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WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER
ATLANTA., GEORGIA,
Wednesday. August 9. 1865-
eniitlE PROGRESSING.
lu both America and Europe crime ap
pears to be progressive. Recently we have
not iced several cases occurring on this side
of the Atlantic repulsive and atrocious in
their nature, fatal in their consequences,
sad and heart-sickening. In more than one,
too, oi the most atrocious of these, the per
petrators have escaped punishment, coming
from their trials unconvicted, cheered, ap^
plaudet’ , and encouraged to “go on their
ways rejoicing,” to commit, in all probabil
ity, other misdemeanors or crimes. ' To one
or two cases of crime occurring on the
other side of the "deep waters” our atten
tion lias been attracted, as well from their
novelty as their atrocity, and other circums
► tances connected therewith.
The first is the case of one Dr. Pritchard,
oi Giascow, who, the relator of the incident
in one of the New York papers states, is a
physician and a man of letters, a member
of twenty learned societies, and who has
just been convicted of poisoning hiB wife
lor love ot a servant girl in his family who
had been fjr a year or two his mistress.—
This man confessed his crime, which he
completed by giving an overdose of chloro
form to his ud fortunate victim, and wa9 to
have been hanged on the 28th ultimo. On
account of his family and position, the caso
is said to have created much excitement and
distress in high circles. Daring the trial of
this accomplished and learned brute, one of
the consulting physicians occupied a posi
tion in giving his testimony not at all envi
able, in declaring that he was satisfied the
man was killing his wife by slow poison,
and yet was withheld by professional eti
quette from mentioning or divulging the
matter. II professional etiquette goes thus
far in Great Britain, and is tolerated by the
law, we trust it docs not in America, nor do
we bilieve that it does. It is admitted,
however, iu this case, that if ihe phy
sicians called in to consult did noth
ing to hinder the crime, they did not
hesitate to give such evidence as led to
the conviction of the offender. One ounce
of preventative is worth a pound of cure,
but in lids case there was admiuistered
ueither preventative nor cure. Strange
that in this enlightened age professional eti
quette should be permitted to tolerate mur
der, a murder ‘‘most foul, strange and un
natural.” For the honor of the profession
in America, let it be known in Europe, that
no such etiquette prevails among the practi
tioners of medicine here. The man, or phy
fiician, who, under any circumstances, does
not, when in his power, prevent the com
mission of muftdor, is himself, in our
opinion, as guilty flPMie crime, as though
he perpetrated it himself, and nothing can
convince us of the incorrectness of this pro
position.
The other case presents also some novel,
ns well as atrocious features. It is one in
which murder is also charged, the party be
ing a woman, one Constance Kent. This
woman deliberately murdered her half broth
er, at Brighton, Eaglaud, and confessed the
perpetration of her crime to her clergyman.
The attempt is now being made to rule out
her confession, and between the “High
Cliuich” and “Puseyite” party, and “Low
Church" and “Dissenting” party, great con
tention prevails in regarJ to its reception by
the Court. The enormity of this woman’s
crime seems to be lost sight of, iu legal and
religious quibbles.
And so crime progresses and bad men
and bad women escape too often punish
ment for their misdeeds. To the credit,
however, of the British Court and British
juries, this is not so often the case as it is in
the large cities of America. Criminal law
there, is more certain and sure in its execu
tion than it is in this “land of the free”—too
free, alas ! to those whose vicious propen
sities arc ever urging them on to the com
mission of crime.
BUREAU OF FREEDJIEN-3ENE-
HAL ORDERS NO. 1.
In our advertising columns the reader
will see “General Orders No. 1.” from the
“Bureau ol Frecdmcn,” to which we invite
attention—especially to the following ex
tract therefrom :
“It is hereby ordered that ail persons em
ploying the Frecdmcn in agricultural and
mechanical pursuits within the States of
South Carolina, Georgia and Florida, who
fail by the loth of August to annouuce to
those iu ilicir employ the fact that they are
free, and fail to recognise them as free men
and to make suitable agreements with them,
whereby a just and equitable compensation
will be secured to them for their labor, will
be held as disloyal to the United States
Government, and their property will bp
subject to seizure and division among the
Frecdmcn iu accordance with the provisions
of Section 4 of an “Act to establish a bu
reau for the relief o! Frecdmcn and Refu
gees,” approved March 3,1SG5."
In this section of Georgia, it has been the
misfortune of the people, generally—owing
to the fact that they have been deprived of
ail mail lacilities, and consequently of news
paper intelligence to a great degree—that
they have been ignorant of what Congress
and the Bureau of Frecdmcn have required
of them in frgard to their former slaves,
now Freedmen, in many important particu
lars. And as they have now in the space of
only one week to conform to the order pub
lished in to-day’s issue, and especially in re
gard to the foregoing section thereof, they
had better proceed at once to d«* so—non-
compliance, or delay even, may cause a for
feiture of their property
&T The Rev. Dr. French, who is Visit
ing the principal towns in oar State in com
pany with General Wilde, Assistant Com
missioner of the Freed men’s Bureau, ad
dressed an assemblage of freedmen at the
City Hall yesterday afternoon.
Gen. Wilde, in a lew remards, explained
the object for which the freedmen had been
called together, and desired to assare them
as aft officer representing the wishes and
views of the Government, that they might
rely upon the truthfulness of the gentleman
who was to address them, and that it was
expected they should weigh well the advice
they received at his hands. Concluding
his few remarks, Gen. W. introduced Dr.
French, who commenced by announcing
to the freedmeu that God had vouchsafed
to them the precious boon of freedom, and
it should be his purpose to advise with them
as to the proper course necessary to be pur
sued to prevent that freedom from proving
a failure. Freedom did not consist in va
grancy; by industry and honesty alone
could they hope to elevate their condition.
It was their duty to remain with their former
masters, and be the same faithful laborers they
had been in thepastf to make contracts and be
faithful to them, and while it was their right
to choose their place of abode, it was his
opinion that their old homes would be to
them the best place on earth, and with
those who had reared them, they would
find the most sympathy. They had free
dom, and master bad the lands; they knew
how and could work, and master did
not, but they could be mutually bene
ficial, and all would be prosperous and
happy. He had been toid that they
were a lazy and indolent people, but
when they could take the proceeds of
their labor, to their wife and little ones,
it was his opinion that new incentives to
labor would be furnished. They should be
humble and respectful to the whites, and
cultivate amicable relationships. By ener
gy they could soon have homes, and cozy
little cabins would be dotted over the land.
In future they phould have but one wife—a
state of freedom allowed but one, and the
marital relations should be held sacred.
We cannot follow Dr. French through
his entire address. There was much good
advice, and we hope it may have a benefi
cial elf-ct upon the freed population in our
midst.
He was to have addressed ths citizens of
Atlanta at the Central Presbyterian Church
at 7 o’clock last evening, a report of which
we did not obtain, owing to the caily hour
at which our paper went to press. We
hope to make a full mention of it to mor
row.
Governor Johnson left Columbus on
the 5ih instant fox Milledgeville. The En
quirer says he will probably be absent a fort
night or more.
ISP We notice in Ihe Chronicle & S.ntinei
the following order, issued by Maj. Gen.
Sterdman, on the 31 instant:
“Telegraph Operators, Express Agents,
Post Masters, Forwarding Merchants, Com
mon Carriers and Railroad Agents are no
tified that they will not forward or deliver
messages, goods, wares, merchandise, or
mail matter to any persons whomsoever,
within the Department of Georgia, who
have not taken the oath prescribed in the
President's Proclamation of Amnesty, of
May 29th, 18G5.”
“Any violation of this order will be pun
ished by a forfeiture of all rights to transact
business within this Department by the
offending party, and by fine and imprison
ment.”
As the opportunity has not yet been af
forded the citizens of Atlanta to take the
Amnesty Oath, the foregoing order, for the
present, has put a stop to many business
transactions in this city. We are assured,
however, that this will not long be the case,
as the military authorities are making
prompt arrangements to have the oath ad
ministered without delay.
C3P The Chronicle & Sentinel, of the 3rd
instant, says the Assistant Provost Marshal
General there is now ready to administer
the amnesty oath at Augusta to all who call
at his office between the hours of 9 A. Mi
and 4 P. M., and that General Steedman is
doing all in his power to afford the people
every facility for reorganization.
m» * •
• INEVITABLE RESULTS.
The Chattanooga Gazette in giving to its
readers the following incident, says that
Boston is quick at improveinent and the
Boston girls in adopting so early Ihe Miss
Harris theory of Justice, prove clearly that
they consider it advantageous to the sex:
A Boston editor says: The day the result
ot the trial ot Mary Harris was announced,
the following interesting conversation was
overheard: “Carrie, dear, will yon please
lend me your revolver ? I fear George will
not be true to his promise to-night?”—
“Why, Emma, I’m so sorry ! I’ve-just lent
my revolver to Mary, as she has found a
bean with ever so much more money than
Alfred; but dear, I cau let you have my
ivory handled stiletto with much pleasure.
The city of polite learning, the Athens of
the United States, as ita inhabitants boast,
is also undeniably the city ot bloomer ism,
sensationalism, fanaticism, and all the other
isms iu the English vocabulary. Wc arc
not, therefore, surprised that “Carrie, dear,"
and “Emma, dear," and other “dears" of tko
Massachusetts metropolis, have resolved to
avenge their heart disappointments with
their “revolvers" or “ivory handled stilettos."
Go it, girls, juries are as kind-hearted and
sympathizing in Boston as they are in
Washington City, whenever feminines com
mit bloody transactions 1
TENNESSEE ELECTIONS.
As we write, we have the Congressional
vote at only two points in ihe State, Chat
tanooga aud Nashville. It appears at the
first named place there were polled only
336 votes, out of a registered vote of about
1,000—Stokes receiving 194 of them. Hood
136, and Faulkner 6.
The Nashville vote for Congress was tor
Campbell 1331—for Carter 1080 — McDougal
4. The telegraph says it is thought Camp
bell will get 2000 maj trity in the district.
It seems that but little interest was mani
fested in the election at either Chattanooga
or Nashville.
STATE GOVERNMENT TORE MAIN
TAINED.
A writer in the New York .Express says
that while the President “is detemined to
destroy every vestige of the late rebellion,”
he still entertains the opinion that secession
“is not worse in a Government like ours
than the destruction of State laws, State
boundaries, and State powers, for the Con
stitution recognizes popular liberty more
through State agencies than in any other
way.” And the same writer says that
“against the purposes of the Sumners and
Danas, therefore, the States must stand, sub-
ordinate to the Government in some things,
but free aud independent in every power
not surrendered to the general Govern
ment.” Also, that ‘ President Johnson
makes no disguise in expressing these
viewa” '
Commenting npon the foregoiqg the Ex
press says: “These views as expressed by
our correspondent, ought to be the views of
Massachusetts for their ancestors'and their
Constitution declare as follows:
“The people inhabiting the territory for
merly called the province of Massachusetts
bay do hereby solemnly and mutually agree
with each other to form themselves into a
free, sovereign and independent body poli
tic or State, by the name and Common
wealth of Massachusetts. w
The people of this commonwealth have
the sole and exclusive right o£*overning
themselves as a free, sovereign ^Pid inde
pendent State, and do, and forever hereafter
Bliall exercise and enjoy every power, ju-
risd’ction and right which is not and may-
not hereafter be by them expressly delega
ted to the United States ol' America-in Con
gress assembled.”
The oath of office reads ■
“1 do solemnly swear that I wifi bear
true faith and aliegiauce to the Common
wealth of Massachusetts, and wiji support
the constitution thereof.”
[We put the Massachusetts oath aud Con
slimtion against the opinion aud practice ot
her now leading meB.—Edj. Expre-s j
Putting the Massachusetts Oath aud Con
stitution, against the opinion and pretence ot
her now leading men, we apprehend, will
do but little good in producing a reform
among the radicals of that State, or the
leaders thereof. They will pursue the mis
chief they are bent upon, despitq oath, de
spite constitution. It is upon the arm of
President Johnson, Georgia and all the late
Confederate States must lean, it they would
enter the “Union” with rights equal to what
Massachusetts and all the other States claim.
And that arm, we feel confident, will be
strong enough, despite the radicalism of the
North, to place Georgia where she was,
with all the power claimed and exercised by
any New England State to regulate her in
ternal affairs, whether they refer to the
right of suffrage, or any other right claimed
and exercised oy any loyal State.
NEWS ITEMS FROM ALL QUAR
TERS.
A London paper says that Melvin, the
confidential agent of Maximilian*, had a con
versation with Lord Palmerston, during his
second visit to London, but failed entirely
in his efforts to induce the latter, to alter
the Mexican policy ot the English Govern
ment.
Lord Palmerston is represented as telling
Melvin that England would continue to
stand aloof from Mexican entanglements,
and that he should do nothing which might
be regarded as unfriendly by the Govern
ment of the United States.
Gen. Wade Hampton is reported to have
reached Camargo, Mexico.
The New York Herald of the 31st of July,
states that Rev. Dr. Quintard of Nashville,
Tenn., preached on the day before in St.
Thomas’ church, corner of Houston and
Broadway, in the city of New York.
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.—The Pe
tersburg Index of the 29i.h July, says : The
many friends of this gentleman will be in
terested to learn that he is at Buffalo
Springs.” These Springs,, we believe, are
in Amherst county, Va.
TnE Elections in Enoland.—The late
elections in England have resulted in an in
creased majority in favor of the ministry.
The rumors of troubles on the Rio
Grande between the Imperialists and ;the
United States forces, arc reported to be un
founded.
The official statement of the public debt
on the 3lst of July, shows the amount out
standing to be $2,757,253,275 85.
A report from Heart’s Content says that
crowds are beginning to collect at that place
to witness the landing of the shore end of
the Atlantic Telegraph cable.
A dispatch from Washington Btates that
there axe no counterfeit $5 notes on the Na
tional bauk.
Seven railroads are in running order in
Texas, comprising an aggregate of over four
hundred miles.
There are nos^ thirty-three newspapers
published iu Texas.
Gambling — Oa Saturday afternoon the
guards made a descent on a gambling house
in the rear of Sutler town, and captured six
men engaged in playing chuck a-Iuck. The
keeper of the house, John L well, a mulat
to, i ffered the officer of the guard a thous
and dollars to release him. The bar tender,
named Henry Henderson, upon being
searched, had a knife and slang-shot found
upon him. Alex Joaes, James Henry, two
citiz ms, Valor Evans, belonging to the 18:h
U. S. C. L, Jacob Johnson and Ww. Rub-
inson, two other citizens, were among the
party arrested. All of them were sent to
the guard house for thirty days, with the
addition in L well’s case nf a ball and chain
attached to him. -Chat. Gazette.
pi?" A monkey in New York escaped
from his Italian master the other day, and
going to the - premises ot his neighbor, tore
up property amounting to about ten dollars.
The monkjy couldn’t pay for the damage he
had done, and the master wouldn’t; hence,
both were taken before the police court,
tried, and sentenced to imprisonment
A drunkard leaning against a church
railing replied, in answer to a question from
the sexton, that he didn’t exactly belong to
that church, but he was leaning that way.
News Boys on all the Railroads lead -
mg from Atlanta have the Daily Intelli
gencer for sale. july2t—tf
Mfejjfli ■■ i«r f i ~ii
Financial information.
From “Peterson’s Philadelphia Counter
feit Detector,” for August, we gather the fol
lowing important financial information.—
The merchants and basin xa men of Attanta
and ita vicinity would do well to note the
information contained ia it:
Finakcial.—'The money market has been
quite free from ex remes, or excitement.—
Money plenty; trade just sufficient for pres
ent necessities, weather, cold and rainy, or
hot and pleasant—keeping warm or keep
ing cool.
The merchandise markets in general have
ruled steady and firm daring the past week,
and a fair amount ol business lor the season
has been consummated. Buyers, observing
that gold quotations were climbing up the
ladder among the forties, from the force of
habit have rushed incontinently into the
market lor supplies, greatly to the discom
fort of business men, who would like to get
out of town long enough to catch a mouth
ful of fresh air, and generating considerable
heat and perspiration in commercial circles.
The daily reports ot the stock market
grow tamer with each succeeding day, anti
money writers are at a loss for word3to ex
press the dullness of trade. The same ste
reotyped phrases come up daily, aud it is
impossible to predict when they will give
way to others that will express lively times
and stirring trade. As to the stocks, there
is scarcely a shadow of the business done in
them that we noted six months ago. It is
a general prediction, however, that the com
ing fall wifi witness a revival in all branches
of industry, and that the general activity
W‘il extend itself to the stock market. That
the oil < xeitemeut, which raged so luriously
this lime a year ago, will ever regain a simi
lar ascendency, is not gem rally believed,
but there is good ground for the opinion
that that species ot stock jibbing will be
very extensive. Ail holders of oil stocks
are looking hopefully for the time, lint they
may be enabled to unload the heavy fiuau
ciai burdens which they are now carrying
at such vast loss. Doubtless these very par
ties uow so anxious to sell, will be the firm
est then to hold on, believing that there is
still a better prospect than has yet devel
oped itself. Each advance ot their stock
renders them the more sanguine, and the
ie9S likely will they be to sell out at figures
which now they would be glal to* get.—
There is nothing in the circumstances of
the case to warrant the low prices now pre
valent, and shrewd meu are beginning to see
that now is the time to buy, that they may
profit by the future.
The bank committee of tkirtien which
some weeks since met to adopt a plan lor
the par rcdcmptirn of country national
btnk notes iu New York, Boston, and Phil
adelphia, but adj turned without coming to
auy agreement, have, it is rep >ried, at
lengtli'arrived at an understanding upon
the subject. The banks ol the cities men
tioned will, it is said, make their d.tily set
tiements as hitherto through tin ir respective
clearing houses, paying the balance ag .inst
them in legal tender notes, but they w ill in
clude in their returns the notes ol ihe coun
try banks. These last will be redeemable
at each of the three financial centres, ac
cording to the section ot country to which
they belong. Thus, the notes ot the country
hanks of New England will bo redeemable
at Boston, those of the Western and Central
States at New York, and those of Pennsyl
vania and the Hull li at Philadelphia, ae
cording to the specified arrangement. But
the couaeut of all the country banks has
not yet been obtained, and some of these
will doubtless refuse their assent to it, for
it involves the necessity of each ol the
country banks enjoying the privilege of a
central place of redemption, having a bal
ance to its credit at that point, against which
tluir bills will be charged after the manner
of ordinary check i. Not a few of the small
banks will probably think it preicrabie to
allow their notes to lie at a discount at the
financial ecu ires, to b-ing required to keep
a balance to their credit at New York, Bos
ton, aud Philadelphia, which would be all
but useless to them ia general business.
OUR NATIONAL SECURITIES
The following is au explanation of the
moaning of the terms applied to the differ
ent national loans:
Seven Thi cm es, (7 30s)-—These repre
sent a currency loan, having three years to
run, then convertible into a gold interest
six per cent, stock having twenty years to
run, but with the right reserved to the Gov
ernment of paying off the loan, iu gold, at
any time after five years. The term “Seven-
thirties ” is derived from the rate of interest
which these three years convertible noies
bear, to-wit: two cents per day on each
$100, or for three hundred and sixtyffivc
days $7 30 on each $100.
Five Twenties — (5 20. ) — The term
“ Five-twenties ” is applied to the six per
cent, gold bearing bonds of the United
States, to which twenty years hail yearly
coupons arc attach, d, but which may be
paid off, in gold, by the Government, on due
notice to the holders, at any time after live
five years, in the not impr. liable evant the
Government should be offered the money
on a loan at a cheaper rate than six per
cent.
Ten Forties—(10-40s) —These are the
five per cent, gold bearing bonds of the.
United States to which hall-yearly coupons
are attached for forty years, but which may
be paid off, in gold, on notice to the hold
ers, at any time alter ten years, in tho possi
ble event the Government should be offered
the money on a new loau at a less rate of
of interest than five per cent.
U. S Coupon Sixes, ob (1881 6i)~The
long or unconditional six per ecu?, gold-
bearing loan, known as the six per cents ol
1831, cannot be redeemed by the Govern
ment at all, except by purchase, until alter
the year 1881, making this the most desira
ble of all the United Spates loans as a per
manent investment.
The present outstanding totals of each of
the abaye loans are as follows:
1. —Seven thirties $600,000,000
2. “ Five twenties 596,545,900
3. —Ten forties 172,770,100
4 —Sixes of eighty-one. 231,561,400
Total $1,650,877,400
I i terest in currency on $600,000,000
“ gold “ 1,050,877^00
$1,650 877,490
iu addition to the gold interest stocks
here classified, there is outstanding $48,-
868,891 of the old fuoded five and six per
cents of the United States, upon which the
interest is paid in gold, and the principal ol
which will be redeemed in gold when due.
Greenbacks and Legal tender.—The
Terms “greenbacks” and “legal-', ender” are
convertible. All the greenbacks are legal-
tender; but $433,160,569 are of the ordina
ry circulation, free of interest; and $226,-
000,000 bear simple or compound interest,
payable on the maturity of the note., nknst
of them, six per cents payable three years
after 1864, the interest compounded in a ta
ble on the back of tho note every six
months.
The Japanese Ambassadors thus do
the English in a book : “ The men arc red
faced and fond of eating, and the low men
eat raw meat, of which lumps are exhibited
much to bar disgust.” This is good enough
for Sala.
ADDRESS OF JFDCK LOCIIRANE
AT MACON.
The Macon Tdegraph contains the ad
dress o? Judge O. A. Lochranc, recently de
livered at Macon, on “the present condi
tion otthe country.”. Waut of space in our
columns; prevents us from laying it before
our readers in its er^irety. The speech is
an admirable one, abounding in beautiful
metaphor,eloquent appca’a.and,a9 to its sub
ject matter, Inexorable logic. Not as the
people of the South were and have been,
but as they are and must become, does the
Judge address them. From ,‘t wo make the
following extracts:
NEGRO SUFFRAOE.
I have had recently tho honor of several
interviews with the President of ihe United
{States, on the subject matter we are dis
cussing. I found him, in his sentiments to
wards the people, t<» be considerate, dispas
sionate, statesmanliKc aud just. Riiscd
from the humbler walks of life to his lofty
eminence, l found a spirit of c mge-
nifcl kindness to theepeople, while, to the
leaders of ihe revolution, his sentiments
were characterized by magnanimity and
justice. As the representative of this great
nation, he ir-tmpied under foot all personal
vie -vs aud considerations to grasp the best
internals ot the imure. I f >uud him sur
rounded by many discordant elements of
political opinion, unmoved in his patriotic
determinavi >n to maintain the democratic
principles of Bute integrity aud State or
gan iz P.'.on; to leave the only vital question
of politic if theory, negro suffrage, to the
States to settle lor themselves, and to the
citizens of Georgia who evidence their loy
alty by accepting the amnesty. He is un-
moyeably settled in leaving the question of
suffrage under the constitution and laws ol
the United S ates.
This question is a vital one, for it involves
the future hope aud interest ol the white
race ou the American continent. Aud in
the positfo i laid down, the president is sus
tained by the bu ! k of national conservatives
and the highest representatives of the na
tional army. The democratic party of Ver
mont have endorsed the policy ; and we, a9
sensible and patrkVic citizens, must stand
boldly forward to hold up their arms aud
strengthen their resolves in the contest.
Free years ago, in a letter published S< p
lumber, 1860, l said if was unwise to aban
don tire democracy of the North ; to day 1
repeat the sentiment.
**'*** =(= •*
THE AMNESTY.
You, fellow-citizens’ must qualify your*
selves for citizenship, if you would have a
voice in aiding or contributing to the wel
fare of Georgia. We must take the oath
prescribed, or accept the penalties attached.
In this matter there is no room tor hesita
tion, no place for discussion, no ground for
doubt. The war into which we plunged
was unfortunate for the people; it was un
fortunate for the world. We were prosper^
oils when we went into it; we have come
out ol it without rights of property or priv^
ileges of citizenship. In our condition we
must stand face to face with facts, and in
their light the path ot duty .lies clear before
us. It is profitless to talk of the act, whe
ther it is criminal or not, treason or not, it is
useless to invoke the teaching of years, the
training of Troup, the sentiments of lead
ers, the teaching of the books, the doctrines
ot Jefferson, Calhoun, and a host of intel
lects that adorn, as with a wreath, the col
umn of American statesmanship. The ar
gument that would fl itter your pride might
endauger liberty—lor the future liberty of
this State depends upon our action as citi
zens restored to the rights of freemen in
the States. By failure we become liable to
penalties, and the amnesty provided a libe
ral and just application ot means, to a vital
measure of amelioration and justice. The
full effulgence of clemency that restores a
nation to its rights, and fills with life a par
alyzed constitution, is evidence of the libe
ral sentiments of. the administration. It is
not designed -that you should stand aside tor
strangers’ hands to r^ck the cradle of your
State organization. By the power of am*
nesty, Georgia is restored to her own peo
ple. A Governor honored by yourselves,
identified with you in interest and by asso
ciation, a man of ability and justice, has
been selected to lift Georgia up, and call her
sons in council to restore her constitutional
animation.
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memories.
That men can shake down their convic
tions like apples from a tree is not to be ex
pected ; for some opinions will stick among
the branches ol our thoughts, no matter
how the tempe3t of public, opinion may
blow and bend the popular sentiment; nor
would 1 ask you to throw aside your opin
ions, feelings or sentiments—you have sym
pathies that como up with spirit arms from
the mounds of battle fields to twine around
memory, you have wounds that will break
out and bleed at some sudden touch of
thought, the dead who slumber, the living
who suffer, have claims upon our feelings
wc should not willingly let die, and the men
who are hereafter called to represent Geor
gia, mast preserve the memory of the one
and support the crippled form of the other.
The child of orphanage and tears shall be
supported and educated, and the widow so-
lac.d in her agony, and by the public bounty
protected from wetting with hqfp tears the
dry crust of poverty. Conscious in the dis
charge of duty'; conscious of rectitude in
principle, of houcaly in purpose, of candor
iu txprtssion, I shall go ou, heedless of mis
representation and Ci. yy, to do my whole
duty towards the redemption and regenera
tion of Georgia. . Willi her people all my
sympathies have been excited, with her fall
my fortunes have gone down, but still I can
exclaim:
‘ More dear Inherson owB. he>- tears an.lher showers,
Than the rest ,f the world in its sunniest Jjiours. 1 '
With you I have shared youth ; with you
iu the silent grave sleep my sweetest memo
ries, and with you, for weal or woe, I shall
share the future, anti sink myself embalmed
into your bosom with the tears of those who
knew me best, and whose living sympathy
made life bloom, and roses grow over it
with the softest perfumes of affection.
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WAR ENOUGH.
National pride and national vanity are
plants easy to develop in the heat of party
or partizan excitement. But my friends we
have ha 1 war enough; tour long weary
years the ground has tremb’ed to the tread
of armies—the streets have been filied with
banners—the earth has been - filled With
graves—ihe air been thick with souls flut
tering home to God. Tae din and roar of
striie has echoed throughout the land, and
our boat hern fields have been ploughed
with fire and cannon —the fl iwers of peace
ful homes have been trampled down by cav
alry—the climbing rose been torn from the
cottage window face to droop in ruins—the
bloom oi beauty has grown pale In the em
brace of terror—the blood with crimson
speck upon the cheek, told the tale of lust
—hearts h^vebeen broken—tears have bjec
shed, coffin lids pressed dearest forms, and
not a spot all over the once smiling and
sprinkled fields of the Sooth, bat has boen
pressed by the red toot of desolation.
We have had war enough; peace with
her angel tone, sweet aa a spirit singing to
itself in Heaven, has breathed its soilness
into the public ear and invites us back to
the repose of civiliz ition, and the arts of
imnroveme. t
Let us then meet the requirements of i u .,
appeal, henceforth devoted to the new i.r
guniz ition of industry.
L it us throw aside cxvillings about co n
stitulional questions. They are settled,am1
the republic lives by the will,and sovereign
ty of t he people.
Let ua throw aside discussions about sla
very, it is dead, and buried beneath the
waves of four years’ war.
Let us throw away fear about the future
of freed labor. We cau control it by wise
laws.
Let us throw away minor points of di -
cussion aud accept the logic ot necessity, in
granting all the legal rights the comliti. n
of freedom demands.
Lei us direct onr minds to vital isfm s,
aud j *ia hauds with tin s.; who stand wi-h
us in principle and policy, to mtintain the
privileges that are wi bin our grasp.
Let us quality as voters, to aid in the or
ganztiiou of our S at'*, and abstaining
from intolerance of opinion, freely discuss
every interest essential to her wellare.
Lit us cultivate peace, as an emanation
from heaven, that the nation may arch it)
neck lor a flight to immortality.
Let us see that the men who represent us
in the councils of the uili m, are faithful,
capable, and honest.
Let us frown down sectionalism, around
the board, the fireside and the altar, and in
a comprehensive system ol a social charity^
embrace the practice and creed ol ehri
tiaus.
Let. ua rally around the pure and patriotic
statesman,who stands to-day at the helm ot
State. I (earing towards Georgia to take on
board her new born fortuae9; for his inspi
ration of justice, all the Southern Slates are
rising up to put on their garments of sovei
eignty, and march to the bridal oi States.—
A great procession will reach Washington
ncx' spring—a procession ot Stales led into
the constitution upon the arm of President
Joliuson. Georgia will be there, ti.c blood
of battles washed i tf in the waters of am
nesty, to raise her head, and give her re
epon e amid the nations rejoicing. Her
Southern sisters will be as bridesmaids
around her, and you, fellow citiz ins, will be
’restored by the solemnities to the diguity i f
free citiz ms.
From the Nashville Dupateh.
MEXICO AND THE UNITED STATES
---SOME NEW FACTS.
The attitude ol our Government respect
ing the Imperial developments in Mt xieo
is now a paramount subj cuff interest with
the public, and or e, too, about which theie
is but little reliable infbi mat ion. To relieve
in aom measure this suspense, the New
York Sun discloses some facts that have
come into its possession regarding the Mex
icau question, the ii.fl iei.ee operating upon
the President respecting it, aud the pui-
post-8 of the Government in lire premises.
From the popular interest manitesU d on
behalf ol the Ri publican party iu Mexico,
and from tire general denunciation that has
been heap'd upon Maximilian and his Gov
eminent, the public have been h d to believe
that Juanz monopolizes tire sympathy ot
all classes iu ihe United Slates. Tins sup
position, according to the Sun, is erroneous.
There is now, and has been from the lime
that Max'mifian occupied Mex'co, a quiet
yet powerful political influence in tavor of
recognizing his Government. Numerically
speaking, this influence has but little
strength, for it is unsupported by any con
sidcrable portion of the people. But, says
the Sun, it is headed by a prominent mem
ber ot tho Cabinet; it is pressed forward
by i class of pmmun-al and influential pol
iticians. and is backed up by a strong mo
narchical interest. Hi nee the conclusion »i
our civil war,* t he « Hurts iff this party to
secure the recognition of M iximilian have
been redoubled, aud the President has been
urged in the strongest temns to give his as
sent to that policy. Acting in conjunction
with agents of Maxuui'i ur aim ot the
French Emperor, this panv h vj beeu able
to urge very strong inducements lor the
Government to take the step indicated.
Maximilian is willing to guarantee an
American transit routi across bis dominions
to protect and facilitate the operations of
mining companies; to furnish free home
steads to American settlers; to make the
most liberal arrangements tor international
trade, and in general terms to concede ev
erything that our Government could rea
sonably ask in return for recognition. On.
the other hand, the President and all his
Cabinet, with lire single exception alluded
to, are firm in the principle ot the Monroe
doctrine. They are in lavor oi eventually
expelling Maximilian and his French allies
at any cos?, and but for the persistent oppo
sit ion of ths one member of the Cabinet
which backs him up, ths people would not
thus long have been kept in ignorance con
cerning the Mexican ques ion. The recent
speech of Secretary Harlan regarding Mex
ico was a tiuthfui exposition of the Pres:
dent’s views and those of his Cabinet, with
the one exception, and it was intended to
be so considered by the public. The at
tempt to procure the recognition of Maxi
milian, therefore, has so far failed ; but ine
pressure in favor of that measure is sltU
maintained. The situation just now is, that
President Johnson, believing it to be f■ »i
the best interests of the country not to court
a foreign war at this time, wili lor the pres
ent quietly remain a spectator of the Mex
ican quarrel, meantime keeping a strong
army on the frontier to hfi ready for any
contingency.
The Tobacc j Crop.—The Clarksville
Chronicl j of the 20th ult., says :
From all sections of the country comes
the same dismal tones, c incoming the pros
pects for the growing crop of tobacco. For
twenty years there has not been a season
so unfavorable for its growth. The excess
ive rains, in the early part ot the year, ren
dered it impossible for planters to prepare
their seed beds in good order, and the rains
continuing after the seeds were sown, so
compacted the soil and so washed the beds,
or overflowed them, as to preclude the poa
sibility of a bountiful supply of plants As
soon! however, ao the few remainining ones
grew large enough for transplanting, a sc
vere drouth set in and continued until the
planting season was nearly over. The con
sequence is, that not more than one third
ot the crop, intended to be planted, was set
out in good time. And when we take into
consideration the shortness of the crop, that
must have resulted from the abandonment
of farms, the loss and inefficiency of labor
and the general derangement and uncertain
condition of public affairs, in the early part
of the year, wc make a large estimate, we
think, when we set down the quantity
which the present growing crop wilt yiel.t,
at one fifth of what it was in 1859. Indeed,
from diligent eeqaiiies made, from every
part of the Clarksville tobacco growing re
gion, we are sadly and painfully convinced
that the quantity which will beseut to mar
ket from this section will hardly be appre
ciable. Occuring at a time when the coun
try has j nst emerged from one of the moat
dertruc-dve-wars known to history; and
when the taxes, State, county, aud govern
ment, are most ouerous, and the farm hands
all to pay for at high rates, the failure of
the crop is justly regarded by our farmers
as a very great calamity, and one which will
be most disastrous in its results to ths c .im
munity.