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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
<fieorgia®Eeclilj®thS r:i P&
County Court Election**
Talbot—George N. Forbes, Judge; Wm.
A. Little', Solicitor.
Early.—J. B. J4nes, -Jndgo; Holmes Pow
ell, Solicitor.
Washington.—&. B. Jones, Judge; J. W.
Kendrick, Solicitor.
Hancock.—Jos.JB. Gondcr, Judge.
xiie N. 0. Crescent announces the
death in that city on Friday last of Dr. Eras
mus D. Fenner, an eminent physician, and
pays a handsome tribute to liis memory.
yg- The Secretary of War announces, in
general court martial orders, <that the sen
tence of death in thccase of -one hundred
and seventy-three Santee Sioux Indian pri
soners lias been remitted by the President.
53jT The Talladega (Ala.) Reporter says
the wheat crops in that section are very prom
ising, and that dm planters-generally have
good stands of cotton.
The Franchise Bill just passed by .tlic Ten
nessee Legislature will disfranchise, it is
said, nine-tenths of the voters of the State.
Was there ever such an invitation to royo-
i lution and bloodshed ? If the disfrancliitod
stand such oppression, they will have da-
. served it.
Proposed National ConViERTion.—ISic
proposition for a National Convention for a
permanent settlement of the onany difficdlt
issues nrising out of the late war, has been
.carefully considered l>y many of the leading
men of the nation, wlio have received it wi6i
respect, .some of tlicoi ontertauiing for at
hearty approval.
The Negro Trading Bureau—Its Cost to
the Country—Profit to Party Pets.
It is noteworthy that ever since the patron
age panic lias been epidemic in Congress the
Radicals liavo had very little to say about the
rights, privileges, or even the protection ot
the throe million sable sufferers at the South,
who counted some four millions before they
were righted, privileged, and protected by
the government. The negro has been neg
lected. Contrary to the general expectation,
the claims of thccolored brother to the suf
frage were scartcly considered in building
up the-new Radical party platform, facetious
ly edited, and literally to lie “considered” by
Congress as the report of the Committee on
Reconstruction. The colored brother is suf
fered to go liis way for this time, provided
his way does not tend in the direction of-the
ballot-box. But, not to be too bard upon
him, he is nllowed to linger yet another year
under the gratcfal shadow of the Treasury
building, while the modest sura o r twelve , fight.
The President and Chief Justice Chase.
—The New York Herald's Washington spe
cial soys:'■Chief Justice Chase had a lengthy
interview with the President on Saturday
evening. There arc two coiistmctions placed
upon this. One relates to,the Constitutional
Amendment, to which it is known the Chief
.Justice is ojqxoscd, in its present form, as un
constitutional, and the other to tins trial of
Jeff. Davis. Monday next is the appointed
day for the opening of the Circuit Court at,
Norfolk.
^“General Thomas T. Heath, of Cincin-
inati, who commanded a brigade of Kilpat
rick’s Cavalry Division during the “march to
the sea” and the Carolina campaigns, and who
was in command of that Division at the
muster out, and afterwards commander oftlve
District of North Carolina, has returned home
and resumed the practice of the law. lie
entered the scrvico as Lieutenant Colonel of
the 5tli Ohio Cavalry in 1801.
The Tennessee Franchise Law.—This
extraordinary enactment will be found on
our first page. We publish it as an evidence
of the political depravity of the times. No
thing more wicked cr infamous ever found
a place upon the statute book of a civilized
count rv. It places the entire government of
the grent State of Tennessee into the hands
* of an unprincipled oligarchy not composing,
it is aiid, more than a tenth of the former
voters of the State. It is unnecessary to say
that a free people will never submit to be thus
outraged and deprived of tlicir rights. It
will be resisted, of course, -And the men who
made the law knew it was an act of war, for
they provide that all elections shall be held
by the military and not the civil officers of
the State. It would be a just retribution if
every man who voted for it and the Governor
who signed it, should bo lining at the first
election, as doubtless many of them will be.
Mirironn Georgia,
May Cth, 1800.
Messrs. Editors: The rust has injured the
wiwat crops to a great extent througliout this
section of country. Our planters will do well
if it yields one half. The rest of our lands
are doing finely. Tkp cotton, where the
farmers have stands, looks well. The ’cut
worms arc doing it considerable damage.
At our county election on Wednesday last,
J. R. nolliday, was elected Judge, and O. G.
Gurley, Solicitor. In CaHioun, Col. Tims. F.
Jones, n lawyer of fine abilities, was elected
Judge of the County and J. E. Higginbotham,
Solicitor.
Since tlio order of General Tilson, of the
Frecdmcn’s Bureau, turning over to the
civil authorities freedmen charged with crim
inal offenses, several of the “cullud geni’mcn,”
liavo come to grief in tho courts for their
stealing propensities. Carrie.
A disastrous conflagration in South
St. Louis Friday night, resulting in the en
tire destruction of the stable and car-house of
the St. Louis Filth Street Railroad Company,
situated on Carondclet avenue, opposite the
Arsenal, fronting half a block on Carondclet
avenue, and extending along Gate street a
whole block; and the partial destruction of
the saloon and residence of Wm. Hackman,
on the north-cast comer of Gate street and
Garondclct avenue. Seventeen cars, ono hun
dred and thirty horses and mules, and a large
amount of other property were destroyed.—
There is but little doubt that the fire was the
work of an incqndiary, and the police took
into custody, on suspicion, aman named Rob
ert Lowder, who had mado several remarks
indicating his joy at the loss entailed on tho
street railroad company, and had also said
that the arsenal would be treated in the same
Central Railroad.—The progress which
the work of repairs on this road is making
is truly gratifying. The track is now laid,
on this end of tho line, to a point four miles
below No. 14, and the stages will move tlicir
stand on the other end from No. 101-2 to No.
11 daring tho present week. It is confident
ly expected that tho entire road will bo in
working order early in the coming month.
In this connection wc may save some trou
ble and disappointment by giving a word of
advice to travellers between Savannah and
Macon. The very brief time allowed for run
ning tho stages—only two or three weeks—
will not justify tho proprietors of the line in
making any very heavy expenditures for
hackB or stock; they have, therefore, but one
four liorso coach on the line each way, at pres
ent, and no baggage wagon. x But 40 pounds
of baggage can bo taken to tho passenger.
Persons, therefore, before concluding to
take that route, should first assure themselves
at tho agencies in Macon and Savannah, that
seats will bo ready for them when they leave tli
cars. From • nine to twelve passengers, with
a small amount of lnggago to each, are as
many as cor. now travel witli comfort ovpr the
line. As tho route becomes shortened by
work on tho railroad, the with
tho same stock* will bqable to duplicate their
number of stages,
millioirdollors—«a million only for every
month—is drawn out for the benefit ot tho
philanthropic people who have abandoned
all other pursuits in life, and who propose^ to
devote tlicir entire attention to the protection
ot the negro. *
Twelve millions is considered -a modest
sum, because tlie enlarged powers ofctlic Bu
reau, had they been enlarged as the jirotcc-
tors hoped, would have permitted, under the
comprehensive nhrosc “other supplies,” added
to every conceivable necessity that could be
thought of, the drawing of twelve hundred
million dollars as easily as twelve. The loss
of the “other supplies” cut the estimates
down to a paltiy (twelve millions, and, os this
was the exact estimate, the items of the bill
presented to Congress were curiously con
trived to cover that sum. It was so many
million and odd hundred thousands for sites
and buildings for school-houses, for clothing,
commissary stores, transportation, -salaries,
stationery and printing, and other things, in
cluding telegraphing and other luxuries re
stricted generally to the rich; and all this
school building, transporting, telegraphing,
feeding, clothing, and general money-spend
ing*. most be done within one year from the
date of the peace proclamation (or dose of
the war), when, by tlie text and terms ot tlic
bill, the Bureau expire*.
It is amusing, chiefly so to tlic tax-pay
ers of the country, to note the jockeying that
attended the passage of this swindle through
the House. No bill was ever more aptly
termed an “appropriation.” It was a delib
erate appropriation of twelve millions of tlic
people’s money, under a pretense of protect
ing negroes, to profit the pockets of party
pets. Tlic estimates called for twelve mil
lions, and, if tlie figures were too large in
certain items, a million or 60 could be taken
from one item and distributed through the
rest. Thus, when it was suggested that three
millions was a large sura to expend, for
“school-house sites,” in regions, too, where
these Radicals claim to have confiscated or
seized under the sequestration scheme mil
Hons of acres, and where Radical adventur
ers from the North arc trying to bully the
people out of their land at twenty cents the
acre under penalty of being proscribed as
“disloyal” if they refuse—Tliad. Stevens was
willingto buy the sitesand add the buildings
for two millions, generously knocking off a
million at a blow, The sum of two million
dollars to build negro school-houses, for the
current year only, is probably a larger sum
than tlic aggregate original endowments of
nil the colleges in the Northern States;
hut it is only ..two-thirds of the amount es
timated for "the new negro luxury, and we
must be duly thankful. Mr. Banks (who has
done n deal in the transportation line) thought
the appropriation of two million of dollars
for transportation excessive. It is not, when
wc consider tlie large number of party pets
who, during the current year, arc to be
thrown into transports by the appropriation
of these and the other millions granted by
the bill. But this single item calls for this
comment: Why build two million dollars’
worth of school-houses for negroes who re
quire two millions more to be • transported
from State to State under the new Radical
siavc-trado which permits the negro traders
to drive tlicir stock where they will, the gov
ernment paying the transportation, while tho
agents pocket the entire profits of the sales ?
Why pay tlic sum of three hundred thousand
dollars as salaries to clerks and agents ? Tlic
old negro traders were perfectly satisfied with
tlie profits from their sales. They paid their
own telegraphing, printing, and stationery
bills. They fed and clothed their negroes at
a much less cost than the seven millions ap
propriated by this bill. A half million’s
worth of “medical attendance” ought to kill
or cure the whole three million living ne
groes in a single summer season; and sixty
three thousand dollars will furnish an ini
mensc amount of stationery for the blacks,
whose school-houses arc not yet built.
In the face of this swindle—whose items
for school house sites, stationery, telegraph
ing, and like luxuries, would be simply ludi
crous if the aggregate sum were not so shock
ing—stands out the bare fact which no re
spcctablc Radical print has yet denied, that
the “ agents ” of the Frecdmcn’s Bureau are
carrying on a gigantic negro-trading enter
prise, far more offensive in most of its features
than the old slave selling and buying busi
ness of tlie Sontli, and which is a source of
enormous individual profit to the agents who
trade and transport these negroes from State
to State. The negroes cost nothing; they
can be seized anywhere and sent anywhere;
the government pays all the bills for food,
clothing and transportation—pays salaries to
the negro-labor brokers and traders, while
they pocket from ten to thirty dollars com
mission on every negro sent from one planta
tion to another, from one State to another,
and have tlie privilege, because they have the
power, of selling a black to-day, and, under
any paltry pretense, stealing him to sell to a
better paying party to-morrow. These things
are done daily wherever there is an agency of
tho Bureau. "Whole droves of darkies arc
driven from State to State, away from home,
tics nnd associations, and, OI pathetic
thoughtl qjvay from the “sites” selected
for the school-houses; and yet everywhere in
the South, except in spots far removed from
the Radical negro-tradujg agencies, there is a
complaint of the scarcity of labor. This sort
of labor willneccssarily be scarce until the
two millions appropriated for their transpor
tation from State to State is exhausted. The
final sole, after a prfit on the same negro in a
dozen different places, will permit both la-*
borer and employer to rest awhile in peace.—
The Radicals, who have mode all their polity
ical and are now making their pecuniary
profit from the black, fall naturally enough
into this wholesale negro-trading business.
But it is on outrage to take millions of the
public money to pay the salaries and pick
ings of a legalized band of negro traders,
when, if tho business is to be carried on at
all, it can be made a source of enormous rev
enue to tlie government. Give a corporation
the same privileges and the same powers con
ferred upon tho Freedman’s Bureau—the ab
solute control of all tho negro .labor in the
South—and, instead of costing tho govern
ment twelve millions, the corporation could
well afford to pay fifty millions, the corpora
tion could well afford to pay fifty millions
annually for their charter.
Paris and Continental Correspon
dence.
Paris, April 18,18G0.
To tke Editor of tho Macon Telegraph :
Ski :—Telegrams and diplomatic notes of
eveiy kind are still dying backward and for
ward between Vienna and * Berlin. Count
'Von Bismork is writing to Herr von Men-
dorff Pawbiy and mee versa, the tenor of their
correspondence is not of the potitest kind.—
Tlie Austrian Minister would wish to know
why Prussia is arming—and Prussia wants to
knew what is tho .meaning of so much activi
ty in the arsenels of her friendly enemy—and
both still declare that they have not. the
slightest intention of disturbing the public
peace. Ceque n'empiche pat that Hapsburg
and Hohenzallem are secretly preparing for a
C**y" The Kentucky devil, or fcis brother,
has made his appearance to the.moral popu
lace near Middletown, N. Y. Amid electric,
phosphoric and other bine and red lights, he
suddenly appeared, entered the house, the
doors and windows of which were quickly
and violently thrown open, and presented to
the affrighted natives a form “neither man
nor beast, but bearing, in huge and distorted
proportions, the shape and form of the upper
extremities of tlie one, and the lower parts
terribly elongated, and reeking with mire and
filth and emitting a smell of phosphorus of
tlic other. lie lifted his scaly wings, brush
ed them in the facc3 of the terrified mortals,
and with a yell left through the back door
and disappeared in the woods. His course
was tracked next day by the sulphur that he
shook from his horrid hair. Doubtless be
will bring up in jail one of these days.—Cin.
Com.
The proposal to reform the Federal Consti
tution by a Parliament of Representatives
named by Universal Suffrages/is but a put-off
on the part of Count Bismark, and nobody
can doubt but that war will come out of all
this German squabble. For a time it was
thought that the illness of Count Bismark
would cause him to retire, but the Prussian
premier is tough, and is not to be got rid of
in a hurry.
HOW SCATTERS STAND BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND
PRUSSIA.
Onitlic 7th inst Count Karolyi, ; Austrian
Embassador at Berlin, brought a note to'
Count Bismark from the Austrian Minister at
Vienna,begging bun to put a stop to the arma
ment going on in Prussia, and the Queen Au
gusta handed her husband,Konig Wilhelm,an
autograph letter from Kaiser Frauz Joseph,
couched in a most military spirit.
Yesterday, the 17th‘of April, it was not
known in Paris whether Prussia had answer
ed the letter ot Austria in a friendly spirit-
a report was current in the course of the even
ing, that Baron Von Galtz,the Prussian envoy
in Paris, had been informed that the answer
in question was anything but satisfactory.—
To make matters worse, most unpleasant in
telligence arrived from Bucharest—it appears
that an attempt at revolution has again been
made in the unfortunate country which lately
threw off the rule .of Prince Cuoza, and has
elected the Prussian Prinz Karl,over Hohen
zallem in liis place. There was some hours
fighting in the streets, and notwithstanding
telegrams from Oltoman Poite that all is
again quiet. It is not likely that affairs of the
Molds Wallachiana will be settled for some
time to come.
AN ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF THE CZAR.
Yesterday, intelligence was received in
Paris from the French Ambassador at St. Pe
tersburg. that an attempt had been made on
the life of the Emperor of uussia by a person
as yet unknown, who fired at the Czar, but
missed liis aim. This is all we know up to
the present time. Further telegrams will no
doubt give us more ample details, which we
shall forward you in our next correspondence.
As regards the political situation at pres
ent, the on dit is that an offensive and defen
sive alliancfc has* been concluded between Ita
ly and Prussia, which has liccn brought
about by Prince Napoleon. The Emperor’s
cousin is at present at Florence. As regards
the Sphinx of tho Tuileries nothing is known
not even the most wily diplomatists can
fathom the thoughts of Napoleon III. If the
Emperor pays the Slightest attention to Herr
von Golz, it is immediately supposed lie leans
towards Prussia; and if, a day after, he is
seen out hunting with Princo Mettemicli the
report is inxtanter, “Franco will figlit with
Franz Joseph!”
Austria has two enemies-: The most mor
tal of the two is Prussia, and if the Emperor
can make up his mind to give up Vcnetia,
Italy will be certain to remain neutral in the
event of war between him and the King of
Prussia.
THE ELECTION AT STRASDtniO
has been a cause of triumph for the Govern
ment, as Mr. D. Bussicre, the ministerial can
didate, has completely beaten Mr. Labunlaye,
wbo will have to hide his diminished head.
There lias been great rejoicing amongst the
partizans of tlie present dynasty, who, before
the election, were extremely afraid of a defeat.
It must be said that the friends of 31. de Bus
siere moved heaven and earth to get him
re-elected.
It is now more than likely that we shall
hear no more about interior liberties for the
present, a^lic Government will be embold
ened by its success on tlie Lower Rhine, and
will again act a despotic part.
THE PARISIAN PRESS.
The “Presse” which was abandoned by the
well known 3L de Girardin for the Liberti,
has just been bought by the Jewish banker
Mires, for a million of francs. The politics
of this journal will, it is said, now completely
change, and the Presse will henceforth write
up the Empire and the temporal power of
the Pope,—a Jew defending the temporal
power of the Pope!! The editorship of tho
Presse will be given toM. . Cacheval Clarigny,
the author of a very remarkable work on the
press of the United States. Tkc/ui mot, or
secret of Mires defending the persecutors of
Mortara, is that he is at the head of the ponti
fical loan.
Our political press is every day dwindling
down to nothing, as there is hardly a writer
wbo dares touch on matters appertaining to
the Government of France, for fear of spend
ing a few months in “durance vile.”
The penny press, which is not burthened
with a stamp and many other expenses, is en
tirely killing the political journals of the
Capital.
The “Eversement,”a two-sous paper, is now
enjoying a most extraordinary sale. The ed
itor of the same, M. de Villemcsrant, who
is at the same time editor and proprietor of
the “Figaro,” is, it is affirmed, making a rap
id fortune, and the day before yesterday gave
a most sumptuous banquet to the principal
writers and artistes of Paris. Everything
went off in a veiy brilliant stylo; after the
banquet was terminated, the guests of M. de
Villemcssant had a rich municipal treat in the
way of a concert, in which 3Felle Patti, Mad’e
Mioloa Carvalho and Bare took part. I do
npt think it probable that any of the editors
of our political papers will be enabled to do
the like for some time to come. M. dc Vil-
Icmessant's banquet cost the trifio of 50,000
francs, and the flowers,*!istributed to the la
dies, it is affirmed, amounted to 10.000 francs.
The fine weather wc now cqjoy brings out
all tho votaries of fashion of tho French cap
ital, and the Boulevards and Bais de Bou
logne are daily thronged with erdtrds of ele
gantly dressed ladies; we have therefore had
an opportunity of studying the modetde joies,
as the saying is here. It must be owned that
fashion is “running riot,” and wc often ask
ourselves if the wearers of. tlie present
costumes are in their right minds. Tho
coiffure now worn by the fair sex
may be likened to a birds nest which
contain.-, all sorts of articles, such as:
beads, butterflies and cameo broaches and
sequins. However, the veiy last thing worn
on the head are chains here, called la ehaine
BenuUor*. A still more absurd fashion is
THE COCKCHAFER DRESS, .
or gown, covered with brown silk cockchaf
ers, withhold antlers between each cock
chafer, a sprig of lilac is tacked on to the
dress, bracelets and necklace to match, made
of cockchafers of precious stones, and lastly,
a large cockchafer, mado of diamonds, is
worn in tlie hair. La Countess Walewska ap
peared in the above dress at the last concert
of the Tuileries, and was the admiration of
the company assembled.
The fashions of the first empire are getting
more and more in vogue.
Great preparations are being made for the
exhibition of 1867.
The Pompeian house, lately sold by Prince
Napoleon, will be turned into a restaurant,
where dinert a la romaine will be served to
the public.
The late property of H. I. H, was con
structed stone for stone, after the model of
the house of Diomede at Pompeii.
THE THEATRES.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, going
on in the theatrical world at present, worth
noticing.
A very sad circumstance lias just occurred,
and which has thrown a gloom over the ar
tistic circles of Paris. 31. Holzaplcl, a poin
ter of some note, on receiving the letter of
the jury de admission, informing him that tlic
picture which lie had sent for exhibition at
the Salon or Exhibition, was refused, put an
end to his days. Shortly before committing
suicide, tlic unfortunate young man penned a
most affectionate letter to liis parents, telling
them that as he had no talent he must quit
the world.
Bureau Cruelties against the North Caro.
Iiua Freedmen.
at liberty, and on being asked how lie got
out replied, “They took all I had—sixty-one
dollars and fifty cents.”
Eighth—That among the uniform judg
ments of Mr. Fitz’s court fifteen dollars is the
fine for resisting arrest and fivo dollars upon
arrest, whatever the result of the subsequent
trial.
THE COURT CONDEMN BUT TROTECT THE FRIS-
Correspoudence N. T. Herald.]
Newbern, N. C., April 30,1800.
A closer investigation of the state ot affairs
at Ncwbcm has revealed a condition of affairs
worse than the bitterest enemy of the bureau
ever ventured to insinuate. It appears almost
beyond doubt that at one of the frecdmcn’s
settlements here cruelties more atrocious than
those for which Wirz was hanged have been
perpetrated on the unoffending freedmen l»y
agents of the bureau established for their pro
tection.
SOME OF THE OUTRAGES OF THE BUREAU.
ONER.
These charges were investigated by a court
organized by the officers ot the burcan them
selves, and presided over by Lieutenant J. F.
Allison, of the Sixteeneh Veteran Reserve
corps. The findings havejnst been given in.
They are that charge one' was not fully sus
tained, but that Fitz had not extended proper
protection to the prisoners and had authoriz
ed his maltreatment by the guard; that charge
tiro is lfct sustained, but, that the trial before
3Ir. Fitz’s courts seem often to have been con
ducted with indecent haste; that in case three
Mr. Fitz is exonerated from all blame; that
in case four manifest neglect and inattention
had been exhibited, but whether from acci
dent or design did nqt appear; that incase
five the charge was proved, but in extenua
tion it was show that the guards acted with
out orders; charge six not sustained; charge
seven not fully sustained, but enough proved
to make 3Ir. Fitz’s conduct reprehensible.—
The court therefore recommend his dismissal
but appended in opinion that these charges
were not made against him by 3Ir. Laidler
with any desire to benefit the freedmen, but
from mere personal spite. This finding has
not yet been confirmed.
THE CHARGES ACTUALLY SUSTAINED.
The evidence as it actually stands upon the
official record not only seems to sustain all
the charges, but introduces new elements of
horror. It was proved that Fitz had taken
men who had never lmd the small pox out of
tlic prison where they were confined for non
payment of fines and other offences against
the Trent settlement code, and had marched
them under guard and compelled them to
bury people who had died qf the small pox.
That he had also refused to give coffins to
people who had died of the disease, telling
their relatives to bury them as they were.—
Capt. Seely, Superintendent of the Bureau at
Newbern, and Fitz’s superior officer, was ex
amined, and stated that he had authorized
the infliction ot fines.
Fitz’s books gave no clue to the cases in
| question, as the records were said to have
! been lost.
Gens. Steedman and Fullerton yesterday
visited tlic settlement, and in conversation
with the poor creatures there elicited state
ments quite as revolting as those established
on the trial.
THETE NNESSEE FRANCHISE
LAW.
men, that they arc personally acquantcd with
the person so claiming, and that they verily
believe that lie has not been guilty of any of
the disqualifications herein before specially
mentioned, which proof shall be taken upon
affidavit, subscribed by said witness and filed
in said office of said commission; and said ap
plicant shall also take and subscribe the fol
lowing oath before the commissioner of regis
tration :
“ I do solemnly swear that I have never
voluntarily borne arms against the Govern
ment of the United States tor the purpose or
with tlic intention of aiding the late rebel
lion, nor have I with any such intention at
any time given aid, counsel, or encourage
ment to said rebellion, or to any act of hos
tility to the Government of the United
States. I further swear that I have never
sought or accepted any office cither civil or
military, or attempted to exercise the func
tions of any office, either civil or military,
under the authority or pretended authority of
the so called Confederate States of America,
or of any insurrectionary State, hostile or op
posed to the authority of the United States
Government, with the intent and ,desire to
aid said rebellion; and that I have never
given a voluntary support to any such Govern
ment or authority. So help me God.”
Provided, That citizens known to said
Commissioner to have always been uncondi
tional Union men, never having sympathized
with the late rebellion, or who may be pro
ven to have been such unconditional Union
men by the oath of two witnesses who shall
be known to said Commissioner to have been
themselves, at all times, such unconditional
Union men, shall not be required to take and
subscribe any oath whatever in order to ob
tain for themselves certificates of their rights
to the elective franchise.
Sec. 4. Be it further enacted, That upon
the taking and filing the proof and oath re
quired in tlie 3d section of this act, the said
Commissioner shall register the name of said
voter, and issue to him his certificate there
for; Provided, That nothing herein contain
ed shall prevent said Commissioner from hear
ing proof from equally competent testimony
contrary to or contravening the proof offered
and taken in behalf of said applicant; and
tlie said Commissioner shall be the judge of
the weight of the conflicting testimony so far
as the same may effect the issuance. of certifi
cates.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That no per
son shall be entitled to vote at any State,
County, District, or Municipal election, or any
other election held under the laws of this
State; unless he shall have been registered
and shall have received a certificate thereof
as provided in this act, and any person swear
ing falsely to any of the facts required to be
sworn to by the provisions of this act, shall
be deemed guilty of perjury, and upon con-
Section 1. Be it enacted 3y the Oeneral As
sembly of the State of Tennessee, That every
Opposite Newbern, on tbe other side of the | , .. . . ...
river, some 2,500 freedmen have been settled j ’ v ll * u ma e ^habitant of thi3 State, of the
for fivo veal's past. They were invited there j age of twenty-one years, a citizen of the Uni-
by the military, and located on little plats of: ted States and a resident of the county where-
round which they were allowed to cultivate.
Eight months ago Edward S. Fitz, a 3Iassa-
chusetts preacher, was placed in charge of
the Trent river settlement by Captain James,
another New England preacher, who was
then conducting the bureau here. A system
of extortion and cruelty was immediately in
augurated. Fifty cents a month ground rent
was demanded for every plot on which the
miserable little cabins were erected. Every
negro who owned a boat bad to pay two dol
lars nnd a half a month, or bis boat was
forfeited. Every darkey who kept a store
was taxed five dollars a month. Every one
who owned a horse was taxed a similar
amount. Failure to pay any of these exac
tions whs punished by the imprisonment of the
man or his wife-preference being given to the
wifc-tlie confiscation of all his little property,
and in many cases the tearing down of his
house. A negro who had quarrelled with his
wife was fined $100 and sent to prison until
he paid it. All these extortions were prac
ticed upon a population steeped in the deep
est poverty, scourged by disease and many of
them wanting the common necessaries of life,
and in this manner an income of at least $800
a month was derived by tlie bureau. The com
plaints of the people became at last so loud
that 3Ir. S. W. Laidier, an agent of tlie Amer
ican Missionary Society, embodied some of
tlic more atrocious cases in a scries of eiiargcs
and laid them before Capt. Seely, the Bureau
Superintendent at Newbern. A court of in
quiry was demanded by Mr. Fitz,, and a com
mittee of investigation was ordered by Capt.
Seely.
THE CHARGES
laid before the Court were in substance as fol
lows;
First—That on the lOtJi 3Iarch a colored
boy, 10 years of age, wAs strung up by the
wrists and left hanging in this position from
noon to sundown, his slirieks meanwhile re
sounding through the whole neighborhood
Fitz said this was done to pnnisli him for cx-
in he may offer his vote, six months next pre
ceding the day of election, shall be entitled
to the privilege of the elective franchise, sub
ject to the following cxcejitions and disqual
ifications, to-wit:
First, Said voter shall Lave never borne
arms against the Government of the United
States for the purpose of aiding tlic late re
bellion, nor have voluntarily given aid, com
fort, countenance, counsel, or encouragement
to any rebellion against tho authority of the
United States Government, nor aided, coun
tenanced or encouraged acts of hostility
thereto. *
Second, That said voter shall have never
sought, or voluntarily accepted any office, civil
or military, or attempted to exercise tlie func
tions of any office, civil or military, under
the authority of tlic so-called Confederate
States of America, or of any insurrectionary
State whatever, hostile or opposed to the au
thority of the United States Government with
the intent and desire to aid said rebellion or
insurrectionary authority.
Third, That said voter shall have never
voluntarily supported auy pretended govern
ment, power or authority hostile or inimical
to the authority of the United States, bycon-
tributions in money or property, by persua
sion or influence, or in any ether way what
ever. Provided, That the foregoing restric
tions and disqualifications 'shall not apply to
any white citizen who may have served in
anil been honorably discharged from the ar
my or navy of the United States since the 1st
day of January, 1803, nor to those who voted
in "the Presidential election in November,
1804, or voted in the election for “Ratifica
tion or Rejection” iu February, 1805, or voted
in the election held on the 4tli day of 3Iurch
of the same year for Governor and members
of the Legislature, nor to those who have been
appointed to any civil or military officer by
Andrew Johnson, Jlilitary Governor, or Wm.
partiepating in such violation slia'i
conviction, he lined not h.--s than t-- I
ceeding one hundred dollars, and mat i : l
prisoned at t! c di-errtion ot'uie '
Skc. 10. Br it further < met, \ y.
entitled “An Act to Limit the Electiverl
chisemcnt,” passed June the 5th, 1865 1
and the same is hereby altered and an* 1
as provided in the several sections of thk l
and the provisions of this act shall be d "
cd and held in lieu of tlie said Act ent?'
“An Act to Limit the Elective Franc!'
passed June the 5th, 1865, with the cxcJ?
of the preamble thereunto prefixed. ^
Sec. 17. Be it further enacted, That this
shall take effect from and after its passa^"
LATEST NEWS BY OUR EXCHAlfG*
RECEIPTS IN THE TREASURY AND ESTIJ^-
The N. Y. Tribune’s special, 3Iay 7th s
The Comptroller of tlic Currency. niaU
statement which shows the actual receipt^ I
the current fiscal year, to .April ly, * 1
$410,041,232, and at the same ratio f or '
'next three months, will amount for the* I
to $540,000,000, to which may be ado
$20,000,000 for income tax. Increased t
arc expected to be laid next year on sci?.
important articles, and some revenue nil
derived from the Southern States. \
Clarke, therefore, estimates that next ve
revenue will not tall below this year's,
that, deducting expenditure as now esti J
ted, there will be a balance to the credj? 1
the Government of $249,000,000 on the"
of June, 1867.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE COLORADO Bp,.
WILL HE VETO IT?
The Times’ special says: Tlie queiy
is, will the President veto the bill admit-iJ
Colorado as a State ? Some says lie will
the bill because he has committed liimsc?
favor ot the admission of that Territory,
a communication to Congress some weeks s
tho President did not, in that message, undJ
take to decide any question involved. fT
the contrary, lie unmistakably declined'
take upon himself the responsibility of dec*
ing anything, and submitted the whole nur,
to Congres for its action. I will adhere ]
my. previously expressed belief that the 1*1,1
dent will veto the bill admitting Color! I
on the ground of inadequate population, 1
on no other consideration. " I
THE U. 8. DISTRICT COURT TO MEET n vj
FOLK, VA.
-
The United. States district Court convi
at Norfolk, Virginia, to-morrow, Judse 6
derwood presiding. Chief Justice Chase i'
clines to preside until lie can be assured til
martial law is abrogated in Virginia, as tfc«|
have been conflicting opinions in tbe 'V.l
Department, and by the commanders ofnf
tary districts, as to the effect of the
viction thereof shall suffer all the pains -
and penalties provided bylaw for such of- j proclamatton as regards the restorati .
fense, and this act and all the provisions j CI ,. i aw '!' * , States lately in rebellion. T.J
thereof shall be strictly construed to prevent
evasion thereof, and the Judges of all the
Circuit and Criminal Courts of this State
shall give this act specially in charge to tlie
Grand Jury at each term of such Court.
Sec. 0. Be it further enacted, That the Sec
retary of State shall provide, at the expense
of the State, the necessary books for the reg
istration of voters, and shall cause to be
printed the necessary blanks containing the
necessary forms for tlic oaths, affidavits, and
certificates, as provided for in this act, which
books and blanks shall be.furnished to each
commissioner appointed and qualified under
this act, and the expense of supplying such
books and blanks shall be audited by tlie
Comptroller, and paid by tbe Treasurer out
of any money in the State Treasury not other
wise appropriated.
Chief Justice does not feel that it would
seemingly for a Judge of the Supreme Co-J
to attempt to hold court whilst adoubtcrlJ
as to whether martial law is abrogated or n l
I can say, upop good authority, that J
President does interpret the peace proclac.1
tion as abrogating martial law where the r 1
bell ion was declared to have ceased, in il
matters in whicb- civil courts liave juris!I
tion. It is understood that a dictate!
proclamation to that effect will be issued
the President in a day or too.
TnE TAX BILL—IMPORTANT CHANGES TO
MADE.
An immense amount of work has lx-
done by the Committee of Ways and M
since the tax bi|l was first reported, andt'.
recommitted bill to be reported to-morre-
se appropnatea. ■. . ‘ will be. in many respects, a new bill. TL
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That it shall | Lave ncarIy doubIc( i t hc number of sectio:
Tie the duty of the Governor, before any State | t j ic f ornler The following are some
m other general or special elcctum,to issue!• the important cbangcs that liaVe beeama
writs of election to commanding officers ol' by tbe Committee: Raiiroad iron has l*
regiments, batteries, or detachments o p] aced ou tlic exempt list, also cobalt, pick!
officers and soldiers, who may be at tlie time 1 - 1 - ’ 1 -
cessive theft. One of hh colored guards as
serted it was done to obtain disclosures from
him.
Second—That on Sunday, March 14, a col
ored lad was found under the store of a man
named Joseph Fowle, nnd was arrested for
theft. In the presence of Fitz Fowle struck
tho boy with a brick while he was in custody
of a colored guard, Fitz remarking, in reply
to a remonstrance addressed to hiiu, “ He can
do as lie likes; I only wish lie had killed
him.” That subsequently the boy was hung
up by tlie wrists, and that Fowlo was allow
ed to lift him up until Ills feet were a foot
from the ground; that Fowlo was permitted
to pinch the lad in the most tender part of
liis person, until, as lie himself said, lie hurt
liis own hand by the force of the grip, and
until tho boy yelled in fearful agony. That
these tilings were afterwards spoken of in
Fitz’s presence, and Fitz only laughed.
Third—That on tho 5th of March Fitz or
dered the arrest of a woman for speaking dis
respectfully of him, saying it was necessary to
support tlie authority of the bureau, but on
Laidler’s strong remonstrance, eventually re
voked tlie order.
Fourth—1That a colored man named Perry;
being sued for debt, was kept in prison three
months, alter paying more than half the debt,
without being allowed to work in order to
earn the remainder of the money. That bis
wife and child, being thus reduced to desti
tution, fell an easy prey to the small pox, thc
man continuing all the time in prison. That
the child was obliged to be buried in thc cra
dle, and that Fitz refused to give a coffin for
the woman, and one of her neighbors bought
a coffin and buried her.
Fifth—That on Sunday, March 11, Fitz or
dered thc'arrest of a boy eight or ten years
old for playing in the road, locked him up
all night, and only released him in the morn
ing on his father paying a fine of five dollars.
That on Sunday, April 1, four children were
lodged in jail for a similar offense, and were
kept there till April 5, without any examina
tion. On that day thc mother of one of them
went before 3Ir. Fitz, stating that a number of
her family were severely sick with the small
pox, that her husband had only recently died
of that disease, and that this boy was her only
support. Fitz raid the boy would be set at
liberty on payment of five dollars. Tho
voman pleaded her domestic affliction, but
Fitz replied that ho must remain where ho
was until the fine was paid.
Sixth—That the 22d of 3farch two men
were brought in by the guard for firing a gun,
and Fitz, vvithout any other evidence than
the fact that one of the men had a gun in his
hand, fined him fifteen dollars and the other
man five dollars.
Seventh—That on the 10th of February the
guard brought up some prisoners to Fitz’s
office,-and jra old man severity yerirs of age
came jdprfth them.' The guard stated that
this oluman had warned one of the persons
they went after of their coming, and to en
abled him to escape. Fi tz t hereupon ordered
the old man to pay a fine of sixty dollars, and
sent him to prison till it vrn9 paid. Fitz told
him tliat'if after ho was released he could
oatch the man who esca; < lithat man should
reftind him thc m'6ui^. /flic Old man re
plied, “Good Lord, I cah hardly help myself;
now can I catch liirii, and he a young man ?”
A few days afterwards the old man was seen
G. Brownlow, Governor of Tennessee, all of
whom arc hereby declared to be qualified vo
ters upon their complying with the require
ments of this act. Provided, That this latter
clause shall not npplv to any commission is
sued upon any election which may have been
held.
Sec. 2. Beitfurthcr enacted, That the Gov
emor of the State shall, within sixty days
after the passage of this act, appoint a Com-
missioner of Registration for each and every
county in the State, wWsfaall, without delay,
enter upon tlie discharge of liis duties, and
wlio shall have lull power to administer tho
necessary oaths provided by this act. The
said Commissioner, before entering upon thc
duties of this office* shall take and subscribe
an oath to support the Constitution of the
United States and tho Constitution of the
State of Tennessee, and to taitlifully discharge
thc duties of his office, and also tlie oath pre
scribed in section 3 of this a'ct, which oaths
shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of
State.
Tho raid Commissioner shall keep his office
at thc county scat of tlic county, and it shall
be his duty to take the proof required by this
act, and .to register the names of each ; and,
every\qualified voter, and to issue a certificate
that such voter, is entitled to the pmjlcgc of
the Elective Franchise, and he shall pre
serve and keep the necessary records of his
office, and shall receive from thc Treasury of
thc State tho sum of one hundred dollars, to
be paid upon the warrant of tlie Comptroller
of the State; and said Commissioner shall
make a report to the County Court, at cabh
quarterly session thereof, showing tho number
of voters registered previous to said quarterly
session; provided that all sums of money
paid* by said Commissioner for tho United
States Revenue stamps in the discharge of his
duty, shall be credited and paid out of the
County Treasury.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said
commissioner shall issue certificates of regis
tration to every white soldier who may have
served "in, and been honorably discharged
from the army or navy of the United States
since the raid 1st day of January, 1802, upon
thc production of tbe proper certificate of
such service and discharge, or legal evidence
of the loss of such discharge. Said commis-
siorier shall issue certificates of registration to
all those who voted in the said November,
February and March elections, upon the pro
duction of the poll books of the election at
which raid voter voted, or a certified copy,
under oath, of such poll book in case the
voter may have removed to another county,
or upon tho affidavit of two enfranchised cit
izens, known to the commissioner to have
been unconditional Union men throughout
the rebellion, in case said poll book may be
lost
And lie shall issue certificates of registra
tion to those citizens of Tennessee who have
bton appointed to office by the said Military
or 'Civil Governors upoii the production of the
commission showing such appointment, or
the proper certificate of thc Secretary of
State, that such commission was issued', in
case of loss. But every other person claiming
to be entitled to the privilege of the elective
froncliisement, as provided in this act, shall/
beloro he obtains a certificate thereof, prove
by the evidence of two competent witnesses
known to the commissioner to have been
themselves at all times unconditional Union
in the service of the State, or ot tlie United
States Army, wherever located, and it shall
bo thc duty of the officer to whom such writ
is directed to open and hold, or cause to be
opened and held, the election required by
said writ, and make returns thereof to the
Secretary of State, and the votes of such
officers and soldiers shall be counted the same
as if such votes had been cast in thc counties
in which said officers and soldiers may reside,
and the return shall designate the county in
which said voters may reside; Provided,
That the Governor shall not be required to
issue such writs of election for county, dis
trict, or corporation offices.
. Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That all cer
tificates heretofore issued under the provis
ions of the act to which this is amendatory,
arc hereby annulled, and shall not be used at
any future election in this State, from and
after tlic passage of this, act, except at tlie
.
£
i.n j#
the
election of county officers, to be held on
first Saturday in 3Iarcli, 1800.
Sec. 9. Be it further enacted, That all can
didates for any official position shall, before
thc day of election, be required to take and
subscribe thc oath prescribed in the third
section of this act, who, in case of a candidate
for a county office, shall be filed in the office
of the Comity Court Clerk, and for all other
offices, in thc office of the Secretary of State;
and that the Judges of Elections or other
officers shall reject and make no return of thc
votes cast for any person who lias not so
taken and subscribed said oath ; and tho
same oath shall bo token and subscribed as an
official oath, by all Judges and'Clerks of all
elections, and all deputies in any of the offices
of the State or counties. Provided, That can
didates who may have served in, and been
honorably discharged from, the army or navy
of thc United States since the first of Janu
ary, 1862: or wlio may have been appointed
and commissioned to any office by said mili
tary or civil Governor of Tennessee, shall be
eligible to office, except political offices, with
out taking said oath.
Sec! 10. Be it further enacted, That in case
any County Court shall fail or reluse to induct
into office any of the officers elected under
tliisact, it shall be lawful for the Commis
sioner of Registration, upon orders from tho
Governor, to perform that duty and to ad
minister all necessary oaths, and to take and
approve all necessary official bonds, and the
same shall be good and valid in law.
Sec. 11. Be it f urther enacted, That no
election shall take place until the registra
tion provided for in this act shall be com
pleted in the county, circuit or district in
which said election shall be had, and the re
port or reports of the Commissioners made
to tho Governor, except the said election for
county officers in 3Iarch, 1860.
Sec. 12. Be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of each Commissioner of Regis
tration to report to the Governor when he
shall have completed the registration of his
county; and when said reports are all in
from any county, district or circuit, or from
the entire State, it shall be the duty of the
Govcrner to issue his proclamation and writs
of election announcing the completion Ofsuch
registration, and ordering elections to fill all
the vacant offices of the State, counties, cir
cuits or districts.
Sec. 13. Be it further enacted, That it shall
be the duty of the Commissioner without de
lay to proceed with the performance of liis
duties; and before completing the same in
his county, he shall give at least ten days’
public notice by advertisemeut in some news
paper, or at least four public places in liis
county, of liis intention to complete, and for
the time being close his registration. But it
shall be his duty after making liis report to
the Governor to attend for one day at each
quarterly session of the County Court, for the
purpose of issuing certificates of registration
to such persons as may be entitled to them,
under the provisions of this act, arid for each
day he may attend he shall receive the sum 'of
three dollars, to he paid out of thc County
Treasury. , .
Sec. 14. Be it further enacted, That every
wilful and intentional vjblation’of tliisact by
tho Commissioner of-'Rtegisfcratiori is here
by declared to .be a misdemeanor, and upon
(conviction he shall be removed froih office,
and shall jiay a fine of not less, than fifty, dol-
ycast powders, yams and warps used ■
braiding and manufacturing purposes exc’:
sively; also stautary and -works of art. Ti
former action on tobacco and snuff has lie
rescinded, and a uniform rate on all smoki
tobacco, whether ‘made of stems or leaf. -
two'cents per pound. No repeal on the tr
on lucifer matches lias been proposed in tr ;
bill, as Las been generally stated in newsp
pera Thc spirit and beer law. as report I
by thc Revenue Commissioner, has I
adopted in the list of thc essential featir J
by tliQ .committee.
THE NEW OIILEANS COTTON CASE UROCGi
OFFICIALLY BEFORE TIIE PRESIDENT. E.
The New Orleans cotton case, which
been on trial before United States Distri;^^
Judge Durrell, and in which a conflict of ciri I
and military authority has grown up, bl
been brought officially to the attention ofthl
President, by order of General Canby. TkI
cotton in litigation was seized by soldiers, nl
the instigation of a party interested in tlj
property, and the order of the Court was -’i
sisted. Judge Durrell refused to procc.--l
with liis Court so lorig as it was thus mc:|
need by the military. Tlic President In
direct ed the Secretary of War to instra
General Canby to rescind the order complah |
ed of, and fo allow the Court unrestrieff.
authority in the matter.
CHEAT FIRE IN CAIRO—LOSS ONE UCKDEE
THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Cairo, May 7.—The wholesale groctrl
house of Sliller, Stratford & Co., Ohio lcr« [
and twelve other buildings, occupied » e<
clothing stores and saloons, were burned
A. 31. Estimated loss $1000,000; insurant! w
about' 05,000, mainly in Eastern companiei d
f;
ACCIDENT TD TnE ERIE CANAL.
Rochester, N. Y„ 3Iay 7.—A break occe^H
red in the Erie Canal, near Adams’ Basin, - I cl
miles west of this city at an early hour U-S j
morning; tlie water is mostly gone from tb|S|
level, and the breach is probably a bad one. | H
Lesson of tlic Jlempbis Riot.
[From the Avalanche, 5th.] I
The late riots in our city hare satisfied
of one thing—that the Southern man wil!B*|
be ruled by the negro. For months past. ^ I
of violence, bloodshed and murder hate bee]
too common on our-streets; but they bf ]
almost always had some direct connect!® I
with the negro troops stationed here. Tiff]
and again stores have beeu broken open I
plundered, and white men shot, down, in]
city by drunken, brutal negro soldier*; a”-1
wc have yet to hear of the first instaef
where punishment followed the crime. W
readily grant that it was often, in fact, almo*
always, impossible to identify the offend#'
as tlie crimes were generally committed at :i
dark. We only speak of the facts, koveva-
and, believing that negro troops were
prime cause, our citizens again and again P#
tioned that they should be removed. Inff^H
cases of violence, tbe officers of thc law
been left to vindicate tbe law and protect
rights of the people whose peace and
they are sworn to protect The citizens tb# B
selves took no part in all these altercation* 1
and hence thc negro soldiers began to beli# ■
that they could manage things their own «*?■ I
This idea of insolence culminated onTuesW I
evening, and they became engaged' in a wH 1
altercation with the police. Then, for tt | I
first time, our citizens took part in the ds tl 1J
and tlie negroes now know, to tlieir sorro*; I J
that it is best not to arouse thc fury oi I
white man. Such a thing as a “ riot ”,n« v |
occurred in Memphis till these negro hoof
came among us to teach us manners;
from the lessons these brutes have lately’ “ j
ceivcd, we think it will be many a day H
a riot will occur here again. . , ™
The negro pqjiulatiori of Memphis-?^
draymen, li^ckmen, porters, servant
kinds—are As respectful and kindly in
deportment as they ever were. With
save in rare instances, our people would ne .i
have trouble. It is only with the ncgr° s ^.
diers that trouble has ever existed. Thflk.
we learn, will soon be gone; and, with tc--;
departure, will come order, confidence ^
the good will, of old days. _We
have none among us but white troops^
with them we can have no difficulty
TK ; I
aro ofiourrace and can and do apP'*-
lars to the use’of flie Stailp.. j.our nosilion anil our wishes. ILi;
Sec. 15. Be itfarth r enacted, That every them all the time, instead of negro tra*r
violation of this act is hereby declared to be ! neither this riot, nor the many lawles*
a misdemeanor, and such punishment upon * preceding it during the past' six > ucC ’'
presentment or indictment, and every person would have occurred.