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•,:r A report comes from Washington
.Jt tbe Governor* of the several Southern
Stull* are striving military recon-
jSniction act before the Supreme Court for
decision.
Taktno it Coolly.—The Atlanta Era takes
1 castigation with as much philosophy as the
Sew York Herald. To illustrate wo copy a
!raco of paragraphs from Monday’s issuo in
n ply to a brace of severe raspings:
The Columbus (Ga.) Sun is in a pet with
the Era! The Sun is a racy little sheet, and
« e rather admire its mode of serving us up,
Will brother Fitch, ot the Griffin Star,
please take a dose of Hurley’s Candy ? It :s
yidto be a most excellent specific for worms.
Death of an Old Citizen.—Joseph Day,
,n excellent citizen, and for rnnny years prom-
in,.,it in the politics of Middle Georgia, died
# t bis residence in Vineville, Tuesday night
lift, and was buried Wednesday, atMarshal-
ville. Mr. Day represented Jones county for
many years in the Legislature, and was once
Speak, r i.f the House of Representatives. He
mured to Houston county about ten years
a£o, and within the lni.t few years, changed
his residence to Vineville, a suburb of this
city. He was about seventy-eight years of
a! rc, ami the news of bis death will be read
with regret by a large circle of personal
friends, besides many of our prominent men
with whom ho was politically associated in
years past. _ •
Radical Trickery.—The gditor of the
Sarannah Republican, who sets up great
claims to honesty, publishes, in his issue of
Wednesday, a communication contributed to
•he Journal and Messenger of 22d March, and
sot only distinctly repudiated by that jour
nal, but combatted with zeal, and tells liis
waders that it is an “editorial” of the Jour
nal and Messenger. We had hoped the Re
publican editor's present whereabouts would
teach him the injustice, as well os danger, of
misrepresenting others.
As regards the sentiments of the article un
justly ascribed to our contemporary of tlic
Jaurnal and Messenger, we may say that
nulling like them has been penned by any
So ithern born editor, and we may say safely
tier never will be. .
Wr Command the Peace !—We have been
poking daily for a “ boat ” between those
.•urmdistic game cocks, the “Sumter Re
publican” and “ Georgia Citizen,” since the
fortunes of war (or love) havo thrown them
together in the same barnyard. Sure enough,
tbe “ main ” has opened. The “ Citizen ”
became “riled” at an “April fool” of tho
"Republican’s,” which caused all tho fair
limes or Americus to turn out in
their "best bib and tucker” to bear a speech
from Brick Pomeroy, for which offenco the
“Citizen” came to a crow and dealt a “side-
ripe” into the ribs of the “Republican.” The
latter "full heeled,” turns and plants his gaffs
somewhere betwean tho eyes of his assailant
Now, the object of this is to propose a
truce just where the matter stands. Tho
world, the flesh nud the devil are all arrayed
against the South, and Southern editors havo
enough to do without fighting among them-
ilvcs. Hold on, Doctor! Simmer down,
Charlie!
IS?” An article appeared in this pap*" - the
ihcr day headed "Homcspun--To the La-
lies,” to which the Columbus Enquirer and
Macon Telegraph take exceptions. We had
another motive in peuning the article than
to awaken reflection in the minds of our fair
nvlcrs on the subject of their present costly
yle of dressing. We don’t know whether
tie editors of these papers nrc married or
- r| t, but wo feel safe in saying this: If they
Remarried and have not the power to check
tie'Stream of greenbacks now flowing from
their purses, then their articles are the eour-
fcl gripes s’li ever saw. But if, on the other
tmd, they are not married, it is very clear
‘■iej would like to be, and are trying to make
tt*sr sweethearts believe that if they will
14l]T accept thoir suits, they will !>c dressed
'‘ttording to Godey’a fashion plates all the
•Wl*. Don’t trust them, ladies, they arc gay
iteirers.—Eufaula Newt.
Pur ourselves, we would inform tho News
tit we belong to the honorable fraternity of
; Benedicts, unJ perceive as clearly as
*t»n the necessity for retrenchment nnd
! -5>nn in social expenses. There was some
-Sle merriment in onr comment on bis arti-
t ‘ c i hut the real point soberly aimed at was
•h importance of tbe South's manufacturing
Wt own fine goods, in which event she could
*tfl to support fine dressing in the ladies,
'Wch she cannot do under existing circum-
7«* Fulton County Banditti.—It seems
■*** the robber* around Atlanta have become
* ■‘nacrous «ud daring that the country peo-
khave censed to trnde witli the town, even
^’-Wood-cutters. The following anm.iacc-
v « appears in. yesterday’s Intel' -enccr,
* tt ° n, panied by a long list of sub-cribers to
amounts:
A-Uil trade in tho city having been se-
affected by tho absence of our country
Tabors, who cannot in safety travel on
k~* r tho main thoroughfares leading
’* r( .a number of gentlemen havo determined
” ®**r a reward for the miscreants. This
added to tho 8lOO reward offered
JtfcCHj Council, may remit in bringing
“xSenders to justice. Certain it is, that
friends' are debarred from their ac-
trade anil traffic, and thus are in-
^*entended both themselves and ourciti-
Wood haulers have become quite
and certaiulv not without reason.
SERMONS OF THE LATE BISHOP
ELLIOTT.
Wo nrc gratified to learn, and the public
will be also, that a volume of selected ser
mons of the late Bishop of Georgia is about
to be published by his son, Robert W. B. El
liott A Savannah journal says among the
sermons selected, will be included the last
prcnclied by the Bishop, two days before his
death, at Montpelier; the last delivered in
Savannah; the last written by him, and not
delivered; tho two preached by him on the
Fast day nnd the Thanksgiving day of 1860,
and n number of others which have been
specially requested by different friends. The
whole wil 1 form a handsome volu me of between
five and six hundred pages octavo, neatly
bound in cloth. It will be prefaced by a memoir
of tlte Bishop, from the vigorous and polished
pen of Thomas M. nanckel, Esq., of Charles
ton, and tho best accessible photographic
vignette likeness will ho given as a frontis
piece.
The price of the work will be. to subscrib
ers, fivo dollars, payable on tho delivery of
tho volume, which, if the amount of subscrip
tions is sufficient to warrant the undertaking,
will be on or about the 9tli proximo, the day
of tho meeting of the Diocesan Convention.
We hail this movement, but only, as we
hope, the "beginning of an enterprise which
shall not end until many volumes of the ad
mirable sermons and miscellaneous writ
ings of our beloved Bishop shall be
given to the world. The public addresses,
both religious nnd secular, of Bishop Elliott,
were prepared by a master hand, and with
vigor of thought and brilliancy of illustra
tion, combine a logical power and rhetorical
beauty to be found in the writings of but
few men of liis day. Though always com
manding an attentive car nud responsive
heart when spoken, they will bear toe close
analysis of the closet without fear; indeed,
it is only when we read his grand thoughts
and polished sentences over and over again
that we are enabled to give them the full meed
ot appreciation.
We hope, therefore^ that our friend, Capt.
Elliott, will commence his labors with at least
two octavo volumes instead of one. Putting
them at 88, instead of 85 for a single volume,
we feel sure he will be able to dispose of
quite as many, nnd receive encouragement to
prosecuto liis labors still further.
A BOOK ON MEXICO.
Mexico transit Maximilian: By Henry M. Flint,
Esq., author of "Druid's Letters,” “Life of Senator
llouitlas.” etc., and dedicated "to theJEmprcis Car-
lotta. the recollection of whom unwearied labors
und affectionate solicitude for their jirosjicrity and
happiness, will be forever cherished in tho hearts of
the Mcxioan people.” Published by the Rational
Publishing Co., Philadelphia. 18d7.
The author is a devoted friend to the
Maximilian government in Mexico, and the
260 pages before us give solid reasons for his
faith. The argument—though infinitely more
elaborate and prepared in better stylennd with
far greater care as to facts—is the same that
has been often used in tbe editorial columns
of this journal, nnd to which there has been
no answer, if we except the ridiculous rho-
damoi tade about the “Monroe Doctrine” and
“Republicanism for America,” which has no
claim to be dignified with the name.
As regards tbe intent and scope of Mr.
Flint’a book, we cannot illustrate it better
than by calling to our assistance the an
nouncement of the publishers, which is as
follows:
In presenting this work to the public, tbe
publishers arc actuated by a desire to iurnish
a cheap and convenient vehicle for the trans
mission of light and instruction to the masses
upon .i subject concerning which there is l>oth
doubt nn.l misapprehension in the minds of
all classes of our countrymen. This has arisen
os much, pehaps, from the heretofore imper
fect sources of intelligence concerning that
UDhappy country, as from the influence of our
domestic politics upon the questions grow
ing out of the consideration of its history.—
Tl7c revolution through which our own coun
try has just passed has not been without its
Gun. Sheridan and the President.
An Eye-Opener.
She Orest Flood.
The Sentiments of a Freedman.
mind ot the observant spectator of public
events.
It is generally understood, (and wc presume
there can be no question upon this point),
Maryland—Radical Movements—
Mr. Brooks’ Speech.
. I We find in the Valdosta (Ga.) Times the
I ■ The committee of the Maryland Radical proceedings of a freedmen’s meeting held
and force negro suffrage upon that State, is i interestin ° Particulars of the late disastrous Convention called on Speaker Colfax and that placo 0 n the 2Gth inst. The assembly
such a step in advance as will help open the freshet in the Tennessee river: Vice-President Wade on Thursday, and were was 'addressed by several colored men one
eyes of the country. This proposition was Wo havo obtained a few notes of a series of encouraged to proceed in their opposition to I 0 f ^.j lom Moais Hodffe. is renorterl I
received with so much favor by the majority ■ instrumental observations, which have been the legal authorities of that State. A Mr. : n , r • ' 1f . ' ; * . as nav ’*
HU ' .. . o i mg given utterance to the following senti
ments. which are as creditable to his intelli-
The Louisville Journal lias an interesting! The proposition introduced, in Congress on ! We clip from the last number of the Amer-
article on the recent removal of civil officers I Thursday, and favorably recentd by the Itad- ; can Union, of Chattanooga, the following
.... . - ... ,. , icals. to remodel the government ot Maryland
in Louisiana, a portion of winch, winch con
tains a point of special interest, we append:
There are, however, some interesting ques
tions connected with it, which, as subjects of
mere speculation, will naturally occur to the as to be referred to the Judiciary Committee, made under the direction of interested rail
* * ' " • j* ‘ H ' * ’ ’’ and whether a bill is reported and passed road gentlemen, with a view to ascertain the
previous to the adjournment or not, enough
has been done to disclose the iuture inten
tions of the Radicals. 8uch a bill cannot be
that the action of Gen. Sheridan is based upon passed without discussion ;_and_ in proportion
the part taken by the displaced officers in . as the subject is discussed, it wi’l be seen that
the “riots” of last July. lie does not make ! Gie Radicals will find most of t e arguments
any such statement in his order, but the gc- j available which they have used ? >r forcing nc-
lection of those particular victims for official gro suffrage on the rebel States. Congress has
particular
decapitation—a judicial officer, an officer of
the Executive Department of tho State, and
the Chief of the Municipal Executive, with
out anything in common, except their promi
nence ia connection with the aforesaid “riots,”
is an unmistakable indication of the motive
cause.
Now, the President of the United States
wa9 in communication with these officers at
the time of the occurrence of the troubles of
July. They acted under his advice and di
rection, as far as it could be communicated
by telegraph ; nud ho has since indicated his
general approval of their conduct. The
just as much authority, and more author
ity, to force negro sufV: v n up - ' yland or
New York, as to force it on f C0NS ]aia and
Louisiana. To do either is as’ti, -,iy repug
nant to tho Constitution as it -would be to
create an order of nobility.
But in transferring the theatre of opera
tions to States that never seceded, the Radi
cals confess the hypocrisy they have so con
stantly practiced in making a broad distinc
tion between the authority of Congress over
the seceding and the non-seceding States.—
When confronted with the flagrant uncon
stitutionality of their measures, they have
President is, therefore,'as we understand it, i always had the ready and deceitful reply,
fully committed to un endorsement of the [ that it is the prerogative of the conqueror to
acts ior which these officers are displaced. | dictate terms to tho conquered; that the se-
But tbe President is Conmiander-in-Chief. cession of the Southern States put them in
of the Army of the United States, and as i the position of alien enemies and invested us
such the military superior of General Sher- ; with all belligerent rights over them, until
idaD. Even Congress refused to release the they submit to siyffi conditions as it may be
military commandants from responsibility to j our pleasure to impose. By this dishonest
him, ns such. The action of General Sheri
dan is, therefore, entirely subject, in all
things, to the approval or disapproval of the
President.
It becomes, then, an interesting question
for speculation—and as such only we refer to
it—whether this action will, or will not, be
sustained by the Commandcr-in-Chief- It is
a singular attitude in which Mr. Johnson is
placed—required, as he is, either to brave
the wrath of the dominant party, cr to place
himself as Commander-in-Cbief of the army
in opposition to himself as the chief officer of
the civil government.
Since the foregoing was prepared for the
printer, our dispatch has como to hand, from
which it appears thnt the President lias not
wholly ignored the action of General Sheri
dan. Whether he will maintain the dignity
of his position as Commander in-Cbief, re
mains to be seen.
dodge the Radicals have evaded the consti
tutional objection. But what will they say
for themselves now ?
AVhcn the Radicals argue from what they
have done in the South to what consistency
requires them to do in Maryland, we admit
that the two measures are precisely of apiece;
but we shall force them to abandon the dis
tinction on which they havo heretofore rested
their whole defence. It their course is de
fensible in Maryland, it will follow that Con
gress might have interfered to abolish the
State governments of the South if those
Stales had not seceded and had never made
war on the government. Dare the Radicals
take this ground ? They will have to take
it, we shall force them upon it, in tho discus
sions growing out of this Maryland question.
If they have a right to interfere in Maryland
on the same grounds and to accomplish the
same objects as in the other Southern States,
; the right i* not founded on secession, it does
i not grow out of the war, but must rest on
_ _ _ __ „* * ’ \ grounds which would have been as valid in
Son. R. S. Mallory on the Situation, ag ^ are j n igC7. The Radicals thus
,. , .. . r ... sweep awav their whole logical defence, such
At a large meeting, composed of both ^? They make it plain that the distinc-
whites and blacks, in Pensacola, on tbe 30th on w hf c ti they professed to proceed was
ult., Mr. Mallory is reported by the Observer j not a reason, but only a pretext. The mask
to havo spoken as follows: | being thus thrown off, the dishonesty and
Mr. Mallory being loudly and repeatedly 1>Ypoexisy^are ^clearly revealed, that many
called upon, mounted the stand and earnestly \ followers be dece v d.
addressed the meeting, lie briefly adverted ! iork " orld - t
to onr State, and her prostrate condition, un- The Pav ofArmv Officers.
der the recent legislation of Congress, and ;
counselled submission in good faith. There ! \ paragraph that originally appeared in
is no degradation in the submission of a gal- j t j, e New York Tribune, and which m being
lant people when further resistance would be | extensively copied in tbe newspapers through-
madness. At the South where negroes con- ou t the country, relative to the present pay
stitute, and especially in Florida, where they J n f officers in the army, gives a very exagger-
will, for yet a long period, constitute nearly j a tcd statement ot the amount of salary re-
a moiety of our population, the ballot, quali-: ceived by them. For the purpose of correct-
fied or otherwise, was a natural consequence i n g it the following statement of tho pay be-
of their enfranchisement—a result which j longing to each grade has been carefully pre-
would not tollow their freedom in the North- j pared, and represents the amount per annum
era 8tates, where, in point ot numbers, they j received in each grade after deducting the
were unimportant. As the negro was now I income tax:
entitled to vote, it was the interest of tho i A BOnoral rw . eirc , $16,4S510
State that he should be educated and cnlight- j Lieutenant general 13.919 10
know what I feel and think. ~ I was born in
Georgia. I. am a Southern born man and
expect to die here. I was a slave once and
had to obey a master. lama freedmau now
and must obey the laws of the country. I
havo no id lecling against the white man be
cause I was once a slave. I hope the white
man has no ill feeling towards me because
I am free. So far as I know and have
Rogers has prepared a bill of rajuction to
extent and character of the late freshet in the prevent the proper officers from holding an i g ence ag t i 1CT are ] lonora bi e j,j s heart •
Tennessee Valley, at least so far as the coun- election for a convention. Mr. Colfax was In response to a call Moses Ilodcm took
try immediately surrounding Chattanooga severely handled by several members for the floor. He spoke in a manner earnest
is concerned, and consequently to determine , having such stuff as the proceedings of a sincere and impressive. He said : I am an
manenTandrojected^raUway intercsts'c^- j Rad f ical ““ting read to-the House. | unlearnt man-not used to speaking ; but 1
tering at this city. ; Brooks remarked that if he had not
The section of country to which reference l° n g since, adopted the Horatian maxim of
is made, is termed the “Chattanooga Basin,” j nl ^ odmirari, he would have been astonished
and j a bounded by Missionary Ridge, Look-! at the extraordinary presentation of a parti-,
out Mountain, Raccoon Mountain and Wal- j san memorial in this House, and at the still
den’s Ridge, thecity of Chattanooga occupy- j mor(i extraordinary speech of the gentleman
ing the centre of the “Basin.” Tho basin j fro™ Maryland against l'is own State consti-
embraces about sixteen square miles ot terri- j tutioa. Mr. B. proceeded to show that the
tory, and when viewed from any point upon : same inequality^of representation existed in . _ . , f ,• r -—
its ruins presents the outline of a horse-shoe, the States of Maine and Connecticut; that a sl J.„ r ! n }^, q*' _
By the above description, it is not intended | by the gerrymandering process in Pennsylva- ™ ten ^
to convey the idea that this basin is surround-1 um and other States the majority was cheated 1 -JT T w„ v! / S
ed by a cordon of unbroken mountains and I of its representation ; and that real republi- ° vLrs^nd r nev^bad rani to I T ;n
ridges, for it is known that extensive valleys j can forms of government existed in no State. * i f C0 ' r T ,am
piercethe mountains on lines diverging from As to Tennessee and -Missouri, there was no slightest steps
Chattanooga, like radii from a common cen- more republicanism there than existed under f,,h t"m i, n Jo Il VL > 5 i
tie. These valleys take their names from the the Pasha of Egypt or the Sultan of Turkey. «*» The f Col ?-f d
creeks that flow 3 through them, and are as ‘ There was no republicanism represented even mau tllat ,aves polite!} will meet pohte-
folTows Ch£mauga“ 0 Cl.a tt anooga, Wills, i in the Senate /the United States. It was a 1,ave h ™ d
Lower Tennessee, Crow Creek, S^qiatchiel | body existing in utter defiance of all repub- | here six jear 8 and expect to die here.
Emory River, and the Upper Tenn
railroads terminating at Chattancc
cated through tbe valleys, and
railroads have been more or less siuevieu. uj — —.-■■ -- “ nrr.* i ,
the freshet. The Western and Atlantic Rail- | sition to abolish the United States Senate. k “^ v “J flings, a am willing to
road leading out of Chattanooga, through the The State of Nebraska, with a population ol irust "lute friends—I know them.
Cnickamauga Valley, was entirely submerged . not one-fifth the number that are iound every a “ a the c bottom ot my
for a distance of nine miles. ! day under ground in the First Ward of the beart-}es, from thasolo. of my foot to the
The New Orleans, Mobile and Chattanooga city of New York, attending to their daily ™ ln [ llead - 1 '' ,sh to see tlu ^ to y™
Railroad, formerly the Wills’Valley Railroad, j business, had an equal representation in the | a ° d thm oo^atry prosper. I wish
ally completed
ley; the grou
flowed to a distance from Chattanooga 0 f! throw and subversion of the whole sgrpeture ““ d ®**.*«*T^
nine miles; at present the road has a con-1 of tbe government, a consolidation and des- d ® r i “ d . be A ev , e wo ™ hc r n j
nection with the Nashville and Chattanooga P otlsm of tbe worst kind, utterly repugnant P T n p , e uad kn °" . tl,e ™ a ! ld fmd
rnom S h ofehattanooga 0^^°^ entire ' TnE Gamblers OT Convention.-Au Ex- | friends to prosper and my white Wends to
line was submerged to Wanhatchie, at which change gives the following account of a con- p ™ sp ^\ r }' al . dosta l ° g r °* - vct 111 °^ e
. . *. - and bare a large business. I wish our whole
point there was two feet and a halt of wa er vention held at Chicago: country to do well.
on the floor of the depot of the Nashville ; A strange convention was held at Chicago J
„. ro ?" ; . „ , tt recently. It was that of the gamblers of the Consistency.—Governor Brown’s acknowl-
The bridge over Chattanooga crock, a Howe , United States, in which every State was re- edgment that he “did not claim consistency”
truss ot two spans, each 150 feet long, ; p reS ented. Although a gathering of “hard- has given the cue to all the wcek-kneed of
although very heavily laden with cars, was . cases> ” morally the appearance of the dele-
almost swept from its abutment by the force ; gates ; 3 described as having been highly res
nf ♦ in onrr.int nnrl flin n-ni f flw> r-i Fr ° . . J? ° T-
influence, though indirectly, upon the for
tune* af the Mexican nation, and while we
contemplate tho wonderful changes wrought
in the United States by five years ot strife,
wc are naturally led to inquire the results
achieved by the’revolutions of our Southern
sister, once the Republic and now the Empire
of Mexico.
Onr author has answered this inquiry in a
manner both satisfactory and conclusive, in
the volume we have just issued from the
press, nnd wo commend it to the citizens of
the United States as an invaluablo contribu
tion to cotemporaneous ibstory. Mr. Flint
clearly demonstrates, among other things,
that the Maximilian Government in Mexico
is firmly established ; that the people have
abandoned Juarez, (whose troops are said to
consist now of but a few bands of guerrillas,)
and joined Maximilian; and that the popu
lar prejudices in this country "gainst the es
tablishment of an Empire in Mexico arc
wrong, because in asserting the Monroe Doc
trine wonrerunning counter to the wishes of
the Mexican people, nnd taking from them
their exclusive right to settle their own affairs
in their own way and to their own satisfac
tion. Facts and documents arc presented to
show that the Empire is maintained now
without the aid of France nnd solely by the
Mexican people—the merchants, clergy, and
better soi l of people generally. The book
"ives a good insight into tho policy which
our own Government has pursued in Mexican
affairs, ns well as many facts and statistics of
interest and value.
If the Mexican people have chosen a con
stitutional monarchy as a cure for the anarchy
which for so many years convulsed the Re
public, and if their choice turns out wisely,
then who among us dare say to them: Put
away peace, law, prosperity and the Empire,
and take back, faction, war, lawlessness, ruin
and tho Republic?
Tub State Road.—The Atlanta Opinion
of yc.-terdny says: “We arc informed by
Mnj. Wallace that he paid into the Treasury
value of the ballot, and the importance to colonel ; 3,06S 20
himself and the State of its judicious use. • Lieutenant colonel — 2,734 70
The prosperity of tho State must depend t —i f.909 15
upon the virtue and intelligence of her peo- . Captain, foot - 1.738 15
pie and no wise man will hesitate to do all s L527 ao
in his power to elevate and lm prove the char-; Second lieutenant, cavalry 1,533 93
actcr and condition of the colored race, be- Second lieutenant, foot. - WW 80
tween whom and the Southern people an in j This includes the additional pay voted by
destructible bond of sympathy, based upon the Thirty-ninth Congress, which lasts for
a thousand happy memories, exists. Let us j two years from July 1, 1866.
fully and frankly acknowledge, as well by ■ For every five years’ service as an officer in
deeds ns by words, their equality with us, any grade an addition of $109.50 per an-
before the law, und regard it as no less just num is made. Officers who are not on duty
to ourselves and them than to our State and with troops, or vbd MiMt MiUNdirin
of the current and the weight ot the drift
wood. The gentleman who made the survey
cut a high water mark with a chisel, thus:
“H. W.—1867,” on the southwest corner --of
a lone rock situated on the south bank of
Chattanooga creek, two hundred yards above
tho NasliYille and Chattanooga Railroad
bridge. The rock is about thirty feet high, of
a conical shape, with a base of about thirty
feet o •
The back water extended up Wills Valley
te within a mile and a half of Trenton, Ga.,
but the grade of the road was sufficiently
elevated to prevent serious damage to the
track from the flood. From the results of the
best information it appears that, had the
water risen thirteen feet and six inches more,
pectable. The Chicago Democrat said of
them : “A finer looking set of men we have
never seen than they are, taken upon the
average. They are all fat and well, very well
dressed, with jewelry in abundance; and
some of them are said to be what their looks
indicate, men of talent."
quarters in kind, receive in lien of them
a certain sum per month, which varies in dif
ferent localities. The amount is based upon
the rate of rent and the price of fuel.
About one-seventh of the officers of tho
army, by the nature of their duties, receive
the latter allowance; and in a large majority
interests inseparably ( of cases it is found to be not nn equivalent
to the quarters and fuel furnished by the
her bests interest to aid in their education,
elevation and enjoyment of all the rights
which follow their new condition.
Ho then earnestly addressed the colored
C eople present, pointing out to them that
enrofortb they and the white man must
tread the same ouward path, and their polit
leal auil industrial
I.
lie counselled them against secret politi- ' Government,
cal societies, and their organization for party
purposes upon the basis of race or color, as j The Word “ White” in Ohio.—The Co
destructive of tlio interests alike of black and j lumbus (Ohio) correspondent of the Cincin-
wbite; while they were met and treated in a nati Gazette, thin prepares tho public mind
spirit of manly frankness by their old mas-1 for the failure of the proposition now before
ters, and by the Southern people generally, the Legislature to strike out the word “white”
such societies were only erganized by de- from the Ohio Constitution
signing men to abuse their confidence for scl- There is almost universal satisfaction in the
fish ends. ^ i Union ranks here, both in and out of the
He advised them to seek the best advice Legislature, over the praiseworthy action of
they could ns to the questions at issue and Senate last evening, in taking the first
the merits oi candidates, and to cast their i 3 jpp toward removing the great stain that
ballots^ accordingly. Relerring to their late i now pollutes the organic law of the State,
condition, he pointed out to them that with and many nrc tho regrets that that action, for
their liberty they assumed the responsibility the want of the co-operation of the other
of supporting themselves and families, edu- i, ran ch of the General Assembly, will be of
eating their children and of accumulating for no lnoro practical effect than as a mere ex-
old age, by honest industryand that now, pression of opinion of the body that gave it
when tlio “old plantation,’ its smoko house utterance, that the proposition of manhood
and crib were no longer a happy refuge, in- . suffrage should be at once submitted to the
dnsny and nn honest effort to show them- j people for their approval or rejection. It
selves worthy to be called freemen were ex- ! w ji| require sixty-three votes to pass the meas-
lected of them by every friend they had, ur0 j n rjj c House. The number of Union
North or South. members at the beginning of the session was
1 * * sixty-nine; one has resigned, thus leaving
Conoress and tee Close of the n ail ■ 0 -jily sixty-eight. Of these, two friends of the
The New York Times thus puts to. flight t:ic proposed constitutional amendment—Messrs,
only pretext for the extension ol military law u 0 ynton and Hugh—arc seriously ill, and it
over the South at the present time. It says: j 3 thought that they will be unable to resume
A Veteran Observer” vindicates the sus- their legislative duties this session, in which
pension of tho writ of habeas corpus on the case the number would really be reduced to
plea that rebellion exists; nnd lie asks when sixty-six, thus leaving a margin of only three
did the rebellion cease I Nobody but Con- votes to cover other contingencies that may
gress, be says, “bad tho authority to make arise. The truth is, the friends of the meas-
pence or assume it” ure do not look for its success, unless there
We reply, in tho first place, that Congress, should be a wonderful change in tbe views of
in laws passed during the war, expressly de- several members,
clared that certain acts for the suppression of *
the rebellion, should continue in force “until Congress and Suffrage in the States.
the President of the United States should de- The National Intelligencer of Saturday
elare, by proclamation, that the rebellion had says:
ceased." Tho President has so declared. Ho A bold demonstration was made in both
mingled with those of the Coosa river.
There are some peculiarities in tho water
level at various points in this basin which are
worthy of notice. At the point where the
high water mark was made, as above des
cribed, the water was two feet three inches
higher than at any place in Chattanooga.—
This was owing to the water piling itself up
at the narrow bend in the river at Moccasin
Point. The water plane at Kelly’s Ferry, be
low the Suck, and twenty miles from this
city by the river, was ten feet lower than op
posite Lookout Mountain. This shows that
the flood here was due to narrowness of the
channel at the Suck, which did not afford the
adequate outlet to tho immense quantity of
water produced by the heavy rains over so
large an extent of country.
The line of the projected Chattanooga and
Cincinnati railroad was overflowed in two
places only. The first point was three miles
from Chattanooga, at Stringer’s, and a sec
ond, ten miles from this city, at North Chicka-
mauga creek, on the farm of Colonel James.
However, in both instances the road can be
placed out of danger by a location nearer the
mountain 3ides.
Tbe East Tennessee and Georgia railroad
was inundated for a distance of eight miles
out of Chattanooga, and beyond that was not
damaged by the flood.
Tho rain which caused this great inunda
tion extended simultaneously from the Blue
Mountains to the summit of Cumberland
Mountain, composing the entire drainage of
the Upper Tennessee, which, with the melt
ing snow, filled every tributary of that river
at nearly the same time. Such a thing was
never known to occur before and may never
happen again. In conclusion we may say
that it will be impossible to raise the grades
of tho railroads here above the high water
mark of this flood, but it is the opinion of
good engineers that if the widening of the
Tennessee river at the Suck can be accom
plished, all danger of such another freshet
as the one just subsided will be at au end.
this generation. You bear tlie timid proper
ty holders everywhere echoing liis senti
ment, and, with something like enthusiasm,
ejaculating: “I don’t pretend to bo consis
tent." The sophistry of such declarations
must be patent to thinking men. It is law
ful for a man to change his opinions upon
matters of debatable import; but, when men
desert the religion of their hearts for tho pre-
Two important matters came up before the | servation of their pocket book; when tln-v
convention. One was the revision of the old slur over a truth as old as the heavens, 1 for
rules and the adoption of new ones for va- time-serving expediency, no beggarly pleas
rious games. It was found that these rules of innocent inconsistency can save them from
were construed different in different States; adverse judgment. When such antics are
that several lives had been lost in broils aria- allowed, there is no end to their eccentricity,
ing from this difference in their interprets- and hence, we are not surprised at the Holy
tion. Uniformity of construction was de- Inconsistents swearing in one btvatii to cleave
manded by all the delegates. The other to Andrew Johnson and the Constitution
subject of discussion was the non-interference | and, immediately thereafter, urging their
the waters of the Tennessee would have of professional gamblers in politics, which led I countrymen to accept a stuation wiifch this
flowed over Valley Head and would have (n „ i-.-j I n “
to a very warm debate, and was finally laid I very same President Johnson vehemently de—
upon the table. [ dares to be impossible ot any decent man’s
IMP ^PP HHpM consent, and in defiance of every C.'on>titu':ion-
^ A Shrewd Editor.—At a "Welsh celebra alright. Consistency used to be a jewel. In-
tion in New York recently. Dr. Jones tells consistency may be one, too, but it has tbe
the following anecdote: “Tho speaker said value of that which popular superstition has
that editors were like other shrewd men fixed in the head of a toad.—Avgusta Con-
who have to live with their eyes and ears | stitutionlist.
open. He related a story of an editor who
started a paper in a new village in the West. I The Melancholy End of “Cental.”—
The town was invested by gamblers, whose We invite attention to the following feeling
presence was a source of annoyance to the obituary from the Rochester Union :
citizens, who told the editor if he did not On tbe 21st instant, deceased at Buffalo,
come out against them they would not pat-1 New York, young “Cental,” after a brief and
ronize his paper. He replied that he would spasmodic existence, surrounded by many
doubtable editor, with scissors in hand, was I delicate and unhealthy system, and, not being
seated in bis sanctum cutting out news, when very strong, his death was doubtless hastened
walked a large man with a club in { by tbe continual efforts of buyers and sellers
bis hand, and demanded to know if to get him “into bushels” and other contracted
the editor was in. ‘No, sir,’ was the reply; places. “Cental” had relatives in Milwaukee,
he has stepped out; take a seat and read the Toledo and Cincinnati, and they were all in
papers, he will return in a minute.’ Down feeble health, and many of them ruined by
sat the indignant man of cards, crossed his speculations in grain. The Buffalo Board of
legs, with his club between them, and com- Trade did everything in their power to alle-
menced reading a paper. In the meantime 1 viatc liis sufferings, and soothe his last mo-
the editor very quietly vamoosed down stairs, ments, even to offering him lots of “rye,” but
and at the landing below he met another ex- in vain. They then took charge of his re
cited man with a cudgel in his hand who ask- mains which they endeavored to make weigh
ed if the editor was in. ‘Yes,’ was the “200 lbs. to the barrel,” but finally gave it up
prompt response; ‘you will find him up stairs and chalked it down “196.” A post mortem
reading the papers.’ The latter on entering by the Board revealed the fact that “Cental”
the room, with a furious oath commenced a died of “Western fever,” contracted in Chi-
violent assault upon the former, which was cago, and greatly aggravated by close con tact
resisted with equal ferocity. The fight was | with “stump tail wheat.” After joining
continued until they had both rolled to the
stairs, and pounded each other to their
heart’s content.”
‘Old Hundred” the Board adjourned.
tThe Richmond Enquirer says General
Grant had his “personal” triumph when Lee
presented him his sword; the President had
The Boker-Dean Marriage.—A late is
sue of the Times gave the denouement of the I his triumph when his wishes that read like
Bolter-Dean affair, which made so much orders, or orders that read like wishes, were
noise a few years ago; and in which Miss obeyed, and when thousands were required to
Bolter, the daughter of a millionaire, married make suit to him for “pardon.” The Cor.'-
her father’s coachman. Result: much gos- gressmen demand that some peculiar humili-
sip, a disinherited daughter, an unhappy ation shall be imposed and accepted for their
married couple, then a widow, then penury, ovation too. If the Southern people are re-
and finally drunkenness and a disappearance, quired to “mumble the peg” and eat separate
Such is the history in brief I dirt for all the departments of tho govern-
Of course, the world looks upon the sad ment, and every magnate in the land, it is
ending as the very proper sequence to ames- truly a tedious gauntlet they have to run.
alliance, and adjudges thnt the poor victim | The Supreme Court ought to dictate its
has officially proclaimed that the rebellion branches yesterday in favor of the power of
lias ceased ; and lie did it by authority ex- Congress to control the question ot suffrage
pressly conferred upon him by Congress it- in the States. In tbe Senate fbe Senators
se ]f. R is not competent, therefore, for Con- who have stood forward as prominent cham-
of the State 860,000, irom the profits of the j n-ress to assume, in the face of its own action, pions of universal suffrage insisted not only
Western and Atlantic Railroad for the month i that the rebellion still exists. _ on the power, but the duty of Congress,
I February last. The same amount waapald ( But, secondly, we beg to remind our cor- to do away with all State disabilities. The
Negro Suffrage to deforced upon the
Northern States.—Washington, March
29.—The revolutionary designs of the Radi
cals were never more apparent than in a de
bate in the Senate to-day. Sumner has pre
pared a bill for forcing negro "suffrage on
every Northern State, Under the pretence
thnt it is authorized by the second section of
tlieconstitutionol amendment, which abolish-
. _. . . i ed slavery. Both Wilson and Sumner de-
eorpu*. Tlio Constitution says that it shall not to be forced into constructions of the Consti- clared their determination to force negro
be suspended unless “in case of rebellion or in- tution which completely subvert it. They j su ff ra „ e on the Northern States, Connecticut
vasion tie public safety shall require it."— have played into the bands of revolutionists ! j BC i ude( i by act of Congress.
diViVbL* sense when the feeders to this great j There is no such rebellion in tbe South as en- until they have themselves become revolu- | .
State work are closed. dangers die “public safety.” No man, even tiomsts. We shall hear an outcry, a protest,
" With an ordinary business and good man- ■ nmong the extremists in Congre
E3F” Hon. John A. Logan, who is now one
of the Radical Representatives in Congress
from Illinois, wrote a letter in 1861, from
which the following is an extract:
M AsniNGTON, January 2<, 1801. Dear J only met her just deserts. There mav be I terms, also, and claims its share in the grand
Friend: * * I am almost^ despairing ■ sonie truth in this view. As a central thing, j humiliation, that we may have a chance to
of our glorious coiintrj'; there is but little r refined young ladcis worth a million do not
hope of any adjustment; the Republicans arc t ma t e happily with their own coachmen or
arrogant and defying; they have_ adopted i f 00tmcn- Still, despite tbis general truth,
such a course here as to irritate instead of j the result of the Boker-Dean marriage is not
soothing the angry feelings oi Southern men, a jj a proof that such marriages must result
and unless they come to some terms very scon j disastrously. It proves equally that old
the last hope is gone. . There is no j Boker, who disinherited his daughter, was
use of our talking about coercion to make the an unnatural old scoundrel; and most gener-
Statcs come back. They may be subdued, on3 p e0 pie will believe that if he is not
but never made to stay in the Lnion, unless damned for his meanness, it is because he has
some safe compromise is made by the Repub- j nsome -u av evaded a just retribution. Had
Leans. They talk of war; this would be the j,o given ever so little of his princely for-
everlasting overthrow of all our institutions. tune t0 llis un f or tunatc daughter, she would
doubtless have avioded the extremity into
which she has fallen.
The result, then, is as much a warning
against flinty-hearted parents as it is for the
benefit of romantic young ladies. It teaches
as much against the worldly wisdom of pa
rents as it does concerning the evils of nn ex
cessive sentimentalism on the part of daugh
ters. Unless the lesson be accepted in both
these directions, it loses at least one-half its
obvious meaning.— Chicago Times.
resulting only in despotism.
God preserve us from the horrible scenes of
war.
Your friend,
JonN A. Logan.
<)I Dninry insv. aumcomiAuwwiiauiuu ; uui, ~-o — ' . ... *
in for January. The business of March, I respondent that the mere fact of rebellion, Radicals are rapidly taking that ground
however did not pay expenses. So complete .specially of a constructive rebellion, docs not The moderates have lost all vantage-ground
was the blockade on the roads above during anthorize a BUFpensidn of ti»e writ of habeas of principle. They have allowed themselves j
« na 11IL ...... . . .... /-» •!.«) H . I.aII Ire furnarl mtn rt/u.ct nir*f 1 ADC A T trio f ’nn ct'.
most of the month, that the freighting busi
ness was almost suspended. Tims it appears
that the people of Georgia arc losers inn
has ven- a denunciation, but they will go into caucus
Early.—The Albany News of the 3d, says
a«ement this road will net to the State a half tured to assert
million dollars annually. requires the suspension
that tho public safety now and come out staunch supporters ot Mr. Wil-; ^at cotton on Koberts place, in Baker coun- rent. But one lecture is
sponsion ofthat great writ. son’s bill. • ty, Las been up for a week past. -J week. The offer is under
Two-story cars are growing in favor
on tlie European railways. The lower story ,
Inis compartment in the English style, and j
the upper is on the American plan. The j
height of. the car is about fourteen feet.
&r John B. Gough has been offered for
one year's services in Londou, 81,200 in gold
per night and a well furnished house free of
— ’ -*■— to be given each
consideration.
make a job of it, if possible. It seems scarce
ly worth while to ask whether it is not a
“small business” to gall tlie feelings of cap
tives, who bad been promised generous treat
ment, and whether such sowing can yield a
harvest of love.
An Indignant Patriot.—Wc termed
General Grant a “snob” tho other day—be
hold our recompense. One of I) is “loyal” and
indignant friends writes us from Lyons, N.
Y., as follows: We give the letter terbatim
tt literatim:
“Lyons, N. Y., March 15, 1867.
“Mil ‘Brick’ Pomeroy, LaCrosse, Wis.:—
i seed in yoor paper off the 5th March tat yoo
Coll Genl Grantc a slinob i tink yoo bee te
shnob yoarn self yoo bee te damtest foole wat
ever was und your paper is DOtink but a dam
sesessin shet i tink yoo orto bee in prisint mit
Jeff Davise und when liee gits bunged ypo
orto be shuted mit some niggers soldiers yoo
und Walindingham orto bee yoked togetter
and toolced round to cuntry for a show i wood
give 85 to it mynsclf.
. PiiTKn Huns."'
LaCrosse Democrat.]
A Kiss by Telegraph.—A lady called at
the telegr aph office in Jolictt one day la3t
week, and told Mr. Grow, the operator, she
wanted to send a kiss to her husband in Buf
falo. Grow replied. “Ob, yes, ma'am, just
give me the kiss and 50, imd I will send
it at once.” Tho lady told Grow the Direc
tors ought to put a younger and better look
ing man in his position.