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JOB PRINTINGS:
Black Republicnn Honor.
We clip from a Northern exchange some |
remarks on a subject that has elicited no lit-
j tie comment, and the discussion of which has
exhibited the loose estimate placed by some I
men upon their honor as gentlemen :
“Parino Off.”—This is a very common
occurrence in Congress. A member wishes to
be absent, and that his side of any particu
lar question may not suffer by his absence,
nor he be compelled to remain, lie makes an
agreement with some member, who is on the
opposite side of the question at issue, to re
frain from voting, thus leaving the result un-
1 _ Welcome Arrival.—A detachment of U.
-solars arrived here yesterday to take the
)l»rf of the colored troops, which we learn
JC to be sunt forthwith to Fort Pvloski.
Mil Foot’s Successor.—The National In-
rlligcncer says: “Wc learn that Gov. Dil-
inijham, of Vermont, will appoint Hr. Iliiand
Ull as United States Senator in the place of
jlr. Foot, deceased. He will not, probably,
[ ■ adi this city till Tuesday or Wednesday.
Xo Pardons tor Qonpkdkhatk Cqnoress-
KN Tlic N. Y. Times’ special of the 2d
vs; "A manlier of the late rebel Congress
tom tho State of Florida, has just left here,
laving ineffectually sought a pardon from the
resident. Mr. Johnson declines to -consider
fcnlications 1mm members of that defunct
gislativc IkhIj.”
A Nuisance.—The Mobile Advertiser
[thfullj remarks: “A negro paper publish-
at the South, by a Northern Radical, is of
■ntity an incendiary sheet. Its objects are
Lo fold, to stir up bad blood and trouble
* re good feeling and contentment' are the
H* r iv>t of Imtli; and to make money out of
Te agitation it stirs up.
I The Savannah Collectorship.—We find
u following bit of Georgia news in the Phil-
1, ijiliia ledger of the 31st ult:
x-Cuiigressman (Joshua) Hill, of Geor-
- an applicant foi the Savannah Collec
ts -hip. to succeed Woodbridge, who is go-
to resign.”
Cc fed autlioriEvd to state that the first
■v, »t least of this announcement is in-
t. Wc have reason to know that Mr.
1! . i> not nn applicant for the position, and
■ referred upon him it will be done with
ot solicitation on his part '
okth Georgia.—Parties from North
rgiu, says the Atlanta New Era, represent
unning interests as prospering finely.—
Ms are being enclosed, broken up
planted, and the few fresdmen in
section are working well. The wheat
i looks promising. Men of all conditions
every degree of intelligence have gone to
k. Everything presents a cheerful aspect,
fe in a very short time Cherokee Georgia
ill be the land of plenty as of yore.
i ■vnunF.’s the Bureau ?—In Putnam Su_
1 Bor Court, last week, Charles Eakin, a no.
• j K was put on trial for stealing two sides of
mi er, convicted and sentenced to ninety
i his' imprisonment in the common jail.
■c should like to know what the military
- ■nil shout such matters is, as a different prac-
I prevails in different portions of the State,
a |liis county there seems to be good author-
ij| r Laying that horse thieves, arrested by
^jtivil authorities, with the property in pos-
■ n and making way with it, have been
) ut J loose by the Bureau without a trial
' B <u<y tribunal, and we know our city
Berates have received orders from the
f “* quarter to take no cognisance of any
I d which a negro is a’party defondan
Ik uhlic would be glad to hear from head
; 9 » sn at Augnsta on these points, aa every-
s>dj is desirous of accommodating himself
0 4 e file, whatever it may be.
•i»*P:\il!cul«r atteotlon will be gfc-en to the affected. Now and then this pairing off be-
KM-ntion of JOB- PRINTING of -every desertp- n aabatnMhg wUtec, as in thfCM
the other day in the Senate, in which Senator
Wright of New Jersey, and Senator Morrill
of Maine, bad "paired” on the Stockton case.
It seems Mr. Wright whs unwell and wished
to go home, and Mr. Morrill "paired off” with
him without any limit. Mr. Wright did not
return, and the final vote was drawing nigh
on which Mr Morrill wislted to vote. He
gave Jlr. Wright notice by telegraph that the
agreement must cease, giving Jlr. Wright
ample time before tho agreement should
cense to reach Washington. Jlr. Wright’s
health did not admit of the journey and Jlr.
Jlorrill voted, Jlr. Wright losing his vote —
Of course the illness of Jlr. Wright was
beyond Jlr. Jlorrill’s control,-and the agree
ment being indefinite as to time, either party
bad a right to terminate it Jlr. Jlorrill has
been unjustly censured in the matter, but the
whole difficulty in the case «ould have been
obviated had the agreement l>cen for a time
fixed.
What a "fixed time” has to do with the
question of moral obligation, for the life of
us we cannot sec. According to this writer
—whose statement of the facts wfe are willing
to accept as true—Jlr. Wright and Jlr. Jlor-
rill paired off “on the Stockton casethat
is, Jlr. Wright went home with the pledge of
Jlr. Jlorrill, os a gentleman, that the latter
would not vote on that question during hit
absence; for though no time was specified that
is the necessary implication, else the pair
would have been folly. The whole object of
the arrangement was to prevent a vote by
Jlr. Morrill on the Stoelton cate, while Jlr.
Wright was absent, and the contingency for
which it was made could never Arise until
PEACE PKOCLA1NED!
Restoration of Habeas Corpus.
THE WAR AT AN END.
The Presidents Proclamation.
By the Piesident of the United States.
—~A Proclamation.
the case was called up.
The fact that Mr. Morrill telegraphed Jlr.
Wright in time for the latter to get to Wash
ington before the vote was taken, makes not
a particle of difference in the ease. Jlr.
Wright was sick and could not get there, and
he never would have left but for the pledge
of Jlr. Jlorrill. Jlr. Jlorrill had no right to
dissolve the agreement so long as Mr. Wright
was not in a position to be remanded to his
original privilege.
This is the conscience and the common
sense of the case, and all right-thinking men
are bound to regard Mr. Jlorrill as faithless
to his honor as a gentleman, in spite of the
lame efforts of his unprincipled apologists.—
We have no hesitation in saying that a South
ern man guilty of such an net would not dare
show his face again in a decent Southern com
munity. It would be considered a breach of
personal honor that would ever after debar
him from the society of gentlemen. If they
have a different idea of what constitutes
honor and good faith at the North, they are
welcome to it. .
Vote os the Civil Rioiits Veto.—
Bj»rr( spondent of tho N. Y. Times tele-
P*!*«from Washington on Sunday: “A dis-
, B received this cvcniug from Sena-
• [T‘ oliMle ’ s, »ting that the funeral of the
tutor Foot had been postponed until
and consequently the Senators who
^■charge of the remains of the deceased
l “*'• ' )e here until next Thursday. Tho
■ >n the veto will not, therefore, be taken
'f. ^nate before Thursday or Friday; and
Ithe final action of
H>oi|y may not be bad until some time
J ■ '* stated upon good authority that as a
B of augmenting the strength in the
B against the President’s late veto, some
ta leading Radicals who opposed the ad-
la of Colorado a few days ago are wil
low to admit that Territory as a State
^rendition that her Senators elect pledge
lYea to vote for the Civil Rights Bill”
PEACE PROCLAMATION.
|*r® enabled, this morning, to spread this
*ot entire before our readers. It will
rived with rejoicing and grateful hearts
^out the South, and ought to be
the country. It is the evidence
|e are again a free people—that military
is at an end, and that the great-
bt of the habeas corpus lias been rc-
|to the people. Heaven be praised for
ious consummation! We shall
1 more petty tyranny of subordinates
loyal and weil-mcnning people—no
utempt of law and disregard of the
';• citizen. The constitution and
die land arc now supreme, and all
' masters as well an ourselves, arc to
1 ’ - r sacred behests.
the legal effect of this proclama-
Posce. We have high judicinl au-
AFFAIRS IN TAYLOR COUNTY.
Butler, Ga., April 4, 1860,
Editort Telegraph:—A few hours’ travel in
the splendid cars of the South-western Rnil-
road, under chaige of a gentlemanly Conduc
tor—the whole reflecting credit on the very
able and efficient President, the Hon. William
S. Holt—brought me to the sandy town of
Butler, the half-way point between your city
and Columbus.
This being Court week, lion. Judge Wor.
rel, duly appeared, and with him the usual
accompaniment of attorneys, to-wit: Messrs.
Wallace, Grice, Edwards, Holscy, Peabody,
Saui. Hall, Barney Hill, Bethune, Robinson,
Willis, JIark Blanford, Pcrriman, Mathews
and Culverhouse. Hon. E. G. Cabincss, was
also in attendance on the Court. They form
an able bar. The editors from Columbus and
JIacon met ns if on common ground. The
above would have formed a pleasant social
party had they all lodged in the hotel where
preparation had been made to receive them ;
but they scattered and went to private hou
ses, much to the loss of the excellent landla
dy. However, I got a good bed by it, as I
was allowed to occupy the one that had been
prepared for the Judge. If I am not a judge
of law, I am of a good bed, and I pronounce
the one in question one of the best
Tilts people in Taylor county suffered ex
tensively l»y the Federal army, and they seem
to be in lower spirits and to have tlu^lcast
money of any people in the State I have yet
visited. I hope a good cotton crop will set
them all on their feet again. Had I not seen
the circus which was then in the place^pretty
Washington, April 2,
Whereas, By proclamation on the 15th and
19th of April. 1801, the President of the
United States, in virtue of the power vested
in him by the constitution and the laws de
clared that the laws of the United States
were opposed and the execution thereof
obstructed in the States of South Carolina,
Georgia, Alabama, Florida,. Mississippi.
Louisiana and Texas, by combinations too
powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary
course -df judicial proceedings, «r by the
powers tested in the Marshals by law, and
Whereas, by another proclamation, made
on the T5tli day ot August, in the same year
in pursuance of an net of Congress approved
July lktli, 186\, the inhabitantsof Georgia,
South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolinu,
Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Ar
kansas, Mississippi and Florida, excepting the
inhabitants of that part of the State of Vir
ginia lying west ot the Atlegcbany mountains,
and to such other parts of that State and the
other Siatcs liefore named, as might maintain
a loyal adhesion to the Union and -the Con
stitution, or might lie from time to time oc
cupied and controlled by the forces of the
United States, engaged in the dispersion of
insurgents, were, declared to be in a state of
insurrection against the United States.
Whereas, by another proclamation of the
1st day of July, 1862, issued in pursuance ot
an net of Congress, approved January 7th, in
the same year, the insurrection was declared
to l>e stiil existing in the States aforesaid,
with the exception of certain specified coun
ties in the State of Virginia; and
Wherecs, by another proclamation made on
the 2d day of April, 1863,'in pursuance of the
act of Congress of July 18th, 1861, the ex
ception, named in' the proclamation of Au
gust 16tli, 1861, were revoked, and the in
habitants of the States of Georgia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Jtississip-
pi, Florida and Virginia, except the forty-
eight counties of Virginia, designated Wcat
Virginia, and the ports of New Orleans, Key
West, Port Royal and Beaufort; S. C-, were
declared to lie in a state of rebellion against
the United States.
Whereas, the House of Representatives, on
the 22d of July, 1861, adopted resolutions in
the words following:
“Resolved, by the House of Representa
tives, of the Congress of the United States,
That the present deplorable civil war has been
forced upon this country by the disunionists
of the Southern States now in reliellion
against the Constitutional Government and
in arms around the capital, that in this na
tional emergency Congress, banishing all feel
ings of resentment, will do only its duty to
the whole country; that the war is not waged
on our part in any spirit of oppression, nor
for the purpose of conquest or subjugation,
nor tor the purpose of overthro.wing or in
terfering with established institutions of those
States, but to maintain and defend the su
premacy of the constitution, and to presen e
the .Union with all its dignity, equality [nud
rights of the severe I States unimpaired,and so
soon as these objects are accomplished the
war ought to cease.
Whereas, the Senate of the United States,
on the 25th of July, 1861, adopted a resolu
tion in the words following, viz:
[The Senate resolution is that offered by
Mr. Johnson himself, and is substantially the
same as thattadopted in the House.—Editors.
And whereas, these resolutions, though not
joint or concurrent in form, are substantially
the same, and may be regarded as having ex
pressed the sense of Congress upon the sub
ject to which they relate; and
Whereas, By my proclamation of the 13tli
of June last the insurrection in the State of
Tennessee was declared to have been sup
pressed, the authority of the United States
therein to bo undisputed, and snch United
States officers os had been duly commissioned
to be in the undisputed exercise of their
official functions; and
Whereas, there now exists no organized
armed resistance of misguided citizens, nor
others to the authority of the United States,
in the States of Georgia. South Carolina, Vir
ginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama,
The New Governor of Connecticut •
The Connecticut election created a wide
spread interest, and there is a natural desire
to know the sentiments of the successful can
didate for Governor on the great issues of the
day. There are contained in nn extract from
the United States, do hereby proclaim and :
declare that the insurrection which heretofore;
existed in the States of Georgia, South Caro
lina, North Carolina. Virginia, lAniisiana,
Alabama, Arkansas. Mississippi- Texas and
Florida, is at an end, and henceforth to be so •
regarded.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set; . . ,
my hand and cansed the Seal of the United : a speech made by him at Norwich, and re
states to be affixed. ported in the New York Times, as follows:
Done at the city of Washington, this second While Gen. Hawley was upon the platform
day of April, in the year of our Lord, one -waiting to address a crowded assemblage, a
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, nnd ot | telegraphic envelope was putin his hands
the Independence of the United States ot \ containing the following questions, which had
America the ninetieth. been posted about the streets, and he an-
fSigned] ANDREW JOHNSON. : swered them as follows:
I!\ tin President : First—Do you endorse th
Wm. H. Seward, Secretary of State.
Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Florida,
and the laws can be sustained and enforced
therein by proper civil authority, State or
Federal, and the people of the said States are
well and loyally disposed and have conformed,
or will conform, in their Legislation to the
condition of affairs growing out of the
amendment to the Constitution of the United
States prohibiting slavery within the limits
and jurisdiction oi the United States; alid
Whereas, in view of the before recited
premises it is the manifest determination of
the Amferican people that no State of its own
will has the right or power to go out of or
separate itself from, or be separated from the
American Union, and that, therefore, each
State ought to remain nnd constitute an inte
gral part of the United Stat ^; and
Whereas, the people of the several before
mentioned States have, in the manner aforesaid
given satisfactory evidence that they acquiesc
in this important resolution of tlic National
Union.
Whereas, it is belived to be a fundamen
tal principle of the Government that the peo
ple who have revolted, and who have been
well attended, I should have thought less ot
the pecuniary abilities of the people. i overcome and subdued, must be dealt witn so
A melancholy occurrence took place near 113 toind . uce them . to Y irt V a,l :> iconic friends
Butler the day I arrived. An old gentleman,
about 67 years of age, by the name of John
Culverhouse, the uncle and father-in-law of
the able attorney of tlic same family name,
had been laboring, for some months, under
fits ot melancholy. He bad lost sons in the
war, and to add to this, a suit was brought
against him involving the value of his land.
While in one of these fits, at the time referred
or else they must be held by military power
so as to prevent them from ever again doing
harm os enemies, which last named policy is
abhorrent to humanity and freedom; and
whereas, the constitution of the United States
provides for a constitutional commonwealth
only as States and not ns Territories or pro
vinces protectorates ; and
Whereas. Snell constituted States must
necessarily be. and by the constitution and
laws of the United States are, made equals
fir
our interpretation of its provi-
[ 11 more effect of this document
"• ' • notice, and we commend it to
lotion of those whose conduct may
| " :: ‘uipurtunce. It puts an end to
!^*oi,
to, the old gentleman placed the muzzle of his j 'Lor'with
gun about the centre of his forehead and the several States with which they are united,
blew the top of his head off, causing his Whereas, Tlic observance of political
death in a few minutes. M. ; equality as a principle of right and justice, is
well calculated to encourage the people of
Z-&~ Prentice says: When Senator Sumner the States to lie and become more and more
was traveling in Europe to get relief from the ! constant and presevcing in their renewal of
effects of the blow administered to him bv ! allegaiance.
Preston Brooks, the Republicans bad a great Whereas, standing armies, military occu
deal to say about “the eloquence of bis va- potions, martial law, military tribunals and
cant cliair.” Pity it isn't vacant now; we the suspension of the writ of habeas cornus
would rather hear its eloquence than his.’ are, in time of peace, dangerous t8 tbepuolic
* interest and incompatible with the individual
Soft Soap for All.—For a lieutenant, rights of citizens, contrary to the genius and
call him captain; for n middle-aged lady, spirit of our free institutions, and an exhaus-
kiss her, anil say that you mistook her for her tion of the national resources, and ought not,
daughter; for a young gentleman rising fif- therefore, be sanctioned or allowed, except in
teen, ask his opinion of a razor; for young case of war or for repelling invasion or for
ladies, if you know their color to be natural, the suppression of insurrection or rebellion,
accuse them of painting. Whereas, the policy of the government of
the United States from the beginning of the
*nce. With the restoration of! ktf - A fellow accused of having murdered iMurrectionlo its final suppression has been
I • alw» comes the restoration of per- four men has sued his accusar for libel, affirm- j n conformity with the principles herein set
r"UM(hi||tj, ing that he had killed only three. He cut the forth:
throat ot the fourtii, but lie survived. The
An # Act
To levy and collect a tax lor tlic support of
the Government for the year 1866, nnd for
other purposes. .
Sec. 1. The General Assembly do .enact,
That his Excellency, the Governor, with the
assistance of the Comptroller General, so soon
as the value of taxable property i« ascertained
from the consolidated returns from all tbc
counties thereof; shall proceed to assess and
levy such a per centage on the taxable prop
erty as will produce, in the estimation of the
Governor, the sum of three hundred-thousand
dollars, exclusive of specific taxes. •
Sec. 2. In addition to tlic ad valorem tax
on real and personal property as specified in
the Code and assessed in the preceding sec
tion, the following specific taxes, shall be
levied and collected:
1. A tax of one dollar upon each and every
male inhabitant of this State on the first day
of April, between the ages of twenty-one and
sixty years. When this tax is due nnd un
paid by any person who lias no property, and
is in the employmentofanother nsalaborer, it
shall lie the dnty of the Tax Collector to serve
a written notice to the employer, specifying
the amount of tax due by the employee,
which notice shall operate as a garnishment
upon the employer, and shall authorize and
bind liitu to pay said tax from any wages, ef
fects or money in his hands due to the lalwrer,
or employee, and execution shall i®ue as-in
other caw» for taxes due against the employ
er for the amount.
2. Upon every practictioner of Law, Phys
ic and Dentistry ten dollars.
3. Upon every Daguerrean, Ambrotype,
Photographic, and similar Artist, ten dollars.
4. Upon every person carrying on the busi
ness of Auctioneer, twety-five dollars.
5. Upon every keeper of a pool or billiard
table, kept for public play, twenty-five dol
lars for eajb table.
6. Upon every keeper of a bagatelle table,
for public play, ten dollars for each table.
7. Upon every keeper of a ten pin alley, or
alley of like kind, for public play, ten dollars.
8. Upon every keeper of any other table,
stand or place for any other game or play,
with or without a name, unless for exercise or
amusement only, and not prohibited by law,
ten dollars.
9. Upon every keeper or owner of a public
race track, fifty dollars.
10. Upon every circus company for each
exhibition, twenty-five dollars.
11. Upon every agent of, or person engag
cd in any gift lottery, or enterprise ot like
character, in any county of this State, the sum
of one thousund dollars. It shall lie the duty
of the Tax Collector, immediately upon the
opening of an office by any person for the pur
pose of selling tickets in any such lottery or
enterprise, or of selling or offering such tick
ets for'sale in any manner, to levy and col
lect the said tax from any property of said
person to be found.
12. There shall be levied a specific tax of
twenty cents per gallon of brandy, gin, whis
ky or rum, whether foreign or domestic,
which is sold by any person in this State by
wholesale or retail, except by distillers and
manufacturers in this State, and the amount
sold shall be given in under oatb. Quarterly
returns on oath shall be made on tlic first days
of April, July, Octolier and January, in each
year, by all persons within the county, who
sell liquor cither by wholesale or retail, of
the amount sold during the quarter preceding.
Said return shall be made to the Tax Collec
tor of the count} - , who shall demand and col
lect the tax due, when the return is made. It
shall be the duty of the Tax Collector to re
quire all persons selling said liquors to make
tlieir returns and pay t ho tax thereon, and if
any person shall fail or refuse to make his re
turns, and to pay sanl tax lie shall be assessed
by the Collector a specific tax of one thou
sand dollars, and the Collector shall proceed
to collect the same by execution, as in other
cases of taxes due anil unpaid.
Sec. 2. The spirituous liquors specially
taxed in the preceding section shall be ex
empted from the advalorem tax.
dec. 4. The oath to be administered to all
persons making returns of their taxable pro
perty shall be in the words following to-wit:
“You do solemnly swear that you will true
answers give, to all lawful questions which I
may put to you, touching the return you are
about to make, and that you will make a true
return of all your taxable property, so help
you God.” And it shall l>e the duty of the
officer taking said return to inquire of each
and every person taking said oath, touching
all of liis taxable property or his liability for
specific taxes, as named in this act, and the
Comptroller General shall publish a list of all
questions to be propounded to tax payers.
. Sec. 5. The tax assessed udder this act
shall be collected in United States currency,
and the value of the property on the first day
of April next in such currency, shall be the
basis of the taxes.
Sec. 6. And he it further enacted, That all
laws heretofore passed levying and collecting
a tax upon income be, and the same are here
by repealed.
^Sec. 7. And he it further enacted, That noth
ing in this act contained shall be so construed
as to repeal or affect section 729 of the revis
ed Code of Georgia, exempting certain prop
erty from taxation.
Sec. 8. All laws militating against this act
are hereby repealed.
rsc tile President’s
views as expcgysrtl by him in his veto message
of the Frcedmen’sBureau Bill, so called, nnd
every test oath, welcome the Congressmen
elected solely because of brilliant service for !
treason, practically re-cuslavc the negro, and '
strike hands with the rebels of unchanged j
purpose, who would compromise the South i
for the loss of slaves, scale the National debt, •
assume Rebel State debts, and by a return to
the old ideas of aristocracy and caste pave j
the way for further terrible convulsion in the
not very distant future. This is tlieir plan
for a speedy restoration, They ask if Inm a
Johnson man. I have tried to be wisely and
justly my own man. I was a devoted admir-
er of Mr. Lincoln, but I lvver called myself
a Lincoln man. Nobody more sincerely re
spects nnd admires Gov. Buckingham than I
do, but I do not call myself a Buckingham
man. I have labored.during the war in the
cause in which Jlr. Johnson has been enga-
[PROPRIETORS
VOL. 1, NO. 20
THE GAME OF LIFE. ,
his speech delivered in Washington on tho ! ff e< h but 1 wear no man’s livery. I will not
2Sd of February last ? When I saw the bill j to indorse all that, any man lias snid.
carried by the votes of thirty-six able Sena- much less to approve in advance all that lie
tors of the Union Party, though I had not will do. r I am nobody’s mac- but my wife's,
carefully studied it, I thought it was undoubt- I endeavor to stand by the Hag, and our State
eclly a well-drawn, judicious bill. When the I snd our natipn.,
veto message appeared, I acknowledged the “^ r ®^ ou ln ! ;lvor of extending the right
force of many strong objections to the mcas- suffrage to negroes in this State, or of
ure, even after Jlr. Trumbull's able answer, lorcing the same on the Southern States V
But had I lieen in the Senate, doubtless II As to tlieir voting in this State, I do em-
sliould have voted with the thirty able Sena- phaticaily favor it; "we admit none to the
tors, men selected from the loval nation be- P’ght who cannot read. As to the rest of the
cause of tlieir superior wisdom and patriot- country, I wish that all the States, or three-
ism, to pass the bill over the veto. But it is fourths of them, would cheerfully agree to an
now the true course to so modify the bill as | amendment^ leaving flic regulation to the
to meet the President’s views if possible.— States, provided only that none be excluded
The whole system is but temporary. We r.r- because of race, color or religion, i hey will
dently hope that the lilieml action of the n °t d ° that, and I.do not.favor anyattempt
South, in tlic full sense of the phrase, accept- £ directly extend the right of suffrage by
ing tbc situation and giving fair play to the Federal legislation. All these things come
black man will render such measures tinneces- best when they come from tlic deliberate juflg-
sary. There should be as little interference ns J nent of the people after they have been fair-
possible with the right of a State to convinced ofthe truth. I frankly answer
govern all' classes of its inhabitants, ‘ lie questions, though my nulmdual views xn
and I snid four months ago that detail upon national affairs are not at all im
there could scarcely be a greater inter-1 volved.J|r stand feirly and squarely upon the
fcrencc than the Frcedmen’s Bureau. Yet our platform of our State Convention, fraternally
national honor, vea, our honoT not only as I -] 0Ulln S hands with all Union men, and view-
Christiansand as statemen, but as gentlemen, ln S as * great calamity the possible return to
is pledged to the abolition of Slavery in fact P° wer °* enemies of the war and its ob
as well as in name, nnd to the protection of i 60 * 8 -
the essential civil rights of the black man. I .
sincerely believe that the President fullv ac- „ . , 1 nrry,n? ‘ ,
cepts and assumes this 7 obligation. I would Some writer, who seems to think well oftlie
by no means attempt to build up and sustain “institution,” discourses of. marrying. Hear
schools and chr rches by Federal action—all I him •
that belongs to the people, and to State nu- Get married man, and be quick
tbontics. The Federal Government has no abont it? too , ’ D W t wait for the Millenium,
business to meddle with it. Now if this lull hoping that the girls may turn to angels, be-
wou t do let us try another; if that does not fo £ - .£ u trust yo "rself with one of them!
succeed let us do the best wc can with the A pretty thing you’d be alongside an an-
present law, which many think sufficient, as , woffidn’t yoii-you brute! Don’t wait
i can remain in effect one year after tlie war ^ othcr d bu t right now-this very night
*all bo legaBy and technically declared J ask some ^.industrious girl to go into
closed. We arc in pursuit of a good end and partner8 i lip with you, to help clear yoSr path-
object, a good work to be done, and not of a ‘ of th £ m a ' (l ’, ant ‘flowers.-
quarrel between the President and the Con- g ' he - kick3 ^ don . t you know
grass, both of whom we elected to carry H yo ift ock h ea d, that there is such i thing as
through this momentous period. And as to 1 - ’ - -
The Connecticut Election—The Repnbli.
cans Claim the Victory.
New Haven, April 3.—The Republicans
have fired 30 guns in honor of the election of
General Hawley. The Palladium of this eve
ning figures up 850 of a majority for Hawley
in tne State. *
A contemporary gives some details on the
manufacture of false eyes, in Paris. The av
erage sale per week of eyes intended for the
human head amounts to four hundred. Paris
appears to have the monopoly of this strange
trade. Twelve eye manufactories llourish
within its barriers, each ot which gives em
ployment to twenty workmen.
It is a habit of boys swiming in the
river to duck each other. The President has
Ducked Forney.
lit?” President Johnson was a tailor. They
say it “takes nine tailors to make a man,”
but if all tailors were like Andy Johnson, it
would take about nine members of Congress
to make a tailor.
It is stated that Beast Butler is much
alarmed in view of a visit from the rinder-
rcforc, I, A ndrew Johnson, President of pest to this country.
the second branch of the question, the Prcsi
dent's speech of February 22. If the conceal
ed individuals who ask these questions will
come to my next meeting and point out spe
cific paragraphs in that speech, I will discuss
them. The speech is not here, but probably
my opponents - ip ambush mean to ask jf I ap
prove what Avas said coucerning Jlr. Sumner
and Stevens. I thought that the President
spoke with undue severity of them, for I re
gard them as eminently ablp and patriotic,
even though differing with some of the ideas
of each, more particularly Mr. Stevens’ plans
for wholesale confiscation* and liis financial
theories. But liow ridiculous to attempt to
decide a great election and turn a State over
to the enemies of the Union Party upon these
grounds. We teased the great-hearted Lin
coln like a family of ill-governed children,
and lie endurcif it cheerfully perhaps yield
ing ultimately,-all w r e asked. Jlr. Johnson
lias a different ^temperament; more like the
rest of us; when lie is struck he strikes back,
and each of tlie-gentlemen referred to liad
used expressions, to say the least, not sooth
ing or conciliatory. But it is difficult to see
how the men who bitterly fought Johnson,
Stevens, Sumner, and all the loyal men and
armies, through the long war for national
life, can make of these questions of taste or
personal feeling, the party issues that shall
carry them into power.
Q. Are you infacor of an immediate restor
ation of the Union upon the hath approved by
the President t In other teords, are you a John
son man, or do you adhere to his enemies f
[Upon the first point Gen. Ilawley dissected
at length the several steps in reconstruction,
approving them himself, but defying his op
ponents to pretend to approve. We con
dense his remarks.]
Tlio President refused to acknowledge the
lawful existence of a single one of tlie civil
officers in those eleven “sovereign States of
right entitled to all tlieir privileges,” as our
opponents say. He virtually deposed them
all. Was he right ? By virtue of liis powers
as Commandcr-in-Cliicf, ho appointed Provi
sional Governors of all these States. Wha t
was this but usurpation and despotism if tlie
theory of our opponents be sound ? Wo all
say that lie was right in peremptorily inform
ing them that it would not be endured that
they should tax their people to pay rebel
debts. Upon our opponents’ theory,* what
right had he to interfere with State debts?
And wc all say that be did right in tellirg
them that they should declare null and void,
not simply repeal the ordinances of secession.
What docs the Democracy say ? Wc say that
he did right in telling them to repeal their
barbarous slave codes and give the black man
tbc rights of a freeman. The Democratic
State Convention instructed Congress to
legislate for tlie white man, and the negro
would get along well enough 1 Jlorcover,
the President declared over his own signature
that were he in Tennessee,lie would urge giving
the vote to black men who had honorably
borne arms, or who could read and write, and
lie advised Governor Sharkey to impress a
similar policy upon Mississippi. Does Jlr.
English approve that ? I do. But further,
if a sovereign State performs one act more sol
emn than another, it certainly "does when it
amends tlic State or national Constitution,
and in this, ifin anything, a State should be
left to its own deliberate action. Yet the
President dictated—I mean just that—dicta
ted to-the rebellious States the adoption of
tbc great amendment. In that he only spoke
for the loyal nation ; but one year ago the
Democratic State Convention heartily ap
plauded the denunciation of Mr. English as a
moral coward for voting for the amendment,
and declared it an outrage upon the rights of
the States, and an ecernal barrier to union.—
The President declared in his Feb. 22d speech,
with reference to the Southern States, “when
they have give sufficient evidences of tlieir
loyalty, and that they can be trusted when
they yield obedience to the law, extend to
them the right band of fellowship, and let
peace and union be restored,” and Jlr. Fes
senden and Mr. Sumner cried ‘‘so say we all."
Our end, then, is the same. Let Congress
diligently inquire. Let it legislate wisely
when it can decide the great question of fact,
and not of law, in favor of the South;
then how gladly we shall all welcome
a complete restoration, based upon
universal justice. The Democracy de
mand an immediate restoration as they
call it. They ask no security for the future;
trying again, and that the “minnows” have
bitten at the book and run away there is now
a chance to catch a better fish ? Marrying
won’t hurt you—it won’t. It’ll oew the but
ton’s on your shirt, and mend your breeches
and your manners too—it will!
Going to get out of this subjugated coun
try, and try your fortune in Mexico or Brazil,
are you ? Well, if you will go, take some
body with you that will love and care for yon,
where all others will be indifferent to yonr
welfare. But don’t go—at least, for a time.
Get married! There never was a better time,
for wc arc all subjugated rebels together, and
no one will “make remarks” about the scanti
ness of your wardrobe, or the coarseness of
your furniture. You can cut the wood, and
she can do the cooking, with a nice little
stove that Avon’t cost much.
Plenty of freedwomen to wash and iron,
and clean up generally. Stop your whinin
about being poor, and get married!
Stop drinking whiskey, chewing and smo
king tobacco, and playing cards, and save the
money thus foolishly—worse than foolishly
spent. Your wife—that is to he—will take
care of your savings, and furnish you in re
turn with woman’s affection, and pure coffee
to warm your frozen nature.
Get married—you especially who arc in the
“sear and yellow leaf” of bachelorism, and
if you don’t, may you freeze to death some of
these cool nights. You ought to freeze, you
good-for nothing buttonless creature!
How a Devil avas Killed in Balti
more.—One night last week, says the Balti
more Gazette, a man was aroused by an unu
sual noise in his yard, and went out and
found that some one had broken open bis
meatbouse and was making off with liis meat.
He bailed the supposed thief, but found to
his astonishment that he had waked up the
most uncarthy-looking four-legged customer
he had ever beheld. At first lie was attempt
ed to leave the field to the intruder, but not
liking to lose his meat ho concluded to make
at him. He was met by a most ferocious
growl. He at once ran to the house, got his
gun and blazed away at tbc monster. The
shot had about the same impression on it as
would be produced by shooting green peas
against a brick wall. The devil uttered an
infernal growl, shook his chains, spit sparks
of fire from liis mouth, and filled the air with
the smell of brimstone, Tbc unearthly man
ifestations of demon made the hair stand on
the man's head; but he could not bear to lose
his bacon. He then, nothing daunted, de
termined to have another fire at the devil
and took the precaution to put a minic ball
in bis gun. The shot took effect directly in
the eye of the monster, and he rolled upon
tlie ground a lifeless corpse. Upon examina
tion, it was found to be a negro man,
wrapped in a mule skin, which he had pad
ded and fixed up, to render it impervious to
shot, and the fire and brimstone was but an
artifice intended to frighten away intruders,
while he committed the robbery.
This file is lmt a Killin’ of iv.nl -•.
Which mortals bare to li arn ;
Each shuffles, cuts and deals tlie pack,
And each a trump doth turn;
Some bring a high -ard to the top,
And others bring a low,
Some hold a hand quite flush of trumps,
While others none can show. ,
Some shuffle with a practiced hand,
And pack their cards with cm .
So they mnv know «lien thev ar dealt
Where all tlic leaders are;"
Tints fools are made the dopes < f rogues,
While rogues each other cheat,
Andheis very wise indeed
AVho Lever meets defeat.
When p'.nyiiiL", some throw on! the acc,
The counting cards to save;
Some play the dtice, and some the ten,
P.ai many play the knave;
Some play lor money, some im i U u,
And some for worldly fame,
But not until the game’s played ont
Can they couDt up their game.
When hearts arc trumps we play for love,
And pleasure rules tho hour—
No thoughts of sorrow cheer our joy,
In beauty’s rosy bower;
We sing, wc dance, sweet verses make,
Onr cards at random ploy,
And while our ttuinps remain on top,
Our game’s a holiday.
When diamonds chance to crown the pack,.
The players stake their gold,
And heavy sums arc lost and won
By gamblers young and old J
Intent on winning, each liis gomo
Doth watch with eager eye.
How ho may soc ills ncighbor’a cards,
And beat him on the. sly.
When clubs are trumps look ont forjwar,
On ocean and on land;
For bloody horrors always come
When clubs are held in hand;
Then lives are staked instead of gold,
/ The dogs of war are freed—
Across the broad Atlantic now,
See! clubs have got the lead!
Last game of all is when the spade
Is turned by hand of Time;
He always deals tlie closing game
In every age and clime.'
No matter how much each man wine,
Or how much each man saves,
The spade will finish up the game,
And dig the player’s graves.
A Disclaimer. •
As we published the statement referred to
in the annexed letter from Gen. Tillson to the
Augusta Const itutionalist, it is but just to that
gentleman that wc also spread before our
readers his denial of tlic statement said to
have been made in one of his official re
ports:
Bureau R. F. & A. Lands,
Office Act. Assist. Commissioner,
State of Georgia.
Augusta, Ga., March 31st, 1866.
Editor of Daily Constitutionalist.
Dear Sir : Returning, from an extended
visit to the Sea Islands of this State, ray at
tention has been called to tlie following ex
tract from an article copied in your paper of
16th inst., from the Charleston Conner:
‘The Assistant Commissioner of the Freed-
raen’s Bureau, for the State of Georgia, in
forms the Bureau that ‘the condition of the
Bureau is commendable. They are all at
work under Government contracts, no lazi 1
ness being thought of by them. There is a
great prejudice against educating the freed-
men, and attempts have been made to break
up the schools established by the colored peo
ple. There exists a hatred deep and bitter,
coming from the bottom of their hearts
among the whites against our Government-
This feeling they teach their children. We
see this feeling in ten thousand ways; neither
do they attempt to conceal it from us.’ He ."
represents that it is impossible for nnv people
to be more earnest and patient to obtain
knowledge than thefreedmen of this district.
‘They also exhibit an anxiety and watchful
ness unparalleled in their efforts not to be of
fensive to their former masters.’ In the opin
ion of the Assistant Commissioner the with
drawal of the protection to the freed people,
who are now industrious, energetic and obe
dient, would entail much suffering upon the
loyal refugees as well as they.”
I wish to state that the above quotation
may contain words or parts of sentences used
by me with reference to localities or classes
oi'individuals, but that it is mainly false in
language, nnd totally false as to tlA impres
sion it conveys, and that it must 1 * a gross
mistake with reference to the Assistant Com
missioner referred to, or an intentional mis
representation.^
Yours respectfully,
Davis Tillson,
Brig. Gen. Vols. A. A. Com.
Li
A member of the Legislature, who in
dulged himself in afternoon naps, requested
his friend to awaken him when the lumber
act came up. He omitted it by forgetfulness,
but acecidently gave him a jog as the house
was discussing a bill to prevent fraud. Old
Sleepy-head started, rubbed bis eyes and ex
claimed: “Mr. Speaker—a word or two on
that bill, for more than one-half oi my con
stituents get their living in no other way.”
A physician, passing a stone-mason's
shop, balled out, “Good morning, Mr. D.—
Hard at work, I see. You finish your grave
stones as far as ‘In the memory of,’ and then
wait, I suppose, to see who wants a monument
next ?” “Why, yes,” replied the old man
“unless somebody's sick and you are doctor
ing him; then I keen on.”
The postal orders paid at the New
York Post Office were over five thousand dol
lore on Saturday last. The average sum of
the orders received there in each week is
about twenty thousand dollars.
As a postal order can be for no sum greater
than thirty dollars, the labor of paying five
thousand dollars is something of a task.
Parson Brownlow says, “I am non afraid to
indorse Sumner and Stevens on my own dung
li ill.” A dung hill is the only place where
they should be indorsed.—Prentice.
There is a band of Gypsies, number-
they would wipe out the entire past, discharge ! ing one hundred, settled near Boston. It is
every traitor in prison, call home every wan- 1 governed by a Queen, who was chosen for
dering rebel, remove every disability, repeal seven years.
TnF. Advertising Swindler Dodoe in
Boston.—The Boston Traveller, of Wednes
day, states that tho police are looking after
the advertising swindlers in that city, and
hunting up the following latest advertising
ot the kind:
Personal—A young lady of 17 years
wishes to form the acquaintance of a gentle
man with view to matrimony. I am residing
with an old uncle who keeps a vigilant watch
over my expenses, which 1 can t submit to.
He is guardian over the property I am heir
to at mv mnrriagc.'the amount of which is
about fiftv thousand dollars. I will send my
photograph and address on receipt of 50
cents ' or will grant an interview with any
gentlemen at any place within 30 miles of
this citv, on receipt of 81 to pay travelling
expenses. Address Post Office, Box 3,585,
Boston.
Deputy Constable Barker, visited the Post-
office at an early hour on Tuesday and during
tlie forenoon a man visited the office, proceed
ed to box No. 3,585, and took about forty
letters from it, whereupon the officer arrest-
himupon a charge of obtaining money under
false pretences, and locked him up for exam
ination in tlic Police Court. He is a man
about 40 years of age, and gave bis name as
Henry C. Jlorton, but his real name is said to
be Augustus H. Jlorrison.
It is stated that he is married, resides in
jralden, and is a man of considerable proper
ty. He informed the officer that he inserted
the advertisement for the fun of the thing.
Of the letters that Morrison took from the
box yesterday, about twenty contained fifty
cents each in* postal currency. On previous
days the nufnbcr of letter;, taken from the
box which Jlorrison has liad for some time,
has been as high as seventy-live or one hun
dred.
m A lover wrote to a lady who had re
jeeted him, saying that lie intended to retire
' to some secluded spot, and breathe away his
life in sighs.” To which the lady replied in
quiringly whether they were to be medium
or large size. Tlie man has not since been
heard from.
Jufigo Green, of Lebanon, Tennessee,
originally principal of tlie Law School at that
place, and once of the justices of tlie Supremo
Bench of Tennessee, died at his home in Leb
anon on the 29th.
It is proposed to have a complete New
England cotton factory, worked by Lowell
operatives at the Paris Exposition.
