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Georgia Journal & Messenger,
J. \V. BlltUE A - {(>„ l’r oprletnrs.
A. W. BBESB, I „ , I4
S. ROSE, | Editors.
SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1868.
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WHAT IT MEANS.
There is evidently a change of tactics
among the Radical conspirators at Wash
ington City. Up to the introduction of
Stevens’ “Omnibus bill” for the “admis
sion” of the Southern States, it was toler
ably clear that they did not contemplate
opening the door until after the Presiden
tial election. It was not at all certain that
these “reconstructed”, States would vote for
liig Stupid in November, and hence they
were not to be allowed t > vote at all. Rut
it seems a greater danger t hreatens, and it
must he promptly met. The President
may slip through the toils. The majority
for his conviction is not an assured one.
To acquit him would ruin them irretriev
ably. It must be prevented. How ? By
votes from the rotten boroughs—the ue
groi/.ed States of the South 1 That’s their
little game. With a reinforcement of fif
teen or twenty such facile tools as Joe
Brown, who would only be too happy to
show the thoroughness of their servili
ty, and the genuineness of their venom
against the man who has striven to save
the honest men of the South from their
hate, they could afford to lose the votes of
such allies as Fessenden, Trumbull, Fow
ler, Sprague, et cil.
“ Let ’em rip.” We have a strong faith
in tlie Ides of November, if al( the signs
fail not, that day will mark the over
whelming defeat and disgrace of these
Neros who are gambling for place and
plunder while the Temple of Liberty is
in flames, and the Constitution and the
Laws are being slaughtered in its vesti
bule. Heeding the earnest and timely
words of the editor of the Mobile Bey inter,
who writes from Washington, let the
.South go on in the path her good sense
and knightly honor have made a beaten
highway for the past three years of op
pression and contumely. She will surely,
in the end, have both justice and retribu
tion at one draught. He says:
Profoundly interested in the issues of
the next Presidential election, the people
of the South should pretermit no action or
expression of opinion that might tend to
bear up a favorable result 1 It needs no
argumentto prove that the Radical party
lias been enabled for several years past to
hold itself in the confidence of the North
by a system of gross misrepresentation of
the temper and opinions of the South
since the close of the war Being in the
seat of power in the Government, and at
the centre from which radiates the intelli
gence that informs public opinion, and we
of the South being entirely voiceless here,
or nearly so, through the deficiency ot
Northern circu atiou for our Southern
papers, the Radicals have succeeded in
tilling the minds of the masses with pre
judices and calumnies against us, and
making the people firmly “believe in a
lie.” It is not that our intelligent North
ern friends do not understand the truth
about us, and know how solemnly and
publicly we have declared to the world
certain purposes, resolves and feelings,
which the Radicals persistently deny.
Large masses of Northern people on
their farms and in their workshops to-day
believe that rebellion is as active in
Southern hearts now as it was while the
war was flagrant, and thatonly the sword
stifles its outbreak ; that we only await the
restoration of State power to re-establish
slavery; that we do not accept any of the
legitimate results of the wav, would revive
the validity of the Confederate public
debt and deny the equality of races before
the law in respect to protection of person
and property ; that Union men are not safe
amongst us; and that to murder negroes
* in cold blood is a pastime among us, only
limited by dread of the Federal soldiery.
It is important that the South should
once more, and in someauthoritative form
to reatdi the Northern popular mind,
declare what its true position is in,
referetrci -fgpfc* -e questions. I know oi
no better method of doing it than in the*
State Conventions to nominate delegates
to t/"* Naf/oual Democratic Convention
at New York; and 1 would earnestly
advise all those bodies, either by resolu
tions or by an address to the people of
the United States, to declare their ac
ceptance of the practical results of the
war.
I am persuaded that such declarations
are greatly needed, and would exert a
powerful influence upon the issue of the
coming campaign. If done, it is well
that it were soon done. In a very short
time the Radicals meetiu convention, and
will be before the country with their can
didates and the platform upon which they
propose to plant themselves. Many of
our friends think that the National Com
mittee of the Democracy made a mistake
in postponing the nominating convention
till July, and a movement has taken
place to induce the committee to call it
in June. Let ns of the South be ready for
any emergency, and get the declaration of
their feelings and opinions before the
people of the United States as soon as
.possible.
Ik 1 have great hopes in Novenber, 1868.
'T-f we are wise iu our choice of men, for-
fraternal, and self-saeri(icing as
engaged in a struggle so holy should
am prepared to see tire enemies of
free government and white political domi
nation 1 *" America overwhelmed and
routed i» l & Waterloo defeat.
Vmmt i»i. /rroiiji.
“Muck,T «f the Cincinnati Commercial,
lias seen H draft of the platform to be
built for to stand upon at Chi
cago, as the nominee of the Jacobins for
the Presidency. Asa matter of public
interest, and in order that we may all see
by Thursday or Friday next, at furthest,
whether or not “Mack” has told the truth,
we let him tell his story. He says:
As to the platform likely to he adopted
at Chicago, f can say this much: that 1
have seen a draft of what I was assured
hail received General Grant’s approval,
and was certain to be the platform of the
Convention. It was in the bauds of a
gentleman whom 1 know to be ait inti
mate friend of Grant, and whom I know
also to have come lo Washington from
the West tyul been repeatedly closeted
with Grant while here, for tls£ express
purpose o ascertaining the General's
views of this subject. It may interest the
“earnest” wing of the Republican party
to know that the person to whom 1 refer
was a Democrat throughout the war, and
lias never voted a Republican ticket, or
even what was called, during the war, a
“Union” ticket, in his life. I met him
not long since returning from General
Grant’s house. He talked about the polit
ical prospects, and especially about the
platform to be adopted at Chicago.
He produced from his pocket a closely
written page of foolscap, which he said
was “Grant’s platform,” and added that
Grant was in a condition to dictate to tire
party, and not the party to him, and that
lie would run upon no other platform than
the one he then allowed me to read. 1
read it over from first to last. My friend
asked me how l thought it would suit the
Convention. I told him it was remarka
ble chiefly for the skill with which it
evaded the great issues of the campaign—
reconstruction, negro suflVage, equal taxa
tion and the mode of paying the national
debt. From first to last there was not a
line iu favor of the Congressional policy of
reconstruction ; not a single indorsement
of the Fortieth Congress, or any of its
measures; and no hint as to a financial
policy. The when as was twice as long as
as the resolved. There were some glitter
ing words about the late war for the Union,
a vague hint at equal rights, without any
special application, and a glittering gen
erality iu favor of maintaining the public
credit. It meant everything or nothing,
just as you liked to Interpret it.
Military Arrests.—We learn from
the Columbus papers; of yesterday, that
James Barber and Wade Stephens, white,
aud John Wells, colored, were arrested in
that city on 1 hursday by the military, and
taken that afternoon to Savannah under
guard. No charges were preferred, aud
no cause assigned for their arrest, but it is
supposed to have some connection witli
the killing of Ashburue. They were pro
mised a hearing upon their arrival at Sa
vannah.
OF GEtEUAL INTEREST.
Paragraph II of Gen. Meade’s Order
No. 77, of date the 12th inst., in regard to
contestants for office under the late elec
tion, and which we published yesterday,
reads as follows:
11. That all parties claiming office un
der, or in any way contesting said elec
tion, on any grounds, be governed by tbe
Code of Georgia, Title 13, ‘Elections by
the people,’ Chapter 0. ‘Contested elec
tions,” pp. 1357, 1,2, 3,4, 5, and same par
graph 6 and 8, substituting for ‘Governor,’
‘Board of officers convened by General
Orders No. 74,’ auil same paragraph 9,J
substituting ‘for within thirty days from*
the day of election, ’' thirty days from the
date of this order,’ and pp. 1358, substitu
ting for ‘Governor’ ‘Board of officers con
vened by General Order No. 74, current
series.’
The following extract from the Code of
Georgia embraces all the paragraphs in
question. It will be borne in mind that
the words “Board of officers convened by
General Orders No. 74,” must be substi
tuted in the reading for the word “Gover
nor,” wherever it occurs, and that for
“within thirty days from the day of the
election,” “within thirty days from the
date of this order” must be substituted.
1. The adverse party shall have five
days’ notice in writing of the intention to
contest, and the grounds of the contest.
2. The notice shall state the time and
place where the contestant intends to make
testimony, and the names of the witnesses,
if any.
3. The elect shall give like notice of the
time and place where he intends to take
testimony, and the names of witnesses, if
any.
4. Either party may appear by himself,
or attorney, or both, and cross-examine
the witnesses.
5. At the time of taking testimony any
judicial officer of the County where the
testimony is taken may preside to preserve
order, to swear witnesses, and to see that
the testimony is fairly and impartially
taken down, Out all the testimony ottered
must be written down. Said officer lias
the power to subpoena witnesses and com
pel their attendance, if in the State, and
to issue Commissions to take testimony of
persons out of the State, and to adjourn
from day to day.
6. All the papers and proceedings, or
copies of t hem, must be transmitted to the
Governor, certified to by the presiding of
ficer, or agreed to by the parties.
8. Both parties may appear by them
selves and counsel, and lie heard before
the Governor, who shall have both notified
of the day when he will hear the contest.
f). Testimony going to prove the illegal
ity of a vote, and the want of qualification
In a voter, must betaken within'thirty
days from the day of the election.
<SI3SS. The proceedings to contest the
seat of a member of the General Assem
bly are the same, and may be transmitted
to tbe Governor, who shall send tbe same,
immediately after the organization, to the
presiding officer of tbe House where the
contest lies, or may be sent direct to such
presiding officer.
THE EXPENSES IN BANKRUPTCY.
r i’he following correspondence is of im
portance to those who intend to take ad
vantage of the provisions of the United
•States Bankrupt Act;
Augusta, May 12th, ISOB.
A. G. Foster, Register in Bankruptcy :
My Dear Sir— As the time will soon
expire when parties who wish to avail
themselves of the benefit of the Bankrupt
Act, without having to pay fifty cents on
the dollar on the amount of their indebt
edness, will you, for their information, be
good enough to state the sum, in c-ash, to
be deposited with the Clerk before their
cases can be entered, and any other par
ticular bearing on the subject, which you j
may regard a* being important for them
to know,
And oblige your friend,
John Milledgk.
Office N<>. 5, Griffin Building,
Entrance on Ellis street.
Augusta, Ga., May 12lh, 1868.
My Dear Colonel: Yours of this date
lias been received. In reply to your in
quiries, I cau only state: Persons availing
themselves of the benefits of ttie Bankrupt
Act are required to furnish the necessary
funds to defra> tbe expenses as provided
for by the act. These expenses vary in
amount, according to the circumstances
ipjc.Bach particular case, the aver-<
w*jr opro tbe firs-
creditors and the appointment*
of.an assignee, is about seveutv-tive dol
lars. This sum consists of the fifty dollars
required to be deposited with ttie Clerk
under the Rule of Court, together with the
fees of the Clerk and Marshal for the ser
vices to be rendered by them, which, un
der ttie law, tiiey require paid in advance.
The exact sum necessary to pay these ex
penses depends upon the extent of the
labor to be performed by these officers,
and varies in amount as the labor to be
performed varies. After the assignee is
appointed, if no assets come to his hands,
or if the assets be insufficient to defray
the expenses necessary to the completion
of liis duties, these expenses will also he
required Irom the applicant. In reference
to the action of‘Congress as to the amend
ment or change of the law, no opiniou can
be worth any tiling; and I would suggest
that any party interested can certainly lose
nothing by an immediate application for
the benefits of the law in its present form.
Yours, most respectfully,
A. G. Foster.
To Col. Milledge, Office No. 5 Griffin
Building.
MUS. 1.. WRITES A HOOK.
Moved with envy at the fame and for
tune that “Lizabeth” Keckley, her quon
dam chum and mautua maker, promises
to gather iu the walks of hack stairs and
kitchen literature, the widow of the “Late
Lamented” has also rushed into priut. It
is announced that strenuous efforts have
been made to keep this precious morceau
from the public, but Mrs. L. was not to he
bullied. She would sell her “old elos,” and
sh ewill tell all she knows of the localities,
aud robberies, aud jobbery of the squirm
ing Radical politicians who cast her off
when she could no longer serve them. We
await its advent with great anxiety.
An Illinois editor, who lias been per
mitted to look through it, describes it as
unctuously racy. He refers to the follow
ing incident related of that dirty creature,
the renegade Logan, as a sample of its
quality:
In connection with this fresh-blowm
statesman, Mrs. Lincolu records the his
tory of a diamond-ring—a splendid soli
taire.
When Logan presented it to her, he
gave her to understand that it cost him
several hundred dollars. Remembering
how few there were of Logan’s friends
with whom his word was as good as his
well-endorsed bond, site sent the ring to a
New V(>ik jeweler, with the request that
he tell her the value of it. As she antici
pated, the ring turned out to he worthless
—or very nearly so, the jeweler placing its
value at eighteen dollars; aud it was re
turned to Logan, with a message which he
probably remembers.
A Sharp Lawyer Cauoiit at his
Tricks.—A day or two since we learned
of an affair in which the U. S. Marshal of
this place “ smelt a big rat ” in some pro
ceedings which stayed him from executing
the law and brought the said rat to light.
As we learn, about three weeks ago, a
deputy Marshal, of this city went to a
place near Butler, on the Macon & Colum
bus Railroad, to levy upon some property
by virtue of a judgment issued out of the
U. S. District Court. The counsel of the
parties interested learning of tilts move
ment of the Marshal, aud to prevent him
from making the levy, prompted a person
to personate the Sheriff of the county.—
The bogus Sheriff went to tile store on
the morning the levy was to take place
and took possession. When the Marshal
arrived he asserted that he was the Sheriff
of the county and in legal possession of the
property, and threatened to visit with vio
lence any attempt of the Marshal to make
the levy. The bogus Sheriff bore the same
name as the real Sheriff, and so strongly
asserted his right there that the Marshal
was convinced that everything was right
and left. On his way buck his suspicions
were aroused and be made inquiries which
siiowed that he had been duped. He then
had tiie lawyer aud bogus Sheriff arrested
by legal process, aud had them brought |
here under guard. A heariug was given
them before tiie Commissioner, and the
affair settled.— Sav. Hews a- Herald.
"
Missionary Board of the Methodist !
Episcopal Church South.— Louisville,
May 8. —The Missionary Board of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South met
GEORGIA JOURNAL AND MESSENGER.
here yesterday, Bishop Pierce presiding.
Dr. McFerriu made a .brief exhibit ot the
finances, showing that the collections and
disbursements hi tbe destitute regions ol
the South during the year reached 550,0(1 >.
He spoke in high terms of the liberality ot
the Church, and said that the prospects for
the future are full of promise. The reli
gious interests of the colored people were
under consideration. A conference ot
colored people connected with the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South had been
formed with a view to the final organiza
tion of a General Conference of the colored
preachers of the Church in the South,
being on the basis of the Uisci
of the Methodist Church South, yet
distinct from the whites in all their asso
ciations and operations.
THE CASE Ol MB. RANDOLPH.
We are glad to see that this gentleman,
the editor of a paper at Tuscaloosa, Ala
bama, and who has been in tiie hands of
one of those courts “organized to convict”
yclept a “military commission,” is out
of their cruel clutches. The Montgomery
papers say. that he hud been sentenced to
eleven years at that lieli upon earth, the
Dry Tortugas, but that, at the instance of
Mr. Forsyth and Gov. Parsons, the Presi
dent of the United States ordered bis re
lease. The Mail, commenting upon this
case, speaks out with great spirit and
boldness. It says:
If Andrew Johnson remains President,
let him continue the good work, and re
move those military men who have taken
advantageof his expected removal to show
their claws and teeth prematurely. In the
name of the outraged people of Alabama,
vve call upou. Andrew Johnson to remove
Gens. Meade and Shepherd for their inhu
man conduct, and to send us officers who
will cultivate peace and law by practicing
impartiality and justice. And in the name
of the people of Alabama vvq call upon
him to strike the chains from the limbs of
our fellow-citizens at the Dry Tortugas,
ami return them toiiie justice of the civil
law ! We beg this in the name of those
million just souls at the North who have
spoken out against Radical violence, and
who desire to cement a Union of love and
peace. We beg it in the name of the
millions at the South who desire a Union
of justice, but who, when they see their
sons in chains, feel their hearts boiling
with a vengeance which neither chains
nor time can assuage.
■ liibumian* tlmitied like Dog*.
The Pensacola Observer of the 9th says
that ; “.Seven young gentlemen from
Greene county, Alabama, were prisoner’s
aboard the Lavaca which touched at the
wharf yesterday, on their way to Dry
Tortugas. They were manacled and
chained together and guarded by sixteen
bayonets. They were sentenced by a mil
itary court, sitting at Selma, to hard labor
for one and two years. The heinous crime
for which they were convicted as we have
understood, was, that one of the young
men struck a “carpet-bagger” by ttie name
of Hill —a miserable creature who is said
to have been expelled from the Masonic
fraternity and tlie Methodist ministry for
stealing hogs from his neighbors. They
were all young men of high respectability
and refinement. To see these seven young
gentlemen standing on the deck of that
steamer, chained like dogs, was well cal
culated to cause the Hlood to boil and
seethe, and the heart to throb with emo
tions which we are compelled to conceal
for fear that an expression of them might
■ condemn us to a" like punishment.”
Come to Griee.—One Rennet, a Colum
bus scalawag, who was very conspicuous
as a witness against tlie parties arrested in
Columbus for the killing of Ashburn, but
who was afterwards released on bail, was
recently fined SSO and sent to jail for thir
ty days, for “obtaining goods under false
pretences” from a brother scalawag in th'dt
citv.
Dead.—We regret to learn I'iom the
Tallahassee PlorulUin the death of Mrs.
rf'jiii.orrrA Alston, wife of hi- Exct i
■lppiS £>v. Walkef, of that h3fate, ill Tail
PTaliassee, 7(li inst. Tie deceased
lady was'one of Nature’s gentlewomen,
and befelecease will he mourned with a
universality and heartiness that attest the
high esteem in which she was held.
Mr. Stephens’s New Book.— We have
received from Mr. Scliaub, the agent, the
first volume of this work. The second
will he published during the summer. We
have not had time to examine its contents,
critically, hut we are well assured that it
will add greatly to the reputation of the
author as a profound and philosophical
thinker and writer.
Atlanta News. —The departure of that,
conspicuous apostate, Brown, for the Rad
ical Chicago Convention, which meets on
\\ ednesday, the 20th, and the killing of a
mad dog in the rear of the American Ho
tel, were the only uews items that we
found, yesterday, in our Atlanta ex
changes.
For Hale. —Mr. J. P. Bawtell, of the
Cu ill belt Appeal, offers to sell a half in
terest in that paper. The office has a good
run of patronage, andsif application is
made within thirty days a bargain can be
had.
South Georgia and Florida Rail
road. — We were gratified to welcome to
our city and sanctum, last Saturday, < 'apt.
M. B. Grant, Principal Assistant Engi
neer of the contemplated S. G. & F. R. It.,
who, with his party, had just completed a
preliminary survey of the line from Thorn
asvilie to this place. Capt. G. informs us
that he found a very favorable line all the
way through, requiring a maximum grade
of only 42 feet to the mile.
The line run passes through Camilla in
Mitchell county, and crosses the Flint at
Culpepper’s Ferry, fifteen miles below
Albany. The whole distance from Tliom
asville to Albany is fifty-seven miles,
which may he somewhat shortened in lo
cating the road. Albany Netvs , Yllh.
Rain and Crops. — We have had much
rain in this section for the past two weeks,
and farmers are much impeded in their
operations. Yesterday morning it was
quite cool, and overcoats were not uncom
fortable. We learn that the wheat crop
of this county is very promising, and as
there is a much larger breadth sown than
last year, we may look for a heavy crop
should no disaster occur.— Talbolion Ga
zette, 14 th.
For Liberia. —The ship Goleonda, of
which we have made frequent mention as
the colonization ship for Liberia, cleared
yesterday. She carried with her four
hundred and forty-six colored passengers,
all of whom propose to stettie in Liberia.
A large number of them are from this
place.— Savannah News and Herald, 14 th.
Columbia and Hamburg Railroad.
The iron lias been laid, and the road is
being operated, twenty-six miles. We
learn that arrangements have been com
pleted for the delivery of the whole of the
iron for this road from Columbia to Grau
iteville, and that it vvili he laid down at
tiie rate of six miles per month. This rate
will put the line from Columbia to Gran
iteville in full operation about the first of
January next. — Chronicleand Sentinel, 14.
Prisoners Released.—A. H. Darnell,
J. D. Calhoun, Iverson L. Griffin, B. L.
Smith and J. J. Ram bo, citizens cf Val
dosta, Ga , who were arrested and con
fined in the barracks at Savannah, on the
charge of placing a keg of powder under a
platform to blow up J. W. Clift, the scala
wag, now member to Congress, while
speaking at Valdosta, have been released
on bail of £IO,OOO for each. Citizens of
Savannah signed their bonds.—Thomas
villc Enterprise, 13th.
Meat Stealers Shot.—Some nights
ago two brothers, named Butler, broke in
to Mr. John Jordan’s store, at Geneva,
and were helping themselves quite liber
ally to bacon, when they were tired upon
by Mr. Jordan and botli wounded—one
in tbe Hip and tiie other in the hand. Mr.
J. was a little too fast for them on that oc
casion. Thieves, it would seem, will do
well to let his store alone.— Talbotlon Ga
zette, Hth.
MONDAY, MAY 18, 1868.
IIIPEACH II ENT DE llf S
Our noon dispatches, on Saturday, an
nounced the defeat of the Radical con
spirators at Washington, and the vindica
tion of tiie President of the UniteHjtates
from tiie I‘iiiitained
We
vole ill tiie otl^^^Hhls
seems to have been a test, apHHktlre
whole scheme may be prqnoutioed a mofit
disastrous failure. 1 n common with every
honest man in ail this broad land, we re
joice to know that there were seven Sena
tors who remembered that they were
Americans, and,as honest, impartial jurors
bound to be governed by the law and the
evidence, before they were members of the
Radical parly. For Saturday’s work they
have deserved well of their country. It
may be said that tiiey only diti their duty,
but let it be remembered that tiiey did it
in the face of tiie most tremendous pres
sure, probably, that was ever brought to
bear upou mortal men. Their names de
serve all the prominence that can be given
them, and we repeat them, in this place,
with the States tiiey represent: Fowler,
Tennessee; Fessenden, Maine; Hender
son, Missouri; Grimes, Iowa; Ross, Kan
sas; Tkumiutll, Illinois; and Van Win
kle, West Virginia.
IN J ( IIHIOI S FRIENDS.
Mr. Pendleton may have good reason to
exclaim, before (lie meeting of tiie Na
tional Democratic Convention; “Save me
for my friends.” For certainly they are
showing a spirit in dealing with all who
disagree with them, even upon the policy
of his nomination, that can not fail to
work to liis serious prejudice. Mr. For
syth, of the Mobile Hey inter, seems the
Southern target at which all their shots
are directed, but tiiey might as well learn
now, as at any time, that tiiey are firing
at nine-tenths of tbe Southern people, and
press, in his person. We read our ex
changes pretty earef’.illv, and study the
drift of public sentiment as closely as pos
sible, and we are assured that Mr. F. in
his declaration that the South can not
afford to consult passion or prejudice in
choosing a leader who shall essay their
deliverance from Radical bondage, speaks
for the South, and correctly represents its
dominant sentiment. The people of the
South will vote for Mr. Pendleton with
hearty enthusiasm and accord, provided
their Northern allies see fit to put him
forward as a man who can win. They
know better than we, of course, how
strong he is. Rut the matter must he as
much beyond peradventure as it is possi
ble for any similar event to be. There
must lie no factitious, artificial hurrah
and glorification over his “war record,”
and a covering up of liis weakness and
unaceeptability to the voters of the North,
simply to justify ; ast platforms, and vin
dicate tHe position of certain politicians
upon dead and buried issues. We say
‘•must,” not because we have the least
idea of bolting any nomination that tiie
Convention may make as against Grant,
nor as a threat, but only to express the
earnestness of our feelings upon tiie sub
ject.
It may be with Northern Democrats a
very grave matter, indeed, this change in
the national administration; hut with us
it is a question of life or deatii. We have
realized for three years, now, ttie body of
tiie death of the most galling and mon
strous tyranny that ever disgraced a civil
ised jieople. We have looked forward to
the issue of ttie Presidential struggle as
jpur only hone w»
* ... *
sacrifice to and we
have just a» up «ur
minds what we cannot qtt'ord to sacrifice.
And that is success* That means life.
Anything else, even the endorsement by
tbe Democracy of tiie Nortli of the prin
ciples upon which we waged the late civil
war, and a full and triumphant vindica
tion of our action therein, means death.
We do not mean, of course, that we are
willing to go upon our bellies, und with
our hands upon our mouth, and our
mouths in the dirt, accept and justify all
the outrages, ai! the insults, and all ilie
degradation that have been heaped upon
us under a plea for the maintenance of the
Union and the vindication of its dignity.
Os course not. We refer only to a full,
free, and emphatic acceptance of the le
gitimate results of the war, and the
strongest assurance that language can
give, of our solemn and unalterable deter
mination to bear true faith and allegiance
henceforth, and forever, to the Union and
to tHe Equality of the States. There are no
words conveying this declaration too
strong for us to endorse—there is no
pledge to this effect too binding for us to
assume. If we know aught of the pur
poses and temper of the Southern people,
this is what they are prepared to do.
As between Mr. Pendleton and any oth
er candidate, Gen. Hancock say, we frank
ly avow our preference, personally, for the
former. He is a gentleman whose posi
sition and conduct in reference to the ques
tionjsth it resulted in the latearbitrainentof
arms, were such as to commend him in the
highest degree to the love, and admiration,
and gratitude of tiie South as a section.
He is well born and well mannered, too —
essentials that the high office to which he
aspires lias riot known of late years—a
finished scholar and gentleman, and a
statesman of first-rate ability, and large
experience in public affairs. If lie was as
available as he is deserving, there could
be no doubt of iiis selection. That, how
ever, is, at least, a doubtful matter.
'i'o Gen. Hancock all that we have said
of Mr. Pendleton, except as regards ids
experience in civil business, is just as ap
plicable. In availability, we are bound
to believe, if our information of Northern
sentiment be correct, that lie is far ahead
of Mr. Pendleton. We do not, as an ab
stract question, favor going into the ranks
of any army for civil rulers, hut we be
lieve Gen. Hancock to be thoroughly im
bued with the true principles of constitu
tional liberty, and with an inborn and
genuine American reverence for the Law.
He would he perfectly acceptable, ns Pre
sident of the United States, to every hon
est man in the South, and to none, we are
persuaded, more than the soldiers and of
ficers of the Confederate army. We shall
not commit ourselves to liis support, nor
that of any other man, however. Our
candidate is the best man, and the best
man is the man who can win.
Corroboratory.—ln support of our
theory as announced Saturday, 0 f the
meaning of the change of position, the
question of admitting the Southern States
at once, by the Radicals, we find the fol
lowing iu a Washington letter of the 12th
to the Baltimore Gazette.
It is proper also that I should mention
that certain desperate political gamblers
openly advocate the admission of a suf
ficient number of bogus Senators from tiie
South to ensure conviction. And this
monstrous proposition docs not create sur
prise, much less indignation ! I heard it
to-day gravely argued that inasmuch as
the whole of the testimony and argument
pro and con, was available iu print to the
new Senators, and that as the President
had not appeared in person at the trial
&c., that they were as competent to judge
of the merits of the controversy as if they
had attended the Court during the whole
progress of tbe cause.
THOSE LELTEItS.
We copy, below, the letter from the M is
souri Radical delegation in the Home of
Representatives to Senator Henderson, of
that State, reference to which was made
in our telegraphic column on Saturday
morning, and that gentleman’s reply. It
is of interest, as showing the kind and
strength of the pressure brought to bfar
upou Senators to secure their votes for
conviction :
Washington, I). C., May 12.
lion. J. B. Henderson, U. 8. Senate:
HSR—On a consultation of Radical mem
bers of the House of Representatives from
Missouri, in view of our position on the
impeachment articles, we ask you to with
hold your vote on any article upon which
you cau not vote affirmatively. The re
quest is made because we believe the safe
ly of the loyal people of the United States
deni at ids the immediate removal of An
drew Johnson from the office of President
of tiie United States. Respectfully, etc.
Signed by Representatives Anderson,
Pile, Newcomb, Gravelly, MeClurg, Loan,
and Benjamin. Van Horn is absent from
the eiQ.
HIS KEI’LY.
Washington, D. c., May 13, 1868.
Gentlemen— On yesterday morning, be
ing assured by you that my position on
the impeachment question was not only
antagonistic to ttie unanimous voice of the
Union party of our Htate, hut would like ly
produoe civil war if it should resuit in the
acquittal of the President, 1 was under
stood to say, under the circumstances, that
rather than have such results follow, 1
would tender my resignation as Senator,
and let some other person as my succes
sor execute what you suppose to be tiie
voice of the party that sent me here, and
wtio have so generously sustained me; and
again last evening 1 stated to you that 1
was willing to accept your wish as truly
reflecting the wishes of our party, and that
I thought it my duty to resign, if I found
it impossible, on a full examination of the
case, to carry out that will on some of the
articles of impeachment.
I agreed to let you know my conclusion
to-day, in order that you might consult
further if you thought proper and advise
with the Governor and with my successor.
Since tiiat time I have seriously reflected
over the whole matter, and have come to
tbe conclusion tjiat having been sworn
to try this case on tiie principles of impar
tial justice and to render a verdict accord
ing to tiie law and tiie evidence, I cannot
shrink or divide Unit responsibility with
others, ifit is for the Uou • to tind*hrti
cles of impeachment, it is for the Senate
to try them. If I resign before tiie vote,
it strikes me I come short of my oath ; and
as you are pleased to place this matter on
purely political grounds you will permit
me to say my resignation can be of no
possible service to you. A propersen.se of
delicacy would prevent my successor from
voting, tie not having tieard the ca-e, and
you are aware that voting in the negative
ami declining to vote will be practically
the same. Should be forego the delicacy,
aud secure a conviction by his vote, the
manner of obtaining it will defeat every
conceivable advantage to be derived. I
have resolved t 4 stand by the obligations
of my oath, honestly discharge my duty
as ii is given me to know it, appealing to
heaven for tiie rectitude of my inten
tions. i am determined to follow
the dictates of conscience, and trust to a
generous and upright people for the vindi
cation of my conduct.
Your friend,
John It. Henderson.
THE ELEVENTH ARTICLE.
In view of tiie acquittal of tiie President
on the charges contained in this article,
its repuhlication and history are deemed
of special interest just now. It was writ
tent by Mr. Htevens, of Pennsylvania,
and adopted by the managers on March
3d. It is as follows:
article XL
That said Andrew Johnson, President
of the United .-tales, unmindful of the
high duties of liis office and of his oath of
office, aud m disregard of the Constitution
and laws of the United States, did hereto
fore, to wit: on the 18th day of August,
1806, at the City of Washington, ami the
District of Columbia, by public speech,
declare and affirm, in substance, th it the
Thirty-ninth Congress of t lit? United
Htates was not a Congress of the United
States authorized by the Constitution to
exercise legislative power under the same;
hut, on ttie contrary, was a Congress of
only a part of tiie States, thereby denying,
and intending to deny, that the legislation
of said Congress was valid, or obligatory
upon him, the said A tidrew Johnson, ex
cept in so far as he saw lit to approve the
same, and also thereby denying, and in
tending to deny, the power of the Thirty
ninth Congress to propose amendments to
ttie Constitution of the United Slates; and,
in pursuance of said declaration, the said
Andrew Johnson, President of the United
Htates, afterwards, to wit: on the 2i-L
day of February, 1368, at tiie City
of Washington, in the District of Co
lumbia, did unlawfully, and in disregard
of the requirements of the constitution,
that lie should lake care that the Jaws be
faithfully executed, attempt to prevent
the execution of an act entitled “An act
regulating the tenure of certain civil of
fices,” passed March 2, 1867, by unlawfully
devising and contriving, and attempting
to devise and contrive means by which he
should prevent Edwin M. Stanton from
forthwith resuming tiie functions of the
office of Secretary of the Department of
War, notwithstanding the refusal of the
Senate to concur in the suspension there
fore made by said Andrew Johnson, of
said Edwin M. Stanton from said office
of Secretary of the Department of War,
and also further by unlawfully devising
and contriving, and attempting to devise
and contrive means then and there to
prevent ttie execution of an act entitled
“An act making appropriations for the
support of the Army for ttie fiscal year
ending June 30, 1868, and for other pur
poses,” approved March 2, 1867, and also
to prevent the execution ol an act entitled
“An act to provide for the more efficient
government of tiie rebel States,” j a-sed
March 2, 1867; whereby the said Andrew
Johnson, President of the United Htates,
did then, to wit: on the 21st day of Feb
ruary, 1868,, at the city of Washington,
commit and was guilty of a high crime
and misdemeanor of office.
Upon presenting it, Mr. Htevens said :
“By some unaccountable misunder
standing, the article which 1 hold iii my
hand, and which we may call one and a
half, lias been dropped out, for I do not
find it in the article in distinct language.
I propose it as an amendment. [Mr. Hte
vens then read substantially the eleventh
article of the series.] This ehaige is not
here contained in the articles reported by
the committee, and unless it be inserted
there can be no trial on it. If there be
shrewd lawyers, as I know there will, and
caviling judges, and if, without that arti
cle, they do not acquit him, tiiey are
greener than ever 1 was when i com
menced to practice at the court of Quarter
Sessions. If that article be inserted it
will show botli the removal and the at
tempt to defeat the reinstatement, aud al
though tlie Senateshould decide the other
charges in his favor, how could he escape
from this one ? it is worth all the others
put together.”
From this expression of opinion it can
he readily seen how complete and fatal is
the defeat of the conspirators. Their line
has been broken where it was deemed im
pregnable. We are more than ever of the
opinion, since reading the above, that
Radicalism is too sorely beaten to rally to
another charge against the man who
stands between it and the life of tiie
country.
Pick Himself Out.”—Mr. Robinson.
—Will the gentleman from Pennsylvania
allow tne to ask him how he is going to
pick out the creditors, loyal aud disloyal?
Mr. Btevens.—l am not going to do it,
but when any body claims to be loyal 1
suppose he will pick himself out. [Laugh
ter.]
Extract from the debate in the House
on Stevens’ proposition to allow “loyal”
knaves only, in Georgia, to cheat their
creditors.
Mr. Stevens is right. They will pick
themselves out like Blodgett and Hopkins
did —by swallowing the test oath, and
crowning their infamy with the sin of
perjury. In plain English, Mr. Stevens’
amendment is simply putting a premium
on perjury, and so we will all see by wait
ing- _
The Wheat Crop.—We regret to see
unmistakeable signs of rust on the wheat
in our vicinity. It is true that the rust is
not yet conflued to the blade, and has not
reached the stalk; but it exists, and wo
dread its ravages. —At hem Banner, loth..
TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1868.
ttORTmiRIV <\\HPirr-HA««EKS.
In referring to Northern eurpet-baggers
we wish it distinctly understood we sim
ply design to embrace in this class those
individuals who have come amongst us lor
the purpose of pushing themselves into
offices of honor and protit, and but for
which they would be unable to live here.
Those gentlemen are perfectly welcome
who come for the purpose of earning an
honest livelihood. — Winchester 'Times
In which we most heartily concur.
We want the genuine Yankee, even from
the depths of abolition!zed Massachusetts,
or the most secluded hamlet that nestles
under the shadows of the Green Mountains,
provided he comes to assist, in good faith,
in the great work of carving out a grand
future for this loved South land of ours, so
rich in all that makes an Empire, so
blessed with everything that Nature lav
ishes upon her spoiled darlings. We want
his indomitable energy, his wise thrift,
his rare powers of subsidizing the powers
of earth, air and water to liis needs. We
want his money, his bone and his muscle.
We care not what opinions lie holds, pro
vided he comes to stay, and to make his
polities the slave, and not tiie master of his
duties as a citizen and worker in the great
hive. We stand ready to welcome him and
all his companions, who come with such
intent. And not him alone, but every
man, no matter wliat his nationality, or
prejudices, who is willing to do likewise.
Let a confusion of tongues that will
mock even that of Babel be heard in the
land, provided it go up from a busy,
hustling, working multitude, all hastening
to the same goal, and striving for the same
end.
We have never doubted, for one mo
ment, tiie ultimate and glorious redemp
tion of tiie South from the evils, political
ami financial, that now beset her. We
have never allowed ourselves to believe
that the cloud was ail black, or that
it covered the entire horizon. We have
never stood, even in fancy, around the
bier of our home, dead beyond even tiie
hope of resurrection. “There is life in
the old land yet.” We stand prepared to
welcome as brothers all, come from what
region they may, and speaking what
tongue they choose, wfio will unite with
us in quickening that life into a flame and
a heat that shall illume and radiate this
entire continent. Men of Massachusetts,
of Vermont, of Ohio, of Michigan, of New
York, we care not where, come along with
your strong arms and stout hearts, your
llocks and herds, your wives and little
ones. 1 fyou eoinein good faith to make our
Georgia your Georgia; to he her loving, loyal
children even as we are; to build up her
waste places, and make the roses of peace
blossom upon the thistles of war; to erase,
in the richness and beauty of a glorious
prosperity, all the scars and wounds of
fratricidal strife, we stand with out
stretched arms to greet you. You shall
have our countenance and protection.
Our fortune shall he your fortune, and our
lot your lot.
IlouiTK i..—The telegraph treats us this
morning to a dish of bran new and entirely
unexpected gossip. We are told that the
President and Congress are about to bury
the hatchet and smoke the pipe of peace.
As tiie lawyers say, we fail to detect the
motive of the transaction, and therefore
take the statement on probation.
“Itum; THE Bkle.”—lt was John Van
Bureu, we believe, who, when a Radical
ass complained that President Johnson
“was vulgar in Iris demeanor and all
that,” replied:
“The fact is the country was spoiled
and public taste ted to expect too much by
tlie high aristocratic toue of his predeces
sor.”
¥or the Journul au<l M -seng r.
.vioitvus ok ini; i»i»knn. ,
Barnesvi lle, May 14, 1863.
Mes.sb& Editors : Tire article in this
morning’s Journal and Messenger under
the head of “Morals of the Daily Press,”
must meet with hearty approval wherever
your valuable journal circulates, and you
may rest assured that tiie course you have
pursued in reference to the presentation of
“The Black Crook” it; Macon—which has
occasioned tire article above alluded to—
has been closely noticed, and your strict
ures upon this, the most indecent exhibi
tion that the writer has ever seen, have
been fully endorsed by every man he has
heard speak of it. No man who has the
moral, social and material interests of his
country at heart can fail to co-operate
with you in driving this perverterof pub
lic morals from our section. I saw it the
first week that it was played upon tiie
stage at “Nibio’s Garden,” in New York
city, and tiie only manner in which I can
describe my impressions at that time as to
its merits is to say that I was filled with
shame and disgust that I should ever
have been seen witnessing such a per
formance, and that it was so largely
patronized by people whose situation and
advantages deprived them of any excuse
in thus aiding such an immoral and inde
cent enterprise.
j I have been pained to see the compli
mentary notices of this monstrosity that
lufve recently occurred in tlie Daily Tele
graph. It is useless for any journal in this
•State to attempt a panegyric upon a per
formance so corrupting, or to attempt to
silence all opposition to it by branding
the same as Puritanical, when the bette l '
judgment of every informed person con
demns its every feature.
Sensible people have long since become
disgusted with the “Special Notices” of
many of our public journals, recommend
ing the business of merchants, showmen,
hotel keepers, etc., which, While they pur
port to emanate from honest opinions
formed of the same by publishers, are in
serted at cents a line, and written by
the party desiring the “puff.” No public
journalist has any right thus to prostitute
tiie columns of his paper in deceiving his
patrons; and it is a violent presumption
to conclude that country people are green
enough not to understand it.
Observer.
HI LKICKT’S COUNT TO STAND.
Hkaduuartk'rs, Third military District, l
(Department of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, V
Atlanta, ua , May 12, i» s. J
General Orders, No. 77.
The Board of officers convened by Gen
eral Orders No. 74, current series, having
reported that many charges have been re
ferred to them which if proven would not
in any way affect the result of the late
election in this State: It is hereby ordered:
111. That General Order No. be so far
modified as not to require said Board to
takeaction excepton complaiutsorcharges
relating to the conduct of military and
civil officers in connection with the elec
tion and registration.
11. That ail parties claiming office un
der, or in any way contesting said elec
tion, on any grounds, be governed by the
Code of Georgia, Title Id, ‘Elections by
the people,’ Chapter 6. ‘Contested elec
tions,’ pp. 1357, I, 2,3, 4, s,anil same para
graph 0 and 8, substituting for‘Governor,’
‘Board of officers convened by General
Orders No. 74,’ and same paragraph 9
substituting ‘for within thirty days from
the day of election,’ ‘thirty days from the
date of tins order,’ and pp. 1358, substi
tuting for ‘Governor’ ‘Board of officers
convened by General Order No. 74, current
series.’
111. All information required under said
statute and under the control of the Major
General commanding, will be furnished
on application to the Assistant Adjutant
General at these Headquarters, in the
manner laid down in pp. 1359, f or simiiar
applications to the clerk of the Superior
Court.
By order of Major General Meade :
It. O. Dku.m,
Assistant Adjutant General.
Official:
,;r.OUOI 1 BAItaOABCeJIVBimOM.
This body assemble and at Masonic Hall at
12 M yesterday. A Committee on Proxies
TJUSS'JfW' s*' 5 *' «
'I'",;!:'"
K»1.... KI..S IM >"»«!»«
that of the Superintendent. As we pu >
lish the report m another column, we do
not think it necessary to give a synopsis.
A communication was received from a
committee of the Macon and Aujus..
Railroad relative to the fonsolidat on of
the stock of their road with that of the
Georgia Railroad. After some discussion
the communication was withdrawn.
\y \v. Clark, Esq , desired to present to
the Convention the fact that the Directory
of the Road had not complied w ith the
resolution passed at tiie last annual meet
ing, requiring that the net earnings of the
Road he distributed among the stock
holders. , , „
General B- W. Heard offered a resolution
in effect the same as the resolution of last
year. Discussion arose, and the whole
subject was referred to a committee, witn
instructions to report this morning at to
o’clock.
A communication was received from a
Lund and Emigration Company, which
was also referred to a committee ; and the
Convention adjourned to meet this morn
ing at 10 o’clock.— Aug. Jlepublicaa, 14 In.
UKOKCIV UAILUOAD « Vi V I lO\.
Tiie committees appointed yesterday
made their reports.
Tiie committee appointed to take into
consideration the communifftitMn of Land
and Immigr..tion companies, reported in
favor ot affording every facility to immi
gration and settlement.
A communication from tiie managers of
various Railroads, forwarded through Col.
Cole, Superintendent of tiie Georgia Rail
road, was read by the President. The pa
per proposed a greatly reduced rate of
freight and passage for immigrants.
The report of theeammitlee in reference
to the conduct of the Directors in the
matter of the resolution of lust year, re
quiring the Directors to diatrioute the net
earnings of tiie Road in dividends, was
read. The committee endorst <4 the action
of the Directors, holding that, if by net
earnings, was meant tiie earnings after
deducting the ordinary and extraordinary
expenses of the lioad, then the Directors
had acted in accordance with the resolu
tion of instruction.
A motion was made that the report be
’adopted, to which Mr. \V. \V. Clark ob
jected, and moved to lay the report on tiie
table. He proceeded to show that the in
tention of the resolution had been violated
by the Directors. That the understand
ing of the Convention was, that tiie pro
ceeds of the lioad, after deducting its Midi*
nary, and uv»t extraordinary expenses,
were to be distributed in dividends.
Tout it was unreasonable to take tbe
money > he present stockholders !<■ qiuke
permaneut improvements, which were to
be for the benefit of their successors, and
tfie latter should pay a part of tiie price of
that which they received tiie benefit of.
He showed that the earnings of tiie Road,
deducting the. exjrensrs, should pay at
least thirteen per cent., whereas the stock
holders had received hut about six pier
cent. Mr. Clark asserted that tiie course
of tiie Directory was in accordance with
the policy of tiie company, announced
I years ago. That it was the policy of (he
company that the stock of the company 1
should lie nothing more than a seven per
cent, stock, and the effort of the Directory
had been to keep down dividends instead
of increasing them. The discussion which
arose was participated in by several stock
holders and by the President, and tiie re
por of the coiumitiee was finally adopted,
and the action of tiie Directory endorsed
The Convention then adjourned to three
o’clock v. m.
At that hour the Convention met and
proceeded to tbe election of President and
Directors for tiie ensuing year. After bal
loting, adjourned to 8 o’clock p. m.
At 8 o’clock p. m. the Convention met,
and the resuit of the election was an
nounced. Judge King ami the old Board
of Directors were chosen.
The following is the result—the full
vote being 27,28.4.
FOR PRESIDENT :
John P. King,
DIRECTORS.
Elijah E Jones, Jas. rs. Hamilton,
; Ben. H. Warren, A. Poullaiu,
John Bones, Geo. T. Jaeks >n,
, Edw. It. Ware, M. P. Stovall,
Thus. J. Burney, L. M. Hill,
Jas. \V. Davies, S. Barnett,
Richard Peters, G. 15. Moore,
Stevens Thomas, D. E. Butler.
Oi k Railroad* avd Immigration. —iso urgent
i- the necessity of ropqpulatiug Georgia with new
industrial peoples. the subject thoroughly com
mends itself l" our railaoads. At a late inerting
of the stockholders of the road running from
Augusta to Atlanta it was determined to •• offer
every facility t" immigration and settlement"
along that line. We believe tiie Central Railroad
some time ago offered to transport new settlers
free of charge.
There is wisdom ami far reaching sagacity in the
adoption of this policy. It is bread throw a upon
the waters which will, in years, bring back a hand
some interest. We want a hardy, industrious and
an honest white population upon tiie idle fields of
Georgia to revive and make more prosperous than
ever the productive wealth and the general com
merce of our Mate. The carrying trade of our
various Railroads depends upon the prosperity, in
a great measure, of the section through w hich
they run. If the population is dense anil tbe soil
in a high state of cultivation, the Ro;ul w ilt have
plenty of freight and passengers, The coloniza
tion system of the Illinois CcutniWtailroad, w isely
adopted at au early period of its existence, lias
inode it, perhaps, the wealthiest Road in the United
istates. Every’inducement was, and i-even to tills,
day, held out to immigrants to stop along the line.
Lands were sold anil payments required only upon
realization. The original valuation of the land to
the Company was a secondary consideration: it
was the freight and travel their vigorous cultiva
tion would yield the Road that dictated the policy
of letting them go at nominal prices.
If the energies of our large railroad incorpo
rations w ere bent tow ards the subject, they could
soon turn a stream of laborers along their line.-.
Lands can either be leased, rented, bought or
worked upon shares with their owners as cheaply
a- they can be obtained in any portion of tbe -et
tled world. We think it is only necessary to prop
erly lay these facts before foreigners seeking new
homes to induce them to come to Georgia, and in
order to do that a free use of printer's ink would
accomplish the purpose.
Tun Present Georgia Cotton Choi*. —We have
been at some lining in collecting the facts in regard
to the amount of cotton planted in Georgia ill is
year. The testimony from almost every county is.
that from one-third 10 one-fourth less has been
planted this than last year, aud that a strong and
earnest effort is being made by planters to raise
enough com, oats and wheat to do them. Weary
and tired of the policy of expending all their time
and attention raising cotton, and spending the pro
ceeds-buying provisions, they have cut dowii the
area usually devoted to the staple and sown it in
cereals. Cotton brought two-thirds of Georgia
planters in debt last year. They hired hands at an
average of about SIOO round, didn’t plant enough
corn, g' t about 13 cents for the great bulk of the
crop, and almost invariably footed up at the close
of the year losses larger than gains. They adopted
new plans this year—either agreed to plant on
shares with their hands, or, if they hired out and
out, refused over SOO in money and rations —voted
cotton, a secondary consideration, and planted
plenty of corn.
It is impossible to tell at this earlv period of the
year how the crop will turn out. \Ve know that
tine stands of cotton have been obtained, and that
no matter how propitious the season may lie there
will not be as much produced in 1808 as was in is*;?,
for I'd? was the most favorable season and pro
duced the largest yield to the area planted known
in twenty years. This year will be no better, and
lienee, taking the fact that from one-fourth to one
third less has been planted, the amount total which
will he baled, is bound to fall short The rapid,
certain aud unmistakable depletion of labor—the
negro population steadily dying out and nothing
coining forward to take its place in the field—irre
sistibly forces the conclusion that the amount will
get less and less fora long series of years, and that
no man now living will ever see again the crop of
1860 raised. 11c certainly will never -cc that, anil
perhaps will never see the crop of 1867 brought to
market.
And hence we think he who expects to see Cot
ton cheaper for many years to come w ill be disap
pointed. It would not at all surprise us to sec our
market open next fail at 30 cents per pound, clear
of all taxation, as it will be, for that odious le.'risla
tion has been repealed.
Tiie Black Crook Company Saturday Night *
—We are informed by many who were present tb it
the performance at the Theatre Saturday night of
the Black Crook Company was one of the most
\ uiLi.u, indecent nnd blasphemous character
Women appeared before the audience in almost a
state of nudity, while obscene, smutty and vulgar
language was freely dished out. It" was the last
appearance upon this stage of that Company aud
it, therefore, threw olFall restraint.
jo give details would be to defile these columns
Allusion is again made to the subject for the pur
pose of showing that the. position taken by the
»°. LK . > i; U ' 1 ANI> -'lkfskngek in regard to that “Model-
Artist show was right, and that money failed to
prostitute its columns into an endorsement of it
and with this we dismiss the filthy subject. ’
The indications are that the Legislature will
meet at Atlanta and immediately adjourn to Mil
lcdgeyille. It is said that the Common Council of
Atlanta are knocking up a dap-board shantv for
the accommodation of that body. That would he
about as good as most of its members are used to
butrijey are expecting to get upon nice ttoors with
carpets upon thenft and to have sugar in their eof
everv 1 drv“ °x- 1 "" iU i ll blackberry pies for dinner
The Insurance Business.—This business has
<Tcatly increased within the past eight in ten
rears. There are aa mauv hundred insurance com
panies hi the United suites now as then- were
dozens in 1850. Propositions are incessantly
thrown before the nubile to take risks upon -very
species of life and property. You can have tie
fife of vour horse, cow, hog, sheep, goat, or any
other species of stock insured as easily as you can
vour own, for a small percent f.n-at competition
and rivalry exists among the various compann - to
do the business of the community; and hem,
hazardous risks are often taken at very’ low ra.is.
ami valuations beyond the fact assuue and in tin pon
r 5..a \ Life Insurance Ajcent confront- \<»u upon
even-train, and offers to take a risk upon vour
chance of getting killed, of 80,000 for a..out. tw .■ii
tv tive cents n day. These agents travel up and
down the public thoroughfares, and are r ";r ready
to issue a police upon almost any thing perisha",-.
But in this, as in all other callings n, id-, there ..-
morc-or less “ cheating.” A great many companies
arc the veriest humbuga. i hey only bate a <
on paper. A respeptuble lire, or a huge railroad
accident, would any day break them down, if hey
eon! I be forced to a settlement; but when th. .
meet with a serious los- they evade pay ment-by
disputing Hie account, going to law, and stavm.
off a settlement as long as they; can, and whu
pressed to the wall make an assignment to -..me
one interested from the beginning m tin »» mdle,
operators bring di-.redil
unon the profession, and militate a gam *.the mb
Tof really good pane s. The eimhi u,g ,m ; -
lie are almost willing to n-k pro pent;, m
them, and they therefore often pa.v out money f-r
nothing. A good rule to be goyenmdD in .
ca-cs would be to insure with an Agt nt who
in the community, and a man von know womd m.t
lend his iniiuencc to advance the interests of a ill -
reputable concern.
Tin: Worst of All.-Tim road from Mai < m t
Clinton i- now . ami ha., been for many > ■»£ ti m
worst road in the country. It is said that ‘t «>ni >t
worked on since tiie beginning of tin war,
el-bt rears ago. In many ,•!: it >-
dri,, and engine,!'vehicles with a go at d,.d .1 ..
eeuuitv to get them over. Extra hands hav t >
detailed with loaded wagons, and '
put upon them, and at the end of ea.h tup th,
wagon has to be almost always sent to tin shop lor
repairs. Gullies bad enough to break any vehicle
have to In- driven over, and yawning gui f» large
enough to bury a house avoided. 1 ran I bug tba.
road at night on foot, horseback, in a wagon or n
a buggy, is such a hazardous undertas mg that no
one ha, the hardihood to undertake it.
And vet all the trade of Jones county comes trver
that road to Macon. It is the plain duty of flu
people living along the road to have it put m
proper order. There is a law compelling them lo
work upon the highway at stated period- of tin
vear, and it is made the duty of the administrators
of tbe 1.1 w to see thatMl is properly executed.
The interests of commerce, the interest.- of the
community at large, and tin- interest-of immedi
ate citizens, demand that this law shall be revived
and put in vigorous operation. The especial at
tention of officers of Jones and Bibb counties are
called to this worse than nuisance of a road.
Everybody is complaining and nobody is willing
to work miless they all do so. It is the duty of
these authorities to make everybody w ork upon
the road, and then nobody wii! complain. Ihere
will be no relief unless this is done. 11 the ofln-i r»
in rhargr of our public road.- and bridges are un
willing to discharge tln-ir duties, tiny ought to
have enough respect for the public to resign ; o-i
--tions for which they are unlit, and give the people
au opportunity to get proper men.
The Fi tube Growth or Macon. —We take a
hopeful view of the future grow th and prosperity
of Macon, it is a well known fai t that anterior
to the war seventy-live per cent of all the nett
profits arising from any pursuit in th** South was
invested in uegivi property. That -peck -of in
vestment having been abolished y the war, capi
tal must neccs-arilv find other employment. Men
will make more money than they spend—make :t
everyday—make it every year—and such men are
not iipt to let it lie idle in the vaults of bunks dan
in their pockets, or, like the foolish man did in the
Bible, burr it in the ground to keep rogues from
stealing it. But they will look out for property to *-
buy w ith it. and by tills means make tiieir cash a
well a* tbeir labor tiring in a revenue.
The high prices readily obtained in this city
' since the 7lose of the war, for residences to live
i in, and storerooms to do hu-ines- in, holds out
I strung inducements for the erection of many more
houses than we have now. It presents a safer and
| a better field for capital than anything else in
! Middle Georgia. Common five and six-room resi
! deuces, costing no more than three thousand ilojT
j lari; can be readily rented at live and -i.v hundred
J ~r annum to responsible tenants, lie.- handsome
I realization upon a perfectly safe and reliable in
-5 vestment, invites the t ruployment of more capital
hi this direction. That capital is not now in the
country, but no one doubts its coming in a very
few years. The idea now prevailing among the
planters of Georgia is to make their plantations
self-sustaining as hear a- they possibly can. Thi
will eut short the many million- -ent from thi
[mint every year to buy them provisions, which
money we never get lan k_from there.
.1 one- Sr emit 1 : Corp.T.—'Thi- <' uirt commenced
on Monday, and adjourned oft Weilnesday morn
ing—Judge Foster pi siding. As usual, it wa.- lit
tle else than a matter of form, and the two days
were more than half cousumeil on two cases in
volving negro pilfering. They not being convicted
byUiejury.it has no new representatives in the
penitentiary, which has been very usual in every
recent Court.
To old visitants of the ancient town of Clinton,
it presents a rm liuieholy and s*M*ie-«S{«g-t.
Once very fiouri-hing, wiKhau extensive miml-w
tile busines- aud a lively and hospitable popula
tion, time and eonllagrations have nearly wiped it
out. What wii* once busy and well-travelled
streets are furrowed into impassible gulli#- and
ravines. But few of its old inhabitant- remain.
The devastations of war, added to it- previous mis
fortunes, make it a melancholy spectacle to one
wiio cherishes many pleasant recollections in eon
neetiun with it- past and palmy days
To sjKiak briefly on a very common subject, its
approuches, at this time, are a very “hard road to
travel.” t hat by the rocky ford, "Ellis’ Mill
place,” on Walnut Creek, is nearly impa-.-ible for
about three miles, with any kind of vehicle. On
Wednesday morning tin- creek was too high for
fording, and Could only be ero--ed, for twenty
iiiiles, at a fe«y on the Mil! dgeviiie ror.d. Some
thing should be done ua early as pos-inf.- with this
road by our citizens, or county authorities, as it is
a detriment to tiieir business and lies in this coun
ty. It has not been worked for many years.
Bibb.Supeisiou Court.—This Court will com
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perhaps, the last Court w e will ever have under th
old system and laws of Georgia. At ali subsequent
terms negro jurors will be summoned promiscu
ously from the streets, in order that the ends of
Radicalism may be fulfilled. That Court will then
be a repulsive inocki ry, and no one will expect tin
ends of justice lo be attained. But the people
must he patient.. Time will set ali things even.
The best advice to give is for people to settle tiieir
private disputes tbem-elves, or bv reference to a
board of arbitration. It rarely ever happens that
litigants cannot agree better and more satisfacto
rily among themselves than by rushing into the
Court House, paying fees to lawyers, losing time
in hanging about the Court room,'and in one wav
and another, frittering away more than tin v ever
gain.
At almost every session the Grand Jury finds
true bills in a great many light and trivial cases
which should be dismissed. They entail unneces
sary expense upon the country. ’ Cases are often
brought to the attention of tins Jury but of pure
maliciousness, and to gratify private revenge, and
as one side is only allowed to be heard, bill- are
often -nt in improperly. In evu h ... •, • - —4
cases a trial i- bound to be had. and the tax payer
called upon to foot the bills. Grand Jurors should
remember all this in tiieir preliminary examina
tions. A trial of a negro for purloining a pair of
tongs costs the county at least 8 .’5.
Kaolin Clay.—A bed of Kaolin clay was de
veloped in the excavation of the Railroad from
Gordon to Mil ledger ille, near the sawmill ~{ Hen
ry Stephens. During the war it was used to a
considerable extent in the manufacture of tiro
brick for constructing furnaces, and found to Maud
excessive heat equal to any before imported. A
very- tine carthern ware lias been made from it,
which, i f is believed, could be carried to great per
fection in the hands of workmen skilled in the art
of manipulating the clay and glazing.
But the most important part is, that this clay
has attracted such attention as to become an “ar
ticle of commerce.” aud is now being shipped to
New York, to lie used for “lire brick,” or other
purposes for which it is suitable.
Mr. Stephens has lost one or two saw-mills by lire.
But he is a persevering man, and now lias another
ill operation. We trust that his losses will be nq
munerated from “mother clay” before his return
to it.
In this connection wv will mention another bed
in Houston county, near the plantation of Ilr.
Robt. C. Bryan. This is a deposit of pure silcx, in
the form of line sand, covering some three or four
acres. I? is the genuine article for manufacturing
glus~, and it is strange that it lias not attracted sub
ticient attention to have it fully tested, a-to its
-value. The Doctor is a good practitioner at
making cotton bags, and we hops; that he may take
this as a hint to send some “bags” of this sand to a
proper place to determine its qualities.
Working Convicts Upon Public Improve
ments.—We heartily approve of the move made
the other day in the sending'of one hundred con
victs to Rome to work upon the Selma and Dalton
Railroad, ibis i- tiie best disposition that could
he made with most of tiie inmates in the Georgia
Penitentiary. There are some confined there for
flagrant crimes, aud for a, long series of years, who
ought, perhaps, to be kept within strong walls;
but a large majority are there upon convictions of
larceny, and for terms of from two to six yeans/
It would be a good idea to put the two hundred
btill left to work completing this end of the Macon
and Augusta Railroad. They could hold Miiledge
villo as a base of operations and work this wav.
This road ought to he fully completed as speedily
as possible, iu order that the commerce of Middle
Georgia may lie expanded by having another outlet
to the sea, and we know of no cheaper and better
plan of quickly consummating the work than bv
obtaiuing these two hundred nu n from the Slate
and putting them to work upon it. The attention
of the President and of the Hoard of Directors of
the Macon and Augusta Railroad is called to this
important suggestion. The suggestion is, also,
made to the officers of the Macon and Brunswick
Railroad.
Georgia Convicts Working on a Railroad.—
The Atlanta InMligeaeer announces the arrival
there of three car loads of Georgia convicts, on
their way to Rome, to work 011 tiie Selma ami Blue
Mountain Railroad. This is a most excellent idea,
and we hope the rule will lie generally adopted, of
putting these men to work upon public improve
ments. It is far better to thus employ them than
to keep them housed np at Milledgcville.
It will be turned into houses, factories and rail
roads, and will therefore be expended in the real
improvements of the country. The negro cost us
two hundred years of hard labor, and he lias passed
away as property and become a greater political
trouble and pest than ever. But he can no longer
act as a stumbling-block iu our road to real pros
perity.