Newspaper Page Text
1 * »
WKnk'rrr- -
Tlie Greoi’gia "Weekly Telegraph.
<t;rnrijiii IVrrkhf ^rlrjrnplj.
tTi »■ Corroi.-ir-S be M
goagres. bn* generously 4 V dw^d tb* tax on
.h.tton to nn, ami a half cent* p^ pound.
Liberal, very I
it-iff ——■ i
Tin: Atlanta Meeting.~ Gov. Luojvn
Rimunua—The action of tile Atlanta meet
ing, held on the 4th, under n call from Gpv.
Brown and his friends, will he gnrti^ind to
every Georgian who feel? a ‘becoming pnuc
in tho.honor of his State wid tlio rad, perma
nent welfare of her people. It will be ?t cn
that the resolutions approving Sherman e in
famous bill were rejected, and a substitute,
embracing sentiments honorable to the meet-
i„g and setting forth the true position for the
Southern peoplo to take in the present crisis,
passed after the retirement of the minority.
Any division among our people ia greatly
to bo deprecated at this time; but, it the
pien with the “big scare” on them will con
tinue to agitate, wo trust the peoplo will take
this Atlanta meeting as indicating the true
line of duty.
A Prediction.- Independent of tho fact,
which is clear to us, that any action of our
peoplo at this time on the Sherman bill, ex
cept taking steps to test Its validity in the
courts, will be followed by tlio worst conse
quences both to ourselves and our children—
a less of both liberty and honor—wo think
ono certain effect will be to break op qnd
derange the labor system of tho South, find
bring all the hopes of tho planter to a spefidy
diaatcr. We should recollect that every por
tion of the population is to be involved in
the agitation, nnd the man who believes this
can be done without destroying all discipline
and steady labor, is incapable of appreciating
the relation of cause to effect.
THE SHERMAN MILITARY BILL—THE
IMMEDIATE DITTY OF THE SOUTH- ]
ERN STATES.
TELEGRAPHIC.
ASSOCIATED FKK88 DISEATOll KH.
Co»cro<i on Saiur<lny.
null PASSAGE C'P Tim MILITARY 11II.L.
SENATE.
Washington, March 8.- -The Senate passed
the bill adopted by the House, increasing tho
duty on wool, nnd it goes to tho President.
The Indemnity bill was passed and goes to
tho President. Among other things, it for
bids the Civil Courts, Federal, Stnto and
ed a resolution unanimously calling upon the
General Government to send troops to that
State for the protection of the peoplo. The
conservatives voted for it, it is said, upon the
ground that if the Goverrmcnt should re
spond to the request, Gov. Brownlow would
not call out the Radical militia, which they
consider infinitely more objectionable.
J3T* The jewelers in Broadway, New
York, are reported to have sold more dia
monds and expensive jewelry since Christmas
than during any similar period for two
years. What docn this mean t Are the peo
plo becoming more extravagant, or do they
think that diamonds and jewelry are safer
investments than Federal greenbacks?
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal
thinks that tho people of the Bouth “would
sooner see their beautiful clime whelmed be
. ncntli a second Dead Sen,” than concur in the
atrocious provisions of the reconstruction
bill. He believes that a terrible civil war: j 3
imminent.
Northern View op Shermans* Bill.
Tho “Union Democrat,” of Manchester, New
Hampshire, copies Sherman’s bill nnd gives
tho following as
“TnK Lono and SnonT op it.—When he
grocs are allowed to make a Constitution for
you; when such constitution shall provide
for unqualified negro suffrage; when it shall
he ratified by a majority of the negroes
when Congress shall npprove ot the same
when you put negro suffrage and white dis
francliisement in the Constitution of the
United States, then negroid nnd wliitcsncaks
may be admitted to Congress How do you
like the temptation ?”
* + * * ♦
• *
“So tar, tho bill is simply a measure to dc-
clare and perpetuate disunion, for we sup
pose nobody expects that a singlo Southern
Stato will take the first step towards com
plying with its requirements. That first step
must be to call a Constitutional Convention,
to be chosen by negroes, and composed of
negroes or meaner white men. That %con't be
done—whatever happens, that won't happen.*’
The following article from the Richmond
Enquirer is so replete with good sense and
sound advice that wc reproduce it in our
editorial column. - It will bo seen that the
Enquirer recommends the same course to Vir
ginia that wc have advised in Georgia. It
sitys
It is in every sense imperative to test, at
the earliest moment, the validity of the
Shcrman-Shellabarger law—if it shall be
come an act of Congress—by an appeal to the
courts. The whole ease lies there. While I Territorial, hearing prosecutions for acts done
the law stands as authority, wc can do noth- under proclamations or military orders,
ing except in conformityWith it. If, indeed, I Tho nays in the Senate, in the final passngo
our State government is illegal and invalid, of Sherman’s bill, aro : Messrs. Bucknlew
as therein alleged—if it is but provisional, Cowan, Davis, Dixon, Doolittle, Hendricks,
and dissoluble at pleasure—it is at once Nesmith, Norton, Patterson, and Saulsbury.
bound by the instructions of the law, and Absent : Messrs. Browu, Guthrie, McDougal
liable to be swept out of existence at a word, and Riddle.
if it depart from them. Wo will havo no Tho Legislative Appropriation hill was
right to call a convention or hold an election I passed.
of any sort, except in the mode and upon tho A conference was asked on naval appro
terms therein prescribed; nnd to attempt to J priations.
do so would bo considered contumacious and Tho Judiciary Committee reports, while
rebellious, and would provoke and be alleged I imputing no improper motives to ofiicors of
to justify an instant sponging out of our I tlie Government, it is constrained to say that
whole system. Wc counsel no such collision, ^cy did not exerciso due diligence in arrest
Let us ascertain if tlie proposed law will be j„g Surratt.
recognized bv tho United States Courts ns The Judiciary Committee reported imrnc-
binding upon the obedience of citizens. If I diatcly after on tho subject of impeachment,
they so decide, we have nothing to do but which has becn intrusted to them. Mr. Ash-
subinit to it. If they rule otherwise we stand I j^ybad submitted the facts supporting the
as we are. I charges. The Committee had worked witli-
The acceptance of the law without demur out intermission. The investigation covers a
is to accept its suffrage tests nnd its proscrip-1 broad ground, and has not approached com
tions; is to acknowledge that the State >3 I pietion. Tlie evidence was placed with the
dead; that its laws are waste paper; that its 02erk for use by the committee of the next
decrees and judgments nnd title deeds are I Congress. Sufficient evidence, they allege,
idle words; that its imprisonments were as- h as becn gathered to justify further investi-
saults; that its death sentences were murders; nation.
that its taxations are robberies. We repeat j 3 Q eD . Dix was confirmed Minister to Paris,
E2F The Tennessee Legislature has adopt- •—t be first question, and the vital and absorb- an( j Hugh Ewing to the Hague.
Constitutional Contradictions.—The
National Republican shows the conflict be
tween the Congressional Military bill and the
Constitutional amendment. In tho amend
ment the question of suffrage is left to the
States, but in the Military bill provides for
universal and unqualified suffrage. There
are other inconsistencies as glaring; and, as
the Republican says: “Tho assumption of
tlie majority party ia Congress is that the
adoption of tho Constitutional amendment
by twenty States will be sufficient to make it
apart of the Constitution. That being the
case, would it not be well lor Congress to
stop jong enouglMo consider how much of
its own constitution it hosalrcady violated in
tho present military reconstruction law ?”
Washington etiquette has seme pecu
liarities. Strangers are expccted^jto call on
the persons whom they wish to know; in re
turn they receive a card, and, if eligible, an
invitation. Tlie wives of Senators must be
culled on by the wives of Representatives.
On no account must this ceremonial be re
versed or omitted, no matter how intimate
tlie parties muy havo been at home. When
ono goes to make a call, by must turn down
the corner of his visiting card. Should he
omit doing so, he would bit held to have sent
it by u servant, and not to havo culled in
person.
Thf. Mhn who Clamor voH^ritE Oppues-
. ion or the South.— We invito our country
men to a strict scrutiny of the character of
those men who clamor most violently for
harsh measures to tlie South. They arc, with
rare exceptions, tho fawning sycophants who
havo eulogized tho South in tho day of its
power, or tlie fierce fanatics who have breath
ed vengeance and destruction for years, with
a madman's fury, and more than a madman’s
lolly. But the most truculent ot to-day were
;be most servile of yesterday. The bully is
uniformly a coward. The tyraut stripped of
bis power is ever a slave, for the nun who
i.ould consent to impose a lawless rule on
mother is one who 1ms not the manhood lie-
reiculiy to resist it in his own person.— Wash-
irgton InteUiqencer.
kif" Prof. Benj.ur.iu Pierce, of Harvard
University, has been appointed to succeed the
late Prof. Baclin as Superintendent of the
Coast Survey. His appointment was recom
mended by a large c uni bar of the scientific
men of the country und the prominent officers
ot the Coast Survey Bureau
I-^"Raphael Senkmes bus assumed editorial
Memphis Bulletin. In bin
ing question until it is decided, is—will the j HOUSE,
proposed law bo held ns valid ? Those en- Tim Compound Interest Note bill, as
trusted with the affairs of the State are bound ame ndcd by the Senate, passed the House,
by all the obligations of their trust to test I The Nebraska members participated
that question thoroughly. They have no yesterday’s voting.
right to concede that the State is dead, until Mr Thomas, who had been contesting Mr.
they have exhausted every means of vindica-1 Arnold's seat, was allowed ns wages and
ting its vitality. Their duties are now nar-1 mileage since he commenced the contest,
rowing down to that—or rather that duty I sixteen hundred dollars. Mr. Arnold retains
overrides all others, and its successful dis- ]„-<■
charge is the condition of all others. It de-1 The new wool tariff is twelve cents per
mauds, therefore, their first nnd their most p0 und on the best grades, ten on low, and
zealous attention. ten p er cen t adralorem.
“As soon as it may be ascertained that the The nays on the final passage of Sherman’s
passage of the law is consummated, the Leg-1 b ;j[ j n the House are: Messrs Ancona, Bergen,
islature ought to appoint counsel, whose duty Boyer, Campbell, Chanler, Cooper, Dawson,
it shall lie to retain the best legal talent that j) en i 30nj Eldridge, Finck, Glossbrener, Good-
money can employ in the whole countiy; and Hale, Harding, Ky. Harris, Hawkins,
under such advice to make up a case at the HisC( Hogan, Hubbell New York, Humphrey,
earliest possible moment for the decision of IIuntcr< Jones> Keri . f Kn ykendall, Leblond,
the United States Supreme Court. It is not Le(lwichi Marshal. McCullough. Niblack,
neecssary to suggest to the ingenuity of pro- NicllolsoDi Noel> Phclp3) Rad ford. Kitten,
fesBionaLexjwrta the mode of making up the Rosseau, Slmnklin, Sitgraves, Still
well, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Tenn., Taylor,
issue. There must be some mode, and they
will best know what it is. That no time
should be lost is evident from the fact that
negro suffrage and white proscription will be
the law of the May elections if the proposed
bill be authority on that occasion. IVe sin
New' York, Thornton, Trimble, Ward, Ky.,
Winfield.
The tax bill, as finally passed, fixes the cot
ton tax at two and a half cents per pound.
, , , , ,, . „ , Mr. Rogers submits a minority report,
cerely hope the Legislature will be able, for which aI1 the proof had bee n care-
onco at least, to name citizens for this most ful , exam , De(]< and there wa8 D0 cvi .
important trust without being embarrassed L* deiice gU8UinlIlg the charges of impeach
by petty personal jealousies and ambitions. ment that was not utterly foundationless.—
Give us two men or four men to act in con- All available proof bad becn before the corn-
junction with the Governor in this truly vital miUcc> which bacl been very industrious.-
dutv. 1\ e implore legislators to allow no deprecates further investigations as tend
panics and no prejudices to come between j toolishlv to excite the country
them and this indispensable obligation.
Give us a board of suitable men whose ap- Failure in Boston,
pointinent would be expedient, and place the Boston, March 3.—Tho Equitable Life
purse of tho State in their bands wherewith I and Marine Insurance Company, of tweDty-
to prosecute her suit for life, and for the right | eight years’ standing, lias failed,
to live!
Mr. Olliix resumed his scat, und members
wore sworn in. Mr. Colfax announced that
the President had signed, within the legal
tune, nil the bills passed within ten days, ex
cept that appropriating $.30,000 for the Paris
Exposition, which was not engrossed.
A protest accompanied the Army Appro -
priation bill, to tho following effect: There
are provisions in the act to which the Presi
dent must call attention: The second sec
tion contains provisions virtually, in certaiu
cases, depriving the President of his Consti
tutional functions as commander-in-cliicf of
the army. The sixth section denies States of
tho Union the Constitutional right to protect
themselves by means of their own militia.—
These provisions aro out of place in an ap
propriation bill. Ho was compelled to defeat
neccssaty appropriations if ho withheld his
signature, and, therefore, signed it with a
protest against the provisions named.
Tho rules of tho last House adopted, ex
cept during this week it shall bo in order to
suspend them, which was carried—120 to 80.
The Houso adjourned.
SENATE.
In the Senate, Mr. Wado was conducted to
the chair, and Mr. Forney elected Secretary,
after which the Senate adjourned.
Gen. Hindman In Mexico.
New York. March 4.—The Herald’s Mex
ican correspondence says Miramon recently
stated that Hindman was corresponding with
the Imperials, with the hope that the Em
pire 1* might so work together
as to make both successful.
From Soutli America, Ac.
New Y9hk, March 4.—Havana advices of
the 27th confirm the reported defeat of Gen.
Crapo, aid his death at Maracaibo. The
troubles it Carababo were about to be ad
justed.
The expedition to sound for the propose
submarim telegraph cable, which started
from Haiana on tho 'S-d, had returned with
satistactay reports.
The snail pox continued to abate at
Matanzas
The Uiited States steamer, Olinsa, sailed
for Santi Cruz on the 26th. The Moinoosk
was to letve on the first for Key west.
Marino News.
Queenstown, March 4.—The steamship
Australasian, from New York, arrived here
to-day.
The Ohio delegation have been in caucus
to-day—subject unknown.
The Mew York delegation favor the refer
ence of impeachment to a special committee,
and.also favor a recess until May.
A general Republican caucus is being held
to-night.
The Superintendency of Indian Affairs is
vacant.
Tho revenue receipts to-day were over a
million.
From Washington.
Washington, March 6.—The Sherman and
Tenure of Office bills are officially published
by the State Department to-day.
Mr. Seward publishes a circular letter pro
posing a peace Congress to the belligerent
South American republics, to be held here
first of April, with an armistice till the ter
mination of conference.
Molasje* dull; Imnll receipt? and small sale?. Flour
dull and unchanged.
New Orleans, March 5 —Cotton—Sales of 3350 bales.
Market low; Low Middling 29>d © 00 Receipt
three days 9543. Exports for same time 15,783. Sugar
firm, 13 cents for good. Common to fair Mofassea dull
at 65 to 67 cents. Common to good Flour is in fair de
mand but lower ; Super $11 00 ©. 11 12Gold closed
$1 37%. Sterling 47!*, @ 4S}£. New York Sight half
cent discount
FOREIGN MARKETS.
Liverpool, March 4, Noon.—Sales of Cotton to-day
probably roach 10,000 bales, and price? declined v»
penny since last report: middling uplands 13%d:
middling Orleans 14d.
Liverpool, March 2, evening.—Cotton quiet nnd
active, and showed nn advancing tendency; middling
uplands advanced Y&—quotod at 1316; sales, 12,000
bales.
London, March 4, NOon.—Consols 91; Bonds 73%.
London. Marsh 2, evening.—Consols 91; bonds
73%.
London, March 5.—Finances unchanged.
Liverpool, March 4, Evening.—Cotton advanced
%d during tho afternoon ; middling uplands 13J4d.
Sales 10,000 bales-
Livkrpool, March 5, Noon.—Cotton advanced 3-ad
since yesterday ; middling uplands 13%d; sales 8,000
hales.
2s 9d.
Gov.
Brown’s Proposition—Duty
of tlio South.
Congressional News.
SENATE.
Washington, March 0.—Mr. Sumner intro
duced a bill which guarantees republican
governments that would protect the loyal
people of the South; it also prescribes an
oath.
A committee was appointed to equalize the
pay of employes.
The standing committee on appropriations I
offered explanations denouncing as false a j
report against tho committee on expenditures I
which intimated their acceptance ot bribes, i
A joint resolution was introduced, declar
ing the municipal offices of Alexandria va
cant in consequence of disobedience of Sher
man’s bill. It was ordered printed.
Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
The Utah delegate was sworn in.
Mr. J. J. Stewart contests the scat of Chas.
E. Phelps, of Maryland.
Mr. Ward introduced a resolution asserting
that an ex-member of tho Cabinet had de
clared in a public speech that the evidence I tainty now, and wo may differ without crim-
in the assassination cases was obtained by i ination : and all fair minds, to say nothing of
suborning witnesses, nnd that there was no j those that control publi: sentiment and ac
evidence against Mrs. Surratt. A motion was ■ tion, greatly prefer facts to word painting-
made to lay the resolution on tho table^ I and logic to personal and even sectional or
whereupon Mr. Ward withdrew it. j party abuse. No good was accomplished for
An effort wa3 made to take up the Tariff, j us South or North, while the war progressed,
but defeated by a motion to adjourn. i by highly offensive epithets on the part of
*** ! the pres3; nor have they been more produc-
Montlily Statement of Public Debt. 0 { ber than of evil, since. Reason or
Provisions firm. Brcadstuffs quiet. Tallow p ]y to all he has said in’favor of * ^
the foul deed. —
Cutitbert, Ga., March 2,1807.
Mr. J. It. Sneed.—Sir ; Having read the
letter of Ex-Governor Brown, aDd waited to
see the current of press criticisms, and by
your paper of to-day seen with gratification
that it isstroug against his recommendations,
I should withhold further comment, if I had
seen stated fully what seems to my mind the
strongest reasons, under the peculiar circum
stances, for rejecting the counsel of our for
mer popular Executive in this instance. I do
not sympathize in the strictures which apply
to his motives, for I shall not feel when this
comes to his eye, that I have done aught to
mar the warmth of a life-long personal
friendship. Honest patriots differed as to
the propriety of secession, the best mode of
conducting the war, the best time of giving
up the struggle after hope had fled from stout
Southern hearts: and there is greater uncer
mission attained, there is no h 0
ing the disgrace of such a selt im °'
scription and degradation. be t
tempt to march through the fi re Un p ir '
the importance of reaching the other 5 l
weighs the pain of the burning ^
dally, let us not leap madly and^uri 1 "
the fiery lake, until we can see
uotuk
1 PtttCs I
Wheolfc^
pose promised beyond it.
to the Red Sea, he had met with u B * i”
ulation, and there was no appar^i
escape. But the God of the He! f
not only delivered his host hut '
enemies, is -till the Rnlin-Di-.i:
and Heaven. There may be a l'.'. '
escape. At all events, nothin" pro ""
Governor Brown is better than^tiie *
in prospect.
He urges cs a reason, that the
have the will and power to accompli
end, and that the constitutional atpe
is a “fixed fact.” This, if true i 8
M Washington, Feb. C.—Increase of gold- f orce must control the’ American people, and
General News. | bearing certificates, forty-four millions; dc- while the majority seem to control the latter
New York, March 5.—Tim Times’ Pana- 1 crease of currency-bearing interest, thirty-two j an( j ( 0 be imperious to the former, withering
ma correipondent reports that the President .millions; increase of debt during niontb, 1 ^ is to the hopes long deferred, it furnishes
of Bolivia has becn killed by his body guard, nearly five millions; increase of coin in Treas ■ f bc stronger reason why we should be cool,
and a revolution had broken out in Cartba- ur y nearly eight millions. ; and endeavor, by Divine aid, to be Solomons
gena, in consequence of the murder. I ~ ~ **’ ~ ^ I in counsel as our heroes were Sampsons in the
Steamer Henry Chauncev, with eight bun-' iOSS ° Anot icr Steamer. : field, and especially as they are shorn of their
dred thousand treasure, has arrrived, with | hablkston, aic iG. ie steamer * n ~ ^ i oc k 3| and are prostrate as to all available
San Francisco dates to the 9th ult. . a usia ’ ’ 0UtK r ° n '* c " °r t° t iiacity, p0 wer except their reason and the moral in-
„ has been burnt off Gape Hatteras. Edward f, . 1 , ,
Washington, March 5.-Tbe Herald’s North Pur8crj James McMulHn,
special says a delegation from South Carolina Jacob Locbraan Pilot) and four others of
is already here, conferring with the President tho toget fc er with four passengers, are
relative to their Brigadier. missing. The remainder have been brought
Washington, March 5.—Congress will j, e re by the Manhattan.
push the impeachment investigation. j
Tho Alexandria negroes claim the right Marino Sews,
to vote to-day, at the municapal election,: New York, March C.—Arrived, the steamer
under Sherman’s bill. The Chronicle, of this Saragossa, from Charleston,
city, urges them to vote, and threatens those , ■* »■
fluence of unsullied honor.
I propose to reach my conclusion by insti
tuting a simple inquiry, as to our true interest,
and the aims of the ruling majority in Con
gress, so far as they seem to be antagonistic
to that interest. We are subjugated, but they
dare not acknowledge it, lest they thereby
confess the mission of the Republican party
at an end, when it would tumble to pieces of
its own inertia and immense weight. That
It would be folly to spare effort or
sprre expenditure in a struggle Rice that!—
And that stiuggle, be it remembered, is com
paratively thesum total of our present duties.
Fire in Ralcigli.
RALEion, March 3.—The Exchange note!
in this city, has been destroyed by fire.
The Atlanta Meeting.
Signs of Commercial Tempest.—A letter
now before us from an intelligent wholesale I governor brown’s resolutions
merchant in the city ot New York, affords ' down.
some idea of how the action of Congress is j Atlanta, March 4.—A large public meet-
affecting the material interest of the country, ing was held here to-day, pursuant to notice,
Our correspondent describes the condition of I to take into consideration the condition of
affairs there ns most unpromising, and sas the country. Resolutions approving the
pregnant with commercial and financial dis- terms of Sherman’s Military bill, and the
aster; and he correctly traces all the evils, course recommended by Gov, Brown, were
present and prospective, to the failure of I brought forward and rejected by the meetin
Congress to bring the South into peaceful The meeting then divided, and the minori
harmony with the rest of the States. We give ty announced that they would hold a meet
an extract:—Richmond Times. ing to-night,
The failure of Congress to rehabilitate I The majority then reorganized and passed
the Southern States is reacting unfavorably resolutions counselling quiet submission,
on all business pursuits, and the whole conn- b erizi tl bin a3 hmhand unjust
try languishes In consequence. Business I . ^ , J „ ’
here is killed, incomes have been reduced, ant * approving Jlie noble course of President
internal revenue receipts are decreasing, fac- I Johnson. They declare that the Southern
tories are closed, work-people are thrown out j people should not barter away their honor
of employment, poor people accumulate, an d'manhood bv accepting the terms of the
children suffer and die, and all interests, | ^ nnd rrC0 , nmL , 1(1 t hat thc Southern Gov-
financial, commercial, agricultural, stagger
liken drunken man, ignorant of what to do,
and how to act. lTlie reaction is comiDg on
us, and it will culminate at somp early date,
hut when or how cannot now be predicted.
The amazing part of reconstruction legisla
tion is the desire to refer to a barbaric class,
the negro, l!i<- which the eou-tunt
clamor here is, ought to be limited to white ^ ashington, March 4.—The Thirty-ninth
people at the North, because of the negro’s I Congress adjourned at noon Sunday.
_ ■ * 11 * “ r All the great appropriations, except the
ernors take steps to test the constitutionality
of the measure.
From Washington!.
CLOSE OK THE THIRTY—NINTH CONGRESS.
ignorance of its value, so far as any proper
exercise of the franchise is concerned.**
; Juratory lit __ a
which tlte South
inf service to th
iu-triu! itif.r ■
jestB that the only wsy by
n benefit it creel I, or be of
connt ry, is to at tenM to her
•tu-triai micr .sisand iet politics alone.
| Motile Advertiser.
3-i,’ A colored woman Ima just died in
Richmond, It aring 33 children to mourn her
death. 8ho was onjy once married.
Will Gov. Brownlow Have a Com-
p et i t o r i—The Radicals hereabouts !nre
deeply concerned upon this question. They
ask it the first thing in the morning—repeat
it throughout the day, nnd go to sleep upon
at night, none the wiser. They can ob
tain no satisfactory solution of it, and cannot
tell whether they shall hring out their fine
orators from the North, to give us tho ben
efit of their tremendous eloquence. We have
every disposition to ease tho pain which af
flicts them, but unfortunately are unable to
do so in an official form. We have, however,
very decided impression on the subject,
bich is that Gov. Brownlow will have a
competitor—that that competitor will be a
patriot, and a gentleman whose “loyalty,”
hose devotion to the Union, the constitu
tion, aud to the peace and liberties of this
people cannot be impeached. We arc of
opinion, also, that that person will likewise
be a successful competitor of Gov. Brownlow.
If this opinion will afford any comfort to our
Radical friends we shall be gratified.—Nash
ville Union. .
Tup. Nf.w Congress.—When it assembles
on the fourth of 3farch. (Monday next,) the
w Congress will be without members from
Connecticut, California, Kentucky, Rhode
land, New Hampshire and Tennessee.—
The present Congrc?? lias one hundred and
eighty-four members; twenty nine of these
scats in tlie new Congress will be vacant on
the fourth of March, by reason of the States
above untried not yet having heid their elec
tions. Of course the Sent hern States will,
as :.cw, he unrcpre-'enti d. It resupposed that
alter a session of a Week or two, an adjourn
ment will take place until tlie middle of May,
by which time elections will have been held
in Connecticut, Now Hampshire and Rhode
Island.
Two 1 Kindred and fifty thousand dol-
h worth of property was destroyed in Kau
nas **v the recent freshet in the Kaw river.
Deficiency bill, passed; the latter includes
the pay of Southern Treasury agents, over
which there has been a fight.
The military appropriation bill, involving
the disbandment of the Sonthcrn militia and
placing the General of tho army in a great
measure independent of the President und
War Department, is not yet vetoed or signed.
The Bankrupt, Deficiency and Artny Ap
propriation bills, wanting the President’s
signature, failed to become laws.
The Clerk is now organizing tlie new Con
gress.
Washington, Merck 4.—It is not proba
ble that the President will send a formal mes
sage to Congress to-morrow; his communica
tion will be very brief.
The increased tariff on wool includes all
woolen fabrics.
There appeal’s to be considerable excite
ment about the misapprehension regarding
the signing of biils. It appears the officer
was too modest to disturb the proceedings of
the House, and laid them gently on the tabic.
The Bankrupt bill is a law, together with
others.
Fortieth Congress.
HOUSE.
\Vasm noton, March 4.—The Houso pro
ceeded to the election of officers. The Re
publicans nominated Mr. Colfax, who received
127 votes; the Democrats nominated 8. C.
Marshall, who received 30 votes. Mr. Brooks
referred to the fact that eleven States were
unrepresented, of which seven were of the
origiual thirteen. He presented a protest of
the Democrats against further proceedings.
Tlie Clerk refused to receive the protest.
who, by violence or mistaken apprehension
of the law, prevent them. The election
commissioners have sent a delegate here to
consult the authorities.
Washington, March 5.—Senator Cameron,
Latest Markets by Telegraph.
DOMESTIC MARKETS.
New York. March 6. noon.—Five-twenties of ’62
coupons, 109%; do ’64.107%*108%; do ’65, 107%nlO7%:
Ten-forties, coupons, 97%; Seven-thirties, 1st scries,
in response'to Mr. Seward, 8aid that if Pres- 105%al05%; do, 2d series. 105%al05%. Stocks excited
. , , . , ,, and fluctuating. Gold 135%. Sterling, 106%. Sight
ident Johnson had been a wise man be would Exchangei m
have signed the Reconstruction bill and got- Cotton dull and declining; middling upland?, 31
ten himself back into his old harness. He cents,
might then, ptrh.p^h.vo te. to,give, torn.
of the wrong done during the last four; 300 bbls. Wheat easior. Com dull and unchanged,
months; now it was too late to forgive him. ' llcef steady. Porkflrmat$2231a62237%- Lard dull.
I Whisky quiet but steady.
, . I New York, March 6, p.m-Five-twenties, 62, coupons,
Congressional News. ; uo t010 . Kew i3SU0106 ^. Cot t on duU-dcelin-
I ing; sales 1,800bales at 30%. Flour firmer, Southern
HOUSE. | U oro active; mixed to good $10 20 to $11 80, fancy and
Washington, Mch. 5.—An official announce- j extra, SU 90 to $16 50. Com heavy and easier;
ment was made that the President had no i ,nixed * Western. $1 09 to 110. Pork heavy, decidedly
. .. , , I lower, $2190. Whiskey steady. Wool firm, advanc-
commumcation to make. 1 ing . sales 200.000 pounds, domestic 46 to 70, and 42 to
In drawing seats Mr. Stevens and Mr. j 50: Texas, 23 to 30. Cotton to Liverpool, steam, % to
%, sail %to%c.
New York, March 6, p, m.—Gold 135%.
New York, March 4, Noon.—Stock market excited;
Five-twenties, ’62 coupons, U0%all0%; money 7aS.’
Mr. Boynton was elected Chaplain. Among j Kxchange, 60 days, 8%; Sight 9%; Gold 138%.
the nominees was Parson Brownlow, j New York, March 4, Noon.—Flour 5al0o lower.
A Joint Committee Irom each house was 1 Wheat dull and nominally loner. Com dull and
drooping. Oats dull. Pork without decided change;
Washburnc were allowed to retain their old
seats.
The caucus nominees for officers were elected, j
appointed to equalize the pay of employes.
The Speaker announced that he would on
Thursday appoint Committees on Mileage
and Credentials, but would hold other com
mittees subject to the order of the House.
SENATE.
Several bills were presented, one reorgan
izing the Supreme Court. All were laid on
the table until the committees shall be ap
pointed.
The committee announced that the Presi
dent had no communication to moke.
The wool tariff goes into effect at once, but
tho Senate Finance Committee will report in
favor of a suspension for ten days. Tlio
Secretary of tho Treasury lias not received a
certified copy of the bill.
The appropriation to pay the Treasury
agents, appointed regardless of the test oath,
was stricken out by the Conference Commit
tee previous to its passage.
new mess $2125. Lard dull and heavy; barrels 12a
13%o. Whisky dull- Peas dull and drooping. Cot
ton quiet at 31a31%c for middling uplands- Freights
quiet.
New York, March 4.—Cotton dull and declining;
sales 806 bale? at 31 to 31 %c. Flour—better feeling;
Southern $10 20 to $16. Com advanced lc, with a fair
demand for mixed Western at SI 07. Pork firm at
$21 50. Lard and Whisky quiet. Sugar firm; sales
1200 hhds Muscovado ot 10%al0%c. Coffee firm,
j Freights unchanged.
j New York, March 4, r. ji.—Stocks aro excited and
I a trifle lower. Gold 138%; Five-twenties, 110%.
I New York, March 5, Noon-—Flour dull and droop
ing. Wheat dull. Corn la2c better. Pork very firm;
sales 250 barrels; new mess $2187%. Lard dull; bar
rels 12%al3%c. Cotton dull at 31a31%o for middling
uplands. Freights quiet.
New York, March 5, Noon.—Stock marker lower;
Five-twenties, ’62 coupons, 110: Exchange,
00 days, 8%; Sight 9%; Gold 137%.
New York, March 5, r. Fivo-twontics of’62
Coupons, 109%oll0. Gold, 136%. Money 6a7 per
cent.
Nsw York, March 5, f. m.—Cotton dull and heavy with
sales of 1300 bales at 31 cents. Flour dull for common
and firm for good State, $S 50 to 1125. Wheat heavy
Corn active, and advanced 2 to 3 cents, $1 OS @ f 11.
Pork buoyant $21 63 @ 22 00. Lard heavy. Whisky
quiet. Freights unchanged. Cotton to Liverpool by
steam vessels, % to % cent.
Baltimore, March 6.—Cotton dull; Middling Up
lands 30c. Flour dull. Com—supply light; mixed
White 98c. Mess Pork $22 00. Bulk Shoulders
8 to 9%c.
Baltimore, March 4.—Flour steady. Com in good
I demand; White $1 02. Cotton quiet at 31c. Coffco
London, Me h.5.-A dispatch from Dublin 17*^ in first hands light and held firm. Sugar
* 1 steady. Clover Seed—largrc sales, old |8; new $3 50.
denies that Col. O Conner has been appre- | whisky dull and irregular.
bended. Baltimore, March 6.—Cotton lowei, Middling 30 to
1,1 ! 30# cents. Flour unchanged. Southern Wheat scarce.
General News. { Corn receipts small and demand good at 93 to $1 00-
St. Louis, March G.—A. TV. Lee, who stole I Pork «• Su * nr Whisky irregular,
forty thousand dollars of bonds from the! Sr. Lons, Feb. 6.-Cotton and Tobaco, unchanged,
m i | Flour quotations barely maintained. Mixed Com
Treasury Department, has been arrested, with 4 _ to 43 Pork $20 * t0 #21 . Bacon firm . ghoul .
thirty-three thousand In bonds and four thou-! <iers 9%c.
sand in cash. ! Locisville, March 6.—Shelled Corn 6Se. Mess
Judge Moody, of the St Louis Circuit | VoT ^ S21 - Bacon-shoulders 0%-, clear sides 12%.
Court, on trial before tlie joint session of the 1 " !n frc ° 25 ‘ 1301111 * iS '
Missouri Legislature, has been found guilty. I *5 Bouts March 4.-Flour unchanged; wheat
07 o j ; steady; corn heavy; provisions lirni; mess pork. $20
Troy, N. Y., March 6.—The Democrats I shoulders 9%; rib sides 10%; clear side? 12%.
have carried the charter elections in Elmira,
New York. A Radical mayor was elected by
Tlie Alexandria Election.
Alexandria, March 5.—The negro vote
at the municipal election to-day was taken
paratc'r.and the election will be contested,
provided the white Republican vote added
to the black poll should make a plurality.
From Dublin.
it was organized upon a single idea, that it
: lives upon past achievements, and is kept
warm only by tho embere of burnt-out issues,
seems to be a conclusion from the well author
ized facts of its past history and present sta
tus. Existing relations between the sections
do now, and will coutinue while they subsist,
operate upon tho Government of the United
States as a bond to keep the peace with the
balance of the world. Hence we have no
cause of dread Irom abroad. Our struggle is
with a party—aud that party strongly op
posed in its own section. It is a desperate
struggle to outlive that party. The patient
has been long sick, and is extremely weak.—
Let us take no strong nostrums to drain our
vitality, but rather betake ourselves to mild
stimulants and husband our strength against
the last struggles of the loathsome disease.—
Shall wa follow my friend Governor Brown
and not only commit suicide, but bury our
selves in the filthy charnel house of these
modern Republicans!
Our aim is to attain pecuniary independ
ence, preserve what is left of our institutions,
our ideas of the constitutional theory of gov-
He seems to fear confil: 5
as a coercion and penalty f or our '
stubborness.
As long as there is coustituticna! I.
pardon and amnesty of President
a shield to the masses upon this qj&
But if they hold that his pardon is 7
cept in cases of conviction bv the CoW
are driven by the same logi'c to the J,
ion that confiscation can only f o n 0 '
viction, which can never take'pl ace
a jury. Through the influence of J,
State laws and the new system of f ran !'
and proscriptions, this end might be
attained. If State governments are h
formed and administered only by ■
elligible under the late law of Coner^
would seem there is more danger of £
head and bloody bones” of confiscation'
titan without Gov. Brown’s remedy i
5th clause of Sherman’s bill seems to offer
ducements to the new States to dhfr a
all wb< > participated in the rebellion A
if they should disqualify them fromservi:
on juries, there is no ground to doubttl
the State constitutions would, on that »rt •
be more acceptable to Congress. Ifon r ft
to property depended upon a verdiu la'
rendered by negro jurors, and persons Vj
were opposed to us in the war, and ha
lopers from the Northern States, there cm
no doubt, that judgments for hanging
well as confiscation can be easily obtain^
But, perhaps many of your readers drf|
to know what will be the practical ope I
of the Sherman bill, in case we refuse ti -
ganize under it, and remain in whui 3
are pleased to call a territorial conditi- I
under military governments. »
Well, it is clear that, in case it bee - “
law, until a tangible pretext is offered s
own conduct, tho State governments
remain as they are. They call the:
visional; we will regard them ascot
tional, and as the governments of om
In the jaractical operation there will it
marked changes. The civil authority ii
tolerated as before, in all matten ■
which they are indifferent, and then
will have their way, as they have b
matters about which the North is pa
sensitive. The new law avoids the:
of the Supreme Court of the United;
which has denied jurisdiction to theXsH
Court! over civilians; lienee they i£i
claim and exercise that power when*
peculiar bearing occur, as tlicy ban
heretofore.
All officers in commission, from tisfin
or down, unless displaced by the d:
wiU hold according to their respeciiit:
missions until their successors arc
qualified. If vacancies occur, aDd it ba
necessary to have an electiou, then c«h
persons can vote under the Sherman i
would be entitled to vote under the
tutional Amendment. But it no cl
were made at tbc polls, and none at the!
ecutive office, we should conduct e/eca
about as usual. But the case would be
ferent if tbe State were newly organized,
the organic law fixed unalterably outrij
to vote and hold office, and the probibilit
The law of CoDgress enlarges the el#
franchise, and only restricts it as to pc
who are disqualified by the Constituti
Amendment—that is,persons who hareba
the war held offices which required u
to support the constitution, and who roll
tarily participated in the rebellion. B-
76 majority.
Nashville, March 6.—Governor Brown
low has issued an order to organize a volun
teer force to serve three years under his com
mand, and act as a military policet opreserve
peace and protect the people.
stake, in the full possession of our honor as a
people; or, escaping this tragic end, go on
to a moral, intellectual and financial prosper
ity only equalled by the uufading glory of
our heroism in war. This is our aim and
destiny. Foreign war nor domestic strife
can aid us in attaining to it. Our true inter
est is peace—peace between the United States
and foreign powers; peace between the North
and South—peace between the seemingly
enraged factions of the Northern States.
The aim of the Republican party, it would
seem, is to prolong tbeir tenure of power.
And the evident means are to feign or force
an issue with the helpless South. This seems
necessary in order to get up caloric enough
in the burnt-out furnaces, to take another
weldiDgheat upon the cracking columns and
crumbling foundations of their lately stupen
dous edifice of popular support. Hence it is
not only necessary for them to spin out the
web of reconstruction over a given space of
time, but to so torture us meantime as to
provoke the people and bring about the ne
cessity for the interposition of military force
—now hopelessly unnecessary as things have
been going on for the last year. What a lucky
event was the New Orleans riot, even if not
brought on by their express agcucy! We
can bear the rule of/the military, who have
by law what they have assumed heretofore—
the right to displace civil authority at their
own option—for we have borne it gracefully
for two years tinder the United States, and
and for a long time before under the Confed
eracy. It will only be a change in name and
mode of operation, with similar results.
But the Republican leaders know as well
as we ought to know, that with the proscrip
tions and enlargements of the elective fran
chise, it will not be possible to organize
without riot and bloodshed upon a large
St. Louis, March 5.—Cotton quiet at 27 for mid- j scale. That the newly proposed States will
filing uplands, and 27Ka23 for strict midJling?. I he born, if at all, in exhaustive pain and will
be baptized in blood, as certainly as the old
emment, and to die if w’e must even at the j de r this bill, it will be competent for tki
States, either by the organic lawoikp
tive enactment, to disfranchise any cits 1
participated in the rebellion, and wk
be obnoxious to their interest or senfios
The office of commander of the r«p
Military Districts is not to be filled bviH**
cable appointments, but. the commiadeis’
be merely assigned to duty, and
removal at any time by order of the
mander in-chief. This is nothing
with the present Executive no e* trwn ®
harsh measures need be apprehend#!
I am, therefore, clearly of the opin 10 * 1
our condition under the open®® ® j
Sherman’s bill, as amended, will
more tolerable than the state of
produced by an effort to reorganize, i- - "
whether the effort is succesiial cr n -
remaining out, wc take the chapter c> '
dents that may develop son; thing®
vor. The Supreme Court may come •
aid; foreign war may threaten an
relaxation of the grasp ot the nion;-®
:
Flour—superfine do; $S75o$10; extra do, $10a$10
Wheat dull. Corn better, SI 15a'1 60. JIcs? pork ad
Wuttlitngton I'cut*.
Washington, March 6.—Between three
and four hundred nominations to vacancies
are before tlte Senate for action.
< len. Butler and Gen. Logan favor a special
committee on impeachment.
vanccd—$20a$2050. Bacon stiff; T$4nl2% for clear j will be buried in tlie constitution all stained
Mdes: 9’ i for.-houider?. ■ with dishonor, tor their eternal winding
Cincinnati, March 4.—Flour unchanged; wheat j6beet. A\ r e have no good reason to suppose
dull; corn, light clemuml; iucss pork quiet at $2050; i .•«
, in i 7.» * i i #ir,n i*v that the organizations of tne States upon the
bacon aim; clear side*, 12: Int-i qmet anti firm, iX'fr. j . ° . f
Cotton dull. 1 oasis proposed would secure readcnission it to
Cincinnati, March5.—Cotton dull und nominal at the Union, and much le?s for supposing otli-
27u2S for middling upland--. erwise than that the plan was intended aud
Flour uiichflQoCd—limited Ionu demand. M heat , v r a *a ia* i re,, * ,1 • .v
quiet. Corn dull; -helleddo, fij: car?, 57; Ya dc-, TO.— 1 expected to defeat itselt by Mm.sli.ng the
Whisky firm, f£2J- Most pork firmer: held st ki’J. : occasion for the intervention ot the unre-
Hacon firmer: .-houider--ide? 10'.,. stricted military power and the indefinite
,J:Tm::k^^T^:i;^^;rSdS Phoneme* of r^nstructiom Even if
rje; rc’vii’t* 7,35 bales; i\o cytiH>rV*. Sujri\r and the organiziuion couacI ho eriected and reacl-
us; new issues may spring up to >‘.7
people North, upon which we 7’
vited into the Union on honorable
and until some better terms are 0
have no part in the Government ex ^
obedient subjects. In this sta tc o1 ^
will the people of Georgia T °I un ^f^
render their State Government >7 . ^
of such as are not in sympathy ">- J
honored, people}
Verv respectfully, your
Personal.—The Hon. Howell
several weeks’ soj Dura in "W ^
turned to his home in this C1
night. Vfc have not had tbe P ^
meeting him since his arrival, on
the accounts he brings arc
cheering. ^
jcgv- We learn that Governor J cn - •
leave Milletlgeville in a day or ; ]
ceed to Washington, with the
forming himself more full}’ "d 1 r ^
his duty in the present conditio ^
affairs. Tins is a step in the rig 1 ^ j
aud now let the people ot
aud they will hear from him ,:1 '•
The Savannah IUcaM eon^
count ot a shocking and
by e°
IU ’ gr ° ?) ,!„„#■■
Mrs. Ru?hm r;
- tltP \ a i -‘
clergyman of that name, wa.
committed by a
Florida Railroad.