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15V J. \V. BURKE & CO.
GEORGIA JOURNAL & MESSENGER
j W. BURKU 6l CO., Proprietors.
VI. BROWNE, Editor.
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VALEDICTORY.
Circumstanced, the recital of which
could in no wise interest the public, have
determined me to offer (o the proprietors
of this paper, my resignation as its editor.
'They have accepted it, and from this date
m y connection with the Journal and
Messenger is at au end.
To its patrons, my steadfast friends, I
M y good bye with real regret. For more
tbau two years they have shown a generous
appreciation of my efforts to serve them
that will, while memory lives, be proudly
counted among its richest possessions.
From t)>e depths of a i,eart glowing with
gratitude for so much kindness, I invoke
(or tlnm and theirs.every blessing that
can come from genuine peace and assured
prosperity— from broken fortunes repaired,
and lost liberties regained. In every con
juncture of the eventful past, they have
been true to manhood and their country.
May the future he radiant with the rich- ]
Deea and completeness of their reward !
For my successor, Gen. Win. M. Browne, |
a journalist of large experience and rare j
ability, 1 ask a continuance of the encour- I
agement and favor so liberally given to j
me . lam assured that he will deserve it 1
all and more ; and that under his manage
ment this honored journal will press still
farther forward In the advance towards
fame and fortune.
And now my duty is done. Standiug in
the sombre shadows of that sad word fare
well, and with a full appreciation of its
meaning, nothing remains but to pro
nouuce it. Let this sentiment go with it:
May time, in Its flight, soon crown our
dear old Commonwealth with a sweeter
peace, a more golden prosperity, aud a
more perfect liberty than her truest sons
ever pictured in their brightest visions.
As they have been steadfast in their re
sistance to Wroug in all its shapes, so may
they soon wiu the guerdon that Heaven
always decrees, at last, to those who are
wise, and brave, and true to the end. May
Georgia live, whatever else shall perish !
A. W. Reese.
Macon, July Bth, 1869,
NEW ARRANGEMENT.
It will be seen by Mr. Reese’s card
above that from this date his connection
with the Journal ani> Messenger
ceases. We take occasion here to say that
be has discharged his editorial duties in an
able and faithful manner, and that he has
labored unremittingly to promote the in
terests of the paper. He carries with him
our best wishes for his success in any field
of labor which he may enter, and we sin
cerely hope he may find one even more
pleasant than that which he now leaves.
As the future editor of the old time
honored Journal and Messenger, we
are happy to state to its readers that we
have secured the services of Qeu. William
M. Browne, of Athens, Ga. As he will
«t his post in a few davs and speak for
himself, we will only say that we have
good reason to believe that the General
itnows how to edit a newspaper, having
had long experience. Everything that
conduces to the honor, prosperity and in
dependence of the State of Georgia ; every
thing that is calculated to lift her from her
fallen condition and restore her to perfect
equality among her sister commonwealths
of the Union; everything tlißt tends to
secure peace, founded on justice, sustained
bylaw, and inspired by liberty—will al
ways receive the earnest support of liis
pen.
Gen. Browne is a gentleman of finished
education. He was at one time before the
war connected with the editorial staff of
the New York Journal of Commerce.
During Mr. Buchanan’s administration
he was called to Washington City to take
editorial charge of the “Constitution,” a
well known Southern paper. This paper
he edited with great success uutil the war
broke out, when he immediately came
South, and united his fortunes with her
people. He was President Davis’ private
Secretary the first two years of the war, and
was at one time temporary Secretary of
State, At the close of the war, having
accepted the situation,” he quietly set
tled down upon his farm near Athens,
where he has been making some very suc
cessful expeiiments in agriculture.
Uen. Cobb once remarked to the writer
that he considered Gen. Browne one of
the very best editors ou the continent.
Hut we forbear, and leave our new in
cumbent to show what he can do, asking
our readers and friends everywhere to
stand by us, and we will try to give them
a paper iu every way worthy of their
patronage.
WHAT II VS Bit COMB OK THE MONEY I
Inanswer tothis question,asked frequent
ly of late, the Federal Union savs, if the
W | h ° w ? ke tlie inquiry had noticed
and Wm! r °K C t rß loade 'i with corn, flour
and bacon,which are continually arriving
la ZTJS a “ J »«b«»VZB
a'LrSi, 11 !! rr^r
dew' If“ ,or "“>S cloud or tlie early
dew. It has been sent away to buv oro
visions. Ir seems to be a law of God that
an agricultural people who buy their nro
visions can never prosper. This annlies
S“ CZ' iivi,l ," al * a " d *°
it «ni ? y l )iatl ters will not believe
• aiihougt) each, year the truth stares
or a Tow oh 1 8 provisioUß until a bad crop
or a tow price ruins them. The oulv
whh'h?!, W 7 keep auy of the “oney
• I 1 t * ieir lust cotton brought them are
B n??i Wl ° ralse, i tHeir own provisions,
,k i ar , e a * so l He men who are payiug
up their old debts.
The I ibst New 7 Texas Cotton.—The
Brownsville (Texas) Seutiuel says tliat ou
mn ultimo, a ranchero brought to
uat place one hundred and five pounds of
cottou in the seed. It was grown ou the
orrito ranch. The staple is about the
ame as that of good upland Mississippi
or Alabama cotton. The fibre is flue and
iroug. The man could have brought
™ore, but he had not the means. He came
1,1 on horseback. He sold it to Mr. Yznaga
'our cents per pound, speeie. The Sen ti
el ■ ays this settles thequestion of tlie ea-
Paouv of the soil not immediately iu the
alley of the Rio Grande to produce cot-
I* fixes the fact that cotton can be
Rotten into market earlier from thissection
nan auy other in the United States. It
confidently anticipated that the next
p . of l He steamer to Rio Grande City will
on? McAllen ready to ship a bale of
Dipb° D 10 ew Orleans or New 7 York. The
■sing 6easou here lasts from June to
January.
Commencements— The Super-
j otl na ut^ f llle Georgia Railroad, S. K.
> gives notice, that parties
l,le commencement ex-
Uke t n!* t Pen fi el d, Oxford and Athens, to
Will the next four weeks,
lot o Q e^ as ‘ ,ed over the Georgia Railroad
(imipa Boutnat and messenger.
THE VIRGINIA ELECTION.
In the brief interval between two edi
i torial administrations, the printers call for
copy, and old Pro Tem, who has served
fora century on every newspaper in the
United States, of all religions and of all
politics, being pressed into service, shar
pened his pencil, and dashed off the fol
lowing mature reflections on the first
subject that offered, which, by the way,
is oue rather agreeable to contemplate,
viz.: The great Conservative victory in
Virginia.
The Underwood Constitution, as it is
called, was an infamous affair—containing
sweeping disfranchising clauses, and vir
tually turning the State over to the most
Radical negro rule. This Constitution was
adopted in Convention, about the time the
Georgia Constitution was adopted, but it
had never been submitted to popular vote.
Consequently Virginia is still under mili
tary rule—Gen. Cauby in command, with
Gov. Wells as Military Governor.
The Conservative whites of Virginia
roused themselves last Spring, and sent
embassies to Washington, where, after
long consultations with the masters of the
situation, an Act passed Congress author
izing President General Grant to submit
»aiii Cuusttuitldh in seutTOtifflo the people.
Under this Act, an election was ordered,
the voters being allowed to take the Con
stitution—-if they so preferred it—with the
two most obnoxious articles expunged—
a separate vote being taken upon them.
The Conservative party have been work
ing might and main for this issue. They
had for opponents those who preferred to
reject the Constitution altogether, and re
main in military thrall, rather than ride
into the Union even on horseback, if “the
Greeks” furnished the “wooden horse,”—
and, likewise, those who were out aud out
for the Underwood Constitution—the
head of which was the carpet-bag Gov
ernor, Wells. The Conservatives—whites
aud blacks—united on Col. Walker, a
Northern man aud a Republican of the
more decent sort.
Bo far for the situation precedent to the
great election drama. On Tuesday, the
curtain was raised, ami all Virginia,
white and black, not disfranchised, rush
ed to the polls. There was a “mixing,
mingling and commingling,” of white
spirits, grey spirits, aud yellow spirits,
and, of course, ardent spirits—and freed
black meu voted, aud slave white men
didn’t vote ; and the result, as announced
by Thursday's telegrams, is that the ticket
that does not quite disgrace the noble old
mother of heroes and statesmen has suc
ceeded by about 40,000 majority ; while
ti>e Conservatives get all the Congressmen
except three, who are negroes. Rones of
Randolph! don’t siir in your grave. If
the illiterate and ignorant are to rule, let
it be in tbe national councils. It is right
to feed tlie North out of the same spoon
which we are compelled to put to our nau
seated lips. A few venerable Cudjos in
the U. 8. Senate, such as we could select,
would add diguity and respectability to
that body, if not much learning. Per
haps, indeed, it would not suffer in real
statesmanship by their counsels. So,
make way, grave and reverend Senators,
for the “coming man.” Your pet party
in Virginia is about to grace your halls of
iniquity with some statues cut in ebony.
Fall down and worship ; great are Pompey
and Diana of the North Americans.
We consider, then, that ri>;htoousness
statesmanship, justice,the highest and best
interests of man, have not gained much
abstractly, in tiiis election ; but the people
of Virginia have gained much, in that
they have not lost everything, as would
have been the ease had the other party
won. It saves them from the despicable
rule of au organized carpet-bag aud negro
government—from a negro legislature for
four years—from county rule by negro of
ficials—from a negro miiitia doing police
duty throughout the State—from merci
less taxation by negro legislators and
county supervisors. The people felt their
homes, their property, their liberty, all, to
hang on the issue of that day’s triumph
or defeat. Triumph crowned their efforts,
and old Virginia is only not annihilated.
Wounded, trampled on by the heel of the
oppressor, bleeding, she lies prostrate in
the dust; but there is “life in the old land
yet,” and as tiiis was not crushed out last
Tuesday, there is hope that she will yet
arise, and equal, if not surpass her old re
nown, as tlie guardian of liberty. All
hail! Old Virginia.
P. S. Old Pro Tern’s compliments to
readers, begging them not to attribute any
thing they may dissent to, in this article,
either to the Proprietors or to the in
coming Editor of the Journal and Mes
senger. He alone is responsible—and will
next appear, perhaps, on the other side of
the line.
OUR OWN COUNTRY THE BEST.
The Hon. VV. T. Avery delivered an el
oquent tint practical address before tlie
White’s Station (Teun.) Agricultural So
ciety, at their anniversary on the 3d of
July. He said, in reference to the Valley
of tlie Mississippi, what will apply quite
as justly to Georgia :
My friends, the longer I live, the more
I see of other countries and contemplate
our own in contrast with them, the deep
er impressed I become with the wonderful
blessings that have been bestowed on us
in tlie way of a country. Scathed, scarred
aud scattered all over, as it is, with the
ruins aud the wastes of war, it is our laud
still. It is our home, our heritage, ourall.
It has been the home of our fathers, aud
is to be through comiug time the hom6 of
our children. God, iu the plenitude of
His power, aud in the boundless munifi
cence of His benefaction, has lavished
upon this laud His choicest aud most
bouuteous gifts. Its climate salubrious,
healthful, iuvigoratiug; its productions
as varied as the very seed that are to be
plautefl ; its rock-ribbed mountains, rich
iu all tlie vast aud hidden and untold
treasures of the earth—should we not
struggle hard to improve to the utmost
these wonderful resources? What is
there, let me ask, either in the vegetable,
animal, or miueral world, fit for the prop
er uses and comforts of mankind, that
cannot be produced throughout this fertile
belt of couutry, known as tlie Valley of
the Mississippi, iu more abundance, with
greater certaiuty and less labor than any
country iu the world, and at such remu
nerative prices, too ?
Let uo oue, then, think of leaving this
couutry to hunt a better. My word ior it,
he will never find it. Those w 7 ho, with
the vain hope of doing so, have some
times wandered away into distant climes,
soouer or later return satisfied that, after
all, it is the very best of all. And it is the
best of all. Ido not think there is any
country like It to be found upon the habit
able globe. Let us stick to it, then,
through thick aud thin. Let us all, youug
aud old, double our energies to lift it up
and place it where it was inteuded by Na
ture aud Nature’s God it should staud, iu
the very front rank of material greatuess.
It is by efforts individually aud collect
ively, that public spirit is awakened to
develop the productive resources of the
couutry. We must aggregate our strength
and our efforts; we must wake up to the
importance to ourselves and our children
of these high endeavors. Do all this, aud
we will no longer have to organize immi
gration companies aud labor schemes, but
labor, aud capital aud immigration in
abundance will flow into a land like this
from far and near. Wealth and power
will take the place of poverty aud weak
ness. If tlie country flourish, cities will
flourish. But none of these things will
come about without a practical apprecia
tion of the dignity and importance of la
bor. We must work ourselves.
a » i xl o Li i t e r is M! o r s © s t
CHINESE IMMIGRATION
This idea—only a few weeks old—is fast
passing into action. It does not take loug
for Americans to weigh and approve a
good suggestion ; and from that to acting
on it is but a step with them. Already the
tide of Chinese immigration is setting
down the Mississippi river. The Mem
phis Appeal of the2Bth ult. says: “The
steamer Thompson DeaD, which passed
down last evening for New. Orleans, bad
on board, booked for the Crescent City,
five hundred coolies —tbe first of what we
hope will be a heavy immigration to the
South of that kind of labor.” These la
borers are discharged hands from the Pa
cific Railroad—no longer being required
for that work—and instead of idling about
tbe mushroom cities along the route,
spending their money for liquor, as some
other classes of workmen would be inclin
ed to do, they come right on at the first
opportunity to till, and take their share
in the profits of, plantations in Louisiana.
To call such thrifty, sensible laborers
“coolies” is a mistake. A measure of op
probrium belongs to the word “cooly,”
arising from the fact that in the West In
dies the “coolies,” as they are there term
ed, are a very inferior race intellectually,
just oue remove above the negro, and that
the contract system under which they
are engaged is but another phrase for
slavery. But the Chinese engaged on the
Pacific road are remarkable for their in
telligence and general good qualities, and
in no sense can be regarded as slaves in
The hew spite re orTawrr wmen nrey are to
fill. Their employers aresoglad to secure
them on auy reasonable terms, that they
may be trusted, if only from motives of
seif interest, to treat them as well as they
would any description oflaborers from any
part of the world. Already some north
ern papers, whose grudge against the
South is not yet appeased, are talking of
“the new birth of slavery,” meaning the
revival of the coolie trade, the abuse of
which in other couutsies has been noto
rious. To fend off, so far as possible, this
unjust condemnation of the most impor
tant labor movement of the age, and to
get rid of a slang term, which degrades
these immigrants, we propose to the South
ern press aud people to call their new aud
better substitute for the negro by his prop
er name of Chinese—never “cooly.”
The con vention called to meet in Mem
[This the 13th inst. will probably give a
great impetus to Chinese immigration*
Six States are concerned in it, and will be
represented by their richest and most en
terprising landowners. The |spirited and
liberal action of the “Arkansas Immigra
tion Company,” which is a branch of the
scheme, is but a specimen of the feeling
that prevails. That compauy alone pro
poses to import two thousand Chinese into
Arkansas this year. Let the good work
go on.— Journal of Commerce.
A NEW CHURCH IN AMERICUS.
The writer spent a very pleasant day in
the pretty little city of Amerieus last
week, and was pleased to notice the man
ifest signs of improvement there. We
know of few places in Georgia which have
grown more steadily since the war, and
the spirit of improvement seems to be still
in the ascendant.
A pleasant iucident connected with our
visit to Amerieus was the laying of the
cornerstoueof Calvary (Episcopal) Church,
which took place on Thursday moruiug,
at 8 o’clock. The followiug account, with
some corrections, we take from the Sumter
Republican, of Thursday :
On last Thursday morning at 8 o’clock,
the corner stoue of Calvary Episcopal
Church, in this city, was laid by the Rt.
Rev. Bishop Beckwith, o! the Diocese of
Georgia.
The ceremony, though brief, was quite
impressive.
The congregation gathered at the resi
dence of Dr. E J. Eldridge, where a pro
cession was formed, the choir in front,
the ministers in their robes aud surplices
immediately after, aud the membership
and visitors following, iu whioh order the
church lot was approached. The order of
procession was reversed at the church
ground, the people forming laterally about
the spot, aud the divines drawing near
tLxo rw.rth-ttKwl UOniMr f)f t)i.u o.Ufioo. SUP
ceeded by the choir chanting the oue hun
dred and twenty second Psalm.
Prayer was said ; the vault of the Cor
uer-stoue was filled with the followiug
relics, to-wit: the Bible, the Prayer Book,
the Church Journal, the Church Register,
a copy of the Macon Telegraph, a copy of
the Sumter Republican, and two Ameri
can coins ; the lid was replaced ; and the
three strokes of the gavel in the Bishop’s
hand, blessing and consecrating the edi
fice in tlie name of the Father, Sou, and
the Spirit, completed the hallowed dedi
cation.
The beautiful chant, Cantate Domino,
(Psalm xsviii,) proclaimed the accom
plishment of the sacred work, aud the
thankful joy of the assembled congre
gation.
Iu some chaste, appropriate and impres
sive remarks, preceding the benediction,
Bishop Beckwith congratulated the little
fiock upon the evideuce there displayed of
their zeal and energy, affirming that no
other parish in Georgia had achieved so
much. He paid an especial aud deserved
tribute to the two fair youDg ladies of our
city whose untiring and devoted exertions
did such effectual aud so great service in
inaugurating and carryiug forward the
founding and buildiug of this church.
At tiie close of the Bishop’s remarks,
the beautiful Gloria in Excelsis was sung,
after which the benediction was pro
nounced aud the congregation dispersed.
Iu addition to the Bishop of the Dio
cese, the following named clergy were
present: Rev’s. H. K. Rees audWm.
Leacock, of Macon ; Rev. George Macau
lay, of Albany ; and Rev. Wm. J. Boone,
of Eufaula. Ala.
Correspondence Journal and Messenger.
RAILROAD MEETING IN RAKER,
Newton, July 2, 1869.
Mr. Editors A meeting was held in
Newton, Baker county, to day, July 2d,
for the purpose of taking steps towards the
building of the Camilla and Cuthbert
Railroad. On motion, VV. D. Williams
was elected Chairman, A. L. Hawes, Sec
retary, aud Thomas Allen, Assistant Sec
retary. The meeting was then called to
order, and its object explained, by the
Chairman ; after which, on motion ot
Jesse Griffin, of Calhoun county, a com
mittee of five were appointed by the
Chair to select four suitable persous from
each of the counties of Calhoun, Baker
aud Mitchel to solicit subscriptions from
the people of said counties, and make a
report of their actings and doings at the
next meetiug, to be held in this place on
the first Friday in September next, at
which time aud place there will be a per
manent organization of the company.
The following named persons were re
ported by the committee to solicit sub
scriptions, and the report unanimously
adopted by the meetiug:
Calhoun.—J. H. Griffin, Jno. Colley, G.
W. Wooten and L. D. Monroe.
Baker.— Jas. Baggs. Jos. Scollay, W. W.
Dews, aud Dr. I. H. Hand.
Mitchell.—s. B Butler, Capt. H. P.
Townseud, B. F. Briusberry and John C.
Perry.
Ou motion of Ja3. Baggs, the meeting
tbeu adjourned until the first Friday in
September next.
W. D. Williams, President.
A. L. Hawes, Secretary.
Proposed Road from Chattanooga
to Rome. —The Rome Commercial pub
lishes proceedings of a meetiug, held at
LaFayette, G»., on the third inst., to con'
sider the propriety of building a railroad
from the Southern terminus of the Cin
cinnati Southern Railroad at Chattanooga,
through LaFayette and Trion Factory, to
Rome, Ga.
The proceedings of the meeting were
marked with unusual unaminity, and
great interest was expressed for the com
pletion of the road.
It is thought that the length of the road
will be inside of sixty miles, and with the
exception of Taylor’s Ridge, will be a very
light grade.
The meeting adjourned to the sth Mon
day in August next, when it proposed to
put the ball in motion, and keep it rolling
until the work is completed.
This road will open a rich country—one
that not only abounds in mineral resour
ces, but has many facilities for manufac
turing.
—Borie got out before the President
could say Jaok Robinson.
MACON. GA.. TUESDAY,'- JULY 13, 1869.
STATE NEWS.
of fame” by the *° ot^er “fields
*“>»»*■>» NoT„ h , or : e u “ •»-
tU H~! VC / y 0116 Voices at it hlB
in atlon^^u^iand^fiiteh^i
w !F
More Congenial. WenmiTrU. .
that J. Mason Rice, & Radical memberof
tbe Georgia Legislature from Columbia
county has declined a $1,500 consulship
granted him to Timbuctoo, Borneo or
somewhere else, and accepted an assistant 5
Assessorship at Milledgeville, under Bel- 5
cher, the negro Reveuue Assessor of the \
Third Georgia District.— Augusta Consti
tuiionalist, 4 th.
How Bryant got tiie Postoffice.— i
We have received from good authority an
account of the manner in which Bryant
succeeded in out-generaling Blodgett in
Washington city recently, aud secured for
himself tbe five thousand dollar postoffice.
It appears that the Postmaster General,
Cresweli, himself a Southern renegade
and scalawag, was, from the first, a strong
partisan of Blodgett’s, and earnestly sided
with him in bis contest with the carpet- i
bagger for the position of postmaster i%
this city. Under these circumstances j
Skowhegan must have reasonably expect
ed defeat, for it is no easy matter for
obscure politician to ««rccCTSfuhy
the influence which a Cabinet -MinT^M
generally exercises over the President; but
a last resort was left, and of this be did
uot hesitate to avail himself. Having
learned that before the war Blodgett was
a leading member of one of those terrible
Vigilance Committees, which, to this day,
remain such a bug bear to the Yankee im
agination, he determined to use this infor
ation to the destruction of his antagonist.
Through the assistance of a gentleman of
this city, he was enabled to get affidavits
from two respectable parties here, estab
lishing the fact that just previous to the
commencement of hostilities Blodgett was
a prominent member of a Vigilauce Com
mittee. Armed with thisdocument, Skow
hegan repaired to Washington and exhib
ited it to Grant. This settled the business.
Even the Postmaster General's eloquence
aud influence could uot prevail against the
damning record of the ex-Vigiiauce Com
mitteeman; the carpet-bagger received tiie
commission, and the scalawag was merci
lessly turned adrift to make a living as
best he could.— Chronicle <Sr Sentinel , 4 th.
Railroad Iron. —Tbe Georgia Rail
road is transporting two thousand tons of
Railroad Iron for the Wills’ Valley Rail
road, and four hundred tous for the road
from Knoxville into Kentucky. The iron
is shipped from New York.— Atlanta Con
stitution, 4 th.
A Good Move. —ThGeorgia Railroad
has agreed to transport all brick designed
for building purposes to Madison, atmere
ly nominal rates. We learn that itiscou
templated to erect biick store houses al
together at Madison.— lbid.
A Good Dividend.— The Georgia Rail
road Company has declared a dividend of
four dollars per share, payable ou and af
ter the 13th. — Ibid.
Murder. —We learn that a horrid mur
der was committed at the residence of Mr.
Hampton Penny, who lives near Judge
G. W. Thomas, iu the lower part of tiiis
county, last Sunday evening. David Par
tin, a young man, killed Stiles Montgom
ery, a graud-sou of Bartly Montgomery,
who was a sober, industrious young mnn,
about niueteeu or tweuty years old. He
was stabbed three times, either of which
would probably have proved fatal. Tiie
origin of the difficulty is said to have
been about some woman. Partin made
his escape.— Rome Courier. 6 th.
Hot Weather. —lt is very seldom that
we have as hot a spell as during the past
week. On Saturday tiie thermometer
stood, at 2 o’clock, p. m., at 96 degrees iu
the shade. For several days it was up to
93 or 94 degrees. The uighis also have
been very warm for this locality.— lbid.
A Sad and Sudden Death.—As we
sit down to write, the solemn monotone of
the church bell’s funeral toll tells us of a
striking instance of the precarious tenure
ut tiuiimu lift?.
Ou last Sunday night, the Rev. John
Loug, of Thomasvilie, North Carolina, a
Methodist divine of twenty-five faithful
years’ service in tiie pulpit, began preach
ing to a large congregation in Wesley
Chapel—tbe church of the Rev. Mr. Kim
ball. He had continued some ten min
utes, when he suddenly stopped, and with
a livid face and gasping utterance asked
Mr. Kimball if anything appeared to be
the matter with him. He sat down in an
easy position, folding his hands, and
throwing his head back ou the sofa in a
recliniug manner. Perceiving his illness,
aud at the same time observing that he
was quiet, Mr. K'mball arose and con
cluded the sermon, all the time thinking
that Mr. Long was better, from his qui
escence.
As he ended his sermon, he turned to
speak to Mr. Long and discovered that he
was sp tech less.
It was an apoplectic stroke, from which
he never recovered. He died Monday
morning about 5 o’clock. He ueverspoke
again.
The best medical attention was called
iu, but vainly. Doctors Boring and West
moreland gave immediate care to the case.
This sad event lias created deep feeling
in tlie city. All of the circumstauces
have tended to invest it with unusual
interest.
Mr. Long was a gentleman of fifty-eight
years of age, of irreproachable character
aud high Christian standing. He had
been in the city but a week or two, and
contemplated making his residence here.
His family are still in Carolina, and have
yet to learn the terrible intelligence.
Mr. Long was buried this morning with
due solemnities. Masonic honors were
paid to him. —Atlanta Constitution, 6th.
The Penitentiary 7 . —We learn that
Mr. Thos. Alexander has leased this in
stitution for a term of years. The con
victs will be employed, at present, on the
unfinished portion of the Macon <& Au
gusta Railroad lying between this city
and Macon. Col. Walton, late Principal
Keeper, is, we understand, retained in the
institution by the State, the other officers
being dispensed with. —Federal Unior.,
AndersonvjlliLE Hay. We under
stand that quite a brisk trafic in hay has
recently been inaugurated between this
place and Andersonville. We never heard
of any meadows green around that lovely
village, but still the grass is brought
thence hither, even if procured elsewhere
by the vendors there. It is a matter of
congratulation that those needing long
forage can be supplied, thus relieved of the
inconvenience of ordering from Tennes
see.
We will add that it is whispered that
these bales of hay, thus put upon the
market, are government provender, for
warded to that delightful post for the sus
tenance of the U. 8. stock there, and that
it is repacked and shipped in charge of
his dusky trustwortbies by the very effi
cient sauer kraut eater in charge of the
Cemetery.— Sumter Republican, 6th.
River and Harbor Survey 7 . —For
some days Capt. N. S. Finney has been
engaged in making anew survey of the
river aloug the front of the city aud the
harbor of Brunswick, for the information
of the authorities of the city. In front of
his wharf he finds 39 feet at average high
water, the deepest in frotjf of the city. At
some future time we may make an ex
tended notice of this survey.— Brunswick
Appeal , 3d.
Alarmed. Some of our planting
frieuds fear that the newspapers, and Jhe
Georgian in particular, will say so much
about the crops that the price of cotton
will decline. Now if cotton buyers had
no more “gumption” about them than to
sit quietly at home and wait for newspa
per reports, instead of sending out Agents
“to spy out the country,” then you might
be indignant at these “stuck up” newspa
per folks. Why, don’t you know that
there has been a fellow peepiog through
the cracks in your fence every week,
nearly, since you planted? Them chaps
with the long gimblet know how much is
planted.how manured and how cultivated,
and they didn’t get their information from
the newspapers either. ’Twas that fellow
that “wanted to look at the country and
was so delighted.” If the skirts of his
coat were not too short he probably had a
“probe” in his pocket then. We live in a
fast age, friends, rather too fast for con
venience and comfort some times.
Jesting aside. The press never yet dam-
aged the real worth of any species of
property. Newspapers are very deeply
interested id the price of cotton, for upon
• t depends, to a great extent, their pecu
niary prosperity.— Central Georgian. Uh.
Muhokbs in Floyd and Bartow.—
Rome Commercial, of the 7th, says:
evening last, about sundown,
Penney’a, near Thomas’ Mills, iu
ed hv n! ty l n tyle ® Montgomery was kill
were Partain. The circumstances
derstood f 3 fo,,ows: Montgomery un
about Partain had been talking
and went tn U n, Ve i ry Jlsres I' eclf ul manner,
see Partain th « 10U9e « f Mr P«™ey to
house he called he arrive<l the
and asked ° Ut , to U i e » ate ’
having “ , Ut lhe v r eports. Partain
,Montgomery ß | UC ,£ statements, but
told him hn^tK 10 that he haJ . and
Partaiu rem«?kifSh£ e .ffS”i and ", bl|> hira
founds upon Montgomery.'“onOu
breast, passing through the lower ri!V h
the heart; the second in the
yiug the femoral artery ; the third iu th e
! ack, passing through the kidneys. The
! M her two wounds were not serious
lontgomery lived about five minutes!
' Partain, on ascertaining that Montgomery
dead, left through the back door of
house, and has not been seen since.
■Ufhe (»miDerol«l raentious ftnother mnr-
™r—cßmifftued in Barton county ou Hat
urday morning last. A Miss Ivins, who
had been living for two years at Matthew
Denman’s, left there a few weeks since,
but returned on Friday last, aud was stay
ing with the family for the night. Before
day she went into the room where Deu
mau and his wife were sleeping, aud not
being able to ascertain which side of the
bed he was on, threw a few shavings oil
the tire, and by the light ascertained his
position, wheieupou she struck him upon
the head witli an axe, from which wound
he died in a few hours. The woman went
to the house of a neighbor, and told him
what she had done, and stated that she
was going to the mill pond to drown her
self. The person whom she told imme
diately went to the mill pond, and found
the woman lying on the bank of the pond.
She stated that she had given out the
notion of drowning herself, and intended
to take the chances. Miss Ivans refused
to give her reasons for committing the
crime, but said she would do so at a proper
time.
Correspondence Journa 1 aud Messenger.
LETTER FROM THOM ASTON—SCHOOL EX
HIUITION.
Thomaston, Ga., July 2, 1869.
Editor Journal and Messenger:
School Exhibitions, Commencements,
Concerts, &c., are the fruitful subjects of
correspondence at this seasou of tiie year,
and I propose to write of one that came
off here last night. It was not properly
an exhibition, but rather a concert, varied
by reading compositions and a few decla
mations. The first term of Rev. John
Green’s school closed last night. This
Reverend gentleman has been at the helm
of the Thomaston Academy for the last
ten or fifteen years, and notwithstanding
the most herculean efforts were made at
the beginning ot tiiis year to draw off his
old patrons aud attach them to another
school, his prospects as a teacher were
never brighter than now. I can have no
motive to flatter, but candor compels me
to say that I have no where seen stronger
evidence of thorough training than was
evinced by the young ladies and girls of
this school. There are but few boys iu
the school, but they also acted their parts
iu a manner creditable to themselves and
teachers. Throughout the entire perform
ance, which continued for several hours,
the audience appeared to be delighted.
There was no effort at acting. The girls
showed that they had been trained for a
wider and different stage than the oue
they were then upon. There was no at
tempt at individual display, no pert push
ing forward as if each felt that they were
the observed of all, but rather au ease and
grace of manner, combined with maidenly
modesty perfectly refreshing to behold.
The girls, Wltn txro exceptions, rubai iu
pure white, ornamented with evergreetis,
presented, as the curtain rose, as beautiful
a picture as I ever expect to behold in this
world.
School examinations of all grades have
always beeu my particular aversion. I
have ever regarded them as among the
greatest of humbugs, but there was no de
ceptiou in this, for music that could hold
a promiscuous audience charmed for three
hours such au evening as the last, needs
no other commendation. My object in
this communication is not to liatter teach
ers or pupils of tiiis school, noi to detract
ought from tiie other school iu this place.
The interest of the people who have chil
dren to educate require two schools. My
purpose is to call tbe attention of parents
aud guaruians of this and adjoining coun
ties to tiie educational advantages here
presented. In the first place, Thomaston
is one of the most healthy places iu the
State; society equal to that of any other
community, in or out of tiie State; aud
auother advantage that once was scarcely
considered, but now of the first import
ance—ecouomy. Girls can be well edu
cated here, with all tiie advantages to be
had at any fashionable school, for perhaps
one-half tbe money. Aud is it not enough
to say of the principal of the Thomaston
Academy that, without apparent effort on
his part other than a quiet, conscientious
discharge of his duty, lie has defeated
every effort to supplant him through all
these long years? A man not thoroughly
fortified in the confidence of the old aud
affections of the young, would have been
forced to yield his position to another long
since.
To his first assistant, Miss Gardner, Mr.
Green acknowledges himself greatly in
debted for his present success. Miss G.
presides over the department of music,
and renders such other general assistance
as her duties in this will allow.
I remarked that I had no motive to Hat
ter. but I have, in common with every
parent who lias children to educate, an
interest in building up a first-class school
in our pleasant town, ami we lack nothing
hut the patronage of those whose interest
it really is to patronize our school, to
make it one of the best in the State. Pro
fessor Green teaches the dead languages,
with French aud German, if desired. His
lady teaches painting, drawiug, needle
work, embroidery etc. The latter accom
plishments are by no means to be de
spised in the education of a young Jady,
particularly if they can be acquired with
out too much cost, and in this school the
additional cost is the merest trifle.
Miss Gardner, as above stated, has
charge of the music class, and all who
beard her pupils perform last night, will
want no other recommendation !
I have mentioned only a few of the ad
vantages, aud might, without exaggera
tion, mention many more that are ottered
to parents and guardians, who contem
plate sending their daughters and wards
from home next term, and particularly
those of Upsou aud adjoining counties.
Your girls will be near you, in the midst
and under tlie care of people whom you
know, and under the instruction of teach
ers as thoroughly competent as in any
college in the State !
If these things be true —and there is no
douot they are—why not build up and
sustain our own school. The old idea of
sending girls off, simply for the name,
certainly is defunct in this age of common
sense and poverty. Distance is said to
lend enchantment to the view, but cer
tainly, as we have seen too often demon
strated, does not add to a young lady’s
real acquirements. The second term of
this excellent school will commence
August 2d. I hope, in common with all
who wish to see a first-class school for
young ladies built up and sustained in
Thomaston, that the number of pupils
may at least be double.
Mr. Editor, the school has consumed
more than my share of si ace'; but I must
say, that from all I can gather, if it rains
in a few days, and then continues season
able for awhile, more corn will be made
in Upson than we will consume. Cotton
crop fine. Yours, Z.
Macon and Brunswick Railroad.
We understand that at ten o’clock a. m.,
on Friday last, the connection was made
between this road aud the Atlantic and
Gulf Railroad, at station No- 6, for con
struction trains only.
[Aav. Republican. 4 th.
REDEMPTION OF UNITED STATES Cl R
RBNi-Y.
Washington, July I.— The following
regulations are adopted iu lieu of all which
have heretofore beeu issued by the Treas
ury Department, iu regard to the redemp
tion of United States currency :
I—MUTILATED CURRENCY.
Mutilated currency is redeemable by the
Treasurer of the United States at Wash
ington), D. C., and by no other officer.
UNITED STATES NOTES.
Notes presented for redemption, the
abrasion or loss of substance from which
does not exceed oue-twentieth of their
origiual proportions, will be redeemed as
whole notes.
1. Fragments of notes will not be re
deemed iu lull, except when proof is ad
duced by affidavit that the missing parts
of such notes have been totally destroyed,
aud stating the cause and mauuer of de
struction. Less thau half of a note is uot
redeemable at all, unless accompauied by
such affidavit when presented by the
holder. The character of the affidavit
must be certified to lie good, by a magis
trale T or °^ er public officer.
ln tbe abseuce of such affidavit, pay
a * , exceeding by measurement
tW™ i the, . r or, Sioal surface, will be re-
Srlot U - eir P ro P° rtl <>” to the whole
twe e nti r eths. omng ’ * 8 a rule, by
torn liuliau'er h° teß wl *’ ub have been
an JheC n bUI ? f ."*»»<*
faced, no StohiMytMd-or un
certain they are 'ii s
«their foil
4. Fragments of the legal-tender note*
for Which less thau the full value lias been
paid, will be retained six months, to en
able owners to return to theTreasurv mis
sing parts of such notes, and receive the
amount previously withheld. Buch re
turn should give the date of the letter
from this office, transmitting the original
remittance.
INTEREST-BEARING NOTES.
The rules for the redemption of mutila
ted United States notes are likewise ap
plicable to mutilated iuterest-beariug
notes.
Coupons of two years five per cent.
Treasury notes, separated from the notes
of which they constituted a part, are of
no value except when presented for re
demption with the notes to which they be
long. Coupons should not he detached
from the five percent, notes except by a
Government officer authorized to redeem
them at maturity. But this regulation
does not apply to coupon notes or bonds
other than five per cent, notes.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
Defaced fractional notes, if whole, are
not considered as mutilated when pre
sented for redemption, nor is an evidently
accidental diminution, reducing the note
by not more than one-tenth of its size,
regarded as mutilation.
1. Fragments of a note will not be re
deemed unless it shall be clearly evident
that they constitute one-half or more of
the orignal note; in which case a note,
however mutilated, will be redeemed in
proportion to the whole note, reckoning
by fifths, except three cent notes, which
will be reckoned by thirds.
2. Mutilations less than one-tenth will
be disregarded, unless fraudulent; but
auy mutilation which destroys more thau
one-tenth the origiual note, will reduee
tiie redemption value of the note by one
fifth its face value, or if a three cent note
by one-third its original value.
3. Fragments of a three cent note will
not be redeemed, unless such fragments
constitute fully two-thirds of the note in
its original form.
4. Mutilated notes presented for redemp
tion must be in sums of not less thau three
dollars of their original value.
II —CURRENCY NOT MUTILATED.
In general, currency is redeemable in
accordance with the conditions priuted
upon each note.
UNITED STATES NOTES.
Assistant Treasurers and Depositories
are expected to exchange perfect notes for
United States notes which are unfit for cir
culation, when tiie sameshall be presented
for redemption or exchange.
The Department will receive, at its own
oyiuhiqa. nnrtar th* pontrant with AiiiilllS
Express Company, from any officer oF the
Government, private party or corporation,
notes which are mutilated, or in any way
unfit for circulation, notes of tiie denomi
nation of lifty dollars, and notes known
as the “convertible issue,” authorized by
the acts of February 25 and of July li,
1862, provided they are sent in accordance
with tiie regulations given herein as to
amount and mode of transmission.
FRACTIONAL CURRENCY.
1. All fractional currency, not mutilated,
shall be redeemed by any Assistant Trea
surer or designated depository of tiie
United States, or a national bank desig
nated as a depository of the United States,
having Government funds, in sums not
less than three dollars.
2. Before being presented for redemp
tion the currency must first be assorted
into the different issues—which are easily
distinguished—each issue must be assort
ed by denominations, aud enclosed in
paper straps at least one inch wide, se
curely pinned; each strap, if the size of
the deposit will admit, must contain one
hundred notes of tiie same denomination ;
on each strap must be written with ink
the number of pieces and denomination
enclosed, and the name of tiie owner.
3. Tiie entire deposit must be securely
doue up in one package, and upon tiie
wrapper tiie date of the deposit, tiie
amount enclosed, and tiie name of the
owner, must be endorsed with iuk.
4. No less sum thau three dollars will
be redeemed, and packages will be paid
for in lawful money of the United States,
in the order as to time in which they
shall have been received, as soon as tiie
currency can be counted and passed upon.
lII—MODE OF TRANSMISSION..
When parties making remittances fail
to give their full address, the remittances
will be retained until such address is fur
nished, accompanied by a satisfactory de
scription of the package claimed.
BY EXPRESS.
Direct all remittances intended for re
demption to “Treasurer of the United
States, Washington, I>. C.”
2. Packages should be put up iu wrap
pers of stout paper or cloth, tied with
strong twine, secured with carefulsealing,
aud plainly maiked ou tiie outside, with
the amount and Dature of tiie contents,
and with full name and postoffice address
of the consignor, thus:
| £ , Frac’l Curr’y for redemption. ;
Treasurer of the United States,
• Washington, D. C. ;
• From :
• John Smith, ;
'■ Smithville, O. ; I
’ I
When forwarded under contract that
fact should also be stated on the package
as follows: ‘‘Forwarded under contract
with Adams Express Coropauy.”
3. A letter of advice, w ritten on not less
than half a sheet of commercial note pa
per, stating the name and full postoffice
address of the owner, the amount of re
mittance and the manner in which re
turns shall be made, must be put inside
the package.
4. Money for redemption may be sent
at the expense of the Department by
Adams Express Company, or by any Ex
press with which that Company has made
such arrangement, provided the amount
sent is $-500 or more, or exceeds SI,OOO, or
a multiple thereof by $-500. This restric
tion is made necessary by the terms of the
. contract with Adams Express Company.
' Any expense to whicn ibe Department
i may be subjected through neglect to com
ply with the terms of this regulation will
be deducted from the proceeds of the re
mittance before returns are made,
i 5 Postmasters, Internal Revenue Col
lectors, aud their Deputies, may remit in
! sums of SIOO or more by Express, free of
charge; but this regulation is confined to
the officers named.
BY MAIL.
1. Direct all remittances intended for
redemption, to “Treasurer of the United
(States, Washington, D. C.” Letters or
packages addressed as above are delivered
by mail, postage free, whether they con
tain money or not.
2. Money for redemption, after being
prepared as heretofore directed, should be
sealed or tied up in paper of suitable
strength, aDd plainly marked on the out
side with the owner’s name and full ad
dress, and with the amount enclosed ; the
package should then be sealed up the
envelope, together with a letter of advice,
written ou uot less thau a half sheet of
commercial note paper, stating tbe name
and full postoffice address of the owuer,
the value of the remittance, and the man
ner in which returns shall be made.
3. Remittances to the Treasurer by mail
are invariably at the risk of the owner.
All communications to the Treasurer in
regard to packages ascertained fb be lost
in transmission by mail, will be referred,
for investigation, to the Second Assistant
Postmaster General, to whom any further
iuquiry ou the subject should be ad
dressed.
4 It is a protection against loss to regis
ter letters containing money, but the
registry fee should be, iu all cases, prepaid
by the party remitting.
IV —RETURNS—HOW MADE.
Proceeds of remittances will be returned
in all cases to the person who made the
remittance.
1. Returns tor amounts less thun five
dollars, unless instructions are given to
remit proceeds by check, will be made in
new currency by mail at the owner’s
risk.
2. Returns for amounts of $5 and up
wards will also be made in new currency,
if tbe owner so requests, either by mail, at
his risk, or by express, at his expense, un
less the amount shall be SSOO or more, or
exceed SI,OOO, or a multiple thereof by
more than SSOO, in which case express
charges will be paid by the Department.
3. ?oi nmouuU nf iaami upwards, un
ie-sinew curreucy is desired, returns will
be made h. transfi. Au ks on/eitber New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, rvew Orleans
or San Francisco, as the owner may re
quest, or if no place of payment is men
tioned, check ou New York will be sent.
In case of the loss or destruction of his
checks, the Treasurer will, upou notifica
tion thereof, stop payment on the original
and furnish the applicant for a duplicate
with a form for bond of indemnity ; upou
the returu of which, properly executed, at
the expiration of oue mouth from the
date of the check, when the amount
tnereoi is 850 or more, aud at the expira
tion of three months when the amouut is
less than fcoO, duplicate will be issued.
• . . rn en tlle rfcai >ttauce is from au As
sistant treasurer, designated Depository,
or National Bank designated as a Deposi
tory, the proceeds will, if desired, becred
iteu id account.
1 he treasurer cannot undertake to reg
ister remittances mailed by him, even if
the registry fee is provided for.
V—GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.
1. Whenever any holder of currency,
whether mutilated or uot, shall present
the same, put up iu accordance with these
regulations, iu sums not less than fifty
dollars, to any officer or bank required to
redeem currency, it shall be the duty of
sucii officer or bank to receive such parcel
and at their option either pay tiie owner
its value in money, or give a receipt cou
ditioued for such payment when pro
ceeds of the parcel shall be received from
the Treasurer of the United Stales. When
tiie same depositor shall habitually pre
sent for redemption curreucy, uot muti
lated, iu sums somewhat less thau lifty
dollars, with the evident intention of
evading this regulation, it shall be discre
tionary with the officer or hank to whom
the deposit is presented to refuse to re
ceive the amouut uutil it is made up to at
least fifty dollars.
2. Notes of National Banks which have
gone into voluntary liquidation, aud de
posited money for the redemption of their
outstanding circulation, and notes of
National Banks which have failed, are
redeemed by tiie Treasurer of the United
States on presentation, and when muti
lated will be redeemed by him under these
rules as United States notes; provided
that tiie owner pays all express charges
attendant upon their presentation. Notes
of all other National Banks, whether mu
tilated or not, are redeemable only by tiie
bank which issued them.
3. Before currency is presented for re
demption notes torn in pieces should be
restored by pastiug; but iu ascertaining
tiie value of mutilated currency, no allow
ance will be made for fragments nor parts
of the same note, attached to each other
for tiie purpose of avoiding a deduction.
4. Government officers will receive cur
rency for all public dues in accordance
with the conditions expressed on each
note, no matter how badly defaced or
torn ; providing its genuineness can be
clearly ascertained, aud not more than
one-twentieth part of each note is mass
ing, iu the case of United States notes,
and not more than oue tenth in the case
of fractional currency.
5. Ail officers of this Department are
required, whenever auy spurious note
purporting to have beeu issued by the
United States shad be offered to any such
officer, to stamp thereon the woid “coun
terfeit.”
Half notes that have been purchased will
in no case be redeemed.
Observance of the above is enjoined on
all Assistant Treasurers and Depositories ;
and compliance therewith on tiie part of
all making remittances, to which the
loregoiug regulations are applicable, is de
sired.
F. E. Spinner,
Treasurer United States.
Treasury Department, Washington, Jane 7, 1869.
Approved :
Geo. S. Boutwell, Secretary of the
Treasury.
A CURIOUS RESULT.
Tiie Supreme Court has decided that
negroes are eligible to hold office in tiiis
State. The same Court has decided that
tiie social status of tiie negro is inferior to
that of the white, and that legislation
looking to its equalization would be, under
the Constitution of ’OB, which declares
that “the social status of the citizen shall
never be the subject of legislation,” clearly
unconstitutional.
We tbeu have this anomaly. A negro
may be Governor of the Htate —the high
est office known to the laws—yet, if he at
tends cbutch he must take his seat in the
gallery with negroes, while his footman or
private secretary, being white, would be
seated among white people. As Governor,
it may be necessary for him to ride on our
railroads, but if he does so he must take a
seat in a second-class car among negroes,
while bis subordinate officials, being
white, will be provided witii seats in tbe
first-class cars. If he visits the theatre or
circus he is sent to quarters among negroes
—if he stop at a hotel he is denied access
to the hotel table—refused lodgings in the
.hotel rooms.
This may be the condition of affairs
under the recent ruling of the Supreme
Court in this State. How it must shock
the common sense of all people to know
that such conflicting and unjust decisions
have been made. \Ve do not believe the
negro eligible to hold office under the law
and the Constitution, although the Su
preme Court has so decided. We cannot
bring ourselves to tbe belief that we jive
in a State where such unequal and unjust
legislation is accomplished and tolerated
as that we have just referred to. I t would
be well for our readers to reflect much and
seriously upon this subject. We have
merely hinted at some of the most glaring
inconsistencies of the recent decisions.
If it be true, as Judge Brown declares it
So be, that the negro’s right to hold office
is derived from the Code, that portion of
iJbe Code upon which the right is founded
should be repealed at once.
[ Chronicle and Sentinel , 3 d.
Railroad Extension.— The Athens
Watchman says that Mr. Grant, the En
gineer employed in making a recouuois
sanee of the proposed railroad extension
from Athens to the Rabun Gap, reports
that be has succeeded in finding a route
free from serious difficulties, and one
much more favorable than any body had
anticipated. The greatest obstacle in the
way can be overcome by a grade of sixty
feet to the mile, a distance of two or two
and a half miles.
Hard on its Friends.— The New York
Times is of the opinion that “if the police
of Washington would make their raids on
the gambling houses of that demoralized
city when Congress is in session, they might
be able to get hold of more notable cus-
I tomers than were caught in the raid the
other night. We hope this will not be
forgotten whenCongressagain assembles.
Death of Rev. Dr. T. W. Dorman.—
This well-known minister, a member or
the Mobile Conference, M.
South, died at his residence in Mobile on
the Dight of the 3d Inst., a. we learn from
the Mobile Register.
VOL. LXI., NO 17
TMK UKORniV OIKKKI I.TY » **OL,t'TIO>
PROPOSED.
From the New York Time*, ‘Jd.
fcven that portion of the Georgia Press
wl.ii'ii is not enamored of reeonstruc ion
begins to perceive tlie folly of kicking
against the pricks. The suggestion of the
extremists—that the Legislature repeal so
much of the Cotie as according to the de
cision of the Supreme Court gives colored
citizens the right to hold office, and cm, -t
a law specifically denying them the right
finds little favor. It is quietly tabooed
as a little too defiant to he pleasant or
profitable. With reference totheexpell. <1
legislators, the sayings of the oracle- ai
filet, 'lo outsiders there does not seem
much room for doubt. Granting that each
House is the final judge of the qualifica
tions of its members, it is evident that the
moral strength of any decision rendered
by either is ilepeudeut upon its harmoniz
ing with the letter and spirit of the law
and the law having been Judicially and»
dared favorable to the negro’s eligibility,
all controversy upon the subject should
eud. Georgia journalists, or many ol
them, think otherwise. They are positive
that the expelled members should noth'
restored to their seats, and they counsel
actlou by the uext Legislature regardu -
of the judgment of the Court.
Along, however, with much dog in ■ I ism
and not a little of the old intolerant’,
cast*, the more thoughtful writers suggest
the desirableness of moviug calm <.
only after ample deliberation i’h, . navv
faith In theobstinaoy of tbeDenn
the Legislature, hut at the same time arc
noLinsensible loih, whispers, i prude
not to say ftw. -T-Ley would like to keep
the negro ineligible, but they are i»>t m
mindful of the risk incurred,to
with the principle of equality which < ti
gress has made tho corner stone of ii
policy. The difllculty is too palpable to
be overlooked—too dangerous ie be <i< -
pised. Hence we have solutions subnet
ted, perhaps the most practical <>f wlueh
is furnished by the Macon Joi hn .i v.m>
Mkssenukk, iu these terms :
“We take it for granted that they tie
legislative majority) will not voluntarily
go back upon their action, and re- ,
members ouce and finally declared inel
igible. We are equally sure, though, that
the Radical party have resolved that the
negroes shall be reseated, or that, at least,
the white men filling their p aces shall
not go back again. We suppose Bullock
is in full sympathy witli these purposes,
and that he will aid that cousutuiuation
with ail ilia power. Now, tins question
may lead to a great deal of trouble. In
fact, it Is bound to do so it matters proceed
to an extremity. Can it be settled, com
promised, if you please, and the danger
thus averted? If the Governor of tho
Htate ia aa anxious for peace as Hre the pi <>-
ple of the Htate, we think it can. How ?
Let those members of the Legislature who
were seated instead of the negroes r< -ign
at once, let the Governor accept their
resignations, proclaim the fact of the va
cancies, and issue writs fora new election.
There ia no question that theirresignatioo
will create bona fide vacancies, and even
if they did not, tlie prospect of a spe< ,ly
and peacetul solution of the trouble ought
to override that and every other quibble.
If Bullock wants peace he cau have it in
this way, right off. Let him agree to ac
cept these resignations, and issue writs lor
new elections, and we do not believe a
dozen voices in the State will be rw,«J
against the arrangement."
The Macon journalist does not exagger
ate the difficulty. His Htate cannot hope
to perpetuate with impunity the an una
lous wrong for which it is now responsi
ble. Whatever might have been the de
cision of the Supreme Court, we believe
that a continued exclusion of the negro
from any office or legislativeseat to which
lie might be elected might have provoked
the interference of Congress. With that
decision against the doctrine of ineligi
bility, interference becomes a certainty,
unless the Legislature meanwhile recede
from its present position. The rigid or
wrong of interference we are not required
to discuss. We deal simply with profit
bilities and facts. And these make it cer
tain tiiat unless the difficulty be quickly
settled, the Htate will find ilself involved
in very ugly complications.
Tha couzproniint* f>«*of ><«««. J 2#y tbs ,Toi’K
nal and Messenger doeH nut Heeni up
fair. If the occupants of the seats from
which colored members were expelled
iu our opiuiou unlawfully will now re
sign, the constituencies concerned will
have an opportunity of reaffirming their
choice. And supposing the expelled mem
bers to obtain re-election, the LciMHliiturc,
by allowing them to take tlieirst ats with
out more ado, may escape from the
dilemma into which partisan prejudie
plunged, and terminate a difficulty which
the sincere friends of pacification have
from the first deplored. But will the
suggestion he adopted ? Is there mo i< ra
tion enough in the Legislature and among
the people to secure the desired result ?
We publish the above that our readers
may see what an inlluential organ of what
is termed Conservative Republicanism has
to say of our proposition, made some days
since, with reference to settling the legis
lative troubles about the expelled negro
members.
We still hold to the opinion that tin
solution proposed will come nearer satis
fying all classes of the people in Georgia
who earnestly desire peace, than any
other, and that it should he tried. If we
do not very much mistuke public sent,
ment, it would be welcomed by tl e ant
Radicals of this State as a settlement
which, while It did not fill the measure of
what Is plainly their rigtit, still, was very
much preferable to seeing the negro- i
forced back at the point of the bayou* •
or tbeir opponents kept in at the prie<- of
another turn of the reconstruction screw?.
Either event would prove highly calami
tous to us in every respect. It is to ou»
vital interest that this trouble should la
adjusted without the happening of any
thing that would invite Federal inter
ference.
If Bullock is as anxious for peace a- w<
know the people are, let him agree to a
- these resignations, and we feel sure
nomember of the Legislature, who is inter
ested or who has the good of the Slate at
heart, will hesitate to give him the oppor
tunity of doing so.
Responsibility op Sureties.—ln tl a
United States Court, says the Charb-to,
Courier of the 7tb, there were tried ye
torciuy u liumbu 1 of oa*,«o winch in voj Vs
the question of the responsibility of -nr--
tles on official bonds. As the question is
one of public interest, we give the fae -
After the close of the warG L. Reach wa
appointed Postmaster at Aiken, ts. ( . I
Messrs. Win. Gregg ami Nathaniel O
Tilton were sureties on his official bond.
InDeceinber, lbdd, the sureties notified ! >
Government that the Postmaster wa- ;
applying the funds, and that they u. . 1
do longer be responsible for bis o:’
good conduct. Reach was, however, i
removed until some time afL-i wh-i. r
was discovered that he was in
the amount of S67U. Action was hr■ j_i '
by the Government against him » !
against his sureties. Under the cl. “ l
the Judge the jury returned a ■
against the sureties lor $290, with i ' -
from the 31st of December, P-v. m n
ground that the notification ot th '->•
aDtsand the fact that the Govt-inn.-
took no notice of it at the time, re ea-e.
the sureties from responsibility alter >
time. The District Attorney gave n--
of an appeal.
Cheated of His Victim. Ibe A -i
(Texas; Btate Gazette says tb“ •
Who was the causeo the much tsd j- ‘
Radical decision
Hoar, sustaining { js very
ground that war s h « " it n.u-1.i.--t
banging. Not Im.g
h® wbo may deserve i. .n.i y
since, weaver, jf j( cou j d be legally
for aught we>k tbe military at their
done, took 1 ■ « aod oue of the guards
camp ne “ r h b iin t<> keep him company,
went w'tb therefore, will not
—A profitable investment— taking sto^k
In Grant’s house.