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\V'e find in tOe Cincinnati Enquirer, of
Friday, a synopsis of a speech by this tlis—
tjngui-lied gentleman, made at Grafton,
West Virginia, on the clay before. It is
j Ug t what friends and foes expected from
i man whose clear title to the word cheat,
recent events have so emphatically con
firmed, and we greatly regret that our
H | )ilce will not allow its publication entire.
We have said very little of the foremost
juan of all the great North-West since his
defeat in New York, but we seize the oc
ca.sion of reference to this speech, to add
our humble voice to the chorus tliat de
mands him as our chosen champion in
1872. He has approved himself great in
loyalty to tire Constitution ami human
rights; great in devotion to principles
whose disregard makes a Nation reel, to
day, in the throes of prostrate commerce,
ruined credit, and outraged, expiring Lib
erty ; gieat in the qualities that mark
and adorn the stainless gentleman ; and
still greatei in the capacity to rise above
passion and prejudice, thwarted hopes and
unrealized ambition, and sacrifice all pas
sions, all desires upon tiie altar of an im
perilled country.
We give some extracts from the synop
sis :
INTRODUCTORY.
Mb. Chairman and Gentlemen : If
will be impossible for me to make myselt
heard in this immense audience unless
you keep quiet; and i shall ask that wtiile
1 am speaking you will allow me to pro
ceed without interruption. 1 thank you,
gentlemen, for the very cordial reception
you have just given me. The Chairman
of your .State Executive Committee, who
invited me to attend your meeting to-day,
told me that I had no truer friends in the
Union than 1 would meet herein West
Virginia. You have proven hisstatement
trus. 1 come obedient to your bidding. I
1 desired to see you ; to make your person
al acquaintance ; and to return to you my
thanks fur the warm and constant sup
port of your delegates in the National
Convention I come to show you that no
personal disappointment lingers in my
breast or dampens fur an instant the ardor
of my efforts for tfie success of our party ;
t/iat far above a/J personal considerations I
rate the success of the principles in which
I believe, and that whoever shall bear the
Hag on which those principles are inscrib
ed, I shall be found close by his side, in
the thickest of the light, to cheer him
with my voiceand to aid him with my arm.
I come to urge upon you, Democrats and
Republicans alike, to trample under foot
every prepossession, and prejudice, and
passion, if it were as dear as life itself, and
rising to the height of this great struggle,
to remember that we iiave only a little life
to give and a noble, enduring government
to save.
THE NEW YORK CONVENTION THESMYBOL
OK A RESTORED UNION.
The Convention which sat in New York
was an august assembly. It was the true
council of our party. It embraced our
best, ami purest, and wisest men. The
roll of the Stales was called, and not one
was without a representative. The roll of
the districts was called, and not one was
missing. The doctrine of State suicide
was not recognized. The dissolution of
the Union was not acknowledged. Every
State was invited to lie present, and every
Slate accepted the invitation. Every
State selected such citizens as she chose ;
mill thus it happened that N. Carolina, and
South Carolina, and Georgia, and Virgin
ia,Vet »m in tlu> iluyu <>K tli« Revolution,
in fraternal council with Massachusetts,
and New York, and Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey; and that Hampton, and
l'reston, and Forrest sat side by side with
Hteedmau and Morgan. The Convention
was the sign, and the symbol, and the
prophecy of a restored Union, and a har
monious people. It rose to the dignity of
its high duty. The eyes of the world were
upon its proceedings-greater than the
Holy Alliance which subjugated peoples
ami divided empires, its mission was to
enfranchise the people of our own race;
to restore (lie union of our .States; and to
maintain t/ie institutions of civil liberty,
for the first time in their history, Hie
.American people, realized that free gov
ernment was in danger, and that the fate
*’/ the Republic trembled in the balance.
I hey had been taught to believe that free
dom uas indigenous to oursoil, and, shut
ting their eyes to the teachings of all his
tory, shutting their eyes to the facts con
nected with our Revoluti in, they had
hugged to themselves the delusion that
whatever the storm of faction, or passion,
or revolutionary fervor, liberty at least
Was safe. They had awakened from the
dream. As they sent Representatives to
the Convention, they charged them, as the
Dictator of old was charged: “See to it
that no detriment happens to the .Repub
lic."
THE PLATFORM.
By unanimous vote they adopted a de
viation of principles—“ fidelity to the
Constitution;” “ fidelity to the Union;”
fidelity to tlie rights of States;” “ fideli
ty to tile rights of the citizens“fidelity
’he principles of civil liberty”—“ lideli
t> to that policy in mutters of finance and
’nation, which, by paying the public
debt m legal tender notes, will lift from
the shoulders of labor the burdens which
"ppress it, and by lightening the measure
taxation will secure it the just rewards
a cheerful and contented industry.”
i Applause.]
THE NOMINEES.
Ami tlm assertion of these principles
:ls also, by a unanimous vote, confided to
'' ne . " > s worthy of the trust, by his age
j l 'm experience, and intellect and' cultiva
ihui : l»y his honesty, his patriotism, ami
reputation. By the posses
-01 every virtue which adorns a public
“Pnvate life, Horatio Seymour stands
‘erirst of statesmen; and Li is ex pi iei t decla-
I that iieapproves every line of those
mo 1 t ,0,,s i al * ie will stand upon them
the contest; that he will carry them
' ■ ln future, wherever he may be placed;;
si'i's full assurance that he will make them
• lectivein his administration. [Tremen
°“s applause, j
! Hlairisan accomplished and expe
dier Ce ii Statesn, an I » brave and able sol
(•' ' , 's lather was the nearest friend of
ei:u Jackson—his brother the confi
adviser of Mr. Lincoln, and him
\,.n, l bsciple and protege of Benton.
l-Miplaure.]
" K Ul I> tT!I,ICAN PARTY —WHAT IT IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR.
vour a !!I t * l .' n^.niore were needed to fire
marked " ' t * l t *' e cntliusiasm which
u r no,n iuatiou, let it be drawn
day piv. n^rus , t which our country to
* een fol , lle Republican party lias
of every 1 - Vears ‘ n absolute possession
ernnient~it a [ 1111 e 11 1 °f the Federal Gov-
Hie legislativ US ' la<l executive, and
to its behests*’ t,,e judiciary, obedient
every Stated’ . * las bad possession of
with" very f,>u- oV ? rnment ' n 1,, e Union,
'■eareelv V ' . e f ce Phons ; so few that tiiey
'•as had eve . o l i,) " stri * te - th e rule. It
">e«tal power'bJi , w? r,ment of S overl '-
tirelv in i, i ' , b * S| ate and Federal, en
iuterpiisell ,> If vetoes have been ;
a two-thir i have been overridden by j
ei »ious lcn-B i V ° te ' adverse judicial de- j
t'een rci -,, ■ eei , l ex pccted, the Court lias
judges, lzetl by a diminution of tlie
'"-iii/u,,,... , e case has been taken from its
pe»l. jf st.'t f °bange of the law of ap
c'e, their •! '' s lave interposed an obsta
»mi their liave been derided,
* lrou ß arm'of h 8 ',\ ave been met by the
Havin’, ~ .' 0 l e<| eral power.
ll »e(iov,r, n ' u " bad absolute |)ossession of
w ar, it h-iJ'b, lri| ig four years of the
re tli : ,,, n,! 0 la fi possession of it during
bhash'mi ,ii ee ears of profound peace,
foMts^se" 1 ° f P ° Wer ’ aud U
“" A HAV E “restored” the
UNION, &C
Peace- mV . l' ad 1 bree years of profound
II opiiositm bostile arm lias been raised
, , ' 11 to the Government, and yet
1 ‘ tates are ;held by the strong
Hentgia B mutt at and iSfl twinin'.
arm of military power in acknowledged
subjugation or else are compelled to sub
mit by tiiat same power to forms of State
constitutions and governments which they
abhor, whose foundation and sole purpose
is ttie enfranchisement of the negro and
disfranchisement of tiie white man. I
know they tell ns that the work of recon
struction goes bravely on. It does, for
sooth, hut it is not the restoration of the
South ; not the restoration of the Union ;
not the restoration of civil government !
Read your telegraphic dispatches to-day,
and you will seethatin Georgia men are
being tiied by military commission, upon
charges of murder. Read tiie telegraphic
dispatches of yesterday and ydu will see
that the military commander of that State
declines to recognize the validity of the
Legislature, until the Houseof Represent
ativesshall turn out the Democratic mem
bers.
PERIPATETIC CONGRESSMEN.
Read the dispatches of the day before,
and you will see that one of the newly
elected Senators from Louisiana was, six
months ago, a citizen of Illinois, and tiie
other a citizen of Indiana; that the Ciov
ernor of Florida was, a year ago, the Pres
ident of an Agricultural Society in lowa.
If I am not mistaken, the State of Virginia
rejoices in tiie possession of a Governor
fresli from tiie soil of Ohio; [laughter]
and if tiie newspapers do not Delie him, a
citizen of our State has declined to be a
candidate for Congress in the district in
which lie lives, for the reason that he ex
pects to lie a Senator from Alabama lie
fore the fall elections in Ohio shall take
place. [Laughter and applause.]
CONGRESSIONAL USURPATIONS.
Congress has usurped to itself all power
over the State Governments of the South.
It has destroyed them. It lias made use
of tiie Federal Government to destroy tiie
States, and now, with the insatiate spirit
of revolution, it turns upon tiie Federal
Government itself. It has destroyed ihe
independence of the Judiciary; it has
struck at the existence of the Executive.
Our fathers thought they had solved the
problem of free government in the crea
tion of the three departments. This Re
publican Congress lias destroyed all the
divisions thus created, and seeks to col
lect, in its own hands, all the powers
which belong to the system, and by an in
exorable law of its existence, it now stands
ready, in case of party necessity, to trans
ter them to the grasp of the military dic
tator. It is reproducing in our country
tiie lessons of all history.
THE DEMOCRATIC POSITION.
The Democratic party upon this ques
tion (Finance,) lias given forth no uncer
tain sound. It declares that the debt shall
not be extended, but must be paid as
rapidly as possible ; all the money collect
ed from the people shall not he squander
ed on freed men’s bureaus and standing
armies, but shall be applied to tiie pay
ment of llii.s debt and of the reduction of
the interest. It declares that tiie 5-20
bouds shall he paid in legal tender, and
until they be paid, they shall be subject
ed to the same rate of taxation as all other
property. It declares there shall be one
currency for the Governmentand the peo
ple ; for the laborer aud the office-holder ;
the pensioner and the soldier ; the freed
man and the bondholder.
the DEMOCRATIC PLAN DEMONSTRATED.
And how soon is it practicable to pay
this debt ? Three hundred and thirty mil
lions of bonds are held in the Treasury
Department as security for the National
hank circulation. Redeem them the very
instant you liave the option to do so, with
legal-tender notes, and let them supply
the place of the Dank paper. This tnea
sure alone, with very little inflation of tiie
currency, aud without any addition to
the taxation, will reduce the debt, and
save the twenty millions of dollar*, in
gold, annually, which are now paid as a
bonus to tiie National hanks.
Five hundred millions (500,000,000) of
the first issue of five-twenties are already,
or will this year be payable at the option
of the Government. Redeem these, also,
in legal-tender notes. Where will these
notes come from ? asks some friend. Btop
this contraction at tiie Treasury Depart
ment: reverse its whole policy: give sta
bility to the money market; let it be un
derstood that fortunes are not held at tiie
whim of any Secretary, and trade will re
vive and business will become active. In
vestments will be made, the rate of taxa
tion will yield a larger return, and these
notes will flow into your treasury. Let
economy he practiced ; let corruption be
banished ; let peculation of public funds
lie punished; let the army be reduced; the
Freedmeti’s Bureau lie broken up; the im
poverishment of the South cease, and notes
will he abundant.
PERSONAL POSITION TOWARD THE BOND
HOLDERS AS A CLASS.
1 have been represented as inimical to
the bolilholder. Gentlemen, you shall
judge me. lam hostile to no class or in
terest in the country. I simply desire to
he just—just to (lie bondholder —just to the
people. 1 would live up, with scrupulous,
fidelity, to the terms of our contracts. I
would pay Ihe interest of the five-twen
ties in gold, because the Government lias
promised to do so. I would pay both prin
cipal and interest of the ten-forties in gold,
because the Government has promised to
do so I would pay the principal of the
five twenties in legal-tender notes, because
the bondholders agreed to receive them in
payment; and as I would not repudiate
an honest bargain to make money for the
people, so will I not repudiate an honest
bargain to make money for the public
creditor.
recapitulation and appeal.
But, gentlemen, I detain you too long.
I have sought to bring in sharp contrast
the two parties and their respective prin
ciples. “Choose ye between them.” It
is a struggle between law and force ; Con
stitution and revolution ; order and an
archy ; purity and corruption; economy
and'extravagance ; civil Government, ami
whatever comes after its overthrow ; intel
lect, cultivation, experience, capacity for
governmont, and—but I forbear—as
[cheers; cries, “Go on; let it out”] —as I
will not say one word in disparagement of
tiie chosen leader of a great party of my
countrymen. This is the supreme strug
gle for the mastery by these enduring and
opposing forces. Choose wisely between
them. Work earnestly for your choice,
and on the day of the election in Novem
ber the American people can be congratu
lated for the achievement of a victory for
tDeir Constitution —the achievement of a
prosperity and happiness which can only
be secured by tiie enjoyment of liberty
regulated by law, and of law inspired by
the genius of virtuous liberty. [lmmense
aud prolonged cheeing.]
STATES FOR SEYMOUR AMI BL AIR.
Connecticut, 6; New York, 33 ; New
Jersey, 7 ; Peunsylvania, 26 ; Ohio, 21;
Indiana, 13; Oregon, 3; Nevada, 3; Cali
fornia, 5 ; Delaware, 3 ; Kentucky, 11 ;
Missouri, 11 ; Kansas, 3 ; Wisconsin, 8;
Maryland, 7. Total, 160.
One hundred ami fifty-nine votes, says
the World, are ail that is necessary for
election, and in the above table there are
one hundred aud sixty electoral votes
without counting one of the Southern
States engaged in the rebellion. In the
list of States given, every one, save three
in which a State election has been held in
the last eighteeu mouths, has gone Demo
cratic. In all the local elections have ex
hibited great Democratic gains, sufficient
to insure the states for the Democracy
this fall. We have not counted Illinois
in the list, but the delegates to the Con
vention declared teat there was no doubt
but Pendleton could carry that State. If
it would he certain for Pendleton, then it
can he safely counted for Seymour aud
Blair. .Iu addition to this, the Statesof
Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are cer
tain to give a Democratic majority w ith
any fair chance for voting; this will give
24 more eletoral votes and swell the Dem
2eratie column to 184. But the Republi
cans are laboring to exclude the votes of
che States of Virginia, Texas and Missis
sippi, by legislation in Congress. If the
electoral votes of these States are |not
counted, then there will be in the electo
ral college 2R4 votes and 148 will be all
that will be necessary to elect. The De
mocracy can then lose Ohio aud still se
cure a majority of the electoral college,
without counting any from the South ; or
by carrying Ohio they can“lose Missouri,
Wisconsin and Kansas, and still elect
their ticket without receiving a vote from
the South. There is, therefore, every rea»
sou for encouragement to the Democracy,
add the election of Seymour and Blair
may be put down as a certainty.
Hit Him Again.—ln mentioning Gov
ernor Brown’s bid for the defense of the
Columbus prisoners, we did not mean that
tiie prisoners applied to him. In fact, we
are confident that some, it not ail, the gen
tlemen on trial wou'd have spurned his
services on any terms. To make the mat
ter clear we will give the interview as it
occu rred:
Messrs. .Mott and Wm. A. Bedell, and
General Chiiton, of Columbus, called upon
Brownat the suggestion of the first named
gentleman ,and against Hie wish of tiie last.
He was asked whether he could defend the
Columbus prisoners. He replied that
General Dunn wanted him for the prose
cution, and told him it was no use to try a
man whom he (Brown) would defend,-as
be always cleared his client- ; but, added
the Governor, with tbe Judas expression
tDat so becomes him, “ I am not positively
engaged, and you know, gentlemen, I am
a lawyer, and work for the biggest pile.”
It is Ireiieved that Brown is prosecuting
for a conditional fee, met- whose inno
cence he does not doubt. In no other way
can we account for the vindictive, mali
cious, ungeutieinauiy, unmanly and un
generous manner in which lie lias conduc
ted the examination of witnesses for the
defense—the ladies of the Shepherd family
especially.
To the above, from tiie Atlanta Consti
tution, of Monday, we call public atten
tion. It goes far to sustain Hie charges and
harsh lauguage we iiave felt it our duty,
in season and out of season, to use about
this man. We liave set out with the de
liberate purpose of doing all in our power
to break him down utterly and forever,
and we shall not cease our efforts till that
end be reached. We intend, if possible,
to make him so odious that it will be a
rellection upon any respectable man’s
character to even speak to him, and to shed
such a vivid light upou h s moral deformi
ties as will make the glare thereof a bea
con and warning for all time to come. In
so doing we disclaim all personal feeling.
Our only object is the good of the State,
and of the rising generation. As the
Spartans exhibited a drunken Helot to
theirsons to disgust them with that vice,
so do we hold it oue of the first duties of
all journalists who wish well to their
country and their fellow-citizens, to show
up such a conspicuous example of aposta
cy for the beuefit of those who might oth
erwise be tempted lo tread the same shame
ful path.
A MISNOMER.
We beg Mr. Barr, the agent of the As
sociated Press at Washington, to slop call
ing tiie vile creatures who have been foist
ed into the Senate of the United States
from tiie Southern States, by fraud aud
the bayonet—‘‘Southern Senators.” It is
a gross misnomer. They are not South
ern, in any sense of the term, not even
with reference to locality ; for the majority
of them do not live here, and would not
dare to show their faces in the States they
misrepresent, if the bayonets upon whose
points they liave ridden to Washington
were withdrawn. We do not mean that
personal violence would be visited upou
them, for no good citizen favors that; lint
a guilty conscience would make them
fear a thousand evils if out of the sound
of the drum. Call them what name you
please except “Southern.” The gorge of
every honest man in all this broad land
rises at such a perversion and desecration
of an honored term.
Hauce for the Goose Must be Sauce lor the Gander.
The last New Era on the subject of
State Printer says:
“By reference to Irwin’s Code, page 199,
section 1021, it will be seen that the pres
ent Legislature will lie required to elect a
State Printer who shall serve as such for
the space of two years. The language of
the Code is as follows: “The General
Assembly shall biennially elect a Public
State Printer at tbe same session, and in
like manner with the State House rflicers
of the State, and said State Printer shall
hold his office for and during tiie term of
two years.”
So then, you admit that the Code is law
when there is a chance for you to get an
office for two years. Very well; now let us
see what the same hook saith in another
section. Section 1029, page 200, Irwin’s
Code says : “The duties of the Public
Printer do not begin until the first day.of
the next session of the General Assembly
after his election.” So if you should be
elected now, you will, under this Code,
have to wait until next session to begin the
duties of your office. Who is State
Printer for this session under the Code ?
Undoubtedly John W. Burke, who was
elected.at the last General Assembly. What
do you say ? Do you acknowledge only
part of the Code, or all of it?)
CROPS IN (H ITMAN COUNTY.
Quitman County, Ga., July 20th '6B
Editors Journal & Messenger: —As the
summer is passing away as rapidly as the
wheels of old Father Time ever moves, it
will perhaps he interesting to your readers
to learn of the state or condition of the
crops in this section. I regret exceeding
ly that 1 cannot give you as flattering an
account of tiie crops in this, and some ad
jacent neighborhoods as I did in my last
letter. Since writing you last, our pros
pects have been sadly blighted by drought;
the largest portion of this (Quitman,) aud
adjoining counties will not make exceed
ing a half crop of corn. Many of the fields
of early corn looks as though they were
ready for fodder gathering, and are entirely
too far exhausted to he improved much by
rain. It is almost alarming to contem
plate the bread prospects of the planters
in most parts of South-western Georgia.
The cotton crops are looking somewhat
droopy for want cf rain, though not yet
injured, as there is yot time enough, with
seasonable weather aud no disaster, to
make a fair crop. The Pea crop will be
a failure.
The Democrats have appointed delegates
to the Atlanta Convention. The nomina
tion of Seymour ami Blair, so far as I can
learn, give entire satisfaction to democrats
and Conservatives of this county, aud the
highest hopes of success are entertained l>y
many. More anon.
Quitman.
A Specimen Lie.” —Wherever the an
niversary of the declaration of indepen
dence was ce ebrated in the rebel States,
the participants were nearly all black loy
alists. The rebel Democrats hate the
Union with too intense a bitterness ami
detest freedom too heartily to take part in
anything of a national character. They
do" not desire to be reminded that ail
men are born free and equal.
[»SY. Louis Democrat {Rad.)
When it is recollected that motious
made by Democrats in both the Georgia
and Alabama Legislatures to adjourn in
honor of this day were defeated promptly
aud emphatically by the Radical majori
ties thereof, the stupidity of a lie which is
only equalled by its shamelessness is at
ouce made manifest.
The extreme heat iu Illinois has sus
pended all farm work. Farmers find five
ami seven dollars a dav insufficient to
tempt harvest hands.
The Jacobin papers denounce, as repu
diation, what eight of their Senators voted
for the other day, viz. : The payment of
the 5-20s in greenbacks. Dirty birds be
foul their own nests.
MACON, GA., TUESDAY, JULY -28, IStiS.
THURSDAY, JULY -23, 1368.
From tiie Atlanta Intelligencer.
THE ASnBURN TRAGEDY.
TRIAL OF THE COLA MBlri PRISONER*.
Testimony Tor (lie Defence Continues.
EIGHTEENTH DAY.
McPherson Barracks, July 20, 1868.
Court met at 10 o’clock, A. M. Tbe re
cord of Saturday was read and approved.
Mr. Stephens, for the defence, asked the
privilege of asking a question of the wit
ness, Homer H. Stair. The Court con
sented. Mr. Stephens then asked : Wiiat
do you mean Dy your door opening to the
left? Will you show the Court what you
mean? Going into iny room it opens to
tiie left; coining out it opens to the right.
The witness, Mr. Starr, desired to cor
rect his testimony so as to read : “I am
Shipping Clerk in a Cotton House.”
Roswell Ellis sworn.—Mr. Stephens for
the Defence.—l live in Columbus, Ga.; on
the night that A. was killed I was con
fined to my bed with sickness, up stairs in
tiie northeast corner of McGee’s building;
on the same floor several persons occupied
rooms; .Mr. Bedell occupied the room im
mediately east of me; the adjoining room
by Mr. Reed, a cotton buyer; the one ad
joining that by Dr. Eekhart as an office;
the corner room—last on that side 0f.,/,*©
hall — by Mr. Duck a* a Sleeping room ; on
the south side of the hall tiie two first
rooms were used as a revenue office Dy
McSpadden & Harris; the next was a va
cant room; between the hail and Mr.
Starr’s room there is a little hall; I speak
of Mr. Columbus O. Bedell, whom I recog
nize among the prisoners here.
1 did not hear Mr. Bedell when he came
to the room that night; I almost in varia
bly hear him when he comes in, that is,
when I am in my own room ; I had been
sick for eight or ten days ; I retired to bed
about 8 o’clock, very much exhausted and
immediately fell asleep; I slept sound the
early part of the night from exhaustion
and opiates I had taken ; 1 woke between
the hours of 12 and 1 o’clock that night;
heard Mr. Bedell’s clock strike 1 ; I did
not sleep from that time out from parox
ysms of pain ; did not get to sleep before
day; I think if Mr. B. had come in or
gone out of his room after I woke, that I
should have heard him ; there is a door
between my room and his ; my wardrobe
stands against it; very often i am awak
ened by Mr. B. coming in ; I know Mr.
B.’s habits during the time he lias been
rooming there; (luring the cotton season
he lias often been kept up to a very late
hour, varying from 10 to 12 o’clock at
night; I never met him, that I recollect,
at a public political meeting, or know of
bis attending one; don’t remember that
Mr. Bedell ever wore his hair long and
hanging over the shoulders; there is no
carpet to walk upon in his room ; can very
distinctly hear a person walking in his
room while I am in my room ; I know his
walk from that of other people; it is pecu
liar ; my recollection was impressed about
my waking between 12 and 1 o’clock, and
hearing B.’s clock strike the hour of oue,
from the fact that next morning lie came
into my room and inquired if I heard
him come in last night; I told him I
had not; he told me lie had come in
early, and informed me that lie had heard
that he was suspected of being implicated
in tiie assassination ; I replied, that if he
had come in after one o’clock 1 should
have heard him. There is no one in Co
lumbus that I should mistake for Bedell ;
I liave seen a party afterwards pointed
out to me, who 1 thought resembled him ;
the man’s name was Hudson ; his hair
was long over the shoulders, beard long,
and height corresponding with that of Mr.
B.; Wm. H. Branham, in appearance,
corresponds very much with Mr. Jit-Jell;
his height does not; his beard does ; Ma
jor Bradley, a bar-keeper, is stouter, aud
not so tafl as Mr. Bedell; he wears a
long black beard. There was no way of
getting out of my apartment except on
Broad street, unless by jumping fences;
the back space is enclosed Dy a plank
fence; the water closet is iti tiie corner of
this space ; in going to the water closet I
should pass out of tiie hall to a platform,
and from (hence by back stairs into the
back yard ; this platform is twenty
five or thirty feet long, and about fifteen
feet from the ground ; the enclosed space
which contains the water closet is about
thirty-five by forty-five feet; It is enclosed
by an upright plank fence, between six
and seven feet high ; it separates the water
closet and vacant kitchen from tiie main
yard ; on the offside it separates the yard
of Dr. Eekhart from this lot; on tiie south
side of this space there is a very high
fence; about fifteen feet high ; Mr. Mor
ton was the architect who planned the
McGee House, 1 have understood. A (dia
gram of theafore-aid house and premises
was here handed to the witness, which
he recognized as correct.)
Mr. Stephens read the following propo
sition, to-wit: “The credit of the witness
es, Woodward, Reese, fucker, and Parr
ham, for tiie prisoner Duke having been
attacked on cross-examination, counsel
for the defense now propose to offer the
testimony of the Hon. Hiram Warner,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of
Georgia, to support the credit of the im
peached witnesses.”
In reply, objection was made as follows:
“The counsel for the prosecution object to
the admission of the testimony proposed,
on the ground that the credibility of tiie
witnesses named lias not been attacked.
They were carried through a sifting cross
examination witli the view of testing the
strength and accuracy of their memory.
The counsel for the prosecution distiuctly
state tiiat they make no charge that the
witnesses named are not gentlemen of
veracity.”
With the understanding that these
statements be placed upon the record, Mr.
Stephens withdrew his proposition.
By tiie Court.—When and how did you
hear of A.’s murder? I heard it between
Sand 9 o’clock next morning from Mr.
Ingmire, who came in to see alter my con
dition. I was awakened that night by
the pain I was suffering; it was not by
Mr. Bedell coming in or going out. About
bow many minutes before tiie striking of
one did you awake? I cannot determine
the precise time that 1 woke, but I know
it was some time before the clock struck
one; it may have been half-past 12 or a
quarter before one. When was the per
son who was reported us appearing like
Bedell pointed out to you, before or after
A.’s murder? It was after.
Court then adjourned till 10 o’clock to
morrow morning.
Tuesday, July 21.
The Court met at 10 a. m.
The testimony of Roswell Ellis was read
in liis presence.
TESTIMONY OK ROSWELL ELLIS
Mr. Stephens requested permission to
examine the witness for Mr. Chipley.
lam acquainted with Mr. Chipley. I
Lave never known him to be out at night
except at the meetings of our Reading
and Chess Club, of which I was President
several months. Chipley had beeu mar
ried for several months previous to tiie
death of .Ashburn. He was not so regular
in his attendance at the Club after his
marriage, and his irregularity was remark
ed by other members of the Club. It
seemed he had lost the interest in the
Club which lie formerly had. There were
some jockular proceedings iu the Club, or
threats to expel him, I think. There was
no betting allowed,neither was drinking
allowed in the room. Mr. Chipley is re
garded as one of the best citizens in Co
lumbus—his character is unexcestionable.
I never heard of his being engaged in a
broil of any sort. I think there are sever
al in Columbus whose appearance would
correspond witli that of Mr. Chipley. I
know Mr. Hogan. I think his appearance
would compare closely with Mr. Chipley.
If they were masked and in the dark, I
would not undertake to swear which was
which.
Several other gentlemen were named over,
and witness stated that their forms com
pared with that of Mr. Chipley very close
ly.
I have heard persons speak through a
mask. It alters the natural voice. The
only masked party 1 ever attended was at
Mr. Chipley’s house. It was a select par
ty, and I could not recognize any of them
—even my most intimate friends. That
fact created a good deal of merriment, I
was not -masked. They removed the
masks before tbe supper. My knowledge
of tbe rewards offered for the discovery of
the murderers of A. was derived altogeth
er from the newspapers. The City Coun
cil of Columbus offered a reward of SSOO
for proof to convict. I understood tiie re
ward offered by tiie Provisional Governor
j to lie $2,000 for the first conviction, aud
| SIOOO each for every subsequent one.
Cross-Examined.— Being President of
the Club, it was made my duty lie present
j regularly, and it was on that account l re
signed the Presidency, as I found it ditli
cult for me to attend. I spent very few
evenings in my room until my ordinary
bed-time. I sometimes met Mr. Chipley
of evening, when I did not attend at the
| Club House. For several months I pass
-1 bis residence, and stopped a few mo*
: nients to talk with him occasionally.
! J can’t state where lie sp. nt his evenings,
unless be spent them with his family,
when he was not at ttie Club Room. I
can, on a star light night, distinguish
my acquaintances. There are some that I
could not. It is not improbable tiiat I would
distinguish him. Even if I could not see
their features. I have often distinguished
some by their carriage. I testified that 1
could recognize Redell by tbe sound of his
footsteps. 1 could recognize others in the
same manner, if I was as intimate with
them as with Bedell.
By the Court.—What is your occupa
tion ?
Answer.—l am a Commission Mer
chant.
TESTIMONY of CICERO Johnson (colored.)
I was 24 years old the Ist day of last Ju
ly. I live in Columbus. I know Mr.
Columbus C. Bedell. I see him in the
Court room—(witness pointed out Mr. Be
dell.) I had been in his service übout a
year, up to tiie time lie was arrested. I j
attended his room. I was attending his j
room Hie night of the death of A. I went I
there in the evening after I knocked off i
work. At tiiat time I used to go to his
room before I went to work in the morn- !
ing. I attended his room the night of the
death ot A. I attended next morning a
little earlier than usual. I did so because
I awoke up earlier that morning that usu
al. I heard of the death of Ash burn and
went to his house. I heard at Ashburn’s
house that there was such a looking man as
Mr. Bedell seen there that night. I re
marked to some of tiie people who were
standing around there talking, that I
waited on Mr. Bedell’s room, and if there
was anything out of it I would know it.
I got to liis room about sunrise. When I
got to his room I found him there in his
bed as I usually found him. He was
asleep. I would suppose he was asleep.
1 found him as I usually found him.
When I weut in his room and looked
around, I thought it was a mistake about
bis being there, because I found nothing
to give me any evidence that he was con
nected with the murder. I found every
thing as I usually found it, aud all things
were on the table as I left them the even
ing before.
I speak of liis books, pistol, and goblets.
His pistol was lying just as I left it. After
I got through with my usual bu-iness, I
woke him up and told him A. was mur- j
dered, and lie said it could not be possible.
He said it was a very bad pieceof business
—it would only make it worse for the city.
I didn’t tell him what I heard about his
being suspected, because I didn’t know
whether it was so or not, and I didn’t
want to say anything about it. I liave a
key and B lias a key. I find the bank
key on the table mornings when I get
there. His table is about four feet from
the bed. I picked up the pistol aud look
ed at it before I waked him up. There
was no load shot out of it. I washad the
bowl out that morning. I did not see any
colored or muddy water about it. I never
saw at any time a mask of any sort in his
room.
Cross-Examined.—l light the lamp
every night and leave it. burning, turned
down low. T did not take any notice of
the oil. When I went to liis room, lie ap
peared to be asleep. I could uot say posi
tively how long it took me to get through
with my ordinary business that morning.
I could not say whether it took me longer
that morning or not because there was
great excitement on account of the death
of A.
• I don’t suppose 1 was in liis room more
than a few minutes after t woke him up.
I could not say whether he was sick or
not—he said nothing to me about it. I
unlocked the door that morning when I
went in. Tiie lock made a pretty loud j
noise. If Mr. Ellis was awake in his j
room he could have heard it. I don’t |
think it would wake him up. I walked
heavily, as I usually do, when 1 went to
Mr B.’s room. I went out of the room
and returned twice. I did not lock the
door, but just pulled it to. I don’t know
what time he left to go to breakfast that
morning. I don’t know whether lie went
to breakfast at all or not. I did not lock
the door when I left the room—l never
lock it when lie is in there.
To Mr. Slepliens—Closing the door
makes t wice the noise that locking does,
because it is a spring lock.
To the Judge Advocate—The door could
be left nearly closed without shutting it
tight.
By the Court—Do you know how many
pistols or revolvers Air. B. owns or has in
his possession ?
Answer —I never knew him liave but
one.
Qtiesfion—D< es he keep a pistol at the
hank?
Answer—l am not able to say.
Question —Are you certain the pistol bad
not been discharged or re-loaded ?
Answer -I am.
Question—Why ?
Answer —Because I picked it up ami
looked at it, as I heard such a looking man
as he had been seen at tbe place of the
murder.
Question —Was the pistol always kept
loaded ?
Answer—l never knew it to be any
other way. It was somewhat rusty, and
I never knew it to he shot off.
Question —Where was the ammunition
kept ?
Answer—l never seen any.
Question —Was tlie pistol always kept
iu that one place ?
Answer—lt was lying naked on the
table.
Question—Can’t the holt of the spring
lock lie caught so as not to spring out?
Answer. —Yes.
Question.—On what part of the pistol
was the rust?
Answer.—On the part where the cart
ridge enters the barrel.
Question.—Can you always tell that a
pistol lias not been discharged by looking
at it?—that it lias not been re-loaded?
Answer. —I can when it lias been laying
a long time ; but if it has been often dis
charged and re-loaded, I could not tell.
The testimony of this witness, at his re
quest was read over to him from the Re
porter’s notes and he was discharged.
To Mr. Stephens.—The people I heard
taikiDgat the house where A. was killed,
and to whom I made the remark about
Bedell, were colored people.
The Court then adiourued.
TWENTIETH DAY.
McPherson Barracks, \
July 22, 1868. /
Court met at 10 o’clock, a. m., pursuant
to adjournment. The conclusion of Ellis’
testimony and the whole of Cicero John
son’s, (colored,) were re-read. The record
was then approved.
General fc?ibley, President of the Com
mission, then handed to General Dunn,
the Judge Advocate, the following com
munication from headquarters Third Mili
tary District, to-wit:
HE.VDQTAKTKKS TlIIUI) MILITARY DISTICT, j
Department of Georgia, Florida and Alabama,
Atlanta, .July 21. lsds. j
Brevet Brii). Gen. C. C. Sibley, V. S. A., President
Military Conunixrion:
General—ln view of the action of the
Legislature to-day, and the probable im
mediate admission of the State of Georgia,
and consequent cessation of military au
thority, the Commanding General directs
that the Commission, of which you are
President, suspend all further proceedings
in the tiiai of the prisoners charged with
the murder of Ashburn. The prisoners,
however, will be retained in custody until
further orders.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
It. C. Drum, A. A. G.
The Court then adjourned till 10 o’clock
Friday morning, 24th inst.
which, being opened, showed $2,000 in
silver, $2,800 in gold, $1,200 in Mexican
dollars, and $4,000 in “ Confederick.”
| From the Atlanta Constitution.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Monday, July 20, 18GS.
The Senate met at 10 o’clock, a. m. pur
suant to adjournment, and was called to
order by the President
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Smith, Senator from
| the 7th District.
The roll was called, and tiie Journal of
| Saturday read and approved.
Mr. WINN ottered the following reso
lution :
Resolved, By the General Assembly of
the Provisional Government of Georgia,
That a joint committee of three from the
Senate, and five from the House of Repre
sentatives, be appointed (the House ecu
curring) with instructions to report such
preamble and resolutions as may tie prop
er, to be adopted by the General Assem
bly, in order to carry this State into the
Union, under the legislation of Congress
on that sutiject, and that all propositions
relating to that matter he referred to said
com mil tee.
Mr. MERItELL thought that action on
the resolution was premature, and made
a motion to lay it on tiie table, which was
adopted.
Mr. SPEER moved that the Senate
take a recess for thirty minutes, which was
adopted.
The time having expired for recess, tiie
President called the Senate to order.
A message and accompanying document
were presented to the fSenat from His Ex
cellency Governor Rullock, which areas
follows:
Office cxf Provisional Governor, 1
Atlanta Ga., July 20, 1808. J
To ihe Senate :
The reports of your committee, raised to
investigate the eligibility of Senators, un
der the Act of Congress of June 25, ISOS,
to admit the States of * * * Georgia,
* * *, etc., together with the evidence
taken before said committee,and the reso
lution of the Senate, were transmitted to
the Commanding General, with my en
dorsement thereon, aud I herewith trans
mit, for the information of tiie Senate, a
communication from tiie Commanding
General:
Rufus B. Bullock,
Provisional Governor'
Hdq’rs Third Military District )
(Dep’t Georgia, Florida, and Alabama,) [
Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 1808. J
Hon. E. J}. Bullock, Provisional Governor
of Georgia —
Governor : I have the honor to ac
knowledge the receipt of your letter of the
19th instant, transmitting the action and
resolution of the Senate on the eligibility
of its members under the 14th Article,
Constitutional Amendment, and objec
tion to the same on the ground the admis
sion of certain members, who, in thejudg
ment of the minority of the Committee of
Investigation and yourself, are ineligible.
In reply I beg leave to state tiiat the
subject matter of your communication will
beheld by me for consideration, and that
action thereon will he deferred until I
shall be officially advised of the course
pursued by the House of Representatives
upon tiie same subject.
, Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Geo. G. Meade,
Major Gen. U. S. A.
Mr. HUNGERFORD moved that the
message and document lie received and
laid upon the table. Adopted.
Mr. SPEER moved an adjournment (o
10 o’clock to-morrow morning. Adopted.
house of representatives.
Monday, July 20, 18G8.
House met pursuant to adjournment,
Speaker McWhorter in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. W. T. Brantly. Roll
called. Proceedings of Saturday read and
adopted.
Mr. HARPER, of Terrell, Chairman of
the Committee appointed on Saturday to
wait upon His Excellency, the Provisional
Governor, made the following report:
Mr. Speaker.—Your Committee, ap
pointed to report to His Excellency, tiie
Provisional Governor, tiie action of this
House on the eligibility of its officers and
members, beg leave to report that they
have performed tiiat duty. His Excellen
cy received our report courteously and
kindly, and responded by assuring your
Committee tiiat lie will communicate Die
same to the General Commanding this,
the Third Military District.
F. M Harper,
Chairman.
Mr. CALDWELL, of Troupe, claimed
the floor in the discussion of Ids resolu
tion of Saturday, which, upon being called
for, was again read as follows :
Resolved, That the reports of the com
mittee on the eligibility of members, with
all documents and evidence, be presented
by said committee to the Governor.
Mr. CALDWELL occupied the floor at
some length in support of this resolution,
and in conclusion called the previous
question. The yeas and nays were called
for, aud stood as follows ; Yeas, 81 ; nays,
82. The resolution was therefore lost.
Mr. RICE, of Columbia, moved tiiat, in
the absence of any communication from
the Provisional Governor, in answer to
the committee appointed on Saturday,
there was no business before tbe House,
and he would therefore move to adjourn.
House adjourned.
SENATE.
Tuesday, July 21.
The Senate was called to order at 10
o’clock, pursuant to adjournment, by the
President.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Mr. Hinton,
Senator from the 24th District.
The roil was called, and the journal of
yesterday read and approved.
A message from the provisional Govern
or, and accompanying documents, were
received and read as follows: [See docu
ments as reported in the House proceed
ings.]
Mr. WINN moved tiiat the resolution
which was laid upon the table yesterday
be taken up.
Mr. CANDLER offered a substitute in
substance, that Die message and all mat
ters pertaining to the lltli Article, be re
ferred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Lost.
On the adoption of the resolution of
Mr. Winn tbe yeas and nays were called,
which stood as follows :
Yeas—Messrs. Adkins, Bowers, Brad
ley, Brock, Bruton, Campbell, Coleman,
Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin, (6th District)
Griffin, (21st District) Harris, Higbee,
Hungerford, Jones, Jordan, Merrill, Mc-
Whorter. Richardson, Sherman, Wmith,
(6th District,) Smith, (36th District,)Speer,
Stringer, Wallace, Welch, Winn—27.
Nays—Messrs. Anderson, Burns, Cand
ler, Collier, Fain, Hicks, Hinton, Hol
combe, McArthur, McCutcheu, Nisbet,
Nunnally, Welborne, Wooten—l 4.
Those not voting—Messrs. Conley, Gra
ham, Moore.
The PRESIDENT announced that the
l ith Amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, on the part of the Seu
ate, was adopted, which announcement
was received with cheers from the Radical
side of the House.
Mr. HINTON ofl'ered a resolution in
effect that the Senate proceed to the inves
tigation of the case of A. A. Bradley.
Mr. ADKINS moved that the original
committee to investigate the case oi Brad
ley be relieved.
Mr. CANDLER hoped that the motion
of Mr. Adkins would not pass. From
facts already gleaned, the Senators were
now sitting in the Senate with a felon.
His case should be investigated immedi
ately, and if the charges preferred were
sustained, the accused should be expelled
from the Senate.
After considerable discussion the resolu
tion offered by Mr. Hinton was tabled.
Mr. HIGBEE offered the following:
Resolved, That gentlemen whoartTpres
ent as contestants of the right of certain
Senators to hold their seats here, be in
vited to seats on the floor of the Senate
during their stay.
Adopted.
Mr. HIGBEE also offered the following
resolutions, which were agreed to:
Resolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives that a committee of two
from the Senate,and such committee from
the House of Representatives as may be
appointed, to make suitable arrangements
for the inauguration of the Governor elect.
Resolved, By the Senate and House of
Representatives, that a committee he ap
pointed of three from the Senate and five
from the House, to notify tbe Governor
elect, Hon. R. B. Bullock, that the Gen
eral Assembly will be pleased to inaugu
rate him Governor of Georgia at such lime
as lie may think proper, in the Hall of the
House of Representatives.
A resolution was adopted fixing the hour
of meeting at 9 o’clock, and adjournment
to 1 o’clock.
Mr. HIGBEE moved that the Senate go
into the election of a President pro tan. —
Mr. Wooten, from the 11th district, and
Mr. Harris from the 27th district, were
nominal* and. On calling the roll Mr. Wooten
was declared duly elected.
On motion, the Senate adjourned Dll 9
o’clock to-morrow.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, July 21, 1858.
House met. Speaker McWhorter in the
Chair. Prayer by Mr. Cloud. Roll called.
Minutes of yesterday read and adopted.
Mr. BELL, of Banks, offered a resolu*
j Don that each member of t tie House be
furnished with a copy of the Code of Geor
| gia, and the laws of 1866, which had just
1 been brought up from Milledgeville.—
Adopted.
Mr. LANE, of Brooks, moved that im
mediate action he had on the 14th amend
ment, when a discussion ensued as to Die
motion being out of order, (lending whicli
the Secretary of Die Governor entered the
hall and announced a messaga from that
: official, it was moved and carried tiiat
the message be at once taken up, when the
Clerk read as follows:
Office of Provisional Governor, [
Atlanta, Ga., July 21, 1868. J
I’o the Senate and
House of Representatives :
The following communication from Die
Commanding General of this District is
respectfully transmitted for t lie in forma
tion of the General Assembly:
lleaihj’ks Thiku Military District, i.
Department of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, -
Atlanta, Ga., July 20, 1808. )
Hon. 11. B. Bullock, Provisional Governor
of Georgia : *
I have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your letter of the 18th inst., ad
vising me that a committee of Die House
of Representatives had waited on you, and
verbally informed you that the House
having made a careful investigation into
the eligibility of its members, iiave de
cided by a vote of the House that all per
sons now in their seats are eligible.
I have already acknowledged the receipt
of your letter of the 17th, reporting Die
action of Die Senate on the same subject.
I have now to advise and instruct you
that eacli House, having complied with
the requsitions of my communication o
the Ktli inst., by examining into and de
ciding on the eligibility of their m embers
under the Acts of Congress, and ihe 14th
Article, Constitutional amendments, 1
iiave no further opposition to make to
their proceeding to the business for which
they were called together, as I consider
them legally organized from the 18thinst.,
the date of the action of the House.
Very respectfully
Your obedient servant,
Geo. G. Meade,
Maj. Gen., U. S. A.
By the provision of the act of Congress
entitled “An act to admit Die States of
North Carolina, South Carolina, Louisi
ana, Georgia, Alabama, and Florida to
representation in Congress,” passed June
25, 1868, you are required to duly ratify the
amendment to the Constitution proposed
by' the 39th Congress, and known as Arti
cle 14, and by solemn public act declare
the assent of tiie State to that portion of
the act of Congress, which makes null aud
void the first and third subdivisions of
section 17 of the fifth article of the State
Constitution: except the proviso to the
first subdivision, before the State shall lie
entitled and admitted to representation in
Congress asa State of the Union.
Copies of the said act of Congress, and
of the said (imposed amendment to Die
Constitution are herewith transmitted.
Rufus B. Bullock,
Provisional Governor.
Mr. LANE, of Brooks, offered the fol
lowing joint resolution to ratify the
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, known as article fourteen,
proposed by the thirty-ninth Congress of
the United States :
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of tiie State of Georgia,
That the amendment to the Constitution
of the United States, known as article
fourteen, proposed by Die thirty-ninth
Congress of the United States, and which
is as follows :
ARTICLE 14.
Sec. 1. All persons born or naturalized
in Die United States, and subject to the
jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States, and of the State wherein
they reside. No State shall make or en
force any law which shall abridge the
privileges or immunities of citizens of tiie
United States; nor shall any State deprive
any person of life, liberty or property,
without due process of law, nor deny to
any person within its jurisdiction tiie
equal protection of the law.
Sec. 2. Representatives shall be appoint
ed among the several Statts according to
their respective numbers, counting the
whole number of persons in each Stale,
excluding Indians not taxed. But when
the right to vote at any election for the
choice of electors for President and Vice-
President of Ihe United Slates, Represen
tatives in Congress, the executive and
judicial officers of the State, or the Legis
lature thereof, is denied to any of the male
inhabitants of such State being twenty
one years of age, and citizens of the United
States, or any way abridged, except for
participation in rebellion, or other crime,
the basis of representation therein shall
be reduced in the propiitLion which the
number of such male cifmrns shall bear
to the whole number of male citizens
twenty-one years of age in such State, be
and is hereby ratified by the Stale of
Georgia.
Sec 3. No person shall be a Senator or
Representative in Congress, or elector of
President and Vice President, or hold any
office, civil or military, under the United
States, or under any State, who, having
previously taken an oath, as a member of
Congress, or as an officer of the United
Stales, or as a member of any State Legis
lature, or as an executive or judicial offi
cer of any Slate, to support the Constitu
tion of the United States, shall have en
gaged in insurrection or rebellion against
the same, or given aid or comfort to the
enemies there >f. But Congress may, by a
vote of two tiiirds of each House, remove
such disability.
Kec. 4. The validity of the public debt
of the United States, authorized by law,
including debts incurred for the payment
of pensions and bounties for services in
suppressing insurrection or rebellion,shall
not bequestioued. Rut neither thel'nited
States nor any State shall assume or pay
any debt or obligation incurred in aid of
insurrection or rebellion against the Uni
ted States, or any ciaim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave; but all such
debts, obligations and claims,shall be held
illegal and void.
Sec. 5 The Congress shall have power
to enforce, by appropriate legislation, the
provisions of this article.
A suspension of the rules was necessary
to take up this joint resolution, when a
motion to that effect prevailed.
The SPEAKER then put the question
of adoption, when
Mr. CRAM'FORD, of Bartow, obtained
the floor, and in a speech of some length,
opposed it.
Mr. O'NEAL, of Lowndes, replied in
support of the measure.
Mr. TUMLIX, of Randolph, called the
previous question, when the yeas and
nays stood as follows :
Yeas—Messrs James Allen, of Hart, T
M Allen, of Jasper, Benjamin Ayer, E
Barnes, T P Beard, Edwin Belcher, W R
Bell, A T Bennett, Marian Bethuue, J A
Brinson, J E Bryant, J M Buchan, J M
Burtz, J H Caldwell, T G Campbell, R \V
Carpenter, \\ C Carson, P H Chambers,
Malco m Claiborne, G H Clower, Abra
ham Colby, J T Costin, James Cunning
ham 8 A Darnell, Madison Davis, J M
Ellis, of Gilmer, J R Evans, James Fitz
patrick, Monday Floyd, J E G Franks, F
H Fyall, 8 Gardner, W A Golden, R B
Hail, of Glynn ; W H Hall, of Meriweth
er ; W D Hamilton, A Haren, \V II Har
rison, of*Hancoc'k ; J F Harden, J Hig
don, V Hiliyer, W F Holden, C H Hooks,
F M D Hopkins, U L Houston, H Hughes,
1* Joiner, G \V Johnson, of Towns” VV
A Lane, G Lastinger, A H Lee, G Lin
de„r,'*;VLi'"^y ’, J . K Lumpkin,
J T McCormick, J A Madden, I* Madison
J A Maxwell, J G Maul, Romulus Moore,’
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! John Neal, J W O’Neal, of Lowndes • IV
ler O’Niel of Baldwin ;C K Osgood ’<; |-
I N J Perkius, of Cherokee ; j,w B
IVi kins, of Dawson; Janies l’orter SC
| 1 Hidden, A K Bead, Mason .1 Rice \
Biehard.on Sailer. K M S Toggins, Pmroe
Sewell. .J M sinn, b M Smitli, of Charl
ton; Abram Smith, of Muscogee; Alexan
der Slone, S S Strickland, il M Turner
Ephraim Tweedy, John Warren, of
Burke ; \V’ W Watkins, Samuel William-,
of Harris; VV N Williams, of Haralson ’
A .1 Williams, of Morgan ; W S /Cellars.
Nays— W D Anderson, J W Atkins .1
K Barnum. Richard Bradford, 1* H Bras
sell, WO Brown, Win M Butt, W 11
Clarke, 0 C (.’leghorn, A E Cloud, J a
Cobh, M .1 Crawford. John C Dm e,c<
Dunean, J T Ellis of Spalding, W S Erwin,
H B Kelder, MeK Fincanupii, BW Flour
noy, K M Ford, A S Fowler, 11 C Fryer,
A M George, N N Golier, D Golf, W li
Gray, ,J E Gullati, W N Hall of Bulloeli,
1' M llarkness, J A Harrison of Frank
lin, J N Harris, G B Harper of Sum
ter, F M Harper of Terrell, G M
Hook, W 1 Hudson, C C Humber,
1) Johnson, of Wilcox, H C Kellogg,
C H Kytle, W T McCullough, W
A MeDougald, J W Matthews, J W Mead
ows, L Nash, J C Nis bet, .1 M Nunn, B M
Parke, L E Pepper, K W Phillips, B F
Powell, W P l’riee, Thomas F Bainey,
Morgan Kipvles, Isham Reddish, (i S K«is
ser, Jas M Bouse, G W Humph, S F Sai
ler, Dunlap Scott, K B Seales, M Shackle
ford, J E Shumate, V P Sisson, .1 It
Smith, of Coffee, J D Smith, of Ware,.)
B Sorrells, B C Surreney, E M Taliaferro,
F () Tate, W M Tomlin, It A Turnipseed,
W G Vinson, li 11 Walthal, L C A War
ren, of Quitman, David Welchel, Frank
Wiicher, Hiram Williams, of Dooly, Bal
langer, of Floyd.
Those not voting—Messrs. Ballard, Mc-
Arthur, Moon, Paulk, Pen and, Reddish,
Bouse, Smith, of Codec, Smith of Ware.
Surreney, Mr. Speaker, on the ground
that lie had no Constitutional right to
vote.
Mr. BRYANT, of Richmond, thenolt’cr
ed tlie following :
Whereas, tiie Congress of the United
States, by the act admitting the State of
Georgia to representation in Congress as a
State of the United States, imposes as one
of tlie conditions upon which the same
shall take effect, that the first and third
sub-divisions of section seventeen of tli.i
fifth article of the Constitution of the Slate
of Georgia, except the proviso to the first
sub-division, shall he null and void, and
that the Genera' Assembly of the Stall
shall by solemn public act declare the as
sent of tiie State to the said condition.”
It is therefore Resolved by tiie Senate
and House of Representatives, the Gener
al Assembly of Georgia, does hereby de
clare the assent of Hie State of Georgia (o
tiie said condition.
The rules were suspended to take up this
resolution, which was adopted by a large
majority, the Democrats all voting in the
negative. [The yeas and nays were not
taken.]
A resolution was adopted appointing a
Committee of tive to wait upon his Excel
lency the Provisional Governor and ap
prise him of the action of the House to
day.
The SPEAKER named as that Com-
mittee, Messrs. Beihune, of Talbot, Wil
liams, of Dooly, Johnson, of Towns,
Matthews, of Houston, Neal, of Warren.
Mr. TUMBIN of Randolph, ottered the
following:
Resolved, That we respectfully and
earnestly petition the Congress of the
United States to remove from every citi
zen of Georgia, irrespective of party asso
ciation, tiie disabilities imposed by the
third section of the proposed amendment
to the Constitution of the United Slates,
known as article fourteen.
Mr. HARPER, of Terrell, favored the
resolution.
Mr. BANE, of Brooks, opposed it.
Mr. PHI 881 PS, of Echols, sustained it.
in remarks.
Mr. BRYANI',of Richmond, would .ac
cept it with a proviso, that only such he re
lieved as were in favor of the It construc
tion measures, and sanctioned the action
of this House to-day.
Mr. TUMBIN, of Randolph, said that
if the gentleman from Richmond offered
his proviso as an amendment, lie could
not accept it.
Mr. ANDERSON, of Cobh, said the
resolution, in his opinion, was premature,
hut would give it bissupport. Gentlemen
oil the other side of the house had said
that the Government was magnanimous,
if they were candid in such expressions
they would vote for tiie resolution.
'The previous question was here called,
hut Hie House refused to suspend the rules
for the purpose of taking it up. The reso
lution therefore goes over.
The Clerk of the Senate was announced
with a message from that body, which,
upon being read, proved to lie the Senate -
action upon the matter of the 14th amend
ment, which action, upon the motion be
ing put, the House concurred in.
Mr. BRYANT offered a resolution dial
when the House adjourn it do so to re-us
semhle at 4 o’clock this afternoon, in ordei
to arrange for the Governor’s inaugura
tion. Adopted.
Mr. O’NEAL, of Lowndes, offered the
following:
Resolved, That a committee of three he
appointed by the Speaker whose duty it
shall he to notify Major General Meade of
the action of this House on the Coustilu
tionai Amendment, and other fundamen
tal conditions this day acted upon, and in
vite him and his staff' to a scat on this
floor, to witness the inauguration of Hm
Excellency the Governor. Adopted.
Mr. TURNER, of Bibb, (colored)of fried
a resolution that the Committee to he ap
pointed to arrange for the inauguration f
the Governor he instructed toenquire into
the plausibility of having it take place
outside of the Jlall, in order that everybody
may witness the ceremony. Adopted-
Leave of absence was granted Mr. Hud
son, of Harris.
The House adjourned to 4 i*. m.
AFTERNOON session.
HOUSE.
House met, when the following reports
were made :
Mr. «S /linker — As Chairman of the com
mittee appointed by this House to join
such committee as the Benate might cre
ate, to wait upon His Excellency, R. 1:.
Bullock, Provisional Governor of this
Slate, and inform him of the adoption of
the amendment to the Constitution of the
United States proposed by the Thirty-
Ninth Congress, and known as Article
Fourteenth ; and that the General Assem
bly of the State had declared its assent to
the fundamental conditions annexed
thereto by an act of Congress ; and t . in
form him that both Houses of the < ieneral
Assembly are ready to inaugurate the Gov
ernor of the State at such time as he may
designate; I have the honor to report that
your committee, having joined a similar
committee appointed by the Senate, have
performed the duty assigned them by com
municatiug the action of the (ieneral As
sembly as stated in the resolution under
which they were appointed, to His Excel
lency R. B. Bullock, Provisional Gov
ernor, who expresses great satisfaction,
and stated that he would immediately in
form the Commanding General of this, the
Third, Military District, of the informa
tion thus received by him, and that it it
met the approbation of l»oth Houses of the
General Assembly, it was the pleasure of
the Governor elect to meet them in the
Hall on Wednesday, 22d instant, at 12
o'clock, SI., then and there to be inaugu
rated as Governor of the State of Georgia.
Allot'which is respectfully submitted.
Marion Beth ink,
Chairman.
Mr. Speaker—Your Committee, to
whom was assigned the duty of informing
Maj. Gen. Meadeof the action of this House
upon the Constitutional Amendment, and
other fundamental conditions, and of in
viting him and his staff to a seat upon
fliis floor during the inauguration of liie
Governor, beg leave to report
That they Have performed said duty,
and received from General Meade his
thanks for the kindness and courtesy of
this body, as well as an expression of his
desire and intention to accept the invita-
Joiin W. O’Xeai., Chairman.
The following resolution was offered by
Mr. Butts, of Marion :
Retoloed, That the Clerk be instructed
to furnish the Messenger with ice, for the
use of the members of this House, and
that it he charged as incidental expenses.
Adopted.
Mr. Duncan, of Houston, introduced a
resolution to appoint a Committee of live,