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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
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£■£?"* President Johnson stated to a promi
nent member of Congress, a fen* days ago,
that lie not only considered tho Confederate
States in, the Union, hut more in the Union
than ever before, because now their laws are
more republican than they ever were.
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{jy Wo have received Scotfs Monthly
Magazine for February, and find it filled with
very interesting matter. It contains a charm
ing Prize Essay by Miss Lou Eve, of Augus-
WHAT IS THE TEST OF LOYALTY f
The New York Herald, which is radical
and conservative by turns, as if it feared to
lose the patronage of one or the other of the
two classes at the North, is very indignant at
the refusal of admission to tho Southern mem
bers of Congress, and graciously favors its
readers with a plan by which the whole mut
ter may be adjusted. It says:
“Tho modo of treating the application of
the Southern representatives on the part of
Congress is plain and simple. Congress, un
der the constitution, is the judge of the qual
ification of its own members. Both houses
should, under this authority, examine closely
tho record and standing of every person ap-
ti and a fine Prize Poem by J. R. Barrick. „ „ .
, . r pi yin" for seats from tho late rebellious
Tho typographical appearance of ic nii fc !l '; t ; tales , The committee to do this is that on
line is highly creditable, and reflects great i Elections, au j no t the Joint Reconstruction
credit upon Mr. J. J. Toon, and his “Franklin 1 Committee. If in this examination only six
Printing House,” in Atlanta. Terms of the j representatives from all tho Southern States
National Intelligencer: “The South is now TIIE MOTE AND THE BEAM,
contributing to tho support of the Govern- [ Poor, benighted, heathen South ! How
ment to the amount of millions monthly, and j much do you need the celestial rays of civ-
yet these people have no representatives in ! ilization and Christianity to shine upon you
Congress—their voice is not heard there, but i from immaculate New England! How griev-
they are taxed without representation; nor | ously do you need the Boston preacher x to
can they have representation ns long as this 1 convert you from heathenism, and the Cliris-
onth continues to be administered. Their j tian Commission agents to educate your
men of honor and ability will not take it, ■ blacks, and the self-abnegating missionary to
end if there be any who would, they could occupy your vacant pulpits!
not in any just sense be called worthy repre-1 Oh! the South is good missionary ground;
sentatives of the people, or creditable to Con- ‘ its blood-thirsty population need humanizing;
gross.” : its God forsaken people need the gospel: its
i waste places—appallingly numerous—need
ITEMS OF GENERAL NEWS.
The Sub-Committee on Reconstruction,
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who have been investigating affairs in Ten- _ „ ,
ncssce, have not decided to report to the full cll ^ Bel,es cal1 a S rcat man - v P e0 P lc to
If, AFFAIR IN THE HOU^T
From the proceedings of the U. s jt*
T?onrnconf of iroa nn 4-1.» Ail. • . ^
magazine, $5.00 per annum.
W. J. Scott, Atlanta, Ga.
Address .Rev.
No Appeal to tuk Sltremk Court in
Criminal Cases.—The Savannah Herald is
informed by an eminent jurist that the Su
preme Court of the U. S. cannot entertain a
writ of error to revise the judgment of the
Circuit Court in any ease where a party has
been convicted of a public offense. The Su
premo Court announced that to be the law in
1831, in the ease of er jmrte Kearney. There
has been no legislation since that time to vest
tho Supremo Court with the power of review
in such cases.
A New Order.—Tho Mayor of Macon Jibs
been served with an order from Gen. Bren
nan, declaring that the former, will not in fu
ture be allowed to exercise authority in any
ease in which a freedman is a party. Should
the freedman commit a heinous offense, he is
to bo tried by a military commission; for
petty offenses iie is to be tried before an
agent of the Bureau.
We only hope that the Bureau may prove
as successful in keeping order among the
blacks and administering even-headed jus
tice in all cases where they are concerned, as
our impartial Mayor has.
CHANGE OF COMMANDERS.
Lieut. Col. Josiali Lewis, 176th N. Y. U. S,
Vols., we learn, lias been relieved of the com
mand of the District of Columbus and of
this Post, by his senior Colonel, Bogart. Col.
Lewis lias been in command but n short time
here, but hns shown himself just to our citi
zens in all his dealings with them, and 1ms
exerted himself to promote harmony and
good feeling, and to prevent any clashing of
authority. lie has made friends litre by his
kindly disposition mid gentlemanly bearing
as lie has done in every place where he lias
been stationed. From what we have heard
of Col. Bogart, his successor, through our ex
changes, we trust his stay amongst us may be
as agreeable ns has been that of Col. Lewis.
Our niilitary’conimnnders, by being just and
considerate towards our people, not only
make friends for themselves, but do a great
deal more for the government and country.
Jin. Davis not to be Tried by a Milita-
nr Court.—The Louisville Journal gives the
following assurance: No matter, dear render,
what you see in the papers; Jeff Davis won’i
have a military trial, and he wou’t be convic
ted. And if he were convicted, he would be
pardoned. Though no card player, we
“we speak by the card.”
linvc a clean, loyal record, admit them, and
reject all the others. If there it hut one man
among the iehole lot who remained true to the
Union during the war, thenadmit that one man
and reject dll the balance. If a man remained '
firm against all the pressure that was brought
to bear upon him during tLc existence of the
rebellion lie certainly can bo trusted in.Con-
gress now. He should be at once f admitted,
and tho others sent home for the’people to
send men who have not been disloyal in their
place. It may be said that the Southern peo
ple will return a set ot men in tlieir places
equally obnoxious. If they do, ali that Con
gress has to do in the premises is to refuse to
receive them. If the South are in earnest in
tlieir desire to return to the benefits of the
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
One of the best evidences of a humane
nature is a tender consideration for the health
and comfort of domestic animals, those which
minister to our appetites or arc used in con
ducting the ordinary business vocations of
life. The absence of this sentiment is proof
of a reckless, if not depraved, nature. When
God made the world, he pronounced aU the
workmanship of His hands “good.” Man
was the greatest of the creation, and all the
rest were turned over to him in trust, to be
governed, and not to be abused. Cruelty to
ward any one of these creatures is a violation of
the divine law. It is also evidence of a cow
ardly nature, for the truly brave arc ever gen
erous and kind to those tvliorn they have
completely in their power.
So just is this principle, mid so important
cultivation ; its forsaken sanctuaries need
“preachers of righteousness
And true it is, that forth from Boston comes
a preacher under the auspices of the Boston
Unitarian Association to Charleston to “occu
py,” and because the Charlestonians do not
treat him as kindly as lie wishes, nay as “one
sent from Heaven,” he abandons the “har
dened city,” liics him back to the “Iiub'of all
creation,” creates an immense excitement
against the contumacious city, and propa
gates a vast deal of sectional prejudice.
And so, also, do various religious denom
inations send forward agents to the benighted
South, to preach of “righteousness, temper
ance and judgment to come,” and enable us to
walk in the ways of holiness and the paths of
peace. But how is it in righteous New Eng
land itself? Nay, in that centre of the
Union they will not long persist in sending ’ to the well-being of society, that tho law-giv- of gteady habits”—that “hub” of all
* !p ° — ere have embodied it as a distinguishing fea- civ Hization, enlightment and refinement ?
turc in our municipal code. Cruelty to 1 ^ Boston paper tells that a distinguished
domestic animals is an offense in the eye of Judge of Massachusetts, delivered in Boston,
the law as well as against humanity. A man on Bje a secular lecture, which vari-
in this State has no right to maltreat lii.s oug prom ; aen t individuals graced with their
brute, either by unnecessary infliction of pain, presencc . The subject was:
or tasking him beyond bis powers to endure. iv rho war? 0 f England for the past
And yet, how little thought is given to so J Two Hundred Years, with special reference
important a matter. Most men claim the to the Conduct of the Mother Country to-
riglit to do ns they please with tlieir own; I "’ ard 4bc United States during our late Strug-
nnd if they destroy the life of a horse, a mule, I ° ^ not j (er papcr informs us that another
or an ox, by unfeeling usage, they seem to 8|bbath evening ,. thc iminortal mU3ic 0 f
think it is nobody s business, and feel not * Beethoven’s Fidelio was performed as an ora-
qualm of conscience over the cruel wrong. tori „ at tbc Boston Music Hall . The words
But it t. somebody clse's business, and L „ oratorio « wcre doubtless inserted in the
t is our special purpose in this advertisement in order to evade the provis-
lar writing, to impress that fact forcibly I j ons of a gect|on of chaptcr of the revised
upon the public nund. Nowhere that we 1
Dn. W.u. II. Turpin, a well known drug
gist of Augusta, and nn excellent citizen,
died at Ids residence near that city on Thurs
day last; aged about seventy-six years.
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ETA lot of negroes, eighty-five in nuin
ber, six or eight of whom were over eighty
years of age,and some ten of them from ten to
twelve years old, sold at an average of one
thousand dollars each in Havana.
So says an exchange, on the authority of a
letter to one of the New York papers.—
Now, whore did this Jot of negroes conic
from ? Children from ten to twelve years of
age, ond old men above eighty were liardly
brought all tho way from Africa. lYero they
not most probably n part of the stock in
trade of certain Northern colonization socie
ties, said to have been recently formed 1
Northern Men in the South— A corres
pondent of tho Boston Post, writing from the
South, says: “I feel safe in saying that if the
truth in regard to the condition of the South'
era States, socially and financially, was fully
comprehended by Northern capitalists, tbc
South would be amply supplied with all
needed capital to dcvclopc her wonderful re
sources—resources beyond anything the
North, or even the South, dreamed of before
the war.” no says that when about to start
on liis tour, many friends attempted to
dissuade him from his purpo.-c, urging
that It was personally dangerous for a
Northern man, at the present time, to
travel in tlio South. “Yet,” says he,
“I hare travelen quite extensively in the
South, conversed freely with all classes of
Southern people, with quite as great a sense
of personal safety and comfort as you con
possibly feel in walking from your sanctum
to your house in Boston. Indeed, I feel called
upon to bear 'my testimony to the hearty
cordiality ami uniform kindness with which
I was everywhere received and treated."
Such is no doubt the experience, if not the
confession, of ali Northern men who come
South and lwhave themselves.
Flake’s Bulletin, a thorough Union
paper and government organ, at Galveston,
denounces Gen. Howard’s management of tho
Fi cod man's Bureau, and speaks of him as a
religious hypocrite.
S3T The 1 >at steamer brought the intelli
gence that Prof. Agassiz's exploration of the
main stream of the Amazon alone had result
ed in tho discovery of no less than eleven hun
dred and sixty-three species of fish, which
is a greater number than exist in tho Medite-
renoan.
disloyal men to represent them if Congress
pursues this course. There is no better way
of testing the honesty of their professions
than this. Nor can there be any better guar
antees for the future than by Congress estab
lishing the policy of admitting Union men
only, and rejecting those who took part in
the* rebellion against the government. The
policy now pursued strengthens the old seces
sion party in the South and places the Union
men at the mercy of that class.”
It is not very clear that it the advice of the
Herald should tic followed, it would work any
material change in the statue of whose whom
it is pleased to characterize as the “Union
men” of the South. But we have a word to
say on the merits of its main proposition, viz:
tlint Congress should admit no representative
from the South except those who stood by the
Union throughout the late civil war.
’ We would ask, is this the sort of peace that
the North intends to give the South ? Is it
willing to be on terms of amity and brother
hood only with those citizens of the South
who opposed secession and the war ? Is re
construction to take place on the basis of the
disfranchisement of the great body of the
Southern people 1 What sort of peace will
that be ? llow must the ostracised class feel
toward a government that denies them the
rights, and yet calls upon them to perform
all the duties and bear all the burdens, of
citizens ? Can they feel reconstructed, har
monious ? Put the rule in operation, nnd
what sort of a republic shall we have with
ninety nine hundredths of the whole voting
population of the South incapable of holding
office under their own government ? In point
of fact, the number would be infinitely less
than one in a li u n d r e d. Confine
it to men of capacity, and it would not
be one in a thousand. The great moss of
the Southern people participated in the war
in some form or other, and to say that all
such shall be disfranchised for life, would bo
a great national wrong, under which there
never can be a spirit of loyalty and good
feeling. A man must be more than human
to love a country that lias plcaed him under
a perpetual ban. What sort of opinion can
Northern people have of us when they ex
pcct such things at our hands ?
If every man who took part in the war for
independence is to be incapable of holding
office, what means the close of the war, the
proclamation of pence, the amnesty of the
President ? Are these all solemn mockeries
If the
have been have we witnessed more
of the things they purport to be ?
great body of the Southern people, including
those who took part in the war, arc pardoned,
restored to citizenship, authorized to elect
members to Congress, their Governors nnd
Legislatures and do all other acts that citi
zens may do in a State professedly one of the
United States, why is it that one of these
same individuals cannot act in a represented
| statutes of Massachusetts, which declares that
„ , “no person shall be present at any game,
disregard of more and legal obligation or blicdivtrai except concerts
to animals, than in the city of Macon, and we I / mB# ; „ upon tho evening of the
allude more particularly to the conduct of dfly And so the operatic love-story
draymen in overloading their teams. Through of . Fidclio .> is stylcd an oratorio for tho oc .
deep sand in dry weather and still deeper ^
mud in wet, two diminutive half-starved I And, again a leading Boston journal of the
mules, arc compelled to trudge along with oflth ult., contains the followin:
every sinew nnd muscle taxed to its utmost « Xhe roa<] t0 Brighton yesterday (Sunday)
tension with their immense burthen ot a I was exceedingly animated, as were also the
double dray and six heavy bales of cotton.— suburban hotels. We arc told that at the
Tliissccms to be the load established by cus-1 lending hotel in Brighton there were full
. , . . .. I twenty-five hundred sleighs at one time yes
tom, without regard to the size or strength I terdav afternoon. Tho scene wa3 lively, if
of the animals. Here, leaving out the weight I not interesting. The hair-breadth ’capes
of the dray, we have a burthen of sonic three were numerous, and the speed among the
thousand pounds on these miserable diminu-1 fastest on record. The business at the hotels
.. . , iniii- i i I in the wav of warming-up liquids was highly
tivc animals or a lull load for a four horse l t|sfacto ; y to tbc proprietors thereof. In
team. Under this system of oppression and I sleighing times there are supposed to be no
cruelty, the scenes which we daily witness I Sundays which Jclius are expected to particu-
from our office window, and especially in bad larly observe.”
weather, arc heart-rending. I Thc same paper contained tho following:
Now, all this is discreditable and wrong,! “A popular Sabbath text: ‘2-40 and tail
and if thc city has no ordinance on the subject, • ovcr 4bc dasher.
Committee in favor of thc admission of any
of the Tennessee delegation to a scat in the
House. They have taken a large amount
of evidence, the greater portion of which is
to the effect that a majority of the people of
that State arc disloyal. The Senate Commit
tee, however, have examined only those who
are employed by the Freedmen’s Bureau and
others who are earnestly opposed to the ad
mission of any Southern men. At the same
time, there is no doubt but that a good ninny
BcpnbJicans in the House, at least, arc ready
to vote for the admission of the Tennessee
delegation
The question of levying a duty of ten per
cent, on cotton to be exported, with a draw
back of three or five per cent, on cotton re
tained for home consumption, will be intro
duced into the House in a few days, in the
shape of a bill to that effect. It is said that
it meets the approval of several of the mem
bers of the Ways and Means; Committee.
A Washingtion special to the New York
Express says: “It is rumored here, and be
lieved, that the President will soon issue a
proclamation declaring the rebellion at an
end, the war over, nnd the Constitution and
Government restored to all the States of the
Union.”
The Senate Committee on Territories are
considering the question of extending the
boundary of the State of Nevada, so as to in
elude the greater portion of the territory of
Utah. The Committee favor this legislation
in order to get rid of the admission of Utah
into the Union as a State.
Thc people of Utah arc urging tho passage
of an enabling act, so as to allow them to
take steps for their admission.
The House passed, on Friday, the bill giv
ing actual settlers on the public lands in the
South eighty acres, mineral lands only being
excepted. No distinction on account of race or
color is allowed. No other business of im
portance was transacted.
A special to the New York Commercial
says, that the French Emperor’s speech gives
general satisfaction. The strictest neutrality
will continue to be preserved by our Govern
ment, and thc issue between Maximilian and
Juarez must be alone decided by Mexicans on
Mexican soil
A Measure of Iniquity.—A quart bottle
holding little more than a pint.
83?“ A good motto for an auctioneer:—
Come when you are bid, and bid when you
come.
23F“ What reason is tliere to suppose that
Anunins never told a lie ? Because he was
borne out by the bystanders.
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JSP” “That’s the last attempt to introduce
cotton into Turkey,” said a wag on seeing an
old gobbler trying to swallow a cotton string.
33?“ If the Doge of Venice were to lose
his sight, what usetul article would he be con
verted into ? A Venitian blind.
“Have you any original poetry in
your album, Miss Jenkins ? “No; but some
of my friends have favored me with very
original spelling.”
instant,
we call upon council to pas? one at their |
next meeting and correct the evil. Thc load
of each cart, dray and wagon should be reg
ulated by special enactment, nnd the police
specially instructed to report every violation
over
Pious New England!
Immaculate Boston ! Irreproachable Mas
sachusetts!
We have seen how she practices', now let
us see how she preaches. We quote from the
Ilound Table, which tells us that the revised
of the law. Under this system a cruel prnc-1 s tntuti*s of Massachusetts, in its first section
ticc will be abolished, our noble beasts of provides that “no person shall keep open his
burthen will be properly eared for, quite os L hopf warehouse, or workhouse, or shall do
much work will be done, ami nobody will be L ny lnanncr of j al)or> business, or work, ex-
harmed. I ccpt any works of necessity or charity, or be
Two Views of Gen. Howard.—The editor present at any dancing, or any public diver
of the Worcester (Massachusetts) Spy is a'Irion, show or entertainment, or take part in
member of Congress, and a letter from Wash-1 any sport, game, or play on the Lord’s day.”
ington to his paper, dated December 27,I Thc second section provides “that no person
shows that a favorite Radical idea is to di-1 shall travel on the Lord’s day, except from
vide the lands of the white men of the South necessity or charity.” The third section pro
among thc negroes by n military decree. The I vides “that no inn-holder, retailer of spiritu-
letter says: J ous liquors, or other person keeping a house
Nothing can be more evident to any obscrv- of public entertainment, shall entertain any
ant student of Southern affairs, than that the persons, not being travellers, strangers or
vast landed monopoly which slavery built up ]od rs : n house on the Lord’s day, or
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being required to choose lietwcen giving each I abide or remain in his house,. or m thc yards,
The World’s Washington special says:—
The Canadian officials, before they left, threw
out some hints that if the reciprocity treaty
were allowed to expire without some action
on the question of the fisheries, it might lead
to serious difficulties. Under treaty stipula
tions, if thc reciprocity treaty expires, we are
limited to a very small margin in the waters,
and if our fishermen go beyond that limit
thev will be forced back.
tire capacity? If he is disloyal for thc latter, I slave, head of a family, five acres of land or orchards, or fields appertaining to the same
fnrmnr i „„„ I an endowment with the ballot, I think I drinking or spending their time idly or at
✓Dyke's Station Burnt. —We lean) that
the freight depot at Dyke’s Station, on thc
Macon & Brunswick Railroad, nine miles off,
was destroyed by fire on Saturday night last
One account, states that the contents were ; ua *c the government tonnea by / oar fathers.
why not disloyal for the former ? Can any
human being give a reason tlint will satisfy
even himsclt? What inconsistency!
What is to be thc test of loyalty for the fu
ture? The States will lie admitted as loyal
—liow can they be so nnd the people disloy
al ? What is a State politically but
the people who inhabit it? Are
we to understand that they arc
stored to their places in the Union because
of a belief in the loyalty of the great body ot
their citizens, or of the very few who refused
to take part in thc attempt at dismember
ment? Certainly not on account of thc lat
ter. What evidence, then, are citizens of thc
South expected to give of tlieir honest deter
mination to support the government t They
have laid down their arms, acknowledged
their defeat, pledged themselves to abide by
it, taken thc oath of allegiance to the United
States, nnd complied with all the conditions
that have been named ns essential to restora
tion—what more can be expected of honora.
bio men, nnd why is it tliat they arc not to lie
believed ? If they arc to be trusted in every
thing else, why not to represent their people
in official positions? Is it to be the policy of
the Government to regard everybody who
took part in tile war as disloyal and unsound I
We shall have a delightful system of republi
canism under this wholesale proscription.
The North docs but little credit to its own
moral sentiment when it thus distrust every,
body and is incapable of appreciating the
honor and good faith of Southern men who
have borne arms for thc independence of tlieir
section.
It is a libel on the Southern people to say
that they have chosen men to represent them
in Congress on account of their disloyalty.—
So far as this State is concerned, they were
chosen for their ability, their high honor us
gentlemen, and with tho firm assurance
that they accepted the results of tho war in
good faith, and would use their utmost efforts
in Congress to restore harmony ami perpet-
Ktved, and that the lire was accidental; an- ! Thc people of the North can rightfully expect
other, that everything was burnt, and that the i more at our hands, and so iar as wo are - — - * — ,. — „ ,
fire mi the work of an incendiary.—Hank- I concernod our state might be excluded from provided thev are allowed to have their own ^ys are in such a dilapidated state that no
iVt.'.i/i? _ . .... , firp pfin hp nviiln r<*nnpp vnur nntirtnnMjfa
spending tlieir time idly or at
should have chosen thc land and left the suf-1 p i ay or j n doing anv secular business.”
frnce to come, as it surely will. This trims-1 y f ’, .. , .. , „ r .
for from slavery to‘free landed proprietor-1 ® I| hidm 0 Massachusetts. O fit
ship, could have been inaugurated by the teachers of morality, public order and de-
Freedmen’s Bureau. That it would liaVe | cency !
been is evident from General Howard's re-1 * .... *” - —
port, had not the President's policy interfer- 5^ What reason the Government could
ed, first cramped, and ultimatelv destroyed I '-i ave tor preserving and perpetuating the lns-
any hopes thereof * * tory of a defunct traitorous faction, we can-
T„c T |££E£| ££££
monwealth, having nothing better to do, writes ; ts ac tors so justly command.—Sat. Adter~
as follows: I tiser.
“Gen. Howard has put his foot into I If the Advertiser intended that this lan-
it again,’ to use a homely but expressive <ni a <rc charncterizirg the people of the South
phrase. He went to the annual resurrection f i.„ „„„
of that fossilized piece of pro-slaveiyism- m l . hc ,atc war shou,< ! ,,c understood as con-
tho American Colonization Society. In a vcymg its own sentiments, we cannot but
speech there he committed lnuiseif in favor express our surprise.
of colonization as the key to the colored I If it simjily meant to represent thc views
man’s future! Since then he has lent his Q f Southern people, it should, in
sanction to a scheme, got up by one of its . .. . . ,,,
subordinates, to purchase one-half of the justice to itself;as well as to others,should have
Stutc of Florida, for the purpose of negro set- j been more cautious and expressed itself so
tlcments. Is 'Gen. Howard weak-minded ? clearly that its intention could not be a matter
Can’t he-lcam the new thought, or unlearn 0 f doubt,
the old? It seems not. He is full of good I ' —
intentions, without doubt: but y.ou know the The Buck Cloud at the Capitol.—The
old proverb as to the pavement of a certain Washington correspondent of the Charleston
P* 006- ^ I Daily News writes:
EF“A northern newspaper correspondent The negroes are gradually becoming ira-
writesas follows* pressed with the idea that Congress devotes
“I commend these few words, “d— n tho aU £‘‘ 9 * imc t 'j eln - ''i Uic1 !-’ of ~“ r4C * “ a
• i- <*,_ a „r„ I correct one, and they, therefore, fill up the
ni ?D crs ’ . , c , ‘ n * .. I rrallcrics of both Senate aud House to such
conduct through thc South—passwords ot 1,1 4 ,
admission to the masonic fraternity of subju- “ f* 1 ™ 1 ^“>uruwd out thc white people.
. , - ... , <n In the Senate this has become such a nuisance
gated^c2- ‘’D—n thc n.^ere^ .u s ^ eyen 1;tUliiies (>f Republican Senators
« not obtkin seats during the session—
drii k ” P ' rtlWnC8 !Hke<l t0 tak, a |Thc Vice Prepdent pro tem* has. therefore,
‘ r 1 . , .... . I sot amirt a portion of the Senate galleries ex-
To tins the Montgomery Mail very truth- clu9i v e j v f ( \ r A e freedmon. In the House,
fully replies that “if these itinerant pedlars I however, they crowd in each day until one
of lies believe that the people of the South 1 side ot the spaSous galleries for the whole
cannot properly appicciatc such attempts to l cn pl^ ofthe House is black as nigh*. Scv-
. ‘ ... A , „ oral members hare alluded to the fact that
gam recognition, they are woefully mista- theM ncgrocs a „ enabled to tomo here bc-
ken.” Wo have, ourselves, frequently heard j cause they are supported in idleness by the
this exclamation of “d n tho niggers,” | Freedmen’s Bunin.
bat only tram Northern men who have come > —_ . , , ,
„ , : , , ,.. ill Z3P A veiy earned and compassionate
South since the close of the war, and we have j udge j n Texas, in passing sentence on John
never failed to rebuke it. No doubt many of Jones, who had been convicted of murder,
them would like to damn the poor creatures concluded his remarks as lollows: “The fact
in order to get them out of their wav, but that ttfc Court did not intend to
, . .j-,- ,i . , „ order you to be executed before next spring;
there is no such feeling on the part of South- but tb J c weather |, vcry , cold . our jai , t W° r !
cm men. They pity the desolate creatures, tunatcly, is in a very bad condition; much of
and intend to do the licst possible for them, the glass in the windows is broken, thc cliim-
Milfobd, Georgia, >
February 8th, 1866. (
For the last four or five days the heavens
Jiave been hung with black. And, notwith
standing, during the time, it was unusually
cold, thc rain poured down in torrents, cov
ering our land in minature ocean of water,
and swelling small streams into considerable
rivers. To-night, however, the star-gemmed
sky bears not a trace of clouds. We are all
pursuing our daily avocations quietly, save
now and then, a fellow from the country pays
us a visit, and expends too mucli currency for
'•'•pine top," producing in him a very warlike
spirit, much to the amusement of ye little
Africans, and the little, free, white urchins—
So-called—naught disturbs our equilibrium.
We hnve had several cases of smallpox,
recently, in our county.
In Early county, I learn that two epidemics
are raging to almost an alarming extent—
small pox and marrying. Sixty cases of thc
former was reported to me to-day, attending
with but little fatality, however, and confin
ed principally to the negroes. But of the
latter, there arc numberless cases reported fa
tal to both male and female. We anticipate
this last mentioned disease to break out
amongst us before many days. Symptoms of
an alarming nature begin to present them
selves. A few pleasant cloudless days, and
inoonshinny nights will cause it to break
out Weil, nothing like it.
The wheat, oats, and rye crops look prom
ising. The farmers say that the sca:on for
small grain has been, so far, excellent
Thc freedinen in this and adjoining coun
ties, seem to be doing very well, indeed. The
planters are not as well supplied with them
as they wish to lie. Many large farms are
lying out for want of hands to cultivate
them.
The proposition to place an additional tax
of five per cent, on cotton, does not meet the
approbation of its producers. ( In conse
quence, thereof, many of them will plant less
of the “snowy staple.” < Cabbie.
“I wish yoa would pay a little atten
tion to wliat I am saying, sir,” roared an irate
lawyer to an exasperating witness. “Well, I
am paying as little as I cau,” was the calm
reply.
F”“What a blcssin’ whisky punch
would be to the human family if there never
wasn’t no to-morrow momin’!” said an old
toper, who was “enjoying” his customary
headache after a night’s debauch.
An old lady living in Jersey City late
ly refused to let her ncice dance with a young
graduate of Princeton because she heard that
lie was a bachelor of arts, whereby she un
derstood him to be an artful bachelor.
“Bill, you young scamp, if you liad
your due you’d get a good whipping.” “I
know it, daddy, but bills are not always paid
when due.” The agonized father trembled
lest his hopeful son should be suddenly
snatched from him.
A man with eleven daughters was
lately complaining that lie found it hard to
live. “You must husband your time,” said
another, “and then you will do well enough.”
“I could do much better,” was the reply, “if
I could husband my daughters.”
Mr. Sliggs, reading that “it has been
decided in the Court of Queen’s Bench in
Dublin, that a clergyman of the Church of
England can legally marry himself,” observed
that might be very well as a measure of econ
omy : but that even in tho hardest times lie
should prefer to marry a woman.”
An association for the purpose of
promoting personal cleanliness by swimming
and bathing, with a view to keep the cholera
at bay when hot weather sets in, had its first
social meeting the other night. The mem
bers were so devoted to the cause, that lie-
of Representatives on the 6th
make the following extract
Mr. Rousseau, rising to a privileged nn„
toon, read from the remarks of Mr. Grinn c i!
of Iowa, made yesterday, as follows: “m :
tory repeats itself. I cannot say whether *h
gentleman (Mr. Rousseau) was fouryenrs inti!
war on the Union side or four years on th
other side—but I say that he degraded h *
State, and uttered a sentiment I thought un*
worthy of au American officer, when Sc said
that he would do such an act on the complaint
of a negro against him.” Only this much
was read, hut the preceding remark, to which
this referred, was as follows: “The honor,
able gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rouss!
can) declared on Saturday, as I caught his
language, that if lie were arrested on the
complaint of a negro and brought before one
of the agents of this Bureau, when be became
free lie would shoot him.”
Mr. Rousseau said: “I prounbuncc the as
sertion that I have degraded myself as a
false, foul slander, and unworthy to be uttered
by a gentleman on this floor.” *
Mr. Grinnell—I referred to the gentleman’s
remarks as I understood them, the gentleman
having withheld them from the Globe. I had
desire to do him injustice. I criticised the gen
tleman’s language,hand I stand by that criti
cism. If I did not* correctly represent what
he said, I beg pardon
Mr. Rousseau—My object was not to get an
apology, but to say what I Lave said.
Mr. Grinnell—The gentleman’s language is
no offense. I stand on my rights as a mem
ber of this House, nnd discharge my duties
as I umderstand they should he discharged.
When I criticised the language of the gentle
man from Kentucky, I did so from a sense of
duty, and I thought that language unworthy
of an American officer nnd of his own State.
Mr. Rousseau—I understand that the gen
tleman is a preacher of the Gospel; and yet
he lacks charity toward ali men. I am a new
member of this House, and have endeavored
to behave with the utmost courtesy. It does
come with exceedingly bad grace frrtn the
gentleman who slept in safety while others
were fighting on the battle-fields, to make
such a remark concerning tne. He conld not
exercise the most ordinary charity; hut when
a gentleman had gone out of his scat, he got
up to insult him, contrary to thc rules of the
House.
Mr. Grinnell—I have only to say thc gen
tleman has paraded his profession of arms
before this House. I have not paraded mine.
The gentleman says I am a clergyman. I
have to answ er, I was a man before I was a
minister. I claim to be a man and an Amer
ican citizen. I am not ashamed of my origin
and profession, and I stand by my constitu
ents, my principles and my country.
PHYSICIAN, HEAL THYSELF t
- .. _ , , ... It was only a short time since that the New
Ti r k ' i,obiic * n) - rt,d
wine they managed to keep themselves above | theSouthern press a lecture on intemperance of
water. expression that w*as calculated to widen thc
A Death-Bed Comforter.—A gentleman breach between the two sections. Thc Daily
lying on the death-bed, called his coachman, News, in the annexed article reads the Times
who had been an old servant, and said: All! a lecture on the same subject, and shows how
Tom, I am going a long and rugged journey wel i it is deserved. It savs:
—worse than ever you drove me.” “Oh ! ‘-Docs not the editor of the Times think
dear sir, replied the tellow—lie having been that the dav has come wherein it is no longer
an indiflerent master—“never let that discour- decent) or politic, or honorable to apply the
age you, for it is all down hill. ’ I epithet of “pirate” to the brave and high-spir-
More than One—A son of Neptune, who ited Captain of the Alabama ? The President
was in the habit of quarreling with his bet-1 °f the United States and the Secretary ofthe
ter-lialf, was one day remonstrated with bv I Navy have by their action, admitted teat they
the minister of the parish, who told him hold that officer guiltless of piracy. God
that lie and liis wife ought to live ou more knows that if he had been guilty of any act,
amicable terms, as they were both one. “One!” w hich the ingenuity of Holt, or thc_ zeal of
said the old salt shifting his quid. “If you I Speed, could have hoped to torture into pi-
should come by the house sometimes, blow f a cy, even to the eager apprehension of a Mil-
my tarry top-lights, if you wouldn’t think itary or Naval Commission, the brave old Ad-
thcre were about twenty. miral would not be now fretting in prison un-
| der a charge of “a violation of the laws of
A Shrewd Schoolboy. A few days ago, a W ar.” The verv fact that lie has been arrest-
young schoolmistress in the country was tak- ed upon S ucli charge shows that the Govern
ing down the names and ages of her scholars, men t justly holds him as a duly commissioned
at the commencement ofthe term. She asked 0 fg cer G f a belligerent power. Whoever heard
a little white headed boy : “ Bub, how old of a pirate bei ° tried for » a violation of one
are you ?” He said: “My name ain’t Bub ; 0 f tb ^ j awg of pi
it’s John.” -‘Well” said the schoolmistress,! since then, the Government, of which Thc
Port of Charleston.—The Daily News
says:
“The Import trade of Charleston for thc 1st
month of the year 1866, exhibits a very large
increase compared with the previous month
since the opening of the port in July 1855.—
We feel great pleasure iu announcing the fact
that the total amount received from customs
during the month of January is $73,121 78—
being an increase of upward of one hundred
per cent, over thc previous month, making
the monthlv average of customs nearly $25,-
000.
men to school any ; he s too big to go to | does it become the editor of that journal to
sc.iool.” “Well, liow old are you ? “I am 11 persist in the foul wrong of continuing to
old at all; I m young. (call him a pirate? Does The Times desire
How TO Win a Wife.-A widow of a ??!'perpetuatethe feelings of distrust and dis-
Frencli officer who lost his wife at the assault lke w,tl | «. h,ch Southern people natural-
of Malakoff lias chosen a second husband. r . e S ar ‘ those whol.ave successulywaged
after a somewhat eccentric fashion, arising ?f»" s t them>a relentless_and destructive war'
eitner from a material disposition, or the diffi- “ not - F 1 '? doc9 14 P'™ st wrong ng thus,
culty of a selection between no less than ten thosc aredearest to 4hat f eopl f°,P*
sighing aspirants for her hand. Madame *>”***’ trampled upon, and outraged by the
C—Invited the ten gentlemen to breakfast vulgar rage of the fanatics who have seized
at her country villa, and having thus united u P on 4, * c Congress^and dominate the Gov-
her suitors, informed them that she would crmr.cnt tlie.se Southern people are, for that
unite herself to thc one who would hold in reason - 4l } c mor H. sensitive to these assaults
liis hand a watch for her to fire at and break upon the honor of those, whose noble, danng
with a pistol, at twenty paces. Nine of the and brilliant achievements illustrated their
party didn’t care to run the risk exacted by "* ar for ^dependence. These men are their
this feAale Travis; but the tenth, a young P er » ea and . tlu;,r ld ? 8 > aad every wrong done
merchant, courageously determined to fulfill 40 4hea ' oal .y embi ters the South and oefers
the condition imposed.' Madame C loaded *'™ restoration of that good feeling beU een
her pistol, and forthwith went into the gar- d > e sections, wh.di is essential to thc pros-
den, followed by the company. The twenty P 4 ?! 4 * of as a !* D , ocs 14 no4 V° ur ;
paccs were measured, the merchant her ^ n»l like The Times to recognize this fact, and
nulled out his watch, crallantlv refusinn one to governed by it,
pulled out his watch, gallantly refusing one
much larger than a franc offered by the lady,
and fearlessly assumed his place. The ania-
TIIE WOMAN EVERYWHERE.
An observer of prison-life writes: The first
zon took deliberate aim, bang went the pis- J sentiment of the female convict that gains ex
tol, and down tumbled the watch, pierced to pression is regard for her personal appearance,
the cap. The gentleman, unbanned by the The cutting of her liair calls forth curses and,
adventure, married the rich lady and bought perhaps tears and wheedling entreaties, some-
a new time piece. j times the fiercest resistance. She may have
plotted murder, may have poisoned lier own
OsTRicn Huntino In Algeria.—With a | child without the quiver of an eye-lid, but
ill* Jf.spateh^ j Q ongrcss f or a thousand years before wo
g3j>“ Wo hoc thc following toast going the I would reverse our action and send represen-
r.muU bf tiie papers: “Woman: now and for-1 tatives to suit other people and not ourselves
ever, one and insufferable." Then, let Congress repeal its odious Test
j Oath which excludes a whole generation of
A Turnip weighing nino and a quarter Southern men from participation in the gov-
pottnda, from tho plantation of Mr. W. Dan- ernme nt, and must make them alien enemies
h i, Green county, is on cxibition in Augusta. for B f c The men who can take it are not
k J9BJ* The gambUng^stabiisiiments of New one io4a « d '"ore reliable than those
I' iivc been suppressed by order of who cannot, nnd its utter abrogation is csscn*
^Gen. Sheridan. Tbc Mayor is remonstrating tial to the restoration of liberty and free gov-
i.gainsr this interference, nnd un appeal to the" ernment, as it is to harmony and equality
Prreaident is threatened. between thc sections. In thc language of tho
way and the negro is not eomSble;"^Uto^
by the legislation ot his professed friends. | number of prisoners, not more than one
. - blanket can be illowed to each; to sleep
^?T^ en ‘ »ound *nd comfortable, therefore, is out of
Artillery on Gen. Lee s sta , i. * bupenn- Lj, e question. In consideration of these cir-
tendent of the James River and Kanawha cums tAuces, and wishing to lessen your suffer-
canal. lie is son-in-la w ot the late General j ug3 ll3 m uch as possible, the Court, in thc ex-
bumner, L. A,, and Ins wic i» a niece °i I creise of its humane compassion, hereby or-
Scnator bumner. The late war W to a | ( | er8 you to be executed to-morrow morning,
greater extent a war ot breturen. than ] ^ a ft er brealefast as may be convenient
many were disposed to admit. j to the Sheriff and agreeable to you.”
girls
-gf” Three hundred pretty girls dance
almost nude in one of the theatres in Paris.
The public is said to bo “shocked,” and ask,
“Where are the police f”
If Brigham Young’s 100 wives favor their
lord with curtain lectures, what must be thc
nature of Young’s Night Thoughts ? asks the
Philadelphia Press.
good revolver, a pair of full-blooded hounds, she cannot submit to tbc indignity of bavin"
liaving plenty of tongue and not too much j her locks reduced by the shears of the Peni-
speed, aud a borse safe on bis legs and light J tentiarv. It is one of the most serious duties
in hand, a man might have an unlimited J to check her love.of display. A .woman ap-
amount of sport at boars in Algeria. But if I peared on a certain day with brilliantly paint-
lie aspire to rarer-game, there is the lion,' the e d cheeks; the whole ward was at once rest-
panther, the gazelle, thc buzzard, and the less with envy and curiosity; the cmfcellish-
ostrich in the Tell anu Sahara of that coun- ment was a decided success, and the secret
try. The chase of the ostrich is held in high irritated the feminine mind almost beyond
estimation, ond is only followed by the Arab endurance, "'here was no coloring matter
aristocrat, who makes long and expensive I about the building at any point to which the
preparations for its enjoyment. For some woman had access. At last the secret was
weeks before the time appointed for the found out. The woman was at work on blue
sport, thc Arab feeds and trains liis horses I cotton shirts, through which a red stripe ran;
with special care; and unless their wind and I she would pull out, here and there, threadsof
condition are perfect, they stand no chance tl' e re d, soak them in water, and thus make
with the ostrich, he runs them out of sight, her rouge. Other women scrape the whiting
There is a curious point of similarity be- from the walls and grind it fine for powder
tween the English sportsman and the aris- for the face. The style of the female convict
, tocrat of the Sahara; he rides liis second dresses is highly distasteful to the wearers.—
During the last month Fred. Douglas ]j or8e j n the chase, of the ostrich as the other The waist is immediately under the arms, and
stopped at a hotel in Maine, but was refused d< j eg j n that of the fox. But, it anything, he I there is anything but a fullness of outline to
4lira ninnor tolila tlin nrn. I . . . . . . 1 . " . I a.1 A A* .l _ 1 1 a._
the landlord that they would not condescend
to sit at thc same table with a black man.—
Yet these arc the very people who insist that
the negroes of the South must be placed on
thc same footing socially and politically with
the whites.
pg* Photographic albums, with musical
boxes concealed in the cover, arc at pres
ent a novelty in Ltmdon.
fg* The most remarkable costume at the
recent “Tiger Ball” in New York was that of
a foreign lady for whom it was made express
ly to bo worn on that occasion. The dress
was of a soft brown plush, striped like a tiger
skin, with lumiuous yellow bands; it was
made long, but clasps in the form of tiger’s
claws fastened it up short enough for dancing.'
The lady’s hair, which matched tho tawny
strips, hung in uncombed waves to her waist,
and her only ornament was a collar of plain
gold about the neck.
pgj^Quecn Victoria is reported as shocked
at discovering that the Prince and. Princess
of Wales smoke cigarettes together in a little
blue satin sanctum calicd the smoking room.
This pernicious and reprehensible practice
was taught her royal highness by her scape
grace husband—and, horrible to say, she
likes it!
l~eT~ If the clothes of the Radicals in Con
gress were patched as much as they propose
to patch the Constitution, they would look
like a gang of Italian beggars.
[Louisville Journal.
running ot liis game, that he rarely i . _ .
mount; whereas thc European makes a bail sheets, into a full petticoat; she would have
cast frequently, and as frequently finds his a ue ' v prison-dress at night, ' and before thc
second horse half beaten by the bad manage- next morinng appear in a neat, long-waisted
ment of the groom. When the ostrich tires flowing robe, fitting beautifully over a pair of
down in the chase, thc rider strikes him with stays, no stay bones allowed in the prison,
a sharp tap on his featherless head, and at The windows of some of the cells had wire
once deprives him of life, a small stick being | nettings before them, and from these she had
his sole weapon. A Kous-Koussou, surmount-1 taken stiffness to furnish substitutes for bones,
ed by cutlets taken from the breast of the The wires were so taken out that their ab-
ostrich, is thc royal dish of the desert. sence was not easily noticed. One Sunday
|l I she tainted away in cliurcb, the victim of tight
— „ nr lacing, and her trick was detected.
. T " E ^ 1 ?,F J ‘ Witness.-** William, T hb same woman invented a ,.omade from
look! Tel us William, who made you ? Do tho of bcr din and wi { h this would
you know ? William who was considered app & in tbe mor ning with lier hair rolled
a fool screwed up his face and looking very ^ bighcst style 0 f flasll art No nva ge
thoughtful and somewhat bewildered slowly L ould ya] b ue a ;' cce of gla8B more than does
answered: “Moses, I /poses.” “That will the fe male coa 4 ict Sll « will brcak ber wJ „.
d0 » J«» d Councilor Gray, addressing the ; d dcp i ore tbe accident an d cunningly
Court; “the witness says hesupposes tbatMo- hidc bi f of the , ass shc managc310 smoke
ses made him. That certainly is an intelligent „ on one aide or b putg a black doth behjnd,
answer-more than I supposed him capable | and she bas a One night when the
of giving: for it shows that he had some faint officcr j bcr roanda a f tcr bed t ; me .
idea of Scripture; but I. must submit that it w hen a lighted candle, she was startled to
is not sufficient to entitle him to bo sworn as - -
a witness capable of giving evidence.” “Mr.
Judge,” said thc fool, “may I ax the lawyer
a question?” “Certainly,” said the judge.—
“Wall, then, Mr. Lawyer, who do you sup
pose made you ?” Varon, I s'posc,” said
Counsellor Gray, imitating the witness. Af
ter the mirth had somewhat subsided, the wit
ness drawled out: “Wall, neou, we do read
see a delicate woman at their grating, who
begged a word with her, having something
on her mind, she said. The matron drew near
and listened. The woman began in a mourn
ful strain, then darted her skinny arm through
the grating and snatched some of tLe melted
tallow from the candle. “It’s only just a scrap
of fallow for my hair, Miss.” she said ; it do
get awful rough without fat, to be sure. And
in the good book that Aaron once madea calf, I j> m very much obliged to you, Miss. God
but who d a thought the critter got m here? | b ]essyou.” And she went chuckling to her
— | bed .
The judge ordered tho witness to be sworn.