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JOS Tile JOURNAL AND MESSKXtiEB.
lIIK MAIDEN OF THE COTTAGE.
BT JACK DOBELL.
3<rond the Eastern hills the sun
Pours down a radiant flood of light.
/The dawn of day has just begun,
Too soon to darken into night.)
With murmuring sounds the little streams
Go sparkling on tlieir joyous way ;
Tae lake, like molten silver, gleams,
And white sails skim the distaut bay.
Beneath the swaying boughs of trees,
Green with the foliage of Spring,
Where softly sighs the gentle breeze,
And choristers gaily sing,
There stands a cottage by the brook,
In which my first, my last love, Mary,
Frum morn till night pores o’eru book
Os tales from Elf Laud and from Fairy.
Bat now the book unheeded lies,
No more upon its lore she ponders;
To far off lands, lu thought, she flies,
And thro’ the realms of Fancy wanders.
Where fragrant shrubs and climbing vines,
About the rustic porch are creeping,
Her graceful, sylph like form reclines,
A model of the beauty sleeping.
Upon her cheeks alternate glow
The lily's white, the red of roses;
Her parted lips a dazzling row
0! Oiicutul pearls discloses.
Round is her dimpled chin, and black
As midnight are her glossy ringlets;
To be an angel, she doth lack
Naught but a pair of budding winglets.
*******
Tears have rolled by since In my arms
I clasped this maiden of the cottage,
And faded are her youthful charms,
Whilst I, alas ! am in my — dotage!
*******
Romance and sentiment are dead,
Their Arcs are now butsmol’dring embers;
The leafy Junes with Time have fled,
And left ina but the bleak Decembers.
l et Mem’ry sometimes, from the past,
(Though of such favors now she’s chary)
Recalls my first love and my last,
The youthful, sylph like, charming Mary.
.Mil. TIFT’S ST ATEMEXT.
Oar readers are referred to the very lucid
mil accurate statement of the condition of
Geirgia, made t>y Mr. Tift, as found on
wfirst page. We are sure that every un
tiivd mind will he ready to corroborate
,-cace,'* »» .*.~ —.
rer> cn A<i we want—all we need —is
ifuspen-loii of all political excitement,
that the laws he left to tlieir properaction,
and the people permitted, without any
derailing interference or injurious and
unju*t charges, to attend to their work
and recuperate their shattered f rtunes.
Tliecountry was never more peaceful—the
law was never more potent. The differ
ence of opinion between the Legislature
and th“ Republican rulers in Cougress,
with respect ot the right of the freed men
to hold ulllce, i>a question that the Courts
should settle; and Georgia is ready to
submit that question to the proper tri—
bunal, and [0 abide by its decision. It
may he a hitter pill— but Georgians know
how to obey law, and they will do it.
That this condition of peace is resisted
as long as it may be possible peaceably to
avoid (lie disagreeable necessity of open
lugiiie door of office to grossly ignorant
ami incompetent blacks, is not to be won
dered at, when it is found so difficult for
Congress to get the XV Constitutional
*tnendinen till rough Congress— the obstacle
beingtimt by that amendment the suffrage
would he given in the Northern Slates to
just such a class of office holders as it is
proposed to foist upon Georgia, on peril of
placing the State again under military
fule. The hesitancy of Cougress in this
®»!ier is a tribute to the attitude of Geor
gia—a vindication of her refusal to take
'^■syoke upon her until the strong hand
cf free compels it—and if there is any
wise of justice remaining in the minds of
‘he members of Congress, they will not
fompel us to submit to what they are so
feluctau l to impose on themselves.
The Charleston Mercury.— The
fjpeetations of the friends of this distin
guished political journal, in regard to its
foival, can he no longer indulged. Th?
Proprietor in a circular bids farewell to its
subscribers, and advices them to turn to
Mersources for information aud iustruc
nas to the events and transactions of
“ day. The farewell address closes as
fellows:
In the portentous changes and events
suing up before us, the Charleston Mer
y will no more he heard. Its voice,
*theli for fifty years has mingled in the
niseis of the imperilled rsouth, is
"Uslitd. But will it he dead? Has it ad
’Wated no high principles of liberty,
•tidi, in some warm-living heart, shall
- t lie forgotten? Has it counselled no
Policy of stern resistance to wrong—of a
'fcvtMlefiance of tyranny—of a deathless
• rt fm independence—with a spirit un
voted and an honor untarnished for the
a policy which shall yet survive
triumph ? For long years, amidst try
■Dgcircumstances and weighty respond
s », 1 have struggled (I trust faith*
■ for tuy endangered couutry. Ap-
ly I have failed—uiy couutry has
1 cc. But in the w ise Providence of God,
- art- often proves ttie greatest blessiug,
t J '«ming success eventuates in failure.
Saviour of men was crucified, aud his
in the exultation of their success,
\‘ rJ o ut 'Hjj blood be on us and on our
.Wren." Amidst tbe afflictions and
“lions in this our land, I have failh
; '<elieve in the lutuie independence aud
£ Verity of 1 lie 60u.11 I take my place
~ Ou S her ruined children—better so
j. &u u> he the proudest and most honored
h «r successful enemies—and I wait,
c h l| *B» praying, expecting the bright
miugot her dual deliverance.
R. B. Rhktt, Jr.,
Proprietor Char eston Mercury.
*** at J AtKsuNv’illk. —Our corre9-
U ‘ J. 11 Ja ksonville, says tbe Savan
cm v WB » w thlug hurriedly under the
? 0 'he -3 I, sta es that the negroes and
*1 l * rs lll4tl 14 riot on the night of tlie 22J,
’tin '| r*' l '»l ted in one negro being kitl.d,
*■ ,|l ‘ier inorialiy wounded, and several
Y“"S wounded.
PUrn a difficulty with a
a,,,.’ 1 s “hliers on tlie night mentioned,
Naie?° rtHlly Wuuu,| ed * soldier. The
comrl, «ut to the rescue of their
A|)ii ll ,' T*' a general tnelee ensued,
iim,. ' WQ . hundred shots were fired. A
dt U( J' , ” a ** B entered private tesi-
Wer * au ‘* wounded citizeus, while some
He ,° wounded while in the street.
barii„,,i u, 1 "® was not voufined to any
tni,... ar locality, but eh it ted every few
u USkf e “’ making uii parts of tlie town
UB iuhai it vnts. The citizens
Cos part whatever in the affair.
For the Journal and Messenger.
THE JEFFERSONVILLE SCHOOL.
Messrs Editors: —Please favor tlie com
munity of Jeffersonville with the an
nouucementof thehappy fact thatthe good
school for which this ph ce lias been so
long renowned lias again come to life. Mr.
John 11. Brantly has taken bold of the
school of the Jeffersonville Institute, aud
the number of students increases rapidly—
many of them being from a distance.
Strict discipline and good order are tlie
rule—for prompt obedience is exacted of
all, from the largest to the smallest.
Ihe accomplished Miss Berry promises
the patrons to take charge of the musical
department, and her ability for the posi
tion is admitted by those whoiuve known
her—no need to dwell ou that particular.
Jefferson vilie is a beautiful location, both
for health and beauty of scenery, aud the
society is unsurpassed.
The Journal and Messenobr, I am
bappy to state, is in great favor here—has,
indeed, tbe largest circulation in this Bec
tl°o- Well-Wisher.
For the Journal and Messenger.
LETTER FROM KEY WEST, FLORIDA.
I Messrs. Editors:— On the 25th of Janu
ary I set out from Gainesville, Florida,
for this port; but, miserabile diclu, I met
an ill wind at Cedar Keys, for tiiere I was
forced, through the delay of the steamer,
to remain for live days. Thinking itgood
philosophy to make the best of a bad job,
I and greatly assisted in so doing by my
I clever and whole-souled landlord, Captain
Mason, I at once made requisition upon
| him for fishing tackle, and upon tbe bay
for fish. What time I was not drawing
upon the magnifying optics of the Cus’om
House glass, (they’ve got a Custom House
at Cedar Keys,) vainly searching for the
steamer over the bar, I was engaged in
the fine sport of hauling trout ashore.
For tlie benefit of your inland friends, let
me expatiate a little just here.
Fishing on tlie coast is both remunera
tive and honorable, affording to many an
iucome not to be despised. For instance,
I saw forly fine trout caught at Cedar
Keys in three hours with a single line.
These fish can be put into the Gaiuesviile
market in four hours, where they bring
readily a dollar a dozen. These fish are
of the finest quality, ami furnish a dish at
the same time substantial aud delicate.
Monday morning came, and with it a
view of the “ Dudley Buck ” coming over
the bar, to the joy of many. At 3 o’clock
we pushed off from the wharf, and were
soon at sea again, steering southward for
Key West. A voyage of 375 miles now
lay before us over the bosom of the Gulf,
and through a waste of waters where the
mariner had often seen a life chequered
with incidents of more than ordinary
note. Whether we should reach the
island city, tlie American outpost, with
out encountering these, was a question of
some interest, and which wind and tide
must settle. The first night we passed,
however, without any special interest,
awakiug in the morning to find our gal
lant little ~ 1 —
anchorage in lam pa Bay.
It is much to he regretted that Tampa
stands upon a point of tlie Bay where the
water is too shallow to admit vessels of
ordinary draught nearer than within
three miles of tlie shore. Great incon
venience is exper enced from having to
convey passengers and freight fiom and
to the steamers by sail boats, lighters aud
so forth. Tiiere is a point, however, upon
the bay, not a great distance from Tampa,
where the water affords sufficient depth
for any vessel entering that port. To this
poiut it is quite certain tlie road coutem
plated by the State will run, when built,
from Live Oak Junction. With such a
thoroughfare of travel and trade, belting
the richest section of the State, and con
necting the tropics directly with Savan
nah, instead of slow progress and taidy
development, Florida wi 1 become a pros
perous and populous State, aud rise, as if
by magic, to the greatness of a nation
born in a day. Then leaving Key West
on Momlay, I will breakfast in Macon on
Friday. Christmas diuner tables will
smoke with the savor of Key West cab
bage, and your rich viands be our bauau
a9 and plantains.
Leaving the bay Wednesday morning
with the ri-iug sun, we steamed out to
sea, steering for this port. A southwest
wind, which had been blowing fresh all
day, increased before night to the fury of
again, and came down upon our struggling
ship w ith tlie strength of a giant. Ail night
she strove against the fury of the wind
and waves, ami manfully fought the storm
till morn and the rising sun gave U 9 a
smoother sea.
Friday morning we lauded on this beau
tiful islaud, where an eternal summer
seems to reign.
We could but uotice the cocoa and
the sappadilla, and the tamarind, and the
lemon and lime, together with other fruits,
how luxuriantly they grow upon the Key.
Vegetables are found carted every morn
ing through the streets, fresh from the
gardens where they grew. Owing to waut
of greater attention to tiiis particular de
partment of life’s geueral comfort, they
command high prices. Key West is be
biud no section iu raising vegetables. All
we need is more enterprise; for we have a
chain of keys stretehing mainward, af
fording thousands of acres, with a variety
of soil aud climate sufficient to furnish
the best assorted vegetable market iu tbe
world. The few who have turned their
attention ill this direction, Lave succeeded
beyond their most sanguine hopes.
The gathering of sponge is a remunera
tive business to those engaged iu it, and
it yields auuually an income to tbe island
of one liuudred thousand dollars. Be
sides tbis we have a large fishing interest,
daily supplying tbe Havaua market, as
well as our own vessels and vessels trading
with tbe Bahamas, ami bringing in return
a rich variety of fruit.
But the strangest thing here, aud the
most noteworthy, is a remarkable lad with
whom I have met, living upon this island
who, beyond question, possesses the power
of eucbautmeut in an eminent degree. I
know whereof I affirm. He is a notable
snake-charmer, andean reduce to his cou
troi the mo9t deadly a9p or adder at his
will. Upon this Key there were three
rattlesnakes exhibited by him a9 play
things, perfectly harmless in his hands.
My curiosity led me draw the young hoy
out iu an accouut of this strange gift.
This is his story :
Before ins birth, his mother dreamed
that her next child should he possessed of
the power ot a witch, ami hence tie was
horn with tlie figure of a tropical scorpion
marked upon nis side. One day, while
sitting with a bed of ants about him, a
voice came to him saying: "Go to a cer
tain tree, there you will find a certain
milk, drink it, and you shall have power
to charm.” He did as commanded, aud
was forthwith iu the spirit of euebant
meut.
That he does all herein claimed for him
(SO be anundaniiy established by the best
if evidence. Let Baruum hunt him up
My church promises prospeiity aud pro
j gtws. More soon. ft.
"V it a sirte 3L* iteris 0r s ©s t •
CONUiriON OF APF NIRS IX GEORGIA.
Statement of Hon. Xrliun Tift to the Reconstruc
tion Committee of tbe House.
To the Honorable Chairman and Members
of the Committee on Reconstruction :
By youi permission, [ ptesent tnis s ate
ment concerning the affairs of Georgia,
which are being considered by your Com
mittee, and 1 res|iecifully ask fir it your
Usual careful attention. I think you will
agree witn me iliat tiiis case has no prece
dent or parrallel.
Governor R B. Bullock, holding his
commission, and performing tlie functions
of Governor under tlie Constitution and
laws of Georgia, comes before Congress
and tiiis Committee aud asks that ttie
civil government of the Stale shall tie de
stroyed, and military or provisional gov
ernment e-tahiished. The reasons given
by him for tiiis proceeding, and which are
attempted to be supported by testimony,
may he summed up in three distinct
charges against tlie people of Georgia:
Ist. Ttiat Die reconstruction acts of Con
gress, providing for tlie ‘admission of
tlie State to representation, were not com
plied with.
2d That certain colored members who
were elected to tlie Legislature were de
clared ineligible under the Constitution
and laws.
3d. J hat the laws are not failhfully
executed, and that crime is unpunished.
In examining these charges I shall pur
posely omit all comment on tlie extraor
dinary proceeding of the gentleman who
at the same time ocuupi sand ignores the
posiiion of Governor of Georgia.
The laws of Congress for the recon
struction aud admission of Georgia have
been complied with iu every single narti
cular.
The election for delegates to the Conven
tion to form a Constitution, tlie meeting
and action of the Convention, the adop
tion of tlie Constitution, and the election
of officers by the people, the organization
of the Legislature, trie striking out by tlie
Legislature of certain sections of the
Georgia Constitution according to the ex
pressed will of Cougress, the adoption of
the fourteenth amendment to the Cou
stituiionof the United States, the inagura
tion of tlie Governor, tbe announcement
of ttie withdrawal of military and tlie
establishment and supremacy of oivil law,
and t’he proclamation of tlie Piesideut
certifying the compliance of Georgia with
the conditions prescribed by Congress for
admission to representation, are ail in per
fect accordance with tlie le'ter aud spirit
of the law. Ami finally, as if to settle any
question which could be made in future
on tiiis point, tlie House of Representa
tives gave tlieir assent, ny a unanimous
vote, to the fact that reconstruction was
accomplished in Georgia by the admission
of her Representatives to seats iu tlie
House.
Thus we have the laws of Congress ; the
sanction of General Grant, who was made
responsible for the administration of the
law, to tlie declaration of General Meade;
the proclamation of tlie Piesident; and
the solemn action of tlie House of Repre
sentatives, all in effect declaring that
Georgia is uow a recognized State iu tlie
Union, ou an equal tooting with tier sister
States.
Ttie only statements which I have seen
or hea'd, intended to show that tlie or
ganization of tlie Slate Government was
not legal, and c msequently void, is in tlie
paper addressed lo Congress, without date,
oy Governor it. B Bullock. Ttie sum of
this statement is, that the members of tlie
Legislature elect were not required l>>
General Meade to take what is known a*
(lie “ test oath,” but were ullovve I to lake
jmAMVfT.r-Vffe State.
It is a sufficient answer ti this to say.
that about the time the Legislature ol
Georgia was being organized, Governor
Bullock called tlie attention of Central
Meade to this subject, and insi-ted t hat tlie
members of tlie Legislature should be re
quited to take tlie “test oath” General
Meade delayed ills deci-ion until lie eoiil.l
consult General Grant. General Grant
had already eonsu ted the houorablechair
man and other menibeis of tlie Recon
struction Committee in a similar casein
Lyusiana. Tlie result was instructions
f.out General Grant that the lest oath
could not he applied to members ot tlie
State Legislature. This iias been the
uniform decision and practice in all the
reconstructed Slates of tlie South. These
facts settle the question of right ou this
subject.
In Governor Bullock’s testimony befo e
the Reconstruction Committee, lie makes
a similar question on tlie legality of the
organization, and says, that in hisopiuion,
twenty five or thirty members holding
seats ii tlie Legislature aie ineligible un
der the fourteenth amendment.
Tiiis is tbe mere opinion of a single
individual, whose legal duties have no
connection with the subject.
Oil the other side, we have tbe legal tes
timony of the members themselves, and
of tiie respective legislative bodies ol
which they are members, that not one iu
either House is ineligible uuUer tbe four
teenth amendment.
When tlie Legislature was organized in
July last, under the military command of
Gen. Meade, the respective Houses of the
Legislature, afLr a careful examination ol
each member as to their eligibility under
section three, Constitutional amendment,
article fourteen, reported that they fouud
none ineligible.
It is worthy of remark, that upon tbis
question of eligibility, of the two hundred
aud seventeen members in the Legislatme,
and including ttie colored men, who were
then present, tiiere were only two dissent
ing voices— Mr. Adkins, who believed that
two Senators were ineligible, and Mr.
Higbee, who believed that /our Senators,
who had not beeu relieved by Congre-s,
were ineligible under tbe fourteenth
amendment of tbe Constitution.
Governor Bullock at that time, in his
report to General Meade, agreed with Mr.
Higbee in opinion, that there were four
ineligible members, aud disagreed with
General Meade and two hundred and fif
teen members of the General Assembly,
whose duty it was to know and determine
the facts under the law.
Without any proper evidence to the
coutrary, it is to be presumed that tlie
members of the Legislature have faith
fully performed their duties, and that
there are uone now holding their stats iu
violation of the Constitution.
But let us suppose, for the sake of the
argument, that there are four members,
or even more, who are holding their seats
in Viola ion of the fourteenth amend
ment. What is the remedy ? Surely not
the destruction of the Stue government
by Congress; not retaliatory laws which
shall deprive the whole people of Georgia
of their riguts uuder tiie Constitution, but,
evidently, such proper enforcement of the
Constitution and laws as will remove such
members as are ineligible uuder the four
teenth amendment of the Constitution.
The declaration of the Legisiatare, that
colored men are not eligible as members
uuder the Constitution of Georgia, has
been uenounoed here and elsewhere, as a
violation of the conditions upon which
Georgia was restored to civil government
and to representation in Congress, a viola
tion of the Mate Constitution, and a
wrong to the people of the Ci ate.
The answer is—
-Ist. Neither the reconstruction acts, nor
the civil rights hid, nor the fourteenth
amendment of the Constitution, require
any State to provide that colored citizens
shall he eligible to office. Consequently,
neither-the Coustituliou or the laws of
Congress have beeu violated iu this re
spect.
2d. The construction placed upon the
Constitution by tlie Legislature has dou >t
Ussbeen iuliueueedby I lie apparent inien
lion of its framers. In tbe Convention
which framed tbe Constilmiou, the tenth
section of the article relating to f anchise
provided that "Ail qualified electors, and
none other;-, shall be eligible to any office
in this State, unless disqualified by tiie
Constitution of ibis Siaeor by the Con
stitution of the United Males ” If' this
provision had been adopted, it would have
settled all doubt. It was reported to the
Conveution from acommiitee. and ordered
to be printed on the 14th of January. Go
the 14ih of February, after discussion ami
pro >«*sed amendments, i Ive section was
stricken out, bv a vote of 126 to 12 Tin*
Ifti i lie Constitution silent as to qualifica
tions for holding office. The action of ihe
* ouveutiun was construed to mean, v'uat
the simple qualification of elector was not
MACON. GA.. TUESDAY, MARCH % 1869.
j sufficient. It was contended that the right
to uold office was inherent in those w n*
were horn citizen-; that it was necessary
(o conter tlie i iglit to hold office by express
1 provision on those who wete boru toeiaw?-
ry liofi re they could exercise it; and llui
this had not only been done in IheCouslL
tutiou, but ttie Convention had rejected a
plain proposition having that object.
These ami other facts and arguments
were u-ed to secure votes for the adoption
of tlie Constitution by the people, ss well
as to justify tlie action ol tlie Legisiaiire
iu the exclusion of colored members.
Let us suppose, for tlie -ake of the a'gu
nient, that tlie decision of tlie Legisiaiire
is wrong, and that the Constitution rigit
; construed makes every elector eligible
to office. What is the proper remedy? I
answer without hesitation or a doubt: 1
Georgia, as in every Republican Stale, tbv
only proper remedy for tbis and all similar 1
evils is iu the ba Jot and tlie Courts. —
These means are as ample, and will he as
poieiit iu Georgia as in auy oilier Stale
Both braticbes of the Legislature of
Georgia have recently, in deference to the
opinion of those who differ with them on
ttie question of the eligibility of colored
citizens to hold office under tlie Constitu
tion aud laws of the State, passed the fol
lowing resolution:
" Whereas it is believed that a judicial
decision of tlie question of the colored
man’s right toholdofficein Georgia under
ttie Constitution now in force would re
-tnre the State to her proper position in
the Union, ami give quiet throughout tlie
•-M.-tie; and whereas said question is one
which the Courts of the State can proper
ly lake cognizance of; and whereas we,
the representatives of the people of Geor
gia are unwilling that any effort should
be spared on our part to bring about a state
ot peace aud happiness to the people, and
a settlement of that important question;
o >t- therefore,
"Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of iheStateof Georgia lu
General Assembly convened, That a ca-e
involving the right of tlie colored man to
hold office, shall, as soon as the same can
be properly brought before the Supreme
Court of the Stale, be heard and deter
mined by said court, aud we believe that
that the people of the State will, as they
have heretofore always done, iu good fuitti
abide ttm decision of the highest judicial
triounal of the State, whenever so de /
dared.”
Tiiis seems to be the only proper re
spouse which could have beeu given to
tlie’ charges of wrong which have beet
brought against them here. It shows a
consciousness of right, and a desire at all
limes to abide by ttie Constitution aud
laws, as they may be expounded by tbe
courts.
But it is charged that the laws of Geor
gia are not faithfully executed; that tiiey
are resisted ; that the officers are unfaith
ful ; that the disposition, feeling, aud treat
ment of the white people towards the
black people, and towards Republicans
and Northern men, is bad; that the peo
ple do not desire peace and Union; aud
shut, consequently, there is a necessity and
justification for the interposition of Con
gress and the reorganization ot the State.
The te-timony ou “The condition of
affairs in Georgia” lias been printed, and
1 ask it as a matter of justice to my State,
that every member of tlie committee ex
amine it carefully before any decided ac
tion is taken. Much of tlie testimony
given against the people and Slate of
oeorgia c»riies on its face evidence of
prejudice, exaggeration, aud the prompt
ings of evil. Many of the statements are
not only palpably false, but ridiculous.
On tlie oilier hand, commencing at page
lid of the printed testimony, the official
fiy;J u sw(>niieat' , UD« I VJ)f .utyjrJy, one bun
an.i ./.Hers, ehitfiy Republicans, ts. vHies,
all parts of I lie Slate, is so uniform and 1
cons stent as to carry conviction of its
truth to every unprejudiced mind. Ac-1
cording to this tesdiuony, Hie laws of!
Georgia are faithfully and impartially
executed; tiiere is wo resistance to the
laws; tlie <dlici-rs are faithful to tiieir du
ne-; ttie disposition, feeling, ami treat
ment of tlie people towards tbe black
people and towaids Republicans and
Northern men is, as a geneial rule, kind
and conciliatory ; the e is a universal de
-ire for peace anti a restoration of tlieir
proper relation to ttie States aud Govery
tueiu of the Union ; and ttiat there is i o
necessity or justification for the destruc
tion oi the present government of Georgia,
and the establishment of a military or
provisional government
Thecomliiiou of affairs lias beeu steadily
improving since tlie establishment of civil
government, especially since the Presi
dential election, and t here cau be no doubt
that any interposition by Congress to sub
vert aud reorganize the State government
would he disastrous to the interests of tlie
wiioie people. Disorders would increase,
capital would he withdrawn, improve
ments would cease, industry would be
crippled, productions, incomes, tlie ptices
of property, aud the ability to pay taxes
would alt be diminished ; aud the people
of tlie whole Union would be sufferers to
some extent with the people of Georgia.
An examination of aIT the facts shows—
-Ist. That tiie law of Congress recognizes
Georgia as a State in tiie Union, entitled
to lepreseutatiou in Congress, and ot
necessity having equal rights with other
8 ates.
2d. That the action of the Legislature,
in their decision that colored men were
not, under tiie Constitution aud laws ot
Georgia, eligible to office, was a question
confided to tlieir jurisdiction by tbe Con
stitution, so far as members of the Legis
lature are concerned ; and if they have
committed an error in their judgment, it
can only be properly corrected by the
Court, who.-e judgment, when pro
nounced, will he tlie law.
3d. That, according to the most reliable
official testimony, tiie condition of affairs
in Georgia, considering tbe circumstances
which have surrounded the people, and
tlie trials through which they have passed,
is better than tbe most ardent friend of
peace could have expected, and is still
improving.
I have said that tbe case of Georgia now
before Congress for consideration has no
precedent or parallel.
Will Congress make a precedent in tbe
case of Georgia which iu future maybe
used, by large party majorities, in times
of great political excitement, to suspend
or practically destroy tbe government of
any Slate which shall stand in tbe way of
their policy or purposes? :*urely not.
Local aud t mporary errors of Govern
tnent are easily corrected by powers pro
vided for iliac purpose in our admirable
system. Violations of fundamental law
are apt to become chronic and incurable
The patriots aud tbe statesmen, lookiug
to the welfare and interests of the whole
country, and to tbe far distant future, will
rise above the atmosphere of sectional
prejudices which lias been engendered by
the war, and make it his pleasure, as well
as bis most sacred duty, to aid iu uniting
all tlie Stales ami all tbe people once more
in bonds of peacs and feelings of friend
ship.
Tiiis can be done by giving equal rights
andequaljuslicetoall.it being an indis
putable truth, that with them tbe people
i <,f all the States have a common interest
in the unity, ulory aud peipetuity of tbe
American Union.
Fiually, it' tlie State < f Georgia, as 8
State in the Union, entitled to represeu- !
fatioii in Congress, can ever he fixed be- |
youd controversy, then it has already been
done by acts which have been passed
and under which her tepreseutatives have j
been admitted to the House.
There must he a time when errors are
cured, when doubt and agitation musi
cease, when stability aud confidence are
assured, or discord wou and reign forever.
For Georgia that time has arrived.
In tiie name <>f her good people, and for
the sake of the common inieiests, har
monious Union, and perpetual peace ol
our common country, I asK that l ongr-s.-
will stand by the l.w which recogmz s
tie irgia as a State in tlie Union, entitled
to lepreseiitalion in Congress, and on an
equa* fooling with her sister States.
Vt-rv reaped fully,
Your obedient servant,
Nelson Tift.
A Western editor thinks the pnem of
Enoch Aroen ha- encouraged hundredsot
• lead husbands to return and annoy their
fantiiiei-, who would have kept awa ■
ihe Enoch Arden in real life, Ue says, ia
usually a scalawag, and comas home
ragged, dirty and drunk.
SOUTHERN INDIVIDUALITY.
We extract from Mr. Da Forest’s enter
tajniug article, in Harper’s Monthly for
Fd.mary, the following illustrations of
Saitiieru individuality :
Whether cliivahous or semi-chivalrous
th» Southerner has more individuality of
claracier than the Northerner, and is one
or.he most interesting, or, at all events
>i»* of the most amusing, personages 0,,’
tiis continent, if not in tlie world. He
, salient virtues, vices and oddities; he
hai that rich, practical humor which is
toully uDomscioua of being humoristic'
he ni the gravest manner decorates hi;
life with ludicrous and romantic adven
tu«* ; in ijhort, he is a prize for the anec
dotist and novelist. Dixie lias thousaubs
of highaoued gentlemen who suppose
t lemsel/es to be patterns of solemn and
staid propriety, but who would he fit to
associate with the Caxtons and Dr. Ric
“kocca lu that land of romance you
1 ''! s , it,V " c ' eTob y. aud Squire Western,
i.vA Sir Pitt Crawley, and Colonel New-
oojje, and Mr. Pickwick, and Le
vlourintur, all moving in the best society,
richtous SUre tbat lbey are Admir * b| e
Ju wfcat other part of Uncivilized earth
ould a leading statesman writeaponder-
Shim rfM WOrk * n dialogue, after the
etiiou cf the essays of Plato and Cicero ?
icn agjsto of classical imitation might
f! k found a Harvard Sophomore;
nifi,| U K^ OUt i* we dlscove r it iu an ex
ulted States Congressman aud ex-Vice
resilient of the Confederacy. Alexander
. Stephens is as redolent of Greeks and
I ' “ aus ’ ** verda,J t with lore, as Kent or
rynr.
Where, else could you meet such a
b ions mtarnatiou of the apostolic char
.im.mT’ a p,allter l, y Profession and
ibttude, out a preacher by mission ? He
as a paasionate religionist; if he met
)u in tlustreet he button-holed you and
tnted Ufou you hisdogmas; chance pass
s-by wire beckoned to until he had a
rcle ; y<u listened because you dared not
n awaj. One Sunday, exhorting in a
[tie crois-roads church, aud having been
inoyedby two negroes stealing out of
e bou®, he came to a solemn pause iu
.s servfce, and then spoke as follows:
Next Bird’s day I shall hold woiship in
Jis same place. ieu«i - j
*treled gun ; I shall stand that gun,
rein. -i.. , iie uuloit. aloiig-ide of me,
ud if at<y man gets up aud goes out while
am priacbitig, by ! I'll shoot him!”
A hat fuddled planter called on me one
eveningand invited me out to a treat of
stewed »ysters The restauraut was tlie
back rami of a bakery ; we sat on broken
chairs,imoug sticky paus, spilled flour,
and loafes of dough ; the oyster cans were
openedwitb an old bowie knife. When
tliesters were before us, my friend ob
served ‘Come, don’t let's eat this like
Savagei Major, can’t you ask a ble-s
--og?” As I declined, he pulled his broad
rimtrfd felt from his muddled cranium
n>l sad grace himself.
Auticity, vehemence, recklessness, pas
ion, Nntimeiit, prejudice, vanity, wium-
Miami, absurdities, culture, ignorance,
ouitHiess, barbarism! The individual
ias pljnty of elbow room at the South ; lie
\icks tut of tbe traces with a freedom
yiknown to our steady pulliug society;
fe is ahull in Mrs Grundy's china shop,
tiangist of all, lie believes that he is like
ic restof tlie world, or, more accurately,
mt the rest of the world should be like
,'m.
Tlie chivalrous Southerner lias been too
lodtively ami autiioratively a political
power to get fair treatment iu literature.
People have not described him ; they
felt driven to decla in about him; they
:iave preached for him or preached against
La’£7- Northern pens have not d ZO, c
vices.
How shall we manage this eccentric
?reiture? We have been rued by him ;
ve have fought him, beaten him, made
lim captive ; now what treatment shall
’e allot him? My opinion is, that it
•ould tie good botii for him ami for us if
e slmuM pert-everiugly attempt to put
> with his oddities and handle him as a
it. He resembles he white hears de-
Tibed in tlie "Pearl of Orr’s Island
"here ain’t no kimlerereetur iu tlie whole
Nrld if you’ll get tlie right side of him."
Us true that he has wauled lo eat us,
Midi is exasperating; it is true that he
s|l talks of eating us at some convenient
*<ioii, which is ridiculous; hut I believe
tit lie suffered too much in our late
stggle to seriously think of renewing it;
I Md ttiat his war snorts are mere elec
II buucombe.
THE INSURRECTION IN PUEBLA,
he dispatches of the Herald, dated
Hrana, February 20, give fuller accounts
ofllie revolutions now iu progress iu
Xtico:
lie revolutionists at San Martin, on
Moth, levied a forced loan of $200,000
oihe merchants of that town.
lie revolutionary General, Zepata, at
SM, hac. fled, Geueral Vargas having at-
OCed the iusurgeuts.
'l'ie iusurrectiou iu Yucatan wa9 local
lereiy. , _
A revolution was expected at Guad
aajra Tiiere was considerable trouble
tween tbe mili ary and civil authorities,
he Governor bad resigned, and tlie
turts declared their inability to aduiiuis-
T justi e.
A revolution bad also broken out in
Yiscala and the places in that vicinity.
A revolution bad also broken out in
Nevo Leon. Quiroga, with twelve bun
tLl well armed men, bad pronounced in
11 or of General Santa Anna.
V telegram from tlie City of Mexico to
\ra Cruz, dated the 13th, states that ‘.be
hops stationed ut Puebla have pro
nuuced against tbe government of
Jarez. General Negrete suddenly ap
liired among them with shouts of "Viva
Vxico,” when they mutiuiei, and un
dr bn lead raised the standard of revolu
ii„. They held Puebla for four days, and
tin left for Choluia. On the 7th they
treatened Cuenaraca and Toluca, moving
wstward, aud augmenting their numbers
b means of impressments. It was ru
rored that they had encountered the
«valry under Cuelar.
It was expected that Negrete would en
<r Guerrero, and that he would be joined
by Governor Diaz, whose insurrection ary
foro-s were gathering on the frontiers of
Oaxira, Negrete failed to capture the
conduita of $4 000.000, as was feared.
The (toxerumeut forces under '-eueral
Bafartio r* occupied Puebla ou tbe 7th
lust. ,
A force »f troops on the railroad near
MexicoCiiy pronounced ou the 13th inat.
in favorof the revolution.
Tiie irtentions of Negrete are unknown.
Geiieed Rivera left Mexico with the
purport of joining the insurgents, but was
arrestee. A prouuuciameuto was fouud
on his peison. .
The excitement at the capital was great
at first, bq. lias been allayed. Allatorre’s
divi-ion, fnm Jalapa, and Leyva's forces,
from MexFo, were marching on Puetda.
At lastacounts the capital was quiet.
The Prefee of Toluca was there.
A pionuiciatueiito has been announced
at Tamaui.pas, and tbe revolution is iu-
creasing.
A letter lorn Sisal states that on the
31st ultimo the whole jiopulatiun of
Merida ami 200 regulars who mutinied,
rose against the government and seized
the citadel, which they held agains Com
mander Cevallos and 2.000 militia until
the 6th instant, when they escaped to
Peteo, where they hold a fortified posi
tion. The Governor was sick atidCevallos
proclaimed martial law. Many arrests
had tern made. Eight >outbs of the lc-st
families were summarily shot. The
greatest consternation prevailed among
the people.
One hundred regulars have been im
prisoned on suspicion of intending to pro
uounce, and at last accounts were at Sisal
wailing for tlie steamer to Vera C.uz.
Rebel Glorifying. —No legislative
business was transacted at the Capitol
yesterday, both Houses having adjourned
in honor t?j of the anniversary. On en
teriug the Hall of Representatives we
were very much shocked to hear a Radical
member extolling the virtues ol that chief
of all rebels—George Washington. Our
sensibilities permitted us to listen to only
a few words of the harangue. You really
< ught not to "go back” «>n history that
way, gentlemen Gen. Grant will and ■ f-r
vou but tbe P*ter lo
> ou > iJb'tuhvUU Munrur.
UEORGIA LEGISLATURE.
[From the Constitution. |
Monday. February 22, 1869.
House.—House met pursuaut to ad
jouri.nieut.
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Clarke, member
from DeKalO.
Journal read.
Mr. Sis *on moved to correct the Jour
nal. It appeared that Mr. McCombs’ bill
reuinv ug tlie Capitol to v|(Hedgeville was
read the first time without suspension of
rules. 1 lie introduction of new matter
not being the regular order of business on
that day.
Mr. McCombs insisted that the rules
were suspended.
Mr. Saussey said that tlie bill was reid
the hrst time, and it is prima facie evi
dence that the rules were suspended.
Journal was corrected bv adding that
rules were susjiemled.”
i * r : nz i ,Htr| ok moved to reconsider the
Hie charter of Macon to
He m'TT f,r M “> or »» d Council.
He said tbe bill was tiie desire of seven
out of ten of tlie tax pavers.
A communication wa° received from
the Governor, stating h *ad signed Hie
bill to incorporate the town of Tryou, iu
Chattooga county.
Mr. Sparks—The subject matter of the
bill proposed to be reconsidered, had beeu
acted upon a week ago, and a bill intro
duced by himself had passed almost unan
imously. He moved to Jay the motion
ou tlie table.
Motion to Jay ou table was unanimously
carried J
Mr. I itzpatrick said there would be a
uay w lieu he would have a showing.
A communication was read from Mr. H.
J. Kunball in response to a resolution
asking who of the railroad committee had
authorized the healing of the Capitol by
steam. He said lie was not acquainted
with tiie members of the committee per
sonally, but when tiiey were asked if they
would vote for an appropriation to heat
with steam, oneof thecouimitteeobjected
Nlr. McCullough, of Jones.
Mr. Hall, of Meriweiher, moved to sus
pend the rules to take up hills and resolu
tions to carry iuto effect the report of the
Retrenchment Committee. Rules sus
pended.
A resoluti m to request the Governor to
1)19 OlllUC CAlv , t
me-senger. Adopted.
Mr. Hall, of Meriwether—A bill to al
low the Treasurerone clerk during session
of Legislature, to receive no extra pay.
Adopted.
Also, a bill abolishing overseer of Peni
tentiary and hospital steward. Adopted.
Also, a resolution to request ilie libra
rian to discharge assistant Adopted.
RILLS READ THIRD TIME.
A bill to alter and amend section 4513,
Irwin’s Code. Passed.
A bill to prescribe fees and manner of
collection for Solicitor Generals, Sheriffs,
and other officers iu eastern circuit.
Passed.
Mr. Fitzpatrick—A resolutiou to ad
journ. in honor of the anniversary of tlie
birthday of Washington, till to-morrow
morning.
Yeas and nays required, and were—yeas
56, nays 44.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The educational bill being special order
of tlie day, it was taken up ami read.
Mr. Parks, of G wiunelt, offered a Sub
stitute for the bill.
Mr. Bryant explained tbe objects and
amendments to tlie original bills, and ie
viewed tlie history of common schools.
He paid a high encomium to the alate of
Georgia; said but one tiling was needed,
and that was tlie education wf the masses
He Lad felt an.l trembled at Hie danger of
me iginifant uia.-ses timing tlie lew weeKs
past; designing men could ruin the coun
try. But one way was given us to remedy
Hie evil—educate tlie masses. The right
lo vole was given tlie colored man —it
cannot be taken away ; educate them, that
tiiey may make good citizens.
'1 lie House ext-nded Mr. Bryant’s time
to conclude his speech on the bill.
A resolution was adopted, tendering a
seat to Judge Hansel, us Patuala Circuit.
Mr. Darnell moved to amend by adding
the name of Foster Blodgett. Lost.
House adjourned till to morrow moru
iug at IU o’clock.
Atlanta, February 23.-
Senate. —Senate called to order by the
President.
Prayer by Mr. Adams.
Journal of Saturday read and approved.
RECONSIDERATION.
Mr. Burns moved to reconsider the
action of the Senate on Saturday author
izing l he Governor to diaw his warrant in
favor of John Joues, late Treasurer. Mo
tion prevailed.
M r. Candler offered an amendment, pro
viding tiiat no counoils repudiated by die
Conventions of 18(35 or 1867, shall he paid.
Amendment ami bill recommitted lo
Finance Committee.
HOUSE BILLS ON THIRD READINO.
Rules suspended and bill to incorporate
the Americus Manufacturing Company,
read.
m.. » n amendment
providing that the same prfvnegea
granted to tiie Fort Valley Manufacturing
Company, which Was adopted.
The bill, as amended, was then passed.
SPECIAL ORDER.
The hill to provide a system of public
instruction in the State being tlie special
orderof the day, was taken up.
Mr. Smith, of the 36th, moved to dis
charge it, but afterwards withdrew tlie
motion.
Tlie bill was read by sections. The first
section provides tiiat the Governor Stale
School Commissioner, Attorney Geueral,
State Treasurer, and Secretary-of State,
shall constitute a Board of Education.
Mr. Burns opposed the section as creat
ing a paitisan Board. He had no objec
tion to a man on account of his politics.
Ttie officers named already had duties
prescribed to discharge, which faithfully
executed would require all their attention.
He moved lo strike out.
The President left his seat, calling Mr.
Smith, of the 7th, to tiie Chair.
Messrs. Merrell Adkins aud Brock op
posed striking out.
Mr. Nunnally moved to lay tae bill on
tbe table. .
Tbe President resumed bis seat.
Ttie yeas ami nays were demanded with
tbe following result:
Yeas—Adams, Biuton, Burns, Candler,
Fain, Gignilliat. Griffin, of tbe 21-t,
Hicks, Jordan, Lester, McArthur. Mc-
Whorter, Moore, Nunnally, and Well
born —15.
Nays-Adkins, Brobk, Dickey, Harris,
Huugerford, Jones, Merrell, Sberman,
Smith, (7th,) smith, (36th,)Speer, String-
er Welch and Wiun —14.
The President vo’ed uay, so the motion
to lav on tlie table did not prevail.
Mr. Burns su-tained his motion to strike
out contending against making tlie Board
of Education a partisan board, stating
ihat if tiie motion to strike out prevailed,
tie would offer an amendment that the
State School Commissioner, .-tate Treas
urer, and lion. Alexander H Stephens
of Crawfordsville ; M. Dwiuell, E-q ,of
Rome; Rev. Dr. W. T. Brantley, ol At
iauta; Hon. A. T. Akermuii, of Elbert ;
Hou. T. P. Saffnld, of Morgan ; S. Varna
doe, Esq. of Valdosta; T 8. Wallard,
Esq. of Thomasville; S. W. Botart, of
Savannah, constitute a Board of Educa
tion.
He was not particular as to these gen
tlemen. atul would he willing to accept
any name suggested hy members of the
Senate. He stated that nearly all the
geuilemeu named wer ■ aide and earnest
advocates of popular education. Some of
them had speut their lives iu the service
of education.
Mr. Nunnally moved to refer the bill
back to the committee, but withdrew the
motion.
Mr. Candler thought that as the House
had refused to pass a similar hill, and had
referred all hills to a special co i mill tee,
lime should not bs wasted now in dis
cu-s ng the bill. Besides, it appropriated
money, ami could not arise in the Senate
Mr Moore moved to postpone ti e hill
! uit*il Saturday.
Messrs. Mirrell, Winn. Harri«, Adkins
Brock aud Smith (36th) opposed the uio-
The motion to postpone until Saturday
was lo'i by yeas 11 nays 14.
vir. Candl-r opposed the pa«sasre of the
I hill on constitutional grounds—the bill ap
1 propriating money aud conferring addi
flonal office on State officials, aud moved
its indefinite postponement.
The yea and »* a were demand and and
resulted bs follows— Teas It, i, a y ß
So the rnoiiou to postpone iuoefiuitely
Mr. Nunnally offered an amendment
that the President and Secretar* of (he
teuate, Speaker a. and Clerk of the House,
with the State Treasurer and State School
Commissioner, constitute Hie Board of
Education, the Treasurer to have charge
of its records. The motion to adopt ttie
amendment was half.
Mr. Bum’s amendment was voted ou
and lost.
Mr Harra moved to ad .pt the first «ec
tion as reported by the Commtlee. Yeas
19, uay a 10.
Tne second, third and fourth seotious
were adopted.
A motion to amend section sth, bv in
serting one sub school C •iiiiuiaeiouer for
each county, instead of from each sonu
toria! District, was lust, and the section
adopted.
Mr. Bruton moved to strike out from
section 6th the words " and iu case an*
school shall refuse or negleo., to use such
books as ntay be prescribed, shall with
hoid from said public school its share of
the public funds.” Motion prevailed.
.. u r * Speer ,HOV, ed to strike out Hie words
Provided that the Bible shall not be ex
cluded from tbe public schools of the
State. Motion did not prevail.
Mr. Harris moved to amend by Insert
ing ‘ and iu case any teacher shall refuse
or neglect to use BUi*h hooks as may he
P-onbed, shall forfeit all pay.” Motion
1 tie section as amended was adopted
vr ect | < .’r n9 7 ’ 8 ’ 9 ‘ 10 ’ and 11 wlopted.
Mr. Wellborn moved to strike out from
section 12 the following words- “pro
vided, that it shall he held a mis iemeanor
said commissioner to order to he paid
over to any school district its share of said
public fund in case the local schoo officers
have failed or refused to obey any of
the requirements of this act.” Motion
prevailed.
Mr. Moore moved to strikn out the
words, "Between five and twenty-one
years of age,” and insert, "Bstweeu six
aud eighteen.” Motion prevailed.
Section as amended adopted.
taken up amfYCHU ‘ 'vYfwviw t
this paper a few days since.).
Mr. Shumate spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Williams, of Dooly, said lie was op
posed to the bill.
Mr. Felder said be was opposed to tbe
first bill introduced, but Hie objectionable
features bad been removed, and lie
thought that the farmers generally wauled
the bill. He would now vole for tlie bill.
Mr. Duncan moved to lay tbe bill ou
tbe table. Motion prevailed.
The general tax bid was taken up and
read, aud acted upon seriatim. Passed.
(No important difference between tiiis
bill and tlie one passed at last session.)
Rules suspended and a bill to authorise
the Georgia Railroad and Banking Com
pany to loan money to, and endorse tbe
bonds of tbe Macon and Augusta Railroad
Company. Read the third time and
passed.
A bill to define the liability of Sheriff*
and other officers in certan cases Pa-sed.
Mr. Duncan—A resolution to require
tlie Finance Committee to reuort llie
General A ppropriaiion by Thursday next,
and tiiat said Committee be giveu leave of
absence till tiiat lime.
Mr. Flournoy said tiiat tbis should lie
in; tiiat several Committees had delayed
reports.
Mr. Hall, of Meriwether, said the Fi
nance Committee had not delayed tlieir
report, tiiey would make it as soon as tiiey
could complete it
Mr. Williams, of Morgan, moved to lay
tbe resolution on the (able. Carritd.
A bill to appropriate money lo James E.
McGuire for damages by Hie State Road.
Indefinitely positioned.
A bi I to amend the charter of the town
of Sandersville Passed.
Mr. Parks, of Gwinnett —A resolution
to icquire a icport from tlie Railroad
Column tee appointed at the last session
Adopted.
Mr. Williams, of Morgan, moved to take
up thecomniunicaliou from the Governor.
Motion prevailed, aud communication
read.
It returns tlie hill to tiring on election
for Mayor and Council iu tlie city of Co
lumbus, without Ilia signature.
He approved the bills i<>change the lines
between Siewart aud Quitman counties,
and to change tlie lime of lioid.ug Supe
rior Court in Cherokee county.
Mr. Grimes moved to pass tlie hill to
briug on election iu Columbus over tbe
Governor’s veto.
Pending the discussion on tbis motion,
fie Houseaojourned, Mr. Lane,of Brooks,
having the floor.
Wednesday, F< bruary 24, 18^0
Senate was called to order by tlie Pres
ident.
Prayer by Rev. M. C. Smith, of the 7ih.
Journal of yesterday read and approved.
Mr. Speer asked a suspension if rules
to introduce a bill to provide for election
are disquall fi e‘«7 fl Bh^f..B“CWl .'3 Jl!fu:ted
or article Fourteen of tiie constitutional
amendment The rules were suspended
aud tiie bill read the first time.
The unfinished ‘husine s bei g the hill
to provide a system of public instruction
—taken up where left off yesterday, and
read by sections. Numerousamendmeuts
adopted
Tlie bill was discussed section by sec-
tion, and then put upon its passage
whereufiou the yeas ami ua.vs were vailed
and were, yeas 20, nays 14. So the bill
was passed.
Mr. Smith, of tbe 7th, presented a me
morial from Jo’mi Scriven, President of
tiie Atlantic and Gulf Railroad; and a
resolution of the Commissioners respect
ing tlie stock held by the State in the At
lantic and Gulf Rai'road ( ompany. They
recommend the purchase of the stock
held by tlie city of Savannah by said
Company, provided the same can be pur
chafed at a rea a onable price.
Mr. Harris moved to lay the memorial
and resolution upon the table, which mo
tion was not agreed to.
Mr. Smith moved to refer the same to
the Committee on Petitions, which was
agreed to. The time was extended for tbe
reading of bills first and second times
Senate adjourned.
House met nursuant to adjournment.
Prayer by Rev. Wm. Crumley.
Mr. Hamilton—A resolution that a seat
be tendered Hon. Robert Toombs during
his stay iu tbe city. Adopted.
The House took up tiie bill to bring on
an election in tbe city of Columbus—tiie
same being the unfinished business of
yesterday.
Mr. Lane, having had the floor at tbe
hour of adjournment, s|s*ke iu opposition
lo tiie passage of the bill over the Gover
nor’s veto.
Mr. Phillips opposed the bill, because It
was unconstitutional.
Mr. O’Neal said the Constitution pointed
out the qualification of voters and the ax
to be affixed in all cases. He was therefore
opposed to the bill.
Mr Bryant i-aiJ a similar bill bad been
defeated on the same grounds as weie
urged hy the Governor against the bill.
Mr. Crawford sad a.I lncorp**rat and
towns bad the right to regulate their ow.j
affairs.
Mr. Duncan spoke in favor of the bill.
Mr. Saussey said it was very strange
that the bill should have passed Iwnh
Houses, and now remained with the Gov
ernor to discover its unconstiiutionality.
Mr. Grimes said the time for the regu
lar municipal election had passed,anu the
object of this bill was to bring on u special
election Every tax-paver in the city of
Columbus favored the bill.
The previous* question being anu
susiai ed, aud a two thirds vote being re
quired to pass the bill over the Governor's
veto, the yeas and nays were called aud
re- nlteil veas 65, nays 48.
Mr. Kellogg—A resolution requesting
the Committee on Priming io report the
cause of the delay in deli vering the Jour
ual of last session. Adopted.
Mr Holoeri —A resolution consolidati ng
the Committee on Enrollment and the
Special Committee to examiue clerks.
Felder —A resolution 11 at after this
date D<> member shall speak more than
live mlnutea uu the nine subject. 1.0-t.
Mr. O'Nail—A resolution that W. L.
VOL. LX., NO- 50.
; Hubbard be appointed to sell tho furui
. lute t.roughl l rum Milhnigeville • HI n
Treasu U £^° V *' ">* proceeds to th.
thfil' resolution that lulls on
lellion Lat ° U, ' i ‘ der * i 111 eruoon
On motion of Mr. Williams, of Uorjrsn
tha House took up and shunted the re
port ou tiie Lunatic Asylum.*
Mr. ( aipemer. of Hancock— \ re<n!n.
tion that the Governor he requested to i_
form this House what sum- |, H ve been
paid l.y the Executive Detriment the
.•secretary of:Mate, 1 reasurer aid Com,,,
(roller General, for printing and Maiio!,.
Los/ 0 Wlloai al,lJ r ° r wli at purpose paid.
The House took up (lie report of the
committee on the biiJ lo exempt from
taxation all capital Invested ill the man
ufacture of cotton, wool and Oilier fibreus
Air. Liine, of Brooks, moved lo amend
>••<«!i* g additional section.
Air. Btrmmi moved to amend In* ex
empting rai roads from luxation.
The‘.reviunsiioeMion le,.ig culled and
"Uatained, the original bill was passed
Yeas 97 ; nays ”8. 1 '
Mr. Hall, of Glynn—A resolution ten
dering u seat to Hou. Henry S. Wells dur
ing Ids stay in the city. Adopted.
Mr. Darnell —A resolution teiuierlmr n
seat t, Hon Foster Biodgetl dun, g h*
stay in the city. s
Pending the consideration of the resnl u .
tion, the House adjourned till 3 o'clock.
TIIE XATIUX At, ii A.XKS l\ t OX (ill ESS.
Mack's Washington letter lo the Cin
cinnati E quirer makes known some
exir.mrdi ary facts rewarding these banks
aim their directors, lies.ivs:
The voters of the West, and I suppose
or the East, too—have good reason since
the ast election to know .I» - influence
-f the National hanks, when uiraytd
tor nr against a particular party. Tiny
have seen in Cincinnati, to ,«y cerium
knowledge, that if any set of men will
come forward as tiie champions of Huso
institutions, they need not he beaten at
the polls if money will save them from
ilefeat. How much greater this influence
must be in the halls of Congress, w iiero
they have hut comparatively few to oper
a«e upon and “convince” to tlieir side,
sentatives there are silting us iheioiw.l
sixty Afntionnl Jiank Dirtctora. G* n But
ler in his war upon the buiidholtlltig and
banking monopolies, lias gone to the
trouble to ascertain tiiis fuel. Tlieie are
sixty he knows, ami lie thinks there are
sixty-two. These met, of course vote
“right" when any question involving the
franchises or privileges of the hanks come
up. They were elected for that very pur
pose, and not only tnut, but it may readily
tie conceived that they do not coufluo
themselves to their own votes, hut easily
influence the votes of others, t-ixty halite
directors in a body, of which ninety con
stitute a quotum, and a uiajori'y of that
ninety a constitutional majority for li e
pa-sage of a bill! Butler has not yet con
sented to publish tho nanus of llie-o gen
tlemen, hut 1 hope he will do so before i he
close of the session. lam told, too, ill a t
• lie next Congress will lie worse, instead of
heller, in tins icspect The hunks uill
have a still stronger delegation to opt.rate
for thorn.
It. is also worthy of note that of tho
g-ven memheis of the Committee on
Binking and Currency, tw.i ale hank
presidents, four are hank directors, and
live Hre largely interested hi bunk* by tl o
ownership of stock. It never semis to
have occuried to any of ilie.-e gentlemen
(ha there is a statute in force widen for
bids any member or .Senator to voio on a
question in which lie is personally mitr
ested. They have not only voted, hut
controlled the votes of oitiers in evtiy
measure relating lo tiie national hunk-.
Then we have I lie Pacific Uutlro and Com
mittee, of which Mr Oikta Ame-, of
Mas9achu-e ts, who owns three tmfhoi s> f
atock in tlie road, is tile hailing member
iu tbe House; and a- lor the Senate and
its Pact tie Hail road Committee, H is me
most utterly corrupt cinceru that ever
disgraced legtslai ion,
but I designed to coniine myself in ibis
paragraph to the national hanks, and lo
allow why it is that Congress continually
legislates iu their interest and again-: tbu
people. 1 lie .-jeuate i« quite ms Ii dasl hu
House in tlds particular. Mr. nherman,
the chairman of the Finance Coiuniiiite,
is u large -lockbolder in a b ink at Alans.
Held, and, | erliaps, iu oilier- elsewiiete.
Nearly every nieinlier of liis committee
is bon n« I like 1 1 iin by i lie i ie» of peon him iy
interest to these s-lnilling in-iitiitions.
And the result of it is, that tl.o p*ople ate
lobbed to keep lip the lit. ,n«i bmk cir
culation, and to sustain (lie nmst coirupt
haiiktng system evtr devised on earth.
From the Savann ill Morning News, 24th.
ASSAIL. I’ 0\ MR GKO. C. WILPOAG, THE
LOCAL EDITOR Oi THE MOH.MVU M.lls.
Yesterday morn log about twelve n'cU ck
an unprovoked assault was tn ole on Mr
Geo t;. Wilfong, the local editor of Hie
Morning News A hunt the time men
tioned, Mr. J Potter Williamson entered
Mt. WUfontr’s room, (which is situated
he was tile author of the lono I mg umiV
whicli lie pointed out in the local co umu
ot Monday’s paper:
“ Ese .’eral young men of Sav mnah fell
voluntarily in love with Freiderici, the
opera singer, during the past week. rsiie
was too much attached to her husband to
reciprocate ”
To tins Mr. Wilfong replied that he
was. and some further conversation en
sued, after whicli Williamson retired, hut
in a few minutes returned and knocked at
the door. Mr. Wilfong opened it nnd
a (milled him and Mr A A. E W. Bir
elay. He then resumed Ins seat et Ins
de.-k. Williamson again asked him if he
was the writer of the article, and if be
(William-mu) was the party allud and to in
it. Mr. Wilfong replied that lie was the
author of the paragraph, aud stated that
it i ad no reference to any one in particu
lar. Williamson tlien struck him in the
face, felling him insensible to Hie 11 nor,
and then inflicted other serious injuries
upon him. The di-turbance auracled the
munition of parties in tlie office below,
who opnn going up stairs found Mr. \V il
f.mg laving on the floor, bleeding profuse
ly, Williamson aud Barclay having te-
lired.
Dr. J. G. Thomas and Dr. W. N. King
Were called in, and upon examination, it
was found that Mr. Wilfong's nose was
broken, and he had received a severe cut
under the right eye, besides severai contu
sions about the face and head and bruises
about the body. As soon as he had suffi
ciently recovered lie was conveyed to his
residence in a carriage, where be now lies
in a very critical condition.
Mr. Wilfong is well kuown in this city
as a gentleman of unobtru-ive manners,
and as one of ihe nest local editors that lias
ever been connected witli the press of -Si
vanuah. He has been suffering from ai
affection ot tiie lungs f.r a number of
>ears, and several limes during the pis.
year has heeu confined to his bed lor
weeks. His attending physician stated
last evening that he was in a very ctiiicai
condition, and the worst results were to bo
feared.
We return thanks in his beha f o • 9
many friends fur me solicitude m**y *> > VJ
shown for him, and trust that ins i-juries
may not prove as se. I >u- as amicipah ••
As toe matter wiil und-r» - j t haul in
vestigation, we refrain from any co.n
lueuia.
A-sault and Battery -Mr J P
Williamson and Mr. A. A b. ' '
were arrested yesterday upon * ‘
issued by Justice P M Kussell.fl- • “ » r «
mg tliem With an Mssa.nl •* 1 ... e
upon George C. ( |,e next
bonds Tor ilieir ajqa- • tr , | u , h ,ii me
term of the Guy Coon «• '"
ebarg preferred »*•*>«* l ‘ ,etu 1
can, 2-jf/n __________
. rii o u ii*en.—The ne» a
DEATIIOFAN 01-D i . t|l w M
y.aietilav ;, a j ,|,ed ll C evening
»miib, of Una_ vcas leceived wiilt
before, in . ruling by I he entire c on
,l,ep r .»foU'. Je^ Bmii|i est linl a feW
■" g'""' ''valih. Without :t word