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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAEH.
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THE CIVIL BIGHTS BILL.
tv:, important measure, which has just
lbotli houses of Congress and now
K,,scrutiny of the President, will bo
lW *‘. S o!1 ti,is page. Wo have neither the
' 0m nor the inclination to discuss its merits,
, r ; v ing it to the public we would at
181 xpiess the hope that the President will
T 1 fjt his sanction. The leading object of
“Vn-tbo civil enfranchisement of the ne-
W ’' ina y be; in itself, unobjectionable, but
^-inc such a measure Congress, to our
“P®i '. 4 pearly guilty of an encroachment on
““^ ’rvctl rights of the States. In the mat
. 0 f .lomestic government there can be no
„• r ; common to both the Federal and
... Governments, and the bill before us is
!* part and parcel of a wicked conspiracy
Li lith all powers in Congress and leave
* i ?t . )tcs impotent^ thus changing the whole
•cture of the Government Congress has
^jiiore power to legislate for the' negro in
states and settle his domestic relations,
n ], as to legislate similarly for the white
. which no one in the past has contended
T The Legislature of Georgia has just
.,.,1 a law of twenty lines that cov-
the whole grounl of negro cnfranchise-
, t an 1 they did it in the belief that they
; exercising a power that rested in the
. lt es alone. It is certain that cither the
, e or Federal Government lias been guilty
•• usurpation. Who will say that Georgia
regulating the civil rights of her own
itizens!
riiE WEBSTER COUNTY PRESENT-
1 MENTS.
In presenting tins document, together with
he charge of Judge John T. Clarke, on the
late of the country before our readers, we
vouU take occasion to give expression to our
pproval, and even admiration, of the rc-
aarks of his Honor. They are not only writ*
3, with great ease and grace of style, but
re admirable alike for their patriotism and
nanly chivalry. We wish every man at the
; ou( li could feel and speak as he docs on the
reat questions of the day.
Some time ago, wc stated that the' South
!md gone ns far as she could with honor in
be performance of her part of the work of
reconstructing the Union—that any further
ooeession would be wrongful to her self-re-
pect and manhood, and could only bo dc-
uamled by those who are resolved to debase
mil degrade her. Judge Clarke, we are glad
a see. takes the same ground. He calls up-
n all the people of the South to respect the
Jot mment, obey the laws, and keep down
I : ry rising feeling of resistance to present
lordships, but yield not to another condi.
I;,,n that may bo prescribed for our admis-
■ion to equal rights in the Union. We
l iaT e gone far enough, and better stay
I of Congress for twenty years than go in
L Jhumblo suppliants nt the feet of rad
ial faction. We inay suffer some in interest
I y tliis course of action, but we shall at least
I V me out in the end with our honor untar-
liihetl and with the respect of mankind. If
lie arc taxed without representation, others
responsible for the outrngo on free gov-
nunent, and wo have the consolation of
^Knowing that we submit to it because wc have
Tso power to resist
I Judge Clnrko faithfully represents the peo-
ftile of the South when he says they have'
t ibandoned all thought of separation and arc
incercly solicitous to harmonize with their
-ate foes and form a compact political union
1[ or all time. IUs testimony on this point is
rorth all tho prejudiced statements that have
>ecn given in before the Reconstruction Com-
nlttce liy interested military and'bureau offi-
ials, who, in point of fact, know but little of
ur people and their sentiments. But we
rally do not think the South ought to trou-
lc licrself much further on this point The
ourso of tho majority in Congress was pre
determined, and they are steeled against con-
iction. It if simply, with them, a question
ifpower, and they intend to retain it until
key arc choked off or driven out by the bay-
net. the alleged disloyalty of the South be
rg only a pretext for tlicir usurpations.—
ne agree with Judge Clarke that the Presi
dent is pledged to put down this “rebellion”
.gainst the Union, and that the public would
Main him in any means he might find it
ecessnry to employ.
I
Funv Fingers.—A novel, by Anna Cora
htcliio, author of “The Autobiography of an
Uctre<s," "Mimic Life,” “Twin Roses!” “Ar-
poad,” “Fashion,” &c., &c., New York;
jf'arleton, Publisher.
A New book by this charming writer,
I'rimm everybody loves, was a welcome an
nouncement to the Southern public. Until
how, however, this immediate community has
not enjoyed the intellectual treat of perusing
(*• in answer to numerous inquiries, we
vould state that a supply lias been received
nt the !>ook store of J. W. Burke & Co. We
uhall hurry through our copy, and endeavor
|i:i a day or two to give a candid opinion of
It he work.
Mr. Seward's Opinions From n Wash
ington dispatch to the Philadelphia Inquirer,
' e learn that in a recent conversation with a
grading member of the Pennsylvania Con-
sional delegation, Secretary Sewdrd said
[there was not a rebel to-day in the whole
country, and ho should not use the word;
I*hat he was in favor of tho admission of tho
kntire l>ody of Southern members, just as
[they arc, and of the repeal of the test oath.
Cou James M. Chambers.—Wo much re-
Igtet to learn, says the Columbus Enquirer, of
l.' csterday. that this estimable rtnd generally
lUloved citizen lias been stricken with para*
llysis of one side, and is in a critical condi-
| u, 'n. We leant that he was attacked at an
jiuly hour on Monday morning, and that,
111 ough speechless, he was sensible yesterday,
piid seemed to bo calmly and resignedly con-
iKioas of his condition.
Question for Gen. Grant.—We per-
rive that the negro orator, Fred. Douglass,
I m»de a violently abusive speech against the
ll'reaident qt Alexandria, Ya., under the pro-
Indian of the Military, who escorted him to
|tkc Hall. Now, if white editors in the
pouth&m States are not allowed to attack the
■government “in any of its branches,” upon
j'vhat show of reason is this Northern negro
I “'lowed to do it, and even protected in the
loot? Wc hope the question will bo consid-
Iwdacivil one.
The Chilians seem to be in high favor
I with English capitalists. The loan of£450,000
■ '•liich waa pnt npon the London market was
liaken at a premium of 2 to 3 1-3 percent, and
ia moat significant, eight times the sum
l^kod for was offered. As is well known,
not borrow a dollar in nny mo-
ItJJ? * n the world on account of her
|!i repudiation of all the foreign loans
KKJo f™ cr, y ne 8°riatcd. Little Chili is
The bill, as it has passed both Houses and
will be presented to tbe Pacsident for bis sig
nature, is as follows:
Sec. 1. Tlint, all persons born in the Unit
ed States, nnd not subject to any .fore gn
E owcr, excluding Indians not taxed, are here-
y (fbclarcd to bo citizens of tho United
State ; nnd snch citizens of every race and col
or, without regard to any previous condition
of slavery or involuntary servitude, except as
a punishment of crime whereof the party shall
have been duly convicted, shall have the same
right in every State and Territory, to make
and enforce contracts, to sue, to be sued, be
parties and give evidence, to inherit, purchase
lease, sell, hold and convey real and person
al propecty, and to be entitled to full and
equal benefits of all laws and proceedings for
the security of persons and property, as is en
joyed by white citzens, and shall be subject
to like punishment, pains and penalties, and
to none other, any law, statue, ordinance, reg
ulation or custom to the contrary notwith
standing. • A
Sec. 2. And that any person who under
color of any law, statue, ordinance, regulation
or custom, shall subject, or cause to be sub
jected, any inhabitant of any State or Terri
tory, to tbe deprivation of any right secured
or protection by this act, or to punishment,
pains and penalties on account of such per
son having at any time been held in a condi
tion of slavery or involuntary servitude, .ex
cept for the punishment of crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, or by
reason of his color or race, than is prescribed
for the punishment of white persons, shall he
deemed .guilty of a misdemeanor, nnd on con
viction shall be pnnished by a line not ex
ceeding $1000, or imprisonment not exceed
ing one year, or both, in the discretion of the
Court
Sec. 3. That the District Courts of tho
United States, within tlicir respective dis
tricts, shall have, exclusively of the courts of
the several States, cognizance of all crimes
and offenses committed against the provis
ions of this act; and also, concurrently with
the Circuit Courts oftlie United States, of all
causes, civil and criminal, affecting persons
who arc denied, or cannot enforce in the
courts of judicial tribunal of the State or lo
cality where they maybe, any of the rights
secured to them by the first section of this act,
and if any suit or prosecution, civil or crimi
nal, lias been, or shall bo commenced in any
§tate Court, against nny such person for any
such cause whatsoever, civil or military, or
any other person, any arrest or imprisonment,
trespass, or wrong, done or committed by vir
tue or under color of authority derived from
this act, or tho act establishing a bureau for
the relief of freedmen and refugees and all
acts amendatory thereof, or lor refusing to
do nny act upon the ground that it would
bo inconsistent with this act, such defendant
ehall have the right to remove such cause for
trial to the proper District or Circuit Court,
in the manner prescribed by tlio the act re
lating to habeas corpus and regulating judi
cial proceedings in certain coses, approved
March 3,18G3, nnd all acts amendatory there
to. The jurisdiction in civil and criminal
matters hereby conferred on tho District and
Circuit Courts of the United States, shall be
exercised nnd enforced in conformity with
the laws of the United States, so far as such
laws are suitable to carry the same into effect,
but in all cases where such laws are not adapt
ed to the object, or are deficient in the pro
visions necessary to furnish suitable remedies
and punish offenses against the law. The com
mon law as modified and changed by the Con
stitution and statutes of the State' wherein
the Court having jurisdiction of the cause,
civil or criminal, is held, so far ns the same
is not inconsistent with the Constitution and
laws of the United States shall be extended,
nnd govern said Courts in the trial nnd dispo
sition of such cause, and if of a criminal na
ture in tho infliction of punishment on the
party found guilty.
Sec. 4. That tbe District-Attorneys, Marsh
als, and Deputy Marshals of the United States
the Commissioners appointed by the Circuit
and Territorial Courts of the United States,
with powers of arresting, imprisoning, or
bailing offenders against tbe laws of the
United States, tho officers and agents of the
Frccdmen’s Bureau, and every other officer
who may he specially empowered by the
President of the United States shall be and
they are hereby specially authorized and re
quired at tho expense of the United States, to
institute proceedings against all and every
person who shall violate the provisions of
this act, and cause him or them to be arrested
or imprisoned, or bailed, as tbe cose may be,
for trial before such of the United States or
Territorial Courts as by this act have cog
nizance of the offense, and with a view to
affording reasonable protection to ail persons
in their constitutional rights of equality be
fore the law, without distinction of race or
color, or previous condition of slavery or in
voluntary servitude, except as a punishment
for crime whereof the party shall have beert
duly convicted, and the prompt discharge of
tho duties of this act, it shall be the duty of
the Circuit Courts of the United States, and
the Superior Courts of tbe Territories of the
United States, from time to time, to increase
the number of Commissioners, so as to afford
a speedy and convenient means for the arrest
and examination of persons charged With a
violation of this act.
Sec. 5. That said Commissioners shall have
concurrent jurisdiction with the Judges of
the Circuit and District Courts of the United
States nnd Judges of the Superior Courts of
the Territories, severally and collectively, in
term time and vacation, upon satisfactory
proof being made, to issue warrants and pre
cepts for .arresting and bringing before them
ail offenders against the provisions of this
act, and on examination to discharge, admit
to bail, or commit them for trial, as the facts
may warrant.
Sec. G. And such Commissioners are here
by authorized nnd required to exercise and
discharge all the powers nnd duties conferred
on them by this act, and the same duties with
regard to offenses created by this act, ns they
are authorized by law to exercise with regard"
to other offenses against the laws of the United
States. That it shall be the duty of all Mar
shals and Deputy Marshals to obey and exe
cute all warrants and precepts issued under
the provisions of this act, when to them di
rected; and should any Martlial or Dep
uty Marshal refuse to receive such
warrant or other process when ten
dered, or to use all proper
means diligently to execute the same, he shall
on conviction thereof, be fined in the sum of
one thousand dollars to the use of the person
upon whom tkc accused is alleged to have
committed the {offense, and the better to en
able tlic said Commissioners to execute their
duties faithfully and efficiently in conformity
with the Constitution of tlio United States
and the (requirements of this act, they are
hereby authorized nnd empowered within
their counties respectively to appoint, in writ
ting under their Hands, any one or more suit
able persons from time to time to execute all
such warrants and other process as may bo is
sued by them in the lawful performance of
their respective duties; and the persons so
appointed to execute any warrant or process
as aforesaid shell have authority to summon
and call to their aid the bystanders or posse
comitatus of the proper county, or such por
tion of the land or naval forces of the Uni
ted States or of the militia os may be neccssa-
S to the performance of the duty with which
ey are charged, and to insure a faithful
observance of the clause of the Constitution
which prohibits slavery in conformity with the
provirions of this act; and said warrants
shall run and bo executed by said officers any
where in the State or Territory within which
they nre issued.
Sec. 7. That any person who shall know
ingly and - wrongfully obstruct, hinder or pre
vent any officer or other person charged with
the execution of any warrant or process is
sued under the provisions of this act, or any
person or persons lawfully assisting him or
them from arresting any person for whose
apprehension such warrant or process mav
have been issued, or shall rescue or attempt
to rescue such person from the custody of the
officer, other person or persons or those law
fully assisting os aforesaid when so
arrested, pursuant to the authority herein
given and declared, or shall aid, abet, or as-
I sist any person so nrrested ns aforesaid di
rectly or indirectly to escape from the custody
of tlio officer or other persons legally author
ized as aforesaid, or shall harbor or conceal
any person for whom a warrant or process
shall have been issued as aforesaid so as to
prevent his discovery and arrest after notice,
or knowledge of tho tact that a warrant has
been issued for tlic apprehension of such per
son, shall for cither of said offenses lie sub
ject to a fine not exceeding $100, and impris
onment not exceeding oix months, by indict
ment before the District Court of the United
States for the district in which said offense
may have been committed, or before the
proper Court of criminal jurisdiction, if com
mitted within any of the organized Territo
ries of the United States.
Sec. 8. That the District Attorneys, the
Marshals, their Deputies, and the Clerks of
the said District and Territorial Courts shall
be paid for their services tbe like fees as may
be allowed to them for similar services in
other cases; and in all cases where the pro
ceedings are before a Commissioner, bojjbnll
be entitled to a fee of ten dollars in full for
bis services in each case, inclusive of all ser
vices incident to such arrest and examination.
The person or persons authorized to execute
tbe process to be issued by such Commission
ers for tbe arrest of offenders against theqiro-
visions of this act shall be entitled to a fee of
five dollars for each person he or they may
arrest and take before any such Commission
er ns aforesaid, with sucu other fees ns may
bo deemed reasonable by sucliCommissioner
for such other additional services as may be
necessarily performed by him or them; such
as attending at the examination, keeping the
prisoner in custody, and providing with food
and lodgings during his detention and'until
the final determination of sucliCommissioner,
and in general for performing such other
duties as may lie required in the premises,
such fees to bo made up in conformity with
the fees usually charged by the officers of the
courts of justice within the proper district or
country as near as practicable, and paid out
of the Treasury of the United States, on the
certificate of the district within which the
arrest is made, and to be recoverable from the
defendant os part of the judgment in case of
conviction
Sec. 9. That whenever the President of the
United States shall have reason to believe that
offenses have keen or are likely to be commit-
cd against the provisions of this act within
any judicial district, it shall bo lawful for
him, in his discretion, to direct tlib Judge,
Marshal and District Attorney of such dis
trict to atteud at such place withiu the dis
trict and at such time as he may designate
for the purpose of tho more speedy arrest
and trial of persons chargedVith a violation
of this act; and it shall be the duty of every
judge or other officer when any such requisi
tion shall be received by liim to attend at
the place and lor tlie time therein designated.
m Sec. 10. That it shall be lawful for the
President of the United States, or such per
sons as lie may empower lor that purpose, to
employ such part of the land or naval forces
of the United States, or oftlie militia, as shall
be necessary to prevent the violation and en
force the due execution of this act.
Sec. 11. That upon all questions of law
arising in any cause under the provisions of
this act, a final appeal may be taken to tho
Supreme Court of the United States.
General Presentments of the Grand Jury
of Webster County, Georgia*
March Term, I860.
We beg leave to make*tbe following present
ments : Onr jail Is in a very unsafe condition, and
we respectfully recommend the Inferior Court to
bare it and tbe Court Hoose repaired. Our public
roads are tolerable, but our bridges not in so good
repair as we would like. We are pleased, however,
to find the Inferior Court using eveiy exertion to
put them in good condition, and we thank tbe
members of that Court for their indefatigable
labors for the welfare of the county. The books in
tbe office of the Clerk of tbe Superior Courts, In
neat nnd orderly, and we congratulate the County
ou having an officer so efficient, and gentlemanly
in bis bearing as the present Clerk, J. G. M. Ball.
Wc find the Ordinary's books in neat order, and,
in common with our leliow citizens, are glad to
have,-in that office, so capable a man as C. K.
Moore. We : recommend tbe Inferior Court, ta
tbe absence of Legislative appropriation, to lery
a sufficient tax for the education of tbe poor child
ren for tbe present year.
We are glad to report, that, thongh war lias
ravaged our country, it has not broken down tbe
spirit oi our people, but that they are determined
to support the President in his noble opposition to
Northern radicalism, and carry tbe emblem of con
stitutional liberty triumphant over land and sea.
In conclusion, we tender onr thanks to Judge
Clarke‘for bis gentlemanly treatment to us as a
body, and also to T. It. Stewart, onr Solicitor Gen
eral, for his unceasing attention and instruction
daring tbe term. We cannot conclude without
unanimously requesting bis Honor to furnish ns
with a copy of bis loyal, patriotic and eloquent
charge iar publication. >
ltesshcd, That these presentments bo published
in the Macon Dally Telegraph, with the charge of
Judge Clarke.
James G. 1‘nct., Foreman.
William II. Mercer,
opinion, the people of Georgia are as truly loyal
to the Constitutional Union, as ready to obey her
laws and support her Constitution as any people
in the world. Whatever contrary Impression may
hare been made on the mind of the -Vortb, is due
in Dart to the occasional Indiscreet expressions of a
lew passionate individuals, who, however rashly
they may talk, dare not act in violation oi the con
victions and desires of all considerate and sensible
men. Still more such impressions are dne to the
fears of a «•!««« of military officers, who have be
come more known since the lighting ceased, than
while it prevailed, and are likely to become more
renowned for domineering over a conquered peo
ple, than they are for that courage and valor which
secured the conquest Yet more still, they arc
dne to tbe malignant misrepresentations of men,
neither willing nor able to appreciate onr manly
pride, and who prefer our degradation to the har
mony and glory of the Union. We have all fully
and finally abandoned the illCited revolution, ana
entertain the deepest conviction that the only hope
of onr fallen land is in the Union and under the
broad agis of the National Constitution. All we
ask, is, let us assume onr legitimate place in the
Uniou, and let the Constitution, which, in the
language of tbe President, has been during the
war, “rolled up like a scroll of parclitoent ana laid
away,” be taken downand unfurled, and will show
witli what unanimity and devotion we will rally
around it
But so loat are the Radicals to that sentiment of-
generoeity, which should enable the conqueror,
and bv which only the harmony and prosperity of
the United States can be secured, that no assur
ances of loyalty which we can give can appease
their remorseless hatred. Nothing will satisfy
them bat onr degradation and ruin. They are of
fended at that very high-mindedness. The crest
of honor which onr true men will hold up above
the waves ot national affliction, by which almost
all else is overwhelmed, Is hateful to the eyes
which can look up in the day of trinmph to insult,
a fellow foe, bat would droop and pale In peril or’
adversity.
It was meet that we should make snch conces
sions as were necessarily involved in tbe failure ot
the revolution, and such as were likely to work an
honorable conciliation of«tlie true friends of the
Union at the North. But we have done all that the
President asked; all which the reasonable spirit of
comprotuiso could suggest; and in my opinion,
all which can contribute to restore the Constitu
tional Union. Further concession would prove
an abandonment of that Constitution and Govern
ment to which we have so lately sworn allegiance.
And I say, to-day, let not another inch be yielded
to the fanatical demands of the Radicals! To be
accepted into the Union upon a concession to their
further demands instead of working onr deliver
ance from the present evils, wonld only fasten them
and greater ones npon us, and with the disgrace
of having consented to onr own abasement and
shame. If what we have done, with the uniform
exhibition of an honorable loyalty and the txntajlde
abstinence from violent resistance cannot procure
us the favor of the party in power, then I say,
let us abandon all hope of their favor forever !
Let us stand where wo are. Let us obey the na
tional laws. Let us sustain the President. Let
us treat justly and humanely, tho wretched race
of freedmen to whom we of the South hare been
and are the only true and intelligent friends.—
Let us protect their right of person and of con
tract. Let us foster in them a sense of security,
and of confidence towards us, and endeavor, by
kindness, to cultivate in them those habits of
industry add virtue, without which they will
prove a curse to us, and their own ruin. These
things let us do; for they are honorable and
right. But let our Conventions and Legislatures
make no further concessions of our plain State
rights. If those- rights are wrested from us, itmay
bo that We cannot help it. We will at least be
innocent of suicide, and we can bear our fate with
that proud fjrtitudo which I trust will never
forsake us.
N. W. Dozier.
William P. Tracy, 8oL J. Hamdl,
A II. Itiutzler, Jas. M. Shivers,
John Tern', Lewis S. Hammond,
William U'. Stallings, J. S. C. Durham,
Wm. U. Sliellv, A. C. MatbeWs,
Alexander ChappeL Beniamin Wiggins,
W. C. Daniel, C. T. King,
Joseph Mulholland, Isham Clements.
Extract from the Charge of Judge John
T. Clark, to the Grand Jury of Wed-
STER COUNTY, AT THE MARCH TERM, i860.
Gf.stlf.mbn: I cannot forget, that you sustain
to the country a more important and permanen
relation than that of a jury impanneled for thi
term of the Court. I address men whoareciti
xens, os well as jurors. Selected for your supe
rior intelligence, virtue and influence, it cannot
be forgotten, that both, during the term of your
service, and after that brief time has passed, you
are to go forth in yonr more general character as
citizens, each to exert an influence, for good or
evil, upon the destinies of our country. I should
do injustice to the influence which attaches
to my official position, as well as to that senti
ment of patriotism, by which I endeavor to di
rect both my public and private life, if I failed
to avail myself of this occasion, to present to you
my views of the crisis, in which the nation is
involved, and oftlie course to be pursued by us.
Whatever may have been our hopes 6f a South
ern Confederacy, it is now evident that onr des
tinies are inseparably indentified » ith the Uni
ted States. The Federal Union has just emerged,
triumphant, from a struggle of life and death
upon the battle-field. But itis now -mi gaged in a
deadly, though bloodless strife w ■ enemies
insidious and dangerous, alike to tho principles
of Constitutioual liberty, and tho hopes of hu
manity. We behold at Washington a party on
fire with fanaticism, as immeasurable in its folly
as in the evil consequences which it labors to
effect. Dominant in both houses of Congress/it
strives to sweep away all the landmarks of the
Constitution, to obliterate State lines, to force an
unnatural social and political equality between
the whites apd blacks, and to establish an un
bridled tyranny over the whole nation. They
desire to Isy upon the South unrepresented op
pressive taxation. They wish, through" au un
necessary and meddlesome bureau, to waste the
treasures exacted from honest industry, North
and South, upon tbe lazy and vicious throngs of
negroes, whom their folly hss seduced from thrif-
tir labor, and would now hopelessly corrupt—
To this eud, and for party aggrandizement, hav
ing fought a successful war to force the South to
remain in the Union, deny us our Constitutional
right of representation, and are striving to keen
us in perpetual subjection to an arbitrary and
hateful military government They concede to
us no right, but that of being oppressed.
Upon tho surrender of the Southern armies, the
peopleof the South submitted, with extraordina
ry unanimity and promptness to the authority of
the United States, and accepted, everywhere, in
good faith, the most painful issues of the war.—
Through their respective Legislatures- and Con
ventions, these States have coneeded all'that
could be asked by the spirit of a sincere desire
for tbe restoration of the Union upon that homo-
g eneous basis which might promise permanent
armony. Our people have borne with aston
ishing meekness, even that military domination,
always irritating to the pride of a spirited peo
ple, and exerted too often in this case, in dis
regard of justico and in violation of rights,
dear almost as life, and sacred in
the eyes of the Constitution. Since Georgia sub
mitted to the General Government, not an Instance
or violent resistance to the Federal authorities, I
believe, has transpired within her limits. To-day,
whatever Just impatlenc j may exist among us, in
consequence of the denial ot our plain rights of
representation, and tbe utter ruin with which the
Radicals theaten us, I declare that in my honest
Let it ifot be imagined that I speak the language
of an ultratit. I feel that I can represent tlie mod
erate and conservative people of Georgia. In com
mon, as I-insist, with all honorable men in the
State, I, indeed, stood by and supported the sol
emn decision of Georgia in fiivor of secession.—
But loving the old Union ardently, I voted and ad
vised against secession, as an unwise and unne
cessary appeal to revolution, which I conscien
tiousiy belived it to be. Bnt present loyalty de
mands no concealment or falsification of our par
ticipation in rebellion. Nor does it den&and any
degrading acknowledgement for the past, nor any
craven silence os to our rights for the future.—
What we have done, whether it be wise or unwise,
politically right or politically wrong, is not of that
kind of d«eds, of which a great people need be
ashamed. It it, enough—wc have swQrn fcatly to
the Union, and we will abide by onr oaths, if we
are persistently misrepresented to the North by
men who cannot appreciate onr honorable frank
ness it is not our fault. The North and the Gov
ernment should apply to bcttersourccs of informa
tion. If nothing bnt servility—if only insincerity
aud favoring—if only an abnegation of all manly
pride can win the character of loyalty at tho hands
of the spies who perchance dog our civil officers,
eavc-drop or principal citizens, and torture our
public prints, that they may dispatch to the “recon
struction committee” “the rebellion still rite,”
let us bear the reproach with the calmness of a j»e-
corning a great peeplc, who, under the present rul
ings ot Providence, .cannot get justice. Bnt let
us never cease to be men that we may be thought
to beloyaL
I said we should support the President. In him
to-day, we have a tower of strength and a refuge oi
hope. Without reference to ids antecedents he
stands to-day on the proud eminence of patriotic
heroism, and battles for the Constitution and the
Union. In this war he defends onr rights. He has
assumed a (position of bold and uncompromising
opposition to tlie treasonable designs of JSumncr
ana Stevens, ct id omtie genu*, from which he can
not retire without bearing on his fallen crest the
ignominious brand of cowardice. That character,
I believe, he will not accept. He is committed,
pledged, to the restoration of the Sonth to her
Constitution status, to the preservation of the
Union against Northern as well as Southern ene
mies. Of the titter, I believe there are now nene.
Bnt if the former cannot be prevented by peacea
ble means, from destroying the Constitution and
the Union, I believe Andrew Johnson stands
pledged to use all the means necessary to defeat
them. How is rebellion at the North more sacred
from military repression than rebellion at the
Sontb? Should tbe Radicals continue this war
on the' Constitution, and ipress it to a bloody
issue, the President will be sustained. Already
the true patriots of the Norife rise in .mass,
to bail bislate veto message. With public meet
ings and speeches, with processions and tbe thun
der of artillery, they rejoice over bis patriotic
position. Fellow-citizens, look np! I believe the
day is breaking. I trust that the old serpent ot
fanaticism, now coiling and hissing through his
hundred heads at Washington, is in his death strug
gle. I hope soon to see the' eagle of Constitution-
Mi liberty, bearing bis writiing and helpless form
in her talons above the Capitol, and screaming, as
she soars proudly toward the sun, that sentence so
ofteu quoted against us, “the Union must and shall
be preuerven.” ..
This is my hope; and should it fail, 1 am not yet
ready to despair of the Republic. Let us hold up
our heads, and bide our time. Perchance that
Providence, who led our fathers from the wilder
ness into the broad and-plenteous land of liberty,
may get open a gate, through which we may enter
unou our rightful possession. Let our motto be
“Hope on—hope ever! ” .
Death of toe Rev. Stephen Elliott—
Our words of sorrow and regret bare scarce
been spoken over tbe untimely death of the
heroic Gen. Elliott, when it becomes our duty
to make the painful announcement of the
death oi his father, the Rer. Stephen Elliott,
who died in Beaufort on the 14tb of March,
18GG, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, of a
disease contracted in accompanying to tlicir
grave the remains of the son whom he mourn
ed so tenderly.—Charleston Newt, lOfA,
TnE Texas Contention.—Galveston ad
vices state that the convention came to a vote
after a long discussion upon the motion to
substitute the minority report, declaring the
ordinances of session null and void. The
.convention refused to adopt the minority re
port by a vote of thirty-five to forty-four.
Tlie' Legislature is to be convened, by pro
clamation of the Provisional Governor, on
the first Monday in Jnne.
Gen. Sherman's Grants.—An order has
been issued bv tlie Assistant Commissioner of
Frocdmcn's affairs at Charleston, in which it
is said that the grants of land to the freed
people, in compliance with Gen. Sherman’s
special field order, will be regarded as good
and valid, while arrangements will be made
to accomodate former owners on other lands
not otherwise appropriated. • ^
The Beauty of Heaven.—A little Swe
dish girl was walking with her father one
night, under the starry sky, intently media
ting upon the glories of heaven. At last,
looking to tlie sky, she said, “Father, I have
been thinking if the wrong side of heaven is
so beautiful, what will the right side be ?”
t^* The dignity of the American Republic
is in danger, if we* may believe an enthusias
tic French journalist, who, in describing the
Spartan simplicity of the United States em
bassy in Paris, asserts that lie found Mr. Big
elow cooking bis own ham nnd eggs, without
any attendant to wait on him.
|S7“Ncw Orleans has a population larger
by sixty-thousand than ever before. Galves
ton and other Texas cities arc full to over
flowing, and the samo is said of Memphis,
Mobile, Montgomery, Atlanta, and all the
towns of the southwest.
From the Charleston Courier, 10th
Immigration to Mexico-An Important Let
ter from Capt. M. F. Maury—A Coloni
zation Office in Full Operation.
Thesubjoincd communications, which have
been in our office for the past three days,
awaiting a favorable opportunity or publi
cation, we feel assured will be read with deep
interest by all of our people:
Office Colonization, 1
13 San Juan de Letran, Mexico, [-
February 9,186G. )
My Dear Sir :—I have received your letter
inquiring, like many others, about Mexico,
with the view of making it their home.
You know its geographical features and the
fame of its mineral wealth. Its soil is of un
surpassed fertility, and its climate, after you
begin to ascend the table land, is as delicious
and healthful as the heart of man can desire.
The Emperor is ruling wisely and mildly.
Their Majesties are beloved by tbe Imperial
ists and respected by nil; they move as freely
among tbe people as the President of the
United States ever did in days of yore. The
Empire is continually gaining ground. En
terprise is abroad—many works of internal
improvement are already under way nnd
about to be commenced. Capital is leaving
its biding places, and the columns of the
newspaper press are daily, and for months
have been, filled with the names of Liberals,
who, looking upon the Empire ns a success,
and their cause as a failure, have laid
down their arms, nnd are giving in their ad
hesion.
Property and life are daily liecoming more
secure. As an illustration, the doors of the
house in which I live .are without locks; nor
do I ever take care even to shut any of them
before I go to bed. True, there is a pategre
below, but the building is an old Convent, in
habited and frequented by hundreds of peo
ple who are not barred from each other by
any (fastenings.
The impressions abroad about Mexico are
very erroneous. "With regard to tho inqui
ries in behalf of our friends who desire to
como to this lovely land, I have to say
They con find desirable locations in any
climate they please, and suitable for the cul
tivation of any staple they prefer, or the rais
ing of any kind of stock. As to the most
profitable branch of agricultural industry—
that varies with the locality—the variation
depending as-well upon the market os upon
geographical conditions. Owing to the
want of roads, navigable rivers and canals,
internal transportation is tedious and expen
sive, and exportation difficult. Hence, in one
part of the Empire the spectacle has not been
unfrcqucntly presented of breadstuff* at fam
ine prices, while in a neighboring department
they were wasting for want of consumers.
The most desirable location^, therefore,
for immigrants who arc “well to do,” (and
this is the class that must lead the way.) arc
on what may be called the intertropical belt
of Mexico, within which Cordova and Jalapn
arc situated. This is a sort of steppe, or
slope, which arises from the lowlands of the
coast to the various climates which are to be
found in all intertropical latitudes, at tlic
height of from two thousand to four thous
and feet above tlie sea. 'Within this range
the climates are those of perpetual summer—
they arc healthy and delightful.
These steppes encircle the Empire on the
East, South and West; they overlook the val
ley of the Coatzacoalcos and the Gulf of Mex
ico on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the
other, and abound in garden spots os beauti
ful ns Eden itself, nnd as sinful too.
Cordova and Jalapa are such places; they
are in sight of tlie sea. The farmer there,
and at many other places, may reap from tlic
same field two or three crops* annually, with
an increase of three or four hundred fold
upon the seed sown. In the course of til
present year a railway is to be completed
from each of these points to Vera Cruz, which
will bring them fairly within the domains of
foreign commerce.
Corn, cotton, coffee, sugar, and tobacco,
all do well here; but, as a rule, I consider
coffee, cotton and tobacco as the most profit
able staples of cultivation, because they can
best bear transportation and stand competi
tion in foreign markets. <
Formerly, and before the country began to
be tossed and vexed by revolution, lands in
the neighborhood of these two cities were
valued at from $75 to $100 per acre.
Many of these splendid haciendas, some of
them large enough to accommodate with ele
gant farms ten tunes fifty families, were bro
ken up during the revolution and tbeir own
ers compelled to seek safety elsewhere. *
They have fallen into ruin and decay thro’
absenteeism, and now that order is restored,
the Empire gaining ground, and internal im
provements encouraged by the wise policy of
the Emperor, these lands nre coming into de
mand.
But present owners find themselves too
poor to repair nnd bring them under cultiva
tion again. They are for sale, and may be
bought at from $2 to $3 per acre.
These abandoned haciendas (and they nre
to be found in all pryrts of the Empire) are
tho places for your thrifty American farmers
to establish themselves. Let them, therefore,
send out their head men to select a place for
the whole settlement, to be followed imme
diately by their young men to sow and plant,
and build and repair, and make ready for
the old men, the women and the children,
and others, to follow by the time the lands
arc ready.
They will find it at first best to establish
themselves in villages, as well for mutual
convenience ns for protections against the
bands of lawless marauders who are ever ready
to pounce upon the helpless fanners. Immi
grants should bring with them such mechan
ics as are required to satisfy their own wants
and necessities.
Tell those who come to connt npon all the
assistance and every facility and the best in
formation that is in my power to afiord, or
within the province of this office to give.
In the northern department the vine flour
ishes well, and the wine is excellent.
On the slopes next to the sea cochineal and
indigo are cultivated, drugs and gums and
spices collected.
The most profitable stock raising are mules,
hbrses and goats. There is room for profita
ble improvement in the breed of horses, cat
tle nnd sheep.
The immigrant is allowed free exercise
of religious worship. It is guaranteed to
him both by an ordinance of tbe Empire
and a dispensation of the Pope. Ho is
also entitled, on entering the country, to
a free duty permit for all of his cattle and ef
fects, and exemption from all taxation for one
year, and from military conscription for five
years. He is allowed to bring in his arms
also, and, with hi9 neighbors, to form a se-
dentary militia fortheir own defense against
robbers, who are daily becoming less bold.
But lie may not bring in anything for sale,
exchange or barter, without payment of full
duties. - n
In the rural districts the Indians generally
are honest—indeed, in some parts of the coun
try theft among them is unknown. They arc
a gentle and docile race.
• Simple in their habits, they are supersti
tious, entering zealously into all the festivi
ties and ceremonies of the Church. They seem
not to care to earn more than a dollar or two
a week; and when they have done this,
whether by two or more days of labor, they
generally stop work and frolic till the money
is gone, when they are ready to earn by labor
in the field the next instalment. The Sabbath
is not much observed by them, or the Mexi
cans generally, except as a day of parade and
pleasure. As a rule, their wages are paid
weekly in cash,' and at the rate generally of
from 25 to 50 cents a day, the laborer finding
himself.
Silver is tlie principal circulating medium;
there are also gold and copper coins, but no
bank notes.
Tlie implements of husbandry are general
ly rude, find agriculture by no means in a
high state of improvement, Nevertheless,
the Indians and mixed classes, of whom there
nre about 7,000,000, are skillful laborers in-
The mode of husbandry
tbeir way. The motfc oi nusunntiry i- so
much tbe better for tlic display of tbe Euro-
j pean or American farmer of bis exquisite
! skill and of the virtues of his improved im-
Why is wit like a Chinese lady’s plcmcnts, which last he can bring in duty
foot ? Because brevity is tlie sole of it” free.
It is not advisable at present for emigrants
without money to come to Mexico, unless
they come under tlie auspices of some friend
w’ho can. assist them, or under the care of
some one of the various companies for estab
lishing colonies that have been recently in
corporated. Some of these propose to bring
tlic immigrants into the : country, to furnish
them with land, to establish them on'tlicir
farms, to subsist them for a while, and to re
ceive a certain portion of their crops for the
loans advanced for these various services.
Many who have some means and desire to
come in companies to Mexico and establish
themselves on some of these fine but nban
doned haciendas, wish to know where these
haciendas are and their price. Answer: In
almost every part, nnd at any prices—from a
few cents to a few dollars the acre.
Of course tlie prices named to me, though
moderate, are the asking prices.
It is best for every such company of emi
grants to send some of their number ahead
to select a place, and bargain for it them
selves. Bryant, from Arkansas, has estab
lished a colony in Chihuahua; Mitchell, of
Mi>->ouri, another on the Rio Verde, in the
department of San Luis Potosi. Terry, of
Texas, another in Jalisco. They rent at first,
with the privilege of purchase in the mean
time at a stated price.
Then there is the fine colony of Carlotta,
near Cordova, where the-lands were aban
doned. There was a number of haciendas in
that neighborhood that were indebted for
more than they were worth to the church,
and which, by tbe Juarez Government, were
confiscated. These have been ex-appropria-
ted by the Empire, and applied to tho col
onization.
These lands are sold to immigrants at $1
per acre in five equal annual instalments.—
Generals Price and Shelby; of Missouri; Gov
ernor Harris, of Tennessee; Judge Perkins,
of Louisiana: the Rev. Mr. Holman, of Mis
souri, and a number of others, have already
established themselves there. They are all
highly pleased with their prospects. By the
time the railway through to Yera Cruz is
completed, and the last installment falls due,
they will have improved their farms, when
the most staid* among them expect that these
farms will be worth $10, $20, and even $50
tlie acre. A gentleman from Louisiana has
been there for seven or eight years. He es
tablished a coffee plantation of 80 acres,
which is now in good bearing, and the crop
from which last year was valued at $10,000.
The Cordqva coffee sells in the New York
market as Java, and the tobacco equals that
of Cuba, while the sugar has fourteen per
cent, more of saccharine matter than that of
Cabo.
It will cost at the rate of some five or six
dollars an acre to clear, enclose and bring
these lands under cultivation. Hence it will
be so much cheaper for those who have little,
money to buy a hacienda with ground al
ready cleared, fences made, and houses; or at
least walls of houses, already or soon will be
taken up.
Each married man there is allowed six hun
dred and forty acres, but it is now generally
admitted that one-fourth of that quantity will
irobably be quite as much as one family will
ie able to cultivate, it is so fertile and won
derfully productive.
But to emigrants with a little capital, the
speedy filling up of this colony should not be
disheartening, under the idea that there are
no more good lands and choice spots. There
are better lands than these both about Cordo
va and Jalapa, which, present owners not
being able to work, are ready to sell on favor
able terms.
Agents have been established at various
conveuicnt points to assist emigrants bn their
arrival in the country, by giving them infor
mation and furnishing them with tbe neces
sary certificates and passports to enable them
to pass the custom houses, to enjoy all the
rights, privileges and exemptions ot the Em
peror’s decree.
It has not been as yet practicable to estab
lish agencies on tbe Rio Grande, but as soon
as it may be, one will be stationed at Presi
dio del Norte.
At present the following agencies have
been established, viz: L. Qrofessc, at Vora
Cruz; John Perkins, formerly of Lpuisiana,
at Cordqva; John T. Lux, formerly of Louis-
ana, at Monterey; Alonzo Ridley, of Califor
nia, at Mazatlan; Captain of Port- of Tampi
co; Captain of Port of San Bias; Captain of
Port of Matamoros, at Matamoros; M. Ra
mon de la Vega. President de la Junta de los
Mejores de Colina, at Manzanillo. I am
about to embark for England, expecting to
return to this beautiful land accompanied by
my family. The office is left in charge of my
son, R. L. Maury, who, during my absence,
will attend to the business of the office. He
is earnest in the cause, and has now in hand
a guide book for immigrants, which will
soon be ready for tlie press.
The rainy season commences in June and
ends in October. Immigrants should not
come during that time, Yours truly.
M. F. Maury,
Imperial Commissioner.
A Beautiful Idea.—In tho mountains of
Tyrol it is tlie custom of the women and
children to come out when it is bedtime and
sing their national song until they hear their
husbands, fathers, and brothers answer them
from the bills on their return home. On the
shores of the Adriatic such a custom prevails.
The wives of the fishermen come down about
sunset and sing a melody. After singing the
first stanza they listen awhile for an answer
ing melody from off the water, and continue
to sing and listen till the well-known voice
comes borne on the waters telling that the
loved one is almost home. How sweet to the
weary fisherman, as the shadows gather around
him, must be the songs of the loved onc3 at
home that sing to cheer him, and how they
must strengthen and tighten the links that
bind together these humble dwellers by tbe
sea! Truly it is among tljc lowly in this life
that wc find some of the most beautiful cus
toms in practice.
Arrival of the First Passenger Train
over TnE Gulf Road.—The first passenger
train over the Atlantic and Gulf Railroad
since the rebuilding of tlie ioad arrived yes
terday evening. The train, which consisted
of two passenger and several freight cars,
left Tboinasville on Monday night at about
twelve o’clock, reaching the station in this
city at about four o’clock yesterday. The
number of passengers was large, probably
over one hnndred. The engine and cars
were decorated with flowers and the trip was
made a sort of jubilee occasion by the partic
ipants.
The return train through to Thomasville
leaves this morning, and another one Friday,
the schedule at present providing for a train
only every other day. Daily trains will com
mence running at an early day, probably
next week.—Sat. Herald, \Ath.
Burial of a Slave.—^While in Virginia,
Major Crump bad disinterred tlie body of
Dauiel, his faithful servant,who followed him
through thick and thin during the war, un
til he was killed on the 2oth of March, last
year, near Fetersbug. On that day it was
erroneously reported to Daniel that his mas
ter had been killed on the field, and it was
while seeking his body that Daniel was kill
ed. Having an affection for his servant, easily
appreciated by all Southern {gentleman, the
Major sought and obtained the body, under
a flag of truce, had it buried, and has now
brought it home to rest amid tlie graves of
his kindred.—rAugusta (Ga.) Transcript.
An Infant Scratched Up by Dogs !—Wc
are informed of an occurente that is almost
sufficient to make us doubt the superiority of
the human race over tlic bratefcreation. Tlic
body of a white infant—apparently a still
born child—was scratched up out of the
ground by dogs, near the grave yard, on Fri
day last! The child had been but lightly
covered with earth, undoubtedly by some
guilty party or parties, to hide their shame.
There is no clue to tho perpetrators of this
crime, so far as we have heard—-Col. Sun.
Death of Mrs. Harriet Pincnev.—Wc
learned at a late hour last evening of the
death of the venerable Mrs. Harriet Pinckney
who died yesterday at her residence on East
Bay.—Charleston Heirs, 16th message.
TELEGRAPHIC.
DISPATCHES TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY PEACEFUL.
BALANCE IN TREASURY.
Washington, March 18.—Tlie reports from
various quarters represent that St Patrick’s
Day passed off pleasantly and without any
outbreak. At Montreal tlie people turned
out en masse and paid their respects to tlic
Governor General. The excitement in the
provinces has greatly abated.
The Secretary of the Treasury transmitted
a communication to the Honse yesterday
showing an available balance in the treasury
of $123,400,000.
FROM EUROPE.
New York, March 18.—We have Liver
pool dates to the 7th. Sales of cotton for
two days amounted to 27,000 bales, 7,000 of
which were taken by speculators. Middling
Uplands were quoted at 18 3-4d. a 19d. Five.
Twenties, 70 1-4; Consols, 8G 5-8 a 8G 8-4.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
New York, March 19.—By an arrival to
day, we have Liverpool dates to the 9th in
stant. i (
MARKETS.
The sales of cotton for the week amounted
to 74,000 bales, 19,000 of which were taken
on speculation and for export. American
qualities arc unchanged; Egyptians have ad*
vanccd l-2d. a Id. Five-Twenties were quo
ted 70 3-8 a 70 1-2; Consols, 8G 5-8 a 86 3-4.
}IEW YORK 3IARKETS.
New York, March 19.—Cotton has a de
clining tendency. 'Sales to-day, 900 bales at
41c.
Gold, 128 1-8.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, March. 19.—In tbe Senate to
day Mr. Fessenden reviewed the letter o
Governor Graham, ot North Carolina, pub
lished in the National Intelligencer, which,
he said, was written to show that the inves
tigations of the Reconstruction Committee
was not impartial. Mr. Fessenden said lie
did not regard the lately rebellious States in
the light of a criminal on trial, nor was he
acting in the capacity of prosecutor. If Mt.
Graham desired to introduce further testimo
ny in the case of North Carolina, he should
doso..
Tlie House reconsidered the vote by which
tbe Loan bill was rejected, and recommitted
the bill to tbe Committee on Ways and Means
RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICAN CON
VENTION.
Providence, March 20.—The Union State
Convention, now in session here, have nomi
nated GenKBumside for Governor.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, March 20.—The House, to
day, passed the bill to protect from lega
prosecution Union officers for acts committed
during tbe war by order of their superior of
ficers.
THE NEW ORLEANS; MAYORALTY.
Augusta, March 20.—It is not at all prob
able that the President will interfere iu the
election of Mayor Monroe, of New Orleans.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
New York, March 20.—Cotton has a 1 de
clining tendency. Sales to-day 3,700 bales at
39 1-2 a 40.
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.
Washington, March 21.—The Senate to*
day, passed a bill to provide for tbe punish
ment of certain crimes against the U. States.
The crime of forging the U. S. securities is
made punishable by ten years imprisonment.
The House passed the Consular and Di-'
plomatic Appropriation bill: also the bill to
facilitate commercial, military and postal
communication between tlie several States.
NEW YORK MARKETS.
_ New York, March 21.—Cotton is decli
ning; sales to-day, 3,000 bales, at 39ca40c.—*
Naval stores dull; Turpentine, 87c«90c.
Gold quoted at 128.
Confederate Generals in New Orlans
A correspondent of the Memphis Appeal
writes:
There is now in the Crescent City a won
derful aggregation of talent, quietly devoted
to the interests of commerco, that has won
high distinction on other fields. Not to men
tion nny less prominent names, Gen. Beaure
gard is Superintendent of the Jackson rail
road ; Gen. Longstreet is with his old A. A.
G., at 37 Union street, in the commission bus
iness. Your correspondent had the honor and
pleasure of an interview with both these gen
tlemen. They are looking well, but I observ
ed that Gen. L. used his left hand in writing
and shaking hands, his right hand hanging
helplessly by his side. Gen. Dick Taylor has
leased tlje new canal running from the city
to Lake Pontchartrain. Gen. Buckner is con
nected with the Daily Crescent, and is also
in the commission business. Gens. Hood, A.
L. Stewart, Loring, Gardner, Blanchard and
Jeff. Thompson are in the commission busi
ness; Gens. Humphrey Marshall, Hays nnd
Adams arc there in tbe practice of law. Wc
also had tlie pleasure of shaking tlic hand of
Maj. Gen. D. II. Maury, who told me that he
would leave the city in a few days for his
turpentine plantation in Mississippi. Thus,
these noble men are devoting themselves, v ith
the dignity and energy of true manhood, to
arts of peace, in such manner as jiroves them
still “the masters of the situation.” •
Brownlow Gives up the President.—In
a recent letter of Brownlow* to a Pensy’ vnnia
Congressman, he writes:
“When I put tlic President in nomination
at Baltimore for the Vice Presidency, I felt
that he had so thoroughly committed him
self to the Union cause, and had been so bad
ly treated by the rebels, it was impossible for
him ever to get round to them again, but I
give him up as lost to the Union party, and
as the man who is to head the Rebels and
Democrats.”
- Death of Jared Sparks.
Boston, Wednesday, March 14.
Jared Sparks, the historian and Ex-Presi
dent of Harvard College, died at liis residence
in Cambridge this forenoon of pneumonia.
■.list,
f~jf A good story is told of a Method!
at whose house an itinerant minister was pass
ing the night, who, as bedtime came and
family prayers were suggested, in svarolling
for a Bible, finally procured a couple of torn
leaves of the good bo
“I did'nt know I was
>k, with a naive remark
so near out ot Bibles.”
General Jas. Lo
President of the Gn.
'em Life and Accidei
just established in X:
igstreet lias been elected
at Southern and Wes-
lt Insurance Comp my,
w York.
Fifty dollars lias 1
with which the Pro
icen offered for the pen
ident signed tlie veto