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[PROPRIETORS
SERIES,!
MACON, GrA., MONDAY* MAY 14, 1866.
iVOL. 1, NO. 25
TKLEGltAPH
hlilSHlHG HOUSE,
ynjJAM A. BMP &Co < Proprietors.
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editors.
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^ of JOB PRINTING of evciy descrip*
„ ir Sosts” expresses the feelings of man/
rjacot l>« otherwise described. Languor,
r;; cnt rYation, listlessness, aleepyneta,
1 'cL’lr, wsnt of sppetite, Ac., compose a
' failnentsgreater than all othere combined,
for these indescribable complaints
r pu'vratios Bitters are prepared. It ia for
L relief of these same complaints they have
* ‘ w famous- Hence it ia that they »re so
; " used by clergymen, merchants, la-
r ta j persons of sedentary habits. They are
]. aunt to the taste as they are beneficial to
I'* eh. The extent of their sale is almost
tredihle
IncaTH or a Clergyman.—We notice in
:ul Times of Saturday last, an an-
uncemtat of the dentil of Rev. Meriwether
in-ton. formerly, of Savannah, which took
, , thf hi inst, at his residence in Han
; county, after a long illness.
•yrTlic citizens of Columbia held a pub-
nrtting on Wednesday, for the purpose
piscine on record the fncts "in relation to
t .irsiruction of their city, and the over-
; lain? array of proofs which can be of-
] io support the letter of Gen. Hampton
da: subject
la is a Ni’T-SnELL.—The New York
uri thus pertinently shows up the way in
kh the Radicals arc stultifying themselves
opposing reconstruction. The Southern
ta claimed, and the Northern denied the
it to secede from the Union. Both be-
red they were right, and appealed to the
imncot of war. The North conquered.—
South accepted the result. Why, then,
we maintain that States which we said
Id not get out of the Union, are our of it ?
lion. C. C. Clay.
ia the eve of his departure from Fortress
, the Hon. C. C. Clay addressed the
nrd note to two officers of the garrison
iat place:
Fortress Monroe, > '
April 20, I860. \
ptains Blackmon and Landis:
Gentlemen;—On the eve of departure,
1 as a last act, I tender you all I have to of-
-my thanks and grateful acknowledge*
nt oi'repeated kind offices and courtesies
one dearer to me than myself, when in deep
'iction, my beloved wife,
taav forget it, for I am but a man. The
od God never will. May he reward yon.
Very truly, your friend,
C. C. Clay, Jr.
LEG RAMS FROM OUR EXCHANGES
STS FOR FRAUDS IN THE FREEDUEN'S
BUREAU.
Dispatches from North Carolina report fur-
w acta of malfeasance on the part of agents
foe Freedmen'a Bureau in that State. Col.
ttlesey, the Commissioner for the State,
several of his subordinates, with the as-
ce of some Massachusetts pbilanthro-
it ia said, have been discovered running
stations on private account, and working
inquent or disorderly darkies on them tor
Jfo-buient. Several arrests have been made,
d more will be, it is reported.
1X8 tmered for the recovery or cotton
SEIZED AT 8AVANNAII.
The Times’ Washington special says:—
all the claimants of the cotton seized
’.he Government at Savannah have corn
ed suits in the United States District
urn ot New York against Simeon Draper,
ton agent, for the recovery of the value of
cotton. The names nnmbcr one hundred
I twenty-two, and a strong array ot coun-
“as bceu retained by the plaintiffs, among
are James T. Brady, Wm. T. Evarts,
i other gentlemen of equal ability.
general sickles’ report.
Sickles, who arrived here yesterday
weral members of his staff, from Char-
Md an interview with Gen. Grant to-
■■ Gen. Sickles reports affairs gradually
proving m the State. The labor question
well settled, and the lawless operations
foe northwestern portion of the State have
’’co Sickles having declined the mission to
j 5 F De ’ w * d probably return to the com-
‘ a “ of the District of South Carolina.
TRAGIC END OF AN ADULTERY CA8E.
May 7.—The adultery case bc-
x mentioned bad a tragical end to-day.—
accused pleaded guilty and were
' * Mrs. Bright, the woman, left the
“ n roo . m to pay the fine, when her husband
*. Pistol upon her. Mrs. Bright turned,
OTiuently tried to get out of the way, but
“ CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS.”
By this name are known that portion of
the Republican party North which, though
willing to impose nnjust restrictions upon the
Southern States and secure the concentration
of all power in the Northern States, are un
willing to endorse one or two ultra radical
ideas of Mr. Sumner and Mr. Stevens. We
allude, of course, to the leaders of the conser
vative wing. We think the conservative peo
ple of the North are far more liberal and cath
olic in their opinions and feelings.
We do not like to speak disparagingly of
men who are, apparently, our triends: but it
is due to oar honest convictions of the truth
that we should worn our countrymen of the
Sooth not to trust too confidingly, in any
matter concerning their rights and future po
litical position, to the conservative Republi
can leaders in Congress. Whatever may be
essential to the preservation of the constitu
tion and the equal rights of the South, we
have yet to sec the first Republican, radical
or conservative, who is willing to give up his
party in order to secure such a consummation.
There is probably not one of them who, rath
er than see a Democratic triumph in the
States or the Union, wonld not prefer to go
over, body, soul and breeches, to Thad. Ste
vens, the D—1 and all his hosts in their war
to crush out the people of the South. Their
argument is that the constitution mnst be sa
ved and the South brought back into the
Union, but both must be done without affect
ing tiie integrity and power of the Republi
can party, qr not done at all.
If anybody can point out to us the partic
ular interest which the South has in such
politicians and their politics, we would be
glad to have it done. We say politicians, for
they arc nothing else. There is no such
thing as enlarged patriotism and true states
manship now left at the North. The noble
spirit and principles that animated Daniel
Webster and Silas Wriglit are gone, and all
politics now are but a struggle for power and
spoils without regard to principles. The
spirits of those noble men, could they revisit
the scene of their earthly gloiy, would frown
upon the pigmy tricksters and political
schemers who now stand in their places and
hold the destinies of a great [people in their
hands.
Perhaps the ablest and roost faithful expo
nent of the class referred to, is Mr. Raymond,
the editor ol the New York Times and now
a Representative from that city in tlieso-call-
cd Congress. Where does he stand in this
vital struggle of freedom against slarcry, of
the constitution of our fathers againsOTc an
ti-republican innovations of modern dema
gogues ? Professedly he works in the same
traces with the President; and has said and
done some good things on the side of
justice and moderation; but his patriot
ism has a limit, and has never exceeded
it It never extends to a point that
may be considered dangerous ground for bis
party When he comes there, be flinches, pal
ters, is ready for a “compromise”—in other
words, he deserts the President and principle,
and becomes the political partizan, without
independence, without courage. He has nev
er yet given a practical recognition of the
grand and threatening issues of the day—is
sues that involve everything that is dear to
us as a nation, in the North as well as in the
South. He is for the President, but went
with the President’s enemies in the Connec
ticut election, on the ground that it was bet
ter than to give power to,j[the Democrats.—
He advocates the President’s plan of recon
struction, but would adopt the plan of men
whom the President has denounced as “trai
tors to their country,” if they will but strike
out a solitary objectionable feature. He
stands by the principles of the Administra
tion, bat discourages tbc formation of a party
for giving those principles a practical effect
in the government. In fine, be is willing to
do right only when the Republican party does
not suffer from the doing of it
God help the South if her fate is to depend
upon such politicians as these! Is there not
in all the North one Republican truthful and
brave enough to stand by his country in pre
ference to all else, and with an eye single to
her freedom and glory ? Has the spirit of
that peerless patriot, Henrt Clat, ceased to
animate the bosoms of the old Whigs whom
the fortunes of politics have thrown into the
ranks of that destructive faction that has
brought so much evil upon their country ?—
Wc trust not
P. S.—If the above strictures need to be
justified, we refer to the unanimous Republi
can vote in favor of the constitutional amend
ment of the Reconstruction Committee, an
account of which came to hand after our re
marks had been put in type. Where now is
her the invalid and sick who patronize her The Fenians
house will find such a nurse as is rarely doitnfall of “head-center” o’majiony-
met anywhere. In his choice of servants the CEIVED jnismiEX against killiax.
proprietor has been exceedingly fortunate, From ^ New York world.]
The O’Mahony bubble has burst at last.—
The gross frauds practised upon the masses
of the Fenian brotherhood for the last four
months in the name of patriotism, have at
last come to a close. Ever since the 8th of
and firmly established, and partake some-1 December, when the senate, headed by Col.
thing of the marvellous. Thcre'is really no I Roberts, left the organization located at Un
humbug about this water for disordered liver, ion square, the O’Mahony party have been
judging by their assiduous efforts to promote
the comfort of the guests. As to the water,its
properties for the relief of diseases of the kid
neys, bladder, liver and skin are well known
J* *** too quick in his movements for ,
• ®nd fired his pistol, with the muzzle : the Conservative Republicans’ regard for the
a J ew inches of her face, and the ball i constitution, and their sympathy for the
S effect in the right cheek, an inch or so [ a_ n ,j, •
«rom the no*., £ d ranging through to S ° Ut “ ?
Mrs. Bright hurriedly turn
er ° ut very rapidly toward the
,„r, , c ? urt of criminal corrections,
- hu hus Vi? d fired again, entirely miss-
After firing the second shot,
ifnr , Wa3 cau ght by both arms by John
Cn fi® tried to turn the pistol
°jrn breast, in which be was toiied
QMtprtell, who had also seized him, and
»uose aid he was quickly disarmed. The
or fiy Ufod. rCm0Ved 10 * kespital where she
T&ESBTTKIIIAX GENERAL ASSEMBLIES.
iW 008 ’ M *y 8.—In addition to the re-
fo» 5^5 ven tion called by Dr. Brccken-
•V.u .Kentucky .which will meet here on
nKii*® *“**•» the Presbyterian General As-
- T ”’. k°th Old and New School, will
8* °J cr . °“ c ncr. But one hotel is open at present, but
ST’ ample ! and commodious will soon
i ,T°“* haTe been made. A il the railroads j fling out its flag, and the two combined will
Kl *>*L ,t*» Mississippi packet companies ; be able to accommodate all who are likely to
ro®in railroad lines to the i visit this delightful watering place.
40 C0BTc y delegates at half j It is long sincc j lmvc tasted such ^
#0I -RRA REPOHT FROM QUARANTINE AT I teDdcr ehicketlS,
.. ?fEW yoek. ! good coffee and choice liam. Early vegeta-
sh° UK ’ Ma y 8.—The health officer’s blcs now gratify the palate, while the pros-
^Rths 4 Jtte® . new cases and three pect of a splendid garden is as good as heart
convahse^f I"' Tlnr ‘ could desire. Mrs. Collier has an established
crrM i “’•‘“cent patients had been trails- , „ . . ,,
SLir? tho ItC'P'tals ship to the ship reputation for keeping an excellent table:
UniuV’J e V r, ng °nly 40 in hospital. Total but I think she has never surpassed that she
^r of death, by cholera
bowel affections and diseased kidneys. Bil-
liousness is soon relieved by it, and the poor
dyspeptic who, at home, was afraid to cat at
all, is, by its use, rendered $ble harmlessly to
consume ns much as the fine appetite the wa
ter gives, disposes him to take.
Few guests are sojourning here at present;
but I can assure all who desire health and
comfort, that to no better place can they go
just now. The hotel is just opened, and it is
hoped that os soon as that fact is known many
will come.
Harry Flash, the poet, is sojourning here,
os witty and humorous os ever, and Mr.
Clayland, formerly of the Telegraph, is also
temporarily residing in the vicinity. Gen.
Gordon, Judge E. A. Nisbet, J. T. Nisbet and
Dr. J. Harris, of Macon, are here. The weath
er lias keen cool and rainy, but promises now,
to be clear and very pleasant. We have a
daily mail, and each day read with avidity
the papers of Macon and Atlanta. As to
amusements I believe they consist mainly in
chatting and visiting the springs, though
some indulge in rolling ten-pins occasionally.
The trees have on their greenest garb, and
wear an aspect most beautiful to the lover of
nature. The Mineral Spring is situated in a
romantic dell, overshadowed by forest trees
and surrounded by rocks and rustic seats,
with a small brook purling near by; and,
were one altogether at ease in his mind, ho
might pass his time most pleasantly, with the
aid of companions and good books.
But enough for the present B.
CO.
Honors to a Soldier.—The funeral, yes
terday, in honor of Brig. General Edward D.
Tracy, who fell at Port Gibson in May, 1864,
was a worthy tribute to a brave soldier and
patriotic citizen. The procession, which was
one of the largest and most imposing we have
seen in the city, moved at 10 o’clock from the
Passenger Shed to Oak Ridge Cemetery. The
citizens generally united in the tribute of res
pect, and it is due to Northern gentlemen
doing business in the city to add, that, as a
mark of respect for public sentiment, they
closed their doors whilst the procession was
on the march.
A full report of the funeral exercises will
be found under our local bead.
Gen. Tracy was a native of this city, and
about thirty-two years of age at the time of his
death. He graduated at the University of
Georgia in 1851, after which he taught a
school for a few years and was then ad
mitted to the Bar and practiced in Macon.—
Just before the war broke out, he moved to
Huntsville, Ala., where he became the copart
ner in his profession of Hon. L. P. Walker,
late Confederate States Secretary of War.—
Upon the commencement of hostilities he took
the field as Captain of a company in the
Fourth Alabama, which was attached to the
Army of Northern Viiginia. He was made a
Brigadier General for conspicuous gallantry,
and placed in command of an Alabama Brig
ade, which was transferred to the army of
Mississippi and stationed at Vicksburg.
As before stated, be was. killed at Port Gib
son, just after General Grant crossed the
river at Grand Gulf.
Gen.Tracy was a young man of much prom
ise, and his early [death was a loss, not only to
bis family and friends, but to his country!
Pebbonal.—We had the pleasure yester
day of meeting on the street that prince of
Expressmen and clever fellows, Col. Wood-
warti, the Southern head of the National Ex
press Company. He visits our city at this
time for the purpose ol inaugurating an office
for business, and has brought out with him
all tbc necessary material for putting it into
immediate operation. Our citizens, we learn,
will enjoy a sight ot his splendid wagons and
teams to-day, though the latter are much jaded
by their long travel in the cars all the way
from Richmond.
We welcome this efficient agent of tho Ex
press and true friend of the Press, to Macon,
and we are sure we express the general senti
ment when wc wish the company a handsome
success.
Crop Prospects.
Western Georgia.—The following letter
from Heard county will interest our readers:
“Wheat in this section is doing well, and
bids fair to yield the best crop we have hod
in many years. The area sowed in wheat is
large, and it is beginning to head, and looks
exceedingly well. The same observation ap
plies to Randolph and Chambers counties'in
Alabama. The com crop is coming up, and
some are chopping out. The area planted is
not large on account of the scarcity of seed,
and the irregularity of labor. Many of the
freedmen are restless and will only stay a few
days in a place. The most serious difficulty
is the inclination to keep tbc women and chil
dren from work; on this account men with
families find it hard to “make buckle and
tongue moet,” and when the dinner-kom is
sounded, have to leave bacon entirely out of
the question to buckle at all. White Indies
are doing their own house work, cooking,
weaving, washing, and arc thought none the
less of; such will thrive, grow rich and re
spected, while the poor vain blacks will lose
good homes and grope along in squalid pov
erty. Time may cure them of their follies.
A Sad Catastrophe.—Capt Faulkner of
the schooner Corsican, which vessel arrived
at Oswego on the 4tli inst., from Hamilton,
C_ W„ reports that when off Oakville lie
picked up a skiff containing two boys nearly
exhausted, and a girl who had died from
exposure. It was ascertained that the skiff
had drifted out from Oakville with two boys
and three girls, but two of the girls were
washed ovarboard and drowned. Their ages
were under 15.
The oldest Cliarch now existing in
this country is one near Smitbfield, Isle of
Wight county, Viiginia. It was built in the
reign of Charles I., between the years 1030
and 1635. The brick, lime, and timber were
now maintains:!and, permit me to say, that in imported from England.
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Indian Springs, May 8,1860.
This is now the fourth day of my sojourn
at this once fashionable summer resort, and
for the information of yourself and readers,
I will give a few items concerning the place.
There may bo some among the numerous
subscribers to the Telegraph whose health
may demand a change of scene and the use
of remedial water, and to such the informa
tion that I give may be useful.
There is a comfortable daily hack running
to and from Forsyth, and it conveys passen
gers that distance in about three and a half
hours, reaching the Spring? in time ior din
weakening gradually and imperceptibly, and
it was only by the most desperate falsehoods
and the most profuse expenditure of the mon
eys taken from the pockets of the brother
hood for the ostensible purpose of liberating
Ireland, that the Union squire establishment
has existed and received life from the heart’s
blood of the organization. ’’
the killian rrASCO.
The expedition of Lieut-General Killian and
his host of major-generals and lesser dig
nitaries to the frontier, with the advertised
purpose of capturing the inoffensive island of
Campo Bello, has at last opened the eyes of
all honest Fenians to the terrible swindle
which they have been duped into supporting
and abetting. The real p -rposo of i illianin
taking three hundred badly armed men to
Eastport was to help the cause of confedera
tion of the British provinces, and to create a
row by breaking the neutrality laws in order
that the government might be compelled to
issue a proclamation which could only result in
breaking up the plans of Colonel Roberts and
General Sweeney. For this Killian and
O’Mahony have labored assiduously, and all
the money which has been subscribed to free
Ireland from tbc shackles of British tyranny
has been devoted merely to pay broken-
down politicians and one-horse spsuters
high salaries to plunder the honest men
of the organization who have sought to
protect tbeir countrymen from being
robbed aud plundered in the name of patriot
ism. During the last three or four days the
men who left their families and their homes,
as they supposed to take shippingfor Ireland,
Killian having informed the men that General
Sweeney was already in the field, and that
the movement to Eastport was but a part of
the plan of that officer, who was to support
them by a diversion on Canada. The men
were induced to believe these villianous false
hoods, and left for the frontier in perfect good
faith to take shipping at once. But when
they arrived at Eastport they found neither
transports nor iron-clads; and as a lost resort,
the leaders, Doring, Sinnot, Killian, and com
pany, wanted their deluded followers to at
tack Camp Bello with nothing but their pis
tols. Col. Walsh, Capt Lnyner, and others,
who did not wish to see the men slaughtered
by the shells from the British fleet lying off
the island, refused to accede to this mad
brained attempt of Killian and his confreres,
and the entire scheme fell to the ground.—
The men had to beg their way back to New
York as well as they could, and they are here
now to call John O’Mahony to his last ac
count.
the trial of joiin o’mahont.
On Saturday last the Eastport contigent of
the grand army of invasion call on John
O’Mahony and demanded that they should
receive remuneration for the loss of time and
employment that they had suffered in the wild
goose chase. O’Mahony refused at first, and
denounced Killian as a traitor, who had sold
the “cause” to the enemy, Killian having al
ready asserted the same thing of O’Mahony
in the streets of Eastport, stating that the
reason why his invasion scheme had come to
grief was because “the administration had
failed to support him in the field.” (Mean
ing John O’Mahony.) This did not satisfy
the men, however, and Col. Walsh and Capt.
Gayqor, it is understood, presented pistols at
the* head of O’Mahony, having previonsly
lock the doors of the mansion to prevent his
escape. O’Mahony, after a slight delay to
gather his scattered faculties, paid the dc-
njands of the men, and they left on their
way rejoicing, with $30 per capita in their
pockets.
the last struggle of o’mahont.
In conseqaence of the smash-up of the in
vasion and its fatal results to the organiza
tion, a meeting of the department of Man
hattan, which nos hitherto fought tooth and
t ail for O’Mahony, was called by the district
enter, Patrick Daily, on Sunday nftemoon
at 2 o’clock at the hall of the department, 814
Broadway. The meeting was strictly a priv
ate one, and no one was allowed to be present
but the center, the secretary, and the chair
man of the committee of safetv of each circle,
representing the seventy circles of the depart
ment, and numbering about two hundred
delegates in all. The salaried officials of
Union square, who applied for admittance to
support the falling fortunes of their beloved
chief, were ignominiously cxpffiled as soon as
they made their appearance. The men were
all picked, comprising the best educated and
most intelligent of the brotherhood in the de
partment ; and they met with the firm pur
pose of sifting every wrong and outrage to
the liottom. The meeting having been or
ganized, and Mr. Daily appointed chairman,
a committee was appointed to wait upon
John O’Mahony and inform him that the
convention was in sessioa for the purpose of
examining his accounts and hearing explana
tions in regard to the shameful escapade at
Eastport. O’Mahony, it is said, demurred at
first to appear before the convention; but tbc
convention was determined that he should no
longer humbug them with plausible speeches
and smooth words, and, finding that the
Fenian brotherhood were masters at last, he
consented perforce to appear before the con
vention.
exciting scenes in TnE convention.
vention : “Am I to be destroyed for this, the j Thad. Stevens on the Reconstruction
one great mistake of my life?” But he was; * Report,
met with the answers from several delegates! Washington, May 8.—The House proceed-
who juhiped on their feet: “It is hot your I ed to the consideration of the special order,
first mistake.” “You are a servant of the j it being the joint restoration reported by the
Fenian brotherhood, not the master any: Reconstruction Committee, proposing
When O’Mahony appeared before the Con
vention the greatest excitement prevailed, and
it was almost impossible for tho once power
ful chieftain who had defied the entire Cath
olic hierarchy of the United States to make
himself heard. Cries of “Imbecile!” “Spir
itualist 1” “Killian’s dupe!” “'Where is the in
vasion of Ireland now t” and other discord
ant sounds, were heard from all parts of the
hall. The partisans of O’Mahony made a
strong eflort to obtain silence for their chief,
and succeeded. O’Mahony was then placed
upon the stand, and was subjected for nearly
two hours to the most rigid and scrutinizing
cross-examination by the delegates, individu
ally and collectively. He was questioned and
cross-questioned repeatedly as to how the
money of the brotherhood had been expend
ed, and several members denounced him in
the most violent terms. O’Mahony fought for
the masteiy like a lion, but did not succeed
in impressing the delegates in his favor.—
The scenes at times equalled anything ever
seen in the council of 500, during the French
revolution; and, at times, it seemed as if O’-
Mahoncy was about to give wav under the
terrible cross-examination which he had to
undergo.
At times ho would rise, throw his hair back
from his forehead, and repel the accusations
hurled at him only to have them flung back
in his face. * His face was pale as death
throughout, and though he was terribly badg
ered, he made a splendid fight for domina
tion. At one time when questioned ns to
how be came to send Killian on the wild
goose chase to Eastport. and not being able
to answer the question, he looked around in
a supplicating manner and asked of the con-
longer.” “And, “we have made you, and we
will unmake you;” and several other equally
determined answers. Capt. McMahon, a
brave soldier who unmasked a battery during
the war in the second corps, denounced O’Mn-
hony in unmeasured terms as an “imbecile.”
It was proposed to depose him at once by sev
eral delegates when O’Mahony, finding himself
driven to the last ditch, produced a letter pur
porting to be from Jas. Stephens, in which that
gentleman stated that he would leave
Havre for the United States on the 28th
of April, and.expected to arrive here on the
0th of May. A compromise was then effected,
and a committee was appointed to take
charge of the Union square headquarters, and
the books, papers, and rooms therein until
James Stephens arrived, for the purpose of
making a proper investigation. The commit
tee is now in charge of the mansion and the
valuables, if any remain to be taken care of,
which is doubtful. The utmost indignation
is felt against Killian, and should the great
“mobilizer” return to New York, it is proba
ble that he will meet with rough treatment at
the hands of the outraged and swindled Fe
nians. O’Mahony, it is said, is already nearly
crazed, and the entire corps of salaried offi
cials at Union square, who have been swallow
ing up twelve thousand dollars a month of
the funds of the brotherhood, have been dis
charged by order of the committee appointed.
Crowds of the disaffected yesterday visited
the headquarters of President Roberts, and
tendered their services, which were accepted
with the proviso that they meant fight. And
thus is ended the great swindle of Union
square, with its magnificent furniture, its
liveried servants, its sumptuous congress, its
salaried officials, and all its other regal ap
purtenances. Stc transit gloria O’Mahony !
Infamous Behavior of Negro Troops.
From the Memphis Argus.]
The following facts are furnished by one of
the Conductors of the Memphis and Charles
ton Railroad, (Mr. Fowler), who obtained
them from another Conductor, (Mr. Tighe),
who was himself an eye-witness of what is
here related:
Last Thursday week (April 19th) about 150
negro troops were transported over the Mem
phis and Charleston Railroad from Tuscum-
bia to Huntsville. Before starting, many of
these colored soldiers loaded up their guns,
and, on the way, were constantly amusing
themselves by firing from the windows of the
cars, unchecked by their white officers, at
any white people that might come within
range of their vision.
They deliberately fired at a man ploughing
in the field, between Courtland aud Decatur,
but fortunately missed him. But it was at
Leighton, a flag station, a few miles west of
Courtland, that they perpetrated their great
est enormity—one of those now oft-recurring
outrages which are so well calculated to set
on fire the passions of Southern men and
make them perfectly ruthless in their hatred
toward, not only the criminal negroes, but
also the bad white men who have deluded
the ignorant blacks into the belief that they
are now the ruling race, and that vengeance
is a duty.
At Leighton, one of these black devils saw
saw a lady—Mrs. Osborne King—standing on
the balcony of her residence, with her infant
child in her arms, about one hundred and fif
ty or two hundred yards from the moving
train: whereupon, he raised liis gun, and,
pointing it through one of the windows of
the car, took deliberate aim at the lady, and
fired. The ball struck Mrs. King’s thumb,
tearing off the nail, passed on through the
clothing of the child, and lodged in the
fleshy part of the lady’s arm, inflicting a se
vere and most painfnl wound!
After the perpetration of this hellish enor
mity, a negro sergeant, who was present in
the same car, was heard to approve the deed,
and cried out: Keep on shooting boys, if you
want to; don’t shoot at any person in partic
ular—but keep on shooting. ’Twon’t mako
any difference if you do kill a few of the damn
secesh.” The white officers on the train of
course, heard the shooting which was going
on at intervals, all the way from Tuscumbia
to Huntsville, but they made not the least
effort to put a stop to it; on the contrary,
they seemed to enjoy the sport.
Now wo would like to ask Gen. Thomas,
and Gen. Everybodyelse, who has authority
in this country, how long this sort of thing
is to continue unwhipt of justice ? Is Gen.
Thomas one of the Radicals with shoulder-
straps, who, like Gen. Fisk, think there is no
oppressive treatment that can be too cruel for
the Southern people ?
amendment to tho Constitution of the United
States.
The debate was opened by Mr. Stevens in
support of the joint resolution.
Mr. Stevens said that the proposition be
fore the House fell short of his wishes, but he
believed it was all that could be obtained, in
the present state of public opinion Not on
ly Congress, but the several States were to
be consulted. On a careful survey of the
whole ground, the Committee did not believe
that nineteen of the loyal States could be in
duced to ratify any proposition more strin
gent than this. He repeated, nineteen States
for he utterly repudiated and scorned the idea
that any State not virtually in the Union was
to be consulted on the question ol ratification.
It was absurd to suppose any more than 3-4
of the States which proposed the amend
ment, were required to make it valid.—
Believing that this was the best proposition
that could be effected, he (Stevens) accepted
it. Referring to other Constitutional amend
ment, passed in the House this session and
which failed in the Senate, he said it was
slaughtered by a puerile and pedantic critic
ism. Its death was produced by self-righteous
Republicans, and unrighteous Copperheads,
and had postponed perhaps for ages the sal
vation of the colored race, but it would not,
for those who had for thirty years fought the
beast at Ephesus were not to be frightened
at the fangs of modern catamounts. Heaven
forbid that the Southern States, or any of
them, shall be represented in Congress till the
monuments of freedom are built full high. The
Southern'States had been absent four bloody
years and must wait till Congress is ready to
receive them. He believed that this Congress
would not approach the full measure of jus
tice till every full grown man in the rebel
States was provided a homestead on the land
where lie had been held as a slave. Forty
acres of land and a hut would be of more value
to them than the right to vote. If Congress
did not give them that measure of justice it
would receive the censure ot mankind and the
curse of heaven. In conclusion^Mr.Stcvens,in
order to have control of the bill, entered a
motion to recommit it.
Mr. Blaine called the attention of Mr. Ste
vens and tbe House to an objection to the
third section of the amendment, which he
deemed serious, if not fatal. That the sec
tion provided until the 4th day July, 1870,
all persons who voluntarily adhered to the
late insurrection, giving it aid and com
fort. shall be excluded from the right to vote
for Representatives in Congress and for Elec
tors for President and Vice-President of the
United States. It appeared to him that that
was a violation of good faith, in reference to
a large class of people in the South who
come within terms of the amnesty proclama
tion of President Johnson, and were thereby
restored to all their civil rights. He asked
Mr. Stevens for an explanation on that point.
Mr. Stevens admitted that pardon extinguish
ed crime. After pardon there was no such
crime in the individual. Those who were ful
ly pardoned did not come within the opera
tions of the third section.
Mr. Blane understood the gentleman from
Pennsylvania to say those who come within
A the terms of the proclamation of amnesty
would not be considered as having volunta
rily adhered in the insurrection.
Air. Stevens assimulatcd tlieir condition to
that of a person convicted 6f felony and there
by rendered incompetent to testify, but who,
if pardoned, if his testimony were challeng
ed, could produce his pardoD, thereby show
ing his competency.
Mr. Blaine suggested that if that was the
proper construction to be given the section, it
should be amended so that there could be no
question about its construction, and be should,
at the proper time, move an amendment to
that effect. The point made by Mr. Blaine,
and virtually admitted by Mr. Stevens to be
well taken, seemed to create considerable stir
in the Republican ranks, and members drew
□ear and listened to tbe colloquy with in
terest, as if recognizing, if possible, the fatal
character of the objection.
Express Jubilee in Atlanta.—The In
telligencer of "Wednesday chronicles the in
auguration of the new National Express Com
pany in that city as follows:
A Regular Sensation.—The National Ex
press Company literally “astonished the na
tives” yesterday afternoon, by the elegance of
its turn-out. Six new and beautiful wagons,
drawn by very handsome teams, made a plea
sant jaunt through the city. A large number
of gentlemen, mends to the institution, and
admirers of the great chieftain who is at its
head, were seated in the company’s splendid
wagons, and for tho nonco were its guests.—
The pleasure of the ride was somewhat im
paired by an occasional baulk made by tbe
new teams, with which exception everything
passed off in good style. The party was set
down in front of the Planter’s Hotel of “mine
host” O’Halloran, where divers and sundry
bottles of champagne were drank to the suc
cess of tho new enterprise. We observed in
tbc party Col. Woodward, Superintendent of
the Southern Division, who responded briefly
to a call made upon him lor a speech. The
company opens business here under favorable
auspices, and it has our best wishes for suc
cess. Air. J. R. Knott, the agent at this
point, will accept our thanks for the courte
sies extended to the press.
A New Destroyer of Wheat.—Our old
friend, Hiram H. Embry, of Carron county,
in this State, one of the oldest and best farm
ers in that county, informed us on yesterday
that a Dew destroyer of wheat has made its
appearance in the wheat fields there in the
shape of a small insect, which appears on the
blade, varying from one to four in number,
and which is producing sad havoc. The at
tention of Air. Embry was first called to the
appearance of this insect and its destructive
powers by another old farmer of the same
county, Air. Henry Summerlin. The two to
gether have watched the progress of this in
sect, and what with the present appearance of
the wheat crop in this vicinity, and the des
tructive powers of the insect itself, have come
to the conclusion that great damage will be
done to the wheat crop in Carroll if it be not
totally destroyed. The insect, Mr. E. states,
has never before made its appearance in that
county. Farmers would do well to look af
ter tlieir wheat, and note the appearanace of
the troublesome iusect, its habits, and so
forth, and discover, if possible, the source of
its origin.—Atlanta Intel.
From the Savannah Herald, 9th.]
Opening of the U- S» District Court.
HON. JNO. ERSKINE, PRESIDING.
The United States District Court for the
Southern District of Georgia was formally
opened yesterday, it being the first day of the
term. Hon. John Erskine presided. Dis
trict Attorney Fitch was not in attendance,
not having yet arrived from the North.
The commission of Judge Erskine having
been read and the Court declared open by the
Alarshal in due form, the Judge appointed
H. C. Holcombe, Esq., Clerk ot thb District
and Circuit Courts of the Southern District
of Georgia.
Frank E. Hesseltine, Esq., made applica
tion and was admitted to practice in the Dis
trict Circuit Courts.
Judge Wm. Law addressed the Court an
inquiry as to his admissibility to practice in
the U. S. Courts under the act of Congress
establishing the Test Oath. The venerable
ox-Judgc alluded to bis having been a mem
ber of the bar of that Court for forty-nine
years, having been admitted to practice be
fore it in 1817.
His Honor replied that with regard to the
Test Oath, the law of Congress was upon tbe
statute book, and that it was incompetent for
him either to disregard or evade it; but as
the constitutionality of the law had been
drawn in question by Mr. Law, be was will
ing to bear the question fully argued, not
only by tbe members of the Southern District
but of the Northern also. His Honor further
remarked that he desired that the Govern
ment should be fully represented in the argu
ment of the question, and that as the U. S.
District Attorney was not present lie would
appoint Thursday next for a hearing of argu
ment, provided the case could be then taken
up.
Quite an Imposing array of the representa
tives of the Georgia Bur was present at the
opening of the Court, among them Ex-Gov-
emor Jos E. Brown, Judges Wm. Law, and
E. J. Harden; Messrs. Julian Hartridge and
Thos. E. Floyd, Gen. Henry R. Jackson, Alaj.
Wm. A Bassenger, Henry Williams, Berrien
Lovell, A. L. Stone,and F. E. Hesseltine. Esqs.
It is irralityinir to o!>s t rve the cordial manner
in which Judge Erskine has been received by
our bar and citizens generally, affording, as it
does, convincing evidence of the strong de
sire of our entire community', to see civil au
thority restored, and the highest tribunal un
der the Constitution reinstated in the exercise j
of its judicial functions.
Good Advice to’ Freedmen.
The South Carolina Leader, which is the
organ of the colored people of Charleston,
says the Augusta' Constitutionalist, is doing
much to strengthen mutual good feeling be
tween the races. Instead of leading the
colored people into collision with the whites,
and turning tlieir heads with fhlso notions
and equal rights, the Editor adopts as his
motto the scriptural philosophy: “First the
blade, then ear; after that the full com in the
ear.”
In a late number, the Editor thus- alludes
to the mischievous agitators who have thrust
themselves upon the negro, for the purpose of
making mischief and money:.
“Colored people of the South, listen to our
advice—listen to the dictates of common
sense. Beware of false teachers, who come to
you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly
are.ravenous wolves. These men have no
desire to sec.you on amicable terms with your
white neighbors. They come to widen the
breach already existing, and to make capital
out of the dissensions in our midst. The
moment a good understanding exists between
you and the whites, that moment their ‘oc
cupation is gone,’ but if these speculators in
ruin attain their aims, we tremble for your
race! Cultivate peace with all men, and es
pecially with those with whom your los is
cast.”
AY e commend this timely advice to the in
telligent colored people of our city. It is not
from a “secesh,” or a copperhead paper, but
from their own organ, published in Charles
ton.
The Progress op Usurpation.—The
Nashville Union & American, of the 8th inst.,
under the above heading says:
It becomes our duty this morning to chron
icle the passage, by the Senate yesterday, of
a bill to take the city governments of Nash
ville, Alemphis and Chattanooga respectively,
out of the hands of tlieir. people and vest
them in the hands of commissioners, appoint
ed by the Governor. YVhy it is done we have
not the remotest notion. There is not a city
in the world of like size that is better gov
erned, or in which offenses and offenders are
more promptly noticed and arrested than in
Nashville. The only assignable reason for
this tyrannous action towards this city is a
wanton disregard of popular rights, and a
disposition to exercise a petty despotism over
an inoffensive people under color of statutory
enactments. YVe are ignorant of the merest
shadow of pretext for this extraordinary in
terference with the municipal authorities of
a peaceful and well-ordered city, and can as
cribe it alone to passionate partisan malign
ity.
It will pass the House, as a matter of
course, and then we shall see what we shall
see.
Money Stolen Over Thirty Years Ago Re
turned by the Thief.
The Utica (N. Y.) Telegraph says • In 1833
Truman Enos, of Norwich, Chenango coun
ty, while in this city had his pocket picked of
$260. Air. Enos offered a large reward for
the recovery of the money, but without avail.
Btlt during the year 1846, thirteen years later,
he received $100 by mail and an anonymous
note, in which the writer acknowledged that
lie and another person took the money and
divided it equally, and that the inclosed $100
was intended for a partial payment, and he
should ultimately pay the remainder with in
terest. He also added that his accomplice
was dead, and perhaps lie ought to pay the
other half. Accordingly in 1863—seventeen
years later-AIr. Enos received another anony
mous note from “one who wronged you out
of it,” and three weeks ago he received an
other anonymous note containing the balance
—$150. The last letter was postmarked at
Utica, and ran thus: “Alarch, 1860—Sir: I
mail you cash $150. I remember the prom-
iSfe, although it was a long time since it was
made. Hope you may live to enjoy it. Can
you forgive ? Yours truly.” Air. Enos is
is now eighty-seven years of age.
TnE Cotton Crop in Georgia.—For sev
eral days past, we have been engaged in col
lecting all the information we possibly could
relative to the prospects of the present grow
ing cotton crop in our State. From all our
sources of information, the conclusion has
forced itself upon us, that the result of this
year’s planting will be a most unprofitable
one for our farmers. The crop will turn out
to be an exceedingly short one, if the half
that has been reported to us be true—which
is, that most ot the seed planted has proved
to be imperfect, the plant itself, after its ap
pearance above ground, almost invariably
railing to take root and sustain its growth.—
On very many plantations there will be entire
failure; on others, only partial, some great
er, some less. This, with the experiment of
free labor, now being tried in tbe State, war
rants, we think, the conclusion to which we
have come, that the cotton crop of Georgia
will be an exceedingly small one.—Atlanta
Intel., 9th.
County Flections.
Dooly.—S. Rogers, Judge; Col. J. Arm
strong, Solicitor.
Pulasli.—P. F. D. Scarborough, Judge;
T. L. Taylor. Solicitor.
Harris.—Y\ r illiam L Hudson, Judge; J., AL
Alosby, Solicitor.
Coweta.—TV". AI. Sparks, Judge; A. D.
Freeman, Solicitor.
Green.—Columbus Heard, Judge: J. YV.
Robinson, Solicitor.
Gwinnett.—T. AL Peeples, Judge TV. E.
Simmons, Solicitor.
Henry.—AIcDaniel Judge.
Clay.—R. A. Tumipseed, Judge; S. A
McLendon, Solicitor.
Liberty.—Capt. YV. S. Norman, Judge; R.
Q. Baker, Solicitor. »
YVnEAT Crops.—YVe are sorry to learn that
the long continued wet weather has had a
very bad effect on the wheat crops of this
section. Alany planters ar.e complaining that
tlieir wheat has already taken the rust, and
they fear that this important crop will be se
riously damaged, if not wholly destroyed.—
YVe hope that their sipprehensions will not be
realized, as thousands of our people must
suffer if the wheat, crop fails. In the mean
time, let fanners look well after their corn
crops, and sec to it, that sufficient bread
shall be made if" all other crops fail.
[ Gritfin Star, 10th.
River News.—The river is rising again,
and the prospects are fair for navigation until
a late period.
Tbe Oak left last Alonday afternoon. The
Vance arrived last Thursday, and left on
Tuesday morning. The Hardee arrived last
Saturday night, and left on Tuesday morning.
The latter boat will probably hereafter run on
the Savannah river, in place of the Gibbons,
lately destroyed by fire.—Haukin^ri'L Dis
patch, 10th.
Austrian Troops en route.—The State
Department is .-aid ti. be in nlfieial possession
of tbc intelligence that troops were now the
their way to Alcxico from Austria, to take on
place of those withdrawn by France. See
ing that the “protest” of our Government was
written to our Minister in Vienna after these
troops had set sail, the question is whether
we can take offense, and count this first de
tachment as coming within the scope of that
protest.
ggs” YVe understand that Barnum, of New
York, has sent an agent to tho Nickojuck
Cave to purchase the specimens abounding
there, and the colossal arm and hand we men
tioned some time ago as having been discov
ered in the Cavern.— l nion, $th.