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BY J. W. Iff KKE cN CO
Georgia Journal & Messenger«
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A. "• “ E,MS ’ ; E d,tor..
ji. ROSE,
APRIL 29, 1
It lie It COIN I', DISGRACED.
For the first time in the history ol this
old anil honored county, she stands dis
• raced in the character of the persons that
will be declared entitled to represent her
in the General Assembly. This shame
and infamy, though, we take pride in
knowing, w*s not the work of the wis
dom, the virtue, the intelligence, and the
property of the county, it was not done
hy her tax-payers, the men who have
made her what she is, and to whose en
ergy, zeal, and enlightened public spirit
she is indebted for her proud position in
the annals of the Commonwealth. We
could not forget that if we would, and we
would not if we could.
Turner, a mulatto from Washington
City, a stranger and alien even to his own
color, a pliant and unscrupulous tool of
Congressional Radicalism, and one of the
most malignant and dangerous incendia
ries that infest the South, heads the list,
lie is infinitely the superior in intellect
of his white skinned colleagues, and as
lie unites in his person the worst qualities
of the two races whose blood mingles in
his veins, so will he he found their superior
in the power of conceiving and executing
plots against the liberties and property of
tin- while people of the State. They re
cognize in him a deadly foe, from whom
no quarter is to lie expected, and to whom
none is to be shown. It seems his time
now. When their time comes, lie sure
they will not forget him. Os the two
men with white skins, both unnaturalzed
foreigners, who till out the ticket, we can
scarcely bring ourselves to speak. As
they are simply automatons to lie moved
at Turner’s will and pleasure in register
ing the edicts of the banditti, it is hardly
necessary to do so. Utterly destitute of
character, worthless and depraved, even
beyond comparison with any of their as
sociates, and ignored and despised hy all
save the lowest and most degraded of the
blacks who voted for them, it is not proper
that we should sully these columns with
branding them as they deserve. We sim
ply -ay that they are tit representatives of
Radicalism. When that is said, their
photographs are taken.
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A lt\S> MW ON A WIIKKII ERRAND.
It is stated to us that Turner,the Wash
ington City mulatto, who will he declared
elected as one of the representatives from
this county ill the Legislature of Georgia,
has gone on to that city to ask his Radical
masters to have negro troops sent to this
State, and particularly to this section. He
declared, in a sermon preached before he
left, that the troops of the United States
who formed the garrisons in the “rebel”
Slates, should be in sympathy with the
dominant party—that the white soldiers,
being mostly Democrats, were not in sym
pathy with that party, and that “loyal”
men could not count upon protection from
I hem, .Snell, in substance, were his re
marks on the occasion referred to.
We have no hope, of course, from those
who will soon control every department
of the government at Washington, and
therefore we make no appeal to them
against the wicked slanders and devilish
malignity of this mongrel wretch; but we
do appeal to our Democratic cotemporaries
at the Nortli to let the people know what
agencies are to be invoked, and upon what
pretence, to still further degrade and pun
ish their countrymen at the South. Let
them tell the people how their money and
their power is to be subordinated to the
behests of negro preachers in their efforts
to ruin the whites and stir up a fearful
war of races. Let them tell the people
how the white soldiers of the Union are
slandered and calumniated by vindictive
mi ngrels, in the pay, and devoted to the
interests of Radicalism. Let them tell the
people of this new theory to be put in prac
tice hereafter in the sword and bayonet
gnvcrnmqsit of white freemen; that those
who hold the swords and bayonets shall
1.0 in sympathy with, and obey the orders
of a party, and not of their military supe
riors. Think of it, Freemen of the North!
rite people of Georgia, your brothers in
blood and in the common bonds of a thou
sand hallowed memories, are to bo put
under the brutal domination of a»bnital
- Idicry to please a vindictive mulatto.
Do you see no danger to yourown liberties
in all this?
ihkfi: rniiis thicfi ami a “ti
!. l it" FIHJ II ot SI ON !
The Democrats of this glorious old coun
ty have covered themselves with glory !
In the annals of political struggles we
ki. w of no such splendid victory as the
cue they have won in the contest just
■ lived. With a registered colored major
tv of 2100 against them to start with, they
ive Gordon, and the Democratic Con
yit -sional and county ticket, over three
i mired majority!
It is a source of great gratification, too,
to the writer of this paragraph, to know
that a quondam classmate in “Old Frank
lin, ’’ familiarly known in those happy
hays as “Joe” Warren, contributed as
pinch, if not more to this result than any
1 '.her one man in the county. He is re
i'lv-witted to have worked for the lour days
with an energy, zeal and effectiveness
never before surpassed; and to have never,
one moment, relaxed his efforts till the
victory was won.
In behalf of the true men of Georgia, we
thank him for it. It will he a rich legacy
in ye us to come to his children.
’IV\ M Mill it OF Till: 01.11 Gl Al£l>.
I he contents of the present issue of TilK
are of especial interest:^.
I he Nature of the Hump Revolution,” by
the l.ditor. 2. "Astorre Manfredi ” (con
tinued!. The two chapters, X. and XI.,
' osai horgia and his Kvil Genius, and
Hie Abduction, are full u s power. 3.
Ihad Under the Roses "-Chapters XI.
:uui Xll -- “When the Heavens Look
Doubled Thus, Earth Can’t be Long at
jVaoe.” 4. “Thine Eyes” (poetry);
1 lie Ivy and the Oak ” (poetry) ; “ Epi
!;‘l" ' poetry); “Those Eyes” (poetry).
'■ hypes of Mankind” (by Dr. Van
I viie The Esquimaux, G. “Subßosa,”
Maiden’s Love Story. 7. “ Moral and
• toll.o-tu.nl Characteristics of Savage
s - “ Horrible Persecutiou in the
Ui ' 9. “ Pendleton’s Plan.” 10. “Is
■' Democratic Party United?” 11.
History of the Tenure of Office Rill.”
(, ir Rook Table,” showing a very
'»«'cc selection of dishes; and the “ Edi
-1 able, ’ which is well sustained,
mpletes one of the most readable num
'“rs °f The Old Guard yet issued.
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FROM WASHINGTON.
[Special Dis pitch to the Saltimore San ]
National Finances —The April Debt State
ment—Heavy Impeachment Rets and
Od(lH—Nomination of Genera’ Schofield
to be Secretary of War — Other Sored
% nations by the President.
V/as hi noton, April 24.—The balance
sheet of the Treasury Department will at
the end of this month present a much
more cheerful aspect than it did at the
close of the mouth of March. Tire drafts
upon the Treasury from the Navy anil
War Departmentsfor the twenty-threedays
of the present month amount to but tour
million seven hundred thousand dollars,
and it is estimated that the aggregate of
ail drafts for April upon the treasury to
supply the demands of the Navy and War
Departments will not exceed seven million
dollars.
The public debt statement for this month
will show a reduction of the liabilities of
the government of about ten millions.
The receipts from customs still come in en
couragingly, and have reached eleven mil
lion four hundred thousand dollars for the
the twenty three days ending yesterday.
During the same period the receipts from
internal revenue amount to five million
nine hundred thousand dollars.
The Secretary of the Treasury to-day
decided that a collector of internal reve
nue, or any other officer of the govern
ment who holds funds of the government
in a fiduciary capacity, shall not be per
mitted to deposit such money in any bank
or banking institution in which the officer
is a stockholder, or otherwise financially
interested in the business of the banking
concern.
The report of the Secretary'of the Treas
ury, in response to the House resolution,
will show that since the 20th of February,
a period of about two months say, there
have been filed in the department over
eleven hundred applications for appoint
ment to positions as clerks or other class
of employment in that department.
The most exciting pursuit in vogue in
this city at present is hunting up and
making bets upon either the final verdict
in the impeachment trial or the special
vote of certain Senators who are classed
as “doubtful.” lu one gaming establish
ment where Congressmen (members of
the House) most do congregate, a iarge
amount of money has been put up and
wagered upon these several contingencies.
Much of the betting is done by sporting
men, who are governed in some degree by T
the information they obtain from the con
gressional habitues of their saloons. The
bets are various ; in some instances live
hundred dollars is wagered against one
hundred that tiie President will be re
moved. Again we hear of one man who
ottered to bet five thousand even up, that
the Senate will acquit Mr. Johnson. As
yet, in gaming parlance, there are “ no
takers.” Another bet of three hundred
to two hundred was agreed upon that the
President will be acquitted. Whether the
congressional amicus curias are partners
in these wagers or not is not made known.
These “ operations ” are given as samples
of the general business.
Upon the streets and in public places the
betting is very general, the wagers being
in money, hats and Champagne wine.
Usually the parties bet more in accordance
with their political proclivities than upon
good judgment. Now and then we hear
of a wager based upon what is alledged to
have been said by this or that so-called
“doubtful” Senator, but when the mat
ter is thoroughly silted, it is found that
the Senator has said nothing that would
indicate what is to be bis final vote on im
peachment.
Just at tlie close of the session of the
Senate to-day, tiie President’s private se
cretary delivered to that hotly several
nominations, among them Mr. O’Neil, to
be United States District Attorney for the
eastern district of Pennsylvania; also Gen
eral Schofield, to he Secretary of War,
vice Sianton. The nomination of Hon.
Thomas Ewing, as Secretary of War, was
at the same time withdrawn. The text of
the message is as follows: “ To tlie Senate
of the United States : 1 nominate John M.
Schofield to he Secretary of the Depart
ment <•! War, in place of Edwin M. Stan
ton, to be removed.”
•a Hi- SOUTHERN WHI TES ON THE
" puusiOEtrriAii question.
The splendid tight made by the con
servatives of Georgia iu the election which
closed yesterday, and the prospect of their
having carried the State by a decided
majority, together with the vigorous cou
test now going on in North Carolina, in
dicate that in the largest and most impor
tant of tlie Southern States the whites are
not disposed to tamely submit to negro
supremacy. This being an evident fact,
the position of the whites in those States
on the Presidential question becomes of
importance, because they may actually
hold the balanceof power between the two
great political parties of the North. Sup
posing that (and it is a very likely suppo
sition) Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia,
Texas and Arkansas can be controlled by
tlie white conservatives, there will then
be thirty-nine electoral votes to begin with.
—no unimportant element of strength to
any party iu a closely contested election.
A nd, besides, it is not at all improbable
that with but one day to poil the votes the
whites of Alabama, Louisiana, Florida,
and, perhaps, Mississippi, with their
superior political skill, can keep a suf
ficient number of negroes away from the
polls to ensure the success of the conserva
tive ticket in those States. In such an
event the number of conservative electoral
votes from tlie South would be increased
to sixty-three, leaving but seven votes
from South Carolina as the gross results
of radical reconstruction.
Relieving in the great probability of the
Radicals being badly whipped in the
Southern States,we will now take a glance
at the Southern Presidential candidates—
tiiat is, of the men who are most popular
with the Southern whites as candidates
for ttie Presidency. We have heard so
much t'iom the Radicals and their news
paper organs of Southern disloyalty that
we must .confess to having had serious
ideas of a’copperhead being the first, last
and only choice of the ex-rebels for the
first oltice in thegift of the people. It may
not be gratifying to the supporters of Con
gress to know it, hut the fact nevertheless
remains, that even Pendleton, touched as
slightly as he is with copperheadism, is
tile least popular in the f-outh of all the
prospective candidates of the Conserva
tives; and if we were not aware of the
cause we would he surprised at the equal
fact that the most popular name in that
section of the Union is that worn by one
of the ablest Union Generals of our recent
war. Indeed, the popularity of General
Hancock in the South approximates to
positive enthusiasm. The noble and gen
erous conduct of the General while in com
mand of the Fifth Military district no
doubt endeared him to the Southern peo
ple, who, ground down as they have been
by former commanders, were touched by
his magnanimity to a fallen foe and by
his rigid and unswerving respect for civil
and constitutional authority. Now, no
one—not even the most prejudited Radi
cal —would dare charge General Hancock
with being a copperhead or a sympathizer
with treason. Asa consequence, then, the
fact of his popularity in the South is a
most complete vindication of the Southern
whites from the charge of being disaffect
ed towards tlie government of the United
States, and with being ready, at the first
opportunity, to engage in another rebellion.
This position of the Southern Conserva
tives in favor of an undoubted war Demo-
crat for the Presidency will probably ren
der Mr. Pendleton’s defeat in the nomina
ting convention a comparatively easy
matter. Already are the anti-Congres- ,
sional reconstruction newspapers of the
South flying the name of Haucock at the
head of their columns, and as they un
doubtedly control and direct public senti
ment in their section, it may be regarded
as a settled fact that the Southern dele
gates will vote solidly, or almost so, for
that officer. The situation will then be
an interesting one when the Democratic
National Convention meets at Tammany
Hall, in this city, next July. From the
present indications, the Northeastern del
egates will be almost unanimously in favor
of a candidate with a positive war record,
while the Northwestern delegates will
favor Pendleton. The South will thus
hold the balance of power; ior if even the
votes from that section added to those from
the East will not suffice to give a two
thirds vote in favor of any one war Demo
crat, it will give a very large majority, the
moral effect of which will be sufficient to
swamp Pendleton and the West. It is in
this respect that the position of the South
will become of importance, promising as
it does, almost for the first time, an alli
ance of that section with the Middle and
Eastern States against the West. The
candidate might then be Farragut. How
ever, it was not our purpose to speculate
upon the chances of any person receiving
the Conservative nomination. Our object
was simply to show that, notwithstanding
the abuse of tiie Southern people and the
charges of disloyalty brought against them
by the Radicals, the South is disposed to
act a most patriotic part in the coming
Presidential campaign, and to cast her
vote for a candidate prominently identified
with the war for tlie preservation of the
Union.—A r . Y. Herald.
From the National Intelligencer.
THE RELIABLE WITNESS.
Mr. Randall, Postmaster General, was
next sworn and testified that he had sus
pended from office, as postmaster at
Augusta, Georgia, the Mr. Foster Blodgett,
“ trooly ioii,” and put ou the stand the
other day by the House managers. He
had not consulted or informed the Presi
dent of the case, but be had acted upon
verbal information and upon an indict
ment of Blodgett, “ trooly foil,” for per
jury in takiug the test oath. The orders
of removal were produced. Mr. Butier
resisted this all the while, saying that it
“ was not fair play ;” that “ he felt bound
to take care of slr. Blodgett,” &c.; but
at last iiad to give up, anil the papers were
read, amid uuusual interest, and, of
course, surprise that a “ trooly loil ” man
should get into such a scrape.
On tlie cross-examination by Butler,
the Postmaster General stated that lie had
not acted in this case under the tenure-of
otlice law, and could not act under it; lie
had acted on the “ necessity ” of the case,
and had had no orders from the President
in the matter. The indictment was for
taking tlie test oath falsely; aud if Mr.
Butler desired, tiie Postmaster General
“ would freely tell him all he knew about
the case.” This Mr. Butier declined.
Mr. Butler asked if this “trooly loil”
man, Blodgett, had “been turned out
because someone had found an indict
ment for perjury against him.” Now, an
indictment is not like a handkerchief or a
pocket book, to be found and picked up in
tlie street by a chance comer; it is a very
solemn business, requiring, under tlie
United States laws of 17th June, ISO 2, a
jury who can take the iron clad oath, and
a Federal judge, clerk, and district attor
ney in like case. So much for Mr. Butler’s
query as to a presentment by rebels. But
we understand perfectly Mr. Butler’s
object in thus making light of perjury or
a false oath. He had a very serious and
practical purpose in view. Each one of
tlie Senators then before him, including
Messrs. Cole, Freliughuysen, Edmunds,
Henderson, Morrill, and Ferry, had taken
the following solemn oath, which it was
very desirable should not now impede
wiiat some deem a party necessity. That
oath is as follows :
I solemnly swear that In all tilings ap
pertaining to the trial of impeachment of
Andrew Johnson, President of the United
Stales, pending, I will do impartial justice,
according to tlie Constitution and laws.
So help me God !
Now, if Mr. Blodgett’s little matter was
nothing, then by parity of reasoning, this
oatli to do impartial justice may also sit
lightly on the conscience. Mr. Butler
does nothing without a purpose.
Before Mr. Randall left the chamber,
Mr. Sherman, of Ohio, submitted this in
quiry :
Whether, after the 2d of March, ISG7,
tiie date of the passage of the tenure-of-of
fice bill, the question whether the Secre
taries who were appointed by Mr. Lincoln
were included in tlie provisions of tlie act
came before the Cabinet, and what opin
ions were given on tlie occasion. But
tlie Senate threw itself between Mr. Stan
ton and this merciless question, and hy u
vole of 2G to 20 refused to let tlie interroga
tory be propounded.
And this ended tlie day. It was plain
the majority of tlie Senate were determin
ed not to iet any more testimony go on tlie
record calculated to benefit Mr. Johnson.
A good many Senators had been whipped
in. Among those who still held out yes
terday and voted to let the truth be brought
to light, were -Messrs. Anthony, Fessen
den, Fowler, Grimes, Ross, Sherman,
Trumbull, VauWiukle and Wiley. The
point of disputeuow runs, whether, by the
party lush used so efficiently in other
quarters, those gentlemen above named
can be whipped in or not. Most Republi
cans in private, laugh at the idea that
tiiese Senators will vote judicially, and
say siguitieantlly that they will be pretty
sure to come into the traces on one or
more of the articles Certain it is that
from now to the close of this business the
party screws are to be put on; and if a lit
tle perjury be necessary, consider the ex
ample of that “trooly loil” man, Mr. Fos
ter Blodgett, the Abdiel who stood forth
amid a faithless generation, United States
judge, district attorney and grand jury,
though clad in iron all against him.
CAPITAL, JOTTINGS.
Special to Louisville Courier.
Washington, April 24.—Nelson’s argu
ment, which closed this afternoon, made
a decided impression on the Senate. Radi
cal lawyers of the Senate gave it close at
tention, and even Howard admitted it
presented imposing matter.
Nelson’s explanation of the reason why
Judge Rlack withdrew from the case
places that gentleman in an unfavorable
light. It appears from his statement that
Black withdrew because the President re
fused to send an armed vessel to take pos
session of the Island of Alta Vala.
Just before the close of the Senate pro
ceedings to-day a message was announced
from the President, but the Senate ad
journed without taking any action there
on. It is understood, however, that the
President withdrew the name of Thomas
Ewing for Secretary of War and substitu
tes Schofield. Mr. Ewing’s nomination
was recalled at his own urgent request,
and he urged the appointment of Schofield.
Tiie precise object of sending in another
nomination, if any there he, has not tran
spired, but it will be remembered some
months ago that it was proposed to John
son, as a compromise, that if Governor
Cox, of Ohio, be appointed Stanton’s suc
cessor, he would be confirmed by the Sen
ate. Rut such can not he the motive now,
for impeachment has too far progressed to
admit of concession from the President,
or his prosecutors. It creates much talk
to-night.
Thud. Stevens counts on thirty-eight
Senators for conviction. Yesterday he
was visited by a Southern lady, and at the
close of a rather piquant conversation, he
hoped he would at least meet her iu
Heaven. She replied : “ Mr. Stevens, I
hope to be there myself, hut I am afraid I
wou’t meet you.”
There is a Great Evil Under the
Sun.-It is the refusal of housekeepers to j
have any children In the house—the dis- !
comtiting assurance —"We do not let our j
rooms to a family havingchiidren.” This j
is the natural result of another great evil, j
The boys and girls are generally allowed |
to grow up independent, rude, forward j
and careless of all control. <*n considera
tion, a person finds it hard to blame those i
‘•rim housekeepers who do not wish to
have a set of little Ishmaelites ramping J
and racketing in and out of their dwell
ings, notching the banisters and keeping
a dog iu the cellar. It is a sign that some
thing is wrong in our way of life, when
society begins to put the children under
the ban of orderly households; and it
bodes no good to the next generation, for
the boys and girls are the fathers and mo
thers o: the men and women. After all,
it may be a good thing that parents should
receive these disconcerting lessons at the
door from “the lady of the house.”— M. Y.
i
The Bankrupt Law.—The Senate
should spare time enough from the labors
of impeachment to enable them to pass at
once the House supplementary bankrupt
hill, which further postpones until January
1, 1869, the operation of the provision of
the original law, that no discharge shall
he granted to a debtor whose assests shall
not equal fifty per cent of his liabilities,
unless the assent in writingofa majority
of his creditors be filed in the case At
present the lawyers and courts are serious
ly embarrassed about this provision. It
should be stricken out of the law altogeth
er, as it will render it a farce, so far as re
lief to the honest but unfortuuate debtor is
concerned, as soon as it becomes operative ;
but at present its postponement is suf
ficient, and this should be made a law as
i speedily as possible.— N. I'. Ilerctld.
MACON, GA.. TUESDAY, MAY 5. 18GS.
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1868.
WHO SHALL THEY BE?
As there is scarcely a shadow of a doubt,
now, of a safe Democratic majority ou
joint bailot in the Legislature, upon that
party, of course, will devolve the duty of
electing two Senators to represent the
State in Congress. We trust there \#ill be
no consulting past prejudices, or impracti
cable passions in this selection. If the
Constitution is accepted by Congress, and
the door opened for our admission, we
ought to have two men standing ready to
walk in without let or hindrance. Fortu
nately for us, too, they can be found —men
who are as true to Georgia as any, but at
the same time eminently National iu sen
timent and record, aud who can comply
with every condition imposed by law upon
those asking admission to Congress. One
of them has been long kuown and honored
in Georgia, not only for the consistency of
his political life, but for his eminent judi
cial ability aud learning. He is eminently
a safe man, no matter where aild how sit
uated, and we would be fortunate, indeed,
in securing him as one of our representa
tives iu the Senate of the United States.
Wo allude to the Hon. Hiram Warne 1
of tlie county of Meriwether.
The oilier, judged by length of .Co
idence in the State, may be called a
stranger, comparatively, but if mea
sured by his services to the people
of Georgia, and an ardent, unflinching de
votion to the principles held by the true
people of the State, is not a stranger. He
is young, active, able and aggressive. He
fought in the Federal army, but he fought
fora Union and a Constitution he had
been taught to hold sacred, aud which he
would restore and establish to-day if he
could. He is a Democrat of the purest
water, with a political lineage as pure and
untainted as that of any man in all this
land. Radicalism has no bitterer foe than
lie anywhere, and upon its head has fallen,
in Georgia, at least no lustier blows than
from his good right arm. He is tried and
true. He can be trusted itt every exigency,
and against every combination. He has
recently come out of a gallant light for
principle, not victorious, it is true, but
with honor to himself and those he repre
sented, and many wounds to tlie banditti
he combatted. He deserves a recompense
for the sacrifice. Let us make him a Sen
ator. Rejected by the brutal negroes and
loathsome scalawags of the First District,
let the true people of Georgia call him to a
higher position. We allude to Col. Henry
S. Fitch, of Savannah, United States
District Attorney'for the State of Georgia.
VINDICATED.
The returns from a few counties in
North-East Georgia embraced within the
limits of tlie oth Congressional District,
vindicate the .wisdom of tiie suggestions
made by the conductor of this journal in
the outset of the canvass just closed. He
advised then that Mr. Hill and Mr. John
son, and such other speakers as intended
to take an active part in the canvass, con
fine their labors to that section of the
State, and along the line of the State rail
road. The latter was thoroughly can
vassed by Democratic speakers, and the
result is before us in Democratic majori
ties from almost every county. Had the
same thing been done in tlie counties that
lie above Athens toward 1 the North and
South Carolina line, we should not have
to chronicle Radical victories in such
strong Democratic counties as Banks and
Jackson. If Mr. Hill and other speakers
had camped out for thirty days in the oth
District, the anti-Radical organization
would have been as thorough and aggres
sive as in the 7th District. The changes
south and south-west of this point, in the
counties having colored majorities, have
not been affected by public speaking. They
have been the effect of local and neighbor
hood influences, if there had not been a
a public speech made in those counties, it
would have been better for us, probably,
even than the figures shown now. Among
the sturdy yeomen of North-East Georgia,
though, the case was different. They
needed some strong stimulus to rouse them
to their work. It is a country of old
fashioned rousing rallies where everybody
turns out, once or twice during a canvass,
to hear the political issues of tlie day dis
cussed. We have not heard that there
were half a dozen speeches made in tlie
district during the whole contest. It is
too late, nowq to remedy the error, but we
hope it will be a lesson for us in the future.
If we are beaten it will be right there in
that neglected section—in a section where
the placer of victory w r as lying ready, yea
almost begging to be worked.
An Old Sot Swears off Again.—
Senator Yates, of Illinois, whom the Rad
icals of that State have been threatening
to have expelled from the Senate on ac
count of drunkenness, has written a letter
to his constituents promising reformation.
Considering that lie has sworn off about
forty times before, we may pardon his in
dignant masters for taking this last prom
ise cum grano. The only reason why they
complain, is because'he won’t stay sober
enough to keep in his seat and voteagainst
the President every time, and may be on
a drunk when the final vote comes on. So
let no simple person think it a question of
“morals.”
Exactly !—One of tlie persons who
has been declared elected a U. S. Senator
from the “reconstructed” State of Arkan
sas, turns out to be a gentle youth who
left Kentucky, a few years ago, under a
cloud, and a very black one, at that. He
used money that did not belong to him.
In old-fashioned parlance , he is a thief, or
Rutlerite. Os course it is needless to say
that he is one of the “loilest” of the
“ loil.”
FBOtl WASHINGTON.
[Correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.]
Washington, April 2»>.
The Impeachment Argument— Aide Speech
of Mr. Groesbeck —Senator Wade and
the Vice Presidency/—Southern Elections
and the Colored Vote —The Conservative
Gain in Chicago—Personal Mews, Ac.
There is but little difference of opinion
about the argument of Mr. Groesbeck, of
counsel for the President, before the high
court of impeachment, yesterday. Men of
all shades of politics agree that it evinced
ability of a superior character, and that
it will rank with the ablest, clearest and
most logical arguments ever presented to
any tribunal. The extreme radicals —the
men most anxious for Mr. Johnson’s con
viction—the men whose minds are already
made up, and who have determined not
to he convinced, (and this is not intended
to apply to Senators but to gentlemen out
side and to members of the House,) all
sav it was the best argument yet presented
for the defense, but they do not attempt
to gainsay any of the points presented.
Since the commencement of the trial no
man has been listeued to with such marked
attention, both from Senators and others
upon the floor and spectators iu the gal
lery; and this, too, in spite of the fact that
it was a great physical labor for him to
speak, and that his voice, from bronchial
hoarseness, was anything but pleasing to
the ear. But after his first sentences the
voice was forgotten and the closest atten
tion was paid to his sound, forcible reason
ing.
He was decidedly original in manner,
matter and form of expression, and threw
a flood of light upon the case. The law
yers of tlie Senate—the ltieu of acknowl
eged ability—such as Johnson, Fessenden,
Trumbull, Grimes, Sbernlau and others
seemed to be particularly interested—and
paid thg strictest attention, aud there was
hardly one but noted the points now and
then made. Senator Howard, who has
throughout the trial occupied his own
seat ou the outer circle of desks, on this
occasion, and after Mr. Groesbeck bad
spoken a short time, moved nearer to him,
and more than once critically examined
tin 1 cases cited by the speaker.
It was manifest that the Ohio lawyer
was giving the Michigan Senator some
points aud decisions which were either
new to him or which had escaped his at
tention. Mr. Sumner, too, seemed to be
more interested tbau lie has yet been, ex
cept, perhaps since Mr. Manager Butler’s
opening. Senators Drake and Fowler oc
cupied seats near the table of counsel, and
listened attentively. Senator C’onkling
kept his seat upon the outer cireje fora
time, but after a while became so much
interested that he moved nearer and occu
pied a seat beside Senator Johnson. The
latter, as is his custom, paid the strictest
attention.
Os all nte j-knators he is the only one
who.has, throughout the trial, taken care
fu'Air.'tes of the proceedings, and of the
authorities referred to 4 v the managers
at (-counsel, whether u o the admissi
b- ‘.nrT, * testimony or in . general dis
cus .ne rof the issue. Se:*..tor • Chandler
-none din fiut jCudi . . ’ • .A
for he was not in the chamber much of the
time, and tlie argument was therefore ut-
terly lost upon him.
At the close of his remarks, Mr. Groes
beck was congratulated by several of the
Senators, and the Chief justice engaged
in a short conversation with him, but
whether to congratulate him or not, could
not be determined from the galleries. One
thing is certain, that Mr. Groesbeck gave
tlie positions assumed by tlie managers
some ponderous blows, and utterly demol
ished their reasoning,aud furnished much
food for file serious reflection of each and
every member of the high court of im
peachment. Mr. Groesbeck is a native of
the State of New Y'ork, went early in life
to Cincinnati. He w’as a Representative
in the 35tli Congress, and a member of the
Peace Congress in 1801.
Mr. Williams, of the managers, will
speak to-morrow, and it is expected lie
will be followed by Mr. Stevens in a
speech of an hour. Mr. Stanbery is bet ter
to-day, and it is not improbable tiiat he
may yet take part in the discussion.
Mrs. Wade, who has been home in
Ohio, has returned witli several additional
members of the family, and tlie question
is whether in tlie family devotion to
Spiritualism they have had manifestations
that they should ail be here with “Old
Ben ” to take posssession of the White
House. It is not conceded that, with the
disposal of the Executive patronage, Mr.
Wade can distance all 1 iis competitors for
the nomination for tlie Vice Presidency
at Chicago. This matter of the put ronage
will be a fruitful subject of trouble among
the radical agitators, ft is given out by
tiie friends of Air. Wade here that he will
make no change in the officeholders until
after the Chicago convention, should he
now get in.
Dispatches have been received here to
day from radical sources claiming that tlie
constitutions framed by the congressional
reconstruction conventions have been
adopted both in North Carolina and
Georgia. The radicals here have shown
much chagrin over the announcement
that large numbers of negrees voted the
conservative ticket in these two States,
and do not hesitate to characterize such
conduct as base ingratitude.
On tlie morning of the recent election
in Chicago the radical organs made the
most earnest appeals to their partisans to
turn out, and urged that it would never do
to allow the National Republican conven
tion to be held in a “copperhead” city.
The Chicago Tribune said that as Chicago
went that day, tlie whole South west would
go in November next.
Wtien the news came here on Thursday
that the Democrats had gained tiie day,
the radical Congressmen from Illinois
would not believe it at lirst, anil oniy gave
in on the most convincing proofs. The
radicals are slowly awaking to the fact
that there is not so much magic in <;rani’s
name as they imagined. Tpey emblazon
ed his picture on their tickets in New
Hampshire and Connecticut, and the re
sults were not very encouraging, when
it was claimed that tlie West would go for
him in a whilwind of enthsiasm, and yet
at an important election in tiie metropoli
tan city of his own State, his party are
overwhelmingly beaten, and this in tlie
face of tiie fact that they have triumphed
at all the elections in the city for years
past.
The President’s friends seem to he more
confident now of tiie successful termina
tion of impeachment. What new grounds
they have for this is not known, but they
talk with assurance of an acquittal.
General Rosseau has arrived here, direct
from the Pacific coast, in obedience to a
subpena as a witness for the President in
the impeachment trial.
General Schofield had no previous know
ledge of the President’s intention to send
in liis name as Secretary of War, ami his
friends here say he will not accept the ap
pointment. There was no mention made
of the matter in Cabinet. The President
seems to have acted on his own responsi
bility.
[Special to the Louisville Courier.]
Washington, April 24.
The impeacliers manifest more alarm
to-day than at any time heretofore, and
every artifice and appliance, including en
treaties and threats, are brought, to Lear
on those Senators considered doubtful.
Two of tiie Managers and numbers of the
Judiciary Committee of the House were
engaged iu this business this afternoon,
and there are reasons for believing the re
sult was not satisfactory.
Threats of violence have been made
through anonymous letters to Senators
Grimes, Fowler and others, if they vote
against conviction.
A reaction for Johnson had taken place
several days since, and this, with Groes
beek’s great speech, seems to iiave set the
current strong against the conspirators.
There is a rumor afloat that conserva
tive Republicans do not v desire the Court
to render a verdict until after the Chicago
Convention, if the President is to he con
victed, fearing political complications in
their own party. This rumor is not
credited.
Chase will not make a charge to the
Court, as has been intimated. He assured
the Managers privately that he claimed
no such privilege,
Among the rumors afloat is one that the
President nominated Schofield to succeed
Stanton at the instance of Grant, with a
view to compromise with the impeach
ment conspirators. The story is destitute
of truth. As I advised you, Ewing earn
estly requested his name withdrrwn, and
Schofield’s name was sent iu without
consultation with him. The President
did not even consult tiie Cabinet respect
ing it, and it has no significance whatever.
Incendiarism in Thomasville.— We
learn from private sources, that after the
votes were counted, and it was ascertained
that Thomas county had gone for tlie
Democrats, ou Friday night or Saturday
night an attempt was made to burn down
tHe city of Thomasville. Fire was set in
fifteen different places, hut tiie citizens
were on the alert, and succeeded in pre
venting a conflagration.
We had satisfactory evidence that it was
thedeliberate purpose of the Radicals to
burn Albany iu the event they were de
feated, but tiie count was in their favor
and the vigilance of the Young Men’s
Democratic Club amounted only to time
ly precaution. — Alban)/ Mews.
W. C. Patten, of Liberty, Ohio,
placed a quantity of clover seed in an air
tight bin, last fall, and to protect it from
cold weather covered it with straw, the
bin standing in the field. On opening it
this spring he found that melted snow
had gone into the seed, producing sponta
neous combustion, as the seed, was scorched
to a crisp.
£sfThe Peruvian Minister remarkep
in Washington the other day: “Impeach
ment is a novelty with you here in the
United States; but when you have tried it
as often as we have in our country, you
will not like it so well.”
LETT ER FROM HOI STON I’Ot Mt .
Houston County, April 2s, 1808.
Messrs. Editors: In this county we have
fought a noble fight, and won a glorious
victory. The cause of tlie Constitution—
the good old Constitution—and good gov
ernments triumphant over all opposition.
The hated forms of bigotry aud tyranny
lie crushed and writhing. In the joy of
victory animosity should cease, and that
manly cordiality and good feeling so sig
nally characteristic of Americans, should
he displayed to those who from pure patri
otic motives have differed from us as to
the best policy in this crisis. In this con
nection let me say a word iu reference to
Dr- Wm. A. Mathews, the defeated candi
date on the Reponstrection ticket for tlie
Senate iu this, the Twenty-third District,
whose position and views are greatly mis
understood, and grossly misrepresented in
some parts of the county and District. —
Disapproving in part the Constitution re
cently submitted, lie is willing to accept it
as a whole, as the best terms on which we
can get into the Union; and thinks tlie
people of Georgia have acted unwisely if
it has been voted down. Sympathizing
with tlie most ardent of our party in its
reprobation of the unrighteous and unjust
manner in which universal suffrage was
forced upon us by the North, yet, believ
ing it inevitable he is wilimg to accept it,
thinking it would inure to our benefit as
a section, if properly guided,by increasing
our influence in the National Councils.
He is free' from any taint of Radicalism,
belonging to no party. Entertaining bis
opinions from long study and a firm con
viction of right, he stands ju the.estima
tion of all fair-minded and unprejudiced
men as a spotless Jpatriot, estimable citizen
and pure Christian. His candidacy; as I
understand, wasopposed by his family,but
at tlie solicitation of his political oppo
nents, who were confident that a Recon
structionist • would be elected, aud with
himself in the field the District could not
he ignored, he consented. Though differ
ing in opinion from him, I cannot in jus
tice withhold these views which I know
to he correct, from my fellow-citizens.
Democrat.
RELIEF FRO H »i NA I! I LIT! ES.
The Constitutional Convention of Geor
gia appointed Messrs. Blodgett and Par
rott a Committee to visit, Washington and
confer with the Republican leaders on
questions of importance to tlie parly in
the State. The presentat.on of certain
names whom the Convention recommen
ded for relief from political disabilities,
was one of the duties with which they
were charged ; and thus they refer to it in
a published address to their constituents:
“Congressmen seem to he somewhat
cautious about relieving persons in rebel
States from political disabilities, and we
are induced to believe that very few, if
any, will be finally relieved until our elec
tion is over and it is known how the elec
tion lias gone, and how those desiring and
needing relief have stood in tiie contest.
“We are assured hy leading men in both
Houses of Congress, and high officials in
the military and judicial departments of
tlie Government, that should Georgia
ratify the Constitution and elect sound
Union reconstructiouists — the regular nom
inees of the party —to till the offices of the
new Government, there will lie no diffi
culty in having any true and, worthy man
who used his influence io bring about that
result relieved from, all disabilities. Any
man who may be elected to office on the
reconstruction ticket, and can show that
lie supported ill good faith the ratification
of the Constitution, aud sustained the
regular candidates of the party in the elec
tion, will lie relieved in time for him to
outer upon tlie dischaigeof the duties of
his office. While this is true, we also
deem it proper to state that from what we
are toid hy controlling members of the
dominant party in Congress, it will be
entirely useless for any man to aspire to
official position who is ineligible under
existing laws; for such will not be re
lieved, nor allowed to hold office, if he. op
poses restoration or the friends of recon
struction.”
What is this, freely interpreted, but a
declaration that the continuance or re
moval of disabilities is a matter to he
managed witli exclusive reference to par
tisan considerations? Asa question of
justice, it is not recognized. Asa measure
largely entering into the permanent paci
fication of the South, it has no place in
Congressional counsels. The only aspect
in which it is entertained is that of a re
compense or reward, to he doled out with
sinister intent by a partisan majority.—
Those of the Southern whites who vote
for the ticket presented by the Convention,
and for the Constitution it has constructed,
will have a chance of obtaining -the party
favor. They must lie freed from disfran
chisement and made again eligible for
office. All others must make up their
minds to remain out in the cold.
It will beof no avail, evidently, that men
are able honestly toavow themselves favor
able to the Union, or to reconstruction ac
cording to the law,if they are not prepared
to indorse, without reservation or qualitU
cation, the whole work of the Convention.
They may plead—as Judge Irwin might
plead—a consistent Union record before,
during and since the war; yet, if they con
demn tiie provisions of the proposed Con
stitution which are intended to prevent
the collection of debts, or if they oppose
the candidates with doubtful reputation
who appear in some instances as nominees
of the Convention, they will seek in vain
for relief. To obtain a hearing at Wash
ington, those who though excluded from
oilieeare not disfranchised,must show that
they swear by whatever tiie Convention
has said and done ; while those who have
neither the franchise nor eligibility to of
fice must be in a condition to prove that
they shouted loudly for the Convention,
and helped to execute its commands.
The ease is stated explicitly and em
phatically. None will lie relieved who
“opposes restoration or the friends of re
construction” —the latter comprising the
entire Hunnieutt family. On the other
hand, any man who can present the certi
ficate of the managers of the Convention
as to his party zeal and orthodoxy, “will
be relieved in time for him to enter upon
the discharge of the duties of his ofliee.”
The threat and the promise are sent forth
together, bribe and punishment are held
up in juxtaposition as keys to the position
which the party leaders who for the time
control reconstruction have taken in re
gard to disabilities. The exhibition was
scarcely needed after the discussion which
took place recently in the House; but it is
opportune because of tiie light it throws
upon the close relations which exist be
tween the present tactics of the Southern
extiemists and the ulterior purposes of
Congress.
The assurances given to Messrs. Blod
gett and Tarrott could not he limited to
ticorgia. They are published as applica
ble to the whole South. The title to relief,
then, is declared to he party fealty ; and
the test of party fealty is the thick-aud
thin support of everything done by the
conventions, and every candidate whom
the conventions have respectively set up.
The conjunction proves that Congress
will be satisfied with no haif-way support.
With mere Unionism it will not he con
tent. It requires unadulterated Radical
ism. A discrimination between candi
dates it will not tolerate. It exacts votes
for candidates of the Convention, and op
position to all beside. In Georgia the
conditions might not be intolerable. In
Virginia, however, they involve the incor
poration of the test oath into the Consti
tution, and the elevation of a host of
Jiunnieutts to local power.
A policy so ilagrantly partisan on aques
tion into which justice so largely enters is
as unfortunate as it is unwise.— New York
Time*.
g@F*Miss A. Harris, of Winston county,
Mississippi, last year raised a hale of cot
ton weighing six hundred pounds. The
entire work of planting, cultivating, pick
ing and ginning was done by herself. The
cotton was sold a few days ago for $192,
bringing fourcentsa pound above the ave
rage market price, on account of its »u
--! perior quality and cleanliness.
FRIDAY, MAY 1, IS6B.
GEORGIA'S Ml V ’I E.
It is very hard for any true Georgian to
contemplate the shame and degradation
i forced upon his beloved old Mother in the
election of such a man as Bullock, Gov
! ernor, and such creatures as will be de-
I elared elected to Congress as Representa
tives iu that body, without the keenest
pangs of mortification. It is the first
time in the history of Georgia that the
answer to the question, “ Who is your
Governor, and who are your delegates to
Congress?” must necessarily bring a
blush of bitterest shame to the cheek of
the respondent. When wo reflect who
have filled the honored office of Governor
of this great State, what learning, wis
dom, purity, aud integrity have hereto
fore been associated with tlie incumbency
of that chair, and then bring ourselves to
contemplate the spectacle of an ignorant,
obscrue, malignant Yankee adventurer
desecrating it, the comparison is almost
beyond endurance. We see In it, though,
both a lesson for the future and retribu
tion for tlie past. We are being punished
iu Bullock for the sin and the shame of
Brown. Had the latter been left in his
obscurity we would never have had the
former. Had tlie people of Georgia not
placed and continued Brown iu a position
to stab them, they would not now be un
der tlie uplifted dagger of Bullock. They
are paying for an act as criminal as it was
stupid, iua penance that promises to be as
sharp as it is shameful. Let them never
forget the lesson.
A comparison between tlie gentlemen
who formerly represented Georgia in the
House of Representative and the creatures
who will be declared entitled to that right
now, is even more humiliating. Clift,
Prince, Gove, and Edwards! Could
Heaven send a greater shame upon Geor
gia than tliis ? Men without even the
suspicion of capacity to relieve the dead
certainty of tlieir total unfitness in every
other respect for tlie position. Yankee
adventurers who could neither beg, bor
row, nor steal a living at home, and who,
after the manner of their tribe, Hock to
whet their jaekall appetites and bathe
their vulture talons in the tlesh and blood
of a fallen foe—characterless bankrupts,
who have been sheltered in Southern
bosoms, only to turn and sting them
—men who rely for their present strength
upon the fact that they are unknown, and
for their future safety upon the belief that
they will soon he forgotten—men prepared
to purchase notoriety by corruption, and
to live as infamously as though they
never expected to die renegade soldiers
of the Confederate army, who have spit
upon and defiled the graves of the dead,
and the glory of a cause and a banner
under which they won fame and honor—
who stand confessed hy their own actions
as traitors to both Hags and both sections.
Such are Georgia’s representatives in the
National Councils. They go to Washing
ton with tlie applause and God-speed of
all tiie ignorance, tilth, brutality, and
viciousness of Georgia, and they take
tlieir seats to do tlie dirty work of tlie
Butlers, Stevens, and Logans in their
plots against its truth, virtue, intelli
gence, aud purity! These are the men,
and this their mission.
Bucked and Gagged. —The leader of
the banditti, whom it is probable General
Meade will declare elected Governor of
Georgia, will find his incumbency of the
(Juhernaloriul chair without profit, ns well
us without honor. A Democratic Legisla
ture will check his raids upon the State
Treasury.. Practically, and for all pur
poses of plunder save and except the con
trol of the State Road, he is bucked and
gagged. Tlie banditti may howl and lick
tlieir hungry chops, but till to no purpose.
They must go to work. The honest repre
sentatives of the true people of Georgia
will see to it that they are not supported
at the expense of the public. They will
he taught, hy hard experience, the fate of
all who concoct and lend their aid to carry
out plots against the lives, liberties and
properly of a whole people. We may look
out now for an exodus of the Skowhegan
ites and other miscellaneous hummers and
vagabonds to their native sinks andslumsi
and a rapid decline in the quotations of
carpet sacks and paper collars.
Thk Testimony.— What can he done
by thorough organization and an active,
earnest canvass, is testified to by the Dem
ocratic majorities rolled up in the Heventh
Congressional District. If the same or-j
ganization had been effected, and the same
activity and energy shown in its neighbor,
the Hixth District, the same majorities
would have been the witnesses for that
district, too. „
It is peculiarly gratifying to us to see
tins vote in the Heventh District, for it
gives ua assurance that Georgia’s curse is
at last thoroughly understood and repu
diated in that section. The veil has fallen
from Mokhanna’s loathsome visage, and
he will deceive and betray no more. He
made a thorough canvass of the district,
and the people have replied with over
whelming majorities against the banditti
whose shilling lie had taken. Thank God
for it!
Must Make it Good. —As Gen. Meade
has given “Sharp and Quick” his cue by a
dispatch to Grant, announcing Bullock’s
“election,” that celebrated ballot box stuf
fer and manipulator of registry lists, will
he bound to make the count come out that
way. Ho whether Gordon gets a majority
of the votes or riot, Bullock will be de
clared chosen. Gen. Meade must not be
proved a sender of false dispatches ; nor
must that claim of his against the Govern
ment, and which lie expects to recover un
der the Wade or Grantadmiuistration, lie
prejudiced by any such silly stuff as re
gard for a promise of a “fair election.”
We have been feeling rather sorry for
Hulbert since that promise was given, for
we feared be was really to be cheated
out of the luxury of swindling the people
of Georgia. Hince Meade’s dispatch was
published, we are relieved.
Mks. Harriet Hemiam Prentice.
—lt is with feelings of no ordinary sorrow
that we announce tiie death of Mrs. Har
riette Benham Prentice, wileof George D.
Prentice, editor of the Louisville Journal.
Hhe died at her resilience in tills city at
two o’clock yesterday morning. Hhe had
been in delicate health for a number of
years past. Hhe had the ablest medical
counsel and the most careful attention,
but her disease was beyond human control.
A few days ago her friends had hopes of
her recovery, but on Haturday these hopes
were speedily dispelled, and soon life’s
; chain on earth was severed forever. Hhe
I lias been gathered to the bosom of her fath
ers. To-day a large circle of relatives and
friends are clad iri the deepest mourning.
We have scarcely the heart at this time to
| offer consolation to her bereaved husband
and family, the agony of whose grief must
mock the use words. — Loui&rilb- Courier,
nth. _
Ufmockatic Losses. — Jbe Democrats
are said to have lost some 800 or 1000 votes
by the failure to hold an election in the
counties of Irwin and Telfair. The excuse
rendered is that the managers could not
,rct to the polls on account of high water.
[ Col. Sun, ‘2Sth.
VOL. LX., NO. i».
II'IIAI L HIKRI OI M , BI HRIBB ?
We invite the attention of our Demo
cratic challengers during the recent elec
! tion, aud ol the two gentlemen who were
' present during the counting of the ballot-,
to thesubjoined circular from the Chairman
of the Democratic Committee at Atlanta.
It is believed in this community, ay.- it j_
known, that with half a showing before
any tribunal not utterly partisan, a strong
case could be made out for county.
Shall we have the proof? ‘
Democratic Committee Rooms, t
Atlanta, (la., April :?s, isb.s. ,
J W# have to day waited ui >n th< |] .
General commanding the 3d Military In
trict, for the purpose of presenting the
complaints, accompanied bv afihiaviu
from several counties, of frauds in the re
cent election. We are gratified to I at ,r
to state that Major General Meade will
investigate any charges made of frauds,
and especially of of his orders
governing the elections.
We have petitioned that theolcclions bo
set aside in certain countie), and new elec
tions ordered, on the grounds of frauds and
violations of orders, and for theseoounties
a military commission lias been appointed
for Investigation :
Ist. Did the Managers of the election
allow our challengers at the polls?
I’d. Did they number Hit* tickets and
compare with the registration lists?
3d. Did they admit illegal votes ?
•Ith. Was intimidation used to change
the votes of freedmen?
« r )th. Did Managers attempt to induce
voters to change their veu •» ?
Send in your reports to the undersigned,
who will submit them without deiav to
the Commanding General.
James F. Alexander,
Chm’n l)em. Com.
The Eclectic eok May.—We are in
receipt of this old-time favorite of ours, for
May. It has never fallen oil'in merit, but
amid all the mutations and changes that
affect periodical literature, has steadily
maintained its place in the front rank. It
deserves a large circulation. Only a
year. Address, W. 11. lhdwell, No. ■>
Beckman street, New York.
The following is the table of contents
for this number:
Don Carlos and Philip II -Edinburgh
Review ; Eruptions of Vesuvius i ornhill
Magazine ; \\ cstminstor Abbey l ie n .
Magazine; Mighty Huntei -I
Journal; Submerged Islands Leisure
Hour; IWp Sea Soundings Chamhei ’
Journal; Financial Notahilil ■
Hour; Brigandage in tile Pontifical siab
- New Monthly Magazine: Ahyssin • . n
eluded) —Li>n<lon l.Miai terly Rev• i• • Ma.l.
Tallien Fraser’s Ma
ude: An Episode of tile End of tin- Km
pire (continued)- Translated from the
French fort lie Eclectic; Historical Mo tidi
es of the lieign of George 111 Black
wood’s Magazine; The Earl of Albcmarb'
—The Editor; Poetry; Notes on Book
Science; Varieties.
I NEKA! II M ENT S I OCK Ka 1.1. l No. W:i ll
ington correspondence of various North
ern papers, eoroborule the telogimi upon
litis important topic that have conic to u
within the past two or three day . “Da
ta,” the well informed aud cautious com
pondcut of the Baltimore AW//, under dale
of Monday, writes to that paper us follows:
Republican authorities p.-dav admit that
“impeachment slock,” I nun son leundGi li
able cause, has a /low u ward tciidcney. in
fact, on all sides it is admitted that the
(Senate will acquit the President, The
speech of Mr. Groeshaek lias so clearly pre
sented the Utter uuteliablellcss ol the :u
--ticles of impeachment, and the insulin ien
cy of evidence to sustain the charge ol
criminal intent, that many who hereto
fore asserted that a case for removal had
been made out, now agree that the mana
gers have failed to present to the Senate
the facts and law to warrant that body in
a conviction and removal of the Kxecti
tive.
Seventh Conhkessiona i I Msi in r— l n
our table elsewhere will he found the fill
returns from this district. It will be seen
that Gordon has -i,(u»•"> majority over Bul
lock for Governor; Young, Deni., for Con
gress, 3,lb'! majority over Atkins, Rail.,
and that there is a majority of lb lb agains L
the Constitution in that district.
As the table in each district is completed,
we will add up the figures, and give tin
majorities.
I 111 AM‘]|4l» Mild llm* RC« |»nl»lii ;tii «;»»»-
<1 iflUK* lor lil«- I'rrslili ui ).
Impeachment means (he defeat ol
Grant in the contest fur the nomination
of the Republican party. Ho sure as
Johnson is impeached and removed and
Wade secures hi- place, Grant will not
and cannot become the candidate. JJ i h
nomination will not be within the pos i
hilities of the game. Wade, becoming
President, if at all, in the beginning ol
May; will pursue the line of policy lie
s1 inds on now—that of “ masterly inac
tivity.” He will not hustle out of cilice
every man now in. He will not break up
the fountains of the great deep in the
matter of party patronage. He will hold
in reserve the vast wealth of the patronage
of his position that tremondou pov
to make a hundred thousand men rieh
“by and with the advice and consent of
tiie Senate.” He will hold I hat power
with the definite understanding every
where, however, that the office- aic to he
redistributed shorily and the Johnson
men turned out. He will go into the con
vention with this powi r in his hands.
He will go with an almost illimitable
power of appointment in his pocket
that is to say, lie will go prepared to buy
up every shape and stripe of adverse
opinion.' What soldier ever had or ovci
will have a record that can outw< 'h in
the minds of member- ol convention e.
immediate certainty of a fat ofliee None.
Wade, therefore, will lie omnipotent, and
will so use iiis power us to secure w led i
so earnestly desires —time enough in the
Presidential chaii to make f id
five years. Let every Grant man in the
Senate who votes for conviction < y
understand that in so voting lie dm bi
utmost to destroy Grant’s chain - loi tin
Presidency.— X. Y.Jl< raid.
No Demonstration.— We have been
requested by tiie ofliecr in command In n
to publish the following order, for the in
formation of all concerned :
Headquarters, U . H. I-'oi;* i >
Augusta, Oa., April Si, Pus. >
.Special Order, No.
In compliance with instruction i
by the Commanding Oenend ,-uh '■> in
of Georgia, any'public demonstration i
prohibited in the city ol Augusta, Rich
mond county, Ga., upon the result ol tin
late election becoming known.
i»y order of Brig. < *en. <'. < Si mi a .
<'. Fiied. Tkowi:kii*g ,
('apt. Bitli t'. S. 1 ntaiitry,
Bvt. Maj. U. H. A., Commanding
-Chronicle and Sentinel 28//i.
Fire in Mekkrton. —The FJberton <[■
zeite gives an account of a desirne! i vc
in Elberton, involving the 10-s to tin
county of the jail; to Messrs, i-.dmomi
& Stanton, J. T. McCarty, and J une A .
Rumsay. The Federal soldiers “won ■ l
like heroes” to stay the progress of the
flames. The negroes, “men and women,
labored manfully” in assisting tin- unmi
tun ate whites. Tiie prisoners in the ja
made their escape.
Off. —The three hundred ncgirocs, men
tioned as destint and for Liberia, let 1
Macon SA. M. train yeaterday. ••
derstand the whole ; r w
left without much In--. ■ V Tii. v
were left snoozing on tin- p 1 \- 11,.-
are K "venofurther particular-.
see oil, »e can „ Oolconda from
They sail on the
Charleston .-Cok
Death of a GKoKO.AN.-Dr. James H
Berrien formerly Surgeon l .M. A., and
I.,?I Medical Director for lexas, ( . >. A.,
Magroder’s staff, died at .-an
Inis Potosi on tiie Sit h ult. from the effi ’
of an overdose of chloroform which "a
administered on account of an
foot li Dr. Berrien was a son of the fat
Hon. J. McPherson Berrien, of Georgia,
Col. Sun, - >(h.