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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPHS
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The Tennessee, Legislature has again
secured a quorum and gone to work.
ggr All the public offices were closed in
Washington on the 14th—the anniversary of
Mr. Lincoln’s death. The House did net ad
journ, as “several members wanted to make
speeches,” which would hmo spoiled by de
lay- _ ...
CHARLES J. JENKINS,
Governor of Georgia.
THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET. PROCLAMATION
The members oi the Cabinet at Washing- j ^ Excellency,
ton, or those persons who preside over the
various Executive Departments of the Gov* J
eminent, besides discharging tlieir ordinary j
Official duties, are also the consthudonaUd.
visere ofithe President. He is under no obli-, fa f
. , . . ,, nv <,nliiect Public attenUon has doubtless been given
gatton to adopt their t ows on any subject, -™u « ^ on the 5th ^ ^
but still -the benefit of rtbcir wisdom and ex- 10 l ' ,auur -
perience is usual sought after on all matter;-
ol moment, and it is understood, as a general
rule, that they feel and act in harmony with
their chief They arc dependent upon him
Salks of Government Live stock.—Re- ^ ^ offiaj6 ^ bo ld,.imd the appointment
irts ot the sales of animals received at the j B a i‘ W ays bestowed with the view of obtain
ing their sympathy, and co-operation in his
ports
Quartermaster General’s offioe to date show
•ales since May 1, 1885, of 148,751 horses,
and 103,482 mules; total, 212,183animals,for
which the Government has received the sum
of $14,021,022.
Quitman Banner.—We perceive from the
last number of this sprightly 11 eebly, that
CoL Carey W. Styles has become its editor in
chief. Tho Colonel is a graceful and spirited
writer, and will doubtless add greatly to the
interest of the Banner. He has already had
considerable experience in journalism, an
wo welcome him again to tho fellowship of
the craft.
pT All the recent local election! at the
.West show heavy Democratic gains. St.
Louis, deemed n strong-hold of radicalism,
.has just gone Democratic by 3,000 majority.
.In Cincinnati the heavy Republican majority
has been cut down by over 8.000. In Indi
anapolis the Democrats liave gained from six
to seven thousand votes.
Gov. Jenkins on the “Situation.”—The
proclamation of Gov. Jenkins, to be found on
this page, will receive, we are sure, from the
people of Georgia that consideration to which
it is bo justly entitled. The Governor, it is
safe to conclude, speaks by authority, and
whatever may be the individual opinions of
other?, we shall all act wisely by conforming
our conduct to his counsel.
man named Antoineo Gauter has
been arrested for the murder of the Deering
family, some account of which atrocious trans
actions appeared in the Telegraph. He con
fesses to the murder of the boy Cornelius Ca
rey, and cays Jacob Yonder murdered the
family. Much indignition was manifested
towards the prisoner, in Philadelphia, and
lynch law was threatened by an immense
crowd, but he was finally removed in safety
to Moyamensing Prison.
Attempt at Rescue.—Under our local
bead will be found an account of an extraor
dinary attempt yesterday by a party of ne
groes from this city to rescue a prisoner in
the hands of the officers of the law whilst be.
ing taken to Clintcn for trial. It came to
grief through the activity of the military, as
all such attempts will, and much to tho pre
judice of the negroes as a class. Their true
interest lies in a strict conformity to the law,
and they will find it out*
Gen. Grant Sufportsthe President.—
A correspondent writes to the Chicago Times
from Washington city that Gen. Grant sides
with the President; that, although he is more
ni^ t it ( ffat I ^e V is^thc fast and firm friend and
adviser of the President, and that his only
complaint on this score, is, that the President
has not gone far enough.” This news will
add yet further to the affliction of the radicals.
Death of Dr. A. B. White.—It is our
painful duty, says the Southern Recorder of
the 16th, to record the death of Dr. Benjamin
A White, one of our oldest and most esteemed
citizens; lie was in the 74th year of bis age.
As a physician, ho stood among the great
men of the profession—as a citizen, lie was
beloved and honored, and as a man be was
without reproach and without stain. Integ
rity and honesty of character, were his pecu
liar characteristics.
The Government Watching the Fe
nians.—The Washington correspondent of
the New York Times telegraphs on the 12th:
The Government is not unmindful of the Fc
nian movements in this country, and espe
cially in the Northeast We are not at lib
erty tc suggest what course the authorities
intend to pursue when the exigency shall
arise, but we can say confidently that the Gov
ernment will not permit any combination of
men whatever to entangle the United States
in unnecessary difficulties with friendly pow
ers.
President Roberts, of the Fenian Brother
hood, is in Washington. He is open in his
condemnation of the movements on the north
eastern frontier; as, according to his views,
it will not aid the cause of Irish indepen
dence.
Periodicals.
Scott’s Monthly, for April, is before us,
with a table of contents truly inviting.—
Among the original contributions is one on
tho “History of Words, and Other Signs of
Ideas,” from Rev. F. R. Goulding, of this
city. It is full of interesting speculations,
and facts drawn from natnre, and cannot fail
both to entertain and instruct.
Atlanta Medical and Surgical Jour
nal—Now Scries: No. 2—J. G. & W. F.
Westmoreland, Editors. Price, $4 per an
num. The Journal presents quite as respect
able an appearance as it did before the war,
and is well filled with matters interesting to
the profession.
The Advocate of Peace.—We have the
March and April No. of this genuine Bostoni
an blue-nose organ of the Peace men North.
As a specimen of its love of peace and human
fellowship, we quote a paragraph from under
the heading “TheTreatment due to Rebels,”
tlio sentiments of which arc endorsed by tlie
pious editors:
“An intelligent friend of our cause, in for
warding recently his annual contribution,
puts the lollowing query: “Would not a
pointed, well-written article on the necessity
of punishing capitally the leaders in the late
rebellion, while lenity should be shown to
the multitude, be timely and nseiul ? Had
our government seized and hung from 50 to
100 of the chief conspirators directly on the
close of tho rebellion, disfranchised every
commissioned rebel officer, and confiscated
every rebel estate consisting of more than 80
acres, thus reducing the entire oligarchy to
poverty, and giving every slave family say
20 acres as a homestead, the rebellion would
havo been crushed forever.”
The Methodist Conference mid the Presi
dent—The 1‘rnsidcut and Mayor Monroe.
New Orleans, April 12, l^GG.
The Methodist Conference now in this city,
1ms appointed two Bi-hops to proceed to
Washington City, to convi-v to the President
toe t tanks of thah body for restoring the
Church property, which had been appropri
ated by Northern psstorsand congregations,
to the Methodist Church South.
President Johnson hasbvaed an orderpro-
hibiting Mayor Monroe and Alderman Dixon
from exercising the functions of the offices to
which they have been elected, until tlu-y are
pardoned.
jtolicy and plans. We doubt if a Cabinet
officer was ever appointed-with the knowledge
of the President, that he disagreed with him
materially in policy or principle. No sen
sible man would think of (voluntarily erect
ing a house that is in the beginning divided
against itself. A government founded on
(that principle, will as surely-oome to grief as
discordant chemical elements will resist any
thing like an effective union. A President
in this country usually has his hands full in
fighting his enemies; add to these hia friends,
members of his own political household, and
his task becomes herculean indeed. If he
succeeds in sncli a war, it will be in spite of
blundering strategy.
It is a notorious fact that three members
of President Johnson’s Cabinet, or just one
half of it, are opposed to his administra
tion, not merely on measures of governmen
tal poliey, but on questions of vital moment
that concern the very existence of tlie repub
lic. Though members of bis political
household and meeting with him daily around
the council board, at a time of extreme pub
lic peril, they arc openly acting with men
whom he has denounced to the world os rev
olutionists and traitors, some of whom have
gone so far as to threaten him with the loss
of bis head. These men are not only pub
licly opposed to tlie President and in sympa
thy with his enemies, but they are using the
power and patronage of their respective offi
ces to destroy him and subvert the govern
ment
The bare statement of the case is enough
to make the world stand aghast at the dan
gerous experiment of the President in retain
ing such men in his councils. It is a mystery
to the whole country'that I10 will thus jeopard
tlie success of liis administration and tho wel
fare of the country that is bound up in it. It
is a weakness that lils great prototype, An
drew Jackson, would not have indulged in
for a moment. There is no good reason for
it now, wo are persuaded. Tlie President has
nothing to fear from these men or the party
they sympathize with if he will but fight
them boldly and without quarter. They can
do and are doing him, far more harm where
they are than they possibly could do in the
field os his open and avowed enemies. Back
ed by the patriotic people, what has he to
fear from these conspirators against his coun
try ? Nothing. Let him, therefore, dismiss
them from his service, for so long as they are
retained to make war upon him in the gov
ernment, it were useless for his real friends
to fight his battles outside.
The other day Congress passed a resolution
prohibiting the sale of liquor in the Capitol
or any of the public buildings in Washington,
and directing the Superintendent of Public
Buildings to enforce tlie resolution.
The report has been repeated from time tc
time for the past three months, that tlio Pre
sident is on the eve of issuing a general am
nesty proclamation. The New York Times’
Washington correspondent says that there is
nothing to warrant such rumors; nor, so far 1
as can be ascertained, has the subject been
brought to tlio attention of the Cabinet The
policy of such a measure has not been agi
tated in official circles; and whatever has
been said in newspapers on tlie subject, is
mere conjecture.
II. J. Raymond, writing to the New York
Times, says: “The Government is not un
mindful of the Fenian movements in this
country, and especially in the Northeast-
We are not at liberty to suggest what course
tlie authorities intend to pursue when tho ex
igency shall arise, but we can say confidently
that the Government will not permit any com
bination of men whatever to entangle the
United States in unnecessary difficulties with
friendly powers.
The people of Nashville are nobly respond
ing to the call for food from Alabama’s starv
ing poor. Tlie Chamber of Commerce,
churches, sportingmen, all have come forward
with money, flour, meats and corn.
Tine greatest activity prevails in all Cana
dian cities to keep out the cholera. Pre
cautionary and sanitary measures are being
taken. Choleric diarrhea is reported to pre
vail in Montreal.
The correspondent of the London Times
lately had an interview of an hour’s length
with President Johnson.
A New York daily says
“A recent law of the State of Georgia, makes
burglary, and hoi se-stcaling a capital offense,
and punishment by hanging.”
But it does not say, and perhaps does
not know, that the decision as to capital pun
ishment is left with the jury, they having the
right to take away extenuating or palliating
circumstances into consideration, and miti
gate the sentence.
“Gen. Robert E. Lee’s name docs not appear
in the list of 127 ex-rebel Generals who have
petitioned the President for pardon.
Why should it 1 His parole is pardon suf
ficient, as wc dare say ho thinks.
3Ir. A. H. Stephens has been again before
tlie Reconstruction Committee to give evi
dence.
A fifteen days’ quarantine lias been estab
lished at Fortress Monroe.
Brigadier General Davis Tillson, A. A. Com.
Bureau Rcfugcees, Frecdaien, and Abandoned
Lands—and approved by Brevet Mnj. Gener
al J. M. Brannon, Commanding Department
of Georgia—and to General orders No. 17 of
Brevet Maj. General Brannon of the same
date. .
By these orders a large jurisdiction in civil
and.criminal cases, whereto Frecdmen alone
or Frecdmen and white persons may be par
ties, -heretofore denied to :Statc Courts, is
yielded to them. As will appear in the se
quel, this does not amount to positive ami
final withdrawal of military authority. It is
unquestionably a highly satisfactory advance
in the process of restoration .to our former
political status, which may be/ollowed by a
further advance in the same direction, or by
a retrogadc movement, as circumstances may
indicate. Jt lias been induced mainly by the
legislation of the General Assembly relative
to the status of the Frcedmcn. Jt will not
be lost andanay be speedily pushed further, if
the Judiciary, in Courts of inquiry and in
Courts of record—the Bench and the Jury
Box, give effect to the letter and tlie spirit of
the laws by tliem enacted. In the full assur
ance that my fellow citizens, official and un
official, who may be called upon to partici
pate in the administration of justice wiU hold
the scales in perfect equilibrium, as between
individuals and classes, I congratulate tlie
people of Georgia upon this earnest of com
ing restoration to interior self-government—
In our condition, neither conscious rectitude
of intention, nor noisy and unbecoming pro
fessions of it, will avail aught Practical
demonstrations, which incredulity itself can-
no. gainsay, and nothing less, will work out
our redemption.
It is of great importance to us that none
mistake tlie effect of the President’s recent
Peace Proclamation, and of the orders above
referred to. Our condition is certainly
anomalous, and mischievous errors might re
sult from theoretical speculation upon those
documents. I therefore state, as the result of
official intercourse and of careful examination
of previous orders and circulars, which are
only modified, not withdrawn—
1st. That the Agents, in the several count
ies of the Freedman’s bureau, still have juris
diction in all cases “ between Freedmen and
others, when the sum involved does not exceed
fifty dollars, exclusive of interest. They may
also take cognizance of and-try all offenses com
mitted by freed people or against them, provided
the punishment does not exceed a fine of fifty
dollars or thirty days imprisonment at hard
labor." They are also still charged with the
duty of examining and approving or disap
proving labor contracts, and of assisting and
protecting, by legal means, frecdmen requir
ing such aid. Trials by strictly military com
missions, are dispensed with, except where
the accused is a soldier, or the offense charg
ed, is one against the Federal Government.
2dly. I have high authority for saying that
“the President's Proclamation does not remove
martial law or operate in any tcay upon the
Freedman's Bureau, in the exercise of its legiti
mate jurisdiction; though “it is not deemed ex
pedient to resort to military tribunals in any
ease where justice can be attained through the
medium of civil authority." My impression
is, that in case of military arrest by orders
from Headquarters, Department of Georgia,
Mr. Stephens*Testimony—Decision on the
Proclamation.
! The Washington special correspondence of
I the New York Daily News telegraphs as fol
lows on the 12th:
The Hon. Alexander II. Stephens was ex
amined again to-day before the Reconstruc
tion Committee at great length. The com
mittee manifested a d« ire to obtairt all the
information from Mr. Stephens, as it seems to
Tragedy in Mississippi.—Wc learn from
a gentleman, just from Pontotoc county, Miss,
the scene ot the occurrence, of a tragedy
which occurred there last Tuesday evening.
Our informant says that the safety and quiet
of the citizens in*that locality have been in*
terfered witli, for some time past, by tliclaw-
N Jess doings of a small gang of men. headed
by a desperate villain named McDonald.—
On the evening of the day mentioned above,
about eight o'clock, McDonald, and three of
be tlieir impression that lie is by far the best his clan, went to the house of a highly re
informed witness who has yet appeared be- spcctablc old farmer, whose name is given as
fore them. It is impossible to say what im- King, for the purpose of* robbing. him of a
pression the evidence of Mr. Stephens may j considerable amount of money which it was
have upon the ultimate action of the com-1 thought he had at liis residence. Mr. King
mittee, but if they were not determined not resisted the demands of tlie villains to deliver
to admit the Southern States under any cir- over his valuables nnd money, when the latter
eumstance, it is difficult to see how they made a violent assault upon him and his
could refuse to do so now after the evidence daughter,who seemed to have been all of tlie
laid before them by Mr. Stephens. Mr. Ste- I fannly at home that evening. After a dcs-
pliens has laid before them the facts which perate insistence, Mr. King was shot dead at
will prove that the people of Georgia arc as I the hands of some of the robbers, and liis
loyal as the people of Massachusetts or New daughter severely pierced through the chest,
York, and that they are doing ten times as which will, if not already, prove fatal. The
much for the negroes as the people ot those I noise of tlie melee reached the ears of some of
Statcs,and that they ardently desire a restore- the neighbors, who proseeded to Mr. King’s
tion,tothe Union,yet the committee have dc-1 premises as fast as possible, armed withguns.
termined,-radCongress will sustain them in this The rapidity of their approach, after the per-
determination, that none ot the Southern petration of the terrible crime, brought them
States, not even Georgia, shall be represented upon McDonald and his band before they had
in the present Congress. I found tho treasure which had been the incen-
peace not restored. I tive to the bloody deed. The robbers tried
Judge Underwood lias decided in a case at to escape, but two of them were only success-
Alcxandria, before the United States District ful in the attempt. McDonald was killed,
Court for Virginia, that the President’s peace and one of his desperadoes captured, after bc-
proclamation does not restore tho writ of ing felled to the earth with the butt of a gun.
habeas corpus to the State of Virginia. This Great excitement prevails in the county, on
decision is a most important one. It is un-1 account of the murder ot Mr. King, and tlie
derstood that the case was got up by some fiendish shooting of his daughter.
Radicals wio knew beforehand how Under-] [Memphis Avalanche, YZth.
wood would decide, in order to preclude the *
possibility of the release of Jeff. Davis under southern Relief Fair at Baltimore.
the operation of the writ. It is perfectly well Some of the Baltimore papers contain inter
known here, particularly by every lawyer and ^ting accounts of the origin and progress of
member of Congress, thatthe proclamation the Fair in that city for the relief of the suffer-
does restore the writ of habeas corpus to all P° or destitute in the Southern States,
the States mentioned in it. Tlie United Thus fareit has proved an unparalleled sue-
States Supreme Court will so decide as soon The daily receipts at the doors of tlie
as they reasiemble, but as this will not be for Fair rooms, the Gazette says, continue to be at
several months, great injustice may, in the cast twice as large as was anticipated, and
meantime, he done through tlie decision of the dense crowd which thronged the hall on
this partisan judge. Druid. the opening night showed little diminution
v J b I at tlie close ot the week. Never before, it
says, were Beauty and Charity so linked
The Puritan Code in OIdc:i Times.
The Charleston Courier has conic in pos
session of an old newspaper bearing (late De
cember 0th, 1787, in which, is a column cred
ited to the “New Hampshire Syjy,” entitled
“Laws made in the Dominion of New Haven
at its first settlement,’’ from which we copy
several passages, showing the rigid virtue of
the “Puritan Fathers,” which is still the her
itage of many of their descendants as exem
plified in legislative majorities. The early
Connecticut law-makers declared:
Tlie Governor and Magistrates, convened
in General Assembly, arc the Supreme power,
under God, of this independent Dominion.
Conspiracy against tin's Dominion shall be
punished with death.
Whoever says there is a power and juris
diction above and over this Dominion, shall
sutler death and loss of property.
The Judges shall determine controversies
without a jury.
No one shall be a freeman or give a vote,
unless he be converted, and a member in full
communion of one of the Churches allowed
in this Dominion.
No Quaker or disputor from the established
worship of this Dominion shall be allowed to
give a vote for the election o ? Magistrates or
any officer.
No food or lodging shall be offered to a
Quaker, Adamite or other heretic.
If any person turns Quaker he shall be ban
ished and not suffered to return but on pain
of death.
No priest shall abide in the Dominion.—
He shall be banished and suffer death on his
return. Priests may be seized by any one
without a warrant.
No one to cross a river but with an author
ized ferryman.
No one shall travel, cook victuals, make
beds, sweep house, cut hair or shave on the
Sabbath day.
No one shall run on the Sabbath day, or
walk in his garden, or elsewhere, except rev
erently to and from meeting.
No woman shall kiss her children 0:1 the
Sabbath day or fasting day.
A person accused of trespass in the night
shall be judged guilty, unless he clear himself
by his oath.
* When it appears that an accused has con
federates, and he refuses to disclose them, he
shall be racked.
No one shall buy or sell lands without per
mission of the Selectmen.
A drunkard shall have a master appointed
by tlie Selectmen, who are to debar him from
the liberty of buying and selling.
No minister shall keep a school.
Whoever wears clothes trimmed with gold,
silver or bone lace above two shillings per
yard shall lie presented to the Grand Jurors,
and the Selectmen shall tax tlie offender at
£300 estate.
A debtor in prison swearing he has no cs-
THE DESTRUCTION OF
Fcniainism.
Eastport, Me., April 13.
A large number of Fenians have just arriv
ed in the steamer from New York. Killian
returned last night with thirty or forty. They
are perfectly quiet, having no arras. No dis
turbance lins yet occurred.
Belfast, Me., April 13.
Reports state that Castinc is designated as
a Fenian rendezvous, and that 300 men are to
concentrate there. Castinc is peculiarly ac
cessible to the British Provinces. Durum
the revolution and the war of 1812, it was im
vested and held by British forces from Nova
Scotia. Last year its battery was attacked
by rebel raiders. Its selection by the Irish
patriots show their appreciation of its impor
tance as a military position.
Calais, Me., Friday, April 13.—About
thirty Fenians arrived here yesterday after
noon by the steamer from Eastport They
have been quiet nnd orderly. No disturb-
mce has occurred. The excitement here and
at St. Stephens is abating. The volunteers
across the border arc industriously drilling
and wide awake against surprise.
The Fenians tried to hire St. Croix Hull for
a meeting to-night, but it was refused them.
Stewart’s Constitutional Amendment, ... - -
In the Sentte, on the 12th inst., Mr. Stew-1 together—never was Beauty more benevolent
which were referred to the Joint Committee mor ning efthe first week of the Fair, the
on Reconsruction: same paper states, was $54,000. The receipts
Resolved, Ac, That the following article of Saturday will swell this considerably.—
be proposed tothe Legislatures of the several The amount realized up to that time was es-
States as an amendment of the Constitution | timated at $65,000. Of this amount §17,000
of the United States, which, when ratified by had been received for ticket money, nnd tho
tbree-fourtbs of said Legislatures, shall be receipts at the door have ranged daily from
valid to all intents and purposes ns a part of] $1,400 to $1,900, and notwithstanding the
the said Constitition, viz.: large sales already made, there was still ™
Article —. Section 1. All discrimina- hand almost $30,000 worth of goods.
tions among the people because of race, color Munificent donations have been received r o
or previous condition of servitude, either in | from various quarters, and it is thought that | rate shall be let out and sold to make satis-
civil rights or iithe right of suffrage, are pro- at the close of the Fair, the amount realized faction.
hibited—but the States may exempt person’s will be unprecedently large, from which many Whoever sets fire in the woods, and it burns
now voters from restrictions on suffrage here- a poor and suffering family in the South will a house, shall suffer death; and persons sus-
after imposed. | be relieved. \ I pected of this crime shall be imprisoned with-
Sec. 2. Obligations incurred in aid of the The ladies of Baltimore, who originated ou t benefit of bail,
insurrection or cf war against the Union, and this measure of relief for the suffering South- No one shall read Common Prayers, keep
claims for compensation for slaves emancipa- era families, cannot be too highly com-1 Christmas or set days, make minced pyes,
ted are void, nn<] shall not be assumed or | mended,
paid by any State or by tlie United States.
Resolved, <fcc., that whenever any one ofl A White 3Ian Polishes a BlackMan’s
the eleven States whose inhabitants were late- Boots.—The Hartford (Conn.) Post says: a .
ly in insurrection, through a Legislature elect- | The Democratic nominee in Meriden for Rep-1 marriage; the magistrates only shall join in
cd by a constituency restricted in the right I rcsentative, W. P. Morgan, bet Geo. Hodge, marriage, as they may do it with less scandal
of suffrage only by such laws as existed in barber, (colored,) that English would be elec- to* Christ’s Church.
such State in I860* shall have ratified the fore- ted, and agreed to black the latter’s boots in When parents refuse their children con-
going amendments to the Constitution of the j a public place if he should be defeated. The | venient marriage, the magistrates shall deter-
United States, and shall have modified its I affair came off yesterday at the store mine the point.
_ laws in conformity therewith, then and in | of Hall & Morgan in good shape. A | The Selectmen, on finding the children
interference ot State Judges, by Habeas Uiat case such State shall _ be recognized as box, such as the boys use at dll railroad ignorant, may take them away from their
Corpus, will not be permitted. Such orders, 1 : „„/i n-«o «»nt from Hiuffoid for the ) namtiie mui Mit dinn in hundA at the
I believe will be rarely, if ever issued, and
I trust conflict will »«*•—** communicating
.urawc miormation, I seek to guard the whole
people against erroneous impressions regard
ing the extent to which the Federal military
authority is relaxed, I respectfully call upon
the civil’authorities to assume and to exer
cise, in perfect fairness and justice, the juris
diction clearly restored to them. Calmly and
patiently pursuing our now ascending course,
let our acts illustrate our title to fuller confi
dence and higher rights. Faithful observ
ance of the Federal Constitution and impar
tial administration of the law, will best vindi
cate intentions honestly entertained and dis
tinctly expressed, but cautiously accredited.
Charles J. Jenkins,
Governor.
dance, play cards, or play on any instrument
I ot music except the drum, trumpet and jews-
! harp.
No gospel minister shall join people in
Things to be Borne in Mind.
The National Intelligencer offers some sug
gestions on certain popular errors that may
be read to advantage. It says:
We observe in the discussions of the press
concerning the provisions of the civil rights
bill—now a law, in consequence of its passage
over the veto by a vote in each House of two-
thirds—and especially concerning the manner
in which the objections made by the Presi
dent may operate to bis embarrassment as the
Executive, some looseness of apprehension
that ought to be corrected. w , h
1. Objections to a bill are aot to be tab
to imply that the evils which are possibly, or
even probably, incident to its practical work
ing are inevitably to happen. For example,
it is a very becoming objection from the Exe
cutive that a proposed law lodges in his
hands a dangerous power. Tlie very proffer
of the objection is a good assurance, when
the measure has actually gone into effect,
that such an evil is not to happen.
2. If, in the opinion of the President, a
proposed measure contains unconstitutional
provisions, and they nevertheless go upon the
statute book, it is not obligatory upon him,
at the risk of stultification, to refuse in ad
vance of occasion to execute them. The in
terpretation of statutes comes alter thoir en
actment, and arises upon actual instances, in
whatever form circumstances offer them.—
Such instances may never arise ns shall re
quire tho decision. When they do, it should
: . 1 ■!<• upon all tin lights acoc-s-ibh-, ami
upon an official responsibility as little restric
ted as the Constitution will allow.
3. When a competent authority has de
clared any particular provision of a statute
void by reason of unconstitutionality, such a
decision does not avoid the whole' law, nor
any other part of it than that which was con
cerned in the case passed up. It is true that
the several provisions in most laws are so in
ter-dependent, one upon the other, that there
is generally somewhere in the statute one
which, if found to fail, renders virtually null
all the others. But this is not always the
case. An ordinance, for example, may estab
lish a fire department, and repeal all previous
laws on the subject. It may also provide a
religious test for membership. The latter pro
vision would be void. But that would not
affect the remainder of the statute.
4. It is common to speak of a bill in Con
gress as “unconstitutional"—unfortunately,
too commonly a justifiable opinion. The
word is to bo understood as applied, not ac
tually to the several provisions and sanctions
of tho bill, but to some of them only—that
particular one, perhaps, whatever it* l>e, for
the sake of which the bill is supposed to have
been brought forward. In this new, it is not
incorrect to speak of a bill or a law as “un
constitutional,” though some carelessness of
speech on these subjects has led to popular*
misapprehension, which at such times as the
present goes to swell the popular agitation.
oral amnesty shall exist itTregard to persons I the e‘nln™?"™o., W - r ^.i Pre ^ nl r M J' T I I od »?’ I of £1 °* A woman that strikes her husband
in such State who were in anv wav connected ^ man m the employ ot Jeffrey & shall be punished as the Court directs,
with armed opposition to tlJ Government of a^nW&. sba, \ bo , dop,ned « ood evidence
the United States, wholly relieving them from blacking, and Mr. Mbrgan chcerfuily put it No man shall court a mam ; n nprRon or h ..
all the pains, penalties, or disabilities to on. The task being finished, Mr. Morgan h e ttcr, without first obtaining cons*.,*’ of i.A.
which they may have becomo li*hi« i, y «««. «vid to the bystanders: “Gentlemen, it is as parents; £5 penalty tor the first offence, “10
of tlieir connection with said insurrection. 11 told you it would be—if^ Mr. Hawley was I for tlie second, and for tlie third imprison-
This is intended as a substitute for the joint elected you would see white men polishing merit during the pleasure ot the Court,
solutions introduced bv Mr. Stewart for the I m en 8 boots, and if Mr. English was Married persons must live together
elected, you would see black men polishing imprisoned.
white men’s boots.” Three cheers were given Every male shall have his hair cut round,
for Morgan for having faithfully performed according to a cap.
bis duty, and three more were given for Gov. J
Hawley. Mr. C. H. Warner then offered the I pgr A Fenian speech of about two hours
brush and blacking box for sale. They sold length was delivered at the door of the City
for three dollars. I Hall, Atlanta, on Saturday night last, by Mr.
resolutions introduced by Mr. Stewart for the
amendment of the Constitution.
together or be
Protection of American Fishermen.
Washington, April 13.—The President to
day, in answer to a resolution of the House
on the 10th inst, requesting information in
regard to rights of American citizens on the
fishing grounds adjacent to the British prov-
Toohy, who is, we understand, a represen-
tive of the Fenian Brotherhood. Quite a num-
A certain irritable tragedian wa3 play
ing Macbeth, and had rushed off to kill Dun
can, when there was no blood prepared for
him to steep his hands in. “Tlie blood! the
blood!” exclaimed lie to the agitated prop
erty man, who had forgotton it. The actor,
however, determined not to disappoint the
audience, clenched liis fist striking the prop
erty man a violent blow upon the nose, cooly
washed his hands in the stream of gore that
burst from it, and re-entered with the usual
words: “I have done the deed—didst thou
not hear a noise 1”
A steamboat is about to make a voy
age from Pittsburg, Penn., to Fort Benton, on
the head-waters of the Missouri, a distance
of 4,600 miles. She will carry quite a nutn-
k l>er of passengers, bound for the gold regions
of Idaho nnd Montana.
inces "transmitted a renort from the Seeretnrv I REr0RTED Amnesty Proclamation. 1 U ve 01 tne r eman isrotneriiood. Quite a num-
of State to whom the resolution was referred I report has been repeated from time to ber of citizens ancl soldiers, says the Atlanta
by the President. The Secretary of St at 7 to -\ me f ? r th ° , past tbrc< t m< ? ntUs » that tbe Prea ' Bulletin, were in attendance, all of whom
whom was referred a resolutioTof the House P Icased facts a ” d style of the
following ivords -^ ° f thC 10tU inSt ’ “ thC ra . nt such ru ” ore » nor - so far as caifbe ascer- ‘ At the conclusion of his speech he exhibit-
taken to protect thfriXs and interLtsTf :l , measur ? has not ^ agitated in official cir- the principle object of his mission among us,
American 1 citizens in the fisltin- SuSad deS 5 what . evcr ! las becn sa “ l m newspa- was the formation of Fenian circles. He pro-
jaccnt to BritiJl^possessions, nnd whetl.er any ^ r8 r on ^ 8UbjCCt > 13 merc conjecture.-6'or. p ?S ed to organize one in Atlanta before taking
legislation on the part of Congress is, in his m
judgment, necessaiy to secure these rights and« * .
interests, in consequence of the abrogation of > ?r,i^ mI Astor is projecting the erection of an
the reciprocity treaty of 1861. elections, we would most respectfully suggest j mmen sc hotel in the up-town portion ot New
The Secretary of tho Navy has. by the der3 ®^“ d f York city, on the square bounded by Forty-
President’s direction, taken preparatory mens- Sf!?y t -V ie . n . a ? 0 -°I S -. Foote, once of fiftb strec _t, Broadway and Seventh Avenue,
ures for sending seasonably a naval force to P I pp ’, 1 £ Cahfornia, then °f Ten-1 T he locations has a very up-townish sound,
the fishing grounds adjacent to the British I nesS ?°’ andn ? w of any Statethat needsibis but although nearly four miles from the City
possessions, which force is believed to be ado- H<5 “ n “f? 1 r ancl unsc ™P uloU3 Hall, the hotel when completed, will not be
qnate to protect the rights and interests of P obt . lclan ’ and capable of representing any as mucb abea d the times as was the Fifth
- - opinions, or shades of opinions, that may be | Avenue Hotel when Amos R. Eno laid the
in fashion.—Men. Bes. | foundation. Then people who thought them
selves wise, laughed at the idea of putting
ccLuaini^
UPON WHOM THE HL'.SPONSIRir TT .
RESTS. **
Replyof Mr. Rawls to Gen. Sherman
It will be remembered that the letter
recently published from General Sherr’ '
concerning the destruction of Columbia *
addresssd to Mr. Benj. Rawls, of Columbia ^
Below is a letter from Mr. Rawls, taken fP
the Columbia Phcenix of the 4th inst, throw
ing the whole responsibility of destruction c-
that city upon General Sherman; this too
from a Union man:
Columbia, S. C., 3Iarch 30, 186?
To Major-General W. T. Sherman, \j)tifej
States Army:
Sin: Your letter of the 8th of March inst
is before me, in which you, in positive terms
deny giving orders for the destruction, by
of the city of Columbia. I have in niy h at jj
an affidavit made before one of the Associate
Judges of the Superior Provost Court, Pim
Sub-District. Western Department^ Son*}
Carolina, in tho words ’following: “On tb
evening of the 17th day of February, a sol
dier at my gate said to me, ‘Did you cvers«
hell?” I told him no. ‘Well,’ said lie,
wait until night and you will fee hell, for*-*
intend to burn every damned house that then
is in the town.’ Accordingly, about 7 o'clock
or a little after, I saw the fire commence ot
the next square from where I live.’ “On
18th day of Februaay, 1865, a soldier of Get.
eral Sherman’s army met me at my gate, gj
said that General Sherman had given them
furlough for thirty-six hours to come inm
Columbia and do as they pleased in regardt,
firing and the destruction of the city.”
But, sir, as regards the liability of thegor-
eminent to indemnify their loyal subjects for
the loss of their property. You were in com-
maud; and if the loss occurred through eith
er neglect or incompetency, it is immaterial
to the sufferer; he does not lose liis right of
redress by either.
And it'is not to be presumed that the Got-
ernment would entrust a man with the com
mand of fifty or sixty thousand troops, and
that he could not make them obey liis orders;
aud there is the greatest abundance of proof
to be obtained here, that the soldiers under
your command on the 17tli of February,1865,
threw fire balls, flambeau and other fire'
works into the houses, the bedrooms and on
the roofs, and prevented the fire engines from
slacking tho fires, by cutting holes in the
leather hose to keep the water from flowin'*
to the engines. You know the old law
adage: “What you do by your agent yon
do by yourself.” As for the order of Gen
Hampton causing the destruction of this city
it is inconsistent with nature and with rea
son to believe that lie would try to destroy
his own house ancl property. His order was
to prevent property falling into the hands of
the enemy.
no**##*
When South Carolina passed the ordinance
of secession in 1801, my poor heart trembled
in my breast with tlie apprehension of a war
but a great many of our people did firmly be
lieve that the *United States Government
would not make war, but would let the seced
ing States go in peace. I did have a hope
that we would in that way avoid war, for.
although, I was only a child in the Revolu
tion, I had suffered enough to know fortie of
the evils of war, besides the destruction of
life. The thousands of innocent and helpless
women, cliildren.aged and inoffensive farmers,
tradesmen, and in fact, all classes of people
it is enough to sicken the heart of any hu
man who has sensibility. And the horrid bar
barity, such as that brought to view in Jie
affidavit quoted above, is too bad for thee®-
templation of any human, much less of cay
Christian people. To give a furlough to fiflj
or sixty thousand soldiers, to go into a city
amoug females, children and old inen, with
out arms or any protection, to do as they
pleasp for thirty-six hours; it isuot any won
der that a man would feci ashamed to let the
world know that he had done so, without he
intended to either quit the country, or make
the country quit him; for better it would be,
and more Cliristianlike, to go with them, and
see that they did not only what was right
and not inflict pain and punisuim-nt 0.1 the
innocent: ‘lest, in destroying the tarn ye |
root out the wheat also.”
Sir, I hope and believe there are in Con
gress men of feeling and good sense cm.ugh
to do justice, ancl who know that General |
Sherman was the agent of the Government, I
and if he did wrong to any* loyal subject the
Government is responsible for it. I say, asl
said last August in a letter to his Excellency
Andrew Johnson, my own Government has
destroyed my living, by burning with fire nil
my property which I had acquired and laid
up for my support in old age, and left me
without tlie necessaries of life, and all that for
no fault of mine; and I now implore indem
nity for my loss from that Government who [
has taken my living from me.
Yours, respectfully,
Benj. Rawls.
American citizens against any unlawful vio
lence.
It is proper to state, however, that this de
partment has reason to believe that there arc
at present no good grounds for apprehending
any collision or any necessity for the employ
ment of the President, and also the attention
The Fenian Demonstration.—In view of stores on the ground floor of this hotel, be
the Fenian demonstration on the frontiers of cause, said they, nobody but the crazy man
Maine, the Navy Department has sent to East-1 can calculate upoD renting stores “way up
port, in that State, the steamer Winooski.— town so far.” And this was less than ten
of her Vrajesty’s Government, h'w bmT df-1 ?L be tbi « 1 ' cla “ iron-clad Miantonomo and years ago. Now, forsooth. Astor, who is by
rected to the question whether negotiation or th . 8 paddiewhecl steamer Ashuclot will con n0 means a fast crab in such matters, goes a
legislation could be advantageously employ- a P a riof the fleet to be dispatched by m ;i e or so higher up to build his new earn
ed in adjusting the differences which have “ lc Secretary of the Navy to tlie Gulf of St. vansara, knowing that m less than five years
heretofore existed between the United States ^ a . wrence for tbe protection of American Forty-fifth street will be a central spot for
and Great Britian. | fishermen. w | hotel purposes.
Concerning the fisheries, etc., the measures I , , . ~~Z ... „ . ,
taken in that regard are not sufficiently matur-1 . Advices from Pl\ mouth, England, ^ay
ed to render an expedient or beneficial to sug-1 orders have been received there to The death of Col. Camming, of Augustib
gest any form of speculation by Congress at P Utbte the preparations for sea oflia fa which was announced a few days ago,
I war vessels. I ho com-limon is drawn that | wns i1r , r , suk oflli , own act wllik . i^,.^
State Items.
they are intended for the Gulf and River St. under a fit of abei . rat i 0 n.
I Lawrence. | "\y 0 learn that the deceased left no clue to
_ „ . the motive for the commission of this act.
General Grant Pays liis Fine. Gene- A large concourse of citizens followed the
ral Grant to-day acknowledged the service of rema ; ns to their resting place in the cemetery
Spirit of the Times, has published the follow- and paidthe fine,
ing significant notice to the President to make f
the present time.
Respectfully submitted,
Wsi. H. Seward,
Department of State.
Washington, April 12, 1866.
£ST*3Ir. George Wilkes, of the New York | a i™ 1 ™ 4 for * a3t driving, in M ashington, I , lt tbp Sand-Hill
and appealed bi-tuio the Judiee ol the 1 eace j ^ k;irn from thc Columbus Enquirer that
the Muscogee and the Montgomery and West
, * , , I pgr* The War Department contemplates | Point Railroad companies arc making nr-
Jmste ancl choose between tlio policy of the tbc rcm oval of the remains of Union soldiers rangements for the close connection of their
Radicals and their bayonets: along the line of the Orange and Alexandria roads in a manner that will make the junc-
“We hope that President Johnson may find railroad to Arlington, where they will bo de- tion more perfect than it was before the dcs-
somc way to reasonably assimilate his poliev I posited in vaults. traction ot the Opelika Railroad bridge,
with that of the present majority of Con- which will be completed without delay.
, wess; some way by which the rights of the The death of a Mormon bishop is thus The track of the Opelika branch is to be
South may be amply guaranteed and thc | announced: “He was thirty-seven years old, | widened, from Columbus to Opelika, to thc
wishes of thc moderate North conceded to.— and leaves an interesting family pf eleven guage of the Muspogec road, and the whole
And we hope that this adjustment may be wives and forty-seven small children to mourn put in operation it is thought by the 4tli of
early. * liis death.” | July next.
But if no adjustment shall be made, and
the President, ignoring Congress, shall press pgy" Mrs. Partington, in illustration of the M esterx & Atlantic (State) Railroad
on the issue which we have foreshadowed, wc proverb, “A soft answer turneth away wrath,’’ | —Change of Schedule.—The trains now
give him warning that the muskets which jays that “It is better to speak paragorically | leave as follows:
now hang in honored case in every house-1 of a person than to be all the time flinging |
hold North of thc Potomac, may soon be epitaphs at him.”
hurriedly unslung, and a rumor pass through
out the land which may break into the roar
of battle before this year has closed.”
Tliis is significant, because it shows what
the Northern enemies of the Union would
like to do; not because it foreshadows what
they will do. “Tliemuskets which now hang
in honored case,” as Mr. "Wilkes poetically
words it, in the homes of the Radicals, hung
there in thc same dignified repose during the
whole of the war, and their chicken-hearted
proprietors will be ns slow to shoulder them
for thc overthrow of Andrew Johnson as they
were to carry them to the battlefields of the
South.—Charleston Daily News.
ET* A certain General was serenaded a
short time ago by a quartette made up of
soldiers who had lost limbs in battle. Their]
sons was : “ ’Tis sweet to be remembered.”
Up Night Passenger Train, leaves Atlanta
7.30 P. M., arrive at Chattanooga 5.33 A. M.
Down Night Passenger Train, leaves Chat
tanooga G.10 P. M., arrives at Atlanta 4.40 A.
M
Up Express Freight and Passenger Train,
leaves Atlanta 7.30 A. M., arrives at Chatta
nooga 7.23 P. M.
Down Express Freight and Passenger Train,
leaves Chattanooga 5.30 A. ML, arrives at At
lanta, 5.25 P. 31.
The Atlantic Telegraph.—The New
Paper is certainly a “progressive” ar
ticle. Not content with forming material
out of which collars nnd caffs are made, it
aspires to still further encroachments upon
thc domain of linen, cotton and wool. The
newspapers now announce the introduction of
paper socks.
ETA vengeful individual, in the exuber-|
mice of his rage at some one who had offend
ed him, said: “I’ll have revenge ! By Jove! J
I’ll give his little boy a tin horn !”
One hundred and seventy-ive negroes | York, Newfoundland and London Telegraph
voted at thc election in 3Iadison, Wisconsin, Company .hate contracted with the Telegraph
a few days ago, under the recent derision of Construction and JIaintenance Company of
the State Supreme Court. London, for the manufacture ancl submersion
—»— this summer of two cables, one across the
A correspondent in Havana writes | Gulf ot St Lawrence, from Newfoundland to
that if he wanted to describe the Island of Cape Breton, and the other between Prince
Cuba in a single line he should call it, “The Edward’s Island and Newfoundland, nnd for
land of tlie flea and the home of the slave.” | the repair of the present cables, so as to have
two cables for the prompt transmission ot all
ST" A man in Wisconsin hung himself be- messages between the Atlantic Cable and the
cause his daughters experienced religion. | United States.
Fenianism South.
Pierre,” the Georgia correspondent of the I
New York Daily News, thus alludes to Feni- j
auism iu ono of his recent letters to that
journal:
I cannot say that the South takes as deep j
an interest in thc Fenian movement The
time was when she sympathized with every
pulsation of the Celtic heart; but that time
ceased when the Irish, both of the North and
the mother country, arrayed themselves under
the Federal banner and swept down upon thc
unoffending people of the South. Wronged
and oppressed themselves, they yet sought to
wrong and oppress others. Can such a peo
ple look for success in a struggle for national
independence ?
To one in this remote quarter of the globe
it looks as if the movement in Ireland had
already suffered a mortal collapse, and that
there is somewhat of personal aggrandize
ment and selfishness mixed up with the pa
triotism which actuates aud influences the
leaders of the Brotherhood in thc Northern
States. If those leaders could say, with John
Mitchell, that they had “fought the good
fight” and “kept the faith,” they might justly
lay claim to the respect of mankind. In all
tlie mighty host of the invader at Fredericks
burg, however, no one struck so fircely 01
fought so gallantly as the Irish Brigade. It
is hoped they will do quite as well wheu they
shall come to strike, not lor Southern slavery,
but for Irish libcrtv.
Tlie wise and gifted Josh Billings ten
ders to all whom it may concern thc follow
ing excellent advice: “Don’t court for mutiny,
nor buty, nor rclaslmns; those things are just
about as the kerosene ile refining bizziness—
liable to git out of repair and bust at any
minnit. Court a gal for fun, for the luv joi
bare her, for the virehu and bizzines3 therein
in her; court her for a wife or for a mother;
court her as you would a farm for the sik
and perfection for a title; court her as tho
she wasn’t a fule and you another; court her
in the kitchen, over the washtub, and at the
planner; court her in this way, young W&n,
and if you don’t get a wife, the fault won’t
be in the courting.”
A circle of six praying females o-
Biackington, being very annoyed at the con
duct ol a wicked neighbor, prayed the Lord
to convert him or take him away by dC*“i
within a fortnight. The man was taken sic*
in a few* days ancl before the time expire ■
their prayers were answered, and he was a
corpse.
f-4F*Tfao following notice was very itceaay
found posted on a tree, l>y some old eurn:'---'
geon who was too mean ami penurious •?
tako a paper or advertise: “Lost—a red
lie had a white spot on one ol" lu-r hind bV’
lie was a she cat’. I will give three dolors -
v budi wut brings hvmhum."
The New York World says:
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alibi