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WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, I s, Ja
KrnoVAI. OF THE STATE CAPITAL.
If the democratic party lias a majority
in the Legislature it is hoped that it will
peremptorily refuse to appropriate one
dollar to carry out the radical plan of re
moving the HUte Capital from Milledge
ville to Atlanta. As the act of removal is
purely legislative, the late Convention had
not the shadow of a right to engraft it into
the new Constitution. The question was
sprung in the Convention after it met,
and not a word was ever said to the people
upon the subject while they were voting
upon the question of calling that body
together. And had that clause been sub
mitted to them separately it would have
been voted down by a hundred thousand
majority. But it was tacked on the other
provisions of that instrument and the
whole document accepted.
It Is certain that nine-tenths of the peo
plf of Georgia, Democrats and Radicals,
do not want the change made. There is
no necessity for it. Atlanta has not the
geographical advantages that Milledge
viHe has—the one is no more accessible
than the other. Atlanta, just emerged
from ashes, has no public buildings in
which to offer accommodations to the Hen
ale and House of Representatives. The
people of the State bankrupted, ruined,
and without money, are at this time whol
ly unable to withstand even the burtlieu-
Home taxation Imposed upon them by
the Federal and the State Governments.
The idea of imposing a levy of two or
three millions upon them now for this pur
pose is not only folly, hut a crime.
The Atlanta Era, in speaking of this
removal, says:
•• Tiie Constitution having been adopted
l.y a large majority of (lie legal voters of
Georgia, it henceforth becomes the organ
ic law of the State, and under its provis
ions Atlauta becomes the State Capital.
This change of the seat of Government
was introduced to a considerable extent
l,y voluntary propositions made by the
City Council. These propositions were
accepted l.y the Convention in good faith,
and it now remains for tlie city to make
good ils part of the contract. There is no
time to lose in getting ready for the
meeting of the Legislature. liuildings
have to he prepared for the two branches
of the Legislature, a mansion for the
Governor and olllces for the several
departments of the State Government.
" The people cordially approve the action
of the Council in aii that it proposed to do
to* induce the removal of the Capital
liiilier, and they will now he satisfied with
nothing less than the fulfillment of the
agreement. The Legislature will meet in
a short time, and unless Atlanta can make
il ifortable, it has the constitutional
authority to remove the seat of Govern
ment, temporarily, to Milledgeville, or
otherwise, if it sees lit. YVe deem, it ad
visable to provide against such n contin
gency. The meeting of the first Legisla
ture under the new order of things ought
to be held ill t lie new State Capital. There
is no risk to run in providing for it ac
cording to agreement. Atlanta is bound
to be the Capital. The new Constitution
will restore the State to the Union and the
machinery will snou he working as regu
larly ns if nothing had happened. Let
our < 'if v Council, ttien, ne <SiS me aim,
and sc' that it loses nothing by a lailure
to fulfil its obligations.”
When the Legislature assembles at At
lanta, it is hoped by every man in Geor
gia who does not wish this abominable
scheme consummated, it will forthwith
adjourn to Milledgeville, and persistently
refuse to appropriate a cent lor the erec
tion of new buildings in the would-be
new capital. The measure can, and surely
will tie, defeated in this way, or, at least,
adjourned until that time when the real
people of Georgia will speak forth in a
voice of thunder, condemning this whole
Radical government, from the first to the
last clause of the infernal Constitution.
It is not a government of their choice, hut
mi imposition forced upon them by for
eigners, hacked by Federal bayonets. It
will not stand long, but, with its concoct
ors, soon he buried in one common grave
of infamy.
IUI*I WIIING TIIE FRENI DENT-—CLO
NING M'KNESk
The telegraph yesterday announced that
Bingham was making liis speech, which
\v:is the last of the arguments u|>oii either
side. Nothing more remains for tiie Sen
ate to do but to wrangle a day or two over
rule- mid motions, when the final vote will
l>e taken whether Andrew Johnson shall
longer act in the capacity of President of
the United States.
I’he leading journals of the United
States seem to regard the result as a fore
one conclusion, and say that the Senate,
acting as a High Court of Impeachment,
had made up its mind before tiie House
presented tiie Articles. The readers of the
proceedings from day to day cannot have
failed to remark that the more violent
Hadical Senators did not sit there as im
partial jurors, hut as politicians who had
already prejudged the ease. They houn
ded on the proseeutors, at every step , and
acted more in the capacity of prosecuting
District Attorneys than impartial judges.
Hie only tiling they seemed to know, was
rtuu the success of the Radical pjy 'Jo-.
mantled Mr. Johnson’s im^HTchment.
Ihe beastly vulgarity and profanity of
butler, the chief representative of tlie
prosecution, has disgusted the whole coun
• His coarseness was only eclipsed by
bouncily and YVashburne, who, after ex
hausting the catalogue of billingsgate upon
each other, agreed to swallow the filthy
se each one spit forth. And this is the
N hate and House of Represenatives crea
ed in tiie brains of Jellerson and Fratik
,lM ' :ui ‘l adorned by the mindsof Calhoun,
plaster and Clay!
Hie greatest and the only crime Mr.
bii-on has committed, was his desertion
the South at a time when it needed his
7 .ong arm and his eloquent voice. From
a Northern stand-point he has certainly
Oven true to the ITuiou. In the adminis
tration of the Government he has been
instantly guided by l aw and by prece
m nt. Every President from the fouuda
-1,1 of the Government exercised without
'lUestion, the right to remove his Cabinet
“unseliors, and becauseh e attempted to
remove Blanton, he is to be himself re
moved.
" liUt "bl come next? First, the inau
:' i Ur: ‘ lion of Senator YVade, a violent poll
lau*Uc a »o partizan, wholly imbued
“ 1 sectional ideas and gangrened with
“t the South. Tiie jteople of ttie
; 'm.“trn States, already upon the verge
and ? a,r ’. Ileed expecl no favor froru him,
l'he 1 none from his Congress,
most * 105,1 remorseleas legislation of the
I ado ll | X ' IHe ra ‘ii ca * B w iH he quickly
r:il ‘..
i flan, ‘- bold up their heads in brave de-
I Wrist ~N hatey e relße ha 9 been charged
I never eni 116 tem ° f coward 'ce has
■ \Y,.7 * et l>eeu Pronounced upon them,
ft "ot yet tost our honor.
I ''-r Uramie HERMAN ia 0,1 his . w »y l °
®»eaf§w Bmtrnai and SrlUssettget,
Resignation of Disraeli’s Ministry.
It will be seen by a telegraphic dispatcli
from London, that the Disraeli Ministry
have resigned, and that ttie Queen sent
for Mr. Gladstone, it is supposed, for the
purpose of forming anew Cabinet.
It is regarded aa a great triumph for the
Liberal party of England, the pany of
progress and reform, which now has as
its leading feature the relief of unfortu
nate Ireland from the intolerable burthen
of supporting the High Church of the
reulm, a church with which no Irishman
lias tiie least sympathy. There is no doubt
that the Fenians have produced this re
sult. We are glad of it. The fallen Pre
mier, Disraeli, is a narrow-minded, illib
eral, cunning and bigoted politician —not
unlike oneof our Northern radicals. Any
one acquainted with the preseut liberal
tendency of the British Government and
the English people and the political char
acter of the Prime Minister might have
anticipated liis being set aside the first
time a test question was voted upon. He
was totally 7 unfit for the position.
The Election Returns. —For some
Strange ai>d unaccnnntatlu ruiuon wo have
been unable to complete our table of the
late Georgia election. The Third, Fourth
and the Seventh Districts have been filled
out, and Lite Second witli the exception of
Mitchell county. Many counties in the
First, Fifth ami Sixth have not been
heard from, although during the cam
paign it was repeatedly 7 requested of ('hair
men of Democratic Clubs, and in the ab
sence of such organizations, prominent
Democrats to promptly send them to some
newspaper office, or the Central Executive
Committee. It is not too late yet to do so.
We want complete returns from the fol
lowing counties: Appling, Bullock, Tat
nail, Colquitt, Clinch, Echols, Lowndes,
Berrien, Mitchell, Glasscock, Pickens,
While, Rabun, Towns, Union, Fannin
and Gilmer. Should this paragraph meet
the eye of any Democrat in any of these
counties he will do the party a service by
forwarding the vote to this office.
From tlif* Savannah Republican, ltli.
■il ter men ( el llie Itemaliis el’ Judge
Wayne.
Tlie remains of Honorable James M.
Wayne, Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States, and for thirty
three y 7 tars the presiding Judge of the
Courts of this Circuit, were interred on last
Friday, in Laurel Grove Cemetery. Judge
Erskine, and the almost entire liar of the
Circuit Court, were present, with a large
attendance of the relatives and the friends
of tlie deceased.
While it would be simply a work of
supererogation to dwell at this time upon
the history and public character of Judge
Wayne, made so familiar to all by his long
public life, and by the eulogies which
have been pronounced and written upon
him since his death —yet the occurrence of
Friday could not fail to revive the memory
of the man himself, thus brought hack to
the scene of his youth, to mingle his dust
with that of the companions of his early
years.
He was one of a marked class of men—
a class of which we have but few repre
sentatives left —men who were developed
in the earlier and better days of the re
public— men whose consummate polish
and refinement would well become the
highest civilization. The extraordinary
beauty of his person, and the winning
grace of his bearing made Judge YVaynea
marked man of the marked class to which
he belonged. Ft can he questioned by no
1 -•«» l»lvw 4l*nt n•»ti ji <r
manner of which we speak was the genial
sunshine of a kind and sympathizing soul.
No man had a braver spirit; no man a
kindlier heart, and no man more energeti
cally or more faithfully guarded the rights
and interests of Georgia when committed
to his charge. The late disastrous civil
war found him upon the Supreme Bench
of the United States. He differed from a
majority of the people of his State as to
the propriety of secession. That their
misfortunes pierced, like cold iron, to his
soul, all who knew him must also know.
The disasters of his own people doubtless
hastened the close of his life.
But lie nevertheless lived sufficiently
long to devote himself to the most assidu
ous and untiring efforts in their behalf.
The exaltei’ position which he held at
Washington enabled him to serve them
elliciently. Tothe application of no one
did he ever turn a cold ear. The De
partment of State, and of ttie Attorney
General, and tie Executive Mansion,
were familiarized vitli liis venerable form ;
they were spots which knew him well,
though they shall know him no more for
ever. This work with him was indeed a
work of love; and s»ed a tender glory
around his descent t« the tomb. His
native earth may well claim his dust.
His heart was here; tnd here will liis
memory be cherished. H. R. J.
nto.n washiioyox.
Special Dispatches to the N&v York Times.
Washington, April 30.
SAFETY OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS.
The House Committee o» Roads and
Canals, to whom was referret the subject
of legislation for the additions safety of
passengers on railroads, have igreed upon
a report, which will shortly he submitted
to Congress. They will report that it is
unquestionably the right as wet as duty
of Congress to pass laws prodding for
the safety of passengers and for th> proper
connection of roads. As to the tqnspor
tation of passengers and freight, am as to
tlie propriety of establishing unifotn and
equitable rates of fare and charge for
freight, the Committee do not th%»k it
proper for Congress to interfere, u.less
such charges are so exorbitant as t<>
damage t lie freedom of commerce between
the Stales. A bill will be report,i
embodying the recommendations of 11.
Committee.
THE ARKANSAS CONSTITUTION.
The certified .copy of the Constitution
of Arkansas has Tieen received from the
President of the Constitutional Conven
tion of that State, and is now in the hands
of the President. The official report of
Gen. Gillem, giving the returns of the
election, showing the Constitution to he
adopted, was received by Gen. Grant to
day. The certificate of the ratification
by the legislature of the Constitutional
amendment, known as the fourteenth
article, was filed in the State Department
to-day, and all the preliminaries required
by the Reconstruction act, so far as the
action of the State is concerned, having
been complied with, the delegation now
patiently await the issue of impeachment
and the action of Congress on the admis
sion of the State. The Constitution of the
State of South Carolina was also received
by President Johnson to-day, from Hon.
A. G. Mackey, President of the Recon
struction Convention, w ho presented it in
person, with a brief address, as follows:
Mr. President: In accordance with
the instructions of the late Constitutional
Convention of the State of South Carolina,
over wiiich 1 had the honor to preside,
and with the requirements of the Recon
struction acts of the Congress of the
United States, I present you the Constitu
tion of South Carolina, as ratified by the
vote of the great majority of her citizens
at the late election.
On receiving the document, which was
neatly engrossed and carefully inclosed in
an elaborate mahogauy box, the President
remarked that it was apparently a very
line instrument, and without further re
mark the interview ended.
Recent official returns from South Caro
lina show that the white vote polled for
the Constitution was fourteen thousand,
instead of seven thousand, and was mainly
composed of ex-Coufederate soldiers.
TJIK OEOKUIA ELECTION.
The fact that the Democrats have car
ried the Georgia Legislature, thus securing
the United States Seuators for that partj,
creates a curious impression among the
Democrats here. They don’t know wneth
er to accept the result or not—not bein|
entirely satisfied that sound tigs can bt
gathered from such a political thistle as a
Democratic legislature elected by a uni
versal suffrage in an Ex-slave State. —1
The result was accomplished by the same
machinery which gave the Governor f |
Connecticut to the Democrats, and the
Legislature to the Republicans. The Re
publican majority of the State was mainly
made up in a few counties of heavy ma
jorities, while the Democrats carried a
great many close counties by small ma
jorities, thus securing their legislative
ticket, but not overcoming the heavy Re
publican counties. Some of the Georgians
here, however, claim that they will have
a small majority in the Legislature on
joint ballot. Hon. Foster Blodgett, of Au
| gusta, received a dispatch to-day which
apparently strengthens their claim, as it
contains a statement that the official
majority for the Constitution will not fall
short of 15,000, and that Bullock received
nearly as large a vote for Governor, while
there are unexpected gains in some of the
legislative districts heretofore counted for
tiie Conservatives.
Opening Their Eyes.— The New York
Express, iu au editorial on the election,
says: “The negro vote in Georgia is sig
nificant, and proves three things: First,
that tiie more practical and intelligent
the negroes are, tiie more they become
disgusted with their deceivers, and tiie
more readily they see through tlie selfish
motives of those who would betray them.
Secondly, they liegin to understand that
bread to men who must either work or
die, is more important than the ballot ;
and finally, they see that thi» people with
whom they have passed all their lives are
better friends of the negroes, and under
stand their condition better, than those
who have squatted in the South merely to
advance their own interests. We have
but a beginning of this manifestation in
the elections in Georgia ami North Caro
lina; but tfie impression will grow, and
may finally pervade the South.”
('<>l. John G. Coltart, of Huntsville, died
in the Lunatic Asylum at Tuscaloosa, on
the ltJtli ult., where ho had been taken a
few weeks previous at his own request.
He was Colonel of the 7th and 50th Ala
bama Regiments, during the late war, and
distinguished himself in several battles,
especially that of Bentonville, North Caro
lina, in which he commanded a division.
Mr. Belmont, chairman of tlie National
Democratic Committee, is said to he not
in favor of an earlier day than that already
fixed for the National Convention ; and it
was understood in Washington, yesterday
t Hat he will not call the committee togeth
er for the purpose of making the change.
THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1868.
THE TIC VT <) VTil— II S IVI'X! I NCH ON
Tin: HOMING lICGINI.VTi in:.
lii view of the recent order of General
Meade, and Lite generally accepted opinion
based upon it, that all members elect to
the Legislature will he required to take
the test oath before taking their seats, it
becomes important to know the el feel,
which will be produced on such members
elect as cannot take 11 1 is oath. Most if
not all of the Democratic members elect
will doubtless be deprived of their seats
by this requisition, and t he question arises,
will their defeated opponents in the late
election be entitled to step into their va
cated places? That this will he claimed
as legitimate, is at present the apprehen
sion of the Democrats and the avowed in
tention of the Radicals. If law and rea
son are consulted and obeyed by the
authorities, however, this claim will not
be supported, as it is here proposed briefly
to show.
This law and reason may all be summed
up in this one sentence: No personal dis
qualification of any one elected to office
will entitle the defeated candidate to the
„en. .. i-,»o n-r. will
of an election for representative in a coun
ty entitled to one representative.
The candidate receiving the highest num
ber of votes cast, is, under the law, duly
elected. The votes by which he is elected
are not only for him, but indirectly against
his opponent. The object of the election
is to ascertain (he choice of the people as
expressed by a majority of voters. The
defeated candidate does not represent sueli
choice, and in this view cannot be enti
tled to the office, even though the elected
candidate be, for any reason, disqualified
from enjoying the fruits of liis victory.
By no rule of reason or justice could a re
jected candidate be accepted by tiie au
thorities as the representative. It would be
far more reasonable, if more direct justice
cannot be obtained by anew election, to
appoint one who had not been a candi
date. For he may have been'elected if he
had run, and has not, as in the case of
the defeated candidate, been pronounced
against by the people at the ballot box.
Fortunately we are not without precedents,
for although tiie present disqualification
with which Democratic legislators elect
are threatened, is of that odious class only
to l>e found in such distempered times as
the present, yet there are many other
kinds of disqualifications which have
beeuof frequent occurrence in our past his
tory. Tiie death of a successful candidate
between the time of his election and go
ing into office is au extreme case of his
incapacity to discharge ils duties; it has
often occurred, ami yet the instance is not
on record where under such circumstan
ces the defeated candidate has beer, de
clared entitled to the office. The resigna
tion of tiie member elect in tiie same in
terval, has also occurred in our history,
but never lias such resignation operated
so as to seat tiie opposing candidate in the
chair which is declined. Either the death
or the resignation, although occurring
previous to taking possession of the office,
created a vacancy in tiie office, and the
defeated candidate can only get possession
«>< aii election to fill
such v;u T q'p e election ol one not of
the requi/te age is more analagous to (lie
case uudf consideration. This has also
happened in our history, and so far from
being <-Aistrued as operating as an elec
tion ojthe opposing candidate, it lias ne
ver bnn construed as causing a vacancy
in tlnpffice until the one elected resigns
it. IQlie disqualification is temporary,
he is ittitled to go into office when it cea
ses oris removed. An instance of this
kind orurred in tlie tiistory of the Tbir
ty-sixti Congress. John Y. Brown was
elflntedjto tiie House of Representatives
from Kentucky, and at tiie opening of the
session,was some months under twenty
five yeav of age. This disqualification
did mt qierate so as either to entitle his
oppontutyo the office, or to create a va
cancy. IV emild not of course take his
seat befoA lie became twenty-five, hut
whin thislge was attained, he was sworn
inti office.
(tie thin) is plain—both candieates can
to* be eleded at the same election, and
Hit person seceiving the majority of legal
’oles is elected So it will be found witli
lut exception, that in all contesti-d elec
ions the point is concerning the election,
md the electors; never the qualification
if the candidate. Was the election pro
jerly conducted, and were the voters legal
Vittrs, are the questions. If the suoees.--
M candidate obtained his majority by il-
Pgtl votes, then the defeated candidate
tp«ti proof of this fact is entitled to his
fejj-i because he has in truth been elected
I v l»ie; majority of legal voters. Rut the
disqualification of the successful candi
date cannot convert (lie defeatof his opjio
nent into a victory.
In our particular case the votes will he
counted, and those receiving the requisite
majorities will be proclaimed by General
Meade eleeted, without reference to the
MACON, GA„ TUESDAY, MAY 12, 1868.
qualification or disqualification of the suc
cessful candidates. The test can only be
applied when the officers elect offer to take
their seats. Those who cannot take this
oath can, so soon as it is certainly ascer
tained that it will be required of them,
either resign and give their constituents
an opportunity to supply their places, or
stand aloof until the State Government
has ceased to be provisional, when the
disqualification will also have ceased. The
latter course will, however, be extremely
dangerous, as it will surrender the legisla
tive power to the Radicals long enough to
enable them to accomplish much of the
devilment which we fear. YVe have no
time to lose if we wish to be represented
by Democrats at the beginning of the ses
sion. We should without delay ascertain
from Gen. Meade if all members of the
legislature will be required to take the test
oath. If the enquiry is put formally Im
proper authority, he will doubtless give a
definite, categorical answer. If the test
oath is to he applied, all Democrats elect
should promptly resign who cannot take
it, so that an election may be had in time
to enable those elected to he present at the
opening of the session. YVe have lost al
most everything by adherence to abstract
principle and neglect of policy and com
mon sense. Lotus not sacrifice the little
that remains to a similar folly.
DISGRACE!'I I. EXHIBITION.
A “ country merchant ” recently visited
New York City, and afterwards gave his
opinion, through the press of that city, re
specting such exhibitions as the White
Fawn and Black Crook. Tiie following
is an extract, which ladies may read to
edification.
“Every man who goes to such a place at
once looks to the ladies in the audience,
for lie wonders what it is that can be at
tractive to their eyes. To every man t lie
first sight is repulsive,and it can be no less so
to a woman. The change in the mind seems
to come gradually, and by a process simi
lar to acquiring a liking for unnatural, or
even disgusting stimulants. We know a
little, but perhaps enough, of magnetic
influences, and it is not improbable that a
woman’s ideas in such a place are second
hand. In casting my glass around the
audience, near the close of oneof the most
noted di-plays, I saw several ladies with
trembling lips, but in a moment limy as
sumed their accustomed firmness, final
ly, with little beauty and less meaning,
with a confusion of fern leaves, a reclin
ing of partly mule figures, of ascending
and descending designs, and amid a
gleaming and glare of various colored
lights, tiie curtain fell on the infam
ous scene. Half stilled by (lie close air,
choked and partly benumbed, the audi
ence slid away like a guilty throng, many
huskily remarking to others upon the
splendor of tiie closing view.
“Tiie intention of the managers un
doubtedly is to make money, and, having
studied human nature, they found it
easiest to debauch it. One of my first
impressions on beholding so many y-ouug
women capable of adorning society, and
being made happy, yet so lost to shame,
was that they felt it would lie a greater
shame to earn an honest living, or that
they hail sought it in vain. Turning to
the audience, l could not help thinking
that each had a poor opinion of each.
Tiie lady coming in with a gentleman
either had been cold to her husl-tnd, or
had left him, or was in a fair way to leave
him, or she had never been married, but
had better be; that gentleman bringing a
lady whose train swept tiie aisle had
other claims far away, or liis domestic
life was feverish and unhappy; and the
U...U, vy,,-.,. I .ȣ, I .J, tl.omciptvoS, had
come to lay the foundation for domestic
infidelity, and for a waste of opportunities
and means. The saddest sight was in the
young couples with rosy cheeks and hope
ful eyes. How many sittings are required
to corrupt a young girl I do not know;
hut I feel that no place can equal this for
debauching the soul, and that when a girl,
at last, is delighted with these scenes, her
day of ruin cannot he far away. For, be
fore one comes to admire these tilings, the
finest sensibilities must be shocked be
yond expression, and modesty—that es
pecial jewel of the human soul —must be
degraded to tiie dust. To sit in that place
hour after hour calls into being such a
feeling as uever arises in any intercourse
between those who love, and who hope to
he united, or between those who have
been united long, anil it is unknown in
any other condition of life. I would
liken it to a mephitic vapor from the sea
of torment amt death, which finds an
unguarded entrance to the soul, and
wanders from cell to cell in tiie remote
and profound depths of our being, till at
last it comes into time and the present,
and grapples with all the sweet charities
of the heart.”
“Absolutely Alone.”—Some of the
papers having expressed surprise at the
facility with which the impeachment of
the Chief Magistrate of the nation pro
ceeds, the New York Times thus ac
counts for it:
“What makes Mr. Johhson’s impeach
ment and expulsion safe and tranquil, is
the fact that he has no party to sustain
him. He has absolutely no hold upon the
people or upon any part or any section of
the country. H<> alienated the Republi
cans when he refused to accept their plan
of reconstruction. He refused to seek or
accept the alliance of the Democrats, or to
give them control of his policy or his
patronage. He alternately invited and
repelled t lie favor of the Southern whites,
and he stands now without the support or
confidence of any section. No Chief Mag
istrate, while in the office, ever stooii more
absolutely alone.”
11 is the old story of the man who, in en
deavoring to please everybody, pleased no
body. When Mr. Johnston abandoned
the Radical party, he ought then and tlier
to have dismissed Stanton and every other
obnoxious member of his Cabinet, and
made a clean sweep of Radical office-hold
ers from Foreign Ministers down to Post
masters. He would by this stroke have
raised up a powerful party of friends all
over the country who would, in his hour
of trouble, have rallied to his assistance.
By his baiting, hesitating policy, he dis
played a weakness wiiich was quickly
taken advantage of by Congress, and the
temire-of-office law, which has given him
so much trouble, passed. Had lie knocked
radicalism in the head, right and left, ail
around the country, by kicking its dis
ci pies out of office, nothing would be said
to-day about impeachment. But he kept
his enemies in his household, and they of
course played the role of traitors and spies.
A man ought never to hesitate a moment
between rewarding his friends and his
enemies.
The Radical Candidate for Presi
dent.—lt is next to a certain fact that
Grant will be the radical candidate for
President. He will be nominated by the
Chicago Convention without any serious
opposition. All opposition to his nomi
nation is either passive or entirely silent.
The little influence Chase has with the
party has been lost since lie became
Judge of the Impeachment Court. He
has, u|xm several occasions during the
trial of the President, given impartial de
cisions, ami that was enough to settle his
claims with the radicals. He has been
suggested as the candidate of the demo
cratic party, but the idea is simply ridicu
lons. The democratic party has always
preserved its purity and integrity hv re
fusing to nominate other than straight
out, unqualified members of the party.—
The idea of taking up a man from the
opposition because he can bring over some
strength is ha I policy, for the reason that
more is sure to he lost in the party whose
candidate he becomes than is gained.*
The Letikk of H. L. Backus.— The
letter of H. L. Backus, published yester
day morning, contained a false imputa
tion in the heading, or that portion of it
which read, “Letter from a Hartford Re
pultlican.” Mr. B. informs us that he
lias always been a Conservative in hia po
litical principles, and, as the reader might
infer from his communication, has not the
remotest sympathy for the radical party
and has none other than the strongest
feelings of disgust for the strolling North
ern vagabonds and rapscallions who are
now endeavoring to fill the public offices
in the South.
The Hartford Evening I'ost, a violent
radical paper, severely criticised this let
ter. It was published iu all the Democra
tic papers of that State, just before the late
election, and had a powerful influence in
the election of tiie Democratic candidate
for Governor. The following extract is
from the Post:
A Bogus Republican.— Some of the
Democratic State papers are republishing
the letter which recently appeared in the
Hartford Times, signed “H. L. Backus,”
and wtiTMi WHs headed, “Letter from a
Hartford Republican.” If he was ever a
Kepublieau it is not, generally known.
Last year, at any rate, lie sent letters to
the Times, which appeared in that sheet,
of a character similar to the one now pub
lished. Ifit is admitted that lie did once
vote tiie Republican ticket, we certainly
hope that one virtue will not be suffered
to cling to the young man as a permanent
recommendation of good character among
the evil associations into which, by liis
own confession, lie is now thrown.
The Gen. Mower Scandal —The pa
pers are lumbered with the story of Gen.
Mower’s daughter and a negro of liis com
mand, and many of them express surprise
and indignation at the presumption of the
colored fellow. Bless your souls, gentle
men, there is nothing remarkable about
this case whatever! When a white man
joins the Radical party he virtually throws
open the door of liis parlor to colored visi
tors. 1 f heassociates upon termsof equality
with the negro, what right on earth hits
lie to deny his wife and daughter the
same privilege? In following his ex
ample the daughter has a perfect right to
marry her colored sweetheart, and the
colored man and brother would be showing
the basest ingratitude if denied this in
estimable privilege.
GREAT Bit IT A IN.
Di bate in the House of Commons on the
Irish Church—Division and In feed of the.
Ministry.
London, Friday, May 1.
In the debate on the Irish Church iti the
House of Commons last night , Mr. Wal
pole, in the course of his remarks in oppo
sition to Mr. Gladstone’s resolves, said
these attacks on a Ciergy, such as that of
the Irish Clnirli, who were noted for the
purity of tiieir doctrine and for their ele
vated learning and Christian zeal, was
sure to lead to the most disastrous results.
Lord Elcho said that tiie introduction of
these resolves at tiie present time was un
necessary and unfortunate. The Roman
Catholics of Ireland would never be satis
fied with anything short of supremacy in
ecclesiastical matters. He regarded the
issue presented to the House as an imperial
one; for the Church Establishments of
England and of Scotland were menaced as
well asthatof Ireland. These blows were
struck at the whole system of the union
of Church and State in the United King
dom.
At a rather late hour, in the presence of
a full House, there being an unusual at
tendance of members of both parlies in
expectation of a division, Mr. Gladstone i
rose and was loudly cheered. He com- |
inenced by saying that lie could not com- j
plain of tiie result of this long debate. — j
These eleven nights of discussion had
fully demonstrated that the Irish Church ,
Establishment never did, and never could,
fulfill the end of its creation. It was not :
the Cliuach of the nation, it was not the ■
Church of tiie poor, nor was it a mission- j
ary Church. It existed only for the
purpose of sustaining political supremacy i
on a form most hateful to the people upon
which it was imposed. This was unen
durable. No Minister dared to say that it
should continue to exist. Now was the
time to apply tiie remedy. The Minis
ters had raised tiie question, and had
broached a policy in regard to it upon
which they subsequently failed to agree.
He would say nothing concerning the
disposal of the Church property in Ire
land ; for more and better information
was needed on a question involving inter
ests so extensive. Our duty now was to
accotd justice to Ireland.
Mr. Gladstone then, alluding to the
personal attacks which, had been made j
upon him, denied most explicit '
manner that he had any connection with, j
or interest in, the policy or plans of either
the Ritualists on the one hand or the Ro
man Catholics on the other. Discussing
the arguments made against liis proposi
tions, lie said two leading objections had
been made to his plan for the disestablish -
ment of the Irish Church. One was that j
it imperiled the'existence of the Establish
ed Church of England ; the other objec
tion was that the time was inopportune.
Ten years ago, said Mr. Gladstone, the
people of Great Britain were iudilTerent,
aud then tiie introduction of a great re
form would have been untimely ; now the
people were aroused, and the opportunity
presented itself for an early and sound
settlement of the question. The strength
of tiie Church of England lay in her own
merits and in tiie voluntary zeal of her
votaries, far more than in her connection
with the State. He expressed the belief
that the Church of England would lose
none of her strength, even if parted from
the State. She had more to fear from tier
partisans than from her foes, and the re
form of the Irish Established Chnrch
would strengthen the Church of England.
Mr. Disraeli then rose amid the excited
cheers of the House to reply to Mr. Glad
stone and close the debate. He deplored
the act of injustice contemplated by these
resolves. It was an act which Involved
wide confiscation of property, ami men
aced the rights of every corporation and
every person in the United Kingdom. It
inevitably must predispose the public
mind for a similar attack upon the Church
of England, and it undoubtedly was in
tended to have such influence. In spite
of the virulence of the Dress, aud the
pressure brought to bear by the advocates
of change, he firmly believed tiie English
people would never sanction the sacrifice
of sacred things to party necessities, lead
ing, as it was sure to lead, to results only
to be described as revolutionary.
At 2:30 o’clock this morning the House
divided on tiie first of Mr. Gladstone’s re
solves, and the count stood as follows:
For tlic resolve IK-10
Against tlic resolve -.235
Majority 65
The announcement of the result was re
ceived with loud and profound cheering
from the Liberal benches.
Mr. Disraeli then rose, and, amid the
most profound silence, said this decision
so altered tiie relations of the Ministry
and the House of Commons, that the
Government needed lime to consider
what action it would take. He accord
ingly moved that the House adjourn until
Monday.
The motion was carried and the House
adjourned.
THE COMMENTS OF THE PRESS ON THE
DIVISION.
London, Friday, May I—Noon.
Tiie London pa|>ers, this morning, com
ment at length on the debates, and gene
rally consider the division a decisive one.
The Times says no one can deny the im
mense significance of this event. Since
the motion to go into (tommittee the To
ries have gained three seats in tiie Com
mons ; yet, the sixty majority has grown
to be sixty- six. A dissolution is talked of
merely to frighten members.
The H> raid says the House of Commons
by a vote, the importaueeof which cannot
be denied, affirms that the Irish Church
siiould.be disestablished, but tiie House of
Commons does not speak the voice of the
country, as the late elections show.
The Daily Metes says that it is satisfacto
ry to find that the Premier disclaims the
design of advising the Queen to act against
tiie vote of the House of Commons. His
duty is not to dissolve Parliament or re
sign, hut to aid the progress of the resolves.
The Standard deprecates the vote ol
want of confidence as compelling a disso
lution, but fears that the liberals intend to
pursue that course.
From the Milledgeville Union,
Central Railroad Si-liedule Iroin .tlllledge
ville to .Vlacou.
Messrs. Editors; Can’t you intercede
with the President of the Central Railroad
and get him to give us a different schedule
between this place aud Macon? Under
this schedule, if we desire to go to Atlanta,
we have to remain in Macon from SI 45 a.
m., until 840 p. m.—all day. If we desire
logo to Butler, Taibot, Columbus or beyond
we have to remain in Macon until 2 1-2 a.
in.—all day and part of the night, and if
we desire to go over the Southwestern
Road to Americus or,below, we have to re
main until about 8 o’clock the next morn
ing. Returning from Columbus, we have
to remain from 8 40p. m. to 415 p. in. next
day, and from Americus, Ac., from 4 30 p
m. to 4 15 next day. To go a trip and re
turn of 100 miles from Milledgeville and
Beyond Macon on the Southwestern and
Muscogee Roads, one is detained in Macon
two days and his hotel hill in JST at Maoon
atone. Now is not this shameful? The
President of the Central Railroad may
practice for a week and he caunot fix the
schedule more oppressive to the travelling
public going beyond Macon than this one.
Itconuects with no train whatever, except
the morniugdown train to Savannah. As
passengers are detained in Macon, so are
the mails by this arrangement.
Then tvhut is the t>est schedule? 1 think
the schedule iu use two or three months
ago the best we have had in several years.
It was to leave Milledgeville at 4 45 p. m.,
and return at i> o’clock p. m. This con
nected closely or as nearly as possible witli
all the Roads leading out of Macon —but
lately the Central night down train has
been detained in Macon two hours later.
Then why not again adopt this old sched
ule, with the the exception that the cars
reach Milledgeville at 11 o'clock at night
instead of ■> o’clock. Rut few persons get
tiieir mails at night. Really Mr. Wad ley
ought to take some compassion on us and
give us a better schedule than the present
one. A Citizen and Traveler.
1 rr - T - 11 a——
FRIDAY, MAY S. 1868.
I'OI.ITK AI. « IIAUAUTim Ol ’I UK
N EAT IiKG ISI.ATCTIII-:.
Our democratic cotemporaries claim
that we have returned a clear working
majority of ten on joint ballot to the next
Legislature. The House will certainly be
democratic, but there is some doubt about
the Senate, they say. But we have little
doubt about either branch, for many can
didates elected on Ihe radical ticket
have little or no sympathy for that party,
and will he conservative in all essential
particulars. So that if Bullock is elected
he wilt be checkmated by the Legislature,
while the democrats will secure the elec
tion of two United States Senators, which
is just now of great importance to Georgia
and the South. It is not to be supposed
that the radicals will vote for any candi
date for Senator who is not inimical to the
white race.
The patronage and power given to the
Governor by the new Constitution tran
scends that of the Queen of England.
Every door for corruption is thrown wide
open, and the people seem to have sur
rendered nearly all their reserved rights
to the Governor of their State. This is iu
keeping with the.spirit of the times. We
are running with lightning rapidity into
the very worst forms of despotism. The
cry of universal liberty is only a cloak to
hide the real design. Despotism is the
real point to lie reached. Everything
tends to the concentration of all power at
the Federal and State Capitals. But when
that is attained there will be a reaction.
Like electricity when gathered and com
pacted in the thunder cloud, a terrific ex
plosion which will shake (he earth is sure
to follow.
it is the duty of every good and true re
publican citizen to resist these evil ten
dencies of the times with all the energy
he can control. It will therefore be tlie
duty of the democratic members of the
Legislature to stand true to their country.
They need entertain no doubt about tiie
people sustaining them in tiieir work of
resisting Hie diabolical designs of ttie
radical party. A reaction will come over
this State at the next election wiiich will
sweep that party from all positions of
power aud trust. Indeed were anew elec
tion to come oil'to-morrow the democratic
party would carry the State by countless
thousands.
TIIE I,ATE GEORGIA ELECTION.
The following is the summing up of the
Atlanta Era of the late election. Any
one acquainted with the character of that
Radical and purely political newspaper
will not be disposed to place much reliance
iu the statement:
Constitution. Uovkknok.
K»»r. AifMus:. Bulloek. Gordon
Ist. District 1-. 7 ,57!» K,HS
2(1 - 12,»M 1:1,215 tl.Ktli H2>l
2d “ til,all 12,Mil ll,«nl
nil “ t:i,377 1(1,72) I.i,US2 1 1,1K7
SIU “ 17,693 9,2 til 17,151 9 610
6th “ 5.915 7,690 7,569 8,115
Till 11 9,625 11,271 8,019 13,151
88.123 69,750 83,146 76,099
JIKC A l-I TUI. ATKIN.
Total for the Constitution 83.123
Total again t the Constitution 69,750
Majority for.the Constitution 18,373
Total lor Bullock 83.U6
Total for Gordon 76,099
Majority for Bullock 7,017
The aggregate vole cast on the Consti
tution is 157,873, and for Governor, 159,245.
Ttie Senate stands 26 Republicans, against
is opposition aud doubtful, and the House
9(1 Republicans, 79 opposition and doubt
ful, giving a clear, reliable working ma
jority of 25 on joint buliot, even granting
that all the opposition and doubtful mem
bers are eligible.
Our friends in the State and elsewhere
are assured that all investigations will re
sult to the advantage of (lie Republican
party, and increase its strength, notwith
standing the threats aud defiant attitude
of the opposition. The victory is com
ple and decisive, and lienee entirely satis
factory to the victors.
The Legislature.—The Columbus
En</uirer writes the following closing par
agraph to an article on the complexion
of the Legislature:
Since writing the above we have re
ceived the Atlanta New Era of the Gtli,
and learn from it that the counties of
Emanuel, Bulloch, Tatnall, and YVare
have all elected Democratic Representa
tives, as we estimated above that they
would; and that the counties of Effing
ham, Rabun, aud Union, which are
among the five or six in which we said
the Democrats had as good a chance as tiie
Radicals, have also elected Democrats. So
we now have 81 Democrats sure, with
Berrien and Montgomery, that have given
majorities for Gordon, anil Jelfair and
Irwin, in which the election has not been
held, but which are considered certain for
tiie Democrats, yet to hear from. Besides
these, there is the Representative from
C.'ofl'ee, whom the Era designates as “neu
tral.” but whose county gave majorities
against the Constitution and for Gordon
aud Fiteb, and the county of Elbert,
electing a Democrat, which we had omit
ted in our table. A majority of the House
is 88, and we believe that the Democratic
figure will be “tliar or tharabouts.”
Taking into consideration the fact that
a great many men elected on the Radical
ticket will not act with that party, wo
need entertain no fears of Hie Radical
party’s controlling that lody.
YY’ho is Elected Governor?— Y\ f e do
not yet give up the election of Gen. John
B. Gordon Governor of Georgia. If the
many bogus and fraudulent tickets which
will be returned to the Board of Super
visors appointed by General Meade are
thrown out, his election is certain. The
gasconade of Bullock’s organs about liis
election by from five to ten thousand ma
jority amounts to nothing more than
gasconade. It certainly does not elect
their candidate.
Our friends everywhere are urged to for
ward all the evidence they jiossess to this
Board. They should act most promptly,
as the work of counting and examining
the returns will commence in a very few
days, and this evidence is very essential
in securing au honest aud faithful count.
The State Capital—Radicals Op
posed to its Removal. —As reckless as
the Radical politicians of Georgia arc, they
are not yet quite prepared to endorse the
monstrous proposition to remove the
State Capital Qom Milledgeville to At
lanta. Ttie Augusta Republican says :
“There seems to have been no prepara
tions made as yet for the mooting of the
Legislature in Atlanta. There is nothing
to prevent Milledgeville remaining the
seat of government until such arrange
ments as the people of Atlanta have prom
ised to make have been made. In view
of the embarrassed condition of the
finances of the State, and other considera
tions, it is to be hoped that Milledgeville
will remain ttie seat of government until
ttie stipulations proposed by the Atlanta
people are fulfilled. The people of Fulton
county do not seem very heartily to up
predate the benefits of having the ('apiial
at Atlanta, if we may judge by the way
they voted at the recent election. Augusta
did a thousand limes better.”
Jeff. Davis on the Right Side of
the Link. — YY'e learn from Richmond
that the bail'bond of Jell'. Davis would he
renewed yesterday; that Davis will not
appear in person ; that his trial will prob
ably be fixed for the last day of May or
the Ist ol June, when it will certainly take
place. The important point of this intel
ligence is this—that “Davis will not. ap
pear In person.” He is in Canada, lie is
safe over there from the wrath of Ben
YVade, and there we would advise him to
stay; for if brought in person totrial after
the removal of President Johnson his
chances for escape wilt lie slim indeed.
His conviction and execution will he nec
essary to the Radicals to save appearances
in reference to Johnson's removal. — N. Y.
Herald.
Any one acquainted with the character
of Mr. Davis knows that he would scorn
such advice. No one would dare suggest
it to him in person.
ItiwiN and Telfair Counties.- -YVe
call General Meade’s special attention to
the fact that no election was held in either
oneof these counties, as the Registrars
failed to open the polls. The people there
are bound to elect county officers, and
have a perfect and unquestioned right to
vote upon the Constitution, for Governor,
and for members of the Legislature. That
the election was not held at the proper
time was no fault of theirs. Y\ r e hope ho
will at once issue a special order to this
efiect. It would he nothing more than an
act of justice.
Lieutenant General Sherman an
nounces that the Armies of the Tennessee,
Cumberland, Ohio and Georgia, will meet
together iu Chicago on the 15th and 16th
of December next. '1 he obj<et is purely
social, and the design is to preserve the
memories and friendships of the war.
Addresses will he delivered on tiie evening
of the first day, and a grand banquet will
be given on the night of the 16th.
Tiie Latest News from Mexico.
The principal items in the latest tele
graphic news from Mexico attest the pro
longed disturbance which torments that
beautiful but unhappy country. The re
bellion of General Negrete is still uusup
pressed. Canales is reported as being
about to make common cause with Negrete
and also as having been successful iu a re
cent fight. The name of Aureliano Rivera
is connected with wild rumors of fresh
pronuneittmienloH. The insurrection at
J’erote had a horrible end, maiming hav
ing been resorted to in the execution of
the insurgents. This incident suffices to
show how very far behind the spirit of the
age the semi-barbarous Mexicans are. The
rumors of Minister Romero’s resignation
are renewed. Tiie course of Congress in
dicates a lost prestige on the part of I’res
ident Jaurez, who will find it difficult,
says our correspondent, to surmount the
elements of the opposition without exert
ing authoritative pressure. A communi
cation Iroin General J. G. Ortega, dated
at liis prison in Monterey and signed as
President ad interim , has been published.
Our readers are aware of his claims to the
title, which heassumes as being asuccesor
to Hie Presidency, according to the Mexi
can constitution, by virtue of liis former
office as Chief Justice. The utter social
disorganization of Mexico is illustrated by
the facts that Henor Calixto, tiie younger,
tiad been kidnapped and held to ransom
for ten thousand dollars; that Mr. Branfl',
one of tiie conductors of the Vera Cruz
Railway, had his skull fractured in a
light witli some bandits wtio attacked the
building party, and that Mr. Sauluier, the
American (,'onsul at Y'era Cruz, while on
a mission to tiie interior recently, was at
tacked by banditti. But Mr. Sauluier
drew his revolver and asserted that to
wns au American Consul, whereupon the
highwaymen desisted and saw the Consul
sale oil liis way. Our telegram does not
mention that lie may also have invoked
in liis behalf the “occult influence” of the
JJeKttd, of which lie was formerly a cor
respondent. But we arc glad to learn
that even the Mexican banditti are begin
ning to respect t lie authority of the Ameri
ean flag. Minister Romero is accused of
being at the head of a “short corner” in |
Mexican securities, attempted by sending
agents to the United .States by i lie Mexi- ;
can Treatury Department for the purpose
of depreciating the bonds of that republic
so as to buy them at a reduced rate. The
troubles in Sinaloa were to he put down
with vigor. General Corona was levying
forced loans on the foreign merchants to
pay his troops, and General Martinez had
virtually abandoned liis own cause, so that
what Alatorre did in Yucatan will be re
peated by Corona in Sinaloa. In line,
the same financial, political and social
chaos seems to exist in Mexico which we
have lately had so frequent occasion to
notice, and out of which order, wealth and
prosperity will probably not emerge until
the “great republic” shall have absorbed
tiie “so-called” republic of Mexico.
New York Herald ’.
Mr. Nelson ’£ Alarm.— Mr. Nelson,
the counsel for the President, is as uneasy
iu regard to Butler as Senator Sumner is;
hut iiis uneasiness is of another sort. —
Sumner smells gunpowder, hut Nelson
has his thoughts on spoons. Sumner sees
the fierce and bloody-minded Butler lead
ing up his powuer ship to the groat con
cussion and says to himself, “YY’hutwill
this man not do?” Nelson sees Butler as
the hero of New Orlens ; he hears injured
housekeepers crying out for missing silver
on Butler’s departure, and he muses,
“ What will not this man take and keep?”
Thus the figure of Butler, as conjured up
in the mind of Nelson, is quite dissimilar
from that conjured up in the timid soul of
sumner ; and Nelson, in refusing to trust
| his “ original papers ” in Butler’s hands
without calling public notice to the cir
cumstanee, proves that he best understands
the hero of all the battles of the war.—A'.
Y. Herald.
A widow in Virginia buried all tier
family jewelry and gold during the war,
forgot tiie place, and was unable to find
it until a terrier dog dug it up a few days
\ Miss Harris, of Mississippi, raised
a bale of cotton last year by her own
industry, and has just sold it for two hun
dred and ninety-two dollars. j
VOL. LX., NO. 10
r,, i' ait v ssi hi an war.
Jftxtory of King Tfietxiorr— Origin <>f ifc
War.
.King Theodores or Theodore of Abvs
smia, with whoso name and recent histo
, TV every render of newspapers throughout
the world has become familiar in eonse
! quenceof his war with England, lias been
| slain at tt.e storming of his capital, Mag
; ihda, by the English armv, as lias been
I announced t»y the telegraph. The origi
nal name of riieodore was Dejajuiatch
I Kasai. Ke was born of humble parentage
; in Quarel, on the borders of Western Am
bare, and was educated in a convent, in
| which he was placed under restraint by
] Ilia mother. He eseai>ed from the convent
to his uncle, Dejutch t'amfu, a noted reliel,
with whom he imbibed a taste for warlike
pursuits, and eventually became ruler of a
large portion of Abyssinia. Naturally
ambitious and politic, he succeeded in en
larging his authority steadily at tin- ex
pense of the other “lias” 'or Chiefs of
Abyssinia. His power especially increas
ed when in 1853 lie defeated his father-in
law, lias Ali, and took him prisoner. At
length in 1555 lie felt himself strongeiiough
to formally claim the throne of all Abvs
«iilia, and lie was crowned as such by the
A buna Salama, tin- bead oftlie Abyssinian
Church. His reign soon proved to be tiie
most effective Abyssinia.had ever had. Vs
soon as he came into power his attention
was directed to the im;« irtains* of I icing
on terms of friendship with tlie governs
meut which rules India, and which has
established itself in the neightioriug strong
hold of Aden. He, therefore, iv-oleed to
assert the rights assured to him by virtue
ot the treaty made between Great liritain
and Abyssinia in the year lspi, and ratified
in lSoi’, in which it was stipulated that
each Mateshould receive embassadors from
the other.
Mr. l’lowden, who had been for mauv
years English Consul at Mas-owah, al
though not an accredited agent to Abys
sinia, went to that country with presents
for the people in authority, and remained
during a war which broke out. at the ac
cession of Theodore. Unfortunately Mr.
Plowden, who bad succeeded in winning
the favor of the Emperor to a large extent,
was killed, and his successor, Mr. Came
ron, was in loti ned soon after his arrival in
listij, by tiie king, that lie desired to carry
out the above mentioned treaty ; lie cvcii
wrote an autograph letter to(Jut on Victo
ria, asking permission to send an cml UIKHV
to London. Although the letter readied
England in February, it remained
unanswered; and the supposition is that
this circumstance, together with a quarrel
with Mr. .stern, a missionary, who, in a
boo Iron Abyssinia, bad apoken disresjieet
lully ol tiie king, and who bad rcniou
strated against tlm Hogging to death of
two interpreters, roused the king’s temper,
and a year after having despatched the
unanswered letter, lie sent an armed force
to the missionary station, seized the mis
sionaries, and put them in chains, lie
also cast Mr. Cameron into prison, and
bad him chained continually to an Abys
sinian soldier. Great excitement prevail
ed in England ou the arrival of the news
of this outrage against Kritisli subjects;
but in consideration of an armed expedi
tion having to undergo many hardships
in such a warm climate, it was deemed
best by the English Government to imo
diplomacy in its efforts to have the pris
oners released.
It was not until the second half of Au
gust, l.sUo, that Mr. ltassam, an Asiatic by
birth, was sent on a special mission to tho
Abyssinian potentate, and was received
on his arrival in February, 1 in a truly
magnilicient style, the release of the pris
oners being at once ordered by the King,
lint the hope thus raised was soon to bo
disappointed, for when Mr. Ilnssam and
the oilier prisoners were just on the point
of taking leave oftlie emperor, they wero
put under arrest and notified that they
would have to remain in the country as
State guests until an answer could be oh
tained to another letter which the king
was going to write to the tjueen. Jlypoc ’
risy, falseness and mendacity seem to have
taken a prominent part in the character of
King Theodore, for while he, in nn unc
tuous letter to the tjueeti, ostensibly at
tributed the detention of Mr. Hussain to
bis wish of consulting with him in what
way the friendly relations of the English
arid Abyssinian monarchies might behest
extended, he treated (lie prisoners with
leniency only for a short period, and soon
used rigorous measures towards bis vic
tims. Asa reason for bis change of con
duct, lie afterwards gave an alleged report
that English, French, and Tuiki-h troops
were on their way to invade Abyssinia.
Theodore's letter was conveyed to Eng
land by Mr. Klad,a German missionary,
who was also the bearer of a letter from
Mr. ltassam, in which tic requested that
English artisans be sent ( > engage in the
Abyssinian service. Tiie English Gov
ernment engaged some artisans for the
service, and having sent them to the Coast
of Abyssinia, notified the king that they
would enter his territory if lie would pre
viously liberate the captives. The condi
tions being not complied with,(liearti-aus
returned to England. Alter exhausting
all diplomatic resources to obtain from
Theodore the release of the captives, the
English government last year declared
war against Theodore. The war was
chiefly to be carried on with the t loops,
European and native, which in India laid
become accustomed to the hot climate.-
The first English troops made their ap
pearance in October, lso7, but it was not
until the dose of Ihe year that the whole
of the army arrived. The expedition was
commanded by Gctieial .Sir Hubert Napier,
heretofore Commanding-General at l!om
bay. Under him acted as commanders ol
divisions, Sir Charles Sucvely and Col.
Malcolm, while Colonel Mercwether com
manded the cavalry.
The distance from Mas-owah, the land
ing place of the troops, to Magdala, the
capital of Theodore, is about .'loo miles. —
The English hud io overcome great diffi
culties, but they have overcome them with
remarkable energy. King Theodore grad
ually retired before the English without
risking a battle until lie reached his capi
tal. Then he made a stand and fought
bravely for Ins crown, but in vain; lie was
defeated, the capital captured and the
king himself slain. King Theodore was,
on the whole, the greatest ruler Abys niia
has ever bad ; even according to English
accounts, lie excelled in all ujuuJy pur
suits, and Ids general manner was polite
and engaging. Had lie avoided this fool
ish quarrel with England, and proceeded
on the way of reform which lie entered
upon in the beginning of bis reign, he
would probably have played an important
part in the political regeneration of East
ern Africa.
VOTES ON Til K I M PEACHMENT. 'File
following table of votes on the admission
of testimony given by Senators, may in
dicate their final vole on the guilt or inno
cence of President Johnson:
SENATOR VOTIM. AH*!S
Fowler *•' fj
Van Winkle ;( 1 *•'
Grime* f’ f*
Fe»«ernlen , ,
Trumbull "j * ' L
Anthony „ ,
k 0»...:. » *
Ph-rman *} 11
Willey ** \\ ”
If any six of these Senators vote for
Johnson, the impeachment i* a Liiiurc
conviction. If thirty-three Senator vote
for expulsion, and seventeen Senators
against conviction, they will lack wu
of carrying their point.
Presidential.—The Norfolk .Jimm"'
thinks it a matter of madness to nominate
Pendleton as the champion of a Hestored
Union, because lie pronounced the Umoi*
a failure after Gettysburg and Atlanta.
Judging by the samples of ISu.-'-s, we
think Pendleton quite right J*» JJ* J “‘
ment. There never has been, ‘ * er ® 1 '
wilt be reconstruction in aM . j
unless the people r t [;‘ rl '° i „ w )dch
first principles Hence, as a
Pendleton never
candidate of genuine m
to us the very best mau ... the ring.
What objection call the p* < p 1 '
United States have Selecting Gen. Kobtr*
President , He is the most honor
able man now
7v;/,mieVex planat <>n of the
TheMu'ub 'of April lim( .
fo'the deeondtou of the grave. oftbeO m
fortlieo that on that day occurred
theTsurrender of .Johnston’s army, when
{he last hope of the Confederacy was
buried.