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BY J. YV. BURKE iN (JO.
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Wl;i »N Y. M I 1868.
THIS OISMOi R VTI( PARTY—ITS DYYUEii.
The signs of the times point uu iis
takabiy to a most overwhelming victory
for the Democratic party at the approach
ing Presidential election. The majority
of ninety thousand votes in Kentucky;
r.'ie largely increased majority for the
in the distant territory of
Montana; the recent editorials in that po
litical weathercock, the New York Herald
wherein tiie writers admit that it is the
foregone purpose of the people to sweep
away every vestige of Radicalism and that
the name of (Jrant cannot stay theonward
surge of the impetuous tide - ; the edict of
the Republican leaders at Washington to
lake from the people of the South the
privilege of voting for President and to
t un. over the vote to the earpet-oag Legis
latures therein ; the constant accession of
office seeker* to the Democratic ranks—all
indicate the grand triumph of the party of
the Constitution so clearly that “the way
- faring man though a fool need not err
therein,” and he who runs may read tlie
hand-writing on the wail: “Radicalism
is weighed in the balance and found want
ing.” We trust that the ball will continue
to roll and swell until every honest man
in the entire country shall he gathered
within its embrace, to give it mightier mo
mentum and more crushing weight.
Nevertheless, itshould he borne in mind
that 11 1 e grand purpose of the Democracy,
expressed in their platform and proclaim
ed by their candidates, is to bury in ever
lasting oblivion all that lias been done by
Kadicalisin "outside of the Constitution,”
because the fundamental principle under
lying the Platform is a restoration of the
Constitution ; especially that provision
which leaves tlie regulation of suffrage to
the people of each Btate for itself. That
bold, bad man—grand in his very wick
edness —who was the father of tlie oppres
sive reconstruction acts of Congress, ac
knowledged those acts —all of them—to be
“outside of the Constitution,” and his
only reply to his more timid followers was
"to hell with conscience,” when they
talked about their oaths to support that
instrument.
The advent of the Democracy to power,
therefore, will re-iustate the Constitution,
and, by consequence, obliterate all acts
passed “ outside of it.” This will be done
by law, uot by force, peacefully and con
stitutionally, not by revolution or blood.
A quo warranto, served by Governor Jen
kins upon Bullock, will test the question
before the Supreme Court of the United
States, and the judgment of that Court,
enforced by a Democratic President, will
re-instate the true Governor and Legisla
tive Judiciary of Georgia. Shrewd, keen
men see the result, and are hastening to
he inside the Democratic camps in time
to clutch some of the spoils. “ Timco
Darinas ct <lona /creates." Let the De
mocracy beware of turu-coats and ollice
* f *ers. Let the honest and patriotic
r - U » he welcomed hack with open arms
ink! l e white man's party. tVwihk-T
tieeu away by the fear of something worse
from the Radical Congress, unless their
reconstruction was submitted to, or by the
desire for relief from debts too heavy to
bear, in view of the destruction of property
by war and without their fault, let such,
one and all, he cordially welcomed back to
tlie place where they belong, among the
decent white folks of the State; but the
enticers—the planners and concoeters of
the scheme to degrade Georgia, and bring
upon Iter the evils now seen and known
ofall men—negro supremacy, rabble gov
ernment, a corrupt Judiciary—shall they
take high seats in the synagogue because,
forsooth, they now write a letter or make
a speech? Bah! Lot them stay in the
mongrel party that they themselves made,
or, if they will wash themselves right
clean and put ou new clothes, let them
take back seats—sit silent at the foot of
the class, and i y good behavior, and dili
gent study, and patient continuance in
well-doing, they may, perchance, spell up
after awhile.
These remarks are suggested by the
avidity with which we see some of our
Democratic cotemporaries seize upon let
terwfor Seymour and Blair from ex-J udges,
parade them in their columns, and
magnify the sagacity and patriotism of the
writers. We concede their sagacity. We
shall say nothing about their patriotism—
at least until “they bring forth fruits meet
for repentance.”
They are suggested, too, by a rumor that
reaches us from Atlanta that the negro
members are all to be turned out of the
Legislature. If the Radical party of the
Georgia Legislature turn Democratic and
oust the negres from their seats, and are
admitted into fellowship with the Demo-
cracy for this deed, the Democracy will
take upon themselves a load which we fear
even the popularity of their principlesaud
the character of their candidates, cannot
sustain. Wliat! the Senate that made
Brown and MeCay Judges, taken into the
party! As well, almost, give the right
hand of fellowship to Brown and McCay
themselves! The Democracy cannot take
part in the fraud upon the poor negro
which these men commit, still less can
they reward them by receiving iuto a
decent party the authors of such a fraud !
After using the deluded negro members to
confirm their corrupt Judges, and to elect
their scalawag officers, these tricksters
now say to the white man’s party : “For
give us; take us into your party, and we
will kick the negro out of the Legisla
ture.” Not by our consent will this bar
gain be made. We have more respect, to
day, for the negro than fur them. They
have made their bed, let them lie on it.
The steud) is upon their garments, let
them wash and re-wash, before they ob
trude themselves into the company of de
cent men.
The Democracy have never yet deceived
the negroes, nor will they now be party
to a fraud upon them. They have always
told them that, with a few exceptions,
they were utterly unfit for the elective
franchise; still more for holding legisla
tiveotfice and making laws fur the Slate - j
But the miserable and contemptible pan- i
dcrers to the dirty rabble for the lucre of )
office told them the contrary, became can- j
didates with them, begged and got the !
votes of those of them who were in the I
Legislature for confirmation as Judges, |
and election as State House and other 1
officers ; and now, when they have used j
their tools long enough to put themselves
in snug places for twelve, eight, and four j
years, in order to wheedle themselves into
the gold graces of the growing and soon
to be the successful and dominant white
man's party, coolly tell their dupes ttiat
they have no farther use for them, vote
them out of the Legislature, and beg ad
mittance Into fellowship and favor with us!
How long, oh ! how long will it be be-
Qjcnrflia Hawna! and Messenger.
fore the eyes of the blinded and deceived
negro will be opened to the truth, that
their true friends are the white people amoiuj
whom they were raised, who would not tie
to them for power, or plunder, or office,
and who now expose to the gaze of the
whole world the perfidious proposition
of their so-called party friends to sell
them out for loaves and fishes, which these
miscreants foresee will soon be in Lite
bauds of the whites of the Btate !
TURK iTK.YIYU ASPECT OF AFFAIRS IA 000
I.Y COI ATY—MI LLOCk SAID TO UE RE
S POSSIBLE.
NVe are in receipt of two communica
tions from citizens of known character
and standing in Dooly county, (Messrs, rs
R. Goode and James Cobb,) giving an ac
count of a very ugly state of affairs down
there, the result, directly, of Radical
teaching and influence. We would gladly
publish both of them, did not their length
and the pressure upon our columns forbid.
In brief, their substance is as follows:
On Saturday last, a body of negroes,
numbering from 150 to 200, and armed
with guns and pistole, assembled iu i “*e
dience to a summons sent them by their
leaders, at the cabin of an old negro, some
two miles and a half from Vienna, the
county site, for drill, to “form a Grant
Club, aud for the security of all their
rights,” as they expressed it. Threats
were freely made to capture the village,
tear down the jail, and liberate certain ne
groes confined therein. The aspect of af
fairs was so threatening that the citizens
of the county were summoned to meet at
the Court-house. About two hundred re
sponded, and upon consultation acommit
tee was appointed to go and see what the
negroes were at, aud what they intended
to do. This committee, when nearing the
rendezvous, were halted by an armed ne
gro, to whom they made known their
wish to see their Captain, as he was des
ignated—a mulatto originally from this
county, and called Hugh Dean.
After several refusals, he at last came
out to the committee, and in answer to
their demand as to the object of this meet
ing of armed men, replied that it was to
form a Graut Club to secure their rights—
that hereafter, whenever a negro was ar
rested the Club intended to sit in judg
ment on his case, and if they did not
deem the testimony sufficient for his de
tention, they intended to release him from
jail. He also said that the Club were de
termined, at the end of the year, if the
planters did not give them ail they wanted,
either in money or crop wages, to seize
their houses and property, and help them
selves. In answer to a question as to the
authority under which he acted, he said
distinct'y that “THEY HAD RECEIV
ED THEIR COMMANDS TO ASSEM
BLE IN THIS MANNER FROM GOV.
BULLOCK, AND WERE ACTING UN
DER HIS AUTHORITY, AND THAT
HE WAS THEIR LEADER AND PRO
TECTOR "
Upon this report of the committee, and
a sworn affidavit that Dean had threaten
ed to capture and burn Vienna, aud set at
liberty the negro inmates of the jail, a
warrant was issued, aud the Sheriff' order
ed to arrest Dean. This was accordingly
done amid much excitement and many
threats, and he was finally lodged in jail,
tent counsel.
Thus the matter stands. We have given
the facts, and leave our readers to draw
conclusions. We and they may well ask,
in conclusion, however, how it is possible
for the peace of the State to be preserved
when the person claiming.to he its Chief
Magistrate is implicated, not only in this
case, but in others, and upon the evidence
of members of his own party, in efforts to
break it, and inaugurate a reign of blood?
Direct Steam Communication with
Euroi’E. —The Savannah Republican, of
Saturday, is in raptures over the announce
ment of the establishment of a steamship
line to ply betweeu Savannah and Liver
pool direct. The steamers are to leave
each port semi-monthly. The first is ex
pected lo sail from Savannah on the first
of November ensueing. This enterprise
has for its Savannah agent, W. M Tuuno,
Esq., whose thorough business capacity
will probably make the line a success.
There will be some six first-class iron
British built steamers, having for agents,
Stoddart Brothers at Liverpool, and Mr.
Macgregorat Leith, Scotland. The freight
capacity of these steamships will vary
from fifteen hundred to three thousand
bales —each boat being built with special
reference to speed and streugth. It is also
announced that steamers will be dispatch
ed to Havre, Bremen, Hamburg, Cron
stadt, Trieste, and other ports, as ship
ments may offer.
Fire in the Mountains.— We learn
from Hon. Cincinnatus Peeples, who has
just returned from a canvass in North-
Eastern Georgia, that that whole country
is ablaze with enthusiasm for Seymour
and Blair. Those of the people of that
section who went off after the phantoms
of “ relief” and a “ restoration of the
Union,” are returning to the Democratic
camp—the home of their fathers—and will
roll up in November a majority for Demo
cratic candidates and principles without
precedent in tlieir history. From every
county in the Sixth District the news is
glorijus. Jacobinism will be liung in
chains to swing and rot, when the people
hand in their verdict on the day of the
election.
Error Corrected.—ld the report of
Legislative proceedings of August 14th,
copied from the Constitution, a grievous
mistake was made. Our friend Mr. W.
G. Vinson, of Crawford, introduced a bill
for the relief of D. W. Sanders and others.
During the discussion of this bill by
Messrs. Hall, Duncan, Lee, Harper, and
others, the reporter says :
“Mr. Vinson was in favor of holding
the bondsmen to their lawlul contract.
They had deliberately signed said bonds
and knew the responsibilities that rested
upon each individual signing them.
Now, Mr. Vinson made no such re
marks. He introduced the bill, and ad
vocated it—and the remarks above quoted
were made by Judge Warren, oi Quit
man, instead of Mr. Vinson. The report
places Mr. Vinson in an awkward posi
tion, and we take pleasure in making this
i correction.
An Error. —We see, in some of our ex
i changes, an account of the death, by a rail
i road accident, of Rev. Thomas C. John
i son, which occurred at Mattoon, Illinois,
; on the morning of the Bth iust., which
! closes with the lollowiug statement:
He was President of the Female College
at Macon, Georgia, and it is said was a
! brother of General Joseph E. Johnston.
He was not, nor had he ever been, Pres
ident of the Female College at Macon, Ga.,
nor was he a brother of General Johnston.
He had been President of the Randolph
Macon College, of Virginia.
“Grant saysjhe had rather move an army
than a family. The Democrats intend to
i save him the trouble of one move.
From the Atlanta Constitution.
GEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
SENATE.
Monday, Aug. 17,1808.
The Senate met aud was opened with
prayer by Rev. Senator Smith, (7th Dist.)
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr. WINN arose to make a motion.
The PRESIDENT decided the first
thing in order to be unfinished business.
Mr. WINN appealed from the decision
of the Chair.
Tiie appeal was not sustained.
Mr. ADKI NS rose to a question of priv
ilege. He read a paper which he had pre
pared in reference to certain misrepresen
tations Os tiie press regarding his character
at a man and Senator. He denied that in
a public speech lately made in Atlanta, he
had counselled tiie negroes to arm them
selves and prepare for a conflict of races.
The paper went on to relate a conversation
which Adkins had between a white man
and a negro in the county of Warren. He
acknowledged he had warned the negroes
in said county to arm themselves for the
purpose of self-protection against lawless
hands, lie alluded to the murder of Ash
burn, and apprehended a similar disposal
of himself, lie requested the Senate to
expel the editor aud reporter of the Con
stitution fr jui t'jj iloor, and that Gaiey W.
Styles, if he persists in his course of mis
representation, be imprisoned until he
learn better manners. He said he had
been insulted at every dejKit ou his way
home. He then entered upon a tirade
against the rebel press in general. They
should be kicked out of this Hall, which
is the only way to preserve peace and
order. No other course is consistent with
the dignity of the Senate. He did not
know whether or not the false statements
alluded to had been put in the Constitution
by the reporter of that pa|(er, hut a re
porter of such a journal ought not to be
tolerated on the floor of the Senate. If
titis man Styles continues his vile, slan
derous charges agaiust Senators, let the
strong arm of power be brought to bear
upon him, let him be imprisoned until be
gets in his senses. The editor of the Con
stitution had called them “dirty dogs” in
the Senate Hull. It was no use to prac
tice patieuee witli such a man. He (Ad
kins) appealed to Democrats to assist him
in putting through tiie following preamble
and resoiutiou, to-vvit:
Whereas the Reporter of The Constitu
tion, a paper published iu this city, has
wantonly abused the courtesies extended
to him by this Senate to occupy a seat upon
this floor, H>y garbling and perverting
lauguage used in debate, aud by reference
to tiie members under epithets the most
vile and opprobrious. Therefore, be it
Resolved, That said Reporter las no
longer allowed to a seal in this Chamber.
Mr. Smith (30th) moved to lay the reso
lution on the table. Carried.
On motion of Mr. CAMPBELL. (ool’d)
the motion to reconsider tiie action of the
Senate oa tiie Majority Report in the
Bradley case, was laid ou the table.
This settles dually the question of
Aaron’s eligibility.
A petitiou of certain citizens of Darien
was read and referred to Committee ou
Petitions.
Mr. WINN pre-euted a memorial in re
lation to emigration, which was referred
to Committee on Agri ailture.
A petition to exempt Fire Department
of Albany from Jury duty. Referred to
the Judiciary Committee.
A memorial of the City Council of Mil
ledgeville in reference to change of seatof
Government, was read.
Mr. HOLCOMBE moved that the me
ntor al lie referred to the Committee on the
(State of the Republic.
A motion was made to refer it to a
special committee,
Mr. HARRIS favored its reference to
a special committee, though he thought
the uatural reference would be to the Com
mittee on the State of the Republic
Mr. SPEER bad voted for the removal
to Atlanta, but if Atlanta does nut comply
caauqggjy with-
ue'ai-.oti.u taRWt ** o »«s*\,'j/f
vilie. He, therefore, favored the reference !
to a special committee.
Mr. 1I UNGER FORD stated that be had
conferred with the Mayor and Council aud
found them ready to do all they had
promised. They should have lime in the
matter. Courtesy aud justice required that
the Legislature .should wait 11c had been
assured that ample arrangements would be
perfected for the accommodation of the
Legislature bv Atlanta.
Mr. WINN thought tbe agitation ol the
luestiou now was out of place. Atlanta
was willing to do all and more than she
had promised, lie voted to lay the me
morial on the table. Lost.
Mr. HOLCOMBE. To carry the Capi
tal back to Milledgeville would require a
change ill tiie Constitution. He saw no
use for a special committee. 1 hat on tiie
State of the Republic was competent to
make a fair and honest report.
Mr. GRIFFIN, (21st,) hoped it would
be referred to a special committee
Mr. WELLBORN followed iu the same
direction.
Mr. HINTON said the Convention was ,
called together for the specific purpose of
reconstructing the .State of Georgia, and
had no legitimate right to interfere with
the capital of the Slate. The public
buildings at Milledgeville were ample and
in better condition than ever. A large
amount of money bad been expended in
repairs on those buildings, which had in
creased Lite burden of taxation on the peo
ple of Georgia, ami wby further increase
that burden I .’
Mr. HOLCOMBE rose to a point of or- j
der, asking if the Senator was not out of |
order in discussing the jwlilical merits of .
the subject. - j
The previous question was called tor, |
being the reference of the memorial to a
special committee, which was sustained,
and tiie memorial so referred.
Motions to adjourn until Friday, Thurs
day, and Wednesday were lost.
Mr. HAURIB moved to suspend the
regular order of business, for the purpose
of reading bills the first time. Agreed to.
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Mr. COLEMAN, a bill to incorporate
Turtle River and Bcreveu Railroad Co m '
pany.
Mr. BRUTON, a bill to amend the
24syih paragraph of the Code of Georgia.
A bill to incorporate the Marshal Hose
Company of Savannah ; also,
A bill to fix compensation for evidence
in case of felony.
Mr. HOLCOMBE, a bill to incorporate
tiie Southern Life Insurance Company;
also,
A bill to recognize the municipal gov
ernment of the city of Augusta.
Mr. SMITH, (7th,) a bill to incorporate
the Baiubridge District of the South Geor
gia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Chrucli, South.
Mr. WINN moved to suspend the rules
for. the purpose of taking up a resolution
requiring a committee of three to act with
sucii committee as tiie House may appoint,
to go to Milledgeville to look after tiie pub
lic buildings.
The motion to suspend prevailed.
Mr. HUNGERFORO staled that the
House had already appointed its commit
tee. which was now wailing at Milledge
ville.
The resolution was adopted.
Mr. SMITH, (7th,) a bill authorising
the Fletcher lusitute to sell real estate
and for other purposes
Mr. WELCH. A bill to exempt certain
members of the Fire Department of Al
bany, from jury duty.
Mr. WOOTEN. A bill to amend an act
incorporating the Dawson Manufacturing
Company.
Also a bill to change the county lines
between Randolph and Terrell.
Mr MOORE. A bill to alter Art. 2,
Chapter 3, Tit e 2, Fart 2, Code ot Geor-
” Also a bill to amend Sec. 1, Art. o, Chap
2 Title 3, and I’art 2 Irwin’s Code.
A committee was appointed to go to
Milledgeville, in order to inspect and re-
Itort on Public Buildings.
Mr JONES. A bill to amend sections
3524 and 2863 of the Code of Georgia.
Mr. ADKINS, a bill for the summary
enforcement of Section 30, Article 1, oi
the Constitution.
Also, a bill for the protection of citizens
of this Slate, which authorizes the Gov
ernor to divide the State into four divis
ions and to appoint a general officer for
each division. It compels the appoint
ment oi a certain number of colored men
to official positions.
Mr. GRIFFIN, (21,) a bill to alter and
MACON, UA„ TUESDA Y AUGUST 25. 1868.
amend the 10th Article of the Constitu
tion of State.
Also, a bill to levy a tax on Fistols and
Bowie Knives.
Mr. SPEER asked tiie suspension of
tiie ru es in order lo introduce a resolution
that tiie President appoint a sub commit
tee of three to visit, the Blind Asylum at
Macon, and report on the same.
The rules were suspended, the resolu
tion passed and the Commiitee appointed.
Mr. HINTON, a bill tor the relief of
Mrs. Margaret W. Crew, of the couuly of
Marion.
Also, a bill to change the time of hold
ing the < lection of Governor, Members of
Congress, and General Assembly and the
time for tiie meeting of the latter.
Also, a bill to incorporate the Georgia
and Alabama Mutual Life Insurance
Company.
Mr. NUNN ALLY', A bill to prescribe
the time of holding elections for members
of Congress for 1808 aud thereafter.
Also, a bill lo authorize the Universal
Life Insurance Company of New York, to
make investments aud establish a Branch
office iu Georgia
Also, a bill to establish anew - county
from the counties of Troup, Merriwe
tlier, Coweta and Heard, to be called Ho
gan county.
Mr. SPEER, a lull to relieve Batuuei
\\ . Gardner, of the .State of Mississippi,.-": j
Mr. HARRIS, a I>l i{ for the relief of
Bank officers.
Mr. HARRIS moved that when the
Senate adjourn it adjourn until IU o’clock
Wednesday morning. Carried.
Mr. CANDLER moved that the time he
extended till the call for the reading of
bills cau be gotten through. Carried.
Mr. JORDAN, a bill to provide office
hours for certain county officers.
Mr. CANDLER, a bill to define the du
ties aud liabilities of foreign insurance
Companies doing business iu this State.
Also a hill conferring certain poweis on
Executors, Administrators, Ac.
Also, a bill to carry into effect the Both
Section, Artie.e lof the Constitution.
Also, a bill to require plaintiffs to bave
their judgments recorded in the counties
to which defendants shall have removed.
Mr. SMITH, (30tb), a hill to alter and
amend 4330th section of Irwin’s Code,
changing the penalty for horse stealing
from death to confinement in tiie Peni
tentiary.
Also, a bill to amend 4322d section of
Irwin’s Code, changing penalty for bur
glary in the night from death to confine
ment in the Penitentiary.
Mr. WELLBORN, a bill to increase the
capital and define the p iwers of the Geor
gia Railroad Banking Company.
Also, a bill to authorize the Georgia
Railroad Company to extend the road
from Athens to Clayton.
The rules were suspended, when
Mr. BURNS offered a resolution that no
member should speak more than twice I
upon the same subject, nor more than
thirty minutes unless by permission of ;
two thirds of the .Senate.
Mr. (SPEER moved to amend by re
stricting members to one hour.
Messrs. HARRIS and WINN favored
the adoption of the resolution of Mr.
Burns.
Mr. SPEER withdrew his amendment.
Mr. SMITH moved to amend by strik
ing out “ two thirds” aud inserting “a
majority.”
Mr. BURNS defends; the two-thirds
rule. He was not wil iug t > accept a ma
jority.
Mr. WINN offered a substitute that no
Senator shall speak more than thirty min
utes, except by cave of the Senate, nor
speak a second time until every member
wishing to sjteak shall have gotten
through, aud that the Senate shall have 1
power to control unnecessary debate.
The substitute of Mr. Winn was adopt- |
ed, minus tiie latter clause, aud became a
standing rule of the Senate.
Mr. WINN, a bill to organize and e«
tabiirdi a Court of Record, to be known ■,
the City Court of Atlanta
Adjfi—*—-*■»*l In . Wednesday
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SEN*A A. '
Wednesday, Aug. 19, IB6§, L
Tiie Senate met pursuant to adjourn- j
meat, and was opened with prayer by
Rev. Mr. Nott.
The Journal was read and approved.
Mr BURNS moved to reconsider so
much of the Journal as r date* to a rule j
regulating the privileges of members in ,
detiate. '
A sealed communication was received
from the Governor, with tiie request ttiat
it be considered in Executive session.
Mr. WINN opposed the reconsideration
and favored brevity in debate
Mr. NUNN ALLY' was iu favor of re
considering tbe resolution-
Mr. BURNS called for tbe reading of
the resolution.
Mr. SBEER asked for the reading of the
amendment of Mr. Burns, which was as;
follows : -
Resolved, That no member shall speak i
more than twice upon the same subject, i
or longer than thirty minutes at a time, ;
without tbe consent of two-thirds <>f the
Senate, unless to explain.
Mr. ADKINS was it: favor of trying the
rule us it stood, for a while at least.
Mr. HARRIS moved (lie previous ques
tion, which was sustained.
The main question was put and lost. So
the motion to reconsider did not prevail.
Mr. HARRIS moved to go into Execu
tive session.
Mr. CANDLER said be hoped the Sen
ate would not go into Executive session.
There seemed to be a determination of
some Senators to go into Executive ses
sion in order to avoid certain other mat
i ters just as important as Executive busi
ness.
Mr. NUNNALLY opposed going into
Executive session. The matter ot Mr.
Lester should be settled now. 1 iie law in
the case is as plain as the nose on a man’s
face. It could be determined in a few mo
ments.
Mr. SPEER favored Executive session,
for the reason that he and others were on
a committee that had to leave in the morn
ing, and he did not know but that the
Governor had sent in some nominations
for liis circuit, in which lie felt a peculiar
interest.
Mr. HARRIS had not as mucii Bradley
on tiie brain as some gentlemen on tiie -
floor. The J udges of tiie Slate had to tie i
confirmed, and the Senate should act upon
the nominations as speedily as possible.
Mr. WINN hoped that Bradley was not
upon the brain of any Senator here; that
instead of Bradley he hoped that Senators
had justice uuoti tiie brain. The question
of seating Mr. Lester addresses itself to
the justice of tiie Senate. He has been
here for weeks during attendance upon
the Senate, while a usurper had occupied
his seat, and now we refuse to do him jus
tice. The matter of seating the Senator
was of paramount Importance.
Mr. HARRIS contended that the seating
of Mr. Lester was the que-tiou before the
Senate. , ,
The PRESIDENT stated the question
to be whether the Senate shall go iuto Ex
ecutive session.
Mr. HINTON thought it wrong and j
undignified to go into executive session !
while there was a Senator here on tiie
floor asking the Senate for action on his j
claims to a seat in this body It is a plain j
statement iu fact that he is entitled to his
seat.
Mr. CANDLER—I have not, without
thought, affirmed that tiie conduct of
those who are ever ready to move to go
into executive session, is at least undigui
fted. I might have characterized this
] conduct with a stronger term.
Siuce your presiding officer lias decided,
whether correctly or not, I shall not say,
“that tliis motion takes precedence of all
others,” the motion has been resorted to,
like motions to lay on the table, to sup
press discussion and avoid action which
may not accord with the views of the
mover.
The Senator from the 27th, has ever
been ready to resort to this motion when
action was to be postponed in the Senate,
or it was desirable to confer office upon j
had adopted a rule to
control the Senate in executive session,
for the benefit of nominated candidates
for office, the Senator moved to go into ;
session for action upon their nominations,
arid I believe no otiier Senator has ever
made that motiou.
There may he those who are alllicted
with Bradley on the brain—yet it isTrue
• hat there are Senators who are alllicted
with another disease. That is to accom
modate my partisan with an office.
You are told by the Senators that the
interests of the country suffer because the
judiciqt places of the country are vacant.
Ah! ypu are hard to learn. ‘ You did not
know * week ago. Yesterday you had ' <>t
become so impressed with this important
fact. Nitron Monday. Nor on Saturday.
To-dart' you find a suffering country, but
not before.
Y'oii have the question ; you can’t fail
to umierstand it. An elected Senator is
uponjyour lloor claiming to be sworn in.
He slouhl be sworn in without delay.
To r|eive him demands your attention
abov# every other question. This is not
only iuggested as your duty by your Con
stitufon and Parliamentary laws, hut
coin Aon seuse so speaks. When in your
owujprivate house, surrounded by your
gues£, a friend stands at your door for
admpsion, conversation is suspended until
he isjaduiitted and introduced.
Biit you, as a (Senate, transact the most
important business without the aid of
(Senators elect, who claim admission. You
do so knowing tiie claim, not denying the
right of the claimant to his seat, but be
cause you have other business to attend to.
Your organization is incomplete. You
know it. You refuse to complete it. The
excuse is, you have business in executive
sas-'Vni,— |imi.'igattentiou. Yes,you have
adistritl son of (Offices to make, aud re
fit o to Iftf'e Democratic help, though law
and common sense stamps your action as
suppressive of right and perpetrating
wrong.
Mr. HUNGERFOItD If Mr. Harris
has made all the motions to go into Exec
utivesession, as charged by the Senator
from the 34th, he did it through respect
for our Governor, which he was sorry had
not been shown in any instance by the
gentlemen on the opposite side of tiie
House.
The previous question was called and
sustained.
On the main question, which was to go
into Executive session, the vote stood—
yeas 19, nays 18.
Those who voted in the affirmative, are :
Adkins, Brown, Brock, Campbell, Col
man, Corbitt, Dickey, Griffin, ioth.) Har
ris, Higbee, Hungerford, Jones, Jordan,
Merrill, Bherman, Smith, (38th,) Btringer,
Wallace, and Welch—l9.
Those who voted in the negative, are:
Anderson, Bruton, Burns, Candler, (Jol
lier, Fain, Griffin, (21st,) Hicks, Hinton,
Holcombe, McCutchln, Moore, Nisbet,
Nonnally, Hmith, (7th,) Wellborn, Winn,
and Wooten—lß.
So the Beuale went into Executive ses
sion.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Wednesday, August 19, Iso-,.
The House met pursuant to adjourn
ment, and was called lo order by the
Speaker.
Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Crumley.
The Journal was read ami approved.
The BPEAKER announced that ihe
first business in order was the call of iho
counties, when the following new matter
was presented :
Mr. O’NEAL, of Lowndes, a resolution
authorizing the Blate Treasurer to pay to
tiie Bowdon College a certain amount for
the education of maimed soldiers.
A motion to suspend tiie rules, for the
purpose of taking up the resoiutiou pre
vailed.
The resolution prevailed.
The House then resumed the regular or
der of business.
Mr. BEI’HLNK, of Tailsit, a bill to
amend the 4322d section of the Code. Also
A bill to alter sections 1442 and 1144 of
tbe Code.
Mr. McCormick, of Troup, a bill to de
fine the jurisdiction of the courts in refer
ence to suits against railroads. Also
A bill to prevent delay of suits in tbe
courts. Also
A biii to alter section 317s of tiie Code.
Mr. PAULK, a resolution that the
House hereafter hold two scabious |»er day.
Mr. (4&U MATE offered a substitute that
Hie mo. J&vwc smffctlded, and the ••!«-
*■ * s.«L. Adopted.
'Hr?i *RPKR, of Terrell, a billtoau-
Ordinaries of this elate to is
sue writs of habeas corpus, and to hear
ami determine tbe same.
On motion, the House proceeded to the
consideration of the tq*eetal order of th«
day for Monday last.
Mr. SHUMATE moved to suspend the
consideration of the special order of tiie
day, and lake up the regular order of busi
ness, when the yeas aud nays were or
dered, which resulted as follow.- : yeas. 84;
nays, 68. The motion prevailed.
The regular order was resumed.
A bill to re-organize tiie municipal gov
ernment of the city of Angus's, and to
bringou the election of municipal officers
ou the second day of (September.
Mr. SHUMATE ottered a substitute for
the bill, that the election be held ou tiie
eighth (lay of October.
Mr. HALL, of Meriwether, also offered
a substitute in Ueu of Mr. Shumate's,
when a motion to lay on the table was
made, and the yeas aud nays being called
for, resulted as follows : yeas,Bs; nays, 67.
The motion prevailed, aud the substitute
was laid Upon the table.
Mr. BHUMATE moved the adoption of
his substitute in lieu of the original bill.
[This substitute is to reorganize the muni
eipai government of the city of Aucusta,
and bring on the election of municipal
officers on the first Thursday in Octobe
next.]
The previous question being called, it
was sustained—yeas, 79; nays, 67.
The main question being put, which
was on tiie adoption of Uie substitute of
Mr. .Shu mate iu lieu of the original bill,
was carried.
The substitute then becoming a bill, it
was put upon its passage, when the yeas
aud nays were demanded, which resulted
as follows: yeas, So; nays, 67. Bo the bill
passed.
Tiie regular order of business was re
sumed, being
BILLS ON FIRST READING.
Mr. BELL, of Banks, a resolution au
thorizing tiie Clerk to draw a sufficient
sum of money to defray tiie expencea of
the sub-committee on visiting the Lunatic
Asylum at Milledgeville.
Mr. BRYANT, of Richmod, a bill to
authorize the Governor to call into service
tiie militia of this State.
Mr. BARNUM, of Stewart, a bill to le
galize tiie official acts of John T. Clarke,
Judge of the Pataula Circuit.
Also, a bill to prevent plaintiffs from
dismissing their cases where the consider
ation is a slave or slaves, or the hire there
of, without the consent of the defendant.
Guo, a bill to permit officers in criminal
dffg& to collect costs at tiie conclusion of
trials.
Mr. BEARD, a bill to prevent bunting
on the Sabbath day in this State.
Mr. MAUL, a bill to authorize and ap
point commissioners to examine certain
rivers in reference to the expediency of
opening the same for navigation.
Mr. PRICE, of Lumpkin, a bill to in
corporate the Nacoochee Valley Mining
; Company, and also the Ha 11 nay Mining
S Company of White county.
! The House adjourned to nineo clock to
morrow morning.
Want No Pledges.—The reconstruc
tion laws are but the waste riietorie of
Radical rage. The people have given them
up, and will be content to see them for
mally set aside, as practically they always
must be in an v attempt to govern the South
honestly and justly. The people want no
pledges that Southern men will never vote
this wav or that way. Earnest wisdom
never demands a ridiculous or impractica
ble guarantee. The people are willing to
leave the South, with its history, Rj de
feats its bloody fields and impoverished
Cities, satisfied that the war is the best
guarantee against war—content to believe
ibat if we cannot trust ten States in sacred
! promises there is no remedy.
1 [A 1 . Y. Herald, 17 th
Gwinnett All Right. —-We are per
mitted to make the following extract from
a private letter, received by a gentleman
in our office, from a friend in Gwinnett
j * * * “Old Gwinnett, I think,
this fail, will do nobly, not a Rad in
I Smith’s District, butone in Harbins, J. A.
! N. One, perhaps two, in Cate’s, and none
! in Berkshire except the Mathis family,
i Democratic Clubs formed and in operation
; in every district in the county.”
i We have equally gratifying intelligence
I from all parts of the State. — At. Con., 19 th.
THURSDAY, AUG. 20, 1868.
the mem jycoiiiy conyk\ti«y.
The Jnlel'igencer, of yesterday, gives us
the result of the Jacobin Convention held
at Atlanta on Tuesday, to nominate Wash
burn and Colfax jr,lectors for Georgia.
There w as great confusion and much snap
ping and snarling among tiie “loil,” but
the following ticket was at last agreed
upon :
Akerman and Farrow, Electors for the
Blate at large.
First District—A. A. Wilbur, Elector;
E. E. Howard Alternate.
Second District E. R. Harden, Elector
Dr. B. F. Salter, Alternate.
Third District—i-r. R. lligbee, Elector;
Dr. J. R. Thomas, Alternate.
Fourth District I)r. Whitehead, Elec
tor; Henry Glover, Alternate.
Fifth District—.l. E. Bryant, Elector;
Dr. F. J. Robinson, Alternate.
Hixth District—John S. Fain, Elector;
I. B. Clements, Alternate.
Beventli District—W. W. Boyd, Elector;
i* tatyk Kirby, ,\ It mate.
Responsive. — Read tbe appeal to the
Bar of Georgia, found in another column,
aud signed by one of its ablest and most
eloquent members. We are proud to know
that our views upon the same subject meet
a response from such a quarter. We feel
confident that Major Moses speaks the
views of fully two-thirds of tiie Bar of the
Btate. They see with him, and with our
self, that Judge Warner can do no good
upon the Bench—that lie is uocheck*u|»on
the action or judgment of the unscrupu
lous majority to whose triumphant chariot
wheels he is bound. He is merely a place
man at so much per annum, aud not a
member of the Court, in the sense of
w elding the slightest power to coerce o.
persuade his as-ociates against any wanton
violation of justice or right they may see
fit to perjietrate. “Check” indeed! About
as much as the one solitary Democrat in
the bogus Senate of Alabama was upon
the outrages and villainies of his scala
wag and car pet-sack colleagues.
A Brac e of Bi.andkkers. — Joe Brown
and James Johnson switched their foul
tongues again on Tuesday, at Atlanta, and
like the noisome animal whose habits
and odor they so well emulate, threw out
upon tiie people of their own blood and
onlor the foul accretions of bate and false
hood. We expected nothing better of
either. Those whom they thus s under,
will mark and remember these calumnies
and those who forge them. In the face of
the daiiy evidences of the moderation and
forbearance of tbe white people of Georgia
under negro threats and negro insolence,
menaced as they are by thedemoustratious
of armed men who claim to act uuder tiie
authority of tbe person who writes him
self Governor of the Btate—these two
traitors dare to tell Georgians they and
they only are at fauit—dare to charge
upon the peaceable white men of the
Btate a desire to inaugurate a war of races.
It is signal proof, indeed, of God’s merey
that he did not answer the-e atrocious
slanderers as he answered the lie for which
Ananias paid With ills life.
From the t oluiuwu- Sun uuil iuu- lstlt.
TO 'I HE li \H Ml 1.K01K.1 % WHAT MULL
~,K ►LI'HEME tOL'HT.
Nie opin 16iif,*9(tT5W W g»«"-w'*ete»? **f*d»w_ ■
metnbera of the legal protV».-i®B.
There never was a titue, or au occasion, ]
in which that intluenee could be more Urn- 1
eiici&lly exercised than now if directed to |
ttie redress of the great wrong which this j
Radical (tovei titnen! is attempting to force j
upon the community. Us attempt to in- j
v* st with Judicial honor.-, men *ho have ,
neither the capacity to expound the laws
wisely utir the integrity to administer
them justly, should be rebuked. When j
the lament*d Joseph Henry Lumpkin j
was Chief Justice of the Supremo Court, j
associated with Nesbit, Warner, Starnes j
anil Jenkins, that august tribunal com- |
manded the rcsject and confidence of tbe ;
people. Itseeed the impersonation of i
justice and not its inert representative. ;
The pre-cut Clues Justice seeks to cover i
up his infamy beneath the houoted mantle j
of his gifted predecessor. One of his as- :
social! - lias no other clajm to the position, j
than such as is founded on bis active es- j
forts to dishonor a State with whose inter- !
est ami prosi*erity he has no sympathy, ;
either by birth or education. The legal
lore ami incorruptibility of the third can- j
not save the court from the just execra
tion of Use people!
The object of these men is not so much
the salary as the honored position. They
ln>i»e by their forced association with the
Bar to battle successfully against that
social ostracism with whi they ate now
branded.
It is in the power of the Bar to defeat
this last effort of disappointed ambition
to lift itself from the depth into which it
has descended.
Let the members of the Bar refuse to
submit the rights of their clients to this
tribunal. Let them organi/.e in every
county of tiie State ami agree upon three
eminent and incorruptible lawyers who
shall act as arbitrators or referees to whom
all cases shall be referred on Bills of Ex
ception from the Superior Courts and
agree for their clients that such reference
shaft be fund and have the force and etfect
of decisions by the Supreme Court.
1 lie same thing can he done in Judicial
Districts where the Bar may not have
confidence in the integrity ami wisdom of
the appointees, an arbitrator or referee
could be agreed on in each District, and
by taxing to each case an Arbitrator’s fee
to be paid by the party cast in the suit.
Compensation for the referee could be
provided in a manner that would not be
burdensome to litigants.
By some such system as this the civil
rights of the people could be protected
from ignorance and corruption of the Ju
diciary, and tlie evils of the nc.v Jury sys
tem avoided.
I am ready to co-operate with the Bar
of Georgia upon this or any other system
by which the rights of litigants can be
protected and the seal of condemnation
tixed upon a Judiciary which in evey hour
of its sittings will desecrate the throne of
J ustice.
it may cost the Bar some pecuniary
sacrifice but that should not weigh a
feather in an honest endeavor to preserve
the purity of the Judical department.
1 throw out this suggestion hoping that
it may result in the perfection of a sys
tem by which the object in view may bo
accomplished.
Tbe inconvenience will ho temporary.
Let Democracy triumph in November!
t lie decisions of tbe Supreme Court of tbe
United States be published and maintain
ed, and the present incumbents of Judi
cial office will sink to the depths to which
they would have dragged the Judicial er
mine.
I shall commence my canvass to mor
row as Elector and will urge these views
upon the people.
It. J. Moses.
Is it True?—We have it from what
should be with him the best of authority—
negro testimony —that one Saxton, who
sports the prefix of a U. S. brigadiership
to liis name, and who, it is said, has been
appointed chief quartermaster for thede
partment of the South, harangued a lot of
negroes in an African church, on the out
skirts of the city, last Sunday evening, in
which he used the most violent and in
cendiary language, telling the negroes to
arm themselves against the re-enslave
ment of their race, and that when the
next war came it would he one of sweep
ing extermination to the whites. If the
statement be true, that this creature made
the speech attributed to him, it is the duty
of General Meade at once to dismiss him
from service. The Government does not
need the services of such pestilent and in
cendiary fiends.— Atlanta Constitution, l ( Jth.
FRIDAY, AUG. 21, 18G8.
It II VT THEY HAVE sTVkKII.
Joe Brown said in his incendiary speech
to tiie negroes at Atlanta on Tuesday, that
; the white jieople had more interest in pre
serving tiie peace than they, tiie negroes—
that the negro only could lose his life,
wliiie tiie white man had hopse, and store,
and goods and money to lie sacrificed. He
told the negroes, witli an air of great tri
umph aud significance, that “ the houses
and towns and villages of tiie white race
were their pledges of peace”—meaning,
of course, that tiie negroes need not fear
that their outrages and aggressions and
defiance of law would be resisted by the
white people, lest their houses should be
burned, their towns and cities sacked,
arid their wives and children ravaged and
murdered.
Tlius spoke the Judas of the South—
Georgia’s curse—the man who, by the
wratli of God, and tiie procurement and
aid of faithless natives, and the votes of
negroes, scalawags and carpet-sack ver
min, now pollutes tiie high place once
honored a.id Illustrate*/* by the pure and
spotless Lumpkin. His black 'allies re
sponded to this incendiary appeal by
shooting a policeman that very night, aud
endeavoring to mob and murder his com
panions. The seed was well sown in fer
tile soil, and brought forth fruit with un
expected rapidity. Upon the head of this
murderous traitor and incendiary, aud his
companion in diabolism, Johnson, rests,
this day, the blood of that policeman, and
tbe poor wretch of a negro who lost hi.*
life in breaking, at their instigation, the
law's of tiie country.
We brand them as murderers, and mur
derers, too, whose courage was not equal
to their hate, and who dared not put their
infamous lives in peril by striking a blow
which cost one of their tools his life.
Do Brown and Johnson know what
they have staked upon keeping tiie peace?
We will tell them. Nothing leas than
their heads. That is their pledge. We
-peak withal! due deliberation,and with
out passion or excitement* The heads
that plan, and the tongues that give utter
ance to such atrocious incitements to
mob violence, will pay the penalty, first,
should tiie day evereome—which God for
bid!—when tiie storm they are invoking
hursts ujsm the land. The white people
hold them not as political enemies, but as
personal foes who daiiy menace, every
white man’s life and the lives of iiis wife
and children. It is almost intolerable to
think how they have disfranchised the
worth, intellect, and respectability of the
Btate, have stolen its offices and robbed
and plundered the property of the country,
that pauperism might tax prosperity. But
it is past endurance to know that they are
lashing into a rage tiie brutal passions
of tbe very worst class of negroes—ttie very
class tiiat every conspirator, since Cata
line, Las Used to accomplish his fell pur
pose. We have no wrath against these
poor misguided wretches. It is against
the while villain our anger, and the anger
of a long suffering people, burns. We
solemnly warn them tuat the limit lias
been reached. If they go beyond that, it
would be better that they had never been
born— their lives will not be worth a puff
of w ind. Tbe people of Georgia will bear
all the political grievances that now afflict
suffer the assassins, who pu^/lhe”LnifeTo
our throats and the torch to our houses, to
escape with life. That point is settled.
If their plans are successful, aud the con
flict is precipitated, not a hair of the heads
of their black instruments will be touched,
except in self-defeuce. But the white
devils who set them on—what shall be
their fate? Let them go on as they have
commenced, and find out. Wheu peace
comes again, that breed svill be extinct.
Know now, once for all, carpet-baggers,
scjlawagsand traitors, that your heads are
staked ou keeping the peace, as well as
tiie white man’s towns aud villages. Be
warned in time.
<,!i in -«H vT MM It 0> WTIOWL \F
r\lß> VT SAINT JOSEPH, MO.
At St. Joseph, Missouri, General Grant,
accompanied by his jioor relation, Dent,
and by General Bheritiau, made an im
portant aud lengthy address upon national
affairs. We give the oration in full:
(hunt’s annunciation of his policy.
I return my sincere thanks for this hear
ty reception.
HIS OPINION' ON RECONSTRUCTION.
I have been traveling for two weeks
every day.
WHAT HE THINKS OF FINANCE.
And most of the time at night, over
mountains.
CONCERNING NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Visiting this Western country, which I
am now seeing for the first time.
THE GLORIOUS FUTURE OF THE COUNTRY.
I am fatigued, weary, dusty, and unable
to address you.
A MAGNIFICENT PERORATION.
I thank you, but I cannot speak to you
this evening.
At this point the eloquent gentleman
concluded his exhaustive and couviucing
address, and the audience dispersed with
the most tremendous cheers for Seymour
aud Blair.
TO OLD LIVE WHIGS.
George D. Preutice says : “If there be
a solitary human being within our reach,
who, by some whimsical hook or crook of
heart or brain, has got on the wrong side
of tlie line of battle—particularly if lie
has been an old Whig or Union man, aud
considers it a sort of duty to goagaiust
the Democrats —we entreat him to pause
and rellect upon what he is about to do.
Why should lie go witli the Radicals; and
what reason can lie osier for not going
witli tlie Democrats? All the issues over
which we used to fight are dead. Tlie
Democratic party itself is reorganized
after a division which completely destroy
ed and recreated it. In 1860 it fought with
in itself as resolutely as we ever fought
against it. Times have changed; men
have changed; issues have changed. Clay,
if he were living now, would be a Demo
crat. Webster could be nothing else. All
the reputable old-line Whigs that remain
are Democrats, from Fillmore to John
Beil; and God knows, if these can afford
it, there is no one of their followers in the
by-gone.times who has any excuse to hold
back.”
Judicial Appointments. —Tne Senate
confirmed, on Wednesday, the following
appointments by the person who writes
himself Governor of Georgia: D.B. Har
rell, of Webster county, Judge of Pataula
Circuit; James M. Clark, of Bumter,
Judge of the South western Circuit; R. H.
Wliiteley, of Decatur county, Solicitor
General of tlie Southwestern Circuit;
James W. Greeue, of Upson county,
Judge of the Flint Circuit; L. B. Ander
-1 son, of Newton, Solicitor Geueral of the
Flint Circuit.
Hon. A. H. Stephens lias gone to the
White Sulphur Springs for tlie benefit of
his health.
VOL. LX., NO ‘45
**'• BBVMOI It MUI IV 1C OF MCI v,**.
“Pink,” the New York correspondent
of the Charleston Courier, in a letter of
'late the 15th, writes as follows :
I can communicate to your readers the
gratifying in tdligeiice that on Wednes
day last, Governor Seymour, in a conver
sation held at Utica with a member of the
State Committee, expressed bis entire con
fidence in the coming success of the Dem
ocratic ticket. Ihe Governor feels assured
that he is to be the next President of the
I nited States—ail ttie evidence in regard
to the progress of the canvass throughout
the whole country now pointing in that
direction. He acknowledged that at first
thfere were not visible these evidences of
success. It took some weeks after the
nominations had been made for some sec
tions of tlie country to reconcile them
selves to his (Seymour’s) position on the
finances, but now all is working admira
bly. and by the day almost the strength of
the ticket is increasing. In one word, Mr.
Seymour is convinced that the Democracy
will succeed. He does not attribute this
to his own personal popularity, hut to the
almost universal desire for a change of
party to administer the affairs of Govern
ment. fam personally acquainted with
the gentleman who had the aimve conver
sation with Governor Seymour, and lie
informs me that lie has known the Gov
eruor for the last thirty years, arid alway
found him correct in h'.s pr Xo re -
garii to election matters, not only where
they related to his (Seymour’s) own
chances iu this State, hut also to national
elections.
CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATING CONVEN
TION.—The State Democratic Executive
Committee, at its meeting yesterday, pass
ed the following resolution :
Resolved, That the several Congressional
Districts in this State be recommended u*
hold Conventions as early as practicable to
nominate their delegates for Congress, and
we suggest that the Conventions in each
District be held on the Sth day of Septem
ber.
Mass Meetings are ordered, by the Ex
ecutive Committee, at the following tim s
and places:
Cleveland, White county, Thursday,
September 10.
1-airmount, Gordon county, Thursday,
September 17.
LaFayette, Walker county, Thursday,
September 24.
Blackshear, Pierce county, Wednesday,
October 7.
Jacksonville, Telfair county, Wednes
day, October 7.—At. Const., 1 Mh.
An Editok Penned. —The ladies of Co
lumbus have been penning our friend,
Lam ah, of the Sun aiul Times —the means
used being a magnificent gold pen and
pencil case. He extricates himself very
gratefully and gracefully, concluding as
follows:
Next to the consciousness of having la
bored with the sole aim and desire to save
what was left of the wreck of ourciviliza
tion, and to keep up the spirit of our peo
ple, I value the endorsementof my course
by my countrywomen, nfion whose cour
age, devotion and patriotism no shadow of
dereliction can rest. So long as I shall
have a mind to understand the duties and
responsibilities of my position, a heart to
share tiie woe which has been made our
common heritage, ami a hand to guide
your valued testimonial, I hoj»e to strive
for the approbation of those who dare to
stand by it, undismayed by disaster ami
uusoathed by the demoralization of defeat.
I have the honor to subscribe myself,
ino-t respectfully and gratefully, *your
friend and servant,
A. R. Lamar.
from hofhtov cot.vrv.
F j I S*M‘N‘tV—lliwu^inn
Agreeably to a call previously made, a
number of the citizeus of Fort Valley and
vicinity met in the former place, for the
purpose of forming an Agricultural So
ciety.
On motion the meeting was organized
by calling Judge James A Maddox to ttie
Chair, aud apjxhiiUng K. T. Johnson See
retary.
A constitution was then presented and
adopted, for the government of the Socie
ty, to be known as the Fort Valley Agri
cultural Association.
The meeting then proceeded to the elec
tion of permanent officers for the ensuing
year, resulting as follows:
President—James A. Miller.
Vice-Presidents—D. W. Visscher, J. A.
Maddox, D. N. Austin.
Corresponding Secretary and Treasurer
—W. A. Mathews.
Recording Secretary—R T. Johnson.
A committee was then appointed to
present at the next meeting a code of by
law- for the controlling of the society.
Aud the meeting adjourned to meet
again on the6th of August, at which time
tiie Society again met, the President in the
Chair.
The report of the Committee on Rules
was made and adopted. After some time
speut in considering various minor sub
jects, tlie very important question as to
tiie best mode of directing aud controlling
the labor system among us, came up, and
considering it a question of vital interest
and importance to all, whatever their avo
cation may lie, it was
Resolved, That we invite, earnestly in
vite our fellow-citizens, generally, to unite
with us at our next meeting to participate
in its deliberations.
We hope one request will not be disre
garded by auy one interested, aud who are
not?
On motion, it was
Resolved, That the Secretary furnish the
Telegraph aud Journal and Messenger
with a notice of the proceedings, with a
request that they publish the same.
The meeting then' adjourned until the
2nd Saturday (12th day) of September
next, at which time we hope all in reach,
who can, will attend.
Wm. A. Mathews,
Aug. 14,1865. Cor. Sec’y.
DEM OCR VTIC CLUB IV JONES < Ot XT Y.
Clinton, Ga., Aug. 15,1868.
Messrs. Editors At a meeting of a
portion of tlie citizeus of Jones county, at
this place, to day, a Democratic Club was
organized, with the following permanent
officers:
Hon. N. S. Glover, President; Hon.
James M. Gray, First Vice, and R W.
Bonner, Esq., Second Vice President; R.
T. Ross and T. J. Gibson, Secretaries ; and
F. S. Johnson, Treasurer.
On motion of R. W. Bonner, the Presi
dent appointed a committee of five to draft
rules and prepare business for the Club,
and to report the same on the sth Satur
day in this month.
On motion of R. W. Bonner, the Secre
taries were instructed to forward a synop
sis of the meeting to the editors of the
Telegraph and Journal and Messenger.
The Club then adjourned to meet on tlie
sth Saturday inst.
Now, Messrs. Editors, it is never too late
to do good, and our county, though a little
tardy, has yet some vital nerve of Democ
racy, and will make an effort to show a
good record in November.
N. 8. Glover, President.
R. T. Ross, It, . .
T. J. Gibson, j btc reianes.
The Railroad Connection.—We are
informed by Col. R. L. Mott that the iron,
pins, aud in fact everythin!; for making
the connection between the Mobile <fc
Girard Railroad aud the Muscogee Rail
road, has been purchased by Mr. Wadlev.
and that the work will be commenced at
once. We are soon, then, to have tin
trains running across tbe river into the
city, with a general depot for all the
roads. —Columbus Enquirer, liJ<A,
are on an average 3000 divorces
per annum in Indiana.
Violet colored ink is in vogue among
fashionable young ladies.