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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH^
Thf Gnw>d Lodge of Georgia meets
the Ht Wednesday in June.
^fOQ pa
1 #re seventeen paper collar man-
Xew England, and each one
^’"bont ofthcm dai, y-
he cholera, like a cowardly dog, at-
w bo are afraid of it, and lets alone
lack*
those
irho
are not.
TV Now Orleans Times says there is
business before the Methodist General
now in session in that city, to oc-
c^ nl
ice, now 1
in attention
for five or six weeks to
jr The French troops are to be with-
from Mexico in three detachments;
in Xovcmbar next, the second in
i*—k, and the third In November next, 1867,
WtsiuxoTON Letter to-day will be
The writer is
ij'nnnsuslly interesting.
3-ition tor correct information on af-
3 : .rencrallyid the capital and never writes
sensation.
airs j,' pncr
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(,W EDKRVrK Dkad.—The ladies of
an<l vicinity are taking an interest in
•^"position to devote Thursday, the2Gth
t0 paying suitable attentions to the
’of our soldiers, and offering an affec-
;,, te tribute to their memory.
liji-iuRGED.—Two white men, who Iiod
^imprisoned for many months in Fort
p liski and Chatham county jail on the ipso
0 f a negro, were taken out on habeas
corpus by the Inferior Court this week and
aixlWjrd. _
Btisn Tom.—This musical prodigy was in
y tir fork on the 13tli, but we infer irom a
R!W rk of ihe News that ho was to embark
fir Europe soon. Tom was performing every
jight to crowds at the Irving Ilall, who re
-let him as an incomprehensible miracle.
DauuTic.—A new act to the Lady of
Irons, it i* said, is to be written by Bulwer,
(orferliter, to come between the fourth and
ffUi as the play now stands, representing the
Batik of Lodi. It is to be put on the stage
gore effectively than any stage-battle on
uvonl, with two large armies of supernum-
fwirs. ___
The Test Oatii is Texnessf.e.—It is
hud to say which is the most infamously
mlicil. Congress or the Tennessee Legislature,
ffe see it stated that a very important bill
gating the principles of tbe Congressional
Test Oath applicable to the office-holders nn-
Jrr the State Government, passed the Senate
oa its second reading. The Nashville Press
»ml Times says it will become a law.
A Heavy Job Done Cheaply.—A Mr.
Henry ILirtstroni has proposed to the City
Connell of Savannah to remove obstructions
from Savannah river and pay five thousand
dollars for the privilege. His proposition
has been accepted. We suppose he becomes
the owner ot the obstructions, which are of
wood and stone, after removal.
JSTLieut. Andrew Campbell, of the Thir
teenth Tennessee Volunteers, who shot tho no
torious rebel John Morgan, has received the
appointment of Second Lieutenant in the
tegular service, upon the recommendation of
Judge Patterson, Senator elect from Tennes
see.— Eithange.
Thus it 11«nt whilst Confederate
soldiers are hung for maltreating Federal
frisoaers, Federal soldiers are promoted for
shooting Confederate prisoners. Facts ro-
cently published prove conclusively that Gen.
ITorcan was shot and killed after he sur
rendered as a prisoner of war and delivered
up his arms.
SOCIAL DANGERS OF REUNION.
The downfall of the Confederate cause !, :1S
been deplored chiefly on account of its polit
ical results. There arc other consequences
thougli, for which may be felt cquai. if not
greater, apprehensions by thefionthern people.
Political evils and hardships, however galling
are but temporary, the result of tlio ambition
and passion of the hour. Time, aided by
reason and interest, will put all these right
after awhile. ^ But not so with social evils to
grow out of frequent and intimate intercourse
between two peoples. The failure ot the
revolution strikes down a barrier that would
havo proven a great protection to Southern
society, and preserved it, in a great measure,
irom tbe influence of increasing moral cor
ruption at the North.
ties ns citizens to the Government that is over
us; but had we the power w* would build
wall of fire mountain high between sucli
people and our own.
0
THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVEN
TION.
This Body which represents the main pro
portion of the Missionary Baptists of Geor
gia, convened in our city yesterday. The
session was held in the house of worship of
the Macon Baptist Church At 11 o'clock in
the morning the Introductory Sermon was
preached by Rev. B. F. Tharp, of Perry, Ga.,
and was an able and eloquent discourse.
The Body assembled for business at 2 p. a.,
when Rev. — '
objects and purposes of the late war! During
the whole war, the Republicans protested that
it was a war for tho Union, a war for tho restora
tion of tho Union. Under no other pretext
would tho Northern people hsvo supported the
war. Decieved by this pretext, and believing
that it was really a war for the Union, the peo
ple of the Northern States poured forth their
blood and money like water to support it Now
that it is over, now that the South has been sub
jugated, that pretext ia abandoned, that mask is
dropped, and the real object of tho war stands
disclosed. It ia now seen that the object of the
Republican party, in causing and carrying on
tho war, was to permanently exclude the South
from all participation in the Government. This
GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION.
SECOND DAY.
Macon, Ga , April 21st, 1863.
Tho Convention met at the hour of 0 o'clock,
A. M., agreeably to adjournment, the Presi
dent in the Chair.
Prayer by Rev. S. E. Brooks.
On the call of tho roll tbe following dele
gates responded to their names:
DELEGATES TO GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION-
BETHEL ASSOCIATION.
D. A. Vason, J. F. Dagg, S. G. Daniel, I. H.
Mr. Colfax, who aaya that none except loyal men
shall ever bo admitted to Congress, and that the
whole population of the South ia dialoyai.
P. U. Men, D. D., was elected
President, Rev. J. F. Dagg, Clerk, and Rev.
The people of the South arc a plain, honest, j Will. Gwin. Assistant Clerk. As the en-
indnstrious and virtuous people, fearing God tlre number of Delegates bus not arrived we
and punctiliously honorable in their relations defer a of the members,
to their fellow men. For their beauty, intcl-1 The usual Committees on Religious Exer-
ligcncc, simplicity of manners and spojless c* 868 ) Business, and Finance, were appointed,
virtue, our women are the admiration of the and visiting brethren from Virginia, Alaba-
good all the world over. The social relations I ma ond Tennessee, were recognised as corres-
of our people are on a footing of plainness P°ndents. Religions exercises of an informal
and purity to be found among the inhabitants I * )Ut devotional character were appointed and
of no other nation. In this respect we are ns I held in the’Church last night, and Rev. a P.
distinct a people from our political brethren Callaway, of LaGrangc, was nominated to
of the North, os they arc from the dwellers in P* 080 * 1 this evening at 8 o'clock. The Body
Knmscatka or the Sandwitch Islands. adjourned till 9 o'clock this morning—the
What is Northern society at tho present uonrs of meeting being 9 and 3, and those
day, and wliat is it fast becoming ? A reflex of adjournment being 13 1-2 and 5.
of the corrupt social institutions of the lead- This Convention is not a judicatory body q^tVy eng^'in'thl pUifitlof loulstT/dM-
ing capitals of Europe. The cheap travel of ~« possesses no jurisdiction ecclesiastical or try: that they are maklmr sunerhuuan exertions
late years across the Atlantic, has brought j otherwise over the Baptists of Georgia. It is
London, Paris and the still more demoralized I sim P , y an educational and missionary Body,
cities on the Mediterreanean, as it were, to j formed for the puqmse of combining and en-
our own doors, and with their foolish weak-1 c p Dra S> n g the efforts of the Baptists of Oeor-
imitating everything foreign, the Jo* 8 * * n those two great channels of usefulness-
ini svstem of the North ia fast im- unites with the Southern Baptist Con von
has been plainly avowed, not only by Thadeus Goss, 8. G. HUlyer, W. N. Chandoin, J. Cocke, C.
Stevens and Charles Sumner, hut also was by M. Irwin, W. H. Cooper, M. P. Callaway, G. T.
It is painful for me to write such things, but M. Marshall, J. J. Toon, J. DcLoache, 8. Boykin,
it is my duty to present a faithful picture of *’ 1
things as they exist here; and it is right
that the people of Georgia ahould see
exactly the reason why their Senators
and Representatives are still excluded
from Congress. Tour noble Senator, Alexander
B. Stephens, tho patriot and statesman, has been
here now nearly two weeks, and lias placed before
Congress, through the Reconstrnctisn Commit
tee, a true and candid statement of the situation
in Georgia. Congress knows now, if they did not
know before, that the people of Gcorjia are as ful
ly entitled to representation in Congress as the
people of Pennsylvania: that tb«y acquiesce
cheerfully in the result of the war: that they ore
TESTIMONY OF ALEX. II. STEPHEN'S
••Continued.
In our issue of yesterday we published the
testimony of Air. Stephens before the Con
gressional Committee ns a full report. Wc
find tlint the following portion warn omitted
from the reports received at that time bv
mail and telegraph. We therefore add them
in order to make it complete:
ioQ _ , „
lieve their constitutional liberties were endan
gered or assailed from the Union ?
A. I would say in their internal social pol
icy and their apprehension from the general
consolidating tendencies of the doctrines and
principles of that political party which had
recently succeeded in the choice of a Presi
dent and Vice President of the United States.
It was the serious apprehension that if the
Republican organization, as then constituted,
suouhl succeed to power, it would lead ulti
mately to a virtual subversion of the Consti
tution of the United States, and all its essen
tial guarantees of public liberty. I think
that was the sincere and honest conviction of
tbe minds of our people. Those who oppos
ed secession did not apprehend that any sncli
result would necessarily follow the elections
winch had taken place. They still thought
all their rights might he maintained in the
Union and under the Constitution, especially
B. Bunn, L. Solomon, W. R. Steely, E. J. Coates, 88 there were majorities in both Houses of
r, - — * 1 Congress who agreed with them on constitu-
Jorisdiction of Frcedmen’s Courts.
The “Frecdmen’s Bureau” lias nt length
got where everybody in the South has been
anxious to see—into the Courts of the coun
try. That it has emerged from the test in a
damaged condition, is not the less urutifving
because such a result was universally antici
pated. At the late term of the United States
Circuit Court held ot Nashville, Judfe Tri"g
presiding, a motion was made for an iiijunc-
In what particular did the people be-: tion to restrain the Commissioner of the
“FreediUcn’s Burcaii''froin enforcin'- a iudne-
ment rendered by himself, on the
Wilburn, R. J. Bacon, 31. Callaway*.
CENTRAL ASSOCIATION.
T. J. Burney, L. W. Burney, 8. E. Brooks, A
[ K. W. Warren.
COLUMBUS ASSOCIATION.
J. II. DeVotle, E. Dyer, M. J. Wellborn, W. D.
Atkinson.
friendship association.
D. K. Moreland, B. L. Ross, F. H. Chcevcs.
• EBENEZER ASSOCIATION.
ness for
whole social system of the North is fast un
dergoing a radical revolution. Vice is con- t ' on * through which most of the Southern
tagious. What shall we of the South be- J baptists operate, is prosecuting Domestic,
come in the course of a generation, with ^ orC5 8 n an d Indian Missions in encouraging
a continual flood-tide pouring in upon us | an< * or 8 an * zln ff Sabbath School literature,
bringing on its bosom the fashions, the cus-1 8IK * * n # P rca ding abroad the Word of God,
toms, personal habits, extravagance, licentious | It . ha9 untler it8 control Mercer University, of
publications, infidelity, and fashionable inno-1 t * 1,s ® tate ’ at Ponfield, and the Hearn School,
at Cave Spring, Ga., the former before the
war, enjoying an endowment of about $200,-
wcek that some disgusting invention to make | nn< ^ eur P frv * se< l by a Board ot Trustees,
woman a cheat and fraud and to change the | Cora mittees appointed by the President of
whole moral current of her nature, is not sent | ^ IC Convention, make special Reports to it
South to demoralize and corrupt a pure-mind | * n a variety of topics; but these are confid
ed but imitative ]>eoplo. If these things go cret * lnerc *J advisory by the denomination,
on, we shall soon not know our own wives | 8Dt * though adopted, possess no binding
and daughters, so changed will they be from *“ rce u P on t * ie different Churches. The Dele-
the modest sentiments and lady-like bearing J o at cs generally are appointed and sent by the
of their plain but sensible, noble-hearted difl [ crcnt Baptist associations of the State,
vations upon female modesty and the sacred
relations of married life/ There is not a
mothers.
which have connected themselves with the
Here is a text for all the wise and good of L? onvcn f ion * which associations, themselves
_ ° I fnitnn/1 Kw I— : l! 2 j *
the land. Wc are becoming estranged, not
only from God and tho exactions of a sound
morality, bnt from tbe behests of common
decency and self-respect. Wc are about to be
cursed with
it3 poison
make us in time, in nil that constitutes ini
quity, successful rivals of the famous Cities
churches, are nothing but missionary bodies,
on a smaller scale. Each association sends
up an amount of money, designated forsorae
particular channel, and the sum total is ac-
a moral leprosy that will shoot 1 • # 8C -
into cvcrv relation of life, and h, 0rdm ^ "PP^Pnated undirected, by the
Convention. Each State has its own Con
vention which sends its delegates and funds
-*>, - T l *f , ,. , * to the Southern Baptist Convention, by
of tbe Plain. Let the pulpit, the press, the I v - i n. • , , . , ’ •
r , , ” , 1 ' . I ahich the money is expended through Boards
appointed for the purpose. That Convention
now has three Boards—one of Foreign Alis-
T . . . . | sions—one of Domestic and Indian Missions
these foul invaders. It is far cosier to pre-1 , a ,
„ ., . .. , ,I—and a Sabbath School Board. It formcrlv
vent than to cure an evil in the social body. , , _ „ i
forum, the legislative balls, and evciy good
man and woman at the South, come to the |
rescue and raise the standard of war against
Tes Texas Constitution.—Recent letters
from Texas state that the Convention has pro
dded in the Constitution that no part of the
school fund, or the university fund, shall be
ew applied to the cdacation of any bnt white
children; nor shall any tax collected for school
purposes be applied to tho education of the
blacks, except such as may be collected from
the blacks themselves. The Convention also
adopted a provision requiring a residence of
five years in the State os a qualification for a
Rat in tbe Legislature.
Tbe Supreme Coukt Vacancy.—A des'
patch from Washington announced a day or
two since, that the President had nominated
Henry Stansburg, Esq., ot Cincinnati, for
Justice of the Supreme Court in place of
Judge Catron, deceased. We think the South
has same grounds for complaint against this
appointment. Of the nine Justices now on
the Supreme Bench, eight are from theNortb-
States, and tho nomination of another
from the same section and in the placo vacated
f’J a Southern man, gives a sectional appear-
utceto the selection. Wc had hoped the
hoe had arrived for the President to show
by bis example that tbe people of the
South are a part of the nation, and entitled
to share in its honors and powers.
TitE Baltimore Fair.-Wc learn, through a
P/ivato letter, that the fair got up in Balti-
oore for tho relief of sufferers at tho South,
h** proved a splendid success. The sum of
1100,000 had already been realized, and
enou gh articles were on hand to continue the
*»les for a week longer.
It is worthy of note that among the con-
tfibutors to this noble work of benevolence is
Ex-President Buchanan, from whom tho
® 8B8 gers acknowledge a donation of two
ho*dred dollars.
also see it stated that Mrs. Andrew
Johnson, wife of the President, sends to the
Pair a beautiful basket of exotic flowers, cut
1,00 the White House Conservatory.
Hr. Winans, of Baltimore^ contributed the
handsome sum of Twenty-five Thousand dol-
social body.
Once having taken root, it is like a cancer
that cats and oorrodes continually until by
slow degrees it resists all remedial power nnrl
hurries on 10 tho desiruetL— vlctlrn -
had a Bible Board, which was discontinue* 1
daring tl>u war.
The Georgia Baptist Convention generally
— *n attendance tho master-minds, and mo»t
eloquent preach*— «r denomination in
try: that thty are making superhunan exertions
to repair the ravages ot war: that they are doing
everything that even the Abolitionism could wish,
for the comfort and well beingof th* negroes; and
that the legislature baa passed laws, which are in
force, protecting the negroes in their rights. Yet,
in the face of these facte, and in spite of the fa
vorable impression which Mr. Stephens baa made
here, that gentleman and h!s equally worthy col
league find the doors of the Senate slammed in
their laces, and are coolly told by the Radical lead]
era :—“Oh, you Southern people are all disloyal
at heart: the seats in Congress an only fer loyal
men; and there are nonesuch in tie South*’’
Tho Radicals believe, too,that tb<y have tho pow
er to carry out this detestable pdicy of the per
manent exclusion of tbe South fwm Congress.—
They have the coctrol, it would nem, of the judi
cial branch ot the government, as they prevented
the Supreme Court from dccldiqg the test oath to
be unconstitutional; and as by the art recently
passed, tho number of Judgc^ on the Supreme
Bench is reduced, in orderthat President Johnson
may not appoint one to fill the vacancy that existed
until within a few weeks! By uiurping the powers
that belong to a tall Congress, composed of Sen
ators and Representatives fromall the States, they
have gained control of what passes, now, for the
Legislative branch ot the Govenmcnt.
In order that they may fully cirryent their atro
cious programme, it is necessity now, that they
shonid obtain control of tbe only remaining branch
of the Government, namely, tke executive. To
that end, all their energies n»w are bent. The
person who at present fills the executive office is { *^ a *l and approved.
G. It. McCall, James Pierson.
GEORGIA ASSOCIATION.
P. H. Mell, J. T. Wingfield, T. W. Callaway, U.
W. Wise, J. E. Willet, J, J. Pearce, A. B. Sharpe,
H. H. Tucker.
HOUSTON ASSOCIATION.
W. J. Collins.
REUOBOT1I ASSOCIATION.
B. F. Tharpe, N. A. Bailey, W. C. Wilkes, W.
H. Rice, G. L. D. Rice, E. M. Amos, W. M. Davis,
J. J. Carson.
SAREPTA ASSOCIATION.
F. II. Ivy, 1. W. Johnson.
SUNBURY ASSOCIATION.
8. Landrum, D. G. Daniel, G. H. Daniel.
WESTERN ASSOCIATION.
J. H. Callaway, S. P. Callaway, A. R. Callaway,
J. I. Callaway, G. S. Obcar, J. W. Fears.
FLINT RIVER ASSOCIATION.
J. H. Campbell, D. Will Gwin, D. X. Martin, F.
M. Haygood.
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION.
W. L Harley.
MERCER ASSOCIATION.
C. S. Ganldtn.
MADISON CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY
D. E. Butler.
rENFIELD MISSIONARY SOCIETY,
8. P. Sanlord.
GREENSBORO MISSIONARY SOCIETY.
P. B. Robinson.
Tlic minutes of the preceding day were
nothing to them. They have Guild ont that be is
inflexibly determined to carry 1 ont his policy, and
that he is, therefore, aa •hsteclt to their path; an
obstacle to he removed: and the) have determined
to remove him.
Exactly how to do this, tothers them.
tionnl questions.
Q. To what feature of their internal social
policy did they apprehend danger ?
A. Principally to the subordination of the
African race as it existed under their laws
and institutions.
Q. In what spirit is the emancipation of
the slaves received by the people ?
A. Generally it is accepted, I think, in per
fect good faith, and with a disposition to do
the best that can be done in the new order of
thing. In this particular—
Q. What at present are the relations sub
sisting between white and black people, es
pecially in the relation of employers and em
ployed ?
A. Quite as good ns in any part of the
world that I have been in, between like cases
of employers and employees, and the con
dition of things in this respect, on my return
last fall, was very different from what it was
when I left home for my present visit here.
During the fall and up to the close of the
year, there was- a general opinion prevailing
among the colored people that at Christmas
there would be a division of lands, and a very
general indisposition on their part to make
contracts at all for the present year. Indeed
there were very tew contracts, I think, made
throughout the State until alter Christmas or
about the 1st of January. Gen. Wilson, who
is at the head of the Bureau in the State, and
whose administration has given general satis
faction to our people, I think, was very active
in disabusing the minds of the colored peo
pie from their own views in this particular,
lie visited quite a number of places and ad
dressed large audience? of colored people,
and when they became satisfied they werfe
laboring under a mistake in anticipating a
division of lands after Christmas and 1st of
January, they made contracts very readily,
and since then their affairs in the main have
The Convention adopted the report of tho moved quite smoothly and quietly.
Assassl-
Q. Are the negroes generally at work ?
A. Yes, they ure generally at work. There
are some idle, but this class constitutes but a
small portion.
Q. What, upon the whole, is their conduct,
Committee on Missions.
By permission, Rev. Jesscc II. Campbell
announced to the Convention, his intention
to publish at ns early a day as practicable, a
nation might do, but the President is too well I new edition of his “Lives of Georgia Baptist I under the circumstances in’ which they are
guarded for that. Imncackment will probably be Ministers,” and made a general request for I placed, or otherwise ?
the means tnat they will resort to, and they will j information that will enable him to enlarge rauc ^ ^e tter than the most
not hesitate long for a pretext. One will soon be | and improve his work on the subject already I ft “L
published.
We cannot co«*>n cncc the light too early or I our g tate> an( \ j n jt s meetings discussions of
con t{ ““° ** to ° vigorously. The enemy is I interest ami eloquence are often held—
not weak, and we shall make a fatal error if I ^j |e p n Biic are always welcome to attend
wc so regard him. ne is panoplied with all and , i8tcn to the debate—indeed, wo are re
tire follies and vicious emotions of our na- L ne8te a t0 eI tcnd them on invitation to that
ture, and is only to be overcome with a des- c g* uct
perate struggle. For one wc enlist for the To . morrow Sabbath, the pulpits of the
S “" <hri ° f *• »„<! Bnpti.. Chare.
male purity continually afloat.
es, in this city, will be occupied by its ap-
| morrow morning.
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE
OF THE GEORGIA TELEGRAPH.
The Senate to be further “ Purged"—Bitter and
Relentless War Between the President and the
Radicals—The Radical Programme Requires
the Permanent Exclusion of the South from
Congress—Unavailing Labor of Mr. Stephens,
A New Telegraph Project.—A move-
®cot is now being made in Congress, which
carried out, must prove detrimental to the
telegraph interests of the States.
A bill has been introduced by Senator
Sherman to grant a charter to a company to
Hffi telegraph wires over all the post-routes
hi the United SUtea, and has been referred
to a Special Committee, consisting of Sena
tors Sherman, Clark, Harris, Brown and Ne-
*ffiith. The committee is said to stand three
for, and two against the bill. Senator Brown
favors government taking possession of and
operating all the telegraph wires in the
United States in connection with the Post
Office Department. Some of the others are
‘a favor of the most unlimited grant to the
company to run new telegraph wires along
any post-route, whether railroads or common
highways, through cities, over bridges, or
"herever they chose to go, all State or cor
poration laws to tire contrary notwithstand
ing.
That tho reader may know something of I pointers, whose names will be published to-
the disgusting extremity to which the matter 1
offusliion alone'is being carried at the North,
we close this article with an extract from a
late number of tlic Freeman's Journal, pub
lished in the city of New York. The editor
of that paper is scandalized by what it calls
“The Indecencies of Modern City Fashions,”
and says:
A few weeks ago, on a muddy day, we saw
walking, some way before us, a pitiable ob
ject. In the distance it resembled a poor
German peasant woman, with her short pet
ticoat falling somewhat below the knee.—
(There is nothing immodest in that peasant
dress. Tire German peasant walks with her
ankles exposed, but there is no illusory pre
tence of covering them.) Tbe poor creature
wc saw seemed to be such an one, with a huge
clothes line strung around her frame, on
which she seemed to lie carrying various gew
gaw* dresses for different people.
She seemed to be the humble errand girl
of some dressmaker’s establishment. On pass
ing tire unhappy creature, we noticed that
she was sailing along with the idea that the
dresses hanging around her shoulders were
her own, and she looked as modest and un
concerned as if she were really decently cov
ered. Speaking of it to those more au/ait
in such matters, we found that such kind of
dress is “all the rage” for some time past.
It is effected on purpose, by having hoops
made with a sharp and stiff curve at the foot,
that will tilt the dress above, and expose the
legs to tire knee. Another “progress” keeps
pnee with it. •
It has been told in tlic daily papers, but
we rarely believe anything we see in them.—
A very truthful woman, however, living in
the country, came to town last week, and
told a near friend of ours that she had tricil
to get a corset made, but was told it should
not be done under two weeks, because all
hands in the large establishment she visited
were engaged in making false calves for “la
dies” who wear the tilting hoops!
On last Saturday, walking home from
church through several fashionable streets,
wo noticed women walking, with tilting
skirts, from where they had been pretending
to say their prayers; and on all tbo comers,
and on hotel fronts, we saw rows of well-
dressed black-guards, standing, observing
and laughing, and commenting on what these
women were exhibiting.
Out on this indecency, that would dis
grace honest Pagans. Let every modest wo
man, who has been tricked into getting
these traps of tho harlot at tlic latest
“fashion,” pull them off and burn them.—
Let every parent sec to it that bis guileless
daughter is not disgraced by following the
fashions. Let the masters of buoseholds do
the charity to a servant maid that has kept
nil with the fashion, to provide her with such
as arc modest, and forbid her, while in his
house, to play the airs of the waHton.
Why, even in Pagan times, when the men
abandoned themselves to the most vile prac
tices, they tried to keep their women incor
rupt. What are we coming to t
Advice, exhortation, may fall unheeded up
on the car. But these are fact*, lacts taken
from respectable and refined (God save tbe
mark!) society in the leading city of our
country, to which wc trade, and from which
we receive our ideas of fiisliion and general
deportment. They must be heeded nnd fclt t
for they strike home to the heart of every
husband and father in the South, and warn
him of the danger to the peace and honor of
his household. Wc are willing to live under
the laws of tho Union, and so long as they
arc just and impartial discharge nil our du-
found, in the President’s refusal to execute the |
civil rights hill._Jgfl readers think be will
tlfir'iinoAntlllnllAnalilv T 3’CVCr; DCYer
Q. As tar as you know,what are the leading
objects and desires of the ncgroc3at the pre-
Rev. Sylvanus Landrum, read an interest- senttime, in reference to themselves ?
- 1 A. It is to be protected in their rights of
for, and therefore it has not been constitutionally
enacted.
The Union consists of 36 States, and according
*- <he conatltntiaa of the United States, which pro
vides that the Senate shall constat of two members
lutionary faction there, who have nsnrpcd the pow
ers of that body.
It is with great pleasure that I am able to say
that I believe Jefferson Davis will soon be uncon
results seem to have been looked for. The
good management of these trust funds, and
\ I the preservation of them with so little im-
ditionally released, and restored to his family payment during the financial derangements
and to liberty. The sub-committee of the Judi- of the past five years, arc mainly due, under
eiary Committee, to whom tho subject was re-1 Providence, to the skill and ability of the
ferred, will, I understand, report that there is no Treasurer, T. J, Burney, of Madison, Ga.
evidence in the possession of the Government The committee on Preaching, announced
connecting him with the assassination ot Lin- the f 0 i low i ng appointments for to-morrow.—
coin or the alleged cruelties at Andersonviilo
and as he cannot be tried for treason, for reasons
that I recently stated, he will, probably, be libe-
at Washington—The Radicals Determined to ' rated. God knows he bes suffered an unjust and
Remove the President—The President Will
Not Execute the Civil Rights Bill—Jefferson
Davis to be Released.
Washington, April 15,1866.
Not satisfied with their achievements up to the
present time, the Radical leaders in tha Senate
and House of Representatives have had under
consideration another stop, for some days past,
which they will probably attempt to take before
long. This is nothing less than the expulsion of
Hon. Garrett Davis, of Kentucky, and'Hen. Wil
lard Sanlsbnry, of Delaware, from their seats in
the Senate, for alleged “disloyalty;” and tho
forced resignation of Senator Cowan, of Pennsyl
vania, and Senator Doolitllo, of Wisconsin, on
tbe false plea that they do not correctly repre-
aent the sentiments of those States. Heaven only
knows whether or not they will succeed in per
petrating these outrages. These contemplated
wrongs are no greater than the one already per
petrated in the expulsion ot Mr. Stockton; and,
if they are consummated, they may serve to warn
tbe American people of the abyss of revolution
that is yawning at their feet.
As between tbe President and the Radicals in
Congress, there is neither peace nor truce, bnt
war, bitter and relentless war. Ono party
or the other must go down in the straggle,
for both are strong and determined.
Let mo warn the readers of the Telegraph not
to believe any stories about “harmony" or “good
feeling” between the President and tho radicals,
or about a yielding disposition on tho part of the
President; or about his being disposed te acqui
esce in the policy of the radicals and to aban
don his own policy. Such tales are freely tele
graphed from here but they are utterly destitute
of truth. Tho President said to the Governor ot
one of the Northern States, a few days ago, re
ferring to his speech of Feb, 22d and to his two
veto messages. “Hero is my platform. On these
and on the constitution of the United Slates
stand; and I feel that I am standing upon a rock
which can never be moved.” And he added an
expression of his determination to carry ont the
principles of bis policy, as expressed in the above
documents, until every one of tho eleven South
ern States shall be fully represented in Con-
cress.
° As regards the Radicals, they have exhausted
all their arte in endeavors to win him over to
their side; and now, satisfied of tho fruitlessness
of all such attempts, they are determined to
crash him. The success of their nefarious
scheme, by which they passed the Civil Rights
bill over his veto, has led them to the hasty
conclusion that they have the power now to pass
all of their contemplated measures, in spite of
cxecutivo objections. Your readers have no
doubt seen the remarkable speech made by Mr.
Speaker Colfax on the 10th inst. In that speech
Mr. Colfax puts himself at tha head of the radi
cal phalanx, sounds the charge, and leads the
onset against the President. He exults over the
defeat of tho President; and he plainly announces
tho purpose of tne Radical majority in Congress
to be, to pass such measures, before that body
adjourns, as will forever prevent tho equal repre
sentation ofthe Southern States in Congress.
How shamefully were the people of the North-
ern Suites humbueged and deceived by the lead
ers of the Republican party, in regard to the
cruel imprisonment long enough. May he ubw
enjoy many long years of qniet happiness, in
the bosom of his family, surronnded by devoted
friends, and honored by the respect nnd lovo of
the people for whose sake ho has endured and
suffered so much. Warwick.
The Attorney General Overrules Judge Un
derwood’s Decision.
Tire New York Times’ dispatch of the 17th
contains the following important information
from which it appears that tlic views express
ed by the Telegraph of the effect of the Pres
ident’s proclamation, arc correct:
The Attorney-General to-day made his re
port to tho President in tho habeas corpus
case decided by Judge Underwood, at Alex
andria, on the 11th inst., and which was re
ferred to Mr. Speed for his opinion as report
ed in my dispatch of the 13th inst. It will
be recollected that Jndge Underwood decided
that tho late peace proclamation did not pre
tend to revoke the previous proclamation of
President Lincoln suspending in certain cases
the writ of habeas corpus in the States lately
in insurrection, and upon this view of the law
Judge Underwood refused to grant the pray
er of the petitioner. Upon the facts the At
torney General comes to a different conclu
sion from that arrived at by Judge Under
wood, and recommends that an order be
made for tire release of the prisoner. Upon
this recommendation the President this af
ternoon directed that an order he issued for
tlic discharge of tho prisoner.
It is scarcely necessary to add that wherever
the civil law has resumed its authority, the
military power will not be exercised except
to aid tho civil authorities in executing their
decrees, and for the latter purpose only it
the military arm retained in the States lately
in rebellion.
(Sunday.)
Baptist Church, 10 1-3 a. m., II. II,
Tucker, D. D.; 4 p. m., M. J. Wellborn
night, Missionary Mass Meeting.
i PttE 8BYTERIAN Church: 10 1-2 a. m., P.
IL jllell, D. D.; night, S. Landrum.
Mulberry Street Methodist Church
10 1-2 a. m., S. G. Hillyer, D.D.; night, F. H.
Ivey.
First Street Methodist Cinnicn: 10 1-2
a. m., J. H. Campbell; night, P, B. Robinson
Yineville : 3 1-2 p. m., W. D. Atkinson.
Methodist Chapel : night, D. Will Gwin.
First Colored Baptist CnuRCH: 11 a. m
D. E. Butler; 3 p. m., S. Landrum; night, E,
Dyer.
Second Colored Baptist Cnuitcn: 11
m., G. R. McCall; 3 p. m., Wilkes Flagg (col
ored) ; night, A. 31. Flagg.
Presbyterian Col’d Church, 11 A. M.
A. R. Callaway; 3 P. M., D. K. Moreland
night, B. L. Ross.
Methodist Col’d Church, 11 A. 31., G. W,
Given; night, D. G. Daniell.
The next meeting of the Convention was
appointed at Columbus, Georgia.
On motion of Rev. S. Landrum, the Con
vention adjourned till 3 o’clock P. M., after
prayer by Rev. G. W. Given.
TnE Patricide near Cave Spring.—
Tho leading facts of this melancholy affair,
ns we gave them last Saturday, have been con
firmed. It seems that when Lieut Lyle ap
proached the house his father ordered him to
go away, asserting with an oath, that he had
killed bis old mother, and he would kill him
if he came near. The young man started to
go around so as to approach tbe house by the
the back wav, and when about eighty yards
distant, it is alleged, that his father shot
twice at him. The young man then drew his
own pistol and shot twice, the second taking
effect in the heart of his father, producing
instant death.
We publish the above only as rumor, but it
is concurred in by all wc have seen, who are
from that neighborhood.
[Rome Courier, 17th.
The Jail.—We learn that there were yes
terday morning confined in the Chatham
county jail seventy prisoners, sixty-eight ot
whom were committed on the charge of lar
ceny.—Sac. lltrald.
Ole Bull.—This world renowned violin
ist, wc see it stated, died in Quebec, a few
days a^o.
j-t?” “Sir, did you ever sec a dead duck
Yes, an “Occasional'’ one.”—Prentice.
afternoon session, 8 o’clock.
The Convention re-assembled, prayer by
Rev. G. T. Wilburn.
On motion of Rev. Jesse H. Campbell,
Committee of 7 were appointed to revise the
Constitution of the Convention.
The Committee appointed under this mo
tion, are 3Iessrs Campbell, Tharp, Given, Va
son, Burney, D. G. Daniell, and Tucker.
Mr. T. J. Burney of 3Iadison was unanimous
ly elected Treasurer of the Convention for the
next ensuing three years.
The Convention appointed Rev. J. H. Kil
patrick to preach the next introductory ser
mon; D. W. Gwinn the alternate; J. H. Cuth-
bert to preach the Educational sermon; S. G.
Hillyer, alternate.
Tho following were elected Trustees of
3Iercer University: Thos. Stocks, D.A. Yason,
D. E. Butler, T. J. Burney, S. Landrum, J.
IL Campbell, G. W. Evans, E. W. Warren,
B. F. Tharpe, J. H. DeVotie, 31. G. Wellborn,
J. W. Johnson, J. T. Wingfield, H. A. Tuppcr,
C. 31. Irwin, T. G. Lawson, E. Steadman, G.
S. Obcar, P. B. Robinson, H. Bunn, W. T.
Brantley.
The following were elected the Executive
Committee of the Convention: T. Stocks, T
J. Burney, D. E. Butler, J. E. AVillet, J. R.
Sanders, W. G. Woodfin, P. B. Robinson.
The Convention after prayer by Rev. E. W.
Warren, adjourned till 9 o’clojk 3Ionday
morning.
Tho Postmaster General will soon is
sue a postage stamp of the denomination of
fifteen cents. It bears the likeness of Abra
ham Lincoln.
♦ • ■■
Fuaorant.—Thirty-three elegant boquets
were presented to the Sentors who voted for
the Civil Righto hill, by the colored women of
Washington On Monday.
tmiutv vi uvv>
wmld MreTentLim’bot'tiicre'w-SHlRiiwijjia.M ingfcport ontlie condilionof^Ierccr Unirer-1 H i3to protected in their rights of
" The’bli’* SrSTSS gosge, to thedehth j„ touching Inn-1 J2g> “ nd ‘ ,r0 ‘“ rt ’* to 1 “' 1 “ lt f ”'f “*
by inch a C«ngre*a as the constitution provides | Mallary, lately deceased, one of the mem
bers of the Board of Trustees of the Univer
sity. The report, together with the report
of the Treasurer of the University, shows that
the endownment of 3Ierccr Univcrsityjimounts
from each State, It would require 43 votes to pass I now to about $144,793.47, having suffered
a bill over the President’s veto. The civil rights I diminution of about $50,000. The reports
bill has not been passed by a two-thirds vote of the I referred to, produced an agreeable surprise
Senate, but only by a two thirds vote of the revo- OI1 tlie . part of the delegates, as no such good
liltiAnnrv fsi’tmn f ln>rn ivliA Love ncnrni>ri Ihannw. I 1 w
_ *. __ i
ment of these objects?
A. The Legislature has passed an act of
which the following is a copy:
“No. 99.—An act to define the term per
sons of color, and to declare the rights of
such persons.
“Sec. 1. Be it enacted, &c., That all ne
groes, mulattoes, mestizoes and their decend-
ants having one-eighth African blood in their
veins shall be known in this State as persons
of color.”
“Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That per
sons of color shall have the right to make
and enforce contract, to sue, to be sued, to be
parties, and to have full and pqual benefits o r
all laws and proceedings for the security of
person and estate, and shall not be subject to
any other different punishment, pain or pen
alty for the commission of any act or offense,
than such as are prescribed for white persons
committing like acts or sffenses.”
The third section repeals all conflicting
laws. Tire bill was approved by the Gov
ernor, 3Iarch 17, 17 1860.
A. Does the act express the opinions of tlic
people, and will it be sustained ?
A. I think it will be sustained by the courts
as well os public sentiment. It was passed
by the present Legislature. As an evidence
of tbe tone of the Legislature ot the State, as
well os that of the people of the State, upon
the subject, I will refer you simply to a letter
I wrote to Senator Stewart upon the same
subject. I submit to you a copy of that let
ter. It was as follows:
“Washington, D. C., April 4,18G6.—Dear
Sir—In an answer to the inquiries touching
the sentiments and feelings of the people of
Georgia toward the freedmen and the legal
status of this class of the population in the
State, allow* me to say, tho address delivered
by me, on the 22d of February last; before
the Legislature, a copy of which I herewith
hand you, expresses very fully and clearly
my own opinions upon the subject of
your inquiries. This atUlress was written
and printed, as you now sec it, before its de
livery. It was delivered verbatim, as you
now read it, that there might be no mistake
about it. It was, as it now stands, unnni
mously indorsed by tbe Senate in a joint
resolution, which was concurred in by the
House without dissent, and was ordered to
be spread upon the journals of both Houses.
This I refer to you as a better and more de
liberate index of the feelings and views of
the people of the State on the subject, than
any bare individual opinion I might express
or entertain. The Legislature ot a State, it
is to be presumed, is as correct a reflex of
the general feeling nnd views of the State as
any that can be obtained from any quarter.
In addition, the Legislature subsequently
evinced their principles by works in passing
an act which I also inclose to wou. This act
speaks for itself. It is short, concise, and
pointed, as well as comprehensive. It secures
to the colored race the right to contract and
enforce contracts; the right to sue and be
sued; the right to testify in the Courts, subj
ject to the same rule that govern the testimo
ny of whites nnd it subjects them to the same
punishment for all offenses as whites. In
these respects, embracing in all essential civil
rights all classes in Georgia, now there is no
discrimination in these particulars on account
of race or color. Please excuse this hasty
note. I have no time to give more detail.
Yours most Respecrfullv.
ALEX. II. STEPHENS.
Hon. Win. H. Stewart, U. S. Senator.”
Q. "What, if anything, is being done in
Georgia in regard to the education of the
negroes, children or adults ?
A. Nothing by the public authorities as
yet. Schools are being established in many
parts of the State under tlic auspices of the
Frcedmen’s Bureau, I think, and quite a
number by the colored people themselves, en
couraged by the whites.
Q. What disposition do the negroes mani
fest in regard to education ?
A. There seems to’ be a very great desire,
on the part of the children and younger ones,
and with their parents to have them ed
ucated.
r . , nnseir, on tne property
ot an estate. 1 lie ease in which the jud"e-
meut had rendered was brought by a'frced-
man for wages— against his former owner
the wag< s being claimed for.services render
ed while a slave. The learned Judge reviews
at length in a very lucid und able decision—
the law establishing a Burean, and powers
the head of that concern lias sought to vest
in the Courts which were established bv him
self. lie arrives nt the following just and
sensible conclusions:
1st. That the Commissioner had no author
ity to establish Courts for the trial of cause-
arising between whites and freedmen. The
Bureau bill itself confers no'such nutL’t ity,
and the Constitution expressly provides that
such tribunals shall be established by Con
gress. Therefore any judgment rendered by
such Courts is a mere nullity.
2d. That such Courts could only exist du
ring the war, and then by reason of the fact
that the Bureau was put under the wing of
tho War Department. Deriving all their
powers from the military arm of tne Govern
ment,, their judgments and decrees were of
necessity, confined alone to the people sought
to be provided for and protected by tbe act
creating the Bureau.
3d. Without expressing any opinion as to "
the validity of decrees and judgments ren
dered by these Courts during the war, it was
clear that all their powers and functious were
swept away by the peace proclamation, which
destroyed all military constraints upon the
rights of the citizen, and opened the civil
Courts to them for redress.
4th. That a judgment rendered during the
war, cannot now be enforced, because the
authority by which it was rendered has
ceased.
5th. That the freedman beingnow endowed
with civil righto, must apply to the civil
courts for the enforcement of his judgment.
8th. That the Court coaid not gr-:rt tbo
injunction prayed for in the bill for it i.udno
authority to restrain the Commissioner from
committing, a trespass which lie would do if
he attempted to enforce the judgment. In
that event the civil courts would iumisli the
proper redress for the wrong.
As it is stated upon authority that the late
proclamation of the President placed the
States enumerated in it upon the same footing
with Tennessee, this decision emasculates the
Bureau in Georgia of the powers it lias been
exercising with little judgment and less jus
tice during the pjist year."
_ This at least is one of the positive and tan
gible results of tlic late proclamation, about
which there still exists a contrariety of opin
ion. Its beneficial influences will not prove
greater to the whites than the blades. Both
may now expect that promptand even handed
justice, which will expedite the business of
the country, and remove tire irritations and
vexations which have been ot daily occur
rence.
Hereafter the Commissioners may cease t®
send quarterly reports of fiendish* outrages
upon the freedmen to delight the Radical
North. They may also find less hurtful if not
move congenial employment in distributing
blankets to indigent darkies, than in fanning
the flame of resentment which the patrons
and admirers of the Bureau have attempted
to ignite between the races at the South.—
Columbus Sun.
Draining the Everglades.
We are informed that the Trustees of the
Iinprovement Fund have made
tion a large portion of swamp TiricYoVcmoVbfti
lands bordering upon the everglades on the
South-eastern coast of Florida. Mr. Glcasou
has bfccn for sonic months engaged in pros
pecting that-portion of our State which lias
heretofore been almost a terra incognita, and
lie believes that “something can be made out
of it.” The ciimate is salubrious nud delight
ful beyond any other in the United States.—
Tropical fruits of every desci lptiou grow all.
the year round and attain the greatest perfec
tion ; oranges, lemons, limes, cocoa nuts, pine
apples, guavas, &c., grow naturally and with
very little cultivation. Sisal hemp, wild flax,
and cornpte or arrow root, of the best kind
can there be raised or found in the forests.—
All that is wanted to make this one of tho
finest countries in the world is that energy
and intelligent enterprise without which the
advantages of soil or climate cannot be made
available lor the benefit of man. Into this
wilderness 3Ir. Gleason proposes to go imd
try what can be done with it. He is a man
of energy, perseverance and intelligence, not
visionary but practical, and he believes that
be can bring immigration and wealth into
these waste places. May success attend him.
If he shall show us the way to make this por
tion of our State habitable and profitable, he
will do a good thing for our whole people.—
Floridian.
Victor nugo rises, winter and sum
mer, with the sun. He lights his fire and
makes his coffep; then he writes, reads, or
composes until eleven, and during that time
no one troubles him in his meditations. At
eleven, whatever the temperature may be, he
goes out on tlic terrace of the house, which is
on the some level os his loom, and makes
long ablutions with cold wf ter. Then comes
the breakfast hour, devoted to family chat
and the reading of newspapers and letters.—
The meal generally last for an hour and a
half Then the poet takes long walks across
the island. He works while walking and of
ten stops before points he specially admires.
He is not much given to eating. Ills table is
simply set, and lie is always satisfied with' the
dishes before him. Although he lias a good
appetite, he is moderate, and no one can say
that he has seen him commit the least excess,
Victor Hugo goes to bed early, generally be
fore ten o'clock. Pens, ink, and paper are
placed on a table nigh him. Often, in his
broken sleep, lie jots down the thoughts that
cross his mind. Sometimes lie writes in the
dark, and makes hieroglyphics that in the
morning he alone can decipher.
Newspaper Consolidation.—The last
number of the Augusta Transcript contains
the Valedictory of the proprietor, which
closes as follows:
The Transcript henceforth will be merged
into the Chronicle & Sentinel. "Wo have
transferred its advertising lists, subscriptions,
and good will, to that old and well establish
ed paper. Under the administration of its
present editors, we assure ourselves that our
patrons will not be dissatisfied with the
change. Wc trust that they will extend to
this excellent journal the same favor that we
ourselves have been wont to receive nt their
hands. Its wide circulation renders it an ex
cellent advertising medium; while its able
conduct will recommend it to the public at
large.
In conclusion, we thank the press erf our
own and other States for thegcneral courtesy
and frequent kindness which we have expe
rienced in our intercourse with them, and
wish them a large prosperity.
jgp A New Haven firm has shipped a
plendid carriage to Maximilian, in 3Ioxico,
The carriage was lined with blue satin, and
as known as the Landeau style of carriage,
and cost $3,500.
Northern Religious Newspapep^—Rev.
T. K. Beecher, brother of the celebrated
Henry "Ward Beecber, says of the religious
newspapers of the North, “In all our reading
of newspapers, we find none that are more
passionate and un-Christlike in discoursing
upon current n.*ws and pending controver
sies of State th in the so-called religious pa
pers. They are not religious in any proper
sense of the term, mid their tendency is to
narrow nnd sharpen their readers, shrivel
their prayers, aggravate their prejudices, and
ignite sectarian and sectional passion.”
Pennsylvania will have to pay as her
share of the Frcedmen’s Bureau for the cur
rent year one million five hundred thousand
dollars.