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THE GEORGIA WEEKLY TELEGRAPH
D
"Let us be liap-
P bs Ward :
" ?rf ‘«itbin our racan, ‘’ cveD if we
.« n>«vy to d° it with.
.^Gcn! Longstreet, of the late
^ _ i 3 now receiving the hog-
citiwns ofC° lumbu9 -
' r „. r^dcnTe of the Rev. James B.
.„,in L *ton. iu East Florida, was
the
Remington, in East Florida, was
, day i«t week, byfire-the
)jffpdiary.^
iTlTLew**. a hero of the war
f* in timate Iriend of Gen. Jackson,
;^ hv il!c a few days ago, aged 82
, of tho Cherokee Lcgisla-
* William R, Ross Chief of
Nation, in place of the late
* a four-fifths vote. lie deliv-
' " iU ;. lint l in which he paid a tribute
^ ‘J,’,or, and urged tlum to imi-
. tmes and congratulated the nation
"*;»r3 ofpcace>_
Washington correspondent ofthc
f-'f Herald writes that, at a meeting
•'l.inrt on Saturday, the President
portions of his annual mos-
^ lirao affairs, in which he says that
jirul Sherman find that neither
nor the French intend to leave
i will recommend vigorous action
•heir departure. Doubtful.
.UiXDMRST'’ Report.—The very
■ ■a and manly report of the legis-
committee on the proposed con-
,! amendment, is from the graphic
u a K. J. Moses, representative from
In explanation of the apparent
, ft t <-tween the report and there'O-
which it closes- -the former ttdvo-
uii.m, and the latter containing
ejection of the amendment—it is
jjjiorMoses to say that the report,as
binds, closed with a resolution re-
• that the amendment be retained to
; „n, accompanied l-y the report, but
l[ , tc diou^ht best to put tlicir action
. .. of an emphatic rejection, which
., w i bv the House.
fjwtwB Aitous.—We perceive that the
iraslhas fallen under the displeas-
• :Le Apalachicola merchants. A por-
: ,.m recently held a conference and
m i» withdraw all patronage from the
. ,n account of its advocacy ot Savan-
i-.s in preference to those of Apa-
The course of the Argus is en-
.hiimate and natural, and if the Flor-
rrvhants would punish it they have
rltU-wrong plan, for in such an issue
Miron it loses in Florida will secure to
ia Savannah and Georgia. It is the
. i: newspapers to look after the pub-
rot#, and the fewer the attempts to
! tiiisa in behalf of any particular in-
. the better it will be for the cause of
,s well as of public policy.
[New Radical Movement.—It will be
from a call taken from tbe National In-
anr.tlut the Radicals are preparing to
:.r a large force of armed ruffians at
ngton. in order to overawe the Presi-
Und protect Congress in its contcmpla-
srusges.
T.it will not be disputed that a man
»]Ttfnt tight to visit Washington and
iin there ns long as be pleases on any
-! oiiitis; but when it comes to a cou
rt ot bullies collected manifestly to
the action of Government, and ior
■ of violence should moral influence
: ■> quite as clearly the duty of Gen.
' > <li#pcrse them, even at the point of
ajonet. Public peace and the char-
■ the Government both demand it.
u.r.NT GnArEs.—We acknowledge
ptiou, from T. W. Freeman, of a four
ox of Isabellu Grapes—large, black,
■ anil delicious to tbo taste. They
vnt arrival, and put up in neat, round
'SCS, at Bloomfield, N. Y., expressly
-dv use, and are perfectly fresh.—
*at, indeed, a rich treat, and if our
'-do not wait too long they can obtain
bur word for it, they will not regret
-wc—$2 per box, only.
’ie who steps into Freeman's provis-
■ will find more nice things to tempt
- than he is nccustomed to see; but
’>h fresh fish, fruit and any variety of
/.call ‘‘early in the morning.” Be
•iny your porte monnnic, as you will
I-fide to resist temptation.
:”'Iaco.\ & Brunswick Railroad.—
-laIs of tliis work will rejoice to know
is a lair prospect of its receiving
-• of the State to assist in its construc-
h will be seen from our Legislative
'that the bill authorizing the State to
1 -4s to the amount of $10,QOO per mile
1 fof tho Company, on certain condi
-ae up in the House yesterday and
* fiat body by the very handsome ma-
*• forty-one. The large vote in its fa-
seem to indicate its success in the
inch of the Legislature. This done
• e!, ill signed by the Governor, the way
* C W and the Company can push
#?ett enterprise rapidly forward and
k ;e it at an early day.
[ Kvd \v e Love, edited by Gen. D. H,
r'g lte of the Southern army,—Char-
-V'- a ne\v monthly magazine, de-
; literature and the fine arts.
' ' Ae first number of the 2nd volume
, **celient and interesting magazine,
•’--ed W ith muc j, matter 0 f special in-
. Southerners, as may be gathered
^'lowing table of contents:
■ fiuapton's Report of the Battle of
LS“»ug»(l)
il" . tena.”
[ ^gjntry of South Carolina. By G.
.
By C. L. H.
1 ’ r ‘nsit;’ AneC ^ 0tes B “^°P
efi Iome * tead *-—Belmead.
2”«ateDead. By Sarelia.
*|®*«tches.—Xo. 2i
^Jurloogh. By Fanny Fielding,
itrj p^.Byilm. Fanny Downing.
(*** Animoli By Prof. J. R. Blake.
ttSS 1 ’*'° f South Carolina.
W * Fkrpwnll A ,1,1
1 Farewell Address to his Divi-
( Y T(r *atlc.
Correspondence.
LAtic^
«t ij ! y c °mmend this serial, lor which
» ’*t*i T . 10 Messrs. Patrick & Havens,
b U re 8 u l«riy and fclwaya keep a
AVHAT THE 80UTH HAS TO FEAR.
The N. Y. Times continues its unworthy
attempts to frighten Southern freemen into
nhject submission to the infamous and
despotic rule of a majority at the North. We
give elsewhere an article in reply to the de
claration of the World that the South “ has
nothing more to fear from that majority ex
cept continued exclusion from Congress.”
The Times thinks this a “ sad delusion,” and
proceeds to show that a still further and more
grinding oppression is “far from improba
ble.” It concedes that this can be done sole
ly through radical changes of the Constitu
tion, involving an entire revolution of the re
lations that have subsisted between the States
and Federal Government since the beginning
of our history as a nation. It says: “Other
remedies may be enforced overriding State au
thority respecting the suffrage, and investing
with political power an dement that will he fatal
to the class now controlling Southern affairs.”
It is this we have to fear. The Times, though,
concedes again that there is no power in Con
gress or the Northern people to do this thing
“according to the old reading of the Constitu
tion.” But, “ the old reading,” it says, “may
not always prevail;” it may be contended and
maintained that three-fourths of the Northern
States, not counting the Southern members
of the Union, may lawfully change the Con
stitntion as they please, and impose their own
terms upon the South.
Such is the programme by which, in the
opinion of the Times, still greater evils may
be brought upon tbe South. It frankly con
fesses that it “ has nothing to say in defence
of this method of overcoming the difficulty,
and should deeply deplore its adoption.”
The position of the Times, then, amounts
substantially to this: the South can suffer no
further evil except she voluntarily or through
fear agree to its infliction, or a Radical ma-
ority at the North shall set the plain letter of
the Constitution and its established interpre
tation at defiance, giving it a meaning that
nobody ever gave it before, and that depends
neither upon reason, justice nor law, bat upon
their own despotic wills, thus completely re
volutionizing the government of our fathers.
And ‘this, too, by a clear minority of the
American people 1
Well, we confess to no great fears of evil
from such a source. The Times, in order to
make out its cast,' has converted the North
ern people into a mere band of political
brigands and outlaws, whose ambition
to plunder and oppress is tbeir only law.
It is n high - compliment to tbe people
among whom it ministers in public affairs,
and who stand to the editors in the relation
of brethren and friends. We knew that such
abandoned wretches as Butler, Forney, and
Brownlow held such despicable sentiments,
for they arc base and unprincipled, and trai
torous enough to harbour any diabolical pur
pose ; but we never dreamed that the enlight
ened people of any section of Christendom
were so utterly reckless and depraved. We
do not believe that any considerable portion
of the Northern people are capable of such
atrocity, though the Times, who, perhaps,
knows them better, brings the charge upon
tho very party with whom it is acting !
We do not believe that, for no better
ends than visiting a devilish revenge upon
their unarmed and unresisting brethren of
the South, or keeping a few Radicals in office,
the people of the North will deliberately
overthrow the government of their fathers,
erect in its stead the worst of despotisms,
the despotism of the mob, and consign this
whole land to anarchy and revolution. We
repeat, we do not believe it, demented as
they appear to be now.
We have this to say with regard to the
whole matter: If any considerable portion of
the people of the North entertain the design
ascribed to them by the Tim'-s, they are a
revolutionary party—they are traitors to the
government—and any attempt to carry out
their purposes ia Congress or elsewhere, will
be an open declaration of war, to be met only
in one way. It will be an abandonment of
law as a rule of government and a resort to
brute force. Yet we believe there are still left,
both at thcXortli and thcSouth,enough friends
to tiieConstitution and free government to save
both from annihilation. This is our reply.
The Southern people are’sometimes called
“traitors,” “rebels;” wbat act liavo they ever
committed that can be placed in the same
pirallcl with thnt,tlireatened‘by the Times ?
They simply sought a change of rulers, and
to get rid of a portion of their political as
sociates, with whom it- was impossible to
dwell in peace; they never yet raised a hand
against the American Constitution, nor con
templated a violation of a single one of its
sacred principles. They took it as their own,
with nil its sacred associations and memories,
and in every instance where it was amended,
even the North gave a unanimous verdict of
approval! If there was one exception, it
grew more out of a difference of constitution,
al construction among the people of the pres
ent day, than from a variance between the
men who framed it and the patriots of 1789.
Finally: have the editors of the Times
ever paused a moment tocontemplate
their own extraordinary position and
relations in this tremendous cri
sis 1, Wo are convinced either that they
have not, or that they arc wholly insensible
to the claims which the country has upon,
every good citizen. There they are, watch
men upon the political tower, daily sounding
the alarm of peril to our institutions, uttering
wanting after warning against the terrible
gulf that stands J-awning to swallow up every
vestige of free go\ eminent on the American
continent, deprecating the utter ruin that
must be brought upon us all by the ascen
dancy of Radical principles, and yet so mor
ally insensible to every impulse of patriotism
and self-interest as to be actually at the same
time laboring to establish in power these very
“ architects of rain!” They cry beware, and
lend a helping hand to the enemies of tlieir
country—and all for fear that if the country
be saved, some Democrat will get into office I
Shade of Washington, save us against such
honesty, such patriotism 1
Further Desperate Designs of the Revo
lutionary Congress.
the grand mass welcome to congress.
Being profoundly impressed with the im
portancc of the struggle through whi.h the
country is passing, and of the necessity of
preserving the results gained by its triumphs
in the field, and more recently at the polls,
the undersigned, a committee appointed by
the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Union, of Washing
ton, D. C., do in their name earnestly invite
their comrades, the loyal veterans of the Re
public, with all other friends of tbe great
cause of Union and liberty, to meet in a Na
tional mass welcome and council to be held
in this, the Federal Capital, on Saturday, De
cember the 1st, proximo.
We ask your presence to honor and assure
protection to the loyal majority iu the l'hir-
ty-Ninth Congress, in whom we recegnize
faithful guardians of our assailed institutions
and able supporters of the principles inorl-
ved.
Come in your might! By your presence
show hew sternly loyalty can rebuke treason.
Prove thereby that the threats and insults of
a treacherous Executive against the legisla
tive branch of the Government cannot intimi
date a tree people. Here in the Federal capi
tal must our great struggle culminate in wise
and equitable legislation. Here, then, should
we assemble to encourage and. strengthen
Congress—to whose hands the Constitution
wisely entrusts the power—to such just action
as will make peace permanent and liberty
universal.
D. S. Curtis,
R. J. Hinton,
A. J. Bennett,
W. S. Morse,
L. Edwin Dudley:
Correspondence is invited, and may be ad
dressed, R. J. Hinton, Washington, D. C.—
Chronicle.
We are pained and shocked to announce,
from many sources of reliable information,
that the above call looks to the establish
ment here en permanence ot an organized
force, to be subject to tlie orders of Congress.
What they may be, and wbat disastrous ca
lamities impend over our beloved country.
Heaven only knows. But tbe ferocious coun
sels of Butler, Wade and Forney may be car
ried out by the “sword-, smokiug with bloody
execution.”
Wo are reminded by this of tbe threats
onco made by partisans iu New A ork, to or
ganize an army of ten thousand men to en
camp upon Capitol Hill, to overawe tbe ad
ministration of Andrew Johnson.—National
Intelligencer.
JonN C. Breckinridge.—The Paris True
Kentuckian has seen a gentleman who spent
some time with John C. Breckinridge just
before be left for Europe. Breckinridge was
“in the enjoyment of*excellent health, and
never looked better,” and wus “ living in
modest style and giving bis personal atten
tion to the education of bis children. The
True Kentuckian says: “ The reports which
have been circulated of large contributious
of money made by bis friends in the United
States, are wholly untrue or greatly exagger
ated, for we learn that tbe money upon wbi.-li
he has been living since his sojourn in Canada,
was a few thousand dollars saved from his
salary as a Confederate General, and obtained
in gold in Cuba. The expenses of living in
Canada are comparatively light, as General
Breckinridge occupied a neatly-furnished
house, sufficient for his family aud the pru
dent entertainment of such friends as sought
his society, at a cost of only twelve dollars
per month. Other expenses of living were
at the same reasonable rates.”
MR. AT ADD Y THOMPSON’S LECTURE.
A few days since we announced that the
Hon. AVaddy Thompson, our former Minister
to Mexico, would at an early day address the
citizens of Macon, choosing for his topic the
great men of our nation, some of whose char
acteristics, qualities and powers he would
portray. We have the pleasure of announ
cing that the lecture will take place to-mor
row (Saturday) evening. The place will be
made known in tbe afternoon and morning
papere.
gy The report of the Secretaiy of the
Treasury will show, it 13 said, that the re
ceipts over expenses for the last fiscal year
will exceed thirty-seven millions of dollars.
The Legislature of Georgia does not
in its action fully represent the people of the
State and of the South, and H should not'be
mistaken as an expression ot tlie feelings or
•pinions of the people. The votes against the
amendment were those of men who woald be
disqualified from holding office by Its adop
tion, and it was not natural to expect them to
vote in its favor.—N. Y. Herald.
That is about as much as you know about
it. AVe do not believe there are a hundred
Georgians in the State whose sentiments were
not faithfully represented by tlie Legislature
when it rejected tbe amendment. It tbe
amendment bas friemls in this State, we are
nnable to find them among the people, and
we doubt the Herald’s ability to make the
discovery at a distance. So far from tlie peo
ple dissenting from the Legislature, if ever a
counter movement is set on foot in this State,
and we hope it never will be, we predict that
it will come from the “politicians”—men
who want Federal place, and think that con
cession the nearest road for reaching it.
National Express and Transportation
Co.—Tlie Richmond AVhig, of the 8th, says:
“Tlie Trustees appointed to take possession
of the property of this Company, have done
so. and announce that they will receive writ
ten proposals np to the 10th of December for
the purchase, for cash, of the whole property
of the Company, in gross or in detail, at dif
ferent points. The property consists ot wag
ons, horses, safes, furniture, and all other ar
ticles heretofore employed by the Company
in the prosecution of its business.”
fg"The Governor of Texas has vetoed tlie
Stay law recently passed by tbe Legislature of
that State. The Houston Telegraph thinks
it cannot be passed over the Governor's veto,
but thinks it will be modified in accordance
to the suggestions ot the Governor, in which
shape it will be passed. The Telegraph says
that without some process to stay the sacri
fice of estates the people will be -ruined.
The last number of the Sandcrsville
Georgian contains the salutatory of Colonel
Henry D. Capcrs,who succeeds to the editori
al chair hitherto occupied by Mr. J. D An
thony. It is clcycrlywritten and gives prom
ise of many a spicy article for the readers of
tho Georgian. We welcome the Colonel, and
hope be will wield a pen os well as he has a
sword.
Gen. Srerman’s Mission.—The New York
Times reiterates that the sole object of the
mission of Gen. Sherman is to aid Gen. Cos-
tlenan, sent out by the Emperor of France to
superintend the evacuation, by acting as the
representative of this Government, possessed
of authority to discuss the questions at issue,
and to speak for American interests.
Caft. AVm. F. Plane.—It will be gratify
ing to the namcrous friends of this gallant
officer—one of the many noble martyrs to
Southern Independence—to learn that his
remains reached here from Shorpsburg on
Saturday last, aud were interred ia Rose Hill
Cemetary.
Florida.—The Legislature of Florida con
vened at Tallahassee Monday last The Sen
tinel says: “ Upon the subject of the Con
stitutional Amendment proposed by tlie last
Congress, we feel safe in predicting that there
will not exist any. two opinions. The vote
against it will be unanimous.”
AVm. M. Tunno & Co.—The card of this
Savannah firm will attract attention. It will
be seen that they offer material inducements
to their patrons—a choice of three markets*
will pay government tax on cotton, and make
liberal advancements to patrons. The house
is entirely reliable.
The City of Columbia, though in
ashes, has subscribed $33,300 to the Colum
bia and Augusta Railroad. The citizens of
Augusta are now discussing the policy of
subscribing $100,000 to the same important
work.
Letter from Washington.
Correspondence Gcorg'a Telo^ruph.]
AVasuington, Nov. 11, I860.
By disfranchisement and gerrymandering
the revolutionists have at the late elections,
in a time of peace, and in a so-called Repub
lican Government, overwhelmingly routed
the Union party, thereby receiving a contin
ued lease of despotic power for tbe remain
der of tbe Johnson administration ; all too,
in tlie face of the fact that the two million
Northern Conservative voters, in addition to
the one million and haft in the South, con
stitute a majority of one million over the
combined Southern, AVesterii and Northern
Radical strength. This enables tbe Jacobins
to establish despotic rule iu both branches of
Congress, paralyze tbe efforts of tlie adminis
tration to secure to the immense majority
their rights under the Constitutiou, and gives
certain promise of no relaxation in the crusade
now going on against republican institu
tions.
The late elections have emboldened the
1 cgrocs, especially in view of tbe election of
some of their race to tbe legislature of Massa
chusetts, to move forward in tbe work of
equality so auspiciously inaugurated by
their Caucasian allies. A meeting of tbe co
lored Soldiers’ and Citizens’ League of this
city is called to take action for a grand mass
meeting of tbeir race to be held here, to call
upon Congress for a speedy concession of the
franchise and other favored privileges. They
propose to demonstrate that “they know their
rights, and knowing, dare maintain them.”
A mass meeting of Radicals is called here
for the first of December, to take council for
welcoming and assuring protection (is any
needed ?) to thcJStevenscs, Simmers and AVil-
sons, of the present Congress, Avhoiu they re
gard os the only faithful custodians of the
assailed constitution of the Government.
Through the medium of the colored pas
tors of the churches, the ' superintendent of
the Freedman's bureau has given notice to
the overcrowded negro population huddleda-
bout the suburban sections of the district,(said
to exceed 10,000,) who are unuble lo fine em
ployment, that they must seek elsewhere
for a means of livelihood, as they eunnot lon
ger be provided for at Government expense.
They are crowded in miserable huts, paupers
and destitute, and would perish if not sup
ported by tlie United States, and are dying
of disease. Transportation is offered to all
willing to go, to reach New York, Pennsyl
vania, the AVcst and the genial(?) climate of
New England.
Gen. Giles 31. nilyer and Hon. R’. Laurie
of Mississippi, appointed by the Governor of
their State to present to the President reso
lutions passed by the Legislature, praying lor j
the release of Air. Davis, have reached here,
and will call upon Mr. Johnson to-morrow.
The redoubtable Forney, having failed to
play a big political card by inciting a 1110b iu
Philadelphia, and subsequently in Baltimore,
i i u®w at work, endeavoring to make a pan
demonium of this Capital. He pretends to
be cognizant of a secret organization existing
here, to demolish the Chronicle office, and
gives out that should such an attempt be
made, not les3 than ten thousand colored
Robespieres and Murats, who know their
friends, would be on hand to stake tbeir all
upon tlie issue. This is a glaring acknowl
edgement that this modern Havnau is the
peculiar champion of the Africans, and of
them alone. This future attempt to originate
a war of races will, however, prove as nbor
tive as bis prior attempts it insurrection, and
the “Chevalier” will have to shuttle and try
again, lie bus a fruitful imagination.
Since learning the result of the recent elec
tions, the public arc enabled to place a prop
er estimation upon the fidelity and sincority
of tlie so-called Conservative Republicans.—
The several journals in the interest of the
chimerical Conservative Republican party,
which labored so zealously to have the Dem
ocratic party make an assignment for the
benefit of Raymond & Co., are now exulting
over the Radical successes, and the very con
sistently, persistently inconsistent Raymond
is now warning the South not to lay the flat
tering unction to their hearts that, because
Maryland, Kentucky and Delaware, in co
operation with the ten excluded States, can
prevent the adoption of the odious constitu
tional amendment, they may have no
dread of its being forced upon them. lie
intimates that the plan of having the amend- “
nient ratified by three-fourths of the States
now represente/’, has sufficient support to in
sure its adoption, and will be carried out if
the Southern States should persist in tlieir
opposition. Potomac.
Cotton Planters’ Convention.
reported specially for the telegrafit.
Milledgeville, Ga., )
Tuesday, Nov. 13th, 1866. j
The Cotton Planters’ Convention met in
annual session in the Hall ot the Honse of
Representatives, in accordance with adjourn
raent of that body at its last meeting.
In the absence of any presiding officer, Col.
John S. Thomas, of Baldwin, was, on motion
of Maj. James Miller, called to the Chair.
Col. B. C. Yancey made an earnest and elo
quent appeal to the people to come up and
join us in our efforts to redeem the State from
the agricultural and financial ruin into which
tlie war has left us; at the conclusion of which,
the following gentlemen came lorward and
enrolled their names os members of tbe Con
vention, to wit:
1). G. Hughes, of Twiggs county;
B. B. Moore, ot Thomas county;
John B. McDaniel, of Carroll county;
S. R. Weaver, of Olay county;
F. ScbaUer, of Clark* county;
Sam’l C. Candler, ot Carroll county;
J. E. Stallings, of Coweta county;
Thos. D. Speer, of Sumter county;
George S. Owens, ot Chatham county;
N. R. Holliday, of Stewart county;
Jesse AV. Jackson, ot Morgan county;
Thomas Dixon, ot Macon county;
George AY. Thomas, of Floyd county;
J. E. Manson, of Hcmy county:
Robert Robinson, of L rarens connty;
E. 8. Griffin, of Twiggs connty;
J. F. Usry, Glascock county;
T. F. Gibson, Crawford county;
AV. H. Mattoy, Elbert county;
James Dickey, Calhoun county;
Scott AVarwick, Emanuel county;
T. L. Brantley, Baldwin county;
George F. Ilarrtson, Chatham county;
James Rountree, Emanuel county;
G. AV. Colley, Calhoun ceunty;
AV. J. Hudson, Harris county;
T. J. Smith, llancot-k county;
Henry R. Casey, Columbia;
U. AV. Bullock, Talbot county
T. A. Swcariugeu, Decatur county;
F. T. Snead, Macon county;
AV. AV. Boyd, Fulton county;
Bensoa Roberts, Pike county;
T. O. Wicker, AVashiogton.county,
Upou the call for reports of committees,
Mr. James A. Miller, of Houston, from the
Committee on Finance, submitted a verbal re
port, showing that the funds of the society,
consisting of near $3,000, had been rendered
worthless and lost by the late war.
Mr. D. 31. Brown, of Houston, from the
Committee on Newspapers aud Publications,
submitted a well-written report, showing,
with much ability and perspicuity, tbe ad
vantages that would necessarily accrue from
a well-conducted organ of the Convention;
but advised, in view of our poverty, and from
other considerations, that we had better, for
the present, adopt the Macon Telegraph,
Journal & Messenger, or some other good
paper of the State; which report was receiv
ed and adopted.
3Ir. B. C Yancey, chairman of the commit
tee appointed to memorialize the Legislature
iu reference to sending a Commission to Eu
rope to encourage immigration, reported that
the committee were not ready, but would re
port to-morrow.
3Ir. B. B. Moore ollt-rul tbe following reso
lution, which was adopted:
Resolved, That a committee of five be ap
pointed by the chair to examine the Act of
Incorporation, anil with instructions to report
I >ack to the meeting, to-morrow, whether the
name of the Society can be changed without
legislation.
The chair appointed the following: B. B.
3Iooro, B. C. Yancey, J. A. Stiller, C. M. Ir
win and J. B. Jones.
Mr. James A. Stiller offered tbe following;
Resolved, That a committee of five be ap
pointed by tbe chair to nominate suitable
officers for the re organization of the Asso
ciation on to-morrow.
The committee appointed consists of tlie
following gentlemen: Jas. A. Miller, D. 31.
Brown, AV. J. Reese, D. G. Hughs and James
Dickey.
The meeting adjourned until 3 o’clock, P.
M., to-morrow.
From the N. Y. Times.
Deluding the Sonth.
"The South has nothing worse to fear,’’ is tho
declaration wiih which the AVorld would break
the force of Tuesday’s verdict upon the cow ex
cluded States.
Tho argument offered in support of this view
lies in a nutshell. The Republicans—it sets
forth—"have already gone to the length of their
tether.” They overcame the veto of the Presi
dent in the matters of the Civil Rights Bill and
the Freedman’s Bureau Bill, “and can proceed
no further except by proposing amendments to
the Constitution,” and* as the ten excluded States
may calculate upon the assistance of Kentucky,
Maryland and Delaware, the AVorld reasons that
neither the proposed amendment nor any other
amendment which the Republicans may desire
-can be engrafted upon the Constitution. There-
Tiie Itiberinn 1/migrant Ship Gol-
conda.
[From the Charleston News, 14th.]
Much interest has beta excited by the arrival of
this vessel at our port to convey a cargo of color
ed emigrants to Liberia, and an account of the
interior of the ship may be of Interest to the gen
eral raader, and contain profitable instruction to
such of our colored population as may be buffer
ing with emigrant fever. The Golconda is a three-
masted vessel, about 150 feet long, and bas above
deck a forward aDd an after cabin—tbe former for
the crew and the latter for the officers—and bt-
tween them is the kitchen. Below deck is arrang
ed for the accommodation of the emigrants —
There are tiers of bunks three deep along tbe sides
of the hold, and also a tier in the middle, aud each
bunk is calculated to hold three persons. There
are iu all 210 bunks, calculated to accommodate
Georgia All Right !—The following par
agraph conveys the gratifying intelligence
that tlie Constitutional Amendment wa3 re
jected by the Legislature of Georgia with a
unanimity truly refreshing. This we regard
as a mere prelude to similar action or the
part of all tho Southern States. The logical
conclusion reached in the preamble accompa
nying tho resolution of rejection, cannot lie
controverted, and those who have fondly
hoped to cqjole or frighten tbe South into
the acceptance ot this Constitutional abomi
nation may abandon tlieir projects iu despair.
If come it must, tlie South is determined to
lend “ no aid or comTort” to the scheme.—'
Though impoverished anjl prostrate, t hey are
not lost to all sense of honor, nor willing to
disgrace themselves by aiding or abetting in
any way the passage of any such law. All
honor then to Georgia for the unequivocal
utterances of her determination, which can
not be misunderstood 1
[Lynchburg (Ya.) News.
The University op the Soutu.—Bishops
Elliott, of Georgia, Green, of Mississippi, Lay,
of Arkansas, and Quintard, of Tennessee,
and several Lay Trustees, met at Scwanee
last week, to adopt measures towards pro
ceeding immediately to the work of erecting
the buildings begun for the University of the
South before tho war. Bishop Quintard avos
appointed to open subscriptions in. tbe dio
ceses of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama,
Tennessee, Arkansas, Alississippi, Louisiana
and Texas. Several hundred thousand dol
lars were subscribed before the war, and tbe
buildings were in progress of erection, but
the Federal army destroyed them.—N. O.
Picayune.
The New York Express says that
Irish merchants in New York have offered
any number of ships to Stephens, the Fenian,
and adds: “It is barely possible that tbe At
lantic cable may suddenly cease to speak in
a short time on this side, but whether it will
be cut or captured, is a question which must
be in abeyance for the present”
A Magnificent Testimonial.—It will be
remembered that when our distinguished
fellow-Citizen, Admiral Semuics, arrived in
England immediately after his brilliant com
bat with the Kearsarge, a number of officers
ot tbe British army and navy and several of
the nobility who were friendly to the Conied-
crate cause, determined to procure by sub
scription, a magnificent sword for the Admi
ral, as n testimonial of tlieir appreciation of
bis gallantry and heroic conduct as a naval
commander. The subscriptions were limited
to a guinea each, and in a day or two the en
tire amount, two thousand guineas, was sub
scribed.
Tbe order for the sword was immediately
given, and the work was long ago completed,
but the beautiful and costly testimonial is
still in England. A citizen of 3Iol>ilc, who
has recently returned from Europe, brought
over with him u most skillfully executed
photograph of both sword and scabbard,
from which we have obtained an idea of the
exquisite workmanship displayed in tlieir
make. The blade bears a suitable inscription
and is ornamented in the highest style of the
sword-maker’s art. The scabbard, which is
of gold, as is also the hilt, or at least the
guard, is ornamented, not profusely, but most
tastefully, with devices emblematic of the na
Aral profession aud of Southern agriculture.
The testimonial is one of which a monarch
might be proud, and is a just and well merit
ed tribute to the personal and professional
worth of the most distinguirlied of Confede
rate naval officers.—Mobile Ad.
fore, it is contended, tbe worst possible conse- passengers. The lowest range of bunks :s
------- r _ about a foot aud a half above the floor, and the
next about two feet above that, and the top one
about the same distance from that—leaving about
three feet between it and the ceiling. The stand
ing room between t he rows of berths look cramped
to a landsman, but is probably as much as is usu
ally allowed to emigrants. There are now on
board some two or three hundred emigrants, and
it is expected that the vessel will sail to-morrow
with a cargo of six hundred.
The crew ol the vta-el consists of Captain Mia-
kc lr, the mate, stcwarJ, and fourteea sailors.—
There are also on I oard Mr. Coppinger, the agent
ot the American Colonization Society; Rev. Air.
E:sk'me, Attorney-General of Liberia, and Dr.
Suowdeu. The said .Mr. Erskine is a black man, 1
native of Knoxville, Tennessee, who emigrated to
Liberia in early life, entered the ministry, and rose
to his present high position by the unassisted el-
torts of his own genius.. Mr. Erskine Is, without
doubt, a genuine negro; he is black, has kinky
hair and side whisker? that are turning gray, and
very thick lips. He is tall aud portly withal, could
easily be mistaken ior one ofthe plantation preach
ers so common at the South, and does not dress as
if the Libcriau Government paid him a superabun
dant salary.
The Colonization Society undertakes to give
the emigrants a free passage, and six months’
support after they reach Liberia. They profess
to believe that "there is no chance for the negro
in this country: that he must always be the in
ferior of the white man; and that if Africa is .
ever to be redeemed, it must be through tho
agency of her own sous.” This may bo all phi
losophically correct, but we must confess to an
involuntary shudder at the probable sufferings
of those six hundred human beings before they
can again experience even such comforts as they
leave behind. Tbe crewd already on hoard iaof
a miscellaneous kind, and we very much doubt
the ability of the flit-ers to enforce some of tbo
following.rules, which have been adopted for
the government of the ship:
1. The emigrants are all put in the care and
under the control i f Captain Miskelly, and will
promptly obey his orders.
2. The emigrants will be divided into Messes of
twenty persons each, and one man w.ll be appoin
ted the Lead inuu ni t-ach Mess, who shall receive
the water and provisions for his Mess, aim be re
sponsible that • cell m.-mberof the Mesa receives
bis proper portion.
U. x)r. Snowden is appointed General Superin
tendent of tlie several head-men, and of their
Messes.
4. The allowance f- r etch adult person is three
quarts of water, one pound of breadstnfls, and
turee-quarters oi a pound of meat a day ; two chil
dren under 12 am; over 2 years, count as one
adult. Water Will be served at 7J<! o’clock each
morning.
5. The emigrants will be allowed the u-e of the
deck for air and exercise, excepting tbe poop deck.
0. Religious services may be held in tbe steer
age, or oh deck, at suca times as the emigrants
please, and do not interfere with the management
of tbe vessel.
7. The use of all obscene and profane language
is absolutely prohibited.
• 8. The emigrants will keep their berths and the
whole atecrjge clean and in proper order.
S>. All lights in the steerage will be put out att>
’clock, unless specially allowed by the captain.
10. Smoking, and all lights, except the ship
lights, between decks, are positively prohibited.
11. Money or valuables may be placed in charge
of t he caprain lor sr.fe-keeping.
There will not V.- accommodation for all who
wish to go. AVe learn that 250 have arrived from
Macon. 150 from Newberry, 420 Irorn Columbia,
and 180 !rom this L istriet, besides a number from
other portious ot this State, and as the vessel when
crowded can only accommodate about 700 persons,
some of the party must be left until next Spring,
when it is reported that another vessel will sail, or
theGolconda will make another tiip.
Tbe Canton, Miss., Mail says that a
Northern cotton planter, about tbe only man
in Madison county who rejoices in being
classed a Radical, undertook tbe other day
to whip one of his freedmen, and got sound
ly whipped himself. He says the Civil Rights
bill is an infernal humbug.
3Ir. Ben. Roper sent to the Times
office yesterday the largest turnip yet seen in
this city, which was raised on his farm on tlie
Darl/ytown road, below Richmond. The
vegetable weighs 8 3-4 pounds, and is 27
inches in circumference.—Iliehmond Times.
The Programme of Gerret Smitil—
Gerret Smith, the distinguished New York
-Radical. is not for blood and confiscation like
his colleagues generally, hut favors a milder
policy. He says:
Happy should I be to see our country
brought to a just and permanent peace on the
following terms:
1. No more punishment—there has been
enough.
2. No confiscation.
3. No disfranchisement of Southern offen
ders.
4. The National debt paid and the seces
sion debt blotted out.
5. Impartial suffrage. I believe in univer
sal suffrage, but in this instance I would in
sist only upon impartial suffrage—impartial
among all men, white, black and red.
6. In deep sorrow for the suffering and
poverty of the South, let the Nation exempt
her fc r some five or ten years from the impo
sition of direct internal takes. In these taxes
I do not include duties on foreign goods.
7. 3Iutual forgiveness, and, as far as possi
ble, forgetfulness of tbe wrongs which each
has done the other.’’
Give Gerret his negrtt and he becomes
quite a sensible man.
Death of 3Ir. Rosignol.—It is our pain
ful duty to announce this morning the death
of3Ir. J. L. Rosignol, which event took place
at six o’clock yesterday morning. Mr. Ro
signol was one of onr oldest and most expe
rienced teachers, and was personally known
as the preceptor of some of our best citizens.
He leaves a largo circle of friends and ac
quaintances to mourn his loss and sudden de
mise. His funeral will take place from St.
Patrick’s church this morning at 10 o’clock.
Sav. Hep., 14th.
ESPJolin 3Iitchell v who has returned from
exile, was looked for iu New York, on Sat
urday, bv the Fenians. 31itchcll goes to
Richmond, where there is to be a great Feni
an gathering.
quence of the late elections, to the South, will
be‘‘a protracted exclusion from Congress.”
The same Hoc ot reasoning is in vogue at the
Sontli. “The worst that cau happen to us,” say
infiuentiarSoutbern journalists, "is continued de
privation of the right Jot representation in Con
gress. AVe need ft-ar no other punishment. And
since we mas- cultivate corn nua cotton, build rail
roads and run steamers, as well withont represen
tation as with it, let us remain as we are, awaking
the time when our dear friends, the Demo^ats.
■Latl regain power, and restore us irrespective of
conditions.” Such is the general train ot remark
with which the Southern people are appealed to,
to oiler a passive resistance to the measure presen
ted by Congress lor tlieir rutidciiiiou. They are
cricouraged'in the belief that simply by bidingtheir
time they may obtain restoration to the Union up
on their own terms. And on the principle that
they have “nothing woise to tear” than they arc
already accustomed to, they refuse either to ratity
the Amendment, or to offer any other form of com
promise as an equivalent.
A more cruel delusion is not easy to imagine.
One might have thought that the utter, hopeless
failure of the Democracy would have taught the
South the folly of trusting to that party for as
sistance in thc'work of restoraliou. Its inability
to carry a single Northern State should convince
tbe most zealous Southerners that nothing in the
shape of help can como from that quarter. AVe
should have supposed, too, that the same appre
ciation of events which led the AVorld to counsel
the President sensioly us to his duty, would
have induced it to speak candidly to tbo South.
Of what uvail will bo further jugglery and
double-dealing? AVlint cau follow a persistent
attempt to cheat the South into the adoption of
false hopes and expectations, except a heaping
up of wrath ugaiust the day of vengeance?
For Instead of haring “nothiug worse to lcar,”
the South has much to tear if it continue indiffer
ent to the warniug suggested by the elections. It
it scout the terms cf theameudiueut now tendered
!•.- its acceptance, it may be hereafter compell
ed to submit to terms vastly more obnoxious.—
Tbe present amendment presupposes the contin
ued possession of State sovereignty. But if this
be rejected, other amendments may be enforced
overriding State authority respecting the suffrage,
and investing with political power an element that
will be fatal to the class now controlling Southern
affairs. AA’e have among us extremists who watch
eagerly for the rejection of ihepresent aun-iidmcnt
as a pretext for pressing more rigorous demands.
They arc restrained as yet by the prevailing mode
ration of the Republican party, as guaranteed by
the pledges upou which our victories have bet h
achieved. Let this amendment fail, and the nitia
Radicals will acquire an importance just now di
ng'd them; and then, too late, the Sputh will dis
cover the mockery which is hidden under the
World's talk about having “nothing worse to
fear.”
But these extreme measures must come In the
form of constitutional amendments, aim the ten
excluded States, with the help of Kentucky, M. rv-
lund and Delaware, will be able to prevent their
ratification. Musi the position necessarily remain
thus? According to the old reading of constitu
tional right, res. But tlie old reading may not
always prevail. Aud then what may happen
Suppose, furinstane , it he contended tint allth-t
is necessary to impart validity to a constitutional
amendment is tlie three-fourths’ vote ol the States
already in the L'.iion. Suppose it he held—ami tt.e
point is net without supporters—that the states
now eoiuposiogCoiigrers are the only States having
a lawful voice in the ease, anil that three-fourths t.f
these may alter the Constitution to suit tlu-ir view #.
AVIiat will then become of the doctrine that therj
is “nothing worse to fear,” or of the other consol
atory i.leu that Kentucky, 3Iuryland and Delaware
are 011 tlie Southern side?
AVe are not conjuring up impossible dangers.—
AVe merely direct attention to a contingency that
is far from improbable, and which is actuallv'being
considered in extreme qmrtcrs in connection with
the amendment before the country. Turning to
Mr. Forney’s Press, we 1-nit that zealous apostle
of Radicalism mooting tlie plan we have hiuted at
as a plan actually available if t-'ie .Sonthem States
prove otherwise unmanageable. Here are Mr. For
ney’s words:
‘ There Is no delusion more fatal than that which
iustifits continued obstinacy aud virulence iu the
South, by the assumption that this amendment
cannot be completed wiiliout the votes of the re
cently seceded and still insubordinate States. Are
you 'aware that Abraham Lincoln and Andrew
Johnson were elected by the Totes of twimty-two
out of tlie twenty-five adhering Commonwealths,
and that all the acts of Congress, including the
contributious in men and money, and our va^tai d
unparalleled system of finance, were considered,
passed aud pertccted by representatives elected i-o
the same manner ? Wliatelscis needed bu; ibe
application of this theary to the ratification of this
amendment, without the votes ot the recently re
bellious States?”
We say nothing in defence of this method of
overcoming the difficulty, and should deeply de
plore its adoptiou as an agency in the task of re
storation. The South, however, should study tbe
shade as well as the light of the picture, that it
may not be inextricably Involved in dangers of
wnieli it seems not yet to dream It may then,
pcrcbauce, arrive at the conclusion that the
Amendment, objectionable though it be, is not
the greatest of possible evils. This is not a time
for shutting out the truth, or for hugging the de
lusion that 110’hing worse can happen. There
may be many worse things than the Amendment,
as iliu South may some day find out.
Circular from Gcti, Hood.
New Orleans, Nov. 1,1SG6.
Deeming it a duty to officers and men who serv
ed with me in the fate war to place on record a
brief account of the operations they performed, I
have tlie honor to request all commaudcrstof bat
teries, battalions, brigades, divisions and corps to
forward to me, without delay, reports of all bat
tles in wh en they were engaged while under my
direction.
This will begin with the companies of Virginia
caratry which l lirst commended under Col. John
B. Magruder, at Yorktown, iu May, 1S01, aud pass
through the successive gradations of command to
the period of the surrender of the late Confederate
army.
I would also request the commanderoi eachsep
arate orgui izatinn to send, with bis report, liis
photograph, and the photograph of any ol his com
manders killed, i.i action, together, with such faets
relating to his career and death, as may be inter
esting.
All officers who served upon my staff are re
quested to lurnish me with their photographs and
reports of their labors aud observations.
The following is regarded as th« best form to
embody tbe most important facts:
FORM.
Battle of ,
Date of ; TSC—,
Honrs of action,
Position on field, '
Troops on right, | With diagram if pos
Troops on Jett, j sibie.
Troops in front and rear, J
Number of officers and men present,
Names of all complimented,
Officers and men in official report,
Number kiiled,
Number wounded,
Number missing,
Captures of officers, men, guns and flags,
Losses 01 officers, men. gans and fl*gs.
The battery, battalion, brigade and division com
manders, who were under my direction at the bat
tle ofChicamauga, a»e particularly desired to send
mo reports of the parts they bore.
Tlie officers who were thus associated with me
A BILL—To be entitled an Acttoedjicate the
indigent maimed soldiers of Georgia, and to pro
vide the necessary means for the same.
Whereas. It is a matter of primary importance
that Georgia should have native educated teach
ers for tbe instruction of the children of tbe
State; and whereas, there are many indigent
maimed soldiers ic this State, under the age of
thirty years, who. by reason of ioss of limbs, are
deprived ofthe ability to perform physical labor;
and whereas, it is a holy aud patriotic duty to
provide, in the best manner possible for these
Uilfortauate patriots, for remedy whereof
Be it enacted, That all indigent maimed sol
diers of tbe State of Georga, under the age of
thirty years, be educated at the University ».f
the State, free of charge for tuition, books, board
aud clothing, until the completion of their'col
legiate term.
_Sec. 2. That upon the application, accompa
nied with proper vouchers, of e.nv indigent
maimed soldier, that ho is of the class above spe
cified, to the teachera of said University, they
shall forthwith receive him into said institution
and give him all the benefits of tho same, upon
the applicant entering into a written obligation
upon his honor to teach, when he shall have
completed his collegiate course, the same num
ber of years in the county from whence he came,
that he rn.-iy have been in said University.
Sec. 3. That for the purpose of effectually
carrying into efficient . peration the provisions
of tliis Act, His Excellency, the Governor, be,
and he is hereby authorized, should there not be
funds provided for the some in the Treasury, to
issue to the Trustees ofthe University the bonds
of fhe State, payable e.t such times and in such
manner r.s he may deem fest..to an amonntsuf-
fieient to accomplish an l carrv into effectual
operation the provisions . : this Act.
are to be found engaged In the occupations of civil
life tram Baltimore and St. Louis to the KioGrande,
and I must, therefore, appeal to the newspaper
press to assist me in accomplishing my undertak
ing by publishing this circular.
It is not my intention to write a history of the
war. My object is simply to collect facts with re
gard to military operations. .
It will remain for the historian, who Shall aspire
to draw a truthful picture ot tbe eventful ana in
teresting epoch, with which I was somewhat con
nected, to assign to the facts embraced in these
memorials their proper place and just significance.
I wish to devote the time I can spare from my
business to relate, with the directness and brevity
of a soldier, what I saw ou many battle-fields and
arduous campaigns, and the part my comrades
performed.
Very respectfully,
J. B. Hood.
Industry
il Inter
r.-'TS of the United
States.—Tl
ie fo'iowi;
, figures approximate-
ly illustrate-
the relati
re value estimated in
specie of t’.i
e various
industrial interests of
the Unite d S
! tiiies. as a;
-curtained by recent in-
quirv at tin
.- Bureau
of Statistics, Treasury
Department
Atrricr.!;.;
000.000.
•• t ; r .ducts. $1,700 -
3IanuFu?ri
j:; s. <?r>so
P''0.00n.
Aline nil p
io'lnetion :
. - 75-7, >00,000:
Fisheries.
$t-'5.000.tt(
Profits ft*
tn foreinr.
. !im<-r<-:-, iuiport&and
ex ports, $1C0,000,000.
otn ’don:
and
coast-
jc|otm->:.c common
local, sl.o00.000.00o.
increase iu value of domain,
"'ng?, tc.. $240,000,000.
000.
reuse of vvealtli, $773.-
(L It turns out that the Rev. Sylv«nus
Cobb, D. D., who recently died in Boston,
was not the New York Ledger novelist, but
tho father ot that afflicted young man.
EP“The Emperor of Brazil is expected in
thi3 country soon after the establishment of
peace with Paraguay, which according to
latest accounts, is to take place speedily. The
Emperor is not much over forty, and a very
handsome man, ot high scientific attainments
and great social accomplishments. His wife
is a daughter of the king of the two Sicilies.
His majesty takes a great interest in the
United States, and is expected to spend some
time in AVashington and in Boston—in the
latter place as the guest of Professor Agassiz
of Cambridge, in whose recent explorations
in Brazil he took a vivid interest.
537"The Dutch Gap Canal, which Butler
dug in order to reach Richmond without run- j JgT Ex-President Hun '- -- '' v-iaie t
ning the risk of getting hurt, is now naviga-, North Bend, was'-old i v tl-!-Slu-tiffon tl-e
ted by sail vessels and steam tugs. 3rd inst., in suit of portm.’' \ tl..- i,,' -
ur.es 31. 3Iurtin. travel-
exe-llent journal, tlie
|ih. paid us a visit in our sane-
latnrduy. 31 r. Martin is the duly
accredited agent, as we see announced in the
Telegraph, and we take pleasure in com
mending him to the courtesies of the citizens,
while ho is attending to the interests of that
paper. Tlie Telegraph is confessedly one of
the best papers in Georgia, or even * in the
South, and we hope <>ur friends if they cast
around further than Griffin, to subscribe for
a paper, will be sure to discuss it claims.
^ [ Griffin Herald.
Something in It.—A contemporary, allu
ding to the numerous cases of suicide, and
murdering of children by mothers, in the
Northwest, says:
“ AVhen the fathers in that country deter
mine to tar and Feather every fanatical lectu
rer they catch in the act of h&ranguing silly
people on the subjects of spiritualism, free-
loveism, and PuriraLicalism ‘'damphoolism”
generally, the,throats of Xheir children will
be safe.”
Distinguished Strangers.—Among the
guests a‘. tbe Planters’ Hotel, on Sunday,
were three young noblemen, from Europe;
one Baron Alachay, lrom Holland, and Sir
Charles Dalrvmple and Sir David AVeddcr-
burn, from England. They are on a tour of
observation in America, and are young men
of culture and fine appearance. —Augusta
Chronicle, IStA.
t 1 ■■
The Right Spirit.—The Freedmen of
.ALtcon county. Ala. one ot the best cotton
growing districts in the South—recently held
a meeting and passed resolutions discounte
nancing idlers and loafers, and condemning
all violationsof cor true's lef-.veen white men
and themselves.