you were paid for it,
state the amount paid and Gy whom paid,
and the obligations you assumed on Die
occasion.
11. Do you think you possess a single
qualification for the office of Governor?
If you answer yes, state with great partic
ularity what qualifications?
12. Do you think Joe Brown told
the truth when he said your election
“would bankrupt the Htate"? If you
think ho told a lio, state what, in your
opinion, induced him to tell it, and
whether it was the result of a natural in
stinct, or fora deliberate purpose. If the
latter, state what that purpose was?
13. Do you think Farrow had a just es
timate of your character when lie made
repeated charges of fraud, corruption, and
dishonesty against you and your associ
ates? And state with great particularity
the mode and manner adopted to change
or modify his opinions.
14. State the names of all the men to
whom office Ims been promised by your
self and associates, stating the name of
each man with the office promised to him,
ami particularly who is to be the manager
of the Slate Railroad, ami the manner in
which and the persons to whom the pro
ceeds are to be distributed.
15. Is plunder heretofore realised out of
the State Treasury to he charged as an ad
vance against those who have thus realised,
or are they to come in on an e<pud footing
with the new adventurers 1
hi. If your object is to rob and plunder
the State Treasury, stale wlmt amount
paid in hand will satisfy your demands,
utid relieve the honest men of the State
from all further aggressious on their prop
erty and rights, by yourself and clair
17. If elected, would you regard the
finding of a true bill in the Federal Courts
against a man for perjury, or such like
oll'ence, conclusive evidence of his qualifi
cation for office under your administra
tion ?
IS. Costin, a Washington city mulatto,
ami your associate in the Atlanta Con
vention, declares that a negro who
shall dare to vote for a white man for any
olliee, ought to he burned alive, and his
ashes scattered to the four winds of hea
ven ; and Jeff. Long, another mulatto
scoundrel, said no longer ago than Mon
day last, in this city, that any negro who
should fail to vote ought to receive five
hundred lashes, and if lie voted for an
anti-ltadical, should be hung. Both of
these incendiaries warmly support your
election, and at both of the meetings where
these at rocioussenti meats were an non need,
ymi were invited, and it was published
that you would speak. I)o you endorse
these sentiments.
1?. State who are present at the time
>'•>ll prepare your answe rs to these inter
rogatories.
* OM.RKNSION \ l, CONVENTION—NOMI
NATION OF JUDGE LOTH K ANE.
Macon, Ga., March 31, IS6S.
In obedience to a call of the Central
1 xeeutive Committee of the Democratic
party of Georgia, the delegates appointed
1 y the counties composing tiie Fourth
* "iigressioual District, tliis day in Con.
vent ion assembled.
On motion of Judge T. G. Holt, of Bibb,
Or. Ira Dupree, of Twiggs,was called upon
1 preside over the meeting, aud on motion
' : t’ol. D. N. Martin, of Spalding, T. B.
* abauiss, of Monroe county, was requested
t° act as Secretary.
} I,o n ca 'l of counties, the names of the
k)lh>wiijg delegates were enrolled, viz:
Bibb-T. G. Holt, G. W. Adams, Jus.
m,y » ( - A - Tharpe, Gen. W. S. Holt, T.
J - Smmions.
ButU-Dr. T. 8. Saunders, G. B. Elder,
Bryan Collier, J r .
Jones— R. w. Bonner, W. T. McCul
v i, Isaac Hardeman, F. J. Walker, N.
>. Glover. ’
. * J 11 "' *'• A. Cabaniss, L. Gresham,
hn, i U „ lisil1 ' J - M ' Hollis, Andrew
Hunn, T. B. Cabaniss.
Stair rV *' I>edeu » F. Hanson, A.
Md'iroy. ' S ' POpe ’ ,ames Sho <*ly, E.
B Nisbet - J ’ T - Bowdoin.
(, u- Yn e 7 J ' D ' Btewart , H. N. Martin,
; “ • Bloodworth.
I " ‘?gs— Dr. Ira Dupree.
J \ 7Y,7 J<mlan Lyoils < E A. Flewellen,
• cotton.
that thl'i Nisbet .' of Put-nam, moved
motion "" ? 8U w ‘ Bl closeil doors, which
11011 was lost.
4 <>f Stowart > of Spalding,
county ’ ! 00 m posed of one from each
Ch»ir to nr reWJUt ? d Was a PP° hl ted by the
The f o ,„r Pare busiues9 the meeting.
T<- ~ V l ® c °nijK)sed the committee:
Stafford ofP,w°l (7 ibb ’ t Bouner of Joues .
of M 1 1 lke - Saunders of Butts, Banks
Putnam, Flewellen
(Sfcircgta 30ttrftArftnd
This committee, after consultation, of
fered the following report:
Resolved, That the Committee appoint
ed to prepare business for this meeting,
after having duly considered the propriety
of recommending this body to nominate
a suitable person for Congress for this Dis
trict, have failed to agree, and beg leave
to refer the matter beck to the Convention.
Resolved, That we recommend the ap
pointment of W. A. Reid of Bibb, and
Cinciunatus Peeples of Spalding, as dele
gates to the National Democratic Conven
tion, and A. W. Reese and T. J. Simmons
of Bibb, as alternates.
On motion, the report was received and
the latter portion adopted.
Mr. Nisbet of Putnam moved, that it is
the sense of this body, that it is expedient
for the Democratic party of this District
to make no nomination for Congress,—
which motion was lost.
On motion of Mr. Adams of Bibb, the
meeting then proceeded to nominate a
candidate for Congress, when Judge O. A.
Lothraue, of the County of Bibb, was
unanimously nominated.
A Committee consisting of Messrs.
McCulloch, Adams, G. A. Cabauiss, Stew
art and Flewellen, having waited upon
Judge Lochraue and informed him of his
nomination, lie upon being introduced to
the Convention by the Chairman, made
a most happy, well-timed and stirring
response in accepting the honor conferred.
On motion, the proceedings were or
dered to be published in the papers of this
city, with a request that the papers
through the District copy the same, and
with three times three and a tiger for
Judge Loclirane, the meeting then ad
journed sine die.
Ira Dupree, Chairman.
T. B. Cabaniss, Secretary.
senatorial nomination.
Macon, Ga., March 31st, 1868.
Pursuant to a call through the Press, a
meeting of delegates from Die counties of
Bibb, Monroe and Pike, was held to day
at 3 I*. M., in Concert Hall, for the pur
pose of nominating a candidate for Sena
tor from the 22d District.
On motion, Mr. A. G. Peden of Pike
was called to the chair, and Thos. B. Gres
ham of Bibb, requested to act as Secretary.
The name of Hon. Alvis Stafford of
Pike, was then proposed, and, on motion,
ho wss unanimously nominated by accla
mation as the Democratic candidate for
the Senate from the 22d District. Mr.
Stafford being present, was called upon,
and responded in a few appropriate re
marks, expressing his acceptance of the
nomination, and his determination to “go
in to win.”
On motion, the city papers were request
ed to publish the proceedings of this body.
The convention then adjourned.
A. G. Peden, President.
Tnos. B. Gkesiiam, Secretary.
Correspondence.
Through the kindness of Mr. M. \V.
Brown, we are permitted to publish the
following correspondence. It fully ex
plains itself:
Gainesvill, Ga., 7th March, 1868.
General Meade:
Sir —In making my tax return under
oath in 1867,1 gave in $5,000 in money and
solvent debts. I now have $74 in money
and only one S2O debt that I can collect,
agreeably to the Ordinanceof the Conven
tion. Shall I pay tax on the $5,000? As
I have some friends and neighbors simi
larly situated, your answer will be thank
fully received.
Very respectfully,
M. W. Brown.
Hkadq’rs Third Mil. District, j
(Department of Ga., Ala. and Fla. 1
Office Assistant Adjutant General, (
Atlanta, Ga., Marcli 11, 1808. J
Mr. M. IF. Rrown, Gainesville, Ga.
Sir : —ln reply to your letter of the 7th
inst, making inquiry relative to theamount
of taxes you should pay,l have the honor to
state, that nothing is known here on the
subject except that the Ordinanceof the
Constitutional Convention requires the
tax to be paid on the assessment of 1867.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
R. C. Drum.
Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Gainesville Eagle.
Coldness II Iween Grant and Hancock.
Some little significance is given hereto
the fact that during his stay in this city
General Hancock did not call on General
Grant, as is said to he customary among
prominent otlieers visiting the seat of
goverraent. Upon inquiry it was ascer
tained that General Hancock did not vis
it General Grant for the purpose of having
a conversation with him, but that on the
first day of his arrival here he did call at
General Grant’s headquarters, and record
ed his name as present in Washington, in
compliance with an order of longstand
ing. At that timeitissaid that one of
General Grant’s staff officers asked Han
cock if he wished to see General Grant, to
which Hancock answered “No; I have no
business to lay before the General now. I
am stopping at the Metropolitan, if the
General should wish to see me.” On the
next day General Grant ami Hancock met
in the street, exchanged greetings and
shook hands, but had no conversation. —
IJVt.sA. Cor. N. Y. Ilcrahl.
Interview with General Meade—
The Municipal Election.— The Presi
dent and several members of the Conser
vative Executive Committee waited upon
General Meade on Friday lust, with refer
ence to the municipal election and other
subjects. The General received the gentle
men very cordially, and Mr. John Stod
dard, President of the Conservative Exec
utive Committee, gives us the substance
of the assurances that they received.
General Meade remarked that the mu
nicipal election will take place at some
time subsequent to the State election, and
that separate registration lists for the city
will be opened two weeks before the elec
tion .
None hut those who have resided in
Savannah for one year will be allowed to
register. The General does not object to
copies of this registration beiug made and
placed in the hands of challengers at the
polls. General Meade does not appear to
have determined whether the city election
should he held during one day or more.
But the Committee was satisfied that lie is
desirous of arranging it in the manner
most conducive to justice and fairness for
all parties. — Sav. Rep., 29//* tilt.
Sad Accident. —On Tuesday last, Mrs.
M. C. Palmer, an estimable lady residing
at Springfield, Charleston District, South
Carolina, was instantly killed, by being
thrown from a carriage. She was just
starting for Savannah, to be present at tiie
consecration of Bisbop Beckwith, aud had
stepped into the vehicle, to be conveyed
to Bonneau’s Depot, on the Northeastern
Railroad to take the train for Charleston,
when the horse started off aud ran against
a gate post in front of her residence, over
turning the carriage and causing her
death.
Mrs. Palmer was a lady very much
beloved by all who knew her. and her sad
death will cause sorrow in many hearts.
She was a native of Richmond, Virginia,
and was for many years a faithful and
exemplary member of the Protestant
Episcopal Church Republican,
29/A ult.
Grand Mass Meeting an Newnan.—
The Conservative party of Coweta county
have determined to hold a Grand Mass
Meeting and give a Free Barbecue at New
nan, on Saturday, 11th day of April next.
Let the counties of Carroll, Campbell,
Heard, Fayette, Spaulding, Meriweather,
Troup, and Fulton, come in large delega
tions. George Pendleton, of Ohio ; Ex-
Gov. Seymour, of New York; B. H. Hill,
H. S. Fitch, R. J. Moses, Columbus, and
others, will address the people. The
work shall go bravely on.— Neuman
Herald.
PROM WASHINGTON.
Hpecial Dispatch to the Baltimore Gazette.
Th - Refusal of the Senate to Allow Time to the Presi
dent's Counsel — The Supreme Court BJI ,» g ie
House —Views of a Const rvalise Senators Hope
for Rcihf but in Resolution — Stereo* and Schenck
Steven* Clinging to Confix/ation —The WUnesee*
Against Mr*. Surratt and Others.
Washington, March 27.
The action of the Seuate in refusing
counsel time to prepare for the defense of
the President is regarded as not only un
fair to the President but positively insult
ing to the distinguished gentlemen who
had stated upon their professional reputa
tion that the time asked for was actually
necessary.
The result has been that Evarts was
forced to seek his own library in New
York, and will not return until Monday
morning, while the rest of the counsel are
laboring here on the different points in
volved in the case. Tlius they are to be
forced to trial on Monday, without concert
of action or opportunity for consultation.
Tiie discussion in the House on the Su
preme Court hill, vetoed by the President,
was restricted to one hour, and that hour
Mr. Wilson parcelled out to suit himself;
then the i ill was passed over the veto by
the same vote by which it was originally
sneaked th rough that body.
Tlius legislation progresses here; each
act of Congress being worse, if possible,
than the one which preceded it. The
gravest legislation is attended with mock
ing jeers of Radicals over a helpless minor
ity.
A Conservative Senator, noted for his
caution, as well as his great ability, de
clared to-night that there was no escape
of the country from its present political
bondage, exceeding in revolution, which
lie regards as near at hand. Thad. Stevens
and Bcbenck had a lively spat to-day,
which varied the monotony of Congres
sional proceedings.
Stevens still clings to the idea of confis
cation, and he asked the Chairman if the
Ways and Means Committee had made
any provision for lightening the burthens
of taxation at the North by providing for
a general confiscation at the South?
Schenck tartly replied : My committee
has charge of taxation ; confiscation we
leave to the Committee on Reconstruc
tion.
Stevens —“I asked the gentleman a ques
tion and he answers with a sneer.”
Schenck again replied, in a boisterous
tone, recalling to the minds of many the
fable of the dead lion.
It is understood that Stevens will bring
in another scheme for general confiscation
before the session closes, should death not
arrest him before he completes his plans.
One by one the swift witnesses of Mr.
Bingham and Judge Holt on the conspi
racy trial fall into the clutches of the law.
Conover, Ashley’s friend, is in the Peni
tentiary. Cleaver is awaiting anew trial,
having been once convicted of an infamous
crime. Baker is a fugitive from justice,
and to-day a warrant issued for Richard
Montgomery, charged witUembezzlement.
These are the parties upon whose testimo
ny Mrs. Surratt and others were convicted
and executed.
Tlte Medical Association of Georgia.
Savannah, Ga., March 30, 1868.
To the Medical Profession of Georgia :
The next annual session of the Medical
Association of the State of Georgia will
he held in Augusta, commencing on the
Bth day of April, proximo. That the ac
tive existence of tliis body is of vital im
portance to the Medical Profession of our
State is too evident to require argument;
and it is manifest that there never has
been a time when the energetic and uni
ted action of our profession lias been more
urgently demanded than at present.
in the benefits arising from this organ
ization every member of (lie profession
participates. Shall the sacrifices necessary
for the support of the Association he made
by the few, while the advantages derived
are eagerly enjoyed by the many ? It is
believed that no physician in the State
who loves his profession and desires its
elevation and prosperity, will be absent
from the approaching meeting, unless de
tained by the claims of some more impor
tant duty.
W. M. Charters, M. IX,
Pres. M. A. of Ga.
T. S. Powell, M. D.,
Ist V. P. M. A. of Ga.
DeS. Ford, M. D.,
2d V. P. M. A. of Ga.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 18G8.
GATHERING TO THE TEAS'!'.
From all parts of the State we hear the
sounds that betoken the rush of the Bul
lock banditti to the feast of spoils promised
by their leader. The hummers, sutlers,
and camp followers; the sedimentary de
posite of the armies that laid waste our
State, are lifting their heads, and expand
ing their nostrils to catch the grateful
scent. The carpet sack gentry from Skow
hegan, the Boston jail birds, and besotted
corn-field hands who have been making a
Constitution for the people of Georgia, are
rallying with ravening appetites and gloat
ing eyes to the rich promise of unlimited
sack and lie disturbed plunder. Their
hoarse cries fill the land and vex the ear.
They come with lies in their mouths, and
deceit on their lips, promising all things
to all men, and sincere only in their re
solve to fill their own pockets, and glut
their hale of the respectable people of the
State. Such another invasion never cursed
any country since the world was made.
They are more thievish than the Goths that
sacked Rome, more remorseless than the
robber barons who followed that bold
“Free Lance,” William (he Conqueror,
and more shameless and venal than the
curled and perfumed minions who crowded
the ante-chambers of Whitehall in the
days of the Second Charles of England.
They have gathered in their organization
every element that curses and disgraces
the body politic, and they appeal only to
the lowest and basest passions that move
men to their shame.
God save the Commonwealth from their
foul domination ! And He will save it, if
the honest whites, and the honest blacks
do but stand together. Let them touch
elbows and lock shields against the raid
ers. To the whites they promise naught
but ruin, absolute and hopeless, and a de
gradation unmatched in History. To the
blacks they threaten chains and slavery
of the most revolting description—the
lash and the gallows for daring to think
and act for themselves.
PROSCRIPTION.
We are assured from a credible source
that respectable colored men who have
evinced a desire of acting with the Con
servative party, are being made the ob
jects of menaces and persecution by the
Radicals. Such well known old residents
of Savannah as the Rev. Abraham Burke,
Rev. William Campbell, and the Rev. Mr.
Cox, are not only menaced with the loss
of the means of livelihood, but their lives
also have been threatened.
We find the above in the Savannah Ad
vertiser, of Tuesday, and infer theiefrom
that the same system of terrorism an
nounced here on Monday last ns the policy
of the Bullock party, is being inaugurated
all over the State. We called that indi
vidual’s attention to it yesterday, in a se
ries of questions that we had the honor of
propounding for his and his keeper’s ben
efit, and we demand again, as we did then,
an answer to this one at least. We shall
continue to make it a prominent feature
in the pending canvass, too, and whenever
a Radical hireling or pimp opens his
mouth on the stump he shall have it
thrown in his teeth. The white people of
Georgia, and the respectable, sensible col- j
ored people who have resolved to vote as
they see fit, are determined that the mat
ter shall be thoroughly ventilated. Speak
out, Bullock! Are you, or are you not iu ■
favor of making the lash and the gallows |
IVlaeon, Ga., Tuesday, April 7* 1868.
auxiliaries to your election ? Are you in
favor of scoring with the eowhide, or
hanging by the neck till dead all the col
ored people wiio shall dare to vote against
Spa ? Speak out, we say. You cannot
and you shall not dodge the answer, if we
can prevent it. Let the white voters of
Georgia remember what this man’s election
means: Their social and political degra
dation ; a mountain of debts and taxation,
and a bankrupt Treasury; ostracism of ail
the wisdom, virtue, respectability, and ca
pacity of the State, and the elevation of
the meanest, most profligate, and most
corrupt set of plunderers and pirates that
ever fatigued public indignation, or rioted
in the spoils of helpless people.
Let the colored people of Georgia re
member wbat his election means: The
lash and the gallows, if they dare to hesi
tate before sacrificing their bread and
meat, and that of their wives and chil
dren. This is what it means for them.
Costin, Bullock’s associate in the Atlanta
Convention, says so. Edwards, another
colleague in that body, and who is run
ning for Congress on the same ticket with
him, says so ; and your self-elected lead
ers of this city, his hired tools and spies,
paint it on banners and parade it before
your eyes.
Choose ye now whom ye will serve, and
in the choosing be sure ye do not dig your
own graves and write your own epitaphs.
We tell you that the white people will
stand by those who stand by them ; and
they will see to it, aye, even at the risk of
blood, that you are sustained. When the
lash is brandished and the gallows erected,
be sure your white friends will be ready
to see that the right hacks are scored and
the right necks stretched.
GOING SHEARING AN® GETTING
SHORN.
We warn those people of Georgia who
are contemplating a vote for the Atlanta
Constitution as a panacea for all their pe
cuniary ills, that they are doomed to a
bitter disappointment. They think to go
shearing, but they will certainly come
home shorn. This “ relief ” business, of
which Bullock is the putative father, is
the w’orst humbuglhat ever insulted thein
telligenceofacivilized people. Itisa“cute”
Yankee trick, born of Puritan roguery
and cunningly enveloped in a guise of
philanthropy. There is no more doubt of
its being stricken from the Constitution,
when that instrument gets before the Rad
ical Congress, than there is that Bullock
and his banditti meant it for a false signal
wherewith to wreck the people on the
shoal of universal negro suffrage, and a
government controlled by a horde of polit
ical foot-pads. We know the fact.
But suppose it stands, and you get the “re
lief” it promises,of whatavail isit with this
banditti in office, and the yearly taxation
to be wrung from your pockets to support
them, run up to nearly Folk Million ok
Dollars? Where is the “relief” in that?
Your creditor can’t touch you, but the
tax gatherer, backed by the sheriffs, can
and will. When the State says, “Pay
what thou owest,” where’s your rem
edy? And yet, you clamor for a “re
lief” that promises such hopeless, helpless
ruin.
Friends, be wise, or at least exercise in
this matter as much common sense and
discretion as you do in your business af
fairs. Touch not, handle not this unclean
tiling. It is fair on the surface, but in
wardly all rottenness and corruption. It
may be pleasant in the swallowing, but
in the end it will bite like a serpent and
sting like an adder.
Southern Negro lleconstr notion a Failure.
Tho first case of Southern negro reconstruction
(that of Alabama) coming before Congress for a
decision puzzles tho two houses. They hardly
know what to do with it. The constitntion framed
and the Legislature and members of Congress
elected are satisfactory to the Reconstruction Com
mittee, while the little difficulty of an aggregate
vote on the constitution less than the requirement
of the law is considered no impediment at all; and
yet the acceptance of Alabama is a matter which
requires “ a great deal of mighty nice considera
tion.” The trouble is here: Alabama, if restored
to Congress and the State right to manage her own
local affairs, though radical this year, may he rev
olutionized next year—constitution, nogro suprem
acy, universal negro suffrage and all. And so of
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and
Texas. While under their present military gov
ernments and the direct supervision of Congress
they can be managed; but once reinstated into
full communion as States they may become as in
tractable and offensive to radicalism as Maryland
and Kentucky.
Next in importance, therefore, to the restoration
of these ten Slates as radical States becomes the
proposition, how can we keep them so? The rad
ical leaders of the House have dually hit upon the
expedient of another batch of fundamental condi
tions in regard to suffrage, disfranchisement, Ac.,
by which these States are to be bound for tho fu
ture and held subject to the judgment of Congress.
But this is a shallow device. Let us suppose, for
instance, that all these ten disabled States are re
constructed and restored upon these fundamental
conditions, and that next year the opposition
party, say in Alabama and Georgia, get control of
the Legislature, call anew Suite Convention, get
the majority therein, frame anew constitution re
ducing the negroes to a qualified suffrage, and so
elect an anti-radical delegation to the next Con
gress, whattlien? Os course if the radicals, ex
cluding these States, still hold the control of both
Houses, all these proceedings in disregard of the
conditions of Congress, applying to the future regu
lation of said States, will be upset. But suppose
that in the next succeeding Congress the Conser
vatives get a decisive working majority in both
houses, and that they abolish this whole radical
system of Southern reconstruction, will not that be
the end of it ? Most likely; and as the laws of
one Congress may be repealed by another, all
these Conditions and securities for tho future with
which the present Congress is endeavoring to
bind the States concerned are liable to he over
thrown with the first charge of the dominant
party in Congress.
This radical policy of Southern negro recon
struction, then, may be pronounced a failure. We
find that even in Tennessee, where this system Ims
been fixed in the State constitution and govern
ment under Brownlow, the presence of the United
States army is necessary to keep it ou its legs. Os
course a standing army will be necessary in all
the other States under the same system, aud the
reign of these Southern standing armies will not
much longer be tolerated by the taxpayers of I lie
North. Acts of Congress, as we have shown, will
not avail to savo this system. What, then, can
the radicals do to save themselves and their
Southern policy of reconstruction from a complete
shipwreck? They might save something by fall
ing back upon the constitutional amendment
known as article fourteen, and in proclaiming its
ratification. But as that amendment leaves the
question of suffrage to the several States, subject
only to a loss of representation in proportion to the
restriction of the franchise, it is too much in con
flict with the compulsory universal negro suffrage
syst em to be adopted until the ten excluded States
aremade secure on a radical basis, at least for the
coming Presidential election. It is enough how
ever, for the present, tiiat Southern negro recon
struction may be pronounced a miserable failure.
New York Herald.
Still Another.— James M. Deresaux,
of JetFeson County, was arrested by the
Military, on a charge of complicity in the
Bell burning case, and was brought to the
city this morning, aud confined in the
Barracks.
This makes thirteen who have been ar
rested, twelve of whom are still confined,
one having been released ou bail. —Atlanta
Opinion, 30 th ult.
Democratic Nominations.— A writer
in the Columbia Ptuenix nominates Gene
ral Wade Hampton for Governor, General
James Conner for Lieutenant Governor,
General M. C. Butler for Adjutant and
Inspector General, General Ellison Ca
pera for Secretary of State, Wm. Hood for
State Treasurer, and S. L. Leaphart for
Comptroller General, of South Carolina.
REDEMPTION IN GREENBACKS.
Ben. Butler’* Blast Against Hie Bond
holder-.
From a letter written by General Butler
to the Salem, Massachusetts, Gazette, we
take the following expression of his views
on the financial issues of the day:
I foresaw’, or thought I did, last summer,
that the country, struggling under a bur
den of debt and taxation, oppressive be
yond those which ever taxed any other
nation, would be easily imposed upon by
any appeal made to prejudice, even to re
pudiation of this debt, to get rid of the
taxation, especially if it c uld lie shown
that there was in it any element of irregu
larity and injustice, either apparent or
real. I saw that the Democratic party of
the country in the great West was beiug
marshaled under Mr. Pendleton upon the
proposition that the Government should
issue a sufficient number, say two thou
sand millions of legal tenders, greenbacks,
to pay the entire interest-bearing indebt
edness, uj>on the plea that that being the
money of the people, it was good enough
for tiie bond holders. I sought for a
counter proposition which should take
out all seeming and actual wrong from the
public debt, and be just as well to the
vnid holders, the creditors, as to the peo
ple! the debtor.
The law under which the five-twenties
were issued clearly allowed them to he
paid in greenbacks at the option of the
Government, after five years. I therefore
proposed they should be so paid, but not
by issuing greenbacks for that purpose,
and thus depreciating their values, hut by
offering anew loan at a low rate of inter
est on a long time, or which might be
made taxable, aud a desirable security, be
cause of its permanency, on which the
currency already issued might be borrowed
by the Government, and its interest-bear
ing securities at high rates paid off’aecord
ing to their tenor—the practical effect of
which would be that the holder would ex
change his bonds becoming due for this
long loan, aud thus the country would be
relieved from oppressive taxation to pay
the interest, and tiie bondholder saved
from the danger of repudiation.
This I advocated in tiie interests of my
constituents and tiie Republican party,
because nine-tenths of all the bonds we>e
held east of a meridian drawn through
Lake Ontario, aud three-fourths of ail the
votes ou which tiie party must reiy were
west of that meridian, where there were
no bonds. If, therefore, to save the bond
holders of the Eastern portion of tlie Uni
ted States in not only tiieir legal rights,
hut in what they claim their equitable
ones, the Republican party in Congress
had pledged itself to a payment in gold of
the five-twenty bonds, how could they
have held their voters West to tax them
selves to pay the Eastern bondholders for
what they, whether rightly or wrongly,
deemed an unjust burden? To prevent
this committal of the Republican party, I
published my views in the summer, at th®
risk of a little more personal obloquy and
calling hard names, which hurt nobody.
The fact that the Republican party of
Connecticut is divided on this question,
with a majority holding my views, that
tiie great States of Pennsylvania, Ohio,
Indiana, and Wisconsin, have in their Re
puldican State Conventions, adopted my
views in spirit and in letter, has demon
strated their wisdom, and forms Ihe only
safe basis on which we can go into the
next Presidential canvass.
Let me say to you that so far from being
a repudiator of the national debt, the
financial views I have put forth are the
only breakwater between repudiation and
the bond holder, and whoever knows all
these fuels as I know them, and does not
see it, is as blind as a mole, and would lie
litlyrepresented here by ajdormouse. With
in a year this will all be apparent, and
when everybody agrees to it, eaeli will
wonder they had not seen it before.
——
From the Columbus Enquirer, April Ist.
TIIE KILLING OF GEO. \V. AMIIH KN.
Our citizens were greatly startled, on
Monday night and yesterday morning, by
the news that Geo. W. Ashburn had been
killed in the house in which he was
living, in tiie upper part of Oglethorpe
street, by a body of men in disguise. The
killing occurred between twelve and one
o’clock Monday niglit. The shots fired
were heard by a number of persons living
in the neighborhood ; the men v. ho com
mitted the deed were seen on the streets
by one or two persons ; and the tragedy
was witnessed by several persons in and
about the house. Yet there seems to he no
evidence clearly implicating any one in
tiie affair. Ashburn was shot in the head,
thigh, and foot or ankle, and other shots,
it is said, passed through Lis clothes. He
must have been killed immediately. The
shots were evidently from pistols.
There were a variety of rumors, and
several wild conjectures as to the charac
ter of the parties who committed the out
rageous deed. A coroner’s inquest, was
held yesterday at tlie house of the killing,
which, we understand, was attended by
the Mayor of the city aud the command
ant of the post. We understand, that ac
cording to the statements of negroes in
the house, a party of masked or disguised
men, whose number tLey variously esti
mate from fifteen to thirty or forty, came
to the house at the hour above named and
demanded admission. TLis was refused,
and they then proceeded to break into tiie
house, having posted themselves at both
doors. When they effected an entrance,
Ashburn was standing near Lis bed with
a pistol in his iiand. Tiie men immedi
ately commenced shooting at him with
pistols, and quickly dispatched him, Ash
burn, it is said, not firing. It was re
ported yesterday that a negro woman liv
ing in the house had stated that she re
cognized one of the men, whose mask had
fallen off, naming a most respectable and
orderly young gentleman of Columbus.—
But we learn that on examination at tiie
inquest she denied having made such a
statement, and said that siie could not
identify tiie man. No one acquainted
with the young gentleman believed for a
moment that he was concerned in the af
fair. A negro man testified that lie saw
one of tiie men in the alley between the
bouse of the tragedy and the next one,
without a mask, and that he knew him.
As this cliarge may also he disproved, we
will not yet publish tiie name of tiie man
implicated. The verdict of the coroner’s
jury was that G. W. Ashburn was killed
by parties unknown.
There are, as we have said above, a va
riety of conjectures as to the cause of this
shocking affair aud tiie character of the
parties by whom it was committed. The
deceased was a fomenter of discord and a
man of strife. He was obnoxious to the
white people of tliis city, not merely on
account of his disorganizing political
course, which had been greatly instru
mental in creating and keeping alive bad
feelings between the two races, but because
of liis social habits. The first presump
tion, therefore, was that Lis political op
ponents had compassed his death. Jsut
there are many, aud it is said one or more
white Radicals, who do not believe tliis.
That he was in angry collision with some
of his own party is well understood* and
it was reported yesterday afternoon that
one of his political friends had been ar
rested becauseof threats he had been beard
to utter against Ashburn. The personal
difficulties of the deceased in this city had
been many, hut it eairaot be credited that
from any one of these sprang the animos
ity that put so tragic an end to his stormy
life.
Ashburn was considered the chief or
ganizer of the black Radical party of
Georgia. His influence over the negroes
was great, and there was considerable
excitement amoug tliis class of tiie popu
lation on account of his bloody death.
We are glad to say, however, that we
heard of no violent demonstrations by
any of them. We hope that, like good
citizens, they have come to the sensible
conclusion to await patiently the investi
gations of the proper authorities, and to
aid in upholding the laws, relying upon
them to enforce justice without partiality
or favor.
Colonel Bullock lias been a resident of the
South nine years. During that time lie has been
an agent of tiie Southern Express Company. That
Company was the designated carrier for the Con
federate Government Ergo. Mr. Bullock was a
designated agent—and employee-official—of the
Confederate Government Grave doubts are en
tertaitied as to whether he could qualify for the
office of Governor, even i, elected. There are
some strong old documents printed and promul
gated in helium times, which we shall soon be able
to briDg to light— Atlanta Opinion, Ist.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 1868.
THE LASH AND THE GALLOWS.
We call the attention of Gen. Meade —
and we invoke the assistance of oureotem
poraries throughout the State in the work
—to the declarations beiug made all over
Georgia every day by Radical stump speak
ers, white and black, of what will be the
fate of those negroes who dare to vote
against Bullock aud tiie Radical party in
the coining election. He has issued an
order threatening penalties against white
men who shall attempt to influence their
employees in this matter of voting, and
we respectfully submit that auother order
is demanded for the so-called whites and
their mulatto allies who are threatening
the lash and the gallows to all who jpiay
vote the anti-Radical ticket. If tliis threat
had been made only at one or two places,
perhaps it would not merit notice at the
bauds of the military. But it is clearly a
well understood policy, and from the si
lence of the Radical press and candidates,
we are justified in the belief that they at
least approve, if they have not indeed, sug
gested it. Gen. Meade has promised, time
and agaiu, tiiat there shall be a fair elec
tion. How can there be a fair election
when vagabonds and incendiaries, hold
ing official position iu the Radical party,
denounce beforehand, aud threaten with
such dire penalties every black man
who shall vote against them? We demand
justice, at least, aud we intend to cry aloud
and spare not until this mutter is heeded
by those who can control it.
We demand, too, that Bullock speak
out, and tell the people whom he pre
sumes to ask for their suffrages, if he ap
proves such threats. We demand that he
tell them whether or not he has suggested,
or whether he welcomes the introduction
into the cauvass of such features? We
demand to know whether or not he dares
to say to his agents, and hired emissaries
and spies: “You are right. The negro
who does not vote for me should be hung
and his body burned. I applaud tbe spirit
that prompts such language, and I will
defend you, if in my power, and T am
elected Governor.” Ho shall not play
dummy, if we can help it. He shall
speak out, or stand confessed in his shame
ful silence, as tiie approver of, if not the iu
spirer of such atrocious sentiments. If lie
dare to ignore or evade the grave charge,
it shall ring over the land in a chorus of
indignation aud horror that will make
him wish lie had never left his obscurity
to assume the leadership of the needy,
greedy, ragged and raging banditti that
have taken his shilling, and follow his
freebooter flag. He is a criminal in the
dock, and must plead to the charge, or let
silence stand as a confession of guilt.—
Shall we hear from him?
We want no denial from the plunder
propped journals that do his printing,
either. They are not evidence for honest
men. We want Bullock, or whoever does
his writing, to answer. Speak out, sir!
We demand it. The people of Georgia
demand it. Respect for public opin
ion, public decency, and [the teachings of
Christianity aud civilization demand it.
Seak out, sir! or stand confessed as the in
stigator and approver of the wholesale
whipping aud hanging of all colored peo
ple who may see fit to vote against you.
CITY TOPICS
Tub Radical Ticket.— Up to this time the Rad
icals have failed to get up a ticket for State and
county ofllccß, for the simple and plain reason tiiat
they have not beeu able to find enough white men
who would agree to run upon it. The thing has
completely broken down. The more sensible col
ored men among them agree that the time has not
come for them to elect men of their own race to
offices in Georgia, and doubt if it ever does come;
and they will therefore heartily support the ticket
nominated at the Court House a few days ago, at
least so far ns tiie county offices are concerned.
And why not abandon tiie whole scheme from the
Atlanta Convention down ? The adoption of that
instrument would only have a tendency to engen
der hatred, malice, and bloodshed among the two
races, and would not put a single dollar into the
pocket of, or furnish a mouthful of bread, or an
extra garment of clothing to a colored man in
Georgia. It would, ou the other hand, so cripple
and hamper the capital of the country as to throw
many of them out of employment, and reduce the
wages of them all.
The greatest effect its adoption and the success
of candidates they are running for Congress would
have, would be to increase the power of the Radi
cal part}’ at the North and in Washington. That
power, we all know, is used in the hails of Con
gress to oppress the people of the whole country
generally, and the black people of tiie South iu
particular, with enormous taxation. The system
of taxation now makes the black man pay tiie high
rates for everything lie eats, drinks, and wears, and
regularly collects *12.50 for every bale of cotton
he raises. To vote for this Atlanta Constitution
is to vote to continue tliis state of things. The
Democrats have fought against this taxation and
extravagance since the foundation of the Govern
ment, arc lighting it now, and will continue to
fight it to the last.
The Democratic candidates for Congress, for the
Legislature, and for the county, do not desire to
take away a single right of the colored man, hut,
to the contrary, really wish to protect him from
the schemes of the cunning hummers who are now
misleading him with false and candied tongues.
The Brunswick Railkoad. —In consequence of
the unsettled condition of the country the work of
pushing forward this great iron artery goes forward
very slowly. But the Directory are watching and
embracing ever}’ opportunity to raise tiie necessary
means. The State agreed to endorse its bonds at
the last meeting of the Legislature, pledging the
loau of so much money to the Company for every
mile completed; but the action was hampered, and
for the present, nullified by the proviso that the
bonds should not he sold for less than ninety cents
on the dollar. The Company have not been able
to reap any benefit of any moment by the endorse
ment, for the reason tiiat tiie bonds cannot be sold
at that price. It is hoped that when the Legisla
ture meets again, this provision will he so modi
fied tiiat the Company will be able to negotiate for
a sufficient amount to complete the road.
This line of railroad, one of the longest in the
South, will not only be of incalculable worth to the
vast country through which it runs—a country
whose resources have never yet been scarcely
touched because of the want of transportation—
but it will be of -great benefit to tliis city. It will
open up anew route to the sea, and terminate at
one of the most magnificent harbors on the Atlan
tic Ocean.
Cincinnati and Louisville will soon tip the Geor
gia system of railroads at Chattanooga by anew
line, and then, standing at a city in the Northwest,
one can look down a long air line railway from the
Lake to the Ocean at Brunswick, when our road is
completed.
But the politicians hamper and retard the work
of construction. They are in this,as in everything
else of real progress, an incubus. They preach
nothing hut nigger and him crucified. Will the
country never hear the last of it ? Are the now
living generation never to see that day when their
statesmen will cease the cry and devote their tal
ents to tiie real glory of this laud ?
Impermeable Barrels. —Our druggists are well
aw are of the fact that it is next to inqiossiblc to
get a barrel Uiat will hold spirits of turpentine and
many leading oils. They will leak and soak
through the staves, in spite of the best and most
tightly driven hoops. Their yearly loss from this
cause is at least ten per cent., which forces them
to demand higher rates from the purchaser. They
will learn with pleasure tiiat an advance step has
been made in this line of commerce by a company
at Wilmington, North Carolina, which claims that
it is making a barrel and tightening it by a process
w hich insures the leakage of not a drop of even
turpentine, or of any kiud of oil. It is announced
that, so arreat is the demand for them, the company
is working the full twenty-fours of each day, with
one hundred and twenty hands.
Mam Karras ** WthootKmaotoEii g ok
Colok.”—A plan is under dclil>eration by several
prominent citizens to sret np a great mass meeting
on to-morrow week, and invite everybody, both
white and black. The Idea is a good one. It is
hoped that if the meeting is gotten up a uuiversal
holiday will be exteuded to all colored men who
wish to attend, and that good speakers will be
provided to tell them a “ plain, unvarnished tale ”
in regard to the political situation, in words of
“ wisdom, justice, and moderation.”
The black populatiou in tills crisis need instruc
tion and advice. Many of them really do not know
what is best for them to do, and they will accept
the counsel of the Southern white people more
readily tliau they will that of Yankees, if it is given
to them in the right way.
Such meetings as the one suggested should not
only be held here, but all over Georgia. It is next
to useless to talk to the great body of white men
in tlie State, for they already have their minds made
up and will vote the right way. It is the colored
men with whom we must ueeds make the argu
ment. They cannot read newspapers and pam
phlets, and their minds can only be reached from
the stump. We should have orators at all their
meetings, and that public speaker who will now
throw away his foolish prejudices and address them
will do more to save the Commonwealth from its
impending degradation than all else that may be
done.
K. K. K.’s.—Another handbill of this mysterious!
order was upon the walls yesterday. It was in
Greek, Latin and English, and contained the usual
amount of obscure allusions. Little notice was
taken of it. The Grand Cyclops of Georgia has is
sued an address, written with vigor aud iu faultless
English, in which lie denounces these handbills as
unauthorized, and says that their bloody threats
are not in accord with the honor of the order. lie
seems to have his headquarters at Atlanta, and
talks like one in authority. It is regretted by
many good and true men that the cruel aggressions
of the Government upon the conquered South have
rendered it necessary for them to give countenance
to a secret organization having for its object the
protection of its' people from the acts of wanton
violence of men upheld by that Government. But
self-defence and self-protection rise above law, and
are accepted ns the right of every mortal. To the
smallest insect and to the meanest animat on the
earth, Heaven lias given the means iu one way or
another of defending itself.
Confederate Graves.— The Atlanta New Era
suggests that in consequence of the scarcity of
flowers, the anniversary for decorating Confeder
ate graves be changed from the ‘Jtitli of April to
the 10th of May. It says in that latitude they have
no flowers at an earlier period. As thousands of
these graves—and, indeed, the greater portion of
them—are far north of Atlanta, it would, perhaps,
lie far better to adopt the lOtli of May. Hut had
we not better suggest the name of some distin
guished Southern lady as Director of the ceremo
nies, and request her to fix the day? We nomi
nate Mrs. Gen. N. B. Forrest for the position.
Didn’t Like Macon. —A correspondent of a
Western paper writes that he “stopped in Macon
one night, but was treated so uncivilly by a man
lie met, that lie became disgusted with the whole
town and left the next morning.” The whole na
tion once laughed at an Englishman who went
over to France on a tour of inspection and pleas
ure. Landing at Calais lie went to a cheap hotel,
where lie was waited on by a red headed and high
tempered servant girl. He immediately entered in
his diary, “ All French women arc red-headed and
cross.”
Second Baptist Church. —Tlic. foundation of
the Second Baptist Church lias been laid, and the
corner stone will be laid in the course of two
weeks, with Masonic services. An address by a
distinguished orator will be delivered on the oc
casion, and a large attendance is expected ami re
quested by the Masonic Fraternity generally. So
soon as the day is set it will he made known
through the papers of city. A revival is now go
ing on at the old place of meeting, under the au
pices of the Rev. Mr. Bailey, of Milledgcvillc.
A Revival. —An interesting revival of religion
is now in progress at the First Street Methodist
Churelt. It lias been going on during the week,
and is daily increasing in interest. Several minis
ters of the Methodist denomination are in attend
ance and conducting the services.
The .Jefferson Countv Traoedt —Negro WitJ
nesses Going to Atlanta. —About twenty-five
colored men eaine up on the Central train Wednes
day and passed through to Atlanta to appear as
witnesses in the trial of the twelve white men held
there by the military authorities, aud charged with
the burning of the negro Bill in Jefferson county.
They were in charge of two army officers.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
THURSDAY’S DISPATCHES.
ITliaccllancoiiM Washington Nenii,
Washington, April I.—Butler takes the lead al
most entirely among the Managers, lie is their
emergency man. The practice is very sharp, and
precisely after the manner of the police Courts,
except that the thrusts are more keen.
The Senate, in executive session, rejected Johu
Hancock as Gen. Steadman’s successor.
The House on assembling went into Committee
of the Whole, and proceeded to the Senate without
transacting any business.
The debt statement will show two millions in
crease Revenue to-day, $971,000. Customs for
the past month, $15,000,000 -unusually large.
Hancock received his department officers to-day.
Chinese Minister Burlingame has arrived at San
Francisco.
Two case of Washington Stroup, the Virginia
fugitive, wes argued and the decision reserved.
The President’s counsel have summoned the fol
lowing witnesses: John McGinnis, New York;
Lewis D. Campbell, Ex-Mexican Minister; Bart
Able, St. Louis; Gen. James B. Steadman; Gen.
Win. T. Sherman; Gen. Lovell If. Rousseau.
The Senate had no legislative session, and at 12
o’clock the impeachment began.
The Supreme Court adjourned until Monday,
when Uie term will close.
There are two circuses in town which compete
successfully with the impeachment.
Sumner’s motion that Chase had no right to give
the deciding vote yesterday, was defeated by a vote
of 21 to 27.
The ease of Strong, a fugitive from Virginia, ar
rested under a requisition from Schofield, is pro
gressing in the District Supreme Court.
CONURBSKIONAI .
Washington, April 1.
Sf.natf. —After the reading of the journal which
was interrupted by Sumner’s ineffectual attempt
to declare Chase’s casting vote illegal, the Senate
resumed the question of evidence, which inter
rupted yesterday’s open proceedings.
Both managers aud counsel consumed their
hour, and Chase was sustained by a strict party
vote.
Pending the discussion the managers declined
answering what use they intended making of dis
puted evidence, as it would expose their plan of
prosecution. The question at issue was, whether
what Thomas said and did could be received under
this ruling. It was proven that Thomas said he
intended using force, and to break the door down,
and that afterwards lie said lie was deterred from
using force by his arrest
The next contest rose over the admissibility of
what Thomas did and said previous to receiving
orders to take the War Office. Chase ruled it
oat.
Drake appealed and the appeal was sustained by
a vote of 28 to 22.
The managers stated previous to the vote that
they intended proving by this evidence Uiat Thom
as, in the line of his conspiracy, attempted to cor
rupt the employees of the War Office.
Butler violently assailed General Thomas during
this controversy, as having l>ecn disgraced hy Lin
coln aud Stanton, and that, aside from assisting
the President in his conspiracy, he gratified his
revenge.
Under this ruling it was proved that shortly af
ter Thomas’ re-installment as Adjutant General, he
called up the heads of Bureaus and their chief em
ployees, and informed them Unit strict rules would
lie relaxed.
The cross-examination elicited the fact that
these speeches were cvulineU to employees of the
a No, 5.
Adjutant General s Department, mid that no allu
sion was made to Thomas’ prolwbly Incoming Bee
rebiry of Y\ nr. This point created quite a buzz.
Further evidence showed that Gen. Thomas
he intended applying to Gen. Grant for force to
put him in possession.
But three witnesses were examined to-dav. Ad
jotrmed.
One of Bullock’* Allies.
Savannah, April I.—A. A. Bradley, the Boston
negro, is circulating through the city and county
the following incendiary circular, which is causing
considerable excitement:
“Notice. —AH Kul men in the eitv of Savannah
"ho now threaten the lives of leaders and nomi
nees of the Republican patty, presidcuU and
members of the 1 nion League of America, if you
should strike a blow, the man or men will he fol
lowed, and the house in which he or they take
refuge will be burned to the ground, uke heed!
Mark well! Members of the Union League, rallv !
rallr* rally ! for God, life and liberty.”
IVlissiMKlppi Nigm-ltaillrnl Convention.
Jackson, April I.— The unconstitutional Con
vention adjourned to-day to give the hall to the
Immigration Convention, which as-mibied t<> day.
It is numerously attended by prominent citizens
from several States.
Committees have been appointed, and will sub
mit a plan of Immigration to-morrow.
The Immigration Convention submitted a plau
of immigration which provides for forming a stock
companw. whose object will lie to purchase, lease
and improve land, and have power to borrow
money on mortgage.
Virginia Negro Umlbal Convention.
Richmond, April I.—ln the Convention to-day,
the resolutions inquiring into the conduct of
Judge Underwood were called up, and he made a
statement denying having ottered any bribe to the.
Executive Committee, to lie paid by Sprague, if
they favored Chase for the Presidency. The re>o
lutions were then indefinitely postponed. The
Executive Committee arose afterwards and re-as
serted their polished statements.
A colored member was in the chair to-day for the
first time since the session begun.
Nortli Carolina Politic*.
Wilmington, April I.—The political excitement
is intense all over the State. Both candidates for
Governor, Will. A. Graham and Ex Gov. Vance,
and other leading men, are canvassing the State.
It is calculated that not less than two hundred
speeches per day are being made in different coun
ties. Botli parlies appear confident of success, but
tlie* Conservatives are exhibiting more energy than
the* Radicals.
The canvass on the Constitution is going oil
briskly. Mr. Holden, the Radical candidate for
Governor, and Mr. Ashe, the Conservative candi
date*, are both in the field. Botli sides claim tlio
victory.
The white people of tlie Shite lmvc not been so
much aroused in any election since 1544.
Policy of the I.oiiiNiiina IlriiiorriilN.
New Orleans, April I.— The Democratic (Yn
tral Executive Committee have withdrawn the
ticket nominated by tlx in, and now recommend
meetings of the several ward clubs to choose dele
gates to aCity and Parish Convention, to be held
April 4th, to decide the qiistion of local nomina
tions ; and if nominations are decided upon, the
Committee still adhere to their suggestion that full
Congressional, Legislative, and Judicial tickets bo
also put in the field, and that the present incum
bents, as far as practicable and consistent with the
interests of tlie party, lie re nominated.
John Gauche, a wealthy merchant, well known
as a member of the Common Council appointed
by General Sheridan, died Ibis morning.
I'OKKIfiN MCWS.
London, April 1. —Negotiations continue be
tween Denmark and Prussia regarding the Schles
wig-Holstein territory. The latest telegrams say
Prussia decidedly objects to Denmark’s proposi
tions.
Madrid and the Spanish government will grant
the Cuba army an organization similar to her own.
Ireland anil I lie Irish.
London, April I.—Gladstone, favored tlie aboli
tion of tin* Irish Church establishment, and stall'd
that siuee the repeal of the penal laws against
Catholics, the number of I’rotcstanl- in Ireland
was only one-fifth of the population ; lienee, tlio
injustice of making the whole country support a
Church for so small a minority. He praised the
Catholic clergy for firmness and loyalty in oppos
ing Fcnianism.
Gladstone vehemently opposed Stanley's mo
tion to postpone, and was heartily cheered.
Stanley replying said: “ That the Irish people
cared more for land than for tlie Church, and
moved a postponement.
Without definite action the House adjourned.
FRIDAY’S DISPATCHES.
AVnsliinglon ItSisccllancniiN New*.
\Va»hington, April 2. —General Hancock and the
President had a prolonged interview to-day.
The Consul General at Havana reports to tlie State
‘ Department that he has obtained the rem ssion of the
heavy fine against the schooner Boose for defective
manifest. The Consul doubt- whether furturo remis
sion can be obtained, as tlie Cuban Government is
weary of violations of its laws in this respect.
Chase decided no q uestinns to-day. He submitted
them to tlie Senate in tlie firs t instance.
The Strong rase was further argued to-<Jay.| pi'ho
prosecuting attorney held that Schofield’s riquisition
wns within law. Judge Carter desired to hear further
argument, and the ease «a-- ontinued.
The usual routine of business was gone through at
the Capitol. No legislative bu-wr-- was done.
CongreM."Tin; Impeai liment Trial.
Washington, April 2-- txatk—After reading the
Journal, Drake iu »ved to amend the 7til rule. The
motion lies over. Two witnesses were examined, but
nothing new was elicited.
Gen. Emery and Col. Wallace were examined. They
testified in substance as h.-rotof-re published.
The President’s letter to Gen. Grant was read. The
President’s conn-'I demand' I that the certificates of
Cabinet officers lie read c • pan of tlie document, f’ha-e
put the question and it was defeated—yea« 28, nays 29.
Bo tiie managers aro not r< quired to read certificates.
W. E. Chandler, late Assistant Hecrelary of the
Treasury, was introduced and testified regarding
the Treasnry routine.
The defence objected to the questions regarding
Edwin Cooper’s appointment
Butler stated that he intended proving by this evi
dence, that the President appointed Cooper so that
Thomas might have access to the Treasury through
Cooper; also, that the President hast violated the ten
ure of office bill in Cooper’s appointment. Theevi
dence was rejected-—23 to 2d.
C. A. fucker, telegraph manager, was examined
regarding telegrams between the President and Gov.
Parsons, regarding the adoption of the Howard amend
ment by tlie Alabama legislature.
The defence objected
Bomwell slated that in Hie telegrams the President
spoke of Congress as “a set of individuals.”
Butler contended that the adoption of the Howard
amendment wa- among the requirements of the Re
construction Acts, and that th Pre-ident had no right
to oppose it.
The telegrams were admitted—27 to 17.
On a motion to afjourn ,the vote stood 22 to 22. Mr.
Chase voted yea, ansi Hie Cs.lift adjourned.
Tne ii ruse, after returning from the Senate, ad
journed.
Virginia t'oiiveniiuii. —Trial of .71 r. I»avl*
Poal poised.
hirhmnnd, April 2.—An Ordinance authorizing the
issue of certificates s*f indebtedness for the payment
of the exp-n-.es t.f Hie Convention, roeeivaUe for
taxes and redeemable at the 'lrea»ury, was a o pled.
The trial of Jeff, r-on Davis w - 10-da> again post
polled Id the 2d of May.
John White, a reap--table citizen of Powha tan, waa
found dead in that county, M oday, with five bullet
holes in his body.
ConMCntlien of Kiwliop Ks cItM Itli—Gen
eral .Vleade.
Savannah. Apr ' 2.—Dr. Be kwith, Bishop-elect of
Georgia, was conso/iratfd t' - ay.
General Mead- arrived this evening from Florida.
There are rumor* of investigation* y > uj on.
The Al>fh«inian U ar.
London, April 2.—Abyssinian advic that the uth
culues of Napier’s inerea-e every mile.
are hostile. Theodore despoiled the count >
front
Tlie Ttoorch Bates:
Havana April are apprehend.” at. assa. ,
i„ consequence of th. Church endowmen .
There are ro ‘openly encouraged.
Smuggling from Florida is v z
Hotel Kurned.
a in The Franklin Houi% court
ua,land, rt ’burned Several
house and other bud J { the hoV . L
persons were hnrt in es »p -
Rhode Island Election.
PromUMc, Aprd 1.-Burns.de’s majority i» a trifle
over 4000. 1
Linen Dowd.
Washington, April 2.-A sever, gale prostrated the
telegraph lines North. No markets.